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Jacob<00:11:14.320><c> kind</c><00:11:14.539><c> of</c><00:11:14.779><c> tells</c><00:11:14.919><c> you</c><00:11:15.100><c> what</c><00:11:15.200><c> was</c><00:11:15.399><c> on</c><00:11:15.539><c> his</c><00:11:15.860><c> mind</c><00:11:16.179><c> in</c><00:11:18.159><c> Genesis</c><00:11:18.519><c> 35,</c>

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He's<00:12:26.100><c> running</c><00:12:26.399><c> for</c><00:12:26.679><c> his</c><00:12:27.000><c> life.</c>

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And<00:12:29.019><c> so</c><00:12:29.139><c> it</c><00:12:29.279><c> makes</c><00:12:29.460><c> sense</c><00:12:29.740><c> that</c><00:12:30.039><c> Psalm</c><00:12:30.299><c> 45</c><00:12:30.940><c> says,</c><00:12:31.779><c> Oh</c><00:12:31.779><c> God</c><00:12:32.059><c> of</c><00:12:32.279><c> Jacob,</c>

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because<00:12:33.019><c> who</c><00:12:33.299><c> else</c><00:12:33.480><c> had</c><00:12:33.679><c> more</c><00:12:34.019><c> distress</c><00:12:34.759><c> in</c><00:12:35.379><c> a</c><00:12:35.600><c> lifetime</c><00:12:36.039><c> than</c>

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Jacob<00:12:37.299><c> did?</c>

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So<00:12:40.179><c> he</c><00:12:40.379><c> arrives</c><00:12:40.759><c> at</c><00:12:41.000><c> Bethel</c><00:12:41.879><c> a</c><00:12:43.220><c> little</c><00:12:43.460><c> too</c><00:12:43.799><c> late.</c>

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The<00:12:45.919><c> city</c><00:12:46.139><c> was</c><00:12:46.379><c> shut</c><00:12:46.659><c> up.</c><00:12:46.879><c> He</c><00:12:47.120><c> couldn't</c><00:12:47.460><c> get</c><00:12:47.679><c> in</c><00:12:47.879><c> the</c><00:12:48.039><c> gates</c><00:12:48.220><c> of</c>

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the<00:12:48.639><c> city.</c>

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He<00:12:49.559><c> was</c><00:12:49.840><c> hoping</c><00:12:50.220><c> that</c><00:12:50.440><c> he</c><00:12:50.539><c> would</c><00:12:50.740><c> get</c><00:12:50.919><c> in</c><00:12:51.139><c> the</c><00:12:51.299><c> city</c><00:12:51.559><c> and</c><00:12:52.000><c> have</c><00:12:52.240><c> refuge.</c>

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He'd<00:12:52.840><c> get</c><00:12:53.080><c> there</c><00:12:53.240><c> and</c><00:12:53.379><c> they'd</c><00:12:53.679><c> lock</c><00:12:53.919><c> the</c><00:12:54.139><c> doors,</c>

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and<00:12:55.460><c> he</c><00:12:55.580><c> could</c><00:12:55.879><c> finally</c><00:12:56.320><c> close</c><00:12:56.720><c> his</c><00:12:56.980><c> eyes</c><00:12:57.220><c> and</c><00:12:57.340><c> get</c><00:12:57.539><c> a</c><00:12:57.720><c> good</c>

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night's<00:12:58.379><c> sleep.</c>

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But<00:12:59.779><c> it</c><00:12:59.899><c> wasn't</c><00:13:00.200><c> to</c><00:13:00.440><c> be.</c><00:13:00.600><c> The</c><00:13:00.860><c> city</c><00:13:01.080><c> was</c><00:13:01.440><c> shut.</c>

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He's<00:13:02.720><c> camping</c><00:13:03.080><c> outside</c><00:13:03.700><c> the</c><00:13:04.019><c> city</c><00:13:04.460><c> on</c><00:13:04.919><c> a</c><00:13:05.159><c> rock,</c>

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and<00:13:06.639><c> he</c><00:13:06.899><c> settles</c><00:13:07.220><c> down</c><00:13:07.559><c> for</c><00:13:07.799><c> a</c><00:13:07.840><c> very</c><00:13:08.480><c> uneasy</c><00:13:08.860><c> sleep.</c>

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How<00:13:10.340><c> would</c><00:13:10.500><c> you</c><00:13:10.740><c> sleep</c><00:13:10.919><c> if</c><00:13:11.120><c> you</c><00:13:11.179><c> knew</c><00:13:11.320><c> somebody</c><00:13:11.659><c> was</c><00:13:11.919><c> coming</c>

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to<00:13:12.480><c> kill</c><00:13:12.659><c> you?</c>

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So<00:13:14.639><c> he</c><00:13:14.759><c> goes</c><00:13:15.139><c> to</c><00:13:15.600><c> sleep.</c>

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And<00:13:16.379><c> in</c><00:13:16.580><c> Genesis</c><00:13:16.980><c> 28,</c><00:13:17.860><c> at</c><00:13:18.159><c> verse</c><00:13:18.440><c> 12,</c><00:13:18.940><c> we</c><00:13:19.080><c> read,</c>

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And<00:13:31.659><c> he</c><00:13:31.919><c> dreamed,</c><00:13:32.480><c> and</c><00:13:32.500><c> behold,</c><00:13:32.879><c> a</c><00:13:33.120><c> ladder</c><00:13:33.360><c> set</c><00:13:33.659><c> up</c><00:13:33.840><c> on</c><00:13:34.019><c> the</c><00:13:34.159><c> earth,</c>

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and<00:13:34.879><c> the</c><00:13:35.059><c> top</c><00:13:35.240><c> of</c><00:13:35.360><c> it</c><00:13:35.580><c> reached</c><00:13:35.779><c> to</c><00:13:36.059><c> heaven.</c>

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And<00:13:37.100><c> behold,</c><00:13:37.440><c> the</c><00:13:37.580><c> angels</c><00:13:37.860><c> of</c><00:13:38.120><c> God</c><00:13:38.379><c> ascending</c><00:13:39.019><c> and</c><00:13:39.259><c> descending</c><00:13:39.720><c> on</c><00:13:40.000><c> it.</c>

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And<00:13:41.360><c> behold,</c><00:13:41.879><c> the</c><00:13:42.000><c> Lord</c><00:13:42.299><c> stood</c><00:13:42.539><c> above</c><00:13:42.860><c> it</c><00:13:43.139><c> and</c><00:13:43.139><c> said,</c>

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I<00:13:44.580><c> am</c><00:13:44.799><c> the</c><00:13:44.940><c> Lord</c><00:13:45.360><c> God</c><00:13:45.620><c> of</c><00:13:45.820><c> Abraham,</c><00:13:46.399><c> thy</c><00:13:46.559><c> father,</c><00:13:47.720><c> the</c><00:13:47.840><c> God</c><00:13:48.019><c> of</c><00:13:48.259><c> Isaac.</c>

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The<00:13:50.200><c> land</c><00:13:50.480><c> whereon</c><00:13:50.919><c> thou</c><00:13:51.159><c> liest,</c><00:13:52.840><c> to</c><00:13:52.980><c> thee</c><00:13:53.240><c> will</c><00:13:53.419><c> I</c><00:13:53.580><c> give</c><00:13:53.720><c> it</c>

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and<00:13:54.139><c> to</c><00:13:54.279><c> thy</c><00:13:54.539><c> seed.</c>

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And<00:13:55.759><c> thy</c><00:13:56.039><c> seed</c><00:13:56.299><c> shall</c><00:13:56.500><c> be</c><00:13:56.659><c> as</c><00:13:56.840><c> the</c><00:13:57.039><c> dust</c><00:13:57.299><c> of</c><00:13:57.500><c> the</c><00:13:57.679><c> earth,</c>

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and<00:13:58.240><c> thou</c><00:13:58.419><c> shalt</c><00:13:58.700><c> spread</c><00:13:59.120><c> abroad</c><00:13:59.500><c> to</c><00:13:59.700><c> the</c><00:13:59.899><c> west</c><00:14:00.200><c> and</c><00:14:00.340><c> the</c><00:14:00.500><c> east,</c>

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to<00:14:00.940><c> the</c><00:14:01.100><c> north</c><00:14:01.320><c> and</c><00:14:01.460><c> the</c><00:14:01.720><c> south.</c>

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And<00:14:02.500><c> in</c><00:14:02.759><c> thee</c><00:14:03.000><c> and</c><00:14:03.139><c> in</c><00:14:03.320><c> thy</c><00:14:03.559><c> seed</c><00:14:03.820><c> shall</c><00:14:04.039><c> all</c><00:14:04.340><c> the</c><00:14:04.539><c> families</c><00:14:04.840><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:05.139><c> earth</c><00:14:05.279><c> be</c><00:14:05.519><c> blessed.</c>

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And<00:14:07.720><c> behold,</c><00:14:09.840><c> I</c><00:14:09.840><c> am</c><00:14:10.039><c> with</c><00:14:10.399><c> thee,</c><00:14:11.600><c> and</c><00:14:12.200><c> will</c><00:14:12.600><c> keep</c><00:14:12.919><c> thee</c><00:14:13.240><c> in</c>

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places<00:14:13.860><c> whither</c><00:14:14.179><c> thou</c><00:14:14.519><c> goest,</c>

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and<00:14:16.179><c> will</c><00:14:16.440><c> bring</c><00:14:16.659><c> thee</c><00:14:16.940><c> again</c><00:14:17.240><c> into</c><00:14:17.500><c> this</c><00:14:17.820><c> land,</c>

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and<00:14:19.580><c> I</c><00:14:20.139><c> will</c><00:14:20.440><c> not</c><00:14:20.919><c> leave</c><00:14:21.240><c> thee</c><00:14:21.480><c> until</c><00:14:21.740><c> I</c><00:14:21.940><c> have</c><00:14:22.120><c> done</c><00:14:22.399><c> that</c><00:14:22.799><c> which</c><00:14:23.019><c> I</c><00:14:23.200><c> have</c><00:14:23.440><c> spoken</c><00:14:23.740><c> to</c>

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thee<00:14:24.240><c> of.</c>

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And<00:14:25.779><c> Jacob</c><00:14:26.080><c> awaked</c><00:14:26.799><c> out</c><00:14:27.320><c> of</c><00:14:27.460><c> his</c><00:14:27.700><c> sleep</c><00:14:27.860><c> and</c><00:14:28.059><c> said,</c>

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Surely<00:14:28.779><c> the</c><00:14:29.019><c> Lord</c><00:14:29.220><c> is</c><00:14:29.440><c> in</c><00:14:29.580><c> this</c><00:14:29.840><c> place,</c><00:14:30.379><c> and</c><00:14:30.620><c> I</c><00:14:30.840><c> knew</c><00:14:30.960><c> it</c><00:14:31.240><c> not.</c>

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And<00:14:32.679><c> he</c><00:14:32.759><c> was</c><00:14:32.980><c> afraid</c><00:14:33.320><c> and</c><00:14:33.519><c> said,</c><00:14:33.659><c> How</c><00:14:33.960><c> dreadful</c><00:14:34.440><c> is</c><00:14:34.659><c> this</c><00:14:34.899><c> place!</c>

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There<00:14:35.639><c> is</c><00:14:35.879><c> none</c><00:14:36.080><c> other</c><00:14:36.299><c> but</c><00:14:36.460><c> the</c><00:14:36.620><c> house</c><00:14:36.899><c> of</c><00:14:37.120><c> God,</c><00:14:37.820><c> and</c><00:14:37.899><c> this</c><00:14:38.159><c> is</c>

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the<00:14:38.600><c> gate</c><00:14:39.000><c> of</c><00:14:39.379><c> heaven.</c>

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Jacob<00:14:41.960><c> is</c><00:14:42.320><c> just</c><00:14:42.700><c> beginning</c><00:14:43.120><c> to</c><00:14:43.620><c> realize</c><00:14:44.299><c> that</c><00:14:45.220><c> God</c><00:14:45.620><c> is</c><00:14:46.059><c> his</c>

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rock,<00:14:47.519><c> his</c><00:14:47.879><c> refuge,</c><00:14:48.799><c> his</c><00:14:49.179><c> strong</c><00:14:49.639><c> tower.</c>

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And<00:14:50.700><c> no</c><00:14:50.840><c> matter</c><00:14:51.120><c> where</c><00:14:51.600><c> Jacob</c><00:14:52.019><c> goes,</c><00:14:53.120><c> God</c><00:14:53.399><c> said,</c><00:14:53.700><c> I</c><00:14:54.000><c> will</c><00:14:54.240><c> be</c>

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with<00:14:54.820><c> thee.</c>

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Whether<00:14:56.340><c> he</c><00:14:56.500><c> was</c><00:14:56.659><c> in</c><00:14:56.899><c> the</c><00:14:57.080><c> city</c><00:14:57.279><c> that</c><00:14:57.580><c> night</c><00:14:57.779><c> or</c><00:14:57.879><c> out</c><00:14:58.120><c> on</c><00:14:58.299><c> a</c><00:14:58.460><c> rock,</c><00:14:59.059><c> God</c>

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would<00:14:59.620><c> be</c><00:14:59.860><c> with</c><00:15:00.139><c> him</c><00:15:00.639><c> and</c><00:15:01.080><c> protect</c><00:15:01.539><c> him.</c>

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Jacob<00:15:04.360><c> now</c><00:15:04.840><c> realizes</c><00:15:05.419><c> he's</c><00:15:05.960><c> journeying</c><00:15:06.820><c> with</c><00:15:07.539><c> the</c><00:15:07.740><c> Father.</c>

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That<00:15:09.000><c> God's</c><00:15:09.460><c> with</c><00:15:09.700><c> him</c><00:15:09.879><c> and</c><00:15:10.179><c> caring</c><00:15:10.519><c> for</c><00:15:10.779><c> him.</c>

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And<00:15:13.100><c> so</c><00:15:13.279><c> Jacob</c><00:15:13.700><c> realizes</c><00:15:14.320><c> that.</c><00:15:14.659><c> He</c><00:15:14.799><c> journeys</c><00:15:15.159><c> to</c><00:15:15.500><c> Haran.</c>

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He<00:15:16.519><c> comes</c><00:15:16.759><c> back</c><00:15:17.059><c> to</c><00:15:17.299><c> Canaan</c><00:15:17.539><c> and</c><00:15:17.720><c> later</c><00:15:18.019><c> to</c><00:15:18.259><c> Egypt.</c>

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Don't<00:15:23.340><c> be</c><00:15:23.600><c> afraid.</c>

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God<00:15:27.679><c> wants</c><00:15:27.980><c> us</c><00:15:28.299><c> to</c><00:15:28.559><c> learn</c><00:15:28.919><c> the</c><00:15:29.240><c> same</c><00:15:29.480><c> lesson.</c>

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Hebrews<00:15:33.120><c> 13,</c><00:15:33.679><c> and</c><00:15:33.779><c> I'm</c><00:15:33.919><c> going</c><00:15:34.000><c> to</c><00:15:34.080><c> read</c><00:15:34.200><c> it</c><00:15:34.399><c> to</c><00:15:34.399><c> you.</c><00:15:34.539><c> We</c><00:15:34.659><c> know</c><00:15:34.879><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:15:35.419><c> Hebrews</c><00:15:35.600><c> 13,</c><00:15:36.159><c> starting</c><00:15:36.500><c> in</c><00:15:36.700><c> the</c><00:15:36.779><c> middle</c><00:15:37.000><c> of</c><00:15:37.139><c> verse</c><00:15:37.360><c> 5</c><00:15:37.700><c> to</c>

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It's<00:15:39.519><c> one</c><00:15:39.659><c> of</c><00:15:39.759><c> those</c><00:15:40.000><c> phrases</c><00:15:40.360><c> that</c><00:15:40.679><c> echo</c><00:15:40.919><c> throughout</c><00:15:41.340><c> the</c><00:15:41.559><c> Bible.</c>

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I'm<00:15:42.799><c> going</c><00:15:43.059><c> to</c><00:15:43.200><c> digress</c><00:15:43.539><c> for</c><00:15:43.720><c> just</c><00:15:43.919><c> a</c><00:15:44.080><c> moment.</c><00:15:44.360><c> I</c><00:15:44.480><c> just</c><00:15:44.700><c> thought</c><00:15:44.740><c> this</c>

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was<00:15:45.139><c> really</c><00:15:45.419><c> neat.</c>

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I<00:15:47.139><c> will</c><00:15:47.279><c> never</c><00:15:47.720><c> leave</c><00:15:48.139><c> thee</c><00:15:48.279><c> nor</c><00:15:48.559><c> forsake</c><00:15:49.200><c> thee,</c>

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so<00:15:50.399><c> that</c><00:15:50.559><c> we</c><00:15:50.700><c> may</c><00:15:50.879><c> boldly</c><00:15:51.460><c> say,</c><00:15:51.779><c> The</c><00:15:51.899><c> Lord</c><00:15:52.220><c> is</c><00:15:52.440><c> my</c><00:15:52.659><c> helper,</c><00:15:52.960><c> and</c>

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I<00:15:53.200><c> will</c><00:15:53.460><c> not</c><00:15:53.840><c> fear</c><00:15:54.120><c> what</c><00:15:54.419><c> man</c><00:15:54.720><c> shall</c><00:15:54.960><c> do</c><00:15:55.200><c> unto</c><00:15:55.419><c> me.</c>

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And<00:15:56.399><c> I</c><00:15:56.480><c> could</c><00:15:56.600><c> just</c><00:15:56.860><c> read</c><00:15:57.059><c> that,</c><00:15:57.700><c> and</c><00:15:57.879><c> that</c><00:15:58.039><c> could</c><00:15:58.179><c> be</c><00:15:58.320><c> an</c><00:15:58.480><c> exhortation.</c>

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And<00:15:59.120><c> we</c><00:15:59.259><c> should</c><00:15:59.460><c> all</c><00:15:59.679><c> believe</c><00:15:59.960><c> that,</c><00:16:00.340><c> that</c><00:16:00.559><c> God</c><00:16:00.779><c> is</c><00:16:01.039><c> with</c><00:16:01.200><c> us.</c>

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When<00:16:01.580><c> we're</c><00:16:01.759><c> in</c><00:16:02.000><c> Christ,</c><00:16:02.659><c> God</c><00:16:02.980><c> is</c><00:16:03.220><c> with</c><00:16:03.460><c> us</c><00:16:03.639><c> and</c><00:16:03.720><c> will</c><00:16:04.000><c> never</c>

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forsake<00:16:04.960><c> us.</c>

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Barclay<00:16:07.220><c> translates</c><00:16:07.860><c> the</c><00:16:08.200><c> same</c><00:16:08.519><c> phrase</c><00:16:08.879><c> this</c><00:16:09.299><c> way.</c>

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God<00:16:11.139><c> himself</c><00:16:11.639><c> has</c><00:16:11.940><c> said,</c><00:16:12.879><c> I</c><00:16:12.899><c> will</c><00:16:13.139><c> never</c><00:16:13.620><c> let</c><00:16:13.980><c> go</c><00:16:14.240><c> of</c><00:16:14.460><c> my</c><00:16:14.759><c> grip</c>

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of<00:16:15.240><c> you.</c>

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I<00:16:16.240><c> will</c><00:16:16.500><c> never</c><00:16:16.759><c> abandon</c><00:16:17.259><c> you.</c>

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What<00:16:19.039><c> a</c><00:16:19.259><c> comfort</c><00:16:19.480><c> that</c><00:16:19.700><c> is,</c><00:16:19.879><c> knowing</c><00:16:20.139><c> that</c><00:16:20.399><c> God</c><00:16:20.600><c> is</c><00:16:20.919><c> always</c>

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holding<00:16:21.559><c> on.</c>

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Like<00:16:22.379><c> Bill</c><00:16:22.620><c> describing</c><00:16:23.460><c> rappelling</c><00:16:24.139><c> down</c><00:16:24.419><c> a</c><00:16:24.580><c> mountain,</c><00:16:24.919><c> knowing</c><00:16:25.240><c> that</c>

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there's<00:16:25.740><c> somebody</c><00:16:25.980><c> there</c><00:16:26.480><c> with</c><00:16:26.759><c> you.</c>

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Holding<00:16:27.740><c> on</c><00:16:28.440><c> to</c><00:16:28.860><c> keep</c><00:16:29.139><c> you</c><00:16:29.419><c> from</c><00:16:29.720><c> falling.</c>

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I<00:16:31.940><c> will</c><00:16:32.139><c> never</c><00:16:32.440><c> let</c><00:16:32.740><c> go</c><00:16:32.919><c> of</c><00:16:33.179><c> my</c><00:16:33.179><c> grip</c><00:16:33.399><c> of</c><00:16:33.580><c> you.</c>

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And<00:16:35.360><c> there's</c><00:16:35.559><c> another</c><00:16:35.820><c> neat</c><00:16:36.039><c> thing</c><00:16:36.259><c> that</c><00:16:36.460><c> goes</c><00:16:36.639><c> with</c><00:16:36.919><c> this.</c>

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That<00:16:38.460><c> word</c><00:16:38.799><c> leave,</c><00:16:39.860><c> or</c><00:16:40.019><c> let</c><00:16:40.220><c> go</c><00:16:40.440><c> of</c><00:16:40.539><c> my</c><00:16:40.740><c> grip,</c><00:16:41.059><c> that's</c><00:16:41.340><c> all</c><00:16:41.480><c> one</c><00:16:41.679><c> word,</c>

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is<00:16:43.379><c> used</c><00:16:43.700><c> in</c><00:16:43.980><c> another</c><00:16:44.279><c> place</c><00:16:44.639><c> that's</c><00:16:44.960><c> pretty</c><00:16:45.240><c> interesting.</c>

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Paul<00:16:47.200><c> and</c><00:16:47.480><c> Silas</c><00:16:47.779><c> are</c><00:16:48.000><c> in</c><00:16:48.259><c> prison.</c>

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They're<00:16:49.639><c> in</c><00:16:49.740><c> the</c><00:16:49.919><c> deepest</c><00:16:50.320><c> dungeon,</c><00:16:50.940><c> they're</c><00:16:51.179><c> shackled</c><00:16:51.639><c> up</c>

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with<00:16:52.159><c> bonds,</c>

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and<00:16:53.159><c> we</c><00:16:53.320><c> know</c><00:16:53.440><c> that</c><00:16:53.559><c> they're</c><00:16:53.879><c> singing</c><00:16:54.320><c> hymns.</c>

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And<00:16:55.379><c> we</c><00:16:55.460><c> know</c><00:16:55.559><c> what</c><00:16:55.759><c> happens,</c><00:16:56.480><c> an</c><00:16:56.600><c> earthquake</c><00:16:56.940><c> comes,</c><00:16:57.700><c> and</c>

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the<00:16:58.019><c> bonds</c><00:16:58.279><c> are</c><00:16:58.539><c> released.</c>

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What's<00:17:00.799><c> interesting</c><00:17:01.299><c> is,</c><00:17:02.419><c> the</c><00:17:02.460><c> word</c><00:17:02.779><c> used</c><00:17:03.179><c> for</c><00:17:03.379><c> having</c><00:17:03.659><c> their</c>

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bands<00:17:04.380><c> loosed,</c>

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everyone's<00:17:05.779><c> bands</c><00:17:05.980><c> were</c><00:17:06.339><c> loosed,</c><00:17:07.640><c> that</c><00:17:07.880><c> word</c><00:17:08.259><c> loosed</c><00:17:08.779><c> is</c><00:17:09.160><c> the</c>

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same<00:17:09.660><c> word</c><00:17:10.380><c> leave.</c>

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So<00:17:14.079><c> God</c><00:17:14.619><c> says,</c><00:17:15.039><c> I'll</c><00:17:15.180><c> never</c><00:17:15.519><c> let</c><00:17:15.759><c> go</c><00:17:15.980><c> of</c><00:17:16.119><c> my</c><00:17:16.380><c> grip</c><00:17:16.579><c> on</c><00:17:16.819><c> you.</c>

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And<00:17:17.140><c> you</c><00:17:17.220><c> can</c><00:17:17.400><c> imagine</c><00:17:17.759><c> something</c><00:17:18.519><c> that</c><00:17:18.880><c> tight,</c><00:17:19.160><c> like</c><00:17:19.420><c> a</c><00:17:19.619><c> shackle</c><00:17:19.960><c> that</c>

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can't<00:17:20.680><c> come</c><00:17:20.940><c> off.</c>

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God<00:17:21.640><c> says,</c><00:17:21.900><c> that's</c><00:17:22.259><c> what</c><00:17:22.420><c> I</c><00:17:22.599><c> am</c><00:17:22.799><c> to</c><00:17:22.960><c> you.</c>

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And<00:17:23.660><c> the</c><00:17:23.799><c> only</c><00:17:24.119><c> time</c><00:17:24.400><c> that'll</c><00:17:24.700><c> ever</c><00:17:25.000><c> be</c><00:17:25.259><c> let</c><00:17:25.480><c> go,</c><00:17:26.079><c> the</c><00:17:26.119><c> only</c><00:17:26.339><c> time</c><00:17:26.579><c> God</c><00:17:26.819><c> will</c><00:17:27.059><c> finally</c><00:17:27.440><c> let</c><00:17:27.680><c> go</c>

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of<00:17:27.960><c> his</c><00:17:28.039><c> grip</c><00:17:28.299><c> on</c><00:17:28.500><c> us,</c>

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will<00:17:29.619><c> be</c><00:17:29.740><c> in</c><00:17:29.920><c> the</c><00:17:30.079><c> kingdom.</c>

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When<00:17:31.319><c> the</c><00:17:31.579><c> bands</c><00:17:31.839><c> are</c><00:17:32.079><c> taken</c><00:17:32.339><c> from</c><00:17:32.599><c> us,</c><00:17:33.180><c> and</c><00:17:33.339><c> when</c><00:17:33.460><c> we</c><00:17:33.700><c> come</c><00:17:33.900><c> from</c><00:17:34.099><c> the</c><00:17:34.259><c> dungeon</c><00:17:34.579><c> of</c><00:17:34.839><c> death,</c>

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when<00:17:35.240><c> his</c><00:17:35.500><c> body's</c><00:17:36.480><c> removed</c><00:17:36.859><c> and</c><00:17:37.119><c> replaced,</c><00:17:38.200><c> and</c><00:17:38.400><c> we're</c><00:17:38.579><c> given</c>

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immortal<00:17:39.180><c> life,</c>

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then<00:17:40.140><c> God</c><00:17:40.460><c> can</c><00:17:40.759><c> release</c><00:17:41.119><c> us.</c>

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I<00:17:42.539><c> will</c><00:17:42.819><c> never</c><00:17:43.160><c> leave</c><00:17:43.519><c> thee</c><00:17:43.660><c> nor</c><00:17:43.940><c> forsake</c><00:17:44.460><c> thee.</c>

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I<00:17:44.880><c> won't</c><00:17:45.119><c> let</c><00:17:45.400><c> go</c><00:17:45.559><c> of</c><00:17:45.680><c> my</c><00:17:45.900><c> grip</c><00:17:46.119><c> on</c><00:17:46.359><c> you,</c><00:17:47.779><c> until</c><00:17:48.039><c> I</c><00:17:48.200><c> have</c><00:17:48.380><c> done</c><00:17:48.579><c> that</c><00:17:48.859><c> which</c><00:17:49.039><c> I</c>

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have<00:17:49.359><c> spoken.</c>

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He<00:17:50.440><c> said</c><00:17:50.619><c> to</c><00:17:50.799><c> Jacob.</c>

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And<00:17:51.500><c> that's</c><00:17:52.079><c> true</c><00:17:52.319><c> for</c><00:17:52.559><c> us.</c>

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God<00:17:53.339><c> won't</c><00:17:53.619><c> let</c><00:17:53.859><c> you</c><00:17:54.099><c> go,</c><00:17:55.880><c> until</c><00:17:56.259><c> you're</c><00:17:56.559><c> in</c><00:17:56.680><c> the</c><00:17:56.880><c> kingdom.</c>

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Now<00:18:00.200><c> let's</c><00:18:00.359><c> go</c><00:18:00.539><c> back</c><00:18:00.740><c> to</c><00:18:00.960><c> Jacob.</c>

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But<00:18:02.940><c> to</c><00:18:03.079><c> go</c><00:18:03.240><c> back</c><00:18:03.440><c> to</c><00:18:03.559><c> Jacob,</c><00:18:03.940><c> we</c><00:18:04.019><c> need</c><00:18:04.220><c> to</c><00:18:04.339><c> go</c><00:18:04.599><c> forward</c><00:18:04.900><c> a</c><00:18:05.000><c> little</c><00:18:05.240><c> bit.</c>

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Hosea<00:18:06.539><c> chapter</c><00:18:06.940><c> 12,</c><00:18:07.640><c> verse</c><00:18:07.779><c> 3</c><00:18:08.099><c> and</c><00:18:08.319><c> 4.</c>

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And<00:18:12.500><c> I'll</c><00:18:12.700><c> start</c><00:18:12.920><c> reading,</c><00:18:13.539><c> because</c><00:18:13.579><c> of</c><00:18:13.759><c> time.</c>

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Speaking<00:18:16.779><c> of</c><00:18:16.960><c> Jacob,</c><00:18:17.420><c> he</c><00:18:17.480><c> says,</c>

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He<00:18:17.819><c> took</c><00:18:18.019><c> his</c><00:18:18.359><c> brother</c><00:18:18.579><c> by</c><00:18:18.839><c> the</c><00:18:19.099><c> heel</c><00:18:19.319><c> and</c><00:18:19.500><c> the</c><00:18:19.700><c> womb,</c><00:18:20.539><c> and</c><00:18:20.619><c> by</c>

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his<00:18:21.180><c> strength</c><00:18:21.480><c> he</c><00:18:21.640><c> had</c><00:18:21.859><c> power</c><00:18:22.259><c> with</c><00:18:22.500><c> God.</c>

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Yea,<00:18:24.240><c> he</c><00:18:24.380><c> had</c><00:18:24.579><c> power</c><00:18:24.920><c> over</c><00:18:25.160><c> the</c><00:18:25.420><c> angel</c><00:18:25.700><c> and</c><00:18:25.900><c> prevailed.</c>

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He<00:18:26.640><c> wept,</c><00:18:27.160><c> he</c><00:18:27.359><c> made</c><00:18:27.660><c> supplication</c><00:18:28.460><c> unto</c><00:18:28.680><c> him.</c>

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He<00:18:29.480><c> found</c><00:18:29.880><c> him</c><00:18:30.099><c> in</c><00:18:30.319><c> Bethel,</c><00:18:30.680><c> and</c><00:18:30.859><c> there</c><00:18:31.200><c> he</c><00:18:31.519><c> spake</c><00:18:31.799><c> with</c><00:18:32.019><c> us.</c>

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We're<00:18:35.500><c> actually</c><00:18:35.759><c> talking</c><00:18:36.099><c> two</c><00:18:36.319><c> different</c><00:18:36.619><c> places.</c>

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Jacob<00:18:38.240><c> didn't</c><00:18:38.559><c> wrestle</c><00:18:38.960><c> with</c><00:18:39.200><c> the</c><00:18:39.440><c> angel</c><00:18:39.680><c> in</c><00:18:39.880><c> Bethel.</c>

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It<00:18:40.660><c> was</c><00:18:40.819><c> a</c><00:18:41.000><c> different</c><00:18:41.220><c> place.</c>

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When<00:18:42.299><c> he</c><00:18:42.420><c> comes</c><00:18:42.660><c> back</c><00:18:42.880><c> from</c><00:18:44.299><c> Heran,</c><00:18:44.680><c> from</c><00:18:45.000><c> Laban,</c><00:18:45.880><c> he's</c><00:18:46.279><c> journeying</c><00:18:46.660><c> back.</c>

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He's<00:18:47.220><c> nowhere</c><00:18:47.440><c> near</c><00:18:47.819><c> Bethel.</c>

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And<00:18:49.819><c> he</c><00:18:50.000><c> wrestles</c><00:18:50.359><c> with</c><00:18:50.559><c> an</c><00:18:50.759><c> angel.</c>

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And<00:18:51.400><c> we</c><00:18:51.519><c> know</c><00:18:51.759><c> this</c><00:18:51.960><c> story.</c>

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Now<00:18:53.460><c> how</c><00:18:53.579><c> did</c><00:18:53.779><c> Jacob</c><00:18:54.140><c> prevail</c><00:18:54.619><c> over</c><00:18:54.920><c> the</c><00:18:55.160><c> angel?</c>

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I<00:18:57.740><c> always</c><00:18:58.039><c> thought</c><00:18:58.220><c> it</c><00:18:58.299><c> was,</c><00:18:58.519><c> you</c><00:18:58.619><c> know,</c><00:18:58.759><c> he</c><00:18:58.960><c> out</c><00:18:59.200><c> wrestled</c><00:18:59.579><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:00.339><c> finally</c><00:19:00.660><c> the</c><00:19:00.880><c> angel</c><00:19:01.079><c> had</c><00:19:01.279><c> to</c><00:19:01.480><c> touch</c><00:19:01.619><c> his</c><00:19:01.960><c> thigh.</c>

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You<00:19:02.500><c> remember</c><00:19:02.740><c> to</c><00:19:03.000><c> disable</c><00:19:03.400><c> him?</c>

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That's<00:19:04.440><c> not</c><00:19:04.599><c> what</c><00:19:04.819><c> Hosea</c><00:19:05.180><c> says.</c>

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Jacob<00:19:06.960><c> had</c><00:19:07.279><c> power</c><00:19:07.700><c> over</c><00:19:07.960><c> the</c><00:19:08.259><c> angel</c><00:19:08.599><c> through,</c><00:19:09.180><c> as</c><00:19:09.839><c> we</c><00:19:09.980><c> just</c>

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read,<00:19:11.000><c> his</c><00:19:11.220><c> prayers</c><00:19:11.859><c> and</c><00:19:13.019><c> his</c><00:19:13.380><c> repentance.</c>

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His<00:19:15.119><c> change</c><00:19:15.680><c> of</c><00:19:16.019><c> mind</c><00:19:16.359><c> is</c><00:19:16.539><c> what</c><00:19:16.740><c> repentance</c><00:19:17.259><c> means.</c>

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His<00:19:18.099><c> change</c><00:19:18.420><c> in</c><00:19:18.700><c> thinking,</c><00:19:19.079><c> his</c><00:19:19.299><c> change</c><00:19:19.640><c> in</c><00:19:19.859><c> outlook.</c>

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He<00:19:20.599><c> found</c><00:19:21.019><c> God</c><00:19:21.319><c> in</c><00:19:21.579><c> Bethel</c><00:19:22.099><c> when</c><00:19:22.440><c> he</c><00:19:22.660><c> left.</c>

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And<00:19:24.319><c> now</c><00:19:24.519><c> his</c><00:19:24.839><c> thinking</c><00:19:25.140><c> coming</c><00:19:25.420><c> back</c><00:19:25.740><c> to</c><00:19:25.900><c> the</c><00:19:26.059><c> land</c><00:19:26.220><c> has</c><00:19:26.420><c> been</c><00:19:26.700><c> changed.</c>

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And<00:19:27.940><c> he's</c><00:19:28.119><c> meeting</c><00:19:28.440><c> his</c><00:19:28.799><c> killer.</c>

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Esau's<00:19:30.299><c> a</c><00:19:30.440><c> day</c><00:19:30.660><c> away,</c><00:19:31.259><c> coming</c><00:19:31.519><c> with</c><00:19:31.779><c> him</c><00:19:31.920><c> with</c><00:19:32.119><c> a</c><00:19:32.259><c> band</c><00:19:32.400><c> of</c><00:19:32.579><c> soldiers.</c>

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But<00:19:34.480><c> his</c><00:19:34.759><c> outlook</c><00:19:35.079><c> has</c><00:19:35.539><c> changed.</c>

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It<00:19:37.319><c> took</c><00:19:37.519><c> him</c><00:19:37.660><c> about</c><00:19:38.000><c> 20</c><00:19:38.319><c> years</c><00:19:38.700><c> to</c><00:19:39.059><c> realize</c><00:19:39.440><c> what</c><00:19:39.640><c> God</c><00:19:39.940><c> told</c>

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him<00:19:40.539><c> and</c><00:19:40.779><c> was</c><00:19:41.079><c> true,</c><00:19:42.000><c> that</c><00:19:42.180><c> God</c><00:19:42.480><c> would</c><00:19:42.680><c> be</c><00:19:42.880><c> with</c><00:19:43.140><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:45.000><c> so</c><00:19:45.180><c> he</c><00:19:45.319><c> marches</c><00:19:46.039><c> to</c><00:19:46.279><c> his</c><00:19:46.519><c> brother</c><00:19:46.960><c> and</c><00:19:47.720><c> he</c><00:19:47.880><c> doesn't</c><00:19:48.160><c> run</c><00:19:48.420><c> away.</c>

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And<00:19:49.759><c> this</c><00:19:49.940><c> is</c><00:19:50.160><c> the</c><00:19:50.319><c> key.</c>

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It's<00:19:50.980><c> the</c><00:19:51.119><c> key</c><00:19:51.220><c> to</c><00:19:51.420><c> the</c><00:19:51.579><c> Tower</c><00:19:51.839><c> of</c><00:19:52.079><c> Siloam.</c>

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Except<00:19:53.319><c> ye</c><00:19:53.599><c> repent,</c><00:19:54.900><c> ye</c><00:19:55.099><c> shall</c><00:19:55.380><c> likewise</c><00:19:56.000><c> perish.</c>

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We<00:19:57.359><c> need</c><00:19:57.539><c> to</c><00:19:57.859><c> change</c><00:19:58.099><c> our</c><00:19:58.279><c> outlook</c><00:19:58.559><c> the</c><00:19:58.779><c> way</c><00:19:59.019><c> we</c><00:19:59.359><c> think,</c><00:20:00.279><c> depend</c><00:20:00.660><c> on</c>

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God,<00:20:02.859><c> and</c><00:20:03.000><c> put</c><00:20:03.200><c> the</c><00:20:03.460><c> world</c><00:20:03.720><c> behind</c><00:20:04.180><c> us.</c>

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Turning<00:20:04.819><c> to</c><00:20:05.119><c> God,</c><00:20:05.619><c> asking</c><00:20:06.059><c> forgiveness,</c><00:20:07.220><c> following</c><00:20:07.640><c> him.</c>

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See,<00:20:08.700><c> these</c><00:20:09.039><c> are</c><00:20:09.200><c> all</c><00:20:09.400><c> things</c><00:20:09.599><c> that</c><00:20:09.839><c> open</c><00:20:10.059><c> up</c><00:20:10.680><c> the</c><00:20:11.119><c> tower,</c><00:20:12.119><c> the</c>

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refuge,<00:20:12.920><c> the</c><00:20:13.119><c> high</c><00:20:13.460><c> place</c><00:20:14.000><c> where</c><00:20:14.660><c> God</c><00:20:14.960><c> will</c><00:20:15.200><c> save</c><00:20:15.440><c> us.</c>

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Now,<00:20:17.960><c> did</c><00:20:18.099><c> you</c><00:20:18.240><c> put</c><00:20:18.359><c> your</c><00:20:18.559><c> bookmarks</c><00:20:18.940><c> in</c><00:20:19.180><c> Psalm</c><00:20:19.359><c> 61?</c><00:20:20.059><c> Is</c><00:20:20.180><c> it</c>

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still<00:20:20.519><c> there?</c>

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Let's<00:20:22.099><c> read</c><00:20:22.299><c> verses</c><00:20:22.640><c> one</c><00:20:23.019><c> to</c><00:20:23.240><c> four</c><00:20:23.640><c> again.</c>

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Psalm<00:20:25.420><c> 61.</c>

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Hear<00:20:28.140><c> my</c><00:20:28.460><c> cry,</c><00:20:28.859><c> O</c><00:20:29.039><c> God,</c><00:20:29.619><c> attend</c><00:20:29.920><c> unto</c><00:20:30.220><c> my</c><00:20:30.500><c> prayer.</c>

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From<00:20:31.700><c> the</c><00:20:31.859><c> end</c><00:20:31.980><c> of</c><00:20:32.140><c> the</c><00:20:32.240><c> earth</c><00:20:32.420><c> will</c><00:20:32.579><c> I</c><00:20:32.779><c> cry</c><00:20:33.019><c> unto</c><00:20:33.259><c> thee</c><00:20:33.619><c> when</c>

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my<00:20:34.160><c> heart</c><00:20:34.380><c> is</c><00:20:34.660><c> overwhelmed.</c>

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Lead<00:20:35.220><c> me</c><00:20:36.539><c> to</c><00:20:36.660><c> the</c><00:20:36.880><c> rock</c><00:20:37.119><c> that</c><00:20:37.279><c> is</c><00:20:37.559><c> higher</c><00:20:37.819><c> than</c><00:20:38.039><c> I.</c>

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For<00:20:39.359><c> thou</c><00:20:39.579><c> hast</c><00:20:39.779><c> been</c><00:20:40.039><c> a</c><00:20:40.240><c> shelter</c><00:20:40.539><c> for</c><00:20:40.759><c> me</c><00:20:40.960><c> and</c><00:20:41.119><c> a</c><00:20:41.440><c> strong</c><00:20:41.720><c> tower</c><00:20:42.119><c> from</c>

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the<00:20:42.539><c> enemy.</c>

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I<00:20:44.079><c> will</c><00:20:44.339><c> abide</c><00:20:44.740><c> in</c><00:20:44.920><c> thy</c><00:20:45.140><c> tabernacle</c><00:20:45.759><c> forever.</c>

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I<00:20:46.359><c> will</c><00:20:46.660><c> trust</c><00:20:46.980><c> in</c><00:20:47.140><c> the</c><00:20:47.380><c> covert</c><00:20:47.759><c> of</c><00:20:48.319><c> thy</c><00:20:48.539><c> wings.</c>

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Now,<00:20:50.099><c> we</c><00:20:50.240><c> get</c><00:20:50.380><c> some</c><00:20:50.720><c> words</c><00:20:51.039><c> here</c><00:20:51.259><c> that</c><00:20:51.380><c> are</c><00:20:51.559><c> all</c><00:20:51.759><c> being</c><00:20:52.000><c> tied</c>

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together<00:20:52.660><c> in</c><00:20:52.859><c> this</c><00:20:53.079><c> Psalm.</c>

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We<00:20:53.940><c> have</c><00:20:54.160><c> rock,</c><00:20:55.259><c> shelter,</c><00:20:56.640><c> strong</c><00:20:56.900><c> tower,</c><00:20:58.339><c> tabernacle,</c><00:20:59.319><c> and</c>

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also<00:20:59.900><c> in</c><00:21:00.099><c> a</c><00:21:00.339><c> high</c><00:21:00.579><c> place,</c><00:21:01.019><c> higher</c><00:21:01.420><c> than</c><00:21:01.660><c> I.</c>

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Now,<00:21:05.240><c> look</c><00:21:05.240><c> at</c><00:21:05.460><c> Psalm</c><00:21:05.759><c> 62,</c><00:21:06.859><c> verse</c><00:21:07.099><c> two.</c>

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Again,<00:21:10.559><c> he</c><00:21:10.579><c> only</c><00:21:11.039><c> is</c><00:21:11.299><c> my</c><00:21:11.519><c> rock</c><00:21:11.799><c> and</c><00:21:12.000><c> my</c><00:21:12.279><c> salvation.</c>

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He<00:21:13.740><c> is</c><00:21:14.059><c> my</c><00:21:14.259><c> defense,</c><00:21:15.180><c> I</c><00:21:15.539><c> shall</c><00:21:15.819><c> not</c><00:21:16.160><c> be</c><00:21:16.420><c> greatly</c><00:21:16.799><c> moved.</c>

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The<00:21:18.279><c> word</c><00:21:18.519><c> defense</c><00:21:19.160><c> means</c><00:21:19.900><c> high</c><00:21:20.440><c> place.</c>

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God<00:21:22.000><c> is</c><00:21:22.319><c> my</c><00:21:22.660><c> high</c><00:21:22.960><c> place,</c><00:21:23.319><c> my</c><00:21:23.700><c> refuge,</c><00:21:24.799><c> says</c><00:21:24.940><c> Psalm</c><00:21:25.339><c> 62.</c>

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And<00:21:27.059><c> one</c><00:21:27.220><c> more</c><00:21:27.400><c> verse,</c><00:21:27.680><c> we</c><00:21:27.740><c> read</c><00:21:27.900><c> this</c><00:21:28.099><c> earlier.</c>

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Proverbs<00:21:29.740><c> 18,</c><00:21:30.259><c> verse</c><00:21:30.539><c> 10,</c><00:21:31.640><c> and</c><00:21:31.819><c> I'm</c><00:21:31.940><c> going</c><00:21:32.059><c> to</c><00:21:32.220><c> turn</c><00:21:32.460><c> to</c><00:21:32.619><c> it</c><00:21:32.779><c> because</c><00:21:33.059><c> the</c><00:21:33.400><c> margin</c><00:21:34.000><c> sheds</c><00:21:34.579><c> a</c>

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little<00:21:34.920><c> light</c><00:21:35.119><c> on</c><00:21:35.319><c> it.</c>

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Proverbs<00:21:36.759><c> 18,</c><00:21:37.400><c> verse</c><00:21:37.859><c> 10.</c>

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The<00:21:43.980><c> name</c><00:21:44.259><c> of</c><00:21:44.420><c> the</c><00:21:44.579><c> Lord</c><00:21:44.720><c> is</c><00:21:44.940><c> a</c><00:21:45.319><c> strong</c><00:21:45.700><c> tower.</c>

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The<00:21:47.059><c> righteous</c><00:21:47.500><c> runneth</c><00:21:47.900><c> to</c><00:21:48.200><c> it</c><00:21:48.680><c> and</c><00:21:49.200><c> is</c><00:21:49.680><c> safe.</c>

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If<00:21:52.319><c> you</c><00:21:52.539><c> read</c><00:21:52.799><c> this</c><00:21:53.359><c> in</c><00:21:53.619><c> the</c><00:21:53.799><c> margin,</c><00:21:54.240><c> it</c><00:21:54.299><c> says</c><00:21:54.539><c> the</c><00:21:54.740><c> righteous</c>

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runneth<00:21:55.720><c> to</c><00:21:56.019><c> it</c><00:21:56.400><c> and</c><00:21:56.740><c> is</c><00:21:57.059><c> set</c><00:21:57.680><c> aloft.</c>

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And<00:21:59.740><c> one</c><00:21:59.900><c> more</c><00:22:00.119><c> verse,</c><00:22:00.880><c> if</c><00:22:01.000><c> you</c><00:22:01.180><c> bear</c><00:22:01.319><c> with</c><00:22:01.559><c> me,</c><00:22:01.880><c> Psalm</c><00:22:02.099><c> 9,</c><00:22:03.140><c> verse</c><00:22:03.400><c> 9.</c>

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The<00:22:14.839><c> Lord</c><00:22:15.059><c> also</c><00:22:15.480><c> will</c><00:22:15.640><c> be</c><00:22:15.900><c> a</c><00:22:16.019><c> refuge</c><00:22:16.420><c> for</c><00:22:16.680><c> the</c><00:22:16.900><c> oppressed.</c>

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We<00:22:17.799><c> sang</c><00:22:18.039><c> this,</c><00:22:18.460><c> a</c><00:22:18.619><c> refuge</c><00:22:19.180><c> in</c><00:22:20.420><c> times</c><00:22:20.839><c> of</c><00:22:21.140><c> trouble.</c>

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And<00:22:21.900><c> again,</c><00:22:22.019><c> if</c><00:22:22.140><c> you</c><00:22:22.339><c> look</c><00:22:22.519><c> in</c><00:22:22.599><c> your</c><00:22:22.819><c> margin</c><00:22:23.119><c> for</c><00:22:23.339><c> the</c><00:22:23.440><c> word</c><00:22:23.640><c> refuge,</c><00:22:24.299><c> the</c><00:22:24.440><c> Lord</c><00:22:24.680><c> will</c><00:22:24.940><c> be</c>

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a<00:22:26.460><c> high</c><00:22:26.799><c> place.</c>

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There<00:22:31.759><c> can</c><00:22:32.019><c> only</c><00:22:32.400><c> be</c><00:22:32.720><c> one</c><00:22:33.279><c> refuge,</c><00:22:35.420><c> one</c><00:22:35.819><c> high</c><00:22:36.200><c> place</c><00:22:36.720><c> in</c><00:22:37.059><c> your</c><00:22:37.319><c> life.</c>

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God<00:22:39.119><c> will</c><00:22:39.420><c> accept</c><00:22:39.759><c> only</c><00:22:40.259><c> one</c><00:22:40.599><c> high</c><00:22:41.000><c> place,</c><00:22:41.819><c> and</c><00:22:42.480><c> it</c><00:22:42.680><c> has</c><00:22:42.980><c> to</c><00:22:43.240><c> be</c><00:22:43.400><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:22:44.519><c> think</c><00:22:44.920><c> about</c><00:22:45.240><c> this.</c>

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I<00:22:48.519><c> love</c><00:22:48.759><c> reading</c><00:22:49.019><c> about</c><00:22:49.220><c> the</c><00:22:49.500><c> kings.</c>

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You<00:22:50.220><c> know,</c><00:22:50.319><c> when</c><00:22:50.420><c> you</c><00:22:50.599><c> start</c><00:22:50.779><c> reading</c><00:22:51.039><c> in</c><00:22:51.319><c> Samuel,</c><00:22:51.880><c> you</c><00:22:52.059><c> just</c>

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keep<00:22:52.500><c> going</c><00:22:52.799><c> through.</c>

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You<00:22:53.319><c> go</c><00:22:53.500><c> through</c><00:22:54.039><c> Samuel</c><00:22:54.500><c> and</c><00:22:54.640><c> you</c><00:22:54.700><c> go</c><00:22:54.920><c> through</c><00:22:55.140><c> Kings</c><00:22:55.500><c> and</c>

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you<00:22:55.779><c> read</c><00:22:55.900><c> the</c><00:22:56.180><c> Chronicles.</c>

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But<00:22:57.279><c> what's</c><00:22:57.619><c> the</c><00:22:57.839><c> one</c><00:22:58.079><c> refrain</c><00:22:58.539><c> that</c><00:22:58.819><c> follows</c><00:22:59.240><c> every</c><00:22:59.640><c> king</c><00:22:59.900><c> of</c><00:23:00.099><c> Israel?</c>

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Maybe<00:23:02.119><c> not</c><00:23:02.380><c> everyone,</c><00:23:02.759><c> but</c><00:23:03.000><c> almost</c><00:23:03.500><c> everyone.</c>

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When<00:23:04.460><c> they</c><00:23:04.640><c> give</c><00:23:04.740><c> the</c><00:23:04.940><c> little</c><00:23:05.279><c> summary</c><00:23:05.680><c> of</c><00:23:05.900><c> their</c><00:23:06.140><c> life,</c><00:23:06.339><c> the</c>

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little<00:23:06.700><c> epitaph,</c>

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he<00:23:10.319><c> failed</c><00:23:10.640><c> to</c><00:23:10.920><c> remove</c><00:23:11.259><c> the</c><00:23:11.519><c> high</c><00:23:11.759><c> places.</c>

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He<00:23:13.500><c> built</c><00:23:13.859><c> the</c><00:23:14.119><c> high</c><00:23:14.339><c> places.</c>

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1<00:23:16.220><c> Kings,</c><00:23:16.640><c> and</c><00:23:16.819><c> don't</c><00:23:17.039><c> read</c><00:23:17.220><c> these,</c><00:23:17.500><c> but</c><00:23:17.579><c> 1</c><00:23:17.779><c> Kings</c><00:23:18.079><c> 12,</c><00:23:18.440><c> 31,</c><00:23:18.980><c> it</c>

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speaks<00:23:19.420><c> of</c><00:23:19.660><c> Jeroboam</c><00:23:20.299><c> making</c><00:23:21.200><c> high</c><00:23:21.680><c> places.</c>

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Same<00:23:23.420><c> period,</c><00:23:24.299><c> 1</c><00:23:24.539><c> Kings</c><00:23:24.799><c> 14,</c><00:23:25.299><c> 23,</c><00:23:25.900><c> Rehoboam</c><00:23:26.519><c> allowed</c><00:23:26.960><c> the</c><00:23:27.220><c> people</c><00:23:27.519><c> to</c>

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build<00:23:27.960><c> high</c><00:23:28.279><c> places.</c>

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1<00:23:30.119><c> Kings</c><00:23:30.420><c> 15,</c><00:23:31.039><c> verse</c><00:23:31.240><c> 14,</c><00:23:32.039><c> Asa</c><00:23:32.319><c> failed</c><00:23:32.759><c> to</c><00:23:33.059><c> remove</c><00:23:33.599><c> the</c><00:23:34.079><c> high</c><00:23:34.319><c> places.</c>

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And<00:23:35.099><c> it's</c><00:23:35.240><c> always</c><00:23:35.539><c> a</c><00:23:35.740><c> mark</c><00:23:35.920><c> against</c><00:23:36.359><c> the</c><00:23:36.619><c> king</c><00:23:36.960><c> for</c><00:23:37.420><c> not</c><00:23:37.839><c> allowing</c><00:23:38.220><c> the</c>

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high<00:23:38.740><c> places</c><00:23:39.099><c> to</c><00:23:39.339><c> be</c><00:23:39.559><c> removed</c><00:23:40.019><c> or</c><00:23:40.500><c> for</c><00:23:40.779><c> building</c><00:23:41.119><c> them.</c>

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And<00:23:42.220><c> I</c><00:23:42.259><c> always</c><00:23:42.460><c> wonder,</c><00:23:42.700><c> that</c><00:23:42.779><c> was</c><00:23:43.039><c> always</c><00:23:43.319><c> kind</c><00:23:43.519><c> of</c><00:23:43.779><c> strange.</c>

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What<00:23:44.779><c> was</c><00:23:44.960><c> so</c><00:23:45.259><c> important</c><00:23:45.720><c> about</c><00:23:46.039><c> the</c><00:23:46.339><c> high</c><00:23:46.559><c> places?</c>

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Let's<00:23:48.180><c> just</c><00:23:48.380><c> read</c><00:23:48.480><c> one</c><00:23:48.720><c> of</c><00:23:48.839><c> them.</c>

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If<00:23:49.460><c> you</c><00:23:49.619><c> read</c><00:23:49.799><c> 2</c><00:23:50.099><c> Kings</c><00:23:50.440><c> 14,</c><00:23:51.779><c> verse</c><00:23:52.000><c> 3.</c>

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2<00:23:56.980><c> Kings</c><00:23:57.380><c> 14,</c><00:23:58.140><c> verse</c><00:23:58.440><c> 3,</c><00:24:00.819><c> And</c><00:24:01.019><c> he</c><00:24:01.160><c> did</c><00:24:01.400><c> that</c><00:24:01.740><c> which</c><00:24:01.900><c> was</c><00:24:02.220><c> right</c>

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in<00:24:02.619><c> the</c><00:24:02.799><c> sight</c><00:24:02.920><c> of</c><00:24:03.079><c> the</c><00:24:03.259><c> Lord,</c><00:24:04.380><c> yet</c><00:24:04.519><c> not</c><00:24:04.839><c> like</c><00:24:05.099><c> David</c><00:24:05.460><c> his</c><00:24:05.640><c> father.</c>

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He<00:24:06.839><c> did</c><00:24:07.059><c> according</c><00:24:07.420><c> to</c><00:24:07.680><c> all</c><00:24:07.900><c> the</c><00:24:08.079><c> things</c><00:24:08.279><c> as</c><00:24:08.640><c> Joash</c><00:24:08.920><c> his</c><00:24:09.140><c> father</c><00:24:09.500><c> did.</c>

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Sounds<00:24:10.359><c> pretty</c><00:24:10.680><c> good,</c><00:24:10.880><c> doesn't</c><00:24:11.180><c> it?</c>

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How<00:24:12.500><c> be</c><00:24:12.740><c> it?</c>

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The<00:24:14.519><c> high</c><00:24:14.779><c> places</c><00:24:15.119><c> were</c><00:24:15.259><c> not</c><00:24:15.599><c> taken</c><00:24:15.859><c> away,</c><00:24:17.119><c> as</c><00:24:17.299><c> yet</c><00:24:17.460><c> the</c><00:24:17.720><c> people</c><00:24:17.940><c> did</c>

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sacrifice<00:24:18.960><c> and</c><00:24:19.359><c> burn</c><00:24:19.619><c> incense</c><00:24:20.039><c> on</c><00:24:20.539><c> the</c><00:24:20.759><c> high</c><00:24:21.039><c> places.</c>

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High<00:24:27.680><c> places</c><00:24:28.339><c> refers</c><00:24:29.359><c> to</c><00:24:29.680><c> one</c><00:24:29.980><c> place.</c>

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It's<00:24:30.680><c> being</c><00:24:31.000><c> with</c><00:24:31.259><c> the</c><00:24:31.480><c> Father.</c>

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There<00:24:32.799><c> can</c><00:24:33.000><c> be</c><00:24:33.220><c> no</c><00:24:33.500><c> other</c><00:24:33.839><c> refuge</c><00:24:34.359><c> we</c><00:24:34.980><c> turn</c><00:24:35.420><c> to.</c>

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The<00:24:37.619><c> people</c><00:24:38.019><c> always</c><00:24:38.559><c> had</c><00:24:38.779><c> another</c><00:24:39.200><c> place</c><00:24:39.619><c> they</c><00:24:39.980><c> turned.</c>

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There<00:24:40.200><c> was</c><00:24:40.420><c> always</c><00:24:40.660><c> another</c><00:24:41.180><c> high</c><00:24:41.539><c> place</c><00:24:41.779><c> competing</c><00:24:42.220><c> with</c><00:24:42.559><c> God.</c>

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There<00:24:43.200><c> was</c><00:24:43.420><c> always</c><00:24:43.680><c> another</c><00:24:44.359><c> tower</c><00:24:45.240><c> like</c><00:24:45.980><c> Siloam</c><00:24:46.539><c> that</c><00:24:46.839><c> they</c>

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went<00:24:47.440><c> to</c><00:24:47.599><c> for</c><00:24:47.880><c> security</c><00:24:48.640><c> instead</c><00:24:49.900><c> of</c><00:24:50.140><c> turning</c><00:24:50.480><c> to</c><00:24:50.720><c> the</c><00:24:50.920><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:24:52.559><c> each</c><00:24:52.720><c> one</c><00:24:52.859><c> of</c><00:24:53.000><c> these</c><00:24:53.200><c> kings</c><00:24:53.460><c> either</c><00:24:53.859><c> built</c><00:24:54.519><c> an</c><00:24:55.099><c> alternative</c><00:24:55.680><c> or</c><00:24:56.599><c> allowed</c><00:24:56.839><c> it</c><00:24:57.240><c> to</c><00:24:57.500><c> remain.</c>

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And<00:24:57.980><c> God</c><00:24:58.160><c> says</c><00:24:58.319><c> that's</c><00:24:58.619><c> not</c><00:24:58.779><c> how</c><00:24:58.960><c> it's</c><00:24:59.200><c> supposed</c><00:24:59.500><c> to</c><00:24:59.759><c> be.</c>

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There<00:25:01.039><c> can</c><00:25:01.240><c> only</c><00:25:01.519><c> be</c><00:25:01.799><c> one</c><00:25:02.099><c> high</c><00:25:02.460><c> place</c><00:25:02.740><c> and</c><00:25:02.880><c> that's</c><00:25:03.160><c> me.</c>

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And<00:25:04.019><c> again</c><00:25:04.180><c> it's</c><00:25:04.359><c> not</c><00:25:04.599><c> a</c><00:25:04.839><c> physical</c><00:25:05.220><c> place.</c>

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It<00:25:06.640><c> spiritually</c><00:25:07.059><c> says</c><00:25:07.359><c> you</c><00:25:07.519><c> need</c><00:25:07.759><c> to</c><00:25:07.880><c> have</c><00:25:08.099><c> one</c><00:25:08.319><c> high</c><00:25:08.619><c> place.</c>

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You<00:25:09.279><c> need</c><00:25:09.559><c> to</c><00:25:09.859><c> be</c><00:25:10.019><c> in</c><00:25:10.279><c> me.</c>

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Now<00:25:11.759><c> I</c><00:25:11.779><c> was</c><00:25:11.920><c> kind</c><00:25:12.059><c> of</c><00:25:12.200><c> amazed</c><00:25:12.519><c> when</c><00:25:12.680><c> I</c><00:25:12.900><c> started</c><00:25:13.059><c> going</c><00:25:13.319><c> through</c>

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these<00:25:14.039><c> words.</c>

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Turn<00:25:15.440><c> to</c><00:25:15.680><c> 2</c><00:25:15.980><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:16.539><c> 10,</c><00:25:17.380><c> verse</c><00:25:17.599><c> 3.</c>

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Well<00:25:18.880><c> that's</c><00:25:19.200><c> all</c><00:25:19.359><c> kind</c><00:25:19.480><c> of</c><00:25:19.599><c> a</c><00:25:19.660><c> little</c><00:25:19.920><c> esoteric.</c>

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But<00:25:21.660><c> Paul</c><00:25:22.039><c> picks</c><00:25:22.400><c> up</c><00:25:22.640><c> on</c><00:25:22.799><c> this</c><00:25:23.099><c> thought.</c>

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2<00:25:24.240><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:24.779><c> 10,</c><00:25:25.839><c> starting</c><00:25:26.119><c> at</c><00:25:26.359><c> verse</c><00:25:26.619><c> 3.</c>

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I<00:25:30.000><c> just</c><00:25:30.200><c> thought</c><00:25:30.299><c> this</c><00:25:30.500><c> was</c><00:25:30.720><c> really</c><00:25:31.039><c> neat</c><00:25:31.200><c> how</c><00:25:31.380><c> it</c><00:25:31.599><c> continues.</c>

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For<00:25:37.339><c> though</c><00:25:37.559><c> we</c><00:25:37.779><c> walk</c><00:25:38.059><c> in</c><00:25:38.220><c> the</c><00:25:38.460><c> flesh,</c><00:25:38.740><c> we</c><00:25:38.900><c> do</c><00:25:39.079><c> not</c><00:25:39.299><c> war</c><00:25:39.559><c> after</c>

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the<00:25:40.180><c> flesh.</c>

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For<00:25:41.299><c> the</c><00:25:41.440><c> weapons</c><00:25:41.740><c> of</c><00:25:41.940><c> our</c><00:25:42.220><c> warfare</c><00:25:42.539><c> are</c><00:25:42.720><c> not</c><00:25:42.980><c> carnal</c><00:25:43.339><c> but</c>

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mighty<00:25:44.079><c> through</c><00:25:44.460><c> God.</c>

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To<00:25:46.240><c> the</c><00:25:46.480><c> pulling</c><00:25:46.779><c> down</c><00:25:47.059><c> of</c><00:25:47.420><c> strongholds.</c>

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That's<00:25:50.579><c> removing</c><00:25:50.980><c> the</c><00:25:51.259><c> high</c><00:25:51.480><c> places.</c>

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That's<00:25:52.880><c> what</c><00:25:53.079><c> Asa</c><00:25:53.400><c> should</c><00:25:53.599><c> have</c><00:25:53.799><c> done.</c>

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That's<00:25:55.000><c> what</c><00:25:55.160><c> Jeroboam</c><00:25:55.779><c> should</c><00:25:55.960><c> have</c><00:25:56.119><c> done.</c>

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Pull<00:25:56.779><c> down</c><00:25:57.019><c> the</c><00:25:57.200><c> high</c><00:25:57.420><c> places.</c>

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Tell<00:25:58.079><c> the</c><00:25:58.299><c> people</c><00:25:58.559><c> turn</c><00:25:58.920><c> to</c><00:25:59.119><c> the</c><00:25:59.319><c> Lord.</c>

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Don't<00:26:00.839><c> go</c><00:26:01.079><c> off</c><00:26:01.319><c> for</c><00:26:01.519><c> incense</c><00:26:01.819><c> over</c><00:26:02.180><c> there.</c>

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To<00:26:04.200><c> the</c><00:26:04.460><c> pulling</c><00:26:04.819><c> down</c><00:26:05.079><c> of</c><00:26:05.480><c> strongholds,</c><00:26:06.180><c> Paul</c><00:26:06.480><c> says.</c>

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Where<00:26:08.180><c> the</c><00:26:08.380><c> alternative</c><00:26:09.000><c> towers.</c>

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See<00:26:11.160><c> our</c><00:26:11.339><c> lives</c><00:26:11.660><c> need</c><00:26:11.880><c> to</c><00:26:12.059><c> be</c><00:26:12.299><c> reordered.</c>

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The<00:26:14.880><c> other</c><00:26:15.059><c> thing,</c><00:26:15.599><c> I</c><00:26:15.759><c> just</c><00:26:15.980><c> closed</c><00:26:16.140><c> my</c><00:26:16.359><c> Bible,</c><00:26:16.740><c> the</c><00:26:16.859><c> word</c>

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high<00:26:17.680><c> things.</c>

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Verse<00:26:19.099><c> 5,</c><00:26:19.720><c> let</c><00:26:19.859><c> me</c><00:26:19.920><c> find</c><00:26:20.140><c> it</c><00:26:20.319><c> again.</c>

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2<00:26:27.440><c> Corinthians</c><00:26:27.940><c> 10,</c><00:26:28.599><c> verse</c><00:26:28.700><c> 5.</c>

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And<00:26:39.079><c> I</c><00:26:39.400><c> must</c><00:26:39.579><c> be</c><00:26:39.799><c> looking</c><00:26:40.039><c> in</c><00:26:40.160><c> the</c><00:26:40.319><c> wrong</c><00:26:40.519><c> spot.</c>

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Oh,<00:26:44.920><c> it</c><00:26:45.000><c> is</c><00:26:45.200><c> there,</c><00:26:45.339><c> I</c><00:26:45.440><c> should</c><00:26:45.619><c> have</c><00:26:45.759><c> highlighted.</c>

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Casting<00:26:47.200><c> down</c><00:26:47.400><c> imagination</c><00:26:48.039><c> in</c><00:26:48.240><c> every</c><00:26:48.859><c> high</c><00:26:49.279><c> thing.</c>

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Here's<00:26:51.480><c> another</c><00:26:51.740><c> neat</c><00:26:51.960><c> thing.</c>

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That<00:26:52.319><c> word</c><00:26:52.559><c> high</c><00:26:52.980><c> things</c><00:26:53.400><c> or</c><00:26:53.839><c> high</c><00:26:54.140><c> places</c><00:26:54.660><c> is</c><00:26:55.519><c> used</c><00:26:55.779><c> in</c><00:26:56.000><c> only</c>

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one<00:26:56.519><c> other</c><00:26:56.819><c> place.</c>

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It's<00:26:58.680><c> in</c><00:26:58.839><c> Romans</c><00:26:59.140><c> 8</c><00:26:59.359><c> and</c><00:26:59.480><c> Bill</c><00:26:59.700><c> read</c><00:26:59.880><c> it</c><00:27:00.079><c> for</c><00:27:00.220><c> us.</c>

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35<00:27:01.859><c> to</c><00:27:02.099><c> 39.</c>

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And<00:27:05.619><c> I</c><00:27:05.720><c> never</c><00:27:05.880><c> looked</c><00:27:06.119><c> at</c><00:27:06.279><c> this</c><00:27:06.559><c> word</c><00:27:06.900><c> this</c><00:27:07.420><c> way</c><00:27:07.619><c> before.</c>

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Romans<00:27:08.880><c> 8,</c><00:27:11.140><c> and</c><00:27:11.339><c> I'd</c><00:27:11.579><c> like</c><00:27:11.660><c> you</c><00:27:11.799><c> to</c><00:27:11.920><c> look</c><00:27:12.059><c> at</c><00:27:12.200><c> verse</c><00:27:12.480><c> 39.</c>

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Nor<00:27:15.980><c> height,</c><00:27:16.460><c> nor</c><00:27:16.599><c> depth,</c><00:27:16.940><c> nor</c><00:27:17.039><c> any</c><00:27:17.259><c> other</c><00:27:17.519><c> creature</c><00:27:17.880><c> shall</c>

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be<00:27:18.299><c> able</c><00:27:18.500><c> to</c><00:27:18.839><c> separate</c><00:27:19.160><c> us</c>

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from<00:27:19.960><c> the</c><00:27:20.160><c> love</c><00:27:20.299><c> of</c><00:27:20.519><c> God</c><00:27:20.799><c> which</c><00:27:21.019><c> is</c><00:27:21.220><c> in</c><00:27:21.440><c> Christ</c><00:27:21.700><c> Jesus</c><00:27:22.200><c> our</c><00:27:22.480><c> Lord.</c>

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:29.799
That<00:27:23.599><c> word</c><00:27:24.079><c> height,</c><00:27:25.119><c> that</c><00:27:25.259><c> word</c><00:27:25.519><c> height</c><00:27:26.240><c> or</c><00:27:26.759><c> high</c><00:27:27.079><c> place</c><00:27:27.480><c> is</c><00:27:28.220><c> the</c><00:27:28.480><c> same</c><00:27:28.660><c> word</c><00:27:28.940><c> used</c><00:27:29.279><c> in</c><00:27:29.640><c> 2</c>

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Corinthians<00:27:30.460><c> 10.</c>

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And<00:27:32.299><c> what</c><00:27:32.480><c> Paul's</c><00:27:32.940><c> saying</c><00:27:33.059><c> here,</c><00:27:34.779><c> none</c><00:27:35.000><c> of</c><00:27:35.180><c> your</c><00:27:35.359><c> old</c><00:27:35.519><c> ways</c><00:27:35.799><c> of</c>

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life<00:27:36.279><c> will</c><00:27:36.500><c> keep</c><00:27:36.740><c> you</c><00:27:37.000><c> from</c><00:27:37.200><c> God.</c>

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All<00:27:38.299><c> those</c><00:27:38.619><c> old</c><00:27:38.920><c> high</c><00:27:39.240><c> places</c><00:27:39.799><c> or</c><00:27:40.400><c> low</c><00:27:40.700><c> places,</c><00:27:41.259><c> all</c><00:27:41.579><c> those</c><00:27:41.799><c> other</c><00:27:42.039><c> things</c><00:27:42.319><c> you</c><00:27:42.579><c> trusted</c><00:27:43.019><c> in</c>

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will<00:27:44.400><c> keep</c><00:27:44.680><c> you</c><00:27:44.900><c> from</c><00:27:45.079><c> God.</c>

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:49.339
If<00:27:45.900><c> you</c><00:27:46.240><c> do</c><00:27:46.400><c> what</c><00:27:46.559><c> I</c><00:27:46.759><c> said</c><00:27:46.859><c> in</c><00:27:47.059><c> 2</c><00:27:47.339><c> Corinthians</c><00:27:47.839><c> 10,</c><00:27:48.559><c> 3</c><00:27:48.819><c> and</c><00:27:48.880><c> 5,</c>

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:52.680
pull<00:27:49.700><c> them</c><00:27:49.920><c> down</c><00:27:50.799><c> and</c><00:27:51.640><c> turn</c><00:27:51.960><c> to</c><00:27:52.180><c> the</c><00:27:52.339><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:27:53.259><c> it's</c><00:27:53.460><c> the</c><00:27:53.660><c> same</c><00:27:53.900><c> word.</c>

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The<00:27:55.200><c> word</c><00:27:55.380><c> means</c><00:27:55.700><c> high</c><00:27:56.140><c> place.</c>

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And<00:27:58.140><c> if</c><00:27:58.279><c> we</c><00:27:58.500><c> tear</c><00:27:58.759><c> down</c><00:27:59.039><c> the</c><00:27:59.279><c> other</c><00:27:59.500><c> things</c><00:27:59.759><c> in</c><00:27:59.920><c> our</c><00:28:00.140><c> life</c><00:28:00.299><c> that</c>

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:04.019
we<00:28:00.720><c> turn</c><00:28:01.019><c> to</c><00:28:01.759><c> and</c><00:28:02.940><c> put</c><00:28:03.160><c> our</c><00:28:03.380><c> trust</c><00:28:03.619><c> in</c><00:28:03.759><c> God,</c>

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.420
He<00:28:04.160><c> says,</c><00:28:04.660><c> I'll</c><00:28:04.720><c> save</c><00:28:05.059><c> you.</c>

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Nothing<00:28:05.779><c> will</c><00:28:06.039><c> keep</c><00:28:06.279><c> you</c><00:28:06.519><c> from</c><00:28:06.779><c> me.</c>

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:13.859
Now,<00:28:11.180><c> I'd</c><00:28:11.440><c> like</c><00:28:11.519><c> us</c><00:28:11.720><c> to</c><00:28:11.819><c> go</c><00:28:11.940><c> back</c><00:28:12.160><c> to</c><00:28:12.339><c> the</c><00:28:12.440><c> Old</c><00:28:12.640><c> Testament</c><00:28:13.240><c> to</c>

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Habakkuk<00:28:14.799><c> of</c><00:28:16.180><c> all</c><00:28:16.480><c> places.</c>

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:22.039
Habakkuk<00:28:18.579><c> chapter</c><00:28:18.940><c> 1,</c><00:28:20.079><c> verse</c><00:28:20.460><c> 2.</c>

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:27.220
See,<00:28:24.019><c> Habakkuk</c><00:28:24.539><c> lived</c><00:28:24.839><c> in</c><00:28:25.019><c> a</c><00:28:25.259><c> world</c><00:28:25.839><c> much</c><00:28:26.400><c> like</c><00:28:26.700><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:28:27.680><c> a</c><00:28:27.819><c> world</c><00:28:27.920><c> of</c><00:28:28.099><c> violence</c><00:28:28.559><c> and</c><00:28:28.819><c> terror.</c>

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:31.539
It<00:28:30.240><c> was</c><00:28:30.440><c> a</c><00:28:30.579><c> time</c><00:28:30.720><c> of</c><00:28:31.019><c> trouble.</c>

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:36.660
And<00:28:32.119><c> so</c><00:28:32.299><c> in</c><00:28:32.539><c> Habakkuk</c><00:28:32.940><c> 1,</c><00:28:33.380><c> verse</c><00:28:33.619><c> 2,</c><00:28:33.980><c> he</c><00:28:33.980><c> says,</c><00:28:34.759><c> Oh,</c><00:28:35.160><c> Lord,</c><00:28:36.420><c> how</c>

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:40.180
long<00:28:37.079><c> shall</c><00:28:37.279><c> I</c><00:28:37.559><c> cry</c><00:28:38.019><c> and</c><00:28:38.660><c> thou</c><00:28:38.779><c> will</c><00:28:38.980><c> not</c><00:28:39.240><c> hear?</c>

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:43.559
Even<00:28:40.420><c> cry</c><00:28:40.759><c> unto</c><00:28:41.019><c> thee</c><00:28:41.220><c> of</c><00:28:41.420><c> violence</c><00:28:41.859><c> and</c><00:28:42.019><c> thou</c><00:28:42.099><c> will</c><00:28:42.339><c> not</c><00:28:42.599><c> save.</c>

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:48.039
Why<00:28:44.400><c> dost</c><00:28:44.660><c> thou</c><00:28:44.839><c> show</c><00:28:45.039><c> me</c><00:28:45.279><c> iniquity</c><00:28:45.660><c> and</c><00:28:45.900><c> cause</c><00:28:46.180><c> me</c><00:28:46.359><c> to</c><00:28:46.519><c> behold</c><00:28:46.859><c> grievance?</c>

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:51.480
For<00:28:48.660><c> spoiling</c><00:28:49.220><c> and</c><00:28:49.500><c> violence</c><00:28:49.920><c> are</c><00:28:50.099><c> before</c><00:28:50.480><c> me.</c>

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:55.940
And<00:28:52.160><c> there</c><00:28:52.740><c> are</c><00:28:53.259><c> that</c><00:28:53.480><c> rise</c><00:28:53.799><c> up</c><00:28:54.119><c> strife</c><00:28:55.000><c> and</c><00:28:55.299><c> contention.</c>

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Sounds<00:28:56.519><c> like</c><00:28:56.740><c> today,</c><00:28:57.059><c> doesn't</c><00:28:57.319><c> it?</c>

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How<00:28:58.339><c> long,</c><00:28:58.880><c> Habakkuk</c><00:28:59.500><c> cries?</c>

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Yet<00:29:01.380><c> by</c><00:29:01.680><c> the</c><00:29:01.819><c> end</c><00:29:01.980><c> of</c><00:29:02.140><c> the</c><00:29:02.180><c> book,</c><00:29:03.019><c> in</c><00:29:03.259><c> chapter</c><00:29:03.619><c> 3,</c><00:29:04.519><c> Habakkuk</c>

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says<00:29:05.160><c> this,</c><00:29:06.759><c> verse</c><00:29:06.900><c> 17.</c>

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Another<00:29:09.779><c> great</c><00:29:10.079><c> anthem.</c>

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Although<00:29:11.279><c> the</c><00:29:11.640><c> fig</c><00:29:11.799><c> tree</c><00:29:12.099><c> shall</c><00:29:12.420><c> not</c><00:29:12.640><c> blossom,</c><00:29:14.160><c> neither</c><00:29:14.440><c> shall</c><00:29:14.720><c> fruit</c><00:29:15.019><c> be</c>

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in<00:29:15.359><c> the</c><00:29:15.500><c> vines.</c>

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The<00:29:16.940><c> labor</c><00:29:17.140><c> of</c><00:29:17.319><c> the</c><00:29:17.559><c> olive</c><00:29:17.720><c> shall</c><00:29:17.960><c> fail</c><00:29:18.400><c> and</c><00:29:18.579><c> the</c><00:29:18.839><c> field</c><00:29:19.119><c> shall</c>

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yield<00:29:19.740><c> no</c><00:29:20.119><c> meat.</c>

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The<00:29:21.400><c> flock</c><00:29:21.660><c> shall</c><00:29:21.859><c> be</c><00:29:22.079><c> cut</c><00:29:22.220><c> off</c><00:29:22.440><c> from</c><00:29:22.599><c> the</c><00:29:22.819><c> folds</c><00:29:23.079><c> and</c><00:29:23.220><c> there</c>

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:25.539
shall<00:29:23.539><c> be</c><00:29:23.799><c> no</c><00:29:24.079><c> herd</c><00:29:24.319><c> in</c><00:29:24.599><c> the</c><00:29:24.779><c> stall.</c>

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Doesn't<00:29:26.339><c> sound</c><00:29:26.599><c> like</c><00:29:26.779><c> it</c><00:29:26.940><c> got</c><00:29:27.019><c> any</c><00:29:27.299><c> better,</c><00:29:27.579><c> does</c><00:29:27.779><c> it?</c>

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From<00:29:28.599><c> chapter</c><00:29:28.940><c> 1.</c>

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:34.819
Yet,<00:29:31.720><c> verse</c><00:29:32.000><c> 18,</c><00:29:32.680><c> yet</c><00:29:33.059><c> I</c><00:29:33.380><c> will</c><00:29:33.579><c> rejoice</c><00:29:34.119><c> in</c><00:29:34.319><c> the</c><00:29:34.500><c> Lord.</c>

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:37.299
I<00:29:35.319><c> will</c><00:29:35.660><c> joy</c><00:29:35.900><c> in</c><00:29:36.059><c> the</c><00:29:36.220><c> God</c><00:29:36.380><c> of</c><00:29:36.559><c> my</c><00:29:36.819><c> salvation.</c>

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:41.720
The<00:29:37.599><c> Lord</c><00:29:37.920><c> God</c><00:29:38.200><c> is</c><00:29:38.440><c> my</c><00:29:38.720><c> strength</c><00:29:39.200><c> and</c><00:29:39.640><c> him</c><00:29:40.200><c> will</c><00:29:41.059><c> make</c><00:29:41.259><c> my</c><00:29:41.559><c> feet</c>

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like<00:29:42.059><c> hind's</c><00:29:42.559><c> feet.</c>

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What<00:29:44.279><c> changed</c><00:29:44.619><c> from</c><00:29:44.880><c> chapter</c><00:29:45.299><c> 1</c><00:29:45.619><c> to</c><00:29:45.819><c> chapter</c><00:29:46.220><c> 3?</c>

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:50.519
He's<00:29:47.359><c> crying</c><00:29:47.660><c> out</c><00:29:47.900><c> about</c><00:29:48.119><c> living</c><00:29:48.440><c> in</c><00:29:48.599><c> a</c><00:29:48.839><c> world</c><00:29:49.119><c> full</c><00:29:49.400><c> of</c><00:29:49.660><c> violence</c><00:29:49.920><c> and</c><00:29:50.180><c> evil.</c>

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:53.720
And<00:29:51.000><c> in</c><00:29:51.140><c> verse</c><00:29:51.319><c> 3,</c><00:29:52.259><c> nothing</c><00:29:52.440><c> is</c><00:29:52.779><c> different.</c>

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But<00:29:54.059><c> he's</c><00:29:54.539><c> praising</c><00:29:55.059><c> God.</c>

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Things<00:29:56.220><c> are</c><00:29:56.400><c> just</c><00:29:56.680><c> as</c><00:29:56.900><c> bad.</c>

00:29:57.779 --> 00:30:01.859
How<00:29:58.380><c> is</c><00:29:58.700><c> Habakkuk</c><00:29:59.200><c> able</c><00:29:59.559><c> to</c><00:29:59.819><c> walk</c><00:30:00.119><c> on</c><00:30:00.359><c> high</c><00:30:00.680><c> places?</c>

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:03.920
If<00:30:02.220><c> we</c><00:30:02.380><c> read</c><00:30:02.599><c> the</c><00:30:02.700><c> end</c><00:30:02.880><c> of</c><00:30:02.980><c> verse</c><00:30:03.200><c> 19.</c>

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:09.019
And<00:30:04.519><c> he</c><00:30:04.660><c> will</c><00:30:04.900><c> make</c><00:30:05.119><c> me</c><00:30:05.380><c> to</c><00:30:05.559><c> walk</c><00:30:05.819><c> upon</c><00:30:06.339><c> mine</c><00:30:06.960><c> high</c><00:30:07.859><c> places.</c>

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What<00:30:13.000><c> changed?</c>

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How<00:30:13.940><c> did</c><00:30:14.099><c> he</c><00:30:14.339><c> suddenly</c><00:30:14.819><c> take</c><00:30:15.220><c> refuge</c><00:30:15.680><c> and</c><00:30:16.000><c> sanctuary</c><00:30:16.660><c> in</c><00:30:16.880><c> God</c>

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from<00:30:17.660><c> chapter</c><00:30:18.099><c> 1?</c>

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How<00:30:20.339><c> did</c><00:30:20.519><c> he</c><00:30:20.759><c> find</c><00:30:21.059><c> God</c><00:30:21.619><c> to</c><00:30:22.160><c> be</c><00:30:22.380><c> a</c><00:30:22.559><c> refuge?</c>

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:25.539
And<00:30:24.180><c> the</c><00:30:24.380><c> answers</c><00:30:24.599><c> will</c><00:30:24.859><c> help</c><00:30:25.039><c> us.</c>

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:28.720
The<00:30:26.539><c> first</c><00:30:26.819><c> thing</c><00:30:27.000><c> is</c><00:30:27.160><c> he</c><00:30:27.299><c> took</c><00:30:27.500><c> it</c><00:30:27.740><c> to</c><00:30:27.859><c> God</c><00:30:28.119><c> in</c><00:30:28.460><c> prayer.</c>

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:31.119
See,<00:30:29.480><c> when</c><00:30:29.559><c> he</c><00:30:29.740><c> says,</c><00:30:30.180><c> how</c><00:30:30.259><c> long,</c><00:30:30.619><c> O</c><00:30:30.839><c> Lord?</c>

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That's<00:30:31.819><c> a</c><00:30:32.039><c> prayer.</c>

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:35.380
He's<00:30:33.200><c> praying</c><00:30:33.500><c> to</c><00:30:33.799><c> God</c><00:30:34.059><c> for</c><00:30:34.380><c> help.</c>

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:39.440
And<00:30:36.640><c> in</c><00:30:36.799><c> Habakkuk</c><00:30:37.180><c> 2,</c><00:30:37.579><c> verse</c><00:30:37.920><c> 1,</c><00:30:38.359><c> he</c><00:30:38.440><c> says,</c>

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I<00:30:42.140><c> will</c><00:30:42.400><c> stand</c><00:30:42.779><c> upon</c><00:30:43.240><c> my</c><00:30:43.720><c> watch.</c>

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:49.200
I<00:30:45.039><c> will</c><00:30:45.339><c> set</c><00:30:45.579><c> me</c><00:30:45.819><c> upon</c><00:30:46.079><c> the</c><00:30:46.480><c> tower</c><00:30:47.039><c> and</c><00:30:48.099><c> watch</c><00:30:48.319><c> to</c><00:30:48.660><c> see</c><00:30:48.839><c> what</c><00:30:49.000><c> he</c>

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:50.259
will<00:30:49.440><c> say</c><00:30:49.619><c> unto</c><00:30:49.819><c> me</c>

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:53.039
and<00:30:50.599><c> what</c><00:30:50.720><c> I</c><00:30:50.940><c> shall</c><00:30:51.079><c> answer</c><00:30:51.480><c> when</c><00:30:51.660><c> I</c><00:30:51.859><c> am</c><00:30:52.019><c> reproved.</c>

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:56.019
See,<00:30:54.160><c> when</c><00:30:54.359><c> we're</c><00:30:54.539><c> in</c><00:30:54.640><c> God's</c><00:30:55.140><c> tower,</c>

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:59.859
when<00:30:56.759><c> we</c><00:30:57.000><c> see</c><00:30:57.259><c> things</c><00:30:57.619><c> from</c><00:30:57.920><c> God's</c><00:30:58.619><c> perspective,</c>

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:02.900
our<00:31:00.960><c> view</c><00:31:01.200><c> of</c><00:31:01.400><c> life</c><00:31:01.720><c> changes.</c>

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:07.000
And<00:31:03.900><c> he</c><00:31:04.000><c> said,</c><00:31:04.200><c> I'll</c><00:31:04.380><c> stand</c><00:31:04.700><c> on</c><00:31:04.880><c> the</c><00:31:05.059><c> tower</c><00:31:05.359><c> until</c><00:31:05.619><c> I</c><00:31:05.779><c> have</c><00:31:05.960><c> an</c><00:31:06.140><c> answer.</c>

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:08.279
Think<00:31:07.299><c> of</c><00:31:07.440><c> what</c><00:31:07.680><c> Habakkuk</c><00:31:08.000><c> did.</c>

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:10.359
He<00:31:08.599><c> stood,</c><00:31:09.339><c> if</c><00:31:09.400><c> you</c><00:31:09.420><c> read</c><00:31:09.559><c> chapter</c><00:31:09.940><c> 2.</c>

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.859
He<00:31:10.839><c> watched.</c>

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:13.059
He<00:31:12.140><c> waited.</c>

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:15.960
And<00:31:14.099><c> finally,</c><00:31:14.500><c> he</c><00:31:14.700><c> was</c><00:31:15.019><c> answered.</c>

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:18.960
He<00:31:17.519><c> had</c><00:31:17.980><c> patience.</c>

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:20.960
Like<00:31:19.579><c> we</c><00:31:19.720><c> said</c><00:31:19.900><c> yesterday,</c><00:31:20.279><c> he</c><00:31:20.460><c> had</c><00:31:20.720><c> hope.</c>

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:23.480
He<00:31:21.299><c> knew</c><00:31:21.599><c> things</c><00:31:21.940><c> were</c><00:31:22.160><c> going</c><00:31:22.299><c> to</c><00:31:22.420><c> get</c><00:31:22.559><c> better.</c>

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:27.859
The<00:31:24.240><c> same</c><00:31:24.519><c> chapter</c><00:31:24.940><c> where</c><00:31:25.160><c> we</c><00:31:25.359><c> read</c><00:31:25.500><c> of</c><00:31:25.619><c> the</c><00:31:25.819><c> tower</c><00:31:26.160><c> of</c><00:31:26.380><c> Siloam</c><00:31:26.920><c> falling,</c>

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:33.220
Jesus<00:31:29.440><c> speaks</c><00:31:29.799><c> of</c><00:31:30.000><c> a</c><00:31:30.299><c> poor</c><00:31:30.859><c> woman</c><00:31:31.380><c> who</c><00:31:32.039><c> was</c><00:31:32.380><c> sick.</c>

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:35.940
She<00:31:33.519><c> had</c><00:31:33.779><c> a</c><00:31:34.000><c> disease</c><00:31:34.339><c> for</c><00:31:34.619><c> 18</c><00:31:35.140><c> years.</c>

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:40.200
And<00:31:36.660><c> here</c><00:31:36.839><c> she</c><00:31:37.019><c> is</c><00:31:37.240><c> in</c><00:31:37.440><c> the</c><00:31:37.660><c> synagogue,</c><00:31:38.859><c> 18</c><00:31:39.339><c> years</c><00:31:39.680><c> with</c><00:31:39.900><c> a</c>

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:41.180
terrible<00:31:40.660><c> disease,</c>

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:44.400
and<00:31:41.380><c> she's</c><00:31:41.680><c> there</c><00:31:42.000><c> in</c><00:31:42.180><c> the</c><00:31:42.359><c> synagogue</c><00:31:42.740><c> with</c><00:31:43.079><c> everyone</c><00:31:43.359><c> else.</c>

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:47.079
And<00:31:45.059><c> Jesus</c><00:31:45.339><c> calls</c><00:31:45.680><c> her</c><00:31:45.880><c> the</c><00:31:46.119><c> daughter</c><00:31:46.440><c> of</c><00:31:46.720><c> Abraham.</c>

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:50.640
It's<00:31:47.400><c> Luke</c><00:31:47.599><c> 13,</c><00:31:48.319><c> verses</c><00:31:48.440><c> 11</c><00:31:49.019><c> through</c><00:31:49.420><c> 16.</c>

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:54.539
Again,<00:31:51.700><c> that</c><00:31:51.920><c> seems</c><00:31:52.200><c> like</c><00:31:52.460><c> a</c><00:31:52.680><c> throwaway</c><00:31:53.160><c> verse</c><00:31:53.740><c> until</c><00:31:54.380><c> you</c>

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.500
think<00:31:54.759><c> about</c><00:31:55.000><c> it.</c>

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:59.200
Jesus<00:31:56.180><c> called</c><00:31:56.519><c> her</c><00:31:56.779><c> a</c><00:31:57.099><c> daughter</c><00:31:57.500><c> of</c><00:31:58.180><c> Abraham.</c>

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:02.019
She<00:32:00.480><c> showed</c><00:32:00.779><c> patience.</c>

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:06.900
For<00:32:02.640><c> 18</c><00:32:03.240><c> years,</c><00:32:03.779><c> she</c><00:32:04.079><c> endured</c><00:32:04.460><c> a</c><00:32:04.779><c> terrible</c><00:32:05.220><c> affliction,</c>

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:10.259
still<00:32:07.180><c> went</c><00:32:07.400><c> to</c><00:32:07.640><c> meeting,</c><00:32:08.640><c> still</c><00:32:09.000><c> kept</c><00:32:09.259><c> her</c><00:32:09.619><c> faith</c><00:32:09.880><c> strong,</c>

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:11.400
just<00:32:10.619><c> like</c><00:32:10.900><c> Habakkuk.</c>

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.339
She<00:32:11.920><c> stood.</c>

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.359
She<00:32:12.900><c> watched.</c>

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.259
She<00:32:13.880><c> waited.</c>

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:19.160
She<00:32:14.740><c> was</c><00:32:15.140><c> heard,</c><00:32:15.619><c> and</c><00:32:15.700><c> Jesus</c><00:32:16.160><c> healed</c><00:32:16.559><c> her</c><00:32:17.440><c> of</c><00:32:17.819><c> her</c><00:32:18.019><c> disease.</c>

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:24.940
We<00:32:21.220><c> need</c><00:32:21.440><c> to</c><00:32:21.619><c> be</c><00:32:21.740><c> like</c><00:32:22.079><c> Habakkuk</c><00:32:22.779><c> or</c><00:32:23.119><c> this</c><00:32:23.400><c> daughter</c><00:32:23.660><c> of</c><00:32:23.900><c> Abraham.</c>

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:29.079
The<00:32:26.039><c> answer</c><00:32:26.319><c> given</c><00:32:26.559><c> to</c><00:32:26.799><c> Habakkuk</c><00:32:27.359><c> is</c><00:32:27.680><c> appropriate</c><00:32:28.339><c> for</c><00:32:28.599><c> us.</c>

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:32.599
God<00:32:29.839><c> says</c><00:32:30.220><c> in</c><00:32:30.400><c> Habakkuk</c><00:32:30.880><c> that</c><00:32:31.019><c> he's</c><00:32:31.339><c> not</c><00:32:31.599><c> indifferent,</c>

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:34.920
that<00:32:33.279><c> he</c><00:32:33.380><c> is</c><00:32:33.700><c> active</c><00:32:33.980><c> in</c><00:32:34.140><c> the</c><00:32:34.359><c> world,</c>

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:38.839
and<00:32:35.819><c> that</c><00:32:36.000><c> the</c><00:32:36.259><c> world</c><00:32:36.579><c> will</c><00:32:36.839><c> be</c><00:32:37.140><c> filled</c><00:32:37.380><c> with</c><00:32:37.559><c> his</c><00:32:37.819><c> glory.</c>

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:42.000
Habakkuk<00:32:39.559><c> 2,</c><00:32:39.859><c> verse</c><00:32:40.140><c> 14,</c><00:32:40.740><c> he</c><00:32:40.980><c> says,</c>

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:46.059
For<00:32:43.779><c> the</c><00:32:44.019><c> earth</c><00:32:44.200><c> shall</c><00:32:44.599><c> be</c><00:32:44.880><c> filled</c><00:32:45.099><c> with</c><00:32:45.319><c> the</c><00:32:45.559><c> knowledge</c><00:32:45.859><c> of</c>

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:47.259
the<00:32:46.319><c> glory</c><00:32:46.539><c> of</c><00:32:46.720><c> the</c><00:32:46.880><c> Lord,</c>

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:50.119
as<00:32:47.920><c> the</c><00:32:48.220><c> waters</c><00:32:48.539><c> cover</c><00:32:48.960><c> the</c><00:32:49.279><c> sea.</c>

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:52.000
He<00:32:50.660><c> got</c><00:32:50.859><c> his</c><00:32:51.079><c> answer.</c>

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:55.279
Just<00:32:52.500><c> be</c><00:32:53.000><c> patient,</c><00:32:54.220><c> Habakkuk.</c>

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:56.579
Stay<00:32:55.799><c> in</c><00:32:56.019><c> the</c><00:32:56.220><c> tower.</c>

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:58.799
Don't<00:32:57.380><c> lose</c><00:32:57.839><c> heart.</c>

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:09.039
Imagine<00:33:07.440><c> you're</c><00:33:08.079><c> standing</c><00:33:08.400><c> on</c><00:33:08.680><c> a</c><00:33:08.759><c> hill,</c>

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:11.599
and<00:33:09.839><c> there's</c><00:33:10.019><c> lots</c><00:33:10.259><c> of</c><00:33:10.539><c> pretty</c><00:33:10.720><c> hills</c><00:33:11.019><c> around</c><00:33:11.420><c> here.</c>

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:14.299
So<00:33:11.859><c> imagine</c><00:33:12.200><c> you're</c><00:33:12.420><c> on</c><00:33:12.539><c> a</c><00:33:12.700><c> hill,</c><00:33:13.359><c> and</c><00:33:13.440><c> you're</c><00:33:13.680><c> looking</c><00:33:13.900><c> down</c>

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:15.619
at<00:33:14.460><c> a</c><00:33:14.680><c> road,</c>

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:19.720
and<00:33:17.359><c> you</c><00:33:17.539><c> see</c><00:33:17.700><c> somebody</c><00:33:18.099><c> running</c><00:33:18.539><c> down</c><00:33:18.980><c> the</c><00:33:19.279><c> road,</c>

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:23.740
and<00:33:20.240><c> they</c><00:33:20.500><c> stumble,</c><00:33:21.940><c> and</c><00:33:22.099><c> they</c><00:33:22.319><c> fall,</c><00:33:22.660><c> and</c><00:33:22.759><c> they</c><00:33:22.980><c> get</c><00:33:23.079><c> up</c><00:33:23.319><c> again,</c><00:33:23.619><c> and</c>

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.400
they<00:33:24.039><c> run.</c>

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:26.759
And<00:33:24.980><c> as</c><00:33:25.079><c> you're</c><00:33:25.259><c> watching</c><00:33:25.599><c> this</c><00:33:26.019><c> runner</c><00:33:26.279><c> coming</c><00:33:26.559><c> up,</c>

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:29.099
you<00:33:26.859><c> can</c><00:33:27.119><c> tell</c><00:33:27.259><c> he's</c><00:33:27.619><c> really</c><00:33:28.079><c> tired.</c>

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:31.319
You<00:33:29.559><c> know</c><00:33:29.700><c> what</c><00:33:29.859><c> it's</c><00:33:30.059><c> like</c><00:33:30.160><c> when</c><00:33:30.319><c> somebody's</c><00:33:30.819><c> tired</c><00:33:31.140><c> and</c>

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:31.619
they're<00:33:31.460><c> running.</c>

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:33.299
They're<00:33:31.880><c> kind</c><00:33:32.019><c> of</c><00:33:32.160><c> running</c><00:33:32.359><c> in</c><00:33:32.559><c> a</c><00:33:32.720><c> zigzag.</c>

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:35.079
They're<00:33:33.900><c> falling.</c><00:33:34.339><c> They're</c><00:33:34.619><c> tripping.</c>

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:37.299
They're<00:33:35.599><c> leaning</c><00:33:35.960><c> forward</c><00:33:36.480><c> too</c><00:33:36.859><c> far.</c>

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:40.059
And<00:33:38.039><c> so</c><00:33:38.180><c> get</c><00:33:38.319><c> that</c><00:33:38.559><c> picture</c><00:33:38.779><c> in</c><00:33:38.859><c> your</c><00:33:38.980><c> mind</c><00:33:39.119><c> of</c><00:33:39.259><c> somebody</c><00:33:39.640><c> running,</c>

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:41.279
and<00:33:40.279><c> you</c><00:33:40.380><c> wonder</c><00:33:40.539><c> where</c><00:33:40.759><c> he's</c><00:33:41.019><c> going.</c>

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:43.299
And<00:33:41.700><c> you</c><00:33:41.759><c> look,</c><00:33:41.980><c> and</c><00:33:42.099><c> there's</c><00:33:42.299><c> the</c><00:33:42.519><c> city.</c>

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:46.680
See,<00:33:43.960><c> that's</c><00:33:44.380><c> strange.</c><00:33:44.579><c> Why</c><00:33:44.779><c> is</c><00:33:44.900><c> he</c><00:33:45.119><c> running</c><00:33:45.420><c> to</c><00:33:45.660><c> the</c><00:33:45.880><c> city?</c>

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:49.000
And<00:33:47.380><c> then</c><00:33:47.500><c> you</c><00:33:47.619><c> look</c><00:33:47.799><c> a</c><00:33:47.920><c> little</c><00:33:48.079><c> further</c><00:33:48.460><c> down</c><00:33:48.700><c> the</c><00:33:48.880><c> road,</c>

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:52.839
and<00:33:49.160><c> there's</c><00:33:49.400><c> somebody</c><00:33:49.720><c> coming</c><00:33:50.039><c> up</c><00:33:50.359><c> behind,</c><00:33:51.359><c> chasing</c><00:33:51.799><c> him.</c>

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:54.859
And<00:33:53.220><c> you're</c><00:33:53.380><c> just</c><00:33:53.640><c> watching.</c><00:33:54.019><c> You're</c><00:33:54.220><c> on</c><00:33:54.400><c> the</c><00:33:54.559><c> hill,</c>

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:58.799
watching<00:33:55.539><c> these</c><00:33:55.900><c> two</c><00:33:56.160><c> men</c><00:33:56.599><c> running</c><00:33:57.160><c> towards</c><00:33:57.559><c> the</c><00:33:57.900><c> city.</c>

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:02.099
And<00:34:00.140><c> then</c><00:34:00.259><c> you</c><00:34:00.440><c> realize</c><00:34:00.859><c> what's</c><00:34:01.319><c> happening.</c>

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:07.619
The<00:34:03.559><c> first</c><00:34:03.880><c> man</c><00:34:04.079><c> is</c><00:34:04.279><c> running</c><00:34:04.619><c> to</c><00:34:04.880><c> the</c><00:34:05.039><c> city</c><00:34:05.339><c> of</c><00:34:05.579><c> refuge</c><00:34:06.019><c> down</c><00:34:06.420><c> here.</c>

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:11.199
The<00:34:08.940><c> second</c><00:34:09.239><c> man's</c><00:34:09.639><c> trying</c><00:34:09.860><c> to</c><00:34:10.079><c> catch</c><00:34:10.340><c> him</c><00:34:10.519><c> before</c><00:34:10.840><c> he</c><00:34:10.960><c> gets</c>

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:12.860
there<00:34:11.440><c> to</c><00:34:11.659><c> kill</c><00:34:11.880><c> him.</c>

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:14.599
He's<00:34:13.380><c> the</c><00:34:13.559><c> avenger</c><00:34:13.980><c> of</c><00:34:14.219><c> blood.</c>

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:17.619
And<00:34:15.079><c> if</c><00:34:15.179><c> he</c><00:34:15.340><c> can</c><00:34:15.579><c> catch</c><00:34:15.840><c> that</c><00:34:16.139><c> man</c><00:34:16.420><c> before</c><00:34:16.739><c> that</c><00:34:17.000><c> man</c><00:34:17.260><c> reaches</c>

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.280
that<00:34:18.000><c> city,</c>

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:21.079
he<00:34:18.880><c> is</c><00:34:19.159><c> allowed</c><00:34:19.380><c> to</c><00:34:19.639><c> take</c><00:34:19.800><c> his</c><00:34:20.119><c> life,</c>

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:23.639
because<00:34:21.280><c> for</c><00:34:21.559><c> some</c><00:34:21.760><c> reason</c><00:34:21.960><c> that</c><00:34:22.179><c> man</c><00:34:22.519><c> shed</c><00:34:22.820><c> life,</c>

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:26.079
whether<00:34:24.320><c> by</c><00:34:24.679><c> accident</c><00:34:25.119><c> or</c><00:34:25.480><c> intentionally.</c>

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:29.059
And<00:34:26.699><c> that</c><00:34:26.960><c> first</c><00:34:27.340><c> runner</c><00:34:27.559><c> is</c><00:34:27.820><c> hoping</c><00:34:28.039><c> to</c><00:34:28.260><c> get</c><00:34:28.360><c> to</c><00:34:28.579><c> the</c><00:34:28.780><c> city</c>

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:30.139
for<00:34:29.500><c> security,</c>

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:34.699
for<00:34:30.599><c> a</c><00:34:30.840><c> trial,</c><00:34:31.539><c> for</c><00:34:31.820><c> protection</c><00:34:32.579><c> from</c><00:34:33.440><c> the</c><00:34:33.599><c> man</c><00:34:33.840><c> chasing</c><00:34:34.280><c> him.</c>

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:38.840
And<00:34:35.059><c> you're</c><00:34:35.280><c> watching</c><00:34:35.679><c> this</c><00:34:36.039><c> unfold</c><00:34:36.619><c> before</c><00:34:37.519><c> you.</c>

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:41.760
When<00:34:40.400><c> Israel</c><00:34:40.820><c> entered</c><00:34:41.099><c> the</c><00:34:41.380><c> land,</c>

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:45.739
God<00:34:42.539><c> provided</c><00:34:43.139><c> seven</c><00:34:43.780><c> cities</c><00:34:44.340><c> of</c><00:34:44.699><c> refuge.</c>

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:49.039
And<00:34:46.500><c> they</c><00:34:46.639><c> were</c><00:34:46.860><c> all</c><00:34:47.079><c> evenly</c><00:34:47.579><c> displaced</c><00:34:48.260><c> throughout</c><00:34:48.719><c> the</c><00:34:48.940><c> land.</c>

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:51.679
They<00:34:49.159><c> were</c><00:34:49.400><c> scattered</c><00:34:49.780><c> around</c><00:34:50.139><c> the</c><00:34:50.280><c> land</c><00:34:50.559><c> evenly.</c>

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:56.340
And<00:34:52.199><c> they</c><00:34:52.340><c> were</c><00:34:52.599><c> put</c><00:34:52.800><c> there</c><00:34:53.099><c> for</c><00:34:53.300><c> people</c><00:34:53.739><c> to</c><00:34:54.119><c> flee</c><00:34:54.400><c> to</c><00:34:54.940><c> if</c><00:34:56.119><c> you</c>

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:58.260
were<00:34:56.599><c> accused</c><00:34:57.059><c> of</c><00:34:57.320><c> murder.</c>

00:34:58.739 --> 00:35:00.960
Once<00:34:59.260><c> you</c><00:34:59.539><c> arrived</c><00:34:59.940><c> in</c><00:35:00.139><c> the</c><00:35:00.280><c> city</c><00:35:00.480><c> of</c><00:35:00.639><c> refuge,</c>

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:03.719
if<00:35:01.179><c> that</c><00:35:01.420><c> first</c><00:35:01.699><c> man</c><00:35:02.059><c> made</c><00:35:02.360><c> it</c><00:35:02.539><c> through</c><00:35:02.739><c> the</c><00:35:02.940><c> gates,</c>

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:08.199
the<00:35:04.280><c> elders</c><00:35:04.519><c> of</c><00:35:04.739><c> the</c><00:35:04.920><c> city</c><00:35:05.119><c> were</c><00:35:05.659><c> required</c><00:35:06.579><c> to</c><00:35:06.860><c> protect</c><00:35:07.219><c> him.</c>

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:11.159
The<00:35:08.920><c> elders</c><00:35:09.199><c> of</c><00:35:09.380><c> the</c><00:35:09.559><c> city</c><00:35:09.739><c> would</c><00:35:10.019><c> try</c><00:35:10.340><c> the</c><00:35:10.579><c> case</c><00:35:10.800><c> to</c><00:35:10.940><c> see</c><00:35:11.079><c> if</c>

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:13.360
it<00:35:11.320><c> was</c><00:35:11.500><c> an</c><00:35:11.699><c> accident</c><00:35:12.039><c> or</c><00:35:12.280><c> not,</c>

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:16.260
if<00:35:13.679><c> the</c><00:35:13.860><c> man</c><00:35:14.000><c> was</c><00:35:14.280><c> righteous</c><00:35:14.699><c> or</c><00:35:14.980><c> if</c><00:35:15.099><c> he</c><00:35:15.280><c> really</c><00:35:15.659><c> was</c><00:35:15.860><c> guilty</c>

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:17.440
of<00:35:16.460><c> murder.</c>

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:19.440
And<00:35:17.760><c> if</c><00:35:17.900><c> that</c><00:35:18.159><c> man</c><00:35:18.380><c> was</c><00:35:18.679><c> found</c><00:35:18.980><c> innocent,</c>

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:22.119
they<00:35:19.980><c> were</c><00:35:20.340><c> obligated</c><00:35:21.059><c> to</c><00:35:21.340><c> protect</c><00:35:21.679><c> him.</c>

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:26.760
They<00:35:22.559><c> would</c><00:35:22.780><c> do</c><00:35:22.980><c> anything</c><00:35:23.340><c> to</c><00:35:23.659><c> save</c><00:35:23.920><c> that</c><00:35:24.239><c> man</c><00:35:24.599><c> from</c><00:35:25.000><c> the</c><00:35:25.219><c> avenger</c><00:35:25.599><c> of</c><00:35:25.860><c> blood.</c>

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:29.679
A<00:35:27.480><c> member</c><00:35:27.800><c> of</c><00:35:27.960><c> the</c><00:35:28.079><c> other</c><00:35:28.239><c> man's</c><00:35:28.639><c> family.</c>

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:34.800
When<00:35:30.599><c> Jacob</c><00:35:30.980><c> fled</c><00:35:31.320><c> Esau,</c><00:35:32.880><c> he</c><00:35:32.940><c> had</c><00:35:33.219><c> no</c><00:35:33.480><c> such</c><00:35:33.800><c> refuge.</c>

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:36.559
He's<00:35:35.079><c> there</c><00:35:35.420><c> trying</c><00:35:35.780><c> to</c><00:35:35.900><c> get</c><00:35:36.159><c> to</c><00:35:36.360><c> Luz,</c>

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:38.780
and<00:35:36.719><c> he</c><00:35:36.940><c> can't</c><00:35:37.179><c> even</c><00:35:37.460><c> get</c><00:35:37.619><c> in</c><00:35:37.780><c> the</c><00:35:37.920><c> gates</c><00:35:38.119><c> of</c><00:35:38.360><c> the</c><00:35:38.519><c> city,</c>

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:41.059
and<00:35:39.119><c> he's</c><00:35:39.460><c> camping</c><00:35:39.860><c> outside.</c>

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:44.619
And<00:35:42.119><c> so</c><00:35:42.239><c> in</c><00:35:42.360><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:35:42.820><c> 19</c><00:35:43.380><c>.3,</c><00:35:43.780><c> Moses</c><00:35:44.099><c> says,</c>

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:49.500
Thou<00:35:45.360><c> shalt</c><00:35:45.840><c> prepare</c><00:35:46.500><c> thee</c><00:35:46.820><c> away</c><00:35:47.260><c> and</c><00:35:48.320><c> divide</c><00:35:48.760><c> the</c><00:35:49.039><c> coast</c><00:35:49.300><c> of</c>

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:49.940
the<00:35:49.699><c> land,</c>

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:52.760
which<00:35:50.219><c> the</c><00:35:50.440><c> Lord</c><00:35:50.719><c> thy</c><00:35:50.980><c> God</c><00:35:51.380><c> giveth</c><00:35:51.760><c> thee</c><00:35:51.980><c> to</c><00:35:52.260><c> inherit,</c>

00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:58.659
into<00:35:53.780><c> three</c><00:35:54.179><c> parts,</c><00:35:55.980><c> that</c><00:35:56.039><c> every</c><00:35:56.420><c> slayer</c><00:35:56.860><c> may</c><00:35:57.139><c> flee</c><00:35:57.619><c> thither.</c>

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:06.099
So<00:35:59.940><c> Moses</c><00:36:00.239><c> says</c><00:36:00.579><c> you</c><00:36:00.719><c> need</c><00:36:01.000><c> to</c><00:36:01.139><c> make</c><00:36:01.360><c> cities</c><00:36:01.780><c> of</c><00:36:02.119><c> refuge</c><00:36:02.860><c> evenly</c><00:36:03.760><c> spread</c><00:36:04.539><c> throughout</c><00:36:04.880><c> the</c><00:36:05.139><c> land.</c>

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:10.519
He<00:36:07.460><c> said</c><00:36:07.639><c> make</c><00:36:08.019><c> the</c><00:36:08.300><c> way</c><00:36:08.659><c> straight</c><00:36:09.219><c> to</c><00:36:09.480><c> the</c><00:36:09.679><c> city.</c>

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:12.039
Don't<00:36:10.900><c> hide</c><00:36:11.320><c> it</c><00:36:11.579><c> somewheres.</c>

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:14.960
The<00:36:12.619><c> road</c><00:36:12.860><c> to</c><00:36:13.099><c> the</c><00:36:13.260><c> city</c><00:36:13.440><c> has</c><00:36:13.699><c> to</c><00:36:13.860><c> be</c><00:36:14.000><c> as</c><00:36:14.300><c> straight</c><00:36:14.460><c> as</c><00:36:14.619><c> you</c><00:36:14.739><c> can</c>

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.280
make<00:36:15.139><c> it</c>

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:17.280
and<00:36:15.400><c> as</c><00:36:15.659><c> well</c><00:36:15.940><c> marked</c><00:36:16.199><c> as</c><00:36:16.380><c> you</c><00:36:16.500><c> can</c><00:36:16.739><c> make</c><00:36:16.920><c> it,</c>

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:21.119
so<00:36:17.460><c> this</c><00:36:17.820><c> man</c><00:36:18.099><c> who's</c><00:36:18.420><c> running</c><00:36:18.719><c> for</c><00:36:19.019><c> security</c><00:36:19.480><c> can</c><00:36:19.739><c> find</c><00:36:19.960><c> it</c><00:36:20.219><c> easily.</c>

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:25.519
Make<00:36:21.840><c> the</c><00:36:22.139><c> way</c><00:36:22.500><c> straight,</c><00:36:23.420><c> God</c><00:36:23.719><c> tells</c><00:36:24.039><c> Moses</c><00:36:24.539><c> in</c><00:36:24.960><c> Deuteronomy</c>

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:27.820
19<00:36:26.079><c>.3.</c>

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:31.239
But<00:36:29.039><c> there</c><00:36:29.179><c> was</c><00:36:29.340><c> a</c><00:36:29.440><c> little</c><00:36:29.599><c> bit</c><00:36:29.760><c> of</c><00:36:29.940><c> a</c><00:36:30.059><c> restriction</c><00:36:30.579><c> when</c><00:36:30.920><c> that</c>

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:33.900
first<00:36:31.539><c> man</c><00:36:31.760><c> got</c><00:36:32.000><c> into</c><00:36:32.300><c> the</c><00:36:32.460><c> city</c><00:36:32.679><c> of</c><00:36:32.880><c> refuge.</c>

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:38.320
Once<00:36:35.480><c> there,</c><00:36:36.800><c> he</c><00:36:37.000><c> had</c><00:36:37.199><c> to</c><00:36:37.559><c> stay</c><00:36:37.739><c> there.</c>

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:41.039
In<00:36:38.900><c> fact,</c><00:36:39.019><c> if</c><00:36:39.159><c> I</c><00:36:39.280><c> recall,</c><00:36:39.739><c> he</c><00:36:39.880><c> stayed</c><00:36:40.119><c> there</c><00:36:40.340><c> until</c><00:36:40.539><c> the</c><00:36:40.719><c> high</c>

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.760
priest<00:36:41.360><c> died.</c>

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:43.860
It<00:36:42.380><c> could</c><00:36:42.559><c> be</c><00:36:42.719><c> a</c><00:36:42.920><c> lifetime.</c>

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:47.059
But<00:36:44.340><c> once</c><00:36:44.679><c> he</c><00:36:44.880><c> entered</c><00:36:45.039><c> the</c><00:36:45.340><c> city,</c><00:36:45.739><c> he</c><00:36:46.000><c> was</c><00:36:46.300><c> to</c><00:36:46.519><c> remain</c><00:36:46.880><c> there,</c>

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:48.960
and<00:36:47.300><c> while</c><00:36:47.539><c> in</c><00:36:47.679><c> the</c><00:36:47.880><c> city</c><00:36:48.059><c> he</c><00:36:48.219><c> was</c><00:36:48.519><c> safe.</c>

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:52.360
But<00:36:50.019><c> if</c><00:36:50.280><c> he</c><00:36:50.559><c> thought</c><00:36:50.760><c> things</c><00:36:51.000><c> were</c><00:36:51.239><c> okay</c><00:36:51.539><c> and</c><00:36:51.760><c> decided</c><00:36:52.079><c> he'd</c>

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:54.300
come<00:36:52.639><c> and</c><00:36:52.800><c> go</c><00:36:52.920><c> as</c><00:36:53.119><c> he</c><00:36:53.420><c> pleased,</c>

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:56.320
his<00:36:54.940><c> blood</c><00:36:55.199><c> was</c><00:36:55.420><c> on</c><00:36:55.559><c> his</c><00:36:55.780><c> own</c><00:36:55.980><c> hands.</c>

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:58.039
He<00:36:56.480><c> was</c><00:36:56.699><c> really</c><00:36:57.059><c> taking</c><00:36:57.400><c> a</c><00:36:57.699><c> chance.</c>

00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:04.920
If<00:36:58.579><c> he</c><00:36:58.800><c> left</c><00:36:59.059><c> that</c><00:36:59.440><c> city</c><00:36:59.800><c> on</c><00:37:01.039><c> his</c><00:37:01.320><c> own,</c><00:37:03.000><c> they</c><00:37:03.159><c> weren't</c><00:37:03.380><c> responsible</c><00:37:04.139><c> for</c><00:37:04.400><c> him</c><00:37:04.539><c> anymore.</c>

00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:08.539
He<00:37:05.360><c> was</c><00:37:05.579><c> only</c><00:37:06.019><c> safe</c><00:37:06.579><c> while</c><00:37:06.980><c> in</c><00:37:07.320><c> the</c><00:37:07.579><c> city.</c>

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:16.820
All<00:37:12.820><c> of</c><00:37:12.980><c> us</c><00:37:13.199><c> here</c><00:37:13.760><c> are</c><00:37:14.559><c> under</c><00:37:14.880><c> the</c><00:37:15.119><c> sentence</c><00:37:15.500><c> of</c><00:37:15.800><c> death.</c>

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:19.929
Romans<00:37:18.619><c> 5</c><00:37:19.119><c>.12,</c>

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:23.019
Wherefore<00:37:20.639><c> is</c><00:37:20.820><c> by</c><00:37:21.119><c> one</c><00:37:21.380><c> man</c><00:37:21.679><c> sin</c><00:37:21.940><c> entered</c><00:37:22.199><c> into</c><00:37:22.500><c> the</c><00:37:22.719><c> world,</c>

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:24.880
and<00:37:23.300><c> death</c><00:37:23.559><c> by</c><00:37:24.000><c> sin,</c>

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:30.380
so<00:37:25.360><c> death</c><00:37:25.880><c> passed</c><00:37:26.239><c> upon</c><00:37:26.579><c> all</c><00:37:26.880><c> men,</c><00:37:27.800><c> for</c><00:37:27.920><c> that</c><00:37:28.099><c> all</c><00:37:28.300><c> have</c><00:37:28.599><c> sinned?</c>

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:34.519
We<00:37:31.420><c> all</c><00:37:31.800><c> have</c><00:37:32.000><c> a</c><00:37:32.219><c> death</c><00:37:32.699><c> sentence</c><00:37:33.179><c> on</c><00:37:33.460><c> us.</c>

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:38.760
We<00:37:35.340><c> all</c><00:37:35.760><c> need</c><00:37:36.000><c> to</c><00:37:36.320><c> be</c><00:37:36.659><c> in</c><00:37:36.920><c> a</c><00:37:37.139><c> city</c><00:37:37.440><c> of</c><00:37:37.719><c> refuge,</c>

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:43.199
and<00:37:39.440><c> it's</c><00:37:39.659><c> only</c><00:37:39.960><c> in</c><00:37:40.300><c> Christ</c><00:37:40.800><c> that</c><00:37:41.579><c> we</c><00:37:41.760><c> can</c><00:37:41.960><c> be</c><00:37:42.320><c> saved.</c>

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:46.460
Now<00:37:44.000><c> yesterday</c><00:37:44.460><c> I</c><00:37:44.619><c> talked</c><00:37:44.940><c> about</c><00:37:45.159><c> a</c><00:37:45.340><c> verse</c><00:37:45.539><c> that</c><00:37:45.719><c> was</c><00:37:45.940><c> kind</c><00:37:46.139><c> of</c><00:37:46.300><c> neat,</c>

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:48.219
the<00:37:46.719><c> parable</c><00:37:47.039><c> of</c><00:37:47.219><c> the</c><00:37:47.440><c> Sower,</c>

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:52.099
and<00:37:48.420><c> what's</c><00:37:48.639><c> neat</c><00:37:48.840><c> is</c><00:37:49.039><c> the</c><00:37:49.219><c> parable</c><00:37:49.559><c> of</c><00:37:49.760><c> the</c><00:37:49.920><c> Sower</c><00:37:50.159><c> is</c><00:37:50.300><c> in</c><00:37:50.380><c> Matthew,</c><00:37:50.880><c> Mark,</c><00:37:51.099><c> and</c><00:37:51.280><c> Luke.</c>

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:55.800
For<00:37:52.619><c> emphasis,</c><00:37:53.619><c> such</c><00:37:53.820><c> an</c><00:37:54.119><c> important</c><00:37:54.539><c> story</c><00:37:54.920><c> that</c><00:37:55.139><c> parable</c><00:37:55.579><c> of</c>

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:57.820
the<00:37:55.940><c> Sower</c><00:37:56.179><c> is.</c>

00:37:59.059 --> 00:38:00.460
Prepare<00:37:59.340><c> ye</c><00:37:59.599><c> the</c><00:37:59.739><c> way</c><00:37:59.940><c> of</c><00:38:00.059><c> the</c><00:38:00.239><c> Lord,</c>

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:04.019
make<00:38:00.780><c> straight</c><00:38:01.219><c> in</c><00:38:01.460><c> the</c><00:38:01.460><c> desert</c><00:38:01.820><c> a</c><00:38:02.019><c> highway</c><00:38:02.480><c> for</c><00:38:02.800><c> our</c><00:38:02.980><c> God,</c>

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:06.840
is<00:38:04.420><c> quoted</c><00:38:04.739><c> in</c><00:38:05.000><c> all</c><00:38:05.380><c> four</c><00:38:05.760><c> Gospels,</c>

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:10.239
Matthew,<00:38:07.440><c> Mark,</c><00:38:07.760><c> Luke,</c><00:38:08.880><c> and</c><00:38:09.219><c> John.</c>

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:13.840
God's<00:38:12.260><c> telling</c><00:38:12.559><c> us</c><00:38:12.820><c> something</c><00:38:13.199><c> here.</c>

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:16.679
And<00:38:14.340><c> do</c><00:38:14.519><c> you</c><00:38:14.519><c> know</c><00:38:14.699><c> that</c><00:38:14.900><c> when</c><00:38:15.179><c> John</c><00:38:15.619><c> the</c><00:38:15.860><c> Baptist</c><00:38:16.179><c> preached</c>

00:38:16.679 --> 00:38:17.320
that<00:38:16.980><c> message,</c>

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:18.880
prepare<00:38:17.880><c> ye</c><00:38:18.119><c> the</c><00:38:18.219><c> way</c><00:38:18.420><c> of</c><00:38:18.539><c> the</c><00:38:18.699><c> Lord,</c>

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:21.239
make<00:38:19.440><c> his</c><00:38:19.739><c> path</c><00:38:20.079><c> straight,</c>

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:25.559
he<00:38:21.760><c> was</c><00:38:22.059><c> quoting</c><00:38:22.380><c> from</c><00:38:22.639><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:23.099><c> 40</c><00:38:23.519><c> verse</c><00:38:23.880><c> 3.</c>

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:29.699
And<00:38:26.599><c> did</c><00:38:26.760><c> you</c><00:38:26.940><c> know</c><00:38:27.139><c> that</c><00:38:27.300><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:27.679><c> 40</c><00:38:28.079><c> verse</c><00:38:28.420><c> 3</c>

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:35.059
was<00:38:30.760><c> quoting</c><00:38:31.099><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:38:31.780><c> 19</c><00:38:32.519><c>.3</c><00:38:32.780><c> about</c><00:38:33.099><c> the</c><00:38:33.420><c> cities</c><00:38:33.739><c> of</c><00:38:34.039><c> refuge?</c>

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:38.460
So<00:38:36.900><c> when</c><00:38:37.139><c> John</c><00:38:37.400><c> the</c><00:38:37.599><c> Baptist</c><00:38:37.920><c> is</c><00:38:38.219><c> saying,</c>

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:40.619
he's<00:38:39.059><c> coming,</c><00:38:39.539><c> the</c><00:38:39.800><c> refuge</c><00:38:40.219><c> is</c><00:38:40.480><c> coming,</c>

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:42.500
he's<00:38:40.960><c> pointing</c><00:38:41.219><c> to</c><00:38:41.440><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:44.639
He's<00:38:42.920><c> not</c><00:38:43.079><c> pointing</c><00:38:43.340><c> to</c><00:38:43.559><c> a</c><00:38:43.719><c> city.</c>

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:47.000
He's<00:38:45.739><c> not</c><00:38:45.900><c> pointing</c><00:38:46.139><c> to</c><00:38:46.460><c> Jabesh,</c>

00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:49.119
one<00:38:47.559><c> of</c><00:38:47.679><c> the</c><00:38:47.820><c> cities</c><00:38:48.059><c> of</c><00:38:48.300><c> refuge.</c>

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:51.719
He's<00:38:49.739><c> saying,</c><00:38:50.300><c> there's</c><00:38:50.500><c> your</c><00:38:50.679><c> refuge.</c>

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:55.619
Make<00:38:52.719><c> the</c><00:38:52.980><c> path</c><00:38:53.260><c> straight</c><00:38:53.760><c> to</c><00:38:54.019><c> the</c><00:38:54.159><c> Lord</c><00:38:54.420><c> Jesus.</c>

00:38:56.400 --> 00:39:01.780
Jesus<00:38:56.940><c> is</c><00:38:57.480><c> the</c><00:38:57.780><c> refuge</c><00:38:58.539><c> that</c><00:39:00.179><c> we</c><00:39:00.380><c> can</c><00:39:00.599><c> take</c><00:39:00.920><c> safety</c><00:39:01.400><c> in.</c>

00:39:02.059 --> 00:39:05.039
All<00:39:02.519><c> roads</c><00:39:02.920><c> should</c><00:39:03.260><c> lead</c><00:39:03.619><c> to</c><00:39:03.860><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:07.400
Now<00:39:06.159><c> there's</c><00:39:06.280><c> two</c><00:39:06.500><c> lessons</c><00:39:06.920><c> in</c><00:39:07.159><c> this.</c>

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:10.059
If<00:39:07.639><c> you</c><00:39:07.800><c> think</c><00:39:08.019><c> about</c><00:39:08.300><c> that,</c><00:39:08.460><c> I</c><00:39:08.500><c> thought</c><00:39:08.659><c> that</c><00:39:08.820><c> was</c><00:39:08.980><c> pretty</c><00:39:09.300><c> neat.</c>

00:39:10.300 --> 00:39:11.659
Jesus<00:39:10.519><c> is</c><00:39:10.780><c> our</c><00:39:10.920><c> city</c><00:39:11.179><c> of</c><00:39:11.440><c> refuge.</c>

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:13.659
He's<00:39:12.000><c> the</c><00:39:12.219><c> place</c><00:39:12.460><c> we</c><00:39:12.599><c> can</c><00:39:12.820><c> take</c><00:39:13.059><c> shelter</c><00:39:13.380><c> in.</c>

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:17.119
And<00:39:14.039><c> the</c><00:39:14.179><c> lessons</c><00:39:14.500><c> are</c><00:39:14.719><c> that</c><00:39:14.900><c> only</c><00:39:15.199><c> in</c><00:39:15.519><c> Christ</c><00:39:15.760><c> can</c><00:39:15.960><c> we</c><00:39:16.079><c> be</c><00:39:16.380><c> saved.</c>

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:19.719
So<00:39:17.579><c> we</c><00:39:17.800><c> need</c><00:39:18.079><c> to</c><00:39:18.260><c> be</c><00:39:18.519><c> baptized.</c>

00:39:20.239 --> 00:39:21.880
Put<00:39:20.380><c> on</c><00:39:20.719><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:23.679
And<00:39:22.159><c> we're</c><00:39:22.340><c> in</c><00:39:22.519><c> the</c><00:39:22.679><c> refuge.</c>

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:28.940
And<00:39:25.280><c> we're</c><00:39:25.579><c> to</c><00:39:25.699><c> make</c><00:39:25.840><c> the</c><00:39:26.039><c> way</c><00:39:26.199><c> to</c><00:39:26.400><c> Christ</c><00:39:26.980><c> plain</c><00:39:27.599><c> to</c><00:39:28.039><c> others.</c>

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:31.360
John<00:39:29.780><c> the</c><00:39:29.960><c> Baptist</c><00:39:30.260><c> was</c><00:39:30.559><c> doing</c><00:39:30.820><c> two</c><00:39:31.099><c> things.</c>

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:34.900
He<00:39:31.460><c> was</c><00:39:31.619><c> saying,</c><00:39:33.039><c> make</c><00:39:33.300><c> the</c><00:39:33.659><c> way</c><00:39:33.880><c> plain</c><00:39:34.280><c> to</c><00:39:34.519><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:37.440
He<00:39:35.039><c> says,</c><00:39:35.340><c> you've</c><00:39:35.500><c> got</c><00:39:35.539><c> a</c><00:39:35.679><c> responsibility</c><00:39:36.460><c> to</c><00:39:36.760><c> point</c><00:39:37.039><c> people,</c>

00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:39.079
to<00:39:37.679><c> lead</c><00:39:37.920><c> people</c><00:39:38.340><c> to</c><00:39:38.559><c> the</c><00:39:38.719><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:41.059
Isn't<00:39:39.579><c> that</c><00:39:39.659><c> what</c><00:39:39.800><c> the</c><00:39:39.960><c> Apostle</c><00:39:40.280><c> said?</c>

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:43.920
We<00:39:42.320><c> have</c><00:39:42.599><c> found</c><00:39:42.900><c> Him.</c>

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:46.940
They're<00:39:44.400><c> making</c><00:39:44.739><c> the</c><00:39:44.980><c> path</c><00:39:45.219><c> straight</c><00:39:45.699><c> to</c><00:39:45.920><c> Jesus.</c>

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:48.340
That<00:39:47.199><c> was</c><00:39:47.400><c> her</c><00:39:47.539><c> first</c><00:39:47.840><c> obligation,</c>

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:50.039
bringing<00:39:48.860><c> others</c><00:39:49.260><c> to</c><00:39:49.480><c> the</c><00:39:49.679><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:51.159
And<00:39:50.340><c> if</c><00:39:50.420><c> they</c><00:39:50.659><c> weren't</c><00:39:50.860><c> there,</c>

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:53.000
to<00:39:51.420><c> bring</c><00:39:51.559><c> themselves</c><00:39:52.179><c> to</c><00:39:52.460><c> the</c><00:39:52.659><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:55.659
And<00:39:53.619><c> how</c><00:39:53.820><c> true</c><00:39:54.079><c> that</c><00:39:54.260><c> is</c><00:39:54.480><c> for</c><00:39:54.699><c> us.</c>

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:59.199
We<00:39:56.119><c> need</c><00:39:56.340><c> to</c><00:39:56.460><c> be</c><00:39:56.739><c> baptized</c><00:39:57.360><c> and</c><00:39:57.579><c> in</c><00:39:57.699><c> the</c><00:39:57.920><c> Lord,</c>

00:39:59.420 --> 00:40:02.659
and<00:39:59.599><c> making</c><00:39:59.840><c> it</c><00:40:00.179><c> plain</c><00:40:00.440><c> for</c><00:40:00.780><c> others</c><00:40:01.139><c> to</c><00:40:01.440><c> find</c><00:40:01.760><c> Him.</c>

00:40:03.219 --> 00:40:05.739
Making<00:40:03.780><c> other</c><00:40:04.099><c> people</c><00:40:04.440><c> see</c><00:40:04.739><c> in</c><00:40:04.860><c> the</c><00:40:04.980><c> way</c><00:40:05.139><c> we</c><00:40:05.440><c> live</c>

00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:06.900
that<00:40:05.940><c> there's</c><00:40:06.300><c> hope.</c>

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:09.820
And<00:40:07.400><c> that</c><00:40:07.519><c> we</c><00:40:07.719><c> can</c><00:40:07.940><c> bring</c><00:40:08.199><c> them</c><00:40:08.400><c> to</c><00:40:08.599><c> Christ.</c>

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:14.320
And<00:40:12.480><c> then</c><00:40:12.840><c> staying</c><00:40:13.199><c> there.</c>

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:18.599
Now<00:40:16.099><c> when</c><00:40:16.280><c> Jesus</c><00:40:16.699><c> was</c><00:40:16.980><c> taken</c><00:40:17.260><c> up,</c>

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:20.019
think<00:40:19.340><c> about</c><00:40:19.639><c> this.</c>

00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:20.940
It's<00:40:20.360><c> a</c><00:40:20.480><c> little</c><00:40:20.639><c> subtle.</c>

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:22.900
There's<00:40:21.239><c> only</c><00:40:21.440><c> two</c><00:40:21.760><c> places</c><00:40:22.119><c> I</c><00:40:22.300><c> can</c><00:40:22.519><c> think</c><00:40:22.760><c> of</c>

00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:25.420
where<00:40:23.019><c> He's</c><00:40:23.239><c> ever</c><00:40:23.579><c> described</c><00:40:24.159><c> as</c><00:40:24.579><c> being.</c>

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:30.139
Stephen<00:40:26.679><c> saw</c><00:40:26.960><c> Jesus</c><00:40:27.460><c> standing</c><00:40:27.880><c> on</c><00:40:28.059><c> the</c><00:40:28.260><c> right</c><00:40:28.480><c> hand</c><00:40:28.679><c> of</c><00:40:28.820><c> God,</c><00:40:29.159><c> right?</c>

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:37.039
And<00:40:32.679><c> Jesus</c><00:40:33.059><c> is</c><00:40:33.380><c> also</c><00:40:33.639><c> described</c><00:40:34.199><c> as</c><00:40:34.480><c> being</c><00:40:34.880><c> in</c><00:40:35.300><c> the</c><00:40:35.500><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:41.500
Wherever<00:40:39.099><c> two</c><00:40:39.420><c> or</c><00:40:39.500><c> three</c><00:40:39.739><c> are</c><00:40:39.920><c> gathered</c><00:40:40.280><c> together</c><00:40:40.699><c> in</c><00:40:40.900><c> my</c><00:40:41.119><c> midst,</c>

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:43.360
there<00:40:42.119><c> am</c><00:40:42.340><c> I.</c>

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.800
In<00:40:43.719><c> Revelations</c><00:40:44.320><c> He</c><00:40:44.480><c> says,</c>

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:48.860
Behold,<00:40:45.400><c> I</c><00:40:45.599><c> walk</c><00:40:45.960><c> amidst</c><00:40:46.360><c> the</c><00:40:46.559><c> candlesticks,</c><00:40:47.380><c> the</c><00:40:47.659><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:40:49.260 --> 00:40:51.440
There's<00:40:49.559><c> two</c><00:40:49.840><c> places</c><00:40:50.219><c> where</c><00:40:50.420><c> we</c><00:40:50.519><c> can</c><00:40:50.739><c> think</c><00:40:50.960><c> of</c><00:40:51.099><c> Jesus.</c>

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:54.539
Being<00:40:51.760><c> by</c><00:40:52.099><c> God</c><00:40:52.559><c> and</c><00:40:52.900><c> being</c><00:40:53.199><c> in</c><00:40:53.360><c> our</c><00:40:53.639><c> presence,</c>

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:56.000
like<00:40:54.659><c> this</c><00:40:55.039><c> morning.</c>

00:40:57.719 --> 00:41:01.619
That<00:40:58.320><c> tells</c><00:40:58.659><c> me</c><00:40:58.900><c> that</c><00:40:59.139><c> the</c><00:40:59.400><c> Ecclesia</c><00:40:59.880><c> is</c><00:41:00.420><c> a</c><00:41:00.579><c> refuge.</c>

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:04.079
Your<00:41:02.739><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:03.199><c> is</c><00:41:03.380><c> a</c><00:41:03.559><c> high</c><00:41:03.840><c> place,</c>

00:41:04.239 --> 00:41:08.639
a<00:41:04.460><c> strong</c><00:41:04.900><c> tower</c><00:41:05.480><c> that</c><00:41:06.300><c> can</c><00:41:06.559><c> protect</c><00:41:06.960><c> you</c><00:41:07.219><c> from</c><00:41:07.400><c> the</c><00:41:07.639><c> world.</c>

00:41:09.199 --> 00:41:11.960
In<00:41:09.340><c> Hebrews</c><00:41:09.659><c> 10</c><00:41:10.159><c> verse</c><00:41:10.579><c> 25,</c>

00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:13.639
we<00:41:12.480><c> alluded</c><00:41:12.820><c> to</c><00:41:13.059><c> it</c><00:41:13.179><c> yesterday,</c>

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:16.659
Hebrews<00:41:14.119><c> 10,</c><00:41:14.800><c> 25,</c>

00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:19.639
and<00:41:17.619><c> I'll</c><00:41:17.760><c> read</c><00:41:17.900><c> it</c><00:41:18.059><c> for</c><00:41:18.199><c> you.</c>

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:26.519
Not<00:41:23.440><c> forsaking</c><00:41:24.000><c> the</c><00:41:24.320><c> assembling</c><00:41:24.699><c> of</c><00:41:24.940><c> ourselves</c><00:41:25.320><c> together,</c>

00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:27.840
as<00:41:26.719><c> the</c><00:41:26.940><c> manner</c><00:41:27.139><c> of</c><00:41:27.420><c> some</c><00:41:27.579><c> is,</c>

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:29.179
but<00:41:28.039><c> exhorting</c><00:41:28.579><c> one</c><00:41:28.760><c> another,</c>

00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:32.559
and<00:41:29.659><c> so</c><00:41:29.820><c> much</c><00:41:30.079><c> the</c><00:41:30.300><c> more</c><00:41:30.500><c> as</c><00:41:30.679><c> ye</c><00:41:30.920><c> see</c><00:41:31.099><c> the</c><00:41:31.280><c> day</c><00:41:31.480><c> approaching.</c>

00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:35.880
For<00:41:32.940><c> if</c><00:41:33.360><c> we</c><00:41:33.659><c> sin</c><00:41:33.940><c> willfully</c><00:41:34.500><c> after</c><00:41:34.840><c> that</c><00:41:35.059><c> we</c><00:41:35.199><c> have</c><00:41:35.380><c> received</c>

00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:37.099
the<00:41:36.119><c> knowledge</c><00:41:36.400><c> of</c><00:41:36.579><c> the</c><00:41:36.800><c> truth,</c>

00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:40.500
there<00:41:37.599><c> remaineth</c><00:41:38.000><c> no</c><00:41:38.239><c> more</c><00:41:38.539><c> sacrifice</c><00:41:39.219><c> for</c><00:41:39.559><c> sins.</c>

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:42.800
Now<00:41:40.920><c> think</c><00:41:41.139><c> of</c><00:41:41.280><c> the</c><00:41:41.400><c> city</c><00:41:41.639><c> of</c><00:41:41.840><c> refuge.</c>

00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:45.860
We're<00:41:43.420><c> gathered</c><00:41:43.800><c> here,</c><00:41:44.119><c> we're</c><00:41:44.440><c> here</c><00:41:44.780><c> safe</c><00:41:45.079><c> together,</c>

00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:50.659
but<00:41:47.280><c> if</c><00:41:47.800><c> we</c><00:41:48.500><c> wander</c><00:41:48.900><c> off</c><00:41:49.179><c> into</c><00:41:49.380><c> the</c><00:41:49.619><c> world,</c>

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:53.519
we're<00:41:51.800><c> kind</c><00:41:52.059><c> of</c><00:41:52.239><c> on</c><00:41:52.400><c> our</c><00:41:52.599><c> own.</c>

00:41:53.679 --> 00:41:55.119
If<00:41:53.880><c> we</c><00:41:54.260><c> sin</c><00:41:54.599><c> willfully,</c>

00:41:55.179 --> 00:41:57.300
that's<00:41:55.440><c> the</c><00:41:55.619><c> same</c><00:41:55.780><c> as</c><00:41:55.960><c> the</c><00:41:56.079><c> man</c><00:41:56.219><c> in</c><00:41:56.400><c> the</c><00:41:56.460><c> city</c><00:41:56.739><c> of</c><00:41:56.900><c> refuge,</c>

00:41:57.800 --> 00:42:01.659
who<00:41:58.039><c> willfully</c><00:41:58.639><c> leaves</c><00:41:59.139><c> the</c><00:41:59.420><c> city</c><00:41:59.719><c> and</c><00:41:59.860><c> goes</c><00:42:00.119><c> back</c><00:42:00.440><c> to</c><00:42:00.619><c> the</c><00:42:00.800><c> world.</c>

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:04.840
We're<00:42:02.679><c> leaving</c><00:42:02.960><c> the</c><00:42:03.280><c> protection</c><00:42:03.659><c> of</c><00:42:03.840><c> the</c><00:42:04.019><c> Father.</c>

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:06.800
Now<00:42:05.360><c> I</c><00:42:05.380><c> don't</c><00:42:05.519><c> want</c><00:42:05.699><c> to</c><00:42:05.780><c> take</c><00:42:05.920><c> that</c><00:42:06.159><c> too</c><00:42:06.500><c> far,</c>

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:08.780
but<00:42:07.139><c> you</c><00:42:07.360><c> see</c><00:42:07.619><c> what</c><00:42:07.800><c> a</c><00:42:08.260><c> dangerous,</c>

00:42:08.840 --> 00:42:09.980
this<00:42:09.079><c> is</c><00:42:09.239><c> what</c><00:42:09.360><c> I</c><00:42:09.460><c> want</c><00:42:09.579><c> to</c><00:42:09.679><c> stress,</c>

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:12.519
what<00:42:10.539><c> a</c><00:42:11.059><c> dangerous</c><00:42:11.559><c> thing</c><00:42:11.840><c> that</c><00:42:12.099><c> is</c>

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:14.360
when<00:42:12.840><c> we</c><00:42:13.099><c> stop</c><00:42:13.320><c> going</c><00:42:13.599><c> to</c><00:42:13.800><c> our</c><00:42:13.960><c> meetings,</c>

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:16.380
when<00:42:14.820><c> we</c><00:42:15.079><c> stop</c><00:42:15.380><c> attending.</c>

00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:20.119
We're<00:42:16.940><c> really</c><00:42:17.400><c> putting</c><00:42:17.699><c> ourself</c><00:42:18.219><c> at</c><00:42:18.420><c> tremendous</c><00:42:18.940><c> risk,</c>

00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:24.420
but<00:42:21.420><c> while</c><00:42:21.639><c> we're</c><00:42:21.920><c> here,</c><00:42:23.039><c> we're</c><00:42:23.360><c> safe.</c>

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:29.159
The<00:42:26.699><c> world</c><00:42:26.960><c> out</c><00:42:27.199><c> there</c><00:42:27.440><c> is</c><00:42:27.679><c> going</c><00:42:27.860><c> to</c><00:42:28.039><c> be</c><00:42:28.219><c> judged.</c>

00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:31.280
If<00:42:29.460><c> you</c><00:42:29.599><c> can</c><00:42:29.719><c> just</c><00:42:29.900><c> bear</c><00:42:30.039><c> with</c><00:42:30.219><c> me</c><00:42:30.440><c> for</c><00:42:30.659><c> two</c><00:42:30.860><c> minutes,</c>

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:33.139
if<00:42:31.719><c> you</c><00:42:31.860><c> can</c><00:42:31.980><c> give</c><00:42:32.119><c> me</c><00:42:32.320><c> that.</c>

00:42:33.760 --> 00:42:35.420
Again,<00:42:33.980><c> think</c><00:42:34.239><c> of</c><00:42:34.340><c> the</c><00:42:34.460><c> Mount</c><00:42:34.619><c> Olivet</c><00:42:34.920><c> prophecy</c>

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:36.800
and<00:42:35.579><c> the</c><00:42:35.739><c> days</c><00:42:35.940><c> we're</c><00:42:36.219><c> living</c><00:42:36.440><c> in.</c>

00:42:36.940 --> 00:42:39.340
The<00:42:37.159><c> world</c><00:42:37.519><c> out</c><00:42:37.800><c> there</c><00:42:38.019><c> is</c><00:42:38.280><c> going</c><00:42:38.500><c> to</c><00:42:38.719><c> be</c><00:42:38.960><c> judged.</c>

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:41.719
Jesus<00:42:40.039><c> in</c><00:42:40.320><c> the</c><00:42:40.320><c> Mount</c><00:42:40.559><c> Olivet</c><00:42:40.860><c> prophecy</c><00:42:41.280><c> says,</c>

00:42:41.719 --> 00:42:44.480
there<00:42:42.260><c> will</c><00:42:42.500><c> be</c><00:42:42.679><c> days</c><00:42:43.059><c> of</c><00:42:43.400><c> vengeance.</c>

00:42:45.440 --> 00:42:47.599
Now<00:42:45.579><c> what's</c><00:42:45.800><c> interesting</c><00:42:46.239><c> is</c><00:42:46.400><c> that</c><00:42:46.699><c> second</c><00:42:47.099><c> man</c>

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:49.900
running<00:42:48.000><c> down</c><00:42:48.380><c> the</c><00:42:48.559><c> road</c><00:42:48.800><c> chasing</c><00:42:49.199><c> the</c><00:42:49.500><c> first</c>

00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:52.639
is<00:42:50.739><c> the</c><00:42:51.019><c> avenger</c><00:42:51.440><c> of</c><00:42:51.659><c> blood.</c>

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:55.860
And<00:42:53.199><c> it's</c><00:42:53.460><c> the</c><00:42:53.639><c> same</c><00:42:53.920><c> word</c><00:42:54.420><c> used</c><00:42:54.900><c> for</c><00:42:55.219><c> redeemer.</c>

00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:58.119
Do<00:42:56.260><c> you</c><00:42:56.280><c> know</c><00:42:56.460><c> that</c><00:42:56.860><c> avenger</c><00:42:57.380><c> and</c><00:42:57.559><c> redeemer</c>

00:42:58.119 --> 00:43:00.940
is<00:42:58.599><c> the</c><00:42:58.880><c> same</c><00:42:59.159><c> word</c><00:42:59.579><c> in</c><00:43:00.019><c> Hebrew?</c>

00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:03.139
And<00:43:01.860><c> you</c><00:43:01.940><c> say</c><00:43:01.940><c> that</c><00:43:02.039><c> doesn't</c><00:43:02.340><c> quite</c><00:43:02.639><c> make</c><00:43:02.920><c> sense,</c>

00:43:03.199 --> 00:43:06.360
but<00:43:03.300><c> then</c><00:43:03.519><c> think</c><00:43:03.679><c> of</c><00:43:03.780><c> the</c><00:43:03.960><c> children</c><00:43:04.219><c> of</c><00:43:04.360><c> Israel</c><00:43:04.880><c> in</c><00:43:05.460><c> Egypt.</c>

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:09.440
The<00:43:07.719><c> angel</c><00:43:08.099><c> of</c><00:43:08.300><c> the</c><00:43:08.300><c> Lord</c><00:43:08.559><c> passed</c><00:43:09.039><c> over</c>

00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:11.480
to<00:43:09.460><c> those</c><00:43:09.760><c> who</c><00:43:09.940><c> were</c><00:43:10.159><c> in</c><00:43:10.260><c> the</c><00:43:10.480><c> house,</c>

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:14.420
in<00:43:11.760><c> the</c><00:43:12.019><c> shelter,</c><00:43:12.719><c> in</c><00:43:12.940><c> God's</c><00:43:13.440><c> refuge,</c>

00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:15.519
and<00:43:14.579><c> to</c><00:43:14.659><c> them</c><00:43:14.860><c> they</c><00:43:15.000><c> were</c><00:43:15.219><c> safety.</c>

00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:17.159
He<00:43:15.760><c> passed</c><00:43:16.179><c> over.</c>

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:20.739
But<00:43:17.340><c> those</c><00:43:17.619><c> outside,</c><00:43:19.039><c> the</c><00:43:19.280><c> firstborn</c><00:43:19.800><c> died.</c>

00:43:21.260 --> 00:43:23.699
That<00:43:21.460><c> angel</c><00:43:21.780><c> was</c><00:43:22.059><c> an</c><00:43:22.239><c> avenger</c><00:43:22.679><c> and</c><00:43:22.940><c> a</c><00:43:23.179><c> redeemer,</c>

00:43:24.059 --> 00:43:27.500
depending<00:43:24.400><c> on</c><00:43:24.699><c> where</c><00:43:25.059><c> you</c><00:43:25.380><c> were</c><00:43:25.639><c> when</c><00:43:25.840><c> he</c><00:43:26.119><c> passed</c><00:43:26.519><c> over.</c>

00:43:28.159 --> 00:43:30.460
So<00:43:28.360><c> how</c><00:43:28.559><c> can</c><00:43:28.760><c> we</c><00:43:28.860><c> take</c><00:43:29.119><c> chances</c><00:43:29.599><c> with</c><00:43:29.900><c> the</c><00:43:30.119><c> world?</c>

00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:33.440
It's<00:43:31.300><c> so</c><00:43:31.699><c> important</c><00:43:32.320><c> to</c><00:43:32.500><c> be</c><00:43:32.739><c> in</c><00:43:33.039><c> Christ</c>

00:43:33.440 --> 00:43:35.400
and<00:43:33.880><c> to</c><00:43:34.099><c> support</c><00:43:34.639><c> the</c><00:43:34.940><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:43:35.780 --> 00:43:37.780
support<00:43:36.340><c> our</c><00:43:36.719><c> brothers</c><00:43:37.039><c> and</c><00:43:37.340><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:37.780 --> 00:43:40.360
We<00:43:38.579><c> can't</c><00:43:38.960><c> be</c><00:43:39.179><c> like</c><00:43:39.320><c> those</c><00:43:39.619><c> we</c><00:43:39.739><c> just</c><00:43:40.039><c> read</c><00:43:40.199><c> of</c>

00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:42.800
whose<00:43:40.579><c> habit</c><00:43:41.119><c> was</c><00:43:41.920><c> to</c><00:43:42.199><c> stay</c><00:43:42.400><c> away,</c>

00:43:43.159 --> 00:43:45.000
to<00:43:43.320><c> stay</c><00:43:43.500><c> out</c><00:43:43.719><c> of</c><00:43:43.840><c> the</c><00:43:43.980><c> refuge.</c>

00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:49.019
How<00:43:46.760><c> can</c><00:43:46.980><c> we</c><00:43:47.079><c> be</c><00:43:47.400><c> protected</c><00:43:47.780><c> that</c><00:43:48.159><c> way?</c>

00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:52.039
And<00:43:49.280><c> so</c><00:43:49.460><c> Paul</c><00:43:49.659><c> says</c><00:43:50.000><c> we</c><00:43:50.179><c> need</c><00:43:50.400><c> to</c><00:43:50.619><c> hold</c><00:43:50.940><c> fast.</c>

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:54.000
Another<00:43:52.619><c> way</c><00:43:52.860><c> of</c><00:43:52.900><c> putting</c><00:43:53.119><c> that</c><00:43:53.360><c> is,</c>

00:43:54.340 --> 00:43:55.260
stay<00:43:54.360><c> put.</c>

00:43:55.719 --> 00:43:56.760
Stay<00:43:56.039><c> in</c><00:43:56.239><c> the</c><00:43:56.460><c> city.</c>

00:43:57.179 --> 00:43:58.880
Stay<00:43:57.480><c> in</c><00:43:57.699><c> the</c><00:43:57.840><c> refuge.</c>

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:02.199
And<00:44:00.199><c> the</c><00:44:00.400><c> avenger</c><00:44:00.760><c> will</c><00:44:00.980><c> pass</c><00:44:01.340><c> over.</c>

00:44:02.739 --> 00:44:04.820
And<00:44:02.940><c> I'd</c><00:44:03.159><c> like</c><00:44:03.239><c> to</c><00:44:03.480><c> finish</c><00:44:03.719><c> just</c><00:44:04.019><c> on</c><00:44:04.119><c> this</c><00:44:04.360><c> verse.</c>

00:44:05.219 --> 00:44:07.199
And<00:44:05.440><c> it's</c><00:44:05.719><c> the</c><00:44:05.960><c> same</c><00:44:06.239><c> word</c><00:44:06.500><c> high</c><00:44:06.840><c> places.</c>

00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:08.420
Actually,<00:44:07.619><c> I</c><00:44:07.840><c> lied</c><00:44:08.000><c> to</c><00:44:08.199><c> you.</c>

00:44:08.559 --> 00:44:10.659
It's<00:44:08.800><c> three</c><00:44:09.099><c> places,</c><00:44:09.679><c> you</c><00:44:09.699><c> find</c><00:44:10.059><c> it.</c>

00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:13.639
Ephesians<00:44:11.400><c> 2</c><00:44:11.780><c> verse</c><00:44:12.099><c> 6.</c>

00:44:14.059 --> 00:44:16.260
And<00:44:14.199><c> it's</c><00:44:14.380><c> a</c><00:44:14.519><c> great</c><00:44:14.699><c> little</c><00:44:15.000><c> point</c><00:44:15.260><c> for</c><00:44:15.480><c> Bible</c><00:44:15.880><c> marking,</c>

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:17.699
first<00:44:16.599><c> principles.</c>

00:44:18.760 --> 00:44:20.500
And<00:44:18.860><c> he</c><00:44:19.019><c> hath</c><00:44:19.219><c> raised</c><00:44:19.599><c> us</c><00:44:19.860><c> up</c><00:44:20.059><c> together</c>

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:23.860
and<00:44:20.659><c> made</c><00:44:20.820><c> us</c><00:44:21.099><c> sit</c><00:44:21.380><c> together</c><00:44:21.860><c> in</c><00:44:22.860><c> heavenly</c><00:44:23.340><c> places</c>

00:44:23.860 --> 00:44:25.480
in<00:44:24.119><c> Christ</c><00:44:24.460><c> Jesus.</c>

00:44:25.860 --> 00:44:28.880
That<00:44:26.079><c> word</c><00:44:26.340><c> heavenly</c><00:44:26.800><c> is</c><00:44:27.440><c> high</c><00:44:27.840><c> places.</c>

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:32.239
You<00:44:29.719><c> see,</c><00:44:30.019><c> being</c><00:44:30.380><c> in</c><00:44:30.559><c> God's</c><00:44:31.059><c> refuge</c><00:44:31.460><c> now</c>

00:44:32.239 --> 00:44:34.360
is<00:44:33.219><c> what</c><00:44:33.440><c> saves</c><00:44:33.820><c> us.</c>

00:44:34.360 --> 00:44:37.400
And<00:44:34.699><c> we</c><00:44:34.860><c> only</c><00:44:35.199><c> get</c><00:44:35.460><c> there</c><00:44:35.920><c> through</c><00:44:36.219><c> baptism.</c>

00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:39.300
And<00:44:37.860><c> so</c><00:44:38.000><c> we</c><00:44:38.159><c> can</c><00:44:38.380><c> be</c><00:44:38.579><c> in</c><00:44:38.760><c> high</c><00:44:39.000><c> places.</c>

00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:41.519
We<00:44:39.579><c> can</c><00:44:39.820><c> be</c><00:44:40.059><c> in</c><00:44:40.199><c> God's</c><00:44:40.780><c> strong</c><00:44:41.000><c> tower</c>

00:44:41.519 --> 00:44:43.320
that<00:44:42.019><c> no</c><00:44:42.320><c> one</c><00:44:42.480><c> can</c><00:44:42.780><c> undermine</c>

00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:45.400
if<00:44:44.059><c> we</c><00:44:44.360><c> put</c><00:44:44.539><c> on</c><00:44:44.800><c> Christ</c>

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:47.619
and<00:44:46.199><c> stay</c><00:44:46.559><c> in</c><00:44:46.719><c> our</c><00:44:46.940><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:49.239
Stay<00:44:48.139><c> in</c><00:44:48.320><c> the</c><00:44:48.480><c> Lord.</c>