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but<00:10:47.860><c> now</c><00:10:48.200><c> are</c><00:10:48.419><c> ye</c><00:10:48.580><c> light</c><00:10:49.080><c> in</c><00:10:49.659><c> the</c><00:10:49.840><c> Lord.</c>

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Now,<00:10:51.639><c> he</c><00:10:51.799><c> doesn't</c><00:10:52.120><c> say</c><00:10:52.460><c> to</c><00:10:52.639><c> them</c><00:10:52.980><c> simply,</c>

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you<00:10:54.960><c> were</c><00:10:55.639><c> in</c><00:10:56.000><c> darkness.</c>

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He<00:10:57.919><c> says,</c><00:10:58.980><c> you</c><00:10:58.980><c> were</c><00:10:59.960><c> darkness.</c>

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Ye<00:11:02.500><c> were</c><00:11:02.879><c> sometimes</c><00:11:03.759><c> darkness,</c>

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but<00:11:05.639><c> now</c><00:11:06.559><c> are</c><00:11:06.840><c> ye</c><00:11:07.039><c> light</c><00:11:07.519><c> in</c><00:11:08.360><c> the</c><00:11:08.539><c> Lord.</c>

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Now,<00:11:10.080><c> what</c><00:11:10.200><c> does</c><00:11:10.399><c> he</c><00:11:10.500><c> mean</c><00:11:10.720><c> when</c><00:11:10.879><c> he</c><00:11:11.120><c> says</c><00:11:11.279><c> that</c><00:11:11.440><c> they</c><00:11:11.740><c> were</c><00:11:12.379><c> darkness?</c>

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It's<00:11:13.919><c> explained</c><00:11:14.340><c> back</c><00:11:14.580><c> in</c><00:11:14.720><c> chapter</c><00:11:14.960><c> four,</c><00:11:15.480><c> verse</c><00:11:15.700><c> 18.</c>

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He<00:11:17.019><c> says</c><00:11:17.259><c> to</c><00:11:17.419><c> them</c><00:11:17.580><c> that</c><00:11:17.759><c> as</c><00:11:18.039><c> Gentiles,</c>

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And<00:11:22.100><c> now,</c><00:11:22.659><c> Paul</c><00:11:22.740><c> says,</c><00:11:23.519><c> the</c><00:11:23.600><c> Ephesians</c><00:11:24.139><c> were</c><00:11:24.419><c> light</c><00:11:24.820><c> in</c><00:11:25.080><c> the</c><00:11:25.279><c> Lord,</c>

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And<00:11:30.980><c> this</c><00:11:31.220><c> excitation</c><00:11:31.740><c> is</c><00:11:31.940><c> then</c><00:11:32.139><c> expanded</c>

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He<00:11:35.639><c> says</c><00:11:35.820><c> in</c><00:11:35.980><c> verse</c><00:11:36.299><c> eight,</c>

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you've<00:11:36.840><c> got</c><00:11:36.919><c> to</c><00:11:37.200><c> walk</c><00:11:37.519><c> as</c><00:11:37.799><c> children</c><00:11:38.080><c> of</c><00:11:38.399><c> light.</c>

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Then<00:11:39.399><c> in</c><00:11:39.580><c> verse</c><00:11:39.799><c> 15,</c><00:11:40.220><c> he</c><00:11:40.399><c> says</c><00:11:40.559><c> something</c><00:11:40.919><c> else</c><00:11:41.279><c> about</c><00:11:41.600><c> their</c><00:11:41.980><c> walk.</c>

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See<00:11:43.779><c> then</c><00:11:44.100><c> that</c><00:11:44.340><c> ye</c><00:11:44.659><c> walked</c><00:11:45.220><c> circumspectly,</c>

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not<00:11:46.980><c> as</c><00:11:47.220><c> fools,</c><00:11:48.080><c> but</c><00:11:48.240><c> as</c><00:11:48.539><c> wise,</c>

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redeeming<00:11:50.139><c> the</c><00:11:50.379><c> time</c><00:11:51.039><c> because</c><00:11:51.559><c> the</c><00:11:51.799><c> days</c><00:11:52.139><c> are</c><00:11:52.700><c> evil.</c>

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And<00:11:54.539><c> that</c><00:11:54.639><c> was</c><00:11:54.940><c> absolutely</c><00:11:55.519><c> true,</c><00:11:56.019><c> wasn't</c><00:11:56.200><c> it,</c>

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of<00:11:56.879><c> the</c><00:11:57.080><c> days</c><00:11:57.259><c> in</c><00:11:57.419><c> which</c><00:11:57.580><c> Paul</c><00:11:57.820><c> was</c><00:11:58.019><c> writing.</c>

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We<00:12:11.659><c> have</c><00:12:11.820><c> to</c><00:12:11.980><c> shine</c><00:12:12.340><c> as</c><00:12:12.659><c> lights.</c>

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We<00:12:13.279><c> have</c><00:12:13.440><c> to</c><00:12:13.679><c> walk</c><00:12:13.840><c> as</c><00:12:14.120><c> children</c><00:12:14.419><c> of</c><00:12:14.720><c> light.</c>

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And<00:12:15.480><c> he</c><00:12:15.620><c> says</c><00:12:15.820><c> in</c><00:12:16.000><c> verse</c><00:12:16.259><c> 16,</c><00:12:17.200><c> we</c><00:12:17.440><c> have</c><00:12:17.659><c> got</c><00:12:17.919><c> to</c><00:12:18.200><c> redeem</c><00:12:18.460><c> the</c><00:12:18.860><c> time.</c>

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Now,<00:12:20.940><c> the</c><00:12:21.120><c> margins</c><00:12:21.659><c> in</c><00:12:22.000><c> some</c><00:12:22.279><c> Bibles</c><00:12:22.759><c> will</c><00:12:23.100><c> tell</c><00:12:23.299><c> you</c>

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that<00:12:23.940><c> the</c><00:12:24.220><c> Greek</c><00:12:24.600><c> expression</c><00:12:25.340><c> there,</c><00:12:26.200><c> redeeming</c><00:12:26.580><c> the</c><00:12:26.860><c> time,</c>

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we<00:12:54.539><c> have</c><00:12:54.779><c> to</c><00:12:55.100><c> grasp</c><00:12:55.500><c> from</c><00:12:55.860><c> passing</c><00:12:56.259><c> time</c>

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to<00:13:01.039><c> put</c><00:13:01.220><c> the</c><00:13:01.419><c> knowledge</c><00:13:01.639><c> of</c><00:13:01.799><c> his</c><00:13:02.019><c> will</c><00:13:02.159><c> that</c><00:13:02.320><c> we</c><00:13:02.580><c> have</c>

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Redeeming<00:13:27.379><c> the</c><00:13:27.659><c> time</c><00:13:28.139><c> actually</c><00:13:28.860><c> is</c><00:13:29.120><c> an</c><00:13:29.360><c> echo</c>

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He<00:14:14.639><c> knew</c><00:14:14.899><c> his</c><00:14:15.220><c> wise</c><00:14:15.440><c> men,</c><00:14:15.679><c> you</c><00:14:15.860><c> see,</c><00:14:16.019><c> very</c><00:14:16.399><c> well.</c>

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Nebuchadnezzar<00:14:18.139><c> knew</c><00:14:18.440><c> full</c><00:14:18.840><c> well</c>

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that<00:14:19.440><c> if</c><00:14:19.600><c> he</c><00:14:19.840><c> told</c><00:14:20.059><c> his</c><00:14:20.340><c> wise</c><00:14:20.580><c> men</c><00:14:20.779><c> what</c><00:14:20.940><c> he'd</c><00:14:21.220><c> actually</c><00:14:21.539><c> seen,</c>

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they<00:14:22.399><c> could</c><00:14:22.620><c> make</c><00:14:22.860><c> up</c><00:14:23.000><c> any</c><00:14:23.340><c> interpretation,</c>

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and<00:14:24.720><c> he</c><00:14:24.879><c> wouldn't</c><00:14:25.080><c> know</c><00:14:25.240><c> whether</c><00:14:25.379><c> it</c><00:14:25.500><c> was</c><00:14:25.659><c> true</c><00:14:25.879><c> or</c><00:14:26.059><c> not.</c>

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That's<00:14:27.379><c> why</c><00:14:27.580><c> he</c><00:14:27.740><c> gave</c><00:14:27.899><c> them</c><00:14:28.080><c> that</c><00:14:28.360><c> task.</c>

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And<00:14:29.279><c> he</c><00:14:29.480><c> says</c><00:14:29.679><c> to</c><00:14:29.840><c> them</c><00:14:30.100><c> in</c><00:14:30.299><c> verse</c><00:14:30.700><c> eight,</c>

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I<00:14:32.000><c> know</c><00:14:32.440><c> of</c><00:14:32.820><c> a</c><00:14:32.960><c> certainty</c><00:14:33.500><c> that</c><00:14:34.019><c> ye</c><00:14:34.200><c> would</c><00:14:34.500><c> gain</c><00:14:34.980><c> the</c><00:14:35.419><c> time.</c>

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If<00:14:36.320><c> you</c><00:14:36.419><c> have</c><00:14:36.580><c> a</c><00:14:36.799><c> margin,</c><00:14:37.360><c> it</c><00:14:37.419><c> will</c><00:14:37.639><c> give</c><00:14:37.799><c> you</c><00:14:38.559><c> by</c><00:14:39.200><c> the</c><00:14:39.679><c> time.</c>

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And<00:14:41.120><c> that's</c><00:14:41.539><c> the</c><00:14:41.720><c> origin</c><00:14:42.039><c> of</c><00:14:42.240><c> the</c><00:14:42.539><c> expression</c><00:14:42.879><c> then</c>

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that<00:14:43.379><c> Paul</c><00:14:43.779><c> uses</c><00:14:44.399><c> when</c><00:14:44.980><c> he's</c><00:14:45.240><c> writing</c><00:14:45.580><c> there</c><00:14:46.000><c> to</c><00:14:46.200><c> the</c><00:14:46.419><c> Ephesians.</c>

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I<00:14:48.899><c> know,</c><00:14:49.419><c> said</c><00:14:49.519><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:14:50.659><c> that</c><00:14:50.879><c> you</c><00:14:51.059><c> will</c><00:14:51.720><c> buy</c><00:14:52.000><c> the</c><00:14:52.320><c> time.</c>

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Now<00:14:53.480><c> just</c><00:14:53.679><c> consider</c><00:14:54.120><c> the</c><00:14:54.320><c> lesson</c><00:14:54.580><c> from</c><00:14:54.820><c> this,</c>

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brethren<00:14:55.340><c> and</c><00:14:55.559><c> sisters.</c>

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Those<00:14:56.799><c> men</c><00:14:57.340><c> in</c><00:14:57.759><c> Daniel</c><00:14:58.120><c> chapter</c><00:14:58.519><c> two,</c>

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standing<00:14:59.279><c> before</c><00:14:59.679><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c>

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knew<00:15:01.159><c> full</c><00:15:01.720><c> well</c><00:15:01.940><c> the</c><00:15:02.200><c> danger</c><00:15:02.679><c> that</c><00:15:02.899><c> they</c><00:15:03.139><c> were</c><00:15:03.340><c> in,</c>

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but<00:15:04.720><c> is</c><00:15:05.019><c> their</c><00:15:05.259><c> sense</c><00:15:05.559><c> of</c><00:15:05.779><c> danger</c><00:15:06.240><c> ours?</c>

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For<00:15:07.740><c> when</c><00:15:07.960><c> the</c><00:15:08.080><c> Lord</c><00:15:08.279><c> Jesus</c><00:15:08.639><c> Christ</c><00:15:08.980><c> returns,</c>

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there<00:15:10.139><c> may</c><00:15:10.379><c> be</c><00:15:10.759><c> many</c><00:15:11.100><c> people</c><00:15:11.539><c> who</c><00:15:11.700><c> will</c><00:15:12.000><c> feel</c>

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that<00:15:12.679><c> they</c><00:15:12.940><c> would</c><00:15:13.200><c> give</c><00:15:13.539><c> everything</c>

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to<00:15:14.659><c> secure</c><00:15:15.080><c> another</c><00:15:15.500><c> period</c><00:15:15.840><c> of</c><00:15:16.059><c> opportunity,</c>

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but<00:15:17.919><c> by</c><00:15:18.139><c> then</c><00:15:18.259><c> it</c><00:15:18.340><c> will</c><00:15:18.480><c> be</c><00:15:18.600><c> too</c><00:15:18.840><c> late.</c>

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Life<00:15:20.299><c> itself</c><00:15:20.820><c> will</c><00:15:21.059><c> be</c><00:15:21.320><c> forfeit.</c>

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So<00:15:23.019><c> you</c><00:15:23.159><c> see,</c><00:15:23.259><c> we</c><00:15:23.419><c> understand</c><00:15:23.919><c> then</c>

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the<00:15:24.320><c> urgency</c><00:15:24.899><c> of</c><00:15:25.080><c> the</c><00:15:25.220><c> apostles'</c><00:15:25.980><c> warning.</c>

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Let<00:15:26.879><c> us</c><00:15:27.019><c> then,</c><00:15:27.259><c> brethren</c><00:15:27.399><c> and</c><00:15:27.620><c> sisters,</c>

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walk<00:15:28.340><c> now</c><00:15:28.899><c> circumspectly</c><00:15:29.919><c> with</c><00:15:30.179><c> care,</c>

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not<00:15:31.120><c> as</c><00:15:31.440><c> fools,</c><00:15:32.240><c> but</c><00:15:32.340><c> as</c><00:15:32.600><c> wise</c><00:15:32.940><c> servants,</c>

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redeeming<00:15:34.620><c> the</c><00:15:34.879><c> time</c><00:15:35.480><c> while</c><00:15:35.860><c> we</c><00:15:36.100><c> have</c><00:15:36.259><c> it.</c>

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Now<00:15:37.960><c> let's</c><00:15:38.100><c> go</c><00:15:38.259><c> back</c><00:15:38.460><c> to</c><00:15:38.659><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:38.879><c> chapter</c><00:15:39.299><c> two.</c>

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Isaiah<00:15:43.320><c> gives</c><00:15:43.759><c> to</c><00:15:44.039><c> his</c><00:15:44.220><c> own</c><00:15:44.500><c> people</c>

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this<00:15:45.080><c> urgent</c><00:15:45.620><c> exhortation</c><00:15:46.360><c> to</c><00:15:46.639><c> walk</c><00:15:47.220><c> in</c><00:15:47.860><c> the</c><00:15:48.059><c> light,</c>

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while<00:15:49.460><c> they</c><00:15:49.600><c> had</c><00:15:49.740><c> the</c><00:15:49.860><c> opportunity</c><00:15:50.419><c> to</c><00:15:50.679><c> do</c><00:15:50.879><c> so.</c>

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But<00:15:53.059><c> then</c><00:15:53.240><c> in</c><00:15:53.440><c> verse</c><00:15:53.720><c> six,</c><00:15:54.179><c> he</c><00:15:54.399><c> moves</c><00:15:54.700><c> on.</c>

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Despite<00:15:57.100><c> the</c><00:15:57.379><c> coming</c><00:15:57.559><c> of</c><00:15:57.840><c> glory</c><00:15:58.080><c> for</c><00:15:58.360><c> Judah</c><00:15:58.580><c> and</c><00:15:58.779><c> Jerusalem</c>

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in<00:15:59.440><c> the</c><00:15:59.580><c> latter</c><00:15:59.779><c> days,</c>

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God<00:16:00.940><c> had</c><00:16:01.299><c> forsaken</c><00:16:01.879><c> his</c><00:16:02.179><c> people</c><00:16:02.600><c> for</c><00:16:03.080><c> a</c><00:16:03.340><c> time.</c>

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And<00:16:04.539><c> the</c><00:16:04.659><c> reasons</c><00:16:05.039><c> why</c><00:16:05.460><c> God</c><00:16:05.720><c> had</c><00:16:06.019><c> forsaken</c><00:16:06.360><c> his</c><00:16:06.679><c> people</c>

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in<00:16:07.860><c> these</c><00:16:08.159><c> days</c><00:16:08.659><c> are</c><00:16:09.259><c> set</c><00:16:09.539><c> out</c><00:16:09.779><c> for</c><00:16:09.899><c> us</c>

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as<00:16:10.139><c> we</c><00:16:10.240><c> go</c><00:16:10.440><c> down</c><00:16:10.639><c> the</c><00:16:10.799><c> following</c><00:16:11.139><c> verses.</c>

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Let's<00:16:12.500><c> just</c><00:16:12.759><c> take,</c><00:16:12.980><c> for</c><00:16:13.159><c> instance,</c><00:16:13.620><c> verses</c><00:16:13.860><c> six</c><00:16:14.240><c> to</c><00:16:14.419><c> nine.</c>

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Therefore<00:16:16.700><c> thou</c><00:16:16.940><c> hast</c><00:16:17.200><c> forsaken</c><00:16:17.820><c> thy</c><00:16:18.120><c> people,</c>

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the<00:16:19.120><c> house</c><00:16:19.320><c> of</c><00:16:19.559><c> Jacob,</c><00:16:21.059><c> and</c><00:16:21.340><c> here</c><00:16:21.500><c> are</c><00:16:21.639><c> the</c><00:16:21.720><c> reasons.</c>

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Because<00:16:23.299><c> they</c><00:16:24.220><c> be</c><00:16:24.419><c> replenished</c><00:16:24.940><c> from</c><00:16:25.139><c> the</c><00:16:25.340><c> east</c>

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and<00:16:25.720><c> are</c><00:16:25.960><c> soothsayers</c><00:16:26.500><c> like</c><00:16:26.720><c> the</c><00:16:26.919><c> Philistines,</c>

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and<00:16:28.559><c> they</c><00:16:28.840><c> please</c><00:16:29.039><c> themselves</c><00:16:29.519><c> in</c><00:16:29.700><c> the</c><00:16:29.860><c> children</c><00:16:30.059><c> of</c><00:16:30.379><c> strangers,</c>

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their<00:16:31.720><c> land</c><00:16:31.980><c> also</c><00:16:32.360><c> is</c><00:16:32.600><c> full</c><00:16:32.759><c> of</c><00:16:32.960><c> silver</c><00:16:33.279><c> and</c><00:16:33.539><c> gold,</c>

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neither<00:16:34.679><c> is</c><00:16:34.940><c> there</c><00:16:35.100><c> any</c><00:16:35.320><c> end</c><00:16:35.500><c> of</c><00:16:35.659><c> their</c><00:16:35.840><c> treasures.</c>

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Their<00:16:37.200><c> land</c><00:16:37.419><c> is</c><00:16:37.659><c> also</c><00:16:37.960><c> full</c><00:16:38.159><c> of</c><00:16:38.379><c> horses,</c>

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neither<00:16:39.740><c> is</c><00:16:39.980><c> there</c><00:16:40.159><c> any</c><00:16:40.320><c> end</c><00:16:40.460><c> of</c><00:16:40.620><c> their</c><00:16:40.879><c> chariots.</c>

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Their<00:16:42.480><c> land</c><00:16:42.720><c> also</c><00:16:43.100><c> is</c><00:16:43.320><c> full</c><00:16:43.480><c> of</c><00:16:43.740><c> idols.</c>

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They<00:16:45.139><c> worship</c><00:16:45.440><c> the</c><00:16:45.659><c> work</c><00:16:45.820><c> of</c><00:16:45.960><c> their</c><00:16:46.120><c> own</c><00:16:46.320><c> hands,</c>

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which<00:16:46.820><c> their</c><00:16:47.000><c> own</c><00:16:47.220><c> fingers</c><00:16:47.480><c> have</c><00:16:47.759><c> made,</c>

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and<00:16:49.000><c> the</c><00:16:49.179><c> mean</c><00:16:49.360><c> man</c><00:16:49.639><c> boweth</c><00:16:50.019><c> down,</c>

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and<00:16:50.899><c> the</c><00:16:51.080><c> great</c><00:16:51.279><c> man</c><00:16:51.559><c> humbleth</c><00:16:52.059><c> himself.</c>

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Therefore,<00:16:54.440><c> for</c><00:16:54.659><c> all</c><00:16:54.940><c> these</c><00:16:55.220><c> reasons</c>

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that<00:16:55.740><c> he's</c><00:16:56.000><c> just</c><00:16:56.240><c> listed</c><00:16:56.519><c> in</c><00:16:56.700><c> verses</c><00:16:56.940><c> six</c><00:16:57.259><c> to</c><00:16:57.460><c> nine,</c>

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forgive<00:16:58.799><c> them</c><00:16:59.500><c> not.</c>

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So<00:17:01.159><c> you</c><00:17:01.379><c> see</c><00:17:01.559><c> that</c><00:17:01.759><c> the</c><00:17:02.000><c> people</c><00:17:02.200><c> here</c><00:17:02.440><c> are</c><00:17:02.700><c> denounced</c>

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because<00:17:04.079><c> they</c><00:17:04.279><c> had</c><00:17:04.559><c> turned</c><00:17:04.779><c> away</c><00:17:05.059><c> from</c><00:17:05.319><c> God.</c>

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They<00:17:06.380><c> were</c><00:17:06.599><c> walking</c><00:17:06.940><c> in</c><00:17:07.319><c> darkness</c><00:17:08.059><c> and</c><00:17:08.720><c> not</c><00:17:08.900><c> in</c><00:17:09.180><c> light.</c>

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They<00:17:10.319><c> were</c><00:17:10.500><c> no</c><00:17:10.680><c> longer</c><00:17:10.900><c> conforming</c><00:17:11.500><c> to</c><00:17:11.640><c> God's</c><00:17:12.079><c> law,</c>

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but<00:17:12.819><c> instead,</c><00:17:13.599><c> as</c><00:17:13.799><c> he</c><00:17:14.180><c> explains</c><00:17:14.440><c> here,</c>

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they<00:17:14.819><c> were</c><00:17:14.980><c> putting</c><00:17:15.160><c> their</c><00:17:15.480><c> trust</c><00:17:15.680><c> in</c><00:17:15.960><c> man.</c>

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The<00:17:17.259><c> results?</c>

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Well,<00:17:18.839><c> the</c><00:17:19.000><c> land</c><00:17:19.240><c> was</c><00:17:19.460><c> full</c><00:17:19.660><c> of</c><00:17:19.839><c> gold</c><00:17:20.140><c> and</c><00:17:20.420><c> silver.</c>

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Prosperity<00:17:22.119><c> had</c><00:17:22.339><c> turned</c><00:17:22.539><c> the</c><00:17:22.779><c> people</c><00:17:22.980><c> away</c><00:17:23.240><c> from</c><00:17:23.559><c> God</c>

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to<00:17:24.460><c> the</c><00:17:24.599><c> worship</c><00:17:24.940><c> of</c><00:17:25.339><c> idols,</c>

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the<00:17:26.599><c> work</c><00:17:26.980><c> of</c><00:17:27.140><c> their</c><00:17:27.319><c> own</c><00:17:27.559><c> hands,</c><00:17:27.960><c> as</c><00:17:28.059><c> he</c><00:17:28.319><c> says,</c>

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that<00:17:28.980><c> which</c><00:17:29.160><c> their</c><00:17:29.359><c> own</c><00:17:29.619><c> fingers</c><00:17:29.859><c> have</c><00:17:30.140><c> made.</c>

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And<00:17:31.299><c> in</c><00:17:31.440><c> those</c><00:17:31.759><c> words,</c><00:17:32.319><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:32.799><c> points</c><00:17:33.259><c> out</c><00:17:33.559><c> so</c><00:17:34.000><c> clearly</c>

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the<00:17:34.660><c> folly</c><00:17:35.119><c> of</c><00:17:35.500><c> the</c><00:17:35.720><c> course</c><00:17:35.859><c> that</c><00:17:35.980><c> they</c><00:17:36.059><c> had</c><00:17:36.319><c> taken.</c>

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Instead<00:17:37.500><c> of</c><00:17:37.640><c> worshiping</c><00:17:38.180><c> the</c><00:17:38.400><c> living</c><00:17:38.700><c> God,</c>

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they<00:17:39.720><c> were</c><00:17:39.940><c> now</c><00:17:40.140><c> reduced</c><00:17:40.519><c> to</c><00:17:40.779><c> worshiping</c>

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the<00:17:41.900><c> work</c><00:17:42.099><c> of</c><00:17:42.299><c> their</c><00:17:42.519><c> own</c><00:17:42.799><c> hands.</c>

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Do<00:17:45.720><c> you</c><00:17:45.740><c> know,</c><00:17:45.960><c> the</c><00:17:46.220><c> problems</c><00:17:46.740><c> that</c><00:17:47.259><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:47.700><c> denounced</c><00:17:48.240><c> here</c>

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can<00:17:49.299><c> in</c><00:17:49.539><c> some</c><00:17:49.799><c> ways</c><00:17:50.200><c> equally</c><00:17:51.079><c> affect</c><00:17:51.599><c> us</c><00:17:51.960><c> today.</c>

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We<00:17:52.960><c> have</c><00:17:53.180><c> to</c><00:17:53.339><c> beware,</c>

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particularly<00:17:54.559><c> about</c><00:17:54.880><c> this</c><00:17:55.079><c> matter</c><00:17:55.319><c> of</c><00:17:55.519><c> idol</c><00:17:55.759><c> worship.</c>

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We<00:17:57.859><c> don't</c><00:17:58.160><c> bow</c><00:17:58.400><c> down</c><00:17:58.700><c> today</c><00:17:59.140><c> to</c><00:17:59.599><c> blocks</c><00:17:59.839><c> of</c><00:18:00.039><c> wood</c><00:18:00.160><c> and</c><00:18:00.500><c> stone</c>

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in<00:18:01.099><c> quite</c><00:18:01.259><c> the</c><00:18:01.420><c> way</c><00:18:01.559><c> they</c><00:18:01.799><c> did,</c>

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but<00:18:03.200><c> nonetheless,</c><00:18:04.099><c> it</c><00:18:04.259><c> can</c><00:18:04.480><c> be</c><00:18:04.660><c> a</c><00:18:04.859><c> problem</c><00:18:05.119><c> for</c><00:18:05.339><c> us.</c>

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Remember<00:18:06.480><c> what</c><00:18:06.700><c> the</c><00:18:06.900><c> apostle</c><00:18:07.160><c> Paul</c><00:18:07.519><c> said</c>

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in<00:18:08.079><c> 1</c><00:18:08.299><c> Corinthians</c><00:18:08.740><c> 10.</c>

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Neither<00:18:10.599><c> be</c><00:18:10.940><c> ye</c><00:18:11.299><c> idolaters</c><00:18:12.119><c> as</c><00:18:12.859><c> were</c><00:18:13.000><c> some</c><00:18:13.240><c> of</c><00:18:13.480><c> them.</c>

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So<00:18:14.980><c> we</c><00:18:15.079><c> have</c><00:18:15.220><c> to</c><00:18:15.400><c> think</c><00:18:15.559><c> about</c><00:18:15.799><c> this</c><00:18:15.980><c> issue</c><00:18:16.180><c> of</c><00:18:16.519><c> idolatry</c>

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and<00:18:17.079><c> how</c><00:18:17.220><c> it</c><00:18:17.519><c> might</c><00:18:18.359><c> endanger</c><00:18:19.019><c> our</c><00:18:19.359><c> own</c><00:18:19.579><c> walk</c><00:18:19.799><c> in</c><00:18:19.980><c> the</c><00:18:20.259><c> truth.</c>

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After<00:18:21.559><c> all,</c><00:18:22.279><c> idolatry</c><00:18:22.619><c> really</c><00:18:23.000><c> reflects</c><00:18:23.640><c> an</c><00:18:23.859><c> attitude</c><00:18:24.160><c> of</c><00:18:24.480><c> mind</c>

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that<00:18:25.119><c> is</c><00:18:25.380><c> common</c><00:18:25.660><c> in</c><00:18:25.940><c> human</c><00:18:26.119><c> nature.</c>

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It's<00:18:27.400><c> a</c><00:18:27.539><c> preoccupation</c><00:18:28.480><c> with</c><00:18:28.660><c> the</c><00:18:28.900><c> products</c><00:18:29.240><c> of</c><00:18:29.579><c> human</c><00:18:29.859><c> thinking</c>

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and<00:18:30.960><c> human</c><00:18:31.240><c> handiwork.</c>

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Idols,<00:18:33.700><c> whatever</c><00:18:34.079><c> they</c><00:18:34.319><c> are</c><00:18:34.539><c> in</c><00:18:34.740><c> our</c><00:18:35.039><c> lives,</c>

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prevent<00:18:36.240><c> us</c><00:18:36.559><c> from</c><00:18:36.839><c> giving</c><00:18:37.059><c> our</c><00:18:37.440><c> wholehearted</c><00:18:37.940><c> attention</c>

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to<00:18:38.700><c> the</c><00:18:38.920><c> things</c><00:18:39.079><c> of</c><00:18:39.279><c> the</c><00:18:39.539><c> truth.</c>

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Now<00:18:41.579><c> there</c><00:18:41.680><c> are</c><00:18:41.960><c> perhaps</c><00:18:42.400><c> in</c><00:18:42.680><c> scripture</c>

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two<00:18:43.960><c> particular</c><00:18:44.559><c> passages</c><00:18:45.019><c> that</c><00:18:45.259><c> I</c><00:18:45.500><c> find</c><00:18:45.700><c> helpful</c>

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on<00:18:46.759><c> this</c><00:18:46.980><c> matter</c><00:18:47.299><c> of</c><00:18:47.720><c> idols.</c>

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The<00:18:48.660><c> first</c><00:18:48.940><c> is</c><00:18:49.160><c> in</c><00:18:49.359><c> the</c><00:18:49.480><c> New</c><00:18:49.660><c> Testament,</c>

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and<00:18:50.220><c> it's</c><00:18:50.380><c> in</c><00:18:50.579><c> Colossians</c><00:18:50.940><c> chapter</c><00:18:51.319><c> three.</c>

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Just<00:18:54.079><c> have</c><00:18:54.220><c> a</c><00:18:54.279><c> look</c><00:18:54.359><c> at</c><00:18:54.460><c> this</c><00:18:54.680><c> quickly,</c>

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because<00:18:56.940><c> I</c><00:18:57.079><c> think</c><00:18:57.180><c> we</c><00:18:57.339><c> can</c><00:18:57.599><c> easily</c><00:18:58.019><c> relate</c><00:18:58.440><c> this</c><00:18:58.819><c> to</c><00:18:59.319><c> our</c><00:18:59.599><c> own</c><00:18:59.900><c> lives,</c>

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and<00:19:01.019><c> there's</c><00:19:01.140><c> a</c><00:19:01.299><c> danger</c><00:19:01.619><c> here.</c>

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Colossians<00:19:03.440><c> chapter</c><00:19:03.779><c> three</c><00:19:04.559><c> and</c><00:19:05.099><c> verse</c><00:19:05.400><c> five.</c>

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The<00:19:11.920><c> apostle</c><00:19:12.240><c> Paul</c><00:19:12.559><c> says,</c>

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mortify<00:19:14.980><c> therefore</c><00:19:15.519><c> your</c><00:19:15.859><c> members</c><00:19:16.460><c> which</c><00:19:16.980><c> are</c><00:19:17.180><c> upon</c><00:19:17.440><c> the</c><00:19:17.740><c> earth,</c>

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fornication,<00:19:20.380><c> uncleanness,</c><00:19:21.579><c> inordinate</c><00:19:21.900><c> affection,</c>

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evil<00:19:23.420><c> concupitance,</c><00:19:24.640><c> and</c><00:19:24.880><c> covetousness,</c><00:19:26.460><c> which</c><00:19:26.839><c> is</c><00:19:27.900><c> idolatry.</c>

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So<00:19:30.180><c> there</c><00:19:30.380><c> the</c><00:19:30.519><c> apostle</c><00:19:30.839><c> Paul</c><00:19:31.200><c> identifies</c><00:19:32.059><c> covetousness</c>

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as<00:19:33.720><c> a</c><00:19:33.880><c> form</c><00:19:34.079><c> of</c><00:19:34.400><c> idolatry.</c>

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Now<00:19:36.119><c> we</c><00:19:36.240><c> know</c><00:19:36.559><c> covetousness</c><00:19:37.240><c> is</c><00:19:37.440><c> a</c><00:19:37.660><c> desire</c><00:19:38.039><c> or</c><00:19:38.480><c> greed</c><00:19:38.700><c> for</c><00:19:39.019><c> gain,</c>

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for<00:19:39.980><c> self</c><00:19:40.220><c>-gratification.</c>

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So<00:19:42.200><c> if</c><00:19:42.539><c> in</c><00:19:42.799><c> our</c><00:19:43.059><c> lives</c><00:19:43.359><c> we</c><00:19:43.700><c> become</c><00:19:44.019><c> preoccupied</c>

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with<00:19:45.460><c> acquiring</c><00:19:46.079><c> the</c><00:19:46.720><c> unrighteous</c><00:19:47.420><c> mammon,</c>

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it's<00:19:48.619><c> going</c><00:19:48.740><c> to</c><00:19:48.960><c> consume</c><00:19:49.420><c> all</c><00:19:49.660><c> our</c><00:19:49.859><c> physical</c><00:19:50.259><c> and</c><00:19:50.500><c> mental</c><00:19:50.839><c> energies,</c>

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and<00:19:51.759><c> the</c><00:19:52.019><c> truth</c><00:19:52.200><c> is</c><00:19:52.440><c> going</c><00:19:52.539><c> to</c><00:19:52.660><c> get</c><00:19:52.839><c> pushed</c>

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to<00:19:53.279><c> the</c><00:19:53.380><c> back</c><00:19:53.519><c> of</c><00:19:53.720><c> our</c><00:19:53.920><c> minds.</c>

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Jesus<00:19:55.559><c> reminded</c><00:19:56.000><c> us</c><00:19:56.200><c> that</c><00:19:56.319><c> we</c><00:19:56.480><c> cannot</c><00:19:56.759><c> serve</c><00:19:57.140><c> two</c><00:19:57.380><c> masters.</c>

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Divided<00:19:59.480><c> allegiance</c><00:20:00.019><c> is</c><00:20:00.359><c> simply</c><00:20:00.700><c> not</c><00:20:01.160><c> acceptable</c><00:20:01.619><c> to</c><00:20:01.880><c> God,</c>

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and<00:20:03.140><c> covetousness</c><00:20:03.940><c> is</c><00:20:04.380><c> a</c><00:20:04.519><c> form</c><00:20:04.660><c> of</c><00:20:04.920><c> idolatry.</c>

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Now<00:20:07.240><c> the</c><00:20:07.339><c> other</c><00:20:07.579><c> passage</c><00:20:08.079><c> is</c><00:20:08.619><c> back</c><00:20:08.819><c> in</c><00:20:08.960><c> the</c><00:20:09.079><c> Old</c><00:20:09.279><c> Testament,</c>

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and<00:20:09.900><c> it's</c><00:20:10.099><c> first</c><00:20:10.400><c> Samuel</c><00:20:10.759><c> 15.</c>

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It<00:20:13.000><c> comes</c><00:20:13.240><c> in</c><00:20:13.400><c> that</c><00:20:13.640><c> section</c><00:20:13.920><c> of</c><00:20:14.180><c> scripture</c>

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where<00:20:15.839><c> Saul</c><00:20:16.180><c> is</c><00:20:16.460><c> rebuked</c><00:20:16.839><c> over</c><00:20:17.059><c> the</c><00:20:17.240><c> business</c>

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of<00:20:17.660><c> the</c><00:20:17.819><c> Amalekites.</c>

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First<00:20:20.579><c> Samuel</c><00:20:20.920><c> 15,</c><00:20:22.900><c> and</c><00:20:22.940><c> verse</c><00:20:23.180><c> 22.</c>

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First<00:20:31.220><c> Samuel</c><00:20:31.519><c> 15,</c><00:20:32.059><c> verse</c><00:20:32.259><c> 22.</c>

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And<00:20:35.259><c> Samuel</c><00:20:35.619><c> said,</c><00:20:36.700><c> hath</c><00:20:36.960><c> the</c><00:20:37.200><c> Lord</c><00:20:37.460><c> as</c><00:20:37.819><c> great</c><00:20:38.140><c> delight</c>

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in<00:20:39.319><c> burnt</c><00:20:39.680><c> offerings</c><00:20:40.200><c> and</c><00:20:40.700><c> sacrifices,</c>

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as<00:20:42.460><c> in</c><00:20:42.680><c> obeying</c><00:20:43.079><c> the</c><00:20:43.299><c> voice</c><00:20:43.500><c> of</c><00:20:43.680><c> the</c><00:20:43.819><c> Lord.</c>

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Behold,<00:20:45.319><c> to</c><00:20:45.539><c> obey</c><00:20:45.880><c> is</c><00:20:46.079><c> better</c><00:20:46.359><c> than</c><00:20:46.599><c> sacrifice,</c>

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and<00:20:47.500><c> to</c><00:20:47.859><c> hearken</c><00:20:48.359><c> than</c><00:20:48.619><c> the</c><00:20:48.799><c> fat</c><00:20:48.920><c> of</c><00:20:49.180><c> rams.</c>

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For<00:20:50.700><c> rebellion</c><00:20:51.420><c> is</c><00:20:51.920><c> as</c><00:20:52.099><c> the</c><00:20:52.299><c> sin</c><00:20:52.400><c> of</c><00:20:52.660><c> witchcraft,</c>

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and<00:20:54.519><c> stubbornness</c><00:20:55.480><c> is</c><00:20:56.140><c> as</c><00:20:56.539><c> iniquity</c><00:20:57.480><c> and</c><00:20:58.599><c> idolatry.</c>

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Now<00:21:01.079><c> in</c><00:21:01.240><c> a</c><00:21:01.500><c> way,</c><00:21:02.099><c> that</c><00:21:02.299><c> verse</c><00:21:02.539><c> is</c><00:21:02.759><c> even</c><00:21:03.079><c> more</c><00:21:03.599><c> all</c><00:21:03.920><c>-embracing</c>

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than<00:21:04.660><c> the</c><00:21:04.880><c> other</c><00:21:05.019><c> that</c><00:21:05.160><c> we</c><00:21:05.319><c> looked</c><00:21:05.480><c> at</c><00:21:05.680><c> in</c><00:21:05.920><c> Colossians,</c>

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because<00:21:07.279><c> here</c><00:21:07.660><c> we're</c><00:21:07.920><c> being</c><00:21:08.220><c> told</c><00:21:08.480><c> that</c><00:21:08.980><c> stubbornness</c>

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is<00:21:10.339><c> also</c><00:21:10.720><c> a</c><00:21:10.940><c> form</c><00:21:11.079><c> of</c><00:21:11.380><c> idolatry,</c>

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and<00:21:12.700><c> that's</c><00:21:12.960><c> as</c><00:21:13.160><c> true</c><00:21:13.259><c> today</c><00:21:13.559><c> as</c><00:21:13.680><c> it</c><00:21:13.799><c> was</c><00:21:13.920><c> in</c><00:21:14.079><c> the</c><00:21:14.259><c> past.</c>

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So<00:21:16.059><c> if</c><00:21:16.319><c> in</c><00:21:16.539><c> our</c><00:21:16.779><c> lives</c><00:21:17.059><c> we</c><00:21:17.380><c> refuse</c><00:21:17.859><c> to</c><00:21:18.160><c> hearken</c><00:21:18.440><c> unto</c><00:21:18.720><c> God</c>

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and<00:21:19.500><c> to</c><00:21:19.720><c> obey</c><00:21:20.000><c> him,</c><00:21:20.680><c> but</c><00:21:20.900><c> rather</c><00:21:21.240><c> we</c><00:21:21.500><c> allow</c><00:21:21.740><c> our</c><00:21:22.059><c> own</c><00:21:22.339><c> desires</c>

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to<00:21:23.059><c> take</c><00:21:23.279><c> priority,</c><00:21:24.740><c> then</c><00:21:24.859><c> it</c><00:21:25.000><c> is</c><00:21:25.299><c> self</c><00:21:25.759><c> with</c><00:21:26.420><c> a</c><00:21:26.579><c> capital</c><00:21:26.920><c> S</c>

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that<00:21:28.140><c> has</c><00:21:28.400><c> become</c><00:21:28.819><c> our</c><00:21:29.299><c> idol.</c>

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So<00:21:31.359><c> we</c><00:21:31.559><c> each</c><00:21:31.759><c> need</c><00:21:31.900><c> to</c><00:21:32.220><c> examine</c><00:21:32.480><c> carefully</c><00:21:32.920><c> our</c><00:21:33.180><c> own</c><00:21:33.460><c> lives,</c>

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brethren<00:21:34.140><c> and</c><00:21:34.380><c> sisters,</c><00:21:35.079><c> cutting</c><00:21:35.319><c> down</c><00:21:35.700><c> any</c><00:21:36.019><c> idols</c>

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if<00:21:36.660><c> we</c><00:21:36.859><c> find</c><00:21:37.039><c> them</c><00:21:37.160><c> to</c><00:21:37.319><c> be</c><00:21:37.519><c> there,</c><00:21:38.160><c> grinding</c><00:21:38.420><c> them</c><00:21:38.599><c> to</c><00:21:38.880><c> powder,</c>

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and<00:21:39.920><c> dedicating</c><00:21:40.400><c> ourselves</c><00:21:40.859><c> entirely</c><00:21:41.519><c> to</c><00:21:42.119><c> the</c><00:21:42.380><c> service</c><00:21:42.599><c> of</c>

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our<00:21:43.079><c> God.</c>

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Do<00:21:45.140><c> you</c><00:21:45.799><c> remember</c><00:21:46.039><c> in</c><00:21:46.220><c> those</c><00:21:46.480><c> verses</c><00:21:46.740><c> that</c><00:21:46.940><c> we</c><00:21:47.059><c> read</c>

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in<00:21:47.819><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:48.259><c> chapter</c><00:21:48.680><c> two,</c><00:21:49.599><c> there</c><00:21:49.740><c> was</c><00:21:50.000><c> another</c><00:21:50.339><c> problem</c>

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that<00:21:51.099><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:51.700><c> identified</c><00:21:52.579><c> in</c><00:21:52.980><c> the</c><00:21:53.140><c> nation</c><00:21:53.380><c> of</c><00:21:53.559><c> his</c><00:21:53.819><c> day.</c>

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Not<00:21:55.420><c> only</c><00:21:55.660><c> had</c><00:21:55.799><c> they</c><00:21:56.039><c> turned</c><00:21:56.279><c> to</c><00:21:56.599><c> idol</c><00:21:56.859><c> worship,</c>

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but<00:21:57.859><c> they</c><00:21:58.000><c> had</c><00:21:58.200><c> also</c><00:21:58.599><c> allowed</c><00:21:58.880><c> their</c><00:21:59.259><c> prosperity</c>

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to<00:22:00.920><c> turn</c><00:22:01.160><c> them</c><00:22:01.400><c> away</c><00:22:01.740><c> from</c><00:22:02.000><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:03.740><c> there's</c><00:22:03.940><c> an</c><00:22:04.140><c> obvious</c><00:22:04.579><c> lesson</c><00:22:04.920><c> there</c><00:22:05.259><c> for</c><00:22:05.440><c> all</c><00:22:05.720><c> of</c><00:22:05.859><c> us</c><00:22:06.059><c> today,</c>

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because<00:22:06.920><c> we</c><00:22:07.319><c> live,</c><00:22:08.000><c> especially</c><00:22:08.299><c> in</c><00:22:08.460><c> the</c><00:22:08.619><c> Western</c><00:22:08.940><c> world,</c>

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in<00:22:09.799><c> a</c><00:22:10.039><c> very</c><00:22:10.519><c> materialistic</c><00:22:11.259><c> society,</c>

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when<00:22:13.019><c> prosperity</c><00:22:13.779><c> does</c><00:22:14.279><c> have</c><00:22:14.519><c> that</c><00:22:14.779><c> effect,</c>

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so<00:22:15.940><c> easily</c><00:22:16.319><c> it</c><00:22:16.519><c> can</c><00:22:16.759><c> turn</c><00:22:16.960><c> people</c><00:22:17.480><c> away</c><00:22:18.140><c> from</c><00:22:18.359><c> the</c><00:22:18.640><c> truth,</c>

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and<00:22:19.240><c> it</c><00:22:19.460><c> presents</c><00:22:19.700><c> dangers</c><00:22:20.119><c> for</c><00:22:20.339><c> all</c><00:22:20.599><c> of</c><00:22:20.740><c> us.</c>

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And<00:22:21.880><c> the</c><00:22:22.039><c> scriptures,</c><00:22:22.319><c> in</c><00:22:22.539><c> fact,</c><00:22:22.779><c> have</c><00:22:22.980><c> a</c><00:22:23.099><c> good</c><00:22:23.319><c> deal</c>

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of<00:22:24.920><c> useful</c><00:22:25.440><c> advice</c><00:22:26.000><c> for</c><00:22:26.279><c> us</c><00:22:26.539><c> as</c><00:22:26.759><c> far</c><00:22:27.019><c> as</c><00:22:27.180><c> this</c><00:22:27.359><c> matter</c>

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of<00:22:27.960><c> wealth</c><00:22:28.299><c> and</c><00:22:28.599><c> prosperity</c><00:22:29.099><c> is</c><00:22:29.420><c> concerned.</c>

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Just<00:22:30.859><c> come</c><00:22:31.039><c> back</c><00:22:31.220><c> to</c><00:22:31.359><c> the</c><00:22:31.440><c> New</c><00:22:31.619><c> Testament</c><00:22:31.960><c> for</c><00:22:32.200><c> a</c><00:22:32.339><c> moment,</c>

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to<00:22:32.859><c> 1</c><00:22:33.019><c> Timothy</c><00:22:33.339><c> chapter</c><00:22:33.839><c> six.</c>

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First<00:22:41.160><c> of</c><00:22:41.299><c> Timothy</c><00:22:41.619><c> chapter</c><00:22:41.980><c> six,</c><00:22:43.920><c> and</c><00:22:44.079><c> verse</c><00:22:44.279><c> seven.</c>

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Paul<00:22:47.940><c> there</c><00:22:48.339><c> says,</c><00:22:49.019><c> for</c><00:22:49.099><c> we</c><00:22:49.359><c> brought</c><00:22:49.599><c> nothing</c><00:22:49.900><c> into</c><00:22:50.160><c> this</c><00:22:50.480><c> world,</c>

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and<00:22:51.460><c> it</c><00:22:51.599><c> is</c><00:22:51.880><c> certain</c><00:22:52.140><c> we</c><00:22:52.299><c> can</c><00:22:52.519><c> carry</c><00:22:52.759><c> nothing</c><00:22:53.019><c> out.</c>

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And<00:22:54.319><c> having</c><00:22:54.579><c> food</c><00:22:54.940><c> and</c><00:22:55.200><c> raiment,</c><00:22:55.900><c> let</c><00:22:55.980><c> us</c><00:22:56.160><c> be</c><00:22:56.440><c> there</c><00:22:56.640><c> with</c><00:22:56.880><c> content.</c>

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But<00:22:58.759><c> they</c><00:22:59.000><c> that</c><00:22:59.119><c> will</c><00:22:59.279><c> be</c><00:22:59.579><c> rich,</c><00:23:00.160><c> that</c><00:23:00.339><c> is,</c>

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they<00:23:00.819><c> that</c><00:23:01.220><c> desire</c><00:23:01.500><c> to</c><00:23:01.720><c> be</c><00:23:01.900><c> rich,</c><00:23:02.859><c> fall</c><00:23:02.940><c> into</c><00:23:03.240><c> temptation</c>

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and<00:23:04.220><c> a</c><00:23:04.420><c> slumber,</c><00:23:04.420><c> and</c><00:23:04.420><c> they</c><00:23:04.420><c> will</c><00:23:04.420><c> not</c><00:23:04.420><c> be</c><00:23:04.420><c> able</c><00:23:04.420><c> to</c><00:23:04.420><c> do</c><00:23:04.420><c> so.</c>

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And<00:23:05.339><c> into</c><00:23:05.619><c> many</c><00:23:06.039><c> foolish</c><00:23:06.400><c> and</c><00:23:06.700><c> hurtful</c><00:23:07.099><c> lusts,</c>

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which<00:23:08.160><c> drown</c><00:23:08.539><c> men</c><00:23:08.720><c> in</c><00:23:08.960><c> destruction</c><00:23:09.480><c> and</c><00:23:09.720><c> perdition,</c>

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for<00:23:11.200><c> the</c><00:23:11.380><c> love</c><00:23:11.519><c> of</c><00:23:11.720><c> money</c><00:23:11.960><c> is</c><00:23:12.180><c> the</c><00:23:12.319><c> root</c><00:23:12.440><c> of</c><00:23:12.619><c> all</c><00:23:12.799><c> evil,</c>

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which<00:23:14.019><c> while</c><00:23:14.339><c> some</c><00:23:14.640><c> coveted</c><00:23:15.119><c> after,</c><00:23:15.819><c> they</c><00:23:16.000><c> have</c><00:23:16.220><c> erred</c>

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from<00:23:16.640><c> the</c><00:23:16.880><c> faith</c><00:23:17.220><c> and</c><00:23:17.859><c> pierced</c><00:23:18.279><c> themselves</c><00:23:18.720><c> through</c>

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with<00:23:20.059><c> many</c><00:23:20.720><c> sorrows.</c>

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So<00:23:23.039><c> there</c><00:23:23.400><c> Paul</c><00:23:23.640><c> is</c><00:23:23.880><c> giving</c><00:23:24.039><c> us</c><00:23:24.319><c> all</c><00:23:24.700><c> good</c><00:23:24.940><c> advice.</c>

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It<00:23:26.200><c> is</c><00:23:26.440><c> that</c><00:23:26.579><c> we've</c><00:23:26.839><c> got</c><00:23:26.980><c> to</c><00:23:27.259><c> learn</c><00:23:27.519><c> to</c><00:23:27.700><c> be</c><00:23:27.980><c> content</c>

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with<00:23:29.119><c> the</c><00:23:29.400><c> necessities</c><00:23:30.059><c> of</c><00:23:30.440><c> this</c><00:23:30.720><c> life.</c>

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But<00:23:32.460><c> you</c><00:23:32.660><c> notice</c><00:23:32.980><c> that</c><00:23:33.180><c> in</c><00:23:33.279><c> those</c><00:23:33.579><c> verses,</c>

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the<00:23:34.799><c> apostle</c><00:23:35.140><c> Paul</c><00:23:35.519><c> does</c><00:23:35.839><c> not</c><00:23:36.180><c> condemn</c><00:23:36.819><c> wealth</c><00:23:37.380><c> in</c><00:23:37.700><c> itself.</c>

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The<00:23:39.619><c> scripture</c><00:23:39.839><c> doesn't</c><00:23:40.180><c> do</c><00:23:40.460><c> that,</c><00:23:41.440><c> and</c><00:23:41.660><c> Paul</c><00:23:41.859><c> doesn't</c><00:23:42.140><c> do</c><00:23:42.299><c> it</c><00:23:42.519><c> here.</c>

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He<00:23:43.200><c> does</c><00:23:43.460><c> not</c><00:23:43.740><c> condemn</c><00:23:44.039><c> wealth</c><00:23:44.339><c> in</c><00:23:44.519><c> itself.</c>

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Isaiah,<00:23:46.079><c> in</c><00:23:46.140><c> fact,</c><00:23:46.480><c> was</c><00:23:46.640><c> not</c><00:23:46.960><c> condemning</c><00:23:47.539><c> the</c><00:23:47.759><c> fact</c>

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that<00:23:48.380><c> the</c><00:23:48.559><c> nation</c><00:23:48.799><c> was</c><00:23:49.160><c> prosperous.</c>

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No,<00:23:51.420><c> it</c><00:23:51.500><c> was</c><00:23:51.740><c> their</c><00:23:52.019><c> ungodliness</c><00:23:52.880><c> that</c><00:23:54.160><c> he</c><00:23:54.339><c> was</c><00:23:54.660><c> condemning.</c>

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Their<00:23:55.579><c> prosperity</c><00:23:56.200><c> had</c><00:23:56.460><c> led</c><00:23:56.579><c> them</c><00:23:56.779><c> away</c><00:23:56.980><c> from</c><00:23:57.200><c> God.</c>

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It<00:23:57.559><c> wasn't</c><00:23:57.839><c> the</c><00:23:58.079><c> prosperity</c><00:23:58.519><c> in</c><00:23:58.720><c> itself</c><00:23:59.180><c> that</c><00:23:59.339><c> was</c><00:23:59.519><c> the</c><00:23:59.720><c> problem.</c>

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It<00:24:00.559><c> was</c><00:24:00.779><c> the</c><00:24:00.819><c> way</c><00:24:01.000><c> they</c><00:24:01.119><c> had</c><00:24:01.359><c> reacted</c><00:24:01.799><c> to</c><00:24:02.099><c> it.</c>

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And<00:24:03.720><c> in</c><00:24:03.920><c> fact,</c><00:24:04.140><c> you</c><00:24:04.240><c> know,</c><00:24:04.380><c> we</c><00:24:04.500><c> find</c><00:24:04.740><c> in</c><00:24:04.980><c> scripture</c>

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that<00:24:06.180><c> some</c><00:24:06.420><c> of</c><00:24:06.579><c> the</c><00:24:06.759><c> great</c><00:24:07.019><c> men</c><00:24:07.220><c> of</c><00:24:07.519><c> faith</c><00:24:07.740><c> were</c><00:24:07.980><c> so</c><00:24:08.299><c> blessed</c>

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by<00:24:08.940><c> God</c>

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that<00:24:09.579><c> they</c><00:24:09.859><c> became</c><00:24:10.240><c> very</c><00:24:10.680><c> rich</c><00:24:11.039><c> people.</c>

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We<00:24:13.440><c> mentioned</c><00:24:13.940><c> Abraham</c><00:24:15.000><c> a</c><00:24:15.220><c> couple</c><00:24:15.400><c> of</c><00:24:15.579><c> days</c><00:24:15.819><c> ago,</c>

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and<00:24:16.180><c> he</c><00:24:16.420><c> provides</c><00:24:16.700><c> a</c><00:24:16.859><c> good</c><00:24:17.059><c> example</c><00:24:17.500><c> of</c><00:24:17.720><c> that.</c>

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Just<00:24:18.539><c> think</c><00:24:18.779><c> about</c><00:24:19.279><c> Abraham</c><00:24:19.700><c> for</c><00:24:19.940><c> a</c><00:24:20.119><c> moment.</c>

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He<00:24:21.519><c> had</c><00:24:21.700><c> a</c><00:24:21.759><c> very</c><00:24:22.099><c> large</c><00:24:22.380><c> household,</c><00:24:23.000><c> didn't</c><00:24:23.319><c> he?</c>

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We<00:24:24.059><c> mentioned</c><00:24:24.599><c> in</c><00:24:25.420><c> our</c><00:24:25.680><c> first</c><00:24:26.000><c> study</c><00:24:26.259><c> that</c><00:24:26.400><c> he</c><00:24:26.539><c> was</c><00:24:26.740><c> able</c><00:24:26.940><c> to</c><00:24:27.119><c> muster</c>

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318<00:24:28.400><c> fighting</c><00:24:29.000><c> men</c><00:24:29.460><c> to</c><00:24:29.940><c> go</c><00:24:30.099><c> and</c><00:24:30.319><c> rescue</c><00:24:30.599><c> his</c><00:24:30.819><c> nephew</c><00:24:31.180><c> Lot.</c>

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And<00:24:31.859><c> we</c><00:24:32.039><c> suggested</c><00:24:32.460><c> from</c><00:24:32.759><c> that</c><00:24:33.039><c> that</c><00:24:33.200><c> his</c><00:24:33.460><c> total</c><00:24:33.740><c> household</c>

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must<00:24:34.720><c> have</c><00:24:34.859><c> been</c><00:24:34.940><c> about</c><00:24:35.240><c> 1</c><00:24:35.460><c>,000.</c>

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So<00:24:37.319><c> he</c><00:24:37.460><c> was</c><00:24:37.640><c> a</c><00:24:37.779><c> rich</c><00:24:37.960><c> man.</c>

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He<00:24:38.599><c> had</c><00:24:38.759><c> a</c><00:24:38.940><c> very</c><00:24:39.299><c> large</c><00:24:39.640><c> household.</c>

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And<00:24:41.440><c> this</c><00:24:41.799><c> was</c><00:24:42.079><c> the</c><00:24:42.319><c> blessing</c><00:24:42.579><c> of</c><00:24:42.920><c> God.</c>

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There's<00:24:43.980><c> nothing</c><00:24:44.200><c> wrong</c><00:24:44.480><c> in</c><00:24:44.680><c> his</c><00:24:44.920><c> wealth.</c>

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It<00:24:45.220><c> was</c><00:24:45.359><c> God's</c><00:24:45.799><c> blessing.</c>

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God<00:24:46.619><c> had</c><00:24:46.960><c> said</c><00:24:47.119><c> to</c><00:24:47.339><c> him</c><00:24:48.019><c> in</c><00:24:48.519><c> Genesis</c><00:24:48.940><c> chapter</c><00:24:49.259><c> 12,</c>

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I<00:24:51.019><c> will</c><00:24:51.240><c> bless</c><00:24:51.599><c> thee,</c><00:24:52.640><c> and</c><00:24:52.980><c> I</c><00:24:53.079><c> will</c><00:24:53.259><c> make</c><00:24:53.440><c> thy</c><00:24:53.660><c> name</c><00:24:54.140><c> great.</c>

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And<00:24:56.279><c> yes,</c><00:24:56.720><c> indeed,</c><00:24:57.700><c> that</c><00:24:58.000><c> takes</c><00:24:58.319><c> us</c><00:24:58.619><c> forward</c><00:24:58.819><c> to</c><00:24:59.000><c> the</c><00:24:59.180><c> kingdom.</c>

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In<00:24:59.960><c> the</c><00:25:00.220><c> kingdom,</c><00:25:00.779><c> Abraham</c><00:25:01.019><c> will</c><00:25:01.200><c> be</c><00:25:01.460><c> blessed,</c>

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and<00:25:01.980><c> his</c><00:25:02.180><c> name</c><00:25:02.299><c> will</c><00:25:02.480><c> be</c><00:25:02.779><c> great.</c>

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But<00:25:03.859><c> there</c><00:25:04.140><c> was</c><00:25:04.279><c> an</c><00:25:04.579><c> incipient</c><00:25:05.039><c> fulfillment</c><00:25:05.579><c> of</c><00:25:05.880><c> that</c>

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in<00:25:06.420><c> Abraham's</c><00:25:06.900><c> own</c><00:25:07.140><c> lifetime.</c>

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And<00:25:08.539><c> that</c><00:25:08.720><c> is</c><00:25:08.940><c> pointed</c><00:25:09.220><c> out</c><00:25:09.559><c> to</c><00:25:09.720><c> us</c><00:25:10.180><c> by</c><00:25:10.519><c> the</c><00:25:10.700><c> record</c><00:25:10.960><c> in</c><00:25:11.240><c> Genesis</c>

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in<00:25:12.099><c> chapter</c><00:25:12.440><c> 24,</c><00:25:13.759><c> because</c><00:25:14.079><c> you'll</c><00:25:14.500><c> find</c><00:25:14.740><c> in</c><00:25:14.940><c> Genesis</c><00:25:15.220><c> 24</c>

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as<00:25:15.839><c> you</c><00:25:15.940><c> go</c><00:25:16.200><c> through,</c><00:25:16.519><c> the</c><00:25:16.599><c> chapter</c><00:25:16.880><c> begins</c><00:25:17.359><c> by</c><00:25:17.779><c> saying</c>

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that<00:25:18.880><c> the</c><00:25:19.079><c> Lord</c><00:25:19.559><c> had</c><00:25:20.400><c> blessed</c><00:25:21.039><c> Abraham</c><00:25:21.779><c> in</c><00:25:22.299><c> all</c><00:25:22.559><c> things.</c>

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He<00:25:23.980><c> said</c><00:25:24.180><c> in</c><00:25:24.339><c> chapter</c><00:25:24.660><c> 12,</c><00:25:25.000><c> I</c><00:25:25.019><c> will</c><00:25:25.240><c> bless</c><00:25:25.500><c> thee,</c>

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:29.920
and<00:25:26.220><c> in</c><00:25:26.359><c> chapter</c><00:25:26.599><c> 24,</c><00:25:27.359><c> we're</c><00:25:27.420><c> told,</c><00:25:28.200><c> God</c><00:25:28.420><c> did</c><00:25:28.660><c> it.</c>

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:32.640
And<00:25:30.519><c> Abraham's</c><00:25:31.200><c> servant</c><00:25:31.420><c> was</c><00:25:31.640><c> sent</c><00:25:31.900><c> to</c><00:25:32.099><c> Padanaram</c>

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:34.779
to<00:25:32.839><c> get</c><00:25:33.039><c> a</c><00:25:33.319><c> wife</c><00:25:33.640><c> for</c><00:25:33.839><c> his</c><00:25:34.019><c> son</c><00:25:34.220><c> Isaac.</c>

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And<00:25:35.400><c> when</c><00:25:35.559><c> he</c><00:25:35.819><c> arrived,</c><00:25:36.480><c> the</c><00:25:36.779><c> steward</c><00:25:37.160><c> said</c><00:25:37.420><c> this.</c>

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The<00:25:39.000><c> Lord</c><00:25:39.559><c> hath</c><00:25:40.160><c> blessed</c><00:25:40.680><c> my</c><00:25:41.019><c> master</c><00:25:41.460><c> in</c><00:25:41.700><c> all</c><00:25:41.960><c> things,</c>

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and<00:25:42.799><c> he</c><00:25:43.059><c> is</c><00:25:43.279><c> become</c><00:25:43.640><c> great.</c>

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:46.799
And<00:25:45.519><c> what</c><00:25:45.660><c> had</c><00:25:45.799><c> God</c><00:25:45.980><c> done</c><00:25:46.220><c> for</c><00:25:46.440><c> him?</c>

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Well,<00:25:47.220><c> the</c><00:25:47.460><c> steward</c><00:25:47.640><c> went</c><00:25:47.839><c> on</c><00:25:48.019><c> to</c><00:25:48.240><c> explain.</c>

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:53.099
He<00:25:49.480><c> hath</c><00:25:49.720><c> given</c><00:25:49.940><c> him</c><00:25:50.259><c> flocks</c><00:25:50.880><c> and</c><00:25:51.240><c> herds</c><00:25:51.920><c> and</c><00:25:52.099><c> silver</c><00:25:52.519><c> and</c><00:25:52.799><c> gold</c>

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and<00:25:53.259><c> men's</c><00:25:53.680><c> servants</c><00:25:53.900><c> and</c><00:25:54.140><c> maidservants</c>

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and<00:25:55.160><c> camels</c><00:25:55.519><c> and</c><00:25:55.759><c> asses.</c>

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So<00:25:57.440><c> God</c><00:25:57.819><c> actually</c><00:25:58.519><c> made</c><00:25:59.039><c> Abraham</c><00:25:59.740><c> a</c><00:26:00.200><c> very</c><00:26:00.700><c> rich</c><00:26:01.140><c> man.</c>

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:05.740
He<00:26:02.240><c> did</c><00:26:02.440><c> what</c><00:26:02.619><c> he</c><00:26:02.940><c> promised</c><00:26:03.480><c> because</c><00:26:04.059><c> of</c><00:26:04.299><c> Abraham's</c><00:26:04.920><c> faith.</c>

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:08.559
Again,<00:26:07.380><c> you</c><00:26:07.480><c> might</c><00:26:07.700><c> think</c><00:26:07.900><c> of</c><00:26:08.140><c> David.</c>

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:12.839
Now,<00:26:09.240><c> there</c><00:26:09.420><c> was</c><00:26:09.619><c> a</c><00:26:09.759><c> man</c><00:26:09.900><c> who</c><00:26:10.200><c> accumulated</c><00:26:10.799><c> a</c><00:26:11.160><c> vast</c><00:26:11.480><c> amount</c><00:26:11.819><c> of</c><00:26:12.059><c> wealth,</c>

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:15.279
but<00:26:13.440><c> he</c><00:26:13.700><c> saved</c><00:26:13.839><c> it</c><00:26:13.960><c> for</c><00:26:14.099><c> the</c><00:26:14.299><c> temple,</c><00:26:14.640><c> didn't</c><00:26:14.900><c> he?</c>

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:17.599
And<00:26:15.980><c> he</c><00:26:16.259><c> struck</c><00:26:16.440><c> exactly</c><00:26:16.900><c> the</c><00:26:17.119><c> right</c><00:26:17.359><c> note</c>

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:20.539
when<00:26:17.799><c> he</c><00:26:18.099><c> said</c><00:26:18.299><c> in</c><00:26:18.480><c> 1</c><00:26:18.740><c> Chronicles</c><00:26:19.220><c> 29,</c>

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:25.039
all<00:26:21.119><c> things</c><00:26:21.480><c> come</c><00:26:21.759><c> of</c><00:26:22.019><c> thee,</c><00:26:23.000><c> and</c><00:26:23.180><c> of</c><00:26:23.380><c> thine</c><00:26:23.660><c> own</c><00:26:24.259><c> have</c><00:26:24.819><c> we</c>

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given<00:26:25.279><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:26:27.220><c> the</c><00:26:27.420><c> Spirit's</c><00:26:27.799><c> teaching</c><00:26:28.039><c> here</c><00:26:28.259><c> in</c><00:26:28.460><c> 1</c><00:26:28.619><c> Timothy</c><00:26:28.880><c> 6</c>

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:31.740
is<00:26:29.680><c> exactly</c><00:26:30.079><c> in</c><00:26:30.380><c> harmony</c><00:26:30.640><c> with</c><00:26:30.900><c> that.</c>

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Here<00:26:32.359><c> in</c><00:26:32.519><c> these</c><00:26:32.740><c> verses,</c><00:26:33.140><c> he</c><00:26:33.279><c> is</c><00:26:33.480><c> warning</c><00:26:33.759><c> us</c><00:26:34.039><c> against</c><00:26:34.400><c> verse</c><00:26:34.660><c> nine,</c>

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desiring<00:26:35.839><c> to</c><00:26:36.039><c> be</c><00:26:36.220><c> rich,</c><00:26:37.059><c> verse</c><00:26:37.420><c> 10,</c><00:26:38.039><c> loving</c><00:26:38.400><c> money,</c>

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:42.119
again<00:26:39.759><c> verse</c><00:26:40.079><c> 10,</c><00:26:40.799><c> coveting</c><00:26:41.240><c> after</c><00:26:41.700><c> it,</c>

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:46.839
and<00:26:42.619><c> in</c><00:26:42.779><c> verse</c><00:26:43.000><c> 17,</c><00:26:44.240><c> trusting</c><00:26:44.720><c> in</c><00:26:45.279><c> uncertain</c><00:26:45.779><c> riches.</c>

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:51.019
And<00:26:47.759><c> they're</c><00:26:48.019><c> all</c><00:26:48.319><c> warnings</c><00:26:48.660><c> that</c><00:26:48.880><c> we</c><00:26:49.079><c> need</c><00:26:49.259><c> today,</c><00:26:49.819><c> aren't</c><00:26:50.079><c> they?</c>

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:53.779
Wealth<00:26:51.740><c> is</c><00:26:52.039><c> far</c><00:26:52.380><c> more</c><00:26:52.640><c> widely</c><00:26:52.980><c> spread</c><00:26:53.240><c> today</c>

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:56.279
than<00:26:54.099><c> it</c><00:26:54.319><c> was</c><00:26:54.460><c> back</c><00:26:54.680><c> in</c><00:26:54.859><c> the</c><00:26:55.000><c> first</c><00:26:55.200><c> century</c><00:26:55.599><c> AD</c>

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:59.160
or<00:26:56.779><c> than</c><00:26:56.940><c> it</c><00:26:57.160><c> was</c><00:26:57.420><c> in</c><00:26:57.700><c> Isaiah's</c><00:26:58.279><c> day</c>

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or<00:26:59.460><c> even</c><00:27:00.000><c> than</c><00:27:00.359><c> it</c><00:27:00.599><c> was</c><00:27:00.900><c> 100</c><00:27:01.319><c> years</c><00:27:01.740><c> ago.</c>

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How<00:27:03.279><c> many</c><00:27:03.500><c> of</c><00:27:03.640><c> us,</c><00:27:03.839><c> for</c><00:27:04.059><c> example,</c>

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:08.880
have<00:27:05.859><c> ever</c><00:27:06.119><c> had</c><00:27:06.359><c> the</c><00:27:06.779><c> experience</c><00:27:07.240><c> of</c><00:27:07.440><c> Brother</c><00:27:07.579><c> Robert</c><00:27:07.960><c> Roberts?</c>

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It's<00:27:09.740><c> an</c><00:27:09.880><c> interesting</c><00:27:10.259><c> experience.</c>

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It's<00:27:10.980><c> recorded</c><00:27:11.240><c> in</c><00:27:11.460><c> his</c><00:27:11.700><c> autobiography,</c>

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My<00:27:12.920><c> Days</c><00:27:13.140><c> and</c><00:27:13.359><c> My</c><00:27:13.519><c> Ways.</c>

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:17.440
And<00:27:14.819><c> he</c><00:27:15.039><c> records</c><00:27:15.539><c> the</c><00:27:15.779><c> time</c><00:27:16.220><c> when</c><00:27:16.440><c> he</c><00:27:16.660><c> actually</c><00:27:16.900><c> moved</c><00:27:17.200><c> down</c>

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from<00:27:17.599><c> the</c><00:27:17.740><c> north</c><00:27:17.880><c> of</c><00:27:18.059><c> England</c><00:27:18.259><c> to</c><00:27:18.500><c> Birmingham.</c>

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:21.839
He<00:27:20.019><c> went</c><00:27:20.240><c> down</c><00:27:20.559><c> there</c><00:27:20.779><c> for</c><00:27:20.920><c> the</c><00:27:21.160><c> sole</c><00:27:21.400><c> purpose</c>

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of<00:27:22.180><c> preaching</c><00:27:22.500><c> the</c><00:27:22.859><c> truth.</c>

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:25.519
He<00:27:23.500><c> didn't</c><00:27:23.700><c> have</c><00:27:23.900><c> a</c><00:27:24.079><c> job</c><00:27:24.240><c> to</c><00:27:24.440><c> go</c><00:27:24.759><c> to,</c>

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although,<00:27:26.039><c> mercifully,</c><00:27:26.319><c> God</c><00:27:26.559><c> provided</c><00:27:27.019><c> for</c><00:27:27.259><c> him</c><00:27:27.859><c> soon.</c>

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:31.740
And<00:27:29.480><c> Brother</c><00:27:29.640><c> and</c><00:27:29.759><c> Sister</c><00:27:30.019><c> Roberts</c><00:27:30.359><c> attended</c><00:27:30.759><c> a</c><00:27:31.039><c> tea</c><00:27:31.299><c> meeting</c>

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with<00:27:32.059><c> a</c><00:27:32.240><c> few</c><00:27:32.339><c> other</c><00:27:32.559><c> brethren</c><00:27:32.839><c> and</c><00:27:33.079><c> sisters</c>

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in<00:27:33.519><c> Birmingham</c><00:27:33.859><c> at</c><00:27:34.079><c> that</c><00:27:34.339><c> time.</c>

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And<00:27:35.559><c> in</c><00:27:35.680><c> order</c><00:27:35.859><c> to</c><00:27:36.119><c> cover</c><00:27:36.259><c> the</c><00:27:36.579><c> cost,</c>

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:41.900
he<00:27:37.480><c> had</c><00:27:37.660><c> to</c><00:27:37.859><c> put</c><00:27:37.940><c> his</c><00:27:38.220><c> last</c><00:27:38.720><c> 18</c><00:27:39.339><c> pence</c><00:27:40.059><c> into</c><00:27:40.619><c> the</c><00:27:40.920><c> collection.</c>

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It<00:27:42.759><c> wasn't</c><00:27:42.980><c> just</c><00:27:43.279><c> loose</c><00:27:43.559><c> change.</c>

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:46.980
It<00:27:44.680><c> was</c><00:27:44.859><c> his</c><00:27:45.140><c> last</c><00:27:45.819><c> 18</c><00:27:46.519><c> pence.</c>

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:50.099
And<00:27:47.539><c> even</c><00:27:47.900><c> Brother</c><00:27:48.279><c> Roberts</c><00:27:48.799><c> was</c><00:27:49.240><c> moved</c><00:27:49.500><c> to</c><00:27:49.859><c> comment</c>

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:51.980
on<00:27:50.420><c> the</c><00:27:50.700><c> hardness</c><00:27:51.059><c> of</c><00:27:51.339><c> the</c><00:27:51.559><c> way</c>

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:54.920
at<00:27:52.460><c> that</c><00:27:52.720><c> particular</c><00:27:53.180><c> time</c><00:27:53.500><c> in</c><00:27:53.660><c> his</c><00:27:53.859><c> life.</c>

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:57.759
Very<00:27:56.160><c> few</c><00:27:56.480><c> of</c><00:27:56.599><c> us,</c><00:27:56.880><c> brethren</c><00:27:57.079><c> and</c><00:27:57.279><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:58.140 --> 00:28:00.720
have<00:27:58.279><c> that</c><00:27:58.640><c> kind</c><00:27:58.819><c> of</c><00:27:59.180><c> experience</c><00:27:59.619><c> today.</c>

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:02.539
Wealth<00:28:01.119><c> is</c><00:28:01.359><c> far</c><00:28:01.619><c> more</c><00:28:01.880><c> widely</c><00:28:02.200><c> spread</c>

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:04.859
and<00:28:02.900><c> the</c><00:28:03.099><c> danger</c><00:28:03.440><c> for</c><00:28:03.680><c> us</c><00:28:04.079><c> in</c><00:28:04.440><c> the</c><00:28:04.599><c> language</c>

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:06.440
of<00:28:05.119><c> another</c><00:28:05.339><c> of</c><00:28:05.480><c> the</c><00:28:05.619><c> Lord's</c><00:28:06.059><c> parables</c>

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:09.579
is<00:28:06.900><c> that</c><00:28:07.039><c> we</c><00:28:07.200><c> might</c><00:28:07.400><c> be</c><00:28:07.660><c> tempted</c><00:28:07.859><c> to</c><00:28:08.140><c> take</c><00:28:08.319><c> our</c><00:28:08.640><c> ease,</c>

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:12.079
to<00:28:09.920><c> trust</c><00:28:10.200><c> in</c><00:28:10.380><c> the</c><00:28:10.599><c> material</c><00:28:10.960><c> things</c><00:28:11.240><c> of</c><00:28:11.440><c> this</c><00:28:11.680><c> life</c>

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instead<00:28:12.640><c> of</c><00:28:12.880><c> trusting</c><00:28:13.119><c> in</c><00:28:13.460><c> God.</c>

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:17.819
And<00:28:14.859><c> so</c><00:28:15.059><c> here</c><00:28:15.240><c> in</c><00:28:15.359><c> 1</c><00:28:15.619><c> Timothy</c><00:28:15.859><c> 6</c><00:28:16.400><c> and</c><00:28:16.579><c> verse</c><00:28:16.920><c> 19,</c>

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Paul<00:28:18.319><c> exhorts</c><00:28:18.920><c> the</c><00:28:19.180><c> wealthy</c><00:28:19.579><c> brethren</c>

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:22.240
in<00:28:20.619><c> the</c><00:28:20.799><c> Ecclesia</c><00:28:21.099><c> to</c><00:28:21.279><c> which</c><00:28:21.380><c> he's</c><00:28:21.740><c> writing,</c>

00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:25.039
to<00:28:22.700><c> lay</c><00:28:22.980><c> up</c><00:28:23.119><c> for</c><00:28:23.279><c> themselves</c><00:28:23.720><c> a</c><00:28:24.099><c> good</c><00:28:24.359><c> foundation</c>

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:26.480
against<00:28:25.400><c> the</c><00:28:25.700><c> time</c><00:28:25.859><c> to</c><00:28:26.140><c> come</c>

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:29.839
that<00:28:26.940><c> they</c><00:28:27.140><c> may</c><00:28:27.319><c> lay</c><00:28:27.579><c> hold</c><00:28:28.000><c> on</c><00:28:28.460><c> eternal</c><00:28:28.859><c> life.</c>

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:32.079
So<00:28:30.539><c> to</c><00:28:30.720><c> know</c><00:28:30.940><c> God</c><00:28:31.220><c> and</c><00:28:31.400><c> his</c><00:28:31.660><c> way</c>

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:35.460
is<00:28:32.519><c> for</c><00:28:32.720><c> all</c><00:28:32.980><c> of</c><00:28:33.099><c> us</c><00:28:33.259><c> to</c><00:28:33.480><c> possess</c><00:28:33.759><c> real</c><00:28:34.259><c> and</c><00:28:34.619><c> lasting</c><00:28:35.000><c> treasure.</c>

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:37.859
And<00:28:36.099><c> we</c><00:28:36.240><c> have</c><00:28:36.359><c> to</c><00:28:36.539><c> make</c><00:28:36.640><c> the</c><00:28:36.859><c> following</c><00:28:37.099><c> of</c><00:28:37.319><c> that</c><00:28:37.559><c> way</c>

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:40.519
our<00:28:38.279><c> top</c><00:28:38.480><c> priority</c><00:28:39.140><c> in</c><00:28:39.660><c> life.</c>

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:43.579
Let's<00:28:41.359><c> come</c><00:28:41.539><c> back</c><00:28:41.660><c> to</c><00:28:41.819><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:42.019><c> chapter</c><00:28:42.359><c> two,</c><00:28:42.819><c> then.</c>

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:46.740
We've<00:28:44.539><c> seen</c><00:28:44.819><c> here</c><00:28:45.420><c> at</c><00:28:45.700><c> least</c><00:28:45.940><c> two</c><00:28:46.279><c> of</c><00:28:46.420><c> the</c><00:28:46.579><c> things</c>

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:49.700
that<00:28:46.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:47.259><c> criticized</c><00:28:47.839><c> the</c><00:28:48.059><c> nation</c><00:28:48.440><c> of</c><00:28:48.680><c> his</c><00:28:48.839><c> own</c><00:28:49.119><c> day</c><00:28:49.420><c> for</c>

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:53.039
and<00:28:50.200><c> there</c><00:28:50.400><c> are</c><00:28:50.619><c> obvious</c><00:28:50.880><c> lessons</c><00:28:51.220><c> for</c><00:28:51.460><c> all</c><00:28:51.619><c> of</c><00:28:51.700><c> us</c><00:28:51.819><c> in</c><00:28:52.059><c> that.</c>

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:55.920
Back<00:28:54.059><c> to</c><00:28:54.240><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:54.519><c> chapter</c><00:28:54.839><c> two,</c>

00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:58.240
Brother<00:28:56.500><c> Roberts</c><00:28:56.900><c> actually</c><00:28:57.440><c> in</c><00:28:57.640><c> his</c><00:28:58.000><c> work,</c>

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:59.839
The<00:28:58.440><c> Ministry</c><00:28:58.759><c> of</c><00:28:58.940><c> the</c><00:28:59.160><c> Prophets,</c>

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makes<00:29:00.279><c> a</c><00:29:00.440><c> very</c><00:29:00.759><c> interesting</c><00:29:01.259><c> comment</c>

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:05.400
on<00:29:02.440><c> verses</c><00:29:02.779><c> six</c><00:29:03.140><c> to</c><00:29:03.319><c> nine</c><00:29:03.660><c> of</c><00:29:03.900><c> chapter</c><00:29:04.200><c> two.</c>

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:07.039
He<00:29:05.740><c> says</c><00:29:06.000><c> this,</c>

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:12.559
Here<00:29:07.720><c> is</c><00:29:08.039><c> the</c><00:29:08.259><c> picture</c><00:29:08.680><c> of</c><00:29:09.039><c> a</c><00:29:09.259><c> busy,</c><00:29:09.779><c> active,</c><00:29:10.640><c> energetic</c><00:29:11.200><c> population</c>

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:16.579
finding<00:29:13.019><c> pleasure</c><00:29:13.599><c> in</c><00:29:13.819><c> the</c><00:29:14.019><c> things</c><00:29:14.220><c> that</c><00:29:14.619><c> please</c><00:29:15.160><c> natural</c><00:29:16.019><c> men</c>

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:19.240
and<00:29:17.220><c> greatly</c><00:29:17.680><c> interested</c><00:29:18.220><c> in</c><00:29:18.720><c> strangers</c>

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:21.599
who<00:29:19.880><c> had</c><00:29:20.119><c> no</c><00:29:20.559><c> interest</c><00:29:21.000><c> in</c><00:29:21.299><c> God</c>

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:24.480
and<00:29:22.400><c> conforming</c><00:29:23.039><c> great</c><00:29:23.299><c> and</c><00:29:23.680><c> small</c><00:29:23.819><c> to</c><00:29:24.000><c> the</c><00:29:24.240><c> religion</c>

00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:27.640
that<00:29:24.619><c> was</c><00:29:24.900><c> fashionable</c><00:29:25.400><c> in</c><00:29:25.859><c> the</c><00:29:26.059><c> surrounding</c><00:29:26.480><c> countries.</c>

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:32.819
But<00:29:28.740><c> then</c><00:29:28.900><c> he</c><00:29:29.099><c> says</c><00:29:29.539><c> that</c><00:29:30.519><c> the</c><00:29:30.880><c> population</c><00:29:31.660><c> so</c><00:29:32.140><c> exhibited</c>

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:35.920
should<00:29:33.400><c> have</c><00:29:33.539><c> been</c><00:29:33.660><c> a</c><00:29:33.900><c> nation</c><00:29:34.259><c> that</c><00:29:34.480><c> God</c><00:29:34.779><c> brought</c><00:29:35.059><c> out</c><00:29:35.299><c> of</c><00:29:35.539><c> Egypt</c>

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:41.079
and<00:29:36.599><c> organized</c><00:29:37.000><c> for</c><00:29:37.220><c> himself</c><00:29:37.980><c> made</c><00:29:39.000><c> it</c><00:29:39.440><c> specially</c><00:29:39.799><c> criminal.</c>

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:46.160
And<00:29:42.700><c> it's</c><00:29:42.980><c> helpful,</c><00:29:43.339><c> isn't</c><00:29:43.599><c> it,</c><00:29:44.500><c> for</c><00:29:44.700><c> us</c><00:29:44.839><c> all</c><00:29:45.119><c> to</c><00:29:45.420><c> remember</c><00:29:45.720><c> that.</c>

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:49.460
We<00:29:46.819><c> have</c><00:29:47.000><c> been</c><00:29:47.200><c> redeemed</c><00:29:47.700><c> from</c><00:29:47.960><c> bondage</c><00:29:48.380><c> in</c><00:29:48.599><c> Egypt.</c>

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:51.799
We've<00:29:49.740><c> been</c><00:29:49.920><c> baptized</c><00:29:50.440><c> into</c><00:29:50.640><c> the</c><00:29:50.819><c> Lord</c><00:29:50.980><c> Jesus</c><00:29:51.339><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:53.880
We're<00:29:52.079><c> now</c><00:29:52.339><c> walking</c><00:29:52.680><c> to</c><00:29:52.900><c> the</c><00:29:53.039><c> kingdom</c><00:29:53.279><c> of</c><00:29:53.579><c> God.</c>

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:57.119
So<00:29:54.380><c> we</c><00:29:54.519><c> have</c><00:29:54.660><c> to</c><00:29:54.859><c> take</c><00:29:55.119><c> care</c><00:29:55.500><c> how</c><00:29:55.960><c> we</c><00:29:56.299><c> walk.</c>

00:29:58.099 --> 00:30:00.759
Now<00:29:58.299><c> I</c><00:29:58.359><c> think</c><00:29:58.619><c> that</c><00:29:58.880><c> as</c><00:29:59.140><c> we</c><00:29:59.359><c> look</c><00:29:59.460><c> at</c><00:29:59.619><c> this</c><00:29:59.859><c> section</c><00:30:00.140><c> in</c><00:30:00.380><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:03.000
it<00:30:00.980><c> is</c><00:30:01.259><c> helpful</c><00:30:01.680><c> to</c><00:30:02.000><c> see</c><00:30:02.140><c> Isaiah's</c><00:30:02.839><c> words</c>

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.559
in<00:30:03.299><c> this</c><00:30:03.559><c> section</c><00:30:03.759><c> of</c><00:30:03.940><c> the</c><00:30:04.140><c> prophecy</c>

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:07.460
against<00:30:05.240><c> the</c><00:30:05.640><c> historical</c><00:30:06.119><c> background</c><00:30:06.640><c> that</c><00:30:06.940><c> existed</c>

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:09.359
during<00:30:08.119><c> the</c><00:30:08.319><c> days</c><00:30:08.480><c> of</c><00:30:08.680><c> King</c><00:30:08.880><c> Isaiah</c>

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:11.400
and<00:30:09.740><c> the</c><00:30:09.960><c> regency</c><00:30:10.319><c> of</c><00:30:10.480><c> his</c><00:30:10.640><c> son</c><00:30:10.880><c> Jotham.</c>

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:15.220
So<00:30:12.000><c> let's</c><00:30:12.240><c> go</c><00:30:12.460><c> back</c><00:30:12.640><c> now</c><00:30:12.859><c> to</c><00:30:13.099><c> 2</c><00:30:13.279><c> Chronicles</c><00:30:13.759><c> 26.</c>

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:18.440
We've<00:30:16.240><c> mentioned</c><00:30:16.539><c> the</c><00:30:16.839><c> historical</c><00:30:17.259><c> background</c><00:30:17.759><c> before</c><00:30:18.180><c> now,</c>

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:21.259
but<00:30:18.700><c> we</c><00:30:19.019><c> haven't</c><00:30:19.220><c> really</c><00:30:19.480><c> said</c><00:30:19.599><c> anything</c><00:30:19.900><c> in</c><00:30:20.079><c> any</c><00:30:20.279><c> detail.</c>

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:23.660
So<00:30:21.839><c> let's</c><00:30:21.980><c> go</c><00:30:22.140><c> back</c><00:30:22.259><c> to</c><00:30:22.460><c> 2</c><00:30:22.599><c> Chronicles</c><00:30:23.039><c> 26</c>

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:25.599
and<00:30:23.819><c> just</c><00:30:24.200><c> fill</c><00:30:24.339><c> in</c><00:30:24.460><c> the</c><00:30:24.640><c> background.</c>

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:29.880
When<00:30:27.539><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:28.000><c> began</c><00:30:28.380><c> to</c><00:30:28.619><c> rule</c><00:30:28.779><c> in</c><00:30:29.079><c> Judah,</c>

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:32.640
the<00:30:30.460><c> kingdom</c><00:30:30.680><c> was</c><00:30:30.859><c> in</c><00:30:30.980><c> a</c><00:30:31.079><c> very</c><00:30:31.359><c> poor</c><00:30:31.619><c> state.</c>

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:35.859
His<00:30:33.359><c> father</c><00:30:33.759><c> Amaziah</c><00:30:34.480><c> had</c><00:30:34.720><c> turned</c><00:30:34.960><c> away</c><00:30:35.240><c> from</c><00:30:35.519><c> God</c>

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:39.099
and<00:30:36.220><c> had</c><00:30:36.380><c> been</c><00:30:36.579><c> severely</c><00:30:37.079><c> beaten</c><00:30:37.519><c> in</c><00:30:37.720><c> the</c><00:30:37.900><c> Battle</c><00:30:38.099><c> of</c><00:30:38.279><c> Bethshemesh</c>

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:41.019
by<00:30:39.619><c> Joash,</c><00:30:40.059><c> king</c><00:30:40.200><c> of</c><00:30:40.400><c> Israel.</c>

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:44.019
The<00:30:41.680><c> north</c><00:30:41.960><c> wall</c><00:30:42.119><c> of</c><00:30:42.339><c> Jerusalem</c><00:30:42.740><c> had</c><00:30:42.940><c> been</c><00:30:43.180><c> broken</c><00:30:43.539><c> down</c>

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:47.180
and<00:30:44.380><c> the</c><00:30:44.579><c> temple</c><00:30:44.900><c> treasures</c><00:30:45.240><c> had</c><00:30:45.440><c> been</c><00:30:45.799><c> plundered.</c>

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:51.119
So<00:30:47.740><c> then,</c><00:30:48.099><c> chapter</c><00:30:48.220><c> 26</c><00:30:48.779><c> of</c><00:30:49.000><c> 2</c><00:30:49.160><c> Chronicles</c><00:30:49.660><c> in</c><00:30:49.839><c> verse</c><00:30:50.059><c> one.</c>

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:54.500
Then<00:30:51.880><c> all</c><00:30:52.279><c> the</c><00:30:52.480><c> people</c><00:30:52.700><c> of</c><00:30:52.960><c> Judah</c><00:30:53.160><c> took</c><00:30:53.500><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:56.940
who<00:30:54.700><c> was</c><00:30:54.920><c> 16</c><00:30:55.339><c> years</c><00:30:55.720><c> old</c><00:30:56.000><c> and</c><00:30:56.160><c> made</c><00:30:56.359><c> him</c><00:30:56.660><c> king</c>

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:58.779
in<00:30:57.160><c> the</c><00:30:57.279><c> room</c><00:30:57.400><c> of</c><00:30:57.579><c> his</c><00:30:57.759><c> father</c><00:30:58.039><c> Amaziah.</c>

00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:02.400
He<00:30:59.640><c> built</c><00:30:59.940><c> Eloth</c><00:31:00.480><c> and</c><00:31:00.880><c> restored</c><00:31:01.200><c> it</c><00:31:01.420><c> to</c><00:31:01.599><c> Judah.</c>

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:05.000
After<00:31:02.799><c> that,</c><00:31:03.039><c> the</c><00:31:03.160><c> king</c><00:31:03.339><c> slept</c><00:31:03.640><c> with</c><00:31:03.839><c> his</c><00:31:04.099><c> fathers.</c>

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:08.240
16<00:31:05.740><c> years</c><00:31:06.140><c> old</c><00:31:06.359><c> was</c><00:31:06.559><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:06.980><c> when</c><00:31:07.180><c> he</c><00:31:07.400><c> began</c><00:31:07.640><c> to</c><00:31:07.980><c> reign,</c>

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:11.319
and<00:31:08.660><c> he</c><00:31:08.859><c> reigned</c><00:31:09.039><c> 50</c><00:31:09.440><c> and</c><00:31:09.640><c> two</c><00:31:09.819><c> years</c><00:31:10.019><c> in</c><00:31:10.200><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:15.000
His<00:31:11.940><c> mother's</c><00:31:12.339><c> name</c><00:31:12.500><c> also</c><00:31:12.900><c> was</c><00:31:13.099><c> Jekaliah</c><00:31:13.640><c> of</c><00:31:13.779><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:18.559
And<00:31:15.859><c> he</c><00:31:15.980><c> did</c><00:31:16.099><c> that</c><00:31:16.299><c> which</c><00:31:16.420><c> was</c><00:31:16.759><c> right</c><00:31:17.119><c> in</c><00:31:17.480><c> the</c><00:31:17.680><c> sight</c><00:31:17.799><c> of</c><00:31:17.980><c> the</c><00:31:18.099><c> Lord,</c>

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:22.240
according<00:31:19.220><c> to</c><00:31:19.440><c> all</c><00:31:19.660><c> that</c><00:31:19.839><c> his</c><00:31:20.019><c> father</c><00:31:20.359><c> Amaziah</c><00:31:21.099><c> did.</c>

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:27.180
Now,<00:31:23.960><c> the</c><00:31:24.119><c> name</c><00:31:24.380><c> given</c><00:31:24.660><c> to</c><00:31:25.000><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:25.480><c> in</c><00:31:25.960><c> the</c><00:31:26.160><c> king's</c><00:31:26.740><c> record</c>

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:30.819
in<00:31:27.480><c> 2</c><00:31:27.700><c> Kings</c><00:31:28.220><c> is</c><00:31:28.880><c> Azariah.</c>

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:36.259
Azariah<00:31:32.599><c> means</c><00:31:33.279><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:34.240><c> is</c><00:31:34.759><c> my</c><00:31:35.099><c> strength.</c>

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:39.319
Yahweh<00:31:37.599><c> is</c><00:31:37.900><c> my</c><00:31:38.180><c> strength.</c>

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:42.519
The<00:31:39.980><c> other</c><00:31:40.359><c> name</c><00:31:40.619><c> that</c><00:31:40.779><c> is</c><00:31:40.940><c> given</c><00:31:41.119><c> to</c><00:31:41.299><c> him</c><00:31:41.440><c> in</c><00:31:41.700><c> 2</c><00:31:41.940><c> Kings,</c>

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:47.480
Azariah,<00:31:43.539><c> means</c><00:31:44.240><c> Yahweh</c><00:31:45.660><c> has</c><00:31:46.480><c> helped.</c>

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:50.140
And<00:31:48.339><c> I</c><00:31:48.539><c> understand</c><00:31:49.059><c> that</c><00:31:49.279><c> in</c><00:31:49.460><c> the</c><00:31:49.660><c> Hebrew,</c>

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:53.079
there<00:31:50.559><c> is</c><00:31:50.779><c> actually</c><00:31:51.160><c> only</c><00:31:51.519><c> a</c><00:31:51.759><c> difference</c><00:31:52.000><c> of</c><00:31:52.299><c> one</c><00:31:52.579><c> letter</c>

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:55.259
between<00:31:53.660><c> those</c><00:31:54.019><c> two</c><00:31:54.279><c> names.</c>

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:59.440
And<00:31:56.279><c> actually,</c><00:31:57.259><c> both</c><00:31:57.579><c> aspects</c><00:31:58.299><c> of</c><00:31:58.700><c> the</c><00:31:58.880><c> man's</c><00:31:59.299><c> name</c>

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:01.740
are<00:31:59.740><c> illustrated</c><00:32:00.440><c> in</c><00:32:01.099><c> the</c><00:32:01.339><c> record.</c>

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:05.539
If<00:32:02.279><c> you</c><00:32:02.359><c> come</c><00:32:02.539><c> on</c><00:32:02.799><c> to</c><00:32:03.059><c> verse</c><00:32:03.400><c> 15</c><00:32:03.839><c> of</c><00:32:04.000><c> chapter</c><00:32:04.279><c> 26,</c>

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:09.759
it<00:32:05.759><c> says</c><00:32:06.099><c> there</c><00:32:06.980><c> about</c><00:32:07.579><c> him</c><00:32:07.779><c> making</c><00:32:08.140><c> these</c><00:32:09.059><c> siege</c><00:32:09.319><c> engines,</c>

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:11.460
and<00:32:09.980><c> at</c><00:32:10.359><c> the</c><00:32:10.500><c> end</c><00:32:10.859><c> it</c><00:32:11.039><c> says,</c>

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:13.859
his<00:32:11.900><c> name</c><00:32:12.299><c> spread</c><00:32:12.759><c> far</c><00:32:13.259><c> abroad,</c>

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:19.180
for<00:32:14.240><c> he</c><00:32:14.420><c> was</c><00:32:14.700><c> marvelously</c><00:32:15.400><c> helped</c><00:32:16.099><c> till</c><00:32:16.880><c> he</c><00:32:17.319><c> was</c><00:32:18.039><c> strong.</c>

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:22.319
So<00:32:20.339><c> God</c><00:32:20.579><c> indeed</c><00:32:21.240><c> helped</c><00:32:21.740><c> him,</c>

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:26.140
but<00:32:23.000><c> he</c><00:32:23.119><c> didn't</c><00:32:23.299><c> always</c><00:32:23.619><c> rely</c><00:32:23.859><c> on</c><00:32:24.059><c> God</c><00:32:24.559><c> for</c><00:32:25.039><c> his</c><00:32:25.299><c> strength.</c>

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:30.539
Yahweh<00:32:26.859><c> is</c><00:32:27.119><c> my</c><00:32:27.339><c> strength,</c><00:32:28.359><c> and</c><00:32:28.539><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:29.279><c> has</c><00:32:29.660><c> helped.</c>

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:34.640
Now,<00:32:31.940><c> going</c><00:32:32.200><c> back</c><00:32:32.599><c> to</c><00:32:33.259><c> the</c><00:32:33.579><c> first</c><00:32:33.900><c> few</c><00:32:34.160><c> verses,</c>

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:39.059
the<00:32:35.299><c> first</c><00:32:35.680><c> thing</c><00:32:36.140><c> that</c><00:32:36.579><c> Azariah</c><00:32:37.279><c> did</c><00:32:37.539><c> according</c><00:32:37.940><c> to</c><00:32:38.160><c> verse</c><00:32:38.460><c> two</c>

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:44.220
was<00:32:39.440><c> to</c><00:32:39.700><c> build</c><00:32:40.039><c> Eloth,</c><00:32:41.259><c> and</c><00:32:41.359><c> he</c><00:32:41.619><c> restored</c><00:32:42.079><c> it</c><00:32:42.900><c> to</c><00:32:43.400><c> Judah.</c>

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:48.000
His<00:32:44.759><c> first</c><00:32:45.099><c> recorded</c><00:32:45.539><c> act</c><00:32:45.799><c> here</c><00:32:46.180><c> was</c><00:32:46.420><c> to</c><00:32:46.660><c> reconquer</c><00:32:47.140><c> this</c><00:32:47.519><c> port</c>

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:51.140
of<00:32:48.400><c> Eloth,</c><00:32:48.940><c> or</c><00:32:49.160><c> Elath</c><00:32:49.700><c> as</c><00:32:49.880><c> it</c><00:32:50.059><c> is</c><00:32:50.200><c> in</c><00:32:50.400><c> 2</c><00:32:50.660><c> Kings,</c>

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:54.720
which<00:32:51.660><c> the</c><00:32:51.940><c> Edomites</c><00:32:52.380><c> had</c><00:32:52.740><c> controlled</c><00:32:53.099><c> for</c><00:32:53.319><c> the</c><00:32:53.420><c> last</c><00:32:53.720><c> 80</c><00:32:54.099><c> years</c>

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:57.380
after<00:32:55.279><c> their</c><00:32:55.519><c> rebellion</c><00:32:55.900><c> against</c><00:32:56.279><c> Jehoram.</c>

00:32:57.519 --> 00:33:00.019
Now,<00:32:57.779><c> this</c><00:32:58.019><c> place,</c><00:32:58.339><c> Eloth,</c><00:32:58.940><c> was</c><00:32:59.180><c> situated</c><00:32:59.660><c> at</c><00:32:59.819><c> the</c><00:33:00.019><c> north</c><00:33:00.019><c> of</c><00:33:00.019><c> Egypt</c>

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:04.039
at<00:33:00.259><c> the</c><00:33:00.259><c> northern</c><00:33:00.259><c> end</c><00:33:00.819><c> of</c><00:33:01.000><c> the</c><00:33:01.200><c> present</c><00:33:01.480><c>-day</c><00:33:01.740><c> Gulf</c><00:33:02.000><c> of</c><00:33:02.279><c> Aqaba,</c>

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:06.119
along<00:33:04.640><c> with</c><00:33:04.859><c> Ezion</c><00:33:05.220><c> Giba,</c>

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:08.440
and<00:33:06.640><c> the</c><00:33:06.819><c> reoccupation</c><00:33:07.519><c> of</c><00:33:07.680><c> this</c><00:33:08.000><c> place</c>

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:12.519
would<00:33:08.759><c> no</c><00:33:09.019><c> doubt</c><00:33:09.240><c> have</c><00:33:09.480><c> led</c><00:33:09.559><c> to</c><00:33:09.759><c> a</c><00:33:09.960><c> revival</c><00:33:10.500><c> of</c><00:33:10.980><c> shipping</c><00:33:11.220><c> and</c><00:33:11.619><c> trade.</c>

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:15.640
So<00:33:12.900><c> that</c><00:33:13.140><c> probably</c><00:33:13.559><c> is</c><00:33:13.700><c> what</c><00:33:13.920><c> helped</c><00:33:14.059><c> to</c><00:33:14.279><c> bring</c><00:33:14.359><c> the</c><00:33:14.680><c> wealth</c><00:33:15.059><c> in</c>

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:19.859
to<00:33:15.900><c> Judah</c><00:33:16.240><c> that</c><00:33:16.759><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:17.299><c> then</c><00:33:17.619><c> goes</c><00:33:17.779><c> on</c><00:33:17.980><c> to</c><00:33:18.160><c> condemn</c><00:33:18.380><c> the</c><00:33:18.619><c> people</c><00:33:18.960><c> for.</c>

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:23.180
He<00:33:20.500><c> restored</c><00:33:20.960><c> this</c><00:33:21.319><c> place,</c><00:33:21.619><c> and</c><00:33:21.799><c> you</c><00:33:21.900><c> have</c><00:33:22.079><c> shipping</c><00:33:22.460><c> and</c><00:33:22.819><c> trade,</c>

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:26.220
and<00:33:23.640><c> wealth</c><00:33:23.960><c> comes</c><00:33:24.279><c> in</c><00:33:24.619><c> to</c><00:33:24.779><c> the</c><00:33:24.960><c> state</c><00:33:25.140><c> of</c><00:33:25.440><c> Judah.</c>

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:29.359
This<00:33:27.000><c> chapter</c><00:33:27.299><c> also</c><00:33:27.740><c> explains</c><00:33:28.259><c> that</c><00:33:28.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:28.859><c> continued</c>

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:32.480
the<00:33:29.640><c> religious</c><00:33:30.019><c> reforms</c><00:33:30.660><c> that</c><00:33:31.000><c> had</c><00:33:31.140><c> been</c><00:33:31.359><c> begun</c><00:33:31.579><c> by</c><00:33:31.819><c> his</c><00:33:32.099><c> father.</c>

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:35.539
That's<00:33:33.099><c> explained</c><00:33:33.400><c> in</c><00:33:33.559><c> verses</c><00:33:33.839><c> four</c><00:33:34.200><c> and</c><00:33:34.400><c> five.</c>

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:37.460
Now,<00:33:36.039><c> as</c><00:33:36.200><c> you</c><00:33:36.420><c> scan</c><00:33:36.700><c> down</c><00:33:36.960><c> the</c><00:33:37.160><c> verses,</c>

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:40.359
you<00:33:37.700><c> find</c><00:33:38.279><c> that</c><00:33:38.660><c> with</c><00:33:38.940><c> God's</c><00:33:39.539><c> blessing,</c>

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:43.980
Isaiah<00:33:40.539><c> experienced</c><00:33:41.440><c> considerable</c><00:33:42.200><c> military</c><00:33:42.779><c> success.</c>

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:46.599
If<00:33:44.460><c> you</c><00:33:44.539><c> just</c><00:33:44.839><c> scan</c><00:33:45.059><c> down</c><00:33:45.319><c> verses</c><00:33:45.619><c> six</c><00:33:45.960><c> to</c><00:33:46.140><c> eight,</c>

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:50.440
they<00:33:47.359><c> explain</c><00:33:48.099><c> that</c><00:33:48.619><c> Philistine</c><00:33:49.180><c> cities</c><00:33:49.539><c> were</c><00:33:49.740><c> destroyed,</c>

00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:53.200
and<00:33:50.880><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:51.220><c> built</c><00:33:51.500><c> new</c><00:33:51.779><c> ones</c><00:33:51.980><c> of</c><00:33:52.140><c> his</c><00:33:52.359><c> own.</c>

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:56.079
Then<00:33:53.579><c> we</c><00:33:53.779><c> find</c><00:33:54.000><c> that</c><00:33:54.180><c> the</c><00:33:54.420><c> Arabians</c><00:33:55.000><c> living</c><00:33:55.259><c> in</c><00:33:55.460><c> the</c><00:33:55.700><c> south</c>

00:33:56.079 --> 00:34:00.160
ran<00:33:56.359><c> about</c><00:33:56.619><c> Beersheba,</c><00:33:57.660><c> also</c><00:33:58.160><c> felt</c><00:33:58.440><c> the</c><00:33:58.720><c> strength</c><00:33:58.940><c> of</c><00:33:59.119><c> his</c><00:33:59.319><c> rule.</c>

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:03.259
The<00:34:00.720><c> Ammonites</c><00:34:01.380><c> gave</c><00:34:01.720><c> gifts</c><00:34:02.119><c> to</c><00:34:02.400><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.759
and<00:34:03.660><c> at</c><00:34:04.019><c> the</c><00:34:04.079><c> end</c><00:34:04.279><c> of</c><00:34:04.380><c> verse</c><00:34:04.579><c> eight,</c>

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:08.840
you<00:34:04.940><c> find</c><00:34:05.259><c> that</c><00:34:05.400><c> his</c><00:34:05.640><c> influence</c><00:34:06.059><c> even</c><00:34:06.460><c> extended</c><00:34:07.099><c> as</c><00:34:07.579><c> far</c><00:34:07.740><c> as</c><00:34:07.960><c> Egypt.</c>

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:13.000
So<00:34:09.579><c> he</c><00:34:09.760><c> became</c><00:34:10.159><c> a</c><00:34:10.420><c> very</c><00:34:10.739><c> powerful</c><00:34:11.340><c> king,</c><00:34:11.900><c> didn't</c><00:34:12.179><c> he?</c>

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:15.239
And<00:34:13.519><c> in</c><00:34:14.019><c> addition</c><00:34:14.280><c> to</c><00:34:14.500><c> all</c><00:34:14.679><c> of</c><00:34:14.920><c> that,</c>

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:17.579
verse<00:34:15.739><c> 10</c><00:34:16.059><c> tells</c><00:34:16.420><c> us</c><00:34:16.800><c> that</c><00:34:17.039><c> he</c><00:34:17.280><c> developed</c>

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:19.719
the<00:34:17.920><c> economy</c><00:34:18.360><c> of</c><00:34:18.559><c> the</c><00:34:18.739><c> country.</c>

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:22.699
It<00:34:20.039><c> says</c><00:34:20.179><c> he</c><00:34:20.320><c> built</c><00:34:20.639><c> towers</c><00:34:21.159><c> in</c><00:34:21.460><c> the</c><00:34:21.659><c> desert,</c><00:34:22.099><c> or</c><00:34:22.199><c> the</c><00:34:22.360><c> wilderness.</c>

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:25.760
He<00:34:23.260><c> digged</c><00:34:23.599><c> many</c><00:34:23.880><c> wells,</c><00:34:24.659><c> for</c><00:34:24.739><c> he</c><00:34:24.880><c> had</c><00:34:25.039><c> much</c><00:34:25.320><c> cattle,</c>

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:28.360
both<00:34:26.280><c> in</c><00:34:26.460><c> the</c><00:34:26.579><c> low</c><00:34:26.780><c> country</c><00:34:27.239><c> and</c><00:34:27.500><c> in</c><00:34:27.659><c> the</c><00:34:27.840><c> plains.</c>

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:31.639
Husbandmen<00:34:29.159><c> also</c><00:34:29.619><c> envined</c><00:34:30.119><c> dresses</c><00:34:30.360><c> in</c><00:34:30.559><c> the</c><00:34:30.719><c> mountains</c><00:34:31.260><c> and</c>

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.440
in<00:34:31.940><c> Carmel,</c>

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:35.440
for<00:34:32.920><c> he</c><00:34:33.239><c> loved</c><00:34:33.920><c> husbandry.</c>

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:37.900
So<00:34:35.860><c> he</c><00:34:36.079><c> developed</c><00:34:36.559><c> the</c><00:34:36.820><c> economy</c><00:34:37.139><c> of</c><00:34:37.340><c> the</c><00:34:37.420><c> country</c>

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:40.000
by<00:34:38.400><c> building</c><00:34:38.840><c> towers</c><00:34:39.260><c> in</c><00:34:39.480><c> the</c><00:34:39.679><c> desert.</c>

00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:41.800
Presumably,<00:34:40.599><c> they</c><00:34:40.760><c> were</c><00:34:40.940><c> watchtowers</c>

00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:44.599
to<00:34:42.199><c> protect</c><00:34:42.480><c> the</c><00:34:42.739><c> flocks</c><00:34:43.000><c> and</c><00:34:43.260><c> herds</c><00:34:43.500><c> from</c><00:34:43.739><c> attack.</c>

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:47.619
He<00:34:44.960><c> dug</c><00:34:45.239><c> wells,</c><00:34:46.239><c> providing</c><00:34:46.559><c> water</c><00:34:46.980><c> for</c><00:34:47.159><c> the</c><00:34:47.360><c> cattle.</c>

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:50.840
He<00:34:48.420><c> terraced</c><00:34:48.800><c> the</c><00:34:49.059><c> hills</c><00:34:49.400><c> for</c><00:34:49.679><c> vineyards.</c>

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:54.900
In<00:34:51.500><c> fact,</c><00:34:51.960><c> archeologists</c><00:34:52.659><c> have</c><00:34:52.940><c> found</c><00:34:53.139><c> traces</c><00:34:53.579><c> of</c><00:34:53.820><c> Judean</c><00:34:54.320><c> farms</c>

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:57.800
equipped<00:34:55.480><c> with</c><00:34:55.800><c> cisterns,</c><00:34:56.800><c> irrigation</c><00:34:57.340><c> systems,</c>

00:34:57.920 --> 00:35:00.659
and<00:34:58.079><c> fortifications</c><00:34:58.980><c> in</c><00:34:59.460><c> the</c><00:34:59.679><c> southern</c><00:34:59.880><c> part</c><00:35:00.179><c> of</c><00:35:00.420><c> Judah,</c>

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:03.300
down<00:35:01.119><c> in</c><00:35:01.679><c> the</c><00:35:01.780><c> Negev,</c><00:35:02.460><c> which</c><00:35:02.599><c> they've</c><00:35:02.920><c> dated</c>

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:07.139
to<00:35:03.699><c> the</c><00:35:03.800><c> eighth</c><00:35:03.960><c> century</c><00:35:04.340><c> BC,</c><00:35:05.519><c> about</c><00:35:05.719><c> the</c><00:35:05.940><c> time</c><00:35:06.099><c> of</c><00:35:06.300><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:11.219
In<00:35:08.599><c> addition</c><00:35:08.880><c> to</c><00:35:09.099><c> that,</c><00:35:09.300><c> you</c><00:35:09.400><c> get</c><00:35:09.619><c> to</c><00:35:09.800><c> verses</c><00:35:10.019><c> 11</c><00:35:10.380><c> to</c><00:35:10.539><c> 14,</c>

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:14.000
and<00:35:11.579><c> you</c><00:35:11.800><c> find</c><00:35:12.019><c> that</c><00:35:12.260><c> this</c><00:35:12.599><c> king</c><00:35:13.039><c> had</c><00:35:13.320><c> a</c><00:35:13.659><c> large,</c>

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:17.000
well<00:35:14.460><c>-organized</c><00:35:15.099><c> and</c><00:35:15.340><c> equipped</c><00:35:15.900><c> standing</c><00:35:16.400><c> army.</c>

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:19.800
And<00:35:17.780><c> he</c><00:35:17.960><c> set</c><00:35:18.139><c> about</c><00:35:18.460><c> improving</c><00:35:18.880><c> the</c><00:35:19.219><c> defenses</c>

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:24.659
of<00:35:20.199><c> his</c><00:35:20.420><c> capital</c><00:35:20.820><c> city,</c><00:35:21.739><c> building,</c><00:35:22.139><c> verse</c><00:35:22.519><c> 9,</c><00:35:23.059><c> three</c><00:35:23.380><c> new</c><00:35:23.659><c> towers.</c>

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:27.960
And<00:35:25.179><c> look</c><00:35:25.260><c> what</c><00:35:25.380><c> he</c><00:35:25.599><c> put</c><00:35:25.760><c> on</c><00:35:26.019><c> them</c><00:35:26.300><c> in</c><00:35:26.519><c> verse</c><00:35:26.820><c> 15.</c>

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:31.800
He<00:35:28.280><c> put</c><00:35:28.500><c> on</c><00:35:28.659><c> them</c><00:35:28.940><c> engines,</c><00:35:30.360><c> invented</c><00:35:30.679><c> by</c><00:35:31.099><c> cunning</c><00:35:31.360><c> men</c>

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:34.199
to<00:35:32.280><c> be</c><00:35:32.420><c> on</c><00:35:32.539><c> the</c><00:35:32.780><c> towers</c><00:35:33.019><c> and</c><00:35:33.239><c> upon</c><00:35:33.400><c> the</c><00:35:33.679><c> bulwarks,</c>

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:37.980
to<00:35:34.679><c> shoot</c><00:35:34.920><c> arrows</c><00:35:35.380><c> and</c><00:35:35.679><c> great</c><00:35:35.960><c> stones</c><00:35:36.639><c> with</c><00:35:37.119><c> all.</c>

00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:42.000
Actually,<00:35:39.219><c> there's</c><00:35:39.539><c> a</c><00:35:39.780><c> play</c><00:35:39.920><c> on</c><00:35:40.219><c> words</c><00:35:40.719><c> there</c><00:35:41.179><c> in</c><00:35:41.340><c> the</c><00:35:41.599><c> record.</c>

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:47.480
It<00:35:42.599><c> says</c><00:35:42.820><c> in</c><00:35:43.079><c> our</c><00:35:43.400><c> text,</c><00:35:44.400><c> engines</c><00:35:45.099><c> invented</c><00:35:45.800><c> by</c><00:35:46.199><c> cunning</c><00:35:46.460><c> men.</c>

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:49.460
But<00:35:47.900><c> the</c><00:35:48.119><c> expression</c><00:35:48.599><c> literally</c><00:35:49.059><c> means,</c>

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:51.820
as<00:35:49.679><c> Rotherham</c><00:35:50.039><c> translates</c><00:35:50.699><c> it,</c>

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:55.059
inventions<00:35:52.880><c> invented</c><00:35:53.440><c> of</c><00:35:54.000><c> the</c><00:35:54.219><c> inventor.</c>

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:57.320
So<00:35:55.760><c> there's</c><00:35:56.019><c> a</c><00:35:56.239><c> play</c><00:35:56.360><c> on</c><00:35:56.619><c> words</c><00:35:56.920><c> there</c>

00:35:57.320 --> 00:36:00.320
when<00:35:57.739><c> the</c><00:35:58.199><c> record</c><00:35:58.480><c> is</c><00:35:58.820><c> telling</c><00:35:58.920><c> us</c><00:35:59.199><c> what</c><00:35:59.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:59.860><c> did.</c>

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:03.920
And<00:36:00.840><c> presumably,</c><00:36:01.460><c> it's</c><00:36:01.699><c> referring</c><00:36:02.079><c> to</c><00:36:02.360><c> powerful</c><00:36:02.920><c> siege</c><00:36:03.260><c> engines</c>

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:07.280
for<00:36:04.360><c> firing</c><00:36:04.639><c> arrows</c><00:36:05.139><c> and</c><00:36:05.539><c> catapulting</c><00:36:06.260><c> stones.</c>

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:10.659
So<00:36:08.900><c> far,</c><00:36:09.360><c> then,</c><00:36:09.619><c> so</c><00:36:09.880><c> good.</c>

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:13.340
But<00:36:11.099><c> it</c><00:36:11.219><c> didn't</c><00:36:11.400><c> last,</c><00:36:11.739><c> did</c><00:36:11.920><c> it,</c><00:36:12.280><c> in</c><00:36:12.460><c> the</c><00:36:12.599><c> case</c><00:36:12.800><c> of</c><00:36:13.000><c> Isaiah?</c>

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:15.679
As<00:36:13.960><c> it</c><00:36:14.179><c> says</c><00:36:14.260><c> at</c><00:36:14.440><c> the</c><00:36:14.539><c> end</c><00:36:14.699><c> of</c><00:36:14.840><c> verse</c><00:36:15.079><c> 15,</c>

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:20.920
he<00:36:16.139><c> was</c><00:36:16.380><c> marvelously</c><00:36:17.000><c> helped</c><00:36:17.639><c> by</c><00:36:18.320><c> God</c><00:36:18.860><c> till</c><00:36:19.500><c> he</c><00:36:19.639><c> was</c><00:36:19.960><c> strong.</c>

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:22.179
But<00:36:21.159><c> when</c><00:36:21.360><c> he</c><00:36:21.539><c> was</c><00:36:21.840><c> strong,</c>

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:24.500
his<00:36:22.579><c> heart</c><00:36:22.800><c> was</c><00:36:23.039><c> lifted</c><00:36:23.260><c> up</c><00:36:23.460><c> to</c><00:36:23.599><c> his</c><00:36:23.800><c> destruction,</c>

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:27.019
for<00:36:24.980><c> he</c><00:36:25.280><c> transgressed</c><00:36:25.860><c> against</c><00:36:26.119><c> the</c><00:36:26.320><c> Lord</c><00:36:26.480><c> his</c><00:36:26.739><c> God</c>

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:29.659
and<00:36:27.340><c> went</c><00:36:27.579><c> into</c><00:36:27.780><c> the</c><00:36:28.000><c> temple</c><00:36:28.199><c> of</c><00:36:28.380><c> the</c><00:36:28.519><c> Lord</c><00:36:28.659><c> to</c><00:36:28.880><c> burn</c><00:36:29.079><c> incense</c>

00:36:29.659 --> 00:36:32.960
upon<00:36:30.260><c> the</c><00:36:30.539><c> altar</c><00:36:30.980><c> of</c><00:36:31.860><c> incense.</c>

00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:37.440
And<00:36:33.559><c> it</c><00:36:33.639><c> was</c><00:36:33.860><c> Isaiah's</c><00:36:34.579><c> pride</c><00:36:35.199><c> that</c><00:36:35.639><c> led</c><00:36:35.780><c> him</c><00:36:36.000><c> into</c><00:36:36.239><c> this</c><00:36:36.639><c> era.</c>

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:40.619
You<00:36:37.679><c> see,</c><00:36:37.780><c> he</c><00:36:37.960><c> wasn't</c><00:36:38.300><c> content</c><00:36:39.059><c> with</c><00:36:39.579><c> the</c><00:36:39.900><c> great</c><00:36:40.139><c> blessings</c>

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:43.119
he'd<00:36:41.000><c> received</c><00:36:41.219><c> from</c><00:36:41.460><c> God</c><00:36:41.739><c> so</c><00:36:42.219><c> far.</c>

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:44.300
But<00:36:43.300><c> he</c><00:36:43.440><c> went</c><00:36:43.619><c> into</c><00:36:43.820><c> the</c><00:36:44.039><c> temple</c>

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:47.239
to<00:36:44.519><c> usurp</c><00:36:44.840><c> the</c><00:36:45.099><c> authority</c><00:36:45.579><c> of</c><00:36:46.000><c> the</c><00:36:46.119><c> high</c><00:36:46.380><c> priest,</c>

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:49.440
to<00:36:47.420><c> burn</c><00:36:47.619><c> incense</c><00:36:48.099><c> on</c><00:36:48.300><c> the</c><00:36:48.519><c> altar</c><00:36:48.760><c> of</c><00:36:48.980><c> incense.</c>

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.699
And<00:36:49.920><c> as</c><00:36:50.019><c> we</c><00:36:50.139><c> said</c><00:36:50.300><c> yesterday,</c>

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:52.599
he<00:36:50.800><c> was</c><00:36:51.079><c> smitten</c><00:36:51.300><c> with</c><00:36:51.519><c> leprosy</c><00:36:51.940><c> in</c><00:36:52.079><c> the</c><00:36:52.280><c> forehead.</c>

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:55.500
On<00:36:53.280><c> the</c><00:36:53.500><c> high</c><00:36:53.800><c> priest's</c><00:36:54.380><c> forehead</c><00:36:54.559><c> were</c><00:36:54.739><c> those</c><00:36:55.039><c> words,</c>

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:57.599
holiness<00:36:56.300><c> to</c><00:36:56.559><c> the</c><00:36:56.719><c> Lord.</c>

00:36:57.739 --> 00:37:00.900
And<00:36:57.900><c> it</c><00:36:57.980><c> was</c><00:36:58.119><c> that</c><00:36:58.340><c> holiness</c><00:36:58.739><c> that</c><00:36:59.079><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:59.340><c> had</c><00:37:00.059><c> profaned.</c>

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:04.619
He'd<00:37:01.619><c> made</c><00:37:01.719><c> himself</c><00:37:02.139><c> unclean</c><00:37:03.199><c> by</c><00:37:03.460><c> his</c><00:37:03.659><c> action.</c>

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:07.920
And<00:37:05.639><c> again,</c><00:37:05.780><c> we</c><00:37:05.960><c> mentioned</c><00:37:06.280><c> yesterday</c><00:37:06.820><c> that</c><00:37:07.059><c> Josephus,</c>

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:09.340
recording<00:37:08.539><c> Jewish</c><00:37:08.860><c> tradition,</c>

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:12.280
claims<00:37:10.000><c> that</c><00:37:10.199><c> the</c><00:37:10.420><c> earthquake</c><00:37:11.039><c> in</c><00:37:11.380><c> Isaiah's</c><00:37:11.980><c> reign</c>

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:14.659
took<00:37:12.679><c> place</c><00:37:12.980><c> at</c><00:37:13.199><c> this</c><00:37:13.460><c> time.</c>

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:17.159
Josephus<00:37:15.360><c> actually</c><00:37:15.699><c> says</c><00:37:15.960><c> this,</c>

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:19.079
a<00:37:17.460><c> wrench</c><00:37:17.760><c> was</c><00:37:18.039><c> made</c><00:37:18.260><c> in</c><00:37:18.400><c> the</c><00:37:18.619><c> temple</c>

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:22.099
and<00:37:19.619><c> the</c><00:37:19.900><c> bright</c><00:37:20.159><c> rays</c><00:37:20.420><c> of</c><00:37:20.599><c> the</c><00:37:20.840><c> sun</c><00:37:21.079><c> shone</c><00:37:21.480><c> through</c><00:37:21.760><c> it</c>

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:24.280
and<00:37:22.440><c> fell</c><00:37:22.639><c> upon</c><00:37:22.920><c> the</c><00:37:23.119><c> king's</c><00:37:23.539><c> face,</c>

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:28.639
in<00:37:24.840><c> so</c><00:37:25.019><c> much</c><00:37:25.179><c> that</c><00:37:25.360><c> the</c><00:37:25.579><c> leprosy</c><00:37:26.139><c> seized</c><00:37:26.480><c> upon</c><00:37:26.840><c> him</c><00:37:27.420><c> immediately.</c>

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:32.159
And<00:37:29.679><c> as</c><00:37:29.820><c> the</c><00:37:29.980><c> record</c><00:37:30.280><c> here</c><00:37:30.500><c> in</c><00:37:30.760><c> Second</c><00:37:30.980><c> Chronicles</c><00:37:31.440><c> tells</c><00:37:31.780><c> us,</c>

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:34.139
he<00:37:32.539><c> was</c><00:37:33.000><c> thrust</c><00:37:33.199><c> out</c><00:37:33.480><c> of</c><00:37:33.599><c> the</c><00:37:33.780><c> temple</c>

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:36.960
and<00:37:34.619><c> he</c><00:37:34.920><c> remained</c><00:37:35.079><c> a</c><00:37:35.340><c> leper</c><00:37:35.760><c> to</c><00:37:36.000><c> the</c><00:37:36.099><c> day</c><00:37:36.260><c> of</c><00:37:36.380><c> his</c><00:37:36.599><c> death,</c>

00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:38.519
living<00:37:37.440><c> apart.</c>

00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:41.880
We<00:37:39.900><c> don't</c><00:37:40.219><c> know,</c><00:37:40.679><c> because</c><00:37:40.920><c> we're</c><00:37:41.119><c> not</c><00:37:41.340><c> told,</c>

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:44.800
whether<00:37:42.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:37:42.940><c> in</c><00:37:43.320><c> the</c><00:37:43.659><c> end</c><00:37:44.000><c> repented</c>

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:47.320
and<00:37:45.099><c> found</c><00:37:45.280><c> forgiveness</c><00:37:45.780><c> before</c><00:37:46.159><c> he</c><00:37:46.400><c> died,</c>

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:49.500
but<00:37:47.639><c> there</c><00:37:47.780><c> is</c><00:37:47.960><c> a</c><00:37:48.119><c> possibility</c><00:37:48.619><c> that</c><00:37:48.840><c> he</c><00:37:49.019><c> did</c>

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:52.519
because<00:37:50.320><c> the</c><00:37:50.659><c> verdict</c><00:37:51.059><c> on</c><00:37:51.360><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:54.159
the<00:37:53.059><c> verdict</c><00:37:53.360><c> on</c><00:37:53.579><c> his</c><00:37:53.860><c> reign,</c>

00:37:54.260 --> 00:37:57.179
both<00:37:54.480><c> in</c><00:37:54.780><c> Kings</c><00:37:55.059><c> and</c><00:37:55.440><c> Chronicles</c><00:37:56.079><c> is</c><00:37:56.400><c> this,</c>

00:37:57.539 --> 00:38:01.059
he<00:37:57.760><c> did</c><00:37:57.980><c> that</c><00:37:58.280><c> which</c><00:37:58.460><c> was</c><00:37:58.800><c> right</c><00:37:59.139><c> in</c><00:37:59.639><c> the</c><00:37:59.800><c> sight</c><00:37:59.900><c> of</c><00:38:00.059><c> the</c><00:38:00.179><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.719
That's<00:38:01.820><c> the</c><00:38:01.920><c> verdict</c><00:38:02.179><c> on</c><00:38:02.380><c> his</c><00:38:02.599><c> reign.</c>

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:04.920
So<00:38:03.000><c> maybe</c><00:38:03.280><c> that</c><00:38:03.559><c> implies</c><00:38:04.119><c> that</c><00:38:04.300><c> in</c><00:38:04.440><c> the</c><00:38:04.599><c> end,</c>

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:07.639
he<00:38:05.360><c> did</c><00:38:05.559><c> repent</c><00:38:05.960><c> and</c><00:38:06.219><c> find</c><00:38:06.360><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:09.960
And<00:38:08.239><c> then</c><00:38:08.400><c> verse</c><00:38:08.679><c> 23,</c>

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:12.039
So<00:38:10.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:10.920><c> slept</c><00:38:11.199><c> with</c><00:38:11.400><c> his</c><00:38:11.639><c> fathers</c>

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:13.719
and<00:38:12.460><c> they</c><00:38:12.699><c> buried</c><00:38:12.880><c> him</c><00:38:13.059><c> with</c><00:38:13.219><c> his</c><00:38:13.500><c> fathers</c>

00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:14.860
in<00:38:13.880><c> the</c><00:38:14.099><c> field</c><00:38:14.260><c> of</c><00:38:14.420><c> the</c><00:38:14.579><c> burial,</c>

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:16.400
which<00:38:15.320><c> belonged</c><00:38:15.619><c> to</c><00:38:15.780><c> the</c><00:38:15.940><c> kings.</c>

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:18.260
For<00:38:16.940><c> they</c><00:38:17.159><c> said</c><00:38:17.280><c> he</c><00:38:17.400><c> is</c><00:38:17.579><c> a</c><00:38:17.719><c> leper</c>

00:38:18.260 --> 00:38:21.400
and<00:38:18.780><c> Jotham</c><00:38:19.099><c> his</c><00:38:19.340><c> son</c><00:38:19.780><c> reigned</c><00:38:20.139><c> in</c><00:38:20.320><c> his</c><00:38:20.619><c> stead.</c>

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:24.139
So<00:38:22.119><c> he</c><00:38:22.300><c> was</c><00:38:22.599><c> buried</c><00:38:22.739><c> in</c><00:38:22.880><c> the</c><00:38:23.059><c> royal</c><00:38:23.280><c> burying</c><00:38:23.739><c> place,</c>

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:25.480
but<00:38:24.360><c> because</c><00:38:24.619><c> he</c><00:38:24.739><c> was</c><00:38:24.920><c> a</c><00:38:25.079><c> leper,</c>

00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:28.500
he<00:38:25.840><c> had</c><00:38:26.019><c> to</c><00:38:26.159><c> have</c><00:38:26.300><c> a</c><00:38:26.579><c> separate</c><00:38:26.840><c> sepulcher</c><00:38:27.280><c> of</c><00:38:27.460><c> his</c><00:38:27.679><c> own.</c>

00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:30.780
Interestingly,<00:38:30.039><c> some</c><00:38:30.219><c> time</c><00:38:30.500><c> ago,</c>

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:33.519
a<00:38:31.099><c> stone</c><00:38:31.440><c> slab</c><00:38:31.940><c> was</c><00:38:32.420><c> found</c><00:38:32.639><c> in</c><00:38:32.820><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:36.059
which<00:38:34.159><c> carried</c><00:38:34.460><c> an</c><00:38:34.800><c> Aramaic</c><00:38:35.340><c> notice</c>

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:38.900
thought<00:38:36.480><c> to</c><00:38:36.659><c> be</c><00:38:36.739><c> of</c><00:38:36.880><c> the</c><00:38:37.039><c> first</c><00:38:37.260><c> century</c><00:38:37.719><c> AD.</c>

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:42.780
And<00:38:39.079><c> the</c><00:38:39.340><c> notice</c><00:38:39.980><c> on</c><00:38:40.440><c> this</c><00:38:40.780><c> slab</c><00:38:40.980><c> recorded</c><00:38:41.619><c> the</c><00:38:41.960><c> reburial</c>

00:38:42.780 --> 00:38:45.260
of<00:38:43.199><c> the</c><00:38:43.420><c> bones</c><00:38:43.820><c> of</c><00:38:44.059><c> King</c><00:38:44.360><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:48.639
It<00:38:45.719><c> said,</c><00:38:46.800><c> hither</c><00:38:47.099><c> were</c><00:38:47.380><c> brought</c><00:38:47.559><c> the</c><00:38:47.760><c> bones</c><00:38:48.059><c> of</c><00:38:48.320><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:51.519
King<00:38:48.980><c> of</c><00:38:49.239><c> Judah,</c><00:38:50.139><c> do</c><00:38:50.380><c> not</c><00:38:50.619><c> open.</c>

00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:54.519
Now,<00:38:53.320><c> this</c><00:38:53.619><c> historical</c><00:38:54.119><c> background,</c>

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:56.239
if<00:38:54.679><c> we</c><00:38:54.760><c> go</c><00:38:54.860><c> back</c><00:38:55.039><c> to</c><00:38:55.179><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:55.460><c> chapter</c><00:38:55.800><c> two,</c>

00:38:56.420 --> 00:39:00.219
is<00:38:56.679><c> clearly</c><00:38:57.059><c> reflected</c><00:38:57.760><c> in</c><00:38:58.219><c> Isaiah's</c><00:38:58.840><c> words.</c>

00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:07.800
And<00:39:04.920><c> we'll</c><00:39:05.159><c> just</c><00:39:05.599><c> put</c><00:39:05.980><c> this</c><00:39:06.239><c> onto</c><00:39:06.639><c> the</c><00:39:06.960><c> overhead</c>

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:11.780
because<00:39:08.340><c> it</c><00:39:08.460><c> just</c><00:39:08.699><c> makes</c><00:39:08.880><c> it</c><00:39:09.079><c> easier</c><00:39:09.300><c> to</c><00:39:09.539><c> see</c><00:39:10.199><c> the</c><00:39:10.579><c> list.</c>

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:19.659
Now,<00:39:16.960><c> we'll</c><00:39:17.139><c> just</c><00:39:17.320><c> run</c><00:39:17.539><c> through</c><00:39:17.820><c> those</c><00:39:18.179><c> quickly.</c>

00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:22.760
Isaiah<00:39:20.559><c> chapter</c><00:39:20.900><c> two</c><00:39:21.239><c> and</c><00:39:21.420><c> verse</c><00:39:21.679><c> seven</c>

00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:26.519
speaks<00:39:23.619><c> about</c><00:39:23.940><c> the</c><00:39:24.119><c> land</c><00:39:24.300><c> being</c><00:39:24.559><c> full</c><00:39:24.780><c> of</c><00:39:25.019><c> silver</c><00:39:25.260><c> and</c><00:39:25.519><c> gold.</c>

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:28.219
So<00:39:26.860><c> it's</c><00:39:27.059><c> the</c><00:39:27.239><c> prosperity</c><00:39:27.900><c> then</c>

00:39:28.219 --> 00:39:29.719
that<00:39:28.340><c> the</c><00:39:28.500><c> nation</c><00:39:28.739><c> had</c><00:39:29.019><c> under</c><00:39:29.320><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:39:30.219 --> 00:39:31.519
And<00:39:30.460><c> you</c><00:39:30.559><c> get</c><00:39:30.679><c> the</c><00:39:30.900><c> same</c><00:39:31.079><c> thing</c><00:39:31.280><c> again</c>

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:34.099
in<00:39:31.719><c> chapter</c><00:39:31.940><c> three,</c><00:39:32.519><c> verses</c><00:39:32.639><c> 16</c><00:39:33.139><c> to</c><00:39:33.360><c> 23,</c>

00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:36.119
which<00:39:34.579><c> talks</c><00:39:34.800><c> about</c><00:39:35.039><c> the</c><00:39:35.260><c> daughters</c><00:39:35.559><c> of</c><00:39:35.940><c> Zion</c>

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:39.039
being<00:39:36.500><c> haughty,</c><00:39:37.400><c> walking</c><00:39:37.760><c> with</c><00:39:38.079><c> stretched</c><00:39:38.360><c> forth</c><00:39:38.679><c> necks,</c>

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:40.559
wanton<00:39:39.519><c> eyes,</c><00:39:39.800><c> and</c><00:39:39.940><c> so</c><00:39:40.179><c> on.</c>

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:43.480
And<00:39:41.079><c> it</c><00:39:41.199><c> goes</c><00:39:41.460><c> on</c><00:39:41.760><c> down</c><00:39:41.960><c> to</c><00:39:42.159><c> talk</c><00:39:42.380><c> about</c><00:39:42.639><c> their</c><00:39:42.940><c> ornaments</c>

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:46.099
and<00:39:43.739><c> their</c><00:39:44.079><c> wealth,</c><00:39:45.199><c> all</c><00:39:45.500><c> the</c><00:39:45.780><c> trappings,</c>

00:39:46.219 --> 00:39:49.699
all<00:39:46.460><c> the</c><00:39:46.639><c> things</c><00:39:46.780><c> that</c><00:39:47.099><c> people</c><00:39:48.300><c> tend</c><00:39:48.679><c> to</c><00:39:48.880><c> like</c><00:39:49.000><c> to</c><00:39:49.380><c> wear</c>

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:51.019
to<00:39:50.059><c> show</c><00:39:50.239><c> off</c><00:39:50.440><c> their</c><00:39:50.679><c> wealth.</c>

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:54.119
Well,<00:39:51.599><c> that's</c><00:39:51.800><c> what</c><00:39:51.960><c> was</c><00:39:52.119><c> happening</c><00:39:52.539><c> in</c><00:39:53.300><c> Judah.</c>

00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:56.239
So<00:39:54.760><c> they</c><00:39:55.139><c> were</c><00:39:55.300><c> a</c><00:39:55.480><c> wealthy</c><00:39:55.699><c> nation.</c>

00:39:56.739 --> 00:40:00.820
Isaiah<00:39:57.059><c> chapter</c><00:39:57.360><c> two,</c><00:39:57.800><c> verse</c><00:39:57.980><c> eight</c><00:39:58.320><c> speaks</c><00:39:58.699><c> about</c><00:39:59.340><c> the</c><00:39:59.760><c> idols.</c>

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:04.079
Now,<00:40:01.239><c> we</c><00:40:01.380><c> didn't</c><00:40:01.639><c> pick</c><00:40:01.840><c> that</c><00:40:02.179><c> point</c><00:40:02.400><c> out</c><00:40:02.579><c> of</c><00:40:02.760><c> 2</c><00:40:02.900><c> Chronicles</c><00:40:03.300><c> 26,</c>

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:06.760
but<00:40:04.500><c> if</c><00:40:04.659><c> we'd</c><00:40:04.800><c> looked</c><00:40:04.980><c> at</c><00:40:05.119><c> the</c><00:40:05.420><c> parallel</c><00:40:05.659><c> record</c><00:40:06.059><c> in</c><00:40:06.380><c> Kings,</c>

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:08.860
and<00:40:07.099><c> I</c><00:40:07.260><c> put</c><00:40:07.340><c> that</c><00:40:07.519><c> on</c><00:40:07.719><c> the</c><00:40:07.960><c> screen</c><00:40:08.199><c> there,</c>

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:12.059
yes,<00:40:09.260><c> 2</c><00:40:09.340><c> Kings</c><00:40:09.659><c> 15,</c><00:40:10.179><c> verses</c><00:40:10.500><c> three</c><00:40:10.760><c> and</c><00:40:10.960><c> four,</c>

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:14.460
Kings<00:40:12.619><c> says</c><00:40:12.920><c> this</c><00:40:13.219><c> of</c><00:40:13.579><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:16.800
He<00:40:14.699><c> did</c><00:40:14.900><c> that</c><00:40:15.079><c> which</c><00:40:15.199><c> was</c><00:40:15.460><c> right</c><00:40:15.659><c> in</c><00:40:15.860><c> the</c><00:40:16.019><c> sight</c><00:40:16.139><c> of</c><00:40:16.300><c> the</c><00:40:16.440><c> Lord</c>

00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:20.099
according<00:40:17.320><c> to</c><00:40:17.539><c> all</c><00:40:17.679><c> that</c><00:40:17.820><c> his</c><00:40:17.980><c> father</c><00:40:18.219><c> Amaziah</c><00:40:18.780><c> had</c><00:40:19.079><c> done,</c>

00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:24.000
save<00:40:20.500><c> that</c><00:40:21.519><c> the</c><00:40:21.840><c> high</c><00:40:22.159><c> places</c><00:40:22.599><c> were</c><00:40:23.000><c> not</c><00:40:23.340><c> removed,</c>

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:26.940
the<00:40:24.559><c> people</c><00:40:24.860><c> sacrificed</c><00:40:25.519><c> and</c><00:40:25.739><c> burned</c><00:40:25.980><c> incense</c><00:40:26.460><c> still</c>

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:28.679
on<00:40:27.280><c> the</c><00:40:27.460><c> high</c><00:40:27.679><c> places.</c>

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:31.179
So<00:40:29.179><c> despite</c><00:40:29.559><c> Isaiah's</c><00:40:30.300><c> early</c><00:40:30.639><c> faith,</c>

00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:34.219
idol<00:40:31.860><c> worship</c><00:40:32.239><c> still</c><00:40:32.539><c> went</c><00:40:32.719><c> on</c><00:40:32.940><c> in</c><00:40:33.079><c> the</c><00:40:33.260><c> land.</c>

00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:35.760
Kings<00:40:34.960><c> tells</c><00:40:35.239><c> us</c><00:40:35.500><c> that,</c>

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:38.719
and<00:40:36.059><c> it's</c><00:40:36.239><c> that</c><00:40:36.400><c> that</c><00:40:36.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:36.860><c> is</c><00:40:37.179><c> speaking</c><00:40:37.380><c> about</c><00:40:37.699><c> here.</c>

00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:41.900
Then<00:40:39.639><c> chapter</c><00:40:40.260><c> two</c><00:40:40.519><c> of</c><00:40:40.699><c> Isaiah,</c><00:40:41.000><c> verse</c><00:40:41.239><c> 16,</c>

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:44.420
the<00:40:42.360><c> reference</c><00:40:42.719><c> to</c><00:40:42.900><c> the</c><00:40:43.079><c> ships</c><00:40:43.280><c> of</c><00:40:43.619><c> Tarshish,</c>

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:46.820
you<00:40:44.920><c> think</c><00:40:45.099><c> about</c><00:40:45.340><c> the</c><00:40:45.619><c> associations</c><00:40:46.199><c> of</c><00:40:46.440><c> Tarshish</c>

00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:51.300
in<00:40:46.980><c> the</c><00:40:47.099><c> rest</c><00:40:47.260><c> of</c><00:40:47.559><c> scripture,</c><00:40:48.539><c> speaks</c><00:40:48.840><c> about</c><00:40:49.420><c> expanding</c><00:40:50.099><c> trade.</c>

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:54.340
And<00:40:51.739><c> it</c><00:40:52.000><c> ties</c><00:40:52.179><c> in</c><00:40:52.420><c> with</c><00:40:52.579><c> the</c><00:40:52.800><c> record</c><00:40:53.059><c> in</c><00:40:53.300><c> Kings</c><00:40:53.559><c> and</c><00:40:53.840><c> Chronicles</c>

00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:58.760
of<00:40:54.519><c> Isaiah's</c><00:40:55.219><c> taking</c><00:40:56.039><c> Elah</c><00:40:56.900><c> on</c><00:40:57.840><c> the</c><00:40:58.059><c> Gulf</c><00:40:58.199><c> of</c><00:40:58.420><c> Aqaba</c>

00:40:58.760 --> 00:41:00.960
and<00:40:59.179><c> rebuilding</c><00:40:59.719><c> that</c><00:41:00.019><c> city.</c>

00:41:01.219 --> 00:41:04.159
Then<00:41:01.780><c> again,</c><00:41:02.239><c> in</c><00:41:02.340><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:02.679><c> two,</c><00:41:03.219><c> verse</c><00:41:03.559><c> seven,</c>

00:41:04.460 --> 00:41:06.119
you've<00:41:04.739><c> got</c><00:41:04.880><c> this</c><00:41:05.199><c> reference,</c><00:41:05.719><c> haven't</c><00:41:05.880><c> you,</c>

00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:08.900
to<00:41:06.300><c> the</c><00:41:06.460><c> land</c><00:41:06.659><c> being</c><00:41:06.940><c> full</c><00:41:07.159><c> of</c><00:41:07.360><c> horses</c><00:41:07.780><c> and</c><00:41:08.300><c> chariots.</c>

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:11.500
There's<00:41:09.440><c> the</c><00:41:09.619><c> military</c><00:41:10.019><c> preparations</c><00:41:10.659><c> that</c><00:41:10.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:11.159><c> made</c>

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:13.559
that<00:41:11.619><c> we</c><00:41:11.760><c> read</c><00:41:11.920><c> about</c><00:41:12.179><c> in</c><00:41:12.420><c> Chronicles.</c>

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:18.039
Chapter<00:41:15.019><c> three</c><00:41:15.579><c> of</c><00:41:16.219><c> Isaiah,</c><00:41:16.800><c> verses</c><00:41:17.079><c> two</c><00:41:17.420><c> and</c><00:41:17.579><c> three,</c>

00:41:18.260 --> 00:41:21.659
again,<00:41:18.679><c> talks</c><00:41:18.840><c> about</c><00:41:19.139><c> the</c><00:41:19.400><c> mighty</c><00:41:19.760><c> man,</c><00:41:20.440><c> the</c><00:41:20.659><c> captain</c><00:41:20.960><c> of</c><00:41:21.219><c> 50.</c>

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:25.960
Again,<00:41:22.559><c> it</c><00:41:22.760><c> ties</c><00:41:22.980><c> in</c><00:41:23.219><c> with</c><00:41:23.760><c> the</c><00:41:24.159><c> historical</c><00:41:24.559><c> record</c><00:41:25.000><c> in</c><00:41:25.320><c> Chronicles,</c>

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:27.539
the<00:41:26.599><c> military</c><00:41:26.980><c> preparations</c>

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:29.800
and<00:41:27.719><c> the</c><00:41:27.960><c> trusting</c><00:41:28.179><c> in</c><00:41:28.480><c> human</c><00:41:28.739><c> strength.</c>

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:33.780
And<00:41:30.380><c> there</c><00:41:30.599><c> are</c><00:41:30.980><c> also</c><00:41:31.780><c> quite</c><00:41:32.239><c> a</c><00:41:32.420><c> number</c><00:41:32.840><c> of</c><00:41:33.179><c> allusions</c>

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:36.480
in<00:41:34.119><c> these</c><00:41:34.420><c> chapters</c><00:41:34.760><c> of</c><00:41:34.960><c> Isaiah,</c><00:41:35.559><c> two</c><00:41:35.719><c> to</c><00:41:35.940><c> five,</c>

00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:40.300
to<00:41:36.960><c> the</c><00:41:37.219><c> fact</c><00:41:37.619><c> that</c><00:41:38.000><c> Isaiah's</c><00:41:38.559><c> heart</c><00:41:38.780><c> was</c><00:41:39.000><c> lifted</c><00:41:39.280><c> up.</c>

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:44.659
In<00:41:40.699><c> a</c><00:41:40.860><c> number</c><00:41:41.059><c> of</c><00:41:41.300><c> ways,</c><00:41:41.920><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:42.360><c> alludes</c><00:41:42.940><c> to</c><00:41:43.159><c> his</c><00:41:43.480><c> transgression.</c>

00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:46.820
In<00:41:44.940><c> pride,</c><00:41:45.440><c> he</c><00:41:45.619><c> sought</c><00:41:45.780><c> to</c><00:41:46.079><c> exalt</c><00:41:46.320><c> himself.</c>

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:49.860
So<00:41:47.219><c> you</c><00:41:47.320><c> see</c><00:41:47.440><c> what</c><00:41:47.659><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:48.099><c> says</c><00:41:48.320><c> in</c><00:41:48.480><c> chapter</c><00:41:48.760><c> two,</c><00:41:49.059><c> in</c><00:41:49.199><c> verse</c><00:41:49.420><c> 11.</c>

00:41:50.340 --> 00:41:54.179
The<00:41:50.559><c> lofty</c><00:41:51.320><c> looks</c><00:41:51.619><c> of</c><00:41:51.900><c> man</c><00:41:53.039><c> shall</c><00:41:53.519><c> be</c><00:41:53.719><c> humbled,</c>

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:57.320
and<00:41:54.679><c> the</c><00:41:54.960><c> haughtiness</c><00:41:55.460><c> of</c><00:41:55.739><c> men</c><00:41:56.019><c> shall</c><00:41:56.239><c> be</c><00:41:56.539><c> bowed</c><00:41:56.920><c> down,</c>

00:41:57.320 --> 00:41:59.739
and<00:41:57.639><c> the</c><00:41:57.739><c> Lord</c><00:41:58.000><c> alone</c><00:41:58.320><c> shall</c><00:41:58.519><c> be</c><00:41:58.739><c> exalted</c><00:41:59.059><c> in</c><00:41:59.260><c> that</c><00:41:59.480><c> day.</c>

00:41:59.900 --> 00:42:01.280
And<00:42:00.019><c> that's</c><00:42:00.159><c> what</c><00:42:00.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:00.599><c> didn't</c><00:42:00.920><c> do.</c>

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:03.460
He<00:42:01.699><c> lifted</c><00:42:01.920><c> himself</c><00:42:02.420><c> up.</c>

00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:05.480
And<00:42:03.719><c> here</c><00:42:03.920><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:04.300><c> is</c><00:42:04.539><c> commenting</c><00:42:04.880><c> on</c><00:42:05.179><c> that.</c>

00:42:05.699 --> 00:42:10.460
And<00:42:05.800><c> he</c><00:42:05.940><c> does</c><00:42:06.099><c> the</c><00:42:06.340><c> same</c><00:42:06.539><c> thing</c><00:42:06.760><c> in</c><00:42:06.920><c> verses</c><00:42:07.280><c> 12,</c><00:42:08.039><c> 13,</c><00:42:09.000><c> 14,</c><00:42:09.860><c> 15,</c>

00:42:10.699 --> 00:42:12.139
and<00:42:10.840><c> 17.</c>

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:15.280
Constantly<00:42:13.480><c> allusions</c><00:42:14.000><c> to</c><00:42:14.280><c> Isaiah's</c><00:42:14.840><c> transgression</c>

00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:17.539
are<00:42:15.400><c> being</c><00:42:15.659><c> brought</c><00:42:16.000><c> to</c><00:42:16.300><c> our</c><00:42:16.519><c> attention.</c>

00:42:17.780 --> 00:42:20.820
Chapter<00:42:18.039><c> three</c><00:42:18.320><c> in</c><00:42:18.480><c> verse</c><00:42:18.719><c> 16</c><00:42:19.239><c> is</c><00:42:19.480><c> another</c><00:42:19.659><c> example.</c>

00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:22.380
Moreover,<00:42:21.800><c> the</c><00:42:21.920><c> Lord</c><00:42:22.159><c> says,</c>

00:42:22.619 --> 00:42:25.940
because<00:42:22.780><c> the</c><00:42:23.019><c> daughters</c><00:42:23.300><c> of</c><00:42:23.559><c> Zion</c><00:42:23.679><c> are</c><00:42:24.059><c> haughty,</c><00:42:25.139><c> they're</c><00:42:25.400><c> proud,</c>

00:42:25.940 --> 00:42:29.000
they<00:42:26.420><c> walk</c><00:42:26.659><c> with</c><00:42:26.980><c> stretched</c><00:42:27.239><c> forth</c><00:42:27.539><c> necks</c><00:42:27.840><c> and</c><00:42:28.119><c> wanton</c><00:42:28.500><c> eyes,</c>

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:30.780
walking<00:42:29.519><c> and</c><00:42:29.760><c> mincing</c><00:42:29.980><c> as</c><00:42:30.159><c> they</c><00:42:30.460><c> go.</c>

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:33.619
Therefore,<00:42:31.679><c> judgment</c><00:42:31.699><c> was</c><00:42:31.920><c> going</c><00:42:32.079><c> to</c><00:42:32.239><c> come</c><00:42:32.380><c> upon</c><00:42:32.659><c> them.</c>

00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:35.340
And<00:42:34.219><c> finally,</c><00:42:34.420><c> in</c><00:42:34.559><c> this</c><00:42:34.699><c> little</c><00:42:34.940><c> sequence,</c>

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:39.760
chapter<00:42:35.659><c> five</c><00:42:36.780><c> and</c><00:42:37.440><c> verses</c><00:42:37.739><c> 15</c><00:42:38.219><c> and</c><00:42:38.400><c> 16,</c>

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:44.400
God<00:42:40.860><c> says,</c><00:42:42.440><c> the</c><00:42:42.440><c> mean</c><00:42:42.840><c> man</c><00:42:43.239><c> shall</c><00:42:43.400><c> be</c><00:42:43.619><c> brought</c><00:42:43.860><c> down,</c>

00:42:44.719 --> 00:42:46.659
and<00:42:44.900><c> the</c><00:42:45.099><c> mighty</c><00:42:45.480><c> man</c><00:42:45.820><c> shall</c><00:42:46.000><c> be</c><00:42:46.260><c> humbled,</c>

00:42:46.739 --> 00:42:49.780
just<00:42:47.000><c> as</c><00:42:47.199><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:47.500><c> was</c><00:42:47.739><c> humbled</c><00:42:48.139><c> by</c><00:42:48.440><c> God</c><00:42:48.719><c> for</c><00:42:48.880><c> his</c><00:42:49.119><c> presumption.</c>

00:42:50.179 --> 00:42:52.260
The<00:42:50.400><c> eyes</c><00:42:50.719><c> of</c><00:42:50.860><c> the</c><00:42:51.079><c> lofty</c><00:42:51.400><c> shall</c><00:42:51.539><c> be</c><00:42:51.780><c> humbled,</c>

00:42:52.699 --> 00:42:55.139
but<00:42:52.880><c> the</c><00:42:53.079><c> Lord</c><00:42:53.280><c> of</c><00:42:53.480><c> hosts</c><00:42:53.639><c> shall</c><00:42:53.880><c> be</c><00:42:54.099><c> exalted</c><00:42:54.400><c> in</c><00:42:54.699><c> judgment.</c>

00:42:55.139 --> 00:42:59.820
And<00:42:55.719><c> God</c><00:42:56.119><c> that</c><00:42:56.420><c> is</c><00:42:56.739><c> holy</c><00:42:57.280><c> shall</c><00:42:57.920><c> be</c><00:42:58.139><c> sanctified</c><00:42:58.679><c> in</c><00:42:58.900><c> righteousness.</c>

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:01.880
And<00:43:00.280><c> it</c><00:43:00.360><c> was</c><00:43:00.579><c> the</c><00:43:00.820><c> holiness</c><00:43:01.019><c> of</c><00:43:01.420><c> God</c>

00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:06.039
that<00:43:02.219><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:02.559><c> had</c><00:43:02.900><c> not</c><00:43:03.159><c> respected</c><00:43:03.880><c> when</c><00:43:04.400><c> he</c><00:43:04.579><c> went</c><00:43:04.719><c> into</c><00:43:04.920><c> the</c><00:43:05.159><c> temple.</c>

00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:08.139
So<00:43:07.099><c> all</c><00:43:07.500><c> the</c><00:43:07.619><c> way</c><00:43:07.860><c> through,</c>

00:43:08.260 --> 00:43:10.980
we<00:43:08.380><c> have</c><00:43:08.639><c> these</c><00:43:08.980><c> allusions</c><00:43:09.579><c> to</c><00:43:10.039><c> the</c><00:43:10.300><c> historical</c><00:43:10.619><c> record.</c>

00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:13.500
And<00:43:11.280><c> then</c><00:43:11.579><c> finally,</c><00:43:11.900><c> in</c><00:43:12.000><c> chapter</c><00:43:12.219><c> six,</c><00:43:12.679><c> verse</c><00:43:12.860><c> one,</c>

00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:17.019
Isaiah<00:43:14.079><c> sees</c><00:43:14.380><c> this</c><00:43:14.719><c> vision</c><00:43:15.119><c> of</c><00:43:15.519><c> the</c><00:43:15.679><c> Lord</c><00:43:15.940><c> sitting</c><00:43:16.260><c> upon</c><00:43:16.579><c> a</c><00:43:16.820><c> throne,</c>

00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:20.159
high<00:43:17.619><c> and</c><00:43:17.940><c> lifted</c><00:43:18.179><c> up,</c><00:43:19.039><c> whose</c><00:43:19.179><c> train</c><00:43:19.420><c> fills</c><00:43:19.679><c> the</c><00:43:19.920><c> temple.</c>

00:43:20.199 --> 00:43:23.880
He<00:43:20.380><c> was</c><00:43:20.579><c> the</c><00:43:20.820><c> one</c><00:43:21.219><c> whose</c><00:43:21.599><c> right</c><00:43:21.920><c> it</c><00:43:22.239><c> was</c><00:43:22.619><c> to</c><00:43:23.059><c> be</c><00:43:23.300><c> there,</c>

00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:25.880
unlike<00:43:24.760><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:28.539
And<00:43:26.780><c> if</c><00:43:26.880><c> we</c><00:43:27.019><c> just</c><00:43:27.159><c> come</c><00:43:27.320><c> back</c><00:43:27.519><c> to</c><00:43:27.659><c> chapter</c><00:43:27.960><c> two,</c>

00:43:28.739 --> 00:43:30.440
as<00:43:28.920><c> again</c><00:43:29.340><c> I've</c><00:43:29.619><c> said</c><00:43:29.679><c> on</c><00:43:29.860><c> the</c><00:43:30.099><c> overhead,</c>

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:33.460
there<00:43:30.980><c> are</c><00:43:31.199><c> even</c><00:43:31.579><c> echoes</c><00:43:31.920><c> of</c><00:43:32.119><c> that</c><00:43:32.340><c> terrible</c><00:43:32.760><c> earthquake</c>

00:43:33.460 --> 00:43:35.420
of<00:43:33.820><c> Isaiah's</c><00:43:34.400><c> day.</c>

00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:38.860
From<00:43:36.860><c> verse</c><00:43:37.139><c> 10</c><00:43:37.460><c> onwards</c><00:43:37.880><c> of</c><00:43:38.119><c> chapter</c><00:43:38.380><c> two,</c>

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:41.559
people<00:43:39.239><c> are</c><00:43:39.500><c> seen</c><00:43:39.760><c> running</c><00:43:40.199><c> to</c><00:43:40.519><c> hide</c><00:43:40.659><c> in</c><00:43:40.820><c> the</c><00:43:41.099><c> caves</c>

00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:43.059
and<00:43:42.000><c> the</c><00:43:42.179><c> dens</c><00:43:42.340><c> of</c><00:43:42.539><c> the</c><00:43:42.760><c> earth,</c>

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:46.039
even<00:43:43.739><c> hiding</c><00:43:44.119><c> in</c><00:43:44.320><c> the</c><00:43:44.480><c> tops</c><00:43:44.619><c> of</c><00:43:44.800><c> the</c><00:43:44.980><c> mountains.</c>

00:43:46.059 --> 00:43:48.539
They're<00:43:46.539><c> looking</c><00:43:46.960><c> desperately</c><00:43:47.480><c> for</c><00:43:48.019><c> refuge</c>

00:43:48.539 --> 00:43:51.639
from<00:43:48.940><c> the</c><00:43:49.179><c> judgment</c><00:43:49.460><c> storm</c><00:43:50.039><c> that</c><00:43:50.179><c> is</c><00:43:50.300><c> going</c><00:43:50.519><c> to</c><00:43:50.820><c> come.</c>

00:43:51.699 --> 00:43:55.760
And<00:43:51.920><c> in</c><00:43:52.019><c> that</c><00:43:52.300><c> context,</c><00:43:52.920><c> at</c><00:43:53.079><c> verse</c><00:43:53.280><c> 19,</c><00:43:54.320><c> the</c><00:43:54.460><c> prophet</c><00:43:54.760><c> says,</c>

00:43:56.119 --> 00:43:57.960
they<00:43:56.239><c> shall</c><00:43:56.440><c> go</c><00:43:56.639><c> into</c><00:43:56.820><c> the</c><00:43:57.019><c> holes</c><00:43:57.239><c> of</c><00:43:57.420><c> the</c><00:43:57.579><c> rocks</c>

00:43:57.960 --> 00:43:59.639
and<00:43:58.400><c> into</c><00:43:58.599><c> the</c><00:43:58.820><c> caves</c><00:43:58.980><c> of</c><00:43:59.199><c> the</c><00:43:59.380><c> earth</c>

00:43:59.639 --> 00:44:02.420
for<00:43:59.900><c> the</c><00:44:00.179><c> fear</c><00:44:00.320><c> of</c><00:44:00.500><c> the</c><00:44:00.659><c> Lord</c><00:44:00.900><c> and</c><00:44:01.039><c> for</c><00:44:01.179><c> the</c><00:44:01.380><c> glory</c><00:44:01.579><c> of</c><00:44:01.719><c> his</c><00:44:01.900><c> majesty</c>

00:44:02.420 --> 00:44:06.400
when<00:44:02.880><c> he</c><00:44:03.159><c> arises</c><00:44:03.559><c> to</c><00:44:04.079><c> shake</c><00:44:04.639><c> terribly</c><00:44:05.199><c> the</c><00:44:05.539><c> earth.</c>

00:44:06.719 --> 00:44:09.239
In<00:44:06.960><c> that</c><00:44:07.179><c> day,</c><00:44:07.420><c> a</c><00:44:07.500><c> man</c><00:44:07.699><c> shall</c><00:44:07.900><c> cast</c><00:44:08.179><c> his</c><00:44:08.420><c> idols</c><00:44:08.599><c> of</c><00:44:08.880><c> silver</c>

00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:10.500
and<00:44:09.699><c> idols</c><00:44:09.960><c> of</c><00:44:10.219><c> gold,</c>

00:44:10.639 --> 00:44:12.780
which<00:44:10.679><c> they</c><00:44:10.940><c> made</c><00:44:11.099><c> each</c><00:44:11.400><c> one</c><00:44:11.559><c> for</c><00:44:11.719><c> himself</c><00:44:12.119><c> to</c><00:44:12.400><c> worship,</c>

00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:14.840
to<00:44:13.059><c> the</c><00:44:13.300><c> moles</c><00:44:13.539><c> and</c><00:44:13.699><c> to</c><00:44:13.860><c> the</c><00:44:14.039><c> backs,</c>

00:44:14.940 --> 00:44:16.579
to<00:44:15.119><c> go</c><00:44:15.320><c> into</c><00:44:15.539><c> the</c><00:44:15.760><c> clefts</c><00:44:16.099><c> of</c><00:44:16.199><c> the</c><00:44:16.380><c> rocks</c>

00:44:16.579 --> 00:44:18.300
and<00:44:16.780><c> into</c><00:44:16.900><c> the</c><00:44:17.139><c> tops</c><00:44:17.260><c> of</c><00:44:17.460><c> the</c><00:44:17.599><c> ragged</c><00:44:17.840><c> rocks</c>

00:44:18.300 --> 00:44:19.920
for<00:44:18.760><c> the</c><00:44:19.059><c> fear</c><00:44:19.239><c> of</c><00:44:19.460><c> the</c><00:44:19.619><c> Lord</c>

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:21.559
and<00:44:20.079><c> for</c><00:44:20.139><c> the</c><00:44:20.360><c> glory</c><00:44:20.639><c> of</c><00:44:20.800><c> his</c><00:44:21.019><c> majesty</c>

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:25.840
when<00:44:22.099><c> he</c><00:44:22.420><c> arises</c><00:44:22.739><c> to</c><00:44:23.159><c> shake</c><00:44:23.659><c> terribly</c><00:44:24.260><c> the</c><00:44:24.960><c> earth.</c>

00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:28.619
And<00:44:26.239><c> there</c><00:44:26.420><c> you've</c><00:44:26.639><c> got</c><00:44:26.780><c> the</c><00:44:26.940><c> language</c><00:44:27.280><c> of</c><00:44:27.480><c> the</c><00:44:27.699><c> earthquake.</c>

00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:30.760
And<00:44:29.159><c> of</c><00:44:29.380><c> course,</c><00:44:29.760><c> as</c><00:44:29.840><c> we</c><00:44:30.039><c> said</c><00:44:30.219><c> yesterday,</c>

00:44:30.880 --> 00:44:31.659
brethren<00:44:31.099><c> and</c><00:44:31.300><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:31.980 --> 00:44:34.000
that<00:44:32.340><c> earthquake</c><00:44:32.960><c> of</c><00:44:33.159><c> Isaiah's</c><00:44:33.760><c> day</c>

00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:38.500
is<00:44:34.320><c> typical</c><00:44:34.880><c> of</c><00:44:35.340><c> a</c><00:44:35.500><c> much</c><00:44:35.760><c> greater</c><00:44:36.199><c> earthquake</c><00:44:36.920><c> to</c><00:44:37.500><c> come.</c>

00:44:39.699 --> 00:44:44.480
And<00:44:40.019><c> also</c><00:44:40.599><c> typical</c><00:44:41.519><c> of</c><00:44:41.800><c> a</c><00:44:41.900><c> much</c><00:44:42.139><c> greater</c><00:44:42.559><c> judgment</c><00:44:43.119><c> to</c><00:44:43.639><c> come.</c>

00:44:45.159 --> 00:44:47.119
And<00:44:45.480><c> that</c><00:44:45.679><c> judgment</c><00:44:45.960><c> was</c><00:44:46.159><c> going</c><00:44:46.300><c> to</c><00:44:46.460><c> come</c><00:44:46.559><c> on</c><00:44:46.699><c> the</c><00:44:46.860><c> nation</c>

00:44:47.119 --> 00:44:48.920
first<00:44:47.500><c> of</c><00:44:47.719><c> all</c><00:44:47.980><c> through</c><00:44:48.199><c> the</c><00:44:48.380><c> Assyrians,</c>

00:44:48.920 --> 00:44:50.780
then<00:44:49.519><c> through</c><00:44:49.699><c> the</c><00:44:49.920><c> Babylonians,</c>

00:44:51.079 --> 00:44:53.420
but<00:44:51.320><c> it's</c><00:44:51.519><c> going</c><00:44:51.599><c> to</c><00:44:51.780><c> be</c><00:44:51.940><c> completed</c><00:44:52.300><c> in</c><00:44:52.500><c> a</c><00:44:52.539><c> much</c><00:44:52.840><c> fuller</c><00:44:53.159><c> sense</c>

00:44:53.420 --> 00:44:55.260
at<00:44:53.780><c> the</c><00:44:53.960><c> time</c><00:44:54.099><c> of</c><00:44:54.280><c> the</c><00:44:54.400><c> end.</c>

00:44:55.280 --> 00:44:56.739
When<00:44:55.539><c> the</c><00:44:55.760><c> day</c><00:44:55.880><c> of</c><00:44:56.019><c> the</c><00:44:56.159><c> Lord</c><00:44:56.340><c> comes,</c>

00:44:56.820 --> 00:44:58.420
there<00:44:56.920><c> will</c><00:44:57.099><c> be</c><00:44:57.280><c> judgment</c><00:44:57.559><c> upon</c><00:44:57.840><c> Israel</c>

00:44:58.420 --> 00:45:01.320
and<00:44:58.940><c> also</c><00:44:59.300><c> of</c><00:44:59.539><c> course</c><00:44:59.840><c> on</c><00:45:00.059><c> the</c><00:45:00.260><c> Gentile</c><00:45:00.739><c> nations.</c>

00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:04.739
All<00:45:02.159><c> the</c><00:45:02.480><c> human</c><00:45:02.760><c> things</c><00:45:03.179><c> that</c><00:45:03.420><c> people</c><00:45:03.679><c> like</c><00:45:03.920><c> to</c><00:45:04.099><c> put</c><00:45:04.199><c> their</c><00:45:04.519><c> trust</c>

00:45:04.739 --> 00:45:08.719
in<00:45:04.980><c> today</c><00:45:05.599><c> will</c><00:45:06.159><c> be</c><00:45:06.300><c> of</c><00:45:06.539><c> no</c><00:45:06.780><c> avail</c><00:45:07.239><c> in</c><00:45:07.679><c> that</c><00:45:07.920><c> day.</c>

00:45:08.780 --> 00:45:11.179
The<00:45:09.019><c> clefts</c><00:45:09.400><c> of</c><00:45:09.500><c> the</c><00:45:09.679><c> rocks,</c><00:45:10.099><c> the</c><00:45:10.280><c> dens</c><00:45:10.519><c> of</c><00:45:10.719><c> the</c><00:45:10.920><c> earth</c>

00:45:11.179 --> 00:45:13.579
will<00:45:11.519><c> provide</c><00:45:11.980><c> no</c><00:45:12.360><c> security.</c>

00:45:14.219 --> 00:45:17.079
Security<00:45:14.739><c> can</c><00:45:15.079><c> only</c><00:45:15.380><c> be</c><00:45:15.699><c> found</c><00:45:16.099><c> in</c><00:45:16.519><c> acknowledging</c>

00:45:17.079 --> 00:45:19.400
and<00:45:17.320><c> serving</c><00:45:17.840><c> the</c><00:45:18.079><c> God</c><00:45:18.239><c> of</c><00:45:18.400><c> Israel.</c>

00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:22.519
And<00:45:19.960><c> this</c><00:45:20.159><c> judgment</c><00:45:20.559><c> has</c><00:45:20.860><c> to</c><00:45:21.059><c> precede</c><00:45:21.400><c> the</c><00:45:21.679><c> state</c><00:45:21.840><c> of</c><00:45:22.099><c> blessing</c>

00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:24.920
described<00:45:23.179><c> at</c><00:45:23.340><c> the</c><00:45:23.480><c> beginning</c><00:45:23.699><c> of</c><00:45:23.880><c> the</c><00:45:24.039><c> chapter.</c>

00:45:25.400 --> 00:45:28.699
And<00:45:25.559><c> it</c><00:45:25.659><c> was</c><00:45:25.960><c> anticipating</c><00:45:26.679><c> that</c><00:45:27.059><c> future</c><00:45:27.420><c> time</c><00:45:27.780><c> that</c><00:45:27.980><c> God</c><00:45:28.320><c> said</c>

00:45:28.699 --> 00:45:31.960
through<00:45:29.099><c> the</c><00:45:29.300><c> prophet</c><00:45:29.539><c> Haggai</c><00:45:30.159><c> in</c><00:45:30.539><c> Haggai</c><00:45:31.000><c> chapter</c><00:45:31.320><c> two,</c>

00:45:32.460 --> 00:45:34.420
I<00:45:32.460><c> will</c><00:45:32.820><c> shake</c><00:45:33.179><c> the</c><00:45:33.400><c> heavens</c><00:45:33.719><c> and</c><00:45:33.900><c> the</c><00:45:34.119><c> earth</c>

00:45:34.420 --> 00:45:36.000
and<00:45:34.719><c> the</c><00:45:34.980><c> sea</c><00:45:35.119><c> and</c><00:45:35.260><c> the</c><00:45:35.460><c> dry</c><00:45:35.659><c> land,</c>

00:45:36.219 --> 00:45:38.460
and<00:45:36.380><c> I</c><00:45:36.500><c> will</c><00:45:36.780><c> shake</c><00:45:37.059><c> all</c><00:45:37.360><c> nations.</c>

00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:41.239
And<00:45:39.059><c> that</c><00:45:39.219><c> is</c><00:45:39.420><c> then</c><00:45:39.739><c> taken</c><00:45:39.980><c> up</c><00:45:40.300><c> by</c><00:45:40.519><c> the</c><00:45:40.739><c> writer</c>

00:45:41.239 --> 00:45:45.340
in<00:45:41.639><c> Hebrews</c><00:45:41.920><c> chapter</c><00:45:42.360><c> 12</c><00:45:43.420><c> and</c><00:45:43.860><c> quoted</c><00:45:44.139><c> like</c><00:45:44.559><c> this,</c>

00:45:46.099 --> 00:45:49.980
wherefore<00:45:46.739><c> we</c><00:45:47.380><c> receiving</c><00:45:47.840><c> a</c><00:45:48.139><c> kingdom</c><00:45:48.400><c> which</c><00:45:48.860><c> cannot</c><00:45:49.179><c> be</c><00:45:49.519><c> moved,</c>

00:45:50.300 --> 00:45:53.139
cannot<00:45:50.619><c> be</c><00:45:50.940><c> shaken,</c><00:45:51.960><c> let</c><00:45:52.039><c> us</c><00:45:52.199><c> have</c><00:45:52.440><c> grace</c>

00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:55.260
whereby<00:45:53.699><c> we</c><00:45:53.900><c> may</c><00:45:54.119><c> serve</c><00:45:54.420><c> God</c><00:45:54.739><c> acceptably</c>

00:45:55.260 --> 00:45:57.420
with<00:45:55.500><c> reverence</c><00:45:55.960><c> and</c><00:45:56.179><c> godly</c><00:45:56.519><c> fear</c>

00:45:57.360 --> 00:45:59.820
for<00:45:57.679><c> our</c><00:45:57.920><c> God</c><00:45:58.059><c> is</c><00:45:58.260><c> a</c><00:45:58.360><c> consuming</c><00:45:58.760><c> fire.</c>

00:46:00.179 --> 00:46:03.019
So<00:46:00.400><c> the</c><00:46:00.579><c> only</c><00:46:00.860><c> security,</c><00:46:01.679><c> brethren</c><00:46:01.780><c> and</c><00:46:02.019><c> sisters</c>

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:04.659
is<00:46:03.219><c> in</c><00:46:03.659><c> the</c><00:46:03.840><c> hope</c><00:46:03.960><c> of</c><00:46:04.199><c> Israel,</c>

00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:07.840
the<00:46:05.199><c> hope</c><00:46:05.340><c> that</c><00:46:05.519><c> we</c><00:46:05.760><c> have</c><00:46:06.219><c> in</c><00:46:06.659><c> the</c><00:46:06.920><c> truth.</c>

00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:11.219
And<00:46:08.860><c> so</c><00:46:09.219><c> Isaiah</c><00:46:09.579><c> says</c><00:46:09.880><c> then</c><00:46:10.019><c> in</c><00:46:10.159><c> verse</c><00:46:10.380><c> 22,</c>

00:46:11.219 --> 00:46:15.300
cease<00:46:12.019><c> ye</c><00:46:12.300><c> from</c><00:46:12.539><c> man</c><00:46:13.159><c> whose</c><00:46:13.500><c> breath</c><00:46:13.820><c> is</c><00:46:14.019><c> in</c><00:46:14.099><c> his</c><00:46:14.340><c> nostrils</c>

00:46:15.300 --> 00:46:17.719
for<00:46:15.820><c> wherein</c><00:46:16.139><c> is</c><00:46:16.400><c> he</c><00:46:16.559><c> to</c><00:46:16.699><c> be</c><00:46:16.900><c> accounted</c><00:46:17.320><c> of.</c>

00:46:18.079 --> 00:46:21.119
Man<00:46:18.239><c> is</c><00:46:18.500><c> mortal,</c><00:46:19.519><c> but</c><00:46:19.679><c> God</c><00:46:19.900><c> lives</c><00:46:20.159><c> forever.</c>

00:46:21.139 --> 00:46:23.360
So<00:46:21.320><c> we</c><00:46:21.480><c> should</c><00:46:21.619><c> put</c><00:46:21.820><c> our</c><00:46:22.059><c> trust</c><00:46:22.260><c> in</c><00:46:22.519><c> him.</c>

00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:26.900
Now<00:46:24.139><c> this</c><00:46:24.400><c> theme</c><00:46:24.619><c> goes</c><00:46:24.920><c> on</c><00:46:25.179><c> as</c><00:46:25.320><c> we</c><00:46:25.480><c> get</c><00:46:25.659><c> into</c><00:46:26.219><c> chapter</c><00:46:26.559><c> three,</c>

00:46:26.920 --> 00:46:29.300
just<00:46:27.079><c> very</c><00:46:27.340><c> briefly</c><00:46:27.719><c> one</c><00:46:27.900><c> or</c><00:46:28.079><c> two</c><00:46:28.280><c> final</c><00:46:28.579><c> comments</c><00:46:29.000><c> here</c>

00:46:29.300 --> 00:46:32.380
as<00:46:29.719><c> the</c><00:46:30.079><c> opening</c><00:46:30.320><c> word</c><00:46:30.579><c> of</c><00:46:30.760><c> chapter</c><00:46:31.000><c> three</c><00:46:31.260><c> indicates,</c>

00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:35.440
for<00:46:33.619><c> behold</c><00:46:34.139><c> the</c><00:46:34.340><c> Lord,</c><00:46:34.699><c> the</c><00:46:34.840><c> Lord</c><00:46:35.019><c> of</c><00:46:35.199><c> hosts</c>

00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:37.800
that<00:46:35.719><c> take</c><00:46:35.940><c> away</c><00:46:36.139><c> from</c><00:46:36.360><c> Jerusalem</c><00:46:36.840><c> and</c><00:46:37.219><c> from</c><00:46:37.480><c> Judah</c>

00:46:37.800 --> 00:46:41.019
the<00:46:38.219><c> stay</c><00:46:38.619><c> and</c><00:46:38.840><c> the</c><00:46:39.119><c> staff</c><00:46:39.360><c> and</c><00:46:39.719><c> the</c><00:46:39.920><c> whole</c><00:46:40.239><c> stay</c><00:46:40.420><c> of</c><00:46:40.719><c> bread</c>

00:46:41.019 --> 00:46:42.960
and<00:46:41.559><c> the</c><00:46:41.699><c> whole</c><00:46:42.039><c> stay</c><00:46:42.260><c> of</c><00:46:42.519><c> water.</c>

00:46:43.420 --> 00:46:45.860
So<00:46:43.559><c> God</c><00:46:43.940><c> who'd</c><00:46:44.199><c> given</c><00:46:44.360><c> the</c><00:46:44.599><c> nation</c><00:46:44.880><c> its</c><00:46:45.159><c> prosperity</c>

00:46:45.860 --> 00:46:48.519
could<00:46:46.380><c> just</c><00:46:46.619><c> as</c><00:46:46.820><c> easily</c><00:46:47.079><c> take</c><00:46:47.360><c> it</c><00:46:47.599><c> away.</c>

00:46:49.300 --> 00:46:51.380
And<00:46:49.400><c> in</c><00:46:49.519><c> verse</c><00:46:49.900><c> four</c><00:46:50.280><c> he</c><00:46:50.440><c> says,</c>

00:46:51.400 --> 00:46:54.300
I<00:46:51.400><c> will</c><00:46:51.599><c> give</c><00:46:51.880><c> children</c><00:46:52.599><c> to</c><00:46:52.920><c> be</c><00:46:53.079><c> their</c><00:46:53.300><c> princes</c>

00:46:54.360 --> 00:46:57.119
and<00:46:54.679><c> babes</c><00:46:55.559><c> shall</c><00:46:55.780><c> rule</c><00:46:56.019><c> over</c><00:46:56.300><c> them.</c>

00:46:57.440 --> 00:46:59.239
And<00:46:57.679><c> actually,</c><00:46:58.119><c> you</c><00:46:58.119><c> know,</c><00:46:58.280><c> in</c><00:46:58.420><c> a</c><00:46:58.719><c> sense</c>

00:46:59.239 --> 00:47:03.500
that<00:46:59.739><c> happened</c><00:47:00.079><c> quite</c><00:47:00.539><c> soon</c><00:47:01.099><c> after</c><00:47:01.760><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:02.300><c> spoke.</c>

00:47:03.820 --> 00:47:06.260
Ahaz<00:47:04.199><c> was</c><00:47:04.380><c> only</c><00:47:04.719><c> 20</c><00:47:05.119><c> when</c><00:47:05.260><c> he</c><00:47:05.480><c> became</c><00:47:05.820><c> king</c>

00:47:06.260 --> 00:47:09.159
and<00:47:06.699><c> Manasseh</c><00:47:07.039><c> was</c><00:47:07.320><c> 12</c><00:47:07.719><c> when</c><00:47:07.900><c> he</c><00:47:08.119><c> ascended</c><00:47:08.420><c> to</c><00:47:08.619><c> the</c><00:47:08.840><c> throne</c>

00:47:09.159 --> 00:47:12.239
and<00:47:09.739><c> both</c><00:47:10.059><c> of</c><00:47:10.280><c> their</c><00:47:10.519><c> reigns</c><00:47:10.860><c> were</c><00:47:10.980><c> very</c><00:47:11.280><c> troubled.</c>

00:47:12.599 --> 00:47:14.219
But<00:47:12.760><c> in</c><00:47:12.980><c> a</c><00:47:13.099><c> wider</c><00:47:13.340><c> sense,</c><00:47:13.840><c> of</c><00:47:13.900><c> course,</c>

00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:16.900
here<00:47:14.599><c> in</c><00:47:14.780><c> verse</c><00:47:15.059><c> four</c><00:47:15.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:15.920><c> is</c><00:47:16.219><c> indicating</c>

00:47:16.900 --> 00:47:21.039
the<00:47:17.460><c> calamity</c><00:47:18.099><c> that</c><00:47:18.440><c> comes</c><00:47:18.920><c> when</c><00:47:19.440><c> the</c><00:47:19.760><c> rulers</c><00:47:20.219><c> of</c><00:47:20.519><c> the</c><00:47:20.679><c> nation</c>

00:47:21.039 --> 00:47:23.960
are<00:47:21.440><c> children</c><00:47:22.039><c> in</c><00:47:22.539><c> their</c><00:47:22.780><c> understanding.</c>

00:47:24.099 --> 00:47:26.780
They<00:47:24.539><c> lack</c><00:47:24.760><c> the</c><00:47:24.980><c> mature</c><00:47:25.400><c> wisdom</c><00:47:25.780><c> that</c><00:47:25.940><c> can</c><00:47:26.099><c> only</c><00:47:26.300><c> be</c><00:47:26.559><c> found</c>

00:47:26.780 --> 00:47:30.400
in<00:47:26.980><c> those</c><00:47:27.440><c> whose</c><00:47:27.840><c> lives</c><00:47:28.179><c> are</c><00:47:28.440><c> guided</c><00:47:28.800><c> by</c><00:47:29.039><c> the</c><00:47:29.199><c> word</c><00:47:29.320><c> of</c><00:47:29.599><c> God.</c>

00:47:30.599 --> 00:47:32.519
And<00:47:30.860><c> the</c><00:47:31.039><c> result</c><00:47:31.280><c> of</c><00:47:31.500><c> such</c><00:47:31.679><c> immaturity</c>

00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:36.800
as<00:47:32.920><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:33.159><c> goes</c><00:47:33.400><c> on</c><00:47:33.619><c> to</c><00:47:33.800><c> explain</c><00:47:34.260><c> would</c><00:47:34.440><c> be</c><00:47:34.659><c> pride</c><00:47:35.159><c> and</c><00:47:35.639><c> injustice.</c>

00:47:37.739 --> 00:47:39.820
So<00:47:37.820><c> Isaiah's</c><00:47:38.519><c> leprous</c><00:47:39.039><c> state</c><00:47:39.320><c> then</c>

00:47:39.820 --> 00:47:42.679
was<00:47:40.199><c> just</c><00:47:40.579><c> like</c><00:47:40.840><c> the</c><00:47:41.059><c> state</c><00:47:41.260><c> of</c><00:47:41.420><c> his</c><00:47:41.639><c> people.</c>

00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:45.420
Verse<00:47:43.219><c> eight</c><00:47:43.679><c> talks</c><00:47:44.099><c> about</c><00:47:44.420><c> them</c><00:47:44.679><c> provoking</c>

00:47:45.420 --> 00:47:47.219
the<00:47:45.760><c> eyes</c><00:47:46.219><c> of</c><00:47:46.420><c> God's</c><00:47:46.900><c> glory.</c>

00:47:47.440 --> 00:47:49.179
And<00:47:47.559><c> that's</c><00:47:47.960><c> exactly</c><00:47:48.360><c> what</c><00:47:48.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:48.960><c> did</c>

00:47:49.179 --> 00:47:52.820
when<00:47:49.320><c> he</c><00:47:49.519><c> went</c><00:47:49.699><c> into</c><00:47:49.900><c> the</c><00:47:50.179><c> temple</c><00:47:50.599><c> where</c><00:47:51.019><c> the</c><00:47:51.300><c> eyes</c><00:47:51.760><c> were.</c>

00:47:52.900 --> 00:47:56.460
He<00:47:53.260><c> provoked</c><00:47:53.599><c> the</c><00:47:53.920><c> eyes</c><00:47:54.519><c> of</c><00:47:54.860><c> God's</c><00:47:55.539><c> glory.</c>

00:47:56.880 --> 00:47:59.679
And<00:47:57.119><c> in</c><00:47:57.280><c> verse</c><00:47:57.460><c> 12,</c><00:47:58.000><c> the</c><00:47:58.119><c> prophet</c><00:47:58.440><c> laments,</c>

00:47:59.800 --> 00:48:02.980
as<00:48:00.079><c> for</c><00:48:00.280><c> my</c><00:48:00.539><c> people,</c><00:48:01.659><c> children</c><00:48:01.739><c> are</c><00:48:01.960><c> their</c><00:48:02.179><c> oppressors</c>

00:48:02.980 --> 00:48:05.119
and<00:48:03.239><c> women</c><00:48:03.559><c> rule</c><00:48:03.820><c> over</c><00:48:04.139><c> them.</c>

00:48:05.420 --> 00:48:07.360
Women<00:48:05.900><c> rule</c><00:48:06.480><c> over</c><00:48:06.900><c> them.</c>

00:48:07.760 --> 00:48:10.900
And<00:48:08.000><c> that</c><00:48:08.380><c> then</c><00:48:08.739><c> leads</c><00:48:09.019><c> to</c><00:48:09.280><c> the</c><00:48:09.539><c> condemnation</c><00:48:10.260><c> of</c><00:48:10.460><c> the</c><00:48:10.599><c> women</c>

00:48:10.900 --> 00:48:13.940
when<00:48:11.300><c> you</c><00:48:11.440><c> get</c><00:48:11.659><c> down</c><00:48:11.880><c> to</c><00:48:12.039><c> verse</c><00:48:12.460><c> 16.</c>

00:48:14.480 --> 00:48:15.719
Moreover,<00:48:15.039><c> the</c><00:48:15.079><c> Lord</c><00:48:15.300><c> said,</c>

00:48:16.119 --> 00:48:18.059
because<00:48:16.400><c> the</c><00:48:16.659><c> daughters</c><00:48:16.920><c> of</c><00:48:17.159><c> Zion</c><00:48:17.280><c> are</c><00:48:17.639><c> haughty</c>

00:48:18.059 --> 00:48:20.579
and<00:48:18.260><c> walk</c><00:48:18.380><c> with</c><00:48:18.679><c> stretched</c><00:48:19.000><c> forth</c><00:48:19.280><c> necks</c><00:48:19.619><c> and</c><00:48:19.840><c> wanton</c><00:48:20.139><c> eyes,</c>

00:48:20.800 --> 00:48:22.300
walking<00:48:21.159><c> and</c><00:48:21.440><c> mincing</c><00:48:21.679><c> as</c><00:48:21.860><c> they</c><00:48:22.139><c> go</c>

00:48:22.300 --> 00:48:24.000
and<00:48:22.480><c> making</c><00:48:22.699><c> a</c><00:48:22.920><c> tinkling</c><00:48:23.179><c> with</c><00:48:23.340><c> their</c><00:48:23.699><c> feet,</c>

00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:28.019
therefore<00:48:25.099><c> the</c><00:48:25.519><c> Lord</c><00:48:25.699><c> is</c><00:48:25.940><c> going</c><00:48:26.119><c> to</c><00:48:26.760><c> smite</c><00:48:27.139><c> them.</c>

00:48:28.280 --> 00:48:30.619
They<00:48:28.579><c> were</c><00:48:28.860><c> showing</c><00:48:29.099><c> off</c><00:48:29.400><c> their</c><00:48:29.659><c> wealth</c>

00:48:30.579 --> 00:48:33.760
and<00:48:30.880><c> they</c><00:48:31.019><c> were</c><00:48:31.199><c> going</c><00:48:31.360><c> to</c><00:48:31.599><c> be</c><00:48:31.840><c> punished</c><00:48:32.360><c> as</c><00:48:32.679><c> a</c><00:48:32.900><c> result.</c>

00:48:34.559 --> 00:48:36.559
But<00:48:34.639><c> we</c><00:48:34.739><c> need</c><00:48:34.860><c> to</c><00:48:34.960><c> be</c><00:48:35.179><c> careful</c><00:48:35.480><c> here,</c><00:48:35.880><c> brothers</c><00:48:35.980><c> and</c><00:48:36.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:48:36.699 --> 00:48:41.260
because<00:48:37.179><c> it</c><00:48:38.440><c> is</c><00:48:38.659><c> not</c><00:48:38.880><c> true</c><00:48:39.079><c> to</c><00:48:39.380><c> say</c><00:48:39.739><c> in</c><00:48:39.960><c> that</c><00:48:40.280><c> verse</c>

00:48:41.460 --> 00:48:46.000
that<00:48:42.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:42.619><c> is</c><00:48:43.019><c> condemning</c><00:48:43.960><c> all</c><00:48:44.340><c> female</c><00:48:44.760><c> adornment.</c>

00:48:46.280 --> 00:48:49.239
I<00:48:46.360><c> mean,</c><00:48:46.500><c> as</c><00:48:46.619><c> it</c><00:48:46.820><c> says,</c><00:48:47.019><c> for</c><00:48:47.199><c> example,</c><00:48:47.679><c> in</c><00:48:47.800><c> Jeremiah</c><00:48:48.239><c> chapter</c><00:48:48.599><c> two,</c>

00:48:49.679 --> 00:48:54.380
can<00:48:49.780><c> a</c><00:48:49.960><c> maid</c><00:48:50.219><c> forget</c><00:48:50.619><c> her</c><00:48:50.860><c> ornaments</c><00:48:51.340><c> or</c><00:48:51.800><c> a</c><00:48:52.119><c> bride</c><00:48:52.639><c> her</c><00:48:53.260><c> attire?</c>

00:48:54.579 --> 00:48:56.920
The<00:48:54.940><c> problem</c><00:48:55.539><c> in</c><00:48:55.900><c> Isaiah's</c><00:48:56.579><c> day</c>

00:48:56.920 --> 00:48:58.780
was<00:48:57.139><c> that</c><00:48:57.260><c> they</c><00:48:57.420><c> were</c><00:48:57.639><c> showing</c><00:48:57.880><c> off</c><00:48:58.119><c> their</c><00:48:58.400><c> wealth.</c>

00:48:59.239 --> 00:49:00.460
They<00:48:59.440><c> were</c><00:48:59.639><c> going</c><00:48:59.760><c> to</c><00:48:59.920><c> be</c><00:49:00.139><c> punished</c>

00:49:00.460 --> 00:49:03.519
because<00:49:00.760><c> of</c><00:49:00.920><c> their</c><00:49:01.179><c> pride</c><00:49:01.800><c> and</c><00:49:02.239><c> ungodliness,</c>

00:49:04.300 --> 00:49:05.840
as<00:49:04.500><c> Proverbs</c><00:49:04.840><c> 16</c><00:49:05.280><c> puts</c><00:49:05.599><c> it.</c>

00:49:06.079 --> 00:49:07.860
Everyone<00:49:06.440><c> that</c><00:49:06.619><c> is</c><00:49:06.920><c> proud</c><00:49:07.119><c> in</c><00:49:07.460><c> heart</c>

00:49:07.860 --> 00:49:10.059
is<00:49:08.280><c> an</c><00:49:08.460><c> abomination</c><00:49:09.139><c> to</c><00:49:09.579><c> the</c><00:49:09.739><c> Lord.</c>

00:49:10.539 --> 00:49:12.219
If<00:49:10.719><c> you</c><00:49:10.780><c> just</c><00:49:11.000><c> keep</c><00:49:11.139><c> your</c><00:49:11.360><c> finger</c><00:49:11.639><c> in</c><00:49:11.840><c> Isaiah</c>

00:49:12.219 --> 00:49:14.119
and<00:49:12.400><c> come</c><00:49:12.639><c> to</c><00:49:12.840><c> first</c><00:49:13.099><c> Peter</c><00:49:13.360><c> for</c><00:49:13.599><c> a</c><00:49:13.760><c> moment,</c>

00:49:14.500 --> 00:49:18.019
Peter<00:49:14.920><c> tells</c><00:49:15.340><c> us</c><00:49:15.699><c> the</c><00:49:16.059><c> true</c><00:49:16.440><c> adornment.</c>

00:49:18.579 --> 00:49:20.659
First<00:49:18.920><c> Peter</c><00:49:19.239><c> chapter</c><00:49:19.619><c> three</c>

00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:26.659
and<00:49:25.039><c> verse</c><00:49:25.360><c> one,</c>

00:49:27.079 --> 00:49:29.039
he's<00:49:27.599><c> speaking</c><00:49:27.920><c> here</c><00:49:28.139><c> in</c><00:49:28.239><c> this</c><00:49:28.480><c> context</c>

00:49:29.039 --> 00:49:32.519
to<00:49:29.699><c> wives</c><00:49:30.039><c> whose</c><00:49:30.239><c> husbands</c><00:49:30.739><c> were</c><00:49:30.940><c> not</c><00:49:31.119><c> in</c><00:49:31.320><c> the</c><00:49:31.599><c> truth.</c>

00:49:33.000 --> 00:49:36.320
And<00:49:33.199><c> he</c><00:49:33.659><c> talks</c><00:49:33.960><c> to</c><00:49:34.039><c> them</c><00:49:34.139><c> about</c><00:49:34.360><c> the</c><00:49:34.639><c> power</c><00:49:34.780><c> of</c><00:49:35.059><c> example,</c>

00:49:36.780 --> 00:49:38.320
that<00:49:36.920><c> they</c><00:49:37.239><c> may,</c><00:49:37.539><c> without</c><00:49:37.900><c> the</c><00:49:38.159><c> word,</c>

00:49:38.360 --> 00:49:42.380
be<00:49:38.659><c> won</c><00:49:39.019><c> by</c><00:49:39.440><c> the</c><00:49:39.780><c> behavior,</c><00:49:40.239><c> the</c><00:49:40.420><c> manner</c><00:49:40.619><c> of</c><00:49:40.880><c> life</c><00:49:41.019><c> of</c><00:49:41.199><c> the</c><00:49:41.400><c> wives.</c>

00:49:42.559 --> 00:49:44.219
But<00:49:42.739><c> then</c><00:49:42.900><c> in</c><00:49:43.039><c> verse</c><00:49:43.239><c> three,</c><00:49:43.539><c> he</c><00:49:43.719><c> says,</c>

00:49:44.679 --> 00:49:48.119
who's<00:49:44.960><c> adorning,</c><00:49:45.980><c> let</c><00:49:46.179><c> it</c><00:49:46.400><c> not</c><00:49:46.559><c> be</c><00:49:46.800><c> that</c><00:49:47.119><c> outward</c><00:49:47.579><c> adorning</c>

00:49:48.119 --> 00:49:50.719
of<00:49:48.380><c> plaiting</c><00:49:48.760><c> the</c><00:49:49.000><c> hair</c><00:49:49.360><c> and</c><00:49:49.699><c> of</c><00:49:49.960><c> wearing</c><00:49:50.179><c> of</c><00:49:50.480><c> gold</c>

00:49:50.719 --> 00:49:52.219
or<00:49:50.940><c> of</c><00:49:51.079><c> putting</c><00:49:51.239><c> on</c><00:49:51.420><c> of</c><00:49:51.639><c> apparel,</c>

00:49:52.639 --> 00:49:54.840
but<00:49:52.920><c> let</c><00:49:53.099><c> it</c><00:49:53.219><c> be</c><00:49:53.320><c> the</c><00:49:53.579><c> hidden</c><00:49:53.840><c> man</c><00:49:54.059><c> of</c><00:49:54.199><c> the</c><00:49:54.460><c> heart,</c>

00:49:54.840 --> 00:49:57.019
in<00:49:55.360><c> that</c><00:49:55.579><c> which</c><00:49:55.739><c> is</c><00:49:55.980><c> not</c><00:49:56.280><c> corruptible,</c>

00:49:57.500 --> 00:49:59.980
even<00:49:57.780><c> the</c><00:49:58.039><c> ornament</c><00:49:58.380><c> of</c><00:49:58.639><c> a</c><00:49:58.760><c> meek</c><00:49:59.000><c> and</c><00:49:59.260><c> quiet</c><00:49:59.519><c> spirit,</c>

00:50:00.019 --> 00:50:03.559
which<00:50:00.179><c> in</c><00:50:00.360><c> the</c><00:50:00.559><c> sight</c><00:50:00.679><c> of</c><00:50:00.920><c> God</c><00:50:01.219><c> is</c><00:50:01.860><c> of</c><00:50:02.099><c> great</c><00:50:02.519><c> price.</c>

00:50:04.400 --> 00:50:07.500
And<00:50:04.679><c> the</c><00:50:04.860><c> things</c><00:50:05.119><c> that</c><00:50:05.360><c> he</c><00:50:05.599><c> talks</c><00:50:05.840><c> about</c><00:50:06.159><c> in</c><00:50:06.380><c> verse</c><00:50:06.679><c> three</c><00:50:07.000><c> there</c>

00:50:07.500 --> 00:50:10.099
can<00:50:07.920><c> so</c><00:50:08.219><c> easily</c><00:50:08.639><c> take</c><00:50:09.059><c> up</c><00:50:09.400><c> a</c><00:50:09.639><c> great</c><00:50:09.840><c> deal</c>

00:50:10.099 --> 00:50:13.079
of<00:50:10.300><c> a</c><00:50:10.500><c> person's</c><00:50:11.039><c> time</c><00:50:11.480><c> and</c><00:50:11.940><c> concern,</c>

00:50:13.599 --> 00:50:15.539
the<00:50:13.980><c> physical</c><00:50:14.360><c> appearance.</c>

00:50:16.119 --> 00:50:19.119
But<00:50:16.320><c> he</c><00:50:16.519><c> says,</c><00:50:16.940><c> really,</c><00:50:17.780><c> what</c><00:50:18.039><c> matters</c><00:50:18.420><c> to</c><00:50:18.699><c> God</c>

00:50:19.119 --> 00:50:21.019
is<00:50:19.639><c> the</c><00:50:19.880><c> hidden</c><00:50:20.159><c> man</c><00:50:20.420><c> of</c><00:50:20.539><c> the</c><00:50:20.780><c> heart.</c>

00:50:21.199 --> 00:50:23.559
And<00:50:21.400><c> the</c><00:50:21.599><c> revised</c><00:50:21.940><c> version</c><00:50:22.260><c> has</c><00:50:22.420><c> a</c><00:50:22.619><c> lovely</c><00:50:22.920><c> translation</c>

00:50:23.559 --> 00:50:24.639
in<00:50:23.760><c> verse</c><00:50:24.059><c> four.</c>

00:50:24.820 --> 00:50:27.719
It<00:50:25.139><c> says,</c><00:50:25.940><c> let</c><00:50:26.159><c> it</c><00:50:26.340><c> be</c><00:50:26.440><c> the</c><00:50:26.639><c> hidden</c><00:50:26.860><c> man</c><00:50:27.059><c> of</c><00:50:27.199><c> the</c><00:50:27.460><c> heart</c>

00:50:27.719 --> 00:50:31.039
in<00:50:28.099><c> the</c><00:50:28.619><c> incorruptible</c><00:50:29.900><c> apparel.</c>

00:50:31.320 --> 00:50:34.119
In<00:50:31.840><c> contrast</c><00:50:32.280><c> to</c><00:50:32.380><c> what</c><00:50:32.500><c> he's</c><00:50:32.820><c> talked</c><00:50:32.920><c> about</c><00:50:33.219><c> in</c><00:50:33.440><c> verse</c><00:50:33.659><c> three,</c>

00:50:34.340 --> 00:50:36.980
he<00:50:34.599><c> speaks</c><00:50:34.860><c> about</c><00:50:35.139><c> the</c><00:50:35.539><c> incorruptible</c><00:50:36.360><c> apparel</c>

00:50:36.980 --> 00:50:39.599
of<00:50:37.300><c> a</c><00:50:37.539><c> meek</c><00:50:37.820><c> and</c><00:50:38.179><c> quiet</c><00:50:38.460><c> spirit,</c>

00:50:39.760 --> 00:50:43.719
which<00:50:39.880><c> he</c><00:50:40.099><c> says</c><00:50:40.199><c> in</c><00:50:40.380><c> the</c><00:50:40.539><c> sight</c><00:50:40.679><c> of</c><00:50:40.940><c> God</c><00:50:41.320><c> is</c><00:50:41.820><c> of</c><00:50:42.079><c> great</c><00:50:42.619><c> price.</c>

00:50:44.460 --> 00:50:47.559
Now,<00:50:44.960><c> let's</c><00:50:45.159><c> just</c><00:50:45.360><c> come</c><00:50:45.579><c> back</c><00:50:45.780><c> to</c><00:50:46.039><c> Isaiah</c><00:50:46.300><c> very</c><00:50:46.599><c> briefly</c>

00:50:47.679 --> 00:50:49.159
because<00:50:48.000><c> there's</c><00:50:48.260><c> one</c><00:50:48.519><c> other</c><00:50:48.699><c> little</c><00:50:48.900><c> thing</c>

00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:52.480
we'd<00:50:49.420><c> like</c><00:50:49.500><c> to</c><00:50:49.699><c> bring</c><00:50:49.840><c> out</c><00:50:50.139><c> of</c><00:50:50.360><c> chapter</c><00:50:50.619><c> three</c><00:50:50.960><c> before</c><00:50:51.260><c> we</c><00:50:51.559><c> finish.</c>

00:50:54.119 --> 00:50:56.480
We've<00:50:54.639><c> said</c><00:50:54.960><c> that</c><00:50:55.260><c> Isaiah</c><00:50:55.659><c> is</c><00:50:56.019><c> condemning</c>

00:50:56.480 --> 00:50:58.639
the<00:50:56.760><c> wealth</c><00:50:57.119><c> of</c><00:50:57.360><c> the</c><00:50:57.539><c> people.</c>

00:50:58.739 --> 00:50:59.920
And<00:50:58.760><c> at</c><00:50:58.960><c> the</c><00:50:59.079><c> end</c><00:50:59.239><c> of</c><00:50:59.460><c> chapter</c><00:50:59.659><c> three,</c>

00:50:59.940 --> 00:51:02.280
he<00:51:00.119><c> turns</c><00:51:00.420><c> particularly</c><00:51:01.079><c> to</c><00:51:01.360><c> the</c><00:51:01.880><c> women,</c>

00:51:02.360 --> 00:51:04.400
the<00:51:02.599><c> daughters</c><00:51:03.000><c> of</c><00:51:03.320><c> Zion,</c><00:51:03.619><c> as</c><00:51:03.739><c> they're</c><00:51:04.099><c> called,</c>

00:51:04.480 --> 00:51:06.320
who<00:51:04.659><c> were</c><00:51:04.840><c> showing</c><00:51:05.059><c> off</c><00:51:05.280><c> their</c><00:51:05.519><c> wealth.</c>

00:51:06.599 --> 00:51:09.360
But<00:51:06.940><c> that</c><00:51:07.239><c> isn't</c><00:51:07.519><c> all</c><00:51:08.079><c> he</c><00:51:08.340><c> is</c><00:51:08.599><c> saying.</c>

00:51:09.679 --> 00:51:11.719
When<00:51:09.900><c> you</c><00:51:10.179><c> start</c><00:51:10.360><c> to</c><00:51:10.539><c> look</c><00:51:10.639><c> at</c><00:51:10.760><c> some</c><00:51:10.960><c> of</c><00:51:11.059><c> the</c><00:51:11.320><c> words</c>

00:51:11.719 --> 00:51:14.179
that<00:51:11.940><c> are</c><00:51:12.079><c> used</c><00:51:12.320><c> at</c><00:51:12.519><c> the</c><00:51:12.599><c> end</c><00:51:12.820><c> of</c><00:51:13.039><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:13.340><c> chapter</c><00:51:13.639><c> three,</c>

00:51:14.360 --> 00:51:17.460
it<00:51:14.480><c> is</c><00:51:14.840><c> clear</c><00:51:15.159><c> that</c><00:51:15.360><c> there</c><00:51:15.579><c> is</c><00:51:15.719><c> an</c><00:51:16.059><c> allegory</c><00:51:16.460><c> here</c>

00:51:17.420 --> 00:51:19.760
and<00:51:17.679><c> that</c><00:51:17.860><c> the</c><00:51:18.079><c> daughters</c><00:51:18.360><c> of</c><00:51:18.739><c> Zion</c>

00:51:20.059 --> 00:51:23.400
actually<00:51:20.579><c> stand</c><00:51:21.099><c> for</c><00:51:21.480><c> the</c><00:51:21.739><c> nation</c><00:51:22.119><c> itself.</c>

00:51:23.860 --> 00:51:26.360
He's<00:51:24.340><c> using</c><00:51:24.780><c> figurative</c><00:51:25.440><c> language</c><00:51:25.900><c> here.</c>

00:51:26.739 --> 00:51:29.139
It's<00:51:26.840><c> not</c><00:51:27.159><c> just</c><00:51:27.460><c> to</c><00:51:27.619><c> be</c><00:51:27.860><c> taken</c><00:51:28.119><c> literally.</c>

00:51:29.239 --> 00:51:30.500
And<00:51:29.380><c> some</c><00:51:29.559><c> of</c><00:51:29.719><c> the</c><00:51:29.840><c> words</c><00:51:30.000><c> he</c><00:51:30.300><c> uses</c>

00:51:30.500 --> 00:51:32.739
at<00:51:30.699><c> the</c><00:51:30.780><c> end</c><00:51:30.940><c> of</c><00:51:31.119><c> chapter</c><00:51:31.360><c> three</c><00:51:31.719><c> of</c><00:51:31.940><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:32.320><c> here</c>

00:51:32.739 --> 00:51:36.659
are<00:51:33.099><c> to</c><00:51:33.219><c> be</c><00:51:33.420><c> found</c><00:51:33.579><c> elsewhere</c><00:51:33.960><c> in</c><00:51:34.320><c> scripture</c><00:51:34.659><c> of</c><00:51:34.960><c> priestly</c><00:51:35.400><c> robes.</c>

00:51:37.079 --> 00:51:40.059
Now<00:51:37.260><c> again,</c><00:51:37.619><c> just</c><00:51:37.820><c> for</c><00:51:38.000><c> the</c><00:51:38.159><c> sake</c><00:51:38.360><c> of</c><00:51:38.920><c> quickness,</c>

00:51:40.099 --> 00:51:42.400
this<00:51:40.420><c> I've</c><00:51:40.960><c> put</c><00:51:41.119><c> on</c><00:51:41.300><c> an</c><00:51:41.519><c> overhead</c>

00:51:42.400 --> 00:51:45.480
and<00:51:42.639><c> we</c><00:51:42.840><c> can</c><00:51:42.980><c> just</c><00:51:43.239><c> pick</c><00:51:43.420><c> out</c><00:51:43.840><c> some</c><00:51:44.079><c> of</c><00:51:44.219><c> the</c><00:51:44.420><c> connections.</c>

00:51:49.219 --> 00:51:50.820
So<00:51:49.440><c> the</c><00:51:49.599><c> daughters</c><00:51:49.900><c> of</c><00:51:50.239><c> Zion</c><00:51:50.460><c> then,</c>

00:51:50.960 --> 00:51:52.539
at<00:51:51.119><c> the</c><00:51:51.179><c> end</c><00:51:51.320><c> of</c><00:51:51.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:51.800><c> chapter</c><00:51:52.099><c> three,</c>

00:51:52.539 --> 00:51:55.500
stand<00:51:53.019><c> as</c><00:51:53.300><c> a</c><00:51:53.500><c> figure</c><00:51:53.860><c> for</c><00:51:54.280><c> the</c><00:51:54.440><c> nation.</c>

00:51:56.179 --> 00:51:58.099
If<00:51:56.340><c> you</c><00:51:56.400><c> look</c><00:51:56.559><c> at</c><00:51:56.679><c> verse</c><00:51:56.880><c> 18,</c>

00:51:58.219 --> 00:52:01.940
he<00:51:58.400><c> talks</c><00:51:58.719><c> about</c><00:51:59.000><c> the</c><00:51:59.280><c> bravery</c><00:51:59.820><c> of</c><00:52:00.119><c> their</c><00:52:00.340><c> tinkling</c><00:52:00.760><c> ornaments.</c>

00:52:02.139 --> 00:52:05.000
And<00:52:02.280><c> the</c><00:52:02.500><c> same</c><00:52:02.800><c> Hebrew</c><00:52:03.179><c> word</c><00:52:03.500><c> is</c><00:52:03.760><c> used,</c><00:52:04.059><c> as</c><00:52:04.219><c> I've</c><00:52:04.480><c> said</c><00:52:04.639><c> there,</c>

00:52:05.400 --> 00:52:07.940
in<00:52:05.559><c> Exodus</c><00:52:05.840><c> 28,</c><00:52:06.559><c> verses</c><00:52:06.860><c> two</c><00:52:07.179><c> and</c><00:52:07.380><c> 40,</c>

00:52:08.099 --> 00:52:12.099
of<00:52:08.320><c> Aaron's</c><00:52:08.780><c> garments,</c><00:52:09.619><c> for</c><00:52:09.840><c> glory</c><00:52:10.280><c> and</c><00:52:10.719><c> for</c><00:52:11.099><c> beauty.</c>

00:52:12.320 --> 00:52:14.099
It's<00:52:12.579><c> that</c><00:52:12.760><c> word,</c><00:52:13.099><c> beauty.</c>

00:52:14.539 --> 00:52:18.800
Then<00:52:14.780><c> in</c><00:52:14.980><c> verse</c><00:52:15.179><c> 22,</c><00:52:15.960><c> talks</c><00:52:16.280><c> about</c><00:52:16.860><c> changeable</c><00:52:17.639><c> suits</c><00:52:17.960><c> of</c><00:52:18.199><c> apparel.</c>

00:52:19.019 --> 00:52:20.920
And<00:52:19.320><c> that</c><00:52:19.500><c> again</c><00:52:19.699><c> is</c><00:52:19.880><c> the</c><00:52:20.079><c> very</c><00:52:20.320><c> expression</c>

00:52:20.920 --> 00:52:23.119
that's<00:52:21.159><c> used</c><00:52:21.360><c> in</c><00:52:21.559><c> Zechariah</c><00:52:22.059><c> three,</c><00:52:22.460><c> verse</c><00:52:22.659><c> four,</c>

00:52:23.340 --> 00:52:26.480
of<00:52:23.460><c> the</c><00:52:23.699><c> change</c><00:52:23.900><c> of</c><00:52:24.139><c> raiment</c><00:52:24.699><c> given</c><00:52:25.039><c> to</c><00:52:25.239><c> the</c><00:52:25.360><c> high</c><00:52:25.639><c> priest.</c>

00:52:27.300 --> 00:52:30.619
In<00:52:27.480><c> verse</c><00:52:27.739><c> 23,</c><00:52:28.340><c> you've</c><00:52:28.559><c> got</c><00:52:28.659><c> the</c><00:52:28.960><c> reference</c><00:52:29.139><c> to</c><00:52:29.360><c> their</c><00:52:29.559><c> hoods.</c>

00:52:30.619 --> 00:52:33.679
And<00:52:30.760><c> that</c><00:52:30.940><c> again</c><00:52:31.179><c> is</c><00:52:31.460><c> used</c><00:52:31.780><c> twice,</c><00:52:32.199><c> in</c><00:52:32.460><c> fact,</c><00:52:32.699><c> in</c><00:52:32.820><c> Zechariah</c><00:52:33.320><c> three,</c>

00:52:33.760 --> 00:52:36.159
for<00:52:33.860><c> the</c><00:52:34.079><c> mitre</c><00:52:34.800><c> of</c><00:52:35.260><c> the</c><00:52:35.460><c> high</c><00:52:35.739><c> priest,</c>

00:52:36.519 --> 00:52:38.260
that<00:52:36.639><c> which</c><00:52:36.800><c> went</c><00:52:36.980><c> on</c><00:52:37.139><c> his</c><00:52:37.440><c> head.</c>

00:52:38.780 --> 00:52:40.480
So<00:52:39.079><c> there's</c><00:52:39.360><c> a</c><00:52:39.579><c> spiritual</c><00:52:39.940><c> point</c><00:52:40.300><c> here.</c>

00:52:40.559 --> 00:52:42.500
There's<00:52:40.840><c> a</c><00:52:40.960><c> figurative</c><00:52:41.380><c> use</c><00:52:41.579><c> of</c><00:52:41.820><c> language</c><00:52:42.159><c> here.</c>

00:52:42.800 --> 00:52:45.519
As<00:52:43.039><c> a</c><00:52:43.300><c> kingdom</c><00:52:43.519><c> of</c><00:52:43.880><c> priests</c><00:52:44.119><c> in</c><00:52:44.360><c> the</c><00:52:44.500><c> midst</c><00:52:44.659><c> of</c><00:52:44.840><c> the</c><00:52:45.000><c> nations,</c>

00:52:45.980 --> 00:52:47.940
Israel<00:52:46.219><c> should</c><00:52:46.400><c> have</c><00:52:46.559><c> been</c><00:52:46.719><c> witnessing</c><00:52:47.139><c> faithfully</c><00:52:47.719><c> to</c>

00:52:47.940 --> 00:52:49.260
God's<00:52:48.360><c> word.</c>

00:52:49.400 --> 00:52:50.179
But<00:52:49.500><c> they</c><00:52:49.679><c> didn't.</c>

00:52:50.179 --> 00:52:52.300
Instead,<00:52:50.780><c> they</c><00:52:51.019><c> forsook</c><00:52:51.400><c> him.</c>

00:52:52.480 --> 00:52:54.739
And<00:52:52.679><c> just</c><00:52:52.900><c> as</c><00:52:53.000><c> he</c><00:52:53.219><c> said</c><00:52:53.400><c> here</c><00:52:53.659><c> that</c><00:52:53.760><c> he</c><00:52:53.880><c> was</c><00:52:54.139><c> going</c><00:52:54.239><c> to</c><00:52:54.480><c> remove</c>

00:52:54.739 --> 00:52:58.519
all<00:52:55.119><c> the</c><00:52:55.380><c> wealth</c><00:52:55.739><c> and</c><00:52:56.000><c> the</c><00:52:56.340><c> finery</c><00:52:56.940><c> of</c><00:52:57.420><c> the</c><00:52:57.559><c> women</c><00:52:57.780><c> of</c><00:52:57.960><c> Israel,</c>

00:52:59.000 --> 00:53:01.159
so<00:52:59.460><c> in</c><00:52:59.860><c> the</c><00:53:00.219><c> figurative</c><00:53:00.679><c> sense,</c>

00:53:01.340 --> 00:53:04.360
he's<00:53:01.639><c> going</c><00:53:01.780><c> to</c><00:53:02.059><c> take</c><00:53:02.300><c> away</c><00:53:02.679><c> Israel's</c><00:53:03.519><c> priestly</c><00:53:03.800><c> office</c>

00:53:04.360 --> 00:53:07.239
by<00:53:04.860><c> scattering</c><00:53:05.340><c> them</c><00:53:05.719><c> among</c><00:53:06.000><c> the</c><00:53:06.199><c> nations.</c>

00:53:07.480 --> 00:53:10.679
And<00:53:07.739><c> he</c><00:53:07.900><c> talks</c><00:53:08.119><c> about</c><00:53:08.360><c> that</c><00:53:08.679><c> calamity</c><00:53:09.199><c> at</c><00:53:09.380><c> the</c><00:53:09.539><c> end</c><00:53:09.699><c> of</c><00:53:09.900><c> chapter</c><00:53:10.139><c> three.</c>

00:53:11.159 --> 00:53:13.940
Thy<00:53:11.420><c> men</c><00:53:11.880><c> shall</c><00:53:12.099><c> fall</c><00:53:12.539><c> by</c><00:53:12.760><c> the</c><00:53:13.059><c> sword,</c>

00:53:13.960 --> 00:53:15.400
and<00:53:14.099><c> thy</c><00:53:14.300><c> mighty</c><00:53:14.659><c> in</c><00:53:14.880><c> the</c><00:53:15.079><c> war,</c>

00:53:15.559 --> 00:53:17.619
and<00:53:15.659><c> her</c><00:53:15.920><c> gates</c><00:53:16.159><c> shall</c><00:53:16.400><c> lament</c><00:53:16.739><c> and</c><00:53:17.059><c> mourn,</c>

00:53:17.619 --> 00:53:20.760
and<00:53:17.800><c> she</c><00:53:18.079><c> being</c><00:53:18.360><c> desolate</c><00:53:18.980><c> shall</c><00:53:19.460><c> sit</c><00:53:19.780><c> upon</c><00:53:20.099><c> the</c><00:53:20.360><c> ground.</c>

00:53:20.960 --> 00:53:25.139
The<00:53:21.219><c> calamity</c><00:53:21.719><c> of</c><00:53:22.019><c> war</c><00:53:22.280><c> was</c><00:53:22.519><c> going</c><00:53:22.679><c> to</c><00:53:22.940><c> come</c><00:53:23.239><c> upon</c><00:53:23.860><c> the</c><00:53:24.119><c> nation.</c>

00:53:26.179 --> 00:53:29.059
And<00:53:26.360><c> yet,</c><00:53:27.099><c> while</c><00:53:27.280><c> indeed</c><00:53:27.719><c> the</c><00:53:27.880><c> message</c><00:53:28.199><c> of</c><00:53:28.420><c> chapter</c><00:53:28.679><c> three</c>

00:53:29.059 --> 00:53:31.099
is<00:53:29.360><c> indeed</c><00:53:29.760><c> woe</c><00:53:29.960><c> to</c><00:53:30.099><c> the</c><00:53:30.260><c> wicked,</c>

00:53:31.179 --> 00:53:32.940
there's<00:53:31.420><c> also</c><00:53:31.880><c> hope.</c>

00:53:33.280 --> 00:53:35.119
Come<00:53:33.559><c> to</c><00:53:33.780><c> chapter</c><00:53:34.059><c> four,</c><00:53:34.460><c> verse</c><00:53:34.679><c> one,</c>

00:53:35.239 --> 00:53:37.800
because<00:53:35.519><c> really,</c><00:53:36.119><c> as</c><00:53:36.320><c> we</c><00:53:36.599><c> said,</c><00:53:37.019><c> I</c><00:53:37.039><c> think</c><00:53:37.219><c> yesterday,</c>

00:53:38.159 --> 00:53:41.199
this<00:53:38.480><c> section</c><00:53:38.840><c> of</c><00:53:39.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:53:39.559><c> goes</c><00:53:40.059><c> through</c><00:53:40.320><c> the</c><00:53:40.539><c> chapter</c><00:53:40.800><c> division,</c>

00:53:41.239 --> 00:53:44.099
and<00:53:41.380><c> it</c><00:53:41.579><c> ends</c><00:53:41.900><c> at</c><00:53:42.079><c> chapter</c><00:53:42.340><c> four,</c><00:53:42.719><c> verse</c><00:53:42.900><c> one.</c>

00:53:44.739 --> 00:53:47.019
And<00:53:45.139><c> it</c><00:53:45.300><c> ends</c><00:53:45.420><c> on</c><00:53:45.619><c> a</c><00:53:45.719><c> note</c><00:53:45.820><c> of</c><00:53:46.059><c> hope.</c>

00:53:47.079 --> 00:53:51.199
In<00:53:47.340><c> that</c><00:53:47.739><c> day,</c><00:53:48.119><c> seven</c><00:53:48.440><c> women</c><00:53:48.880><c> shall</c><00:53:49.119><c> take</c><00:53:49.440><c> hold</c><00:53:49.599><c> of</c><00:53:49.780><c> one</c><00:53:50.000><c> man,</c><00:53:50.559><c> saying,</c>

00:53:51.300 --> 00:53:53.739
we<00:53:51.440><c> will</c><00:53:51.639><c> eat</c><00:53:51.860><c> our</c><00:53:52.059><c> own</c><00:53:52.280><c> bread</c><00:53:52.500><c> and</c><00:53:52.699><c> wear</c><00:53:52.840><c> our</c><00:53:53.039><c> own</c><00:53:53.219><c> apparel.</c>

00:53:54.059 --> 00:53:59.679
Only<00:53:54.320><c> let</c><00:53:54.519><c> us</c><00:53:54.699><c> be</c><00:53:54.940><c> called</c><00:53:55.039><c> by</c><00:53:55.320><c> thy</c><00:53:55.619><c> name</c><00:53:56.019><c> to</c><00:53:56.599><c> take</c><00:53:56.920><c> away</c><00:53:57.480><c> our</c><00:53:58.360><c> reproach.</c>

00:54:00.400 --> 00:54:02.480
Now,<00:54:00.719><c> on</c><00:54:00.920><c> the</c><00:54:01.079><c> one</c><00:54:01.320><c> hand,</c><00:54:01.599><c> you</c><00:54:01.719><c> can</c><00:54:01.960><c> take</c><00:54:02.219><c> this</c>

00:54:02.480 --> 00:54:04.920
as<00:54:02.760><c> the</c><00:54:03.280><c> result</c><00:54:03.619><c> of</c><00:54:03.820><c> the</c><00:54:03.980><c> calamities</c><00:54:04.360><c> of</c><00:54:04.679><c> war.</c>

00:54:05.059 --> 00:54:07.500
There's<00:54:05.139><c> a</c><00:54:05.380><c> depletion</c><00:54:05.739><c> of</c><00:54:05.880><c> the</c><00:54:06.039><c> male</c><00:54:06.219><c> population.</c>

00:54:07.619 --> 00:54:08.539
But<00:54:07.840><c> bearing</c><00:54:08.059><c> in</c><00:54:08.360><c> mind,</c>

00:54:08.579 --> 00:54:10.619
we've<00:54:08.840><c> said</c><00:54:08.940><c> that</c><00:54:09.079><c> there</c><00:54:09.260><c> is</c><00:54:09.539><c> figurative</c><00:54:10.019><c> language</c><00:54:10.380><c> here.</c>

00:54:10.659 --> 00:54:14.340
Just<00:54:10.960><c> think</c><00:54:11.199><c> about</c><00:54:11.480><c> verse</c><00:54:11.800><c> one</c><00:54:12.139><c> on</c><00:54:12.460><c> a</c><00:54:12.800><c> spiritual</c><00:54:13.360><c> level.</c>

00:54:14.400 --> 00:54:16.340
Seven<00:54:14.800><c> in</c><00:54:15.000><c> scripture</c><00:54:15.599><c> is</c><00:54:16.039><c> used</c>

00:54:16.340 --> 00:54:19.059
as<00:54:16.500><c> a</c><00:54:16.679><c> figure</c><00:54:16.880><c> of</c><00:54:17.139><c> divine</c><00:54:17.559><c> completeness.</c>

00:54:19.179 --> 00:54:21.920
So<00:54:19.219><c> here,</c><00:54:19.579><c> then,</c><00:54:19.679><c> we</c><00:54:19.860><c> have,</c><00:54:20.440><c> again,</c><00:54:20.559><c> a</c><00:54:20.619><c> figure</c><00:54:20.880><c> of</c><00:54:21.099><c> the</c><00:54:21.320><c> nation</c>

00:54:21.920 --> 00:54:24.900
who<00:54:22.440><c> take</c><00:54:22.739><c> hold</c><00:54:23.039><c> of</c><00:54:23.340><c> one</c><00:54:23.760><c> man.</c>

00:54:25.159 --> 00:54:28.079
Not<00:54:25.420><c> those</c><00:54:25.820><c> men</c><00:54:26.099><c> in</c><00:54:26.280><c> verse</c><00:54:26.559><c> 25.</c>

00:54:28.179 --> 00:54:30.119
They<00:54:28.340><c> couldn't</c><00:54:28.639><c> say</c><00:54:28.880><c> the</c><00:54:29.099><c> nation.</c>

00:54:30.340 --> 00:54:34.480
But<00:54:30.420><c> the</c><00:54:30.639><c> nation</c><00:54:30.980><c> comes</c><00:54:31.380><c> to</c><00:54:31.679><c> take</c><00:54:31.940><c> hold</c><00:54:32.199><c> of</c><00:54:32.599><c> one</c><00:54:33.300><c> man,</c>

00:54:34.960 --> 00:54:39.139
the<00:54:35.139><c> man</c><00:54:35.539><c> who,</c><00:54:35.760><c> in</c><00:54:35.960><c> verse</c><00:54:36.219><c> two,</c><00:54:36.980><c> whose</c><00:54:37.159><c> name</c><00:54:37.500><c> is</c><00:54:37.980><c> the</c><00:54:38.219><c> branch.</c>

00:54:39.320 --> 00:54:41.460
So<00:54:39.539><c> in</c><00:54:39.679><c> the</c><00:54:39.940><c> figurative</c><00:54:40.440><c> sense,</c><00:54:41.179><c> then,</c>

00:54:41.460 --> 00:54:44.980
Isaiah<00:54:41.860><c> is</c><00:54:42.019><c> looking</c><00:54:42.320><c> to</c><00:54:42.559><c> that</c><00:54:42.739><c> time</c><00:54:43.239><c> when</c><00:54:43.539><c> Israel</c><00:54:44.139><c> turns</c><00:54:44.679><c> back</c>

00:54:44.980 --> 00:54:45.800
to<00:54:45.159><c> God.</c>

00:54:46.219 --> 00:54:48.500
And<00:54:46.360><c> therefore,</c><00:54:46.980><c> God</c><00:54:47.099><c> willing,</c><00:54:47.420><c> as</c><00:54:47.480><c> we</c><00:54:47.599><c> shall</c><00:54:47.739><c> see</c><00:54:47.940><c> tomorrow,</c>

00:54:48.739 --> 00:54:51.280
when<00:54:48.860><c> you</c><00:54:48.940><c> get</c><00:54:49.159><c> to</c><00:54:49.280><c> verse</c><00:54:49.519><c> two</c><00:54:49.860><c> of</c><00:54:50.019><c> Isaiah,</c><00:54:50.500><c> chapter</c><00:54:50.699><c> four,</c>

00:54:51.480 --> 00:54:53.800
we're<00:54:51.760><c> back</c><00:54:51.980><c> with</c><00:54:52.179><c> a</c><00:54:52.300><c> vision</c><00:54:52.460><c> of</c><00:54:52.599><c> the</c><00:54:52.780><c> future,</c>

00:54:53.940 --> 00:54:56.539
as<00:54:54.159><c> we</c><00:54:54.360><c> were</c><00:54:54.519><c> at</c><00:54:54.659><c> the</c><00:54:54.760><c> beginning</c><00:54:54.960><c> of</c><00:54:55.139><c> chapter</c><00:54:55.400><c> two.</c>

00:54:56.579 --> 00:54:58.800
So<00:54:56.800><c> always,</c><00:54:57.500><c> God</c><00:54:57.800><c> leaves</c><00:54:58.219><c> hope.</c>

00:54:59.280 --> 00:55:00.880
And<00:54:59.400><c> there</c><00:54:59.599><c> was</c><00:54:59.800><c> for</c><00:54:59.980><c> the</c><00:55:00.159><c> people</c><00:55:00.460><c> here.</c>

00:55:01.260 --> 00:55:04.719
Back<00:55:01.500><c> in</c><00:55:01.659><c> chapter</c><00:55:01.940><c> three</c><00:55:02.239><c> and</c><00:55:02.420><c> verse</c><00:55:02.699><c> 10,</c><00:55:03.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:55:03.739><c> said,</c>

00:55:04.739 --> 00:55:07.659
say<00:55:04.980><c> ye</c><00:55:05.199><c> to</c><00:55:05.260><c> the</c><00:55:05.519><c> righteous</c><00:55:06.000><c> that</c><00:55:06.219><c> it</c><00:55:06.420><c> shall</c><00:55:06.500><c> be</c><00:55:06.760><c> well</c><00:55:07.000><c> with</c><00:55:07.199><c> him,</c>

00:55:08.059 --> 00:55:10.519
for<00:55:08.179><c> they</c><00:55:08.420><c> shall</c><00:55:08.539><c> eat</c><00:55:08.699><c> the</c><00:55:08.940><c> fruit</c><00:55:09.219><c> of</c><00:55:09.579><c> their</c><00:55:09.800><c> doings.</c>

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So<00:55:11.139><c> even</c><00:55:11.440><c> in</c><00:55:11.619><c> the</c><00:55:11.699><c> midst</c><00:55:11.880><c> of</c><00:55:12.159><c> all</c><00:55:12.360><c> this</c><00:55:12.679><c> condemnation,</c>

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there's<00:55:13.780><c> encouragement</c><00:55:14.380><c> for</c><00:55:14.920><c> the</c><00:55:15.099><c> faithful.</c>

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The<00:55:16.500><c> faithful</c><00:55:16.840><c> man</c><00:55:17.139><c> might</c><00:55:17.420><c> have</c><00:55:17.639><c> to</c><00:55:17.880><c> share</c><00:55:18.019><c> the</c><00:55:18.239><c> evil</c><00:55:18.579><c> day,</c>

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but<00:55:19.659><c> his</c><00:55:19.880><c> reward</c><00:55:20.199><c> is</c><00:55:20.539><c> certain.</c>

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So<00:55:21.960><c> let</c><00:55:22.079><c> us</c><00:55:22.260><c> take</c><00:55:22.539><c> heed,</c><00:55:22.840><c> then,</c><00:55:22.940><c> to</c><00:55:23.079><c> the</c><00:55:23.260><c> warnings</c><00:55:23.500><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:55:24.460><c> let</c><00:55:24.539><c> us</c><00:55:24.699><c> be</c><00:55:24.960><c> encouraged</c><00:55:25.320><c> by</c><00:55:25.579><c> the</c><00:55:25.840><c> assurances,</c>

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brethren<00:55:26.559><c> and</c><00:55:26.780><c> sisters,</c><00:55:27.460><c> as</c><00:55:27.619><c> we</c><00:55:27.800><c> wait</c><00:55:27.920><c> together</c><00:55:28.280><c> in</c><00:55:28.599><c> faith</c>

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for<00:55:29.260><c> the</c><00:55:29.380><c> day</c><00:55:29.559><c> of</c><00:55:29.800><c> Christ's</c><00:55:30.199><c> coming.</c>