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and<00:11:48.960><c> they</c><00:11:49.120><c> come</c><00:11:49.340><c> from</c><00:11:49.600><c> tribes</c><00:11:50.059><c> which</c><00:11:50.500><c> had</c><00:11:50.799><c> supplied</c><00:11:51.220><c> the</c><00:11:51.559><c> faithful</c><00:11:52.000><c> men</c>

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on<00:11:52.679><c> the</c><00:11:52.899><c> first</c><00:11:53.200><c> excursion</c><00:11:53.820><c> with</c><00:11:54.080><c> the</c><00:11:54.220><c> spies,</c><00:11:55.600><c> Judah</c><00:11:56.159><c> and</c><00:11:56.539><c> Ephraim.</c>

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The<00:11:59.000><c> man</c><00:11:59.220><c> from</c><00:11:59.440><c> Judah</c><00:11:59.820><c> is</c><00:12:00.259><c> Salomon,</c><00:12:02.220><c> and</c><00:12:02.360><c> he</c><00:12:02.639><c> marries,</c><00:12:03.000><c> I</c><00:12:03.259><c> suggest</c><00:12:03.700><c> to</c>

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you,<00:12:05.039><c> the</c><00:12:05.220><c> harlot</c><00:12:05.700><c> Rahab,</c>

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to<00:12:07.919><c> whom</c><00:12:08.100><c> he</c><00:12:08.299><c> was</c><00:12:08.559><c> introduced</c><00:12:09.100><c> when</c><00:12:09.279><c> they</c><00:12:09.500><c> came</c><00:12:09.720><c> into</c><00:12:10.000><c> the</c><00:12:10.179><c> city,</c><00:12:10.600><c> and</c>

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she<00:12:11.120><c> said</c><00:12:11.340><c> hide</c><00:12:11.720><c> here,</c>

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and<00:12:13.179><c> then</c><00:12:13.399><c> she</c><00:12:13.639><c> allowed</c><00:12:13.840><c> them</c><00:12:14.899><c> to</c><00:12:15.120><c> escape,</c><00:12:16.059><c> and</c><00:12:16.259><c> this</c><00:12:16.659><c> spy,</c><00:12:17.019><c> I</c>

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suggest<00:12:17.419><c> Salomon,</c><00:12:18.159><c> fell</c><00:12:18.460><c> in</c><00:12:18.659><c> love</c><00:12:18.820><c> with</c><00:12:19.080><c> Rahab,</c>

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and<00:12:21.220><c> said,</c><00:12:23.159><c> when</c><00:12:23.399><c> the</c><00:12:23.659><c> city</c><00:12:23.919><c> is</c><00:12:24.960><c> taken,</c><00:12:26.100><c> you</c><00:12:26.419><c> stay</c><00:12:26.700><c> in</c><00:12:26.960><c> here</c><00:12:27.179><c> and</c><00:12:27.320><c> you</c><00:12:27.440><c> will</c><00:12:27.620><c> be</c><00:12:27.919><c> safe.</c>

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Ah,<00:12:29.740><c> brother</c><00:12:29.919><c> and</c><00:12:30.120><c> sisters,</c><00:12:30.799><c> there</c><00:12:30.960><c> are</c><00:12:31.340><c> so</c><00:12:32.000><c> many</c><00:12:32.440><c> avenues</c><00:12:32.940><c> where</c><00:12:33.440><c> we're</c><00:12:33.639><c> tempted</c><00:12:33.919><c> to</c>

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go<00:12:34.320><c> down</c><00:12:34.600><c> here,</c>

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but<00:12:35.960><c> isn't</c><00:12:36.159><c> it</c><00:12:36.379><c> a</c><00:12:36.500><c> wonderful</c><00:12:36.860><c> thing,</c><00:12:38.500><c> this</c><00:12:39.059><c> story</c><00:12:39.740><c> of</c><00:12:39.960><c> God?</c>

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I<00:12:42.799><c> mean,</c><00:12:43.440><c> wise</c><00:12:43.519><c> men</c><00:12:43.720><c> everywhere</c><00:12:44.700><c> tell</c><00:12:45.620><c> you</c><00:12:45.860><c> that</c><00:12:46.100><c> if</c><00:12:47.159><c> there</c><00:12:47.360><c> is</c>

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going<00:12:47.620><c> to</c><00:12:47.740><c> be</c><00:12:47.879><c> an</c><00:12:48.039><c> earthquake</c><00:12:48.460><c> or</c><00:12:48.779><c> an</c><00:12:48.940><c> earth</c><00:12:49.139><c> tremor,</c>

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move<00:12:50.440><c> away</c><00:12:50.679><c> from</c><00:12:50.879><c> high</c><00:12:51.159><c>-rise</c><00:12:51.340><c> buildings.</c>

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It's<00:12:54.419><c> good</c><00:12:54.600><c> sense,</c><00:12:55.559><c> when</c><00:12:55.799><c> buildings</c><00:12:56.259><c> begin</c><00:12:56.700><c> to</c><00:12:57.600><c> rock</c><00:12:57.820><c> and</c><00:12:58.039><c> roll,</c><00:12:58.440><c> get</c>

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out<00:12:58.919><c> into</c><00:12:59.139><c> the</c><00:12:59.360><c> field,</c><00:13:00.980><c> you're</c><00:13:01.240><c> safe</c><00:13:01.539><c> there,</c>

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and<00:13:03.179><c> if</c><00:13:03.240><c> you</c><00:13:03.460><c> don't,</c><00:13:03.879><c> you're</c><00:13:04.919><c> stupid.</c>

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And<00:13:07.059><c> Rahab</c><00:13:07.279><c> did</c><00:13:07.460><c> the</c><00:13:07.639><c> stupid</c><00:13:07.919><c> thing</c><00:13:08.139><c> and</c><00:13:08.340><c> lived,</c><00:13:08.539><c> and</c><00:13:08.700><c> everybody</c><00:13:08.980><c> else</c>

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did<00:13:09.299><c> the</c><00:13:09.460><c> wise</c><00:13:09.620><c> thing</c><00:13:09.860><c> and</c><00:13:10.059><c> died.</c>

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And<00:13:11.620><c> the</c><00:13:11.720><c> lesson</c><00:13:11.919><c> is</c><00:13:12.100><c> this,</c><00:13:12.460><c> brother</c><00:13:12.519><c> and</c><00:13:12.659><c> sisters,</c><00:13:13.059><c> when</c><00:13:13.200><c> the</c>

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father<00:13:13.580><c> commands</c><00:13:13.899><c> us</c><00:13:14.120><c> something,</c>

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however<00:13:14.940><c> crazy</c><00:13:15.399><c> it</c><00:13:15.600><c> might</c><00:13:15.860><c> seem,</c><00:13:16.500><c> we're</c><00:13:16.960><c> duty</c><00:13:17.220><c>-bound</c><00:13:17.559><c> to</c><00:13:17.820><c> obey,</c><00:13:18.440><c> or</c>

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we're<00:13:18.799><c> dead</c><00:13:18.960><c> men.</c>

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And<00:13:20.620><c> the</c><00:13:20.759><c> bottom</c><00:13:20.960><c> line,</c><00:13:21.220><c> of</c><00:13:21.440><c> course,</c><00:13:21.700><c> is</c><00:13:21.940><c> how</c><00:13:22.179><c> can</c><00:13:22.440><c> somebody</c><00:13:22.679><c> on</c><00:13:22.879><c> a</c>

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cross<00:13:23.120><c> save</c><00:13:23.460><c> me?</c>

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And<00:13:25.919><c> the</c><00:13:26.059><c> father</c><00:13:26.240><c> says</c><00:13:26.500><c> he</c><00:13:26.659><c> will,</c><00:13:26.899><c> and</c><00:13:27.100><c> he</c><00:13:27.259><c> did,</c><00:13:27.440><c> and</c><00:13:27.559><c> he</c><00:13:27.700><c> does.</c>

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God's<00:13:30.559><c> advice,</c><00:13:31.179><c> often,</c><00:13:31.779><c> we're</c><00:13:32.019><c> going</c><00:13:32.080><c> to</c><00:13:32.259><c> see</c><00:13:32.379><c> this</c><00:13:32.539><c> in</c><00:13:32.740><c> Matthew</c><00:13:33.019><c> very</c><00:13:33.340><c> often,</c>

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God's<00:13:34.460><c> advice</c><00:13:34.840><c> often</c><00:13:35.500><c> conflicts</c><00:13:36.220><c> with</c><00:13:36.720><c> the</c><00:13:37.019><c> advice</c><00:13:37.440><c> given</c><00:13:37.860><c> by</c>

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wise<00:13:39.259><c> men,</c>

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and<00:13:40.960><c> wise</c><00:13:41.220><c> men</c><00:13:41.440><c> are</c><00:13:41.639><c> wrong</c><00:13:41.960><c> and</c><00:13:42.259><c> God</c><00:13:42.519><c> is</c><00:13:42.759><c> right.</c>

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And<00:13:44.980><c> so</c><00:13:45.220><c> Salman,</c><00:13:45.700><c> I</c><00:13:46.000><c> suggest</c><00:13:46.340><c> to</c><00:13:46.620><c> you,</c><00:13:47.580><c> from</c><00:13:47.820><c> Judah,</c><00:13:49.360><c> which</c><00:13:49.559><c> is</c>

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a<00:13:49.940><c> king,</c><00:13:51.019><c> represents</c><00:13:51.500><c> Jesus,</c>

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and<00:13:53.559><c> Rahab,</c><00:13:55.460><c> the</c><00:13:55.700><c> harlot,</c><00:13:56.840><c> the</c><00:13:56.980><c> gentile,</c><00:13:58.519><c> that</c><00:13:58.940><c> disowned</c><00:13:59.480><c> by</c>

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every<00:14:00.240><c> nation,</c><00:14:01.779><c> becomes</c><00:14:02.019><c> the</c><00:14:02.240><c> wife</c><00:14:02.399><c> of</c><00:14:02.559><c> the</c><00:14:02.679><c> king.</c>

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Salman<00:14:04.919><c> and</c><00:14:06.480><c> Rahab,</c><00:14:08.720><c> thank</c><00:14:09.039><c> you</c><00:14:09.240><c> very</c><00:14:09.500><c> much,</c><00:14:09.679><c> Matthew,</c><00:14:10.919><c> we're</c>

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indebted<00:14:11.620><c> to</c><00:14:11.840><c> you.</c>

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Two<00:14:14.820><c> more</c><00:14:15.179><c> along</c><00:14:15.659><c> this</c><00:14:15.879><c> line,</c><00:14:16.259><c> please.</c>

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Verse<00:14:17.919><c> five,</c><00:14:18.200><c> we've</c><00:14:18.460><c> already</c><00:14:18.720><c> read</c><00:14:18.879><c> it,</c><00:14:19.019><c> so</c><00:14:19.159><c> we</c><00:14:19.299><c> needn't</c><00:14:19.580><c> do</c>

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it<00:14:19.759><c> again.</c>

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Boaz<00:14:21.019><c> beget</c><00:14:21.340><c> Obed</c><00:14:21.720><c> of</c><00:14:22.019><c> Ruth.</c>

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Now,<00:14:24.100><c> why</c><00:14:24.419><c> is</c><00:14:24.639><c> that</c><00:14:24.899><c> strange?</c>

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You<00:14:27.240><c> people</c><00:14:27.580><c> who</c><00:14:27.799><c> are</c><00:14:27.980><c> expert</c><00:14:28.299><c> with</c><00:14:28.480><c> the</c><00:14:28.600><c> word</c><00:14:28.720><c> of</c><00:14:28.919><c> God</c><00:14:29.019><c> in</c>

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your<00:14:29.379><c> hands,</c>

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why<00:14:31.080><c> does</c><00:14:31.460><c> that</c><00:14:31.840><c> ring</c><00:14:32.059><c> a</c><00:14:32.460><c> discordant</c><00:14:33.059><c> note?</c><00:14:33.539><c> Because</c><00:14:33.799><c> it</c><00:14:34.019><c> should.</c>

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Boaz<00:14:36.720><c> beget</c><00:14:37.179><c> Obed</c><00:14:37.860><c> of</c><00:14:38.399><c> Ruth.</c>

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It's<00:14:41.320><c> strange,</c><00:14:41.820><c> brethren</c><00:14:42.159><c> and</c><00:14:42.399><c> sisters,</c><00:14:42.759><c> because</c><00:14:43.200><c> Obed</c><00:14:44.440><c> should</c><00:14:44.919><c> have</c>

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belonged<00:14:45.480><c> to</c><00:14:45.879><c> Marlon.</c>

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You<00:14:48.779><c> know</c><00:14:49.240><c> the</c><00:14:49.539><c> rules</c><00:14:49.879><c> of</c><00:14:50.120><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:14:50.519><c> well</c><00:14:50.759><c> explained</c><00:14:51.179><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:14:51.799><c> 25</c><00:14:52.299><c> and</c><00:14:52.480><c> verse</c><00:14:52.679><c> 6,</c>

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that<00:14:53.360><c> if</c><00:14:53.559><c> a</c><00:14:53.700><c> man</c><00:14:53.940><c> dies,</c><00:14:55.820><c> childless,</c><00:14:56.820><c> his</c><00:14:57.120><c> brother</c><00:14:57.379><c> shall</c><00:14:57.740><c> take</c>

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his<00:14:59.240><c> dead</c><00:14:59.659><c> brother's</c><00:15:00.179><c> wife,</c>

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and<00:15:01.639><c> the</c><00:15:01.860><c> union</c><00:15:02.200><c> which</c><00:15:02.460><c> brings</c><00:15:02.820><c> about</c><00:15:03.179><c> children</c><00:15:03.860><c> will</c><00:15:04.440><c> bear</c>

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the<00:15:04.980><c> name</c><00:15:05.179><c> not</c><00:15:05.440><c> of</c><00:15:05.659><c> the</c><00:15:05.919><c> father,</c>

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but<00:15:06.860><c> of</c><00:15:07.059><c> the</c><00:15:07.279><c> first</c><00:15:07.559><c> husband</c><00:15:07.980><c> who</c><00:15:08.299><c> died.</c>

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Obed<00:15:13.700><c> should</c><00:15:14.059><c> have</c><00:15:14.379><c> belonged</c><00:15:14.759><c> to</c><00:15:15.200><c> Marlon,</c><00:15:16.779><c> but</c><00:15:16.980><c> God</c><00:15:17.299><c> changes</c>

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the<00:15:18.100><c> rules</c><00:15:18.399><c> by</c><00:15:18.779><c> his</c><00:15:19.120><c> grace</c>

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to<00:15:20.980><c> deny</c><00:15:21.580><c> faithless</c><00:15:22.340><c> Marlon</c><00:15:23.220><c> a</c><00:15:24.259><c> place</c><00:15:24.460><c> in</c><00:15:24.639><c> the</c><00:15:24.799><c> record,</c><00:15:25.840><c> but</c><00:15:26.120><c> give</c><00:15:26.360><c> a</c>

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place<00:15:26.759><c> to</c><00:15:27.100><c> Ruth.</c>

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Again,<00:15:31.779><c> Boaz,</c><00:15:32.679><c> Judah,</c><00:15:34.139><c> marries</c><00:15:34.379><c> the</c><00:15:34.679><c> accursed</c><00:15:35.519><c> Moabite</c><00:15:36.600><c> to</c>

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produce<00:15:37.580><c> the</c><00:15:37.799><c> king.</c>

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Just<00:15:41.080><c> one</c><00:15:41.299><c> more.</c><00:15:42.799><c> Bathsheba</c><00:15:43.399><c> is</c><00:15:44.080><c> in</c><00:15:44.279><c> the</c><00:15:44.399><c> line</c><00:15:44.539><c> as</c><00:15:44.799><c> well.</c>

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The<00:15:46.220><c> adulteress</c><00:15:47.279><c> in</c><00:15:47.820><c> the</c><00:15:48.039><c> line</c><00:15:48.200><c> of</c><00:15:48.419><c> Jesus.</c>

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Well,<00:15:50.620><c> that's</c><00:15:50.779><c> not</c><00:15:50.940><c> how</c><00:15:51.100><c> we</c><00:15:51.299><c> would</c><00:15:51.480><c> have</c><00:15:51.559><c> written</c><00:15:51.779><c> it.</c>

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We<00:15:53.720><c> would</c><00:15:54.220><c> have</c><00:15:54.480><c> certainly</c><00:15:55.240><c> had</c><00:15:55.460><c> Rahab</c><00:15:55.840><c> out</c><00:15:56.080><c> of</c><00:15:56.179><c> the</c><00:15:56.299><c> way.</c>

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Certainly<00:15:57.799><c> wouldn't</c><00:15:58.100><c> have</c><00:15:58.179><c> put</c><00:15:58.320><c> a</c><00:15:58.720><c> blue</c><00:15:59.039><c> line</c><00:15:59.379><c> through</c><00:15:59.659><c> Bathsheba.</c>

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My<00:16:00.899><c> goodness,</c><00:16:01.360><c> may</c><00:16:01.440><c> the</c><00:16:01.980><c> law</c><00:16:02.179><c> condemn</c><00:16:02.679><c> her</c><00:16:02.840><c> to</c><00:16:03.080><c> death.</c>

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And<00:16:04.379><c> here</c><00:16:04.600><c> she</c><00:16:04.759><c> is</c><00:16:04.919><c> in</c><00:16:05.019><c> the</c><00:16:05.179><c> line</c><00:16:05.320><c> of</c><00:16:05.539><c> Messiah.</c>

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The<00:16:08.519><c> three</c><00:16:08.639><c> women</c><00:16:09.460><c> there,</c><00:16:11.039><c> all</c><00:16:11.460><c> condemned</c><00:16:12.000><c> by</c><00:16:12.279><c> men</c><00:16:12.919><c> and</c><00:16:14.159><c> elevated</c><00:16:14.620><c> by</c><00:16:14.980><c> God.</c>

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You<00:16:16.580><c> see,</c><00:16:16.799><c> the</c><00:16:16.919><c> law</c><00:16:17.059><c> decreed</c><00:16:17.480><c> that</c><00:16:18.000><c> Obed</c><00:16:18.259><c> belonged</c><00:16:18.559><c> to</c><00:16:18.779><c> Marlon</c>

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and<00:16:19.159><c> God</c><00:16:19.320><c> said</c><00:16:19.519><c> no</c><00:16:19.940><c> to</c><00:16:20.179><c> Boaz.</c>

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The<00:16:23.019><c> law</c><00:16:23.399><c> decreed</c><00:16:24.059><c> that</c><00:16:24.440><c> Ruth</c><00:16:24.639><c> was</c><00:16:24.940><c> banned</c><00:16:25.360><c> and</c><00:16:25.940><c> God</c><00:16:26.139><c> said</c><00:16:26.360><c> no,</c>

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admit<00:16:27.039><c> her.</c>

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Bathsheba<00:16:28.779><c> should</c><00:16:28.960><c> have</c><00:16:29.100><c> been</c><00:16:29.320><c> stoned</c><00:16:29.659><c> and</c><00:16:29.799><c> God</c><00:16:29.980><c> said</c><00:16:30.159><c> no,</c>

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bring<00:16:31.059><c> her</c><00:16:31.299><c> into</c><00:16:31.580><c> Messiah's</c><00:16:32.200><c> line.</c>

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This<00:16:33.600><c> is</c><00:16:33.759><c> the</c><00:16:33.899><c> point,</c><00:16:34.139><c> brethren</c><00:16:34.299><c> and</c><00:16:34.539><c> sisters,</c><00:16:34.960><c> this</c><00:16:35.220><c> is</c><00:16:35.899><c> the</c><00:16:35.980><c> point.</c>

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God<00:16:38.159><c> changes</c><00:16:38.799><c> the</c><00:16:39.120><c> law</c><00:16:39.679><c> for</c><00:16:41.039><c> his</c><00:16:41.340><c> grace.</c>

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Thank<00:16:44.220><c> God</c><00:16:44.679><c> he</c><00:16:44.940><c> does,</c><00:16:46.059><c> otherwise</c><00:16:46.519><c> we</c><00:16:46.759><c> are</c><00:16:47.100><c> doomed.</c>

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Do<00:16:50.519><c> you</c><00:16:50.919><c> see</c><00:16:51.139><c> the</c><00:16:51.899><c> skill</c><00:16:52.240><c> of</c><00:16:52.500><c> Matthew's</c><00:16:52.980><c> writing?</c>

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The<00:16:54.960><c> first</c><00:16:55.460><c> 17</c><00:16:56.159><c> verses</c><00:16:56.620><c> of</c><00:16:56.860><c> chapter</c><00:16:57.159><c> 1</c><00:16:57.919><c> tell</c><00:16:58.279><c> us</c><00:16:58.480><c> that</c><00:16:58.720><c> Jesus</c>

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is<00:16:59.500><c> the</c><00:16:59.620><c> son</c><00:16:59.820><c> of</c><00:16:59.940><c> David.</c>

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Verses<00:17:02.460><c> 18</c><00:17:02.940><c> through</c><00:17:03.220><c> 25,</c><00:17:03.940><c> the</c><00:17:04.140><c> second</c><00:17:04.359><c> half</c><00:17:04.599><c> of</c><00:17:04.779><c> the</c><00:17:04.900><c> chapter,</c>

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tell<00:17:05.839><c> us</c><00:17:06.039><c> that</c><00:17:06.220><c> Jesus</c><00:17:06.839><c> is</c><00:17:07.799><c> the</c><00:17:07.960><c> son</c><00:17:08.099><c> of</c><00:17:08.279><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:10.200><c> in</c><00:17:10.420><c> all</c><00:17:10.740><c> these,</c><00:17:11.220><c> brethren</c><00:17:11.240><c> and</c><00:17:11.500><c> sisters,</c><00:17:12.160><c> the</c><00:17:12.339><c> barriers</c>

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are<00:17:12.980><c> down,</c><00:17:13.539><c> that's</c><00:17:13.740><c> what</c><00:17:13.880><c> Matthew</c><00:17:14.240><c> is</c><00:17:14.440><c> saying.</c>

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Jew<00:17:15.660><c> and</c><00:17:15.880><c> Gentile,</c><00:17:16.519><c> no</c><00:17:16.619><c> such</c><00:17:16.880><c> thing,</c><00:17:17.380><c> bring</c><00:17:17.539><c> them</c><00:17:17.720><c> together.</c>

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Salmon<00:17:18.839><c> and</c><00:17:19.039><c> Boaz,</c><00:17:19.539><c> Rahab</c><00:17:19.799><c> and</c><00:17:19.960><c> Ruth,</c><00:17:20.660><c> bring</c><00:17:20.839><c> them</c><00:17:21.019><c> in.</c>

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The<00:17:22.299><c> barriers</c><00:17:22.519><c> are</c><00:17:22.779><c> down</c><00:17:22.960><c> between</c><00:17:23.519><c> male</c><00:17:23.839><c> and</c><00:17:24.119><c> female.</c>

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Women<00:17:25.900><c> in</c><00:17:26.099><c> the</c><00:17:26.180><c> line</c><00:17:26.400><c> of</c><00:17:26.599><c> Jesus,</c><00:17:27.359><c> staggering,</c><00:17:28.180><c> women</c><00:17:28.400><c> in</c><00:17:28.599><c> the</c>

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time<00:17:28.880><c> of</c><00:17:29.019><c> the</c><00:17:29.119><c> Lord</c><00:17:29.279><c> Jesus</c><00:17:29.640><c> Christ</c><00:17:29.960><c> were</c><00:17:30.180><c> valueless.</c>

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A<00:17:34.319><c> husband,</c><00:17:36.599><c> such</c><00:17:36.799><c> was</c><00:17:37.079><c> the</c><00:17:37.519><c> denigration</c><00:17:38.099><c> of</c><00:17:38.380><c> women</c><00:17:38.539><c> in</c><00:17:38.740><c> the</c>

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days<00:17:39.160><c> when</c><00:17:39.720><c> Jesus</c><00:17:40.259><c> lived,</c>

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a<00:17:41.160><c> husband</c><00:17:41.640><c> wouldn't</c><00:17:41.920><c> even</c><00:17:42.460><c> speak</c><00:17:42.799><c> to</c><00:17:43.000><c> his</c><00:17:43.220><c> wife</c><00:17:43.539><c> in</c><00:17:43.880><c> the</c><00:17:44.119><c> street</c><00:17:44.420><c> in</c><00:17:44.779><c> public.</c>

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If<00:17:46.319><c> you</c><00:17:46.440><c> wanted</c><00:17:46.859><c> communication,</c><00:17:48.019><c> you</c><00:17:48.099><c> went</c><00:17:48.299><c> into</c><00:17:48.500><c> your</c><00:17:48.640><c> house.</c>

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And<00:17:51.240><c> God</c><00:17:51.420><c> says,</c><00:17:52.140><c> bring</c><00:17:52.259><c> them</c><00:17:52.440><c> into</c><00:17:53.279><c> the</c><00:17:53.460><c> line</c><00:17:53.700><c> of</c><00:17:53.900><c> the</c><00:17:53.980><c> Lord</c><00:17:54.140><c> Jesus</c><00:17:54.539><c> Christ,</c><00:17:55.859><c> sinners</c><00:17:56.140><c> to</c><00:17:56.380><c> boot.</c>

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Barriers<00:17:58.359><c> are</c><00:17:58.619><c> down,</c><00:17:58.900><c> saints</c><00:17:59.380><c> and</c><00:17:59.920><c> sinners</c><00:18:00.319><c> are</c><00:18:00.700><c> together,</c>

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David<00:18:01.880><c> and</c><00:18:02.440><c> Bathsheba.</c>

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We<00:18:05.420><c> hear</c><00:18:05.559><c> the</c><00:18:05.700><c> Lord</c><00:18:05.859><c> Jesus</c><00:18:06.299><c> Christ</c><00:18:06.579><c> say</c><00:18:06.759><c> later,</c>

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I<00:18:07.779><c> came</c><00:18:08.119><c> not</c><00:18:08.339><c> to</c><00:18:08.579><c> call</c><00:18:08.740><c> the</c><00:18:08.980><c> righteous,</c><00:18:10.099><c> but</c><00:18:10.380><c> sinners</c><00:18:10.779><c> to</c><00:18:11.160><c> repentance.</c>

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And<00:18:14.440><c> we</c><00:18:14.599><c> learn</c><00:18:14.759><c> then</c><00:18:15.059><c> that</c><00:18:15.500><c> Joseph</c><00:18:15.920><c> was</c><00:18:16.460><c> betrothed</c><00:18:18.299><c> to</c><00:18:18.619><c> Mary.</c>

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There<00:18:21.039><c> were</c><00:18:21.220><c> three</c><00:18:21.539><c> steps</c><00:18:22.240><c> to</c><00:18:23.440><c> marriage</c><00:18:23.920><c> in</c><00:18:24.200><c> the</c><00:18:24.299><c> day</c><00:18:24.440><c> of</c><00:18:24.619><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:18:24.960><c> Jesus</c><00:18:25.339><c> Christ,</c><00:18:26.220><c> and</c><00:18:26.539><c> this</c><00:18:26.880><c> is</c><00:18:27.039><c> what</c><00:18:27.200><c> they</c><00:18:27.480><c> were.</c>

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The<00:18:28.500><c> first</c><00:18:29.000><c> step</c><00:18:29.440><c> was</c><00:18:29.859><c> engagement.</c>

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Now<00:18:31.859><c> engagement</c><00:18:32.380><c> could</c><00:18:32.720><c> take</c><00:18:33.019><c> place</c><00:18:33.259><c> at</c><00:18:33.480><c> any</c><00:18:33.680><c> age,</c><00:18:33.980><c> and</c><00:18:34.140><c> it</c><00:18:34.279><c> usually</c><00:18:34.579><c> did</c><00:18:34.980><c> from</c><00:18:35.440><c> the</c><00:18:35.559><c> age</c><00:18:35.700><c> of</c><00:18:36.000><c> childhood,</c>

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that<00:18:37.440><c> the</c><00:18:37.700><c> parents</c><00:18:38.079><c> would</c><00:18:38.440><c> choose</c><00:18:38.799><c> a</c><00:18:38.960><c> husband</c><00:18:39.259><c> for</c><00:18:39.559><c> you</c><00:18:39.759><c> or</c><00:18:39.900><c> a</c>

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wife<00:18:40.259><c> for</c><00:18:40.500><c> you,</c>

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and<00:18:42.019><c> they</c><00:18:42.180><c> could</c><00:18:42.319><c> do</c><00:18:42.500><c> this</c><00:18:42.700><c> when</c><00:18:42.859><c> you</c><00:18:43.019><c> were</c><00:18:43.099><c> about</c><00:18:43.359><c> five</c><00:18:43.640><c> years</c><00:18:43.900><c> old.</c>

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And<00:18:46.380><c> you</c><00:18:46.859><c> would</c><00:18:47.559><c> be</c><00:18:47.900><c> known</c><00:18:48.119><c> as,</c><00:18:48.380><c> you're</c><00:18:48.819><c> engaged.</c>

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It's<00:18:50.900><c> strange</c><00:18:51.160><c> to</c><00:18:51.319><c> our</c><00:18:51.400><c> Western</c><00:18:51.740><c> way</c><00:18:51.920><c> of</c><00:18:52.099><c> thinking,</c><00:18:52.279><c> I</c><00:18:52.460><c> know</c>

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that,<00:18:53.359><c> but</c><00:18:53.779><c> they</c><00:18:54.380><c> didn't</c><00:18:54.539><c> live</c><00:18:54.660><c> in</c><00:18:54.799><c> the</c><00:18:54.900><c> West.</c>

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And<00:18:56.900><c> so</c><00:18:57.079><c> you</c><00:18:57.200><c> could</c><00:18:57.400><c> be</c><00:18:57.720><c> engaged</c><00:18:58.079><c> from</c><00:18:58.339><c> the</c><00:18:58.539><c> age</c><00:18:58.700><c> of</c><00:18:58.920><c> five</c><00:18:59.099><c> because</c><00:18:59.519><c> your</c>

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parents<00:19:00.220><c> decreed</c>

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that<00:19:00.920><c> you</c><00:19:01.039><c> were</c><00:19:01.460><c> suited</c><00:19:01.779><c> and</c><00:19:02.359><c> that</c><00:19:02.559><c> you</c><00:19:02.579><c> would</c><00:19:02.779><c> eventually</c><00:19:03.160><c> be</c><00:19:03.400><c> married.</c>

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That<00:19:04.400><c> was</c><00:19:04.559><c> the</c><00:19:04.759><c> first</c><00:19:05.059><c> step.</c><00:19:05.619><c> The</c><00:19:05.859><c> second</c><00:19:06.220><c> step</c><00:19:06.519><c> was</c><00:19:06.819><c> betrothal.</c>

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They're<00:19:09.039><c> older</c><00:19:09.339><c> now,</c><00:19:09.759><c> the</c><00:19:09.920><c> children</c><00:19:10.279><c> are</c><00:19:10.299><c> older</c><00:19:10.599><c> now,</c><00:19:10.859><c> could</c>

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be<00:19:11.420><c> 16,</c><00:19:12.259><c> 17</c><00:19:12.700><c> years</c><00:19:13.140><c> old.</c>

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And<00:19:14.279><c> the</c><00:19:15.400><c> arrangement</c><00:19:15.900><c> could</c><00:19:16.140><c> be</c><00:19:16.460><c> broken</c><00:19:16.880><c> by</c><00:19:17.299><c> the</c><00:19:17.619><c> girl</c>

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if<00:19:19.160><c> she</c><00:19:19.339><c> was</c><00:19:19.539><c> unwilling</c><00:19:19.900><c> to</c><00:19:20.200><c> go</c><00:19:20.539><c> through</c><00:19:21.099><c> with</c><00:19:21.460><c> the</c><00:19:21.599><c> whole</c><00:19:21.900><c> procedure.</c>

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And<00:19:23.940><c> betrothal</c><00:19:24.500><c> lasted</c><00:19:24.880><c> for</c><00:19:25.240><c> a</c><00:19:25.420><c> year,</c><00:19:27.059><c> and</c><00:19:27.160><c> at</c><00:19:27.359><c> the</c><00:19:27.380><c> end</c><00:19:27.640><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:27.920><c> year</c><00:19:28.380><c> you</c><00:19:28.880><c> were</c><00:19:29.099><c> legally</c><00:19:29.519><c> married.</c>

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During<00:19:30.819><c> betrothal</c><00:19:31.559><c> there</c><00:19:31.640><c> was</c><00:19:31.799><c> no</c><00:19:32.039><c> sexual</c><00:19:32.519><c> union.</c>

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That<00:19:34.680><c> must</c><00:19:34.960><c> wait</c><00:19:35.380><c> until</c><00:19:35.819><c> the</c><00:19:36.099><c> year</c><00:19:36.299><c> had</c><00:19:36.599><c> expired</c><00:19:37.180><c> and</c><00:19:37.660><c> you</c><00:19:37.880><c> then</c><00:19:38.099><c> became</c><00:19:38.779><c> man</c>

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and<00:19:39.660><c> wife.</c>

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Now<00:19:41.000><c> if</c><00:19:41.319><c> the</c><00:19:41.599><c> man</c><00:19:41.880><c> wished</c><00:19:42.319><c> to</c><00:19:42.880><c> end</c><00:19:43.240><c> the</c><00:19:43.619><c> union</c><00:19:44.059><c> during</c><00:19:44.720><c> betrothal,</c><00:19:46.039><c> he</c><00:19:46.339><c> could</c><00:19:46.640><c> do</c><00:19:47.039><c> so,</c>

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but<00:19:48.019><c> he</c><00:19:48.200><c> had</c><00:19:48.460><c> to</c><00:19:48.619><c> take</c><00:19:48.880><c> out</c><00:19:49.140><c> a</c><00:19:49.259><c> divorce</c><00:19:50.019><c> and</c><00:19:51.160><c> he</c><00:19:51.279><c> had</c><00:19:51.460><c> to</c><00:19:51.559><c> be</c><00:19:51.680><c> done</c><00:19:51.839><c> legally</c><00:19:52.380><c> and</c><00:19:52.900><c> properly.</c>

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And<00:19:55.339><c> one</c><00:19:55.640><c> step</c><00:19:55.980><c> after,</c><00:19:56.900><c> one</c><00:19:57.200><c> year</c><00:19:57.700><c> after</c><00:19:58.480><c> betrothal,</c><00:19:59.799><c> the</c><00:19:59.900><c> next</c><00:20:00.220><c> step</c><00:20:00.720><c> was</c><00:20:01.519><c> marriage.</c>

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And<00:20:05.480><c> Joseph</c><00:20:05.920><c> and</c><00:20:06.579><c> Mary</c><00:20:07.140><c> are</c><00:20:08.160><c> in</c><00:20:08.519><c> stage</c><00:20:08.960><c> two</c><00:20:09.960><c> of</c><00:20:10.559><c> this</c><00:20:10.779><c> relationship,</c><00:20:12.119><c> they</c><00:20:12.480><c> are</c><00:20:12.819><c> betrothed.</c>

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And<00:20:14.819><c> then</c><00:20:15.119><c> Joseph,</c><00:20:16.660><c> at</c><00:20:16.799><c> the</c><00:20:17.099><c> instruction</c><00:20:17.480><c> of</c><00:20:17.700><c> the</c><00:20:17.859><c> angel,</c><00:20:19.099><c> takes</c><00:20:19.359><c> the</c>

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third<00:20:19.960><c> step,</c>

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this<00:20:20.960><c> is</c><00:20:21.180><c> the</c><00:20:21.279><c> point,</c><00:20:22.480><c> and</c><00:20:22.720><c> knew</c><00:20:22.940><c> her</c><00:20:23.279><c> not</c><00:20:23.799><c> until</c><00:20:24.799><c> she</c><00:20:25.119><c> had</c>

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borne<00:20:25.819><c> Jesus.</c>

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Oh,<00:20:29.339><c> Joseph,</c><00:20:30.559><c> how</c><00:20:30.819><c> we</c><00:20:31.819><c> love</c><00:20:32.039><c> this</c><00:20:32.420><c> man</c><00:20:33.119><c> for</c><00:20:33.700><c> his</c><00:20:34.099><c> gentle</c><00:20:34.579><c> handling</c><00:20:35.220><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:36.380><c> bride</c>

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who<00:20:37.519><c> he</c><00:20:37.880><c> knew</c><00:20:38.079><c> must</c><00:20:38.339><c> be</c><00:20:38.579><c> a</c><00:20:38.740><c> virgin</c><00:20:39.140><c> when</c><00:20:39.680><c> she</c><00:20:40.000><c> bore</c><00:20:40.240><c> the</c><00:20:40.500><c> Son</c><00:20:40.640><c> of</c><00:20:40.920><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:20:41.799><c> there's</c><00:20:42.259><c> Joseph.</c><00:20:43.099><c> My</c><00:20:43.420><c> suggestion</c><00:20:43.960><c> to</c><00:20:44.180><c> you,</c><00:20:44.480><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:20:44.819><c> sisters,</c><00:20:45.119><c> this</c><00:20:45.359><c> morning</c><00:20:45.640><c> is</c><00:20:45.859><c> that</c>

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we<00:20:46.579><c> often</c><00:20:46.900><c> don't</c><00:20:48.339><c> give</c><00:20:48.960><c> sufficient</c><00:20:49.500><c> credit</c><00:20:50.000><c> to</c><00:20:50.460><c> this</c><00:20:50.680><c> wonderful</c><00:20:51.119><c> man.</c>

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Just<00:20:52.759><c> imagine</c><00:20:53.319><c> how</c><00:20:54.359><c> wretched</c><00:20:54.700><c> he</c><00:20:55.000><c> felt</c><00:20:55.420><c> when</c><00:20:56.299><c> he</c><00:20:56.579><c> learned</c><00:20:56.779><c> of</c>

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Mary's<00:20:57.480><c> pregnancy.</c>

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Chapter<00:21:00.920><c> one</c><00:21:01.240><c> and</c><00:21:01.420><c> verse</c><00:21:01.579><c> 19,</c><00:21:02.920><c> then</c><00:21:03.119><c> Joseph,</c><00:21:03.519><c> her</c><00:21:03.660><c> husband</c><00:21:03.960><c> being</c><00:21:04.220><c> a</c>

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just<00:21:04.640><c> man</c>

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and<00:21:05.319><c> not</c><00:21:05.480><c> willing</c><00:21:05.720><c> to</c><00:21:05.940><c> make</c><00:21:06.099><c> her</c><00:21:06.259><c> a</c><00:21:06.380><c> public</c><00:21:06.599><c> example,</c><00:21:07.640><c> was</c><00:21:07.779><c> minded</c><00:21:08.119><c> to</c>

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put<00:21:08.539><c> her</c><00:21:08.779><c> away</c><00:21:09.140><c> privily.</c>

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He<00:21:09.839><c> was</c><00:21:09.980><c> going</c><00:21:10.160><c> to</c><00:21:10.440><c> divorce</c><00:21:10.819><c> her,</c><00:21:11.519><c> and</c><00:21:11.839><c> that</c><00:21:11.940><c> was</c><00:21:12.119><c> one</c><00:21:12.299><c> of</c><00:21:12.480><c> the</c>

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reasons<00:21:13.059><c> why</c><00:21:13.319><c> he</c><00:21:13.460><c> could</c><00:21:13.660><c> do</c><00:21:13.980><c> so.</c>

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She<00:21:14.900><c> had</c><00:21:15.119><c> been</c><00:21:15.380><c> unfaithful.</c>

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I<00:21:19.380><c> wonder</c><00:21:19.559><c> how</c><00:21:19.819><c> he</c><00:21:20.039><c> learned</c><00:21:20.339><c> of</c><00:21:20.599><c> her</c><00:21:20.839><c> pregnancy.</c><00:21:22.980><c> Did</c><00:21:23.480><c> she</c>

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tell<00:21:23.920><c> him?</c>

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Did<00:21:27.200><c> her</c><00:21:27.440><c> mother</c><00:21:27.720><c> tell</c><00:21:28.019><c> him?</c>

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But<00:21:31.519><c> from</c><00:21:31.940><c> the</c><00:21:32.119><c> depths</c><00:21:32.400><c> of</c><00:21:32.779><c> despair,</c><00:21:33.420><c> this</c><00:21:33.980><c> godly</c><00:21:34.640><c> man</c><00:21:35.220><c> who</c>

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knew,<00:21:36.519><c> brethren</c><00:21:36.839><c> and</c><00:21:37.099><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:21:38.119><c> if</c><00:21:38.359><c> the</c><00:21:38.680><c> kingdom</c><00:21:39.019><c> had</c><00:21:39.339><c> still</c><00:21:39.720><c> been</c><00:21:41.240><c> intact,</c><00:21:43.200><c> if</c><00:21:43.339><c> Rome</c>

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hadn't<00:21:44.000><c> been</c><00:21:44.299><c> there,</c>

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Joseph<00:21:45.759><c> would</c><00:21:46.079><c> have</c><00:21:46.259><c> been</c><00:21:46.519><c> king</c><00:21:46.880><c> of</c><00:21:47.099><c> Israel.</c>

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He<00:21:49.259><c> could</c><00:21:49.579><c> trace</c><00:21:49.880><c> his</c><00:21:50.200><c> line</c><00:21:50.519><c> right</c><00:21:51.039><c> back</c><00:21:51.319><c> to</c><00:21:51.559><c> David,</c><00:21:53.119><c> and</c><00:21:53.160><c> he</c>

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would<00:21:53.400><c> have</c><00:21:53.579><c> been</c><00:21:53.819><c> king</c>

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had<00:21:55.400><c> not</c><00:21:55.680><c> Herod,</c><00:21:57.019><c> wretched</c><00:21:57.200><c> Herod,</c><00:21:58.119><c> occupied</c><00:21:58.579><c> that</c><00:21:58.859><c> post.</c>

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And<00:22:02.900><c> he</c><00:22:03.440><c> loved</c><00:22:03.859><c> Mary.</c>

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And<00:22:06.559><c> from</c><00:22:06.819><c> the</c><00:22:07.119><c> depths</c><00:22:07.460><c> of</c><00:22:07.940><c> despair,</c><00:22:09.200><c> this</c><00:22:09.579><c> godly</c><00:22:10.019><c> man</c><00:22:10.539><c> is</c><00:22:11.500><c> lifted</c><00:22:11.819><c> up</c>

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to<00:22:12.200><c> heaven.</c>

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Verse<00:22:13.680><c> 20,</c><00:22:14.319><c> But</c><00:22:14.579><c> while</c><00:22:14.920><c> he</c><00:22:15.240><c> thought</c><00:22:15.420><c> on</c><00:22:15.640><c> these</c><00:22:15.940><c> things,</c><00:22:16.940><c> behold,</c><00:22:17.279><c> the</c>

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angel<00:22:17.619><c> of</c><00:22:17.779><c> the</c><00:22:17.900><c> Lord</c>

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appeared<00:22:19.000><c> unto</c><00:22:19.259><c> him</c><00:22:19.440><c> in</c><00:22:19.599><c> a</c><00:22:19.740><c> dream,</c><00:22:20.019><c> saying,</c><00:22:20.160><c> Joseph,</c><00:22:20.980><c> thou</c><00:22:21.099><c> son</c><00:22:21.380><c> of</c><00:22:21.500><c> David,</c>

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fear<00:22:22.680><c> not</c><00:22:22.880><c> to</c><00:22:23.099><c> take</c><00:22:23.279><c> unto</c><00:22:23.500><c> the</c><00:22:23.640><c> Mary</c><00:22:23.900><c> thy</c><00:22:24.539><c> wife,</c><00:22:25.259><c> for</c><00:22:25.400><c> that</c><00:22:25.619><c> which</c><00:22:25.740><c> is</c>

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conceived<00:22:26.440><c> in</c><00:22:26.720><c> her</c>

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is<00:22:27.059><c> of</c><00:22:27.059><c> the</c><00:22:27.279><c> Holy</c><00:22:27.500><c> Spirit,</c><00:22:28.380><c> and</c><00:22:28.480><c> she</c><00:22:28.720><c> shall</c><00:22:28.880><c> bring</c><00:22:29.180><c> forth</c><00:22:29.500><c> a</c>

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son,<00:22:30.339><c> and</c><00:22:30.400><c> thou</c><00:22:30.579><c> shall</c><00:22:30.779><c> call</c>

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his<00:22:31.339><c> name</c><00:22:31.579><c> Jesus,</c><00:22:32.519><c> for</c><00:22:32.720><c> he</c><00:22:32.940><c> shall</c><00:22:33.119><c> save</c><00:22:33.480><c> his</c><00:22:33.839><c> people</c><00:22:34.319><c> from</c>

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their<00:22:35.220><c> sins.</c>

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I<00:22:37.299><c> tell</c><00:22:37.779><c> you</c><00:22:37.980><c> what,</c><00:22:38.319><c> brethren</c><00:22:38.500><c> and</c><00:22:38.740><c> sisters,</c><00:22:39.319><c> he</c><00:22:39.619><c> must</c><00:22:39.859><c> have</c>

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been<00:22:40.920><c> dancing</c><00:22:41.299><c> on</c><00:22:41.680><c> tables</c>

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when<00:22:42.240><c> he</c><00:22:42.420><c> heard</c><00:22:42.559><c> that.</c><00:22:44.000><c> And</c><00:22:44.299><c> do</c><00:22:44.400><c> you</c><00:22:44.480><c> notice</c><00:22:44.720><c> the</c><00:22:44.940><c> difference</c>

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in<00:22:45.519><c> wording?</c>

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Do<00:22:47.839><c> you</c><00:22:47.980><c> notice</c><00:22:48.460><c> the</c><00:22:49.619><c> wording</c><00:22:49.940><c> between</c><00:22:50.259><c> the</c><00:22:50.440><c> announcement</c><00:22:50.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:51.000><c> Son</c><00:22:51.160><c> of</c><00:22:51.319><c> God</c>

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and<00:22:51.640><c> the</c><00:22:51.779><c> announcement</c><00:22:52.119><c> of</c><00:22:52.740><c> the</c><00:22:52.880><c> birth</c><00:22:53.079><c> of</c><00:22:53.319><c> John</c><00:22:53.539><c> Baptist?</c>

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He<00:22:55.079><c> shall</c><00:22:55.279><c> be</c><00:22:55.519><c> thy</c><00:22:55.799><c> son,</c><00:22:56.180><c> Zechariah.</c>

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But<00:22:58.259><c> this</c><00:22:58.519><c> one</c><00:22:58.660><c> will</c><00:22:58.880><c> be</c><00:22:59.920><c> the</c><00:23:00.160><c> Son</c><00:23:00.339><c> of</c><00:23:00.519><c> God.</c>

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No<00:23:02.339><c> wonder</c><00:23:02.700><c> he</c><00:23:02.839><c> was</c><00:23:03.039><c> so</c><00:23:03.460><c> careful</c><00:23:04.059><c> to</c><00:23:04.920><c> know</c><00:23:05.339><c> her</c><00:23:05.720><c> not</c><00:23:06.180><c> until</c><00:23:07.099><c> she</c><00:23:07.400><c> had</c>

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born<00:23:07.980><c> the</c><00:23:08.119><c> Lord</c><00:23:08.400><c> Jesus</c><00:23:08.819><c> Christ.</c>

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This<00:23:11.180><c> is</c><00:23:11.519><c> God's</c><00:23:11.960><c> man.</c>

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Just<00:23:14.099><c> think</c><00:23:14.319><c> of</c><00:23:14.460><c> the</c><00:23:14.640><c> reunion</c><00:23:14.980><c> in</c><00:23:15.180><c> the</c><00:23:15.319><c> kingdom,</c><00:23:15.720><c> will</c><00:23:15.720><c> you?</c>

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Will<00:23:16.720><c> you</c><00:23:17.559><c> ponder</c><00:23:17.779><c> that?</c>

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Think<00:23:20.839><c> of</c><00:23:21.559><c> Joseph,</c><00:23:22.140><c> who</c><00:23:22.380><c> perhaps</c><00:23:22.799><c> died</c><00:23:23.220><c> early</c><00:23:23.579><c> on</c><00:23:23.759><c> in</c><00:23:23.880><c> the</c><00:23:24.000><c> life</c><00:23:24.220><c> of</c><00:23:24.460><c> Jesus,</c>

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and<00:23:26.759><c> Mary</c><00:23:27.359><c> and</c><00:23:29.140><c> Jesus</c><00:23:30.039><c> reunited</c><00:23:32.019><c> in</c><00:23:32.279><c> the</c><00:23:32.460><c> kingdom.</c>

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My,<00:23:34.660><c> what</c><00:23:35.000><c> a</c><00:23:35.359><c> time</c><00:23:35.619><c> of</c><00:23:36.019><c> excitement.</c>

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And<00:23:38.460><c> ponder</c><00:23:38.700><c> this</c><00:23:39.000><c> too,</c><00:23:39.180><c> if</c><00:23:39.339><c> you</c><00:23:39.539><c> will.</c>

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What<00:23:41.839><c> a</c><00:23:42.019><c> relief</c><00:23:42.380><c> for</c><00:23:42.720><c> Mary.</c>

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She<00:23:45.299><c> was</c><00:23:45.579><c> betrothed</c><00:23:46.119><c> to</c><00:23:46.319><c> Joseph,</c><00:23:47.339><c> and</c><00:23:47.720><c> he</c><00:23:48.000><c> told</c><00:23:48.339><c> her</c><00:23:48.500><c> that</c><00:23:48.720><c> he</c>

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loved<00:23:49.140><c> her.</c>

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Now<00:23:51.900><c> she</c><00:23:52.099><c> is</c><00:23:52.319><c> with</c><00:23:52.700><c> child.</c>

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Is<00:23:54.900><c> he</c><00:23:55.000><c> going</c><00:23:55.160><c> to</c><00:23:55.380><c> believe</c><00:23:55.640><c> it,</c><00:23:56.420><c> or</c><00:23:56.700><c> will</c><00:23:56.900><c> he</c><00:23:57.119><c> divorce</c><00:23:57.440><c> her</c><00:23:57.579><c> as</c>

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he<00:23:58.079><c> could,</c>

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and<00:23:58.640><c> she</c><00:23:58.819><c> will</c><00:23:59.019><c> then</c><00:23:59.259><c> be</c><00:23:59.480><c> left</c><00:23:59.660><c> to</c><00:24:00.019><c> plough</c><00:24:00.200><c> a</c><00:24:00.359><c> very</c><00:24:00.640><c> lonely</c><00:24:01.140><c> furrow?</c>

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What<00:24:03.539><c> a</c><00:24:03.759><c> relief</c><00:24:04.059><c> when</c><00:24:04.279><c> he</c><00:24:04.539><c> says,</c><00:24:06.319><c> let's</c><00:24:06.559><c> complete</c><00:24:07.019><c> the</c><00:24:07.299><c> union,</c>

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let's<00:24:08.339><c> go</c><00:24:08.599><c> on</c><00:24:08.740><c> to</c><00:24:08.900><c> the</c><00:24:09.140><c> third</c><00:24:09.500><c> step,</c><00:24:10.420><c> and</c><00:24:10.519><c> actually</c><00:24:11.059><c> get</c><00:24:11.859><c> married.</c>

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What<00:24:13.819><c> a</c><00:24:14.059><c> relief,</c><00:24:15.079><c> what</c><00:24:15.259><c> a</c><00:24:15.460><c> relief</c><00:24:15.740><c> for</c><00:24:15.960><c> this,</c>

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:19.460
what<00:24:16.900><c> must</c><00:24:17.099><c> have</c><00:24:17.200><c> been</c><00:24:17.299><c> a</c><00:24:17.460><c> very</c><00:24:17.819><c> beautiful</c><00:24:18.339><c> young</c><00:24:18.640><c> lady,</c>

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:22.160
somebody<00:24:19.700><c> about</c><00:24:20.039><c> your</c><00:24:20.400><c> age,</c><00:24:20.740><c> I</c><00:24:20.940><c> would</c><00:24:21.160><c> think.</c>

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So<00:24:26.619><c> we</c><00:24:26.759><c> come</c><00:24:26.839><c> into</c><00:24:27.039><c> chapter</c><00:24:27.339><c> two,</c><00:24:29.279><c> where</c><00:24:29.539><c> conventional</c><00:24:30.539><c> Christianity</c>

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brings<00:24:31.759><c> us</c><00:24:32.119><c> to</c><00:24:33.039><c> many</c><00:24:33.759><c> errors</c><00:24:34.180><c> with</c><00:24:34.720><c> chapter</c><00:24:35.019><c> two</c><00:24:35.339><c> of</c><00:24:35.420><c> Matthew.</c>

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:38.660
I<00:24:36.279><c> mean,</c><00:24:36.519><c> these</c><00:24:36.759><c> three</c><00:24:36.980><c> wise</c><00:24:37.200><c> men</c><00:24:37.440><c> with</c><00:24:37.660><c> crowns</c><00:24:38.039><c> on,</c>

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:42.359
kneeling<00:24:40.619><c> down</c><00:24:40.900><c> before</c><00:24:41.160><c> baby</c><00:24:41.420><c> Jesus.</c>

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:46.720
If<00:24:43.200><c> you</c><00:24:43.640><c> exchange</c><00:24:44.960><c> Christmas</c><00:24:45.319><c> cards,</c><00:24:46.079><c> I</c><00:24:46.200><c> don't</c><00:24:46.319><c> recommend</c>

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the<00:24:47.160><c> habit.</c>

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Not<00:24:48.359><c> only</c><00:24:48.619><c> foolish,</c><00:24:48.980><c> it's</c><00:24:49.160><c> a</c><00:24:49.220><c> bit</c><00:24:49.319><c> expensive</c><00:24:49.759><c> as</c><00:24:50.019><c> well.</c>

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:52.359
I<00:24:50.700><c> mean,</c><00:24:50.799><c> if</c><00:24:50.859><c> you</c><00:24:50.940><c> want</c><00:24:51.039><c> to</c><00:24:51.220><c> exchange</c><00:24:51.480><c> greetings,</c><00:24:51.960><c> do</c><00:24:52.140><c> so,</c>

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:54.500
but<00:24:52.559><c> take</c><00:24:52.839><c> very</c><00:24:53.140><c> great</c><00:24:53.339><c> care</c><00:24:53.559><c> what</c><00:24:53.740><c> picture</c><00:24:54.039><c> is</c><00:24:54.140><c> on</c><00:24:54.259><c> the</c><00:24:54.380><c> front</c>

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of<00:24:54.640><c> the</c><00:24:54.819><c> card,</c>

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because<00:24:55.619><c> if</c><00:24:55.779><c> you</c><00:24:55.859><c> get</c><00:24:56.000><c> one</c><00:24:56.140><c> with</c><00:24:56.339><c> these</c><00:24:56.599><c> three</c><00:24:56.799><c> wise</c><00:24:56.980><c> men</c><00:24:57.259><c> with</c>

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crowns<00:24:58.480><c> on,</c>

00:24:59.019 --> 00:25:01.480
kneeling<00:24:59.279><c> down</c><00:24:59.539><c> before</c><00:24:59.859><c> baby</c><00:25:00.140><c> Jesus</c><00:25:00.519><c> in</c><00:25:00.740><c> the</c><00:25:00.920><c> crib,</c><00:25:01.279><c> you're</c>

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miles<00:25:01.680><c> out.</c>

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Three<00:25:05.819><c> wise</c><00:25:06.119><c> men,</c><00:25:07.559><c> I</c><00:25:07.880><c> should</c><00:25:08.099><c> think</c><00:25:08.220><c> there</c><00:25:08.380><c> are</c><00:25:08.500><c> a</c><00:25:08.539><c> good</c><00:25:08.640><c> deal</c>

00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.599
more<00:25:09.039><c> than</c><00:25:09.180><c> three.</c>

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It<00:25:10.000><c> would</c><00:25:10.140><c> be</c><00:25:10.259><c> very,</c><00:25:10.480><c> very</c><00:25:10.680><c> dangerous</c><00:25:11.079><c> to</c><00:25:11.319><c> walk</c><00:25:11.460><c> through</c>

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those<00:25:11.940><c> latitudes</c>

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in<00:25:12.740><c> the</c><00:25:12.900><c> days</c><00:25:13.059><c> of</c><00:25:13.259><c> Jesus</c><00:25:13.740><c> with</c><00:25:14.519><c> just</c><00:25:14.819><c> three</c><00:25:14.980><c> of</c><00:25:15.200><c> you,</c>

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:18.700
carrying<00:25:16.140><c> some</c><00:25:16.559><c> fairly</c><00:25:16.779><c> hefty</c><00:25:17.220><c> loot</c><00:25:17.400><c> in</c><00:25:17.599><c> your</c><00:25:17.759><c> bag.</c>

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I<00:25:20.220><c> tell</c><00:25:20.539><c> you,</c><00:25:21.799><c> there</c><00:25:22.019><c> is</c><00:25:24.339><c> a</c><00:25:24.619><c> proverb</c><00:25:24.980><c> that's</c><00:25:25.599><c> current</c><00:25:25.740><c> still</c>

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:26.960
today<00:25:26.400><c> in</c><00:25:26.519><c> the</c><00:25:26.640><c> Middle</c><00:25:26.779><c> East,</c>

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:29.079
and<00:25:27.079><c> it's</c><00:25:27.200><c> very,</c><00:25:27.680><c> very</c><00:25:27.680><c> old,</c><00:25:28.240><c> and</c><00:25:28.500><c> it</c><00:25:28.700><c> says</c><00:25:28.880><c> this,</c>

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:31.140
there<00:25:29.200><c> are</c><00:25:29.400><c> three</c><00:25:29.680><c> evils</c><00:25:29.940><c> in</c><00:25:30.180><c> life.</c>

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There's<00:25:31.519><c> sickness,</c><00:25:32.799><c> there's</c><00:25:33.039><c> fasting,</c><00:25:33.960><c> and</c><00:25:34.059><c> there's</c><00:25:34.299><c> travel.</c>

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I'd<00:25:35.940><c> go</c><00:25:36.140><c> along</c><00:25:36.339><c> with</c><00:25:36.559><c> that.</c>

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:43.480
These<00:25:39.480><c> wise</c><00:25:40.019><c> men</c><00:25:40.500><c> were</c><00:25:40.839><c> sufficiently</c><00:25:41.539><c> wise</c><00:25:42.359><c> not</c><00:25:43.099><c> to</c><00:25:43.299><c> travel</c>

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.259
about<00:25:43.700><c> in</c><00:25:44.019><c> threes</c>

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:46.640
with<00:25:44.779><c> what</c><00:25:44.940><c> they</c><00:25:45.140><c> had</c><00:25:45.319><c> in</c><00:25:45.680><c> their</c><00:25:45.839><c> bags.</c>

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:51.039
And<00:25:48.259><c> did</c><00:25:48.420><c> the</c><00:25:48.700><c> star</c><00:25:48.920><c> lead</c><00:25:49.220><c> them?</c><00:25:49.319><c> That's</c><00:25:49.720><c> a</c><00:25:49.960><c> strange</c><00:25:50.200><c> thing.</c>

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:53.839
You<00:25:51.319><c> see</c><00:25:51.579><c> on</c><00:25:52.160><c> the</c><00:25:52.380><c> modern</c><00:25:52.819><c> Christmas</c><00:25:53.460><c> cards,</c>

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:59.440
you<00:25:54.039><c> see</c><00:25:54.039><c> this</c><00:25:54.720><c> bright,</c><00:25:55.660><c> brilliant</c><00:25:55.839><c> star</c><00:25:56.660><c> guiding</c><00:25:57.299><c> them</c><00:25:58.579><c> along.</c>

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Something<00:26:00.480><c> strange</c><00:26:01.019><c> about</c><00:26:01.259><c> that.</c>

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:08.640
They<00:26:03.220><c> saw</c><00:26:03.500><c> the</c><00:26:03.799><c> star</c><00:26:04.019><c> in</c><00:26:04.319><c> the</c><00:26:04.480><c> east,</c><00:26:07.059><c> but</c><00:26:07.200><c> travelled</c><00:26:07.480><c> west.</c>

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That's<00:26:11.680><c> a</c><00:26:11.839><c> strange</c><00:26:12.039><c> thing.</c>

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:15.140
They<00:26:14.099><c> didn't</c><00:26:14.380><c> travel</c><00:26:14.720><c> east.</c>

00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:18.339
They<00:26:15.720><c> came</c><00:26:15.980><c> from</c><00:26:16.180><c> the</c><00:26:16.339><c> east,</c><00:26:16.700><c> they</c><00:26:16.859><c> saw</c><00:26:17.019><c> the</c><00:26:17.240><c> star</c><00:26:17.420><c> in</c><00:26:17.599><c> the</c><00:26:17.779><c> east,</c><00:26:18.259><c> and</c>

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:19.759
they<00:26:18.440><c> went</c><00:26:18.559><c> west.</c>

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Some<00:26:22.180><c> mystification</c><00:26:22.819><c> here.</c>

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And<00:26:26.000><c> the</c><00:26:26.279><c> star</c><00:26:26.700><c> brought</c><00:26:27.440><c> them</c><00:26:27.799><c> to</c><00:26:28.160><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:36.299
which<00:26:30.880><c> by</c><00:26:31.240><c> now,</c><00:26:33.119><c> Mary,</c><00:26:34.339><c> Joseph</c><00:26:34.779><c> and</c><00:26:35.039><c> Jesus,</c>

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:39.980
they<00:26:36.599><c> had</c><00:26:36.799><c> left</c><00:26:37.140><c> Bethlehem</c><00:26:38.019><c> and</c><00:26:38.339><c> were</c><00:26:38.539><c> actually</c><00:26:38.940><c> living</c><00:26:39.259><c> in</c><00:26:39.480><c> a</c><00:26:39.660><c> house.</c>

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:43.319
They'd<00:26:40.539><c> moved</c><00:26:40.759><c> out</c><00:26:41.059><c> of</c><00:26:41.180><c> the</c><00:26:41.440><c> cave,</c><00:26:42.140><c> as</c><00:26:42.380><c> verse</c><00:26:42.619><c> 11</c><00:26:42.880><c> of</c><00:26:43.099><c> chapter</c>

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2<00:26:43.539><c> tells</c><00:26:43.839><c> us,</c>

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and<00:26:44.539><c> when</c><00:26:44.680><c> they</c><00:26:44.960><c> came</c><00:26:45.319><c> to</c><00:26:45.539><c> the</c><00:26:45.900><c> house,</c><00:26:47.039><c> that's</c><00:26:47.259><c> where</c><00:26:47.440><c> Jesus</c><00:26:47.799><c> was.</c>

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But<00:26:50.339><c> can't</c><00:26:50.880><c> you</c><00:26:50.980><c> just</c><00:26:51.720><c> use</c><00:26:52.160><c> your</c><00:26:52.460><c> imagination?</c>

00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:56.319
As<00:26:54.019><c> you</c><00:26:54.160><c> read</c><00:26:54.319><c> the</c><00:26:54.440><c> Word</c><00:26:54.519><c> of</c><00:26:54.740><c> God,</c><00:26:55.019><c> do</c><00:26:55.019><c> you</c><00:26:55.440><c> use</c><00:26:55.700><c> your</c><00:26:55.960><c> imagination?</c>

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:58.380
I<00:26:56.480><c> can't</c><00:26:56.660><c> be</c><00:26:56.859><c> alone,</c><00:26:57.299><c> can</c><00:26:57.440><c> I?</c>

00:26:58.420 --> 00:27:00.160
I<00:26:58.859><c> recommend</c><00:26:59.160><c> you</c><00:26:59.380><c> do</c><00:26:59.500><c> if</c><00:26:59.680><c> you</c><00:26:59.839><c> don't.</c>

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:02.000
I<00:27:00.299><c> mean,</c><00:27:00.599><c> don't</c><00:27:00.680><c> go</c><00:27:01.180><c> foolish,</c><00:27:01.440><c> don't</c><00:27:01.599><c> be</c><00:27:01.779><c> foolish.</c>

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:04.740
Don't<00:27:02.180><c> go</c><00:27:02.339><c> outside</c><00:27:02.920><c> the</c><00:27:03.180><c> bounds</c><00:27:03.380><c> of</c><00:27:03.720><c> reasonability.</c>

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:07.259
But<00:27:05.220><c> close</c><00:27:05.400><c> your</c><00:27:05.559><c> book</c><00:27:05.700><c> after</c><00:27:05.920><c> you've</c><00:27:06.079><c> read</c><00:27:06.200><c> it</c><00:27:06.359><c> and</c><00:27:06.660><c> get</c><00:27:07.079><c> your</c>

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.539
mind<00:27:07.420><c> round</c><00:27:07.660><c> it.</c>

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What<00:27:08.980><c> were</c><00:27:09.099><c> the</c><00:27:09.279><c> wise</c><00:27:09.480><c> men</c><00:27:09.720><c> of</c><00:27:10.019><c> thought</c><00:27:10.319><c> as</c><00:27:10.839><c> they</c><00:27:11.160><c> came</c><00:27:11.400><c> to</c><00:27:11.599><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:15.200
that<00:27:12.720><c> we've</c><00:27:13.119><c> come</c><00:27:13.319><c> to</c><00:27:13.579><c> find</c><00:27:13.799><c> him</c><00:27:14.000><c> that's</c><00:27:14.259><c> born</c><00:27:14.460><c> king</c><00:27:14.759><c> of</c><00:27:14.920><c> the</c><00:27:15.039><c> Jews?</c>

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:18.279
Well,<00:27:15.700><c> they</c><00:27:15.819><c> would</c><00:27:16.000><c> have</c><00:27:16.160><c> said</c><00:27:16.559><c> that</c><00:27:17.220><c> the</c><00:27:17.380><c> whole</c><00:27:17.700><c> city</c><00:27:18.000><c> will</c>

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:20.619
be<00:27:19.220><c> on</c><00:27:20.359><c> edge.</c>

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:23.420
Everybody<00:27:21.319><c> will</c><00:27:21.559><c> be</c><00:27:21.759><c> celebrating,</c><00:27:22.640><c> they'll</c><00:27:22.700><c> be</c><00:27:22.859><c> dancing</c><00:27:23.240><c> in</c>

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.779
the<00:27:23.599><c> streets.</c>

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:25.200
The<00:27:23.960><c> king</c><00:27:24.180><c> of</c><00:27:24.319><c> the</c><00:27:24.440><c> Jews</c><00:27:24.579><c> has</c><00:27:24.740><c> been</c><00:27:25.019><c> born.</c>

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:27.660
There<00:27:25.420><c> was</c><00:27:25.559><c> no</c><00:27:25.759><c> such</c><00:27:25.920><c> thing.</c><00:27:26.420><c> Nobody</c><00:27:26.539><c> knew</c><00:27:26.759><c> anything</c><00:27:27.019><c> about</c><00:27:27.420><c> it.</c>

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:30.240
They<00:27:27.900><c> would</c><00:27:28.079><c> be</c><00:27:28.279><c> mystified,</c><00:27:28.880><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:29.039><c> they?</c>

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:35.859
Why<00:27:31.440><c> didn't</c><00:27:31.680><c> other</c><00:27:31.880><c> people</c><00:27:32.180><c> see</c><00:27:32.440><c> this</c><00:27:32.720><c> star</c><00:27:33.039><c> and</c><00:27:34.039><c> say,</c><00:27:35.240><c> let's</c>

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follow<00:27:36.099><c> this?</c>

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Verse<00:27:42.640><c> 9</c><00:27:42.920><c> of</c><00:27:43.059><c> Chapter</c><00:27:43.319><c> 2.</c>

00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:46.660
When<00:27:44.539><c> they</c><00:27:44.720><c> had</c><00:27:44.880><c> heard</c><00:27:45.000><c> the</c><00:27:45.180><c> king,</c><00:27:45.640><c> they</c><00:27:45.759><c> departed</c><00:27:46.160><c> and</c><00:27:46.500><c> lo,</c>

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:50.000
the<00:27:46.900><c> star</c><00:27:47.200><c> which</c><00:27:47.380><c> they</c><00:27:47.680><c> saw</c><00:27:47.880><c> in</c><00:27:48.119><c> the</c><00:27:48.339><c> east</c><00:27:48.720><c> went</c><00:27:49.240><c> before</c><00:27:49.700><c> them,</c>

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:52.400
till<00:27:50.319><c> he</c><00:27:50.480><c> came</c><00:27:50.740><c> and</c><00:27:50.920><c> stood</c><00:27:51.079><c> over</c><00:27:51.319><c> where</c><00:27:51.519><c> the</c><00:27:51.599><c> young</c><00:27:51.839><c> child</c><00:27:52.099><c> was.</c>

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And<00:27:52.720><c> when</c><00:27:52.839><c> they</c><00:27:53.059><c> saw</c><00:27:53.240><c> the</c><00:27:53.500><c> star,</c><00:27:53.680><c> they</c><00:27:53.980><c> rejoiced</c><00:27:54.380><c> with</c><00:27:54.640><c> exceeding</c><00:27:55.099><c> great</c><00:27:55.359><c> joy.</c>

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It's<00:27:56.140><c> a</c><00:27:56.359><c> pity</c><00:27:56.700><c> that</c><00:27:57.700><c> the</c><00:27:58.819><c> producers</c><00:27:59.400><c> of</c><00:27:59.619><c> the</c><00:27:59.779><c> King</c><00:27:59.960><c> James</c><00:28:00.359><c> Version</c>

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didn't<00:28:01.420><c> really</c><00:28:01.819><c> tell</c><00:28:01.980><c> us</c><00:28:02.099><c> what</c><00:28:02.240><c> the</c><00:28:02.460><c> wise</c><00:28:02.640><c> men</c><00:28:02.839><c> did.</c>

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:06.440
They<00:28:03.640><c> were</c><00:28:04.180><c> overjoyed.</c><00:28:04.700><c> They</c><00:28:04.920><c> couldn't</c><00:28:05.180><c> stop</c><00:28:05.460><c> talking</c><00:28:05.920><c> about</c><00:28:06.259><c> it.</c>

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:09.720
They<00:28:06.720><c> were</c><00:28:07.059><c> thrilled</c><00:28:07.359><c> to</c><00:28:07.559><c> bits.</c><00:28:07.839><c> We</c><00:28:08.220><c> found</c><00:28:08.559><c> the</c><00:28:08.859><c> king.</c>

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:12.700
We've<00:28:10.740><c> actually</c><00:28:11.279><c> found</c><00:28:11.960><c> him.</c>

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:16.700
We've<00:28:13.319><c> been</c><00:28:13.519><c> led</c><00:28:13.759><c> to</c><00:28:13.920><c> him</c><00:28:14.619><c> by</c><00:28:15.059><c> the</c><00:28:15.299><c> power</c><00:28:15.519><c> of</c><00:28:15.819><c> God.</c>

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:22.259
And<00:28:19.200><c> you</c><00:28:19.359><c> and</c><00:28:19.539><c> me</c><00:28:19.799><c> who</c><00:28:20.140><c> have</c><00:28:20.960><c> come</c><00:28:21.279><c> into</c><00:28:21.519><c> a</c><00:28:21.559><c> more</c><00:28:21.859><c> personal</c>

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:24.559
contact<00:28:22.779><c> with</c><00:28:23.000><c> him,</c>

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:30.019
we<00:28:25.779><c> do</c><00:28:25.920><c> our</c><00:28:26.119><c> Bible</c><00:28:26.339><c> readings</c><00:28:26.799><c> and</c><00:28:27.220><c> gently</c><00:28:27.579><c> close</c><00:28:27.920><c> the</c><00:28:28.099><c> book</c><00:28:28.240><c> and</c><00:28:28.539><c> say</c><00:28:28.700><c> a</c><00:28:28.880><c> prayer,</c>

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:36.339
and<00:28:32.460><c> little</c><00:28:32.680><c> excitement,</c><00:28:34.019><c> little</c><00:28:34.299><c> thrill</c><00:28:34.599><c> about</c><00:28:34.880><c> knowing</c><00:28:35.180><c> Jesus.</c>

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:43.140
We've<00:28:39.559><c> found</c><00:28:39.779><c> him,</c><00:28:40.059><c> brethren,</c><00:28:40.599><c> and</c><00:28:40.720><c> been</c><00:28:41.119><c> found</c><00:28:41.579><c> by</c><00:28:41.799><c> him</c><00:28:42.000><c> more</c><00:28:42.220><c> like,</c>

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:45.740
who<00:28:43.380><c> will</c><00:28:43.720><c> save</c><00:28:43.980><c> us</c><00:28:44.220><c> from</c><00:28:44.460><c> our</c><00:28:44.759><c> sins.</c>

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:51.240
The<00:28:47.900><c> star</c><00:28:48.119><c> which</c><00:28:48.460><c> guided</c><00:28:48.819><c> men</c><00:28:49.079><c> was</c><00:28:49.400><c> mightily</c><00:28:49.880><c> unusual.</c>

00:28:58.579 --> 00:29:01.900
I<00:28:59.180><c> mean,</c><00:28:59.539><c> how</c><00:29:00.380><c> high</c><00:29:00.640><c> is</c><00:29:00.859><c> a</c><00:29:01.099><c> star?</c>

00:29:02.130 --> 00:29:05.019
How<00:29:02.460><c> many</c><00:29:03.000><c> light</c><00:29:03.259><c>-years</c><00:29:03.539><c> away</c><00:29:03.880><c> is</c><00:29:04.140><c> it?</c>

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:09.279
Now,<00:29:06.059><c> if</c><00:29:06.180><c> you</c><00:29:06.460><c> compare</c><00:29:06.920><c> the</c><00:29:07.180><c> height</c><00:29:07.539><c> with</c><00:29:08.019><c> the</c><00:29:08.259><c> base,</c>

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:13.980
if<00:29:10.759><c> you</c><00:29:11.259><c> stand</c><00:29:11.559><c> there</c><00:29:11.940><c> and</c><00:29:12.140><c> I</c><00:29:12.539><c> stand</c><00:29:12.819><c> here</c><00:29:13.279><c> and</c><00:29:13.559><c> we're</c><00:29:13.720><c> 20</c>

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miles<00:29:14.339><c> apart</c>

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and<00:29:15.400><c> we</c><00:29:15.519><c> look</c><00:29:15.640><c> up</c><00:29:15.799><c> at</c><00:29:15.960><c> a</c><00:29:16.160><c> star,</c><00:29:17.079><c> it's</c><00:29:17.480><c> overhead</c><00:29:17.680><c> to</c><00:29:17.900><c> me</c>

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:23.180
and<00:29:20.779><c> it's</c><00:29:21.000><c> overhead</c><00:29:21.200><c> to</c><00:29:21.359><c> you</c><00:29:21.519><c> as</c><00:29:21.680><c> well,</c>

00:29:23.289 --> 00:29:26.299
because<00:29:23.619><c> the</c><00:29:23.880><c> distance</c><00:29:24.279><c> between</c><00:29:24.660><c> the</c><00:29:24.880><c> base</c><00:29:25.160><c> and</c><00:29:25.579><c> the</c><00:29:25.819><c> apex</c><00:29:26.079><c> is</c>

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:27.599
so<00:29:26.579><c> great.</c>

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:30.000
Just<00:29:28.440><c> think</c><00:29:28.859><c> about</c><00:29:29.119><c> it.</c>

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:32.960
It<00:29:30.700><c> would</c><00:29:30.940><c> have</c><00:29:31.099><c> to</c><00:29:31.220><c> be</c><00:29:31.339><c> something</c><00:29:31.680><c> that</c><00:29:31.799><c> was</c><00:29:32.259><c> much,</c><00:29:32.680><c> much,</c>

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:35.220
much<00:29:33.299><c> lower</c><00:29:33.599><c> than</c><00:29:33.940><c> that</c>

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:39.059
to<00:29:36.619><c> be</c><00:29:36.920><c> seen</c><00:29:37.099><c> to</c><00:29:37.259><c> be</c><00:29:37.480><c> overhead,</c><00:29:38.059><c> so</c><00:29:38.259><c> that</c><00:29:38.400><c> you</c><00:29:38.460><c> could</c><00:29:38.640><c> look</c><00:29:38.839><c> up</c>

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.779
and<00:29:39.319><c> say,</c>

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yes,<00:29:40.400><c> it's</c><00:29:41.079><c> overhead</c><00:29:41.420><c> now,</c><00:29:42.759><c> or</c><00:29:43.039><c> there</c><00:29:43.400><c> it</c><00:29:43.579><c> is</c><00:29:43.680><c> and</c><00:29:43.839><c> we'll</c><00:29:44.079><c> walk</c><00:29:44.259><c> there</c>

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:46.779
and<00:29:44.799><c> it</c><00:29:45.019><c> will</c><00:29:45.160><c> be</c><00:29:45.380><c> overhead</c><00:29:45.640><c> then.</c>

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:52.500
It<00:29:48.720><c> must</c><00:29:48.960><c> have</c><00:29:49.099><c> been</c><00:29:49.259><c> something</c><00:29:49.660><c> that</c><00:29:49.920><c> was</c><00:29:51.140><c> very</c><00:29:51.420><c> low.</c>

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:58.960
Why<00:29:54.000><c> could</c><00:29:54.339><c> not</c><00:29:54.539><c> this</c><00:29:54.819><c> star</c><00:29:55.299><c> have</c><00:29:57.119><c> been</c><00:29:57.359><c> the</c><00:29:57.519><c> glory</c><00:29:57.779><c> of</c><00:29:58.000><c> God?</c>

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:06.180
Why<00:30:00.920><c> could</c><00:30:01.339><c> not</c><00:30:01.539><c> this</c><00:30:01.799><c> bright</c><00:30:02.180><c> light</c><00:30:02.519><c> which</c><00:30:02.759><c> they</c><00:30:03.079><c> saw</c><00:30:03.740><c> in</c><00:30:05.119><c> the</c><00:30:05.619><c> East</c>

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:11.079
–<00:30:07.119><c> may</c><00:30:07.339><c> I</c><00:30:07.599><c> tell</c><00:30:07.799><c> you,</c><00:30:08.140><c> please,</c><00:30:08.380><c> that</c><00:30:08.700><c> the</c><00:30:08.940><c> word</c><00:30:09.200><c> for</c><00:30:09.579><c> East,</c>

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:15.259
Matthew<00:30:12.200><c> chapter</c><00:30:12.619><c> 2</c><00:30:12.859><c> and</c><00:30:13.140><c> verse</c><00:30:13.440><c> 2,</c><00:30:13.700><c> have</c><00:30:13.880><c> a</c><00:30:13.940><c> look</c><00:30:14.099><c> at</c><00:30:14.240><c> that</c><00:30:14.960><c> –</c>

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:17.640
where<00:30:15.519><c> is</c><00:30:15.740><c> he</c><00:30:15.880><c> that</c><00:30:16.039><c> is</c><00:30:16.640><c> born</c><00:30:16.900><c> king</c><00:30:17.099><c> of</c><00:30:17.200><c> the</c><00:30:17.319><c> Jews?</c>

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:20.000
For<00:30:18.059><c> we</c><00:30:18.299><c> have</c><00:30:18.500><c> seen</c><00:30:18.799><c> his</c><00:30:19.079><c> star</c><00:30:19.220><c> in</c><00:30:19.420><c> the</c><00:30:19.519><c> East</c><00:30:19.619><c> and</c><00:30:19.759><c> have</c><00:30:19.819><c> come</c>

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to<00:30:20.099><c> worship</c><00:30:20.400><c> him.</c>

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:24.460
The<00:30:21.079><c> same</c><00:30:21.599><c> word</c><00:30:21.940><c> for</c><00:30:22.299><c> East</c><00:30:22.900><c> is</c><00:30:23.359><c> rising.</c>

00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:29.779
We've<00:30:25.279><c> seen</c><00:30:25.539><c> his</c><00:30:25.900><c> star</c><00:30:26.319><c> rising</c><00:30:27.200><c> and</c><00:30:28.299><c> we</c><00:30:28.599><c> followed</c><00:30:28.839><c> it</c>

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and<00:30:30.559><c> it</c><00:30:30.839><c> brought</c><00:30:31.039><c> us</c><00:30:31.299><c> here.</c>

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:37.519
God's<00:30:35.779><c> glory</c><00:30:36.019><c> led</c><00:30:36.240><c> them.</c>

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And<00:30:37.740><c> if</c><00:30:37.859><c> you</c><00:30:37.960><c> ask</c><00:30:38.240><c> yourself,</c><00:30:39.099><c> why</c><00:30:39.380><c> didn't</c><00:30:39.819><c> others</c><00:30:39.980><c> see</c><00:30:40.400><c> it?</c>

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:43.539
Well,<00:30:41.500><c> it's</c><00:30:41.740><c> easy</c><00:30:42.059><c> to</c><00:30:42.380><c> explain.</c>

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In<00:30:45.079><c> the</c><00:30:45.279><c> wilderness,</c><00:30:47.059><c> when</c><00:30:47.799><c> God</c><00:30:48.140><c> brought</c><00:30:48.460><c> his</c><00:30:48.660><c> holy</c><00:30:48.960><c> ancient</c><00:30:49.359><c> people</c>

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:54.160
from<00:30:50.359><c> out</c><00:30:50.559><c> of</c><00:30:50.740><c> Egypt,</c><00:30:52.200><c> they</c><00:30:52.480><c> followed</c><00:30:52.779><c> his</c><00:30:53.099><c> glory.</c>

00:30:55.920 --> 00:31:02.019
The<00:30:56.180><c> glory</c><00:30:56.480><c> which</c><00:30:56.779><c> was</c><00:30:57.059><c> a</c><00:30:57.220><c> light</c><00:30:57.480><c> to</c><00:30:57.759><c> Israel</c><00:30:58.539><c> was</c><00:30:59.259><c> actually</c><00:30:59.859><c> darkness</c><00:31:00.440><c> to</c><00:31:00.720><c> Egypt.</c>

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:04.619
So<00:31:02.779><c> God's</c><00:31:03.140><c> glory</c><00:31:03.319><c> doesn't</c><00:31:03.559><c> have</c><00:31:03.740><c> to</c><00:31:03.859><c> be</c><00:31:04.000><c> a</c><00:31:04.140><c> brilliant</c><00:31:04.359><c> light</c>

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:06.180
for<00:31:04.819><c> all</c><00:31:05.039><c> to</c><00:31:05.339><c> see.</c>

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:09.200
God<00:31:06.480><c> can</c><00:31:06.779><c> cause</c><00:31:06.960><c> it</c><00:31:07.160><c> to</c><00:31:07.319><c> shine</c><00:31:07.519><c> how</c><00:31:07.759><c> and</c><00:31:07.980><c> where</c><00:31:08.180><c> he</c><00:31:08.380><c> wishes.</c>

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:13.799
And<00:31:10.539><c> so</c><00:31:10.700><c> these</c><00:31:10.980><c> wise</c><00:31:11.299><c> men</c><00:31:11.619><c> saw</c><00:31:12.400><c> the</c><00:31:12.619><c> glory</c><00:31:13.000><c> of</c><00:31:13.180><c> God,</c><00:31:13.299><c> I</c><00:31:13.460><c> suggest</c>

00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.960
to<00:31:13.980><c> you,</c><00:31:14.660><c> rising</c>

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:19.059
and<00:31:15.839><c> they</c><00:31:16.019><c> followed</c><00:31:16.339><c> it</c><00:31:17.099><c> and</c><00:31:17.380><c> it</c><00:31:17.640><c> brought</c><00:31:17.779><c> them</c><00:31:18.440><c> to</c><00:31:18.799><c> the</c><00:31:18.880><c> Lord</c>

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:20.380
Jesus<00:31:19.440><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:24.519
I<00:31:20.940><c> bring</c><00:31:21.099><c> you</c><00:31:21.259><c> to</c><00:31:21.339><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:21.660><c> chapter</c><00:31:22.019><c> 60,</c><00:31:23.660><c> please.</c>

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:32.160
Isaiah<00:31:30.740><c> chapter</c><00:31:31.019><c> 60,</c><00:31:31.500><c> we're</c><00:31:31.579><c> a</c><00:31:31.660><c> bit</c><00:31:31.779><c> short</c><00:31:31.920><c> of</c><00:31:32.079><c> time,</c>

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:34.019
so<00:31:32.299><c> I'm</c><00:31:32.400><c> going</c><00:31:32.500><c> to</c><00:31:32.680><c> start</c><00:31:32.859><c> reading</c><00:31:33.119><c> while</c><00:31:33.279><c> you</c><00:31:33.500><c> find</c><00:31:33.660><c> it.</c>

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:38.200
I'm<00:31:34.279><c> going</c><00:31:34.380><c> to</c><00:31:34.559><c> read</c><00:31:34.700><c> verses</c><00:31:35.000><c> 1</c><00:31:35.359><c> through</c><00:31:35.660><c> 3</c><00:31:36.319><c> and</c><00:31:36.619><c> then</c><00:31:36.940><c> 6.</c>

00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.720
Arise,<00:31:40.099><c> there</c><00:31:40.240><c> it</c><00:31:40.400><c> is.</c>

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:42.859
Arise,<00:31:41.559><c> shine,</c><00:31:41.779><c> for</c><00:31:41.859><c> thy</c><00:31:42.119><c> light</c><00:31:42.380><c> is</c><00:31:42.599><c> come,</c>

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:46.779
and<00:31:43.299><c> the</c><00:31:43.440><c> glory</c><00:31:43.700><c> of</c><00:31:43.859><c> the</c><00:31:44.019><c> Lord</c><00:31:44.279><c> is</c><00:31:45.039><c> risen</c><00:31:45.420><c> upon</c><00:31:45.779><c> thee.</c>

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:49.799
For<00:31:47.279><c> behold,</c><00:31:47.700><c> the</c><00:31:47.900><c> darkness</c><00:31:48.220><c> shall</c><00:31:48.460><c> cover</c><00:31:48.680><c> the</c><00:31:48.940><c> earth,</c>

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:51.859
not<00:31:50.440><c> everybody</c><00:31:50.839><c> could</c><00:31:51.119><c> see</c><00:31:51.319><c> it,</c>

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:53.539
and<00:31:52.259><c> gross</c><00:31:52.460><c> darkness</c><00:31:52.920><c> the</c><00:31:53.119><c> people.</c>

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:57.200
The<00:31:54.119><c> Gentiles</c><00:31:54.680><c> saw</c><00:31:54.859><c> it,</c><00:31:55.039><c> but</c><00:31:55.220><c> God's</c><00:31:55.619><c> people</c><00:31:55.839><c> didn't.</c>

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:59.480
But<00:31:57.559><c> the</c><00:31:57.740><c> Lord</c><00:31:58.019><c> shall</c><00:31:58.240><c> arise</c><00:31:58.559><c> upon</c><00:31:58.880><c> thee,</c>

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:01.799
and<00:31:59.960><c> his</c><00:32:00.200><c> glory</c><00:32:00.559><c> shall</c><00:32:00.759><c> be</c><00:32:01.019><c> seen</c><00:32:01.180><c> upon</c><00:32:01.500><c> thee.</c>

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:04.339
Speaking<00:32:02.240><c> of</c><00:32:02.400><c> Jesus,</c><00:32:03.799><c> verse</c><00:32:03.940><c> 3,</c>

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:06.700
And<00:32:04.859><c> Gentiles</c><00:32:05.460><c> shall</c><00:32:05.660><c> come</c><00:32:05.880><c> to</c><00:32:06.059><c> thy</c><00:32:06.220><c> light,</c>

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:11.119
and<00:32:07.480><c> kings</c><00:32:07.900><c> to</c><00:32:08.160><c> the</c><00:32:08.420><c> brightness</c><00:32:08.839><c> of</c><00:32:09.299><c> thy</c><00:32:09.680><c> rising.</c>

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:16.839
The<00:32:13.839><c> wise</c><00:32:14.200><c> men,</c><00:32:14.460><c> the</c><00:32:14.700><c> Magi,</c><00:32:15.299><c> saw</c><00:32:15.559><c> the</c><00:32:15.839><c> glory</c><00:32:16.140><c> rise</c><00:32:16.500><c> in</c><00:32:16.779><c> the</c>

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:18.000
east,<00:32:17.359><c> same</c><00:32:17.619><c> word,</c>

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:19.839
and<00:32:18.400><c> they</c><00:32:18.700><c> followed</c><00:32:18.940><c> it.</c>

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:22.700
And<00:32:20.339><c> whilst</c><00:32:20.640><c> God's</c><00:32:21.119><c> people</c><00:32:21.319><c> were</c><00:32:21.519><c> in</c><00:32:21.740><c> darkness,</c><00:32:22.319><c> they</c><00:32:22.460><c> were</c>

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.960
in<00:32:22.920><c> light.</c>

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:27.460
And<00:32:24.480><c> when</c><00:32:24.640><c> they</c><00:32:25.000><c> saw</c><00:32:25.339><c> what</c><00:32:25.859><c> the</c><00:32:26.160><c> glory</c><00:32:26.480><c> brought</c><00:32:26.819><c> them</c><00:32:27.119><c> to,</c>

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:30.319
God's<00:32:28.240><c> people</c><00:32:28.500><c> didn't</c><00:32:28.880><c> because</c><00:32:29.160><c> they</c><00:32:29.359><c> couldn't</c><00:32:29.660><c> follow</c><00:32:29.880><c> it.</c>

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:33.359
Verse<00:32:30.880><c> 6,</c><00:32:31.500><c> The</c><00:32:31.660><c> multitude</c><00:32:32.119><c> of</c><00:32:32.400><c> camels</c><00:32:32.640><c> shall</c><00:32:32.859><c> cover</c><00:32:33.079><c> thee,</c>

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:35.440
the<00:32:33.759><c> dromedaries</c><00:32:34.200><c> of</c><00:32:34.440><c> Midian</c><00:32:34.700><c> and</c><00:32:34.900><c> Ephah.</c>

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:37.680
All<00:32:35.759><c> they</c><00:32:35.920><c> from</c><00:32:36.180><c> Sheba</c><00:32:36.500><c> shall</c><00:32:36.680><c> come,</c><00:32:36.880><c> they</c><00:32:37.000><c> shall</c><00:32:37.140><c> bring</c><00:32:37.299><c> gold</c>

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.900
and<00:32:37.920><c> incense.</c>

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:42.619
They<00:32:39.859><c> shall</c><00:32:40.119><c> show</c><00:32:40.440><c> forth</c><00:32:40.660><c> the</c><00:32:41.000><c> praises</c><00:32:41.440><c> of</c><00:32:42.180><c> the</c><00:32:42.339><c> Lord.</c>

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:45.700
What<00:32:43.059><c> a</c><00:32:43.400><c> fabulous</c><00:32:43.880><c> prophecy</c><00:32:44.420><c> of</c><00:32:44.900><c> the</c><00:32:45.059><c> birth</c><00:32:45.259><c> of</c><00:32:45.420><c> the</c><00:32:45.519><c> Lord</c>

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:47.259
Jesus<00:32:46.079><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:50.980
Tremendous<00:32:48.059><c> excitement,</c><00:32:49.079><c> and</c><00:32:49.220><c> no</c><00:32:49.420><c> one</c><00:32:49.559><c> else</c><00:32:49.779><c> saw</c><00:32:49.980><c> it</c><00:32:50.279><c> but</c><00:32:50.559><c> them.</c>

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:54.559
Will<00:32:51.619><c> you</c><00:32:51.940><c> come</c><00:32:52.140><c> with</c><00:32:52.339><c> me</c><00:32:52.500><c> please</c><00:32:52.759><c> to</c><00:32:52.920><c> the</c><00:32:53.019><c> book</c><00:32:53.140><c> of</c><00:32:53.339><c> Numbers</c>

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:57.200
and<00:32:55.460><c> chapter</c><00:32:55.759><c> 24?</c>

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:04.220
This<00:33:01.119><c> is</c><00:33:01.380><c> a</c><00:33:01.519><c> prophecy</c><00:33:01.839><c> of</c><00:33:02.140><c> Balaam,</c><00:33:02.480><c> the</c><00:33:02.579><c> son</c><00:33:02.700><c> of</c><00:33:02.920><c> Beor,</c>

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:09.160
the<00:33:05.920><c> man</c><00:33:06.119><c> who</c><00:33:06.440><c> had</c><00:33:06.599><c> his</c><00:33:06.759><c> eyes</c><00:33:06.960><c> opened</c><00:33:07.400><c> by</c><00:33:07.640><c> God.</c>

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:13.500
Verse<00:33:11.180><c> 16</c><00:33:11.579><c> of</c><00:33:11.920><c> Numbers</c><00:33:12.240><c> 24.</c>

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:16.359
He<00:33:14.960><c> had</c><00:33:15.200><c> said,</c><00:33:15.480><c> which</c><00:33:15.539><c> heard</c><00:33:15.720><c> the</c><00:33:15.839><c> words</c><00:33:16.000><c> of</c><00:33:16.160><c> God,</c>

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.579
and<00:33:16.519><c> knew</c><00:33:16.619><c> the</c><00:33:16.819><c> knowledge</c><00:33:16.980><c> of</c><00:33:17.140><c> the</c><00:33:17.240><c> Most</c><00:33:17.500><c> High,</c>

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:20.559
which<00:33:18.180><c> saw</c><00:33:18.380><c> the</c><00:33:18.579><c> vision</c><00:33:18.740><c> of</c><00:33:18.920><c> the</c><00:33:19.019><c> Almighty</c><00:33:19.339><c> falling</c><00:33:19.819><c> into</c><00:33:20.099><c> a</c><00:33:20.299><c> trance,</c>

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:22.740
but<00:33:20.880><c> having</c><00:33:21.000><c> his</c><00:33:21.200><c> eyes</c><00:33:21.359><c> open,</c><00:33:21.720><c> now</c><00:33:21.940><c> this</c><00:33:22.160><c> is</c><00:33:22.299><c> it.</c>

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:25.119
I<00:33:23.160><c> shall</c><00:33:23.359><c> see</c><00:33:23.559><c> him,</c><00:33:23.759><c> but</c><00:33:23.940><c> not</c><00:33:24.160><c> now.</c>

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:26.680
I<00:33:25.380><c> shall</c><00:33:25.559><c> behold</c><00:33:25.880><c> him,</c><00:33:26.059><c> but</c><00:33:26.259><c> not</c><00:33:26.519><c> now.</c>

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:30.319
There<00:33:27.700><c> shall</c><00:33:28.220><c> come</c><00:33:28.539><c> a</c><00:33:28.859><c> star</c><00:33:29.180><c> out</c><00:33:29.519><c> of</c><00:33:29.779><c> Jacob,</c>

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:33.160
and<00:33:30.980><c> a</c><00:33:31.119><c> sceptre</c><00:33:31.400><c> shall</c><00:33:31.720><c> rise</c><00:33:32.200><c> out</c><00:33:32.519><c> of</c><00:33:32.700><c> Israel,</c>

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:35.480
and<00:33:33.700><c> shall</c><00:33:33.960><c> smite</c><00:33:34.259><c> the</c><00:33:34.500><c> corners</c><00:33:34.819><c> of</c><00:33:35.140><c> Moab,</c>

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:38.940
and<00:33:36.099><c> destroy</c><00:33:36.539><c> all</c><00:33:36.900><c> the</c><00:33:37.140><c> children</c><00:33:37.619><c> of</c><00:33:37.980><c> Sheath.</c>

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:41.299
Edom.

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:45.119
That's<00:33:43.700><c> what's</c><00:33:44.019><c> spoken</c><00:33:44.200><c> about.</c>

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:49.119
Now,<00:33:46.779><c> who</c><00:33:47.000><c> was</c><00:33:47.200><c> the</c><00:33:47.259><c> most</c><00:33:47.599><c> famous</c><00:33:47.960><c> Edomite?</c>

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:51.400
And<00:33:49.319><c> the</c><00:33:49.380><c> answer</c><00:33:49.700><c> is</c><00:33:50.079><c> Herod.</c>

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:53.980
So<00:33:52.339><c> this</c><00:33:52.559><c> would</c><00:33:52.799><c> account</c><00:33:53.079><c> for</c><00:33:53.299><c> his</c><00:33:53.539><c> violence.</c>

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:59.920
The<00:33:54.859><c> Edomites</c><00:33:56.720><c> hated</c><00:33:57.319><c> everything</c><00:33:58.420><c> Jewish.</c>

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:07.299
Matthew<00:34:04.700><c> chapter</c><00:34:05.119><c> 2,</c><00:34:05.420><c> back</c><00:34:05.579><c> to</c><00:34:05.740><c> Matthew</c><00:34:05.960><c> please.</c>

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:10.340
Matthew<00:34:08.840><c> chapter</c><00:34:09.280><c> 2</c><00:34:09.599><c> and</c><00:34:09.739><c> verse</c><00:34:09.900><c> 4.</c>

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:12.599
And<00:34:10.599><c> when</c><00:34:10.800><c> he,</c><00:34:11.059><c> that</c><00:34:11.179><c> is</c><00:34:11.380><c> Herod,</c><00:34:11.820><c> had</c><00:34:11.980><c> gathered</c><00:34:12.199><c> all</c><00:34:12.440><c> the</c>

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.079
chief<00:34:12.820><c> priests</c>

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:14.380
and<00:34:13.239><c> the</c><00:34:13.340><c> scribes</c><00:34:13.619><c> of</c><00:34:13.739><c> the</c><00:34:13.880><c> people</c><00:34:14.039><c> together,</c>

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:16.780
he<00:34:14.880><c> demanded</c><00:34:15.280><c> of</c><00:34:15.480><c> them</c><00:34:15.579><c> where</c><00:34:15.820><c> Christ</c><00:34:16.199><c> should</c><00:34:16.400><c> be</c><00:34:16.619><c> born.</c>

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:19.500
And<00:34:17.139><c> if</c><00:34:17.239><c> we</c><00:34:17.340><c> look</c><00:34:17.480><c> at</c><00:34:17.559><c> this</c><00:34:17.719><c> in</c><00:34:17.960><c> Greek,</c><00:34:18.360><c> it's</c><00:34:18.840><c> continuous.</c>

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:22.480
He<00:34:20.000><c> kept</c><00:34:20.280><c> on</c><00:34:20.559><c> demanding</c><00:34:20.920><c> of</c><00:34:21.239><c> them,</c><00:34:21.559><c> took</c><00:34:21.739><c> them</c><00:34:21.840><c> by</c><00:34:22.079><c> the</c><00:34:22.340><c> throat</c>

00:34:22.480 --> 00:34:22.960
as<00:34:22.659><c> it</c><00:34:22.840><c> were.</c>

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:25.519
Where<00:34:23.460><c> is</c><00:34:23.800><c> this</c><00:34:24.099><c> child</c><00:34:24.320><c> to</c><00:34:24.500><c> be</c><00:34:24.679><c> born?</c>

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:29.119
Oh,<00:34:26.480><c> no</c><00:34:26.739><c> wonder</c><00:34:27.119><c> the</c><00:34:28.300><c> scribes</c><00:34:28.619><c> and</c><00:34:28.800><c> Pharisees</c>

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:32.280
and<00:34:29.920><c> the</c><00:34:30.440><c> clever</c><00:34:30.659><c> people</c><00:34:30.920><c> of</c><00:34:31.079><c> the</c><00:34:31.260><c> day</c><00:34:31.579><c> were</c><00:34:31.840><c> reticent</c>

00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:36.900
to<00:34:32.539><c> tell</c><00:34:32.679><c> him</c><00:34:33.360><c> the</c><00:34:34.059><c> prophecy</c><00:34:34.380><c> which</c><00:34:34.860><c> his</c><00:34:35.079><c> own</c><00:34:35.480><c> wise</c><00:34:35.840><c> man</c><00:34:36.219><c> Balaam</c>

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:41.139
had<00:34:37.400><c> spoken</c><00:34:37.679><c> about</c><00:34:38.280><c> in</c><00:34:39.139><c> Numbers</c><00:34:39.400><c> chapter</c><00:34:39.719><c> 24.</c>

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:43.460
Edom's<00:34:41.579><c> going</c><00:34:41.679><c> to</c><00:34:41.800><c> be</c><00:34:41.980><c> hammered.</c>

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:45.360
Herod<00:34:43.880><c> was</c><00:34:44.119><c> an</c><00:34:44.280><c> Edomite.</c>

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:49.900
And<00:34:47.059><c> so</c><00:34:47.320><c> feigning</c><00:34:47.679><c> godly</c><00:34:48.139><c> zeal,</c><00:34:48.460><c> he</c><00:34:48.579><c> charges</c><00:34:48.980><c> the</c><00:34:49.260><c> wise</c><00:34:49.539><c> men</c>

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:54.880
to<00:34:50.280><c> return</c><00:34:50.860><c> to</c><00:34:51.059><c> him</c><00:34:51.460><c> so</c><00:34:51.880><c> that</c><00:34:52.039><c> he</c><00:34:52.320><c> too</c><00:34:52.559><c> can</c><00:34:52.760><c> worship</c><00:34:53.239><c> the</c><00:34:53.480><c> baby</c><00:34:53.760><c> Jesus.</c>

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:58.840
And<00:34:57.079><c> when</c><00:34:57.239><c> they</c><00:34:57.500><c> leave</c><00:34:57.760><c> Herod,</c>

00:34:58.900 --> 00:35:02.559
not<00:34:59.320><c> realising</c><00:35:00.179><c> the</c><00:35:00.519><c> hornet's</c><00:35:00.980><c> nest</c><00:35:01.300><c> which</c><00:35:01.500><c> they</c><00:35:01.739><c> have</c><00:35:02.000><c> stirred</c><00:35:02.159><c> up,</c>

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:04.760
but<00:35:03.079><c> just</c><00:35:03.440><c> a</c><00:35:03.539><c> little</c><00:35:03.719><c> aside,</c><00:35:04.159><c> brethren</c><00:35:04.280><c> and</c><00:35:04.480><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:08.599
we<00:35:05.300><c> really</c><00:35:05.619><c> ought</c><00:35:05.800><c> to</c><00:35:05.960><c> know</c><00:35:06.260><c> how</c><00:35:06.760><c> evil</c><00:35:07.179><c> Herod</c><00:35:07.559><c> was.</c>

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:12.440
He<00:35:09.579><c> was</c><00:35:10.340><c> desperately</c><00:35:11.239><c> wicked,</c>

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:16.320
thought<00:35:13.099><c> nothing</c><00:35:13.579><c> of</c><00:35:13.900><c> slaying</c><00:35:14.480><c> 3</c><00:35:14.940><c>,000</c><00:35:15.320><c> people</c><00:35:15.639><c> at</c><00:35:15.840><c> one</c><00:35:16.079><c> time</c>

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:18.039
in<00:35:16.559><c> the</c><00:35:16.780><c> temple</c><00:35:17.059><c> area.</c>

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:24.320
And<00:35:19.320><c> when</c><00:35:19.519><c> the</c><00:35:19.739><c> wise</c><00:35:19.960><c> men</c><00:35:20.739><c> leave</c><00:35:21.360><c> Herod,</c><00:35:22.380><c> they</c><00:35:22.559><c> see</c><00:35:22.840><c> the</c><00:35:23.079><c> star</c><00:35:23.280><c> again.</c>

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:28.500
When<00:35:25.300><c> they</c><00:35:25.500><c> saw</c><00:35:25.739><c> the</c><00:35:25.960><c> star,</c><00:35:26.320><c> they</c><00:35:26.420><c> rejoiced</c><00:35:27.500><c> with</c><00:35:27.980><c> exceeding</c>

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:28.860
great<00:35:28.719><c> joy.</c>

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:30.800
Now,<00:35:29.039><c> where</c><00:35:29.199><c> was</c><00:35:29.420><c> Jesus</c><00:35:29.780><c> now?</c>

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:35.880
Where<00:35:31.340><c> do</c><00:35:31.579><c> you</c><00:35:31.599><c> think</c><00:35:31.800><c> Jesus</c><00:35:32.219><c> was</c><00:35:32.860><c> when</c><00:35:33.440><c> the</c><00:35:33.659><c> wise</c><00:35:33.960><c> men</c><00:35:34.400><c> found</c><00:35:34.980><c> him?</c>

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:42.079
They'd<00:35:37.119><c> come</c><00:35:37.300><c> to</c><00:35:37.539><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:35:39.900><c> they</c><00:35:40.440><c> lost</c><00:35:40.739><c> sight</c><00:35:41.039><c> of</c><00:35:41.199><c> the</c><00:35:41.400><c> star</c><00:35:41.579><c> then,</c>

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:46.219
so<00:35:42.440><c> they</c><00:35:42.579><c> said,</c><00:35:42.760><c> well,</c><00:35:43.539><c> the</c><00:35:43.739><c> obvious</c><00:35:44.059><c> place</c><00:35:44.380><c> to</c><00:35:44.579><c> go</c><00:35:44.699><c> is</c><00:35:45.139><c> the</c><00:35:45.300><c> palace.</c>

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:50.039
So<00:35:47.280><c> they</c><00:35:47.460><c> knocked</c><00:35:47.619><c> on</c><00:35:47.860><c> Herod's</c><00:35:48.179><c> door</c><00:35:48.619><c> and</c><00:35:49.159><c> said,</c>

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:51.639
where<00:35:50.219><c> is</c><00:35:50.460><c> he</c><00:35:50.559><c> that</c><00:35:50.639><c> is</c><00:35:50.800><c> born</c><00:35:50.980><c> king</c><00:35:51.159><c> of</c><00:35:51.300><c> the</c><00:35:51.440><c> Jews?</c>

00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:53.860
Herod's<00:35:52.179><c> very</c><00:35:52.380><c> interested</c><00:35:52.800><c> in</c><00:35:52.980><c> this.</c>

00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:56.559
He<00:35:54.599><c> wants</c><00:35:54.760><c> to</c><00:35:54.940><c> get</c><00:35:55.099><c> shot</c><00:35:55.280><c> at</c><00:35:55.380><c> this</c><00:35:55.599><c> child.</c>

00:35:58.940 --> 00:36:00.679
They<00:35:59.340><c> bring</c><00:35:59.539><c> in</c><00:35:59.679><c> the</c><00:35:59.739><c> wise</c><00:35:59.880><c> men</c><00:36:00.000><c> and</c><00:36:00.159><c> they</c><00:36:00.360><c> say,</c>

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:03.840
he's<00:36:01.320><c> going</c><00:36:01.420><c> to</c><00:36:01.559><c> be</c><00:36:01.820><c> born</c><00:36:01.940><c> in</c><00:36:02.840><c> Bethlehem,</c>

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:05.639
a<00:36:04.280><c> frat</c><00:36:04.440><c> of</c><00:36:04.639><c> two</c><00:36:04.860><c> Bethlehems,</c><00:36:05.280><c> you</c><00:36:05.460><c> see.</c>

00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:09.000
One<00:36:05.880><c> was</c><00:36:06.099><c> way</c><00:36:06.199><c> up</c><00:36:06.440><c> north</c><00:36:06.820><c> and</c><00:36:07.159><c> the</c><00:36:07.280><c> other</c><00:36:07.420><c> one</c><00:36:07.539><c> was</c><00:36:07.679><c> down</c><00:36:07.860><c> south.</c>

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:11.579
This<00:36:09.719><c> is</c><00:36:09.840><c> where</c><00:36:09.920><c> he's</c><00:36:10.139><c> going</c><00:36:10.260><c> to</c><00:36:10.420><c> be</c><00:36:10.639><c> born.</c>

00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:17.960
Well,<00:36:15.699><c> they</c><00:36:16.179><c> don't</c><00:36:16.400><c> need</c><00:36:16.579><c> a</c><00:36:16.840><c> star</c><00:36:16.960><c> now.</c>

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:20.280
Why<00:36:18.760><c> do</c><00:36:18.960><c> they</c><00:36:19.079><c> need</c><00:36:19.300><c> a</c><00:36:19.539><c> star?</c>

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:25.980
If<00:36:22.679><c> the</c><00:36:22.900><c> wise</c><00:36:23.099><c> men</c><00:36:23.360><c> now</c><00:36:23.719><c> know</c><00:36:23.900><c> that</c><00:36:24.079><c> Jesus</c><00:36:24.420><c> is</c><00:36:24.639><c> going</c><00:36:24.739><c> to</c><00:36:24.920><c> be</c><00:36:25.059><c> born</c><00:36:25.179><c> in</c><00:36:25.400><c> Bethlehem</c>

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:27.619
and<00:36:26.260><c> they</c><00:36:26.420><c> are</c><00:36:26.639><c> in</c><00:36:26.880><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:31.760
the<00:36:28.599><c> road</c><00:36:28.960><c> from</c><00:36:29.380><c> Jerusalem</c><00:36:29.940><c> to</c><00:36:30.179><c> Bethlehem</c><00:36:30.699><c> is</c><00:36:30.840><c> very</c><00:36:31.119><c> clearly</c><00:36:31.360><c> marked.</c>

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:34.139
Bethlehem<00:36:32.699><c> this</c><00:36:32.920><c> way,</c><00:36:33.300><c> it</c><00:36:33.340><c> says.</c>

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:41.500
You'd<00:36:35.760><c> have</c><00:36:35.860><c> to</c><00:36:35.960><c> be</c><00:36:36.119><c> a</c><00:36:36.280><c> blind</c><00:36:36.500><c> man</c><00:36:37.599><c> not</c><00:36:38.579><c> to</c><00:36:38.860><c> find</c><00:36:39.019><c> your</c><00:36:39.159><c> way</c><00:36:39.280><c> from</c><00:36:39.820><c> Jerusalem</c><00:36:40.300><c> to</c><00:36:40.500><c> Bethlehem.</c>

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:48.739
So<00:36:46.380><c> where</c><00:36:46.579><c> was</c><00:36:46.760><c> Jesus</c><00:36:47.099><c> now?</c>

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.829
Somewhere<00:36:49.980><c> else.</c>

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:54.019
Otherwise<00:36:51.599><c> they</c><00:36:52.079><c> would</c><00:36:52.280><c> have</c><00:36:52.440><c> gone</c><00:36:52.719><c> straight</c><00:36:53.119><c> to</c><00:36:53.340><c> Bethlehem</c>

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:55.539
and<00:36:54.219><c> they</c><00:36:54.440><c> didn't.</c>

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:59.900
And<00:36:55.880><c> we</c><00:36:56.039><c> ask</c><00:36:56.239><c> ourselves,</c><00:36:57.559><c> where</c><00:36:58.239><c> do</c><00:36:58.840><c> you</c><00:36:59.019><c> think</c><00:36:59.219><c> Jesus</c><00:36:59.619><c> might</c>

00:36:59.900 --> 00:37:00.139
have<00:37:00.019><c> been?</c>

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:01.920
The<00:37:00.260><c> answer</c><00:37:00.460><c> is</c><00:37:00.619><c> we</c><00:37:00.679><c> don't</c><00:37:00.900><c> know.</c>

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:07.340
Maybe<00:37:03.820><c> Hebron,</c><00:37:04.980><c> the</c><00:37:05.000><c> burying</c><00:37:05.300><c> place</c><00:37:05.679><c> of</c><00:37:06.179><c> all</c><00:37:06.400><c> the</c><00:37:06.559><c> great</c><00:37:06.739><c> men,</c>

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.789
Abraham<00:37:07.940><c> included.</c>

00:37:08.929 --> 00:37:11.550
I<00:37:09.469><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:09.949><c> think</c><00:37:10.369><c> as</c><00:37:10.610><c> far</c><00:37:10.829><c> as</c><00:37:11.030><c> Nazareth,</c>

00:37:11.949 --> 00:37:15.789
although<00:37:12.250><c> some</c><00:37:13.289><c> scholars</c><00:37:13.610><c> do</c><00:37:13.949><c> suggest</c><00:37:14.469><c> that</c><00:37:14.710><c> Jesus</c><00:37:15.090><c> went</c><00:37:15.449><c> up</c>

00:37:15.789 --> 00:37:17.110
to<00:37:15.949><c> Nazareth,</c>

00:37:17.829 --> 00:37:19.889
but<00:37:17.949><c> wherever</c><00:37:18.289><c> He</c><00:37:18.489><c> was,</c><00:37:18.670><c> and</c><00:37:18.869><c> I</c><00:37:18.929><c> suggest</c><00:37:19.269><c> it</c><00:37:19.429><c> might</c><00:37:19.630><c> have</c><00:37:19.769><c> been</c>

00:37:19.889 --> 00:37:22.230
somewhere<00:37:20.150><c> like</c><00:37:21.210><c> Hebron,</c>

00:37:22.530 --> 00:37:24.630
the<00:37:22.750><c> wise</c><00:37:22.929><c> men</c><00:37:23.110><c> find</c><00:37:23.489><c> Him.</c>

00:37:24.789 --> 00:37:31.769
They<00:37:25.170><c> bring</c><00:37:25.389><c> gifts</c><00:37:25.750><c> of</c><00:37:25.969><c> gold</c><00:37:26.909><c> and</c><00:37:27.750><c> frankincense</c><00:37:28.710><c> and</c><00:37:29.550><c> myrrh.</c>

00:37:32.130 --> 00:37:34.269
It<00:37:32.449><c> isn't</c><00:37:32.550><c> that</c><00:37:32.730><c> they</c><00:37:32.889><c> open</c><00:37:33.130><c> their</c><00:37:33.409><c> packages</c><00:37:33.789><c> and</c><00:37:33.989><c> just</c><00:37:34.170><c> say,</c>

00:37:34.349 --> 00:37:35.449
oh,<00:37:34.449><c> we</c><00:37:34.530><c> brought</c><00:37:34.710><c> this</c><00:37:34.909><c> for</c><00:37:35.150><c> you.</c>

00:37:35.449 --> 00:37:38.530
I<00:37:35.889><c> suggest</c><00:37:36.150><c> Jesus</c><00:37:36.530><c> was</c><00:37:36.769><c> about</c><00:37:37.110><c> two</c><00:37:37.309><c> by</c><00:37:37.530><c> now,</c><00:37:37.690><c> maybe</c><00:37:37.909><c> not</c><00:37:38.190><c> quite,</c>

00:37:38.929 --> 00:37:40.389
and<00:37:39.170><c> certainly</c><00:37:39.570><c> able</c><00:37:39.849><c> to</c><00:37:40.150><c> talk.</c>

00:37:40.590 --> 00:37:43.170
I<00:37:40.710><c> wonder</c><00:37:40.789><c> what</c><00:37:40.929><c> He</c><00:37:41.150><c> said</c><00:37:41.309><c> to</c><00:37:41.530><c> the</c><00:37:41.670><c> wise</c><00:37:41.929><c> men.</c>

00:37:45.170 --> 00:37:46.630
Thank<00:37:45.650><c> you.</c>

00:37:47.630 --> 00:37:50.590
You<00:37:47.750><c> see,</c><00:37:48.030><c> brethren</c><00:37:48.210><c> and</c><00:37:48.389><c> sisters,</c><00:37:48.969><c> I</c><00:37:49.090><c> can</c><00:37:49.230><c> evidence</c><00:37:49.530><c> in</c><00:37:49.750><c> just</c>

00:37:50.590 --> 00:37:52.030
one<00:37:50.869><c> sentence</c>

00:37:52.630 --> 00:37:56.269
why<00:37:53.110><c> this</c><00:37:53.489><c> situation</c><00:37:54.050><c> is</c><00:37:54.389><c> removed</c><00:37:54.690><c> from</c><00:37:54.909><c> the</c><00:37:55.050><c> birth</c><00:37:55.210><c> of</c><00:37:55.489><c> Jesus.</c>

00:37:56.849 --> 00:38:00.610
When<00:37:57.170><c> Jesus</c><00:37:57.570><c> was</c><00:37:57.849><c> born,</c><00:37:58.230><c> Mary</c><00:37:58.349><c> of</c><00:37:58.590><c> necessity</c><00:37:59.150><c> had</c><00:37:59.510><c> to</c><00:37:59.690><c> make</c><00:37:59.869><c> a</c><00:38:00.050><c> sacrifice</c>

00:38:00.610 --> 00:38:03.090
and<00:38:01.030><c> the</c><00:38:01.170><c> law</c><00:38:01.289><c> was</c><00:38:01.650><c> specific</c><00:38:02.010><c> in</c><00:38:02.150><c> what</c><00:38:02.309><c> she</c><00:38:02.469><c> had</c><00:38:02.650><c> to</c><00:38:02.849><c> give</c>

00:38:03.090 --> 00:38:05.809
40<00:38:03.570><c> days</c><00:38:03.829><c> after</c><00:38:04.130><c> the</c><00:38:04.250><c> birth</c><00:38:04.429><c> of</c><00:38:04.650><c> her</c><00:38:04.710><c> child.</c>

00:38:06.989 --> 00:38:09.690
Allowance<00:38:07.429><c> was</c><00:38:07.590><c> made</c><00:38:07.809><c> for</c><00:38:07.989><c> very</c><00:38:08.250><c> poor</c><00:38:08.530><c> people,</c>

00:38:10.329 --> 00:38:13.769
and<00:38:10.769><c> Mary</c><00:38:10.989><c> brought</c><00:38:11.789><c> two</c><00:38:12.250><c> pigeons</c><00:38:12.570><c> with</c><00:38:12.849><c> Joseph.</c>

00:38:14.269 --> 00:38:15.869
Can't<00:38:14.710><c> get</c><00:38:15.030><c> any</c><00:38:15.289><c> cheaper</c><00:38:15.530><c> than</c><00:38:15.730><c> that.</c>

00:38:16.090 --> 00:38:18.130
You<00:38:16.269><c> can</c><00:38:16.550><c> find</c><00:38:16.769><c> them</c><00:38:16.929><c> in</c><00:38:17.090><c> the</c><00:38:17.309><c> market</c><00:38:17.469><c> square.</c>

00:38:18.630 --> 00:38:19.989
Cost<00:38:18.849><c> you</c><00:38:18.989><c> nothing.</c>

00:38:22.750 --> 00:38:24.510
And<00:38:23.190><c> that's</c><00:38:23.329><c> what</c><00:38:23.449><c> they</c><00:38:23.670><c> brought.</c>

00:38:24.789 --> 00:38:27.210
Now,<00:38:25.030><c> if</c><00:38:25.210><c> they</c><00:38:25.409><c> had</c><00:38:25.570><c> been</c><00:38:25.809><c> in</c><00:38:25.989><c> possession</c><00:38:26.309><c> of</c><00:38:26.489><c> the</c><00:38:26.650><c> gold</c><00:38:26.929><c> and</c>

00:38:27.210 --> 00:38:28.289
frankincense<00:38:27.809><c> and</c><00:38:28.010><c> myrrh,</c>

00:38:28.349 --> 00:38:30.750
do<00:38:28.550><c> you</c><00:38:28.590><c> really</c><00:38:28.989><c> think</c><00:38:29.130><c> they</c><00:38:29.250><c> would</c><00:38:29.429><c> have</c><00:38:29.510><c> kept</c><00:38:29.630><c> that</c><00:38:29.849><c> in</c><00:38:29.929><c> their</c><00:38:30.190><c> back</c><00:38:30.329><c> pockets</c>

00:38:30.750 --> 00:38:32.929
and<00:38:31.170><c> brought</c><00:38:31.369><c> the</c><00:38:31.570><c> cheapest</c><00:38:31.869><c> thing</c><00:38:32.070><c> they</c><00:38:32.230><c> could</c><00:38:32.449><c> find?</c>

00:38:33.409 --> 00:38:35.969
Oh,<00:38:33.909><c> no,</c><00:38:34.530><c> Joseph</c><00:38:34.789><c> and</c><00:38:35.010><c> Mary</c><00:38:35.170><c> were</c><00:38:35.309><c> not</c><00:38:35.489><c> like</c><00:38:35.750><c> that.</c>

00:38:36.090 --> 00:38:40.610
They<00:38:36.250><c> didn't</c><00:38:36.510><c> have</c><00:38:36.750><c> the</c><00:38:37.829><c> gold</c><00:38:37.949><c> and</c><00:38:38.070><c> frankincense</c><00:38:38.829><c> and</c><00:38:38.969><c> myrrh</c><00:38:39.090><c> yet.</c>

00:38:41.449 --> 00:38:45.389
And<00:38:41.590><c> it</c><00:38:41.610><c> was</c><00:38:41.769><c> two</c><00:38:41.969><c> years</c><00:38:43.369><c> or</c><00:38:44.769><c> thereabouts</c>

00:38:45.389 --> 00:38:48.989
before<00:38:46.010><c> the</c><00:38:46.210><c> wise</c><00:38:46.389><c> men</c><00:38:46.789><c> came</c><00:38:47.110><c> to</c><00:38:47.269><c> the</c><00:38:47.369><c> Lord</c><00:38:47.510><c> Jesus</c><00:38:47.889><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:49.869 --> 00:38:53.269
And<00:38:50.010><c> gold</c><00:38:50.289><c> and</c><00:38:50.530><c> frankincense</c><00:38:51.230><c> and</c><00:38:51.429><c> myrrh</c><00:38:51.690><c> speak</c><00:38:51.969><c> of</c><00:38:52.130><c> one</c><00:38:52.449><c> thing.</c>

00:38:53.610 --> 00:38:57.750
They<00:38:54.090><c> speak</c><00:38:54.349><c> of</c><00:38:54.510><c> a</c><00:38:54.730><c> king</c><00:38:55.110><c> priest</c><00:38:55.869><c> after</c><00:38:56.670><c> the</c><00:38:56.829><c> order</c><00:38:57.030><c> of</c><00:38:57.190><c> Melchizedek.</c>

00:38:57.750 --> 00:39:00.989
And<00:38:58.070><c> these</c><00:38:58.409><c> wise</c><00:38:58.769><c> men</c><00:38:59.030><c> knew</c><00:38:59.429><c> that</c><00:38:59.789><c> this</c><00:39:00.150><c> little</c><00:39:00.530><c> boy</c>

00:39:00.989 --> 00:39:03.750
would<00:39:01.809><c> grow</c><00:39:02.110><c> to</c><00:39:02.309><c> be</c><00:39:02.469><c> a</c><00:39:02.710><c> king</c><00:39:02.969><c> and</c><00:39:03.170><c> a</c><00:39:03.429><c> priest.</c>

00:39:04.050 --> 00:39:07.670
And<00:39:04.110><c> they</c><00:39:04.409><c> rummaged</c><00:39:04.829><c> in</c><00:39:05.090><c> there</c><00:39:05.349><c> until</c><00:39:05.929><c> they</c><00:39:06.210><c> found</c><00:39:06.409><c> what</c><00:39:06.550><c> they</c><00:39:06.789><c> wanted.</c>

00:39:07.829 --> 00:39:12.130
That<00:39:08.010><c> area,</c><00:39:08.309><c> you</c><00:39:08.550><c> see,</c><00:39:09.329><c> is</c><00:39:09.809><c> famous</c><00:39:10.170><c> for</c><00:39:10.369><c> wood</c><00:39:10.670><c> carvings.</c>

00:39:12.329 --> 00:39:16.010
It's<00:39:12.849><c> renowned</c><00:39:13.170><c> throughout</c><00:39:13.510><c> the</c><00:39:13.889><c> world</c><00:39:14.230><c> for</c><00:39:14.570><c> the</c><00:39:14.829><c> quality</c><00:39:15.210><c> of</c><00:39:15.510><c> silverware.</c>

00:39:16.289 --> 00:39:18.190
And<00:39:16.550><c> they</c><00:39:16.690><c> probably</c><00:39:17.030><c> had</c><00:39:17.190><c> these</c><00:39:17.469><c> things</c><00:39:17.590><c> in</c><00:39:17.750><c> their</c><00:39:17.889><c> bag.</c>

00:39:18.429 --> 00:39:19.750
And<00:39:18.550><c> they</c><00:39:18.650><c> said,</c><00:39:18.769><c> no,</c><00:39:18.929><c> we</c><00:39:19.010><c> can't</c><00:39:19.289><c> give</c><00:39:19.469><c> him</c><00:39:19.630><c> wood.</c>

00:39:19.829 --> 00:39:20.670
We<00:39:19.849><c> can't</c><00:39:20.130><c> give</c><00:39:20.269><c> him</c><00:39:20.409><c> silver.</c>

00:39:20.889 --> 00:39:21.670
Here's<00:39:21.130><c> a</c><00:39:21.250><c> piece</c><00:39:21.369><c> of</c><00:39:21.570><c> gold.</c>

00:39:21.829 --> 00:39:23.349
Give<00:39:22.190><c> him</c><00:39:22.369><c> gold.</c>

00:39:23.969 --> 00:39:26.590
And<00:39:24.250><c> frankincense</c><00:39:24.849><c> and</c><00:39:25.110><c> myrrh,</c><00:39:25.610><c> jolly</c><00:39:25.909><c> strange</c><00:39:26.289><c> things</c>

00:39:26.590 --> 00:39:28.849
to<00:39:26.750><c> give</c><00:39:26.829><c> a</c><00:39:26.989><c> two</c><00:39:27.190><c>-year</c><00:39:27.349><c>-old</c><00:39:27.510><c> boy,</c><00:39:28.349><c> eh?</c>

00:39:29.150 --> 00:39:30.929
And<00:39:29.429><c> will</c><00:39:29.510><c> you</c><00:39:29.650><c> mark</c><00:39:29.789><c> this?</c>

00:39:30.989 --> 00:39:33.389
If<00:39:31.190><c> you</c><00:39:31.409><c> take</c><00:39:31.670><c> a</c><00:39:31.869><c> present</c><00:39:32.030><c> for</c><00:39:32.250><c> a</c><00:39:32.469><c> child,</c><00:39:32.710><c> you</c><00:39:32.869><c> give</c><00:39:32.949><c> it</c><00:39:33.090><c> to</c><00:39:33.210><c> his</c>

00:39:33.389 --> 00:39:35.170
mum<00:39:33.690><c> or</c><00:39:33.949><c> his</c><00:39:34.190><c> dad.</c>

00:39:35.750 --> 00:39:38.170
He<00:39:36.050><c> says,</c><00:39:36.289><c> we</c><00:39:36.650><c> brought</c><00:39:36.949><c> this</c><00:39:37.190><c> for</c><00:39:37.369><c> Johnny.</c>

00:39:38.510 --> 00:39:41.309
And<00:39:38.789><c> his</c><00:39:38.909><c> mother</c><00:39:39.090><c> or</c><00:39:39.210><c> his</c><00:39:39.389><c> father</c><00:39:39.570><c> says,</c><00:39:39.889><c> thank</c><00:39:40.010><c> you</c><00:39:40.130><c> very</c><00:39:40.369><c> much.</c>

00:39:41.789 --> 00:39:43.010
In<00:39:42.030><c> this</c><00:39:42.250><c> case,</c><00:39:42.429><c> they</c><00:39:42.630><c> didn't.</c>

00:39:43.090 --> 00:39:45.750
They<00:39:43.349><c> gave</c><00:39:43.650><c> the</c><00:39:43.929><c> gifts</c><00:39:44.170><c> to</c><00:39:44.510><c> Jesus.</c>

00:39:46.429 --> 00:39:51.530
And<00:39:46.730><c> they</c><00:39:46.969><c> gave</c><00:39:47.190><c> him</c><00:39:47.690><c> the</c><00:39:48.210><c> best</c><00:39:48.570><c> they</c><00:39:48.869><c> had,</c><00:39:49.869><c> gold</c><00:39:50.349><c> and</c><00:39:50.849><c> frankincense</c>

00:39:51.530 --> 00:39:54.269
and<00:39:51.750><c> gold</c><00:39:52.030><c> for</c><00:39:52.250><c> the</c><00:39:52.409><c> king,</c><00:39:53.030><c> frankincense</c><00:39:53.610><c> for</c><00:39:53.769><c> the</c><00:39:53.969><c> priest,</c>

00:39:54.269 --> 00:39:57.170
and<00:39:54.789><c> myrrh</c><00:39:55.070><c> for</c><00:39:55.329><c> death,</c><00:39:55.630><c> if</c><00:39:55.690><c> that's</c><00:39:55.849><c> what</c><00:39:56.010><c> you</c><00:39:56.230><c> want.</c>

00:39:57.449 --> 00:40:02.010
And<00:39:57.590><c> all</c><00:39:57.889><c> three</c><00:39:58.309><c> speak</c><00:39:58.889><c> of</c><00:39:59.070><c> Jesus,</c><00:40:00.409><c> the</c><00:40:00.590><c> king</c><00:40:00.989><c> priest</c><00:40:01.329><c> to</c><00:40:01.610><c> come.</c>

00:40:02.489 --> 00:40:03.889
Herod<00:40:02.590><c> is</c><00:40:02.949><c> furious.</c>

00:40:05.769 --> 00:40:08.869
He's<00:40:06.329><c> insanely</c><00:40:06.889><c> suspicious,</c><00:40:07.590><c> this</c><00:40:07.849><c> man.</c>

00:40:10.170 --> 00:40:14.130
On<00:40:10.730><c> a</c><00:40:10.989><c> whim,</c><00:40:11.510><c> Herod</c><00:40:11.849><c> killed</c><00:40:12.269><c> his</c><00:40:12.670><c> wife</c><00:40:13.170><c> and</c><00:40:13.510><c> her</c><00:40:13.730><c> mother.</c>

00:40:14.349 --> 00:40:17.469
On<00:40:14.610><c> a</c><00:40:14.869><c> whim,</c><00:40:15.329><c> he</c><00:40:15.510><c> slaughtered</c><00:40:16.010><c> his</c><00:40:16.210><c> three</c><00:40:16.469><c> sons,</c>

00:40:17.489 --> 00:40:19.429
three<00:40:17.710><c> of</c><00:40:17.849><c> them,</c><00:40:17.969><c> he</c><00:40:18.050><c> had</c><00:40:18.170><c> three</c><00:40:18.389><c> more</c><00:40:18.550><c> left.</c>

00:40:19.769 --> 00:40:22.369
He's<00:40:20.030><c> 70</c><00:40:20.429><c> years</c><00:40:20.809><c> old</c><00:40:21.010><c> and</c><00:40:21.170><c> he's</c><00:40:21.469><c> sick</c><00:40:21.650><c> unto</c><00:40:21.889><c> death.</c>

00:40:22.369 --> 00:40:25.110
He<00:40:22.750><c> knows</c><00:40:23.070><c> his</c><00:40:23.309><c> days</c><00:40:23.570><c> are</c><00:40:23.730><c> numbered,</c><00:40:24.250><c> and</c><00:40:24.289><c> he</c><00:40:24.349><c> knows</c><00:40:24.670><c> very</c><00:40:24.949><c> well</c>

00:40:25.110 --> 00:40:26.849
that<00:40:25.230><c> when</c><00:40:25.389><c> he</c><00:40:25.650><c> dies,</c><00:40:25.989><c> nobody</c><00:40:26.190><c> will</c><00:40:26.449><c> weep,</c>

00:40:26.949 --> 00:40:30.449
so<00:40:27.110><c> he'll</c><00:40:27.289><c> make</c><00:40:27.530><c> people</c><00:40:27.889><c> weep</c><00:40:28.210><c> now</c><00:40:28.789><c> while</c><00:40:29.110><c> he's</c><00:40:29.369><c> alive.</c>

00:40:30.469 --> 00:40:32.210
And<00:40:30.630><c> that</c><00:40:30.769><c> was</c><00:40:30.929><c> his</c><00:40:31.210><c> plan.</c>

00:40:34.389 --> 00:40:36.489
Bethlehem<00:40:34.789><c> lost</c><00:40:35.030><c> her</c><00:40:35.210><c> children.</c>

00:40:38.250 --> 00:40:40.510
Alistair<00:40:38.750><c> lost</c><00:40:39.150><c> her</c><00:40:39.389><c> king.</c>

00:40:41.969 --> 00:40:47.829
Bethlehem<00:40:42.489><c> lost</c><00:40:42.750><c> her</c><00:40:42.989><c> little</c><00:40:43.349><c> boys,</c><00:40:45.170><c> and</c><00:40:45.389><c> Egypt</c><00:40:45.829><c> gained</c><00:40:46.329><c> Jesus.</c>

00:40:48.489 --> 00:40:51.010
And<00:40:48.650><c> Herod</c><00:40:48.809><c> dies</c><00:40:49.130><c> and</c><00:40:49.250><c> his</c><00:40:49.489><c> kingdom</c><00:40:49.769><c> is</c><00:40:50.070><c> split</c><00:40:50.170><c> up</c><00:40:50.389><c> like</c><00:40:50.610><c> a</c><00:40:50.769><c> will.</c>

00:40:51.010 --> 00:40:53.670
He<00:40:52.090><c> had</c><00:40:52.329><c> three</c><00:40:52.610><c> sons</c><00:40:52.889><c> left.</c>

00:40:53.989 --> 00:40:56.989
Judea<00:40:54.389><c> was</c><00:40:54.570><c> left</c><00:40:54.730><c> to</c><00:40:54.969><c> Archelaus,</c><00:40:56.130><c> and</c><00:40:56.250><c> he</c><00:40:56.369><c> was</c><00:40:56.590><c> worse</c><00:40:56.849><c> than</c>

00:40:56.989 --> 00:40:58.289
his<00:40:57.190><c> father.</c>

00:40:58.610 --> 00:41:03.429
Galilee<00:40:58.949><c> was</c><00:40:59.130><c> left</c><00:40:59.289><c> to</c><00:40:59.630><c> Antipas,</c><00:41:01.309><c> and</c><00:41:01.489><c> beyond</c><00:41:01.710><c> Jordan</c><00:41:02.090><c> to</c><00:41:02.389><c> Philip.</c>

00:41:03.789 --> 00:41:07.389
Archelaus,<00:41:04.570><c> Antipas,</c><00:41:05.250><c> Philip,</c><00:41:05.769><c> three</c><00:41:06.050><c> sons</c><00:41:06.309><c> of</c><00:41:06.610><c> Herod.</c>

00:41:07.750 --> 00:41:10.710
And<00:41:07.989><c> Jesus,</c><00:41:08.610><c> eventually</c><00:41:09.150><c> after</c><00:41:09.409><c> the</c><00:41:09.570><c> death</c><00:41:10.130><c> of</c><00:41:10.389><c> Herod,</c>

00:41:10.949 --> 00:41:13.610
returns<00:41:11.449><c> with</c><00:41:11.710><c> Joseph</c><00:41:12.130><c> and</c><00:41:12.309><c> Mary.</c>

00:41:14.190 --> 00:41:17.409
And<00:41:14.369><c> verse</c><00:41:14.949><c> 22</c><00:41:15.670><c> of</c><00:41:15.909><c> chapter</c><00:41:16.210><c> 2.</c>

00:41:17.849 --> 00:41:20.230
But<00:41:18.289><c> when</c><00:41:18.449><c> he</c><00:41:18.590><c> heard</c><00:41:18.690><c> that</c><00:41:18.909><c> Archelaus</c><00:41:19.369><c> did</c><00:41:19.610><c> reign</c><00:41:19.789><c> in</c><00:41:19.929><c> Judea</c>

00:41:20.230 --> 00:41:23.010
in<00:41:20.369><c> the</c><00:41:20.510><c> womb</c><00:41:20.610><c> of</c><00:41:20.809><c> Herod,</c><00:41:21.170><c> his</c><00:41:21.170><c> father,</c><00:41:21.869><c> he</c><00:41:21.969><c> was</c><00:41:22.190><c> afraid</c><00:41:22.409><c> to</c><00:41:22.630><c> go</c><00:41:22.769><c> thither,</c>

00:41:23.150 --> 00:41:24.389
not<00:41:23.550><c> to</c><00:41:23.769><c> be</c><00:41:23.929><c> wondered</c><00:41:24.130><c> at.</c>

00:41:24.630 --> 00:41:27.150
Archelaus<00:41:25.070><c> was</c><00:41:25.289><c> worse</c><00:41:25.730><c> than</c><00:41:25.849><c> his</c><00:41:26.050><c> father.</c>

00:41:28.150 --> 00:41:29.610
And<00:41:28.269><c> he</c><00:41:28.349><c> goes</c><00:41:28.510><c> into</c><00:41:28.750><c> the</c><00:41:28.889><c> parts</c><00:41:29.030><c> of</c><00:41:29.230><c> Galilee,</c>

00:41:29.730 --> 00:41:31.530
and<00:41:29.849><c> he</c><00:41:29.969><c> came</c><00:41:30.150><c> and</c><00:41:30.309><c> dwelt</c><00:41:30.409><c> in</c><00:41:30.570><c> a</c><00:41:30.690><c> city</c><00:41:30.829><c> called</c><00:41:31.090><c> Nazareth,</c>

00:41:31.750 --> 00:41:33.909
that<00:41:31.849><c> he</c><00:41:31.989><c> might</c><00:41:32.110><c> be</c><00:41:32.329><c> fulfilled</c><00:41:32.630><c> which</c><00:41:32.829><c> was</c><00:41:32.989><c> spoken</c><00:41:33.230><c> by</c><00:41:33.449><c> the</c><00:41:33.610><c> prophets.</c>

00:41:34.050 --> 00:41:36.170
He<00:41:34.349><c> shall</c><00:41:34.550><c> be</c><00:41:34.829><c> called</c><00:41:35.269><c> a</c><00:41:35.550><c> Nazarene.</c>

00:41:36.550 --> 00:41:40.309
He<00:41:36.690><c> was</c><00:41:37.269><c> never</c><00:41:37.949><c> in</c><00:41:38.170><c> the</c><00:41:38.309><c> Old</c><00:41:38.530><c> Testament</c><00:41:38.989><c> will</c><00:41:39.170><c> you</c><00:41:39.409><c> find</c><00:41:39.750><c> anywhere</c>

00:41:40.309 --> 00:41:43.230
where<00:41:40.550><c> it</c><00:41:40.690><c> says</c><00:41:40.869><c> he</c><00:41:41.250><c> shall</c><00:41:41.469><c> be</c><00:41:41.769><c> called</c><00:41:42.190><c> a</c><00:41:42.469><c> Nazarene.</c>

00:41:43.250 --> 00:41:44.150
Never.

00:41:44.690 --> 00:41:47.630
So<00:41:45.110><c> what</c><00:41:45.449><c> is</c><00:41:46.170><c> Matthew</c><00:41:46.429><c> telling</c><00:41:46.710><c> us?</c>

00:41:48.909 --> 00:41:51.670
Let<00:41:49.110><c> me</c><00:41:49.210><c> bring</c><00:41:49.349><c> you</c><00:41:49.510><c> to</c><00:41:49.630><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:50.170><c> chapter</c><00:41:50.670><c> 11.</c>

00:41:53.670 --> 00:41:55.329
We<00:41:53.789><c> have</c><00:41:53.909><c> very</c><00:41:54.110><c> little</c><00:41:54.289><c> time,</c><00:41:54.550><c> so</c><00:41:54.670><c> I'm</c><00:41:54.750><c> just</c><00:41:54.909><c> going</c><00:41:55.010><c> to</c><00:41:55.130><c> read</c>

00:41:55.329 --> 00:41:55.730
this<00:41:55.510><c> verse.</c>

00:41:55.869 --> 00:42:00.269
I'm<00:41:56.050><c> going</c><00:41:56.130><c> to</c><00:41:56.230><c> read</c><00:41:56.389><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:57.449><c> chapter</c><00:41:58.030><c> 11</c><00:41:58.329><c> and</c><00:41:58.489><c> verse</c><00:41:58.670><c> 1.</c>

00:42:00.329 --> 00:42:03.530
And<00:42:00.349><c> they</c><00:42:00.530><c> shall</c><00:42:00.730><c> come</c><00:42:01.030><c> forth</c><00:42:01.269><c> a</c><00:42:02.070><c> rod</c><00:42:02.250><c> out</c><00:42:02.550><c> of</c><00:42:02.690><c> the</c><00:42:02.789><c> stem</c><00:42:02.989><c> of</c><00:42:03.230><c> Jesse,</c>

00:42:03.789 --> 00:42:06.789
and<00:42:03.969><c> a</c><00:42:04.130><c> branch</c><00:42:04.570><c> shall</c><00:42:05.010><c> grow</c><00:42:05.230><c> out</c><00:42:05.510><c> of</c><00:42:05.630><c> his</c><00:42:05.869><c> roots.</c>

00:42:07.170 --> 00:42:09.389
This<00:42:07.590><c> is</c><00:42:07.789><c> the</c><00:42:07.889><c> possible</c><00:42:08.130><c> answer,</c><00:42:08.489><c> thank</c><00:42:08.750><c> you</c><00:42:08.889><c> Matthew,</c>

00:42:09.630 --> 00:42:12.469
for<00:42:09.829><c> telling</c><00:42:09.969><c> us</c><00:42:10.269><c> he</c><00:42:10.469><c> shall</c><00:42:10.630><c> be</c><00:42:10.889><c> called</c><00:42:11.130><c> a</c><00:42:11.289><c> Nazarene.</c>

00:42:15.269 --> 00:42:18.909
Nazareth<00:42:15.750><c> means</c><00:42:16.230><c> city</c><00:42:17.170><c> of</c><00:42:17.329><c> the</c><00:42:17.510><c> branch.</c>

00:42:19.750 --> 00:42:21.550
Yes,<00:42:19.969><c> wise</c><00:42:20.090><c> men</c><00:42:20.269><c> seek</c><00:42:20.510><c> Jesus.</c>

00:42:22.409 --> 00:42:26.349
And<00:42:22.590><c> they</c><00:42:22.730><c> found</c><00:42:22.929><c> him</c><00:42:23.389><c> two</c><00:42:23.670><c> years</c><00:42:23.909><c> after</c><00:42:24.190><c> the</c><00:42:24.409><c> shepherds.</c>

00:42:26.949 --> 00:42:29.929
Not<00:42:27.050><c> many</c><00:42:27.309><c> wise</c><00:42:27.550><c> men</c><00:42:27.730><c> find</c><00:42:27.989><c> him</c><00:42:28.130><c> these</c><00:42:28.369><c> days,</c><00:42:28.650><c> brethren</c><00:42:28.809><c> and</c><00:42:29.050><c> sisters.</c>

00:42:30.269 --> 00:42:33.030
The<00:42:30.409><c> lesson</c><00:42:30.650><c> is</c><00:42:30.869><c> that</c><00:42:30.989><c> you</c><00:42:31.530><c> don't</c><00:42:31.710><c> need</c><00:42:31.889><c> a</c><00:42:32.150><c> university</c><00:42:32.630><c> degree</c>

00:42:33.030 --> 00:42:34.329
to<00:42:33.230><c> find</c><00:42:33.409><c> Jesus.</c>

00:42:34.889 --> 00:42:37.750
You<00:42:35.150><c> can</c><00:42:35.429><c> find</c><00:42:35.570><c> him</c><00:42:35.690><c> in</c><00:42:35.869><c> the</c><00:42:35.969><c> simplicity</c><00:42:36.489><c> of</c><00:42:36.809><c> prayer</c>

00:42:37.849 --> 00:42:40.730
and<00:42:38.090><c> in</c><00:42:38.250><c> a</c><00:42:38.630><c> simple</c><00:42:39.050><c> reading</c><00:42:39.510><c> of</c><00:42:39.750><c> God's</c><00:42:40.190><c> Word.</c>

00:42:40.730 --> 00:42:42.730
We<00:42:41.409><c> find</c><00:42:41.650><c> Jesus.</c>

00:42:43.110 --> 00:42:45.190
And<00:42:43.309><c> people</c><00:42:43.610><c> with</c><00:42:43.849><c> no</c><00:42:44.090><c> education</c><00:42:44.610><c> come</c><00:42:44.889><c> to</c><00:42:45.010><c> him.</c>

00:42:45.309 --> 00:42:47.090
Please,<00:42:45.869><c> don't</c><00:42:46.110><c> misunderstand</c><00:42:46.650><c> me.</c>

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I<00:42:47.449><c> am</c><00:42:47.849><c> not</c><00:42:48.510><c> decrying</c><00:42:49.230><c> education.</c>

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Education,<00:42:52.469><c> wisely</c><00:42:52.809><c> used,</c><00:42:53.610><c> is</c><00:42:53.909><c> never</c><00:42:54.210><c> wasted.</c>

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Never.

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But<00:42:57.070><c> I'll</c><00:42:57.230><c> tell</c><00:42:57.389><c> you</c><00:42:57.550><c> what,</c><00:42:58.929><c> simple</c><00:42:59.389><c> folk</c><00:42:59.710><c> with</c><00:42:59.889><c> no</c><00:43:00.190><c> education</c>

00:43:00.909 --> 00:43:05.889
have<00:43:01.829><c> nothing</c><00:43:02.329><c> standing</c><00:43:02.769><c> in</c><00:43:03.030><c> the</c><00:43:03.170><c> way</c><00:43:03.909><c> of</c><00:43:04.170><c> Jesus</c><00:43:04.809><c> and</c><00:43:05.489><c> access</c>

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to<00:43:06.150><c> him.</c>

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And<00:43:08.349><c> so</c><00:43:08.510><c> Matthew</c><00:43:08.869><c> has</c><00:43:09.170><c> brought</c><00:43:09.429><c> Jesus</c><00:43:10.110><c> out</c><00:43:11.369><c> of</c><00:43:11.550><c> Egypt</c><00:43:11.889><c> to</c><00:43:12.110><c> Nazareth.</c>

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And<00:43:14.510><c> Nazareth</c><00:43:15.110><c> was</c><00:43:16.469><c> the</c><00:43:16.710><c> gateway</c><00:43:17.010><c> to</c><00:43:17.289><c> the</c><00:43:17.510><c> world,</c>

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as<00:43:19.369><c> by</c><00:43:19.590><c> God's</c><00:43:19.909><c> grace</c><00:43:20.150><c> and</c><00:43:20.309><c> with</c><00:43:20.429><c> your</c><00:43:20.670><c> patience.</c>

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We<00:43:22.289><c> shall</c><00:43:22.489><c> see</c><00:43:22.690><c> tomorrow.</c>

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Amen.

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Amen.