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He<00:28:48.119><c> was</c><00:28:48.440><c> blind</c><00:28:49.000><c> as</c><00:28:49.599><c> far</c><00:28:49.759><c> as</c><00:28:49.900><c> it</c><00:28:50.059><c> was</c><00:28:50.240><c> concerned</c><00:28:50.779><c> and</c><00:28:51.420><c> he</c><00:28:51.579><c> was</c><00:28:51.880><c> not</c><00:28:52.140><c> permitted</c><00:28:52.460><c> to</c>

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If<00:28:57.579><c> he</c><00:28:57.839><c> had</c><00:28:58.180><c> ventured</c><00:28:58.519><c> brother</c><00:28:58.759><c> and</c><00:28:58.980><c> sisters</c><00:28:59.240><c> to</c><00:28:59.619><c> try</c><00:28:59.880><c> those</c>

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He<00:29:03.000><c> would</c><00:29:03.200><c> have</c><00:29:03.440><c> certainly</c><00:29:03.799><c> failed</c>

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He<00:29:14.079><c> isolated</c><00:29:14.680><c> them</c><00:29:15.180><c> from</c><00:29:15.720><c> these</c><00:29:16.079><c> methods</c><00:29:16.420><c> of</c><00:29:16.680><c> torture</c>

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And<00:29:18.079><c> isn't</c><00:29:18.259><c> that</c><00:29:18.460><c> amazing</c><00:29:18.980><c> brother</c><00:29:19.240><c> and</c><00:29:19.440><c> sisters</c><00:29:19.720><c> how</c><00:29:19.960><c> that</c><00:29:20.119><c> a</c>

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We<00:29:48.180><c> see</c><00:29:48.420><c> that</c><00:29:48.680><c> the</c><00:29:49.359><c> historian</c><00:29:49.980><c> Gibbon</c><00:29:50.700><c> says</c><00:29:51.039><c> of</c><00:29:51.279><c> this</c><00:29:51.539><c> particular</c><00:29:52.160><c> time</c>

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Hence<00:30:00.359><c> the</c><00:30:00.880><c> color</c><00:30:01.099><c> of</c><00:30:01.319><c> the</c><00:30:01.460><c> horse</c>

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It<00:30:02.799><c> is</c><00:30:03.000><c> the</c><00:30:03.279><c> color</c><00:30:03.440><c> of</c><00:30:03.660><c> a</c><00:30:03.859><c> body</c><00:30:04.079><c> which</c><00:30:04.299><c> is</c><00:30:04.599><c> approaching</c><00:30:04.940><c> death</c>

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Death<00:30:10.180><c> was</c><00:30:10.720><c> certainly</c><00:30:11.220><c> an</c><00:30:11.599><c> inevitability</c><00:30:12.319><c> and</c><00:30:13.039><c> another</c><00:30:13.319><c> historian</c><00:30:13.900><c> called</c><00:30:14.279><c> sis</c><00:30:14.640><c> Monday</c>

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That<00:30:17.740><c> Diocletian</c><00:30:18.799><c> who</c><00:30:19.380><c> was</c><00:30:19.619><c> the</c><00:30:19.900><c> last</c><00:30:20.259><c> emperor</c><00:30:20.759><c> at</c><00:30:21.380><c> the</c><00:30:21.660><c> end</c>

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He<00:30:25.019><c> put</c><00:30:25.319><c> an</c><00:30:25.500><c> end</c><00:30:25.859><c> to</c><00:30:26.140><c> this</c><00:30:26.440><c> long</c><00:30:26.819><c> period</c><00:30:27.299><c> of</c><00:30:27.680><c> anarchy</c>

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But<00:30:29.240><c> such</c><00:30:29.599><c> a</c><00:30:29.819><c> succession</c><00:30:30.279><c> of</c><00:30:30.700><c> invasions</c>

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Civil<00:30:32.460><c> wars</c><00:30:32.880><c> and</c><00:30:33.240><c> so</c><00:30:33.420><c> much</c><00:30:33.740><c> suffering</c><00:30:34.119><c> and</c><00:30:34.440><c> disorder</c><00:30:34.799><c> and</c><00:30:35.119><c> crime</c><00:30:35.519><c> had</c>

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From<00:30:41.099><c> which</c><00:30:41.500><c> it</c><00:30:42.119><c> never</c><00:30:42.480><c> recovered</c><00:30:43.000><c> and</c><00:30:44.079><c> here</c><00:30:44.259><c> brothers</c><00:30:44.519><c> and</c>

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Knowing<00:30:47.859><c> nothing</c><00:30:48.220><c> about</c><00:30:48.559><c> the</c><00:30:48.900><c> seals</c><00:30:49.079><c> knowing</c><00:30:49.460><c> nothing</c><00:30:49.900><c> about</c>

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Nor<00:30:52.619><c> the</c><00:30:52.859><c> land</c><00:30:53.039><c> that</c><00:30:53.200><c> was</c><00:30:53.480><c> slain</c><00:30:53.759><c> to</c><00:30:53.940><c> bring</c><00:30:54.079><c> these</c><00:30:54.380><c> things</c><00:30:54.599><c> to</c>

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Which<00:30:58.500><c> is</c><00:30:58.839><c> very</c><00:30:59.259><c> descriptive</c><00:30:59.779><c> and</c><00:31:00.119><c> very</c><00:31:00.599><c> reminiscent</c><00:31:01.039><c> of</c><00:31:01.880><c> the</c>

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Isn't<00:31:05.539><c> it</c><00:31:05.819><c> amazing</c><00:31:06.220><c> how</c><00:31:06.539><c> these</c><00:31:06.920><c> things</c><00:31:07.420><c> just</c><00:31:08.119><c> fit</c><00:31:08.380><c> like</c><00:31:08.700><c> a</c><00:31:08.880><c> hand</c><00:31:09.000><c> in</c>

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Even<00:31:15.160><c> though</c><00:31:15.359><c> it</c><00:31:15.500><c> is</c><00:31:15.680><c> as</c><00:31:15.940><c> far</c><00:31:16.079><c> as</c><00:31:16.279><c> the</c><00:31:16.519><c> actual</c><00:31:16.839><c> writing</c><00:31:17.200><c> of</c><00:31:17.420><c> the</c>

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It<00:31:19.440><c> is</c><00:31:19.720><c> no</c><00:31:20.019><c> wonder</c><00:31:20.640><c> that</c><00:31:21.519><c> these</c><00:31:21.819><c> men</c><00:31:22.099><c> describe</c><00:31:22.759><c> the</c><00:31:22.980><c> conditions</c><00:31:23.400><c> in</c><00:31:23.619><c> the</c><00:31:23.799><c> same</c><00:31:24.039><c> way</c><00:31:24.299><c> as</c>

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And<00:31:27.720><c> here</c><00:31:27.980><c> is</c><00:31:28.220><c> the</c><00:31:28.460><c> truth</c><00:31:28.740><c> of</c><00:31:29.000><c> the</c><00:31:29.180><c> message</c>

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Here<00:31:30.539><c> is</c><00:31:30.779><c> the</c><00:31:31.000><c> positive</c><00:31:31.460><c> evidence</c><00:31:31.859><c> brother</c><00:31:32.140><c> and</c><00:31:32.380><c> sisters</c><00:31:32.640><c> that</c><00:31:32.980><c> our</c>

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methods<00:31:33.660><c> of</c><00:31:34.039><c> interpretation</c><00:31:34.839><c> are</c><00:31:35.299><c> right</c>

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Because<00:31:37.579><c> it</c><00:31:38.140><c> doesn't</c><00:31:38.579><c> just</c><00:31:39.140><c> somehow</c><00:31:39.700><c> fit</c><00:31:40.160><c> there's</c><00:31:40.680><c> not</c><00:31:40.900><c> just</c>

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It<00:31:43.920><c> is</c><00:31:44.259><c> every</c><00:31:44.660><c> detail</c><00:31:45.220><c> of</c><00:31:45.480><c> the</c><00:31:45.740><c> seal</c><00:31:45.960><c> which</c><00:31:46.480><c> fits</c><00:31:46.640><c> this</c><00:31:46.960><c> period</c>

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of<00:31:47.519><c> history</c>

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There<00:31:49.079><c> was</c><00:31:49.480><c> civil</c><00:31:49.900><c> wars</c><00:31:50.500><c> general</c><00:31:51.440><c> massacres</c><00:31:52.440><c> everywhere</c><00:31:53.259><c> in</c>

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the<00:31:54.119><c> in</c><00:31:54.119><c> the</c>

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Empire<00:31:55.740><c> of</c><00:31:56.000><c> Rome,</c><00:31:56.440><c> but</c><00:31:57.099><c> especially</c><00:31:57.839><c> did</c><00:31:58.119><c> it</c><00:31:58.380><c> afflict</c><00:31:58.680><c> the</c><00:31:59.720><c> fourth</c><00:31:59.940><c> of</c>

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it<00:32:03.480><c> was</c><00:32:03.700><c> the</c><00:32:04.059><c> province</c><00:32:04.380><c> of</c><00:32:04.619><c> Italy</c><00:32:04.839><c> and</c><00:32:05.099><c> Rome</c><00:32:05.279><c> at</c><00:32:05.500><c> this</c><00:32:05.759><c> time</c>

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was<00:32:06.259><c> divided</c><00:32:06.779><c> into</c><00:32:07.119><c> four</c><00:32:07.539><c> prefects</c><00:32:09.420><c> and</c>

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In<00:32:09.740><c> that</c><00:32:10.180><c> fourth</c><00:32:10.539><c> part</c><00:32:10.880><c> of</c><00:32:11.059><c> the</c><00:32:11.200><c> earth</c><00:32:11.400><c> that</c><00:32:11.599><c> a</c><00:32:11.940><c> special</c><00:32:12.299><c> force</c>

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in<00:32:12.720><c> the</c><00:32:12.940><c> Roman</c><00:32:13.240><c> area</c>

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Right<00:32:14.420><c> in</c><00:32:14.599><c> the</c><00:32:14.920><c> center</c><00:32:15.140><c> of</c><00:32:15.339><c> the</c><00:32:15.619><c> Empire</c><00:32:16.099><c> where</c><00:32:16.599><c> these</c><00:32:16.880><c> things</c>

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carried<00:32:17.480><c> out</c>

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The<00:32:19.279><c> pestilence</c><00:32:19.900><c> at</c><00:32:20.180><c> one</c><00:32:20.559><c> stage</c><00:32:20.960><c> in</c><00:32:21.160><c> this</c><00:32:21.339><c> city</c><00:32:21.819><c> was</c><00:32:22.940><c> slaying</c>

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5<00:32:24.400><c>,000</c><00:32:24.859><c> people</c><00:32:25.259><c> a</c><00:32:25.460><c> day</c><00:32:25.599><c> in</c><00:32:25.779><c> the</c><00:32:25.859><c> city</c><00:32:26.079><c> of</c><00:32:26.299><c> Rome</c><00:32:26.519><c> alone</c>

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The<00:32:28.180><c> pestilence</c><00:32:28.819><c> as</c><00:32:29.059><c> a</c><00:32:29.220><c> result</c><00:32:29.460><c> of</c><00:32:29.640><c> the</c><00:32:29.819><c> famine</c>

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the<00:32:33.819><c> barbarians</c><00:32:34.579><c> came</c><00:32:34.880><c> over</c><00:32:35.200><c> to</c><00:32:35.380><c> the</c><00:32:35.380><c> city</c><00:32:35.680><c> of</c><00:32:35.880><c> Philippopolis</c><00:32:36.599><c> and</c>

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They<00:32:37.880><c> slaughtered</c><00:32:38.460><c> a</c><00:32:38.599><c> hundred</c><00:32:38.940><c> thousand</c><00:32:39.359><c> people</c><00:32:39.900><c> in</c><00:32:40.279><c> a</c><00:32:40.440><c> couple</c><00:32:40.599><c> of</c><00:32:40.819><c> days</c>

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and<00:32:42.440><c> almost</c><00:32:42.799><c> the</c><00:32:43.220><c> entire</c><00:32:43.579><c> population</c><00:32:44.220><c> of</c><00:32:44.460><c> that</c><00:32:44.740><c> was</c><00:32:45.299><c> was</c><00:32:45.700><c> was</c>

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Reduced<00:32:47.519><c> to</c><00:32:47.680><c> nothing</c><00:32:48.059><c> by</c><00:32:48.599><c> these</c><00:32:49.059><c> wild</c><00:32:49.539><c> barbarians</c><00:32:50.240><c> as</c><00:32:50.460><c> they</c>

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crept<00:32:51.039><c> over</c><00:32:51.319><c> the</c><00:32:51.500><c> borders</c><00:32:51.700><c> of</c><00:32:51.960><c> Rome</c><00:32:52.119><c> and</c><00:32:52.299><c> they</c><00:32:52.559><c> approached</c><00:32:52.960><c> almost</c><00:32:53.519><c> within</c><00:32:53.900><c> sight</c><00:32:54.119><c> of</c><00:32:54.400><c> Rome</c>

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Degraded<00:32:58.380><c> was</c><00:32:58.660><c> the</c><00:32:59.119><c> Empire</c><00:32:59.480><c> of</c><00:32:59.720><c> Rome</c><00:32:59.880><c> at</c><00:33:00.059><c> this</c><00:33:00.319><c> time</c>

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Now<00:33:02.140><c> unfortunately,</c><00:33:02.740><c> we</c><00:33:03.000><c> can't</c><00:33:03.299><c> go</c><00:33:03.559><c> through</c><00:33:03.700><c> all</c><00:33:03.900><c> the</c><00:33:04.079><c> history</c><00:33:04.319><c> brother</c><00:33:04.559><c> and</c><00:33:04.740><c> sisters.</c><00:33:04.980><c> We</c>

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just<00:33:05.480><c> have</c><00:33:05.680><c> no</c><00:33:05.980><c> time</c>

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We<00:33:07.059><c> have</c><00:33:07.339><c> presented</c><00:33:07.720><c> just</c><00:33:08.000><c> a</c><00:33:08.319><c> sample</c><00:33:08.599><c> of</c><00:33:08.779><c> what</c><00:33:09.019><c> things</c><00:33:09.299><c> were</c>

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like<00:33:09.700><c> in</c><00:33:09.859><c> the</c><00:33:10.019><c> Roman</c><00:33:10.299><c> area</c><00:33:10.779><c> at</c><00:33:11.299><c> this</c><00:33:11.579><c> time</c>

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And<00:33:12.680><c> so</c><00:33:12.859><c> we</c><00:33:13.160><c> press</c><00:33:13.359><c> on</c><00:33:13.720><c> to</c><00:33:13.960><c> the</c><00:33:14.160><c> fifth</c><00:33:14.480><c> seal</c>

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And<00:33:18.059><c> here</c><00:33:18.359><c> we</c><00:33:18.460><c> can</c><00:33:18.759><c> see</c><00:33:18.940><c> brother</c><00:33:19.180><c> and</c><00:33:19.460><c> sisters</c><00:33:20.039><c> an</c>

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obvious<00:33:21.359><c> representation</c><00:33:22.259><c> in</c><00:33:23.039><c> the</c><00:33:23.279><c> chart</c><00:33:23.480><c> before</c><00:33:23.859><c> us</c><00:33:24.579><c> an</c>

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obvious<00:33:25.819><c> representation</c><00:33:26.720><c> of</c><00:33:26.940><c> a</c><00:33:27.160><c> time</c><00:33:27.640><c> when</c><00:33:28.359><c> the</c><00:33:28.660><c> people</c><00:33:28.900><c> of</c>

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God<00:33:29.700><c> were</c>

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experiencing<00:33:31.220><c> a</c><00:33:31.799><c> bitter</c><00:33:32.180><c> persecution</c><00:33:32.940><c> and</c>

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We<00:33:34.759><c> would</c><00:33:34.960><c> expect</c><00:33:35.380><c> it</c><00:33:35.559><c> to</c><00:33:35.859><c> follow</c>

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Hard<00:33:37.279><c> upon</c><00:33:37.579><c> the</c><00:33:37.819><c> conditions</c><00:33:38.279><c> which</c><00:33:38.579><c> were</c><00:33:38.779><c> described</c><00:33:39.319><c> in</c><00:33:39.539><c> this</c>

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fourth<00:33:40.160><c> seal</c><00:33:40.400><c> period</c>

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Let's<00:33:42.539><c> turn</c><00:33:42.799><c> back</c><00:33:43.039><c> to</c><00:33:43.160><c> Revelation</c><00:33:43.640><c> chapter</c><00:33:44.000><c> 6</c><00:33:44.779><c> and</c><00:33:45.140><c> just</c><00:33:45.559><c> read</c>

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through<00:33:46.119><c> again</c><00:33:46.420><c> the</c><00:33:46.599><c> conditions</c><00:33:47.079><c> which</c><00:33:47.359><c> would</c><00:33:47.640><c> be</c><00:33:47.960><c> extent</c>

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:52.920
during<00:33:49.299><c> the</c><00:33:49.839><c> opening</c><00:33:50.079><c> of</c><00:33:50.480><c> this</c><00:33:50.779><c> fifth</c><00:33:51.099><c> seal</c><00:33:51.460><c> and</c>

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:57.420
When<00:33:54.519><c> the</c><00:33:54.819><c> lamb</c><00:33:55.059><c> had</c><00:33:55.339><c> opened</c><00:33:55.680><c> the</c><00:33:55.940><c> fifth</c><00:33:56.259><c> seal</c><00:33:56.599><c> and</c>

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Remember,<00:33:58.200><c> we</c><00:33:58.500><c> said</c><00:33:58.680><c> that</c><00:33:58.960><c> the</c><00:33:59.240><c> four</c><00:33:59.519><c> living</c><00:33:59.779><c> ones</c><00:34:00.180><c> are</c><00:34:00.700><c> absent</c><00:34:01.099><c> from</c>

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this<00:34:01.799><c> time</c><00:34:02.039><c> forward</c>

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Because<00:34:03.980><c> in</c><00:34:04.220><c> this</c><00:34:04.539><c> field</c><00:34:04.779><c> they</c><00:34:05.119><c> are</c><00:34:05.440><c> almost</c><00:34:05.940><c> the</c><00:34:06.359><c> sole</c><00:34:06.700><c> actors</c>

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of<00:34:07.579><c> the</c><00:34:07.839><c> seal</c><00:34:07.960><c> period</c>

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When<00:34:09.880><c> he</c><00:34:10.099><c> had</c><00:34:10.360><c> opened</c><00:34:10.619><c> the</c><00:34:10.840><c> fifth</c><00:34:11.079><c> seal</c><00:34:11.380><c> I</c><00:34:11.659><c> saw</c><00:34:12.019><c> under</c><00:34:12.420><c> the</c><00:34:12.639><c> altar</c>

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:16.599
the<00:34:13.860><c> souls</c><00:34:14.219><c> of</c><00:34:14.440><c> them</c><00:34:14.679><c> that</c><00:34:14.820><c> were</c><00:34:15.219><c> slain</c><00:34:15.539><c> for</c><00:34:15.739><c> the</c><00:34:15.900><c> word</c><00:34:16.059><c> of</c><00:34:16.219><c> God</c>

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and<00:34:16.900><c> for</c><00:34:17.119><c> the</c><00:34:17.360><c> testimony</c><00:34:17.800><c> which</c><00:34:18.179><c> they</c><00:34:18.539><c> held</c><00:34:18.980><c> and</c>

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They<00:34:20.860><c> cried</c><00:34:21.219><c> with</c><00:34:21.539><c> a</c><00:34:21.679><c> loud</c><00:34:21.900><c> voice</c><00:34:22.320><c> saying</c>

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how<00:34:23.739><c> long</c><00:34:24.039><c> O</c><00:34:24.320><c> Lord</c><00:34:24.719><c> holy</c><00:34:25.199><c> and</c><00:34:25.599><c> true</c><00:34:25.760><c> doth</c><00:34:26.159><c> thou</c><00:34:26.320><c> not</c><00:34:26.579><c> judge</c><00:34:26.900><c> and</c>

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:30.119
avenge<00:34:27.599><c> our</c><00:34:27.739><c> blood</c><00:34:27.960><c> on</c><00:34:28.159><c> them</c><00:34:28.380><c> that</c><00:34:28.559><c> dwell</c><00:34:28.719><c> on</c><00:34:28.900><c> the</c><00:34:29.079><c> earth</c><00:34:29.360><c> and</c>

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White<00:34:30.780><c> robes</c><00:34:31.219><c> were</c><00:34:31.440><c> given</c><00:34:31.699><c> unto</c><00:34:31.940><c> every</c><00:34:32.360><c> one</c><00:34:32.519><c> of</c><00:34:32.739><c> them</c><00:34:33.280><c> and</c><00:34:33.880><c> it</c>

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was<00:34:34.300><c> said</c><00:34:34.420><c> unto</c><00:34:34.659><c> them</c><00:34:34.900><c> that</c><00:34:35.079><c> they</c><00:34:35.340><c> should</c><00:34:35.559><c> rest</c><00:34:36.000><c> yet</c><00:34:36.260><c> for</c><00:34:36.619><c> a</c>

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little<00:34:37.000><c> season</c>

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Until<00:34:38.519><c> their</c><00:34:38.820><c> fellow</c><00:34:39.219><c> servants</c><00:34:39.659><c> also</c><00:34:40.219><c> and</c><00:34:40.420><c> their</c><00:34:40.699><c> brethren</c>

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who<00:34:41.300><c> should</c><00:34:41.519><c> be</c><00:34:41.800><c> killed</c><00:34:41.980><c> as</c><00:34:42.159><c> they</c><00:34:42.460><c> were</c><00:34:42.920><c> should</c><00:34:43.380><c> be</c><00:34:43.739><c> fulfilled</c>

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We<00:34:46.679><c> mentioned</c><00:34:47.019><c> the</c><00:34:47.280><c> reason</c><00:34:47.539><c> for</c><00:34:47.760><c> the</c><00:34:48.019><c> absence</c><00:34:48.380><c> of</c><00:34:48.739><c> the</c><00:34:48.980><c> four</c>

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living<00:34:49.380><c> creatures</c><00:34:49.940><c> as</c><00:34:50.800><c> we</c><00:34:51.099><c> opened</c><00:34:51.500><c> the</c><00:34:51.900><c> first</c><00:34:52.280><c> seal</c>

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But<00:34:53.739><c> just</c><00:34:54.000><c> to</c><00:34:54.219><c> refresh</c><00:34:54.519><c> our</c><00:34:54.780><c> memories</c><00:34:55.079><c> brethren</c><00:34:55.400><c> sisters</c><00:34:56.059><c> one</c>

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of<00:34:56.880><c> the</c><00:34:57.099><c> great</c><00:34:57.360><c> reasons</c><00:34:57.840><c> for</c><00:34:58.119><c> this</c><00:34:58.940><c> is</c>

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It<00:34:59.599><c> is</c><00:35:00.280><c> historically</c><00:35:00.679><c> outlined</c><00:35:01.400><c> for</c><00:35:01.679><c> us</c><00:35:01.960><c> in</c><00:35:02.179><c> the</c><00:35:02.420><c> seal</c><00:35:02.579><c> periods</c>

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Because<00:35:04.739><c> the</c><00:35:05.139><c> Christ</c><00:35:05.559><c> community</c><00:35:06.199><c> or</c><00:35:06.539><c> the</c><00:35:06.760><c> lamb</c><00:35:07.019><c> community</c>

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Has<00:35:08.900><c> now</c><00:35:09.320><c> divided</c><00:35:09.900><c> into</c><00:35:10.260><c> two</c><00:35:10.519><c> and</c><00:35:10.719><c> we</c><00:35:10.920><c> should</c><00:35:11.059><c> we</c><00:35:11.360><c> could</c><00:35:11.599><c> show</c>

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that<00:35:12.139><c> in</c><00:35:12.440><c> ecclesiastical</c><00:35:13.199><c> history</c>

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There<00:35:15.280><c> is</c><00:35:15.559><c> great</c><00:35:15.980><c> feeling</c><00:35:16.519><c> erupting</c><00:35:17.280><c> in</c><00:35:17.579><c> this</c><00:35:18.239><c> community</c><00:35:18.860><c> from</c><00:35:19.500><c> about</c><00:35:19.880><c> the</c><00:35:20.139><c> year</c>

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251<00:35:21.800><c> and</c><00:35:22.840><c> by</c><00:35:23.039><c> the</c><00:35:23.260><c> time</c><00:35:23.400><c> we</c><00:35:23.659><c> come</c><00:35:23.820><c> to</c><00:35:24.000><c> the</c><00:35:24.139><c> year</c><00:35:24.440><c> 280</c><00:35:25.179><c> 285</c>

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There<00:35:27.199><c> is</c><00:35:27.380><c> a</c><00:35:27.659><c> distinct</c><00:35:28.059><c> division</c><00:35:28.599><c> in</c><00:35:29.019><c> their</c><00:35:29.199><c> midst</c>

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It<00:35:31.019><c> is</c><00:35:31.340><c> not</c><00:35:31.579><c> quite</c><00:35:32.099><c> yet</c><00:35:32.440><c> an</c><00:35:32.679><c> official</c><00:35:33.000><c> one</c>

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But<00:35:34.219><c> it</c><00:35:34.340><c> is</c><00:35:34.639><c> nevertheless</c><00:35:35.239><c> very</c><00:35:35.860><c> distinct</c>

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But<00:35:37.400><c> by</c><00:35:37.699><c> the</c><00:35:37.920><c> time</c><00:35:38.079><c> we</c><00:35:38.420><c> come</c><00:35:38.659><c> to</c><00:35:38.900><c> the</c><00:35:39.239><c> opening</c><00:35:39.500><c> of</c><00:35:39.860><c> this</c><00:35:40.179><c> seal</c>

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which<00:35:40.659><c> we</c><00:35:41.039><c> believe</c><00:35:41.380><c> and</c><00:35:41.980><c> we</c><00:35:42.159><c> will</c><00:35:42.460><c> show</c><00:35:42.699><c> evidence</c><00:35:43.019><c> for</c><00:35:43.320><c> later</c><00:35:43.719><c> is</c>

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around<00:35:44.639><c> the</c><00:35:44.920><c> year</c>

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302<00:35:46.360><c> 303</c><00:35:47.300><c> ad</c>

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By<00:35:48.780><c> that</c><00:35:49.159><c> time</c><00:35:49.360><c> we</c><00:35:49.599><c> have</c><00:35:49.940><c> come</c><00:35:50.239><c> to</c><00:35:50.559><c> an</c><00:35:50.820><c> official</c><00:35:51.360><c> division</c><00:35:51.940><c> in</c>

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the<00:35:53.159><c> Christ</c><00:35:53.539><c> or</c><00:35:53.800><c> the</c><00:35:54.000><c> lamb</c><00:35:54.199><c> community</c>

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and<00:35:56.440><c> so</c><00:35:56.659><c> therefore</c><00:35:57.280><c> it</c><00:35:58.079><c> is</c><00:35:58.400><c> very</c>

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Fitting<00:36:00.059><c> that</c><00:36:00.820><c> there</c><00:36:01.139><c> should</c><00:36:01.360><c> be</c><00:36:01.719><c> two</c><00:36:02.179><c> classes</c><00:36:02.639><c> of</c><00:36:03.000><c> people</c><00:36:03.400><c> designated</c><00:36:04.059><c> in</c>

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this<00:36:04.599><c> seal</c><00:36:04.900><c> as</c>

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Those<00:36:06.360><c> upon</c><00:36:06.860><c> whom</c><00:36:07.179><c> this</c><00:36:07.659><c> persecution</c><00:36:08.320><c> is</c><00:36:08.760><c> being</c><00:36:08.900><c> is</c><00:36:09.340><c> come</c>

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So<00:36:11.440><c> we</c><00:36:11.760><c> come</c><00:36:11.960><c> to</c><00:36:12.159><c> the</c><00:36:12.400><c> first</c><00:36:12.699><c> description</c><00:36:13.159><c> in</c><00:36:13.380><c> this</c><00:36:13.619><c> seal</c><00:36:13.800><c> where</c><00:36:14.420><c> John</c>

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sees<00:36:16.199><c> souls</c><00:36:16.880><c> of</c><00:36:17.519><c> people</c><00:36:17.900><c> under</c><00:36:18.239><c> the</c><00:36:18.480><c> altar</c>

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Now<00:36:20.820><c> we</c><00:36:21.039><c> haven't</c><00:36:21.260><c> got</c><00:36:21.460><c> time</c><00:36:21.719><c> of</c><00:36:21.940><c> course</c><00:36:22.119><c> to</c><00:36:22.380><c> go</c><00:36:22.679><c> into</c><00:36:22.900><c> the</c><00:36:23.179><c> background</c><00:36:23.639><c> of</c>

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the<00:36:24.139><c> altar</c>

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But<00:36:25.920><c> we</c><00:36:26.179><c> know</c><00:36:26.340><c> from</c><00:36:26.539><c> Exodus</c><00:36:26.960><c> chapter</c><00:36:27.360><c> 20</c><00:36:27.719><c> verses</c><00:36:28.019><c> 24</c><00:36:28.539><c> to</c><00:36:28.739><c> 26</c>

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That<00:36:30.260><c> the</c><00:36:30.500><c> altar</c><00:36:30.699><c> was</c><00:36:31.059><c> made</c><00:36:31.420><c> out</c><00:36:31.760><c> of</c><00:36:31.980><c> either</c><00:36:32.340><c> earth</c><00:36:32.679><c> or</c><00:36:33.320><c> of</c>

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unhewn<00:36:34.000><c> stone</c>

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It<00:36:35.780><c> was</c><00:36:36.280><c> polluted</c><00:36:36.860><c> if</c><00:36:37.440><c> men</c><00:36:37.820><c> lifted</c><00:36:38.159><c> up</c><00:36:38.420><c> their</c><00:36:38.619><c> tools</c><00:36:38.960><c> upon</c><00:36:39.260><c> it</c>

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We<00:36:41.199><c> were</c><00:36:41.420><c> not</c><00:36:41.599><c> allowed</c><00:36:41.900><c> to</c><00:36:42.300><c> present</c><00:36:42.559><c> ourselves</c><00:36:43.159><c> before</c><00:36:43.619><c> that</c><00:36:43.900><c> altar</c>

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unless<00:36:45.340><c> we</c><00:36:45.619><c> went</c><00:36:45.760><c> up</c><00:36:46.000><c> a</c><00:36:46.159><c> ramp</c><00:36:46.659><c> and</c><00:36:47.460><c> not</c><00:36:47.639><c> by</c><00:36:47.980><c> steps</c><00:36:48.480><c> and</c>

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That<00:36:49.920><c> was</c><00:36:50.320><c> so</c><00:36:50.539><c> that</c><00:36:50.739><c> no</c><00:36:51.019><c> nakedness</c><00:36:51.659><c> of</c><00:36:51.940><c> the</c><00:36:52.239><c> person</c><00:36:52.500><c> concerned</c>

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the<00:36:53.199><c> priest</c><00:36:53.519><c> concerned</c><00:36:54.119><c> could</c><00:36:54.539><c> be</c><00:36:54.920><c> seen</c><00:36:55.380><c> and</c>

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Christ<00:36:56.760><c> is</c><00:36:57.019><c> the</c><00:36:57.280><c> substance</c><00:36:57.639><c> of</c><00:36:57.940><c> these</c><00:36:58.179><c> things</c><00:36:58.679><c> as</c><00:36:59.460><c> Paul</c><00:36:59.699><c> says</c>

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in<00:37:00.199><c> Hebrews</c><00:37:00.500><c> chapter</c><00:37:00.860><c> 13.</c><00:37:01.559><c> He</c><00:37:01.559><c> says</c><00:37:01.880><c> we</c><00:37:02.559><c> have</c><00:37:02.780><c> an</c><00:37:02.980><c> altar</c>

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Whereas<00:37:04.380><c> they</c><00:37:04.659><c> have</c><00:37:04.860><c> no</c><00:37:05.139><c> right</c><00:37:05.320><c> to</c><00:37:05.559><c> eat</c><00:37:05.679><c> which</c><00:37:06.000><c> serve</c><00:37:06.280><c> the</c><00:37:06.539><c> tabernacle</c>

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He<00:37:08.559><c> was</c><00:37:08.880><c> unhewn</c><00:37:09.280><c> by</c><00:37:09.559><c> man</c>

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The<00:37:11.099><c> flesh</c><00:37:11.440><c> did</c><00:37:11.659><c> never</c><00:37:12.039><c> appear</c><00:37:12.360><c> in</c><00:37:12.519><c> his</c><00:37:12.739><c> life.</c><00:37:12.980><c> It</c><00:37:13.139><c> did</c><00:37:13.320><c> never</c>

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assert<00:37:13.940><c> itself</c>

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He<00:37:15.360><c> was</c><00:37:15.559><c> of</c><00:37:15.840><c> spotless</c><00:37:16.280><c> character</c>

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In<00:37:18.679><c> Exodus</c><00:37:19.179><c> chapter</c><00:37:19.619><c> 40</c>

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After<00:37:21.500><c> we</c><00:37:21.679><c> have</c><00:37:21.880><c> been</c><00:37:22.199><c> described</c><00:37:22.780><c> the</c><00:37:23.000><c> way</c><00:37:23.219><c> in</c><00:37:23.360><c> which</c><00:37:23.559><c> the</c><00:37:23.880><c> altar</c><00:37:24.119><c> under</c><00:37:24.420><c> the</c>

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:28.019
law<00:37:24.840><c> should</c><00:37:25.119><c> be</c><00:37:25.420><c> built</c><00:37:26.039><c> in</c><00:37:26.940><c> chapter</c><00:37:27.179><c> 27</c>

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:31.340
We<00:37:29.000><c> are</c><00:37:29.320><c> told</c><00:37:29.500><c> of</c><00:37:29.699><c> the</c><00:37:29.920><c> dedication</c><00:37:30.460><c> of</c><00:37:30.679><c> this</c><00:37:30.920><c> altar</c>

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That<00:37:32.420><c> it</c><00:37:32.619><c> was</c><00:37:32.800><c> to</c><00:37:33.000><c> be</c><00:37:33.199><c> anointed</c><00:37:33.659><c> and</c><00:37:34.500><c> to</c><00:37:34.679><c> be</c><00:37:34.920><c> sanctified</c>

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So<00:37:36.619><c> that</c><00:37:36.760><c> it</c><00:37:37.000><c> should</c><00:37:37.179><c> become</c><00:37:37.619><c> an</c><00:37:38.039><c> altar</c><00:37:38.699><c> most</c><00:37:39.480><c> holy</c>

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Seven<00:37:41.840><c> days</c><00:37:42.340><c> were</c><00:37:42.579><c> to</c><00:37:42.760><c> be</c><00:37:43.000><c> taken</c><00:37:43.260><c> up</c><00:37:43.480><c> in</c><00:37:43.659><c> making</c><00:37:43.960><c> an</c><00:37:44.219><c> atonement</c>

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for<00:37:44.860><c> it</c>

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and<00:37:45.960><c> then</c><00:37:46.219><c> it</c><00:37:46.380><c> would</c><00:37:46.559><c> be</c><00:37:46.840><c> made</c><00:37:47.039><c> an</c><00:37:47.260><c> altar</c><00:37:47.440><c> most</c><00:37:48.000><c> holy</c><00:37:48.360><c> and</c>

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whatsoever<00:37:50.139><c> was</c><00:37:50.539><c> to</c><00:37:50.780><c> have</c><00:37:51.059><c> contact</c><00:37:51.599><c> with</c><00:37:51.840><c> the</c><00:37:52.079><c> altar</c><00:37:52.500><c> would</c>

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:55.550
also<00:37:53.840><c> become</c><00:37:54.239><c> holy</c><00:37:54.760><c> and</c>

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Christ<00:37:56.239><c> we</c><00:37:56.460><c> know</c><00:37:56.599><c> is</c><00:37:56.800><c> the</c><00:37:57.039><c> substance</c><00:37:57.420><c> of</c><00:37:57.659><c> these</c><00:37:57.880><c> things</c>

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He<00:37:59.400><c> is</c><00:37:59.860><c> our</c><00:38:00.219><c> mercy</c><00:38:00.500><c> seat</c><00:38:00.780><c> as</c><00:38:01.059><c> Romans</c><00:38:01.400><c> chapter</c><00:38:01.719><c> 3</c><00:38:02.000><c> and</c><00:38:02.159><c> verse</c><00:38:02.340><c> 25</c>

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tells<00:38:03.260><c> us</c>

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He<00:38:04.659><c> is</c><00:38:04.940><c> the</c><00:38:05.179><c> word</c><00:38:05.500><c> made</c><00:38:05.900><c> flesh</c>

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Who<00:38:07.260><c> made</c><00:38:07.760><c> his</c><00:38:08.260><c> soul</c><00:38:08.699><c> and</c><00:38:09.079><c> offering</c><00:38:09.460><c> for</c><00:38:09.780><c> sin</c><00:38:10.260><c> and</c>

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By<00:38:12.039><c> it</c><00:38:12.340><c> brethren</c><00:38:12.699><c> sisters</c>

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He<00:38:14.840><c> sanctified</c><00:38:15.719><c> the</c><00:38:16.199><c> altar</c><00:38:16.960><c> body</c>

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Which<00:38:19.239><c> was</c><00:38:19.579><c> hanging</c><00:38:19.880><c> on</c><00:38:20.119><c> the</c><00:38:20.380><c> tree</c>

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Because<00:38:22.539><c> he</c><00:38:22.880><c> is</c><00:38:23.119><c> our</c><00:38:23.280><c> altar</c><00:38:23.599><c> and</c><00:38:24.380><c> so</c><00:38:24.559><c> the</c><00:38:24.860><c> body</c><00:38:25.139><c> which</c><00:38:25.360><c> was</c><00:38:25.639><c> hanging</c><00:38:25.880><c> on</c>

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the<00:38:26.400><c> tree</c><00:38:27.000><c> was</c><00:38:27.440><c> in</c><00:38:27.800><c> fact</c><00:38:27.980><c> an</c><00:38:28.539><c> altar</c><00:38:29.380><c> body</c>

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But<00:38:32.320><c> the</c><00:38:32.599><c> Old</c><00:38:32.760><c> Testament</c><00:38:33.139><c> also</c><00:38:33.639><c> says</c><00:38:33.980><c> that</c><00:38:34.320><c> what</c><00:38:34.500><c> touches</c><00:38:35.019><c> that</c><00:38:35.460><c> altar</c><00:38:35.699><c> or</c>

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Without<00:38:41.980><c> touching</c><00:38:42.340><c> it.</c><00:38:43.320><c> No</c><00:38:43.679><c> one</c><00:38:43.900><c> can</c><00:38:44.260><c> possibly</c><00:38:44.760><c> become</c><00:38:45.179><c> holy</c>

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So<00:38:47.320><c> what</c><00:38:47.559><c> we</c><00:38:47.860><c> see</c><00:38:47.960><c> now</c><00:38:48.280><c> in</c><00:38:48.519><c> this</c><00:38:48.840><c> first</c><00:38:49.239><c> first</c><00:38:49.820><c> section</c><00:38:50.320><c> of</c><00:38:50.579><c> this</c><00:38:50.960><c> fifth</c><00:38:51.280><c> seal</c><00:38:51.659><c> is</c>

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souls

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They<00:38:57.719><c> have</c><00:38:58.179><c> brethren</c><00:38:58.559><c> sisters</c><00:38:59.340><c> even</c><00:39:00.059><c> in</c><00:39:00.400><c> death</c><00:39:00.599><c> got</c><00:39:00.920><c> contact</c>

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It<00:39:08.820><c> means</c><00:39:09.239><c> that</c><00:39:09.619><c> they</c><00:39:10.099><c> died</c><00:39:10.519><c> for</c><00:39:10.880><c> Christ</c>

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There<00:39:13.000><c> is</c><00:39:13.280><c> absolutely</c><00:39:13.880><c> no</c><00:39:14.500><c> shadow</c><00:39:14.820><c> of</c><00:39:15.039><c> a</c><00:39:15.139><c> doubt</c><00:39:15.280><c> that</c><00:39:15.559><c> those</c>

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Provided<00:39:33.079><c> they</c><00:39:33.320><c> are</c><00:39:33.579><c> his</c><00:39:33.900><c> saints</c><00:39:34.119><c> brethren</c><00:39:34.440><c> sisters</c><00:39:35.039><c> because</c>

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And<00:39:40.699><c> so</c><00:39:40.860><c> it</c><00:39:41.119><c> tells</c><00:39:41.380><c> us</c><00:39:41.679><c> brother</c><00:39:41.860><c> and</c><00:39:42.059><c> sisters</c><00:39:42.320><c> by</c><00:39:42.619><c> way</c><00:39:42.860><c> of</c><00:39:43.119><c> exhortation</c><00:39:44.139><c> that</c>

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Our<00:39:47.920><c> life</c><00:39:48.519><c> could</c><00:39:48.900><c> very</c><00:39:49.219><c> well</c><00:39:49.340><c> be</c><00:39:49.599><c> in</c><00:39:49.840><c> vain</c>

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These<00:39:51.320><c> people's</c><00:39:51.940><c> life</c><00:39:52.099><c> was</c><00:39:52.320><c> not</c><00:39:52.480><c> in</c><00:39:52.719><c> vain</c><00:39:52.820><c> brother</c><00:39:53.079><c> and</c><00:39:53.280><c> sisters</c><00:39:53.659><c> and</c><00:39:54.420><c> they</c><00:39:54.880><c> were</c><00:39:55.400><c> in</c><00:39:56.099><c> the</c><00:39:56.360><c> terms</c><00:39:56.559><c> of</c><00:39:56.760><c> the</c><00:39:57.000><c> apocalypse</c><00:39:57.599><c> a</c>

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Part<00:39:58.519><c> of</c><00:39:58.659><c> that</c><00:39:59.039><c> great</c><00:39:59.480><c> altar</c><00:39:59.880><c> body</c><00:40:00.239><c> which</c><00:40:00.480><c> was</c><00:40:00.760><c> hanging</c><00:40:01.000><c> on</c>

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Because<00:40:04.000><c> they've</c><00:40:04.400><c> got</c><00:40:04.699><c> contact</c><00:40:05.199><c> with</c><00:40:05.420><c> him</c><00:40:05.559><c> even</c><00:40:05.780><c> in</c><00:40:06.039><c> death</c>

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The<00:40:08.659><c> magnitude</c><00:40:09.260><c> of</c><00:40:09.780><c> this</c><00:40:10.059><c> altar</c>

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The<00:40:11.800><c> size</c><00:40:12.219><c> of</c><00:40:12.440><c> this</c><00:40:12.679><c> altar</c><00:40:12.880><c> brethren</c><00:40:13.219><c> sisters</c><00:40:13.820><c> is</c><00:40:14.460><c> the</c><00:40:14.900><c> same</c>

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size<00:40:15.639><c> as</c><00:40:15.900><c> the</c><00:40:16.199><c> one</c><00:40:16.440><c> body</c><00:40:16.739><c> of</c><00:40:16.980><c> whom</c><00:40:17.119><c> Jesus</c><00:40:17.559><c> Christ</c><00:40:17.920><c> is</c><00:40:18.159><c> the</c><00:40:18.360><c> head</c>

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Because<00:40:20.199><c> here</c><00:40:20.500><c> we</c><00:40:20.659><c> have</c><00:40:20.920><c> a</c><00:40:21.039><c> picture</c><00:40:21.400><c> of</c><00:40:21.860><c> Christ</c><00:40:22.500><c> and</c><00:40:23.199><c> his</c><00:40:23.519><c> beloved</c><00:40:24.059><c> brethren</c><00:40:24.639><c> in</c>

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Sufferance<00:40:26.340><c> and</c><00:40:26.639><c> in</c><00:40:26.920><c> death</c>

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associated<00:40:28.219><c> together</c><00:40:28.699><c> with</c><00:40:28.940><c> him</c>

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Turn<00:40:31.000><c> with</c><00:40:31.159><c> us</c><00:40:31.360><c> to</c><00:40:31.519><c> the</c><00:40:31.659><c> first</c><00:40:31.840><c> of</c><00:40:32.019><c> Corinthians</c><00:40:32.400><c> chapter</c><00:40:32.739><c> 9</c><00:40:33.099><c> and</c><00:40:33.280><c> verse</c><00:40:33.460><c> 13</c>

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Because<00:40:35.659><c> here</c><00:40:35.900><c> we</c><00:40:36.099><c> have</c><00:40:36.199><c> a</c><00:40:36.340><c> lovely</c><00:40:36.699><c> expression</c><00:40:37.219><c> by</c><00:40:37.460><c> the</c><00:40:37.639><c> Apostle</c><00:40:38.039><c> Paul</c>

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He<00:40:43.719><c> says</c><00:40:43.920><c> do</c><00:40:44.300><c> you</c><00:40:44.599><c> not</c><00:40:44.920><c> know</c><00:40:45.219><c> that</c><00:40:45.480><c> they</c><00:40:45.760><c> which</c><00:40:46.039><c> minister</c><00:40:46.559><c> about</c><00:40:47.219><c> holy</c><00:40:47.679><c> things</c>

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They<00:40:53.360><c> which</c><00:40:54.019><c> wait</c><00:40:54.420><c> or</c><00:40:55.039><c> serve</c><00:40:55.380><c> at</c><00:40:55.760><c> the</c><00:40:55.980><c> altar</c><00:40:56.460><c> are</c><00:40:57.340><c> partakers</c>

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Can't<00:41:00.320><c> you</c><00:41:00.500><c> see</c><00:41:00.619><c> brother</c><00:41:00.900><c> and</c><00:41:01.119><c> sisters</c><00:41:01.340><c> that</c><00:41:01.619><c> these</c><00:41:02.019><c> people</c>

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who<00:41:02.539><c> are</c><00:41:02.719><c> now</c><00:41:03.019><c> blood</c><00:41:03.440><c> souls</c><00:41:03.780><c> under</c><00:41:04.039><c> the</c><00:41:04.280><c> altar</c><00:41:04.719><c> are</c><00:41:05.300><c> partakers</c>

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That<00:41:08.820><c> means</c><00:41:09.559><c> that</c><00:41:10.360><c> eternal</c><00:41:10.820><c> life</c><00:41:11.119><c> is</c><00:41:11.360><c> guaranteed</c><00:41:11.880><c> for</c><00:41:12.119><c> them</c>

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It<00:41:13.940><c> wasn't</c><00:41:14.400><c> before</c><00:41:14.639><c> they</c><00:41:14.960><c> died</c>

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They<00:41:16.159><c> are</c><00:41:16.480><c> blood</c><00:41:16.800><c> souls</c><00:41:17.159><c> under</c><00:41:17.420><c> the</c><00:41:17.659><c> altar</c><00:41:17.800><c> their</c><00:41:18.079><c> blood</c><00:41:18.400><c> has</c>

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He<00:41:22.260><c> can</c><00:41:22.539><c> see</c><00:41:22.760><c> just</c><00:41:23.199><c> blood</c><00:41:23.559><c> underneath</c><00:41:24.039><c> the</c><00:41:24.320><c> altar</c>

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But<00:41:25.760><c> it</c><00:41:25.940><c> is</c><00:41:26.119><c> the</c><00:41:26.420><c> blood</c><00:41:26.519><c> of</c><00:41:26.920><c> people</c><00:41:27.460><c> who</c><00:41:28.000><c> have</c><00:41:28.320><c> died</c><00:41:28.619><c> for</c><00:41:28.880><c> the</c>

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word<00:41:29.239><c> of</c><00:41:29.500><c> God</c><00:41:29.659><c> and</c><00:41:29.840><c> for</c><00:41:30.019><c> the</c><00:41:30.260><c> testimony</c><00:41:30.619><c> which</c><00:41:30.900><c> they</c><00:41:31.159><c> held</c>

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Whatever<00:41:39.420><c> is</c><00:41:39.679><c> in</c><00:41:39.940><c> store</c><00:41:40.079><c> for</c><00:41:40.280><c> the</c><00:41:40.460><c> lamb.</c><00:41:41.000><c> They</c><00:41:41.579><c> will</c><00:41:41.900><c> certainly</c><00:41:42.320><c> share</c><00:41:42.699><c> in</c><00:41:42.980><c> that</c>

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Chapter<00:41:44.840><c> 10</c><00:41:45.199><c> and</c><00:41:45.380><c> verse</c><00:41:45.559><c> 18</c><00:41:46.320><c> of</c><00:41:46.820><c> the</c><00:41:47.039><c> same</c><00:41:47.260><c> book</c>

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Behold<00:41:49.239><c> Israel</c><00:41:49.719><c> after</c><00:41:50.019><c> the</c><00:41:50.300><c> flesh</c>

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Are<00:41:51.920><c> not</c><00:41:52.099><c> they</c><00:41:52.400><c> which</c><00:41:52.699><c> eat</c><00:41:53.039><c> of</c><00:41:53.340><c> the</c><00:41:53.659><c> sacrifices?</c>

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partakers<00:41:55.719><c> with</c><00:41:56.239><c> the</c><00:41:56.480><c> altar</c><00:41:56.880><c> and</c>

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Had<00:41:58.579><c> these</c><00:41:58.940><c> brethren</c><00:41:59.300><c> and</c><00:41:59.559><c> sisters</c><00:41:59.800><c> not</c><00:42:00.320><c> eaten</c><00:42:00.659><c> of</c><00:42:01.019><c> the</c><00:42:01.460><c> sacrifices</c><00:42:02.260><c> of</c><00:42:03.219><c> the</c><00:42:03.639><c> denial</c><00:42:04.159><c> of</c>

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This<00:42:10.079><c> is</c><00:42:10.500><c> equivalent</c><00:42:11.159><c> to</c><00:42:11.420><c> the</c><00:42:11.739><c> eating</c><00:42:12.000><c> of</c><00:42:12.280><c> the</c><00:42:12.500><c> flesh</c><00:42:12.860><c> of</c><00:42:13.219><c> the</c>

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It<00:42:17.360><c> is</c><00:42:17.579><c> an</c><00:42:17.800><c> international</c><00:42:18.300><c> eating</c><00:42:18.840><c> and</c><00:42:19.099><c> drinking</c><00:42:19.719><c> drinking</c>

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assimilate<00:42:23.980><c> they</c><00:42:24.360><c> digest</c>

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They<00:42:25.980><c> ruminate</c><00:42:26.519><c> the</c><00:42:26.760><c> things</c><00:42:26.920><c> of</c><00:42:27.099><c> the</c><00:42:27.260><c> Spirit</c><00:42:27.460><c> of</c><00:42:27.699><c> God</c><00:42:28.360><c> and</c><00:42:28.860><c> they</c><00:42:29.139><c> therefore</c><00:42:29.599><c> become</c><00:42:30.199><c> as</c>

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persecution

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It<00:46:31.300><c> is</c><00:46:31.619><c> very</c><00:46:32.079><c> likely</c><00:46:32.500><c> because</c><00:46:33.119><c> there</c><00:46:33.360><c> is</c><00:46:33.619><c> an</c><00:46:33.800><c> absence</c><00:46:34.119><c> of</c><00:46:34.360><c> the</c>

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Word<00:46:34.739><c> of</c><00:46:34.920><c> God</c><00:46:35.260><c> and</c><00:46:35.440><c> the</c><00:46:35.780><c> testimony</c><00:46:36.099><c> which</c><00:46:36.500><c> those</c><00:46:36.920><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:46:37.480><c> sisters</c><00:46:37.619><c> held</c>

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Where<00:46:40.480><c> is</c><00:46:40.679><c> the</c><00:46:40.940><c> strength</c><00:46:41.260><c> of</c><00:46:41.480><c> our</c><00:46:41.619><c> witness</c><00:46:41.960><c> today</c><00:46:42.340><c> brother</c>

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and<00:46:42.880><c> sisters</c>

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We've<00:46:44.639><c> all</c><00:46:44.800><c> got</c><00:46:44.980><c> hands</c><00:46:45.300><c> that</c><00:46:45.539><c> hang</c><00:46:45.719><c> down</c><00:46:46.300><c> and</c><00:46:46.880><c> feeble</c><00:46:47.199><c> knees</c>

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Let's<00:46:48.900><c> try</c><00:46:49.139><c> and</c><00:46:49.400><c> lift</c><00:46:49.599><c> them</c><00:46:49.760><c> up</c><00:46:49.960><c> and</c><00:46:50.179><c> show</c><00:46:50.380><c> to</c><00:46:50.559><c> the</c><00:46:50.739><c> world</c><00:46:50.920><c> that</c>

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there<00:46:51.380><c> is</c><00:46:51.639><c> an</c><00:46:51.840><c> urgent</c><00:46:52.260><c> and</c><00:46:52.940><c> an</c><00:46:53.119><c> earnest</c><00:46:53.539><c> need</c><00:46:54.119><c> for</c><00:46:54.760><c> Christ</c><00:46:55.039><c> to</c><00:46:55.320><c> come</c>

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And

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they<00:46:59.260><c> address</c><00:46:59.880><c> their</c><00:47:00.300><c> Lord</c><00:47:00.619><c> as</c><00:47:01.639><c> oh</c>

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despot<00:47:03.639><c> and</c>

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Here<00:47:05.599><c> is</c><00:47:05.800><c> a</c><00:47:06.079><c> beautiful</c><00:47:06.539><c> point</c><00:47:06.820><c> brethren</c><00:47:07.099><c> and</c><00:47:07.360><c> sisters</c><00:47:07.579><c> an</c><00:47:07.980><c> absolutely</c><00:47:08.460><c> beautiful</c><00:47:09.039><c> point.</c><00:47:09.340><c> You</c>

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know,<00:47:10.420><c> there's</c><00:47:10.599><c> only</c><00:47:10.960><c> two</c><00:47:11.340><c> times</c><00:47:11.719><c> in</c><00:47:11.920><c> the</c><00:47:12.019><c> New</c><00:47:12.219><c> Testament</c>

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Where<00:47:13.840><c> the</c><00:47:14.079><c> word</c><00:47:14.420><c> Lord</c><00:47:14.840><c> should</c><00:47:15.199><c> be</c><00:47:15.500><c> rendered</c><00:47:15.800><c> despot</c><00:47:16.599><c> and</c><00:47:17.059><c> he</c>

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is<00:47:17.340><c> one</c><00:47:17.500><c> of</c><00:47:17.639><c> them</c>

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There's<00:47:18.739><c> only</c><00:47:19.119><c> one</c><00:47:19.300><c> in</c><00:47:19.460><c> the</c><00:47:19.579><c> book</c><00:47:19.659><c> of</c><00:47:19.920><c> Revelation</c>

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Out<00:47:21.420><c> of</c><00:47:21.719><c> 23</c><00:47:22.320><c> occurrences</c><00:47:23.059><c> out</c><00:47:23.360><c> of</c><00:47:23.500><c> the</c><00:47:23.639><c> word</c><00:47:23.860><c> Lord</c><00:47:24.139><c> in</c><00:47:24.320><c> the</c><00:47:24.460><c> book</c><00:47:24.579><c> of</c>

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Revelation<00:47:25.340><c> only</c><00:47:26.139><c> once</c><00:47:26.599><c> is</c><00:47:26.800><c> it</c><00:47:27.019><c> translated</c><00:47:27.559><c> despot</c><00:47:29.340><c> and</c>

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This<00:47:30.059><c> is</c><00:47:30.260><c> of</c><00:47:30.639><c> singular</c><00:47:31.079><c> importance</c><00:47:31.780><c> in</c><00:47:32.059><c> our</c><00:47:32.300><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:47:33.139><c> the</c><00:47:33.420><c> period</c><00:47:33.639><c> of</c><00:47:33.920><c> time</c><00:47:34.099><c> in</c><00:47:34.300><c> which</c><00:47:34.500><c> this</c><00:47:34.739><c> persecution</c><00:47:35.300><c> took</c><00:47:35.639><c> place</c>

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Because<00:47:37.619><c> here</c><00:47:37.840><c> they</c><00:47:38.099><c> are</c><00:47:38.340><c> describing</c><00:47:39.000><c> to</c><00:47:39.340><c> God</c><00:47:39.500><c> describing</c><00:47:40.159><c> God</c><00:47:40.679><c> as</c>

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a<00:47:41.619><c> despot</c><00:47:42.159><c> who</c><00:47:42.320><c> is</c><00:47:42.639><c> holy</c><00:47:42.980><c> and</c><00:47:43.320><c> true</c><00:47:43.659><c> and</c>

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They<00:47:45.280><c> are</c><00:47:45.480><c> describing</c><00:47:46.019><c> God</c><00:47:46.320><c> in</c><00:47:46.619><c> that</c><00:47:46.880><c> fashion</c><00:47:47.300><c> in</c>

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Contrast<00:47:48.940><c> to</c><00:47:49.260><c> another</c><00:47:49.780><c> despot</c>

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We'll<00:47:53.760><c> come</c><00:47:53.920><c> back</c><00:47:54.119><c> to</c><00:47:54.300><c> that</c><00:47:54.420><c> in</c><00:47:54.559><c> just</c><00:47:54.739><c> a</c><00:47:54.920><c> moment</c><00:47:55.119><c> when</c><00:47:55.280><c> we</c><00:47:55.480><c> go</c>

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on<00:47:55.840><c> to</c><00:47:55.920><c> the</c><00:47:56.179><c> historical</c><00:47:56.760><c> aspect</c><00:47:57.219><c> of</c><00:47:57.420><c> this</c><00:47:57.739><c> seal</c>

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He<00:47:59.920><c> is</c><00:48:00.239><c> holy</c><00:48:00.599><c> and</c><00:48:00.900><c> he</c><00:48:01.000><c> is</c><00:48:01.360><c> true</c><00:48:01.579><c> their</c><00:48:01.820><c> Lord</c>

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His<00:48:03.360><c> holiness</c><00:48:03.760><c> is</c><00:48:04.199><c> not</c><00:48:04.460><c> constituted.</c><00:48:05.099><c> It</c><00:48:05.280><c> is</c><00:48:05.460><c> a</c><00:48:05.659><c> real</c><00:48:05.900><c> one</c>

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His<00:48:07.380><c> judgments</c><00:48:07.820><c> are</c><00:48:08.159><c> according</c><00:48:08.480><c> to</c><00:48:08.860><c> truth</c><00:48:09.260><c> not</c><00:48:09.739><c> to</c><00:48:10.000><c> falsehood</c>

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and<00:48:11.659><c> so</c><00:48:11.840><c> they</c><00:48:12.159><c> place</c><00:48:12.440><c> it</c><00:48:12.639><c> in</c><00:48:13.000><c> God's</c><00:48:13.480><c> hands</c>

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Do<00:48:15.219><c> we</c><00:48:15.380><c> always</c><00:48:15.820><c> brother</c><00:48:16.059><c> and</c><00:48:16.260><c> sisters</c><00:48:16.639><c> allow</c><00:48:17.099><c> ourselves</c><00:48:17.699><c> when</c>

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we<00:48:18.219><c> are</c><00:48:18.360><c> defrauded</c><00:48:18.860><c> when</c><00:48:19.699><c> we</c><00:48:19.920><c> are</c><00:48:20.139><c> taken</c><00:48:20.380><c> down</c><00:48:20.699><c> to</c><00:48:21.000><c> say</c>

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Vengeance<00:48:22.519><c> is</c><00:48:22.699><c> of</c><00:48:22.960><c> God.</c><00:48:23.260><c> He</c><00:48:23.539><c> will</c><00:48:23.760><c> repay</c><00:48:24.320><c> in</c><00:48:25.099><c> due</c><00:48:25.320><c> course</c>

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These<00:48:27.019><c> people</c><00:48:27.360><c> did</c><00:48:27.880><c> that's</c><00:48:28.659><c> why</c><00:48:28.800><c> they</c><00:48:29.099><c> were</c><00:48:29.280><c> in</c><00:48:29.699><c> contact</c><00:48:30.099><c> with</c>

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the<00:48:30.539><c> altar</c><00:48:30.760><c> in</c><00:48:31.000><c> death</c>

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Those<00:48:33.960><c> who</c><00:48:34.179><c> dwell</c><00:48:34.400><c> on</c><00:48:34.619><c> the</c><00:48:34.739><c> earth</c><00:48:35.039><c> they</c><00:48:35.480><c> say</c><00:48:35.760><c> are</c><00:48:36.320><c> the</c><00:48:36.519><c> people</c>

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upon<00:48:37.239><c> whom</c><00:48:37.639><c> whom</c><00:48:38.000><c> God's</c><00:48:38.599><c> judgment</c><00:48:38.820><c> should</c><00:48:39.119><c> come</c>

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Those<00:48:40.760><c> people</c><00:48:41.300><c> who</c><00:48:41.559><c> are</c><00:48:41.900><c> on</c><00:48:42.320><c> the</c><00:48:42.559><c> earth</c><00:48:42.920><c> in</c><00:48:43.280><c> the</c><00:48:43.539><c> Roman</c><00:48:43.860><c> territory</c>

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Are<00:48:45.280><c> the</c><00:48:45.420><c> persons</c><00:48:45.820><c> who</c><00:48:46.000><c> were</c><00:48:46.280><c> bringing</c><00:48:46.539><c> to</c><00:48:46.840><c> pass</c><00:48:47.059><c> this</c><00:48:47.300><c> persecution</c><00:48:48.059><c> and</c><00:48:48.880><c> so</c>

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therefore<00:48:49.420><c> they</c><00:48:49.679><c> are</c><00:48:49.860><c> the</c><00:48:50.000><c> ones</c><00:48:50.260><c> upon</c><00:48:50.639><c> whose</c><00:48:50.960><c> head</c>

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Retribution<00:48:52.300><c> shall</c><00:48:52.599><c> certainly</c><00:48:53.119><c> fall</c>

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We<00:48:55.280><c> read</c><00:48:55.519><c> in</c><00:48:55.699><c> verse</c><00:48:56.099><c> 11</c><00:48:56.760><c> that</c><00:48:57.519><c> white</c><00:48:58.000><c> robes</c><00:48:58.460><c> were</c><00:48:58.679><c> given</c><00:48:59.019><c> unto</c>

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every<00:48:59.679><c> one</c><00:48:59.820><c> of</c><00:49:00.000><c> them</c><00:49:00.440><c> and</c>

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It<00:49:01.739><c> was</c><00:49:02.059><c> said</c><00:49:02.260><c> unto</c><00:49:02.559><c> them</c><00:49:03.159><c> that</c><00:49:03.780><c> they</c><00:49:04.000><c> should</c><00:49:04.239><c> rest</c><00:49:04.579><c> yet</c><00:49:04.840><c> for</c><00:49:05.099><c> a</c>

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little<00:49:05.480><c> season</c><00:49:05.840><c> until</c><00:49:06.260><c> their</c><00:49:06.519><c> fellow</c>

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Servants<00:49:07.400><c> also</c><00:49:07.860><c> and</c><00:49:08.019><c> their</c><00:49:08.260><c> brethren</c><00:49:08.579><c> that</c><00:49:08.920><c> should</c><00:49:09.099><c> be</c><00:49:09.320><c> killed</c><00:49:09.480><c> as</c><00:49:09.679><c> they</c><00:49:09.940><c> were</c><00:49:10.159><c> should</c><00:49:10.360><c> be</c><00:49:10.639><c> fulfilled</c>

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How<00:49:13.179><c> on</c><00:49:13.440><c> earth</c><00:49:13.599><c> brother</c><00:49:13.900><c> and</c><00:49:14.179><c> sisters</c><00:49:14.619><c> were</c><00:49:15.500><c> white</c><00:49:15.920><c> robes</c><00:49:16.320><c> given</c><00:49:16.599><c> unto</c><00:49:16.820><c> these</c><00:49:17.219><c> people</c><00:49:17.500><c> if</c>

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they<00:49:17.960><c> lived</c><00:49:18.159><c> in</c><00:49:18.400><c> around</c><00:49:18.619><c> about</c><00:49:19.000><c> the</c><00:49:19.159><c> year</c><00:49:19.460><c> 300</c><00:49:19.880><c> AD</c>

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They<00:49:23.519><c> are</c><00:49:23.739><c> now</c><00:49:23.940><c> dead</c><00:49:24.179><c> anyway</c>

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No<00:49:26.380><c> matter</c><00:49:26.599><c> when</c><00:49:27.000><c> the</c><00:49:27.219><c> period</c><00:49:27.460><c> of</c><00:49:27.659><c> history</c><00:49:27.900><c> came</c><00:49:28.179><c> to</c><00:49:28.380><c> pass</c><00:49:28.579><c> brother</c><00:49:28.860><c> and</c><00:49:29.099><c> sisters</c>

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They<00:49:30.659><c> are</c><00:49:31.079><c> dead</c><00:49:31.780><c> and</c>

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White<00:49:33.480><c> robes</c><00:49:33.980><c> of</c><00:49:34.099><c> course</c><00:49:34.519><c> is</c><00:49:34.880><c> another</c><00:49:35.219><c> symbolic</c><00:49:35.860><c> way</c><00:49:36.159><c> of</c><00:49:36.280><c> saying</c><00:49:36.619><c> that</c>

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they<00:49:37.099><c> will</c><00:49:37.559><c> obtain</c><00:49:38.099><c> eternal</c><00:49:38.519><c> life</c><00:49:38.840><c> because</c><00:49:39.159><c> that's</c><00:49:39.440><c> what</c><00:49:39.699><c> white</c><00:49:40.000><c> robes</c><00:49:40.300><c> are</c>

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all<00:49:40.619><c> about</c>

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But<00:49:42.739><c> why</c><00:49:43.119><c> is</c><00:49:43.300><c> it</c><00:49:43.519><c> said</c><00:49:43.659><c> of</c><00:49:43.860><c> these</c><00:49:44.199><c> dead</c><00:49:44.559><c> people?</c>

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that<00:49:46.320><c> they</c><00:49:46.780><c> were</c><00:49:47.139><c> they</c><00:49:47.400><c> were</c><00:49:47.659><c> given</c><00:49:47.880><c> white</c><00:49:48.199><c> robes</c><00:49:49.619><c> and</c>

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It<00:49:50.179><c> can</c><00:49:50.400><c> only</c><00:49:50.639><c> be</c><00:49:50.900><c> understood</c><00:49:51.400><c> as</c><00:49:51.780><c> to</c><00:49:52.019><c> be</c><00:49:52.239><c> an</c><00:49:52.639><c> encouragement</c>

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for<00:49:53.440><c> those</c><00:49:53.960><c> who</c><00:49:54.400><c> were</c><00:49:54.699><c> yet</c><00:49:55.079><c> in</c><00:49:55.559><c> the</c><00:49:55.880><c> persecution</c>

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Who<00:49:57.860><c> were</c><00:49:58.199><c> yet</c><00:49:58.440><c> alive</c><00:49:58.800><c> when</c><00:49:59.000><c> this</c><00:49:59.280><c> persecution</c><00:49:59.960><c> was</c><00:50:00.300><c> brought</c>

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upon<00:50:00.860><c> them</c><00:50:01.380><c> and</c><00:50:01.920><c> who</c><00:50:02.219><c> therefore</c><00:50:02.739><c> must</c><00:50:03.099><c> have</c><00:50:03.400><c> understood</c><00:50:04.059><c> the</c><00:50:04.420><c> seal</c>

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in<00:50:06.219><c> their</c><00:50:06.460><c> own</c><00:50:06.760><c> time</c><00:50:07.159><c> and</c>

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They<00:50:08.480><c> were</c><00:50:08.659><c> able</c><00:50:08.880><c> to</c><00:50:09.139><c> see</c><00:50:09.619><c> that</c><00:50:10.300><c> these</c><00:50:10.619><c> men</c><00:50:10.880><c> laid</c><00:50:11.119><c> down</c><00:50:11.400><c> their</c>

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Would<00:50:22.639><c> be</c><00:50:22.940><c> given</c><00:50:23.199><c> white</c><00:50:23.619><c> robes</c><00:50:24.059><c> as</c><00:50:24.460><c> symbolically</c><00:50:25.219><c> these</c><00:50:25.699><c> dead</c>

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Their<00:50:31.539><c> fellow</c><00:50:31.940><c> servants</c><00:50:32.360><c> and</c><00:50:32.599><c> their</c><00:50:32.820><c> brethren</c><00:50:33.219><c> were</c><00:50:33.880><c> also</c><00:50:34.460><c> going</c><00:50:34.719><c> to</c>

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And<00:50:37.800><c> here</c><00:50:37.980><c> we</c><00:50:38.219><c> said</c><00:50:38.360><c> brother</c><00:50:38.619><c> and</c><00:50:38.760><c> sister</c><00:50:38.960><c> it</c><00:50:39.320><c> is</c><00:50:39.659><c> very</c><00:50:40.039><c> significant</c><00:50:40.619><c> that</c><00:50:40.960><c> Christ</c><00:50:41.360><c> makes</c><00:50:41.860><c> a</c>

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Because<00:50:45.380><c> now</c><00:50:45.699><c> in</c><00:50:45.880><c> this</c><00:50:46.179><c> great</c><00:50:46.539><c> one</c><00:50:47.039><c> lamb</c><00:50:47.340><c> community</c>

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Who<00:50:49.079><c> are</c><00:50:49.460><c> both</c><00:50:49.760><c> fighting</c><00:50:50.300><c> against</c><00:50:50.820><c> paganism,</c><00:50:52.400><c> but</c><00:50:52.480><c> by</c><00:50:52.800><c> different</c><00:50:53.039><c> means</c>

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They<00:50:57.480><c> are</c><00:50:57.699><c> yet</c><00:50:57.860><c> both</c><00:50:58.380><c> standing</c><00:50:58.880><c> together</c><00:50:59.800><c> and</c>

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Yet<00:51:01.059><c> Christ</c><00:51:01.460><c> says</c><00:51:01.860><c> there's</c><00:51:02.420><c> some</c><00:51:02.639><c> who</c><00:51:02.820><c> are</c><00:51:02.960><c> brethren</c><00:51:03.340><c> and</c><00:51:04.119><c> there</c><00:51:04.300><c> are</c>

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All<00:51:09.360><c> the</c><00:51:09.639><c> brethren</c><00:51:10.079><c> would</c><00:51:10.780><c> be</c><00:51:11.039><c> fellow</c><00:51:11.500><c> servants</c><00:51:12.000><c> in</c><00:51:12.440><c> the</c><00:51:12.699><c> great</c><00:51:12.980><c> lamb</c><00:51:13.300><c> community</c>

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But<00:51:15.139><c> all</c><00:51:15.360><c> the</c><00:51:15.559><c> fellow</c><00:51:15.860><c> servants</c><00:51:16.179><c> weren't</c><00:51:16.480><c> brethren</c>

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Some<00:51:18.280><c> of</c><00:51:18.539><c> them</c><00:51:18.699><c> had</c><00:51:19.000><c> lost</c><00:51:19.320><c> their</c><00:51:19.699><c> title</c><00:51:19.980><c> to</c><00:51:20.179><c> the</c><00:51:20.320><c> tree</c><00:51:20.480><c> of</c><00:51:20.719><c> life</c>

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they<00:51:22.519><c> in</c><00:51:22.880><c> either</c><00:51:23.219><c> life</c><00:51:23.539><c> or</c><00:51:23.880><c> death</c><00:51:24.159><c> were</c><00:51:24.360><c> not</c><00:51:24.480><c> in</c><00:51:24.739><c> contact</c><00:51:25.099><c> with</c>

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the<00:51:25.500><c> altar</c><00:51:25.820><c> and</c>

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So<00:51:27.360><c> Christ</c><00:51:27.699><c> makes</c><00:51:28.159><c> the</c><00:51:28.460><c> distinction</c><00:51:28.800><c> between</c><00:51:29.519><c> the</c><00:51:30.179><c> fellow</c>

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the<00:51:33.179><c> fellow</c><00:51:33.599><c> servants</c><00:51:34.019><c> are</c><00:51:34.300><c> those</c><00:51:34.619><c> who</c><00:51:34.820><c> are</c><00:51:35.059><c> vigorously</c><00:51:35.739><c> protesting</c><00:51:36.320><c> against</c><00:51:36.760><c> paganism</c><00:51:37.460><c> and</c>

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who<00:51:38.519><c> claim</c><00:51:38.800><c> to</c><00:51:38.980><c> be</c><00:51:39.119><c> Christian</c><00:51:39.639><c> and</c>

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Yet<00:51:41.019><c> because</c><00:51:41.460><c> of</c><00:51:41.679><c> their</c><00:51:41.880><c> failure</c><00:51:42.440><c> in</c><00:51:43.159><c> certain</c><00:51:43.440><c> matters</c><00:51:43.820><c> of</c>

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They<00:51:46.280><c> have</c><00:51:46.599><c> lost</c><00:51:46.900><c> their</c><00:51:47.300><c> title</c><00:51:47.539><c> to</c><00:51:47.739><c> the</c><00:51:47.860><c> tree</c><00:51:48.079><c> of</c><00:51:48.300><c> life</c><00:51:48.719><c> and</c><00:51:49.280><c> are</c><00:51:49.599><c> in</c>

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no<00:51:50.179><c> longer</c><00:51:50.739><c> that</c><00:51:51.519><c> close</c><00:51:52.159><c> and</c>

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and<00:51:53.780><c> beautiful</c><00:51:54.119><c> contact</c><00:51:54.739><c> with</c><00:51:55.239><c> the</c><00:51:55.579><c> altar</c><00:51:55.960><c> who</c><00:51:56.300><c> is</c><00:51:56.579><c> Christ</c><00:51:57.179><c> and</c>

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So<00:51:59.000><c> we</c><00:51:59.280><c> come</c><00:51:59.500><c> brethren</c><00:51:59.820><c> sisters</c><00:52:00.659><c> to</c><00:52:01.400><c> the</c><00:52:01.840><c> historical</c><00:52:02.420><c> outworking</c><00:52:03.099><c> of</c><00:52:03.420><c> this</c><00:52:03.760><c> seal</c>

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in<00:52:05.559><c> the</c><00:52:05.760><c> year</c><00:52:06.019><c> 284</c>

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Diocletian<00:52:08.380><c> came</c><00:52:08.719><c> to</c><00:52:08.940><c> the</c><00:52:09.179><c> throne</c><00:52:09.559><c> and</c>

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he<00:52:11.159><c> stopped</c>

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He<00:52:18.139><c> had</c><00:52:18.400><c> a</c><00:52:18.619><c> son</c><00:52:18.719><c>-in</c><00:52:18.940><c>-law</c><00:52:19.579><c> who</c><00:52:20.260><c> was</c><00:52:20.599><c> called</c><00:52:20.820><c> Galerius</c>

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Over<00:52:23.840><c> in</c><00:52:24.199><c> the</c><00:52:24.519><c> western</c><00:52:24.920><c> part</c><00:52:25.480><c> of</c><00:52:25.860><c> the</c><00:52:26.019><c> Empire</c><00:52:26.639><c> there</c><00:52:27.300><c> was</c><00:52:27.519><c> a</c>

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man<00:52:27.860><c> named</c><00:52:28.380><c> Maximian</c><00:52:29.280><c> who</c><00:52:29.860><c> also</c>

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Surnamed<00:52:31.000><c> himself</c>

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Hercules<00:52:32.579><c> and</c><00:52:32.760><c> we</c><00:52:32.880><c> just</c><00:52:33.059><c> forgot</c><00:52:33.300><c> to</c><00:52:33.539><c> mention</c><00:52:34.079><c> that</c><00:52:34.639><c> Diocletian</c>

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Surnamed<00:52:36.360><c> himself</c><00:52:37.219><c> Jupiter</c>

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Who<00:52:39.260><c> was</c><00:52:39.500><c> Jupiter?</c>

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He<00:52:41.500><c> was</c><00:52:41.760><c> a</c><00:52:41.940><c> god</c><00:52:42.539><c> so</c><00:52:43.179><c> called</c><00:52:43.460><c> by</c><00:52:43.699><c> the</c><00:52:43.860><c> Romans</c><00:52:44.260><c> and</c><00:52:44.980><c> so</c><00:52:45.179><c> was</c><00:52:45.400><c> Hercules</c><00:52:46.280><c> and</c>

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Diocletian

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Began<00:52:49.820><c> a</c><00:52:50.239><c> change</c><00:52:50.679><c> in</c><00:52:51.000><c> the</c><00:52:51.239><c> Roman</c><00:52:51.699><c> setup</c><00:52:52.099><c> of</c><00:52:52.420><c> things</c>

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Which<00:52:54.019><c> changed</c><00:52:54.500><c> it</c><00:52:55.079><c> from</c><00:52:55.320><c> an</c><00:52:55.800><c> Emperor</c><00:52:56.139><c> ship</c><00:52:56.440><c> to</c><00:52:57.000><c> a</c><00:52:57.239><c> despotism?</c>

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He<00:53:00.000><c> changed</c><00:53:00.420><c> it</c><00:53:00.960><c> to</c><00:53:01.360><c> a</c><00:53:01.619><c> military</c><00:53:02.079><c> and</c><00:53:02.519><c> religious</c><00:53:03.099><c> despotism</c>

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He<00:53:05.380><c> changed</c><00:53:05.840><c> it</c><00:53:06.079><c> after</c><00:53:06.360><c> the</c><00:53:06.599><c> fashion</c><00:53:06.920><c> of</c><00:53:07.320><c> the</c><00:53:07.639><c> monarchs</c><00:53:08.119><c> of</c>

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the<00:53:08.400><c> East</c>

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who<00:53:09.539><c> whenever</c><00:53:09.980><c> anybody</c><00:53:10.400><c> approached</c><00:53:10.900><c> their</c><00:53:11.239><c> presence,</c><00:53:11.639><c> they</c>

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had<00:53:11.980><c> to</c><00:53:12.260><c> fall</c><00:53:12.539><c> prostrate</c><00:53:13.079><c> and</c><00:53:13.280><c> worship</c><00:53:13.579><c> him</c><00:53:14.460><c> and</c>

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Diocletian<00:53:15.900><c> said</c><00:53:16.139><c> I</c><00:53:16.280><c> won't</c><00:53:16.460><c> be</c><00:53:16.760><c> satisfied</c><00:53:17.159><c> with</c><00:53:17.340><c> any</c><00:53:17.519><c> less</c><00:53:17.679><c> either</c>

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He's<00:53:19.820><c> still</c><00:53:19.940><c> an</c><00:53:20.239><c> imperialist</c>

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but<00:53:21.719><c> he</c><00:53:22.019><c> calls</c><00:53:22.219><c> himself</c><00:53:22.780><c> Jupiter</c><00:53:23.320><c> and</c><00:53:24.000><c> he</c><00:53:24.280><c> ruled</c><00:53:24.519><c> by</c><00:53:24.880><c> both</c><00:53:25.159><c> religious</c><00:53:25.840><c> and</c>

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military<00:53:27.079><c> despotism</c><00:53:28.039><c> and</c>

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Dear<00:53:29.860><c> brethren</c><00:53:30.159><c> and</c><00:53:30.360><c> sisters</c><00:53:30.539><c> is</c><00:53:30.739><c> that</c><00:53:31.079><c> beautiful</c><00:53:31.559><c> way</c><00:53:31.960><c> in</c><00:53:32.179><c> which</c><00:53:32.539><c> these</c><00:53:32.960><c> saints</c><00:53:33.300><c> under</c><00:53:33.639><c> the</c><00:53:33.880><c> altar</c><00:53:34.059><c> describe</c><00:53:34.579><c> their</c><00:53:34.900><c> god</c><00:53:35.219><c> as</c>

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a<00:53:36.099><c> despot</c>

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Who<00:53:37.860><c> certainly</c><00:53:38.380><c> had</c><00:53:38.679><c> control</c><00:53:39.179><c> of</c><00:53:39.440><c> their</c><00:53:39.679><c> life</c><00:53:39.920><c> just</c><00:53:40.340><c> as</c><00:53:41.099><c> Diocletian</c><00:53:41.840><c> Jupiter</c><00:53:42.179><c> had</c>

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control<00:53:42.940><c> of</c><00:53:43.119><c> his</c><00:53:43.500><c> subjects</c><00:53:43.940><c> life</c>

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the<00:53:45.699><c> difference</c><00:53:46.119><c> was</c><00:53:46.539><c> though</c><00:53:46.820><c> that</c><00:53:47.440><c> their</c><00:53:47.780><c> despot</c><00:53:48.280><c> was</c><00:53:48.599><c> holy</c>

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and<00:53:49.460><c> true</c><00:53:49.800><c> and</c>

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There's<00:53:50.920><c> a</c><00:53:51.179><c> great</c><00:53:51.400><c> comparison</c><00:53:52.079><c> made</c><00:53:52.440><c> in</c><00:53:52.719><c> those</c><00:53:52.940><c> statements</c>

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between<00:53:54.179><c> the</c><00:53:54.619><c> despotism</c><00:53:55.179><c> of</c><00:53:55.400><c> heaven</c><00:53:55.960><c> and</c>

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the<00:53:57.179><c> despotism</c><00:53:57.900><c> of</c><00:53:58.159><c> Earth</c>

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Now,<00:53:59.400><c> please</c><00:53:59.739><c> don't</c><00:54:00.059><c> misunderstand</c><00:54:00.679><c> us</c><00:54:00.920><c> when</c><00:54:01.099><c> we</c><00:54:01.300><c> use</c><00:54:01.559><c> that</c>

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term<00:54:02.079><c> despot</c><00:54:02.579><c> of</c><00:54:02.719><c> God</c>

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Because<00:54:04.199><c> in</c><00:54:04.480><c> no</c><00:54:04.780><c> way</c><00:54:05.099><c> is</c><00:54:05.300><c> that</c><00:54:05.440><c> a</c><00:54:05.639><c> despotism</c><00:54:06.500><c> like</c><00:54:07.019><c> that</c><00:54:07.239><c> of</c><00:54:07.500><c> man</c>

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It<00:54:08.940><c> is</c><00:54:09.199><c> not</c><00:54:09.360><c> a</c><00:54:09.599><c> despotism</c><00:54:10.239><c> of</c><00:54:10.559><c> force</c>

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It<00:54:12.119><c> is</c><00:54:12.340><c> a</c><00:54:12.599><c> despotism</c><00:54:13.280><c> of</c><00:54:13.619><c> rulership</c><00:54:14.260><c> over</c><00:54:14.679><c> voluntary</c><00:54:15.260><c> people</c>

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People<00:54:17.420><c> under</c><00:54:17.760><c> Diocletian</c><00:54:18.500><c> Jupiter</c><00:54:18.900><c> and</c><00:54:19.239><c> Maximian</c><00:54:19.719><c> Hercules</c>

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were<00:54:21.039><c> almost</c><00:54:21.480><c> certainly</c>

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Unwilling<00:54:22.920><c> to</c><00:54:23.119><c> do</c><00:54:23.260><c> what</c><00:54:23.440><c> they</c><00:54:23.760><c> demanded</c><00:54:24.059><c> of</c><00:54:24.360><c> them</c><00:54:24.820><c> and</c><00:54:25.440><c> yet</c><00:54:25.539><c> it</c>

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was<00:54:25.940><c> still</c><00:54:26.440><c> a</c><00:54:27.079><c> maxim</c><00:54:27.340><c> of</c><00:54:27.619><c> his</c><00:54:27.920><c> rules</c>

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That<00:54:28.840><c> that's</c><00:54:29.260><c> the</c><00:54:29.360><c> way</c><00:54:29.579><c> in</c><00:54:29.699><c> which</c><00:54:29.860><c> they</c><00:54:30.039><c> had</c><00:54:30.239><c> to</c><00:54:30.380><c> be</c><00:54:30.639><c> approached</c>

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Now<00:54:34.099><c> Diocletian</c><00:54:34.739><c> Jupiter</c><00:54:35.119><c> for</c><00:54:35.579><c> the</c><00:54:35.800><c> first</c><00:54:36.159><c> 18</c><00:54:36.599><c> years</c><00:54:36.920><c> of</c><00:54:37.099><c> his</c><00:54:37.380><c> reign</c>

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Was<00:54:39.079><c> to</c><00:54:39.440><c> some</c><00:54:39.960><c> fair</c><00:54:40.219><c> degree</c><00:54:40.760><c> a</c><00:54:41.260><c> protector</c><00:54:41.599><c> of</c><00:54:41.840><c> the</c><00:54:42.000><c> Christians</c>

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But<00:54:44.000><c> his</c><00:54:44.320><c> son</c><00:54:44.539><c>-in</c><00:54:44.760><c>-law</c><00:54:44.860><c> Galerius</c><00:54:45.579><c> was</c><00:54:45.900><c> an</c><00:54:46.300><c> absolutely</c><00:54:46.940><c> implacable</c><00:54:47.679><c> hater</c>

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of<00:54:48.239><c> them</c>

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And<00:54:49.539><c> he</c><00:54:49.719><c> was</c><00:54:50.059><c> not</c><00:54:50.380><c> going</c><00:54:50.619><c> to</c><00:54:50.900><c> rest</c><00:54:51.139><c> until</c><00:54:51.460><c> he</c><00:54:51.679><c> had</c><00:54:51.960><c> absolutely</c>

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Exterminated<00:54:53.199><c> them</c><00:54:53.420><c> from</c><00:54:53.659><c> the</c><00:54:53.860><c> earth</c><00:54:54.119><c> and</c><00:54:54.619><c> even</c><00:54:54.940><c> till</c><00:54:55.119><c> the</c><00:54:55.400><c> name</c><00:54:55.579><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:54:56.179><c> he</c><00:54:56.480><c> said</c><00:54:56.860><c> would</c><00:54:57.360><c> be</c><00:54:57.719><c> completely</c><00:54:58.239><c> done</c><00:54:58.480><c> away</c><00:54:58.760><c> within</c>

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the<00:54:59.199><c> earth</c>

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He<00:55:00.880><c> was</c><00:55:01.099><c> a</c><00:55:01.300><c> man</c><00:55:01.440><c> of</c><00:55:01.719><c> absolute</c><00:55:02.219><c> fury</c><00:55:02.659><c> against</c><00:55:03.059><c> the</c><00:55:03.320><c> Christians</c>

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and<00:55:04.360><c> he</c><00:55:04.539><c> didn't</c><00:55:04.719><c> care</c><00:55:05.019><c> whether</c><00:55:05.219><c> they</c><00:55:05.380><c> were</c><00:55:05.559><c> fellow</c><00:55:05.940><c> servants</c>

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or<00:55:06.500><c> brethren</c>

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he<00:55:07.480><c> knew</c><00:55:07.679><c> not</c><00:55:07.920><c> the</c><00:55:08.179><c> distinction</c><00:55:08.539><c> that</c><00:55:08.820><c> Christ</c><00:55:09.119><c> knew</c><00:55:09.500><c> and</c>

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so

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He<00:55:12.440><c> comes</c><00:55:12.719><c> from</c><00:55:12.940><c> his</c><00:55:13.159><c> own</c><00:55:13.460><c> place</c><00:55:13.880><c> to</c><00:55:14.139><c> the</c><00:55:14.360><c> palace</c><00:55:14.760><c> of</c><00:55:15.079><c> Diocletian</c><00:55:15.840><c> in</c><00:55:16.139><c> Nicomedia</c>

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And<00:55:18.079><c> he</c><00:55:18.360><c> spends</c><00:55:18.519><c> a</c><00:55:18.739><c> whole</c><00:55:19.039><c> winter</c><00:55:19.320><c> there</c><00:55:19.800><c> because</c><00:55:20.639><c> he</c><00:55:20.980><c> knew</c>

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the<00:55:22.340><c> attitude</c><00:55:22.920><c> of</c><00:55:23.260><c> his</c><00:55:23.559><c> father</c><00:55:23.880><c>-in</c><00:55:24.139><c>-law</c><00:55:24.300><c> Diocletian</c><00:55:25.019><c> to</c><00:55:25.239><c> the</c>

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Christians<00:55:25.860><c> and</c>

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After<00:55:27.460><c> a</c><00:55:27.719><c> whole</c><00:55:28.019><c> winter</c><00:55:28.480><c> he</c><00:55:29.179><c> had</c><00:55:29.519><c> gradually</c><00:55:30.159><c> subverted</c><00:55:30.860><c> the</c>

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mind<00:55:31.380><c> of</c><00:55:31.659><c> Diocletian</c><00:55:32.619><c> to</c><00:55:33.119><c> issue</c>

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edicts<00:55:34.780><c> of</c><00:55:34.980><c> persecution</c><00:55:35.599><c> against</c><00:55:36.380><c> the</c><00:55:36.639><c> Christians</c><00:55:37.179><c> and</c>

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So<00:55:38.539><c> a</c><00:55:38.820><c> terrible</c><00:55:39.340><c> persecution</c><00:55:39.980><c> began</c><00:55:40.380><c> brothers</c><00:55:40.659><c> and</c><00:55:40.900><c> sisters</c>

00:55:41.199 --> 00:55:44.860
one<00:55:41.940><c> which</c><00:55:42.280><c> lasted</c><00:55:42.760><c> for</c><00:55:43.159><c> ten</c><00:55:43.539><c> whole</c><00:55:43.900><c> years</c>

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It's<00:55:45.960><c> unfortunate</c><00:55:46.400><c> that</c><00:55:46.639><c> we</c><00:55:46.880><c> have</c><00:55:47.079><c> not</c><00:55:47.280><c> got</c><00:55:47.440><c> the</c><00:55:47.679><c> time</c><00:55:48.059><c> to</c><00:55:48.400><c> go</c>

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through<00:55:48.900><c> the</c><00:55:49.260><c> historical</c><00:55:49.800><c> outworking</c><00:55:50.440><c> of</c><00:55:50.659><c> this</c><00:55:50.960><c> field</c>

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But<00:55:52.000><c> we</c><00:55:52.260><c> can</c><00:55:52.519><c> rest</c><00:55:52.800><c> assured</c><00:55:53.400><c> that</c>

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The<00:55:54.539><c> things</c><00:55:54.780><c> which</c><00:55:55.019><c> we</c><00:55:55.260><c> have</c><00:55:55.559><c> seen</c><00:55:55.840><c> outlined</c><00:55:56.460><c> in</c><00:55:56.739><c> the</c><00:55:56.980><c> symbol</c>

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of<00:55:57.480><c> this</c><00:55:57.719><c> field</c><00:55:58.059><c> found</c><00:55:58.900><c> very</c><00:55:59.420><c> appropriate</c><00:56:00.019><c> fulfillment</c><00:56:00.599><c> in</c>

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those<00:56:01.139><c> days</c>

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This<00:56:03.219><c> man</c><00:56:03.579><c> Galerius</c><00:56:04.320><c> was</c><00:56:04.639><c> an</c><00:56:04.960><c> implacable</c><00:56:05.440><c> hater</c><00:56:05.820><c> of</c><00:56:06.059><c> them</c>

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and<00:56:07.539><c> he</c><00:56:07.739><c> first</c><00:56:08.039><c> of</c><00:56:08.260><c> all</c>

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Got<00:56:09.840><c> his</c><00:56:10.179><c> father</c><00:56:10.480><c>-in</c><00:56:10.739><c>-law</c><00:56:10.980><c> to</c><00:56:11.559><c> make</c><00:56:11.880><c> an</c><00:56:12.260><c> edict</c><00:56:12.659><c> against</c><00:56:13.179><c> the</c><00:56:13.539><c> church</c><00:56:13.900><c> the</c><00:56:14.480><c> great</c><00:56:14.860><c> church</c><00:56:15.219><c> which</c><00:56:15.559><c> stood</c><00:56:15.760><c> on</c>

00:56:15.960 --> 00:56:17.320
the<00:56:16.199><c> Palatine</c><00:56:16.659><c> mount</c>

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in<00:56:18.039><c> sorry</c><00:56:18.239><c> in</c><00:56:18.440><c> one</c><00:56:18.539><c> of</c><00:56:18.679><c> the</c><00:56:18.820><c> mountains</c><00:56:19.179><c> in</c><00:56:19.440><c> Nicomedia</c><00:56:19.980><c> and</c>

00:56:20.840 --> 00:56:24.539
they<00:56:21.380><c> made</c><00:56:21.679><c> a</c><00:56:21.940><c> secret</c><00:56:22.320><c> edict</c><00:56:22.920><c> among</c><00:56:23.460><c> the</c><00:56:23.739><c> ministers</c><00:56:24.139><c> of</c><00:56:24.340><c> the</c>

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palace<00:56:24.940><c> and</c>

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So<00:56:26.420><c> early</c><00:56:26.679><c> one</c><00:56:26.980><c> morning</c><00:56:27.440><c> on</c><00:56:28.360><c> about</c><00:56:28.619><c> the</c><00:56:28.860><c> 22nd</c><00:56:29.480><c> of</c><00:56:29.639><c> February</c><00:56:30.099><c> in</c>

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303<00:56:31.519><c> AD</c>

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They<00:56:33.400><c> went</c><00:56:33.599><c> out</c><00:56:33.820><c> and</c><00:56:33.980><c> they</c><00:56:34.260><c> smashed</c><00:56:34.619><c> in</c><00:56:34.820><c> the</c><00:56:34.960><c> doors</c><00:56:35.159><c> of</c><00:56:35.360><c> this</c>

00:56:35.559 --> 00:56:40.320
great<00:56:35.860><c> Cathedral</c><00:56:36.400><c> in</c><00:56:37.219><c> which</c><00:56:37.420><c> the</c><00:56:37.659><c> Christians</c><00:56:38.019><c> met</c><00:56:38.280><c> for</c><00:56:38.579><c> religious</c><00:56:38.940><c> purposes</c><00:56:39.539><c> and</c>

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Then<00:56:40.699><c> they</c><00:56:40.960><c> went</c><00:56:41.119><c> inside</c><00:56:41.579><c> and</c><00:56:41.760><c> they</c><00:56:41.980><c> found</c><00:56:42.199><c> all</c><00:56:42.559><c> the</c><00:56:42.739><c> holy</c><00:56:42.980><c> books</c><00:56:43.300><c> the</c>

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scriptures<00:56:43.880><c> included</c><00:56:44.460><c> and</c><00:56:44.940><c> they</c><00:56:45.139><c> committed</c><00:56:45.539><c> to</c><00:56:45.719><c> them</c>

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Them<00:56:46.320><c> to</c><00:56:46.519><c> the</c><00:56:46.780><c> flames</c><00:56:47.019><c> on</c><00:56:47.199><c> the</c><00:56:47.420><c> altar</c><00:56:47.659><c> of</c><00:56:47.920><c> that</c><00:56:48.179><c> church</c>

00:56:50.579 --> 00:56:55.019
Then<00:56:51.280><c> they</c><00:56:51.980><c> went</c><00:56:52.159><c> outside</c><00:56:52.820><c> and</c><00:56:53.780><c> they</c><00:56:54.099><c> started</c><00:56:54.360><c> to</c><00:56:54.559><c> go</c><00:56:54.679><c> to</c><00:56:54.840><c> work</c>

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with<00:56:55.320><c> hammers</c><00:56:55.659><c> and</c><00:56:55.800><c> everything</c><00:56:56.059><c> they</c><00:56:56.260><c> could</c><00:56:56.519><c> find</c><00:56:56.780><c> and</c><00:56:56.940><c> they</c>

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demolished<00:56:57.739><c> the</c><00:56:57.940><c> building</c>

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in<00:56:58.360><c> a</c><00:56:58.460><c> few</c><00:56:58.679><c> hours</c>

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The<00:57:01.280><c> next</c><00:57:01.739><c> day</c>

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Diocletian<00:57:04.880><c> issued</c><00:57:05.400><c> an</c><00:57:05.760><c> edict</c><00:57:06.099><c> of</c><00:57:06.719><c> general</c><00:57:07.199><c> persecution.</c><00:57:08.139><c> It</c>

00:57:08.840 --> 00:57:11.090
was<00:57:09.019><c> on</c><00:57:09.260><c> the</c><00:57:09.440><c> 23rd</c><00:57:10.059><c> of</c><00:57:10.199><c> February</c><00:57:10.739><c> in</c>

00:57:11.500 --> 00:57:13.900
303<00:57:12.219><c> AD</c><00:57:12.639><c> and</c>

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This<00:57:14.139><c> particular</c><00:57:14.739><c> day</c><00:57:15.239><c> is</c><00:57:15.940><c> known</c><00:57:16.420><c> as</c><00:57:16.659><c> the</c><00:57:17.000><c> feast</c><00:57:17.440><c> of</c>

00:57:18.039 --> 00:57:19.360
Terminalia

00:57:20.760 --> 00:57:25.780
Their<00:57:21.400><c> desire</c><00:57:21.980><c> was</c><00:57:22.400><c> to</c><00:57:22.699><c> absolutely</c><00:57:23.500><c> terminate</c><00:57:24.079><c> and</c><00:57:24.260><c> exterminate</c><00:57:25.000><c> the</c><00:57:25.179><c> Christians</c><00:57:25.559><c> from</c>

00:57:25.780 --> 00:57:28.440
the<00:57:25.960><c> world</c><00:57:26.179><c> and</c><00:57:26.320><c> they</c><00:57:26.639><c> called</c><00:57:26.900><c> that</c><00:57:27.219><c> day</c><00:57:27.500><c> the</c><00:57:27.780><c> feast</c><00:57:28.079><c> of</c>

00:57:28.440 --> 00:57:31.000
Terminalia<00:57:29.039><c> in</c><00:57:29.539><c> remembrance</c><00:57:29.940><c> of</c><00:57:30.179><c> it</c>

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But<00:57:31.760><c> of</c><00:57:32.000><c> course,</c><00:57:32.179><c> we</c><00:57:32.400><c> know</c><00:57:32.880><c> that</c><00:57:33.260><c> in</c><00:57:33.420><c> the</c><00:57:33.579><c> end</c><00:57:33.719><c> they</c><00:57:33.980><c> failed</c><00:57:34.340><c> anyway</c>

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The<00:57:36.719><c> thing</c><00:57:36.940><c> which</c><00:57:37.320><c> really</c><00:57:37.780><c> set</c><00:57:38.099><c> Diocletian's</c><00:57:39.260><c> mind</c>

00:57:39.599 --> 00:57:44.599
Against<00:57:40.380><c> the</c><00:57:40.639><c> Christians</c><00:57:41.139><c> was</c><00:57:41.900><c> one</c><00:57:42.280><c> particular</c><00:57:42.860><c> incident</c><00:57:43.239><c> because</c><00:57:43.960><c> he</c>

00:57:44.599 --> 00:57:47.900
stuck<00:57:44.800><c> up</c><00:57:45.079><c> this</c><00:57:45.360><c> edict</c><00:57:45.619><c> outside</c><00:57:46.159><c> on</c><00:57:46.420><c> one</c><00:57:46.539><c> of</c><00:57:46.619><c> the</c><00:57:46.860><c> palace</c><00:57:47.039><c> walls</c><00:57:47.579><c> and</c>

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A<00:57:48.820><c> man</c><00:57:49.159><c> who</c><00:57:49.340><c> was</c><00:57:49.639><c> obviously</c><00:57:50.260><c> one</c><00:57:50.500><c> of</c><00:57:50.639><c> the</c><00:57:50.820><c> fellow</c><00:57:51.179><c> servants</c><00:57:51.539><c> saw</c><00:57:51.960><c> this</c><00:57:52.300><c> edict</c><00:57:52.679><c> and</c><00:57:53.300><c> he</c>

00:57:53.480 --> 00:57:57.059
ripped<00:57:53.639><c> it</c><00:57:53.880><c> down</c><00:57:54.320><c> and</c><00:57:54.820><c> everybody</c><00:57:55.159><c> knew</c><00:57:55.980><c> and</c>

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So<00:57:57.360><c> Diocletian</c><00:57:58.079><c> commanded</c><00:57:58.639><c> that</c><00:57:58.860><c> this</c><00:57:59.179><c> man</c><00:57:59.360><c> should</c><00:57:59.539><c> be</c>

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especially<00:58:00.300><c> treated</c>

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and<00:58:02.019><c> he</c><00:58:02.199><c> roasted</c><00:58:02.519><c> him</c><00:58:02.760><c> over</c><00:58:03.019><c> a</c><00:58:03.280><c> slow</c><00:58:03.480><c> fire</c><00:58:04.019><c> and</c>

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All<00:58:05.639><c> the</c><00:58:05.880><c> time</c><00:58:06.099><c> the</c><00:58:06.460><c> historians</c><00:58:06.840><c> record</c><00:58:07.380><c> this</c><00:58:07.780><c> man</c><00:58:08.460><c> retained</c>

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a<00:58:10.059><c> very</c><00:58:10.480><c> steady</c><00:58:11.000><c> and</c><00:58:11.460><c> yet</c>

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Sullen<00:58:14.619><c> grins</c><00:58:15.219><c> and</c><00:58:16.280><c> he</c><00:58:16.420><c> was</c><00:58:16.679><c> just</c><00:58:17.039><c> grinning</c><00:58:17.280><c> like</c><00:58:17.619><c> this</c><00:58:17.820><c> at</c>

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Diocletian<00:58:18.820><c> and</c>

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From<00:58:20.679><c> that</c><00:58:20.960><c> moment</c><00:58:21.280><c> on</c><00:58:21.519><c> it</c><00:58:21.639><c> is</c><00:58:21.880><c> recorded</c><00:58:22.320><c> by</c><00:58:22.599><c> the</c><00:58:22.920><c> historians</c>

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that<00:58:23.639><c> Diocletian's</c><00:58:24.820><c> heart</c><00:58:25.000><c> was</c><00:58:25.519><c> filled</c><00:58:25.739><c> with</c><00:58:25.940><c> an</c><00:58:26.239><c> absolute</c>

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hatred<00:58:27.000><c> for</c><00:58:27.199><c> the</c><00:58:27.340><c> Christians</c>

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because<00:58:28.860><c> he</c><00:58:29.079><c> could</c><00:58:29.340><c> see</c><00:58:29.860><c> that</c><00:58:30.199><c> the</c><00:58:30.460><c> method</c><00:58:30.719><c> of</c><00:58:30.940><c> his</c><00:58:31.159><c> hand</c><00:58:31.340><c> wasn't</c><00:58:31.599><c> going</c><00:58:31.780><c> to</c>

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work<00:58:32.340><c> and</c>

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So<00:58:33.760><c> there</c><00:58:33.980><c> began</c><00:58:34.480><c> on</c><00:58:35.159><c> that</c><00:58:35.460><c> day</c><00:58:35.719><c> of</c><00:58:36.119><c> Terminalia</c><00:58:36.619><c> the</c><00:58:36.840><c> feast</c><00:58:37.119><c> of</c>

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Terminalia<00:58:38.239><c> a</c><00:58:38.800><c> great</c><00:58:39.079><c> war</c><00:58:39.420><c> a</c><00:58:40.139><c> great</c><00:58:40.380><c> persecution</c>

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Against<00:58:41.360><c> the</c><00:58:41.639><c> Christians</c><00:58:42.119><c> which</c><00:58:42.900><c> of</c><00:58:43.179><c> course</c><00:58:43.400><c> brother</c><00:58:43.619><c> and</c><00:58:43.840><c> sisters</c><00:58:44.260><c> did</c><00:58:44.840><c> not</c><00:58:45.099><c> finish</c><00:58:45.360><c> with</c><00:58:45.579><c> the</c><00:58:45.880><c> extermination</c><00:58:46.500><c> of</c><00:58:46.699><c> them</c>

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It<00:58:47.719><c> was</c><00:58:48.039><c> only</c><00:58:48.400><c> concluded</c><00:58:49.139><c> when</c><00:58:49.739><c> the</c><00:58:50.099><c> great</c>

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Champion<00:58:52.579><c> of</c><00:58:53.179><c> Christianity</c><00:58:53.760><c> rises</c><00:58:54.260><c> up</c><00:58:54.659><c> and</c><00:58:55.079><c> that</c><00:58:55.219><c> of</c><00:58:55.460><c> course</c>

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will<00:58:55.860><c> be</c><00:58:56.239><c> the</c><00:58:56.539><c> message</c><00:58:56.760><c> of</c><00:58:56.960><c> our</c><00:58:57.139><c> next</c><00:58:57.440><c> seal</c>

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But<00:58:58.460><c> we</c><00:58:58.679><c> want</c><00:58:58.820><c> us</c><00:58:59.059><c> all</c><00:58:59.179><c> to</c><00:58:59.400><c> remember</c><00:58:59.699><c> brother</c><00:58:59.960><c> and</c><00:59:00.199><c> sisters</c>

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The<00:59:02.119><c> particular</c><00:59:02.719><c> conditions</c><00:59:03.239><c> in</c><00:59:03.480><c> which</c><00:59:03.659><c> our</c><00:59:03.920><c> brethren</c><00:59:04.199><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:59:04.739><c> have</c><00:59:05.059><c> labored</c><00:59:05.400><c> in</c><00:59:05.659><c> days</c><00:59:05.880><c> gone</c><00:59:06.199><c> by</c>

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Remember<00:59:07.880><c> the</c><00:59:08.079><c> beautiful</c><00:59:08.539><c> way</c><00:59:08.860><c> in</c><00:59:08.980><c> which</c><00:59:09.159><c> they</c><00:59:09.400><c> are</c><00:59:09.639><c> described</c><00:59:10.119><c> as</c><00:59:10.739><c> dying</c>

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for<00:59:11.440><c> Christ</c><00:59:12.019><c> and</c>

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That<00:59:13.780><c> doesn't</c><00:59:14.079><c> mean</c><00:59:14.239><c> to</c><00:59:14.500><c> say</c><00:59:14.639><c> that</c><00:59:14.880><c> we</c><00:59:15.199><c> have</c><00:59:15.440><c> to</c><00:59:15.719><c> die</c><00:59:16.280><c> literally</c><00:59:16.820><c> by</c><00:59:17.099><c> the</c>

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pouring<00:59:17.539><c> out</c><00:59:17.780><c> of</c><00:59:17.920><c> our</c><00:59:18.099><c> blood</c><00:59:18.340><c> in</c><00:59:18.659><c> persecution</c>

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We<00:59:20.480><c> have</c><00:59:20.780><c> not</c><00:59:21.039><c> resisted</c><00:59:21.579><c> under</c><00:59:21.880><c> blood</c><00:59:22.139><c> in</c><00:59:22.360><c> our</c><00:59:22.599><c> strife</c><00:59:22.940><c> against</c><00:59:23.239><c> sin</c>

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but<00:59:24.880><c> it</c><00:59:25.059><c> is</c><00:59:25.360><c> absolutely</c><00:59:25.960><c> encumbered</c><00:59:26.619><c> upon</c><00:59:26.820><c> us</c><00:59:27.519><c> to</c><00:59:27.920><c> die</c><00:59:28.420><c> daily</c><00:59:29.039><c> and</c>

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So<00:59:30.760><c> we</c><00:59:30.960><c> want</c><00:59:31.099><c> to</c><00:59:31.320><c> learn</c><00:59:31.539><c> how</c><00:59:31.739><c> to</c><00:59:32.039><c> crucify</c><00:59:32.639><c> the</c><00:59:32.900><c> flesh</c><00:59:33.280><c> with</c><00:59:33.820><c> its</c>

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afflictions<00:59:34.619><c> and</c><00:59:34.860><c> lusts</c>

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So<00:59:36.139><c> that</c><00:59:36.440><c> in</c><00:59:36.719><c> due</c><00:59:36.880><c> time</c><00:59:37.420><c> we</c><00:59:37.900><c> might</c><00:59:38.159><c> also</c><00:59:38.619><c> be</c><00:59:38.940><c> seen</c><00:59:39.280><c> to</c><00:59:39.780><c> be</c><00:59:40.059><c> closed</c><00:59:40.380><c> with</c>

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white<00:59:40.980><c> road</c>