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well.<00:14:53.220><c> But</c><00:14:53.580><c> in</c><00:14:54.220><c> these</c><00:14:54.500><c> communities</c><00:14:55.039><c> that</c><00:14:55.220><c> were</c><00:14:55.480><c> outside</c><00:14:55.919><c> of</c>

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Judea,<00:14:57.539><c> the</c><00:14:57.799><c> synagogues</c><00:14:58.480><c> became</c><00:14:59.039><c> the</c><00:14:59.460><c> center</c><00:14:59.919><c> of</c>

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always<00:15:14.879><c> pretty</c><00:15:15.360><c> cool</c><00:15:15.580><c> to</c><00:15:15.799><c> me.</c><00:15:16.200><c> God</c><00:15:16.620><c> using</c><00:15:17.740><c> really</c><00:15:18.639><c> bad</c><00:15:19.720><c> events,</c><00:15:21.000><c> the</c>

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that's<00:16:13.580><c> actually</c><00:16:13.980><c> where</c><00:16:14.419><c> Herod</c><00:16:14.639><c> the</c><00:16:14.960><c> Great</c>

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guess.<00:16:19.379><c> And</c><00:16:19.539><c> a</c><00:16:19.700><c> lot</c><00:16:19.799><c> of</c><00:16:20.000><c> the</c><00:16:20.240><c> Edomites</c>

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tension<00:16:40.860><c> there</c><00:16:41.220><c> as</c><00:16:41.460><c> well.</c><00:16:41.720><c> But</c><00:16:41.720><c> this</c><00:16:45.019><c> is</c><00:16:45.360><c> the</c><00:16:45.580><c> place</c><00:16:45.919><c> where</c><00:16:46.120><c> Jesus</c><00:16:46.419><c> grew</c><00:16:46.639><c> up.</c><00:16:46.799><c> He</c>

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lived,<00:16:47.360><c> right?</c><00:16:47.700><c> And</c><00:16:47.820><c> so</c>

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one<00:16:48.220><c> thing</c><00:16:48.419><c> that's</c><00:16:48.759><c> interesting</c><00:16:49.080><c> to</c><00:16:49.299><c> me</c><00:16:49.419><c> as</c><00:16:49.600><c> well,</c><00:16:49.899><c> brothers</c>

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in<00:16:57.720><c> order</c><00:16:58.000><c> to</c><00:16:58.220><c> get</c><00:16:58.379><c> up</c><00:16:58.559><c> to</c><00:16:58.700><c> the</c><00:16:58.899><c> Galilee,</c>

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you<00:16:59.419><c> have</c><00:16:59.740><c> to</c><00:16:59.799><c> go</c><00:17:00.059><c> through</c><00:17:00.419><c> some</c><00:17:00.740><c> area,</c><00:17:02.000><c> which</c><00:17:02.139><c> is</c><00:17:02.399><c> interesting.</c><00:17:02.960><c> And</c><00:17:03.059><c> you</c><00:17:03.200><c> have</c><00:17:03.399><c> a</c>

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couple<00:17:03.799><c> roads</c><00:17:04.299><c> there</c>

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that<00:17:04.759><c> go</c><00:17:05.019><c> through.</c><00:17:05.319><c> The</c><00:17:05.460><c> great</c><00:17:05.799><c> trunk</c><00:17:06.099><c> road,</c><00:17:06.460><c> which</c><00:17:06.619><c> we're</c><00:17:06.799><c> going</c><00:17:06.940><c> to</c>

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look<00:17:07.259><c> at,</c><00:17:07.940><c> and</c><00:17:08.200><c> the</c><00:17:08.420><c> coastal</c><00:17:08.920><c> road.</c>

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highways<00:17:12.859><c> of</c><00:17:13.119><c> their</c><00:17:13.359><c> day.</c><00:17:14.259><c> And</c><00:17:14.480><c> so</c><00:17:14.619><c> these</c><00:17:14.940><c> roads</c>

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are<00:17:15.440><c> going</c><00:17:15.619><c> to</c><00:17:15.900><c> play</c><00:17:16.019><c> an</c><00:17:16.299><c> important</c><00:17:16.579><c> part</c><00:17:16.900><c> in</c><00:17:17.140><c> the</c><00:17:17.460><c> flight</c><00:17:17.839><c> of</c>

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Joseph,<00:17:18.859><c> Mary,</c><00:17:19.099><c> and</c><00:17:19.200><c> Jesus</c><00:17:19.680><c> into</c><00:17:20.059><c> Egypt</c><00:17:20.480><c> to</c><00:17:20.720><c> escape</c>

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Herod.<00:17:23.200><c> These</c><00:17:23.880><c> roads</c><00:17:24.240><c> went</c><00:17:24.500><c> right</c><00:17:24.940><c> down</c><00:17:25.279><c> into</c><00:17:25.539><c> Egypt.</c><00:17:27.700><c> And</c><00:17:27.900><c> so</c>

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you<00:17:28.279><c> have</c><00:17:28.420><c> a</c><00:17:28.720><c> relatively</c><00:17:29.140><c> small</c><00:17:29.900><c> area</c><00:17:30.400><c> being</c>

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where<00:17:34.660><c> you</c><00:17:34.799><c> had</c><00:17:35.019><c> a</c><00:17:35.240><c> lot</c><00:17:35.539><c> of</c><00:17:35.759><c> the</c><00:17:36.000><c> friction</c><00:17:36.339><c> going</c><00:17:36.720><c> on</c>

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going<00:17:45.859><c> to</c><00:17:46.099><c> play</c>

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the<00:17:47.579><c> political</c><00:17:48.119><c> game</c><00:17:48.619><c> for</c><00:17:49.400><c> as</c><00:17:49.900><c> long</c><00:17:50.160><c> as</c><00:17:50.319><c> he</c><00:17:50.400><c> was</c><00:17:50.640><c> alive,</c><00:17:51.240><c> what,</c>

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40,<00:17:52.180><c> 41</c><00:17:52.460><c> years,</c><00:17:52.940><c> that</c><00:17:53.119><c> type</c><00:17:53.319><c> of</c><00:17:53.480><c> thing.</c><00:17:53.660><c> So</c><00:17:53.920><c> he</c>

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reigned<00:17:54.660><c> a</c><00:17:54.920><c> very,</c><00:17:55.539><c> very</c><00:17:56.000><c> long</c><00:17:56.400><c> time.</c><00:17:58.640><c> OK.</c><00:18:01.099><c> So</c><00:18:01.119><c> Gentile</c><00:18:02.859><c> converts</c><00:18:03.839><c> are</c><00:18:05.920><c> also</c><00:18:06.240><c> going</c><00:18:06.500><c> to</c>

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increase,<00:18:07.160><c> which</c><00:18:07.380><c> is</c>

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interesting.<00:18:09.559><c> There's</c><00:18:10.099><c> going</c><00:18:10.220><c> to</c><00:18:10.319><c> be</c><00:18:10.579><c> Gentiles</c><00:18:11.079><c> who</c><00:18:11.319><c> are</c><00:18:11.319><c> going</c><00:18:11.559><c> to</c>

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convert<00:18:12.420><c> to</c><00:18:12.720><c> Judaism.</c><00:18:14.039><c> And</c><00:18:14.420><c> they</c><00:18:14.539><c> were</c><00:18:14.759><c> called</c>

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God<00:18:15.519><c>-fearers,</c><00:18:16.079><c> people</c><00:18:16.359><c> that</c><00:18:16.480><c> were</c><00:18:16.799><c> interested</c><00:18:17.440><c> in</c><00:18:17.980><c> Judaism.</c>

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But<00:18:19.259><c> as</c><00:18:20.019><c> we</c><00:18:20.220><c> know,</c><00:18:20.660><c> they</c><00:18:20.660><c> had</c><00:18:22.180><c> a</c><00:18:22.420><c> reservation,</c>

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particularly<00:18:24.140><c> the</c><00:18:24.500><c> men,</c><00:18:25.480><c> around</c><00:18:25.579><c> circumcision,</c><00:18:26.380><c> number</c><00:18:26.819><c> one.</c><00:18:27.119><c> And</c>

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then<00:18:27.359><c> number</c><00:18:27.680><c> two,</c><00:18:28.059><c> the</c><00:18:28.460><c> dietary</c>

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restrictions<00:18:29.700><c> as</c><00:18:30.039><c> well.</c><00:18:31.420><c> The</c><00:18:31.680><c> Romans</c><00:18:31.920><c> liked</c><00:18:32.180><c> to</c><00:18:32.420><c> eat</c><00:18:32.579><c> a</c><00:18:32.839><c> lot</c>

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of<00:18:33.279><c> different</c><00:18:33.519><c> unclean</c><00:18:34.000><c> things,</c><00:18:34.640><c> primarily</c><00:18:35.220><c> pork.</c>

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They<00:18:36.000><c> loved</c><00:18:36.259><c> the</c><00:18:36.519><c> pork.</c><00:18:37.380><c> And</c><00:18:37.519><c> we</c><00:18:37.640><c> know</c><00:18:37.839><c> up</c><00:18:38.039><c> in</c><00:18:38.200><c> the</c><00:18:38.400><c> north,</c><00:18:38.880><c> when</c><00:18:39.059><c> Jesus</c><00:18:39.759><c> cast</c><00:18:40.720><c> the</c>

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devils<00:18:41.220><c> into</c><00:18:41.539><c> the</c><00:18:42.279><c> herd</c><00:18:42.480><c> of</c><00:18:42.759><c> swine,</c>

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you<00:18:43.740><c> know,</c><00:18:44.519><c> those</c><00:18:44.519><c> Jews</c><00:18:44.920><c> that</c><00:18:46.319><c> herd</c><00:18:46.599><c> of</c><00:18:46.819><c> swine</c><00:18:47.059><c> wasn't</c><00:18:47.339><c> for</c><00:18:47.579><c> Jews.</c><00:18:47.960><c> It</c>

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was<00:18:48.259><c> for</c><00:18:48.500><c> the</c><00:18:48.619><c> Gentiles</c><00:18:49.099><c> that</c><00:18:49.259><c> were</c><00:18:49.380><c> living</c>

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up<00:18:49.799><c> in</c><00:18:49.960><c> this</c><00:18:50.240><c> area.</c><00:18:51.000><c> So</c><00:18:51.079><c> here's</c><00:18:51.319><c> a</c><00:18:51.440><c> couple</c><00:18:51.579><c> of</c><00:18:51.779><c> quotes</c><00:18:51.940><c> I</c><00:18:52.180><c> like.</c>

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God<00:18:52.599><c> sent</c><00:18:52.839><c> Israel</c><00:18:53.180><c> into</c><00:18:53.440><c> exile</c><00:18:53.960><c> among</c><00:18:54.180><c> nations</c>

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only<00:18:54.900><c> for</c><00:18:55.079><c> the</c><00:18:55.220><c> purpose</c><00:18:55.500><c> of</c><00:18:56.000><c> acquiring</c><00:18:56.339><c> converts.</c><00:18:58.079><c> OK.</c><00:18:58.519><c> That</c>

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is<00:18:58.960><c> from</c><00:18:59.140><c> Rabbi</c><00:18:59.579><c> Eliezer</c><00:19:00.599><c> from</c><00:19:01.160><c> the</c><00:19:01.400><c> third</c><00:19:01.700><c> century.</c>

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All<00:19:03.400><c> the</c><00:19:03.619><c> time</c><00:19:03.799><c> they,</c><00:19:04.059><c> the</c><00:19:04.160><c> Jews,</c><00:19:04.400><c> were</c><00:19:04.619><c> attracting</c><00:19:05.119><c> to</c><00:19:05.740><c> their</c>

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worship<00:19:06.380><c> a</c><00:19:06.839><c> great</c><00:19:07.099><c> number</c><00:19:07.559><c> of</c><00:19:07.980><c> Greeks,</c>

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making<00:19:09.000><c> them</c><00:19:09.440><c> virtually</c><00:19:10.400><c> members</c><00:19:11.039><c> of</c><00:19:11.240><c> their</c><00:19:11.460><c> community.</c><00:19:12.799><c> So</c>

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again,<00:19:13.220><c> that's</c><00:19:13.579><c> interesting.</c><00:19:14.160><c> You</c><00:19:14.279><c> had</c><00:19:14.500><c> Greek</c>

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converts<00:19:15.759><c> becoming</c><00:19:17.079><c> worshipers</c><00:19:17.680><c> of</c><00:19:17.859><c> the</c><00:19:18.039><c> one</c><00:19:18.220><c> true</c><00:19:18.460><c> God.</c><00:19:19.279><c> And</c>

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so<00:19:19.680><c> already</c><00:19:20.019><c> we're</c><00:19:20.420><c> seeing</c><00:19:20.740><c> kind</c><00:19:21.099><c> of</c><00:19:21.920><c> the</c>

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groundwork<00:19:24.380><c> being</c><00:19:24.759><c> laid</c><00:19:25.240><c> for</c><00:19:25.599><c> the</c><00:19:26.039><c> expansion</c><00:19:26.619><c> of</c><00:19:27.859><c> God's</c><00:19:28.480><c> salvation,</c><00:19:29.180><c> not</c>

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only<00:19:29.759><c> to</c><00:19:29.960><c> his</c><00:19:30.160><c> people</c><00:19:30.640><c> Israel,</c>

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but<00:19:31.779><c> to</c><00:19:32.079><c> the</c><00:19:32.240><c> world.</c><00:19:35.579><c> That</c><00:19:35.740><c> picture</c><00:19:35.980><c> right</c><00:19:36.259><c> there</c><00:19:36.460><c> on</c><00:19:36.599><c> the</c><00:19:36.779><c> right</c><00:19:37.039><c> is</c>

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a<00:19:37.420><c> picture</c><00:19:37.740><c> of</c><00:19:38.299><c> Caesarea,</c><00:19:39.099><c> which</c><00:19:39.240><c> was</c><00:19:39.539><c> where</c>

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the<00:19:40.019><c> Romans</c><00:19:40.400><c> hung</c><00:19:41.359><c> out,</c><00:19:41.680><c> was</c><00:19:41.880><c> on</c><00:19:42.099><c> the</c><00:19:42.299><c> water,</c><00:19:42.579><c> very</c><00:19:42.880><c> nice.</c><00:19:44.720><c> It</c>

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was<00:19:45.119><c> a</c><00:19:45.259><c> much</c><00:19:45.519><c> better</c><00:19:45.839><c> climate</c><00:19:46.400><c> than</c><00:19:46.680><c> in</c><00:19:46.880><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:19:48.839><c> it</c><00:19:49.039><c> was</c><00:19:49.380><c> much</c><00:19:49.759><c> more</c><00:19:50.140><c> civilized</c><00:19:50.779><c> than</c><00:19:50.980><c> Jerusalem</c><00:19:51.480><c> as</c><00:19:51.779><c> well,</c><00:19:51.960><c> from</c>

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a<00:19:52.339><c> Roman</c><00:19:52.619><c> point</c><00:19:52.960><c> of</c><00:19:53.160><c> view.</c><00:19:54.000><c> You</c><00:19:54.000><c> know,</c>

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no<00:19:55.259><c> Roman</c><00:19:56.299><c> wanted</c><00:19:56.640><c> to</c><00:19:56.980><c> spend</c><00:19:57.140><c> a</c><00:19:57.240><c> lot</c><00:19:57.440><c> of</c><00:19:57.619><c> time</c><00:19:57.799><c> in</c><00:19:57.940><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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They're<00:19:58.740><c> like,</c><00:19:58.980><c> see</c><00:19:59.240><c> you</c><00:19:59.500><c> later,</c>

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guys.<00:20:00.279><c> I'm</c><00:20:00.460><c> going</c><00:20:00.680><c> to</c><00:20:00.700><c> leave</c><00:20:01.059><c> your</c><00:20:01.420><c> wacky</c><00:20:01.920><c> religion</c><00:20:02.279><c> to</c><00:20:02.579><c> you.</c>

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And,<00:20:03.819><c> you</c><00:20:03.819><c> know,</c><00:20:04.099><c> like</c><00:20:04.299><c> Pontius</c><00:20:04.660><c> Pilate,</c>

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this<00:20:05.200><c> is</c><00:20:05.339><c> where</c><00:20:05.480><c> he</c><00:20:05.700><c> lived</c><00:20:05.900><c> in</c><00:20:06.920><c> Caesarea.</c><00:20:09.720><c> All</c><00:20:09.920><c> right.</c><00:20:11.740><c> Very</c><00:20:12.180><c> quickly,</c><00:20:12.720><c> here</c><00:20:12.980><c> is</c><00:20:13.180><c> a</c>

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map.<00:20:13.660><c> Let's</c><00:20:13.839><c> see</c><00:20:13.980><c> what</c><00:20:14.039><c> we</c>

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got<00:20:14.299><c> for</c><00:20:14.619><c> time.</c><00:20:15.119><c> OK.</c><00:20:15.900><c> Never</c><00:20:16.220><c> enough</c><00:20:16.619><c> time.</c><00:20:17.720><c> Here</c><00:20:18.279><c> is</c><00:20:18.940><c> a</c><00:20:19.480><c> map</c><00:20:19.799><c> in</c>

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French,<00:20:22.700><c> right?</c><00:20:23.099><c> I</c><00:20:23.240><c> know</c><00:20:23.380><c> you</c><00:20:23.599><c> guys</c><00:20:23.799><c> are</c><00:20:24.119><c> French</c>

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speakers.<00:20:24.920><c> That's</c><00:20:25.220><c> why</c><00:20:25.380><c> I</c><00:20:25.619><c> have</c><00:20:25.740><c> it</c><00:20:25.880><c> here.</c><00:20:26.819><c> You</c><00:20:26.980><c> can</c><00:20:27.400><c> see</c><00:20:28.000><c> where</c><00:20:28.640><c> synagogues</c><00:20:29.200><c> are</c>

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located,<00:20:31.079><c> ancient</c><00:20:31.400><c> synagogues</c>

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throughout<00:20:32.440><c> the</c><00:20:32.680><c> Roman</c><00:20:33.019><c> world.</c><00:20:33.700><c> All</c><00:20:33.880><c> right.</c><00:20:35.099><c> And</c><00:20:35.359><c> then</c><00:20:35.599><c> down</c>

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at<00:20:36.039><c> the</c><00:20:36.279><c> bottom,</c><00:20:37.180><c> look</c><00:20:37.279><c> at</c><00:20:37.400><c> all</c><00:20:37.640><c> those</c><00:20:37.880><c> synagogues</c>

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that<00:20:38.619><c> were</c><00:20:38.880><c> found</c><00:20:39.220><c> in</c><00:20:39.559><c> Egypt</c><00:20:40.079><c> at</c><00:20:40.359><c> that</c><00:20:40.660><c> time.</c><00:20:41.940><c> Look</c><00:20:42.099><c> at</c><00:20:42.279><c> all</c><00:20:42.480><c> of</c>

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them.<00:20:42.839><c> And</c><00:20:43.019><c> so</c><00:20:43.359><c> that</c><00:20:43.880><c> should</c><00:20:44.279><c> tell</c><00:20:44.599><c> us</c><00:20:44.980><c> something</c>

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about<00:20:46.660><c> the</c><00:20:47.019><c> importance</c><00:20:47.660><c> of</c><00:20:48.460><c> Egypt</c><00:20:49.059><c> in</c><00:20:49.779><c> this</c><00:20:50.000><c> story,</c><00:20:50.400><c> obviously,</c><00:20:51.299><c> but</c><00:20:51.660><c> also</c>

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about<00:20:53.180><c> the</c><00:20:53.539><c> Jewish</c><00:20:53.980><c> communities</c>

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that<00:20:55.079><c> were</c><00:20:55.279><c> still</c><00:20:55.579><c> in</c><00:20:55.839><c> Egypt.</c><00:20:56.839><c> There</c><00:20:57.019><c> were</c><00:20:57.259><c> a</c><00:20:57.359><c> lot</c><00:20:57.559><c> of</c><00:20:57.819><c> Jewish</c>

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communities<00:20:58.720><c> that</c><00:20:58.980><c> were</c><00:20:59.180><c> in</c><00:20:59.339><c> Egypt,</c>

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and<00:20:59.960><c> we'll</c><00:21:00.660><c> do</c><00:21:01.640><c> a</c><00:21:01.839><c> deeper</c><00:21:02.140><c> dive</c><00:21:02.500><c> on</c><00:21:02.819><c> those.</c><00:21:03.640><c> And</c><00:21:03.759><c> so</c><00:21:03.940><c> we're</c><00:21:04.819><c> starting</c><00:21:05.140><c> to</c>

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see<00:21:05.920><c> maybe</c><00:21:06.500><c> God's</c><00:21:07.039><c> wisdom</c><00:21:07.420><c> in</c><00:21:07.700><c> doing</c><00:21:07.960><c> this,</c>

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right?<00:21:09.359><c> He</c><00:21:09.880><c> specifically</c><00:21:10.819><c> picked</c><00:21:11.259><c> Egypt,</c><00:21:12.500><c> obviously,</c><00:21:14.220><c> to</c><00:21:15.059><c> fulfill</c><00:21:16.019><c> a</c>

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prophecy,<00:21:17.619><c> but</c><00:21:18.180><c> also,</c><00:21:18.640><c> you</c><00:21:18.799><c> know,</c>

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it<00:21:19.160><c> made</c><00:21:19.480><c> sense</c><00:21:20.000><c> from</c><00:21:20.380><c> a</c><00:21:21.039><c> natural</c><00:21:21.480><c> point</c><00:21:21.819><c> of</c><00:21:22.019><c> view.</c><00:21:22.440><c> You're</c><00:21:22.720><c> not</c><00:21:22.980><c> going</c><00:21:23.140><c> to</c>

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go<00:21:23.500><c> to</c><00:21:23.680><c> a</c><00:21:23.900><c> place</c><00:21:24.119><c> that</c><00:21:24.299><c> doesn't</c>

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but<00:27:29.460><c> Mary</c><00:27:30.079><c> kept</c><00:27:31.259><c> all</c><00:27:31.579><c> these</c><00:27:31.859><c> things</c><00:27:32.119><c> in</c><00:27:32.299><c> her</c><00:27:32.779><c> heart,</c><00:27:33.059><c> not</c><00:27:33.380><c> here.</c><00:27:34.660><c> I</c><00:27:34.740><c> forgot</c><00:27:34.980><c> the</c><00:27:35.180><c> T</c>

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there.<00:27:36.079><c> Mary</c><00:27:36.380><c> kept</c><00:27:36.599><c> all</c>

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people.<00:27:54.900><c> Remember</c><00:27:55.180><c> what</c><00:27:55.579><c> was</c><00:27:55.859><c> said</c><00:27:55.980><c> at</c><00:27:56.160><c> the</c><00:27:56.339><c> temple</c><00:27:56.759><c> by</c>

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Simeon,<00:27:58.400><c> you</c><00:27:58.500><c> know,</c><00:27:58.819><c> just</c><00:27:59.599><c> a</c><00:28:00.000><c> sword</c><00:28:00.240><c> will</c><00:28:00.500><c> pierce</c><00:28:00.740><c> your</c><00:28:01.000><c> own</c>

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Mary<00:28:10.640><c> is</c><00:28:10.819><c> going</c><00:28:10.920><c> to</c><00:28:11.079><c> keep</c><00:28:11.200><c> all</c><00:28:11.420><c> these</c><00:28:11.660><c> things</c><00:28:11.900><c> in</c>

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I<00:28:24.759><c> would</c><00:28:25.000><c> have</c><00:28:25.220><c> a</c><00:28:25.359><c> lot</c><00:28:25.579><c> of</c><00:28:25.819><c> thoughts</c><00:28:26.079><c> if</c><00:28:26.279><c> I</c><00:28:26.460><c> was</c><00:28:26.680><c> in</c><00:28:27.819><c> this</c><00:28:28.039><c> situation.</c><00:28:28.759><c> And</c>

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so<00:28:29.000><c> the</c><00:28:29.240><c> angel</c><00:28:29.440><c> really</c><00:28:29.839><c> says,</c><00:28:30.099><c> you</c><00:28:30.220><c> know,</c>

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bring<00:28:31.099><c> forth</c><00:28:31.420><c> the</c><00:28:31.640><c> son</c><00:28:32.420><c> called</c><00:28:32.819><c> Jesus,</c><00:28:33.420><c> going</c><00:28:33.539><c> to</c><00:28:33.779><c> save</c><00:28:33.920><c> his</c>

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people<00:28:34.400><c> from</c><00:28:34.680><c> their</c><00:28:34.920><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:28:37.200><c> his</c><00:28:38.000><c> verse</c><00:28:38.420><c> 24</c><00:28:38.940><c> is</c><00:28:39.160><c> great.</c><00:28:39.500><c> Then</c><00:28:39.619><c> Joseph,</c><00:28:40.119><c> being</c><00:28:40.539><c> raised</c>

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from<00:28:41.480><c> sleep,</c>

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did<00:28:44.779><c> as</c><00:28:45.339><c> the</c><00:28:45.579><c> angel</c><00:28:45.880><c> of</c><00:28:46.059><c> the</c><00:28:46.160><c> Lord</c><00:28:46.339><c> had</c><00:28:46.559><c> bidden</c><00:28:46.759><c> him</c><00:28:47.039><c> and</c><00:28:47.220><c> took</c>

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unto<00:28:48.200><c> him</c><00:28:48.920><c> his</c><00:28:49.759><c> wife.</c><00:28:50.720><c> And</c><00:28:51.000><c> so</c><00:28:51.160><c> there</c><00:28:51.299><c> you</c><00:28:51.460><c> go.</c>

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They<00:28:52.140><c> are</c><00:28:52.339><c> husband</c><00:28:52.700><c> and</c><00:28:52.980><c> wife</c><00:28:53.180><c> now.</c><00:28:54.059><c> And,</c><00:28:54.599><c> you</c><00:28:54.759><c> know,</c><00:28:54.900><c> this</c><00:28:55.119><c> brand</c><00:28:55.539><c> new</c><00:28:55.779><c> marriage,</c><00:28:56.980><c> there's</c><00:28:57.359><c> going</c><00:28:57.460><c> to</c>

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be<00:28:57.680><c> some</c>

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serious<00:28:58.480><c> stressors</c><00:28:59.799><c> that</c><00:29:00.259><c> are</c><00:29:00.420><c> going</c><00:29:00.579><c> to</c><00:29:00.740><c> affect</c><00:29:01.119><c> this</c><00:29:01.519><c> marriage</c><00:29:02.160><c> pretty</c><00:29:03.400><c> soon.</c>

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Okay,<00:29:07.140><c> let's</c><00:29:07.420><c> talk</c><00:29:07.680><c> very</c><00:29:08.079><c> briefly</c><00:29:08.460><c> about</c><00:29:08.819><c> Herod</c><00:29:09.079><c> the</c><00:29:09.339><c> Great,</c>

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you<00:29:10.059><c> know,</c><00:29:10.339><c> this</c><00:29:10.579><c> wacko</c><00:29:11.059><c> that</c><00:29:12.500><c> Joseph</c><00:29:12.940><c> and</c><00:29:13.160><c> Mary</c>

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really<00:29:13.700><c> have</c><00:29:13.900><c> to</c><00:29:14.099><c> deal</c><00:29:14.259><c> with.</c><00:29:16.319><c> You</c><00:29:16.420><c> know,</c><00:29:16.720><c> he's</c><00:29:17.079><c> called</c><00:29:17.259><c> the</c><00:29:17.480><c> Great</c><00:29:17.619><c> because</c><00:29:17.980><c> he</c><00:29:19.339><c> reigned</c><00:29:19.680><c> for</c><00:29:19.920><c> a</c>

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period<00:29:20.880><c> of</c><00:29:21.160><c> time.</c><00:29:21.420><c> He</c><00:29:21.539><c> was</c><00:29:21.799><c> a</c><00:29:22.000><c> great</c><00:29:22.279><c> builder.</c><00:29:23.319><c> He</c><00:29:23.500><c> was</c><00:29:23.799><c> a</c><00:29:23.900><c> pretty</c><00:29:24.180><c> decent</c><00:29:24.660><c> administrator</c><00:29:25.299><c> as</c>

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well.<00:29:25.839><c> He</c><00:29:25.900><c> was</c><00:29:26.059><c> an</c>

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incredible<00:29:26.599><c> politician.</c><00:29:27.839><c> He</c><00:29:27.960><c> was</c><00:29:28.160><c> around</c><00:29:28.519><c> for</c><00:29:28.759><c> a</c><00:29:28.940><c> long</c><00:29:29.220><c> time.</c>

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He<00:29:29.980><c> was</c><00:29:30.220><c> also</c><00:29:30.599><c> a</c><00:29:30.900><c> maniac.</c><00:29:32.480><c> He</c><00:29:32.859><c> killed</c><00:29:33.319><c> two</c><00:29:33.660><c> or</c><00:29:33.839><c> three</c>

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of<00:29:34.279><c> his</c><00:29:34.559><c> sons.</c><00:29:36.200><c> A</c><00:29:36.240><c> couple</c><00:29:36.500><c> of</c><00:29:36.720><c> his</c><00:29:36.960><c> wives</c><00:29:37.400><c> got</c><00:29:37.720><c> knocked</c><00:29:38.039><c> off.</c>

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Any<00:29:39.640><c> time</c><00:29:40.039><c> Herod</c><00:29:40.519><c> felt</c><00:29:41.079><c> that</c><00:29:41.940><c> his</c><00:29:42.319><c> throne</c><00:29:42.660><c> was</c><00:29:42.960><c> being</c>

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threatened,<00:29:44.299><c> he</c><00:29:44.579><c> turned</c><00:29:44.900><c> to</c><00:29:45.200><c> violence</c><00:29:45.619><c> straight</c><00:29:46.279><c> up.</c><00:29:46.700><c> And</c><00:29:46.700><c> we</c>

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know<00:29:47.500><c> this</c><00:29:47.720><c> from</c><00:29:47.900><c> the</c><00:29:48.200><c> account</c><00:29:48.500><c> in</c><00:29:48.660><c> Matthew</c><00:29:49.059><c> as</c>

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well.<00:29:49.539><c> He's</c><00:29:49.779><c> going</c><00:29:49.980><c> to</c><00:29:50.079><c> turn</c><00:29:50.400><c> to</c><00:29:51.359><c> violence</c><00:29:53.039><c> during</c><00:29:53.380><c> this</c><00:29:53.660><c> as</c>

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well.<00:29:54.279><c> He's</c><00:29:54.559><c> going</c><00:29:54.660><c> to</c><00:29:54.759><c> build</c><00:29:54.920><c> the</c><00:29:55.099><c> temple.</c>

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I<00:29:56.819><c> shouldn't</c><00:29:57.059><c> say</c><00:29:57.259><c> the</c><00:29:57.440><c> temple.</c><00:29:58.480><c> The</c><00:29:58.880><c> temple</c><00:29:59.220><c> is</c><00:29:59.480><c> going</c><00:29:59.700><c> to</c><00:29:59.980><c> be</c>

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massively<00:30:01.279><c> expanded</c><00:30:02.380><c> during</c><00:30:03.019><c> this</c><00:30:03.359><c> time.</c>

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The<00:30:04.720><c> Wailing</c><00:30:05.119><c> Wall,</c><00:30:05.480><c> the</c><00:30:05.700><c> Western</c><00:30:06.019><c> Wall,</c><00:30:06.980><c> that</c><00:30:07.279><c> isn't</c><00:30:07.539><c> a</c><00:30:07.839><c> wall</c>

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of<00:30:08.279><c> the</c><00:30:08.480><c> temple.</c><00:30:09.000><c> That's</c><00:30:09.400><c> a</c><00:30:09.599><c> wall</c><00:30:09.920><c> of</c><00:30:10.220><c> the</c><00:30:10.500><c> base</c>

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of<00:30:11.140><c> the</c><00:30:11.319><c> temple,</c><00:30:11.579><c> that</c><00:30:11.839><c> massive</c><00:30:12.279><c> structure.</c><00:30:13.319><c> He</c><00:30:13.539><c> built</c><00:30:13.839><c> that.</c>

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You<00:30:14.900><c> know,</c><00:30:15.160><c> some</c><00:30:15.299><c> of</c><00:30:15.460><c> the</c><00:30:15.579><c> great</c><00:30:15.819><c> stones</c><00:30:16.259><c> that</c>

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they<00:30:16.819><c> moved,</c><00:30:17.220><c> you</c><00:30:17.259><c> know,</c><00:30:17.519><c> they're</c><00:30:17.880><c> still</c><00:30:18.640><c> amazed</c><00:30:19.920><c> that</c><00:30:20.119><c> they</c>

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were<00:30:20.480><c> able</c><00:30:20.660><c> to</c><00:30:20.920><c> move</c><00:30:21.119><c> all</c><00:30:21.420><c> of</c><00:30:21.599><c> these</c><00:30:21.759><c> stones.</c>

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And<00:30:23.819><c> so,</c><00:30:24.500><c> it</c><00:30:24.500><c> was</c><00:30:24.720><c> relatively</c><00:30:25.259><c> peaceful</c><00:30:25.819><c> during</c><00:30:26.819><c> this</c><00:30:27.059><c> time</c><00:30:27.240><c> from</c><00:30:27.519><c> 7</c><00:30:28.099><c> BCE,</c>

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from<00:30:32.700><c> 7</c><00:30:33.000><c> to</c><00:30:33.119><c> 30.</c><00:30:33.579><c> Yeah,</c><00:30:34.220><c> actually,</c><00:30:35.319><c> that</c><00:30:35.519><c> should</c><00:30:35.740><c> be</c><00:30:36.099><c> switched</c>

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around,<00:30:36.859><c> I</c><00:30:37.079><c> think,</c><00:30:37.279><c> from</c><00:30:37.519><c> 36</c><00:30:38.140><c> to</c><00:30:38.359><c> 7</c><00:30:38.940><c> BCE.</c>

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So,<00:30:40.640><c> it</c><00:30:40.640><c> was</c><00:30:40.859><c> relatively</c><00:30:41.339><c> peaceful.</c><00:30:41.740><c> It</c><00:30:41.779><c> was</c><00:30:42.000><c> peaceful.</c><00:30:43.819><c> You</c>

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know,<00:30:43.980><c> he</c><00:30:44.140><c> kept</c><00:30:44.420><c> things</c><00:30:44.819><c> under</c><00:30:45.400><c> control.</c>

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And<00:30:46.720><c> so,</c><00:30:47.119><c> you</c><00:30:47.279><c> know,</c><00:30:47.519><c> Christ</c><00:30:47.859><c> is</c><00:30:48.079><c> going</c><00:30:48.220><c> to</c><00:30:48.400><c> use</c><00:30:48.680><c> this</c><00:30:49.259><c> time</c><00:30:49.660><c> of</c>

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peace<00:30:50.200><c> to</c><00:30:50.440><c> make</c><00:30:50.579><c> a</c><00:30:50.819><c> point</c><00:30:50.980><c> in</c><00:30:51.119><c> Luke</c><00:30:51.380><c> 23.</c>

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You<00:30:54.220><c> know,</c><00:30:54.319><c> he</c><00:30:54.500><c> says,</c><00:30:54.859><c> if</c><00:30:54.859><c> they</c><00:30:55.140><c> have</c><00:30:55.400><c> done</c><00:30:55.680><c> these</c><00:30:56.079><c> things,</c><00:30:56.400><c> speaking</c><00:30:56.700><c> of</c>

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his<00:30:57.200><c> crucifixion,</c>

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you<00:30:58.480><c> know,</c><00:30:59.099><c> if</c><00:30:59.200><c> they</c><00:30:59.339><c> have</c><00:30:59.539><c> done</c><00:30:59.700><c> these</c><00:31:00.059><c> things</c><00:31:00.279><c> in</c><00:31:00.460><c> a</c><00:31:00.839><c> green</c>

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tree,<00:31:02.359><c> speaking</c><00:31:02.680><c> about</c><00:31:03.119><c> peace</c><00:31:03.539><c> and</c><00:31:03.819><c> prosperity,</c>

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what<00:31:05.279><c> will</c><00:31:05.559><c> they</c><00:31:05.839><c> do</c><00:31:06.059><c> in</c><00:31:06.220><c> a</c><00:31:06.480><c> dry?</c><00:31:07.240><c> And</c><00:31:07.660><c> that</c><00:31:07.920><c> was</c><00:31:08.180><c> the</c><00:31:08.480><c> prophecy</c>

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of<00:31:09.240><c> the</c><00:31:09.500><c> great</c><00:31:09.740><c> destruction</c>

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that<00:31:11.559><c> was</c><00:31:11.819><c> going</c><00:31:12.160><c> to</c><00:31:12.519><c> happen</c><00:31:12.900><c> in</c><00:31:13.220><c> AD</c><00:31:13.579><c> 70</c><00:31:13.960><c> with</c><00:31:14.200><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:31:15.460><c> and</c>

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just<00:31:16.259><c> the</c><00:31:16.680><c> horrible</c><00:31:17.279><c> things</c><00:31:17.700><c> that</c><00:31:17.980><c> went</c><00:31:18.119><c> on</c><00:31:18.460><c> during</c>

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that<00:31:19.000><c> time,</c><00:31:19.359><c> the</c><00:31:19.440><c> killing,</c><00:31:20.180><c> cannibalism,</c><00:31:21.599><c> just</c><00:31:22.299><c> awful</c><00:31:22.640><c> people,</c><00:31:23.019><c> you</c>

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know,<00:31:23.279><c> eating</c><00:31:23.500><c> their</c><00:31:23.779><c> children,</c><00:31:24.700><c> killing.</c>

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There<00:31:25.160><c> was</c><00:31:25.519><c> just</c><00:31:25.819><c> an</c><00:31:25.900><c> incredible</c><00:31:26.319><c> amount</c><00:31:26.539><c> of</c><00:31:26.900><c> slaughter</c><00:31:27.160><c> that</c>

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was<00:31:27.619><c> going</c><00:31:27.880><c> on</c><00:31:28.119><c> between</c><00:31:28.480><c> Jews</c><00:31:28.900><c> and</c><00:31:29.160><c> Jews,</c>

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and<00:31:30.180><c> Romans</c><00:31:30.539><c> and</c><00:31:30.819><c> Jews</c><00:31:31.059><c> as</c><00:31:31.359><c> well.</c><00:31:32.700><c> All</c><00:31:32.900><c> right.</c><00:31:35.299><c> So,</c><00:31:35.839><c> chapter</c><00:31:36.599><c> 2</c>

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tells<00:31:37.440><c> us,</c><00:31:38.220><c> Matthew,</c><00:31:38.920><c> that</c><00:31:39.119><c> the</c><00:31:39.359><c> arrival</c>

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of<00:31:39.900><c> the</c><00:31:40.180><c> wise</c><00:31:40.680><c> men</c><00:31:41.059><c> caused</c><00:31:41.500><c> unease</c><00:31:42.480><c> in</c><00:31:42.720><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:31:44.940><c> Scripture</c>

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tells<00:31:45.640><c> us</c><00:31:46.000><c> that,</c><00:31:46.299><c> you</c><00:31:46.380><c> know,</c><00:31:47.279><c> the</c><00:31:47.539><c> wise</c><00:31:47.859><c> men</c>

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come<00:31:48.319><c> to</c><00:31:48.660><c> Herod,</c><00:31:49.460><c> they</c><00:31:50.339><c> go</c><00:31:50.559><c> to</c><00:31:50.799><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:31:51.720><c> and</c><00:31:51.839><c> they</c><00:31:52.059><c> ask</c><00:31:52.279><c> the</c>

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the<00:33:29.619><c> Jews.</c>

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the<00:33:40.240><c> Jews.</c>

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gonna<00:34:05.339><c> subjugate</c><00:34:06.039><c> himself.</c>

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humble.<00:34:09.460><c> He's</c><00:34:09.659><c> gonna</c><00:34:09.820><c> bow</c><00:34:10.059><c> down</c><00:34:10.340><c> and</c><00:34:10.619><c> worship.</c>

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Sure,<00:34:13.219><c> sure.</c><00:34:14.059><c> So</c><00:34:14.199><c> the</c><00:34:14.460><c> star</c><00:34:14.780><c> stops</c><00:34:15.199><c> right</c><00:34:15.440><c> over</c><00:34:15.699><c> the</c><00:34:15.900><c> house</c><00:34:16.139><c> where</c><00:34:16.340><c> Jesus</c><00:34:16.719><c> was,</c><00:34:17.059><c> the</c><00:34:17.260><c> wise</c><00:34:17.460><c> men</c><00:34:17.599><c> go</c><00:34:17.840><c> in,</c>

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didn't<00:34:39.000><c> go</c><00:34:39.300><c> back</c><00:34:39.519><c> to</c><00:34:39.719><c> Herod</c><00:34:39.920><c> with</c><00:34:40.159><c> all</c><00:34:40.360><c> the</c><00:34:40.559><c> information,</c><00:34:41.599><c> right?</c><00:34:42.119><c> I'll</c><00:34:42.679><c> guarantee</c><00:34:43.260><c> you</c>

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kill<00:34:44.639><c> these</c><00:34:44.980><c> wise</c><00:34:45.320><c> men,</c><00:34:45.820><c> too.</c><00:34:46.519><c> And</c><00:34:47.039><c> Herod</c><00:34:47.139><c> wanted</c><00:34:47.380><c> to</c><00:34:47.639><c> kill</c><00:34:47.880><c> Jesus</c><00:34:48.380><c> as</c>

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and<00:34:56.219><c> you</c><00:34:56.440><c> know</c><00:34:56.699><c> 100</c><00:34:57.239><c>%</c><00:34:57.579><c> that</c><00:34:57.800><c> once</c><00:34:58.260><c> Herod</c><00:34:58.800><c> got</c><00:34:59.159><c> that</c><00:34:59.420><c> information,</c><00:34:59.920><c> he</c><00:35:00.079><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:00.340><c> be</c>

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worshiping<00:35:01.780><c> Jesus.</c>

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what<00:35:05.420><c> he</c><00:35:06.059><c> tried</c><00:35:06.360><c> to</c><00:35:06.599><c> do</c><00:35:06.780><c> because,</c>

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um,<00:35:10.159><c> you</c><00:35:10.320><c> know,</c><00:35:10.500><c> in</c><00:35:10.659><c> verse</c><00:35:10.960><c> 13</c><00:35:11.840><c> it</c><00:35:12.139><c> says,</c><00:35:13.139><c> you</c><00:35:13.139><c> know,</c><00:35:13.440><c> the</c><00:35:13.440><c> angel</c><00:35:14.019><c> of</c><00:35:14.219><c> the</c><00:35:14.360><c> Lord</c><00:35:14.599><c> appeared</c><00:35:14.960><c> to</c><00:35:15.219><c> Joseph</c><00:35:15.599><c> in</c><00:35:15.780><c> a</c><00:35:15.980><c> dream,</c>

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saying,<00:35:16.860><c> Arise</c><00:35:17.139><c> and</c><00:35:17.300><c> take</c><00:35:17.559><c> the</c><00:35:17.760><c> young</c><00:35:18.000><c> child</c><00:35:18.440><c> and</c><00:35:18.579><c> his</c><00:35:18.840><c> mother,</c><00:35:19.659><c> and</c><00:35:20.059><c> flee</c><00:35:20.739><c> into</c><00:35:21.460><c> Egypt,</c><00:35:22.739><c> and</c><00:35:22.960><c> be</c>

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thou<00:35:23.340><c> there</c>

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until<00:35:23.820><c> I</c><00:35:24.019><c> bring</c><00:35:24.300><c> thee</c><00:35:24.480><c> word,</c><00:35:24.800><c> for</c><00:35:24.920><c> Herod</c><00:35:25.219><c> will</c><00:35:25.500><c> seek</c><00:35:25.719><c> the</c><00:35:25.900><c> young</c><00:35:26.219><c> child</c><00:35:26.920><c> to</c>

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destroy<00:35:28.239><c> him.</c><00:35:29.039><c> And</c><00:35:29.559><c> that's</c><00:35:30.199><c> exactly</c>

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what<00:35:31.559><c> happened.</c><00:35:32.059><c> We</c><00:35:32.300><c> know</c><00:35:32.519><c> that</c><00:35:32.679><c> the</c><00:35:32.920><c> slaughter</c><00:35:33.179><c> of</c><00:35:33.400><c> the</c><00:35:33.619><c> innocents</c><00:35:34.000><c> took</c>

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place,<00:35:34.619><c> that</c><00:35:35.079><c> all</c><00:35:35.539><c> of</c><00:35:35.699><c> the</c><00:35:35.900><c> children</c>

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were<00:35:40.179><c> killed.</c><00:35:41.239><c> They</c><00:35:41.519><c> were</c><00:35:41.719><c> slaughtered,</c><00:35:42.440><c> the</c><00:35:42.679><c> innocents.</c><00:35:43.840><c> And</c><00:35:43.920><c> there's</c><00:35:44.119><c> a</c>

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really,<00:35:44.619><c> I</c><00:35:44.619><c> like,</c><00:35:44.840><c> you</c><00:35:44.940><c> know,</c>

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I<00:35:45.320><c> like</c><00:35:45.480><c> the</c><00:35:45.699><c> emotion</c><00:35:46.119><c> in</c><00:35:46.380><c> that</c><00:35:47.219><c> painting</c><00:35:47.800><c> right</c><00:35:48.099><c> there,</c><00:35:48.400><c> you</c>

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know,<00:35:48.739><c> holding</c><00:35:49.039><c> the</c><00:35:49.300><c> child,</c><00:35:49.599><c> these</c><00:35:49.800><c> women.</c>

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And<00:35:51.559><c> there</c><00:35:51.800><c> is</c><00:35:52.059><c> a</c><00:35:52.360><c> connection</c><00:35:52.719><c> to</c><00:35:53.000><c> Jeremiah</c><00:35:53.719><c> in</c><00:35:54.300><c> verse</c><00:35:54.639><c> 18,</c><00:35:55.820><c> and</c><00:35:56.139><c> Rama</c><00:35:56.460><c> was</c><00:35:56.760><c> there</c><00:35:56.960><c> a</c>

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voice<00:35:57.400><c> heard,</c><00:35:57.760><c> lamentation,</c>

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and<00:35:58.719><c> weeping,</c><00:35:59.139><c> and</c><00:35:59.260><c> great</c><00:35:59.460><c> mourning,</c><00:35:59.880><c> Rachel</c><00:36:00.699><c> weeping</c><00:36:01.619><c> for</c>

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her<00:36:02.119><c> children,</c><00:36:02.780><c> and</c><00:36:03.019><c> would</c><00:36:03.280><c> not</c><00:36:03.719><c> be</c><00:36:04.159><c> comforted</c>

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because<00:36:05.019><c> they</c><00:36:05.659><c> are</c><00:36:06.099><c> not.</c><00:36:08.039><c> And</c><00:36:08.639><c> there's</c><00:36:09.199><c> a</c><00:36:09.400><c> connection,</c><00:36:09.760><c> brothers</c><00:36:10.280><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:36:10.840><c> back</c><00:36:11.159><c> to</c><00:36:11.340><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:36:12.119><c> the</c><00:36:12.260><c> 31st</c>

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chapter<00:36:13.199><c> in</c><00:36:13.360><c> verse</c><00:36:13.659><c> 15,</c><00:36:15.280><c> where</c><00:36:15.320><c> the,</c><00:36:16.000><c> excuse</c><00:36:16.320><c> me,</c><00:36:16.500><c> where</c><00:36:16.639><c> this</c>

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is<00:36:17.119><c> taken</c><00:36:17.400><c> from.</c><00:36:20.480><c> And</c><00:36:20.639><c> this</c><00:36:20.860><c> was</c><00:36:21.079><c> right</c><00:36:21.380><c> after</c><00:36:21.800><c> the</c>

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destruction<00:36:22.539><c> of</c><00:36:22.780><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:36:23.320><c> and</c><00:36:23.619><c> Jeremiah</c><00:36:24.320><c> has</c><00:36:25.019><c> the</c><00:36:25.260><c> account</c><00:36:25.519><c> of</c><00:36:25.699><c> the</c>

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destruction<00:36:26.280><c> of</c><00:36:26.480><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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and<00:36:27.179><c> all</c><00:36:27.360><c> the</c><00:36:27.559><c> people</c><00:36:27.780><c> were</c><00:36:28.019><c> being</c><00:36:28.300><c> taken</c><00:36:28.639><c> captive,</c><00:36:29.219><c> and</c><00:36:29.820><c> all</c>

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the<00:36:30.320><c> booty</c><00:36:30.579><c> was</c><00:36:30.860><c> being</c><00:36:31.239><c> divided</c><00:36:31.699><c> up</c><00:36:32.280><c> in</c><00:36:32.960><c> Rama.</c>

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It<00:36:33.340><c> was</c><00:36:34.000><c> a</c><00:36:34.179><c> city.</c><00:36:34.400><c> That's</c><00:36:34.619><c> where</c><00:36:34.760><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:36:35.519><c> set</c><00:36:35.739><c> up</c><00:36:35.920><c> his</c>

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throne<00:36:36.440><c> and</c><00:36:36.719><c> passed</c><00:36:36.900><c> judgment</c><00:36:37.360><c> on</c><00:36:37.599><c> everybody.</c>

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And<00:36:38.920><c> that's</c><00:36:39.320><c> also</c><00:36:39.940><c> where</c><00:36:40.340><c> all</c><00:36:41.199><c> of</c><00:36:41.579><c> the</c><00:36:42.880><c> people</c><00:36:43.699><c> and</c><00:36:43.960><c> all</c><00:36:44.219><c> of</c><00:36:44.340><c> their</c><00:36:44.519><c> goods</c><00:36:44.760><c> was</c><00:36:45.059><c> all</c><00:36:45.420><c> divided</c><00:36:45.739><c> up,</c><00:36:45.980><c> and</c><00:36:46.099><c> this</c><00:36:46.300><c> is</c>

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where<00:36:46.539><c> they</c><00:36:46.780><c> started</c><00:36:47.099><c> their</c><00:36:47.420><c> captivity.</c><00:36:48.880><c> But</c><00:36:49.300><c> specifically</c>

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in<00:36:51.019><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:36:52.340><c> it</c><00:36:52.579><c> talks</c><00:36:53.000><c> about</c><00:36:53.400><c> the</c><00:36:53.760><c> women,</c><00:36:54.300><c> the</c><00:36:54.679><c> mothers,</c>

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weeping<00:36:56.320><c> as</c><00:36:57.980><c> they</c><00:36:58.340><c> watch</c><00:36:58.699><c> their</c><00:36:59.019><c> children</c><00:36:59.440><c> go</c><00:36:59.739><c> into</c><00:36:59.960><c> captivity,</c><00:37:00.900><c> families</c>

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being<00:37:01.780><c> split</c><00:37:02.159><c> up,</c>

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children<00:37:03.300><c> being</c><00:37:03.679><c> taken</c><00:37:04.079><c> one</c><00:37:04.380><c> way,</c><00:37:05.119><c> mothers</c><00:37:05.460><c> and</c><00:37:06.840><c> fathers</c><00:37:07.260><c> in</c>

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another<00:37:07.820><c> way.</c><00:37:08.840><c> You</c><00:37:08.940><c> know,</c><00:37:09.719><c> it</c><00:37:09.739><c> was</c><00:37:10.260><c> a</c><00:37:10.579><c> completely</c>

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horrible,<00:37:11.820><c> depressing,</c><00:37:13.019><c> sad</c><00:37:13.400><c> situation.</c><00:37:15.119><c> And</c><00:37:15.440><c> so</c><00:37:16.880><c> that</c><00:37:17.719><c> event</c><00:37:18.380><c> is</c><00:37:19.820><c> going</c><00:37:20.099><c> to</c><00:37:20.320><c> be</c><00:37:20.599><c> used,</c><00:37:21.719><c> you</c><00:37:23.139><c> know,</c><00:37:23.300><c> as</c><00:37:23.599><c> a</c><00:37:23.880><c> prophecy</c>

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having<00:37:24.860><c> to</c><00:37:25.079><c> do</c><00:37:25.179><c> with</c><00:37:25.340><c> the</c><00:37:25.579><c> slaughter</c><00:37:25.820><c> of</c><00:37:26.059><c> the</c><00:37:26.300><c> innocents</c><00:37:26.920><c> during</c><00:37:27.500><c> Jesus's</c><00:37:28.340><c> time.</c><00:37:28.539><c> So</c><00:37:28.699><c> there's</c><00:37:28.980><c> a</c>

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connection<00:37:29.519><c> there.</c>

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One<00:37:30.440><c> connection</c><00:37:30.940><c> in</c><00:37:31.159><c> the</c><00:37:31.280><c> Old</c><00:37:31.519><c> Testament,</c><00:37:33.079><c> great</c><00:37:33.300><c> sadness,</c>

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great<00:37:35.239><c> violence</c><00:37:35.840><c> and</c><00:37:36.159><c> death,</c>

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and<00:37:37.940><c> during</c><00:37:38.260><c> the</c><00:37:38.460><c> time</c><00:37:38.679><c> of</c><00:37:38.820><c> Jesus,</c><00:37:39.320><c> it's</c><00:37:39.619><c> going</c><00:37:39.820><c> to</c><00:37:40.059><c> happen</c><00:37:40.300><c> again,</c><00:37:41.380><c> you</c><00:37:41.460><c> know,</c><00:37:43.500><c> the</c><00:37:43.639><c> mothers</c><00:37:43.920><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:37:44.480><c> weeping</c>

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for<00:37:46.219><c> their</c><00:37:46.460><c> children.</c><00:37:46.860><c> And</c><00:37:46.900><c> so,</c><00:37:47.400><c> you</c><00:37:47.519><c> know,</c><00:37:47.639><c> you</c><00:37:47.840><c> can</c><00:37:48.039><c> imagine,</c><00:37:48.599><c> once</c>

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again,<00:37:49.380><c> Joseph,</c>

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he<00:37:51.659><c> gets</c><00:37:51.960><c> the</c><00:37:52.260><c> bad</c><00:37:52.500><c> news</c><00:37:52.820><c> from</c><00:37:53.079><c> the</c><00:37:53.300><c> angels,</c><00:37:53.559><c> like,</c><00:37:53.820><c> you</c><00:37:53.840><c> gotta</c>

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get<00:37:54.340><c> out</c><00:37:54.460><c> of</c><00:37:54.639><c> here.</c><00:37:55.280><c> You</c><00:37:55.539><c> gotta</c><00:37:55.719><c> go.</c><00:37:56.000><c> You</c><00:37:56.099><c> gotta</c>

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flee,<00:37:56.920><c> right?</c><00:37:57.699><c> That's</c><00:37:57.920><c> a</c><00:37:58.039><c> powerful</c><00:37:58.539><c> word,</c><00:37:58.860><c> to</c><00:37:59.059><c> flee.</c><00:37:59.699><c> The</c><00:37:59.940><c> angel</c><00:38:00.179><c> says,</c><00:38:01.119><c> hey,</c><00:38:02.039><c> you</c>

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know,<00:38:02.679><c> get</c><00:38:02.840><c> your</c><00:38:03.079><c> things</c><00:38:03.400><c> and</c>

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just,<00:38:03.900><c> you</c><00:38:04.059><c> know,</c><00:38:04.079><c> go</c><00:38:04.320><c> for</c><00:38:04.619><c> a</c><00:38:04.739><c> leisurely</c><00:38:05.280><c> jaunt</c><00:38:05.519><c> down</c><00:38:05.800><c> to</c><00:38:06.059><c> Egypt.</c><00:38:06.440><c> This</c>

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was<00:38:07.420><c> flee.</c><00:38:07.679><c> You</c><00:38:07.860><c> gotta</c><00:38:07.980><c> move</c><00:38:08.340><c> right</c><00:38:08.619><c> now.</c>

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:12.840
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You<00:38:08.920><c> gotta</c><00:38:09.059><c> go.</c><00:38:09.460><c> Herod</c><00:38:09.559><c> is</c><00:38:09.719><c> gonna</c><00:38:09.920><c> kill</c><00:38:10.280><c> Jesus.</c><00:38:11.320><c> You</c><00:38:11.519><c> gotta</c><00:38:11.679><c> go.</c><00:38:12.059><c> And</c><00:38:12.139><c> so</c>

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imagine<00:38:13.480><c> that</c><00:38:13.860><c> stress.</c><00:38:15.059><c> Imagine</c><00:38:15.400><c> the</c>

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thoughts<00:38:15.980><c> that</c><00:38:16.159><c> are</c><00:38:16.300><c> going</c><00:38:16.500><c> through</c><00:38:16.760><c> Joseph's</c><00:38:17.440><c> mind</c><00:38:17.840><c> and</c><00:38:18.500><c> Mary's</c><00:38:19.079><c> mind.</c><00:38:19.619><c> What</c><00:38:19.900><c> is</c>

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:22.360
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happening?<00:38:21.599><c> Think</c><00:38:21.860><c> about</c><00:38:22.099><c> the</c>

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upheaval<00:38:22.820><c> that</c><00:38:22.980><c> has</c><00:38:23.260><c> happened</c><00:38:23.639><c> in</c><00:38:23.860><c> their</c><00:38:24.159><c> lives</c><00:38:24.619><c> in</c><00:38:25.059><c> a</c><00:38:25.179><c> very</c>

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:28.519
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short<00:38:25.820><c> period</c><00:38:26.219><c> of</c><00:38:26.480><c> time,</c><00:38:27.380><c> you</c><00:38:27.579><c> know?</c>

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But<00:38:29.920><c> they</c><00:38:30.119><c> did.</c><00:38:30.300><c> They</c><00:38:30.460><c> listened</c><00:38:30.719><c> to</c><00:38:30.980><c> God.</c><00:38:31.179><c> They</c><00:38:31.340><c> left.</c><00:38:32.000><c> They</c>

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went<00:38:32.340><c> down</c><00:38:32.699><c> into</c><00:38:32.980><c> Egypt.</c>

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And<00:38:35.840><c> so,</c><00:38:36.340><c> again,</c><00:38:36.619><c> we</c><00:38:37.019><c> looked</c><00:38:37.320><c> at</c><00:38:37.500><c> this</c><00:38:37.679><c> as</c><00:38:37.860><c> a</c><00:38:38.000><c> couple</c><00:38:38.199><c> main</c><00:38:38.500><c> roads</c><00:38:38.900><c> there,</c><00:38:40.480><c> the</c>

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one<00:38:40.900><c> by</c><00:38:41.119><c> the</c><00:38:41.360><c> coast</c><00:38:41.599><c> and</c><00:38:41.760><c> the</c><00:38:41.900><c> one</c><00:38:41.980><c> that</c>

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goes<00:38:42.460><c> down</c><00:38:42.860><c> into</c><00:38:43.139><c> Eilat</c><00:38:43.659><c> and</c><00:38:43.840><c> then</c><00:38:44.139><c> right</c><00:38:44.380><c> up.</c><00:38:44.980><c> And</c><00:38:45.119><c> so</c><00:38:45.260><c> these</c>

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be<00:39:32.780><c> saved</c><00:39:33.039><c> by</c><00:39:33.300><c> Joseph,</c>

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which<00:39:35.039><c> is</c><00:39:35.300><c> interesting.</c><00:39:35.760><c> And</c><00:39:35.920><c> now</c><00:39:36.079><c> we</c><00:39:36.239><c> have</c><00:39:36.400><c> Joseph</c><00:39:36.860><c> again,</c><00:39:37.260><c> another</c><00:39:37.480><c> man</c><00:39:37.760><c> named</c><00:39:37.980><c> Joseph,</c><00:39:38.460><c> a</c>

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of<00:39:43.280><c> the</c><00:39:43.519><c> world.</c><00:39:44.420><c> He's</c><00:39:44.880><c> protecting</c><00:39:45.460><c> the</c><00:39:45.719><c> savior</c>

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were<00:39:56.119><c> they</c><00:39:56.400><c> thinking</c><00:39:56.679><c> about?</c><00:39:57.579><c> You</c><00:39:57.719><c> know,</c><00:39:57.860><c> and</c>

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briefly.<00:40:01.500><c> Some</c><00:40:01.679><c> of</c><00:40:01.820><c> them</c><00:40:01.920><c> are</c><00:40:02.179><c> interesting,</c>

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silent.<00:40:14.599><c> It</c><00:40:14.760><c> doesn't</c><00:40:14.900><c> say</c><00:40:15.079><c> where</c><00:40:15.239><c> they</c><00:40:15.519><c> stopped</c><00:40:15.920><c> at.</c><00:40:16.599><c> It</c><00:40:16.760><c> doesn't</c><00:40:16.920><c> say</c>

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you<00:40:19.260><c> know.</c><00:40:19.780><c> What</c><00:40:20.219><c> was</c><00:40:20.940><c> Joseph</c><00:40:21.260><c> doing</c><00:40:21.500><c> for</c><00:40:21.780><c> a</c><00:40:21.920><c> job?</c><00:40:22.380><c> You</c><00:40:22.380><c> know,</c>

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the<00:40:29.079><c> construction</c><00:40:29.599><c> field,</c>

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just<00:40:30.079><c> like</c><00:40:30.380><c> today.</c><00:40:31.219><c> Now,</c><00:40:31.719><c> the</c><00:40:31.880><c> Coptic</c><00:40:32.320><c> Church,</c><00:40:33.480><c> which</c><00:40:33.480><c> is</c><00:40:33.599><c> the</c>

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Coptics,<00:40:34.599><c> which</c><00:40:35.059><c> are</c><00:40:35.539><c> in</c><00:40:36.300><c> Egypt,</c>

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one<00:40:38.380><c> of</c><00:40:38.500><c> the</c><00:40:38.659><c> oldest</c><00:40:38.940><c> churches</c><00:40:39.559><c> or</c><00:40:40.800><c> the</c><00:40:40.960><c> oldest</c><00:40:41.340><c> sects</c><00:40:42.320><c> of</c><00:40:42.639><c> Christianity.</c><00:40:43.679><c> They</c><00:40:43.840><c> have</c><00:40:44.099><c> many</c><00:40:44.480><c> stories</c><00:40:44.940><c> of</c><00:40:45.159><c> Jesus</c>

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performing<00:40:46.119><c> miracles</c><00:40:46.679><c> as</c><00:40:46.940><c> a</c><00:40:47.239><c> child</c><00:40:47.760><c> in</c><00:40:48.559><c> Egypt.</c><00:40:49.960><c> These</c><00:40:50.420><c> miracles,</c><00:40:51.559><c> you</c>

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know,<00:40:52.019><c> obviously</c><00:40:52.340><c> these</c><00:40:52.599><c> are</c><00:40:52.820><c> traditions</c>

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mapped<00:40:57.980><c> out</c><00:40:58.300><c> where</c><00:40:58.539><c> Jesus</c><00:40:58.980><c> went</c>

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be<00:41:02.500><c> true,</c><00:41:02.880><c> you</c><00:41:03.000><c> know,</c><00:41:03.360><c> but</c><00:41:03.539><c> we're</c><00:41:05.219><c> gonna</c><00:41:05.699><c> look</c><00:41:05.900><c> at</c><00:41:06.139><c> it</c>

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go<00:41:06.559><c> in</c><00:41:06.719><c> a</c><00:41:06.920><c> different</c><00:41:07.119><c> direction</c><00:41:07.519><c> from</c><00:41:07.739><c> that.</c><00:41:08.380><c> There</c><00:41:08.559><c> are</c><00:41:08.820><c> things</c><00:41:09.219><c> called</c><00:41:09.480><c> the</c>

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infancy<00:41:10.280><c> gospels,</c>

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which<00:41:12.079><c> are</c><00:41:12.360><c> in</c><00:41:12.639><c> like</c><00:41:12.880><c> the</c><00:41:13.039><c> book</c><00:41:13.219><c> of</c><00:41:13.840><c> the</c><00:41:13.980><c> Gospel</c><00:41:14.380><c> of</c><00:41:14.619><c> Thomas,</c>

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that<00:41:15.420><c> type</c><00:41:15.599><c> of</c><00:41:15.820><c> thing,</c><00:41:16.480><c> which</c><00:41:16.820><c> are</c><00:41:17.260><c> not</c><00:41:17.519><c> obviously</c><00:41:17.960><c> in</c>

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scripture.<00:41:19.239><c> They're</c><00:41:19.519><c> part</c><00:41:19.659><c> of</c><00:41:19.860><c> the</c><00:41:20.039><c> Apocrypha,</c><00:41:21.579><c> the</c><00:41:21.739><c> Gnostic</c>

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gospels,<00:41:23.559><c> and</c><00:41:24.059><c> they</c><00:41:24.300><c> talk</c><00:41:24.460><c> about</c><00:41:24.659><c> Jesus</c><00:41:25.019><c> doing</c>

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all<00:41:25.460><c> kinds</c><00:41:25.820><c> of</c><00:41:26.159><c> different</c><00:41:26.579><c> miracles.</c><00:41:27.599><c> This</c><00:41:27.880><c> is</c><00:41:28.079><c> pretty</c><00:41:28.340><c> interesting.</c><00:41:29.280><c> He</c><00:41:29.480><c> meets</c><00:41:29.800><c> the</c><00:41:30.079><c> two</c><00:41:30.340><c> thieves</c><00:41:30.900><c> on</c>

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the<00:41:31.539><c> cross</c>

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fight<00:41:35.400><c> off</c><00:41:35.639><c> different</c><00:41:35.940><c> types</c><00:41:36.239><c> of</c><00:41:36.539><c> demons</c>

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that<00:41:37.000><c> are</c><00:41:37.119><c> seeking</c><00:41:37.380><c> to</c><00:41:37.659><c> kill</c><00:41:37.840><c> Jesus.</c><00:41:38.500><c> There's</c><00:41:38.800><c> another</c><00:41:39.159><c> story</c>

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about<00:41:40.539><c> palm</c><00:41:41.139><c> trees</c><00:41:41.460><c> bowing</c><00:41:42.000><c> down</c><00:41:42.360><c> to</c><00:41:42.519><c> Jesus.</c>

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You<00:41:44.599><c> know,</c><00:41:44.920><c> so</c><00:41:45.260><c> a</c><00:41:45.340><c> lot</c><00:41:45.519><c> of</c><00:41:45.639><c> these</c><00:41:45.880><c> different</c><00:41:46.119><c> traditional</c><00:41:46.599><c> stories,</c><00:41:47.559><c> so</c>

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on<00:41:47.880><c> and</c><00:41:48.039><c> so</c><00:41:48.239><c> forth.</c><00:41:48.739><c> So</c><00:41:48.960><c> the</c><00:41:49.099><c> question</c><00:41:49.500><c> can</c>

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be<00:41:50.039><c> asked,</c><00:41:50.360><c> brothers</c><00:41:50.480><c> and</c><00:41:50.719><c> sisters,</c><00:41:51.119><c> why</c><00:41:52.619><c> Egypt?</c><00:41:53.760><c> You</c><00:41:53.760><c> know,</c>

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why<00:41:55.260><c> choose</c><00:41:55.880><c> Egypt?</c><00:41:56.280><c> Well,</c><00:41:56.900><c> we</c><00:41:57.199><c> know</c><00:41:57.480><c> that</c><00:41:57.739><c> God</c>

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did<00:41:58.260><c> it</c><00:41:58.460><c> in</c><00:41:58.500><c> order</c><00:41:58.639><c> to</c><00:41:58.880><c> fulfill</c><00:41:59.260><c> his</c><00:41:59.559><c> word,</c><00:41:59.980><c> to</c><00:42:00.139><c> fulfill</c><00:42:00.460><c> his</c>

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the<00:42:03.699><c> prophecies</c><00:42:04.159><c> found</c><00:42:04.460><c> in</c><00:42:04.699><c> scripture.</c><00:42:06.000><c> Josiah</c><00:42:06.460><c> 11</c><00:42:06.920><c> verse,</c>

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you<00:42:07.440><c> know,</c><00:42:07.780><c> verse</c><00:42:08.039><c> one,</c><00:42:08.380><c> which</c><00:42:08.539><c> is,</c><00:42:09.239><c> you</c><00:42:09.900><c> know,</c>

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out<00:42:10.280><c> of</c><00:42:10.519><c> Egypt</c><00:42:11.000><c> have</c><00:42:11.380><c> I</c><00:42:11.619><c> called</c><00:42:11.800><c> my</c><00:42:12.119><c> son.</c><00:42:13.139><c> And</c><00:42:13.699><c> he</c><00:42:13.980><c> called</c><00:42:14.300><c> his</c>

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first,<00:42:14.920><c> you</c><00:42:15.099><c> know,</c><00:42:15.260><c> he</c><00:42:15.440><c> called</c><00:42:15.559><c> his</c><00:42:15.760><c> firstborn</c>

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Israel,<00:42:16.800><c> he</c><00:42:17.059><c> called</c><00:42:17.239><c> them</c><00:42:17.480><c> out</c><00:42:17.719><c> of</c><00:42:17.800><c> Egypt,</c><00:42:18.199><c> and</c><00:42:18.320><c> he</c><00:42:18.460><c> called</c><00:42:18.679><c> his</c><00:42:20.039><c> only</c><00:42:20.519><c> begotten</c><00:42:21.179><c> son</c><00:42:21.639><c> out</c><00:42:22.300><c> of</c>

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Egypt<00:42:22.780><c> as</c><00:42:23.079><c> well.</c>

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the<00:42:28.300><c> Mediterranean,</c>

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it<00:42:29.619><c> had</c><00:42:29.960><c> close</c><00:42:30.360><c> to</c><00:42:30.659><c> a</c><00:42:30.820><c> hundred</c><00:42:31.360><c> thousand</c><00:42:32.039><c> Jews</c><00:42:32.539><c> living</c><00:42:32.900><c> in</c><00:42:33.119><c> it.</c>

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There<00:42:33.860><c> were</c><00:42:34.159><c> other</c><00:42:34.579><c> communities</c><00:42:35.159><c> as</c><00:42:35.539><c> well</c>

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of<00:42:37.340><c> Jews,</c><00:42:38.039><c> different</c><00:42:38.360><c> communities.</c><00:42:38.820><c> As</c><00:42:39.059><c> we've</c><00:42:39.360><c> seen,</c><00:42:39.679><c> we</c><00:42:39.760><c> saw</c>

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all<00:42:40.639><c> the</c><00:42:41.199><c> little</c><00:42:41.699><c> dots</c><00:42:42.079><c> there</c><00:42:42.500><c> of</c><00:42:43.300><c> where</c><00:42:43.780><c> the</c>

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synagogues<00:42:44.599><c> were.</c><00:42:45.340><c> Okay,</c><00:42:46.019><c> so</c><00:42:46.019><c> there</c><00:42:46.260><c> were</c><00:42:47.159><c> a</c><00:42:47.199><c> lot</c><00:42:47.360><c> of</c><00:42:47.500><c> Jews</c><00:42:47.760><c> still</c><00:42:48.119><c> living</c><00:42:48.320><c> in</c>

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Egypt.<00:42:49.900><c> In</c><00:42:50.199><c> fact,</c><00:42:50.860><c> there</c><00:42:51.000><c> was</c><00:42:51.320><c> a</c><00:42:51.760><c> temple</c>

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built<00:42:53.760><c> on</c><00:42:54.400><c> an</c><00:42:54.719><c> island</c><00:42:55.039><c> in</c><00:42:55.300><c> the</c><00:42:55.460><c> middle</c><00:42:55.739><c> of</c><00:42:56.239><c> the</c><00:42:56.579><c> Nile,</c><00:42:56.940><c> and</c><00:42:57.059><c> it's</c><00:42:57.260><c> called</c><00:42:57.400><c> the</c>

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Elephantine<00:42:58.440><c> Temple.</c><00:42:59.099><c> That's</c>

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the<00:42:59.400><c> name</c><00:42:59.559><c> of</c><00:42:59.719><c> the</c><00:42:59.900><c> island.</c><00:43:00.760><c> And</c><00:43:00.980><c> it</c><00:43:01.119><c> was</c><00:43:01.480><c> built</c><00:43:02.400><c> in</c><00:43:03.159><c> the</c><00:43:03.400><c> 500s</c>

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BC.<00:43:04.800><c> So</c><00:43:05.139><c> right</c><00:43:05.480><c> around</c><00:43:05.920><c> the</c><00:43:06.260><c> time</c>

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Jerusalem<00:43:08.829><c> is</c><00:43:09.309><c> destroyed</c><00:43:09.829><c> by</c><00:43:10.070><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:43:11.429><c> they</c><00:43:11.909><c> go</c><00:43:12.269><c> down</c><00:43:12.769><c> into</c><00:43:12.989><c> Egypt.</c><00:43:13.389><c> We</c>

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know<00:43:13.989><c> that</c><00:43:14.230><c> they</c><00:43:14.409><c> went</c><00:43:14.590><c> down</c><00:43:14.889><c> into</c>

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Egypt<00:43:15.369><c> because</c><00:43:15.630><c> scripture</c><00:43:16.230><c> tells</c><00:43:16.670><c> us</c><00:43:16.969><c> again.</c><00:43:18.329><c> In</c><00:43:18.369><c> Jeremiah,</c>

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we're<00:43:19.250><c> not</c><00:43:19.389><c> going</c><00:43:19.530><c> to</c><00:43:19.630><c> turn</c><00:43:19.849><c> to</c><00:43:19.969><c> it,</c><00:43:20.050><c> but</c><00:43:20.110><c> in</c><00:43:20.269><c> Jeremiah,</c>

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remember,<00:43:22.170><c> you</c><00:43:22.170><c> know,</c><00:43:22.710><c> Gedaliah</c><00:43:23.269><c> was</c><00:43:23.510><c> involved.</c><00:43:24.969><c> He's</c><00:43:25.309><c> going</c>

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to<00:43:25.489><c> be</c><00:43:25.789><c> killed.</c><00:43:26.650><c> There's</c><00:43:26.690><c> the</c><00:43:26.969><c> big,</c><00:43:27.349><c> you</c><00:43:27.610><c> know,</c>

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there's<00:43:28.050><c> a</c><00:43:28.210><c> big</c><00:43:28.429><c> internal</c><00:43:28.869><c> fight</c><00:43:29.250><c> about</c><00:43:29.449><c> who's</c><00:43:29.710><c> going</c><00:43:29.809><c> to</c><00:43:30.070><c> control</c><00:43:30.289><c> the</c>

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remnant<00:43:30.789><c> of</c><00:43:30.969><c> the</c><00:43:31.150><c> people.</c><00:43:32.030><c> And</c><00:43:32.230><c> so</c><00:43:33.110><c> Jeremiah</c>

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goes<00:43:34.369><c> down</c><00:43:34.949><c> against</c><00:43:35.889><c> his</c><00:43:36.969><c> advice.</c><00:43:37.489><c> He</c><00:43:37.630><c> says,</c><00:43:37.949><c> you</c><00:43:37.949><c> go</c><00:43:38.150><c> down</c><00:43:38.389><c> to</c>

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Egypt,<00:43:39.989><c> you're</c><00:43:40.110><c> not</c><00:43:40.289><c> going</c><00:43:40.429><c> to</c><00:43:40.489><c> escape</c><00:43:40.829><c> the</c><00:43:41.090><c> sword</c>

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down<00:43:41.670><c> there.</c><00:43:42.409><c> He</c><00:43:42.550><c> says,</c><00:43:42.829><c> stay</c><00:43:43.030><c> in</c><00:43:43.210><c> the</c><00:43:43.389><c> land.</c><00:43:43.750><c> God</c><00:43:43.929><c> will</c><00:43:44.170><c> protect</c><00:43:44.510><c> you</c>

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in<00:43:44.809><c> the</c><00:43:45.030><c> land.</c><00:43:45.269><c> You</c><00:43:45.369><c> will</c><00:43:45.590><c> be</c><00:43:45.849><c> prosperous.</c>

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But<00:43:46.429><c> they</c><00:43:46.590><c> were</c><00:43:46.730><c> too</c><00:43:47.010><c> scared.</c><00:43:48.670><c> Understandable,</c><00:43:49.130><c> but</c><00:43:49.269><c> they</c>

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made<00:43:49.650><c> the</c><00:43:49.849><c> wrong</c><00:43:50.090><c> choice</c><00:43:50.429><c> because</c><00:43:51.409><c> fear</c><00:43:52.269><c> clouded</c>

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their<00:43:53.389><c> minds</c><00:43:53.809><c> and</c><00:43:54.369><c> it</c><00:43:54.590><c> affected</c><00:43:55.269><c> their</c><00:43:56.489><c> faith.</c><00:43:58.010><c> And</c><00:43:58.269><c> I</c><00:43:58.389><c> think</c>

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that<00:43:58.730><c> can</c><00:43:58.909><c> happen</c><00:43:59.210><c> as</c><00:43:59.449><c> well</c><00:43:59.570><c> to</c><00:43:59.789><c> us.</c><00:43:59.969><c> We</c><00:44:00.130><c> can</c><00:44:00.429><c> become</c>

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fearful<00:44:01.150><c> of</c><00:44:01.349><c> a</c><00:44:01.550><c> situation</c><00:44:02.250><c> and</c><00:44:03.369><c> it</c><00:44:03.489><c> can</c><00:44:03.750><c> cloud</c><00:44:03.909><c> our</c><00:44:04.250><c> minds</c><00:44:04.590><c> as</c>

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well<00:44:05.309><c> to</c><00:44:05.489><c> the</c><00:44:05.670><c> power</c><00:44:05.969><c> of</c><00:44:06.269><c> God,</c><00:44:06.610><c> to</c><00:44:06.730><c> the</c><00:44:06.969><c> love</c><00:44:07.110><c> of</c><00:44:07.449><c> God,</c>

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to<00:44:08.969><c> the</c><00:44:09.190><c> strength</c><00:44:09.489><c> of</c><00:44:09.789><c> God.</c><00:44:10.130><c> You</c><00:44:10.170><c> know,</c><00:44:10.570><c> the</c><00:44:10.909><c> event</c><00:44:11.449><c> in</c><00:44:12.269><c> our</c><00:44:12.550><c> lives</c><00:44:13.130><c> becomes</c><00:44:13.550><c> so</c>

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big<00:44:14.269><c> in</c><00:44:14.530><c> our</c><00:44:14.769><c> minds</c>

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that<00:44:16.369><c> it</c><00:44:16.809><c> pushes</c><00:44:17.329><c> out</c><00:44:17.750><c> God,</c><00:44:18.110><c> push</c><00:44:18.510><c> out</c><00:44:18.809><c> God.</c><00:44:19.230><c> And</c><00:44:19.289><c> we're</c><00:44:19.409><c> like,</c>

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you<00:44:19.769><c> know,</c><00:44:19.909><c> what</c><00:44:20.150><c> am</c><00:44:20.309><c> I</c><00:44:20.389><c> going</c><00:44:20.449><c> to</c><00:44:20.570><c> do</c><00:44:20.630><c> with</c><00:44:20.809><c> this</c>

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situation?<00:44:22.769><c> And</c><00:44:23.250><c> we</c><00:44:23.690><c> can't</c><00:44:24.030><c> be</c><00:44:24.230><c> like</c><00:44:24.510><c> that,</c><00:44:24.929><c> brothers</c><00:44:25.030><c> and</c><00:44:25.250><c> sisters.</c><00:44:25.409><c> We</c>

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can't<00:44:25.769><c> be</c><00:44:25.949><c> so</c><00:44:26.329><c> fearful</c><00:44:26.670><c> of</c><00:44:26.949><c> things</c><00:44:27.210><c> in</c><00:44:27.449><c> life</c>

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that<00:44:27.650><c> we</c><00:44:27.849><c> forget</c><00:44:28.230><c> about</c><00:44:28.590><c> God,</c><00:44:29.050><c> never</c><00:44:29.289><c> forget</c><00:44:29.650><c> about</c><00:44:29.909><c> God.</c><00:44:30.769><c> We</c>

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can<00:44:31.289><c> never</c><00:44:31.550><c> lose</c><00:44:31.909><c> hope</c><00:44:32.510><c> about</c><00:44:33.929><c> the</c><00:44:34.110><c> wonderful</c><00:44:34.590><c> faith</c>

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that<00:44:35.210><c> we</c><00:44:35.449><c> have.</c><00:44:36.289><c> And</c><00:44:36.349><c> so</c><00:44:36.489><c> many</c><00:44:36.730><c> Jews</c><00:44:36.969><c> are</c><00:44:37.130><c> going</c><00:44:37.190><c> to</c><00:44:37.289><c> leave</c><00:44:37.469><c> Israel</c><00:44:37.829><c> during</c><00:44:38.110><c> the</c>

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time<00:44:38.869><c> of</c><00:44:39.369><c> Jeremiah</c><00:44:39.869><c> and</c>

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they're<00:44:42.030><c> going</c><00:44:42.090><c> to</c><00:44:42.230><c> stay</c><00:44:42.369><c> there.</c><00:44:43.409><c> A</c><00:44:43.409><c> lot</c><00:44:43.630><c> of</c><00:44:43.769><c> them,</c><00:44:44.050><c> you</c><00:44:44.050><c> know,</c>

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the<00:44:44.869><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:44:45.309><c> is</c><00:44:45.449><c> going</c><00:44:45.550><c> to</c><00:44:45.690><c> come</c><00:44:45.929><c> down</c>

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into<00:44:47.070><c> Egypt</c><00:44:47.530><c> and</c><00:44:47.869><c> cause</c><00:44:48.050><c> a</c><00:44:48.170><c> lot</c><00:44:48.329><c> of</c><00:44:48.550><c> damage,</c><00:44:48.909><c> going</c><00:44:48.949><c> to</c><00:44:49.090><c> take</c><00:44:49.190><c> people</c><00:44:49.469><c> captive</c><00:44:49.849><c> as</c><00:44:50.150><c> well.</c><00:44:50.570><c> And</c><00:44:50.789><c> a</c>

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lot<00:44:51.030><c> of</c><00:44:51.210><c> Jews</c>

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are<00:44:51.530><c> going</c><00:44:51.570><c> to</c><00:44:51.670><c> be</c><00:44:51.849><c> taken</c><00:44:52.070><c> captive.</c><00:44:52.710><c> But</c><00:44:52.849><c> some</c><00:44:53.110><c> of</c><00:44:53.170><c> them</c><00:44:53.309><c> are</c>

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going<00:44:53.489><c> to</c><00:44:53.650><c> stay</c><00:44:53.849><c> there</c><00:44:54.190><c> to</c><00:44:54.650><c> the</c><00:44:54.869><c> point</c><00:44:55.030><c> where</c><00:44:55.230><c> they're</c>

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going<00:44:55.429><c> to</c><00:44:55.670><c> be</c><00:44:55.869><c> numerous</c><00:44:56.409><c> enough,</c><00:44:57.110><c> the</c><00:44:57.449><c> community</c><00:44:57.929><c> is</c><00:44:58.130><c> going</c>

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to<00:44:58.309><c> be</c><00:44:58.550><c> strong</c><00:44:58.789><c> enough</c><00:44:59.250><c> to,</c><00:45:01.230><c> you</c><00:45:02.590><c> know,</c>

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to<00:45:03.010><c> support</c><00:45:03.269><c> a</c><00:45:03.449><c> temple.</c><00:45:04.010><c> They're</c><00:45:04.230><c> going</c><00:45:04.269><c> to</c><00:45:04.349><c> worship</c><00:45:04.690><c> there.</c>

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It's<00:45:07.269><c> one</c><00:45:07.429><c> of</c><00:45:07.510><c> the</c><00:45:07.730><c> earliest</c><00:45:08.469><c> kind</c><00:45:09.090><c> of</c><00:45:09.369><c> mosaics,</c>

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I<00:45:10.150><c> guess,</c><00:45:10.730><c> of</c><00:45:11.329><c> Joseph</c><00:45:11.730><c> leading</c><00:45:13.590><c> baby</c><00:45:15.429><c> Jesus</c><00:45:15.889><c> and</c><00:45:16.130><c> Mary</c><00:45:16.469><c> on</c><00:45:16.690><c> the</c>

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donkey.<00:45:18.469><c> Dominic</c><00:45:18.929><c> the</c><00:45:19.070><c> donkey.</c>

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Again,<00:45:22.750><c> another</c><00:45:22.769><c> traditional</c><00:45:23.289><c> thing,</c><00:45:23.690><c> particularly</c><00:45:24.110><c> the</c>

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Italians<00:45:24.730><c> around</c><00:45:25.070><c> Christmas</c><00:45:25.429><c> time,</c><00:45:25.869><c> they'll</c><00:45:26.130><c> sing</c>

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Dominic<00:45:26.789><c> the</c><00:45:26.929><c> donkey.</c><00:45:29.710><c> All</c><00:45:30.269><c> right,</c><00:45:30.369><c> here's</c><00:45:30.630><c> a</c><00:45:31.070><c> couple</c><00:45:31.289><c> interesting</c><00:45:31.909><c> quotes,</c><00:45:32.690><c> particularly</c><00:45:33.590><c> about</c><00:45:33.949><c> Alexandria.</c>

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For<00:45:35.269><c> so</c><00:45:36.090><c> populous</c><00:45:36.750><c> are</c><00:45:36.989><c> the</c><00:45:37.230><c> Jews</c><00:45:37.389><c> that</c><00:45:37.630><c> no</c><00:45:37.929><c> country</c><00:45:38.289><c> can</c><00:45:38.670><c> contain</c><00:45:39.030><c> them.</c><00:45:39.829><c> And</c>

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therefore<00:45:40.349><c> they</c><00:45:40.630><c> dwell</c><00:45:40.909><c> in</c><00:45:41.030><c> many</c><00:45:41.349><c> of</c>

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the<00:45:41.710><c> most</c><00:45:42.289><c> prosperous</c><00:45:42.829><c> countries</c><00:45:43.409><c> in</c><00:45:43.610><c> Europe</c><00:45:43.909><c> and</c><00:45:44.070><c> Asia,</c><00:45:44.849><c> both</c><00:45:45.090><c> in</c>

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the<00:45:45.510><c> islands</c><00:45:45.829><c> and</c><00:45:45.989><c> on</c><00:45:46.170><c> the</c><00:45:46.389><c> mainland.</c><00:45:49.110><c> So</c>

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dumb<00:45:50.230><c> people,</c><00:45:50.809><c> they</c><00:45:50.809><c> went</c><00:45:51.050><c> where</c><00:45:51.909><c> the</c><00:45:52.369><c> prosperity</c><00:45:52.909><c> was.</c><00:45:53.590><c> They</c>

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went<00:45:53.929><c> where</c><00:45:54.130><c> the</c><00:45:54.309><c> jobs</c><00:45:54.670><c> were.</c><00:45:55.409><c> They</c><00:45:55.570><c> went</c><00:45:55.750><c> where</c><00:45:55.989><c> the</c>

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economy<00:45:56.550><c> was</c><00:45:56.789><c> the</c><00:45:57.010><c> best.</c><00:45:58.130><c> Here's</c><00:45:58.369><c> another</c><00:45:58.650><c> one</c><00:45:58.869><c> from</c><00:45:59.090><c> Philo</c>

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of<00:45:59.849><c> Alexandria.</c><00:46:01.329><c> And</c><00:46:01.449><c> while</c><00:46:01.650><c> they</c><00:46:01.929><c> hold</c><00:46:02.130><c> the</c><00:46:02.389><c> holy</c><00:46:02.670><c> city</c>

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where<00:46:04.150><c> stands</c><00:46:04.449><c> the</c><00:46:04.750><c> sacred</c><00:46:04.989><c> temple</c><00:46:05.289><c> of</c><00:46:05.530><c> the</c><00:46:05.650><c> Most</c><00:46:05.929><c> High</c><00:46:06.170><c> God</c>

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to<00:46:06.730><c> be</c><00:46:06.869><c> their</c><00:46:07.150><c> mother</c><00:46:07.489><c> city,</c><00:46:07.949><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:46:09.090><c> yet</c><00:46:09.309><c> those</c>

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which<00:46:10.090><c> are</c><00:46:10.429><c> theirs</c><00:46:10.610><c> by</c><00:46:11.010><c> inheritance</c><00:46:11.489><c> from</c><00:46:11.769><c> their</c><00:46:12.010><c> fathers,</c>

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grandfathers,<00:46:13.130><c> and</c><00:46:13.510><c> ancestors</c><00:46:14.010><c> even</c><00:46:14.469><c> farther</c><00:46:14.889><c> back</c>

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are<00:46:16.010><c> in</c><00:46:16.409><c> each</c><00:46:16.849><c> case</c><00:46:17.289><c> accounted</c><00:46:17.769><c> by</c><00:46:18.070><c> them</c><00:46:18.269><c> to</c><00:46:18.469><c> be</c><00:46:18.630><c> their</c><00:46:18.989><c> fatherland</c><00:46:19.769><c> in</c><00:46:20.269><c> which</c><00:46:20.489><c> they</c><00:46:20.690><c> were</c><00:46:20.909><c> born</c><00:46:21.210><c> and</c><00:46:21.510><c> reared,</c>

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while<00:46:22.389><c> to</c><00:46:22.630><c> some</c><00:46:22.849><c> of</c><00:46:23.050><c> them</c><00:46:23.190><c> they</c><00:46:23.329><c> have</c><00:46:23.610><c> come</c><00:46:23.809><c> at</c><00:46:23.949><c> the</c><00:46:24.170><c> very</c><00:46:24.510><c> time</c>

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of<00:46:24.909><c> their</c><00:46:25.070><c> foundation</c><00:46:25.650><c> as</c><00:46:26.050><c> colonists</c>

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as<00:46:27.269><c> a</c><00:46:27.590><c> favor</c><00:46:27.949><c> to</c><00:46:28.210><c> the</c><00:46:28.469><c> founders.</c><00:46:29.269><c> So</c><00:46:29.449><c> he's</c><00:46:30.750><c> speaking</c><00:46:31.190><c> of</c><00:46:31.530><c> the</c>

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fact<00:46:32.050><c> that</c>

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when<00:46:34.769><c> Alexander</c><00:46:35.449><c> the</c><00:46:35.889><c> Great</c><00:46:36.269><c> was</c><00:46:37.369><c> active</c><00:46:37.989><c> in</c><00:46:38.710><c> and</c><00:46:38.809><c> around</c><00:46:39.150><c> Syria</c><00:46:39.969><c> and</c>

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Israel,<00:46:40.909><c> he</c><00:46:41.070><c> actually</c><00:46:41.469><c> came</c><00:46:41.909><c> down</c><00:46:42.369><c> into</c>

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Israel<00:46:43.210><c> to</c><00:46:43.750><c> destroy</c><00:46:44.329><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:46:45.630><c> And</c><00:46:45.630><c> there's</c><00:46:46.269><c> a</c><00:46:46.409><c> great</c><00:46:46.550><c> story.</c><00:46:46.929><c> The</c>

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high<00:46:47.170><c> priest</c><00:46:47.369><c> is</c><00:46:47.530><c> going</c><00:46:47.670><c> to</c><00:46:47.690><c> go</c><00:46:47.909><c> out</c><00:46:48.170><c> there</c>

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and<00:46:48.449><c> say,</c><00:46:48.710><c> look,</c><00:46:48.789><c> I</c><00:46:48.909><c> had</c><00:46:49.090><c> a</c><00:46:49.289><c> dream</c><00:46:49.469><c> about</c><00:46:49.829><c> you,</c><00:46:50.550><c> this,</c><00:46:50.809><c> that,</c>

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and<00:46:51.070><c> the</c><00:46:51.210><c> other.</c><00:46:51.909><c> And</c><00:46:52.030><c> he</c><00:46:52.190><c> really</c><00:46:54.130><c> related</c><00:46:54.590><c> on</c><00:46:55.130><c> thick</c>

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to<00:46:56.250><c> Alexander.</c><00:46:56.809><c> And</c><00:46:57.030><c> Alexander</c><00:46:57.429><c> loved</c><00:46:57.849><c> it.</c><00:46:58.110><c> He's</c><00:46:58.230><c> like,</c><00:46:58.409><c> yeah,</c><00:46:59.090><c> definitely.</c><00:47:00.150><c> You</c>

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know<00:47:00.510><c> what?</c><00:47:00.969><c> I</c><00:47:01.250><c> am</c><00:47:01.510><c> all</c><00:47:01.750><c> those</c>

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things.<00:47:02.230><c> I</c><00:47:02.369><c> am</c><00:47:02.590><c> fantastic.</c><00:47:03.670><c> And</c><00:47:03.789><c> a</c><00:47:03.889><c> lot</c><00:47:04.010><c> of</c><00:47:04.250><c> the</c><00:47:04.489><c> Jews</c><00:47:05.050><c> are</c><00:47:05.610><c> the</c>

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soldiers<00:47:06.369><c> during</c><00:47:06.750><c> that</c><00:47:07.070><c> time.</c><00:47:08.250><c> Part</c><00:47:08.449><c> of</c><00:47:08.590><c> the</c><00:47:08.829><c> deal</c>

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that<00:47:09.170><c> Alexander</c><00:47:09.670><c> made</c><00:47:09.989><c> with</c><00:47:10.190><c> the</c><00:47:10.329><c> high</c><00:47:10.510><c> priest</c><00:47:10.730><c> was,</c><00:47:11.150><c> okay,</c>

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if<00:47:11.710><c> you</c><00:47:11.849><c> give</c><00:47:11.949><c> me</c><00:47:12.110><c> some</c><00:47:12.389><c> soldiers,</c><00:47:13.389><c> I'll</c><00:47:13.929><c> spare</c>

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Jerusalem<00:47:14.849><c> and</c><00:47:15.250><c> we're</c><00:47:15.590><c> going</c><00:47:15.650><c> to</c><00:47:15.730><c> be</c><00:47:15.929><c> cool.</c><00:47:16.670><c> And</c><00:47:16.829><c> so</c><00:47:16.989><c> some</c><00:47:17.230><c> of</c>

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the<00:47:17.750><c> people</c><00:47:18.010><c> volunteered,</c><00:47:18.630><c> some</c><00:47:18.789><c> of</c><00:47:18.889><c> the</c><00:47:19.050><c> soldiers</c>

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volunteered<00:47:19.849><c> to</c><00:47:20.110><c> go</c><00:47:20.389><c> with</c><00:47:20.889><c> Alexander.</c><00:47:21.909><c> And</c><00:47:22.050><c> they're</c><00:47:22.250><c> going</c>

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to<00:47:22.630><c> spend</c><00:47:23.010><c> like</c><00:47:23.610><c> 10</c><00:47:23.929><c> years</c><00:47:24.349><c> with</c><00:47:24.650><c> Alexander</c>

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fighting<00:47:26.050><c> back</c><00:47:26.510><c> and</c><00:47:26.809><c> forth</c><00:47:27.190><c> in</c><00:47:27.550><c> the</c><00:47:27.750><c> Far</c><00:47:28.070><c> East.</c><00:47:30.389><c> And</c><00:47:30.710><c> when</c><00:47:30.829><c> they</c><00:47:31.050><c> come</c><00:47:31.250><c> back</c><00:47:31.849><c> as</c>

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a<00:47:32.670><c> gift</c><00:47:33.150><c> to</c><00:47:34.070><c> these</c><00:47:34.510><c> Jewish</c>

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soldiers<00:47:35.789><c> that</c><00:47:36.150><c> stuck</c><00:47:36.389><c> around</c><00:47:36.769><c> with</c><00:47:37.050><c> Alexandria,</c><00:47:38.170><c> he's</c><00:47:38.570><c> going</c><00:47:38.789><c> to</c><00:47:39.010><c> give</c><00:47:39.190><c> them</c><00:47:39.469><c> a</c>

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portion<00:47:40.190><c> in</c><00:47:40.809><c> the</c><00:47:41.070><c> brand</c><00:47:41.489><c> new</c><00:47:41.809><c> city</c>

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in<00:47:42.369><c> Egypt</c><00:47:42.630><c> called</c><00:47:43.030><c> Alexandria.</c><00:47:44.590><c> That's</c><00:47:44.829><c> pretty</c><00:47:45.130><c> cool.</c><00:47:45.329><c> He's</c>

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going<00:47:45.630><c> to</c><00:47:45.710><c> give</c><00:47:45.849><c> them</c><00:47:46.110><c> land</c><00:47:46.489><c> that</c><00:47:46.630><c> they</c><00:47:46.809><c> can</c><00:47:47.010><c> farm</c>

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and<00:47:47.750><c> stuff</c><00:47:47.929><c> like</c><00:47:48.230><c> that.</c><00:47:48.730><c> And</c><00:47:48.929><c> that's</c><00:47:49.210><c> exactly</c><00:47:49.570><c> what</c><00:47:49.829><c> happened.</c><00:47:50.010><c> So</c><00:47:50.150><c> that's</c><00:47:50.369><c> really</c><00:47:50.650><c> the</c><00:47:50.909><c> beginning</c>

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of<00:47:53.710><c> Jews</c><00:47:54.269><c> living</c><00:47:54.869><c> in</c><00:47:56.030><c> this</c><00:47:56.269><c> city</c><00:47:56.489><c> of</c><00:47:56.789><c> Alexandria.</c><00:47:57.730><c> Remember,</c>

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brothers<00:47:58.349><c> and</c><00:47:58.489><c> sisters,</c><00:47:58.550><c> we're</c><00:47:58.730><c> talking</c>

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about<00:47:59.050><c> 100</c><00:47:59.869><c>,000</c><00:48:00.349><c> Jews</c><00:48:00.789><c> that</c><00:48:00.989><c> are</c><00:48:01.150><c> living</c><00:48:01.550><c> in</c><00:48:02.010><c> and</c><00:48:02.210><c> around</c><00:48:02.449><c> Alexandria</c><00:48:03.130><c> and</c>

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even<00:48:03.889><c> more</c><00:48:04.409><c> in</c><00:48:04.849><c> southern</c>

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Egypt<00:48:05.570><c> as</c><00:48:05.849><c> well.</c><00:48:06.989><c> All</c><00:48:07.130><c> right,</c><00:48:07.210><c> here's</c><00:48:07.769><c> a</c><00:48:07.969><c> nice</c><00:48:08.289><c> little</c><00:48:08.489><c> picture</c><00:48:08.889><c> of</c><00:48:09.489><c> Alexandria</c><00:48:10.050><c> during</c><00:48:10.389><c> the</c>

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time<00:48:10.829><c> of</c><00:48:11.070><c> Cleopatra,</c>

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like<00:48:12.730><c> 200,</c><00:48:13.090><c> 100s,</c><00:48:13.829><c> that</c><00:48:13.989><c> type</c><00:48:14.190><c> of</c><00:48:14.309><c> thing.</c><00:48:14.550><c> So</c><00:48:14.650><c> very</c><00:48:15.090><c> close</c><00:48:15.389><c> to</c>

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the<00:48:15.710><c> time</c><00:48:15.849><c> period</c><00:48:16.090><c> we're</c><00:48:16.309><c> talking</c><00:48:16.670><c> about.</c>

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Massive<00:48:17.809><c> city,</c><00:48:18.929><c> port</c><00:48:19.170><c> city,</c><00:48:19.550><c> very</c><00:48:19.929><c> prosperous,</c><00:48:20.550><c> very</c><00:48:20.869><c> busy</c>

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city,<00:48:22.670><c> ships</c><00:48:22.989><c> coming</c><00:48:23.329><c> in</c><00:48:23.590><c> and</c><00:48:23.750><c> out,</c><00:48:24.130><c> trade</c><00:48:24.469><c> was</c>

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incredible.<00:48:25.949><c> The</c><00:48:26.349><c> money</c><00:48:26.829><c> that</c><00:48:27.050><c> was</c><00:48:27.329><c> involved</c><00:48:27.769><c> here.</c><00:48:28.369><c> It</c><00:48:28.449><c> was</c>

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a<00:48:30.349><c> very</c><00:48:30.650><c> prosperous</c><00:48:31.429><c> place.</c><00:48:31.849><c> And</c><00:48:31.969><c> this</c><00:48:32.110><c> is</c><00:48:32.349><c> where</c>

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the<00:48:33.530><c> Ptolemies</c><00:48:34.050><c> are</c><00:48:34.230><c> going</c><00:48:34.329><c> to</c><00:48:34.510><c> set</c><00:48:34.650><c> up</c><00:48:34.889><c> their</c><00:48:35.909><c> center</c><00:48:36.289><c> of</c><00:48:36.590><c> government</c><00:48:36.869><c> in</c>

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Alexandria.<00:48:37.789><c> Very</c><00:48:38.070><c> nice</c><00:48:38.269><c> city,</c>

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right<00:48:38.730><c> in</c><00:48:38.869><c> the</c><00:48:38.989><c> water.</c><00:48:39.750><c> Still</c><00:48:40.050><c> around</c><00:48:40.429><c> today.</c><00:48:42.510><c> Here's</c><00:48:42.789><c> the</c><00:48:43.010><c> main</c><00:48:43.230><c> causeway</c><00:48:43.690><c> of</c>

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Alexandria.<00:48:44.429><c> You</c><00:48:44.570><c> can</c><00:48:44.750><c> see</c><00:48:44.869><c> how</c><00:48:45.170><c> big</c>

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the<00:48:46.010><c> city</c><00:48:46.269><c> was.</c><00:48:47.070><c> Again,</c><00:48:47.570><c> prosperous</c><00:48:47.829><c> city,</c><00:48:49.750><c> lot</c><00:48:50.329><c> going</c><00:48:50.730><c> on.</c><00:48:51.010><c> Kind</c><00:48:51.170><c> of</c><00:48:51.190><c> like</c><00:48:51.389><c> a</c>

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big<00:48:51.750><c> city</c><00:48:51.969><c> tale,</c><00:48:52.150><c> like</c><00:48:52.409><c> New</c><00:48:52.610><c> York</c>

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or<00:48:53.369><c> Philadelphia</c><00:48:53.829><c> or</c><00:48:55.150><c> any</c><00:48:55.570><c> of</c><00:48:55.710><c> the</c><00:48:55.809><c> major</c><00:48:56.070><c> cities,</c><00:48:56.409><c> Paris,</c><00:48:57.010><c> England,</c><00:48:57.550><c> that</c><00:48:58.289><c> type</c><00:48:58.530><c> of</c>

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city.<00:48:59.630><c> And</c><00:48:59.869><c> here,</c>

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this<00:49:00.929><c> is</c><00:49:01.150><c> always</c><00:49:01.349><c> interesting.</c><00:49:02.570><c> This</c><00:49:02.750><c> is</c><00:49:03.050><c> 30</c><00:49:03.369><c> BC,</c><00:49:04.250><c> 30</c><00:49:04.630><c> years</c>

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before<00:49:05.570><c> around</c><00:49:06.110><c> the</c><00:49:06.170><c> birth</c><00:49:06.329><c> of</c><00:49:06.610><c> Christ.</c>

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You<00:49:07.489><c> can</c><00:49:07.710><c> see</c><00:49:07.849><c> the</c><00:49:08.090><c> great</c><00:49:08.289><c> harbor</c><00:49:08.730><c> there.</c><00:49:09.610><c> And</c><00:49:09.889><c> then</c><00:49:10.289><c> right</c><00:49:10.630><c> over</c><00:49:10.909><c> to</c>

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the<00:49:11.369><c> right,</c><00:49:12.110><c> you</c><00:49:12.429><c> have</c><00:49:12.670><c> the</c><00:49:13.030><c> Jewish</c><00:49:13.369><c> quarter,</c>

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which<00:49:16.409><c> is</c><00:49:16.670><c> right</c><00:49:17.030><c> near</c><00:49:17.550><c> the,</c><00:49:18.250><c> it</c><00:49:19.849><c> was</c><00:49:20.150><c> right</c><00:49:20.570><c> near</c><00:49:20.829><c> the</c><00:49:21.190><c> palace</c>

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of<00:49:21.929><c> the</c><00:49:22.110><c> Ptolemies.</c>

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So<00:49:23.769><c> the,</c><00:49:24.769><c> excuse</c><00:49:24.969><c> me,</c><00:49:25.170><c> the</c><00:49:25.389><c> Jewish</c><00:49:25.630><c> quarter</c><00:49:26.110><c> was</c><00:49:26.789><c> just</c><00:49:27.230><c> kind</c>

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of<00:49:27.610><c> right</c><00:49:27.849><c> in</c><00:49:28.050><c> the</c><00:49:28.230><c> middle.</c><00:49:28.570><c> It</c><00:49:28.650><c> was</c><00:49:28.849><c> in</c><00:49:28.989><c> the</c><00:49:29.210><c> thick</c>

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of<00:49:29.590><c> things.</c><00:49:30.849><c> This</c><00:49:31.030><c> is</c><00:49:31.230><c> where</c><00:49:31.409><c> all</c><00:49:31.710><c> of</c><00:49:31.869><c> the</c><00:49:32.030><c> Jews</c><00:49:32.269><c> lived.</c><00:49:33.110><c> And</c>

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they're<00:49:33.670><c> going</c><00:49:33.730><c> to</c><00:49:33.869><c> get</c><00:49:34.010><c> along</c><00:49:34.789><c> pretty</c><00:49:35.769><c> good,</c><00:49:36.210><c> but</c>

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there's<00:49:37.070><c> going</c><00:49:37.170><c> to</c><00:49:37.289><c> be</c><00:49:37.429><c> a</c><00:49:37.550><c> lot</c><00:49:37.730><c> of</c><00:49:37.949><c> friction</c><00:49:38.250><c> too</c><00:49:38.590><c> with</c><00:49:38.769><c> the</c>

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Greeks<00:49:39.369><c> and</c><00:49:39.989><c> the</c><00:49:40.210><c> Jews,</c><00:49:40.949><c> right?</c><00:49:41.210><c> The</c><00:49:41.469><c> Greeks</c><00:49:41.630><c> always</c>

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were<00:49:42.150><c> looking</c><00:49:42.349><c> at</c><00:49:42.550><c> the</c><00:49:42.730><c> Jews</c><00:49:42.929><c> suspiciously.</c><00:49:43.849><c> What's</c><00:49:44.110><c> the</c>

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deal<00:49:44.530><c> with</c><00:49:44.710><c> these</c><00:49:45.030><c> guys?</c><00:49:46.510><c> They</c><00:49:47.030><c> take</c><00:49:47.389><c> Saturdays</c><00:49:48.090><c> off,</c>

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pretty<00:49:48.670><c> lazy.</c><00:49:51.849><c> The</c><00:49:52.369><c> circumcision</c><00:49:53.130><c> was</c><00:49:53.449><c> always</c><00:49:54.309><c> freaky</c><00:49:54.630><c> to</c><00:49:54.869><c> the</c><00:49:55.090><c> Greeks.</c><00:49:55.929><c> And</c><00:49:56.110><c> then</c><00:49:56.449><c> they</c><00:49:56.929><c> would</c><00:49:57.210><c> stay</c><00:49:57.469><c> to</c>

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themselves<00:49:58.130><c> as</c><00:49:58.449><c> well.</c><00:49:58.730><c> So</c><00:49:58.869><c> they</c><00:49:59.010><c> were</c><00:49:59.289><c> always</c><00:49:59.650><c> suspicious</c><00:50:00.210><c> of</c>

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the<00:50:00.690><c> Jews.</c><00:50:01.630><c> And</c><00:50:01.789><c> that's</c><00:50:02.070><c> going</c><00:50:02.190><c> to,</c><00:50:02.369><c> unfortunately,</c>

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continue<00:50:03.449><c> in</c><00:50:03.610><c> the</c><00:50:03.730><c> middle</c><00:50:03.989><c> ages</c><00:50:04.309><c> as</c><00:50:04.610><c> well.</c><00:50:05.050><c> That</c><00:50:05.230><c> idea</c><00:50:05.630><c> of</c><00:50:05.809><c> the</c>

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Jews,<00:50:07.030><c> there</c><00:50:07.309><c> were</c><00:50:07.469><c> the</c><00:50:07.670><c> Christ</c><00:50:07.969><c> killers,</c>

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they<00:50:08.590><c> had</c><00:50:08.769><c> these</c><00:50:09.030><c> different</c><00:50:09.329><c> beliefs.</c><00:50:09.949><c> They</c><00:50:09.969><c> didn't</c><00:50:10.170><c> believe</c>

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in<00:50:10.750><c> Christ.</c><00:50:11.210><c> They</c><00:50:11.429><c> killed</c><00:50:11.710><c> Christ,</c><00:50:12.210><c> that</c><00:50:12.429><c> type</c>

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of<00:50:12.829><c> thing.</c><00:50:16.130><c> Lastly,</c><00:50:16.809><c> here</c><00:50:17.190><c> is</c><00:50:18.050><c> the</c><00:50:18.389><c> Elephi,</c><00:50:19.050><c> the</c><00:50:19.489><c> Elephi</c><00:50:20.269><c> and</c>

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Yahweh<00:50:21.190><c> temple.</c><00:50:22.110><c> And</c><00:50:22.389><c> it's</c><00:50:22.610><c> going</c><00:50:22.690><c> to</c><00:50:22.789><c> be</c><00:50:23.010><c> around,</c>

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you<00:50:23.949><c> know,</c><00:50:24.210><c> for</c><00:50:24.389><c> about</c><00:50:24.630><c> 130</c><00:50:25.230><c> years,</c><00:50:25.670><c> 140</c><00:50:26.170><c> years,</c><00:50:27.050><c> and</c><00:50:27.250><c> they're</c>

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going<00:50:27.449><c> to</c><00:50:27.570><c> build</c><00:50:27.690><c> their</c><00:50:27.909><c> own</c><00:50:28.070><c> temple.</c>

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So<00:50:29.289><c> at</c><00:50:29.710><c> one</c><00:50:30.170><c> point,</c><00:50:31.010><c> brothers</c><00:50:31.190><c> and</c><00:50:31.489><c> sisters,</c><00:50:33.789><c> you</c><00:50:34.329><c> know,</c><00:50:34.530><c> there's</c><00:50:34.730><c> going</c><00:50:34.849><c> to</c>

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be,<00:50:35.449><c> the</c><00:50:35.590><c> temple</c><00:50:35.989><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem<00:50:36.690><c> was</c><00:50:36.909><c> going</c><00:50:37.090><c> to</c><00:50:37.170><c> be</c><00:50:37.409><c> around.</c><00:50:37.869><c> There</c><00:50:37.869><c> was</c><00:50:38.429><c> at</c><00:50:38.989><c> least</c>

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one<00:50:39.690><c> temple</c><00:50:39.969><c> down</c><00:50:40.250><c> in</c><00:50:40.449><c> Egypt.</c><00:50:41.389><c> There</c><00:50:41.570><c> may</c><00:50:41.789><c> have</c>

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been<00:50:42.110><c> more.</c><00:50:43.829><c> And</c><00:50:43.829><c> during</c><00:50:44.349><c> the</c><00:50:44.610><c> time</c><00:50:44.849><c> of</c><00:50:45.030><c> the</c><00:50:45.250><c> Maccabees,</c><00:50:46.150><c> there's</c><00:50:46.429><c> going</c><00:50:46.570><c> to</c><00:50:46.690><c> be</c><00:50:46.849><c> a</c>

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third<00:50:47.610><c> temple</c><00:50:48.369><c> in</c><00:50:49.230><c> Samaria.</c>

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The<00:50:51.889><c> Samaritans</c><00:50:52.429><c> are</c><00:50:52.610><c> going</c><00:50:52.710><c> to</c><00:50:52.869><c> build</c><00:50:53.030><c> their</c><00:50:53.329><c> own</c><00:50:53.610><c> temple</c><00:50:53.869><c> with</c><00:50:54.130><c> the</c><00:50:54.289><c> help</c><00:50:54.449><c> of</c>

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some<00:50:55.269><c> rebellious</c><00:50:55.969><c> Jews.</c>

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They're<00:50:56.630><c> going</c><00:50:56.730><c> to</c><00:50:56.829><c> go</c><00:50:56.989><c> up</c><00:50:57.190><c> there</c><00:50:57.329><c> and</c><00:50:57.389><c> they're</c><00:50:57.510><c> going</c><00:50:57.570><c> to,</c><00:50:57.929><c> so</c>

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there<00:50:58.349><c> was</c><00:50:58.889><c> at</c><00:50:59.210><c> least,</c><00:50:59.750><c> you</c><00:51:00.409><c> know,</c><00:51:00.789><c> two</c><00:51:01.030><c> to</c><00:51:01.250><c> three</c>

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temples<00:51:02.409><c> built</c><00:51:03.369><c> by</c><00:51:03.829><c> Jews</c><00:51:04.489><c> throughout</c><00:51:05.369><c> the</c><00:51:05.590><c> world</c><00:51:05.909><c> at</c><00:51:06.170><c> this</c>

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time.<00:51:06.989><c> Not</c><00:51:07.170><c> just</c><00:51:07.449><c> synagogues,</c><00:51:08.090><c> actual</c><00:51:08.329><c> temples,</c>

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places<00:51:09.210><c> where</c><00:51:09.369><c> they</c><00:51:09.510><c> would</c><00:51:09.690><c> go</c><00:51:09.929><c> to</c><00:51:10.150><c> worship.</c><00:51:10.889><c> So</c><00:51:11.050><c> there</c><00:51:11.210><c> wasn't</c><00:51:11.510><c> one</c>

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temple,<00:51:12.469><c> there</c><00:51:12.690><c> was</c><00:51:12.909><c> one</c><00:51:13.150><c> temple</c><00:51:13.409><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem,<00:51:14.269><c> obviously,</c><00:51:14.690><c> along</c><00:51:14.849><c> with</c><00:51:15.110><c> other</c><00:51:15.949><c> temples</c><00:51:16.469><c> and</c><00:51:16.690><c> other</c><00:51:16.909><c> shrines</c><00:51:17.269><c> to</c>

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different<00:51:17.730><c> gods.</c><00:51:18.530><c> I</c><00:51:18.730><c> just</c><00:51:19.070><c> think</c>

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that's<00:51:19.530><c> fascinating</c><00:51:20.070><c> that</c><00:51:20.289><c> there</c><00:51:20.449><c> were</c><00:51:20.610><c> three</c><00:51:20.969><c> other</c><00:51:21.929><c> temples</c><00:51:22.650><c> vying</c>

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for<00:51:23.570><c> control</c><00:51:24.050><c> of</c><00:51:25.190><c> the</c><00:51:25.670><c> worship</c><00:51:26.230><c> of</c>

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Jewish<00:51:27.889><c> people</c><00:51:28.230><c> throughout</c><00:51:28.489><c> the</c><00:51:28.710><c> ancient</c><00:51:28.969><c> world.</c><00:51:29.789><c> And</c><00:51:29.929><c> so</c>

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eventually,<00:51:31.030><c> we'll</c><00:51:31.210><c> end</c><00:51:31.349><c> with</c><00:51:31.530><c> this,</c><00:51:31.929><c> brothers</c><00:51:32.010><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:51:34.190><c> They're</c><00:51:34.550><c> going</c><00:51:34.650><c> to</c><00:51:34.730><c> leave</c><00:51:35.030><c> Egypt</c><00:51:35.449><c> again.</c><00:51:36.570><c> You</c><00:51:36.570><c> know,</c><00:51:37.590><c> Herod,</c><00:51:37.949><c> you</c>

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know,<00:51:38.269><c> was</c><00:51:38.489><c> going</c><00:51:38.630><c> to</c><00:51:38.829><c> die.</c>

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But<00:51:40.070><c> when</c><00:51:40.309><c> Herod,</c><00:51:40.670><c> in</c><00:51:40.849><c> verse</c><00:51:41.130><c> 19,</c><00:51:42.349><c> when</c><00:51:42.510><c> Herod</c><00:51:42.789><c> was</c><00:51:42.989><c> dead,</c><00:51:43.269><c> behold,</c><00:51:43.630><c> an</c>

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angel<00:51:43.989><c> of</c><00:51:44.210><c> the</c><00:51:44.210><c> Lord</c><00:51:44.409><c> appeared</c><00:51:44.750><c> in</c><00:51:44.889><c> a</c><00:51:45.110><c> dream.</c>

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Again,<00:51:45.909><c> angel</c><00:51:46.090><c> of</c><00:51:46.349><c> the</c><00:51:46.409><c> Lord</c><00:51:46.550><c> in</c><00:51:46.750><c> a</c><00:51:46.909><c> dream.</c><00:51:47.570><c> This</c><00:51:47.789><c> is</c><00:51:48.010><c> how</c><00:51:48.329><c> primarily</c><00:51:49.469><c> things</c><00:51:50.789><c> are</c>

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going<00:51:51.110><c> to</c><00:51:51.269><c> be</c><00:51:51.630><c> communicated</c><00:51:52.170><c> to</c>

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which<00:51:53.710><c> is</c><00:51:53.929><c> interesting</c><00:51:54.570><c> because</c><00:51:55.150><c> the</c><00:51:55.389><c> other</c><00:51:55.690><c> Joseph,</c><00:51:57.130><c> he</c><00:51:58.070><c> was</c>

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also<00:51:58.769><c> big</c><00:51:58.969><c> into</c><00:51:59.230><c> dreams,</c><00:51:59.829><c> wasn't</c><00:51:59.989><c> he?</c>

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You<00:52:00.849><c> know,</c><00:52:01.090><c> so</c><00:52:01.269><c> I</c><00:52:01.349><c> think</c><00:52:01.530><c> there's</c><00:52:02.090><c> a</c><00:52:02.150><c> lot</c><00:52:02.369><c> of</c><00:52:02.670><c> connections</c><00:52:03.070><c> between</c><00:52:03.429><c> the</c><00:52:03.610><c> two.</c>

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Verse<00:52:04.329><c> 20,</c><00:52:04.789><c> arise</c><00:52:05.030><c> and</c><00:52:05.230><c> take</c><00:52:05.469><c> the</c><00:52:05.630><c> young</c><00:52:05.869><c> child</c><00:52:06.150><c> and</c><00:52:06.289><c> his</c><00:52:06.469><c> mother</c><00:52:06.650><c> and</c>

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go<00:52:06.929><c> into</c><00:52:07.090><c> the</c><00:52:07.289><c> land</c><00:52:07.449><c> of</c><00:52:07.630><c> Israel,</c>

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hears<00:52:18.289><c> that</c><00:52:18.590><c> Achilleus,</c>

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go<00:52:25.949><c> thither.</c>

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Notwithstanding,<00:52:28.710><c> being</c><00:52:29.030><c> warned</c><00:52:29.289><c> of</c><00:52:29.570><c> God</c><00:52:29.730><c> in</c><00:52:29.909><c> a</c><00:52:30.070><c> dream,</c><00:52:30.230><c> he</c>

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So<00:52:33.250><c> he</c><00:52:33.429><c> kept</c><00:52:33.690><c> on</c><00:52:34.030><c> moving</c><00:52:34.210><c> right</c><00:52:34.510><c> up</c><00:52:34.769><c> north,</c><00:52:35.730><c> far</c><00:52:35.789><c> away</c><00:52:36.329><c> from,</c>

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who<00:52:41.469><c> actually,</c><00:52:42.050><c> brothers,</c><00:52:42.210><c> this</c><00:52:42.489><c> is</c><00:52:43.030><c> an</c><00:52:43.110><c> interesting</c><00:52:43.769><c> side</c>

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note,<00:52:44.329><c> the</c><00:52:44.550><c> Romans</c><00:52:44.869><c> are</c><00:52:45.050><c> going</c><00:52:45.170><c> to</c><00:52:45.309><c> get</c><00:52:45.429><c> rid</c><00:52:45.650><c> of</c><00:52:45.789><c> him</c>

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father.<00:52:56.630><c> So</c><00:52:56.630><c> interesting</c><00:52:57.570><c> story.</c>

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We're<00:53:00.429><c> not</c><00:53:00.670><c> told</c><00:53:01.030><c> a</c><00:53:01.250><c> lot</c><00:53:01.889><c> about</c><00:53:02.289><c> it</c><00:53:02.690><c> in</c><00:53:02.929><c> Scripture,</c><00:53:03.590><c> but</c><00:53:03.949><c> I</c><00:53:04.130><c> think</c><00:53:04.329><c> it</c>

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shows<00:53:05.369><c> the</c><00:53:06.630><c> faithfulness</c><00:53:07.969><c> of</c><00:53:08.630><c> Joseph,</c>

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the<00:53:09.550><c> faithfulness</c><00:53:10.110><c> of</c><00:53:10.289><c> Mary</c><00:53:10.670><c> as</c><00:53:10.929><c> well,</c><00:53:11.510><c> given</c><00:53:11.769><c> these</c><00:53:12.190><c> very</c>

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stressful,<00:53:14.429><c> very,</c><00:53:14.429><c> very,</c><00:53:15.190><c> you</c><00:53:15.849><c> know,</c>

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it<00:53:16.210><c> was</c><00:53:16.349><c> a</c><00:53:16.389><c> very</c><00:53:16.750><c> fearful</c><00:53:17.070><c> time</c><00:53:17.469><c> in</c><00:53:17.650><c> their</c><00:53:17.869><c> lives.</c><00:53:18.150><c> Their</c><00:53:18.369><c> lives</c><00:53:18.590><c> are</c>

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going<00:53:18.869><c> to</c><00:53:18.969><c> be</c><00:53:19.170><c> completely</c>

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example<00:53:24.690><c> of</c><00:53:24.969><c> faithful</c><00:53:25.269><c> men</c><00:53:25.530><c> and</c><00:53:25.750><c> women</c>

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hoping<00:53:27.849><c> and</c><00:53:28.369><c> trusting</c><00:53:28.750><c> in</c><00:53:29.050><c> God.</c><00:53:29.530><c> And</c><00:53:29.730><c> it</c><00:53:29.929><c> was</c><00:53:30.070><c> through</c><00:53:30.230><c> their</c>

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faith<00:53:30.730><c> that,</c><00:53:30.949><c> you</c><00:53:31.010><c> know,</c><00:53:31.190><c> Jesus</c><00:53:31.590><c> is</c><00:53:31.869><c> going</c><00:53:32.010><c> to</c>

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survive.<00:53:33.150><c> He</c><00:53:33.469><c> survives</c><00:53:33.889><c> going</c><00:53:34.170><c> down</c><00:53:34.489><c> into</c><00:53:34.670><c> Egypt.</c><00:53:35.449><c> You</c><00:53:35.650><c> know,</c>

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you<00:53:35.849><c> wonder</c><00:53:36.070><c> what</c><00:53:36.289><c> Jesus</c><00:53:36.730><c> was</c><00:53:36.969><c> doing</c><00:53:37.210><c> down</c><00:53:37.489><c> in</c>

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talk<00:53:40.150><c> to?</c><00:53:40.309><c> Where</c><00:53:40.510><c> did</c><00:53:40.590><c> they</c><00:53:40.849><c> stay?</c><00:53:42.030><c> You</c><00:53:42.170><c> know,</c>

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probably,<00:53:42.909><c> they</c><00:53:43.210><c> probably</c><00:53:43.550><c> stayed</c><00:53:43.730><c> in</c><00:53:43.989><c> Alexandria,</c><00:53:44.530><c> but,</c><00:53:44.909><c> you</c><00:53:45.130><c> know,</c><00:53:45.130><c> we're</c><00:53:45.289><c> not</c><00:53:45.510><c> told.</c><00:53:46.329><c> There</c><00:53:46.429><c> were</c><00:53:46.590><c> a</c>

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lot<00:53:46.829><c> of</c>

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different<00:53:47.289><c> communities</c><00:53:47.690><c> down</c><00:53:48.010><c> in</c><00:53:48.170><c> Egypt</c><00:53:48.409><c> at</c><00:53:48.650><c> that</c><00:53:48.869><c> time.</c><00:53:49.130><c> You</c>

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know,<00:53:49.369><c> I</c><00:53:49.449><c> think</c><00:53:49.750><c> Joseph</c><00:53:50.210><c> probably</c><00:53:50.630><c> went</c><00:53:51.210><c> where</c><00:53:51.809><c> he</c>

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felt<00:53:52.550><c> safest</c><00:53:53.289><c> and</c><00:53:53.510><c> maybe</c><00:53:53.769><c> where</c><00:53:53.929><c> the</c><00:53:54.130><c> jobs</c><00:53:54.409><c> were</c><00:53:54.750><c> as</c><00:53:55.030><c> well.</c><00:53:55.969><c> And</c><00:53:56.250><c> so,</c><00:53:56.530><c> you</c><00:53:56.730><c> know,</c><00:53:56.789><c> we</c>

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know<00:53:57.170><c> that</c><00:53:57.530><c> Jesus</c><00:53:57.949><c> is</c><00:53:58.190><c> going</c><00:53:58.329><c> to</c>

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grow<00:53:58.630><c> up</c><00:53:59.110><c> and,</c><00:53:59.530><c> you</c><00:53:59.710><c> know,</c><00:53:59.769><c> he's</c><00:53:59.989><c> going</c><00:54:00.110><c> to</c><00:54:00.250><c> learn</c><00:54:00.429><c> the</c><00:54:00.690><c> law.</c>

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Obviously,<00:54:02.269><c> you</c><00:54:02.389><c> know,</c><00:54:02.590><c> God</c><00:54:02.869><c> is</c><00:54:03.090><c> going</c><00:54:03.289><c> to</c><00:54:03.449><c> be</c><00:54:03.570><c> with</c>

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him<00:54:03.909><c> as</c><00:54:04.230><c> his</c><00:54:04.530><c> father.</c><00:54:04.889><c> He</c><00:54:05.110><c> is</c><00:54:05.389><c> son.</c><00:54:06.710><c> But</c><00:54:06.849><c> he's</c><00:54:07.050><c> going</c><00:54:07.130><c> to</c><00:54:07.230><c> be</c><00:54:07.409><c> brought</c><00:54:07.630><c> up</c>

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by<00:54:08.090><c> Joseph</c><00:54:08.610><c> to</c><00:54:10.369><c> love</c><00:54:10.849><c> God,</c><00:54:11.510><c> to</c><00:54:11.730><c> love</c><00:54:12.010><c> the</c><00:54:12.289><c> law,</c>

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to<00:54:12.909><c> know</c><00:54:13.170><c> the</c><00:54:13.429><c> law,</c><00:54:14.389><c> to</c><00:54:14.610><c> know</c><00:54:15.730><c> about</c><00:54:16.010><c> God.</c><00:54:17.349><c> And</c><00:54:17.510><c> I</c><00:54:17.650><c> think</c><00:54:18.190><c> Joseph</c><00:54:19.210><c> particularly</c><00:54:20.150><c> should</c><00:54:20.469><c> be</c>

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commended<00:54:21.329><c> because</c>

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he<00:54:22.730><c> was</c><00:54:22.989><c> a</c><00:54:23.110><c> just</c><00:54:23.510><c> man.</c><00:54:23.769><c> He</c><00:54:23.909><c> was</c><00:54:24.130><c> a</c><00:54:24.230><c> man</c><00:54:24.369><c> of</c><00:54:24.650><c> faith</c><00:54:24.869><c> and</c><00:54:25.010><c> he</c><00:54:25.269><c> protected</c><00:54:25.869><c> the</c>

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family<00:54:26.769><c> that</c><00:54:27.030><c> God</c><00:54:27.289><c> had</c><00:54:27.590><c> given</c><00:54:27.750><c> him.</c>

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Big<00:54:28.590><c> job.</c><00:54:29.889><c> Scary</c><00:54:30.409><c> job.</c><00:54:31.630><c> But</c><00:54:31.730><c> he</c><00:54:31.849><c> made</c><00:54:32.090><c> it</c><00:54:32.309><c> through.</c><00:54:32.630><c> And</c><00:54:32.690><c> we're</c>

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not<00:54:33.070><c> told.</c><00:54:33.329><c> You</c><00:54:33.329><c> know,</c><00:54:33.909><c> Joseph</c><00:54:34.210><c> kind</c><00:54:34.449><c> of</c><00:54:34.670><c> disappears</c>

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from<00:54:35.789><c> the</c><00:54:36.590><c> gospel</c><00:54:37.050><c> account.</c><00:54:38.110><c> He's</c><00:54:38.429><c> there</c><00:54:38.710><c> in</c><00:54:38.869><c> the</c><00:54:39.070><c> beginning</c>

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and<00:54:39.550><c> then</c><00:54:39.889><c> he</c><00:54:40.170><c> disappears.</c><00:54:40.829><c> And</c><00:54:40.909><c> so,</c>

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you<00:54:42.050><c> know,</c><00:54:42.289><c> some</c><00:54:42.449><c> scholars</c><00:54:42.769><c> have</c><00:54:43.489><c> said</c><00:54:43.809><c> that,</c><00:54:44.050><c> you</c><00:54:44.130><c> know,</c><00:54:44.489><c> perhaps</c><00:54:44.949><c> being</c><00:54:45.690><c> older</c><00:54:46.010><c> he</c>

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died<00:54:46.550><c> at</c><00:54:46.789><c> some</c><00:54:47.050><c> point,</c><00:54:47.530><c> but,</c>

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you<00:54:48.070><c> know,</c><00:54:48.090><c> who</c><00:54:48.269><c> knows?</c><00:54:48.550><c> But,</c><00:54:48.889><c> you</c><00:54:49.070><c> know,</c><00:54:49.409><c> he</c><00:54:49.909><c> was</c><00:54:50.190><c> a</c><00:54:50.329><c> just</c><00:54:50.590><c> man.</c><00:54:51.050><c> He</c>

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was<00:54:51.369><c> a</c><00:54:51.510><c> man</c><00:54:51.670><c> of</c><00:54:51.969><c> faith.</c><00:54:52.929><c> He</c><00:54:53.190><c> listened</c><00:54:53.530><c> to</c><00:54:53.769><c> God</c>

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and<00:54:54.769><c> he</c><00:54:54.989><c> acted</c><00:54:55.510><c> in</c><00:54:55.789><c> accordance</c><00:54:56.090><c> with</c><00:54:56.329><c> God's</c><00:54:56.750><c> will</c><00:54:56.889><c> and</c><00:54:57.090><c> way.</c><00:54:57.510><c> So,</c><00:54:57.710><c> I</c>

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think<00:54:58.010><c> we</c><00:54:59.809><c> should</c><00:54:59.969><c> think</c><00:55:00.230><c> on</c><00:55:00.570><c> these</c><00:55:01.030><c> things,</c>

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just<00:55:01.690><c> like,</c><00:55:02.309><c> you</c><00:55:02.489><c> know,</c><00:55:02.769><c> Mary</c><00:55:02.989><c> kept</c><00:55:03.190><c> things</c><00:55:03.469><c> in</c><00:55:03.590><c> her</c><00:55:03.849><c> heart</c><00:55:04.010><c> and</c><00:55:04.030><c> thought</c><00:55:04.210><c> on</c>

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things.<00:55:05.110><c> Joseph</c><00:55:05.570><c> thought</c><00:55:05.869><c> on</c><00:55:06.050><c> these</c>

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things<00:55:06.570><c> as</c><00:55:06.829><c> well.</c><00:55:06.969><c> We</c><00:55:07.150><c> should</c><00:55:07.349><c> think</c><00:55:07.550><c> on</c><00:55:07.730><c> these</c><00:55:08.010><c> good</c><00:55:08.269><c> things,</c>

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these<00:55:09.429><c> good</c><00:55:09.690><c> things</c><00:55:09.949><c> that</c><00:55:10.130><c> we</c><00:55:10.389><c> have</c><00:55:10.610><c> in</c>

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scripture.<00:55:11.590><c> You</c><00:55:11.610><c> know,</c><00:55:11.789><c> Paul</c><00:55:12.050><c> talks</c><00:55:12.349><c> about</c><00:55:12.650><c> that.</c><00:55:13.130><c> He</c><00:55:13.369><c> lists</c>

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