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be<00:13:42.950><c> patient</c><00:13:43.590><c> and</c><00:13:44.389><c> wait.</c><00:13:45.929><c> We</c><00:13:46.029><c> have</c><00:13:46.210><c> to</c><00:13:46.389><c> rest</c><00:13:46.710><c> on</c><00:13:46.889><c> the</c><00:13:47.090><c> Lord.</c>

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who<00:13:55.149><c> is</c><00:13:55.450><c> lifted</c><00:13:55.789><c> up</c>

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we<00:14:11.750><c> have</c><00:14:12.889><c> a</c><00:14:13.870><c> different</c><00:14:14.129><c> section</c><00:14:14.610><c> in</c><00:14:15.090><c> tone</c><00:14:15.409><c> and</c><00:14:15.769><c> content.</c><00:14:17.509><c> It</c><00:14:17.929><c> describes</c><00:14:18.529><c> a</c>

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person,<00:14:21.370><c> a</c><00:14:21.549><c> man</c><00:14:21.889><c> of</c><00:14:22.289><c> sin,</c><00:14:23.330><c> a</c><00:14:23.450><c> man</c><00:14:23.769><c> of</c>

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large<00:14:24.710><c> ambition</c><00:14:25.350><c> and</c><00:14:26.389><c> large</c><00:14:26.850><c> appetite,</c><00:14:27.610><c> insatiable</c><00:14:28.269><c> indeed</c>

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in<00:14:29.389><c> his</c><00:14:29.690><c> appetite,</c><00:14:31.289><c> who</c><00:14:31.450><c> is</c><00:14:32.350><c> coveting</c><00:14:33.330><c> and</c><00:14:33.730><c> acquiring</c>

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and<00:14:35.169><c> building</c><00:14:35.789><c> and</c><00:14:36.669><c> partying</c><00:14:38.169><c> and</c><00:14:39.769><c> worshipping</c><00:14:40.730><c> his</c><00:14:41.169><c> false</c><00:14:41.490><c> gods,</c><00:14:43.570><c> but</c><00:14:43.830><c> who</c><00:14:44.429><c> in</c><00:14:44.990><c> every</c><00:14:45.289><c> aspect</c><00:14:45.909><c> of</c><00:14:46.350><c> chapter</c><00:14:46.649><c> 2</c>

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is<00:14:47.850><c> brought</c><00:14:48.309><c> down.</c><00:14:49.590><c> So</c><00:14:49.750><c> you</c><00:14:49.970><c> see</c><00:14:50.950><c> what</c><00:14:51.929><c> that</c><00:14:52.490><c> section's</c><00:14:53.009><c> about</c>

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in<00:14:53.429><c> verse</c><00:14:53.710><c> 5.</c>

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Yea<00:14:57.009><c> also</c><00:14:57.429><c> because</c><00:14:57.750><c> he</c><00:14:58.110><c> transgresseth</c><00:14:58.909><c> by</c><00:14:59.350><c> wine</c><00:14:59.649><c> he</c><00:14:59.809><c> is</c><00:14:59.950><c> a</c><00:15:00.230><c> proud</c><00:15:00.549><c> man.</c><00:15:01.809><c> So</c>

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spoken<00:15:06.330><c> against</c><00:15:06.750><c> him</c><00:15:06.970><c> in</c><00:15:07.129><c> verse</c><00:15:07.370><c> 6.</c><00:15:08.289><c> Shall</c><00:15:08.529><c> not</c><00:15:08.850><c> all</c><00:15:09.269><c> these,</c>

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that<00:15:09.909><c> is</c><00:15:10.090><c> all</c><00:15:10.370><c> the</c><00:15:10.590><c> nations</c><00:15:11.129><c> that</c><00:15:11.470><c> he</c><00:15:11.669><c> has</c><00:15:12.129><c> hoovered</c><00:15:12.610><c> up</c><00:15:12.830><c> in</c>

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his<00:15:13.110><c> ambitious</c><00:15:14.250><c> quest</c><00:15:15.309><c> for</c><00:15:15.850><c> territory</c><00:15:16.330><c> and</c><00:15:16.649><c> power,</c><00:15:17.769><c> shall</c><00:15:17.950><c> not</c><00:15:18.149><c> all</c><00:15:18.350><c> these</c><00:15:18.529><c> take</c><00:15:18.889><c> up</c>

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a<00:15:19.370><c> parable</c><00:15:19.669><c> against</c><00:15:20.230><c> him</c>

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and<00:15:21.090><c> a</c><00:15:21.330><c> taunting</c><00:15:21.789><c> proverb</c><00:15:22.470><c> and</c><00:15:23.049><c> say</c><00:15:23.250><c> against</c><00:15:23.690><c> him.</c><00:15:24.330><c> That's</c>

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there<00:15:27.289><c> are</c><00:15:27.590><c> five</c><00:15:28.629><c> woes</c><00:15:29.350><c> in</c><00:15:29.629><c> this</c><00:15:29.950><c> chapter.</c><00:15:32.509><c> Verse</c><00:15:32.970><c> 6,</c><00:15:34.789><c> woe</c><00:15:34.970><c> to</c>

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him<00:15:35.250><c> that</c><00:15:35.610><c> increaseth</c><00:15:36.289><c> that</c><00:15:36.830><c> which</c><00:15:37.029><c> is</c><00:15:37.269><c> not</c><00:15:37.730><c> his.</c>

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Verse<00:15:38.169><c> 9,</c><00:15:40.210><c> woe</c><00:15:40.629><c> to</c><00:15:40.690><c> him</c><00:15:40.909><c> that</c><00:15:41.230><c> coveteth</c><00:15:42.269><c> an</c><00:15:42.629><c> evil</c><00:15:43.009><c> covetousness.</c><00:15:44.850><c> Verse</c><00:15:45.149><c> 12,</c>

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woe<00:15:46.690><c> to</c><00:15:46.850><c> him</c><00:15:47.110><c> that</c><00:15:47.470><c> buildeth</c>

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a<00:15:48.629><c> city</c><00:15:48.889><c> with</c><00:15:49.210><c> blood.</c><00:15:50.730><c> Verse</c><00:15:51.070><c> 15,</c><00:15:52.909><c> woe</c><00:15:53.049><c> unto</c><00:15:53.190><c> him</c><00:15:53.370><c> that</c><00:15:53.649><c> giveth</c>

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his<00:15:54.070><c> neighbor</c><00:15:54.330><c> drink</c><00:15:54.730><c> and</c><00:15:54.990><c> so</c><00:15:55.149><c> on.</c>

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Verse<00:16:07.710><c> 20,</c><00:16:08.269><c> at</c><00:16:08.429><c> the</c><00:16:08.610><c> end</c><00:16:09.690><c> of</c><00:16:10.330><c> the</c><00:16:10.570><c> proverb</c><00:16:10.929><c> against</c><00:16:11.710><c> this</c><00:16:12.570><c> proud</c><00:16:13.049><c> and</c>

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arrogant<00:16:14.269><c> one,</c><00:16:15.990><c> we</c><00:16:16.169><c> have</c><00:16:16.450><c> a</c><00:16:16.690><c> dramatic</c>

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contrast.<00:16:19.490><c> It's</c><00:16:19.690><c> almost</c><00:16:19.950><c> as</c><00:16:20.289><c> if</c><00:16:20.809><c> Habakkuk's</c><00:16:21.590><c> told</c><00:16:21.750><c> enough</c><00:16:22.149><c> of</c>

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this.<00:16:23.210><c> We've</c><00:16:23.490><c> heard</c><00:16:23.610><c> enough</c><00:16:23.929><c> of</c><00:16:24.169><c> Babylon.</c>

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silence<00:16:30.450><c> before</c><00:16:30.870><c> him.</c><00:16:32.210><c> And</c><00:16:32.509><c> that</c><00:16:32.690><c> is</c>

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complete.<00:16:42.649><c> Verse</c><00:16:42.970><c> one,</c><00:16:43.470><c> a</c><00:16:43.529><c> prayer</c><00:16:43.970><c> of</c><00:16:44.289><c> Habakkuk,</c><00:16:44.769><c> the</c><00:16:45.049><c> prophet,</c><00:16:46.169><c> upon</c>

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Shigeonoth.<00:16:48.169><c> And</c><00:16:48.370><c> it</c><00:16:48.570><c> concludes</c><00:16:48.929><c> in</c>

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or<00:17:02.389><c> disagree.</c><00:17:04.309><c> But</c><00:17:04.509><c> the</c><00:17:04.690><c> first</c><00:17:05.109><c> part,</c><00:17:05.630><c> I</c><00:17:05.650><c> think,</c><00:17:05.849><c> is</c><00:17:06.009><c> quite</c><00:17:06.289><c> dramatic.</c><00:17:08.210><c> And</c><00:17:08.390><c> that</c><00:17:08.569><c> is</c>

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one<00:17:10.970><c> called,</c><00:17:11.490><c> in</c><00:17:11.730><c> verse</c><00:17:12.029><c> three,</c><00:17:13.369><c> Eloah,</c><00:17:15.089><c> the</c><00:17:15.349><c> mighty</c><00:17:15.750><c> one,</c><00:17:17.509><c> a</c>

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title<00:17:18.029><c> of</c><00:17:18.430><c> God</c><00:17:18.829><c> in</c><00:17:19.190><c> the</c><00:17:19.410><c> singular.</c>

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Eloah<00:17:22.470><c> shall</c><00:17:22.910><c> come</c><00:17:23.390><c> in</c><00:17:24.150><c> from</c><00:17:24.490><c> the</c><00:17:24.769><c> south.</c><00:17:26.869><c> And</c><00:17:27.690><c> the</c><00:17:28.150><c> next</c><00:17:28.430><c> verse</c><00:17:28.650><c> is</c><00:17:28.890><c> going</c><00:17:29.009><c> to</c><00:17:29.269><c> describe</c><00:17:29.869><c> the</c><00:17:30.630><c> march</c><00:17:31.289><c> of</c><00:17:31.869><c> a</c><00:17:31.990><c> mighty</c>

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power,<00:17:32.809><c> the</c><00:17:32.970><c> power</c><00:17:33.349><c> of</c><00:17:33.650><c> God,</c><00:17:34.609><c> coming</c><00:17:34.990><c> through</c><00:17:35.690><c> the</c><00:17:35.930><c> wilderness</c><00:17:36.450><c> with</c><00:17:37.569><c> earthquake</c><00:17:38.230><c> and</c>

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storm<00:17:39.869><c> and</c><00:17:41.230><c> drama,</c>

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that's<00:18:07.089><c> got</c><00:18:07.230><c> to</c><00:18:07.390><c> be</c><00:18:07.609><c> brought</c><00:18:07.849><c> low,</c><00:18:08.970><c> Babylon.</c><00:18:10.990><c> And</c><00:18:11.150><c> the</c><00:18:11.589><c> way</c><00:18:11.809><c> in</c>

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which<00:18:12.069><c> it's</c><00:18:12.309><c> going</c><00:18:12.450><c> to</c><00:18:12.589><c> be</c><00:18:12.809><c> done</c>

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is<00:18:14.069><c> through</c><00:18:14.250><c> the</c><00:18:14.569><c> power</c><00:18:14.829><c> revealed</c><00:18:15.269><c> to</c><00:18:15.509><c> us</c><00:18:16.029><c> in</c><00:18:16.289><c> chapter</c><00:18:16.690><c> three.</c>

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Verse<00:18:18.250><c> 13</c><00:18:18.650><c> says,</c>

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thou<00:18:19.750><c> wentest</c><00:18:20.410><c> forth</c><00:18:20.809><c> for</c><00:18:21.069><c> the</c><00:18:21.349><c> salvation</c><00:18:21.970><c> of</c><00:18:22.210><c> thy</c><00:18:22.369><c> people,</c>

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even<00:18:24.390><c> for</c><00:18:24.890><c> the</c><00:18:25.069><c> salvation</c><00:18:25.970><c> of</c><00:18:26.769><c> thine</c><00:18:27.289><c> anointed.</c>

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But<00:18:31.390><c> when</c><00:18:31.549><c> we</c><00:18:31.789><c> come</c><00:18:32.049><c> to</c><00:18:32.250><c> verse</c><00:18:32.470><c> 16,</c><00:18:33.490><c> the</c><00:18:33.630><c> tone</c><00:18:34.009><c> changes</c><00:18:34.549><c> again.</c>

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Now<00:18:38.890><c> it's</c><00:18:39.450><c> the</c><00:18:39.609><c> voice</c><00:18:39.890><c> of</c><00:18:40.130><c> Habakkuk</c><00:18:40.509><c> again.</c><00:18:42.450><c> When</c><00:18:42.769><c> I</c><00:18:43.089><c> heard,</c>

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my<00:18:44.890><c> belly</c><00:18:45.190><c> trembled,</c>

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my<00:18:47.009><c> lips</c><00:18:47.309><c> quivered</c><00:18:47.789><c> at</c><00:18:47.930><c> the</c><00:18:48.089><c> voice,</c><00:18:49.430><c> rottenness</c><00:18:50.009><c> entered</c><00:18:50.289><c> into</c><00:18:50.609><c> my</c>

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bones,<00:18:52.049><c> and</c><00:18:52.170><c> I</c><00:18:52.450><c> trembled</c><00:18:52.789><c> in</c><00:18:53.049><c> myself</c>

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that<00:18:54.450><c> I</c><00:18:54.609><c> might</c><00:18:54.849><c> rest</c><00:18:55.309><c> in</c><00:18:55.490><c> the</c><00:18:55.630><c> day</c><00:18:55.730><c> of</c><00:18:56.009><c> trouble.</c>

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Habakkuk,<00:18:59.730><c> the</c><00:18:59.849><c> one</c><00:18:59.990><c> who</c><00:19:00.089><c> had</c><00:19:00.329><c> asked</c><00:19:00.710><c> when</c><00:19:01.309><c> will</c><00:19:01.589><c> God</c><00:19:01.849><c> intervene,</c><00:19:04.490><c> is</c><00:19:04.670><c> now</c>

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trembling<00:19:06.289><c> at</c><00:19:06.829><c> the</c><00:19:07.069><c> prospect</c><00:19:07.529><c> of</c>

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God's<00:19:08.150><c> intervention.</c><00:19:11.170><c> When</c><00:19:11.369><c> God</c><00:19:11.650><c> reveals</c><00:19:12.150><c> to</c><00:19:12.470><c> him</c><00:19:12.809><c> what</c><00:19:13.170><c> that</c>

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intervention<00:19:14.069><c> means,</c><00:19:16.369><c> Habakkuk</c><00:19:16.829><c> immediately</c><00:19:17.589><c> is</c>

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concerned<00:19:18.869><c> that</c><00:19:19.130><c> he</c><00:19:19.329><c> might</c><00:19:19.670><c> find</c><00:19:21.130><c> mercy</c><00:19:21.869><c> at</c><00:19:23.609><c> this</c><00:19:23.890><c> time.</c><00:19:25.849><c> In</c>

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wrath,<00:19:27.490><c> remember</c><00:19:28.029><c> mercy.</c>

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So<00:19:32.710><c> verse</c><00:19:32.910><c> 16</c><00:19:33.509><c> to</c><00:19:33.930><c> 19</c><00:19:34.609><c> is</c><00:19:35.130><c> a</c><00:19:35.309><c> different</c><00:19:35.589><c> Habakkuk.</c><00:19:37.589><c> This</c><00:19:37.869><c> is</c><00:19:38.049><c> no</c>

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longer<00:19:38.529><c> the</c><00:19:38.849><c> questioning,</c><00:19:39.809><c> challenging</c><00:19:40.509><c> voice.</c>

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This<00:19:42.430><c> is</c><00:19:42.730><c> the</c><00:19:42.970><c> patient</c><00:19:43.869><c> continuance</c><00:19:45.130><c> in</c><00:19:45.549><c> well</c><00:19:45.829><c>-doing.</c><00:19:46.890><c> This</c>

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is<00:19:47.349><c> the</c><00:19:47.890><c> voice</c><00:19:48.150><c> of</c><00:19:48.569><c> acceptance</c><00:19:49.089><c> in</c><00:19:49.549><c> faith</c>

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of<00:19:51.390><c> the</c><00:19:51.589><c> way</c><00:19:51.809><c> God</c><00:19:52.170><c> has</c><00:19:53.450><c> decided</c><00:19:54.109><c> to</c><00:19:55.089><c> unfold</c><00:19:55.509><c> his</c><00:19:55.789><c> purpose.</c>

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So<00:19:58.849><c> even</c><00:19:58.970><c> though</c><00:19:59.109><c> chapter</c><00:19:59.430><c> three</c><00:19:59.869><c> is</c><00:20:00.710><c> a</c><00:20:00.990><c> psalm,</c><00:20:01.650><c> you</c><00:20:01.750><c> can</c><00:20:02.009><c> see,</c>

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I<00:20:02.349><c> hope,</c><00:20:03.049><c> that</c><00:20:03.289><c> there</c><00:20:03.549><c> are</c><00:20:03.589><c> two</c><00:20:03.890><c> separate</c><00:20:04.269><c> parts</c>

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to<00:20:04.809><c> this.</c><00:20:05.329><c> One</c><00:20:05.329><c> is</c><00:20:06.950><c> the</c><00:20:07.470><c> drama</c><00:20:07.950><c> of</c><00:20:08.529><c> the</c><00:20:09.250><c> invading</c><00:20:09.809><c> force</c><00:20:10.710><c> led</c>

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by<00:20:12.130><c> one</c><00:20:12.369><c> called</c><00:20:12.849><c> Eloah,</c><00:20:14.470><c> and</c><00:20:14.609><c> the</c><00:20:14.849><c> second</c><00:20:15.309><c> is</c><00:20:15.670><c> the</c>

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reaction<00:20:16.549><c> of</c><00:20:17.269><c> a</c><00:20:17.509><c> faithful</c><00:20:18.009><c> brother</c><00:20:18.730><c> to</c><00:20:19.809><c> the</c><00:20:20.069><c> vision</c><00:20:20.509><c> that</c><00:20:21.069><c> has</c>

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been<00:20:21.569><c> written</c><00:20:21.930><c> large</c><00:20:22.509><c> now</c><00:20:23.289><c> before</c><00:20:23.809><c> his</c><00:20:24.450><c> face.</c>

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When<00:20:26.990><c> you</c><00:20:27.450><c> look</c><00:20:27.710><c> at</c><00:20:27.970><c> those</c><00:20:28.289><c> seven,</c><00:20:28.710><c> I</c><00:20:28.890><c> just</c><00:20:29.829><c> have</c><00:20:30.809><c> lettered</c><00:20:31.230><c> them</c><00:20:31.470><c> A,</c>

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B,<00:20:31.849><c> C,</c><00:20:32.289><c> D,</c><00:20:32.730><c> C,</c><00:20:33.049><c> B,</c><00:20:33.289><c> A,</c><00:20:34.029><c> you'll</c><00:20:34.250><c> get</c><00:20:34.390><c> the</c><00:20:34.750><c> idea</c><00:20:35.089><c> of</c><00:20:35.369><c> what</c><00:20:35.650><c> this</c>

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chaotic<00:20:36.250><c> structure</c><00:20:36.750><c> is.</c><00:20:37.529><c> If</c><00:20:37.710><c> I</c><00:20:38.089><c> set</c><00:20:38.250><c> it</c><00:20:38.430><c> up</c><00:20:38.549><c> like</c><00:20:38.849><c> this,</c><00:20:39.970><c> I</c><00:20:40.089><c> hope</c><00:20:40.589><c> you'll</c><00:20:41.490><c> see</c>

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the<00:20:42.410><c> value</c><00:20:42.829><c> of</c><00:20:43.470><c> such</c><00:20:44.130><c> a</c><00:20:44.809><c> structural</c><00:20:45.230><c> analysis.</c>

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What<00:20:49.950><c> a</c><00:20:50.549><c> chaotic</c><00:20:51.210><c> structure</c><00:20:52.549><c> is</c><00:20:52.710><c> something</c><00:20:52.809><c> that's</c><00:20:53.029><c> called</c><00:20:53.230><c> inverse</c><00:20:54.309><c> parallelism.</c><00:20:56.029><c> In</c><00:20:56.150><c> other</c><00:20:56.250><c> words,</c><00:20:56.549><c> the</c><00:20:56.650><c> argument</c><00:20:57.089><c> proceeds</c><00:20:57.710><c> to</c><00:20:58.049><c> a</c>

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center<00:20:58.470><c> point</c>

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and<00:20:59.769><c> then</c><00:21:00.049><c> reverses</c><00:21:00.829><c> its</c><00:21:01.130><c> step</c><00:21:01.609><c> to</c><00:21:02.630><c> the</c><00:21:02.890><c> beginning</c><00:21:03.250><c> where</c><00:21:03.809><c> you</c>

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started.<00:21:05.069><c> Not</c><00:21:05.289><c> exactly</c><00:21:05.730><c> where</c><00:21:05.910><c> you</c><00:21:06.130><c> started,</c><00:21:07.269><c> but</c><00:21:07.910><c> back</c><00:21:08.690><c> to</c>

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the<00:21:09.089><c> original</c><00:21:09.470><c> point.</c>

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So<00:21:10.009><c> take</c><00:21:11.170><c> the</c><00:21:11.430><c> first</c><00:21:11.690><c> two</c><00:21:12.009><c> sections</c><00:21:12.589><c> there.</c><00:21:14.849><c> Chapter</c><00:21:14.910><c> one</c><00:21:15.150><c> verses</c><00:21:15.450><c> two</c>

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to<00:21:15.930><c> four</c><00:21:16.509><c> is</c><00:21:17.410><c> twinned</c><00:21:18.029><c> with</c><00:21:18.450><c> chapter</c><00:21:18.789><c> three</c><00:21:19.289><c> verses</c><00:21:20.009><c> 16</c><00:21:20.710><c> to</c><00:21:20.890><c> 19.</c>

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And<00:21:22.990><c> that</c><00:21:23.490><c> makes</c><00:21:23.809><c> sense,</c><00:21:24.430><c> doesn't</c><00:21:24.529><c> it?</c><00:21:24.730><c> Because</c><00:21:25.029><c> you've</c><00:21:25.349><c> got</c>

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the<00:21:25.730><c> opening</c><00:21:26.269><c> questions.</c><00:21:27.470><c> Why</c><00:21:27.890><c> doesn't</c><00:21:28.349><c> God</c><00:21:28.609><c> answer?</c><00:21:29.250><c> Why</c><00:21:29.650><c> doesn't</c><00:21:29.950><c> he</c><00:21:30.170><c> intervene?</c>

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Well,<00:21:32.509><c> the</c><00:21:32.650><c> prophecy</c><00:21:32.970><c> says,</c><00:21:33.250><c> well,</c><00:21:33.430><c> he</c><00:21:33.589><c> is</c><00:21:33.769><c> going</c><00:21:34.029><c> to,</c><00:21:34.750><c> and</c><00:21:34.950><c> this</c><00:21:35.089><c> is</c>

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what<00:21:35.329><c> it's</c><00:21:35.549><c> going</c><00:21:35.650><c> to</c><00:21:35.769><c> be</c><00:21:35.930><c> like.</c>

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And<00:21:37.390><c> look</c><00:21:37.829><c> out.</c><00:21:39.349><c> Be</c><00:21:39.630><c> careful</c><00:21:39.910><c> what</c><00:21:40.089><c> you</c><00:21:40.309><c> ask</c><00:21:40.630><c> for.</c>

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And<00:21:44.210><c> when</c><00:21:44.789><c> that's</c><00:21:45.349><c> revealed</c><00:21:45.670><c> to</c><00:21:45.910><c> him,</c><00:21:46.809><c> he</c><00:21:46.970><c> adopts</c><00:21:47.390><c> a</c><00:21:47.529><c> position,</c><00:21:48.410><c> the</c><00:21:48.529><c> perspective</c><00:21:49.069><c> of</c><00:21:49.369><c> faith.</c><00:21:50.410><c> It's</c><00:21:50.670><c> no</c><00:21:50.890><c> longer</c><00:21:51.269><c> a</c>

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perspective<00:21:52.430><c> of</c><00:21:52.809><c> questioning,</c>

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it's<00:21:54.410><c> a</c><00:21:54.549><c> perspective</c><00:21:55.369><c> of</c><00:21:56.369><c> waiting</c><00:21:56.789><c> patiently,</c><00:21:58.529><c> that</c><00:21:58.650><c> even</c><00:21:58.869><c> though</c><00:21:59.109><c> everything</c><00:21:59.470><c> around</c><00:21:59.950><c> is</c>

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desolate,<00:22:01.869><c> yet</c><00:22:02.009><c> he</c><00:22:02.170><c> can</c><00:22:02.650><c> hold</c><00:22:02.990><c> on</c><00:22:03.289><c> to</c><00:22:03.450><c> the</c><00:22:03.730><c> joy</c><00:22:03.930><c> and</c><00:22:04.190><c> rejoicing</c>

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of<00:22:05.509><c> the</c><00:22:05.670><c> hope</c><00:22:05.910><c> of</c><00:22:06.170><c> salvation.</c><00:22:07.349><c> That's</c><00:22:07.589><c> what</c><00:22:07.609><c> verse</c><00:22:08.450><c> 18</c><00:22:08.970><c> says,</c>

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yet<00:22:09.490><c> I</c><00:22:09.710><c> will</c><00:22:09.950><c> rejoice</c><00:22:10.450><c> in</c><00:22:10.730><c> Yahweh.</c><00:22:11.369><c> I</c><00:22:11.529><c> will</c><00:22:11.869><c> joy</c><00:22:12.309><c> in</c><00:22:12.809><c> the</c><00:22:13.069><c> God</c>

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of<00:22:13.789><c> my</c><00:22:14.109><c> salvation.</c>

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Chapter<00:22:19.509><c> one</c><00:22:19.789><c> verses</c><00:22:20.069><c> five</c><00:22:20.450><c> to</c><00:22:20.670><c> 11</c><00:22:21.170><c> describe</c><00:22:22.509><c> God's</c><00:22:23.690><c> judgments</c><00:22:24.190><c> that</c><00:22:24.609><c> will</c><00:22:24.789><c> be</c>

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brought<00:22:25.329><c> through</c><00:22:25.809><c> the</c><00:22:26.109><c> Chaldeans.</c>

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But<00:22:29.789><c> chapter</c><00:22:30.069><c> three</c><00:22:30.369><c> verses</c><00:22:30.730><c> one</c><00:22:31.009><c> to</c><00:22:31.130><c> 15</c><00:22:31.549><c> describe</c><00:22:32.569><c> a</c><00:22:33.549><c> much</c><00:22:33.910><c> greater</c><00:22:34.490><c> power,</c><00:22:36.029><c> an</c>

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invading<00:22:36.769><c> force</c><00:22:37.369><c> of</c><00:22:37.990><c> awesome</c><00:22:38.509><c> power,</c>

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dominating,<00:22:40.990><c> overwhelming</c><00:22:41.730><c> anything</c><00:22:42.250><c> that</c><00:22:42.589><c> Babylon</c><00:22:42.849><c> could</c>

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possibly<00:22:44.130><c> bring</c><00:22:45.009><c> to</c><00:22:45.369><c> bear,</c><00:22:46.349><c> twice</c><00:22:46.609><c> as</c><00:22:46.869><c> long,</c><00:22:47.930><c> and</c><00:22:48.369><c> with</c><00:22:49.190><c> a</c><00:22:49.569><c> power</c><00:22:49.769><c> which</c><00:22:50.150><c> extends</c><00:22:50.450><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:50.970><c> heavens.</c>

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Not<00:22:52.230><c> now</c><00:22:52.549><c> horses</c><00:22:53.230><c> riding</c><00:22:53.869><c> swiftly,</c><00:22:55.009><c> but</c><00:22:55.190><c> the</c><00:22:55.390><c> heavens</c><00:22:55.690><c> themselves</c><00:22:56.950><c> fighting</c><00:22:57.690><c> on</c><00:22:58.029><c> behalf</c><00:22:58.450><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:59.150><c> mighty</c><00:22:59.470><c> one</c><00:22:59.670><c> who's</c><00:22:59.910><c> coming.</c>

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So<00:23:01.569><c> the</c><00:23:01.690><c> answer</c><00:23:02.130><c> to</c><00:23:03.289><c> what</c><00:23:03.990><c> is</c><00:23:04.769><c> going</c><00:23:05.069><c> on</c><00:23:05.390><c> here,</c><00:23:05.789><c> why</c><00:23:06.130><c> is</c><00:23:06.470><c> Babylon</c><00:23:06.809><c> being</c>

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allowed<00:23:07.769><c> to</c><00:23:08.730><c> dominate?</c>

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Well,<00:23:12.630><c> not</c><00:23:12.890><c> forever.</c><00:23:14.329><c> It's</c><00:23:14.670><c> going</c><00:23:14.809><c> to</c><00:23:15.009><c> be</c><00:23:15.250><c> brought</c><00:23:15.490><c> low,</c><00:23:16.049><c> and</c>

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this<00:23:16.390><c> is</c><00:23:16.569><c> the</c><00:23:16.630><c> way</c><00:23:16.789><c> it's</c><00:23:16.950><c> going</c><00:23:17.089><c> to</c><00:23:17.210><c> be</c><00:23:17.410><c> brought</c><00:23:17.589><c> low.</c>

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The<00:23:20.809><c> complaint</c><00:23:21.430><c> then</c><00:23:21.769><c> that</c><00:23:22.309><c> the</c><00:23:22.670><c> Babylonians</c><00:23:23.329><c> are</c><00:23:23.809><c> rapacious</c>

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idolaters<00:23:25.470><c> is</c><00:23:26.170><c> balanced</c><00:23:26.670><c> with</c><00:23:27.950><c> a</c><00:23:28.349><c> detailed</c><00:23:28.710><c> analysis</c><00:23:29.470><c> of</c><00:23:30.369><c> the</c>

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thinking<00:23:31.069><c> of</c><00:23:31.470><c> Babylon</c>

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and<00:23:33.650><c> the</c><00:23:33.890><c> motives</c><00:23:34.329><c> of</c><00:23:34.690><c> Babylon</c><00:23:35.190><c> that</c><00:23:36.750><c> we</c><00:23:37.109><c> find</c><00:23:37.329><c> in</c><00:23:37.529><c> chapter</c><00:23:37.869><c> two.</c>

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Leaving,<00:23:41.650><c> as</c><00:23:41.990><c> you</c><00:23:42.109><c> would</c><00:23:42.309><c> hope,</c><00:23:43.309><c> at</c><00:23:43.509><c> the</c><00:23:43.690><c> center</c><00:23:43.970><c> of</c><00:23:44.190><c> all</c><00:23:44.349><c> of</c><00:23:44.490><c> this,</c><00:23:45.950><c> a</c>

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tiny<00:23:46.190><c> little</c><00:23:46.430><c> section</c>

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of<00:23:48.089><c> three</c><00:23:49.130><c> verses,</c><00:23:50.329><c> four</c><00:23:50.589><c> verses,</c>

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which<00:23:54.309><c> tell</c><00:23:54.509><c> us</c><00:23:55.950><c> the</c><00:23:56.410><c> vision</c><00:23:56.730><c> will</c><00:23:57.150><c> come</c><00:23:57.750><c> and</c><00:23:59.849><c> the</c><00:24:00.049><c> just</c><00:24:00.450><c> will</c>

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live<00:24:02.150><c> by</c><00:24:02.549><c> faith.</c>

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In<00:24:04.130><c> other</c><00:24:04.349><c> words,</c><00:24:06.230><c> that</c><00:24:06.569><c> remarkable</c><00:24:07.549><c> verse</c><00:24:08.369><c> quoted</c><00:24:09.730><c> at</c><00:24:09.970><c> least</c>

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three<00:24:10.730><c> times</c><00:24:11.130><c> by</c><00:24:11.410><c> the</c><00:24:11.549><c> apostle</c><00:24:11.849><c> Paul</c><00:24:12.230><c> in</c><00:24:12.470><c> three</c><00:24:12.970><c> different</c>

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majestic<00:24:14.109><c> epistles</c>

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upon<00:24:15.549><c> which</c><00:24:15.789><c> the</c><00:24:16.029><c> whole</c><00:24:16.369><c> argument</c><00:24:16.849><c> depends,</c><00:24:18.009><c> that</c><00:24:18.349><c> little</c><00:24:18.730><c> verse</c><00:24:19.250><c> which</c><00:24:19.970><c> is</c>

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responsible<00:24:21.029><c> for</c><00:24:21.289><c> the</c><00:24:21.490><c> possibility</c><00:24:22.069><c> of</c><00:24:22.329><c> our</c><00:24:22.529><c> salvation,</c>

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that<00:24:24.470><c> little</c><00:24:24.769><c> verse</c><00:24:25.230><c> without</c><00:24:25.589><c> which</c><00:24:25.849><c> we</c><00:24:25.990><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:26.250><c> be</c><00:24:26.589><c> here,</c>

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that<00:24:27.589><c> by</c><00:24:27.890><c> God's</c><00:24:28.369><c> grace</c><00:24:28.549><c> he</c><00:24:28.849><c> counts</c><00:24:29.529><c> faith</c><00:24:30.309><c> for</c><00:24:30.609><c> righteousness,</c>

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that<00:24:33.289><c> little</c><00:24:33.650><c> verse</c><00:24:33.990><c> in</c><00:24:34.170><c> which</c><00:24:34.450><c> the</c><00:24:34.849><c> promises</c><00:24:35.190><c> to</c><00:24:35.470><c> Abraham</c><00:24:36.009><c> hinge</c>

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is<00:24:39.069><c> the</c><00:24:39.309><c> center</c><00:24:39.829><c> of</c><00:24:40.490><c> this</c><00:24:40.750><c> prophecy.</c>

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It's<00:24:43.450><c> not</c><00:24:43.589><c> an</c><00:24:43.849><c> also</c><00:24:44.250><c>-ran</c><00:24:44.589><c> in</c><00:24:45.150><c> a</c><00:24:45.349><c> treatise</c><00:24:45.690><c> on</c><00:24:45.930><c> Babylon.</c><00:24:47.109><c> It</c><00:24:47.349><c> is</c>

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the<00:24:48.170><c> center</c><00:24:48.829><c> of</c><00:24:49.490><c> what</c><00:24:49.769><c> Habakkuk</c><00:24:50.410><c> is</c><00:24:50.829><c> trying</c><00:24:51.009><c> to</c><00:24:51.150><c> get</c><00:24:51.230><c> us</c><00:24:51.450><c> to</c><00:24:51.609><c> embrace.</c>

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And<00:25:01.750><c> you</c><00:25:01.849><c> can</c><00:25:02.130><c> then</c><00:25:02.529><c> spend</c><00:25:03.029><c> a</c><00:25:03.190><c> little</c><00:25:03.470><c> bit</c><00:25:03.690><c> more</c><00:25:03.930><c> time</c><00:25:04.269><c> comparing</c><00:25:04.910><c> those</c>

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sections,<00:25:06.089><c> and</c><00:25:06.230><c> this</c><00:25:06.390><c> is</c><00:25:06.569><c> just</c><00:25:06.829><c> one</c><00:25:07.450><c> example</c><00:25:08.170><c> of</c><00:25:08.390><c> how</c>

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the<00:25:09.410><c> symmetry</c><00:25:11.130><c> of</c><00:25:11.690><c> the</c><00:25:11.930><c> prophecy</c><00:25:12.349><c> allows</c><00:25:13.109><c> us</c><00:25:13.549><c> to</c><00:25:13.990><c> compare</c><00:25:14.329><c> the</c>

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beginning<00:25:14.890><c> with</c><00:25:15.109><c> the</c><00:25:15.329><c> end</c><00:25:15.609><c> and</c><00:25:15.829><c> work</c><00:25:16.150><c> inwards</c><00:25:16.470><c> to</c><00:25:16.650><c> the</c><00:25:16.769><c> middle.</c>

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So<00:25:17.690><c> in</c><00:25:17.829><c> chapter</c><00:25:18.069><c> one</c><00:25:18.349><c> verses</c><00:25:18.690><c> two</c><00:25:18.990><c> to</c><00:25:19.109><c> four</c><00:25:19.410><c> you</c><00:25:19.609><c> have</c><00:25:20.190><c> this</c><00:25:21.549><c> cry,</c>

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Oh<00:25:22.450><c> Lord,</c><00:25:22.990><c> how</c><00:25:23.390><c> long</c><00:25:23.970><c> shall</c><00:25:24.150><c> I</c><00:25:24.390><c> cry,</c><00:25:25.470><c> and</c><00:25:25.609><c> thou</c><00:25:25.849><c> wilt</c><00:25:26.130><c> not</c><00:25:26.490><c> hear,</c><00:25:28.210><c> even</c>

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cry<00:25:28.990><c> unto</c><00:25:29.329><c> thee,</c><00:25:30.589><c> or</c><00:25:30.809><c> violence,</c><00:25:32.029><c> and</c><00:25:32.230><c> thou</c><00:25:32.549><c> wilt</c><00:25:32.910><c> not</c><00:25:33.390><c> save.</c>

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Well,<00:25:36.890><c> God</c><00:25:37.089><c> is</c><00:25:37.329><c> going</c><00:25:37.569><c> to</c><00:25:37.829><c> save.</c><00:25:38.369><c> So</c><00:25:38.549><c> the</c><00:25:38.849><c> section,</c><00:25:39.390><c> it's</c><00:25:39.670><c> a</c><00:25:39.670><c> parallel</c><00:25:40.049><c> section</c><00:25:40.509><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:25:40.930><c> three</c><00:25:41.190><c> verses</c><00:25:41.390><c> 16</c><00:25:41.769><c> to</c><00:25:41.930><c> 19,</c>

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Yet<00:25:43.470><c> I</c><00:25:43.829><c> will</c><00:25:44.069><c> rejoice</c><00:25:44.529><c> in</c><00:25:44.730><c> the</c><00:25:44.829><c> Lord,</c><00:25:44.970><c> I</c><00:25:45.269><c> will</c><00:25:45.670><c> joy</c><00:25:45.970><c> in</c><00:25:46.369><c> the</c><00:25:46.589><c> God</c>

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of<00:25:47.089><c> my</c><00:25:47.470><c> salvation.</c>

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He's<00:25:48.750><c> just</c><00:25:49.609><c> been</c><00:25:50.109><c> told</c><00:25:50.630><c> how</c><00:25:51.650><c> God</c><00:25:52.089><c> would</c><00:25:52.349><c> go</c><00:25:52.829><c> forth</c><00:25:53.170><c> for</c><00:25:53.690><c> the</c><00:25:53.970><c> salvation</c><00:25:54.630><c> of</c>

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thy<00:25:55.369><c> people.</c>

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Now<00:25:56.289><c> he's</c><00:25:56.670><c> confident</c><00:25:57.269><c> that</c><00:25:58.549><c> God</c><00:25:58.789><c> is</c><00:25:59.109><c> going</c><00:25:59.269><c> to</c><00:25:59.609><c> intervene</c><00:25:59.970><c> at</c>

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the<00:26:00.549><c> appointed</c><00:26:00.910><c> time.</c>

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So<00:26:02.349><c> that</c><00:26:02.609><c> last</c><00:26:02.970><c> section</c><00:26:03.509><c> is</c><00:26:03.930><c> an</c><00:26:04.089><c> answer</c><00:26:04.390><c> to</c><00:26:04.569><c> the</c><00:26:04.750><c> first</c><00:26:04.990><c> section.</c>

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And<00:26:07.650><c> you</c><00:26:07.690><c> notice</c><00:26:07.930><c> there</c><00:26:08.230><c> is,</c><00:26:08.769><c> though,</c><00:26:09.829><c> an</c><00:26:10.009><c> ironic</c><00:26:10.630><c> contrast</c>

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between<00:26:12.630><c> Habakkuk</c><00:26:13.309><c> saying,</c><00:26:13.990><c> Why</c><00:26:14.230><c> won't</c><00:26:14.569><c> you</c><00:26:14.990><c> hear?</c>

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Can<00:26:18.569><c> a</c><00:26:18.829><c> man</c><00:26:19.109><c> challenge</c><00:26:19.710><c> God</c><00:26:20.349><c> and</c><00:26:21.549><c> presume</c><00:26:21.990><c> that</c><00:26:22.250><c> God</c><00:26:22.549><c> does</c><00:26:22.930><c> not</c>

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know<00:26:23.410><c> everything</c><00:26:23.890><c> that's</c><00:26:24.230><c> going</c><00:26:24.509><c> on?</c>

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That<00:26:26.130><c> somehow</c><00:26:26.589><c> God</c><00:26:26.930><c> is</c><00:26:27.309><c> dependent</c><00:26:27.869><c> upon</c><00:26:28.289><c> the</c><00:26:28.569><c> voice</c><00:26:28.789><c> of</c><00:26:29.009><c> a</c><00:26:29.190><c> man</c>

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to<00:26:29.609><c> let</c><00:26:29.750><c> him</c><00:26:29.970><c> know</c><00:26:30.210><c> there's</c><00:26:30.490><c> a</c><00:26:30.630><c> trouble</c><00:26:30.930><c> or</c><00:26:31.269><c> there's</c><00:26:31.549><c> a</c><00:26:31.710><c> problem?</c>

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The<00:26:35.809><c> end</c><00:26:36.029><c> of</c><00:26:36.269><c> the</c><00:26:36.369><c> prophecy</c><00:26:36.670><c> says,</c><00:26:37.609><c> Habakkuk,</c><00:26:39.130><c> this</c><00:26:39.349><c> is</c><00:26:39.549><c> about</c>

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you<00:26:40.150><c> hearing.</c><00:26:41.710><c> You</c><00:26:41.990><c> listen</c><00:26:42.329><c> to</c><00:26:42.529><c> what</c><00:26:42.670><c> I'm</c><00:26:42.910><c> going</c><00:26:43.049><c> to</c><00:26:43.190><c> do.</c>

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When<00:26:46.430><c> I</c><00:26:46.730><c> heard</c><00:26:47.170><c> my</c><00:26:48.309><c> belly</c><00:26:48.589><c> tremble.</c><00:26:50.549><c> Now</c><00:26:50.809><c> Habakkuk</c><00:26:51.289><c> is</c><00:26:51.430><c> in</c><00:26:51.529><c> the</c>

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right<00:26:52.230><c> disposition</c><00:26:52.970><c> and</c><00:26:53.710><c> the</c><00:26:53.789><c> right</c><00:26:54.089><c> relationship.</c>

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To<00:26:55.630><c> the</c><00:26:55.890><c> Almighty.</c>

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Translators<00:27:05.029><c> clearly</c><00:27:05.450><c> have</c><00:27:05.569><c> had</c><00:27:05.670><c> a</c><00:27:05.910><c> problem</c><00:27:06.150><c> in</c><00:27:06.450><c> translating</c>

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Habakkuk.<00:27:07.450><c> There</c><00:27:07.730><c> are</c>

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many<00:27:09.210><c> different</c><00:27:10.349><c> ways</c><00:27:10.950><c> in</c><00:27:11.170><c> which</c><00:27:11.329><c> some</c><00:27:11.549><c> of</c><00:27:11.690><c> these</c><00:27:11.930><c> verses</c><00:27:12.390><c> are</c>

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rendered<00:27:13.309><c> by</c><00:27:13.849><c> reputable</c><00:27:14.450><c> translations.</c>

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I<00:27:16.569><c> just</c><00:27:16.769><c> put</c><00:27:17.069><c> the</c><00:27:17.369><c> English</c><00:27:17.670><c> standard</c><00:27:18.009><c> version</c><00:27:18.509><c> there</c><00:27:19.109><c> for</c><00:27:19.470><c> the</c>

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first<00:27:19.990><c> section</c><00:27:20.490><c> for</c><00:27:21.230><c> you</c><00:27:21.410><c> to</c><00:27:21.710><c> see.</c>

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Perhaps<00:27:22.690><c> it</c><00:27:23.109><c> might</c><00:27:23.309><c> be</c><00:27:23.549><c> helpful</c><00:27:23.890><c> to</c><00:27:24.750><c> get</c><00:27:24.990><c> an</c><00:27:25.430><c> idea</c><00:27:25.789><c> of</c><00:27:25.950><c> what's</c>

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going<00:27:26.470><c> on.</c>

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I<00:27:28.750><c> think</c><00:27:29.109><c> particularly</c><00:27:29.609><c> helpful</c><00:27:30.009><c> is</c><00:27:30.569><c> the</c><00:27:30.750><c> way</c><00:27:31.029><c> in</c><00:27:31.329><c> which</c><00:27:31.549><c> that</c>

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word<00:27:32.170><c> in</c><00:27:32.349><c> verse</c><00:27:32.650><c> two,</c>

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violence,<00:27:33.849><c> is</c><00:27:34.170><c> put</c><00:27:34.529><c> in</c><00:27:34.849><c> inverted</c><00:27:35.190><c> commas.</c><00:27:36.250><c> Some</c><00:27:36.470><c> other</c><00:27:36.789><c> versions</c><00:27:37.130><c> are</c>

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the<00:27:37.529><c> same.</c>

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What<00:27:39.809><c> the</c><00:27:40.430><c> trouble</c><00:27:40.730><c> was,</c><00:27:41.990><c> Habakkuk</c><00:27:42.230><c> was</c><00:27:42.470><c> looking</c><00:27:42.809><c> at</c><00:27:43.029><c> a</c><00:27:43.210><c> society</c><00:27:43.849><c> and</c>

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cried<00:27:45.829><c> to</c><00:27:46.150><c> God,</c>

00:27:47.170 --> 00:27:52.869
violence,<00:27:48.329><c> violence,</c><00:27:49.630><c> that's</c><00:27:50.789><c> what's</c><00:27:51.250><c> going</c><00:27:51.470><c> on.</c><00:27:51.869><c> Why</c><00:27:52.390><c> won't</c>

00:27:52.869 --> 00:27:57.130
God<00:27:53.269><c> hear?</c><00:27:54.170><c> Now</c><00:27:54.470><c> that's</c><00:27:54.890><c> the</c><00:27:55.049><c> word</c><00:27:55.549><c> Hamas,</c>

00:27:57.710 --> 00:28:04.509
which<00:27:57.809><c> we</c><00:27:58.990><c> recognize</c><00:27:59.650><c> from</c><00:28:01.170><c> Gaza</c><00:28:01.910><c> and</c><00:28:02.990><c> the</c><00:28:03.150><c> troubles</c><00:28:03.609><c> in</c><00:28:04.109><c> Gaza</c>

00:28:04.509 --> 00:28:07.529
and<00:28:04.730><c> Israel.</c><00:28:05.950><c> It's</c><00:28:06.170><c> the</c><00:28:06.329><c> word</c><00:28:06.569><c> used</c><00:28:06.910><c> in</c><00:28:07.109><c> Genesis</c>

00:28:07.529 --> 00:28:15.289
chapter<00:28:07.869><c> 6</c><00:28:08.230><c> verses</c><00:28:08.710><c> 11</c><00:28:09.150><c> and</c><00:28:09.329><c> verse</c><00:28:09.509><c> 13</c><00:28:10.210><c> when</c><00:28:10.690><c> the</c><00:28:10.930><c> earth</c><00:28:11.130><c> was</c><00:28:11.490><c> filled</c><00:28:11.869><c> with</c><00:28:12.170><c> violence.</c><00:28:14.250><c> So</c><00:28:14.470><c> Habakkuk</c><00:28:14.789><c> is</c><00:28:15.009><c> in</c><00:28:15.109><c> a</c>

00:28:15.289 --> 00:28:19.329
state<00:28:15.549><c> where</c><00:28:15.750><c> it's</c><00:28:16.029><c> like</c><00:28:16.210><c> the</c><00:28:16.430><c> days</c><00:28:16.650><c> of</c><00:28:16.990><c> Noah</c><00:28:17.329><c> and</c><00:28:18.569><c> God</c><00:28:18.789><c> is</c><00:28:19.089><c> not</c>

00:28:19.329 --> 00:28:22.930
intervening<00:28:20.150><c> to</c><00:28:20.470><c> stop</c><00:28:20.910><c> all</c><00:28:22.170><c> the</c><00:28:22.390><c> terrible</c><00:28:22.630><c> things</c>

00:28:22.930 --> 00:28:29.170
that<00:28:23.170><c> are</c><00:28:23.230><c> going</c><00:28:23.410><c> on.</c><00:28:26.150><c> Why</c><00:28:26.450><c> doesn't</c><00:28:26.869><c> God</c><00:28:27.369><c> intervene</c><00:28:27.990><c> to</c><00:28:28.329><c> save?</c>

00:28:30.509 --> 00:28:33.170
Verse<00:28:30.789><c> three,</c><00:28:31.950><c> Habakkuk</c><00:28:32.150><c> is</c><00:28:32.430><c> complaining</c>

00:28:33.170 --> 00:28:36.430
that<00:28:33.670><c> he</c><00:28:33.829><c> is</c><00:28:34.150><c> made</c><00:28:34.609><c> to</c><00:28:35.029><c> see</c><00:28:35.289><c> iniquity.</c><00:28:35.710><c> What</c><00:28:35.849><c> does</c><00:28:36.029><c> that</c><00:28:36.269><c> mean?</c>

00:28:36.470 --> 00:28:39.509
It<00:28:36.710><c> suggests</c><00:28:37.170><c> that</c><00:28:37.869><c> in</c><00:28:38.390><c> the</c><00:28:38.609><c> work</c><00:28:38.849><c> that</c><00:28:39.089><c> Habakkuk</c>

00:28:39.509 --> 00:28:46.210
was<00:28:39.730><c> given</c><00:28:39.990><c> to</c><00:28:40.289><c> do</c><00:28:40.789><c> as</c><00:28:41.809><c> a</c><00:28:42.049><c> prophet,</c><00:28:43.250><c> he</c><00:28:43.369><c> had</c><00:28:43.609><c> to</c><00:28:43.769><c> go</c><00:28:44.309><c> into,</c><00:28:45.529><c> perhaps</c><00:28:45.950><c> the</c>

00:28:46.210 --> 00:28:50.049
city,<00:28:47.069><c> he</c><00:28:47.210><c> had</c><00:28:47.470><c> to</c><00:28:48.069><c> see</c><00:28:48.390><c> what</c><00:28:48.589><c> was</c><00:28:48.849><c> going</c><00:28:49.069><c> on.</c>

00:28:51.710 --> 00:28:55.769
You<00:28:51.789><c> know</c><00:28:51.869><c> nothing</c><00:28:52.170><c> about</c><00:28:52.509><c> him</c><00:28:53.210><c> and</c><00:28:54.410><c> what</c><00:28:54.609><c> that</c><00:28:54.890><c> might</c><00:28:55.150><c> have</c>

00:28:55.769 --> 00:28:58.930
been<00:28:56.269><c> like,</c><00:28:57.150><c> but</c><00:28:57.349><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:57.789><c> perhaps</c><00:28:58.190><c> gives</c><00:28:58.410><c> us</c>

00:28:58.930 --> 00:29:01.289
a<00:28:59.089><c> perspective</c><00:28:59.549><c> on</c><00:28:59.710><c> that.</c><00:28:59.950><c> We'll</c><00:28:59.950><c> look</c><00:29:00.109><c> at</c><00:29:00.250><c> that</c><00:29:00.750><c> in</c><00:29:00.950><c> a</c><00:29:01.049><c> little</c>

00:29:01.289 --> 00:29:06.309
while.<00:29:04.450><c> Habakkuk</c><00:29:04.670><c> has</c><00:29:04.869><c> been</c><00:29:05.150><c> caused</c><00:29:05.750><c> to</c><00:29:06.170><c> see</c>

00:29:06.309 --> 00:29:10.690
iniquity,<00:29:06.710><c> but</c><00:29:06.849><c> you</c><00:29:06.970><c> notice</c><00:29:07.630><c> in</c><00:29:08.069><c> Habakkuk</c><00:29:08.450><c> that</c><00:29:09.509><c> this</c><00:29:09.849><c> is</c><00:29:10.109><c> not</c>

00:29:10.690 --> 00:29:14.509
a<00:29:11.670><c> prophecy</c><00:29:12.009><c> to</c><00:29:12.430><c> the</c><00:29:12.650><c> people.</c><00:29:13.750><c> In</c><00:29:13.869><c> contrast</c><00:29:14.210><c> to</c>

00:29:14.509 --> 00:29:18.210
Jeremiah,<00:29:14.809><c> Jeremiah</c><00:29:15.230><c> is</c><00:29:15.490><c> told</c><00:29:15.589><c> to</c><00:29:15.769><c> go</c><00:29:15.950><c> out</c><00:29:16.269><c> and</c><00:29:16.710><c> preach</c><00:29:17.049><c> to</c><00:29:17.289><c> the</c><00:29:17.490><c> people,</c><00:29:18.109><c> to</c>

00:29:18.210 --> 00:29:21.309
go<00:29:18.349><c> and</c><00:29:18.630><c> stand</c><00:29:18.890><c> in</c><00:29:19.950><c> the</c><00:29:20.490><c> temple</c><00:29:20.910><c> area</c>

00:29:21.309 --> 00:29:26.130
and<00:29:21.650><c> to</c><00:29:21.950><c> tell</c><00:29:22.150><c> them.</c><00:29:22.730><c> Habakkuk</c><00:29:23.170><c> is</c><00:29:23.329><c> not.</c><00:29:23.730><c> Habakkuk</c><00:29:24.309><c> is</c><00:29:24.569><c> a</c><00:29:24.750><c> voice</c><00:29:25.369><c> for</c>

00:29:26.130 --> 00:29:29.910
the<00:29:26.750><c> faithful</c><00:29:27.410><c> remnant</c><00:29:28.450><c> in</c><00:29:28.730><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:29:30.089 --> 00:29:35.829
who<00:29:30.410><c> are</c><00:29:30.670><c> asking</c><00:29:31.089><c> themselves,</c><00:29:32.130><c> well</c><00:29:32.130><c> how</c><00:29:32.269><c> long</c><00:29:32.509><c> is</c><00:29:32.670><c> this</c><00:29:32.890><c> going</c><00:29:33.029><c> to</c><00:29:33.170><c> go</c><00:29:33.410><c> on?</c><00:29:35.150><c> This</c><00:29:35.349><c> isn't</c><00:29:35.609><c> a</c>

00:29:35.829 --> 00:29:37.170
preaching<00:29:36.210><c> chapter,</c>

00:29:37.869 --> 00:29:42.529
this<00:29:38.069><c> is</c><00:29:38.289><c> a</c><00:29:38.329><c> fellowship</c><00:29:38.869><c> chapter.</c><00:29:40.269><c> This</c><00:29:40.509><c> is</c><00:29:40.849><c> about</c><00:29:41.170><c> how</c><00:29:42.049><c> those</c>

00:29:42.529 --> 00:29:46.630
like<00:29:42.849><c> Jeremiah</c><00:29:43.509><c> are</c><00:29:43.990><c> thinking</c><00:29:44.589><c> and</c><00:29:45.609><c> troubled</c>

00:29:46.849 --> 00:29:53.970
by<00:29:47.490><c> God's</c><00:29:48.029><c> ways.</c><00:29:50.509><c> So</c><00:29:50.670><c> if</c><00:29:50.809><c> we</c><00:29:51.509><c> find</c><00:29:51.869><c> that</c><00:29:52.150><c> we</c><00:29:52.329><c> are</c><00:29:52.609><c> in</c><00:29:52.910><c> that</c><00:29:53.190><c> situation,</c><00:29:53.829><c> if</c>

00:29:53.970 --> 00:29:55.190
we<00:29:54.109><c> are</c><00:29:54.349><c> troubled</c>

00:29:56.210 --> 00:30:04.369
at<00:29:56.970><c> times</c><00:29:57.630><c> by</c><00:29:58.069><c> God's</c><00:29:58.529><c> ways,</c><00:29:58.750><c> and</c><00:29:59.190><c> we're</c><00:29:59.869><c> worried</c><00:30:00.289><c> that</c><00:30:01.569><c> we</c><00:30:01.890><c> don't</c><00:30:02.289><c> feel</c><00:30:02.670><c> in</c><00:30:03.109><c> tune,</c>

00:30:06.269 --> 00:30:13.970
that<00:30:06.650><c> there's</c><00:30:06.950><c> something</c><00:30:07.369><c> jarring,</c><00:30:08.430><c> that</c><00:30:08.589><c> there's</c><00:30:10.529><c> something</c><00:30:10.529><c> unexplained.</c><00:30:13.309><c> Don't</c>

00:30:13.970 --> 00:30:16.269
despair<00:30:14.470><c> about</c><00:30:14.789><c> that.</c>

00:30:16.930 --> 00:30:19.829
This<00:30:17.289><c> is</c><00:30:17.569><c> what</c><00:30:17.769><c> Habakkuk</c><00:30:18.150><c> has</c><00:30:18.369><c> been</c><00:30:18.569><c> given</c><00:30:18.789><c> to</c><00:30:19.069><c> us</c><00:30:19.369><c> for,</c><00:30:19.609><c> for</c>

00:30:19.829 --> 00:30:22.650
people<00:30:20.130><c> like</c><00:30:20.470><c> us,</c><00:30:21.230><c> who</c><00:30:21.470><c> are</c><00:30:21.589><c> sharing</c><00:30:21.930><c> his</c><00:30:22.250><c> questions</c>

00:30:22.650 --> 00:30:26.829
or<00:30:22.930><c> sharing</c><00:30:23.150><c> the</c><00:30:23.450><c> questions</c><00:30:24.089><c> that</c><00:30:24.630><c> are</c><00:30:25.069><c> presented</c><00:30:25.569><c> in</c><00:30:26.349><c> his</c>

00:30:26.829 --> 00:30:27.970
voice<00:30:27.150><c> here.</c>

00:30:34.569 --> 00:30:37.250
We'd<00:30:35.130><c> rather</c><00:30:35.269><c> bury</c><00:30:35.589><c> our</c><00:30:35.829><c> heads</c><00:30:35.950><c> in</c><00:30:36.130><c> the</c><00:30:36.329><c> sand</c><00:30:36.569><c> often,</c><00:30:37.029><c> we'd</c>

00:30:37.250 --> 00:30:39.009
rather<00:30:37.450><c> not</c><00:30:37.829><c> know.</c>

00:30:40.829 --> 00:30:45.990
We'd<00:30:41.470><c> rather</c><00:30:41.730><c> hide</c><00:30:42.029><c> away</c><00:30:42.349><c> from</c><00:30:42.630><c> problems,</c><00:30:43.250><c> we'd</c><00:30:44.849><c> rather</c><00:30:44.849><c> blank</c><00:30:45.690><c> them</c>

00:30:45.990 --> 00:30:48.930
out<00:30:46.329><c> from</c><00:30:46.609><c> our</c><00:30:46.869><c> mind.</c><00:30:48.309><c> Sometimes</c>

00:30:48.930 --> 00:30:52.410
situations<00:30:49.769><c> change</c><00:30:50.190><c> and</c><00:30:50.329><c> we</c><00:30:50.589><c> are</c><00:30:50.829><c> caused</c><00:30:51.170><c> to</c><00:30:51.450><c> see</c><00:30:51.690><c> things</c><00:30:52.029><c> that</c><00:30:52.230><c> we</c>

00:30:52.410 --> 00:30:54.210
never<00:30:52.670><c> wanted</c><00:30:52.930><c> to</c><00:30:53.150><c> know</c><00:30:53.369><c> about.</c>

00:30:56.690 --> 00:31:01.009
We<00:30:56.930><c> are</c><00:30:57.009><c> either</c><00:30:57.190><c> open</c><00:30:57.789><c> to</c><00:30:59.309><c> things</c><00:30:59.769><c> which</c><00:31:00.289><c> shouldn't</c><00:31:00.589><c> happen</c>

00:31:01.009 --> 00:31:02.589
but<00:31:01.230><c> are</c><00:31:01.509><c> happening</c>

00:31:02.750 --> 00:31:07.849
and<00:31:03.269><c> it</c><00:31:03.430><c> makes</c><00:31:03.569><c> us</c><00:31:03.809><c> feel</c><00:31:03.990><c> sick</c><00:31:04.250><c> in</c><00:31:04.430><c> our</c><00:31:04.690><c> stomach</c><00:31:05.089><c> and</c><00:31:07.069><c> we</c><00:31:07.549><c> are</c>

00:31:07.849 --> 00:31:10.210
perplexed<00:31:08.450><c> by</c><00:31:08.650><c> them</c><00:31:08.829><c> and</c><00:31:09.029><c> we're</c><00:31:09.309><c> worried.</c>

00:31:11.569 --> 00:31:14.309
And<00:31:11.750><c> sometimes</c><00:31:12.069><c> our</c><00:31:12.529><c> worries</c><00:31:12.730><c> go</c><00:31:12.990><c> so</c><00:31:13.349><c> deep</c><00:31:13.569><c> that</c><00:31:13.809><c> we</c><00:31:14.009><c> wonder</c>

00:31:14.309 --> 00:31:18.089
whether<00:31:15.230><c> we're</c><00:31:16.490><c> in</c><00:31:16.630><c> the</c><00:31:16.769><c> wrong</c><00:31:16.970><c> place,</c>

00:31:18.289 --> 00:31:20.609
whether<00:31:18.809><c> it's</c><00:31:19.109><c> true</c><00:31:19.390><c> after</c><00:31:19.849><c> all,</c>

00:31:24.130 --> 00:31:28.609
whether<00:31:24.349><c> it</c><00:31:24.569><c> matters.</c><00:31:26.089><c> What</c><00:31:26.309><c> happens</c><00:31:26.589><c> is</c><00:31:26.809><c> people</c><00:31:27.170><c> can</c><00:31:27.609><c> get</c><00:31:27.849><c> disillusioned</c><00:31:28.509><c> by</c>

00:31:28.609 --> 00:31:30.630
their<00:31:28.769><c> sisters</c><00:31:29.069><c> ever</c><00:31:29.450><c> so</c><00:31:29.690><c> quickly,</c>

00:31:30.710 --> 00:31:35.109
ever<00:31:30.950><c> so,</c><00:31:31.089><c> it</c><00:31:31.130><c> can</c><00:31:31.269><c> be</c><00:31:31.410><c> like</c><00:31:31.549><c> a</c><00:31:31.809><c> switch.</c><00:31:34.269><c> All</c><00:31:34.450><c> of</c><00:31:34.650><c> a</c><00:31:34.710><c> sudden</c><00:31:34.890><c> a</c>

00:31:35.109 --> 00:31:36.710
brother's<00:31:35.450><c> going</c><00:31:35.630><c> along</c><00:31:35.950><c> fine</c><00:31:36.250><c> and</c><00:31:36.450><c> he's,</c>

00:31:36.710 --> 00:31:40.210
you<00:31:36.809><c> know,</c><00:31:36.990><c> he's</c><00:31:37.230><c> confident</c><00:31:37.670><c> and</c><00:31:38.269><c> he's</c><00:31:38.869><c> walking</c><00:31:39.329><c> in</c><00:31:39.849><c> the</c><00:31:40.009><c> way</c>

00:31:40.210 --> 00:31:44.009
and<00:31:40.569><c> he's</c><00:31:40.930><c> got</c><00:31:41.049><c> work</c><00:31:41.289><c> to</c><00:31:41.529><c> do</c><00:31:41.670><c> and</c><00:31:42.849><c> something</c><00:31:43.210><c> happens.</c>

00:31:45.890 --> 00:31:46.910
Crisis.

00:31:49.730 --> 00:31:55.150
If<00:31:49.910><c> we're</c><00:31:50.589><c> on</c><00:31:50.849><c> the</c><00:31:50.970><c> edge</c><00:31:51.170><c> of</c><00:31:51.390><c> that,</c><00:31:52.190><c> Habakkuk</c><00:31:52.369><c> is</c><00:31:52.849><c> going</c><00:31:53.170><c> to</c><00:31:53.250><c> embrace</c><00:31:53.630><c> us,</c><00:31:54.930><c> going</c><00:31:55.049><c> to</c>

00:31:55.150 --> 00:31:56.710
pull<00:31:55.289><c> us</c><00:31:55.609><c> closer</c>

00:31:56.869 --> 00:32:01.910
to<00:31:57.390><c> the</c><00:31:57.609><c> things</c><00:31:57.869><c> that</c><00:31:58.109><c> really</c><00:31:58.430><c> matter.</c><00:32:00.950><c> Let's</c><00:32:01.150><c> get</c><00:32:01.390><c> closer</c><00:32:01.710><c> to</c>

00:32:01.910 --> 00:32:03.930
what<00:32:02.089><c> the</c><00:32:02.329><c> problem</c><00:32:02.589><c> is.</c><00:32:02.970><c> Verse</c><00:32:03.130><c> four.</c>

00:32:06.130 --> 00:32:10.529
Now,<00:32:07.730><c> I</c><00:32:08.049><c> pored</c><00:32:08.230><c> over</c><00:32:08.509><c> verses</c><00:32:08.789><c> three</c><00:32:09.109><c> and</c><00:32:09.269><c> four.</c><00:32:09.990><c> They're</c><00:32:10.150><c> not</c>

00:32:10.529 --> 00:32:13.289
pleasant<00:32:10.890><c> verses</c><00:32:11.390><c> but</c><00:32:12.049><c> they</c><00:32:12.509><c> are</c>

00:32:13.930 --> 00:32:16.869
important<00:32:14.490><c> because</c><00:32:14.910><c> they</c><00:32:15.109><c> get</c><00:32:15.349><c> to</c><00:32:15.490><c> the</c><00:32:15.670><c> heart</c><00:32:15.930><c> of</c><00:32:16.130><c> what</c><00:32:16.349><c> Habakkuk</c><00:32:16.670><c> is</c>

00:32:16.869 --> 00:32:18.029
bothered<00:32:17.150><c> about.</c>

00:32:20.049 --> 00:32:23.670
There<00:32:20.130><c> are</c><00:32:20.210><c> terrible</c><00:32:20.549><c> things</c><00:32:20.849><c> going</c><00:32:21.170><c> on.</c><00:32:22.910><c> When?</c><00:32:23.349><c> We</c><00:32:23.509><c> haven't</c>

00:32:23.670 --> 00:32:25.190
come<00:32:23.869><c> to</c><00:32:23.930><c> that</c><00:32:24.089><c> yet</c><00:32:24.289><c> have</c><00:32:24.369><c> we?</c>

00:32:25.910 --> 00:32:29.990
But<00:32:26.170><c> can</c><00:32:26.349><c> you</c><00:32:26.549><c> see</c><00:32:26.750><c> what</c><00:32:26.970><c> verse</c><00:32:27.230><c> three</c><00:32:27.490><c> and</c><00:32:27.670><c> four</c><00:32:28.369><c> are</c><00:32:29.190><c> saying?</c>

00:32:30.910 --> 00:32:37.450
What<00:32:31.710><c> this</c><00:32:32.109><c> violence</c><00:32:32.630><c> is.</c><00:32:34.690><c> Let's</c><00:32:34.829><c> look</c><00:32:35.029><c> up</c><00:32:35.250><c> some</c><00:32:35.490><c> verses.</c><00:32:36.049><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:36.410><c> chapter</c><00:32:36.789><c> six</c>

00:32:37.450 --> 00:32:39.009
and<00:32:37.849><c> verse</c><00:32:38.109><c> seven.</c>

00:32:50.089 --> 00:32:56.950
And<00:32:50.170><c> this</c><00:32:50.329><c> is</c><00:32:50.549><c> here</c><00:32:51.529><c> the</c><00:32:52.549><c> phrases</c><00:32:52.950><c> of</c><00:32:53.269><c> Habakkuk</c><00:32:54.269><c> we</c><00:32:54.690><c> find</c><00:32:54.910><c> echoed</c><00:32:55.609><c> in</c><00:32:55.829><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:32:57.230 --> 00:33:01.670
Jeremiah<00:32:57.869><c> six,</c><00:32:58.329><c> verse</c><00:32:58.470><c> seven.</c><00:32:59.910><c> Speaking</c><00:33:00.170><c> about</c><00:33:00.430><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:33:02.670 --> 00:33:05.890
the<00:33:02.809><c> city</c><00:33:03.369><c> to</c><00:33:03.690><c> be</c><00:33:03.930><c> visited.</c><00:33:05.369><c> Verse</c><00:33:05.509><c> six</c><00:33:05.769><c> says,</c>

00:33:05.970 --> 00:33:10.130
she<00:33:06.029><c> is</c><00:33:06.349><c> wholly</c><00:33:07.410><c> oppression</c><00:33:08.210><c> in</c><00:33:08.410><c> the</c><00:33:08.529><c> midst</c><00:33:08.730><c> of</c><00:33:08.950><c> her.</c><00:33:09.670><c> As</c><00:33:09.849><c> a</c>

00:33:10.130 --> 00:33:12.130
fountain<00:33:10.529><c> casteth</c><00:33:11.250><c> out</c><00:33:11.410><c> her</c><00:33:11.650><c> waters,</c>

00:33:12.549 --> 00:33:16.650
so<00:33:12.789><c> she</c><00:33:13.109><c> casteth</c><00:33:13.630><c> out</c><00:33:13.809><c> her</c><00:33:14.009><c> wickedness.</c><00:33:15.150><c> Violence</c><00:33:15.710><c> and</c><00:33:16.230><c> spoil</c>

00:33:16.650 --> 00:33:20.950
is<00:33:17.410><c> heard</c><00:33:17.890><c> in</c><00:33:18.470><c> her.</c><00:33:19.190><c> That's</c><00:33:19.529><c> the</c><00:33:19.670><c> same</c><00:33:20.349><c> two</c><00:33:20.650><c> words</c>

00:33:20.950 --> 00:33:26.829
you<00:33:21.150><c> get</c><00:33:21.750><c> in</c><00:33:22.109><c> verse</c><00:33:22.349><c> three.</c><00:33:23.049><c> Spoiling</c><00:33:23.609><c> and</c><00:33:24.029><c> violence</c><00:33:24.609><c> are</c><00:33:25.089><c> before</c><00:33:25.529><c> me.</c>

00:33:27.569 --> 00:33:29.730
Violence<00:33:28.150><c> and</c><00:33:28.450><c> spoil.</c><00:33:28.750><c> And</c><00:33:28.849><c> that</c><00:33:29.309><c> violence</c>

00:33:29.730 --> 00:33:33.450
is<00:33:30.069><c> the</c><00:33:31.130><c> same</c><00:33:31.309><c> word</c><00:33:31.470><c> as</c><00:33:31.650><c> you</c><00:33:31.670><c> get</c><00:33:31.950><c> in</c><00:33:32.109><c> Habakkuk</c><00:33:32.390><c> one.</c><00:33:32.549><c> Verse</c><00:33:32.809><c> two</c><00:33:33.190><c> is</c>

00:33:33.450 --> 00:33:36.589
the<00:33:33.509><c> word</c><00:33:34.009><c> Hamas.</c><00:33:35.269><c> And</c><00:33:35.430><c> what</c><00:33:35.529><c> it's</c><00:33:35.769><c> talking</c><00:33:36.230><c> about</c>

00:33:36.589 --> 00:33:44.509
is<00:33:36.789><c> not</c><00:33:37.970><c> warfare</c><00:33:39.670><c> or</c><00:33:41.109><c> skirmishes</c><00:33:41.970><c> or</c><00:33:42.769><c> insurgency.</c><00:33:44.109><c> It's</c><00:33:44.329><c> not</c>

00:33:44.509 --> 00:33:47.009
that<00:33:44.809><c> sort</c><00:33:45.029><c> of</c><00:33:45.210><c> violence.</c><00:33:45.750><c> What</c><00:33:45.930><c> it's</c><00:33:46.210><c> talking</c><00:33:46.630><c> about</c>

00:33:47.009 --> 00:33:52.769
is<00:33:47.349><c> the</c><00:33:47.710><c> brutality</c><00:33:48.490><c> of</c><00:33:49.029><c> a</c><00:33:49.230><c> society</c><00:33:49.950><c> that</c><00:33:50.529><c> ought</c><00:33:50.789><c> to</c><00:33:50.890><c> have</c><00:33:51.069><c> been</c><00:33:51.369><c> righteous.</c>

00:33:54.029 --> 00:33:56.910
It's<00:33:54.190><c> talking</c><00:33:54.569><c> about,</c><00:33:55.309><c> and</c><00:33:55.630><c> this</c><00:33:55.809><c> is</c><00:33:56.029><c> the</c><00:33:56.089><c> best</c><00:33:56.269><c> way</c><00:33:56.410><c> I</c><00:33:56.470><c> can</c><00:33:56.609><c> think</c><00:33:56.769><c> of</c>

00:33:56.910 --> 00:34:00.569
saying<00:33:57.049><c> it,</c><00:33:58.150><c> institutional</c><00:33:58.910><c> corruption.</c>

00:34:05.230 --> 00:34:09.559
Jeremiah<00:34:05.609><c> chapter</c><00:34:06.069><c> 20</c><00:34:07.089><c> and</c><00:34:08.429><c> verse</c><00:34:08.710><c> eight.</c>

00:34:19.969 --> 00:34:27.070
Verse<00:34:20.730><c> eight.</c><00:34:21.269><c> For</c><00:34:21.289><c> since</c><00:34:21.710><c> I</c><00:34:22.050><c> speak,</c><00:34:23.030><c> I</c><00:34:23.369><c> cried</c><00:34:23.670><c> out.</c><00:34:24.409><c> I</c><00:34:24.730><c> cried.</c><00:34:25.809><c> Violence.</c>

00:34:27.889 --> 00:34:31.610
Well<00:34:28.110><c> that's</c><00:34:28.349><c> what</c><00:34:28.489><c> Habakkuk</c><00:34:28.909><c> chapter</c><00:34:29.469><c> one</c><00:34:30.449><c> is</c><00:34:30.989><c> saying,</c><00:34:31.349><c> isn't</c><00:34:31.469><c> it?</c>

00:34:31.670 --> 00:34:36.349
I<00:34:32.030><c> cry.</c><00:34:33.090><c> Violence.</c><00:34:34.949><c> And</c><00:34:35.269><c> spoil.</c>

00:34:37.809 --> 00:34:42.670
But<00:34:38.010><c> God</c><00:34:38.329><c> appears</c><00:34:39.130><c> not</c><00:34:39.989><c> to</c><00:34:40.250><c> hear.</c><00:34:41.090><c> Jeremiah</c><00:34:41.590><c> is</c><00:34:42.010><c> a</c><00:34:42.190><c> laughing</c>

00:34:42.670 --> 00:34:45.250
stock.<00:34:43.690><c> His</c><00:34:43.889><c> mission</c><00:34:44.190><c> is</c><00:34:44.550><c> unsuccessful.</c>

00:34:45.250 --> 00:34:48.829
The<00:34:45.869><c> people</c><00:34:46.389><c> who</c><00:34:46.750><c> he</c><00:34:46.909><c> speaks</c><00:34:47.070><c> to</c><00:34:47.369><c> despise</c><00:34:48.110><c> him,</c><00:34:48.449><c> belittle</c>

00:34:48.829 --> 00:34:50.949
him,<00:34:49.690><c> abuse</c><00:34:50.150><c> him.</c>

00:34:52.110 --> 00:34:56.010
This<00:34:52.289><c> seems</c><00:34:52.630><c> to</c><00:34:52.889><c> be</c><00:34:53.090><c> the</c><00:34:53.329><c> situation</c><00:34:54.050><c> in</c><00:34:54.710><c> which</c><00:34:54.969><c> Habakkuk</c><00:34:55.670><c> is</c>

00:34:56.010 --> 00:34:57.489
also<00:34:56.449><c> speaking.</c>

00:35:00.170 --> 00:35:03.130
Turn<00:35:00.489><c> to</c><00:35:00.650><c> chapter</c><00:35:00.969><c> 22</c><00:35:01.449><c> of</c><00:35:01.710><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:35:06.750 --> 00:35:12.329
Verse<00:35:07.090><c> two.</c><00:35:08.269><c> Say</c><00:35:08.530><c> cure</c><00:35:08.829><c> the</c><00:35:09.030><c> word</c><00:35:09.250><c> of</c><00:35:09.429><c> Yahweh,</c><00:35:09.730><c> O</c><00:35:09.949><c> King</c><00:35:10.110><c> of</c><00:35:10.349><c> Judah,</c><00:35:11.329><c> that</c><00:35:11.510><c> sitteth</c><00:35:11.769><c> upon</c><00:35:12.050><c> the</c>

00:35:12.329 --> 00:35:13.090
throne<00:35:12.530><c> of</c><00:35:12.789><c> David,</c>

00:35:13.090 --> 00:35:15.750
thou<00:35:13.389><c> and</c><00:35:13.590><c> thy</c><00:35:13.769><c> servants</c><00:35:14.210><c> and</c><00:35:14.389><c> thy</c><00:35:14.570><c> people</c><00:35:14.849><c> that</c><00:35:15.110><c> enter</c><00:35:15.289><c> in</c><00:35:15.530><c> by</c>

00:35:15.750 --> 00:35:19.289
the<00:35:16.010><c> gates.</c><00:35:16.909><c> That</c><00:35:17.170><c> sitteth</c><00:35:17.590><c> Yahweh.</c><00:35:18.730><c> Execute</c>

00:35:19.289 --> 00:35:24.090
judgment<00:35:19.989><c> and</c><00:35:20.389><c> righteousness,</c><00:35:21.949><c> and</c><00:35:22.070><c> deliver</c><00:35:22.550><c> the</c><00:35:23.010><c> spoil</c><00:35:23.429><c> out</c>

00:35:24.090 --> 00:35:27.329
of<00:35:24.250><c> the</c><00:35:24.429><c> hand</c><00:35:24.650><c> of</c><00:35:24.869><c> the</c><00:35:25.050><c> oppressor,</c><00:35:26.030><c> and</c><00:35:26.309><c> do</c><00:35:26.630><c> no</c><00:35:26.929><c> wrong,</c>

00:35:27.789 --> 00:35:32.469
do<00:35:28.150><c> no</c><00:35:28.429><c> violence.</c><00:35:29.250><c> There's</c><00:35:29.570><c> the</c><00:35:29.889><c> words</c><00:35:30.090><c> again,</c><00:35:30.590><c> spoil</c><00:35:30.949><c> and</c><00:35:31.210><c> violence.</c><00:35:32.250><c> To</c>

00:35:32.469 --> 00:35:34.250
the<00:35:32.789><c> stranger,</c><00:35:33.389><c> the</c><00:35:33.650><c> fatherless,</c>

00:35:34.469 --> 00:35:37.389
the<00:35:34.710><c> widow,</c><00:35:35.530><c> neither</c><00:35:35.809><c> shed</c><00:35:36.070><c> innocent</c><00:35:36.570><c> blood</c><00:35:36.849><c> in</c><00:35:37.050><c> this</c><00:35:37.250><c> place.</c>

00:35:37.610 --> 00:35:40.610
Now<00:35:37.849><c> notice</c><00:35:38.110><c> who</c><00:35:38.869><c> those</c><00:35:39.269><c> words</c><00:35:39.690><c> are</c><00:35:39.969><c> being</c><00:35:40.250><c> spoken</c>

00:35:40.610 --> 00:35:47.230
to.<00:35:41.730><c> Say,</c><00:35:43.010><c> O</c><00:35:43.210><c> King</c><00:35:43.530><c> of</c><00:35:43.949><c> Judah.</c><00:35:45.349><c> See,</c><00:35:45.889><c> there's</c><00:35:46.110><c> always</c><00:35:46.489><c> been</c>

00:35:47.230 --> 00:35:52.409
crime.<00:35:49.369><c> There's</c><00:35:49.730><c> always</c><00:35:50.309><c> been</c><00:35:51.010><c> iniquity.</c>

00:35:53.170 --> 00:36:01.349
But<00:35:53.469><c> what</c><00:35:53.869><c> Habakkuk</c><00:35:54.730><c> is</c><00:35:55.050><c> putting</c><00:35:55.329><c> his</c><00:35:55.650><c> finger</c><00:35:55.969><c> on</c><00:35:56.329><c> is</c><00:35:58.170><c> a</c><00:35:58.650><c> culture</c><00:35:59.070><c> of</c><00:35:59.389><c> crime</c><00:35:59.869><c> in</c>

00:36:01.349 --> 00:36:03.250
the<00:36:01.590><c> very</c><00:36:02.010><c> system</c><00:36:02.710><c> that</c><00:36:02.989><c> should</c>

00:36:03.250 --> 00:36:10.449
bring<00:36:03.489><c> justice,</c><00:36:06.170><c> institutional</c><00:36:06.949><c> corruption.</c><00:36:08.969><c> Kings</c><00:36:09.510><c> using</c>

00:36:10.449 --> 00:36:13.550
their<00:36:10.789><c> power</c><00:36:11.389><c> to</c><00:36:11.829><c> exploit</c><00:36:12.349><c> the</c><00:36:12.610><c> very</c><00:36:12.909><c> people</c><00:36:13.309><c> they</c>

00:36:13.550 --> 00:36:17.349
should<00:36:13.730><c> be</c><00:36:13.949><c> looking</c><00:36:14.170><c> after.</c><00:36:15.789><c> It</c><00:36:15.869><c> was</c><00:36:16.130><c> a</c><00:36:16.289><c> travesty.</c><00:36:16.909><c> It</c><00:36:16.909><c> was</c><00:36:17.190><c> an</c>

00:36:17.349 --> 00:36:22.670
abomination<00:36:17.969><c> to</c><00:36:18.250><c> God.</c><00:36:20.309><c> To</c><00:36:20.530><c> have</c><00:36:20.849><c> two</c><00:36:21.570><c> weights</c>

00:36:23.050 --> 00:36:28.130
so<00:36:23.449><c> that</c><00:36:23.650><c> you</c><00:36:23.869><c> could</c><00:36:24.190><c> cheat</c><00:36:24.570><c> people</c><00:36:25.409><c> was</c><00:36:25.989><c> an</c><00:36:26.210><c> abomination.</c><00:36:27.809><c> To</c>

00:36:28.130 --> 00:36:32.389
twist<00:36:28.590><c> the</c><00:36:28.949><c> law</c><00:36:29.429><c> to</c><00:36:29.949><c> satisfy</c><00:36:30.570><c> your</c><00:36:30.949><c> own</c><00:36:31.230><c> ends</c><00:36:31.650><c> is</c><00:36:32.150><c> an</c>

00:36:32.389 --> 00:36:38.349
abomination.<00:36:33.449><c> This</c><00:36:33.730><c> is</c><00:36:33.989><c> what</c><00:36:34.110><c> he's</c><00:36:34.389><c> complaining</c><00:36:34.809><c> about.</c><00:36:38.010><c> So</c>

00:36:38.349 --> 00:36:42.889
that's<00:36:38.909><c> the</c><00:36:39.030><c> word</c><00:36:39.690><c> violence,</c><00:36:41.710><c> Hamas,</c>

00:36:44.210 --> 00:36:47.949
and<00:36:44.230><c> it's</c><00:36:45.110><c> translated</c><00:36:45.510><c> a</c><00:36:45.670><c> number</c><00:36:45.829><c> of</c><00:36:46.010><c> ways,</c><00:36:46.929><c> but</c><00:36:47.329><c> I</c><00:36:47.769><c> thought</c>

00:36:47.949 --> 00:36:51.510
there<00:36:48.110><c> were</c><00:36:48.570><c> four</c><00:36:49.389><c> interesting</c><00:36:50.409><c> passages,</c>

00:36:51.630 --> 00:36:56.889
which<00:36:51.809><c> I</c><00:36:52.449><c> just</c><00:36:52.690><c> mentioned</c><00:36:53.070><c> now.</c><00:36:54.469><c> False</c><00:36:54.929><c> witnesses,</c><00:36:56.309><c> usually</c>

00:36:56.889 --> 00:36:59.789
the<00:36:57.309><c> phrase</c><00:36:57.630><c> false</c><00:36:58.110><c> witnesses</c><00:36:58.449><c> are</c><00:36:59.130><c> lying</c>

00:36:59.789 --> 00:37:03.469
witnesses.<00:37:01.610><c> Witnesses</c><00:37:02.309><c> that</c><00:37:02.429><c> are</c><00:37:02.550><c> not</c><00:37:02.769><c> telling</c><00:37:02.949><c> the</c><00:37:03.190><c> truth.</c>

00:37:03.849 --> 00:37:07.030
But<00:37:04.150><c> in</c><00:37:04.449><c> four</c><00:37:04.670><c> occasions,</c><00:37:05.630><c> these</c><00:37:05.849><c> are</c><00:37:06.170><c> Hamas</c>

00:37:07.969 --> 00:37:14.849
witnesses.<00:37:10.010><c> And</c><00:37:10.110><c> in</c><00:37:10.309><c> Exodus</c><00:37:10.489><c> 23</c><00:37:11.170><c> verse</c><00:37:11.630><c> 1,</c><00:37:12.989><c> Israel</c><00:37:13.230><c> is</c><00:37:14.289><c> warned</c>

00:37:14.849 --> 00:37:19.110
against<00:37:15.909><c> these</c><00:37:17.030><c> types</c><00:37:17.869><c> of</c><00:37:18.190><c> practices.</c>

00:37:23.809 --> 00:37:30.309
Thou<00:37:24.449><c> shalt</c><00:37:24.750><c> not</c><00:37:25.090><c> raise</c><00:37:25.429><c> a</c><00:37:25.809><c> false</c><00:37:26.230><c> report,</c><00:37:27.750><c> nor</c><00:37:27.909><c> put</c><00:37:28.210><c> thine</c><00:37:28.489><c> hand</c><00:37:28.909><c> into</c><00:37:29.150><c> the</c><00:37:29.369><c> wicked</c><00:37:29.809><c> to</c>

00:37:30.309 --> 00:37:32.469
be<00:37:30.630><c> an</c><00:37:31.269><c> unrighteous</c>

00:37:32.730 --> 00:37:37.090
witness.<00:37:34.630><c> What's</c><00:37:35.269><c> an</c><00:37:35.489><c> unrighteous</c><00:37:36.030><c> witness?</c><00:37:36.449><c> Well,</c><00:37:36.670><c> a</c><00:37:36.869><c> lying</c>

00:37:37.090 --> 00:37:39.690
witness.<00:37:38.030><c> But</c><00:37:38.210><c> I</c><00:37:38.369><c> don't</c><00:37:38.650><c> think</c><00:37:38.809><c> it's</c><00:37:39.070><c> just</c><00:37:39.389><c> saying</c>

00:37:39.690 --> 00:37:42.949
somebody<00:37:40.230><c> who's</c><00:37:40.510><c> not</c><00:37:40.829><c> telling</c><00:37:41.050><c> the</c><00:37:41.349><c> truth.</c><00:37:42.150><c> It's</c><00:37:42.429><c> getting</c><00:37:42.710><c> at</c>

00:37:42.949 --> 00:37:47.750
the<00:37:43.130><c> motivation</c><00:37:44.110><c> for</c><00:37:45.170><c> giving</c><00:37:45.449><c> a</c><00:37:45.929><c> false</c><00:37:46.610><c> witness.</c>

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:56.909
And<00:37:49.449><c> that</c><00:37:49.769><c> motivation</c><00:37:50.750><c> may</c><00:37:52.769><c> be</c><00:37:53.309><c> to</c><00:37:53.690><c> deliberately</c><00:37:54.150><c> harm</c><00:37:54.789><c> somebody,</c><00:37:56.650><c> more</c>

00:37:56.909 --> 00:37:59.730
likely<00:37:57.449><c> as</c><00:37:58.030><c> well</c><00:37:58.469><c> to</c><00:37:59.050><c> gain</c>

00:37:59.730 --> 00:38:14.750
from<00:38:00.369><c> the</c><00:38:00.670><c> court</c><00:38:00.929><c> case.</c><00:38:02.829><c> To</c><00:38:03.190><c> win</c><00:38:04.769><c> damages</c><00:38:06.170><c> or</c><00:38:07.369><c> property</c><00:38:07.969><c> or</c><00:38:09.130><c> rights.</c><00:38:11.610><c> And</c><00:38:11.769><c> that's</c><00:38:12.650><c> the</c><00:38:12.809><c> way</c><00:38:13.210><c> Psalm</c><00:38:13.750><c> 27</c>

00:38:14.750 --> 00:38:16.309
seems<00:38:15.190><c> to</c><00:38:15.489><c> be</c>

00:38:16.309 --> 00:38:26.130
applying<00:38:16.750><c> this.</c><00:38:18.590><c> Psalm</c><00:38:18.789><c> 27</c><00:38:19.949><c> and</c><00:38:21.070><c> verse</c><00:38:21.489><c> 12</c><00:38:22.650><c> says,</c><00:38:25.269><c> deliver</c><00:38:25.269><c> me</c>

00:38:26.130 --> 00:38:29.030
not<00:38:26.630><c> over</c><00:38:26.969><c> unto</c><00:38:27.230><c> the</c><00:38:27.469><c> will</c><00:38:27.630><c> of</c><00:38:27.869><c> mine</c><00:38:28.030><c> enemies,</c>

00:38:29.269 --> 00:38:35.050
for<00:38:29.449><c> false</c><00:38:29.929><c> witnesses,</c><00:38:30.789><c> lying</c><00:38:31.489><c> witnesses,</c><00:38:32.309><c> are</c><00:38:32.429><c> risen</c><00:38:32.630><c> up</c><00:38:32.889><c> against</c><00:38:33.269><c> me,</c><00:38:34.289><c> and</c><00:38:34.409><c> such</c><00:38:34.650><c> as</c>

00:38:35.050 --> 00:38:37.789
breathe<00:38:35.409><c> out</c><00:38:36.989><c> violence,</c>

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cruelty,<00:38:38.769><c> Hamas.</c><00:38:41.710><c> So</c><00:38:41.989><c> what</c><00:38:42.170><c> is</c><00:38:42.389><c> happening</c><00:38:42.750><c> is</c><00:38:43.630><c> that</c><00:38:44.030><c> the</c><00:38:44.230><c> legal</c><00:38:44.590><c> system</c><00:38:45.289><c> is</c>

00:38:45.710 --> 00:38:49.829
being<00:38:46.150><c> used</c><00:38:46.929><c> to</c><00:38:48.250><c> put</c><00:38:48.630><c> money</c><00:38:49.250><c> in</c><00:38:49.570><c> the</c>

00:38:49.829 --> 00:38:56.489
Swiss<00:38:50.110><c> bank</c><00:38:50.469><c> accounts</c><00:38:50.989><c> of</c><00:38:51.750><c> the</c><00:38:51.969><c> princes.</c><00:38:55.389><c> Heard</c><00:38:55.570><c> of</c><00:38:55.710><c> a</c><00:38:55.889><c> society</c><00:38:56.230><c> like</c>

00:38:56.489 --> 00:39:03.389
that?<00:39:00.869><c> So</c><00:39:01.449><c> this</c><00:39:02.010><c> and</c><00:39:02.250><c> other</c><00:39:02.650><c> connections</c>

00:39:03.389 --> 00:39:07.329
between<00:39:03.949><c> Jeremiah</c><00:39:04.750><c> and</c><00:39:05.530><c> Habakkuk</c><00:39:06.030><c> suggest</c><00:39:06.570><c> that</c><00:39:06.849><c> the</c><00:39:07.090><c> time</c>

00:39:07.329 --> 00:39:09.909
that<00:39:07.510><c> we're</c><00:39:07.730><c> talking</c><00:39:08.110><c> about</c><00:39:08.610><c> is</c><00:39:09.230><c> none</c><00:39:09.429><c> other</c><00:39:09.710><c> than</c>

00:39:09.909 --> 00:39:16.050
the<00:39:10.130><c> time</c><00:39:10.789><c> of</c><00:39:11.130><c> Josiah's</c><00:39:11.909><c> sons.</c><00:39:14.550><c> It</c><00:39:14.710><c> may</c><00:39:14.849><c> be</c><00:39:15.070><c> biased</c><00:39:15.250><c> on</c><00:39:15.469><c> my</c><00:39:15.730><c> part,</c><00:39:15.909><c> but</c>

00:39:16.050 --> 00:39:19.369
I<00:39:16.210><c> just</c><00:39:16.429><c> can't</c><00:39:16.690><c> imagine</c><00:39:17.349><c> this</c><00:39:17.869><c> being</c><00:39:18.690><c> applicable</c>

00:39:19.369 --> 00:39:26.110
in<00:39:19.929><c> the</c><00:39:20.190><c> time</c><00:39:20.449><c> of</c><00:39:20.789><c> Josiah</c><00:39:21.190><c> himself.</c><00:39:22.590><c> And</c><00:39:22.809><c> the</c><00:39:22.949><c> reason</c><00:39:23.389><c> is</c><00:39:24.010><c> because</c><00:39:24.469><c> Josiah</c><00:39:25.590><c> kept</c>

00:39:26.110 --> 00:39:28.389
the<00:39:26.389><c> law.</c><00:39:26.949><c> You</c><00:39:27.170><c> could</c><00:39:27.449><c> not</c><00:39:27.750><c> say</c>

00:39:28.389 --> 00:39:34.110
that<00:39:29.070><c> crooked</c><00:39:30.070><c> judgment</c><00:39:30.630><c> would</c><00:39:31.050><c> go</c><00:39:31.650><c> forth</c><00:39:32.150><c> from</c><00:39:33.150><c> the</c><00:39:33.670><c> keepers</c>

00:39:34.110 --> 00:39:38.170
of<00:39:34.369><c> the</c><00:39:34.530><c> law.</c><00:39:35.710><c> Get</c><00:39:35.869><c> in</c><00:39:36.110><c> Jeremiah</c><00:39:36.570><c> chapter</c><00:39:37.269><c> 22</c>

00:39:38.170 --> 00:39:43.789
a<00:39:38.769><c> contrast</c><00:39:39.309><c> between</c><00:39:39.670><c> Josiah</c><00:39:40.590><c> and</c><00:39:41.190><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:39:41.869><c> his</c><00:39:42.190><c> son.</c><00:39:43.630><c> The</c>

00:39:43.789 --> 00:39:45.969
reign<00:39:43.909><c> of</c><00:39:44.050><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:39:44.630><c> seems</c><00:39:44.909><c> the</c><00:39:45.150><c> best</c><00:39:45.510><c> fit</c>

00:39:45.969 --> 00:39:56.510
for<00:39:46.309><c> when</c><00:39:46.610><c> Habakkuk</c><00:39:47.050><c> is</c><00:39:47.329><c> given.</c><00:39:50.050><c> Jeremiah</c><00:39:50.389><c> chapter</c><00:39:51.269><c> 22</c><00:39:54.010><c> speaks</c><00:39:55.269><c> about</c>

00:39:56.510 --> 00:40:00.550
Josiah<00:39:57.269><c> in</c><00:39:57.650><c> verse</c><00:39:58.309><c> 16</c><00:39:58.929><c> in</c><00:39:59.170><c> this</c><00:39:59.429><c> way,</c>

00:40:00.809 --> 00:40:05.949
he<00:40:00.969><c> judged</c><00:40:01.750><c> the</c><00:40:02.429><c> cause</c><00:40:03.050><c> of</c><00:40:03.610><c> the</c><00:40:03.909><c> poor</c><00:40:04.170><c> and</c><00:40:04.389><c> needy.</c><00:40:05.369><c> Back</c><00:40:05.610><c> up</c><00:40:05.809><c> to</c>

00:40:05.949 --> 00:40:10.929
verse<00:40:06.269><c> 15,</c><00:40:09.429><c> do</c><00:40:09.690><c> judgment</c><00:40:10.210><c> and</c><00:40:10.469><c> justice,</c>

00:40:10.929 --> 00:40:16.130
that's<00:40:11.650><c> what</c><00:40:11.710><c> his</c><00:40:11.909><c> father</c><00:40:12.150><c> did.</c><00:40:13.170><c> Did</c><00:40:13.329><c> he</c><00:40:13.469><c> not</c><00:40:13.670><c> do</c><00:40:14.110><c> judgment</c><00:40:14.590><c> and</c><00:40:14.869><c> justice?</c><00:40:15.570><c> He</c>

00:40:16.130 --> 00:40:17.909
judged<00:40:16.530><c> the</c><00:40:16.809><c> cause</c><00:40:17.050><c> of</c><00:40:17.250><c> the</c><00:40:17.449><c> poor</c><00:40:17.690><c> and</c>

00:40:17.909 --> 00:40:22.650
needy.<00:40:18.590><c> Then</c><00:40:18.829><c> it</c><00:40:18.969><c> was</c><00:40:19.250><c> well</c><00:40:19.510><c> with</c><00:40:19.710><c> him.</c><00:40:20.650><c> But</c><00:40:20.929><c> verse</c><00:40:21.170><c> 17,</c><00:40:22.429><c> thine</c>

00:40:22.650 --> 00:40:26.429
eyes<00:40:23.150><c> and</c><00:40:23.670><c> thine</c><00:40:24.110><c> heart</c><00:40:24.690><c> are</c><00:40:25.409><c> not</c><00:40:25.710><c> but</c><00:40:26.010><c> for</c><00:40:26.150><c> thy</c>

00:40:26.429 --> 00:40:30.469
covetousness<00:40:27.510><c> and</c><00:40:28.090><c> for</c><00:40:28.250><c> to</c><00:40:28.550><c> shed</c><00:40:28.730><c> innocent</c><00:40:29.170><c> blood</c><00:40:29.650><c> and</c><00:40:30.230><c> for</c>

00:40:30.469 --> 00:40:34.809
oppression<00:40:31.070><c> and</c><00:40:32.030><c> for</c><00:40:32.369><c> violence</c><00:40:33.150><c> to</c><00:40:33.690><c> do</c><00:40:33.889><c> it.</c>

00:40:35.989 --> 00:40:43.769
Now<00:40:36.630><c> that</c><00:40:36.789><c> is</c><00:40:37.030><c> the</c><00:40:37.269><c> setting</c><00:40:37.590><c> then</c><00:40:37.989><c> which</c><00:40:38.269><c> we</c><00:40:38.670><c> infer</c><00:40:39.090><c> from</c><00:40:39.869><c> these</c><00:40:40.190><c> cross</c><00:40:40.530><c> references</c><00:40:41.130><c> between</c><00:40:42.449><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:40:43.510><c> also</c>

00:40:43.769 --> 00:40:51.110
Lamentations<00:40:44.650><c> and</c><00:40:45.170><c> Habakkuk.</c><00:40:48.389><c> I</c><00:40:48.570><c> won't</c><00:40:49.449><c> belabor</c><00:40:49.949><c> the</c><00:40:50.230><c> point,</c>

00:40:52.150 --> 00:40:54.329
we<00:40:52.449><c> did</c><00:40:52.570><c> it</c><00:40:52.789><c> three</c><00:40:53.030><c> years</c><00:40:53.309><c> ago,</c><00:40:53.789><c> you</c><00:40:53.969><c> can</c><00:40:54.190><c> all</c>

00:40:54.329 --> 00:40:59.349
remember<00:40:54.630><c> that.</c><00:40:56.869><c> And</c><00:40:57.010><c> for</c><00:40:57.329><c> time's</c><00:40:57.750><c> sake</c><00:40:57.809><c> now.</c><00:40:58.650><c> Here's</c><00:40:58.929><c> just</c><00:40:59.210><c> a</c>

00:40:59.349 --> 00:41:01.110
summary<00:40:59.710><c> of</c><00:40:59.969><c> some</c><00:41:00.150><c> of</c><00:41:00.329><c> the</c><00:41:00.429><c> verses.</c><00:41:00.789><c> Anybody</c>

00:41:01.110 --> 00:41:05.190
wants<00:41:01.369><c> copies</c><00:41:01.690><c> of</c><00:41:01.909><c> this</c><00:41:03.449><c> PowerPoint,</c><00:41:04.190><c> they're</c><00:41:04.550><c> welcome.</c><00:41:05.090><c> If</c>

00:41:05.190 --> 00:41:07.030
you<00:41:05.309><c> don't</c><00:41:05.449><c> want</c><00:41:05.590><c> to</c><00:41:05.690><c> write</c><00:41:05.829><c> it</c><00:41:06.010><c> down,</c><00:41:06.289><c> you</c><00:41:06.289><c> can</c><00:41:06.889><c> have</c>

00:41:07.030 --> 00:41:10.130
it<00:41:07.210><c> or</c><00:41:07.309><c> I</c><00:41:07.369><c> can</c><00:41:07.550><c> email</c><00:41:07.829><c> it</c><00:41:08.110><c> to</c><00:41:08.210><c> you,</c><00:41:08.429><c> whatever</c><00:41:08.750><c> you</c><00:41:08.969><c> want.</c><00:41:09.809><c> But</c>

00:41:10.130 --> 00:41:13.150
some<00:41:10.349><c> of</c><00:41:10.469><c> these</c><00:41:10.710><c> phrases</c><00:41:11.050><c> in</c><00:41:11.289><c> the</c><00:41:11.489><c> first</c><00:41:11.889><c> two</c><00:41:12.369><c> or</c><00:41:12.510><c> three</c>

00:41:13.150 --> 00:41:19.710
verses<00:41:13.809><c> make</c><00:41:14.590><c> the</c><00:41:15.030><c> connection</c><00:41:15.590><c> with</c><00:41:16.789><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:41:18.469><c> institutional</c><00:41:19.090><c> corruption</c>

00:41:19.710 --> 00:41:20.690
of<00:41:19.949><c> the</c><00:41:20.170><c> sort</c><00:41:20.409><c> that</c>

00:41:20.690 --> 00:41:24.570
Jehoiakim<00:41:21.610><c> fostered,</c><00:41:22.809><c> which</c><00:41:23.090><c> led</c><00:41:23.369><c> to</c><00:41:23.630><c> the</c><00:41:23.849><c> people,</c><00:41:24.150><c> the</c><00:41:24.389><c> poor</c>

00:41:24.570 --> 00:41:27.309
and<00:41:24.769><c> the</c><00:41:24.989><c> needy,</c><00:41:25.190><c> being</c><00:41:25.570><c> spoiled</c><00:41:26.130><c> by</c><00:41:26.389><c> the</c><00:41:26.710><c> violence</c>

00:41:27.309 --> 00:41:34.070
of<00:41:28.050><c> the</c><00:41:29.150><c> judges</c><00:41:29.630><c> and</c><00:41:30.670><c> a</c><00:41:30.829><c> society</c><00:41:31.570><c> riven</c><00:41:32.090><c> by</c><00:41:32.489><c> strife</c><00:41:32.889><c> and</c><00:41:33.110><c> contention</c><00:41:33.789><c> that</c>

00:41:34.070 --> 00:41:36.010
when<00:41:34.309><c> Jeremiah</c><00:41:34.869><c> tried</c><00:41:35.309><c> to</c><00:41:35.650><c> speak</c><00:41:35.849><c> the</c>

00:41:36.010 --> 00:41:42.150
word<00:41:36.190><c> of</c><00:41:36.469><c> God</c><00:41:36.829><c> he</c><00:41:37.170><c> was</c><00:41:37.510><c> howled</c><00:41:37.929><c> down.</c><00:41:40.869><c> So</c><00:41:40.869><c> I'll</c><00:41:41.489><c> just</c><00:41:41.730><c> move</c><00:41:41.929><c> on</c>

00:41:42.150 --> 00:41:45.750
if<00:41:42.289><c> you</c><00:41:42.389><c> don't</c><00:41:42.530><c> mind.</c><00:41:43.170><c> So</c><00:41:43.429><c> the</c><00:41:43.710><c> law</c><00:41:44.250><c> which</c><00:41:45.349><c> should</c><00:41:45.610><c> have</c>

00:41:45.750 --> 00:41:52.429
gone<00:41:46.070><c> forth</c><00:41:46.670><c> from</c><00:41:47.050><c> Zion</c><00:41:47.550><c> in</c><00:41:48.750><c> a</c><00:41:49.030><c> true</c><00:41:49.230><c> and</c><00:41:49.510><c> just</c><00:41:49.809><c> way</c><00:41:50.530><c> was</c><00:41:51.690><c> now</c>

00:41:52.429 --> 00:41:56.769
feeble.<00:41:54.909><c> Verse</c><00:41:55.090><c> four</c><00:41:55.289><c> says</c><00:41:55.510><c> the</c><00:41:55.670><c> law</c><00:41:55.929><c> is</c><00:41:56.309><c> slacked,</c>

00:41:56.769 --> 00:42:01.369
the<00:41:57.289><c> law</c><00:41:57.510><c> is</c><00:41:57.829><c> fainted,</c><00:41:59.070><c> the</c><00:41:59.170><c> law</c><00:41:59.429><c> has</c><00:41:59.550><c> no</c><00:41:59.769><c> energy.</c><00:42:01.170><c> In</c><00:42:01.210><c> other</c>

00:42:01.369 --> 00:42:03.349
words,<00:42:01.710><c> law</c><00:42:01.909><c> givers</c><00:42:02.250><c> have</c><00:42:02.510><c> no</c><00:42:02.769><c> energy</c>

00:42:03.349 --> 00:42:07.349
to<00:42:03.889><c> defend</c><00:42:04.409><c> the</c><00:42:04.690><c> people</c><00:42:05.050><c> that</c><00:42:05.269><c> they</c><00:42:05.510><c> put</c><00:42:05.710><c> in</c><00:42:06.070><c> place</c><00:42:06.610><c> to</c><00:42:07.090><c> look</c>

00:42:07.349 --> 00:42:14.389
after.<00:42:10.730><c> Judgment</c><00:42:11.409><c> does</c><00:42:12.630><c> never</c><00:42:13.010><c> go</c><00:42:13.389><c> forth.</c>

00:42:16.670 --> 00:42:22.050
And<00:42:16.889><c> as</c><00:42:17.130><c> a</c><00:42:17.170><c> result</c><00:42:17.510><c> the</c><00:42:17.750><c> wicked</c><00:42:18.090><c> compass</c><00:42:18.710><c> the</c><00:42:18.969><c> righteous.</c><00:42:21.570><c> Indeed</c><00:42:21.849><c> it</c>

00:42:22.050 --> 00:42:25.989
is<00:42:22.889><c> crooked</c><00:42:23.389><c> judgment,</c><00:42:25.409><c> that</c>

00:42:25.989 --> 00:42:37.510
procedure.<00:42:33.769><c> Well</c><00:42:34.389><c> we</c><00:42:34.510><c> are</c><00:42:34.789><c> bothered</c><00:42:35.090><c> by</c><00:42:35.409><c> this</c><00:42:35.670><c> aren't</c><00:42:35.829><c> we?</c>

00:42:38.730 --> 00:42:40.730
Our<00:42:38.929><c> young</c><00:42:39.090><c> people</c><00:42:39.369><c> certainly</c><00:42:39.789><c> are.</c>

00:42:41.849 --> 00:42:47.949
This<00:42:42.070><c> is</c><00:42:42.329><c> a</c><00:42:42.329><c> map,</c><00:42:43.110><c> two</c><00:42:43.170><c> maps</c><00:42:43.409><c> of</c><00:42:43.610><c> the</c><00:42:43.809><c> world.</c><00:42:46.170><c> The</c><00:42:46.409><c> top</c><00:42:46.670><c> map</c><00:42:47.110><c> is</c>

00:42:47.949 --> 00:42:50.409
the<00:42:48.269><c> world</c><00:42:48.650><c> where</c><00:42:48.969><c> each</c><00:42:49.309><c> country's</c>

00:42:50.710 --> 00:42:56.250
space<00:42:51.230><c> is</c><00:42:51.670><c> inflated</c><00:42:53.030><c> by</c><00:42:53.630><c> the</c><00:42:53.829><c> amount</c><00:42:54.130><c> of</c><00:42:55.329><c> world</c><00:42:55.610><c> resources</c>

00:42:56.250 --> 00:42:57.690
that<00:42:56.550><c> they</c><00:42:56.769><c> consume.</c>

00:43:01.809 --> 00:43:04.829
All<00:43:01.909><c> right</c><00:43:01.949><c> so</c><00:43:02.030><c> a</c><00:43:02.110><c> country</c><00:43:02.510><c> that</c><00:43:03.389><c> contributes</c><00:43:04.070><c> most</c><00:43:04.409><c> carbon</c>

00:43:04.829 --> 00:43:07.170
to<00:43:05.050><c> the</c><00:43:05.289><c> atmosphere</c><00:43:05.929><c> is</c><00:43:06.389><c> the</c><00:43:06.570><c> country</c><00:43:06.949><c> that</c>

00:43:07.170 --> 00:43:14.750
is<00:43:07.449><c> burning</c><00:43:07.769><c> the</c><00:43:07.989><c> most</c><00:43:08.289><c> carbon</c><00:43:09.050><c> fuel</c><00:43:09.469><c> and</c><00:43:10.610><c> consuming</c><00:43:11.230><c> the</c><00:43:11.969><c> world's</c><00:43:12.349><c> resource.</c><00:43:14.030><c> No</c>

00:43:14.750 --> 00:43:16.389
offense<00:43:15.250><c> but</c><00:43:15.469><c> you</c><00:43:15.630><c> can</c><00:43:15.869><c> see</c><00:43:16.090><c> which</c>

00:43:16.389 --> 00:43:23.789
country<00:43:16.769><c> is</c><00:43:17.570><c> doing</c><00:43:18.389><c> that.</c><00:43:22.309><c> Can</c><00:43:22.829><c> you</c><00:43:23.010><c> see</c><00:43:23.110><c> that</c><00:43:23.369><c> Africa</c><00:43:23.570><c> has</c>

00:43:23.789 --> 00:43:25.369
virtually<00:43:24.130><c> disappeared?</c>

00:43:28.610 --> 00:43:31.389
Have<00:43:28.769><c> you</c><00:43:28.809><c> ever</c><00:43:29.010><c> seen</c><00:43:29.170><c> a</c><00:43:29.329><c> map</c><00:43:29.429><c> of</c><00:43:29.590><c> the</c><00:43:29.769><c> world</c><00:43:29.909><c> with</c><00:43:30.110><c> Africa</c><00:43:30.769><c> which</c><00:43:31.230><c> is</c>

00:43:31.389 --> 00:43:33.150
just<00:43:31.550><c> a</c><00:43:31.690><c> little</c><00:43:31.929><c> wasteland?</c>

00:43:34.690 --> 00:43:40.369
The<00:43:34.929><c> map</c><00:43:35.110><c> at</c><00:43:35.329><c> the</c><00:43:35.510><c> bottom</c><00:43:36.090><c> is</c><00:43:38.110><c> the</c><00:43:38.409><c> same</c><00:43:38.710><c> world</c><00:43:39.349><c> and</c><00:43:39.889><c> the</c><00:43:40.130><c> same</c>

00:43:40.369 --> 00:43:46.369
countries<00:43:41.469><c> inflated</c><00:43:43.170><c> by</c><00:43:44.630><c> the</c><00:43:45.309><c> consequences</c>

00:43:46.389 --> 00:43:48.769
of<00:43:46.630><c> the</c><00:43:46.809><c> consumption</c><00:43:47.389><c> of</c><00:43:47.590><c> the</c><00:43:47.750><c> world's</c><00:43:48.090><c> resources.</c><00:43:48.489><c> In</c><00:43:48.590><c> other</c>

00:43:48.769 --> 00:43:55.389
words,<00:43:49.969><c> greenhouse</c><00:43:50.190><c> gases</c><00:43:50.769><c> and</c><00:43:53.650><c> look</c><00:43:54.909><c> at</c><00:43:55.030><c> the</c><00:43:55.210><c> size</c>

00:43:55.389 --> 00:44:03.210
of<00:43:55.610><c> Africa.</c><00:43:59.809><c> No</c><00:44:00.070><c> wonder</c><00:44:00.550><c> that</c><00:44:01.010><c> people</c><00:44:01.269><c> get</c><00:44:01.590><c> angry.</c><00:44:02.590><c> People</c>

00:44:03.210 --> 00:44:06.369
who<00:44:03.409><c> are</c><00:44:03.550><c> thinking</c><00:44:03.969><c> and</c><00:44:04.789><c> young</c><00:44:04.989><c> people</c><00:44:05.449><c> who</c><00:44:06.050><c> are</c>

00:44:06.369 --> 00:44:11.650
idealistic<00:44:07.110><c> in</c><00:44:07.309><c> their</c><00:44:07.489><c> outlook</c><00:44:07.929><c> see</c><00:44:09.590><c> a</c><00:44:09.829><c> world</c><00:44:10.070><c> in</c><00:44:10.309><c> which</c><00:44:10.730><c> there</c><00:44:10.949><c> is</c>

00:44:11.650 --> 00:44:14.070
the<00:44:11.889><c> greatest</c><00:44:12.250><c> travesty</c><00:44:12.969><c> of</c><00:44:13.269><c> justice</c><00:44:13.750><c> you</c>

00:44:14.070 --> 00:44:22.730
imagine<00:44:14.630><c> on</c><00:44:15.989><c> a</c><00:44:16.289><c> global</c><00:44:16.590><c> scale.</c><00:44:20.070><c> That</c><00:44:20.170><c> the</c><00:44:20.449><c> poor</c><00:44:20.650><c> and</c><00:44:20.869><c> needy</c><00:44:21.829><c> are</c><00:44:22.170><c> the</c><00:44:22.269><c> ones</c><00:44:22.469><c> to</c>

00:44:22.730 --> 00:44:24.429
bear<00:44:22.869><c> the</c><00:44:23.170><c> consequences</c>

00:44:24.630 --> 00:44:31.110
of<00:44:24.969><c> the</c><00:44:25.150><c> rich</c><00:44:25.389><c> and</c><00:44:26.949><c> greedy.</c><00:44:29.610><c> And</c><00:44:29.909><c> who</c><00:44:30.050><c> can</c><00:44:30.230><c> do</c><00:44:30.429><c> anything</c><00:44:30.750><c> about</c>

00:44:31.110 --> 00:44:34.210
it?<00:44:32.969><c> No</c><00:44:33.090><c> politician.</c>

00:44:35.469 --> 00:44:40.949
What<00:44:35.730><c> politician</c><00:44:36.210><c> will</c><00:44:36.389><c> be</c><00:44:36.570><c> voted</c><00:44:36.889><c> for</c><00:44:37.949><c> on</c><00:44:39.289><c> a</c><00:44:39.489><c> platform</c><00:44:39.989><c> of</c>

00:44:40.949 --> 00:44:42.869
you<00:44:41.449><c> pay</c><00:44:41.690><c> more</c><00:44:42.030><c> and</c><00:44:42.190><c> more</c><00:44:42.349><c> and</c><00:44:42.570><c> more</c>

00:44:42.869 --> 00:44:47.550
to<00:44:43.590><c> other</c><00:44:43.789><c> countries?</c><00:44:45.670><c> It's</c><00:44:45.949><c> not</c><00:44:46.190><c> viable.</c><00:44:47.289><c> It's</c><00:44:47.550><c> not</c><00:44:47.550><c> it</c>

00:44:47.550 --> 00:44:48.820
never<00:44:47.929><c> happened.</c>

00:44:51.510 --> 00:45:00.829
So<00:44:51.829><c> we</c><00:44:52.110><c> have</c><00:44:52.829><c> consequences,</c><00:44:54.530><c> violence,</c><00:44:55.670><c> spoil,</c><00:44:57.130><c> poor</c><00:44:57.530><c> and</c><00:44:58.070><c> needy</c><00:44:59.050><c> and</c><00:44:59.670><c> the</c><00:44:59.949><c> cry</c><00:45:00.170><c> goes</c><00:45:00.530><c> up</c>

00:45:00.829 --> 00:45:02.090
anybody<00:45:01.510><c> with</c><00:45:01.889><c> a</c>

00:45:02.090 --> 00:45:08.269
heart<00:45:02.429><c> surely</c><00:45:03.190><c> must</c><00:45:03.989><c> cry</c><00:45:04.409><c> with</c><00:45:04.710><c> havoc.</c><00:45:06.650><c> Why</c><00:45:07.329><c> doesn't</c><00:45:07.730><c> God</c><00:45:07.949><c> do</c>

00:45:08.269 --> 00:45:11.869
something?<00:45:09.789><c> Why</c><00:45:10.130><c> doesn't</c><00:45:10.510><c> he</c><00:45:10.789><c> intervene?</c><00:45:11.329><c> Why</c><00:45:11.590><c> doesn't</c>

00:45:11.869 --> 00:45:18.530
he<00:45:12.010><c> stop</c><00:45:12.349><c> it?</c><00:45:12.570><c> Why</c><00:45:12.809><c> does</c><00:45:13.010><c> he</c><00:45:13.170><c> allow</c><00:45:13.469><c> it?</c><00:45:16.889><c> It's</c><00:45:17.110><c> not</c><00:45:17.349><c> a</c><00:45:17.610><c> theoretical</c><00:45:18.090><c> thing.</c>

00:45:18.849 --> 00:45:20.130
There<00:45:18.909><c> will</c><00:45:19.110><c> be</c><00:45:19.349><c> times</c><00:45:19.630><c> probably</c>

00:45:20.130 --> 00:45:24.570
when<00:45:21.190><c> each</c><00:45:21.449><c> of</c><00:45:21.610><c> us</c><00:45:21.869><c> will</c><00:45:22.309><c> just</c><00:45:22.710><c> be</c><00:45:23.090><c> stunned</c><00:45:23.489><c> by</c><00:45:23.889><c> the</c><00:45:24.090><c> enormity</c>

00:45:24.570 --> 00:45:25.969
of<00:45:24.730><c> it.</c><00:45:24.869><c> I</c><00:45:25.070><c> remember</c><00:45:25.349><c> I</c><00:45:25.510><c> was</c><00:45:25.590><c> telling</c><00:45:25.710><c> young</c>

00:45:25.969 --> 00:45:30.250
people<00:45:26.230><c> that</c><00:45:27.309><c> 30</c><00:45:27.570><c> odd</c><00:45:27.730><c> years</c><00:45:27.969><c> ago</c><00:45:28.130><c> I</c><00:45:28.130><c> went</c><00:45:28.289><c> to</c><00:45:28.429><c> Ethiopia,</c><00:45:29.989><c> my</c>

00:45:30.250 --> 00:45:35.050
first<00:45:30.590><c> experience</c><00:45:31.110><c> of</c><00:45:31.989><c> the</c><00:45:32.269><c> third</c><00:45:32.610><c> world</c><00:45:33.050><c> and</c><00:45:34.130><c> it</c><00:45:34.269><c> was</c>

00:45:35.349 --> 00:45:38.670
a<00:45:35.809><c> very</c><00:45:36.130><c> emotional</c><00:45:36.590><c> experience</c><00:45:37.110><c> because</c><00:45:37.510><c> I</c><00:45:37.789><c> went</c><00:45:37.949><c> outside</c><00:45:38.409><c> my</c>

00:45:38.670 --> 00:45:40.449
rather<00:45:38.949><c> nice</c><00:45:39.190><c> hotel</c>

00:45:41.869 --> 00:45:46.170
and<00:45:42.329><c> I</c><00:45:42.829><c> couldn't</c><00:45:43.110><c> walk</c><00:45:43.469><c> down</c><00:45:43.750><c> the</c><00:45:44.050><c> street</c><00:45:44.690><c> without</c><00:45:45.650><c> having</c><00:45:45.909><c> to</c>

00:45:46.170 --> 00:45:49.110
step<00:45:46.550><c> over</c><00:45:47.389><c> women</c><00:45:47.949><c> and</c><00:45:48.510><c> babies</c>

00:45:49.110 --> 00:45:54.610
lying<00:45:49.650><c> on</c><00:45:49.929><c> the</c><00:45:50.150><c> street.</c><00:45:52.150><c> I</c><00:45:52.309><c> had</c><00:45:52.449><c> to</c><00:45:52.570><c> pick</c><00:45:52.710><c> my</c><00:45:52.989><c> way</c><00:45:53.230><c> through</c><00:45:53.570><c> them</c><00:45:54.110><c> and</c>

00:45:54.610 --> 00:45:56.710
when<00:45:54.750><c> I</c><00:45:54.949><c> asked</c><00:45:55.530><c> what</c><00:45:56.050><c> was</c><00:45:56.269><c> this</c><00:45:56.429><c> they</c><00:45:56.590><c> said</c>

00:45:56.710 --> 00:46:00.929
they're<00:45:57.170><c> living</c><00:45:57.409><c> there.</c><00:45:58.829><c> They've</c><00:45:59.230><c> been</c><00:45:59.409><c> thrown</c><00:45:59.570><c> out</c><00:45:59.849><c> of</c><00:46:00.010><c> their</c><00:46:00.130><c> houses</c><00:46:00.610><c> by</c>

00:46:00.929 --> 00:46:04.590
their<00:46:01.110><c> husbands.</c><00:46:02.989><c> They've</c><00:46:03.389><c> had</c><00:46:03.530><c> babies,</c>

00:46:05.010 --> 00:46:08.630
they<00:46:05.250><c> haven't</c><00:46:05.449><c> had</c><00:46:05.670><c> proper</c><00:46:05.789><c> medical</c><00:46:06.309><c> care,</c><00:46:07.309><c> they've</c><00:46:07.570><c> had</c><00:46:07.750><c> cares</c><00:46:08.230><c> and</c>

00:46:08.630 --> 00:46:10.550
wounds<00:46:08.889><c> which</c><00:46:09.190><c> haven't</c><00:46:09.469><c> healed.</c>

00:46:11.010 --> 00:46:16.250
The<00:46:11.389><c> husbands</c><00:46:11.750><c> have</c><00:46:12.010><c> dispensed</c><00:46:12.389><c> to</c><00:46:12.570><c> them</c><00:46:13.550><c> and</c><00:46:14.150><c> the</c><00:46:14.309><c> babies</c><00:46:14.650><c> just</c><00:46:15.550><c> fill</c><00:46:15.610><c> them</c><00:46:15.750><c> up</c>

00:46:16.250 --> 00:46:17.070
and<00:46:16.550><c> they're</c><00:46:16.750><c> waiting.</c>

00:46:17.170 --> 00:46:21.289
There's<00:46:17.369><c> a</c><00:46:17.550><c> special</c><00:46:17.769><c> hospital</c><00:46:18.349><c> in</c><00:46:18.869><c> Addis</c><00:46:19.150><c> Ababa</c><00:46:19.630><c> for</c><00:46:20.530><c> women's</c>

00:46:21.289 --> 00:46:23.750
problems<00:46:21.670><c> and</c><00:46:22.309><c> they're</c><00:46:22.550><c> hoping</c><00:46:22.889><c> that</c><00:46:23.150><c> one</c><00:46:23.389><c> day</c>

00:46:23.989 --> 00:46:30.670
they<00:46:24.469><c> might</c><00:46:25.090><c> be</c><00:46:25.630><c> repaired</c><00:46:26.230><c> and</c><00:46:27.070><c> they</c><00:46:27.250><c> can</c><00:46:27.429><c> go</c><00:46:27.710><c> back</c><00:46:27.969><c> home.</c><00:46:30.570><c> I</c>

00:46:30.670 --> 00:46:33.309
felt<00:46:30.869><c> sick</c><00:46:31.590><c> as</c><00:46:32.250><c> you</c><00:46:32.449><c> would.</c>

00:46:33.610 --> 00:46:38.050
You<00:46:34.210><c> actually</c><00:46:34.409><c> physically</c><00:46:34.809><c> have</c><00:46:35.010><c> to</c><00:46:35.309><c> step</c><00:46:35.530><c> over</c><00:46:36.510><c> women</c><00:46:37.269><c> lying</c>

00:46:38.050 --> 00:46:39.309
on<00:46:38.329><c> the</c><00:46:38.510><c> street</c>

00:46:40.190 --> 00:46:44.829
because<00:46:40.789><c> the</c><00:46:41.130><c> brutality</c><00:46:41.829><c> of</c><00:46:42.329><c> the</c><00:46:42.570><c> culture</c><00:46:42.869><c> of</c><00:46:43.030><c> their</c><00:46:43.170><c> husbands</c><00:46:43.590><c> in</c><00:46:43.809><c> this</c><00:46:44.030><c> case.</c>

00:46:46.369 --> 00:46:50.469
And<00:46:46.769><c> spanking</c><00:46:47.070><c> in</c><00:46:47.329><c> this</c><00:46:47.469><c> hotel</c><00:46:48.489><c> while</c><00:46:49.010><c> outside</c><00:46:49.630><c> was</c><00:46:49.969><c> abject</c>

00:46:50.469 --> 00:46:54.730
poverty<00:46:51.070><c> and</c><00:46:53.289><c> you</c><00:46:53.429><c> think</c><00:46:53.530><c> you</c><00:46:53.690><c> can</c><00:46:53.869><c> do</c><00:46:54.150><c> nothing</c>

00:46:54.730 --> 00:46:59.590
about<00:46:55.309><c> it</c><00:46:55.610><c> at</c><00:46:55.610><c> all.</c><00:46:57.929><c> And</c><00:46:58.070><c> we</c><00:46:58.210><c> can</c><00:46:58.449><c> do</c><00:46:58.670><c> nothing</c><00:46:58.969><c> about</c><00:46:59.309><c> it.</c><00:46:59.449><c> You</c>

00:46:59.590 --> 00:47:02.389
say<00:46:59.690><c> well</c><00:46:59.909><c> why</c><00:47:00.170><c> don't</c><00:47:00.369><c> we</c><00:47:01.610><c> take</c><00:47:01.909><c> action</c>

00:47:02.809 --> 00:47:10.010
why<00:47:03.110><c> don't</c><00:47:03.309><c> we</c><00:47:03.610><c> organize</c><00:47:04.030><c> why</c><00:47:04.289><c> don't</c><00:47:04.610><c> we</c><00:47:04.789><c> protest?</c><00:47:09.510><c> Well</c>

00:47:10.829 --> 00:47:18.190
why<00:47:11.550><c> don't</c><00:47:11.809><c> we</c><00:47:12.670><c> join</c><00:47:13.710><c> the</c><00:47:14.550><c> new</c><00:47:14.809><c> humanism?</c><00:47:16.449><c> Is</c><00:47:16.590><c> this</c><00:47:16.789><c> the</c><00:47:16.929><c> answer?</c>

00:47:22.170 --> 00:47:26.110
The<00:47:22.309><c> Director</c><00:47:22.769><c> General</c><00:47:23.170><c> of</c><00:47:23.429><c> UNESCO</c><00:47:23.929><c> has</c><00:47:24.230><c> proposed</c><00:47:24.889><c> to</c><00:47:25.170><c> respond</c><00:47:25.630><c> to</c><00:47:25.809><c> the</c>

00:47:26.110 --> 00:47:28.250
challenges<00:47:26.510><c> of</c><00:47:26.869><c> our</c><00:47:27.090><c> times</c>

00:47:28.429 --> 00:47:33.210
through<00:47:29.030><c> the</c><00:47:29.289><c> lens</c><00:47:29.650><c> of</c><00:47:29.969><c> a</c><00:47:30.150><c> new</c><00:47:30.730><c> humanism.</c><00:47:32.389><c> The</c><00:47:32.650><c> evolutionary</c>

00:47:33.210 --> 00:47:36.889
philosophy<00:47:34.110><c> of</c><00:47:34.710><c> UNESCO</c><00:47:35.250><c> embraces</c>

00:47:37.170 --> 00:47:42.170
a<00:47:38.090><c> profound</c><00:47:38.610><c> optimism</c><00:47:39.289><c> but</c><00:47:40.210><c> it's</c><00:47:40.489><c> not</c><00:47:40.730><c> Habakkuk's</c><00:47:41.650><c> embrace</c>

00:47:42.170 --> 00:47:43.670
is<00:47:42.369><c> it?</c>

00:47:45.369 --> 00:47:49.829
I<00:47:45.369><c> went</c><00:47:45.550><c> to</c><00:47:45.710><c> New</c><00:47:45.869><c> York</c><00:47:46.130><c> earlier</c><00:47:46.829><c> this</c><00:47:47.889><c> summer</c><00:47:48.190><c> and</c><00:47:49.030><c> I'd</c><00:47:49.230><c> always</c>

00:47:49.829 --> 00:47:57.730
read<00:47:50.429><c> about</c><00:47:51.389><c> the</c><00:47:51.809><c> UN</c><00:47:52.469><c> building</c><00:47:53.269><c> and</c><00:47:54.269><c> that's</c><00:47:56.610><c> my</c>

00:47:57.730 --> 00:48:01.050
favorite.<00:47:58.829><c> But</c><00:47:59.389><c> I</c><00:47:59.449><c> didn't</c><00:47:59.630><c> realize</c><00:48:00.030><c> until</c><00:48:00.309><c> I</c><00:48:00.429><c> looked</c><00:48:00.630><c> into</c><00:48:00.869><c> it</c>

00:48:01.050 --> 00:48:03.170
in<00:48:01.050><c> some</c><00:48:01.210><c> detail</c><00:48:01.489><c> a</c><00:48:01.630><c> while</c><00:48:01.769><c> ago</c><00:48:02.010><c> is</c><00:48:02.230><c> that</c><00:48:02.590><c> quotation</c>

00:48:03.170 --> 00:48:07.610
from<00:48:03.469><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:03.909><c> was</c><00:48:04.210><c> put</c><00:48:04.409><c> there</c><00:48:04.650><c> without</c><00:48:04.929><c> Isaiah's</c><00:48:05.670><c> name</c><00:48:05.809><c> on</c><00:48:05.969><c> it.</c><00:48:07.409><c> It</c>

00:48:07.610 --> 00:48:11.329
was<00:48:07.809><c> put</c><00:48:08.030><c> there</c><00:48:08.269><c> as</c><00:48:08.510><c> a</c><00:48:08.710><c> humanist</c><00:48:09.210><c> manifesto.</c>

00:48:12.150 --> 00:48:17.030
Only<00:48:12.489><c> years</c><00:48:12.929><c> later</c><00:48:13.630><c> was</c><00:48:14.110><c> the</c><00:48:14.309><c> name</c><00:48:14.510><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:15.030><c> added.</c><00:48:16.389><c> This</c><00:48:16.769><c> is</c>

00:48:17.030 --> 00:48:21.090
the<00:48:17.269><c> humanism.</c><00:48:18.269><c> It</c><00:48:18.550><c> looks</c><00:48:18.989><c> like</c><00:48:19.670><c> it's</c><00:48:20.309><c> right.</c>

00:48:21.230 --> 00:48:26.369
It's<00:48:21.690><c> beguiling</c><00:48:22.389><c> and</c><00:48:22.789><c> seductive.</c><00:48:23.769><c> It's</c><00:48:24.050><c> even</c><00:48:24.369><c> got</c><00:48:24.730><c> our</c><00:48:25.030><c> own</c><00:48:25.329><c> verse</c>

00:48:27.150 --> 00:48:32.409
but<00:48:27.889><c> it</c><00:48:28.170><c> isn't</c><00:48:29.130><c> the</c><00:48:29.469><c> thing</c><00:48:29.730><c> that</c><00:48:30.110><c> Habakkuk</c><00:48:30.530><c> wants</c><00:48:30.869><c> us</c><00:48:31.170><c> to</c><00:48:31.329><c> embrace.</c>

00:48:34.190 --> 00:48:38.690
The<00:48:34.449><c> development</c><00:48:34.849><c> goals</c><00:48:35.210><c> are</c><00:48:35.989><c> worthy</c><00:48:36.329><c> ambitions</c><00:48:36.949><c> and</c><00:48:37.309><c> the</c><00:48:37.570><c> things</c><00:48:37.789><c> that</c><00:48:38.050><c> the</c><00:48:38.190><c> Kingdom</c><00:48:38.449><c> of</c>

00:48:38.690 --> 00:48:40.070
God<00:48:39.050><c> promises</c><00:48:39.630><c> to</c>

00:48:40.070 --> 00:48:45.170
deliver<00:48:40.909><c> eradicate</c><00:48:42.650><c> poverty</c><00:48:43.170><c> and</c><00:48:43.409><c> hunger,</c><00:48:44.889><c> universal</c>

00:48:45.170 --> 00:48:49.590
education,<00:48:47.329><c> gender</c><00:48:47.449><c> equality,</c><00:48:48.789><c> reduce</c><00:48:49.090><c> childhood</c>

00:48:49.590 --> 00:48:53.230
mortality,<00:48:50.730><c> improve</c><00:48:51.070><c> maternal</c><00:48:51.550><c> health,</c><00:48:52.530><c> combat</c><00:48:52.869><c> AIDS,</c>

00:48:53.630 --> 00:48:55.929
ensure<00:48:54.010><c> environmental</c><00:48:54.630><c> sustainability,</c>

00:48:56.170 --> 00:48:59.329
global<00:48:56.550><c> partnership.</c><00:48:57.309><c> Those</c><00:48:57.570><c> are</c><00:48:57.849><c> all</c><00:48:58.469><c> phrases</c><00:48:58.889><c> which</c><00:48:59.170><c> you</c>

00:48:59.329 --> 00:49:02.590
could<00:48:59.530><c> translate</c><00:49:00.010><c> so</c><00:49:00.349><c> easily</c><00:49:00.909><c> into</c><00:49:01.409><c> the</c><00:49:01.710><c> manifesto</c>

00:49:02.590 --> 00:49:06.690
of<00:49:02.889><c> the</c><00:49:03.030><c> Lord</c><00:49:03.210><c> Jesus</c><00:49:03.630><c> Christ.</c><00:49:05.289><c> But</c><00:49:05.530><c> the</c><00:49:05.769><c> world</c><00:49:06.030><c> wants</c><00:49:06.349><c> to</c><00:49:06.590><c> do</c>

00:49:06.690 --> 00:49:10.030
it<00:49:06.849><c> without</c><00:49:07.250><c> him</c><00:49:07.849><c> and</c><00:49:09.150><c> it</c><00:49:09.630><c> can't.</c>

00:49:10.030 --> 00:49:16.750
And<00:49:11.110><c> this</c><00:49:15.030><c> is</c><00:49:15.289><c> why</c>

00:49:19.610 --> 00:49:24.409
the<00:49:20.530><c> corrupt</c><00:49:21.210><c> world</c><00:49:21.789><c> that</c><00:49:22.170><c> Habakkuk</c><00:49:22.590><c> is</c><00:49:22.929><c> appealing</c><00:49:23.349><c> against</c>

00:49:24.409 --> 00:49:29.690
is<00:49:25.210><c> incapable</c><00:49:26.090><c> of</c><00:49:27.550><c> changing</c><00:49:28.050><c> itself</c><00:49:28.829><c> for</c><00:49:29.469><c> the</c>

00:49:29.690 --> 00:49:35.369
very<00:49:30.030><c> reason</c><00:49:30.650><c> it</c><00:49:30.929><c> is</c><00:49:31.269><c> corrupt.</c><00:49:33.869><c> To</c><00:49:34.170><c> join</c><00:49:34.489><c> with</c><00:49:34.869><c> them</c><00:49:34.989><c> in</c><00:49:35.170><c> that</c>

00:49:35.369 --> 00:49:39.570
effort<00:49:35.769><c> is</c><00:49:36.369><c> a</c><00:49:36.869><c> hopeless</c><00:49:37.329><c> and</c><00:49:37.750><c> pointless</c><00:49:38.210><c> exercise.</c>

00:49:43.989 --> 00:49:47.849
This<00:49:44.510><c> is</c><00:49:45.030><c> a</c><00:49:45.329><c> colored</c><00:49:45.590><c> map</c><00:49:46.030><c> of</c><00:49:46.550><c> corruption</c><00:49:47.050><c> in</c><00:49:47.269><c> the</c><00:49:47.469><c> world.</c><00:49:47.690><c> The</c>

00:49:47.849 --> 00:49:50.010
World<00:49:48.150><c> Corruption</c><00:49:48.670><c> Index</c><00:49:49.030><c> is</c><00:49:49.269><c> published</c><00:49:49.610><c> every</c>

00:49:50.010 --> 00:49:55.050
year<00:49:50.449><c> and</c><00:49:51.170><c> you</c><00:49:51.289><c> can</c><00:49:51.510><c> score</c><00:49:51.789><c> a</c><00:49:51.949><c> hundred.</c><00:49:53.309><c> Canada</c><00:49:53.789><c> scores</c><00:49:54.250><c> pretty</c><00:49:54.750><c> well</c>

00:49:55.050 --> 00:49:57.230
but<00:49:55.309><c> it</c><00:49:55.530><c> doesn't</c><00:49:55.769><c> score</c><00:49:56.070><c> a</c><00:49:56.250><c> hundred.</c>

00:49:59.230 --> 00:50:03.230
Canada<00:49:59.750><c> is,</c><00:50:00.369><c> let</c><00:50:00.909><c> me</c><00:50:01.250><c> see,</c><00:50:01.750><c> what</c><00:50:01.889><c> is</c><00:50:02.130><c> Canada?</c><00:50:02.889><c> I'll</c><00:50:02.969><c> tell</c><00:50:03.150><c> you</c>

00:50:03.230 --> 00:50:05.349
in<00:50:03.329><c> a</c><00:50:03.429><c> minute.</c><00:50:04.289><c> Remember</c><00:50:04.469><c> it's</c><00:50:04.710><c> about</c><00:50:04.869><c> eighths</c><00:50:05.309><c> in</c>

00:50:05.349 --> 00:50:07.769
the<00:50:05.489><c> world</c><00:50:05.630><c> I</c><00:50:05.829><c> think.</c><00:50:06.469><c> Pretty</c><00:50:06.809><c> good,</c><00:50:07.190><c> pretty</c><00:50:07.429><c> good.</c><00:50:07.610><c> Well</c>

00:50:07.769 --> 00:50:09.050
done<00:50:07.989><c> Canada.</c><00:50:08.670><c> Well</c><00:50:08.889><c> done</c><00:50:09.050><c> Canada.</c>

00:50:09.070 --> 00:50:13.750
Britain<00:50:09.710><c> is</c><00:50:09.969><c> round</c><00:50:10.070><c> about</c><00:50:10.250><c> 18th</c><00:50:11.630><c> but</c><00:50:11.690><c> ahead</c><00:50:12.010><c> of</c><00:50:12.150><c> the</c><00:50:12.230><c> United</c><00:50:12.510><c> States.</c>

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This<00:50:16.630><c> isn't</c><00:50:17.050><c> how</c><00:50:17.429><c> much</c><00:50:17.829><c> crime</c><00:50:18.190><c> there</c><00:50:18.369><c> is</c><00:50:18.570><c> in</c><00:50:18.670><c> a</c><00:50:18.849><c> country.</c><00:50:19.630><c> This</c>

00:50:19.869 --> 00:50:22.590
is<00:50:20.130><c> how</c><00:50:20.349><c> much</c><00:50:20.630><c> corruption</c><00:50:21.269><c> there</c><00:50:21.510><c> is</c><00:50:21.730><c> in</c><00:50:21.909><c> high</c><00:50:22.170><c> places.</c>

00:50:22.869 --> 00:50:28.469
This<00:50:23.110><c> is</c><00:50:23.369><c> how</c><00:50:23.690><c> often</c><00:50:24.530><c> judges</c><00:50:25.250><c> are</c><00:50:25.789><c> bribed,</c><00:50:26.670><c> policemen</c><00:50:27.250><c> are</c><00:50:27.690><c> bribed.</c>

00:50:30.369 --> 00:50:35.070
Contracts<00:50:30.929><c> are</c><00:50:31.030><c> made</c><00:50:31.170><c> in</c><00:50:31.429><c> business</c><00:50:31.829><c> on</c><00:50:32.130><c> the</c><00:50:32.289><c> basis</c><00:50:32.829><c> of</c><00:50:33.530><c> illegal</c><00:50:33.969><c> acts.</c>

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That's<00:50:35.389><c> what</c><00:50:35.469><c> it's</c><00:50:35.730><c> about.</c><00:50:36.050><c> It's</c><00:50:36.210><c> not</c>

00:50:36.449 --> 00:50:41.489
you<00:50:37.010><c> know</c><00:50:37.789><c> somebody</c><00:50:38.510><c> stole</c><00:50:39.010><c> something</c><00:50:39.650><c> from</c><00:50:40.090><c> somebody</c><00:50:40.489><c> else.</c>

00:50:41.909 --> 00:50:44.349
This<00:50:42.030><c> is</c><00:50:42.250><c> about</c><00:50:42.510><c> the</c><00:50:42.789><c> people</c><00:50:43.309><c> that</c><00:50:43.869><c> should</c><00:50:44.050><c> be</c>

00:50:44.349 --> 00:50:49.670
administering<00:50:45.030><c> law,</c><00:50:46.369><c> justice</c><00:50:46.929><c> and</c><00:50:47.429><c> judgment</c><00:50:48.010><c> on</c><00:50:48.389><c> behalf</c><00:50:49.090><c> of</c>

00:50:49.670 --> 00:50:53.949
the<00:50:49.929><c> poor</c><00:50:50.130><c> and</c><00:50:50.369><c> needy</c><00:50:51.510><c> are</c><00:50:51.989><c> blinded</c><00:50:52.670><c> by</c><00:50:53.010><c> bribes.</c>

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It's<00:50:55.989><c> the</c><00:50:56.150><c> very</c><00:50:56.489><c> travesty</c><00:50:57.429><c> of</c><00:50:57.869><c> the</c><00:50:58.130><c> laws</c><00:50:58.630><c> that</c><00:50:58.969><c> God</c><00:50:59.269><c> wanted</c><00:50:59.570><c> Israel</c><00:50:59.889><c> to</c>

00:51:00.190 --> 00:51:02.050
adopt<00:51:00.429><c> and</c><00:51:00.889><c> you</c><00:51:01.050><c> can</c><00:51:01.230><c> see</c><00:51:01.369><c> that</c><00:51:01.570><c> nearly</c>

00:51:02.050 --> 00:51:08.150
most<00:51:02.510><c> of</c><00:51:02.710><c> the</c><00:51:02.889><c> world</c><00:51:03.070><c> is</c><00:51:03.409><c> red</c><00:51:03.889><c> and</c><00:51:05.329><c> this</c><00:51:05.909><c> slide</c><00:51:06.349><c> just</c><00:51:06.710><c> says</c><00:51:07.070><c> probably</c><00:51:07.510><c> can't</c><00:51:07.809><c> read</c><00:51:07.989><c> it</c>

00:51:08.150 --> 00:51:08.829
just<00:51:08.349><c> says</c>

00:51:08.829 --> 00:51:13.849
that<00:51:09.269><c> 69</c><00:51:09.829><c> percent</c><00:51:10.929><c> of</c><00:51:11.389><c> countries</c><00:51:11.989><c> worldwide</c><00:51:12.969><c> score</c><00:51:13.510><c> less</c>

00:51:13.849 --> 00:51:16.070
than<00:51:14.150><c> half</c><00:51:14.789><c> marks.</c>

00:51:17.909 --> 00:51:22.969
Seven<00:51:18.789><c> out</c><00:51:19.070><c> of</c><00:51:19.150><c> ten</c><00:51:19.409><c> countries</c><00:51:20.210><c> are</c><00:51:20.730><c> more</c><00:51:20.949><c> than</c><00:51:21.269><c> half</c><00:51:21.889><c> thoroughly</c><00:51:22.409><c> corrupt</c>

00:51:22.969 --> 00:51:24.969
in<00:51:23.969><c> their</c><00:51:24.190><c> legal</c>

00:51:24.969 --> 00:51:28.949
systems<00:51:25.610><c> and</c><00:51:26.349><c> their</c><00:51:26.550><c> judicial</c><00:51:26.969><c> systems</c><00:51:27.849><c> and</c><00:51:28.510><c> their</c><00:51:28.769><c> law</c>

00:51:28.949 --> 00:51:30.789
enforcement<00:51:29.550><c> system.</c>

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2013.

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What<00:51:35.469><c> would</c><00:51:35.690><c> be</c><00:51:35.849><c> the</c><00:51:36.050><c> point</c><00:51:36.190><c> in</c><00:51:36.469><c> organizing</c><00:51:37.010><c> ourselves,</c>

00:51:37.929 --> 00:51:40.230
developing<00:51:38.550><c> social</c><00:51:39.070><c> movements?</c>

00:51:41.030 --> 00:51:44.530
It<00:51:41.329><c> can't</c><00:51:41.769><c> be</c><00:51:42.010><c> done.</c><00:51:42.130><c> You</c><00:51:42.389><c> can't</c><00:51:42.889><c> have</c><00:51:43.210><c> the</c><00:51:43.489><c> kingdom</c><00:51:43.750><c> of</c><00:51:43.989><c> God</c>

00:51:44.530 --> 00:51:46.090
without<00:51:45.090><c> the</c><00:51:45.349><c> king.</c>

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So<00:51:47.869><c> the</c><00:51:48.010><c> answer</c><00:51:48.929><c> to</c><00:51:49.309><c> Habakkuk's</c><00:51:50.130><c> question</c><00:51:50.630><c> is</c><00:51:50.829><c> not</c><00:51:51.070><c> to</c><00:51:51.289><c> say</c><00:51:51.510><c> ah</c>

00:51:52.110 --> 00:51:54.329
let's<00:51:52.570><c> go</c><00:51:52.849><c> and</c><00:51:53.170><c> sort</c><00:51:53.329><c> it</c><00:51:53.550><c> out</c><00:51:53.650><c> let's</c><00:51:53.929><c> go</c><00:51:54.150><c> and</c>

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join<00:51:54.570><c> in</c><00:51:54.889><c> some</c><00:51:56.550><c> some</c><00:51:56.829><c> movement</c><00:51:57.230><c> let's</c><00:51:57.650><c> go</c><00:51:57.769><c> and</c><00:51:58.050><c> organize</c><00:51:58.389><c> ourselves</c><00:51:58.989><c> to</c>

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run<00:51:59.909><c> soup</c><00:52:00.210><c> kitchens</c><00:52:00.670><c> and</c><00:52:01.150><c> so</c><00:52:01.409><c> on.</c><00:52:01.710><c> That's</c>

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where<00:52:02.250><c> we're</c><00:52:02.469><c> going</c><00:52:02.570><c> to</c><00:52:02.710><c> make</c><00:52:02.889><c> a</c><00:52:03.070><c> difference.</c><00:52:03.369><c> We're</c><00:52:03.530><c> not</c><00:52:03.730><c> going</c><00:52:03.889><c> to</c>

00:52:04.010 --> 00:52:06.550
make<00:52:04.190><c> a</c><00:52:04.389><c> difference.</c><00:52:05.750><c> It's</c><00:52:05.909><c> the</c><00:52:06.030><c> hope</c><00:52:06.170><c> of</c><00:52:06.349><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:52:06.969><c> that</c><00:52:08.130><c> can</c><00:52:08.349><c> make</c><00:52:08.650><c> the</c><00:52:08.889><c> difference.</c><00:52:12.110><c> So</c><00:52:12.429><c> when</c><00:52:12.809><c> these</c>

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questions<00:52:13.590><c> arise</c><00:52:14.090><c> and</c><00:52:14.329><c> they</c><00:52:14.530><c> do</c><00:52:14.809><c> arise</c><00:52:15.309><c> and</c><00:52:16.329><c> especially</c>

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amongst<00:52:16.929><c> young</c><00:52:17.190><c> people,</c><00:52:18.630><c> I'm</c><00:52:19.250><c> pretty</c><00:52:19.530><c> simple</c><00:52:19.949><c> in</c><00:52:20.170><c> my</c><00:52:20.349><c> answer.</c>

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Look<00:52:22.110><c> there's</c><00:52:23.170><c> a</c><00:52:23.210><c> ton</c><00:52:23.369><c> of</c><00:52:23.550><c> questions</c>

00:52:25.170 --> 00:52:28.909
that<00:52:25.610><c> bother</c><00:52:25.849><c> us.</c><00:52:26.190><c> There's</c><00:52:26.449><c> an</c><00:52:26.670><c> emotional</c><00:52:27.250><c> layer</c><00:52:27.690><c> that</c><00:52:28.429><c> no</c>

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answer<00:52:29.329><c> can</c><00:52:29.690><c> remove.</c>

00:52:31.510 --> 00:52:33.789
Like<00:52:31.630><c> the</c><00:52:31.869><c> philosophers</c><00:52:32.250><c> answer</c><00:52:32.670><c> the</c><00:52:32.909><c> problem</c><00:52:33.190><c> of</c><00:52:33.449><c> suffering</c>

00:52:33.789 --> 00:52:36.550
in<00:52:35.010><c> a</c><00:52:35.130><c> theoretical</c><00:52:35.570><c> way.</c><00:52:35.929><c> There</c><00:52:36.010><c> are</c><00:52:36.170><c> good</c>

00:52:36.550 --> 00:52:41.530
sound<00:52:37.530><c> logical</c><00:52:38.809><c> answers</c><00:52:39.690><c> to</c><00:52:40.210><c> why</c><00:52:40.329><c> the</c><00:52:40.570><c> problem</c><00:52:40.849><c> of</c><00:52:41.110><c> suffering</c>

00:52:41.530 --> 00:52:44.610
does<00:52:41.989><c> not</c><00:52:43.050><c> deny</c><00:52:43.610><c> the</c><00:52:43.909><c> existence</c><00:52:44.269><c> of</c><00:52:44.510><c> a</c>

00:52:44.610 --> 00:52:48.030
God.<00:52:45.630><c> You</c><00:52:45.809><c> can</c><00:52:46.030><c> read</c><00:52:46.230><c> books</c><00:52:46.510><c> and</c><00:52:46.650><c> write</c><00:52:46.849><c> them.</c><00:52:47.110><c> They're</c><00:52:47.349><c> written.</c><00:52:47.769><c> I've</c>

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got<00:52:48.110><c> them</c><00:52:48.250><c> at</c><00:52:48.449><c> home.</c><00:52:48.750><c> They're</c><00:52:49.190><c> complicated.</c>

00:52:50.750 --> 00:52:55.369
It<00:52:50.949><c> doesn't</c><00:52:51.110><c> answer</c><00:52:51.349><c> the</c><00:52:51.610><c> emotional</c><00:52:52.070><c> problem.</c><00:52:54.269><c> Nothing</c><00:52:54.610><c> answers</c><00:52:55.050><c> the</c>

00:52:55.369 --> 00:52:58.030
emotional<00:52:55.769><c> problem</c><00:52:56.309><c> because</c><00:52:57.210><c> that</c><00:52:57.590><c> pain</c>

00:52:58.030 --> 00:53:02.690
is<00:52:58.530><c> real</c><00:52:58.909><c> and</c><00:52:59.349><c> it's</c><00:52:59.690><c> felt</c><00:52:59.929><c> and</c><00:53:00.429><c> no</c><00:53:00.929><c> theory</c><00:53:01.389><c> is</c><00:53:01.849><c> going</c><00:53:02.010><c> to</c><00:53:02.190><c> remove</c><00:53:02.429><c> it.</c>

00:53:02.909 --> 00:53:04.829
What<00:53:03.130><c> we</c><00:53:03.349><c> need</c><00:53:03.510><c> is</c><00:53:03.769><c> emotional</c><00:53:04.289><c> answer</c>

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and<00:53:05.570><c> I</c><00:53:05.969><c> find</c><00:53:06.230><c> this</c><00:53:06.489><c> helpful.</c>

00:53:09.690 --> 00:53:12.150
Isaiah<00:53:09.789><c> 43.</c><00:53:11.250><c> Israel</c>

00:53:13.690 --> 00:53:19.849
are<00:53:14.389><c> God's</c><00:53:14.789><c> witnesses.</c><00:53:15.230><c> They</c><00:53:15.409><c> are</c><00:53:15.670><c> in</c><00:53:15.809><c> 2013.</c><00:53:16.730><c> They</c><00:53:16.889><c> are</c><00:53:17.090><c> in</c><00:53:17.389><c> 2014.</c><00:53:18.750><c> Let</c><00:53:18.889><c> the</c><00:53:19.150><c> nations</c><00:53:19.489><c> be</c>

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gathered<00:53:20.070><c> together,</c>

00:53:20.849 --> 00:53:28.050
Isaiah<00:53:21.210><c> asks.</c><00:53:22.269><c> Amazingly</c><00:53:22.969><c> the</c><00:53:23.090><c> nations</c><00:53:23.469><c> are</c><00:53:23.750><c> gathered</c><00:53:24.050><c> together</c><00:53:24.510><c> in</c><00:53:24.750><c> 2013</c><00:53:25.570><c> and</c><00:53:27.369><c> Israel</c><00:53:27.769><c> is</c>

00:53:28.050 --> 00:53:29.530
there<00:53:28.190><c> as</c><00:53:28.409><c> a</c><00:53:28.570><c> witness.</c>

00:53:30.150 --> 00:53:33.110
The<00:53:30.829><c> General</c><00:53:31.269><c> Assembly</c><00:53:31.650><c> of</c><00:53:31.789><c> the</c><00:53:31.949><c> United</c><00:53:32.289><c> Nations,</c><00:53:32.889><c> Benjamin</c>

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Netanyahu,<00:53:35.130><c> and</c><00:53:35.190><c> do</c><00:53:35.309><c> you</c><00:53:35.309><c> know</c><00:53:35.429><c> what</c><00:53:35.469><c> he</c><00:53:35.550><c> gives</c><00:53:35.789><c> them?</c>

00:53:36.010 --> 00:53:44.170
He<00:53:36.010><c> gives</c><00:53:36.230><c> them</c><00:53:37.630><c> a</c><00:53:37.789><c> Christadelphian</c><00:53:38.449><c> lecture</c><00:53:39.130><c> on</c><00:53:39.989><c> the</c><00:53:40.150><c> history</c><00:53:40.469><c> of</c><00:53:40.690><c> Israel.</c><00:53:43.349><c> Look,</c><00:53:43.710><c> brothers</c><00:53:43.889><c> and</c><00:53:44.010><c> sisters,</c>

00:53:44.170 --> 00:53:50.230
that's<00:53:44.610><c> amazing.</c><00:53:46.469><c> That's</c><00:53:46.949><c> now.</c><00:53:47.630><c> It's</c><00:53:47.969><c> real.</c><00:53:49.349><c> The</c><00:53:49.570><c> Bible</c><00:53:49.889><c> is</c>

00:53:50.230 --> 00:53:54.969
true.<00:53:51.610><c> Isaiah's</c><00:53:52.289><c> vision</c><00:53:52.730><c> is</c><00:53:53.250><c> coming</c><00:53:53.590><c> to</c><00:53:53.929><c> pass.</c>

00:53:57.869 --> 00:54:02.909
He<00:53:58.469><c> says,</c><00:53:59.590><c> defying</c><00:54:00.130><c> the</c><00:54:00.349><c> laws</c><00:54:00.610><c> of</c><00:54:00.869><c> history,</c><00:54:01.969><c> we</c><00:54:02.150><c> ingather</c><00:54:02.630><c> the</c>

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exiles.<00:54:04.409><c> We</c><00:54:04.650><c> will</c><00:54:04.889><c> never</c><00:54:05.210><c> be</c><00:54:05.489><c> uprooted</c><00:54:05.769><c> again.</c>

00:54:06.349 --> 00:54:12.550
The<00:54:06.550><c> confidence</c><00:54:07.190><c> is</c><00:54:08.210><c> too</c><00:54:08.510><c> much</c><00:54:09.429><c> and</c><00:54:10.829><c> false,</c><00:54:11.769><c> but</c><00:54:11.929><c> that's</c><00:54:12.230><c> part</c>

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of<00:54:12.829><c> the</c><00:54:13.010><c> prophetic</c><00:54:13.769><c> expectation,</c><00:54:15.130><c> isn't</c><00:54:15.289><c> it?</c>

00:54:15.449 --> 00:54:21.840
Last<00:54:16.170><c> year</c><00:54:17.730><c> Benjamin</c><00:54:18.809><c> Netanyahu</c><00:54:19.690><c> addressed</c><00:54:20.469><c> them</c><00:54:20.929><c> again.</c>

00:54:24.190 --> 00:54:30.280
If<00:54:24.269><c> Israel</c><00:54:24.590><c> is</c><00:54:24.829><c> forced</c><00:54:25.170><c> to</c><00:54:25.469><c> stand</c><00:54:25.750><c> alone,</c><00:54:27.250><c> Israel</c><00:54:27.610><c> will</c><00:54:28.650><c> stand</c><00:54:29.369><c> alone.</c>

00:54:32.309 --> 00:54:36.050
Isn't<00:54:32.489><c> that</c><00:54:32.710><c> what</c><00:54:32.869><c> we're</c><00:54:33.190><c> going</c><00:54:33.349><c> to</c><00:54:33.510><c> expect?</c><00:54:34.630><c> That</c><00:54:34.869><c> all</c><00:54:35.150><c> nations</c><00:54:35.710><c> will</c>

00:54:36.050 --> 00:54:38.590
come<00:54:36.269><c> against</c><00:54:36.730><c> Jerusalem</c><00:54:37.389><c> to</c><00:54:37.690><c> battle</c>

00:54:38.840 --> 00:54:43.510
and<00:54:39.230><c> there</c><00:54:39.670><c> is</c><00:54:39.949><c> Israel</c><00:54:40.789><c> standing</c><00:54:41.469><c> before</c><00:54:41.929><c> the</c><00:54:42.230><c> assembled</c><00:54:42.750><c> nations</c><00:54:43.269><c> of</c>

00:54:43.510 --> 00:54:45.710
the<00:54:43.750><c> world</c><00:54:44.369><c> saying</c><00:54:44.949><c> exactly</c>

00:54:45.710 --> 00:54:49.409
what<00:54:46.230><c> Isaiah</c><00:54:46.789><c> said</c><00:54:47.349><c> should</c><00:54:48.170><c> be</c><00:54:48.469><c> said.</c>

00:54:53.030 --> 00:54:58.230
So<00:54:53.190><c> let's</c><00:54:53.449><c> hold</c><00:54:53.769><c> on</c><00:54:54.670><c> to</c><00:54:56.369><c> the</c><00:54:56.590><c> hope</c><00:54:56.789><c> that</c><00:54:57.010><c> we</c><00:54:57.269><c> have.</c>

00:54:59.429 --> 00:55:03.869
We<00:54:59.650><c> haven't</c><00:54:59.809><c> answered</c><00:55:00.110><c> these</c><00:55:00.349><c> questions</c><00:55:00.789><c> yet,</c><00:55:02.269><c> but</c><00:55:02.550><c> let's</c><00:55:03.250><c> take</c><00:55:03.550><c> hold</c><00:55:03.750><c> of</c>

00:55:03.869 --> 00:55:05.670
that<00:55:04.090><c> which</c><00:55:04.269><c> is</c><00:55:04.550><c> sure</c><00:55:04.889><c> and</c><00:55:05.309><c> certain</c>

00:55:05.670 --> 00:55:11.250
and<00:55:05.929><c> positive</c><00:55:06.650><c> that</c><00:55:08.230><c> we</c><00:55:08.429><c> might</c><00:55:08.690><c> rest</c><00:55:09.269><c> upon</c><00:55:09.730><c> a</c><00:55:10.010><c> God</c><00:55:10.409><c> who</c><00:55:10.949><c> will</c>

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hear,<00:55:12.150><c> who</c><00:55:12.349><c> is</c><00:55:12.670><c> faithful.</c>

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Let<00:55:14.690><c> us</c><00:55:14.949><c> as</c><00:55:15.130><c> the</c><00:55:15.369><c> just</c><00:55:15.690><c> ones</c><00:55:16.309><c> live</c><00:55:16.650><c> by</c><00:55:17.050><c> faith.</c>