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to<00:14:20.799><c> life.</c>

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innocent<00:16:46.580><c> man.</c>

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days<00:16:59.840><c> before.</c>

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procession<00:17:18.279><c> of</c><00:17:18.599><c> people.</c>

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from<00:19:45.079><c> 1</c><00:19:45.319><c> Corinthians</c><00:19:45.960><c> chapter</c><00:19:46.700><c> 15.</c>

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first<00:21:37.960><c> fruit.</c>

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come<00:25:58.599><c> and</c><00:25:58.859><c> say,</c>

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So<00:29:20.740><c> let's</c><00:29:20.960><c> look</c><00:29:21.220><c> forward</c><00:29:21.539><c> to</c><00:29:21.759><c> Christ's</c><00:29:22.319><c> return,</c><00:29:23.259><c> to</c><00:29:23.380><c> the</c><00:29:23.599><c> resurrection</c><00:29:24.160><c> of</c>

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our<00:29:24.700><c> family</c><00:29:25.359><c> and</c><00:29:26.279><c> our</c><00:29:26.559><c> friends</c><00:29:26.880><c> in</c><00:29:27.200><c> Christ.</c>

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Let's<00:29:30.119><c> look</c><00:29:30.359><c> forward</c><00:29:30.680><c> to</c><00:29:30.880><c> the</c><00:29:31.039><c> coming</c><00:29:31.319><c> kingdom,</c><00:29:32.380><c> which</c><00:29:32.599><c> will</c>

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