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it</c><00:10:24.700><c> served</c><00:10:25.000><c> as</c><00:10:25.259><c> a</c><00:10:25.519><c> reminder</c><00:10:26.000><c> of</c> 00:10:26.940 --> 00:10:31.759 Yahweh's<00:10:27.600><c> deliverance</c><00:10:28.659><c> from</c><00:10:30.379><c> Egypt.</c> 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:39.299 It<00:10:33.799><c> was</c><00:10:34.000><c> also</c><00:10:34.279><c> a</c><00:10:34.519><c> time</c><00:10:34.659><c> of</c><00:10:34.940><c> rejoicing.</c><00:10:35.440><c> It</c><00:10:35.539><c> was</c><00:10:35.779><c> the</c><00:10:36.039><c> end</c><00:10:36.240><c> of</c><00:10:36.460><c> the</c><00:10:36.659><c> year</c><00:10:37.019><c> from</c><00:10:37.320><c> Harvest's</c><00:10:37.940><c> point</c><00:10:38.080><c> of</c><00:10:38.240><c> view.</c> 00:10:39.620 --> 00:10:43.460 And<00:10:40.159><c> so</c><00:10:40.460><c> they'd</c><00:10:41.100><c> received</c><00:10:41.460><c> the</c><00:10:41.799><c> blessings</c><00:10:42.240><c> of</c><00:10:42.500><c> God.</c> 00:10:43.720 --> 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your</c><00:11:05.600><c> seed</c><00:11:05.820><c> can</c><00:11:06.039><c> be</c> 00:11:06.259 --> 00:11:08.659 numbered<00:11:06.620><c> as</c><00:11:07.059><c> the</c><00:11:07.379><c> stars</c><00:11:07.639><c> of</c><00:11:07.899><c> heaven,</c> 00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:11.580 it<00:11:08.799><c> will</c><00:11:08.799><c> be.</c><00:11:09.679><c> And</c><00:11:09.980><c> so</c><00:11:10.080><c> they</c><00:11:10.279><c> were</c><00:11:10.460><c> reminded</c><00:11:10.820><c> that</c><00:11:11.080><c> they</c><00:11:11.379><c> too,</c> 00:11:11.700 --> 00:11:12.320 like<00:11:11.860><c> Abraham,</c> 00:11:12.620 --> 00:11:18.700 were<00:11:12.879><c> sojourners</c><00:11:13.679><c> traveling</c><00:11:14.379><c> through</c><00:11:14.799><c> this</c><00:11:15.220><c> world,</c><00:11:16.379><c> dwelling</c><00:11:16.740><c> in</c><00:11:17.179><c> tents,</c><00:11:18.539><c> as</c> 00:11:18.700 --> 00:11:21.120 Abraham,<00:11:19.279><c> Isaac,</c><00:11:19.559><c> and</c><00:11:19.759><c> Jacob</c><00:11:20.039><c> did.</c> 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:26.399 They<00:11:22.980><c> celebrated</c><00:11:23.580><c> the</c><00:11:24.279><c> final</c><00:11:24.759><c> ingathering</c><00:11:25.500><c> of</c><00:11:25.679><c> the</c><00:11:25.899><c> harvest.</c> 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:29.120 And<00:11:27.019><c> there's</c><00:11:27.159><c> an</c><00:11:27.419><c> interesting</c><00:11:27.820><c> comment</c><00:11:28.279><c> if</c><00:11:28.440><c> we</c><00:11:28.519><c> go</c><00:11:28.720><c> back</c><00:11:28.960><c> to</c> 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:31.379 Deuteronomy<00:11:29.580><c> chapter</c><00:11:29.940><c> 16,</c> 00:11:32.139 --> 00:11:33.759 which<00:11:32.379><c> tells</c><00:11:32.679><c> us</c><00:11:32.919><c> about</c><00:11:33.179><c> this.</c> 00:11:33.759 --> 00:11:40.539 It<00:11:34.580><c> says</c><00:11:35.539><c> that</c><00:11:36.480><c> Israel,</c><00:11:38.000><c> when</c><00:11:38.240><c> they</c><00:11:38.500><c> came</c><00:11:38.700><c> before</c><00:11:39.080><c> God,</c><00:11:40.279><c> could</c> 00:11:40.539 --> 00:11:42.659 not<00:11:41.059><c> appear</c><00:11:41.820><c> empty.</c> 00:11:42.899 --> 00:11:47.600 Verse<00:11:43.019><c> 16,</c><00:11:45.759><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:11:46.320><c> 16,</c><00:11:46.840><c> 16.</c> 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:52.299 Three<00:11:48.019><c> times</c><00:11:48.360><c> in</c><00:11:48.600><c> a</c><00:11:48.740><c> year</c><00:11:48.899><c> shall</c><00:11:49.120><c> all</c><00:11:49.379><c> thy</c><00:11:49.539><c> males</c><00:11:49.899><c> appear</c><00:11:50.240><c> before</c><00:11:50.639><c> Yahweh</c><00:11:51.080><c> thy</c><00:11:51.299><c> God,</c> 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:54.480 in<00:11:52.460><c> the</c><00:11:52.720><c> place</c><00:11:52.940><c> which</c><00:11:53.179><c> he</c><00:11:53.460><c> shall</c><00:11:53.700><c> choose,</c> 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:59.460 in<00:11:55.480><c> the</c><00:11:55.659><c> feast</c><00:11:55.860><c> 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were</c><00:12:51.659><c> they</c><00:12:51.779><c> going</c><00:12:51.960><c> to</c><00:12:52.120><c> do?</c> 00:12:54.899 --> 00:12:57.259 And<00:12:55.460><c> Haggai</c><00:12:55.759><c> tells</c><00:12:56.059><c> us,</c> 00:12:57.720 --> 00:13:01.460 I<00:12:57.720><c> call</c><00:12:58.000><c> for</c><00:12:58.220><c> a</c><00:12:58.419><c> drought</c><00:12:58.779><c> on</c><00:12:59.779><c> the</c><00:12:59.940><c> mountains,</c><00:13:00.519><c> upon</c><00:13:00.720><c> corn,</c><00:13:01.179><c> new</c> 00:13:01.460 --> 00:13:02.940 wine,<00:13:02.340><c> upon</c><00:13:02.539><c> oil,</c> 00:13:03.179 --> 00:13:05.059 upon<00:13:03.419><c> that</c><00:13:03.639><c> which</c><00:13:03.840><c> the</c><00:13:04.059><c> ground</c><00:13:04.279><c> bringeth</c><00:13:04.639><c> forth.</c> 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:07.559 And<00:13:05.519><c> that</c><00:13:05.679><c> was</c><00:13:05.879><c> the</c><00:13:06.059><c> prophecy</c><00:13:06.320><c> which</c><00:13:06.580><c> was</c><00:13:06.820><c> given</c><00:13:07.039><c> in</c><00:13:07.299><c> the</c> 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:08.980 sixth<00:13:07.960><c> month.</c> 00:13:09.460 --> 00:13:12.440 So<00:13:09.720><c> it</c><00:13:09.860><c> was</c><00:13:10.100><c> the</c><00:13:10.340><c> month</c><00:13:10.620><c> before</c><00:13:11.659><c> tabernacles.</c> 00:13:13.299 --> 00:13:14.840 They<00:13:13.559><c> had</c><00:13:13.860><c> nothing.</c> 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:19.240 And<00:13:15.299><c> despite</c><00:13:15.779><c> that,</c><00:13:16.080><c> God</c><00:13:16.299><c> says,</c><00:13:17.419><c> I</c><00:13:17.740><c> am</c><00:13:17.980><c> with</c><00:13:18.240><c> you.</c> 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:23.179 My<00:13:21.120><c> spirit</c><00:13:21.700><c> remaineth</c><00:13:22.320><c> among</c><00:13:22.580><c> you.</c> 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:26.259 What<00:13:24.159><c> were</c><00:13:24.580><c> they</c><00:13:24.799><c> going</c><00:13:25.000><c> to</c><00:13:25.299><c> bring?</c> 00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:35.399 Well,<00:13:31.940><c> Samuel</c><00:13:32.379><c> reminded</c><00:13:33.639><c> Saul,</c><00:13:34.200><c> didn't</c><00:13:34.340><c> he,</c> 00:13:35.460 --> 00:13:37.600 of<00:13:35.559><c> what</c><00:13:35.740><c> God</c><00:13:35.960><c> was</c><00:13:36.259><c> interested</c><00:13:36.679><c> in.</c> 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:43.620 Hath<00:13:38.740><c> the</c><00:13:39.000><c> Lord</c><00:13:39.379><c> delight</c><00:13:40.059><c> in</c><00:13:41.379><c> burnt</c><00:13:41.740><c> offerings</c><00:13:42.220><c> and</c><00:13:42.700><c> sacrifices</c> 00:13:43.700 --> 00:13:47.200 than<00:13:44.539><c> in</c><00:13:44.820><c> obeying</c><00:13:45.559><c> the</c><00:13:45.840><c> voice</c><00:13:46.320><c> of</c><00:13:46.639><c> the</c><00:13:46.820><c> Lord?</c> 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:50.299 Behold,<00:13:47.860><c> to</c><00:13:48.139><c> obey</c><00:13:48.600><c> is</c><00:13:48.840><c> better</c><00:13:49.179><c> than</c><00:13:49.419><c> sacrifice,</c> 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was</c><00:14:09.940><c> their</c><00:14:10.500><c> heart.</c> 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:15.559 And<00:14:12.960><c> so</c><00:14:13.080><c> when</c><00:14:13.259><c> God</c><00:14:13.500><c> says,</c><00:14:14.539><c> I</c><00:14:14.700><c> am</c><00:14:14.960><c> with</c><00:14:15.240><c> you,</c> 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:17.940 my<00:14:15.940><c> spirit</c><00:14:16.559><c> remaineth</c><00:14:17.279><c> with</c><00:14:17.519><c> you,</c> 00:14:18.379 --> 00:14:21.799 they<00:14:18.840><c> could</c><00:14:19.259><c> rejoice</c><00:14:19.840><c> in</c><00:14:20.340><c> anticipation</c> 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:26.659 of<00:14:22.879><c> what</c><00:14:23.100><c> God</c><00:14:23.379><c> was</c><00:14:23.639><c> going</c><00:14:23.879><c> to</c><00:14:24.279><c> provide</c><00:14:24.580><c> them</c><00:14:24.860><c> with.</c> 00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:31.299 In<00:14:28.519><c> Haggai</c><00:14:28.840><c> chapter</c><00:14:29.159><c> 2</c><00:14:29.460><c> and</c><00:14:29.679><c> verse</c><00:14:29.879><c> 19,</c> 00:14:31.580 --> 00:14:33.580 Is<00:14:31.639><c> the</c><00:14:31.899><c> seed</c><00:14:32.159><c> yet</c><00:14:32.340><c> in</c><00:14:32.559><c> the</c><00:14:32.779><c> barn?</c> 00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:35.879 Is<00:14:34.019><c> the</c><00:14:34.340><c> vine</c><00:14:34.779><c> yet?</c> 00:14:36.019 --> 00:14:38.759 And<00:14:36.279><c> the</c><00:14:36.480><c> fig</c><00:14:36.679><c> tree</c><00:14:36.860><c> and</c><00:14:37.019><c> the</c><00:14:37.240><c> pomegranate</c><00:14:37.779><c> and</c><00:14:37.940><c> the</c><00:14:38.179><c> olive</c><00:14:38.360><c> tree?</c> 00:14:38.860 --> 00:14:42.019 From<00:14:39.200><c> this</c><00:14:39.580><c> day</c><00:14:39.940><c> I</c><00:14:40.440><c> will</c><00:14:40.820><c> bless</c><00:14:41.159><c> thee.</c> 00:14:42.299 --> 00:14:45.460 So<00:14:42.700><c> God</c><00:14:43.000><c> did</c><00:14:43.320><c> promise</c><00:14:43.659><c> them,</c><00:14:43.879><c> if</c><00:14:44.000><c> they</c><00:14:44.200><c> were</c><00:14:44.440><c> faithful,</c> 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:50.059 if<00:14:45.559><c> they</c><00:14:45.559><c> were</c><00:14:45.759><c> obedient</c><00:14:46.320><c> to</c><00:14:46.559><c> his</c><00:14:46.820><c> word,</c><00:14:47.700><c> he</c><00:14:48.139><c> would</c><00:14:48.519><c> bless</c><00:14:48.879><c> them.</c> 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:53.139 And<00:14:51.059><c> that's</c><00:14:51.240><c> what</c><00:14:51.399><c> they</c><00:14:51.559><c> could</c><00:14:52.139><c> bring.</c> 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:56.500 God<00:14:53.659><c> wanted</c><00:14:54.019><c> their</c><00:14:54.419><c> hearts,</c><00:14:55.019><c> brethren</c><00:14:55.159><c> and</c><00:14:55.419><c> sisters.</c> 00:14:56.600 --> 00:15:00.100 Proverbs<00:14:56.899><c> says,</c><00:14:57.460><c> my</c><00:14:57.460><c> son,</c><00:14:58.220><c> give</c><00:14:58.379><c> me</c><00:14:58.740><c> thine</c><00:14:59.019><c> heart.</c> 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:02.220 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to</c><00:20:48.200><c> Zion,</c><00:20:48.500><c> Behold,</c><00:20:48.960><c> behold</c><00:20:49.339><c> them,</c> 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:53.460 I<00:20:49.980><c> will</c><00:20:50.200><c> give</c><00:20:50.440><c> to</c><00:20:50.680><c> Jerusalem</c><00:20:51.279><c> one</c><00:20:51.839><c> that</c><00:20:52.180><c> bringeth</c><00:20:52.480><c> good</c><00:20:52.819><c> tidings.</c> 00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:56.920 And<00:20:54.019><c> in</c><00:20:54.240><c> its</c><00:20:56.059><c> immediate</c><00:20:56.400><c> context,</c> 00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:59.759 we<00:20:57.440><c> might</c><00:20:57.759><c> think</c><00:20:58.119><c> of</c><00:20:58.259><c> Jesus</c><00:20:58.640><c> Christ,</c><00:20:59.200><c> won't</c><00:20:59.359><c> we?</c> 00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:02.980 And<00:21:00.299><c> yet</c><00:21:00.440><c> if</c><00:21:00.599><c> we</c><00:21:00.759><c> go</c><00:21:00.960><c> to</c><00:21:01.500><c> chapter</c><00:21:01.640><c> 44,</c> 00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:07.150 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servant,</c> 00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:26.859 performeth<00:21:24.859><c> the</c><00:21:25.039><c> counsel</c><00:21:25.400><c> of</c><00:21:25.579><c> his</c><00:21:25.839><c> messengers,</c> 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:30.920 that<00:21:27.359><c> saith</c><00:21:27.680><c> to</c><00:21:27.960><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:21:29.059><c> Thou</c><00:21:29.279><c> shalt</c><00:21:29.559><c> be</c><00:21:29.819><c> inhabited.</c> 00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:33.480 To<00:21:31.519><c> the</c><00:21:31.720><c> cities</c><00:21:31.960><c> of</c><00:21:32.240><c> Judah</c><00:21:32.440><c> ye</c><00:21:32.680><c> shall</c><00:21:32.859><c> be</c><00:21:33.180><c> built,</c> 00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:36.539 and<00:21:33.859><c> I</c><00:21:34.039><c> will</c><00:21:34.240><c> raise</c><00:21:34.500><c> up</c><00:21:34.700><c> the</c><00:21:35.039><c> decayed</c><00:21:35.420><c> places</c><00:21:35.759><c> thereof,</c> 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:40.460 that<00:21:36.980><c> saith</c><00:21:37.440><c> 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thy</c><00:21:50.460><c> foundation</c> 00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:52.099 shall<00:21:51.599><c> be</c><00:21:51.839><c> laid.</c> 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:54.240 And<00:21:52.420><c> so</c><00:21:52.619><c> here's</c><00:21:52.920><c> a</c><00:21:53.160><c> prophecy,</c> 00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:59.119 120<00:21:55.180><c> years</c><00:21:55.740><c> before</c><00:21:56.599><c> Cyrus</c><00:21:57.259><c> appeared</c><00:21:57.720><c> on</c><00:21:57.980><c> the</c><00:21:58.180><c> scene,</c> 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:02.559 and<00:21:59.500><c> God</c><00:21:59.660><c> said,</c><00:22:00.400><c> He's</c><00:22:00.660><c> going</c><00:22:00.740><c> to</c><00:22:00.900><c> be</c><00:22:01.039><c> the</c><00:22:01.259><c> one</c> 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:04.460 that<00:22:03.039><c> will</c><00:22:03.299><c> encourage</c><00:22:03.799><c> you,</c> 00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:08.599 not<00:22:05.059><c> only</c><00:22:05.299><c> to</c><00:22:05.599><c> rebuild</c><00:22:05.940><c> the</c><00:22:06.240><c> temple,</c><00:22:06.640><c> but</c><00:22:06.819><c> to</c><00:22:07.119><c> rebuild</c><00:22:07.440><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:12.160 He<00:22:10.279><c> was</c><00:22:10.480><c> the</c><00:22:10.740><c> righteous</c><00:22:11.119><c> man</c><00:22:11.400><c> from</c><00:22:11.640><c> the</c><00:22:11.819><c> East,</c> 00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:15.299 in<00:22:12.779><c> type,</c><00:22:13.579><c> the</c><00:22:13.680><c> one</c><00:22:13.839><c> who</c><00:22:14.099><c> came</c><00:22:14.359><c> from</c><00:22:14.599><c> the</c><00:22:14.839><c> East,</c> 00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:18.259 and<00:22:15.980><c> brought</c><00:22:16.200><c> good</c><00:22:16.579><c> tidings</c><00:22:16.980><c> to</c><00:22:17.279><c> Zion.</c> 00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:21.480 What<00:22:19.579><c> kind</c><00:22:19.859><c> of</c><00:22:20.099><c> temple</c><00:22:20.380><c> was</c><00:22:20.599><c> it</c><00:22:20.779><c> going</c><00:22:20.920><c> to</c><00:22:21.160><c> be?</c> 00:22:21.859 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00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:59.400 in<00:23:57.440><c> words</c><00:23:57.920><c> to</c><00:23:58.279><c> the</c><00:23:58.480><c> prophet.</c> 00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:04.420 But<00:24:02.299><c> God</c><00:24:02.519><c> says</c><00:24:02.819><c> to</c><00:24:02.940><c> them,</c> 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:09.000 in<00:24:06.400><c> verse</c><00:24:06.839><c> 4</c><00:24:07.359><c> of</c><00:24:07.599><c> Haggai</c><00:24:08.019><c> 2,</c> 00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:14.079 be<00:24:11.880><c> strong,</c><00:24:12.579><c> O</c><00:24:12.660><c> Zerubbabel,</c> 00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:16.539 saith<00:24:14.559><c> the</c><00:24:14.779><c> Lord,</c><00:24:15.119><c> be</c><00:24:15.400><c> strong,</c><00:24:15.819><c> O</c><00:24:16.039><c> Joshua,</c> 00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:19.099 son<00:24:17.220><c> of</c><00:24:17.400><c> Josadech,</c><00:24:18.359><c> the</c><00:24:18.599><c> high</c><00:24:18.859><c> priest,</c> 00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:25.259 be<00:24:19.559><c> strong,</c><00:24:20.079><c> O</c><00:24:20.119><c> ye</c><00:24:20.299><c> people</c><00:24:21.000><c> of</c><00:24:22.400><c> the</c><00:24:22.619><c> land,</c><00:24:23.000><c> saith</c><00:24:23.119><c> Yahweh,</c><00:24:23.700><c> and</c><00:24:24.000><c> work,</c> 00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:27.240 for<00:24:25.759><c> I</c><00:24:26.339><c> am</c><00:24:26.559><c> with</c><00:24:26.839><c> you,</c> 00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:30.200 according<00:24:27.980><c> to</c><00:24:28.279><c> the</c><00:24:28.500><c> word</c><00:24:28.680><c> that</c><00:24:28.920><c> I</c><00:24:29.220><c> covenanted</c><00:24:29.619><c> with</c><00:24:29.880><c> you</c><00:24:30.039><c> when</c> 00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.519 I<00:24:30.500><c> came</c><00:24:30.700><c> out</c><00:24:30.960><c> of</c><00:24:31.160><c> Egypt,</c> 00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:34.680 so<00:24:32.180><c> my</c><00:24:32.599><c> spirit</c><00:24:33.059><c> remaineth</c><00:24:33.900><c> among</c><00:24:34.259><c> you.</c> 00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:37.660 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00:24:53.599 in<00:24:51.579><c> Exodus</c><00:24:51.980><c> chapter</c><00:24:52.359><c> 2,</c><00:24:52.640><c> verse</c><00:24:52.859><c> 24,</c> 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:57.400 he<00:24:54.180><c> remembered</c><00:24:54.940><c> his</c><00:24:55.359><c> covenant</c><00:24:55.940><c> to</c><00:24:56.359><c> Abraham.</c> 00:24:58.259 --> 00:25:01.519 It<00:24:58.440><c> was</c><00:24:58.660><c> the</c><00:24:58.839><c> new</c><00:24:59.160><c> covenant,</c><00:24:59.680><c> as</c><00:24:59.859><c> we</c><00:25:00.119><c> call</c><00:25:00.359><c> it</c><00:25:00.579><c> today,</c> 00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:04.769 a<00:25:01.839><c> covenant</c><00:25:02.140><c> which</c><00:25:02.579><c> preceded</c><00:25:03.619><c> the</c><00:25:03.940><c> Mosaic</c><00:25:04.400><c> system.</c> 00:25:04.769 --> 00:25:09.089 And<00:25:05.589><c> when</c><00:25:06.289><c> God</c><00:25:06.589><c> moved</c><00:25:07.170><c> to</c><00:25:07.470><c> redeem</c><00:25:07.750><c> his</c><00:25:08.029><c> people</c><00:25:08.349><c> from</c><00:25:08.650><c> Egypt,</c> 00:25:09.430 --> 00:25:11.450 he<00:25:09.490><c> was</c><00:25:09.789><c> beginning</c><00:25:10.250><c> the</c><00:25:10.589><c> process</c> 00:25:11.730 --> 00:25:15.430 of<00:25:12.450><c> fulfilling</c><00:25:12.990><c> the</c><00:25:13.569><c> promises</c><00:25:13.930><c> to</c><00:25:14.410><c> Abraham.</c> 00:25:15.730 --> 00:25:18.890 I<00:25:15.910><c> wonder</c><00:25:16.089><c> if</c><00:25:16.190><c> you've</c><00:25:16.450><c> ever</c><00:25:17.349><c> puzzled</c><00:25:17.930><c> over</c><00:25:18.250><c> the</c><00:25:18.509><c> fact</c> 00:25:18.890 --> 00:25:22.529 that<00:25:19.849><c> when</c><00:25:20.109><c> David</c><00:25:20.529><c> brought</c><00:25:20.890><c> the</c><00:25:21.170><c> ark</c><00:25:21.329><c> to</c><00:25:21.630><c> Zion,</c> 00:25:23.109 --> 00:25:26.269 he<00:25:23.369><c> wrote</c><00:25:23.630><c> a</c><00:25:23.910><c> psalm,</c><00:25:24.609><c> Psalm</c><00:25:24.910><c> 105.</c> 00:25:26.950 --> 00:25:31.470 And<00:25:27.269><c> the</c><00:25:27.470><c> psalm's</c><00:25:27.869><c> all</c><00:25:28.250><c> about</c><00:25:29.250><c> the</c><00:25:30.349><c> Exodus.</c> 00:25:32.369 --> 00:25:34.609 Now<00:25:32.710><c> why</c><00:25:32.869><c> would</c><00:25:33.150><c> David</c> 00:25:34.890 --> 00:25:37.210 write<00:25:35.490><c> about</c><00:25:35.809><c> the</c><00:25:36.170><c> Exodus</c> 00:25:37.450 --> 00:25:39.869 when<00:25:38.049><c> he's</c><00:25:38.349><c> bringing</c><00:25:38.710><c> the</c><00:25:38.990><c> ark</c><00:25:39.170><c> to</c><00:25:39.470><c> Zion</c> 00:25:39.869 --> 00:25:42.690 at<00:25:40.829><c> 30</c><00:25:41.130><c> years</c><00:25:41.549><c> old?</c> 00:25:43.210 --> 00:25:47.750 Because<00:25:43.809><c> the</c><00:25:44.009><c> work</c><00:25:44.190><c> of</c><00:25:44.410><c> God</c><00:25:44.549><c> was</c><00:25:45.630><c> put</c><00:25:45.910><c> on</c><00:25:46.269><c> hold,</c><00:25:46.529><c> as</c><00:25:46.690><c> it</c><00:25:46.910><c> were,</c> 00:25:48.089 --> 00:25:49.730 in<00:25:48.349><c> human</c><00:25:48.650><c> terms.</c> 00:25:50.430 --> 00:25:54.509 They<00:25:50.589><c> never</c><00:25:50.869><c> entered</c><00:25:51.190><c> into</c><00:25:51.509><c> the</c><00:25:51.730><c> rest</c><00:25:52.009><c> in</c><00:25:52.690><c> Joshua's</c><00:25:53.529><c> day.</c> 00:25:54.690 --> 00:25:57.329 And<00:25:54.829><c> so</c><00:25:54.930><c> what</c><00:25:55.150><c> David</c><00:25:55.529><c> was</c><00:25:55.809><c> doing</c><00:25:56.109><c> when</c><00:25:56.349><c> he</c><00:25:56.650><c> brought</c><00:25:56.890><c> the</c><00:25:57.150><c> ark</c> 00:25:57.329 --> 00:25:57.890 to<00:25:57.589><c> Zion,</c> 00:25:58.130 --> 00:25:59.849 he<00:25:58.329><c> was</c><00:25:58.710><c> picking</c><00:25:59.049><c> up</c> 00:26:00.410 --> 00:26:03.849 where<00:26:00.910><c> Israel</c><00:26:01.430><c> left</c><00:26:01.809><c> off</c><00:26:02.170><c> in</c><00:26:02.369><c> the</c><00:26:02.490><c> days</c><00:26:02.670><c> of</c><00:26:02.950><c> Joshua.</c> 00:26:04.109 --> 00:26:06.930 And<00:26:04.609><c> so</c><00:26:04.769><c> he</c><00:26:04.950><c> uses</c><00:26:05.430><c> the</c><00:26:05.789><c> terms</c><00:26:06.069><c> of</c><00:26:06.329><c> the</c><00:26:06.549><c> Exodus</c> 00:26:06.930 --> 00:26:10.230 because<00:26:08.029><c> that</c><00:26:08.609><c> work</c><00:26:08.910><c> had</c><00:26:09.069><c> never</c><00:26:09.329><c> been</c><00:26:09.690><c> completed.</c> 00:26:10.569 --> 00:26:13.609 Paul<00:26:10.750><c> says</c><00:26:11.049><c> they</c><00:26:11.269><c> didn't</c><00:26:11.630><c> enter</c><00:26:11.910><c> in</c><00:26:12.130><c> because</c><00:26:12.390><c> of</c><00:26:12.670><c> unbelief.</c> 00:26:14.029 --> 00:26:16.430 And<00:26:14.190><c> that's</c><00:26:14.529><c> why</c><00:26:14.950><c> in</c><00:26:15.170><c> Habakkuk</c><00:26:15.509><c> chapter</c><00:26:15.950><c> 3,</c> 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Exodus</c> 00:26:29.690 --> 00:26:33.009 because<00:26:30.250><c> that</c><00:26:30.609><c> work</c><00:26:30.829><c> has</c><00:26:31.109><c> yet</c><00:26:31.509><c> to</c><00:26:31.730><c> be</c><00:26:31.950><c> completed.</c> 00:26:33.730 --> 00:26:35.990 And<00:26:34.329><c> so</c><00:26:34.569><c> God</c><00:26:34.849><c> is</c><00:26:35.150><c> saying,</c> 00:26:36.930 --> 00:26:40.089 remember<00:26:36.930><c> I</c><00:26:37.630><c> have</c><00:26:37.990><c> not</c><00:26:38.309><c> forgotten</c><00:26:38.710><c> my</c><00:26:39.049><c> covenant.</c> 00:26:40.349 --> 00:26:41.529 And<00:26:40.410><c> he</c><00:26:40.589><c> says,</c> 00:26:41.549 --> 00:26:46.109 so<00:26:41.789><c> my</c><00:26:42.250><c> spirit</c><00:26:43.470><c> remaineth</c><00:26:44.829><c> among</c><00:26:45.190><c> you.</c> 00:26:46.549 --> 00:26:48.470 And<00:26:46.809><c> some</c><00:26:47.049><c> have</c><00:26:47.329><c> interpreted</c><00:26:47.809><c> that,</c> 00:26:48.710 --> 00:26:51.230 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given</c><00:27:00.789><c> to</c><00:27:01.029><c> the</c><00:27:01.210><c> 70</c><00:27:01.509><c> elders</c> 00:27:02.509 --> 00:27:05.009 who<00:27:03.089><c> oversee</c><00:27:03.089><c> the</c><00:27:03.430><c> affairs</c><00:27:03.750><c> of</c><00:27:04.009><c> Israel.</c> 00:27:05.490 --> 00:27:08.490 But<00:27:05.589><c> there</c><00:27:05.690><c> was</c><00:27:05.930><c> another</c><00:27:06.670><c> manifestation</c><00:27:07.829><c> of</c><00:27:08.089><c> the</c><00:27:08.289><c> spirit,</c> 00:27:08.630 --> 00:27:10.349 wasn't<00:27:08.769><c> there</c><00:27:08.990><c> in</c><00:27:09.130><c> those</c><00:27:09.369><c> days?</c> 00:27:12.109 --> 00:27:14.990 There<00:27:12.390><c> was</c><00:27:12.589><c> the</c><00:27:12.869><c> angel</c><00:27:13.250><c> of</c><00:27:13.869><c> the</c><00:27:14.089><c> presence.</c> 00:27:16.569 --> 00:27:18.789 We<00:27:16.890><c> believe</c><00:27:17.150><c> that</c><00:27:17.349><c> to</c><00:27:17.490><c> be</c><00:27:17.670><c> Michael,</c><00:27:18.069><c> don't</c><00:27:18.250><c> we?</c> 00:27:19.130 --> 00:27:20.349 In<00:27:19.369><c> contrast</c><00:27:19.730><c> to</c><00:27:19.950><c> Gabriel.</c> 00:27:20.809 --> 00:27:23.309 Michael<00:27:21.069><c> who</c><00:27:21.269><c> was</c><00:27:21.750><c> one</c><00:27:22.009><c> who</c><00:27:22.250><c> is</c><00:27:22.490><c> like</c><00:27:22.950><c> El,</c> 00:27:23.769 --> 00:27:26.589 the<00:27:23.950><c> one</c><00:27:24.069><c> who</c><00:27:24.230><c> was</c><00:27:24.589><c> allocated</c><00:27:25.069><c> to</c><00:27:25.390><c> the</c><00:27:25.589><c> people</c><00:27:25.849><c> of</c><00:27:26.210><c> Israel,</c> 00:27:26.930 --> 00:27:28.750 and<00:27:27.230><c> Michael</c><00:27:27.549><c> was</c><00:27:28.029><c> present</c> 00:27:28.750 --> 00:27:32.410 at<00:27:30.009><c> the</c><00:27:30.150><c> time</c><00:27:30.529><c> of</c><00:27:30.769><c> Zechariah</c><00:27:31.230><c> and</c><00:27:31.410><c> Haggai,</c><00:27:31.730><c> wasn't</c><00:27:32.049><c> it?</c> 00:27:32.509 --> 00:27:34.450 You<00:27:32.690><c> remember</c><00:27:32.930><c> it</c><00:27:33.049><c> says</c><00:27:33.549><c> in</c><00:27:34.029><c> Jude</c> 00:27:34.450 --> 00:27:37.509 when<00:27:34.890><c> Michael</c><00:27:35.390><c> disputed</c><00:27:36.150><c> with</c><00:27:36.410><c> the</c><00:27:37.029><c> devil</c> 00:27:37.509 --> 00:27:39.569 about<00:27:37.849><c> the</c><00:27:38.029><c> body</c><00:27:38.289><c> of</c><00:27:38.509><c> Moses.</c> 00:27:39.750 --> 00:27:44.789 And<00:27:39.890><c> he's</c><00:27:40.109><c> talking</c><00:27:40.390><c> about</c><00:27:40.750><c> the</c><00:27:41.029><c> period</c><00:27:41.589><c> of</c><00:27:42.710><c> Zechariah</c><00:27:43.710><c> chapter</c><00:27:44.049><c> 3</c> 00:27:44.789 --> 00:27:48.089 where<00:27:45.269><c> the</c><00:27:45.569><c> adversaries</c><00:27:46.089><c> of</c><00:27:46.309><c> Israel</c><00:27:46.809><c> were</c><00:27:47.170><c> on</c><00:27:47.430><c> one</c><00:27:47.730><c> side,</c> 00:27:48.549 --> 00:27:49.630 Satan<00:27:48.670><c> was</c><00:27:48.910><c> on</c><00:27:49.109><c> the</c><00:27:49.289><c> other,</c> 00:27:49.809 --> 00:27:53.650 and<00:27:50.049><c> the</c><00:27:50.910><c> representative</c><00:27:51.730><c> of</c><00:27:52.029><c> the</c><00:27:52.289><c> body</c><00:27:52.569><c> politic,</c> 00:27:54.670 --> 00:27:56.529 the<00:27:54.789><c> high</c><00:27:55.089><c> priest,</c><00:27:55.750><c> was</c><00:27:55.890><c> in</c><00:27:56.089><c> the</c><00:27:56.210><c> middle.</c> 00:27:56.529 --> 00:27:59.529 And<00:27:56.950><c> they</c><00:27:57.069><c> were</c><00:27:57.369><c> contending</c><00:27:57.829><c> about</c><00:27:58.289><c> the</c><00:27:58.650><c> body</c><00:27:58.950><c> of</c><00:27:59.210><c> Moses,</c> 00:27:59.710 --> 00:28:01.470 the<00:27:59.829><c> nation</c><00:28:00.230><c> of</c><00:28:00.450><c> Israel.</c> 00:28:01.930 --> 00:28:03.210 Michael<00:28:02.069><c> was</c><00:28:02.390><c> still</c><00:28:02.710><c> present.</c> 00:28:03.509 --> 00:28:05.809 The<00:28:03.609><c> eye</c><00:28:03.930><c> of</c><00:28:04.150><c> their</c><00:28:04.450><c> God</c><00:28:04.769><c> was</c><00:28:05.190><c> upon</c><00:28:05.509><c> them.</c> 00:28:06.009 --> 00:28:06.789 And<00:28:06.130><c> God</c><00:28:06.329><c> says,</c> 00:28:07.130 --> 00:28:09.589 So<00:28:07.369><c> my</c><00:28:07.789><c> spirit</c><00:28:08.329><c> remaineth</c><00:28:09.029><c> among</c><00:28:09.309><c> you.</c> 00:28:09.869 --> 00:28:11.950 It's<00:28:10.210><c> Isaiah,</c><00:28:10.609><c> isn't</c><00:28:10.910><c> it?</c> 00:28:12.150 --> 00:28:14.329 Who<00:28:12.470><c> reminds</c><00:28:12.890><c> us</c><00:28:13.109><c> in</c><00:28:13.329><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:13.670><c> 63</c> 00:28:14.329 --> 00:28:17.289 that<00:28:15.170><c> this</c><00:28:15.450><c> was</c><00:28:15.710><c> the</c><00:28:15.970><c> spirit</c><00:28:16.190><c> of</c><00:28:16.390><c> God.</c> 00:28:17.670 --> 00:28:21.470 He<00:28:17.829><c> talked</c><00:28:18.130><c> about</c><00:28:19.410><c> verse</c><00:28:20.430><c> 9,</c> 00:28:21.509 --> 00:28:23.730 In<00:28:21.630><c> all</c><00:28:21.930><c> their</c><00:28:22.170><c> affliction</c><00:28:22.670><c> God</c><00:28:22.970><c> was</c><00:28:23.269><c> afflicted</c> 00:28:23.730 --> 00:28:27.829 and<00:28:23.809><c> the</c><00:28:24.029><c> angel</c><00:28:24.589><c> of</c><00:28:24.829><c> his</c><00:28:25.150><c> presence</c><00:28:25.950><c> saved</c><00:28:26.769><c> them.</c> 00:28:27.869 --> 00:28:30.250 In<00:28:27.910><c> his</c><00:28:28.190><c> love</c><00:28:28.349><c> and</c><00:28:28.549><c> his</c><00:28:28.789><c> pity</c><00:28:29.069><c> redeemed</c><00:28:29.750><c> them.</c> 00:28:30.750 --> 00:28:35.329 But<00:28:30.910><c> verse</c><00:28:31.250><c> 10,</c><00:28:32.049><c> they</c><00:28:32.210><c> vexed</c><00:28:33.349><c> his</c><00:28:33.750><c> Holy</c><00:28:34.109><c> Spirit.</c> 00:28:35.690 --> 00:28:38.589 That<00:28:36.369><c> spirit</c><00:28:36.890><c> power</c><00:28:37.210><c> which</c><00:28:37.450><c> was</c><00:28:37.769><c> set</c><00:28:38.029><c> apart</c> 00:28:38.589 --> 00:28:41.329 to<00:28:39.329><c> preserve</c><00:28:39.730><c> Israel</c><00:28:40.250><c> in</c><00:28:40.769><c> the</c><00:28:40.950><c> wilderness</c> 00:28:41.329 --> 00:28:42.630 through<00:28:41.609><c> the</c><00:28:41.809><c> pillar</c><00:28:42.029><c> of</c><00:28:42.329><c> cloud</c> 00:28:42.630 --> 00:28:45.049 and<00:28:43.029><c> the</c><00:28:43.210><c> pillar</c><00:28:43.430><c> of</c><00:28:43.650><c> fire</c><00:28:43.809><c> by</c><00:28:44.150><c> night.</c> 00:28:45.170 --> 00:28:47.710 And<00:28:45.289><c> God</c><00:28:45.470><c> says</c><00:28:45.789><c> that</c><00:28:46.230><c> same</c><00:28:46.789><c> spirit</c><00:28:47.250><c> power,</c> 00:28:48.150 --> 00:28:50.589 that<00:28:48.309><c> same</c><00:28:48.670><c> angel</c><00:28:49.089><c> of</c><00:28:49.349><c> the</c><00:28:49.609><c> presence</c> 00:28:50.690 --> 00:28:51.950 is<00:28:51.029><c> with</c><00:28:51.269><c> you</c><00:28:51.490><c> today.</c> 00:28:51.950 --> 00:28:53.710 And<00:28:52.450><c> they</c><00:28:52.630><c> were</c><00:28:52.849><c> witnessing</c><00:28:53.289><c> it.</c> 00:28:53.789 --> 00:28:56.029 When<00:28:53.970><c> the</c><00:28:54.230><c> adversaries</c><00:28:54.730><c> tried</c><00:28:55.150><c> to</c><00:28:55.529><c> prevent</c> 00:28:56.029 --> 00:28:58.529 the<00:28:56.650><c> continuation</c><00:28:57.329><c> of</c><00:28:57.609><c> building,</c> 00:28:58.789 --> 00:29:02.789 the<00:28:58.950><c> eye</c><00:28:59.250><c> of</c><00:28:59.470><c> their</c><00:28:59.769><c> God</c><00:29:00.130><c> was</c><00:29:00.849><c> upon</c><00:29:01.210><c> them.</c> 00:29:03.990 --> 00:29:06.130 God<00:29:04.289><c> was</c><00:29:04.630><c> about</c><00:29:04.990><c> to</c><00:29:05.609><c> continue,</c> 00:29:06.170 --> 00:29:08.650 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temporary</c><00:29:26.809><c> matter.</c> 00:29:28.529 --> 00:29:31.750 They<00:29:28.630><c> were</c><00:29:28.970><c> involved</c><00:29:29.329><c> in</c><00:29:29.750><c> temporal</c><00:29:30.410><c> proceedings.</c> 00:29:32.230 --> 00:29:34.450 God<00:29:32.650><c> still</c><00:29:33.450><c> had</c><00:29:33.910><c> a</c><00:29:34.049><c> purpose.</c> 00:29:34.529 --> 00:29:38.529 Verse<00:29:34.730><c> 6,</c><00:29:35.829><c> For</c><00:29:35.930><c> thus</c><00:29:36.289><c> saith</c><00:29:36.609><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:37.170><c> of</c><00:29:37.390><c> hosts,</c> 00:29:38.829 --> 00:29:41.970 Yet<00:29:38.990><c> once</c><00:29:39.569><c> it</c><00:29:40.369><c> is</c><00:29:40.589><c> a</c><00:29:40.710><c> little</c><00:29:40.990><c> while,</c> 00:29:42.069 --> 00:29:45.009 And<00:29:42.329><c> I</c><00:29:42.569><c> will</c><00:29:42.809><c> shake</c><00:29:43.109><c> the</c><00:29:43.369><c> heavens</c><00:29:43.630><c> and</c><00:29:43.829><c> the</c><00:29:44.049><c> earth,</c> 00:29:45.049 --> 00:29:47.150 And<00:29:45.150><c> the</c><00:29:45.349><c> sea</c><00:29:45.650><c> and</c><00:29:45.809><c> the</c><00:29:46.009><c> dry</c><00:29:46.230><c> land,</c> 00:29:47.230 --> 00:29:48.769 I<00:29:47.529><c> will</c><00:29:47.730><c> shake</c><00:29:47.950><c> all</c><00:29:48.269><c> nations,</c> 00:29:49.029 --> 00:29:51.849 And<00:29:49.170><c> the</c><00:29:49.390><c> desire</c><00:29:49.789><c> of</c><00:29:49.970><c> all</c><00:29:50.190><c> nations</c><00:29:50.549><c> shall</c><00:29:50.869><c> come,</c> 00:29:51.950 --> 00:29:55.190 And<00:29:52.029><c> I</c><00:29:52.329><c> will</c><00:29:52.930><c> fill</c><00:29:53.390><c> this</c><00:29:53.789><c> house</c><00:29:54.309><c> with</c><00:29:54.769><c> glory,</c> 00:29:55.289 --> 00:29:57.549 Saith<00:29:55.569><c> Yahweh</c><00:29:56.009><c> of</c><00:29:56.470><c> hosts.</c> 00:29:58.009 --> 00:30:00.329 The<00:29:58.109><c> silver</c><00:29:58.509><c> is</c><00:29:58.730><c> mine</c><00:29:59.029><c> and</c><00:29:59.210><c> the</c><00:29:59.329><c> gold</c><00:29:59.630><c> is</c><00:29:59.849><c> mine,</c> 00:30:00.490 --> 00:30:01.930 Saith<00:30:00.750><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:30:02.289 --> 00:30:04.490 I'm<00:30:02.549><c> going</c><00:30:02.750><c> to</c><00:30:02.809><c> read</c><00:30:03.009><c> from</c><00:30:03.289><c> the</c><00:30:03.730><c> revised</c><00:30:04.069><c> version.</c> 00:30:04.730 --> 00:30:07.130 The<00:30:04.849><c> latter</c><00:30:05.289><c> glory</c><00:30:05.809><c> of</c><00:30:06.049><c> this</c><00:30:06.329><c> house</c> 00:30:07.130 --> 00:30:10.809 shall<00:30:07.529><c> be</c><00:30:07.809><c> greater</c><00:30:08.470><c> than</c><00:30:09.390><c> the</c><00:30:09.930><c> first.</c> 00:30:10.930 --> 00:30:13.849 And<00:30:11.150><c> so</c><00:30:11.349><c> God's</c><00:30:11.769><c> purpose</c><00:30:12.410><c> had</c><00:30:12.809><c> not</c><00:30:13.009><c> been</c><00:30:13.329><c> completed.</c> 00:30:14.130 --> 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the</c><00:30:32.210><c> truth.</c> 00:30:34.509 --> 00:30:40.730 We<00:30:34.829><c> have</c><00:30:35.089><c> to</c><00:30:35.369><c> recognize</c><00:30:36.269><c> that</c><00:30:37.990><c> the</c><00:30:38.289><c> truth</c><00:30:38.490><c> is</c><00:30:38.809><c> not</c><00:30:39.049><c> about</c><00:30:39.450><c> the</c><00:30:39.769><c> present.</c> 00:30:41.670 --> 00:30:48.150 It<00:30:41.829><c> may</c><00:30:42.089><c> be</c><00:30:42.349><c> good</c><00:30:43.109><c> to</c><00:30:44.789><c> donate</c><00:30:45.430><c> to</c><00:30:46.589><c> those</c><00:30:47.250><c> who</c><00:30:47.450><c> are</c><00:30:47.670><c> poor</c><00:30:47.930><c> of</c> 00:30:48.150 --> 00:30:48.789 this<00:30:48.430><c> world,</c> 00:30:48.789 --> 00:30:52.990 but<00:30:49.170><c> that</c><00:30:49.470><c> is</c><00:30:49.750><c> not</c><00:30:50.089><c> our</c><00:30:50.450><c> ultimate</c><00:30:50.970><c> work,</c><00:30:51.569><c> brethren</c><00:30:51.730><c> and</c><00:30:51.970><c> sisters.</c> 00:30:53.009 --> 00:30:54.990 Our<00:30:53.329><c> work</c><00:30:53.609><c> is</c><00:30:53.869><c> to</c><00:30:54.170><c> preach</c><00:30:54.369><c> the</c><00:30:54.630><c> gospel.</c> 00:30:55.250 --> 00:30:58.109 We<00:30:55.470><c> are</c><00:30:56.150><c> temporary</c><00:30:56.890><c> here.</c> 00:30:58.490 --> 00:31:01.349 We<00:30:58.609><c> are</c><00:30:58.809><c> strangers</c><00:30:59.190><c> and</c><00:30:59.529><c> pilgrims</c><00:30:59.970><c> on</c><00:31:00.230><c> the</c><00:31:00.410><c> earth.</c> 00:31:01.410 --> 00:31:05.829 And<00:31:01.630><c> we</c><00:31:01.690><c> can</c><00:31:01.930><c> give</c><00:31:02.130><c> this</c><00:31:02.470><c> world</c><00:31:02.690><c> something</c><00:31:03.549><c> far</c><00:31:04.369><c> better</c><00:31:05.049><c> than</c> 00:31:05.829 --> 00:31:07.309 silver<00:31:06.190><c> and</c><00:31:06.450><c> gold.</c> 00:31:07.430 --> 00:31:08.410 That's<00:31:07.609><c> what</c><00:31:07.769><c> Peter</c><00:31:08.069><c> says.</c> 00:31:08.470 --> 00:31:09.750 He<00:31:08.569><c> says,</c><00:31:08.730><c> I</c><00:31:08.849><c> don't</c><00:31:09.150><c> have</c><00:31:09.309><c> it,</c> 00:31:10.049 --> 00:31:13.269 but<00:31:10.210><c> what</c><00:31:10.349><c> I</c><00:31:10.549><c> do</c><00:31:10.829><c> have</c><00:31:11.049><c> is</c><00:31:11.210><c> something</c><00:31:11.529><c> that</c><00:31:11.750><c> can</c><00:31:12.309><c> lift</c><00:31:12.609><c> you</c><00:31:12.869><c> up</c> 00:31:13.269 --> 00:31:14.490 and<00:31:13.549><c> make</c><00:31:13.650><c> you</c><00:31:13.950><c> rejoice.</c> 00:31:14.490 --> 00:31:20.150 What<00:31:15.930><c> we've</c><00:31:16.329><c> got</c><00:31:16.490><c> to</c><00:31:16.769><c> realize</c><00:31:17.250><c> is</c><00:31:17.529><c> our</c><00:31:17.990><c> work</c><00:31:18.329><c> is</c><00:31:19.029><c> temporary</c> 00:31:20.369 --> 00:31:25.089 and<00:31:20.769><c> that</c><00:31:20.910><c> we</c><00:31:21.069><c> are</c><00:31:21.390><c> working</c><00:31:21.829><c> towards</c><00:31:22.630><c> a</c><00:31:23.990><c> future,</c> 00:31:25.390 --> 00:31:28.990 a<00:31:25.589><c> vision</c><00:31:25.970><c> which</c><00:31:26.930><c> God</c><00:31:27.369><c> has</c><00:31:27.890><c> given</c><00:31:28.089><c> us.</c> 00:31:29.329 --> 00:31:33.410 Without<00:31:29.750><c> the</c><00:31:30.029><c> vision,</c><00:31:31.970><c> it</c><00:31:32.130><c> says</c><00:31:32.410><c> the</c><00:31:32.609><c> people</c><00:31:32.950><c> perish,</c> 00:31:33.670 --> 00:31:36.269 or<00:31:33.809><c> as</c><00:31:33.990><c> that</c><00:31:34.329><c> word</c><00:31:34.470><c> should</c><00:31:34.710><c> be</c><00:31:35.170><c> translated,</c> 00:31:36.869 --> 00:31:39.849 without<00:31:37.130><c> a</c><00:31:37.430><c> vision</c><00:31:37.829><c> we</c><00:31:38.369><c> are</c><00:31:38.670><c> left</c><00:31:39.089><c> naked.</c> 00:31:39.849 --> 00:31:44.450 And<00:31:40.809><c> the</c><00:31:41.670><c> Apostle</c><00:31:42.450><c> John,</c><00:31:43.190><c> through</c><00:31:43.470><c> the</c><00:31:43.730><c> Spirit,</c><00:31:44.029><c> picks</c><00:31:44.250><c> that</c> 00:31:44.450 --> 00:31:45.029 up,<00:31:44.650><c> doesn't</c><00:31:44.869><c> he,</c> 00:31:45.029 --> 00:31:47.769 in<00:31:45.190><c> Revelation</c><00:31:45.630><c> 16</c><00:31:46.390><c> and</c><00:31:46.750><c> verse</c><00:31:47.029><c> 15.</c> 00:31:47.809 --> 00:31:50.789 Behold,<00:31:48.230><c> I</c><00:31:48.410><c> come</c><00:31:48.650><c> quickly,</c><00:31:49.349><c> and</c><00:31:49.470><c> my</c><00:31:49.690><c> reward</c><00:31:50.009><c> is</c><00:31:50.230><c> with</c><00:31:50.430><c> me.</c> 00:31:51.089 --> 00:31:54.130 Blessed<00:31:51.430><c> is</c><00:31:51.670><c> he</c><00:31:51.990><c> that</c><00:31:52.309><c> keepeth</c><00:31:52.690><c> his</c><00:31:52.950><c> garment,</c> 00:31:55.170 --> 00:31:58.109 lest<00:31:55.690><c> he</c><00:31:55.769><c> see</c><00:31:56.029><c> him</c><00:31:56.210><c> naked</c><00:31:56.690><c> in</c><00:31:56.910><c> his</c><00:31:57.190><c> shame.</c> 00:31:58.750 --> 00:32:00.849 And<00:31:58.950><c> it's</c><00:31:59.109><c> those</c><00:31:59.329><c> who</c><00:31:59.509><c> have</c><00:31:59.710><c> no</c><00:32:00.009><c> vision</c><00:32:00.269><c> now,</c> 00:32:01.069 --> 00:32:04.089 who<00:32:01.230><c> are</c><00:32:01.390><c> looking</c><00:32:01.769><c> at</c><00:32:02.210><c> the</c><00:32:02.490><c> present</c><00:32:02.809><c> and</c><00:32:03.049><c> the</c><00:32:03.289><c> present</c><00:32:03.569><c> alone,</c> 00:32:04.569 --> 00:32:07.230 they've<00:32:04.789><c> got</c><00:32:04.890><c> to</c><00:32:04.970><c> look</c><00:32:05.190><c> beyond</c><00:32:05.650><c> that,</c><00:32:06.309><c> that</c><00:32:06.430><c> this</c><00:32:06.690><c> is</c><00:32:06.970><c> temporary.</c> 00:32:07.230 --> 00:32:09.109 God's<00:32:07.730><c> got</c><00:32:07.890><c> the</c><00:32:08.069><c> solution,</c> 00:32:09.269 --> 00:32:12.910 and<00:32:09.609><c> we</c><00:32:09.769><c> have</c><00:32:09.910><c> got</c><00:32:10.069><c> to</c><00:32:10.349><c> work</c><00:32:10.609><c> towards</c><00:32:11.150><c> being</c><00:32:11.589><c> part</c><00:32:11.910><c> of</c><00:32:12.029><c> that</c><00:32:12.269><c> solution</c> 00:32:12.910 --> 00:32:15.849 in<00:32:13.650><c> the</c><00:32:13.930><c> age</c><00:32:14.509><c> to</c><00:32:14.809><c> come.</c> 00:32:16.230 --> 00:32:18.730 So<00:32:16.470><c> God,</c><00:32:17.009><c> he</c><00:32:17.009><c> says,</c><00:32:17.390><c> will</c><00:32:17.490><c> first</c> 00:32:19.990 --> 00:32:21.509 shake<00:32:20.549><c> the</c><00:32:20.789><c> heavens</c><00:32:20.970><c> and</c><00:32:21.190><c> the</c><00:32:21.349><c> earth.</c> 00:32:21.710 --> 00:32:24.890 I'd<00:32:22.150><c> like</c><00:32:22.190><c> to</c><00:32:22.410><c> make</c><00:32:22.589><c> a</c><00:32:22.970><c> comment</c><00:32:23.269><c> at</c><00:32:23.470><c> this</c><00:32:23.690><c> point.</c> 00:32:27.269 --> 00:32:29.910 God<00:32:27.829><c> is</c><00:32:28.089><c> not</c><00:32:28.369><c> concerned</c> 00:32:32.569 --> 00:32:36.289 many<00:32:33.130><c> times</c><00:32:33.690><c> with</c><00:32:34.670><c> the</c><00:32:34.990><c> time</c><00:32:35.329><c> frame.</c> 00:32:39.970 --> 00:32:42.900 You'll<00:32:40.750><c> notice</c><00:32:41.109><c> in</c><00:32:41.490><c> a</c><00:32:41.490><c> lot</c><00:32:41.710><c> of</c><00:32:42.009><c> prophecies</c> 00:32:43.369 --> 00:32:46.130 that<00:32:44.150><c> there</c><00:32:44.369><c> are</c><00:32:44.589><c> time</c><00:32:44.950><c> gaps.</c> 00:32:47.809 --> 00:32:50.559 And<00:32:47.890><c> God</c><00:32:48.130><c> simply</c><00:32:48.809><c> speaks</c><00:32:49.329><c> of</c><00:32:50.170><c> events</c> 00:32:50.809 --> 00:32:54.230 which<00:32:51.130><c> were</c><00:32:51.430><c> separated</c><00:32:52.049><c> by</c><00:32:52.470><c> thousands</c><00:32:52.890><c> of</c><00:32:53.170><c> years.</c> 00:32:55.829 --> 00:32:57.539 And<00:32:56.029><c> he's</c><00:32:56.309><c> not</c><00:32:56.470><c> concerned</c><00:32:56.869><c> with</c><00:32:57.150><c> how</c> 00:32:58.009 --> 00:33:00.670 longer<00:32:58.349><c> time</c><00:32:58.789><c> exists</c><00:32:59.230><c> between</c><00:32:59.589><c> one</c><00:32:59.869><c> event</c><00:33:00.109><c> and</c><00:33:00.329><c> another.</c> 00:33:01.089 --> 00:33:05.430 He's<00:33:01.390><c> simply</c><00:33:01.829><c> concerned</c><00:33:02.470><c> with</c><00:33:02.829><c> the</c><00:33:03.569><c> sequence</c><00:33:04.150><c> of</c><00:33:04.470><c> events.</c> 00:33:06.589 --> 00:33:09.390 That<00:33:07.109><c> has</c><00:33:07.630><c> to</c><00:33:07.849><c> happen</c><00:33:08.190><c> before</c><00:33:08.609><c> this</c><00:33:08.829><c> can</c><00:33:09.069><c> happen.</c> 00:33:09.650 --> 00:33:12.029 We<00:33:09.670><c> see</c><00:33:09.890><c> that</c><00:33:10.130><c> in</c><00:33:10.210><c> the</c><00:33:10.410><c> Olivet</c><00:33:10.730><c> Prophecy,</c> 00:33:12.329 --> 00:33:16.730 where<00:33:12.430><c> we</c><00:33:12.549><c> have</c><00:33:12.769><c> a</c><00:33:12.990><c> prophecy</c><00:33:13.289><c> of</c><00:33:13.549><c> the</c><00:33:14.269><c> first</c><00:33:14.529><c> century</c><00:33:15.210><c> community</c> 00:33:16.750 --> 00:33:20.970 witnessing<00:33:17.009><c> the</c><00:33:18.029><c> signs</c><00:33:18.650><c> which</c><00:33:18.950><c> would</c><00:33:19.230><c> bring</c><00:33:19.470><c> about</c><00:33:19.809><c> the</c><00:33:19.990><c> demise</c><00:33:20.329><c> of</c><00:33:20.549><c> Israel.</c> 00:33:21.289 --> 00:33:25.930 And<00:33:21.349><c> yet</c><00:33:21.490><c> at</c><00:33:21.670><c> verse</c><00:33:21.910><c> 30,</c><00:33:22.930><c> Jesus</c><00:33:23.130><c> jumps</c><00:33:23.849><c> 2</c><00:33:24.289><c>,000</c><00:33:24.730><c> years</c> 00:33:26.650 --> 00:33:28.410 to<00:33:27.170><c> the</c><00:33:27.410><c> time</c><00:33:27.630><c> of</c><00:33:27.849><c> the</c><00:33:28.009><c> end</c> 00:33:28.410 --> 00:33:32.329 when<00:33:28.750><c> they</c><00:33:28.930><c> will</c><00:33:29.210><c> see</c><00:33:29.470><c> the</c><00:33:29.650><c> Son</c><00:33:29.849><c> of</c><00:33:30.049><c> Man</c><00:33:30.349><c> coming</c><00:33:30.710><c> in</c><00:33:30.930><c> the</c><00:33:31.089><c> clouds</c><00:33:31.309><c> of</c><00:33:31.549><c> heaven.</c> 00:33:32.650 --> 00:33:35.990 Now<00:33:33.250><c> the</c><00:33:33.430><c> record</c><00:33:33.809><c> doesn't</c><00:33:34.109><c> tell</c><00:33:34.369><c> us</c><00:33:34.589><c> there's</c><00:33:34.849><c> 2</c><00:33:35.049><c>,000</c><00:33:35.369><c> years</c><00:33:35.609><c> there.</c> 00:33:36.309 --> 00:33:38.670 It<00:33:36.390><c> simply</c><00:33:36.769><c> says</c><00:33:37.109><c> that</c><00:33:37.410><c> one</c><00:33:37.609><c> event</c><00:33:37.890><c> has</c><00:33:38.130><c> to</c><00:33:38.390><c> happen</c> 00:33:38.670 --> 00:33:41.190 before<00:33:39.230><c> that</c><00:33:39.549><c> event</c><00:33:39.849><c> has</c><00:33:40.109><c> to</c><00:33:40.349><c> happen.</c> 00:33:41.430 --> 00:33:44.470 And<00:33:41.609><c> there</c><00:33:41.789><c> are</c><00:33:42.029><c> time</c><00:33:42.390><c> gaps</c><00:33:42.789><c> in</c><00:33:43.289><c> the</c><00:33:43.529><c> record.</c> 00:33:44.890 --> 00:33:49.390 You<00:33:45.029><c> see</c><00:33:45.170><c> the</c><00:33:45.430><c> same</c><00:33:45.650><c> in</c><00:33:46.349><c> Acts</c><00:33:46.630><c> chapter</c><00:33:46.970><c> 3,</c><00:33:47.829><c> quoting</c><00:33:47.890><c> from</c><00:33:48.210><c> Joel.</c> 00:33:51.690 --> 00:33:54.730 God<00:33:52.009><c> is</c><00:33:52.349><c> concerned</c><00:33:52.950><c> with</c><00:33:53.710><c> the</c><00:33:53.930><c> sequence</c><00:33:54.250><c> of</c><00:33:54.490><c> events.</c> 00:33:54.849 --> 00:33:58.289 And<00:33:54.950><c> the</c><00:33:55.150><c> sequence</c><00:33:55.589><c> that</c><00:33:55.769><c> we</c><00:33:55.970><c> see</c><00:33:56.289><c> in</c><00:33:56.710><c> this</c><00:33:56.990><c> section</c><00:33:57.309><c> of</c><00:33:57.589><c> Scripture</c><00:33:57.869><c> is</c> 00:33:58.289 --> 00:34:01.589 that<00:33:58.609><c> first</c><00:33:58.910><c> of</c><00:33:59.130><c> all,</c><00:34:00.210><c> God</c><00:34:00.230><c> is</c><00:34:00.470><c> going</c><00:34:00.650><c> to</c><00:34:00.950><c> shake</c><00:34:01.190><c> the</c><00:34:01.390><c> heavens</c> 00:34:01.589 --> 00:34:02.809 and<00:34:01.809><c> the</c><00:34:01.990><c> earth.</c> 00:34:04.569 --> 00:34:10.070 Secondly,<00:34:06.650><c> the</c><00:34:06.750><c> next</c><00:34:07.549><c> phase</c><00:34:07.930><c> in</c><00:34:08.210><c> his</c><00:34:08.530><c> work</c><00:34:09.130><c> of</c><00:34:09.610><c> redemption</c> 00:34:10.070 --> 00:34:12.889 is<00:34:10.590><c> that</c><00:34:10.769><c> he</c><00:34:10.849><c> will</c><00:34:11.110><c> shake</c><00:34:11.409><c> all</c><00:34:11.789><c> nations.</c> 00:34:14.090 --> 00:34:16.949 And<00:34:14.309><c> as</c><00:34:14.530><c> a</c><00:34:14.849><c> consequence</c><00:34:15.269><c> of</c><00:34:15.570><c> that</c><00:34:16.130><c> shaking,</c> 00:34:17.489 --> 00:34:20.769 the<00:34:17.690><c> desire</c><00:34:18.250><c> of</c><00:34:18.710><c> all</c><00:34:18.949><c> nations</c><00:34:19.349><c> will</c><00:34:19.710><c> come.</c> 00:34:22.110 --> 00:34:24.030 And<00:34:22.449><c> once</c><00:34:22.710><c> that</c><00:34:22.929><c> has</c><00:34:23.170><c> taken</c><00:34:23.489><c> place,</c> 00:34:24.329 --> 00:34:27.230 the<00:34:24.469><c> result</c><00:34:24.809><c> will</c><00:34:25.110><c> be</c><00:34:25.289><c> that</c><00:34:25.510><c> God's</c><00:34:25.909><c> house</c><00:34:26.349><c> will</c><00:34:26.730><c> be</c><00:34:26.929><c> filled</c> 00:34:27.230 --> 00:34:27.969 with<00:34:27.510><c> glory.</c> 00:34:28.289 --> 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of</c><00:35:20.329><c> mind</c><00:35:20.690><c> was</c> 00:35:22.289 --> 00:35:24.309 during<00:35:22.769><c> that</c><00:35:23.050><c> process</c><00:35:23.550><c> of</c><00:35:23.809><c> building</c> 00:35:24.309 --> 00:35:28.309 would<00:35:25.090><c> determine</c><00:35:26.090><c> whether</c><00:35:26.750><c> they</c><00:35:26.989><c> would</c><00:35:27.250><c> be</c><00:35:27.510><c> part</c><00:35:27.769><c> of</c><00:35:28.010><c> that</c> 00:35:28.309 --> 00:35:29.269 future<00:35:28.750><c> glory</c> 00:35:29.269 --> 00:35:33.690 when<00:35:30.190><c> God</c><00:35:30.489><c> manifests</c><00:35:31.030><c> himself</c><00:35:31.530><c> in</c><00:35:31.730><c> the</c><00:35:31.849><c> Lord</c><00:35:32.030><c> Jesus</c><00:35:32.429><c> Christ.</c> 00:35:36.389 --> 00:35:37.969 Now<00:35:36.489><c> what</c><00:35:36.590><c> does</c><00:35:36.809><c> it</c><00:35:37.030><c> mean,</c> 00:35:38.690 --> 00:35:42.630 I<00:35:38.829><c> will</c><00:35:39.150><c> 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events</c><00:36:00.989><c> in</c><00:36:01.369><c> the</c><00:36:01.590><c> literal</c><00:36:01.969><c> heavens,</c> 00:36:03.449 --> 00:36:07.250 the<00:36:03.630><c> sun,</c><00:36:04.409><c> and</c><00:36:04.409><c> we</c><00:36:04.789><c> talk</c><00:36:05.070><c> about</c><00:36:05.449><c> blood</c><00:36:05.769><c> moons</c><00:36:06.130><c> and</c><00:36:06.329><c> what's</c><00:36:06.690><c> going</c><00:36:06.909><c> on.</c> 00:36:07.389 --> 00:36:11.570 That<00:36:07.570><c> has</c><00:36:07.769><c> got</c><00:36:08.190><c> nothing</c><00:36:08.570><c> to</c><00:36:08.929><c> do</c><00:36:09.309><c> with</c><00:36:10.090><c> signs</c><00:36:10.530><c> in</c><00:36:10.789><c> the</c><00:36:10.989><c> sun</c><00:36:11.150><c> and</c><00:36:11.369><c> moon.</c> 00:36:11.869 --> 00:36:16.110 We've<00:36:12.210><c> got</c><00:36:12.309><c> to</c><00:36:12.570><c> let</c><00:36:12.809><c> scripture</c><00:36:13.750><c> interpret</c><00:36:14.829><c> scripture.</c> 00:36:16.449 --> 00:36:19.829 And<00:36:16.690><c> it</c><00:36:16.849><c> is</c><00:36:17.130><c> true</c><00:36:17.510><c> that</c><00:36:17.869><c> when</c><00:36:18.090><c> God</c><00:36:18.349><c> uses</c><00:36:18.809><c> these</c><00:36:19.170><c> terms</c><00:36:19.489><c> heaven</c> 00:36:19.829 --> 00:36:20.369 and<00:36:20.070><c> earth</c> 00:36:20.369 --> 00:36:23.869 it<00:36:20.849><c> not</c><00:36:21.090><c> only</c><00:36:21.449><c> refers</c><00:36:21.929><c> to</c><00:36:22.550><c> Gentiles,</c> 00:36:25.050 --> 00:36:29.750 powers,<00:36:27.690><c> the</c><00:36:27.690><c> state</c><00:36:28.369><c> of</c><00:36:28.650><c> Babylon,</c> 00:36:31.590 --> 00:36:32.269 Ijumea, 00:36:32.730 --> 00:36:35.030 these<00:36:32.829><c> are</c><00:36:33.030><c> all</c><00:36:33.210><c> terms</c><00:36:33.550><c> which</c><00:36:33.789><c> are</c><00:36:33.969><c> used</c><00:36:34.210><c> of</c><00:36:34.469><c> Gentiles,</c> 00:36:35.349 --> 00:36:39.610 but<00:36:35.449><c> 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case</c><00:37:56.309><c> Israel,</c> 00:37:57.929 --> 00:38:00.909 the<00:37:58.190><c> judges,</c><00:37:58.750><c> the</c><00:37:59.030><c> priests,</c><00:37:59.889><c> the</c><00:38:00.030><c> king</c><00:38:00.389><c> of</c><00:38:00.590><c> Israel,</c> 00:38:01.230 --> 00:38:03.789 the<00:38:01.550><c> ruling</c><00:38:02.309><c> body</c><00:38:03.050><c> of</c><00:38:03.309><c> Israel,</c> 00:38:03.989 --> 00:38:06.550 and<00:38:04.349><c> the</c><00:38:04.550><c> earth</c><00:38:04.769><c> is</c><00:38:04.989><c> that</c><00:38:05.210><c> which</c><00:38:05.570><c> is</c><00:38:06.010><c> ruled</c><00:38:06.210><c> over.</c> 00:38:06.690 --> 00:38:09.829 And<00:38:06.889><c> that's</c><00:38:07.130><c> the</c><00:38:07.309><c> principle</c><00:38:07.690><c> of</c><00:38:07.909><c> Genesis</c><00:38:08.269><c> chapter</c><00:38:08.690><c> 1,</c><00:38:08.909><c> isn't</c><00:38:09.170><c> it?</c> 00:38:09.829 --> 00:38:14.889 That<00:38:10.550><c> God</c><00:38:10.789><c> gave</c><00:38:11.230><c> them</c><00:38:11.809><c> the</c><00:38:12.110><c> sun</c><00:38:12.329><c> and</c><00:38:12.510><c> the</c><00:38:12.670><c> moon</c><00:38:12.849><c> as</c><00:38:13.250><c> signs</c><00:38:13.610><c> and</c><00:38:13.929><c> symbols,</c> 00:38:14.949 --> 00:38:17.070 the<00:38:15.329><c> sun</c><00:38:15.590><c> to</c><00:38:15.889><c> rule</c><00:38:16.150><c> over</c><00:38:16.469><c> the</c><00:38:16.690><c> day,</c> 00:38:17.409 --> 00:38:20.090 and<00:38:17.630><c> the</c><00:38:17.789><c> moon</c><00:38:18.070><c> to</c><00:38:18.409><c> rule</c><00:38:18.630><c> over</c><00:38:18.949><c> the</c><00:38:19.789><c> night.</c> 00:38:20.349 --> 00:38:23.489 So<00:38:20.750><c> they</c><00:38:21.230><c> govern</c><00:38:21.650><c> the</c><00:38:22.110><c> conditions</c><00:38:22.690><c> of</c><00:38:22.949><c> the</c><00:38:23.130><c> earth.</c> 00:38:23.969 --> 00:38:26.829 And<00:38:24.210><c> that's</c><00:38:24.469><c> the</c><00:38:24.650><c> 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referring</c><00:38:45.449><c> to.</c> 00:38:46.230 --> 00:38:48.090 I'm<00:38:46.489><c> not</c><00:38:46.670><c> going</c><00:38:46.849><c> to</c><00:38:46.989><c> attempt</c><00:38:47.309><c> to</c><00:38:47.570><c> do</c><00:38:47.769><c> that.</c> 00:38:48.250 --> 00:38:50.969 I<00:38:48.369><c> have</c><00:38:48.530><c> my</c><00:38:48.769><c> own</c><00:38:48.969><c> opinions,</c><00:38:49.409><c> but</c><00:38:49.710><c> it's</c><00:38:50.150><c> being</c><00:38:50.429><c> recorded</c> 00:38:50.969 --> 00:38:52.809 and<00:38:51.170><c> I'd</c><00:38:51.429><c> rather</c><00:38:51.590><c> not</c><00:38:51.929><c> say.</c> 00:38:55.070 --> 00:38:57.030 But<00:38:55.630><c> it's</c><00:38:56.190><c> worth</c><00:38:56.489><c> looking</c><00:38:56.909><c> at.</c> 00:38:57.050 --> 00:38:58.570 Some<00:38:57.230><c> have</c><00:38:57.469><c> suggested</c><00:38:57.869><c> Latter</c><00:38:58.269><c>-day,</c> 00:38:58.690 --> 00:39:01.530 others<00:38:58.989><c> have</c><00:38:59.489><c> suggested</c><00:38:59.949><c> that</c><00:39:00.150><c> it</c><00:39:00.309><c> has</c><00:39:00.690><c> a</c><00:39:00.809><c> reference</c><00:39:01.150><c> to</c><00:39:01.329><c> the</c> 00:39:01.530 --> 00:39:02.429 Gentile<00:39:02.050><c> times.</c> 00:39:02.429 --> 00:39:07.070 At<00:39:03.230><c> the</c><00:39:03.449><c> point</c><00:39:03.789><c> of</c><00:39:04.010><c> history</c><00:39:04.550><c> when</c><00:39:04.969><c> the</c><00:39:05.130><c> heavens</c><00:39:05.309><c> and</c><00:39:05.550><c> the</c><00:39:05.690><c> earth</c><00:39:05.809><c> would</c><00:39:06.030><c> be</c><00:39:06.289><c> shaken.</c> 00:39:09.130 --> 00:39:10.929 And<00:39:09.130><c> Jesus</c><00:39:09.389><c> appreciated</c><00:39:10.130><c> that</c><00:39:10.409><c> language</c> 00:39:10.929 --> 00:39:12.929 of<00:39:11.230><c> the</c><00:39:11.329><c> heavens</c><00:39:11.530><c> and</c><00:39:11.710><c> the</c><00:39:11.849><c> earth,</c><00:39:12.170><c> didn't</c><00:39:12.309><c> he?</c> 00:39:13.289 --> 00:39:14.849 He<00:39:13.449><c> said</c><00:39:13.630><c> in</c><00:39:13.769><c> Matthew</c><00:39:14.070><c> 5,</c> 00:39:15.289 --> 00:39:17.809 heaven<00:39:15.389><c> and</c><00:39:15.710><c> earth</c><00:39:15.969><c> shall</c><00:39:16.429><c> pass</c><00:39:16.769><c> away,</c> 00:39:18.090 --> 00:39:20.070 but<00:39:18.389><c> my</c><00:39:18.730><c> words</c><00:39:19.070><c> will</c><00:39:19.349><c> not</c><00:39:19.550><c> pass</c><00:39:19.809><c> away.</c> 00:39:20.250 --> 00:39:22.510 And<00:39:20.409><c> he</c><00:39:20.510><c> couldn't</c><00:39:20.710><c> have</c><00:39:20.929><c> been</c><00:39:21.070><c> talking</c><00:39:21.329><c> about</c><00:39:21.650><c> the</c><00:39:21.869><c> literal</c><00:39:22.190><c> heavens</c> 00:39:22.510 --> 00:39:25.750 because<00:39:23.230><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:39:24.010><c> says</c><00:39:24.369><c> that</c><00:39:24.570><c> the</c><00:39:24.710><c> earth</c><00:39:24.869><c> abides</c><00:39:25.230><c> forever.</c> 00:39:26.190 --> 00:39:29.250 He's<00:39:26.449><c> talking</c><00:39:26.789><c> about</c><00:39:27.230><c> the</c><00:39:27.610><c> powers</c><00:39:27.969><c> of</c><00:39:28.210><c> Israel.</c> 00:39:29.730 --> 00:39:31.989 And<00:39:30.050><c> they</c><00:39:30.269><c> were</c><00:39:30.570><c> shaken,</c><00:39:31.210><c> brethren</c><00:39:31.349><c> and</c><00:39:31.570><c> sisters.</c> 00:39:32.429 --> 00:39:35.650 And<00:39:32.789><c> we</c><00:39:32.949><c> know</c><00:39:33.190><c> that</c><00:39:33.409><c> because</c><00:39:33.710><c> we</c><00:39:33.869><c> have</c><00:39:34.090><c> an</c><00:39:34.409><c> inspired</c><00:39:34.949><c> commentary</c> 00:39:35.650 --> 00:39:39.230 on<00:39:36.429><c> this</c><00:39:36.789><c> verse</c><00:39:37.250><c> in</c><00:39:37.989><c> Haggai</c><00:39:38.389><c> chapter</c><00:39:38.789><c> 2.</c> 00:39:39.510 --> 00:39:44.769 Let's<00:39:39.630><c> just</c><00:39:39.909><c> go</c><00:39:40.469><c> to</c><00:39:41.349><c> Hebrews</c><00:39:41.889><c> chapter</c><00:39:43.389><c> 12.</c> 00:39:45.070 --> 00:39:46.929 It's<00:39:45.349><c> interesting,</c><00:39:45.909><c> isn't</c><00:39:46.050><c> it?</c> 00:39:47.510 --> 00:39:51.110 That<00:39:47.710><c> the</c><00:39:48.050><c> spirit</c><00:39:49.090><c> picks</c><00:39:49.750><c> out</c><00:39:50.210><c> one</c><00:39:50.530><c> word</c> 00:39:51.110 --> 00:39:56.690 and<00:39:52.530><c> bases</c><00:39:52.829><c> a</c><00:39:53.050><c> whole</c><00:39:53.510><c> exposition</c><00:39:54.449><c> on</c><00:39:55.389><c> one</c><00:39:55.670><c> word.</c> 00:39:57.570 --> 00:40:00.130 It's<00:39:57.989><c> not</c><00:39:58.130><c> the</c><00:39:58.269><c> first</c><00:39:58.530><c> time</c><00:39:58.769><c> that</c><00:39:58.949><c> that's</c><00:39:59.309><c> happened.</c> 00:40:01.570 --> 00:40:06.210 Paul<00:40:02.090><c> in</c><00:40:02.269><c> the</c><00:40:02.409><c> letter</c><00:40:02.630><c> to</c><00:40:02.849><c> the</c><00:40:03.030><c> Hebrews</c><00:40:03.289><c> picks</c><00:40:03.650><c> out</c><00:40:03.909><c> the</c><00:40:04.030><c> word</c><00:40:04.650><c> stand</c> 00:40:06.349 --> 00:40:08.429 and<00:40:06.869><c> the</c><00:40:06.989><c> word</c><00:40:07.269><c> sit.</c> 00:40:09.469 --> 00:40:11.909 He's<00:40:09.829><c> quoting</c><00:40:10.010><c> from</c><00:40:10.869><c> Psalm</c><00:40:11.170><c> 110,</c> 00:40:12.030 --> 00:40:15.329 the<00:40:12.110><c> Lord</c><00:40:12.309><c> said</c><00:40:12.530><c> unto</c><00:40:12.730><c> my</c><00:40:13.010><c> Lord,</c><00:40:13.510><c> sit</c><00:40:13.630><c> thou</c><00:40:13.869><c> on</c><00:40:14.090><c> my</c><00:40:14.289><c> right</c><00:40:14.550><c> hand.</c> 00:40:15.489 --> 00:40:18.170 And<00:40:15.650><c> he</c><00:40:15.869><c> picks</c><00:40:16.050><c> that</c><00:40:16.389><c> word</c><00:40:16.829><c> sitting</c><00:40:17.429><c> or</c><00:40:17.769><c> standing</c> 00:40:18.170 --> 00:40:22.349 and<00:40:18.769><c> he</c><00:40:19.150><c> says</c><00:40:19.429><c> that</c><00:40:20.070><c> shows</c><00:40:20.610><c> that</c><00:40:20.929><c> the</c><00:40:21.150><c> work</c><00:40:21.289><c> of</c><00:40:21.469><c> Christ</c><00:40:21.730><c> is</c><00:40:22.010><c> finished.</c> 00:40:22.550 --> 00:40:24.369 He<00:40:22.809><c> is</c><00:40:23.210><c> sitting</c><00:40:23.489><c> at</c><00:40:23.670><c> the</c><00:40:23.869><c> right</c><00:40:24.130><c> hand.</c> 00:40:24.489 --> 00:40:26.050 Whereas<00:40:24.750><c> the</c><00:40:25.050><c> priests</c><00:40:25.250><c> of</c><00:40:25.449><c> the</c><00:40:25.570><c> old</c><00:40:25.710><c> covenant,</c> 00:40:26.150 --> 00:40:28.650 they're<00:40:26.449><c> still</c><00:40:26.769><c> standing,</c><00:40:27.630><c> they're</c><00:40:27.869><c> still</c><00:40:28.150><c> busy.</c> 00:40:28.650 --> 00:40:35.269 So<00:40:29.869><c> here</c><00:40:30.269><c> we</c><00:40:30.510><c> 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impossible</c><00:41:21.889><c> whilst</c><00:41:22.190><c> it</c><00:41:22.369><c> is</c><00:41:22.670><c> true</c> 00:41:23.070 --> 00:41:25.750 that<00:41:24.170><c> Christ</c><00:41:24.570><c> died</c><00:41:24.909><c> on</c><00:41:25.130><c> the</c><00:41:25.349><c> cross</c> 00:41:25.989 --> 00:41:29.369 and<00:41:26.929><c> the</c><00:41:27.530><c> benefit</c><00:41:28.289><c> of</c><00:41:28.570><c> the</c><00:41:28.750><c> law</c><00:41:29.030><c> ceased,</c> 00:41:29.389 --> 00:41:31.710 the<00:41:29.570><c> old</c><00:41:29.869><c> covenant</c><00:41:30.269><c> came</c><00:41:30.630><c> to</c><00:41:30.849><c> an</c><00:41:31.030><c> end</c> 00:41:31.710 --> 00:41:36.449 but<00:41:32.269><c> Israel</c><00:41:32.670><c> carried</c><00:41:33.070><c> on</c><00:41:33.730><c> operating</c><00:41:34.349><c> that</c><00:41:34.909><c> old</c><00:41:35.429><c> Mosaic</c><00:41:35.889><c> system</c> 00:41:36.449 --> 00:41:38.570 for<00:41:36.949><c> another</c><00:41:37.289><c> 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00:42:11.210 Now<00:42:08.210><c> that</c><00:42:08.510><c> which</c><00:42:08.849><c> decayeth</c><00:42:09.829><c> and</c><00:42:10.349><c> waxeth</c><00:42:10.829><c> old</c> 00:42:11.210 --> 00:42:13.449 is<00:42:11.730><c> ready</c><00:42:12.090><c> to</c><00:42:12.650><c> vanish</c><00:42:12.969><c> away.</c> 00:42:13.710 --> 00:42:17.849 And<00:42:13.969><c> Paul</c><00:42:14.230><c> says</c><00:42:14.829><c> that</c><00:42:15.530><c> that</c><00:42:15.789><c> little</c><00:42:16.090><c> verse</c><00:42:16.650><c> once</c><00:42:17.530><c> more</c> 00:42:17.849 --> 00:42:21.570 signifies<00:42:18.610><c> that</c><00:42:19.090><c> there's</c><00:42:19.389><c> going</c><00:42:19.489><c> to</c><00:42:19.690><c> be</c><00:42:19.909><c> one</c><00:42:20.329><c> more</c><00:42:20.769><c> shaking</c> 00:42:22.030 --> 00:42:24.750 of<00:42:22.630><c> this</c><00:42:22.889><c> Mosaic</c><00:42:23.510><c> system</c> 00:42:26.250 --> 00:42:29.889 before<00:42:26.929><c> the</c><00:42:27.130><c> purpose</c><00:42:27.469><c> of</c><00:42:27.750><c> God</c><00:42:28.469><c> can</c><00:42:28.849><c> come</c><00:42:29.090><c> into</c><00:42:29.369><c> his</c><00:42:29.590><c> own</c> 00:42:29.889 --> 00:42:32.389 and<00:42:30.510><c> finally</c><00:42:30.889><c> be</c><00:42:31.150><c> realized.</c> 00:42:32.849 --> 00:42:36.130 And<00:42:32.989><c> the</c><00:42:33.230><c> shaking</c><00:42:33.570><c> of</c><00:42:33.889><c> that</c><00:42:34.650><c> Mosaic</c><00:42:35.329><c> system</c> 00:42:36.130 --> 00:42:42.530 will<00:42:36.909><c> give</c><00:42:37.250><c> way</c><00:42:38.030><c> to</c><00:42:38.969><c> something</c><00:42:39.369><c> that</c><00:42:39.670><c> is</c><00:42:40.309><c> absolutely</c><00:42:41.210><c> permanent.</c> 00:42:42.809 --> 00:42:46.690 Now,<00:42:44.070><c> the</c><00:42:44.170><c> kingdom</c><00:42:44.449><c> of</c><00:42:44.690><c> God,</c><00:42:45.670><c> verse</c><00:42:45.849><c> 28.</c> 00:42:47.130 --> 00:42:50.170 We<00:42:47.130><c> receiving</c><00:42:47.769><c> a</c><00:42:48.070><c> kingdom</c><00:42:48.369><c> which</c><00:42:48.710><c> cannot</c><00:42:49.010><c> be</c><00:42:49.309><c> moved,</c> 00:42:50.510 --> 00:42:54.429 let<00:42:50.570><c> us</c><00:42:50.750><c> have</c><00:42:51.010><c> grace</c><00:42:51.329><c> whereby</c><00:42:51.730><c> we</c><00:42:51.969><c> may</c><00:42:52.210><c> serve</c><00:42:52.530><c> God</c><00:42:53.050><c> acceptably.</c> 00:42:54.809 --> 00:42:58.110 So<00:42:55.369><c> that's</c><00:42:55.730><c> what</c><00:42:55.949><c> the</c><00:42:56.510><c> shaking</c><00:42:56.869><c> of</c><00:42:57.170><c> the</c><00:42:57.349><c> heavens</c><00:42:57.570><c> and</c><00:42:57.809><c> the</c><00:42:57.949><c> earth</c> 00:42:58.110 --> 00:42:59.469 is<00:42:58.329><c> referring</c><00:42:58.690><c> to.</c> 00:42:59.710 --> 00:43:02.590 The<00:42:59.889><c> Mosaic</c><00:43:00.349><c> system</c><00:43:00.889><c> in</c><00:43:01.429><c> the</c><00:43:01.530><c> days</c><00:43:01.769><c> of</c><00:43:01.989><c> AD</c><00:43:02.190><c> 70.</c> 00:43:02.909 --> 00:43:05.429 And<00:43:03.090><c> Peter</c><00:43:03.409><c> expounds</c><00:43:04.030><c> the</c><00:43:04.309><c> same</c><00:43:04.590><c> principle</c> 00:43:05.710 --> 00:43:08.489 in<00:43:06.269><c> 2</c><00:43:06.590><c> Peter</c><00:43:06.869><c> chapter</c><00:43:07.289><c> 3.</c> 00:43:08.510 --> 00:43:11.650 And<00:43:08.750><c> again</c><00:43:09.090><c> I</c><00:43:09.230><c> think</c><00:43:09.449><c> it's</c><00:43:09.650><c> one</c><00:43:09.829><c> of</c><00:43:09.929><c> those</c><00:43:10.550><c> sections</c><00:43:11.070><c> of</c><00:43:11.329><c> scripture</c> 00:43:11.650 --> 00:43:13.929 which<00:43:11.889><c> is</c><00:43:12.170><c> completely</c><00:43:12.650><c> misunderstood.</c> 00:43:15.889 --> 00:43:17.750 Peter,<00:43:16.369><c> I</c><00:43:16.369><c> believe,</c><00:43:16.789><c> and</c><00:43:16.909><c> if</c><00:43:17.030><c> you've</c><00:43:17.210><c> never</c><00:43:17.510><c> read</c> 00:43:17.750 --> 00:43:21.429 The<00:43:17.949><c> Last</c><00:43:18.210><c> Days</c><00:43:18.489><c> of</c><00:43:18.710><c> Judas'</c><00:43:19.590><c> Commonwealth</c><00:43:19.590><c> by</c><00:43:20.130><c> Brother</c><00:43:20.449><c> Thomas,</c> 00:43:21.630 --> 00:43:23.909 I<00:43:22.190><c> recommend</c><00:43:22.690><c> you</c><00:43:22.969><c> get</c><00:43:23.190><c> hold</c><00:43:23.429><c> of</c><00:43:23.630><c> it.</c> 00:43:23.929 --> 00:43:27.050 It's<00:43:24.389><c> an</c><00:43:24.570><c> exposition</c><00:43:25.329><c> on</c><00:43:25.869><c> 2</c><00:43:26.170><c> Peter</c><00:43:26.429><c> 3.</c> 00:43:27.289 --> 00:43:30.829 It's<00:43:27.510><c> a</c><00:43:27.690><c> first</c><00:43:28.030><c> class</c><00:43:28.849><c> piece</c><00:43:29.250><c> of</c><00:43:29.489><c> exposition.</c> 00:43:31.309 --> 00:43:32.730 And<00:43:31.309><c> there</c><00:43:31.469><c> are,</c><00:43:31.769><c> remember</c><00:43:32.110><c> Paul</c><00:43:32.449><c> says,</c> 00:43:32.849 --> 00:43:34.369 I<00:43:32.849><c> was</c><00:43:33.110><c> caught</c><00:43:33.309><c> up</c><00:43:33.469><c> to</c><00:43:33.650><c> the</c><00:43:33.829><c> third</c><00:43:34.090><c> heaven.</c> 00:43:34.650 --> 00:43:39.869 There<00:43:34.769><c> are</c><00:43:35.070><c> three</c><00:43:35.489><c> heavens</c><00:43:36.130><c> in</c><00:43:37.750><c> 2</c><00:43:38.070><c> Peter</c><00:43:38.329><c> 3.</c> 00:43:40.269 --> 00:43:42.710 There<00:43:40.489><c> is</c><00:43:40.690><c> the</c><00:43:40.869><c> first</c><00:43:41.150><c> heavens</c><00:43:41.429><c> and</c><00:43:41.710><c> earth</c> 00:43:42.769 --> 00:43:46.190 of<00:43:43.070><c> the</c><00:43:43.250><c> patriarch,</c><00:43:44.610><c> of</c><00:43:44.610><c> the</c><00:43:45.210><c> Noahic</c><00:43:45.809><c> system</c> 00:43:46.190 --> 00:43:48.510 which<00:43:46.429><c> was</c><00:43:46.710><c> destroyed</c><00:43:47.150><c> by</c><00:43:47.469><c> water.</c> 00:43:48.849 --> 00:43:51.789 And<00:43:49.030><c> then</c><00:43:49.170><c> in</c><00:43:49.349><c> verse</c><00:43:50.050><c> 7</c><00:43:50.889><c> he</c><00:43:51.469><c> says,</c> 00:43:51.789 --> 00:43:55.369 But<00:43:52.409><c> the</c><00:43:52.690><c> heavens</c><00:43:52.949><c> and</c><00:43:53.190><c> the</c><00:43:53.389><c> earth</c><00:43:53.610><c> which</c><00:43:53.989><c> are</c><00:43:54.590><c> now.</c> 00:43:55.969 --> 00:43:57.289 And<00:43:55.989><c> that's</c><00:43:56.050><c> what</c><00:43:56.230><c> Peter's</c><00:43:56.610><c> talking</c><00:43:56.829><c> about.</c> 00:43:57.630 --> 00:44:01.530 He<00:43:57.690><c> says</c><00:43:57.889><c> there</c><00:43:58.050><c> is</c><00:43:58.309><c> a</c><00:43:58.449><c> heavens</c><00:43:58.630><c> and</c><00:43:58.869><c> earth</c><00:43:59.190><c> in</c><00:43:59.590><c> position</c><00:44:00.190><c> now.</c> 00:44:02.429 --> 00:44:05.809 And<00:44:02.989><c> they're</c><00:44:03.550><c> reserved</c><00:44:04.389><c> unto</c><00:44:05.090><c> fire</c> 00:44:05.809 --> 00:44:09.769 against<00:44:06.349><c> the</c><00:44:06.630><c> judgment</c><00:44:07.170><c> and</c><00:44:07.769><c> perdition</c><00:44:08.190><c> of</c><00:44:08.409><c> ungodly</c><00:44:08.849><c> men.</c> 00:44:10.869 --> 00:44:14.250 And<00:44:11.110><c> it's</c><00:44:11.449><c> that</c><00:44:12.010><c> that</c><00:44:13.090><c> was</c><00:44:13.269><c> going</c><00:44:13.429><c> to</c><00:44:13.590><c> be</c><00:44:13.769><c> dissolved</c> 00:44:14.250 --> 00:44:17.949 in<00:44:14.469><c> verse</c><00:44:14.750><c> 10.</c> 00:44:18.730 --> 00:44:21.710 The<00:44:18.989><c> day</c><00:44:19.269><c> of</c><00:44:19.369><c> the</c><00:44:19.489><c> Lord</c><00:44:19.670><c> will</c><00:44:19.869><c> come</c><00:44:20.030><c> as</c><00:44:20.210><c> a</c><00:44:20.369><c> thief</c><00:44:20.510><c> in</c><00:44:20.690><c> the</c><00:44:20.849><c> night</c> 00:44:21.809 --> 00:44:23.829 and<00:44:22.369><c> the</c><00:44:22.369><c> heavens</c><00:44:22.369><c> shall</c><00:44:23.050><c> pass</c><00:44:23.369><c> away.</c> 00:44:24.130 --> 00:44:25.630 And<00:44:24.130><c> the</c><00:44:24.389><c> elements,</c><00:44:24.849><c> the</c><00:44:24.989><c> word</c><00:44:25.210><c> elements,</c> 00:44:25.769 --> 00:44:27.010 is<00:44:25.869><c> the</c><00:44:25.929><c> word</c><00:44:26.250><c> stoicum.</c> 00:44:27.309 --> 00:44:29.809 It's<00:44:27.610><c> always</c><00:44:27.769><c> applied</c><00:44:28.150><c> to</c><00:44:28.349><c> the</c><00:44:28.489><c> law</c><00:44:28.710><c> of</c><00:44:28.929><c> Moses.</c> 00:44:30.050 --> 00:44:32.469 The<00:44:30.210><c> elements</c><00:44:30.590><c> shall</c><00:44:30.889><c> melt</c><00:44:31.289><c> with</c><00:44:31.869><c> fervent</c><00:44:32.210><c> heat.</c> 00:44:32.769 --> 00:44:35.010 And<00:44:32.869><c> the</c><00:44:32.989><c> earth</c><00:44:33.170><c> also</c><00:44:33.570><c> and</c><00:44:33.730><c> the</c><00:44:33.889><c> works</c><00:44:34.090><c> that</c><00:44:34.369><c> are</c><00:44:34.550><c> therein</c> 00:44:35.010 --> 00:44:36.150 shall<00:44:35.289><c> be</c><00:44:35.590><c> burned</c><00:44:35.809><c> up.</c> 00:44:36.530 --> 00:44:38.329 And<00:44:36.630><c> he</c><00:44:36.710><c> says</c><00:44:36.909><c> those</c><00:44:37.269><c> are</c><00:44:37.530><c> the</c><00:44:37.610><c> heavens</c><00:44:37.829><c> and</c><00:44:38.050><c> the</c><00:44:38.170><c> earth</c> 00:44:38.329 --> 00:44:39.570 which<00:44:38.590><c> are</c><00:44:38.849><c> now.</c> 00:44:40.050 --> 00:44:42.030 And<00:44:40.230><c> they're</c><00:44:40.469><c> reserved</c><00:44:40.769><c> for</c><00:44:41.010><c> judgment.</c> 00:44:42.449 --> 00:44:44.730 And<00:44:42.670><c> they</c><00:44:42.989><c> are</c><00:44:43.289><c> going</c><00:44:43.449><c> to</c><00:44:43.829><c> give</c><00:44:44.030><c> way</c> 00:44:44.730 --> 00:44:47.789 to<00:44:45.710><c> a</c><00:44:45.969><c> new</c><00:44:46.250><c> heavens</c><00:44:46.570><c> and</c><00:44:46.869><c> earth.</c> 00:44:47.929 --> 00:44:48.750 Verse<00:44:48.250><c> 13.</c> 00:44:48.829 --> 00:44:51.449 Nevertheless,<00:44:49.590><c> we</c><00:44:49.789><c> according</c><00:44:50.130><c> to</c><00:44:50.349><c> his</c><00:44:50.530><c> promise</c> 00:44:51.789 --> 00:44:53.250 that<00:44:51.789><c> even</c><00:44:51.849><c> the</c><00:44:52.030><c> new</c><00:44:52.170><c> heavens</c><00:44:52.469><c> and</c><00:44:52.769><c> earth</c> 00:44:53.250 --> 00:44:54.969 wherein<00:44:53.789><c> dwelleth</c><00:44:54.250><c> righteousness.</c> 00:44:55.329 --> 00:44:57.650 And<00:44:55.510><c> so</c><00:44:55.690><c> the</c><00:44:56.449><c> removal</c> 00:44:58.829 --> 00:45:01.750 of<00:44:59.750><c> the</c><00:44:59.909><c> mosaic</c><00:45:00.349><c> heavens</c><00:45:00.710><c> and</c><00:45:00.969><c> earth</c> 00:45:01.750 --> 00:45:05.829 gives<00:45:02.289><c> way</c><00:45:03.010><c> in</c><00:45:03.710><c> God's</c><00:45:04.489><c> overruling</c><00:45:05.110><c> system</c> 00:45:05.829 --> 00:45:10.510 to<00:45:06.429><c> the</c><00:45:06.690><c> time</c><00:45:07.230><c> when</c><00:45:07.690><c> the</c><00:45:07.889><c> kingdom</c><00:45:08.150><c> of</c><00:45:08.369><c> God</c><00:45:09.090><c> would</c><00:45:09.489><c> come.</c> 00:45:10.570 --> 00:45:13.289 And<00:45:10.710><c> God's</c><00:45:10.909><c> not</c><00:45:11.269><c> concerned</c><00:45:11.710><c> with</c><00:45:12.429><c> time</c><00:45:12.750><c> periods.</c> 00:45:13.590 --> 00:45:17.030 Simply<00:45:14.030><c> the</c><00:45:14.329><c> sequence</c><00:45:14.949><c> of</c><00:45:16.010><c> events.</c> 00:45:18.489 --> 00:45:22.429 And<00:45:19.369><c> so</c><00:45:19.469><c> he</c><00:45:19.630><c> says</c><00:45:20.090><c> what</c><00:45:21.030><c> manner</c><00:45:21.389><c> of</c><00:45:21.710><c> persons</c> 00:45:22.429 --> 00:45:26.429 ought<00:45:23.030><c> we</c><00:45:23.230><c> to</c><00:45:23.449><c> be</c><00:45:24.329><c> in</c><00:45:24.789><c> anticipation</c><00:45:25.550><c> of</c><00:45:25.869><c> that</c> 00:45:26.429 --> 00:45:30.409 in<00:45:26.909><c> all</c><00:45:27.190><c> godliness</c><00:45:27.769><c> and</c><00:45:28.789><c> manner</c><00:45:29.090><c> of</c><00:45:29.389><c> life.</c> 00:45:30.730 --> 00:45:34.230 And<00:45:31.070><c> everything</c><00:45:31.469><c> that</c><00:45:31.829><c> Israel</c><00:45:32.309><c> placed</c><00:45:32.769><c> their</c><00:45:33.070><c> confidence</c><00:45:33.590><c> in</c> 00:45:34.230 --> 00:45:37.090 would<00:45:34.730><c> one</c><00:45:35.070><c> day</c><00:45:35.869><c> disappear.</c> 00:45:37.829 --> 00:45:40.969 Everything<00:45:38.269><c> that</c><00:45:38.510><c> they</c><00:45:38.849><c> thought</c><00:45:39.170><c> was</c><00:45:40.349><c> beneficial</c> 00:45:40.969 --> 00:45:43.869 to<00:45:41.269><c> their</c><00:45:41.489><c> eternal</c><00:45:41.929><c> salvation</c><00:45:42.590><c> in</c><00:45:42.809><c> the</c><00:45:43.050><c> law</c><00:45:43.250><c> of</c><00:45:43.469><c> Moses</c> 00:45:43.869 --> 00:45:48.809 was<00:45:44.809><c> going</c><00:45:45.070><c> to</c><00:45:45.670><c> give</c><00:45:45.949><c> way</c><00:45:46.449><c> to</c><00:45:46.909><c> something</c><00:45:47.269><c> more</c><00:45:47.690><c> permanent.</c> 00:45:49.130 --> 00:45:51.530 And<00:45:49.150><c> isn't</c><00:45:49.309><c> that</c><00:45:49.550><c> true</c><00:45:49.769><c> for</c><00:45:49.989><c> us,</c><00:45:50.389><c> brethren</c><00:45:50.489><c> and</c><00:45:50.730><c> sisters?</c> 00:45:52.630 --> 00:45:55.710 Everything<00:45:52.989><c> that</c><00:45:53.230><c> we</c><00:45:53.630><c> think</c><00:45:53.949><c> is</c><00:45:54.250><c> important</c><00:45:54.849><c> today</c> 00:45:55.730 --> 00:45:58.789 from<00:45:56.449><c> a</c><00:45:56.849><c> materialistic</c><00:45:57.530><c> point</c><00:45:57.829><c> of</c><00:45:58.030><c> view,</c> 00:45:59.210 --> 00:46:04.090 one<00:45:59.489><c> day,</c><00:46:00.550><c> very</c><00:46:00.969><c> soon,</c><00:46:02.130><c> will</c><00:46:02.269><c> all</c><00:46:02.469><c> of</c><00:46:02.670><c> a</c><00:46:02.730><c> sudden</c><00:46:02.929><c> disappear.</c> 00:46:05.030 --> 00:46:08.110 Everything<00:46:05.349><c> we've</c><00:46:05.710><c> known,</c><00:46:06.730><c> everything</c><00:46:06.989><c> we've</c><00:46:07.550><c> experienced</c> 00:46:08.110 --> 00:46:12.670 will<00:46:08.690><c> come</c><00:46:08.969><c> to</c><00:46:09.250><c> a</c><00:46:09.530><c> grand</c><00:46:09.889><c> finale</c><00:46:10.409><c> and</c><00:46:11.730><c> it</c><00:46:11.929><c> won't</c><00:46:12.150><c> matter.</c> 00:46:12.670 --> 00:46:16.829 It<00:46:13.690><c> will</c><00:46:14.070><c> not</c><00:46:14.269><c> matter</c><00:46:14.670><c> anymore,</c><00:46:15.369><c> brethren</c><00:46:15.530><c> and</c><00:46:15.809><c> sisters.</c> 00:46:16.949 --> 00:46:19.650 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the</c><00:46:35.989><c> heavens</c><00:46:36.230><c> and</c><00:46:36.489><c> the</c><00:46:36.650><c> earth</c><00:46:36.829><c> have</c><00:46:37.010><c> been</c><00:46:37.409><c> shaken,</c> 00:46:38.829 --> 00:46:40.750 God<00:46:39.070><c> says</c><00:46:39.389><c> in</c><00:46:39.630><c> Hebrew,</c><00:46:40.190><c> in</c><00:46:40.250><c> Haggai,</c> 00:46:40.750 --> 00:46:45.469 I<00:46:41.829><c> will</c><00:46:42.090><c> also</c><00:46:42.929><c> shake</c><00:46:43.710><c> all</c><00:46:44.230><c> nations.</c> 00:46:47.190 --> 00:46:51.309 The<00:46:47.409><c> political</c><00:46:48.570><c> shaking</c><00:46:49.570><c> of</c><00:46:50.230><c> Israel's</c><00:46:50.849><c> heaven</c> 00:46:51.309 --> 00:46:54.869 will<00:46:52.550><c> give</c><00:46:52.769><c> way</c><00:46:53.349><c> to</c><00:46:54.250><c> the</c><00:46:54.469><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:46:54.889 --> 00:46:58.510 You<00:46:55.090><c> see,</c><00:46:55.429><c> when</c><00:46:55.590><c> Israel's</c><00:46:56.750><c> heavens</c><00:46:56.909><c> and</c><00:46:57.190><c> earth</c><00:46:57.309><c> was</c><00:46:57.590><c> destroyed</c> 00:46:58.849 --> 00:47:04.489 in<00:46:59.690><c> AD</c><00:46:59.989><c> 70,</c><00:47:01.630><c> the</c><00:47:01.949><c> beneficiaries</c><00:47:02.570><c> were</c><00:47:03.210><c> Gentiles,</c><00:47:03.789><c> you</c><00:47:03.969><c> and</c><00:47:04.150><c> me,</c> 00:47:04.730 --> 00:47:06.750 the<00:47:05.150><c> Gentile</c><00:47:05.710><c> people.</c> 00:47:07.409 --> 00:47:10.849 Paul<00:47:07.650><c> says</c><00:47:07.969><c> in</c><00:47:08.210><c> Hebrews,</c><00:47:08.889><c> in</c><00:47:09.190><c> Romans</c><00:47:09.510><c> chapter</c><00:47:09.929><c> 11,</c> 00:47:11.110 --> 00:47:14.250 that<00:47:11.829><c> the</c><00:47:12.090><c> casting</c><00:47:12.550><c> off</c><00:47:12.909><c> of</c><00:47:13.170><c> Israel</c> 00:47:14.269 --> 00:47:18.469 made<00:47:15.030><c> it</c><00:47:15.329><c> possible</c><00:47:16.010><c> for</c><00:47:16.989><c> the</c><00:47:17.190><c> Gentiles</c> 00:47:18.489 --> 00:47:21.429 to<00:47:18.849><c> appreciate</c><00:47:19.570><c> the</c><00:47:19.849><c> hope</c><00:47:20.010><c> of</c><00:47:20.230><c> the</c><00:47:20.369><c> Gospel.</c> 00:47:21.969 --> 00:47:24.250 Way<00:47:22.250><c> back</c><00:47:22.590><c> in</c><00:47:22.769><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:47:23.329><c> 32,</c> 00:47:24.849 --> 00:47:28.070 God<00:47:25.090><c> had</c><00:47:25.429><c> said</c><00:47:25.650><c> that</c><00:47:25.869><c> he</c><00:47:25.969><c> would</c><00:47:26.329><c> provoke</c><00:47:26.769><c> Israel</c><00:47:27.230><c> to</c><00:47:27.530><c> jealousy</c> 00:47:28.070 --> 00:47:30.909 with<00:47:28.610><c> those</c><00:47:28.929><c> who</c><00:47:29.110><c> were</c><00:47:29.369><c> not</c><00:47:29.590><c> his</c><00:47:29.789><c> people.</c> 00:47:32.050 --> 00:47:36.329 The<00:47:32.329><c> Gentiles</c><00:47:32.909><c> became</c><00:47:33.489><c> the</c><00:47:33.909><c> recipients</c><00:47:34.550><c> of</c><00:47:34.849><c> the</c><00:47:35.929><c> blessings</c> 00:47:36.329 --> 00:47:36.789 of<00:47:36.570><c> God</c> 00:47:36.789 --> 00:47:39.250 because<00:47:37.170><c> of</c><00:47:37.429><c> the</c><00:47:37.510><c> demise</c><00:47:37.869><c> of</c><00:47:38.150><c> Israel.</c> 00:47:39.909 --> 00:47:44.329 Isaiah<00:47:40.550><c> made</c><00:47:40.829><c> that</c><00:47:41.130><c> point</c><00:47:41.409><c> in</c><00:47:42.050><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:42.530><c> 54,</c><00:47:43.190><c> didn't</c><00:47:43.510><c> he?</c> 00:47:45.630 --> 00:47:50.489 He<00:47:46.050><c> speaks</c><00:47:46.449><c> there,</c><00:47:47.409><c> more</c><00:47:47.590><c> are</c><00:47:48.010><c> the</c><00:47:48.269><c> children</c><00:47:48.690><c> of</c><00:47:48.929><c> the</c><00:47:49.210><c> desolate</c><00:47:49.670><c> wife,</c> 00:47:51.329 --> 00:47:54.769 of<00:47:51.530><c> the</c><00:47:51.730><c> 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haven't</c><00:48:36.730><c> responded</c><00:48:37.230><c> at</c><00:48:37.530><c> all.</c> 00:48:41.090 --> 00:48:44.769 There's<00:48:41.170><c> been</c><00:48:41.409><c> a</c><00:48:42.789><c> rejection</c><00:48:43.309><c> by</c><00:48:43.630><c> Gentile</c><00:48:44.090><c> nations,</c><00:48:44.630><c> hasn't</c> 00:48:44.769 --> 00:48:45.429 there,<00:48:44.949><c> as</c><00:48:45.150><c> well?</c> 00:48:45.590 --> 00:48:47.469 Just<00:48:45.829><c> as</c><00:48:46.030><c> Israel</c><00:48:46.389><c> rejected</c><00:48:46.909><c> it.</c> 00:48:47.949 --> 00:48:49.909 We<00:48:48.090><c> live</c><00:48:48.210><c> in</c><00:48:48.329><c> a</c><00:48:48.510><c> country</c><00:48:48.789><c> today</c><00:48:49.190><c> in</c><00:48:49.369><c> America.</c> 00:48:50.349 --> 00:48:52.409 In<00:48:50.469><c> God</c><00:48:50.630><c> we</c><00:48:50.849><c> trust,</c><00:48:51.289><c> it</c><00:48:51.389><c> says,</c><00:48:51.570><c> on</c><00:48:51.769><c> the</c><00:48:51.989><c> coins.</c> 00:48:52.750 --> 00:48:54.409 But<00:48:52.949><c> they</c><00:48:53.150><c> don't,</c><00:48:53.349><c> really.</c> 00:48:55.110 --> 00:48:55.949 There's<00:48:55.329><c> lip</c><00:48:55.550><c> service.</c> 00:48:56.090 --> 00:48:59.829 Canada<00:48:56.489><c> doesn't</c><00:48:56.769><c> even</c><00:48:57.110><c> mention</c><00:48:57.849><c> God</c><00:48:58.250><c> in</c><00:48:58.489><c> its</c><00:48:59.110><c> curriculum</c><00:48:59.550><c> at</c> 00:48:59.829 --> 00:49:01.070 schools<00:49:00.090><c> anymore.</c> 00:49:01.469 --> 00:49:06.389 It's<00:49:02.070><c> become</c><00:49:02.289><c> more</c><00:49:02.590><c> like</c><00:49:02.989><c> European</c><00:49:04.170><c> Catholic</c><00:49:05.309><c> Europe.</c> 00:49:06.429 --> 00:49:07.670 It's<00:49:06.630><c> godless.</c> 00:49:08.789 --> 00:49:10.769 The<00:49:08.909><c> Gentiles</c><00:49:09.429><c> have</c><00:49:09.789><c> failed</c><00:49:09.969><c> to</c><00:49:10.269><c> respond.</c> 00:49:11.190 --> 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the</c><00:49:26.190><c> way</c><00:49:26.309><c> they</c><00:49:26.590><c> should.</c> 00:49:26.730 --> 00:49:30.170 There's<00:49:26.929><c> been</c><00:49:27.070><c> a</c><00:49:27.309><c> remnant</c><00:49:27.789><c> taken</c><00:49:28.269><c> out</c><00:49:28.570><c> of</c><00:49:28.750><c> the</c><00:49:28.949><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:49:30.570 --> 00:49:35.309 And<00:49:30.889><c> so</c><00:49:31.090><c> the</c><00:49:31.389><c> ruling</c><00:49:31.750><c> powers</c><00:49:32.130><c> of</c><00:49:32.329><c> this</c><00:49:32.670><c> world</c><00:49:33.010><c> have</c><00:49:33.630><c> got</c><00:49:33.829><c> to</c><00:49:34.090><c> be</c><00:49:34.690><c> removed.</c> 00:49:35.809 --> 00:49:38.230 I<00:49:35.849><c> will</c><00:49:36.170><c> shake</c><00:49:36.650><c> all</c><00:49:37.110><c> nations.</c> 00:49:38.309 --> 00:49:40.949 And<00:49:38.469><c> he</c><00:49:38.610><c> talks</c><00:49:38.889><c> about</c><00:49:39.210><c> that</c><00:49:39.409><c> in</c><00:49:39.630><c> verse</c><00:49:40.289><c> 22.</c> 00:49:41.130 --> 00:49:43.269 I<00:49:41.130><c> will</c><00:49:41.489><c> overthrow</c><00:49:41.909><c> thrones</c><00:49:42.510><c> of</c><00:49:42.789><c> kingdoms,</c> 00:49:43.710 --> 00:49:46.349 destroy<00:49:44.070><c> the</c><00:49:44.409><c> strength</c><00:49:44.750><c> of</c><00:49:45.010><c> the</c><00:49:45.150><c> kingdoms</c><00:49:45.469><c> of</c><00:49:45.730><c> the</c><00:49:45.909><c> heathen,</c> 00:49:46.510 --> 00:49:48.690 the<00:49:46.789><c> chariots</c><00:49:47.269><c> and</c><00:49:47.469><c> those</c><00:49:47.690><c> that</c><00:49:47.989><c> ride</c><00:49:48.170><c> in</c><00:49:48.389><c> them.</c> 00:49:49.170 --> 00:49:53.170 There's<00:49:49.469><c> got</c><00:49:49.610><c> to</c><00:49:49.829><c> be</c><00:49:50.130><c> an</c><00:49:50.630><c> overthrow</c><00:49:51.110><c> of</c><00:49:51.989><c> Gentile</c><00:49:52.610><c> powers</c> 00:49:53.170 --> 00:49:57.710 before<00:49:54.449><c> the</c><00:49:55.309><c> glory</c><00:49:55.570><c> of</c><00:49:55.809><c> God</c><00:49:55.989><c> could</c><00:49:56.269><c> be</c><00:49:57.030><c> brought</c><00:49:57.329><c> in.</c> 00:49:57.710 --> 00:50:01.630 And<00:49:58.070><c> when</c><00:49:58.309><c> that</c><00:49:58.769><c> overthrow</c><00:49:59.329><c> has</c><00:49:59.969><c> taken</c><00:50:00.250><c> place,</c> 00:50:02.090 --> 00:50:07.210 the<00:50:02.230><c> desire</c><00:50:02.949><c> of</c><00:50:03.969><c> all</c><00:50:04.250><c> nations</c><00:50:04.829><c> will</c><00:50:05.909><c> come</c><00:50:06.190><c> in.</c> 00:50:07.690 --> 00:50:10.690 It's<00:50:08.090><c> a</c><00:50:08.289><c> tricky</c><00:50:08.889><c> little</c><00:50:09.550><c> verse</c> 00:50:12.489 --> 00:50:15.389 because<00:50:13.010><c> the</c><00:50:13.849><c> commentators</c><00:50:14.369><c> say</c> 00:50:15.269 --> 00:50:18.429 it's<00:50:15.789><c> what</c><00:50:16.030><c> the</c><00:50:16.250><c> nations</c><00:50:16.510><c> desire</c><00:50:17.070><c> that's</c><00:50:17.409><c> going</c><00:50:17.570><c> to</c><00:50:17.809><c> come.</c> 00:50:21.190 --> 00:50:26.010 Well,<00:50:21.889><c> Canada</c><00:50:22.130><c> doesn't</c><00:50:22.610><c> desire</c><00:50:23.329><c> anything</c><00:50:23.789><c> but</c><00:50:24.210><c> materialistic</c><00:50:25.510><c> thinking.</c> 00:50:26.010 --> 00:50:29.349 It's<00:50:26.909><c> pursuing</c><00:50:27.309><c> a</c><00:50:27.670><c> materialistic</c><00:50:28.289><c> view.</c> 00:50:29.710 --> 00:50:32.489 America's<00:50:30.230><c> doing</c><00:50:30.369><c> the</c><00:50:30.670><c> same.</c><00:50:31.190><c> Great</c><00:50:31.530><c> Britain.</c> 00:50:33.030 --> 00:50:35.670 Their<00:50:33.250><c> desire</c><00:50:33.730><c> is</c><00:50:34.030><c> not</c><00:50:34.469><c> Godward.</c> 00:50:36.789 --> 00:50:39.309 It's<00:50:37.150><c> the</c><00:50:37.449><c> building</c><00:50:37.750><c> up</c><00:50:38.010><c> of</c><00:50:38.230><c> itself.</c> 00:50:40.269 --> 00:50:42.530 Now<00:50:40.510><c> the</c><00:50:40.869><c> term,</c> 00:50:45.349 --> 00:50:46.329 Rotherham<00:50:45.670><c> puts</c><00:50:45.989><c> it,</c> 00:50:46.469 --> 00:50:51.670 the<00:50:46.750><c> delight</c><00:50:47.289><c> of</c><00:50:47.670><c> all</c><00:50:48.030><c> nations</c><00:50:48.769><c> shall</c><00:50:49.730><c> come</c><00:50:50.070><c> in.</c> 00:50:53.349 --> 00:50:56.670 Davison<00:50:54.110><c> says</c><00:50:54.409><c> it's</c><00:50:54.670><c> the</c><00:50:54.829><c> object</c><00:50:55.369><c> of</c><00:50:55.690><c> delight.</c> 00:50:57.710 --> 00:51:03.130 First<00:50:58.050><c> Hebrew</c><00:50:58.769><c> and</c><00:50:59.110><c> Mexican</c><00:50:59.429><c> says</c><00:50:59.670><c> it's</c><00:50:59.989><c> the</c><00:51:00.230><c> noblest</c><00:51:01.030><c> of</c><00:51:01.670><c> the</c><00:51:01.929><c> peoples.</c> 00:51:04.210 --> 00:51:06.469 Jesenia<00:51:04.670><c> says</c><00:51:04.969><c> the</c><00:51:05.369><c> desire</c><00:51:05.750><c> or</c><00:51:06.010><c> delight,</c> 00:51:06.789 --> 00:51:10.710 the<00:51:07.070><c> desirable</c><00:51:07.650><c> or</c><00:51:08.070><c> precious</c><00:51:08.409><c> things</c><00:51:08.849><c> of</c><00:51:09.289><c> all</c><00:51:09.550><c> nations.</c> 00:51:10.849 --> 00:51:12.190 Strong<00:51:11.110><c> simply</c><00:51:11.550><c> says</c><00:51:11.769><c> delight.</c> 00:51:12.429 --> 00:51:16.050 You<00:51:12.550><c> can</c><00:51:12.809><c> see</c><00:51:13.050><c> the</c><00:51:13.190><c> way</c><00:51:13.429><c> in</c><00:51:13.550><c> which</c><00:51:13.889><c> the</c><00:51:14.309><c> Hebrew</c><00:51:14.690><c> is</c><00:51:15.070><c> viewed</c><00:51:15.510><c> by</c> 00:51:16.050 --> 00:51:17.769 the<00:51:16.710><c> experts.</c> 00:51:19.090 --> 00:51:22.110 It's<00:51:19.809><c> not</c><00:51:19.949><c> talking</c><00:51:20.309><c> about</c><00:51:20.630><c> what</c><00:51:20.889><c> people</c><00:51:21.250><c> desire.</c> 00:51:23.130 --> 00:51:27.949 It's<00:51:23.309><c> talking</c><00:51:23.630><c> about</c><00:51:24.030><c> what</c><00:51:24.230><c> is</c><00:51:24.530><c> the</c><00:51:24.849><c> choice</c><00:51:25.610><c> of</c><00:51:26.670><c> the</c><00:51:26.869><c> nations.</c> 00:51:27.989 --> 00:51:31.590 In<00:51:28.070><c> fact,</c><00:51:28.909><c> the</c><00:51:28.989><c> Septuagint</c><00:51:29.630><c> says</c><00:51:29.909><c> the</c><00:51:30.250><c> choice</c><00:51:30.809><c> portions</c><00:51:31.289><c> of</c> 00:51:31.590 --> 00:51:33.090 all<00:51:31.829><c> nations</c><00:51:32.309><c> shall</c><00:51:32.730><c> come.</c> 00:51:33.369 --> 00:51:37.650 And<00:51:33.510><c> Brother</c><00:51:33.730><c> Thomas</c><00:51:34.150><c> said</c><00:51:34.590><c> the</c><00:51:35.449><c> excellency</c><00:51:36.090><c> of</c><00:51:36.349><c> the</c><00:51:36.530><c> nations,</c><00:51:37.489><c> they</c> 00:51:37.650 --> 00:51:38.409 shall<00:51:38.030><c> come.</c> 00:51:38.670 --> 00:51:44.010 You<00:51:38.869><c> see,</c><00:51:41.010><c> there's</c><00:51:41.190><c> a</c><00:51:41.369><c> singular</c><00:51:41.730><c> noun</c><00:51:42.250><c> and</c><00:51:42.710><c> a</c><00:51:42.869><c> plural</c><00:51:43.150><c> verb,</c> 00:51:44.869 --> 00:51:48.289 which<00:51:45.510><c> is</c><00:51:46.150><c> grammatically</c><00:51:46.769><c> difficult,</c><00:51:47.349><c> isn't</c><00:51:47.469><c> it?</c> 00:51:49.309 --> 00:51:52.610 The<00:51:49.550><c> singular</c><00:51:49.849><c> noun</c><00:51:50.150><c> is</c><00:51:50.369><c> the</c><00:51:50.730><c> excellency</c><00:51:51.230><c> of</c><00:51:51.429><c> the</c><00:51:51.570><c> nations.</c> 00:51:54.230 --> 00:51:57.690 But<00:51:54.489><c> it's</c><00:51:54.789><c> a</c><00:51:54.869><c> plural</c><00:51:55.190><c> verb,</c><00:51:55.909><c> they</c><00:51:56.349><c> shall</c><00:51:56.670><c> come.</c> 00:51:58.590 --> 00:52:02.670 And<00:51:58.710><c> what</c><00:51:58.789><c> he's</c><00:51:58.969><c> talking</c><00:51:59.349><c> about</c><00:52:00.130><c> is</c><00:52:01.869><c> you</c><00:52:02.070><c> and</c><00:52:02.250><c> I,</c><00:52:02.570><c> brethren</c> 00:52:02.670 --> 00:52:03.670 and<00:52:02.869><c> sisters.</c> 00:52:04.769 --> 00:52:08.250 He's<00:52:05.090><c> talking</c><00:52:05.250><c> about</c><00:52:05.929><c> those</c><00:52:06.329><c> who</c><00:52:06.489><c> were</c><00:52:06.750><c> taken</c><00:52:07.030><c> out</c><00:52:07.389><c> of</c><00:52:07.550><c> the</c><00:52:07.769><c> nations</c> 00:52:08.250 --> 00:52:11.929 to<00:52:09.130><c> be</c><00:52:09.329><c> a</c><00:52:09.530><c> people</c><00:52:10.050><c> for</c><00:52:10.570><c> his</c><00:52:10.929><c> name.</c> 00:52:12.389 --> 00:52:14.090 The<00:52:12.989><c> saints.</c> 00:52:14.530 --> 00:52:18.070 You<00:52:14.730><c> remember</c><00:52:15.030><c> back</c><00:52:15.309><c> in</c><00:52:15.510><c> Exodus,</c><00:52:16.590><c> Chapter</c><00:52:16.809><c> 3,</c><00:52:17.650><c> let's</c><00:52:17.730><c> just</c> 00:52:18.070 --> 00:52:19.130 turn<00:52:18.329><c> there.</c> 00:52:19.289 --> 00:52:24.050 I<00:52:19.289><c> think</c><00:52:19.489><c> I've</c><00:52:19.710><c> got</c><00:52:20.909><c> maybe</c><00:52:22.389><c> five</c><00:52:22.670><c> minutes</c><00:52:22.949><c> more,</c><00:52:23.329><c> have</c><00:52:23.329><c> I?</c> 00:52:27.389 --> 00:52:32.409 Exodus,<00:52:28.130><c> Chapter</c><00:52:28.449><c> 3,</c><00:52:28.889><c> it's</c><00:52:29.809><c> the</c><00:52:30.010><c> giving</c><00:52:30.230><c> of</c><00:52:30.510><c> the</c><00:52:30.730><c> divine</c><00:52:31.090><c> name.</c> 00:52:33.530 --> 00:52:35.230 Fascinating<00:52:34.130><c> topic.</c> 00:52:37.389 --> 00:52:42.349 And<00:52:37.989><c> Moses</c><00:52:38.289><c> wants</c><00:52:38.590><c> to</c><00:52:38.869><c> know,</c><00:52:40.550><c> what</c><00:52:40.630><c> shall</c><00:52:40.869><c> I</c><00:52:41.090><c> call</c><00:52:41.409><c> you?</c> 00:52:43.010 --> 00:52:46.789 If<00:52:43.110><c> you</c><00:52:43.210><c> look</c><00:52:43.409><c> at</c><00:52:43.710><c> Ezekiel</c><00:52:44.610><c> 20,</c><00:52:45.150><c> we're</c><00:52:45.349><c> given</c><00:52:45.570><c> a</c><00:52:45.789><c> reason</c><00:52:46.090><c> why</c> 00:52:46.789 --> 00:52:47.889 Moses<00:52:47.289><c> was</c><00:52:47.630><c> puzzled</c> 00:52:47.889 --> 00:52:52.429 because<00:52:48.150><c> at</c><00:52:48.309><c> that</c><00:52:48.570><c> time</c><00:52:48.789><c> Israel</c><00:52:49.349><c> were</c><00:52:50.329><c> worshipping</c><00:52:50.849><c> the</c><00:52:51.130><c> idols</c><00:52:51.349><c> of</c><00:52:51.630><c> Egypt.</c> 00:52:56.070 --> 00:53:01.909 And<00:52:56.110><c> God</c><00:52:56.349><c> says</c><00:52:56.650><c> in</c><00:52:56.869><c> verse</c><00:52:57.070><c> 15,</c><00:52:59.429><c> verse</c><00:52:59.690><c> 14,</c><00:53:00.809><c> I'm</c><00:53:01.030><c> going</c><00:53:01.150><c> to</c><00:53:01.750><c> put</c> 00:53:01.909 --> 00:53:02.750 the<00:53:02.130><c> revised</c><00:53:02.429><c> version.</c> 00:53:02.750 --> 00:53:08.670 God<00:53:03.010><c> said</c><00:53:03.230><c> unto</c><00:53:03.429><c> Moses,</c><00:53:04.610><c> I</c><00:53:04.610><c> will</c><00:53:04.929><c> be</c><00:53:05.590><c> who</c><00:53:07.110><c> I</c><00:53:07.489><c> will</c><00:53:07.710><c> be.</c> 00:53:09.670 --> 00:53:12.909 He<00:53:09.690><c> said,</c><00:53:10.070><c> thus</c><00:53:10.329><c> shall</c><00:53:10.630><c> you</c><00:53:10.809><c> say</c><00:53:11.010><c> unto</c><00:53:11.210><c> them,</c><00:53:11.670><c> I</c><00:53:11.889><c> will</c><00:53:12.150><c> be</c><00:53:12.329><c> sent</c><00:53:12.650><c> you.</c> 00:53:13.170 --> 00:53:17.250 And<00:53:13.269><c> God</c><00:53:13.429><c> said</c><00:53:13.630><c> moreover</c><00:53:14.150><c> unto</c><00:53:14.329><c> Moses,</c><00:53:16.389><c> thus</c><00:53:16.550><c> shalt</c><00:53:16.829><c> thou</c><00:53:17.030><c> say</c> 00:53:17.250 --> 00:53:18.610 unto<00:53:17.429><c> the</c><00:53:17.630><c> children</c><00:53:17.869><c> of</c><00:53:18.030><c> Israel,</c> 00:53:19.030 --> 00:53:21.989 Yahweh,<00:53:19.489><c> God</c><00:53:19.610><c> of</c><00:53:19.809><c> your</c><00:53:20.070><c> fathers,</c><00:53:21.010><c> the</c><00:53:21.110><c> God</c><00:53:21.250><c> of</c><00:53:21.449><c> Abraham,</c><00:53:21.929><c> the</c> 00:53:21.989 --> 00:53:22.650 God<00:53:22.150><c> of</c><00:53:22.329><c> Isaac,</c> 00:53:22.710 --> 00:53:24.829 and<00:53:22.849><c> the</c><00:53:22.949><c> God</c><00:53:23.110><c> of</c><00:53:23.329><c> Jacob,</c><00:53:23.710><c> hath</c><00:53:23.829><c> sent</c><00:53:24.030><c> me</c><00:53:24.210><c> unto</c><00:53:24.429><c> you.</c> 00:53:25.010 --> 00:53:29.789 This<00:53:25.469><c> is</c><00:53:25.769><c> my</c><00:53:26.030><c> name</c><00:53:26.610><c> forever.</c><00:53:27.690><c> This</c><00:53:27.969><c> is</c><00:53:28.230><c> my</c><00:53:28.429><c> memorial</c><00:53:28.889><c> unto</c><00:53:29.230><c> all</c><00:53:29.550><c> generations.</c> 00:53:29.789 --> 00:53:34.550 And<00:53:30.429><c> if</c><00:53:30.909><c> you</c><00:53:31.510><c> interpolate</c><00:53:32.409><c> the</c><00:53:32.929><c> meaning</c><00:53:33.309><c> of</c><00:53:33.570><c> the</c><00:53:33.730><c> words</c><00:53:34.090><c> there</c> 00:53:34.550 --> 00:53:35.630 in<00:53:34.789><c> verse</c><00:53:35.130><c> 15,</c> 00:53:35.769 --> 00:53:40.809 it's<00:53:36.349><c> he</c><00:53:36.610><c> who</c><00:53:37.070><c> shall</c><00:53:37.329><c> be</c><00:53:37.610><c> the</c><00:53:37.909><c> mighty</c><00:53:38.329><c> ones</c><00:53:38.889><c> of</c><00:53:39.550><c> Abraham,</c><00:53:40.630><c> of</c> 00:53:40.809 --> 00:53:42.210 Isaac,<00:53:41.489><c> and</c><00:53:41.610><c> of</c><00:53:41.849><c> Jacob.</c> 00:53:42.389 --> 00:53:44.909 So<00:53:42.550><c> he's</c><00:53:42.730><c> talking</c><00:53:42.989><c> about</c><00:53:43.269><c> the</c><00:53:43.570><c> seed</c><00:53:43.710><c> of</c><00:53:43.969><c> Abraham.</c> 00:53:45.469 --> 00:53:48.949 These<00:53:45.690><c> are</c><00:53:45.909><c> the</c><00:53:46.110><c> mighty</c><00:53:46.449><c> ones,</c><00:53:47.349><c> Abraham's</c><00:53:48.110><c> seed.</c> 00:53:49.809 --> 00:53:53.369 He<00:53:49.929><c> says,</c><00:53:50.230><c> this</c><00:53:50.230><c> is</c><00:53:50.530><c> my</c><00:53:50.789><c> name,</c><00:53:51.250><c> this</c><00:53:51.449><c> is</c><00:53:51.750><c> my</c><00:53:51.989><c> memorial</c><00:53:52.590><c> unto</c> 00:53:53.369 --> 00:53:54.690 all<00:53:53.909><c> generations.</c> 00:53:54.969 --> 00:53:58.570 And<00:53:55.150><c> it's</c><00:53:55.349><c> a</c><00:53:55.489><c> peculiar</c><00:53:56.989><c> statement</c><00:53:57.849><c> in</c><00:53:58.150><c> the</c><00:53:58.329><c> Hebrew.</c> 00:53:58.570 --> 00:54:01.929 It's<00:53:59.289><c> a</c><00:53:59.829><c> generation</c><00:54:00.150><c> of</c><00:54:00.630><c> generation.</c> 00:54:03.030 --> 00:54:07.889 And<00:54:03.329><c> Brother</c><00:54:03.570><c> Thomas</c><00:54:03.969><c> again</c><00:54:04.710><c> calls</c><00:54:05.469><c> it</c><00:54:05.989><c> the</c><00:54:06.670><c> generation</c><00:54:07.429><c> of</c> 00:54:07.889 --> 00:54:09.170 the<00:54:08.150><c> race.</c> 00:54:09.750 --> 00:54:15.070 It's<00:54:09.929><c> a</c><00:54:10.150><c> generation</c><00:54:10.769><c> which</c><00:54:11.050><c> will</c><00:54:11.269><c> be</c><00:54:11.570><c> made</c><00:54:11.869><c> up</c><00:54:12.230><c> out</c><00:54:12.650><c> of</c><00:54:12.989><c> all</c><00:54:13.349><c> generations</c><00:54:14.010><c> of</c><00:54:14.329><c> Adam.</c> 00:54:15.769 --> 00:54:18.789 And<00:54:15.969><c> you</c><00:54:16.090><c> can</c><00:54:16.309><c> go</c><00:54:16.570><c> through</c><00:54:16.829><c> the</c><00:54:17.090><c> scriptures</c><00:54:17.570><c> and</c><00:54:18.309><c> pick</c><00:54:18.550><c> up.</c> 00:54:18.969 --> 00:54:21.590 There's<00:54:19.010><c> many</c><00:54:19.289><c> more.</c><00:54:19.530><c> I've</c><00:54:19.650><c> only</c><00:54:19.829><c> got</c><00:54:20.090><c> two</c><00:54:20.690><c> verses</c><00:54:21.110><c> there.</c> 00:54:21.590 --> 00:54:26.389 But<00:54:22.090><c> Psalm</c><00:54:22.329><c> 102,</c><00:54:23.949><c> there</c><00:54:23.989><c> is</c><00:54:24.289><c> a</c><00:54:24.630><c> special</c><00:54:25.010><c> generation</c><00:54:25.789><c> that</c><00:54:26.090><c> God</c> 00:54:26.389 --> 00:54:27.409 is<00:54:26.769><c> forming</c> 00:54:27.409 --> 00:54:31.210 at<00:54:28.250><c> this</c><00:54:28.550><c> very</c><00:54:28.869><c> moment</c><00:54:29.389><c> and</c><00:54:29.789><c> has</c><00:54:30.150><c> been</c><00:54:30.429><c> since</c><00:54:30.730><c> the</c><00:54:30.929><c> beginning</c> 00:54:31.210 --> 00:54:32.460 of<00:54:31.570><c> time.</c> 00:54:33.309 --> 00:54:36.530 A<00:54:33.510><c> generation</c><00:54:34.309><c> of</c><00:54:34.909><c> Adam's</c><00:54:35.469><c> race.</c> 00:54:36.610 --> 00:54:43.340 And<00:54:36.769><c> Psalm</c><00:54:36.969><c> 102,</c><00:54:39.670><c> in</c><00:54:39.789><c> verse</c><00:54:39.989><c> 18,</c><00:54:41.769><c> speaks</c><00:54:42.030><c> about</c><00:54:42.449><c> it.</c> 00:54:45.780 --> 00:54:50.199 Verse<00:54:46.480><c> 16,</c><00:54:47.079><c> When</c><00:54:47.360><c> Yahweh</c><00:54:47.880><c> shall</c><00:54:48.199><c> build</c><00:54:48.559><c> up</c><00:54:48.860><c> Zion,</c><00:54:49.679><c> he</c><00:54:49.940><c> shall</c> 00:54:50.199 --> 00:54:51.539 appear<00:54:50.579><c> in</c><00:54:50.760><c> his</c><00:54:51.019><c> glory.</c> 00:54:52.000 --> 00:54:55.099 He<00:54:52.239><c> will</c><00:54:52.519><c> regard</c><00:54:52.820><c> the</c><00:54:53.159><c> prayer</c><00:54:53.440><c> of</c><00:54:53.659><c> the</c><00:54:53.860><c> destitute</c><00:54:54.400><c> and</c><00:54:54.800><c> not</c> 00:54:55.099 --> 00:54:56.880 despise<00:54:55.699><c> the</c><00:54:55.980><c> prayer.</c> 00:54:57.320 --> 00:55:02.340 This<00:54:57.980><c> shall</c><00:54:58.639><c> be</c><00:54:58.980><c> written</c><00:54:59.320><c> for</c><00:55:00.079><c> the</c><00:55:00.400><c> generation</c><00:55:01.079><c> to</c><00:55:01.420><c> come.</c> 00:55:02.619 --> 00:55:07.179 And<00:55:02.880><c> the</c><00:55:03.059><c> people</c><00:55:03.360><c> which</c><00:55:03.760><c> shall</c><00:55:04.059><c> be</c><00:55:04.400><c> created</c><00:55:05.079><c> shall</c><00:55:06.099><c> praise</c><00:55:06.539><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:55:07.179 --> 00:55:12.780 And<00:55:07.719><c> so</c><00:55:07.920><c> there</c><00:55:08.119><c> is</c><00:55:08.360><c> a</c><00:55:08.599><c> generation</c><00:55:09.320><c> of</c><00:55:09.679><c> people</c><00:55:10.739><c> being</c><00:55:11.440><c> prepared.</c> 00:55:13.280 --> 00:55:16.739 And<00:55:13.360><c> in</c><00:55:13.519><c> the</c><00:55:13.619><c> book</c><00:55:13.760><c> of</c><00:55:14.000><c> Revelation</c><00:55:14.480><c> he</c><00:55:15.719><c> describes</c><00:55:16.260><c> it</c><00:55:16.460><c> as</c><00:55:16.579><c> a</c> 00:55:16.739 --> 00:55:17.539 great<00:55:16.940><c> multitude</c> 00:55:17.539 --> 00:55:22.000 out<00:55:17.840><c> of</c><00:55:18.019><c> all</c><00:55:18.360><c> people,</c><00:55:19.300><c> nations,</c><00:55:19.880><c> languages</c><00:55:20.300><c> and</c><00:55:20.820><c> people.</c> 00:55:23.239 --> 00:55:28.739 A<00:55:23.500><c> generation</c><00:55:24.219><c> of</c><00:55:25.039><c> Adam's</c><00:55:25.480><c> race</c><00:55:26.059><c> taken</c><00:55:26.800><c> out</c><00:55:27.340><c> of</c><00:55:27.500><c> the</c><00:55:27.679><c> Gentiles</c> 00:55:28.739 --> 00:55:31.159 of<00:55:29.159><c> people</c><00:55:29.940><c> for</c><00:55:30.380><c> his</c><00:55:30.719><c> name.</c> 00:55:31.159 --> 00:55:37.420 You've<00:55:32.019><c> got</c><00:55:32.139><c> Psalm</c><00:55:32.440><c> 22.</c><00:55:34.460><c> Psalm</c><00:55:34.880><c> 24</c><00:55:35.940><c> is</c><00:55:36.239><c> another</c><00:55:36.739><c> verse</c><00:55:37.219><c> where</c> 00:55:37.420 --> 00:55:38.539 you'll<00:55:37.719><c> read</c><00:55:37.900><c> it.</c> 00:55:38.880 --> 00:55:41.900 Isaiah<00:55:39.300><c> 53,</c><00:55:40.460><c> it</c><00:55:40.699><c> occurs</c><00:55:41.039><c> again.</c> 00:55:41.769 --> 00:55:48.099 Who<00:55:42.179><c> shall</c><00:55:42.679><c> declare</c><00:55:43.480><c> his</c><00:55:44.039><c> generation?</c><00:55:46.079><c> He</c><00:55:46.400><c> shall</c><00:55:46.639><c> see</c><00:55:46.920><c> his</c><00:55:47.280><c> seed.</c> 00:55:48.639 --> 00:55:52.420 There<00:55:48.820><c> is</c><00:55:49.079><c> a</c><00:55:49.360><c> special</c><00:55:49.679><c> generation</c><00:55:50.420><c> being</c><00:55:51.159><c> created</c><00:55:51.920><c> now.</c> 00:55:52.820 --> 00:55:57.260 And<00:55:53.059><c> these</c><00:55:53.420><c> are</c><00:55:53.920><c> the</c><00:55:54.179><c> delight</c><00:55:55.019><c> of</c><00:55:55.519><c> all</c><00:55:55.900><c> the</c><00:55:56.119><c> nations</c><00:55:56.639><c> which</c> 00:55:57.260 --> 00:55:58.019 shall<00:55:57.539><c> come.</c> 00:55:58.019 --> 00:56:04.940 Because<00:55:58.900><c> when</c><00:55:59.420><c> Armageddon</c><00:56:01.639><c> manifests</c><00:56:02.380><c> itself</c><00:56:02.840><c> upon</c><00:56:03.179><c> the</c><00:56:03.400><c> earth,</c> 00:56:05.340 --> 00:56:09.119 Christ's<00:56:05.940><c> feet,</c><00:56:06.579><c> along</c><00:56:06.820><c> with</c><00:56:07.099><c> those</c><00:56:07.639><c> who</c><00:56:07.960><c> are</c><00:56:08.119><c> with</c><00:56:08.280><c> him,</c><00:56:08.460><c> the</c><00:56:08.739><c> saints,</c> 00:56:09.619 --> 00:56:12.920 will<00:56:09.820><c> manifest</c><00:56:10.340><c> themselves</c><00:56:11.039><c> upon</c><00:56:11.619><c> Mount</c><00:56:11.980><c> Zion.</c> 00:56:13.559 --> 00:56:17.639 And<00:56:13.699><c> they</c><00:56:13.900><c> shall</c><00:56:14.099><c> come</c><00:56:14.420><c> in</c><00:56:14.880><c> to</c><00:56:15.539><c> take</c><00:56:15.820><c> charge</c><00:56:16.420><c> of</c><00:56:17.019><c> this</c><00:56:17.320><c> world.</c> 00:56:17.980 --> 00:56:21.039 And<00:56:18.119><c> they're</c><00:56:18.300><c> described</c><00:56:19.159><c> as</c><00:56:19.639><c> God's</c><00:56:20.139><c> jewels.</c><00:56:20.559><c> That's</c><00:56:20.739><c> what</c><00:56:20.860><c> it</c> 00:56:21.039 --> 00:56:24.119 says<00:56:21.320><c> in</c><00:56:22.300><c> Haggai,</c><00:56:23.539><c> isn't</c><00:56:23.699><c> it?</c> 00:56:24.119 --> 00:56:26.960 The<00:56:24.960><c> silver</c><00:56:25.320><c> is</c><00:56:25.639><c> mine</c><00:56:25.860><c> and</c><00:56:26.039><c> the</c><00:56:26.199><c> gold</c><00:56:26.460><c> is</c><00:56:26.679><c> mine.</c> 00:56:27.199 --> 00:56:30.500 And<00:56:27.320><c> whilst</c><00:56:27.480><c> it</c><00:56:27.619><c> may</c><00:56:27.840><c> be</c><00:56:28.099><c> true</c><00:56:28.420><c> that</c><00:56:28.980><c> the</c><00:56:29.239><c> wealth</c><00:56:29.500><c> of</c><00:56:29.760><c> the</c><00:56:29.900><c> nations</c><00:56:30.260><c> will</c> 00:56:30.500 --> 00:56:30.940 be<00:56:30.699><c> gathered</c> 00:56:30.940 --> 00:56:35.739 to<00:56:31.500><c> prepare</c><00:56:31.880><c> the</c><00:56:32.139><c> glory</c><00:56:32.619><c> of</c><00:56:33.239><c> the</c><00:56:33.519><c> temple</c><00:56:33.820><c> in</c><00:56:34.079><c> the</c><00:56:34.239><c> age</c><00:56:34.440><c> to</c><00:56:34.699><c> come,</c> 00:56:36.880 --> 00:56:40.019 there<00:56:37.000><c> are</c><00:56:37.260><c> other</c><00:56:37.519><c> jewels</c><00:56:37.960><c> that</c><00:56:38.380><c> are</c><00:56:38.559><c> being</c><00:56:38.760><c> prepared.</c> 00:56:40.500 --> 00:56:42.079 Malachi<00:56:40.940><c> says,</c> 00:56:43.000 --> 00:56:47.559 They<00:56:43.260><c> that</c><00:56:43.579><c> feared</c><00:56:43.820><c> Yahweh</c><00:56:45.039><c> spake</c><00:56:45.739><c> often</c><00:56:46.079><c> one</c><00:56:46.400><c> to</c><00:56:46.679><c> another.</c> 00:56:47.659 --> 00:56:50.360 And<00:56:48.219><c> the</c><00:56:48.420><c> Lord</c><00:56:48.880><c> hearkened</c><00:56:49.599><c> unto</c><00:56:49.840><c> them.</c> 00:56:50.360 --> 00:56:52.880 And<00:56:50.820><c> the</c><00:56:50.860><c> book</c><00:56:51.079><c> of</c><00:56:51.340><c> remembrance</c><00:56:51.739><c> was</c><00:56:52.000><c> written</c><00:56:52.280><c> before</c><00:56:52.679><c> him</c> 00:56:52.880 --> 00:56:55.000 for<00:56:53.000><c> them</c><00:56:53.219><c> that</c><00:56:53.500><c> feared</c><00:56:53.719><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:56:55.420 --> 00:56:59.659 They<00:56:55.500><c> shall</c><00:56:55.840><c> be</c><00:56:56.139><c> mine,</c><00:56:56.599><c> saith</c><00:56:56.739><c> Yahweh,</c><00:56:57.960><c> when</c><00:56:58.119><c> I</c><00:56:58.400><c> make</c><00:56:58.679><c> up</c><00:56:58.920><c> my</c><00:56:59.219><c> jewels.</c> 00:57:00.119 --> 00:57:04.820 And<00:57:00.300><c> that</c><00:57:00.480><c> word</c><00:57:00.719><c> jewels</c><00:57:01.500><c> means</c><00:57:02.599><c> my</c><00:57:03.039><c> special</c><00:57:03.699><c> treasure.</c> 00:57:05.460 --> 00:57:11.039 It's<00:57:05.820><c> translated</c><00:57:06.239><c> peculiar</c><00:57:07.139><c> treasure</c><00:57:07.920><c> in</c><00:57:09.360><c> the</c><00:57:09.480><c> book</c><00:57:09.659><c> of</c><00:57:09.860><c> Deuteronomy.</c> 00:57:12.440 --> 00:57:16.280 And<00:57:12.659><c> Peter</c><00:57:12.880><c> picks</c><00:57:13.179><c> up</c><00:57:13.400><c> that</c><00:57:13.719><c> thought</c><00:57:14.059><c> in</c><00:57:15.119><c> 1</c><00:57:15.340><c> Peter</c><00:57:15.579><c> chapter</c><00:57:16.019><c> 2</c> 00:57:16.280 --> 00:57:16.880 and<00:57:16.440><c> he</c><00:57:16.599><c> says,</c> 00:57:16.880 --> 00:57:21.699 You<00:57:17.619><c> are</c><00:57:19.019><c> a</c><00:57:19.280><c> peculiar</c><00:57:19.960><c> people,</c> 00:57:22.099 --> 00:57:23.599 a<00:57:22.219><c> holy</c><00:57:22.460><c> nation,</c> 00:57:24.460 --> 00:57:26.239 a<00:57:24.639><c> special</c><00:57:24.940><c> generation,</c> 00:57:27.539 --> 00:57:29.480 a<00:57:27.719><c> generation</c><00:57:28.199><c> of</c><00:57:28.519><c> believers.</c> 00:57:33.980 --> 00:57:35.099 I<00:57:34.079><c> think,</c> 00:57:37.699 --> 00:57:39.860 really<00:57:38.340><c> I'm</c><00:57:38.679><c> going</c><00:57:38.820><c> to</c><00:57:38.900><c> finish</c><00:57:39.159><c> I</c><00:57:39.300><c> think</c><00:57:39.440><c> now,</c> 00:57:39.860 --> 00:57:42.860 because<00:57:41.039><c> I've</c><00:57:41.480><c> got</c><00:57:41.659><c> a</c><00:57:41.679><c> couple</c><00:57:41.940><c> more,</c> 00:57:43.179 --> 00:57:46.639 but<00:57:43.340><c> I</c><00:57:43.780><c> can</c><00:57:44.039><c> pick</c><00:57:44.179><c> these</c><00:57:44.440><c> up</c><00:57:44.699><c> very</c><00:57:44.980><c> easily</c><00:57:45.260><c> tomorrow</c><00:57:45.579><c> afternoon.</c> 00:57:46.880 --> 00:57:49.480 And<00:57:47.159><c> if</c><00:57:47.280><c> you're</c><00:57:47.400><c> not</c><00:57:47.559><c> going</c><00:57:47.659><c> to</c><00:57:47.760><c> be</c><00:57:47.900><c> there,</c><00:57:48.320><c> that's</c><00:57:48.480><c> tough</c><00:57:48.659><c> luck.</c> 00:57:52.380 --> 00:57:54.659 But<00:57:52.760><c> we'll</c><00:57:53.019><c> leave</c><00:57:53.159><c> it</c><00:57:53.300><c> at</c><00:57:53.480><c> that.</c> 00:57:54.760 --> 00:57:57.920 And<00:57:55.139><c> then</c><00:57:55.340><c> we'll</c><00:57:55.539><c> go</c><00:57:55.719><c> into</c><00:57:56.239><c> the</c><00:57:56.539><c> House</c><00:57:56.719><c> of</c><00:57:56.980><c> Glory</c><00:57:57.340><c> tomorrow,</c> 00:57:58.019 --> 00:57:58.840 God<00:57:58.119><c> willing.</c>