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conquerors,<00:12:11.440><c> the</c><00:12:11.679><c> faithful</c><00:12:11.940><c> who</c><00:12:12.220><c> listened</c>

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it<00:14:37.870><c> is</c><00:14:38.129><c> perhaps</c><00:14:38.470><c> that</c><00:14:38.730><c> the</c><00:14:38.929><c> word</c><00:14:39.090><c> of</c><00:14:39.370><c> prophecy</c>

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experiences<00:14:55.610><c> would</c><00:14:56.470><c> have</c><00:14:56.610><c> his</c><00:14:56.870><c> faith</c><00:14:57.090><c> confirmed.</c><00:14:58.450><c> And</c><00:14:58.950><c> interestingly</c><00:14:59.250><c> enough,</c><00:14:59.570><c> if</c><00:14:59.750><c> we</c>

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were<00:15:00.049><c> reading</c>

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Peter,<00:15:09.570><c> James</c><00:15:09.909><c> and</c><00:15:10.049><c> John</c><00:15:10.330><c> had</c><00:15:10.590><c> witnessed</c><00:15:11.029><c> on</c><00:15:11.190><c> the</c><00:15:11.309><c> amount</c><00:15:11.409><c> of</c>

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transfiguration<00:15:12.690><c> confirmed</c><00:15:13.450><c> it</c><00:15:13.669><c> or</c><00:15:13.850><c> made</c><00:15:14.070><c> it</c><00:15:14.370><c> sure.</c>

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Thus<00:15:15.809><c> made</c><00:15:16.190><c> doubly</c><00:15:16.769><c> sure</c><00:15:17.029><c> it</c><00:15:17.250><c> became</c><00:15:17.470><c> a</c><00:15:17.809><c> shining</c><00:15:18.049><c> light.</c><00:15:19.610><c> When</c>

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we<00:15:19.870><c> read</c><00:15:20.029><c> there</c><00:15:20.250><c> in</c><00:15:20.470><c> Peter</c><00:15:20.769><c> that</c><00:15:21.230><c> it</c><00:15:21.490><c> was</c><00:15:21.769><c> a</c><00:15:22.029><c> word</c>

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of<00:15:22.490><c> prophecy</c><00:15:22.769><c> made</c><00:15:23.450><c> more</c><00:15:24.210><c> sure,</c><00:15:25.909><c> it's</c><00:15:26.309><c> a</c><00:15:26.409><c> very</c><00:15:26.690><c> similar</c><00:15:26.970><c> Greek</c>

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confirmed<00:15:29.549><c> in</c><00:15:29.730><c> the</c><00:15:29.850><c> New</c><00:15:29.990><c> Testament</c><00:15:30.389><c> that</c><00:15:30.549><c> Jesus</c><00:15:30.850><c> came</c><00:15:31.090><c> to</c><00:15:31.330><c> confirm</c><00:15:31.730><c> the</c>

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promises<00:15:32.330><c> made</c><00:15:32.649><c> to</c><00:15:32.850><c> the</c><00:15:33.049><c> fathers.</c>

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So<00:15:34.490><c> that</c><00:15:34.750><c> seems</c><00:15:35.029><c> to</c><00:15:35.370><c> underscore</c><00:15:35.909><c> that</c><00:15:36.250><c> idea.</c><00:15:38.009><c> So</c><00:15:38.129><c> it</c><00:15:38.309><c> is</c><00:15:38.509><c> a</c><00:15:38.809><c> word</c><00:15:39.210><c> that</c><00:15:40.090><c> shines</c><00:15:40.389><c> as</c>

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a<00:15:40.909><c> light</c><00:15:41.210><c> in</c><00:15:41.490><c> a</c><00:15:41.649><c> dark</c><00:15:41.870><c> place.</c>

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Originally,<00:15:42.929><c> of</c><00:15:43.129><c> course,</c><00:15:43.350><c> the</c><00:15:43.549><c> dark</c><00:15:43.870><c> place,</c><00:15:44.309><c> it</c><00:15:45.190><c> has</c><00:15:45.350><c> the</c><00:15:45.490><c> sense</c><00:15:45.669><c> of</c>

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that<00:15:45.950><c> which</c><00:15:46.149><c> is</c><00:15:46.529><c> murky</c><00:15:46.929><c> and</c><00:15:47.230><c> squalid.</c>

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And<00:15:48.830><c> that</c><00:15:49.049><c> applies</c><00:15:49.470><c> to</c><00:15:49.750><c> the</c><00:15:49.970><c> natural</c><00:15:50.309><c> human</c><00:15:50.690><c> heart</c><00:15:50.990><c> and</c><00:15:51.450><c> to</c><00:15:51.610><c> the</c><00:15:51.769><c> world</c><00:15:51.909><c> at</c>

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large,<00:15:52.330><c> which</c><00:15:52.450><c> after</c><00:15:52.850><c> all,</c>

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let<00:15:53.250><c> us</c><00:15:53.389><c> not</c><00:15:53.570><c> forget,</c><00:15:54.149><c> is</c><00:15:54.330><c> simply</c><00:15:54.850><c> a</c><00:15:55.570><c> magnification</c><00:15:56.149><c> of</c><00:15:56.450><c> human</c>

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hearts,<00:15:56.950><c> isn't</c><00:15:57.190><c> it?</c><00:15:57.549><c> The</c><00:15:57.730><c> whole</c><00:15:57.990><c> world</c>

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world<00:16:00.690><c> is</c><00:16:00.909><c> full</c><00:16:01.149><c> of</c>

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men<00:16:02.409><c> and</c><00:16:02.509><c> women</c><00:16:02.850><c> who</c><00:16:03.129><c> need</c><00:16:03.610><c> to</c><00:16:03.889><c> have</c><00:16:04.029><c> the</c><00:16:04.309><c> light</c><00:16:04.470><c> of</c><00:16:04.610><c> God's</c><00:16:05.090><c> truth</c><00:16:05.289><c> revealed</c><00:16:05.730><c> to</c><00:16:06.029><c> them.</c>

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And<00:16:08.629><c> through</c><00:16:08.769><c> the</c><00:16:08.950><c> grace</c><00:16:09.110><c> of</c><00:16:09.370><c> God,</c><00:16:09.549><c> it</c><00:16:09.730><c> has</c><00:16:09.889><c> been</c><00:16:10.169><c> revealed</c><00:16:10.590><c> to</c>

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these<00:16:52.289><c> things</c><00:16:52.509><c> come</c><00:16:52.769><c> together,</c>

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indication<00:16:58.850><c> of</c><00:16:59.029><c> what</c><00:16:59.190><c> is</c><00:16:59.389><c> to</c><00:16:59.669><c> follow.</c>

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righteousness<00:17:12.390><c> as</c><00:17:12.950><c> the</c><00:17:13.369><c> stars</c>

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forever<00:17:14.950><c> and</c><00:17:15.329><c> ever.</c><00:17:17.230><c> So</c><00:17:17.250><c> that</c><00:17:17.509><c> the</c><00:17:17.750><c> Almighty</c><00:17:18.130><c> has</c><00:17:18.490><c> brought</c>

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and<00:17:23.349><c> yet</c><00:17:23.509><c> he</c><00:17:23.690><c> is</c><00:17:23.789><c> to</c><00:17:23.970><c> bring</c><00:17:24.150><c> many</c><00:17:24.609><c> other</c><00:17:25.210><c> sons</c><00:17:26.069><c> unto</c><00:17:26.970><c> glory.</c><00:17:29.150><c> And</c><00:17:29.490><c> that</c><00:17:29.630><c> by</c>

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God's<00:17:39.990><c> eternal</c><00:17:40.430><c> glory.</c>

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us.

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day<00:22:44.650><c> the</c><00:22:44.829><c> Lord</c><00:22:45.029><c> has</c><00:22:45.329><c> made.</c><00:22:45.750><c> We</c><00:22:46.089><c> will</c><00:22:46.470><c> rejoice</c><00:22:47.069><c> and</c>

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principle<00:22:59.569><c> of</c><00:22:59.750><c> the</c><00:22:59.950><c> Sabbath</c><00:23:00.150><c> is</c><00:23:00.349><c> to</c><00:23:00.490><c> be</c><00:23:00.630><c> doing</c><00:23:00.789><c> God's</c>

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will,<00:23:01.549><c> isn't</c><00:23:01.829><c> it,</c><00:23:02.410><c> every</c><00:23:02.789><c> day,</c><00:23:03.930><c> and</c><00:23:05.029><c> to</c><00:23:05.450><c> exhort</c><00:23:05.869><c> and</c><00:23:06.109><c> encourage</c><00:23:06.410><c> one</c><00:23:06.630><c> another</c><00:23:06.950><c> while</c><00:23:07.390><c> it</c>

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see<00:23:11.910><c> each</c><00:23:12.329><c> day</c><00:23:12.869><c> with</c><00:23:13.150><c> which</c><00:23:13.309><c> God</c><00:23:13.589><c> has</c><00:23:13.750><c> seen</c><00:23:13.890><c> fit</c><00:23:14.130><c> to</c>

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is<00:23:31.410><c> to</c><00:23:31.670><c> serve</c><00:23:32.069><c> the</c><00:23:32.269><c> Lord</c><00:23:32.529><c> today,</c>

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yesterday.<00:23:40.490><c> He</c><00:23:40.690><c> who</c><00:23:40.910><c> lacks</c><00:23:41.269><c> these</c><00:23:41.650><c> things,</c><00:23:42.009><c> the</c><00:23:42.230><c> great</c><00:23:42.369><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:23:49.630><c> It's</c><00:23:49.890><c> natural</c><00:23:50.150><c> to</c><00:23:50.450><c> me,</c>

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cleansed<00:23:58.049><c> from</c><00:23:58.230><c> his</c><00:23:58.430><c> old</c><00:23:58.690><c> sins.</c>

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about<00:24:03.190><c> the</c><00:24:03.390><c> great</c><00:24:03.569><c> and</c><00:24:03.789><c> precious</c><00:24:03.970><c> promises</c><00:24:04.509><c> means</c>

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that<00:24:06.410><c> we</c><00:24:06.670><c> lose</c><00:24:06.950><c> sight</c><00:24:07.190><c> of</c><00:24:07.349><c> the</c><00:24:07.529><c> greatness</c><00:24:07.789><c> of</c><00:24:07.970><c> God's</c><00:24:08.309><c> love</c><00:24:08.450><c> and</c>

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his<00:24:08.849><c> forgiveness,</c>

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and<00:24:11.089><c> yet</c><00:24:11.589><c> then,</c><00:24:13.190><c> and</c><00:24:14.309><c> the</c><00:24:14.549><c> world's</c><00:24:14.970><c> focus</c><00:24:15.269><c> on</c><00:24:15.549><c> today</c><00:24:16.170><c> is</c><00:24:17.809><c> to</c><00:24:17.990><c> focus</c><00:24:18.329><c> on</c>

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gives<00:24:31.970><c> us</c><00:24:32.910><c> every</c><00:24:33.470><c> day</c><00:24:33.789><c> an</c><00:24:33.970><c> opportunity</c><00:24:34.569><c> to</c><00:24:34.890><c> listen</c><00:24:35.210><c> to</c>

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behind,<00:24:46.789><c> says</c><00:24:46.890><c> the</c><00:24:47.089><c> apostle</c><00:24:47.390><c> in</c><00:24:47.589><c> Philippians</c><00:24:47.970><c> 3,</c>

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us,<00:24:52.930><c> we</c><00:24:53.150><c> press</c><00:24:53.529><c> toward</c><00:24:53.789><c> the</c><00:24:54.009><c> mark</c><00:24:54.210><c> of</c><00:24:54.430><c> the</c>

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aren't<00:25:04.490><c> they,</c><00:25:05.470><c> are</c><00:25:05.569><c> all</c><00:25:05.930><c> about</c><00:25:06.269><c> the</c><00:25:06.490><c> future.</c><00:25:06.990><c> The</c><00:25:07.309><c> future</c><00:25:07.710><c> tense</c><00:25:08.190><c> is</c>

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what<00:25:09.430><c> they</c><00:25:09.630><c> are</c><00:25:09.710><c> all</c><00:25:09.890><c> about.</c>

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I<00:25:10.430><c> will</c><00:25:10.789><c> put</c><00:25:11.069><c> enmity.</c><00:25:11.990><c> It</c><00:25:11.990><c> shall</c><00:25:12.289><c> bruise</c><00:25:12.650><c> thy</c><00:25:12.829><c> head.</c><00:25:13.069><c> Thou</c><00:25:13.390><c> shalt</c><00:25:13.809><c> bruise.</c><00:25:14.450><c> I</c>

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will<00:25:15.049><c> make.</c>

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towards<00:25:21.309><c> his</c><00:25:21.690><c> future,</c>

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so<00:25:24.369><c> we</c><00:25:24.869><c> have</c><00:25:25.150><c> to</c><00:25:25.390><c> live</c><00:25:25.730><c> day</c><00:25:26.130><c> by</c><00:25:26.430><c> day</c><00:25:26.730><c> in</c><00:25:27.029><c> the</c><00:25:27.309><c> knowledge.</c><00:25:27.950><c> Just</c>

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see<00:25:28.549><c> how</c><00:25:29.250><c> he</c><00:25:29.509><c> uses</c><00:25:29.769><c> that</c><00:25:30.130><c> exaltation</c><00:25:30.670><c> through</c><00:25:30.890><c> this</c>

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chapter.<00:25:31.470><c> Verse</c><00:25:31.730><c> four</c><00:25:32.049><c> talks</c><00:25:32.349><c> about</c><00:25:32.630><c> exceeding</c><00:25:33.349><c> great</c><00:25:33.730><c> and</c>

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precious<00:25:34.990><c> promises.</c><00:25:37.269><c> And</c><00:25:37.450><c> having</c><00:25:37.630><c> established</c>

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those<00:25:38.609><c> at</c><00:25:38.809><c> the</c><00:25:38.970><c> heart</c><00:25:39.170><c> of</c><00:25:39.349><c> the</c><00:25:39.509><c> believer's</c><00:25:39.930><c> life,</c><00:25:40.970><c> then</c><00:25:41.089><c> he</c><00:25:41.230><c> goes</c><00:25:41.430><c> on</c>

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to<00:25:41.890><c> talk</c><00:25:42.430><c> about</c><00:25:44.069><c> how</c><00:25:44.529><c> that</c><00:25:44.730><c> should</c><00:25:44.890><c> affect</c><00:25:45.250><c> us.</c>

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Exceeding<00:25:46.549><c> great</c><00:25:46.730><c> and</c><00:25:46.930><c> precious</c><00:25:47.170><c> promises.</c><00:25:47.609><c> It's</c><00:25:47.869><c> all</c><00:25:48.150><c> about</c>

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the<00:25:48.609><c> hope</c><00:25:48.789><c> of</c><00:25:48.970><c> the</c><00:25:49.109><c> kingdom,</c><00:25:49.869><c> which</c><00:25:50.009><c> has</c><00:25:50.190><c> been</c>

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promised<00:25:51.269><c> for</c><00:25:51.809><c> tomorrow,</c><00:25:52.470><c> which</c><00:25:52.710><c> was</c><00:25:53.069><c> shining</c><00:25:53.390><c> to</c><00:25:53.690><c> our</c><00:25:53.910><c> lives</c>

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now,<00:25:54.309><c> just</c><00:25:54.890><c> as</c><00:25:55.390><c> that</c><00:25:55.670><c> vision</c><00:25:55.930><c> that</c><00:25:56.210><c> Peter</c><00:25:56.450><c> saw</c>

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shone<00:25:58.180><c> into</c><00:25:58.380><c> his</c><00:25:58.680><c> heart</c><00:25:59.059><c> and</c><00:25:59.400><c> reminded</c><00:25:59.900><c> him</c><00:26:00.200><c> through</c><00:26:00.460><c> every</c>

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day<00:26:01.480><c> with</c><00:26:01.819><c> the</c><00:26:02.039><c> hope</c><00:26:02.420><c> of</c><00:26:03.000><c> that</c><00:26:03.200><c> to</c><00:26:03.400><c> which</c><00:26:03.500><c> he</c><00:26:03.720><c> looked.</c>

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And<00:26:06.079><c> for</c><00:26:06.359><c> this</c><00:26:06.680><c> reason,</c><00:26:07.160><c> we</c><00:26:07.200><c> must</c><00:26:07.440><c> give</c><00:26:07.799><c> diligence</c><00:26:08.779><c> that</c><00:26:10.519><c> we</c>

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might<00:26:10.900><c> not</c><00:26:11.059><c> be</c><00:26:11.880><c> unfruitful,</c><00:26:13.519><c> but</c><00:26:13.819><c> rather</c>

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that<00:26:15.660><c> we</c><00:26:15.839><c> might</c><00:26:16.000><c> be</c><00:26:16.299><c> diligent</c><00:26:16.619><c> to</c><00:26:16.859><c> make</c><00:26:17.019><c> our</c><00:26:17.319><c> calling</c><00:26:17.759><c> and</c><00:26:18.500><c> election</c><00:26:18.859><c> sure.</c><00:26:19.640><c> Do</c>

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you<00:26:19.880><c> see</c><00:26:20.039><c> how</c><00:26:20.279><c> all</c><00:26:20.579><c> the</c><00:26:20.740><c> time</c>

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Peter<00:26:21.180><c> is</c><00:26:21.440><c> using</c><00:26:21.839><c> this</c><00:26:22.240><c> vision</c><00:26:22.619><c> to</c><00:26:23.279><c> influence</c><00:26:23.700><c> his</c><00:26:24.019><c> thinking</c>

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for<00:26:25.440><c> today?</c><00:26:26.000><c> The</c><00:26:26.160><c> vision</c><00:26:26.319><c> of</c><00:26:26.579><c> the</c><00:26:26.740><c> future</c>

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is<00:26:27.460><c> going</c><00:26:27.579><c> to</c><00:26:27.880><c> influence</c><00:26:28.339><c> how</c><00:26:28.640><c> he</c><00:26:28.880><c> lives</c><00:26:29.420><c> today.</c><00:26:33.460><c> So</c><00:26:33.960><c> yesterday,</c><00:26:35.380><c> today</c><00:26:35.819><c> and</c><00:26:36.299><c> tomorrow</c><00:26:36.740><c> to</c>

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serve<00:26:37.380><c> the</c><00:26:37.599><c> Lord</c>

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today<00:26:38.519><c> and</c><00:26:39.660><c> to</c><00:26:39.940><c> use</c><00:26:40.079><c> it</c><00:26:40.259><c> as</c><00:26:40.440><c> our</c><00:26:40.680><c> day</c><00:26:40.799><c> of</c><00:26:41.039><c> opportunity</c><00:26:41.640><c> to</c><00:26:41.980><c> prepare</c><00:26:42.359><c> for</c>

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what<00:26:42.740><c> God</c><00:26:43.000><c> has</c><00:26:43.400><c> in</c><00:26:43.700><c> store</c><00:26:44.059><c> for</c><00:26:44.720><c> tomorrow.</c>

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And<00:26:47.019><c> that</c><00:26:47.480><c> was</c><00:26:48.079><c> something</c><00:26:48.619><c> of</c><00:26:48.920><c> the</c><00:26:49.259><c> vision</c><00:26:49.559><c> that</c><00:26:49.779><c> was</c><00:26:49.980><c> given</c><00:26:50.180><c> to</c><00:26:50.380><c> the</c><00:26:50.500><c> apostle.</c><00:26:51.059><c> Of</c><00:26:51.240><c> course,</c><00:26:52.119><c> this</c><00:26:52.299><c> was</c><00:26:52.480><c> a</c><00:26:52.660><c> thought</c>

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that<00:26:52.880><c> was</c><00:26:53.019><c> very</c><00:26:53.319><c> present</c><00:26:53.539><c> with</c><00:26:53.740><c> him,</c><00:26:53.980><c> wasn't</c><00:26:54.160><c> it?</c><00:26:54.940><c> He</c><00:26:55.180><c> talks</c>

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about<00:26:55.839><c> having</c><00:26:56.039><c> to</c><00:26:56.220><c> put</c><00:26:56.359><c> off</c><00:26:56.500><c> his</c><00:26:56.839><c> tabernacle,</c>

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which<00:26:57.420><c> was</c><00:26:57.720><c> a</c><00:26:57.859><c> temporary</c><00:26:58.200><c> dwelling.</c><00:26:58.599><c> Of</c><00:26:58.740><c> course,</c><00:26:58.880><c> he</c><00:26:58.960><c> wasn't</c>

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talking<00:26:59.440><c> about</c><00:26:59.740><c> the</c><00:27:00.000><c> tabernacle,</c><00:27:00.619><c> was</c><00:27:00.720><c> he?</c>

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He<00:27:00.920><c> was</c><00:27:01.079><c> talking</c><00:27:01.299><c> about</c><00:27:01.880><c> living</c><00:27:02.240><c> in</c><00:27:02.500><c> this</c><00:27:02.740><c> mortal</c><00:27:03.039><c> body,</c><00:27:03.700><c> but</c>

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like<00:27:04.240><c> the</c><00:27:04.460><c> tabernacle</c><00:27:04.920><c> itself,</c><00:27:05.700><c> it</c><00:27:05.880><c> was</c><00:27:06.079><c> a</c><00:27:06.339><c> temporary</c>

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dwelling.<00:27:07.240><c> And</c><00:27:07.440><c> he</c><00:27:07.579><c> saw</c><00:27:07.779><c> his</c><00:27:08.059><c> life</c><00:27:08.279><c> now</c><00:27:08.839><c> as</c><00:27:09.759><c> just</c><00:27:10.039><c> a</c><00:27:10.299><c> temporary</c>

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measure<00:27:11.559><c> until</c><00:27:12.920><c> the</c><00:27:13.140><c> Lord</c><00:27:13.279><c> should</c><00:27:13.539><c> come.</c>

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And<00:27:14.799><c> when</c><00:27:15.000><c> his</c><00:27:15.160><c> pilgrimage</c><00:27:15.599><c> was</c><00:27:15.859><c> at</c><00:27:16.079><c> an</c><00:27:16.220><c> end,</c><00:27:16.500><c> he</c><00:27:16.500><c> would</c><00:27:16.700><c> know</c>

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nothing<00:27:17.119><c> until</c><00:27:17.440><c> the</c><00:27:17.640><c> Lord</c><00:27:17.819><c> came</c>

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and<00:27:19.200><c> gave</c><00:27:19.400><c> him</c><00:27:19.539><c> our</c><00:27:19.680><c> house,</c><00:27:20.000><c> which</c><00:27:20.140><c> is</c><00:27:20.339><c> from</c><00:27:20.559><c> heaven.</c>

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And<00:27:23.400><c> that</c><00:27:23.539><c> is</c><00:27:23.720><c> the</c><00:27:23.880><c> perspective</c><00:27:24.500><c> that</c><00:27:24.900><c> we</c><00:27:25.119><c> must</c><00:27:25.380><c> seek</c><00:27:25.640><c> to</c><00:27:25.900><c> develop,</c><00:27:26.180><c> is</c>

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it<00:27:26.420><c> not,</c><00:27:26.619><c> my</c><00:27:26.759><c> brothers</c><00:27:26.900><c> and</c><00:27:27.140><c> sisters?</c>

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That<00:27:29.039><c> our</c><00:27:29.359><c> life</c><00:27:29.619><c> now</c><00:27:30.039><c> is</c><00:27:30.619><c> a</c><00:27:30.920><c> temporary</c><00:27:32.000><c> preparation,</c><00:27:34.680><c> for</c><00:27:34.940><c> that</c><00:27:35.220><c> which</c><00:27:35.519><c> is</c><00:27:35.880><c> seen</c>

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is<00:27:37.380><c> temporary,</c><00:27:39.000><c> but</c><00:27:39.079><c> that</c><00:27:39.319><c> which</c><00:27:39.460><c> is</c><00:27:39.779><c> not</c><00:27:40.220><c> seen</c><00:27:40.680><c> is</c><00:27:41.660><c> eternal.</c>

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And<00:27:43.460><c> whilst</c><00:27:43.680><c> now</c><00:27:44.339><c> we</c><00:27:44.700><c> might</c><00:27:45.000><c> experience</c>

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this<00:27:46.220><c> temporary</c><00:27:46.740><c> distress,</c><00:27:48.480><c> it</c><00:27:48.599><c> works</c><00:27:48.859><c> for</c><00:27:49.059><c> us</c><00:27:49.220><c> a</c><00:27:49.380><c> far</c><00:27:49.599><c> more</c>

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exceeding<00:27:50.440><c> and</c><00:27:50.740><c> eternal</c><00:27:51.420><c> weight</c><00:27:51.920><c> of</c><00:27:52.460><c> glory</c>

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as<00:27:54.640><c> we</c><00:27:54.980><c> fix</c><00:27:55.200><c> our</c><00:27:55.579><c> eyes</c><00:27:55.880><c> on</c><00:27:56.160><c> the</c><00:27:56.420><c> vision</c><00:27:56.559><c> of</c><00:27:56.740><c> the</c><00:27:56.920><c> kingdom</c><00:27:57.339><c> as</c>

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did<00:27:58.440><c> our</c><00:27:58.720><c> Lord,</c><00:27:59.039><c> who</c><00:27:59.180><c> for</c><00:27:59.339><c> the</c><00:27:59.619><c> joy</c><00:27:59.859><c> that</c><00:28:00.019><c> was</c><00:28:00.299><c> set</c>

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before<00:28:00.859><c> him</c><00:28:01.319><c> endured</c><00:28:01.960><c> the</c><00:28:02.259><c> cross,</c><00:28:03.000><c> despising</c><00:28:03.460><c> the</c><00:28:03.660><c> shame,</c><00:28:05.220><c> and</c><00:28:05.440><c> is</c>

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set<00:28:05.900><c> down</c><00:28:06.119><c> at</c><00:28:06.299><c> the</c><00:28:06.420><c> right</c><00:28:06.740><c> hand</c><00:28:07.640><c> of</c><00:28:07.819><c> God.</c>

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He<00:28:14.099><c> carries</c><00:28:14.380><c> on</c><00:28:14.559><c> his</c><00:28:14.700><c> thing,</c><00:28:14.819><c> of</c><00:28:14.880><c> course,</c><00:28:15.140><c> doesn't</c><00:28:15.359><c> he,</c><00:28:15.480><c> into</c>

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the<00:28:15.799><c> third</c><00:28:15.980><c> chapter,</c><00:28:16.359><c> where</c><00:28:16.559><c> he</c><00:28:16.740><c> writes</c>

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of<00:28:17.680><c> the</c><00:28:17.880><c> words</c><00:28:18.099><c> which</c><00:28:18.279><c> were</c><00:28:18.559><c> spoken</c><00:28:18.920><c> before</c><00:28:19.359><c> by</c><00:28:19.599><c> the</c><00:28:19.779><c> holy</c><00:28:19.980><c> apostles</c><00:28:20.339><c> and</c><00:28:20.599><c> prophets,</c>

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knowing<00:28:22.579><c> this</c><00:28:22.960><c> first,</c><00:28:23.400><c> that</c><00:28:23.500><c> there</c><00:28:23.660><c> shall</c><00:28:23.799><c> come</c><00:28:24.000><c> in</c><00:28:24.119><c> the</c><00:28:24.220><c> last</c>

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days<00:28:24.720><c> scoffers.</c><00:28:25.160><c> So</c><00:28:25.500><c> the</c><00:28:25.799><c> knowledge</c><00:28:26.059><c> of</c><00:28:26.220><c> what</c><00:28:26.400><c> was</c>

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to<00:28:26.660><c> happen</c><00:28:26.980><c> was</c><00:28:27.519><c> to</c><00:28:27.759><c> influence</c><00:28:28.240><c> them</c><00:28:28.640><c> in</c><00:28:28.880><c> their</c><00:28:29.180><c> thinking</c><00:28:29.500><c> and</c>

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in<00:28:30.019><c> their</c><00:28:30.240><c> action,</c><00:28:30.779><c> as</c><00:28:30.920><c> it</c><00:28:31.160><c> must</c><00:28:31.400><c> us</c><00:28:31.900><c> when</c><00:28:32.420><c> we</c><00:28:32.700><c> come</c>

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to<00:28:33.059><c> the</c><00:28:33.119><c> word</c><00:28:33.319><c> of</c><00:28:33.559><c> prophecy</c><00:28:33.859><c> and</c><00:28:34.380><c> seek</c><00:28:34.599><c> to</c><00:28:34.940><c> understand</c><00:28:35.339><c> it,</c><00:28:35.619><c> ye</c>

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therefore<00:28:36.319><c> seeing</c><00:28:36.680><c> ye</c><00:28:37.019><c> know</c><00:28:37.279><c> these</c><00:28:37.579><c> things</c><00:28:37.839><c> before,</c>

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beware,<00:28:40.039><c> lest</c><00:28:40.200><c> ye</c><00:28:40.539><c> also,</c><00:28:41.799><c> being</c><00:28:42.160><c> led</c><00:28:42.400><c> away</c><00:28:42.680><c> with</c><00:28:42.880><c> the</c><00:28:42.960><c> air</c><00:28:43.059><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:43.319><c> wicked,</c><00:28:44.319><c> fall</c><00:28:44.460><c> away.</c>

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So<00:28:46.700><c> God</c><00:28:47.180><c> has</c><00:28:47.700><c> revealed</c><00:28:48.039><c> these</c><00:28:48.420><c> things</c><00:28:48.680><c> to</c><00:28:49.000><c> us,</c><00:28:49.480><c> and</c><00:28:49.740><c> it</c><00:28:49.920><c> is</c><00:28:50.119><c> for</c>

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us<00:28:50.539><c> to</c><00:28:50.819><c> take</c><00:28:50.960><c> them</c><00:28:51.119><c> into</c><00:28:51.380><c> our</c><00:28:51.700><c> hearts</c><00:28:52.099><c> and</c><00:28:52.599><c> to</c><00:28:52.920><c> live</c>

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by<00:28:53.500><c> them,</c><00:28:55.119><c> bearing</c><00:28:55.380><c> in</c><00:28:55.559><c> mind</c><00:28:55.660><c> that</c><00:28:55.960><c> these</c><00:28:56.619><c> prophecies</c><00:28:57.180><c> and</c><00:28:57.359><c> these</c><00:28:57.779><c> promises</c><00:28:58.099><c> give</c><00:28:58.400><c> us</c>

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an<00:28:59.240><c> opportunity</c><00:28:59.799><c> to</c>

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express<00:29:00.700><c> faith.</c><00:29:02.180><c> Without</c><00:29:02.599><c> faith</c><00:29:02.859><c> it</c><00:29:03.019><c> is</c><00:29:03.220><c> impossible</c><00:29:03.920><c> to</c><00:29:04.460><c> please</c><00:29:04.759><c> him,</c>

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:08.319
and<00:29:06.059><c> all</c><00:29:06.319><c> the</c><00:29:06.480><c> worthies</c><00:29:06.740><c> of</c><00:29:06.920><c> old</c><00:29:07.279><c> died,</c>

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didn't<00:29:09.019><c> they,</c><00:29:09.259><c> in</c><00:29:09.319><c> Hebrews</c><00:29:09.500><c> 11,</c><00:29:09.799><c> without</c><00:29:10.119><c> having</c><00:29:10.539><c> seen</c><00:29:10.799><c> the</c>

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:13.140
fulfilment<00:29:11.539><c> of</c><00:29:11.700><c> those</c><00:29:12.039><c> promises,</c>

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:18.900
and<00:29:14.460><c> they</c><00:29:14.640><c> were</c><00:29:14.880><c> given</c><00:29:15.559><c> that</c><00:29:17.319><c> we</c><00:29:17.599><c> might</c><00:29:17.880><c> have</c><00:29:18.079><c> an</c><00:29:18.180><c> opportunity</c>

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to<00:29:19.319><c> demonstrate</c><00:29:19.920><c> our</c><00:29:20.279><c> faith.</c>

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:24.200
The<00:29:21.319><c> promises</c><00:29:21.619><c> being</c><00:29:21.960><c> a</c><00:29:22.160><c> matter</c><00:29:22.400><c> of</c><00:29:22.680><c> prophecy,</c><00:29:22.980><c> he</c><00:29:23.279><c> says,</c>

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:27.380
have<00:29:24.740><c> that</c><00:29:24.960><c> very</c><00:29:25.319><c> nature</c><00:29:25.759><c> that</c><00:29:25.940><c> they</c><00:29:26.160><c> might</c><00:29:26.680><c> encourage</c>

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:32.619
us<00:29:27.880><c> to</c><00:29:28.500><c> demonstrate</c><00:29:28.920><c> our</c><00:29:29.259><c> faith</c><00:29:29.640><c> in</c><00:29:30.140><c> his</c><00:29:30.420><c> word.</c><00:29:31.680><c> So</c><00:29:31.880><c> it</c><00:29:32.059><c> is</c><00:29:32.180><c> with</c><00:29:32.400><c> all</c>

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:35.720
prophecy,<00:29:33.880><c> as</c><00:29:34.000><c> we</c><00:29:34.180><c> see</c><00:29:34.319><c> it</c><00:29:34.519><c> being</c><00:29:34.740><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:39.920
So<00:29:37.759><c> it's</c><00:29:38.079><c> almost</c><00:29:38.319><c> as</c><00:29:38.519><c> though,</c><00:29:38.799><c> brothers</c><00:29:38.880><c> and</c><00:29:39.019><c> sisters,</c><00:29:39.200><c> on</c><00:29:39.359><c> the</c><00:29:39.480><c> one</c><00:29:39.640><c> hand</c><00:29:39.759><c> we</c>

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.880
have<00:29:40.079><c> the</c><00:29:40.400><c> promises,</c>

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:45.539
which<00:29:41.420><c> are</c><00:29:41.660><c> God's</c><00:29:42.579><c> revealed</c><00:29:43.019><c> word</c><00:29:43.619><c> and</c><00:29:43.859><c> his</c><00:29:44.160><c> plan,</c><00:29:44.700><c> and</c><00:29:44.880><c> on</c><00:29:45.079><c> the</c><00:29:45.240><c> other</c><00:29:45.339><c> we</c>

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:48.000
have<00:29:45.700><c> the</c><00:29:46.000><c> events</c><00:29:46.299><c> of</c><00:29:46.559><c> today's</c><00:29:47.039><c> world,</c>

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:51.799
and<00:29:48.599><c> the</c><00:29:48.740><c> word</c><00:29:49.019><c> of</c><00:29:49.359><c> prophecy</c><00:29:49.740><c> is</c><00:29:50.099><c> the</c><00:29:50.259><c> thing</c><00:29:50.420><c> that</c><00:29:50.779><c> today</c><00:29:51.339><c> is</c>

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:54.000
showing<00:29:52.000><c> us</c><00:29:52.359><c> how</c><00:29:52.799><c> God</c><00:29:53.000><c> is</c><00:29:53.220><c> working</c><00:29:53.539><c> towards</c><00:29:53.779><c> the</c>

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:58.319
fulfilment<00:29:54.460><c> of</c><00:29:54.640><c> those</c><00:29:54.819><c> promises,</c><00:29:56.700><c> that</c><00:29:56.900><c> he</c><00:29:57.279><c> is</c><00:29:57.460><c> indeed</c><00:29:57.799><c> working</c><00:29:58.079><c> out</c>

00:29:58.319 --> 00:30:00.119
his<00:29:58.500><c> purpose</c><00:29:58.819><c> in</c><00:29:59.039><c> the</c><00:29:59.200><c> world,</c><00:29:59.700><c> that</c><00:29:59.700><c> we</c><00:29:59.880><c> are</c>

00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:03.740
not<00:30:00.400><c> living</c><00:30:00.740><c> in</c><00:30:01.079><c> some</c><00:30:02.059><c> chaotic</c><00:30:02.740><c> environment</c><00:30:03.240><c> in</c><00:30:03.400><c> which</c><00:30:03.559><c> there</c>

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:07.099
is<00:30:03.920><c> no</c><00:30:04.160><c> purpose,</c><00:30:04.759><c> but</c><00:30:04.920><c> rather</c><00:30:05.440><c> as</c><00:30:06.240><c> we</c><00:30:06.539><c> see</c><00:30:06.799><c> the</c>

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:12.539
signs<00:30:07.380><c> around</c><00:30:07.799><c> us</c><00:30:08.099><c> telling</c><00:30:08.420><c> us</c><00:30:10.000><c> that</c><00:30:10.359><c> God's</c><00:30:10.799><c> purpose</c><00:30:11.079><c> is</c><00:30:11.319><c> being</c><00:30:11.599><c> worked</c><00:30:11.960><c> out,</c>

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:14.720
and<00:30:13.160><c> the</c><00:30:13.480><c> promises</c><00:30:13.960><c> for</c><00:30:14.220><c> which</c><00:30:14.420><c> we</c>

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:19.900
wait,<00:30:15.779><c> and</c><00:30:15.880><c> the</c><00:30:16.099><c> faith</c><00:30:16.339><c> that</c><00:30:16.500><c> we</c><00:30:16.640><c> have</c><00:30:16.900><c> towards</c><00:30:17.279><c> him,</c><00:30:19.079><c> are</c><00:30:19.240><c> encouraging</c><00:30:19.619><c> us</c>

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:24.059
to<00:30:20.200><c> hold</c><00:30:20.420><c> on</c><00:30:21.299><c> to</c><00:30:21.640><c> the</c><00:30:21.839><c> end,</c><00:30:22.440><c> come</c><00:30:22.700><c> what</c><00:30:23.000><c> may.</c>

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:30.759
Just<00:30:27.740><c> take</c><00:30:27.940><c> an</c><00:30:28.099><c> example,</c><00:30:28.660><c> brothers</c><00:30:28.819><c> and</c><00:30:29.079><c> sisters,</c><00:30:30.519><c> it</c><00:30:30.660><c> was</c><00:30:30.660><c> in</c>

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:33.400
our<00:30:30.920><c> readings</c><00:30:31.119><c> in</c><00:30:31.299><c> the</c><00:30:31.400><c> last</c><00:30:31.680><c> week</c><00:30:31.880><c> about</c><00:30:32.160><c> Daniel</c><00:30:32.640><c> who</c>

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:39.240
wanted<00:30:34.799><c> to</c><00:30:35.140><c> know,</c><00:30:35.400><c> didn't</c><00:30:35.720><c> he,</c><00:30:36.099><c> of</c><00:30:36.279><c> the</c><00:30:36.440><c> purpose</c><00:30:36.779><c> of</c><00:30:37.039><c> God,</c><00:30:39.019><c> and</c>

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:41.460
the<00:30:39.420><c> angel</c><00:30:39.599><c> says</c><00:30:39.880><c> to</c><00:30:40.099><c> him,</c><00:30:40.359><c> fear</c><00:30:40.619><c> not</c><00:30:40.940><c> Daniel,</c>

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:45.539
for<00:30:41.880><c> from</c><00:30:42.200><c> the</c><00:30:42.579><c> first</c><00:30:42.960><c> day</c><00:30:43.400><c> that</c><00:30:43.579><c> thou</c><00:30:43.720><c> didst</c><00:30:44.000><c> set</c><00:30:44.339><c> thine</c><00:30:44.740><c> heart</c><00:30:45.119><c> to</c>

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:48.880
understand,<00:30:47.500><c> he</c><00:30:47.740><c> purposed</c><00:30:48.220><c> in</c><00:30:48.400><c> his</c><00:30:48.640><c> heart,</c>

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:51.720
brothers<00:30:49.119><c> and</c><00:30:49.380><c> sisters,</c><00:30:50.079><c> because</c><00:30:50.359><c> he</c><00:30:50.640><c> wanted</c><00:30:51.039><c> to</c><00:30:51.339><c> know</c><00:30:51.480><c> what</c>

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:57.500
God<00:30:52.140><c> had</c><00:30:52.640><c> revealed,</c><00:30:54.640><c> and</c><00:30:55.480><c> he</c><00:30:56.460><c> chastened</c><00:30:56.859><c> himself,</c>

00:30:57.839 --> 00:31:01.400
he<00:30:58.140><c> humbled</c><00:30:58.400><c> himself</c><00:30:58.900><c> before</c><00:30:59.240><c> his</c><00:30:59.480><c> God.</c><00:31:00.740><c> It's</c><00:31:00.900><c> in</c><00:31:01.059><c> today's</c>

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:04.480
readings<00:31:01.599><c> about</c><00:31:01.900><c> Josiah</c><00:31:02.640><c> who</c><00:31:03.319><c> humbled</c><00:31:03.680><c> himself</c><00:31:04.119><c> before</c>

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:11.759
his<00:31:04.680><c> God,</c><00:31:05.200><c> and</c><00:31:05.779><c> when</c><00:31:05.940><c> the</c><00:31:06.180><c> word</c><00:31:06.339><c> was</c><00:31:06.579><c> revealed,</c><00:31:08.240><c> sought</c><00:31:08.380><c> to</c><00:31:08.619><c> take</c><00:31:08.799><c> action,</c><00:31:10.740><c> and</c><00:31:10.940><c> that</c><00:31:11.180><c> surely</c><00:31:11.380><c> must</c><00:31:11.579><c> be</c>

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.180
the<00:31:11.960><c> same</c>

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example,<00:31:12.779><c> an</c><00:31:12.940><c> exhortation</c><00:31:13.400><c> for</c><00:31:13.619><c> us,</c><00:31:13.819><c> isn't</c><00:31:14.000><c> it?</c><00:31:15.500><c> And</c><00:31:15.880><c> his</c><00:31:16.019><c> words</c><00:31:16.200><c> were</c><00:31:16.460><c> heard,</c><00:31:16.660><c> and</c>

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.980
what<00:31:17.099><c> was</c><00:31:17.279><c> it</c><00:31:17.400><c> that</c><00:31:17.559><c> he</c><00:31:17.720><c> wanted</c>

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:20.299
to<00:31:18.240><c> know</c><00:31:18.420><c> about?</c><00:31:18.619><c> What</c><00:31:18.799><c> was</c><00:31:19.019><c> it</c><00:31:19.140><c> he</c><00:31:19.220><c> wanted</c><00:31:19.440><c> to</c><00:31:19.779><c> understand?</c>

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:22.579
Well,<00:31:20.660><c> he</c><00:31:20.720><c> wanted</c><00:31:20.940><c> to</c><00:31:21.259><c> understand</c><00:31:21.559><c> about</c><00:31:21.880><c> the</c><00:31:22.339><c> time</c>

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:29.220
periods<00:31:22.960><c> in</c><00:31:23.200><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:23.440><c> 25</c><00:31:24.019><c> and</c><00:31:24.160><c> 29,</c><00:31:24.700><c> how</c><00:31:24.960><c> it</c><00:31:25.140><c> would</c><00:31:25.339><c> affect</c><00:31:25.859><c> God's</c><00:31:26.900><c> people,</c><00:31:28.279><c> and</c><00:31:28.599><c> how</c><00:31:28.839><c> he</c>

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.700
could<00:31:29.359><c> encourage</c><00:31:30.019><c> them,</c>

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:37.160
and<00:31:31.079><c> how</c><00:31:32.559><c> God's</c><00:31:32.940><c> purpose</c><00:31:33.279><c> would</c><00:31:33.480><c> be</c><00:31:33.740><c> worked</c><00:31:34.019><c> out.</c><00:31:35.559><c> What</c><00:31:35.680><c> a</c><00:31:35.839><c> wonderful</c><00:31:36.099><c> exhortation</c><00:31:36.660><c> that</c><00:31:36.880><c> is</c>

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:39.000
for<00:31:37.380><c> us</c><00:31:38.059><c> as</c><00:31:38.539><c> we</c><00:31:38.779><c> seek</c>

00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:44.559
to<00:31:39.259><c> follow</c><00:31:39.380><c> the</c><00:31:39.720><c> example</c><00:31:40.000><c> of</c><00:31:40.180><c> the</c><00:31:40.380><c> faithful</c><00:31:40.640><c> of</c><00:31:40.880><c> old</c><00:31:41.299><c> in</c><00:31:41.920><c> understanding</c><00:31:42.839><c> God's</c><00:31:44.059><c> ways.</c>

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:49.599
Just<00:31:46.579><c> think</c><00:31:46.779><c> about</c><00:31:47.000><c> the</c><00:31:47.220><c> events</c><00:31:47.440><c> surrounding</c><00:31:48.319><c> the</c><00:31:49.240><c> birth</c><00:31:49.400><c> of</c>

00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:52.079
the<00:31:49.720><c> Lord,</c><00:31:50.519><c> and</c><00:31:50.700><c> the</c><00:31:50.839><c> time</c><00:31:51.019><c> when</c><00:31:51.180><c> he</c><00:31:51.299><c> was</c><00:31:51.519><c> taken</c><00:31:51.839><c> into</c>

00:31:52.079 --> 00:32:00.440
the<00:31:52.519><c> temple.</c><00:31:54.339><c> Think</c><00:31:54.859><c> about</c><00:31:55.240><c> Simeon,</c><00:31:57.240><c> who</c><00:31:57.299><c> was</c><00:31:57.599><c> just</c><00:31:58.039><c> and</c><00:31:58.359><c> devout,</c><00:31:59.339><c> waiting</c><00:31:59.819><c> for</c>

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:02.680
the<00:32:00.680><c> consolation</c><00:32:01.400><c> of</c><00:32:01.539><c> Israel.</c>

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:06.519
There<00:32:03.400><c> were</c><00:32:03.579><c> the</c><00:32:03.799><c> promises</c><00:32:04.319><c> of</c><00:32:04.960><c> what</c><00:32:05.160><c> would</c><00:32:05.500><c> happen</c><00:32:05.799><c> to</c><00:32:05.980><c> Israel,</c><00:32:06.380><c> and</c>

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.660
of<00:32:06.599><c> how</c><00:32:06.779><c> the</c><00:32:06.920><c> Messiah</c><00:32:07.240><c> would</c><00:32:07.460><c> bring</c>

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:10.779
about<00:32:07.920><c> God's</c><00:32:08.279><c> kingdom.</c><00:32:09.539><c> There</c><00:32:09.799><c> were</c><00:32:09.980><c> the</c><00:32:10.200><c> prophecies</c><00:32:10.539><c> that</c>

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:13.579
spoke<00:32:11.019><c> of</c><00:32:11.160><c> how</c><00:32:11.339><c> it</c><00:32:11.440><c> would</c><00:32:11.599><c> happen,</c><00:32:12.779><c> and</c><00:32:13.140><c> he</c><00:32:13.259><c> was</c>

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:17.480
waiting<00:32:13.980><c> for</c><00:32:14.299><c> it.</c><00:32:14.960><c> And</c><00:32:15.240><c> Anna,</c><00:32:15.460><c> who</c><00:32:15.640><c> came</c><00:32:15.839><c> in</c><00:32:16.079><c> just</c><00:32:16.339><c> at</c><00:32:16.539><c> that</c><00:32:16.740><c> moment</c><00:32:17.019><c> in</c>

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.579
providential<00:32:18.059><c> guidance,</c>

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:22.319
spoke<00:32:19.039><c> of</c><00:32:19.180><c> him</c><00:32:19.460><c> to</c><00:32:19.960><c> all</c><00:32:20.299><c> them</c><00:32:20.500><c> that</c><00:32:20.799><c> looked</c><00:32:21.140><c> for</c><00:32:21.579><c> redemption</c>

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:24.420
in<00:32:23.240><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:32.920
Or<00:32:26.359><c> a</c><00:32:26.500><c> little</c><00:32:26.660><c> later</c><00:32:27.019><c> on,</c><00:32:28.200><c> Joseph</c><00:32:28.559><c> of</c><00:32:28.779><c> Arimathea,</c><00:32:30.460><c> an</c><00:32:30.940><c> honorable</c><00:32:31.319><c> counselor,</c><00:32:32.660><c> which</c>

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:35.400
also<00:32:33.779><c> waited</c><00:32:34.339><c> for</c><00:32:35.140><c> the</c>

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:40.279
kingdom<00:32:35.680><c> of</c><00:32:35.960><c> God.</c><00:32:37.440><c> This</c><00:32:37.819><c> waiting</c><00:32:38.099><c> is</c><00:32:38.359><c> not</c><00:32:38.920><c> a</c><00:32:39.539><c> passive</c><00:32:39.960><c> sitting</c>

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.880
back,<00:32:40.680><c> is</c><00:32:40.799><c> it,</c><00:32:41.000><c> brothers</c><00:32:41.160><c> and</c><00:32:41.400><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:46.900
any<00:32:42.400><c> more</c><00:32:42.680><c> for</c><00:32:43.079><c> us</c><00:32:43.539><c> than</c><00:32:43.720><c> it</c><00:32:43.819><c> was</c><00:32:44.019><c> for</c><00:32:44.279><c> them.</c><00:32:45.859><c> It</c><00:32:45.980><c> is</c><00:32:46.220><c> about</c><00:32:46.480><c> a</c>

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:49.539
day<00:32:47.180><c> by</c><00:32:47.579><c> day</c><00:32:47.920><c> long</c><00:32:48.339><c> suffering</c><00:32:48.759><c> bearing</c><00:32:49.240><c> up</c>

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:52.440
with<00:32:49.700><c> the</c><00:32:49.960><c> difficulties,</c><00:32:51.059><c> the</c><00:32:51.259><c> temporary</c><00:32:51.680><c> difficulties</c><00:32:52.180><c> of</c>

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:54.240
life<00:32:52.660><c> as</c><00:32:52.859><c> scripture</c><00:32:53.180><c> presents</c><00:32:53.619><c> it</c><00:32:53.839><c> to</c><00:32:53.980><c> us,</c>

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:57.980
in<00:32:54.599><c> the</c><00:32:54.779><c> hope</c><00:32:54.940><c> of</c><00:32:55.099><c> what</c><00:32:55.299><c> the</c><00:32:55.500><c> Lord</c><00:32:55.660><c> has</c><00:32:55.960><c> promised</c><00:32:56.660><c> in</c><00:32:57.460><c> the</c><00:32:57.619><c> glory</c><00:32:57.819><c> of</c>

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:59.059
his<00:32:58.140><c> kingdom.</c>

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:05.779
So<00:33:02.859><c> what</c><00:33:03.200><c> then,</c><00:33:03.460><c> brothers</c><00:33:03.579><c> and</c><00:33:03.839><c> sisters,</c><00:33:04.160><c> of</c><00:33:04.359><c> the</c><00:33:04.579><c> application</c><00:33:05.200><c> of</c><00:33:05.480><c> this</c>

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.859
wonderful<00:33:06.299><c> word,</c>

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:11.000
and<00:33:07.460><c> the</c><00:33:07.900><c> signs</c><00:33:08.279><c> that</c><00:33:08.519><c> God</c><00:33:08.680><c> has</c><00:33:09.000><c> given</c><00:33:09.259><c> to</c><00:33:09.559><c> us</c><00:33:09.880><c> in</c><00:33:10.200><c> our</c><00:33:10.460><c> own</c><00:33:10.680><c> day</c>

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:13.039
and<00:33:11.299><c> in</c><00:33:11.420><c> our</c><00:33:11.660><c> own</c><00:33:11.940><c> lives.</c>

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:21.359
You<00:33:16.200><c> see,</c><00:33:16.720><c> it's</c><00:33:16.960><c> interesting,</c><00:33:17.599><c> isn't</c><00:33:17.720><c> it,</c><00:33:18.500><c> if</c><00:33:19.880><c> you</c><00:33:20.059><c> can</c><00:33:20.359><c> read</c>

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:24.759
the<00:33:21.599><c> words.</c><00:33:23.039><c> There</c><00:33:23.299><c> is</c><00:33:23.559><c> nothing,</c><00:33:23.940><c> is</c><00:33:24.319><c> there,</c>

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:27.680
apart<00:33:25.460><c> from</c><00:33:25.660><c> God.</c><00:33:25.779><c> To</c><00:33:25.940><c> be</c><00:33:26.119><c> an</c><00:33:26.259><c> atheist,</c><00:33:26.720><c> you</c><00:33:26.920><c> know,</c><00:33:27.160><c> is</c><00:33:27.339><c> to</c><00:33:27.559><c> be,</c>

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:31.920
isn't<00:33:27.940><c> it,</c><00:33:28.380><c> without</c><00:33:28.799><c> God,</c><00:33:29.819><c> literally.</c><00:33:31.339><c> And</c><00:33:31.660><c> what's</c>

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:36.180
extraordinary<00:33:32.380><c> thing,</c><00:33:32.839><c> to</c><00:33:32.880><c> confess</c><00:33:33.339><c> oneself,</c><00:33:33.920><c> to</c><00:33:33.940><c> be</c><00:33:34.220><c> without</c><00:33:34.619><c> God</c><00:33:34.880><c> and</c><00:33:35.079><c> without</c><00:33:35.480><c> hope</c><00:33:35.819><c> in</c>

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:37.299
the<00:33:36.319><c> world.</c>

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:42.839
And<00:33:38.460><c> yet</c><00:33:38.539><c> that</c><00:33:38.700><c> seems</c><00:33:38.920><c> to</c><00:33:39.160><c> be</c><00:33:39.339><c> how</c><00:33:39.599><c> a</c><00:33:39.920><c> large</c><00:33:40.400><c> proportion</c><00:33:41.019><c> of</c><00:33:41.779><c> mankind</c><00:33:42.220><c> seems</c><00:33:42.559><c> to</c>

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:44.160
choose<00:33:43.079><c> to</c><00:33:43.299><c> be.</c>

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:46.880
And<00:33:45.220><c> yet</c><00:33:45.299><c> they</c><00:33:45.420><c> can't</c><00:33:45.660><c> even</c><00:33:45.859><c> be</c><00:33:46.039><c> certain</c><00:33:46.180><c> of</c><00:33:46.319><c> it,</c><00:33:46.420><c> can</c><00:33:46.599><c> they?</c><00:33:46.779><c> I</c>

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:48.339
was<00:33:47.039><c> rather</c><00:33:47.299><c> amused</c><00:33:47.619><c> when</c>

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:52.720
Mr<00:33:48.819><c> Dawkins</c><00:33:49.180><c> had</c><00:33:49.380><c> his</c><00:33:49.619><c> bus</c><00:33:50.160><c> advert,</c><00:33:50.599><c> you</c><00:33:50.839><c> know.</c><00:33:51.599><c> There</c><00:33:51.819><c> probably</c><00:33:52.359><c> isn't</c>

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:55.059
a<00:33:52.900><c> God,</c><00:33:53.640><c> so</c><00:33:53.799><c> sit</c><00:33:54.079><c> back</c><00:33:54.339><c> and,</c>

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:57.079
what<00:33:55.579><c> did</c><00:33:55.680><c> he</c><00:33:55.839><c> say,</c><00:33:56.039><c> enjoy</c><00:33:56.240><c> yourself,</c><00:33:56.579><c> I'm</c><00:33:56.680><c> not</c><00:33:56.799><c> quite</c><00:33:56.940><c> sure.</c>

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:58.500
Don't<00:33:57.299><c> worry,</c><00:33:57.539><c> I</c><00:33:57.619><c> think</c><00:33:57.819><c> it</c><00:33:57.940><c> was,</c><00:33:58.119><c> wasn't</c><00:33:58.299><c> it?</c>

00:33:58.500 --> 00:34:01.039
But<00:33:58.779><c> he</c><00:33:59.059><c> couldn't</c><00:33:59.299><c> even</c><00:33:59.599><c> be</c><00:33:59.880><c> certain</c><00:34:00.200><c> that</c><00:34:00.380><c> there</c><00:34:00.579><c> wasn't</c><00:34:00.900><c> a</c>

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:02.220
God.<00:34:01.220><c> The</c><00:34:01.299><c> best</c><00:34:01.539><c> he</c><00:34:01.640><c> could</c><00:34:01.839><c> do</c><00:34:01.940><c> is</c><00:34:02.039><c> to</c><00:34:02.140><c> say</c>

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:06.920
there<00:34:02.440><c> probably</c><00:34:02.859><c> isn't</c><00:34:03.160><c> one.</c><00:34:05.920><c> And</c><00:34:06.000><c> we</c><00:34:06.180><c> know,</c><00:34:06.619><c> brothers</c><00:34:06.720><c> and</c>

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:08.199
sisters,<00:34:07.079><c> that</c><00:34:07.240><c> there</c><00:34:07.460><c> is,</c>

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:11.480
and<00:34:08.619><c> that</c><00:34:08.739><c> he</c><00:34:08.900><c> is</c><00:34:09.039><c> working</c><00:34:09.340><c> out</c><00:34:09.599><c> his</c><00:34:09.820><c> purpose.</c><00:34:10.639><c> And</c><00:34:10.840><c> here</c><00:34:10.960><c> we</c><00:34:11.099><c> have</c><00:34:11.260><c> a</c>

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:15.639
hope<00:34:11.739><c> here</c><00:34:12.179><c> that</c><00:34:12.639><c> we</c><00:34:12.920><c> can</c><00:34:13.260><c> and</c><00:34:13.860><c> we</c><00:34:14.360><c> must</c><00:34:14.960><c> share</c>

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:19.780
with<00:34:16.159><c> our</c><00:34:16.380><c> friends</c><00:34:16.920><c> and</c><00:34:18.360><c> that</c><00:34:18.500><c> we</c><00:34:18.599><c> must</c><00:34:18.800><c> live.</c>

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:28.559
It's<00:34:22.800><c> interesting</c><00:34:23.199><c> reading</c><00:34:23.500><c> back.</c><00:34:24.539><c> I</c><00:34:25.039><c> came</c><00:34:25.219><c> across</c><00:34:25.619><c> an</c><00:34:25.960><c> article</c><00:34:26.380><c> in</c><00:34:27.440><c> the</c><00:34:27.920><c> Herald</c><00:34:28.219><c> of</c>

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:29.119
the<00:34:28.699><c> Kingdom</c><00:34:28.900><c> in</c><00:34:29.039><c> the</c>

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:32.239
Age<00:34:29.300><c> to</c><00:34:29.440><c> Come</c><00:34:29.579><c> from</c><00:34:29.760><c> 1852</c><00:34:30.539><c> when</c><00:34:31.099><c> Brother</c><00:34:31.420><c> Thomas</c><00:34:31.679><c> was</c><00:34:31.880><c> on</c><00:34:32.059><c> a</c>

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:35.199
tour<00:34:32.480><c> all</c><00:34:32.980><c> through</c><00:34:33.340><c> this</c><00:34:33.760><c> country.</c><00:34:34.699><c> And</c><00:34:34.800><c> he'd</c><00:34:35.019><c> arrived</c>

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:39.260
in<00:34:35.400><c> Edinburgh</c><00:34:35.820><c> and</c><00:34:37.139><c> he</c><00:34:37.360><c> writes</c><00:34:37.639><c> of</c><00:34:37.840><c> how</c><00:34:38.039><c> he'd</c><00:34:38.300><c> given</c><00:34:38.440><c> so</c><00:34:38.900><c> many</c>

00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:42.219
addresses<00:34:39.699><c> that</c><00:34:40.019><c> he</c><00:34:40.280><c> hadn't</c><00:34:40.460><c> had</c><00:34:40.679><c> time</c><00:34:41.300><c> to</c><00:34:41.840><c> prepare.</c>

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:46.079
He<00:34:42.980><c> just</c><00:34:43.219><c> had</c><00:34:43.340><c> to</c><00:34:43.599><c> speak</c><00:34:43.760><c> what</c><00:34:43.920><c> he</c><00:34:44.139><c> had</c><00:34:44.360><c> in</c><00:34:44.679><c> mind</c><00:34:45.119><c> for</c><00:34:45.880><c> about</c>

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.639
three<00:34:46.300><c> hours.</c>

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:51.480
And<00:34:47.440><c> so</c><00:34:48.800><c> there</c><00:34:48.880><c> was</c><00:34:49.079><c> obviously</c><00:34:49.400><c> a</c><00:34:49.559><c> lot</c><00:34:49.679><c> in</c><00:34:49.840><c> his</c><00:34:50.079><c> head,</c><00:34:50.219><c> brothers</c><00:34:50.440><c> and</c><00:34:50.619><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:58.380
And<00:34:52.079><c> on</c><00:34:52.199><c> this</c><00:34:52.340><c> one</c><00:34:52.480><c> occasion,</c><00:34:53.559><c> he</c><00:34:53.719><c> really</c><00:34:54.139><c> wanted</c><00:34:54.460><c> a</c><00:34:54.639><c> night</c><00:34:54.840><c> in,</c><00:34:56.739><c> after</c><00:34:56.860><c> having</c><00:34:57.059><c> spoken</c><00:34:57.420><c> for</c><00:34:57.800><c> so</c><00:34:58.059><c> many</c>

00:34:58.380 --> 00:35:01.340
successive<00:34:58.880><c> nights,</c><00:34:59.480><c> and</c><00:34:59.719><c> they</c><00:34:59.960><c> prevailed</c><00:35:00.320><c> on</c><00:35:00.500><c> him.</c><00:35:00.639><c> Well,</c><00:35:00.780><c> look,</c><00:35:00.880><c> it's</c><00:35:01.019><c> just</c><00:35:01.280><c> a</c>

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:02.440
very<00:35:01.719><c> small</c><00:35:01.900><c> gathering</c><00:35:02.239><c> at</c>

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:07.780
this<00:35:03.340><c> house.</c><00:35:03.840><c> And</c><00:35:04.019><c> unusually,</c><00:35:04.380><c> he</c><00:35:04.519><c> actually</c><00:35:04.800><c> gives</c><00:35:05.000><c> the</c><00:35:05.219><c> address</c><00:35:05.840><c> there</c><00:35:07.619><c> in</c>

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.840
Edinburgh,<00:35:08.019><c> and</c><00:35:08.159><c> it's</c><00:35:08.320><c> there</c><00:35:08.559><c> today</c>

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:13.219
in<00:35:09.000><c> the</c><00:35:09.099><c> very</c><00:35:09.400><c> best</c><00:35:09.719><c> part</c><00:35:09.960><c> of</c><00:35:10.119><c> Edinburgh.</c><00:35:11.039><c> And</c><00:35:11.260><c> he</c><00:35:11.519><c> says,</c><00:35:11.920><c> well,</c><00:35:12.619><c> okay,</c><00:35:13.059><c> it's</c>

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:14.559
just<00:35:13.460><c> a</c><00:35:13.539><c> little</c><00:35:13.739><c> tea</c><00:35:14.019><c> party</c><00:35:14.300><c> and</c><00:35:14.440><c> he</c>

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:17.480
goes<00:35:14.760><c> there.</c><00:35:15.460><c> And</c><00:35:15.480><c> there</c><00:35:15.619><c> were</c><00:35:15.940><c> four</c><00:35:16.380><c> people</c><00:35:16.739><c> around</c><00:35:16.980><c> the</c><00:35:17.159><c> table,</c><00:35:17.300><c> one</c>

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:19.340
of<00:35:17.579><c> whom</c><00:35:17.699><c> was</c><00:35:17.880><c> a</c><00:35:18.019><c> vicar.</c><00:35:18.400><c> And</c><00:35:18.400><c> he</c><00:35:19.079><c> says</c>

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:22.179
himself,<00:35:19.780><c> he</c><00:35:19.940><c> was</c><00:35:20.099><c> very</c><00:35:20.699><c> careful</c><00:35:21.000><c> in</c><00:35:21.139><c> what</c><00:35:21.280><c> he</c><00:35:21.500><c> chose</c><00:35:21.679><c> to</c><00:35:21.940><c> say</c>

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:24.039
because<00:35:22.659><c> he</c><00:35:23.079><c> didn't</c><00:35:23.239><c> particularly</c><00:35:23.599><c> at</c><00:35:23.699><c> that</c><00:35:23.880><c> point</c>

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:27.039
want<00:35:24.199><c> to</c><00:35:24.320><c> get</c><00:35:24.420><c> into</c><00:35:24.619><c> a</c><00:35:24.739><c> big</c><00:35:24.880><c> argument.</c><00:35:25.820><c> And</c><00:35:25.860><c> then</c><00:35:26.179><c> the</c><00:35:26.480><c> doorbell</c><00:35:26.820><c> rang</c>

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:28.119
and<00:35:27.139><c> they</c><00:35:27.320><c> said,</c><00:35:27.400><c> oh,</c><00:35:27.539><c> just</c><00:35:27.739><c> come</c><00:35:27.940><c> through</c>

00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:30.059
here<00:35:28.260><c> to</c><00:35:28.380><c> this</c><00:35:28.500><c> other</c><00:35:28.719><c> room.</c><00:35:29.019><c> And</c><00:35:29.159><c> he</c><00:35:29.260><c> goes</c><00:35:29.400><c> into</c><00:35:29.599><c> this</c><00:35:29.820><c> other</c>

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:32.840
big<00:35:30.460><c> room</c><00:35:30.739><c> and</c><00:35:31.019><c> there</c><00:35:31.099><c> are</c><00:35:31.119><c> about</c><00:35:31.400><c> 30</c><00:35:31.780><c> people.</c>

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:36.119
And<00:35:33.280><c> they</c><00:35:33.460><c> were</c><00:35:34.139><c> the</c><00:35:34.480><c> cream</c><00:35:34.820><c> of</c><00:35:35.000><c> Edinburgh</c><00:35:35.260><c> society</c><00:35:35.800><c> at</c><00:35:35.960><c> the</c>

00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:39.219
time.<00:35:37.780><c> And</c><00:35:37.920><c> they</c><00:35:38.039><c> said,</c><00:35:38.179><c> ah,</c><00:35:38.460><c> they're</c><00:35:38.679><c> all</c><00:35:38.980><c> here</c>

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:41.059
gathered<00:35:39.539><c> rather</c><00:35:39.820><c> like</c><00:35:40.059><c> Cornelius</c><00:35:40.559><c> and</c><00:35:40.679><c> his</c><00:35:40.780><c> friends.</c><00:35:40.880><c> They</c>

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:42.380
all<00:35:41.280><c> want</c><00:35:41.420><c> to</c><00:35:41.619><c> know</c><00:35:41.719><c> what</c><00:35:41.880><c> you've</c><00:35:42.059><c> got</c><00:35:42.099><c> to</c><00:35:42.260><c> say</c>

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:46.460
about<00:35:42.539><c> the</c><00:35:42.739><c> truth.</c><00:35:43.980><c> So</c><00:35:44.079><c> then,</c><00:35:44.360><c> of</c><00:35:44.360><c> course,</c><00:35:44.519><c> he</c><00:35:44.619><c> speaks</c><00:35:44.960><c> to</c><00:35:45.159><c> them</c><00:35:45.559><c> and</c>

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:49.000
he<00:35:46.699><c> tells</c><00:35:46.980><c> them</c><00:35:47.380><c> about</c><00:35:47.780><c> the</c><00:35:48.059><c> hope</c><00:35:48.360><c> of</c><00:35:48.780><c> the</c>

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:51.440
promise.<00:35:49.239><c> And</c><00:35:49.360><c> he</c><00:35:49.559><c> refers</c><00:35:49.840><c> extensively</c><00:35:50.420><c> to</c><00:35:50.659><c> 2</c><00:35:50.860><c> Peter</c><00:35:51.099><c> chapter</c>

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:54.139
1<00:35:51.599><c> that</c><00:35:51.739><c> we've</c><00:35:51.920><c> read</c><00:35:52.039><c> together.</c><00:35:53.460><c> And</c><00:35:53.460><c> he</c><00:35:53.619><c> says</c>

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:59.420
to<00:35:54.659><c> this</c><00:35:55.239><c> sure</c><00:35:55.599><c> prophetic</c><00:35:56.179><c> word,</c><00:35:57.079><c> oh,</c><00:35:57.300><c> glorious</c><00:35:57.760><c> gospel</c><00:35:58.460><c> light,</c><00:35:59.340><c> for</c>

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:01.260
the<00:35:59.579><c> gospel</c><00:35:59.820><c> is</c><00:36:00.119><c> still</c><00:36:00.460><c> almost</c><00:36:00.800><c> wholly</c><00:36:01.119><c> a</c>

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:05.840
matter<00:36:01.340><c> of</c><00:36:01.619><c> prophecy.</c><00:36:03.239><c> The</c><00:36:03.400><c> apostle</c><00:36:03.699><c> says,</c><00:36:04.900><c> ye</c><00:36:04.900><c> do</c><00:36:05.199><c> well</c><00:36:05.559><c> to</c>

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:12.360
take<00:36:06.019><c> heed</c><00:36:06.219><c> to</c><00:36:06.480><c> it.</c><00:36:08.500><c> Would</c><00:36:08.519><c> he</c><00:36:10.559><c> tell</c><00:36:10.739><c> us</c><00:36:11.300><c> to</c><00:36:11.699><c> take</c><00:36:12.039><c> heed</c>

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:17.420
to<00:36:12.619><c> the</c><00:36:12.900><c> sure</c><00:36:13.159><c> prophetic</c><00:36:13.639><c> word</c><00:36:14.360><c> if</c><00:36:15.440><c> it</c><00:36:15.619><c> were</c><00:36:15.920><c> unintelligible?</c>

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:20.880
You<00:36:19.699><c> know,</c><00:36:19.960><c> brothers</c><00:36:20.099><c> and</c><00:36:20.260><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:25.400
we<00:36:20.980><c> talk</c><00:36:21.500><c> to</c><00:36:21.639><c> our</c><00:36:21.940><c> friends</c><00:36:22.300><c> who</c><00:36:22.579><c> tell</c><00:36:22.760><c> us</c><00:36:23.260><c> that</c><00:36:23.460><c> God</c><00:36:23.679><c> is</c><00:36:23.940><c> a</c><00:36:24.099><c> mystery</c><00:36:24.860><c> and</c>

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:26.960
that<00:36:25.519><c> he</c><00:36:25.679><c> cannot</c><00:36:25.980><c> be</c><00:36:26.300><c> understood.</c>

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:32.079
We<00:36:27.480><c> say,</c><00:36:27.860><c> look,</c><00:36:27.860><c> we</c><00:36:28.059><c> have</c><00:36:28.320><c> no</c><00:36:28.719><c> right</c><00:36:29.219><c> to</c><00:36:29.780><c> limit</c><00:36:30.559><c> God's</c><00:36:31.639><c> ability</c>

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:34.780
to<00:36:32.340><c> reveal</c><00:36:32.760><c> himself</c><00:36:33.420><c> and</c><00:36:33.860><c> to</c><00:36:34.079><c> tell</c><00:36:34.239><c> us</c><00:36:34.380><c> of</c><00:36:34.519><c> his</c>

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:38.340
character<00:36:35.360><c> and</c><00:36:35.840><c> of</c><00:36:35.980><c> his</c><00:36:36.239><c> purpose.</c><00:36:36.760><c> And</c><00:36:37.019><c> he</c><00:36:37.219><c> has</c><00:36:37.500><c> done</c><00:36:37.719><c> it</c><00:36:37.900><c> through</c><00:36:38.059><c> his</c>

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:40.980
word.<00:36:39.760><c> And</c><00:36:40.019><c> it's</c><00:36:40.159><c> not</c><00:36:40.320><c> through</c><00:36:40.519><c> our</c><00:36:40.659><c> own</c>

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:45.300
everness<00:36:41.559><c> that</c><00:36:41.739><c> we</c><00:36:42.340><c> think</c><00:36:42.539><c> we</c><00:36:42.820><c> understand</c><00:36:43.139><c> it.</c><00:36:43.400><c> It</c><00:36:43.400><c> is</c><00:36:43.579><c> through</c><00:36:43.760><c> his</c><00:36:44.099><c> power</c><00:36:44.559><c> to</c>

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:47.199
write<00:36:45.579><c> it</c><00:36:46.099><c> and</c><00:36:46.599><c> our</c><00:36:46.860><c> diligence</c>

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:52.119
and<00:36:47.400><c> our</c><00:36:47.599><c> humility</c><00:36:48.039><c> in</c><00:36:48.280><c> seeking</c><00:36:48.460><c> to</c><00:36:48.860><c> read</c><00:36:49.079><c> it.</c><00:36:51.760><c> Now,</c><00:36:52.019><c> brothers</c>

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:53.360
and<00:36:52.260><c> sisters,</c><00:36:52.460><c> if</c><00:36:52.639><c> that's</c><00:36:52.860><c> true</c><00:36:53.039><c> of</c><00:36:53.159><c> his</c>

00:36:53.360 --> 00:37:00.039
character,<00:36:54.460><c> it's</c><00:36:54.780><c> true</c><00:36:54.940><c> of</c><00:36:55.119><c> his</c><00:36:55.300><c> purpose.</c><00:36:56.760><c> And</c><00:36:56.900><c> he</c><00:36:56.980><c> has</c><00:36:57.219><c> chosen</c><00:36:57.500><c> to</c><00:36:57.820><c> reveal</c><00:36:58.059><c> these</c><00:36:58.360><c> things</c><00:36:58.639><c> to</c><00:36:59.019><c> us.</c>

00:37:00.860 --> 00:37:04.599
And<00:37:01.139><c> we</c><00:37:01.280><c> need</c><00:37:01.360><c> to</c><00:37:01.559><c> think</c><00:37:01.719><c> carefully</c><00:37:02.340><c> about</c><00:37:03.019><c> the</c><00:37:03.280><c> extent</c><00:37:03.500><c> to</c><00:37:03.699><c> which</c><00:37:03.820><c> we,</c><00:37:04.500><c> to</c>

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.599
quote<00:37:04.699><c> the</c><00:37:04.900><c> words</c><00:37:04.980><c> of</c><00:37:05.139><c> the</c><00:37:05.260><c> Lord</c><00:37:05.360><c> in</c>

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:11.639
other<00:37:05.760><c> contexts,</c><00:37:07.320><c> hide</c><00:37:07.440><c> our</c><00:37:07.739><c> light</c><00:37:08.320><c> under</c><00:37:09.079><c> a</c><00:37:09.219><c> bushel.</c><00:37:11.460><c> For</c>

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:15.199
the<00:37:11.840><c> sure</c><00:37:12.039><c> prophetic</c><00:37:12.579><c> word,</c><00:37:14.659><c> evidently</c><00:37:15.019><c> Brother</c>

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:19.340
Thomas<00:37:15.659><c> thought,</c><00:37:16.099><c> had</c><00:37:16.300><c> a</c><00:37:16.500><c> role</c><00:37:16.900><c> in</c><00:37:17.519><c> those</c><00:37:17.780><c> who</c><00:37:17.980><c> came</c><00:37:18.119><c> to</c><00:37:18.400><c> hear.</c>

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:22.639
To<00:37:20.159><c> deny</c><00:37:20.659><c> that</c><00:37:20.860><c> we</c><00:37:21.019><c> can</c><00:37:21.260><c> know</c><00:37:21.500><c> beforehand</c><00:37:22.119><c> what</c><00:37:22.400><c> is</c>

00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:27.739
to<00:37:22.800><c> come</c><00:37:22.940><c> to</c><00:37:23.280><c> pass</c><00:37:23.739><c> is</c><00:37:24.280><c> to</c><00:37:24.519><c> affirm</c><00:37:24.679><c> that</c><00:37:24.900><c> we</c><00:37:25.159><c> cannot</c><00:37:25.500><c> understand</c><00:37:26.199><c> the</c><00:37:26.440><c> gospel.</c><00:37:27.559><c> For</c>

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:29.219
the<00:37:27.940><c> gospel</c><00:37:28.320><c> is</c><00:37:28.820><c> glad</c>

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:34.340
of<00:37:29.719><c> what</c><00:37:30.739><c> is</c><00:37:31.059><c> to</c><00:37:31.239><c> be</c><00:37:31.460><c> to</c><00:37:31.659><c> all</c><00:37:31.980><c> nations</c><00:37:32.360><c> and</c><00:37:32.619><c> to</c><00:37:32.800><c> the</c><00:37:32.920><c> saints.</c><00:37:34.139><c> A</c>

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:38.860
promise<00:37:34.800><c> is</c><00:37:35.500><c> a</c><00:37:35.679><c> prediction</c><00:37:36.159><c> and</c><00:37:37.519><c> a</c><00:37:37.760><c> prediction</c>

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:44.760
is<00:37:39.679><c> prophecy.</c><00:37:42.099><c> So</c><00:37:42.300><c> the</c><00:37:42.500><c> whole</c><00:37:43.079><c> aspects</c><00:37:43.679><c> are</c><00:37:44.099><c> closely</c><00:37:44.559><c> tied</c>

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:47.840
together.<00:37:46.239><c> And</c><00:37:46.360><c> God</c><00:37:46.500><c> has</c><00:37:46.800><c> revealed</c><00:37:47.079><c> his</c><00:37:47.320><c> prophetic</c>

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:53.619
word<00:37:48.139><c> and</c><00:37:48.380><c> his</c><00:37:48.659><c> promises</c><00:37:49.139><c> that</c><00:37:49.800><c> we</c><00:37:50.000><c> might</c><00:37:50.179><c> understand.</c><00:37:53.380><c> Now,</c>

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:55.039
interestingly<00:37:54.019><c> enough,</c><00:37:54.380><c> when</c><00:37:54.480><c> we</c><00:37:54.659><c> come</c><00:37:54.780><c> on</c><00:37:54.900><c> to</c>

00:37:55.039 --> 00:38:03.239
Brother<00:37:55.500><c> Roberts,</c><00:37:58.539><c> and</c><00:37:58.579><c> I</c><00:37:58.800><c> put</c><00:37:59.000><c> up</c><00:37:59.480><c> his</c><00:37:59.940><c> role</c><00:38:00.340><c> here</c><00:38:00.840><c> for</c><00:38:01.019><c> a</c><00:38:01.139><c> very</c><00:38:01.340><c> particular</c><00:38:01.659><c> reason,</c><00:38:02.400><c> because</c><00:38:02.400><c> when</c><00:38:02.719><c> you</c><00:38:02.880><c> compare</c>

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:08.280
that<00:38:03.559><c> with</c><00:38:04.280><c> the</c><00:38:04.860><c> great</c><00:38:05.360><c> debater</c><00:38:06.099><c> of</c><00:38:06.320><c> the</c><00:38:06.500><c> day,</c><00:38:07.179><c> Charles</c><00:38:07.380><c> Bradlaugh,</c><00:38:08.000><c> who</c>

00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:10.619
in<00:38:08.599><c> 1866</c><00:38:09.400><c> founded</c><00:38:10.000><c> the</c><00:38:10.260><c> National</c>

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:15.639
Secular<00:38:11.000><c> Society,</c><00:38:11.480><c> here</c><00:38:11.679><c> on</c><00:38:12.360><c> one</c><00:38:12.679><c> hand</c><00:38:13.260><c> was</c><00:38:14.400><c> a</c><00:38:14.480><c> man</c><00:38:14.619><c> who</c><00:38:14.820><c> believed</c><00:38:15.019><c> in</c><00:38:15.159><c> the</c><00:38:15.300><c> things</c><00:38:15.440><c> of</c>

00:38:15.639 --> 00:38:16.619
God<00:38:15.820><c> and</c><00:38:15.980><c> here</c><00:38:16.139><c> was</c><00:38:16.360><c> another</c>

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:19.500
man<00:38:16.880><c> who</c><00:38:17.159><c> believed</c><00:38:17.539><c> well</c><00:38:17.980><c> in</c><00:38:18.119><c> the</c><00:38:18.239><c> things</c><00:38:18.360><c> of</c><00:38:18.599><c> man.</c><00:38:19.199><c> And</c><00:38:19.400><c> that</c>

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:21.599
was<00:38:19.679><c> his</c><00:38:19.920><c> profession.</c><00:38:20.820><c> The</c><00:38:20.940><c> one</c><00:38:21.099><c> man</c><00:38:21.280><c> said,</c>

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:24.699
here<00:38:22.000><c> is</c><00:38:22.199><c> the</c><00:38:22.320><c> Bible.</c><00:38:22.760><c> And</c><00:38:22.880><c> the</c><00:38:22.900><c> other</c><00:38:23.119><c> man</c><00:38:23.280><c> said,</c><00:38:23.619><c> well,</c><00:38:24.260><c> I'm</c>

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:27.420
going<00:38:24.800><c> to</c><00:38:24.960><c> found</c><00:38:25.099><c> a</c><00:38:25.320><c> society</c><00:38:25.699><c> all</c><00:38:26.059><c> about</c><00:38:26.400><c> man,</c>

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:32.119
a<00:38:27.800><c> political</c><00:38:28.340><c> activist,</c><00:38:29.900><c> a</c><00:38:30.019><c> member</c><00:38:30.179><c> of</c><00:38:30.400><c> parliament.</c><00:38:31.659><c> And</c><00:38:31.840><c> in</c>

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:36.260
1876,<00:38:34.159><c> Brother</c><00:38:34.239><c> Roberts</c><00:38:34.639><c> debated</c><00:38:35.360><c> with</c><00:38:35.760><c> him</c>

00:38:36.260 --> 00:38:39.000
in<00:38:36.840><c> the</c><00:38:37.019><c> Temperance</c><00:38:37.400><c> Hall</c><00:38:37.559><c> in</c><00:38:37.780><c> Leicester,</c><00:38:38.360><c> a</c><00:38:38.519><c> big</c><00:38:38.679><c> building</c>

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.920
which<00:38:39.179><c> is</c><00:38:39.320><c> no</c><00:38:39.480><c> longer</c><00:38:39.639><c> there,</c>

00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:42.639
which<00:38:40.099><c> was</c><00:38:40.280><c> actually</c><00:38:40.659><c> established</c><00:38:41.159><c> and</c><00:38:41.420><c> built</c><00:38:41.599><c> by</c><00:38:42.260><c> Thomas</c>

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:44.239
Cook,<00:38:43.179><c> the</c><00:38:43.239><c> well</c><00:38:43.500><c>-known,</c>

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:48.800
still<00:38:45.460><c> around,</c><00:38:45.980><c> a</c><00:38:46.059><c> sperm</c><00:38:46.219><c> still</c><00:38:46.480><c> around,</c><00:38:46.719><c> isn't</c><00:38:46.880><c> it?</c><00:38:48.300><c> And</c><00:38:48.539><c> this</c><00:38:48.679><c> is</c>

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:50.579
what<00:38:48.920><c> Brother</c><00:38:49.159><c> Roberts</c><00:38:49.539><c> said</c><00:38:49.840><c> on</c><00:38:50.079><c> the</c><00:38:50.300><c> opening</c>

00:38:50.579 --> 00:38:55.920
night.<00:38:51.500><c> His</c><00:38:51.699><c> very</c><00:38:52.099><c> first</c><00:38:52.380><c> challenge,</c><00:38:53.019><c> if</c><00:38:53.280><c> the</c><00:38:53.500><c> Bible</c><00:38:53.760><c> is</c><00:38:54.099><c> true,</c><00:38:55.380><c> there</c><00:38:55.440><c> ought</c><00:38:55.760><c> to</c>

00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:57.340
be<00:38:56.079><c> Jews.</c>

00:38:58.119 --> 00:39:01.619
And<00:38:58.599><c> if</c><00:38:58.860><c> the</c><00:38:59.059><c> Bible</c><00:38:59.280><c> is</c><00:38:59.539><c> true,</c><00:38:59.840><c> there</c><00:38:59.980><c> ought</c><00:39:00.260><c> to</c><00:39:00.460><c> be</c><00:39:00.719><c> a</c><00:39:01.099><c> corrupt</c>

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:04.780
Christianity<00:39:02.559><c> as</c><00:39:03.340><c> the</c><00:39:03.559><c> basis</c><00:39:03.860><c> of</c><00:39:04.059><c> the</c><00:39:04.219><c> political</c>

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:10.199
system<00:39:05.179><c> of</c><00:39:05.400><c> Europe.</c><00:39:09.219><c> It's</c><00:39:09.500><c> thought</c><00:39:09.659><c>-provoking,</c><00:39:10.039><c> isn't</c><00:39:10.119><c> it,</c>

00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:12.440
my<00:39:10.380><c> brothers</c><00:39:10.559><c> and</c><00:39:10.679><c> sisters?</c><00:39:10.860><c> He</c><00:39:11.059><c> chose</c><00:39:11.619><c> on</c><00:39:12.039><c> the</c><00:39:12.199><c> opening</c>

00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:14.480
night<00:39:12.699><c> and</c><00:39:12.800><c> he</c><00:39:12.920><c> goes</c><00:39:12.980><c> through</c><00:39:13.159><c> all</c><00:39:13.440><c> kinds</c><00:39:13.800><c> of</c><00:39:13.980><c> things</c><00:39:14.139><c> in</c><00:39:14.280><c> his</c>

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:16.800
talk<00:39:14.699><c> about</c><00:39:15.460><c> the</c><00:39:15.840><c> evidence</c><00:39:16.159><c> for</c><00:39:16.360><c> the</c><00:39:16.559><c> scriptures</c>

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and<00:39:17.000><c> the</c><00:39:17.199><c> writers</c><00:39:17.579><c> and</c><00:39:17.880><c> the</c><00:39:18.039><c> fact</c><00:39:18.159><c> that</c><00:39:18.340><c> the</c><00:39:18.480><c> scriptures</c><00:39:18.699><c> were</c>

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in<00:39:19.480><c> evidence</c><00:39:19.719><c> all</c><00:39:20.019><c> through</c><00:39:20.199><c> long</c><00:39:20.420><c> periods</c><00:39:20.659><c> of</c><00:39:20.860><c> time.</c>

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But<00:39:21.179><c> the</c><00:39:21.559><c> opening</c><00:39:22.019><c> cell,</c><00:39:22.500><c> though,</c><00:39:22.500><c> is</c><00:39:22.719><c> this.</c><00:39:24.179><c> God</c><00:39:24.340><c> is</c><00:39:24.519><c> at</c><00:39:24.780><c> work.</c><00:39:25.980><c> The</c>

00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:27.719
world<00:39:26.340><c> is</c><00:39:26.559><c> not</c><00:39:26.719><c> going</c><00:39:26.920><c> on</c><00:39:27.159><c> chaotically.</c>

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And<00:39:28.059><c> how</c><00:39:28.440><c> true</c><00:39:28.599><c> both</c><00:39:28.920><c> of</c><00:39:29.139><c> those</c><00:39:29.380><c> things,</c><00:39:29.639><c> as</c><00:39:29.800><c> we</c><00:39:29.940><c> shall</c><00:39:30.059><c> no</c><00:39:30.260><c> doubt</c><00:39:30.460><c> see</c>

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today<00:39:30.960><c> in</c><00:39:31.159><c> our</c><00:39:31.340><c> further</c>

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discussions<00:39:32.420><c> and</c><00:39:32.699><c> addresses,</c><00:39:33.659><c> both</c><00:39:33.980><c> of</c><00:39:34.219><c> those</c><00:39:34.480><c> things</c><00:39:34.760><c> remain</c><00:39:35.199><c> true</c>

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:37.239
and<00:39:35.559><c> have</c><00:39:35.739><c> just</c><00:39:36.099><c> carried</c><00:39:36.380><c> on</c><00:39:36.760><c> developing</c>

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since<00:39:38.059><c> the</c><00:39:38.320><c> days</c><00:39:38.739><c> of</c><00:39:39.260><c> these</c><00:39:39.460><c> faithful</c><00:39:39.800><c> brethren.</c><00:39:42.519><c> And</c><00:39:42.860><c> the</c><00:39:43.000><c> question</c><00:39:43.239><c> I</c>

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:45.019
ask<00:39:43.500><c> myself</c><00:39:44.059><c> is,</c><00:39:44.460><c> brothers</c><00:39:44.559><c> and</c><00:39:44.780><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:50.800
when<00:39:45.500><c> the</c><00:39:46.139><c> Lord</c><00:39:46.280><c> comes</c><00:39:46.559><c> back</c><00:39:47.320><c> and</c><00:39:48.059><c> I</c><00:39:48.260><c> stand</c><00:39:48.420><c> before</c><00:39:48.780><c> him,</c><00:39:50.460><c> how</c>

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:53.400
have<00:39:51.000><c> I</c><00:39:51.260><c> applied</c><00:39:51.539><c> these</c><00:39:51.940><c> facts</c><00:39:52.159><c> to</c><00:39:52.360><c> my</c><00:39:52.659><c> life?</c>

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The<00:39:53.960><c> Lord</c><00:39:54.260><c> is</c><00:39:54.539><c> near</c><00:39:54.900><c> and</c><00:39:55.860><c> have</c><00:39:56.260><c> I</c><00:39:57.699><c> told</c><00:39:58.119><c> others</c><00:39:58.340><c> of</c><00:39:58.539><c> them?</c><00:39:59.219><c> How</c>

00:39:59.300 --> 00:40:00.980
many<00:39:59.420><c> the</c><00:39:59.539><c> Lord</c><00:39:59.659><c> says</c><00:39:59.900><c> to</c><00:40:00.119><c> me,</c>

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what<00:40:01.340><c> did</c><00:40:01.519><c> you</c><00:40:01.739><c> tell</c><00:40:02.079><c> others</c><00:40:02.519><c> of</c><00:40:03.159><c> what</c><00:40:03.340><c> the</c><00:40:03.519><c> scripture</c><00:40:03.739><c> had</c><00:40:04.000><c> revealed</c><00:40:04.519><c> about</c><00:40:05.340><c> the</c><00:40:05.579><c> days</c><00:40:05.739><c> in</c>

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which<00:40:06.039><c> you</c><00:40:06.280><c> live?</c>

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Those<00:40:07.179><c> people</c><00:40:07.500><c> that</c><00:40:07.719><c> you</c><00:40:08.059><c> work</c><00:40:08.239><c> with</c><00:40:08.440><c> day</c><00:40:08.679><c> by</c><00:40:08.920><c> day,</c><00:40:09.179><c> do</c><00:40:09.239><c> they</c>

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:13.340
know<00:40:09.739><c> that</c><00:40:10.480><c> or</c><00:40:11.380><c> did</c><00:40:11.559><c> you</c><00:40:11.739><c> just</c><00:40:11.940><c> not</c><00:40:12.079><c> talk</c><00:40:12.300><c> about</c><00:40:12.599><c> it?</c>

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And<00:40:14.159><c> I</c><00:40:14.360><c> speak</c><00:40:14.500><c> to</c><00:40:14.619><c> myself,</c><00:40:15.139><c> brothers</c><00:40:15.239><c> and</c><00:40:15.480><c> sisters,</c><00:40:15.739><c> as</c><00:40:15.900><c> much</c>

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as<00:40:16.199><c> I</c><00:40:16.360><c> speak</c><00:40:16.500><c> to</c><00:40:16.659><c> you.</c>

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We've<00:40:21.440><c> nearly</c><00:40:21.619><c> finished.</c><00:40:22.019><c> Just</c><00:40:22.260><c> consider</c><00:40:22.579><c> the</c><00:40:22.699><c> words</c><00:40:22.840><c> of</c>

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Brother<00:40:23.159><c> Carter.</c>

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And<00:40:25.340><c> he</c><00:40:25.480><c> writes</c><00:40:25.679><c> at</c><00:40:25.860><c> a</c><00:40:26.000><c> time</c><00:40:26.199><c> when</c><00:40:26.400><c> there</c><00:40:26.559><c> were</c><00:40:26.780><c> all</c><00:40:27.099><c> sorts</c><00:40:27.440><c> of</c>

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new<00:40:28.099><c> ideas</c><00:40:28.800><c> around</c><00:40:29.739><c> different</c><00:40:30.639><c> perspectives</c><00:40:31.300><c> on</c>

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prophecy<00:40:31.940><c> and</c><00:40:32.079><c> ways</c><00:40:32.300><c> of</c><00:40:32.639><c> interpreting</c><00:40:32.980><c> it</c><00:40:33.360><c> and</c><00:40:33.719><c> a</c><00:40:33.900><c> suggestion</c>

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that<00:40:34.340><c> we</c><00:40:34.480><c> should</c><00:40:34.699><c> stop</c><00:40:35.099><c> perhaps</c><00:40:35.500><c> dealing</c>

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with<00:40:36.000><c> it.</c><00:40:36.659><c> The</c><00:40:36.920><c> subject</c><00:40:37.260><c> of</c><00:40:37.500><c> fulfilled</c><00:40:37.880><c> prophecy</c><00:40:38.239><c> in</c><00:40:38.440><c> relation</c><00:40:38.699><c> to</c><00:40:38.980><c> current</c><00:40:39.119><c> events</c><00:40:39.519><c> has</c>

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been<00:40:40.300><c> overexploited</c>

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but<00:40:42.079><c> sometimes</c><00:40:42.719><c> with</c><00:40:42.980><c> considerable</c><00:40:43.500><c> effect.</c><00:40:44.719><c> But</c><00:40:44.800><c> if</c><00:40:45.059><c> the</c><00:40:45.300><c> subject</c><00:40:45.659><c> is</c>

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largely<00:40:46.519><c> or</c><00:40:47.079><c> entirely</c><00:40:47.500><c> neglected,</c>

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we<00:40:49.139><c> might</c><00:40:49.460><c> well</c><00:40:49.800><c> examine</c><00:40:50.179><c> whether</c><00:40:50.400><c> the</c><00:40:50.699><c> present</c><00:40:50.980><c> extreme</c><00:40:51.719><c> is</c>

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not<00:40:52.760><c> accompanied</c><00:40:53.239><c> by</c><00:40:54.079><c> terrible</c><00:40:54.500><c> loss</c>

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in<00:40:56.460><c> the</c><00:40:56.739><c> effectiveness</c><00:40:57.079><c> of</c><00:40:57.400><c> our</c><00:40:57.579><c> preaching.</c><00:40:59.300><c> It's</c><00:40:59.599><c> worth</c><00:40:59.800><c> thinking</c><00:41:00.139><c> about,</c><00:41:00.500><c> brothers</c><00:41:00.659><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:41:01.079><c> isn't</c><00:41:01.300><c> it?</c>

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We<00:41:01.699><c> talk</c><00:41:01.900><c> about</c><00:41:02.119><c> the</c><00:41:02.440><c> promises</c><00:41:02.719><c> and</c><00:41:03.000><c> we</c><00:41:03.280><c> must.</c><00:41:03.840><c> They</c><00:41:04.000><c> are</c><00:41:04.219><c> the</c>

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core<00:41:04.579><c> of</c><00:41:04.780><c> our</c><00:41:05.019><c> faith,</c><00:41:06.280><c> but</c><00:41:06.739><c> we</c><00:41:06.980><c> lose</c><00:41:07.159><c> something</c><00:41:07.539><c> when</c>

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we<00:41:07.780><c> do</c><00:41:08.019><c> not</c><00:41:08.260><c> share</c><00:41:08.579><c> God's</c><00:41:09.000><c> purpose</c><00:41:09.420><c> as</c><00:41:09.679><c> a</c><00:41:09.800><c> whole.</c><00:41:11.280><c> If</c><00:41:11.400><c> God</c><00:41:11.739><c> shakes</c><00:41:12.119><c> the</c>

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heavens<00:41:12.539><c> and</c><00:41:12.739><c> the</c><00:41:12.900><c> earth</c><00:41:13.059><c> as</c><00:41:13.199><c> he</c><00:41:13.340><c> has</c><00:41:13.599><c> said</c><00:41:13.760><c> he</c>

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will,<00:41:14.840><c> we</c><00:41:15.079><c> may</c><00:41:15.360><c> well</c><00:41:15.639><c> strengthen</c><00:41:16.039><c> our</c><00:41:16.360><c> hearts</c><00:41:16.739><c> as</c><00:41:17.179><c> we</c><00:41:17.340><c> see</c><00:41:17.480><c> it</c>

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happening.<00:41:18.820><c> When</c><00:41:19.079><c> you</c><00:41:19.400><c> see</c><00:41:19.659><c> these</c><00:41:20.000><c> things</c><00:41:20.340><c> begin</c><00:41:20.900><c> to</c>

00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:26.780
come<00:41:22.639><c> to</c><00:41:22.820><c> pass,</c><00:41:23.739><c> look</c><00:41:23.920><c> up</c><00:41:24.579><c> is</c><00:41:25.239><c> a</c><00:41:25.480><c> message</c><00:41:25.840><c> from</c><00:41:26.119><c> the</c><00:41:26.320><c> master</c><00:41:26.579><c> to</c>

00:41:26.780 --> 00:41:31.519
his<00:41:27.039><c> servants,</c><00:41:28.460><c> but</c><00:41:28.719><c> it</c><00:41:28.980><c> is</c><00:41:29.260><c> spoken</c><00:41:29.639><c> in</c><00:41:30.260><c> vain</c><00:41:30.639><c> if</c><00:41:31.159><c> the</c>

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:35.360
servants<00:41:31.820><c> have</c><00:41:32.159><c> not</c><00:41:32.420><c> listened</c><00:41:32.780><c> to</c><00:41:32.960><c> his</c><00:41:33.300><c> words</c><00:41:34.079><c> and</c><00:41:34.739><c> with</c><00:41:34.960><c> open</c>

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eyes<00:41:36.360><c> see</c><00:41:36.980><c> his</c><00:41:37.380><c> predictions</c><00:41:37.880><c> fulfilled.</c>

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It<00:41:41.460><c> is</c><00:41:41.760><c> spoken</c><00:41:42.059><c> in</c><00:41:42.360><c> vain</c><00:41:42.519><c> if</c><00:41:42.699><c> the</c><00:41:42.960><c> servants</c><00:41:43.239><c> have</c><00:41:43.579><c> not</c><00:41:43.920><c> listened</c><00:41:44.300><c> to</c><00:41:44.500><c> his</c><00:41:44.760><c> words</c>

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:51.099
and<00:41:46.099><c> with</c><00:41:46.340><c> open</c><00:41:46.739><c> eyes</c><00:41:47.800><c> see</c><00:41:48.199><c> his</c><00:41:48.500><c> predictions</c><00:41:48.940><c> fulfilled.</c><00:41:50.980><c> We</c>

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:54.219
need<00:41:51.239><c> to</c><00:41:51.460><c> listen</c><00:41:52.039><c> and</c><00:41:52.760><c> to</c><00:41:52.920><c> be</c><00:41:53.119><c> watching.</c>

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And<00:41:54.900><c> just</c><00:41:55.219><c> finally,</c><00:41:56.619><c> we</c><00:41:56.719><c> have</c><00:41:57.000><c> no</c><00:41:57.340><c> license</c><00:41:57.940><c> to</c><00:41:58.280><c> be</c><00:41:59.280><c> speculators.</c>

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We<00:42:02.639><c> read</c><00:42:03.000><c> the</c><00:42:03.219><c> word,</c><00:42:04.239><c> we</c><00:42:04.519><c> seek</c><00:42:04.760><c> to</c><00:42:05.139><c> understand</c><00:42:05.579><c> it</c><00:42:06.199><c> and</c><00:42:06.719><c> we</c><00:42:06.960><c> walk</c><00:42:07.099><c> by</c>

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faith<00:42:07.880><c> not</c><00:42:08.119><c> by</c><00:42:08.579><c> sight</c>

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in<00:42:09.739><c> the</c><00:42:10.079><c> confident</c><00:42:10.480><c> assurance</c><00:42:11.000><c> that</c><00:42:11.260><c> God</c><00:42:11.559><c> will</c><00:42:11.860><c> do</c><00:42:12.099><c> as</c><00:42:12.280><c> he</c><00:42:12.500><c> has</c>

00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:15.599
said<00:42:13.119><c> in</c><00:42:14.320><c> the</c><00:42:14.440><c> matter</c><00:42:14.599><c> of</c><00:42:14.739><c> his</c><00:42:14.840><c> word</c><00:42:15.039><c> of</c><00:42:15.320><c> prophecy</c>

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:20.820
just<00:42:16.360><c> as</c><00:42:16.599><c> much</c><00:42:16.800><c> as</c><00:42:16.920><c> in</c><00:42:17.059><c> the</c><00:42:17.260><c> promises.</c><00:42:18.800><c> And</c><00:42:19.139><c> even</c><00:42:19.579><c> if</c><00:42:20.199><c> it</c><00:42:20.559><c> does</c>

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not<00:42:20.980><c> look</c><00:42:21.239><c> likely,</c><00:42:21.579><c> we</c><00:42:21.900><c> know</c><00:42:22.119><c> from</c><00:42:22.320><c> our</c><00:42:22.579><c> own</c>

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experience,<00:42:23.500><c> brothers</c><00:42:23.760><c> and</c><00:42:23.960><c> sisters,</c><00:42:24.320><c> that</c><00:42:24.539><c> events</c><00:42:24.860><c> in</c><00:42:25.039><c> the</c>

00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:28.400
world<00:42:25.300><c> can</c><00:42:25.679><c> change</c><00:42:26.440><c> unexpectedly,</c><00:42:27.980><c> suddenly,</c>

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:32.880
to<00:42:29.159><c> bring</c><00:42:29.360><c> events</c><00:42:29.699><c> into</c><00:42:30.019><c> line</c><00:42:30.460><c> with</c><00:42:30.639><c> how</c><00:42:31.880><c> God</c><00:42:32.320><c> has</c><00:42:32.559><c> revealed</c>

00:42:32.880 --> 00:42:34.579
them<00:42:33.099><c> to</c><00:42:33.239><c> be</c><00:42:33.420><c> in</c><00:42:33.559><c> the</c><00:42:33.659><c> scriptures.</c>

00:42:35.820 --> 00:42:40.280
And<00:42:36.000><c> yet,</c><00:42:36.159><c> as</c><00:42:36.300><c> I</c><00:42:36.420><c> have</c><00:42:36.599><c> no</c><00:42:36.840><c> doubt,</c><00:42:36.980><c> we</c><00:42:37.119><c> shall</c><00:42:37.300><c> see</c><00:42:37.980><c> how</c><00:42:39.059><c> they</c><00:42:39.300><c> are</c><00:42:39.460><c> shaping</c><00:42:39.780><c> up</c>

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exactly<00:42:40.860><c> as</c><00:42:41.579><c> we</c><00:42:41.760><c> might</c><00:42:41.940><c> expect.</c>

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So<00:42:46.219><c> then,</c><00:42:46.480><c> brothers</c><00:42:46.559><c> and</c><00:42:46.780><c> sisters,</c><00:42:47.679><c> a</c><00:42:47.940><c> light</c><00:42:48.119><c> that</c><00:42:48.420><c> shines,</c><00:42:49.239><c> a</c>

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vision<00:42:49.659><c> of</c><00:42:49.840><c> the</c><00:42:50.039><c> kingdom</c><00:42:50.280><c> to</c><00:42:50.559><c> encourage</c>

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us<00:42:51.079><c> now</c><00:42:51.320><c> in</c><00:42:51.559><c> our</c><00:42:51.820><c> walk</c><00:42:52.159><c> individually</c><00:42:53.000><c> and</c><00:42:53.500><c> to</c><00:42:53.719><c> understand</c><00:42:54.380><c> that</c><00:42:54.659><c> God's</c><00:42:55.219><c> word</c><00:42:55.360><c> is</c>

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at<00:42:55.800><c> work</c><00:42:56.039><c> in</c><00:42:56.280><c> the</c><00:42:56.460><c> world.</c><00:42:56.800><c> He</c><00:42:57.039><c> is</c>

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accomplishing<00:42:57.780><c> his</c><00:42:58.079><c> purpose.</c><00:42:58.760><c> The</c><00:42:58.940><c> Lord</c><00:42:59.139><c> Jesus</c><00:42:59.460><c> will</c><00:42:59.800><c> return</c>

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and<00:43:03.260><c> we</c><00:43:03.500><c> must</c><00:43:03.860><c> use</c><00:43:04.659><c> today</c><00:43:05.420><c> to</c><00:43:05.840><c> prepare</c><00:43:06.380><c> for</c>

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tomorrow,<00:43:07.820><c> being</c><00:43:08.059><c> thankful</c><00:43:08.400><c> to</c><00:43:08.599><c> God</c><00:43:08.739><c> for</c><00:43:08.900><c> his</c><00:43:09.159><c> mercies</c><00:43:09.559><c> with</c>

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us<00:43:09.920><c> through</c><00:43:10.139><c> every</c><00:43:10.480><c> day</c><00:43:10.599><c> up</c><00:43:10.800><c> to</c><00:43:10.980><c> this</c><00:43:11.219><c> point</c><00:43:11.380><c> in</c>

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our<00:43:11.820><c> lives</c><00:43:12.019><c> for</c><00:43:12.199><c> his</c><00:43:12.400><c> forgiveness,</c><00:43:13.579><c> for</c><00:43:13.719><c> his</c><00:43:14.019><c> continuing</c><00:43:14.579><c> care</c><00:43:14.920><c> for</c>

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us,<00:43:16.280><c> but</c><00:43:16.599><c> setting</c><00:43:16.840><c> our</c><00:43:17.340><c> sights,</c><00:43:17.659><c> as</c><00:43:17.980><c> did</c><00:43:18.219><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:43:18.559><c> Jesus,</c><00:43:19.039><c> on</c><00:43:19.219><c> the</c><00:43:19.440><c> glory</c><00:43:19.980><c> that</c><00:43:20.440><c> lay</c><00:43:20.639><c> in</c><00:43:20.860><c> front</c><00:43:21.039><c> of</c><00:43:21.239><c> him.</c><00:43:22.780><c> We</c>

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should<00:43:23.619><c> make</c><00:43:24.219><c> the</c><00:43:24.679><c> kingdom</c><00:43:25.039><c> and</c><00:43:25.380><c> that</c><00:43:25.780><c> future</c>

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time<00:43:26.360><c> of</c><00:43:26.639><c> glory</c><00:43:27.099><c> not</c><00:43:27.800><c> for</c><00:43:28.019><c> our</c><00:43:28.260><c> own</c><00:43:28.519><c> glory,</c><00:43:29.820><c> but</c><00:43:29.960><c> for</c><00:43:30.119><c> the</c><00:43:30.340><c> purpose</c><00:43:30.559><c> of</c>

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God<00:43:31.239><c> and</c><00:43:31.719><c> for</c><00:43:31.920><c> our</c><00:43:32.139><c> desire</c><00:43:32.420><c> to</c><00:43:32.619><c> be</c><00:43:32.760><c> with</c><00:43:33.019><c> him</c>

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and<00:43:33.300><c> to</c><00:43:33.420><c> be</c><00:43:33.599><c> like</c><00:43:33.780><c> the</c><00:43:33.960><c> Lord</c><00:43:34.119><c> Jesus.</c><00:43:34.440><c> We</c><00:43:34.619><c> should</c><00:43:34.880><c> make</c><00:43:35.139><c> that</c><00:43:35.679><c> the</c><00:43:36.119><c> centre</c><00:43:36.400><c> of</c>

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our<00:43:36.820><c> lives</c><00:43:37.139><c> and</c><00:43:37.320><c> of</c><00:43:37.440><c> our</c><00:43:37.599><c> motivation.</c>

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And<00:43:39.360><c> we</c><00:43:39.480><c> should</c><00:43:39.579><c> be</c><00:43:39.880><c> careful</c><00:43:40.199><c> not</c><00:43:40.599><c> to</c><00:43:42.000><c> throw</c><00:43:42.239><c> the</c><00:43:42.420><c> baby</c><00:43:42.579><c> out</c>

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with<00:43:42.840><c> the</c><00:43:43.000><c> bath</c><00:43:43.219><c> water.</c><00:43:43.559><c> Brothers</c><00:43:43.639><c> and</c><00:43:43.880><c> sisters,</c>

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if<00:43:44.280><c> sometimes</c><00:43:44.920><c> some</c><00:43:45.260><c> people</c><00:43:45.480><c> have</c><00:43:45.659><c> said</c><00:43:45.840><c> some</c><00:43:46.179><c> things</c><00:43:46.360><c> which</c>

00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:48.000
have<00:43:46.679><c> gone</c><00:43:46.880><c> a</c><00:43:47.039><c> little</c><00:43:47.260><c> too</c><00:43:47.599><c> far,</c>

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let<00:43:48.460><c> us</c><00:43:48.699><c> not</c><00:43:48.920><c> lose</c><00:43:49.199><c> sight</c><00:43:49.420><c> of</c><00:43:49.579><c> the</c><00:43:49.719><c> objective.</c><00:43:51.039><c> Let</c><00:43:51.179><c> us</c><00:43:51.360><c> remember</c><00:43:51.679><c> that</c>

00:43:51.860 --> 00:43:53.639
we<00:43:51.980><c> are</c><00:43:52.219><c> all</c><00:43:52.460><c> human</c><00:43:52.699><c> and</c><00:43:52.940><c> all</c><00:43:53.199><c> prone</c><00:43:53.380><c> to</c>

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error.<00:43:54.039><c> But</c><00:43:54.059><c> remember,</c><00:43:55.500><c> God</c><00:43:55.800><c> has</c><00:43:56.199><c> revealed</c><00:43:56.500><c> his</c><00:43:56.719><c> purpose</c><00:43:57.340><c> and</c>

00:43:58.380 --> 00:44:01.360
we<00:43:58.539><c> must</c><00:43:58.860><c> seek</c><00:43:59.280><c> to</c><00:43:59.780><c> understand</c><00:44:00.159><c> it</c><00:44:00.519><c> and</c><00:44:00.840><c> to</c><00:44:01.059><c> deal</c><00:44:01.199><c> with</c>

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his<00:44:01.579><c> word</c><00:44:01.719><c> with</c><00:44:01.960><c> care.</c><00:44:04.400><c> And</c><00:44:04.880><c> we</c><00:44:05.079><c> must</c><00:44:05.320><c> wait</c><00:44:06.219><c> patiently,</c><00:44:08.400><c> for</c>

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it<00:44:08.980><c> shall</c><00:44:09.199><c> be</c><00:44:09.440><c> said</c><00:44:09.619><c> in</c><00:44:09.820><c> that</c><00:44:10.000><c> day,</c><00:44:10.840><c> the</c><00:44:11.039><c> day</c><00:44:11.219><c> of</c>

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resurrection<00:44:11.840><c> in</c><00:44:11.980><c> the</c><00:44:12.139><c> context.</c><00:44:12.900><c> Lo,</c><00:44:13.739><c> this</c><00:44:13.960><c> is</c><00:44:14.199><c> our</c><00:44:14.360><c> God.</c><00:44:15.159><c> We</c>

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have<00:44:15.820><c> waited</c><00:44:16.199><c> for</c><00:44:16.500><c> him.</c><00:44:18.239><c> We</c><00:44:18.599><c> have</c><00:44:18.840><c> waited</c><00:44:19.139><c> for</c><00:44:19.420><c> him</c>

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through<00:44:20.139><c> all</c><00:44:20.539><c> the</c><00:44:20.760><c> centuries,</c><00:44:21.199><c> brothers</c><00:44:21.300><c> and</c><00:44:21.539><c> sisters,</c><00:44:22.360><c> those</c><00:44:22.739><c> who</c>

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have<00:44:23.119><c> now</c><00:44:23.260><c> been</c><00:44:23.639><c> long</c><00:44:24.059><c> dead,</c>

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those<00:44:26.039><c> who</c><00:44:26.300><c> you</c><00:44:26.659><c> have</c><00:44:26.940><c> loved</c><00:44:27.420><c> and</c><00:44:27.960><c> lost.</c><00:44:30.460><c> And</c><00:44:30.659><c> the</c><00:44:30.820><c> Lord</c><00:44:31.000><c> will</c>

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come<00:44:31.960><c> and</c><00:44:33.019><c> he</c><00:44:33.219><c> will</c><00:44:33.500><c> save</c><00:44:33.780><c> us.</c><00:44:34.900><c> This</c><00:44:35.380><c> is</c><00:44:35.719><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:44:36.199 --> 00:44:41.880
We<00:44:36.960><c> have</c><00:44:37.320><c> waited</c><00:44:37.679><c> for</c><00:44:37.960><c> him.</c><00:44:39.000><c> We</c><00:44:39.480><c> will</c><00:44:39.679><c> be</c><00:44:39.960><c> glad</c><00:44:40.360><c> and</c><00:44:41.219><c> rejoice</c>

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in<00:44:42.519><c> his</c><00:44:42.719><c> salvation.</c>