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mean,<00:11:49.700><c> let's</c><00:11:49.960><c> talk</c><00:11:50.220><c> about</c><00:11:50.419><c> it</c><00:11:50.580><c> and</c><00:11:50.639><c> I'll</c>

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But<00:11:54.179><c> in</c><00:11:54.399><c> simple</c><00:11:54.659><c> terms,</c><00:11:55.340><c> marriage</c><00:11:55.480><c> from</c><00:11:55.659><c> the</c><00:11:55.840><c> mind</c><00:11:56.000><c> of</c><00:11:56.220><c> God</c><00:11:56.399><c> has</c><00:11:56.700><c> to</c>

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There's<00:12:00.799><c> a</c><00:12:00.840><c> legal</c><00:12:01.159><c> side</c><00:12:01.500><c> to</c><00:12:01.720><c> it,</c><00:12:03.659><c> with</c><00:12:03.879><c> deeds.</c>

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Things<00:12:15.919><c> which</c><00:12:16.519><c> in</c><00:12:17.460><c> an</c><00:12:17.580><c> artificial</c><00:12:18.059><c> way,</c><00:12:18.960><c> the</c><00:12:19.179><c> secular</c><00:12:19.460><c> world</c>

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wants<00:12:20.539><c> to</c><00:12:20.840><c> own,</c><00:12:21.580><c> they</c><00:12:21.700><c> want</c><00:12:21.779><c> to</c><00:12:21.919><c> take</c><00:12:22.039><c> a</c><00:12:22.080><c> little</c>

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bit<00:12:22.419><c> of</c><00:12:22.519><c> what</c><00:12:22.659><c> God</c><00:12:23.000><c> has</c><00:12:24.600><c> produced</c><00:12:25.240><c> from</c><00:12:25.480><c> his</c><00:12:25.759><c> character</c><00:12:26.240><c> and</c>

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work<00:12:27.360><c> it</c><00:12:27.600><c> around</c><00:12:27.840><c> so</c><00:12:28.059><c> that</c><00:12:28.179><c> it</c><00:12:28.399><c> satisfies</c><00:12:29.059><c> the</c>

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indulgences<00:12:30.639><c> of</c><00:12:30.779><c> their</c><00:12:31.000><c> own</c><00:12:31.299><c> flesh</c><00:12:31.600><c> and</c><00:12:31.940><c> then</c><00:12:32.120><c> take</c><00:12:32.340><c> credit</c>

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God's<00:12:35.440><c> character</c><00:12:35.820><c> moved</c><00:12:36.320><c> over</c><00:12:36.860><c> to</c><00:12:37.980><c> satisfy</c><00:12:38.659><c> human</c><00:12:39.220><c> nature.</c>

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But<00:12:40.740><c> that's</c><00:12:40.919><c> not</c><00:12:41.120><c> the</c><00:12:41.200><c> way</c><00:12:41.320><c> it</c><00:12:41.460><c> works</c><00:12:41.720><c> in</c><00:12:42.059><c> God's</c><00:12:42.460><c> mind.</c>

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Let's<00:12:45.580><c> take</c><00:12:45.759><c> a</c><00:12:45.940><c> few</c><00:12:46.059><c> minutes</c><00:12:46.340><c> now</c><00:12:46.559><c> to</c><00:12:46.700><c> see</c><00:12:46.820><c> just</c><00:12:47.039><c> how</c><00:12:47.240><c> big</c><00:12:47.360><c> this</c>

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of<00:12:49.259><c> God,</c><00:12:49.539><c> and</c><00:12:49.799><c> see</c><00:12:49.980><c> if</c><00:12:50.080><c> we</c><00:12:50.200><c> can</c><00:12:50.440><c> pull</c><00:12:50.679><c> some</c><00:12:51.600><c> practical</c><00:12:52.080><c> lessons</c>

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out<00:12:52.779><c> of</c><00:12:52.899><c> it</c><00:12:53.080><c> for</c><00:12:53.759><c> those</c><00:12:54.059><c> of</c><00:12:54.200><c> us</c><00:12:54.399><c> who</c><00:12:54.820><c> are</c>

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just<00:12:55.259><c> maybe</c><00:12:56.399><c> looking</c><00:12:56.700><c> in</c><00:12:56.899><c> the</c><00:12:57.059><c> direction</c><00:12:57.440><c> forward</c><00:12:57.960><c> of</c><00:12:58.340><c> being</c>

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married<00:12:58.879><c> and</c><00:12:59.039><c> those</c><00:12:59.240><c> of</c><00:12:59.440><c> us</c><00:12:59.659><c> who</c><00:12:59.840><c> are</c><00:13:00.000><c> just</c>

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married<00:13:00.600><c> and</c><00:13:00.759><c> those</c><00:13:00.980><c> of</c><00:13:01.120><c> us</c><00:13:01.299><c> who've</c><00:13:01.519><c> been</c><00:13:01.659><c> married</c><00:13:01.919><c> for</c><00:13:02.279><c> long,</c>

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long,<00:13:04.320><c> down</c><00:13:04.460><c> that</c><00:13:04.779><c> long</c><00:13:05.139><c> road</c><00:13:05.559><c> of</c><00:13:06.559><c> life's</c>

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trials<00:13:07.879><c> and</c><00:13:08.159><c> tribulations</c><00:13:08.840><c> and</c><00:13:10.159><c> the</c><00:13:10.419><c> struggles</c><00:13:10.759><c> of</c><00:13:11.259><c> forging</c>

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two<00:13:12.120><c> lives</c><00:13:12.480><c> together</c><00:13:12.960><c> to</c><00:13:13.200><c> be</c><00:13:13.740><c> in</c><00:13:14.379><c> the</c>

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end<00:13:15.000><c> one</c><00:13:15.820><c> spirit</c><00:13:16.240><c> as</c><00:13:16.519><c> well</c><00:13:16.679><c> as</c><00:13:16.860><c> one</c><00:13:17.100><c> flesh.</c>

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It's<00:13:18.120><c> a</c><00:13:18.159><c> big</c><00:13:18.320><c> subject.</c>

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Foundational<00:13:20.840><c> to</c><00:13:21.080><c> the</c><00:13:21.200><c> kingdom</c><00:13:21.419><c> of</c><00:13:21.639><c> God.</c>

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Did<00:13:21.899><c> you</c><00:13:22.000><c> know</c><00:13:22.120><c> that?</c>

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Marriage<00:13:24.899><c> from</c><00:13:25.100><c> the</c><00:13:25.240><c> mind</c><00:13:25.399><c> of</c><00:13:25.600><c> God</c><00:13:25.759><c> is</c><00:13:26.039><c> foundational</c><00:13:26.759><c> to</c><00:13:27.000><c> the</c><00:13:27.139><c> kingdom.</c>

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Just<00:13:31.120><c> think</c><00:13:31.299><c> about</c><00:13:31.480><c> it</c><00:13:31.620><c> a</c><00:13:31.720><c> little.</c>

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If<00:13:33.419><c> you</c><00:13:33.600><c> don't</c><00:13:33.940><c> understand</c><00:13:35.100><c> marriage</c><00:13:35.580><c> from</c><00:13:35.779><c> the</c><00:13:35.919><c> mind</c><00:13:36.039><c> of</c><00:13:36.200><c> God,</c><00:13:36.440><c> you</c>

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Did<00:13:38.320><c> you</c><00:13:38.460><c> realize</c><00:13:38.759><c> that?</c>

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You<00:13:40.179><c> say,</c><00:13:40.200><c> what</c><00:13:40.299><c> do</c><00:13:40.379><c> you</c><00:13:40.379><c> mean?</c>

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What's<00:13:40.720><c> to</c><00:13:40.820><c> understand</c><00:13:41.080><c> about</c><00:13:41.320><c> the</c><00:13:41.440><c> second</c><00:13:41.539><c> coming</c><00:13:41.700><c> of</c><00:13:41.860><c> Christ?</c>

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He<00:13:42.139><c> comes</c><00:13:42.399><c> back,</c><00:13:44.379><c> peace</c><00:13:44.559><c> on</c><00:13:44.779><c> earth,</c><00:13:45.039><c> goodwill</c><00:13:45.320><c> toward</c><00:13:45.620><c> men.</c>

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Why<00:13:47.419><c> do</c><00:13:47.559><c> you</c><00:13:47.759><c> say</c><00:13:48.080><c> that</c><00:13:48.279><c> I</c><00:13:48.399><c> have</c><00:13:48.600><c> to</c><00:13:48.940><c> understand</c><00:13:50.120><c> marriage</c><00:13:50.720><c> in</c>

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order<00:13:51.100><c> to</c><00:13:51.340><c> understand</c><00:13:51.720><c> the</c><00:13:51.940><c> second</c><00:13:52.100><c> coming</c><00:13:52.340><c> of</c>

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Christ?

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Because<00:13:53.940><c> it's</c><00:13:54.159><c> a</c><00:13:54.299><c> marriage.</c>

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So<00:13:56.799><c> if</c><00:13:57.480><c> you</c><00:13:57.700><c> think</c><00:13:58.000><c> of</c><00:13:58.519><c> marriage</c><00:13:58.919><c> in</c><00:13:59.120><c> natural</c><00:13:59.519><c> terms</c><00:14:00.100><c> and</c><00:14:00.539><c> then</c>

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you<00:14:00.879><c> try</c><00:14:01.100><c> to</c><00:14:01.419><c> apply</c><00:14:02.120><c> human</c><00:14:02.759><c> reasoning</c>

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to<00:14:03.700><c> a</c><00:14:03.940><c> divine</c><00:14:04.340><c> concept</c><00:14:05.100><c> which</c><00:14:05.980><c> is</c><00:14:06.220><c> the</c><00:14:07.860><c> second</c><00:14:08.080><c> coming</c><00:14:08.220><c> of</c><00:14:08.360><c> Christ</c><00:14:08.720><c> is</c>

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Well,<00:14:14.559><c> let's</c><00:14:14.779><c> follow</c><00:14:14.980><c> that</c><00:14:15.159><c> idea</c><00:14:15.440><c> just</c><00:14:15.679><c> a</c><00:14:15.740><c> little</c><00:14:15.860><c> further</c><00:14:16.139><c> through.</c>

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Revelation<00:14:18.500><c> 19</c><00:14:18.980><c> says</c><00:14:19.259><c> this.</c>

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Let<00:14:20.659><c> us</c><00:14:20.879><c> be</c><00:14:21.080><c> glad</c><00:14:21.340><c> and</c><00:14:21.559><c> rejoice</c><00:14:21.899><c> and</c><00:14:22.139><c> give</c><00:14:22.379><c> honor</c><00:14:22.799><c> to</c><00:14:23.000><c> him</c><00:14:23.440><c> for</c>

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the<00:14:24.139><c> marriage</c><00:14:24.340><c> of</c><00:14:24.500><c> the</c><00:14:24.639><c> lamb</c><00:14:24.779><c> has</c><00:14:25.100><c> come</c>

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and<00:14:25.919><c> his</c><00:14:26.100><c> wife</c><00:14:26.679><c> has</c><00:14:27.659><c> made</c><00:14:27.820><c> herself</c><00:14:28.259><c> ready.</c>

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And<00:14:30.240><c> you</c><00:14:30.419><c> hear</c><00:14:30.580><c> people</c><00:14:31.220><c> talk</c><00:14:31.779><c> about,</c><00:14:32.419><c> well,</c><00:14:32.600><c> the</c><00:14:32.960><c> Lord</c><00:14:33.220><c> is</c><00:14:33.500><c> preparing</c><00:14:33.960><c> his</c>

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bride<00:14:34.840><c> and</c><00:14:35.539><c> we</c><00:14:37.259><c> pray</c><00:14:37.740><c> that</c>

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And<00:14:40.460><c> there's</c><00:14:40.679><c> nothing</c><00:14:40.980><c> wrong</c><00:14:41.240><c> with</c><00:14:41.399><c> any</c><00:14:41.559><c> of</c><00:14:42.080><c> these</c><00:14:42.240><c> ideas</c><00:14:42.840><c> of</c>

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God's<00:14:44.139><c> control</c><00:14:44.500><c> over</c><00:14:44.799><c> our</c><00:14:45.019><c> lives,</c><00:14:45.179><c> especially</c>

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when<00:14:45.779><c> it's</c><00:14:47.200><c> our</c><00:14:47.879><c> will</c><00:14:48.480><c> that</c><00:14:48.799><c> he</c><00:14:49.000><c> would</c><00:14:49.220><c> control</c><00:14:49.720><c> our</c><00:14:50.080><c> lives</c>

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But<00:14:53.299><c> read</c><00:14:53.559><c> that</c><00:14:53.860><c> carefully.</c>

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It<00:14:55.399><c> says</c><00:14:56.000><c> his</c><00:14:56.620><c> wife</c><00:14:57.279><c> made</c><00:14:57.960><c> herself</c><00:14:59.080><c> ready.</c>

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What<00:15:07.980><c> did</c><00:15:08.139><c> she</c><00:15:08.340><c> do?</c>

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This<00:15:09.539><c> is</c><00:15:09.740><c> a</c><00:15:09.940><c> prophecy.</c>

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Well,<00:15:16.860><c> if</c><00:15:16.919><c> it's</c><00:15:17.080><c> not</c><00:15:17.220><c> speaking</c><00:15:17.460><c> about</c><00:15:17.720><c> Israel,</c><00:15:18.279><c> what</c><00:15:18.419><c> is</c><00:15:18.600><c> it?</c>

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All<00:15:18.899><c> those</c><00:15:19.200><c> nebulous</c><00:15:19.600><c> people</c><00:15:19.919><c> who</c><00:15:20.080><c> may</c><00:15:20.259><c> or</c><00:15:20.379><c> may</c><00:15:20.519><c> not</c><00:15:20.620><c> be</c><00:15:20.799><c> Christians</c><00:15:21.159><c> depending</c><00:15:21.600><c> on</c>

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God's<00:15:22.299><c> final</c><00:15:22.480><c> judgments?</c>

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Is<00:15:23.399><c> that</c><00:15:23.580><c> who</c><00:15:23.740><c> the</c><00:15:23.840><c> bride</c><00:15:23.980><c> of</c><00:15:24.179><c> Christ</c><00:15:24.419><c> is?</c>

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Is<00:15:27.039><c> the</c><00:15:27.200><c> bride</c><00:15:27.299><c> of</c><00:15:27.419><c> Christ</c><00:15:27.659><c> somebody</c><00:15:27.960><c> a</c><00:15:28.139><c> little</c><00:15:28.259><c> bit</c><00:15:28.340><c> more</c><00:15:28.620><c> specific?</c>

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Those<00:15:30.759><c> people</c><00:15:31.139><c> who</c><00:15:31.379><c> think</c><00:15:31.600><c> upon</c><00:15:31.879><c> his</c><00:15:32.179><c> name</c><00:15:32.480><c> because</c><00:15:32.840><c> they</c><00:15:33.179><c> understand</c><00:15:33.840><c> his</c><00:15:34.179><c> name.</c>

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They<00:15:34.799><c> know</c><00:15:35.000><c> what</c><00:15:35.220><c> God's</c><00:15:35.519><c> manifestation</c><00:15:36.200><c> really</c><00:15:36.600><c> means.</c>

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And<00:15:37.679><c> it's</c><00:15:37.899><c> those</c><00:15:38.220><c> people</c><00:15:38.679><c> whose</c><00:15:39.019><c> names</c><00:15:39.320><c> which</c><00:15:39.759><c> were</c><00:15:39.940><c> entered</c>

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into<00:15:40.399><c> the</c><00:15:40.500><c> book</c><00:15:40.679><c> of</c><00:15:40.860><c> life,</c><00:15:41.000><c> those</c><00:15:41.360><c> people,</c>

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the<00:15:42.379><c> bride</c><00:15:42.519><c> of</c><00:15:42.679><c> Christ,</c><00:15:43.039><c> those</c><00:15:43.240><c> people</c><00:15:43.460><c> in</c><00:15:43.620><c> the</c><00:15:43.799><c> highways</c><00:15:44.059><c> and</c>

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the<00:15:44.340><c> byways</c><00:15:44.559><c> outside</c><00:15:45.220><c> of</c><00:15:45.480><c> Israel,</c>

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those<00:15:48.039><c> people</c><00:15:48.399><c> to</c><00:15:48.580><c> whom</c><00:15:48.820><c> the</c><00:15:49.080><c> invitation</c><00:15:49.480><c> was</c><00:15:49.740><c> originally</c>

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given,<00:15:52.100><c> never</c><00:15:52.340><c> responded.</c>

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The<00:15:53.600><c> invitation</c><00:15:53.860><c> went</c><00:15:54.080><c> out</c><00:15:54.240><c> to</c><00:15:54.399><c> all</c><00:15:54.500><c> these</c><00:15:54.779><c> others,</c><00:15:56.399><c> poor</c><00:15:56.639><c> and</c>

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maimed,<00:16:00.059><c> feeble,</c><00:16:00.700><c> sick,</c><00:16:02.000><c> and</c><00:16:02.139><c> faithful.</c>

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Well,<00:16:06.200><c> would</c><00:16:06.340><c> that</c><00:16:06.620><c> be</c><00:16:08.860><c> us?</c>

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Would<00:16:12.200><c> that</c><00:16:12.480><c> be</c><00:16:12.759><c> you</c><00:16:13.299><c> or</c><00:16:14.019><c> me?</c>

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All<00:16:15.480><c> of</c><00:16:15.600><c> us?</c><00:16:16.320><c> Some</c><00:16:16.559><c> of</c><00:16:16.700><c> us?</c>

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People<00:16:18.000><c> called</c><00:16:18.279><c> Christadelphians?</c>

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People<00:16:20.399><c> who</c><00:16:20.580><c> are</c><00:16:20.720><c> baptized</c><00:16:21.200><c> in</c><00:16:21.740><c> the</c><00:16:21.940><c> truth?</c>

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Of<00:16:23.100><c> course.</c>

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And<00:16:26.340><c> she</c><00:16:26.960><c> did</c><00:16:27.159><c> something</c><00:16:27.500><c> to</c><00:16:27.700><c> make</c><00:16:27.879><c> herself</c><00:16:28.299><c> ready</c><00:16:28.779><c> for</c><00:16:29.100><c> the</c><00:16:29.279><c> marriage.</c>

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What<00:16:29.980><c> did</c><00:16:30.179><c> she</c><00:16:30.399><c> do?</c>

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You<00:16:31.320><c> see</c><00:16:31.679><c> how</c><00:16:31.960><c> the</c><00:16:32.179><c> Second</c><00:16:32.340><c> Coming</c><00:16:32.519><c> of</c><00:16:32.679><c> Christ</c><00:16:33.039><c> starts</c><00:16:33.679><c> turning</c><00:16:34.019><c> into</c>

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something<00:16:34.639><c> that</c><00:16:34.799><c> has</c><00:16:35.039><c> to</c><00:16:35.179><c> be</c><00:16:35.360><c> understood</c>

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in<00:16:35.799><c> the</c><00:16:36.039><c> context</c><00:16:36.519><c> of</c><00:16:37.000><c> a</c><00:16:37.220><c> bride</c><00:16:37.519><c> who</c><00:16:37.779><c> did</c><00:16:38.019><c> something</c><00:16:38.440><c> in</c><00:16:38.840><c> preparation</c><00:16:39.320><c> for</c><00:16:39.639><c> a</c><00:16:39.820><c> marriage?</c>

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Well,<00:16:42.019><c> what</c><00:16:42.500><c> was</c><00:16:42.759><c> it</c><00:16:42.840><c> that</c><00:16:42.960><c> she</c><00:16:43.120><c> did?</c>

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Well,<00:16:43.700><c> you</c><00:16:43.980><c> got</c><00:16:44.259><c> baptized</c><00:16:44.659><c> and</c><00:16:44.779><c> I</c><00:16:44.980><c> got</c><00:16:45.220><c> baptized.</c>

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Is<00:16:45.740><c> that</c><00:16:45.860><c> what</c><00:16:45.980><c> the</c><00:16:46.179><c> bride</c><00:16:46.360><c> did?</c>

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To<00:16:47.200><c> prepare</c><00:16:47.399><c> herself</c><00:16:47.820><c> for</c><00:16:48.019><c> the</c><00:16:48.159><c> Second</c><00:16:48.360><c> Coming</c><00:16:48.539><c> of</c><00:16:48.820><c> Christ?</c>

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Let's<00:16:51.440><c> correlate</c><00:16:51.779><c> that</c><00:16:52.059><c> to</c><00:16:52.279><c> something</c><00:16:52.500><c> else</c><00:16:52.820><c> that</c><00:16:53.059><c> seems</c><00:16:53.340><c> to</c>

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be<00:16:53.620><c> talking</c><00:16:53.899><c> about</c><00:16:54.419><c> the</c><00:16:55.039><c> Second</c><00:16:55.320><c> Coming</c><00:16:55.580><c> of</c><00:16:55.820><c> Christ</c><00:16:56.000><c> as</c><00:16:56.259><c> well.</c>

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Psalm<00:16:57.240><c> 133.</c>

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Behold<00:17:02.279><c> how</c><00:17:02.500><c> good</c><00:17:02.720><c> and</c><00:17:03.000><c> pleasant</c><00:17:03.419><c> it</c><00:17:04.000><c> is</c><00:17:04.220><c> for</c><00:17:04.460><c> brethren</c><00:17:04.799><c> to</c><00:17:05.039><c> dwell</c><00:17:05.240><c> together</c><00:17:05.680><c> in</c><00:17:05.920><c> unity.</c>

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It,<00:17:12.900><c> the</c><00:17:13.180><c> unity,</c><00:17:15.000><c> the</c><00:17:15.200><c> dwelling</c><00:17:15.480><c> together</c><00:17:16.119><c> in</c><00:17:16.519><c> unity,</c><00:17:17.920><c> that</c>

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pleasant<00:17:18.759><c> thing,</c>

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is<00:17:20.380><c> like</c><00:17:20.619><c> the</c><00:17:20.880><c> precious</c><00:17:21.480><c> ointment,</c><00:17:22.059><c> that</c><00:17:22.759><c> special</c><00:17:23.460><c> mixture</c>

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of<00:17:24.720><c> fragrant</c><00:17:25.079><c> oils</c><00:17:25.519><c> that</c><00:17:25.740><c> was</c><00:17:25.960><c> set</c><00:17:26.180><c> apart</c><00:17:26.839><c> upon</c><00:17:27.940><c> the</c><00:17:28.240><c> head,</c>

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that<00:17:30.099><c> ran</c><00:17:30.359><c> down</c><00:17:30.660><c> upon</c><00:17:30.920><c> the</c><00:17:31.099><c> beard,</c><00:17:31.420><c> even</c><00:17:31.720><c> Aaron's</c><00:17:32.339><c> beard,</c>

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that<00:17:33.539><c> went</c><00:17:33.799><c> down,</c><00:17:34.720><c> all</c><00:17:35.019><c> the</c><00:17:35.119><c> way</c><00:17:35.319><c> down</c><00:17:35.640><c> to</c><00:17:36.019><c> the</c><00:17:36.180><c> uttermost</c><00:17:36.759><c> extents,</c><00:17:37.799><c> the</c>

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hem<00:17:38.079><c> of</c><00:17:38.259><c> his</c><00:17:38.440><c> garment.</c>

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As<00:17:42.039><c> the</c><00:17:42.220><c> dew</c><00:17:42.319><c> of</c><00:17:42.599><c> Hermon,</c><00:17:44.359><c> as</c><00:17:44.559><c> the</c><00:17:44.799><c> dew,</c>

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that<00:17:46.259><c> thing</c><00:17:46.680><c> that</c><00:17:47.339><c> wasn't</c><00:17:47.700><c> there,</c><00:17:48.319><c> but</c><00:17:48.359><c> because</c><00:17:48.880><c> light</c><00:17:49.200><c> has</c>

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now<00:17:49.779><c> entered</c><00:17:50.039><c> the</c><00:17:50.359><c> atmosphere,</c>

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materializes<00:17:53.900><c> on</c><00:17:54.460><c> things,</c><00:17:56.059><c> comes</c><00:17:56.299><c> into</c><00:17:56.559><c> existence</c><00:17:57.119><c> and</c><00:17:58.039><c> contains</c><00:17:58.920><c> and</c>

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reflects<00:17:59.599><c> the</c><00:17:59.900><c> light.</c>

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As<00:18:01.200><c> the</c><00:18:01.460><c> dew</c><00:18:01.640><c> that</c><00:18:01.880><c> descended</c><00:18:02.160><c> upon</c><00:18:02.500><c> the</c><00:18:02.660><c> mountains</c><00:18:02.960><c> of</c><00:18:03.240><c> Zion,</c>

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for<00:18:03.819><c> there</c><00:18:04.019><c> the</c><00:18:04.200><c> Lord</c><00:18:04.380><c> commanded</c><00:18:04.799><c> the</c><00:18:05.039><c> blessing,</c><00:18:06.420><c> even</c><00:18:06.640><c> life</c>

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ever<00:18:07.559><c> more.</c>

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Does<00:18:09.079><c> this</c><00:18:09.380><c> kind</c><00:18:09.519><c> of</c><00:18:09.720><c> sound</c><00:18:09.839><c> like</c><00:18:10.099><c> a</c><00:18:10.279><c> sequence</c><00:18:10.539><c> of</c><00:18:10.759><c> events</c><00:18:11.000><c> to</c><00:18:11.200><c> you?</c>

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It<00:18:11.640><c> does</c><00:18:11.819><c> to</c><00:18:12.039><c> me.</c>

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And<00:18:13.559><c> if</c><00:18:13.660><c> it</c><00:18:13.759><c> is</c><00:18:13.980><c> a</c><00:18:14.180><c> sequence,</c><00:18:14.920><c> if</c><00:18:15.099><c> it's</c><00:18:15.339><c> even</c><00:18:15.539><c> a</c><00:18:15.759><c> prophetic</c><00:18:16.119><c> sequence</c><00:18:16.579><c> and</c>

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it<00:18:16.920><c> has</c><00:18:17.099><c> to</c><00:18:17.220><c> do</c><00:18:17.259><c> with</c><00:18:17.400><c> the</c><00:18:17.579><c> Second</c><00:18:17.740><c> Coming</c><00:18:17.940><c> of</c><00:18:18.140><c> Christ,</c>

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then<00:18:19.000><c> it</c><00:18:19.099><c> may</c><00:18:19.200><c> have</c><00:18:19.319><c> something</c><00:18:19.599><c> to</c><00:18:19.859><c> do</c><00:18:20.000><c> with</c><00:18:20.259><c> the</c><00:18:20.440><c> marriage.</c>

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Is<00:18:21.339><c> this</c><00:18:21.559><c> speaking</c><00:18:21.859><c> about</c><00:18:22.539><c> the</c><00:18:22.960><c> Jews</c><00:18:23.160><c> and</c><00:18:23.319><c> the</c><00:18:23.619><c> Arabs</c><00:18:23.819><c> and</c><00:18:24.039><c> the</c>

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Second<00:18:24.400><c> Coming</c><00:18:24.619><c> of</c><00:18:24.880><c> Christ?</c>

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I<00:18:27.180><c> don't</c><00:18:27.339><c> think</c><00:18:27.500><c> so.</c>

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How<00:18:29.519><c> could</c><00:18:29.680><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:18:30.799><c> their</c><00:18:30.940><c> conflict</c><00:18:31.440><c> that</c><00:18:31.660><c> brings</c><00:18:31.839><c> the</c><00:18:32.039><c> Second</c><00:18:32.279><c> Coming</c><00:18:32.500><c> of</c><00:18:32.740><c> Christ.</c>

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I<00:18:33.240><c> will</c><00:18:33.539><c> overturn,</c><00:18:34.019><c> overturn,</c><00:18:34.460><c> overturn</c><00:18:34.720><c> it</c><00:18:34.900><c> until</c><00:18:35.059><c> he</c><00:18:35.240><c> comes</c>

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who's<00:18:35.740><c> right</c><00:18:35.880><c> it</c><00:18:36.039><c> is.</c>

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And<00:18:36.680><c> that</c><00:18:36.900><c> overturning</c><00:18:37.319><c> will</c><00:18:37.599><c> continue</c><00:18:38.480><c> beyond</c><00:18:39.259><c> the</c><00:18:39.519><c> time</c><00:18:39.680><c> when</c><00:18:39.839><c> he</c><00:18:40.079><c> returns.</c>

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So<00:18:40.700><c> this</c><00:18:40.880><c> has</c><00:18:41.119><c> to</c><00:18:41.259><c> be</c><00:18:41.440><c> talking</c><00:18:41.660><c> about</c><00:18:42.640><c> the</c><00:18:42.700><c> Brethren</c><00:18:42.960><c> in</c><00:18:43.200><c> Christ</c><00:18:43.700><c> who</c>

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are<00:18:44.960><c> his</c><00:18:45.140><c> Brides,</c><00:18:46.779><c> doesn't</c><00:18:46.940><c> it?</c>

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And<00:18:48.480><c> it</c><00:18:48.680><c> seems</c><00:18:48.900><c> to</c><00:18:49.180><c> precede</c><00:18:49.680><c> because</c><00:18:50.000><c> the</c><00:18:50.119><c> way</c><00:18:50.240><c> it</c><00:18:50.279><c> ends,</c><00:18:50.720><c> the</c>

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way<00:18:51.059><c> the</c><00:18:51.359><c> chapter</c><00:18:51.700><c> concludes,</c>

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with<00:18:53.880><c> the</c><00:18:54.140><c> command</c><00:18:54.420><c> of</c><00:18:54.680><c> that</c><00:18:55.519><c> blessing</c><00:18:55.880><c> when</c><00:18:56.079><c> the</c><00:18:56.279><c> everlasting</c><00:18:56.660><c> covenant</c>

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is<00:18:57.299><c> finally</c><00:18:57.599><c> fulfilled</c><00:18:58.200><c> in</c><00:18:58.920><c> real</c><00:18:59.500><c> life,</c><00:19:00.940><c> everlasting</c><00:19:01.359><c> life.</c>

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So<00:19:03.059><c> it</c><00:19:03.200><c> says</c><00:19:03.420><c> unity</c><00:19:04.740><c> anoints</c><00:19:06.559><c> the</c><00:19:06.740><c> priesthood</c><00:19:07.180><c> with</c><00:19:07.440><c> healing</c><00:19:07.700><c> mercy</c>

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and<00:19:14.279><c> heralds</c><00:19:14.660><c> the</c><00:19:14.740><c> resurrection</c><00:19:15.160><c> and</c><00:19:15.380><c> everlasting</c><00:19:15.799><c> life.</c>

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did<00:19:22.000><c> that</c><00:19:23.160><c> made</c><00:19:23.380><c> herself</c><00:19:23.759><c> ready?</c>

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ourselves<00:19:39.839><c> in</c><00:19:40.140><c> the</c><00:19:40.400><c> same</c><00:19:40.720><c> way</c><00:19:41.279><c> in</c><00:19:41.880><c> our</c><00:19:42.119><c> hearts</c><00:19:42.640><c> to</c><00:19:44.619><c> help</c><00:19:44.740><c> make</c>

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There's<00:19:48.680><c> an</c><00:19:48.920><c> inherent</c><00:19:49.339><c> command</c><00:19:50.319><c> for</c><00:19:50.539><c> each</c><00:19:50.779><c> of</c><00:19:50.940><c> us.</c>

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Whatever<00:19:52.279><c> we</c><00:19:52.500><c> can</c><00:19:52.720><c> do</c><00:19:52.920><c> to</c><00:19:53.160><c> bring</c><00:19:53.299><c> about</c><00:19:53.640><c> the</c><00:19:53.960><c> spirit</c><00:19:54.259><c> of</c><00:19:54.460><c> this</c>

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psalm<00:19:55.240><c> we</c><00:19:55.779><c> should.</c>

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So<00:19:56.880><c> let's</c><00:19:57.079><c> continue</c><00:19:57.500><c> with</c><00:19:57.700><c> the</c><00:19:57.859><c> idea</c><00:19:58.299><c> of</c><00:19:59.200><c> this</c><00:19:59.519><c> marriage</c><00:19:59.880><c> from</c>

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Just<00:20:03.200><c> think</c><00:20:03.400><c> about</c><00:20:03.599><c> it</c><00:20:03.740><c> when</c><00:20:03.839><c> it</c><00:20:04.019><c> all</c><00:20:04.200><c> started</c><00:20:04.519><c> with</c><00:20:04.740><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:20:05.519><c> he</c><00:20:05.640><c> said</c><00:20:05.759><c> in</c><00:20:05.980><c> thee</c><00:20:06.200><c> and</c><00:20:06.380><c> in</c><00:20:06.559><c> thy</c><00:20:06.759><c> seed</c>

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and<00:20:07.160><c> he</c><00:20:07.240><c> was</c><00:20:07.460><c> talking</c><00:20:07.680><c> about</c><00:20:08.039><c> Abraham</c><00:20:08.480><c> and</c><00:20:08.640><c> his</c><00:20:08.839><c> wife</c><00:20:09.119><c> and</c><00:20:09.460><c> his</c>

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children<00:20:10.039><c> and</c><00:20:10.299><c> their</c><00:20:10.460><c> marriage,</c><00:20:10.980><c> wasn't</c><00:20:11.119><c> he?</c>

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Shall<00:20:12.380><c> all</c><00:20:12.960><c> the</c><00:20:13.319><c> families</c><00:20:13.720><c> of</c><00:20:13.940><c> the</c><00:20:14.079><c> earth</c><00:20:14.240><c> be</c><00:20:14.519><c> blessed</c><00:20:14.779><c> and</c>

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that's<00:20:15.240><c> the</c><00:20:15.380><c> Gospel.</c>

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But<00:20:16.160><c> it's</c><00:20:16.440><c> also</c><00:20:16.880><c> families</c><00:20:17.440><c> that</c><00:20:17.700><c> are</c><00:20:17.819><c> the</c><00:20:18.059><c> product</c><00:20:18.380><c> of</c><00:20:18.900><c> marriage.</c>

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Marriage<00:20:19.799><c> that</c><00:20:20.039><c> was</c><00:20:20.200><c> in</c><00:20:20.440><c> the</c><00:20:20.619><c> mind</c><00:20:20.779><c> of</c><00:20:21.039><c> God</c><00:20:21.299><c> when</c><00:20:21.680><c> he</c><00:20:21.859><c> said</c><00:20:21.960><c> be</c>

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fruitful<00:20:22.519><c> and</c><00:20:22.759><c> multiply</c><00:20:23.160><c> and</c><00:20:23.460><c> out</c><00:20:23.700><c> of</c><00:20:23.839><c> that</c><00:20:24.000><c> I</c><00:20:24.099><c> will</c><00:20:24.259><c> draw</c><00:20:24.460><c> people</c><00:20:24.759><c> for</c>

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and<00:20:26.039><c> from</c><00:20:26.339><c> those</c><00:20:26.700><c> people</c><00:20:27.220><c> this</c><00:20:28.140><c> world</c><00:20:28.400><c> will</c><00:20:28.559><c> be</c><00:20:28.700><c> filled</c><00:20:28.900><c> with</c>

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the<00:20:29.220><c> glory</c><00:20:29.359><c> of</c><00:20:29.579><c> God</c><00:20:29.680><c> as</c><00:20:29.839><c> the</c><00:20:30.039><c> waters</c><00:20:30.279><c> cover</c><00:20:30.539><c> the</c><00:20:30.799><c> sea.</c>

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So<00:20:32.700><c> that's</c><00:20:32.920><c> how</c><00:20:33.079><c> marriage</c><00:20:33.400><c> is</c><00:20:33.680><c> foundational</c><00:20:34.160><c> to</c><00:20:34.380><c> the</c><00:20:34.519><c> Kingdom</c>

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of<00:20:34.940><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:20:35.579><c> right</c><00:20:35.740><c> in</c><00:20:35.900><c> the</c><00:20:35.960><c> heart</c><00:20:36.119><c> of</c><00:20:36.279><c> the</c><00:20:36.359><c> Gospel</c><00:20:36.839><c> because</c><00:20:37.539><c> it</c><00:20:37.799><c> involves</c><00:20:38.660><c> the</c>

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seed<00:20:39.339><c> who</c><00:20:39.480><c> is</c><00:20:39.599><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:20:40.920><c> the</c><00:20:41.039><c> blessing</c><00:20:41.299><c> of</c><00:20:41.460><c> the</c><00:20:41.619><c> family.</c>

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Paul<00:20:43.240><c> puts</c><00:20:43.460><c> it</c><00:20:43.599><c> this</c><00:20:43.799><c> way</c><00:20:43.980><c> in</c><00:20:44.160><c> Romans</c><00:20:44.440><c> wherefore</c><00:20:44.859><c> my</c><00:20:45.039><c> brethren</c>

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ye<00:20:45.839><c> also</c><00:20:46.299><c> are</c><00:20:46.599><c> become</c><00:20:46.819><c> dead</c><00:20:47.039><c> to</c><00:20:47.220><c> the</c><00:20:47.380><c> law</c><00:20:47.640><c> by</c><00:20:47.819><c> the</c><00:20:47.980><c> body</c><00:20:48.160><c> of</c><00:20:48.319><c> Christ</c>

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that<00:20:49.279><c> you</c><00:20:49.480><c> should</c><00:20:49.599><c> be</c><00:20:49.900><c> married</c><00:20:50.180><c> to</c><00:20:50.460><c> another</c><00:20:50.980><c> even</c><00:20:52.640><c> to</c><00:20:52.819><c> him</c><00:20:53.019><c> who</c>

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was<00:20:53.380><c> raised</c><00:20:53.599><c> from</c><00:20:53.819><c> the</c><00:20:54.000><c> dead</c><00:20:54.160><c> that</c><00:20:54.339><c> we</c><00:20:54.519><c> should</c><00:20:54.660><c> bring</c><00:20:54.920><c> forth</c>

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fruit<00:20:55.440><c> unto</c><00:20:55.660><c> God.</c>

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So<00:21:04.420><c> those</c><00:21:05.640><c> of</c><00:21:05.819><c> you</c><00:21:05.980><c> who</c><00:21:06.099><c> are</c><00:21:06.240><c> considering</c><00:21:06.700><c> your</c><00:21:07.039><c> marriage,</c><00:21:08.880><c> if</c>

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you<00:21:09.160><c> want</c><00:21:09.319><c> to</c><00:21:09.559><c> have</c><00:21:09.859><c> your</c><00:21:10.220><c> marriage</c><00:21:10.599><c> reflect</c><00:21:11.299><c> marriage</c><00:21:12.180><c> as</c><00:21:12.380><c> it</c>

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is<00:21:12.660><c> in</c><00:21:12.740><c> the</c><00:21:12.900><c> mind</c><00:21:13.059><c> of</c><00:21:13.279><c> God</c>

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this<00:21:14.220><c> would</c><00:21:14.400><c> be</c><00:21:14.599><c> something</c><00:21:15.200><c> that</c><00:21:17.839><c> is</c><00:21:18.119><c> at</c><00:21:18.279><c> the</c><00:21:18.500><c> root</c><00:21:18.819><c> of</c><00:21:19.140><c> the</c><00:21:19.299><c> purpose</c><00:21:19.700><c> of</c>

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idea<00:21:23.480><c> of</c><00:21:23.759><c> marriage</c><00:21:23.940><c> in</c><00:21:24.119><c> God's</c><00:21:24.539><c> mind.</c>

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It<00:21:25.500><c> should</c><00:21:25.759><c> bring</c><00:21:26.140><c> forth</c><00:21:26.519><c> fruit</c><00:21:26.759><c> unto</c><00:21:27.019><c> God.</c>

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So<00:21:29.019><c> the</c><00:21:29.640><c> forging</c><00:21:29.940><c> of</c><00:21:30.099><c> the</c><00:21:30.240><c> lives</c><00:21:30.440><c> together,</c><00:21:30.920><c> the</c><00:21:31.160><c> house,</c><00:21:31.619><c> the</c>

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jobs,<00:21:32.839><c> the</c><00:21:32.980><c> roles</c><00:21:33.140><c> in</c><00:21:33.299><c> the</c><00:21:33.519><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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the<00:21:40.859><c> trials,</c><00:21:41.380><c> the</c><00:21:41.519><c> tribulations,</c><00:21:42.380><c> the</c><00:21:42.480><c> temptations,</c><00:21:43.380><c> the</c>

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struggles,<00:21:44.400><c> the</c><00:21:44.680><c> failures,</c><00:21:45.480><c> the</c><00:21:45.660><c> successes,</c>

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all<00:21:47.000><c> the</c><00:21:47.240><c> love,</c><00:21:47.940><c> all</c><00:21:48.220><c> the</c><00:21:48.460><c> intimacy,</c><00:21:49.400><c> all</c><00:21:49.599><c> the</c><00:21:49.920><c> sweetness,</c><00:21:51.160><c> all</c><00:21:51.339><c> the</c><00:21:51.599><c> mistakes</c><00:21:52.220><c> are</c><00:21:53.299><c> there</c><00:21:53.839><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:55.039><c> work</c><00:21:55.240><c> of</c><00:21:55.480><c> bringing</c><00:21:55.779><c> forth</c><00:21:56.319><c> fruit.</c>

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It<00:21:58.660><c> doesn't</c><00:21:58.799><c> just</c><00:21:59.000><c> stop</c><00:21:59.200><c> there.</c><00:22:00.779><c> Fruit</c><00:22:00.920><c> unto</c><00:22:01.140><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:22:02.420><c> the</c><00:22:02.500><c> way</c><00:22:02.900><c> you</c><00:22:03.220><c> should</c><00:22:03.480><c> make</c><00:22:03.940><c> your</c><00:22:04.339><c> marriage.</c>

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That's<00:22:05.579><c> what</c><00:22:05.740><c> makes</c><00:22:06.119><c> a</c><00:22:06.440><c> marriage</c><00:22:07.099><c> right.</c>

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That's<00:22:09.299><c> what</c><00:22:09.420><c> makes</c><00:22:09.740><c> a</c><00:22:10.000><c> marriage</c><00:22:10.259><c> based</c><00:22:10.599><c> upon</c><00:22:10.839><c> the</c><00:22:11.059><c> mind</c><00:22:11.200><c> of</c><00:22:11.400><c> God.</c>

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Put<00:22:11.940><c> everything</c><00:22:12.259><c> else</c><00:22:12.880><c> away</c><00:22:13.619><c> and</c><00:22:13.900><c> have</c><00:22:14.140><c> that</c><00:22:14.460><c> and</c><00:22:14.640><c> the</c><00:22:14.839><c> marriage</c><00:22:15.380><c> will</c>

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have<00:22:15.819><c> the</c><00:22:16.019><c> right</c><00:22:16.160><c> orientation.</c>

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Let's<00:22:18.079><c> take</c><00:22:18.279><c> a</c><00:22:18.440><c> closer</c><00:22:18.680><c> look</c><00:22:18.900><c> at</c><00:22:19.059><c> this.</c>

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Wherefore,<00:22:23.000><c> my</c><00:22:23.220><c> brethren,</c><00:22:26.059><c> Paul</c><00:22:26.400><c> said,</c><00:22:26.920><c> ye</c><00:22:27.140><c> also</c><00:22:27.539><c> are</c><00:22:28.019><c> become</c>

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was<00:22:32.279><c> raised</c><00:22:32.599><c> from</c><00:22:32.819><c> the</c><00:22:33.000><c> dead,</c>

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that<00:22:33.279><c> we</c><00:22:33.440><c> should</c><00:22:33.579><c> bring</c><00:22:33.839><c> forth</c><00:22:34.079><c> fruit</c><00:22:34.279><c> unto</c><00:22:34.460><c> God.</c>

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If<00:22:35.900><c> you</c><00:22:36.099><c> take</c><00:22:36.359><c> a</c><00:22:36.579><c> literal</c><00:22:37.079><c> sort</c><00:22:37.420><c> of</c><00:22:37.779><c> a</c><00:22:37.779><c> transliteration</c><00:22:39.240><c> of</c><00:22:39.799><c> these</c><00:22:40.599><c> ideas</c><00:22:41.380><c> and</c><00:22:41.880><c> read</c><00:22:42.099><c> it</c>

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again,<00:22:42.740><c> this</c><00:22:42.960><c> is</c><00:22:43.140><c> what</c><00:22:43.259><c> you</c><00:22:43.480><c> get.</c>

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Wherefore,<00:22:44.720><c> my</c><00:22:44.960><c> brethren,</c><00:22:45.559><c> ye</c><00:22:45.799><c> also</c><00:22:46.119><c> are</c><00:22:46.400><c> become</c><00:22:46.619><c> liberated</c>

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from<00:22:47.799><c> the</c><00:22:48.099><c> bond</c><00:22:48.359><c> of</c><00:22:48.579><c> the</c><00:22:48.720><c> law.</c>

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You'll<00:22:50.359><c> leave</c><00:22:50.500><c> your</c><00:22:50.700><c> father</c><00:22:50.940><c> and</c><00:22:51.079><c> your</c><00:22:51.259><c> mother,</c><00:22:51.420><c> in</c><00:22:51.559><c> other</c><00:22:51.759><c> words,</c><00:22:53.619><c> by</c>

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the<00:22:54.039><c> example</c><00:22:54.559><c> of</c><00:22:54.839><c> Christ,</c>

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that<00:22:57.359><c> you</c><00:22:57.539><c> should</c><00:22:57.680><c> come</c><00:22:57.920><c> into</c><00:22:58.200><c> being</c><00:22:58.619><c> and</c><00:22:59.400><c> belong</c><00:22:59.779><c> to</c><00:23:00.099><c> another,</c><00:23:02.099><c> even</c><00:23:02.440><c> him</c><00:23:02.720><c> who</c><00:23:02.960><c> is</c><00:23:03.359><c> awakened,</c>

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lifted<00:23:05.259><c> up</c><00:23:05.480><c> from</c><00:23:05.640><c> the</c><00:23:05.859><c> ground,</c><00:23:06.160><c> that</c><00:23:06.339><c> we</c><00:23:06.599><c> should</c><00:23:07.099><c> be</c><00:23:07.619><c> fertile</c>

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or<00:23:08.140><c> fruitful</c><00:23:08.720><c> unto</c><00:23:09.220><c> God.</c>

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Life<00:23:10.839><c> is</c><00:23:11.079><c> always</c><00:23:11.599><c> the</c><00:23:11.880><c> end</c><00:23:12.099><c> result</c><00:23:12.539><c> of</c><00:23:12.700><c> something</c><00:23:13.039><c> God</c><00:23:13.299><c> is</c><00:23:13.539><c> doing.</c>

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And<00:23:14.319><c> if</c><00:23:14.420><c> it's</c><00:23:14.619><c> marriage,</c><00:23:15.380><c> life</c><00:23:15.680><c> will</c><00:23:15.880><c> be</c><00:23:16.039><c> the</c><00:23:16.180><c> result.</c>

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If<00:23:16.660><c> it's</c><00:23:16.880><c> the</c><00:23:17.000><c> love</c><00:23:17.119><c> of</c><00:23:17.319><c> God,</c><00:23:17.900><c> life</c><00:23:18.200><c> is</c><00:23:18.460><c> supposed</c><00:23:18.680><c> to</c><00:23:18.839><c> be</c><00:23:18.980><c> the</c>

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product<00:23:19.480><c> of</c><00:23:19.700><c> it.</c>

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So<00:23:20.380><c> you</c><00:23:20.539><c> have</c><00:23:21.180><c> men</c><00:23:21.579><c> and</c><00:23:21.839><c> women</c><00:23:23.180><c> bearing</c><00:23:23.559><c> life</c><00:23:24.119><c> from</c><00:23:24.500><c> love.</c>

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It's<00:23:25.420><c> a</c><00:23:25.519><c> beautiful</c><00:23:25.920><c> idea</c><00:23:26.220><c> and</c><00:23:26.460><c> all</c><00:23:26.740><c> of</c><00:23:26.819><c> it,</c><00:23:27.180><c> all</c><00:23:27.420><c> of</c><00:23:27.500><c> it</c><00:23:27.599><c> was</c><00:23:27.720><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:27.980><c> mind</c><00:23:28.140><c> of</c><00:23:28.279><c> God</c><00:23:28.500><c> from</c><00:23:28.720><c> the</c><00:23:28.940><c> start.</c>

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So<00:23:30.019><c> that's</c><00:23:30.240><c> what</c><00:23:30.359><c> biblical</c><00:23:30.680><c> marriage</c><00:23:31.039><c> is.</c>

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If<00:23:31.640><c> you</c><00:23:31.819><c> follow</c><00:23:32.039><c> this</c><00:23:32.319><c> through,</c><00:23:33.140><c> the</c><00:23:33.279><c> idea</c><00:23:33.859><c> of</c><00:23:34.160><c> what</c><00:23:34.299><c> Paul</c><00:23:34.559><c> is</c>

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saying<00:23:34.900><c> is</c><00:23:35.319><c> that</c><00:23:35.759><c> it's</c><00:23:36.400><c> self</c><00:23:36.779><c>-sacrifice</c>

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that<00:23:38.359><c> produces</c><00:23:38.839><c> the</c><00:23:39.240><c> unity,</c><00:23:40.140><c> and</c><00:23:41.039><c> from</c><00:23:41.460><c> that</c><00:23:42.200><c> new</c><00:23:42.619><c> life</c><00:23:43.359><c> will</c>

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be<00:23:44.200><c> born.</c>

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Like<00:23:51.440><c> we</c><00:23:51.660><c> said,</c><00:23:51.799><c> it's</c><00:23:51.980><c> a</c><00:23:52.099><c> big</c><00:23:52.220><c> subject</c><00:23:52.579><c> and</c><00:23:52.759><c> we</c><00:23:52.920><c> can't</c><00:23:53.160><c> talk</c>

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about<00:23:53.559><c> the</c><00:23:53.740><c> whole</c><00:23:53.940><c> thing.</c>

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This<00:23:54.380><c> was</c><00:23:54.599><c> a</c><00:23:54.740><c> subject</c><00:23:55.019><c> that</c><00:23:55.240><c> we</c><00:23:55.400><c> spent</c><00:23:55.539><c> two</c><00:23:55.759><c> years</c><00:23:55.980><c> on</c><00:23:56.119><c> in</c><00:23:56.319><c> Norfolk.</c>

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We<00:23:57.279><c> only</c><00:23:57.519><c> have</c><00:23:57.940><c> six</c><00:23:58.259><c> studies</c><00:23:58.559><c> here,</c><00:23:59.579><c> but</c><00:23:59.900><c> let's</c><00:24:01.460><c> focus</c><00:24:01.720><c> on</c><00:24:01.980><c> a</c>

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few<00:24:02.279><c> things</c>

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and<00:24:03.299><c> I'll</c><00:24:03.420><c> give</c><00:24:03.539><c> you</c><00:24:03.680><c> an</c><00:24:03.779><c> idea</c><00:24:04.059><c> in</c><00:24:04.240><c> the</c><00:24:04.400><c> process</c><00:24:04.759><c> of</c><00:24:04.940><c> how</c><00:24:05.119><c> big</c>

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the<00:24:05.460><c> subject</c><00:24:05.700><c> is.</c>

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Phrases<00:24:08.000><c> that</c><00:24:08.339><c> pertain</c><00:24:08.720><c> to</c><00:24:08.900><c> marriage</c><00:24:09.200><c> in</c><00:24:09.539><c> the</c><00:24:09.660><c> Bible</c><00:24:09.900><c> concerning</c><00:24:10.319><c> Adam</c>

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and<00:24:10.819><c> Eve,</c>

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the<00:24:11.559><c> man</c><00:24:11.759><c> and</c><00:24:11.900><c> his</c><00:24:12.099><c> wife</c><00:24:12.460><c> were</c><00:24:12.759><c> not</c><00:24:12.980><c> ashamed.</c>

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Very<00:24:13.980><c> simple,</c><00:24:14.279><c> this</c><00:24:14.440><c> was</c><00:24:14.599><c> their</c><00:24:14.779><c> basic</c><00:24:15.099><c> relationship.</c>

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It<00:24:15.700><c> doesn't</c><00:24:15.960><c> say</c><00:24:16.240><c> that</c><00:24:16.759><c> God</c><00:24:16.980><c> took</c><00:24:17.240><c> Adam</c><00:24:17.559><c> and</c><00:24:17.720><c> Eve</c><00:24:17.839><c> and</c><00:24:18.099><c> married</c><00:24:18.359><c> them.</c>

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Marriage<00:24:19.599><c> isn't</c><00:24:19.799><c> even</c><00:24:20.039><c> mentioned</c><00:24:20.480><c> in</c><00:24:20.859><c> the</c><00:24:21.039><c> story</c><00:24:21.220><c> of</c><00:24:21.359><c> Adam</c>

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and<00:24:21.660><c> Eve.</c>

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It<00:24:22.319><c> just</c><00:24:22.579><c> refers</c><00:24:22.920><c> to</c><00:24:23.119><c> Eve</c><00:24:23.299><c> as</c><00:24:23.460><c> his</c><00:24:23.619><c> wife.</c>

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So<00:24:25.200><c> they</c><00:24:25.380><c> were</c><00:24:25.599><c> married</c><00:24:25.839><c> by</c><00:24:26.039><c> God,</c><00:24:26.400><c> weren't</c><00:24:26.579><c> they?</c>

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Because<00:24:27.539><c> she</c><00:24:27.720><c> was</c><00:24:27.900><c> his</c><00:24:28.079><c> wife.</c>

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The<00:24:29.079><c> first</c><00:24:29.380><c> thing</c><00:24:29.559><c> Jesus'</c><00:24:30.099><c> mind</c><00:24:30.259><c> went</c><00:24:30.519><c> to</c><00:24:30.619><c> when</c><00:24:30.759><c> the</c><00:24:30.940><c> Pharisees</c><00:24:31.259><c> came</c><00:24:31.839><c> to</c><00:24:31.940><c> him</c>

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with<00:24:32.119><c> their</c><00:24:32.279><c> various</c><00:24:32.579><c> questions</c><00:24:33.079><c> is</c><00:24:33.279><c> that</c><00:24:33.400><c> from</c><00:24:33.579><c> the</c><00:24:33.759><c> beginning</c>

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you've<00:24:34.980><c> heard</c><00:24:35.099><c> what</c><00:24:35.259><c> God</c><00:24:35.579><c> said</c><00:24:35.920><c> to</c><00:24:36.140><c> them.</c>

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The<00:24:36.680><c> two</c><00:24:36.779><c> would</c><00:24:36.980><c> become</c><00:24:37.240><c> one</c><00:24:37.519><c> flesh.</c>

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So<00:24:39.519><c> the</c><00:24:39.859><c> first</c><00:24:40.039><c> point</c><00:24:40.259><c> is</c><00:24:40.579><c> that</c><00:24:40.880><c> she</c><00:24:41.140><c> was</c><00:24:41.359><c> his</c><00:24:41.599><c> wife</c><00:24:41.920><c> because</c>

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God<00:24:42.519><c> put</c><00:24:42.720><c> them</c><00:24:42.920><c> together.</c>

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And<00:24:44.640><c> the</c><00:24:44.799><c> second</c><00:24:45.000><c> point</c><00:24:45.240><c> is</c><00:24:45.440><c> they</c><00:24:45.579><c> were</c><00:24:45.819><c> not</c><00:24:46.000><c> ashamed.</c>

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So<00:24:46.759><c> young</c><00:24:47.339><c> people,</c><00:24:50.500><c> why</c><00:24:50.700><c> would</c><00:24:50.920><c> you</c><00:24:51.059><c> take</c><00:24:51.740><c> that</c><00:24:52.220><c> relationship,</c><00:24:55.660><c> that</c><00:24:55.880><c> love,</c>

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and<00:24:59.660><c> involve</c><00:25:00.200><c> it</c><00:25:00.359><c> with</c><00:25:00.599><c> something</c><00:25:00.940><c> that</c><00:25:01.420><c> brings</c><00:25:01.740><c> shame?</c>

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That<00:25:04.380><c> wasn't</c><00:25:04.579><c> in</c><00:25:04.839><c> God's</c><00:25:05.180><c> mind.</c>

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There's<00:25:06.299><c> not</c><00:25:06.460><c> supposed</c><00:25:06.720><c> to</c><00:25:06.859><c> be</c><00:25:06.940><c> any</c><00:25:07.140><c> shame</c><00:25:07.380><c> there.</c>

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Marriage<00:25:09.500><c> removes</c><00:25:10.240><c> the</c><00:25:10.519><c> shame.</c>

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So<00:25:11.519><c> why</c><00:25:11.759><c> would</c><00:25:12.000><c> you</c><00:25:12.279><c> pursue</c><00:25:13.180><c> activities,</c><00:25:14.779><c> relationships,</c>

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things<00:25:16.380><c> that</c><00:25:16.579><c> you</c><00:25:16.720><c> do</c><00:25:16.900><c> in</c><00:25:17.079><c> those</c><00:25:17.299><c> relationships?</c>

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Where<00:25:19.680><c> you</c><00:25:19.799><c> have</c><00:25:19.980><c> to</c><00:25:20.099><c> bear</c><00:25:20.319><c> shame.</c>

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There's<00:25:21.900><c> not</c><00:25:22.000><c> supposed</c><00:25:22.319><c> to</c><00:25:22.460><c> be</c><00:25:22.539><c> any</c><00:25:22.779><c> shame.</c>

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So<00:25:25.019><c> if</c><00:25:25.140><c> you</c><00:25:25.259><c> take</c><00:25:25.480><c> all</c><00:25:25.759><c> that</c><00:25:25.920><c> out</c><00:25:26.119><c> of</c><00:25:26.200><c> it</c><00:25:26.700><c> and</c><00:25:26.980><c> do</c><00:25:27.140><c> it</c><00:25:27.259><c> God's</c><00:25:27.660><c> way,</c><00:25:28.180><c> there's</c><00:25:28.380><c> no</c><00:25:28.640><c> shame.</c>

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They<00:25:30.019><c> were</c><00:25:30.200><c> not</c><00:25:30.359><c> ashamed.</c>

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Neither<00:25:31.339><c> should</c><00:25:31.539><c> you</c><00:25:31.740><c> be.</c>

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Don't<00:25:33.720><c> do</c><00:25:33.880><c> anything</c><00:25:34.240><c> that</c><00:25:34.420><c> brings</c><00:25:34.680><c> shame.</c>

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Don't<00:25:36.400><c> find</c><00:25:36.680><c> yourself</c><00:25:37.400><c> ashamed</c><00:25:38.019><c> because</c><00:25:38.460><c> of</c><00:25:39.039><c> love.</c>

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Love<00:25:39.700><c> shouldn't</c><00:25:40.059><c> make</c><00:25:40.339><c> you</c><00:25:40.619><c> ashamed.</c>

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There<00:25:42.019><c> isn't</c><00:25:42.180><c> any</c><00:25:42.460><c> shame</c><00:25:42.720><c> in</c><00:25:42.900><c> it.</c>

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Adam<00:25:44.519><c> and</c><00:25:44.660><c> Eve</c><00:25:44.759><c> weren't</c><00:25:44.960><c> ashamed</c><00:25:45.299><c> and</c><00:25:45.440><c> that's</c><00:25:45.980><c> the</c><00:25:46.059><c> way</c><00:25:46.160><c> it's</c>

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supposed<00:25:46.680><c> to</c><00:25:46.859><c> be.</c>

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Of<00:25:48.460><c> Zion,</c><00:25:49.400><c> as</c><00:25:49.579><c> the</c><00:25:49.839><c> bride</c><00:25:50.140><c> room</c><00:25:50.359><c> rejoices</c><00:25:50.920><c> over</c><00:25:51.140><c> the</c><00:25:51.339><c> bride,</c>

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so<00:25:52.240><c> shall</c><00:25:52.400><c> thy</c><00:25:52.680><c> God</c><00:25:52.900><c> rejoice</c><00:25:53.319><c> over</c><00:25:53.680><c> thee.</c>

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Those<00:25:56.359><c> of</c><00:25:56.539><c> you</c><00:25:56.700><c> who</c><00:25:56.819><c> have</c><00:25:57.019><c> been</c><00:25:57.220><c> through</c><00:25:57.660><c> the</c><00:25:57.920><c> courtship</c><00:25:58.319><c> period,</c>

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men<00:26:00.900><c> now,</c><00:26:01.220><c> brothers,</c><00:26:02.440><c> who</c><00:26:02.619><c> have</c><00:26:02.839><c> fallen</c><00:26:03.059><c> in</c><00:26:03.299><c> love,</c>

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and<00:26:05.000><c> you</c><00:26:05.140><c> know</c><00:26:05.640><c> how</c><00:26:06.400><c> consumed</c><00:26:07.259><c> your</c><00:26:08.519><c> mind</c><00:26:08.880><c> can</c><00:26:09.220><c> be</c><00:26:09.440><c> with</c><00:26:09.799><c> thoughts</c><00:26:10.339><c> of</c>

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that<00:26:11.440><c> bride,</c>

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how<00:26:13.119><c> wonderful</c><00:26:13.619><c> she</c><00:26:13.980><c> sounds,</c><00:26:14.640><c> how</c><00:26:14.839><c> good</c><00:26:15.039><c> she</c><00:26:15.299><c> looks,</c><00:26:16.940><c> how</c><00:26:17.180><c> sweet</c><00:26:17.420><c> she</c><00:26:17.720><c> is.</c>

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:23.859
God<00:26:20.940><c> gave</c><00:26:21.200><c> you</c><00:26:21.380><c> that</c><00:26:21.579><c> relationship</c><00:26:22.240><c> so</c><00:26:22.720><c> that</c><00:26:22.839><c> you</c><00:26:22.900><c> would</c><00:26:23.119><c> understand</c><00:26:23.619><c> how</c>

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much<00:26:24.059><c> Christ</c><00:26:24.359><c> loves</c><00:26:24.640><c> you.</c>

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:29.539
You<00:26:27.039><c> know,</c><00:26:27.539><c> you</c><00:26:27.759><c> know</c><00:26:27.940><c> from</c><00:26:28.119><c> having</c><00:26:28.440><c> felt</c><00:26:28.779><c> the</c><00:26:29.079><c> feeling</c><00:26:29.319><c> in</c>

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your<00:26:29.740><c> own</c><00:26:29.960><c> heart,</c>

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yes,<00:26:31.180><c> it's</c><00:26:31.480><c> full</c><00:26:31.680><c> of</c><00:26:31.900><c> emotion,</c><00:26:32.940><c> but</c><00:26:33.059><c> it's</c><00:26:33.299><c> also</c><00:26:33.579><c> based</c><00:26:33.839><c> on</c>

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:35.480
very<00:26:34.619><c> real</c><00:26:35.059><c> things</c>

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:39.799
that<00:26:35.819><c> involve</c><00:26:36.220><c> you</c><00:26:36.680><c> and</c><00:26:36.920><c> her</c><00:26:37.240><c> and</c><00:26:37.559><c> the</c><00:26:37.859><c> specialness</c><00:26:38.279><c> of</c><00:26:38.440><c> your</c><00:26:38.619><c> relationship.</c>

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:45.660
That's<00:26:41.880><c> how</c><00:26:42.099><c> God</c><00:26:42.539><c> would</c><00:26:42.880><c> rejoice</c><00:26:43.579><c> over</c><00:26:44.740><c> Zion.</c>

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:47.839
He<00:26:45.880><c> loves</c><00:26:46.099><c> the</c><00:26:46.359><c> land</c><00:26:46.640><c> that</c><00:26:46.940><c> much.</c>

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:50.779
He<00:26:48.480><c> loves</c><00:26:48.759><c> Judah</c><00:26:49.140><c> that</c><00:26:49.700><c> much.</c>

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:55.940
His<00:26:51.940><c> son,</c><00:26:53.299><c> his</c><00:26:53.480><c> promise,</c><00:26:54.160><c> those</c><00:26:54.380><c> people</c><00:26:54.680><c> who</c><00:26:54.900><c> think</c><00:26:55.079><c> upon</c><00:26:55.359><c> his</c><00:26:55.660><c> name,</c>

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:59.940
that<00:26:56.420><c> pure</c><00:26:56.900><c> offering</c><00:26:58.039><c> week</c><00:26:58.420><c> in,</c><00:26:58.819><c> week</c><00:26:59.019><c> out</c><00:26:59.240><c> until</c><00:26:59.500><c> he</c><00:26:59.680><c> comes</c>

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and<00:27:00.099><c> the</c><00:27:00.240><c> marriage</c><00:27:00.480><c> takes</c><00:27:00.839><c> place.</c>

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All<00:27:02.319><c> those</c><00:27:02.539><c> feelings</c><00:27:02.900><c> are</c><00:27:03.119><c> there</c><00:27:03.299><c> in</c><00:27:03.420><c> the</c><00:27:03.599><c> bride</c><00:27:03.779><c> room.</c>

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:08.680
You<00:27:05.559><c> know,</c><00:27:06.579><c> because</c><00:27:06.900><c> God</c><00:27:07.079><c> has</c><00:27:07.299><c> given</c><00:27:07.480><c> you</c><00:27:07.819><c> a</c><00:27:08.000><c> mechanism</c><00:27:08.420><c> in</c>

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.279
your<00:27:08.839><c> own</c><00:27:09.039><c> life</c>

00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:11.759
by<00:27:09.500><c> which</c><00:27:09.660><c> you</c><00:27:09.759><c> can</c><00:27:09.980><c> feel</c><00:27:10.200><c> the</c><00:27:10.420><c> same</c><00:27:10.759><c> thing.</c>

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:17.539
It<00:27:12.380><c> started</c><00:27:12.859><c> with</c><00:27:13.319><c> the</c><00:27:13.579><c> idea</c><00:27:14.119><c> of</c><00:27:15.000><c> how</c><00:27:15.700><c> overwhelmingly</c><00:27:16.680><c> beautiful</c><00:27:17.240><c> that</c>

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love<00:27:17.740><c> would</c><00:27:17.980><c> be.</c>

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:20.400
It<00:27:18.960><c> started</c><00:27:19.259><c> there</c><00:27:19.519><c> in</c><00:27:19.640><c> the</c><00:27:19.759><c> mind</c><00:27:19.940><c> of</c><00:27:20.140><c> God.</c>

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:23.339
We're<00:27:20.940><c> only</c><00:27:21.259><c> mere</c><00:27:21.519><c> reflections</c><00:27:22.099><c> of</c><00:27:22.299><c> something</c><00:27:22.619><c> God</c><00:27:22.920><c> created</c>

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.660
from<00:27:23.640><c> the</c><00:27:23.839><c> beginning.</c>

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:30.400
Of<00:27:25.220><c> the</c><00:27:25.440><c> kingdom.</c><00:27:25.880><c> The</c><00:27:26.000><c> kingdom</c><00:27:26.259><c> is</c><00:27:26.500><c> like</c><00:27:26.680><c> a</c><00:27:27.200><c> king,</c><00:27:27.500><c> Jesus</c><00:27:27.839><c> said,</c><00:27:28.180><c> which</c><00:27:28.779><c> made</c><00:27:29.180><c> a</c><00:27:29.440><c> marriage.</c>

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It<00:27:30.700><c> was</c><00:27:31.460><c> finally</c><00:27:32.000><c> now</c><00:27:32.339><c> that</c><00:27:32.599><c> new</c><00:27:32.900><c> life</c><00:27:33.220><c> that</c><00:27:33.380><c> was</c><00:27:33.579><c> meant</c><00:27:33.799><c> to</c><00:27:33.960><c> be</c><00:27:34.140><c> together,</c>

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:38.319
that<00:27:35.200><c> love</c><00:27:35.640><c> has</c><00:27:35.980><c> drawn</c><00:27:36.240><c> together,</c><00:27:37.480><c> that</c><00:27:37.680><c> couldn't</c><00:27:37.900><c> have</c><00:27:38.160><c> gone</c>

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in<00:27:38.500><c> any</c><00:27:38.680><c> other</c><00:27:38.900><c> direction</c><00:27:39.460><c> of</c><00:27:41.579><c> the</c><00:27:41.740><c> Gentiles.</c>

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As<00:27:43.720><c> many</c><00:27:43.940><c> as</c><00:27:44.039><c> you</c><00:27:44.160><c> shall</c><00:27:44.380><c> find</c><00:27:45.160><c> bid</c><00:27:45.640><c> to</c><00:27:45.799><c> the</c><00:27:45.960><c> marriage.</c>

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:49.440
The<00:27:46.880><c> invitation</c><00:27:47.220><c> was</c><00:27:47.440><c> sent</c><00:27:47.680><c> to</c><00:27:48.220><c> God's</c><00:27:48.640><c> people</c><00:27:48.839><c> and</c><00:27:48.980><c> they</c><00:27:49.240><c> had</c>

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:50.359
no<00:27:49.640><c> interest</c><00:27:50.019><c> in</c><00:27:50.200><c> coming.</c>

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:52.779
They<00:27:50.539><c> couldn't</c><00:27:50.720><c> get</c><00:27:50.940><c> enough</c><00:27:52.000><c> to</c><00:27:52.200><c> fill</c><00:27:52.339><c> the</c><00:27:52.559><c> house.</c>

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:56.359
And<00:27:52.900><c> so</c><00:27:53.119><c> Jesus</c><00:27:53.380><c> said,</c><00:27:53.720><c> go</c><00:27:53.799><c> and</c><00:27:53.980><c> invite</c><00:27:54.220><c> people</c><00:27:54.519><c> until</c><00:27:54.720><c> the</c><00:27:54.920><c> house</c><00:27:55.119><c> is</c><00:27:55.420><c> full.</c>

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That's<00:27:57.599><c> marriage.</c>

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Of<00:27:59.460><c> the</c><00:27:59.660><c> faithful.</c>

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They<00:28:02.359><c> that</c><00:28:02.720><c> are</c><00:28:02.900><c> ready</c><00:28:03.140><c> went</c><00:28:03.460><c> in</c><00:28:03.839><c> with</c><00:28:04.019><c> him</c><00:28:04.240><c> to</c><00:28:04.380><c> the</c><00:28:04.559><c> marriage.</c>

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:06.819
They<00:28:05.359><c> went</c><00:28:05.539><c> in</c><00:28:05.759><c> because</c><00:28:06.059><c> they</c><00:28:06.220><c> were</c><00:28:06.440><c> faithful.</c>

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:09.500
Their<00:28:07.359><c> lamps</c><00:28:07.599><c> were</c><00:28:07.819><c> full</c><00:28:08.019><c> of</c><00:28:08.220><c> oil</c><00:28:08.359><c> and</c><00:28:08.500><c> in</c><00:28:08.640><c> that</c><00:28:08.799><c> oil</c><00:28:09.039><c> was</c><00:28:09.259><c> the</c>

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.819
potential<00:28:09.779><c> for</c><00:28:10.039><c> a</c><00:28:10.180><c> lot</c><00:28:10.339><c> of</c><00:28:10.539><c> light</c>

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:13.640
by<00:28:11.480><c> which</c><00:28:11.660><c> this</c><00:28:11.920><c> whole</c><00:28:12.259><c> world</c><00:28:12.559><c> would</c><00:28:12.759><c> be</c><00:28:13.000><c> lit</c><00:28:13.140><c> with</c><00:28:13.359><c> the</c><00:28:13.500><c> Word</c>

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of<00:28:13.859><c> God.</c>

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They<00:28:16.500><c> went</c><00:28:16.680><c> into</c><00:28:16.940><c> a</c><00:28:17.119><c> marriage.</c>

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So<00:28:19.359><c> all</c><00:28:19.500><c> this,</c><00:28:20.119><c> look</c><00:28:20.420><c> at</c><00:28:20.660><c> the</c><00:28:20.900><c> breadth,</c><00:28:21.740><c> the</c><00:28:22.059><c> scope</c><00:28:22.279><c> of</c><00:28:22.480><c> the</c><00:28:22.700><c> subject</c><00:28:23.039><c> in</c>

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:26.259
the<00:28:23.359><c> Bible</c><00:28:23.740><c> and</c><00:28:24.759><c> the</c><00:28:24.940><c> unfaithful.</c>

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:32.000
The<00:28:26.660><c> invitation</c><00:28:26.980><c> went</c><00:28:27.180><c> out</c><00:28:27.319><c> and</c><00:28:27.400><c> there</c><00:28:27.539><c> were</c><00:28:27.700><c> some</c><00:28:27.940><c> people</c><00:28:28.200><c> who</c><00:28:28.440><c> said,</c><00:28:29.440><c> well,</c><00:28:29.680><c> I</c>

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got<00:28:32.240><c> married.</c>

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:40.500
I<00:28:37.099><c> suppose</c><00:28:37.319><c> to</c><00:28:37.539><c> somebody</c><00:28:37.779><c> I</c><00:28:37.900><c> shouldn't</c><00:28:38.160><c> have</c><00:28:38.319><c> gotten</c><00:28:38.460><c> married</c><00:28:38.839><c> to.</c>

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:43.859
Doesn't<00:28:41.660><c> really</c><00:28:41.940><c> believe</c><00:28:42.259><c> the</c><00:28:42.480><c> same</c><00:28:42.640><c> things</c><00:28:42.880><c> I</c><00:28:43.140><c> do</c><00:28:43.299><c> and</c><00:28:43.660><c> has</c>

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:46.220
no<00:28:44.099><c> interest</c><00:28:44.480><c> in</c><00:28:44.779><c> it.</c>

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:48.640
I<00:28:46.779><c> can't</c><00:28:47.140><c> come.</c>

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.900
Kept<00:28:49.480><c> him</c><00:28:49.619><c> out</c><00:28:49.779><c> of</c><00:28:49.880><c> the</c><00:28:50.039><c> kingdom.</c>

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:52.339
Young<00:28:51.099><c> people.</c>

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:58.059
This<00:28:54.720><c> is</c><00:28:55.000><c> a</c><00:28:55.099><c> very,</c><00:28:55.579><c> very</c><00:28:56.079><c> practical</c><00:28:56.720><c> exhortation.</c>

00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:01.019
Would<00:28:58.980><c> you</c><00:28:59.140><c> want</c><00:28:59.279><c> to</c><00:28:59.480><c> marry</c><00:28:59.720><c> somebody</c><00:29:00.200><c> and</c><00:29:00.460><c> then</c><00:29:00.599><c> look</c><00:29:00.740><c> at</c><00:29:00.880><c> the</c>

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.539
Lord<00:29:01.180><c> and</c><00:29:01.400><c> say,</c>

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:05.079
well,<00:29:01.740><c> I</c><00:29:01.839><c> know</c><00:29:01.960><c> you</c><00:29:02.220><c> invited</c><00:29:02.500><c> me</c><00:29:02.680><c> to</c><00:29:02.880><c> come</c><00:29:03.259><c> into</c><00:29:03.740><c> your</c><00:29:03.980><c> house.</c>

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:07.799
But<00:29:05.859><c> I</c><00:29:06.000><c> can't</c><00:29:06.299><c> come.</c>

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:12.380
I<00:29:09.259><c> got</c><00:29:09.519><c> married</c><00:29:10.220><c> to</c><00:29:11.400><c> the</c><00:29:11.559><c> world.</c>

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:16.220
Do<00:29:14.000><c> you</c><00:29:14.599><c> see</c><00:29:14.740><c> how</c><00:29:15.079><c> serious</c><00:29:15.539><c> that</c><00:29:15.799><c> is?</c>

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:18.539
Don't<00:29:16.819><c> do</c><00:29:17.079><c> it.</c>

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:22.180
They<00:29:19.900><c> can</c><00:29:20.140><c> turn</c><00:29:20.380><c> your</c><00:29:20.660><c> heart</c><00:29:20.839><c> away</c><00:29:21.119><c> from</c><00:29:21.400><c> serving</c><00:29:21.700><c> God</c><00:29:21.980><c> and</c><00:29:22.079><c> if</c>

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.920
they<00:29:22.319><c> do</c><00:29:22.599><c> that,</c>

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:25.619
you<00:29:23.140><c> can</c><00:29:23.440><c> lose</c><00:29:23.720><c> the</c><00:29:23.960><c> kingdom,</c><00:29:24.680><c> everlasting</c><00:29:25.119><c> life.</c>

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:29.619
If<00:29:25.920><c> you</c><00:29:26.099><c> have</c><00:29:26.240><c> a</c><00:29:26.359><c> perfect</c><00:29:26.779><c> love</c><00:29:27.200><c> and</c><00:29:27.539><c> you</c><00:29:27.700><c> end</c><00:29:28.059><c> up</c><00:29:28.460><c> death</c><00:29:28.759><c> parting</c><00:29:29.099><c> you,</c>

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:31.339
what<00:29:30.099><c> did</c><00:29:30.259><c> you</c><00:29:30.480><c> have?</c>

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:37.079
Please<00:29:33.059><c> look</c><00:29:33.380><c> forward</c><00:29:33.900><c> to</c><00:29:34.140><c> the</c><00:29:34.299><c> future</c><00:29:34.599><c> and</c><00:29:34.880><c> consider</c><00:29:35.299><c> the</c><00:29:35.619><c> depth</c><00:29:35.940><c> and</c><00:29:36.500><c> richness</c><00:29:36.799><c> of</c>

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:38.380
the<00:29:37.299><c> invitation.</c>

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:44.359
And<00:29:40.240><c> of</c><00:29:40.720><c> the</c><00:29:40.880><c> resurrection,</c><00:29:41.440><c> the</c><00:29:41.579><c> Lamb</c><00:29:41.740><c> has</c><00:29:42.019><c> come</c><00:29:42.200><c> and</c><00:29:42.380><c> his</c><00:29:42.539><c> wife,</c><00:29:43.559><c> his</c><00:29:43.720><c> wife</c><00:29:43.980><c> is</c><00:29:44.200><c> there</c>

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because<00:29:44.599><c> she's</c><00:29:44.880><c> been</c><00:29:45.079><c> resurrected</c><00:29:45.579><c> and</c><00:29:46.099><c> of</c><00:29:46.279><c> salvation,</c><00:29:46.859><c> blessed</c><00:29:47.099><c> are</c><00:29:47.259><c> they</c>

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which<00:29:47.599><c> are</c><00:29:47.819><c> called</c><00:29:48.140><c> to</c><00:29:48.559><c> the</c><00:29:48.799><c> marriage</c><00:29:49.140><c> supper</c><00:29:49.420><c> of</c><00:29:49.619><c> the</c><00:29:49.799><c> Lamb.</c>

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The<00:29:52.079><c> ultimate</c><00:29:52.359><c> salvation.</c>

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This<00:29:53.220><c> is</c><00:29:53.400><c> your</c><00:29:53.579><c> God.</c>

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This<00:29:54.559><c> is</c><00:29:54.759><c> our</c><00:29:55.000><c> God.</c>

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We've<00:29:56.359><c> waited</c><00:29:56.599><c> for</c><00:29:56.839><c> him.</c>

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Let<00:29:57.200><c> us</c><00:29:57.380><c> be</c><00:29:57.619><c> glad</c><00:29:57.759><c> and</c><00:29:57.960><c> rejoice</c><00:29:58.279><c> in</c><00:29:58.420><c> his</c><00:29:58.599><c> salvation.</c>

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It's<00:30:01.380><c> bigger</c><00:30:01.640><c> still.</c>

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We<00:30:03.900><c> discovered</c><00:30:04.380><c> an</c><00:30:04.799><c> astonishing</c><00:30:05.559><c> consistency</c><00:30:06.400><c> of</c><00:30:06.740><c> terms</c><00:30:07.279><c> that</c><00:30:08.140><c> went</c><00:30:08.380><c> throughout</c><00:30:08.740><c> the</c>

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whole<00:30:09.119><c> of</c><00:30:09.319><c> the</c><00:30:09.460><c> Bible</c>

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beginning<00:30:10.119><c> with</c><00:30:11.319><c> Adam</c><00:30:11.839><c> and</c><00:30:12.059><c> Eve</c><00:30:12.339><c> in</c><00:30:12.660><c> Genesis</c><00:30:13.039><c> and</c><00:30:13.299><c> ending</c><00:30:13.539><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:14.000><c> marriage</c><00:30:14.319><c> in</c><00:30:14.559><c> Revelation</c>

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covering<00:30:15.859><c> three</c><00:30:16.339><c> distinct,</c><00:30:17.460><c> in</c><00:30:17.619><c> this</c><00:30:17.859><c> case,</c><00:30:18.400><c> columns</c><00:30:18.779><c> of</c><00:30:19.519><c> information.</c>

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I<00:30:20.519><c> don't</c><00:30:20.720><c> have</c><00:30:20.980><c> time</c><00:30:21.200><c> to</c><00:30:21.400><c> talk</c><00:30:21.559><c> about</c><00:30:21.799><c> all</c><00:30:22.019><c> of</c><00:30:22.160><c> this.</c>

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No<00:30:22.680><c> way.</c>

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I<00:30:22.980><c> could</c><00:30:23.200><c> spend</c><00:30:23.440><c> the</c><00:30:23.640><c> whole</c><00:30:23.839><c> rest</c><00:30:24.079><c> of</c><00:30:24.259><c> the</c><00:30:24.420><c> six</c><00:30:24.900><c> hours</c><00:30:25.240><c> not</c><00:30:25.440><c> even</c><00:30:25.700><c> covering</c><00:30:25.960><c> the</c>

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information<00:30:26.660><c> that</c><00:30:26.859><c> is</c><00:30:27.119><c> contained</c><00:30:27.359><c> on</c><00:30:27.559><c> this.</c>

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So<00:30:28.180><c> why</c><00:30:28.359><c> did</c><00:30:28.480><c> I</c><00:30:28.640><c> put</c><00:30:28.759><c> it</c><00:30:28.940><c> up?</c>

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I<00:30:30.299><c> put</c><00:30:30.500><c> it</c><00:30:30.680><c> up</c><00:30:31.079><c> so</c><00:30:31.400><c> you</c><00:30:31.599><c> could</c><00:30:31.900><c> see</c><00:30:32.299><c> just</c><00:30:32.940><c> by</c><00:30:33.440><c> quickly</c><00:30:33.839><c> scanning</c>

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this<00:30:35.759><c> way</c><00:30:36.160><c> in</c><00:30:36.539><c> each</c><00:30:36.799><c> subject.</c>

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Now,<00:30:37.359><c> wait</c><00:30:37.519><c> a</c><00:30:37.640><c> minute.</c>

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I<00:30:37.940><c> have</c><00:30:38.980><c> a</c><00:30:39.079><c> little</c><00:30:39.259><c> bit</c><00:30:39.599><c> clipped</c><00:30:39.799><c> off</c><00:30:40.079><c> and</c><00:30:40.220><c> I</c><00:30:40.339><c> can</c><00:30:40.500><c> fix</c><00:30:40.779><c> that.</c>

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:50.599
You<00:30:43.700><c> can</c><00:30:44.180><c> see</c><00:30:45.640><c> here</c><00:30:46.380><c> how</c><00:30:47.579><c> there</c><00:30:48.680><c> are</c><00:30:48.880><c> three</c><00:30:49.180><c> distinct</c><00:30:49.779><c> marriages</c><00:30:50.240><c> and</c><00:30:50.480><c> in</c>

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each<00:30:50.859><c> one</c><00:30:51.019><c> of</c><00:30:51.160><c> them</c>

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the<00:30:51.460><c> terms</c><00:30:51.799><c> that</c><00:30:52.019><c> God</c><00:30:52.259><c> uses</c><00:30:52.819><c> to</c><00:30:53.099><c> describe</c><00:30:53.559><c> them</c><00:30:53.720><c> are</c><00:30:53.880><c> the</c><00:30:54.079><c> same.</c>

00:30:54.880 --> 00:30:57.720
The<00:30:55.019><c> marriage</c><00:30:55.160><c> of</c><00:30:55.339><c> Adam</c><00:30:55.559><c> and</c><00:30:55.700><c> Eve,</c><00:30:55.920><c> God</c><00:30:56.140><c> and</c><00:30:56.619><c> Zion,</c><00:30:57.480><c> that's</c>

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.859
his<00:30:57.859><c> relationship</c><00:30:58.440><c> with</c><00:30:58.640><c> Zion.</c>

00:30:58.859 --> 00:31:01.579
He<00:30:59.000><c> said,</c><00:30:59.180><c> I</c><00:30:59.200><c> will</c><00:30:59.460><c> marry</c><00:30:59.740><c> the</c><00:30:59.960><c> land</c><00:31:00.099><c> in</c><00:31:00.279><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:00.619><c> and</c><00:31:01.299><c> Christ</c>

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.099
in<00:31:01.740><c> the</c><00:31:01.880><c> church.</c>

00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:04.339
And<00:31:02.279><c> that's</c><00:31:02.500><c> the</c><00:31:02.640><c> marriage</c><00:31:02.819><c> we</c><00:31:03.000><c> read</c><00:31:03.160><c> about</c><00:31:03.380><c> that</c><00:31:03.500><c> Jesus</c><00:31:03.740><c> speaks</c><00:31:04.039><c> about</c><00:31:04.220><c> in</c>

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:07.019
so<00:31:04.480><c> many</c><00:31:04.740><c> parables</c><00:31:05.200><c> and</c><00:31:05.480><c> then</c><00:31:05.700><c> finally</c><00:31:05.920><c> in</c><00:31:06.140><c> Revelation.</c>

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:11.319
In<00:31:08.299><c> each</c><00:31:08.680><c> case,</c><00:31:08.980><c> he</c><00:31:09.200><c> speaks</c><00:31:09.480><c> of</c><00:31:09.720><c> so</c><00:31:09.940><c> many</c><00:31:10.160><c> things</c><00:31:10.700><c> describing</c>

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:12.299
them<00:31:11.480><c> with</c><00:31:11.640><c> the</c><00:31:11.819><c> same</c><00:31:12.039><c> terms.</c>

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And<00:31:12.500><c> what</c><00:31:12.640><c> this</c><00:31:12.940><c> shows</c><00:31:13.140><c> us,</c><00:31:13.319><c> if</c><00:31:13.460><c> you</c><00:31:13.579><c> look</c><00:31:13.700><c> at</c><00:31:13.920><c> this,</c><00:31:14.279><c> you</c><00:31:14.339><c> see</c>

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:18.420
all<00:31:15.019><c> these</c><00:31:15.319><c> similar</c><00:31:16.039><c> terms</c><00:31:16.519><c> being</c><00:31:17.119><c> repeated</c><00:31:17.700><c> to</c><00:31:18.079><c> describe</c>

00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.319
these<00:31:18.660><c> relationships.</c>

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That's<00:31:20.000><c> because</c><00:31:20.220><c> they're</c><00:31:20.500><c> all</c><00:31:20.779><c> the</c><00:31:21.059><c> same</c><00:31:21.259><c> in</c><00:31:21.480><c> God's</c><00:31:21.960><c> mind.</c>

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:24.920
From<00:31:22.799><c> the</c><00:31:23.079><c> beginning,</c><00:31:23.599><c> he</c><00:31:23.819><c> saw</c><00:31:24.119><c> all</c><00:31:24.519><c> of</c><00:31:24.700><c> this.</c>

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.980
He<00:31:25.279><c> was</c><00:31:25.440><c> looking</c><00:31:25.680><c> forward.</c>

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:28.460
He<00:31:26.059><c> knew</c><00:31:26.200><c> every</c><00:31:26.539><c> detail</c><00:31:26.920><c> of</c><00:31:27.059><c> the</c><00:31:27.279><c> future</c><00:31:27.539><c> as</c><00:31:27.900><c> it</c><00:31:28.059><c> would</c><00:31:28.259><c> play</c>

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out,<00:31:28.900><c> particularly</c><00:31:29.339><c> because</c><00:31:29.640><c> he</c><00:31:29.759><c> knew</c><00:31:29.920><c> he</c><00:31:30.019><c> would</c><00:31:30.279><c> control</c>

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that<00:31:31.160><c> future</c><00:31:31.680><c> and</c><00:31:32.319><c> its</c><00:31:32.539><c> outcome.</c>

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:36.220
And<00:31:33.559><c> in</c><00:31:33.799><c> every</c><00:31:34.180><c> sense,</c><00:31:34.799><c> he</c><00:31:34.940><c> had</c><00:31:35.160><c> all</c><00:31:35.359><c> of</c><00:31:35.440><c> it</c><00:31:35.619><c> understood</c><00:31:36.000><c> from</c>

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the<00:31:36.400><c> beginning.</c>

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So<00:31:37.319><c> what</c><00:31:37.559><c> we</c><00:31:37.920><c> see</c><00:31:38.099><c> when</c><00:31:38.259><c> we</c><00:31:38.480><c> consider</c><00:31:38.819><c> marriage</c><00:31:39.220><c> has</c><00:31:39.500><c> to</c><00:31:39.740><c> be,</c>

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in<00:31:40.380><c> God's</c><00:31:40.819><c> Word,</c><00:31:41.599><c> has</c><00:31:41.759><c> to</c><00:31:41.940><c> be</c><00:31:42.140><c> consistent</c><00:31:42.660><c> in</c><00:31:42.839><c> all</c><00:31:43.000><c> these</c><00:31:43.200><c> ways.</c>

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It<00:31:43.660><c> shouldn't</c><00:31:43.960><c> surprise</c><00:31:44.359><c> us,</c><00:31:44.880><c> but</c><00:31:45.039><c> it's</c><00:31:45.420><c> astonishing.</c>

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:49.480
It<00:31:47.240><c> was</c><00:31:47.539><c> astonishing</c><00:31:48.019><c> when</c><00:31:48.259><c> Jesus</c><00:31:48.619><c> talked</c><00:31:48.980><c> about</c><00:31:49.259><c> it.</c>

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:52.460
And<00:31:50.059><c> young</c><00:31:50.220><c> people,</c><00:31:50.759><c> it's</c><00:31:51.059><c> still</c><00:31:51.359><c> astonishing.</c>

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:57.500
If<00:31:53.079><c> you</c><00:31:53.319><c> contemplate</c><00:31:53.980><c> this</c><00:31:54.119><c> at</c><00:31:54.359><c> all,</c><00:31:54.680><c> you</c><00:31:54.680><c> will</c><00:31:54.880><c> know</c><00:31:55.019><c> how</c><00:31:55.359><c> astonishing</c><00:31:55.819><c> this</c><00:31:56.519><c> is.</c>

00:31:58.160 --> 00:32:00.900
It<00:31:58.299><c> took</c><00:31:58.460><c> a</c><00:31:58.640><c> long</c><00:31:58.839><c> time</c><00:31:59.059><c> to</c><00:31:59.279><c> kind</c><00:31:59.400><c> of</c><00:32:00.099><c> decipher</c><00:32:00.640><c> this.</c>

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:03.900
I<00:32:01.079><c> mean,</c><00:32:01.140><c> I</c><00:32:01.240><c> had</c><00:32:01.359><c> to</c><00:32:01.500><c> check</c><00:32:01.619><c> a</c><00:32:01.720><c> lot</c><00:32:01.880><c> of</c><00:32:02.019><c> verses</c><00:32:02.279><c> out</c><00:32:02.619><c> to</c><00:32:02.880><c> put</c><00:32:03.079><c> this</c><00:32:03.359><c> together,</c><00:32:03.740><c> but</c>

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it's<00:32:04.200><c> there.</c>

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It's<00:32:04.779><c> really</c><00:32:05.079><c> there.</c>

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And<00:32:05.480><c> it's</c><00:32:05.640><c> there</c><00:32:05.839><c> because</c><00:32:06.380><c> that's</c><00:32:07.119><c> the</c><00:32:07.200><c> way</c><00:32:07.539><c> God's</c><00:32:07.960><c> mind</c><00:32:08.140><c> works.</c>

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:15.680
And<00:32:08.920><c> if</c><00:32:09.400><c> nothing</c><00:32:09.779><c> else,</c><00:32:12.299><c> all</c><00:32:12.539><c> points</c><00:32:12.819><c> aside,</c><00:32:15.019><c> this</c><00:32:15.319><c> proves</c>

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:17.500
that<00:32:15.940><c> God</c><00:32:16.180><c> wrote</c><00:32:16.420><c> the</c><00:32:16.640><c> Bible.</c>

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:23.319
Because<00:32:18.819><c> there's</c><00:32:19.140><c> no</c><00:32:19.380><c> way</c><00:32:19.539><c> this</c><00:32:19.799><c> kind</c><00:32:20.019><c> of</c><00:32:20.279><c> theme</c><00:32:20.480><c> could</c><00:32:20.900><c> consistently</c><00:32:22.420><c> weave</c>

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:33.519
its<00:32:23.660><c> way</c><00:32:24.079><c> with</c><00:32:25.539><c> such</c><00:32:26.160><c> a</c><00:32:26.559><c> seamless</c><00:32:27.960><c> thread</c><00:32:28.680><c> through</c><00:32:30.440><c> the</c><00:32:30.680><c> garment</c><00:32:30.920><c> of</c><00:32:31.200><c> Scriptures</c><00:32:31.640><c> without</c><00:32:33.319><c> it</c>

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:36.359
being<00:32:33.779><c> coming</c><00:32:34.000><c> from</c><00:32:34.259><c> a</c><00:32:34.480><c> mind</c><00:32:34.839><c> like</c><00:32:35.599><c> God's.</c>

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:40.000
This<00:32:36.559><c> could</c><00:32:36.839><c> not</c><00:32:37.140><c> come</c><00:32:37.440><c> in</c><00:32:37.839><c> that</c><00:32:38.059><c> span</c><00:32:38.279><c> of</c><00:32:38.519><c> time</c><00:32:38.680><c> with</c><00:32:38.859><c> that</c><00:32:39.079><c> many</c><00:32:39.319><c> authors</c><00:32:39.700><c> in</c>

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:42.980
that<00:32:40.200><c> book</c><00:32:40.759><c> from</c><00:32:41.519><c> the</c><00:32:41.700><c> mind</c><00:32:41.880><c> of</c><00:32:42.119><c> men.</c>

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:47.519
So<00:32:44.180><c> just</c><00:32:44.579><c> to</c><00:32:44.859><c> get</c><00:32:45.019><c> a</c><00:32:45.259><c> quick</c><00:32:45.579><c> idea</c><00:32:46.000><c> of</c><00:32:46.119><c> what</c><00:32:46.259><c> I'm</c><00:32:46.440><c> talking</c><00:32:46.660><c> about,</c><00:32:46.980><c> he</c><00:32:47.099><c> says</c><00:32:47.299><c> of</c>

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:50.359
Adam<00:32:47.720><c> and</c><00:32:48.859><c> Eve,</c><00:32:49.059><c> they</c><00:32:49.180><c> would</c><00:32:49.380><c> have</c><00:32:49.579><c> dominion</c><00:32:49.900><c> over</c><00:32:50.160><c> every</c>

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.740
other<00:32:50.500><c> thing.</c>

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He<00:32:50.920><c> says</c><00:32:51.259><c> concerning</c><00:32:52.380><c> Zion,</c><00:32:54.660><c> out</c><00:32:54.759><c> of</c><00:32:54.920><c> Jacob</c><00:32:55.259><c> he</c><00:32:55.539><c> shall</c><00:32:55.740><c> have,</c>

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:59.099
one<00:32:56.180><c> shall</c><00:32:56.359><c> come</c><00:32:56.519><c> who</c><00:32:56.680><c> would</c><00:32:56.839><c> have</c><00:32:57.039><c> dominion,</c><00:32:57.740><c> speaking</c><00:32:57.920><c> of</c><00:32:58.099><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:33:01.339><c> in</c><00:33:01.460><c> the</c><00:33:01.559><c> end,</c><00:33:01.740><c> of</c><00:33:01.880><c> course,</c><00:33:02.079><c> he</c><00:33:02.180><c> would</c><00:33:02.359><c> have</c><00:33:02.539><c> glory</c><00:33:02.819><c> and</c>

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:05.720
dominion<00:33:03.359><c> and</c><00:33:03.579><c> honor</c><00:33:03.779><c> and</c><00:33:04.039><c> blessing</c><00:33:04.319><c> and</c><00:33:04.539><c> power</c><00:33:05.019><c> throughout</c>

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:07.779
the<00:33:05.960><c> world</c><00:33:06.099><c> because</c><00:33:06.319><c> he's</c><00:33:06.599><c> now</c><00:33:06.779><c> enthroned</c><00:33:07.240><c> and</c><00:33:07.420><c> the</c><00:33:07.559><c> marriage</c>

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has<00:33:08.160><c> really</c><00:33:08.420><c> taken</c><00:33:08.680><c> place.</c>

00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:10.480
All<00:33:09.839><c> that's</c><00:33:10.099><c> the</c><00:33:10.140><c> same</c><00:33:10.319><c> thing.</c>

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:14.579
And<00:33:10.599><c> then</c><00:33:10.740><c> down</c><00:33:11.099><c> here,</c><00:33:11.299><c> he</c><00:33:11.400><c> gave</c><00:33:11.859><c> a</c><00:33:12.819><c> new</c><00:33:13.059><c> name</c><00:33:13.400><c> to</c><00:33:14.000><c> Adam's</c><00:33:14.440><c> wife</c>

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:16.819
and<00:33:14.759><c> he</c><00:33:14.940><c> called</c><00:33:15.079><c> her</c><00:33:15.359><c> Isha,</c><00:33:15.900><c> a</c><00:33:15.960><c> woman.</c>

00:33:18.279 --> 00:33:21.700
When<00:33:18.420><c> he</c><00:33:18.579><c> married</c><00:33:19.059><c> Abraham,</c><00:33:19.740><c> he</c><00:33:19.980><c> changed</c><00:33:20.319><c> his</c><00:33:20.579><c> name</c><00:33:20.700><c> from</c><00:33:21.000><c> Abram</c><00:33:21.400><c> to</c>

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.420
Abraham,<00:33:22.180><c> didn't</c><00:33:22.339><c> he?</c>

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.200
There<00:33:22.559><c> were</c><00:33:22.759><c> name</c><00:33:23.000><c> changes.</c>

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:25.359
You<00:33:23.359><c> want</c><00:33:23.420><c> to</c><00:33:23.440><c> know</c><00:33:23.519><c> where</c><00:33:23.680><c> name</c><00:33:23.960><c> changes</c><00:33:24.339><c> came</c><00:33:24.660><c> from</c><00:33:24.940><c> in</c><00:33:25.099><c> the</c><00:33:25.200><c> Bible?</c>

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:27.680
They<00:33:25.519><c> came</c><00:33:25.740><c> from</c><00:33:26.460><c> the</c><00:33:26.839><c> mind</c><00:33:27.119><c> of</c><00:33:27.359><c> God.</c>

00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:32.160
There's<00:33:28.359><c> a</c><00:33:28.539><c> change</c><00:33:28.700><c> of</c><00:33:28.960><c> identity</c><00:33:29.319><c> that</c><00:33:29.579><c> takes</c><00:33:29.859><c> place</c><00:33:30.339><c> in</c><00:33:30.720><c> the</c><00:33:30.960><c> relationship.</c>

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:33.720
And<00:33:32.440><c> he</c><00:33:32.579><c> changes</c><00:33:32.859><c> the</c><00:33:33.140><c> names</c><00:33:33.319><c> of</c><00:33:33.480><c> the</c><00:33:33.619><c> land.</c>

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:36.740
No<00:33:33.980><c> more</c><00:33:34.140><c> will</c><00:33:34.259><c> you</c><00:33:34.400><c> be</c><00:33:34.619><c> called</c><00:33:35.259><c> not</c><00:33:36.160><c> my</c><00:33:36.400><c> people.</c>

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:38.119
Now<00:33:37.099><c> you're</c><00:33:37.359><c> called</c><00:33:37.559><c> my</c><00:33:37.839><c> people.</c>

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:41.119
And<00:33:38.339><c> he</c><00:33:38.339><c> says</c><00:33:38.579><c> further</c><00:33:38.880><c> in</c><00:33:39.079><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:39.460><c> that</c><00:33:40.079><c> my</c><00:33:40.380><c> delight</c><00:33:40.740><c> is</c><00:33:40.980><c> in</c>

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:43.660
her<00:33:41.460><c> and</c><00:33:42.319><c> your</c><00:33:42.640><c> land,</c><00:33:43.220><c> married.</c>

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:46.220
These<00:33:44.140><c> are</c><00:33:44.380><c> names</c><00:33:44.619><c> now</c><00:33:44.880><c> that</c><00:33:45.000><c> he's</c><00:33:45.140><c> giving</c><00:33:45.440><c> Israel.</c>

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:50.640
And<00:33:46.380><c> you</c><00:33:46.559><c> think</c><00:33:46.779><c> how</c><00:33:47.660><c> wretchedly,</c><00:33:49.259><c> how</c><00:33:49.640><c> pitiful</c><00:33:49.980><c> it</c><00:33:50.119><c> is</c><00:33:50.339><c> now</c>

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:54.680
to<00:33:50.960><c> think</c><00:33:51.240><c> of</c><00:33:51.400><c> the</c><00:33:51.619><c> bloodshed</c><00:33:52.059><c> and</c><00:33:52.200><c> the</c><00:33:52.440><c> conflict</c><00:33:52.839><c> and</c><00:33:53.099><c> the</c><00:33:53.299><c> hatred</c><00:33:53.579><c> that</c><00:33:53.880><c> exists</c><00:33:54.059><c> in</c><00:33:54.240><c> Israel.</c>

00:33:54.960 --> 00:34:00.819
And<00:33:55.180><c> this</c><00:33:55.400><c> will</c><00:33:55.559><c> be</c><00:33:55.700><c> the</c><00:33:55.900><c> outcome</c><00:33:56.200><c> of</c><00:33:56.400><c> it,</c><00:33:58.000><c> not</c><00:33:58.200><c> unlike</c><00:33:59.299><c> any</c><00:33:59.839><c> marriage</c><00:34:00.240><c> that</c><00:34:00.519><c> is</c>

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:03.259
reshaped<00:34:01.539><c> by</c><00:34:01.880><c> the</c><00:34:02.059><c> mind</c><00:34:02.220><c> of</c><00:34:02.519><c> God.</c>

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:07.359
And<00:34:04.180><c> finally</c><00:34:04.559><c> in</c><00:34:04.779><c> Revelation,</c><00:34:05.900><c> there</c><00:34:05.900><c> are</c><00:34:06.680><c> new</c><00:34:06.839><c> names</c><00:34:07.140><c> that</c>

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:10.000
are<00:34:07.480><c> for</c><00:34:07.619><c> each</c><00:34:07.880><c> of</c><00:34:08.039><c> those</c><00:34:08.260><c> who</c><00:34:08.500><c> serve</c><00:34:08.900><c> God</c><00:34:09.199><c> as</c><00:34:09.440><c> well.</c>

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:12.219
They'll<00:34:10.320><c> be</c><00:34:10.400><c> written</c><00:34:10.579><c> on</c><00:34:10.699><c> their</c><00:34:10.900><c> foreheads.</c>

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:14.840
Their<00:34:12.340><c> names</c><00:34:12.519><c> were</c><00:34:12.920><c> found</c><00:34:13.239><c> in</c><00:34:13.380><c> the</c><00:34:13.500><c> book</c><00:34:13.679><c> of</c><00:34:13.880><c> life.</c>

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:18.320
We<00:34:16.219><c> don't</c><00:34:16.400><c> have</c><00:34:16.599><c> time</c><00:34:16.800><c> to</c><00:34:16.920><c> talk</c><00:34:17.139><c> about</c><00:34:17.320><c> all</c><00:34:17.519><c> this,</c><00:34:17.699><c> so</c><00:34:17.820><c> I'd</c><00:34:18.019><c> like</c><00:34:18.079><c> to</c>

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:22.679
focus<00:34:18.800><c> on</c><00:34:19.519><c> the</c><00:34:19.760><c> idea</c><00:34:20.139><c> of</c><00:34:20.440><c> fruitfulness,</c><00:34:21.360><c> particularly</c><00:34:21.699><c> children.</c>

00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:25.780
This<00:34:22.980><c> is</c><00:34:23.099><c> what</c><00:34:23.280><c> the</c><00:34:23.440><c> Bible</c><00:34:23.659><c> says</c><00:34:23.920><c> about</c><00:34:24.159><c> marriage</c><00:34:24.480><c> and</c><00:34:24.739><c> fruitfulness.</c>

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:29.039
Of<00:34:26.800><c> Adam</c><00:34:27.000><c> and</c><00:34:27.219><c> Eve,</c><00:34:27.619><c> and</c><00:34:27.699><c> God</c><00:34:27.900><c> blessed</c><00:34:28.219><c> them</c><00:34:28.420><c> and</c><00:34:28.460><c> God</c><00:34:28.739><c> said</c><00:34:28.900><c> to</c>

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:31.840
them,<00:34:29.340><c> be</c><00:34:29.340><c> fruitful</c><00:34:29.699><c> and</c><00:34:29.920><c> multiply</c><00:34:30.400><c> and</c><00:34:30.639><c> replenish</c><00:34:31.119><c> the</c><00:34:31.340><c> earth</c><00:34:31.619><c> and</c>

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.519
subdue<00:34:32.179><c> it.</c>

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:37.739
On<00:34:32.820><c> a</c><00:34:33.000><c> natural</c><00:34:33.239><c> level,</c><00:34:33.679><c> the</c><00:34:33.760><c> idea</c><00:34:34.320><c> was</c><00:34:35.000><c> to</c><00:34:36.340><c> bear</c><00:34:36.559><c> fruit.</c>

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:40.219
That<00:34:38.960><c> can</c><00:34:39.139><c> be</c><00:34:39.280><c> understood</c><00:34:39.579><c> as</c><00:34:39.800><c> children.</c>

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:43.000
In<00:34:40.699><c> the</c><00:34:40.920><c> truth,</c><00:34:41.219><c> it</c><00:34:41.219><c> can</c><00:34:41.420><c> be</c><00:34:41.639><c> understood</c><00:34:41.880><c> as</c><00:34:42.099><c> works.</c>

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:45.760
Of<00:34:43.239><c> Abraham,</c><00:34:43.760><c> he</c><00:34:43.840><c> said,</c><00:34:44.019><c> I</c><00:34:44.079><c> will</c><00:34:44.260><c> make</c><00:34:44.380><c> you</c><00:34:44.659><c> exceedingly</c><00:34:45.199><c> fruitful</c><00:34:45.559><c> and</c>

00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:48.960
I<00:34:45.800><c> will</c><00:34:46.000><c> make</c><00:34:46.219><c> nations</c><00:34:46.699><c> of</c><00:34:46.960><c> you</c><00:34:47.320><c> and</c><00:34:47.820><c> kings</c><00:34:48.139><c> shall</c><00:34:48.360><c> come</c><00:34:48.679><c> forth</c>

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from<00:34:49.199><c> you.</c>

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:53.239
Those<00:34:50.380><c> are</c><00:34:50.579><c> the</c><00:34:50.719><c> kings</c><00:34:51.519><c> and</c><00:34:51.900><c> priests</c><00:34:52.159><c> in</c><00:34:52.400><c> the</c><00:34:52.500><c> kingdom.</c>

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:57.760
They<00:34:54.199><c> weren't</c><00:34:54.559><c> the</c><00:34:54.840><c> kings</c><00:34:55.239><c> of</c><00:34:55.420><c> Israel,</c><00:34:56.579><c> I'm</c><00:34:56.860><c> sure.</c>

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.739
They<00:34:58.099><c> were</c><00:34:58.260><c> kings</c><00:34:58.519><c> that</c><00:34:58.679><c> came</c><00:34:58.920><c> forth</c><00:34:59.139><c> from</c><00:34:59.380><c> Abraham.</c>

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That<00:35:00.179><c> were</c><00:35:00.340><c> kings</c><00:35:00.619><c> in</c><00:35:00.780><c> Israel.</c>

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:04.059
They<00:35:01.679><c> betrayed</c><00:35:02.000><c> everything</c><00:35:02.739><c> that</c><00:35:03.059><c> God</c><00:35:03.219><c> was</c><00:35:03.420><c> trying</c><00:35:03.639><c> to</c><00:35:03.860><c> say.</c>

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:08.739
The<00:35:04.559><c> kings</c><00:35:05.019><c> that</c><00:35:05.900><c> God</c><00:35:06.300><c> is</c><00:35:06.559><c> thinking</c><00:35:06.860><c> of,</c><00:35:07.199><c> surely,</c><00:35:07.880><c> when</c><00:35:08.000><c> he</c><00:35:08.260><c> promises</c><00:35:08.519><c> to</c>

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:10.059
make<00:35:08.880><c> Abraham</c><00:35:09.440><c> fruitful,</c>

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:12.820
in<00:35:10.500><c> the</c><00:35:10.739><c> context</c><00:35:11.119><c> of</c><00:35:11.340><c> what</c><00:35:11.719><c> fruitfulness,</c><00:35:12.380><c> the</c><00:35:12.539><c> fruitfulness</c>

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.900
of<00:35:13.019><c> faith</c><00:35:13.219><c> really</c><00:35:13.619><c> is,</c>

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:17.739
are<00:35:14.320><c> those</c><00:35:14.599><c> kings</c><00:35:14.840><c> in</c><00:35:15.179><c> peace</c><00:35:15.420><c> that</c><00:35:15.579><c> he</c><00:35:15.820><c> draws</c><00:35:16.099><c> forth</c><00:35:16.800><c> in</c><00:35:17.519><c> the</c>

00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:19.760
people<00:35:18.099><c> that</c><00:35:18.440><c> bear</c><00:35:18.579><c> his</c><00:35:18.900><c> name.</c>

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:23.940
He<00:35:21.260><c> says</c><00:35:21.460><c> of</c><00:35:21.659><c> children</c><00:35:22.039><c> that</c><00:35:22.219><c> they're</c><00:35:22.500><c> a</c><00:35:22.619><c> heritage</c><00:35:22.840><c> of</c><00:35:23.019><c> the</c><00:35:23.159><c> Lord</c><00:35:23.300><c> and</c><00:35:23.480><c> the</c><00:35:23.639><c> fruit</c><00:35:23.719><c> of</c>

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:26.860
the<00:35:24.599><c> womb</c><00:35:24.800><c> is</c><00:35:25.539><c> his</c><00:35:25.840><c> reward.</c>

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:31.019
When<00:35:27.380><c> I</c><00:35:27.460><c> had</c><00:35:27.619><c> Nathan,</c><00:35:28.079><c> he's</c><00:35:28.340><c> sitting</c><00:35:28.420><c> right</c><00:35:28.679><c> there,</c><00:35:29.920><c> for</c><00:35:30.380><c> a</c><00:35:30.599><c> year</c><00:35:30.800><c> I</c>

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:33.500
was<00:35:31.239><c> struggling</c><00:35:31.579><c> because</c><00:35:32.099><c> I</c><00:35:32.320><c> went</c><00:35:32.420><c> from</c><00:35:32.739><c> first</c><00:35:33.059><c> fiddle</c><00:35:33.280><c> to</c>

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.519
second<00:35:34.159><c> fiddle</c>

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:39.159
and<00:35:34.599><c> I</c><00:35:34.739><c> had</c><00:35:34.900><c> a</c><00:35:35.039><c> hard</c><00:35:35.199><c> time,</c><00:35:36.039><c> you</c><00:35:36.239><c> know,</c><00:35:36.460><c> kind</c><00:35:36.579><c> of</c><00:35:38.219><c> getting</c><00:35:38.420><c> a</c><00:35:38.679><c> hold</c><00:35:38.840><c> of</c>

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:40.380
what<00:35:39.320><c> was</c><00:35:39.559><c> happening</c><00:35:39.840><c> around</c><00:35:40.199><c> me.</c>

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:42.179
You<00:35:40.599><c> know,</c><00:35:40.599><c> I</c><00:35:40.699><c> was</c><00:35:40.900><c> now,</c><00:35:41.340><c> had</c><00:35:41.579><c> to</c><00:35:41.679><c> be</c><00:35:41.800><c> a</c><00:35:41.960><c> father.</c>

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:45.159
I<00:35:42.340><c> was</c><00:35:42.519><c> no</c><00:35:42.739><c> longer</c><00:35:42.960><c> the</c><00:35:43.199><c> center</c><00:35:43.480><c> of</c><00:35:43.699><c> attention</c><00:35:44.039><c> but</c><00:35:44.260><c> now</c><00:35:44.519><c> my</c><00:35:44.900><c> son.</c>

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:48.920
And<00:35:45.780><c> I've</c><00:35:46.400><c> got</c><00:35:46.400><c> to</c><00:35:46.599><c> confess,</c><00:35:46.980><c> I</c><00:35:47.139><c> was</c><00:35:47.380><c> a</c><00:35:47.460><c> little</c><00:35:47.659><c> jealous</c><00:35:48.079><c> of</c><00:35:48.300><c> the</c><00:35:48.400><c> loss</c><00:35:48.659><c> of</c>

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that<00:35:49.079><c> attention.</c>

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And<00:35:50.340><c> this</c><00:35:50.559><c> may</c><00:35:50.800><c> happen</c><00:35:51.199><c> to</c><00:35:51.500><c> you,</c><00:35:52.179><c> too,</c><00:35:52.360><c> if</c><00:35:52.559><c> you</c><00:35:52.739><c> have</c><00:35:52.940><c> a</c><00:35:53.079><c> child.</c>

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:58.719
But<00:35:54.239><c> remember</c><00:35:54.579><c> this,</c><00:35:55.059><c> when</c><00:35:55.199><c> I</c><00:35:55.360><c> read</c><00:35:55.480><c> this</c><00:35:55.739><c> verse,</c><00:35:56.159><c> it</c><00:35:56.320><c> all</c><00:35:57.199><c> evaporated.</c>

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:01.739
This<00:36:00.579><c> is</c><00:36:00.780><c> a</c><00:36:00.980><c> reward.</c>

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:05.860
You<00:36:02.639><c> can't</c><00:36:02.940><c> look</c><00:36:03.119><c> at</c><00:36:03.280><c> children</c><00:36:03.559><c> as</c><00:36:03.780><c> being</c><00:36:03.960><c> a</c><00:36:04.179><c> curse</c><00:36:04.380><c> if</c><00:36:04.559><c> God</c><00:36:04.840><c> gives</c><00:36:05.519><c> them</c><00:36:05.699><c> to</c>

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.579
you<00:36:06.039><c> as</c><00:36:06.219><c> a</c><00:36:06.280><c> reward.</c>

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:09.860
So<00:36:06.840><c> those</c><00:36:07.079><c> of</c><00:36:07.239><c> you</c><00:36:07.380><c> who</c><00:36:07.579><c> have</c><00:36:08.159><c> new</c><00:36:08.420><c> children</c><00:36:08.840><c> and</c><00:36:09.039><c> they're</c><00:36:09.300><c> doing</c><00:36:09.579><c> the</c>

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:11.400
things<00:36:10.119><c> that</c><00:36:10.400><c> children</c><00:36:10.820><c> do,</c>

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:13.840
they're<00:36:12.320><c> screaming</c><00:36:12.699><c> in</c><00:36:12.940><c> the</c><00:36:13.000><c> middle</c><00:36:13.179><c> of</c><00:36:13.380><c> the</c><00:36:13.440><c> night</c><00:36:13.619><c> and</c><00:36:13.739><c> they</c>

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:15.639
don't<00:36:14.099><c> smell</c><00:36:14.360><c> right</c><00:36:14.639><c> and</c><00:36:14.780><c> you</c><00:36:14.920><c> have</c><00:36:15.079><c> to</c><00:36:15.300><c> feed</c><00:36:15.480><c> them</c>

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:18.679
and<00:36:15.760><c> when</c><00:36:15.920><c> you</c><00:36:16.039><c> feed</c><00:36:16.199><c> them,</c><00:36:16.900><c> they</c><00:36:17.119><c> give</c><00:36:17.360><c> it</c><00:36:17.599><c> back</c><00:36:17.800><c> to</c><00:36:18.019><c> you</c><00:36:18.219><c> in</c>

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:20.739
ways<00:36:19.039><c> that</c><00:36:19.239><c> you</c><00:36:19.340><c> don't</c><00:36:19.579><c> want</c><00:36:19.719><c> it</c><00:36:19.960><c> back.</c>

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:25.079
But<00:36:22.639><c> this</c><00:36:22.960><c> is</c><00:36:23.239><c> part</c><00:36:23.440><c> of</c><00:36:23.639><c> a</c><00:36:23.760><c> reward</c><00:36:24.039><c> that</c><00:36:24.280><c> God</c><00:36:24.440><c> has</c><00:36:24.639><c> given</c><00:36:24.820><c> all</c>

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.960
of<00:36:25.780><c> us.</c>

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:29.539
God<00:36:26.639><c> has</c><00:36:26.900><c> sworn</c><00:36:27.079><c> with</c><00:36:27.300><c> an</c><00:36:27.400><c> oath</c><00:36:27.539><c> to</c><00:36:27.659><c> him</c><00:36:28.000><c> that</c><00:36:28.900><c> of</c><00:36:29.260><c> the</c><00:36:29.420><c> fruit</c>

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:31.920
of<00:36:29.659><c> his</c><00:36:29.880><c> loins</c><00:36:30.079><c> he</c><00:36:30.199><c> would</c><00:36:30.360><c> raise</c><00:36:30.579><c> up</c><00:36:30.800><c> Christ</c><00:36:31.099><c> to</c><00:36:31.300><c> sit</c><00:36:31.400><c> on</c><00:36:31.519><c> his</c><00:36:31.739><c> throne.</c>

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:34.860
So<00:36:32.239><c> Christ</c><00:36:32.579><c> himself</c><00:36:33.099><c> is</c><00:36:33.380><c> a</c><00:36:33.539><c> fruit</c><00:36:33.860><c> of</c><00:36:34.480><c> marriage.</c>

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:38.280
I<00:36:35.559><c> have</c><00:36:35.760><c> chosen</c><00:36:36.119><c> you,</c><00:36:36.760><c> he</c><00:36:36.940><c> said,</c><00:36:37.239><c> of</c><00:36:37.420><c> the</c><00:36:37.579><c> Gentiles,</c><00:36:38.039><c> that</c><00:36:38.159><c> you</c>

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:41.360
should<00:36:38.420><c> go</c><00:36:38.619><c> and</c><00:36:38.780><c> bring</c><00:36:38.960><c> forth</c><00:36:39.280><c> fruit</c><00:36:39.500><c> and</c><00:36:39.639><c> your</c><00:36:39.880><c> fruit</c><00:36:40.059><c> should</c><00:36:40.320><c> remain.</c>

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:43.820
If<00:36:41.920><c> the</c><00:36:42.099><c> Gentiles</c><00:36:42.559><c> would</c><00:36:42.780><c> come,</c><00:36:42.980><c> they</c><00:36:43.079><c> would</c><00:36:43.300><c> be</c><00:36:43.539><c> included,</c>

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:45.860
grafted<00:36:44.340><c> into</c><00:36:44.559><c> the</c><00:36:45.119><c> tree</c><00:36:45.360><c> of</c><00:36:45.519><c> Israel,</c>

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:48.840
married<00:36:46.559><c> to</c><00:36:46.760><c> God</c><00:36:47.000><c> just</c><00:36:47.300><c> like</c><00:36:47.460><c> he</c><00:36:47.579><c> would</c><00:36:47.739><c> marry</c><00:36:47.960><c> Israel,</c><00:36:48.579><c> only</c>

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:51.159
to<00:36:49.039><c> his</c><00:36:49.199><c> son</c><00:36:49.420><c> Christ,</c><00:36:50.059><c> and</c><00:36:50.320><c> they</c><00:36:50.519><c> would</c><00:36:50.780><c> remain.</c>

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:54.380
And<00:36:51.360><c> when</c><00:36:51.440><c> God</c><00:36:51.639><c> says</c><00:36:51.880><c> you</c><00:36:52.039><c> remain,</c><00:36:53.219><c> you</c><00:36:53.360><c> have</c><00:36:53.539><c> everlasting</c><00:36:53.960><c> life.</c>

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:56.579
And<00:36:54.699><c> of</c><00:36:54.800><c> the</c><00:36:54.960><c> resurrection,</c><00:36:55.460><c> the</c><00:36:55.539><c> Lord</c><00:36:55.699><c> sends</c><00:36:55.960><c> forth</c><00:36:56.280><c> Zion,</c>

00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:59.199
your<00:36:56.760><c> mighty</c><00:36:57.039><c> scepter,</c><00:36:57.800><c> from</c><00:36:58.039><c> the</c><00:36:58.400><c> womb</c><00:36:58.579><c> of</c><00:36:58.780><c> the</c><00:36:58.960><c> morning.</c>

00:36:59.340 --> 00:37:02.780
There's<00:36:59.539><c> a</c><00:36:59.699><c> birth</c><00:37:00.000><c> from</c><00:37:00.480><c> a</c><00:37:00.739><c> womb</c><00:37:00.980><c> as</c><00:37:01.320><c> a</c><00:37:01.460><c> result</c><00:37:01.719><c> of</c><00:37:01.940><c> a</c><00:37:02.219><c> marriage.</c>

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:05.539
Like<00:37:03.619><c> dew,</c><00:37:04.039><c> your</c><00:37:04.139><c> youth</c><00:37:04.320><c> will</c><00:37:04.539><c> come</c><00:37:04.900><c> to</c><00:37:05.420><c> you.</c>

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:07.559
And<00:37:05.619><c> when</c><00:37:05.780><c> you</c><00:37:05.900><c> read</c><00:37:06.039><c> about</c><00:37:06.340><c> dew</c><00:37:06.599><c> in</c><00:37:06.780><c> these</c><00:37:06.940><c> various</c><00:37:07.239><c> figures</c>

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:10.059
in<00:37:07.739><c> the</c><00:37:07.820><c> Old</c><00:37:08.000><c> Testament,</c><00:37:08.400><c> it's</c><00:37:08.559><c> speaking</c><00:37:08.739><c> about</c><00:37:08.940><c> the</c><00:37:09.159><c> resurrection.</c>

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:13.659
So<00:37:11.280><c> marriage</c><00:37:11.579><c> and</c><00:37:11.920><c> fruitfulness</c><00:37:12.260><c> has</c><00:37:12.559><c> to</c><00:37:12.699><c> do</c><00:37:12.840><c> with</c><00:37:13.219><c> family</c>

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:17.840
and<00:37:14.599><c> faithfulness</c><00:37:15.300><c> and</c><00:37:15.599><c> blessing</c><00:37:16.019><c> and</c><00:37:16.840><c> redemption,</c>

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:21.000
you<00:37:18.300><c> and</c><00:37:18.539><c> me,</c><00:37:19.420><c> and</c><00:37:19.559><c> everlasting</c><00:37:19.980><c> life.</c>

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:23.980
But<00:37:21.920><c> let's</c><00:37:22.119><c> focus</c><00:37:22.460><c> on</c><00:37:22.639><c> the</c><00:37:22.840><c> children.</c>

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:31.340
Children<00:37:27.719><c> are</c><00:37:28.000><c> a</c><00:37:28.059><c> reward,</c><00:37:29.980><c> but</c><00:37:30.199><c> it's</c><00:37:30.380><c> not</c><00:37:30.559><c> just</c><00:37:30.840><c> a</c><00:37:31.059><c> reward.</c>

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:33.840
It's<00:37:31.800><c> a</c><00:37:31.980><c> reward</c><00:37:32.199><c> with</c><00:37:32.440><c> a</c><00:37:32.659><c> responsibility.</c>

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:42.980
Young<00:37:35.280><c> parents,</c><00:37:36.840><c> parents</c><00:37:37.059><c> of</c><00:37:37.239><c> teenagers,</c><00:37:39.699><c> grandparents,</c><00:37:42.119><c> never</c><00:37:42.320><c> lose</c><00:37:42.579><c> sight</c><00:37:42.800><c> of</c>

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:44.500
the<00:37:43.239><c> responsibility.</c>

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:52.280
These<00:37:47.679><c> are</c><00:37:47.880><c> innocent</c><00:37:48.260><c> minds</c><00:37:48.699><c> that</c><00:37:48.920><c> can</c><00:37:49.179><c> be</c><00:37:49.440><c> shaped</c><00:37:50.380><c> either</c><00:37:50.900><c> way.</c>

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:57.559
How<00:37:53.199><c> beautiful</c><00:37:53.539><c> they</c><00:37:53.800><c> are,</c><00:37:54.719><c> how</c><00:37:55.239><c> in</c><00:37:55.559><c> some</c><00:37:55.760><c> respects</c><00:37:56.179><c> innocent,</c><00:37:57.119><c> in</c><00:37:57.300><c> other</c>

00:37:57.559 --> 00:38:00.980
respects,<00:37:59.179><c> evil</c><00:37:59.460><c> from</c><00:37:59.739><c> their</c><00:37:59.960><c> youth.</c>

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:12.480
Full<00:38:03.860><c> of</c><00:38:04.019><c> energy,</c><00:38:07.059><c> a</c><00:38:07.059><c> little</c><00:38:07.320><c> bit</c><00:38:07.500><c> of</c><00:38:10.940><c> spitfire.</c>

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:17.880
Such<00:38:16.860><c> potential.</c>

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:21.940
That's<00:38:19.820><c> the</c><00:38:20.000><c> responsibility,</c><00:38:20.920><c> parents.</c>

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.960
Godly<00:38:23.199><c> seed.</c>

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:28.300
They're<00:38:25.400><c> a</c><00:38:25.780><c> reward,</c><00:38:26.320><c> but</c><00:38:26.519><c> that's</c><00:38:26.820><c> why</c><00:38:27.000><c> God</c><00:38:27.199><c> gives</c><00:38:27.460><c> them.</c>

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:31.179
That's<00:38:29.099><c> your</c><00:38:29.219><c> whole</c><00:38:29.500><c> purpose</c><00:38:29.880><c> with</c><00:38:30.119><c> your</c><00:38:30.300><c> children.</c>

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:34.539
Children<00:38:32.800><c> are</c><00:38:33.019><c> a</c><00:38:33.099><c> product</c><00:38:33.360><c> of</c><00:38:33.619><c> love.</c>

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:39.019
The<00:38:36.579><c> idea</c><00:38:36.960><c> is</c><00:38:37.199><c> that</c><00:38:37.280><c> they</c><00:38:37.420><c> should</c><00:38:37.599><c> be</c><00:38:37.840><c> raised</c><00:38:38.019><c> to</c><00:38:38.199><c> be</c><00:38:38.360><c> godly</c><00:38:38.760><c> seed.</c>

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:42.980
Anything,<00:38:40.000><c> and</c><00:38:40.139><c> this</c><00:38:40.320><c> goes</c><00:38:40.579><c> into</c><00:38:40.960><c> every</c><00:38:41.619><c> detail</c><00:38:42.159><c> of</c><00:38:42.539><c> day</c><00:38:42.780><c>-by</c>

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.380
-day<00:38:43.179><c> living.</c>

00:38:43.780 --> 00:38:46.920
It's<00:38:44.139><c> the</c><00:38:44.619><c> dinner</c><00:38:44.900><c> table</c><00:38:45.219><c> at</c><00:38:45.460><c> night</c><00:38:45.699><c> and</c><00:38:46.119><c> the</c><00:38:46.320><c> conversations.</c>

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:48.820
It's<00:38:47.739><c> when</c><00:38:47.920><c> you</c><00:38:48.119><c> read</c><00:38:48.300><c> the</c><00:38:48.480><c> Bible.</c>

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:51.920
It's<00:38:49.340><c> when</c><00:38:49.519><c> there</c><00:38:49.719><c> are</c><00:38:49.940><c> problems</c><00:38:50.320><c> and</c><00:38:50.480><c> how</c><00:38:50.719><c> are</c><00:38:50.800><c> they</c><00:38:51.019><c> overcome.</c>

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:56.559
It's<00:38:52.400><c> that</c><00:38:53.460><c> kind</c><00:38:53.820><c> of</c><00:38:54.179><c> conversation</c><00:38:54.659><c> that</c><00:38:54.900><c> comes</c><00:38:55.139><c> out</c><00:38:55.619><c> in</c><00:38:55.920><c> the</c><00:38:56.139><c> background,</c>

00:38:56.800 --> 00:39:00.400
that<00:38:56.940><c> hum</c><00:38:57.139><c> that</c><00:38:57.280><c> can</c><00:38:57.460><c> either</c><00:38:57.639><c> be</c><00:38:57.880><c> murmuring</c><00:38:58.800><c> or</c><00:38:59.420><c> grace</c><00:38:59.880><c> with</c>

00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:01.480
respect<00:39:00.780><c> to</c><00:39:00.900><c> the</c><00:39:01.059><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:04.039
and<00:39:02.059><c> brethren</c><00:39:02.340><c> and</c><00:39:02.579><c> sisters</c><00:39:02.940><c> anywhere.</c>

00:39:04.219 --> 00:39:07.920
All<00:39:04.539><c> those</c><00:39:04.820><c> things</c><00:39:05.280><c> go</c><00:39:05.559><c> into</c><00:39:05.960><c> bearing</c><00:39:06.420><c> godly</c><00:39:07.000><c> seed.</c>

00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:13.980
It's<00:39:09.800><c> their</c><00:39:10.239><c> friends</c><00:39:10.739><c> and</c><00:39:11.219><c> where</c><00:39:11.400><c> you</c><00:39:11.619><c> take</c><00:39:11.780><c> them</c><00:39:11.920><c> on</c><00:39:12.099><c> vacation</c><00:39:12.619><c> and</c><00:39:12.900><c> your</c><00:39:13.059><c> priorities</c><00:39:13.659><c> and</c>

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.719
all<00:39:14.179><c> those</c><00:39:14.420><c> things.</c>

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:17.880
So<00:39:14.940><c> many</c><00:39:15.139><c> details</c><00:39:15.539><c> you</c><00:39:15.699><c> can</c><00:39:15.840><c> begin</c><00:39:16.159><c> to</c><00:39:16.380><c> cover</c><00:39:16.500><c> them.</c>

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:24.019
So<00:39:19.059><c> of</c><00:39:19.320><c> them,</c><00:39:22.260><c> it</c><00:39:22.480><c> says</c><00:39:22.639><c> they're</c><00:39:22.980><c> a</c><00:39:23.199><c> reward.</c>

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:27.079
They're<00:39:25.000><c> a</c><00:39:25.159><c> heritage</c><00:39:25.480><c> of</c><00:39:25.699><c> the</c><00:39:25.840><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:31.940
Hosea<00:39:29.159><c> tells</c><00:39:29.400><c> us</c><00:39:29.639><c> that</c><00:39:29.840><c> they</c><00:39:30.039><c> dealt</c><00:39:30.280><c> faithlessly</c><00:39:30.860><c> with</c><00:39:31.780><c> the</c>

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:34.219
Lord<00:39:32.079><c> and</c><00:39:32.599><c> they</c><00:39:32.920><c> bore</c><00:39:33.280><c> alien</c><00:39:33.840><c> children.</c>

00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:37.059
That<00:39:34.420><c> means</c><00:39:34.699><c> that</c><00:39:35.440><c> in</c><00:39:35.679><c> their</c><00:39:35.960><c> faithlessness</c><00:39:36.480><c> there</c><00:39:36.760><c> was</c><00:39:36.900><c> a</c>

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mixture<00:39:37.340><c> with</c><00:39:37.539><c> the</c><00:39:37.719><c> nations</c><00:39:37.920><c> around</c><00:39:38.320><c> them</c>

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:41.139
and<00:39:39.079><c> so</c><00:39:39.179><c> like</c><00:39:39.440><c> Nehemiah</c><00:39:39.840><c> says</c><00:39:40.099><c> the</c><00:39:40.300><c> result</c><00:39:40.559><c> of</c><00:39:40.800><c> that,</c>

00:39:41.340 --> 00:39:44.480
in<00:39:41.440><c> other</c><00:39:41.539><c> words</c><00:39:41.659><c> they</c><00:39:41.840><c> married</c><00:39:42.159><c> people</c><00:39:42.480><c> that</c><00:39:42.599><c> didn't</c><00:39:42.760><c> believe</c><00:39:43.019><c> the</c><00:39:43.239><c> same</c><00:39:43.500><c> things</c><00:39:44.059><c> as</c><00:39:44.340><c> them,</c>

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:46.440
that<00:39:45.039><c> didn't</c><00:39:45.199><c> understand</c><00:39:45.599><c> the</c><00:39:45.800><c> truth</c><00:39:45.920><c> and</c><00:39:46.059><c> didn't</c><00:39:46.239><c> believe</c>

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in<00:39:46.559><c> it.</c>

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And<00:39:47.099><c> the</c><00:39:47.340><c> result</c><00:39:47.579><c> of</c><00:39:47.760><c> that</c><00:39:47.920><c> was</c><00:39:48.059><c> they</c><00:39:48.280><c> spoke</c><00:39:48.519><c> half</c><00:39:48.800><c> in</c><00:39:48.940><c> the</c><00:39:49.079><c> language</c><00:39:49.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:39:50.780><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:53.739
and<00:39:51.480><c> half</c><00:39:51.760><c> in</c><00:39:52.099><c> the</c><00:39:52.300><c> secular</c><00:39:52.699><c> language</c><00:39:53.139><c> of</c><00:39:53.320><c> the</c><00:39:53.500><c> world.</c>

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So<00:39:54.500><c> when</c><00:39:54.760><c> you</c><00:39:54.880><c> get</c><00:39:54.960><c> in</c><00:39:55.119><c> discussions</c><00:39:55.599><c> with</c><00:39:55.880><c> them</c><00:39:56.019><c> you</c><00:39:56.139><c> hear</c><00:39:56.320><c> a</c>

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:57.219
little<00:39:56.619><c> bit</c><00:39:56.739><c> of</c><00:39:56.840><c> the</c><00:39:57.019><c> Bible</c>

00:39:57.219 --> 00:40:01.139
and<00:39:57.420><c> you</c><00:39:57.480><c> hear</c><00:39:57.639><c> a</c><00:39:57.719><c> little</c><00:39:57.980><c> bit</c><00:39:58.179><c> of</c><00:39:59.000><c> what</c><00:39:59.179><c> you</c><00:39:59.400><c> read</c><00:39:59.500><c> in</c><00:39:59.780><c> editorials</c><00:40:00.280><c> and</c><00:40:00.500><c> magazines</c><00:40:00.960><c> and</c>

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the<00:40:01.320><c> paper</c>

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and<00:40:02.219><c> in</c><00:40:03.500><c> business</c><00:40:03.940><c> meetings</c><00:40:04.340><c> and</c><00:40:04.639><c> even</c><00:40:04.900><c> perhaps</c><00:40:05.519><c> in</c><00:40:05.719><c> arranging</c><00:40:06.139><c> board</c><00:40:06.400><c> meetings</c>

00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:09.639
this<00:40:06.860><c> kind</c><00:40:07.119><c> of</c><00:40:07.639><c> half</c><00:40:07.920><c>-breed</c><00:40:08.199><c> mentality,</c><00:40:08.880><c> half</c><00:40:09.139><c> in</c><00:40:09.260><c> the</c><00:40:09.440><c> world</c>

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and<00:40:09.840><c> half</c><00:40:10.139><c> in</c><00:40:10.619><c> the</c><00:40:10.900><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:40:11.900><c> this</c><00:40:12.099><c> comes</c><00:40:12.599><c> largely,</c><00:40:14.719><c> frequently,</c><00:40:15.619><c> from</c><00:40:16.000><c> what</c><00:40:16.199><c> they</c><00:40:16.400><c> did</c><00:40:16.519><c> in</c><00:40:16.679><c> Israel,</c>

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:19.599
from<00:40:17.920><c> intermarriage</c><00:40:18.480><c> with</c><00:40:18.619><c> people</c><00:40:18.880><c> that</c><00:40:19.019><c> don't</c><00:40:19.139><c> believe</c><00:40:19.400><c> the</c>

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same<00:40:19.840><c> thing.</c>

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You<00:40:21.179><c> see</c><00:40:21.239><c> how</c><00:40:21.519><c> important</c><00:40:21.820><c> it</c><00:40:21.980><c> is?</c>

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:25.900
It<00:40:22.739><c> works</c><00:40:23.019><c> back</c><00:40:23.300><c> into</c><00:40:23.599><c> every</c><00:40:24.099><c> fiber</c><00:40:24.539><c> of</c><00:40:25.099><c> our</c><00:40:25.300><c> relationships,</c>

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our<00:40:26.219><c> happiness,</c>

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:29.039
our<00:40:26.940><c> peace</c><00:40:27.139><c> with</c><00:40:27.340><c> one</c><00:40:27.519><c> another</c><00:40:27.800><c> and</c><00:40:27.940><c> our</c><00:40:28.139><c> unity.</c>

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Malachi<00:40:33.780><c> 2</c><00:40:34.039><c> says</c><00:40:34.239><c> you</c><00:40:34.360><c> cover</c><00:40:34.619><c> the</c><00:40:34.860><c> altar</c><00:40:35.039><c> with</c><00:40:35.280><c> tears</c>

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because<00:40:36.000><c> he</c><00:40:36.159><c> no</c><00:40:36.320><c> longer</c><00:40:36.559><c> regards</c><00:40:36.980><c> the</c><00:40:37.579><c> offering</c><00:40:37.880><c> or</c><00:40:38.059><c> accepts</c>

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:38.880
it<00:40:38.480><c> with</c><00:40:38.679><c> favor.</c>

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You<00:40:39.059><c> ask</c><00:40:39.420><c> why</c><00:40:40.420><c> does</c><00:40:40.639><c> he</c><00:40:40.780><c> not?</c>

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:43.099
I<00:40:41.119><c> mean</c><00:40:41.199><c> here</c><00:40:41.360><c> we</c><00:40:41.559><c> are</c><00:40:41.739><c> putting</c><00:40:42.239><c> animals</c><00:40:42.619><c> on</c><00:40:42.780><c> the</c><00:40:42.940><c> altar.</c>

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They're<00:40:43.320><c> burning,</c><00:40:43.639><c> aren't</c><00:40:43.780><c> they?</c><00:40:43.880><c> It's</c><00:40:44.119><c> the</c><00:40:44.280><c> Sabbath,</c><00:40:44.619><c> isn't</c><00:40:44.760><c> it?</c>

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I<00:40:45.199><c> mean</c><00:40:45.320><c> why</c><00:40:45.559><c> doesn't</c><00:40:46.340><c> God</c><00:40:46.599><c> hear</c><00:40:46.860><c> our</c><00:40:47.139><c> prayer?</c>

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:50.380
Because<00:40:48.179><c> the</c><00:40:48.360><c> Lord</c><00:40:48.460><c> was</c><00:40:48.679><c> witness</c><00:40:49.139><c> to</c><00:40:49.559><c> the</c><00:40:49.780><c> covenant</c><00:40:50.000><c> between</c>

00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:51.820
you<00:40:50.619><c> and</c><00:40:50.719><c> the</c><00:40:50.860><c> wife</c><00:40:51.039><c> of</c><00:40:51.199><c> your</c><00:40:51.519><c> youth</c>

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:56.139
to<00:40:52.619><c> whom</c><00:40:52.880><c> you've</c><00:40:53.360><c> been</c><00:40:53.619><c> faithless,</c><00:40:54.320><c> speaking</c><00:40:54.840><c> to</c><00:40:55.360><c> the</c><00:40:55.460><c> men</c><00:40:55.619><c> of</c><00:40:55.820><c> Israel.</c>

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Has<00:40:56.699><c> not</c><00:40:56.960><c> the</c><00:40:57.199><c> one</c><00:40:57.420><c> God</c><00:40:57.659><c> made</c><00:40:57.920><c> and</c><00:40:58.219><c> sustained</c><00:40:58.460><c> us</c><00:40:58.659><c> for</c><00:40:58.820><c> the</c><00:40:59.059><c> spirit</c><00:40:59.239><c> of</c><00:40:59.440><c> life?</c>

00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:02.579
And<00:41:00.079><c> what</c><00:41:00.239><c> does</c><00:41:00.440><c> he</c><00:41:00.619><c> desire</c><00:41:01.000><c> when</c><00:41:01.480><c> we</c><00:41:01.760><c> produce</c><00:41:02.059><c> that</c><00:41:02.340><c> life?</c>

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:06.019
Godly<00:41:03.559><c> offspring,</c><00:41:04.760><c> not</c><00:41:04.940><c> ungodly</c><00:41:05.480><c> offspring.</c>

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:09.639
They<00:41:06.500><c> may</c><00:41:06.659><c> be</c><00:41:06.880><c> smart,</c><00:41:07.260><c> they</c><00:41:07.260><c> may</c><00:41:07.400><c> be</c><00:41:07.619><c> talented,</c><00:41:08.820><c> they</c><00:41:09.360><c> may</c><00:41:09.460><c> go</c>

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:10.559
to<00:41:09.840><c> gifted</c><00:41:10.099><c> school,</c>

00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:13.539
they<00:41:10.719><c> may</c><00:41:10.860><c> have</c><00:41:11.000><c> all</c><00:41:11.320><c> these</c><00:41:11.800><c> attributes</c><00:41:12.340><c> that</c><00:41:12.559><c> the</c><00:41:12.760><c> world</c><00:41:12.920><c> just</c><00:41:13.139><c> wants</c><00:41:13.260><c> to</c>

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:14.500
set<00:41:13.639><c> up</c><00:41:13.780><c> on</c><00:41:13.960><c> a</c><00:41:14.099><c> pedestal</c>

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:17.239
and<00:41:14.639><c> a</c><00:41:14.920><c> door</c><00:41:15.239><c> in</c><00:41:15.659><c> its</c><00:41:15.920><c> self</c><00:41:16.179><c>-adoration.</c>

00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:19.679
But<00:41:17.880><c> none</c><00:41:18.019><c> of</c><00:41:18.139><c> that</c><00:41:18.260><c> is</c><00:41:18.460><c> godly</c><00:41:18.719><c> offspring.</c>

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:22.760
Godly<00:41:19.980><c> offspring</c><00:41:20.360><c> is</c><00:41:20.559><c> offspring</c><00:41:20.920><c> that</c><00:41:21.119><c> understands</c><00:41:21.559><c> that</c><00:41:21.860><c> God</c><00:41:22.179><c> rules</c><00:41:22.579><c> in</c>

00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:23.260
this<00:41:22.980><c> world</c>

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:25.500
and<00:41:23.559><c> should</c><00:41:23.820><c> rule</c><00:41:24.079><c> in</c><00:41:24.280><c> our</c><00:41:24.420><c> hearts.</c>

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:29.719
So<00:41:28.079><c> let</c><00:41:28.260><c> none</c><00:41:28.420><c> be</c><00:41:28.679><c> faithless.</c>

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:33.119
So<00:41:30.539><c> in</c><00:41:31.019><c> conclusion,</c><00:41:31.460><c> what</c><00:41:31.679><c> does</c><00:41:31.860><c> this</c><00:41:32.099><c> have</c><00:41:32.260><c> to</c><00:41:32.420><c> do</c><00:41:32.500><c> with</c><00:41:32.739><c> you</c>

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:35.039
and<00:41:34.239><c> with</c><00:41:34.519><c> me?</c>

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In<00:41:35.800><c> a</c><00:41:35.940><c> typical</c><00:41:36.300><c> Christadelphian</c><00:41:37.119><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:40.679
let's<00:41:38.119><c> bring</c><00:41:38.260><c> this</c><00:41:38.460><c> down</c><00:41:38.619><c> to</c><00:41:38.739><c> some</c><00:41:38.880><c> real</c><00:41:39.079><c> practical</c><00:41:39.440><c> terms</c><00:41:39.760><c> here.</c>

00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:43.639
I<00:41:41.079><c> counted,</c><00:41:41.460><c> each</c><00:41:41.579><c> one</c><00:41:41.679><c> of</c><00:41:41.780><c> these</c><00:41:42.000><c> bricks</c><00:41:42.360><c> at</c><00:41:42.699><c> the</c><00:41:42.840><c> time</c><00:41:43.000><c> I</c><00:41:43.199><c> counted</c><00:41:43.440><c> two</c>

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years<00:41:43.900><c> ago</c>

00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:49.900
was<00:41:46.480><c> one</c><00:41:47.039><c> individual</c><00:41:47.619><c> in</c><00:41:48.559><c> the</c><00:41:48.679><c> Norfolk</c><00:41:48.960><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:55.219
So<00:41:50.860><c> I</c><00:41:51.059><c> counted</c><00:41:51.280><c> them</c><00:41:51.579><c> and</c><00:41:52.739><c> the</c><00:41:53.179><c> way</c><00:41:53.400><c> they</c><00:41:53.800><c> are</c><00:41:54.179><c> divided</c>

00:41:55.780 --> 00:42:01.300
is<00:41:56.380><c> there</c><00:41:56.599><c> are</c><00:41:57.199><c> 49</c><00:41:57.639><c> members</c><00:41:58.079><c> of</c><00:41:58.380><c> families</c><00:41:58.800><c> and</c><00:42:00.420><c> only</c><00:42:00.639><c> four</c><00:42:00.840><c> individuals.</c>

00:42:01.659 --> 00:42:03.800
If<00:42:01.659><c> the</c><00:42:02.099><c> color</c><00:42:02.320><c> distinction</c><00:42:02.739><c> is</c><00:42:02.920><c> not,</c><00:42:03.000><c> these</c><00:42:03.199><c> are</c><00:42:03.420><c> individuals.</c>

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:06.280
These<00:42:04.019><c> are</c><00:42:04.239><c> people</c><00:42:04.420><c> who</c><00:42:04.599><c> have</c><00:42:04.719><c> no</c><00:42:05.000><c> counterpart</c><00:42:05.519><c> in</c><00:42:05.820><c> a</c><00:42:06.019><c> family</c>

00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:08.119
member<00:42:06.619><c> in</c><00:42:06.840><c> the</c><00:42:06.960><c> Norfolk</c><00:42:07.199><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:12.159
So<00:42:08.679><c> look</c><00:42:08.880><c> at</c><00:42:09.320><c> proportionally</c><00:42:10.099><c> how</c><00:42:10.300><c> much</c><00:42:10.500><c> of</c><00:42:10.639><c> the</c><00:42:10.780><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:11.320><c> is</c>

00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:15.260
composed<00:42:12.840><c> of</c><00:42:13.179><c> families,</c><00:42:14.659><c> family</c><00:42:14.960><c> members.</c>

00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:18.719
Your<00:42:15.559><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:15.880><c> is</c><00:42:16.139><c> probably</c><00:42:16.519><c> not</c><00:42:17.599><c> unlike</c><00:42:18.420><c> that.</c>

00:42:18.739 --> 00:42:22.260
I'm<00:42:18.980><c> sure</c><00:42:19.360><c> because</c><00:42:19.860><c> of</c><00:42:20.000><c> the</c><00:42:20.079><c> way</c><00:42:20.239><c> Christadelphians</c><00:42:21.119><c> are</c>

00:42:22.260 --> 00:42:25.760
that<00:42:23.400><c> this</c><00:42:23.619><c> is</c><00:42:23.840><c> a</c><00:42:23.940><c> typical</c><00:42:24.539><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:42:26.739 --> 00:42:30.800
So<00:42:27.000><c> you</c><00:42:27.199><c> see</c><00:42:27.380><c> how</c><00:42:27.699><c> important</c><00:42:28.099><c> it</c><00:42:28.239><c> is</c><00:42:28.400><c> to</c><00:42:28.639><c> understand</c><00:42:29.380><c> the</c><00:42:29.679><c> purpose</c><00:42:30.019><c> of</c><00:42:30.219><c> a</c><00:42:30.420><c> family</c>

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:34.639
and<00:42:31.440><c> the</c><00:42:31.719><c> relationship</c><00:42:32.380><c> of</c><00:42:32.619><c> that</c><00:42:32.860><c> family</c><00:42:33.199><c> to</c><00:42:33.440><c> the</c><00:42:33.619><c> ecclesia?</c>

00:42:35.239 --> 00:42:37.480
What<00:42:35.420><c> that</c><00:42:35.719><c> means</c><00:42:36.059><c> is,</c><00:42:36.460><c> and</c><00:42:36.460><c> the</c><00:42:36.559><c> scriptural</c><00:42:36.920><c> ideal</c><00:42:37.260><c> is,</c>

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:40.659
that<00:42:37.679><c> we</c><00:42:37.739><c> should</c><00:42:37.940><c> all</c><00:42:38.460><c> being</c><00:42:39.239><c> composed</c><00:42:39.679><c> of</c><00:42:39.900><c> family</c><00:42:40.199><c> members</c>

00:42:40.659 --> 00:42:44.239
be<00:42:41.340><c> kind</c><00:42:41.519><c> of</c><00:42:41.760><c> knit</c><00:42:41.900><c> together</c><00:42:42.500><c> in</c><00:42:43.059><c> a</c><00:42:43.280><c> perfect</c><00:42:43.579><c> foundation</c>

00:42:44.239 --> 00:42:47.519
which<00:42:44.619><c> forms</c><00:42:45.039><c> first</c><00:42:45.400><c> the</c><00:42:45.599><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:46.000><c> and</c><00:42:46.159><c> then</c><00:42:46.619><c> those</c><00:42:46.960><c> ecclesia</c>

00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:50.199
almost<00:42:47.880><c> like</c><00:42:48.219><c> bricks</c><00:42:48.539><c> in</c><00:42:49.039><c> a</c><00:42:49.280><c> larger</c><00:42:49.639><c> foundation</c>

00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:53.980
which<00:42:50.519><c> is</c><00:42:51.119><c> the</c><00:42:51.340><c> entire</c><00:42:51.719><c> brotherhood</c><00:42:52.260><c> and</c><00:42:52.400><c> may</c><00:42:52.579><c> even</c><00:42:52.860><c> be</c><00:42:53.800><c> the</c>

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.840
body<00:42:54.219><c> of</c><00:42:54.380><c> Christ,</c>

00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:57.639
should<00:42:55.460><c> be</c><00:42:56.099><c> the</c><00:42:56.340><c> body</c><00:42:56.599><c> of</c><00:42:56.820><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:59.059 --> 00:43:01.019
But<00:42:59.380><c> in</c><00:42:59.579><c> reality</c><00:42:59.980><c> we</c><00:43:00.119><c> don't</c><00:43:00.340><c> have</c><00:43:00.519><c> that,</c><00:43:00.940><c> do</c><00:43:00.940><c> we?</c>

00:43:01.039 --> 00:43:03.940
We<00:43:01.179><c> have</c><00:43:02.039><c> flesh</c><00:43:02.340><c> kind</c><00:43:02.559><c> of</c><00:43:02.719><c> working</c><00:43:02.940><c> on</c><00:43:03.119><c> us</c><00:43:03.260><c> all</c><00:43:03.440><c> the</c><00:43:03.639><c> time</c>

00:43:03.940 --> 00:43:06.639
and<00:43:04.500><c> each</c><00:43:04.719><c> of</c><00:43:04.820><c> us</c><00:43:04.980><c> recognizes</c><00:43:05.480><c> in</c><00:43:05.699><c> himself</c><00:43:06.099><c> that</c><00:43:06.320><c> we're</c><00:43:06.460><c> weak</c>

00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:09.619
and<00:43:06.780><c> some</c><00:43:07.000><c> of</c><00:43:07.119><c> us</c><00:43:07.280><c> have</c><00:43:07.460><c> different</c><00:43:08.519><c> levels</c><00:43:08.880><c> of</c><00:43:09.219><c> exposure.</c>

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:12.019
We<00:43:10.039><c> have</c><00:43:10.199><c> different</c><00:43:10.559><c> combinations</c><00:43:11.139><c> of</c><00:43:11.500><c> personalities</c>

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:16.039
and<00:43:12.860><c> different</c><00:43:13.840><c> events</c><00:43:14.760><c> that</c><00:43:15.119><c> occur</c><00:43:15.420><c> in</c><00:43:15.739><c> lives</c>

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:20.579
and<00:43:16.340><c> some</c><00:43:17.059><c> people</c><00:43:17.639><c> run</c><00:43:18.219><c> aground,</c><00:43:18.800><c> some</c><00:43:19.059><c> people</c><00:43:19.980><c> strain</c><00:43:20.280><c> more</c>

00:43:20.579 --> 00:43:21.039
than<00:43:20.760><c> others.</c>

00:43:21.260 --> 00:43:25.719
But<00:43:21.420><c> all</c><00:43:21.679><c> in</c><00:43:21.900><c> all</c><00:43:22.159><c> the</c><00:43:22.380><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:22.760><c> is</c><00:43:22.940><c> made</c><00:43:23.260><c> up</c><00:43:23.539><c> of</c><00:43:24.679><c> pieces</c><00:43:25.139><c> and</c><00:43:25.460><c> parts</c>

00:43:25.719 --> 00:43:28.679
that<00:43:25.960><c> aren't</c><00:43:26.280><c> knit</c><00:43:26.500><c> together</c><00:43:26.860><c> in</c><00:43:27.099><c> a</c><00:43:27.239><c> perfect</c><00:43:27.579><c> way.</c>

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:34.099
There<00:43:30.079><c> are</c><00:43:30.679><c> fractures</c><00:43:31.800><c> and</c><00:43:32.139><c> there's</c><00:43:32.860><c> breakdown</c><00:43:33.260><c> in</c><00:43:33.460><c> the</c><00:43:33.659><c> aggregate.</c>

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:37.400
There's<00:43:34.800><c> unequal</c><00:43:35.119><c> yoking,</c><00:43:35.659><c> like</c><00:43:35.780><c> it</c><00:43:35.980><c> says</c><00:43:36.340><c> here.</c>

00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:39.460
There's<00:43:38.440><c> divorce.</c>

00:43:39.579 --> 00:43:41.860
And<00:43:39.760><c> think</c><00:43:39.880><c> of</c><00:43:40.039><c> this,</c><00:43:40.699><c> young</c><00:43:40.840><c> people,</c><00:43:41.179><c> those</c><00:43:41.400><c> of</c><00:43:41.539><c> you</c><00:43:41.659><c> who</c>

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:43.199
haven't<00:43:42.360><c> necessarily</c><00:43:42.920><c> found</c>

00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:45.940
anybody<00:43:43.539><c> in</c><00:43:43.860><c> the</c><00:43:44.059><c> Lord</c><00:43:44.219><c> yet</c><00:43:44.400><c> and</c><00:43:44.760><c> you</c><00:43:44.920><c> like</c><00:43:45.099><c> to</c><00:43:45.219><c> go</c><00:43:45.340><c> out</c><00:43:45.440><c> on</c><00:43:45.659><c> dates.</c>

00:43:46.300 --> 00:43:48.119
Think<00:43:46.519><c> about</c><00:43:46.719><c> where</c><00:43:46.880><c> that's</c><00:43:47.119><c> going</c><00:43:47.300><c> to</c><00:43:47.400><c> go.</c>

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:51.480
Where<00:43:48.840><c> you're</c><00:43:49.219><c> in</c><00:43:49.480><c> but</c><00:43:49.679><c> they're</c><00:43:49.980><c> out</c><00:43:50.360><c> and</c><00:43:50.639><c> now</c><00:43:50.960><c> you're</c><00:43:51.219><c> a</c><00:43:51.320><c> part</c>

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:52.719
of<00:43:51.619><c> an</c><00:43:51.780><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:56.619
That<00:43:53.320><c> can't</c><00:43:53.780><c> function</c><00:43:54.119><c> as</c><00:43:54.360><c> a</c><00:43:54.480><c> full</c><00:43:54.699><c> brick</c><00:43:55.079><c> in</c><00:43:55.400><c> that</c><00:43:55.619><c> foundation</c><00:43:56.159><c> anymore</c>

00:43:56.619 --> 00:43:58.699
and<00:43:57.119><c> that</c><00:43:57.519><c> weakens</c><00:43:57.960><c> the</c><00:43:58.219><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:43:58.980 --> 00:44:01.239
You<00:43:59.099><c> may</c><00:43:59.300><c> say,</c><00:43:59.599><c> well</c><00:43:59.599><c> that's</c><00:43:59.800><c> the</c><00:43:59.920><c> ecclesiast</c><00:44:00.280><c> problem,</c><00:44:00.659><c> not</c><00:44:00.960><c> mine,</c>

00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:02.539
but<00:44:01.380><c> it's</c><00:44:01.579><c> your</c><00:44:01.820><c> responsibility.</c>

00:44:02.639 --> 00:44:06.099
Yes,<00:44:03.280><c> it's</c><00:44:03.539><c> the</c><00:44:03.699><c> ecclesiast</c><00:44:04.300><c> problem,</c><00:44:04.739><c> but</c><00:44:04.900><c> it's</c><00:44:05.119><c> your</c><00:44:05.380><c> responsibility</c>

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:10.300
to<00:44:06.340><c> do</c><00:44:06.480><c> everything</c><00:44:06.840><c> you</c><00:44:07.119><c> can</c><00:44:07.440><c> to</c><00:44:08.059><c> keep</c><00:44:08.380><c> cohesion</c><00:44:09.059><c> and</c><00:44:09.900><c> peace</c>

00:44:10.300 --> 00:44:12.219
and<00:44:10.960><c> strength</c><00:44:11.500><c> for</c><00:44:11.940><c> everybody.</c>

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:14.940
Because<00:44:12.500><c> your</c><00:44:12.719><c> children</c><00:44:13.300><c> are</c><00:44:14.019><c> either</c><00:44:14.179><c> going</c><00:44:14.340><c> to</c><00:44:14.440><c> grow</c><00:44:14.599><c> up</c><00:44:14.780><c> in</c>

00:44:14.940 --> 00:44:15.559
that<00:44:15.059><c> ecclesia</c>

00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:19.260
or<00:44:15.880><c> be</c><00:44:16.019><c> left</c><00:44:16.260><c> behind</c><00:44:16.739><c> to</c><00:44:16.900><c> go</c><00:44:17.079><c> fishing</c><00:44:17.360><c> with</c><00:44:17.659><c> whoever</c><00:44:17.900><c> it</c><00:44:18.079><c> is</c><00:44:18.199><c> on</c><00:44:18.980><c> Sunday</c>

00:44:19.260 --> 00:44:22.039
that<00:44:19.480><c> didn't</c><00:44:19.699><c> want</c><00:44:19.900><c> to</c><00:44:20.019><c> come</c><00:44:20.159><c> to</c><00:44:20.320><c> the</c><00:44:20.460><c> meeting</c><00:44:20.559><c> that</c><00:44:20.800><c> day.</c>

00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:26.940
Divorce<00:44:23.480><c> and</c><00:44:23.780><c> disunity</c><00:44:24.320><c> and</c><00:44:25.019><c> even</c><00:44:25.360><c> if</c><00:44:25.519><c> it</c><00:44:25.659><c> isn't</c><00:44:25.940><c> this</c><00:44:26.519><c> overt</c>

00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:28.719
kind<00:44:27.440><c> of</c><00:44:27.820><c> breaking,</c>

00:44:28.860 --> 00:44:35.800
this,<00:44:30.260><c> the</c><00:44:30.639><c> gossip</c><00:44:31.199><c> and</c><00:44:32.659><c> the</c><00:44:32.880><c> anger</c><00:44:33.480><c> and</c><00:44:35.159><c> the</c><00:44:35.360><c> grudges</c>

00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:43.159
and<00:44:36.099><c> the</c><00:44:36.199><c> things</c><00:44:36.639><c> spoken</c><00:44:37.219><c> that</c><00:44:38.440><c> are</c><00:44:38.659><c> cruel</c><00:44:39.059><c> and</c><00:44:40.539><c> from</c><00:44:42.460><c> the</c><00:44:42.760><c> flesh.</c>

00:44:43.400 --> 00:44:48.000
All<00:44:43.619><c> those</c><00:44:43.880><c> things</c><00:44:44.260><c> weaken</c><00:44:44.840><c> the</c><00:44:46.280><c> very</c><00:44:46.699><c> mortar</c>

00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:51.579
that<00:44:48.300><c> is</c><00:44:48.500><c> supposed</c><00:44:48.820><c> to</c><00:44:49.059><c> be</c><00:44:49.900><c> holding</c><00:44:50.099><c> us</c><00:44:50.360><c> all</c><00:44:50.559><c> together.</c>

00:44:52.599 --> 00:44:54.420
So<00:44:52.760><c> where</c><00:44:52.920><c> does</c><00:44:53.119><c> it</c><00:44:53.980><c> go?</c>

00:44:54.619 --> 00:45:00.059
Family<00:44:55.099><c> cohesion</c><00:44:55.679><c> comes</c><00:44:56.780><c> from</c><00:44:57.019><c> love</c><00:44:57.340><c> and</c><00:44:57.679><c> so</c><00:44:58.019><c> does</c><00:44:58.340><c> ecclesial</c><00:44:58.900><c> cohesion.</c>

00:45:00.260 --> 00:45:02.280
Paul<00:45:00.380><c> says</c><00:45:00.579><c> that</c><00:45:00.780><c> their</c><00:45:00.920><c> hearts</c><00:45:01.219><c> might</c><00:45:01.460><c> be</c><00:45:01.699><c> comforted</c><00:45:02.099><c> being</c>

00:45:02.280 --> 00:45:04.239
knit<00:45:02.460><c> together</c><00:45:03.179><c> in</c><00:45:03.639><c> love</c>

00:45:04.239 --> 00:45:07.239
unto<00:45:04.639><c> all</c><00:45:05.199><c> riches</c><00:45:05.539><c> of</c><00:45:05.760><c> the</c><00:45:05.900><c> full</c><00:45:06.059><c> assurance</c><00:45:06.460><c> of</c><00:45:06.739><c> understanding</c>

00:45:07.239 --> 00:45:09.480
to<00:45:07.519><c> the</c><00:45:07.739><c> acknowledgement</c><00:45:08.079><c> of</c><00:45:08.320><c> the</c><00:45:08.460><c> mystery</c><00:45:08.760><c> of</c><00:45:08.960><c> God</c><00:45:09.159><c> and</c><00:45:09.320><c> of</c>

00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:11.619
Father<00:45:09.719><c> and</c><00:45:10.420><c> of</c><00:45:10.599><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:14.880
So<00:45:13.099><c> you</c><00:45:13.219><c> see</c><00:45:13.320><c> all</c><00:45:13.500><c> these</c><00:45:13.659><c> things</c><00:45:13.900><c> that</c><00:45:14.059><c> we</c><00:45:14.260><c> talk</c><00:45:14.440><c> about</c><00:45:14.679><c> in</c>

00:45:14.880 --> 00:45:15.840
such<00:45:15.039><c> ideal</c><00:45:15.400><c> terms</c>

00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:17.880
of<00:45:16.199><c> affection</c><00:45:16.599><c> and</c><00:45:16.860><c> peace</c><00:45:17.059><c> and</c><00:45:17.360><c> gentleness,</c>

00:45:18.380 --> 00:45:22.619
that<00:45:18.420><c> is</c><00:45:18.599><c> brotherly</c><00:45:19.059><c> affection</c><00:45:19.360><c> and</c><00:45:19.659><c> kindness</c><00:45:20.000><c> and</c><00:45:20.820><c> self</c><00:45:21.280><c>-sacrifice</c><00:45:21.940><c> and</c><00:45:22.159><c> meekness</c>

00:45:22.619 --> 00:45:27.059
and<00:45:23.239><c> temperance</c><00:45:23.880><c> and</c><00:45:24.119><c> restraint</c><00:45:24.780><c> and</c><00:45:25.739><c> long</c><00:45:26.019><c>-suffering</c><00:45:26.360><c> and</c><00:45:26.639><c> reverence</c>

00:45:27.059 --> 00:45:30.260
and<00:45:27.280><c> all</c><00:45:27.480><c> those</c><00:45:27.679><c> things,</c><00:45:29.420><c> the</c><00:45:29.460><c> fruit</c><00:45:29.500><c> of</c><00:45:29.659><c> the</c><00:45:29.880><c> spirit,</c>

00:45:30.260 --> 00:45:34.699
those<00:45:31.059><c> are</c><00:45:31.239><c> the</c><00:45:31.380><c> things</c><00:45:31.619><c> that</c><00:45:31.940><c> hold</c><00:45:32.179><c> families</c><00:45:32.619><c> and</c><00:45:32.840><c> ecclesias</c><00:45:33.260><c> together.</c>

00:45:34.780 --> 00:45:36.619
Just<00:45:34.960><c> two</c><00:45:35.179><c> points</c><00:45:35.460><c> in</c><00:45:35.679><c> closing.</c>

00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:40.139
When<00:45:37.719><c> families</c><00:45:38.079><c> break</c><00:45:38.460><c> down,</c><00:45:38.780><c> ecclesias</c><00:45:39.099><c> break</c><00:45:39.460><c> down,</c>

00:45:40.460 --> 00:45:44.260
so<00:45:40.460><c> before,</c><00:45:41.119><c> after,</c><00:45:41.739><c> during,</c><00:45:42.340><c> whatever,</c><00:45:42.840><c> take</c><00:45:43.059><c> this</c><00:45:43.260><c> into</c><00:45:43.519><c> consideration</c>

00:45:44.260 --> 00:45:47.139
because<00:45:44.840><c> you</c><00:45:45.039><c> don't</c><00:45:45.480><c> live</c><00:45:45.719><c> on</c><00:45:45.940><c> an</c><00:45:46.079><c> island</c><00:45:46.280><c> all</c><00:45:46.480><c> by</c><00:45:46.679><c> yourself.</c>

00:45:47.340 --> 00:45:48.679
None<00:45:47.500><c> of</c><00:45:47.619><c> us</c><00:45:47.860><c> do.</c>

00:45:48.699 --> 00:45:52.260
We're<00:45:48.960><c> related</c><00:45:49.199><c> to</c><00:45:49.400><c> other</c><00:45:49.579><c> people</c><00:45:50.059><c> who</c><00:45:50.460><c> will</c><00:45:50.719><c> hurt</c><00:45:50.940><c> when</c><00:45:51.159><c> we</c><00:45:51.440><c> hurt,</c>

00:45:52.340 --> 00:45:54.659
who<00:45:52.519><c> will</c><00:45:52.719><c> experience</c><00:45:53.079><c> all</c><00:45:53.380><c> the</c><00:45:53.539><c> pain</c><00:45:53.739><c> of</c><00:45:53.920><c> our</c><00:45:54.139><c> fractures,</c>

00:45:54.800 --> 00:45:56.219
maybe<00:45:54.980><c> even</c><00:45:55.300><c> worse.</c>

00:45:57.679 --> 00:46:00.460
When<00:45:58.199><c> families</c><00:45:58.559><c> are</c><00:45:58.699><c> more</c><00:45:58.960><c> important</c><00:45:59.300><c> than</c><00:45:59.500><c> the</c><00:45:59.699><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:03.320
natural<00:46:01.000><c> feelings</c><00:46:01.400><c> have</c><00:46:01.639><c> been</c><00:46:01.780><c> elevated</c><00:46:02.159><c> above</c><00:46:02.519><c> spiritual</c><00:46:02.940><c> principle.</c>

00:46:03.380 --> 00:46:06.320
For<00:46:03.500><c> us,</c><00:46:04.119><c> the</c><00:46:04.280><c> water</c><00:46:04.460><c> should</c><00:46:04.699><c> be</c><00:46:04.900><c> thicker</c><00:46:05.059><c> than</c><00:46:05.239><c> the</c><00:46:05.380><c> blood</c>

00:46:07.099 --> 00:46:10.480
because<00:46:07.619><c> our</c><00:46:08.139><c> spiritual</c><00:46:08.539><c> family,</c><00:46:09.059><c> our</c><00:46:09.199><c> relationship</c><00:46:09.679><c> to</c><00:46:09.900><c> Christ,</c>

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comes<00:46:11.159><c> first</c><00:46:11.619><c> in</c><00:46:11.800><c> our</c><00:46:12.000><c> lives</c><00:46:12.539><c> before</c><00:46:13.280><c> our</c><00:46:14.699><c> natural</c><00:46:14.719><c> relationships.</c>

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And<00:46:16.719><c> all</c><00:46:16.900><c> I</c><00:46:17.099><c> mean</c><00:46:17.239><c> in</c><00:46:17.500><c> saying</c><00:46:17.679><c> that</c><00:46:17.980><c> is</c><00:46:18.920><c> that</c><00:46:19.159><c> our</c><00:46:19.480><c> first</c><00:46:19.760><c> consideration</c>

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should<00:46:20.659><c> be</c><00:46:20.820><c> to</c><00:46:20.960><c> the</c><00:46:21.159><c> strength</c><00:46:21.360><c> of</c><00:46:21.519><c> the</c><00:46:21.659><c> ecclesia.</c>

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We'll<00:46:25.139><c> pick</c><00:46:25.300><c> this</c><00:46:25.519><c> up</c><00:46:25.780><c> in</c><00:46:26.019><c> the</c><00:46:26.139><c> next</c><00:46:26.340><c> one,</c>

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in<00:46:27.260><c> the</c><00:46:27.500><c> consideration</c><00:46:27.900><c> of</c><00:46:28.159><c> righteousness.</c>

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Thank<00:46:38.219><c> you,</c><00:46:38.380><c> Brother</c><00:46:38.539><c> Mark.</c>

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Our<00:46:41.719><c> next</c><00:46:42.039><c> class</c><00:46:42.320><c> will</c><00:46:42.559><c> begin</c><00:46:42.800><c> promptly</c><00:46:43.320><c> at</c><00:46:44.199><c> 3</c><00:46:44.739><c>.30.</c>

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Thank<00:46:59.920><c> you.</c>