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had<00:10:40.440><c> to</c><00:10:40.720><c> come</c><00:10:40.879><c> and</c><00:10:41.159><c> bow</c><00:10:41.320><c> before</c>

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him<00:10:42.399><c> and</c><00:10:42.879><c> acknowledge</c><00:10:43.340><c> that</c><00:10:44.080><c> Solomon</c><00:10:44.580><c> was</c><00:10:44.860><c> the</c><00:10:45.159><c> rightfully</c>

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anointed<00:10:46.279><c> king.</c>

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this<00:10:49.980><c> king?</c>

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Therefore<00:10:59.460><c> God,</c><00:11:00.340><c> thy</c><00:11:00.659><c> God,</c><00:11:01.720><c> hath</c><00:11:02.059><c> anointed</c><00:11:02.700><c> thee</c><00:11:03.519><c> with</c><00:11:04.220><c> the</c>

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oil<00:11:04.960><c> of</c><00:11:05.539><c> gladness</c><00:11:07.559><c> above</c><00:11:08.360><c> thy</c><00:11:08.820><c> fellows,</c>

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says<00:11:10.139><c> Psalm</c><00:11:10.559><c> 45,</c><00:11:11.779><c> above</c><00:11:12.100><c> thy</c><00:11:12.559><c> fellows.</c>

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And<00:11:13.559><c> so</c><00:11:13.759><c> he</c><00:11:14.000><c> was,</c><00:11:14.559><c> because</c><00:11:14.879><c> in</c><00:11:15.120><c> the</c><00:11:15.279><c> presence</c><00:11:15.539><c> of</c><00:11:15.820><c> all</c><00:11:16.100><c> his</c><00:11:16.860><c> brethren,</c><00:11:17.360><c> the</c>

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other<00:11:17.840><c> sons</c><00:11:18.179><c> of</c><00:11:18.539><c> David</c>

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older<00:11:19.320><c> than</c><00:11:19.559><c> he,</c><00:11:20.799><c> he</c><00:11:20.899><c> was</c><00:11:21.159><c> anointed</c><00:11:21.519><c> on</c><00:11:21.759><c> that</c><00:11:21.940><c> day</c><00:11:22.139><c> in</c><00:11:22.299><c> the</c><00:11:22.440><c> 1st</c>

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of<00:11:22.879><c> Chronicles</c><00:11:23.240><c> chapter</c><00:11:23.600><c> 29</c>

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in<00:11:24.779><c> verses</c><00:11:25.059><c> 22</c><00:11:25.500><c> to</c><00:11:25.740><c> 24,</c><00:11:26.179><c> and</c><00:11:26.179><c> they</c><00:11:26.419><c> came</c><00:11:26.620><c> and</c><00:11:26.879><c> submitted</c><00:11:27.220><c> before</c><00:11:27.799><c> him.</c>

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And<00:11:30.399><c> did</c><00:11:30.580><c> you</c><00:11:30.639><c> notice</c><00:11:30.960><c> that</c><00:11:31.559><c> in</c><00:11:32.259><c> Psalm</c><00:11:32.500><c> 45</c><00:11:33.039><c> it's</c><00:11:33.399><c> mentioned</c><00:11:33.820><c> that</c><00:11:34.019><c> the</c><00:11:34.340><c> queen,</c><00:11:34.980><c> verse</c><00:11:35.320><c> 9,</c>

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shall<00:11:36.559><c> be</c><00:11:36.919><c> arrayed</c><00:11:37.419><c> in</c><00:11:37.700><c> the</c><00:11:38.019><c> gold</c><00:11:38.480><c> of</c><00:11:39.100><c> Ophir?</c>

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Now<00:11:41.539><c> that's</c><00:11:41.820><c> interesting</c><00:11:42.179><c> because</c><00:11:42.480><c> in</c><00:11:42.740><c> the</c><00:11:42.860><c> 1st</c><00:11:43.179><c> of</c><00:11:43.320><c> Kings</c><00:11:43.580><c> chapter</c><00:11:43.940><c> 9</c>

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we're<00:11:44.700><c> told</c><00:11:44.919><c> that</c><00:11:45.480><c> when</c><00:11:45.740><c> Solomon</c>

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began<00:11:46.460><c> his</c><00:11:46.860><c> reign</c><00:11:47.139><c> that</c><00:11:47.340><c> he</c><00:11:47.559><c> sent</c><00:11:47.759><c> away</c><00:11:48.120><c> ships.</c>

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a<00:11:55.039><c> navy</c><00:11:55.279><c> of</c><00:11:55.580><c> ships</c><00:11:56.080><c> in</c><00:11:56.600><c> Ezion</c><00:11:57.019><c> Giba,</c><00:11:57.539><c> which</c><00:11:57.679><c> is</c><00:11:57.879><c> beside</c><00:11:58.240><c> Elot</c>

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on<00:11:59.460><c> the</c><00:11:59.600><c> shore</c><00:11:59.720><c> of</c><00:11:59.899><c> the</c><00:12:00.000><c> Red</c><00:12:00.320><c> Sea</c><00:12:00.500><c> in</c><00:12:00.639><c> the</c><00:12:00.779><c> land</c>

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of<00:12:01.179><c> Edom.</c>

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It<00:12:02.519><c> says</c><00:12:02.620><c> that</c><00:12:02.779><c> they</c><00:12:03.000><c> came,</c><00:12:03.519><c> verse</c><00:12:03.940><c> 28,</c><00:12:04.620><c> to</c><00:12:04.899><c> Ophir</c><00:12:05.720><c> and</c><00:12:06.299><c> fetched</c><00:12:07.059><c> from</c>

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vents<00:12:08.000><c> gold.</c>

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So<00:12:13.500><c> we</c><00:12:13.639><c> wouldn't</c><00:12:13.820><c> be</c><00:12:13.980><c> at</c><00:12:14.080><c> all</c><00:12:14.259><c> surprised,</c><00:12:14.899><c> would</c><00:12:15.080><c> we,</c><00:12:15.299><c> to</c><00:12:15.500><c> find</c>

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the<00:12:16.080><c> queen</c><00:12:16.559><c> arrayed</c><00:12:17.159><c> in</c><00:12:17.240><c> the</c><00:12:17.379><c> gold</c>

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of<00:12:17.799><c> Ophir</c><00:12:18.240><c> on</c><00:12:18.740><c> this</c><00:12:19.220><c> state</c><00:12:19.500><c> occasion</c><00:12:20.100><c> of</c><00:12:20.539><c> the</c><00:12:20.759><c> royal</c><00:12:21.179><c> wedding.</c>

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And<00:12:23.279><c> did</c><00:12:23.440><c> you</c><00:12:23.539><c> notice</c><00:12:23.919><c> in</c><00:12:24.279><c> Psalm</c><00:12:24.519><c> 45</c><00:12:25.460><c> who</c><00:12:26.379><c> was</c><00:12:26.539><c> amongst</c><00:12:26.860><c> those</c>

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who<00:12:27.519><c> attended</c><00:12:27.960><c> as</c><00:12:28.240><c> the</c><00:12:28.440><c> guests?</c>

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We're<00:12:29.759><c> told</c><00:12:30.000><c> in</c><00:12:30.179><c> verse</c><00:12:30.559><c> 12</c><00:12:31.059><c> of</c><00:12:31.299><c> Psalm</c><00:12:31.580><c> 45,</c><00:12:32.659><c> the</c><00:12:32.740><c> daughter</c><00:12:33.460><c> of</c><00:12:34.039><c> Tyre</c><00:12:34.899><c> shall</c><00:12:35.340><c> be</c><00:12:35.700><c> there</c><00:12:35.980><c> with</c><00:12:36.200><c> a</c><00:12:36.360><c> gift.</c>

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Now<00:12:38.399><c> hold</c><00:12:38.779><c> your</c><00:12:38.919><c> hand</c><00:12:39.120><c> again</c><00:12:39.419><c> in</c><00:12:39.740><c> Psalm</c><00:12:40.179><c> 45</c><00:12:41.100><c> and</c><00:12:42.139><c> come</c><00:12:42.480><c> back,</c>

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brothers<00:12:43.139><c> and</c><00:12:43.379><c> sisters,</c><00:12:43.740><c> to</c><00:12:43.899><c> the</c><00:12:44.039><c> 1st</c><00:12:44.539><c> of</c>

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Kings<00:12:45.080><c> chapter</c><00:12:45.659><c> 5.</c>

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It<00:12:55.679><c> says</c><00:12:55.899><c> in</c><00:12:56.059><c> verse</c><00:12:56.419><c> 1,</c><00:12:57.779><c> and</c><00:12:57.980><c> this</c><00:12:58.159><c> is</c><00:12:58.360><c> after</c><00:12:58.659><c> the</c><00:12:58.940><c> crowning</c><00:12:59.399><c> of</c>

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Solomon,<00:13:01.899><c> 1st</c><00:13:02.200><c> of</c><00:13:02.279><c> Kings</c><00:13:02.559><c> 5,</c><00:13:02.860><c> verse</c>

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had<00:13:09.679><c> heard</c><00:13:09.820><c> that</c>

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for<00:13:12.659><c> Hiram</c><00:13:13.039><c> was</c><00:13:13.240><c> ever</c><00:13:13.559><c> a</c><00:13:13.740><c> lover</c><00:13:13.919><c> of</c>

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David,<00:13:16.220><c> and</c><00:13:16.480><c> Solomon</c><00:13:16.779><c> sent</c><00:13:17.100><c> to</c><00:13:17.340><c> Hiram</c><00:13:18.340><c> and</c><00:13:18.799><c> communicated</c>

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with<00:13:19.740><c> him.</c>

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And<00:13:21.419><c> verse</c><00:13:21.740><c> 12</c><00:13:22.259><c> says,</c><00:13:23.620><c> and</c><00:13:23.700><c> Yahweh</c><00:13:23.919><c> gave</c><00:13:24.200><c> Solomon</c><00:13:24.700><c> wisdom</c><00:13:25.080><c> as</c>

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he<00:13:25.519><c> promised</c><00:13:25.779><c> him,</c><00:13:25.940><c> and</c><00:13:26.080><c> there</c><00:13:26.220><c> was</c><00:13:26.460><c> peace</c>

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between<00:13:27.559><c> Hiram</c><00:13:28.179><c> and</c><00:13:28.639><c> Solomon,</c><00:13:29.740><c> and</c><00:13:30.019><c> they</c><00:13:30.500><c> too</c><00:13:30.919><c> made</c><00:13:31.419><c> a</c><00:13:31.799><c> league</c><00:13:32.059><c> together.</c>

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Israel<00:13:33.600><c> was</c><00:13:34.019><c> in</c><00:13:34.419><c> alliance</c><00:13:34.879><c> with</c><00:13:35.379><c> Tyre,</c><00:13:36.100><c> and</c><00:13:36.539><c> Solomon</c><00:13:36.919><c> was</c><00:13:37.179><c> a</c><00:13:37.480><c> friend</c><00:13:37.759><c> of</c><00:13:38.100><c> Hiram,</c><00:13:38.820><c> who'd</c><00:13:39.019><c> been</c><00:13:39.159><c> a</c><00:13:39.340><c> friend</c>

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of<00:13:39.700><c> his</c><00:13:39.879><c> father</c><00:13:40.220><c> David.</c>

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So<00:13:41.000><c> we</c><00:13:41.100><c> wouldn't</c><00:13:41.259><c> be</c><00:13:41.440><c> at</c><00:13:41.580><c> all</c><00:13:41.799><c> surprised,</c><00:13:42.440><c> would</c><00:13:42.600><c> we,</c><00:13:42.820><c> at</c><00:13:42.940><c> the</c>

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wedding<00:13:43.279><c> of</c><00:13:43.559><c> Solomon,</c><00:13:44.279><c> brothers</c><00:13:44.419><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:13:45.080><c> to</c><00:13:45.159><c> find</c><00:13:45.279><c> that</c><00:13:45.460><c> the</c><00:13:45.659><c> daughter</c><00:13:45.860><c> of</c><00:13:46.080><c> Tyre</c><00:13:46.679><c> would</c><00:13:46.860><c> be</c><00:13:47.120><c> there</c><00:13:47.259><c> with</c><00:13:47.460><c> a</c>

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gift,<00:13:48.100><c> as</c><00:13:48.279><c> Psalm</c><00:13:48.519><c> 45</c><00:13:49.139><c> in</c>

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verse<00:13:49.659><c> 12</c><00:13:50.059><c> will</c><00:13:50.379><c> tell</c><00:13:50.559><c> us,</c><00:13:52.419><c> given</c><00:13:52.580><c> that</c><00:13:52.759><c> they</c><00:13:52.919><c> were</c><00:13:53.159><c> in</c><00:13:53.399><c> league</c><00:13:53.679><c> together.</c>

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Oh,<00:13:55.259><c> and</c><00:13:55.279><c> who</c><00:13:55.539><c> is</c><00:13:55.679><c> this</c><00:13:55.899><c> king</c><00:13:56.299><c> marrying?</c>

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Well,<00:13:58.500><c> verse</c><00:13:58.580><c> 13</c><00:13:59.080><c> of</c><00:13:59.340><c> Psalm</c><00:13:59.559><c> 45</c><00:14:00.240><c> says,</c><00:14:00.980><c> the</c><00:14:00.980><c> king's</c><00:14:02.000><c> daughter</c>

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is<00:14:03.259><c> all</c><00:14:03.840><c> glorious</c><00:14:04.500><c> within.</c>

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Now,<00:14:07.139><c> she</c><00:14:07.259><c> hasn't</c><00:14:07.519><c> married</c><00:14:07.940><c> Solomon</c><00:14:08.360><c> yet,</c><00:14:08.659><c> and</c><00:14:08.820><c> yet</c><00:14:08.919><c> she's</c><00:14:09.159><c> already</c><00:14:09.539><c> described</c><00:14:10.039><c> as</c>

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the<00:14:10.299><c> king's</c>

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daughter.

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Well,<00:14:13.399><c> of</c><00:14:13.580><c> course</c><00:14:13.580><c> she</c><00:14:13.759><c> was,</c><00:14:14.139><c> wasn't</c><00:14:14.360><c> she,</c><00:14:14.639><c> because</c><00:14:14.879><c> the</c><00:14:15.039><c> 1st</c>

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she<00:14:17.600><c> was</c><00:14:18.320><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:14:19.399><c> daughter,</c><00:14:20.220><c> the</c><00:14:20.539><c> daughter</c><00:14:20.919><c> of</c><00:14:21.279><c> the</c><00:14:21.500><c> king</c>

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of<00:14:22.460><c> Egypt.</c>

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She<00:14:23.519><c> was</c><00:14:23.700><c> of</c><00:14:23.919><c> royal</c><00:14:24.139><c> blood</c><00:14:24.379><c> herself.</c>

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Oh<00:14:26.340><c> yes,</c><00:14:26.759><c> brothers</c><00:14:26.860><c> and</c><00:14:27.080><c> sisters,</c><00:14:27.480><c> I</c><00:14:27.480><c> think</c><00:14:27.779><c> that</c><00:14:28.200><c> Psalm</c><00:14:28.600><c> 45</c>

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is<00:14:30.440><c> the</c><00:14:30.879><c> story</c><00:14:31.360><c> of</c><00:14:31.840><c> the</c><00:14:32.179><c> marriage</c><00:14:32.860><c> of</c><00:14:33.559><c> Solomon</c>

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to<00:14:35.480><c> his</c><00:14:35.779><c> bride</c><00:14:36.519><c> out</c><00:14:38.419><c> of</c><00:14:38.659><c> Egypt,</c><00:14:39.419><c> you</c><00:14:39.740><c> see,</c><00:14:41.700><c> and</c><00:14:41.899><c> that</c><00:14:42.039><c> that's</c>

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what's<00:14:42.419><c> being</c><00:14:42.759><c> celebrated</c><00:14:43.460><c> in</c><00:14:44.399><c> this</c>

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particular<00:14:45.120><c> Psalm.</c>

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And<00:14:47.580><c> what's</c><00:14:48.019><c> not</c><00:14:48.360><c> clear,</c><00:14:49.299><c> lying</c><00:14:49.519><c> underneath</c><00:14:49.960><c> the</c><00:14:50.259><c> surface,</c>

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of<00:14:50.779><c> course,</c><00:14:51.059><c> of</c><00:14:51.259><c> this</c><00:14:51.559><c> Psalm,</c><00:14:52.519><c> is</c><00:14:52.679><c> that</c>

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this<00:14:53.419><c> man,</c><00:14:54.559><c> the</c><00:14:54.740><c> king,</c><00:14:55.340><c> from</c><00:14:55.500><c> verses</c><00:14:55.820><c> 1</c><00:14:56.200><c> to</c><00:14:56.279><c> 9,</c><00:14:56.679><c> because,</c><00:14:57.279><c> well,</c><00:14:57.419><c> let's</c><00:14:57.639><c> just</c>

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break<00:14:57.980><c> up</c><00:14:58.159><c> the</c><00:14:58.340><c> Psalms,</c><00:14:58.740><c> shall</c>

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we?

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So<00:14:59.379><c> Psalm</c><00:14:59.600><c> 45</c><00:15:00.159><c> verses</c><00:15:00.480><c> 1</c><00:15:00.799><c> to</c><00:15:00.899><c> 9</c><00:15:01.139><c> is</c><00:15:01.360><c> about</c><00:15:01.580><c> the</c><00:15:01.860><c> king</c><00:15:02.200><c> and</c><00:15:02.399><c> his</c>

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glorious<00:15:03.559><c> majesty,</c><00:15:04.820><c> and</c><00:15:05.100><c> then</c><00:15:05.360><c> verses</c>

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10<00:15:06.139><c> to</c><00:15:06.299><c> 16</c><00:15:06.799><c> is</c><00:15:07.059><c> about</c><00:15:07.299><c> the</c><00:15:07.679><c> bride</c><00:15:08.220><c> and</c><00:15:08.639><c> her</c><00:15:08.860><c> beauty,</c><00:15:09.639><c> and</c><00:15:10.019><c> lastly</c><00:15:10.419><c> in</c><00:15:10.659><c> verse</c><00:15:10.899><c> 17</c>

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is<00:15:11.659><c> about</c><00:15:11.919><c> the</c><00:15:12.559><c> memorial</c>

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name<00:15:13.539><c> that</c><00:15:13.899><c> they</c><00:15:14.100><c> will</c><00:15:14.399><c> share</c><00:15:14.659><c> together</c><00:15:15.080><c> as</c><00:15:15.340><c> they</c><00:15:15.659><c> come</c><00:15:15.899><c> now</c><00:15:16.159><c> to</c><00:15:16.360><c> make</c><00:15:16.500><c> a</c>

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new<00:15:17.139><c> family</c><00:15:17.580><c> unit</c><00:15:17.860><c> in</c><00:15:18.100><c> the</c>

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sight<00:15:18.519><c> of</c><00:15:18.820><c> God.</c>

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This<00:15:19.840><c> is</c><00:15:20.080><c> about</c><00:15:20.299><c> the</c><00:15:20.700><c> king</c><00:15:21.460><c> and</c><00:15:22.159><c> his</c><00:15:22.559><c> bride,</c><00:15:24.200><c> and</c><00:15:24.440><c> they're</c>

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coming<00:15:24.899><c> together.</c>

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And<00:15:26.919><c> what's</c><00:15:27.259><c> not</c><00:15:27.700><c> clear</c><00:15:28.000><c> from</c><00:15:28.340><c> Psalm</c><00:15:28.659><c> 45,</c><00:15:29.419><c> but</c><00:15:29.940><c> comes</c><00:15:30.320><c> out</c><00:15:30.519><c> in</c>

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other<00:15:30.919><c> passages,</c><00:15:31.840><c> brothers</c><00:15:32.000><c> and</c><00:15:32.200><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:15:32.679><c> that</c><00:15:32.840><c> this</c><00:15:33.120><c> king,</c><00:15:33.379><c> although</c><00:15:33.600><c> he</c><00:15:33.860><c> seems</c><00:15:34.139><c> to</c><00:15:34.419><c> ride</c><00:15:34.659><c> forth</c><00:15:35.100><c> in</c>

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majesty,<00:15:37.820><c> he</c><00:15:38.159><c> will</c><00:15:38.379><c> in</c><00:15:38.519><c> fact</c><00:15:38.879><c> suffer</c><00:15:39.519><c> for</c>

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his<00:15:40.639><c> bride.</c>

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In<00:15:42.879><c> fact,</c><00:15:43.059><c> when</c><00:15:43.240><c> this</c><00:15:43.519><c> man</c><00:15:43.720><c> awakes,</c><00:15:44.220><c> as</c><00:15:44.340><c> verse</c><00:15:44.580><c> 8</c><00:15:44.820><c> says,</c><00:15:45.519><c> all</c>

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thy<00:15:46.059><c> garments</c><00:15:46.539><c> smell</c><00:15:46.940><c> of</c><00:15:47.279><c> myrrh.</c>

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Myrrh?

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That's<00:15:51.980><c> a</c><00:15:52.120><c> burial</c><00:15:52.519><c> appointment,</c><00:15:53.179><c> is</c><00:15:53.279><c> it</c><00:15:53.440><c> not?</c>

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You<00:15:55.399><c> know,</c><00:15:55.480><c> I've</c><00:15:55.639><c> often</c><00:15:55.820><c> wondered</c><00:15:56.120><c> whether</c><00:15:56.320><c> the</c><00:15:56.519><c> Lord</c><00:15:56.679><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:15:57.580><c> thought</c><00:15:57.840><c> about</c><00:15:58.159><c> that</c><00:15:58.580><c> very</c>

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verse<00:15:59.360><c> when</c><00:15:59.519><c> he</c><00:15:59.720><c> awoke</c><00:16:00.000><c> in</c><00:16:00.139><c> the</c><00:16:00.379><c> tomb,</c><00:16:00.759><c> brothers</c><00:16:00.960><c> and</c><00:16:01.179><c> sisters,</c><00:16:01.399><c> all</c><00:16:02.539><c> thy</c>

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garments<00:16:03.460><c> smell</c><00:16:04.600><c> of</c><00:16:05.000><c> myrrh.</c>

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There<00:16:07.299><c> was</c><00:16:07.480><c> a</c><00:16:07.659><c> secret</c><00:16:07.919><c> prophecy</c><00:16:08.340><c> here</c><00:16:08.639><c> concerning</c><00:16:09.100><c> the</c><00:16:09.419><c> impending</c><00:16:09.840><c> death</c>

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of<00:16:10.259><c> the</c><00:16:10.379><c> king.</c>

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In<00:16:10.779><c> fact,</c><00:16:11.759><c> do</c><00:16:11.960><c> you</c><00:16:12.059><c> know</c><00:16:12.240><c> that</c><00:16:12.460><c> our</c><00:16:12.740><c> breaking</c><00:16:12.980><c> of</c><00:16:13.259><c> bread</c><00:16:13.519><c> hymn</c>

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this<00:16:14.179><c> day,</c><00:16:14.519><c> which</c><00:16:14.820><c> you</c><00:16:15.220><c> won't</c><00:16:15.399><c> know</c>

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until<00:16:15.779><c> you</c><00:16:15.919><c> come</c><00:16:16.100><c> to</c><00:16:16.240><c> it,</c><00:16:16.399><c> but</c><00:16:16.820><c> our</c><00:16:17.200><c> breaking</c><00:16:17.500><c> of</c><00:16:17.779><c> bread</c><00:16:18.000><c> hymn</c>

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this<00:16:18.639><c> day</c><00:16:18.899><c> is</c><00:16:19.200><c> a</c><00:16:19.480><c> soliloquy</c><00:16:20.240><c> upon</c><00:16:20.559><c> Psalm</c>

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45<00:16:22.159><c> and</c><00:16:22.779><c> the</c><00:16:23.039><c> secret</c><00:16:23.480><c> of</c><00:16:24.000><c> the</c><00:16:24.279><c> sacrifice</c><00:16:25.139><c> that</c><00:16:25.539><c> this</c><00:16:25.879><c> king</c><00:16:26.679><c> makes</c><00:16:27.580><c> for</c>

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his<00:16:28.100><c> bride.</c>

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Do<00:16:31.460><c> you</c><00:16:31.580><c> think</c><00:16:31.679><c> she</c><00:16:31.840><c> looked</c><00:16:32.019><c> glorious</c><00:16:32.480><c> on</c><00:16:32.720><c> that</c><00:16:32.899><c> day,</c><00:16:34.120><c> this</c><00:16:34.279><c> woman</c><00:16:34.480><c> out</c><00:16:34.659><c> of</c>

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Egypt,<00:16:36.500><c> arrayed</c><00:16:36.879><c> in</c><00:16:37.019><c> all</c><00:16:37.159><c> her</c>

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gold<00:16:37.899><c> and</c><00:16:38.299><c> fine</c><00:16:38.600><c> linen,</c><00:16:40.299><c> perfumed</c><00:16:40.779><c> and</c><00:16:41.179><c> purified?</c>

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I'm<00:16:43.860><c> sure</c><00:16:44.039><c> that</c><00:16:44.259><c> she</c><00:16:44.340><c> must</c><00:16:44.600><c> have</c><00:16:44.740><c> looked</c><00:16:45.240><c> absolutely</c><00:16:45.899><c> beautiful</c><00:16:46.360><c> on</c><00:16:46.580><c> the</c>

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day<00:16:46.840><c> that</c><00:16:47.000><c> she</c><00:16:47.139><c> was</c><00:16:47.379><c> brought</c>

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in<00:16:48.620><c> to</c><00:16:48.940><c> be</c><00:16:49.240><c> presented</c><00:16:49.580><c> before</c><00:16:49.940><c> Solomon,</c><00:16:51.740><c> the</c><00:16:51.840><c> king</c><00:16:52.039><c> of</c><00:16:52.259><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:16:55.639><c> yet,</c><00:16:57.440><c> do</c><00:16:57.639><c> you</c><00:16:57.759><c> know</c><00:16:58.000><c> the</c><00:16:58.259><c> thing</c><00:16:58.799><c> that</c><00:16:59.559><c> drew</c><00:16:59.940><c> Solomon</c><00:17:00.460><c> to</c>

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this<00:17:00.960><c> woman</c><00:17:01.159><c> most</c><00:17:01.720><c> of</c><00:17:01.960><c> all,</c><00:17:03.240><c> the</c><00:17:03.440><c> thing</c><00:17:03.539><c> he</c><00:17:03.840><c> found</c>

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the<00:17:04.359><c> most</c><00:17:04.720><c> beautiful</c><00:17:05.160><c> of</c><00:17:05.480><c> all</c><00:17:06.380><c> in</c><00:17:07.220><c> this</c><00:17:07.500><c> bride</c><00:17:07.799><c> out</c><00:17:08.000><c> of</c><00:17:08.180><c> Egypt?</c>

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It<00:17:10.319><c> was</c><00:17:10.579><c> the</c><00:17:10.740><c> lesson</c><00:17:10.960><c> of</c><00:17:11.160><c> verse</c><00:17:11.599><c> 10,</c><00:17:12.480><c> brothers</c><00:17:12.680><c> and</c><00:17:12.859><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:17:14.000><c> words</c><00:17:14.400><c> addressed</c><00:17:14.940><c> to</c><00:17:15.259><c> this</c><00:17:15.480><c> woman,</c>

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Harken,<00:17:18.019><c> O</c><00:17:18.200><c> daughter,</c><00:17:19.700><c> and</c><00:17:20.039><c> consider,</c><00:17:21.960><c> and</c><00:17:22.380><c> incline</c><00:17:23.440><c> thine</c>

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ear,<00:17:25.980><c> forget</c><00:17:26.339><c> also</c><00:17:27.079><c> thine</c><00:17:27.460><c> own</c><00:17:27.920><c> people</c><00:17:28.420><c> and</c>

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thy<00:17:29.259><c> father's</c><00:17:30.180><c> house,</c><00:17:32.119><c> so</c><00:17:32.680><c> shall</c><00:17:33.299><c> the</c><00:17:33.680><c> king</c><00:17:34.480><c> greatly</c><00:17:35.180><c> desire</c>

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thy<00:17:36.240><c> booty,</c><00:17:38.160><c> for</c><00:17:38.359><c> he</c><00:17:38.579><c> is</c><00:17:38.740><c> thy</c><00:17:38.940><c> lord</c><00:17:39.299><c> and</c>

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worship<00:17:40.079><c> thou</c><00:17:40.339><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:41.160><c> you</c><00:17:41.279><c> know,</c><00:17:41.380><c> the</c><00:17:41.519><c> thing</c><00:17:41.680><c> that</c><00:17:41.940><c> impressed</c><00:17:42.400><c> Solomon</c><00:17:42.799><c> most</c>

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of<00:17:43.339><c> all</c><00:17:43.480><c> was</c><00:17:43.579><c> that</c><00:17:43.740><c> this</c><00:17:43.940><c> woman</c><00:17:44.119><c> was</c><00:17:44.380><c> prepared</c>

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to<00:17:44.799><c> come</c><00:17:44.920><c> out</c><00:17:45.160><c> of</c><00:17:45.240><c> the</c><00:17:45.299><c> land</c><00:17:45.500><c> of</c><00:17:45.720><c> Egypt</c><00:17:45.900><c> and</c><00:17:46.140><c> forsake</c><00:17:46.559><c> her</c><00:17:46.799><c> past,</c><00:17:47.460><c> forsake</c><00:17:47.819><c> her</c>

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father,<00:17:48.759><c> forsake</c><00:17:49.220><c> the</c>

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royal<00:17:50.019><c> palace</c><00:17:50.359><c> of</c><00:17:50.559><c> Egypt,</c><00:17:51.180><c> to</c><00:17:51.839><c> give</c><00:17:51.960><c> away</c><00:17:52.339><c> and</c><00:17:52.720><c> to</c><00:17:52.940><c> leave</c><00:17:53.160><c> behind</c><00:17:53.599><c> all</c>

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with,<00:17:55.920><c> that</c><00:17:56.059><c> she</c><00:17:56.359><c> loved</c><00:17:56.700><c> from</c><00:17:56.960><c> Egypt</c><00:17:57.500><c> in</c><00:17:57.960><c> order</c><00:17:58.160><c> to</c><00:17:58.299><c> be</c><00:17:58.420><c> with</c><00:17:58.619><c> him.</c>

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and<00:18:37.359><c> rejoicing</c><00:18:38.220><c> shall</c><00:18:38.799><c> that</c><00:18:39.140><c> happen.</c>

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Testament<00:18:42.000><c> passage</c><00:18:42.440><c> that</c><00:18:42.700><c> suddenly,</c>

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unfolding<00:18:54.779><c> of</c><00:18:55.079><c> the</c><00:18:55.240><c> prophetic</c><00:18:55.779><c> record,</c><00:18:57.119><c> we're</c><00:18:57.259><c> told</c><00:18:57.500><c> in</c><00:18:57.960><c> Revelation</c><00:18:58.519><c> chapter</c><00:18:58.880><c> 19,</c>

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it<00:19:01.000><c> says</c><00:19:01.160><c> in</c>

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voice<00:19:10.839><c> of</c><00:19:11.279><c> mighty</c><00:19:11.700><c> thunderings</c><00:19:12.480><c> saying,</c>

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hallelujah,<00:19:15.319><c> for</c><00:19:15.480><c> the</c><00:19:15.759><c> Lord</c><00:19:16.079><c> God</c><00:19:16.619><c> omnipotent</c><00:19:17.339><c> reigneth,</c><00:19:18.140><c> let</c>

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us<00:19:19.019><c> be</c><00:19:19.500><c> glad</c><00:19:19.940><c> and</c><00:19:20.619><c> rejoice.</c>

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Oh,<00:19:21.339><c> did</c><00:19:21.460><c> you</c><00:19:21.559><c> notice</c><00:19:21.819><c> those</c><00:19:22.099><c> two</c><00:19:22.339><c> words,</c><00:19:23.500><c> gladness</c><00:19:24.220><c> and</c><00:19:25.740><c> rejoicing?</c>

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But<00:19:27.400><c> that's</c><00:19:28.319><c> Psalm</c><00:19:28.720><c> 45</c><00:19:29.759><c> and</c><00:19:30.200><c> verse</c><00:19:30.500><c> 15,</c><00:19:31.380><c> with</c><00:19:31.799><c> gladness</c><00:19:32.619><c> and</c>

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And<00:19:52.160><c> we</c><00:19:52.339><c> suddenly</c><00:19:52.599><c> realize</c><00:19:53.099><c> that</c><00:19:53.339><c> this</c><00:19:53.700><c> psalm,</c><00:19:54.039><c> once</c><00:19:54.400><c> composed</c><00:19:54.920><c> to</c><00:19:55.180><c> commemorate</c><00:19:55.519><c> the</c>

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And<00:20:52.299><c> as</c><00:20:52.460><c> little</c><00:20:52.720><c> children,</c><00:20:53.200><c> we</c><00:20:53.279><c> always</c><00:20:53.700><c> really</c><00:20:54.380><c> wanted</c><00:20:54.599><c> to</c><00:20:54.839><c> get</c><00:20:54.960><c> the</c><00:20:55.180><c> wishbone</c><00:20:55.839><c> in</c>

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as<00:21:41.740><c> the</c><00:21:41.839><c> book</c><00:21:42.019><c> of</c><00:21:42.240><c> Revelation</c><00:21:42.740><c> says.</c>

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And<00:21:44.059><c> so</c><00:21:44.380><c> the</c><00:21:44.799><c> exhortation</c><00:21:45.440><c> now</c><00:21:45.680><c> of</c><00:21:45.880><c> this</c><00:21:46.220><c> psalm</c><00:21:46.480><c> is</c><00:21:46.720><c> applicable</c><00:21:47.039><c> to</c><00:21:47.259><c> us,</c><00:21:47.519><c> is</c>

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it<00:21:47.759><c> not?</c>

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And<00:21:48.299><c> again,</c><00:21:48.500><c> if</c><00:21:48.640><c> you</c><00:21:48.779><c> hold</c><00:21:48.980><c> your</c><00:21:49.160><c> hand</c><00:21:49.339><c> in</c><00:21:49.579><c> Psalm</c><00:21:49.819><c> 45</c><00:21:50.460><c> and</c><00:21:50.779><c> come</c>

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back<00:21:51.200><c> to</c><00:21:51.359><c> the</c><00:21:51.460><c> book</c><00:21:51.619><c> of</c><00:21:51.880><c> Deuteronomy,</c>

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because<00:21:53.200><c> you</c><00:21:53.480><c> see,</c><00:21:53.579><c> this</c><00:21:53.759><c> was</c><00:21:54.039><c> the</c><00:21:54.200><c> teaching</c><00:21:54.519><c> of</c><00:21:54.839><c> the</c><00:21:55.059><c> law.</c>

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The<00:21:56.559><c> law,</c><00:21:57.539><c> in</c><00:21:57.920><c> fact,</c><00:21:58.240><c> had</c><00:21:58.420><c> already</c><00:21:59.259><c> instructed</c><00:22:00.140><c> any</c><00:22:01.559><c> man</c><00:22:02.180><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:22:03.000><c> concerning</c><00:22:03.720><c> how</c><00:22:04.640><c> he</c><00:22:04.819><c> might</c><00:22:05.119><c> take</c>

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a<00:22:05.720><c> bride</c><00:22:06.000><c> from</c><00:22:06.319><c> the</c><00:22:06.519><c> Gentiles</c><00:22:07.119><c> and</c><00:22:07.660><c> what</c><00:22:08.059><c> would</c><00:22:08.299><c> be</c><00:22:08.559><c> necessary.</c>

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It<00:22:10.259><c> says</c><00:22:10.599><c> in</c><00:22:11.200><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:22:11.799><c> chapter</c><00:22:12.160><c> 21,</c><00:22:14.680><c> it</c><00:22:14.859><c> says</c><00:22:14.920><c> in</c><00:22:15.140><c> verse</c>

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10,<00:22:17.019><c> the</c><00:22:17.380><c> book</c><00:22:17.599><c> of</c><00:22:17.859><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:22:18.519><c> chapter</c>

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21<00:22:19.900><c> and</c><00:22:21.359><c> verse</c><00:22:21.819><c> 10,</c><00:22:24.220><c> it</c><00:22:24.480><c> says,</c>

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And<00:22:59.039><c> if</c><00:22:59.559><c> that</c><00:23:01.400><c> marriage</c><00:23:01.900><c> in</c><00:23:02.140><c> Israel,</c><00:23:03.000><c> brothers</c><00:23:03.119><c> and</c><00:23:03.359><c> sisters,</c>

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was<00:23:03.920><c> to</c><00:23:04.079><c> be</c><00:23:04.319><c> successful,</c><00:23:05.400><c> this</c><00:23:05.579><c> woman</c>

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had<00:23:05.920><c> to</c><00:23:06.099><c> come</c><00:23:06.299><c> into</c><00:23:06.480><c> the</c><00:23:06.680><c> house</c><00:23:06.920><c> and</c><00:23:07.680><c> shave</c><00:23:07.980><c> her</c><00:23:08.400><c> head</c><00:23:08.579><c> and</c><00:23:09.180><c> pair</c><00:23:09.519><c> her</c><00:23:09.900><c> nails.</c>

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Henna<00:23:13.019><c> was</c><00:23:13.359><c> used</c><00:23:13.900><c> to</c><00:23:14.339><c> dye</c><00:23:14.759><c> the</c><00:23:15.200><c> hair</c><00:23:15.640><c> and</c><00:23:16.799><c> colour</c><00:23:17.220><c> was</c><00:23:17.700><c> used</c><00:23:18.200><c> to</c>

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paint<00:23:18.779><c> the</c><00:23:19.019><c> nails.</c>

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And<00:23:21.200><c> if</c><00:23:21.299><c> she</c><00:23:21.460><c> was</c><00:23:21.599><c> to</c><00:23:21.799><c> come</c><00:23:21.920><c> into</c><00:23:22.140><c> this</c><00:23:22.900><c> man</c><00:23:23.119><c> of</c><00:23:23.440><c> Israel's</c><00:23:24.039><c> house,</c><00:23:24.680><c> she</c>

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first<00:23:25.339><c> had</c><00:23:25.599><c> to</c><00:23:25.839><c> put</c><00:23:26.079><c> off</c><00:23:26.460><c> from</c><00:23:26.759><c> her</c><00:23:26.980><c> the</c>

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signs<00:23:27.940><c> of</c><00:23:28.500><c> her</c><00:23:28.880><c> past</c><00:23:29.299><c> way</c><00:23:29.599><c> of</c><00:23:29.900><c> life</c><00:23:30.259><c> and</c><00:23:30.880><c> bewail</c><00:23:31.500><c> her</c><00:23:31.819><c> parents,</c>

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but<00:23:33.079><c> in</c><00:23:33.279><c> the</c><00:23:33.440><c> knowledge</c><00:23:33.680><c> that</c><00:23:33.900><c> she</c><00:23:34.079><c> was</c>

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leaving<00:23:34.519><c> them</c><00:23:34.799><c> behind</c><00:23:35.180><c> for</c><00:23:35.480><c> good,</c><00:23:36.240><c> for</c><00:23:36.359><c> now</c><00:23:36.680><c> she</c><00:23:36.839><c> would</c><00:23:37.000><c> be</c><00:23:37.160><c> a</c>

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woman<00:23:37.420><c> of</c><00:23:37.579><c> Israel</c><00:23:38.240><c> and</c><00:23:39.920><c> not</c><00:23:40.140><c> a</c><00:23:40.259><c> woman</c>

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of<00:23:40.599><c> the</c><00:23:40.720><c> nation</c><00:23:40.980><c> that</c><00:23:41.180><c> she</c><00:23:41.299><c> had</c><00:23:41.559><c> originally</c><00:23:41.940><c> come</c><00:23:42.299><c> from.</c>

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And<00:23:43.940><c> I</c><00:23:44.099><c> think</c><00:23:44.259><c> that</c><00:23:44.500><c> Psalm</c><00:23:44.720><c> 45,</c><00:23:45.579><c> you</c><00:23:45.859><c> see</c><00:23:45.960><c> in</c><00:23:46.119><c> verse</c><00:23:46.420><c> 10,</c><00:23:46.720><c> when</c>

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it<00:23:47.180><c> says,</c>

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And<00:23:52.019><c> forget</c><00:23:52.539><c> also</c><00:23:53.259><c> thine</c><00:23:53.500><c> own</c><00:23:53.839><c> people</c><00:23:54.099><c> in</c><00:23:54.279><c> thy</c><00:23:54.579><c> father's</c><00:23:55.140><c> house,</c><00:23:55.819><c> is</c>

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capturing<00:23:56.420><c> the</c><00:23:56.740><c> very</c><00:23:57.160><c> spirit</c><00:23:57.440><c> of</c><00:23:57.900><c> the</c>

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was<00:24:02.400><c> to</c><00:24:02.640><c> be</c><00:24:02.900><c> successful</c><00:24:03.640><c> in</c><00:24:04.059><c> marriage</c><00:24:04.359><c> to</c><00:24:04.599><c> this</c><00:24:04.839><c> man,</c><00:24:05.400><c> she</c><00:24:05.740><c> needed</c><00:24:06.079><c> to</c>

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put<00:24:06.460><c> away</c><00:24:06.759><c> the</c><00:24:07.039><c> past.</c>

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Well,<00:24:08.019><c> so</c><00:24:08.200><c> do</c><00:24:08.380><c> we,</c><00:24:08.779><c> brothers</c><00:24:08.920><c> and</c><00:24:09.140><c> sisters.</c>

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Egypt<00:24:11.500><c> is</c><00:24:11.680><c> all</c><00:24:11.880><c> about</c><00:24:12.119><c> us,</c><00:24:13.759><c> but</c><00:24:14.279><c> we've</c><00:24:14.559><c> got</c><00:24:14.680><c> to</c><00:24:14.859><c> leave</c><00:24:14.940><c> it</c><00:24:15.220><c> behind</c><00:24:15.779><c> if</c>

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we<00:24:16.539><c> want</c><00:24:16.680><c> to</c><00:24:16.859><c> be</c><00:24:17.079><c> joined</c><00:24:17.420><c> to</c><00:24:17.680><c> our</c><00:24:17.940><c> Lord</c>

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in<00:24:19.299><c> the</c><00:24:19.440><c> day</c><00:24:19.599><c> of</c><00:24:19.720><c> his</c><00:24:19.880><c> coming.</c>

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And<00:24:21.900><c> it</c><00:24:22.059><c> doesn't</c><00:24:22.380><c> matter</c><00:24:22.680><c> whether</c><00:24:22.900><c> it's</c><00:24:23.180><c> Egyptian</c><00:24:23.599><c> music</c><00:24:24.400><c> or</c>

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Egyptian<00:24:26.880><c> amulets</c><00:24:28.079><c> or</c><00:24:29.539><c> Egyptian</c><00:24:30.279><c> food</c>

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or<00:24:32.579><c> Egyptian</c><00:24:33.180><c> friends</c><00:24:34.039><c> or</c><00:24:35.660><c> Egyptian</c><00:24:36.220><c> garments</c><00:24:36.839><c> that</c><00:24:37.279><c> we</c><00:24:37.519><c> love.</c>

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If<00:24:39.700><c> it</c><00:24:39.940><c> belongs</c><00:24:40.200><c> to</c><00:24:40.460><c> Egypt,</c><00:24:42.420><c> we've</c><00:24:42.640><c> got</c><00:24:42.740><c> to</c><00:24:42.920><c> leave</c><00:24:42.980><c> it</c><00:24:43.279><c> behind</c>

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and<00:24:45.599><c> cleave</c><00:24:46.240><c> instead</c><00:24:46.980><c> to</c><00:24:47.279><c> the</c><00:24:47.460><c> Lord,</c>

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whom<00:24:48.900><c> we</c><00:24:49.099><c> desire</c><00:24:49.400><c> to</c><00:24:49.599><c> worship</c><00:24:49.900><c> as</c><00:24:50.140><c> our</c><00:24:50.339><c> coming</c><00:24:50.680><c> king</c><00:24:51.480><c> and</c><00:24:52.940><c> our</c><00:24:53.220><c> bridegroom.</c>

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Forget<00:24:54.200><c> it</c><00:24:54.460><c> all.</c>

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And<00:24:55.599><c> the</c><00:24:55.819><c> measure</c><00:24:56.200><c> of</c><00:24:56.599><c> our</c><00:24:56.960><c> desire</c><00:24:57.480><c> to</c><00:24:57.819><c> be</c><00:24:58.099><c> joined</c><00:24:58.339><c> to</c><00:24:58.579><c> Christ</c>

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can<00:24:59.579><c> be</c><00:24:59.880><c> measured</c><00:25:00.180><c> by</c><00:25:00.519><c> our</c><00:25:00.839><c> determination</c>

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to<00:25:01.759><c> put</c><00:25:01.900><c> away</c><00:25:02.200><c> all</c><00:25:02.500><c> the</c><00:25:02.720><c> past</c><00:25:02.920><c> things</c><00:25:03.240><c> of</c><00:25:03.400><c> our</c><00:25:03.619><c> previous</c><00:25:03.980><c> life,</c>

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to<00:25:06.299><c> truly</c><00:25:06.740><c> disassociate</c><00:25:07.640><c> ourselves</c><00:25:08.279><c> from</c>

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them,<00:25:11.019><c> that</c><00:25:11.400><c> we</c><00:25:11.559><c> might</c><00:25:11.740><c> be</c><00:25:11.920><c> ready</c><00:25:12.099><c> for</c><00:25:12.319><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:25:15.440><c> do</c><00:25:15.619><c> you</c><00:25:15.680><c> remember</c><00:25:15.859><c> the</c><00:25:16.019><c> words</c><00:25:16.259><c> of</c><00:25:16.500><c> Philippians?</c>

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It's<00:25:17.660><c> not</c><00:25:17.900><c> in</c><00:25:18.059><c> the</c><00:25:18.339><c> margin</c><00:25:18.700><c> in</c><00:25:19.160><c> Psalms,</c><00:25:19.680><c> but</c><00:25:20.119><c> it's</c><00:25:20.660><c> a</c><00:25:20.759><c> very</c><00:25:21.119><c> good</c><00:25:21.380><c> cross</c><00:25:21.720><c>-reference</c><00:25:22.119><c> to</c>

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that<00:25:22.940><c> voice</c>

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of<00:25:23.619><c> exhortation</c><00:25:24.319><c> to</c><00:25:24.519><c> the</c><00:25:24.700><c> bride</c><00:25:25.039><c> in</c><00:25:25.720><c> Psalm</c><00:25:26.059><c> 45.</c>

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If<00:25:27.500><c> you</c><00:25:27.640><c> come</c><00:25:27.819><c> to</c><00:25:28.000><c> Philippians</c><00:25:28.960><c> and</c><00:25:29.640><c> to</c><00:25:34.059><c> the</c><00:25:35.519><c> third</c><00:25:36.420><c> chapter</c>

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of<00:25:37.180><c> Philippians,</c><00:25:37.799><c> we've</c><00:25:38.180><c> got</c><00:25:38.299><c> the</c><00:25:38.680><c> spirit,</c>

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you<00:25:39.180><c> see,</c><00:25:39.819><c> of</c><00:25:40.240><c> that</c><00:25:40.619><c> exhortation</c><00:25:41.180><c> to</c><00:25:41.380><c> the</c><00:25:41.559><c> bride.</c>

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Harken,<00:25:42.740><c> O</c><00:25:42.859><c> daughter,</c><00:25:43.160><c> and</c><00:25:43.420><c> consider,</c><00:25:45.579><c> forget</c><00:25:45.759><c> thine</c><00:25:46.220><c> own</c>

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people<00:25:47.480><c> and</c><00:25:47.680><c> thy</c><00:25:48.059><c> father's</c><00:25:48.700><c> house.</c>

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So<00:25:50.720><c> shall</c><00:25:50.839><c> the</c><00:25:51.099><c> king</c><00:25:52.039><c> greatly</c><00:25:52.759><c> desire</c><00:25:53.200><c> thy</c><00:25:53.480><c> beauty.</c>

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Now,<00:25:55.019><c> this</c><00:25:55.140><c> is</c><00:25:55.220><c> what</c><00:25:55.359><c> the</c><00:25:55.539><c> Apostle</c><00:25:55.940><c> Paul</c><00:25:56.319><c> says,</c><00:25:57.440><c> brothers</c><00:25:57.599><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:25:58.440><c> and</c><00:25:58.440><c> is</c><00:25:58.779><c> not</c><00:25:59.299><c> this</c><00:25:59.519><c> the</c><00:25:59.740><c> very</c><00:26:00.319><c> spirit</c>

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of<00:26:00.960><c> the</c><00:26:01.200><c> bride</c><00:26:01.579><c> or</c><00:26:02.000><c> the</c><00:26:02.279><c> spirit</c><00:26:02.460><c> that</c><00:26:02.680><c> the</c><00:26:02.920><c> bride</c><00:26:03.279><c> needs</c><00:26:04.019><c> to</c><00:26:04.380><c> learn?</c>

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Philippians<00:26:05.640><c> 3</c><00:26:06.000><c> verse</c><00:26:06.359><c> 12</c><00:26:06.799><c> says,</c><00:26:07.599><c> Not</c><00:26:07.920><c> as</c><00:26:08.180><c> though</c><00:26:08.319><c> I</c><00:26:08.460><c> had</c><00:26:08.660><c> already</c><00:26:09.079><c> attained,</c><00:26:09.819><c> either</c><00:26:10.099><c> were</c><00:26:10.339><c> already</c>

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perfect,<00:26:11.420><c> but</c><00:26:11.619><c> I</c><00:26:11.960><c> follow</c><00:26:12.160><c> after,</c><00:26:13.319><c> if</c><00:26:13.460><c> that</c><00:26:13.640><c> I</c><00:26:13.819><c> may</c><00:26:14.140><c> apprehend,</c>

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that<00:26:15.079><c> for</c><00:26:15.220><c> which</c><00:26:15.660><c> also</c><00:26:16.140><c> I</c><00:26:16.660><c> am</c><00:26:17.180><c> apprehended</c>

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of<00:26:18.079><c> Christ</c><00:26:18.599><c> Jesus,</c><00:26:20.599><c> brethren,</c><00:26:22.539><c> I</c><00:26:22.819><c> count</c><00:26:23.079><c> not</c><00:26:23.279><c> myself</c><00:26:23.819><c> to</c><00:26:24.039><c> have</c>

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apprehended,<00:26:24.799><c> but</c><00:26:25.019><c> this</c><00:26:25.440><c> one</c><00:26:25.759><c> thing</c><00:26:26.119><c> I</c>

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do,<00:26:26.700><c> just</c><00:26:26.940><c> one,</c><00:26:29.339><c> forgetting</c><00:26:30.000><c> those</c><00:26:31.140><c> things</c><00:26:32.039><c> which</c><00:26:32.519><c> are</c><00:26:32.920><c> behind,</c><00:26:35.500><c> and</c>

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reaching<00:26:36.420><c> forth</c><00:26:37.220><c> unto</c><00:26:37.640><c> those</c>

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things<00:26:38.599><c> which</c><00:26:39.059><c> are</c><00:26:39.440><c> before,</c><00:26:41.759><c> I</c><00:26:41.960><c> press</c><00:26:42.420><c> toward</c><00:26:42.880><c> the</c><00:26:43.200><c> mark</c><00:26:43.579><c> for</c>

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the<00:26:44.319><c> prize</c><00:26:44.940><c> of</c><00:26:46.039><c> the</c><00:26:46.299><c> high</c><00:26:46.579><c> calling</c><00:26:46.859><c> of</c>

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God<00:26:47.740><c> in</c><00:26:49.299><c> Christ</c><00:26:49.680><c> Jesus.</c>

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And,<00:26:52.000><c> you</c><00:26:52.019><c> know,</c><00:26:52.079><c> if</c><00:26:52.240><c> you</c><00:26:52.299><c> look</c><00:26:52.420><c> at</c><00:26:52.539><c> the</c><00:26:52.779><c> margin,</c><00:26:53.059><c> when</c><00:26:53.160><c> it</c>

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says<00:26:53.660><c> forgetting</c><00:26:54.460><c> those</c><00:26:55.220><c> things</c><00:26:55.640><c> which</c>

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are<00:26:56.160><c> behind,</c><00:26:56.720><c> the</c><00:26:56.960><c> margin</c><00:26:57.200><c> says,</c><00:26:57.500><c> why,</c><00:26:57.700><c> that's</c><00:26:58.259><c> Psalm</c><00:26:58.940><c> 45.</c>

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This<00:27:01.220><c> is</c><00:27:01.420><c> the</c><00:27:01.640><c> spirit</c><00:27:01.819><c> of</c><00:27:02.000><c> the</c><00:27:02.180><c> bride.</c>

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And<00:27:03.599><c> we</c><00:27:03.880><c> press</c><00:27:04.259><c> towards</c><00:27:04.720><c> the</c><00:27:04.960><c> mark</c><00:27:05.140><c> of</c><00:27:05.319><c> the</c><00:27:05.500><c> high</c><00:27:05.759><c> calling,</c>

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and<00:27:06.240><c> the</c><00:27:06.400><c> high</c><00:27:06.640><c> calling,</c><00:27:07.200><c> brothers</c><00:27:07.240><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:27:07.920><c> is</c><00:27:08.019><c> that</c><00:27:08.180><c> Almighty</c><00:27:08.579><c> God</c><00:27:08.839><c> has</c><00:27:09.200><c> called</c><00:27:09.359><c> us</c><00:27:09.619><c> to</c><00:27:09.759><c> be</c><00:27:09.839><c> the</c>

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bride<00:27:10.539><c> of</c><00:27:10.859><c> his</c><00:27:11.079><c> son,</c><00:27:12.039><c> if</c><00:27:12.240><c> we</c><00:27:12.420><c> will</c>

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but<00:27:12.759><c> make</c><00:27:12.920><c> ourselves</c><00:27:13.700><c> ready</c><00:27:14.160><c> for</c><00:27:14.400><c> him.</c>

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How<00:27:16.700><c> determined</c><00:27:17.059><c> are</c><00:27:17.400><c> we</c><00:27:17.539><c> to</c><00:27:17.660><c> be</c><00:27:17.859><c> ready?</c>

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How<00:27:20.160><c> determined</c><00:27:20.519><c> are</c><00:27:20.799><c> we</c><00:27:20.960><c> to</c><00:27:21.200><c> separate</c><00:27:21.539><c> ourselves</c><00:27:22.200><c> from</c><00:27:22.660><c> our</c>

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past<00:27:23.319><c> way</c><00:27:23.559><c> of</c><00:27:23.759><c> life</c><00:27:24.359><c> and</c><00:27:25.500><c> to</c><00:27:25.740><c> think</c><00:27:25.960><c> only</c>

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instead<00:27:27.019><c> upon</c><00:27:27.740><c> the</c><00:27:28.200><c> spiritual</c><00:27:28.720><c> things</c><00:27:29.420><c> of</c><00:27:30.640><c> Israel?</c>

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Well,<00:27:33.700><c> as</c><00:27:33.859><c> we</c><00:27:34.019><c> come</c><00:27:34.200><c> to</c><00:27:34.380><c> bread</c><00:27:34.519><c> and</c><00:27:34.720><c> wine,</c><00:27:35.539><c> this</c><00:27:35.759><c> day,</c><00:27:36.180><c> brothers</c><00:27:36.220><c> and</c><00:27:36.480><c> sisters,</c><00:27:36.779><c> we</c>

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renew<00:27:37.299><c> our</c><00:27:37.740><c> vows</c><00:27:38.539><c> of</c>

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dedication<00:27:39.859><c> to</c><00:27:40.420><c> our</c><00:27:40.680><c> Bride</c><00:27:40.960><c> Groom.</c>

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We<00:27:43.140><c> remind</c><00:27:43.539><c> ourselves</c><00:27:44.200><c> of</c><00:27:44.440><c> the</c><00:27:44.640><c> cost</c><00:27:44.960><c> of</c><00:27:45.140><c> his</c><00:27:45.319><c> sacrifice,</c><00:27:46.140><c> that</c><00:27:46.319><c> his</c>

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bride<00:27:46.779><c> might</c><00:27:47.039><c> be</c><00:27:47.279><c> brought</c><00:27:47.420><c> into</c><00:27:47.700><c> being.</c>

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And<00:27:49.880><c> we</c><00:27:50.059><c> proclaim</c><00:27:50.400><c> our</c><00:27:50.700><c> determination</c><00:27:51.279><c> that</c><00:27:51.500><c> we</c><00:27:51.619><c> will</c><00:27:51.779><c> go</c><00:27:51.960><c> from</c><00:27:52.160><c> this</c><00:27:52.480><c> place</c><00:27:52.720><c> determined</c><00:27:53.240><c> to</c><00:27:53.440><c> remain</c>

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separate<00:27:54.240><c> from</c><00:27:54.579><c> all</c><00:27:55.099><c> things</c><00:27:55.700><c> Egyptian,</c><00:27:58.559><c> and</c><00:27:58.720><c> instead</c><00:27:59.220><c> to</c><00:27:59.619><c> wash</c><00:27:59.740><c> ourselves</c><00:28:00.440><c> in</c>

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things<00:28:01.500><c> Israelitish,</c><00:28:02.779><c> as</c>

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much<00:28:03.279><c> as</c><00:28:03.460><c> we</c><00:28:03.559><c> are</c><00:28:03.759><c> possibly</c><00:28:04.119><c> able,</c><00:28:04.859><c> so</c><00:28:05.039><c> that</c><00:28:05.140><c> when</c><00:28:05.339><c> the</c><00:28:05.500><c> King</c>

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comes,<00:28:07.920><c> he</c><00:28:08.059><c> will</c><00:28:08.279><c> recognize</c><00:28:08.740><c> us</c><00:28:09.099><c> as</c><00:28:09.339><c> his</c>

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and<00:28:11.859><c> greatly</c><00:28:12.180><c> desire</c><00:28:12.720><c> our</c><00:28:13.119><c> beauty.</c>

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And<00:28:16.380><c> that,</c><00:28:16.880><c> you</c><00:28:17.000><c> see,</c><00:28:17.359><c> really</c><00:28:18.140><c> is</c><00:28:19.220><c> the</c><00:28:19.359><c> purpose</c><00:28:20.099><c> of</c><00:28:21.420><c> this</c><00:28:21.619><c> weekend.</c>

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We've<00:28:24.339><c> looked</c><00:28:24.480><c> at</c><00:28:24.599><c> what's</c><00:28:24.980><c> going</c><00:28:25.220><c> on</c><00:28:25.440><c> in</c><00:28:25.599><c> Europe.</c>

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We've<00:28:26.359><c> looked</c><00:28:26.500><c> at</c><00:28:26.559><c> what's</c><00:28:26.940><c> going</c><00:28:27.180><c> on</c><00:28:27.380><c> in</c><00:28:27.579><c> Israel.</c>

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We've<00:28:28.339><c> looked</c><00:28:28.480><c> at</c><00:28:28.539><c> what's</c><00:28:29.099><c> happening</c><00:28:29.299><c> in</c><00:28:29.519><c> the</c><00:28:29.799><c> signs</c><00:28:30.059><c> of</c><00:28:30.259><c> the</c>

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times,<00:28:30.740><c> which</c><00:28:30.960><c> all</c><00:28:31.259><c> tell</c><00:28:31.440><c> us</c><00:28:31.960><c> that</c><00:28:32.279><c> our</c><00:28:32.660><c> Bride</c>

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Groom<00:28:33.559><c> draws</c><00:28:34.039><c> near,</c><00:28:34.680><c> that</c><00:28:34.799><c> the</c><00:28:35.039><c> King</c><00:28:35.519><c> is</c><00:28:36.000><c> nigh,</c><00:28:36.339><c> and</c><00:28:36.720><c> if</c><00:28:36.859><c> he</c><00:28:37.099><c> truly</c><00:28:37.420><c> is</c>

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nigh,<00:28:38.640><c> then</c><00:28:38.900><c> how</c><00:28:39.319><c> vitally</c><00:28:39.720><c> important</c>

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that<00:28:40.460><c> the</c><00:28:40.640><c> bride</c><00:28:40.839><c> is</c><00:28:41.019><c> ready</c><00:28:41.259><c> for</c><00:28:41.539><c> him.</c>

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That's<00:28:42.259><c> what</c><00:28:42.400><c> this</c><00:28:42.599><c> is</c><00:28:42.700><c> all</c><00:28:42.859><c> about,</c><00:28:43.240><c> isn't</c><00:28:43.319><c> it,</c><00:28:43.519><c> brothers</c><00:28:43.700><c> and</c><00:28:43.900><c> sisters?</c>

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To<00:28:44.680><c> look</c><00:28:44.859><c> at</c><00:28:45.019><c> the</c><00:28:45.220><c> signs</c><00:28:45.380><c> of</c><00:28:45.559><c> the</c><00:28:45.740><c> times</c><00:28:46.059><c> so</c><00:28:46.519><c> that</c><00:28:46.700><c> our</c><00:28:47.000><c> lives</c>

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might<00:28:47.779><c> be</c><00:28:48.119><c> changed</c><00:28:48.539><c> in</c><00:28:48.980><c> readiness</c><00:28:49.339><c> for</c><00:28:49.640><c> him.</c>

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Or,<00:28:50.740><c> brothers</c><00:28:50.980><c> and</c><00:28:51.259><c> sisters,</c><00:28:51.500><c> that</c><00:28:51.619><c> it</c><00:28:51.799><c> might</c><00:28:51.940><c> be</c><00:28:52.220><c> so,</c><00:28:52.700><c> that</c>

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:55.559
we<00:28:53.059><c> go</c><00:28:53.319><c> forth</c><00:28:53.599><c> from</c><00:28:53.779><c> this</c><00:28:54.140><c> place</c><00:28:54.380><c> not</c><00:28:54.680><c> only</c>

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stimulated<00:28:56.559><c> by</c><00:28:56.880><c> the</c><00:28:57.119><c> wisdom</c><00:28:57.539><c> of</c><00:28:58.000><c> prophecy,</c><00:28:59.400><c> not</c><00:28:59.640><c> only</c><00:28:59.920><c> reconfirmed</c><00:29:00.779><c> in</c><00:29:00.980><c> the</c>

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soundness<00:29:01.839><c> of</c><00:29:02.000><c> our</c><00:29:02.319><c> pioneer</c>

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brethren<00:29:03.279><c> and</c><00:29:03.759><c> of</c><00:29:03.960><c> the</c><00:29:04.259><c> soundness</c><00:29:04.660><c> of</c><00:29:04.819><c> our</c><00:29:05.220><c> traditional</c><00:29:05.819><c> prophetic</c><00:29:06.279><c> interpretation,</c><00:29:07.160><c> but</c>

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convinced<00:29:08.140><c> that</c>

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Christ<00:29:09.200><c> is</c><00:29:09.579><c> at</c><00:29:09.859><c> the</c><00:29:10.039><c> door.</c>

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And<00:29:11.960><c> that</c><00:29:12.079><c> we</c><00:29:12.200><c> want,</c><00:29:12.460><c> more</c><00:29:12.640><c> than</c><00:29:12.799><c> anything</c><00:29:13.019><c> else,</c><00:29:13.339><c> to</c><00:29:13.500><c> be</c><00:29:13.680><c> ready</c><00:29:13.920><c> for</c>

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him<00:29:15.420><c> as</c><00:29:17.339><c> a</c><00:29:17.519><c> bride</c><00:29:17.779><c> prepared.</c>

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So<00:29:20.940><c> may</c><00:29:21.099><c> that</c><00:29:21.980><c> be</c><00:29:22.359><c> our</c><00:29:22.740><c> vow,</c><00:29:23.079><c> brothers</c><00:29:23.180><c> and</c><00:29:23.440><c> sisters,</c><00:29:23.700><c> as</c><00:29:23.920><c> we</c>

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:26.059
partake<00:29:24.799><c> of</c><00:29:25.019><c> bread</c><00:29:25.180><c> and</c><00:29:25.380><c> wine</c><00:29:25.539><c> this</c><00:29:25.880><c> day,</c>

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:28.539
and<00:29:26.180><c> as</c><00:29:26.299><c> we</c><00:29:26.440><c> go</c><00:29:26.700><c> forth</c><00:29:26.960><c> from</c><00:29:27.180><c> this</c><00:29:27.539><c> place,</c><00:29:27.779><c> that</c><00:29:27.920><c> we</c><00:29:28.059><c> will</c><00:29:28.299><c> take</c>

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that<00:29:29.039><c> spirit</c><00:29:29.299><c> of</c><00:29:29.940><c> earnest</c><00:29:30.259><c> preparation</c>

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with<00:29:31.220><c> us.</c>

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In<00:29:33.480><c> the</c><00:29:33.640><c> words</c><00:29:33.779><c> of</c><00:29:33.960><c> a</c><00:29:34.099><c> hymn,</c>

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:41.500
The<00:29:36.480><c> Saviour</c><00:29:37.079><c> comes,</c><00:29:39.140><c> his</c><00:29:39.359><c> advent</c><00:29:39.859><c> nigh.</c>

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:46.339
He<00:29:42.140><c> soon</c><00:29:42.700><c> will</c><00:29:43.599><c> leave</c><00:29:44.019><c> the</c><00:29:44.359><c> throne</c><00:29:44.720><c> on</c><00:29:45.160><c> high,</c><00:29:45.500><c> and</c><00:29:45.599><c> coming</c><00:29:45.859><c> back</c><00:29:46.180><c> to</c>

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:47.900
earth<00:29:46.539><c> again</c><00:29:46.940><c> will</c><00:29:47.240><c> reign</c><00:29:47.599><c> for</c>

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God<00:29:48.339><c> and</c><00:29:48.880><c> dwell</c><00:29:49.359><c> with</c><00:29:49.880><c> men.</c>

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:56.660
O<00:29:52.160><c> happy</c><00:29:52.539><c> day</c><00:29:53.220><c> when</c><00:29:54.200><c> wars</c><00:29:54.720><c> shall</c><00:29:55.140><c> cease</c><00:29:55.559><c> and</c><00:29:55.839><c> ransomed</c><00:29:56.319><c> earth</c>

00:29:56.660 --> 00:30:02.740
be<00:29:57.059><c> filled</c><00:29:57.839><c> with</c><00:29:58.819><c> peace,</c><00:30:00.740><c> when</c><00:30:01.019><c> sin</c><00:30:01.480><c> and</c><00:30:02.000><c> death</c>

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no<00:30:03.099><c> more</c><00:30:03.380><c> shall</c><00:30:03.660><c> reign,</c><00:30:05.859><c> and</c><00:30:06.039><c> Eden</c><00:30:07.339><c> bloom</c><00:30:08.279><c> on</c><00:30:08.640><c> earth</c><00:30:09.200><c> again.</c>

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Saints,<00:30:13.619><c> lift</c><00:30:13.880><c> your</c><00:30:14.160><c> heads.</c>

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The<00:30:16.039><c> day</c><00:30:16.460><c> is</c><00:30:16.900><c> near</c><00:30:17.099><c> when</c><00:30:17.339><c> your</c><00:30:17.740><c> Redeemer</c><00:30:18.259><c> shall</c><00:30:18.900><c> appear</c><00:30:19.500><c> to</c>

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take<00:30:20.019><c> the</c><00:30:20.279><c> kingdom</c><00:30:20.980><c> and</c><00:30:22.339><c> the</c><00:30:22.599><c> throne</c><00:30:23.359><c> and</c><00:30:25.720><c> make</c>

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this<00:30:26.279><c> ransomed</c><00:30:27.039><c> bride</c><00:30:27.880><c> his</c><00:30:29.079><c> own.</c>