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Perhaps<00:12:35.779><c> illness</c><00:12:36.460><c> in</c><00:12:36.659><c> the</c><00:12:36.879><c> collective</c><00:12:37.179><c> sense,</c><00:12:37.740><c> a</c><00:12:37.919><c> plague.</c>

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Sometimes<00:12:41.620><c> it's</c><00:12:42.299><c> just</c><00:12:42.580><c> a</c><00:12:42.700><c> matter</c><00:12:42.940><c> of</c><00:12:43.860><c> little</c><00:12:44.059><c> incidents</c><00:12:44.700><c> that</c>

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turn<00:12:46.580><c> the</c><00:12:46.799><c> course</c><00:12:47.019><c> of</c><00:12:47.259><c> things.</c>

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There<00:12:50.740><c> is</c><00:12:51.159><c> a</c><00:12:51.559><c> small</c><00:12:51.860><c> poem</c><00:12:52.080><c> which</c><00:12:52.299><c> I</c><00:12:52.399><c> can't</c><00:12:52.840><c> actually</c><00:12:53.379><c> remember,</c>

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but<00:12:54.100><c> it</c><00:12:54.440><c> starts</c><00:12:54.759><c> off</c><00:12:55.360><c> with</c><00:12:56.220><c> a</c><00:12:57.000><c> horse</c><00:12:57.419><c> getting</c><00:12:58.419><c> a</c><00:12:58.720><c> nail</c><00:12:59.000><c> in</c><00:12:59.299><c> its</c><00:12:59.580><c> foot</c>

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and<00:13:01.500><c> not</c><00:13:02.019><c> being</c><00:13:02.179><c> able</c><00:13:02.320><c> to</c><00:13:02.440><c> move</c><00:13:02.659><c> along</c><00:13:02.879><c> properly,</c><00:13:04.200><c> limping</c><00:13:04.460><c> along,</c>

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and<00:13:05.600><c> it</c><00:13:05.740><c> ends</c><00:13:05.960><c> up</c><00:13:06.639><c> with</c><00:13:07.000><c> the</c><00:13:07.159><c> loss</c><00:13:07.580><c> of</c><00:13:08.299><c> a</c><00:13:08.480><c> kingdom</c>

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because<00:13:09.220><c> that</c><00:13:09.500><c> horse</c><00:13:09.980><c> was</c><00:13:10.840><c> the</c><00:13:11.059><c> general's</c><00:13:11.539><c> horse</c><00:13:11.720><c> in</c><00:13:11.899><c> the</c><00:13:12.000><c> battle</c><00:13:12.240><c> and</c>

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so<00:13:12.840><c> it</c><00:13:13.039><c> progresses.</c>

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A<00:13:14.159><c> little</c><00:13:14.340><c> thing</c><00:13:14.519><c> like</c><00:13:14.779><c> that</c><00:13:15.580><c> can</c><00:13:15.919><c> be</c><00:13:16.139><c> used</c><00:13:16.399><c> to</c><00:13:17.700><c> work</c><00:13:17.980><c> out</c>

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God's<00:13:18.639><c> purpose.</c>

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But<00:13:23.559><c> that</c><00:13:23.659><c> subject</c><00:13:23.919><c> of</c><00:13:24.019><c> course</c><00:13:24.240><c> is</c><00:13:24.960><c> the</c><00:13:25.179><c> use</c><00:13:25.460><c> of</c><00:13:25.759><c> weather</c><00:13:26.019><c> and</c><00:13:26.580><c> climate</c>

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and<00:13:27.100><c> at</c><00:13:27.139><c> times</c><00:13:27.519><c> also</c><00:13:29.120><c> earthquakes</c><00:13:29.879><c> and</c><00:13:30.539><c> volcanic</c><00:13:31.059><c> action.</c>

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We're<00:13:32.600><c> mainly</c><00:13:32.860><c> talking</c><00:13:33.100><c> about</c><00:13:33.259><c> weather</c><00:13:33.480><c> and</c><00:13:33.679><c> climate,</c>

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but<00:13:34.120><c> we'll</c><00:13:34.299><c> bring</c><00:13:34.460><c> those</c><00:13:34.740><c> other</c><00:13:35.220><c> natural</c><00:13:35.779><c> phenomena</c><00:13:36.240><c> in</c><00:13:36.899><c> as</c><00:13:37.179><c> well.</c>

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At<00:13:38.200><c> this</c><00:13:38.440><c> point</c><00:13:38.679><c> I'll</c><00:13:39.539><c> switch</c><00:13:39.779><c> on</c><00:13:40.019><c> the</c><00:13:41.159><c> projector</c><00:13:41.519><c> and</c><00:13:41.679><c> show</c>

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you<00:13:42.039><c> the</c><00:13:42.159><c> first</c><00:13:42.480><c> slide.</c>

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This<00:13:57.000><c> is</c><00:13:57.120><c> just</c><00:13:57.299><c> to</c><00:13:57.419><c> illustrate</c><00:13:58.539><c> the</c><00:13:59.679><c> ways</c><00:13:59.980><c> in</c><00:14:00.159><c> which</c><00:14:00.419><c> God</c><00:14:00.720><c> could</c><00:14:01.360><c> work</c>

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out<00:14:01.980><c> his</c><00:14:02.159><c> purpose</c><00:14:02.539><c> in</c><00:14:02.779><c> history.</c>

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We<00:14:03.340><c> shall</c><00:14:03.500><c> be</c><00:14:03.919><c> looking</c><00:14:04.120><c> in</c><00:14:04.299><c> more</c><00:14:04.500><c> detail</c><00:14:04.860><c> at</c><00:14:05.039><c> these</c><00:14:05.259><c> sort</c><00:14:05.399><c> of</c>

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things<00:14:05.860><c> later</c><00:14:06.340><c> on</c><00:14:06.580><c> of</c><00:14:06.720><c> course,</c>

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but<00:14:08.279><c> you</c><00:14:08.360><c> can</c><00:14:08.519><c> see</c><00:14:08.679><c> there</c><00:14:08.879><c> we've</c><00:14:09.100><c> divided</c><00:14:09.419><c> into</c><00:14:09.759><c> short</c><00:14:10.139><c> term,</c>

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medium<00:14:11.820><c> term</c><00:14:12.539><c> and</c><00:14:13.360><c> long</c><00:14:13.740><c> term.</c>

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Short<00:14:16.259><c> term,</c><00:14:18.700><c> the</c><00:14:18.820><c> weather</c><00:14:19.080><c> can</c><00:14:19.379><c> affect</c><00:14:19.700><c> the</c><00:14:19.960><c> course</c><00:14:20.399><c> of</c><00:14:20.960><c> a</c><00:14:21.120><c> battle.</c>

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A<00:14:25.039><c> rain</c><00:14:25.440><c> storm</c><00:14:26.000><c> can</c><00:14:26.639><c> make</c><00:14:26.980><c> the</c><00:14:28.000><c> ground</c><00:14:28.360><c> very</c><00:14:28.700><c> difficult</c><00:14:28.960><c> to</c>

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operate<00:14:29.519><c> upon</c>

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when,<00:14:30.559><c> for</c><00:14:31.159><c> example,</c><00:14:33.179><c> a</c><00:14:33.320><c> cavalry</c><00:14:33.659><c> charge</c><00:14:34.379><c> is</c><00:14:35.539><c> commenced.</c>

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Or<00:14:38.740><c> the</c><00:14:38.879><c> wind</c><00:14:39.139><c> can</c><00:14:39.419><c> destroy</c><00:14:39.759><c> a</c><00:14:40.000><c> fleet.</c>

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Or<00:14:42.200><c> even</c><00:14:42.559><c> calm</c><00:14:42.779><c> conditions</c><00:14:43.360><c> can</c><00:14:43.700><c> stop</c><00:14:44.460><c> a</c><00:14:45.019><c> fleet</c><00:14:45.200><c> being</c><00:14:45.460><c> able</c><00:14:45.679><c> to</c><00:14:45.840><c> move</c><00:14:46.100><c> into</c><00:14:46.299><c> the</c><00:14:46.480><c> right</c><00:14:46.639><c> position</c><00:14:47.120><c> for</c><00:14:47.580><c> a</c><00:14:47.759><c> battle.</c>

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These<00:14:50.120><c> are</c><00:14:50.679><c> short</c><00:14:50.980><c> term</c><00:14:51.279><c> things</c><00:14:51.639><c> that</c><00:14:51.879><c> affect</c><00:14:52.139><c> the</c><00:14:52.360><c> course</c><00:14:52.720><c> of</c>

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a<00:14:53.240><c> battle,</c>

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and<00:14:53.860><c> a</c><00:14:53.980><c> battle</c><00:14:54.139><c> can</c><00:14:54.419><c> affect</c><00:14:54.899><c> of</c><00:14:55.059><c> course</c><00:14:55.299><c> the</c><00:14:55.480><c> course</c><00:14:56.240><c> of</c><00:14:57.419><c> history.</c>

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It<00:14:58.700><c> can</c><00:14:58.899><c> mean</c><00:14:59.019><c> one</c><00:14:59.299><c> nation</c><00:14:59.659><c> becomes</c><00:15:00.039><c> dominant</c><00:15:00.679><c> over</c><00:15:01.779><c> another</c><00:15:02.220><c> nation.</c>

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Then<00:15:07.159><c> we</c><00:15:07.240><c> have</c><00:15:07.519><c> the</c><00:15:07.980><c> medium</c><00:15:08.340><c> term.</c>

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Revolutions<00:15:11.100><c> can</c><00:15:11.820><c> sometimes</c><00:15:12.240><c> be</c><00:15:12.440><c> very</c><00:15:12.620><c> significant.</c>

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We've<00:15:14.779><c> only</c><00:15:14.919><c> got</c><00:15:15.019><c> to</c><00:15:15.120><c> think</c><00:15:15.320><c> of</c><00:15:15.820><c> the</c><00:15:15.940><c> French</c><00:15:16.340><c> Revolution,</c>

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how<00:15:19.480><c> significant</c><00:15:20.240><c> that</c><00:15:21.120><c> was</c><00:15:21.480><c> in</c><00:15:21.799><c> history.</c>

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Why<00:15:25.399><c> do</c><00:15:26.159><c> revolutions</c><00:15:26.659><c> occur?</c>

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Sometimes<00:15:28.799><c> they</c><00:15:28.980><c> can</c><00:15:29.299><c> be</c><00:15:30.000><c> triggered</c><00:15:30.320><c> off</c><00:15:30.899><c> by</c><00:15:31.600><c> a</c><00:15:31.779><c> period</c><00:15:32.220><c> of</c><00:15:32.840><c> famine,</c>

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and<00:15:33.299><c> famine</c><00:15:33.559><c> of</c><00:15:33.639><c> course</c><00:15:33.879><c> is</c><00:15:34.039><c> brought</c><00:15:34.279><c> about</c><00:15:34.879><c> by</c><00:15:36.019><c> a</c><00:15:36.279><c> lack</c><00:15:36.419><c> of</c>

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rain<00:15:36.899><c> generally.</c>

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We<00:15:40.120><c> can</c><00:15:40.360><c> see</c><00:15:40.519><c> here</c><00:15:40.799><c> how</c><00:15:41.220><c> in</c><00:15:41.659><c> the</c><00:15:41.799><c> medium</c><00:15:42.139><c> term,</c>

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and<00:15:42.779><c> by</c><00:15:42.960><c> medium</c><00:15:43.320><c> term</c><00:15:43.700><c> I</c><00:15:43.779><c> mean</c><00:15:44.059><c> perhaps</c><00:15:44.340><c> over</c><00:15:44.559><c> three</c><00:15:44.759><c> or</c><00:15:44.779><c> four</c><00:15:45.039><c> years,</c>

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the<00:15:46.440><c> course</c><00:15:46.700><c> of</c><00:15:46.919><c> history</c><00:15:47.200><c> can</c><00:15:47.460><c> be</c><00:15:47.700><c> affected</c><00:15:48.539><c> by</c><00:15:50.259><c> a</c><00:15:50.440><c> change</c><00:15:50.679><c> in</c><00:15:50.940><c> weather,</c>

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by<00:15:51.620><c> adverse</c><00:15:52.100><c> weather</c><00:15:52.360><c> conditions.</c>

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Then<00:15:55.519><c> in</c><00:15:56.120><c> the</c><00:15:56.220><c> long</c><00:15:56.519><c> term,</c>

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we're<00:15:57.539><c> talking</c><00:15:57.779><c> about</c><00:15:58.120><c> the</c><00:15:58.220><c> way</c><00:15:58.679><c> things</c><00:15:59.200><c> develop</c><00:15:59.740><c> over</c><00:16:00.100><c> tens,</c>

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fifties,<00:16:01.379><c> even</c><00:16:01.779><c> hundreds</c><00:16:02.320><c> of</c><00:16:03.340><c> years.</c>

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A<00:16:06.399><c> very</c><00:16:06.679><c> significant</c><00:16:07.159><c> part</c><00:16:07.559><c> of</c><00:16:08.259><c> history</c><00:16:08.600><c> has</c><00:16:09.179><c> been</c><00:16:09.580><c> the</c><00:16:10.379><c> invasion</c><00:16:11.059><c> of</c><00:16:11.759><c> more</c><00:16:12.080><c> settled</c><00:16:12.360><c> areas</c><00:16:12.879><c> by</c>

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nomadic<00:16:13.820><c> peoples.</c>

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We<00:16:15.720><c> think</c><00:16:16.179><c> of</c><00:16:16.639><c> those</c><00:16:17.000><c> who</c><00:16:17.320><c> swept</c><00:16:17.519><c> across</c><00:16:18.279><c> Europe</c><00:16:18.779><c> and</c><00:16:18.960><c> brought</c>

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an<00:16:19.340><c> end</c><00:16:19.500><c> to</c><00:16:19.679><c> the</c><00:16:19.759><c> Roman</c><00:16:20.039><c> Empire.</c>

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We<00:16:20.740><c> think</c><00:16:20.899><c> of</c><00:16:21.059><c> the</c><00:16:21.320><c> Arabs</c><00:16:21.539><c> emerging</c><00:16:22.139><c> from</c><00:16:22.879><c> Arabia</c><00:16:23.600><c> into</c><00:16:23.899><c> the</c>

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Middle<00:16:24.299><c> East.</c>

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Why<00:16:27.799><c> did</c><00:16:28.460><c> they</c><00:16:28.960><c> emerge</c><00:16:29.379><c> in</c><00:16:29.559><c> this</c><00:16:29.779><c> way?</c>

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There<00:16:30.399><c> is</c><00:16:30.659><c> evidence</c><00:16:31.100><c> that</c><00:16:31.639><c> it</c><00:16:31.720><c> was</c><00:16:32.159><c> climatic</c><00:16:33.379><c> changes</c><00:16:34.059><c> that</c>

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did<00:16:34.700><c> this.</c>

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As<00:16:36.019><c> you</c><00:16:36.159><c> see</c><00:16:36.340><c> there,</c><00:16:36.679><c> I've</c><00:16:36.860><c> mentioned</c><00:16:37.120><c> two</c><00:16:37.620><c> aspects</c><00:16:38.080><c> to</c><00:16:38.299><c> that.</c>

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If<00:16:39.519><c> the</c><00:16:39.639><c> weather</c><00:16:39.779><c> is</c><00:16:39.919><c> very</c><00:16:40.220><c> favourable,</c><00:16:40.659><c> if</c><00:16:40.659><c> there's</c><00:16:40.860><c> more</c>

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rain<00:16:41.340><c> than</c><00:16:41.480><c> usual,</c><00:16:41.899><c> the</c><00:16:42.059><c> population</c><00:16:42.580><c> grows.</c>

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If<00:16:43.799><c> you</c><00:16:43.919><c> get</c><00:16:44.159><c> adverse</c><00:16:44.500><c> conditions,</c><00:16:45.340><c> drought,</c>

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it<00:16:46.360><c> then</c><00:16:47.000><c> drives</c><00:16:47.580><c> these</c><00:16:47.899><c> nomadic</c><00:16:48.399><c> peoples</c><00:16:48.960><c> into</c><00:16:49.759><c> neighbouring</c><00:16:50.320><c> countries.</c>

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It<00:16:51.320><c> can</c><00:16:51.379><c> have</c><00:16:51.480><c> a</c><00:16:51.559><c> very</c><00:16:51.980><c> significant</c><00:16:52.700><c> effect</c><00:16:53.240><c> on</c><00:16:53.480><c> history.</c>

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We<00:16:55.419><c> should</c><00:16:55.539><c> be</c><00:16:55.639><c> looking</c><00:16:55.779><c> at</c><00:16:55.879><c> this</c><00:16:56.059><c> later,</c>

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but<00:16:57.860><c> that's</c><00:16:58.500><c> just</c><00:16:58.620><c> to</c><00:16:58.720><c> give</c><00:16:58.820><c> you</c><00:16:59.419><c> a</c><00:16:59.659><c> flavour</c><00:16:59.919><c> of</c><00:17:00.059><c> the</c><00:17:00.200><c> sort</c><00:17:00.340><c> of</c>

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things<00:17:00.600><c> we'll</c><00:17:00.820><c> be</c><00:17:01.799><c> looking</c><00:17:02.000><c> at</c><00:17:02.779><c> later</c><00:17:03.340><c> on,</c>

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in<00:17:03.700><c> particular</c><00:17:04.599><c> in</c><00:17:06.400><c> Study</c><00:17:06.640><c> 3</c><00:17:06.960><c> on</c><00:17:07.180><c> Wednesday.</c>

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But<00:17:16.980><c> now</c><00:17:17.220><c> we'll</c><00:17:17.599><c> look</c><00:17:17.779><c> at</c><00:17:17.920><c> some</c><00:17:18.539><c> scripture</c><00:17:18.880><c> to</c><00:17:19.140><c> actually</c><00:17:19.579><c> prove</c><00:17:20.259><c> the</c>

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case<00:17:20.960><c> that</c><00:17:21.140><c> God</c><00:17:21.460><c> does</c><00:17:21.980><c> in</c><00:17:22.180><c> fact</c><00:17:22.579><c> work</c><00:17:23.519><c> in</c><00:17:23.880><c> this</c><00:17:24.099><c> way.</c>

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We've<00:17:24.720><c> established</c><00:17:25.380><c> our</c><00:17:26.160><c> first</c><00:17:26.359><c> basic</c><00:17:26.779><c> principle</c><00:17:27.279><c> from</c><00:17:27.660><c> scripture,</c>

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that<00:17:28.460><c> God</c><00:17:28.799><c> does</c><00:17:29.420><c> actively</c><00:17:30.079><c> work</c><00:17:30.660><c> in</c><00:17:31.259><c> history</c><00:17:31.759><c> to</c><00:17:32.400><c> fulfil</c><00:17:32.900><c> his</c><00:17:33.259><c> purpose,</c>

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his<00:17:34.400><c> purpose</c><00:17:34.759><c> that</c><00:17:34.980><c> he</c><00:17:35.160><c> has</c><00:17:35.720><c> declared</c><00:17:36.200><c> beforehand</c><00:17:36.779><c> very</c><00:17:37.119><c> often</c><00:17:37.460><c> in</c>

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his<00:17:38.519><c> word.</c>

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Let's<00:17:41.579><c> go</c><00:17:41.720><c> to</c><00:17:41.859><c> the</c><00:17:42.079><c> Psalm</c><00:17:42.279><c> that</c><00:17:42.460><c> we</c><00:17:42.940><c> read</c><00:17:43.259><c> at</c><00:17:43.880><c> the</c><00:17:44.059><c> beginning,</c>

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Psalm<00:17:44.700><c> 148.</c>

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This<00:17:48.500><c> is</c><00:17:48.640><c> not</c><00:17:48.819><c> the</c><00:17:48.880><c> most</c><00:17:49.220><c> detailed</c><00:17:49.759><c> place</c><00:17:50.259><c> in</c><00:17:50.940><c> scripture</c><00:17:51.440><c> that</c>

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we<00:17:52.039><c> read</c><00:17:52.259><c> of</c><00:17:52.380><c> God</c><00:17:52.579><c> working</c><00:17:52.940><c> in</c><00:17:53.140><c> this</c><00:17:53.319><c> sort</c><00:17:53.480><c> of</c><00:17:53.640><c> way,</c>

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but<00:17:56.880><c> it</c><00:17:57.180><c> does</c><00:17:57.700><c> provide</c><00:17:58.839><c> that</c><00:17:59.799><c> very</c><00:18:00.940><c> handy</c><00:18:01.720><c> phrase</c><00:18:02.240><c> which</c><00:18:02.440><c> is</c>

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the<00:18:02.839><c> theme</c><00:18:03.079><c> for</c><00:18:03.380><c> our</c><00:18:03.700><c> subject</c><00:18:04.160><c> this</c><00:18:05.059><c> week.</c>

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It<00:18:08.220><c> is</c><00:18:08.440><c> of</c><00:18:08.519><c> course</c><00:18:08.720><c> praising</c><00:18:09.259><c> God</c><00:18:09.700><c> for</c><00:18:10.680><c> everything</c><00:18:11.420><c> in</c><00:18:12.460><c> creation.</c>

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They<00:18:13.740><c> all</c><00:18:14.400><c> in</c><00:18:14.640><c> fact</c><00:18:14.900><c> give</c><00:18:15.259><c> him</c><00:18:16.240><c> praise.</c>

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Not<00:18:18.259><c> of</c><00:18:18.420><c> course</c><00:18:18.619><c> that</c><00:18:18.980><c> inanimate</c><00:18:19.460><c> things</c><00:18:20.019><c> literally</c><00:18:20.940><c> praise</c><00:18:21.440><c> God,</c>

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but<00:18:22.920><c> the</c><00:18:23.160><c> wonder</c><00:18:23.460><c> and</c><00:18:23.759><c> beauty</c><00:18:24.059><c> of</c><00:18:24.279><c> them</c><00:18:24.480><c> all</c><00:18:25.000><c> give</c><00:18:25.539><c> praise</c><00:18:26.059><c> to</c>

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our<00:18:26.779><c> Heavenly</c><00:18:27.140><c> Father.</c>

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This<00:18:27.799><c> is</c><00:18:27.960><c> something</c><00:18:28.200><c> we</c><00:18:28.359><c> should</c><00:18:28.579><c> always</c><00:18:28.880><c> be</c><00:18:29.099><c> conscious</c><00:18:29.440><c> of</c><00:18:30.019><c> in</c>

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our<00:18:31.039><c> lives,</c>

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whatever<00:18:32.039><c> we're</c><00:18:32.380><c> seeing</c><00:18:32.640><c> in</c><00:18:32.839><c> the</c><00:18:32.940><c> way</c><00:18:33.140><c> of</c><00:18:33.339><c> natural</c><00:18:33.680><c> surroundings.</c>

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We<00:18:36.400><c> talk</c><00:18:36.619><c> about</c><00:18:36.960><c> the</c><00:18:37.259><c> beauties</c><00:18:37.579><c> of</c><00:18:37.680><c> God's</c><00:18:38.220><c> creation,</c>

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but<00:18:38.960><c> how</c><00:18:39.200><c> much</c><00:18:39.380><c> do</c><00:18:39.619><c> we</c><00:18:40.519><c> always</c><00:18:40.940><c> appreciate</c><00:18:42.079><c> these</c><00:18:42.400><c> things?</c>

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They<00:18:42.900><c> all</c><00:18:43.319><c> give</c><00:18:43.740><c> praise</c><00:18:44.220><c> and</c><00:18:44.619><c> glory</c><00:18:45.180><c> to</c><00:18:45.779><c> God.</c>

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But<00:18:49.339><c> then</c><00:18:49.559><c> verse</c><00:18:49.720><c> 7,</c>

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Praise<00:18:50.539><c> the</c><00:18:50.859><c> Lord</c><00:18:51.259><c> from</c><00:18:51.599><c> the</c><00:18:51.839><c> earth,</c><00:18:52.579><c> ye</c><00:18:52.839><c> dragons.</c>

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The<00:18:55.460><c> revised</c><00:18:55.799><c> standard</c><00:18:56.140><c> version</c><00:18:56.380><c> from</c><00:18:57.819><c> which</c><00:18:58.440><c> this</c><00:18:58.660><c> was</c><00:18:58.819><c> read</c>

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said<00:18:59.319><c> sea</c><00:18:59.680><c> monsters.</c>

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I<00:19:02.099><c> think</c><00:19:02.259><c> this</c><00:19:02.480><c> is</c><00:19:03.200><c> almost</c><00:19:03.500><c> certainly</c><00:19:03.839><c> talking</c><00:19:04.140><c> about</c><00:19:04.680><c> water</c>

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spouts<00:19:05.660><c> or</c><00:19:05.799><c> something</c><00:19:06.059><c> of</c><00:19:06.240><c> that</c><00:19:06.460><c> sort.</c>

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That's<00:19:07.759><c> what</c><00:19:07.900><c> the</c><00:19:08.119><c> revised</c><00:19:08.400><c> version</c><00:19:08.759><c> gives</c><00:19:08.980><c> in</c><00:19:09.140><c> the</c><00:19:09.319><c> margin.</c>

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So<00:19:10.480><c> it's</c><00:19:10.700><c> talking</c><00:19:10.980><c> about</c><00:19:11.960><c> not</c><00:19:12.880><c> creatures,</c>

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but<00:19:16.440><c> something</c><00:19:17.000><c> to</c><00:19:17.220><c> do</c><00:19:17.440><c> with</c><00:19:18.400><c> the</c><00:19:18.640><c> earth's</c><00:19:19.019><c> surface</c><00:19:19.240><c> and</c><00:19:19.440><c> the</c>

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weather<00:19:19.779><c> and</c><00:19:19.980><c> so</c><00:19:20.119><c> on,</c>

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which<00:19:20.339><c> is</c><00:19:20.640><c> what</c><00:19:20.859><c> these</c><00:19:21.160><c> verses</c><00:19:21.380><c> are</c><00:19:21.539><c> talking</c><00:19:21.799><c> about.</c>

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Ye<00:19:22.720><c> water</c><00:19:24.180><c> spouts</c><00:19:24.619><c> under</c><00:19:24.859><c> all</c><00:19:25.119><c> deeps,</c><00:19:25.859><c> fire</c><00:19:26.259><c> and</c><00:19:26.700><c> hail,</c><00:19:27.220><c> snow</c>

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and<00:19:28.140><c> vapours,</c><00:19:29.180><c> stormy</c><00:19:29.480><c> wind</c><00:19:29.779><c> fulfilling</c><00:19:30.380><c> his</c><00:19:30.920><c> word.</c>

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And<00:19:31.579><c> there</c><00:19:32.240><c> of</c><00:19:32.460><c> course</c><00:19:32.619><c> we</c><00:19:32.779><c> have</c><00:19:33.200><c> our</c><00:19:33.519><c> title.</c>

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The<00:19:35.740><c> way</c><00:19:35.880><c> it's</c><00:19:36.099><c> punctuated</c><00:19:36.519><c> in</c><00:19:36.740><c> the</c><00:19:36.859><c> authorised</c><00:19:37.319><c> version,</c>

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it<00:19:37.819><c> looks</c><00:19:38.019><c> as</c><00:19:38.200><c> though</c><00:19:38.279><c> it's</c><00:19:38.500><c> just</c><00:19:38.700><c> saying</c><00:19:38.960><c> that</c><00:19:39.319><c> stormy</c><00:19:39.720><c> wind</c>

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fulfils<00:19:40.460><c> God's</c><00:19:40.880><c> word.</c>

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But<00:19:43.180><c> the</c><00:19:43.420><c> revised</c><00:19:43.619><c> version</c><00:19:43.940><c> doesn't</c><00:19:44.319><c> punctuate</c><00:19:44.759><c> it</c><00:19:44.920><c> in</c><00:19:45.059><c> quite</c>

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the<00:19:45.460><c> same</c><00:19:45.660><c> way.</c>

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And<00:19:46.940><c> I</c><00:19:47.039><c> think</c><00:19:47.180><c> really</c><00:19:47.440><c> it's</c><00:19:47.779><c> saying</c><00:19:47.920><c> that</c><00:19:48.180><c> all</c><00:19:48.480><c> these</c><00:19:48.779><c> things</c>

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fulfil<00:19:49.900><c> God's</c><00:19:50.359><c> word.</c>

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Fire,<00:19:52.380><c> hail,</c><00:19:53.119><c> snow,</c><00:19:54.299><c> vapour,</c><00:19:55.240><c> winds.</c>

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They<00:19:57.039><c> all</c><00:19:57.759><c> fulfil</c><00:19:58.400><c> God's</c><00:19:59.640><c> word.</c>

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The<00:20:04.319><c> previous</c><00:20:04.819><c> psalm</c><00:20:05.099><c> also</c><00:20:05.480><c> speaks</c><00:20:06.019><c> in</c><00:20:06.799><c> similar</c><00:20:07.140><c> terms.</c>

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Verse<00:20:08.079><c> 15,</c><00:20:09.240><c> God</c><00:20:09.599><c> sendeth</c><00:20:10.460><c> forth</c><00:20:10.839><c> his</c><00:20:11.240><c> commandments</c><00:20:11.980><c> upon</c><00:20:12.460><c> the</c><00:20:12.680><c> earth.</c>

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His<00:20:13.519><c> word</c><00:20:14.000><c> runneth</c><00:20:14.460><c> very</c><00:20:14.839><c> swiftly.</c>

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God<00:20:17.980><c> is</c><00:20:18.319><c> all</c><00:20:18.519><c> the</c><00:20:18.660><c> while</c><00:20:18.880><c> sending</c><00:20:19.200><c> his</c><00:20:19.519><c> commandments</c><00:20:20.059><c> upon</c>

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the<00:20:21.079><c> earth.</c>

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His<00:20:23.940><c> word</c><00:20:24.339><c> runs</c><00:20:24.740><c> very</c><00:20:25.339><c> swiftly.</c>

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Elsewhere<00:20:26.099><c> the</c><00:20:26.319><c> angels</c><00:20:26.599><c> are</c><00:20:26.859><c> spoken</c><00:20:27.200><c> of</c><00:20:27.519><c> as</c><00:20:27.960><c> being</c><00:20:28.140><c> like</c><00:20:28.400><c> the</c>

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eyes<00:20:28.859><c> of</c><00:20:29.099><c> God</c><00:20:29.400><c> that</c><00:20:29.700><c> run</c><00:20:30.000><c> to</c><00:20:30.420><c> and</c><00:20:30.779><c> fro</c><00:20:31.000><c> in</c><00:20:31.240><c> the</c><00:20:31.480><c> earth.</c>

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It<00:20:33.200><c> is</c><00:20:33.339><c> through</c><00:20:33.539><c> his</c><00:20:33.680><c> angels</c><00:20:34.160><c> of</c><00:20:34.279><c> course</c><00:20:34.519><c> that</c><00:20:34.740><c> God</c><00:20:34.980><c> is</c><00:20:35.380><c> continually</c><00:20:36.180><c> working</c><00:20:37.240><c> out</c>

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his<00:20:37.759><c> purpose.</c>

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They<00:20:38.319><c> are</c><00:20:38.660><c> continually</c><00:20:39.259><c> fulfilling</c><00:20:39.960><c> his</c><00:20:40.440><c> commands.</c>

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And<00:20:43.160><c> it's</c><00:20:43.240><c> in</c><00:20:43.339><c> that</c><00:20:43.519><c> context</c><00:20:44.019><c> that</c><00:20:44.299><c> we</c><00:20:44.500><c> read,</c><00:20:44.940><c> he</c><00:20:45.019><c> giveth</c><00:20:45.339><c> snow</c>

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like<00:20:47.160><c> wool.</c>

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He<00:20:48.480><c> scattereth</c><00:20:49.759><c> the</c><00:20:50.920><c> hoarfrost</c><00:20:51.500><c> like</c><00:20:51.799><c> ashes.</c>

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He<00:20:54.579><c> casteth</c><00:20:55.140><c> forth</c><00:20:55.359><c> his</c><00:20:55.619><c> ice</c><00:20:55.940><c> like</c><00:20:56.339><c> morsels.</c>

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Who<00:20:57.400><c> can</c><00:20:57.819><c> stand</c><00:20:58.240><c> before</c><00:20:58.680><c> his</c><00:20:59.000><c> cold?</c>

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And<00:21:01.259><c> cold</c><00:21:01.440><c> weather</c><00:21:02.019><c> has</c><00:21:02.859><c> at</c><00:21:03.079><c> times</c><00:21:03.460><c> had</c><00:21:03.740><c> a</c><00:21:03.880><c> significant</c><00:21:04.759><c> effect</c><00:21:05.480><c> upon</c>

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the<00:21:07.259><c> wars</c><00:21:07.619><c> of</c><00:21:07.920><c> mankind.</c>

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And<00:21:11.759><c> then</c><00:21:11.880><c> he</c><00:21:12.059><c> sendeth</c><00:21:12.319><c> out</c><00:21:12.559><c> his</c><00:21:12.799><c> word</c><00:21:13.059><c> and</c><00:21:13.319><c> melteth</c><00:21:13.700><c> them.</c>

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He<00:21:14.160><c> causeth</c><00:21:14.420><c> his</c><00:21:14.660><c> wind</c><00:21:14.859><c> to</c><00:21:16.359><c> blow</c><00:21:16.579><c> and</c><00:21:16.859><c> the</c><00:21:17.019><c> waters</c><00:21:17.519><c> flow.</c>

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Floods<00:21:20.380><c> come</c><00:21:20.900><c> and</c><00:21:21.740><c> likewise</c><00:21:22.140><c> may</c><00:21:22.400><c> fulfil</c><00:21:22.759><c> his</c><00:21:23.039><c> purpose.</c>

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We<00:21:28.380><c> also</c><00:21:28.680><c> read</c><00:21:28.759><c> of</c><00:21:28.880><c> this</c><00:21:29.019><c> sort</c><00:21:29.160><c> of</c><00:21:29.279><c> thing</c><00:21:29.420><c> in</c><00:21:29.720><c> the</c><00:21:30.119><c> book</c><00:21:30.279><c> of</c><00:21:30.599><c> Job.</c>

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And<00:21:30.920><c> I'd</c><00:21:31.180><c> like</c><00:21:31.220><c> to</c><00:21:31.759><c> turn</c><00:21:32.140><c> now</c><00:21:32.480><c> to</c><00:21:33.720><c> look</c><00:21:33.980><c> at</c><00:21:34.599><c> three</c><00:21:34.839><c> passages</c><00:21:35.380><c> towards</c><00:21:36.259><c> the</c><00:21:36.380><c> end</c><00:21:36.500><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:36.640><c> book</c><00:21:36.799><c> of</c><00:21:37.039><c> Job.</c>

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They're<00:21:37.559><c> in</c><00:21:37.700><c> successive</c><00:21:38.140><c> chapters,</c><00:21:39.019><c> beginning</c><00:21:39.700><c> in</c><00:21:40.539><c> chapter</c><00:21:40.819><c> 36.</c>

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Two<00:21:44.859><c> of</c><00:21:45.039><c> them</c><00:21:45.200><c> are</c><00:21:45.819><c> the</c><00:21:46.000><c> words</c><00:21:46.440><c> of</c><00:21:46.940><c> Elihu</c><00:21:47.539><c> and</c><00:21:48.140><c> the</c><00:21:48.339><c> third</c><00:21:48.559><c> is</c>

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the<00:21:48.880><c> words</c><00:21:49.319><c> of</c><00:21:49.559><c> God</c><00:21:49.859><c> himself.</c>

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Now<00:21:51.500><c> I</c><00:21:51.559><c> don't</c><00:21:51.660><c> know</c><00:21:51.759><c> what</c><00:21:51.880><c> your</c><00:21:52.079><c> view</c><00:21:52.279><c> of</c><00:21:52.900><c> the</c><00:21:53.200><c> place</c><00:21:53.400><c> of</c><00:21:53.599><c> Elihu</c>

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in<00:21:55.099><c> the</c><00:21:55.220><c> book</c><00:21:55.400><c> of</c><00:21:55.660><c> Job</c><00:21:55.859><c> is.</c>

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There<00:21:56.500><c> are</c><00:21:56.660><c> two</c><00:21:56.940><c> schools</c><00:21:57.240><c> of</c><00:21:57.579><c> thought.</c>

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Some<00:21:59.400><c> say</c><00:21:59.779><c> that</c><00:22:00.579><c> he</c><00:22:01.660><c> was</c><00:22:01.900><c> a</c><00:22:01.940><c> self</c><00:22:02.220><c>-opinionated</c><00:22:02.880><c> young</c><00:22:03.160><c> man</c><00:22:03.480><c> who</c>

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jumped<00:22:04.700><c> in</c><00:22:04.880><c> at</c><00:22:05.039><c> the</c><00:22:05.240><c> end</c>

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and<00:22:06.759><c> wasn't</c><00:22:07.059><c> really</c><00:22:08.200><c> speaking</c><00:22:08.900><c> in</c><00:22:09.099><c> a</c><00:22:09.220><c> way</c><00:22:09.359><c> approved</c><00:22:09.740><c> by</c><00:22:10.059><c> God.</c>

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Others<00:22:12.359><c> regard</c><00:22:12.920><c> him</c><00:22:13.779><c> entirely</c><00:22:14.359><c> differently</c><00:22:14.980><c> and</c><00:22:15.960><c> say</c><00:22:16.160><c> that</c>

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he<00:22:16.440><c> was</c><00:22:16.799><c> truly</c><00:22:17.180><c> speaking</c><00:22:17.559><c> on</c><00:22:18.500><c> behalf</c><00:22:18.960><c> of</c><00:22:19.240><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:20.440><c> I</c><00:22:20.839><c> take</c><00:22:21.079><c> the</c><00:22:21.220><c> latter</c><00:22:21.400><c> view.</c>

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There<00:22:22.240><c> are</c><00:22:22.420><c> some</c><00:22:22.619><c> difficult</c><00:22:22.960><c> passages</c><00:22:23.400><c> in</c><00:22:23.779><c> relation</c><00:22:24.099><c> to</c><00:22:24.299><c> that</c>

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which<00:22:24.779><c> we</c><00:22:25.039><c> can't</c><00:22:25.259><c> go</c><00:22:25.420><c> into</c><00:22:25.619><c> now.</c>

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But<00:22:27.859><c> I</c><00:22:28.200><c> think</c><00:22:28.480><c> it's</c><00:22:29.099><c> important</c><00:22:29.440><c> of</c><00:22:29.660><c> course,</c><00:22:31.420><c> from</c><00:22:31.579><c> my</c><00:22:31.839><c> point</c>

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of<00:22:32.059><c> view,</c><00:22:32.259><c> that</c><00:22:32.319><c> he</c><00:22:32.440><c> is</c><00:22:32.720><c> speaking</c><00:22:33.039><c> on</c><00:22:33.220><c> behalf</c><00:22:33.819><c> of</c><00:22:34.099><c> God.</c>

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Otherwise<00:22:34.660><c> his</c><00:22:34.900><c> words</c><00:22:35.180><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:35.460><c> necessarily</c><00:22:36.000><c> have</c><00:22:36.259><c> any</c><00:22:37.200><c> validity.</c>

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I<00:22:39.279><c> think</c><00:22:39.740><c> we</c><00:22:40.160><c> also</c><00:22:40.380><c> need</c><00:22:40.579><c> to</c><00:22:40.819><c> realise</c><00:22:41.299><c> towards</c><00:22:42.920><c> the</c><00:22:43.099><c> end</c><00:22:43.259><c> of</c>

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Elihu's<00:22:44.059><c> words,</c>

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the<00:22:45.240><c> chapters</c><00:22:45.599><c> that</c><00:22:45.720><c> we're</c><00:22:45.920><c> going</c><00:22:46.019><c> to</c><00:22:46.099><c> look</c><00:22:46.279><c> at,</c><00:22:46.440><c> 36</c><00:22:46.859><c> and</c><00:22:47.039><c> 37,</c>

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there<00:22:48.480><c> are</c><00:22:49.019><c> in</c><00:22:49.160><c> fact</c><00:22:49.460><c> dramatic</c><00:22:50.039><c> goings</c><00:22:50.519><c> on</c><00:22:50.619><c> in</c><00:22:50.799><c> the</c><00:22:50.900><c> heavens.</c>

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A<00:22:52.539><c> great</c><00:22:52.839><c> storm</c><00:22:53.259><c> is</c><00:22:53.539><c> building</c><00:22:53.799><c> up.</c>

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And<00:22:55.579><c> this</c><00:22:55.720><c> seems</c><00:22:56.119><c> to</c><00:22:57.359><c> direct</c><00:22:57.980><c> the</c><00:22:58.339><c> thoughts</c><00:22:58.680><c> of</c><00:22:59.599><c> Elihu</c><00:23:00.720><c> towards</c><00:23:01.500><c> that</c><00:23:02.700><c> storm</c>

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and<00:23:03.339><c> the</c><00:23:03.480><c> way</c><00:23:03.680><c> God</c><00:23:03.980><c> uses</c><00:23:04.579><c> the</c><00:23:05.039><c> weather</c><00:23:05.279><c> in</c><00:23:05.619><c> his</c><00:23:05.900><c> purpose.</c>

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So<00:23:07.579><c> chapter</c><00:23:07.940><c> 36</c><00:23:09.240><c> and</c><00:23:09.539><c> verse</c><00:23:09.880><c> 26.</c>

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Behold,<00:23:12.259><c> God</c><00:23:12.619><c> is</c><00:23:13.099><c> great</c><00:23:13.579><c> and</c><00:23:14.259><c> we</c><00:23:14.500><c> know</c><00:23:14.740><c> him</c><00:23:15.039><c> not.</c>

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Neither<00:23:16.180><c> can</c><00:23:16.420><c> the</c><00:23:16.579><c> number</c><00:23:16.799><c> of</c><00:23:16.960><c> his</c><00:23:17.220><c> years</c><00:23:17.720><c> be</c><00:23:18.160><c> searched</c><00:23:18.480><c> out,</c>

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for<00:23:19.960><c> he</c><00:23:20.259><c> maketh</c><00:23:20.640><c> small</c><00:23:21.160><c> the</c><00:23:21.359><c> drops</c><00:23:21.640><c> of</c><00:23:22.079><c> water.</c>

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They<00:23:23.279><c> pour</c><00:23:23.519><c> down</c><00:23:23.839><c> rain</c><00:23:24.119><c> according</c><00:23:24.539><c> to</c><00:23:24.740><c> the</c><00:23:24.880><c> vapour</c><00:23:25.180><c> thereof,</c>

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which<00:23:26.279><c> the</c><00:23:26.559><c> clouds</c><00:23:26.859><c> do</c><00:23:27.200><c> drop</c><00:23:27.519><c> and</c><00:23:27.839><c> distill</c><00:23:28.099><c> upon</c><00:23:28.460><c> man</c><00:23:28.960><c> abundantly.</c>

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I<00:23:32.380><c> think</c><00:23:32.519><c> he's</c><00:23:32.799><c> saying</c><00:23:32.880><c> that</c><00:23:33.119><c> as</c><00:23:33.539><c> he</c><00:23:33.720><c> sees</c><00:23:33.920><c> the</c><00:23:34.140><c> clouds</c><00:23:34.579><c> building</c><00:23:34.900><c> up</c><00:23:35.200><c> for</c>

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a<00:23:35.519><c> storm.</c>

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Also<00:23:38.640><c> can</c><00:23:39.000><c> any</c><00:23:39.200><c> understand</c><00:23:39.920><c> the</c><00:23:40.259><c> spreadings</c><00:23:40.480><c> of</c><00:23:40.619><c> the</c><00:23:40.819><c> clouds?</c>

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Or,<00:23:43.720><c> revised</c><00:23:43.759><c> version,</c><00:23:44.319><c> the</c><00:23:44.640><c> thunderings</c><00:23:45.140><c> of</c><00:23:45.299><c> his</c><00:23:45.519><c> pavilion?</c>

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See<00:23:47.259><c> the</c><00:23:47.400><c> thunder</c><00:23:47.799><c> is</c><00:23:48.279><c> beginning</c><00:23:48.779><c> for</c><00:23:49.539><c> this</c><00:23:49.799><c> storm.</c>

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Behold,<00:23:51.819><c> he</c><00:23:52.079><c> spreadeth</c><00:23:52.400><c> his</c><00:23:52.660><c> light</c><00:23:53.000><c> around</c><00:23:53.480><c> him</c><00:23:53.819><c> and</c><00:23:54.279><c> he</c><00:23:54.579><c> covereth</c><00:23:54.859><c> the</c>

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bottom<00:23:55.180><c> of</c><00:23:55.400><c> the</c><00:23:55.579><c> sea.</c>

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Maybe<00:23:56.259><c> that's</c><00:23:56.960><c> influenced</c><00:23:57.319><c> by</c><00:23:58.240><c> flashes</c><00:23:58.599><c> of</c><00:23:58.859><c> lightning.</c>

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For<00:24:00.119><c> by</c><00:24:01.059><c> these,</c><00:24:02.619><c> I'm</c><00:24:02.779><c> reading</c><00:24:02.980><c> now</c><00:24:03.140><c> from</c><00:24:03.279><c> the</c><00:24:03.420><c> revised</c><00:24:03.680><c> version,</c>

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and<00:24:04.000><c> by</c><00:24:04.380><c> these</c><00:24:04.839><c> he</c><00:24:05.339><c> judgeth</c><00:24:06.339><c> not</c><00:24:06.579><c> the</c><00:24:06.900><c> people,</c><00:24:07.519><c> as</c><00:24:07.660><c> in</c><00:24:07.859><c> the</c>

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authorised<00:24:08.319><c> version,</c>

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but<00:24:08.740><c> the</c><00:24:09.019><c> peoples,</c><00:24:10.039><c> in</c><00:24:10.220><c> the</c><00:24:10.440><c> plural.</c>

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Not<00:24:12.519><c> just</c><00:24:12.779><c> the</c><00:24:12.940><c> people</c><00:24:13.140><c> of</c><00:24:13.339><c> God,</c>

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of<00:24:14.680><c> course</c><00:24:14.779><c> he</c><00:24:14.839><c> wasn't</c><00:24:15.099><c> from</c><00:24:15.319><c> the</c><00:24:15.339><c> nation</c><00:24:15.579><c> of</c><00:24:15.759><c> Israel</c><00:24:15.960><c> anyway,</c>

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but<00:24:17.339><c> the</c><00:24:17.779><c> peoples</c><00:24:18.140><c> of</c><00:24:18.420><c> the</c><00:24:18.619><c> earth</c><00:24:18.940><c> in</c><00:24:19.359><c> general.</c>

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He<00:24:20.940><c> giveth</c><00:24:21.140><c> meat</c><00:24:21.680><c> in</c><00:24:22.819><c> abundance.</c>

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But<00:24:25.700><c> then</c><00:24:25.819><c> more</c><00:24:26.079><c> explicitly</c><00:24:26.779><c> in</c><00:24:28.019><c> chapter</c><00:24:28.299><c> 37</c><00:24:29.140><c> and</c><00:24:29.680><c> verse</c><00:24:29.960><c> 5,</c>

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God<00:24:30.980><c> thundereth</c><00:24:31.660><c> marvellously</c><00:24:32.359><c> with</c><00:24:32.579><c> his</c><00:24:32.759><c> voice.</c>

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The<00:24:35.039><c> storm</c><00:24:35.299><c> is</c><00:24:35.519><c> beginning</c><00:24:35.779><c> to</c><00:24:36.119><c> rage</c><00:24:36.440><c> furiously.</c>

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Great<00:24:38.720><c> things</c><00:24:39.220><c> doeth</c><00:24:39.619><c> he</c><00:24:39.779><c> which</c><00:24:40.059><c> we</c><00:24:40.420><c> cannot</c><00:24:40.759><c> comprehend,</c>

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for<00:24:41.819><c> he</c><00:24:42.039><c> saith</c><00:24:42.200><c> to</c><00:24:42.400><c> the</c><00:24:42.619><c> snow,</c><00:24:43.140><c> Fall</c><00:24:43.319><c> thou</c><00:24:43.460><c> on</c><00:24:43.660><c> the</c><00:24:43.819><c> earth.</c>

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Likewise<00:24:44.900><c> to</c><00:24:45.700><c> the</c><00:24:46.319><c> shower</c><00:24:46.680><c> of</c><00:24:46.960><c> rain,</c>

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and<00:24:47.779><c> to</c><00:24:47.960><c> the</c><00:24:48.259><c> showers</c><00:24:48.559><c> of</c><00:24:48.880><c> his</c><00:24:49.180><c> mighty</c><00:24:49.539><c> rain.</c>

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It's<00:24:50.759><c> beginning</c><00:24:50.960><c> to</c><00:24:51.200><c> rain</c><00:24:51.319><c> very</c><00:24:51.680><c> hard.</c>

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A<00:24:52.859><c> tropical</c><00:24:53.200><c> storm</c><00:24:53.500><c> as</c><00:24:53.660><c> we</c><00:24:53.759><c> might</c><00:24:54.019><c> think.</c>

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:55.920
I<00:24:54.359><c> suppose</c><00:24:54.519><c> you'd</c><00:24:54.779><c> get</c><00:24:54.839><c> that</c><00:24:55.039><c> sort</c><00:24:55.160><c> of</c><00:24:55.240><c> thing</c><00:24:55.380><c> over</c><00:24:55.579><c> here</c><00:24:55.700><c> much</c>

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more<00:24:56.099><c> than</c><00:24:56.200><c> we</c><00:24:56.460><c> would</c><00:24:56.920><c> in</c><00:24:57.940><c> England.</c>

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But<00:25:02.799><c> then</c><00:25:02.980><c> he</c><00:25:03.099><c> talks</c><00:25:03.339><c> about</c><00:25:03.559><c> other</c><00:25:03.779><c> aspects</c><00:25:04.220><c> of</c><00:25:04.440><c> the</c><00:25:04.539><c> way</c><00:25:04.880><c> God</c><00:25:05.180><c> works,</c>

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not<00:25:07.380><c> related</c><00:25:07.680><c> to</c><00:25:07.779><c> what</c><00:25:07.920><c> was</c><00:25:08.119><c> going</c><00:25:08.299><c> on</c><00:25:08.539><c> then</c><00:25:08.720><c> and</c><00:25:08.900><c> there.</c>

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Out<00:25:09.420><c> of</c><00:25:09.859><c> the</c><00:25:10.160><c> chamber</c><00:25:10.519><c> of</c><00:25:10.819><c> the</c><00:25:11.079><c> south</c><00:25:11.400><c> cometh</c><00:25:11.819><c> the</c><00:25:12.119><c> storm,</c><00:25:12.539><c> verse</c><00:25:12.880><c> 9,</c>

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and<00:25:13.680><c> cold</c><00:25:13.980><c> out</c><00:25:14.220><c> of</c><00:25:14.380><c> the</c><00:25:14.539><c> north</c><00:25:14.880><c> by</c><00:25:15.299><c> the</c><00:25:15.480><c> breath</c><00:25:15.640><c> of</c><00:25:15.940><c> God</c><00:25:16.339><c> ice</c><00:25:16.920><c> is</c><00:25:17.299><c> given,</c>

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and<00:25:18.119><c> the</c><00:25:18.299><c> breadth</c><00:25:18.539><c> of</c><00:25:18.759><c> the</c><00:25:18.920><c> waters</c><00:25:19.140><c> is</c><00:25:19.579><c> straightened.</c>

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Yea,<00:25:20.799><c> he</c><00:25:21.039><c> ladeth</c><00:25:21.279><c> the</c><00:25:21.500><c> thick</c><00:25:21.700><c> cloud</c><00:25:22.079><c> with</c><00:25:22.319><c> moisture.</c>

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He<00:25:23.420><c> spreadeth</c><00:25:23.859><c> abroad</c><00:25:24.220><c> the</c><00:25:24.460><c> cloud</c><00:25:24.799><c> of</c><00:25:24.980><c> his</c><00:25:25.160><c> lightning,</c>

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and<00:25:26.279><c> it</c><00:25:26.480><c> is</c><00:25:26.779><c> turned</c><00:25:27.460><c> around</c><00:25:28.420><c> by</c><00:25:29.099><c> his</c><00:25:29.700><c> guidance</c>

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:34.240
that<00:25:31.160><c> they</c><00:25:31.480><c> may</c><00:25:31.819><c> do</c><00:25:32.400><c> whatsoever</c><00:25:33.019><c> he</c><00:25:33.480><c> commanded</c><00:25:33.839><c> them.</c>

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:38.839
The<00:25:34.640><c> clouds</c><00:25:34.960><c> of</c><00:25:35.160><c> the</c><00:25:35.279><c> heavens</c><00:25:35.619><c> are</c><00:25:36.059><c> doing</c><00:25:36.420><c> what</c><00:25:37.039><c> God</c><00:25:37.380><c> commands</c>

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:44.599
upon<00:25:41.019><c> the</c><00:25:41.299><c> face</c><00:25:42.039><c> of</c><00:25:42.619><c> the</c><00:25:42.759><c> habitable</c><00:25:44.059><c> world.</c>

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:47.039
And<00:25:45.319><c> here</c><00:25:45.440><c> is</c><00:25:45.599><c> the</c><00:25:45.700><c> key</c><00:25:45.920><c> verse,</c>

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:50.420
Whether<00:25:47.960><c> it</c><00:25:48.640><c> be</c><00:25:48.980><c> for</c><00:25:49.400><c> correction,</c>

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or<00:25:51.279><c> for</c><00:25:51.579><c> his</c><00:25:51.859><c> land,</c>

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:57.000
or<00:25:53.339><c> for</c><00:25:53.660><c> mercy</c><00:25:54.119><c> that</c><00:25:54.599><c> he</c><00:25:54.940><c> cause</c><00:25:55.160><c> it</c><00:25:55.900><c> to</c><00:25:56.180><c> come.</c>

00:25:57.039 --> 00:26:01.299
These<00:25:57.400><c> are</c><00:25:57.660><c> different</c><00:25:57.960><c> aspects</c><00:25:58.460><c> of</c><00:25:58.660><c> how</c><00:25:59.000><c> God</c><00:25:59.579><c> uses</c><00:26:00.380><c> the</c><00:26:00.900><c> weather</c><00:26:01.059><c> for</c>

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.559
his<00:26:01.519><c> purpose.</c>

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:10.640
There's<00:26:05.099><c> a</c><00:26:05.279><c> recognition</c><00:26:05.619><c> here</c><00:26:06.599><c> that</c><00:26:07.859><c> even</c><00:26:08.980><c> though</c><00:26:09.240><c> these</c><00:26:09.619><c> are</c>

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:12.759
not<00:26:11.039><c> Jewish</c><00:26:11.759><c> people,</c>

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.900
not<00:26:13.000><c> part</c><00:26:13.279><c> of</c><00:26:13.460><c> Israel,</c>

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:18.079
they<00:26:14.700><c> are</c><00:26:14.960><c> of</c><00:26:15.019><c> course</c><00:26:15.980><c> descendants</c><00:26:16.740><c> of</c><00:26:17.019><c> Abraham,</c>

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:20.779
and<00:26:18.900><c> they</c><00:26:19.099><c> obviously</c><00:26:19.279><c> have</c><00:26:19.519><c> an</c><00:26:19.779><c> understanding</c><00:26:20.259><c> of</c><00:26:20.420><c> God</c><00:26:20.619><c> and</c>

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.339
his<00:26:20.960><c> promises,</c>

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:24.240
and<00:26:21.539><c> they</c><00:26:21.799><c> recognise</c><00:26:22.240><c> that</c><00:26:22.660><c> the</c><00:26:23.059><c> land</c><00:26:23.380><c> of</c><00:26:23.640><c> Israel</c><00:26:23.920><c> is</c><00:26:24.059><c> where</c>

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:26.559
God's<00:26:24.640><c> purpose</c><00:26:24.920><c> is</c><00:26:25.640><c> settled.</c>

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:32.140
God<00:26:28.039><c> uses</c><00:26:28.660><c> the</c><00:26:29.480><c> weather</c><00:26:29.700><c> for</c><00:26:30.660><c> his</c><00:26:30.980><c> land.</c>

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:37.960
He<00:26:35.460><c> brings</c><00:26:35.980><c> these</c><00:26:36.279><c> things</c><00:26:36.460><c> about</c><00:26:36.799><c> for</c><00:26:37.000><c> these</c><00:26:37.319><c> different</c><00:26:37.619><c> purposes.</c>

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:39.680
It<00:26:38.140><c> might</c><00:26:38.339><c> be</c><00:26:38.579><c> correction,</c>

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:42.660
it<00:26:40.480><c> might</c><00:26:40.759><c> be</c><00:26:41.640><c> for</c><00:26:41.819><c> God's</c><00:26:42.259><c> land,</c>

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:45.500
it<00:26:43.079><c> might</c><00:26:43.380><c> be</c><00:26:44.220><c> for</c><00:26:44.500><c> mercy.</c>

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.960
There's<00:26:48.019><c> a</c><00:26:48.200><c> hint</c><00:26:48.380><c> here,</c>

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:52.900
surely<00:26:49.519><c> that</c><00:26:50.220><c> sometimes</c><00:26:50.759><c> these</c><00:26:51.059><c> things</c><00:26:51.519><c> work</c><00:26:52.180><c> out</c><00:26:52.420><c> over</c><00:26:52.660><c> the</c>

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.500
long<00:26:53.220><c> term</c>

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:56.400
rather<00:26:53.819><c> than</c><00:26:54.119><c> the</c><00:26:55.019><c> short</c><00:26:55.359><c> term.</c>

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:01.400
Then<00:26:59.559><c> in</c><00:26:59.700><c> Chapter</c><00:26:59.900><c> 38,</c>

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:05.200
and<00:27:02.460><c> now</c><00:27:03.039><c> God</c><00:27:03.559><c> has</c><00:27:04.700><c> intervened,</c>

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:07.900
he<00:27:05.359><c> has</c><00:27:05.700><c> spoken</c><00:27:06.119><c> out</c><00:27:06.440><c> of</c><00:27:06.579><c> the</c><00:27:06.799><c> whirlwind,</c>

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:16.660
he<00:27:10.099><c> declares</c><00:27:10.619><c> to</c><00:27:11.200><c> these</c><00:27:11.759><c> frail,</c><00:27:12.539><c> mortal</c><00:27:13.319><c> human</c><00:27:13.880><c> beings</c><00:27:14.420><c> his</c><00:27:15.420><c> greatness</c><00:27:15.960><c> by</c><00:27:16.539><c> a</c>

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.460
series<00:27:16.839><c> of</c><00:27:17.099><c> questions.</c>

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:19.859
Do<00:27:17.619><c> you</c><00:27:17.779><c> understand</c><00:27:18.200><c> this?</c><00:27:18.539><c> Do</c><00:27:18.660><c> you</c><00:27:18.740><c> know</c><00:27:18.980><c> that?</c>

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:23.400
The<00:27:20.319><c> answer</c><00:27:20.559><c> to</c><00:27:20.720><c> all</c><00:27:20.920><c> these</c><00:27:21.099><c> things</c><00:27:21.319><c> is</c><00:27:21.500><c> of</c><00:27:21.579><c> course</c><00:27:22.259><c> no.</c>

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.539
And<00:27:24.539><c> it's</c><00:27:24.640><c> really</c><00:27:24.839><c> no</c><00:27:25.019><c> better</c><00:27:25.200><c> today.</c>

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:28.640
Scientists<00:27:26.079><c> have</c><00:27:26.339><c> made</c><00:27:26.500><c> many</c><00:27:27.500><c> wonderful</c><00:27:28.099><c> discoveries,</c>

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:32.279
but<00:27:28.839><c> they</c><00:27:29.039><c> don't</c><00:27:29.279><c> really</c><00:27:29.720><c> know</c><00:27:29.960><c> the</c><00:27:30.519><c> answers</c><00:27:30.799><c> to</c><00:27:30.960><c> the</c><00:27:31.200><c> fundamental</c><00:27:31.660><c> things</c>

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:34.940
of<00:27:32.900><c> how</c><00:27:33.220><c> our</c><00:27:33.559><c> world</c><00:27:33.819><c> works.</c>

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:38.400
And<00:27:36.140><c> he</c><00:27:36.279><c> says,</c><00:27:37.099><c> Verse</c><00:27:37.880><c> 22,</c>

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:42.299
Hast<00:27:38.740><c> thou</c><00:27:39.019><c> entered</c><00:27:39.480><c> into</c><00:27:40.720><c> the</c><00:27:41.079><c> treasuries</c><00:27:41.420><c> of</c><00:27:41.640><c> the</c><00:27:41.920><c> snow,</c>

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:44.940
or<00:27:42.839><c> hast</c><00:27:43.099><c> thou</c><00:27:43.319><c> seen</c><00:27:43.680><c> the</c><00:27:43.920><c> treasures</c><00:27:44.180><c> of</c><00:27:44.400><c> the</c><00:27:44.599><c> hail,</c>

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:48.200
which<00:27:45.599><c> I</c><00:27:45.880><c> have</c><00:27:46.099><c> reserved</c><00:27:46.700><c> against</c><00:27:47.140><c> the</c><00:27:47.380><c> time</c><00:27:47.559><c> of</c><00:27:47.819><c> trouble,</c>

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:51.779
against<00:27:49.019><c> the</c><00:27:49.319><c> day</c><00:27:49.599><c> of</c><00:27:50.019><c> battle</c><00:27:50.359><c> and</c><00:27:50.799><c> war?</c>

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:58.660
God<00:27:54.480><c> clearly</c><00:27:55.059><c> says</c><00:27:55.359><c> here</c><00:27:55.740><c> that</c><00:27:56.200><c> he</c><00:27:56.559><c> uses</c><00:27:57.039><c> the</c><00:27:57.579><c> weather</c><00:27:57.880><c> to</c>

00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.680
influence<00:27:59.160><c> battles,</c>

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:03.619
to<00:27:59.940><c> influence</c><00:28:00.400><c> wars,</c><00:28:01.579><c> to</c><00:28:01.700><c> fulfill</c><00:28:02.119><c> his</c><00:28:02.380><c> purpose.</c>

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:09.400
One<00:28:08.119><c> more</c><00:28:08.339><c> reference,</c>

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:14.599
it's<00:28:10.539><c> in</c><00:28:10.799><c> the</c><00:28:11.779><c> prophecy</c><00:28:12.019><c> of</c><00:28:12.359><c> Nahum</c><00:28:12.700><c> and</c><00:28:12.900><c> the</c><00:28:13.079><c> first</c><00:28:13.319><c> chapter.</c>

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:21.539
Nahum,<00:28:20.720><c> Chapter</c><00:28:21.079><c> 1,</c>

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:26.920
a<00:28:22.099><c> prophecy</c><00:28:22.440><c> of</c><00:28:22.660><c> course</c><00:28:22.900><c> specifically</c><00:28:23.700><c> about</c><00:28:24.460><c> the</c><00:28:25.019><c> coming</c><00:28:25.480><c> overthrow</c><00:28:26.099><c> of</c>

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:30.119
the<00:28:28.059><c> Assyrian</c><00:28:28.859><c> Empire,</c>

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:37.039
which<00:28:31.839><c> had</c><00:28:32.140><c> brought</c><00:28:32.339><c> judgment</c><00:28:32.779><c> upon</c><00:28:33.980><c> Israel</c><00:28:35.240><c> and</c><00:28:35.559><c> Judah</c><00:28:36.019><c> and</c>

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:39.359
was<00:28:37.440><c> shortly</c><00:28:37.720><c> to</c><00:28:38.019><c> pass</c><00:28:38.259><c> away.</c>

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:48.440
But<00:28:42.039><c> the</c><00:28:42.299><c> prophecy</c><00:28:42.519><c> is</c><00:28:42.819><c> introduced</c><00:28:43.259><c> in</c><00:28:43.460><c> Verse</c><00:28:44.039><c> 3</c><00:28:45.559><c> with</c><00:28:46.900><c> a</c><00:28:47.279><c> statement</c><00:28:47.539><c> again</c><00:28:47.900><c> about</c><00:28:48.259><c> the</c>

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:51.859
way<00:28:48.900><c> God</c><00:28:49.480><c> fulfills</c><00:28:50.380><c> his</c><00:28:50.619><c> purpose.</c>

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:53.720
Nahum<00:28:52.759><c> 1,</c><00:28:53.019><c> Verse</c><00:28:53.279><c> 3,</c>

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The<00:28:53.880><c> Lord</c><00:28:54.279><c> is</c><00:28:54.680><c> slow</c><00:28:55.079><c> to</c><00:28:55.299><c> anger</c><00:28:55.640><c> and</c><00:28:55.920><c> great</c><00:28:56.160><c> in</c><00:28:56.480><c> power</c><00:28:56.819><c> and</c><00:28:57.119><c> will</c>

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:59.180
not<00:28:57.519><c> at</c><00:28:57.640><c> all</c><00:28:57.799><c> acquit</c><00:28:58.099><c> the</c><00:28:58.299><c> guilty.</c>

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:04.660
The<00:28:59.700><c> Lord</c><00:29:00.059><c> hath</c><00:29:00.380><c> his</c><00:29:00.740><c> way</c><00:29:01.160><c> in</c><00:29:01.480><c> the</c><00:29:01.740><c> whirlwind</c><00:29:02.339><c> and</c><00:29:02.940><c> in</c><00:29:03.279><c> the</c><00:29:03.559><c> storm,</c>

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:08.140
and<00:29:05.380><c> the</c><00:29:05.599><c> clouds</c><00:29:06.059><c> are</c><00:29:06.839><c> the</c><00:29:06.980><c> dust</c><00:29:07.240><c> of</c><00:29:07.400><c> his</c><00:29:07.740><c> feet.</c>

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:12.799
He<00:29:08.940><c> rebuketh</c><00:29:09.640><c> the</c><00:29:09.960><c> sea</c><00:29:10.319><c> and</c><00:29:10.579><c> maketh</c><00:29:10.880><c> it</c><00:29:11.160><c> dry</c><00:29:11.579><c> and</c><00:29:12.319><c> drieth</c><00:29:12.579><c> up</c>

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.640
all<00:29:13.000><c> the</c><00:29:13.119><c> rivers.</c>

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:16.380
Bation<00:29:14.279><c> languisheth</c><00:29:15.019><c> and</c><00:29:15.279><c> Carmel</c><00:29:15.640><c> and</c><00:29:15.799><c> the</c><00:29:16.000><c> flower</c><00:29:16.200><c> of</c>

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:17.619
Lebanon<00:29:16.720><c> languisheth.</c>

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This<00:29:18.000><c> of</c><00:29:18.140><c> course</c><00:29:18.200><c> is</c><00:29:18.359><c> talking</c><00:29:18.579><c> about</c><00:29:18.920><c> drought</c><00:29:19.480><c> and</c><00:29:19.900><c> how</c><00:29:20.019><c> that</c>

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:22.180
can<00:29:21.000><c> fulfill</c><00:29:21.400><c> God's</c><00:29:21.819><c> purpose.</c>

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:26.680
The<00:29:22.740><c> mountains</c><00:29:23.160><c> quake</c><00:29:23.660><c> at</c><00:29:23.859><c> him</c><00:29:24.279><c> and</c><00:29:24.700><c> the</c><00:29:24.880><c> hills</c><00:29:25.160><c> melt</c><00:29:25.680><c> and</c><00:29:26.460><c> the</c>

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:29.099
earth<00:29:27.000><c> is</c><00:29:28.099><c> burned.</c>

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:34.099
The<00:29:29.640><c> revised</c><00:29:29.880><c> version</c><00:29:30.180><c> says</c><00:29:30.559><c> upheaveth</c><00:29:32.779><c> his</c><00:29:33.160><c> presence.</c>

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:36.779
This<00:29:34.859><c> is</c><00:29:35.000><c> talking</c><00:29:35.220><c> of</c><00:29:35.279><c> course</c><00:29:35.440><c> about</c><00:29:35.680><c> earthquakes.</c>

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:41.440
Yea,<00:29:38.400><c> the</c><00:29:38.480><c> world</c><00:29:39.079><c> and</c><00:29:39.880><c> all</c><00:29:40.160><c> that</c><00:29:40.420><c> dwell</c><00:29:40.700><c> therein.</c>

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:45.460
Who<00:29:41.940><c> can</c><00:29:42.339><c> stand</c><00:29:42.720><c> before</c><00:29:43.119><c> his</c><00:29:43.400><c> indignation</c><00:29:44.160><c> and</c><00:29:44.500><c> who</c><00:29:44.680><c> can</c><00:29:44.880><c> abide</c><00:29:45.259><c> in</c>

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.740
the<00:29:45.640><c> fierceness</c><00:29:46.039><c> of</c><00:29:46.180><c> his</c><00:29:46.420><c> anger?</c>

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:52.000
His<00:29:47.319><c> fury</c><00:29:47.660><c> is</c><00:29:47.960><c> poured</c><00:29:48.119><c> out</c><00:29:48.400><c> like</c><00:29:48.720><c> fire</c><00:29:49.140><c> and</c><00:29:49.299><c> the</c><00:29:49.460><c> rocks</c><00:29:49.819><c> are</c><00:29:50.220><c> thrown</c><00:29:50.440><c> down</c><00:29:50.779><c> by</c><00:29:51.079><c> him.</c>

00:29:54.400 --> 00:30:01.500
Yes,<00:29:55.119><c> God</c><00:29:55.640><c> has</c><00:29:56.779><c> infinite</c><00:29:57.420><c> power</c><00:29:57.980><c> and</c><00:29:58.380><c> of</c><00:29:58.539><c> course</c><00:29:59.480><c> man</c><00:30:00.039><c> is</c><00:30:00.720><c> incapable</c><00:30:01.140><c> of</c>

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resisting<00:30:01.880><c> that</c><00:30:02.799><c> power.</c>

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:10.359
And<00:30:06.680><c> one</c><00:30:07.319><c> of</c><00:30:07.420><c> the</c><00:30:07.460><c> ways</c><00:30:07.720><c> in</c><00:30:07.799><c> which</c><00:30:08.019><c> his</c><00:30:08.279><c> power</c><00:30:08.539><c> is</c><00:30:08.859><c> seen</c><00:30:09.180><c> is</c><00:30:09.880><c> in</c>

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:10.599
the<00:30:10.480><c> weather.</c>

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:17.099
I'm<00:30:10.779><c> sure</c><00:30:10.940><c> we've</c><00:30:11.299><c> been</c><00:30:12.000><c> awestruck</c><00:30:13.019><c> by</c><00:30:13.480><c> the</c><00:30:15.279><c> magnificence</c><00:30:16.240><c> of</c>

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:18.359
a<00:30:17.299><c> thunderstorm.</c>

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:23.980
Perhaps<00:30:20.900><c> even</c><00:30:21.539><c> terrified.</c>

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:27.519
This<00:30:24.960><c> part</c><00:30:25.220><c> of</c><00:30:25.380><c> the</c><00:30:25.519><c> world</c><00:30:25.740><c> you</c><00:30:25.880><c> get</c><00:30:26.380><c> things</c><00:30:26.700><c> like</c><00:30:27.140><c> hurricanes</c>

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:29.299
and<00:30:27.940><c> tornadoes</c><00:30:28.440><c> much</c><00:30:28.640><c> more</c><00:30:28.859><c> than</c><00:30:28.880><c> we</c><00:30:29.160><c> do.</c>

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:33.339
And<00:30:29.440><c> I'm</c><00:30:29.700><c> sure</c><00:30:29.980><c> these</c><00:30:30.220><c> must</c><00:30:30.380><c> be</c><00:30:31.079><c> very</c><00:30:31.380><c> frightening</c><00:30:31.859><c> demonstrations</c><00:30:32.640><c> to</c><00:30:33.000><c> us</c><00:30:33.180><c> of</c>

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:35.259
the<00:30:33.880><c> awesome</c><00:30:34.339><c> power</c><00:30:34.759><c> of</c><00:30:35.000><c> God</c>

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:38.799
which<00:30:35.619><c> man</c><00:30:35.900><c> is</c><00:30:36.359><c> quite</c><00:30:36.640><c> incapable</c><00:30:37.240><c> of</c><00:30:38.279><c> resisting.</c>

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:42.519
And<00:30:39.279><c> God</c><00:30:39.480><c> uses</c><00:30:39.799><c> this</c><00:30:40.119><c> power</c><00:30:40.779><c> for</c><00:30:41.160><c> his</c><00:30:41.400><c> purpose.</c>

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:47.759
So<00:30:45.019><c> that's</c><00:30:45.380><c> our</c><00:30:46.339><c> introduction.</c>

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:52.339
I'd<00:30:48.579><c> like</c><00:30:48.660><c> to</c><00:30:49.079><c> conclude</c><00:30:49.480><c> this</c><00:30:50.019><c> first</c><00:30:50.420><c> session</c><00:30:50.960><c> by</c><00:30:51.480><c> looking</c><00:30:51.740><c> at</c>

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:54.480
one<00:30:52.619><c> or</c><00:30:52.700><c> two</c><00:30:52.920><c> examples</c><00:30:53.380><c> in</c><00:30:53.599><c> the</c><00:30:53.720><c> book</c><00:30:53.880><c> of</c><00:30:54.160><c> Genesis</c>

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:58.000
as<00:30:54.759><c> to</c><00:30:54.859><c> how</c><00:30:55.079><c> this</c><00:30:56.359><c> principle</c><00:30:56.819><c> is</c><00:30:57.160><c> shown.</c>

00:30:58.940 --> 00:31:05.660
As<00:30:59.619><c> to</c><00:30:59.740><c> how</c><00:30:59.980><c> God</c><00:31:00.779><c> uses</c><00:31:01.759><c> these</c><00:31:03.240><c> things</c><00:31:03.740><c> in</c><00:31:04.359><c> his</c><00:31:04.640><c> purpose.</c>

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:08.039
I<00:31:06.279><c> want</c><00:31:06.440><c> to</c><00:31:06.519><c> start</c><00:31:06.680><c> with</c><00:31:06.819><c> something</c><00:31:07.059><c> that's</c><00:31:07.240><c> very</c><00:31:07.500><c> obvious.</c>

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:10.420
And<00:31:08.640><c> that</c><00:31:08.799><c> of</c><00:31:08.839><c> course</c><00:31:09.059><c> is</c><00:31:09.279><c> the</c><00:31:09.519><c> flood.</c>

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:17.440
We're<00:31:12.779><c> talking</c><00:31:13.059><c> about</c><00:31:14.180><c> stormy</c><00:31:14.660><c> wind</c><00:31:14.920><c> fulfilling</c><00:31:15.640><c> God's</c><00:31:16.480><c> word.</c>

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:21.579
And<00:31:18.460><c> in</c><00:31:18.559><c> order</c><00:31:18.740><c> to</c><00:31:18.980><c> fulfill</c><00:31:19.420><c> God's</c><00:31:19.940><c> word</c><00:31:20.279><c> he's</c><00:31:21.039><c> obviously</c><00:31:21.299><c> got</c>

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:26.059
to<00:31:22.740><c> state</c><00:31:23.079><c> beforehand</c><00:31:23.880><c> what</c><00:31:24.220><c> his</c><00:31:25.140><c> purpose</c><00:31:25.579><c> is.</c>

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:29.960
And<00:31:26.980><c> the</c><00:31:27.180><c> examples</c><00:31:27.480><c> that</c><00:31:27.640><c> we're</c><00:31:27.779><c> looking</c><00:31:28.000><c> at</c><00:31:28.220><c> we</c><00:31:28.480><c> shall</c><00:31:29.000><c> each</c>

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:31.160
establish<00:31:30.480><c> first</c><00:31:30.819><c> of</c><00:31:31.000><c> all</c>

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:33.720
that<00:31:31.299><c> God</c><00:31:31.539><c> has</c><00:31:31.900><c> said</c><00:31:32.099><c> he</c><00:31:32.279><c> will</c><00:31:32.460><c> do</c><00:31:32.700><c> these</c><00:31:33.039><c> things</c><00:31:33.240><c> before</c><00:31:33.500><c> he</c>

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:35.180
actually<00:31:34.019><c> does</c><00:31:34.240><c> them.</c>

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:38.279
It's<00:31:35.519><c> fairly</c><00:31:35.700><c> obvious</c><00:31:35.920><c> of</c><00:31:36.119><c> course</c><00:31:36.259><c> in</c><00:31:36.460><c> relation</c><00:31:36.920><c> to</c><00:31:37.240><c> the</c><00:31:37.960><c> flood.</c>

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:44.839
If<00:31:38.619><c> we</c><00:31:38.759><c> look</c><00:31:38.900><c> in</c><00:31:39.059><c> Genesis</c><00:31:39.460><c> chapter</c><00:31:40.160><c> 6</c><00:31:40.980><c> we</c><00:31:42.640><c> have</c><00:31:42.900><c> at</c><00:31:43.160><c> the</c><00:31:43.220><c> beginning</c><00:31:43.440><c> of</c><00:31:43.640><c> the</c><00:31:43.759><c> chapter</c>

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:49.319
God's<00:31:45.500><c> recognition</c><00:31:46.019><c> of</c><00:31:46.619><c> how</c><00:31:46.940><c> evil</c><00:31:47.440><c> the</c><00:31:47.779><c> world</c><00:31:48.039><c> had</c><00:31:48.319><c> become.</c>

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:52.160
And<00:31:49.660><c> he</c><00:31:49.779><c> basically</c><00:31:50.180><c> says</c><00:31:50.539><c> you've</c><00:31:50.819><c> got</c><00:31:50.920><c> another</c><00:31:51.220><c> 120</c><00:31:51.900><c> years.</c>

00:31:52.160 --> 00:32:05.079
Verse<00:31:53.180><c> 3.</c>

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:15.759
So<00:32:12.099><c> a</c><00:32:12.940><c> clear</c><00:32:13.140><c> declaration</c><00:32:13.720><c> by</c><00:32:14.079><c> God</c><00:32:14.579><c> as</c><00:32:14.960><c> to</c><00:32:15.099><c> his</c><00:32:15.279><c> purpose.</c>

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:20.539
And<00:32:16.279><c> of</c><00:32:16.480><c> course</c><00:32:16.720><c> he</c><00:32:17.319><c> fulfills</c><00:32:17.880><c> it</c><00:32:18.339><c> by</c><00:32:19.140><c> natural</c><00:32:19.920><c> means.</c>

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:21.339
Does<00:32:20.779><c> he</c><00:32:21.000><c> not?</c>

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:25.200
He<00:32:22.099><c> fulfills</c><00:32:22.519><c> it</c><00:32:22.720><c> by</c><00:32:23.539><c> a</c><00:32:23.960><c> great</c><00:32:24.240><c> flood.</c>

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:33.000
And<00:32:27.079><c> also</c><00:32:27.359><c> I</c><00:32:27.519><c> think</c><00:32:27.880><c> we</c><00:32:28.319><c> can</c><00:32:29.480><c> accept</c><00:32:31.059><c> that</c><00:32:31.839><c> there</c><00:32:32.700><c> must</c><00:32:32.900><c> have</c>

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:35.960
been<00:32:33.140><c> other</c><00:32:33.440><c> prophecies</c><00:32:33.819><c> in</c><00:32:34.019><c> those</c><00:32:34.299><c> days</c><00:32:34.799><c> as</c><00:32:35.359><c> to</c><00:32:35.480><c> what</c><00:32:35.599><c> was</c><00:32:35.839><c> happened.</c>

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:38.440
Noah<00:32:36.480><c> was</c><00:32:36.640><c> a</c><00:32:36.799><c> preacher</c><00:32:37.019><c> of</c><00:32:37.339><c> righteousness</c><00:32:37.640><c> for</c><00:32:37.900><c> all</c><00:32:38.059><c> this</c><00:32:38.240><c> time.</c>

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:42.460
He<00:32:38.579><c> must</c><00:32:38.839><c> have</c><00:32:39.279><c> spoken</c><00:32:39.619><c> on</c><00:32:39.839><c> behalf</c><00:32:40.119><c> of</c><00:32:40.279><c> the</c><00:32:40.420><c> God</c><00:32:40.799><c> many</c><00:32:41.200><c> times.</c>

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:50.480
We<00:32:43.960><c> have</c><00:32:44.539><c> Enoch</c><00:32:45.180><c> spoken</c><00:32:46.180><c> of</c><00:32:46.700><c> as</c><00:32:47.460><c> a</c><00:32:47.900><c> prophet</c><00:32:48.200><c> in</c><00:32:49.039><c> the</c><00:32:49.180><c> book</c><00:32:49.319><c> of</c><00:32:49.559><c> Jude.</c>

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:55.640
So<00:32:51.839><c> maybe</c><00:32:52.079><c> there's</c><00:32:52.400><c> another</c><00:32:52.680><c> prophetic</c><00:32:53.240><c> part</c><00:32:54.259><c> of</c><00:32:54.400><c> the</c><00:32:54.579><c> prophetic</c><00:32:54.880><c> ministry</c><00:32:55.420><c> at</c>

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:57.039
that<00:32:55.940><c> time.</c>

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:06.240
And<00:33:00.400><c> then</c><00:33:00.559><c> of</c><00:33:00.660><c> course</c><00:33:00.819><c> we</c><00:33:01.039><c> find</c><00:33:01.400><c> that</c><00:33:02.279><c> God</c><00:33:02.920><c> uses</c><00:33:04.579><c> the</c><00:33:05.579><c> rain</c><00:33:05.819><c> and</c>

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.500
uses<00:33:06.519><c> more</c><00:33:06.839><c> than</c><00:33:07.039><c> the</c><00:33:07.259><c> rain.</c>

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:12.519
If<00:33:07.819><c> we</c><00:33:08.000><c> look</c><00:33:08.240><c> at</c><00:33:08.319><c> chapter</c><00:33:08.700><c> 7</c><00:33:09.799><c> and</c><00:33:10.640><c> verse</c><00:33:11.019><c> 11.</c>

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:18.019
In<00:33:14.640><c> the</c><00:33:15.019><c> 600th</c><00:33:15.839><c> year</c><00:33:16.019><c> of</c><00:33:16.200><c> Noah's</c><00:33:16.559><c> life,</c><00:33:16.839><c> in</c><00:33:16.920><c> the</c><00:33:17.079><c> second</c><00:33:17.400><c> month,</c><00:33:17.920><c> the</c>

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:19.980
17th<00:33:18.859><c> day</c><00:33:19.180><c> of</c><00:33:19.420><c> the</c><00:33:19.619><c> month,</c>

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:24.500
the<00:33:20.400><c> same</c><00:33:20.980><c> day</c><00:33:21.420><c> where</c><00:33:21.700><c> all</c><00:33:21.980><c> the</c><00:33:22.240><c> fountains</c><00:33:22.680><c> of</c><00:33:22.819><c> the</c><00:33:23.019><c> great</c><00:33:23.240><c> deep</c><00:33:23.660><c> broken</c><00:33:24.099><c> up</c>

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:26.720
and<00:33:24.779><c> the</c><00:33:25.019><c> windows</c><00:33:25.400><c> of</c><00:33:25.660><c> heaven</c><00:33:25.859><c> were</c><00:33:26.180><c> opened.</c>

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:33.619
The<00:33:27.220><c> rain</c><00:33:27.440><c> came</c><00:33:27.680><c> from</c><00:33:27.880><c> two</c><00:33:28.160><c> sources,</c><00:33:29.200><c> the</c><00:33:29.359><c> breaking</c><00:33:29.579><c> up</c><00:33:30.359><c> of</c><00:33:31.160><c> water</c><00:33:31.880><c> under</c><00:33:32.779><c> the</c><00:33:33.079><c> surface</c><00:33:33.400><c> of</c>

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:34.099
the<00:33:33.779><c> earth</c>

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:40.420
and<00:33:34.700><c> the</c><00:33:34.819><c> water</c><00:33:35.299><c> flooding</c><00:33:36.220><c> up</c><00:33:36.779><c> and</c><00:33:37.559><c> the</c><00:33:37.740><c> water</c><00:33:38.220><c> that</c><00:33:38.579><c> came</c><00:33:38.880><c> down</c><00:33:39.420><c> from</c><00:33:40.160><c> the</c>

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:42.460
heavens,<00:33:40.940><c> the</c><00:33:40.980><c> firmament</c><00:33:41.440><c> above.</c>

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:45.299
Two<00:33:43.180><c> sources</c><00:33:43.859><c> of</c><00:33:44.259><c> water.</c>

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:49.900
There<00:33:46.740><c> is</c><00:33:47.180><c> an</c><00:33:47.400><c> indication</c><00:33:47.799><c> here,</c><00:33:48.059><c> we</c><00:33:48.099><c> can't</c><00:33:48.799><c> prove</c><00:33:49.220><c> it</c><00:33:49.460><c> to</c><00:33:49.619><c> be</c>

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.420
the<00:33:50.099><c> case,</c>

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:53.220
but<00:33:50.819><c> there</c><00:33:51.039><c> is</c><00:33:51.279><c> an</c><00:33:51.460><c> indication</c><00:33:51.940><c> here</c><00:33:52.220><c> I</c><00:33:52.259><c> think</c><00:33:52.440><c> that</c><00:33:52.839><c> before</c>

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:59.000
the<00:33:53.500><c> flood</c><00:33:53.799><c> things</c><00:33:54.440><c> were</c><00:33:54.619><c> much</c><00:33:55.039><c> more</c><00:33:56.099><c> stable</c><00:33:56.900><c> than</c><00:33:57.180><c> they</c><00:33:57.460><c> were</c><00:33:58.339><c> afterwards.</c>

00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:03.680
If<00:33:59.579><c> we</c><00:33:59.740><c> go</c><00:33:59.900><c> back</c><00:34:00.059><c> to</c><00:34:00.220><c> Genesis</c><00:34:00.720><c> chapter</c><00:34:01.819><c> 1.</c>

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:11.739
We<00:34:07.440><c> find</c><00:34:07.640><c> on</c><00:34:07.819><c> the</c><00:34:07.920><c> second</c><00:34:08.219><c> day</c><00:34:08.460><c> of</c><00:34:08.679><c> creation</c><00:34:09.239><c> there</c><00:34:09.820><c> is</c><00:34:10.159><c> a</c><00:34:10.800><c> division</c><00:34:11.360><c> of</c>

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:13.119
the<00:34:12.000><c> water.</c>

00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:19.599
This<00:34:16.719><c> is</c><00:34:17.340><c> verses</c><00:34:17.539><c> 6</c><00:34:17.880><c> and</c><00:34:18.039><c> 7.</c>

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:22.820
And<00:34:20.260><c> verse</c><00:34:20.420><c> 7</c><00:34:20.739><c> talks</c><00:34:21.059><c> about</c><00:34:21.440><c> God</c><00:34:21.699><c> making</c><00:34:22.079><c> the</c><00:34:22.340><c> firmament</c><00:34:22.619><c> and</c>

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:24.960
dividing<00:34:23.280><c> the</c><00:34:23.519><c> waters</c><00:34:23.800><c> which</c><00:34:24.019><c> were</c><00:34:24.199><c> under</c><00:34:24.380><c> the</c><00:34:24.619><c> firmament</c>

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:27.019
from<00:34:25.159><c> the</c><00:34:25.300><c> waters</c><00:34:25.599><c> which</c><00:34:25.820><c> were</c><00:34:26.079><c> above</c><00:34:26.340><c> the</c><00:34:26.579><c> firmament.</c>

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:31.739
So<00:34:27.820><c> you</c><00:34:28.260><c> have</c><00:34:28.480><c> the</c><00:34:28.699><c> waters</c><00:34:29.059><c> above</c><00:34:29.940><c> and</c><00:34:30.280><c> the</c><00:34:30.360><c> waters</c><00:34:30.739><c> below</c><00:34:31.320><c> at</c>

00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:33.059
that<00:34:32.000><c> stage.</c>

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:41.000
In<00:34:35.699><c> the</c><00:34:35.920><c> next</c><00:34:36.119><c> chapter,</c><00:34:37.699><c> verse</c><00:34:38.099><c> 5,</c><00:34:40.440><c> we're</c><00:34:40.619><c> told,</c>

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:43.800
and<00:34:41.400><c> every</c><00:34:41.780><c> plant</c><00:34:42.059><c> of</c><00:34:42.199><c> the</c><00:34:42.380><c> field</c><00:34:42.599><c> before</c><00:34:42.940><c> it</c><00:34:43.039><c> was</c><00:34:43.179><c> in</c><00:34:43.340><c> the</c><00:34:43.500><c> earth</c><00:34:43.599><c> and</c>

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:45.719
every<00:34:44.019><c> herb</c><00:34:44.179><c> of</c><00:34:44.320><c> the</c><00:34:44.519><c> field</c><00:34:44.760><c> before</c><00:34:45.119><c> it</c><00:34:45.539><c> grew,</c>

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:49.659
this<00:34:45.980><c> is</c><00:34:46.119><c> what</c><00:34:46.239><c> God</c><00:34:46.460><c> made,</c><00:34:47.019><c> for</c><00:34:47.159><c> the</c><00:34:47.340><c> Lord</c><00:34:47.760><c> God</c><00:34:48.179><c> had</c><00:34:48.539><c> not</c><00:34:48.900><c> caused</c><00:34:49.239><c> it</c><00:34:49.480><c> to</c>

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:50.619
rain<00:34:49.840><c> upon</c><00:34:50.139><c> the</c><00:34:50.380><c> earth</c>

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:52.559
and<00:34:50.940><c> there</c><00:34:51.079><c> was</c><00:34:51.179><c> not</c><00:34:51.320><c> a</c><00:34:51.480><c> man</c><00:34:51.619><c> to</c><00:34:51.840><c> kill</c><00:34:52.000><c> the</c><00:34:52.239><c> ground,</c>

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:55.260
but<00:34:53.039><c> there</c><00:34:53.219><c> went</c><00:34:53.460><c> up</c><00:34:53.619><c> a</c><00:34:53.820><c> mist</c><00:34:54.079><c> from</c><00:34:54.300><c> the</c><00:34:54.480><c> earth</c><00:34:54.659><c> and</c><00:34:54.860><c> watered</c>

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:57.420
the<00:34:55.360><c> whole</c><00:34:55.679><c> face</c><00:34:56.000><c> of</c><00:34:56.239><c> the</c><00:34:56.440><c> ground.</c>

00:34:58.300 --> 00:35:00.800
The<00:34:58.360><c> question</c><00:34:58.719><c> arises,</c><00:34:59.119><c> was</c><00:34:59.300><c> there</c><00:34:59.860><c> actually</c><00:34:59.920><c> rain</c><00:35:00.300><c> at</c><00:35:00.639><c> all</c>

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:02.579
before<00:35:01.139><c> the</c><00:35:01.340><c> flood</c><00:35:01.480><c> or</c><00:35:01.639><c> was</c><00:35:01.840><c> this</c><00:35:02.019><c> something</c><00:35:02.340><c> new?</c>

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:07.119
We<00:35:02.860><c> don't</c><00:35:03.079><c> know</c><00:35:03.300><c> for</c><00:35:03.579><c> certain,</c><00:35:04.460><c> but</c><00:35:04.599><c> there</c><00:35:04.699><c> was</c><00:35:04.900><c> no</c><00:35:06.019><c> rain</c><00:35:06.440><c> at</c>

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.860
this<00:35:07.380><c> stage.</c>

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:10.539
Whether<00:35:08.360><c> the</c><00:35:08.599><c> rain</c><00:35:08.820><c> started</c><00:35:09.300><c> after</c><00:35:09.659><c> the</c><00:35:09.900><c> fall</c><00:35:10.059><c> or</c><00:35:10.280><c> whether</c><00:35:10.340><c> it</c>

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:13.119
started<00:35:10.780><c> after</c><00:35:11.099><c> the</c><00:35:11.260><c> flood</c><00:35:11.420><c> is</c><00:35:11.579><c> an</c><00:35:11.800><c> interesting</c><00:35:12.159><c> point.</c>

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:22.699
And<00:35:17.239><c> then</c><00:35:17.599><c> how</c><00:35:17.820><c> did</c><00:35:18.000><c> this</c><00:35:18.360><c> water</c><00:35:18.800><c> that</c><00:35:19.039><c> was</c><00:35:19.719><c> under</c><00:35:20.079><c> the</c><00:35:20.300><c> firmament,</c><00:35:22.519><c> the</c>

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:23.159
great<00:35:22.960><c> deep,</c>

00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:29.420
how<00:35:23.360><c> was</c><00:35:23.500><c> this</c><00:35:23.820><c> broken</c><00:35:24.199><c> up</c><00:35:24.639><c> and</c><00:35:25.219><c> how</c><00:35:25.480><c> did</c><00:35:25.699><c> it</c><00:35:26.900><c> contribute</c><00:35:27.599><c> towards</c><00:35:28.059><c> flooding</c><00:35:28.320><c> the</c><00:35:28.679><c> earth?</c>

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:34.460
I<00:35:29.739><c> suggest</c><00:35:30.139><c> it</c><00:35:30.780><c> was</c><00:35:31.179><c> by</c><00:35:31.539><c> the</c><00:35:31.860><c> coming</c><00:35:32.099><c> of</c><00:35:32.460><c> earthquakes,</c><00:35:33.980><c> whereby</c><00:35:34.179><c> the</c>

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:37.239
land<00:35:34.699><c> split</c><00:35:35.139><c> and</c><00:35:35.300><c> the</c><00:35:35.460><c> waters</c><00:35:35.739><c> welled</c><00:35:36.219><c> up.</c>

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:42.340
And<00:35:38.239><c> it</c><00:35:38.380><c> may</c><00:35:38.599><c> be</c><00:35:38.860><c> that</c><00:35:39.019><c> the</c><00:35:39.179><c> earth</c><00:35:39.300><c> was</c><00:35:39.500><c> in</c><00:35:39.579><c> a</c><00:35:39.679><c> much</c><00:35:39.900><c> more</c><00:35:40.219><c> stable</c><00:35:40.539><c> position</c><00:35:41.039><c> before</c><00:35:41.340><c> the</c><00:35:41.559><c> flood.</c>

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:49.679
No<00:35:43.320><c> earthquakes,</c><00:35:44.440><c> volcanoes,</c><00:35:47.280><c> no</c><00:35:47.780><c> weather</c><00:35:48.119><c> as</c><00:35:48.320><c> we</c><00:35:48.480><c> know</c><00:35:48.659><c> it,</c>

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:51.760
if<00:35:50.239><c> there</c><00:35:50.380><c> was</c><00:35:50.500><c> a</c><00:35:50.639><c> mist</c><00:35:50.800><c> that</c><00:35:51.039><c> watered</c><00:35:51.320><c> the</c><00:35:51.480><c> ground.</c>

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:54.300
And<00:35:52.119><c> maybe</c><00:35:52.360><c> these</c><00:35:52.659><c> things</c><00:35:52.840><c> actually</c><00:35:53.239><c> began</c><00:35:53.739><c> in</c><00:35:53.980><c> the</c><00:35:54.179><c> flood.</c>

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:58.019
Maybe<00:35:54.739><c> these</c><00:35:55.000><c> things</c><00:35:55.179><c> were</c><00:35:55.440><c> first</c><00:35:55.880><c> used,</c><00:35:57.099><c> brought</c><00:35:57.199><c> into</c><00:35:57.440><c> being</c><00:35:57.639><c> by</c>

00:35:58.019 --> 00:36:00.960
God<00:35:58.159><c> at</c><00:35:58.340><c> the</c><00:35:58.519><c> time</c><00:35:58.699><c> of</c><00:35:58.820><c> the</c><00:35:59.019><c> flood</c><00:35:59.219><c> and</c><00:35:59.659><c> used</c><00:36:00.000><c> for</c><00:36:00.239><c> His</c><00:36:00.500><c> judgments.</c>

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:03.920
And<00:36:01.340><c> from</c><00:36:01.559><c> then</c><00:36:01.780><c> on,</c><00:36:02.320><c> the</c><00:36:02.480><c> earth</c><00:36:02.659><c> has</c><00:36:02.900><c> been</c><00:36:03.119><c> in</c><00:36:03.260><c> this</c><00:36:03.480><c> much</c>

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:07.119
more<00:36:05.199><c> unstable</c><00:36:06.119><c> state</c>

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:11.079
and<00:36:07.920><c> these</c><00:36:08.219><c> things</c><00:36:08.639><c> have</c><00:36:09.039><c> been</c><00:36:09.320><c> used</c><00:36:09.880><c> continually,</c><00:36:10.739><c> time</c><00:36:10.940><c> and</c>

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:12.400
time<00:36:11.320><c> again.</c>

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:16.940
But<00:36:13.760><c> that's</c><00:36:13.920><c> not</c><00:36:14.099><c> something</c><00:36:14.280><c> we</c><00:36:14.420><c> can</c><00:36:14.960><c> be</c><00:36:15.320><c> dogmatic</c><00:36:15.860><c> over.</c>

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:21.619
What<00:36:17.619><c> we</c><00:36:17.800><c> can</c><00:36:18.019><c> say</c><00:36:18.239><c> for</c><00:36:18.519><c> certain</c><00:36:18.800><c> is</c><00:36:19.079><c> that</c><00:36:19.199><c> the</c><00:36:19.380><c> first</c><00:36:19.679><c> recorded</c><00:36:20.579><c> occasion</c><00:36:21.159><c> in</c><00:36:21.460><c> the</c>

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:26.280
Bible<00:36:21.940><c> where</c><00:36:22.980><c> our</c><00:36:24.079><c> subject</c><00:36:24.320><c> applies</c><00:36:24.780><c> is</c><00:36:25.239><c> with</c><00:36:25.900><c> the</c><00:36:26.099><c> flood.</c>

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:30.079
The<00:36:26.559><c> first</c><00:36:26.900><c> and</c><00:36:28.039><c> of</c><00:36:28.539><c> course</c><00:36:28.739><c> the</c><00:36:29.019><c> greatest.</c>

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:38.019
Our<00:36:32.639><c> second</c><00:36:32.880><c> example,</c><00:36:34.639><c> if</c><00:36:34.760><c> you</c><00:36:34.900><c> turn</c><00:36:35.099><c> over</c><00:36:35.260><c> with</c><00:36:35.420><c> me</c><00:36:35.599><c> to</c><00:36:37.000><c> the</c>

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:39.559
18th<00:36:38.599><c> chapter,</c>

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:47.440
we<00:36:40.480><c> have</c><00:36:40.739><c> the</c><00:36:43.099><c> prophecy</c><00:36:43.699><c> of</c><00:36:43.940><c> the</c><00:36:44.239><c> overthrow</c><00:36:44.599><c> of</c><00:36:44.860><c> Sodom</c><00:36:45.139><c> and</c><00:36:45.239><c> Gomorrah,</c><00:36:45.739><c> the</c><00:36:46.039><c> overthrow</c><00:36:46.480><c> being</c><00:36:46.760><c> recorded</c><00:36:47.199><c> in</c>

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.920
chapter<00:36:47.719><c> 19.</c>

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:52.920
While<00:36:49.199><c> you're</c><00:36:49.440><c> turning</c><00:36:49.619><c> to</c><00:36:49.800><c> that,</c><00:36:50.360><c> I'll</c><00:36:51.139><c> just</c><00:36:51.380><c> put</c><00:36:51.539><c> on</c><00:36:51.739><c> a</c><00:36:51.920><c> map.</c>

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:04.780
Again,<00:37:00.980><c> these</c><00:37:01.179><c> things</c><00:37:01.380><c> must</c><00:37:01.639><c> be</c><00:37:02.679><c> somewhat</c><00:37:03.559><c> speculative.</c>

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:09.980
We<00:37:05.039><c> don't</c><00:37:05.400><c> actually</c><00:37:06.480><c> know</c><00:37:07.599><c> for</c><00:37:08.079><c> certain</c><00:37:08.380><c> where</c><00:37:08.960><c> these</c><00:37:09.320><c> places</c><00:37:09.659><c> were.</c>

00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:12.559
Here<00:37:10.500><c> is</c><00:37:11.219><c> one</c><00:37:11.500><c> idea.</c>

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:17.079
You<00:37:13.760><c> probably</c><00:37:14.079><c> hardly</c><00:37:15.019><c> need</c><00:37:15.300><c> me</c><00:37:15.519><c> to</c><00:37:15.659><c> use</c><00:37:15.860><c> this</c><00:37:16.599><c> pointer,</c><00:37:16.900><c> but</c>

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:19.500
I've<00:37:17.880><c> kindly</c><00:37:18.159><c> been</c><00:37:18.440><c> provided</c><00:37:18.780><c> with</c><00:37:18.980><c> it.</c>

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:23.739
There<00:37:20.440><c> you'll</c><00:37:20.820><c> notice,</c><00:37:22.079><c> to</c><00:37:22.860><c> relate</c><00:37:23.119><c> it,</c><00:37:23.320><c> if</c><00:37:23.360><c> you've</c><00:37:23.519><c> been</c><00:37:23.639><c> to</c>

00:37:23.739 --> 00:37:28.360
Israel<00:37:23.980><c> to</c><00:37:24.159><c> work</c><00:37:24.420><c> today,</c><00:37:26.219><c> you</c><00:37:26.300><c> have</c><00:37:26.519><c> Masada</c><00:37:27.079><c> there.</c>

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:36.059
And<00:37:30.260><c> you</c><00:37:30.619><c> have</c><00:37:31.960><c> the</c><00:37:32.719><c> Dead</c><00:37:32.940><c> Sea</c><00:37:33.079><c> effectively</c><00:37:33.559><c> there</c><00:37:34.139><c> into</c><00:37:35.219><c> two</c><00:37:35.679><c> halves.</c>

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:40.119
But<00:37:36.559><c> let's</c><00:37:36.760><c> just</c><00:37:37.000><c> look</c><00:37:37.139><c> for</c><00:37:37.320><c> a</c><00:37:37.440><c> moment</c><00:37:37.639><c> at</c><00:37:37.780><c> what</c><00:37:38.659><c> is</c><00:37:39.460><c> recorded</c>

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:42.739
in<00:37:40.460><c> chapters</c><00:37:40.760><c> 18</c><00:37:41.199><c> and</c><00:37:41.340><c> 19.</c>

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:48.179
It's<00:37:44.719><c> in</c><00:37:44.860><c> chapter</c><00:37:45.139><c> 18</c><00:37:45.739><c> that</c><00:37:46.039><c> we</c><00:37:46.239><c> have</c><00:37:46.559><c> the</c><00:37:47.219><c> prophecy.</c>

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:52.980
Remember,<00:37:49.260><c> we're</c><00:37:49.800><c> establishing</c><00:37:50.260><c> the</c><00:37:50.579><c> point</c><00:37:50.900><c> that</c><00:37:51.860><c> God</c><00:37:52.119><c> declares</c><00:37:52.699><c> these</c>

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:55.760
things<00:37:53.239><c> beforehand</c><00:37:53.820><c> and</c><00:37:54.159><c> he</c><00:37:54.559><c> declared</c><00:37:54.880><c> it</c><00:37:55.159><c> to</c><00:37:55.300><c> Abraham.</c>

00:37:56.079 --> 00:38:01.619
So<00:37:56.260><c> verse</c><00:37:56.500><c> 17</c><00:37:57.420><c> of</c><00:37:57.840><c> chapter</c><00:37:58.139><c> 18,</c><00:37:59.920><c> after</c><00:38:00.000><c> two</c><00:38:00.300><c> of</c><00:38:00.420><c> the</c><00:38:00.619><c> three</c><00:38:00.900><c> angels</c><00:38:01.260><c> that</c><00:38:01.460><c> had</c>

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:05.340
come<00:38:01.800><c> to</c><00:38:02.039><c> Abraham</c><00:38:02.619><c> went</c><00:38:03.380><c> on</c><00:38:03.840><c> towards</c><00:38:04.199><c> Lot</c><00:38:04.440><c> the</c><00:38:04.699><c> third,</c>

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:09.599
termed<00:38:06.199><c> the</c><00:38:06.599><c> Lord</c><00:38:06.980><c> because</c><00:38:07.300><c> he</c><00:38:07.480><c> is</c><00:38:07.679><c> the</c><00:38:07.860><c> name</c><00:38:08.159><c> bearing</c><00:38:08.420><c> angel.</c>

00:38:10.280 --> 00:38:16.019
He<00:38:10.360><c> says</c><00:38:10.639><c> to</c><00:38:10.860><c> Abraham,</c><00:38:12.219><c> shall</c><00:38:12.400><c> I</c><00:38:12.619><c> hide</c><00:38:12.920><c> from</c><00:38:13.159><c> Abraham</c><00:38:13.559><c> that</c><00:38:13.920><c> thing</c><00:38:14.280><c> which</c><00:38:14.519><c> I</c><00:38:14.840><c> do?</c>

00:38:16.940 --> 00:38:21.380
And<00:38:17.500><c> so</c><00:38:17.699><c> God</c><00:38:18.179><c> reveals</c><00:38:19.079><c> to</c><00:38:19.219><c> him</c><00:38:19.460><c> the</c><00:38:19.880><c> overthrow</c><00:38:20.280><c> of</c><00:38:20.639><c> Sodom</c><00:38:20.900><c> and</c><00:38:21.019><c> Gomorrah,</c>

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:26.880
and<00:38:21.519><c> of</c><00:38:21.599><c> course</c><00:38:21.719><c> we</c><00:38:21.780><c> have</c><00:38:22.039><c> Abraham</c><00:38:22.420><c> pleading</c><00:38:23.039><c> for</c><00:38:24.320><c> God</c><00:38:25.360><c> to</c><00:38:26.119><c> save</c><00:38:26.679><c> the</c>

00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:28.739
city<00:38:27.079><c> if</c><00:38:27.300><c> there</c><00:38:27.400><c> were</c><00:38:27.579><c> a</c><00:38:27.639><c> certain</c><00:38:27.820><c> number</c><00:38:28.159><c> of</c><00:38:28.400><c> righteous</c>

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:30.159
people<00:38:29.119><c> there.</c>

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:36.059
But<00:38:32.179><c> then</c><00:38:32.980><c> in</c><00:38:34.300><c> the</c><00:38:34.420><c> next</c><00:38:34.599><c> chapter</c><00:38:34.920><c> when</c><00:38:35.159><c> we</c><00:38:35.320><c> read</c><00:38:35.539><c> about</c><00:38:35.800><c> what</c>

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:38.340
actually<00:38:36.980><c> happened,</c>

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it's<00:38:39.840><c> certainly</c><00:38:40.019><c> some</c><00:38:40.260><c> form</c><00:38:40.559><c> of</c><00:38:40.840><c> natural</c><00:38:41.280><c> phenomena</c><00:38:41.719><c> which</c>

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.980
God<00:38:42.260><c> uses.</c>

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:48.039
Verse<00:38:43.800><c> 24,</c><00:38:45.280><c> this</c><00:38:46.480><c> is</c><00:38:46.659><c> chapter</c><00:38:46.860><c> 19,</c><00:38:47.500><c> verse</c><00:38:47.559><c> 24,</c>

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:54.280
Then<00:38:48.239><c> the</c><00:38:48.460><c> Lord</c><00:38:48.719><c> reigned</c><00:38:49.119><c> upon</c><00:38:49.440><c> Sodom</c><00:38:49.800><c> and</c><00:38:49.920><c> Gomorrah,</c><00:38:50.719><c> brimstone</c><00:38:51.340><c> and</c><00:38:51.800><c> fire</c><00:38:52.239><c> from</c><00:38:52.519><c> the</c><00:38:52.699><c> Lord</c><00:38:53.019><c> out</c><00:38:53.280><c> of</c><00:38:53.440><c> heaven.</c>

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:57.639
And<00:38:54.460><c> he</c><00:38:54.739><c> overthrew</c><00:38:55.179><c> those</c><00:38:55.480><c> cities</c><00:38:55.840><c> and</c><00:38:56.420><c> all</c><00:38:56.619><c> the</c><00:38:56.860><c> plain</c><00:38:57.159><c> and</c>

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:59.539
all<00:38:57.800><c> the</c><00:38:58.019><c> inhabitants</c><00:38:58.320><c> of</c><00:38:58.539><c> the</c><00:38:58.699><c> cities</c><00:38:58.880><c> and</c><00:38:59.079><c> that</c><00:38:59.219><c> which</c><00:38:59.380><c> grew</c>

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.940
upon<00:38:59.800><c> the</c><00:39:00.019><c> ground.</c>

00:39:03.239 --> 00:39:07.980
Now<00:39:03.559><c> did</c><00:39:03.780><c> God</c><00:39:04.099><c> just,</c><00:39:05.099><c> as</c><00:39:05.960><c> it</c><00:39:06.159><c> were,</c><00:39:06.860><c> create</c><00:39:07.079><c> fire</c><00:39:07.519><c> in</c><00:39:07.739><c> heaven</c>

00:39:07.980 --> 00:39:09.519
and<00:39:08.199><c> it</c><00:39:08.440><c> descended</c><00:39:08.739><c> upon</c><00:39:09.099><c> the</c><00:39:09.360><c> earth,</c>

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:12.539
or<00:39:09.820><c> did</c><00:39:09.980><c> he</c><00:39:10.199><c> use</c><00:39:10.500><c> some</c><00:39:11.179><c> natural</c><00:39:11.599><c> means</c><00:39:12.000><c> to</c><00:39:12.219><c> do</c><00:39:12.400><c> this?</c>

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:17.019
This<00:39:13.079><c> reads</c><00:39:13.340><c> remarkably</c><00:39:13.940><c> like</c><00:39:14.659><c> an</c><00:39:14.940><c> immense</c><00:39:15.400><c> volcanic</c><00:39:16.340><c> eruption,</c>

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:20.940
which<00:39:17.440><c> of</c><00:39:17.480><c> course</c><00:39:17.760><c> would</c><00:39:18.019><c> send</c><00:39:18.320><c> vast</c><00:39:19.019><c> amounts</c><00:39:19.800><c> of</c><00:39:20.440><c> brimstone,</c>

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:23.380
which<00:39:21.079><c> is</c><00:39:21.320><c> sulphur,</c><00:39:22.219><c> and</c><00:39:22.360><c> fire</c><00:39:22.639><c> into</c><00:39:22.860><c> the</c><00:39:23.059><c> air,</c>

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:27.000
and<00:39:23.820><c> it</c><00:39:23.980><c> would</c><00:39:24.199><c> land</c><00:39:24.480><c> upon</c><00:39:24.780><c> these</c><00:39:25.099><c> cities</c><00:39:25.400><c> and</c><00:39:25.639><c> destroy</c><00:39:26.099><c> them.</c>

00:39:28.280 --> 00:39:30.800
Of<00:39:28.500><c> course</c><00:39:28.559><c> the</c><00:39:28.619><c> most</c><00:39:28.860><c> well</c><00:39:29.059><c>-known</c><00:39:29.440><c> example</c><00:39:29.800><c> in</c><00:39:30.000><c> history</c><00:39:30.519><c> of</c>

00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:33.420
that<00:39:31.079><c> is</c><00:39:31.619><c> Pompeii,</c><00:39:32.300><c> is</c><00:39:32.380><c> it</c><00:39:32.539><c> not?</c>

00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:39.519
When<00:39:34.179><c> Vesuvius</c><00:39:35.199><c> erupted</c><00:39:36.380><c> and</c><00:39:37.039><c> the</c><00:39:37.179><c> city</c><00:39:37.599><c> was</c><00:39:38.340><c> covered.</c>

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:45.639
God<00:39:41.780><c> uses</c><00:39:42.360><c> these</c><00:39:42.760><c> things</c><00:39:43.000><c> of</c><00:39:43.219><c> his</c><00:39:43.420><c> natural</c><00:39:43.719><c> creation</c><00:39:44.239><c> to</c><00:39:44.539><c> fulfil</c><00:39:45.059><c> his</c>

00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:47.360
purpose,<00:39:46.199><c> we</c><00:39:46.280><c> suggest.</c>

00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:53.820
And<00:39:50.539><c> returning</c><00:39:50.760><c> to</c><00:39:51.019><c> our</c><00:39:51.260><c> map,</c><00:39:52.139><c> it</c><00:39:52.619><c> is</c><00:39:52.880><c> perhaps</c><00:39:53.219><c> significant</c>

00:39:53.820 --> 00:40:01.440
that<00:39:54.199><c> the</c><00:39:56.119><c> top</c><00:39:56.539><c> part</c><00:39:56.880><c> of</c><00:39:58.039><c> the</c><00:39:58.199><c> lake,</c><00:39:58.820><c> the</c><00:39:59.119><c> Dead</c><00:39:59.320><c> Sea</c><00:39:59.519><c> there,</c><00:40:00.500><c> is</c><00:40:00.980><c> deep.</c>

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:07.119
The<00:40:02.179><c> bottom</c><00:40:02.519><c> part</c><00:40:03.000><c> is</c><00:40:04.059><c> shallow,</c><00:40:04.739><c> in</c><00:40:04.880><c> fact</c><00:40:05.000><c> as</c><00:40:05.260><c> the</c><00:40:05.840><c> map</c><00:40:06.019><c> indicates</c><00:40:06.659><c> there</c>

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:13.099
with<00:40:07.360><c> these</c><00:40:09.340><c> hatched</c><00:40:12.159><c> areas,</c>

00:40:13.179 --> 00:40:15.519
that<00:40:13.400><c> indicates</c><00:40:13.800><c> where</c><00:40:14.019><c> it's</c><00:40:14.219><c> more</c><00:40:14.380><c> or</c><00:40:14.460><c> less</c><00:40:15.000><c> dried</c><00:40:15.320><c> up.</c>

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:19.019
Part<00:40:15.760><c> of</c><00:40:15.900><c> the</c><00:40:16.019><c> reason</c><00:40:16.159><c> is</c><00:40:16.340><c> because</c><00:40:17.219><c> the</c><00:40:17.460><c> Israelis</c><00:40:17.820><c> are</c><00:40:18.659><c> using</c>

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:24.860
this<00:40:20.340><c> for</c><00:40:23.760><c> chemicals.</c>

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:28.000
They<00:40:25.659><c> have</c><00:40:26.139><c> a</c><00:40:26.360><c> big</c><00:40:26.599><c> chemical</c><00:40:26.980><c> industry</c><00:40:27.420><c> in</c><00:40:27.579><c> this</c><00:40:27.739><c> area,</c>

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:30.440
and<00:40:28.280><c> I</c><00:40:28.300><c> think</c><00:40:28.460><c> one</c><00:40:28.619><c> of</c><00:40:28.880><c> the</c><00:40:28.880><c> products</c><00:40:29.099><c> particularly</c><00:40:29.599><c> is</c><00:40:29.860><c> potash,</c><00:40:30.420><c> which</c>

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:32.719
is<00:40:30.659><c> used</c><00:40:30.920><c> for</c><00:40:32.079><c> fertiliser.</c>

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:35.199
And<00:40:32.940><c> now</c><00:40:33.059><c> if</c><00:40:33.159><c> you</c><00:40:33.360><c> stand</c><00:40:33.599><c> on</c><00:40:33.840><c> the</c><00:40:33.980><c> sardar</c><00:40:34.360><c> and</c><00:40:34.400><c> look</c><00:40:34.639><c> down,</c><00:40:35.179><c> you</c>

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:39.840
see<00:40:35.900><c> the</c><00:40:37.199><c> Dead</c><00:40:37.460><c> Sea</c><00:40:37.639><c> virtually</c><00:40:38.139><c> divided</c><00:40:38.539><c> into</c><00:40:38.840><c> two.</c>

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:43.059
But<00:40:40.679><c> the</c><00:40:40.820><c> idea</c><00:40:41.159><c> is,</c><00:40:41.360><c> as</c><00:40:41.500><c> you</c><00:40:41.599><c> can</c><00:40:41.719><c> see</c><00:40:41.800><c> on</c><00:40:41.960><c> the</c><00:40:42.079><c> map</c><00:40:42.219><c> there,</c><00:40:42.920><c> that</c><00:40:43.019><c> it</c>

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:46.980
was<00:40:43.199><c> in</c><00:40:43.260><c> this</c><00:40:43.420><c> bottom</c><00:40:43.820><c> part</c><00:40:44.199><c> of</c><00:40:44.519><c> the</c><00:40:44.920><c> Dead</c><00:40:45.280><c> Sea</c><00:40:46.059><c> area</c>

00:40:49.019 --> 00:40:52.380
that<00:40:49.500><c> Sodom</c><00:40:49.980><c> and</c><00:40:50.139><c> Gomorrah</c><00:40:50.639><c> and</c><00:40:50.860><c> the</c><00:40:50.980><c> other</c><00:40:51.119><c> cities</c><00:40:51.440><c> were,</c>

00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:55.539
and<00:40:52.800><c> they</c><00:40:52.960><c> were</c><00:40:53.860><c> overthrown.</c>

00:40:56.119 --> 00:41:00.599
And<00:40:56.719><c> that</c><00:40:57.320><c> area</c><00:40:57.519><c> of</c><00:40:57.659><c> course</c><00:40:57.760><c> is</c><00:40:57.980><c> a</c><00:40:58.139><c> desolate</c><00:40:58.639><c> waste</c><00:40:59.400><c> today.</c>

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:05.219
We<00:41:01.019><c> were</c><00:41:01.199><c> told</c><00:41:01.539><c> that</c><00:41:01.739><c> it</c><00:41:01.880><c> was</c><00:41:02.219><c> like</c><00:41:03.139><c> the</c><00:41:03.320><c> Garden</c><00:41:03.760><c> of</c><00:41:04.000><c> the</c><00:41:04.139><c> Lord,</c>

00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:09.159
and<00:41:06.639><c> it</c><00:41:06.659><c> was</c><00:41:06.980><c> like</c><00:41:08.039><c> Egypt.</c>

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:14.719
A<00:41:10.739><c> very</c><00:41:11.079><c> fertile</c><00:41:11.500><c> area,</c><00:41:13.960><c> but</c><00:41:13.960><c> the</c><00:41:14.079><c> fact</c><00:41:14.239><c> that</c><00:41:14.340><c> it's</c><00:41:14.519><c> likened</c>

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:18.320
to<00:41:14.940><c> Egypt</c><00:41:15.380><c> suggests</c><00:41:15.840><c> that</c><00:41:16.039><c> it</c><00:41:17.079><c> was</c><00:41:17.239><c> not</c><00:41:17.420><c> rainfall</c><00:41:17.960><c> that</c><00:41:18.179><c> made</c>

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:19.000
it<00:41:18.539><c> fertile,</c>

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:25.280
it<00:41:19.340><c> was</c><00:41:19.619><c> streams</c><00:41:20.179><c> flowing</c><00:41:20.500><c> off</c><00:41:20.719><c> the</c><00:41:20.940><c> hills</c><00:41:21.400><c> and</c><00:41:21.940><c> making</c><00:41:22.099><c> a</c><00:41:22.260><c> very</c><00:41:22.559><c> fertile</c><00:41:22.920><c> area</c><00:41:23.480><c> in</c>

00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:28.360
the<00:41:25.440><c> valley</c><00:41:25.659><c> there,</c><00:41:25.880><c> which</c><00:41:26.039><c> was</c><00:41:26.239><c> all</c><00:41:26.440><c> totally</c><00:41:27.400><c> destroyed.</c>

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:31.380
It<00:41:28.539><c> didn't</c><00:41:28.739><c> require</c><00:41:29.159><c> climatic</c><00:41:29.760><c> change,</c><00:41:30.280><c> it</c><00:41:30.420><c> required</c><00:41:30.940><c> these</c>

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:36.079
streams<00:41:31.739><c> to</c><00:41:32.440><c> be</c><00:41:32.780><c> removed</c><00:41:33.340><c> by</c><00:41:33.699><c> the</c><00:41:34.460><c> action</c><00:41:34.739><c> of</c><00:41:34.940><c> the</c><00:41:35.079><c> volcano.</c>

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:41.900
And<00:41:37.159><c> so</c><00:41:37.300><c> God</c><00:41:37.940><c> used</c><00:41:38.800><c> that</c><00:41:39.079><c> for</c><00:41:39.239><c> his</c><00:41:39.519><c> purpose</c><00:41:40.039><c> in</c><00:41:40.659><c> overthrowing</c>

00:41:41.900 --> 00:41:43.699
Sodom<00:41:42.440><c> and</c><00:41:42.619><c> Gomorrah.</c>

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:50.860
And<00:41:46.059><c> one</c><00:41:46.460><c> further</c><00:41:46.960><c> example,</c><00:41:48.079><c> it's</c><00:41:48.760><c> to</c><00:41:48.940><c> do</c><00:41:49.119><c> with</c><00:41:49.599><c> the</c><00:41:50.460><c> famine</c>

00:41:50.860 --> 00:41:52.880
in<00:41:51.860><c> Egypt.</c>

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:58.719
Again,<00:41:54.820><c> we</c><00:41:55.179><c> need</c><00:41:55.380><c> to</c><00:41:55.579><c> establish</c><00:41:55.900><c> that</c><00:41:56.059><c> this</c><00:41:56.199><c> is</c><00:41:56.420><c> part</c><00:41:56.599><c> of</c><00:41:56.780><c> God's</c><00:41:57.340><c> declared</c><00:41:57.639><c> purpose</c><00:41:58.119><c> beforehand,</c><00:41:58.579><c> that</c>

00:41:58.719 --> 00:41:59.780
he<00:41:58.980><c> prophesied</c><00:41:59.500><c> it.</c>

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:04.900
If<00:42:00.139><c> we</c><00:42:00.239><c> go</c><00:42:00.340><c> back</c><00:42:00.480><c> into</c><00:42:00.659><c> chapter</c><00:42:00.920><c> 15</c><00:42:01.380><c> of</c><00:42:01.619><c> Genesis,</c><00:42:02.380><c> we</c><00:42:02.579><c> find</c><00:42:02.820><c> there</c><00:42:03.039><c> that</c><00:42:03.300><c> Abraham</c><00:42:03.880><c> is</c>

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:08.940
informed<00:42:05.519><c> as</c><00:42:06.039><c> to</c><00:42:06.219><c> what</c><00:42:06.599><c> would</c><00:42:06.960><c> be</c><00:42:07.619><c> the</c><00:42:07.880><c> fate</c><00:42:08.039><c> of</c><00:42:08.219><c> his</c><00:42:08.440><c> descendants</c>

00:42:08.940 --> 00:42:13.420
in<00:42:09.340><c> broad</c><00:42:09.659><c> detail</c><00:42:10.119><c> over</c><00:42:10.860><c> the</c><00:42:11.280><c> succeeding</c><00:42:11.739><c> years.</c><00:42:12.300><c> Verse</c><00:42:12.579><c> 13,</c>

00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:14.679
God<00:42:13.800><c> said</c><00:42:14.019><c> unto</c><00:42:14.260><c> Abram,</c>

00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:18.380
know<00:42:14.980><c> of</c><00:42:15.159><c> a</c><00:42:15.219><c> surety</c><00:42:15.800><c> that</c><00:42:16.139><c> thy</c><00:42:16.500><c> seed</c><00:42:16.840><c> shall</c><00:42:17.039><c> be</c><00:42:17.199><c> a</c><00:42:17.500><c> stranger</c><00:42:17.900><c> in</c>

00:42:18.380 --> 00:42:22.460
a<00:42:18.579><c> land</c><00:42:18.800><c> that</c><00:42:19.039><c> is</c><00:42:19.260><c> not</c><00:42:19.559><c> theirs</c><00:42:19.980><c> and</c><00:42:20.519><c> shall</c><00:42:20.780><c> serve</c><00:42:21.159><c> them.</c>

00:42:23.260 --> 00:42:25.440
There<00:42:23.460><c> it</c><00:42:23.519><c> was</c><00:42:23.599><c> revealed</c><00:42:23.780><c> to</c><00:42:24.039><c> Abraham</c><00:42:24.400><c> that</c><00:42:24.679><c> they</c><00:42:24.900><c> would</c><00:42:25.139><c> go</c>

00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:27.320
into<00:42:26.400><c> another</c><00:42:26.840><c> land.</c>

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:29.980
How<00:42:27.739><c> did</c><00:42:27.880><c> this</c><00:42:28.079><c> happen?</c><00:42:28.559><c> Well</c><00:42:28.739><c> of</c><00:42:28.780><c> course</c><00:42:28.960><c> we</c><00:42:29.139><c> know</c><00:42:29.320><c> it</c><00:42:29.460><c> was</c><00:42:29.599><c> due</c><00:42:29.780><c> to</c>

00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:31.300
Joseph<00:42:30.380><c> going</c><00:42:30.679><c> down</c><00:42:31.039><c> there,</c>

00:42:31.380 --> 00:42:36.639
and<00:42:31.539><c> then</c><00:42:31.659><c> it</c><00:42:31.699><c> was</c><00:42:31.900><c> due</c><00:42:32.119><c> to</c><00:42:32.820><c> famine</c><00:42:33.159><c> which</c><00:42:34.679><c> brought</c><00:42:35.380><c> the</c><00:42:36.099><c> children</c><00:42:36.380><c> of</c>

00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:38.000
Israel<00:42:36.900><c> down.</c>

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But<00:42:40.579><c> let's</c><00:42:41.179><c> consider</c><00:42:41.480><c> just</c><00:42:41.719><c> in</c><00:42:42.019><c> the</c><00:42:42.179><c> last</c><00:42:42.599><c> few</c><00:42:43.300><c> minutes</c><00:42:43.699><c> what</c>

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actually<00:42:44.800><c> seems</c><00:42:45.039><c> to</c><00:42:45.179><c> have</c><00:42:45.420><c> happened.</c>

00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:54.519
Let's<00:42:46.280><c> go</c><00:42:46.480><c> over</c><00:42:46.619><c> to</c><00:42:46.820><c> chapter</c><00:42:47.079><c> 41.</c><00:42:50.400><c> It</c><00:42:50.480><c> all</c><00:42:50.639><c> began</c><00:42:50.860><c> of</c><00:42:51.059><c> course</c><00:42:51.440><c> with</c><00:42:52.239><c> Pharaoh</c><00:42:52.739><c> and</c><00:42:54.199><c> a</c>

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dream,<00:42:55.719><c> a</c><00:42:55.920><c> repeated</c><00:42:56.219><c> dream.</c>

00:42:56.619 --> 00:43:01.579
In<00:42:56.739><c> fact,</c><00:42:58.699><c> two</c><00:42:59.039><c> dreams</c><00:42:59.440><c> with</c><00:42:59.659><c> the</c><00:42:59.860><c> same</c><00:43:00.019><c> lesson.</c>

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:08.380
Chapter<00:43:04.980><c> 41,</c><00:43:05.559><c> in</c><00:43:05.559><c> his</c><00:43:05.840><c> dream</c><00:43:06.199><c> Pharaoh</c><00:43:06.619><c> stood</c><00:43:07.079><c> by</c><00:43:07.360><c> the</c><00:43:07.519><c> river.</c>

00:43:08.619 --> 00:43:10.659
So<00:43:08.780><c> it's</c><00:43:08.960><c> all</c><00:43:09.139><c> to</c><00:43:09.360><c> do</c><00:43:09.579><c> with</c><00:43:09.980><c> the</c><00:43:10.420><c> river.</c>

00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:18.179
There<00:43:10.960><c> are</c><00:43:11.300><c> seven</c><00:43:11.719><c> plentiful</c><00:43:12.219><c> years</c><00:43:12.820><c> represented</c><00:43:13.420><c> by</c><00:43:13.940><c> the</c><00:43:14.619><c> seven</c><00:43:14.940><c> fat</c><00:43:15.579><c> kine</c><00:43:16.099><c> who</c><00:43:16.699><c> fed</c><00:43:17.480><c> in</c>

00:43:18.179 --> 00:43:18.719
a<00:43:18.300><c> meadow.</c>

00:43:18.719 --> 00:43:25.079
And<00:43:19.880><c> then</c><00:43:20.619><c> of</c><00:43:21.099><c> course</c><00:43:21.219><c> the</c><00:43:21.360><c> second</c><00:43:21.639><c> kine</c><00:43:22.199><c> are</c><00:43:24.159><c> ill</c><00:43:24.760><c>-flavoured</c>

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:29.860
and<00:43:25.320><c> lean</c><00:43:25.579><c>-fleshed</c><00:43:26.159><c> and</c><00:43:26.320><c> represent</c><00:43:26.820><c> seven</c><00:43:27.280><c> years</c><00:43:27.940><c> of</c><00:43:28.940><c> famine.</c>

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:38.239
And<00:43:31.920><c> then</c><00:43:32.099><c> we</c><00:43:32.179><c> have</c><00:43:32.460><c> the</c><00:43:33.159><c> repeated</c><00:43:33.739><c> vision</c><00:43:34.739><c> is</c><00:43:35.280><c> of</c><00:43:36.059><c> seven</c><00:43:36.599><c> years</c><00:43:36.880><c> of</c><00:43:37.219><c> corn.</c>

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:43.099
And<00:43:39.739><c> they're</c><00:43:39.960><c> blasted</c><00:43:40.519><c> with</c><00:43:40.739><c> the</c><00:43:40.940><c> east</c><00:43:41.099><c> wind</c><00:43:41.440><c> we're</c><00:43:41.739><c> told</c><00:43:42.239><c> in</c>

00:43:43.099 --> 00:43:44.500
verse<00:43:43.340><c> six.</c>

00:43:44.659 --> 00:43:48.880
So<00:43:45.280><c> we</c><00:43:45.780><c> immediately</c><00:43:46.119><c> see</c><00:43:46.559><c> the</c><00:43:46.739><c> weather</c><00:43:47.300><c> involved</c><00:43:47.920><c> there.</c>

00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:54.079
How<00:43:50.179><c> is</c><00:43:50.360><c> it</c><00:43:50.500><c> that</c><00:43:50.619><c> there</c><00:43:50.920><c> was</c><00:43:51.480><c> plenty</c><00:43:52.079><c> in</c><00:43:52.400><c> Egypt</c><00:43:52.679><c> and</c><00:43:52.960><c> then</c><00:43:53.280><c> famine?</c>

00:43:54.139 --> 00:43:58.219
It's<00:43:54.400><c> nothing</c><00:43:54.619><c> directly</c><00:43:55.139><c> to</c><00:43:55.340><c> do</c><00:43:55.480><c> with</c><00:43:55.599><c> the</c><00:43:55.840><c> rainfall,</c><00:43:56.599><c> but</c><00:43:56.760><c> it's</c><00:43:56.980><c> very</c><00:43:57.280><c> much</c><00:43:57.880><c> to</c>

00:43:58.219 --> 00:44:00.880
do<00:43:58.820><c> with</c><00:43:59.619><c> the</c><00:43:59.940><c> waters</c><00:44:00.159><c> of</c><00:44:00.380><c> the</c><00:44:00.539><c> Nile.</c>

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Let<00:44:01.780><c> me</c><00:44:01.960><c> show</c><00:44:02.219><c> you.</c>

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:21.579
You<00:44:17.760><c> see</c><00:44:17.980><c> at</c><00:44:18.159><c> the</c><00:44:18.420><c> top</c><00:44:18.579><c> of</c><00:44:18.739><c> the</c><00:44:18.820><c> map</c><00:44:18.960><c> there</c><00:44:19.539><c> the</c><00:44:19.960><c> Nile</c><00:44:20.900><c> running</c>

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through<00:44:21.880><c> Egypt.</c>

00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:26.659
What<00:44:23.480><c> actually</c><00:44:23.820><c> happens</c><00:44:24.039><c> in</c><00:44:24.179><c> a</c><00:44:24.320><c> good</c><00:44:24.519><c> year</c><00:44:24.860><c> is</c><00:44:25.360><c> that</c><00:44:25.539><c> the</c><00:44:25.659><c> river</c><00:44:25.900><c> begins</c><00:44:26.360><c> to</c>

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:31.340
rise<00:44:26.900><c> in</c><00:44:27.239><c> June</c><00:44:27.719><c> and</c><00:44:28.380><c> it</c><00:44:28.539><c> reaches</c><00:44:28.760><c> its</c><00:44:29.059><c> peak</c><00:44:29.400><c> in</c><00:44:30.219><c> September.</c>

00:44:32.719 --> 00:44:35.199
But<00:44:32.900><c> the</c><00:44:33.079><c> water</c><00:44:33.599><c> does</c><00:44:33.940><c> not</c><00:44:34.119><c> come</c><00:44:34.300><c> of</c><00:44:34.340><c> course</c><00:44:34.539><c> from</c><00:44:34.780><c> rainfall</c>

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in<00:44:35.500><c> Egypt.</c>

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:39.880
It<00:44:36.460><c> comes</c><00:44:37.059><c> particularly</c><00:44:37.599><c> from</c><00:44:37.900><c> the</c><00:44:38.539><c> blue</c><00:44:38.980><c> Nile</c><00:44:39.320><c> that</c><00:44:39.480><c> you</c><00:44:39.679><c> see</c>

00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:44.760
here<00:44:40.280><c> rather</c><00:44:40.639><c> than</c><00:44:40.820><c> the</c><00:44:41.059><c> white</c><00:44:41.280><c> Nile</c><00:44:41.780><c> which</c><00:44:42.260><c> rises</c><00:44:42.639><c> in</c><00:44:42.920><c> the</c><00:44:43.079><c> mountains</c><00:44:43.480><c> of</c><00:44:43.699><c> Ethiopia.</c>

00:44:45.340 --> 00:44:49.300
Where<00:44:45.519><c> of</c><00:44:45.659><c> course</c><00:44:45.840><c> there</c><00:44:46.079><c> is</c><00:44:46.280><c> normally</c><00:44:46.760><c> a</c><00:44:47.059><c> lot</c><00:44:47.239><c> of</c><00:44:47.519><c> rain</c><00:44:47.900><c> and</c>

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snow<00:44:49.579><c> in</c><00:44:49.699><c> the</c><00:44:49.800><c> wintertime</c><00:44:50.119><c> because</c><00:44:50.300><c> these</c><00:44:50.500><c> are</c><00:44:50.679><c> very</c><00:44:50.880><c> high</c><00:44:51.099><c> mountains.</c>

00:44:53.199 --> 00:45:00.500
So<00:44:53.840><c> the</c><00:44:54.480><c> winter</c><00:44:54.780><c> rain</c><00:44:55.079><c> and</c><00:44:55.219><c> the</c><00:44:55.420><c> melting</c><00:44:55.679><c> snow</c><00:44:56.559><c> causes</c><00:44:57.840><c> the</c><00:44:58.239><c> river</c><00:44:58.820><c> gradually</c><00:44:59.599><c> to</c><00:45:00.139><c> rise.</c>

00:45:00.860 --> 00:45:04.780
It's<00:45:01.280><c> September</c><00:45:01.699><c> before</c><00:45:02.079><c> it</c><00:45:02.300><c> really</c><00:45:02.780><c> has</c><00:45:03.019><c> its</c><00:45:03.260><c> maximum</c><00:45:03.739><c> effect.</c>

00:45:07.059 --> 00:45:10.559
And<00:45:07.139><c> so</c><00:45:07.659><c> what</c><00:45:08.059><c> God</c><00:45:08.320><c> surely</c><00:45:08.639><c> must</c><00:45:08.900><c> have</c><00:45:09.039><c> done</c><00:45:09.300><c> through</c><00:45:09.699><c> the</c><00:45:10.019><c> angels</c><00:45:10.239><c> is</c>

00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:14.179
to<00:45:10.760><c> have</c><00:45:11.539><c> controlled</c><00:45:12.019><c> the</c><00:45:12.260><c> weather</c><00:45:12.440><c> over</c><00:45:13.099><c> the</c><00:45:13.260><c> whole</c><00:45:13.500><c> of</c><00:45:13.679><c> this</c><00:45:13.880><c> area.</c>

00:45:14.179 --> 00:45:20.179
Remember<00:45:14.659><c> of</c><00:45:14.840><c> course</c><00:45:15.239><c> over</c><00:45:15.840><c> here</c><00:45:16.579><c> in</c><00:45:17.699><c> Israel,</c><00:45:18.519><c> Canaan,</c><00:45:20.179><c> where</c>

00:45:20.179 --> 00:45:23.280
Jacob<00:45:20.940><c> and</c><00:45:21.099><c> his</c><00:45:21.280><c> family</c><00:45:21.579><c> were,</c><00:45:22.039><c> there</c><00:45:22.179><c> was</c><00:45:22.360><c> no</c><00:45:22.639><c> rain</c><00:45:22.820><c> there.</c>

00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:28.280
There<00:45:23.780><c> must</c><00:45:23.980><c> have</c><00:45:24.079><c> been</c><00:45:24.219><c> a</c><00:45:24.380><c> drought</c><00:45:24.780><c> throughout</c><00:45:25.579><c> this</c><00:45:26.079><c> area</c><00:45:26.800><c> after</c><00:45:28.000><c> a</c>

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period<00:45:28.619><c> of</c><00:45:30.039><c> plentiful</c><00:45:30.960><c> rainfall.</c>

00:45:32.460 --> 00:45:36.179
And<00:45:32.539><c> so</c><00:45:32.800><c> God</c><00:45:33.079><c> by</c><00:45:33.440><c> these</c><00:45:33.760><c> means</c><00:45:34.480><c> fulfilled</c><00:45:35.380><c> his</c><00:45:35.659><c> purpose.</c>

00:45:36.179 --> 00:45:40.179
Then<00:45:36.599><c> of</c><00:45:36.679><c> course</c><00:45:36.860><c> the</c><00:45:37.400><c> east</c><00:45:37.739><c> wind,</c><00:45:38.400><c> well</c><00:45:39.019><c> if</c><00:45:39.500><c> you</c><00:45:39.659><c> get</c><00:45:39.800><c> an</c><00:45:39.960><c> east</c>

00:45:40.179 --> 00:45:44.920
wind<00:45:40.639><c> in</c><00:45:41.320><c> this</c><00:45:41.539><c> area</c><00:45:41.940><c> it</c><00:45:42.320><c> comes</c><00:45:42.619><c> from</c><00:45:42.840><c> the</c><00:45:43.000><c> deserts</c><00:45:43.400><c> of</c><00:45:43.579><c> Saudi</c><00:45:43.860><c> Arabia.</c>

00:45:45.260 --> 00:45:52.059
And<00:45:45.340><c> it</c><00:45:45.480><c> is</c><00:45:45.760><c> a</c><00:45:45.860><c> withering</c><00:45:46.719><c> dry</c><00:45:47.920><c> wind</c><00:45:48.840><c> which</c><00:45:49.860><c> soon</c><00:45:50.320><c> withers</c><00:45:50.619><c> the</c><00:45:51.119><c> vegetation.</c>

00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:58.460
So<00:45:54.099><c> there's</c><00:45:54.780><c> our</c><00:45:55.440><c> introduction</c><00:45:55.920><c> to</c><00:45:56.119><c> the</c><00:45:56.260><c> subject.</c><00:45:56.659><c> We've</c><00:45:56.880><c> seen</c><00:45:57.480><c> examples</c><00:45:58.260><c> in</c>

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the<00:45:58.579><c> book</c><00:45:58.699><c> of</c><00:45:58.960><c> Genesis.</c>

00:45:59.300 --> 00:46:03.599
We'll<00:45:59.940><c> continue</c><00:46:00.340><c> tomorrow</c><00:46:00.840><c> in</c><00:46:01.460><c> Exodus</c><00:46:01.880><c> and</c><00:46:02.340><c> beyond</c><00:46:02.840><c> and</c><00:46:03.360><c> see</c>

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how<00:46:03.840><c> these</c><00:46:04.119><c> things</c><00:46:04.400><c> were</c><00:46:05.159><c> fulfilled</c><00:46:05.739><c> with</c><00:46:06.840><c> the</c><00:46:07.539><c> people</c><00:46:07.780><c> of</c><00:46:07.980><c> Israel.</c>