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information<00:10:29.480><c> of</c><00:10:29.840><c> where</c><00:10:30.080><c> David</c><00:10:30.500><c> fled.</c>

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Jacob<00:10:36.919><c> stayed</c><00:10:37.220><c> there</c><00:10:37.480><c> before</c><00:10:37.779><c> meeting</c><00:10:38.139><c> Esau.</c>

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freshness<00:11:04.399><c> to</c><00:11:04.620><c> it.</c>

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In<00:11:10.659><c> fact</c><00:11:10.879><c> we're</c><00:11:11.100><c> told</c><00:11:11.360><c> about</c><00:11:11.679><c> the</c><00:11:12.059><c> bomb</c><00:11:12.320><c> of</c><00:11:12.580><c> Gilead</c><00:11:13.779><c> in</c><00:11:14.139><c> Jeremiah</c><00:11:14.740><c> which</c>

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So<00:11:23.700><c> this</c><00:11:23.860><c> whole</c><00:11:24.120><c> imagery</c><00:11:24.419><c> that</c><00:11:24.620><c> is</c><00:11:24.799><c> built</c><00:11:25.059><c> about</c><00:11:25.279><c> Gilead</c><00:11:25.740><c> has</c>

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to<00:11:26.580><c> do</c><00:11:26.740><c> with</c><00:11:26.860><c> this</c><00:11:27.120><c> powerful</c><00:11:27.720><c> and</c><00:11:27.980><c> healthy</c><00:11:28.259><c> area</c><00:11:28.820><c> and</c><00:11:30.179><c> into</c><00:11:30.600><c> the</c><00:11:30.919><c> courts</c><00:11:31.340><c> of</c>

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Ahab<00:11:32.519><c> comes</c><00:11:32.960><c> this</c><00:11:33.299><c> man</c><00:11:33.759><c> from</c><00:11:34.500><c> that</c><00:11:34.940><c> location.</c>

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Well<00:11:37.100><c> what</c><00:11:37.279><c> else</c><00:11:37.500><c> do</c><00:11:37.720><c> we</c><00:11:37.759><c> know</c><00:11:38.460><c> about</c><00:11:39.080><c> people</c><00:11:39.440><c> that</c><00:11:39.659><c> come</c><00:11:39.860><c> from</c><00:11:40.100><c> Gilead?</c>

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Well<00:11:41.960><c> the</c><00:11:42.039><c> men</c><00:11:42.220><c> of</c><00:11:42.379><c> Gilead,</c><00:11:42.960><c> if</c><00:11:42.960><c> we</c><00:11:43.059><c> go</c><00:11:43.320><c> to</c><00:11:45.019><c> 1st</c><00:11:45.379><c> Chronicles</c><00:11:45.740><c> chapter</c><00:11:46.039><c> 12</c>

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Bucklar<00:12:06.399><c> whose</c><00:12:06.820><c> faces</c><00:12:07.220><c> were</c><00:12:07.500><c> like</c><00:12:07.679><c> the</c><00:12:07.799><c> faces</c><00:12:08.120><c> of</c><00:12:08.399><c> lions</c><00:12:08.799><c> and</c>

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Joshua<00:12:17.139><c> 17</c><00:12:17.759><c> verse</c><00:12:18.120><c> 1</c><00:12:18.460><c> gives</c><00:12:18.659><c> us</c><00:12:18.879><c> a</c><00:12:18.899><c> little</c><00:12:19.100><c> bit</c><00:12:19.220><c> more</c><00:12:19.440><c> information</c><00:12:19.899><c> about</c><00:12:20.100><c> these</c><00:12:20.399><c> people,</c><00:12:20.700><c> the</c><00:12:20.779><c> men</c><00:12:20.980><c> of</c><00:12:21.139><c> Gilead.</c>

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who<00:12:45.179><c> was</c><00:12:45.419><c> tough</c><00:12:45.700><c> as</c><00:12:45.980><c> nails,</c><00:12:46.940><c> who</c><00:12:47.259><c> walks</c><00:12:47.580><c> into</c><00:12:47.860><c> the</c><00:12:48.120><c> decadence</c>

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walked<00:13:24.960><c> with</c><00:13:25.240><c> God.</c>

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Ready<00:13:43.120><c> to</c><00:13:43.360><c> do</c><00:13:43.480><c> the</c><00:13:43.679><c> bidding</c><00:13:43.840><c> of</c><00:13:44.139><c> God</c><00:13:44.399><c> in</c><00:13:44.580><c> any</c><00:13:44.779><c> capacity</c><00:13:45.340><c> that</c>

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Wherever<00:13:48.340><c> God</c><00:13:48.659><c> tells</c><00:13:48.940><c> me</c><00:13:49.139><c> to</c><00:13:49.299><c> go,</c><00:13:49.620><c> I</c><00:13:49.879><c> will</c><00:13:50.120><c> go.</c>

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And<00:13:51.120><c> that's</c><00:13:51.399><c> exactly</c><00:13:51.960><c> how</c><00:13:52.580><c> Elijah</c><00:13:52.960><c> was.</c><00:13:53.240><c> He</c><00:13:53.360><c> was</c><00:13:53.580><c> a</c><00:13:53.779><c> here</c><00:13:53.940><c> today</c><00:13:54.200><c> gone</c>

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tomorrow<00:13:54.980><c> type</c><00:13:55.259><c> person.</c>

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Where<00:13:56.559><c> is</c><00:13:56.740><c> he?</c><00:13:57.120><c> Gone.</c>

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We<00:13:57.960><c> see</c><00:13:58.139><c> in</c><00:13:58.279><c> the</c><00:13:58.279><c> next</c><00:13:58.519><c> chapter,</c><00:13:59.299><c> in</c><00:13:59.620><c> chapter</c><00:14:00.159><c> 18,</c><00:14:00.799><c> that's</c><00:14:01.080><c> one</c>

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of<00:14:01.299><c> the</c><00:14:01.440><c> concerns</c><00:14:01.820><c> of</c><00:14:02.019><c> Obadiah.</c>

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When<00:14:04.399><c> Elijah</c><00:14:04.700><c> says</c><00:14:04.940><c> go</c><00:14:05.159><c> tell</c><00:14:05.379><c> Ahab</c><00:14:05.779><c> I'm</c><00:14:06.039><c> coming.</c>

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Obadiah<00:14:07.259><c> says</c><00:14:07.440><c> well</c><00:14:07.600><c> if</c><00:14:07.700><c> I</c><00:14:07.840><c> go</c><00:14:07.960><c> I</c><00:14:08.120><c> know</c><00:14:08.720><c> how</c><00:14:08.919><c> you</c><00:14:09.039><c> are.</c><00:14:09.299><c> You're</c>

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going<00:14:09.539><c> to</c><00:14:09.539><c> be</c><00:14:09.720><c> here,</c><00:14:09.840><c> you're</c><00:14:09.919><c> going</c><00:14:10.059><c> to</c><00:14:10.100><c> be</c><00:14:10.220><c> gone.</c>

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He's<00:14:11.080><c> going</c><00:14:11.179><c> to</c><00:14:11.279><c> take</c><00:14:11.379><c> my</c><00:14:11.600><c> life.</c>

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And<00:14:13.220><c> he</c><00:14:13.340><c> gave</c><00:14:13.519><c> his</c><00:14:13.740><c> word.</c><00:14:13.980><c> He</c><00:14:13.980><c> says</c><00:14:14.120><c> no</c><00:14:14.299><c> I'm</c><00:14:14.399><c> going</c><00:14:14.559><c> to</c><00:14:14.639><c> be</c><00:14:14.759><c> there.</c>

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He<00:14:15.299><c> was</c><00:14:15.559><c> known</c><00:14:15.860><c> from</c><00:14:16.059><c> this</c><00:14:16.299><c> here</c><00:14:16.500><c> today</c><00:14:16.700><c> gone</c><00:14:16.960><c> tomorrow</c><00:14:17.379><c> type</c><00:14:17.860><c> characteristic.</c>

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Just<00:14:19.039><c> wisped</c><00:14:19.419><c> on</c><00:14:19.700><c> the</c><00:14:19.879><c> scene</c><00:14:20.039><c> and</c><00:14:20.179><c> he</c><00:14:20.240><c> was</c><00:14:20.440><c> totally</c><00:14:20.679><c> gone.</c>

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And<00:14:22.679><c> before</c><00:14:23.200><c> whom</c><00:14:23.440><c> I</c><00:14:23.759><c> stand,</c><00:14:24.279><c> there's</c><00:14:24.340><c> many</c><00:14:25.059><c> references</c><00:14:25.620><c> we</c>

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can<00:14:25.980><c> go</c><00:14:26.179><c> to</c><00:14:26.340><c> to</c><00:14:26.460><c> see</c><00:14:26.580><c> how</c><00:14:26.720><c> that's</c><00:14:27.139><c> used.</c>

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But<00:14:27.940><c> look</c><00:14:28.120><c> at</c><00:14:28.279><c> how</c><00:14:29.659><c> the</c><00:14:30.220><c> identification</c><00:14:30.960><c> between</c><00:14:31.700><c> what</c><00:14:32.000><c> Elijah</c><00:14:32.379><c> does</c>

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and<00:14:33.519><c> what</c><00:14:33.740><c> God</c><00:14:34.039><c> is</c><00:14:34.340><c> trying</c><00:14:34.559><c> to</c><00:14:35.200><c> portray</c><00:14:35.580><c> here</c><00:14:35.779><c> of</c><00:14:35.840><c> what's</c><00:14:36.080><c> going</c><00:14:36.200><c> to</c><00:14:36.419><c> happen.</c>

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Basically<00:14:37.360><c> no</c><00:14:37.820><c> Elijah,</c><00:14:40.480><c> no</c><00:14:40.779><c> rain.</c>

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You<00:14:42.139><c> see</c><00:14:42.240><c> he</c><00:14:42.399><c> was</c><00:14:42.700><c> totally</c><00:14:43.019><c> wrapped</c><00:14:43.379><c> up</c><00:14:43.620><c> into</c><00:14:44.000><c> the</c><00:14:44.299><c> work</c><00:14:44.460><c> that</c>

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God<00:14:44.879><c> was</c><00:14:45.179><c> trying</c><00:14:45.440><c> to</c><00:14:46.080><c> do.</c>

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He<00:14:46.320><c> was</c><00:14:46.519><c> identified</c><00:14:47.179><c> with</c><00:14:47.419><c> God's</c><00:14:47.919><c> work</c><00:14:48.379><c> to</c><00:14:48.899><c> such</c><00:14:49.139><c> a</c><00:14:49.360><c> capacity</c>

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that<00:14:50.100><c> God</c><00:14:50.519><c> was</c><00:14:51.299><c> working</c><00:14:51.820><c> through</c><00:14:52.019><c> him</c><00:14:52.179><c> to</c><00:14:52.399><c> say</c><00:14:52.720><c> if</c><00:14:53.139><c> you</c><00:14:53.320><c> don't</c>

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have<00:14:53.659><c> Elijah</c><00:14:54.059><c> there's</c><00:14:54.360><c> not</c><00:14:54.559><c> going</c><00:14:54.700><c> to</c><00:14:54.759><c> be</c><00:14:54.919><c> any</c><00:14:55.220><c> rain.</c>

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And<00:14:55.860><c> I</c><00:14:55.899><c> think</c><00:14:56.039><c> this</c><00:14:56.220><c> is</c><00:14:56.440><c> important</c><00:14:56.679><c> when</c><00:14:57.379><c> we</c><00:14:57.580><c> blow</c><00:14:57.779><c> this</c><00:14:57.960><c> out</c><00:14:58.100><c> a</c>

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little<00:14:58.379><c> further</c><00:14:58.820><c> this</c><00:14:59.240><c> afternoon.</c>

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We're<00:14:59.799><c> going</c><00:14:59.899><c> to</c><00:15:00.039><c> see</c><00:15:00.200><c> how</c><00:15:00.379><c> we</c><00:15:00.620><c> can</c><00:15:00.759><c> be</c><00:15:01.059><c> identified</c><00:15:01.480><c> in</c><00:15:01.659><c> that</c>

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same<00:15:02.120><c> capacity</c><00:15:02.759><c> and</c><00:15:03.120><c> should</c><00:15:03.360><c> be.</c>

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And<00:15:03.980><c> the</c><00:15:05.100><c> saints</c><00:15:05.340><c> throughout</c><00:15:05.639><c> the</c><00:15:05.860><c> generations</c><00:15:06.539><c> that</c><00:15:07.419><c> God</c><00:15:07.639><c> gives</c><00:15:07.860><c> that</c><00:15:08.100><c> blessing</c><00:15:08.440><c> to</c>

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will<00:15:10.059><c> develop</c><00:15:10.419><c> that</c><00:15:10.600><c> as</c><00:15:10.740><c> we</c><00:15:10.899><c> go</c><00:15:11.080><c> through</c><00:15:11.279><c> here.</c>

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No<00:15:13.639><c> matter</c><00:15:13.919><c> what</c><00:15:14.159><c> Ahab</c><00:15:14.399><c> thought</c><00:15:14.860><c> at</c><00:15:15.080><c> the</c><00:15:15.240><c> time</c><00:15:15.919><c> about</c><00:15:16.299><c> Elijah</c>

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when<00:15:17.279><c> Elijah</c><00:15:17.659><c> first</c><00:15:17.919><c> came</c><00:15:18.139><c> into</c><00:15:18.340><c> these</c><00:15:18.620><c> courts</c><00:15:18.860><c> here.</c>

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It<00:15:20.580><c> didn't</c><00:15:20.799><c> matter</c><00:15:21.279><c> because</c><00:15:21.720><c> later</c><00:15:22.039><c> on</c><00:15:22.240><c> we</c><00:15:22.340><c> learn</c><00:15:22.539><c> of</c><00:15:22.779><c> Ahab</c><00:15:23.379><c> that</c><00:15:23.720><c> he</c>

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would<00:15:24.080><c> now</c><00:15:24.320><c> go</c><00:15:24.620><c> forward</c><00:15:24.879><c> and</c><00:15:25.039><c> he</c><00:15:25.179><c> put</c><00:15:25.360><c> nations</c><00:15:25.820><c> under</c><00:15:26.200><c> oath</c><00:15:26.779><c> causing</c><00:15:27.480><c> them</c><00:15:27.700><c> to</c>

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swear<00:15:28.080><c> that</c><00:15:28.240><c> they</c><00:15:28.379><c> didn't</c><00:15:28.580><c> have</c><00:15:28.799><c> Elijah</c><00:15:29.179><c> hiding</c><00:15:29.480><c> behind</c>

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their<00:15:30.039><c> door.</c>

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He<00:15:31.860><c> was</c><00:15:32.080><c> in</c><00:15:32.259><c> such</c><00:15:32.440><c> a</c><00:15:32.620><c> hurry</c><00:15:32.759><c> to</c><00:15:32.899><c> look</c><00:15:33.080><c> for</c><00:15:33.320><c> him</c><00:15:33.440><c> and</c><00:15:33.559><c> get</c><00:15:33.759><c> him</c><00:15:34.220><c> because</c><00:15:34.600><c> he</c>

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realized<00:15:35.220><c> once</c><00:15:35.559><c> this</c><00:15:35.779><c> drought</c><00:15:35.960><c> started</c><00:15:36.399><c> and</c><00:15:36.600><c> how</c><00:15:36.720><c> long</c><00:15:36.919><c> it</c><00:15:37.080><c> was</c><00:15:37.220><c> going,</c><00:15:37.779><c> three</c><00:15:38.000><c> and</c><00:15:38.159><c> a</c>

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half<00:15:38.340><c> years.</c>

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I<00:15:39.120><c> better</c><00:15:39.279><c> go</c><00:15:39.559><c> find</c><00:15:39.740><c> Elijah</c><00:15:40.120><c> because</c><00:15:40.419><c> without</c><00:15:40.740><c> Elijah</c><00:15:41.259><c> there</c>

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will<00:15:42.000><c> be</c><00:15:42.139><c> no</c><00:15:42.440><c> rain.</c>

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He<00:15:44.059><c> knew</c><00:15:44.259><c> that.</c><00:15:45.179><c> He</c><00:15:45.399><c> learned</c><00:15:45.620><c> that.</c><00:15:46.179><c> He</c><00:15:46.539><c> perhaps</c><00:15:46.759><c> learned</c><00:15:46.980><c> it</c>

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a<00:15:47.200><c> very</c><00:15:47.440><c> hard</c><00:15:47.659><c> way.</c>

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Now<00:15:50.879><c> we're</c><00:15:51.039><c> going</c><00:15:51.139><c> to</c><00:15:51.200><c> jump</c><00:15:51.519><c> just</c><00:15:52.019><c> briefly</c><00:15:52.460><c> to</c><00:15:52.820><c> Revelations</c>

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chapter<00:15:53.779><c> 11.</c>

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We're<00:15:55.340><c> going</c><00:15:55.460><c> to</c><00:15:55.559><c> see</c><00:15:55.700><c> something</c><00:15:56.259><c> I</c><00:15:56.700><c> hope</c><00:15:56.899><c> very</c><00:15:57.200><c> interesting</c>

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in<00:15:58.519><c> Revelations</c><00:15:59.039><c> 11.</c>

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Speaking<00:16:00.879><c> of</c><00:16:01.080><c> this</c><00:16:01.460><c> no</c><00:16:01.840><c> rain</c><00:16:02.320><c> and</c><00:16:02.960><c> how</c><00:16:03.460><c> the</c><00:16:04.019><c> saints</c><00:16:04.240><c> throughout</c><00:16:04.539><c> the</c><00:16:04.799><c> ages</c>

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can<00:16:05.279><c> be</c><00:16:05.559><c> identified</c><00:16:06.220><c> in</c><00:16:07.539><c> the</c><00:16:07.740><c> same</c><00:16:07.899><c> way</c><00:16:08.080><c> that</c><00:16:08.320><c> Elijah</c><00:16:08.639><c> was.</c>

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We'll<00:16:11.120><c> look</c><00:16:11.240><c> at</c><00:16:11.440><c> Revelations</c><00:16:12.259><c> chapter</c><00:16:12.700><c> 11</c><00:16:13.240><c> starting</c><00:16:13.720><c> at</c><00:16:13.960><c> verse</c><00:16:14.159><c> 3.</c>

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We're<00:16:15.059><c> told</c><00:16:15.299><c> there</c><00:16:15.559><c> I</c><00:16:15.620><c> will</c><00:16:15.879><c> give</c><00:16:16.100><c> power</c><00:16:16.480><c> onto</c><00:16:16.720><c> my</c><00:16:17.000><c> two</c><00:16:17.179><c> witnesses</c><00:16:17.580><c> and</c><00:16:17.799><c> they</c><00:16:18.019><c> shall</c><00:16:18.240><c> prophesy</c><00:16:19.700><c> 1260</c><00:16:20.840><c> days</c><00:16:21.500><c> clothed</c><00:16:22.000><c> in</c><00:16:22.159><c> sackcloth.</c>

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Very<00:16:23.899><c> interestingly</c><00:16:24.480><c> you</c><00:16:24.899><c> jump</c><00:16:25.179><c> down</c><00:16:25.419><c> to</c><00:16:25.539><c> verse</c><00:16:25.679><c> 6</c><00:16:25.899><c> now</c><00:16:26.100><c> it</c><00:16:26.200><c> says</c><00:16:26.399><c> these</c><00:16:26.720><c> have</c><00:16:27.039><c> power</c><00:16:27.419><c> to</c>

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shut<00:16:27.919><c> heaven</c><00:16:28.360><c> that</c><00:16:29.340><c> it</c><00:16:29.659><c> rain</c><00:16:29.960><c> not</c><00:16:30.340><c> in</c><00:16:30.539><c> the</c><00:16:30.679><c> days</c><00:16:30.820><c> of</c><00:16:30.980><c> their</c><00:16:31.240><c> prophecy.</c>

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They<00:16:32.419><c> have</c><00:16:32.620><c> power</c><00:16:32.980><c> over</c><00:16:33.379><c> waters</c><00:16:33.759><c> to</c><00:16:34.000><c> turn</c><00:16:34.179><c> them</c><00:16:34.360><c> to</c><00:16:34.639><c> blood</c><00:16:35.000><c> and</c>

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to<00:16:35.879><c> smite</c><00:16:36.120><c> the</c><00:16:36.259><c> earth</c><00:16:36.399><c> with</c><00:16:36.620><c> all</c><00:16:36.899><c> plagues</c><00:16:37.200><c> as</c><00:16:37.480><c> often</c><00:16:37.659><c> as</c><00:16:37.899><c> they</c><00:16:38.120><c> will.</c>

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Interesting<00:16:40.740><c> we</c><00:16:40.899><c> have</c><00:16:41.320><c> two</c><00:16:41.639><c> aspects</c><00:16:42.179><c> of</c><00:16:42.600><c> two</c><00:16:42.799><c> very</c><00:16:43.080><c> important</c>

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characters<00:16:43.840><c> in</c><00:16:44.019><c> the</c><00:16:44.120><c> Old</c><00:16:44.259><c> Testament</c><00:16:44.580><c> come</c><00:16:44.779><c> out</c><00:16:44.899><c> of</c><00:16:44.960><c> this.</c>

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We're<00:16:45.220><c> only</c><00:16:45.500><c> concentrating</c><00:16:45.960><c> on</c><00:16:46.259><c> Elijah</c><00:16:46.580><c> this</c><00:16:46.840><c> afternoon</c><00:16:47.340><c> but</c>

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we<00:16:48.000><c> can</c><00:16:48.200><c> just</c><00:16:48.440><c> as</c><00:16:48.759><c> easily</c><00:16:49.480><c> speak</c><00:16:49.840><c> to</c><00:16:50.039><c> the</c><00:16:50.200><c> capacity</c><00:16:50.700><c> of</c><00:16:50.919><c> Moses.</c>

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Do<00:16:51.440><c> you</c><00:16:51.740><c> see</c><00:16:51.940><c> that</c><00:16:52.159><c> in</c><00:16:52.220><c> that</c><00:16:52.480><c> verse</c><00:16:52.639><c> there</c><00:16:52.940><c> in</c><00:16:53.039><c> that</c><00:16:53.279><c> section?</c>

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Do<00:16:54.980><c> you</c><00:16:54.980><c> see</c><00:16:55.220><c> that</c><00:16:55.440><c> about</c><00:16:55.620><c> the</c><00:16:55.860><c> plagues</c><00:16:56.379><c> and</c><00:16:57.820><c> the</c><00:16:58.019><c> water</c><00:16:58.259><c> turning</c><00:16:58.539><c> the</c><00:16:58.799><c> blood?</c>

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That's<00:17:00.179><c> the</c><00:17:00.340><c> Moses</c><00:17:00.639><c> side</c><00:17:00.899><c> and</c><00:17:01.000><c> we're</c><00:17:01.139><c> not</c><00:17:01.259><c> going</c><00:17:01.360><c> to</c><00:17:01.379><c> get</c><00:17:01.539><c> into</c><00:17:01.720><c> that.</c>

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We<00:17:02.279><c> just</c><00:17:02.440><c> want</c><00:17:02.559><c> to</c><00:17:02.679><c> talk</c><00:17:02.899><c> about</c><00:17:03.159><c> this</c><00:17:03.480><c> aspect</c><00:17:03.960><c> of</c><00:17:04.180><c> the</c><00:17:04.420><c> rain</c><00:17:04.920><c> with</c><00:17:05.519><c> Elijah</c><00:17:06.000><c> and</c><00:17:08.339><c> they</c><00:17:08.539><c> have</c><00:17:08.960><c> these</c><00:17:09.640><c> witnesses</c><00:17:10.079><c> have</c><00:17:10.359><c> power</c><00:17:10.680><c> to</c>

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shut<00:17:11.059><c> heaven.</c>

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Who<00:17:12.180><c> has</c><00:17:12.400><c> the</c><00:17:12.579><c> power?</c><00:17:12.839><c> The</c><00:17:12.940><c> two</c><00:17:13.079><c> witnesses.</c>

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Because<00:17:15.000><c> they</c><00:17:15.420><c> so</c><00:17:15.640><c> identify</c><00:17:16.160><c> themselves</c><00:17:16.579><c> with</c><00:17:16.799><c> the</c><00:17:17.000><c> work</c><00:17:17.180><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:17.599><c> truth</c><00:17:18.380><c> that</c><00:17:19.640><c> God</c><00:17:19.960><c> endorsed</c><00:17:20.559><c> every</c><00:17:21.319><c> action</c><00:17:21.720><c> that</c><00:17:21.900><c> they</c><00:17:22.079><c> did.</c>

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He<00:17:24.740><c> endorsed</c><00:17:24.940><c> everything</c><00:17:25.420><c> that</c><00:17:25.819><c> they</c><00:17:25.980><c> had</c><00:17:26.160><c> done</c><00:17:26.619><c> as</c><00:17:27.240><c> long</c><00:17:27.519><c> as</c>

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they<00:17:27.980><c> walked</c><00:17:28.440><c> in</c><00:17:29.200><c> his</c><00:17:29.440><c> precepts.</c>

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As<00:17:31.880><c> long</c><00:17:32.059><c> as</c><00:17:32.200><c> they</c><00:17:32.319><c> could</c><00:17:32.440><c> say</c><00:17:32.680><c> before</c><00:17:33.200><c> whom</c><00:17:33.460><c> I</c><00:17:33.759><c> stand.</c>

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And<00:17:36.140><c> as</c><00:17:36.339><c> long</c><00:17:36.519><c> as</c><00:17:36.680><c> they</c><00:17:37.079><c> kept</c><00:17:37.299><c> the</c><00:17:37.559><c> purity</c><00:17:37.799><c> of</c><00:17:38.000><c> his</c><00:17:38.259><c> word,</c><00:17:39.319><c> God</c>

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would<00:17:39.779><c> work</c><00:17:40.059><c> through</c><00:17:40.299><c> them</c><00:17:40.700><c> to</c><00:17:41.140><c> allow</c><00:17:41.420><c> them</c><00:17:42.019><c> to</c><00:17:42.440><c> do</c><00:17:42.579><c> these</c>

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remarkable<00:17:43.359><c> things.</c>

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He<00:17:44.920><c> would</c><00:17:45.119><c> endorse</c><00:17:45.400><c> every</c><00:17:45.720><c> action</c><00:17:46.000><c> they</c><00:17:46.180><c> had</c><00:17:46.380><c> done</c><00:17:46.599><c> and</c><00:17:46.940><c> power</c>

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if<00:17:47.839><c> they</c><00:17:48.200><c> would.</c>

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To<00:17:50.099><c> even</c><00:17:50.480><c> shut</c><00:17:50.779><c> the</c><00:17:51.000><c> heaven</c><00:17:51.299><c> from</c><00:17:51.740><c> rain.</c>

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These<00:17:55.680><c> two</c><00:17:55.960><c> witnesses</c><00:17:56.319><c> were</c><00:17:56.640><c> told</c><00:17:56.960><c> in</c><00:17:57.140><c> verse</c><00:17:57.420><c> 3</c><00:17:58.140><c> would</c><00:17:58.599><c> have</c>

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power<00:17:59.059><c> for</c><00:17:59.339><c> 1260</c><00:18:00.279><c> days</c><00:18:00.839><c> which</c><00:18:01.279><c> of</c><00:18:01.480><c> course</c><00:18:01.740><c> brothers</c><00:18:02.019><c> and</c><00:18:02.279><c> sisters</c><00:18:02.680><c> is</c>

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42<00:18:03.579><c> months.</c>

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It's<00:18:05.680><c> three</c><00:18:05.960><c> and</c><00:18:06.140><c> a</c><00:18:06.200><c> half</c><00:18:06.359><c> years.</c>

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Or<00:18:09.200><c> in</c><00:18:09.339><c> the</c><00:18:09.519><c> terminology</c><00:18:09.920><c> of</c><00:18:10.180><c> Daniel</c><00:18:10.559><c> 7</c><00:18:11.220><c> at</c><00:18:11.579><c> verse</c><00:18:11.819><c> 25</c><00:18:12.420><c> it</c><00:18:12.839><c> is</c>

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time<00:18:14.900><c> times</c><00:18:15.599><c> and</c><00:18:15.819><c> the</c><00:18:16.000><c> dividing</c><00:18:16.240><c> of</c><00:18:16.539><c> time.</c>

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Prophetic<00:18:18.259><c> language.</c>

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360,<00:18:20.160><c> 720</c><00:18:20.779><c> plus</c><00:18:21.160><c> 180</c><00:18:21.559><c> equals</c><00:18:21.920><c> 1260.</c>

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It's<00:18:23.240><c> all</c><00:18:23.380><c> the</c><00:18:23.579><c> same</c><00:18:24.079><c> time</c><00:18:24.319><c> period.</c>

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It's<00:18:25.319><c> expressed</c><00:18:25.599><c> different</c><00:18:25.920><c> ways</c><00:18:26.259><c> in</c><00:18:26.579><c> scripture</c><00:18:26.940><c> but</c><00:18:27.299><c> it's</c>

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the<00:18:27.619><c> same</c><00:18:27.839><c> time</c><00:18:28.099><c> period.</c>

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So<00:18:30.319><c> whether</c><00:18:30.440><c> you</c><00:18:30.640><c> have</c><00:18:30.779><c> Daniel</c><00:18:31.099><c> 7</c><00:18:31.460><c> where</c><00:18:31.640><c> you've</c><00:18:31.819><c> got</c><00:18:31.880><c> 42</c><00:18:32.279><c> months,</c><00:18:32.880><c> three</c><00:18:33.039><c> and</c>

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a<00:18:33.240><c> half</c><00:18:33.299><c> years,</c><00:18:33.720><c> 1260</c><00:18:34.259><c> days,</c><00:18:34.779><c> a</c><00:18:34.819><c> time</c><00:18:35.259><c> and</c><00:18:35.460><c> times</c><00:18:35.680><c> and</c><00:18:35.940><c> dividing</c><00:18:36.140><c> of</c><00:18:36.460><c> time.</c>

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It's<00:18:37.480><c> all</c><00:18:37.660><c> the</c><00:18:37.900><c> same.</c>

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But<00:18:41.039><c> what</c><00:18:41.200><c> we're</c><00:18:41.380><c> not</c><00:18:41.619><c> told</c><00:18:41.839><c> in</c><00:18:42.019><c> the</c><00:18:42.200><c> King's</c><00:18:42.539><c> record,</c><00:18:44.779><c> we're</c>

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told<00:18:45.400><c> about</c><00:18:46.339><c> the</c><00:18:46.539><c> drought,</c><00:18:46.960><c> we're</c><00:18:47.180><c> told</c><00:18:47.539><c> in</c><00:18:47.799><c> the</c><00:18:47.960><c> account</c><00:18:48.200><c> of</c>

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James<00:18:48.940><c> in</c><00:18:49.819><c> the</c><00:18:49.900><c> New</c><00:18:50.079><c> Testament.</c>

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I<00:18:50.579><c> just</c><00:18:50.759><c> want</c><00:18:50.880><c> to</c><00:18:52.279><c> show</c><00:18:53.299><c> you</c><00:18:54.079><c> something</c><00:18:54.380><c> interesting</c><00:18:54.819><c> in</c><00:18:55.000><c> James</c><00:18:55.259><c> 5</c>

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verse<00:18:55.680><c> 17.</c>

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There's<00:18:56.180><c> actually</c><00:18:56.420><c> two</c><00:18:56.640><c> spots</c><00:18:56.940><c> in</c><00:18:57.099><c> the</c><00:18:57.180><c> New</c><00:18:57.359><c> Testament.</c>

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One<00:18:57.880><c> from</c><00:18:58.039><c> the</c><00:18:58.180><c> Lord</c><00:18:58.319><c> Jesus</c><00:18:58.660><c> Christ</c><00:18:58.940><c> and</c><00:18:59.059><c> this</c><00:18:59.279><c> here</c><00:18:59.400><c> from</c><00:18:59.599><c> James.</c>

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What<00:19:01.019><c> we're</c><00:19:01.200><c> not</c><00:19:01.480><c> told</c><00:19:02.160><c> is</c><00:19:03.359><c> that</c><00:19:03.700><c> Elijah</c><00:19:04.059><c> prayed</c><00:19:04.400><c> that</c><00:19:04.619><c> it</c>

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wouldn't<00:19:05.339><c> rain.</c>

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Well<00:19:06.740><c> we're</c><00:19:06.940><c> told</c><00:19:07.119><c> later</c><00:19:07.400><c> on</c><00:19:07.640><c> in</c><00:19:07.880><c> King's</c><00:19:08.119><c> that</c><00:19:08.220><c> he</c><00:19:08.440><c> prayed</c><00:19:08.660><c> that</c><00:19:08.839><c> it</c>

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would<00:19:09.119><c> start</c><00:19:09.339><c> raining</c><00:19:09.619><c> again.</c>

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But<00:19:11.160><c> it's</c><00:19:11.380><c> James</c><00:19:11.599><c> who</c><00:19:11.819><c> tells</c><00:19:12.059><c> us</c><00:19:12.400><c> that</c><00:19:12.759><c> Elijah</c><00:19:13.119><c> was</c><00:19:13.359><c> a</c><00:19:13.500><c> man</c><00:19:13.740><c> subject</c><00:19:14.079><c> to</c>

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like<00:19:14.480><c> passions</c><00:19:14.900><c> as</c><00:19:15.140><c> we</c><00:19:15.380><c> are</c><00:19:15.680><c> and</c><00:19:16.019><c> he</c><00:19:16.220><c> prayed</c><00:19:16.359><c> earnestly</c><00:19:16.900><c> that</c>

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it<00:19:17.579><c> might</c><00:19:17.740><c> not</c><00:19:18.079><c> rain.</c>

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And<00:19:20.039><c> it</c><00:19:20.200><c> rained</c><00:19:20.339><c> not</c><00:19:20.619><c> on</c><00:19:20.859><c> the</c><00:19:21.019><c> earth</c><00:19:21.220><c> by</c><00:19:21.440><c> the</c><00:19:21.700><c> space</c><00:19:21.980><c> of</c><00:19:23.319><c> three</c>

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and<00:19:24.200><c> a</c><00:19:24.240><c> half</c><00:19:24.359><c> years.</c>

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1260<00:19:26.099><c> days,</c><00:19:26.619><c> 42</c><00:19:26.940><c> months,</c><00:19:28.039><c> a</c><00:19:28.140><c> time,</c><00:19:28.500><c> times</c><00:19:28.920><c> and</c><00:19:29.180><c> the</c><00:19:29.380><c> dividing</c>

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of<00:19:29.880><c> times.</c>

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James<00:19:31.119><c> 5</c><00:19:31.420><c> verse</c><00:19:31.619><c> 17.</c>

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Why<00:19:34.599><c> is</c><00:19:34.720><c> that</c><00:19:34.900><c> important?</c>

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Why<00:19:37.299><c> did</c><00:19:37.779><c> he</c><00:19:37.960><c> pray</c><00:19:38.119><c> to</c><00:19:38.259><c> shut</c><00:19:38.440><c> up</c><00:19:38.660><c> heaven</c><00:19:38.980><c> and</c><00:19:39.240><c> it</c><00:19:39.339><c> was</c><00:19:39.579><c> shut</c><00:19:39.740><c> for</c>

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this<00:19:40.119><c> time</c><00:19:40.380><c> period?</c>

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And<00:19:41.660><c> what</c><00:19:41.819><c> does</c><00:19:42.039><c> that</c><00:19:42.319><c> period</c><00:19:42.900><c> signify?</c>

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And<00:19:45.839><c> this</c><00:19:46.019><c> kind</c><00:19:46.180><c> of</c><00:19:46.240><c> goes</c><00:19:46.400><c> along</c><00:19:46.640><c> with</c><00:19:46.900><c> our</c><00:19:47.559><c> title</c><00:19:48.019><c> for</c><00:19:48.680><c> this</c><00:19:48.880><c> afternoon.</c>

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Three<00:19:50.440><c> and</c><00:19:50.640><c> a</c><00:19:50.700><c> half</c><00:19:50.839><c> years</c><00:19:51.619><c> was</c><00:19:52.819><c> the</c><00:19:53.019><c> duration</c><00:19:53.480><c> of</c><00:19:53.839><c> time</c><00:19:54.220><c> of</c><00:19:54.720><c> the</c><00:19:54.960><c> ministry</c><00:19:55.240><c> of</c>

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our<00:19:55.539><c> Lord</c><00:19:55.759><c> in</c><00:19:55.880><c> which</c><00:19:56.039><c> he</c><00:19:56.299><c> suffered</c><00:19:56.779><c> for</c><00:19:58.259><c> the</c><00:19:58.420><c> word</c><00:19:58.539><c> of</c><00:19:58.759><c> God.</c>

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Oh<00:20:00.980><c> he</c><00:20:01.119><c> was</c><00:20:01.359><c> there</c><00:20:01.839><c> up</c><00:20:02.160><c> until</c><00:20:02.680><c> he</c><00:20:03.000><c> turned</c><00:20:03.180><c> 30</c><00:20:03.500><c> right?</c>

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But<00:20:04.940><c> it</c><00:20:05.019><c> was</c><00:20:05.160><c> that</c><00:20:05.299><c> last</c><00:20:05.660><c> three</c><00:20:05.859><c> and</c><00:20:06.019><c> a</c><00:20:06.019><c> half</c><00:20:06.180><c> year</c><00:20:06.380><c> period</c><00:20:06.880><c> where</c><00:20:07.279><c> we</c>

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get<00:20:07.539><c> most</c><00:20:07.799><c> of</c><00:20:07.960><c> the</c><00:20:08.099><c> detail</c><00:20:08.339><c> of</c><00:20:08.500><c> his</c><00:20:08.680><c> life.</c>

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Where<00:20:09.680><c> he</c><00:20:09.940><c> suffered</c><00:20:10.380><c> and</c><00:20:11.420><c> learned</c><00:20:11.599><c> obedience</c><00:20:12.140><c> from</c><00:20:12.400><c> the</c><00:20:12.559><c> things</c><00:20:12.720><c> that</c>

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he<00:20:13.079><c> suffered.</c>

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That's<00:20:15.140><c> very</c><00:20:15.339><c> interesting.</c>

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And<00:20:16.980><c> I</c><00:20:17.099><c> think</c><00:20:17.259><c> what</c><00:20:17.400><c> we're</c><00:20:17.539><c> being</c><00:20:17.779><c> told</c><00:20:18.160><c> when</c><00:20:18.460><c> we</c><00:20:18.640><c> look</c><00:20:18.759><c> at</c><00:20:18.920><c> all</c>

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these<00:20:19.500><c> time</c><00:20:19.799><c> periods</c><00:20:20.099><c> in</c><00:20:20.519><c> the</c><00:20:20.720><c> scripture</c><00:20:20.960><c> where</c><00:20:21.400><c> those</c><00:20:22.039><c> time</c>

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periods<00:20:22.980><c> of</c><00:20:23.559><c> three</c><00:20:23.819><c> and</c><00:20:23.960><c> a</c><00:20:24.059><c> half</c><00:20:24.140><c> years</c><00:20:24.599><c> are</c><00:20:24.960><c> used.</c>

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Is<00:20:26.500><c> that</c><00:20:26.799><c> nobody</c><00:20:27.380><c> is</c><00:20:27.799><c> going</c><00:20:27.920><c> to</c><00:20:27.980><c> get</c><00:20:28.160><c> into</c><00:20:28.400><c> the</c><00:20:28.599><c> kingdom</c><00:20:28.920><c> unless</c><00:20:29.240><c> they</c>

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suffer<00:20:29.859><c> in</c><00:20:30.059><c> like</c><00:20:30.200><c> manner.</c>

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It's<00:20:32.740><c> a</c><00:20:32.940><c> time</c><00:20:33.099><c> period</c><00:20:33.380><c> that</c><00:20:33.579><c> is</c><00:20:33.740><c> always</c><00:20:34.059><c> used</c><00:20:34.240><c> in</c><00:20:34.440><c> the</c><00:20:34.500><c> sense</c>

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of<00:20:35.019><c> persecution</c><00:20:35.660><c> against</c><00:20:36.700><c> the</c><00:20:36.940><c> saints</c><00:20:37.119><c> of</c><00:20:37.319><c> God.</c>

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You<00:20:37.700><c> look</c><00:20:37.859><c> at</c><00:20:38.019><c> every</c><00:20:38.259><c> instance</c><00:20:38.819><c> of</c><00:20:39.519><c> 1260,</c><00:20:40.220><c> 42</c><00:20:40.640><c> months,</c><00:20:43.160><c> three</c>

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and<00:20:43.480><c> a</c><00:20:43.539><c> half</c><00:20:43.640><c> years.</c>

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Always<00:20:44.420><c> has</c><00:20:44.680><c> to</c><00:20:44.880><c> do</c><00:20:45.019><c> with</c><00:20:45.299><c> saints</c><00:20:45.720><c> in</c><00:20:46.480><c> a</c><00:20:46.680><c> time</c><00:20:46.859><c> of</c><00:20:47.160><c> persecution</c>

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and<00:20:48.619><c> the</c><00:20:48.859><c> plea</c><00:20:49.019><c> to</c><00:20:49.259><c> endure</c><00:20:49.640><c> during</c><00:20:50.000><c> that</c><00:20:50.279><c> time.</c>

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So<00:20:54.640><c> why</c><00:20:54.960><c> did</c><00:20:55.200><c> Elijah</c><00:20:55.559><c> pray</c><00:20:55.859><c> for</c><00:20:56.160><c> rain?</c>

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We're<00:20:58.579><c> given</c><00:20:58.900><c> one</c><00:20:59.420><c> answer</c><00:21:00.099><c> right</c><00:21:00.440><c> in</c><00:21:00.819><c> 1</c><00:21:01.079><c> Kings</c><00:21:01.440><c> chapter</c><00:21:01.880><c> 18.</c>

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It's<00:21:02.420><c> probably</c><00:21:02.660><c> the</c><00:21:02.799><c> most</c><00:21:03.119><c> obvious</c><00:21:03.559><c> answer.</c>

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It's<00:21:04.140><c> probably</c><00:21:04.380><c> the</c><00:21:04.680><c> first</c><00:21:04.960><c> answer</c><00:21:05.400><c> that</c><00:21:05.740><c> if</c><00:21:06.019><c> we</c><00:21:06.380><c> were</c><00:21:06.619><c> asked</c>

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that,<00:21:07.099><c> if</c><00:21:07.220><c> I</c><00:21:07.339><c> didn't</c><00:21:07.440><c> put</c><00:21:07.599><c> this</c><00:21:07.819><c> overhead</c><00:21:08.119><c> out,</c><00:21:08.740><c> that</c><00:21:08.859><c> perhaps</c>

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most<00:21:09.500><c> of</c><00:21:09.660><c> us</c><00:21:09.799><c> would</c><00:21:10.039><c> say.</c>

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A<00:21:11.859><c> lot</c><00:21:12.039><c> of</c><00:21:12.200><c> times</c><00:21:12.339><c> we</c><00:21:12.500><c> always</c><00:21:12.779><c> turn</c><00:21:13.000><c> to</c><00:21:13.200><c> the</c><00:21:13.359><c> fact</c><00:21:13.519><c> that</c><00:21:13.740><c> why</c>

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does<00:21:14.180><c> God</c><00:21:14.519><c> cut</c><00:21:14.839><c> off</c><00:21:15.059><c> the</c><00:21:15.240><c> rain?</c>

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Punishment<00:21:16.339><c> right?</c>

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How<00:21:17.480><c> would</c><00:21:17.660><c> we</c><00:21:17.880><c> prove</c><00:21:18.039><c> that?</c>

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In<00:21:18.380><c> Zechariah</c><00:21:18.880><c> 14,</c><00:21:19.380><c> you</c><00:21:19.519><c> don't</c><00:21:19.660><c> come</c><00:21:19.880><c> up</c><00:21:20.000><c> to</c><00:21:20.140><c> Jerusalem</c><00:21:20.460><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:20.740><c> future?</c>

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No<00:21:21.460><c> rain.</c>

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First<00:21:23.700><c> thing</c><00:21:23.880><c> we</c><00:21:24.279><c> normally</c><00:21:24.720><c> say.</c>

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So<00:21:26.700><c> 1</c><00:21:26.859><c> Kings</c><00:21:27.119><c> 18</c><00:21:27.980><c> at</c><00:21:28.299><c> verse</c><00:21:28.559><c> 37</c><00:21:29.279><c> tells</c><00:21:29.740><c> us,</c><00:21:30.220><c> hear</c><00:21:30.339><c> me,</c><00:21:30.680><c> O</c><00:21:30.839><c> Lord,</c>

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hear<00:21:31.420><c> me,</c><00:21:32.099><c> that</c><00:21:32.220><c> this</c><00:21:32.460><c> people</c><00:21:32.740><c> may</c><00:21:33.039><c> know</c><00:21:33.380><c> that</c><00:21:33.579><c> thou</c><00:21:33.779><c> art</c><00:21:34.019><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:21:34.420><c> God</c><00:21:34.819><c> and</c><00:21:35.240><c> that</c><00:21:35.440><c> thou</c><00:21:35.640><c> hast</c><00:21:35.920><c> turned</c><00:21:36.220><c> their</c><00:21:36.460><c> heart</c><00:21:36.660><c> back</c><00:21:37.019><c> again.</c>

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And<00:21:38.420><c> so</c><00:21:38.559><c> we</c><00:21:38.680><c> have</c><00:21:38.819><c> this</c><00:21:39.059><c> primary</c><00:21:39.579><c> mission</c><00:21:40.019><c> given</c><00:21:40.259><c> to</c><00:21:40.500><c> us</c><00:21:40.619><c> of</c><00:21:40.799><c> Elijah</c><00:21:41.160><c> during</c><00:21:41.500><c> this</c><00:21:41.759><c> time</c><00:21:42.059><c> frame</c><00:21:42.559><c> being</c><00:21:43.839><c> that</c><00:21:45.140><c> those</c><00:21:45.559><c> that</c><00:21:45.720><c> were</c><00:21:46.019><c> sort</c><00:21:46.180><c> of</c>

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halting<00:21:47.079><c> between</c><00:21:47.519><c> two</c><00:21:47.819><c> opinions,</c>

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and<00:21:49.299><c> that's</c><00:21:50.099><c> the</c><00:21:50.220><c> phrase</c><00:21:50.660><c> that</c><00:21:50.799><c> is</c><00:21:51.220><c> kind</c><00:21:51.440><c> of</c><00:21:51.519><c> like</c><00:21:51.579><c> your</c><00:21:51.880><c> limp,</c>

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jumping<00:21:52.480><c> between</c><00:21:52.960><c> leg</c><00:21:53.099><c> to</c><00:21:53.279><c> leg.</c>

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It<00:21:53.859><c> comes</c><00:21:54.099><c> from</c><00:21:54.819><c> this</c><00:21:55.339><c> symbolism</c><00:21:57.019><c> of</c><00:21:57.299><c> a</c><00:21:57.460><c> bird.</c>

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Certain<00:21:58.539><c> birds</c><00:21:58.880><c> kind</c><00:21:59.119><c> of</c><00:21:59.220><c> go</c><00:21:59.319><c> from</c><00:21:59.519><c> one</c><00:21:59.759><c> foot</c><00:21:59.920><c> to</c><00:22:00.059><c> the</c><00:22:00.220><c> other.</c>

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You<00:22:00.819><c> ever</c><00:22:00.980><c> see</c><00:22:01.119><c> that?</c>

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That's<00:22:02.779><c> where</c><00:22:03.039><c> that</c><00:22:03.339><c> Hebrew</c><00:22:03.500><c> comes</c><00:22:03.799><c> from,</c><00:22:04.119><c> is</c><00:22:04.220><c> halting</c><00:22:04.559><c> between</c><00:22:04.900><c> two</c><00:22:05.160><c> opinions.</c>

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It's<00:22:05.740><c> like</c><00:22:05.859><c> they're</c><00:22:06.039><c> jumping</c><00:22:06.299><c> from</c><00:22:06.559><c> leg</c><00:22:06.660><c> to</c><00:22:06.859><c> leg.</c>

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God's<00:22:07.980><c> side,</c><00:22:08.319><c> world's</c><00:22:08.799><c> side,</c><00:22:08.940><c> God's</c><00:22:09.380><c> side.</c>

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They're<00:22:09.920><c> not</c><00:22:10.079><c> really</c><00:22:10.339><c> sure</c><00:22:10.420><c> what</c><00:22:10.599><c> to</c><00:22:10.740><c> do.</c>

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Bail<00:22:11.319><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:12.099><c> this</c><00:22:12.240><c> is</c><00:22:12.480><c> exactly</c><00:22:13.059><c> what</c><00:22:14.380><c> Elijah</c><00:22:14.799><c> was</c><00:22:15.099><c> contending</c><00:22:15.460><c> with</c>

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when<00:22:15.799><c> he</c><00:22:16.000><c> came</c><00:22:16.140><c> onto</c><00:22:16.380><c> the</c><00:22:16.680><c> scene.</c>

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He<00:22:17.579><c> had</c><00:22:17.759><c> those</c><00:22:17.960><c> that</c><00:22:18.099><c> were</c><00:22:18.319><c> halting.</c>

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And<00:22:19.319><c> so</c><00:22:19.440><c> this</c><00:22:19.700><c> whole</c><00:22:20.160><c> three</c><00:22:20.619><c> and</c><00:22:20.839><c> a</c><00:22:20.859><c> half</c><00:22:21.019><c> year</c><00:22:21.299><c> period,</c><00:22:23.920><c> one</c>

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of<00:22:24.319><c> the</c><00:22:24.380><c> reasons</c><00:22:24.839><c> was</c><00:22:25.779><c> to</c><00:22:25.980><c> turn</c><00:22:26.200><c> their</c><00:22:26.440><c> hearts</c><00:22:26.680><c> back</c><00:22:26.960><c> and</c><00:22:27.200><c> show</c>

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them<00:22:27.559><c> who</c><00:22:27.799><c> the</c><00:22:27.960><c> real</c><00:22:28.180><c> God</c><00:22:28.460><c> was.</c>

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The<00:22:31.000><c> other</c><00:22:31.220><c> one</c><00:22:31.359><c> that</c><00:22:31.539><c> maybe</c><00:22:32.019><c> doesn't</c><00:22:32.559><c> come</c><00:22:32.839><c> out,</c><00:22:33.859><c> jump</c><00:22:35.759><c> out</c>

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at<00:22:36.160><c> us,</c><00:22:37.240><c> is</c><00:22:37.359><c> that</c><00:22:37.579><c> the</c><00:22:37.920><c> patience</c><00:22:38.619><c> of</c><00:22:39.259><c> the</c><00:22:39.559><c> saints</c><00:22:40.000><c> get</c><00:22:40.559><c> developed</c><00:22:41.180><c> during</c>

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this<00:22:41.900><c> time</c><00:22:42.160><c> frame.</c>

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And<00:22:43.460><c> you</c><00:22:43.599><c> think</c><00:22:43.779><c> about</c><00:22:43.980><c> that</c><00:22:44.200><c> all</c><00:22:44.440><c> throughout</c><00:22:44.640><c> the</c><00:22:44.900><c> revelations.</c>

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How<00:22:45.539><c> many</c><00:22:45.859><c> times</c><00:22:46.680><c> were</c><00:22:47.140><c> actually</c><00:22:47.599><c> shown</c><00:22:48.119><c> during</c><00:22:48.980><c> the</c><00:22:49.240><c> time</c><00:22:49.619><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:50.700><c> man</c><00:22:50.900><c> of</c><00:22:51.200><c> sin</c><00:22:51.519><c> in</c><00:22:51.960><c> that</c><00:22:52.140><c> whole</c><00:22:52.400><c> system</c><00:22:52.900><c> that</c><00:22:53.119><c> comes,</c><00:22:53.880><c> that</c>

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is<00:22:54.299><c> identified</c><00:22:54.900><c> throughout</c><00:22:55.200><c> revelations,</c>

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how<00:22:56.619><c> many</c><00:22:56.819><c> times</c><00:22:57.079><c> we</c><00:22:57.240><c> get</c><00:22:57.440><c> this</c><00:22:58.099><c> persecution</c><00:22:58.880><c> happening</c><00:22:59.480><c> and</c>

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how<00:23:00.839><c> many</c><00:23:01.019><c> times</c><00:23:01.240><c> at</c><00:23:01.420><c> the</c><00:23:01.480><c> end</c><00:23:01.640><c> of</c><00:23:01.720><c> that</c><00:23:01.859><c> it</c><00:23:02.099><c> says</c><00:23:02.339><c> so</c><00:23:02.599><c> that</c><00:23:02.759><c> the</c>

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patience<00:23:03.299><c> of</c><00:23:03.539><c> the</c><00:23:03.759><c> saints</c><00:23:03.980><c> might</c><00:23:04.259><c> be</c><00:23:04.599><c> developed.</c>

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And<00:23:05.819><c> it's</c><00:23:06.140><c> almost</c><00:23:06.299><c> like</c><00:23:06.500><c> God</c><00:23:06.680><c> is</c><00:23:06.839><c> saying,</c><00:23:07.160><c> look,</c><00:23:07.220><c> this</c><00:23:07.420><c> is</c><00:23:07.579><c> what's</c><00:23:07.839><c> going</c><00:23:07.980><c> to</c>

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happen<00:23:08.359><c> during</c><00:23:08.640><c> your</c><00:23:08.920><c> time</c><00:23:09.200><c> frame,</c><00:23:09.400><c> but</c><00:23:09.579><c> please</c><00:23:10.059><c> hold</c><00:23:10.339><c> on.</c>

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Look<00:23:11.279><c> at</c><00:23:11.460><c> the</c><00:23:11.660><c> example</c><00:23:12.039><c> of</c><00:23:12.220><c> the</c><00:23:12.440><c> three</c><00:23:12.579><c> and</c><00:23:12.720><c> a</c><00:23:12.759><c> half</c><00:23:12.900><c> years</c><00:23:13.140><c> of</c>

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Elijah<00:23:13.799><c> and</c><00:23:14.599><c> look</c><00:23:14.799><c> what</c><00:23:14.980><c> Elijah</c><00:23:15.380><c> did</c><00:23:15.579><c> during</c><00:23:15.839><c> that</c><00:23:16.140><c> time</c><00:23:16.599><c> and</c>

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apply<00:23:18.779><c> that</c><00:23:18.980><c> in</c><00:23:19.059><c> your</c><00:23:19.279><c> own</c><00:23:19.519><c> lives.</c>

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Just<00:23:20.160><c> hold</c><00:23:20.460><c> on</c><00:23:20.740><c> and</c><00:23:20.940><c> know</c><00:23:21.299><c> that</c><00:23:21.759><c> I'm</c><00:23:21.980><c> working</c><00:23:22.319><c> out</c><00:23:22.619><c> something.</c>

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I'm<00:23:23.200><c> trying</c><00:23:23.440><c> to</c><00:23:23.640><c> turn</c><00:23:23.799><c> people</c><00:23:24.140><c> back.</c>

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I'm<00:23:25.420><c> trying</c><00:23:25.619><c> to</c><00:23:25.799><c> develop</c><00:23:26.119><c> your</c><00:23:26.440><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:23:28.339><c> in</c><00:23:28.519><c> the</c><00:23:28.759><c> mercy</c><00:23:29.059><c> of</c><00:23:29.299><c> God,</c><00:23:29.480><c> it</c><00:23:29.619><c> even</c><00:23:29.779><c> goes</c><00:23:30.019><c> a</c><00:23:30.160><c> little</c><00:23:30.359><c> step</c><00:23:30.619><c> further.</c>

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Turn<00:23:31.660><c> with</c><00:23:31.880><c> me</c><00:23:32.599><c> please</c><00:23:32.920><c> to</c><00:23:33.140><c> revelations</c><00:23:33.700><c> too,</c><00:23:33.900><c> because</c><00:23:34.019><c> this</c>

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one's<00:23:34.579><c> fascinating</c><00:23:34.960><c> I</c><00:23:35.180><c> think,</c><00:23:36.400><c> just</c><00:23:36.599><c> to</c><00:23:36.799><c> bring</c><00:23:37.000><c> out,</c><00:23:37.859><c> to</c><00:23:38.160><c> show</c>

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that<00:23:38.980><c> extended</c><00:23:39.500><c> mercy</c><00:23:39.940><c> of</c><00:23:40.140><c> God.</c>

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Sometimes<00:23:41.319><c> we</c><00:23:41.539><c> read</c><00:23:41.740><c> this</c><00:23:42.000><c> verse</c><00:23:42.160><c> and</c><00:23:42.259><c> maybe</c><00:23:42.480><c> we</c><00:23:42.680><c> don't</c><00:23:42.839><c> see</c><00:23:43.059><c> this.</c>

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In<00:23:43.900><c> speaking</c><00:23:44.180><c> of</c><00:23:44.420><c> Jezebel,</c><00:23:46.400><c> who</c><00:23:46.660><c> of</c><00:23:46.900><c> course</c><00:23:47.220><c> was</c><00:23:47.579><c> the</c><00:23:47.940><c> wife</c><00:23:48.200><c> of</c><00:23:48.440><c> Ahab.</c>

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So<00:23:49.279><c> I</c><00:23:49.299><c> was</c><00:23:49.380><c> talking</c><00:23:49.680><c> about</c><00:23:49.920><c> that</c><00:23:50.299><c> time</c><00:23:50.559><c> frame</c><00:23:50.880><c> during</c><00:23:51.200><c> that</c><00:23:51.460><c> persecution.</c>

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Why<00:23:52.859><c> the</c><00:23:53.099><c> three</c><00:23:53.259><c> and</c><00:23:53.420><c> a</c><00:23:53.460><c> half</c><00:23:53.640><c> years?</c>

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Of<00:23:54.779><c> the</c><00:23:54.960><c> rain</c><00:23:55.099><c> being</c><00:23:55.339><c> cut</c><00:23:55.599><c> off.</c>

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Look<00:23:56.319><c> at</c><00:23:56.519><c> revelations</c><00:23:57.079><c> too,</c><00:23:57.400><c> starting</c><00:23:57.619><c> at</c><00:23:57.779><c> verse</c><00:23:57.940><c> 20.</c>

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We're<00:24:00.079><c> told,</c><00:24:00.640><c> notwithstanding,</c><00:24:01.339><c> I</c><00:24:01.400><c> have</c><00:24:01.599><c> a</c><00:24:01.859><c> few</c><00:24:02.059><c> things</c><00:24:02.460><c> against</c><00:24:02.839><c> thee,</c><00:24:03.119><c> because</c><00:24:03.359><c> thou</c>

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sufferest<00:24:04.140><c> that</c><00:24:04.380><c> woman</c><00:24:04.700><c> Jezebel,</c>

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which<00:24:06.220><c> calleth</c><00:24:06.579><c> herself</c><00:24:07.099><c> a</c><00:24:07.480><c> prophetess,</c><00:24:08.039><c> to</c><00:24:08.220><c> teach</c><00:24:08.420><c> and</c><00:24:08.579><c> to</c>

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seduce<00:24:09.140><c> my</c><00:24:09.420><c> servants</c><00:24:09.740><c> to</c><00:24:09.980><c> commit</c><00:24:10.220><c> fornication</c><00:24:11.019><c> and</c><00:24:11.579><c> to</c><00:24:11.819><c> eat</c>

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things<00:24:12.339><c> sacrificed</c><00:24:13.000><c> unto</c><00:24:13.299><c> idols.</c>

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And<00:24:14.599><c> I</c><00:24:14.779><c> gave</c><00:24:15.000><c> her</c><00:24:15.539><c> space</c><00:24:16.319><c> to</c><00:24:17.539><c> repent</c><00:24:18.200><c> of</c><00:24:19.359><c> her</c><00:24:19.599><c> fornication,</c>

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and<00:24:20.859><c> she</c><00:24:21.079><c> repented</c><00:24:21.500><c> not.</c>

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How<00:24:23.099><c> long</c><00:24:23.380><c> was</c><00:24:23.599><c> the</c><00:24:23.819><c> space?</c>

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We're<00:24:26.019><c> not</c><00:24:26.200><c> told</c><00:24:26.420><c> there,</c><00:24:26.799><c> but</c><00:24:26.980><c> I</c><00:24:27.160><c> think</c><00:24:27.299><c> it's</c><00:24:27.579><c> three</c><00:24:27.799><c> and</c><00:24:27.960><c> a</c>

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half<00:24:28.200><c> years,</c><00:24:28.740><c> brothers</c><00:24:28.819><c> and</c><00:24:29.079><c> sisters.</c>

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It<00:24:29.819><c> matches</c><00:24:30.400><c> what</c><00:24:31.240><c> we're</c><00:24:31.519><c> told</c><00:24:31.759><c> in</c><00:24:32.299><c> other</c><00:24:32.579><c> areas</c><00:24:32.880><c> of</c><00:24:33.140><c> scriptures</c><00:24:33.619><c> in</c><00:24:33.960><c> identifying</c><00:24:34.500><c> that</c>

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persecution<00:24:35.920><c> period.</c>

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God<00:24:37.420><c> will</c><00:24:37.900><c> not</c><00:24:38.160><c> leave</c><00:24:38.380><c> anyone</c><00:24:38.960><c> with</c><00:24:39.839><c> an</c><00:24:40.059><c> excuse,</c><00:24:40.460><c> right?</c>

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And<00:24:42.339><c> we</c><00:24:42.420><c> can</c><00:24:42.640><c> see</c><00:24:42.779><c> that</c><00:24:43.019><c> identified.</c>

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We<00:24:43.519><c> can</c><00:24:43.660><c> go</c><00:24:43.779><c> to</c><00:24:43.920><c> Romans</c><00:24:44.119><c> 2</c><00:24:44.359><c> and</c><00:24:44.460><c> 4</c><00:24:44.660><c> and</c><00:24:44.779><c> 2</c><00:24:45.019><c> Peter</c><00:24:45.279><c> 3</c><00:24:45.539><c> and</c><00:24:45.539><c> 9</c><00:24:45.799><c> to</c><00:24:45.960><c> show</c><00:24:46.180><c> that</c><00:24:46.500><c> played</c><00:24:46.660><c> out</c><00:24:46.819><c> a</c>

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little<00:24:47.059><c> further</c><00:24:47.380><c> if</c><00:24:47.539><c> we</c><00:24:47.660><c> had</c><00:24:47.799><c> time.</c>

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We'd<00:24:49.079><c> be</c><00:24:49.259><c> able</c><00:24:49.420><c> to</c><00:24:49.720><c> develop</c><00:24:50.059><c> that</c><00:24:50.279><c> a</c><00:24:50.359><c> little</c><00:24:50.539><c> further.</c>

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But<00:24:52.140><c> we</c><00:24:52.279><c> want</c><00:24:52.420><c> to</c><00:24:52.519><c> look</c><00:24:52.640><c> at</c><00:24:52.779><c> that</c><00:24:53.019><c> aspect</c><00:24:53.420><c> and</c><00:24:53.599><c> remember</c><00:24:53.940><c> that</c>

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it<00:24:54.200><c> has</c><00:24:54.420><c> to</c><00:24:54.579><c> do</c><00:24:54.660><c> with</c><00:24:54.799><c> the</c><00:24:55.039><c> saints</c><00:24:55.259><c> of</c><00:24:55.420><c> God</c><00:24:55.700><c> living</c><00:24:55.980><c> and</c><00:24:56.259><c> moving,</c>

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working<00:24:57.019><c> for</c><00:24:57.740><c> God,</c><00:24:59.759><c> under</c><00:25:00.140><c> difficulty.</c>

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And<00:25:02.440><c> what</c><00:25:02.559><c> did</c><00:25:02.700><c> we</c><00:25:02.839><c> do</c><00:25:03.539><c> during</c><00:25:03.940><c> that</c><00:25:04.240><c> three</c><00:25:04.480><c> and</c><00:25:04.619><c> a</c><00:25:04.680><c> half</c><00:25:04.880><c> year</c>

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period,<00:25:05.880><c> in</c><00:25:06.019><c> that</c><00:25:06.140><c> prophetic</c><00:25:06.539><c> time</c><00:25:06.880><c> period?</c>

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What<00:25:09.660><c> did</c><00:25:09.940><c> Elijah</c><00:25:10.200><c> do?</c>

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And<00:25:10.759><c> this</c><00:25:10.880><c> is</c><00:25:11.059><c> where</c><00:25:11.119><c> we</c><00:25:11.319><c> want</c><00:25:11.460><c> to</c><00:25:11.819><c> get</c><00:25:12.359><c> in</c><00:25:12.859><c> our</c><00:25:13.859><c> class</c><00:25:14.160><c> this</c>

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afternoon<00:25:14.799><c> here.</c>

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What<00:25:15.759><c> was</c><00:25:16.079><c> Elijah</c><00:25:16.500><c> doing</c><00:25:16.960><c> during</c><00:25:17.720><c> that</c><00:25:17.980><c> three</c><00:25:18.240><c> and</c><00:25:18.440><c> a</c><00:25:18.460><c> half</c>

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year<00:25:18.880><c> period?</c>

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We<00:25:20.079><c> know</c><00:25:20.299><c> a</c><00:25:20.440><c> lot</c><00:25:20.579><c> about</c><00:25:20.819><c> Elijah.</c>

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We<00:25:21.400><c> think</c><00:25:21.619><c> about</c><00:25:21.799><c> Elijah</c><00:25:22.119><c> as</c><00:25:22.299><c> a</c><00:25:22.380><c> man</c><00:25:22.519><c> who</c><00:25:22.740><c> brought</c><00:25:22.920><c> fire</c><00:25:23.279><c> down</c>

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from<00:25:23.740><c> heaven.</c>

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This<00:25:26.420><c> contention</c><00:25:26.940><c> between</c><00:25:27.319><c> Baal</c><00:25:27.660><c> and</c><00:25:27.839><c> God.</c>

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All<00:25:29.579><c> these</c><00:25:29.839><c> miracles</c><00:25:30.559><c> that</c><00:25:30.859><c> Elijah</c><00:25:31.200><c> was</c><00:25:31.420><c> involved</c><00:25:31.759><c> with.</c>

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All<00:25:32.240><c> these</c><00:25:32.500><c> signs</c><00:25:32.920><c> and</c><00:25:33.180><c> wonders.</c>

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But<00:25:36.500><c> what</c><00:25:36.660><c> was</c><00:25:36.759><c> he</c><00:25:36.960><c> doing</c><00:25:37.140><c> during</c><00:25:37.400><c> that</c><00:25:37.680><c> three</c><00:25:37.819><c> and</c><00:25:37.960><c> a</c><00:25:38.059><c> half</c>

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year<00:25:38.359><c> period?</c>

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Was<00:25:39.180><c> he</c><00:25:39.359><c> doing</c><00:25:39.579><c> all</c><00:25:39.839><c> those</c><00:25:40.039><c> things?</c><00:25:40.319><c> He</c><00:25:40.500><c> wasn't.</c>

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He<00:25:43.579><c> was</c><00:25:44.000><c> toiling</c><00:25:44.660><c> under</c><00:25:45.039><c> hardship</c><00:25:45.720><c> and</c><00:25:47.579><c> being</c><00:25:47.740><c> well</c><00:25:48.019><c> trained</c>

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to<00:25:48.380><c> do</c><00:25:48.500><c> that.</c>

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He<00:25:48.759><c> was</c><00:25:49.099><c> toiling</c><00:25:49.480><c> under</c><00:25:49.819><c> a</c><00:25:50.039><c> hardship.</c>

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Trying<00:25:53.240><c> to</c><00:25:53.640><c> hold</c><00:25:53.859><c> on</c><00:25:54.099><c> to</c><00:25:54.200><c> the</c><00:25:54.420><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:25:54.819><c> we're</c><00:25:54.940><c> going</c><00:25:55.039><c> to</c><00:25:55.119><c> see</c><00:25:55.259><c> what</c><00:25:55.380><c> he</c><00:25:55.559><c> does</c><00:25:55.759><c> during</c><00:25:55.980><c> that</c><00:25:56.180><c> three</c>

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and<00:25:56.480><c> a</c><00:25:56.579><c> half</c><00:25:56.599><c> year</c><00:25:56.779><c> period.</c>

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Is<00:25:57.859><c> he</c><00:25:58.140><c> sent</c><00:25:58.460><c> on</c><00:25:59.339><c> a</c><00:25:59.500><c> missionary</c><00:26:00.059><c> preaching</c><00:26:00.579><c> duty</c><00:26:00.980><c> for</c><00:26:01.559><c> three</c><00:26:01.880><c> years.</c>

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The<00:26:02.819><c> other</c><00:26:02.980><c> half</c><00:26:03.200><c> of</c><00:26:03.400><c> the</c><00:26:03.480><c> year</c><00:26:03.640><c> is</c><00:26:03.880><c> his</c><00:26:04.420><c> conditioning</c><00:26:05.000><c> or</c><00:26:05.819><c> his</c>

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getting<00:26:06.220><c> ready</c><00:26:06.519><c> for</c><00:26:06.700><c> that</c><00:26:06.940><c> process.</c>

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And<00:26:07.519><c> we're</c><00:26:07.660><c> going</c><00:26:07.759><c> to</c><00:26:07.839><c> talk</c><00:26:08.019><c> to</c><00:26:08.160><c> that</c><00:26:08.299><c> in</c><00:26:08.359><c> just</c><00:26:08.599><c> a</c><00:26:08.740><c> minute.</c>

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And<00:26:10.579><c> what</c><00:26:10.700><c> was</c><00:26:11.180><c> Jezebel</c><00:26:11.619><c> during</c><00:26:11.920><c> that</c><00:26:12.220><c> time</c><00:26:12.900><c> frame?</c>

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What<00:26:13.299><c> was</c><00:26:13.460><c> she</c><00:26:13.640><c> doing</c><00:26:13.900><c> when</c><00:26:14.319><c> God</c><00:26:14.539><c> gave</c><00:26:14.740><c> her</c><00:26:14.940><c> the</c><00:26:15.140><c> space</c><00:26:15.359><c> to</c><00:26:15.559><c> repent?</c>

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She<00:26:17.319><c> was</c><00:26:17.599><c> killing</c><00:26:17.920><c> the</c><00:26:18.220><c> prophets</c><00:26:18.559><c> of</c><00:26:18.799><c> God.</c>

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Tearing<00:26:20.119><c> down</c><00:26:20.359><c> the</c><00:26:20.579><c> altars.</c>

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Slaying<00:26:21.339><c> Yahweh's</c><00:26:21.880><c> prophets.</c>

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She<00:26:23.440><c> was</c><00:26:23.660><c> bringing</c><00:26:24.119><c> about</c><00:26:24.619><c> the</c><00:26:24.859><c> ruin</c><00:26:25.039><c> of</c><00:26:25.240><c> Israel's</c><00:26:25.740><c> religion</c>

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for<00:26:26.279><c> three</c><00:26:26.519><c> and</c><00:26:26.700><c> a</c><00:26:26.720><c> half</c><00:26:26.900><c> years.</c>

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And<00:26:29.460><c> Elijah,</c><00:26:30.460><c> who</c><00:26:30.599><c> was</c><00:26:30.779><c> a</c><00:26:30.980><c> great</c><00:26:31.119><c> example</c><00:26:31.519><c> for</c><00:26:31.680><c> us</c><00:26:31.839><c> to</c><00:26:32.000><c> look</c>

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at,<00:26:32.859><c> hung</c><00:26:33.039><c> on.</c>

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And<00:26:34.440><c> he</c><00:26:34.539><c> had</c><00:26:34.619><c> a</c><00:26:34.799><c> few</c><00:26:34.880><c> things</c><00:26:35.140><c> he</c><00:26:35.279><c> had</c><00:26:35.400><c> to</c><00:26:35.619><c> learn</c><00:26:35.799><c> just</c><00:26:36.059><c> like</c><00:26:36.240><c> we</c>

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all<00:26:36.619><c> do.</c>

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And<00:26:36.920><c> we're</c><00:26:37.039><c> going</c><00:26:37.240><c> to</c><00:26:37.720><c> talk</c><00:26:37.920><c> about</c><00:26:38.180><c> that</c><00:26:38.420><c> in</c><00:26:38.500><c> just</c><00:26:38.859><c> a</c><00:26:39.359><c> few</c>

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minutes<00:26:39.799><c> here.</c>

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But<00:26:40.440><c> I</c><00:26:40.599><c> think</c><00:26:40.779><c> this</c><00:26:41.160><c> chapter</c><00:26:41.519><c> is</c><00:26:41.720><c> a</c><00:26:41.920><c> cameo</c><00:26:43.180><c> of</c><00:26:43.619><c> world</c><00:26:43.900><c> history.</c>

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And<00:26:44.819><c> we</c><00:26:44.940><c> look</c><00:26:45.039><c> at</c><00:26:45.180><c> all</c><00:26:45.339><c> these</c><00:26:45.579><c> different</c><00:26:45.859><c> time</c><00:26:46.119><c> periods</c><00:26:46.319><c> that</c>

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:51.140
have<00:26:46.660><c> happened</c><00:26:47.420><c> throughout</c><00:26:48.059><c> all</c><00:26:49.500><c> of</c><00:26:49.680><c> our</c><00:26:49.960><c> existences.</c>

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:55.099
And<00:26:51.920><c> we're</c><00:26:52.099><c> going</c><00:26:52.259><c> to</c><00:26:52.480><c> see</c><00:26:52.599><c> that</c><00:26:52.839><c> even</c><00:26:53.160><c> Isaiah,</c><00:26:53.799><c> when</c><00:26:53.960><c> he</c><00:26:54.279><c> speaks</c><00:26:54.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:55.380><c> Lord</c><00:26:55.579><c> Jesus</c><00:26:55.960><c> Christ,</c><00:26:57.359><c> how</c><00:26:57.519><c> does</c><00:26:57.700><c> he</c><00:26:57.920><c> define</c><00:26:58.240><c> him?</c>

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He<00:26:58.700><c> defines</c><00:26:59.119><c> him</c><00:27:00.019><c> in</c><00:27:00.819><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:01.200><c> 53</c><00:27:01.740><c> and</c><00:27:02.160><c> verse</c><00:27:02.400><c> 2.</c>

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For<00:27:03.579><c> he</c><00:27:03.940><c> shall</c><00:27:04.079><c> grow</c><00:27:04.420><c> up</c><00:27:04.759><c> before</c><00:27:05.180><c> him</c><00:27:05.420><c> as</c><00:27:05.700><c> a</c><00:27:05.880><c> tender</c><00:27:06.119><c> plant</c><00:27:06.579><c> and</c>

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as<00:27:07.460><c> a</c><00:27:07.599><c> root</c><00:27:07.880><c> out</c><00:27:08.160><c> of</c><00:27:08.420><c> a</c><00:27:08.599><c> dry</c><00:27:08.900><c> ground.</c>

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:15.240
He<00:27:11.799><c> sprouted</c><00:27:12.220><c> during</c><00:27:12.539><c> the</c><00:27:12.859><c> time</c><00:27:13.140><c> of</c><00:27:13.319><c> three</c><00:27:13.500><c> and</c><00:27:13.660><c> a</c><00:27:13.700><c> half</c><00:27:13.900><c> year</c><00:27:14.099><c> ministry.</c>

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:18.039
During<00:27:15.700><c> the</c><00:27:15.980><c> time</c><00:27:16.160><c> of</c><00:27:16.339><c> a</c><00:27:16.619><c> spiritual</c><00:27:16.960><c> drought</c><00:27:17.359><c> when</c><00:27:17.619><c> there</c><00:27:17.819><c> was</c>

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:21.539
no<00:27:18.740><c> spiritual</c><00:27:19.200><c> rain</c><00:27:19.539><c> other</c><00:27:19.819><c> than</c><00:27:20.480><c> through</c><00:27:20.700><c> him.</c>

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:24.000
He<00:27:21.900><c> had</c><00:27:22.059><c> no</c><00:27:22.740><c> form</c><00:27:23.259><c> nor</c><00:27:23.559><c> comeliness.</c>

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And<00:27:24.279><c> when</c><00:27:24.420><c> we</c><00:27:24.640><c> shall</c><00:27:24.779><c> see</c><00:27:25.099><c> him</c><00:27:25.259><c> there</c><00:27:25.380><c> is</c><00:27:25.599><c> no</c><00:27:25.839><c> beauty</c><00:27:26.200><c> that</c><00:27:26.700><c> we</c>

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should<00:27:27.059><c> desire</c><00:27:27.500><c> him.</c>

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That<00:27:29.220><c> was</c><00:27:29.480><c> the</c><00:27:29.579><c> condition</c><00:27:30.039><c> of</c><00:27:30.240><c> Israel's</c><00:27:30.779><c> spirituality</c><00:27:31.339><c> when</c>

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Jesus<00:27:32.420><c> was</c><00:27:32.619><c> on</c><00:27:32.880><c> the</c><00:27:33.059><c> scene.</c>

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And<00:27:34.039><c> it's</c><00:27:34.200><c> very</c><00:27:34.539><c> similar</c><00:27:34.880><c> to</c><00:27:35.099><c> the</c><00:27:35.259><c> time</c><00:27:35.519><c> frame</c><00:27:35.720><c> of</c><00:27:35.960><c> Elijah.</c>

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And<00:27:36.700><c> we</c><00:27:36.799><c> can</c><00:27:36.980><c> see</c><00:27:37.180><c> why</c><00:27:37.680><c> Jesus</c><00:27:38.200><c> refers</c><00:27:38.619><c> back</c><00:27:39.119><c> to</c><00:27:39.480><c> the</c><00:27:39.660><c> events</c><00:27:39.799><c> of</c>

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Elijah<00:27:40.319><c> so</c><00:27:40.559><c> many</c><00:27:40.819><c> times.</c>

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:53.079
Now<00:27:51.000><c> we're</c><00:27:51.180><c> going</c><00:27:51.279><c> to</c><00:27:51.339><c> just</c><00:27:51.559><c> talk</c><00:27:51.740><c> briefly</c><00:27:52.039><c> about</c><00:27:52.460><c> the</c><00:27:52.819><c> brook</c>

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Kareth<00:27:53.480><c> and</c><00:27:55.339><c> Elijah's</c><00:27:56.099><c> little</c><00:27:57.059><c> soldier</c><00:27:57.400><c> in</c><00:27:57.559><c> that</c><00:27:57.720><c> Kareth.</c>

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And<00:27:58.720><c> we're</c><00:27:58.799><c> going</c><00:27:58.900><c> to</c><00:27:59.039><c> see</c><00:27:59.319><c> it's</c><00:27:59.940><c> bound</c><00:28:00.119><c> up</c><00:28:00.279><c> in</c><00:28:00.420><c> the</c><00:28:00.599><c> mission</c>

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:03.740
that<00:28:01.000><c> he</c><00:28:01.160><c> had</c><00:28:01.579><c> before</c><00:28:02.119><c> he</c><00:28:02.319><c> went</c><00:28:02.480><c> to</c><00:28:02.680><c> Zarephath.</c>

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It<00:28:05.000><c> humbles</c><00:28:05.279><c> you</c><00:28:05.460><c> when</c><00:28:05.599><c> you</c><00:28:05.779><c> think</c><00:28:06.000><c> that</c><00:28:06.220><c> this</c><00:28:06.519><c> man</c><00:28:06.779><c> who</c><00:28:06.920><c> can</c>

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call<00:28:07.319><c> down</c><00:28:07.819><c> fire</c><00:28:08.220><c> from</c><00:28:08.460><c> heaven,</c>

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:13.319
who<00:28:09.700><c> can,</c><00:28:10.579><c> we</c><00:28:10.980><c> see</c><00:28:11.119><c> that</c><00:28:11.319><c> fire</c><00:28:11.480><c> consuming</c><00:28:11.980><c> the</c><00:28:12.240><c> burnt</c><00:28:12.400><c> offering.</c>

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:19.400
He<00:28:15.700><c> called</c><00:28:16.039><c> down</c><00:28:16.339><c> on</c><00:28:16.539><c> a</c><00:28:16.660><c> couple</c><00:28:16.859><c> occasions</c><00:28:17.559><c> fire</c><00:28:18.319><c> to</c><00:28:18.559><c> consume</c>

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a<00:28:20.599><c> man</c><00:28:20.799><c> in</c><00:28:20.920><c> his</c><00:28:21.119><c> 50.</c>

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:28.200
He<00:28:25.759><c> was</c><00:28:25.920><c> a</c><00:28:26.059><c> man</c><00:28:26.180><c> who</c><00:28:26.319><c> could</c><00:28:26.500><c> smite</c><00:28:26.799><c> the</c><00:28:26.980><c> river</c><00:28:27.200><c> Jordan</c><00:28:27.539><c> and</c><00:28:27.779><c> cross</c><00:28:28.099><c> it.</c>

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:31.039
He<00:28:28.339><c> had</c><00:28:28.480><c> all</c><00:28:28.700><c> this</c><00:28:29.140><c> great</c><00:28:29.519><c> power,</c><00:28:29.980><c> didn't</c><00:28:30.119><c> he?</c>

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:33.660
He<00:28:31.440><c> could</c><00:28:31.579><c> do</c><00:28:31.720><c> all</c><00:28:31.920><c> these</c><00:28:32.140><c> things</c><00:28:32.359><c> yet</c><00:28:32.539><c> the</c><00:28:32.779><c> whole</c><00:28:33.059><c> period</c><00:28:33.380><c> of</c>

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drought<00:28:33.980><c> was</c><00:28:34.559><c> given</c><00:28:34.779><c> over</c><00:28:35.059><c> to</c><00:28:35.319><c> one</c><00:28:35.599><c> work,</c><00:28:36.059><c> one</c><00:28:36.420><c> single</c><00:28:36.779><c> act.</c>

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:41.859
To<00:28:37.980><c> get</c><00:28:38.160><c> a</c><00:28:38.359><c> dear</c><00:28:38.539><c> old</c><00:28:38.819><c> woman,</c><00:28:39.940><c> widow</c><00:28:40.140><c> woman,</c><00:28:40.759><c> into</c><00:28:40.839><c> the</c><00:28:41.099><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:28:42.319><c> if</c><00:28:42.380><c> there's</c><00:28:42.559><c> anything</c><00:28:42.859><c> that</c><00:28:43.019><c> we</c><00:28:43.119><c> can</c><00:28:43.339><c> bring</c><00:28:43.539><c> out</c><00:28:43.859><c> in</c><00:28:44.240><c> our</c>

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discussion<00:28:45.140><c> this</c><00:28:45.380><c> afternoon,</c>

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it's<00:28:47.039><c> the</c><00:28:47.220><c> hope</c><00:28:47.420><c> that</c><00:28:48.160><c> we</c><00:28:48.460><c> can</c><00:28:48.980><c> bring</c><00:28:49.279><c> home</c><00:28:49.579><c> the</c><00:28:49.779><c> fact</c><00:28:49.940><c> that</c><00:28:50.440><c> the</c><00:28:51.160><c> smallest</c><00:28:51.579><c> thing</c><00:28:51.880><c> that</c><00:28:52.079><c> we</c>

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can<00:28:52.380><c> do,</c>

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that<00:28:52.859><c> could</c><00:28:53.420><c> take</c><00:28:53.660><c> three</c><00:28:53.900><c> and</c><00:28:54.039><c> a</c><00:28:54.059><c> half</c><00:28:54.180><c> years</c><00:28:54.359><c> sometimes,</c>

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:57.980
to<00:28:55.279><c> bring</c><00:28:55.440><c> one</c><00:28:55.740><c> person</c><00:28:56.140><c> into</c><00:28:56.359><c> the</c><00:28:56.640><c> truth</c><00:28:56.920><c> is</c><00:28:57.420><c> more</c><00:28:57.680><c> important</c>

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than<00:28:58.180><c> all</c><00:28:58.440><c> those</c><00:28:58.660><c> other</c><00:28:58.859><c> acts</c><00:28:59.220><c> I</c><00:28:59.400><c> believe</c><00:28:59.640><c> that</c><00:28:59.880><c> Elijah</c><00:29:00.180><c> did.</c>

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:08.680
To<00:29:04.420><c> the</c><00:29:04.599><c> point</c><00:29:04.720><c> where</c><00:29:04.940><c> even</c><00:29:05.119><c> the</c><00:29:05.259><c> Lord</c><00:29:05.400><c> Jesus</c><00:29:05.720><c> Christ</c><00:29:05.940><c> in</c><00:29:06.200><c> speaking</c><00:29:06.559><c> about</c><00:29:07.039><c> this</c><00:29:07.599><c> woman,</c>

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:12.519
he<00:29:09.119><c> says</c><00:29:09.359><c> in</c><00:29:09.480><c> Luke</c><00:29:09.680><c> 4</c><00:29:10.000><c> verses</c><00:29:10.339><c> 25</c><00:29:10.859><c>-26,</c><00:29:11.500><c> I</c><00:29:11.500><c> tell</c><00:29:11.779><c> you</c><00:29:11.960><c> of</c><00:29:12.119><c> a</c><00:29:12.299><c> truth,</c>

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:15.960
many<00:29:13.119><c> widows</c><00:29:13.579><c> were</c><00:29:13.859><c> in</c><00:29:13.960><c> Israel</c><00:29:14.279><c> in</c><00:29:14.500><c> the</c><00:29:14.660><c> days</c><00:29:14.839><c> of</c><00:29:15.079><c> Elijah.</c>

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Many<00:29:17.059><c> of</c><00:29:17.279><c> them.</c>

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When<00:29:18.559><c> the</c><00:29:18.799><c> heaven</c><00:29:18.980><c> was</c><00:29:19.279><c> shut</c><00:29:19.380><c> up</c><00:29:19.539><c> three</c><00:29:19.799><c> years</c><00:29:20.079><c> and</c><00:29:20.240><c> six</c><00:29:20.460><c> months,</c>

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there's<00:29:21.059><c> the</c><00:29:21.220><c> other</c><00:29:21.380><c> spot</c><00:29:21.619><c> where</c><00:29:21.779><c> we</c><00:29:22.039><c> learn</c><00:29:22.500><c> about</c><00:29:22.900><c> the</c><00:29:23.099><c> heaven</c><00:29:23.279><c> shut</c>

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:25.079
up<00:29:23.839><c> for</c><00:29:24.039><c> that</c><00:29:24.240><c> period.</c>

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When<00:29:25.539><c> great</c><00:29:25.920><c> famine</c><00:29:26.279><c> was</c><00:29:26.599><c> throughout</c><00:29:26.859><c> all</c><00:29:27.119><c> the</c><00:29:27.319><c> land,</c>

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:34.140
but<00:29:27.700><c> unto</c><00:29:28.200><c> none</c><00:29:28.440><c> of</c><00:29:28.720><c> them</c><00:29:29.240><c> was</c><00:29:29.640><c> Elijah</c><00:29:30.059><c> sent,</c><00:29:30.599><c> save</c><00:29:31.039><c> unto</c><00:29:32.859><c> Zarephath</c><00:29:33.819><c> or</c>

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Serepta<00:29:34.619><c> as</c><00:29:34.859><c> it's</c><00:29:35.059><c> rendered</c><00:29:35.299><c> in</c><00:29:35.559><c> Greek,</c>

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a<00:29:36.380><c> city</c><00:29:36.579><c> of</c><00:29:36.819><c> Zidon</c><00:29:37.599><c> unto</c><00:29:37.980><c> a</c><00:29:38.220><c> woman</c><00:29:38.519><c> that</c><00:29:38.799><c> was</c><00:29:39.039><c> a</c><00:29:39.160><c> widow.</c>

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That's<00:29:41.460><c> absolutely</c><00:29:41.799><c> amazing.</c>

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Why<00:29:42.980><c> was</c><00:29:43.180><c> he</c><00:29:43.400><c> sent</c><00:29:43.559><c> to</c><00:29:43.759><c> this</c><00:29:43.980><c> woman</c><00:29:44.259><c> out</c><00:29:44.559><c> of</c><00:29:44.720><c> all</c><00:29:44.920><c> of</c><00:29:45.039><c> them?</c>

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What<00:29:45.279><c> is</c><00:29:45.500><c> it</c><00:29:45.779><c> that</c><00:29:45.980><c> she</c><00:29:46.359><c> had</c><00:29:46.920><c> that</c><00:29:47.359><c> the</c><00:29:47.539><c> others</c><00:29:47.720><c> didn't</c><00:29:48.059><c> have?</c>

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:51.200
And<00:29:49.400><c> that's</c><00:29:49.519><c> what</c><00:29:49.619><c> we're</c><00:29:49.799><c> going</c><00:29:49.960><c> to</c><00:29:50.420><c> discover</c><00:29:50.700><c> as</c><00:29:50.920><c> we</c><00:29:51.059><c> go</c>

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:51.920
through<00:29:51.400><c> this.</c>

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And<00:29:52.500><c> it</c><00:29:52.619><c> all</c><00:29:52.759><c> comes</c><00:29:53.000><c> out</c><00:29:53.480><c> when</c><00:29:53.700><c> we</c><00:29:53.940><c> look</c><00:29:54.099><c> at</c><00:29:54.420><c> the</c><00:29:54.680><c> study</c><00:29:54.900><c> of</c>

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.079
this<00:29:55.519><c> conditioning,</c>

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:59.279
first<00:29:56.839><c> of</c><00:29:57.039><c> all,</c><00:29:57.339><c> that</c><00:29:57.480><c> Elijah,</c><00:29:57.880><c> the</c><00:29:58.019><c> process</c><00:29:58.339><c> he</c><00:29:58.500><c> has</c><00:29:58.700><c> to</c><00:29:58.859><c> go</c><00:29:59.059><c> through,</c>

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and<00:29:59.680><c> you</c><00:29:59.819><c> look</c><00:30:00.019><c> and</c><00:30:00.160><c> maybe</c><00:30:00.420><c> think</c><00:30:00.599><c> about</c><00:30:00.779><c> this</c><00:30:01.000><c> later</c><00:30:01.279><c> on</c><00:30:01.579><c> after</c><00:30:01.799><c> we</c>

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:03.200
bring<00:30:02.140><c> this</c><00:30:02.339><c> out</c><00:30:02.480><c> about</c><00:30:02.700><c> conditioning,</c>

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:06.500
how<00:30:03.799><c> many</c><00:30:04.059><c> times</c><00:30:04.380><c> you</c><00:30:04.579><c> see</c><00:30:04.720><c> this</c><00:30:04.940><c> happen</c><00:30:05.259><c> in</c><00:30:05.440><c> the</c><00:30:05.599><c> scriptures.</c>

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:10.819
Hopefully<00:30:07.119><c> this</c><00:30:07.339><c> will</c><00:30:07.460><c> draw</c><00:30:07.640><c> your</c><00:30:07.859><c> mind</c><00:30:08.019><c> to</c><00:30:08.240><c> this</c><00:30:08.519><c> interesting</c><00:30:09.579><c> aspect</c><00:30:10.180><c> of</c><00:30:10.460><c> conditioning.</c>

00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:13.539
It<00:30:11.299><c> comes</c><00:30:11.480><c> out</c><00:30:11.660><c> of</c><00:30:11.740><c> verse</c><00:30:12.039><c> 2</c><00:30:12.299><c> of</c><00:30:12.460><c> 1</c><00:30:12.660><c> Kings</c><00:30:12.880><c> 17,</c>

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:17.160
The<00:30:14.059><c> word</c><00:30:14.259><c> of</c><00:30:14.400><c> the</c><00:30:14.500><c> Lord</c><00:30:14.720><c> came</c><00:30:14.980><c> unto</c><00:30:15.420><c> him</c><00:30:15.859><c> saying,</c><00:30:16.420><c> to</c><00:30:16.660><c> Elijah</c><00:30:16.859><c> saying,</c>

00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:20.079
Get<00:30:17.599><c> thee</c><00:30:17.819><c> hence,</c><00:30:18.160><c> and</c><00:30:18.259><c> turn</c><00:30:18.460><c> thee</c><00:30:18.700><c> eastward,</c><00:30:19.059><c> and</c><00:30:19.180><c> hide</c><00:30:19.440><c> thyself</c><00:30:19.900><c> by</c>

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:22.319
the<00:30:20.319><c> brook</c><00:30:20.579><c> here</c><00:30:20.859><c> that</c><00:30:21.339><c> is</c><00:30:21.519><c> before</c><00:30:21.900><c> Jordan.</c>

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:25.000
And<00:30:22.819><c> it</c><00:30:23.000><c> shall</c><00:30:23.160><c> be</c><00:30:23.380><c> that</c><00:30:23.500><c> thou</c><00:30:23.720><c> shalt</c><00:30:23.920><c> drink</c><00:30:24.180><c> of</c><00:30:24.299><c> the</c><00:30:24.480><c> brook,</c><00:30:24.759><c> and</c><00:30:24.859><c> I</c>

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:27.799
have<00:30:25.160><c> commanded</c><00:30:25.500><c> the</c><00:30:25.839><c> ravens</c><00:30:26.259><c> to</c><00:30:26.539><c> feed</c><00:30:26.759><c> thee</c><00:30:26.920><c> there.</c>

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:30.859
So<00:30:28.079><c> he</c><00:30:28.200><c> went</c><00:30:28.400><c> and</c><00:30:28.500><c> did</c><00:30:28.660><c> according</c><00:30:29.059><c> unto</c><00:30:29.380><c> the</c><00:30:29.599><c> word</c><00:30:29.700><c> of</c><00:30:29.839><c> the</c><00:30:29.980><c> Lord,</c>

00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:33.059
for<00:30:31.019><c> he</c><00:30:31.180><c> went</c><00:30:31.359><c> and</c><00:30:31.559><c> dwelt</c><00:30:31.740><c> by</c><00:30:31.960><c> the</c><00:30:32.119><c> brook</c><00:30:32.380><c> here</c><00:30:32.559><c> that</c><00:30:32.819><c> is</c>

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:34.380
before<00:30:33.440><c> Jordan.</c>

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:38.420
And<00:30:35.359><c> the</c><00:30:35.519><c> ravens</c><00:30:35.839><c> brought</c><00:30:36.180><c> him</c><00:30:37.200><c> bread</c><00:30:37.480><c> and</c><00:30:37.720><c> flesh</c><00:30:37.880><c> in</c><00:30:38.059><c> the</c><00:30:38.180><c> morning,</c>

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:40.480
and<00:30:38.619><c> bread</c><00:30:38.839><c> and</c><00:30:39.019><c> flesh</c><00:30:39.220><c> in</c><00:30:39.440><c> the</c><00:30:39.500><c> evening,</c><00:30:39.759><c> and</c><00:30:39.940><c> he</c><00:30:40.079><c> drank</c><00:30:40.299><c> of</c>

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.059
the<00:30:40.660><c> brook.</c>

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And<00:30:41.700><c> it</c><00:30:41.839><c> came</c><00:30:41.980><c> to</c><00:30:42.180><c> pass</c><00:30:42.359><c> after</c><00:30:42.680><c> a</c><00:30:42.859><c> while</c><00:30:42.980><c> that</c><00:30:43.240><c> the</c><00:30:43.599><c> brook</c><00:30:43.859><c> dried</c><00:30:44.119><c> up,</c>

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:47.099
because<00:30:44.720><c> there</c><00:30:44.980><c> had</c><00:30:45.119><c> been</c><00:30:45.279><c> no</c><00:30:45.680><c> rain</c><00:30:45.880><c> in</c><00:30:46.079><c> the</c><00:30:46.240><c> land.</c>

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:49.299
And<00:30:47.599><c> the</c><00:30:47.740><c> word</c><00:30:47.880><c> of</c><00:30:48.000><c> the</c><00:30:48.140><c> Lord</c><00:30:48.279><c> came</c><00:30:48.539><c> unto</c><00:30:48.720><c> him</c><00:30:48.940><c> saying,</c>

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:54.319
Arise,<00:30:50.180><c> get</c><00:30:50.480><c> thee</c><00:30:50.619><c> the</c><00:30:50.819><c> Zarephath,</c><00:30:51.740><c> which</c><00:30:51.880><c> belongeth</c><00:30:53.079><c> to</c><00:30:53.299><c> Zidon,</c><00:30:54.240><c> and</c>

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.779
dwell<00:30:54.579><c> there.</c>

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Behold,<00:30:55.240><c> I</c><00:30:55.380><c> have</c><00:30:55.579><c> commanded</c><00:30:55.900><c> a</c><00:30:56.160><c> widow</c><00:30:56.359><c> woman</c><00:30:56.619><c> there</c><00:30:56.880><c> to</c><00:30:57.119><c> sustain</c><00:30:57.500><c> thee.</c>

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Sometimes<00:30:59.519><c> we</c><00:30:59.799><c> separate</c><00:31:00.240><c> the</c><00:31:00.420><c> two</c><00:31:00.599><c> events</c><00:31:00.920><c> between</c><00:31:01.779><c> this</c><00:31:02.200><c> event</c><00:31:02.460><c> that</c><00:31:02.759><c> happens</c><00:31:03.119><c> at</c>

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:06.359
the<00:31:03.480><c> brook</c><00:31:03.720><c> Kareth</c><00:31:04.079><c> and</c><00:31:04.980><c> the</c><00:31:05.279><c> widow</c><00:31:05.500><c> woman.</c>

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:09.559
But<00:31:07.079><c> I</c><00:31:07.240><c> believe,</c><00:31:07.599><c> brothers</c><00:31:07.680><c> and</c><00:31:07.880><c> sisters,</c><00:31:08.160><c> that</c><00:31:08.299><c> they're</c><00:31:08.480><c> connected.</c>

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:14.779
You<00:31:11.240><c> see,</c><00:31:11.640><c> Elijah</c><00:31:11.900><c> was</c><00:31:12.920><c> a</c><00:31:13.200><c> typical,</c><00:31:13.640><c> if</c><00:31:14.079><c> I</c><00:31:14.200><c> can</c><00:31:14.299><c> use</c><00:31:14.420><c> that</c><00:31:14.519><c> term,</c><00:31:14.759><c> a</c>

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.460
typical<00:31:15.200><c> Israelite,</c>

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:18.279
who<00:31:16.220><c> believed</c><00:31:16.460><c> that</c><00:31:16.660><c> we</c><00:31:17.000><c> are</c><00:31:17.200><c> the</c><00:31:17.359><c> promised</c><00:31:17.640><c> people,</c>

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:21.559
that<00:31:18.779><c> God</c><00:31:19.039><c> would</c><00:31:19.240><c> not</c><00:31:19.400><c> go</c><00:31:19.579><c> outside</c><00:31:19.940><c> of</c><00:31:20.140><c> us.</c><00:31:20.299><c> We</c><00:31:20.440><c> have</c><00:31:20.619><c> been</c><00:31:20.759><c> given</c><00:31:20.940><c> the</c><00:31:21.180><c> promises.</c>

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:26.779
That's<00:31:21.819><c> how</c><00:31:22.359><c> Israelites</c><00:31:22.880><c> have</c><00:31:24.019><c> fought</c><00:31:24.339><c> and</c><00:31:24.579><c> do</c><00:31:24.859><c> think,</c><00:31:25.599><c> to</c><00:31:25.759><c> the</c><00:31:25.859><c> most</c><00:31:26.079><c> part,</c><00:31:26.319><c> especially</c><00:31:26.579><c> at</c>

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.960
this<00:31:27.000><c> time</c><00:31:27.220><c> frame.</c>

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:33.559
And<00:31:30.039><c> so</c><00:31:30.160><c> for</c><00:31:30.380><c> God</c><00:31:30.519><c> just</c><00:31:30.700><c> to</c><00:31:30.880><c> pick</c><00:31:31.019><c> up</c><00:31:31.240><c> Elijah</c><00:31:31.539><c> and</c><00:31:31.680><c> say,</c><00:31:31.940><c> go</c><00:31:31.980><c> to</c><00:31:32.200><c> Zarephath,</c>

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:37.799
could<00:31:34.740><c> have</c><00:31:34.880><c> been</c><00:31:35.099><c> disastrous.</c><00:31:36.059><c> His</c><00:31:36.359><c> mind</c><00:31:36.599><c> hadn't</c><00:31:36.819><c> been</c><00:31:37.140><c> conditioned</c><00:31:37.480><c> to</c>

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:39.740
understand<00:31:38.319><c> certain</c><00:31:38.599><c> things</c><00:31:38.880><c> yet.</c>

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:44.500
So<00:31:40.319><c> he</c><00:31:40.440><c> was</c><00:31:40.680><c> brought</c><00:31:40.920><c> to</c><00:31:41.099><c> this</c><00:31:41.339><c> brook</c><00:31:41.619><c> Kareth,</c><00:31:41.920><c> which</c><00:31:42.160><c> means</c><00:31:42.500><c> cut</c><00:31:42.799><c> off,</c><00:31:44.039><c> or</c><00:31:44.299><c> a</c>

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.819
separate<00:31:44.640><c> place.</c>

00:31:48.440 --> 00:32:00.859
And<00:31:49.059><c> while</c><00:31:49.279><c> he's</c><00:31:49.519><c> there,</c><00:31:53.059><c> a</c><00:31:53.259><c> raven</c><00:31:54.660><c> brings</c><00:31:56.000><c> him</c><00:31:56.400><c> flesh</c><00:31:57.279><c> to</c><00:31:57.660><c> eat,</c><00:31:59.160><c> sustains</c><00:31:59.539><c> him,</c><00:32:00.180><c> you</c><00:32:00.440><c> see.</c>

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:04.779
Somebody<00:32:01.500><c> that</c><00:32:01.720><c> is</c><00:32:01.960><c> cut</c><00:32:02.140><c> off</c><00:32:03.160><c> sustains</c><00:32:03.859><c> him.</c>

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:13.259
And<00:32:10.279><c> Kareth</c><00:32:10.579><c> is</c><00:32:10.940><c> sitting</c><00:32:11.200><c> right</c><00:32:11.539><c> on</c><00:32:11.720><c> the</c><00:32:11.880><c> Jordan</c><00:32:12.140><c> River,</c><00:32:13.059><c> this</c>

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:15.519
Jordan<00:32:13.579><c> River</c><00:32:13.819><c> that</c><00:32:14.059><c> travels</c><00:32:14.400><c> down</c><00:32:14.680><c> to</c><00:32:14.839><c> the</c><00:32:14.960><c> Dead</c><00:32:15.240><c> Sea.</c>

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:19.980
It's<00:32:16.039><c> known</c><00:32:16.279><c> for</c><00:32:16.579><c> its</c><00:32:16.940><c> silt,</c><00:32:17.420><c> rotting</c><00:32:17.700><c> vegetation,</c><00:32:18.519><c> and</c><00:32:18.660><c> stench.</c>

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:22.220
It's<00:32:20.140><c> always</c><00:32:20.460><c> presented</c><00:32:20.839><c> to</c><00:32:21.000><c> us</c><00:32:21.160><c> in</c><00:32:21.319><c> the</c><00:32:21.460><c> Word</c><00:32:21.579><c> of</c><00:32:21.680><c> God</c><00:32:21.900><c> as</c><00:32:22.119><c> a</c>

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.880
symbol<00:32:22.500><c> of</c><00:32:22.720><c> the</c><00:32:22.920><c> flesh.</c>

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:29.119
And<00:32:25.880><c> this</c><00:32:26.039><c> little</c><00:32:26.339><c> section</c><00:32:26.759><c> cut</c><00:32:27.059><c> off</c><00:32:27.259><c> of</c><00:32:27.420><c> that</c><00:32:28.339><c> is</c><00:32:28.700><c> the</c><00:32:28.880><c> brook</c>

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:32.039
Kareth,<00:32:30.000><c> where</c><00:32:30.140><c> Elijah</c><00:32:30.539><c> is</c><00:32:30.740><c> being</c><00:32:31.019><c> conditioned.</c>

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:37.720
And<00:32:34.500><c> so</c><00:32:34.660><c> this</c><00:32:34.900><c> raven</c><00:32:35.359><c> is</c><00:32:35.660><c> sent</c><00:32:35.859><c> to</c><00:32:36.119><c> Elijah,</c><00:32:37.200><c> and</c><00:32:37.279><c> we're</c><00:32:37.460><c> told</c>

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:39.089
in<00:32:37.920><c> Leviticus</c><00:32:38.339><c> 11,</c>

00:32:39.690 --> 00:32:44.009
These<00:32:40.210><c> are</c><00:32:40.470><c> they</c><00:32:40.650><c> which</c><00:32:40.849><c> he</c><00:32:41.069><c> shall</c><00:32:41.210><c> have</c><00:32:41.509><c> in</c><00:32:41.789><c> abomination</c><00:32:42.630><c> among</c><00:32:43.269><c> the</c><00:32:43.529><c> fowls.</c>

00:32:44.309 --> 00:32:50.009
They<00:32:44.549><c> shall</c><00:32:44.789><c> not</c><00:32:45.089><c> be</c><00:32:45.289><c> eaten.</c><00:32:45.509><c> They</c><00:32:45.730><c> are</c><00:32:45.970><c> in</c><00:32:46.109><c> abomination,</c><00:32:47.150><c> every</c><00:32:47.349><c> raven</c><00:32:47.950><c> after</c><00:32:48.750><c> his</c><00:32:49.109><c> kind.</c>

00:32:50.410 --> 00:32:53.650
So<00:32:50.650><c> they</c><00:32:50.769><c> were</c><00:32:50.950><c> unclean</c><00:32:51.329><c> under</c><00:32:51.569><c> the</c><00:32:51.750><c> law.</c><00:32:51.990><c> They</c><00:32:52.109><c> were</c><00:32:52.410><c> what</c><00:32:52.569><c> you</c><00:32:52.910><c> don't</c><00:32:53.150><c> go</c><00:32:53.329><c> near.</c>

00:32:54.150 --> 00:32:55.950
You<00:32:54.390><c> certainly</c><00:32:54.609><c> don't</c><00:32:54.869><c> eat</c><00:32:54.990><c> them.</c>

00:32:56.569 --> 00:32:59.150
And<00:32:56.829><c> this</c><00:32:57.049><c> is</c><00:32:57.589><c> what</c><00:32:57.750><c> he's</c><00:32:57.950><c> been</c><00:32:58.210><c> conditioned.</c>

00:32:59.569 --> 00:33:02.369
You<00:32:59.789><c> see</c><00:32:59.950><c> the</c><00:33:00.190><c> attachment</c><00:33:00.490><c> between</c><00:33:00.849><c> the</c><00:33:01.089><c> widow</c><00:33:01.349><c> who</c><00:33:01.990><c> is</c><00:33:02.250><c> in</c>

00:33:02.369 --> 00:33:04.450
that<00:33:02.630><c> cut</c><00:33:02.829><c> off</c><00:33:03.390><c> place?</c>

00:33:04.769 --> 00:33:08.529
She's<00:33:05.130><c> the</c><00:33:05.309><c> raven</c><00:33:06.410><c> who's</c><00:33:07.089><c> going</c><00:33:07.210><c> to</c><00:33:07.369><c> feed</c><00:33:07.509><c> Elijah.</c>

00:33:10.670 --> 00:33:13.569
And<00:33:11.150><c> this</c><00:33:11.630><c> goes</c><00:33:11.950><c> against</c><00:33:12.349><c> the</c><00:33:12.549><c> grain,</c><00:33:13.069><c> brothers</c><00:33:13.170><c> and</c><00:33:13.390><c> sisters</c>

00:33:13.569 --> 00:33:14.250
and<00:33:13.690><c> young</c><00:33:13.809><c> people,</c>

00:33:14.650 --> 00:33:17.869
because<00:33:14.769><c> we're</c><00:33:14.910><c> told</c><00:33:15.170><c> in</c><00:33:15.309><c> Job</c><00:33:15.509><c> 38,</c><00:33:16.150><c> verse</c><00:33:16.329><c> 41,</c><00:33:17.250><c> about</c><00:33:17.430><c> the</c><00:33:17.690><c> raven,</c>

00:33:18.109 --> 00:33:20.269
who<00:33:18.109><c> provideeth</c><00:33:18.549><c> for</c><00:33:18.730><c> the</c><00:33:18.890><c> raven</c><00:33:19.089><c> his</c><00:33:19.349><c> food.</c>

00:33:20.630 --> 00:33:25.369
When<00:33:20.730><c> his</c><00:33:21.049><c> young</c><00:33:21.329><c> ones</c><00:33:21.609><c> cry</c><00:33:21.910><c> unto</c><00:33:22.170><c> God,</c><00:33:23.130><c> they</c><00:33:23.390><c> wander</c><00:33:23.769><c> for</c><00:33:24.049><c> lack</c><00:33:24.349><c> of</c><00:33:24.609><c> meat.</c>

00:33:25.450 --> 00:33:27.690
You<00:33:25.609><c> see,</c><00:33:25.730><c> they're</c><00:33:25.910><c> the</c><00:33:26.029><c> type</c><00:33:26.269><c> of</c><00:33:26.490><c> bird</c><00:33:26.769><c> that</c><00:33:26.950><c> goes</c><00:33:27.210><c> out</c><00:33:27.569><c> and</c>

00:33:27.690 --> 00:33:29.569
they<00:33:27.890><c> go</c><00:33:28.049><c> and</c><00:33:28.369><c> find</c><00:33:28.990><c> meat,</c>

00:33:29.990 --> 00:33:31.950
and<00:33:30.150><c> they</c><00:33:30.349><c> bring</c><00:33:30.470><c> it</c><00:33:30.670><c> back</c><00:33:30.849><c> to</c><00:33:31.009><c> their</c><00:33:31.210><c> young.</c>

00:33:33.230 --> 00:33:35.390
They<00:33:33.710><c> don't</c><00:33:33.869><c> go</c><00:33:34.089><c> and</c><00:33:34.329><c> share</c><00:33:34.470><c> it</c><00:33:34.589><c> with</c><00:33:34.750><c> other</c><00:33:34.990><c> birds.</c>

00:33:35.390 --> 00:33:37.309
They're<00:33:35.609><c> that</c><00:33:35.829><c> type</c><00:33:36.049><c> of</c><00:33:36.230><c> bird</c><00:33:36.329><c> that</c><00:33:36.509><c> goes</c><00:33:36.750><c> and</c><00:33:36.970><c> gets</c><00:33:37.089><c> it</c><00:33:37.250><c> and</c>

00:33:37.309 --> 00:33:38.950
brings<00:33:37.509><c> it</c><00:33:37.690><c> back</c><00:33:37.849><c> to</c><00:33:38.029><c> their</c><00:33:38.230><c> young.</c>

00:33:39.289 --> 00:33:44.049
And<00:33:39.470><c> we're</c><00:33:39.609><c> being</c><00:33:39.849><c> told</c><00:33:40.170><c> here,</c><00:33:41.309><c> who</c><00:33:41.490><c> takes</c><00:33:41.809><c> care</c><00:33:42.029><c> of</c><00:33:42.130><c> that</c><00:33:42.309><c> raven?</c>

00:33:44.589 --> 00:33:45.750
Why,<00:33:44.769><c> it's</c><00:33:44.869><c> God.</c>

00:33:46.849 --> 00:33:50.630
And<00:33:47.069><c> so</c><00:33:47.329><c> Elijah</c><00:33:47.730><c> is</c><00:33:47.869><c> being</c><00:33:48.150><c> conditioned</c><00:33:48.710><c> in</c><00:33:49.230><c> this</c><00:33:49.509><c> understanding.</c>

00:33:50.970 --> 00:33:55.369
He<00:33:51.170><c> would</c><00:33:51.390><c> normally</c><00:33:51.849><c> go</c><00:33:52.269><c> to</c><00:33:52.470><c> the</c><00:33:52.630><c> outskirts</c><00:33:53.569><c> of</c><00:33:54.089><c> Israel,</c>

00:33:55.450 --> 00:34:00.210
onto<00:33:55.609><c> the</c><00:33:56.750><c> Mediterranean</c><00:33:57.430><c> border</c><00:33:58.490><c> to</c><00:33:59.269><c> Zidon,</c>

00:34:00.210 --> 00:34:04.029
not<00:34:01.170><c> unless</c><00:34:01.410><c> he</c><00:34:01.549><c> was</c><00:34:01.829><c> first</c><00:34:02.049><c> conditioned</c><00:34:02.730><c> for</c><00:34:03.289><c> a</c><00:34:03.430><c> time</c><00:34:03.569><c> period</c>

00:34:04.029 --> 00:34:07.049
before<00:34:04.670><c> he</c><00:34:04.829><c> was</c><00:34:05.170><c> sent</c><00:34:05.589><c> to</c><00:34:05.869><c> that</c><00:34:06.170><c> work.</c>

00:34:08.550 --> 00:34:10.710
And<00:34:08.690><c> so</c><00:34:08.789><c> when</c><00:34:08.969><c> we</c><00:34:09.130><c> read</c><00:34:09.309><c> of</c><00:34:09.530><c> the</c><00:34:09.650><c> Lord</c><00:34:09.789><c> Jesus</c><00:34:10.130><c> Christ</c><00:34:10.369><c> speaking</c>

00:34:10.710 --> 00:34:13.269
on<00:34:10.969><c> this</c><00:34:11.130><c> in</c><00:34:11.250><c> Luke</c><00:34:11.469><c> 12,</c><00:34:11.829><c> verse</c><00:34:12.030><c> 24,</c>

00:34:13.750 --> 00:34:16.250
and<00:34:13.929><c> he</c><00:34:14.090><c> says,</c><00:34:14.690><c> Consider</c><00:34:14.889><c> the</c><00:34:15.170><c> ravens,</c><00:34:15.590><c> for</c><00:34:15.730><c> they</c><00:34:15.929><c> neither</c>

00:34:16.250 --> 00:34:17.650
sow<00:34:16.530><c> nor</c><00:34:16.849><c> reap,</c>

00:34:17.670 --> 00:34:20.510
which<00:34:17.849><c> neither</c><00:34:18.150><c> have</c><00:34:18.409><c> storehouses</c><00:34:18.989><c> nor</c><00:34:19.329><c> barn,</c><00:34:20.010><c> and</c><00:34:20.170><c> God</c>

00:34:20.510 --> 00:34:21.250
feedeth<00:34:20.949><c> them.</c>

00:34:21.349 --> 00:34:25.269
How<00:34:21.630><c> much</c><00:34:21.929><c> more</c><00:34:22.190><c> are</c><00:34:22.269><c> you</c><00:34:22.449><c> better</c><00:34:23.150><c> than</c><00:34:23.789><c> the</c><00:34:24.070><c> fowls?</c>

00:34:26.190 --> 00:34:30.849
Absolutely<00:34:26.630><c> amazing</c><00:34:27.070><c> when</c><00:34:27.250><c> we</c><00:34:27.489><c> see</c><00:34:28.210><c> how</c><00:34:28.750><c> this</c><00:34:28.969><c> is</c><00:34:29.190><c> brought</c><00:34:29.389><c> out.</c>

00:34:31.010 --> 00:34:34.289
Think<00:34:31.110><c> about,</c><00:34:31.750><c> just</c><00:34:32.110><c> as</c><00:34:32.329><c> a</c><00:34:32.469><c> side</c><00:34:32.630><c> note</c><00:34:32.789><c> here,</c><00:34:33.130><c> think</c><00:34:33.309><c> about</c><00:34:33.530><c> somebody</c><00:34:33.849><c> else</c><00:34:34.110><c> in</c>

00:34:34.289 --> 00:34:34.849
the<00:34:34.449><c> scriptures,</c>

00:34:35.050 --> 00:34:37.849
and<00:34:35.289><c> I'm</c><00:34:35.429><c> sure</c><00:34:35.610><c> you</c><00:34:35.730><c> can</c><00:34:35.869><c> get</c><00:34:35.949><c> many</c><00:34:36.210><c> examples,</c><00:34:37.469><c> of</c><00:34:37.630><c> someone</c>

00:34:37.849 --> 00:34:39.429
else<00:34:38.050><c> who</c><00:34:38.210><c> was</c><00:34:38.389><c> conditioned.</c>

00:34:40.489 --> 00:34:42.610
The<00:34:40.650><c> example</c><00:34:41.010><c> of</c><00:34:41.230><c> Peter</c><00:34:41.389><c> is</c><00:34:41.550><c> probably</c><00:34:41.809><c> the</c><00:34:41.989><c> best</c><00:34:42.250><c> one,</c><00:34:42.449><c> where</c>

00:34:42.610 --> 00:34:44.429
the<00:34:42.829><c> sheet</c><00:34:42.949><c> was</c><00:34:43.150><c> let</c><00:34:43.369><c> down,</c>

00:34:44.550 --> 00:34:47.570
and<00:34:44.650><c> it</c><00:34:44.789><c> was</c><00:34:44.869><c> filled</c><00:34:45.070><c> with</c><00:34:45.210><c> those</c><00:34:45.489><c> unclean</c><00:34:45.909><c> beasts,</c><00:34:46.989><c> Acts</c><00:34:47.329><c> 10,</c>

00:34:47.590 --> 00:34:50.409
verse<00:34:47.809><c> 11,</c><00:34:48.210><c> and</c><00:34:48.550><c> chapter</c><00:34:48.750><c> 11,</c><00:34:48.969><c> verse</c><00:34:49.190><c> 5.</c>

00:34:51.010 --> 00:34:54.730
Peter<00:34:51.489><c> was</c><00:34:51.710><c> in</c><00:34:51.789><c> that</c><00:34:51.989><c> same</c><00:34:52.429><c> Israelite</c><00:34:53.469><c> mindset</c><00:34:54.150><c> that</c><00:34:54.469><c> had</c><00:34:54.590><c> to</c>

00:34:54.730 --> 00:34:56.389
be<00:34:54.849><c> conditioned</c><00:34:55.250><c> that</c><00:34:55.610><c> it's</c><00:34:55.989><c> okay.</c>

00:34:56.630 --> 00:35:00.130
God<00:34:56.809><c> is</c><00:34:57.030><c> going</c><00:34:57.150><c> to</c><00:34:57.389><c> extend</c><00:34:57.969><c> now</c><00:34:58.570><c> to</c><00:34:58.789><c> the</c><00:34:58.929><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:35:00.630 --> 00:35:03.769
This<00:35:00.809><c> isn't</c><00:35:01.030><c> only</c><00:35:01.489><c> about</c><00:35:01.969><c> the</c><00:35:02.289><c> Jewish</c><00:35:02.530><c> hope.</c>

00:35:09.469 --> 00:35:13.449
And<00:35:09.949><c> when</c><00:35:10.070><c> you</c><00:35:10.170><c> look</c><00:35:10.329><c> at</c><00:35:10.449><c> it</c><00:35:10.610><c> in</c><00:35:11.030><c> a</c><00:35:11.269><c> human</c><00:35:11.570><c> point</c><00:35:11.829><c> of</c><00:35:11.929><c> view,</c><00:35:12.269><c> brothers</c><00:35:12.289><c> and</c><00:35:12.530><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:13.690 --> 00:35:17.949
there's<00:35:13.989><c> many</c><00:35:14.329><c> reasons,</c><00:35:15.289><c> if</c><00:35:15.690><c> you</c><00:35:15.829><c> were</c><00:35:16.010><c> Elijah,</c><00:35:16.469><c> that</c><00:35:16.590><c> you</c><00:35:16.730><c> could</c><00:35:16.849><c> maybe</c><00:35:17.110><c> think</c><00:35:17.369><c> to</c><00:35:17.610><c> yourself</c>

00:35:17.949 --> 00:35:22.409
why<00:35:18.329><c> you</c><00:35:18.469><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:18.730><c> go</c><00:35:19.849><c> to</c><00:35:20.769><c> Zarephath,</c><00:35:21.369><c> to</c><00:35:21.469><c> this</c><00:35:21.670><c> widow.</c>

00:35:22.550 --> 00:35:25.250
From<00:35:22.750><c> a</c><00:35:22.909><c> human</c><00:35:23.389><c> perspective,</c><00:35:24.050><c> you</c><00:35:24.090><c> might</c><00:35:24.329><c> argue</c><00:35:24.630><c> that,</c><00:35:25.130><c> well,</c>

00:35:25.250 --> 00:35:26.670
it's<00:35:25.409><c> a</c><00:35:25.550><c> long</c><00:35:25.750><c> journey.</c>

00:35:27.190 --> 00:35:29.650
It<00:35:27.269><c> was</c><00:35:27.469><c> approximately</c><00:35:28.090><c> 100</c><00:35:28.530><c> miles.</c>

00:35:30.530 --> 00:35:33.289
It<00:35:30.730><c> was</c><00:35:30.909><c> a</c><00:35:31.170><c> time</c><00:35:31.429><c> of</c><00:35:31.610><c> an</c><00:35:32.010><c> extreme</c><00:35:32.309><c> drought.</c>

00:35:34.449 --> 00:35:38.030
Well,<00:35:34.630><c> that's</c><00:35:35.030><c> one</c><00:35:35.230><c> good</c><00:35:35.469><c> reason</c><00:35:35.829><c> not</c><00:35:36.170><c> to</c><00:35:36.369><c> go,</c><00:35:37.630><c> from</c><00:35:37.829><c> the</c>

00:35:38.030 --> 00:35:39.289
human<00:35:38.230><c> perspective.</c>

00:35:39.750 --> 00:35:43.469
The<00:35:40.050><c> second</c><00:35:40.230><c> reason</c><00:35:40.550><c> is</c><00:35:40.769><c> that</c><00:35:40.949><c> Zarephath</c><00:35:41.489><c> was</c><00:35:41.829><c> next</c><00:35:42.170><c> to</c><00:35:42.489><c> Zidon,</c><00:35:43.190><c> the</c>

00:35:43.469 --> 00:35:45.250
hometown<00:35:44.050><c> of</c><00:35:44.289><c> Jezebel.</c>

00:35:45.369 --> 00:35:47.570
He<00:35:45.769><c> just</c><00:35:45.969><c> ran</c><00:35:46.190><c> away</c><00:35:46.429><c> from</c><00:35:46.590><c> there.</c><00:35:46.710><c> Now</c><00:35:46.829><c> I'm</c><00:35:47.010><c> going</c><00:35:47.070><c> to</c><00:35:47.150><c> go</c><00:35:47.349><c> back</c>

00:35:47.570 --> 00:35:51.309
right<00:35:47.769><c> into</c><00:35:48.030><c> the</c><00:35:48.269><c> heart</c><00:35:48.889><c> of</c><00:35:50.369><c> where</c><00:35:50.530><c> Jezebel</c><00:35:50.989><c> is.</c>

00:35:51.530 --> 00:35:53.570
Well,<00:35:51.690><c> that</c><00:35:51.789><c> would</c><00:35:51.949><c> be</c><00:35:52.110><c> another</c><00:35:52.349><c> reason</c><00:35:52.650><c> where</c><00:35:53.030><c> you</c><00:35:53.269><c> would</c><00:35:53.429><c> say,</c>

00:35:53.590 --> 00:35:56.329
I<00:35:53.610><c> don't</c><00:35:53.769><c> want</c><00:35:53.849><c> to</c><00:35:53.909><c> go</c><00:35:54.010><c> right</c><00:35:54.309><c> back</c><00:35:54.530><c> into</c><00:35:54.769><c> the</c><00:35:54.949><c> jaws</c><00:35:55.170><c> of</c><00:35:55.389><c> the</c><00:35:55.550><c> lion.</c>

00:35:56.690 --> 00:35:58.809
That's<00:35:56.969><c> a</c><00:35:57.090><c> great</c><00:35:57.250><c> reason</c><00:35:57.550><c> not</c><00:35:57.750><c> to</c><00:35:57.949><c> go.</c>

00:35:59.449 --> 00:36:05.869
A<00:35:59.630><c> third</c><00:35:59.789><c> reason</c><00:36:00.050><c> is</c><00:36:01.190><c> the</c><00:36:01.530><c> woman,</c><00:36:02.650><c> being</c><00:36:02.989><c> a</c><00:36:03.170><c> Gentile,</c><00:36:04.610><c> is</c><00:36:04.690><c> an</c><00:36:04.849><c> idolater.</c>

00:36:06.449 --> 00:36:08.550
She<00:36:06.690><c> obviously</c><00:36:07.070><c> would</c><00:36:07.250><c> be</c><00:36:07.449><c> an</c><00:36:07.630><c> idolater</c><00:36:07.969><c> in</c><00:36:08.130><c> that</c><00:36:08.269><c> direction.</c>

00:36:08.590 --> 00:36:11.710
Why<00:36:08.809><c> would</c><00:36:08.969><c> I</c><00:36:09.070><c> go</c><00:36:09.210><c> to</c><00:36:09.349><c> her?</c><00:36:09.889><c> Why</c><00:36:10.030><c> would</c><00:36:10.150><c> I</c><00:36:10.289><c> want</c><00:36:10.409><c> to</c><00:36:10.489><c> help</c><00:36:10.610><c> her?</c>

00:36:12.530 --> 00:36:16.070
The<00:36:13.050><c> fourth</c><00:36:13.269><c> reason</c><00:36:13.670><c> is</c><00:36:14.050><c> that</c><00:36:14.269><c> I</c><00:36:14.349><c> have</c><00:36:14.590><c> commanded</c><00:36:14.969><c> a</c><00:36:15.230><c> widow</c><00:36:15.449><c> woman</c><00:36:15.730><c> to</c>

00:36:16.070 --> 00:36:16.650
sustain<00:36:16.429><c> me.</c>

00:36:16.809 --> 00:36:19.289
A<00:36:16.849><c> Gentile</c><00:36:17.389><c> woman</c><00:36:17.710><c> sustain</c><00:36:18.230><c> me?</c>

00:36:20.510 --> 00:36:24.449
That<00:36:20.690><c> goes</c><00:36:20.889><c> right</c><00:36:21.190><c> against</c><00:36:21.650><c> the</c><00:36:22.070><c> flesh</c><00:36:22.329><c> grain,</c><00:36:22.630><c> doesn't</c><00:36:22.889><c> it?</c>

00:36:25.230 --> 00:36:29.150
And<00:36:25.409><c> probably</c><00:36:25.829><c> the</c><00:36:26.809><c> biggest</c><00:36:27.070><c> reason</c><00:36:28.010><c> might</c><00:36:28.409><c> be,</c><00:36:28.690><c> well,</c><00:36:28.769><c> how</c><00:36:28.969><c> am</c><00:36:29.090><c> I</c>

00:36:29.150 --> 00:36:29.849
going<00:36:29.269><c> to</c><00:36:29.429><c> find</c><00:36:29.670><c> her?</c>

00:36:29.929 --> 00:36:33.429
There's<00:36:30.170><c> nowhere</c><00:36:30.329><c> in</c><00:36:30.550><c> this</c><00:36:30.730><c> record</c><00:36:31.010><c> you</c><00:36:31.150><c> get</c><00:36:31.349><c> any</c><00:36:32.090><c> inkling</c><00:36:32.570><c> of</c>

00:36:33.429 --> 00:36:36.389
any<00:36:33.909><c> information</c><00:36:34.409><c> about</c><00:36:34.670><c> how</c><00:36:34.809><c> he's</c><00:36:35.030><c> going</c><00:36:35.150><c> to</c><00:36:35.349><c> find</c><00:36:35.550><c> her.</c>

00:36:37.230 --> 00:36:39.110
There's<00:36:37.670><c> going</c><00:36:37.750><c> to</c><00:36:37.809><c> be</c><00:36:37.929><c> a</c><00:36:38.030><c> woman</c><00:36:38.230><c> gathering</c><00:36:38.730><c> sticks.</c>

00:36:39.570 --> 00:36:43.550
Well,<00:36:40.650><c> you</c><00:36:40.730><c> know,</c><00:36:40.929><c> in</c><00:36:40.989><c> this</c><00:36:41.429><c> day</c><00:36:41.750><c> and</c><00:36:41.869><c> age,</c><00:36:42.409><c> or</c><00:36:42.570><c> that</c><00:36:42.789><c> day</c><00:36:43.070><c> and</c><00:36:43.210><c> age,</c>

00:36:44.010 --> 00:36:46.309
you<00:36:44.130><c> would</c><00:36:44.329><c> expect</c><00:36:44.769><c> perhaps</c><00:36:45.269><c> people</c><00:36:45.530><c> gathering</c><00:36:45.989><c> sticks,</c>

00:36:46.309 --> 00:36:49.449
but<00:36:46.510><c> this</c><00:36:46.710><c> was</c><00:36:47.369><c> something</c><00:36:47.690><c> specific</c><00:36:48.230><c> enough</c><00:36:48.530><c> that</c><00:36:48.690><c> he</c><00:36:48.849><c> was</c><00:36:49.010><c> able</c><00:36:49.190><c> to</c>

00:36:49.449 --> 00:36:49.909
find<00:36:49.630><c> her.</c>

00:36:50.150 --> 00:36:54.250
And<00:36:50.389><c> so</c><00:36:50.469><c> with</c><00:36:50.670><c> all</c><00:36:50.869><c> this</c><00:36:51.050><c> in</c><00:36:51.269><c> mind,</c><00:36:51.809><c> we</c><00:36:51.989><c> don't</c><00:36:52.210><c> see</c><00:36:52.389><c> any</c><00:36:52.630><c> of</c><00:36:52.730><c> those</c><00:36:52.929><c> reasons</c><00:36:53.269><c> given</c><00:36:53.510><c> by</c><00:36:53.809><c> Elijah,</c>

00:36:54.469 --> 00:36:58.010
the<00:36:54.630><c> man</c><00:36:54.829><c> of</c><00:36:55.070><c> God,</c><00:36:55.530><c> who</c><00:36:55.869><c> moved</c><00:36:56.090><c> at</c><00:36:56.309><c> every</c><00:36:56.929><c> whim</c><00:36:57.130><c> that</c><00:36:57.329><c> God</c><00:36:57.550><c> asked</c><00:36:57.829><c> him</c>

00:36:58.010 --> 00:37:01.050
to<00:36:58.150><c> go</c><00:36:58.550><c> before</c><00:36:59.809><c> the</c><00:37:00.030><c> god</c><00:37:00.190><c> that</c><00:37:00.349><c> I</c><00:37:00.630><c> stand.</c>

00:37:01.050 --> 00:37:04.730
And<00:37:01.590><c> all</c><00:37:01.929><c> it</c><00:37:02.230><c> says</c><00:37:02.510><c> in</c><00:37:02.690><c> the</c><00:37:02.869><c> record</c><00:37:03.070><c> is</c><00:37:03.369><c> that</c><00:37:03.590><c> he</c><00:37:03.829><c> arose</c><00:37:04.309><c> and</c><00:37:04.590><c> he</c>

00:37:04.730 --> 00:37:06.130
went<00:37:04.909><c> to</c><00:37:05.130><c> Zarephath.</c>

00:37:07.409 --> 00:37:09.929
So<00:37:07.710><c> in</c><00:37:07.889><c> our</c><00:37:08.130><c> preaching</c><00:37:08.469><c> efforts,</c><00:37:08.989><c> we</c><00:37:09.050><c> can</c><00:37:09.230><c> maybe</c><00:37:09.389><c> extend</c><00:37:09.710><c> this</c>

00:37:09.929 --> 00:37:10.369
to<00:37:10.150><c> say,</c>

00:37:10.769 --> 00:37:13.809
there's<00:37:10.929><c> many</c><00:37:11.230><c> reasons</c><00:37:11.670><c> that</c><00:37:11.869><c> we</c><00:37:12.030><c> can</c><00:37:12.210><c> draw</c><00:37:12.489><c> on</c><00:37:12.829><c> why</c><00:37:13.190><c> we</c><00:37:13.389><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:13.530><c> do</c>

00:37:13.809 --> 00:37:15.050
certain<00:37:14.010><c> things,</c>

00:37:15.150 --> 00:37:20.269
but<00:37:15.329><c> perhaps</c><00:37:15.630><c> we</c><00:37:15.829><c> can</c><00:37:16.190><c> remember</c><00:37:16.809><c> the</c><00:37:17.630><c> example</c><00:37:18.150><c> of</c><00:37:18.769><c> Elijah</c><00:37:19.250><c> in</c>

00:37:20.269 --> 00:37:22.030
this<00:37:20.510><c> new</c><00:37:20.769><c> year</c><00:37:20.949><c> that</c><00:37:21.070><c> we</c><00:37:21.190><c> have</c><00:37:21.389><c> before</c><00:37:21.750><c> us</c>

00:37:22.030 --> 00:37:25.429
in<00:37:22.389><c> our</c><00:37:22.690><c> own</c><00:37:22.949><c> ecclesial</c><00:37:23.610><c> preaching</c><00:37:24.309><c> activities.</c>

00:37:26.510 --> 00:37:30.710
And<00:37:27.010><c> so</c><00:37:27.150><c> he's</c><00:37:27.369><c> going</c><00:37:27.489><c> to</c><00:37:27.590><c> go</c><00:37:27.769><c> now,</c><00:37:28.190><c> we're</c><00:37:28.489><c> told,</c><00:37:29.329><c> to</c><00:37:29.510><c> Zarephath.</c>

00:37:33.170 --> 00:37:36.809
Zarephath<00:37:33.670><c> is</c><00:37:34.170><c> the</c><00:37:34.349><c> place</c><00:37:34.630><c> of</c><00:37:34.989><c> smelting,</c><00:37:35.590><c> a</c><00:37:35.730><c> furnace,</c><00:37:36.230><c> a</c><00:37:36.289><c> refinery.</c>

00:37:36.969 --> 00:37:39.010
That's<00:37:37.110><c> what</c><00:37:37.250><c> that</c><00:37:37.530><c> word</c><00:37:37.949><c> means.</c>

00:37:40.570 --> 00:37:43.730
And<00:37:40.789><c> actually,</c><00:37:41.349><c> while</c><00:37:41.510><c> we</c><00:37:41.690><c> have</c><00:37:41.769><c> that</c><00:37:41.989><c> up,</c><00:37:43.050><c> it's</c><00:37:43.250><c> in</c><00:37:43.429><c> the</c><00:37:43.530><c> area</c>

00:37:43.730 --> 00:37:44.809
of<00:37:43.969><c> Zidon,</c>

00:37:45.269 --> 00:37:50.530
which<00:37:45.269><c> is</c><00:37:46.789><c> a</c><00:37:47.809><c> fishery,</c><00:37:48.329><c> basically,</c><00:37:48.869><c> where</c><00:37:49.030><c> you</c><00:37:49.170><c> would</c><00:37:49.369><c> catch</c><00:37:49.650><c> fish.</c>

00:37:51.050 --> 00:37:54.110
So<00:37:51.610><c> there's</c><00:37:51.829><c> something</c><00:37:52.190><c> that</c><00:37:52.690><c> we're</c><00:37:52.949><c> being</c><00:37:53.210><c> told</c><00:37:53.550><c> here,</c><00:37:53.750><c> I</c><00:37:53.809><c> think,</c><00:37:53.969><c> in</c>

00:37:54.110 --> 00:37:55.170
the<00:37:54.289><c> text.</c>

00:37:55.230 --> 00:37:57.610
There's<00:37:55.469><c> a</c><00:37:55.650><c> process</c><00:37:55.909><c> of</c><00:37:56.289><c> refinement</c><00:37:56.650><c> that</c><00:37:56.829><c> is</c><00:37:57.050><c> going</c><00:37:57.230><c> to</c><00:37:57.469><c> happen.</c>

00:37:57.690 --> 00:38:00.690
We're<00:37:57.829><c> going</c><00:37:57.929><c> to</c><00:37:57.969><c> see</c><00:37:58.150><c> that</c><00:37:58.349><c> that</c><00:37:58.530><c> process</c><00:37:58.789><c> of</c><00:37:59.070><c> refinement</c><00:37:59.829><c> works</c><00:38:00.469><c> on</c>

00:38:00.690 --> 00:38:03.889
both<00:38:00.949><c> Elijah</c><00:38:01.349><c> and</c><00:38:01.789><c> the</c><00:38:01.969><c> woman</c><00:38:02.289><c> of</c><00:38:02.570><c> Zarephath.</c>

00:38:04.389 --> 00:38:10.170
And<00:38:04.670><c> as</c><00:38:05.030><c> a</c><00:38:05.210><c> fisher</c><00:38:05.429><c> of</c><00:38:05.750><c> men,</c><00:38:07.710><c> Elijah</c><00:38:08.070><c> is</c><00:38:08.269><c> being</c><00:38:08.610><c> sent</c><00:38:09.269><c> for</c><00:38:09.829><c> no</c>

00:38:10.170 --> 00:38:11.469
other<00:38:10.369><c> reason</c>

00:38:11.690 --> 00:38:14.750
than<00:38:12.250><c> to</c><00:38:12.489><c> bring</c><00:38:12.730><c> this</c><00:38:13.010><c> widowed</c><00:38:13.289><c> woman</c><00:38:13.750><c> into</c><00:38:14.190><c> the</c><00:38:14.469><c> truth.</c>

00:38:15.230 --> 00:38:18.849
Absolutely<00:38:15.789><c> fantastic</c><00:38:16.610><c> when</c><00:38:17.429><c> we</c><00:38:17.570><c> look</c><00:38:17.730><c> at</c><00:38:17.889><c> this.</c>

00:38:19.309 --> 00:38:27.489
And<00:38:19.710><c> so</c><00:38:19.829><c> what</c><00:38:19.989><c> happens</c><00:38:20.389><c> here</c><00:38:21.769><c> is</c><00:38:24.949><c> Elijah</c><00:38:25.469><c> asks</c><00:38:26.210><c> her</c><00:38:26.750><c> to</c><00:38:27.030><c> go</c><00:38:27.289><c> get</c>

00:38:27.489 --> 00:38:30.329
him<00:38:28.489><c> a</c><00:38:29.510><c> little</c><00:38:29.750><c> bit</c><00:38:29.929><c> of</c><00:38:30.090><c> oil</c>

00:38:30.329 --> 00:38:33.789
and<00:38:30.710><c> a</c><00:38:30.730><c> little</c><00:38:30.929><c> bit</c><00:38:31.170><c> of</c><00:38:31.409><c> meal,</c><00:38:32.510><c> a</c><00:38:32.650><c> meal</c><00:38:32.889><c> offering.</c>

00:38:34.369 --> 00:38:35.590
And<00:38:34.489><c> she</c><00:38:34.590><c> tells</c><00:38:34.769><c> him,</c><00:38:34.969><c> this</c><00:38:35.010><c> is</c><00:38:35.150><c> all</c><00:38:35.289><c> I</c><00:38:35.469><c> have.</c>

00:38:35.690 --> 00:38:37.150
I'm<00:38:35.710><c> just</c><00:38:35.909><c> going</c><00:38:36.110><c> now</c><00:38:36.530><c> to</c><00:38:36.750><c> get</c><00:38:36.889><c> enough.</c>

00:38:37.289 --> 00:38:39.530
I'm<00:38:37.489><c> going</c><00:38:37.650><c> to</c><00:38:37.750><c> burn</c><00:38:37.909><c> this</c><00:38:38.170><c> little</c><00:38:38.369><c> fire</c><00:38:38.630><c> here.</c>

00:38:39.769 --> 00:38:43.130
I'm<00:38:39.909><c> just</c><00:38:40.090><c> going</c><00:38:40.250><c> to</c><00:38:40.409><c> cook</c><00:38:40.670><c> enough</c><00:38:41.409><c> for</c><00:38:42.309><c> our</c><00:38:42.510><c> last</c><00:38:42.750><c> meal</c><00:38:42.969><c> for</c>

00:38:43.130 --> 00:38:45.630
me<00:38:43.289><c> and</c><00:38:43.349><c> my</c><00:38:43.590><c> son,</c><00:38:43.889><c> and</c><00:38:44.110><c> we're</c><00:38:44.289><c> going</c><00:38:44.369><c> to</c><00:38:44.469><c> go</c><00:38:44.610><c> and</c><00:38:44.809><c> die.</c>

00:38:45.849 --> 00:38:47.769
So<00:38:46.070><c> she</c><00:38:46.210><c> was</c><00:38:46.409><c> very</c><00:38:46.789><c> destitute</c><00:38:47.250><c> at</c><00:38:47.429><c> this</c><00:38:47.610><c> time.</c>

00:38:47.769 --> 00:38:50.510
She<00:38:47.909><c> was</c><00:38:48.090><c> at</c><00:38:48.329><c> wit's</c><00:38:48.630><c> end,</c><00:38:48.710><c> if</c><00:38:48.849><c> you</c><00:38:48.949><c> can</c><00:38:49.110><c> use</c><00:38:49.289><c> that</c><00:38:49.530><c> term.</c>

00:38:51.969 --> 00:38:58.250
And<00:38:52.150><c> this</c><00:38:52.289><c> is</c><00:38:52.469><c> the</c><00:38:52.610><c> mink</c><00:38:52.829><c> offering</c><00:38:53.530><c> we</c><00:38:54.030><c> can</c><00:38:54.210><c> look</c><00:38:54.469><c> at</c><00:38:55.389><c> from</c><00:38:55.909><c> Leviticus</c><00:38:56.869><c> 2.</c>

00:38:59.449 --> 00:39:01.369
And<00:38:59.610><c> look</c><00:38:59.750><c> at</c><00:38:59.889><c> Malachi</c><00:39:00.230><c> 1,</c><00:39:00.909><c> verse</c><00:39:01.130><c> 11.</c>

00:39:01.449 --> 00:39:04.070
It<00:39:01.489><c> gives</c><00:39:01.710><c> us</c><00:39:02.010><c> some</c><00:39:02.269><c> interesting,</c><00:39:03.090><c> when</c><00:39:03.190><c> we</c><00:39:03.309><c> look</c><00:39:03.449><c> at</c><00:39:03.630><c> it</c><00:39:03.809><c> in</c>

00:39:04.070 --> 00:39:06.590
the<00:39:04.230><c> terms</c><00:39:04.369><c> of</c><00:39:04.570><c> the</c><00:39:04.670><c> mink</c><00:39:04.869><c> offering,</c><00:39:05.869><c> the</c><00:39:06.030><c> meal</c><00:39:06.210><c> offering,</c>

00:39:06.730 --> 00:39:09.869
it<00:39:06.750><c> says,</c><00:39:07.250><c> For</c><00:39:07.250><c> the</c><00:39:07.530><c> rising</c><00:39:07.849><c> of</c><00:39:08.070><c> the</c><00:39:08.269><c> sun,</c><00:39:08.449><c> even</c><00:39:08.730><c> unto</c><00:39:08.929><c> the</c><00:39:09.190><c> going</c><00:39:09.469><c> down</c><00:39:09.690><c> of</c>

00:39:09.869 --> 00:39:12.269
the<00:39:10.070><c> same,</c><00:39:11.550><c> says</c><00:39:11.750><c> Malachi,</c>

00:39:12.269 --> 00:39:17.190
My<00:39:12.710><c> name</c><00:39:12.949><c> shall</c><00:39:13.150><c> be</c><00:39:13.429><c> great</c><00:39:13.670><c> among</c><00:39:13.949><c> the</c><00:39:14.190><c> Gentiles,</c><00:39:15.289><c> and</c><00:39:15.389><c> in</c><00:39:15.590><c> every</c><00:39:15.849><c> place</c><00:39:16.309><c> incense</c><00:39:16.710><c> shall</c><00:39:16.929><c> be</c>

00:39:17.190 --> 00:39:18.809
offered<00:39:17.409><c> unto</c><00:39:17.650><c> my</c><00:39:17.929><c> name,</c>

00:39:18.949 --> 00:39:21.210
in<00:39:19.150><c> a</c><00:39:19.429><c> pure,</c><00:39:19.969><c> or</c><00:39:20.230><c> a</c><00:39:20.369><c> minka</c><00:39:20.650><c> offering.</c>

00:39:21.409 --> 00:39:24.110
That's<00:39:21.650><c> what</c><00:39:21.829><c> that</c><00:39:22.010><c> word</c><00:39:22.130><c> pure</c><00:39:22.409><c> is</c><00:39:22.670><c> in</c><00:39:23.090><c> the</c><00:39:23.309><c> Hebrew.</c>

00:39:24.349 --> 00:39:26.789
For<00:39:24.489><c> my</c><00:39:24.769><c> name</c><00:39:24.929><c> shall</c><00:39:25.110><c> be</c><00:39:25.349><c> great</c><00:39:25.489><c> among</c><00:39:25.769><c> the</c><00:39:26.030><c> heathen,</c><00:39:26.670><c> saith</c>

00:39:26.789 --> 00:39:27.789
the<00:39:26.969><c> Lord</c><00:39:27.230><c> of</c><00:39:27.489><c> hosts.</c>

00:39:28.110 --> 00:39:30.670
We<00:39:28.369><c> almost</c><00:39:28.570><c> get</c><00:39:28.769><c> this</c><00:39:29.150><c> played</c><00:39:29.309><c> out,</c><00:39:29.730><c> this</c><00:39:29.989><c> example</c><00:39:30.429><c> played</c>

00:39:30.670 --> 00:39:31.769
out<00:39:30.889><c> here,</c>

00:39:32.010 --> 00:39:35.849
of<00:39:32.190><c> God</c><00:39:32.449><c> drawing</c><00:39:32.889><c> in</c><00:39:33.190><c> the</c><00:39:33.349><c> Gentiles</c><00:39:33.969><c> through</c><00:39:34.230><c> the</c><00:39:34.449><c> work</c><00:39:34.610><c> of</c><00:39:34.849><c> Elijah.</c>

00:39:38.289 --> 00:39:43.130
But<00:39:38.809><c> there</c><00:39:39.030><c> is</c><00:39:39.210><c> something</c><00:39:39.590><c> that</c><00:39:39.909><c> has</c><00:39:40.190><c> to</c><00:39:40.429><c> come</c><00:39:40.809><c> from</c><00:39:41.510><c> the</c><00:39:41.710><c> Gentile,</c><00:39:42.869><c> or</c>

00:39:43.130 --> 00:39:46.289
in<00:39:43.269><c> this</c><00:39:43.469><c> case,</c><00:39:44.130><c> from</c><00:39:44.389><c> the</c><00:39:44.610><c> widow</c><00:39:44.809><c> of</c><00:39:45.070><c> Zarephath.</c>

00:39:46.849 --> 00:39:50.250
There<00:39:47.050><c> has</c><00:39:47.269><c> to</c><00:39:47.389><c> be</c><00:39:47.510><c> an</c><00:39:47.789><c> acknowledgement</c><00:39:48.469><c> of</c><00:39:49.389><c> God's</c><00:39:49.849><c> plan</c><00:39:49.989><c> and</c>

00:39:50.250 --> 00:39:51.750
purpose<00:39:50.570><c> with</c><00:39:50.809><c> the</c><00:39:51.010><c> Jew.</c>

00:39:52.730 --> 00:39:55.010
It<00:39:52.949><c> wasn't</c><00:39:53.150><c> just</c><00:39:53.469><c> extended</c><00:39:53.829><c> to</c><00:39:54.070><c> the</c><00:39:54.250><c> Gentile.</c>

00:39:56.150 --> 00:40:00.929
There<00:39:56.409><c> was</c><00:39:56.610><c> an</c><00:39:56.829><c> olive</c><00:39:57.050><c> tree</c><00:39:57.550><c> that</c><00:39:58.670><c> had</c><00:39:58.849><c> its</c><00:39:59.070><c> branches</c><00:39:59.409><c> broken</c><00:39:59.849><c> off.</c>

00:40:01.730 --> 00:40:04.829
And<00:40:02.130><c> there</c><00:40:02.250><c> was</c><00:40:02.449><c> a</c><00:40:02.650><c> grafting</c><00:40:03.030><c> process,</c><00:40:03.869><c> but</c><00:40:03.969><c> it</c><00:40:04.289><c> still</c><00:40:04.489><c> was</c>

00:40:04.829 --> 00:40:07.010
sustained<00:40:05.409><c> through</c><00:40:06.409><c> the</c><00:40:06.630><c> promises,</c>

00:40:07.090 --> 00:40:10.010
through<00:40:07.269><c> the</c><00:40:07.429><c> hope</c><00:40:07.949><c> of</c><00:40:08.369><c> Israel,</c><00:40:09.090><c> through</c><00:40:09.250><c> Abraham,</c><00:40:09.690><c> Isaac,</c>

00:40:10.010 --> 00:40:10.510
and<00:40:10.250><c> Jacob.</c>

00:40:10.550 --> 00:40:14.349
And<00:40:10.670><c> we</c><00:40:10.750><c> can</c><00:40:11.389><c> never</c><00:40:11.750><c> lose</c><00:40:13.050><c> sight</c><00:40:13.250><c> of</c><00:40:13.429><c> that.</c>

00:40:15.590 --> 00:40:17.550
And<00:40:15.889><c> so</c><00:40:15.949><c> there's</c><00:40:16.130><c> some</c><00:40:16.369><c> acknowledgement</c><00:40:16.829><c> that</c><00:40:17.070><c> has</c><00:40:17.289><c> to</c><00:40:17.429><c> come</c>

00:40:17.550 --> 00:40:19.409
out<00:40:17.690><c> that</c><00:40:17.769><c> we're</c><00:40:17.949><c> going</c><00:40:18.130><c> to</c><00:40:18.329><c> look</c><00:40:18.510><c> at.</c>

00:40:20.210 --> 00:40:23.730
Just<00:40:20.409><c> before</c><00:40:20.670><c> we</c><00:40:20.809><c> look</c><00:40:20.949><c> at</c><00:40:21.050><c> that,</c><00:40:21.170><c> we</c><00:40:21.250><c> just</c><00:40:21.449><c> want</c><00:40:21.570><c> to</c><00:40:21.730><c> talk</c><00:40:21.929><c> about</c><00:40:22.750><c> Mark</c><00:40:23.289><c> 7.</c>

00:40:24.010 --> 00:40:26.010
We're<00:40:24.210><c> going</c><00:40:24.289><c> to</c><00:40:24.389><c> pick</c><00:40:24.489><c> it</c><00:40:24.610><c> up</c><00:40:24.750><c> at</c><00:40:25.090><c> verse</c><00:40:25.349><c> 23.</c>

00:40:26.010 --> 00:40:31.530
Something<00:40:26.929><c> very</c><00:40:27.289><c> interesting</c><00:40:28.010><c> where</c><00:40:29.889><c> Jesus</c><00:40:30.489><c> goes</c><00:40:31.010><c> to</c><00:40:31.250><c> this</c>

00:40:31.530 --> 00:40:34.610
exact<00:40:32.130><c> area</c><00:40:32.730><c> in</c><00:40:33.309><c> the</c><00:40:33.389><c> New</c><00:40:33.610><c> Testament.</c>

00:40:35.789 --> 00:40:37.809
And<00:40:35.849><c> look</c><00:40:35.969><c> what</c><00:40:36.130><c> happens</c><00:40:36.409><c> here.</c><00:40:36.610><c> Just</c><00:40:36.750><c> turn</c><00:40:36.949><c> to</c><00:40:37.110><c> Mark</c><00:40:37.369><c> chapter</c>

00:40:37.809 --> 00:40:40.469
7<00:40:38.150><c> for</c><00:40:38.409><c> a</c><00:40:38.489><c> quick</c><00:40:38.630><c> minute</c><00:40:38.829><c> here.</c>

00:40:42.090 --> 00:40:46.369
And<00:40:42.130><c> you</c><00:40:42.429><c> know</c><00:40:42.610><c> this</c><00:40:42.869><c> account.</c><00:40:43.090><c> This</c><00:40:43.289><c> is</c><00:40:43.489><c> where</c><00:40:43.889><c> Jesus</c><00:40:44.309><c> is</c><00:40:44.530><c> giving</c><00:40:44.710><c> his</c><00:40:45.070><c> discourse</c>

00:40:47.389 --> 00:40:51.610
to<00:40:47.949><c> those</c><00:40:48.210><c> who</c><00:40:48.489><c> thought</c><00:40:48.690><c> they</c><00:40:48.869><c> knew</c><00:40:49.050><c> the</c><00:40:49.309><c> truth</c><00:40:49.949><c> about</c><00:40:51.329><c> all</c>

00:40:51.610 --> 00:40:54.829
these<00:40:51.909><c> evil</c><00:40:52.230><c> things</c><00:40:52.670><c> that</c><00:40:52.929><c> come</c><00:40:53.170><c> without</c><00:40:53.510><c> and</c><00:40:53.789><c> defile</c><00:40:54.230><c> the</c><00:40:54.449><c> man.</c>

00:40:54.829 --> 00:40:57.230
You<00:40:55.449><c> remember</c><00:40:55.590><c> the</c><00:40:55.849><c> story,</c><00:40:56.130><c> the</c><00:40:56.349><c> account.</c>

00:40:57.829 --> 00:41:01.269
He<00:40:58.050><c> just</c><00:40:58.309><c> finished</c><00:40:58.489><c> showing</c><00:40:58.789><c> to</c><00:40:58.989><c> his</c><00:40:59.150><c> disciples</c><00:40:59.610><c> that</c><00:40:59.929><c> defilement</c><00:41:00.570><c> is</c><00:41:01.010><c> not</c>

00:41:01.269 --> 00:41:02.949
according<00:41:01.670><c> to</c><00:41:01.889><c> the</c><00:41:02.070><c> law.</c>

00:41:03.590 --> 00:41:07.309
It's<00:41:03.869><c> not</c><00:41:04.170><c> that</c><00:41:04.349><c> we</c><00:41:04.530><c> must</c><00:41:04.929><c> not</c><00:41:05.210><c> eat</c><00:41:05.730><c> without</c><00:41:06.170><c> washing</c><00:41:06.550><c> our</c><00:41:06.829><c> hands,</c><00:41:07.110><c> as</c>

00:41:07.309 --> 00:41:08.849
the<00:41:07.550><c> Pharisees,</c>

00:41:09.190 --> 00:41:13.429
or<00:41:09.409><c> washing</c><00:41:09.829><c> the</c><00:41:10.050><c> outside</c><00:41:10.510><c> of</c><00:41:11.389><c> the</c><00:41:11.650><c> cup</c><00:41:11.949><c> and</c><00:41:12.289><c> the</c><00:41:12.550><c> platter.</c>

00:41:14.289 --> 00:41:16.690
No,<00:41:14.469><c> Jesus</c><00:41:14.730><c> says</c><00:41:14.989><c> that</c><00:41:15.190><c> the</c><00:41:15.369><c> things</c><00:41:15.510><c> that</c><00:41:15.789><c> come</c><00:41:15.949><c> from</c><00:41:16.230><c> within</c>

00:41:16.690 --> 00:41:19.590
are<00:41:17.550><c> the</c><00:41:17.750><c> things</c><00:41:17.949><c> that</c><00:41:18.250><c> defile</c><00:41:18.550><c> us.</c>

00:41:19.889 --> 00:41:23.050
So<00:41:20.409><c> he's</c><00:41:20.610><c> teaching</c><00:41:20.909><c> his</c><00:41:21.190><c> disciples</c><00:41:21.550><c> that</c><00:41:21.849><c> defilement</c><00:41:22.369><c> was</c><00:41:22.670><c> not</c><00:41:22.869><c> as</c>

00:41:23.050 --> 00:41:24.590
they<00:41:23.289><c> understood</c><00:41:23.710><c> it.</c>

00:41:25.130 --> 00:41:30.010
It<00:41:25.230><c> wasn't</c><00:41:25.530><c> a</c><00:41:25.829><c> ceremonial</c><00:41:26.429><c> defilement,</c><00:41:27.329><c> but</c><00:41:27.489><c> it</c><00:41:27.550><c> was</c><00:41:27.730><c> a</c><00:41:27.929><c> moral</c><00:41:28.570><c> defilement.</c>

00:41:30.550 --> 00:41:33.210
That's<00:41:30.809><c> what</c><00:41:30.909><c> they</c><00:41:31.170><c> thought.</c><00:41:31.929><c> But</c><00:41:32.030><c> look</c><00:41:32.090><c> what</c><00:41:32.210><c> he</c><00:41:32.429><c> says.</c>

00:41:33.590 --> 00:41:40.090
He<00:41:33.789><c> then</c><00:41:34.230><c> arose</c><00:41:34.829><c> and</c><00:41:36.010><c> went</c><00:41:36.269><c> into</c><00:41:36.530><c> the</c><00:41:36.730><c> border</c><00:41:36.949><c> of</c><00:41:37.190><c> Tyre</c><00:41:37.610><c> and</c><00:41:37.769><c> Sidon</c><00:41:38.230><c> and</c><00:41:39.130><c> entered</c><00:41:39.369><c> into</c><00:41:39.690><c> a</c><00:41:39.869><c> house</c>

00:41:40.090 --> 00:41:42.469
and<00:41:40.250><c> would</c><00:41:40.449><c> not</c><00:41:40.670><c> have</c><00:41:40.849><c> no</c><00:41:41.130><c> man</c><00:41:41.349><c> know</c><00:41:41.530><c> it,</c><00:41:41.829><c> but</c><00:41:41.969><c> he</c><00:41:42.110><c> could</c><00:41:42.250><c> not</c>

00:41:42.469 --> 00:41:43.010
be<00:41:42.710><c> hid.</c>

00:41:43.289 --> 00:41:46.889
For<00:41:43.570><c> a</c><00:41:43.789><c> certain</c><00:41:43.989><c> woman</c><00:41:44.329><c> whose</c><00:41:44.570><c> young</c><00:41:44.889><c> daughter</c><00:41:45.230><c> had</c><00:41:45.409><c> an</c><00:41:45.590><c> unclean</c><00:41:46.030><c> spirit</c><00:41:46.429><c> heard</c>

00:41:46.889 --> 00:41:47.389
of<00:41:47.110><c> him</c>

00:41:47.389 --> 00:41:49.130
and<00:41:47.789><c> came</c><00:41:48.110><c> and</c><00:41:48.349><c> fell</c><00:41:48.510><c> at</c><00:41:48.610><c> his</c><00:41:48.869><c> feet.</c>

00:41:49.530 --> 00:41:52.550
The<00:41:49.630><c> woman</c><00:41:49.889><c> was</c><00:41:50.190><c> a</c><00:41:50.389><c> Greek,</c><00:41:50.949><c> a</c><00:41:51.170><c> Syrophoenician</c><00:41:51.949><c> by</c><00:41:52.210><c> nation.</c>

00:41:52.650 --> 00:41:57.289
She<00:41:52.809><c> came</c><00:41:52.989><c> from</c><00:41:53.170><c> that</c><00:41:53.469><c> exact</c><00:41:53.949><c> same</c><00:41:54.329><c> area</c><00:41:54.789><c> as</c><00:41:55.210><c> the</c><00:41:55.409><c> widow</c><00:41:55.849><c> of</c><00:41:56.730><c> Zarephath.</c>

00:41:57.690 --> 00:42:00.090
She<00:41:57.809><c> was</c><00:41:58.010><c> the</c><00:41:58.110><c> same</c><00:41:58.469><c> nationality.</c><00:41:59.130><c> She</c><00:41:59.269><c> lived</c><00:41:59.469><c> in</c><00:41:59.690><c> the</c><00:41:59.789><c> exact</c>

00:42:00.090 --> 00:42:01.429
same<00:42:00.309><c> location.</c>

00:42:04.849 --> 00:42:06.889
So<00:42:05.090><c> what</c><00:42:05.389><c> would</c><00:42:05.570><c> the</c><00:42:05.730><c> Lord</c><00:42:05.869><c> Jesus</c><00:42:06.170><c> Christ</c><00:42:06.449><c> be</c><00:42:06.610><c> thinking?</c>

00:42:07.369 --> 00:42:09.130
What<00:42:07.510><c> would</c><00:42:07.670><c> his</c><00:42:07.889><c> disciples</c><00:42:08.269><c> be</c><00:42:08.489><c> learning</c><00:42:08.730><c> from</c><00:42:08.969><c> that?</c>

00:42:09.250 --> 00:42:11.809
It's<00:42:09.389><c> like</c><00:42:09.469><c> he's</c><00:42:09.750><c> pointing</c><00:42:09.929><c> them</c><00:42:10.170><c> back</c><00:42:10.630><c> to</c><00:42:10.849><c> this</c><00:42:11.030><c> episode</c><00:42:11.530><c> of</c>

00:42:11.809 --> 00:42:13.789
Elijah<00:42:12.170><c> and</c><00:42:12.329><c> what</c><00:42:12.469><c> he</c><00:42:12.630><c> did</c><00:42:12.750><c> with</c><00:42:12.929><c> the</c><00:42:13.090><c> widow.</c>

00:42:14.329 --> 00:42:17.070
It<00:42:14.769><c> would</c><00:42:14.989><c> have</c><00:42:15.130><c> been</c><00:42:15.210><c> impossible</c><00:42:15.809><c> for</c><00:42:16.170><c> him</c><00:42:16.469><c> really</c><00:42:16.789><c> to</c><00:42:16.929><c> put</c>

00:42:17.070 --> 00:42:20.130
Elijah<00:42:17.369><c> out</c><00:42:17.550><c> of</c><00:42:17.650><c> his</c><00:42:17.869><c> mind</c><00:42:18.070><c> as</c><00:42:18.230><c> he</c><00:42:18.469><c> traveled</c><00:42:18.710><c> into</c><00:42:18.949><c> this</c><00:42:19.190><c> area.</c>

00:42:20.650 --> 00:42:24.849
The<00:42:20.849><c> same</c><00:42:21.190><c> locality</c><00:42:21.929><c> where</c><00:42:22.250><c> this</c><00:42:22.730><c> woman</c><00:42:23.190><c> was</c><00:42:24.030><c> who</c><00:42:24.170><c> had</c><00:42:24.329><c> a</c><00:42:24.489><c> daughter</c><00:42:24.690><c> who</c>

00:42:24.849 --> 00:42:26.969
was<00:42:25.110><c> sick</c><00:42:25.269><c> to</c><00:42:25.449><c> the</c><00:42:25.570><c> point</c><00:42:25.769><c> of</c><00:42:25.989><c> death.</c>

00:42:27.849 --> 00:42:30.789
And<00:42:27.909><c> what</c><00:42:28.070><c> does</c><00:42:28.250><c> the</c><00:42:28.449><c> Lord</c><00:42:28.690><c> demand</c><00:42:29.210><c> of</c><00:42:29.369><c> her</c><00:42:29.530><c> when</c><00:42:29.670><c> he</c><00:42:29.769><c> gets</c><00:42:30.030><c> there?</c>

00:42:33.829 --> 00:42:35.389
Acknowledgement<00:42:34.269><c> or</c><00:42:34.510><c> nothing.</c>

00:42:35.909 --> 00:42:38.309
What<00:42:36.070><c> kind</c><00:42:36.309><c> of</c><00:42:36.750><c> acknowledgement?</c><00:42:37.210><c> What</c><00:42:37.329><c> do</c><00:42:37.429><c> we</c><00:42:37.530><c> mean</c><00:42:37.670><c> by</c><00:42:37.889><c> acknowledgement?</c>

00:42:38.610 --> 00:42:39.449
Look<00:42:38.750><c> what</c><00:42:38.849><c> he</c><00:42:38.989><c> says</c><00:42:39.210><c> to</c><00:42:39.369><c> her.</c>

00:42:39.449 --> 00:42:40.309
He<00:42:39.530><c> says,</c>

00:42:40.550 --> 00:42:43.469
She<00:42:40.730><c> besought</c><00:42:41.150><c> him</c><00:42:41.369><c> that</c><00:42:41.550><c> he</c><00:42:41.710><c> would</c><00:42:42.369><c> cast</c><00:42:42.809><c> forth</c><00:42:43.090><c> the</c><00:42:43.269><c> devil</c>

00:42:43.469 --> 00:42:44.150
out<00:42:43.650><c> of</c><00:42:43.769><c> her</c><00:42:43.949><c> daughter.</c>

00:42:44.250 --> 00:42:45.369
But<00:42:44.389><c> Jesus</c><00:42:44.650><c> said</c><00:42:44.849><c> unto</c><00:42:45.070><c> her,</c>

00:42:45.610 --> 00:42:48.030
Let<00:42:45.789><c> the</c><00:42:46.090><c> children</c><00:42:46.489><c> first</c><00:42:46.909><c> be</c><00:42:47.170><c> filled.</c>

00:42:49.489 --> 00:42:51.110
So<00:42:49.929><c> in</c><00:42:50.369><c> the</c><00:42:50.510><c> words</c><00:42:50.630><c> of</c><00:42:50.829><c> Elijah,</c>

00:42:51.250 --> 00:42:53.170
Make<00:42:51.389><c> me</c><00:42:51.570><c> a</c><00:42:51.650><c> little</c><00:42:51.829><c> cake</c><00:42:52.090><c> first.</c>

00:42:53.969 --> 00:42:55.849
Do<00:42:54.230><c> you</c><00:42:54.289><c> see</c><00:42:54.409><c> the</c><00:42:54.610><c> connection</c><00:42:54.969><c> there?</c>

00:42:56.309 --> 00:42:59.369
For<00:42:56.489><c> it</c><00:42:56.630><c> is</c><00:42:56.789><c> not</c><00:42:57.110><c> meat</c><00:42:57.489><c> to</c><00:42:58.090><c> take</c><00:42:58.329><c> the</c><00:42:58.570><c> children's</c><00:42:59.090><c> bread</c><00:42:59.190><c> and</c>

00:42:59.369 --> 00:43:01.090
to<00:42:59.570><c> cast</c><00:42:59.769><c> it</c><00:42:59.909><c> to</c><00:43:00.010><c> the</c><00:43:00.210><c> dogs.</c>

00:43:01.130 --> 00:43:02.750
Jesus<00:43:01.449><c> called</c><00:43:01.670><c> her</c><00:43:01.869><c> a</c><00:43:01.969><c> dog.</c>

00:43:03.650 --> 00:43:06.329
That<00:43:03.869><c> was</c><00:43:04.030><c> that</c><00:43:04.349><c> derogatory</c><00:43:05.030><c> term,</c><00:43:05.250><c> that</c><00:43:05.530><c> cut</c><00:43:05.730><c> off</c><00:43:06.010><c> people</c>

00:43:06.329 --> 00:43:07.929
from<00:43:06.570><c> the</c><00:43:06.769><c> outside.</c>

00:43:10.269 --> 00:43:14.489
And<00:43:10.750><c> so</c><00:43:10.929><c> she</c><00:43:11.110><c> belonged</c><00:43:11.449><c> to</c><00:43:11.610><c> this</c><00:43:11.829><c> race</c><00:43:12.110><c> of</c><00:43:12.329><c> people</c><00:43:12.570><c> outside</c><00:43:13.230><c> salvation.</c>

00:43:15.590 --> 00:43:17.630
That's<00:43:15.730><c> what</c><00:43:15.869><c> most</c><00:43:16.210><c> Israelites</c><00:43:16.610><c> thought,</c><00:43:16.949><c> didn't</c><00:43:17.110><c> they?</c>

00:43:17.929 --> 00:43:19.289
But<00:43:18.110><c> not</c><00:43:18.329><c> Jesus.</c>

00:43:19.769 --> 00:43:24.110
Those<00:43:20.010><c> that</c><00:43:20.150><c> were</c><00:43:20.429><c> immersed</c><00:43:20.989><c> in</c><00:43:21.570><c> the</c><00:43:21.769><c> idolatries</c><00:43:22.570><c> of</c><00:43:22.969><c> heathenism.</c>

00:43:25.190 --> 00:43:27.610
All<00:43:25.349><c> the</c><00:43:25.829><c> immoralities</c><00:43:26.369><c> of</c><00:43:26.590><c> the</c><00:43:26.750><c> world.</c>

00:43:29.449 --> 00:43:32.369
Let<00:43:29.590><c> the</c><00:43:29.829><c> children</c><00:43:30.070><c> first</c><00:43:30.409><c> be</c><00:43:30.650><c> filled,</c><00:43:30.909><c> the</c><00:43:31.090><c> dogs</c><00:43:31.309><c> next.</c>

00:43:33.010 --> 00:43:35.849
And<00:43:33.289><c> what</c><00:43:33.409><c> does</c><00:43:33.489><c> she</c><00:43:33.690><c> say?</c><00:43:33.929><c> She</c><00:43:34.050><c> says,</c><00:43:34.210><c> I</c><00:43:34.389><c> acknowledge</c><00:43:34.849><c> it</c><00:43:35.070><c> Lord.</c>

00:43:36.510 --> 00:43:37.650
I<00:43:36.989><c> am</c><00:43:37.170><c> a</c><00:43:37.349><c> dog.</c>

00:43:37.650 --> 00:43:39.070
I<00:43:38.030><c> fully</c><00:43:38.409><c> acknowledge</c><00:43:38.929><c> it.</c>

00:43:39.070 --> 00:43:42.570
But<00:43:39.170><c> I</c><00:43:39.329><c> am</c><00:43:39.489><c> prepared</c><00:43:39.849><c> Lord</c><00:43:40.070><c> to</c><00:43:40.230><c> eat</c><00:43:40.469><c> the</c><00:43:40.690><c> crumbs</c><00:43:41.150><c> that</c><00:43:42.050><c> fall</c>

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from<00:43:43.409><c> Israel's</c><00:43:43.969><c> table.</c>

00:43:47.510 --> 00:43:48.889
And<00:43:47.650><c> so</c><00:43:48.010><c> back</c><00:43:48.449><c> to</c><00:43:48.670><c> Elijah.</c>

00:43:49.030 --> 00:43:50.170
Alright<00:43:49.210><c> Elijah.</c>

00:43:50.429 --> 00:43:52.050
I<00:43:50.530><c> know</c><00:43:50.730><c> it</c><00:43:50.909><c> is</c><00:43:51.070><c> the</c><00:43:51.190><c> last</c><00:43:51.449><c> thing</c><00:43:51.630><c> I've</c><00:43:51.909><c> got.</c>

00:43:52.110 --> 00:43:55.289
But<00:43:52.230><c> I</c><00:43:52.449><c> believe</c><00:43:53.190><c> in</c><00:43:54.690><c> your</c><00:43:54.949><c> God.</c>

00:43:55.389 --> 00:43:57.269
That<00:43:55.550><c> the</c><00:43:55.789><c> God</c><00:43:56.050><c> of</c><00:43:56.190><c> Israel</c><00:43:56.550><c> will</c><00:43:56.849><c> provide.</c>

00:43:57.530 --> 00:44:03.710
You<00:43:57.809><c> see</c><00:43:58.070><c> that</c><00:43:58.309><c> woman,</c><00:43:59.369><c> the</c><00:43:59.530><c> widow</c><00:43:59.829><c> of</c><00:44:00.110><c> Zarephath,</c><00:44:00.630><c> had</c><00:44:00.869><c> to</c><00:44:01.110><c> acknowledge</c><00:44:01.670><c> what</c><00:44:02.489><c> Elijah</c><00:44:02.829><c> was</c><00:44:03.090><c> saying</c><00:44:03.289><c> and</c><00:44:03.449><c> what</c><00:44:03.550><c> he</c>

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was<00:44:03.909><c> doing.</c>

00:44:04.909 --> 00:44:06.949
And<00:44:05.130><c> after</c><00:44:05.369><c> she</c><00:44:05.570><c> does</c><00:44:05.789><c> this,</c>

00:44:09.210 --> 00:44:11.849
something<00:44:09.650><c> absolutely</c><00:44:10.090><c> dreadful</c><00:44:10.809><c> happens.</c>

00:44:14.610 --> 00:44:17.309
See<00:44:14.769><c> the</c><00:44:14.889><c> woman</c><00:44:15.210><c> I</c><00:44:15.469><c> don't</c><00:44:15.730><c> believe</c><00:44:15.909><c> has</c><00:44:16.150><c> been</c><00:44:16.429><c> totally</c><00:44:16.690><c> converted</c><00:44:17.070><c> at</c>

00:44:17.309 --> 00:44:18.369
this<00:44:17.550><c> point.</c>

00:44:18.530 --> 00:44:20.909
We<00:44:18.969><c> want</c><00:44:19.190><c> to</c><00:44:19.349><c> wish</c><00:44:19.489><c> that</c><00:44:19.730><c> in</c><00:44:19.929><c> a</c><00:44:20.030><c> sense</c><00:44:20.130><c> when</c><00:44:20.289><c> we</c><00:44:20.449><c> look</c><00:44:20.570><c> at</c><00:44:20.730><c> this</c>

00:44:20.909 --> 00:44:23.849
account<00:44:21.130><c> and</c><00:44:21.329><c> we</c><00:44:21.449><c> see</c><00:44:21.849><c> that</c><00:44:22.090><c> Elijah</c><00:44:22.349><c> comes</c><00:44:22.710><c> and</c><00:44:22.909><c> he</c><00:44:23.010><c> kind</c><00:44:23.130><c> of</c>

00:44:23.849 --> 00:44:27.349
saves<00:44:24.070><c> her</c><00:44:24.269><c> in</c><00:44:24.409><c> the</c><00:44:24.530><c> sense</c><00:44:24.730><c> that</c><00:44:25.329><c> the</c><00:44:25.809><c> food</c><00:44:25.949><c> never</c><00:44:26.269><c> ran</c><00:44:26.570><c> out.</c>

00:44:27.750 --> 00:44:30.550
But<00:44:28.190><c> there</c><00:44:28.329><c> was</c><00:44:28.530><c> still</c><00:44:28.730><c> an</c><00:44:28.969><c> issue</c><00:44:29.150><c> here</c><00:44:29.409><c> that</c><00:44:29.630><c> had</c><00:44:29.730><c> to</c><00:44:29.909><c> be</c><00:44:30.130><c> worked</c><00:44:30.329><c> out</c>

00:44:30.550 --> 00:44:31.710
of<00:44:30.690><c> this</c><00:44:30.909><c> woman.</c>

00:44:34.090 --> 00:44:38.570
Let's<00:44:34.570><c> look</c><00:44:34.789><c> at</c><00:44:36.030><c> this</c><00:44:36.369><c> verse</c><00:44:36.750><c> 17</c><00:44:37.510><c> of</c><00:44:37.690><c> chapter</c><00:44:38.030><c> 17.</c>

00:44:38.769 --> 00:44:41.230
And<00:44:38.769><c> I</c><00:44:38.849><c> know</c><00:44:39.449><c> Brother</c><00:44:39.969><c> Gary</c><00:44:40.230><c> read</c><00:44:40.409><c> it</c><00:44:40.570><c> from</c><00:44:40.690><c> the</c><00:44:40.809><c> New</c><00:44:40.949><c> King</c>

00:44:41.230 --> 00:44:43.230
James<00:44:42.349><c> Version.</c>

00:44:43.630 --> 00:44:45.889
I<00:44:43.750><c> am</c><00:44:43.829><c> going</c><00:44:43.889><c> to</c><00:44:43.889><c> read</c><00:44:44.070><c> it</c><00:44:44.150><c> out</c><00:44:44.190><c> of</c><00:44:44.269><c> the</c><00:44:44.429><c> King</c><00:44:44.510><c> James</c><00:44:44.829><c> just</c><00:44:44.969><c> because</c><00:44:45.489><c> the</c>

00:44:45.889 --> 00:44:46.969
wording<00:44:46.070><c> there</c><00:44:46.309><c> is</c><00:44:46.429><c> a</c><00:44:46.530><c> little</c><00:44:46.670><c> different.</c>

00:44:47.070 --> 00:44:49.530
It<00:44:47.070><c> says,</c><00:44:47.630><c> It</c><00:44:47.650><c> came</c><00:44:47.889><c> to</c><00:44:48.130><c> pass</c><00:44:48.329><c> after</c><00:44:48.610><c> these</c><00:44:48.949><c> things</c><00:44:49.150><c> that</c><00:44:49.349><c> the</c>

00:44:49.530 --> 00:44:54.650
son<00:44:49.730><c> of</c><00:44:49.869><c> the</c><00:44:50.050><c> woman,</c><00:44:50.449><c> the</c><00:44:50.670><c> mistress</c><00:44:51.110><c> of</c><00:44:51.369><c> the</c><00:44:51.530><c> house,</c><00:44:53.530><c> fell</c><00:44:53.710><c> sick.</c>

00:44:54.710 --> 00:44:57.989
And<00:44:54.909><c> his</c><00:44:55.150><c> sickness</c><00:44:55.550><c> was</c><00:44:56.190><c> so</c><00:44:56.570><c> sore</c><00:44:56.849><c> that</c><00:44:57.030><c> there</c><00:44:57.170><c> was</c><00:44:57.369><c> no</c><00:44:57.650><c> breath</c>

00:44:57.989 --> 00:44:59.250
left<00:44:58.309><c> in</c><00:44:58.469><c> him.</c>

00:44:59.409 --> 00:45:02.530
And<00:44:59.809><c> she</c><00:45:00.010><c> said</c><00:45:00.190><c> unto</c><00:45:00.429><c> Elijah,</c><00:45:00.989><c> What</c><00:45:01.030><c> have</c><00:45:01.230><c> I</c><00:45:01.409><c> to</c><00:45:01.570><c> do</c><00:45:01.650><c> with</c><00:45:01.849><c> thee,</c><00:45:02.110><c> O</c><00:45:02.230><c> man</c><00:45:02.369><c> of</c>

00:45:02.530 --> 00:45:06.789
God?<00:45:03.489><c> Art</c><00:45:03.570><c> thou</c><00:45:03.789><c> come</c><00:45:04.210><c> unto</c><00:45:04.489><c> me</c><00:45:04.730><c> to</c><00:45:04.889><c> call</c><00:45:05.230><c> my</c><00:45:05.550><c> sin</c><00:45:05.730><c> to</c><00:45:05.969><c> remembrance</c><00:45:06.329><c> and</c><00:45:06.530><c> to</c>

00:45:06.789 --> 00:45:08.010
slay<00:45:06.909><c> my</c><00:45:07.150><c> son?</c>

00:45:08.670 --> 00:45:11.710
That's<00:45:09.070><c> interesting</c><00:45:09.449><c> because</c><00:45:09.789><c> in</c><00:45:10.050><c> that</c><00:45:10.309><c> verse</c><00:45:10.730><c> we</c><00:45:11.150><c> get</c><00:45:11.349><c> this</c>

00:45:11.710 --> 00:45:15.530
phraseology<00:45:12.349><c> about</c><00:45:12.650><c> this</c><00:45:12.949><c> woman</c><00:45:13.250><c> who</c><00:45:13.409><c> is</c><00:45:13.710><c> the</c><00:45:14.050><c> mistress</c><00:45:14.630><c> of</c>

00:45:15.530 --> 00:45:15.929
the<00:45:15.690><c> house.</c>

00:45:15.969 --> 00:45:17.469
It's<00:45:16.230><c> sort</c><00:45:16.349><c> of</c><00:45:16.590><c> kind</c><00:45:16.769><c> of</c><00:45:17.090><c> weird.</c>

00:45:17.610 --> 00:45:19.130
Like<00:45:17.750><c> you're</c><00:45:17.909><c> reading</c><00:45:18.110><c> through</c><00:45:18.269><c> that.</c><00:45:18.349><c> What</c><00:45:18.469><c> does</c><00:45:18.630><c> this</c><00:45:18.750><c> mean?</c><00:45:18.949><c> The</c>

00:45:19.130 --> 00:45:19.670
mistress<00:45:19.349><c> of</c><00:45:19.530><c> the</c><00:45:19.610><c> house.</c>

00:45:19.730 --> 00:45:22.050
I<00:45:19.829><c> never</c><00:45:20.550><c> heard</c><00:45:20.750><c> of</c><00:45:20.909><c> that</c><00:45:21.050><c> or</c><00:45:21.170><c> read</c><00:45:21.349><c> of</c><00:45:21.489><c> that</c><00:45:21.610><c> anywhere</c><00:45:21.869><c> else</c>

00:45:22.050 --> 00:45:23.730
in<00:45:22.190><c> the</c><00:45:22.329><c> Bible</c><00:45:22.610><c> is</c><00:45:22.929><c> what</c><00:45:23.070><c> we</c><00:45:23.250><c> might</c><00:45:23.449><c> think.</c>

00:45:24.150 --> 00:45:26.090
Why<00:45:24.329><c> does</c><00:45:24.449><c> it</c><00:45:24.590><c> point</c><00:45:24.710><c> out</c><00:45:24.829><c> she</c><00:45:24.949><c> was</c><00:45:25.090><c> the</c><00:45:25.269><c> mistress</c><00:45:25.530><c> of</c><00:45:25.710><c> the</c><00:45:25.849><c> house?</c>

00:45:26.090 --> 00:45:29.429
I<00:45:27.030><c> think</c><00:45:27.269><c> I</c><00:45:27.670><c> forget</c><00:45:27.909><c> what</c><00:45:28.090><c> your</c><00:45:28.570><c> version</c><00:45:28.869><c> said,</c><00:45:29.289><c> Gary.</c>

00:45:29.530 --> 00:45:31.809
It<00:45:29.590><c> has</c><00:45:29.710><c> something</c><00:45:29.889><c> to</c><00:45:30.030><c> do</c><00:45:30.130><c> with</c><00:45:30.829><c> the</c><00:45:31.050><c> keeper</c><00:45:31.269><c> of</c><00:45:31.429><c> the</c><00:45:31.570><c> house</c>

00:45:31.809 --> 00:45:33.469
or<00:45:31.969><c> something</c><00:45:32.269><c> like</c><00:45:32.570><c> that.</c>

00:45:34.210 --> 00:45:38.690
But<00:45:34.409><c> that</c><00:45:34.610><c> word</c><00:45:35.150><c> mistress,</c><00:45:36.550><c> when</c><00:45:36.750><c> you</c><00:45:36.889><c> look</c><00:45:37.070><c> at</c><00:45:37.269><c> it,</c><00:45:37.530><c> it's</c><00:45:37.969><c> the</c>

00:45:38.690 --> 00:45:41.530
feminine<00:45:39.150><c> Hebrew</c><00:45:39.630><c> of</c><00:45:40.469><c> Baal.</c>

00:45:41.969 --> 00:45:47.030
It's<00:45:42.210><c> Baala.</c><00:45:44.130><c> It's</c><00:45:44.630><c> a</c><00:45:44.730><c> possessor,</c><00:45:45.369><c> a</c><00:45:45.449><c> sorcerer</c><00:45:45.869><c> of</c><00:45:45.989><c> the</c><00:45:46.170><c> house.</c>

00:45:48.230 --> 00:45:51.269
So<00:45:48.469><c> it</c><00:45:48.650><c> seems</c><00:45:49.130><c> just</c><00:45:49.570><c> from</c><00:45:49.769><c> that</c><00:45:49.989><c> little</c><00:45:50.289><c> phrase</c><00:45:50.710><c> and</c><00:45:50.929><c> the</c><00:45:51.090><c> only</c>

00:45:51.269 --> 00:45:55.590
other<00:45:51.570><c> two</c><00:45:52.590><c> occurrences</c><00:45:53.090><c> of</c><00:45:53.349><c> that</c><00:45:53.650><c> phrase</c><00:45:54.110><c> in</c><00:45:54.710><c> the</c><00:45:54.849><c> Old</c><00:45:55.010><c> Testament,</c>

00:45:55.590 --> 00:46:00.230
one<00:45:56.030><c> in</c><00:45:56.190><c> 1</c><00:45:56.409><c> Samuel</c><00:45:56.710><c> 28</c><00:45:57.230><c> and</c><00:45:57.369><c> one</c><00:45:57.550><c> in</c><00:45:57.630><c> Nahum</c><00:45:57.809><c> 3,</c><00:45:59.590><c> that</c><00:45:59.769><c> she</c><00:45:59.949><c> must</c>

00:46:00.230 --> 00:46:01.610
have<00:46:00.329><c> been</c><00:46:00.489><c> at</c><00:46:00.670><c> some</c><00:46:00.929><c> time</c><00:46:01.110><c> in</c><00:46:01.230><c> her</c><00:46:01.409><c> life,</c>

00:46:01.670 --> 00:46:04.949
and<00:46:01.809><c> maybe</c><00:46:02.010><c> up</c><00:46:02.210><c> to</c><00:46:02.349><c> this</c><00:46:02.550><c> point</c><00:46:02.730><c> when</c><00:46:02.929><c> Elijah</c><00:46:03.230><c> met</c><00:46:03.510><c> her,</c><00:46:04.550><c> the</c>

00:46:04.949 --> 00:46:06.329
sorcerer<00:46:05.570><c> of</c><00:46:05.750><c> the</c><00:46:05.909><c> house.</c>

00:46:06.610 --> 00:46:09.949
And<00:46:06.769><c> so</c><00:46:06.849><c> she's</c><00:46:07.190><c> pleading</c><00:46:07.550><c> with</c><00:46:08.349><c> Elijah,</c><00:46:08.949><c> in</c><00:46:09.130><c> a</c><00:46:09.269><c> sense,</c><00:46:09.650><c> asking</c>

00:46:09.949 --> 00:46:10.469
the<00:46:10.210><c> question,</c>

00:46:10.869 --> 00:46:14.389
What<00:46:10.989><c> are</c><00:46:11.110><c> you</c><00:46:11.170><c> doing</c><00:46:11.550><c> with</c><00:46:12.110><c> me,</c><00:46:12.489><c> O</c><00:46:12.610><c> man</c><00:46:12.769><c> of</c><00:46:12.949><c> God?</c><00:46:13.190><c> Are</c><00:46:13.230><c> you</c><00:46:13.449><c> come</c><00:46:13.670><c> here</c><00:46:13.949><c> to</c>

00:46:14.389 --> 00:46:17.090
call<00:46:14.630><c> my</c><00:46:15.030><c> sin</c><00:46:15.289><c> to</c><00:46:15.829><c> remembrance?</c>

00:46:17.250 --> 00:46:19.690
So<00:46:17.429><c> this</c><00:46:17.570><c> seems</c><00:46:17.849><c> to</c><00:46:18.030><c> be</c><00:46:18.130><c> this</c><00:46:18.289><c> whole</c><00:46:18.610><c> process,</c><00:46:18.929><c> this</c><00:46:19.170><c> tragedy</c>

00:46:19.690 --> 00:46:21.070
that<00:46:19.969><c> happens</c><00:46:20.230><c> with</c><00:46:20.449><c> her</c><00:46:20.670><c> son,</c>

00:46:21.070 --> 00:46:26.690
seems<00:46:21.730><c> to</c><00:46:21.909><c> be</c><00:46:22.030><c> for</c><00:46:22.190><c> the</c><00:46:22.389><c> process</c><00:46:22.650><c> of</c><00:46:22.969><c> working</c><00:46:23.289><c> out</c><00:46:23.550><c> of</c><00:46:23.650><c> her</c><00:46:24.329><c> this</c><00:46:25.090><c> last</c><00:46:25.550><c> little</c><00:46:25.829><c> part,</c><00:46:26.510><c> if</c>

00:46:26.690 --> 00:46:27.630
you<00:46:26.869><c> will,</c>

00:46:27.949 --> 00:46:31.710
this<00:46:28.389><c> part</c><00:46:28.829><c> of</c><00:46:29.369><c> the</c><00:46:29.630><c> sorcery.</c>

00:46:31.969 --> 00:46:33.829
Now<00:46:32.150><c> where</c><00:46:32.269><c> are</c><00:46:32.429><c> those</c><00:46:32.570><c> other</c><00:46:32.789><c> two</c><00:46:32.989><c> occurrences,</c><00:46:33.469><c> if</c><00:46:33.590><c> we</c><00:46:33.670><c> can</c>

00:46:33.829 --> 00:46:34.969
just<00:46:34.050><c> build</c><00:46:34.170><c> this</c><00:46:34.389><c> a</c><00:46:34.510><c> little</c><00:46:34.650><c> further?</c>

00:46:35.190 --> 00:46:38.789
The<00:46:35.409><c> first</c><00:46:35.690><c> one,</c><00:46:36.150><c> as</c><00:46:36.389><c> we</c><00:46:36.590><c> mentioned,</c><00:46:36.929><c> is</c><00:46:37.050><c> in</c><00:46:37.210><c> 1</c><00:46:37.369><c> Samuel</c><00:46:37.670><c> 28</c><00:46:38.150><c> verse</c><00:46:38.409><c> 7,</c>

00:46:38.969 --> 00:46:41.150
and<00:46:39.230><c> that</c><00:46:39.530><c> speaks</c><00:46:39.849><c> about</c><00:46:40.230><c> the</c><00:46:40.429><c> witch</c><00:46:40.630><c> of</c><00:46:40.869><c> Endor.</c>

00:46:41.230 --> 00:46:45.050
We're<00:46:41.369><c> very</c><00:46:41.630><c> familiar,</c><00:46:42.030><c> I</c><00:46:42.389><c> think,</c><00:46:42.829><c> with</c><00:46:43.090><c> that</c><00:46:43.349><c> account</c><00:46:43.590><c> of</c><00:46:43.750><c> the</c><00:46:43.849><c> witch</c><00:46:44.010><c> of</c><00:46:44.750><c> Endor,</c>

00:46:45.050 --> 00:46:48.170
and<00:46:45.190><c> it</c><00:46:45.349><c> tells</c><00:46:45.550><c> us</c><00:46:45.750><c> in</c><00:46:45.909><c> that</c><00:46:46.110><c> verse</c><00:46:46.250><c> that</c><00:46:46.429><c> she</c><00:46:46.690><c> hath</c><00:46:46.849><c> a</c><00:46:47.130><c> familiar</c><00:46:47.630><c> spirit.</c>

00:46:48.170 --> 00:46:53.110
It's<00:46:49.010><c> the</c><00:46:49.150><c> word</c><00:46:49.369><c> she</c><00:46:49.710><c> hath,</c><00:46:51.570><c> beelah.</c>

00:46:55.030 --> 00:46:58.929
She<00:46:55.469><c> hath,</c><00:46:56.969><c> she</c><00:46:57.230><c> possessed</c><00:46:57.750><c> a</c><00:46:58.130><c> familiar</c><00:46:58.510><c> spirit.</c>

00:46:59.150 --> 00:47:02.650
She<00:46:59.309><c> was</c><00:46:59.530><c> a</c><00:46:59.730><c> sorcerer,</c><00:47:01.190><c> the</c><00:47:01.250><c> witch</c><00:47:01.389><c> of</c><00:47:01.570><c> Endor</c><00:47:01.789><c> was.</c>

00:47:02.909 --> 00:47:08.329
The<00:47:03.090><c> other</c><00:47:03.349><c> account</c><00:47:03.710><c> is</c><00:47:04.250><c> in</c><00:47:04.710><c> Nahum</c><00:47:05.250><c> chapter</c><00:47:05.650><c> 3</c><00:47:05.989><c> verse</c><00:47:06.269><c> 4,</c>

00:47:12.969 --> 00:47:17.150
And<00:47:13.449><c> there,</c><00:47:13.969><c> in</c><00:47:14.269><c> speaking</c><00:47:14.489><c> of</c><00:47:14.710><c> Nineveh,</c><00:47:15.250><c> it</c><00:47:15.469><c> called</c><00:47:15.730><c> her</c><00:47:16.610><c> the</c>

00:47:17.150 --> 00:47:20.170
mistress<00:47:17.750><c> or</c><00:47:18.070><c> the</c><00:47:18.269><c> beelah</c><00:47:18.670><c> of</c><00:47:18.949><c> witchcraft.</c>

00:47:22.190 --> 00:47:25.329
And<00:47:22.670><c> so</c><00:47:22.730><c> when</c><00:47:22.909><c> we</c><00:47:23.090><c> piece</c><00:47:23.250><c> those</c><00:47:23.570><c> three</c><00:47:23.809><c> occurrences</c><00:47:24.289><c> together,</c>

00:47:25.429 --> 00:47:29.909
I<00:47:25.489><c> think</c><00:47:25.670><c> we</c><00:47:25.849><c> can</c><00:47:26.050><c> see</c><00:47:26.269><c> quite</c><00:47:26.889><c> easily</c><00:47:27.610><c> that</c><00:47:28.489><c> there</c><00:47:28.690><c> was</c><00:47:29.210><c> something</c><00:47:29.550><c> in</c><00:47:29.670><c> her</c>

00:47:29.909 --> 00:47:31.449
life<00:47:30.090><c> that</c><00:47:30.269><c> had</c><00:47:30.389><c> to</c><00:47:30.550><c> be</c><00:47:30.730><c> worked</c><00:47:30.969><c> out.</c>

00:47:31.690 --> 00:47:35.150
And<00:47:31.909><c> I</c><00:47:31.989><c> think</c><00:47:32.110><c> this</c><00:47:32.329><c> is</c><00:47:32.489><c> why</c><00:47:32.710><c> we</c><00:47:32.969><c> have</c><00:47:33.730><c> Elijah</c><00:47:34.489><c> coming</c><00:47:34.710><c> on</c><00:47:34.989><c> the</c>

00:47:35.150 --> 00:47:35.570
scene<00:47:35.309><c> here,</c>

00:47:35.570 --> 00:47:39.449
that<00:47:35.750><c> her</c><00:47:35.989><c> heart</c><00:47:36.190><c> perhaps</c><00:47:36.570><c> still</c><00:47:36.829><c> clung</c><00:47:37.090><c> on</c><00:47:37.269><c> to</c><00:47:37.409><c> these</c><00:47:37.670><c> idolatries,</c><00:47:38.889><c> in</c><00:47:39.110><c> a</c><00:47:39.250><c> sense,</c>

00:47:39.489 --> 00:47:41.969
and<00:47:39.829><c> she</c><00:47:40.010><c> hasn't</c><00:47:40.210><c> broken</c><00:47:40.510><c> away</c><00:47:40.789><c> from</c><00:47:40.929><c> them</c><00:47:41.110><c> totally.</c>

00:47:42.929 --> 00:47:46.349
And<00:47:43.150><c> so</c><00:47:43.210><c> what</c><00:47:43.369><c> does</c><00:47:43.570><c> Elijah</c><00:47:43.929><c> do</c><00:47:44.289><c> to</c><00:47:44.530><c> bring</c><00:47:44.809><c> the</c><00:47:45.230><c> faith</c><00:47:45.710><c> into</c>

00:47:46.349 --> 00:47:47.489
this<00:47:46.650><c> woman?</c>

00:47:47.949 --> 00:47:50.969
The<00:47:48.170><c> last</c><00:47:48.409><c> thing</c><00:47:48.730><c> we're</c><00:47:49.010><c> told</c><00:47:49.230><c> that</c><00:47:49.429><c> he</c><00:47:49.590><c> does</c><00:47:49.949><c> is</c><00:47:50.250><c> the</c><00:47:50.489><c> healing</c>

00:47:50.969 --> 00:47:53.309
of<00:47:52.190><c> her</c><00:47:52.449><c> son.</c>

00:47:53.809 --> 00:47:57.309
He<00:47:54.289><c> was</c><00:47:54.489><c> sick</c><00:47:54.690><c> unto</c><00:47:54.929><c> death.</c><00:47:56.250><c> Where</c><00:47:56.429><c> does</c><00:47:56.550><c> he</c><00:47:56.690><c> do</c><00:47:56.809><c> with</c><00:47:57.030><c> him?</c>

00:47:57.309 --> 00:48:03.429
We're<00:47:58.289><c> told</c><00:47:58.429><c> in</c><00:47:58.570><c> verse</c><00:47:58.809><c> 21</c><00:47:59.530><c> that</c><00:48:01.090><c> he</c><00:48:01.489><c> put</c><00:48:01.750><c> him</c><00:48:01.849><c> on</c><00:48:01.989><c> his</c><00:48:02.210><c> own</c><00:48:02.449><c> bed.</c>

00:48:05.489 --> 00:48:09.289
He<00:48:06.090><c> stretched</c><00:48:06.449><c> himself</c><00:48:06.929><c> upon</c><00:48:07.230><c> the</c><00:48:07.449><c> child</c><00:48:07.630><c> three</c><00:48:08.030><c> times.</c>

00:48:10.230 --> 00:48:13.550
And<00:48:10.329><c> another</c><00:48:10.690><c> way</c><00:48:10.969><c> that</c><00:48:11.610><c> is</c><00:48:11.929><c> worded</c><00:48:12.230><c> in</c><00:48:12.449><c> some</c><00:48:12.889><c> other</c><00:48:13.090><c> versions</c>

00:48:13.550 --> 00:48:17.030
is<00:48:14.050><c> that</c><00:48:14.230><c> he</c><00:48:14.510><c> measured</c><00:48:14.809><c> himself</c><00:48:15.329><c> on</c><00:48:15.530><c> the</c><00:48:15.670><c> length</c><00:48:15.829><c> of</c><00:48:16.030><c> the</c><00:48:16.190><c> child.</c>

00:48:17.230 --> 00:48:18.510
It<00:48:17.369><c> was</c><00:48:17.570><c> an</c><00:48:17.849><c> identification.</c>

00:48:18.510 --> 00:48:21.969
He<00:48:19.510><c> stretched</c><00:48:19.889><c> himself</c><00:48:20.289><c> on</c><00:48:20.570><c> him</c><00:48:20.690><c> as</c><00:48:20.849><c> in,</c><00:48:21.250><c> this</c><00:48:21.250><c> is</c><00:48:21.510><c> me,</c><00:48:21.849><c> this</c>

00:48:21.969 --> 00:48:25.530
should<00:48:22.190><c> be</c><00:48:22.429><c> me,</c><00:48:23.230><c> identifying</c><00:48:23.789><c> with</c><00:48:24.070><c> the</c><00:48:24.230><c> child.</c>

00:48:30.329 --> 00:48:35.170
And<00:48:30.849><c> he</c><00:48:30.929><c> was</c><00:48:31.110><c> pleading</c><00:48:31.530><c> for</c><00:48:31.869><c> God,</c><00:48:32.269><c> for</c><00:48:32.369><c> mercy</c><00:48:32.929><c> on</c><00:48:34.070><c> this</c><00:48:34.349><c> boy,</c>

00:48:35.230 --> 00:48:36.309
to<00:48:35.389><c> bring</c><00:48:35.550><c> him</c><00:48:35.769><c> back</c><00:48:35.969><c> to</c><00:48:36.150><c> life.</c>

00:48:36.329 --> 00:48:40.429
Because<00:48:36.550><c> he</c><00:48:36.789><c> realized</c><00:48:37.369><c> that</c><00:48:38.110><c> in</c><00:48:38.309><c> that</c><00:48:38.510><c> process,</c><00:48:39.349><c> this</c><00:48:39.489><c> woman,</c>

00:48:40.610 --> 00:48:43.230
her<00:48:40.889><c> faith</c><00:48:41.110><c> would</c><00:48:41.349><c> be</c><00:48:41.570><c> increased</c><00:48:41.869><c> to</c><00:48:42.090><c> the</c><00:48:42.230><c> degree</c><00:48:42.690><c> that</c><00:48:43.050><c> she</c>

00:48:43.230 --> 00:48:44.889
would<00:48:43.469><c> turn</c><00:48:43.909><c> to</c><00:48:44.489><c> God.</c>

00:48:44.889 --> 00:48:48.510
And<00:48:45.409><c> this</c><00:48:45.610><c> is</c><00:48:45.809><c> why</c><00:48:46.190><c> I</c><00:48:46.289><c> believe</c><00:48:47.269><c> that</c><00:48:47.670><c> Elijah</c><00:48:47.929><c> was</c><00:48:48.150><c> sent</c><00:48:48.349><c> to</c>

00:48:48.510 --> 00:48:49.050
this<00:48:48.750><c> woman.</c>

00:48:49.469 --> 00:48:52.869
For<00:48:49.530><c> three</c><00:48:50.110><c> years,</c><00:48:50.949><c> we</c><00:48:51.110><c> don't</c><00:48:51.289><c> know</c><00:48:51.449><c> exactly</c><00:48:51.809><c> how</c><00:48:52.030><c> long</c><00:48:52.349><c> he</c><00:48:52.610><c> was</c><00:48:52.769><c> at</c>

00:48:52.869 --> 00:48:53.550
the<00:48:53.030><c> Brook</c><00:48:53.210><c>-Kareth.</c>

00:48:53.949 --> 00:48:56.170
Some<00:48:54.190><c> have</c><00:48:54.389><c> suggested</c><00:48:54.829><c> six</c><00:48:55.170><c> months.</c>

00:48:56.489 --> 00:48:59.110
But<00:48:56.570><c> the</c><00:48:56.769><c> whole,</c><00:48:57.210><c> we</c><00:48:57.510><c> see</c><00:48:57.670><c> that</c><00:48:57.849><c> the</c><00:48:58.030><c> whole</c><00:48:58.250><c> time</c><00:48:58.469><c> period</c><00:48:58.769><c> from</c>

00:48:59.110 --> 00:49:00.869
when<00:48:59.269><c> he</c><00:48:59.389><c> goes</c><00:48:59.610><c> to</c><00:48:59.829><c> the</c><00:48:59.989><c> Brook</c><00:49:00.289><c>-Kareth,</c>

00:49:00.909 --> 00:49:04.849
all<00:49:01.130><c> the</c><00:49:01.250><c> way</c><00:49:01.409><c> until</c><00:49:02.010><c> the</c><00:49:02.369><c> end</c><00:49:02.670><c> of</c><00:49:02.849><c> the</c><00:49:02.969><c> time</c><00:49:03.110><c> he's</c><00:49:03.329><c> with</c><00:49:03.570><c> his</c><00:49:03.789><c> widow,</c><00:49:04.210><c> was</c><00:49:04.409><c> three</c><00:49:04.650><c> and</c><00:49:04.809><c> a</c>

00:49:04.849 --> 00:49:05.329
half<00:49:04.989><c> years.</c>

00:49:05.610 --> 00:49:07.909
The<00:49:05.829><c> whole</c><00:49:06.070><c> period</c><00:49:06.369><c> of</c><00:49:06.570><c> the</c><00:49:06.730><c> drought</c><00:49:06.869><c> before</c><00:49:07.150><c> he's</c><00:49:07.369><c> sent</c><00:49:07.590><c> back</c>

00:49:07.909 --> 00:49:12.329
to<00:49:08.170><c> Ahab,</c><00:49:09.070><c> in</c><00:49:09.750><c> the</c><00:49:09.969><c> opening</c><00:49:10.269><c> verses</c><00:49:10.789><c> of</c><00:49:11.030><c> chapter</c><00:49:11.369><c> 18.</c>

00:49:12.750 --> 00:49:17.949
And<00:49:13.389><c> he's</c><00:49:13.590><c> there</c><00:49:14.010><c> for</c><00:49:14.190><c> this</c><00:49:14.510><c> one</c><00:49:15.230><c> work</c><00:49:15.809><c> of</c><00:49:16.409><c> converting</c><00:49:16.929><c> this</c>

00:49:17.949 --> 00:49:20.150
widow<00:49:18.170><c> woman</c><00:49:18.510><c> to</c><00:49:18.949><c> the</c><00:49:19.210><c> truth.</c>

00:49:20.809 --> 00:49:22.869
It's<00:49:21.150><c> a</c><00:49:21.250><c> very</c><00:49:21.469><c> moving</c><00:49:21.849><c> account,</c><00:49:22.409><c> brothers</c><00:49:22.550><c> and</c><00:49:22.690><c> sisters.</c>

00:49:22.989 --> 00:49:26.349
And<00:49:23.030><c> hopefully</c><00:49:23.550><c> this</c><00:49:23.969><c> afternoon</c><00:49:24.309><c> we'll</c><00:49:25.030><c> be</c><00:49:25.150><c> able</c><00:49:25.449><c> to</c><00:49:25.929><c> look</c><00:49:26.130><c> at</c>

00:49:26.349 --> 00:49:32.090
this<00:49:27.289><c> to</c><00:49:29.510><c> realize</c><00:49:29.989><c> that</c><00:49:30.210><c> our</c><00:49:30.469><c> work</c><00:49:30.650><c> in</c><00:49:30.809><c> the</c><00:49:31.030><c> truth</c><00:49:31.190><c> should</c><00:49:31.409><c> never</c><00:49:31.690><c> be</c>

00:49:32.090 --> 00:49:35.989
looked<00:49:32.329><c> at</c><00:49:32.730><c> as</c><00:49:33.210><c> small</c><00:49:33.489><c> or</c><00:49:34.369><c> insignificant.</c>

00:49:36.110 --> 00:49:41.070
That<00:49:36.429><c> we</c><00:49:36.550><c> should</c><00:49:36.730><c> never</c><00:49:37.010><c> despise</c><00:49:38.730><c> the</c><00:49:39.070><c> preaching</c><00:49:39.829><c> efforts</c><00:49:40.309><c> that</c><00:49:40.590><c> we</c><00:49:40.789><c> do.</c>

00:49:41.070 --> 00:49:44.809
The<00:49:41.550><c> opportunity</c><00:49:42.289><c> to</c><00:49:42.869><c> go</c><00:49:43.030><c> out,</c><00:49:43.389><c> and</c><00:49:43.530><c> if</c><00:49:43.670><c> necessary,</c><00:49:44.210><c> for</c><00:49:44.409><c> three</c><00:49:44.670><c> and</c>

00:49:44.809 --> 00:49:50.650
a<00:49:44.869><c> half</c><00:49:45.030><c> years,</c><00:49:47.469><c> even</c><00:49:47.710><c> just</c><00:49:47.929><c> to</c><00:49:48.110><c> bring</c><00:49:48.230><c> one</c><00:49:48.530><c> person</c><00:49:49.110><c> into</c><00:49:49.550><c> the</c><00:49:49.869><c> truth.</c>

00:49:51.170 --> 00:49:55.030
We<00:49:51.389><c> can</c><00:49:51.570><c> do</c><00:49:51.949><c> magnificent</c><00:49:52.889><c> things</c><00:49:53.510><c> in</c><00:49:53.929><c> the</c><00:49:54.170><c> truth.</c>

00:49:55.389 --> 00:49:57.650
You<00:49:55.389><c> know,</c><00:49:55.849><c> signs</c><00:49:56.030><c> and</c><00:49:56.230><c> wonders,</c><00:49:56.690><c> if</c><00:49:56.809><c> you</c><00:49:56.989><c> want</c><00:49:57.070><c> to</c><00:49:57.190><c> call</c><00:49:57.289><c> it</c><00:49:57.409><c> that.</c>

00:49:57.809 --> 00:49:59.670
Bringing<00:49:58.030><c> down</c><00:49:58.349><c> fire</c><00:49:58.570><c> from</c><00:49:58.769><c> God.</c>

00:50:00.409 --> 00:50:04.530
All<00:50:00.690><c> these</c><00:50:00.989><c> things</c><00:50:01.469><c> really,</c><00:50:02.090><c> in</c><00:50:02.269><c> my</c><00:50:02.449><c> mind,</c><00:50:02.750><c> seem</c><00:50:02.909><c> very</c><00:50:03.230><c> insignificant</c><00:50:03.909><c> when</c>

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we<00:50:04.710><c> look</c><00:50:04.849><c> at</c><00:50:05.050><c> it</c><00:50:05.250><c> from</c><00:50:05.429><c> the</c><00:50:05.630><c> work</c><00:50:05.769><c> that</c><00:50:06.010><c> Elijah</c><00:50:06.289><c> did</c><00:50:06.650><c> with</c><00:50:06.989><c> this</c>

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widow<00:50:08.090><c> of</c><00:50:08.429><c> Zarephath.</c>

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And<00:50:09.750><c> how</c><00:50:09.949><c> she</c><00:50:11.070><c> learned</c><00:50:11.650><c> of</c><00:50:11.889><c> the</c><00:50:12.130><c> truth</c><00:50:12.510><c> and</c><00:50:12.949><c> became</c><00:50:13.250><c> a</c><00:50:13.530><c> convert</c>

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into<00:50:15.110><c> the</c><00:50:15.690><c> salvation</c><00:50:16.230><c> that</c><00:50:16.429><c> God</c><00:50:16.650><c> offered.</c>

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And<00:50:18.250><c> so</c><00:50:18.349><c> now,</c><00:50:19.570><c> you</c><00:50:19.570><c> can</c><00:50:19.750><c> almost</c><00:50:19.949><c> imagine</c><00:50:20.369><c> Elijah,</c><00:50:20.769><c> he</c><00:50:20.909><c> must</c><00:50:21.130><c> have</c><00:50:21.250><c> been</c><00:50:21.409><c> sick</c><00:50:21.610><c> at</c>

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heart<00:50:22.010><c> at</c><00:50:22.210><c> the</c><00:50:22.269><c> end</c><00:50:22.389><c> of</c><00:50:22.510><c> this</c><00:50:22.710><c> chapter.</c>

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Where<00:50:23.989><c> the</c><00:50:24.150><c> next</c><00:50:24.349><c> thing</c><00:50:24.469><c> God</c><00:50:24.710><c> tells</c><00:50:25.070><c> him</c><00:50:25.349><c> is</c><00:50:25.650><c> to</c><00:50:25.949><c> go</c><00:50:26.190><c> show</c><00:50:26.449><c> thyself</c><00:50:26.909><c> on</c><00:50:27.130><c> Ahab</c><00:50:27.530><c> and</c><00:50:27.690><c> I</c>

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will<00:50:27.989><c> send</c><00:50:28.190><c> rain</c><00:50:28.530><c> upon</c><00:50:28.889><c> the</c><00:50:29.090><c> earth.</c>

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It's<00:50:30.409><c> true</c><00:50:30.630><c> Elijah</c><00:50:31.070><c> knew</c><00:50:31.590><c> perhaps</c><00:50:32.130><c> what</c><00:50:32.289><c> was</c><00:50:32.489><c> going</c><00:50:32.730><c> on</c><00:50:32.969><c> and</c><00:50:33.150><c> what</c><00:50:33.389><c> his</c><00:50:33.650><c> three</c><00:50:33.889><c> and</c><00:50:34.050><c> a</c>

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half<00:50:34.250><c> year</c><00:50:34.429><c> period</c><00:50:34.789><c> was</c><00:50:34.989><c> all</c><00:50:35.250><c> about.</c>

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But<00:50:36.789><c> he</c><00:50:36.989><c> probably</c><00:50:37.250><c> had</c><00:50:37.409><c> a</c><00:50:37.630><c> great</c><00:50:37.789><c> attachment</c><00:50:38.329><c> with</c><00:50:38.590><c> this</c><00:50:38.909><c> widow</c><00:50:39.110><c> woman</c><00:50:39.329><c> that</c>

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he<00:50:39.610><c> had</c><00:50:39.769><c> spent</c><00:50:39.949><c> so</c><00:50:40.210><c> much</c><00:50:40.389><c> time</c><00:50:40.650><c> with.</c>

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And<00:50:40.989><c> I</c><00:50:41.010><c> can</c><00:50:42.250><c> almost</c><00:50:42.449><c> feel</c><00:50:42.730><c> for</c><00:50:42.889><c> him</c><00:50:43.070><c> at</c><00:50:43.190><c> this</c><00:50:43.349><c> time</c><00:50:43.449><c> as</c><00:50:43.690><c> he</c><00:50:43.869><c> left.</c>

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But<00:50:44.190><c> he</c><00:50:44.269><c> had</c><00:50:44.389><c> a</c><00:50:44.570><c> greater</c><00:50:44.769><c> work</c><00:50:45.030><c> to</c><00:50:45.210><c> come</c><00:50:45.389><c> on</c><00:50:45.909><c> in</c><00:50:46.349><c> the</c><00:50:46.489><c> upcoming</c>

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chapters,<00:50:47.329><c> which</c><00:50:47.570><c> is</c><00:50:47.929><c> not</c><00:50:48.190><c> our</c><00:50:48.530><c> discussion</c><00:50:48.929><c> this</c><00:50:49.210><c> afternoon.</c>

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But<00:50:52.050><c> we</c><00:50:52.170><c> just</c><00:50:52.289><c> want</c><00:50:52.409><c> to</c><00:50:52.550><c> leave</c><00:50:52.670><c> it</c><00:50:52.809><c> there</c><00:50:52.989><c> now.</c>

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And<00:50:54.190><c> with</c><00:50:54.530><c> the</c><00:50:54.730><c> message</c><00:50:54.949><c> to</c><00:50:55.170><c> never</c><00:50:55.409><c> despise,</c><00:50:56.130><c> brethren</c><00:50:56.309><c> and</c><00:50:56.550><c> sisters,</c><00:50:56.769><c> the</c><00:50:56.929><c> opportunity</c><00:50:57.329><c> to</c><00:50:57.489><c> go</c><00:50:57.690><c> out</c><00:50:58.170><c> and</c><00:50:58.510><c> work</c><00:50:58.710><c> for</c><00:50:58.949><c> God</c><00:50:59.130><c> into</c><00:50:59.349><c> this</c><00:50:59.650><c> three</c><00:50:59.829><c> and</c><00:50:59.989><c> a</c>

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half<00:51:00.130><c> year</c><00:51:00.289><c> period.</c>

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And<00:51:01.409><c> the</c><00:51:01.670><c> importance</c><00:51:02.329><c> of</c><00:51:02.690><c> witnessing</c><00:51:03.090><c> during</c><00:51:03.889><c> times</c><00:51:04.190><c> of</c><00:51:04.469><c> persecution.</c>

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Thank<00:51:06.489><c> you.</c>