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he<00:10:45.759><c> declares</c><00:10:46.379><c> that</c><00:10:46.740><c> in</c><00:10:47.019><c> the</c><00:10:47.259><c> beginning</c><00:10:47.679><c> was</c><00:10:48.860><c> the</c><00:10:49.220><c> Logos,</c><00:10:50.519><c> the</c><00:10:50.759><c> word.</c>

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And<00:10:52.360><c> what</c><00:10:53.360><c> connotations</c><00:10:54.179><c> would</c><00:10:54.379><c> have</c><00:10:54.519><c> been</c><00:10:54.740><c> carried</c><00:10:55.000><c> by</c><00:10:55.220><c> that</c>

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particular<00:10:55.980><c> expression?</c>

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Well,<00:10:56.840><c> let's</c><00:10:57.159><c> examine</c><00:10:57.500><c> one</c><00:10:57.720><c> or</c><00:10:57.759><c> two</c><00:10:58.019><c> of</c><00:10:58.159><c> them.</c>

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I<00:10:59.519><c> mentioned</c><00:10:59.740><c> that</c><00:10:59.879><c> it</c><00:10:59.940><c> was</c><00:11:00.159><c> well</c><00:11:00.399><c> attested</c><00:11:00.820><c> that</c><00:11:01.000><c> the</c><00:11:01.159><c> Apostle</c><00:11:01.500><c> John</c><00:11:01.960><c> spent</c><00:11:02.379><c> a</c>

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good<00:11:02.700><c> deal</c><00:11:02.879><c> of</c><00:11:03.039><c> his</c><00:11:03.259><c> working</c><00:11:03.600><c> life</c><00:11:04.100><c> in</c><00:11:04.539><c> Ephesus</c><00:11:05.440><c> there</c><00:11:06.200><c> in</c><00:11:06.720><c> the</c>

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sixth<00:11:07.440><c> century</c><00:11:08.000><c> before</c><00:11:08.419><c> Christ.</c>

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A<00:11:09.460><c> philosopher,</c><00:11:10.080><c> a</c><00:11:10.100><c> man</c><00:11:10.320><c> named</c><00:11:10.779><c> Heraclitus,</c><00:11:12.080><c> had</c><00:11:12.200><c> been</c><00:11:12.559><c> practicing</c><00:11:13.139><c> his</c>

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thought<00:11:14.799><c> processes</c><00:11:15.539><c> and</c><00:11:16.240><c> had</c><00:11:16.559><c> declared</c><00:11:16.799><c> that</c><00:11:17.320><c> the</c><00:11:17.580><c> world</c><00:11:17.980><c> must</c><00:11:18.340><c> have</c><00:11:18.600><c> some</c><00:11:19.080><c> semblance</c><00:11:19.580><c> of</c><00:11:19.899><c> order,</c>

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some<00:11:20.539><c> rationality,</c><00:11:21.639><c> some</c><00:11:22.000><c> purpose</c><00:11:22.519><c> about</c><00:11:22.840><c> it,</c><00:11:23.580><c> and</c><00:11:23.799><c> he</c><00:11:23.940><c> had</c><00:11:24.059><c> at</c><00:11:24.120><c> last</c><00:11:24.480><c> declared</c><00:11:24.960><c> that</c><00:11:25.500><c> there</c><00:11:25.840><c> was</c><00:11:26.360><c> a</c>

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reason<00:11:27.320><c> at</c><00:11:27.659><c> the</c><00:11:27.919><c> heart</c><00:11:28.240><c> of</c><00:11:28.500><c> the</c><00:11:28.679><c> universe,</c>

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a<00:11:30.179><c> reason</c><00:11:30.559><c> that</c><00:11:30.759><c> he</c><00:11:30.940><c> could</c><00:11:31.159><c> describe</c><00:11:31.659><c> as</c><00:11:32.159><c> God,</c><00:11:33.200><c> and</c><00:11:33.440><c> he</c><00:11:33.679><c> called</c>

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that<00:11:34.159><c> reason</c><00:11:34.700><c> Logos.</c>

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And<00:11:36.799><c> there</c><00:11:36.919><c> were</c><00:11:37.059><c> many</c><00:11:37.320><c> other</c><00:11:37.600><c> Greek</c><00:11:37.960><c> thinkers</c><00:11:38.419><c> like</c><00:11:38.940><c> Plato</c>

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and<00:11:39.960><c> Socrates</c><00:11:40.460><c> and</c><00:11:40.740><c> the</c><00:11:41.039><c> Stoics,</c><00:11:42.039><c> who</c><00:11:42.120><c> were</c><00:11:42.220><c> about</c><00:11:42.580><c> three</c>

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centuries<00:11:43.940><c> before</c><00:11:44.860><c> Christ,</c>

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who<00:11:46.659><c> were</c><00:11:46.940><c> in</c><00:11:47.000><c> fact</c><00:11:47.240><c> developing</c><00:11:47.759><c> the</c><00:11:48.039><c> same</c><00:11:48.299><c> idea,</c><00:11:49.019><c> using</c><00:11:49.419><c> the</c>

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same<00:11:49.960><c> word</c><00:11:50.259><c> but</c><00:11:50.500><c> adding</c><00:11:51.299><c> color</c><00:11:51.879><c> or</c><00:11:52.559><c> flavor</c><00:11:53.019><c> or</c><00:11:53.600><c> texture</c><00:11:54.139><c> to</c><00:11:54.460><c> it.</c>

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And<00:11:55.559><c> their</c><00:11:55.759><c> texture</c><00:11:56.200><c> was</c><00:11:56.480><c> of</c><00:11:56.639><c> an</c><00:11:57.019><c> interesting</c><00:11:57.700><c> and</c><00:11:58.580><c> of</c><00:11:58.919><c> a</c>

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challenging<00:11:59.639><c> sort.</c>

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By<00:12:02.100><c> the</c><00:12:02.340><c> time</c><00:12:02.820><c> the</c><00:12:03.460><c> second</c><00:12:03.899><c> century</c><00:12:04.659><c> AD</c><00:12:05.379><c> had</c><00:12:05.759><c> come,</c><00:12:06.600><c> there</c><00:12:06.620><c> were</c><00:12:06.820><c> a</c>

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whole<00:12:07.179><c> gaggle</c><00:12:07.580><c> of</c><00:12:07.720><c> people</c><00:12:08.059><c> around</c><00:12:08.620><c> who</c><00:12:09.039><c> had</c><00:12:09.279><c> decided</c><00:12:09.700><c> that</c>

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the<00:12:10.200><c> world</c><00:12:10.700><c> was</c><00:12:11.559><c> intrinsically</c><00:12:12.419><c> evil.</c>

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They<00:12:14.659><c> argued</c><00:12:15.179><c> that</c><00:12:15.600><c> matter</c><00:12:16.059><c> was</c><00:12:16.720><c> something</c><00:12:17.159><c> that</c><00:12:17.679><c> a</c><00:12:17.779><c> divine</c>

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being<00:12:18.620><c> could</c><00:12:18.840><c> have</c><00:12:19.039><c> nothing</c><00:12:19.320><c> to</c><00:12:19.600><c> do</c><00:12:19.740><c> with.</c>

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Therefore,<00:12:21.679><c> their</c><00:12:21.960><c> conception</c><00:12:22.679><c> of</c><00:12:23.059><c> God</c><00:12:23.460><c> was</c><00:12:24.080><c> that</c><00:12:24.279><c> God</c><00:12:24.559><c> was</c>

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very<00:12:25.320><c> far</c><00:12:25.679><c> distanced</c><00:12:26.559><c> from</c><00:12:26.940><c> the</c><00:12:27.179><c> world</c><00:12:27.360><c> that</c><00:12:27.559><c> he</c><00:12:27.620><c> had</c><00:12:27.879><c> made,</c>

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that<00:12:29.039><c> if,</c><00:12:29.320><c> for</c><00:12:29.480><c> example,</c><00:12:29.799><c> he</c><00:12:29.980><c> wanted</c><00:12:30.279><c> to</c><00:12:30.539><c> do</c><00:12:30.759><c> something,</c><00:12:31.580><c> then</c>

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he<00:12:32.299><c> could</c><00:12:32.480><c> never</c><00:12:32.700><c> do</c><00:12:32.919><c> it</c><00:12:33.100><c> himself.</c>

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Take,<00:12:34.620><c> for</c><00:12:34.820><c> example,</c><00:12:35.100><c> we</c><00:12:35.240><c> might</c><00:12:35.460><c> want</c><00:12:35.639><c> the</c><00:12:35.860><c> lights</c><00:12:36.080><c> back</c><00:12:36.460><c> on,</c>

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and<00:12:37.100><c> I</c><00:12:37.220><c> might</c><00:12:37.419><c> say</c><00:12:37.679><c> to</c><00:12:38.000><c> Brother</c><00:12:38.279><c> Ernie,</c><00:12:38.919><c> Ernie,</c><00:12:39.279><c> could</c><00:12:39.399><c> you</c>

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put<00:12:39.679><c> the</c><00:12:39.879><c> lights</c><00:12:40.080><c> on?</c>

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And<00:12:40.379><c> he</c><00:12:40.500><c> would</c><00:12:40.659><c> say,</c><00:12:40.799><c> well,</c><00:12:40.940><c> I'm</c><00:12:41.139><c> too</c><00:12:41.399><c> busy</c><00:12:41.639><c> at</c><00:12:41.860><c> the</c><00:12:42.000><c> moment</c><00:12:42.259><c> focusing</c><00:12:42.940><c> upon</c><00:12:43.259><c> you,</c><00:12:43.559><c> and</c><00:12:43.639><c> you're</c><00:12:43.860><c> dodging</c><00:12:44.220><c> around,</c><00:12:44.639><c> so</c>

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my<00:12:44.960><c> hands</c><00:12:45.139><c> are</c><00:12:45.399><c> full.</c>

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John,<00:12:46.059><c> could</c><00:12:46.220><c> you</c><00:12:46.419><c> put</c><00:12:46.600><c> the</c><00:12:46.840><c> lights</c><00:12:47.019><c> on?</c><00:12:47.460><c> Sorry,</c><00:12:47.799><c> says</c><00:12:47.860><c> John,</c>

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I'm<00:12:48.340><c> trying</c><00:12:48.559><c> to</c><00:12:48.799><c> cope</c><00:12:49.019><c> with</c><00:12:49.299><c> the</c><00:12:49.779><c> variation</c><00:12:50.360><c> in</c><00:12:50.600><c> his</c><00:12:50.899><c> voice.</c>

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He<00:12:51.320><c> keeps</c><00:12:51.600><c> fluctuating</c><00:12:52.340><c> in</c><00:12:52.539><c> his</c><00:12:52.759><c> voice.</c><00:12:53.159><c> I've</c><00:12:53.580><c> got</c><00:12:53.740><c> to</c><00:12:53.980><c> man</c>

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this<00:12:54.419><c> dial.</c>

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Ruben,<00:12:55.460><c> you're</c><00:12:55.679><c> not</c><00:12:55.919><c> doing</c><00:12:56.080><c> anything</c><00:12:56.440><c> as</c><00:12:56.700><c> usual.</c><00:12:57.039><c> Could</c><00:12:57.200><c> you</c>

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slip<00:12:57.759><c> across?</c>

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Now,<00:13:00.279><c> you</c><00:13:00.519><c> see</c><00:13:00.620><c> what's</c><00:13:00.899><c> happening</c><00:13:01.220><c> there.</c><00:13:02.120><c> There's</c><00:13:02.720><c> a</c><00:13:03.100><c> distancing</c><00:13:03.720><c> between</c><00:13:04.159><c> myself,</c><00:13:04.879><c> who's</c>

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asking<00:13:05.580><c> for</c><00:13:05.820><c> the</c><00:13:06.019><c> switch</c><00:13:06.220><c> to</c><00:13:06.460><c> be</c><00:13:07.039><c> thrown,</c>

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and<00:13:08.039><c> between</c><00:13:08.559><c> each</c><00:13:09.019><c> person</c><00:13:09.519><c> who</c><00:13:09.919><c> is</c><00:13:10.259><c> duly</c><00:13:10.700><c> taking</c><00:13:11.059><c> on</c><00:13:11.539><c> the</c><00:13:11.799><c> task</c><00:13:12.100><c> and</c>

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passing<00:13:12.720><c> it</c><00:13:13.000><c> on,</c>

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until<00:13:13.639><c> at</c><00:13:13.879><c> last</c><00:13:14.279><c> Ruben</c><00:13:14.820><c> manages</c><00:13:15.220><c> to</c><00:13:15.460><c> persuade</c><00:13:15.840><c> us,</c><00:13:16.120><c> would</c><00:13:16.279><c> be</c>

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his<00:13:16.639><c> want,</c><00:13:17.159><c> someone</c><00:13:17.379><c> else</c><00:13:17.779><c> to</c><00:13:18.019><c> go</c><00:13:18.279><c> and</c><00:13:18.820><c> do</c><00:13:19.139><c> the</c><00:13:19.379><c> actual</c><00:13:19.860><c> switching.</c>

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Now,<00:13:22.220><c> what</c><00:13:22.399><c> was</c><00:13:22.639><c> happening</c><00:13:22.899><c> in</c><00:13:23.120><c> the</c><00:13:23.419><c> second</c><00:13:23.779><c> century</c><00:13:24.360><c> AD</c><00:13:24.879><c> was</c>

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just<00:13:25.460><c> like</c><00:13:25.759><c> that</c><00:13:25.980><c> in</c><00:13:26.779><c> theological</c><00:13:27.519><c> terms.</c>

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People<00:13:28.840><c> had</c><00:13:29.080><c> come</c><00:13:29.240><c> to</c><00:13:29.539><c> believe</c><00:13:29.940><c> that</c><00:13:30.320><c> God</c><00:13:30.539><c> was</c><00:13:30.899><c> very</c><00:13:31.480><c> far</c><00:13:31.899><c> distanced</c><00:13:32.700><c> from</c>

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his<00:13:33.559><c> creation.</c>

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They<00:13:36.059><c> believed</c><00:13:36.399><c> then</c><00:13:36.679><c> that</c><00:13:36.860><c> God</c><00:13:37.159><c> could</c><00:13:37.440><c> only</c><00:13:37.779><c> ever</c><00:13:38.080><c> have</c><00:13:38.320><c> come</c>

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near<00:13:38.799><c> by</c><00:13:39.080><c> sending</c><00:13:39.519><c> out</c><00:13:40.340><c> messengers</c><00:13:40.960><c> or</c><00:13:41.639><c> intermediaries,</c>

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they<00:13:42.559><c> called</c><00:13:42.759><c> them</c><00:13:43.000><c> emanations,</c><00:13:43.980><c> who</c><00:13:44.139><c> would</c><00:13:44.440><c> bridge</c><00:13:44.759><c> the</c><00:13:45.080><c> gap</c>

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and<00:13:45.799><c> who</c><00:13:45.960><c> would</c><00:13:46.279><c> come</c><00:13:46.639><c> near</c><00:13:47.039><c> to</c><00:13:47.480><c> the</c><00:13:47.720><c> world</c><00:13:48.059><c> that</c><00:13:48.440><c> was</c><00:13:48.759><c> regarded</c><00:13:49.259><c> as</c><00:13:49.580><c> evil.</c>

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Now,<00:13:51.120><c> I</c><00:13:51.279><c> mention</c><00:13:51.519><c> that</c><00:13:51.740><c> because</c><00:13:52.259><c> these</c><00:13:52.840><c> thoughts</c><00:13:53.340><c> had</c><00:13:53.600><c> in</c><00:13:53.759><c> fact</c><00:13:53.940><c> emanated</c><00:13:54.600><c> from</c><00:13:54.820><c> people</c><00:13:55.100><c> like</c><00:13:55.659><c> Plato</c><00:13:56.039><c> and</c>

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Socrates<00:13:56.840><c> and</c><00:13:57.179><c> the</c><00:13:57.460><c> Stoics,</c>

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who<00:13:58.259><c> began</c><00:13:58.639><c> the</c><00:13:58.960><c> belief</c><00:13:59.320><c> that</c><00:13:59.879><c> matter</c><00:14:00.259><c> was</c><00:14:00.679><c> evil</c><00:14:01.200><c> and</c><00:14:01.600><c> that</c><00:14:01.860><c> God</c><00:14:02.100><c> who</c><00:14:02.320><c> was</c><00:14:02.580><c> spirit</c><00:14:03.139><c> was</c><00:14:03.539><c> therefore</c><00:14:04.100><c> separated</c><00:14:04.799><c> from</c><00:14:05.279><c> the</c><00:14:05.500><c> world</c><00:14:05.679><c> that</c><00:14:05.840><c> he</c>

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had<00:14:06.139><c> once</c><00:14:06.379><c> made.</c>

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were<00:14:12.320><c> there</c><00:14:12.759><c> in</c><00:14:13.200><c> the</c><00:14:13.440><c> background,</c><00:14:14.600><c> that</c><00:14:14.919><c> had</c><00:14:15.200><c> to</c><00:14:15.379><c> be</c><00:14:15.659><c> understood</c><00:14:16.059><c> and</c><00:14:16.379><c> appreciated.</c>

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They<00:14:17.500><c> would</c><00:14:17.679><c> be</c><00:14:17.960><c> part</c><00:14:18.299><c> of</c><00:14:18.799><c> the</c><00:14:19.159><c> nuances</c><00:14:19.759><c> that</c><00:14:20.320><c> would</c><00:14:20.539><c> have</c><00:14:20.799><c> fallen</c><00:14:21.059><c> upon</c><00:14:21.419><c> the</c>

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Gentile<00:14:22.500><c> ear</c><00:14:22.799><c> when</c><00:14:23.299><c> they</c><00:14:23.639><c> came</c><00:14:23.940><c> to</c><00:14:24.440><c> read</c><00:14:24.820><c> John's</c><00:14:25.379><c> Gospel.</c>

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And<00:14:26.120><c> of</c><00:14:26.320><c> course</c><00:14:26.519><c> in</c><00:14:27.379><c> the</c><00:14:27.879><c> Jewish</c><00:14:28.259><c> ear</c><00:14:28.860><c> there</c><00:14:29.399><c> was</c><00:14:29.600><c> a</c><00:14:29.679><c> whole</c><00:14:29.940><c> different</c><00:14:30.419><c> set</c>

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of<00:14:31.600><c> signals</c><00:14:32.059><c> that</c><00:14:32.299><c> they</c><00:14:32.519><c> were</c><00:14:32.679><c> listening</c><00:14:33.059><c> to.</c>

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There<00:14:33.940><c> was</c><00:14:34.139><c> of</c><00:14:34.299><c> course</c><00:14:34.879><c> fundamentally</c><00:14:35.919><c> the</c><00:14:36.440><c> Old</c><00:14:36.759><c> Testament,</c>

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the<00:14:37.960><c> revelation</c><00:14:38.440><c> that</c><00:14:38.679><c> God</c><00:14:38.879><c> had</c><00:14:39.139><c> given,</c>

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in<00:14:39.960><c> which</c><00:14:40.299><c> God's</c><00:14:40.980><c> word</c><00:14:41.740><c> was</c><00:14:42.259><c> a</c><00:14:42.340><c> very</c><00:14:42.799><c> important</c><00:14:43.899><c> way</c><00:14:44.580><c> of</c><00:14:45.179><c> expression.</c>

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And<00:14:47.200><c> not</c><00:14:47.519><c> only</c><00:14:47.779><c> the</c><00:14:48.100><c> inspired</c><00:14:48.639><c> writings,</c><00:14:49.080><c> there</c><00:14:49.259><c> were</c><00:14:49.600><c> apocryphal</c><00:14:50.399><c> writings</c><00:14:50.879><c> too,</c>

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writings<00:14:52.120><c> which</c><00:14:52.600><c> had</c><00:14:53.000><c> come</c><00:14:53.440><c> not</c><00:14:53.919><c> from</c><00:14:55.379><c> God</c><00:14:56.000><c> through</c><00:14:56.419><c> his</c><00:14:56.759><c> prophets,</c>

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but<00:14:57.759><c> from</c><00:14:58.299><c> men</c><00:14:58.740><c> who</c><00:14:58.940><c> were</c><00:14:59.200><c> trying</c><00:14:59.559><c> to</c><00:14:59.899><c> work</c><00:15:00.179><c> out</c><00:15:00.440><c> religion</c><00:15:00.840><c> for</c>

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themselves,<00:15:02.259><c> non</c><00:15:02.580><c>-canonical</c><00:15:03.179><c> writings</c><00:15:03.620><c> we</c><00:15:03.840><c> might</c><00:15:04.059><c> call</c><00:15:04.379><c> them.</c>

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And<00:15:04.840><c> there</c><00:15:04.940><c> were</c><00:15:05.120><c> the</c><00:15:05.279><c> rabbis.</c>

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Now,<00:15:06.779><c> here</c><00:15:06.919><c> was</c><00:15:07.039><c> a</c><00:15:07.100><c> very</c><00:15:07.419><c> interesting</c><00:15:08.279><c> layer.</c>

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They<00:15:09.600><c> might</c><00:15:09.879><c> equate</c><00:15:10.360><c> to</c><00:15:10.700><c> our</c><00:15:10.960><c> own</c><00:15:11.179><c> writings,</c><00:15:11.519><c> for</c><00:15:11.820><c> example,</c>

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in<00:15:12.659><c> magazines</c><00:15:13.139><c> or</c><00:15:13.639><c> books</c>

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in<00:15:14.200><c> which</c><00:15:14.399><c> people</c><00:15:14.700><c> were</c><00:15:15.220><c> trying</c><00:15:15.600><c> to</c><00:15:15.960><c> understand</c><00:15:16.440><c> and</c><00:15:16.639><c> to</c><00:15:16.899><c> explain</c><00:15:17.360><c> and</c>

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to<00:15:17.879><c> expound</c><00:15:18.379><c> what</c><00:15:18.679><c> the</c><00:15:18.940><c> scriptures</c><00:15:19.259><c> meant.</c>

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And<00:15:20.500><c> the</c><00:15:20.700><c> rabbis</c><00:15:21.039><c> got</c><00:15:21.279><c> a</c><00:15:21.399><c> little</c><00:15:21.600><c> bit</c><00:15:21.860><c> anxious</c><00:15:22.399><c> with</c><00:15:22.679><c> the</c><00:15:22.919><c> idea</c>

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that<00:15:23.320><c> God</c><00:15:23.559><c> was</c><00:15:23.779><c> very</c><00:15:24.279><c> closely</c><00:15:25.039><c> interlinked</c><00:15:26.000><c> with</c><00:15:26.139><c> the</c><00:15:26.340><c> world</c>

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that<00:15:26.679><c> he</c><00:15:26.759><c> had</c><00:15:27.019><c> made,</c>

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so<00:15:28.019><c> much</c><00:15:28.220><c> so</c><00:15:28.419><c> that</c><00:15:28.600><c> they</c><00:15:28.960><c> also</c><00:15:29.340><c> began</c><00:15:29.679><c> to</c><00:15:29.940><c> put</c><00:15:30.179><c> things</c><00:15:30.679><c> between</c>

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God<00:15:31.899><c> and</c><00:15:32.200><c> his</c><00:15:32.480><c> creation.</c>

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They<00:15:33.639><c> had</c><00:15:33.840><c> the</c><00:15:34.039><c> idea,</c><00:15:34.340><c> for</c><00:15:34.580><c> example,</c><00:15:35.000><c> that</c><00:15:35.100><c> his</c><00:15:35.440><c> word,</c><00:15:36.320><c> his</c><00:15:36.740><c> memra,</c><00:15:37.799><c> as</c>

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they<00:15:38.240><c> called</c><00:15:38.460><c> it,</c><00:15:39.000><c> was</c><00:15:39.120><c> as</c><00:15:39.419><c> it</c><00:15:39.559><c> were</c><00:15:39.740><c> a</c><00:15:40.000><c> free</c><00:15:40.360><c> agent.</c>

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Or<00:15:41.980><c> they</c><00:15:42.159><c> talked</c><00:15:42.399><c> about</c><00:15:42.700><c> God's</c><00:15:43.220><c> glory,</c><00:15:43.600><c> God's</c><00:15:44.279><c> Shekinah</c><00:15:44.899><c> glory,</c><00:15:45.500><c> as</c>

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though<00:15:45.779><c> it</c><00:15:45.899><c> was</c><00:15:46.220><c> separate</c><00:15:46.659><c> from</c><00:15:46.919><c> God</c><00:15:47.220><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:15:48.580><c> you</c><00:15:48.720><c> see,</c><00:15:49.279><c> something</c><00:15:49.720><c> of</c><00:15:50.039><c> the</c><00:15:50.279><c> same</c><00:15:50.980><c> Greek</c><00:15:51.720><c> thought</c><00:15:52.240><c> processes</c><00:15:52.779><c> is</c>

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happening<00:15:53.639><c> there</c><00:15:54.019><c> in</c><00:15:54.419><c> the</c><00:15:54.720><c> Jewish</c><00:15:55.019><c> world</c><00:15:55.500><c> too.</c>

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There<00:15:56.240><c> is</c><00:15:56.559><c> a</c><00:15:56.799><c> distancing.</c>

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Where,<00:15:58.299><c> for</c><00:15:58.480><c> example,</c><00:15:58.940><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:59.340><c> can</c><00:15:59.580><c> speak</c><00:15:59.840><c> in</c><00:15:59.960><c> chapter</c><00:16:00.279><c> 48</c><00:16:00.840><c> about</c><00:16:01.299><c> God</c><00:16:01.799><c> by</c>

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his<00:16:02.879><c> hand</c><00:16:03.460><c> having</c><00:16:03.980><c> formed</c><00:16:04.460><c> the</c><00:16:04.740><c> earth.</c>

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My<00:16:05.519><c> hands</c><00:16:06.200><c> formed</c><00:16:06.919><c> the</c><00:16:07.259><c> earth.</c>

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In<00:16:08.259><c> fact,</c><00:16:08.980><c> the</c><00:16:09.139><c> Aramaic</c><00:16:09.700><c> paraphrase</c><00:16:10.379><c> would</c><00:16:10.639><c> say</c><00:16:11.000><c> God's</c><00:16:12.000><c> memra</c>

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formed<00:16:13.440><c> the</c><00:16:13.820><c> world.</c>

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And<00:16:14.779><c> the</c><00:16:14.899><c> reason</c><00:16:15.159><c> was</c><00:16:15.519><c> there</c><00:16:15.679><c> that</c><00:16:15.860><c> the</c><00:16:16.059><c> rabbis</c><00:16:16.379><c> didn't</c><00:16:16.620><c> like</c>

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to<00:16:17.179><c> think</c><00:16:17.460><c> of</c><00:16:17.879><c> God</c><00:16:18.240><c> in</c><00:16:18.759><c> human</c><00:16:19.279><c> terms.</c>

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They<00:16:20.379><c> thought</c><00:16:20.559><c> that</c><00:16:20.700><c> was</c><00:16:20.879><c> much</c><00:16:21.139><c> too</c><00:16:21.460><c> familiar.</c>

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That<00:16:22.600><c> was,</c><00:16:23.039><c> as</c><00:16:23.480><c> it</c><00:16:23.659><c> were,</c><00:16:24.080><c> demeaning</c><00:16:24.620><c> of</c><00:16:24.840><c> the</c><00:16:25.080><c> greatness</c><00:16:25.440><c> and</c>

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the<00:16:25.899><c> mystery</c><00:16:26.279><c> of</c><00:16:26.519><c> God.</c>

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And<00:16:27.360><c> therefore</c><00:16:27.620><c> they</c><00:16:28.039><c> conjured</c><00:16:28.480><c> up</c><00:16:28.659><c> this</c><00:16:28.879><c> idea</c><00:16:29.299><c> of</c><00:16:29.759><c> something</c>

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else<00:16:30.679><c> that</c><00:16:31.120><c> had</c><00:16:31.399><c> been</c><00:16:31.700><c> effective</c><00:16:32.460><c> in</c><00:16:32.960><c> the</c><00:16:33.200><c> process</c><00:16:33.559><c> of</c><00:16:33.919><c> creation.</c>

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And<00:16:36.139><c> so</c><00:16:36.360><c> you</c><00:16:36.559><c> begin</c><00:16:36.820><c> to</c><00:16:37.019><c> get</c><00:16:37.139><c> these</c><00:16:37.360><c> ideas</c><00:16:37.779><c> coming</c><00:16:38.100><c> together</c>

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in<00:16:38.759><c> the</c><00:16:38.980><c> Essenes,</c><00:16:39.879><c> the</c><00:16:40.080><c> Dead</c><00:16:40.500><c> Sea</c><00:16:41.059><c> community.</c>

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You<00:16:42.440><c> remember</c><00:16:42.600><c> the</c><00:16:42.879><c> people</c><00:16:43.220><c> who</c><00:16:43.519><c> produced</c><00:16:43.820><c> the</c><00:16:44.080><c> Dead</c><00:16:44.320><c> Sea</c><00:16:44.539><c> Scrolls,</c><00:16:45.360><c> which</c><00:16:45.539><c> were</c><00:16:45.720><c> not</c>

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only<00:16:46.600><c> scriptural</c><00:16:47.360><c> copies,</c>

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but<00:16:48.320><c> were</c><00:16:48.580><c> also</c><00:16:49.000><c> commentaries</c><00:16:49.820><c> on</c><00:16:50.240><c> the</c><00:16:50.460><c> scriptures</c><00:16:50.759><c> themselves.</c>

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And<00:16:51.820><c> here</c><00:16:52.299><c> were</c><00:16:52.580><c> all</c><00:16:52.799><c> sorts</c><00:16:53.179><c> of</c><00:16:53.580><c> threads</c><00:16:53.940><c> and</c><00:16:54.419><c> themes</c><00:16:54.779><c> that</c>

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were<00:16:55.220><c> drawn,</c><00:16:55.899><c> partly</c><00:16:56.159><c> from</c><00:16:56.440><c> the</c><00:16:56.679><c> Jewish</c><00:16:56.919><c> and</c><00:16:57.179><c> partly</c><00:16:57.559><c> from</c>

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the<00:16:58.059><c> Greek</c><00:16:58.279><c> world.</c>

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Indeed,<00:16:59.659><c> there</c><00:16:59.740><c> was</c><00:16:59.879><c> a</c><00:17:00.019><c> man</c><00:17:00.139><c> who</c><00:17:00.360><c> was</c><00:17:00.840><c> not</c><00:17:01.080><c> all</c><00:17:01.539><c> that</c><00:17:01.899><c> far</c><00:17:02.179><c> apart</c><00:17:02.539><c> from</c>

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being<00:17:02.940><c> a</c><00:17:03.320><c> contemporary</c><00:17:03.980><c> with</c><00:17:04.440><c> the</c><00:17:04.599><c> Apostle</c><00:17:05.000><c> John,</c>

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a<00:17:05.619><c> Jew</c><00:17:06.039><c> called</c><00:17:06.700><c> Philo,</c><00:17:07.680><c> who</c><00:17:07.759><c> worked</c><00:17:08.099><c> at</c><00:17:08.599><c> Alexandria,</c><00:17:09.779><c> Alexandria</c><00:17:10.420><c> being</c>

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an<00:17:10.980><c> important</c><00:17:11.279><c> Greek</c><00:17:11.759><c> community</c><00:17:12.420><c> in</c><00:17:13.180><c> Egypt.</c>

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And<00:17:14.619><c> from</c><00:17:15.220><c> there,</c><00:17:15.759><c> Philo</c><00:17:16.400><c> was</c><00:17:16.740><c> writing</c><00:17:17.119><c> himself</c><00:17:17.559><c> about</c><00:17:18.019><c> the</c><00:17:18.440><c> Logos.</c>

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There<00:17:19.559><c> are</c><00:17:19.740><c> more</c><00:17:19.960><c> than</c><00:17:20.240><c> 1</c><00:17:20.500><c>,400</c><00:17:20.940><c> references</c><00:17:21.680><c> to</c><00:17:22.259><c> the</c><00:17:22.539><c> Logos</c><00:17:22.900><c> in</c>

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Philo's<00:17:24.079><c> writings.</c>

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And<00:17:25.099><c> Philo</c><00:17:25.319><c> was</c><00:17:25.579><c> there</c><00:17:25.880><c> again</c><00:17:26.299><c> trying</c><00:17:26.640><c> to</c><00:17:26.859><c> make</c><00:17:27.079><c> sense</c><00:17:27.440><c> of</c><00:17:27.640><c> the</c>

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universe,<00:17:28.599><c> much</c><00:17:28.799><c> as</c><00:17:28.980><c> Heraclitus</c><00:17:29.599><c> had</c><00:17:29.859><c> been</c><00:17:30.279><c> many</c><00:17:30.779><c> centuries</c><00:17:31.240><c> before.</c>

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And<00:17:32.680><c> he</c><00:17:33.099><c> saw</c><00:17:33.500><c> the</c><00:17:34.000><c> idea</c><00:17:34.420><c> of</c><00:17:34.640><c> the</c><00:17:34.880><c> Logos,</c><00:17:35.500><c> the</c><00:17:35.759><c> word,</c><00:17:36.440><c> as</c><00:17:36.660><c> a</c><00:17:36.799><c> sort</c>

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of<00:17:37.259><c> bridge</c><00:17:37.759><c> between</c><00:17:38.420><c> God</c><00:17:39.059><c> and</c><00:17:39.500><c> his</c><00:17:39.859><c> universe.</c>

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Now,<00:17:42.519><c> all</c><00:17:42.759><c> this</c><00:17:42.940><c> is</c><00:17:43.119><c> important</c><00:17:43.599><c> for</c><00:17:43.819><c> us</c><00:17:44.259><c> when</c><00:17:44.579><c> we</c><00:17:44.839><c> come</c><00:17:45.039><c> then</c>

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to<00:17:45.880><c> consider</c><00:17:46.460><c> what</c><00:17:47.359><c> John</c><00:17:47.779><c> was</c><00:17:48.180><c> saying</c><00:17:48.579><c> when</c><00:17:49.079><c> he</c><00:17:49.359><c> began</c><00:17:49.660><c> his</c>

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Gospel<00:17:50.400><c> record.</c>

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In<00:17:51.839><c> the</c><00:17:52.099><c> beginning</c><00:17:52.640><c> was</c><00:17:53.440><c> the</c><00:17:53.859><c> Logos,</c><00:17:55.200><c> and</c><00:17:55.359><c> the</c><00:17:55.519><c> Logos</c><00:17:55.980><c> was</c><00:17:56.240><c> with</c><00:17:56.599><c> God,</c><00:17:57.359><c> and</c>

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the<00:17:57.740><c> Logos</c><00:17:58.400><c> was</c><00:17:58.900><c> God.</c>

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What<00:18:01.339><c> would</c><00:18:01.539><c> it</c><00:18:01.680><c> have</c><00:18:01.940><c> meant</c><00:18:02.200><c> as</c><00:18:02.400><c> it</c><00:18:02.720><c> fell</c><00:18:02.880><c> upon</c><00:18:03.240><c> the</c><00:18:03.539><c> Jewish</c><00:18:03.859><c> ear?</c>

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Well,<00:18:06.180><c> the</c><00:18:06.400><c> Jew</c><00:18:06.640><c> would</c><00:18:07.079><c> not</c><00:18:07.299><c> have</c><00:18:07.480><c> been</c><00:18:07.660><c> unfamiliar</c><00:18:08.180><c> with</c><00:18:08.440><c> the</c>

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term,<00:18:09.519><c> just</c><00:18:09.740><c> like</c><00:18:09.940><c> I</c><00:18:10.339><c> conjured</c><00:18:10.680><c> the</c><00:18:10.779><c> word</c><00:18:11.160><c> strike</c><00:18:11.779><c> out.</c>

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We're<00:18:13.240><c> perfectly</c><00:18:13.720><c> familiar</c><00:18:14.180><c> with</c><00:18:14.400><c> the</c><00:18:14.599><c> word</c><00:18:15.220><c> strike,</c><00:18:15.900><c> but</c><00:18:16.180><c> you'd</c><00:18:16.799><c> need</c><00:18:16.960><c> to</c>

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think<00:18:17.440><c> about</c><00:18:17.740><c> the</c><00:18:18.079><c> context</c><00:18:18.539><c> and</c><00:18:18.740><c> the</c><00:18:19.000><c> setting</c>

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before<00:18:19.920><c> you</c><00:18:20.079><c> could</c><00:18:20.299><c> decide</c><00:18:20.779><c> which</c><00:18:21.359><c> meaning</c><00:18:21.859><c> to</c><00:18:22.180><c> give</c><00:18:22.359><c> to</c><00:18:22.619><c> it.</c>

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So<00:18:23.880><c> let's</c><00:18:24.259><c> run</c><00:18:24.559><c> one</c><00:18:24.779><c> or</c><00:18:24.819><c> two</c><00:18:25.079><c> of</c><00:18:25.240><c> these</c><00:18:25.500><c> through</c><00:18:25.779><c> and</c><00:18:26.119><c> just</c><00:18:26.480><c> see.</c>

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And<00:18:27.380><c> there</c><00:18:27.500><c> are</c><00:18:27.599><c> more</c><00:18:27.940><c> instances</c><00:18:28.519><c> than</c><00:18:28.799><c> there</c><00:18:29.160><c> are</c><00:18:29.400><c> here</c><00:18:29.799><c> on</c>

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this<00:18:30.420><c> transparency,</c>

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but<00:18:31.500><c> you'll</c><00:18:32.259><c> remember</c><00:18:32.500><c> these</c><00:18:32.779><c> as</c><00:18:33.119><c> familiar</c><00:18:33.480><c> enough.</c>

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By<00:18:35.019><c> the</c><00:18:35.279><c> word</c><00:18:35.619><c> of</c><00:18:35.819><c> the</c><00:18:36.019><c> Lord</c><00:18:36.500><c> were</c><00:18:37.079><c> the</c><00:18:37.319><c> heavens</c><00:18:37.680><c> made,</c><00:18:38.279><c> and</c><00:18:38.880><c> all</c><00:18:39.180><c> the</c><00:18:39.380><c> host</c><00:18:39.640><c> of</c>

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them<00:18:40.039><c> by</c><00:18:40.400><c> the</c><00:18:40.619><c> breath</c><00:18:40.819><c> of</c><00:18:40.940><c> his</c><00:18:41.200><c> mouth.</c>

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For<00:18:41.559><c> he</c><00:18:42.160><c> spake,</c><00:18:42.839><c> and</c><00:18:42.980><c> it</c><00:18:43.099><c> was</c><00:18:43.339><c> done.</c><00:18:43.960><c> He</c><00:18:44.359><c> commanded,</c><00:18:45.319><c> and</c><00:18:45.440><c> it</c>

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stood<00:18:46.039><c> fast.</c>

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Now,<00:18:47.519><c> I</c><00:18:47.579><c> want</c><00:18:47.599><c> you</c><00:18:47.720><c> to</c><00:18:47.880><c> notice</c><00:18:48.119><c> there</c><00:18:48.339><c> that</c><00:18:48.480><c> in</c><00:18:48.759><c> Psalm</c><00:18:49.000><c> 33</c><00:18:49.619><c> in</c><00:18:49.839><c> verses</c><00:18:50.319><c> 6</c>

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and<00:18:51.240><c> 9,</c>

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the<00:18:52.160><c> psalmist</c><00:18:52.579><c> is</c><00:18:52.839><c> in</c><00:18:52.980><c> fact</c><00:18:53.380><c> commenting</c><00:18:54.160><c> and</c><00:18:54.799><c> considering</c><00:18:55.460><c> what</c><00:18:56.099><c> Genesis</c><00:18:56.579><c> 1</c>

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had<00:18:57.259><c> earlier</c><00:18:57.700><c> said.</c>

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In<00:18:58.660><c> the</c><00:18:58.799><c> beginning,</c><00:18:59.500><c> God</c><00:18:59.500><c> created</c><00:19:00.079><c> the</c><00:19:00.299><c> heavens</c><00:19:00.519><c> and</c><00:19:00.720><c> the</c><00:19:00.920><c> earth,</c><00:19:01.579><c> and</c>

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the<00:19:02.180><c> earth</c><00:19:02.480><c> was</c><00:19:02.759><c> without</c><00:19:03.180><c> form</c><00:19:03.559><c> and</c><00:19:03.920><c> void,</c>

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and<00:19:04.720><c> darkness</c><00:19:05.180><c> was</c><00:19:05.420><c> upon</c><00:19:05.680><c> the</c><00:19:05.900><c> face</c><00:19:06.099><c> of</c><00:19:06.259><c> the</c><00:19:06.440><c> deep.</c>

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And<00:19:07.099><c> the</c><00:19:07.259><c> Spirit</c><00:19:07.539><c> of</c><00:19:07.720><c> God</c><00:19:07.960><c> moved</c><00:19:08.359><c> upon</c><00:19:08.660><c> the</c><00:19:08.880><c> face</c><00:19:09.059><c> of</c><00:19:09.259><c> the</c><00:19:09.440><c> waters,</c><00:19:10.099><c> and</c>

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God<00:19:11.000><c> said,</c>

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let<00:19:12.720><c> there</c><00:19:12.940><c> be</c><00:19:13.119><c> light,</c><00:19:13.920><c> and</c><00:19:14.200><c> there</c><00:19:14.480><c> was</c><00:19:14.839><c> light.</c>

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You<00:19:16.240><c> see,</c><00:19:16.380><c> the</c><00:19:16.559><c> psalmist</c><00:19:16.799><c> is</c><00:19:17.059><c> analyzing</c><00:19:17.480><c> what</c><00:19:17.759><c> happened</c><00:19:18.119><c> then,</c>

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and<00:19:18.880><c> he</c><00:19:19.019><c> is</c><00:19:19.259><c> saying</c><00:19:19.519><c> that</c><00:19:20.119><c> what</c><00:19:20.980><c> brought</c><00:19:21.819><c> light</c><00:19:22.420><c> into</c><00:19:22.900><c> existence</c><00:19:23.599><c> was</c><00:19:24.180><c> the</c>

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word<00:19:24.960><c> of</c><00:19:25.200><c> God.</c>

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God<00:19:26.440><c> said,</c><00:19:27.799><c> let</c><00:19:27.819><c> there</c><00:19:28.039><c> be</c><00:19:28.200><c> light,</c><00:19:28.859><c> and</c><00:19:29.119><c> there</c><00:19:29.559><c> was</c><00:19:30.099><c> light.</c>

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So<00:19:32.160><c> by</c><00:19:32.460><c> the</c><00:19:32.700><c> word</c><00:19:33.079><c> of</c><00:19:33.359><c> the</c><00:19:33.519><c> Lord</c><00:19:33.779><c> were</c><00:19:34.019><c> the</c><00:19:34.180><c> heavens</c><00:19:34.420><c> made.</c>

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Everything<00:19:35.799><c> came</c><00:19:36.160><c> about</c><00:19:36.480><c> by</c><00:19:36.720><c> the</c><00:19:36.920><c> breath</c><00:19:37.140><c> of</c><00:19:37.299><c> his</c><00:19:37.539><c> mouth.</c>

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He<00:19:38.380><c> commanded,</c><00:19:39.640><c> and</c><00:19:39.779><c> it</c><00:19:40.140><c> stood</c><00:19:40.420><c> fast.</c><00:19:41.279><c> He</c><00:19:41.539><c> spoke,</c><00:19:42.140><c> and</c><00:19:42.380><c> it</c><00:19:42.519><c> was</c><00:19:42.759><c> done.</c>

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Or<00:19:43.720><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:44.059><c> the</c><00:19:44.299><c> prophet</c><00:19:44.539><c> there</c><00:19:44.740><c> in</c><00:19:44.900><c> chapter</c><00:19:45.160><c> 55.</c>

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So<00:19:46.220><c> shall</c><00:19:46.519><c> my</c><00:19:46.900><c> word</c><00:19:47.160><c> be</c><00:19:47.400><c> that</c><00:19:47.619><c> goeth</c><00:19:47.920><c> forth</c><00:19:48.220><c> out</c><00:19:48.400><c> of</c><00:19:48.519><c> my</c><00:19:48.700><c> mouth.</c>

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It<00:19:49.380><c> shall</c><00:19:49.619><c> not</c><00:19:49.900><c> return</c><00:19:50.279><c> unto</c><00:19:50.480><c> me</c><00:19:50.779><c> void,</c><00:19:51.220><c> but</c><00:19:51.380><c> it</c><00:19:51.799><c> shall</c><00:19:51.960><c> accomplish</c><00:19:52.519><c> that</c><00:19:52.779><c> which</c><00:19:52.940><c> I</c><00:19:53.259><c> please,</c>

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and<00:19:53.940><c> it</c><00:19:54.259><c> shall</c><00:19:54.539><c> prosper</c><00:19:55.119><c> in</c><00:19:55.539><c> the</c><00:19:55.740><c> thing</c><00:19:55.900><c> whereto</c><00:19:56.279><c> I</c><00:19:56.519><c> sent</c><00:19:56.759><c> it.</c>

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You<00:19:57.680><c> see</c><00:19:57.779><c> there</c><00:19:58.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:58.380><c> is</c><00:19:58.640><c> speaking</c><00:19:58.920><c> as</c><00:19:59.099><c> though</c><00:19:59.400><c> the</c><00:19:59.680><c> word</c><00:19:59.900><c> of</c><00:20:00.039><c> God</c><00:20:00.240><c> was</c><00:20:00.500><c> a</c>

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separate<00:20:01.180><c> entity</c><00:20:01.880><c> from</c><00:20:02.400><c> God</c><00:20:02.720><c> himself.</c>

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But<00:20:04.599><c> we</c><00:20:04.880><c> realize</c><00:20:05.319><c> that</c><00:20:05.660><c> it</c><00:20:05.859><c> is</c><00:20:06.180><c> part</c><00:20:06.799><c> of</c><00:20:07.299><c> the</c><00:20:07.519><c> divine</c><00:20:07.920><c> process.</c>

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Nonetheless,<00:20:10.799><c> in</c><00:20:11.279><c> just</c><00:20:11.859><c> making</c><00:20:12.319><c> that</c><00:20:12.779><c> separation</c><00:20:13.380><c> for</c><00:20:13.619><c> a</c><00:20:13.819><c> moment,</c>

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in<00:20:15.480><c> looking</c><00:20:15.779><c> at</c><00:20:16.039><c> the</c><00:20:16.279><c> word</c><00:20:16.740><c> as</c><00:20:17.339><c> part</c><00:20:17.900><c> of</c><00:20:18.240><c> the</c><00:20:18.460><c> divine</c><00:20:18.880><c> execution,</c>

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you<00:20:20.200><c> will</c><00:20:20.440><c> notice</c><00:20:20.720><c> that</c><00:20:20.980><c> something</c><00:20:21.220><c> very</c><00:20:21.579><c> helpful</c><00:20:21.960><c> is</c><00:20:22.180><c> taking</c><00:20:22.460><c> place.</c>

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If<00:20:24.740><c> the</c><00:20:24.980><c> scriptures</c><00:20:25.339><c> had</c><00:20:25.640><c> merely</c><00:20:26.000><c> said</c><00:20:26.480><c> that</c><00:20:27.259><c> God</c><00:20:27.579><c> brought</c>

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the<00:20:28.180><c> world</c><00:20:28.400><c> into</c><00:20:28.720><c> existence</c>

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and<00:20:30.799><c> hadn't</c><00:20:31.380><c> bothered</c><00:20:31.900><c> to</c><00:20:32.440><c> take</c><00:20:32.779><c> us</c><00:20:33.039><c> through</c><00:20:33.319><c> the</c><00:20:33.539><c> careful</c><00:20:33.980><c> process</c><00:20:34.680><c> of</c><00:20:35.160><c> creation,</c>

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we<00:20:36.460><c> would</c><00:20:36.619><c> have</c><00:20:36.779><c> had</c><00:20:37.019><c> difficulty</c><00:20:37.559><c> relating</c><00:20:38.259><c> to</c><00:20:38.759><c> the</c><00:20:38.940><c> way</c><00:20:39.339><c> in</c>

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which<00:20:39.799><c> God</c><00:20:40.119><c> works.</c>

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Instead,<00:20:42.279><c> Genesis</c><00:20:42.720><c> chapter</c><00:20:43.079><c> 1</c><00:20:43.299><c> was</c><00:20:43.579><c> carefully</c><00:20:44.680><c> analyzing</c><00:20:45.339><c> the</c><00:20:45.619><c> way</c><00:20:45.980><c> in</c>

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which<00:20:46.359><c> God</c><00:20:46.880><c> had</c><00:20:47.380><c> made</c><00:20:48.160><c> his</c><00:20:48.539><c> creation.</c>

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The<00:20:49.779><c> divine</c><00:20:50.259><c> fiat</c><00:20:50.920><c> that</c><00:20:51.400><c> had</c><00:20:51.599><c> gone</c><00:20:51.859><c> forth,</c><00:20:52.720><c> the</c><00:20:52.920><c> word</c><00:20:53.359><c> of</c><00:20:53.700><c> power.</c>

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And<00:20:55.000><c> it</c><00:20:55.259><c> had</c><00:20:55.480><c> begun</c><00:20:55.759><c> the</c><00:20:55.980><c> process</c><00:20:56.400><c> of</c><00:20:57.079><c> separating</c><00:20:57.559><c> God</c><00:20:58.160><c> from</c>

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the<00:20:59.099><c> activity</c><00:20:59.740><c> that</c><00:21:00.500><c> he</c><00:21:00.980><c> achieved.</c>

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Before<00:21:03.019><c> he</c><00:21:03.240><c> brought</c><00:21:03.519><c> light</c><00:21:03.799><c> into</c><00:21:04.099><c> existence,</c><00:21:04.759><c> he</c><00:21:04.779><c> clearly</c><00:21:05.160><c> had</c><00:21:05.599><c> a</c>

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purpose<00:21:06.460><c> in</c><00:21:06.759><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:21:08.839><c> as</c><00:21:09.259><c> he</c><00:21:09.440><c> came</c><00:21:09.599><c> to</c><00:21:09.839><c> express</c><00:21:10.339><c> that</c><00:21:10.700><c> purpose,</c><00:21:11.660><c> he</c><00:21:11.900><c> did</c><00:21:12.160><c> so</c><00:21:12.579><c> by</c>

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an<00:21:13.440><c> utterance.</c>

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And<00:21:14.819><c> when</c><00:21:15.019><c> he</c><00:21:15.240><c> made</c><00:21:15.500><c> the</c><00:21:15.880><c> utterance,</c><00:21:17.000><c> then</c><00:21:17.140><c> the</c><00:21:17.539><c> utterance</c>

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affected<00:21:19.160><c> the</c><00:21:19.819><c> work.</c>

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You<00:21:21.000><c> see</c><00:21:21.079><c> what's</c><00:21:21.420><c> happened.</c><00:21:21.960><c> God</c><00:21:22.400><c> has,</c><00:21:22.880><c> as</c><00:21:23.039><c> it</c><00:21:23.220><c> were,</c><00:21:23.660><c> been</c><00:21:23.779><c> made</c><00:21:24.440><c> somewhat</c><00:21:24.859><c> more</c><00:21:25.440><c> understandable</c><00:21:26.259><c> in</c>

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our<00:21:26.960><c> terms</c>

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by<00:21:28.200><c> divorcing</c><00:21:28.940><c> himself</c><00:21:29.700><c> from</c><00:21:30.299><c> the</c><00:21:30.819><c> process</c><00:21:31.519><c> that</c><00:21:32.019><c> he</c><00:21:32.339><c> was</c><00:21:32.779><c> fulfilling.</c>

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The<00:21:34.059><c> process</c><00:21:34.640><c> of</c><00:21:35.819><c> thinking</c><00:21:36.299><c> the</c><00:21:36.579><c> thing</c><00:21:36.819><c> through,</c><00:21:38.559><c> of</c><00:21:38.960><c> expressing</c><00:21:39.720><c> the</c><00:21:40.299><c> desire</c><00:21:40.900><c> that</c><00:21:41.339><c> he</c>

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wanted<00:21:41.859><c> to</c><00:21:42.079><c> be</c><00:21:42.339><c> achieved,</c>

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and<00:21:43.700><c> realizing</c><00:21:44.640><c> that</c><00:21:45.019><c> desire</c><00:21:45.519><c> by</c><00:21:46.019><c> the</c><00:21:46.400><c> expression</c><00:21:46.740><c> of</c><00:21:46.920><c> his</c><00:21:47.160><c> word.</c>

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When<00:21:48.700><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:49.039><c> is</c><00:21:49.240><c> able</c><00:21:49.440><c> to</c><00:21:49.660><c> say</c><00:21:49.799><c> that</c><00:21:49.980><c> God's</c><00:21:50.299><c> word</c><00:21:50.519><c> never</c><00:21:50.859><c> returns</c><00:21:51.380><c> to</c>

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him<00:21:51.839><c> void,</c>

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but<00:21:52.480><c> it</c><00:21:52.819><c> always</c><00:21:53.299><c> accomplishes</c><00:21:53.960><c> what</c><00:21:54.180><c> God's</c><00:21:54.500><c> purpose</c><00:21:54.920><c> is,</c>

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he<00:21:55.559><c> is</c><00:21:55.720><c> suddenly</c><00:21:56.019><c> reminding</c><00:21:56.480><c> us</c><00:21:56.720><c> that</c><00:21:56.880><c> God</c><00:21:57.160><c> is</c><00:21:57.420><c> the</c><00:21:57.640><c> ultimate</c><00:21:58.180><c> potentate.</c>

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When<00:21:59.819><c> in</c><00:22:00.059><c> ancient</c><00:22:00.380><c> times</c><00:22:00.680><c> a</c><00:22:00.960><c> despot</c><00:22:01.740><c> uttered</c><00:22:02.180><c> a</c><00:22:02.359><c> word,</c><00:22:03.039><c> his</c>

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word<00:22:03.660><c> was</c><00:22:03.920><c> law.</c>

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It<00:22:05.019><c> could</c><00:22:05.240><c> not</c><00:22:05.380><c> be</c><00:22:05.619><c> changed.</c><00:22:06.000><c> Once</c><00:22:06.299><c> uttered,</c><00:22:06.839><c> it</c><00:22:07.000><c> had</c><00:22:07.299><c> to</c><00:22:07.500><c> be</c><00:22:07.700><c> fulfilled.</c>

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That<00:22:08.539><c> was</c><00:22:08.759><c> the</c><00:22:08.859><c> nature</c><00:22:09.119><c> of</c><00:22:09.279><c> his</c><00:22:09.500><c> power</c><00:22:09.779><c> and</c><00:22:10.039><c> authority.</c>

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I<00:22:11.000><c> mean,</c><00:22:11.200><c> we</c><00:22:11.380><c> might</c><00:22:11.599><c> have</c><00:22:11.779><c> walked</c><00:22:11.980><c> into</c><00:22:12.240><c> a</c><00:22:12.440><c> Babylonian</c><00:22:13.000><c> palace</c>

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and<00:22:13.700><c> we</c><00:22:13.839><c> might</c><00:22:14.019><c> have</c><00:22:14.160><c> said,</c>

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off<00:22:14.759><c> with</c><00:22:14.920><c> his</c><00:22:15.180><c> head,</c><00:22:15.599><c> and</c><00:22:15.880><c> people</c><00:22:16.140><c> would</c><00:22:16.299><c> have</c><00:22:16.460><c> killed</c><00:22:16.759><c> us</c><00:22:17.319><c> instead.</c>

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But<00:22:18.599><c> the</c><00:22:19.099><c> moment</c><00:22:19.420><c> the</c><00:22:19.819><c> monarch</c><00:22:20.160><c> spoke,</c><00:22:21.259><c> then</c><00:22:21.460><c> his</c><00:22:22.279><c> word</c><00:22:22.779><c> was</c><00:22:23.240><c> law.</c>

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Now<00:22:24.599><c> here</c><00:22:24.839><c> we're</c><00:22:25.019><c> dealing</c><00:22:25.319><c> with</c><00:22:25.880><c> ultimate</c><00:22:26.400><c> power.</c><00:22:27.339><c> This</c><00:22:27.519><c> is</c>

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the<00:22:27.900><c> Lord</c><00:22:28.200><c> God</c><00:22:28.640><c> Almighty.</c>

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He<00:22:30.480><c> speaks</c><00:22:31.220><c> and</c><00:22:31.920><c> it</c><00:22:32.079><c> is</c><00:22:32.400><c> done.</c><00:22:33.220><c> He</c><00:22:33.559><c> commands</c><00:22:34.180><c> and</c><00:22:34.700><c> it</c><00:22:35.059><c> stands</c><00:22:35.440><c> forth.</c>

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But<00:22:37.220><c> you'll</c><00:22:37.519><c> notice</c><00:22:37.740><c> that</c><00:22:37.940><c> the</c><00:22:38.180><c> wisdom</c><00:22:38.759><c> writings,</c><00:22:39.819><c> in</c><00:22:39.920><c> this</c>

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instance<00:22:40.460><c> the</c><00:22:40.599><c> book</c><00:22:40.799><c> of</c><00:22:41.119><c> Proverbs,</c>

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though<00:22:42.039><c> the</c><00:22:42.380><c> Psalms</c><00:22:42.660><c> are</c><00:22:43.279><c> also</c><00:22:43.940><c> classified</c><00:22:44.420><c> in</c><00:22:44.619><c> the</c><00:22:44.759><c> same</c><00:22:44.920><c> way,</c>

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begin<00:22:45.799><c> to</c><00:22:46.140><c> analyze</c><00:22:46.460><c> then</c><00:22:46.900><c> the</c><00:22:47.500><c> thought</c><00:22:48.299><c> processes</c><00:22:49.079><c> that</c><00:22:49.720><c> took</c>

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place<00:22:50.619><c> before</c><00:22:51.599><c> the</c><00:22:52.220><c> utterance</c><00:22:52.819><c> was</c><00:22:53.099><c> made.</c>

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The<00:22:54.460><c> Lord</c><00:22:54.900><c> by</c><00:22:55.400><c> wisdom</c><00:22:56.200><c> hath</c><00:22:56.599><c> founded</c><00:22:57.039><c> the</c><00:22:57.359><c> earth</c><00:22:57.819><c> by</c><00:22:58.500><c> understanding</c><00:22:59.660><c> hath</c><00:23:00.119><c> he</c>

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established<00:23:00.839><c> the</c><00:23:01.119><c> heavens.</c>

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Or,<00:23:05.039><c> of</c><00:23:05.039><c> course,</c><00:23:05.680><c> the</c><00:23:05.680><c> absolute</c><00:23:06.200><c> classic</c><00:23:06.839><c> passage,</c><00:23:07.960><c> Proverbs</c><00:23:08.259><c> 8,</c>

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The<00:23:09.440><c> Lord</c><00:23:09.759><c> possessed</c><00:23:10.299><c> me</c><00:23:10.920><c> in</c><00:23:11.259><c> the</c><00:23:11.460><c> beginning</c><00:23:11.740><c> of</c><00:23:11.960><c> his</c><00:23:12.180><c> way,</c><00:23:12.960><c> before</c><00:23:13.420><c> his</c><00:23:13.779><c> works</c><00:23:14.140><c> of</c><00:23:14.380><c> old.</c>

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I<00:23:15.559><c> was</c><00:23:15.779><c> set</c><00:23:16.039><c> up</c><00:23:16.200><c> from</c><00:23:16.480><c> everlasting,</c><00:23:17.400><c> from</c><00:23:17.640><c> the</c><00:23:17.920><c> beginning,</c>

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wherever<00:23:18.900><c> the</c><00:23:19.119><c> earth</c><00:23:19.339><c> was,</c>

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and<00:23:20.240><c> I</c><00:23:20.440><c> was</c><00:23:20.759><c> daily</c><00:23:21.200><c> his</c><00:23:21.539><c> delight,</c><00:23:22.480><c> rejoicing</c><00:23:23.039><c> always</c><00:23:23.660><c> before</c><00:23:24.140><c> him.</c>

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And<00:23:25.240><c> who's</c><00:23:25.980><c> Solomon</c><00:23:26.319><c> writing</c><00:23:26.680><c> about</c><00:23:26.980><c> there?</c><00:23:27.579><c> Except</c><00:23:27.880><c> about</c><00:23:28.299><c> wisdom.</c>

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And<00:23:29.900><c> you'll</c><00:23:30.240><c> notice</c><00:23:30.460><c> that</c><00:23:30.839><c> he</c><00:23:31.079><c> deals</c><00:23:31.500><c> with</c><00:23:31.799><c> wisdom</c><00:23:32.359><c> in</c><00:23:32.819><c> a</c><00:23:32.960><c> way</c>

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which<00:23:33.299><c> is</c><00:23:33.859><c> different</c><00:23:34.259><c> from</c><00:23:34.500><c> our</c><00:23:34.779><c> culture.</c>

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Wisdom<00:23:36.240><c> is</c><00:23:36.500><c> described</c><00:23:36.859><c> as</c><00:23:37.000><c> though</c><00:23:37.160><c> she</c><00:23:37.319><c> had</c><00:23:37.380><c> been</c><00:23:37.599><c> a</c><00:23:37.819><c> lady</c><00:23:38.259><c> sitting</c><00:23:38.720><c> there</c><00:23:38.960><c> by</c>

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God's<00:23:39.980><c> side,</c>

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as<00:23:40.880><c> though</c><00:23:41.319><c> she</c><00:23:41.559><c> and</c><00:23:41.720><c> God</c><00:23:41.940><c> had</c><00:23:42.259><c> consulted</c><00:23:42.759><c> together,</c>

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and<00:23:43.880><c> as</c><00:23:44.019><c> though</c><00:23:44.140><c> they</c><00:23:44.259><c> had</c><00:23:44.440><c> agreed</c><00:23:45.000><c> upon</c><00:23:45.420><c> a</c><00:23:45.660><c> plan</c><00:23:45.759><c> of</c><00:23:46.019><c> action,</c>

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and<00:23:46.920><c> as</c><00:23:47.059><c> though</c><00:23:47.180><c> God</c><00:23:47.420><c> had</c><00:23:47.619><c> done</c><00:23:47.799><c> nothing</c><00:23:48.279><c> except</c><00:23:48.900><c> he</c><00:23:49.059><c> had</c><00:23:49.299><c> spoken</c><00:23:49.559><c> to</c>

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his<00:23:49.920><c> hand</c><00:23:50.359><c>-made</c><00:23:50.559><c> wisdom.</c>

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And<00:23:51.599><c> they</c><00:23:51.839><c> themselves</c><00:23:52.420><c> then</c><00:23:52.779><c> had</c><00:23:53.160><c> proceeded</c><00:23:53.720><c> with</c><00:23:53.980><c> the</c><00:23:54.200><c> creation.</c>

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That's<00:23:55.160><c> the</c><00:23:55.279><c> language</c><00:23:55.859><c> of</c><00:23:56.279><c> Proverbs</c><00:23:56.640><c> 8.</c><00:23:57.019><c> It</c><00:23:57.380><c> shot</c><00:23:57.759><c> through</c><00:23:58.160><c> it.</c>

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And<00:23:59.359><c> we</c><00:23:59.579><c> might</c><00:23:59.819><c> say,</c><00:24:00.500><c> well,</c><00:24:01.319><c> it's</c><00:24:01.460><c> a</c><00:24:01.559><c> bit</c><00:24:01.700><c> difficult,</c><00:24:02.180><c> that</c>

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language,<00:24:02.960><c> for</c><00:24:03.099><c> us,</c>

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but<00:24:04.279><c> this</c><00:24:04.720><c> is</c><00:24:05.279><c> the</c><00:24:05.500><c> way</c><00:24:06.079><c> that</c><00:24:06.519><c> Hebrews</c><00:24:07.019><c> thought.</c>

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By<00:24:08.680><c> Hebrews,</c><00:24:09.279><c> I</c><00:24:09.400><c> don't</c><00:24:09.599><c> mean</c><00:24:09.720><c> the</c><00:24:09.900><c> epistle</c><00:24:10.140><c> to</c><00:24:10.299><c> the</c><00:24:10.460><c> Hebrews,</c>

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this<00:24:11.039><c> is</c><00:24:11.259><c> the</c><00:24:11.299><c> way</c><00:24:11.480><c> that</c><00:24:11.900><c> the</c><00:24:12.099><c> Jews</c><00:24:12.440><c> thought</c><00:24:13.099><c> from</c><00:24:13.740><c> early</c><00:24:14.200><c> times.</c>

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You<00:24:15.480><c> remember,</c><00:24:15.720><c> for</c><00:24:15.900><c> example,</c><00:24:16.240><c> when</c><00:24:16.759><c> sin</c><00:24:17.259><c> came</c><00:24:17.640><c> into</c><00:24:17.880><c> the</c><00:24:18.140><c> world</c>

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and<00:24:19.339><c> found</c><00:24:19.779><c> its</c><00:24:20.099><c> expression</c><00:24:20.720><c> in</c><00:24:21.200><c> deceit</c><00:24:21.779><c> and</c><00:24:22.099><c> murder.</c>

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But<00:24:23.079><c> Barry</c><00:24:23.319><c> was</c><00:24:23.519><c> talking</c><00:24:23.819><c> to</c><00:24:23.940><c> us</c><00:24:24.119><c> about</c><00:24:24.339><c> this</c><00:24:24.799><c> only</c><00:24:25.059><c> a</c><00:24:25.180><c> couple</c>

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of<00:24:25.539><c> nights</c><00:24:25.700><c> ago</c>

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when<00:24:26.099><c> we</c><00:24:26.240><c> were</c><00:24:26.359><c> looking</c><00:24:26.559><c> at</c><00:24:26.720><c> the</c><00:24:26.880><c> way</c><00:24:27.000><c> of</c><00:24:27.299><c> Cain.</c>

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In<00:24:28.299><c> that</c><00:24:28.500><c> particular</c><00:24:29.039><c> instance,</c><00:24:30.339><c> when</c><00:24:30.500><c> Cain</c><00:24:31.180><c> slew</c><00:24:32.019><c> Abel,</c>

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there<00:24:33.339><c> was</c><00:24:33.759><c> a</c><00:24:33.960><c> tremendous</c><00:24:34.420><c> abstraction</c><00:24:35.420><c> taking</c><00:24:35.799><c> place,</c>

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really,<00:24:36.579><c> wasn't</c><00:24:36.759><c> there?</c>

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Sin<00:24:37.980><c> was</c><00:24:38.480><c> being</c><00:24:38.880><c> shown</c><00:24:39.240><c> to</c><00:24:39.480><c> be</c><00:24:39.660><c> what</c><00:24:39.900><c> it</c><00:24:40.019><c> really</c><00:24:40.480><c> was.</c>

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But<00:24:41.160><c> the</c><00:24:41.240><c> way</c><00:24:41.480><c> that</c><00:24:41.720><c> Genesis</c><00:24:42.019><c> 4</c><00:24:42.400><c> describes</c><00:24:42.940><c> it</c><00:24:43.220><c> is</c><00:24:43.579><c> entirely</c><00:24:44.160><c> pictorial.</c>

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The<00:24:45.759><c> Lord</c><00:24:46.220><c> says</c><00:24:46.579><c> to</c><00:24:46.839><c> Cain,</c>

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Sin<00:24:48.420><c> croucheth</c><00:24:49.259><c> at</c><00:24:49.539><c> the</c><00:24:49.779><c> door,</c><00:24:50.480><c> and</c><00:24:50.680><c> desires</c><00:24:51.059><c> to</c><00:24:51.359><c> have</c><00:24:51.519><c> you,</c>

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and<00:24:52.200><c> his</c><00:24:52.460><c> desire</c><00:24:52.960><c> shall</c><00:24:53.200><c> be</c><00:24:53.420><c> unto</c><00:24:53.680><c> him,</c><00:24:54.099><c> and</c><00:24:54.319><c> you</c><00:24:54.859><c> shall</c><00:24:55.140><c> rule</c>

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over<00:24:55.779><c> him.</c>

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That<00:24:57.019><c> was</c><00:24:57.240><c> the</c><00:24:57.279><c> way</c><00:24:57.440><c> that</c><00:24:57.799><c> the</c><00:24:57.980><c> Lord</c><00:24:58.400><c> was</c><00:24:58.859><c> speaking</c><00:24:59.180><c> to</c><00:24:59.680><c> Cain,</c>

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as<00:25:00.240><c> though</c><00:25:00.519><c> Sin</c><00:25:00.839><c> was</c><00:25:01.440><c> an</c><00:25:01.799><c> animal,</c><00:25:02.579><c> crouching</c><00:25:03.059><c> at</c><00:25:03.240><c> the</c><00:25:03.420><c> door,</c>

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waiting<00:25:04.319><c> to</c><00:25:04.660><c> possess</c><00:25:05.079><c> him.</c>

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Because<00:25:06.279><c> Sin</c><00:25:07.059><c> was</c><00:25:07.400><c> being</c><00:25:07.839><c> pictured,</c><00:25:08.779><c> was</c><00:25:08.900><c> being</c><00:25:09.359><c> personified.</c>

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:16.480
And<00:25:10.960><c> when</c><00:25:11.319><c> Cain</c><00:25:11.960><c> had</c><00:25:12.880><c> struck</c><00:25:13.559><c> Abel,</c><00:25:15.059><c> and</c><00:25:15.240><c> God</c><00:25:15.460><c> came</c><00:25:15.700><c> on</c><00:25:15.940><c> the</c><00:25:16.160><c> scene,</c>

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:21.359
he<00:25:16.980><c> said,</c><00:25:17.799><c> the</c><00:25:17.799><c> voice</c><00:25:18.380><c> of</c><00:25:18.700><c> thy</c><00:25:19.059><c> brother's</c><00:25:19.799><c> blood</c><00:25:20.279><c> cryeth</c><00:25:21.119><c> unto</c>

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me<00:25:21.740><c> from</c><00:25:22.140><c> the</c><00:25:22.420><c> ground.</c>

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Well,<00:25:23.519><c> of</c><00:25:23.759><c> course,</c><00:25:24.259><c> we</c><00:25:24.339><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:24.579><c> have</c><00:25:24.819><c> said</c><00:25:25.000><c> that</c>

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because<00:25:25.480><c> we</c><00:25:25.680><c> don't</c><00:25:25.940><c> use</c><00:25:26.240><c> language</c><00:25:26.619><c> like</c><00:25:26.920><c> that.</c>

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:30.980
We<00:25:27.539><c> don't</c><00:25:27.759><c> say,</c><00:25:28.059><c> I</c><00:25:28.059><c> can</c><00:25:28.420><c> hear</c><00:25:28.779><c> the</c><00:25:29.220><c> blood</c><00:25:29.440><c> of</c><00:25:29.619><c> your</c><00:25:29.839><c> brother</c><00:25:30.180><c> crying</c><00:25:30.779><c> to</c>

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me<00:25:31.079><c> from</c><00:25:31.299><c> the</c><00:25:31.519><c> ground.</c>

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:35.400
But<00:25:32.059><c> that</c><00:25:32.460><c> was</c><00:25:32.619><c> how</c><00:25:32.900><c> the</c><00:25:33.200><c> Hebrew</c><00:25:33.680><c> mind</c><00:25:34.259><c> worked.</c>

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:38.460
And<00:25:35.660><c> John's</c><00:25:36.119><c> Gospel</c><00:25:36.519><c> is</c><00:25:37.019><c> the</c><00:25:37.200><c> most</c><00:25:37.680><c> Hebrew,</c>

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the<00:25:38.759><c> most</c><00:25:39.200><c> Hebraic</c><00:25:40.000><c> in</c><00:25:40.259><c> its</c><00:25:40.579><c> style,</c><00:25:41.079><c> of</c><00:25:41.339><c> all</c><00:25:41.759><c> the</c><00:25:42.000><c> Gospel</c><00:25:42.380><c> records.</c>

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So<00:25:44.180><c> you</c><00:25:44.380><c> see</c><00:25:44.539><c> then</c><00:25:44.779><c> that</c><00:25:45.019><c> we</c><00:25:45.220><c> need</c><00:25:45.500><c> to</c><00:25:45.880><c> get</c><00:25:46.180><c> behind</c><00:25:46.799><c> the</c><00:25:47.119><c> way</c>

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that<00:25:47.839><c> the</c><00:25:48.099><c> Jewish</c><00:25:48.380><c> mind</c><00:25:48.799><c> worked,</c><00:25:49.380><c> its</c><00:25:49.720><c> thought,</c><00:25:50.339><c> in</c><00:25:50.640><c> picture</c><00:25:51.000><c> terms.</c>

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For<00:25:52.319><c> us</c><00:25:52.619><c> then,</c><00:25:53.039><c> we</c><00:25:53.279><c> can</c><00:25:53.660><c> analyse</c><00:25:54.079><c> it</c><00:25:54.299><c> into</c><00:25:54.660><c> clinical</c><00:25:55.180><c> abstractions.</c>

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:59.680
We<00:25:56.519><c> can</c><00:25:56.740><c> say,</c><00:25:57.380><c> God</c><00:25:57.819><c> had</c><00:25:58.339><c> a</c><00:25:58.579><c> purpose,</c>

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:02.619
and<00:25:59.960><c> God's</c><00:26:00.380><c> purpose</c><00:26:00.759><c> was</c><00:26:01.200><c> that</c><00:26:01.500><c> he</c><00:26:01.619><c> would</c><00:26:01.920><c> bring</c><00:26:02.180><c> the</c><00:26:02.380><c> world</c>

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into<00:26:02.940><c> existence.</c>

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It<00:26:04.200><c> was</c><00:26:04.359><c> at</c><00:26:04.539><c> the</c><00:26:04.720><c> root</c><00:26:04.900><c> of</c><00:26:05.099><c> the</c><00:26:05.339><c> universe</c>

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:08.380
that<00:26:06.240><c> he</c><00:26:06.440><c> should</c><00:26:06.720><c> bring</c><00:26:07.259><c> light</c><00:26:07.640><c> into</c><00:26:08.000><c> being,</c>

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:11.140
that<00:26:08.779><c> he</c><00:26:08.940><c> should</c><00:26:09.160><c> express</c><00:26:09.680><c> that</c><00:26:09.980><c> light</c><00:26:10.180><c> because</c><00:26:10.519><c> he</c><00:26:10.680><c> was</c><00:26:10.859><c> love.</c>

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:13.640
We<00:26:11.799><c> cope</c><00:26:12.180><c> with</c><00:26:12.680><c> words</c><00:26:12.940><c> like</c><00:26:13.279><c> that.</c>

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:17.819
But<00:26:14.079><c> the</c><00:26:14.339><c> Hebrew</c><00:26:14.619><c> mind</c><00:26:15.180><c> thought</c><00:26:15.579><c> in</c><00:26:15.779><c> terms</c><00:26:16.240><c> of</c><00:26:16.859><c> wisdom</c><00:26:17.440><c> that</c>

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was<00:26:18.039><c> there</c><00:26:18.299><c> with</c><00:26:18.539><c> God.</c>

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:23.579
It<00:26:19.720><c> thought</c><00:26:19.880><c> in</c><00:26:20.039><c> terms</c><00:26:20.480><c> of</c><00:26:20.940><c> a</c><00:26:21.299><c> word</c><00:26:21.839><c> that</c><00:26:22.400><c> was</c><00:26:22.900><c> uttered</c><00:26:23.319><c> from</c>

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God's<00:26:24.099><c> mouth,</c>

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as<00:26:24.680><c> though</c><00:26:24.819><c> that</c><00:26:25.200><c> word</c><00:26:25.700><c> went</c><00:26:26.039><c> forth</c><00:26:26.420><c> with</c><00:26:26.759><c> power.</c>

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:31.680
And<00:26:27.640><c> as</c><00:26:27.839><c> that</c><00:26:28.119><c> word</c><00:26:28.579><c> exploded</c><00:26:29.460><c> into</c><00:26:29.839><c> action,</c><00:26:30.859><c> light</c><00:26:31.079><c> came</c>

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.980
into<00:26:32.079><c> being.</c>

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Now,<00:26:33.779><c> just</c><00:26:33.960><c> to</c><00:26:34.099><c> put</c><00:26:34.200><c> that</c><00:26:34.400><c> to</c><00:26:34.559><c> the</c><00:26:34.720><c> test</c><00:26:34.880><c> for</c><00:26:35.079><c> a</c><00:26:35.240><c> moment,</c>

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:39.440
let's<00:26:35.940><c> just</c><00:26:36.259><c> see</c><00:26:36.480><c> if</c><00:26:36.960><c> running</c><00:26:37.240><c> our</c><00:26:37.559><c> minds</c><00:26:37.799><c> through</c><00:26:38.779><c> non</c>

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-inspired<00:26:40.380><c> writings,</c>

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the<00:26:41.460><c> Jews</c><00:26:41.720><c> truly</c><00:26:42.299><c> thought</c><00:26:42.579><c> like</c><00:26:42.880><c> that.</c>

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:44.539
Here's<00:26:43.359><c> the</c><00:26:43.400><c> Book</c><00:26:43.579><c> of</c><00:26:43.720><c> the</c><00:26:43.859><c> Wisdom</c><00:26:44.079><c> of</c><00:26:44.319><c> Solomon.</c>

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:47.180
You've<00:26:44.859><c> got</c><00:26:44.960><c> that</c><00:26:45.200><c> in</c><00:26:45.599><c> the</c><00:26:45.859><c> handout</c><00:26:46.119><c> if</c><00:26:46.359><c> you</c><00:26:46.619><c> want</c><00:26:46.779><c> to</c><00:26:46.920><c> look</c><00:26:47.039><c> at</c>

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.720
it<00:26:47.359><c> later.</c>

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For<00:26:48.339><c> wisdom,</c><00:26:49.359><c> the</c><00:26:49.579><c> fashioner</c><00:26:50.119><c> of</c><00:26:50.319><c> all</c><00:26:50.660><c> things,</c><00:26:51.000><c> taught</c><00:26:51.339><c> me.</c>

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:54.700
O<00:26:52.720><c> God</c><00:26:52.960><c> of</c><00:26:53.079><c> my</c><00:26:53.319><c> fathers</c><00:26:53.599><c> and</c><00:26:53.799><c> Lord</c><00:26:54.039><c> of</c><00:26:54.259><c> mercy,</c>

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:57.180
who<00:26:55.000><c> has</c><00:26:55.180><c> made</c><00:26:55.339><c> all</c><00:26:55.720><c> things</c><00:26:55.980><c> by</c><00:26:56.259><c> thy</c><00:26:56.640><c> word,</c>

00:26:57.380 --> 00:27:01.700
and<00:26:57.579><c> by</c><00:26:57.880><c> thy</c><00:26:58.160><c> wisdom</c><00:26:58.799><c> hath</c><00:26:59.359><c> formed</c><00:27:00.519><c> man.</c>

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:04.539
It<00:27:02.079><c> is</c><00:27:02.220><c> not</c><00:27:02.400><c> the</c><00:27:02.579><c> production</c><00:27:02.900><c> of</c><00:27:03.279><c> crops</c><00:27:03.579><c> that</c><00:27:03.920><c> feeds</c><00:27:04.180><c> man,</c>

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:09.319
but<00:27:05.000><c> that</c><00:27:05.319><c> thy</c><00:27:05.640><c> word</c><00:27:06.380><c> preserves</c><00:27:07.200><c> those</c><00:27:07.799><c> that</c><00:27:08.380><c> trust</c><00:27:08.740><c> in</c><00:27:09.059><c> thee.</c>

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:13.220
You<00:27:09.799><c> see</c><00:27:09.940><c> again</c><00:27:10.160><c> this</c><00:27:10.480><c> constant</c><00:27:11.400><c> interlinking</c><00:27:12.180><c> of</c><00:27:12.640><c> the</c><00:27:12.900><c> word</c>

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.880
and<00:27:13.519><c> wisdom.</c>

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But<00:27:14.299><c> now</c><00:27:14.559><c> look</c><00:27:14.720><c> at</c><00:27:14.839><c> this</c><00:27:15.039><c> one.</c>

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:18.799
For<00:27:16.339><c> while</c><00:27:16.700><c> gentle</c><00:27:17.119><c> silence</c><00:27:17.680><c> enveloped</c><00:27:18.240><c> all</c><00:27:18.519><c> things,</c>

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:21.960
and<00:27:19.119><c> night</c><00:27:19.460><c> in</c><00:27:19.779><c> its</c><00:27:20.059><c> swift</c><00:27:20.319><c> course</c><00:27:20.799><c> was</c><00:27:21.039><c> now</c><00:27:21.299><c> half</c><00:27:21.619><c> gone,</c>

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:26.660
thy<00:27:22.619><c> all</c><00:27:23.240><c>-powerful</c><00:27:23.799><c> word</c><00:27:24.359><c> leapt</c><00:27:25.000><c> from</c><00:27:25.319><c> heaven,</c><00:27:26.119><c> from</c><00:27:26.400><c> the</c>

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.539
royal<00:27:27.039><c> throne,</c>

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:30.039
into<00:27:28.099><c> the</c><00:27:28.359><c> midst</c><00:27:28.619><c> of</c><00:27:28.799><c> the</c><00:27:28.960><c> land</c><00:27:29.200><c> that</c><00:27:29.339><c> was</c><00:27:29.660><c> doomed,</c>

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:33.640
a<00:27:30.759><c> stern</c><00:27:31.059><c> warrior</c><00:27:31.599><c> carrying</c><00:27:32.240><c> the</c><00:27:32.599><c> sharp</c><00:27:32.940><c> sword</c><00:27:33.299><c> of</c><00:27:33.519><c> thy</c>

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authentic<00:27:34.259><c> command,</c>

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:37.759
and<00:27:35.299><c> stood</c><00:27:35.559><c> and</c><00:27:36.119><c> filled</c><00:27:36.339><c> all</c><00:27:36.759><c> things</c><00:27:37.039><c> with</c><00:27:37.380><c> death,</c>

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:40.539
and<00:27:38.200><c> touched</c><00:27:38.500><c> heaven</c><00:27:39.019><c> while</c><00:27:39.440><c> standing</c><00:27:39.859><c> on</c><00:27:40.099><c> the</c><00:27:40.299><c> earth.</c>

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:42.440
You<00:27:41.140><c> see</c><00:27:41.279><c> exactly</c><00:27:41.680><c> the</c><00:27:41.859><c> sense</c><00:27:42.119><c> there,</c>

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:45.980
in<00:27:42.680><c> which</c><00:27:43.039><c> an</c><00:27:43.440><c> abstraction</c><00:27:44.099><c> has</c><00:27:44.640><c> been</c><00:27:45.039><c> not</c><00:27:45.220><c> only</c><00:27:45.539><c> pictured,</c>

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:49.299
but<00:27:46.519><c> pictured</c><00:27:46.880><c> in</c><00:27:47.440><c> cartoon</c><00:27:48.259><c> colour.</c>

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:52.599
That's<00:27:49.920><c> a</c><00:27:50.039><c> tremendously</c><00:27:50.559><c> graphic</c><00:27:51.500><c> description,</c><00:27:52.200><c> isn't</c><00:27:52.339><c> it,</c>

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:55.579
of<00:27:52.880><c> the</c><00:27:53.000><c> way</c><00:27:53.180><c> in</c><00:27:53.279><c> which</c><00:27:53.500><c> God's</c><00:27:54.180><c> powerful</c><00:27:54.700><c> word</c><00:27:55.019><c> went</c><00:27:55.299><c> forth,</c>

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:57.000
as<00:27:55.960><c> though</c><00:27:56.119><c> it</c><00:27:56.240><c> were</c><00:27:56.519><c> a</c><00:27:56.619><c> warrior,</c>

00:27:57.220 --> 00:28:00.019
as<00:27:57.359><c> though</c><00:27:57.579><c> its</c><00:27:57.880><c> sharp</c><00:27:58.279><c> sword</c><00:27:58.619><c> was</c><00:27:58.940><c> extended</c><00:27:59.359><c> in</c><00:27:59.619><c> its</c><00:27:59.819><c> hand,</c>

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:02.259
and<00:28:00.559><c> down</c><00:28:00.740><c> it</c><00:28:00.940><c> went</c><00:28:01.119><c> with</c><00:28:01.319><c> a</c><00:28:01.500><c> touch</c><00:28:01.680><c> of</c><00:28:01.960><c> death,</c>

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and<00:28:02.920><c> wrought</c><00:28:03.339><c> God's</c><00:28:03.940><c> command.</c>

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:08.819
Now<00:28:05.539><c> all</c><00:28:06.000><c> those</c><00:28:06.579><c> issues,</c><00:28:07.000><c> and</c><00:28:07.140><c> there</c><00:28:07.380><c> are</c><00:28:07.759><c> many</c><00:28:08.039><c> more</c><00:28:08.359><c> of</c><00:28:08.599><c> them,</c>

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:11.680
and<00:28:09.400><c> you</c><00:28:09.539><c> can</c><00:28:09.779><c> see</c><00:28:09.960><c> them</c><00:28:10.160><c> and</c><00:28:10.400><c> ponder</c><00:28:10.660><c> them</c><00:28:11.039><c> later</c><00:28:11.380><c> on,</c>

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:15.640
are<00:28:12.380><c> ways</c><00:28:12.700><c> then</c><00:28:13.119><c> which</c><00:28:13.500><c> are</c><00:28:13.880><c> vital</c><00:28:14.380><c> to</c><00:28:14.660><c> the</c><00:28:14.880><c> Jewish</c><00:28:15.180><c> ear</c>

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:19.500
of<00:28:16.559><c> seeing</c><00:28:17.079><c> the</c><00:28:17.740><c> way</c><00:28:18.079><c> in</c><00:28:18.279><c> which</c><00:28:18.480><c> God</c><00:28:18.759><c> was</c><00:28:19.000><c> working,</c>

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:22.279
and<00:28:20.559><c> we</c><00:28:20.859><c> need</c><00:28:21.079><c> to</c><00:28:21.180><c> look</c><00:28:21.299><c> at</c><00:28:21.420><c> one</c><00:28:21.559><c> or</c><00:28:21.700><c> two</c><00:28:21.839><c> more.</c>

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:27.500
Here's<00:28:23.059><c> Ecclesiastica,</c><00:28:25.319><c> still</c><00:28:25.480><c> in</c><00:28:25.640><c> these</c><00:28:26.140><c> non</c><00:28:26.519><c>-canonical</c><00:28:27.039><c> writings.</c>

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:30.819
Then<00:28:28.119><c> the</c><00:28:28.259><c> creator</c><00:28:28.680><c> of</c><00:28:28.900><c> all</c><00:28:29.099><c> things</c><00:28:29.319><c> gave</c><00:28:29.599><c> me</c><00:28:29.920><c> a</c><00:28:30.099><c> commandment,</c>

00:28:30.980 --> 00:28:34.059
and<00:28:31.079><c> the</c><00:28:31.220><c> one</c><00:28:31.339><c> who</c><00:28:31.660><c> created</c><00:28:31.980><c> me</c><00:28:32.240><c> assigned</c><00:28:32.559><c> a</c><00:28:32.819><c> place</c><00:28:33.039><c> for</c><00:28:33.279><c> my</c><00:28:33.660><c> tent,</c>

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:37.859
and<00:28:34.599><c> he</c><00:28:34.880><c> said,</c><00:28:35.579><c> Make</c><00:28:35.859><c> your</c><00:28:36.259><c> dwelling</c><00:28:36.720><c> in</c><00:28:37.220><c> Jacob,</c>

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:41.779
and<00:28:38.539><c> in</c><00:28:38.720><c> Israel</c><00:28:39.380><c> receive</c><00:28:40.119><c> your</c><00:28:40.460><c> inheritance.</c>

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:50.619
In<00:28:48.799><c> the</c><00:28:48.799><c> beginning</c><00:28:48.799><c> he</c><00:28:49.160><c> created</c><00:28:49.759><c> me,</c>

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:53.700
and<00:28:50.819><c> for</c><00:28:51.200><c> eternity</c><00:28:51.819><c> I</c><00:28:52.279><c> shall</c><00:28:52.500><c> not</c><00:28:52.819><c> cease</c><00:28:53.000><c> to</c><00:28:53.359><c> exist.</c>

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:57.660
In<00:28:54.400><c> the</c><00:28:54.619><c> holy</c><00:28:54.900><c> tabernacle</c><00:28:55.619><c> I</c><00:28:56.220><c> ministered</c><00:28:56.819><c> before</c><00:28:57.220><c> him,</c>

00:28:57.720 --> 00:29:00.160
and<00:28:58.099><c> so</c><00:28:58.400><c> I</c><00:28:58.640><c> was</c><00:28:58.839><c> established</c><00:28:59.420><c> in</c><00:28:59.740><c> Zion.</c>

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:04.619
All<00:29:00.980><c> this</c><00:29:01.440><c> is</c><00:29:01.839><c> the</c><00:29:02.019><c> book</c><00:29:02.319><c> of</c><00:29:02.579><c> the</c><00:29:02.799><c> covenant</c><00:29:03.119><c> of</c><00:29:03.359><c> the</c><00:29:03.500><c> Most</c><00:29:03.880><c> High</c><00:29:04.180><c> God,</c>

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:07.400
the<00:29:05.200><c> law</c><00:29:05.619><c> which</c><00:29:06.099><c> Moses</c><00:29:06.500><c> commanded</c><00:29:06.980><c> us.</c>

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:10.779
Now,<00:29:08.279><c> we're</c><00:29:08.579><c> entering</c><00:29:08.819><c> into</c><00:29:09.180><c> a</c><00:29:09.339><c> slightly</c><00:29:09.660><c> different</c><00:29:10.039><c> area</c><00:29:10.400><c> here,</c>

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:13.039
but<00:29:11.000><c> a</c><00:29:11.200><c> very</c><00:29:11.519><c> intriguing</c><00:29:12.039><c> one.</c>

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:17.900
You<00:29:13.299><c> see,</c><00:29:13.839><c> the</c><00:29:14.019><c> Jew</c><00:29:14.480><c> whose</c><00:29:15.119><c> regard</c><00:29:15.640><c> for</c><00:29:15.960><c> Torah</c><00:29:16.319><c> is</c><00:29:16.759><c> unquestioned</c>

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:22.420
had<00:29:18.759><c> now</c><00:29:19.259><c> come</c><00:29:19.539><c> to</c><00:29:19.859><c> understand</c><00:29:20.519><c> that</c><00:29:20.779><c> the</c><00:29:21.160><c> Torah</c><00:29:21.619><c> had</c><00:29:22.119><c> been</c>

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.160
with<00:29:22.819><c> God</c>

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:25.079
from<00:29:23.440><c> the</c><00:29:23.579><c> very</c><00:29:23.859><c> beginning</c><00:29:24.259><c> of</c><00:29:24.559><c> creation,</c>

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:29.759
that<00:29:25.839><c> the</c><00:29:26.240><c> law</c><00:29:26.539><c> was</c><00:29:27.200><c> so</c><00:29:27.619><c> important</c><00:29:28.359><c> that</c><00:29:28.720><c> he</c><00:29:28.900><c> had</c><00:29:29.019><c> always</c><00:29:29.420><c> been</c>

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.519
with<00:29:30.059><c> God,</c>

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:34.819
and<00:29:30.920><c> that</c><00:29:31.099><c> in</c><00:29:31.339><c> course</c><00:29:31.539><c> of</c><00:29:31.799><c> time</c><00:29:32.099><c> God</c><00:29:32.579><c> allowed</c><00:29:33.079><c> his</c><00:29:33.599><c> law</c><00:29:34.140><c> to</c>

00:29:34.819 --> 00:29:36.279
tabernacle<00:29:35.599><c> with</c><00:29:35.960><c> men.</c>

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:41.000
See<00:29:37.400><c> that</c><00:29:37.599><c> sense,</c><00:29:38.319><c> to</c><00:29:38.539><c> tabernacle,</c><00:29:39.240><c> to</c><00:29:39.339><c> dwell</c><00:29:39.700><c> in</c><00:29:40.019><c> a</c><00:29:40.180><c> tent.</c>

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:44.200
Hear<00:29:41.920><c> the</c><00:29:42.160><c> commandments</c><00:29:42.559><c> of</c><00:29:42.740><c> life,</c><00:29:43.119><c> O</c><00:29:43.220><c> Israel.</c>

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:46.059
Give<00:29:44.480><c> ear</c><00:29:44.759><c> and</c><00:29:44.960><c> learn</c><00:29:45.240><c> wisdom.</c>

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:50.599
Afterward<00:29:47.140><c> she</c><00:29:47.779><c> appeared</c><00:29:48.200><c> upon</c><00:29:48.619><c> earth</c><00:29:49.059><c> and</c><00:29:49.559><c> lived</c><00:29:49.880><c> among</c><00:29:50.200><c> men.</c>

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:53.519
She<00:29:51.180><c> is</c><00:29:51.440><c> the</c><00:29:51.680><c> book</c><00:29:51.920><c> of</c><00:29:52.160><c> the</c><00:29:52.420><c> commandments</c><00:29:52.880><c> of</c><00:29:53.140><c> God</c>

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:56.200
and<00:29:54.019><c> the</c><00:29:54.279><c> law</c><00:29:54.559><c> that</c><00:29:54.839><c> endures</c><00:29:55.259><c> forever.</c>

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:58.859
All<00:29:56.779><c> who</c><00:29:57.099><c> hold</c><00:29:57.440><c> her</c><00:29:57.819><c> fast</c><00:29:58.160><c> will</c><00:29:58.480><c> live,</c>

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:01.900
and<00:29:59.420><c> those</c><00:29:59.779><c> who</c><00:30:00.039><c> forsake</c><00:30:00.539><c> her</c><00:30:00.700><c> will</c><00:30:00.980><c> die.</c>

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:04.119
Turn,<00:30:02.220><c> O</c><00:30:02.420><c> Jacob,</c><00:30:03.119><c> and</c><00:30:03.400><c> take</c><00:30:03.640><c> her.</c>

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:06.599
Walk<00:30:04.740><c> toward</c><00:30:05.279><c> the</c><00:30:05.559><c> shining</c><00:30:05.799><c> of</c><00:30:05.980><c> her</c><00:30:06.200><c> light.</c>

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:09.000
That's<00:30:07.500><c> Bayrak</c><00:30:07.839><c> again.</c>

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:12.640
Still<00:30:10.000><c> in</c><00:30:10.259><c> the</c><00:30:10.920><c> non</c><00:30:11.359><c>-canonical</c><00:30:12.140><c> writings,</c>

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:16.319
but<00:30:13.380><c> again</c><00:30:13.759><c> a</c><00:30:14.180><c> vital</c><00:30:14.539><c> part</c><00:30:14.900><c> of</c><00:30:15.099><c> the</c><00:30:15.400><c> flavor.</c>

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:18.559
The<00:30:16.740><c> Jew</c><00:30:16.980><c> had</c><00:30:17.240><c> come</c><00:30:17.440><c> to</c><00:30:17.720><c> understand</c><00:30:18.240><c> then</c>

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:21.460
that<00:30:19.059><c> preeminent</c><00:30:19.819><c> in</c><00:30:19.980><c> the</c><00:30:20.160><c> purpose</c><00:30:20.440><c> of</c><00:30:20.700><c> God,</c>

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:24.099
preexistent<00:30:22.279><c> in</c><00:30:22.720><c> his</c><00:30:23.160><c> creative</c><00:30:23.680><c> work,</c>

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:27.099
was<00:30:24.579><c> the</c><00:30:24.980><c> law,</c><00:30:25.819><c> the</c><00:30:26.099><c> Torah,</c>

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:31.299
and<00:30:27.359><c> it</c><00:30:27.660><c> came</c><00:30:28.000><c> to</c><00:30:28.660><c> dwell</c><00:30:29.200><c> among</c><00:30:30.079><c> man.</c>

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:34.920
Now,<00:30:32.680><c> we</c><00:30:32.839><c> worked</c><00:30:33.079><c> hard,</c><00:30:33.359><c> I</c><00:30:33.500><c> know,</c><00:30:33.740><c> and</c><00:30:33.920><c> it's</c><00:30:34.319><c> early</c><00:30:34.500><c> in</c><00:30:34.680><c> the</c><00:30:34.779><c> day</c>

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:37.700
to<00:30:35.079><c> be</c><00:30:35.480><c> filling</c><00:30:35.700><c> your</c><00:30:35.980><c> minds</c><00:30:36.240><c> with</c><00:30:36.519><c> things</c><00:30:36.759><c> like</c><00:30:37.099><c> Heraclitus</c>

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.240
of<00:30:37.920><c> Ephesus,</c>

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:41.079
though<00:30:38.539><c> I</c><00:30:38.980><c> heard</c><00:30:39.160><c> him</c><00:30:39.380><c> being</c><00:30:39.640><c> conversed</c><00:30:40.119><c> about,</c><00:30:40.619><c> I'm</c><00:30:40.799><c> sure,</c>

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:43.380
regularly<00:30:41.700><c> in</c><00:30:41.940><c> the</c><00:30:42.180><c> cafeteria</c><00:30:42.660><c> and</c><00:30:42.980><c> elsewhere,</c>

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:46.579
and<00:30:43.920><c> no</c><00:30:44.059><c> doubt</c><00:30:44.220><c> it</c><00:30:44.339><c> will</c><00:30:44.500><c> become</c><00:30:44.740><c> the</c><00:30:44.960><c> subject</c><00:30:45.240><c> of</c><00:30:45.480><c> all</c><00:30:45.700><c> our</c><00:30:46.079><c> discussions</c>

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:48.319
during<00:30:47.180><c> the</c><00:30:47.539><c> rest</c><00:30:47.819><c> of</c><00:30:48.039><c> the</c><00:30:48.160><c> week.</c>

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:52.299
But<00:30:49.180><c> these</c><00:30:49.980><c> elements</c><00:30:50.640><c> are</c><00:30:51.200><c> vital</c><00:30:51.680><c> strands</c>

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:56.359
if<00:30:52.680><c> we</c><00:30:52.859><c> are</c><00:30:53.059><c> now</c><00:30:53.240><c> to</c><00:30:53.519><c> understand</c><00:30:54.019><c> just</c><00:30:54.559><c> what</c><00:30:54.880><c> John</c><00:30:55.160><c> was</c><00:30:55.460><c> saying.</c>

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:58.859
Become<00:30:56.799><c> a</c><00:30:57.019><c> Jew,</c><00:30:57.099><c> if</c><00:30:57.299><c> you</c><00:30:57.460><c> would,</c><00:30:57.579><c> let's</c><00:30:57.759><c> go</c><00:30:57.980><c> back</c><00:30:58.140><c> in</c><00:30:58.380><c> time</c><00:30:58.539><c> now,</c>

00:30:58.859 --> 00:31:02.759
and<00:30:59.160><c> let's</c><00:30:59.980><c> see</c><00:31:00.299><c> the</c><00:31:00.519><c> Gospel</c><00:31:01.039><c> unfolding</c><00:31:01.900><c> before</c><00:31:02.380><c> us</c>

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:04.720
for<00:31:02.980><c> the</c><00:31:03.059><c> very</c><00:31:03.519><c> first</c><00:31:04.099><c> time</c>

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:07.920
and<00:31:05.160><c> hear</c><00:31:05.440><c> John</c><00:31:05.839><c> say</c><00:31:06.200><c> what</c><00:31:06.400><c> he</c><00:31:06.599><c> did.</c>

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:11.759
John<00:31:08.259><c> is</c><00:31:08.519><c> about</c><00:31:08.700><c> to</c><00:31:09.000><c> say</c><00:31:09.319><c> that</c><00:31:09.720><c> the</c><00:31:10.279><c> creative</c><00:31:10.940><c> word</c>

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:14.640
was<00:31:12.220><c> about</c><00:31:12.599><c> to</c><00:31:13.079><c> take</c><00:31:13.420><c> effect.</c>

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:17.099
In<00:31:15.700><c> the</c><00:31:15.920><c> beginning,</c>

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:22.119
God<00:31:18.960><c> created</c><00:31:19.680><c> the</c><00:31:19.980><c> heavens</c><00:31:20.299><c> and</c><00:31:20.700><c> the</c><00:31:20.960><c> earth,</c>

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:25.900
so<00:31:22.900><c> that</c><00:31:23.019><c> when</c><00:31:23.119><c> he</c><00:31:23.400><c> uses</c><00:31:23.619><c> the</c><00:31:23.900><c> words</c><00:31:24.200><c> in</c><00:31:24.920><c> the</c><00:31:25.359><c> beginning,</c>

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:29.539
I<00:31:26.579><c> know</c><00:31:26.720><c> it's</c><00:31:27.039><c> suggested</c><00:31:27.460><c> sometimes</c><00:31:28.039><c> that</c><00:31:28.440><c> that</c><00:31:28.819><c> would</c><00:31:29.259><c> be</c>

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:32.400
the<00:31:29.779><c> beginning</c><00:31:30.220><c> of</c><00:31:30.519><c> the</c><00:31:30.700><c> Gospel</c><00:31:31.119><c> of</c><00:31:31.339><c> Jesus</c><00:31:31.759><c> Christ,</c>

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:34.980
and<00:31:33.019><c> Mark</c><00:31:33.240><c> uses</c><00:31:33.619><c> it</c><00:31:33.880><c> in</c><00:31:33.960><c> that</c><00:31:34.200><c> particular</c><00:31:34.559><c> sense.</c>

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:37.039
My<00:31:35.519><c> own</c><00:31:35.779><c> conviction</c><00:31:36.160><c> is</c><00:31:36.400><c> that</c><00:31:36.700><c> necessarily</c>

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:40.160
those<00:31:38.079><c> words</c><00:31:38.400><c> take</c><00:31:38.660><c> you</c><00:31:38.859><c> back</c><00:31:39.039><c> to</c><00:31:39.240><c> Genesis</c><00:31:39.559><c> 1,</c>

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:42.799
that<00:31:40.740><c> you</c><00:31:40.940><c> have</c><00:31:41.299><c> really</c><00:31:41.720><c> got</c><00:31:42.079><c> to</c><00:31:42.299><c> be</c><00:31:42.500><c> thinking</c>

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:45.500
about<00:31:43.339><c> the</c><00:31:43.680><c> beginning</c><00:31:44.059><c> of</c><00:31:44.519><c> creation.</c>

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:49.299
And<00:31:46.619><c> John</c><00:31:46.799><c> is</c><00:31:47.019><c> not</c><00:31:47.279><c> saying</c><00:31:47.660><c> that</c><00:31:48.200><c> in</c><00:31:48.539><c> the</c><00:31:48.779><c> beginning</c>

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:52.839
God<00:31:50.299><c> was</c><00:31:51.480><c> the</c><00:31:51.700><c> author</c><00:31:52.000><c> of</c><00:31:52.319><c> light,</c>

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:56.480
in<00:31:53.539><c> him</c><00:31:53.779><c> was</c><00:31:54.059><c> light,</c><00:31:54.799><c> and</c><00:31:55.000><c> the</c><00:31:55.200><c> light</c><00:31:55.380><c> was</c><00:31:55.579><c> the</c><00:31:55.779><c> life</c><00:31:55.980><c> of</c><00:31:56.240><c> men,</c>

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:58.259
and<00:31:56.720><c> the</c><00:31:56.859><c> light</c><00:31:57.119><c> shineth</c><00:31:57.519><c> in</c><00:31:57.700><c> darkness,</c>

00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:00.880
and<00:31:58.660><c> the</c><00:31:58.859><c> darkness</c><00:31:59.220><c> overcometh</c><00:31:59.839><c> it</c><00:32:00.039><c> not.</c>

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:05.640
He's<00:32:01.880><c> saying</c><00:32:02.440><c> that</c><00:32:03.119><c> in</c><00:32:03.359><c> the</c><00:32:03.599><c> beginning</c><00:32:03.859><c> was</c><00:32:04.180><c> the</c><00:32:04.519><c> Word.</c>

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:07.720
Now,<00:32:06.440><c> notice</c><00:32:06.759><c> that.</c>

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:09.799
If<00:32:08.140><c> he</c><00:32:08.279><c> had</c><00:32:08.460><c> said</c><00:32:08.599><c> in</c><00:32:08.740><c> the</c><00:32:08.980><c> beginning</c><00:32:09.259><c> God,</c>

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:11.740
who<00:32:10.079><c> was</c><00:32:10.319><c> light,</c><00:32:10.960><c> made</c><00:32:11.240><c> light,</c>

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:16.559
we<00:32:12.299><c> would</c><00:32:12.460><c> have</c><00:32:12.720><c> missed</c><00:32:13.099><c> the</c><00:32:13.420><c> vital</c><00:32:14.079><c> introduction</c><00:32:14.880><c> to</c><00:32:15.339><c> his</c><00:32:15.559><c> Gospel.</c>

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:18.759
He<00:32:17.019><c> is</c><00:32:17.299><c> telling</c><00:32:17.480><c> us</c><00:32:17.720><c> that</c><00:32:17.880><c> in</c><00:32:18.079><c> the</c><00:32:18.319><c> beginning</c>

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:22.920
God<00:32:19.400><c> had</c><00:32:19.740><c> a</c><00:32:20.019><c> purpose,</c><00:32:21.559><c> a</c><00:32:21.799><c> reason,</c>

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:26.319
a<00:32:23.539><c> plan,</c><00:32:24.700><c> an</c><00:32:25.180><c> intent,</c>

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:29.819
and<00:32:26.940><c> he</c><00:32:27.839><c> uttered</c><00:32:28.599><c> that</c><00:32:29.079><c> intent</c>

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:33.339
and<00:32:30.619><c> brought</c><00:32:31.180><c> light</c><00:32:31.819><c> into</c><00:32:32.400><c> being.</c>

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:35.019
That's<00:32:33.660><c> what</c><00:32:33.880><c> John</c><00:32:34.099><c> is</c><00:32:34.339><c> telling</c><00:32:34.519><c> us.</c>

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:37.819
And<00:32:35.420><c> it</c><00:32:35.519><c> would</c><00:32:35.680><c> have</c><00:32:35.980><c> fallen</c><00:32:36.259><c> upon</c><00:32:36.700><c> different</c><00:32:37.299><c> ears</c>

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:39.819
in<00:32:38.359><c> different</c><00:32:38.779><c> ways.</c>

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:45.000
Take<00:32:40.819><c> a</c><00:32:41.400><c> Greek</c><00:32:41.759><c> who</c><00:32:42.799><c> has</c><00:32:42.940><c> never</c><00:32:43.240><c> come</c><00:32:43.559><c> across</c><00:32:43.960><c> Jewish</c><00:32:44.380><c> literature.</c>

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:47.140
He<00:32:46.200><c> reads</c><00:32:46.519><c> the</c><00:32:46.740><c> words,</c>

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:50.079
in<00:32:47.779><c> the</c><00:32:48.000><c> beginning</c><00:32:48.400><c> was</c><00:32:48.799><c> the</c><00:32:49.099><c> logos,</c>

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:54.380
and<00:32:50.319><c> he</c><00:32:50.559><c> thinks</c><00:32:50.900><c> in</c><00:32:51.720><c> the</c><00:32:52.039><c> beginning</c><00:32:52.359><c> was</c><00:32:53.119><c> reason,</c>

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:56.559
pure<00:32:55.099><c> and</c><00:32:55.700><c> clear,</c>

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:58.160
the<00:32:56.920><c> law</c><00:32:57.259><c> of</c><00:32:57.660><c> logic.</c>

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.960
That's<00:32:58.740><c> how</c><00:32:58.940><c> he</c><00:32:59.160><c> reads</c><00:32:59.440><c> it.</c>

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:02.000
And<00:33:00.460><c> he</c><00:33:00.819><c> considers</c><00:33:01.039><c> it</c><00:33:01.319><c> to</c><00:33:01.480><c> be</c><00:33:01.640><c> something</c>

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:05.039
which<00:33:02.299><c> is</c><00:33:02.920><c> separate</c><00:33:03.359><c> from</c><00:33:03.920><c> flesh,</c>

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.420
separate<00:33:05.519><c> from</c><00:33:05.980><c> matter,</c>

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:08.480
which<00:33:06.960><c> is</c><00:33:07.380><c> pure</c><00:33:07.660><c> and</c><00:33:08.240><c> clean.</c>

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:10.920
It<00:33:09.059><c> breathes</c><00:33:09.700><c> a</c><00:33:09.900><c> different</c><00:33:10.220><c> air</c>

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:13.079
and<00:33:11.539><c> could</c><00:33:11.779><c> have</c><00:33:12.099><c> nothing</c><00:33:12.440><c> to</c><00:33:12.740><c> do</c>

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:16.920
with<00:33:13.799><c> fleshly,</c><00:33:14.920><c> licentious</c><00:33:15.779><c> things.</c>

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:20.420
When<00:33:18.519><c> the</c><00:33:18.799><c> Jew</c><00:33:18.980><c> comes</c><00:33:19.299><c> to</c><00:33:19.559><c> read</c><00:33:19.720><c> it,</c>

00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:26.559
he<00:33:20.779><c> reads,</c><00:33:22.140><c> in</c><00:33:22.180><c> the</c><00:33:22.440><c> beginning</c><00:33:22.920><c> was</c><00:33:23.880><c> the</c><00:33:25.140><c> law,</c>

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:29.900
was<00:33:27.759><c> the</c><00:33:28.079><c> wisdom</c><00:33:28.519><c> of</c><00:33:28.920><c> God,</c>

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:32.180
was<00:33:30.460><c> the</c><00:33:30.859><c> Torah.</c>

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:34.279
It<00:33:32.960><c> was</c><00:33:33.380><c> with</c><00:33:33.779><c> God.</c>

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:36.059
It<00:33:34.980><c> was</c><00:33:35.460><c> God.</c>

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:39.880
And<00:33:36.759><c> again,</c><00:33:37.640><c> it</c><00:33:37.900><c> remains</c><00:33:38.400><c> pure</c><00:33:38.940><c> and</c><00:33:39.519><c> clean.</c>

00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:43.539
It<00:33:40.380><c> belongs</c><00:33:40.799><c> to</c><00:33:41.259><c> arcs</c><00:33:41.819><c> and</c><00:33:41.980><c> to</c><00:33:42.240><c> tabernacles.</c>

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:48.920
It<00:33:43.660><c> cannot</c><00:33:44.039><c> be</c><00:33:44.539><c> defiled</c><00:33:45.059><c> by</c><00:33:45.859><c> mere</c><00:33:46.559><c> fleshly</c><00:33:47.980><c> man.</c>

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:53.240
And<00:33:50.380><c> they're</c><00:33:50.660><c> both</c><00:33:50.980><c> in</c><00:33:51.240><c> for</c><00:33:51.400><c> an</c><00:33:51.640><c> enormous</c><00:33:52.119><c> shock.</c>

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:56.799
For<00:33:54.220><c> John</c><00:33:54.680><c> is</c><00:33:55.160><c> about</c><00:33:55.519><c> to</c><00:33:55.880><c> use</c><00:33:56.140><c> the</c><00:33:56.440><c> word,</c>

00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:59.019
which<00:33:57.299><c> has</c><00:33:57.539><c> all</c><00:33:57.839><c> these</c><00:33:58.420><c> colors</c>

00:33:59.019 --> 00:34:01.319
and<00:33:59.480><c> all</c><00:33:59.799><c> these</c><00:34:00.160><c> backgrounds,</c>

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:02.940
and<00:34:01.599><c> is</c><00:34:01.799><c> about</c><00:34:02.099><c> to</c><00:34:02.359><c> say</c><00:34:02.559><c> to</c><00:34:02.660><c> them</c>

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:05.799
that<00:34:03.259><c> in</c><00:34:03.480><c> the</c><00:34:03.779><c> beginning</c><00:34:04.200><c> God's</c><00:34:05.180><c> purpose,</c>

00:34:06.220 --> 00:34:08.860
God's<00:34:06.900><c> reason,</c><00:34:07.660><c> God's</c><00:34:08.380><c> mind,</c>

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:10.500
God's<00:34:09.860><c> intent,</c>

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:14.760
which<00:34:11.119><c> was</c><00:34:11.699><c> expressed</c><00:34:12.820><c> in</c><00:34:13.480><c> words,</c>

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:21.239
was<00:34:16.280><c> about</c><00:34:16.760><c> to</c><00:34:17.079><c> be</c><00:34:17.440><c> expressed</c><00:34:18.440><c> in</c><00:34:19.920><c> flesh.</c>

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:24.519
Now,<00:34:22.559><c> I</c><00:34:22.679><c> said</c><00:34:22.780><c> that</c><00:34:22.960><c> with</c><00:34:23.119><c> a</c><00:34:23.239><c> certain</c><00:34:23.699><c> shock,</c>

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:26.719
but<00:34:24.739><c> all</c><00:34:25.039><c> of</c><00:34:25.139><c> you</c><00:34:25.260><c> are</c><00:34:25.440><c> so</c><00:34:25.840><c> familiar</c><00:34:26.219><c> with</c><00:34:26.420><c> the</c><00:34:26.579><c> word</c>

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:29.460
that<00:34:26.860><c> it</c><00:34:27.320><c> didn't</c><00:34:27.579><c> even</c><00:34:27.920><c> cause</c><00:34:28.139><c> a</c><00:34:28.340><c> ripple</c><00:34:28.559><c> of</c><00:34:28.860><c> consternation.</c>

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:32.460
But<00:34:29.760><c> it</c><00:34:29.960><c> would</c><00:34:30.199><c> have</c><00:34:30.519><c> rippled</c><00:34:31.320><c> across</c><00:34:31.780><c> the</c><00:34:32.139><c> Jewish</c>

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:35.340
and<00:34:33.039><c> across</c><00:34:33.679><c> the</c><00:34:34.360><c> Greek</c><00:34:34.679><c> world,</c>

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:38.380
because<00:34:36.039><c> for</c><00:34:36.260><c> them</c><00:34:36.719><c> the</c><00:34:37.219><c> two</c><00:34:37.559><c> ideas</c>

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:41.380
appeared<00:34:38.960><c> to</c><00:34:39.199><c> be</c><00:34:39.519><c> poles</c><00:34:40.119><c> apart.</c>

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:44.159
For<00:34:41.619><c> the</c><00:34:41.800><c> very</c><00:34:42.039><c> idea</c><00:34:42.539><c> that</c><00:34:42.820><c> God's</c><00:34:43.679><c> purity</c>

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:45.860
and<00:34:44.619><c> God's</c><00:34:45.219><c> purpose,</c>

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:49.099
whether<00:34:46.380><c> it</c><00:34:46.599><c> be</c><00:34:46.760><c> embodied</c><00:34:47.119><c> in</c><00:34:47.599><c> reason</c><00:34:48.039><c> or</c><00:34:48.320><c> in</c><00:34:48.500><c> the</c><00:34:48.760><c> law,</c>

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:54.480
could<00:34:49.880><c> suddenly</c><00:34:50.820><c> be</c><00:34:51.519><c> brought</c><00:34:51.920><c> into</c><00:34:52.300><c> the</c><00:34:52.599><c> proximity</c><00:34:53.179><c> of</c><00:34:53.599><c> flesh,</c>

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:57.059
was<00:34:54.639><c> for</c><00:34:54.719><c> them</c><00:34:55.019><c> a</c><00:34:55.360><c> remarkable</c><00:34:56.360><c> statement.</c>

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:59.940
It<00:34:57.679><c> was</c><00:34:57.980><c> a</c><00:34:58.320><c> bolt</c><00:34:58.659><c> from</c><00:34:59.179><c> the</c><00:34:59.519><c> blue.</c>

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:04.039
And<00:35:00.599><c> yet</c><00:35:00.760><c> that's</c><00:35:01.119><c> what</c><00:35:01.400><c> John</c><00:35:01.820><c> was</c><00:35:02.340><c> working</c><00:35:02.860><c> up</c><00:35:03.500><c> to</c><00:35:03.800><c> say.</c>

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:06.960
You<00:35:04.860><c> see,</c><00:35:05.400><c> he</c><00:35:05.559><c> was</c><00:35:05.980><c> really</c><00:35:06.400><c> telling</c><00:35:06.639><c> them</c>

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:10.260
that<00:35:07.599><c> God</c><00:35:08.139><c> was</c><00:35:08.880><c> expressing</c><00:35:09.539><c> himself</c>

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:14.099
in<00:35:10.800><c> a</c><00:35:11.000><c> way</c><00:35:11.179><c> that</c><00:35:11.340><c> had</c><00:35:11.599><c> never</c><00:35:11.880><c> been</c><00:35:12.420><c> expressed</c><00:35:12.940><c> before.</c>

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:19.679
All<00:35:15.400><c> that</c><00:35:15.639><c> God</c><00:35:15.940><c> was,</c><00:35:16.980><c> was</c><00:35:17.320><c> caught</c><00:35:17.659><c> up</c><00:35:18.079><c> in</c><00:35:18.420><c> His</c><00:35:18.699><c> word.</c>

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:21.679
When<00:35:19.820><c> it</c><00:35:19.940><c> says</c><00:35:20.139><c> the</c><00:35:20.360><c> word</c><00:35:20.760><c> was</c><00:35:21.179><c> God,</c>

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:24.860
the<00:35:22.280><c> force</c><00:35:22.480><c> of</c><00:35:22.659><c> that</c><00:35:22.900><c> word</c><00:35:23.059><c> there</c><00:35:23.300><c> is</c><00:35:23.539><c> really</c><00:35:23.900><c> adjectival.</c>

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:29.119
It<00:35:25.340><c> is</c><00:35:25.639><c> describing</c><00:35:26.179><c> the</c><00:35:26.440><c> fact</c><00:35:26.679><c> that</c><00:35:27.159><c> the</c><00:35:27.539><c> word</c><00:35:27.980><c> was</c><00:35:28.400><c> divine,</c>

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:31.559
as<00:35:29.699><c> some</c><00:35:29.880><c> of</c><00:35:30.059><c> the</c><00:35:30.139><c> modern</c><00:35:30.440><c> versions</c><00:35:30.920><c> render</c><00:35:31.320><c> it.</c>

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:36.940
And<00:35:32.239><c> all</c><00:35:33.039><c> things</c><00:35:33.679><c> were</c><00:35:34.000><c> made</c><00:35:34.300><c> according</c><00:35:34.800><c> to</c><00:35:35.059><c> that</c><00:35:35.380><c> plan</c><00:35:35.619><c> and</c><00:35:35.920><c> purpose.</c>

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:42.039
That<00:35:37.559><c> plan</c><00:35:37.900><c> and</c><00:35:38.079><c> purpose</c><00:35:38.500><c> embodied</c><00:35:39.000><c> all</c><00:35:39.679><c> that</c><00:35:39.880><c> had</c><00:35:40.099><c> to</c><00:35:40.260><c> be</c><00:35:40.500><c> expressed</c><00:35:40.900><c> by</c><00:35:41.179><c> God.</c>

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:43.940
And<00:35:42.260><c> the</c><00:35:42.460><c> light</c><00:35:43.039><c> shone.</c>

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:47.039
It's<00:35:44.579><c> in</c><00:35:44.719><c> just</c><00:35:44.940><c> the</c><00:35:45.099><c> same</c><00:35:45.239><c> way</c><00:35:45.460><c> that</c><00:35:45.719><c> the</c><00:35:46.139><c> writer</c><00:35:46.360><c> to</c><00:35:46.579><c> the</c><00:35:46.719><c> Hebrews,</c>

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:48.820
almost<00:35:47.500><c> certainly</c><00:35:47.780><c> the</c><00:35:48.039><c> Apostle</c><00:35:48.420><c> Paul,</c>

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:53.559
says<00:35:49.480><c> that</c><00:35:50.480><c> when</c><00:35:50.780><c> God</c><00:35:51.059><c> wished</c><00:35:51.380><c> to</c><00:35:51.699><c> communicate</c><00:35:52.320><c> with</c><00:35:52.619><c> man,</c>

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:56.900
when<00:35:53.860><c> His</c><00:35:54.159><c> word</c><00:35:54.559><c> came</c><00:35:54.900><c> to</c><00:35:55.139><c> its</c><00:35:55.480><c> climax</c><00:35:55.880><c> and</c><00:35:56.119><c> its</c><00:35:56.380><c> fulfillment,</c>

00:35:57.239 --> 00:36:00.320
He<00:35:57.760><c> spoke</c><00:35:58.440><c> in</c><00:35:59.260><c> His</c><00:35:59.780><c> Son.</c>

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:03.659
He<00:36:01.039><c> had</c><00:36:01.360><c> used</c><00:36:01.739><c> other</c><00:36:02.340><c> intermediaries</c><00:36:03.059><c> before,</c>

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:06.159
but<00:36:04.219><c> now</c><00:36:04.519><c> the</c><00:36:04.840><c> utterance</c><00:36:05.300><c> was</c><00:36:05.579><c> complete.</c>

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:10.639
He<00:36:06.719><c> was</c><00:36:07.420><c> manifesting</c><00:36:08.179><c> Himself</c><00:36:08.760><c> in</c><00:36:09.320><c> a</c><00:36:09.780><c> man.</c>

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:13.820
His<00:36:11.059><c> word</c><00:36:11.639><c> was</c><00:36:12.179><c> become</c><00:36:12.659><c> flesh.</c>

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:18.920
Now,<00:36:15.400><c> just</c><00:36:15.599><c> as</c><00:36:15.719><c> we</c><00:36:15.980><c> begin</c><00:36:16.179><c> to</c><00:36:16.699><c> draw</c><00:36:16.980><c> our</c><00:36:17.320><c> thoughts</c><00:36:17.639><c> towards</c><00:36:18.239><c> a</c><00:36:18.639><c> close,</c>

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:23.500
let's<00:36:19.820><c> look</c><00:36:20.139><c> then</c><00:36:20.420><c> at</c><00:36:20.559><c> what</c><00:36:20.920><c> the</c><00:36:21.300><c> prologue</c><00:36:21.820><c> is</c><00:36:22.000><c> actually</c><00:36:22.519><c> saying.</c>

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:27.900
In<00:36:24.559><c> the</c><00:36:24.780><c> beginning,</c><00:36:25.079><c> God</c><00:36:25.320><c> had</c><00:36:25.719><c> spoken</c><00:36:26.340><c> in</c><00:36:27.280><c> creation.</c>

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:32.260
His<00:36:28.860><c> word</c><00:36:29.219><c> had</c><00:36:29.420><c> gone</c><00:36:29.699><c> forth</c><00:36:30.179><c> and</c><00:36:30.440><c> according</c><00:36:30.780><c> to</c><00:36:31.019><c> that</c><00:36:31.260><c> word,</c>

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:34.400
light<00:36:32.480><c> had</c><00:36:33.059><c> come</c><00:36:33.360><c> into</c><00:36:33.760><c> existence.</c>

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:37.639
And<00:36:34.960><c> the</c><00:36:35.179><c> light</c><00:36:35.480><c> was</c><00:36:35.820><c> the</c><00:36:36.079><c> life</c><00:36:36.460><c> of</c><00:36:36.800><c> men.</c>

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:44.679
And<00:36:38.119><c> so</c><00:36:39.260><c> darkness</c><00:36:40.099><c> had</c><00:36:40.460><c> been</c><00:36:40.980><c> repelled</c><00:36:42.039><c> as</c><00:36:42.800><c> light</c><00:36:43.320><c> had</c><00:36:43.840><c> advanced.</c>

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:47.579
And<00:36:45.500><c> John</c><00:36:45.840><c> begins</c><00:36:46.239><c> to</c><00:36:46.500><c> pick</c><00:36:46.639><c> up</c><00:36:46.760><c> that</c><00:36:47.139><c> theme,</c>

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:50.739
based<00:36:48.179><c> as</c><00:36:48.340><c> it</c><00:36:48.539><c> was</c><00:36:48.739><c> so</c><00:36:49.139><c> clearly</c><00:36:49.400><c> in</c><00:36:49.760><c> physical</c><00:36:50.199><c> terms,</c>

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:54.519
and<00:36:51.219><c> begins</c><00:36:51.460><c> to</c><00:36:51.699><c> look</c><00:36:51.860><c> for</c><00:36:52.119><c> the</c><00:36:52.619><c> spiritual</c><00:36:53.260><c> repercussion.</c>

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:56.380
He<00:36:54.780><c> begins</c><00:36:55.059><c> to</c><00:36:55.320><c> look</c><00:36:55.480><c> for</c><00:36:55.679><c> the</c><00:36:55.860><c> fact</c><00:36:56.099><c> then</c>

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:59.519
that<00:36:56.699><c> now</c><00:36:57.019><c> God's</c><00:36:57.420><c> purpose</c><00:36:57.880><c> was</c><00:36:58.139><c> taking</c><00:36:58.460><c> a</c><00:36:58.699><c> different</c><00:36:59.000><c> form.</c>

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:03.239
He<00:37:00.059><c> was</c><00:37:00.360><c> concerned</c><00:37:01.059><c> now</c><00:37:01.559><c> to</c><00:37:01.900><c> bring</c><00:37:02.159><c> an</c><00:37:02.719><c> existence,</c>

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:07.500
an<00:37:03.719><c> order</c><00:37:04.280><c> into</c><00:37:04.900><c> being</c><00:37:05.260><c> that</c><00:37:05.940><c> had</c><00:37:06.320><c> only</c><00:37:06.659><c> been</c><00:37:06.900><c> hinted</c><00:37:07.340><c> at</c>

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:09.320
and<00:37:07.820><c> anticipated</c><00:37:08.440><c> in</c><00:37:08.719><c> the</c><00:37:08.920><c> past.</c>

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:14.539
Now<00:37:10.039><c> God's</c><00:37:10.639><c> creative</c><00:37:11.139><c> word</c><00:37:11.860><c> was</c><00:37:12.360><c> taking</c><00:37:12.719><c> effect</c><00:37:13.159><c> once</c><00:37:13.579><c> more.</c>

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:19.900
And<00:37:15.400><c> His</c><00:37:16.980><c> prophetic</c><00:37:18.000><c> word</c><00:37:18.800><c> was</c><00:37:19.300><c> at</c><00:37:19.539><c> work.</c>

00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:22.860
Notice<00:37:20.559><c> that</c><00:37:20.800><c> John</c><00:37:21.000><c> the</c><00:37:21.139><c> Baptist</c><00:37:21.480><c> is</c><00:37:21.719><c> there,</c><00:37:22.139><c> center</c><00:37:22.360><c> stage,</c>

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:25.079
the<00:37:23.579><c> greatest</c><00:37:23.980><c> of</c><00:37:24.179><c> all</c><00:37:24.480><c> the</c><00:37:24.739><c> prophets,</c>

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:27.719
the<00:37:25.500><c> one</c><00:37:25.699><c> who</c><00:37:25.880><c> was</c><00:37:26.099><c> the</c><00:37:26.340><c> herald</c><00:37:26.719><c> and</c><00:37:27.079><c> the</c><00:37:27.320><c> messenger.</c>

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:30.460
There<00:37:28.059><c> was</c><00:37:28.199><c> a</c><00:37:28.340><c> man</c><00:37:28.500><c> sent</c><00:37:28.800><c> from</c><00:37:28.980><c> God</c><00:37:29.380><c> whose</c><00:37:29.639><c> name</c><00:37:29.880><c> was</c><00:37:30.139><c> John.</c>

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:34.139
He<00:37:30.739><c> was</c><00:37:30.900><c> not</c><00:37:31.099><c> the</c><00:37:31.280><c> light</c><00:37:31.440><c> but</c><00:37:31.639><c> came</c><00:37:31.920><c> as</c><00:37:32.139><c> a</c><00:37:32.280><c> witness</c><00:37:32.699><c> to</c><00:37:33.119><c> the</c><00:37:33.320><c> light.</c>

00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:37.179
And<00:37:34.500><c> John</c><00:37:34.719><c> is</c><00:37:35.019><c> so</c><00:37:35.500><c> vital</c><00:37:35.960><c> and</c><00:37:36.659><c> important</c>

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:40.980
because<00:37:37.860><c> he</c><00:37:38.119><c> was</c><00:37:38.380><c> the</c><00:37:38.739><c> precursor</c><00:37:39.639><c> to</c><00:37:39.880><c> the</c><00:37:40.099><c> light</c><00:37:40.260><c> of</c><00:37:40.460><c> the</c><00:37:40.679><c> world,</c>

00:37:41.219 --> 00:37:42.760
the<00:37:41.420><c> Lord</c><00:37:41.820><c> Jesus</c><00:37:42.300><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:46.460
And<00:37:43.380><c> suddenly</c><00:37:43.920><c> John</c><00:37:44.320><c> begins</c><00:37:44.699><c> to</c><00:37:45.019><c> focus</c><00:37:45.340><c> in</c><00:37:45.840><c> upon</c><00:37:46.159><c> the</c><00:37:46.340><c> fact</c>

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:48.019
that<00:37:46.659><c> all</c><00:37:47.159><c> this</c><00:37:47.519><c> matters.</c>

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:51.559
Look<00:37:48.800><c> at</c><00:37:49.239><c> verse</c><00:37:49.579><c> 11</c><00:37:49.940><c> of</c><00:37:50.119><c> John</c><00:37:50.360><c> chapter</c><00:37:50.699><c> 1.</c>

00:37:59.380 --> 00:38:01.920
John<00:37:59.380><c> is</c><00:37:59.659><c> saying</c><00:37:59.800><c> then</c><00:38:00.059><c> that</c><00:38:00.159><c> God's</c><00:38:00.679><c> creative</c><00:38:01.219><c> work</c>

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:05.219
had<00:38:02.300><c> come</c><00:38:02.639><c> to</c><00:38:02.860><c> its</c><00:38:03.239><c> climax</c><00:38:03.719><c> in</c><00:38:03.980><c> the</c><00:38:04.119><c> Lord</c><00:38:04.400><c> Jesus</c><00:38:04.860><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:08.659
He<00:38:05.440><c> was</c><00:38:05.880><c> the</c><00:38:06.219><c> reason</c><00:38:06.659><c> and</c><00:38:06.920><c> the</c><00:38:07.139><c> purpose</c><00:38:07.519><c> behind</c><00:38:07.880><c> the</c><00:38:08.139><c> universe</c>

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:11.260
now<00:38:09.760><c> revealed.</c>

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:15.780
And<00:38:12.059><c> verse</c><00:38:12.300><c> 11</c><00:38:12.679><c> says</c><00:38:12.980><c> He</c><00:38:13.199><c> came</c><00:38:13.739><c> unto</c><00:38:14.139><c> His</c><00:38:14.559><c> own</c>

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:19.519
and<00:38:16.639><c> His</c><00:38:16.940><c> own</c><00:38:17.420><c> received</c><00:38:18.119><c> Him</c><00:38:18.480><c> not.</c>

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:22.760
But<00:38:20.400><c> as</c><00:38:20.719><c> many</c><00:38:20.920><c> as</c><00:38:21.199><c> received</c><00:38:21.659><c> Him,</c>

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:26.219
to<00:38:23.059><c> them</c><00:38:23.340><c> gave</c><00:38:23.679><c> He</c><00:38:23.920><c> power</c><00:38:24.320><c> to</c><00:38:24.519><c> become</c><00:38:24.840><c> the</c><00:38:25.139><c> sons</c><00:38:25.420><c> of</c><00:38:25.659><c> God,</c>

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:29.639
even<00:38:27.079><c> to</c><00:38:27.300><c> them</c><00:38:27.519><c> that</c><00:38:28.039><c> believe</c><00:38:28.559><c> on</c><00:38:28.900><c> His</c><00:38:29.199><c> name,</c>

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:34.139
which<00:38:30.239><c> were</c><00:38:30.460><c> born</c><00:38:31.000><c> not</c><00:38:31.619><c> of</c><00:38:31.820><c> blood,</c><00:38:32.820><c> nor</c><00:38:32.980><c> of</c><00:38:33.139><c> the</c><00:38:33.239><c> will</c><00:38:33.340><c> of</c><00:38:33.500><c> the</c><00:38:33.719><c> flesh,</c>

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:37.539
nor<00:38:34.739><c> of</c><00:38:34.940><c> the</c><00:38:35.059><c> will</c><00:38:35.159><c> of</c><00:38:35.400><c> man,</c><00:38:36.039><c> but</c><00:38:36.360><c> of</c><00:38:36.900><c> God.</c>

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:39.980
And<00:38:38.139><c> suddenly</c><00:38:38.460><c> you</c><00:38:38.619><c> understand</c><00:38:39.039><c> that</c><00:38:39.159><c> all</c><00:38:39.420><c> these</c><00:38:39.659><c> things</c>

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:43.139
are<00:38:40.300><c> far</c><00:38:40.579><c> more</c><00:38:40.900><c> than</c><00:38:41.320><c> mere</c><00:38:41.739><c> academic</c><00:38:42.480><c> ideas,</c>

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:47.219
mere<00:38:43.719><c> intellectual</c><00:38:44.619><c> debates</c><00:38:45.139><c> that</c><00:38:45.440><c> are</c><00:38:45.820><c> going</c><00:38:46.099><c> through</c><00:38:46.559><c> the</c><00:38:46.840><c> mind</c>

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:51.179
of<00:38:47.619><c> the</c><00:38:47.840><c> Jewish</c><00:38:48.119><c> or</c><00:38:48.360><c> the</c><00:38:48.619><c> Greek</c><00:38:49.320><c> reader.</c>

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:54.400
They<00:38:51.739><c> are</c><00:38:52.019><c> in</c><00:38:52.239><c> fact</c><00:38:52.480><c> a</c><00:38:52.940><c> fundamental</c><00:38:53.579><c> challenge</c>

00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:58.539
to<00:38:55.199><c> our</c><00:38:55.559><c> own</c><00:38:56.059><c> response</c><00:38:56.719><c> to</c><00:38:57.000><c> the</c><00:38:57.219><c> things</c><00:38:57.400><c> of</c><00:38:57.679><c> God.</c>

00:38:58.679 --> 00:39:01.980
John<00:38:58.960><c> had</c><00:38:59.300><c> come</c><00:38:59.699><c> bearing</c><00:39:00.219><c> witness</c><00:39:00.599><c> to</c><00:39:00.860><c> a</c><00:39:01.039><c> new</c><00:39:01.340><c> creation,</c>

00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:06.420
and<00:39:02.420><c> that</c><00:39:02.800><c> new</c><00:39:03.159><c> creation</c><00:39:03.760><c> was</c><00:39:04.280><c> centered</c><00:39:04.559><c> in</c><00:39:04.820><c> the</c><00:39:04.960><c> Lord</c><00:39:05.340><c> Jesus</c><00:39:05.860><c> Christ,</c>

00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:08.219
who<00:39:06.840><c> was</c><00:39:07.059><c> the</c><00:39:07.300><c> light</c><00:39:07.480><c> of</c><00:39:07.679><c> the</c><00:39:07.860><c> world.</c>

00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:12.239
In<00:39:08.940><c> the</c><00:39:09.159><c> past,</c><00:39:09.679><c> light</c><00:39:09.980><c> had</c><00:39:10.280><c> always</c><00:39:10.900><c> overcome</c><00:39:11.500><c> darkness</c>

00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:15.039
as<00:39:12.679><c> day</c><00:39:13.239><c> has</c><00:39:13.639><c> followed</c><00:39:13.960><c> night,</c>

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:20.280
but<00:39:15.320><c> now</c><00:39:16.300><c> the</c><00:39:16.780><c> darkness</c><00:39:17.480><c> threatened</c><00:39:18.380><c> to</c><00:39:18.880><c> overcome</c><00:39:19.519><c> the</c><00:39:19.900><c> Lord</c>

00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:21.320
Jesus<00:39:20.800><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:24.360
Remember<00:39:22.000><c> that</c><00:39:22.380><c> thread,</c><00:39:22.619><c> that</c><00:39:22.980><c> theme</c><00:39:23.280><c> that</c><00:39:23.480><c> runs</c><00:39:23.840><c> through</c>

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:25.139
John's<00:39:24.840><c> Gospel.</c>

00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:28.400
Judas<00:39:25.940><c> slips</c><00:39:26.480><c> out</c><00:39:26.820><c> and</c><00:39:26.960><c> the</c><00:39:27.179><c> comment</c><00:39:27.380><c> is</c><00:39:27.579><c> made,</c>

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:29.840
and<00:39:28.619><c> it</c><00:39:28.760><c> was</c><00:39:28.980><c> night.</c>

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:33.280
This<00:39:30.340><c> is</c><00:39:30.639><c> your</c><00:39:31.000><c> hour</c><00:39:31.360><c> and</c><00:39:31.739><c> the</c><00:39:32.019><c> power</c><00:39:32.300><c> of</c><00:39:32.659><c> darkness,</c>

00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:35.739
says<00:39:33.800><c> the</c><00:39:34.019><c> Lord</c><00:39:34.300><c> Jesus</c><00:39:34.800><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:40.519
And<00:39:36.059><c> there</c><00:39:36.280><c> was</c><00:39:36.679><c> darkness</c><00:39:37.519><c> from</c><00:39:38.280><c> the</c><00:39:38.639><c> third</c><00:39:38.920><c> hour</c><00:39:39.360><c> until</c><00:39:39.920><c> the</c><00:39:40.199><c> sixth.</c>

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:42.820
You<00:39:41.019><c> remember</c><00:39:41.239><c> the</c><00:39:41.480><c> sense</c><00:39:41.699><c> there</c><00:39:41.860><c> in</c><00:39:41.960><c> which</c><00:39:42.159><c> all</c><00:39:42.440><c> the</c><00:39:42.599><c> time</c>

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:48.000
there<00:39:43.099><c> is</c><00:39:43.380><c> a</c><00:39:43.599><c> brooding</c><00:39:44.119><c> darkness</c><00:39:44.880><c> which</c><00:39:45.360><c> is</c><00:39:45.860><c> seeking</c><00:39:46.260><c> to</c><00:39:46.719><c> suppress.</c>

00:39:48.179 --> 00:39:50.900
And<00:39:48.360><c> the</c><00:39:48.519><c> issue</c><00:39:48.699><c> all</c><00:39:48.980><c> the</c><00:39:49.139><c> time</c><00:39:49.340><c> then</c><00:39:49.679><c> for</c><00:39:50.039><c> us</c><00:39:50.440><c> is,</c>

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:55.900
will<00:39:51.460><c> we</c><00:39:52.199><c> receive</c><00:39:52.900><c> Him</c><00:39:53.539><c> or</c><00:39:54.440><c> will</c><00:39:54.719><c> we</c><00:39:54.960><c> not?</c>

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:57.619
4<00:39:56.699><c> says</c><00:39:56.920><c> verse</c><00:39:57.179><c> 12,</c>

00:39:57.860 --> 00:40:02.280
As<00:39:58.039><c> many</c><00:39:58.500><c> as</c><00:39:58.980><c> received</c><00:39:59.519><c> Him,</c><00:40:00.300><c> to</c><00:40:00.539><c> them</c><00:40:01.039><c> gave</c><00:40:01.440><c> He</c><00:40:01.739><c> power</c>

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:06.639
to<00:40:02.719><c> become</c><00:40:03.119><c> children</c><00:40:03.599><c> of</c><00:40:03.840><c> God,</c><00:40:04.760><c> even</c><00:40:05.119><c> to</c><00:40:05.380><c> them</c><00:40:05.599><c> that</c><00:40:06.119><c> believe</c>

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:08.300
on<00:40:06.980><c> His</c><00:40:07.300><c> name.</c>

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:15.539
In<00:40:10.179><c> 14</c><00:40:10.699><c> verses,</c><00:40:11.860><c> the</c><00:40:12.039><c> Apostle</c><00:40:12.440><c> John</c><00:40:12.760><c> is</c><00:40:13.280><c> laying</c><00:40:13.760><c> the</c><00:40:14.380><c> seeds,</c>

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:18.000
starting<00:40:16.079><c> as</c><00:40:16.260><c> it</c><00:40:16.460><c> were</c><00:40:16.599><c> the</c><00:40:16.920><c> threads,</c>

00:40:18.500 --> 00:40:20.260
for<00:40:18.920><c> the</c><00:40:19.159><c> garden</c><00:40:19.500><c> that</c><00:40:19.679><c> is</c><00:40:19.820><c> to</c><00:40:20.039><c> grow,</c>

00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:23.000
for<00:40:20.500><c> the</c><00:40:20.780><c> tapestry</c><00:40:21.199><c> that</c><00:40:21.360><c> is</c><00:40:21.599><c> to</c><00:40:21.760><c> be</c><00:40:22.000><c> created.</c>

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:25.320
You<00:40:23.320><c> can</c><00:40:23.599><c> see</c><00:40:23.760><c> that</c><00:40:24.079><c> as</c><00:40:24.519><c> clear</c><00:40:24.760><c> as</c><00:40:25.019><c> day.</c>

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:29.820
When<00:40:25.719><c> you</c><00:40:26.079><c> merely</c><00:40:26.460><c> count</c><00:40:26.880><c> up</c><00:40:27.320><c> the</c><00:40:27.960><c> number</c><00:40:28.380><c> of</c><00:40:29.340><c> words</c>

00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:34.159
which<00:40:30.199><c> turn</c><00:40:30.460><c> out</c><00:40:30.679><c> to</c><00:40:30.840><c> be</c><00:40:31.400><c> vital</c><00:40:31.880><c> to</c><00:40:32.260><c> the</c><00:40:32.760><c> thematic</c><00:40:33.500><c> unfolding.</c>

00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:38.000
The<00:40:34.940><c> word,</c><00:40:35.380><c> for</c><00:40:35.599><c> example,</c><00:40:35.980><c> occurs</c><00:40:36.340><c> 40</c><00:40:36.739><c> times</c><00:40:37.139><c> later</c><00:40:37.519><c> on.</c>

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:41.219
The<00:40:38.460><c> idea</c><00:40:38.760><c> of</c><00:40:39.400><c> God</c><00:40:39.780><c> in</c><00:40:40.019><c> this</c><00:40:40.280><c> sense</c><00:40:40.519><c> adjectival,</c>

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:43.239
but<00:40:41.699><c> elsewhere</c><00:40:42.039><c> not,</c><00:40:42.480><c> 84</c><00:40:42.800><c> times.</c>

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.960
Light,<00:40:44.019><c> 23</c><00:40:44.579><c> times.</c>

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:47.699
Life,<00:40:45.960><c> 36</c><00:40:46.599><c> and</c><00:40:46.760><c> so</c><00:40:47.019><c> on.</c>

00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:51.199
And<00:40:47.920><c> themes,</c><00:40:48.940><c> key</c><00:40:49.239><c> themes,</c><00:40:49.579><c> in</c><00:40:49.820><c> Him</c><00:40:50.059><c> was</c><00:40:50.300><c> life.</c>

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:52.860
The<00:40:51.519><c> life</c><00:40:51.739><c> is</c><00:40:52.000><c> the</c><00:40:52.159><c> light</c><00:40:52.360><c> of</c><00:40:52.619><c> men.</c>

00:40:53.179 --> 00:40:54.380
Light<00:40:53.480><c> and</c><00:40:53.760><c> darkness.</c>

00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:57.860
Christ<00:40:55.320><c> either</c><00:40:55.960><c> received</c><00:40:56.559><c> or</c><00:40:56.860><c> not</c><00:40:57.239><c> received.</c>

00:40:58.199 --> 00:41:02.780
All<00:40:58.480><c> those</c><00:40:58.780><c> are</c><00:40:59.420><c> ideas</c><00:40:59.980><c> that</c><00:41:00.320><c> John</c><00:41:00.619><c> is</c><00:41:00.940><c> now</c><00:41:01.340><c> beginning</c><00:41:01.840><c> to</c><00:41:02.360><c> plant</c><00:41:02.519><c> in</c>

00:41:02.780 --> 00:41:03.380
our<00:41:03.000><c> minds</c>

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:07.019
which<00:41:03.840><c> he</c><00:41:04.079><c> is</c><00:41:04.239><c> going</c><00:41:04.420><c> to</c><00:41:04.739><c> allow</c><00:41:04.880><c> to</c><00:41:05.300><c> extend</c><00:41:05.800><c> and</c><00:41:06.440><c> develop</c>

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:09.619
as<00:41:07.539><c> his</c><00:41:07.780><c> Gospel</c><00:41:08.260><c> unfolds.</c>

00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:13.300
And<00:41:09.940><c> all</c><00:41:10.179><c> this</c><00:41:10.400><c> is</c><00:41:10.739><c> centered</c><00:41:11.019><c> then</c><00:41:11.380><c> in</c><00:41:11.800><c> the</c><00:41:12.019><c> hope</c><00:41:12.260><c> of</c><00:41:12.679><c> life</c>

00:41:13.300 --> 00:41:16.260
and<00:41:13.820><c> that</c><00:41:14.019><c> in</c><00:41:14.219><c> the</c><00:41:14.340><c> Lord</c><00:41:14.639><c> Jesus</c><00:41:15.079><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:16.619 --> 00:41:20.900
For<00:41:16.820><c> the</c><00:41:17.219><c> Word</c><00:41:18.159><c> was</c><00:41:19.460><c> made</c><00:41:19.860><c> flesh.</c>

00:41:21.699 --> 00:41:23.980
You<00:41:21.880><c> see,</c><00:41:22.039><c> what</c><00:41:22.340><c> John</c><00:41:22.559><c> is</c><00:41:22.780><c> really</c><00:41:23.179><c> telling</c><00:41:23.420><c> us</c><00:41:23.739><c> is</c>

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:26.579
that<00:41:24.300><c> in</c><00:41:24.619><c> a</c><00:41:24.820><c> multiplicity</c><00:41:25.579><c> of</c><00:41:25.820><c> different</c><00:41:26.139><c> ways</c>

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:30.500
God<00:41:27.260><c> was</c><00:41:27.579><c> about</c><00:41:27.900><c> to</c><00:41:28.179><c> be</c><00:41:28.699><c> manifest</c><00:41:29.480><c> in</c><00:41:29.900><c> the</c><00:41:30.179><c> flesh.</c>

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:34.079
Remember<00:41:31.099><c> the</c><00:41:31.320><c> great</c><00:41:31.619><c> statement</c><00:41:32.059><c> in</c><00:41:32.260><c> 1</c><00:41:32.500><c> Timothy</c><00:41:32.780><c> chapter</c><00:41:33.159><c> 3,</c>

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:37.960
God<00:41:34.159><c> who</c><00:41:34.539><c> was</c><00:41:35.019><c> manifest</c><00:41:35.679><c> in</c><00:41:35.900><c> the</c><00:41:36.179><c> flesh</c><00:41:36.480><c> was</c><00:41:37.079><c> justified</c><00:41:37.760><c> in</c>

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:38.500
the<00:41:38.199><c> Spirit,</c>

00:41:38.860 --> 00:41:42.400
seen<00:41:39.039><c> of</c><00:41:39.280><c> angels,</c><00:41:40.099><c> preached</c><00:41:40.400><c> unto</c><00:41:40.719><c> the</c><00:41:40.940><c> Gentiles</c><00:41:41.599><c> and</c><00:41:41.900><c> so</c><00:41:42.159><c> on.</c>

00:41:42.699 --> 00:41:46.780
The<00:41:42.860><c> great</c><00:41:43.360><c> truth</c><00:41:44.059><c> that</c><00:41:44.579><c> we</c><00:41:44.960><c> hold</c><00:41:45.260><c> which</c><00:41:45.519><c> is</c><00:41:45.920><c> distinctive</c><00:41:46.420><c> and</c>

00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:48.659
vital<00:41:47.159><c> in</c><00:41:47.679><c> our</c><00:41:48.019><c> community</c>

00:41:48.659 --> 00:41:54.219
is<00:41:49.280><c> that</c><00:41:49.559><c> God</c><00:41:49.900><c> is</c><00:41:50.380><c> not</c><00:41:51.119><c> distanced</c><00:41:52.079><c> from</c><00:41:52.760><c> His</c><00:41:53.260><c> world.</c>

00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:58.380
That<00:41:54.480><c> God</c><00:41:54.920><c> does</c><00:41:55.360><c> not</c><00:41:55.679><c> have</c><00:41:56.000><c> to</c><00:41:56.539><c> deal</c><00:41:56.840><c> with</c><00:41:57.340><c> intermediaries.</c>

00:41:58.380 --> 00:42:02.780
But<00:41:59.139><c> that</c><00:41:59.480><c> God</c><00:41:59.840><c> is</c><00:42:00.579><c> one</c><00:42:01.119><c> with</c><00:42:01.659><c> His</c><00:42:02.039><c> creation.</c>

00:42:03.139 --> 00:42:08.300
And<00:42:03.460><c> that</c><00:42:03.639><c> God</c><00:42:04.239><c> drew</c><00:42:04.900><c> near</c><00:42:05.699><c> to</c><00:42:06.400><c> all</c><00:42:07.000><c> mankind</c>

00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:12.639
in<00:42:08.599><c> the</c><00:42:08.860><c> birth</c><00:42:09.300><c> of</c><00:42:09.679><c> His</c><00:42:10.000><c> only</c><00:42:10.800><c> begotten</c><00:42:11.719><c> Son.</c>

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:15.659
True,<00:42:13.219><c> the</c><00:42:13.360><c> Word</c><00:42:13.539><c> had</c><00:42:13.719><c> all</c><00:42:14.000><c> those</c><00:42:14.199><c> colors</c><00:42:14.500><c> and</c><00:42:14.780><c> all</c><00:42:14.940><c> those</c><00:42:15.179><c> textures</c>

00:42:15.659 --> 00:42:17.760
and<00:42:16.059><c> all</c><00:42:16.360><c> that</c><00:42:16.579><c> significance.</c>

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:21.519
It<00:42:18.239><c> was</c><00:42:18.519><c> concerned</c><00:42:19.000><c> with</c><00:42:19.179><c> what</c><00:42:19.400><c> was</c><00:42:19.599><c> at</c><00:42:19.820><c> the</c><00:42:19.960><c> root</c><00:42:20.099><c> of</c><00:42:20.300><c> the</c><00:42:20.519><c> universe.</c>

00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:24.599
And<00:42:21.820><c> at</c><00:42:22.000><c> the</c><00:42:22.099><c> root</c><00:42:22.280><c> of</c><00:42:22.460><c> the</c><00:42:22.760><c> universe</c><00:42:23.099><c> was</c><00:42:23.420><c> the</c><00:42:23.639><c> light</c><00:42:23.900><c> of</c><00:42:24.139><c> God,</c>

00:42:24.599 --> 00:42:27.980
was<00:42:25.119><c> the</c><00:42:25.260><c> life</c><00:42:25.579><c> of</c><00:42:25.840><c> God,</c><00:42:26.539><c> was</c><00:42:26.679><c> the</c><00:42:26.840><c> love</c><00:42:27.039><c> of</c><00:42:27.300><c> God.</c>

00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:34.960
And<00:42:28.699><c> God</c><00:42:29.460><c> purposeful</c><00:42:30.820><c> and</c><00:42:31.320><c> wise,</c><00:42:32.300><c> powerful</c><00:42:33.039><c> in</c><00:42:33.480><c> all</c><00:42:33.760><c> that</c><00:42:33.900><c> He</c><00:42:34.059><c> did</c>

00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:40.340
now<00:42:36.079><c> expressed</c><00:42:37.199><c> Himself</c><00:42:37.940><c> in</c><00:42:38.559><c> a</c><00:42:38.719><c> way</c><00:42:38.900><c> that</c><00:42:39.179><c> had</c><00:42:39.539><c> not</c><00:42:39.880><c> hitherto</c>

00:42:40.340 --> 00:42:42.440
been<00:42:41.079><c> conceived.</c>

00:42:43.019 --> 00:42:50.519
The<00:42:43.280><c> Logos</c><00:42:44.980><c> became</c><00:42:45.980><c> flesh</c><00:42:47.619><c> and</c><00:42:49.199><c> dwelt</c><00:42:49.539><c> among</c><00:42:49.860><c> us</c>

00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:53.239
and<00:42:51.500><c> we</c><00:42:51.860><c> beheld</c><00:42:52.280><c> His</c><00:42:52.599><c> glory.</c>

00:42:53.239 --> 00:42:57.940
The<00:42:54.239><c> glory</c><00:42:54.820><c> as</c><00:42:55.260><c> of</c><00:42:55.440><c> the</c><00:42:55.579><c> only</c><00:42:55.980><c> begotten</c><00:42:56.539><c> of</c><00:42:56.679><c> the</c><00:42:56.900><c> Father,</c>

00:42:58.519 --> 00:43:01.980
full<00:42:59.039><c> of</c><00:42:59.559><c> grace</c><00:43:00.260><c> and</c><00:43:01.039><c> truth.</c>

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:09.639
It<00:43:04.559><c> was</c><00:43:04.780><c> not</c><00:43:04.960><c> that</c><00:43:05.280><c> flesh</c><00:43:05.800><c> had</c><00:43:06.199><c> in</c><00:43:06.360><c> any</c><00:43:06.539><c> way</c><00:43:06.760><c> become</c><00:43:07.360><c> less</c><00:43:08.500><c> fleshly.</c>

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:12.320
John<00:43:10.199><c> would</c><00:43:10.420><c> later</c><00:43:10.619><c> say,</c><00:43:11.219><c> all</c><00:43:11.460><c> that</c><00:43:11.639><c> is</c><00:43:11.780><c> in</c><00:43:11.940><c> the</c><00:43:12.119><c> world,</c>

00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:16.380
the<00:43:12.519><c> lust</c><00:43:12.780><c> of</c><00:43:12.980><c> the</c><00:43:13.139><c> eyes</c><00:43:13.340><c> and</c><00:43:13.679><c> the</c><00:43:14.019><c> lust</c><00:43:14.219><c> of</c><00:43:14.539><c> the</c><00:43:14.679><c> flesh</c><00:43:15.000><c> and</c><00:43:15.360><c> the</c><00:43:15.679><c> pride</c><00:43:15.900><c> of</c><00:43:16.079><c> life,</c>

00:43:16.619 --> 00:43:19.739
is<00:43:16.699><c> not</c><00:43:16.880><c> of</c><00:43:17.000><c> the</c><00:43:17.260><c> Father</c><00:43:17.639><c> but</c><00:43:17.980><c> is</c><00:43:18.320><c> of</c><00:43:18.579><c> the</c><00:43:18.800><c> world.</c>

00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:22.559
The<00:43:20.400><c> Lord</c><00:43:20.639><c> Jesus</c><00:43:21.019><c> Himself</c><00:43:21.559><c> would</c><00:43:21.760><c> say</c><00:43:21.940><c> to</c><00:43:22.099><c> Nicodemus,</c>

00:43:22.559 --> 00:43:26.260
that<00:43:23.000><c> which</c><00:43:23.199><c> is</c><00:43:23.400><c> born</c><00:43:23.579><c> of</c><00:43:23.760><c> the</c><00:43:23.980><c> flesh</c><00:43:24.159><c> is</c><00:43:25.000><c> flesh.</c>

00:43:26.480 --> 00:43:29.920
There<00:43:26.639><c> was</c><00:43:26.840><c> no</c><00:43:27.159><c> compromising,</c><00:43:28.380><c> no</c><00:43:28.739><c> changing,</c>

00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:34.239
but<00:43:30.460><c> now</c><00:43:30.880><c> the</c><00:43:31.179><c> wonder</c><00:43:31.760><c> of</c><00:43:32.579><c> the</c><00:43:32.860><c> person</c><00:43:33.260><c> of</c><00:43:33.579><c> God</c>

00:43:34.239 --> 00:43:40.119
had<00:43:34.860><c> been</c><00:43:35.800><c> manifest</c><00:43:37.079><c> in</c><00:43:37.760><c> the</c><00:43:38.019><c> person</c><00:43:38.500><c> of</c><00:43:38.840><c> His</c><00:43:39.119><c> Son.</c>

00:43:40.179 --> 00:43:44.519
And<00:43:40.559><c> all</c><00:43:40.800><c> that</c><00:43:40.960><c> He</c><00:43:41.239><c> was</c><00:43:41.840><c> and</c><00:43:42.360><c> all</c><00:43:42.659><c> that</c><00:43:42.780><c> He</c><00:43:42.980><c> is</c><00:43:43.320><c> to</c><00:43:43.599><c> be</c>

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:49.559
was<00:43:45.460><c> born</c><00:43:46.260><c> of</c><00:43:46.460><c> a</c><00:43:46.780><c> virgin</c><00:43:47.420><c> in</c><00:43:49.000><c> Bethlehem,</c>

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:54.559
that<00:43:50.559><c> He</c><00:43:50.739><c> might</c><00:43:51.119><c> bring</c><00:43:51.840><c> bread</c><00:43:52.480><c> to</c><00:43:53.179><c> His</c><00:43:53.460><c> people.</c>

00:43:55.260 --> 00:43:57.400
And<00:43:55.559><c> the</c><00:43:55.719><c> challenge</c><00:43:56.099><c> that</c><00:43:56.400><c> remains</c><00:43:56.820><c> then,</c>

00:43:57.780 --> 00:44:00.559
is<00:43:57.960><c> that</c><00:43:58.119><c> we</c><00:43:58.440><c> should</c><00:43:58.760><c> receive</c><00:43:59.420><c> Him,</c>

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:03.179
that<00:44:00.760><c> we</c><00:44:01.059><c> should</c><00:44:01.420><c> accept</c><00:44:02.019><c> Him,</c>

00:44:04.159 --> 00:44:10.159
and<00:44:04.400><c> that</c><00:44:04.679><c> the</c><00:44:05.079><c> Word</c><00:44:05.800><c> should</c><00:44:07.239><c> now</c><00:44:07.559><c> be</c><00:44:07.880><c> manifest</c><00:44:08.519><c> in</c><00:44:08.900><c> us.</c>

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:15.840
That<00:44:11.579><c> we</c><00:44:11.920><c> should</c><00:44:12.320><c> allow</c><00:44:13.079><c> the</c><00:44:13.940><c> reason,</c><00:44:15.079><c> the</c><00:44:15.380><c> thinking,</c>

00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:19.800
the<00:44:16.679><c> plan,</c><00:44:17.880><c> the</c><00:44:18.260><c> mind</c><00:44:18.840><c> of</c><00:44:19.280><c> God</c>

00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:24.519
to<00:44:20.800><c> be</c><00:44:21.219><c> expressed</c><00:44:22.059><c> through</c><00:44:22.699><c> our</c><00:44:23.280><c> actions,</c>

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:28.840
to<00:44:25.099><c> be</c><00:44:25.440><c> powerful</c><00:44:26.000><c> and</c><00:44:26.519><c> dominant</c><00:44:27.099><c> within</c><00:44:27.639><c> us,</c>

00:44:29.239 --> 00:44:31.980
so<00:44:29.519><c> that</c><00:44:29.679><c> it</c><00:44:29.780><c> will</c><00:44:30.019><c> be</c><00:44:30.280><c> true</c><00:44:30.599><c> of</c><00:44:30.900><c> us</c><00:44:31.460><c> too</c>

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that<00:44:32.619><c> God</c><00:44:33.159><c> has</c><00:44:33.699><c> been</c><00:44:34.280><c> manifest</c><00:44:35.000><c> in</c><00:44:35.500><c> us.</c>

00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:38.699
That<00:44:37.300><c> in</c><00:44:37.500><c> the</c><00:44:37.719><c> works</c><00:44:37.980><c> that</c><00:44:38.219><c> we</c><00:44:38.420><c> do</c>

00:44:38.699 --> 00:44:41.719
and<00:44:38.980><c> in</c><00:44:39.139><c> the</c><00:44:39.440><c> thoughts</c><00:44:39.739><c> that</c><00:44:40.079><c> we</c><00:44:40.460><c> conceive,</c>

00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:43.639
it<00:44:42.000><c> is</c><00:44:42.420><c> still</c><00:44:42.980><c> true</c>

00:44:43.639 --> 00:44:50.219
that<00:44:44.420><c> the</c><00:44:44.800><c> Word</c><00:44:45.699><c> becomes</c><00:44:46.559><c> flesh</c><00:44:47.400><c> and</c><00:44:48.380><c> dwells</c><00:44:49.280><c> in</c><00:44:49.539><c> us,</c>

00:44:50.579 --> 00:44:54.000
that<00:44:50.940><c> people</c><00:44:51.340><c> might</c><00:44:51.760><c> see</c><00:44:52.179><c> the</c><00:44:52.500><c> glory</c><00:44:52.940><c> of</c><00:44:53.300><c> God</c>

00:44:54.000 --> 00:45:00.139
reflected<00:44:54.980><c> in</c><00:44:55.500><c> us</c><00:44:56.219><c> from</c><00:44:56.639><c> the</c><00:44:56.880><c> face</c><00:44:57.559><c> of</c><00:44:57.860><c> our</c><00:44:58.059><c> Lord</c><00:44:58.440><c> Jesus</c><00:44:58.980><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:00.340 --> 00:45:02.380
So<00:45:00.739><c> then</c><00:45:01.059><c> we</c><00:45:01.340><c> must</c><00:45:01.619><c> live,</c>

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and<00:45:03.219><c> so</c><00:45:03.559><c> we</c><00:45:03.800><c> must</c><00:45:04.179><c> strive</c>

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that<00:45:05.860><c> the</c><00:45:06.079><c> glory</c><00:45:06.400><c> of</c><00:45:06.659><c> God</c><00:45:07.199><c> might</c><00:45:07.579><c> be</c><00:45:07.900><c> manifest</c><00:45:08.400><c> in</c><00:45:08.539><c> all</c><00:45:08.800><c> that</c>

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we<00:45:09.179><c> do.</c>

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Aya.