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not<00:11:06.659><c> a</c><00:11:06.779><c> first</c><00:11:07.019><c> principle.</c><00:11:08.299><c> Unfortunately,</c>

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forget<00:11:18.379><c> the</c><00:11:18.639><c> preamble.</c><00:11:19.799><c> We</c><00:11:19.940><c> have</c><00:11:20.039><c> to</c>

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are<00:11:25.399><c> paramount,</c><00:11:26.179><c> very</c><00:11:26.559><c> important</c><00:11:27.039><c> part</c><00:11:27.299><c> of</c><00:11:27.440><c> our</c><00:11:27.679><c> community's</c>

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beliefs,<00:11:28.980><c> perhaps</c><00:11:29.340><c> the</c><00:11:29.500><c> only</c><00:11:29.679><c> community</c>

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that<00:11:34.019><c> statement.</c><00:11:35.440><c> And</c><00:11:35.600><c> he</c><00:11:35.759><c> says</c><00:11:35.919><c> here,</c>

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chapter<00:11:36.980><c> six,</c><00:11:37.980><c> Matthew,</c><00:11:38.960><c> he</c><00:11:39.179><c> gives</c><00:11:39.399><c> us</c><00:11:39.659><c> the</c><00:11:39.879><c> Lord's</c><00:11:40.399><c> prayer</c>

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and<00:11:41.220><c> he</c><00:11:41.480><c> chooses</c><00:11:41.820><c> to</c><00:11:42.259><c> elaborate</c><00:11:43.039><c> and</c><00:11:43.519><c> exhort</c>

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he<00:11:50.519><c> forgive</c><00:11:50.980><c> men</c><00:11:51.440><c> their</c><00:11:51.860><c> trespasses,</c>

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forgive<00:11:59.259><c> not</c><00:11:59.740><c> men</c><00:12:00.039><c> their</c><00:12:00.440><c> trespasses,</c>

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neither<00:12:01.940><c> will</c><00:12:02.519><c> your</c><00:12:02.799><c> father</c><00:12:03.200><c> forgive</c><00:12:03.740><c> your</c><00:12:04.279><c> trespasses.</c><00:12:05.639><c> Now</c>

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that's<00:12:06.440><c> as</c><00:12:06.539><c> clear</c><00:12:06.799><c> a</c><00:12:07.019><c> statement</c>

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of<00:12:07.440><c> a</c><00:12:07.620><c> first</c><00:12:07.799><c> principle</c><00:12:08.159><c> as</c><00:12:08.360><c> I've</c><00:12:08.519><c> ever</c><00:12:08.779><c> heard,</c><00:12:09.460><c> because</c><00:12:09.659><c> if</c>

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God<00:12:10.080><c> doesn't</c><00:12:10.460><c> forgive</c><00:12:10.740><c> our</c><00:12:11.019><c> sins,</c>

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we're<00:12:11.440><c> not</c><00:12:11.600><c> going</c><00:12:11.679><c> to</c><00:12:11.779><c> be</c><00:12:11.879><c> in</c><00:12:11.980><c> the</c><00:12:12.159><c> kingdom.</c><00:12:13.820><c> And</c><00:12:14.019><c> first</c><00:12:14.320><c> principles</c><00:12:14.720><c> mean</c>

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we<00:12:24.179><c> are</c><00:12:24.399><c> violating</c><00:12:24.919><c> the</c><00:12:25.159><c> first</c><00:12:25.360><c> principles</c><00:12:25.840><c> of</c><00:12:26.100><c> God.</c><00:12:27.299><c> And</c><00:12:27.360><c> I</c>

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too<00:12:28.059><c> often</c><00:12:28.399><c> hear</c><00:12:29.279><c> in</c><00:12:30.500><c> my</c><00:12:31.240><c> travels</c><00:12:31.539><c> all</c><00:12:31.840><c> over</c><00:12:32.059><c> the</c><00:12:32.200><c> world</c>

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contaminated.<00:12:51.039><c> Okay,</c><00:12:51.720><c> I</c><00:12:51.840><c> heard</c><00:12:52.000><c> one</c><00:12:52.259><c> brother</c><00:12:52.460><c> say</c><00:12:52.720><c> that</c><00:12:52.899><c> he</c>

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didn't<00:12:53.220><c> want</c><00:12:53.419><c> to</c><00:12:53.600><c> break</c><00:12:53.759><c> bread</c><00:12:53.919><c> with</c><00:12:54.120><c> any</c><00:12:54.379><c> sinners.</c>

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I'm<00:12:57.320><c> quoting,</c><00:12:57.740><c> I'm</c><00:12:57.860><c> not</c><00:12:58.100><c> making</c><00:12:58.379><c> it</c><00:12:58.580><c> up.</c><00:12:58.840><c> I</c><00:12:58.879><c> wish</c><00:12:59.120><c> I</c><00:12:59.379><c> wish</c><00:12:59.600><c> I</c><00:12:59.840><c> were.</c><00:13:00.500><c> I</c>

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don't<00:13:00.840><c> know</c><00:13:00.899><c> how</c><00:13:01.019><c> you</c><00:13:01.179><c> can</c><00:13:01.299><c> do</c><00:13:01.519><c> this.</c>

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of<00:13:07.120><c> course,</c><00:13:07.240><c> the</c><00:13:07.399><c> brother,</c><00:13:07.700><c> he,</c><00:13:08.120><c> you</c><00:13:08.240><c> know,</c>

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he<00:13:08.460><c> sort</c><00:13:08.539><c> of</c><00:13:08.679><c> blurted</c><00:13:08.960><c> it</c><00:13:09.039><c> out.</c><00:13:09.240><c> I</c><00:13:09.240><c> think</c><00:13:09.460><c> after</c><00:13:09.740><c> he</c><00:13:09.940><c> thought</c><00:13:10.080><c> about</c><00:13:10.360><c> it,</c><00:13:10.460><c> while</c><00:13:10.580><c> he</c><00:13:10.820><c> realized</c><00:13:11.080><c> that</c><00:13:11.240><c> that</c><00:13:11.440><c> was</c><00:13:11.600><c> not</c><00:13:11.779><c> a</c>

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physician,<00:13:17.360><c> it's</c><00:13:17.460><c> those</c><00:13:17.759><c> that</c><00:13:17.960><c> are</c><00:13:18.240><c> sick</c><00:13:18.460><c> that</c><00:13:18.700><c> need</c><00:13:19.100><c> the</c><00:13:19.340><c> physician.</c><00:13:20.220><c> And</c>

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today.<00:13:24.019><c> It</c><00:13:24.139><c> is</c><00:13:24.340><c> an</c><00:13:24.519><c> ecclesial</c><00:13:24.879><c> family</c><00:13:25.299><c> that's</c><00:13:25.580><c> there</c><00:13:25.799><c> to</c><00:13:26.100><c> heal.</c><00:13:27.419><c> And</c>

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we<00:13:27.759><c> must</c><00:13:28.000><c> never</c><00:13:28.259><c> forget</c><00:13:28.600><c> that</c><00:13:28.840><c> too</c><00:13:29.080><c> often</c><00:13:29.340><c> when</c>

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we<00:13:33.159><c> forget</c><00:13:33.480><c> them.</c><00:13:34.679><c> That's</c><00:13:35.159><c> the</c><00:13:35.279><c> end</c>

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or<00:13:37.759><c> some</c><00:13:37.940><c> ecclesiastes</c><00:13:38.320><c> are</c><00:13:38.440><c> concerned.</c><00:13:38.600><c> It's</c><00:13:38.740><c> the</c><00:13:38.779><c> end</c>

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contaminate<00:13:41.659><c> us.</c>

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what<00:13:45.899><c> is,</c><00:13:46.279><c> what's</c><00:13:46.519><c> the</c><00:13:46.679><c> lesson</c><00:13:46.919><c> for</c><00:13:47.159><c> our</c>

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young<00:13:47.440><c> people?</c><00:13:47.720><c> They'll</c><00:13:48.039><c> see</c><00:13:48.200><c> this,</c><00:13:48.799><c> this</c><00:13:49.059><c> sin</c><00:13:49.240><c> among</c><00:13:49.500><c> them.</c>

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young<00:13:51.840><c> people.</c><00:13:52.259><c> It's</c><00:13:52.539><c> called</c><00:13:52.720><c> forgiveness,</c><00:13:53.980><c> the</c><00:13:54.100><c> love</c><00:13:54.179><c> of</c>

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Christ,<00:13:55.600><c> the</c><00:13:55.759><c> working</c><00:13:55.980><c> with</c><00:13:56.200><c> those</c><00:13:56.399><c> that</c><00:13:56.580><c> are</c><00:13:56.799><c> sick</c>

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young<00:14:00.399><c> people</c><00:14:00.679><c> need</c><00:14:00.940><c> to</c><00:14:01.279><c> learn.</c><00:14:02.799><c> So</c><00:14:03.279><c> this</c><00:14:03.940><c> is</c><00:14:04.220><c> the</c>

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message<00:14:04.779><c> of</c><00:14:05.759><c> forgiveness.</c><00:14:06.440><c> This</c><00:14:06.700><c> is</c><00:14:06.919><c> the</c><00:14:07.100><c> message</c><00:14:07.539><c> of</c><00:14:07.980><c> faith.</c>

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faith,<00:14:11.100><c> that's</c><00:14:11.620><c> tough.</c><00:14:13.399><c> In</c><00:14:13.600><c> some</c><00:14:13.799><c> sense,</c><00:14:14.100><c> maybe</c><00:14:14.279><c> even</c><00:14:14.580><c> tougher</c><00:14:14.799><c> than</c><00:14:15.000><c> walking</c><00:14:15.360><c> on</c><00:14:15.700><c> water.</c><00:14:16.559><c> I</c>

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was<00:14:16.860><c> glad</c><00:14:17.000><c> that</c>

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good<00:14:21.940><c> swimmer,</c><00:14:22.240><c> you</c><00:14:22.320><c> might</c><00:14:22.519><c> have</c><00:14:22.860><c> confidence</c>

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that<00:14:23.480><c> even</c><00:14:23.620><c> if</c><00:14:23.720><c> you</c><00:14:23.899><c> started</c><00:14:24.159><c> sinking,</c><00:14:24.500><c> you</c><00:14:24.639><c> could</c><00:14:24.899><c> swim</c><00:14:25.200><c> to</c>

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the<00:14:25.600><c> boat.</c><00:14:26.879><c> But</c><00:14:27.120><c> there's</c><00:14:27.340><c> no</c><00:14:27.600><c> way</c><00:14:27.779><c> of</c><00:14:27.980><c> getting</c><00:14:28.179><c> out</c><00:14:28.559><c> of</c>

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failing<00:14:29.559><c> to</c><00:14:29.860><c> forgive.</c><00:14:31.159><c> I</c><00:14:31.200><c> would,</c><00:14:31.600><c> I</c><00:14:31.840><c> just</c><00:14:32.059><c> can't</c><00:14:32.200><c> even</c><00:14:32.519><c> imagine</c><00:14:33.360><c> standing</c><00:14:34.139><c> before</c>

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tremble<00:14:36.559><c> in</c><00:14:36.700><c> myself</c><00:14:37.220><c> for</c><00:14:37.480><c> all</c><00:14:37.659><c> the</c><00:14:37.840><c> times</c><00:14:38.000><c> I</c><00:14:38.360><c> have</c><00:14:38.600><c> failed</c><00:14:38.820><c> to</c>

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forgive<00:14:39.440><c> when</c><00:14:39.620><c> I</c><00:14:39.879><c> should</c><00:14:40.039><c> have.</c><00:14:41.600><c> Because</c><00:14:42.000><c> the</c><00:14:42.340><c> statement</c>

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is<00:14:43.179><c> so</c><00:14:44.120><c> startlingly</c><00:14:45.679><c> clear.</c><00:14:46.639><c> If</c><00:14:47.039><c> you</c><00:14:47.360><c> forgive</c><00:14:47.740><c> not</c><00:14:48.100><c> men,</c><00:14:48.360><c> your</c>

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father<00:14:49.059><c> won't</c><00:14:49.500><c> forgive</c><00:14:49.899><c> you.</c><00:14:51.460><c> And</c><00:14:51.740><c> it</c><00:14:51.879><c> doesn't</c><00:14:52.120><c> say</c>

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some<00:14:52.740><c> of</c><00:14:52.879><c> the</c><00:14:53.100><c> time.</c><00:14:54.019><c> It</c><00:14:54.259><c> doesn't</c><00:14:54.559><c> say</c><00:14:54.799><c> only</c><00:14:55.120><c> when</c><00:14:55.259><c> we</c><00:14:55.559><c> feel</c><00:14:55.799><c> like</c><00:14:56.159><c> it.</c><00:14:56.679><c> It</c>

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doesn't<00:14:57.179><c> say</c><00:14:57.440><c> only</c><00:14:57.779><c> when</c><00:14:57.919><c> it's</c><00:14:58.259><c> easy.</c>

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It's<00:15:00.659><c> a</c><00:15:00.720><c> very</c><00:15:01.059><c> absolute</c><00:15:01.679><c> passage.</c><00:15:03.620><c> So</c><00:15:03.779><c> I</c><00:15:04.039><c> think</c><00:15:04.299><c> that</c><00:15:04.720><c> that</c><00:15:05.159><c> is</c>

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part,<00:15:07.320><c> and</c><00:15:07.580><c> we</c><00:15:07.740><c> will</c><00:15:08.080><c> keep</c><00:15:08.279><c> going</c><00:15:08.539><c> through</c><00:15:08.779><c> this</c>

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through<00:15:09.179><c> the</c><00:15:09.360><c> week,</c><00:15:09.620><c> about</c><00:15:09.860><c> the</c><00:15:10.159><c> workings</c><00:15:10.580><c> out</c><00:15:11.120><c> of</c><00:15:11.700><c> faith.</c><00:15:12.559><c> Now,</c><00:15:13.159><c> what</c><00:15:13.360><c> I</c>

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want<00:15:13.740><c> to</c><00:15:14.039><c> do</c><00:15:14.519><c> is</c><00:15:15.000><c> take</c><00:15:15.240><c> examples</c><00:15:15.980><c> to</c><00:15:16.620><c> finish</c>

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limitations,<00:15:22.279><c> the</c><00:15:22.440><c> apostle</c><00:15:22.820><c> didn't</c><00:15:23.179><c> finish.</c>

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Probably<00:15:25.159><c> he</c><00:15:25.279><c> had</c><00:15:25.419><c> a</c><00:15:25.600><c> 45</c><00:15:26.100><c> minute</c><00:15:26.519><c> tape</c><00:15:26.940><c> that</c><00:15:27.379><c> he</c><00:15:27.460><c> had</c><00:15:27.580><c> to</c><00:15:27.759><c> fit</c>

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to<00:15:28.120><c> or</c><00:15:28.259><c> something.</c><00:15:29.179><c> But</c><00:15:29.179><c> you</c><00:15:29.200><c> know,</c><00:15:30.220><c> the</c><00:15:30.299><c> scriptures</c>

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are<00:15:31.000><c> marvelous</c><00:15:31.440><c> in</c><00:15:31.620><c> its</c><00:15:31.919><c> conservation.</c><00:15:33.639><c> You</c><00:15:33.679><c> know,</c><00:15:33.860><c> I</c><00:15:33.919><c> always</c>

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say,<00:15:34.480><c> when</c><00:15:34.580><c> someone</c><00:15:34.799><c> will</c><00:15:34.940><c> say,</c><00:15:35.120><c> well,</c><00:15:35.159><c> there's</c>

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only<00:15:35.559><c> one</c><00:15:35.840><c> passage</c><00:15:36.179><c> on</c><00:15:36.440><c> that.</c><00:15:36.720><c> Well,</c><00:15:36.799><c> that</c><00:15:36.899><c> must</c><00:15:37.080><c> be</c><00:15:37.259><c> pretty</c>

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important.<00:15:38.779><c> Very</c><00:15:39.200><c> few</c><00:15:39.580><c> words</c><00:15:39.899><c> are</c><00:15:40.159><c> wasted</c><00:15:40.440><c> in</c>

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scripture.<00:15:41.539><c> And</c><00:15:41.799><c> when</c><00:15:41.940><c> you</c><00:15:42.100><c> hear</c><00:15:42.259><c> something</c><00:15:42.620><c> over</c><00:15:42.980><c> and</c><00:15:43.080><c> over</c>

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again<00:15:43.519><c> in</c><00:15:43.740><c> scripture,</c><00:15:44.059><c> you</c><00:15:44.340><c> know</c><00:15:44.600><c> it's</c><00:15:44.980><c> important.</c>

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So<00:15:45.960><c> you'll</c><00:15:46.519><c> look,</c><00:15:47.419><c> see</c><00:15:47.720><c> if</c><00:15:47.779><c> you</c><00:15:47.840><c> can</c><00:15:48.100><c> find</c><00:15:48.259><c> the</c><00:15:48.500><c> same</c><00:15:48.860><c> thing</c><00:15:49.480><c> in</c>

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Mark's<00:15:50.200><c> gospel,</c><00:15:50.440><c> for</c><00:15:50.720><c> example.</c><00:15:51.080><c> It's</c><00:15:51.240><c> in</c><00:15:51.399><c> a</c>

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context<00:15:52.360><c> which</c><00:15:52.600><c> he</c><00:15:52.919><c> elaborates</c><00:15:53.360><c> on</c><00:15:53.580><c> forgiveness</c><00:15:53.940><c> as</c><00:15:54.220><c> a</c><00:15:54.340><c> first</c>

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principle<00:15:55.259><c> in</c><00:15:55.480><c> Mark's</c><00:15:55.879><c> gospel,</c><00:15:56.100><c> but</c><00:15:56.240><c> it's</c><00:15:56.460><c> there</c>

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too.<00:15:57.940><c> In</c><00:15:58.139><c> fact,</c><00:15:58.340><c> it's</c><00:15:58.519><c> in</c><00:15:58.679><c> a</c><00:15:58.759><c> number</c><00:15:58.940><c> of</c><00:15:59.139><c> other</c><00:15:59.299><c> places.</c><00:16:00.179><c> But</c>

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if<00:16:00.399><c> you</c><00:16:00.539><c> find</c><00:16:00.759><c> the</c><00:16:00.899><c> one</c><00:16:00.980><c> in</c><00:16:01.159><c> Mark,</c><00:16:01.639><c> you've</c><00:16:01.840><c> done</c><00:16:01.960><c> your</c>

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homework.<00:16:03.399><c> Now,</c><00:16:04.399><c> how</c><00:16:04.519><c> do</c><00:16:04.659><c> we</c><00:16:04.759><c> decide</c><00:16:05.220><c> who</c><00:16:05.379><c> wasn't</c><00:16:05.679><c> in</c><00:16:06.019><c> Hebrews</c>

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do<00:16:09.039><c> that.</c><00:16:09.840><c> I</c><00:16:10.080><c> couldn't</c><00:16:10.299><c> make</c><00:16:10.519><c> that</c><00:16:10.779><c> decision.</c><00:16:11.460><c> So</c><00:16:11.639><c> what</c><00:16:11.799><c> I</c><00:16:12.059><c> decided</c><00:16:12.379><c> to</c>

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decision.<00:16:15.340><c> How</c><00:16:15.779><c> are</c><00:16:16.559><c> we</c><00:16:16.840><c> going</c><00:16:16.919><c> to</c><00:16:17.000><c> do</c><00:16:17.120><c> it?</c><00:16:17.259><c> Well,</c><00:16:17.379><c> I'm</c><00:16:17.500><c> going</c>

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to<00:16:17.700><c> look</c><00:16:17.860><c> for</c><00:16:18.159><c> how</c><00:16:18.379><c> they</c><00:16:18.559><c> got</c><00:16:18.759><c> nominated.</c><00:16:20.179><c> What</c>

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decides<00:16:21.179><c> whether</c><00:16:21.399><c> someone's</c><00:16:21.879><c> a</c><00:16:21.980><c> person</c><00:16:22.200><c> of</c><00:16:22.379><c> faith?</c><00:16:22.539><c> Well,</c><00:16:22.919><c> there</c><00:16:23.120><c> are</c><00:16:23.299><c> many,</c><00:16:23.639><c> many</c><00:16:23.840><c> people</c><00:16:24.220><c> of</c>

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faith<00:16:24.700><c> in</c>

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Hebrews<00:16:30.860><c> 11</c><00:16:31.279><c> and</c>

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41.<00:16:33.919><c> But</c><00:16:34.320><c> some</c><00:16:34.539><c> are</c><00:16:34.779><c> so</c><00:16:35.179><c> clear,</c><00:16:35.659><c> and</c><00:16:35.879><c> those</c><00:16:36.059><c> are</c><00:16:36.240><c> the</c><00:16:36.340><c> ones</c><00:16:36.480><c> we're</c><00:16:36.639><c> going</c><00:16:36.740><c> to</c>

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focus<00:16:37.200><c> on</c><00:16:37.399><c> the</c><00:16:37.519><c> rest</c><00:16:37.720><c> of</c><00:16:37.879><c> the</c><00:16:37.980><c> week.</c><00:16:38.259><c> And</c>

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I<00:16:38.580><c> hope</c><00:16:38.799><c> that</c><00:16:39.120><c> you</c><00:16:39.259><c> will</c><00:16:39.440><c> see</c><00:16:39.620><c> through</c><00:16:39.860><c> their</c><00:16:40.200><c> lives,</c><00:16:40.980><c> through</c>

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what<00:16:41.360><c> they</c><00:16:41.700><c> accomplished,</c><00:16:42.820><c> that</c><00:16:42.960><c> there's</c><00:16:43.279><c> a</c>

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possibility<00:16:43.860><c> for</c><00:16:44.179><c> us.</c><00:16:44.879><c> And</c><00:16:45.139><c> as</c><00:16:45.259><c> I</c><00:16:45.379><c> said,</c><00:16:45.480><c> I</c><00:16:45.659><c> look</c><00:16:45.820><c> around</c><00:16:46.039><c> this</c>

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room<00:16:46.379><c> and</c><00:16:46.480><c> I</c><00:16:46.659><c> see</c><00:16:46.799><c> many</c><00:16:47.100><c> heroes.</c><00:16:47.539><c> I</c><00:16:47.740><c> see</c><00:16:47.960><c> people</c><00:16:48.259><c> here</c>

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who've<00:16:48.539><c> conquered</c><00:16:48.879><c> illness,</c><00:16:49.679><c> people</c><00:16:49.860><c> who've</c><00:16:50.179><c> conquered</c><00:16:50.399><c> family</c><00:16:50.879><c> problems,</c><00:16:51.419><c> people</c><00:16:51.580><c> who</c>

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had<00:16:52.100><c> to</c><00:16:52.259><c> put</c><00:16:52.360><c> that,</c>

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as<00:16:53.019><c> Brother</c><00:16:53.259><c> Trevor</c><00:16:53.519><c> said,</c><00:16:53.759><c> the</c><00:16:53.960><c> family</c><00:16:54.200><c> behind</c><00:16:54.639><c> them.</c><00:16:55.500><c> I</c><00:16:55.759><c> can</c>

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tell<00:16:56.080><c> you</c><00:16:56.159><c> how</c><00:16:56.379><c> hard</c><00:16:56.600><c> that</c><00:16:56.919><c> is.</c><00:16:57.799><c> In</c><00:16:58.240><c> many</c><00:16:58.500><c> cases,</c>

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people<00:16:59.200><c> who've</c><00:16:59.360><c> had</c><00:16:59.440><c> to</c><00:16:59.519><c> come</c><00:16:59.740><c> into</c><00:16:59.899><c> the</c><00:17:00.159><c> truth,</c><00:17:00.720><c> who</c><00:17:01.159><c> weren't</c>

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fortunate<00:17:01.840><c> enough</c><00:17:02.080><c> to</c><00:17:02.240><c> be</c><00:17:02.460><c> brought</c><00:17:02.600><c> up</c><00:17:02.799><c> in</c><00:17:02.879><c> it.</c>

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I<00:17:03.139><c> was</c><00:17:03.379><c> fortunate</c><00:17:03.700><c> enough</c><00:17:03.879><c> to</c><00:17:04.019><c> be</c><00:17:04.200><c> brought</c><00:17:04.339><c> up</c><00:17:04.519><c> in</c><00:17:04.640><c> the</c><00:17:04.859><c> truth.</c>

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generations.<00:17:09.240><c> But</c><00:17:09.660><c> not</c><00:17:09.859><c> everybody</c><00:17:10.259><c> was</c><00:17:10.500><c> in</c><00:17:10.660><c> that</c><00:17:10.859><c> fortunate</c>

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position.<00:17:12.539><c> Some</c><00:17:12.980><c> have</c><00:17:13.259><c> come</c><00:17:13.539><c> through</c><00:17:13.740><c> a</c>

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friends.<00:17:22.819><c> They</c><00:17:23.099><c> had</c><00:17:23.259><c> to</c><00:17:23.400><c> change</c><00:17:23.720><c> jobs,</c><00:17:25.480><c> decide</c><00:17:25.640><c> whole</c><00:17:25.880><c> new</c><00:17:26.059><c> careers,</c><00:17:26.539><c> because</c><00:17:27.099><c> the</c><00:17:27.480><c> path</c><00:17:27.700><c> they</c><00:17:27.859><c> were</c><00:17:28.019><c> on</c>

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heroes<00:17:33.039><c> to</c><00:17:33.319><c> me,</c><00:17:33.500><c> and</c><00:17:33.619><c> I'm</c><00:17:33.759><c> sure</c><00:17:33.960><c> they</c>

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will<00:17:34.400><c> be</c><00:17:35.039><c> also</c><00:17:35.880><c> given</c><00:17:36.200><c> their</c><00:17:36.539><c> due</c><00:17:36.960><c> reward</c><00:17:37.440><c> for</c><00:17:37.759><c> it.</c><00:17:38.440><c> Now,</c><00:17:39.299><c> I</c><00:17:39.619><c> want</c><00:17:39.799><c> to</c>

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turn<00:17:40.279><c> with</c><00:17:40.680><c> you,</c><00:17:40.940><c> if</c><00:17:41.099><c> you</c><00:17:41.359><c> can,</c><00:17:41.960><c> to</c><00:17:42.079><c> Ezekiel</c>

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28,<00:17:43.680><c> and</c><00:17:43.819><c> I</c><00:17:44.200><c> think</c><00:17:44.339><c> this</c><00:17:44.619><c> is</c><00:17:44.920><c> a,</c><00:17:45.500><c> I</c><00:17:45.640><c> will</c><00:17:45.859><c> call</c><00:17:46.000><c> this</c><00:17:46.240><c> a</c><00:17:46.460><c> nomination</c><00:17:46.920><c> passage.</c><00:17:48.079><c> Ezekiel</c>

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28,<00:17:49.420><c> verse</c><00:17:49.859><c> 3.</c>

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prophet<00:17:55.160><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:17:55.640><c> and</c><00:17:55.720><c> he</c><00:17:55.819><c> says,</c>

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Behold,<00:17:58.200><c> speaking</c><00:17:58.599><c> of</c><00:18:00.220><c> three</c><00:18:00.859><c> great</c><00:18:01.140><c> men.</c><00:18:02.819><c> Here</c><00:18:03.059><c> he</c><00:18:03.240><c> says,</c><00:18:03.660><c> Behold,</c><00:18:04.099><c> art</c><00:18:04.279><c> thou</c><00:18:04.539><c> wiser</c><00:18:04.980><c> than</c><00:18:05.240><c> Daniel?</c><00:18:06.000><c> There</c><00:18:06.200><c> is</c><00:18:06.440><c> no</c>

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secret<00:18:07.099><c> they</c><00:18:07.480><c> can</c><00:18:07.740><c> hide</c><00:18:08.359><c> from</c><00:18:08.859><c> thee.</c><00:18:09.700><c> And</c><00:18:10.019><c> earlier</c><00:18:10.380><c> in</c><00:18:10.559><c> the</c><00:18:10.799><c> same</c><00:18:11.339><c> book</c><00:18:11.720><c> of</c>

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this<00:18:12.200><c> prophet,</c><00:18:12.700><c> chapter</c><00:18:13.140><c> 14,</c><00:18:14.920><c> verse</c><00:18:15.180><c> 14,</c>

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Though<00:18:20.819><c> these</c><00:18:21.279><c> three</c><00:18:21.700><c> men,</c><00:18:22.180><c> Noah,</c><00:18:22.740><c> Daniel,</c><00:18:23.240><c> and</c><00:18:23.500><c> Job,</c><00:18:23.720><c> were</c>

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in<00:18:24.079><c> it,</c><00:18:24.420><c> they</c><00:18:24.700><c> should</c><00:18:24.859><c> deliver</c><00:18:25.240><c> but</c><00:18:25.500><c> their</c><00:18:25.759><c> own</c>

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souls<00:18:26.500><c> by</c><00:18:26.980><c> their</c><00:18:27.480><c> righteousness,</c><00:18:28.859><c> saith</c><00:18:29.059><c> the</c><00:18:29.319><c> Lord</c><00:18:29.680><c> God.</c><00:18:30.720><c> And</c>

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so<00:18:31.299><c> clearly,</c><00:18:31.759><c> the</c><00:18:31.920><c> righteousness</c><00:18:32.440><c> of</c>

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Noah,<00:18:34.259><c> Daniel,</c><00:18:34.579><c> and</c><00:18:34.759><c> Job</c><00:18:34.940><c> stand</c><00:18:35.420><c> out</c><00:18:35.839><c> among</c><00:18:36.140><c> all</c><00:18:36.660><c> the</c><00:18:36.819><c> Old</c><00:18:37.019><c> Testament</c><00:18:37.380><c> worthies</c><00:18:37.819><c> of</c>

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old,<00:18:38.559><c> and</c><00:18:38.779><c> their</c><00:18:39.279><c> righteousness</c>

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is<00:18:40.160><c> testified.</c><00:18:40.859><c> And</c><00:18:40.940><c> here</c><00:18:41.140><c> he</c><00:18:41.240><c> makes</c><00:18:41.440><c> it</c><00:18:41.640><c> very</c><00:18:41.900><c> clear.</c><00:18:42.119><c> It's</c>

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not<00:18:42.380><c> just</c><00:18:42.619><c> Ezekiel</c><00:18:43.160><c> who's</c><00:18:43.460><c> saying</c><00:18:43.660><c> it.</c><00:18:44.019><c> He</c><00:18:44.279><c> says,</c>

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saith<00:18:45.400><c> the</c><00:18:46.000><c> Lord</c><00:18:46.339><c> God.</c><00:18:47.400><c> And</c><00:18:47.680><c> so</c><00:18:47.880><c> I</c><00:18:48.240><c> would</c><00:18:48.859><c> nominate</c><00:18:49.619><c> Daniel</c><00:18:50.240><c> as</c>

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people<00:18:54.299><c> of</c><00:18:54.500><c> the</c><00:18:54.740><c> faith.</c><00:18:55.740><c> Now,</c><00:18:55.920><c> there</c><00:18:56.079><c> are</c><00:18:56.160><c> other</c><00:18:56.299><c> reasons</c><00:18:56.599><c> I</c><00:18:56.859><c> picked</c><00:18:57.000><c> Daniel.</c><00:18:58.380><c> Daniel</c><00:18:58.740><c> is</c><00:18:58.960><c> a</c>

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very,<00:18:59.599><c> very</c><00:19:00.640><c> similar</c>

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person<00:19:01.640><c> to</c><00:19:01.819><c> the</c><00:19:01.980><c> world</c><00:19:02.180><c> we're</c><00:19:02.359><c> in</c><00:19:02.500><c> today.</c><00:19:03.140><c> He</c><00:19:03.259><c> was</c><00:19:03.700><c> a</c><00:19:04.440><c> stranger</c>

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and<00:19:04.920><c> an</c><00:19:05.099><c> alien</c><00:19:05.339><c> living</c><00:19:05.779><c> in</c><00:19:06.039><c> a</c><00:19:06.200><c> nation</c>

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where<00:19:07.940><c> his</c><00:19:08.319><c> people</c><00:19:08.619><c> were</c><00:19:09.059><c> in</c><00:19:09.460><c> a</c><00:19:09.660><c> vast</c><00:19:09.940><c> minority</c><00:19:10.460><c> and</c><00:19:12.099><c> greatly,</c>

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in<00:19:13.400><c> a</c><00:19:13.619><c> sense,</c><00:19:14.160><c> despised.</c><00:19:16.000><c> And</c><00:19:16.180><c> I</c><00:19:17.460><c> don't</c><00:19:17.640><c> think</c>

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it's<00:19:17.980><c> any</c><00:19:18.200><c> secret</c><00:19:18.500><c> that</c><00:19:18.680><c> there</c><00:19:18.839><c> are</c><00:19:19.019><c> 260</c><00:19:19.900><c> million</c><00:19:20.400><c> or</c><00:19:20.680><c> so</c><00:19:20.900><c> other</c><00:19:21.180><c> people</c><00:19:21.559><c> out</c>

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there<00:19:22.000><c> in</c><00:19:22.119><c> this</c><00:19:22.319><c> country</c><00:19:22.599><c> who</c><00:19:22.779><c> are</c>

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not<00:19:24.240><c> necessarily</c><00:19:24.799><c> in</c><00:19:25.079><c> agreement</c><00:19:25.500><c> with</c><00:19:25.700><c> what</c><00:19:25.900><c> we</c><00:19:26.259><c> believe,</c><00:19:26.559><c> teach,</c><00:19:26.920><c> and</c><00:19:27.059><c> want</c><00:19:27.299><c> to</c><00:19:27.559><c> live.</c>

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We're<00:19:29.180><c> not</c><00:19:29.759><c> in</c><00:19:30.980><c> any</c><00:19:31.279><c> way</c><00:19:31.680><c> living</c><00:19:32.039><c> in</c><00:19:32.579><c> a</c><00:19:32.819><c> land</c><00:19:33.019><c> of</c><00:19:33.259><c> Israel</c><00:19:33.859><c> with</c>

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our<00:19:35.640><c> own</c><00:19:35.960><c> control</c><00:19:36.460><c> over</c><00:19:36.759><c> every</c><00:19:37.140><c> aspect</c><00:19:37.599><c> of</c><00:19:37.799><c> our</c>

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lives.<00:19:38.359><c> We</c><00:19:38.519><c> are</c><00:19:38.880><c> strangers</c><00:19:39.299><c> in</c><00:19:39.660><c> a</c><00:19:39.980><c> strange</c><00:19:40.240><c> land.</c><00:19:41.519><c> And</c><00:19:41.819><c> the</c><00:19:42.660><c> world</c><00:19:42.960><c> around</c><00:19:43.319><c> us,</c><00:19:43.660><c> from</c><00:19:43.960><c> the</c><00:19:44.359><c> entertainment</c><00:19:44.900><c> to</c><00:19:45.119><c> the</c>

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schools<00:19:46.000><c> to</c><00:19:46.640><c> the</c><00:19:46.920><c> neighborhoods</c><00:19:47.380><c> to</c><00:19:47.619><c> the</c><00:19:47.880><c> jobs,</c><00:19:48.400><c> are</c><00:19:48.579><c> not</c><00:19:48.880><c> Christadelphian</c><00:19:49.720><c> world.</c><00:19:50.839><c> We</c>

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Mennonites.<00:19:54.940><c> We</c><00:19:55.079><c> don't</c><00:19:55.559><c> sort</c><00:19:55.759><c> of</c><00:19:55.960><c> withdraw</c><00:19:56.319><c> into</c><00:19:57.440><c> communities</c><00:19:58.220><c> totally</c><00:19:59.259><c> and</c><00:19:59.619><c> self</c><00:20:00.000><c>-enclosed.</c><00:20:01.160><c> We</c>

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believe<00:20:01.980><c> that</c><00:20:02.220><c> we're</c><00:20:02.359><c> in</c><00:20:02.640><c> the</c><00:20:02.819><c> world,</c><00:20:03.099><c> but</c><00:20:03.279><c> we</c><00:20:03.660><c> must</c><00:20:03.900><c> not</c><00:20:04.180><c> be</c>

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of<00:20:04.819><c> the</c><00:20:05.059><c> world.</c><00:20:06.099><c> And</c><00:20:06.400><c> Daniel</c><00:20:06.519><c> was</c><00:20:06.819><c> exactly</c><00:20:07.359><c> in</c><00:20:07.680><c> that</c>

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position.<00:20:10.180><c> He</c><00:20:10.539><c> rose</c><00:20:10.859><c> to</c><00:20:11.059><c> great</c><00:20:11.299><c> power</c><00:20:11.920><c> in</c><00:20:12.839><c> a</c><00:20:13.119><c> Gentile</c><00:20:13.559><c> nation.</c>

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one<00:20:20.819><c> that</c><00:20:20.980><c> I</c><00:20:21.140><c> know</c><00:20:21.299><c> of,</c><00:20:21.519><c> Disraeli.</c>

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England<00:20:26.660><c> in</c><00:20:26.799><c> order</c><00:20:27.039><c> to</c><00:20:27.319><c> achieve</c>

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being<00:20:28.519><c> a</c><00:20:28.740><c> prime</c><00:20:28.920><c> minister.</c><00:20:29.980><c> But</c><00:20:30.380><c> certainly,</c><00:20:31.339><c> Daniel</c><00:20:31.559><c> was</c><00:20:32.180><c> second</c><00:20:32.440><c> in</c>

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command,<00:20:33.539><c> and</c><00:20:33.680><c> he</c><00:20:33.839><c> did</c><00:20:34.000><c> that</c>

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by<00:20:35.519><c> preserving</c><00:20:36.019><c> his</c><00:20:36.400><c> faith,</c><00:20:36.740><c> unlike</c><00:20:37.119><c> Disraeli,</c><00:20:38.220><c> totally</c><00:20:38.619><c> preserving</c><00:20:39.119><c> his</c><00:20:39.440><c> faith.</c>

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Let's<00:20:41.460><c> turn</c><00:20:41.720><c> to</c><00:20:41.940><c> the</c><00:20:42.160><c> book</c><00:20:42.339><c> of</c><00:20:42.559><c> Daniel.</c><00:20:43.579><c> And</c><00:20:44.019><c> I</c><00:20:44.180><c> think</c><00:20:44.380><c> that</c><00:20:44.660><c> sometimes</c><00:20:45.160><c> we</c>

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get<00:20:46.200><c> so</c><00:20:46.680><c> wrapped</c><00:20:46.920><c> up</c><00:20:47.140><c> in</c><00:20:47.259><c> the</c>

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book<00:20:52.119><c> of</c><00:20:52.119><c> Daniel</c><00:20:52.119><c> that</c><00:20:52.180><c> we</c><00:20:52.180><c> don't</c><00:20:52.200><c> understand.</c><00:20:52.599><c> And</c><00:20:52.940><c> the</c><00:20:53.180><c> character</c><00:20:53.640><c> and</c>

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is<00:20:55.640><c> not</c><00:20:55.819><c> only</c><00:20:56.039><c> remarkable,</c><00:20:57.519><c> it</c><00:20:58.140><c> allows</c><00:20:58.460><c> us</c><00:20:58.680><c> to</c><00:20:58.839><c> understand</c>

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why<00:20:59.519><c> God</c><00:21:00.079><c> gave</c><00:21:00.339><c> him</c><00:21:00.539><c> all</c><00:21:00.660><c> these</c><00:21:00.880><c> great</c><00:21:01.200><c> blessings</c><00:21:01.740><c> and</c>

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insights<00:21:02.599><c> into</c><00:21:02.880><c> the</c><00:21:03.079><c> future,</c><00:21:03.440><c> because</c><00:21:03.779><c> the</c><00:21:04.099><c> prophecies</c><00:21:04.559><c> of</c>

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Daniel<00:21:05.119><c> totally</c><00:21:05.980><c> stand</c><00:21:06.619><c> out</c><00:21:06.859><c> in</c><00:21:07.039><c> their</c><00:21:07.279><c> clarity.</c>

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His<00:21:09.019><c> name</c><00:21:09.299><c> means</c><00:21:09.799><c> God</c><00:21:10.759><c> is</c><00:21:11.180><c> judge</c><00:21:11.440><c> or</c><00:21:11.640><c> God</c><00:21:11.940><c> is</c><00:21:12.259><c> my</c><00:21:12.559><c> judge.</c><00:21:13.180><c> And</c>

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as<00:21:14.059><c> we</c><00:21:14.220><c> see</c><00:21:14.460><c> over</c><00:21:14.720><c> and</c><00:21:14.900><c> over</c><00:21:15.059><c> again</c><00:21:15.420><c> in</c><00:21:15.740><c> Scripture,</c>

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our<00:21:17.180><c> names</c><00:21:17.380><c> tend</c><00:21:17.619><c> to</c><00:21:17.819><c> have</c><00:21:18.000><c> a</c><00:21:18.140><c> meaning.</c><00:21:18.559><c> And</c><00:21:18.759><c> I'm</c><00:21:18.819><c> not</c><00:21:18.940><c> one</c><00:21:19.099><c> of</c>

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these<00:21:19.299><c> people</c><00:21:19.539><c> to</c><00:21:19.680><c> go</c><00:21:19.839><c> into</c><00:21:20.079><c> all</c><00:21:20.259><c> these</c><00:21:20.440><c> Hebrew</c>

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Greek<00:21:21.819><c> words.</c><00:21:22.099><c> I'm</c><00:21:22.539><c> neither</c><00:21:22.900><c> a</c><00:21:23.119><c> Hebrew</c><00:21:23.440><c> or</c><00:21:23.680><c> a</c><00:21:23.819><c> Greek</c><00:21:24.039><c> scholar.</c>

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And<00:21:26.799><c> sometimes</c><00:21:27.220><c> I</c><00:21:27.599><c> believe</c><00:21:27.900><c> that</c><00:21:28.079><c> this</c><00:21:28.279><c> is</c>

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sort<00:21:28.700><c> of</c><00:21:28.920><c> overplayed.</c><00:21:30.059><c> But</c><00:21:30.279><c> nevertheless,</c><00:21:32.200><c> names</c><00:21:32.299><c> are</c><00:21:32.940><c> often</c>

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given<00:21:33.519><c> to</c><00:21:33.759><c> people</c><00:21:34.039><c> because</c><00:21:34.460><c> of</c><00:21:34.599><c> their</c>

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characteristics.<00:21:36.460><c> For</c><00:21:36.759><c> example,</c><00:21:37.259><c> some</c><00:21:37.460><c> of</c><00:21:37.599><c> you</c><00:21:37.700><c> may</c><00:21:37.920><c> know,</c>

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most<00:21:39.259><c> family</c><00:21:40.039><c> last</c><00:21:40.339><c> names</c><00:21:40.660><c> sometime</c><00:21:41.180><c> or</c><00:21:41.299><c> other</c>

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came<00:21:41.720><c> about</c><00:21:42.039><c> because</c><00:21:42.420><c> of</c><00:21:42.640><c> some</c><00:21:42.920><c> characteristic.</c><00:21:44.700><c> And</c><00:21:44.980><c> sometimes,</c><00:21:45.799><c> genetically,</c><00:21:46.380><c> this</c>

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gets<00:21:46.660><c> carried</c><00:21:46.980><c> on</c><00:21:47.220><c> for</c>

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a<00:21:47.500><c> long,</c><00:21:47.680><c> long</c><00:21:48.019><c> time.</c><00:21:49.039><c> Now,</c><00:21:49.240><c> for</c><00:21:49.359><c> example,</c><00:21:49.799><c> the</c><00:21:49.799><c> name</c><00:21:50.079><c> Belello</c>

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means<00:21:51.440><c> something.</c><00:21:52.579><c> It's</c><00:21:53.079><c> a</c><00:21:53.220><c> diminutive</c><00:21:53.819><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:54.259><c> word</c><00:21:54.400><c> Bella.</c><00:21:55.220><c> And</c><00:21:55.339><c> in</c><00:21:55.500><c> Italian,</c><00:21:55.839><c> Bella</c><00:21:56.119><c> means</c><00:21:56.480><c> cute.</c><00:21:58.559><c> So</c>

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Belello<00:21:59.460><c> means</c><00:21:59.720><c> a</c><00:22:00.000><c> little</c><00:22:00.220><c> bit</c><00:22:00.660><c> cute.</c>

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You<00:22:02.740><c> can</c><00:22:03.000><c> see</c><00:22:03.160><c> the</c><00:22:04.460><c> genetic</c><00:22:04.460><c> qualities</c><00:22:05.099><c> here,</c><00:22:06.000><c> right?</c><00:22:07.519><c> I</c><00:22:08.099><c> don't</c><00:22:08.319><c> know</c>

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what<00:22:08.660><c> Bernie</c><00:22:08.960><c> means,</c>

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but<00:22:09.480><c> I'm</c><00:22:09.700><c> going</c><00:22:09.880><c> to</c><00:22:10.119><c> find</c><00:22:10.359><c> out.</c><00:22:13.039><c> Now,</c><00:22:13.339><c> Daniel</c><00:22:13.920><c> was</c><00:22:14.720><c> clearly</c><00:22:15.160><c> named.</c><00:22:15.500><c> And</c><00:22:15.700><c> you</c><00:22:15.799><c> can</c><00:22:16.019><c> see</c><00:22:16.160><c> at</c>

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the<00:22:16.480><c> end</c><00:22:16.599><c> of</c><00:22:16.740><c> his</c><00:22:16.920><c> name</c><00:22:17.099><c> that</c>

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El,<00:22:18.480><c> El,</c><00:22:19.940><c> the</c><00:22:20.220><c> name</c><00:22:20.480><c> of</c><00:22:20.720><c> God.</c><00:22:21.839><c> And</c><00:22:21.940><c> in</c><00:22:22.160><c> fact,</c><00:22:22.359><c> in</c><00:22:22.500><c> all</c><00:22:22.640><c> his</c><00:22:22.839><c> companions,</c><00:22:23.660><c> Hananiah,</c><00:22:24.660><c> Mishael,</c><00:22:25.180><c> and</c><00:22:25.420><c> Azariah,</c>

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Hananiah,<00:22:27.259><c> you</c><00:22:27.380><c> can</c><00:22:27.599><c> see</c><00:22:27.759><c> the</c><00:22:28.039><c> AH</c><00:22:28.319><c> at</c><00:22:28.559><c> the</c><00:22:28.740><c> end</c><00:22:28.900><c> is</c><00:22:29.140><c> Yah.</c><00:22:29.960><c> And</c>

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his<00:22:30.339><c> name</c><00:22:30.500><c> means</c><00:22:30.839><c> Yah</c><00:22:31.380><c> is</c><00:22:31.779><c> gracious.</c><00:22:33.039><c> And</c><00:22:33.279><c> Mishael,</c>

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who<00:22:34.440><c> is</c><00:22:34.680><c> what</c><00:22:34.880><c> God</c><00:22:35.119><c> is,</c><00:22:36.059><c> and</c><00:22:36.359><c> Azariah,</c><00:22:37.220><c> Yah</c><00:22:37.599><c> is</c><00:22:37.900><c> the</c><00:22:38.119><c> keeper</c><00:22:38.380><c> or</c>

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God<00:22:38.940><c> is</c><00:22:39.220><c> the</c><00:22:39.400><c> keeper.</c><00:22:39.920><c> So</c><00:22:40.240><c> these</c><00:22:40.819><c> four</c><00:22:41.220><c> men,</c>

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these<00:22:41.740><c> four</c><00:22:42.259><c> young</c><00:22:42.539><c> men</c><00:22:42.779><c> who</c><00:22:42.920><c> were</c><00:22:43.200><c> carried</c><00:22:43.400><c> off</c><00:22:43.880><c> to</c><00:22:44.339><c> Babylon,</c>

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all<00:22:46.099><c> were</c><00:22:47.079><c> of</c><00:22:47.359><c> godly</c><00:22:47.740><c> families.</c><00:22:49.259><c> And</c><00:22:49.460><c> the</c><00:22:49.859><c> name</c>

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of<00:22:50.339><c> God</c><00:22:50.500><c> is</c><00:22:50.740><c> in</c><00:22:50.960><c> every</c><00:22:51.740><c> aspect</c><00:22:52.200><c> of</c><00:22:52.380><c> their</c><00:22:52.579><c> lives.</c><00:22:53.420><c> They</c><00:22:53.539><c> were</c>

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probably<00:22:54.339><c> teenagers</c><00:22:54.980><c> when</c><00:22:55.200><c> they</c><00:22:55.380><c> were</c><00:22:55.619><c> carried</c>

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off<00:22:56.059><c> to</c><00:22:56.299><c> Babylon.</c><00:22:57.359><c> And</c><00:22:57.700><c> they</c><00:22:57.880><c> might</c><00:22:58.140><c> very</c><00:22:58.579><c> well</c><00:22:58.799><c> have</c><00:22:59.019><c> been</c><00:22:59.779><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:00.700><c> king's</c><00:23:01.240><c> seed.</c><00:23:01.700><c> They</c><00:23:01.940><c> may</c><00:23:02.079><c> have</c><00:23:02.220><c> been</c><00:23:02.299><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:02.759><c> royal</c><00:23:02.759><c> household,</c><00:23:03.720><c> either</c><00:23:04.160><c> related</c><00:23:04.579><c> to</c><00:23:04.880><c> Jehoiakim</c><00:23:05.539><c> or</c>

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Zedekiah.<00:23:07.400><c> Look</c><00:23:07.680><c> at</c><00:23:08.140><c> Daniel</c><00:23:08.619><c> 1,</c><00:23:10.700><c> verse</c><00:23:11.180><c> 3.</c>

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So<00:23:23.259><c> it's</c><00:23:23.539><c> very</c><00:23:23.900><c> likely</c><00:23:24.259><c> that</c><00:23:24.579><c> Daniel</c><00:23:25.259><c> was</c><00:23:26.019><c> of</c><00:23:27.220><c> the</c><00:23:27.440><c> princely</c>

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or<00:23:28.259><c> royal</c><00:23:28.559><c> family.</c><00:23:29.859><c> And</c><00:23:30.220><c> the</c><00:23:30.400><c> exact</c><00:23:30.720><c> relationship</c><00:23:31.420><c> is</c><00:23:31.680><c> not</c>

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spelled<00:23:32.119><c> out</c><00:23:32.440><c> for</c><00:23:32.519><c> us,</c><00:23:32.680><c> but</c><00:23:32.740><c> I</c><00:23:32.819><c> think</c><00:23:32.960><c> we</c><00:23:33.079><c> can</c><00:23:33.299><c> be</c><00:23:33.460><c> pretty</c><00:23:33.759><c> certain</c><00:23:34.319><c> that</c>

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that<00:23:34.940><c> is</c><00:23:35.119><c> true.</c><00:23:36.000><c> He</c><00:23:36.180><c> certainly</c><00:23:36.599><c> would</c><00:23:36.839><c> not</c>

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have<00:23:37.299><c> been</c><00:23:37.960><c> brought</c><00:23:38.240><c> into</c><00:23:38.539><c> the</c><00:23:38.779><c> harem</c><00:23:39.019><c> as</c><00:23:39.259><c> he</c><00:23:39.539><c> were</c><00:23:39.799><c> if</c><00:23:40.200><c> he</c><00:23:40.480><c> was</c>

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not<00:23:40.880><c> of</c><00:23:41.059><c> some</c><00:23:41.279><c> royal</c><00:23:41.579><c> blood.</c><00:23:41.859><c> That</c><00:23:41.980><c> would</c><00:23:42.200><c> not</c><00:23:42.319><c> have</c>

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been<00:23:42.619><c> allowed</c><00:23:42.980><c> under</c><00:23:43.559><c> the</c><00:23:43.900><c> usual</c><00:23:44.259><c> code</c><00:23:44.539><c> of</c><00:23:44.720><c> the</c><00:23:44.940><c> Babylonians.</c>

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Daniel<00:23:47.799><c> may</c><00:23:49.859><c> have</c><00:23:50.039><c> also</c><00:23:50.299><c> been</c><00:23:50.440><c> made</c><00:23:50.640><c> a</c><00:23:50.799><c> eunuch.</c>

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It<00:23:51.799><c> was</c><00:23:52.000><c> quite</c><00:23:52.299><c> common</c><00:23:52.880><c> that</c><00:23:53.640><c> if</c><00:23:53.740><c> you</c><00:23:53.920><c> got</c><00:23:54.079><c> close</c><00:23:55.079><c> to</c><00:23:55.299><c> the</c><00:23:55.440><c> king</c>

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under<00:23:56.460><c> either</c><00:23:56.779><c> Assyrian</c><00:23:57.180><c> and</c><00:23:57.480><c> Babylonian</c><00:23:58.099><c> law</c><00:23:58.259><c> to</c>

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do<00:23:58.819><c> so,</c><00:23:59.519><c> because</c><00:24:00.099><c> this</c><00:24:00.279><c> is</c><00:24:00.380><c> the</c><00:24:00.440><c> only</c><00:24:00.579><c> way</c><00:24:00.720><c> they</c><00:24:00.819><c> would</c><00:24:01.039><c> trust</c>

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you.<00:24:01.619><c> And</c><00:24:01.759><c> remember,</c><00:24:02.119><c> the</c><00:24:02.220><c> ancient</c><00:24:02.460><c> kings</c><00:24:02.720><c> had</c>

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many<00:24:03.299><c> wives,</c><00:24:03.619><c> many</c><00:24:03.940><c> concubines,</c><00:24:04.880><c> and</c><00:24:05.019><c> the</c><00:24:05.180><c> one</c><00:24:05.339><c> thing</c><00:24:05.460><c> they</c>

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did<00:24:05.900><c> not</c><00:24:06.119><c> allow</c><00:24:06.460><c> was</c><00:24:06.900><c> for</c><00:24:07.119><c> any</c><00:24:07.319><c> other</c><00:24:07.579><c> male</c><00:24:07.819><c> to</c><00:24:08.059><c> get</c>

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close<00:24:08.700><c> to</c><00:24:08.880><c> them.</c><00:24:09.339><c> And</c><00:24:09.519><c> the</c><00:24:09.619><c> reason</c><00:24:09.980><c> for</c><00:24:10.299><c> it</c><00:24:10.759><c> was</c><00:24:11.099><c> not</c><00:24:11.539><c> more</c><00:24:11.819><c> than</c><00:24:11.980><c> jealousy.</c><00:24:12.599><c> The</c>

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reason<00:24:13.119><c> for</c><00:24:13.380><c> it</c><00:24:13.559><c> was</c><00:24:13.720><c> they</c><00:24:13.940><c> had</c><00:24:14.059><c> no</c>

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chance<00:24:14.680><c> that</c><00:24:14.880><c> some</c><00:24:15.339><c> child</c><00:24:15.680><c> would</c><00:24:15.880><c> be</c><00:24:16.119><c> born</c><00:24:16.299><c> who</c><00:24:16.460><c> could</c><00:24:16.700><c> be</c><00:24:16.920><c> heir</c><00:24:17.039><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:17.500><c> throne</c><00:24:17.799><c> who</c><00:24:18.119><c> was</c><00:24:18.359><c> not</c><00:24:18.500><c> of</c><00:24:18.640><c> the</c><00:24:18.859><c> royal</c><00:24:19.160><c> line.</c>

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And<00:24:20.380><c> there</c><00:24:20.759><c> is</c><00:24:20.960><c> some</c><00:24:21.200><c> hint</c><00:24:21.380><c> to</c><00:24:21.559><c> that,</c><00:24:21.720><c> both</c><00:24:22.039><c> in</c><00:24:22.700><c> Daniel's</c><00:24:23.279><c> book,</c><00:24:24.119><c> verses</c><00:24:24.559><c> 8</c><00:24:25.019><c> and</c><00:24:25.059><c> 9,</c>

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for<00:24:25.700><c> example.</c><00:24:26.400><c> It's</c><00:24:26.759><c> clear</c><00:24:27.019><c> that</c>

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he<00:24:28.220><c> was</c><00:24:29.480><c> associated</c><00:24:30.099><c> with</c><00:24:30.319><c> the</c><00:24:30.500><c> prince</c><00:24:30.680><c> of</c><00:24:30.859><c> the</c><00:24:31.019><c> eunuchs,</c><00:24:31.660><c> and</c>

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he<00:24:32.079><c> was</c><00:24:32.400><c> placed</c><00:24:32.700><c> in</c><00:24:33.940><c> the</c><00:24:34.240><c> harem</c><00:24:34.519><c> with</c>

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those<00:24:37.039><c> closest</c><00:24:37.720><c> associates</c><00:24:38.220><c> to</c><00:24:38.460><c> the</c><00:24:38.619><c> king.</c><00:24:38.759><c> And</c><00:24:38.920><c> also,</c><00:24:39.140><c> there's</c><00:24:39.480><c> a</c><00:24:39.700><c> similar</c><00:24:40.619><c> illusion</c><00:24:41.259><c> in</c>

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Isaiah,<00:24:42.579><c> chapter</c><00:24:43.059><c> 39,</c>

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who<00:24:44.980><c> was</c><00:24:45.259><c> also</c><00:24:46.819><c> familiar</c><00:24:47.339><c> with</c><00:24:47.619><c> those</c><00:24:47.960><c> Eastern</c><00:24:48.299><c> practices,</c>

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Isaiah<00:24:50.759><c> 39</c><00:24:51.400><c> and</c><00:24:51.720><c> 7,</c>

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:57.519
where<00:24:54.839><c> he</c><00:24:54.900><c> says,</c><00:24:55.180><c> And</c><00:24:55.180><c> thy</c><00:24:55.480><c> sons</c><00:24:55.779><c> shall</c><00:24:56.099><c> be</c><00:24:56.460><c> issued</c><00:24:56.460><c> from</c><00:24:56.799><c> thee,</c><00:24:57.299><c> he</c>

00:24:57.519 --> 00:25:01.319
is<00:24:58.039><c> now</c><00:24:58.799><c> prophesying</c><00:24:59.500><c> to</c><00:24:59.720><c> king</c><00:25:00.440><c> Hezekiah,</c>

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and<00:25:01.839><c> he's</c><00:25:02.160><c> prophesying</c><00:25:02.660><c> of</c><00:25:02.819><c> what</c><00:25:02.920><c> would</c><00:25:03.140><c> happen</c><00:25:03.400><c> to</c><00:25:03.559><c> them</c><00:25:03.740><c> under</c><00:25:03.960><c> the</c>

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Babylonians.<00:25:05.099><c> And</c><00:25:05.259><c> he</c><00:25:05.339><c> says,</c><00:25:05.640><c> And</c><00:25:05.640><c> thy</c><00:25:05.920><c> sons</c>

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shall<00:25:06.359><c> be</c><00:25:06.619><c> issued</c><00:25:06.859><c> from</c><00:25:07.200><c> thee,</c><00:25:07.779><c> which</c><00:25:07.940><c> thou</c><00:25:08.160><c> shall</c><00:25:08.420><c> beget,</c><00:25:09.059><c> shall</c><00:25:09.220><c> they</c><00:25:09.519><c> take</c><00:25:09.759><c> away,</c><00:25:10.039><c> and</c><00:25:10.160><c> they</c><00:25:10.400><c> shall</c><00:25:10.599><c> be</c><00:25:11.119><c> eunuchs</c>

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in<00:25:12.099><c> the</c><00:25:12.299><c> palace</c><00:25:12.599><c> of</c><00:25:12.799><c> the</c><00:25:12.920><c> king</c><00:25:13.079><c> of</c><00:25:13.400><c> Babylon.</c><00:25:14.480><c> And</c><00:25:14.859><c> that,</c><00:25:15.180><c> in</c><00:25:15.279><c> fact,</c><00:25:15.559><c> I</c>

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think,<00:25:15.960><c> was</c><00:25:16.279><c> the</c><00:25:16.519><c> practice</c><00:25:16.799><c> of</c><00:25:16.980><c> the</c><00:25:17.240><c> Babylonians</c>

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to<00:25:17.980><c> take</c><00:25:18.319><c> the</c><00:25:19.079><c> princes</c><00:25:19.539><c> and</c><00:25:20.920><c> those</c><00:25:21.279><c> of</c><00:25:21.500><c> royal</c><00:25:21.720><c> seat</c><00:25:21.900><c> of</c><00:25:22.079><c> other</c>

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nations,<00:25:23.000><c> get</c><00:25:23.079><c> them</c><00:25:23.299><c> close</c><00:25:23.579><c> to</c><00:25:23.779><c> the</c><00:25:23.960><c> king,</c>

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and<00:25:24.440><c> they</c><00:25:24.660><c> were</c><00:25:24.859><c> made</c><00:25:25.119><c> eunuchs</c><00:25:25.880><c> for</c><00:25:27.279><c> the</c><00:25:27.519><c> protection</c><00:25:28.059><c> of</c><00:25:28.460><c> the</c>

00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:32.160
usual<00:25:29.660><c> political</c><00:25:30.200><c> practices</c><00:25:30.700><c> of</c><00:25:30.960><c> Eastern</c><00:25:31.240><c> kingdoms.</c>

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:35.119
So<00:25:32.519><c> Daniel,</c><00:25:32.740><c> from</c><00:25:32.980><c> a</c><00:25:33.119><c> very</c><00:25:33.380><c> young</c><00:25:33.599><c> age,</c><00:25:34.099><c> I</c><00:25:34.259><c> believe,</c><00:25:34.500><c> was</c><00:25:34.880><c> put</c>

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to<00:25:35.339><c> the</c><00:25:35.599><c> test</c><00:25:35.779><c> and</c><00:25:35.940><c> the</c><00:25:36.160><c> sacrifice</c><00:25:36.579><c> very</c><00:25:36.980><c> early.</c>

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:44.460
And<00:25:38.599><c> notice,</c><00:25:39.059><c> all</c><00:25:39.380><c> of</c><00:25:39.579><c> these</c><00:25:40.380><c> four</c><00:25:40.940><c> men,</c><00:25:43.019><c> Daniel,</c><00:25:43.980><c> Shadrach,</c>

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Meshach,<00:25:45.380><c> and</c><00:25:45.500><c> Abednego,</c>

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their<00:25:46.740><c> names</c><00:25:46.980><c> get</c><00:25:47.259><c> changed</c><00:25:47.619><c> to</c><00:25:47.819><c> those</c><00:25:48.119><c> Babylonian</c><00:25:48.579><c> names.</c><00:25:48.960><c> Daniel</c><00:25:49.119><c> to</c>

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:51.099
Belshazzar<00:25:50.059><c> and</c><00:25:50.220><c> the</c><00:25:50.400><c> other</c><00:25:50.579><c> three</c><00:25:50.839><c> to</c>

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:53.480
Shadrach,<00:25:51.559><c> Meshach,</c><00:25:52.000><c> and</c><00:25:52.099><c> Abednego.</c><00:25:52.900><c> And</c><00:25:53.059><c> there's</c><00:25:53.200><c> kind</c><00:25:53.380><c> of</c>

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:55.619
an<00:25:53.740><c> irony</c><00:25:53.920><c> in</c><00:25:54.099><c> this</c><00:25:54.259><c> because</c><00:25:54.500><c> the</c><00:25:54.859><c> Babylonians</c><00:25:55.339><c> took</c>

00:25:55.619 --> 00:25:58.960
their<00:25:55.920><c> names,</c><00:25:56.299><c> which</c><00:25:56.480><c> were</c><00:25:56.680><c> dedicated</c><00:25:57.099><c> to</c><00:25:57.279><c> the</c><00:25:57.440><c> God</c><00:25:57.559><c> of</c><00:25:57.740><c> Israel,</c><00:25:58.680><c> and</c>

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changed<00:25:59.220><c> them</c><00:25:59.400><c> to</c><00:25:59.519><c> the</c><00:25:59.680><c> gods</c><00:25:59.819><c> of</c><00:26:00.140><c> Babylon.</c>

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:05.619
And<00:26:01.480><c> so</c><00:26:01.720><c> Belshazzar,</c><00:26:02.779><c> the</c><00:26:03.299><c> Babylonian</c><00:26:03.920><c> god,</c><00:26:04.240><c> was</c><00:26:04.400><c> named</c><00:26:04.680><c> Bel.</c>

00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:10.180
And<00:26:07.319><c> that</c><00:26:07.880><c> name,</c><00:26:08.299><c> Belshazzar,</c><00:26:08.940><c> means</c><00:26:09.279><c> the</c><00:26:09.579><c> Lord's</c>

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leader,<00:26:10.819><c> Bel</c><00:26:11.119><c> being</c><00:26:11.559><c> the</c><00:26:11.920><c> chief</c><00:26:12.380><c> lord</c><00:26:12.779><c> of</c><00:26:13.039><c> the</c><00:26:13.240><c> Babylonians.</c>

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:18.400
And<00:26:14.720><c> Shadrach</c><00:26:15.740><c> means</c><00:26:16.420><c> the</c><00:26:17.599><c> command</c><00:26:18.019><c> of</c>

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Achu,<00:26:18.819><c> who</c><00:26:18.900><c> was</c><00:26:19.079><c> the</c><00:26:19.279><c> Babylonian</c><00:26:19.900><c> moon</c><00:26:20.200><c> god.</c><00:26:21.140><c> And</c><00:26:21.400><c> Meshach</c><00:26:22.460><c> was</c><00:26:22.900><c> made</c><00:26:23.700><c> a</c>

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:27.220
play<00:26:24.259><c> on</c><00:26:24.519><c> the</c><00:26:24.680><c> name</c><00:26:24.920><c> of</c><00:26:25.319><c> Mishael.</c><00:26:26.339><c> Mishael</c><00:26:26.819><c> was</c>

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:32.259
what,<00:26:27.940><c> who</c><00:26:28.240><c> is</c><00:26:28.500><c> what</c><00:26:28.700><c> god</c><00:26:29.000><c> is,</c><00:26:29.839><c> and</c><00:26:30.579><c> Meshach</c><00:26:31.140><c> is</c><00:26:31.420><c> who</c><00:26:31.660><c> is</c><00:26:31.980><c> unto</c>

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:35.380
Achu.<00:26:33.180><c> So</c><00:26:33.359><c> the</c><00:26:33.660><c> Babylonians</c><00:26:34.200><c> literally</c><00:26:34.940><c> sort</c><00:26:35.220><c> of,</c>

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in<00:26:35.380><c> a</c><00:26:35.640><c> sense,</c><00:26:35.880><c> almost</c><00:26:36.059><c> made</c><00:26:36.359><c> fun</c><00:26:36.640><c> of</c><00:26:36.839><c> the</c><00:26:37.160><c> Israelite</c><00:26:37.559><c> names.</c>

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:41.240
And<00:26:38.660><c> Abednego</c><00:26:39.480><c> became</c><00:26:40.039><c> the</c><00:26:40.359><c> servant</c><00:26:40.640><c> of</c><00:26:40.940><c> Nego,</c>

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:44.839
another<00:26:42.099><c> Babylonian</c><00:26:42.839><c> god.</c><00:26:43.200><c> So</c><00:26:43.380><c> all</c><00:26:43.880><c> the</c><00:26:44.079><c> names</c><00:26:44.299><c> of</c><00:26:44.519><c> these</c><00:26:44.660><c> men</c>

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:47.859
were<00:26:45.160><c> changed</c><00:26:45.700><c> to</c><00:26:46.220><c> parodies</c><00:26:46.559><c> of</c><00:26:46.759><c> their</c><00:26:46.980><c> lives.</c>

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:52.420
And<00:26:48.380><c> notice</c><00:26:48.720><c> Daniel.</c><00:26:49.720><c> Daniel's</c><00:26:50.220><c> life</c><00:26:50.339><c> is</c><00:26:50.500><c> an</c><00:26:50.700><c> incredible</c><00:26:51.079><c> life,</c><00:26:52.220><c> far</c>

00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:55.019
beyond<00:26:52.720><c> his</c><00:26:53.019><c> prophecy.</c><00:26:53.960><c> He's</c><00:26:54.359><c> carried</c><00:26:54.599><c> away</c>

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:59.740
into<00:26:55.299><c> a</c><00:26:55.700><c> strange</c><00:26:56.039><c> land</c><00:26:56.599><c> as</c><00:26:57.380><c> a</c><00:26:57.559><c> teenager,</c><00:26:58.000><c> as</c><00:26:58.160><c> a</c><00:26:58.259><c> young</c><00:26:58.440><c> man.</c><00:26:59.319><c> And</c><00:26:59.579><c> he</c>

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lives<00:26:59.900><c> through</c><00:27:00.160><c> the</c><00:27:00.420><c> entire</c><00:27:00.940><c> period</c>

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of<00:27:01.960><c> the</c><00:27:02.200><c> captivity.</c><00:27:03.180><c> And</c><00:27:03.420><c> he</c><00:27:03.599><c> survives</c><00:27:04.059><c> changes</c><00:27:04.640><c> of</c><00:27:04.940><c> government</c><00:27:05.440><c> to</c><00:27:06.880><c> rise</c>

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to<00:27:07.259><c> even</c><00:27:07.480><c> higher</c><00:27:07.839><c> authority.</c>

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And<00:27:09.339><c> in</c><00:27:09.539><c> many</c><00:27:09.740><c> ways,</c><00:27:10.119><c> his</c><00:27:10.380><c> life</c><00:27:10.839><c> parallels</c><00:27:11.299><c> that</c><00:27:11.579><c> of</c><00:27:11.819><c> Joseph.</c>

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:15.880
And<00:27:13.859><c> so</c><00:27:14.059><c> Daniel,</c><00:27:14.579><c> in</c><00:27:14.920><c> a</c><00:27:15.019><c> sense,</c><00:27:15.619><c> stands</c>

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as<00:27:16.559><c> a</c><00:27:16.720><c> type</c><00:27:16.859><c> of</c><00:27:17.099><c> Christ.</c><00:27:18.700><c> And</c><00:27:19.220><c> a</c><00:27:19.319><c> number</c><00:27:19.500><c> of</c><00:27:19.619><c> those</c><00:27:19.859><c> parallels,</c>

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:23.440
I<00:27:20.779><c> sort</c><00:27:20.960><c> of</c><00:27:21.180><c> try</c><00:27:21.259><c> to</c><00:27:22.299><c> make</c><00:27:22.759><c> up</c><00:27:23.000><c> and</c><00:27:23.180><c> see</c>

00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:27.119
how<00:27:23.640><c> that</c><00:27:24.099><c> worked</c><00:27:24.400><c> out.</c><00:27:25.279><c> Carried</c><00:27:25.619><c> away</c><00:27:25.880><c> at</c><00:27:26.039><c> a</c><00:27:26.220><c> young</c><00:27:26.420><c> age</c><00:27:26.680><c> to</c><00:27:26.859><c> a</c>

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strange<00:27:27.400><c> land.</c>

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:35.819
He<00:27:31.859><c> was</c><00:27:32.099><c> a</c><00:27:32.240><c> very</c><00:27:32.480><c> model</c><00:27:32.819><c> young</c><00:27:33.059><c> man.</c><00:27:33.640><c> His</c><00:27:33.920><c> character</c><00:27:34.259><c> was</c><00:27:34.619><c> exemplary.</c>

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:40.900
You<00:27:37.500><c> find</c><00:27:37.740><c> that</c><00:27:38.200><c> there</c><00:27:38.380><c> is</c><00:27:38.660><c> not</c><00:27:38.980><c> one</c><00:27:39.519><c> single</c><00:27:40.099><c> character</c><00:27:40.700><c> flaw</c>

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:43.779
of<00:27:41.160><c> Daniel</c><00:27:41.519><c> mentioned</c><00:27:42.140><c> in</c><00:27:42.740><c> the</c><00:27:42.900><c> scriptures.</c>

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:47.900
And<00:27:44.640><c> he's</c><00:27:44.900><c> placed</c><00:27:45.079><c> on</c><00:27:45.220><c> the</c><00:27:45.460><c> same</c><00:27:45.680><c> level</c><00:27:45.960><c> with</c><00:27:46.299><c> Noah</c><00:27:46.619><c> and</c><00:27:47.059><c> Job.</c>

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:50.859
And<00:27:48.779><c> we</c><00:27:48.900><c> all</c><00:27:49.059><c> know</c><00:27:49.220><c> about</c><00:27:49.480><c> the</c><00:27:49.700><c> life</c><00:27:49.920><c> of</c><00:27:50.180><c> Job,</c>

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:54.440
currently<00:27:52.200><c> being</c><00:27:52.539><c> studied</c><00:27:52.900><c> in</c><00:27:53.420><c> Detroit,</c><00:27:53.799><c> Livonia,</c><00:27:54.180><c> in</c><00:27:54.319><c> their</c>

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:56.420
midweek<00:27:54.799><c> Bible</c><00:27:55.180><c> class.</c><00:27:55.819><c> Very,</c>

00:27:56.420 --> 00:28:02.759
clear<00:27:56.819><c> to</c><00:27:57.019><c> us</c><00:27:57.220><c> what</c><00:27:57.720><c> a</c><00:27:57.940><c> tremendous</c><00:27:59.099><c> character</c><00:28:00.140><c> Job</c><00:28:00.680><c> was.</c><00:28:02.539><c> And</c>

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:06.359
Daniel's<00:28:03.200><c> life,</c><00:28:04.940><c> by</c><00:28:05.079><c> the</c><00:28:05.299><c> testimony</c><00:28:05.700><c> of</c><00:28:05.920><c> Ezekiel,</c>

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:09.940
parallels<00:28:06.920><c> that.</c><00:28:08.200><c> Both</c><00:28:08.460><c> men</c><00:28:08.720><c> served</c><00:28:09.059><c> in</c><00:28:09.220><c> the</c><00:28:09.420><c> king's</c><00:28:09.799><c> court,</c>

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:12.039
both<00:28:10.339><c> Joseph</c><00:28:10.740><c> and</c><00:28:11.079><c> Daniel.</c>

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:17.799
Both<00:28:13.140><c> of</c><00:28:13.279><c> them</c><00:28:13.420><c> became</c><00:28:13.799><c> unjustly</c><00:28:14.740><c> persecuted</c><00:28:15.460><c> by</c><00:28:17.200><c> those</c><00:28:17.559><c> who</c>

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:20.299
were<00:28:18.000><c> jealous</c><00:28:18.259><c> of</c><00:28:18.500><c> them.</c><00:28:19.059><c> And</c><00:28:19.240><c> we</c><00:28:19.400><c> find</c><00:28:19.619><c> Daniel</c><00:28:20.019><c> later</c>

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:23.299
being<00:28:20.599><c> in</c><00:28:21.099><c> the</c><00:28:21.279><c> lions</c><00:28:21.599><c> den.</c><00:28:21.819><c> And</c><00:28:21.960><c> we</c><00:28:22.119><c> find</c><00:28:22.319><c> Shadrach,</c><00:28:22.759><c> Meshach,</c><00:28:23.180><c> and</c>

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Abednego<00:28:23.700><c> being</c><00:28:24.039><c> made</c><00:28:24.400><c> toast.</c>

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In<00:28:27.380><c> fact,</c><00:28:28.059><c> when</c><00:28:28.240><c> we</c><00:28:28.400><c> go</c><00:28:28.539><c> to</c><00:28:28.700><c> that</c><00:28:28.880><c> reading,</c><00:28:29.140><c> you</c><00:28:29.240><c> see,</c><00:28:29.359><c> it</c><00:28:29.480><c> was</c>

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.819
so<00:28:30.099><c> fiery,</c><00:28:30.539><c> the</c><00:28:30.640><c> furnace,</c>

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that<00:28:31.039><c> the</c><00:28:31.140><c> people</c><00:28:31.319><c> who</c><00:28:31.460><c> put</c><00:28:31.559><c> them</c><00:28:31.700><c> in</c><00:28:31.880><c> the</c><00:28:32.079><c> furnace</c><00:28:32.299><c> were</c><00:28:32.519><c> burnt</c><00:28:32.779><c> up.</c>

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:39.619
These<00:28:36.480><c> persecutions</c><00:28:36.920><c> became</c><00:28:37.460><c> stepping</c><00:28:37.859><c> stones</c><00:28:38.319><c> to</c><00:28:38.680><c> honor.</c>

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:42.759
And<00:28:40.599><c> we</c><00:28:40.720><c> often</c><00:28:40.960><c> find</c><00:28:41.339><c> in</c><00:28:41.519><c> life</c><00:28:41.819><c> that</c><00:28:41.960><c> when</c><00:28:42.099><c> we</c><00:28:42.319><c> go</c><00:28:42.539><c> through</c>

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some<00:28:43.019><c> really</c><00:28:43.440><c> difficult</c><00:28:43.940><c> trial,</c><00:28:45.039><c> we</c><00:28:45.319><c> do</c><00:28:45.559><c> come</c><00:28:45.779><c> out</c><00:28:46.019><c> the</c><00:28:46.200><c> better</c><00:28:46.420><c> for</c>

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:49.619
it.<00:28:47.339><c> God</c><00:28:47.559><c> doesn't</c><00:28:47.920><c> do</c><00:28:48.140><c> these</c><00:28:48.420><c> things</c><00:28:48.660><c> to</c><00:28:48.900><c> us</c>

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:53.339
willy<00:28:50.279><c>-nilly.</c><00:28:50.680><c> They're</c><00:28:51.140><c> done</c><00:28:51.500><c> for</c><00:28:51.779><c> our</c><00:28:52.160><c> benefit.</c><00:28:52.859><c> And</c><00:28:53.079><c> if</c><00:28:53.200><c> we</c>

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:56.940
are<00:28:53.619><c> faithful</c><00:28:54.019><c> people,</c><00:28:54.980><c> we</c><00:28:55.559><c> move</c><00:28:56.119><c> in</c><00:28:56.319><c> that</c><00:28:56.500><c> direction</c>

00:28:56.940 --> 00:29:00.059
in<00:28:57.240><c> life.</c><00:28:58.019><c> We</c><00:28:58.539><c> don't</c><00:28:58.700><c> sit</c><00:28:58.920><c> around</c><00:28:59.200><c> complaining</c><00:28:59.640><c> and</c><00:28:59.880><c> saying,</c>

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:03.579
Lord,<00:29:00.660><c> oh,</c><00:29:00.839><c> why</c><00:29:01.160><c> me?</c><00:29:02.099><c> Why</c><00:29:02.480><c> did</c><00:29:02.660><c> I</c><00:29:02.960><c> get</c><00:29:03.180><c> this</c>

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:07.279
problem<00:29:04.000><c> or</c><00:29:04.240><c> this</c><00:29:04.619><c> illness?</c><00:29:05.640><c> Or</c><00:29:05.839><c> why</c><00:29:06.039><c> did</c><00:29:06.140><c> I</c><00:29:06.380><c> have</c><00:29:06.519><c> this</c><00:29:07.039><c> trial</c>

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:10.220
in<00:29:07.519><c> my</c><00:29:07.700><c> life?</c><00:29:07.940><c> Or</c><00:29:08.119><c> why</c><00:29:08.319><c> did</c><00:29:08.460><c> this</c><00:29:09.160><c> disaster</c><00:29:09.799><c> occur?</c>

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:13.960
We<00:29:10.759><c> don't</c><00:29:11.059><c> do</c><00:29:11.339><c> that.</c><00:29:11.880><c> We</c><00:29:12.200><c> look</c><00:29:12.460><c> and</c><00:29:12.759><c> see</c><00:29:12.940><c> what</c><00:29:13.140><c> the</c><00:29:13.480><c> message</c><00:29:13.740><c> is</c>

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:16.720
for<00:29:14.220><c> us.</c><00:29:14.660><c> We</c><00:29:14.900><c> look</c><00:29:15.099><c> and</c><00:29:15.279><c> see</c><00:29:15.420><c> what</c><00:29:15.680><c> lessons</c><00:29:16.079><c> are</c><00:29:16.299><c> to</c><00:29:16.460><c> be</c>

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:22.339
learned.<00:29:19.059><c> I</c><00:29:19.339><c> remember</c><00:29:19.700><c> once</c><00:29:20.059><c> when</c><00:29:20.819><c> a</c><00:29:21.019><c> brother</c><00:29:21.220><c> that</c><00:29:21.440><c> I</c><00:29:21.640><c> really</c>

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:25.940
had<00:29:22.740><c> very</c><00:29:23.619><c> tremendous</c><00:29:24.500><c> amount</c><00:29:24.859><c> of</c><00:29:25.039><c> respect</c><00:29:25.359><c> for</c>

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:31.140
got<00:29:26.420><c> a</c><00:29:26.579><c> heart</c><00:29:26.779><c> attack.</c><00:29:28.200><c> And</c><00:29:28.259><c> he</c><00:29:28.480><c> was</c><00:29:28.779><c> in</c><00:29:28.900><c> his</c><00:29:29.259><c> mid</c><00:29:29.440><c>-50s.</c><00:29:30.859><c> And</c><00:29:31.019><c> I</c>

00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:32.799
was<00:29:31.299><c> sitting</c><00:29:31.440><c> in</c><00:29:31.579><c> his</c><00:29:31.740><c> home</c><00:29:31.920><c> in</c><00:29:32.039><c> England.</c><00:29:32.339><c> And</c><00:29:32.460><c> I</c><00:29:32.599><c> said</c>

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:36.839
to<00:29:32.940><c> him,</c><00:29:34.700><c> that</c><00:29:34.880><c> really</c><00:29:35.180><c> must</c><00:29:35.359><c> be</c><00:29:35.519><c> very</c><00:29:35.779><c> difficult.</c><00:29:36.160><c> You</c><00:29:36.279><c> can't</c>

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:38.519
get<00:29:37.059><c> around</c><00:29:37.299><c> very</c><00:29:37.579><c> much</c><00:29:37.740><c> as</c><00:29:37.920><c> much</c><00:29:38.079><c> as</c><00:29:38.259><c> you</c><00:29:38.359><c> did</c>

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:41.180
before.<00:29:39.099><c> And</c><00:29:39.220><c> he</c><00:29:39.400><c> said</c><00:29:39.579><c> to</c><00:29:39.700><c> me,</c><00:29:39.900><c> well,</c><00:29:40.019><c> God</c><00:29:40.240><c> was</c><00:29:40.480><c> sending</c><00:29:40.720><c> me</c><00:29:41.000><c> a</c>

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:43.619
message.<00:29:42.279><c> And</c><00:29:42.539><c> I</c><00:29:42.660><c> said,</c><00:29:42.859><c> what</c><00:29:42.980><c> was</c><00:29:43.180><c> the</c><00:29:43.359><c> message?</c>

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:47.960
I<00:29:43.880><c> must</c><00:29:44.380><c> have</c><00:29:44.460><c> been</c><00:29:44.579><c> 20</c><00:29:45.380><c> years</c><00:29:45.779><c> ago.</c><00:29:46.000><c> So</c><00:29:46.160><c> I</c><00:29:46.160><c> was</c><00:29:46.359><c> a</c><00:29:46.619><c> lot</c><00:29:46.799><c> younger.</c><00:29:47.660><c> And</c><00:29:47.839><c> he</c>

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.960
said,<00:29:48.240><c> the</c><00:29:48.240><c> message</c><00:29:48.539><c> was,</c>

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:54.299
stop<00:29:49.400><c> doing</c><00:29:49.680><c> what</c><00:29:49.839><c> you</c><00:29:50.019><c> were</c><00:29:50.160><c> doing.</c><00:29:51.619><c> And</c><00:29:51.940><c> so</c><00:29:52.119><c> he</c><00:29:52.339><c> retired.</c><00:29:53.599><c> And</c><00:29:54.099><c> he</c>

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:56.660
took<00:29:54.420><c> a</c><00:29:54.720><c> whole</c><00:29:54.920><c> different</c><00:29:55.279><c> direction</c><00:29:55.680><c> in</c><00:29:55.940><c> life.</c>

00:29:56.799 --> 00:30:00.400
And<00:29:56.799><c> the</c><00:29:57.180><c> years</c><00:29:57.420><c> ahead</c><00:29:57.720><c> became</c><00:29:58.319><c> one</c><00:29:58.559><c> of</c><00:29:58.880><c> really</c><00:29:59.180><c> great</c><00:29:59.519><c> service</c><00:30:00.000><c> to</c><00:30:00.180><c> the</c>

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:02.980
truth.<00:30:01.480><c> And</c><00:30:01.660><c> so</c><00:30:01.819><c> the</c><00:30:02.140><c> message</c><00:30:02.480><c> was</c><00:30:02.779><c> from</c>

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:06.720
God,<00:30:03.539><c> stop.</c><00:30:04.079><c> Look</c><00:30:04.240><c> what</c><00:30:04.400><c> you're</c><00:30:04.579><c> doing.</c><00:30:05.420><c> Maybe</c><00:30:05.680><c> you</c><00:30:05.839><c> should</c><00:30:05.940><c> be</c><00:30:06.160><c> going</c><00:30:06.319><c> in</c><00:30:06.500><c> a</c>

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different<00:30:06.940><c> direction.</c>

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And<00:30:09.599><c> most</c><00:30:10.200><c> importantly,</c><00:30:10.740><c> from</c><00:30:10.900><c> our</c><00:30:11.160><c> perspective,</c><00:30:11.640><c> they</c><00:30:11.880><c> lived</c><00:30:12.119><c> in</c>

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:15.059
lands<00:30:12.740><c> of</c><00:30:12.960><c> great</c><00:30:13.259><c> corruption.</c><00:30:14.539><c> Babylon</c><00:30:14.799><c> and</c>

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:20.380
Egypt<00:30:15.359><c> were</c><00:30:15.740><c> totally</c><00:30:16.240><c> dedicated</c><00:30:16.920><c> to</c><00:30:17.779><c> all</c><00:30:18.119><c> kinds</c><00:30:18.440><c> of</c><00:30:18.859><c> moral</c><00:30:19.140><c> perversion,</c><00:30:20.279><c> as</c>

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:21.960
well<00:30:20.619><c> as</c><00:30:20.799><c> spiritual</c><00:30:21.200><c> and</c><00:30:21.559><c> religious</c>

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perversion.<00:30:23.619><c> Perhaps</c><00:30:24.220><c> not</c><00:30:24.740><c> as</c><00:30:24.980><c> bad</c><00:30:25.200><c> as</c><00:30:25.339><c> the</c><00:30:25.559><c> United</c><00:30:25.839><c> States,</c>

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:31.039
but<00:30:27.299><c> quite</c><00:30:27.960><c> the</c><00:30:28.279><c> same.</c><00:30:29.779><c> I</c><00:30:30.059><c> think</c><00:30:30.339><c> today</c><00:30:30.759><c> we</c>

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:34.420
live<00:30:31.359><c> in</c><00:30:31.700><c> an</c><00:30:31.859><c> age</c><00:30:32.079><c> of</c><00:30:32.359><c> idolatry.</c><00:30:33.339><c> There's</c><00:30:33.559><c> no</c><00:30:33.759><c> question</c><00:30:34.079><c> about</c>

00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:36.420
it.<00:30:34.960><c> The</c><00:30:35.180><c> great</c><00:30:35.420><c> idol</c><00:30:35.680><c> that</c><00:30:35.839><c> is</c><00:30:36.019><c> worshiped.</c><00:30:36.259><c> You</c>

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:38.920
want<00:30:36.420><c> to</c><00:30:36.559><c> see</c><00:30:36.759><c> the</c><00:30:36.980><c> great</c><00:30:37.200><c> idol</c><00:30:37.440><c> that's</c><00:30:37.740><c> worshiped</c><00:30:38.039><c> today?</c><00:30:38.740><c> I</c>

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:47.559
can<00:30:39.140><c> produce</c><00:30:39.480><c> it</c><00:30:39.799><c> right</c><00:30:40.059><c> now.</c><00:30:46.420><c> That's</c><00:30:46.859><c> one</c><00:30:47.099><c> of</c><00:30:47.200><c> the</c><00:30:47.380><c> great</c>

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:53.259
idols.<00:30:48.619><c> One</c><00:30:48.799><c> of</c><00:30:48.900><c> the</c><00:30:49.079><c> great</c><00:30:49.279><c> idols.</c><00:30:50.180><c> We</c><00:30:50.480><c> worship</c><00:30:50.880><c> it.</c><00:30:52.299><c> It</c><00:30:52.640><c> is</c>

00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:56.480
the<00:30:53.579><c> greatest</c><00:30:54.059><c> boon</c><00:30:55.099><c> to</c><00:30:55.420><c> modern</c><00:30:55.900><c> perversion,</c>

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because<00:30:56.880><c> now</c><00:30:57.099><c> you</c><00:30:57.160><c> don't</c><00:30:57.299><c> even</c><00:30:57.539><c> have</c><00:30:57.720><c> to</c><00:30:57.859><c> worry.</c><00:30:58.059><c> You</c><00:30:58.200><c> pay</c><00:30:58.460><c> later.</c><00:30:59.940><c> And</c>

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:01.420
I<00:31:00.240><c> think</c><00:31:00.400><c> a</c><00:31:00.480><c> lot</c><00:31:00.619><c> of</c><00:31:00.779><c> people</c><00:31:00.960><c> take</c><00:31:01.200><c> that</c>

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:03.420
attitude<00:31:01.759><c> to</c><00:31:02.000><c> life</c><00:31:02.220><c> and</c><00:31:02.400><c> morality.</c><00:31:02.799><c> I</c><00:31:02.960><c> don't</c><00:31:03.019><c> have</c><00:31:03.140><c> to</c><00:31:03.259><c> worry</c>

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:05.799
now.<00:31:03.640><c> I'll</c><00:31:03.819><c> pay</c><00:31:03.920><c> later.</c><00:31:05.180><c> So</c><00:31:05.339><c> what?</c><00:31:05.519><c> I</c><00:31:05.579><c> don't</c><00:31:05.720><c> know</c>

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:08.279
what<00:31:05.920><c> happens</c><00:31:06.160><c> after</c><00:31:06.480><c> I</c><00:31:06.660><c> die.</c><00:31:07.299><c> Right</c><00:31:07.539><c> now</c><00:31:07.759><c> I'm</c><00:31:07.900><c> going</c><00:31:08.019><c> to</c><00:31:08.160><c> have</c>

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:11.140
my<00:31:08.539><c> fun.</c><00:31:09.079><c> It's</c><00:31:09.400><c> a</c><00:31:09.539><c> total</c><00:31:09.819><c> mental</c><00:31:10.220><c> image</c><00:31:10.539><c> that</c><00:31:10.880><c> you</c>

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:14.920
buy<00:31:11.319><c> now,</c><00:31:11.539><c> you</c><00:31:11.700><c> pay</c><00:31:11.960><c> later.</c><00:31:12.859><c> And</c><00:31:13.079><c> that</c><00:31:13.240><c> day</c><00:31:13.400><c> you</c><00:31:13.519><c> try</c><00:31:13.720><c> to</c><00:31:13.940><c> postpone</c><00:31:14.279><c> as</c><00:31:14.460><c> far</c><00:31:14.700><c> as</c>

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:16.619
possible.<00:31:15.660><c> In</c><00:31:15.859><c> fact,</c><00:31:16.019><c> you</c><00:31:16.140><c> can</c><00:31:16.339><c> even</c>

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:19.619
see,<00:31:16.839><c> how</c><00:31:17.039><c> do</c><00:31:17.140><c> you</c><00:31:17.319><c> advertise?</c><00:31:18.140><c> You</c><00:31:18.299><c> can</c><00:31:18.539><c> borrow</c><00:31:18.839><c> more</c><00:31:19.180><c> to</c><00:31:19.420><c> pay</c>

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:23.660
off<00:31:19.799><c> other</c><00:31:20.079><c> debts.</c><00:31:22.180><c> Right?</c><00:31:23.079><c> Well,</c><00:31:23.220><c> that's</c><00:31:23.420><c> the</c><00:31:23.480><c> way</c>

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:26.720
people<00:31:23.920><c> approach</c><00:31:24.299><c> morality.</c><00:31:25.900><c> I</c><00:31:26.019><c> can</c><00:31:26.180><c> do</c><00:31:26.299><c> whatever</c><00:31:26.500><c> I</c><00:31:26.599><c> want.</c>

00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:29.359
Someday<00:31:27.440><c> in</c><00:31:27.599><c> the</c><00:31:27.759><c> future,</c><00:31:28.119><c> maybe</c><00:31:28.500><c> I'll</c><00:31:28.680><c> pay</c><00:31:28.920><c> for</c><00:31:29.099><c> it</c><00:31:29.259><c> in</c>

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:32.140
hell.<00:31:30.079><c> Have</c><00:31:30.240><c> you</c><00:31:30.380><c> ever</c><00:31:30.579><c> gone</c><00:31:30.859><c> to</c><00:31:31.059><c> a</c><00:31:31.240><c> funeral</c><00:31:31.500><c> of</c><00:31:31.720><c> a</c><00:31:31.880><c> friend</c><00:31:32.019><c> or</c>

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:34.799
someone<00:31:32.319><c> not</c><00:31:32.519><c> in</c><00:31:32.619><c> the</c><00:31:32.819><c> truth?</c><00:31:33.839><c> Have</c><00:31:33.980><c> you</c><00:31:34.099><c> ever</c><00:31:34.420><c> gone</c><00:31:34.640><c> to</c>

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:37.059
a<00:31:34.799><c> funeral</c><00:31:35.119><c> of</c><00:31:35.319><c> some</c><00:31:35.480><c> other</c><00:31:35.660><c> religion?</c><00:31:36.420><c> Have</c><00:31:36.480><c> you</c><00:31:36.640><c> ever</c><00:31:36.819><c> heard</c>

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:38.880
anyone<00:31:37.460><c> say</c><00:31:37.759><c> that</c><00:31:37.880><c> they're</c><00:31:38.059><c> not</c><00:31:38.299><c> going</c><00:31:38.480><c> to</c><00:31:38.619><c> go</c><00:31:38.720><c> to</c>

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:44.059
heaven?<00:31:40.500><c> Never.</c><00:31:41.420><c> I've</c><00:31:41.640><c> been</c><00:31:41.740><c> to</c><00:31:41.880><c> a</c><00:31:42.019><c> couple</c><00:31:42.099><c> of</c><00:31:42.339><c> mafiosas.</c><00:31:43.019><c> Well,</c><00:31:43.259><c> there</c><00:31:43.440><c> isn't</c><00:31:43.619><c> really</c><00:31:43.920><c> a</c>

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:45.339
mafia,<00:31:44.700><c> Tony.</c><00:31:45.140><c> Right?</c>

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:49.099
But<00:31:45.980><c> if</c><00:31:46.059><c> there</c><00:31:46.279><c> were</c><00:31:46.480><c> a</c><00:31:46.680><c> mafia,</c><00:31:47.279><c> I</c><00:31:47.579><c> have</c><00:31:47.759><c> been</c><00:31:47.940><c> to</c><00:31:48.059><c> some</c><00:31:48.279><c> of</c><00:31:48.420><c> those</c><00:31:48.660><c> funerals</c><00:31:48.920><c> in</c>

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:50.299
New<00:31:49.240><c> York</c><00:31:49.420><c> and</c><00:31:49.559><c> they</c><00:31:49.779><c> were</c><00:31:49.900><c> going</c><00:31:50.119><c> to</c>

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:53.259
heaven<00:31:50.500><c> too.</c><00:31:51.420><c> Probably</c><00:31:51.779><c> to</c><00:31:52.019><c> run</c><00:31:52.140><c> the</c><00:31:52.380><c> mob</c><00:31:52.519><c> up</c><00:31:52.700><c> in</c><00:31:52.900><c> heaven.</c><00:31:53.059><c> I</c>

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:56.700
don't<00:31:53.460><c> know.</c><00:31:54.019><c> But</c><00:31:54.279><c> no</c><00:31:54.619><c> one</c><00:31:54.920><c> ever</c><00:31:55.299><c> admits</c><00:31:55.559><c> to</c><00:31:55.819><c> this.</c>

00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:02.420
These<00:31:59.519><c> men</c><00:31:59.740><c> both</c><00:32:00.019><c> died</c><00:32:00.319><c> in</c><00:32:00.579><c> foreign</c><00:32:00.839><c> lands.</c><00:32:01.819><c> They</c><00:32:01.980><c> were</c><00:32:02.200><c> both</c>

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:04.779
great<00:32:02.720><c> statesmen.</c><00:32:03.500><c> And</c><00:32:03.779><c> they</c><00:32:03.900><c> were</c><00:32:04.140><c> tremendous</c>

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:09.339
prophets<00:32:05.180><c> of</c><00:32:05.480><c> redemption.</c><00:32:06.980><c> Now,</c><00:32:07.220><c> look</c><00:32:07.619><c> at</c><00:32:08.140><c> Daniel,</c><00:32:08.980><c> what</c><00:32:09.119><c> he</c>

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:12.200
did.<00:32:09.759><c> Verse</c><00:32:09.759><c> eight,</c><00:32:10.960><c> chapter</c><00:32:11.200><c> one.</c><00:32:11.799><c> And</c><00:32:11.819><c> Daniel</c>

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:16.839
purposed<00:32:12.700><c> in</c><00:32:12.859><c> his</c><00:32:13.079><c> heart</c><00:32:13.240><c> that</c><00:32:13.420><c> he</c><00:32:13.599><c> would</c><00:32:13.920><c> not</c><00:32:14.299><c> defile</c><00:32:14.740><c> himself</c><00:32:15.420><c> with</c>

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:18.099
the<00:32:17.059><c> portion</c><00:32:17.279><c> of</c><00:32:17.460><c> the</c><00:32:17.619><c> king's</c><00:32:17.960><c> meat,</c>

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:21.140
nor<00:32:18.319><c> with</c><00:32:18.539><c> the</c><00:32:18.799><c> wine</c><00:32:19.019><c> which</c><00:32:19.259><c> he</c><00:32:19.500><c> drank.</c><00:32:19.799><c> Therefore</c><00:32:20.160><c> he</c><00:32:20.420><c> requested</c><00:32:20.819><c> of</c><00:32:21.019><c> the</c>

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:22.240
prince<00:32:21.359><c> of</c><00:32:21.539><c> eunuchs</c><00:32:21.680><c> that</c><00:32:21.839><c> he</c><00:32:21.980><c> might</c>

00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:26.859
not<00:32:22.640><c> defile</c><00:32:23.099><c> himself.</c><00:32:24.299><c> Now,</c><00:32:24.619><c> God</c><00:32:25.059><c> had</c><00:32:25.440><c> brought</c><00:32:25.839><c> Daniel</c><00:32:26.460><c> into</c>

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:29.440
favor<00:32:27.240><c> and</c><00:32:27.579><c> tender</c><00:32:27.859><c> love</c><00:32:28.319><c> with</c><00:32:28.759><c> the</c><00:32:28.960><c> prince</c><00:32:29.200><c> of</c>

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:33.720
eunuchs.<00:32:30.299><c> Now,</c><00:32:30.660><c> he</c><00:32:30.960><c> could</c><00:32:31.180><c> have</c><00:32:31.339><c> given</c><00:32:31.559><c> in.</c><00:32:31.880><c> He</c><00:32:32.019><c> could</c><00:32:32.200><c> have</c><00:32:32.319><c> said,</c><00:32:32.480><c> well,</c><00:32:32.799><c> it's</c><00:32:33.160><c> all</c><00:32:33.299><c> right.</c><00:32:33.480><c> I</c>

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.339
can<00:32:33.900><c> eat</c><00:32:34.079><c> this</c>

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:37.940
stuff.<00:32:34.759><c> You</c><00:32:34.960><c> know,</c><00:32:35.220><c> we're</c><00:32:35.339><c> in</c><00:32:35.519><c> exile.</c><00:32:36.880><c> There's</c><00:32:37.339><c> no</c><00:32:37.579><c> problem</c>

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:40.819
about<00:32:38.339><c> it.</c><00:32:38.599><c> God</c><00:32:38.819><c> will</c><00:32:39.099><c> understand.</c><00:32:40.259><c> Well,</c><00:32:40.420><c> this</c><00:32:40.579><c> isn't</c>

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:44.480
what's<00:32:41.220><c> going</c><00:32:41.460><c> on</c><00:32:41.680><c> in</c><00:32:41.799><c> Romans</c><00:32:42.099><c> in</c><00:32:42.299><c> the</c><00:32:42.380><c> New</c><00:32:42.559><c> Testament.</c><00:32:44.259><c> This</c>

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:46.680
was<00:32:44.640><c> a</c><00:32:44.819><c> temporary</c><00:32:45.259><c> thing,</c><00:32:45.779><c> this</c><00:32:45.920><c> dispersion</c><00:32:46.460><c> for</c>

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:49.119
70<00:32:47.059><c> years.</c><00:32:47.440><c> And</c><00:32:47.599><c> he</c><00:32:47.700><c> knew</c><00:32:47.920><c> that</c><00:32:48.059><c> they</c><00:32:48.220><c> would</c><00:32:48.440><c> eventually</c><00:32:48.819><c> be</c>

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:51.920
planted<00:32:49.359><c> back</c><00:32:49.680><c> in</c><00:32:49.819><c> the</c><00:32:50.039><c> land</c><00:32:50.400><c> and</c><00:32:51.140><c> that</c><00:32:51.299><c> the</c><00:32:51.519><c> world</c>

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:56.079
could<00:32:52.279><c> not</c><00:32:52.500><c> be</c><00:32:52.759><c> allowed</c><00:32:53.039><c> to</c><00:32:53.339><c> corrupt</c><00:32:53.619><c> him.</c><00:32:54.799><c> And</c><00:32:55.119><c> so</c><00:32:55.319><c> he</c><00:32:55.539><c> defies</c>

00:32:56.079 --> 00:33:00.319
them.<00:32:57.880><c> To</c><00:32:58.299><c> defy</c><00:32:58.740><c> the</c><00:32:58.900><c> king's</c><00:32:59.339><c> command</c>

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:04.420
was<00:33:01.160><c> death.</c><00:33:02.299><c> This</c><00:33:02.440><c> was</c><00:33:02.660><c> not</c><00:33:02.799><c> a</c><00:33:03.079><c> trivial,</c><00:33:03.940><c> well,</c><00:33:04.000><c> I</c><00:33:04.059><c> don't</c><00:33:04.299><c> want</c>

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.839
to<00:33:04.579><c> eat</c><00:33:04.759><c> lunch</c><00:33:05.019><c> today.</c>

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:12.900
This<00:33:07.400><c> was</c><00:33:08.000><c> death.</c><00:33:09.559><c> And</c><00:33:09.839><c> yet</c><00:33:09.960><c> he</c><00:33:10.059><c> had</c><00:33:10.240><c> the</c><00:33:10.500><c> courage</c><00:33:10.799><c> to</c><00:33:11.039><c> do</c><00:33:11.240><c> this.</c><00:33:12.680><c> Now,</c>

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:15.019
I<00:33:13.059><c> think</c><00:33:13.259><c> that</c><00:33:13.519><c> that</c><00:33:14.059><c> is</c><00:33:14.319><c> something</c><00:33:14.599><c> that</c>

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:18.420
took<00:33:15.700><c> a</c><00:33:16.559><c> tremendous</c><00:33:16.940><c> amount</c><00:33:17.299><c> of</c><00:33:17.400><c> courage,</c><00:33:17.680><c> especially</c><00:33:18.140><c> from</c>

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:20.839
a<00:33:18.599><c> teenager.</c><00:33:19.500><c> But</c><00:33:19.660><c> we</c><00:33:19.819><c> find</c><00:33:20.019><c> over</c><00:33:20.339><c> and</c><00:33:20.400><c> over</c><00:33:20.680><c> again</c>

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:24.980
in<00:33:21.039><c> Daniel's</c><00:33:21.480><c> life</c><00:33:21.680><c> as</c><00:33:21.859><c> he</c><00:33:22.059><c> went</c><00:33:22.180><c> along,</c><00:33:22.700><c> he</c><00:33:22.900><c> kept</c><00:33:23.119><c> getting</c><00:33:23.480><c> trials.</c><00:33:24.220><c> And</c><00:33:24.619><c> sometimes</c><00:33:24.880><c> we</c>

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:26.000
have<00:33:25.079><c> to</c><00:33:25.259><c> understand</c><00:33:25.680><c> that.</c>

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:29.640
It<00:33:26.220><c> isn't</c><00:33:26.420><c> that</c><00:33:26.579><c> we</c><00:33:26.700><c> get</c><00:33:26.940><c> one</c><00:33:27.319><c> great</c><00:33:27.579><c> trial</c><00:33:27.880><c> in</c><00:33:28.059><c> our</c><00:33:28.259><c> life</c><00:33:28.660><c> and</c>

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:31.200
that<00:33:29.759><c> we</c><00:33:29.980><c> conquer</c><00:33:30.299><c> that</c><00:33:30.579><c> and</c><00:33:30.700><c> then</c><00:33:30.859><c> everything's</c>

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:35.680
smooth<00:33:31.460><c> after</c><00:33:31.839><c> that.</c><00:33:33.420><c> There</c><00:33:33.420><c> used</c><00:33:33.619><c> to</c><00:33:33.740><c> be</c><00:33:33.980><c> an</c><00:33:34.960><c> elderly</c><00:33:35.259><c> sister</c>

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:37.299
in<00:33:35.779><c> New</c><00:33:36.000><c> York,</c><00:33:36.319><c> and</c><00:33:36.480><c> I'm</c><00:33:36.680><c> sure</c><00:33:36.779><c> some</c><00:33:37.000><c> of</c><00:33:37.079><c> the</c>

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:41.640
ex<00:33:37.559><c>-New</c><00:33:37.759><c> Yorkers</c><00:33:38.019><c> will</c><00:33:38.220><c> remember</c><00:33:38.500><c> Sister</c><00:33:38.819><c> Mac.</c><00:33:40.279><c> And</c><00:33:40.519><c> she</c><00:33:41.220><c> lived</c><00:33:41.400><c> up</c>

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:43.900
in<00:33:41.759><c> the</c><00:33:41.940><c> Bronx</c><00:33:42.240><c> and</c><00:33:43.140><c> we</c><00:33:43.380><c> used</c><00:33:43.480><c> to</c><00:33:43.599><c> go</c><00:33:43.680><c> and</c><00:33:43.819><c> pick</c>

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:47.500
her<00:33:44.079><c> up</c><00:33:44.819><c> and</c><00:33:45.319><c> take</c><00:33:45.519><c> her</c><00:33:45.619><c> to</c><00:33:45.740><c> the</c><00:33:45.799><c> meeting.</c><00:33:47.000><c> And</c><00:33:47.140><c> her</c><00:33:47.259><c> husband</c>

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:49.680
wasn't<00:33:47.839><c> in</c><00:33:48.259><c> the</c><00:33:48.299><c> truth.</c><00:33:48.559><c> He</c><00:33:48.880><c> had</c><00:33:49.099><c> been</c><00:33:49.299><c> at</c><00:33:49.440><c> one</c>

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:52.019
time,<00:33:49.900><c> but</c><00:33:50.039><c> he</c><00:33:50.140><c> was</c><00:33:50.339><c> a</c><00:33:50.400><c> lapsed</c><00:33:50.720><c> Christadelphian.</c><00:33:51.380><c> And</c><00:33:51.579><c> he</c><00:33:51.700><c> gave</c><00:33:51.839><c> her</c>

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:54.359
a<00:33:52.019><c> very</c><00:33:52.359><c> difficult</c><00:33:52.799><c> time.</c><00:33:53.779><c> And</c><00:33:54.000><c> one</c><00:33:54.220><c> day,</c>

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:57.059
we<00:33:54.460><c> were</c><00:33:54.700><c> driving</c><00:33:55.000><c> on</c><00:33:55.519><c> the</c><00:33:55.619><c> way</c><00:33:55.720><c> to</c><00:33:55.900><c> meeting</c><00:33:56.180><c> Queens,</c><00:33:56.819><c> and</c><00:33:56.900><c> we</c>

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:58.779
passed<00:33:57.420><c> one</c><00:33:57.599><c> of</c><00:33:57.680><c> the</c><00:33:57.819><c> big</c><00:33:58.019><c> Catholic</c><00:33:58.380><c> churches,</c>

00:33:58.859 --> 00:34:00.700
and<00:33:58.980><c> it</c><00:33:59.099><c> must</c><00:33:59.259><c> have</c><00:33:59.440><c> been</c><00:33:59.759><c> like</c><00:34:00.019><c> this.</c><00:34:00.200><c> It</c><00:34:00.259><c> must</c><00:34:00.440><c> have</c><00:34:00.539><c> been</c>

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:02.359
Easter,<00:34:01.240><c> because</c><00:34:01.420><c> normally</c><00:34:01.779><c> there</c><00:34:01.900><c> was</c><00:34:02.119><c> nobody</c>

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:06.299
there.<00:34:03.299><c> Easter</c><00:34:03.660><c> Sunday,</c><00:34:04.079><c> it</c><00:34:04.079><c> was</c><00:34:04.279><c> a</c><00:34:04.480><c> huge</c><00:34:04.720><c> crowd.</c><00:34:05.640><c> And</c><00:34:05.839><c> as</c><00:34:06.160><c> we</c>

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:09.400
went<00:34:06.460><c> by,</c><00:34:07.660><c> my</c><00:34:07.859><c> mother</c><00:34:08.079><c> said,</c><00:34:08.539><c> gee,</c><00:34:08.860><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:09.039><c> it</c><00:34:09.199><c> be</c>

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:13.480
nice<00:34:09.619><c> if</c><00:34:09.760><c> we</c><00:34:09.960><c> had</c><00:34:10.059><c> that</c><00:34:10.360><c> kind</c><00:34:10.539><c> of</c><00:34:10.699><c> crowd</c><00:34:10.880><c> coming</c><00:34:11.199><c> into</c><00:34:11.579><c> our</c><00:34:12.139><c> ecclesia?</c><00:34:13.280><c> And</c>

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:16.619
Sister<00:34:13.780><c> Mac</c><00:34:14.059><c> and</c><00:34:14.239><c> her</c><00:34:14.579><c> wisdom</c><00:34:15.159><c> said,</c>

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:19.900
Catherine,<00:34:17.840><c> if</c><00:34:18.079><c> there</c><00:34:18.280><c> were</c><00:34:18.440><c> that</c><00:34:18.679><c> many</c><00:34:18.980><c> people</c><00:34:19.300><c> going</c><00:34:19.579><c> into</c>

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:22.699
our<00:34:20.159><c> meeting,</c><00:34:21.039><c> we</c><00:34:21.440><c> probably</c><00:34:21.880><c> would</c><00:34:22.059><c> have</c><00:34:22.260><c> totally</c>

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:29.739
lost<00:34:23.159><c> the</c><00:34:23.480><c> truth.</c><00:34:26.039><c> And</c><00:34:26.460><c> that</c><00:34:27.260><c> is</c><00:34:28.280><c> one</c><00:34:28.639><c> of</c><00:34:28.780><c> the</c><00:34:28.980><c> great</c><00:34:29.260><c> messages</c>

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:32.340
of<00:34:29.980><c> the</c><00:34:30.159><c> truth.</c><00:34:30.440><c> It's</c><00:34:30.619><c> sometimes</c><00:34:30.980><c> very</c><00:34:31.360><c> lonely.</c>

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:34.960
It's<00:34:32.780><c> sometimes</c><00:34:33.039><c> we</c><00:34:33.260><c> have</c><00:34:33.480><c> to</c><00:34:33.679><c> make</c><00:34:33.860><c> a</c><00:34:34.099><c> decision</c><00:34:34.440><c> and</c><00:34:34.699><c> stand</c>

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:37.260
out<00:34:35.159><c> from</c><00:34:35.400><c> every</c><00:34:35.780><c> friend,</c><00:34:36.380><c> every</c><00:34:36.659><c> colleague</c><00:34:37.019><c> at</c>

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:43.059
work,<00:34:38.219><c> everyone</c><00:34:38.480><c> we</c><00:34:38.780><c> know,</c><00:34:39.460><c> because</c><00:34:39.820><c> we</c><00:34:40.079><c> have</c><00:34:40.320><c> to</c><00:34:40.480><c> do</c><00:34:40.619><c> the</c><00:34:40.840><c> right</c><00:34:41.099><c> thing.</c><00:34:42.880><c> In</c>

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:44.940
this<00:34:43.300><c> day</c><00:34:43.500><c> and</c><00:34:43.599><c> age,</c><00:34:44.320><c> thankfully,</c>

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:48.639
it<00:34:45.239><c> doesn't</c><00:34:45.519><c> mean</c><00:34:45.820><c> death</c><00:34:46.179><c> to</c><00:34:46.460><c> refuse</c><00:34:46.880><c> most</c><00:34:47.239><c> things,</c><00:34:47.500><c> but</c><00:34:47.679><c> it</c><00:34:47.880><c> might</c><00:34:48.079><c> mean</c><00:34:48.380><c> a</c>

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change<00:34:48.880><c> of</c><00:34:49.099><c> career.</c><00:34:50.539><c> It</c><00:34:50.800><c> might</c><00:34:51.019><c> mean</c>

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:56.179
putting<00:34:51.559><c> aside</c><00:34:52.219><c> family.</c><00:34:53.300><c> It</c><00:34:53.440><c> might</c><00:34:53.800><c> mean</c><00:34:54.159><c> going</c><00:34:54.440><c> against</c><00:34:54.980><c> friends.</c><00:34:55.320><c> Sometimes</c><00:34:55.719><c> even</c><00:34:56.000><c> in</c>

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:56.699
the<00:34:56.340><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:34:56.840 --> 00:35:03.980
to<00:34:57.000><c> take</c><00:34:57.159><c> a</c><00:34:57.400><c> principal</c><00:34:57.820><c> stand</c><00:34:58.199><c> can</c><00:34:58.480><c> cause</c><00:34:59.000><c> difficulties.</c><00:35:02.139><c> Later,</c><00:35:03.079><c> Shadrach,</c><00:35:03.420><c> Meshach,</c><00:35:03.860><c> and</c>

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.980
Abednego<00:35:04.380><c> faced</c><00:35:04.719><c> the</c>

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fiery<00:35:05.239><c> furnace.</c><00:35:06.780><c> That</c><00:35:07.039><c> was</c><00:35:07.280><c> probably,</c><00:35:07.900><c> if</c><00:35:07.980><c> we</c><00:35:08.840><c> follow</c><00:35:09.139><c> along</c>

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the<00:35:11.619><c> chronology</c><00:35:12.199><c> of</c><00:35:12.519><c> Daniels,</c><00:35:12.780><c> probably</c><00:35:13.139><c> when</c>

00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:18.480
they<00:35:13.500><c> were</c><00:35:13.719><c> in</c><00:35:14.300><c> their</c><00:35:14.460><c> late</c><00:35:14.719><c> 30s,</c><00:35:15.159><c> early</c><00:35:15.500><c> 40s.</c><00:35:16.719><c> And</c><00:35:17.019><c> Daniel</c><00:35:17.239><c> must</c><00:35:17.539><c> have</c><00:35:17.639><c> been</c><00:35:17.840><c> affected</c><00:35:18.199><c> by</c>

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:19.619
this,<00:35:18.639><c> but</c><00:35:18.780><c> he</c><00:35:18.960><c> was</c><00:35:19.300><c> closer</c>

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:22.940
to<00:35:19.820><c> the</c><00:35:19.860><c> king.</c><00:35:20.880><c> And</c><00:35:21.059><c> so</c><00:35:21.179><c> they</c><00:35:21.500><c> probably</c><00:35:21.900><c> did</c><00:35:22.119><c> not</c><00:35:22.300><c> dare</c><00:35:22.559><c> attack</c>

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:27.099
him.<00:35:23.619><c> And</c><00:35:23.719><c> we</c><00:35:23.820><c> read</c><00:35:24.019><c> and</c><00:35:24.619><c> turn</c><00:35:25.099><c> to</c><00:35:25.780><c> Daniel</c><00:35:26.219><c> chapter</c>

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:32.340
three.<00:35:30.320><c> And</c><00:35:30.500><c> there's</c><00:35:30.760><c> a</c><00:35:30.920><c> very</c><00:35:31.219><c> interesting</c><00:35:31.639><c> passage,</c><00:35:32.139><c> verse</c>

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:35.739
16.<00:35:33.619><c> Shadrach,</c><00:35:34.219><c> Meshach,</c><00:35:34.699><c> and</c><00:35:34.840><c> Abednego</c><00:35:35.280><c> answered</c>

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:39.639
and<00:35:35.980><c> said</c><00:35:36.159><c> to</c><00:35:36.320><c> the</c><00:35:36.539><c> king,</c><00:35:36.820><c> O</c><00:35:37.000><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:35:37.920><c> we</c><00:35:38.139><c> are</c><00:35:38.480><c> not</c><00:35:38.840><c> careful</c><00:35:39.300><c> to</c>

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:41.539
answer<00:35:39.960><c> thee</c><00:35:40.139><c> in</c><00:35:40.340><c> this</c><00:35:40.679><c> matter.</c>

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:47.519
What<00:35:43.820><c> a</c><00:35:44.039><c> remarkable</c><00:35:44.579><c> passage.</c><00:35:45.840><c> What</c><00:35:45.980><c> they're</c><00:35:46.239><c> saying</c><00:35:46.480><c> literally</c><00:35:46.900><c> is</c><00:35:47.199><c> we're</c><00:35:47.380><c> not</c>

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:48.440
going<00:35:47.639><c> to</c><00:35:47.760><c> take</c><00:35:47.860><c> the</c><00:35:48.099><c> political</c>

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:50.960
answer.<00:35:48.679><c> We're</c><00:35:48.820><c> not</c><00:35:48.940><c> going</c><00:35:49.019><c> to</c><00:35:49.099><c> be</c><00:35:49.280><c> politically</c><00:35:49.639><c> correct.</c><00:35:50.800><c> We</c>

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:52.860
know<00:35:51.139><c> what</c><00:35:51.300><c> we</c><00:35:51.480><c> should</c><00:35:51.639><c> tell</c><00:35:51.940><c> you,</c>

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:56.639
but<00:35:53.719><c> we're</c><00:35:53.860><c> not</c><00:35:54.019><c> going</c><00:35:54.119><c> to</c><00:35:54.239><c> do</c><00:35:54.440><c> that.</c><00:35:55.920><c> We're</c><00:35:56.199><c> going</c><00:35:56.320><c> to</c><00:35:56.480><c> tell</c>

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:59.300
you<00:35:56.739><c> what</c><00:35:56.920><c> our</c><00:35:57.239><c> Lord</c><00:35:57.559><c> God</c><00:35:57.940><c> would</c><00:35:58.159><c> require</c><00:35:58.659><c> us</c><00:35:58.900><c> to</c><00:35:59.139><c> say.</c>

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:03.460
If<00:35:59.739><c> it</c><00:35:59.980><c> be</c><00:36:00.219><c> so,</c><00:36:00.699><c> our</c><00:36:00.900><c> God</c><00:36:01.179><c> whom</c><00:36:01.400><c> we</c><00:36:01.739><c> serve</c><00:36:01.900><c> is</c><00:36:02.179><c> able</c><00:36:02.619><c> to</c><00:36:02.940><c> deliver</c>

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:07.659
us.<00:36:04.239><c> Now</c><00:36:04.500><c> that's</c><00:36:04.960><c> faith</c><00:36:05.340><c> working.</c><00:36:06.900><c> That's</c><00:36:07.380><c> real</c>

00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:11.820
faith.<00:36:08.619><c> That's</c><00:36:09.179><c> total</c><00:36:09.539><c> confidence</c><00:36:10.179><c> that</c><00:36:10.719><c> what</c><00:36:11.000><c> we</c><00:36:11.400><c> believe</c>

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:14.940
will<00:36:12.300><c> be</c><00:36:12.619><c> carried</c><00:36:12.840><c> out</c><00:36:13.079><c> in</c><00:36:13.360><c> practice</c><00:36:13.699><c> and</c><00:36:13.920><c> that</c><00:36:14.199><c> God</c><00:36:14.519><c> will</c>

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:24.280
take<00:36:15.219><c> care</c><00:36:15.519><c> of</c><00:36:15.739><c> us.</c><00:36:20.019><c> He</c><00:36:20.639><c> is</c><00:36:20.920><c> able</c><00:36:21.239><c> to</c><00:36:21.579><c> deliver</c><00:36:21.739><c> us</c><00:36:21.940><c> from</c><00:36:22.119><c> the</c><00:36:22.420><c> burning</c><00:36:22.780><c> fiery</c><00:36:23.340><c> furnace</c><00:36:23.699><c> and</c><00:36:24.019><c> he</c>

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:25.699
will<00:36:24.599><c> deliver</c><00:36:25.280><c> us</c>

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:36.800
out<00:36:26.039><c> of</c><00:36:26.400><c> thine</c><00:36:26.739><c> hand,</c><00:36:27.440><c> O</c><00:36:27.760><c> King.</c><00:36:31.360><c> There</c><00:36:31.659><c> is</c><00:36:31.860><c> courage</c><00:36:32.320><c> of</c><00:36:32.980><c> the</c><00:36:33.179><c> highest</c><00:36:33.579><c> order.</c><00:36:34.940><c> Something</c><00:36:35.280><c> that</c><00:36:36.260><c> I</c>

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.559
know<00:36:36.940><c> in</c><00:36:37.039><c> my</c><00:36:37.300><c> own</c>

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:41.440
life,<00:36:38.480><c> I</c><00:36:38.599><c> wish</c><00:36:38.960><c> and</c><00:36:39.960><c> hope</c><00:36:40.179><c> and</c><00:36:40.300><c> pray</c><00:36:40.559><c> that</c><00:36:40.679><c> if</c><00:36:40.760><c> I'm</c><00:36:40.960><c> ever</c><00:36:41.199><c> faced</c>

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:43.179
with<00:36:41.639><c> anything</c><00:36:41.860><c> even</c><00:36:42.159><c> half</c><00:36:42.440><c> that</c><00:36:42.719><c> difficult,</c>

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:51.320
I<00:36:43.400><c> would</c><00:36:43.539><c> have</c><00:36:43.800><c> the</c><00:36:43.980><c> courage</c><00:36:44.300><c> to</c><00:36:44.519><c> do</c><00:36:44.719><c> it.</c><00:36:47.559><c> Go</c><00:36:47.840><c> on</c><00:36:48.139><c> to</c><00:36:48.320><c> Daniel</c><00:36:48.719><c> chapter</c><00:36:49.260><c> 5,</c>

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.760
verse<00:36:54.760><c> 29.</c>

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Here<00:37:03.199><c> after</c><00:37:03.780><c> Daniel</c><00:37:04.980><c> reads</c><00:37:06.760><c> the</c><00:37:07.099><c> handwriting</c><00:37:07.460><c> on</c><00:37:07.760><c> the</c><00:37:07.980><c> wall,</c>

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:11.480
it's<00:37:10.139><c> after</c><00:37:10.360><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:37:11.059><c> has</c><00:37:11.199><c> already</c>

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:17.239
passed<00:37:11.760><c> away</c><00:37:11.980><c> and</c><00:37:12.079><c> they</c><00:37:12.260><c> have</c><00:37:12.360><c> another</c><00:37:12.659><c> king</c><00:37:12.880><c> and</c><00:37:13.039><c> then</c><00:37:13.280><c> commanded</c><00:37:13.739><c> Belshazzar</c><00:37:15.699><c> and</c>

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:18.440
they<00:37:17.559><c> clothed</c><00:37:17.800><c> Daniel</c><00:37:18.179><c> with</c>

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:21.059
scarlet<00:37:18.780><c> and</c><00:37:18.900><c> put</c><00:37:19.079><c> a</c><00:37:19.300><c> chain</c><00:37:19.440><c> of</c><00:37:19.619><c> gold</c><00:37:19.860><c> about</c><00:37:20.099><c> his</c><00:37:20.340><c> neck</c><00:37:20.480><c> and</c><00:37:20.659><c> made</c><00:37:20.820><c> a</c>

00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:22.420
proclamation<00:37:21.519><c> concerning</c><00:37:21.980><c> him</c><00:37:22.139><c> that</c><00:37:22.260><c> he</c>

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:28.559
should<00:37:22.559><c> be</c><00:37:22.719><c> the</c><00:37:22.960><c> third</c><00:37:23.320><c> ruler</c><00:37:23.659><c> in</c><00:37:23.840><c> the</c><00:37:24.019><c> kingdom.</c><00:37:25.500><c> And</c><00:37:25.719><c> that</c><00:37:26.400><c> night</c><00:37:26.699><c> was</c><00:37:27.219><c> Belshazzar,</c><00:37:28.079><c> the</c><00:37:28.239><c> king</c><00:37:28.400><c> of</c>

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.199
the<00:37:28.739><c> Chaldean</c>

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slain<00:37:29.719><c> and</c><00:37:29.900><c> Darius</c><00:37:30.360><c> the</c><00:37:30.659><c> median</c><00:37:30.900><c> took</c><00:37:31.159><c> the</c><00:37:31.400><c> kingdom</c><00:37:31.800><c> being</c>

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:34.539
about<00:37:32.780><c> three</c><00:37:33.079><c> score</c><00:37:33.340><c> and</c><00:37:33.519><c> two</c><00:37:33.780><c> years</c><00:37:34.099><c> old.</c>

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:39.019
And<00:37:35.159><c> so</c><00:37:35.420><c> here,</c><00:37:36.079><c> very</c><00:37:36.480><c> late</c><00:37:36.659><c> in</c><00:37:36.920><c> life,</c><00:37:38.179><c> near</c><00:37:38.300><c> the</c><00:37:38.539><c> end</c><00:37:38.699><c> of</c><00:37:38.840><c> the</c>

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:41.820
captivity,<00:37:39.519><c> I'm</c><00:37:39.659><c> not</c><00:37:39.900><c> sure</c><00:37:40.099><c> exactly</c><00:37:40.699><c> how</c><00:37:40.900><c> old</c><00:37:41.420><c> Daniel</c>

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:44.579
was<00:37:42.139><c> when</c><00:37:42.300><c> he</c><00:37:42.440><c> was</c><00:37:42.659><c> carried</c><00:37:43.059><c> to</c><00:37:43.519><c> Babylon,</c><00:37:43.840><c> but</c><00:37:43.980><c> if</c><00:37:44.099><c> he</c><00:37:44.199><c> was</c><00:37:44.480><c> a</c>

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:48.219
teenager<00:37:44.960><c> between</c><00:37:45.480><c> 13,</c><00:37:46.099><c> 16,</c><00:37:47.239><c> 19</c><00:37:47.579><c> years</c><00:37:47.960><c> old,</c>

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:51.420
he<00:37:48.579><c> could</c><00:37:48.960><c> have</c><00:37:49.099><c> been</c><00:37:49.179><c> pretty</c><00:37:49.539><c> close</c><00:37:49.739><c> to</c><00:37:50.099><c> 85,</c><00:37:50.579><c> 90</c><00:37:50.940><c> years</c><00:37:51.280><c> old</c>

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:55.920
by<00:37:51.679><c> now.</c><00:37:52.880><c> And</c><00:37:53.219><c> again,</c><00:37:54.019><c> he</c><00:37:54.280><c> survives</c><00:37:54.780><c> this.</c><00:37:55.260><c> He</c><00:37:55.559><c> survives</c>

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:59.699
the<00:37:56.199><c> takeover</c><00:37:56.920><c> of</c><00:37:57.280><c> Darius</c><00:37:57.760><c> and</c><00:37:58.300><c> he</c><00:37:58.579><c> serves</c><00:37:58.860><c> under</c><00:37:59.260><c> the</c><00:37:59.480><c> Medes</c>

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:03.480
and<00:37:59.940><c> Persians,</c><00:38:01.059><c> but</c><00:38:01.360><c> again</c><00:38:01.699><c> he's</c><00:38:01.900><c> put</c><00:38:02.079><c> to</c><00:38:02.260><c> the</c><00:38:02.460><c> test.</c>

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:07.840
He's<00:38:04.920><c> put</c><00:38:05.099><c> to</c><00:38:05.280><c> the</c><00:38:05.460><c> test.</c><00:38:06.239><c> It's</c><00:38:06.400><c> not</c><00:38:06.639><c> like,</c><00:38:07.079><c> well,</c><00:38:07.619><c> Daniel,</c>

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.980
you've<00:38:08.000><c> done</c><00:38:08.119><c> all</c><00:38:08.300><c> these</c><00:38:08.460><c> things</c><00:38:08.639><c> all</c><00:38:08.820><c> your</c>

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life.<00:38:09.119><c> You</c><00:38:09.260><c> survived.</c><00:38:10.239><c> You've</c><00:38:10.699><c> not</c><00:38:10.880><c> allowed</c><00:38:11.480><c> anything</c><00:38:11.840><c> to</c><00:38:12.159><c> corrupt</c><00:38:12.440><c> you.</c><00:38:13.440><c> Look</c><00:38:13.800><c> what</c><00:38:14.000><c> happens.</c><00:38:14.599><c> Chapter</c><00:38:14.920><c> 9.</c>

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:20.519
In<00:38:16.159><c> the</c><00:38:16.400><c> first</c><00:38:16.880><c> year</c><00:38:17.219><c> of</c><00:38:17.559><c> Darius,</c><00:38:18.260><c> the</c><00:38:18.400><c> son</c><00:38:18.599><c> of</c><00:38:18.820><c> Aesuarius,</c><00:38:19.940><c> the</c><00:38:20.099><c> king</c><00:38:20.300><c> of</c>

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:22.659
the<00:38:20.719><c> Medes,</c><00:38:21.219><c> which</c><00:38:21.420><c> was</c><00:38:21.800><c> made</c><00:38:22.039><c> king</c><00:38:22.300><c> over</c>

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the<00:38:22.840><c> realm</c><00:38:23.000><c> of</c><00:38:23.159><c> the</c><00:38:23.360><c> Chaldeans,</c><00:38:23.820><c> in</c><00:38:23.920><c> the</c><00:38:24.099><c> first</c><00:38:24.380><c> year</c><00:38:24.539><c> of</c><00:38:24.679><c> his</c>

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:29.719
reign,<00:38:25.239><c> I,</c><00:38:25.699><c> Daniel,</c><00:38:27.559><c> understood</c><00:38:28.380><c> by</c><00:38:28.980><c> books</c><00:38:29.420><c> the</c>

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number<00:38:30.039><c> of</c><00:38:30.320><c> years</c><00:38:31.199><c> whereof</c><00:38:32.960><c> the</c><00:38:33.179><c> word</c><00:38:33.519><c> of</c><00:38:33.820><c> the</c><00:38:34.059><c> Lord</c><00:38:34.300><c> came</c><00:38:34.639><c> to</c>

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:37.440
Jeremiah<00:38:35.440><c> the</c><00:38:35.699><c> prophet</c><00:38:36.119><c> that</c><00:38:36.460><c> he</c><00:38:36.639><c> should</c><00:38:36.860><c> accomplish</c>

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70<00:38:38.019><c> years</c><00:38:38.539><c> in</c><00:38:38.940><c> the</c><00:38:39.219><c> desolations</c><00:38:39.840><c> of</c><00:38:40.079><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:38:41.019><c> And</c><00:38:41.019><c> I</c><00:38:41.280><c> set</c>

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:44.539
my<00:38:41.840><c> face</c><00:38:42.079><c> unto</c><00:38:42.260><c> the</c><00:38:42.480><c> Lord</c><00:38:42.679><c> God</c><00:38:42.980><c> to</c><00:38:43.420><c> seek</c><00:38:43.760><c> by</c><00:38:44.139><c> prayer</c>

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:53.039
and<00:38:44.820><c> supplications</c><00:38:45.519><c> with</c><00:38:45.840><c> fastings</c><00:38:46.360><c> and</c><00:38:46.659><c> sackcloth</c><00:38:47.119><c> and</c><00:38:47.380><c> ashes.</c><00:38:50.119><c> Daniel</c><00:38:50.699><c> prepared</c><00:38:51.780><c> himself</c><00:38:52.460><c> for</c>

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:54.139
the<00:38:53.219><c> end</c><00:38:53.360><c> of</c><00:38:53.519><c> the</c>

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He<00:38:54.679><c> was</c><00:38:55.039><c> now</c><00:38:55.400><c> second</c><00:38:55.679><c> in</c><00:38:55.900><c> command.</c><00:38:56.920><c> He</c><00:38:57.019><c> had</c><00:38:57.340><c> more</c><00:38:57.619><c> power,</c><00:38:58.280><c> more</c>

00:38:58.500 --> 00:39:00.940
honor,<00:38:58.880><c> more</c><00:38:59.139><c> fame,</c><00:38:59.599><c> more</c><00:38:59.860><c> wealth</c><00:39:00.159><c> than</c><00:39:00.480><c> any</c><00:39:00.739><c> Jew</c>

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:05.300
had<00:39:01.079><c> ever</c><00:39:01.380><c> had</c><00:39:01.539><c> in</c><00:39:01.699><c> the</c><00:39:01.860><c> Gentile</c><00:39:02.320><c> world.</c><00:39:03.300><c> And</c><00:39:03.820><c> yet</c><00:39:03.940><c> he</c><00:39:04.079><c> was</c><00:39:04.440><c> preparing</c><00:39:04.820><c> himself</c><00:39:05.099><c> to</c>

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give<00:39:05.460><c> it</c><00:39:05.619><c> all</c><00:39:05.800><c> up</c>

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because<00:39:07.179><c> he</c><00:39:07.360><c> had</c><00:39:07.500><c> done</c><00:39:07.639><c> his</c><00:39:07.980><c> readings.</c><00:39:10.019><c> He</c><00:39:10.539><c> had</c><00:39:10.820><c> read</c><00:39:11.059><c> Jeremiah</c><00:39:11.699><c> probably</c><00:39:12.960><c> every</c>

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day.<00:39:15.300><c> Remember,</c><00:39:15.619><c> there</c>

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wasn't<00:39:16.360><c> all</c><00:39:16.760><c> the</c><00:39:16.940><c> books</c><00:39:17.119><c> of</c><00:39:17.260><c> the</c><00:39:17.400><c> Bible</c><00:39:17.599><c> we</c><00:39:17.920><c> have</c><00:39:18.059><c> today.</c><00:39:19.059><c> It</c><00:39:19.219><c> was</c><00:39:19.460><c> the</c><00:39:19.679><c> Torah</c><00:39:19.940><c> and</c><00:39:20.159><c> a</c>

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few<00:39:20.400><c> of</c><00:39:20.559><c> the</c><00:39:20.719><c> prophets,</c>

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but<00:39:21.980><c> he</c><00:39:22.440><c> read</c><00:39:22.980><c> Jeremiah</c><00:39:23.760><c> and</c><00:39:24.539><c> he</c><00:39:24.940><c> looked</c><00:39:25.280><c> to</c><00:39:25.480><c> what</c><00:39:25.699><c> he</c><00:39:25.900><c> was</c><00:39:26.099><c> going</c><00:39:26.260><c> to</c>

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accomplish.<00:39:27.099><c> And</c><00:39:27.239><c> because</c><00:39:27.440><c> of</c><00:39:27.599><c> those</c><00:39:27.820><c> daily</c>

00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:31.980
readings,<00:39:29.059><c> he</c><00:39:29.179><c> was</c><00:39:29.420><c> ready</c><00:39:29.639><c> to</c><00:39:29.960><c> act.</c><00:39:30.820><c> Now,</c><00:39:31.380><c> brethren</c><00:39:31.539><c> and</c><00:39:31.719><c> sisters,</c><00:39:31.840><c> I</c>

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can't<00:39:32.199><c> make</c><00:39:32.400><c> this</c><00:39:32.679><c> more</c><00:39:33.639><c> emphatic.</c>

00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:37.800
You<00:39:35.480><c> can</c><00:39:35.679><c> do</c><00:39:35.880><c> your</c><00:39:36.139><c> daily</c><00:39:36.420><c> readings</c><00:39:36.699><c> every</c><00:39:37.079><c> day</c><00:39:37.300><c> of</c><00:39:37.460><c> your</c><00:39:37.619><c> life</c>

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and<00:39:38.000><c> know</c><00:39:38.179><c> nothing.</c>

00:39:40.739 --> 00:39:42.860
Please<00:39:41.059><c> think</c><00:39:41.380><c> about</c><00:39:41.639><c> what</c><00:39:41.840><c> you</c><00:39:42.099><c> read.</c>

00:39:45.260 --> 00:39:49.019
Put<00:39:45.500><c> it</c><00:39:45.659><c> in</c><00:39:45.719><c> your</c><00:39:46.000><c> mind</c><00:39:46.280><c> how</c><00:39:46.440><c> to</c><00:39:46.699><c> act</c><00:39:46.920><c> upon</c><00:39:47.199><c> it.</c><00:39:48.320><c> Don't</c><00:39:48.619><c> make</c><00:39:48.820><c> it</c>

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:51.480
a<00:39:49.099><c> mere</c><00:39:49.340><c> drudge</c><00:39:49.699><c> job</c><00:39:50.019><c> to</c><00:39:50.239><c> get</c><00:39:50.500><c> through.</c>

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:54.860
Don't<00:39:52.500><c> make</c><00:39:52.699><c> it</c><00:39:52.860><c> like</c><00:39:53.000><c> you're</c><00:39:53.239><c> doing</c><00:39:53.420><c> a</c><00:39:53.599><c> novena.</c><00:39:54.260><c> Some</c><00:39:54.559><c> form</c>

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:56.139
of<00:39:55.139><c> Catholics</c><00:39:55.280><c> know</c><00:39:55.480><c> what</c><00:39:55.519><c> I'm</c><00:39:55.679><c> talking</c><00:39:55.960><c> about.</c>

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:58.780
You<00:39:56.280><c> go</c><00:39:56.480><c> through</c><00:39:56.679><c> this</c><00:39:56.880><c> ritual.</c><00:39:57.119><c> Let's</c><00:39:57.300><c> get</c><00:39:57.440><c> this</c><00:39:57.739><c> over</c><00:39:58.019><c> with.</c>

00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:01.000
He<00:40:00.019><c> not</c><00:40:00.219><c> only</c><00:40:00.420><c> did</c><00:40:00.599><c> his</c><00:40:00.840><c> reading,</c>

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:04.559
the<00:40:01.619><c> time</c><00:40:02.000><c> was</c><00:40:02.280><c> there.</c><00:40:02.539><c> He</c><00:40:02.659><c> was</c><00:40:02.940><c> ready</c><00:40:03.199><c> to</c><00:40:03.460><c> act.</c><00:40:04.000><c> He</c><00:40:04.139><c> was</c><00:40:04.340><c> ready</c>

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:07.000
to<00:40:04.800><c> put</c><00:40:04.880><c> his</c><00:40:05.239><c> faith</c><00:40:05.519><c> into</c><00:40:05.980><c> action.</c>

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:11.800
Go<00:40:08.480><c> back</c><00:40:08.780><c> a</c><00:40:08.940><c> couple</c><00:40:09.119><c> of</c><00:40:09.280><c> pages</c><00:40:09.599><c> and</c><00:40:09.980><c> you'll</c><00:40:10.460><c> see</c><00:40:10.940><c> what</c><00:40:11.360><c> he</c><00:40:11.659><c> had</c>

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:14.579
to<00:40:12.079><c> suffer</c><00:40:12.320><c> in</c><00:40:12.480><c> his</c><00:40:12.699><c> old</c><00:40:13.019><c> age</c><00:40:13.400><c> as</c><00:40:13.820><c> another</c><00:40:14.119><c> test.</c>

00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:21.139
Chapter<00:40:15.179><c> six,</c><00:40:15.719><c> verse</c><00:40:16.400><c> 10.</c><00:40:18.260><c> The</c><00:40:18.420><c> king</c><00:40:18.579><c> made</c><00:40:18.880><c> this</c><00:40:19.199><c> decree,</c><00:40:20.739><c> and</c>

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under<00:40:22.280><c> Darius,</c>

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very<00:40:24.500><c> latent</c><00:40:24.940><c> in</c><00:40:25.480><c> the</c><00:40:25.760><c> prophet's</c><00:40:26.179><c> life,</c><00:40:27.340><c> and</c><00:40:27.460><c> it</c><00:40:27.619><c> pleased</c><00:40:27.800><c> Darius</c><00:40:28.239><c> to</c>

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:30.739
set<00:40:28.699><c> over</c><00:40:29.000><c> the</c><00:40:29.219><c> kingdom,</c><00:40:29.480><c> verse</c><00:40:29.760><c> one,</c><00:40:30.039><c> 120</c>

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princes,<00:40:31.760><c> which</c><00:40:32.019><c> should</c><00:40:32.420><c> be</c><00:40:32.639><c> over</c><00:40:32.800><c> the</c><00:40:32.920><c> whole</c><00:40:33.159><c> kingdom,</c><00:40:33.659><c> and</c>

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:35.699
over<00:40:34.079><c> these</c><00:40:34.340><c> three</c><00:40:34.619><c> presidents</c><00:40:35.019><c> of</c><00:40:35.239><c> whom</c><00:40:35.380><c> Daniel</c>

00:40:35.699 --> 00:40:39.800
was<00:40:36.019><c> first.</c><00:40:37.019><c> So</c><00:40:37.219><c> he</c><00:40:37.380><c> rose</c><00:40:37.760><c> to</c><00:40:38.280><c> second</c><00:40:38.460><c> in</c><00:40:38.699><c> command.</c><00:40:38.900><c> He</c><00:40:38.960><c> was</c><00:40:39.139><c> the</c><00:40:39.400><c> first</c><00:40:39.619><c> of</c>

00:40:39.800 --> 00:40:42.119
the<00:40:40.039><c> three,</c><00:40:40.619><c> so</c><00:40:40.840><c> the</c><00:40:41.079><c> ministers</c><00:40:41.380><c> of</c><00:40:41.840><c> state</c>

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:50.079
of<00:40:42.679><c> Darius.</c><00:40:47.340><c> And</c><00:40:47.900><c> so</c><00:40:48.039><c> what</c><00:40:48.199><c> happens?</c><00:40:48.940><c> Darius</c><00:40:49.320><c> puts</c><00:40:49.579><c> out</c><00:40:49.840><c> this</c>

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decree<00:40:50.360><c> and</c><00:40:50.480><c> they</c><00:40:50.659><c> want</c><00:40:51.000><c> everyone</c><00:40:51.639><c> to</c><00:40:51.940><c> obey</c><00:40:52.159><c> it.</c>

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And<00:40:53.079><c> we</c><00:40:53.260><c> all</c><00:40:53.539><c> know</c><00:40:53.800><c> the</c><00:40:54.039><c> occasion.</c><00:40:55.219><c> And</c><00:40:55.320><c> all</c><00:40:55.539><c> the</c><00:40:55.800><c> presidents,</c>

00:40:56.199 --> 00:40:58.159
verse<00:40:56.480><c> seven,</c><00:40:57.300><c> of</c><00:40:57.500><c> the</c><00:40:57.679><c> kingdoms</c><00:40:57.940><c> and</c>

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the<00:40:58.360><c> governors,</c><00:40:58.760><c> the</c><00:40:58.860><c> princes,</c><00:40:59.280><c> the</c><00:40:59.440><c> councilors,</c><00:40:59.840><c> the</c><00:41:00.019><c> captains</c><00:41:00.340><c> were</c>

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:02.380
consulted<00:41:01.000><c> together</c><00:41:01.400><c> to</c><00:41:01.599><c> establish</c><00:41:02.059><c> a</c>

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:07.400
royal<00:41:02.679><c> statute</c><00:41:03.219><c> and</c><00:41:03.719><c> to</c><00:41:03.940><c> make</c><00:41:04.099><c> a</c><00:41:04.440><c> firm</c><00:41:04.719><c> decree</c><00:41:05.460><c> that</c><00:41:06.239><c> whosoever</c><00:41:06.719><c> shall</c><00:41:06.940><c> ask</c><00:41:07.260><c> a</c>

00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:09.380
petition<00:41:07.739><c> of</c><00:41:07.940><c> any</c><00:41:08.300><c> god</c><00:41:08.679><c> or</c><00:41:09.099><c> man</c>

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for<00:41:09.619><c> 30</c><00:41:09.860><c> days</c><00:41:10.500><c> save</c><00:41:10.860><c> of</c><00:41:11.119><c> thee,</c><00:41:11.340><c> O</c><00:41:11.659><c> King,</c><00:41:12.239><c> shall</c><00:41:12.340><c> be</c><00:41:12.639><c> cast</c><00:41:12.960><c> into</c>

00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:16.000
the<00:41:13.440><c> den</c><00:41:13.619><c> of</c><00:41:13.880><c> lions.</c><00:41:14.239><c> This</c><00:41:14.480><c> was</c><00:41:14.639><c> done</c><00:41:14.820><c> deliberately</c>

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:20.260
to<00:41:16.340><c> get</c><00:41:17.099><c> Daniel.</c><00:41:18.000><c> And</c><00:41:18.159><c> there</c><00:41:18.239><c> will</c><00:41:18.400><c> be</c><00:41:18.599><c> times</c><00:41:18.780><c> in</c><00:41:18.980><c> our</c><00:41:19.159><c> life</c><00:41:19.360><c> when</c><00:41:19.519><c> people</c><00:41:19.840><c> around</c><00:41:20.119><c> us</c>

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will<00:41:20.460><c> deliberately</c>

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:28.559
try<00:41:21.219><c> to</c><00:41:21.460><c> set</c><00:41:21.559><c> us</c><00:41:21.840><c> up.</c><00:41:23.480><c> We</c><00:41:23.880><c> can</c><00:41:24.119><c> respond</c><00:41:24.800><c> in</c><00:41:25.159><c> anger</c><00:41:25.420><c> or</c><00:41:25.619><c> we</c><00:41:25.719><c> can</c><00:41:26.079><c> respond</c><00:41:26.400><c> in</c><00:41:26.719><c> faith.</c><00:41:28.119><c> Now,</c><00:41:28.320><c> O</c>

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King,<00:41:28.880><c> establish</c><00:41:29.340><c> the</c>

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decree<00:41:30.000><c> and</c><00:41:31.519><c> sign</c><00:41:31.860><c> the</c><00:41:32.099><c> writing</c><00:41:32.320><c> that</c><00:41:32.460><c> it</c><00:41:32.679><c> should</c><00:41:32.860><c> not</c><00:41:33.099><c> be</c><00:41:33.420><c> changed</c><00:41:33.719><c> according</c><00:41:34.119><c> to</c>

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:35.440
the<00:41:34.519><c> law</c><00:41:34.619><c> of</c><00:41:34.800><c> the</c><00:41:34.980><c> Medes</c><00:41:35.239><c> and</c>

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:39.699
Persians,<00:41:36.059><c> which</c><00:41:36.239><c> altereth</c><00:41:36.940><c> not.</c><00:41:37.739><c> And</c><00:41:38.260><c> Darius</c><00:41:38.400><c> went</c><00:41:38.599><c> along</c><00:41:38.800><c> with</c><00:41:38.960><c> it.</c><00:41:39.519><c> I</c>

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:42.059
think<00:41:39.860><c> Darius</c><00:41:40.400><c> himself</c><00:41:41.000><c> wasn't</c><00:41:41.360><c> too</c>

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:44.219
politically<00:41:42.460><c> astute</c><00:41:42.880><c> because</c><00:41:43.159><c> he</c><00:41:43.280><c> didn't</c><00:41:43.480><c> realize</c><00:41:43.920><c> that</c><00:41:44.099><c> he</c>

00:41:44.219 --> 00:41:46.980
himself<00:41:44.679><c> was</c><00:41:44.920><c> being</c><00:41:45.380><c> put</c><00:41:45.719><c> into</c><00:41:45.980><c> a</c><00:41:46.260><c> trap.</c>

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:49.980
And<00:41:47.719><c> now</c><00:41:47.920><c> when</c><00:41:48.139><c> Daniel</c><00:41:48.480><c> knew</c><00:41:48.699><c> that</c><00:41:48.900><c> the</c><00:41:49.079><c> writing</c><00:41:49.280><c> was</c><00:41:49.639><c> signed,</c>

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:51.980
he<00:41:50.179><c> went</c><00:41:50.400><c> into</c><00:41:50.699><c> his</c><00:41:50.960><c> house.</c>

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:54.679
Now,<00:41:52.199><c> why</c><00:41:52.400><c> didn't</c><00:41:52.539><c> Daniel</c><00:41:52.800><c> do</c><00:41:52.940><c> something</c><00:41:53.199><c> about</c><00:41:53.420><c> it</c><00:41:53.619><c> before?</c>

00:41:57.579 --> 00:42:00.059
But<00:41:58.099><c> when</c><00:41:58.280><c> he</c><00:41:58.539><c> realized</c><00:41:58.960><c> it</c><00:41:59.139><c> was</c><00:41:59.300><c> all</c><00:41:59.579><c> over,</c><00:41:59.699><c> it</c><00:41:59.780><c> was</c><00:41:59.880><c> going</c><00:41:59.960><c> to</c>

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:04.480
be<00:42:00.260><c> done,</c><00:42:01.059><c> then</c><00:42:01.400><c> he</c><00:42:02.380><c> moved</c><00:42:02.780><c> ahead</c><00:42:03.159><c> and</c><00:42:03.659><c> operated</c><00:42:04.079><c> on</c>

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:09.440
faith.<00:42:07.099><c> See,</c><00:42:07.320><c> he</c><00:42:07.400><c> didn't</c><00:42:07.599><c> even</c><00:42:07.840><c> try</c><00:42:08.019><c> to</c><00:42:08.300><c> stop</c><00:42:08.519><c> it.</c><00:42:08.780><c> He</c><00:42:08.920><c> was</c><00:42:09.119><c> the</c>

00:42:09.440 --> 00:42:11.800
closest<00:42:09.739><c> to</c><00:42:09.960><c> the</c><00:42:10.179><c> king.</c><00:42:10.619><c> He</c><00:42:10.960><c> probably</c><00:42:11.460><c> could</c><00:42:11.699><c> have</c>

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:15.000
whispered<00:42:12.179><c> in</c><00:42:12.280><c> his</c><00:42:12.480><c> ear</c><00:42:12.579><c> and</c><00:42:12.659><c> said,</c><00:42:12.800><c> King,</c><00:42:13.079><c> don't</c><00:42:13.500><c> sign</c><00:42:13.860><c> this.</c>

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:20.119
But<00:42:17.300><c> he</c><00:42:17.380><c> didn't</c><00:42:17.599><c> do</c><00:42:17.900><c> that.</c><00:42:19.320><c> We</c><00:42:19.460><c> don't</c><00:42:19.679><c> know</c><00:42:19.860><c> whether</c>

00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:24.480
Darius<00:42:20.579><c> would</c><00:42:20.820><c> have</c><00:42:21.260><c> listened</c><00:42:21.599><c> to</c><00:42:21.820><c> that</c><00:42:22.000><c> advice,</c><00:42:22.679><c> but</c><00:42:22.900><c> certainly</c><00:42:23.300><c> the</c><00:42:23.539><c> three</c><00:42:23.780><c> ministers</c><00:42:24.139><c> of</c>

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.219
state<00:42:24.619><c> were</c><00:42:24.900><c> there</c>

00:42:25.219 --> 00:42:28.239
to<00:42:25.579><c> be</c><00:42:25.840><c> the</c><00:42:26.179><c> advisors</c><00:42:26.519><c> to</c><00:42:26.900><c> the</c><00:42:27.099><c> king.</c><00:42:27.599><c> That's</c><00:42:27.780><c> what</c><00:42:27.920><c> they</c><00:42:28.079><c> were</c>

00:42:28.239 --> 00:42:32.179
there<00:42:28.480><c> for.</c><00:42:30.780><c> Now,</c><00:42:31.019><c> when</c><00:42:31.199><c> nothing</c><00:42:31.500><c> else</c><00:42:31.780><c> could</c><00:42:31.960><c> be</c>

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:36.199
done,<00:42:32.780><c> when</c><00:42:32.960><c> he</c><00:42:33.119><c> realized</c><00:42:33.539><c> it,</c><00:42:33.800><c> he</c><00:42:33.920><c> went</c><00:42:34.099><c> into</c><00:42:34.320><c> his</c><00:42:34.579><c> rooms</c><00:42:34.900><c> and</c>

00:42:36.199 --> 00:42:39.599
his<00:42:36.440><c> windows</c><00:42:37.099><c> being</c><00:42:37.760><c> open.</c><00:42:38.280><c> I</c><00:42:38.500><c> love</c><00:42:38.719><c> that.</c><00:42:38.940><c> His</c><00:42:39.179><c> windows</c>

00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:43.079
being<00:42:39.900><c> open.</c><00:42:40.199><c> He</c><00:42:40.440><c> could</c><00:42:40.699><c> have</c><00:42:40.940><c> done</c><00:42:41.159><c> this</c><00:42:41.639><c> in</c><00:42:42.320><c> total</c><00:42:42.619><c> secret.</c>

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:45.420
There<00:42:43.679><c> is</c><00:42:43.920><c> nothing</c><00:42:44.219><c> in</c><00:42:44.440><c> all</c><00:42:44.719><c> the</c><00:42:44.860><c> laws</c><00:42:45.039><c> of</c><00:42:45.239><c> God</c>

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:48.840
that<00:42:45.639><c> required</c><00:42:46.139><c> him</c><00:42:46.519><c> to</c><00:42:47.039><c> publicly</c><00:42:47.500><c> demonstrate</c><00:42:48.219><c> that</c><00:42:48.400><c> he</c><00:42:48.559><c> was</c>

00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:50.840
disobeying<00:42:49.440><c> the</c><00:42:49.659><c> king's</c><00:42:50.059><c> commandment.</c>

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:57.820
His<00:42:52.219><c> faith</c><00:42:52.760><c> was</c><00:42:53.219><c> to</c><00:42:53.460><c> be</c><00:42:53.760><c> operative</c><00:42:54.199><c> and</c><00:42:54.400><c> it</c><00:42:54.559><c> was</c><00:42:54.860><c> to</c><00:42:55.099><c> be</c><00:42:55.440><c> visible.</c><00:42:57.000><c> There's</c><00:42:57.179><c> no</c><00:42:57.380><c> sense</c><00:42:57.619><c> in</c>

00:42:57.820 --> 00:42:58.480
having<00:42:58.019><c> our</c><00:42:58.320><c> faith</c>

00:42:58.480 --> 00:43:04.340
and<00:42:58.860><c> hiding</c><00:42:58.960><c> it.</c><00:43:01.659><c> He</c><00:43:02.139><c> opened</c><00:43:02.639><c> his</c><00:43:02.960><c> windows</c><00:43:03.380><c> in</c><00:43:03.619><c> his</c><00:43:03.920><c> chamber</c>

00:43:04.340 --> 00:43:07.280
toward<00:43:04.679><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:43:05.599><c> He</c><00:43:05.820><c> kneeled</c><00:43:06.179><c> upon</c><00:43:06.519><c> his</c><00:43:06.760><c> knees</c><00:43:06.940><c> three</c>

00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:11.199
times<00:43:07.599><c> a</c><00:43:07.840><c> day</c><00:43:08.039><c> and</c><00:43:08.320><c> prayed</c><00:43:08.679><c> and</c><00:43:09.340><c> gave</c><00:43:09.699><c> thanks</c><00:43:10.139><c> before</c><00:43:10.699><c> his</c><00:43:10.980><c> God</c>

00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:13.980
as<00:43:11.400><c> he</c><00:43:11.739><c> did</c><00:43:11.960><c> a</c><00:43:12.199><c> four</c><00:43:12.420><c> time.</c><00:43:12.739><c> He</c><00:43:12.980><c> went</c><00:43:13.199><c> right</c><00:43:13.619><c> on</c><00:43:13.820><c> with</c>

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:19.699
his<00:43:14.199><c> faithful</c><00:43:14.500><c> life</c><00:43:14.840><c> as</c><00:43:15.000><c> if</c><00:43:15.199><c> that</c><00:43:15.460><c> decree</c><00:43:15.699><c> didn't</c><00:43:16.000><c> mean</c><00:43:16.179><c> a</c><00:43:16.420><c> thing.</c><00:43:19.380><c> And</c>

00:43:19.699 --> 00:43:22.039
if<00:43:19.920><c> that</c><00:43:20.199><c> didn't</c><00:43:20.460><c> take</c><00:43:20.920><c> incredible</c><00:43:21.579><c> faith</c>

00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:26.539
and<00:43:22.420><c> courage</c><00:43:22.780><c> and</c><00:43:23.119><c> belief,</c><00:43:23.960><c> I</c><00:43:24.380><c> don't</c><00:43:24.559><c> know</c><00:43:24.719><c> what</c><00:43:24.980><c> else</c><00:43:25.480><c> does.</c>

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:30.219
He<00:43:28.360><c> didn't</c><00:43:28.559><c> go</c><00:43:28.820><c> in</c><00:43:28.920><c> a</c><00:43:29.139><c> closet.</c>

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:39.920
And<00:43:34.079><c> they</c><00:43:34.800><c> got</c><00:43:35.480><c> what</c><00:43:35.860><c> they</c><00:43:36.219><c> wanted.</c><00:43:36.739><c> They</c><00:43:36.920><c> had</c><00:43:37.219><c> set</c><00:43:37.400><c> him</c><00:43:37.539><c> up</c><00:43:38.039><c> and</c><00:43:38.699><c> remember</c><00:43:38.940><c> that</c><00:43:39.219><c> passage</c><00:43:39.699><c> in</c>

00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:41.780
Hebrews<00:43:40.219><c> 11</c><00:43:40.619><c> and</c><00:43:40.820><c> 33,</c>

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:45.400
stop<00:43:42.000><c> the</c><00:43:42.400><c> mouths</c><00:43:42.760><c> of</c><00:43:43.139><c> lions.</c><00:43:43.820><c> That</c><00:43:44.159><c> passage</c><00:43:44.659><c> must</c><00:43:45.000><c> have</c><00:43:45.139><c> been</c>

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:48.320
intended<00:43:45.800><c> for</c><00:43:46.119><c> Daniel.</c><00:43:47.559><c> Even</c><00:43:47.739><c> though</c><00:43:47.920><c> Daniel</c>

00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:52.659
wasn't<00:43:48.639><c> specifically</c><00:43:49.360><c> mentioned</c><00:43:49.860><c> in</c><00:43:50.679><c> Hebrews</c><00:43:51.019><c> 11,</c><00:43:52.460><c> Daniel</c>

00:43:52.659 --> 00:43:55.860
is<00:43:53.059><c> the</c><00:43:53.500><c> only</c><00:43:53.860><c> Old</c><00:43:54.219><c> Testament</c><00:43:54.619><c> case</c><00:43:55.199><c> where</c><00:43:55.639><c> the</c>

00:43:55.860 --> 00:44:01.900
mouths<00:43:56.139><c> of</c><00:43:56.500><c> lions</c><00:43:56.800><c> were</c><00:43:57.179><c> stopped</c><00:43:57.760><c> to</c><00:43:59.380><c> preserve</c><00:43:59.800><c> life.</c><00:44:01.559><c> And</c>

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:05.440
that<00:44:02.719><c> incredibly</c><00:44:03.800><c> happens.</c>

00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:11.699
And<00:44:07.719><c> what</c><00:44:07.900><c> does</c><00:44:08.039><c> it</c><00:44:08.199><c> do?</c><00:44:09.360><c> It</c><00:44:09.519><c> has</c><00:44:09.760><c> a</c><00:44:09.960><c> tremendous</c><00:44:10.880><c> effect</c><00:44:11.380><c> upon</c>

00:44:11.699 --> 00:44:15.219
the<00:44:12.000><c> king.</c><00:44:13.780><c> You</c><00:44:13.920><c> know,</c><00:44:14.019><c> when</c><00:44:14.199><c> we</c><00:44:14.420><c> act</c><00:44:14.679><c> faithfully,</c>

00:44:15.219 --> 00:44:18.099
when<00:44:15.380><c> we</c><00:44:15.639><c> carry</c><00:44:15.860><c> out</c><00:44:16.079><c> God's</c><00:44:16.500><c> commands,</c><00:44:16.780><c> even</c><00:44:16.980><c> people</c><00:44:17.260><c> who</c><00:44:17.460><c> don't</c><00:44:17.619><c> wish</c><00:44:17.820><c> us</c>

00:44:18.099 --> 00:44:21.099
well<00:44:18.699><c> sometimes</c><00:44:19.699><c> can</c><00:44:19.960><c> be</c><00:44:20.239><c> turned.</c>

00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:26.860
They<00:44:21.599><c> can</c><00:44:21.900><c> see</c><00:44:22.079><c> in</c><00:44:22.280><c> us</c><00:44:22.920><c> the</c><00:44:23.440><c> God</c><00:44:23.579><c> of</c><00:44:23.780><c> heaven.</c><00:44:24.760><c> They</c><00:44:25.039><c> can</c><00:44:25.360><c> see</c><00:44:25.500><c> through</c><00:44:25.820><c> our</c><00:44:26.179><c> faith</c><00:44:26.360><c> that</c><00:44:26.539><c> we</c>

00:44:26.860 --> 00:44:28.460
really<00:44:27.099><c> are</c><00:44:27.400><c> believers.</c>

00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:31.260
It<00:44:29.019><c> doesn't</c><00:44:29.360><c> do</c><00:44:29.559><c> much</c><00:44:29.780><c> good</c><00:44:29.940><c> if</c><00:44:30.099><c> we</c><00:44:30.239><c> go</c><00:44:30.440><c> around</c><00:44:30.679><c> preaching</c><00:44:31.019><c> the</c>

00:44:31.260 --> 00:44:33.699
gospel<00:44:31.559><c> message</c><00:44:31.940><c> and</c><00:44:32.059><c> we're</c><00:44:32.260><c> not</c><00:44:32.440><c> living</c><00:44:32.679><c> it.</c>

00:44:33.800 --> 00:44:39.920
We'll<00:44:34.199><c> never</c><00:44:34.460><c> convert</c><00:44:34.900><c> anyone</c><00:44:35.519><c> if</c><00:44:36.940><c> we</c><00:44:37.119><c> do</c><00:44:37.320><c> that.</c><00:44:39.019><c> The</c><00:44:39.360><c> influence</c><00:44:39.619><c> we'll</c>

00:44:39.920 --> 00:44:41.159
have<00:44:40.039><c> on</c><00:44:40.280><c> their</c><00:44:40.460><c> lives</c><00:44:40.739><c> will</c><00:44:40.940><c> be,</c>

00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:48.000
well,<00:44:41.400><c> isn't</c><00:44:41.659><c> that</c><00:44:41.940><c> a</c><00:44:42.119><c> really</c><00:44:42.500><c> nice</c><00:44:43.059><c> religious</c><00:44:43.760><c> pious</c><00:44:44.239><c> hypocrite?</c><00:44:45.960><c> And</c><00:44:46.239><c> that's</c><00:44:46.500><c> not</c><00:44:46.699><c> what</c><00:44:46.860><c> we</c><00:44:47.179><c> want.</c>

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:52.159
We<00:44:48.840><c> want</c><00:44:49.119><c> the</c><00:44:49.500><c> faith</c><00:44:49.719><c> that</c><00:44:49.920><c> is</c><00:44:50.099><c> in</c><00:44:50.300><c> us</c><00:44:51.000><c> to</c><00:44:51.300><c> be</c><00:44:51.659><c> demonstrated</c>

00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:54.119
with<00:44:52.480><c> open</c><00:44:52.760><c> windows,</c>

00:44:55.900 --> 00:45:01.019
not<00:44:56.460><c> hidden</c><00:44:56.699><c> behind</c><00:44:57.119><c> the</c><00:44:57.360><c> wall</c><00:44:57.519><c> or</c><00:44:57.679><c> in</c><00:44:57.840><c> a</c><00:44:57.980><c> closet.</c><00:44:59.920><c> And</c><00:45:00.300><c> the</c><00:45:00.460><c> lesson</c><00:45:00.719><c> of</c>

00:45:01.019 --> 00:45:03.039
Daniel<00:45:01.300><c> is</c><00:45:02.019><c> a</c><00:45:02.519><c> lifelong</c>

00:45:03.039 --> 00:45:07.820
lesson<00:45:03.519><c> of</c><00:45:03.780><c> commitment.</c><00:45:04.500><c> I</c><00:45:04.639><c> was</c><00:45:04.760><c> very</c><00:45:05.039><c> glad</c><00:45:05.199><c> that</c><00:45:06.039><c> Trevor</c><00:45:06.280><c> mentioned</c><00:45:07.199><c> that</c><00:45:07.440><c> also</c><00:45:07.699><c> in</c>

00:45:07.820 --> 00:45:08.840
his<00:45:08.019><c> first</c><00:45:08.300><c> class.</c>

00:45:08.840 --> 00:45:15.179
As<00:45:09.380><c> a</c><00:45:09.500><c> young</c><00:45:09.760><c> man,</c><00:45:11.199><c> as</c><00:45:11.340><c> a</c><00:45:11.539><c> young</c><00:45:11.699><c> man,</c><00:45:12.000><c> he</c><00:45:12.159><c> refused</c><00:45:13.039><c> to</c><00:45:14.159><c> let</c><00:45:14.340><c> them</c><00:45:14.559><c> defile</c><00:45:15.019><c> him</c>

00:45:15.179 --> 00:45:16.639
with<00:45:15.360><c> the</c><00:45:15.539><c> king's</c><00:45:15.820><c> meat.</c>

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So<00:45:17.119><c> those</c><00:45:17.420><c> of</c><00:45:17.579><c> you</c><00:45:17.719><c> who</c><00:45:17.760><c> are</c><00:45:17.920><c> younger,</c><00:45:18.340><c> you're</c><00:45:18.460><c> in</c><00:45:18.719><c> school,</c><00:45:19.880><c> you're</c><00:45:19.980><c> at</c>

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university,<00:45:20.679><c> whatever,</c>

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you're<00:45:21.579><c> going</c><00:45:21.619><c> to</c><00:45:21.719><c> be</c><00:45:21.880><c> surrounded</c><00:45:22.219><c> with</c><00:45:22.420><c> all</c><00:45:22.679><c> kinds</c><00:45:22.940><c> of</c><00:45:23.159><c> things</c><00:45:23.340><c> that</c>

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are<00:45:23.840><c> totally</c><00:45:24.159><c> contrary</c><00:45:24.780><c> to</c><00:45:24.960><c> God's</c><00:45:25.400><c> laws</c>

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and<00:45:25.900><c> principles.</c><00:45:26.639><c> You</c><00:45:26.880><c> can't</c><00:45:27.159><c> let</c><00:45:27.360><c> those</c><00:45:27.679><c> things</c><00:45:27.940><c> defile</c><00:45:28.440><c> you.</c><00:45:29.679><c> They're</c><00:45:29.880><c> brethren</c><00:45:30.079><c> who</c>

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are<00:45:30.360><c> in</c><00:45:30.460><c> their</c><00:45:30.639><c> middle</c><00:45:30.900><c> years</c>

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and<00:45:31.980><c> often</c><00:45:32.280><c> they</c><00:45:32.500><c> will</c><00:45:32.719><c> have</c><00:45:32.840><c> the</c><00:45:33.079><c> excuse</c><00:45:33.500><c> in</c><00:45:33.659><c> the</c><00:45:33.820><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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well,<00:45:34.380><c> I'm</c><00:45:34.519><c> busy,</c><00:45:34.840><c> I</c><00:45:35.000><c> have</c><00:45:35.179><c> children,</c>

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I'm<00:45:35.760><c> developing</c><00:45:36.239><c> my</c><00:45:36.519><c> career,</c><00:45:37.400><c> you</c><00:45:37.519><c> know,</c><00:45:37.679><c> I'm</c><00:45:37.840><c> putting</c><00:45:38.059><c> a</c><00:45:38.179><c> little</c><00:45:38.340><c> way</c>

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for<00:45:38.760><c> retirement.</c>

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And<00:45:40.900><c> so</c><00:45:41.039><c> they're</c><00:45:41.380><c> too</c><00:45:41.599><c> busy</c><00:45:41.860><c> to</c><00:45:42.019><c> do</c><00:45:42.139><c> many</c><00:45:42.420><c> of</c><00:45:42.539><c> the</c><00:45:42.739><c> things</c><00:45:42.920><c> that</c>

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need<00:45:43.679><c> for</c><00:45:43.880><c> the</c><00:45:44.119><c> family</c><00:45:44.380><c> have</c><00:45:44.579><c> got</c><00:45:44.780><c> to</c>

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persevere<00:45:46.579><c> and</c><00:45:47.039><c> survive.</c><00:45:48.179><c> And</c><00:45:48.360><c> then</c><00:45:48.519><c> there's</c><00:45:48.739><c> the</c><00:45:48.940><c> elderly</c><00:45:49.260><c> brethren,</c><00:45:49.599><c> and</c><00:45:49.780><c> I</c>

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won't<00:45:50.039><c> make</c><00:45:50.280><c> a</c><00:45:50.440><c> golf</c>

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joke,<00:45:51.980><c> but</c><00:45:51.980><c> you</c><00:45:52.599><c> know,</c><00:45:52.679><c> you</c><00:45:52.780><c> can</c><00:45:52.960><c> get</c><00:45:53.199><c> to</c><00:45:53.480><c> a</c><00:45:53.559><c> point</c><00:45:53.679><c> in</c><00:45:53.840><c> life</c>

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where<00:45:54.119><c> you</c><00:45:54.219><c> say,</c><00:45:54.320><c> I've</c><00:45:54.599><c> done</c><00:45:54.739><c> everything,</c>

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I've<00:45:55.619><c> contributed</c><00:45:55.940><c> everything</c><00:45:56.380><c> to</c><00:45:56.599><c> the</c><00:45:56.840><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:45:58.820><c> Others</c><00:45:59.079><c> should</c><00:45:59.260><c> be</c><00:45:59.480><c> doing</c><00:45:59.639><c> it</c><00:45:59.860><c> now.</c><00:46:00.239><c> I</c>

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want<00:46:00.920><c> my</c><00:46:01.139><c> retirement</c>

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years.<00:46:01.920><c> I</c><00:46:01.920><c> want</c><00:46:02.079><c> to</c><00:46:02.179><c> see</c><00:46:02.300><c> the</c><00:46:02.539><c> fruits</c><00:46:02.719><c> of</c><00:46:02.900><c> what</c><00:46:03.079><c> I've</c><00:46:03.659><c> saved</c><00:46:03.920><c> up</c>

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in<00:46:04.340><c> my</c><00:46:04.599><c> pension.</c>

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You<00:46:07.019><c> can</c><00:46:07.159><c> go</c><00:46:07.380><c> through</c><00:46:07.579><c> all</c><00:46:07.800><c> life</c><00:46:08.059><c> and</c><00:46:08.300><c> make</c><00:46:08.619><c> excuses.</c><00:46:10.260><c> The</c><00:46:10.500><c> message</c><00:46:10.760><c> of</c>

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Daniel<00:46:11.320><c> is</c><00:46:11.539><c> that</c><00:46:11.860><c> faith</c>

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is<00:46:14.039><c> demonstrated</c><00:46:14.619><c> every</c><00:46:16.099><c> day</c><00:46:16.679><c> of</c><00:46:17.000><c> our</c><00:46:17.320><c> lives.</c><00:46:18.280><c> There</c><00:46:18.579><c> is</c><00:46:18.860><c> no</c>

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vacation<00:46:19.659><c> from</c><00:46:20.880><c> serving</c><00:46:21.320><c> the</c><00:46:21.699><c> Lord</c><00:46:21.880><c> God.</c><00:46:22.619><c> Thank</c><00:46:22.940><c> you.</c>