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a</c><00:10:24.879><c> contrast</c><00:10:25.139><c> to</c><00:10:25.379><c> David</c><00:10:25.580><c> in</c><00:10:25.779><c> this</c><00:10:25.980><c> case.</c><00:10:27.179><c> There's</c><00:10:27.500><c> a</c> 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:28.279 lot<00:10:27.799><c> of</c><00:10:28.000><c> passages</c> 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:33.580 in<00:10:28.519><c> Daniel</c><00:10:28.879><c> about</c><00:10:29.299><c> angels,</c><00:10:29.879><c> about</c><00:10:30.120><c> how</c><00:10:30.340><c> they</c><00:10:30.600><c> do</c><00:10:30.820><c> work</c><00:10:31.019><c> for</c><00:10:31.259><c> us.</c><00:10:31.960><c> But</c><00:10:32.059><c> you</c><00:10:32.100><c> know,</c><00:10:32.399><c> when</c><00:10:32.639><c> you're</c><00:10:32.840><c> looking</c><00:10:33.019><c> at</c><00:10:33.240><c> the</c> 00:10:33.580 --> 00:10:37.460 effect<00:10:33.779><c> of</c><00:10:34.100><c> prayer,</c><00:10:34.419><c> you</c><00:10:34.500><c> can</c><00:10:34.659><c> imagine</c><00:10:34.919><c> 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and</c><00:10:44.379><c> a</c><00:10:44.559><c> foreign</c><00:10:44.779><c> king.</c><00:10:45.600><c> And</c> 00:10:45.779 --> 00:10:47.519 in<00:10:45.919><c> this</c><00:10:46.159><c> case,</c><00:10:46.700><c> Shadrach,</c><00:10:47.000><c> Meshach,</c><00:10:47.399><c> and</c> 00:10:47.519 --> 00:10:50.460 Abednego,<00:10:48.220><c> all</c><00:10:48.460><c> right,</c><00:10:48.659><c> they're</c><00:10:49.059><c> expected</c><00:10:49.539><c> to</c><00:10:49.759><c> like</c><00:10:50.019><c> bow</c><00:10:50.120><c> down</c><00:10:50.279><c> to</c> 00:10:50.460 --> 00:10:51.940 this<00:10:50.620><c> image</c><00:10:50.919><c> in</c><00:10:51.139><c> Daniel</c><00:10:51.379><c> three.</c> 00:10:52.259 --> 00:10:55.139 And<00:10:52.700><c> instead,</c><00:10:53.480><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:10:54.059><c> binds</c><00:10:54.320><c> them</c><00:10:54.500><c> up</c><00:10:54.659><c> in</c><00:10:54.820><c> the</c><00:10:54.980><c> end,</c> 00:10:55.179 --> 00:10:56.679 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chapter</c><00:12:08.200><c> six,</c><00:12:08.639><c> the</c><00:12:08.799><c> same</c><00:12:09.059><c> kind</c><00:12:09.220><c> of</c><00:12:09.340><c> thing</c> 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:14.600 happens<00:12:09.860><c> where</c><00:12:10.539><c> all</c><00:12:11.379><c> those</c><00:12:11.639><c> princes,</c><00:12:12.500><c> they</c><00:12:13.419><c> trick</c><00:12:13.740><c> the</c><00:12:14.379><c> king</c> 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:16.679 into<00:12:14.879><c> signing</c><00:12:15.200><c> the</c><00:12:15.440><c> edict.</c><00:12:16.000><c> And</c><00:12:16.179><c> he</c><00:12:16.299><c> does,</c> 00:12:16.700 --> 00:12:19.860 and<00:12:16.899><c> then</c><00:12:17.100><c> they</c><00:12:17.279><c> put</c><00:12:17.480><c> Daniel</c><00:12:17.860><c> in</c><00:12:18.139><c> the</c><00:12:18.320><c> lion's</c><00:12:18.740><c> den</c><00:12:18.840><c> because</c><00:12:19.279><c> the</c><00:12:19.559><c> word</c><00:12:19.679><c> of</c> 00:12:19.860 --> 00:12:21.980 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sends</c><00:13:18.080><c> angels</c> 00:13:18.580 --> 00:13:21.159 to<00:13:18.940><c> take</c><00:13:19.100><c> care</c><00:13:19.320><c> of</c><00:13:19.460><c> us</c><00:13:19.659><c> when</c><00:13:19.879><c> situations</c><00:13:20.500><c> get</c><00:13:20.799><c> bad.</c> 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:25.179 If<00:13:21.700><c> we</c><00:13:22.100><c> are</c><00:13:22.620><c> walking</c><00:13:23.019><c> in</c><00:13:23.559><c> the</c><00:13:23.820><c> light,</c><00:13:24.159><c> as</c><00:13:24.460><c> the</c><00:13:24.620><c> New</c><00:13:24.759><c> Testament</c> 00:13:25.179 --> 00:13:27.480 would<00:13:25.399><c> say,</c><00:13:25.700><c> we're</c><00:13:25.860><c> walking</c><00:13:26.299><c> in</c><00:13:26.539><c> the</c><00:13:26.700><c> steps</c> 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:30.919 So<00:13:28.080><c> that</c><00:13:28.320><c> has</c><00:13:28.659><c> to</c><00:13:28.799><c> be</c><00:13:28.940><c> our</c><00:13:29.139><c> goal</c><00:13:29.340><c> when</c><00:13:29.519><c> we</c><00:13:29.659><c> go</c><00:13:29.820><c> home.</c><00:13:30.399><c> And</c><00:13:30.679><c> the</c> 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:33.259 promise<00:13:31.179><c> is</c><00:13:31.519><c> that</c><00:13:31.740><c> God</c><00:13:32.000><c> will</c><00:13:32.299><c> send</c><00:13:32.539><c> angels</c><00:13:32.860><c> to</c><00:13:33.100><c> take</c> 00:13:33.259 --> 00:13:36.360 care<00:13:33.399><c> of</c><00:13:33.580><c> us.</c><00:13:34.080><c> And</c><00:13:34.360><c> they</c><00:13:34.460><c> may</c><00:13:34.700><c> not</c><00:13:34.919><c> always</c><00:13:35.240><c> deliver</c><00:13:35.559><c> us,</c><00:13:36.100><c> but</c> 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:38.820 they<00:13:36.539><c> will</c><00:13:36.799><c> always</c><00:13:37.139><c> be</c><00:13:37.399><c> there</c><00:13:37.679><c> involved</c><00:13:38.100><c> in</c><00:13:38.240><c> our</c><00:13:38.480><c> lives</c> 00:13:38.820 --> 00:13:42.639 and<00:13:39.220><c> they</c><00:13:39.419><c> will</c><00:13:39.659><c> help</c><00:13:39.860><c> us</c><00:13:40.220><c> through</c><00:13:40.360><c> these</c><00:13:40.620><c> problems.</c><00:13:41.720><c> In</c><00:13:41.940><c> Psalm</c><00:13:42.120><c> 91,</c> 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:45.259 this<00:13:42.919><c> is</c><00:13:43.159><c> the</c><00:13:43.340><c> reference</c><00:13:43.659><c> that</c><00:13:44.340><c> the</c><00:13:44.700><c> Satan</c><00:13:44.919><c> brings</c> 00:13:45.259 --> 00:13:50.299 up<00:13:45.519><c> in</c><00:13:45.740><c> the</c><00:13:45.899><c> temptation</c><00:13:46.340><c> in</c><00:13:46.539><c> the</c><00:13:46.679><c> wilderness</c><00:13:47.120><c> about</c><00:13:48.279><c> God</c><00:13:48.860><c> giving</c><00:13:49.559><c> the</c> 00:13:50.299 --> 00:13:52.179 charge<00:13:50.580><c> to</c><00:13:50.799><c> his</c><00:13:51.000><c> angels</c><00:13:51.340><c> in</c><00:13:51.519><c> verse</c><00:13:51.779><c> 11,</c> 00:13:52.179 --> 00:13:55.379 that<00:13:52.659><c> he</c><00:13:52.860><c> 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00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:08.100 you're<00:14:04.700><c> assigned</c><00:14:04.899><c> the</c><00:14:05.159><c> job</c><00:14:05.379><c> of</c><00:14:05.600><c> go</c><00:14:05.759><c> down</c><00:14:06.000><c> there</c><00:14:06.360><c> and</c><00:14:06.899><c> shut</c><00:14:07.100><c> those</c><00:14:07.440><c> lion's</c><00:14:07.840><c> mouths.</c><00:14:07.980><c> You</c> 00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:09.059 got<00:14:08.240><c> to</c><00:14:08.440><c> protect</c><00:14:08.679><c> Daniel.</c> 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:11.960 And<00:14:09.519><c> maybe</c><00:14:09.759><c> God</c><00:14:09.980><c> doesn't</c><00:14:10.279><c> say</c><00:14:10.480><c> it</c><00:14:10.639><c> like</c><00:14:10.840><c> that.</c><00:14:10.940><c> Maybe</c><00:14:11.139><c> he</c><00:14:11.259><c> says,</c><00:14:11.500><c> Josh,</c><00:14:11.860><c> go</c> 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:13.600 take<00:14:12.120><c> care</c><00:14:12.200><c> of</c><00:14:12.360><c> Daniel.</c><00:14:13.120><c> And</c><00:14:13.440><c> you</c> 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:15.860 have<00:14:13.759><c> to</c><00:14:13.960><c> decide</c><00:14:14.279><c> what</c><00:14:14.500><c> you</c><00:14:14.700><c> want</c><00:14:14.779><c> to</c><00:14:14.960><c> do.</c><00:14:15.159><c> You</c><00:14:15.399><c> could</c><00:14:15.600><c> kill</c> 00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:21.519 the<00:14:16.120><c> lions.</c><00:14:16.539><c> You</c><00:14:16.700><c> could</c><00:14:17.019><c> shut</c><00:14:17.240><c> their</c><00:14:17.440><c> mouths.</c><00:14:21.080><c> You</c> 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:25.080 protect<00:14:21.840><c> Daniel</c><00:14:22.200><c> all</c><00:14:22.480><c> night</c><00:14:22.700><c> so</c><00:14:22.759><c> he's</c><00:14:22.980><c> not</c><00:14:23.120><c> eaten.</c><00:14:23.940><c> And</c><00:14:24.240><c> you're</c><00:14:24.899><c> given</c> 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:26.360 a<00:14:25.259><c> mission</c><00:14:25.500><c> to</c><00:14:25.779><c> take</c><00:14:25.960><c> care</c><00:14:26.080><c> of</c><00:14:26.220><c> 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him.</c><00:15:56.820><c> But</c><00:15:57.019><c> watch</c><00:15:57.279><c> how</c><00:15:57.399><c> this</c><00:15:57.639><c> happens</c><00:15:57.960><c> in</c><00:15:58.120><c> verse</c><00:15:58.360><c> 21.</c> 00:15:58.940 --> 00:16:00.639 While<00:15:59.100><c> I</c><00:15:59.279><c> was</c><00:15:59.480><c> still</c><00:15:59.720><c> speaking</c><00:16:00.019><c> in</c><00:16:00.379><c> prayer,</c> 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:04.799 the<00:16:01.200><c> man</c><00:16:01.460><c> Gabriel,</c><00:16:02.080><c> this</c><00:16:02.340><c> is</c><00:16:02.700><c> the</c><00:16:02.840><c> angel</c><00:16:03.120><c> Gabriel,</c><00:16:03.820><c> whom</c><00:16:03.940><c> I</c><00:16:04.159><c> had</c><00:16:04.419><c> seen</c><00:16:04.620><c> in</c> 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:06.379 the<00:16:04.960><c> vision</c><00:16:05.159><c> previously,</c> 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:10.799 look<00:16:06.879><c> what</c><00:16:07.080><c> the</c><00:16:07.399><c> NASB</c><00:16:07.860><c> does</c><00:16:08.080><c> with</c><00:16:08.320><c> this.</c><00:16:09.299><c> Came</c><00:16:09.580><c> to</c><00:16:09.840><c> me</c><00:16:10.200><c> in</c><00:16:10.419><c> my</c> 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:14.679 extreme<00:16:11.460><c> weariness.</c><00:16:13.100><c> Now</c><00:16:13.440><c> your</c><00:16:13.620><c> Bible</c><00:16:13.940><c> version</c><00:16:14.320><c> says</c> 00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:17.639 probably<00:16:15.179><c> that</c><00:16:15.539><c> they</c><00:16:15.799><c> came</c><00:16:16.019><c> in</c><00:16:16.340><c> swift</c><00:16:16.539><c> flight.</c><00:16:17.259><c> And</c><00:16:17.440><c> that's</c> 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:20.139 because<00:16:17.919><c> the</c><00:16:18.279><c> translators</c><00:16:18.840><c> like</c><00:16:19.100><c> the</c><00:16:19.399><c> idea</c><00:16:19.659><c> that</c><00:16:19.879><c> the</c> 00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:23.200 angels<00:16:20.360><c> had</c><00:16:20.580><c> wings</c><00:16:20.980><c> and</c><00:16:21.399><c> 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their</c><00:17:59.220><c> God.</c><00:18:00.920><c> In</c><00:18:01.140><c> Daniel</c><00:18:01.400><c> chapter</c><00:18:01.759><c> eight,</c> 00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:04.880 that's<00:18:02.420><c> another</c><00:18:02.660><c> case</c><00:18:02.980><c> where</c><00:18:03.160><c> you</c><00:18:03.319><c> have</c><00:18:03.519><c> angels</c><00:18:03.819><c> and</c><00:18:04.079><c> Daniel.</c> 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:06.339 In<00:18:05.140><c> this</c><00:18:05.380><c> case</c><00:18:05.579><c> here,</c><00:18:05.740><c> it's</c><00:18:05.960><c> a</c><00:18:06.160><c> different</c> 00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:09.279 vision<00:18:06.759><c> a</c><00:18:07.019><c> little</c><00:18:07.099><c> bit</c><00:18:07.279><c> earlier.</c><00:18:08.119><c> But</c><00:18:08.279><c> I</c><00:18:08.460><c> heard</c><00:18:08.680><c> a</c><00:18:08.900><c> holy</c><00:18:09.059><c> one</c> 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:11.859 speaking,<00:18:09.680><c> he</c><00:18:09.920><c> says</c><00:18:10.059><c> in</c><00:18:10.240><c> verse</c><00:18:10.500><c> 13,</c><00:18:11.059><c> who</c><00:18:11.299><c> probably</c> 00:18:11.859 --> 00:18:14.299 was<00:18:12.079><c> Michael,</c><00:18:12.440><c> but</c><00:18:12.559><c> we</c><00:18:12.660><c> don't</c><00:18:12.819><c> know</c><00:18:12.960><c> for</c><00:18:13.240><c> sure.</c><00:18:13.859><c> And</c><00:18:14.019><c> now</c><00:18:14.220><c> you</c> 00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:16.660 have<00:18:14.420><c> another</c><00:18:14.859><c> holy</c><00:18:15.240><c> one</c><00:18:15.519><c> said</c><00:18:15.740><c> to</c><00:18:15.980><c> that</c><00:18:16.220><c> certain</c><00:18:16.480><c> one</c> 00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:21.380 who<00:18:16.660><c> was</c><00:18:16.859><c> speaking,</c><00:18:17.799><c> how</c><00:18:18.119><c> long</c><00:18:18.480><c> will</c><00:18:18.720><c> the</c><00:18:18.900><c> vision</c><00:18:19.079><c> be</c><00:18:19.480><c> concerning</c><00:18:19.880><c> the</c><00:18:20.200><c> daily</c><00:18:20.460><c> sacrifices</c><00:18:21.119><c> and</c> 00:18:21.380 --> 00:18:22.039 the<00:18:21.579><c> transgression</c> 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:25.559 of<00:18:22.299><c> desolation?</c><00:18:23.140><c> This</c><00:18:23.359><c> is</c><00:18:23.519><c> when</c><00:18:23.640><c> he</c><00:18:23.799><c> gave</c><00:18:23.980><c> him</c><00:18:24.160><c> that</c><00:18:24.359><c> vision</c><00:18:24.579><c> that</c><00:18:24.680><c> it</c><00:18:24.799><c> was</c><00:18:24.920><c> going</c><00:18:25.000><c> to</c><00:18:25.099><c> be</c><00:18:25.299><c> 2</c> 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:26.920 ,300<00:18:25.940><c> years</c><00:18:26.380><c> from</c> 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:30.460 the<00:18:27.480><c> time</c><00:18:27.720><c> of</c><00:18:28.059><c> the</c><00:18:28.240><c> desolation,</c><00:18:28.839><c> the</c><00:18:29.019><c> desolating</c><00:18:29.359><c> sacrifice.</c> 00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:33.079 But<00:18:31.400><c> isn't</c><00:18:31.960><c> that</c><00:18:32.259><c> 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you</c><00:18:46.920><c> know</c><00:18:47.160><c> that,</c> 00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:50.960 yes,<00:18:47.859><c> they're</c><00:18:48.200><c> there.</c><00:18:49.019><c> And</c><00:18:49.460><c> even</c><00:18:49.680><c> though</c><00:18:49.819><c> you</c><00:18:49.940><c> can't</c><00:18:50.240><c> see</c><00:18:50.420><c> them,</c><00:18:50.759><c> now</c> 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:53.319 you<00:18:51.079><c> can</c><00:18:51.259><c> hear</c><00:18:51.460><c> them,</c><00:18:51.660><c> though.</c><00:18:52.460><c> And</c><00:18:52.940><c> that's</c> 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:56.579 they're<00:18:53.420><c> just</c><00:18:53.720><c> reminding</c><00:18:54.140><c> you</c><00:18:54.640><c> that</c><00:18:54.819><c> they</c><00:18:55.059><c> are</c><00:18:55.220><c> there.</c><00:18:55.960><c> And</c><00:18:56.440><c> I</c> 00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:57.880 don't<00:18:56.759><c> think</c><00:18:56.880><c> they're</c><00:18:57.079><c> going</c><00:18:57.119><c> to</c><00:18:57.279><c> 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information,</c><00:19:19.660><c> other</c><00:19:19.920><c> angels</c><00:19:20.319><c> don't</c><00:19:20.779><c> have</c><00:19:21.220><c> that</c> 00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:25.680 same<00:19:21.779><c> information.</c><00:19:23.039><c> So</c><00:19:23.420><c> some</c><00:19:23.799><c> angels</c><00:19:24.359><c> know</c><00:19:24.700><c> more</c><00:19:25.059><c> than</c><00:19:25.319><c> other</c> 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:28.200 angels.<00:19:26.539><c> And</c><00:19:26.779><c> that's</c><00:19:27.079><c> a</c><00:19:27.220><c> hint</c><00:19:27.339><c> to</c><00:19:27.619><c> us</c><00:19:27.880><c> in</c><00:19:28.039><c> the</c> 00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:31.119 kingdom<00:19:28.440><c> age</c><00:19:28.740><c> that</c><00:19:28.940><c> that</c><00:19:29.220><c> may</c><00:19:29.339><c> be</c><00:19:29.519><c> true</c><00:19:29.700><c> of</c><00:19:29.799><c> us</c><00:19:30.000><c> as</c><00:19:30.220><c> well.</c><00:19:30.880><c> Some</c> 00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:33.359 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They're</c><00:21:33.539><c> compassionate,</c><00:21:34.380><c> and</c><00:21:34.480><c> they're</c><00:21:34.779><c> merciful.</c> 00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:37.599 And<00:21:35.960><c> yet,</c><00:21:36.460><c> there</c><00:21:36.559><c> is</c><00:21:36.859><c> a</c><00:21:36.980><c> point</c><00:21:37.160><c> at</c><00:21:37.380><c> which</c> 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:41.880 they<00:21:37.920><c> say,</c><00:21:38.700><c> that's</c><00:21:38.839><c> enough.</c><00:21:39.559><c> You've</c><00:21:39.940><c> had</c><00:21:40.119><c> your</c><00:21:40.380><c> opportunities.</c><00:21:41.140><c> And</c><00:21:41.460><c> they</c><00:21:41.680><c> do.</c> 00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.859 They're<00:21:42.440><c> just</c> 00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:46.619 like<00:21:43.259><c> God</c><00:21:43.599><c> from</c><00:21:44.059><c> that</c><00:21:44.259><c> perspective.</c><00:21:45.359><c> And</c><00:21:45.619><c> I'm</c><00:21:45.779><c> sure</c><00:21:45.960><c> the</c><00:21:46.220><c> angels</c><00:21:46.380><c> that</c> 00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:49.039 work<00:21:46.720><c> with</c><00:21:46.940><c> us</c><00:21:47.119><c> are</c><00:21:47.380><c> like</c><00:21:47.640><c> that</c><00:21:47.859><c> as</c><00:21:48.140><c> well.</c> 00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:52.619 There's<00:21:49.880><c> a</c><00:21:50.019><c> reference</c><00:21:50.279><c> in</c><00:21:50.480><c> 1</c><00:21:50.660><c> Corinthians</c><00:21:51.079><c> 4</c><00:21:51.480><c> about</c><00:21:51.720><c> the</c><00:21:52.019><c> angels</c><00:21:52.299><c> that</c> 00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:54.400 work<00:21:52.740><c> with</c><00:21:52.980><c> us</c><00:21:53.240><c> and</c><00:21:53.480><c> watch</c><00:21:53.759><c> what</c><00:21:53.980><c> we</c><00:21:54.140><c> go</c> 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:58.440 through.<00:21:55.039><c> And</c><00:21:55.119><c> it's</c><00:21:55.420><c> probably</c><00:21:55.839><c> interesting</c><00:21:56.599><c> to</c><00:21:56.880><c> note</c><00:21:57.200><c> 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in</c><00:22:41.680><c> 1</c><00:22:41.819><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:42.180><c> 9,</c> 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:47.299 are<00:22:45.720><c> you</c><00:22:45.900><c> the</c><00:22:46.059><c> brave</c><00:22:46.339><c> souls</c><00:22:46.619><c> back</c><00:22:46.920><c> there</c><00:22:47.099><c> that</c><00:22:47.240><c> are</c> 00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:51.960 going<00:22:47.420><c> to</c><00:22:47.579><c> just</c><00:22:47.799><c> weather</c><00:22:48.000><c> through</c><00:22:48.240><c> this?</c><00:22:51.099><c> In</c><00:22:51.420><c> 1</c><00:22:51.640><c> Corinthians</c> 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:54.220 9,<00:22:52.299><c> when</c><00:22:52.420><c> the</c><00:22:52.519><c> Apostle</c><00:22:52.880><c> Paul</c><00:22:53.160><c> is</c><00:22:53.480><c> talking</c><00:22:53.740><c> about</c> 00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:56.779 the<00:22:54.480><c> things</c><00:22:54.779><c> that</c><00:22:55.039><c> he</c><00:22:55.160><c> had</c><00:22:55.339><c> to</c><00:22:55.440><c> go</c><00:22:55.640><c> 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through</c><00:23:53.960><c> aren't</c><00:23:54.220><c> near</c><00:23:54.440><c> as</c> 00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.359 fun<00:23:54.799><c> as</c><00:23:55.039><c> others,</c> 00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:58.720 and<00:23:56.319><c> don't</c><00:23:56.799><c> be</c><00:23:57.059><c> surprised</c><00:23:57.460><c> if</c><00:23:57.619><c> in</c><00:23:57.759><c> the</c><00:23:57.900><c> kingdom</c><00:23:58.099><c> age</c><00:23:58.380><c> you</c><00:23:58.519><c> get</c> 00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:00.680 assigned<00:23:59.039><c> some</c><00:23:59.319><c> jobs</c><00:23:59.619><c> that</c><00:23:59.859><c> maybe</c><00:24:00.119><c> aren't</c> 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:06.059 the<00:24:01.119><c> funnest</c><00:24:01.539><c> in</c><00:24:01.740><c> the</c><00:24:01.880><c> world,</c><00:24:02.619><c> but</c><00:24:03.339><c> somebody</c><00:24:03.779><c> needs</c><00:24:04.079><c> to</c><00:24:04.279><c> do</c><00:24:04.420><c> them.</c><00:24:05.339><c> The</c><00:24:05.619><c> case</c><00:24:05.839><c> in</c> 00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:07.359 1<00:24:06.240><c> Chronicles</c><00:24:06.779><c> 21,</c> 00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:10.299 you<00:24:07.619><c> remember</c><00:24:07.859><c> the</c><00:24:08.079><c> incident</c><00:24:08.480><c> with</c><00:24:08.740><c> David</c><00:24:09.079><c> when</c><00:24:09.299><c> he</c><00:24:09.960><c> numbered</c> 00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:12.480 the<00:24:10.599><c> people</c><00:24:10.859><c> when</c><00:24:11.059><c> he</c><00:24:11.359><c> wasn't</c><00:24:11.660><c> supposed</c><00:24:12.059><c> to,</c> 00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:15.220 probably<00:24:13.059><c> was</c><00:24:13.400><c> trying</c><00:24:13.619><c> to</c><00:24:14.019><c> collect</c><00:24:14.200><c> a</c><00:24:14.359><c> little</c><00:24:14.500><c> extra</c><00:24:14.839><c> money</c> 00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:19.140 for<00:24:15.880><c> the</c><00:24:16.119><c> tax</c><00:24:16.420><c> for</c><00:24:17.599><c> the</c><00:24:18.059><c> temple</c><00:24:18.359><c> 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number</c><00:24:27.460><c> all</c><00:24:27.740><c> the</c><00:24:27.920><c> people.</c> 00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:31.579 Even<00:24:28.859><c> Joab</c><00:24:29.220><c> seems</c><00:24:29.539><c> to</c><00:24:29.700><c> have</c><00:24:29.759><c> known</c><00:24:29.940><c> that.</c><00:24:30.740><c> But</c><00:24:30.819><c> what</c><00:24:31.079><c> happens</c> 00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:34.700 is<00:24:31.900><c> when</c><00:24:33.000><c> God</c><00:24:33.400><c> responds</c><00:24:34.019><c> to</c><00:24:34.200><c> him</c><00:24:34.380><c> and</c><00:24:34.500><c> he</c> 00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:38.960 realizes<00:24:35.059><c> he's</c><00:24:35.339><c> done</c><00:24:35.539><c> wrong,</c><00:24:35.960><c> the</c><00:24:36.099><c> prophet</c><00:24:36.380><c> comes</c><00:24:36.680><c> to</c><00:24:36.859><c> him</c><00:24:37.019><c> and</c><00:24:37.140><c> says,</c><00:24:37.819><c> all</c><00:24:38.000><c> right,</c><00:24:38.119><c> you've</c><00:24:38.319><c> got</c><00:24:38.380><c> a</c><00:24:38.559><c> choice.</c> 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:43.279 Either<00:24:39.539><c> three</c><00:24:39.859><c> years</c><00:24:40.099><c> of</c><00:24:40.359><c> famine,</c><00:24:40.799><c> three</c><00:24:41.059><c> months</c><00:24:41.400><c> to</c><00:24:41.579><c> be</c><00:24:41.720><c> defeated</c><00:24:42.039><c> by</c><00:24:42.279><c> your</c><00:24:42.519><c> foes</c><00:24:42.819><c> with</c><00:24:43.119><c> a</c> 00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.960 sword<00:24:43.400><c> of</c><00:24:43.539><c> your</c><00:24:43.660><c> enemies</c> 00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:46.599 overtaking<00:24:44.420><c> you,</c><00:24:45.000><c> or</c><00:24:45.220><c> else</c><00:24:45.380><c> for</c><00:24:45.619><c> three</c><00:24:45.819><c> days</c><00:24:46.099><c> the</c><00:24:46.279><c> sword</c><00:24:46.420><c> of</c> 00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:49.339 the<00:24:46.759><c> Lord.</c><00:24:47.319><c> You</c><00:24:47.599><c> choose</c><00:24:48.019><c> the</c><00:24:48.559><c> plague</c><00:24:48.759><c> of</c><00:24:48.920><c> the</c><00:24:49.099><c> Lord</c> 00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:52.220 in<00:24:49.980><c> the</c><00:24:50.180><c> land</c><00:24:50.400><c> with</c><00:24:50.579><c> the</c><00:24:50.740><c> angel</c><00:24:50.859><c> of</c><00:24:51.019><c> the</c><00:24:51.119><c> Lord</c><00:24:51.259><c> destroying</c><00:24:51.700><c> throughout</c><00:24:52.019><c> all</c> 00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.700 the<00:24:52.380><c> territory</c><00:24:52.700><c> of</c><00:24:52.880><c> Israel.</c> 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:59.140 And<00:24:54.079><c> so</c><00:24:54.319><c> David</c><00:24:54.599><c> says</c><00:24:54.880><c> to</c><00:24:55.160><c> Gad</c><00:24:55.380><c> in</c><00:24:55.660><c> verse</c><00:24:55.940><c> 13,</c><00:24:56.599><c> I'm</c><00:24:56.819><c> in</c><00:24:57.000><c> great</c><00:24:57.240><c> distress,</c><00:24:58.059><c> but</c><00:24:58.279><c> please</c><00:24:58.799><c> let</c><00:24:58.980><c> me</c> 00:24:59.140 --> 00:24:59.779 fall<00:24:59.380><c> into</c><00:24:59.559><c> the</c> 00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:02.740 hand<00:24:59.900><c> of</c><00:25:00.099><c> the</c><00:25:00.259><c> Lord,</c><00:25:01.039><c> for</c><00:25:01.180><c> at</c><00:25:01.259><c> least</c><00:25:01.420><c> his</c><00:25:01.680><c> mercies</c><00:25:02.099><c> are</c><00:25:02.380><c> great,</c> 00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:08.839 very<00:25:03.200><c> great.</c><00:25:03.579><c> Don't</c><00:25:03.779><c> let</c><00:25:03.940><c> me</c><00:25:04.099><c> fall</c><00:25:04.299><c> into</c><00:25:04.500><c> the</c> 00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:10.640 hand<00:25:08.839><c> of</c><00:25:08.839><c> the</c><00:25:08.839><c> Lord.</c><00:25:08.839><c> I</c><00:25:08.839><c> really</c><00:25:09.079><c> believe</c><00:25:09.579><c> that</c><00:25:09.880><c> that</c><00:25:10.119><c> tells</c><00:25:10.299><c> you</c><00:25:10.480><c> a</c> 00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:12.259 lot<00:25:10.819><c> about</c><00:25:11.319><c> people.</c> 00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:16.000 Just<00:25:13.460><c> look</c><00:25:13.619><c> at</c><00:25:13.799><c> David's</c><00:25:14.259><c> opportunity.</c><00:25:14.740><c> He</c><00:25:14.779><c> could</c><00:25:14.960><c> have</c><00:25:15.660><c> this,</c> 00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:17.460 he<00:25:16.200><c> could</c><00:25:16.299><c> have</c><00:25:16.420><c> this,</c><00:25:16.700><c> he</c><00:25:16.839><c> could</c><00:25:16.960><c> have</c><00:25:17.079><c> this.</c> 00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:21.200 And<00:25:18.000><c> what</c><00:25:18.140><c> he</c><00:25:18.279><c> does</c><00:25:18.480><c> is</c><00:25:18.700><c> he</c><00:25:18.839><c> says,</c><00:25:19.859><c> whatever</c><00:25:20.200><c> you</c><00:25:20.440><c> do,</c><00:25:20.900><c> don't</c> 00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:23.880 let<00:25:21.480><c> people</c><00:25:21.920><c> come</c><00:25:22.180><c> after</c><00:25:22.420><c> me</c><00:25:22.799><c> because</c><00:25:23.299><c> people</c> 00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:27.960 aren't<00:25:24.539><c> merciful.</c><00:25:25.579><c> People</c><00:25:25.920><c> are</c><00:25:26.359><c> ruthless.</c><00:25:27.240><c> People</c><00:25:27.539><c> want</c><00:25:27.759><c> to</c> 00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:31.339 take<00:25:28.240><c> vengeance</c><00:25:28.779><c> in</c><00:25:29.220><c> nasty</c><00:25:29.599><c> ways.</c><00:25:30.579><c> And</c><00:25:30.759><c> David</c><00:25:31.000><c> says,</c> 00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:36.279 God<00:25:31.960><c> will</c><00:25:32.400><c> know</c><00:25:32.720><c> I'm</c><00:25:33.440><c> sorry.</c><00:25:34.240><c> God</c><00:25:34.460><c> will</c><00:25:34.819><c> be</c><00:25:35.140><c> merciful</c><00:25:35.640><c> and</c><00:25:36.019><c> he</c> 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:39.680 will<00:25:36.559><c> respond</c><00:25:37.119><c> to</c><00:25:37.339><c> that</c><00:25:37.720><c> more</c><00:25:38.200><c> so</c><00:25:38.420><c> than</c><00:25:38.559><c> people</c><00:25:38.900><c> would.</c> 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:43.140 And<00:25:39.900><c> so</c><00:25:40.140><c> that's</c><00:25:40.519><c> what</c><00:25:40.700><c> he</c><00:25:41.000><c> chooses.</c><00:25:41.380><c> He</c><00:25:41.619><c> chooses</c><00:25:42.059><c> the</c><00:25:42.359><c> plague.</c> 00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:45.460 And<00:25:43.380><c> so</c><00:25:43.599><c> as</c><00:25:43.960><c> the</c><00:25:44.240><c> angel</c><00:25:44.460><c> of</c><00:25:44.700><c> the</c><00:25:44.839><c> Lord</c><00:25:45.039><c> is</c><00:25:45.279><c> going</c> 00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:47.880 through<00:25:45.680><c> the</c><00:25:45.920><c> land</c><00:25:46.079><c> and</c><00:25:46.420><c> destroying,</c><00:25:46.880><c> the</c><00:25:47.019><c> angel</c><00:25:47.220><c> comes</c><00:25:47.619><c> to</c> 00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:50.940 Jerusalem.<00:25:48.980><c> In</c><00:25:49.079><c> verse</c><00:25:49.339><c> 15,</c><00:25:49.859><c> God</c><00:25:50.059><c> sent</c><00:25:50.240><c> an</c><00:25:50.519><c> angel</c><00:25:50.720><c> to</c> 00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:54.339 Jerusalem<00:25:51.440><c> to</c><00:25:51.680><c> destroy</c><00:25:52.059><c> it.</c><00:25:52.819><c> And</c><00:25:53.099><c> it's</c><00:25:53.460><c> certainly</c><00:25:53.720><c> not</c><00:25:54.160><c> what</c> 00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:57.720 the<00:25:54.660><c> angel</c><00:25:54.859><c> really</c><00:25:55.279><c> wanted</c><00:25:55.640><c> to</c><00:25:55.920><c> do.</c><00:25:56.779><c> But</c><00:25:57.140><c> just</c><00:25:57.539><c> as</c> 00:25:57.720 --> 00:26:00.700 you're<00:25:57.880><c> watching</c><00:25:58.259><c> Jeremiah</c><00:25:58.920><c> go</c><00:25:59.240><c> through</c><00:25:59.380><c> this,</c><00:25:59.740><c> in</c><00:25:59.880><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:26:00.500><c> readings</c> 00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.940 right<00:26:00.960><c> now,</c><00:26:01.279><c> where</c><00:26:01.400><c> God</c><00:26:01.619><c> says,</c> 00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:04.400 go<00:26:02.440><c> tell</c><00:26:02.660><c> the</c><00:26:02.839><c> people.</c><00:26:03.200><c> They've</c><00:26:03.599><c> got</c><00:26:03.720><c> to</c><00:26:03.920><c> change.</c><00:26:04.119><c> I'm</c><00:26:04.299><c> going</c> 00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:07.160 to<00:26:04.640><c> destroy</c><00:26:04.880><c> them.</c><00:26:05.759><c> And</c><00:26:06.140><c> Jeremiah</c><00:26:06.460><c> says,</c><00:26:06.799><c> no,</c> 00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:09.940 we<00:26:07.579><c> don't</c><00:26:07.740><c> want</c><00:26:07.960><c> that.</c><00:26:08.480><c> These</c><00:26:08.700><c> are</c><00:26:08.859><c> my</c><00:26:09.079><c> friends.</c><00:26:09.500><c> It's</c><00:26:09.700><c> our</c> 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:12.720 family.<00:26:10.220><c> It's</c><00:26:10.440><c> your</c><00:26:10.599><c> people.</c><00:26:11.519><c> And</c><00:26:11.720><c> God</c><00:26:11.920><c> says,</c><00:26:12.380><c> no,</c> 00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:16.680 we've<00:26:13.579><c> got</c><00:26:13.680><c> to</c><00:26:13.859><c> wipe</c><00:26:14.000><c> them</c><00:26:14.240><c> out.</c><00:26:14.579><c> Take</c><00:26:14.759><c> them</c><00:26:14.920><c> up</c><00:26:15.059><c> to</c><00:26:15.279><c> Babylon</c><00:26:15.640><c> and</c><00:26:16.019><c> regrow</c><00:26:16.480><c> a</c> 00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:18.720 remnant<00:26:16.839><c> up</c><00:26:17.059><c> there.</c><00:26:18.480><c> Angels</c> 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:24.480 sometimes<00:26:19.339><c> have</c><00:26:19.559><c> to</c><00:26:19.759><c> do</c><00:26:19.900><c> jobs</c><00:26:20.180><c> like</c><00:26:20.500><c> that.</c><00:26:21.980><c> So</c><00:26:22.279><c> much</c><00:26:22.440><c> for</c><00:26:22.579><c> those</c><00:26:22.819><c> weather</c><00:26:23.059><c> reports,</c><00:26:23.980><c> eh?</c> 00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:30.220 So<00:26:27.380><c> those</c><00:26:27.640><c> of</c><00:26:27.799><c> you</c><00:26:27.880><c> that</c><00:26:28.019><c> were</c><00:26:28.160><c> wanting</c><00:26:28.380><c> to</c><00:26:28.559><c> get</c><00:26:28.759><c> cool</c><00:26:28.900><c> off</c><00:26:29.180><c> tonight,</c><00:26:29.859><c> there</c><00:26:30.019><c> you</c> 00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:31.519 go.<00:26:30.500><c> You</c><00:26:30.599><c> don't</c><00:26:30.799><c> even</c><00:26:31.000><c> have</c><00:26:31.220><c> to</c><00:26:31.319><c> hit</c> 00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:36.279 the<00:26:31.839><c> lake.</c><00:26:34.000><c> Anyway,</c><00:26:34.299><c> so</c><00:26:34.480><c> what</c><00:26:34.680><c> happens</c><00:26:35.099><c> is</c><00:26:35.420><c> the</c><00:26:35.700><c> angel</c><00:26:36.039><c> gets</c> 00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:39.400 sent<00:26:36.599><c> to</c><00:26:36.779><c> Jerusalem</c><00:26:37.160><c> to</c><00:26:37.480><c> destroy</c><00:26:37.779><c> it.</c><00:26:38.700><c> And</c><00:26:39.039><c> then</c> 00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:44.380 the<00:26:39.779><c> Lord</c><00:26:39.980><c> looks.</c><00:26:41.220><c> And</c><00:26:41.539><c> just</c><00:26:41.839><c> like</c><00:26:42.079><c> David</c><00:26:42.420><c> had</c><00:26:42.960><c> expected,</c><00:26:44.180><c> he</c> 00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:52.359 relents<00:26:44.920><c> of</c><00:26:45.140><c> the</c><00:26:45.380><c> disaster.</c><00:26:46.539><c> And</c><00:26:46.839><c> so</c><00:26:47.380><c> he</c><00:26:47.759><c> says</c><00:26:48.079><c> to</c><00:26:52.279><c> the</c> 00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:54.759 angels<00:26:52.680><c> standing</c><00:26:53.039><c> there</c><00:26:53.279><c> with</c><00:26:53.440><c> a</c><00:26:53.619><c> sword</c><00:26:53.880><c> ready</c><00:26:54.180><c> to</c><00:26:54.480><c> destroy</c> 00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:57.319 in<00:26:54.980><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:26:56.079><c> that</c><00:26:56.440><c> angel</c><00:26:56.819><c> that</c><00:26:56.940><c> was</c><00:26:57.079><c> ready</c> 00:26:57.319 --> 00:27:01.240 to<00:26:57.539><c> wipe</c><00:26:57.700><c> out</c><00:26:57.900><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:26:58.400><c> he</c><00:26:58.900><c> didn't</c><00:26:59.259><c> know</c><00:26:59.799><c> how</c><00:27:00.539><c> far</c><00:27:00.799><c> he</c><00:27:00.980><c> was</c> 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:03.579 supposed<00:27:01.480><c> to</c><00:27:01.680><c> take</c><00:27:01.799><c> the</c><00:27:02.019><c> plague.</c><00:27:02.839><c> All</c><00:27:03.059><c> he</c><00:27:03.220><c> was</c><00:27:03.380><c> doing</c> 00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:06.200 was<00:27:03.759><c> a</c><00:27:03.960><c> job</c><00:27:04.180><c> that</c><00:27:04.299><c> he</c><00:27:04.420><c> was</c><00:27:04.579><c> sent</c><00:27:04.759><c> to</c><00:27:04.940><c> do</c><00:27:05.200><c> of</c><00:27:05.519><c> going</c><00:27:05.740><c> through</c><00:27:05.980><c> the</c> 00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:09.099 land<00:27:06.400><c> and</c><00:27:06.660><c> carrying</c><00:27:06.859><c> the</c><00:27:07.200><c> plague.</c><00:27:08.180><c> And</c><00:27:08.359><c> God</c><00:27:08.599><c> finally</c> 00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:13.500 stops<00:27:09.440><c> him</c><00:27:09.599><c> and</c><00:27:09.740><c> says,</c><00:27:10.039><c> that's</c><00:27:10.539><c> enough</c><00:27:10.799><c> because</c><00:27:11.640><c> God</c><00:27:11.900><c> is</c><00:27:12.099><c> merciful.</c><00:27:13.079><c> It</c> 00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:15.400 shows<00:27:13.859><c> you</c><00:27:14.099><c> how</c><00:27:14.279><c> the</c><00:27:14.640><c> plan</c><00:27:14.880><c> works.</c> 00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:19.380 God<00:27:16.039><c> has</c><00:27:16.299><c> the</c><00:27:16.700><c> overall</c><00:27:17.079><c> game</c><00:27:17.480><c> plan</c><00:27:17.660><c> in</c><00:27:17.940><c> mind.</c><00:27:18.720><c> Angels</c><00:27:19.000><c> go</c><00:27:19.220><c> out</c> 00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:22.339 and<00:27:19.539><c> do</c><00:27:19.619><c> specific</c><00:27:20.119><c> events.</c><00:27:21.019><c> But</c><00:27:21.180><c> God</c><00:27:21.460><c> is</c><00:27:21.759><c> monitoring</c> 00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:26.019 the<00:27:22.559><c> situation</c><00:27:23.119><c> all</c><00:27:23.660><c> the</c><00:27:23.900><c> time.</c><00:27:24.619><c> And</c><00:27:24.920><c> when</c><00:27:25.180><c> angels</c><00:27:25.480><c> have</c><00:27:25.839><c> done</c> 00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:27.759 enough,<00:27:26.519><c> when</c><00:27:26.640><c> they've</c><00:27:26.940><c> gone</c><00:27:27.079><c> this</c><00:27:27.460><c> far,</c> 00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:30.940 he<00:27:28.279><c> doesn't</c><00:27:28.660><c> let</c><00:27:28.859><c> them</c><00:27:29.099><c> go</c><00:27:29.619><c> beyond</c><00:27:30.059><c> what</c><00:27:30.299><c> they</c><00:27:30.500><c> are</c><00:27:30.619><c> supposed</c> 00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:34.140 to<00:27:31.140><c> do.</c><00:27:31.740><c> And</c><00:27:31.920><c> in</c><00:27:32.039><c> this</c><00:27:32.299><c> case,</c><00:27:32.539><c> he</c><00:27:32.799><c> stops</c><00:27:33.099><c> the</c><00:27:33.380><c> angel.</c><00:27:33.900><c> But</c> 00:27:34.140 --> 00:27:37.559 this<00:27:34.440><c> angel</c><00:27:34.740><c> didn't</c><00:27:34.980><c> really</c><00:27:35.319><c> know.</c><00:27:36.039><c> So</c><00:27:36.279><c> David</c><00:27:36.579><c> sees</c><00:27:36.880><c> him</c><00:27:37.079><c> lifted</c><00:27:37.319><c> up</c> 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:39.059 and<00:27:37.680><c> he</c><00:27:37.859><c> sees</c><00:27:38.019><c> the</c><00:27:38.200><c> angel</c><00:27:38.359><c> of</c><00:27:38.460><c> the</c><00:27:38.579><c> Lord</c><00:27:38.740><c> standing</c> 00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:41.440 between<00:27:39.440><c> heaven</c><00:27:39.599><c> and</c><00:27:39.759><c> earth.</c><00:27:40.279><c> And</c><00:27:40.400><c> his</c><00:27:40.579><c> hand</c><00:27:40.779><c> was</c><00:27:41.000><c> the</c><00:27:41.200><c> sword</c> 00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:44.140 drawn<00:27:41.720><c> over</c><00:27:42.000><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:27:43.099><c> And</c><00:27:43.160><c> in</c><00:27:43.640><c> this</c><00:27:43.920><c> case,</c> 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:48.119 he<00:27:44.380><c> prays</c><00:27:44.660><c> about</c><00:27:44.920><c> it.</c><00:27:45.460><c> And</c><00:27:45.599><c> God</c><00:27:45.839><c> says,</c><00:27:46.339><c> that's</c><00:27:46.480><c> enough.</c><00:27:47.359><c> Anybody</c><00:27:47.779><c> know</c> 00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:50.619 what<00:27:48.539><c> major</c><00:27:48.980><c> decision</c><00:27:49.660><c> David</c><00:27:50.099><c> made</c><00:27:50.380><c> at</c> 00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:55.799 this<00:27:50.680><c> point</c><00:27:50.960><c> that</c><00:27:51.200><c> he'd</c><00:27:51.339><c> been</c><00:27:51.440><c> waiting</c><00:27:51.680><c> all</c><00:27:52.019><c> his</c><00:27:52.279><c> life</c><00:27:52.539><c> to</c><00:27:52.779><c> decide?</c><00:27:55.599><c> All</c> 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:57.119 his<00:27:56.059><c> life</c><00:27:56.259><c> he'd</c><00:27:56.440><c> been</c><00:27:56.539><c> trying</c><00:27:56.720><c> to</c><00:27:56.920><c> figure</c> 00:27:57.119 --> 00:28:00.799 something<00:27:57.380><c> out.</c><00:27:58.180><c> And</c><00:27:58.420><c> this</c><00:27:58.700><c> event</c><00:27:59.079><c> was</c><00:27:59.400><c> the</c><00:27:59.759><c> springboard</c><00:28:00.339><c> for</c> 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:06.279 that<00:28:01.240><c> big</c><00:28:01.500><c> decision.</c><00:28:03.079><c> What</c><00:28:03.420><c> was</c><00:28:03.720><c> it?</c><00:28:04.480><c> Where</c><00:28:05.000><c> to</c><00:28:05.680><c> build</c> 00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:09.099 the<00:28:06.839><c> temple.</c><00:28:08.180><c> I</c><00:28:08.299><c> don't</c><00:28:08.380><c> know</c><00:28:08.440><c> whether</c><00:28:08.519><c> they've</c><00:28:08.740><c> ever</c><00:28:08.799><c> pieced</c> 00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:11.539 that<00:28:09.259><c> together</c><00:28:09.599><c> before,</c><00:28:10.000><c> but</c><00:28:10.259><c> this</c><00:28:10.660><c> is</c><00:28:10.960><c> the</c><00:28:11.180><c> event</c> 00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:14.339 when<00:28:12.000><c> he</c><00:28:12.160><c> buys</c><00:28:12.420><c> that</c><00:28:12.779><c> threshing</c><00:28:13.099><c> floor</c><00:28:13.420><c> and</c><00:28:13.640><c> he</c><00:28:13.819><c> builds</c><00:28:14.059><c> the</c> 00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:16.019 altar<00:28:14.539><c> and</c><00:28:14.640><c> he</c><00:28:14.859><c> offers</c><00:28:15.000><c> up</c><00:28:15.220><c> the</c><00:28:15.400><c> sacrifice.</c> 00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:20.000 This<00:28:16.660><c> is</c><00:28:16.980><c> on</c><00:28:17.299><c> Mount</c><00:28:17.519><c> Moriah.</c><00:28:18.440><c> And</c><00:28:18.559><c> he's</c><00:28:18.880><c> realizing</c><00:28:19.299><c> that</c><00:28:19.599><c> God</c> 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:22.940 is,<00:28:20.559><c> this</c><00:28:20.859><c> is</c><00:28:21.099><c> the</c><00:28:21.279><c> place.</c><00:28:21.920><c> And</c><00:28:22.200><c> at</c><00:28:22.359><c> the</c><00:28:22.480><c> very</c><00:28:22.680><c> next</c> 00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:25.940 chapter<00:28:23.319><c> in</c><00:28:23.519><c> 1</c><00:28:23.700><c> Chronicles</c><00:28:24.099><c> 22,</c><00:28:24.619><c> right</c><00:28:24.880><c> away</c><00:28:25.160><c> he</c><00:28:25.279><c> says,</c><00:28:25.859><c> we're</c> 00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:28.799 ready<00:28:26.180><c> to</c><00:28:26.380><c> go.</c><00:28:27.539><c> And</c><00:28:27.720><c> Gad</c><00:28:27.779><c> says,</c><00:28:28.119><c> yeah,</c><00:28:28.279><c> let's</c><00:28:28.539><c> build</c> 00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:33.279 the<00:28:28.980><c> temple.</c><00:28:29.740><c> And</c><00:28:29.819><c> then</c><00:28:30.099><c> wait</c><00:28:30.279><c> a</c><00:28:30.420><c> minute,</c><00:28:30.920><c> you</c><00:28:30.960><c> know,</c><00:28:31.240><c> it's</c><00:28:31.380><c> like</c><00:28:31.720><c> God</c><00:28:31.960><c> says,</c><00:28:32.480><c> nope,</c><00:28:32.779><c> you</c><00:28:32.940><c> won't</c><00:28:33.079><c> be</c> 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.680 the<00:28:33.400><c> one</c><00:28:33.500><c> that</c> 00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:37.460 does<00:28:33.839><c> it.</c><00:28:34.039><c> It's</c><00:28:34.339><c> going</c><00:28:34.420><c> to</c><00:28:34.500><c> be</c><00:28:34.619><c> your</c><00:28:34.819><c> son.</c><00:28:35.519><c> So</c><00:28:35.759><c> this</c><00:28:35.980><c> was</c><00:28:36.220><c> a</c><00:28:36.559><c> huge</c><00:28:36.819><c> event</c><00:28:37.240><c> in</c> 00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:40.119 the<00:28:37.660><c> life</c><00:28:37.960><c> of</c><00:28:38.279><c> David.</c><00:28:39.400><c> So</c><00:28:39.599><c> the</c><00:28:39.759><c> angel</c><00:28:39.940><c> of</c> 00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:42.579 the<00:28:40.220><c> Lord</c><00:28:40.380><c> says</c><00:28:40.700><c> that</c><00:28:40.960><c> commanded</c><00:28:41.140><c> Gad</c><00:28:41.400><c> to</c><00:28:41.640><c> say</c><00:28:41.740><c> to</c><00:28:41.940><c> David</c><00:28:42.160><c> that</c> 00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:44.960 he<00:28:42.880><c> should</c><00:28:43.059><c> erect</c><00:28:43.299><c> an</c><00:28:43.519><c> altar</c><00:28:43.740><c> there</c><00:28:44.079><c> on</c><00:28:44.519><c> the</c><00:28:44.700><c> threshing</c> 00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:48.000 floor<00:28:45.180><c> of</c><00:28:45.420><c> Ornan</c><00:28:45.640><c> the</c><00:28:45.839><c> Jebusite.</c><00:28:46.640><c> But</c><00:28:46.839><c> that</c><00:28:47.059><c> is</c><00:28:47.299><c> up</c><00:28:47.519><c> there</c><00:28:47.759><c> on</c> 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.920 Mount<00:28:48.160><c> Moriah</c><00:28:48.539><c> and</c><00:28:48.720><c> that</c><00:28:48.920><c> is</c><00:28:49.099><c> where</c><00:28:49.279><c> the</c><00:28:49.480><c> temple</c><00:28:49.700><c> ended</c> 00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:53.880 up<00:28:50.220><c> actually</c><00:28:50.519><c> being</c><00:28:50.740><c> built.</c><00:28:51.619><c> And</c><00:28:51.839><c> so</c><00:28:52.079><c> the</c><00:28:52.240><c> Lord</c><00:28:52.400><c> commanded</c><00:28:52.839><c> the</c><00:28:53.099><c> angel</c><00:28:53.319><c> and</c><00:28:53.579><c> he</c> 00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:55.559 returned<00:28:54.180><c> it</c><00:28:54.480><c> to</c><00:28:54.640><c> his</c><00:28:54.839><c> sheep.</c> 00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:05.099 See,<00:29:01.799><c> they're</c><00:29:01.940><c> really</c><00:29:02.259><c> letting</c><00:29:02.440><c> you</c><00:29:02.700><c> know</c><00:29:02.920><c> they're</c><00:29:03.200><c> there.</c><00:29:04.720><c> Yeah,</c><00:29:04.920><c> I</c> 00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:06.819 know.<00:29:05.440><c> Well,</c><00:29:05.519><c> it</c><00:29:05.619><c> shows</c><00:29:05.859><c> you</c><00:29:06.119><c> that</c><00:29:06.279><c> I'm</c><00:29:06.400><c> not</c><00:29:06.619><c> a</c> 00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:15.859 prophet.<00:29:10.559><c> There's</c><00:29:11.000><c> no</c><00:29:11.279><c> prophet</c><00:29:11.559><c> in</c><00:29:11.700><c> this</c><00:29:11.980><c> class.</c><00:29:14.519><c> Yeah,</c><00:29:14.920><c> well,</c><00:29:15.539><c> they</c> 00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:17.359 definitely<00:29:16.319><c> know</c><00:29:16.519><c> best.</c> 00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:21.079 Another<00:29:19.140><c> case</c><00:29:19.480><c> of</c><00:29:19.640><c> where</c><00:29:19.839><c> angels</c><00:29:20.019><c> had</c><00:29:20.240><c> to</c><00:29:20.400><c> do</c><00:29:20.519><c> things,</c><00:29:20.859><c> though,</c><00:29:20.960><c> that</c> 00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:22.640 you<00:29:21.200><c> think</c><00:29:21.400><c> ahead</c><00:29:21.660><c> of</c><00:29:21.819><c> time</c><00:29:21.960><c> aren't</c><00:29:22.200><c> really</c> 00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:26.220 fun<00:29:22.900><c> things</c><00:29:23.220><c> to</c><00:29:23.440><c> do,</c><00:29:23.779><c> but</c><00:29:23.960><c> somebody</c><00:29:24.259><c> had</c><00:29:24.480><c> to</c><00:29:24.680><c> do</c><00:29:24.819><c> them.</c><00:29:25.400><c> Imagine</c><00:29:25.779><c> if</c><00:29:25.940><c> you</c> 00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:27.599 were<00:29:26.440><c> part</c><00:29:26.680><c> of</c><00:29:26.859><c> the</c><00:29:27.000><c> group</c><00:29:27.140><c> of</c><00:29:27.380><c> angels</c> 00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:30.059 that<00:29:27.799><c> had</c><00:29:27.920><c> to</c><00:29:28.019><c> go</c><00:29:28.240><c> forth</c><00:29:28.480><c> and</c><00:29:28.799><c> strike</c><00:29:29.019><c> all</c><00:29:29.279><c> the</c><00:29:29.480><c> firstborn</c><00:29:29.880><c> of</c> 00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:32.779 Egypt<00:29:30.299><c> and</c><00:29:30.640><c> kill</c><00:29:30.880><c> all</c><00:29:31.119><c> those</c><00:29:31.319><c> people.</c><00:29:32.200><c> That's</c><00:29:32.539><c> not</c> 00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:35.799 necessarily<00:29:33.180><c> something</c><00:29:33.660><c> that</c><00:29:33.880><c> right</c><00:29:34.059><c> now</c><00:29:34.279><c> we</c><00:29:34.480><c> would</c><00:29:34.740><c> look</c><00:29:35.119><c> forward</c><00:29:35.579><c> to</c> 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:37.640 doing.<00:29:36.440><c> But</c><00:29:36.759><c> at</c><00:29:36.940><c> the</c><00:29:37.140><c> same</c><00:29:37.380><c> time,</c> 00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:42.240 they<00:29:37.839><c> knew</c><00:29:38.039><c> how</c><00:29:38.359><c> essential</c><00:29:38.779><c> it</c><00:29:38.980><c> was</c><00:29:39.299><c> in</c><00:29:39.480><c> order</c><00:29:39.680><c> to</c><00:29:39.920><c> redeem</c><00:29:40.259><c> God's</c><00:29:40.740><c> people</c><00:29:40.980><c> from</c><00:29:41.200><c> Egypt.</c><00:29:41.960><c> And</c> 00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:43.099 so<00:29:42.460><c> when</c><00:29:42.660><c> the</c><00:29:42.880><c> Lord</c> 00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:46.279 struck<00:29:43.460><c> all</c><00:29:43.839><c> the</c><00:29:44.079><c> firstborn</c><00:29:44.500><c> in</c><00:29:44.680><c> the</c><00:29:44.819><c> land</c><00:29:45.000><c> of</c><00:29:45.200><c> Egypt,</c><00:29:46.119><c> Psalm</c> 00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:48.440 78,<00:29:46.900><c> that</c><00:29:47.119><c> some</c><00:29:47.319><c> of</c><00:29:47.420><c> us</c><00:29:47.619><c> looked</c><00:29:47.759><c> at</c><00:29:47.980><c> today,</c> 00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:52.420 we<00:29:49.079><c> find</c><00:29:49.359><c> out</c><00:29:49.579><c> that</c><00:29:49.680><c> when</c><00:29:49.799><c> he</c><00:29:50.079><c> recounts</c><00:29:50.480><c> that</c><00:29:50.700><c> event,</c><00:29:51.519><c> he</c><00:29:51.759><c> refers</c><00:29:52.099><c> to</c> 00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:54.740 God<00:29:52.680><c> in</c><00:29:52.799><c> verse</c><00:29:53.059><c> 49</c><00:29:53.539><c> casting</c><00:29:54.039><c> on</c><00:29:54.299><c> them</c><00:29:54.460><c> the</c> 00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:58.339 fierceness<00:29:55.180><c> of</c><00:29:55.319><c> his</c><00:29:55.519><c> anger</c><00:29:55.859><c> with</c><00:29:56.079><c> wrath</c><00:29:56.420><c> and</c><00:29:56.640><c> indignation</c><00:29:57.140><c> and</c><00:29:57.380><c> trouble</c><00:29:57.740><c> by</c> 00:29:58.339 --> 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total</c><00:30:11.819><c> pacifists</c><00:30:12.599><c> who</c><00:30:12.859><c> are</c><00:30:13.039><c> totally</c> 00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:17.759 against<00:30:13.740><c> killing</c><00:30:14.160><c> because</c><00:30:14.819><c> there</c><00:30:15.059><c> are</c><00:30:15.240><c> times</c><00:30:15.559><c> where</c><00:30:15.799><c> God</c><00:30:16.099><c> wants</c><00:30:16.579><c> people</c><00:30:17.079><c> removed</c><00:30:17.559><c> out</c> 00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:19.220 of<00:30:17.900><c> the</c><00:30:18.079><c> land</c><00:30:18.319><c> for</c><00:30:18.759><c> the</c><00:30:19.019><c> sake</c> 00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:23.319 of<00:30:19.480><c> the</c><00:30:19.779><c> family</c><00:30:20.319><c> that</c><00:30:20.519><c> he's</c><00:30:20.839><c> trying</c><00:30:21.000><c> to</c><00:30:21.259><c> save.</c><00:30:21.880><c> And</c><00:30:22.240><c> that's</c><00:30:22.819><c> part</c><00:30:23.099><c> of</c> 00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:25.700 what<00:30:23.759><c> the</c><00:30:23.940><c> angels</c><00:30:24.099><c> are</c><00:30:24.400><c> willing</c><00:30:24.599><c> to</c><00:30:24.839><c> do.</c> 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:29.319 There's<00:30:26.599><c> a</c><00:30:26.740><c> case</c><00:30:27.039><c> in</c><00:30:27.839><c> Judges</c><00:30:28.220><c> chapter</c><00:30:28.519><c> 5.</c> 00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:40.880 Judges<00:30:35.720><c> 5.</c><00:30:38.180><c> Anybody</c><00:30:38.420><c> remember</c><00:30:38.900><c> who</c><00:30:39.119><c> was</c><00:30:39.359><c> a</c><00:30:39.380><c> judge</c><00:30:39.640><c> back</c><00:30:39.920><c> then?</c> 00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:48.180 That's<00:30:44.799><c> a</c><00:30:45.059><c> hole</c><00:30:45.200><c> right</c><00:30:45.440><c> there.</c><00:30:47.019><c> Anybody</c><00:30:47.359><c> remember</c><00:30:47.799><c> who</c><00:30:47.960><c> was</c> 00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:50.180 the<00:30:48.359><c> judge</c><00:30:48.579><c> back</c><00:30:48.859><c> in</c><00:30:49.019><c> Judges</c><00:30:49.319><c> 5?</c> 00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:53.180 Deborah<00:30:51.099><c> and</c><00:30:51.299><c> Barak,</c><00:30:51.740><c> right?</c><00:30:52.019><c> This</c><00:30:52.119><c> is</c><00:30:52.440><c> the</c><00:30:52.440><c> case</c><00:30:52.720><c> of</c><00:30:52.960><c> Deborah</c> 00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:55.279 and<00:30:53.380><c> Barak.</c><00:30:54.019><c> Who'd</c><00:30:54.240><c> they</c><00:30:54.420><c> fight?</c> 00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:58.480 Who'd<00:30:57.500><c> they</c><00:30:57.680><c> fight?</c> 00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:03.539 The<00:31:00.900><c> Midianites,</c><00:31:01.599><c> right?</c><00:31:01.960><c> Sisera,</c><00:31:02.599><c> right?</c><00:31:02.880><c> Jail</c><00:31:03.140><c> ends</c><00:31:03.319><c> up</c> 00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.539 killing<00:31:03.740><c> them.</c> 00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:08.380 That's<00:31:05.539><c> going</c><00:31:05.660><c> to</c><00:31:05.799><c> actually</c><00:31:06.059><c> come</c><00:31:06.299><c> on</c><00:31:06.480><c> down</c><00:31:06.680><c> here</c><00:31:06.859><c> eventually.</c><00:31:07.859><c> They</c><00:31:08.099><c> keep</c> 00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:09.460 sliding<00:31:08.680><c> down.</c> 00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:23.640 I<00:31:21.579><c> think</c><00:31:21.819><c> we</c><00:31:21.980><c> want</c><00:31:22.140><c> to</c><00:31:22.279><c> move</c><00:31:22.400><c> inside.</c> 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:28.339 What<00:31:26.839><c> do</c><00:31:26.940><c> you</c><00:31:27.000><c> want</c><00:31:27.119><c> to</c><00:31:27.279><c> do?</c> 00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:38.279 Your<00:31:30.799><c> call.</c><00:31:33.259><c> Oh</c><00:31:33.420><c> yeah.</c><00:31:34.500><c> Well,</c><00:31:35.000><c> and</c><00:31:35.140><c> the</c><00:31:35.200><c> ones</c><00:31:35.299><c> that</c><00:31:35.500><c> can't</c><00:31:35.720><c> hear,</c><00:31:36.539><c> just</c><00:31:36.779><c> download</c><00:31:37.099><c> the</c><00:31:37.359><c> tapes.</c> 00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:42.839 Not<00:31:39.319><c> tapes,</c><00:31:39.779><c> classes,</c><00:31:40.099><c> whatever.</c><00:31:41.819><c> Anyways.</c> 00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:58.319 I'm<00:31:57.079><c> going</c><00:31:57.220><c> to</c><00:31:57.420><c> cheat.</c> 00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:02.519 I'll<00:32:00.059><c> come</c><00:32:00.220><c> in</c><00:32:00.380><c> here</c><00:32:00.500><c> and</c><00:32:00.579><c> I'll</c><00:32:00.779><c> back</c><00:32:00.940><c> up</c><00:32:01.079><c> my</c><00:32:01.279><c> wife</c><00:32:01.559><c> to</c><00:32:01.799><c> see</c><00:32:02.240><c> if</c> 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.900 it<00:32:02.539><c> works</c><00:32:02.539><c> even</c><00:32:03.119><c> better.</c> 00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.720 There<00:32:05.740><c> you</c><00:32:05.980><c> go.</c> 00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:14.519 So<00:32:10.799><c> in</c><00:32:11.000><c> Judges</c><00:32:12.180><c> chapter</c><00:32:12.400><c> 5,</c><00:32:13.000><c> Deborah</c><00:32:13.039><c> and</c><00:32:13.279><c> Barak</c><00:32:13.559><c> had</c><00:32:13.740><c> just</c><00:32:13.940><c> been</c><00:32:14.119><c> involved</c><00:32:14.400><c> in</c> 00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.400 a<00:32:14.680><c> battle.</c><00:32:15.119><c> Remember?</c> 00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:18.539 And<00:32:15.579><c> they</c><00:32:16.099><c> defeated</c><00:32:16.240><c> the</c><00:32:16.500><c> Midianites.</c><00:32:17.319><c> But</c><00:32:17.539><c> when</c><00:32:17.920><c> Barak</c><00:32:18.319><c> and</c> 00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.279 Deborah<00:32:18.779><c> sent</c><00:32:19.079><c> out</c> 00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:23.299 invitations<00:32:19.839><c> to</c><00:32:20.059><c> everybody</c><00:32:20.299><c> to</c><00:32:20.500><c> join</c><00:32:20.700><c> them,</c><00:32:21.660><c> did</c><00:32:21.700><c> all</c><00:32:22.019><c> of</c><00:32:22.240><c> Israel</c><00:32:22.799><c> get</c> 00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.579 involved<00:32:23.619><c> in</c><00:32:23.759><c> the</c><00:32:23.940><c> battle</c><00:32:24.140><c> and</c><00:32:24.259><c> help</c><00:32:24.420><c> them</c> 00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:28.579 fight?<00:32:26.299><c> No.</c><00:32:26.980><c> In</c><00:32:26.980><c> fact,</c><00:32:27.279><c> in</c><00:32:27.420><c> the</c><00:32:27.579><c> period</c><00:32:27.720><c> of</c><00:32:27.920><c> the</c><00:32:28.059><c> judges,</c><00:32:28.400><c> as</c> 00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.880 you'll<00:32:28.839><c> see</c><00:32:28.960><c> going</c><00:32:29.180><c> through</c><00:32:29.460><c> it,</c> 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:32.779 hardly<00:32:30.279><c> ever</c><00:32:30.559><c> did</c><00:32:30.759><c> everybody</c><00:32:31.140><c> help.</c><00:32:31.740><c> They</c><00:32:31.940><c> were</c><00:32:32.220><c> all</c><00:32:32.519><c> split</c> 00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:35.079 up<00:32:33.019><c> all</c><00:32:33.200><c> throughout</c><00:32:33.480><c> the</c><00:32:33.759><c> land</c><00:32:34.019><c> and</c><00:32:34.440><c> one</c><00:32:34.619><c> judge</c> 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And</c><00:32:43.220><c> then</c> 00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:46.220 if<00:32:43.440><c> they</c><00:32:43.579><c> won</c><00:32:43.720><c> the</c><00:32:43.940><c> war,</c><00:32:44.279><c> they'd</c><00:32:44.579><c> say,</c><00:32:45.019><c> why</c><00:32:45.180><c> didn't</c><00:32:45.420><c> you</c><00:32:45.579><c> invite</c><00:32:45.839><c> us?</c> 00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:48.480 We<00:32:46.420><c> wanted</c><00:32:46.759><c> to</c><00:32:46.900><c> help</c><00:32:47.059><c> too.</c><00:32:47.779><c> And</c><00:32:48.059><c> that's</c><00:32:48.400><c> the</c> 00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:52.519 spirit<00:32:48.980><c> the</c><00:32:49.400><c> period</c><00:32:49.640><c> of</c><00:32:49.819><c> the</c><00:32:49.900><c> judges</c><00:32:50.079><c> was.</c><00:32:51.119><c> But</c><00:32:51.240><c> imagine</c><00:32:51.900><c> being</c><00:32:52.259><c> one</c> 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:54.839 of<00:32:52.619><c> those</c><00:32:52.900><c> areas</c><00:32:53.339><c> that</c><00:32:53.579><c> 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When</c><00:34:08.599><c> was</c><00:34:08.840><c> the</c><00:34:09.099><c> first</c><00:34:09.519><c> time</c><00:34:10.039><c> that</c><00:34:10.260><c> an</c> 00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:14.159 angel<00:34:10.760><c> showed</c><00:34:11.079><c> up</c><00:34:11.340><c> and</c><00:34:11.500><c> appeared</c><00:34:11.760><c> to</c><00:34:11.980><c> Abraham?</c><00:34:12.880><c> Where</c><00:34:13.039><c> did</c><00:34:13.300><c> he</c><00:34:13.300><c> live?</c> 00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:19.480 In<00:34:16.619><c> Ur</c><00:34:16.780><c> of</c><00:34:17.000><c> the</c><00:34:17.199><c> Chaldees.</c><00:34:17.880><c> So</c><00:34:18.139><c> way</c><00:34:18.380><c> over</c><00:34:18.719><c> there</c><00:34:18.900><c> in</c><00:34:19.000><c> Ur</c><00:34:19.239><c> of</c><00:34:19.400><c> the</c> 00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:22.420 Chaldees,<00:34:20.400><c> that's</c><00:34:20.659><c> when</c><00:34:20.840><c> an</c><00:34:21.139><c> angel</c><00:34:21.380><c> first</c><00:34:21.980><c> appeared.</c> 00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:25.019 And<00:34:22.820><c> the</c><00:34:22.900><c> fact</c><00:34:23.059><c> that</c><00:34:23.219><c> it</c><00:34:23.340><c> says</c><00:34:23.480><c> appeared</c><00:34:24.199><c> lets</c><00:34:24.519><c> you</c><00:34:24.719><c> know</c><00:34:24.820><c> it's</c> 00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:26.699 an<00:34:25.199><c> angel.</c><00:34:25.500><c> It's</c><00:34:25.599><c> not</c><00:34:25.760><c> really</c><00:34:26.000><c> God</c><00:34:26.199><c> himself.</c> 00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:30.519 So<00:34:27.539><c> the</c><00:34:27.719><c> God</c><00:34:27.920><c> of</c><00:34:28.159><c> glory,</c><00:34:28.559><c> which</c><00:34:28.719><c> is</c><00:34:28.880><c> an</c><00:34:29.099><c> angel,</c><00:34:29.800><c> appeared</c><00:34:30.000><c> to</c> 00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:34.599 Abraham,<00:34:31.500><c> talked</c><00:34:31.800><c> to</c><00:34:32.000><c> Abraham</c><00:34:32.400><c> in</c><00:34:33.500><c> Ur</c><00:34:33.739><c> of</c><00:34:33.880><c> the</c><00:34:33.960><c> Chaldees,</c> 00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:38.719 and<00:34:35.000><c> then</c><00:34:35.219><c> Abraham</c><00:34:35.860><c> took</c><00:34:36.039><c> his</c><00:34:36.280><c> family</c><00:34:36.599><c> and</c><00:34:36.840><c> walked</c><00:34:37.059><c> up</c><00:34:37.300><c> the</c><00:34:37.460><c> Euphrates</c><00:34:37.840><c> River</c><00:34:38.159><c> all</c><00:34:38.400><c> the</c><00:34:38.480><c> way</c><00:34:38.539><c> up</c> 00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.320 to<00:34:38.920><c> Heron.</c> 00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:42.179 And<00:34:39.820><c> then</c><00:34:40.000><c> when</c><00:34:40.159><c> you</c><00:34:40.300><c> read</c><00:34:40.460><c> about</c><00:34:40.619><c> his</c><00:34:40.840><c> father</c><00:34:41.139><c> dying</c><00:34:41.400><c> and</c><00:34:41.619><c> coming</c><00:34:41.780><c> down</c><00:34:42.000><c> in</c> 00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:44.940 the<00:34:42.380><c> land</c><00:34:42.820><c> and</c><00:34:43.280><c> Genesis</c><00:34:43.539><c> recounts</c><00:34:44.780><c> the</c> 00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:48.619 fact<00:34:45.139><c> that</c><00:34:45.639><c> God</c><00:34:45.900><c> had</c><00:34:46.119><c> appeared</c><00:34:46.380><c> to</c><00:34:46.599><c> him,</c><00:34:46.960><c> it's</c><00:34:47.340><c> actually</c><00:34:47.780><c> referring</c><00:34:48.219><c> all</c> 00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:50.820 the<00:34:48.719><c> way</c><00:34:48.920><c> back</c><00:34:49.179><c> to</c><00:34:49.400><c> Ur</c><00:34:49.679><c> of</c><00:34:49.980><c> the</c><00:34:50.179><c> Chaldees.</c> 00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:53.619 And<00:34:51.280><c> you</c><00:34:51.480><c> find</c><00:34:51.659><c> that</c><00:34:51.900><c> out</c><00:34:52.059><c> from</c><00:34:52.360><c> Stephen's</c><00:34:53.000><c> speech</c><00:34:53.159><c> in</c><00:34:53.420><c> Acts</c> 00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:56.380 chapter<00:34:53.920><c> 7.</c><00:34:54.760><c> So</c><00:34:54.960><c> the</c><00:34:55.119><c> Lord</c><00:34:55.340><c> had</c><00:34:55.579><c> said</c><00:34:55.679><c> to</c><00:34:55.900><c> Abraham</c> 00:34:56.380 --> 00:35:00.900 in<00:34:57.139><c> Genesis</c><00:34:57.579><c> chapter</c><00:34:57.980><c> 12.</c><00:34:58.980><c> It's</c><00:34:59.119><c> not</c><00:34:59.219><c> so</c><00:34:59.400><c> loud</c><00:34:59.559><c> now,</c><00:34:59.860><c> thank</c><00:35:00.000><c> you.</c><00:35:00.699><c> In</c> 00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:02.519 our<00:35:01.139><c> Bibles,</c><00:35:01.519><c> in</c><00:35:01.619><c> Genesis</c><00:35:01.900><c> chapter</c><00:35:02.199><c> 12,</c> 00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:05.300 what<00:35:02.820><c> does</c><00:35:03.019><c> the</c><00:35:03.239><c> King</c><00:35:03.440><c> James</c><00:35:03.699><c> have</c><00:35:03.860><c> there</c><00:35:04.099><c> in</c><00:35:04.280><c> verse</c><00:35:04.559><c> 1?</c><00:35:05.099><c> Does</c> 00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:07.820 it<00:35:05.480><c> say</c><00:35:05.659><c> the</c><00:35:05.840><c> Lord</c><00:35:06.260><c> said</c><00:35:06.500><c> to</c><00:35:06.739><c> Abraham</c><00:35:07.119><c> or</c><00:35:07.320><c> the</c><00:35:07.559><c> Lord</c> 00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:11.360 had<00:35:08.099><c> said</c><00:35:08.480><c> to</c><00:35:08.659><c> Abraham?</c><00:35:09.880><c> Had</c><00:35:10.320><c> said,</c><00:35:10.639><c> because</c><00:35:10.820><c> that's</c><00:35:11.079><c> really</c> 00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.940 what<00:35:11.500><c> it</c><00:35:11.739><c> should</c><00:35:11.860><c> be.</c><00:35:12.219><c> Some</c><00:35:12.380><c> of</c><00:35:12.519><c> the</c><00:35:12.659><c> versions</c> 00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:17.659 put<00:35:13.219><c> in</c><00:35:13.559><c> said</c><00:35:13.780><c> as</c><00:35:14.239><c> though</c><00:35:14.420><c> it</c><00:35:14.559><c> was</c><00:35:14.980><c> current</c><00:35:15.239><c> right</c><00:35:15.579><c> now.</c><00:35:16.239><c> But</c><00:35:16.420><c> actually</c><00:35:16.820><c> this</c><00:35:17.179><c> is</c><00:35:17.480><c> a</c> 00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:19.460 recounting<00:35:18.179><c> about</c><00:35:18.420><c> why</c><00:35:18.880><c> Abraham</c> 00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:22.820 left<00:35:19.800><c> Heron</c><00:35:20.099><c> and</c><00:35:20.280><c> came</c><00:35:20.480><c> on</c><00:35:20.739><c> down</c><00:35:21.000><c> because</c><00:35:21.639><c> God</c><00:35:21.940><c> had</c><00:35:22.360><c> said</c><00:35:22.559><c> to</c> 00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:24.699 Abraham,<00:35:23.400><c> get</c><00:35:23.400><c> out</c><00:35:23.619><c> of</c><00:35:23.719><c> your</c><00:35:23.900><c> country,</c><00:35:24.320><c> from</c><00:35:24.460><c> your</c> 00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:27.179 family<00:35:24.980><c> and</c><00:35:25.139><c> your</c><00:35:25.300><c> father's</c><00:35:25.739><c> house</c><00:35:26.059><c> to</c><00:35:26.440><c> a</c><00:35:26.599><c> land</c><00:35:26.719><c> that</c><00:35:26.900><c> I</c><00:35:27.000><c> will</c> 00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:29.460 show<00:35:27.420><c> you.</c><00:35:27.639><c> This</c><00:35:27.860><c> was</c><00:35:28.119><c> way</c><00:35:28.400><c> back</c><00:35:28.659><c> when</c><00:35:28.800><c> he</c><00:35:28.980><c> was</c><00:35:29.159><c> in</c><00:35:29.360><c> Ur</c> 00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:31.980 of<00:35:29.599><c> the</c><00:35:29.739><c> Chaldees.</c><00:35:30.480><c> He</c><00:35:30.619><c> was</c><00:35:30.840><c> told</c><00:35:31.019><c> back</c><00:35:31.300><c> then</c><00:35:31.500><c> that</c><00:35:31.659><c> God</c><00:35:31.800><c> would</c> 00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:33.699 make<00:35:32.079><c> a</c><00:35:32.280><c> great</c><00:35:32.420><c> nation</c><00:35:32.719><c> of</c><00:35:32.900><c> him</c><00:35:33.059><c> and</c><00:35:33.280><c> bless</c><00:35:33.460><c> those</c> 00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:37.800 who<00:35:33.780><c> blessed</c><00:35:34.119><c> him.</c><00:35:34.920><c> And</c><00:35:35.159><c> the</c><00:35:35.320><c> Lord</c><00:35:35.579><c> spoke</c><00:35:35.960><c> to</c><00:35:36.119><c> him</c><00:35:36.260><c> at</c><00:35:36.440><c> that</c><00:35:36.679><c> case,</c><00:35:37.139><c> way</c><00:35:37.360><c> back</c><00:35:37.619><c> in</c> 00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:39.360 Ur.<00:35:38.159><c> And</c><00:35:38.260><c> then</c><00:35:38.480><c> Abraham</c><00:35:38.840><c> comes</c><00:35:39.139><c> up,</c> 00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:42.239 he<00:35:39.780><c> goes</c><00:35:40.000><c> up</c><00:35:40.300><c> to</c><00:35:40.699><c> Heron,</c><00:35:41.139><c> spends</c><00:35:41.260><c> some</c><00:35:41.500><c> time</c><00:35:41.659><c> there</c><00:35:41.840><c> until</c><00:35:42.039><c> his</c> 00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:44.800 dad<00:35:42.420><c> dies.</c><00:35:43.119><c> And</c><00:35:43.239><c> then</c><00:35:43.460><c> finding</c><00:35:43.639><c> when</c><00:35:43.780><c> he's</c><00:35:44.099><c> 75</c><00:35:44.440><c> years</c> 00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:47.780 old,<00:35:44.960><c> he</c><00:35:45.199><c> departed</c><00:35:45.579><c> from</c><00:35:46.079><c> Heron.</c><00:35:46.780><c> I</c><00:35:46.940><c> think</c><00:35:47.119><c> that's</c><00:35:47.440><c> probably</c> 00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:50.699 the<00:35:48.119><c> sequence</c><00:35:48.460><c> there.</c><00:35:49.320><c> So</c><00:35:49.539><c> in</c><00:35:49.719><c> Genesis</c><00:35:50.079><c> 15,</c> 00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:54.079 when<00:35:50.860><c> you</c><00:35:51.000><c> move</c><00:35:51.139><c> ahead</c><00:35:51.360><c> a</c><00:35:51.519><c> little</c><00:35:51.719><c> bit,</c><00:35:52.440><c> God</c><00:35:52.679><c> shows</c><00:35:53.000><c> up</c><00:35:53.260><c> in</c><00:35:53.420><c> verse</c><00:35:53.659><c> 7,</c> 00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:56.260 again<00:35:54.619><c> an</c><00:35:54.860><c> angel</c><00:35:55.199><c> probably</c><00:35:55.559><c> talking</c><00:35:55.960><c> with</c> 00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:59.800 Abraham,<00:35:56.820><c> that</c><00:35:56.980><c> I</c><00:35:57.219><c> am</c><00:35:57.780><c> the</c><00:35:58.059><c> Lord</c><00:35:58.380><c> who</c><00:35:58.639><c> brought</c><00:35:58.880><c> you</c><00:35:59.099><c> out</c><00:35:59.360><c> of</c><00:35:59.519><c> Ur</c> 00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:02.159 of<00:35:59.980><c> the</c><00:36:00.159><c> Chaldees</c><00:36:00.619><c> to</c><00:36:00.840><c> give</c><00:36:01.019><c> you</c><00:36:01.159><c> this</c><00:36:01.380><c> land</c><00:36:01.579><c> to</c><00:36:01.820><c> inherit.</c> 00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:06.699 And<00:36:02.960><c> he</c><00:36:03.280><c> said,</c><00:36:03.699><c> Lord</c><00:36:04.219><c> God,</c><00:36:04.539><c> how</c><00:36:04.800><c> shall</c><00:36:05.019><c> I</c><00:36:05.219><c> know</c><00:36:05.360><c> that</c><00:36:05.539><c> I</c><00:36:05.659><c> will</c><00:36:05.840><c> inherit</c><00:36:06.159><c> it?</c><00:36:06.400><c> That's</c><00:36:06.619><c> a</c> 00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:07.800 good<00:36:06.840><c> question.</c><00:36:07.599><c> Like,</c> 00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:10.460 how<00:36:07.940><c> do</c><00:36:08.099><c> I</c><00:36:08.260><c> know</c><00:36:08.480><c> I'm</c><00:36:08.800><c> going</c><00:36:08.900><c> to</c><00:36:08.980><c> be</c><00:36:09.119><c> a</c><00:36:09.239><c> part</c><00:36:09.360><c> of</c><00:36:09.519><c> this?</c><00:36:10.099><c> Because</c> 00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:12.099 Abraham's<00:36:10.940><c> getting</c><00:36:11.079><c> old</c><00:36:11.460><c> at</c><00:36:11.659><c> this</c><00:36:11.900><c> point.</c> 00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:16.199 And<00:36:12.780><c> so</c><00:36:12.960><c> he</c><00:36:13.079><c> asks,</c><00:36:13.539><c> he</c><00:36:13.599><c> says,</c><00:36:13.960><c> bring</c><00:36:14.139><c> me</c><00:36:14.699><c> a</c><00:36:15.079><c> three</c><00:36:15.260><c>-year</c><00:36:15.480><c>-old</c><00:36:15.619><c> heifer.</c><00:36:15.980><c> So</c> 00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:17.800 we<00:36:16.360><c> know</c><00:36:16.500><c> it's</c><00:36:16.699><c> an</c><00:36:16.880><c> angel</c><00:36:17.139><c> that</c><00:36:17.300><c> he's</c><00:36:17.539><c> talking</c> 00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:20.760 with<00:36:18.179><c> because</c><00:36:18.659><c> he</c><00:36:18.940><c> brings</c><00:36:19.219><c> the</c><00:36:19.480><c> heifer</c><00:36:19.699><c> and</c><00:36:19.880><c> he</c><00:36:20.119><c> presents</c><00:36:20.460><c> it</c> 00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:23.639 to<00:36:21.179><c> the</c><00:36:21.420><c> angel.</c><00:36:22.039><c> It's</c><00:36:22.300><c> not</c><00:36:22.519><c> actually</c><00:36:22.940><c> God</c><00:36:23.179><c> himself,</c> 00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:27.760 it's<00:36:24.019><c> an</c><00:36:24.300><c> angel</c><00:36:24.559><c> who's</c><00:36:24.900><c> talking</c><00:36:25.260><c> with</c><00:36:25.599><c> Abraham.</c><00:36:26.760><c> And</c><00:36:27.199><c> the</c><00:36:27.380><c> angel</c><00:36:27.599><c> is</c> 00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:29.420 going<00:36:27.840><c> to</c><00:36:27.980><c> show</c><00:36:28.159><c> him</c><00:36:28.380><c> how</c><00:36:28.599><c> he's</c><00:36:28.860><c> going</c><00:36:29.019><c> to</c><00:36:29.179><c> know.</c> 00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:32.940 Anybody<00:36:30.000><c> remember</c><00:36:30.619><c> what</c><00:36:30.920><c> happens</c><00:36:31.280><c> in</c><00:36:31.420><c> that</c><00:36:31.639><c> story?</c><00:36:32.500><c> He</c><00:36:32.659><c> takes</c> 00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:35.000 the<00:36:33.179><c> heifer,</c><00:36:33.539><c> he</c><00:36:33.719><c> splits</c><00:36:33.840><c> it</c><00:36:34.039><c> apart,</c><00:36:34.420><c> he</c><00:36:34.460><c> splits</c><00:36:34.719><c> all</c> 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:38.960 the<00:36:35.139><c> things</c><00:36:35.320><c> apart,</c><00:36:35.880><c> right?</c><00:36:36.159><c> And</c><00:36:36.380><c> then</c><00:36:36.800><c> the</c><00:36:37.179><c> torch</c><00:36:37.440><c> goes</c><00:36:37.840><c> between</c><00:36:38.219><c> them.</c><00:36:38.820><c> What</c> 00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:40.900 they<00:36:39.159><c> used</c><00:36:39.360><c> to</c><00:36:39.559><c> do</c><00:36:39.800><c> in</c><00:36:40.300><c> Bible</c><00:36:40.539><c> times</c> 00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:43.280 when<00:36:41.039><c> they</c><00:36:41.159><c> would</c><00:36:41.320><c> make</c><00:36:41.500><c> a</c><00:36:41.679><c> covenant</c><00:36:41.880><c> with</c><00:36:42.099><c> somebody</c><00:36:42.480><c> is</c><00:36:43.079><c> that</c> 00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:45.239 you<00:36:43.360><c> would</c><00:36:43.599><c> cut</c><00:36:43.820><c> animals</c><00:36:44.219><c> in</c><00:36:44.480><c> half</c><00:36:44.739><c> and</c><00:36:45.099><c> then</c> 00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:47.920 you<00:36:45.380><c> would</c><00:36:45.699><c> protect</c><00:36:46.219><c> the</c><00:36:46.659><c> animals</c><00:36:47.019><c> from</c><00:36:47.239><c> the</c><00:36:47.440><c> birds</c><00:36:47.619><c> of</c><00:36:47.780><c> the</c> 00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:50.460 air<00:36:48.019><c> coming</c><00:36:48.300><c> down</c><00:36:48.719><c> and</c><00:36:49.179><c> show</c><00:36:49.460><c> your</c><00:36:49.780><c> commitment</c><00:36:50.199><c> to</c> 00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:55.239 protect<00:36:50.739><c> the</c><00:36:50.940><c> covenant.</c><00:36:51.860><c> And</c><00:36:52.059><c> in</c><00:36:52.199><c> the</c><00:36:52.280><c> midst</c><00:36:52.380><c> of</c><00:36:52.579><c> this,</c><00:36:52.840><c> in</c><00:36:52.920><c> Genesis</c><00:36:53.199><c> 15,</c><00:36:53.719><c> Abraham</c><00:36:53.960><c> falls</c><00:36:54.199><c> asleep,</c><00:36:54.800><c> finally</c><00:36:54.860><c> gets</c><00:36:55.039><c> so</c> 00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:58.300 tired,<00:36:55.840><c> but</c><00:36:56.000><c> God</c><00:36:56.239><c> is</c><00:36:56.500><c> there</c><00:36:56.699><c> all</c><00:36:56.980><c> through</c><00:36:57.159><c> the</c><00:36:57.300><c> night</c><00:36:57.460><c> protecting</c><00:36:58.019><c> this</c> 00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:59.699 thing<00:36:58.440><c> and</c><00:36:58.599><c> God</c><00:36:58.880><c> promises</c><00:36:59.320><c> him</c> 00:36:59.699 --> 00:37:03.679 that<00:37:00.159><c> he</c><00:37:00.599><c> will</c><00:37:01.059><c> keep</c><00:37:01.420><c> the</c><00:37:01.719><c> covenant</c><00:37:02.019><c> even</c><00:37:02.599><c> though</c><00:37:02.940><c> your</c><00:37:03.159><c> descendants</c><00:37:03.519><c> are</c> 00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.980 going<00:37:03.800><c> to</c><00:37:03.840><c> go</c><00:37:04.079><c> down</c><00:37:04.260><c> after</c><00:37:04.539><c> 400,</c> 00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:08.559 they're<00:37:05.179><c> going</c><00:37:05.360><c> to</c><00:37:05.420><c> go</c><00:37:05.539><c> into</c><00:37:05.739><c> a</c><00:37:05.880><c> land</c><00:37:05.960><c> that's</c><00:37:06.199><c> not</c><00:37:06.380><c> theirs.</c><00:37:06.940><c> And</c><00:37:07.139><c> after</c><00:37:07.340><c> 400</c><00:37:07.739><c> years</c><00:37:08.300><c> in</c> 00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.820 the<00:37:08.719><c> time</c><00:37:08.820><c> of</c><00:37:09.019><c> Moses,</c><00:37:09.380><c> God</c><00:37:09.619><c> will</c> 00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:13.639 bring<00:37:09.960><c> them</c><00:37:10.139><c> out.</c><00:37:11.539><c> Remember</c><00:37:11.840><c> Genesis</c><00:37:12.199><c> 16,</c><00:37:12.840><c> how</c><00:37:13.019><c> the</c><00:37:13.219><c> angel</c><00:37:13.460><c> of</c> 00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:16.699 the<00:37:13.719><c> Lord</c><00:37:13.880><c> went</c><00:37:14.039><c> after</c><00:37:14.340><c> Hagar</c><00:37:14.719><c> when</c><00:37:15.099><c> she</c><00:37:15.920><c> was</c><00:37:16.119><c> sent</c><00:37:16.300><c> away</c> 00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:19.239 and<00:37:17.179><c> Sarah</c><00:37:17.500><c> sent</c><00:37:17.719><c> her</c><00:37:17.900><c> away</c><00:37:18.039><c> and</c><00:37:18.179><c> the</c><00:37:18.380><c> angel</c><00:37:18.559><c> takes</c><00:37:18.880><c> care</c><00:37:19.119><c> of</c> 00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:21.860 her.<00:37:19.659><c> The</c><00:37:19.739><c> angel</c><00:37:19.920><c> found</c><00:37:20.300><c> her</c><00:37:20.739><c> and</c><00:37:21.159><c> the</c><00:37:21.300><c> angel</c><00:37:21.440><c> says</c><00:37:21.719><c> to</c> 00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:24.719 her<00:37:22.039><c> in</c><00:37:22.099><c> verse</c><00:37:22.360><c> 9,</c><00:37:22.780><c> return</c><00:37:23.059><c> to</c><00:37:23.219><c> your</c><00:37:23.360><c> mistress,</c><00:37:23.920><c> submit</c><00:37:24.099><c> yourself</c><00:37:24.480><c> under</c> 00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:26.320 her<00:37:24.940><c> hand.</c><00:37:25.800><c> And</c><00:37:25.900><c> the</c><00:37:25.980><c> angel</c><00:37:26.119><c> of</c><00:37:26.219><c> the</c> 00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:29.480 Lord<00:37:26.480><c> said</c><00:37:26.699><c> to</c><00:37:26.820><c> her,</c><00:37:27.019><c> I'll</c><00:37:27.440><c> multiply</c><00:37:27.840><c> your</c><00:37:28.099><c> descendants</c><00:37:28.440><c> exceedingly</c><00:37:29.219><c> so</c> 00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.679 that<00:37:29.619><c> they</c><00:37:29.760><c> can't</c><00:37:30.000><c> be</c><00:37:30.199><c> counted</c><00:37:30.440><c> for</c> 00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:34.920 multitude.<00:37:31.800><c> And</c><00:37:32.019><c> so</c><00:37:32.199><c> the</c><00:37:32.420><c> angel</c><00:37:32.840><c> talks</c><00:37:33.239><c> to</c><00:37:33.460><c> her</c><00:37:34.019><c> and</c><00:37:34.460><c> comforts</c> 00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:36.420 her<00:37:35.019><c> with</c><00:37:35.199><c> the</c><00:37:35.380><c> fact</c><00:37:35.519><c> because</c><00:37:35.860><c> the</c><00:37:36.139><c> Lord</c> 00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:39.679 has<00:37:36.800><c> heard</c><00:37:37.099><c> your</c><00:37:37.400><c> affliction.</c><00:37:38.579><c> Abraham</c><00:37:38.800><c> prayed</c><00:37:39.139><c> for</c><00:37:39.400><c> Hagar.</c> 00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:44.139 He<00:37:40.280><c> loved</c><00:37:40.500><c> her.</c><00:37:42.059><c> She</c><00:37:42.579><c> had</c><00:37:42.760><c> his</c><00:37:43.039><c> child</c><00:37:43.420><c> Ishmael</c> 00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:47.980 and<00:37:44.599><c> Abraham</c><00:37:45.659><c> was</c><00:37:45.920><c> very</c><00:37:46.260><c> discouraged</c><00:37:46.860><c> when</c><00:37:47.239><c> she</c><00:37:47.480><c> was</c><00:37:47.719><c> gone</c> 00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:51.000 and<00:37:48.260><c> sent</c><00:37:48.380><c> away.</c><00:37:49.179><c> But</c><00:37:49.599><c> look</c><00:37:49.940><c> how</c><00:37:50.320><c> angels</c><00:37:50.719><c> take</c> 00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:53.619 care<00:37:51.179><c> of</c><00:37:51.320><c> people.</c><00:37:51.960><c> They</c><00:37:52.199><c> take</c><00:37:52.539><c> care</c><00:37:52.699><c> of</c><00:37:52.739><c> people</c><00:37:53.039><c> sometimes</c> 00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:55.679 because<00:37:54.039><c> somebody</c><00:37:54.440><c> else</c><00:37:54.780><c> prays</c><00:37:55.139><c> for</c><00:37:55.300><c> them.</c> 00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:58.719 And<00:37:56.380><c> in</c><00:37:56.519><c> this</c><00:37:56.739><c> case</c><00:37:56.920><c> here,</c><00:37:57.139><c> I'm</c><00:37:57.239><c> sure</c><00:37:57.539><c> Abraham</c><00:37:58.059><c> had</c><00:37:58.300><c> asked</c><00:37:58.539><c> God</c> 00:37:58.719 --> 00:38:01.119 to<00:37:58.960><c> take</c><00:37:59.139><c> care</c><00:37:59.300><c> of</c><00:37:59.480><c> her</c><00:37:59.699><c> and</c><00:38:00.139><c> the</c><00:38:00.340><c> angels</c><00:38:00.639><c> went</c><00:38:00.820><c> after</c> 00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:04.900 her.<00:38:01.460><c> They</c><00:38:01.559><c> found</c><00:38:01.880><c> her</c><00:38:02.260><c> and</c><00:38:02.659><c> they</c><00:38:02.920><c> took</c><00:38:03.099><c> care</c><00:38:03.420><c> of</c><00:38:03.639><c> Hagar.</c><00:38:04.739><c> In</c> 00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:08.519 Genesis<00:38:05.340><c> 17,</c><00:38:06.239><c> moving</c><00:38:06.460><c> ahead,</c><00:38:07.219><c> Abraham's</c><00:38:07.699><c> now</c><00:38:07.980><c> 99</c> 00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:12.119 years<00:38:08.920><c> old.</c><00:38:09.559><c> And</c><00:38:09.800><c> again,</c><00:38:10.179><c> the</c><00:38:10.360><c> Lord</c><00:38:10.679><c> appeared</c><00:38:11.360><c> to</c><00:38:11.719><c> Abraham.</c> 00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:15.360 So<00:38:12.440><c> this</c><00:38:12.679><c> has</c><00:38:12.920><c> to</c><00:38:13.099><c> be</c><00:38:13.219><c> an</c><00:38:13.420><c> angel.</c><00:38:14.239><c> And</c><00:38:14.440><c> so</c><00:38:14.679><c> the</c><00:38:14.900><c> angel</c><00:38:15.099><c> says</c> 00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:20.559 to<00:38:15.460><c> him,</c><00:38:16.119><c> I</c><00:38:16.159><c> am</c><00:38:16.639><c> Almighty</c><00:38:17.260><c> God.</c><00:38:18.260><c> Walk</c><00:38:18.579><c> before</c><00:38:18.980><c> me</c><00:38:19.199><c> and</c><00:38:19.340><c> be</c><00:38:19.579><c> blameless.</c><00:38:20.239><c> I'll</c> 00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:22.139 make<00:38:20.719><c> my</c><00:38:21.099><c> covenant</c><00:38:21.360><c> between</c><00:38:21.739><c> me</c><00:38:22.019><c> and</c> 00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:25.960 you<00:38:22.280><c> and</c><00:38:22.480><c> multiply</c><00:38:23.000><c> you</c><00:38:23.300><c> exceedingly.</c><00:38:24.500><c> And</c><00:38:24.780><c> God</c><00:38:25.260><c> talked</c><00:38:25.739><c> with</c> 00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:29.000 him<00:38:26.219><c> when</c><00:38:26.900><c> Abraham</c><00:38:27.219><c> fell</c><00:38:27.440><c> on</c><00:38:27.599><c> his</c><00:38:27.840><c> face.</c><00:38:28.579><c> God</c> 00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:32.579 talked<00:38:29.480><c> with</c><00:38:29.679><c> him.</c><00:38:30.079><c> And</c><00:38:30.219><c> yet</c><00:38:30.320><c> it's</c><00:38:30.539><c> actually</c><00:38:30.940><c> an</c><00:38:31.260><c> angel.</c><00:38:32.199><c> And</c> 00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:35.519 the<00:38:32.739><c> angel</c><00:38:32.920><c> is</c><00:38:33.159><c> there</c><00:38:33.340><c> in</c><00:38:33.500><c> Genesis</c><00:38:33.760><c> 17</c><00:38:34.380><c> to</c><00:38:35.000><c> bring</c><00:38:35.280><c> about</c> 00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:37.980 the<00:38:35.739><c> covenant</c><00:38:36.000><c> of</c><00:38:36.320><c> circumcision</c><00:38:36.840><c> and</c><00:38:37.139><c> make</c><00:38:37.360><c> a</c><00:38:37.579><c> covenant</c><00:38:37.760><c> with</c> 00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:41.179 Abraham.<00:38:39.059><c> And</c><00:38:39.400><c> these</c><00:38:40.380><c> are</c><00:38:40.579><c> the</c><00:38:40.719><c> kind</c><00:38:40.860><c> of</c><00:38:40.960><c> things</c> 00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:44.780 angels<00:38:41.679><c> did</c><00:38:42.179><c> in</c><00:38:42.539><c> Abraham's</c><00:38:43.159><c> life.</c><00:38:43.780><c> And</c><00:38:44.000><c> when</c><00:38:44.099><c> he's</c><00:38:44.360><c> all</c><00:38:44.559><c> done</c> 00:38:44.780 --> 00:38:47.219 talking<00:38:45.179><c> with</c><00:38:45.460><c> Abraham,</c><00:38:46.159><c> you</c><00:38:46.320><c> know</c><00:38:46.579><c> it's</c><00:38:46.780><c> an</c><00:38:46.960><c> angel</c> 00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:51.059 because<00:38:47.679><c> in</c><00:38:47.880><c> verse</c><00:38:48.079><c> 22,</c><00:38:49.019><c> it</c><00:38:49.219><c> finishes</c><00:38:49.699><c> and</c><00:38:50.059><c> says,</c><00:38:50.579><c> God</c><00:38:50.699><c> went</c> 00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:54.199 up<00:38:51.400><c> from</c><00:38:51.760><c> Abraham.</c><00:38:52.619><c> And</c><00:38:52.920><c> so</c><00:38:53.099><c> an</c><00:38:53.340><c> angel</c><00:38:53.460><c> comes</c><00:38:53.739><c> down</c> 00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:56.800 just<00:38:54.460><c> like</c><00:38:54.659><c> it</c><00:38:54.860><c> did</c><00:38:54.960><c> with</c><00:38:55.219><c> Manoah</c><00:38:55.739><c> and</c><00:38:55.940><c> his</c><00:38:56.179><c> wife.</c><00:38:56.480><c> And</c><00:38:56.639><c> when</c> 00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:58.780 the<00:38:56.940><c> angel</c><00:38:57.059><c> was</c><00:38:57.260><c> done</c><00:38:57.420><c> talking</c><00:38:57.780><c> with</c><00:38:58.000><c> them,</c><00:38:58.159><c> the</c><00:38:58.460><c> angel</c> 00:38:58.780 --> 00:39:01.920 went<00:38:59.000><c> up</c><00:38:59.420><c> because</c><00:39:00.059><c> I</c><00:39:00.300><c> think</c><00:39:00.579><c> the</c><00:39:00.900><c> angels</c><00:39:01.159><c> are</c><00:39:01.400><c> trying</c><00:39:01.559><c> to</c><00:39:01.739><c> show</c> 00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:03.739 us<00:39:02.199><c> that</c><00:39:02.380><c> the</c><00:39:02.480><c> idea</c><00:39:02.679><c> of</c><00:39:02.900><c> heaven</c><00:39:03.039><c> is</c><00:39:03.300><c> out</c><00:39:03.460><c> there</c> 00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:06.559 beyond<00:39:04.059><c> us,</c><00:39:04.659><c> even</c><00:39:04.980><c> though</c><00:39:05.340><c> it</c><00:39:05.619><c> probably</c><00:39:05.840><c> isn't</c><00:39:06.119><c> really</c><00:39:06.480><c> way</c> 00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:08.780 up<00:39:06.780><c> there</c><00:39:06.940><c> in</c><00:39:07.099><c> the</c><00:39:07.280><c> sky</c><00:39:07.480><c> somewhere.</c><00:39:07.920><c> That's</c><00:39:08.360><c> the</c><00:39:08.480><c> best</c> 00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:12.920 they<00:39:08.980><c> could</c><00:39:09.179><c> do</c><00:39:09.420><c> to</c><00:39:09.619><c> help</c><00:39:09.739><c> us</c><00:39:10.039><c> understand.</c><00:39:11.860><c> Genesis</c><00:39:12.039><c> 18</c><00:39:12.579><c> was</c> 00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:15.760 probably<00:39:13.500><c> the</c><00:39:13.960><c> first</c><00:39:14.440><c> Bible</c><00:39:14.739><c> story</c><00:39:15.219><c> that</c><00:39:15.400><c> ever</c><00:39:15.599><c> got</c> 00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:18.539 me<00:39:16.059><c> interested,</c><00:39:16.460><c> really</c><00:39:16.760><c> interested</c><00:39:17.139><c> in</c><00:39:17.340><c> angels.</c><00:39:18.159><c> And</c><00:39:18.400><c> I'll</c> 00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:21.199 show<00:39:18.719><c> you</c><00:39:18.860><c> why.</c><00:39:19.260><c> As</c><00:39:19.380><c> you</c><00:39:19.480><c> look</c><00:39:19.619><c> at</c><00:39:19.760><c> Genesis</c><00:39:20.119><c> 18,</c> 00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:23.659 the<00:39:21.340><c> Lord</c><00:39:21.659><c> appeared</c><00:39:22.119><c> to</c><00:39:22.280><c> him</c><00:39:22.500><c> again.</c><00:39:22.880><c> So</c><00:39:23.079><c> there's</c><00:39:23.320><c> that</c><00:39:23.480><c> word</c> 00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:26.360 appeared.<00:39:24.300><c> So</c><00:39:24.440><c> we</c><00:39:24.619><c> know</c><00:39:24.760><c> it's</c><00:39:25.099><c> angels,</c><00:39:25.480><c> right?</c> 00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:28.980 So<00:39:26.619><c> it</c><00:39:26.719><c> appeared</c><00:39:26.860><c> to</c><00:39:27.039><c> him</c><00:39:27.239><c> by</c><00:39:27.440><c> the</c><00:39:27.599><c> tournament</c><00:39:27.880><c> trees.</c><00:39:28.500><c> He</c><00:39:28.679><c> lifts</c><00:39:28.800><c> up</c> 00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:30.219 his<00:39:29.179><c> eyes</c><00:39:29.360><c> in</c><00:39:29.500><c> verse</c><00:39:29.719><c> two</c><00:39:29.860><c> and</c><00:39:29.960><c> he</c><00:39:30.099><c> looks</c> 00:39:30.219 --> 00:39:34.300 and<00:39:30.380><c> there's</c><00:39:30.599><c> three</c><00:39:30.840><c> men</c><00:39:31.079><c> standing</c><00:39:31.420><c> by</c><00:39:31.699><c> him.</c><00:39:32.340><c> So</c><00:39:32.780><c> here's</c><00:39:33.320><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:33.679><c> appearing</c><00:39:34.039><c> to</c> 00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:35.860 Abraham<00:39:34.739><c> and</c><00:39:35.059><c> he</c><00:39:35.300><c> appears</c><00:39:35.539><c> to</c><00:39:35.699><c> him</c> 00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:40.099 three<00:39:36.179><c> people,</c><00:39:36.719><c> three</c><00:39:37.159><c> angels</c><00:39:37.719><c> that</c><00:39:38.460><c> appear</c><00:39:38.679><c> to</c><00:39:38.800><c> him.</c><00:39:39.460><c> And</c><00:39:39.719><c> so</c> 00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:43.119 Abraham's<00:39:40.760><c> response</c><00:39:41.300><c> is,</c><00:39:41.739><c> as</c><00:39:41.960><c> any</c><00:39:42.360><c> good</c><00:39:42.719><c> person</c> 00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:46.659 of<00:39:43.320><c> the</c><00:39:43.420><c> Middle</c><00:39:43.639><c> East</c><00:39:43.800><c> would</c><00:39:44.000><c> do,</c><00:39:44.539><c> they</c><00:39:44.719><c> are</c><00:39:45.000><c> extremely</c><00:39:45.440><c> hospitable.</c><00:39:46.340><c> And</c> 00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:48.099 he<00:39:46.739><c> says,</c><00:39:47.000><c> let's</c><00:39:47.380><c> get</c><00:39:47.559><c> some</c><00:39:47.780><c> water.</c> 00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:50.940 We'll<00:39:48.360><c> wash</c><00:39:48.639><c> your</c><00:39:48.960><c> feet.</c><00:39:49.679><c> I'll</c><00:39:49.800><c> bring</c><00:39:49.920><c> you</c><00:39:50.079><c> a</c><00:39:50.159><c> morsel</c><00:39:50.400><c> of</c><00:39:50.579><c> bread</c><00:39:50.780><c> that</c> 00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:52.980 you<00:39:50.980><c> can</c><00:39:51.219><c> refresh</c><00:39:51.519><c> yourself.</c><00:39:52.400><c> And</c><00:39:52.619><c> in</c><00:39:52.760><c> verse</c> 00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:57.880 five,<00:39:53.460><c> the</c><00:39:53.699><c> angels</c><00:39:53.920><c> say,</c><00:39:54.780><c> do</c><00:39:54.860><c> as</c><00:39:55.099><c> you</c><00:39:55.239><c> have</c><00:39:55.519><c> said.</c><00:39:56.380><c> Now,</c><00:39:56.980><c> anybody</c><00:39:57.320><c> remember</c><00:39:57.739><c> what</c> 00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.960 the<00:39:58.159><c> angels</c><00:39:58.320><c> are</c><00:39:58.500><c> there</c><00:39:58.599><c> to</c><00:39:58.820><c> tell</c> 00:39:58.960 --> 00:40:02.820 them?<00:40:00.119><c> In</c><00:40:00.599><c> Genesis</c><00:40:00.960><c> 18,</c><00:40:01.480><c> what</c><00:40:01.639><c> are</c><00:40:01.800><c> they</c><00:40:01.840><c> going</c><00:40:02.000><c> to</c><00:40:02.199><c> tell</c><00:40:02.380><c> him</c> 00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:04.239 and<00:40:03.280><c> Sarah?</c> 00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:11.880 Genesis<00:40:05.719><c> 18,</c><00:40:07.079><c> they're</c><00:40:07.260><c> going</c><00:40:07.380><c> to</c><00:40:07.519><c> tell</c><00:40:07.679><c> them,</c><00:40:08.619><c> you</c><00:40:08.820><c> two</c><00:40:09.260><c> are</c><00:40:09.539><c> going</c><00:40:09.659><c> to</c><00:40:09.820><c> have</c><00:40:10.699><c> a</c> 00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:13.500 child.<00:40:12.860><c> Next</c><00:40:13.199><c> year,</c> 00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:15.320 about<00:40:13.719><c> this</c><00:40:14.019><c> time,</c><00:40:14.179><c> you're</c><00:40:14.280><c> going</c><00:40:14.360><c> to</c><00:40:14.380><c> have</c><00:40:14.480><c> a</c><00:40:14.579><c> child,</c><00:40:15.059><c> right?</c> 00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:17.019 So<00:40:15.739><c> that's</c><00:40:15.900><c> what</c><00:40:16.039><c> they're</c><00:40:16.219><c> actually</c><00:40:16.500><c> there</c><00:40:16.780><c> for.</c> 00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:20.699 So<00:40:17.559><c> they</c><00:40:17.760><c> got</c><00:40:18.000><c> sent</c><00:40:18.280><c> down</c><00:40:18.599><c> from</c><00:40:18.800><c> heaven</c><00:40:19.219><c> to</c><00:40:19.739><c> tell</c><00:40:19.980><c> Abraham</c><00:40:20.460><c> and</c> 00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:22.679 Sarah,<00:40:21.179><c> you're</c><00:40:21.360><c> going</c><00:40:21.460><c> to</c><00:40:21.500><c> have</c><00:40:21.619><c> a</c><00:40:21.780><c> child.</c> 00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:26.300 They<00:40:22.980><c> show</c><00:40:23.199><c> up</c><00:40:23.380><c> to</c><00:40:23.559><c> Abraham,</c><00:40:24.179><c> the</c><00:40:24.340><c> three</c><00:40:24.579><c> angels,</c><00:40:25.380><c> and</c><00:40:25.800><c> they've</c><00:40:26.139><c> got</c> 00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:27.380 this<00:40:26.699><c> message</c><00:40:27.039><c> they're</c><00:40:27.219><c> supposed</c> 00:40:27.380 --> 00:40:30.579 to<00:40:27.480><c> tell</c><00:40:27.679><c> Abraham.</c><00:40:28.619><c> And</c><00:40:28.940><c> what</c><00:40:29.019><c> does</c><00:40:29.219><c> Abraham</c><00:40:29.500><c> want</c><00:40:29.679><c> to</c><00:40:29.820><c> do?</c><00:40:30.340><c> He</c> 00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:32.960 wants<00:40:30.860><c> to</c><00:40:31.119><c> wash</c><00:40:31.360><c> their</c><00:40:31.699><c> feet</c><00:40:32.019><c> and</c><00:40:32.460><c> then</c><00:40:32.619><c> he</c><00:40:32.739><c> wants</c> 00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:36.099 to<00:40:33.199><c> make</c><00:40:33.340><c> them</c><00:40:33.500><c> a</c><00:40:33.659><c> meal.</c><00:40:34.239><c> He</c><00:40:34.400><c> goes</c><00:40:34.679><c> and</c><00:40:34.900><c> kills</c><00:40:35.199><c> the</c><00:40:35.599><c> animal</c><00:40:35.920><c> and</c> 00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:38.300 he<00:40:36.239><c> makes</c><00:40:36.380><c> them</c><00:40:36.559><c> a</c><00:40:36.579><c> big</c><00:40:36.860><c> meal</c><00:40:37.119><c> and</c><00:40:37.239><c> has</c><00:40:37.460><c> them</c><00:40:37.639><c> sit</c><00:40:37.900><c> down</c> 00:40:38.300 --> 00:40:47.699 and<00:40:38.940><c> say,</c><00:40:40.119><c> welcome</c><00:40:40.119><c> back.</c><00:40:43.719><c> That's</c><00:40:44.159><c> great,</c><00:40:44.960><c> back.</c><00:40:46.360><c> So</c><00:40:46.800><c> imagine</c> 00:40:47.699 --> 00:40:49.239 if<00:40:47.940><c> you</c><00:40:48.139><c> had</c><00:40:48.239><c> been</c><00:40:48.460><c> given</c><00:40:48.619><c> that</c><00:40:48.940><c> job,</c> 00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:51.460 that<00:40:49.539><c> you're</c><00:40:49.760><c> supposed</c><00:40:50.059><c> to</c><00:40:50.199><c> go</c><00:40:50.320><c> to</c><00:40:50.519><c> somebody's</c><00:40:50.980><c> house</c><00:40:51.179><c> and</c><00:40:51.300><c> I</c> 00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:53.480 want<00:40:51.599><c> you</c><00:40:51.780><c> to</c><00:40:52.099><c> deliver</c><00:40:52.280><c> this</c><00:40:52.539><c> message</c><00:40:52.920><c> to</c><00:40:53.059><c> them.</c><00:40:53.219><c> I</c><00:40:53.300><c> want</c> 00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:56.199 you<00:40:53.800><c> to</c><00:40:53.800><c> tell</c><00:40:53.940><c> them</c><00:40:54.199><c> that</c><00:40:54.460><c> God's</c><00:40:54.780><c> going</c><00:40:54.940><c> to</c><00:40:55.159><c> give</c><00:40:55.280><c> them</c><00:40:55.519><c> something</c><00:40:55.820><c> a</c><00:40:56.079><c> year</c> 00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:57.900 from<00:40:56.440><c> now.</c><00:40:57.039><c> And</c><00:40:57.260><c> you</c><00:40:57.420><c> show</c><00:40:57.639><c> up</c><00:40:57.800><c> to</c> 00:40:57.900 --> 00:41:00.639 their<00:40:58.079><c> house</c><00:40:58.460><c> in</c><00:40:58.679><c> your</c><00:40:58.820><c> busy</c><00:40:59.059><c> schedule</c><00:40:59.559><c> and</c><00:41:00.000><c> you</c><00:41:00.139><c> get</c><00:41:00.260><c> to</c><00:41:00.460><c> the</c> 00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:02.679 door<00:41:00.920><c> and</c><00:41:01.119><c> the</c><00:41:01.300><c> person</c><00:41:01.500><c> says,</c><00:41:01.780><c> oh,</c><00:41:01.980><c> come</c><00:41:02.159><c> on</c><00:41:02.400><c> in.</c> 00:41:02.699 --> 00:41:05.579 I<00:41:03.099><c> want</c><00:41:03.360><c> to</c><00:41:03.639><c> wash</c><00:41:03.860><c> your</c><00:41:04.199><c> feet</c><00:41:04.480><c> and</c><00:41:04.639><c> I'll</c><00:41:04.840><c> clean</c><00:41:05.019><c> your</c><00:41:05.340><c> clothes</c> 00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:07.619 for<00:41:05.880><c> you.</c><00:41:06.400><c> And</c><00:41:06.760><c> now</c><00:41:06.940><c> I</c><00:41:07.039><c> want</c><00:41:07.199><c> to</c><00:41:07.239><c> go</c><00:41:07.360><c> to</c><00:41:07.480><c> the</c> 00:41:07.619 --> 00:41:10.280 grocery<00:41:08.000><c> store</c><00:41:08.219><c> and</c><00:41:08.320><c> get</c><00:41:08.420><c> some</c><00:41:08.679><c> food</c><00:41:09.059><c> and</c><00:41:09.380><c> I'll</c><00:41:09.559><c> be</c><00:41:09.760><c> back</c><00:41:10.019><c> in</c> 00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:12.320 half<00:41:10.599><c> an</c><00:41:10.800><c> hour.</c><00:41:11.000><c> So</c><00:41:11.139><c> I'll</c><00:41:11.340><c> make</c><00:41:11.480><c> you</c><00:41:11.599><c> this</c><00:41:11.760><c> big</c><00:41:12.000><c> dinner</c> 00:41:12.320 --> 00:41:14.579 and<00:41:12.579><c> probably</c><00:41:12.780><c> in</c><00:41:12.960><c> about</c><00:41:13.219><c> two</c><00:41:13.400><c> hours</c><00:41:13.699><c> or</c><00:41:13.880><c> so</c><00:41:13.980><c> it'll</c><00:41:14.099><c> be</c><00:41:14.320><c> ready.</c> 00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:16.360 And<00:41:15.159><c> then</c><00:41:15.320><c> you</c><00:41:15.420><c> can</c><00:41:15.559><c> tell</c><00:41:15.719><c> me</c><00:41:15.840><c> what</c><00:41:15.940><c> you</c><00:41:16.119><c> want</c><00:41:16.199><c> to</c> 00:41:16.360 --> 00:41:21.000 tell<00:41:16.500><c> me.</c><00:41:17.659><c> Now,</c><00:41:17.900><c> I</c><00:41:18.059><c> don't</c><00:41:18.159><c> know</c><00:41:18.239><c> about</c><00:41:18.400><c> you,</c><00:41:18.960><c> but</c><00:41:19.380><c> I'd</c><00:41:19.599><c> be</c><00:41:19.840><c> like,</c><00:41:20.300><c> I</c><00:41:20.500><c> just</c><00:41:20.699><c> want</c><00:41:20.760><c> to</c> 00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:21.960 tell<00:41:21.139><c> you</c><00:41:21.300><c> what</c><00:41:21.400><c> I</c><00:41:21.519><c> want</c><00:41:21.619><c> to</c><00:41:21.800><c> tell</c> 00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:27.500 you<00:41:22.179><c> and</c><00:41:22.179><c> skip</c><00:41:22.460><c> all</c><00:41:22.659><c> the</c><00:41:22.780><c> rest.</c><00:41:24.179><c> But</c><00:41:24.460><c> this</c><00:41:25.119><c> shows</c><00:41:25.539><c> you</c><00:41:25.900><c> how</c><00:41:26.280><c> patient</c><00:41:26.820><c> and</c> 00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:29.980 compassionate<00:41:28.239><c> angels</c><00:41:28.679><c> are.</c><00:41:29.519><c> They</c><00:41:29.699><c> don't</c> 00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:32.380 say,<00:41:30.500><c> oh,</c><00:41:30.539><c> hurry</c><00:41:30.639><c> up,</c><00:41:31.019><c> Abraham.</c><00:41:31.380><c> They</c><00:41:31.559><c> don't</c><00:41:31.800><c> say,</c><00:41:32.019><c> we</c><00:41:32.219><c> don't</c> 00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:34.340 have<00:41:32.500><c> the</c><00:41:32.659><c> time</c><00:41:32.780><c> for</c><00:41:33.019><c> this.</c><00:41:33.679><c> They're</c><00:41:34.019><c> willing</c> 00:41:34.340 --> 00:41:37.980 to<00:41:34.679><c> spend</c><00:41:34.860><c> the</c><00:41:35.159><c> time</c><00:41:35.699><c> of</c><00:41:36.019><c> sitting</c><00:41:36.199><c> there</c><00:41:36.800><c> talking,</c><00:41:37.679><c> waiting</c> 00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:39.840 for<00:41:38.300><c> Abraham</c><00:41:38.639><c> and</c><00:41:38.880><c> Sarah</c><00:41:39.039><c> to</c><00:41:39.260><c> finish</c><00:41:39.559><c> their</c> 00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:43.059 joint<00:41:40.159><c> effort</c><00:41:40.500><c> of</c><00:41:40.739><c> working</c><00:41:40.960><c> together</c><00:41:41.380><c> and</c><00:41:41.579><c> making</c><00:41:41.800><c> this</c><00:41:42.059><c> meal.</c><00:41:42.719><c> And</c> 00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:44.960 they<00:41:43.280><c> say,</c><00:41:43.440><c> do</c><00:41:43.559><c> as</c><00:41:43.699><c> you've</c><00:41:44.000><c> said.</c><00:41:44.619><c> And</c><00:41:44.840><c> so</c> 00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:47.340 that's<00:41:45.119><c> what</c><00:41:45.260><c> he</c><00:41:45.460><c> does.</c><00:41:45.679><c> He</c><00:41:45.980><c> takes</c><00:41:46.280><c> butter</c><00:41:46.639><c> and</c><00:41:46.840><c> milk</c><00:41:47.000><c> and</c><00:41:47.159><c> the</c> 00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:48.980 calf,<00:41:47.699><c> which</c><00:41:47.699><c> he'd</c><00:41:48.019><c> prepare</c><00:41:48.179><c> and</c><00:41:48.400><c> sets</c><00:41:48.519><c> it</c><00:41:48.699><c> before</c> 00:41:48.980 --> 00:41:52.599 them.<00:41:49.199><c> And</c><00:41:49.639><c> he</c><00:41:49.820><c> stood</c><00:41:50.079><c> by</c><00:41:50.360><c> them</c><00:41:50.619><c> under</c><00:41:50.840><c> the</c><00:41:51.159><c> tree</c><00:41:51.380><c> as</c><00:41:51.780><c> they</c><00:41:52.079><c> ate.</c><00:41:52.400><c> So</c> 00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:55.300 the<00:41:52.920><c> angels</c><00:41:53.199><c> took</c><00:41:53.460><c> the</c><00:41:53.780><c> time</c><00:41:54.300><c> to</c><00:41:54.699><c> eat</c><00:41:54.840><c> a</c><00:41:54.940><c> meal</c><00:41:55.119><c> with</c> 00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:58.719 him.<00:41:55.860><c> And</c><00:41:56.059><c> it's</c><00:41:56.420><c> just</c><00:41:56.679><c> fun</c><00:41:56.840><c> to</c><00:41:57.139><c> see</c><00:41:57.280><c> how</c><00:41:57.619><c> angels</c><00:41:57.960><c> accommodate</c> 00:41:58.719 --> 00:42:01.360 humans.<00:41:59.699><c> They're</c><00:41:59.880><c> so</c><00:42:00.219><c> patient</c><00:42:00.559><c> with</c><00:42:00.820><c> us.</c><00:42:01.079><c> They're</c> 00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:04.500 compassionate<00:42:01.940><c> with</c><00:42:02.199><c> us.</c><00:42:02.780><c> They</c><00:42:03.019><c> don't</c><00:42:03.300><c> just</c><00:42:03.820><c> force</c><00:42:04.119><c> things</c> 00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:06.519 real<00:42:04.780><c> quickly</c><00:42:05.079><c> and</c><00:42:05.300><c> say,</c><00:42:05.460><c> well,</c><00:42:05.559><c> we</c><00:42:05.699><c> can</c><00:42:05.820><c> do</c><00:42:05.960><c> this</c><00:42:06.219><c> fast.</c> 00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:10.679 You<00:42:06.699><c> know,</c><00:42:07.039><c> we</c><00:42:07.239><c> don't</c><00:42:07.440><c> need</c><00:42:07.579><c> time</c><00:42:07.760><c> for</c><00:42:07.960><c> this.</c><00:42:08.280><c> We</c><00:42:08.539><c> can</c><00:42:08.699><c> just</c><00:42:08.880><c> get</c><00:42:09.019><c> this</c><00:42:09.300><c> done.</c><00:42:09.960><c> This</c><00:42:10.320><c> is</c> 00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:12.099 the<00:42:10.800><c> way</c><00:42:11.039><c> angels</c><00:42:11.340><c> behave.</c><00:42:11.920><c> And</c> 00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:16.539 we<00:42:12.380><c> have</c><00:42:12.739><c> to</c><00:42:13.000><c> learn</c><00:42:13.179><c> to</c><00:42:13.460><c> be</c><00:42:13.639><c> like</c><00:42:13.860><c> them.</c><00:42:15.519><c> In</c><00:42:15.519><c> Genesis</c><00:42:15.800><c> 18,</c><00:42:16.440><c> then</c> 00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:18.679 later<00:42:16.739><c> on</c><00:42:17.000><c> in</c><00:42:17.159><c> the</c><00:42:17.300><c> chapter,</c><00:42:17.579><c> we</c><00:42:17.840><c> know</c><00:42:18.039><c> that</c><00:42:18.340><c> Sarah</c> 00:42:18.679 --> 00:42:21.139 laughs<00:42:19.000><c> within</c><00:42:19.340><c> herself</c><00:42:19.780><c> when</c><00:42:19.960><c> they</c><00:42:20.139><c> say</c><00:42:20.320><c> she's</c><00:42:20.619><c> going</c><00:42:20.739><c> to</c><00:42:20.840><c> have</c><00:42:20.980><c> a</c> 00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:24.960 child.<00:42:22.719><c> And</c><00:42:23.000><c> now</c><00:42:23.179><c> did</c><00:42:23.460><c> Sarah</c><00:42:23.639><c> laugh</c><00:42:23.900><c> out</c><00:42:24.179><c> loud?</c> 00:42:25.940 --> 00:42:30.000 No,<00:42:26.559><c> she</c><00:42:26.880><c> laughed</c><00:42:27.239><c> within</c><00:42:27.780><c> herself.</c><00:42:28.900><c> So</c><00:42:29.179><c> again,</c><00:42:29.539><c> it</c><00:42:29.780><c> shows</c> 00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:32.619 you<00:42:30.219><c> how</c><00:42:30.500><c> angels</c><00:42:30.840><c> can</c><00:42:31.219><c> read</c><00:42:31.480><c> our</c><00:42:31.840><c> thoughts.</c><00:42:32.219><c> They</c><00:42:32.420><c> know</c> 00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:35.139 what<00:42:32.820><c> we're</c><00:42:33.000><c> thinking.</c><00:42:33.719><c> They</c><00:42:33.900><c> know</c><00:42:34.099><c> what</c><00:42:34.300><c> goes</c><00:42:34.599><c> through</c><00:42:34.860><c> our</c> 00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:38.719 mind,<00:42:35.400><c> even</c><00:42:35.679><c> when</c><00:42:35.860><c> we're</c><00:42:36.019><c> going,</c><00:42:36.480><c> sure.</c><00:42:38.239><c> They</c><00:42:38.480><c> know</c> 00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:44.320 that.<00:42:39.699><c> And</c><00:42:39.920><c> after</c><00:42:40.179><c> I've</c><00:42:40.500><c> grown</c><00:42:40.639><c> old</c><00:42:40.980><c> and</c><00:42:41.199><c> shall</c><00:42:41.300><c> I</c><00:42:41.460><c> have</c><00:42:41.599><c> pleasure,</c><00:42:42.019><c> my</c><00:42:42.199><c> Lord</c><00:42:42.400><c> being</c><00:42:42.659><c> old</c><00:42:42.980><c> also.</c><00:42:44.159><c> So</c> 00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:45.079 angels<00:42:44.699><c> can</c> 00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:47.239 read<00:42:45.260><c> our</c><00:42:45.500><c> thoughts</c><00:42:45.800><c> like</c><00:42:46.079><c> that.</c><00:42:46.280><c> They</c><00:42:46.460><c> have</c><00:42:46.800><c> to</c><00:42:46.960><c> know</c><00:42:47.079><c> what</c> 00:42:47.239 --> 00:42:49.420 we're<00:42:47.460><c> thinking.</c><00:42:48.380><c> And</c><00:42:48.460><c> they</c><00:42:48.719><c> say</c><00:42:48.960><c> to</c><00:42:49.179><c> Abraham,</c> 00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:53.940 well,<00:42:49.619><c> why</c><00:42:49.760><c> did</c><00:42:49.960><c> Sarah</c><00:42:50.159><c> laugh?</c><00:42:51.239><c> Anybody</c><00:42:51.480><c> know</c><00:42:51.820><c> in</c><00:42:52.059><c> the</c><00:42:52.239><c> New</c><00:42:52.400><c> Testament</c><00:42:52.780><c> when</c><00:42:53.039><c> Peter</c><00:42:53.320><c> refers</c><00:42:53.719><c> to</c> 00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.559 the<00:42:54.079><c> fact</c><00:42:54.239><c> that</c> 00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:58.179 Sarah<00:42:54.900><c> obeyed</c><00:42:55.400><c> Abraham</c><00:42:55.719><c> calling</c><00:42:56.119><c> him</c><00:42:56.380><c> Lord?</c><00:42:57.699><c> Where</c><00:42:57.860><c> did</c><00:42:58.000><c> she</c> 00:42:58.179 --> 00:43:02.280 ever<00:42:58.440><c> call</c><00:42:58.619><c> him</c><00:42:58.860><c> Lord?</c><00:43:00.760><c> Right</c><00:43:01.219><c> here.</c><00:43:01.780><c> And</c><00:43:01.960><c> did</c><00:43:02.119><c> she</c> 00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:08.059 really<00:43:02.519><c> ever</c><00:43:02.739><c> say</c><00:43:02.940><c> it?</c><00:43:04.699><c> No,</c><00:43:05.320><c> she</c><00:43:05.480><c> actually</c><00:43:05.900><c> thought</c><00:43:06.159><c> it</c><00:43:06.420><c> in</c><00:43:06.599><c> her</c><00:43:06.780><c> heart.</c><00:43:06.980><c> That's</c><00:43:07.179><c> really</c><00:43:07.360><c> interesting</c><00:43:07.840><c> as</c> 00:43:08.059 --> 00:43:08.679 a<00:43:08.239><c> side</c><00:43:08.420><c> note</c> 00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:11.360 that<00:43:09.119><c> that's</c><00:43:09.880><c> the</c><00:43:09.980><c> good</c><00:43:10.159><c> thing</c><00:43:10.340><c> about</c><00:43:10.559><c> angels</c><00:43:10.840><c> reading</c><00:43:11.079><c> our</c> 00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:12.840 thoughts.<00:43:11.659><c> They</c><00:43:11.880><c> know</c><00:43:12.039><c> what</c><00:43:12.260><c> we're</c><00:43:12.360><c> really</c><00:43:12.599><c> thinking.</c> 00:43:12.840 --> 00:43:15.139 When<00:43:13.099><c> we're</c><00:43:13.239><c> thinking</c><00:43:13.460><c> good</c><00:43:13.719><c> things,</c><00:43:14.079><c> they</c><00:43:14.219><c> know</c><00:43:14.380><c> that.</c><00:43:15.019><c> And</c> 00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:17.719 they<00:43:15.219><c> realize</c><00:43:15.639><c> that</c><00:43:15.840><c> that's</c><00:43:16.840><c> the</c><00:43:16.880><c> way</c><00:43:17.079><c> she</c><00:43:17.400><c> referred</c> 00:43:17.719 --> 00:43:21.500 to<00:43:17.980><c> Abraham</c><00:43:18.420><c> in</c><00:43:19.000><c> her</c><00:43:19.400><c> mind.</c><00:43:20.079><c> She</c><00:43:20.260><c> thought</c><00:43:20.539><c> of</c><00:43:20.639><c> him,</c><00:43:21.059><c> my</c><00:43:21.219><c> Lord,</c> 00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:23.960 being<00:43:21.820><c> old</c><00:43:22.039><c> also.</c><00:43:22.840><c> It</c><00:43:22.940><c> wasn't</c><00:43:23.159><c> just</c><00:43:23.460><c> a</c><00:43:23.579><c> facade</c> 00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:26.739 that<00:43:24.179><c> she</c><00:43:24.320><c> put</c><00:43:24.460><c> on</c><00:43:24.679><c> for</c><00:43:24.960><c> everybody</c><00:43:25.219><c> else.</c><00:43:25.860><c> This</c><00:43:26.099><c> is</c><00:43:26.320><c> what</c><00:43:26.480><c> she</c> 00:43:26.739 --> 00:43:29.539 really<00:43:27.059><c> believed.</c><00:43:27.659><c> So</c><00:43:27.760><c> in</c><00:43:27.860><c> 1</c><00:43:28.079><c> Peter</c><00:43:28.340><c> 3,</c><00:43:29.139><c> when</c><00:43:29.320><c> Sarah</c> 00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:32.159 obeyed<00:43:29.940><c> Abraham</c><00:43:30.260><c> calling</c><00:43:30.579><c> him</c><00:43:30.820><c> Lord,</c><00:43:31.119><c> that's</c><00:43:31.440><c> actually</c><00:43:31.800><c> where</c><00:43:31.960><c> this</c> 00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:34.119 comes<00:43:32.400><c> from.</c><00:43:33.159><c> So</c><00:43:33.340><c> don't</c><00:43:33.500><c> ever</c><00:43:33.840><c> think</c><00:43:33.980><c> that</c> 00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:37.239 we<00:43:34.239><c> can</c><00:43:34.420><c> fool</c><00:43:34.659><c> angels.</c><00:43:35.380><c> You</c><00:43:35.800><c> can't</c><00:43:36.159><c> fool</c><00:43:36.360><c> them.</c><00:43:36.900><c> They</c><00:43:37.079><c> know</c> 00:43:37.239 --> 00:43:39.199 what<00:43:37.420><c> we're</c><00:43:37.579><c> thinking.</c><00:43:38.179><c> They</c><00:43:38.360><c> read</c><00:43:38.579><c> our</c><00:43:38.860><c> thoughts.</c> 00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:42.840 They<00:43:39.679><c> have</c><00:43:40.139><c> to</c><00:43:40.300><c> know</c><00:43:40.460><c> these</c><00:43:40.780><c> things.</c><00:43:41.519><c> And</c><00:43:41.880><c> don't</c><00:43:42.079><c> be</c><00:43:42.260><c> upset</c><00:43:42.639><c> at</c> 00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:45.480 that.<00:43:43.340><c> Don't</c><00:43:43.519><c> be</c><00:43:43.780><c> frustrated</c><00:43:44.280><c> by</c><00:43:44.559><c> that</c><00:43:45.039><c> because</c> 00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:48.260 you're<00:43:45.820><c> thinking</c><00:43:46.019><c> you</c><00:43:46.179><c> want</c><00:43:46.280><c> to</c><00:43:46.360><c> get</c><00:43:46.480><c> around</c><00:43:46.760><c> them.</c><00:43:47.340><c> They</c><00:43:47.739><c> need</c><00:43:48.039><c> to</c> 00:43:48.260 --> 00:43:50.179 know<00:43:48.360><c> these</c><00:43:48.679><c> things</c><00:43:48.900><c> so</c><00:43:49.139><c> that</c><00:43:49.260><c> they</c><00:43:49.360><c> can</c><00:43:49.599><c> help</c><00:43:49.840><c> us</c> 00:43:50.179 --> 00:43:54.059 through<00:43:50.320><c> our</c><00:43:50.559><c> lives.</c><00:43:51.199><c> And</c><00:43:51.360><c> they</c><00:43:51.539><c> can</c><00:43:51.760><c> bring</c><00:43:51.960><c> about</c><00:43:52.260><c> the</c><00:43:52.619><c> circumstances</c><00:43:53.079><c> we</c><00:43:53.480><c> need</c><00:43:53.760><c> to</c> 00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:55.159 shape<00:43:54.239><c> us</c><00:43:54.539><c> and</c><00:43:54.699><c> guide</c><00:43:54.920><c> us</c> 00:43:55.159 --> 00:43:58.440 into<00:43:55.420><c> God's</c><00:43:55.840><c> kingdom.</c><00:43:56.119><c> That's</c><00:43:56.519><c> really</c><00:43:56.739><c> important.</c><00:43:57.820><c> So</c><00:43:58.179><c> the</c> 00:43:58.440 --> 00:43:59.900 three<00:43:58.719><c> angels</c><00:43:58.960><c> that</c><00:43:59.199><c> showed</c><00:43:59.300><c> up</c><00:43:59.460><c> to</c><00:43:59.639><c> Abraham,</c> 00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:01.679 they<00:44:00.179><c> finally</c><00:44:00.460><c> tell</c><00:44:00.699><c> Abraham</c><00:44:01.000><c> and</c><00:44:01.239><c> Sarah</c><00:44:01.360><c> that</c><00:44:01.480><c> you're</c><00:44:01.619><c> going</c> 00:44:01.679 --> 00:44:03.920 to<00:44:01.719><c> have</c><00:44:01.840><c> a</c><00:44:02.000><c> child.</c><00:44:02.739><c> All</c><00:44:02.940><c> right.</c><00:44:03.159><c> And</c><00:44:03.360><c> they're</c> 00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:06.519 done<00:44:04.139><c> with</c><00:44:04.380><c> that</c><00:44:04.699><c> part</c><00:44:04.880><c> of</c><00:44:05.019><c> the</c><00:44:05.119><c> mission.</c><00:44:05.619><c> What's</c><00:44:05.980><c> the</c><00:44:06.300><c> second</c> 00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:08.059 part<00:44:06.760><c> of</c><00:44:06.900><c> the</c><00:44:07.019><c> mission</c><00:44:07.239><c> they're</c><00:44:07.480><c> supposed</c><00:44:07.659><c> to</c><00:44:07.820><c> do?</c> 00:44:08.059 --> 00:44:12.380 Because<00:44:08.800><c> they</c><00:44:08.940><c> actually</c><00:44:09.260><c> have</c><00:44:09.400><c> been</c><00:44:09.539><c> told</c><00:44:09.739><c> to</c><00:44:09.940><c> do</c><00:44:10.019><c> two</c><00:44:10.239><c> things.</c><00:44:12.119><c> Sodom</c> 00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:14.460 and<00:44:12.579><c> Gomorrah.</c><00:44:13.400><c> So</c><00:44:13.599><c> here</c><00:44:13.780><c> you</c><00:44:13.960><c> have</c><00:44:14.179><c> now</c> 00:44:14.460 --> 00:44:17.679 these<00:44:14.760><c> three</c><00:44:15.000><c> angels.</c><00:44:15.860><c> And</c><00:44:15.940><c> they've</c><00:44:16.159><c> just</c><00:44:16.440><c> told</c><00:44:16.739><c> the</c><00:44:17.019><c> good</c><00:44:17.199><c> news</c><00:44:17.460><c> to</c> 00:44:17.679 --> 00:44:19.059 Abraham<00:44:18.059><c> and</c><00:44:18.300><c> Sarah</c><00:44:18.420><c> you're</c><00:44:18.619><c> going</c><00:44:18.719><c> to</c><00:44:18.760><c> have</c><00:44:18.920><c> a</c> 00:44:19.059 --> 00:44:21.360 child.<00:44:19.679><c> And</c><00:44:19.739><c> they</c><00:44:19.880><c> were</c><00:44:20.059><c> probably</c><00:44:20.239><c> excited</c><00:44:20.679><c> about</c><00:44:20.900><c> that</c><00:44:21.119><c> as</c> 00:44:21.360 --> 00:44:23.579 well.<00:44:21.840><c> And</c><00:44:22.000><c> the</c><00:44:22.199><c> three</c><00:44:22.400><c> angels</c><00:44:22.659><c> are</c><00:44:22.900><c> walking</c><00:44:23.239><c> down</c> 00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:27.480 the<00:44:23.800><c> pathway</c><00:44:24.159><c> on</c><00:44:24.480><c> the</c><00:44:24.639><c> way</c><00:44:24.900><c> to</c><00:44:25.219><c> Sodom</c><00:44:25.519><c> and</c><00:44:25.659><c> Gomorrah.</c><00:44:26.539><c> And</c><00:44:26.699><c> they</c><00:44:26.960><c> stopped</c><00:44:27.239><c> for</c> 00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:30.000 a<00:44:27.639><c> moment</c><00:44:27.960><c> and</c><00:44:28.599><c> had</c><00:44:28.739><c> a</c><00:44:29.019><c> conversation.</c> 00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:34.679 Now<00:44:30.559><c> can</c><00:44:30.679><c> you</c><00:44:30.840><c> picture</c><00:44:31.139><c> three</c><00:44:31.599><c> angels?</c><00:44:32.119><c> Angels</c><00:44:32.599><c> having</c><00:44:33.059><c> a</c><00:44:33.360><c> conversation.</c><00:44:34.320><c> And</c> 00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:35.960 one<00:44:34.860><c> of</c><00:44:34.980><c> them</c><00:44:35.099><c> says</c><00:44:35.400><c> to</c><00:44:35.599><c> the</c><00:44:35.760><c> other</c> 00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:40.039 one,<00:44:36.920><c> you</c><00:44:37.500><c> think</c><00:44:37.739><c> we</c><00:44:37.940><c> ought</c><00:44:38.079><c> to</c><00:44:38.260><c> tell</c><00:44:38.659><c> Abraham</c><00:44:39.139><c> what</c><00:44:39.380><c> we're</c><00:44:39.619><c> about</c><00:44:39.820><c> to</c> 00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:41.619 do<00:44:40.199><c> over</c><00:44:40.420><c> there</c><00:44:40.619><c> in</c><00:44:40.840><c> Sodom?</c> 00:44:42.019 --> 00:44:46.679 And<00:44:42.579><c> they</c><00:44:42.860><c> discuss</c><00:44:43.159><c> it.</c><00:44:43.539><c> And</c><00:44:44.099><c> what</c><00:44:44.360><c> do</c><00:44:44.420><c> they</c><00:44:44.619><c> think?</c><00:44:45.400><c> We</c><00:44:45.960><c> really</c><00:44:46.280><c> should.</c><00:44:46.559><c> Now</c> 00:44:46.679 --> 00:44:48.280 why<00:44:46.840><c> should</c><00:44:46.980><c> we</c><00:44:47.179><c> tell</c><00:44:47.340><c> him?</c> 00:44:49.300 --> 00:44:53.019 Because<00:44:49.579><c> he's</c><00:44:49.860><c> our</c><00:44:50.059><c> friend.</c><00:44:51.460><c> What</c><00:44:51.579><c> a</c><00:44:51.860><c> relationship</c><00:44:52.400><c> Abraham</c> 00:44:53.019 --> 00:44:54.860 had<00:44:53.340><c> with</c><00:44:53.619><c> angels</c><00:44:53.900><c> and</c><00:44:54.059><c> they</c><00:44:54.239><c> had</c><00:44:54.340><c> with</c><00:44:54.559><c> him.</c> 00:44:55.260 --> 00:44:59.440 Imagine<00:44:55.639><c> having</c><00:44:56.019><c> such</c><00:44:56.300><c> a</c><00:44:56.619><c> close</c><00:44:56.860><c> relationship</c><00:44:57.500><c> that</c><00:44:57.920><c> the</c><00:44:58.239><c> angels</c><00:44:58.519><c> consider</c><00:44:59.079><c> you</c> 00:44:59.440 --> 00:45:05.159 their<00:44:59.719><c> friend.</c><00:45:00.820><c> This</c><00:45:01.099><c> is</c><00:45:04.659><c> the</c> 00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:11.599 friend<00:45:05.599><c> of</c><00:45:05.860><c> God.</c><00:45:06.840><c> And</c><00:45:07.139><c> these</c><00:45:07.440><c> three</c><00:45:07.840><c> angels,</c><00:45:08.780><c> see</c><00:45:08.980><c> this</c><00:45:09.139><c> is</c><00:45:09.360><c> what's</c><00:45:09.639><c> fun</c><00:45:09.780><c> about</c><00:45:10.079><c> this,</c><00:45:10.559><c> they</c><00:45:10.760><c> don't</c><00:45:11.039><c> have</c><00:45:11.300><c> to</c><00:45:11.460><c> at</c> 00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:15.719 this<00:45:11.840><c> point</c><00:45:12.019><c> say</c><00:45:12.300><c> to</c><00:45:12.500><c> God,</c><00:45:13.400><c> God</c><00:45:13.739><c> should</c><00:45:13.940><c> we</c><00:45:14.159><c> tell</c><00:45:14.360><c> Abraham</c><00:45:14.840><c> about</c><00:45:15.139><c> what</c><00:45:15.280><c> we're</c><00:45:15.460><c> going</c><00:45:15.559><c> to</c> 00:45:15.719 --> 00:45:16.639 do?<00:45:15.920><c> They</c><00:45:16.079><c> don't</c><00:45:16.300><c> have</c><00:45:16.480><c> to</c> 00:45:16.639 --> 00:45:21.519 do<00:45:16.840><c> that.</c><00:45:17.320><c> They</c><00:45:17.599><c> have</c><00:45:17.800><c> been</c><00:45:18.239><c> entrusted</c><00:45:18.920><c> with</c><00:45:19.460><c> making</c><00:45:19.940><c> decisions</c><00:45:20.780><c> about</c> 00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:24.000 this<00:45:22.039><c> event.</c><00:45:22.840><c> And</c><00:45:23.079><c> on</c><00:45:23.340><c> the</c><00:45:23.599><c> spot</c><00:45:23.820><c> the</c> 00:45:24.000 --> 00:45:26.159 three<00:45:24.239><c> of</c><00:45:24.400><c> them</c><00:45:24.539><c> talk</c><00:45:24.860><c> it</c><00:45:25.039><c> out</c><00:45:25.159><c> and</c><00:45:25.300><c> they</c><00:45:25.460><c> say</c><00:45:25.599><c> should</c><00:45:25.800><c> we</c><00:45:25.980><c> tell</c> 00:45:26.159 --> 00:45:28.619 Abraham?<00:45:26.960><c> And</c><00:45:27.199><c> they</c><00:45:27.460><c> said</c><00:45:27.679><c> yep</c><00:45:27.940><c> we</c><00:45:28.199><c> really</c><00:45:28.500><c> should</c> 00:45:28.619 --> 00:45:32.000 tell<00:45:28.840><c> Abraham.</c><00:45:29.400><c> His</c><00:45:29.739><c> family's</c><00:45:30.179><c> down</c><00:45:30.360><c> there.</c><00:45:30.460><c> That's</c><00:45:30.679><c> his</c><00:45:30.840><c> nephew.</c><00:45:31.480><c> He's</c><00:45:31.840><c> going</c><00:45:31.900><c> to</c> 00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:32.980 be<00:45:32.219><c> concerned</c><00:45:32.579><c> about</c><00:45:32.820><c> what</c> 00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:35.260 we're<00:45:33.079><c> going</c><00:45:33.320><c> to</c><00:45:33.480><c> do.</c><00:45:33.679><c> We</c><00:45:33.820><c> can't</c><00:45:34.139><c> just</c><00:45:34.360><c> spring</c><00:45:34.579><c> this</c><00:45:34.760><c> on</c><00:45:34.960><c> him.</c> 00:45:35.699 --> 00:45:37.960 And<00:45:35.900><c> so</c><00:45:36.000><c> what</c><00:45:36.139><c> did</c><00:45:36.239><c> they</c><00:45:36.480><c> do</c><00:45:36.760><c> at</c><00:45:36.960><c> this</c><00:45:37.219><c> point?</c> 00:45:38.059 --> 00:45:42.960 What<00:45:38.219><c> did</c><00:45:38.380><c> they</c><00:45:38.599><c> do?</c><00:45:39.880><c> The</c><00:45:40.119><c> three.</c><00:45:41.559><c> They</c><00:45:41.739><c> split</c><00:45:42.000><c> up</c><00:45:42.320><c> and</c><00:45:42.619><c> one</c><00:45:42.840><c> of</c> 00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:45.179 them<00:45:43.079><c> says</c><00:45:43.380><c> I'll</c><00:45:43.800><c> go</c><00:45:43.940><c> back</c><00:45:44.300><c> and</c><00:45:44.619><c> I'll</c><00:45:44.840><c> talk</c><00:45:45.000><c> to</c> 00:45:45.179 --> 00:45:48.679 Abraham.<00:45:45.840><c> And</c><00:45:46.039><c> what</c><00:45:46.159><c> are</c><00:45:46.260><c> you</c><00:45:46.400><c> two</c><00:45:46.519><c> going</c><00:45:46.659><c> to</c><00:45:46.780><c> do?</c><00:45:47.800><c> Go</c><00:45:48.280><c> down</c><00:45:48.460><c> to</c> 00:45:48.679 --> 00:45:50.679 Sodom.<00:45:48.920><c> Now</c><00:45:49.119><c> this</c><00:45:49.320><c> is</c><00:45:49.480><c> what</c><00:45:49.699><c> fascinated</c><00:45:50.199><c> me</c><00:45:50.480><c> about</c> 00:45:50.679 --> 00:45:53.559 this<00:45:50.980><c> story.</c><00:45:51.539><c> Because</c><00:45:51.820><c> you're</c><00:45:52.139><c> seeing</c><00:45:52.380><c> three</c><00:45:52.820><c> angels,</c><00:45:53.360><c> the</c> 00:45:53.559 --> 00:45:55.780 interactions<00:45:54.000><c> between</c><00:45:54.400><c> them,</c><00:45:54.739><c> and</c><00:45:55.059><c> how</c><00:45:55.340><c> they</c><00:45:55.599><c> work</c> 00:45:55.780 --> 00:45:59.000 things<00:45:56.039><c> out</c><00:45:56.260><c> as</c><00:45:56.460><c> a</c><00:45:56.659><c> team.</c><00:45:57.260><c> This</c><00:45:57.559><c> is</c><00:45:57.780><c> how</c><00:45:57.960><c> they</c><00:45:58.260><c> work</c><00:45:58.519><c> together.</c> 00:45:59.280 --> 00:46:01.840 This<00:45:59.519><c> is</c><00:45:59.780><c> what</c><00:46:00.300><c> God's</c><00:46:00.900><c> family</c><00:46:01.079><c> members</c><00:46:01.420><c> do.</c> 00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:04.739 They<00:46:02.219><c> don't</c><00:46:02.500><c> argue</c><00:46:02.900><c> about</c><00:46:03.199><c> things.</c><00:46:03.519><c> They</c><00:46:03.679><c> don't</c><00:46:03.880><c> say</c><00:46:04.019><c> oh</c><00:46:04.219><c> I</c><00:46:04.260><c> wanted</c><00:46:04.519><c> to</c> 00:46:04.739 --> 00:46:06.579 tell<00:46:04.860><c> Abraham.</c><00:46:05.280><c> Why</c><00:46:05.460><c> did</c><00:46:05.559><c> you</c><00:46:05.880><c> get</c><00:46:06.059><c> to</c><00:46:06.280><c> go?</c> 00:46:06.860 --> 00:46:09.179 You<00:46:06.940><c> know</c><00:46:07.099><c> it's</c><00:46:07.179><c> like</c><00:46:07.579><c> that</c><00:46:07.920><c> isn't</c><00:46:08.380><c> what's</c><00:46:08.699><c> in</c><00:46:08.739><c> their</c><00:46:08.960><c> hearts</c> 00:46:09.179 --> 00:46:12.599 at<00:46:09.420><c> all.</c><00:46:10.280><c> They're</c><00:46:10.539><c> just</c><00:46:10.760><c> fulfilling</c><00:46:11.920><c> missions</c> 00:46:12.599 --> 00:46:15.199 and<00:46:12.880><c> they're</c><00:46:13.179><c> glad</c><00:46:13.519><c> that</c><00:46:13.840><c> people</c><00:46:14.159><c> there</c><00:46:14.440><c> can</c><00:46:14.699><c> take</c><00:46:14.920><c> care</c><00:46:15.039><c> of</c> 00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:17.559 it.<00:46:15.519><c> There's</c><00:46:15.800><c> no</c><00:46:16.139><c> jealousy</c><00:46:16.639><c> amongst</c><00:46:17.019><c> them.</c><00:46:17.340><c> There's</c> 00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:21.480 no<00:46:17.820><c> animosity.</c><00:46:18.900><c> They</c><00:46:19.179><c> just</c><00:46:19.539><c> are</c><00:46:19.860><c> glad</c><00:46:20.099><c> to</c><00:46:20.460><c> accomplish</c><00:46:20.920><c> the</c><00:46:21.139><c> will</c><00:46:21.239><c> of</c> 00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:24.320 God.<00:46:22.139><c> So</c><00:46:22.380><c> the</c><00:46:22.519><c> one</c><00:46:22.679><c> angel</c><00:46:22.900><c> goes</c><00:46:23.119><c> back</c><00:46:23.539><c> and</c><00:46:23.820><c> talks</c> 00:46:24.320 --> 00:46:28.199 to<00:46:24.699><c> Abraham</c><00:46:25.800><c> and</c><00:46:26.519><c> what</c><00:46:26.940><c> conversation</c><00:46:27.639><c> does</c><00:46:27.800><c> he</c><00:46:27.940><c> have</c><00:46:28.019><c> with</c> 00:46:28.199 --> 00:46:31.360 Abraham?<00:46:29.500><c> What's</c><00:46:30.059><c> the</c><00:46:30.239><c> conversation?</c> 00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:37.679 Genesis<00:46:33.579><c> 18,</c><00:46:34.280><c> end</c><00:46:34.320><c> of</c><00:46:34.420><c> the</c><00:46:34.579><c> chapter.</c><00:46:35.579><c> What</c><00:46:35.739><c> does</c><00:46:36.019><c> Abraham</c><00:46:36.480><c> ask</c><00:46:36.900><c> him?</c> 00:46:38.960 --> 00:46:44.380 Yeah<00:46:39.440><c> see</c><00:46:39.860><c> he</c><00:46:40.000><c> tells</c><00:46:40.340><c> Abraham.</c><00:46:40.900><c> He</c><00:46:41.019><c> says</c><00:46:41.280><c> Abraham</c><00:46:41.719><c> we're</c><00:46:42.059><c> about</c><00:46:42.219><c> ready</c><00:46:42.460><c> to</c><00:46:42.760><c> destroy</c><00:46:43.039><c> Sodom.</c><00:46:43.780><c> It's</c><00:46:44.179><c> a</c> 00:46:44.380 --> 00:46:45.000 wicked<00:46:44.559><c> city</c> 00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:49.500 and<00:46:45.400><c> we're</c><00:46:45.559><c> going</c><00:46:45.639><c> to</c><00:46:45.780><c> wipe</c><00:46:45.860><c> it</c><00:46:46.039><c> out.</c><00:46:47.199><c> And</c><00:46:47.340><c> Abraham</c><00:46:47.619><c> says</c><00:46:47.880><c> what?</c><00:46:49.059><c> Shouldn't</c><00:46:49.320><c> the</c> 00:46:49.500 --> 00:46:51.320 God<00:46:49.699><c> of</c><00:46:49.860><c> all</c><00:46:49.980><c> the</c><00:46:50.119><c> earth</c><00:46:50.280><c> do</c><00:46:50.480><c> right?</c> 00:46:51.599 --> 00:46:53.920 Right<00:46:51.739><c> what</c><00:46:51.900><c> if</c><00:46:52.019><c> there's</c><00:46:52.360><c> 50</c><00:46:52.639><c> righteous</c><00:46:52.980><c> people</c><00:46:53.320><c> there?</c><00:46:53.559><c> You're</c><00:46:53.780><c> going</c><00:46:53.800><c> to</c> 00:46:53.920 --> 00:46:55.219 wipe<00:46:54.059><c> this</c><00:46:54.280><c> city</c><00:46:54.519><c> out</c><00:46:54.679><c> if</c><00:46:54.780><c> there's</c><00:46:54.980><c> 50</c> 00:46:55.219 --> 00:47:00.679 righteous?<00:46:56.019><c> And</c><00:46:56.460><c> what</c><00:46:56.519><c> does</c><00:46:56.719><c> the</c><00:46:56.860><c> angel</c><00:46:57.000><c> say?</c><00:46:59.460><c> No.</c><00:47:00.380><c> Now</c><00:47:00.579><c> the</c> 00:47:00.679 --> 00:47:02.340 angel<00:47:00.860><c> doesn't</c><00:47:01.139><c> have</c><00:47:01.320><c> to</c><00:47:01.460><c> check</c><00:47:01.679><c> in</c><00:47:01.940><c> and</c><00:47:02.079><c> have</c><00:47:02.199><c> it</c> 00:47:02.340 --> 00:47:04.119 and<00:47:02.519><c> find</c><00:47:02.659><c> out</c><00:47:02.900><c> is</c><00:47:03.039><c> this</c><00:47:03.480><c> is</c><00:47:03.480><c> this</c><00:47:03.659><c> all</c><00:47:03.739><c> right.</c><00:47:03.860><c> And</c><00:47:03.960><c> they're</c> 00:47:04.119 --> 00:47:07.380 not<00:47:04.300><c> robotic</c><00:47:04.820><c> like</c><00:47:05.099><c> that.</c><00:47:05.659><c> They</c><00:47:05.860><c> are</c><00:47:06.199><c> making</c><00:47:06.639><c> decisions</c> 00:47:07.380 --> 00:47:10.500 on<00:47:07.699><c> the</c><00:47:07.920><c> spot.</c><00:47:08.539><c> And</c><00:47:08.760><c> the</c><00:47:08.860><c> angel</c><00:47:08.980><c> says</c><00:47:09.280><c> no</c><00:47:09.559><c> I</c><00:47:09.699><c> won't</c><00:47:09.880><c> wipe</c><00:47:10.079><c> it</c><00:47:10.260><c> out</c><00:47:10.360><c> if</c> 00:47:10.500 --> 00:47:13.599 there's<00:47:10.719><c> 50.</c><00:47:11.400><c> What</c><00:47:11.599><c> about</c><00:47:11.760><c> 40?</c><00:47:12.679><c> What</c><00:47:12.840><c> about</c><00:47:13.000><c> 30?</c> 00:47:13.960 --> 00:47:16.380 Right<00:47:14.179><c> and</c><00:47:14.400><c> so</c><00:47:14.639><c> on</c><00:47:14.780><c> getting</c><00:47:14.920><c> all</c><00:47:15.199><c> the</c><00:47:15.300><c> way</c><00:47:15.400><c> down</c><00:47:15.679><c> to</c><00:47:15.960><c> what</c><00:47:16.159><c> in</c> 00:47:16.380 --> 00:47:19.559 the<00:47:16.500><c> end?</c><00:47:16.760><c> What</c><00:47:16.920><c> 10?</c><00:47:17.920><c> Right</c><00:47:18.260><c> it's</c><00:47:18.480><c> down</c><00:47:18.599><c> to</c><00:47:18.719><c> 10.</c><00:47:19.320><c> And</c> 00:47:19.559 --> 00:47:23.380 angel<00:47:20.019><c> is</c><00:47:20.340><c> making</c><00:47:20.659><c> a</c><00:47:20.960><c> decision</c><00:47:21.320><c> about</c><00:47:21.579><c> if</c><00:47:21.719><c> there's</c><00:47:21.960><c> 10</c><00:47:22.199><c> righteous</c><00:47:22.659><c> we'll</c> 00:47:23.380 --> 00:47:25.480 alter<00:47:23.659><c> the</c><00:47:23.980><c> plan.</c><00:47:24.840><c> Well</c><00:47:24.920><c> if</c><00:47:25.059><c> we</c><00:47:25.219><c> won't</c> 00:47:25.480 --> 00:47:28.440 we'll<00:47:25.739><c> alter</c><00:47:25.900><c> the</c><00:47:26.099><c> plan.</c><00:47:26.639><c> Now</c><00:47:26.860><c> why</c><00:47:27.099><c> were</c><00:47:27.260><c> those</c><00:47:27.539><c> two</c><00:47:27.719><c> going</c><00:47:27.960><c> down</c><00:47:28.219><c> to</c> 00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:31.820 Sodom?<00:47:30.199><c> Why</c><00:47:30.380><c> were</c><00:47:30.519><c> they</c><00:47:30.619><c> going</c><00:47:30.780><c> down</c><00:47:31.019><c> there?</c> 00:47:32.420 --> 00:47:34.880 They're<00:47:32.619><c> not</c><00:47:32.739><c> just</c><00:47:32.960><c> going</c><00:47:33.159><c> down</c><00:47:33.440><c> there</c><00:47:33.559><c> to</c><00:47:33.739><c> destroy</c><00:47:34.119><c> the</c><00:47:34.360><c> city.</c><00:47:34.699><c> What</c> 00:47:34.880 --> 00:47:37.260 were<00:47:35.000><c> they</c><00:47:35.239><c> going</c><00:47:35.400><c> down</c><00:47:35.699><c> there</c><00:47:35.860><c> to</c><00:47:36.019><c> do</c><00:47:36.179><c> first?</c> 00:47:38.619 --> 00:47:42.159 Anybody<00:47:38.840><c> remember?</c><00:47:39.920><c> They</c><00:47:40.099><c> went</c><00:47:40.440><c> down</c><00:47:40.760><c> there</c><00:47:40.980><c> to</c><00:47:41.239><c> find</c><00:47:41.519><c> out</c><00:47:41.980><c> if</c> 00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:45.599 it's<00:47:42.440><c> as</c><00:47:42.840><c> bad</c><00:47:43.199><c> as</c><00:47:43.659><c> we</c><00:47:44.099><c> have</c><00:47:44.599><c> heard.</c> 00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:49.300 You<00:47:46.079><c> notice</c><00:47:46.420><c> that</c><00:47:46.719><c> in</c><00:47:47.059><c> your</c><00:47:47.260><c> bibles.</c><00:47:47.599><c> You</c><00:47:47.739><c> look</c><00:47:47.900><c> for</c><00:47:48.079><c> these</c><00:47:48.360><c> things.</c><00:47:48.960><c> This</c><00:47:49.159><c> is</c> 00:47:49.300 --> 00:47:50.679 what<00:47:49.420><c> they</c><00:47:49.659><c> say.</c><00:47:50.260><c> We're</c><00:47:50.380><c> going</c><00:47:50.460><c> to</c><00:47:50.500><c> go</c> 00:47:50.679 --> 00:47:53.719 down<00:47:50.840><c> to</c><00:47:51.099><c> Sodom</c><00:47:51.260><c> and</c><00:47:51.420><c> find</c><00:47:51.659><c> out</c><00:47:51.940><c> if</c><00:47:52.059><c> it's</c><00:47:52.300><c> as</c><00:47:52.579><c> bad</c><00:47:52.860><c> as</c><00:47:53.179><c> we</c><00:47:53.440><c> have</c> 00:47:53.719 --> 00:47:57.280 heard.<00:47:54.659><c> So</c><00:47:54.960><c> up</c><00:47:55.179><c> in</c><00:47:55.480><c> heaven</c><00:47:55.820><c> they</c><00:47:56.179><c> had</c><00:47:56.519><c> heard</c><00:47:56.960><c> about</c> 00:47:57.280 --> 00:48:02.760 how<00:47:57.519><c> bad</c><00:47:57.820><c> Sodom</c><00:47:58.119><c> was.</c><00:47:58.980><c> God</c><00:47:59.300><c> knows</c><00:47:59.840><c> how</c><00:48:00.159><c> bad</c><00:48:00.340><c> it</c><00:48:00.519><c> is.</c><00:48:01.159><c> But</c><00:48:01.480><c> angels</c><00:48:02.019><c> don't</c> 00:48:02.760 --> 00:48:04.719 know<00:48:03.119><c> that.</c><00:48:03.440><c> They're</c><00:48:03.619><c> not</c><00:48:03.940><c> on</c><00:48:04.159><c> the</c><00:48:04.460><c> present.</c> 00:48:04.820 --> 00:48:07.559 They're<00:48:05.000><c> not</c><00:48:05.260><c> all</c><00:48:05.619><c> knowing.</c><00:48:06.199><c> They</c><00:48:06.420><c> can't</c><00:48:06.780><c> know</c><00:48:07.059><c> stuff</c><00:48:07.320><c> that</c> 00:48:07.559 --> 00:48:10.219 happens<00:48:07.880><c> miles</c><00:48:08.260><c> away.</c><00:48:09.039><c> They</c><00:48:09.400><c> have</c><00:48:09.619><c> to</c><00:48:09.860><c> actually</c> 00:48:10.219 --> 00:48:13.820 show<00:48:10.519><c> up</c><00:48:10.840><c> on</c><00:48:11.079><c> the</c><00:48:11.340><c> scene</c><00:48:11.519><c> like</c><00:48:11.760><c> we</c><00:48:11.980><c> do</c><00:48:12.300><c> to</c><00:48:12.840><c> find</c><00:48:13.139><c> out</c><00:48:13.460><c> if</c><00:48:13.579><c> it's</c> 00:48:13.820 --> 00:48:16.119 as<00:48:14.099><c> bad</c><00:48:14.380><c> as</c><00:48:14.659><c> we</c><00:48:15.019><c> have</c><00:48:15.280><c> heard.</c> 00:48:16.500 --> 00:48:19.199 Those<00:48:16.780><c> are</c><00:48:16.960><c> the</c><00:48:17.119><c> kind</c><00:48:17.280><c> of</c><00:48:17.380><c> things</c><00:48:17.519><c> you</c><00:48:17.659><c> want</c><00:48:17.800><c> to</c><00:48:18.000><c> compile</c><00:48:18.440><c> about</c><00:48:18.980><c> the</c> 00:48:19.199 --> 00:48:21.619 behavior<00:48:19.599><c> of</c><00:48:19.940><c> angels</c><00:48:20.300><c> because</c><00:48:20.900><c> this</c><00:48:21.239><c> is</c><00:48:21.460><c> giving</c> 00:48:21.619 --> 00:48:24.099 us<00:48:21.900><c> hints</c><00:48:22.179><c> as</c><00:48:22.480><c> to</c><00:48:22.559><c> what</c><00:48:22.780><c> we</c><00:48:22.980><c> are</c><00:48:23.079><c> going</c><00:48:23.159><c> to</c><00:48:23.260><c> be</c><00:48:23.440><c> offered</c><00:48:23.760><c> in</c><00:48:23.960><c> the</c> 00:48:24.099 --> 00:48:26.179 kingdom<00:48:24.239><c> age.</c><00:48:25.019><c> We're</c><00:48:25.199><c> not</c><00:48:25.360><c> going</c><00:48:25.500><c> to</c><00:48:25.559><c> be</c><00:48:25.719><c> omnipresent</c> 00:48:26.179 --> 00:48:28.519 either.<00:48:26.820><c> We're</c><00:48:26.980><c> not</c><00:48:27.139><c> going</c><00:48:27.260><c> to</c><00:48:27.340><c> be</c><00:48:27.539><c> all</c><00:48:27.860><c> knowing.</c><00:48:28.199><c> We're</c><00:48:28.380><c> not</c> 00:48:28.519 --> 00:48:30.539 going<00:48:28.679><c> to</c><00:48:28.780><c> be</c><00:48:28.880><c> like</c><00:48:29.199><c> that.</c><00:48:29.659><c> We're</c><00:48:29.880><c> going</c><00:48:29.980><c> to</c><00:48:30.139><c> be</c><00:48:30.280><c> like</c> 00:48:30.539 --> 00:48:34.840 angels.<00:48:31.420><c> And</c><00:48:31.659><c> so</c><00:48:31.780><c> the</c><00:48:31.980><c> two</c><00:48:32.199><c> angels</c><00:48:32.420><c> go</c><00:48:32.619><c> down</c><00:48:32.780><c> to</c><00:48:33.019><c> Sodom</c><00:48:33.500><c> and</c><00:48:33.900><c> that's</c><00:48:34.199><c> what</c><00:48:34.340><c> they're</c><00:48:34.599><c> going</c><00:48:34.699><c> to</c> 00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:35.380 do.<00:48:34.960><c> They're</c><00:48:35.119><c> going</c><00:48:35.239><c> to</c> 00:48:35.380 --> 00:48:38.900 is<00:48:35.900><c> it</c><00:48:36.039><c> as</c><00:48:36.320><c> bad</c><00:48:36.559><c> as</c><00:48:36.780><c> we</c><00:48:36.920><c> have</c><00:48:37.119><c> heard.</c><00:48:37.880><c> But</c><00:48:38.059><c> that</c><00:48:38.340><c> phrase</c><00:48:38.659><c> that</c> 00:48:38.900 --> 00:48:41.239 they<00:48:39.139><c> say</c><00:48:39.239><c> to</c><00:48:39.440><c> Abraham</c><00:48:39.860><c> in</c><00:48:40.059><c> verse</c><00:48:40.440><c> 17</c><00:48:40.980><c> there,</c> 00:48:41.340 --> 00:48:44.940 shall<00:48:41.420><c> I</c><00:48:41.579><c> hide</c><00:48:41.840><c> from</c><00:48:42.079><c> Abraham</c><00:48:42.460><c> what</c><00:48:42.679><c> I</c><00:48:42.840><c> am</c><00:48:42.980><c> doing?</c><00:48:43.559><c> That</c><00:48:43.780><c> is</c><00:48:44.059><c> fascinating</c><00:48:44.619><c> to</c> 00:48:44.940 --> 00:48:46.219 watch<00:48:45.179><c> that</c><00:48:45.460><c> angels</c><00:48:45.820><c> would</c><00:48:46.079><c> have</c> 00:48:46.219 --> 00:48:50.099 that<00:48:46.519><c> conversation</c><00:48:47.119><c> and</c><00:48:47.599><c> make</c><00:48:47.820><c> the</c><00:48:48.139><c> decision</c><00:48:48.539><c> that</c><00:48:49.119><c> Abraham's</c><00:48:49.840><c> going</c><00:48:49.980><c> to</c> 00:48:50.099 --> 00:48:51.659 become<00:48:50.239><c> a</c><00:48:50.460><c> great</c><00:48:50.599><c> nation.</c><00:48:51.280><c> And</c> 00:48:51.659 --> 00:48:58.639 in<00:48:51.820><c> verse</c><00:48:52.059><c> 19,</c><00:48:53.199><c> I</c><00:48:53.440><c> have</c><00:48:53.699><c> known</c><00:48:53.900><c> him</c><00:48:54.380><c> for</c><00:48:54.860><c> I've</c><00:48:55.320><c> become</c><00:48:55.579><c> his</c><00:48:55.940><c> intimate</c><00:48:56.400><c> friend,</c><00:48:57.179><c> Rotherham</c><00:48:57.659><c> says.</c><00:48:58.000><c> That's</c><00:48:58.219><c> what</c><00:48:58.440><c> the</c> 00:48:58.639 --> 00:49:01.699 Hebrew<00:48:58.820><c> actually</c><00:48:59.219><c> means</c><00:48:59.519><c> there.</c><00:48:59.920><c> And</c><00:49:00.179><c> this</c><00:49:00.380><c> is</c><00:49:00.539><c> where</c><00:49:00.699><c> the</c><00:49:00.900><c> phrase</c><00:49:01.119><c> the</c><00:49:01.320><c> friend</c><00:49:01.480><c> of</c> 00:49:01.699 --> 00:49:02.940 God<00:49:01.880><c> actually</c><00:49:02.300><c> comes</c><00:49:02.599><c> from.</c> 00:49:02.940 --> 00:49:06.619 And<00:49:03.579><c> the</c><00:49:03.940><c> angels</c><00:49:04.139><c> say</c><00:49:04.480><c> we</c><00:49:04.880><c> know</c><00:49:05.380><c> that</c><00:49:05.699><c> Abraham</c><00:49:06.099><c> is</c><00:49:06.320><c> going</c><00:49:06.460><c> to</c> 00:49:06.619 --> 00:49:08.800 command<00:49:06.900><c> his</c><00:49:07.199><c> children</c><00:49:07.579><c> and</c><00:49:07.800><c> his</c><00:49:08.019><c> household</c><00:49:08.380><c> after</c> 00:49:08.800 --> 00:49:11.079 him.<00:49:09.260><c> They're</c><00:49:09.480><c> going</c><00:49:09.619><c> to</c><00:49:09.719><c> keep</c><00:49:09.900><c> the</c><00:49:10.079><c> way</c><00:49:10.179><c> of</c><00:49:10.320><c> the</c><00:49:10.519><c> Lord</c><00:49:10.719><c> to</c><00:49:10.880><c> do</c> 00:49:11.079 --> 00:49:13.840 righteousness<00:49:11.519><c> and</c><00:49:11.860><c> justice.</c><00:49:12.679><c> That's</c><00:49:13.219><c> why</c><00:49:13.579><c> they're</c> 00:49:13.840 --> 00:49:16.739 willing<00:49:14.139><c> to</c><00:49:14.460><c> work</c><00:49:14.639><c> with</c><00:49:14.800><c> him</c><00:49:14.980><c> like</c><00:49:15.280><c> this.</c><00:49:15.900><c> The</c><00:49:16.199><c> same</c><00:49:16.420><c> kind</c><00:49:16.599><c> of</c> 00:49:16.739 --> 00:49:19.940 things<00:49:16.880><c> we</c><00:49:17.099><c> saw</c><00:49:17.300><c> earlier.</c><00:49:17.760><c> It's</c><00:49:18.139><c> because</c><00:49:18.619><c> of</c><00:49:18.980><c> Abraham's</c> 00:49:19.940 --> 00:49:23.719 godly<00:49:20.400><c> character</c><00:49:20.940><c> that</c><00:49:21.480><c> the</c><00:49:22.119><c> angels</c><00:49:22.500><c> were</c><00:49:22.760><c> doing</c><00:49:23.039><c> all</c><00:49:23.420><c> these</c> 00:49:23.719 --> 00:49:25.860 things.<00:49:24.340><c> And</c><00:49:24.539><c> they're</c><00:49:24.699><c> going</c><00:49:24.840><c> to</c><00:49:24.980><c> bring</c><00:49:25.139><c> to</c><00:49:25.380><c> Abraham</c> 00:49:25.860 --> 00:49:30.079 what<00:49:26.420><c> God</c><00:49:26.760><c> had</c><00:49:27.039><c> promised</c><00:49:27.320><c> to</c><00:49:27.539><c> him.</c><00:49:28.420><c> But</c><00:49:28.539><c> their</c><00:49:29.139><c> decision</c><00:49:29.579><c> making</c><00:49:29.880><c> is</c> 00:49:30.079 --> 00:49:32.659 what<00:49:30.300><c> fascinated</c><00:49:30.800><c> me</c><00:49:31.139><c> that</c><00:49:31.340><c> God</c><00:49:31.780><c> entrusts</c> 00:49:32.659 --> 00:49:36.320 to<00:49:33.179><c> make</c><00:49:33.400><c> decisions</c><00:49:34.099><c> on</c><00:49:34.460><c> the</c><00:49:34.739><c> spot</c><00:49:35.059><c> about</c><00:49:35.579><c> events</c><00:49:35.960><c> that</c><00:49:36.199><c> they</c> 00:49:36.320 --> 00:49:39.079 have<00:49:36.500><c> been</c><00:49:36.780><c> sent</c><00:49:36.940><c> to</c><00:49:37.199><c> accomplish.</c><00:49:38.000><c> And</c><00:49:38.340><c> I</c><00:49:38.559><c> find</c><00:49:38.780><c> that</c> 00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:42.139 really<00:49:39.360><c> encouraging</c><00:49:39.940><c> and</c><00:49:40.420><c> fun</c><00:49:40.639><c> that</c><00:49:41.039><c> we</c><00:49:41.260><c> are</c><00:49:41.420><c> not</c><00:49:41.619><c> going</c><00:49:41.739><c> to</c><00:49:41.860><c> be</c><00:49:42.019><c> a</c> 00:49:42.139 --> 00:49:45.480 bunch<00:49:42.260><c> of</c><00:49:42.480><c> robots.</c><00:49:43.440><c> So</c><00:49:43.760><c> in</c><00:49:44.099><c> verse</c><00:49:44.760><c> 20</c><00:49:45.159><c> then,</c> 00:49:45.619 --> 00:49:48.820 the<00:49:45.679><c> Lord</c><00:49:45.880><c> says</c><00:49:46.199><c> because</c><00:49:46.519><c> the</c><00:49:46.800><c> outcry</c><00:49:47.340><c> against</c><00:49:47.800><c> Sodom</c><00:49:48.219><c> and</c><00:49:48.420><c> Gomorrah</c><00:49:48.420><c> is</c> 00:49:48.820 --> 00:49:51.380 great,<00:49:49.639><c> because</c><00:49:49.940><c> their</c><00:49:50.280><c> sin</c><00:49:50.380><c> is</c><00:49:50.599><c> very</c><00:49:51.000><c> grave,</c> 00:49:51.840 --> 00:49:55.800 I<00:49:52.059><c> will</c><00:49:52.420><c> now</c><00:49:52.900><c> go</c><00:49:53.199><c> down</c><00:49:53.599><c> and</c><00:49:54.059><c> see</c><00:49:54.480><c> whether</c><00:49:54.820><c> they</c><00:49:55.039><c> have</c><00:49:55.260><c> done</c><00:49:55.480><c> all</c> 00:49:55.800 --> 00:49:57.820 together<00:49:56.159><c> according</c><00:49:56.599><c> to</c><00:49:56.860><c> the</c><00:49:57.099><c> outcry</c><00:49:57.579><c> that</c> 00:49:57.820 --> 00:50:01.119 has<00:49:57.920><c> come</c><00:49:58.260><c> to</c><00:49:58.420><c> me</c><00:49:58.699><c> and</c><00:49:58.820><c> if</c><00:49:59.039><c> not</c><00:49:59.300><c> I</c><00:49:59.460><c> will</c><00:49:59.639><c> know.</c><00:50:00.440><c> And</c><00:50:00.679><c> so</c><00:50:00.800><c> the</c><00:50:00.960><c> men</c> 00:50:01.119 --> 00:50:03.219 turned<00:50:01.400><c> away</c><00:50:01.679><c> from</c><00:50:01.880><c> there</c><00:50:02.260><c> and</c><00:50:02.719><c> went</c><00:50:02.940><c> down</c> 00:50:03.219 --> 00:50:10.300 towards<00:50:03.579><c> Sodom</c><00:50:04.019><c> but</c><00:50:04.559><c> Abraham</c><00:50:05.199><c> still</c><00:50:05.960><c> stood</c><00:50:06.380><c> before</c><00:50:08.440><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:50:10.800 --> 00:50:13.460 Now<00:50:11.239><c> this</c><00:50:11.500><c> is</c><00:50:11.719><c> really</c><00:50:11.940><c> interesting</c><00:50:12.480><c> because</c> 00:50:13.460 --> 00:50:16.719 Abraham's<00:50:14.239><c> standing</c><00:50:14.579><c> before</c><00:50:15.000><c> Yahweh.</c><00:50:15.739><c> And</c><00:50:16.260><c> who's</c><00:50:16.460><c> standing</c> 00:50:16.719 --> 00:50:22.260 there?<00:50:19.139><c> An</c><00:50:19.460><c> angel,</c><00:50:19.980><c> right?</c><00:50:20.739><c> What</c><00:50:20.940><c> about</c><00:50:21.079><c> those</c><00:50:21.380><c> two?</c> 00:50:23.320 --> 00:50:27.679 What<00:50:23.840><c> about,</c><00:50:24.099><c> where</c><00:50:24.300><c> do</c><00:50:24.400><c> they</c><00:50:24.519><c> go?</c><00:50:25.719><c> Sodom</c><00:50:25.980><c> and</c><00:50:26.099><c> Gomorrah,</c><00:50:26.639><c> right?</c><00:50:27.460><c> Now</c> 00:50:27.679 --> 00:50:29.239 if<00:50:27.820><c> Abraham's</c><00:50:28.239><c> standing</c><00:50:28.519><c> before</c><00:50:28.860><c> Yahweh</c> 00:50:29.239 --> 00:50:37.280 here,<00:50:30.039><c> talking</c><00:50:30.400><c> to</c><00:50:30.960><c> the</c><00:50:31.139><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:31.360><c> angel</c><00:50:31.579><c> here,</c><00:50:32.579><c> is</c><00:50:32.780><c> it</c><00:50:32.980><c> possible</c><00:50:33.400><c> that</c><00:50:33.800><c> Lot</c><00:50:34.000><c> could</c><00:50:35.219><c> call</c><00:50:35.440><c> them</c><00:50:35.679><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:36.000><c> as</c><00:50:36.239><c> well?</c> 00:50:38.039 --> 00:50:44.099 Ooh,<00:50:38.460><c> this</c><00:50:38.679><c> is</c><00:50:38.880><c> interesting.</c><00:50:40.059><c> What</c><00:50:40.239><c> do</c><00:50:40.320><c> you</c><00:50:40.500><c> think?</c><00:50:42.260><c> Can</c><00:50:42.679><c> multiple</c><00:50:43.360><c> angels</c><00:50:43.780><c> be</c> 00:50:44.099 --> 00:50:46.119 called<00:50:44.280><c> Yahweh?</c><00:50:45.760><c> Yeah,</c> 00:50:46.139 --> 00:50:48.840 and<00:50:46.400><c> this</c><00:50:46.599><c> is</c><00:50:46.760><c> where</c><00:50:46.880><c> this</c><00:50:47.159><c> actually</c><00:50:47.440><c> comes</c><00:50:47.719><c> out.</c><00:50:47.960><c> That's</c><00:50:48.320><c> the</c> 00:50:48.840 --> 00:50:51.420 thing<00:50:49.059><c> I</c><00:50:49.260><c> found</c><00:50:49.500><c> most</c><00:50:49.820><c> fun</c><00:50:50.039><c> to</c><00:50:50.219><c> look</c><00:50:50.420><c> at.</c><00:50:50.920><c> There</c><00:50:51.179><c> isn't</c> 00:50:51.420 --> 00:50:55.500 just<00:50:51.820><c> one</c><00:50:52.400><c> Yahweh</c><00:50:52.940><c> angel</c><00:50:53.300><c> as</c><00:50:53.679><c> some</c><00:50:53.980><c> people</c><00:50:54.280><c> try</c><00:50:54.559><c> to</c><00:50:55.159><c> predict</c> 00:50:55.500 --> 00:50:57.860 in<00:50:55.719><c> our</c><00:50:56.179><c> community.</c><00:50:57.059><c> There's</c><00:50:57.360><c> actually</c> 00:50:57.860 --> 00:51:01.380 multiple<00:50:58.480><c> angels</c><00:50:58.880><c> that</c><00:50:59.099><c> are</c><00:50:59.280><c> 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