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everywhere.<00:10:45.580><c> But</c><00:10:45.740><c> it's</c><00:10:46.399><c> brought</c><00:10:46.580><c> together,</c><00:10:48.440><c> life,</c><00:10:49.039><c> bit</c><00:10:49.299><c> by</c>

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bit,<00:10:50.679><c> through</c><00:10:50.960><c> step</c><00:10:51.340><c> by</c><00:10:51.659><c> step.</c><00:10:52.799><c> They've</c>

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been<00:10:53.080><c> brought</c><00:10:53.279><c> back,</c><00:10:54.399><c> and</c><00:10:54.879><c> they</c><00:10:55.019><c> now</c><00:10:55.240><c> live.</c><00:10:56.000><c> This</c><00:10:56.200><c> is</c><00:10:56.899><c> a</c><00:10:57.120><c> miracle,</c><00:10:57.779><c> a</c><00:10:58.000><c> miracle</c><00:10:58.580><c> which</c><00:10:59.259><c> we've</c><00:10:59.620><c> seen</c><00:10:59.759><c> in</c>

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our<00:11:00.259><c> own</c><00:11:00.480><c> times,</c><00:11:00.740><c> which</c><00:11:00.860><c> we</c><00:11:01.039><c> have</c><00:11:01.200><c> seen</c><00:11:01.600><c> in</c><00:11:02.000><c> our</c><00:11:02.139><c> own</c><00:11:02.379><c> times.</c><00:11:05.940><c> And</c><00:11:06.059><c> so</c><00:11:06.159><c> verse</c><00:11:06.360><c> seven,</c><00:11:07.539><c> so</c><00:11:07.740><c> I</c><00:11:08.000><c> prophesied</c>

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as<00:11:08.759><c> I</c><00:11:08.899><c> was</c><00:11:09.039><c> commanded,</c><00:11:10.220><c> and</c><00:11:11.120><c> as</c><00:11:11.299><c> I</c><00:11:11.539><c> prophesied,</c><00:11:11.960><c> there</c><00:11:12.059><c> was</c><00:11:12.220><c> a</c>

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noise.<00:11:12.639><c> So</c><00:11:12.820><c> it</c><00:11:13.019><c> starts</c><00:11:13.179><c> off</c><00:11:13.399><c> with</c><00:11:13.659><c> sight,</c>

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now<00:11:14.200><c> there's</c><00:11:14.460><c> noise.</c><00:11:15.759><c> There</c><00:11:15.919><c> was</c><00:11:16.100><c> a</c><00:11:16.279><c> noise,</c><00:11:16.679><c> and</c><00:11:16.799><c> behold,</c><00:11:17.179><c> a</c>

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rattling.<00:11:19.240><c> And</c><00:11:19.539><c> the</c><00:11:19.740><c> bones</c><00:11:20.080><c> came</c><00:11:20.360><c> together,</c>

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bone<00:11:21.460><c> to</c><00:11:21.659><c> its</c><00:11:21.899><c> bone.</c><00:11:22.240><c> The</c><00:11:22.399><c> whole</c><00:11:22.879><c> section</c><00:11:23.259><c> of</c><00:11:23.419><c> this</c><00:11:23.600><c> vision</c><00:11:23.840><c> is</c>

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sort<00:11:24.480><c> of</c><00:11:24.820><c> a</c><00:11:25.080><c> step</c><00:11:25.220><c> by</c><00:11:25.419><c> step</c><00:11:25.600><c> process.</c>

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Bone<00:11:27.620><c> came</c><00:11:27.840><c> together,</c><00:11:28.299><c> bone</c><00:11:28.539><c> to</c><00:11:28.740><c> its</c><00:11:28.980><c> bone.</c><00:11:30.320><c> And</c><00:11:30.460><c> I</c><00:11:30.639><c> looked,</c>

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and<00:11:31.000><c> there</c><00:11:31.159><c> were</c><00:11:31.379><c> sinews</c><00:11:31.799><c> on</c><00:11:31.980><c> them,</c><00:11:32.200><c> just</c>

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as<00:11:32.519><c> it</c><00:11:32.620><c> was</c><00:11:32.820><c> prophesied,</c><00:11:33.740><c> just</c><00:11:33.899><c> as</c><00:11:34.039><c> it</c><00:11:34.179><c> was</c><00:11:34.320><c> foretold.</c><00:11:35.960><c> Flesh</c>

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had<00:11:36.480><c> come</c><00:11:36.679><c> upon</c><00:11:36.980><c> them,</c><00:11:37.899><c> skin</c><00:11:38.179><c> had</c><00:11:38.419><c> covered</c>

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them,<00:11:40.440><c> but</c><00:11:40.720><c> there</c><00:11:40.860><c> was</c><00:11:41.000><c> no</c><00:11:41.259><c> breath</c><00:11:41.500><c> in</c><00:11:41.720><c> them.</c><00:11:43.659><c> And</c><00:11:44.100><c> then</c><00:11:44.200><c> he</c><00:11:44.299><c> said</c><00:11:44.460><c> to</c>

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me,<00:11:45.139><c> prophesy</c><00:11:45.820><c> to</c><00:11:46.980><c> the</c><00:11:47.220><c> breath.</c>

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Prophesy,<00:11:50.059><c> son</c><00:11:50.139><c> of</c><00:11:50.299><c> man,</c><00:11:50.539><c> and</c><00:11:50.679><c> say</c><00:11:50.879><c> to</c><00:11:51.019><c> the</c><00:11:51.220><c> breath,</c><00:11:51.659><c> thus</c><00:11:51.820><c> says</c><00:11:52.059><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:11:52.500><c> God,</c><00:11:53.419><c> come</c><00:11:53.639><c> from</c><00:11:53.799><c> the</c><00:11:54.000><c> four</c>

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winds,<00:11:54.580><c> O</c><00:11:54.740><c> breath,</c><00:11:55.080><c> and</c><00:11:55.220><c> breathe</c><00:11:55.460><c> upon</c><00:11:55.720><c> them,</c><00:11:56.500><c> slain</c><00:11:56.759><c> that</c><00:11:57.039><c> they</c><00:11:57.220><c> may</c><00:11:57.399><c> live.</c><00:11:58.940><c> So</c>

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I<00:11:59.620><c> prophesied</c><00:11:59.980><c> as</c><00:12:00.059><c> he</c>

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commanded,<00:12:01.320><c> and</c><00:12:01.460><c> the</c><00:12:01.620><c> breath</c><00:12:01.779><c> came</c><00:12:02.059><c> upon</c><00:12:02.360><c> them,</c><00:12:03.039><c> and</c><00:12:03.240><c> they</c>

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lived,<00:12:03.759><c> and</c><00:12:03.899><c> stood</c><00:12:04.039><c> upon</c><00:12:04.320><c> their</c><00:12:04.620><c> feet,</c>

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an<00:12:05.340><c> exceeding</c><00:12:05.700><c> great</c><00:12:05.960><c> host.</c><00:12:06.639><c> Now</c><00:12:07.080><c> there's</c><00:12:07.879><c> a</c><00:12:08.039><c> very,</c><00:12:08.759><c> very</c><00:12:08.759><c> important</c><00:12:09.059><c> word</c><00:12:09.440><c> play</c><00:12:09.659><c> going</c><00:12:09.879><c> on</c>

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here,<00:12:10.720><c> because</c>

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breath<00:12:11.679><c> and</c><00:12:12.419><c> wind</c><00:12:12.940><c> and</c><00:12:14.000><c> spirit</c><00:12:14.379><c> are</c><00:12:14.820><c> all</c><00:12:14.980><c> the</c><00:12:15.159><c> same</c><00:12:15.320><c> word</c><00:12:15.519><c> in</c>

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Hebrew.<00:12:16.179><c> It's</c><00:12:16.360><c> the</c><00:12:16.500><c> same</c><00:12:16.740><c> Hebrew</c><00:12:17.080><c> word</c>

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in<00:12:17.740><c> Hebrew.</c><00:12:19.740><c> So</c><00:12:20.179><c> when</c><00:12:20.500><c> breath,</c><00:12:21.500><c> there's</c><00:12:21.639><c> a</c><00:12:21.799><c> word</c><00:12:22.039><c> play,</c><00:12:22.379><c> breath</c><00:12:22.659><c> came</c>

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to<00:12:23.059><c> them,</c><00:12:23.879><c> breath,</c><00:12:24.139><c> wind,</c><00:12:24.580><c> breath,</c>

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the<00:12:25.559><c> four</c><00:12:25.700><c> winds,</c><00:12:26.179><c> it's</c><00:12:26.340><c> all</c><00:12:26.679><c> the</c><00:12:26.980><c> idea</c><00:12:27.200><c> of</c><00:12:27.639><c> life</c><00:12:28.139><c> coming</c><00:12:28.440><c> in.</c>

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And<00:12:30.960><c> so</c><00:12:31.059><c> they</c><00:12:31.279><c> lived.</c><00:12:32.879><c> And</c><00:12:33.000><c> they</c><00:12:33.159><c> lived</c>

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because<00:12:33.720><c> of</c><00:12:33.919><c> the</c><00:12:34.259><c> power</c><00:12:34.639><c> of</c><00:12:35.000><c> God</c><00:12:35.379><c> that</c><00:12:36.080><c> was</c><00:12:36.259><c> in</c><00:12:36.419><c> them.</c><00:12:38.559><c> And</c><00:12:38.740><c> finally</c><00:12:38.980><c> in</c>

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verse<00:12:39.279><c> 11</c><00:12:39.500><c> when</c><00:12:39.659><c> we</c><00:12:39.779><c> go</c><00:12:39.940><c> on</c><00:12:40.159><c> here,</c>

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he<00:12:40.340><c> said,</c><00:12:40.539><c> then</c><00:12:40.679><c> he</c><00:12:40.840><c> said</c><00:12:40.960><c> unto</c><00:12:41.159><c> me,</c><00:12:41.440><c> son</c><00:12:41.559><c> of</c><00:12:41.759><c> man,</c><00:12:41.980><c> these</c><00:12:42.240><c> bones</c><00:12:42.480><c> are</c>

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the<00:12:42.779><c> whole</c><00:12:43.000><c> house</c><00:12:43.200><c> of</c><00:12:43.360><c> Israel.</c>

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It's<00:12:43.740><c> made</c><00:12:43.899><c> explicit,</c><00:12:45.179><c> absolutely</c><00:12:45.259><c> explicit</c><00:12:45.659><c> what</c><00:12:45.799><c> he's</c><00:12:45.980><c> talking</c><00:12:46.200><c> about.</c><00:12:46.940><c> This</c><00:12:47.379><c> revivified</c><00:12:48.159><c> set</c><00:12:48.559><c> of</c>

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bones<00:12:49.100><c> is</c><00:12:49.340><c> now</c><00:12:49.500><c> the</c><00:12:49.639><c> whole</c><00:12:49.879><c> house</c><00:12:50.059><c> of</c><00:12:50.240><c> Israel.</c><00:12:51.899><c> And</c><00:12:52.139><c> so</c><00:12:52.240><c> you</c><00:12:52.379><c> should</c><00:12:52.500><c> say</c><00:12:52.740><c> to</c>

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them,<00:12:53.299><c> this</c><00:12:53.820><c> revived</c><00:12:54.159><c> Israel,</c>

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our<00:12:55.279><c> bones</c><00:12:55.620><c> are</c><00:12:55.940><c> dried</c><00:12:56.080><c> up,</c><00:12:57.340><c> our</c><00:12:57.440><c> hope</c><00:12:57.600><c> is</c><00:12:57.879><c> lost,</c><00:12:58.120><c> we</c><00:12:58.279><c> are</c><00:12:58.460><c> clean</c><00:12:58.679><c> cut</c>

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off.<00:13:00.460><c> Therefore</c><00:13:00.779><c> prophesy</c><00:13:01.340><c> and</c>

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say<00:13:01.759><c> to</c><00:13:01.860><c> them,</c><00:13:02.159><c> thus</c><00:13:02.320><c> says</c><00:13:02.539><c> the</c><00:13:02.659><c> Lord</c><00:13:02.840><c> God,</c><00:13:03.519><c> I'll</c><00:13:03.740><c> open</c><00:13:03.940><c> your</c>

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graves,<00:13:04.639><c> raise</c><00:13:04.879><c> you</c><00:13:05.019><c> from</c><00:13:05.200><c> your</c><00:13:05.440><c> graves,</c>

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O<00:13:06.000><c> my</c><00:13:06.139><c> people,</c><00:13:06.879><c> and</c><00:13:06.960><c> bring</c><00:13:07.139><c> you</c><00:13:07.360><c> home</c><00:13:07.799><c> to</c><00:13:08.379><c> the</c><00:13:08.539><c> land</c><00:13:08.679><c> of</c><00:13:08.899><c> Israel.</c><00:13:10.120><c> And</c><00:13:10.440><c> you</c><00:13:10.639><c> shall</c><00:13:10.799><c> know</c><00:13:11.600><c> that</c><00:13:12.139><c> I</c>

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Lord.<00:13:16.980><c> Can</c><00:13:17.460><c> I</c><00:13:17.539><c> just</c><00:13:17.659><c> say</c><00:13:17.779><c> one</c><00:13:17.940><c> or</c><00:13:18.000><c> two</c><00:13:18.159><c> things</c><00:13:18.419><c> about</c><00:13:18.700><c> this</c><00:13:19.960><c> sort</c><00:13:20.279><c> of</c>

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thing,<00:13:21.639><c> this</c><00:13:22.200><c> sort</c><00:13:22.500><c> of</c><00:13:22.720><c> principle</c>

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we<00:13:23.100><c> know</c><00:13:23.259><c> so</c><00:13:23.580><c> well</c><00:13:24.059><c> of</c><00:13:25.100><c> the</c><00:13:25.340><c> returning</c><00:13:25.600><c> of</c><00:13:25.799><c> Israel?</c><00:13:27.840><c> Only</c><00:13:27.960><c> just</c>

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a<00:13:28.299><c> few</c><00:13:28.360><c> weeks</c><00:13:28.580><c> ago,</c><00:13:29.679><c> having</c><00:13:30.000><c> read</c><00:13:30.259><c> this</c>

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and<00:13:30.580><c> read</c><00:13:30.779><c> these</c><00:13:31.039><c> sections</c><00:13:31.279><c> so</c><00:13:31.539><c> many</c><00:13:31.759><c> times,</c><00:13:32.720><c> I</c><00:13:32.820><c> thought</c><00:13:32.940><c> I'd</c>

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go<00:13:33.320><c> back</c><00:13:33.620><c> to</c><00:13:33.840><c> look</c><00:13:34.519><c> at</c><00:13:34.659><c> the</c><00:13:34.799><c> Holocaust</c><00:13:35.159><c> Museum</c>

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in<00:13:35.840><c> Washington.</c><00:13:39.559><c> And</c><00:13:40.039><c> I</c><00:13:40.120><c> don't</c><00:13:40.279><c> know</c><00:13:40.480><c> how</c><00:13:40.679><c> many</c><00:13:40.840><c> of</c><00:13:40.940><c> you</c><00:13:41.000><c> have</c>

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time<00:13:45.240><c> to</c><00:13:45.940><c> go</c><00:13:46.259><c> to</c><00:13:46.399><c> the</c><00:13:46.500><c> Holocaust</c><00:13:46.860><c> Museum</c>

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adversity,<00:13:56.120><c> through</c><00:13:56.279><c> the</c><00:13:56.460><c> Holocaust.</c><00:13:58.740><c> And</c><00:13:59.220><c> if</c><00:13:59.460><c> any</c><00:13:59.600><c> of</c><00:13:59.720><c> you</c>

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have<00:13:59.899><c> never</c><00:14:00.159><c> been</c><00:14:00.419><c> to</c><00:14:00.679><c> the</c><00:14:01.120><c> Holocaust</c><00:14:01.559><c> Museum</c>

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and<00:14:02.000><c> spent</c><00:14:02.240><c> time</c><00:14:02.659><c> there,</c><00:14:03.419><c> you</c><00:14:03.860><c> should.</c><00:14:04.980><c> I</c><00:14:05.159><c> spent</c><00:14:05.340><c> six</c><00:14:05.620><c> hours,</c>

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just<00:14:06.340><c> a</c><00:14:06.500><c> few</c><00:14:06.679><c> Saturdays</c><00:14:07.100><c> ago,</c><00:14:07.279><c> I</c><00:14:07.360><c> went</c>

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where<00:14:13.600><c> you</c><00:14:13.820><c> start</c><00:14:13.980><c> off</c><00:14:14.159><c> with</c><00:14:14.399><c> all</c><00:14:14.620><c> the</c><00:14:14.840><c> films</c><00:14:15.139><c> of</c><00:14:15.500><c> Nazi</c><00:14:15.840><c> Germany,</c><00:14:17.159><c> the</c>

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ranting<00:14:17.700><c> Hitler</c><00:14:18.139><c> talking</c><00:14:19.000><c> about</c>

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the<00:14:22.659><c> Jews,</c><00:14:23.460><c> how</c><00:14:23.679><c> they</c><00:14:23.899><c> were</c><00:14:24.460><c> part</c><00:14:25.059><c> of</c><00:14:25.220><c> a</c><00:14:25.379><c> big</c><00:14:26.360><c> Zionist</c><00:14:26.840><c> conspiracy.</c><00:14:28.259><c> Also</c>

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this<00:14:28.700><c> fanatical,</c><00:14:30.139><c> extraordinary</c>

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historical<00:14:31.019><c> films</c><00:14:31.340><c> of</c><00:14:31.700><c> raving</c><00:14:32.000><c> Hitler</c><00:14:32.340><c> with</c><00:14:32.559><c> all</c><00:14:32.759><c> these</c><00:14:32.960><c> mass</c>

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adulation<00:14:33.799><c> from</c><00:14:34.559><c> the</c><00:14:34.820><c> Germans.</c><00:14:36.080><c> Then</c>

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you<00:14:36.299><c> go</c><00:14:36.500><c> down</c><00:14:36.759><c> the</c><00:14:36.899><c> next</c><00:14:37.220><c> floor</c><00:14:37.519><c> of</c><00:14:37.740><c> this</c><00:14:38.000><c> museum</c><00:14:38.440><c> and</c><00:14:38.639><c> you</c><00:14:38.840><c> see</c>

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the<00:14:40.480><c> gradual</c><00:14:41.059><c> persecution,</c><00:14:41.820><c> the</c><00:14:41.980><c> ghettos,</c>

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and<00:14:42.940><c> you</c><00:14:43.120><c> see</c><00:14:44.159><c> pictures</c><00:14:44.539><c> of</c><00:14:44.820><c> starvation.</c><00:14:47.039><c> Then</c><00:14:47.259><c> you</c><00:14:47.440><c> see</c><00:14:47.720><c> bones,</c><00:14:49.740><c> you</c>

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see<00:14:49.919><c> skeletons.</c><00:14:52.919><c> You</c><00:14:53.179><c> see</c><00:14:54.639><c> the</c><00:14:55.320><c> children's</c>

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shoes,<00:14:57.259><c> and</c><00:14:57.259><c> you</c><00:14:57.480><c> see</c><00:14:57.759><c> the</c><00:14:58.399><c> simulation</c><00:14:58.940><c> of</c><00:14:59.100><c> the</c><00:14:59.259><c> gas</c><00:14:59.480><c> chambers.</c><00:15:02.000><c> It's</c><00:15:02.440><c> just</c><00:15:02.820><c> a</c>

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remarkable<00:15:04.340><c> museum.</c>

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And<00:15:06.059><c> to</c><00:15:06.200><c> think</c><00:15:06.340><c> that</c><00:15:06.460><c> it's</c><00:15:06.559><c> right</c><00:15:06.759><c> in</c><00:15:06.879><c> the</c><00:15:07.000><c> nation's</c><00:15:07.480><c> capital</c>

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there,<00:15:08.080><c> it's</c><00:15:08.259><c> like</c><00:15:08.460><c> a</c><00:15:08.700><c> living</c><00:15:08.980><c> testimony</c>

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to<00:15:09.600><c> Ezekiel</c><00:15:09.919><c> chapter</c><00:15:10.200><c> 37,</c><00:15:10.799><c> that's</c><00:15:11.039><c> my</c><00:15:11.220><c> point</c><00:15:11.360><c> in</c><00:15:11.519><c> raising</c><00:15:11.700><c> it,</c>

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right<00:15:12.379><c> in</c><00:15:12.580><c> the</c><00:15:12.600><c> very</c><00:15:13.399><c> centre</c><00:15:13.679><c> of</c><00:15:13.879><c> Washington,</c>

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right<00:15:14.460><c> next</c><00:15:14.740><c> to</c><00:15:14.860><c> the</c><00:15:14.980><c> White</c><00:15:15.220><c> House</c><00:15:15.419><c> almost,</c><00:15:16.179><c> you</c><00:15:16.320><c> have</c><00:15:16.539><c> the</c><00:15:16.860><c> Holocaust</c><00:15:17.259><c> Museum,</c><00:15:18.220><c> which</c><00:15:18.320><c> is</c>

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a<00:15:18.620><c> commemoration</c>

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of<00:15:19.299><c> one</c><00:15:19.379><c> of</c><00:15:19.480><c> the</c><00:15:19.659><c> great</c><00:15:19.879><c> visions</c><00:15:20.200><c> of</c><00:15:20.399><c> Scripture,</c><00:15:21.299><c> how</c><00:15:21.600><c> Israel</c>

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will<00:15:22.159><c> come</c><00:15:22.480><c> through</c><00:15:22.759><c> out</c><00:15:22.919><c> of</c><00:15:23.080><c> adversity,</c>

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how<00:15:25.200><c> the</c><00:15:25.620><c> nation</c><00:15:25.960><c> will</c><00:15:26.139><c> be</c><00:15:26.340><c> created</c><00:15:26.820><c> because</c><00:15:28.019><c> it's</c><00:15:29.399><c> part</c><00:15:29.600><c> of</c>

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its<00:15:29.860><c> purpose,</c><00:15:31.299><c> and</c><00:15:32.159><c> how</c><00:15:32.299><c> they</c><00:15:32.419><c> will</c><00:15:32.500><c> go</c>

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back<00:15:32.820><c> to</c><00:15:32.940><c> their</c><00:15:33.080><c> own</c><00:15:33.240><c> land</c><00:15:33.440><c> through</c><00:15:33.700><c> suffering.</c><00:15:35.759><c> Sometimes</c>

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there<00:15:36.519><c> are</c><00:15:36.860><c> biblical</c><00:15:37.240><c> teachings</c><00:15:37.700><c> that</c>

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we're<00:15:38.080><c> so</c><00:15:38.240><c> familiar</c><00:15:38.620><c> with</c><00:15:39.220><c> that</c><00:15:39.659><c> they</c><00:15:39.919><c> sort</c><00:15:39.980><c> of</c><00:15:40.279><c> pass</c><00:15:40.419><c> us</c><00:15:40.620><c> by,</c>

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we<00:15:40.940><c> don't</c><00:15:41.139><c> sort</c><00:15:41.279><c> of</c><00:15:41.519><c> recognise</c><00:15:41.840><c> the</c><00:15:42.120><c> significance</c>

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of<00:15:42.799><c> them.</c><00:15:44.820><c> But</c><00:15:45.259><c> this</c><00:15:45.500><c> is</c><00:15:45.840><c> a</c><00:15:46.000><c> great</c><00:15:46.120><c> vision,</c><00:15:47.200><c> and</c><00:15:47.419><c> it's</c><00:15:47.700><c> a</c><00:15:47.840><c> vision</c><00:15:48.220><c> which</c>

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is<00:15:49.779><c> for</c><00:15:49.820><c> us</c><00:15:50.980><c> extraordinary</c><00:15:51.679><c> because</c>

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we've<00:15:52.620><c> seen</c><00:15:53.159><c> it,</c><00:15:54.500><c> and</c><00:15:55.259><c> we</c><00:15:55.419><c> know</c><00:15:55.519><c> what</c><00:15:55.659><c> it</c><00:15:55.840><c> means.</c><00:15:59.159><c> The</c><00:15:59.259><c> other</c>

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thing<00:15:59.620><c> to</c><00:15:59.940><c> note,</c><00:16:00.220><c> of</c><00:16:00.399><c> course,</c><00:16:00.580><c> is</c><00:16:00.720><c> that</c>

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not<00:16:01.039><c> all</c><00:16:01.200><c> Israel</c><00:16:01.700><c> appreciates</c><00:16:02.480><c> this.</c><00:16:02.639><c> This</c><00:16:02.779><c> is</c><00:16:02.980><c> a</c><00:16:03.120><c> tragedy.</c><00:16:06.440><c> I</c>

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work,<00:16:07.120><c> over</c><00:16:07.419><c> the</c><00:16:07.519><c> last</c><00:16:07.980><c> four</c><00:16:08.980><c> years,</c>

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I've<00:16:09.539><c> worked</c><00:16:09.759><c> with</c><00:16:10.159><c> a</c><00:16:10.399><c> Jew.</c><00:16:11.580><c> I</c><00:16:11.779><c> think</c><00:16:11.960><c> he's</c><00:16:12.899><c> quite</c><00:16:13.299><c> a</c><00:16:13.539><c> brilliant</c><00:16:13.799><c> economist.</c><00:16:15.000><c> I've</c><00:16:15.220><c> worked</c><00:16:15.399><c> with</c><00:16:15.600><c> him</c>

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when<00:16:16.399><c> we're</c><00:16:16.840><c> assigned</c><00:16:17.039><c> to</c><00:16:17.240><c> go</c><00:16:17.379><c> to</c><00:16:17.539><c> countries,</c><00:16:18.220><c> to</c><00:16:18.320><c> Tanzania</c>

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or<00:16:18.899><c> to</c><00:16:19.539><c> somewhere</c><00:16:19.659><c> in</c><00:16:19.899><c> Africa,</c><00:16:20.620><c> we're</c>

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assigned,<00:16:21.480><c> there's</c><00:16:21.960><c> an</c><00:16:22.059><c> older</c><00:16:22.159><c> person,</c><00:16:22.620><c> a</c><00:16:22.679><c> younger</c><00:16:22.899><c> person</c><00:16:23.279><c> and</c><00:16:23.399><c> a</c>

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director.<00:16:23.799><c> That's</c><00:16:24.120><c> the</c><00:16:24.200><c> way</c><00:16:24.320><c> it</c><00:16:24.519><c> works</c>

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without<00:16:25.059><c> going</c><00:16:25.320><c> into</c><00:16:25.480><c> any</c><00:16:25.659><c> detail.</c><00:16:27.840><c> And</c><00:16:28.000><c> as</c><00:16:28.240><c> you</c><00:16:28.360><c> can</c><00:16:28.500><c> guess,</c>

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I'm<00:16:28.840><c> the</c><00:16:29.039><c> older</c><00:16:29.240><c> person.</c><00:16:31.620><c> Unfortunately,</c>

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that's<00:16:32.500><c> the</c><00:16:32.559><c> way</c><00:16:32.659><c> it</c><00:16:32.799><c> is.</c><00:16:34.279><c> The</c><00:16:34.440><c> younger</c><00:16:34.720><c> person</c><00:16:35.100><c> is</c><00:16:35.799><c> this</c><00:16:36.940><c> young</c><00:16:37.179><c> Jewish</c><00:16:37.460><c> fellow.</c><00:16:38.340><c> He's</c>

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mid<00:16:38.860><c>-30s.</c><00:16:40.259><c> He's</c>

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just<00:16:40.700><c> a</c><00:16:40.820><c> brilliant</c><00:16:41.019><c> economist.</c><00:16:42.480><c> I've</c><00:16:42.679><c> been</c><00:16:42.779><c> to</c><00:16:42.919><c> Africa</c><00:16:43.279><c> with</c>

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him,<00:16:43.720><c> been</c><00:16:43.860><c> to</c><00:16:44.059><c> Tanzania</c><00:16:44.299><c> with</c><00:16:44.440><c> him</c><00:16:44.580><c> about</c>

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12<00:16:45.000><c> or</c><00:16:45.080><c> 13</c><00:16:45.399><c> times.</c><00:16:45.820><c> I</c><00:16:45.940><c> know</c><00:16:46.059><c> him</c><00:16:46.220><c> so</c><00:16:46.539><c> well.</c><00:16:48.179><c> He's</c><00:16:48.539><c> just,</c><00:16:49.460><c> he's</c><00:16:50.779><c> a</c>

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sort<00:16:50.980><c> of</c><00:16:51.240><c> an</c><00:16:51.360><c> extremely</c><00:16:51.580><c> stimulating</c><00:16:52.240><c> colleague.</c>

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He<00:16:53.820><c> can</c><00:16:53.960><c> talk</c><00:16:54.100><c> about</c><00:16:54.299><c> anything.</c><00:16:54.820><c> He's</c><00:16:55.059><c> just</c><00:16:55.320><c> so</c><00:16:55.539><c> Jewish</c><00:16:55.860><c> that</c>

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I<00:16:56.659><c> make</c><00:16:56.759><c> you</c><00:16:56.940><c> admire</c><00:16:57.159><c> the</c><00:16:57.340><c> Jewish</c><00:16:57.580><c> race.</c><00:16:58.059><c> He</c>

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can<00:16:58.320><c> talk</c><00:16:58.500><c> about</c><00:16:58.720><c> culture.</c><00:16:59.279><c> He</c><00:16:59.379><c> can</c><00:16:59.539><c> talk</c><00:16:59.720><c> about</c><00:17:00.039><c> any</c><00:17:00.440><c> topic</c>

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that<00:17:00.919><c> seems</c><00:17:01.080><c> to</c><00:17:01.259><c> come</c><00:17:01.379><c> up.</c><00:17:02.120><c> He</c><00:17:02.379><c> talks</c>

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about,<00:17:03.080><c> he</c><00:17:03.179><c> talks</c><00:17:03.500><c> with</c><00:17:03.679><c> authority</c><00:17:04.039><c> about.</c><00:17:06.079><c> But</c><00:17:06.200><c> then</c><00:17:06.359><c> you</c>

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ask<00:17:06.720><c> him</c><00:17:06.859><c> about</c><00:17:07.059><c> scripture.</c><00:17:07.819><c> You</c><00:17:07.980><c> ask</c>

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him,<00:17:09.160><c> well,</c><00:17:10.380><c> the</c><00:17:10.480><c> Valley</c><00:17:10.619><c> of</c><00:17:10.819><c> Dry</c><00:17:11.000><c> Bones.</c><00:17:11.359><c> I've</c><00:17:11.440><c> asked</c><00:17:11.619><c> him</c><00:17:11.779><c> about</c><00:17:11.940><c> this</c><00:17:12.079><c> a</c>

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number<00:17:12.339><c> of</c><00:17:12.519><c> times.</c><00:17:12.640><c> It</c><00:17:12.740><c> means</c>

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nothing<00:17:13.220><c> to</c><00:17:13.359><c> him.</c><00:17:15.000><c> It's</c><00:17:15.400><c> incredible.</c><00:17:15.940><c> He</c><00:17:16.039><c> can</c><00:17:16.200><c> talk</c><00:17:16.420><c> to</c><00:17:16.680><c> Adi.</c>

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His<00:17:17.019><c> name</c><00:17:17.220><c> is</c><00:17:17.420><c> Adi.</c><00:17:19.779><c> He</c><00:17:20.059><c> can</c><00:17:20.240><c> talk</c><00:17:20.440><c> to</c><00:17:20.559><c> him</c>

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anything.<00:17:21.099><c> He's</c><00:17:21.380><c> just</c><00:17:21.799><c> brilliant</c><00:17:22.160><c> as</c><00:17:22.619><c> an</c><00:17:22.920><c> economist,</c><00:17:25.839><c> as</c><00:17:26.019><c> a</c>

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person<00:17:26.519><c> talking</c><00:17:26.779><c> about</c><00:17:26.940><c> the</c><00:17:27.099><c> history</c><00:17:27.279><c> of</c><00:17:27.579><c> Africa.</c>

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I<00:17:27.940><c> don't</c><00:17:28.039><c> know</c><00:17:28.079><c> how</c><00:17:28.240><c> he</c><00:17:28.339><c> knows</c><00:17:28.539><c> all</c><00:17:28.759><c> these</c><00:17:28.960><c> things.</c><00:17:29.319><c> Africa</c>

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and<00:17:30.299><c> this</c><00:17:30.640><c> and</c><00:17:30.980><c> that</c><00:17:31.160><c> and</c><00:17:31.759><c> European</c><00:17:32.119><c> civilization</c>

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or,<00:17:33.460><c> he's</c><00:17:33.660><c> just</c><00:17:33.859><c> a</c><00:17:34.000><c> marvelous</c><00:17:34.220><c> person</c><00:17:34.519><c> to</c><00:17:34.720><c> travel</c><00:17:34.940><c> with</c><00:17:35.140><c> because</c><00:17:35.380><c> he</c><00:17:35.880><c> knows</c><00:17:36.160><c> so</c>

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much.<00:17:37.799><c> There's</c><00:17:38.039><c> no</c>

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meeting,<00:17:38.579><c> any</c><00:17:38.960><c> business</c><00:17:39.220><c> meeting</c><00:17:39.359><c> you</c><00:17:39.460><c> go</c><00:17:39.660><c> to,</c><00:17:39.920><c> you</c><00:17:40.099><c> just</c><00:17:40.299><c> feel</c><00:17:40.400><c> completely</c><00:17:40.779><c> assured</c><00:17:41.119><c> because</c><00:17:41.380><c> if</c><00:17:41.599><c> you</c>

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we<00:17:51.880><c> got</c><00:17:52.099><c> on</c><00:17:52.339><c> particularly</c><00:17:52.880><c> well</c><00:17:53.000><c> together.</c><00:17:53.380><c> He's</c><00:17:53.440><c> one</c><00:17:53.599><c> of</c><00:17:53.740><c> my</c>

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best<00:17:54.079><c> friends.</c><00:17:54.440><c> He's</c><00:17:54.519><c> just</c><00:17:54.660><c> gone</c><00:17:54.799><c> back</c>

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Israel<00:18:04.220><c> which</c><00:18:05.039><c> doesn't</c><00:18:05.799><c> surprise</c><00:18:06.140><c> me</c><00:18:06.299><c> in</c><00:18:06.380><c> the</c><00:18:06.559><c> slightest.</c><00:18:06.960><c> He's</c><00:18:07.119><c> so</c>

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bright.<00:18:09.240><c> Why</c><00:18:09.460><c> do</c><00:18:09.579><c> I</c><00:18:09.720><c> mention</c><00:18:09.940><c> all</c><00:18:10.119><c> this?</c>

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He's<00:18:11.640><c> so</c><00:18:11.940><c> bright</c><00:18:12.119><c> in</c><00:18:12.200><c> all</c><00:18:12.400><c> these</c><00:18:12.680><c> things</c><00:18:13.319><c> and</c><00:18:13.960><c> yet</c><00:18:14.420><c> when</c><00:18:15.960><c> it</c><00:18:16.099><c> comes</c><00:18:16.359><c> to</c>

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scripture,<00:18:17.059><c> he</c><00:18:17.259><c> just</c><00:18:17.420><c> says,</c>

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oh<00:18:17.839><c> my</c><00:18:17.960><c> wife</c><00:18:18.259><c> is</c><00:18:18.380><c> very,</c><00:18:19.359><c> who</c><00:18:19.599><c> comes</c><00:18:19.819><c> from</c><00:18:19.940><c> a</c><00:18:20.019><c> very</c><00:18:20.220><c> traditional</c>

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orthodox<00:18:20.819><c> family,</c><00:18:21.700><c> but</c><00:18:21.700><c> I</c><00:18:22.140><c> said</c><00:18:22.200><c> what</c>

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about<00:18:22.680><c> Ezekiel</c><00:18:23.059><c> 37?</c><00:18:23.680><c> What</c><00:18:23.859><c> about</c><00:18:24.079><c> the,</c><00:18:24.400><c> don't</c><00:18:24.539><c> you</c><00:18:24.759><c> see,</c><00:18:25.619><c> oh</c><00:18:25.940><c> well,</c><00:18:26.680><c> you</c><00:18:26.740><c> know,</c><00:18:28.759><c> oh,</c><00:18:30.099><c> I</c>

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get<00:18:30.359><c> so</c><00:18:30.680><c> exasperated</c>

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with<00:18:31.259><c> him.</c><00:18:31.460><c> I</c><00:18:31.519><c> tell</c><00:18:31.660><c> him</c><00:18:31.799><c> I'm</c><00:18:31.980><c> so</c><00:18:32.279><c> exasperated</c><00:18:32.700><c> with</c><00:18:32.859><c> you</c><00:18:32.960><c> because</c><00:18:33.079><c> he</c>

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knows<00:18:33.400><c> so</c><00:18:33.700><c> well</c><00:18:33.839><c> my</c><00:18:34.380><c> interest</c><00:18:34.619><c> in</c>

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scripture.<00:18:35.559><c> When</c><00:18:35.940><c> I</c><00:18:36.079><c> go</c><00:18:36.220><c> off</c><00:18:36.420><c> to</c><00:18:36.599><c> visit</c><00:18:36.940><c> missionary</c><00:18:37.380><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:18:37.940><c> sisters</c><00:18:38.079><c> on</c><00:18:38.299><c> a</c><00:18:38.400><c> Sunday,</c><00:18:38.640><c> he's</c><00:18:38.799><c> always</c>

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interested<00:18:39.359><c> to</c><00:18:39.559><c> ask</c><00:18:39.859><c> me</c><00:18:40.019><c> what</c><00:18:40.099><c> are</c><00:18:40.200><c> you</c><00:18:40.319><c> doing</c><00:18:40.440><c> on</c><00:18:40.640><c> Sunday</c><00:18:40.819><c> morning</c><00:18:41.140><c> and</c>

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all<00:18:41.940><c> this.</c><00:18:42.579><c> But</c><00:18:42.839><c> I</c><00:18:42.859><c> said,</c><00:18:43.480><c> Adi,</c>

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you<00:18:43.680><c> know,</c><00:18:44.319><c> this</c><00:18:44.500><c> is</c><00:18:44.700><c> your</c><00:18:44.880><c> promise,</c><00:18:45.359><c> the</c><00:18:45.480><c> promise</c><00:18:45.900><c> to</c><00:18:47.200><c> Ezekiel.</c><00:18:47.839><c> We're</c>

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talking<00:18:48.200><c> about</c><00:18:48.460><c> this.</c><00:18:48.880><c> I</c><00:18:49.019><c> was</c>

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telling<00:18:49.500><c> him</c><00:18:49.640><c> I</c><00:18:49.680><c> was</c><00:18:49.819><c> preparing</c><00:18:50.079><c> these</c><00:18:50.339><c> talks.</c><00:18:51.599><c> Oh</c><00:18:51.960><c> yes.</c><00:18:54.420><c> But</c>

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Adi,<00:18:55.119><c> it's</c><00:18:55.240><c> all</c><00:18:55.400><c> about</c><00:18:55.599><c> you.</c><00:18:55.940><c> This</c><00:18:56.119><c> is</c>

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you.<00:18:56.480><c> You're</c><00:18:56.619><c> going</c><00:18:56.779><c> back</c><00:18:57.019><c> to</c><00:18:57.140><c> your</c><00:18:57.279><c> homeland.</c><00:18:58.400><c> You</c><00:18:58.440><c> know,</c><00:18:58.819><c> you're</c><00:18:59.099><c> the,</c><00:19:01.279><c> this</c><00:19:01.720><c> is</c>

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you.<00:19:02.900><c> Anyway,</c><00:19:03.480><c> this</c>

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times,<00:19:10.440><c> but</c><00:19:10.819><c> it's</c><00:19:11.299><c> just,</c><00:19:11.779><c> to</c><00:19:12.000><c> me</c><00:19:12.200><c> it's,</c><00:19:12.500><c> I</c><00:19:12.599><c> know</c><00:19:12.740><c> it's</c><00:19:12.859><c> just</c><00:19:12.960><c> one</c><00:19:13.160><c> person,</c><00:19:13.900><c> but</c><00:19:14.039><c> I</c>

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think<00:19:14.220><c> it's</c><00:19:15.420><c> very</c><00:19:15.660><c> likely</c>

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symptomatic.<00:19:17.279><c> They</c><00:19:17.500><c> have</c><00:19:17.779><c> turned</c><00:19:18.099><c> back</c><00:19:18.440><c> to</c><00:19:18.700><c> some</c><00:19:18.980><c> extent</c><00:19:19.440><c> to</c>

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their<00:19:19.720><c> God,</c><00:19:21.160><c> but</c><00:19:21.160><c> there's</c><00:19:21.539><c> still</c><00:19:21.700><c> a</c><00:19:21.819><c> lot</c>

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to<00:19:22.099><c> come.</c><00:19:22.940><c> And</c><00:19:23.119><c> it's</c><00:19:23.200><c> just</c><00:19:23.380><c> a</c><00:19:23.579><c> tragedy.</c><00:19:24.000><c> What</c><00:19:24.119><c> must</c><00:19:24.759><c> the</c><00:19:24.880><c> Lord</c>

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much<00:19:27.539><c> for</c><00:19:27.700><c> these</c><00:19:27.920><c> people,</c><00:19:29.119><c> given</c><00:19:29.160><c> them</c><00:19:29.420><c> such</c><00:19:30.000><c> clearly</c><00:19:30.440><c> superior</c><00:19:31.220><c> intellect?</c><00:19:31.660><c> I</c><00:19:31.759><c> have</c>

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no<00:19:32.059><c> doubt</c><00:19:32.220><c> about</c><00:19:32.420><c> the</c>

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superiority<00:19:33.079><c> of</c><00:19:33.259><c> the</c><00:19:33.359><c> intellect</c><00:19:33.579><c> of</c><00:19:33.740><c> the</c><00:19:33.819><c> Jewish</c><00:19:34.019><c> people</c><00:19:35.180><c> overall.</c><00:19:36.619><c> And</c>

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yet<00:19:36.980><c> they</c><00:19:37.380><c> still</c><00:19:37.740><c> have</c><00:19:37.960><c> got</c>

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hard<00:19:38.339><c> hearts.</c><00:19:40.319><c> So</c><00:19:40.460><c> the</c><00:19:40.619><c> work</c><00:19:40.779><c> is</c><00:19:41.299><c> incomplete.</c><00:19:43.140><c> And</c><00:19:43.279><c> we</c><00:19:43.420><c> know</c>

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it's<00:19:43.740><c> incomplete</c><00:19:44.140><c> because</c><00:19:45.279><c> the</c><00:19:45.539><c> prophecy</c>

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goes<00:19:46.059><c> on.</c><00:19:51.019><c> Verse</c><00:19:51.220><c> 15</c><00:19:51.720><c> is</c><00:19:52.019><c> the</c><00:19:52.299><c> second</c><00:19:52.480><c> section</c><00:19:52.779><c> really,</c><00:19:53.039><c> the</c>

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37th<00:19:53.720><c> chapter</c><00:19:54.000><c> of</c><00:19:54.200><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:19:54.640><c> prophecy,</c><00:19:54.940><c> and</c>

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it<00:19:55.380><c> leads</c><00:19:55.539><c> on</c><00:19:55.960><c> away</c><00:19:56.259><c> from</c><00:19:56.480><c> the</c><00:19:56.680><c> valley</c><00:19:57.059><c> of</c><00:19:58.000><c> dry</c><00:19:58.240><c> bones.</c><00:19:59.019><c> And</c><00:19:59.299><c> it</c>

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talks<00:19:59.680><c> really</c><00:20:00.000><c> about</c><00:20:00.339><c> the</c><00:20:00.700><c> stick.</c><00:20:01.359><c> It's</c>

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again,<00:20:02.000><c> we</c><00:20:02.140><c> don't</c><00:20:02.359><c> really</c><00:20:02.619><c> want</c><00:20:02.740><c> to</c><00:20:02.900><c> go</c><00:20:03.000><c> into</c><00:20:03.119><c> this</c><00:20:03.359><c> in</c><00:20:03.500><c> great</c>

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detail,<00:20:04.180><c> nor</c><00:20:04.339><c> really</c><00:20:04.740><c> do</c><00:20:04.859><c> we</c><00:20:05.000><c> have</c><00:20:05.119><c> the</c><00:20:05.299><c> chance</c>

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to<00:20:05.660><c> do</c><00:20:05.819><c> it.</c><00:20:06.880><c> But</c><00:20:07.200><c> it's</c><00:20:07.579><c> just,</c><00:20:07.579><c> it's</c><00:20:07.839><c> talking</c><00:20:08.079><c> about</c><00:20:08.420><c> how</c><00:20:09.119><c> Judah</c>

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and<00:20:09.759><c> Israel</c><00:20:10.079><c> will</c><00:20:10.240><c> be</c><00:20:10.380><c> made</c><00:20:10.579><c> one</c><00:20:10.940><c> stick.</c>

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parts<00:20:13.940><c> of</c><00:20:14.140><c> Israel.</c><00:20:15.259><c> It'll</c><00:20:15.460><c> be</c><00:20:15.660><c> one.</c>

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They'll<00:20:16.960><c> be</c><00:20:17.079><c> made</c><00:20:17.559><c> one</c><00:20:18.019><c> stick.</c><00:20:19.180><c> One.</c><00:20:19.579><c> In</c><00:20:19.779><c> fact,</c><00:20:19.980><c> the</c><00:20:20.079><c> whole</c><00:20:20.279><c> passage</c><00:20:20.720><c> from</c><00:20:20.940><c> 15</c>

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through<00:20:21.960><c> 23,</c><00:20:22.880><c> the</c><00:20:22.980><c> whole</c>

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paragraph,<00:20:24.039><c> the</c><00:20:24.119><c> word</c><00:20:24.400><c> one,</c><00:20:24.819><c> just</c><00:20:25.019><c> the</c><00:20:25.200><c> one,</c><00:20:25.500><c> the</c><00:20:25.640><c> word</c><00:20:25.900><c> one</c>

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occurs,<00:20:27.180><c> occurs</c><00:20:28.299><c> 11</c><00:20:28.740><c> times.</c><00:20:30.259><c> What</c><00:20:30.440><c> was</c>

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disparate,<00:20:31.940><c> what</c><00:20:32.119><c> was</c><00:20:32.380><c> all</c><00:20:32.619><c> over</c><00:20:32.779><c> the</c><00:20:33.000><c> place,</c><00:20:33.500><c> what</c><00:20:33.660><c> was</c><00:20:34.000><c> scattered,</c><00:20:34.660><c> this</c>

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one,<00:20:35.779><c> there</c><00:20:35.880><c> was</c><00:20:35.960><c> Israel,</c>

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there<00:20:36.460><c> was</c><00:20:36.619><c> Judah,</c><00:20:37.000><c> there</c><00:20:37.039><c> was,</c><00:20:38.119><c> it's</c><00:20:38.400><c> now</c><00:20:38.640><c> one.</c><00:20:39.019><c> Israel</c><00:20:39.460><c> is</c><00:20:39.779><c> one.</c><00:20:40.619><c> That,</c><00:20:40.980><c> I</c>

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think,<00:20:41.599><c> is</c><00:20:41.720><c> a</c><00:20:42.019><c> sort</c><00:20:42.099><c> of</c>

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a<00:20:42.380><c> natural</c><00:20:42.579><c> extension,</c><00:20:43.140><c> if</c><00:20:43.319><c> you</c><00:20:43.460><c> like,</c><00:20:43.680><c> of</c><00:20:43.759><c> this,</c><00:20:44.059><c> of</c><00:20:44.259><c> this</c><00:20:44.640><c> prophecy</c><00:20:44.980><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:45.339><c> vision</c><00:20:45.519><c> of</c><00:20:45.680><c> the</c><00:20:45.819><c> valley</c>

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of<00:20:46.200><c> dry</c><00:20:46.380><c> bones.</c><00:20:47.019><c> They're</c><00:20:47.200><c> brought</c><00:20:47.299><c> back</c><00:20:47.500><c> as</c><00:20:47.700><c> one</c><00:20:47.960><c> unit.</c><00:20:48.400><c> They're</c><00:20:48.579><c> one</c>

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country.<00:20:49.279><c> They're</c><00:20:49.539><c> one</c><00:20:49.700><c> Israel.</c>

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It's<00:20:51.259><c> one.</c><00:20:52.799><c> And</c><00:20:53.400><c> so</c><00:20:53.500><c> it's</c><00:20:53.740><c> one</c><00:20:53.980><c> state.</c><00:20:54.680><c> It's</c><00:20:54.839><c> not</c><00:20:55.079><c> two</c><00:20:55.500><c> or</c><00:20:55.619><c> three</c><00:20:55.859><c> states.</c><00:20:56.640><c> There's</c><00:20:56.900><c> one</c>

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state<00:20:57.480><c> of</c>

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Israel.<00:20:58.640><c> And</c><00:20:58.720><c> so</c><00:20:58.920><c> it's</c><00:20:59.259><c> not</c><00:20:59.500><c> the</c><00:21:00.299><c> completion</c><00:21:00.700><c> of</c><00:21:00.880><c> this</c><00:21:01.079><c> prophecy,</c><00:21:01.359><c> of</c><00:21:01.559><c> course,</c><00:21:01.740><c> but</c>

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it's<00:21:02.220><c> the</c><00:21:02.619><c> embryonic</c>

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sort<00:21:03.940><c> of</c><00:21:04.380><c> fulfilment</c><00:21:04.759><c> of</c><00:21:04.940><c> this</c><00:21:05.140><c> prophecy,</c><00:21:06.180><c> that</c><00:21:06.299><c> it's</c><00:21:06.700><c> coming</c>

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together.<00:21:08.000><c> The</c><00:21:08.339><c> state</c><00:21:08.480><c> is</c><00:21:08.740><c> there.</c>

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You<00:21:09.619><c> can</c><00:21:09.900><c> see</c><00:21:10.200><c> how</c><00:21:10.539><c> it's</c><00:21:10.759><c> all</c><00:21:10.960><c> coming</c><00:21:11.160><c> into</c><00:21:11.339><c> focus.</c><00:21:12.079><c> We're</c>

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moving<00:21:12.660><c> towards</c><00:21:13.400><c> this</c><00:21:14.180><c> unity,</c><00:21:15.160><c> moving</c><00:21:15.539><c> towards</c>

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this<00:21:16.559><c> one</c><00:21:16.839><c> Israel,</c><00:21:17.400><c> this</c><00:21:17.500><c> one</c><00:21:17.839><c> stick,</c><00:21:18.559><c> this</c><00:21:18.700><c> one</c><00:21:18.980><c> rod,</c><00:21:19.819><c> as</c><00:21:20.019><c> the</c>

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way<00:21:20.220><c> it's</c><00:21:20.500><c> phrased.</c><00:21:22.859><c> And</c><00:21:22.960><c> then</c><00:21:23.099><c> in</c>

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verse<00:21:23.380><c> 24,</c><00:21:24.160><c> the</c><00:21:24.559><c> very</c><00:21:24.880><c> famous</c><00:21:25.200><c> passage</c><00:21:25.660><c> in</c><00:21:26.519><c> Ezekiel</c><00:21:26.839><c> chapter</c>

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37,<00:21:30.319><c> my</c><00:21:30.519><c> servant</c><00:21:30.759><c> David,</c><00:21:31.279><c> here</c><00:21:32.160><c> is</c><00:21:32.380><c> the</c>

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Messianic<00:21:33.200><c> flavour,</c><00:21:34.400><c> my</c><00:21:34.619><c> servant</c><00:21:34.900><c> David</c><00:21:35.500><c> shall</c><00:21:36.299><c> be</c><00:21:36.539><c> king</c><00:21:36.740><c> over</c><00:21:37.000><c> them,</c><00:21:38.319><c> and</c>

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they<00:21:38.980><c> shall</c><00:21:39.140><c> have</c><00:21:39.359><c> one</c>

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shepherd.<00:21:41.619><c> They</c><00:21:41.819><c> shall</c><00:21:42.000><c> follow</c><00:21:42.279><c> my</c><00:21:42.579><c> ordinances</c><00:21:43.140><c> and</c><00:21:43.880><c> be</c><00:21:44.140><c> careful</c><00:21:44.400><c> to</c>

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observe<00:21:44.940><c> my</c><00:21:45.259><c> statutes.</c><00:21:47.440><c> They</c>

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shall<00:21:47.819><c> dwell</c><00:21:48.019><c> in</c><00:21:48.180><c> the</c><00:21:48.339><c> land</c><00:21:48.519><c> where</c><00:21:48.720><c> your</c><00:21:48.920><c> fathers</c><00:21:49.200><c> dwelt</c><00:21:49.559><c> that</c>

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I<00:21:49.960><c> gave</c><00:21:50.079><c> to</c><00:21:50.259><c> my</c><00:21:50.480><c> servant</c><00:21:50.660><c> Jacob,</c><00:21:51.640><c> they</c>

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and<00:21:52.019><c> their</c><00:21:52.220><c> children</c><00:21:52.539><c> and</c><00:21:52.720><c> their</c><00:21:52.940><c> children's</c><00:21:53.339><c> children.</c><00:21:54.559><c> They</c><00:21:54.779><c> shall</c><00:21:54.920><c> dwell</c><00:21:55.140><c> there</c><00:21:55.380><c> forever,</c><00:21:55.940><c> and</c><00:21:56.059><c> David,</c>

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my<00:21:56.579><c> servant,</c><00:21:56.920><c> shall</c><00:21:57.000><c> be</c><00:21:57.119><c> their</c><00:21:57.339><c> prince</c><00:21:57.799><c> forever.</c><00:21:58.759><c> Here</c><00:21:59.059><c> is</c><00:22:00.119><c> the</c><00:22:00.359><c> Messianic</c><00:22:01.180><c> expectation</c><00:22:02.019><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:03.440><c> servant</c>

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David<00:22:03.980><c> coming</c><00:22:04.420><c> as</c><00:22:05.200><c> the</c><00:22:05.420><c> prince.</c><00:22:06.480><c> Prince</c><00:22:06.779><c> not</c><00:22:07.079><c> for</c><00:22:07.319><c> a</c><00:22:07.380><c> short</c>

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time,<00:22:08.460><c> but</c><00:22:08.660><c> prince</c><00:22:09.339><c> forever.</c>

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We<00:22:13.759><c> move</c><00:22:13.920><c> then</c><00:22:14.059><c> into</c><00:22:14.299><c> the</c><00:22:14.539><c> 38th</c><00:22:15.019><c> chapter</c><00:22:15.380><c> of</c><00:22:16.160><c> Ezekiel.</c><00:22:19.759><c> And</c><00:22:19.839><c> as</c>

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I<00:22:20.359><c> said</c><00:22:20.440><c> in</c><00:22:20.619><c> the</c><00:22:20.720><c> first</c><00:22:20.980><c> class,</c><00:22:21.799><c> I</c><00:22:22.160><c> can't</c>

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count<00:22:22.920><c> the</c><00:22:23.079><c> number</c><00:22:23.339><c> of</c><00:22:23.559><c> talks</c><00:22:23.759><c> I've</c><00:22:24.039><c> heard</c><00:22:24.160><c> on</c><00:22:24.359><c> Ezekiel</c><00:22:24.779><c> 38.</c>

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I'm<00:22:26.039><c> sorry</c><00:22:26.220><c> to</c><00:22:26.480><c> add</c><00:22:26.599><c> to</c><00:22:26.740><c> your</c><00:22:26.940><c> burden</c><00:22:27.119><c> by</c><00:22:27.359><c> giving</c>

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another<00:22:27.839><c> one</c><00:22:28.460><c> on</c><00:22:28.819><c> Ezekiel</c><00:22:29.099><c> 38.</c><00:22:31.039><c> When</c><00:22:31.220><c> I</c><00:22:31.880><c> grew</c><00:22:32.099><c> up</c><00:22:32.259><c> in</c><00:22:32.880><c> Christendom</c><00:22:33.400><c> in</c><00:22:33.619><c> Sunday</c><00:22:33.819><c> school</c><00:22:34.160><c> and</c>

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I've<00:22:34.720><c> been</c>

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to<00:22:35.019><c> lectures</c><00:22:35.480><c> and</c><00:22:35.680><c> lectures</c><00:22:36.099><c> and</c><00:22:36.299><c> lectures,</c><00:22:36.700><c> I've</c><00:22:36.980><c> heard</c><00:22:37.460><c> innumerable</c><00:22:38.240><c> talks</c><00:22:38.859><c> on</c>

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Ezekiel<00:22:40.440><c> 38.</c><00:22:41.779><c> But</c>

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let's<00:22:42.460><c> try</c><00:22:43.019><c> and</c><00:22:43.799><c> see</c><00:22:44.500><c> a</c><00:22:44.640><c> look</c><00:22:44.759><c> at</c><00:22:44.900><c> it</c><00:22:45.000><c> from</c><00:22:45.180><c> the</c><00:22:45.380><c> perspective</c><00:22:45.759><c> of</c><00:22:46.099><c> the</c><00:22:46.640><c> construct</c><00:22:47.079><c> of</c><00:22:47.279><c> the</c><00:22:47.420><c> book</c><00:22:47.539><c> as</c><00:22:47.819><c> a</c>

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whole.<00:22:48.380><c> And</c>

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I<00:22:48.720><c> can't</c><00:22:49.160><c> hope</c><00:22:49.339><c> to</c><00:22:49.519><c> be</c><00:22:49.720><c> definitive,</c><00:22:50.079><c> which</c><00:22:50.240><c> is</c><00:22:50.400><c> how</c><00:22:50.599><c> I</c><00:22:50.900><c> would</c>

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feel<00:22:51.220><c> about</c><00:22:51.420><c> this</c><00:22:51.660><c> chapter.</c><00:22:54.720><c> The</c><00:22:55.119><c> chapter,</c>

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I<00:22:55.420><c> think,</c><00:22:55.660><c> is</c><00:22:55.740><c> telling</c><00:22:56.000><c> us</c><00:22:56.559><c> that</c><00:22:56.920><c> Israel's</c><00:22:58.720><c> history</c><00:22:59.220><c> is</c><00:22:59.380><c> not</c>

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yet<00:22:59.839><c> complete.</c><00:23:01.880><c> Having</c><00:23:02.099><c> been</c><00:23:02.359><c> brought</c><00:23:02.559><c> back</c>

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into<00:23:03.099><c> their</c><00:23:03.319><c> land</c><00:23:03.779><c> from</c><00:23:04.339><c> all</c><00:23:04.839><c> these</c><00:23:05.079><c> places,</c><00:23:05.579><c> having</c><00:23:05.720><c> had</c><00:23:05.819><c> a</c>

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measure<00:23:06.299><c> of</c><00:23:06.480><c> being</c><00:23:06.680><c> rebuilt,</c><00:23:07.740><c> being</c><00:23:07.900><c> brought</c>

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back<00:23:08.359><c> from</c><00:23:08.579><c> waste</c><00:23:08.839><c> places,</c><00:23:11.480><c> the</c><00:23:11.640><c> word</c><00:23:11.740><c> of</c><00:23:11.900><c> the</c><00:23:11.960><c> Lord</c><00:23:12.140><c> comes</c><00:23:12.599><c> there.</c><00:23:12.920><c> The</c><00:23:13.039><c> word</c><00:23:13.160><c> of</c>

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Yahweh<00:23:13.559><c> comes</c><00:23:13.880><c> at</c><00:23:14.059><c> the</c>

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beginning.<00:23:15.440><c> And</c><00:23:15.640><c> it's</c><00:23:15.880><c> a</c><00:23:16.059><c> prophecy</c><00:23:16.460><c> not</c><00:23:17.640><c> to</c><00:23:17.920><c> Israel.</c><00:23:18.299><c> This</c><00:23:18.420><c> is</c>

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the<00:23:18.740><c> first</c><00:23:18.900><c> thing</c><00:23:19.039><c> to</c><00:23:19.220><c> notice</c><00:23:19.420><c> about</c><00:23:19.640><c> Ezekiel</c>

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And<00:23:25.680><c> so</c><00:23:25.880><c> we're</c><00:23:26.279><c> sort</c><00:23:26.380><c> of</c><00:23:26.680><c> struck</c><00:23:27.039><c> by</c><00:23:27.579><c> the</c><00:23:27.700><c> fact,</c><00:23:27.859><c> well,</c><00:23:27.960><c> this</c><00:23:28.140><c> sounds</c><00:23:28.480><c> like</c><00:23:30.279><c> an</c><00:23:30.720><c> oracle</c><00:23:31.099><c> to</c><00:23:31.420><c> a</c>

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foreign<00:23:31.799><c> nation.</c>

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It<00:23:32.380><c> reminds</c><00:23:32.700><c> us</c><00:23:32.980><c> of</c><00:23:32.980><c> what</c><00:23:33.380><c> we</c><00:23:34.119><c> read</c><00:23:34.299><c> in</c><00:23:34.519><c> the</c><00:23:34.859><c> middle</c><00:23:35.039><c> section</c>

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of<00:23:35.519><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:23:36.039><c> prophecy,</c><00:23:36.460><c> the</c><00:23:36.779><c> oracles</c>

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to<00:23:38.740><c> Ammon</c><00:23:39.160><c> and</c><00:23:39.319><c> to</c><00:23:39.559><c> Moab</c><00:23:39.779><c> and</c><00:23:39.960><c> to</c><00:23:40.279><c> Seir</c><00:23:40.420><c> and</c><00:23:40.559><c> to</c><00:23:40.900><c> Tyre.</c><00:23:42.000><c> It's</c><00:23:42.519><c> conspicuously</c><00:23:43.339><c> focused</c><00:23:43.880><c> on</c>

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a<00:23:44.279><c> pagan</c><00:23:44.519><c> nation.</c>

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Set<00:23:47.539><c> your</c><00:23:47.920><c> face</c><00:23:48.259><c> towards</c><00:23:48.660><c> Gogh,</c><00:23:50.039><c> the</c><00:23:50.180><c> land</c><00:23:50.319><c> of</c><00:23:50.599><c> Magog,</c><00:23:50.880><c> the</c><00:23:51.119><c> chief</c><00:23:51.319><c> prince</c><00:23:51.579><c> of</c>

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Meshach<00:23:52.160><c> and</c><00:23:52.359><c> Tubal.</c><00:23:52.859><c> So</c>

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the<00:23:53.640><c> first</c><00:23:53.859><c> thing</c><00:23:54.059><c> is,</c><00:23:54.519><c> well,</c><00:23:54.759><c> this</c><00:23:54.900><c> is</c><00:23:55.119><c> a</c><00:23:55.279><c> prophecy</c><00:23:55.539><c> that's</c>

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sort<00:23:56.099><c> of,</c><00:23:56.480><c> is</c><00:23:56.559><c> in</c><00:23:56.680><c> the</c><00:23:56.900><c> setting</c><00:23:57.319><c> of</c><00:23:57.880><c> another</c>

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oracle<00:23:58.799><c> to</c><00:23:59.660><c> a</c><00:24:00.619><c> foreign</c><00:24:00.839><c> power</c><00:24:01.380><c> or</c><00:24:01.839><c> group</c><00:24:02.059><c> of</c><00:24:02.299><c> foreign</c><00:24:02.519><c> powers,</c>

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as<00:24:04.079><c> was</c><00:24:04.359><c> the</c><00:24:05.579><c> oracle</c><00:24:06.000><c> to</c><00:24:06.240><c> Seir,</c><00:24:06.740><c> which</c><00:24:06.880><c> we</c>

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noticed<00:24:08.480><c> seemed</c><00:24:08.920><c> to</c><00:24:10.460><c> be</c><00:24:10.539><c> out</c><00:24:10.680><c> of</c><00:24:10.859><c> place,</c><00:24:11.059><c> but</c><00:24:11.200><c> I'm</c><00:24:11.359><c> sure</c><00:24:11.500><c> is</c><00:24:11.640><c> not</c><00:24:11.819><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:12.119><c> 35th</c><00:24:12.539><c> chapter</c><00:24:12.819><c> of</c><00:24:12.960><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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And<00:24:15.480><c> so</c><00:24:15.599><c> here</c><00:24:15.799><c> is</c><00:24:16.039><c> land</c><00:24:16.299><c> of</c><00:24:17.460><c> Magog,</c><00:24:17.920><c> chief</c><00:24:18.180><c> prince</c><00:24:18.440><c> of</c><00:24:18.619><c> Meshach</c>

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and<00:24:19.019><c> Tubal.</c><00:24:19.279><c> And</c><00:24:19.400><c> we've</c><00:24:19.619><c> already</c><00:24:19.900><c> come</c><00:24:20.099><c> across</c>

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those<00:24:20.619><c> terms</c><00:24:21.119><c> because</c><00:24:21.940><c> they</c><00:24:22.119><c> are</c><00:24:22.319><c> symbols,</c><00:24:22.980><c> Meshach</c><00:24:23.319><c> and</c><00:24:23.519><c> Tubal</c><00:24:23.579><c> are</c>

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clearly<00:24:24.220><c> symbols,</c><00:24:24.640><c> which</c><00:24:24.740><c> we</c><00:24:25.019><c> saw</c>

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in<00:24:25.619><c> the</c><00:24:25.980><c> oracle</c><00:24:26.240><c> to</c><00:24:26.579><c> Tyre,</c><00:24:28.319><c> symbols</c><00:24:28.660><c> of</c><00:24:28.819><c> an</c><00:24:29.079><c> extremity.</c><00:24:31.220><c> You</c>

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traded<00:24:32.220><c> Tyre</c><00:24:32.700><c> even</c><00:24:33.019><c> as</c><00:24:33.299><c> far</c><00:24:33.539><c> as</c><00:24:33.819><c> Tarshish.</c>

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But<00:24:35.200><c> here</c><00:24:35.519><c> is</c><00:24:35.759><c> Meshach</c><00:24:36.059><c> and</c><00:24:36.259><c> Tubal,</c><00:24:36.700><c> which</c><00:24:36.700><c> are</c><00:24:36.940><c> pictures</c><00:24:37.259><c> of</c>

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somewhere<00:24:38.079><c> north.</c><00:24:39.299><c> Meshach</c><00:24:39.619><c> and</c><00:24:39.839><c> Tubal</c><00:24:40.339><c> were</c>

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in<00:24:40.880><c> the</c><00:24:41.339><c> sort</c><00:24:41.619><c> of</c><00:24:41.619><c> Turkey</c><00:24:41.839><c> area,</c><00:24:43.119><c> in</c><00:24:43.359><c> the</c><00:24:43.500><c> Asia</c><00:24:43.740><c> Minor</c><00:24:43.980><c> area,</c>

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one<00:24:45.759><c> on</c><00:24:46.119><c> the</c><00:24:46.299><c> easterly</c><00:24:46.599><c> side,</c><00:24:46.799><c> one</c><00:24:46.980><c> on</c><00:24:48.000><c> the</c>

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west,<00:24:50.660><c> to</c><00:24:50.660><c> this</c><00:24:53.019><c> group,</c><00:24:53.640><c> this</c><00:24:53.859><c> unit,</c><00:24:55.240><c> which</c><00:24:55.400><c> is</c><00:24:55.660><c> up</c><00:24:55.859><c> north</c><00:24:56.079><c> somewhere.</c><00:24:58.779><c> Gog</c>

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is,<00:24:59.380><c> it's</c><00:24:59.980><c> extremely</c><00:25:00.380><c> difficult</c>

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to<00:25:00.960><c> identify</c><00:25:01.359><c> Gog.</c><00:25:02.279><c> It's</c><00:25:02.559><c> true</c><00:25:02.720><c> that</c><00:25:02.940><c> there</c><00:25:03.140><c> are</c><00:25:03.700><c> references</c>

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to<00:25:04.240><c> Magog</c><00:25:04.640><c> in</c><00:25:04.819><c> the</c><00:25:04.980><c> book</c><00:25:05.119><c> of</c><00:25:05.299><c> Genesis,</c>

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but<00:25:06.299><c> I</c><00:25:06.460><c> think</c><00:25:06.619><c> the</c><00:25:07.359><c> most</c><00:25:07.660><c> useful</c><00:25:08.039><c> sort</c><00:25:08.279><c> of</c><00:25:08.279><c> way</c><00:25:08.420><c> to</c><00:25:08.599><c> interpret</c>

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this<00:25:09.200><c> is</c><00:25:09.400><c> that</c><00:25:09.559><c> here</c><00:25:09.619><c> is</c><00:25:09.759><c> a</c><00:25:09.900><c> northern</c>

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power.<00:25:11.500><c> It's</c><00:25:11.980><c> Gog,</c><00:25:12.339><c> it's</c><00:25:12.500><c> Meshach,</c><00:25:12.839><c> it's</c><00:25:12.980><c> certainly</c><00:25:13.160><c> north,</c>

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Tubal<00:25:13.859><c> is</c><00:25:14.000><c> certainly</c><00:25:14.299><c> north.</c><00:25:16.680><c> And</c><00:25:17.019><c> the</c><00:25:17.220><c> prophecy</c>

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is<00:25:17.859><c> addressed</c><00:25:18.259><c> to</c><00:25:18.519><c> this</c><00:25:19.359><c> potential</c><00:25:20.039><c> invading</c><00:25:20.539><c> force</c><00:25:20.779><c> from</c>

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the<00:25:21.160><c> north.</c><00:25:23.920><c> Thus</c><00:25:24.099><c> says</c><00:25:24.619><c> Lord</c><00:25:25.099><c> God,</c>

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behold<00:25:27.400><c> I'm</c><00:25:27.700><c> against</c><00:25:28.039><c> you,</c><00:25:28.460><c> O</c><00:25:28.500><c> Gog,</c><00:25:28.740><c> chief</c><00:25:29.039><c> prince</c><00:25:29.319><c> of</c><00:25:29.519><c> Meshach</c><00:25:29.880><c> and</c><00:25:30.059><c> Tubal,</c><00:25:32.000><c> and</c><00:25:32.279><c> I</c>

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will<00:25:32.640><c> turn</c><00:25:32.819><c> you</c>

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about.<00:25:33.339><c> In</c><00:25:33.440><c> other</c><00:25:33.519><c> words,</c><00:25:35.779><c> God</c><00:25:35.980><c> is</c><00:25:36.200><c> going</c><00:25:36.299><c> to</c><00:25:36.400><c> be</c><00:25:36.480><c> behind</c><00:25:36.960><c> the</c>

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action<00:25:37.579><c> that</c><00:25:38.160><c> this</c><00:25:38.519><c> northern</c><00:25:38.819><c> power</c>

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takes.<00:25:40.059><c> I</c><00:25:40.420><c> will</c><00:25:40.660><c> turn</c><00:25:40.940><c> you</c><00:25:42.759><c> about</c><00:25:43.200><c> and</c><00:25:43.440><c> put</c><00:25:43.640><c> hooks</c><00:25:43.920><c> into</c><00:25:44.160><c> your</c>

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jaws.<00:25:44.759><c> This</c><00:25:44.859><c> is</c><00:25:44.960><c> so</c><00:25:45.140><c> God</c><00:25:45.720><c> is</c><00:25:46.180><c> sort</c><00:25:46.319><c> of</c>

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putting<00:25:46.920><c> a</c><00:25:47.420><c> hook</c><00:25:47.619><c> into</c><00:25:47.839><c> the</c><00:25:48.119><c> jaws</c><00:25:48.339><c> or</c><00:25:48.559><c> into</c><00:25:48.720><c> the</c><00:25:48.920><c> mouth</c><00:25:49.359><c> of</c>

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this<00:25:51.099><c> northern</c><00:25:51.420><c> group.</c><00:25:52.680><c> It's</c><00:25:52.799><c> not,</c><00:25:53.359><c> there's</c>

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this<00:25:53.680><c> question</c><00:25:53.880><c> of</c><00:25:54.039><c> their</c><00:25:54.299><c> will.</c><00:25:54.640><c> I</c><00:25:54.740><c> mean</c><00:25:54.779><c> they</c><00:25:55.079><c> obviously</c><00:25:55.380><c> want</c><00:25:55.559><c> to</c>

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come<00:25:55.920><c> down</c><00:25:56.140><c> onto</c><00:25:56.299><c> Israel,</c><00:25:57.140><c> but</c><00:25:57.259><c> God</c><00:25:57.460><c> is</c>

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behind<00:25:58.039><c> all</c><00:25:58.299><c> this,</c><00:25:58.880><c> behind</c><00:25:59.220><c> all</c><00:25:59.400><c> what's</c><00:25:59.619><c> happening,</c><00:26:00.339><c> that</c>

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he's<00:26:00.759><c> instigating,</c><00:26:01.660><c> he's</c><00:26:02.039><c> instigating</c><00:26:02.720><c> the</c>

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behaviour<00:26:03.299><c> of</c><00:26:03.839><c> this</c><00:26:04.079><c> northern</c><00:26:04.380><c> power.</c><00:26:06.059><c> And</c><00:26:06.240><c> I</c><00:26:06.380><c> will</c><00:26:06.500><c> bring</c>

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you<00:26:06.900><c> forth.</c><00:26:07.740><c> God</c><00:26:07.980><c> does</c><00:26:08.180><c> it.</c><00:26:08.700><c> God</c><00:26:08.960><c> brings</c><00:26:09.220><c> them</c>

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down<00:26:09.900><c> from</c><00:26:11.039><c> the</c><00:26:11.180><c> north.</c><00:26:13.859><c> And</c><00:26:13.859><c> they're</c><00:26:14.119><c> with</c><00:26:14.259><c> this,</c><00:26:15.039><c> there's</c>

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an<00:26:16.160><c> army,</c><00:26:16.460><c> there's</c><00:26:16.640><c> horses,</c><00:26:17.019><c> there's</c>

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horsemen,<00:26:17.680><c> they're</c><00:26:17.900><c> clothed</c><00:26:18.119><c> in</c><00:26:18.240><c> full</c><00:26:18.519><c> armour.</c><00:26:18.819><c> It's</c><00:26:18.940><c> a</c><00:26:19.019><c> picture</c><00:26:19.319><c> of</c>

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aggression,<00:26:20.779><c> strong</c><00:26:20.960><c> aggression,</c>

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full<00:26:22.240><c> of</c><00:26:22.480><c> armour.</c><00:26:23.059><c> A</c><00:26:23.220><c> great</c><00:26:23.380><c> company.</c><00:26:23.839><c> It's</c><00:26:23.839><c> not</c><00:26:24.440><c> trivial.</c><00:26:25.259><c> In</c>

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other<00:26:25.460><c> words,</c><00:26:25.539><c> it's</c><00:26:25.759><c> much</c><00:26:26.059><c> more</c><00:26:26.240><c> than</c>

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you<00:26:26.500><c> ever</c><00:26:26.759><c> saw</c><00:26:27.220><c> for</c><00:26:28.559><c> Edom</c><00:26:28.920><c> or</c><00:26:29.180><c> for</c><00:26:29.680><c> Mount</c><00:26:29.980><c> Seir</c><00:26:30.279><c> or</c><00:26:30.440><c> for</c><00:26:30.940><c> whatever.</c><00:26:31.799><c> It's</c>

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something<00:26:32.200><c> much,</c><00:26:32.680><c> much</c><00:26:33.160><c> bigger</c>

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than<00:26:34.420><c> you</c><00:26:34.579><c> ever</c><00:26:34.859><c> saw</c><00:26:35.079><c> Ezekiel</c><00:26:35.559><c> in</c><00:26:35.720><c> your</c><00:26:36.180><c> previous</c><00:26:36.619><c> oracles</c><00:26:36.980><c> to</c>

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foreign<00:26:37.400><c> nations.</c><00:26:38.180><c> It's</c><00:26:38.319><c> a</c><00:26:38.480><c> vast</c><00:26:38.720><c> company</c>

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and<00:26:41.059><c> they're</c><00:26:41.279><c> all</c><00:26:41.440><c> wielding</c><00:26:41.839><c> swords.</c><00:26:42.519><c> And</c><00:26:42.619><c> in</c><00:26:42.799><c> fact,</c><00:26:43.039><c> he</c><00:26:43.099><c> says</c>

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in<00:26:43.460><c> verse</c><00:26:43.640><c> 5,</c><00:26:44.220><c> it</c><00:26:44.440><c> takes</c><00:26:44.859><c> in</c><00:26:45.180><c> Persia</c><00:26:45.680><c> and</c>

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Kush<00:26:46.200><c> and</c><00:26:46.500><c> Pat,</c><00:26:46.619><c> it</c><00:26:46.799><c> goes</c><00:26:47.019><c> down</c><00:26:47.339><c> south.</c><00:26:48.119><c> It's</c><00:26:48.240><c> all</c><00:26:48.319><c> like</c><00:26:48.480><c> an</c>

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encircling,<00:26:49.779><c> encircling</c><00:26:50.480><c> power,</c><00:26:51.700><c> which</c>

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is<00:26:52.400><c> way</c><00:26:52.720><c> beyond</c><00:26:53.200><c> anything</c><00:26:53.599><c> which</c><00:26:54.299><c> was</c><00:26:54.859><c> mentioned</c><00:26:55.319><c> in</c><00:26:55.640><c> the</c><00:26:55.859><c> oracles</c><00:26:56.440><c> to</c>

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the<00:26:57.779><c> nations</c><00:26:58.079><c> in</c><00:26:58.279><c> the</c><00:26:58.400><c> midsection</c>

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of<00:26:58.980><c> Ezekiel.</c><00:27:00.839><c> So</c><00:27:00.980><c> all</c><00:27:01.200><c> these</c><00:27:01.440><c> hordes,</c><00:27:01.880><c> and</c><00:27:02.019><c> they</c><00:27:02.200><c> come,</c><00:27:02.460><c> we're</c>

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told,<00:27:02.839><c> at</c><00:27:02.960><c> the</c><00:27:02.960><c> end</c><00:27:03.160><c> of</c><00:27:03.299><c> verse</c><00:27:03.420><c> 6,</c>

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from<00:27:04.319><c> the</c><00:27:04.500><c> uttermost</c><00:27:04.900><c> parts</c><00:27:05.140><c> of</c><00:27:05.319><c> the</c><00:27:05.500><c> north.</c><00:27:06.119><c> With</c><00:27:06.259><c> all</c><00:27:06.460><c> his</c>

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hordes,<00:27:07.359><c> many</c><00:27:07.599><c> peoples</c><00:27:07.920><c> are</c><00:27:08.140><c> with</c><00:27:08.380><c> you.</c>

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He<00:27:13.160><c> then</c><00:27:13.200><c> moves</c><00:27:13.480><c> on</c><00:27:13.720><c> then</c><00:27:13.900><c> to</c><00:27:14.000><c> the</c><00:27:14.480><c> next</c><00:27:14.759><c> paragraph,</c><00:27:15.579><c> which</c><00:27:15.680><c> says</c><00:27:15.920><c> that</c><00:27:16.099><c> you</c><00:27:16.220><c> should</c><00:27:16.359><c> be</c>

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ready.<00:27:17.059><c> You</c><00:27:17.119><c> should</c>

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keep<00:27:18.079><c> ready.</c><00:27:18.599><c> And</c><00:27:18.660><c> all</c><00:27:18.839><c> the</c><00:27:19.019><c> hosts</c><00:27:19.220><c> that</c><00:27:19.380><c> are</c><00:27:19.539><c> assembled</c><00:27:19.819><c> about</c><00:27:20.160><c> you,</c>

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after<00:27:21.140><c> many</c><00:27:21.480><c> days,</c><00:27:21.759><c> and</c><00:27:21.900><c> that's</c><00:27:22.140><c> a</c><00:27:22.500><c> crucial</c>

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passage<00:27:23.920><c> in</c><00:27:24.640><c> the</c><00:27:25.500><c> beginning</c><00:27:25.900><c> of</c><00:27:26.079><c> verse</c><00:27:26.240><c> 8.</c><00:27:27.259><c> It</c><00:27:27.259><c> says,</c><00:27:27.720><c> after</c>

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many<00:27:28.019><c> days</c><00:27:28.380><c> you</c><00:27:28.539><c> will</c><00:27:28.759><c> be</c><00:27:29.559><c> mustered</c><00:27:30.160><c> in</c><00:27:30.599><c> the</c>

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latter<00:27:30.980><c> years.</c><00:27:31.460><c> It</c><00:27:31.579><c> says</c><00:27:31.839><c> twice</c><00:27:32.259><c> over</c><00:27:32.599><c> that</c><00:27:32.740><c> this</c><00:27:32.940><c> is</c><00:27:33.119><c> in</c><00:27:33.259><c> the</c>

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end<00:27:33.779><c> times.</c><00:27:44.000><c> Elsewhere</c><00:27:44.599><c> in</c><00:27:45.420><c> that</c><00:27:45.619><c> sense</c>

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in<00:27:46.140><c> Ezekiel.</c><00:27:46.900><c> So</c><00:27:47.059><c> it's</c><00:27:47.200><c> talking</c><00:27:47.460><c> about</c><00:27:47.660><c> end</c><00:27:48.039><c> times</c><00:27:48.400><c> after</c><00:27:48.880><c> Israel</c><00:27:49.319><c> has</c>

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been<00:27:50.420><c> resuscitated</c><00:27:51.119><c> and</c><00:27:51.319><c> brought</c>

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back<00:27:51.660><c> to</c><00:27:51.799><c> their</c><00:27:51.960><c> own</c><00:27:52.140><c> land.</c><00:27:52.839><c> After</c><00:27:52.900><c> many</c><00:27:53.180><c> days</c><00:27:53.420><c> in</c><00:27:53.619><c> the</c><00:27:53.720><c> latter</c>

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years,<00:27:54.359><c> this</c><00:27:54.519><c> is</c><00:27:55.079><c> an</c><00:27:55.240><c> end</c><00:27:55.460><c> time</c><00:27:55.599><c> prophecy,</c>

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you,<00:27:58.000><c> that's</c><00:27:58.180><c> this</c><00:27:58.319><c> northern</c><00:27:58.599><c> host,</c><00:27:59.000><c> will</c><00:27:59.079><c> go</c><00:27:59.279><c> against</c><00:27:59.640><c> the</c>

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land<00:28:00.799><c> and</c><00:28:01.420><c> you</c><00:28:01.539><c> will</c><00:28:01.680><c> scatter</c><00:28:01.900><c> it.</c><00:28:03.000><c> These</c><00:28:03.259><c> people</c>

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who<00:28:03.660><c> had</c><00:28:03.740><c> been</c><00:28:03.960><c> previously</c><00:28:04.339><c> waste,</c><00:28:04.859><c> you</c><00:28:05.000><c> are</c><00:28:05.119><c> going</c><00:28:05.220><c> to</c><00:28:05.460><c> scatter</c><00:28:05.640><c> it</c>

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and<00:28:07.240><c> you</c><00:28:07.400><c> will</c><00:28:07.480><c> come</c><00:28:07.599><c> down</c><00:28:07.839><c> upon</c>

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it<00:28:08.140><c> like</c><00:28:08.339><c> a</c><00:28:08.599><c> storm.</c><00:28:11.799><c> Then</c><00:28:11.980><c> in</c><00:28:12.119><c> verse</c><00:28:12.299><c> 10,</c><00:28:12.619><c> as</c><00:28:12.799><c> we</c><00:28:12.960><c> know,</c><00:28:14.619><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:28:14.900><c> speaks</c><00:28:15.220><c> again</c><00:28:15.619><c> and</c><00:28:15.779><c> says,</c><00:28:16.400><c> thoughts</c><00:28:16.640><c> will</c>

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come<00:28:16.940><c> into</c><00:28:17.119><c> your</c><00:28:17.380><c> mind.</c><00:28:17.660><c> And</c><00:28:17.740><c> so</c><00:28:17.900><c> the</c><00:28:17.980><c> whole</c><00:28:18.220><c> thing</c><00:28:18.400><c> builds</c><00:28:18.660><c> up.</c><00:28:18.940><c> There's</c><00:28:19.039><c> a</c>

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huge<00:28:19.619><c> sort</c><00:28:19.839><c> of</c><00:28:20.000><c> picture</c>

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of<00:28:21.160><c> aggression.</c><00:28:22.480><c> This</c><00:28:22.640><c> northern</c><00:28:22.920><c> power</c><00:28:23.299><c> wants</c><00:28:23.480><c> to</c><00:28:23.680><c> come</c><00:28:23.839><c> down</c>

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against<00:28:24.359><c> the</c><00:28:25.099><c> people</c><00:28:25.240><c> who</c><00:28:25.440><c> dwell</c><00:28:25.619><c> securely</c>

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or<00:28:26.480><c> who</c><00:28:26.700><c> dwell</c><00:28:27.200><c> feeling</c><00:28:27.700><c> that</c><00:28:27.880><c> they</c><00:28:28.259><c> can</c><00:28:28.519><c> manage</c><00:28:30.000><c> contently.</c>

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And<00:28:31.240><c> that's</c><00:28:31.559><c> exactly</c><00:28:31.900><c> the</c><00:28:32.200><c> spirit</c><00:28:32.359><c> of</c><00:28:32.500><c> the</c><00:28:32.660><c> person</c>

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that<00:28:33.119><c> I</c><00:28:33.740><c> mentioned</c><00:28:33.960><c> that</c><00:28:34.119><c> I</c><00:28:34.319><c> worked</c><00:28:34.480><c> with.</c><00:28:34.880><c> It's</c><00:28:35.119><c> exactly</c><00:28:35.420><c> the</c>

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person<00:28:35.839><c> I</c><00:28:36.059><c> think</c><00:28:36.160><c> they</c><00:28:36.319><c> can</c><00:28:36.519><c> cope.</c>

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That<00:28:38.000><c> I</c><00:28:38.220><c> sense</c><00:28:38.400><c> is</c><00:28:38.920><c> the</c><00:28:39.140><c> feeling</c><00:28:39.380><c> of</c><00:28:39.559><c> Israel</c><00:28:39.839><c> now.</c><00:28:40.380><c> They</c><00:28:40.619><c> can</c>

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cope.<00:28:41.140><c> They</c><00:28:41.319><c> dwell</c><00:28:41.460><c> securely.</c><00:28:42.000><c> That's</c>

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how<00:28:42.380><c> I</c><00:28:42.619><c> interpret</c><00:28:42.819><c> that</c><00:28:43.099><c> passage.</c><00:28:43.819><c> They</c><00:28:43.980><c> really</c><00:28:44.359><c> feel</c><00:28:44.720><c> that</c>

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they<00:28:45.140><c> can</c><00:28:45.279><c> manage.</c><00:28:45.579><c> They</c><00:28:45.700><c> know</c><00:28:45.880><c> that</c>

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they're<00:28:46.099><c> surrounded</c><00:28:46.420><c> by</c><00:28:46.680><c> adversity.</c><00:28:47.839><c> But</c><00:28:47.940><c> one</c><00:28:48.140><c> doesn't</c><00:28:48.359><c> get</c>

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a<00:28:48.700><c> sense</c><00:28:48.859><c> when</c><00:28:49.000><c> you</c><00:28:49.160><c> talk</c><00:28:49.319><c> to</c><00:28:49.480><c> Israelis</c>

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that<00:28:50.559><c> they</c><00:28:50.880><c> don't</c><00:28:51.140><c> feel</c><00:28:51.339><c> they</c><00:28:51.500><c> can</c><00:28:51.680><c> cope.</c><00:28:51.900><c> It's</c><00:28:52.119><c> difficult,</c>

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but<00:28:52.640><c> we</c><00:28:52.779><c> can</c><00:28:52.960><c> manage.</c><00:28:56.099><c> But</c><00:28:56.279><c> all</c><00:28:56.579><c> the</c><00:28:56.779><c> time</c>

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when<00:28:57.059><c> they</c><00:28:57.259><c> have</c><00:28:57.359><c> the</c><00:28:57.559><c> sense</c><00:28:57.799><c> of</c><00:28:58.140><c> security</c><00:28:58.359><c> that</c><00:28:58.480><c> they</c><00:28:58.599><c> can</c>

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manage<00:28:59.359><c> and</c><00:28:59.819><c> not</c><00:29:00.039><c> recognizing</c><00:29:00.539><c> fully</c>

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that<00:29:01.299><c> God</c><00:29:01.480><c> is</c><00:29:01.720><c> behind</c><00:29:02.000><c> them,</c><00:29:02.559><c> this</c><00:29:02.740><c> power</c><00:29:03.400><c> in</c><00:29:03.640><c> the</c><00:29:03.799><c> north</c><00:29:04.019><c> builds</c><00:29:04.299><c> up,</c>

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builds<00:29:05.240><c> up</c><00:29:06.099><c> and</c><00:29:06.400><c> builds</c><00:29:06.599><c> up</c>

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and<00:29:07.400><c> becomes</c><00:29:07.740><c> more</c><00:29:09.279><c> and</c><00:29:09.279><c> more</c><00:29:09.579><c> threatening.</c><00:29:11.519><c> And</c><00:29:11.660><c> on</c><00:29:11.799><c> that</c><00:29:11.960><c> day,</c><00:29:12.220><c> verse</c><00:29:12.380><c> 14,</c><00:29:12.900><c> when</c><00:29:13.019><c> my</c>

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people,<00:29:14.099><c> Israel</c>

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are<00:29:14.500><c> dwelling</c><00:29:14.660><c> securely,</c><00:29:15.740><c> you</c><00:29:15.779><c> will</c><00:29:15.960><c> bestow</c><00:29:16.259><c> yourself</c><00:29:16.640><c> and</c>

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come<00:29:17.400><c> forth</c><00:29:17.779><c> from</c><00:29:18.039><c> your</c><00:29:18.259><c> place</c><00:29:18.460><c> out</c><00:29:18.579><c> of</c><00:29:18.700><c> the</c>

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outermost<00:29:19.140><c> parts</c><00:29:19.359><c> of</c><00:29:19.519><c> the</c><00:29:19.660><c> north.</c><00:29:21.160><c> There'll</c><00:29:21.380><c> be</c><00:29:21.539><c> horses.</c><00:29:22.119><c> There'll</c><00:29:22.319><c> be</c>

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mighty<00:29:22.779><c> army.</c><00:29:24.599><c> And</c><00:29:24.980><c> it</c><00:29:25.079><c> will</c>

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be<00:29:25.559><c> a</c><00:29:25.559><c> catastrophe</c><00:29:26.140><c> as</c><00:29:26.380><c> we</c><00:29:26.559><c> read</c><00:29:26.680><c> all</c><00:29:27.000><c> through</c><00:29:27.259><c> the</c><00:29:27.480><c> second,</c>

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the<00:29:28.660><c> last</c><00:29:28.920><c> paragraph</c><00:29:29.319><c> from</c><00:29:29.500><c> verse</c><00:29:29.720><c> 17</c>

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through<00:29:30.380><c> to</c><00:29:30.519><c> the</c><00:29:30.559><c> end</c><00:29:30.720><c> of</c><00:29:30.819><c> the</c><00:29:31.099><c> chapter.</c><00:29:31.619><c> The</c><00:29:31.859><c> whole</c><00:29:32.299><c> thing</c><00:29:32.680><c> collapses</c><00:29:33.240><c> in</c>

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a<00:29:34.579><c> cataclysmic</c><00:29:35.759><c> battle,</c>

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elaborated<00:29:37.619><c> of</c><00:29:37.799><c> course</c><00:29:37.940><c> in</c><00:29:38.099><c> the</c><00:29:38.259><c> 39th</c><00:29:38.779><c> chapter</c><00:29:39.059><c> of</c><00:29:39.279><c> Ezekiel's</c>

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prophecy.<00:29:41.480><c> When</c><00:29:41.740><c> they</c><00:29:41.920><c> come</c><00:29:42.059><c> down</c><00:29:42.359><c> upon</c>

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the<00:29:43.019><c> outermost,</c><00:29:45.400><c> come</c><00:29:45.519><c> down</c><00:29:45.720><c> upon</c><00:29:45.920><c> the</c><00:29:46.059><c> mountains</c><00:29:46.279><c> of</c><00:29:46.460><c> Israel,</c><00:29:47.900><c> from</c>

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the<00:29:48.220><c> outermost</c><00:29:48.579><c> ends</c><00:29:48.900><c> of</c><00:29:49.140><c> the</c>

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earth.<00:29:50.059><c> And</c><00:29:50.380><c> we're</c><00:29:50.579><c> told</c><00:29:50.759><c> there</c><00:29:50.940><c> in</c><00:29:51.039><c> verse</c><00:29:51.220><c> 19</c><00:29:51.619><c> of</c><00:29:51.799><c> chapter</c><00:29:52.039><c> 38,</c><00:29:52.619><c> there'll</c><00:29:52.680><c> be</c>

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a<00:29:53.019><c> great</c><00:29:53.259><c> shaking</c><00:29:53.799><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:55.160><c> land</c><00:29:55.460><c> of</c><00:29:55.740><c> Israel.</c><00:30:00.460><c> So</c><00:30:00.619><c> there's</c><00:30:00.779><c> going</c><00:30:00.880><c> to</c><00:30:00.920><c> be</c><00:30:01.019><c> an</c><00:30:01.240><c> enormous,</c><00:30:02.180><c> enormous</c><00:30:02.940><c> catastrophe</c><00:30:03.700><c> in</c><00:30:04.140><c> Israel</c>

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to<00:30:04.660><c> come.</c><00:30:06.980><c> Enormous.</c><00:30:07.599><c> In</c><00:30:07.759><c> fact,</c><00:30:07.859><c> we're</c><00:30:08.099><c> told</c><00:30:08.339><c> there</c><00:30:08.599><c> in</c><00:30:08.700><c> the</c>

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next<00:30:09.019><c> chapter</c><00:30:09.319><c> that</c><00:30:09.480><c> it's</c><00:30:09.599><c> going</c><00:30:09.700><c> to</c><00:30:09.880><c> take</c>

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years<00:30:10.539><c> to</c><00:30:11.259><c> bury</c><00:30:11.579><c> the</c><00:30:11.799><c> dead.</c><00:30:13.759><c> It's</c><00:30:14.200><c> seven</c><00:30:14.460><c> months</c><00:30:14.720><c> at</c><00:30:14.859><c> least</c><00:30:15.000><c> in</c>

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verse<00:30:15.319><c> 12</c><00:30:15.640><c> of</c><00:30:15.799><c> chapter</c><00:30:16.019><c> 39</c><00:30:16.380><c> to</c><00:30:16.619><c> bury</c>

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the<00:30:17.160><c> dead.</c><00:30:17.480><c> The</c><00:30:17.619><c> house</c><00:30:17.880><c> of</c><00:30:18.059><c> Israel</c><00:30:18.259><c> will</c><00:30:18.559><c> bury</c><00:30:18.700><c> them</c><00:30:19.180><c> to</c><00:30:19.579><c> cleanse</c><00:30:19.819><c> the</c>

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land,<00:30:20.480><c> to</c><00:30:20.660><c> purify</c><00:30:21.039><c> the</c><00:30:21.240><c> land.</c><00:30:21.460><c> It</c>

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will<00:30:21.480><c> take</c><00:30:21.660><c> all</c><00:30:21.880><c> this</c><00:30:22.059><c> time</c><00:30:22.359><c> to</c><00:30:24.380><c> bury</c><00:30:25.019><c> those</c><00:30:25.299><c> who</c><00:30:25.460><c> are</c><00:30:25.599><c> dead.</c>

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And<00:30:26.339><c> the</c><00:30:26.640><c> picture</c><00:30:26.900><c> is</c><00:30:28.759><c> of</c><00:30:28.900><c> just</c><00:30:29.160><c> devastation</c>

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and<00:30:30.960><c> catastrophe.</c><00:30:33.400><c> Now</c><00:30:33.740><c> the</c><00:30:33.819><c> issue</c><00:30:34.059><c> in</c><00:30:34.259><c> your</c><00:30:34.480><c> mind</c><00:30:34.619><c> is</c><00:30:34.759><c> it</c><00:30:34.880><c> is</c>

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in<00:30:35.200><c> mine.</c><00:30:35.339><c> Who</c><00:30:35.480><c> is</c><00:30:35.740><c> this?</c><00:30:35.980><c> Who</c><00:30:36.200><c> is</c><00:30:36.440><c> this</c>

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northern<00:30:36.960><c> power?</c><00:30:38.319><c> We</c><00:30:38.759><c> might</c><00:30:39.019><c> want</c><00:30:39.299><c> to</c><00:30:41.019><c> speculate</c><00:30:42.500><c> about</c><00:30:42.819><c> this.</c><00:30:43.099><c> Who</c>

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is<00:30:43.759><c> this</c><00:30:43.980><c> northern</c><00:30:44.200><c> power?</c><00:30:46.019><c> And</c>

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how<00:30:46.500><c> can</c><00:30:46.640><c> we</c><00:30:46.779><c> learn</c><00:30:46.960><c> from</c><00:30:47.180><c> the</c><00:30:47.380><c> history</c><00:30:47.640><c> of</c><00:30:47.779><c> the</c><00:30:47.900><c> book</c><00:30:48.039><c> as</c><00:30:48.259><c> to</c>

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who<00:30:48.460><c> it</c><00:30:48.640><c> might</c><00:30:48.799><c> be?</c><00:30:49.960><c> The</c><00:30:50.099><c> most</c><00:30:51.119><c> striking</c><00:30:51.559><c> thing</c>

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which<00:30:52.680><c> may</c><00:30:53.039><c> or</c><00:30:53.160><c> may</c><00:30:53.299><c> not</c><00:30:53.400><c> be</c><00:30:53.619><c> relevant</c><00:30:53.920><c> to</c><00:30:54.160><c> me</c><00:30:54.380><c> as</c><00:30:54.599><c> we</c><00:30:54.819><c> sort</c><00:30:54.880><c> of</c>

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address<00:30:55.240><c> that</c><00:30:55.519><c> particular</c><00:30:55.839><c> issue</c><00:30:56.440><c> is</c>

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that<00:30:57.680><c> of</c><00:30:57.839><c> all</c><00:30:57.980><c> the</c><00:30:58.180><c> nations</c><00:30:58.640><c> of</c><00:30:58.880><c> which</c><00:30:59.880><c> judgments</c><00:31:00.339><c> were</c><00:31:00.640><c> made</c>

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in<00:31:01.240><c> the</c><00:31:01.359><c> book</c><00:31:01.500><c> of</c><00:31:01.680><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:31:03.759><c> all</c><00:31:03.960><c> the</c><00:31:04.019><c> way</c>

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:08.599
down,<00:31:04.480><c> whether</c><00:31:04.640><c> it</c><00:31:04.839><c> be</c><00:31:05.019><c> Edom</c><00:31:05.400><c> or</c><00:31:05.660><c> Philistia</c><00:31:06.359><c> or</c><00:31:06.980><c> Ammon</c><00:31:07.420><c> or</c><00:31:07.700><c> Egypt,</c><00:31:08.440><c> the</c>

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:12.000
only<00:31:08.859><c> one</c><00:31:10.480><c> in</c><00:31:10.980><c> which</c><00:31:11.420><c> an</c><00:31:11.740><c> oracle</c>

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:19.599
was<00:31:12.279><c> not</c><00:31:12.839><c> specifically</c><00:31:13.420><c> addressed</c><00:31:13.980><c> was</c><00:31:14.240><c> Babylon.</c><00:31:17.400><c> Is</c><00:31:17.740><c> it,</c><00:31:18.319><c> one</c><00:31:18.799><c> can</c><00:31:18.980><c> ask</c><00:31:19.200><c> the</c><00:31:19.319><c> question,</c><00:31:19.440><c> is</c>

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:20.460
this<00:31:19.880><c> then</c>

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:24.119
a<00:31:21.160><c> cosmic</c><00:31:21.539><c> battle</c><00:31:21.880><c> of</c><00:31:22.099><c> Babylon?</c><00:31:22.940><c> You</c><00:31:23.119><c> can</c><00:31:23.259><c> ask</c><00:31:23.460><c> that</c><00:31:23.599><c> question</c>

00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:26.819
because<00:31:24.799><c> it</c><00:31:24.920><c> does,</c><00:31:25.680><c> it</c><00:31:26.000><c> is</c><00:31:26.220><c> a</c><00:31:26.400><c> very,</c><00:31:26.640><c> very</c>

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:30.019
legitimate<00:31:27.259><c> expositional</c><00:31:27.839><c> question</c><00:31:28.359><c> to</c><00:31:28.660><c> ask.</c><00:31:29.440><c> Why</c><00:31:29.680><c> is</c><00:31:29.880><c> it</c>

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:31.700
that<00:31:30.160><c> actually</c><00:31:30.619><c> the</c><00:31:30.839><c> nation</c><00:31:31.059><c> which</c><00:31:31.259><c> did</c><00:31:31.480><c> come</c>

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:36.640
down<00:31:31.940><c> and</c><00:31:32.099><c> at</c><00:31:32.240><c> last</c><00:31:33.000><c> conquer</c><00:31:33.640><c> Israel,</c><00:31:35.119><c> disperse</c><00:31:35.640><c> them,</c><00:31:36.420><c> it</c>

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:38.200
does<00:31:36.799><c> seem</c><00:31:37.099><c> rather</c><00:31:37.380><c> strange</c><00:31:37.819><c> that</c><00:31:38.000><c> they</c>

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:42.240
are<00:31:38.339><c> not</c><00:31:38.740><c> indicted</c><00:31:39.039><c> in</c><00:31:39.240><c> some</c><00:31:39.440><c> form.</c><00:31:39.779><c> It</c><00:31:39.880><c> is</c><00:31:40.079><c> completely</c><00:31:40.700><c> unmentioned</c><00:31:41.359><c> as</c>

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:45.099
indicted.<00:31:44.339><c> You</c><00:31:44.500><c> could</c><00:31:44.759><c> argue</c>

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:49.039
expositionally<00:31:45.759><c> that</c><00:31:45.880><c> there</c><00:31:46.119><c> is</c><00:31:46.140><c> no</c><00:31:46.400><c> indictment</c><00:31:46.740><c> against</c><00:31:47.019><c> Babylon</c><00:31:47.259><c> because</c><00:31:47.640><c> God</c><00:31:47.980><c> told</c><00:31:48.460><c> Israel</c><00:31:48.839><c> to</c>

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:51.420
live<00:31:49.200><c> contentedly</c><00:31:49.779><c> in</c><00:31:49.960><c> Babylon</c><00:31:50.240><c> in</c><00:31:50.440><c> their</c><00:31:50.619><c> captivity.</c><00:31:51.380><c> You</c>

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:54.559
know<00:31:51.559><c> those</c><00:31:51.799><c> passages.</c><00:31:53.759><c> You</c><00:31:53.859><c> could</c><00:31:54.059><c> say</c><00:31:54.299><c> well</c>

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:58.539
Babylon<00:31:55.480><c> is</c><00:31:55.720><c> not</c><00:31:55.980><c> indicted</c><00:31:56.460><c> in</c><00:31:56.779><c> the</c><00:31:56.900><c> book</c><00:31:57.099><c> of</c><00:31:57.259><c> Ezekiel</c><00:31:57.619><c> because</c><00:31:58.259><c> they</c>

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.720
were<00:31:58.720><c> remonstrated</c><00:31:59.180><c> against</c><00:31:59.519><c> for</c>

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:02.480
not<00:31:59.819><c> accepting</c><00:32:00.319><c> their</c><00:32:00.579><c> captivity</c><00:32:01.119><c> in</c><00:32:01.859><c> Babylon.</c><00:32:02.299><c> Therefore</c>

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:06.480
there<00:32:02.660><c> is</c><00:32:04.099><c> no</c><00:32:04.660><c> judgment</c><00:32:05.119><c> against</c><00:32:06.079><c> Babylon</c>

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:11.400
at<00:32:06.759><c> all</c><00:32:07.059><c> in</c><00:32:07.259><c> the</c><00:32:07.400><c> book.</c><00:32:09.640><c> You</c><00:32:09.660><c> could</c><00:32:10.099><c> argue,</c><00:32:10.960><c> as</c><00:32:11.119><c> accommodators</c>

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:15.380
do<00:32:11.619><c> argue,</c><00:32:12.039><c> that</c><00:32:12.119><c> here</c><00:32:12.359><c> in</c><00:32:12.559><c> fact</c><00:32:12.779><c> is</c><00:32:13.640><c> the</c><00:32:14.480><c> sort</c><00:32:14.779><c> of</c>

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:21.160
cosmic<00:32:15.859><c> battle</c><00:32:16.339><c> against</c><00:32:17.000><c> Babylon</c><00:32:17.500><c> and</c><00:32:17.779><c> all</c><00:32:17.940><c> that</c><00:32:18.039><c> it</c><00:32:18.240><c> represents.</c><00:32:20.779><c> Here</c><00:32:20.980><c> is</c>

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:22.420
the<00:32:21.299><c> battle</c><00:32:21.940><c> against</c>

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:26.160
the<00:32:22.680><c> powers,</c><00:32:23.599><c> the</c><00:32:23.779><c> powers,</c><00:32:24.420><c> all</c><00:32:24.619><c> the</c><00:32:24.819><c> powers</c><00:32:25.059><c> which</c><00:32:25.819><c> surround</c>

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:30.099
Israel.<00:32:29.099><c> And</c><00:32:29.380><c> in</c><00:32:29.539><c> the</c><00:32:29.660><c> end,</c><00:32:29.960><c> brothers</c>

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:33.539
and<00:32:30.279><c> sisters,</c><00:32:30.539><c> it</c><00:32:30.720><c> is</c><00:32:30.819><c> a</c><00:32:30.900><c> matter</c><00:32:31.559><c> for</c><00:32:32.180><c> your</c><00:32:32.440><c> interpretation.</c>

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:38.640
I<00:32:36.680><c> am</c><00:32:37.140><c> remiss</c><00:32:37.420><c> not</c><00:32:37.660><c> to</c><00:32:37.880><c> express</c><00:32:38.059><c> your</c><00:32:38.279><c> own</c><00:32:38.519><c> point</c>

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:41.900
of<00:32:38.759><c> view.</c><00:32:39.380><c> It</c><00:32:39.380><c> is</c><00:32:40.019><c> pointless</c><00:32:40.220><c> if</c><00:32:40.500><c> I</c><00:32:40.500><c> don't</c><00:32:40.700><c> express</c><00:32:41.180><c> my</c><00:32:41.480><c> own</c><00:32:41.680><c> point</c><00:32:41.799><c> of</c>

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:45.619
view<00:32:42.000><c> on</c><00:32:42.119><c> this.</c><00:32:43.400><c> I</c><00:32:43.539><c> do</c><00:32:43.859><c> feel</c><00:32:44.099><c> that</c>

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:51.599
it<00:32:45.819><c> is</c><00:32:45.859><c> very</c><00:32:46.119><c> difficult</c><00:32:46.559><c> to</c><00:32:48.720><c> resist</c><00:32:49.160><c> that</c><00:32:49.740><c> there</c><00:32:49.980><c> is</c><00:32:50.059><c> something</c><00:32:50.259><c> in</c><00:32:50.440><c> the</c><00:32:50.599><c> argument,</c><00:32:51.000><c> perhaps</c><00:32:51.200><c> a</c><00:32:51.299><c> very</c>

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:57.200
strong<00:32:51.759><c> argument,</c><00:32:52.359><c> that</c><00:32:52.700><c> here</c><00:32:52.880><c> is</c><00:32:53.019><c> a</c><00:32:53.180><c> focus</c><00:32:53.559><c> on</c><00:32:54.059><c> the</c><00:32:54.200><c> surrounding</c><00:32:54.539><c> Arab</c><00:32:54.880><c> nations.</c><00:32:57.019><c> It</c>

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:57.720
is<00:32:57.200><c> very</c><00:32:57.420><c> difficult</c>

00:32:57.720 --> 00:33:00.759
to<00:32:57.920><c> resist</c><00:32:58.180><c> that</c><00:32:58.440><c> notion</c><00:32:58.700><c> because</c><00:32:59.039><c> the</c><00:32:59.180><c> whole</c><00:32:59.380><c> book</c><00:32:59.559><c> of</c><00:32:59.779><c> Ezekiel</c><00:33:00.420><c> is</c>

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:03.440
about<00:33:01.380><c> dealing</c><00:33:01.900><c> with</c><00:33:02.900><c> the</c><00:33:03.039><c> surrounding</c>

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:07.759
nations,<00:33:05.059><c> particularly</c><00:33:05.359><c> those</c><00:33:05.700><c> who</c><00:33:05.859><c> are</c><00:33:06.160><c> intensely</c><00:33:06.519><c> antagonistic</c><00:33:07.140><c> to</c><00:33:07.299><c> Israel.</c><00:33:07.700><c> And</c>

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.680
if<00:33:07.839><c> you</c><00:33:07.940><c> ask</c><00:33:08.140><c> today</c>

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:12.339
who<00:33:09.119><c> is</c><00:33:09.500><c> intensely</c><00:33:10.140><c> antagonistic</c><00:33:11.019><c> to</c><00:33:11.220><c> Israel?</c><00:33:11.720><c> Who</c><00:33:11.980><c> hates</c>

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:15.539
them<00:33:12.559><c> like</c><00:33:13.180><c> poison?</c><00:33:14.339><c> Who</c><00:33:14.559><c> detests</c><00:33:15.079><c> Israel?</c>

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:21.680
Who<00:33:15.759><c> wants</c><00:33:16.039><c> to</c><00:33:16.359><c> crush</c><00:33:16.599><c> them</c><00:33:17.019><c> to</c><00:33:17.299><c> the</c><00:33:17.480><c> extent</c><00:33:17.839><c> of</c><00:33:18.119><c> this</c><00:33:18.259><c> language?</c><00:33:21.299><c> Well,</c>

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.599
it<00:33:22.059><c> is</c><00:33:22.160><c> certainly</c><00:33:22.319><c> true</c>

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:27.859
that<00:33:22.859><c> the</c><00:33:23.099><c> Arabs,</c><00:33:24.980><c> certainly</c><00:33:25.160><c> the</c><00:33:25.299><c> more</c><00:33:25.460><c> extreme</c><00:33:25.839><c> Arabs,</c><00:33:26.700><c> have</c><00:33:26.880><c> this</c><00:33:27.339><c> sort</c><00:33:27.480><c> of</c>

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:30.579
mindset.<00:33:30.279><c> But</c><00:33:30.420><c> then</c>

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:34.480
the<00:33:30.660><c> issue</c><00:33:30.880><c> is</c><00:33:31.099><c> would</c><00:33:31.200><c> they</c><00:33:31.380><c> do</c><00:33:31.539><c> it</c><00:33:31.720><c> alone?</c><00:33:32.380><c> When</c><00:33:32.519><c> the</c><00:33:34.000><c> prophecy</c><00:33:34.180><c> talks</c>

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:35.460
about<00:33:34.720><c> the</c><00:33:34.880><c> uttermost</c><00:33:35.180><c> parts</c>

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:37.720
of<00:33:35.640><c> the</c><00:33:35.759><c> earth,</c><00:33:36.200><c> doesn't</c><00:33:36.400><c> this</c><00:33:36.599><c> mean</c><00:33:36.839><c> that</c><00:33:37.099><c> these</c><00:33:37.359><c> states,</c>

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:40.619
this<00:33:38.460><c> Arab</c><00:33:38.759><c> intensity,</c><00:33:39.799><c> this</c><00:33:40.079><c> intensity</c>

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:43.099
of<00:33:40.859><c> antagonism</c><00:33:41.339><c> from</c><00:33:41.500><c> their</c><00:33:41.700><c> neighbouring</c><00:33:42.059><c> countries,</c><00:33:42.599><c> doesn't</c><00:33:42.880><c> the</c>

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:44.500
prophecy<00:33:43.359><c> mean</c><00:33:43.900><c> that</c><00:33:44.200><c> they</c><00:33:44.359><c> are</c><00:33:44.440><c> going</c>

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:47.279
to<00:33:44.660><c> be</c><00:33:44.660><c> supported</c><00:33:45.079><c> by</c><00:33:45.700><c> others</c><00:33:46.059><c> from</c><00:33:46.339><c> the</c><00:33:46.480><c> uttermost</c><00:33:46.859><c> parts</c><00:33:47.079><c> of</c>

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:49.380
the<00:33:47.400><c> earth?</c><00:33:48.359><c> And</c><00:33:48.680><c> that</c><00:33:48.799><c> could</c><00:33:49.000><c> well</c><00:33:49.140><c> be</c>

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:51.599
so.<00:33:49.599><c> In</c><00:33:49.720><c> fact,</c><00:33:49.819><c> I</c><00:33:49.960><c> think</c><00:33:50.000><c> that</c><00:33:50.140><c> is</c><00:33:50.200><c> a</c><00:33:50.299><c> very</c><00:33:50.440><c> legitimate,</c><00:33:51.240><c> very</c>

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:53.480
legitimate<00:33:52.119><c> way</c><00:33:52.299><c> to</c><00:33:52.460><c> look</c><00:33:52.619><c> at</c><00:33:52.819><c> the</c><00:33:53.119><c> exposition</c>

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:58.180
of<00:33:53.640><c> this</c><00:33:53.819><c> text.</c><00:33:55.099><c> That</c><00:33:55.279><c> here</c><00:33:55.460><c> is</c><00:33:55.660><c> the</c><00:33:55.859><c> nucleus</c><00:33:56.200><c> of</c><00:33:56.960><c> hatred,</c><00:33:58.019><c> of</c>

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:59.819
not<00:33:58.299><c> just</c><00:33:58.599><c> new</c><00:33:58.859><c> hatred</c><00:33:59.099><c> but</c><00:33:59.339><c> intense</c>

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:03.400
historic<00:34:00.339><c> hatred.</c><00:34:01.319><c> You</c><00:34:01.480><c> talk</c><00:34:01.700><c> to</c><00:34:01.940><c> Arabs,</c><00:34:02.299><c> the</c><00:34:02.440><c> extreme</c><00:34:02.779><c> Arabs,</c><00:34:03.039><c> I</c><00:34:03.160><c> do</c>

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:04.259
talk<00:34:03.579><c> to</c><00:34:03.700><c> some</c><00:34:03.799><c> of</c><00:34:03.940><c> them</c><00:34:04.059><c> that</c><00:34:04.220><c> work</c>

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:07.440
here.<00:34:04.460><c> They</c><00:34:04.700><c> hate</c><00:34:04.920><c> Israel.</c><00:34:05.720><c> I</c><00:34:05.859><c> can't</c><00:34:06.240><c> stand</c><00:34:06.500><c> the</c><00:34:06.740><c> place,</c><00:34:07.160><c> the</c>

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:10.559
arrogance,<00:34:08.400><c> the</c><00:34:08.659><c> restricting</c><00:34:08.980><c> of</c><00:34:09.619><c> the</c>

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:15.679
territory.<00:34:11.719><c> We</c><00:34:12.239><c> have</c><00:34:12.420><c> an</c><00:34:12.579><c> office</c><00:34:12.719><c> now</c><00:34:13.000><c> in</c><00:34:13.800><c> the</c><00:34:14.679><c> Gaza</c><00:34:14.940><c> Strip</c><00:34:15.380><c> and</c><00:34:15.559><c> it</c>

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:16.980
is<00:34:15.880><c> fascinating</c><00:34:16.280><c> talking</c><00:34:16.679><c> to</c><00:34:16.840><c> the</c>

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:20.599
people<00:34:17.079><c> who</c><00:34:17.480><c> have</c><00:34:17.539><c> come</c><00:34:17.719><c> back</c><00:34:18.000><c> from</c><00:34:18.179><c> there.</c><00:34:19.139><c> They</c><00:34:19.179><c> say</c><00:34:19.340><c> the</c><00:34:20.019><c> hatred</c><00:34:20.440><c> of</c>

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:22.440
Israel<00:34:21.099><c> is</c><00:34:21.519><c> so</c><00:34:21.880><c> strong</c><00:34:22.139><c> amongst</c>

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:26.199
the<00:34:22.679><c> Arab</c><00:34:22.840><c> states.</c><00:34:23.519><c> It</c><00:34:23.639><c> seems</c><00:34:23.880><c> to</c><00:34:23.960><c> me</c><00:34:24.039><c> to</c><00:34:24.260><c> fit</c><00:34:24.380><c> into</c><00:34:24.559><c> this.</c><00:34:25.780><c> They</c><00:34:26.099><c> are</c>

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:28.960
pulled<00:34:26.400><c> in</c><00:34:26.599><c> by</c><00:34:26.900><c> God.</c><00:34:28.519><c> The</c><00:34:28.719><c> hooks</c>

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:33.099
are<00:34:29.099><c> in</c><00:34:29.199><c> the</c><00:34:29.340><c> jaws</c><00:34:29.699><c> but</c><00:34:30.480><c> their</c><00:34:30.980><c> will</c><00:34:31.139><c> is</c><00:34:31.400><c> they</c><00:34:31.659><c> hate</c><00:34:32.119><c> the</c><00:34:32.340><c> place</c>

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:37.320
despite<00:34:35.019><c> these</c><00:34:35.340><c> treaties.</c><00:34:37.059><c> But</c><00:34:37.179><c> then</c>

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:40.320
having<00:34:37.519><c> said</c><00:34:37.760><c> all</c><00:34:38.019><c> that,</c><00:34:38.599><c> and</c><00:34:38.619><c> while</c><00:34:38.920><c> they</c><00:34:39.079><c> may</c><00:34:39.300><c> be</c><00:34:39.440><c> the</c><00:34:39.599><c> nucleus,</c><00:34:40.059><c> and</c><00:34:40.179><c> I</c>

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:41.800
really<00:34:41.099><c> do</c><00:34:41.380><c> feel</c><00:34:41.519><c> they</c><00:34:41.639><c> are</c>

00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:47.420
the<00:34:41.960><c> nucleus</c><00:34:42.360><c> of</c><00:34:42.559><c> this</c><00:34:43.119><c> holocaust</c><00:34:43.719><c> here,</c><00:34:43.980><c> this</c><00:34:44.139><c> new</c><00:34:44.380><c> holocaust,</c><00:34:46.440><c> it</c><00:34:47.219><c> is</c>

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.739
clear<00:34:47.659><c> equally</c><00:34:48.079><c> from</c><00:34:48.280><c> the</c><00:34:48.440><c> prophecy</c>

00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:52.659
that<00:34:49.179><c> they</c><00:34:49.300><c> are</c><00:34:49.360><c> going</c><00:34:49.420><c> to</c><00:34:49.519><c> be</c><00:34:49.800><c> supported</c><00:34:50.079><c> by</c><00:34:51.119><c> powers</c><00:34:51.460><c> from</c><00:34:51.699><c> the</c><00:34:51.800><c> uttermost</c><00:34:52.199><c> parts</c><00:34:52.500><c> of</c>

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:53.699
the<00:34:52.780><c> earth.</c><00:34:53.579><c> Who</c>

00:34:53.699 --> 00:35:07.300
can<00:34:53.880><c> they</c><00:34:54.039><c> be?</c><00:34:54.739><c> There</c><00:34:55.219><c> are</c><00:34:55.280><c> many</c><00:34:55.639><c> potential</c><00:34:56.139><c> powers</c><00:34:56.699><c> that</c><00:34:58.000><c> could</c><00:34:58.239><c> support</c><00:34:59.539><c> this</c><00:35:00.820><c> antagonism</c><00:35:01.760><c> that</c><00:35:06.039><c> the</c>

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:10.059
nucleus,<00:35:08.300><c> the</c><00:35:08.539><c> nucleus</c><00:35:08.900><c> there</c><00:35:09.099><c> which</c><00:35:09.239><c> is</c><00:35:09.380><c> in</c><00:35:09.460><c> the</c><00:35:09.679><c> historic</c>

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:12.519
context<00:35:10.619><c> of</c><00:35:10.800><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:35:11.320><c> prophecy</c><00:35:11.699><c> of</c>

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:16.980
neighbouring<00:35:13.019><c> states.</c><00:35:14.360><c> But</c><00:35:14.599><c> again,</c><00:35:15.519><c> true</c><00:35:16.280><c> to</c><00:35:16.480><c> the</c><00:35:16.599><c> tradition</c>

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:19.519
of<00:35:17.219><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:35:17.980><c> to</c><00:35:18.199><c> say</c><00:35:18.340><c> that</c><00:35:18.539><c> this</c><00:35:19.019><c> in</c>

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:22.539
the<00:35:19.719><c> end</c><00:35:19.960><c> is</c><00:35:20.179><c> going</c><00:35:20.320><c> to</c><00:35:20.800><c> develop</c><00:35:21.099><c> wider</c><00:35:21.519><c> and</c><00:35:21.760><c> wider</c><00:35:21.980><c> circles</c>

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:25.559
and<00:35:24.239><c> there</c><00:35:24.519><c> will</c><00:35:24.599><c> be</c><00:35:24.820><c> allies,</c><00:35:25.300><c> there</c><00:35:25.300><c> will</c>

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:31.760
be<00:35:26.159><c> sympathisers</c><00:35:27.579><c> who</c><00:35:28.940><c> will</c><00:35:29.139><c> be</c><00:35:29.340><c> involved</c><00:35:29.760><c> in</c><00:35:30.000><c> this</c><00:35:30.880><c> outburst,</c><00:35:31.659><c> this</c>

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:33.489
cataclysmic<00:35:32.500><c> outburst</c><00:35:33.199><c> against</c>

00:35:33.489 --> 00:35:42.769
the<00:35:34.130><c> state</c><00:35:34.429><c> of</c><00:35:34.550><c> Israel.</c><00:35:38.889><c> We</c><00:35:38.949><c> may</c><00:35:39.550><c> well</c><00:35:39.949><c> see</c><00:35:40.170><c> all</c><00:35:40.329><c> this</c><00:35:40.510><c> brothers</c><00:35:40.730><c> and</c><00:35:40.889><c> sisters.</c><00:35:42.489><c> We</c>

00:35:42.769 --> 00:35:43.949
may<00:35:43.190><c> see</c><00:35:43.449><c> it,</c><00:35:43.670><c> can</c><00:35:43.829><c> you</c>

00:35:43.949 --> 00:35:53.150
imagine?<00:35:44.489><c> We've</c><00:35:44.710><c> seen</c><00:35:45.050><c> Ezekiel</c><00:35:45.429><c> 37.</c><00:35:46.809><c> We</c><00:35:46.969><c> may</c><00:35:47.349><c> see</c><00:35:47.670><c> this</c><00:35:49.070><c> terrible,</c><00:35:50.650><c> terrible</c><00:35:51.329><c> tragedy,</c><00:35:52.630><c> but</c><00:35:52.750><c> divine</c>

00:35:53.150 --> 00:35:57.489
tragedy<00:35:53.630><c> worked</c><00:35:53.949><c> out</c><00:35:54.190><c> again</c><00:35:54.550><c> in</c><00:35:54.809><c> Israel.</c><00:35:56.130><c> But</c><00:35:56.130><c> beyond</c><00:35:56.650><c> anything</c><00:35:57.210><c> that</c>

00:35:57.489 --> 00:35:59.710
has<00:35:57.570><c> ever</c><00:35:57.710><c> been</c><00:35:57.929><c> seen</c><00:35:58.269><c> before</c><00:35:58.809><c> so</c>

00:35:59.809 --> 00:36:06.449
great<00:36:00.269><c> will</c><00:36:00.570><c> be</c><00:36:00.650><c> this</c><00:36:01.829><c> fresh</c><00:36:02.789><c> holocaust</c><00:36:03.750><c> of</c><00:36:03.949><c> Israel.</c><00:36:06.110><c> And</c><00:36:06.230><c> when</c><00:36:06.309><c> you</c>

00:36:06.449 --> 00:36:07.889
go<00:36:06.590><c> to</c><00:36:06.769><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:36:07.150><c> as</c><00:36:07.349><c> I'm</c><00:36:07.650><c> sure</c>

00:36:07.889 --> 00:36:09.710
some<00:36:08.090><c> of</c><00:36:08.190><c> you</c><00:36:08.269><c> have,</c><00:36:08.469><c> when</c><00:36:08.630><c> you</c><00:36:08.909><c> stand</c><00:36:09.150><c> there</c><00:36:09.349><c> on</c><00:36:09.469><c> the</c><00:36:09.610><c> Mount</c>

00:36:09.710 --> 00:36:11.769
of<00:36:09.869><c> Olives,</c><00:36:11.070><c> when</c><00:36:11.230><c> you</c><00:36:11.409><c> walk</c><00:36:11.550><c> around</c>

00:36:11.769 --> 00:36:18.429
the<00:36:11.969><c> city,</c><00:36:13.190><c> you</c><00:36:13.250><c> think,</c><00:36:13.510><c> oh,</c><00:36:14.070><c> this</c><00:36:14.309><c> place</c><00:36:14.949><c> is</c><00:36:17.130><c> going</c><00:36:17.309><c> to</c><00:36:17.449><c> be</c>

00:36:18.429 --> 00:36:20.949
devastation<00:36:19.070><c> beyond</c><00:36:19.389><c> belief.</c><00:36:20.389><c> And</c><00:36:20.530><c> one</c><00:36:20.750><c> can</c>

00:36:20.949 --> 00:36:24.550
imagine<00:36:21.349><c> the</c><00:36:21.630><c> nuclear</c><00:36:22.010><c> holocaust,</c><00:36:23.250><c> how</c><00:36:23.769><c> is</c><00:36:23.989><c> God</c><00:36:24.210><c> going</c><00:36:24.429><c> to</c>

00:36:24.550 --> 00:36:29.190
hold<00:36:24.789><c> back</c><00:36:25.050><c> these</c><00:36:25.329><c> things?</c><00:36:28.730><c> Isn't</c><00:36:29.190><c> this</c>

00:36:29.190 --> 00:36:37.090
a<00:36:29.469><c> disaster</c><00:36:29.869><c> of</c><00:36:30.090><c> unparalleled</c><00:36:30.630><c> dimensions?</c><00:36:32.909><c> When</c><00:36:33.070><c> it</c><00:36:33.230><c> becomes</c><00:36:33.550><c> impossible</c><00:36:34.449><c> for</c><00:36:34.989><c> Israel</c><00:36:35.469><c> to</c><00:36:36.449><c> avoid</c>

00:36:37.090 --> 00:36:41.289
the<00:36:37.670><c> realisation</c><00:36:38.210><c> that</c><00:36:38.389><c> God</c><00:36:38.590><c> is</c><00:36:38.789><c> behind</c><00:36:39.070><c> this.</c><00:36:40.949><c> It</c><00:36:41.090><c> will</c><00:36:41.170><c> be</c>

00:36:41.289 --> 00:36:47.690
so<00:36:41.469><c> dramatic,</c><00:36:42.710><c> so</c><00:36:43.630><c> devastating,</c><00:36:45.869><c> so</c><00:36:46.650><c> humanly</c>

00:36:47.789 --> 00:36:52.489
disastrous<00:36:48.250><c> in</c><00:36:48.409><c> terms</c><00:36:48.670><c> of</c><00:36:48.829><c> the</c><00:36:49.010><c> human</c><00:36:49.170><c> implications,</c><00:36:50.329><c> but</c><00:36:50.510><c> also</c><00:36:50.929><c> so</c>

00:36:52.489 --> 00:36:54.010
questioning<00:36:52.849><c> in</c><00:36:52.989><c> terms</c><00:36:53.190><c> of</c><00:36:53.349><c> the</c><00:36:53.429><c> whole</c>

00:36:54.010 --> 00:36:56.110
existence<00:36:54.489><c> of</c><00:36:54.690><c> the</c><00:36:54.809><c> state,</c><00:36:55.070><c> the</c><00:36:55.150><c> whole</c><00:36:55.329><c> rationale</c><00:36:55.710><c> for</c><00:36:55.889><c> the</c>

00:36:56.110 --> 00:36:59.010
state.<00:36:56.610><c> It</c><00:36:56.690><c> will</c><00:36:56.750><c> be</c><00:36:56.849><c> so</c><00:36:57.090><c> devastating</c><00:36:57.610><c> that</c>

00:36:59.010 --> 00:37:04.230
they<00:36:59.429><c> will</c><00:36:59.610><c> be</c><00:36:59.829><c> forced</c><00:37:00.110><c> to</c><00:37:00.710><c> recognise</c><00:37:01.210><c> that</c><00:37:03.030><c> this</c><00:37:03.409><c> is</c><00:37:03.769><c> the</c><00:37:03.889><c> work</c><00:37:04.010><c> of</c>

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God.<00:37:04.550><c> And</c><00:37:04.750><c> they'll</c><00:37:05.130><c> be</c><00:37:05.369><c> forced</c>

00:37:05.829 --> 00:37:09.449
to<00:37:06.230><c> turn</c><00:37:06.329><c> their</c><00:37:06.570><c> heart</c><00:37:06.989><c> from</c><00:37:07.409><c> a</c><00:37:07.769><c> heart</c><00:37:07.849><c> of</c><00:37:08.090><c> stone</c><00:37:08.489><c> to</c><00:37:09.269><c> a</c><00:37:09.369><c> heart</c>

00:37:09.449 --> 00:37:11.650
of<00:37:09.670><c> flesh.</c><00:37:10.150><c> There</c><00:37:10.150><c> will</c><00:37:10.250><c> be</c><00:37:10.449><c> no</c><00:37:10.909><c> further</c>

00:37:12.309 --> 00:37:19.190
possibility<00:37:12.789><c> of</c><00:37:13.269><c> avoiding</c><00:37:13.610><c> the</c><00:37:13.869><c> issue.</c><00:37:15.889><c> God</c><00:37:16.170><c> is</c><00:37:16.389><c> working</c><00:37:17.070><c> in</c>

00:37:19.190 --> 00:37:21.570
their<00:37:19.630><c> history.</c><00:37:21.010><c> And</c><00:37:21.130><c> so</c><00:37:21.210><c> look</c><00:37:21.369><c> then,</c>

00:37:21.570 --> 00:37:28.190
if<00:37:21.610><c> you</c><00:37:21.730><c> would,</c><00:37:22.269><c> in</c><00:37:22.409><c> the</c><00:37:22.550><c> 39th</c><00:37:23.030><c> chapter</c><00:37:23.289><c> of</c><00:37:23.449><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:37:24.909><c> verse</c><00:37:25.130><c> 21,</c><00:37:27.530><c> I</c>

00:37:28.190 --> 00:37:29.949
will<00:37:28.389><c> set</c><00:37:28.590><c> my</c><00:37:28.869><c> glory</c><00:37:29.150><c> among</c><00:37:29.429><c> the</c><00:37:29.610><c> nations</c>

00:37:29.949 --> 00:37:32.909
and<00:37:30.110><c> all</c><00:37:30.309><c> the</c><00:37:30.489><c> nations</c><00:37:30.769><c> after</c><00:37:31.030><c> this</c><00:37:31.610><c> holocaust</c><00:37:32.150><c> shall</c><00:37:32.389><c> see</c><00:37:32.670><c> my</c>

00:37:32.909 --> 00:37:35.010
judgment<00:37:33.190><c> which</c><00:37:33.389><c> I</c><00:37:33.550><c> have</c><00:37:33.730><c> executed</c><00:37:34.210><c> and</c>

00:37:35.010 --> 00:37:38.510
my<00:37:35.230><c> hand</c><00:37:35.389><c> which</c><00:37:35.590><c> I</c><00:37:35.730><c> have</c><00:37:35.909><c> laid</c><00:37:36.050><c> on</c><00:37:36.289><c> them.</c><00:37:37.329><c> The</c><00:37:37.489><c> house</c><00:37:37.690><c> of</c><00:37:37.849><c> Israel</c><00:37:38.150><c> shall</c>

00:37:38.510 --> 00:37:40.889
know,<00:37:39.070><c> here</c><00:37:39.309><c> is</c><00:37:39.849><c> a</c><00:37:40.170><c> critical</c><00:37:40.469><c> passage</c>

00:37:40.889 --> 00:37:46.309
now<00:37:41.150><c> in</c><00:37:41.309><c> verse</c><00:37:41.550><c> 22</c><00:37:42.170><c> of</c><00:37:42.849><c> Ezekiel</c><00:37:43.130><c> 39,</c><00:37:44.510><c> the</c><00:37:44.690><c> house</c><00:37:44.909><c> of</c><00:37:45.110><c> Israel</c><00:37:45.389><c> shall</c><00:37:45.630><c> know</c><00:37:45.909><c> that</c><00:37:46.070><c> I</c>

00:37:46.309 --> 00:37:46.989
am<00:37:46.449><c> the</c><00:37:46.590><c> Lord</c><00:37:46.750><c> their</c>

00:37:46.989 --> 00:37:50.630
God<00:37:47.489><c> from</c><00:37:48.070><c> that</c><00:37:48.429><c> day</c><00:37:48.670><c> onward.</c><00:37:49.630><c> This</c><00:37:49.929><c> is</c><00:37:50.110><c> the</c><00:37:50.130><c> way</c><00:37:50.250><c> it's</c><00:37:50.449><c> put.</c>

00:37:50.670 --> 00:37:54.090
After<00:37:51.010><c> that</c><00:37:52.070><c> devastation,</c><00:37:53.630><c> from</c><00:37:53.829><c> that</c>

00:37:54.090 --> 00:37:56.489
day<00:37:54.269><c> onward,</c><00:37:54.909><c> the</c><00:37:55.030><c> house</c><00:37:55.250><c> of</c><00:37:55.409><c> Israel</c><00:37:55.650><c> will</c><00:37:55.869><c> know</c><00:37:56.090><c> that</c><00:37:56.309><c> I</c><00:37:56.369><c> am</c>

00:37:56.489 --> 00:37:58.130
the<00:37:56.630><c> Lord.</c><00:37:56.949><c> These</c><00:37:57.230><c> people,</c><00:37:57.590><c> these</c><00:37:57.769><c> individual</c>

00:37:58.130 --> 00:37:59.889
people<00:37:58.409><c> that</c><00:37:58.550><c> I've</c><00:37:58.730><c> talked</c><00:37:58.889><c> about,</c><00:37:59.130><c> well</c><00:37:59.230><c> you're</c><00:37:59.409><c> forced</c><00:37:59.730><c> to</c>

00:37:59.889 --> 00:38:02.309
do<00:37:59.909><c> it.</c><00:37:59.969><c> You</c><00:38:00.110><c> can't</c><00:38:00.550><c> avoid</c><00:38:00.750><c> it</c><00:38:00.929><c> any</c><00:38:01.110><c> longer,</c>

00:38:02.429 --> 00:38:05.909
either<00:38:02.610><c> you</c><00:38:02.769><c> or</c><00:38:02.829><c> whoever</c><00:38:03.070><c> you</c><00:38:03.329><c> are,</c><00:38:03.449><c> you</c><00:38:03.590><c> can't</c><00:38:03.969><c> avoid</c><00:38:04.190><c> it.</c><00:38:05.630><c> You'll</c><00:38:05.750><c> be</c>

00:38:05.909 --> 00:38:09.050
forced<00:38:06.150><c> to</c><00:38:06.409><c> see</c><00:38:06.750><c> this</c><00:38:07.710><c> is</c><00:38:08.670><c> the</c><00:38:08.929><c> work</c>

00:38:09.050 --> 00:38:13.469
of<00:38:09.289><c> God</c><00:38:09.730><c> and</c><00:38:10.210><c> that</c><00:38:10.389><c> I</c><00:38:11.230><c> am</c><00:38:11.590><c> the</c><00:38:11.789><c> Lord</c><00:38:11.949><c> your</c><00:38:12.150><c> God</c><00:38:12.429><c> from</c><00:38:12.750><c> that</c><00:38:13.110><c> day</c>

00:38:13.469 --> 00:38:16.630
forward.<00:38:13.929><c> Not</c><00:38:14.170><c> until</c><00:38:14.730><c> all</c><00:38:16.030><c> this</c><00:38:16.210><c> happens,</c>

00:38:16.630 --> 00:38:20.210
will<00:38:17.170><c> you</c><00:38:17.510><c> really</c><00:38:17.849><c> appreciate</c><00:38:18.489><c> that</c><00:38:18.989><c> I</c><00:38:19.130><c> am</c><00:38:19.250><c> behind</c><00:38:19.530><c> it</c><00:38:19.769><c> all</c>

00:38:20.210 --> 00:38:23.949
and<00:38:21.110><c> that</c><00:38:21.710><c> security</c><00:38:22.349><c> and</c><00:38:22.769><c> prosperity</c><00:38:23.369><c> will</c>

00:38:23.949 --> 00:38:29.670
come<00:38:24.130><c> only</c><00:38:24.690><c> from</c><00:38:25.550><c> realizing</c><00:38:25.989><c> that.</c><00:38:29.010><c> So</c><00:38:29.130><c> finally,</c><00:38:29.610><c> brothers</c>

00:38:29.670 --> 00:38:31.650
and<00:38:29.889><c> sisters,</c><00:38:30.130><c> we</c><00:38:30.329><c> come</c><00:38:30.510><c> then</c><00:38:30.650><c> into</c><00:38:30.889><c> the</c>

00:38:31.650 --> 00:38:35.130
supreme<00:38:31.969><c> vision</c><00:38:32.389><c> of</c><00:38:32.769><c> the</c><00:38:33.429><c> 40th</c><00:38:33.829><c> through</c><00:38:33.949><c> 48th</c><00:38:34.530><c> chapters</c><00:38:34.829><c> of</c>

00:38:35.130 --> 00:38:38.630
Ezekiel's<00:38:35.670><c> prophecy,</c><00:38:37.409><c> which</c><00:38:37.710><c> we</c><00:38:37.869><c> can</c><00:38:38.190><c> absurdly</c>

00:38:38.630 --> 00:38:45.150
only<00:38:38.889><c> deal</c><00:38:39.010><c> with</c><00:38:39.250><c> in</c><00:38:39.349><c> a</c><00:38:39.530><c> few</c><00:38:39.650><c> minutes.</c><00:38:42.429><c> What</c><00:38:42.909><c> does</c><00:38:44.789><c> all</c><00:38:44.969><c> this</c>

00:38:45.150 --> 00:38:47.150
mean,<00:38:45.409><c> this</c><00:38:45.710><c> 40th</c><00:38:46.210><c> through</c><00:38:46.309><c> 48th</c><00:38:46.889><c> chapter,</c>

00:38:47.170 --> 00:38:50.949
and<00:38:47.309><c> I</c><00:38:47.469><c> can't</c><00:38:47.949><c> possibly</c><00:38:48.389><c> answer</c><00:38:48.750><c> this</c><00:38:49.389><c> in</c><00:38:50.170><c> the</c><00:38:50.289><c> short</c><00:38:50.449><c> time</c><00:38:50.670><c> I</c>

00:38:50.949 --> 00:38:53.429
have,<00:38:51.550><c> except</c><00:38:51.829><c> to</c><00:38:52.210><c> make</c><00:38:52.349><c> some</c><00:38:52.590><c> broad</c><00:38:52.829><c> observations</c>

00:38:53.429 --> 00:38:58.710
which<00:38:53.829><c> seem</c><00:38:54.030><c> to</c><00:38:54.190><c> me</c><00:38:54.650><c> to</c><00:38:54.969><c> be</c><00:38:55.289><c> important.</c><00:38:57.670><c> As</c><00:38:57.889><c> I</c><00:38:58.090><c> mentioned</c><00:38:58.329><c> at</c>

00:38:58.710 --> 00:39:02.030
the<00:38:58.710><c> end</c><00:38:58.909><c> of</c><00:38:59.070><c> my</c><00:38:59.230><c> notes,</c><00:38:59.610><c> there</c><00:38:59.769><c> are</c><00:39:01.250><c> four</c><00:39:01.630><c> possible</c>

00:39:02.030 --> 00:39:05.769
ways<00:39:02.329><c> which</c><00:39:02.530><c> have</c><00:39:02.670><c> been</c><00:39:02.849><c> given</c><00:39:03.130><c> to</c><00:39:04.010><c> interpret</c><00:39:04.510><c> this</c><00:39:04.909><c> last</c><00:39:05.190><c> section,</c><00:39:05.590><c> one</c>

00:39:05.769 --> 00:39:06.710
of<00:39:05.889><c> which</c><00:39:05.989><c> I</c><00:39:06.130><c> have</c><00:39:06.190><c> a</c><00:39:06.250><c> very</c><00:39:06.510><c> strong</c>

00:39:06.710 --> 00:39:11.769
feeling<00:39:06.929><c> now</c><00:39:07.289><c> is</c><00:39:07.590><c> the</c><00:39:07.769><c> way</c><00:39:07.909><c> in</c><00:39:08.010><c> which</c><00:39:08.090><c> we</c><00:39:08.230><c> should</c><00:39:08.389><c> see</c><00:39:08.670><c> it.</c><00:39:11.489><c> One</c>

00:39:11.769 --> 00:39:14.110
interpretation<00:39:12.449><c> of</c><00:39:12.630><c> this</c><00:39:12.869><c> is</c><00:39:13.130><c> that</c><00:39:13.210><c> this</c><00:39:13.429><c> is</c>

00:39:14.110 --> 00:39:19.030
a<00:39:14.309><c> literal,</c><00:39:14.969><c> it's</c><00:39:15.210><c> literal</c><00:39:15.550><c> and</c><00:39:15.909><c> prophetic,</c><00:39:16.530><c> but</c><00:39:16.630><c> only</c><00:39:16.829><c> in</c><00:39:17.010><c> the</c><00:39:17.130><c> short</c><00:39:17.329><c> term.</c><00:39:18.909><c> It</c>

00:39:19.030 --> 00:39:21.710
was<00:39:19.250><c> just</c><00:39:19.510><c> a</c><00:39:19.750><c> temple</c><00:39:20.269><c> to</c><00:39:21.530><c> be</c>

00:39:21.710 --> 00:39:25.289
constructed<00:39:22.309><c> when</c><00:39:23.170><c> the</c><00:39:23.409><c> Jews</c><00:39:23.590><c> came</c><00:39:23.849><c> back</c><00:39:24.090><c> from</c><00:39:24.250><c> their</c><00:39:24.429><c> captivity,</c><00:39:25.090><c> but</c>

00:39:25.289 --> 00:39:26.829
never<00:39:25.570><c> happened.</c><00:39:26.269><c> That's</c><00:39:26.590><c> one</c>

00:39:26.829 --> 00:39:29.690
interpretation<00:39:27.329><c> you</c><00:39:27.530><c> often</c><00:39:27.829><c> read</c><00:39:28.050><c> in</c><00:39:28.409><c> the</c><00:39:28.750><c> commentaries.</c><00:39:29.690><c> It</c>

00:39:29.690 --> 00:39:32.750
was<00:39:30.130><c> a</c><00:39:31.429><c> temple,</c><00:39:31.929><c> all</c><00:39:32.090><c> the</c><00:39:32.250><c> details</c><00:39:32.449><c> of</c><00:39:32.630><c> which</c>

00:39:32.750 --> 00:39:37.030
were<00:39:32.889><c> very</c><00:39:33.190><c> explicit</c><00:39:33.590><c> and</c><00:39:34.170><c> given</c><00:39:34.349><c> here</c><00:39:35.230><c> to</c><00:39:36.369><c> be</c><00:39:36.570><c> built,</c><00:39:36.909><c> but</c>

00:39:37.030 --> 00:39:38.829
for<00:39:37.170><c> some</c><00:39:37.369><c> reason,</c><00:39:37.829><c> which</c><00:39:37.969><c> makes</c><00:39:38.369><c> the</c><00:39:38.590><c> argument</c>

00:39:38.829 --> 00:39:42.289
I<00:39:38.909><c> think</c><00:39:39.130><c> fairly</c><00:39:39.389><c> weak,</c><00:39:39.909><c> was</c><00:39:40.030><c> never</c><00:39:40.269><c> built.</c><00:39:41.429><c> It</c><00:39:41.650><c> was</c><00:39:41.829><c> literal</c>

00:39:42.289 --> 00:39:44.929
for<00:39:42.730><c> the</c><00:39:42.869><c> short</c><00:39:42.989><c> term</c><00:39:43.449><c> and</c><00:39:44.329><c> never</c><00:39:44.550><c> happened.</c>

00:39:45.050 --> 00:39:49.369
That<00:39:45.309><c> seems</c><00:39:45.550><c> to</c><00:39:45.630><c> me</c><00:39:45.690><c> to</c><00:39:45.869><c> be</c><00:39:45.889><c> very</c><00:39:46.170><c> unlike</c><00:39:46.449><c> the</c><00:39:46.670><c> exposition.</c><00:39:48.690><c> Another</c><00:39:48.969><c> one</c><00:39:49.190><c> is</c>

00:39:49.369 --> 00:39:50.769
that<00:39:49.369><c> this</c><00:39:49.610><c> is</c><00:39:49.829><c> symbolic.</c><00:39:50.289><c> This</c><00:39:50.449><c> is</c><00:39:50.590><c> all</c>

00:39:50.769 --> 00:39:54.389
symbolic.<00:39:52.429><c> The</c><00:39:52.650><c> whole</c><00:39:52.869><c> thing</c><00:39:53.050><c> is</c><00:39:53.250><c> really</c><00:39:53.570><c> symbolic.</c><00:39:54.210><c> It's</c>

00:39:54.389 --> 00:39:56.309
really<00:39:54.730><c> talking</c><00:39:55.090><c> about</c><00:39:55.570><c> the</c><00:39:55.730><c> New</c><00:39:55.909><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:39:56.309 --> 00:39:58.929
using<00:39:56.869><c> perhaps</c><00:39:57.150><c> the</c><00:39:57.389><c> figures</c><00:39:57.590><c> of</c><00:39:57.769><c> the</c><00:39:57.929><c> apocalypse.</c><00:39:58.670><c> Here</c><00:39:58.789><c> is</c>

00:39:58.929 --> 00:40:02.230
the<00:39:59.010><c> New</c><00:39:59.150><c> Jerusalem</c><00:39:59.570><c> coming</c><00:40:00.409><c> down</c><00:40:00.590><c> from</c><00:40:00.750><c> heaven,</c>

00:40:03.630 --> 00:40:09.010
adorned.<00:40:06.030><c> Or</c><00:40:06.150><c> there's</c><00:40:06.349><c> another</c><00:40:06.550><c> one</c><00:40:06.730><c> that</c><00:40:06.849><c> this</c><00:40:07.030><c> is</c><00:40:07.369><c> the</c><00:40:07.730><c> Christian</c><00:40:08.050><c> era.</c>

00:40:10.010 --> 00:40:12.210
The<00:40:10.269><c> vision</c><00:40:10.429><c> is</c><00:40:10.550><c> being</c><00:40:10.750><c> fulfilled,</c>

00:40:13.489 --> 00:40:15.489
and<00:40:13.750><c> therefore</c><00:40:13.929><c> it's</c><00:40:14.110><c> sort</c><00:40:14.170><c> of</c><00:40:14.289><c> a</c><00:40:14.409><c> picture</c><00:40:14.590><c> in</c><00:40:14.750><c> some</c><00:40:14.949><c> sense</c><00:40:15.210><c> of</c>

00:40:15.489 --> 00:40:18.489
the<00:40:15.650><c> ecclesia,</c><00:40:16.730><c> an</c><00:40:16.969><c> idealized</c><00:40:17.510><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:40:19.150 --> 00:40:24.090
Or<00:40:19.369><c> there</c><00:40:19.489><c> is</c><00:40:19.650><c> the</c><00:40:19.809><c> view,</c><00:40:21.190><c> the</c><00:40:21.309><c> more</c><00:40:21.510><c> traditional</c><00:40:21.849><c> view</c><00:40:22.130><c> in</c><00:40:22.369><c> our</c><00:40:22.570><c> community,</c><00:40:23.550><c> that</c><00:40:23.610><c> this</c><00:40:23.869><c> is</c>

00:40:24.090 --> 00:40:24.769
a<00:40:24.230><c> literal</c><00:40:24.429><c> temple</c>

00:40:24.769 --> 00:40:31.849
for<00:40:24.909><c> the</c><00:40:25.050><c> future.</c><00:40:29.130><c> Again,</c><00:40:29.929><c> if</c><00:40:30.429><c> you</c><00:40:30.710><c> consider</c><00:40:30.929><c> this,</c><00:40:31.510><c> you</c><00:40:31.650><c> have</c>

00:40:31.849 --> 00:40:33.690
a<00:40:32.150><c> responsibility</c><00:40:32.730><c> to</c><00:40:32.929><c> say</c><00:40:33.130><c> how</c><00:40:33.289><c> you</c><00:40:33.530><c> feel.</c>

00:40:33.909 --> 00:40:35.909
I<00:40:33.909><c> mean,</c><00:40:34.190><c> just</c><00:40:34.369><c> opting</c><00:40:34.650><c> out</c><00:40:34.789><c> if</c><00:40:34.869><c> you</c><00:40:34.949><c> don't</c><00:40:35.130><c> say</c><00:40:35.309><c> how</c><00:40:35.469><c> you</c><00:40:35.710><c> feel</c>

00:40:35.909 --> 00:40:39.369
about<00:40:36.190><c> it</c><00:40:36.369><c> yourself.</c><00:40:38.449><c> I</c><00:40:38.690><c> have</c><00:40:38.829><c> quite</c><00:40:38.969><c> a</c><00:40:39.190><c> strong</c>

00:40:39.369 --> 00:40:43.210
conviction<00:40:39.730><c> about</c><00:40:39.949><c> this</c><00:40:40.150><c> actually</c><00:40:40.469><c> after</c><00:40:41.449><c> reading</c><00:40:41.849><c> this.</c><00:40:42.769><c> I</c>

00:40:43.210 --> 00:40:45.869
really<00:40:43.449><c> have</c><00:40:43.650><c> studied</c><00:40:43.829><c> this</c><00:40:44.070><c> for</c><00:40:45.070><c> as</c><00:40:45.070><c> much</c><00:40:45.409><c> as</c><00:40:45.570><c> I</c><00:40:45.710><c> can</c>

00:40:46.329 --> 00:40:50.250
over<00:40:46.769><c> the</c><00:40:46.949><c> last</c><00:40:47.150><c> couple</c><00:40:47.369><c> of</c><00:40:47.570><c> years</c><00:40:47.769><c> really.</c><00:40:49.130><c> I</c><00:40:49.250><c> previously</c><00:40:49.989><c> was</c><00:40:50.210><c> a</c>

00:40:50.250 --> 00:40:52.489
bit<00:40:50.429><c> ambivalent</c><00:40:50.949><c> as</c><00:40:51.150><c> to</c><00:40:51.309><c> whether</c><00:40:51.429><c> perhaps</c><00:40:51.730><c> it</c><00:40:51.849><c> was</c>

00:40:52.510 --> 00:40:57.050
a<00:40:53.030><c> spiritual</c><00:40:53.030><c> house</c><00:40:53.750><c> or</c><00:40:55.030><c> whether</c><00:40:55.289><c> it</c><00:40:55.449><c> was</c><00:40:55.730><c> a</c><00:40:56.230><c> future</c><00:40:56.630><c> glorious</c>

00:40:57.050 --> 00:41:01.489
literal<00:40:57.469><c> house</c><00:40:57.889><c> to</c><00:40:58.230><c> be</c><00:40:58.730><c> established</c><00:40:59.250><c> in</c><00:41:01.349><c> the</c>

00:41:01.489 --> 00:41:06.949
mountains<00:41:01.650><c> of</c><00:41:01.849><c> Israel,</c><00:41:02.289><c> in</c><00:41:02.489><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:41:05.210><c> I</c><00:41:05.449><c> feel</c><00:41:05.670><c> now</c><00:41:06.010><c> that</c><00:41:06.210><c> after</c><00:41:06.489><c> studying</c><00:41:06.769><c> it</c>

00:41:06.949 --> 00:41:08.530
and<00:41:07.030><c> thinking</c><00:41:07.309><c> about</c><00:41:07.570><c> it</c><00:41:07.769><c> a</c><00:41:07.869><c> lot,</c>

00:41:08.630 --> 00:41:13.409
and<00:41:08.809><c> particularly</c><00:41:09.110><c> in</c><00:41:09.289><c> the</c><00:41:09.570><c> context</c><00:41:09.789><c> of</c><00:41:10.050><c> the</c><00:41:10.489><c> book</c><00:41:10.610><c> as</c><00:41:10.789><c> a</c><00:41:10.949><c> whole,</c><00:41:11.590><c> I</c><00:41:11.670><c> feel</c><00:41:11.849><c> it's</c><00:41:12.090><c> just</c><00:41:12.389><c> imperative,</c><00:41:13.110><c> in</c>

00:41:13.409 --> 00:41:13.849
my<00:41:13.650><c> judgment,</c>

00:41:13.949 --> 00:41:19.090
it's<00:41:14.110><c> imperative</c><00:41:14.550><c> to</c><00:41:14.750><c> see</c><00:41:14.849><c> it</c><00:41:14.989><c> as</c><00:41:15.170><c> literal.</c><00:41:16.429><c> It</c><00:41:16.630><c> just</c><00:41:16.829><c> destroys</c><00:41:17.289><c> the</c><00:41:17.489><c> whole</c><00:41:17.750><c> symmetry</c><00:41:18.329><c> of</c>

00:41:19.090 --> 00:41:20.610
the<00:41:19.170><c> book</c><00:41:19.530><c> of</c><00:41:20.230><c> Ezekiel</c>

00:41:20.610 --> 00:41:25.829
in<00:41:20.829><c> order</c><00:41:20.829><c> not</c><00:41:20.829><c> to</c><00:41:21.050><c> see</c><00:41:21.150><c> it</c><00:41:21.230><c> as</c><00:41:21.409><c> a</c><00:41:21.550><c> literal</c><00:41:22.050><c> temple</c><00:41:22.909><c> established</c><00:41:23.889><c> in</c><00:41:24.170><c> Jerusalem</c><00:41:24.570><c> in</c><00:41:25.349><c> the</c><00:41:25.510><c> future.</c>

00:41:26.230 --> 00:41:31.289
Why<00:41:26.469><c> do</c><00:41:26.630><c> I</c><00:41:26.710><c> think</c><00:41:26.909><c> that?</c><00:41:29.590><c> The</c><00:41:29.730><c> whole</c><00:41:29.969><c> book</c><00:41:30.190><c> of</c><00:41:30.409><c> Ezekiel</c><00:41:30.889><c> really</c>

00:41:31.289 --> 00:41:36.030
is<00:41:31.530><c> about</c><00:41:32.590><c> contrasts.</c><00:41:35.289><c> It's</c><00:41:35.489><c> like</c><00:41:35.690><c> mirrors.</c>

00:41:36.289 --> 00:41:40.250
You<00:41:36.489><c> see</c><00:41:36.769><c> one</c><00:41:37.030><c> thing,</c><00:41:37.250><c> then</c><00:41:37.389><c> you</c><00:41:37.489><c> see</c><00:41:37.670><c> the</c><00:41:37.929><c> opposite.</c><00:41:39.889><c> And</c><00:41:40.030><c> so</c>

00:41:40.250 --> 00:41:42.550
if<00:41:40.610><c> you</c><00:41:40.769><c> remember</c><00:41:41.070><c> in</c><00:41:41.349><c> the</c><00:41:41.489><c> opening</c><00:41:41.690><c> chapter</c><00:41:41.969><c> of</c><00:41:42.210><c> Ezekiel,</c>

00:41:42.570 --> 00:41:48.570
we<00:41:42.750><c> saw</c><00:41:43.030><c> a</c><00:41:43.309><c> literal</c><00:41:43.570><c> temple.</c><00:41:44.989><c> It's</c><00:41:45.250><c> a</c><00:41:45.449><c> literal</c><00:41:45.710><c> temple,</c><00:41:46.190><c> the</c><00:41:46.389><c> first</c><00:41:46.650><c> vision.</c><00:41:48.250><c> It's</c><00:41:48.449><c> a</c>

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literal<00:41:48.829><c> temple.</c>

00:41:49.110 --> 00:41:52.909
So<00:41:49.409><c> Ezekiel</c><00:41:49.510><c> had</c><00:41:49.630><c> this</c><00:41:50.010><c> tour</c><00:41:50.650><c> of</c><00:41:51.369><c> a</c><00:41:51.570><c> temple.</c><00:41:51.909><c> There's</c><00:41:52.030><c> no</c><00:41:52.269><c> doubt</c><00:41:52.449><c> about</c><00:41:52.690><c> the</c>

00:41:52.909 --> 00:41:54.989
literality<00:41:53.309><c> of</c><00:41:53.969><c> the</c><00:41:54.250><c> temple</c>

00:41:55.429 --> 00:41:59.929
in<00:41:55.909><c> the</c><00:41:56.190><c> opening</c><00:41:56.469><c> chapters</c><00:41:56.829><c> of</c><00:41:57.010><c> Ezekiel.</c><00:41:58.650><c> There</c><00:41:58.829><c> may</c><00:41:58.969><c> be</c><00:41:59.190><c> some</c>

00:41:59.929 --> 00:42:01.690
visionary<00:42:00.309><c> elements</c><00:42:00.730><c> to</c><00:42:00.969><c> it</c><00:42:01.150><c> when</c><00:42:01.269><c> he</c><00:42:01.510><c> crawled</c>

00:42:01.690 --> 00:42:04.269
through<00:42:01.929><c> a</c><00:42:02.170><c> wall</c><00:42:02.449><c> or</c><00:42:02.590><c> when</c><00:42:02.750><c> he</c><00:42:02.949><c> saw</c><00:42:03.170><c> pictures</c><00:42:03.630><c> on</c><00:42:03.849><c> the</c><00:42:04.030><c> wall.</c>

00:42:04.389 --> 00:42:08.050
There<00:42:04.510><c> may</c><00:42:04.710><c> be</c><00:42:05.550><c> some</c><00:42:05.889><c> symbolic</c><00:42:06.550><c> or</c><00:42:06.809><c> visionary</c><00:42:07.130><c> elements</c>

00:42:08.510 --> 00:42:11.710
in<00:42:08.989><c> the</c><00:42:09.469><c> opening</c><00:42:09.710><c> visions.</c><00:42:10.690><c> But</c><00:42:10.929><c> there's</c><00:42:11.070><c> no</c><00:42:11.289><c> question</c><00:42:11.469><c> it's</c>

00:42:11.710 --> 00:42:14.809
literal.<00:42:13.750><c> The</c><00:42:13.929><c> temple</c><00:42:14.150><c> was</c><00:42:14.329><c> the</c><00:42:14.510><c> temple.</c>

00:42:14.809 --> 00:42:17.829
It<00:42:14.889><c> was</c><00:42:15.030><c> there</c><00:42:15.230><c> in</c><00:42:15.429><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:42:16.670><c> It</c><00:42:16.809><c> was</c><00:42:17.050><c> there.</c><00:42:17.349><c> They</c><00:42:17.469><c> came</c><00:42:17.670><c> to</c>

00:42:17.829 --> 00:42:20.389
worship.<00:42:19.190><c> And</c><00:42:19.409><c> the</c><00:42:19.570><c> desolation</c><00:42:19.989><c> was</c><00:42:20.150><c> because</c>

00:42:20.389 --> 00:42:24.269
they<00:42:20.570><c> were</c><00:42:20.769><c> thrown</c><00:42:20.889><c> away</c><00:42:21.610><c> from</c><00:42:21.809><c> the</c><00:42:21.929><c> temple.</c><00:42:23.889><c> And</c><00:42:24.090><c> therefore</c>

00:42:24.269 --> 00:42:26.309
I<00:42:24.409><c> think</c><00:42:24.590><c> just</c><00:42:25.050><c> purely</c><00:42:25.329><c> in</c><00:42:25.530><c> terms</c><00:42:25.750><c> of</c><00:42:26.090><c> symbolism,</c>

00:42:26.429 --> 00:42:31.409
the<00:42:26.550><c> whole</c><00:42:26.769><c> way</c><00:42:27.070><c> in</c><00:42:27.190><c> which</c><00:42:28.030><c> one</c><00:42:28.530><c> thing</c><00:42:28.730><c> happens</c><00:42:28.969><c> and</c><00:42:29.130><c> the</c><00:42:29.309><c> reverse</c><00:42:29.610><c> happens,</c><00:42:31.130><c> it</c>

00:42:31.409 --> 00:42:32.309
seems<00:42:31.690><c> to</c><00:42:31.829><c> me</c><00:42:31.969><c> imperative</c>

00:42:32.309 --> 00:42:40.130
to<00:42:32.530><c> see</c><00:42:32.650><c> it</c><00:42:32.809><c> as</c><00:42:33.090><c> a</c><00:42:33.289><c> literal</c><00:42:33.570><c> temple.</c><00:42:34.329><c> It</c><00:42:34.449><c> was</c><00:42:35.190><c> a</c><00:42:35.349><c> debased</c><00:42:36.550><c> temple,</c><00:42:37.989><c> impure,</c><00:42:39.929><c> poor</c>

00:42:40.130 --> 00:42:43.349
service,<00:42:41.690><c> less</c><00:42:41.909><c> than</c><00:42:42.090><c> poor</c><00:42:42.329><c> service,</c>

00:42:43.469 --> 00:42:46.769
but<00:42:43.989><c> it</c><00:42:44.070><c> was</c><00:42:44.250><c> a</c><00:42:44.409><c> temple.</c><00:42:45.449><c> And</c><00:42:45.449><c> when</c><00:42:45.949><c> you</c><00:42:46.110><c> go</c><00:42:46.210><c> from</c><00:42:46.349><c> the</c><00:42:46.570><c> first</c>

00:42:46.769 --> 00:42:48.969
vision<00:42:47.150><c> to</c><00:42:47.590><c> the</c><00:42:47.789><c> fourth</c><00:42:48.030><c> vision,</c>

00:42:49.449 --> 00:42:52.829
it's<00:42:49.829><c> typically</c><00:42:50.190><c> Ezekiel</c><00:42:50.710><c> to</c><00:42:50.849><c> give</c><00:42:51.010><c> the</c><00:42:51.210><c> absolute</c><00:42:51.550><c> contrast,</c>

00:42:54.110 --> 00:42:56.289
to<00:42:54.269><c> give</c><00:42:54.389><c> the</c><00:42:54.670><c> other</c><00:42:54.929><c> side</c><00:42:55.170><c> of</c><00:42:55.289><c> it,</c><00:42:55.409><c> the</c><00:42:55.789><c> change.</c>

00:42:56.349 --> 00:42:59.829
It's<00:42:56.590><c> a</c><00:42:56.710><c> temple.</c><00:42:57.050><c> It's</c><00:42:57.110><c> a</c><00:42:57.289><c> structure</c><00:42:57.710><c> which</c><00:42:58.630><c> was</c><00:42:58.909><c> there</c><00:42:59.170><c> debased</c><00:42:59.590><c> and</c>

00:42:59.829 --> 00:43:01.969
defamed,<00:43:00.510><c> but</c><00:43:00.730><c> now</c><00:43:01.030><c> it's</c><00:43:01.269><c> another</c><00:43:01.530><c> structure,</c>

00:43:02.090 --> 00:43:04.829
a<00:43:02.170><c> much</c><00:43:02.309><c> more</c><00:43:02.610><c> glorious</c><00:43:02.869><c> structure</c><00:43:03.389><c> there</c><00:43:04.190><c> in</c><00:43:04.389><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:43:04.829 --> 00:43:08.610
with<00:43:05.690><c> pure</c><00:43:06.110><c> worship,</c><00:43:07.190><c> with</c><00:43:07.369><c> living</c><00:43:07.610><c> waters,</c>

00:43:09.289 --> 00:43:13.269
with<00:43:09.889><c> all</c><00:43:10.190><c> these</c><00:43:10.989><c> positive</c><00:43:11.530><c> characteristics</c><00:43:12.150><c> which</c><00:43:12.449><c> were</c><00:43:12.670><c> denied</c><00:43:13.090><c> or</c>

00:43:13.269 --> 00:43:14.630
which<00:43:13.389><c> were</c><00:43:13.590><c> not</c><00:43:13.889><c> there</c><00:43:14.110><c> in</c><00:43:14.309><c> the</c><00:43:14.449><c> case</c>

00:43:14.630 --> 00:43:19.750
of<00:43:15.389><c> the</c><00:43:15.469><c> first</c><00:43:15.750><c> temple.</c><00:43:17.210><c> And</c><00:43:17.409><c> I</c><00:43:17.489><c> just</c><00:43:17.929><c> feel</c><00:43:18.190><c> that</c><00:43:18.469><c> it's</c>

00:43:19.750 --> 00:43:23.730
literal,<00:43:20.989><c> debased,</c><00:43:22.670><c> literal</c><00:43:22.670><c> purified.</c>

00:43:24.530 --> 00:43:29.929
It's<00:43:25.130><c> the</c><00:43:25.269><c> issue</c><00:43:25.550><c> of</c><00:43:25.849><c> symmetry</c><00:43:26.250><c> in</c><00:43:26.550><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:43:27.110><c> prophecy.</c><00:43:28.670><c> I</c><00:43:28.889><c> think</c><00:43:29.070><c> to</c><00:43:29.489><c> break</c><00:43:29.730><c> a</c>

00:43:29.929 --> 00:43:32.010
symmetry<00:43:30.389><c> in</c><00:43:31.170><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:43:31.829><c> prophecy</c>

00:43:32.010 --> 00:43:35.110
is<00:43:32.269><c> to</c><00:43:32.449><c> break</c><00:43:32.590><c> all</c><00:43:32.949><c> kinds</c><00:43:33.190><c> of</c><00:43:33.389><c> symmetries.</c><00:43:34.090><c> When</c><00:43:34.570><c> things</c><00:43:34.829><c> came</c>

00:43:35.110 --> 00:43:37.409
to<00:43:35.289><c> Ezekiel</c><00:43:35.730><c> and</c><00:43:36.210><c> vision</c><00:43:36.449><c> came</c><00:43:36.789><c> and</c><00:43:36.929><c> it</c><00:43:37.150><c> left</c>

00:43:37.409 --> 00:43:40.849
and<00:43:37.650><c> it</c><00:43:37.769><c> went</c><00:43:37.909><c> like</c><00:43:38.230><c> this</c><00:43:38.389><c> and</c><00:43:38.530><c> it</c><00:43:38.670><c> went</c><00:43:38.809><c> backwards</c><00:43:38.909><c> and</c><00:43:39.150><c> forwards,</c><00:43:39.449><c> it's</c>

00:43:40.849 --> 00:43:42.230
always<00:43:40.849><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:43:41.369><c> full</c><00:43:41.550><c> of</c><00:43:41.829><c> pictures</c>

00:43:42.230 --> 00:43:49.449
of<00:43:42.989><c> things</c><00:43:43.289><c> impure</c><00:43:43.789><c> then</c><00:43:44.050><c> pure,</c><00:43:45.829><c> but</c><00:43:45.989><c> the</c><00:43:46.110><c> substance</c><00:43:46.429><c> being</c><00:43:46.670><c> there.</c><00:43:48.409><c> And</c><00:43:48.690><c> that</c><00:43:48.769><c> is</c><00:43:48.909><c> why</c><00:43:49.190><c> I</c>

00:43:49.449 --> 00:43:50.630
feel,<00:43:49.789><c> I</c><00:43:49.989><c> really</c><00:43:50.269><c> do</c><00:43:50.469><c> feel,</c>

00:43:50.650 --> 00:43:55.929
in<00:43:50.789><c> fact</c><00:43:50.929><c> I</c><00:43:51.170><c> feel</c><00:43:51.809><c> it's</c><00:43:53.769><c> as</c><00:43:53.969><c> a</c><00:43:54.070><c> point</c><00:43:54.190><c> of</c><00:43:54.469><c> interpretation</c><00:43:55.010><c> of</c>

00:43:55.929 --> 00:44:01.989
the<00:43:56.030><c> book</c><00:43:56.269><c> itself,</c><00:43:58.429><c> that's</c><00:43:58.630><c> the</c><00:43:58.730><c> way</c><00:43:58.869><c> we</c><00:44:00.210><c> are</c><00:44:00.389><c> led</c><00:44:00.710><c> to</c><00:44:01.750><c> think</c>

00:44:01.989 --> 00:44:12.289
in<00:44:02.309><c> terms</c><00:44:02.630><c> of</c><00:44:02.969><c> a</c><00:44:03.489><c> temple</c><00:44:03.849><c> established</c><00:44:04.409><c> in</c><00:44:04.610><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:44:05.610><c> purified,</c><00:44:06.289><c> glorious,</c><00:44:08.469><c> and</c><00:44:09.829><c> there</c><00:44:10.510><c> the</c><00:44:11.650><c> Lord</c><00:44:11.929><c> in</c>

00:44:12.289 --> 00:44:13.690
fact<00:44:12.550><c> will</c><00:44:12.869><c> dwell.</c>

00:44:15.489 --> 00:44:18.090
Now<00:44:15.769><c> that's</c><00:44:15.889><c> not</c><00:44:16.050><c> to</c><00:44:16.269><c> say</c><00:44:16.389><c> as</c><00:44:16.570><c> we</c><00:44:16.750><c> close,</c><00:44:17.030><c> brethren,</c><00:44:17.369><c> that</c><00:44:17.389><c> there</c><00:44:17.829><c> are</c>

00:44:18.090 --> 00:44:20.170
not<00:44:18.250><c> many</c><00:44:18.530><c> difficulties</c><00:44:18.889><c> with</c><00:44:19.090><c> this</c><00:44:19.250><c> passage.</c>

00:44:20.449 --> 00:44:25.150
There<00:44:20.590><c> are</c><00:44:20.989><c> clearly</c><00:44:21.309><c> some</c><00:44:21.630><c> symbolic</c><00:44:22.030><c> elements</c><00:44:22.429><c> in</c><00:44:22.670><c> this.</c><00:44:24.789><c> There</c><00:44:25.050><c> are</c>

00:44:25.150 --> 00:44:26.769
some<00:44:25.409><c> symbolic</c><00:44:25.809><c> elements</c><00:44:26.190><c> in</c><00:44:26.510><c> it,</c>

00:44:26.769 --> 00:44:30.829
but<00:44:27.090><c> as</c><00:44:27.849><c> the</c><00:44:28.050><c> worst</c><00:44:28.230><c> symbolic</c><00:44:28.630><c> elements</c><00:44:29.010><c> in</c><00:44:29.170><c> the</c><00:44:29.309><c> first</c><00:44:29.510><c> temple,</c><00:44:30.210><c> it</c><00:44:30.530><c> seems</c><00:44:30.710><c> to</c>

00:44:30.829 --> 00:44:31.750
me<00:44:30.909><c> without</c><00:44:31.190><c> question,</c>

00:44:32.210 --> 00:44:36.210
but<00:44:32.309><c> the</c><00:44:32.469><c> structure,</c><00:44:33.909><c> the</c><00:44:34.329><c> nature</c><00:44:34.690><c> of</c><00:44:34.849><c> this</c><00:44:34.989><c> temple</c><00:44:35.650><c> seems</c><00:44:36.090><c> to</c>

00:44:36.210 --> 00:44:41.269
be<00:44:38.329><c> the</c><00:44:38.630><c> converse</c><00:44:39.190><c> of</c><00:44:39.349><c> what</c><00:44:39.530><c> was</c><00:44:39.789><c> there</c><00:44:39.909><c> in</c><00:44:40.050><c> the</c><00:44:40.170><c> first</c><00:44:40.369><c> chapter,</c>

00:44:41.389 --> 00:44:46.550
the<00:44:41.489><c> temple</c><00:44:42.050><c> of</c><00:44:42.530><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:44:43.030><c> prophecy,</c><00:44:43.289><c> the</c><00:44:43.469><c> glorious</c><00:44:43.829><c> temple.</c><00:44:46.429><c> And</c>

00:44:46.550 --> 00:44:48.130
whether<00:44:46.670><c> one</c><00:44:46.849><c> puts</c><00:44:47.070><c> the</c><00:44:47.289><c> construct</c><00:44:47.630><c> exactly</c>

00:44:48.130 --> 00:44:51.030
as<00:44:48.349><c> some</c><00:44:48.570><c> of</c><00:44:48.750><c> our</c><00:44:48.750><c> traditional</c><00:44:49.150><c> writers</c><00:44:49.449><c> have</c><00:44:49.690><c> put</c><00:44:49.869><c> it,</c><00:44:50.610><c> whether</c><00:44:50.809><c> it's</c>

00:44:51.030 --> 00:44:52.670
exactly<00:44:51.329><c> the</c><00:44:51.570><c> picture</c><00:44:51.869><c> which</c><00:44:52.090><c> we</c><00:44:52.389><c> see,</c>

00:44:52.670 --> 00:44:54.829
for<00:44:52.849><c> example</c><00:44:53.090><c> in</c><00:44:53.250><c> Brother</c><00:44:53.449><c> Saleh's</c><00:44:53.889><c> work,</c><00:44:54.230><c> is</c><00:44:54.269><c> up</c><00:44:54.489><c> for</c><00:44:54.610><c> all</c><00:44:54.750><c> of</c>

00:44:54.829 --> 00:44:57.449
us<00:44:54.969><c> to</c><00:44:55.110><c> look</c><00:44:55.269><c> at.</c><00:44:56.050><c> We</c><00:44:56.190><c> have</c><00:44:56.329><c> to</c><00:44:56.469><c> think</c><00:44:56.610><c> about</c><00:44:56.809><c> these</c><00:44:57.030><c> things.</c>

00:44:57.730 --> 00:45:01.170
It<00:44:57.849><c> may</c><00:44:58.030><c> not</c><00:44:58.269><c> be.</c><00:44:59.130><c> Perhaps</c><00:44:59.369><c> he</c><00:44:59.550><c> had</c><00:44:59.989><c> some</c><00:45:00.449><c> details</c><00:45:00.809><c> which</c><00:45:01.010><c> are</c>

00:45:01.170 --> 00:45:02.630
right,<00:45:01.309><c> some</c><00:45:01.510><c> not</c><00:45:01.650><c> so</c><00:45:01.869><c> right.</c>

00:45:03.150 --> 00:45:06.289
What<00:45:03.530><c> do</c><00:45:03.690><c> we</c><00:45:03.949><c> understand</c><00:45:04.250><c> by</c><00:45:04.469><c> sacrifices?</c><00:45:04.989><c> There</c><00:45:05.170><c> are</c><00:45:05.289><c> certain</c><00:45:05.469><c> elements</c><00:45:05.949><c> about</c>

00:45:06.289 --> 00:45:07.690
it<00:45:06.409><c> which</c><00:45:06.630><c> raise</c><00:45:07.150><c> questions</c>

00:45:07.690 --> 00:45:11.750
which<00:45:07.889><c> we</c><00:45:08.050><c> could</c><00:45:08.170><c> discuss</c><00:45:08.530><c> in</c><00:45:08.750><c> other</c><00:45:08.909><c> classes</c><00:45:09.289><c> maybe,</c><00:45:10.590><c> but</c><00:45:11.570><c> I</c>

00:45:11.750 --> 00:45:15.489
do<00:45:11.949><c> feel</c><00:45:12.130><c> that</c><00:45:12.349><c> here</c><00:45:12.469><c> is</c><00:45:12.650><c> the</c><00:45:12.789><c> vision</c><00:45:13.269><c> of</c><00:45:13.849><c> a</c><00:45:14.030><c> glorious</c><00:45:14.449><c> moment,</c>

00:45:15.690 --> 00:45:22.710
a<00:45:16.250><c> glorious</c><00:45:16.670><c> moment</c><00:45:17.050><c> when</c><00:45:17.429><c> through</c><00:45:17.949><c> all</c><00:45:18.309><c> that</c><00:45:18.590><c> travail</c><00:45:18.869><c> of</c><00:45:19.070><c> Israel,</c><00:45:19.570><c> all</c><00:45:19.750><c> its</c><00:45:19.989><c> history,</c><00:45:21.989><c> all</c><00:45:22.130><c> the</c><00:45:22.389><c> horrors</c><00:45:22.550><c> of</c>

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leave<00:47:44.150><c> this</c><00:47:44.349><c> Bible</c><00:47:44.650><c> school</c>

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vision<00:48:36.849><c> the</c><00:48:37.010><c> people</c><00:48:37.170><c> perish</c>

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this<00:48:48.590><c> is</c><00:48:48.750><c> the</c><00:48:48.889><c> promise</c><00:48:49.110><c> of</c><00:48:49.329><c> the</c><00:48:49.550><c> book</c><00:48:49.750><c> of</c><00:48:49.929><c> Ezekiel</c><00:48:50.309><c> that</c><00:48:50.469><c> we</c><00:48:50.769><c> can</c><00:48:50.929><c> actually</c><00:48:51.210><c> be</c><00:48:51.449><c> there</c>

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we<00:48:51.849><c> can</c><00:48:52.110><c> see</c><00:48:52.269><c> it,</c><00:48:52.510><c> we</c><00:48:52.550><c> can</c><00:48:52.690><c> see</c><00:48:52.869><c> the</c><00:48:53.369><c> king</c><00:48:53.550><c> and</c><00:48:53.690><c> his</c><00:48:53.869><c> glory</c>

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and<00:48:55.710><c> we</c><00:48:55.829><c> can</c><00:48:56.050><c> see</c><00:48:56.250><c> this</c><00:48:56.670><c> place</c><00:48:57.010><c> of</c><00:48:57.269><c> worship</c><00:48:57.530><c> where</c><00:48:58.150><c> people</c><00:48:58.389><c> will</c><00:48:58.570><c> not</c>

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be<00:48:58.889><c> repulsed</c><00:48:59.289><c> by</c><00:48:59.489><c> Israel</c>

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these<00:49:00.070><c> nations,</c><00:49:00.849><c> but</c><00:49:01.190><c> again</c><00:49:01.670><c> as</c><00:49:01.869><c> a</c><00:49:02.070><c> contrast,</c><00:49:02.849><c> nations</c><00:49:03.329><c> will</c>

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come<00:49:03.710><c> up</c><00:49:03.889><c> to</c><00:49:04.090><c> Israel</c>

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they'll<00:49:04.730><c> come</c><00:49:04.889><c> up</c><00:49:05.070><c> to</c><00:49:05.170><c> the</c><00:49:05.309><c> mountain</c><00:49:05.469><c> of</c><00:49:05.650><c> the</c><00:49:05.710><c> Lord</c><00:49:05.849><c> to</c><00:49:06.090><c> worship</c><00:49:06.449><c> the</c><00:49:07.349><c> Lord,</c><00:49:07.730><c> the</c><00:49:07.730><c> God</c><00:49:07.869><c> of</c><00:49:07.989><c> hosts</c>

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the<00:49:11.469><c> worshippers</c><00:49:11.929><c> of</c><00:49:12.769><c> Israel's</c><00:49:13.250><c> God</c>

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this<00:49:15.070><c> is</c><00:49:15.269><c> our</c><00:49:15.409><c> hope,</c><00:49:16.329><c> we</c><00:49:16.389><c> can</c><00:49:16.510><c> be</c><00:49:16.710><c> there</c><00:49:16.909><c> brothers</c><00:49:17.130><c> and</c><00:49:17.329><c> sisters</c>

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if<00:49:17.630><c> we</c><00:49:17.769><c> hold</c><00:49:17.969><c> on</c><00:49:18.349><c> in</c><00:49:18.650><c> faith,</c><00:49:19.269><c> we</c><00:49:19.329><c> can</c><00:49:19.469><c> be</c><00:49:19.690><c> there,</c><00:49:20.690><c> we</c><00:49:20.829><c> can</c><00:49:20.949><c> be</c><00:49:21.070><c> there</c>

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we<00:49:21.590><c> can,</c><00:49:21.969><c> we</c><00:49:22.090><c> can</c><00:49:22.210><c> really</c><00:49:22.409><c> be</c><00:49:22.610><c> there</c>

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and<00:49:24.110><c> we</c><00:49:24.210><c> can</c><00:49:24.469><c> see</c><00:49:25.130><c> the</c><00:49:25.329><c> king</c><00:49:25.449><c> and</c><00:49:25.570><c> his</c><00:49:25.710><c> glory,</c><00:49:26.230><c> we</c><00:49:26.250><c> can</c><00:49:26.349><c> see</c>

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this<00:49:26.590><c> beautiful</c><00:49:26.949><c> temple</c>

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and<00:49:28.710><c> most</c><00:49:28.929><c> of</c><00:49:29.110><c> all</c><00:49:29.190><c> we</c><00:49:29.269><c> can</c><00:49:29.469><c> see</c><00:49:29.610><c> the</c><00:49:29.789><c> face</c><00:49:29.949><c> of</c><00:49:30.110><c> our</c><00:49:30.269><c> Lord</c>

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Thanks<00:49:58.409><c> for</c><00:49:58.409><c> watching!</c>