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Revelation<00:10:06.299><c> 19</c><00:10:06.840><c> and</c><00:10:07.000><c> 20</c><00:10:07.460><c> where</c><00:10:07.919><c> the</c><00:10:08.299><c> beast</c><00:10:08.600><c> makes</c>

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Verse<00:10:58.100><c> 17,</c><00:10:59.259><c> Thus</c><00:10:59.559><c> saith</c><00:10:59.899><c> the</c><00:11:00.120><c> Lord</c><00:11:00.299><c> God,</c><00:11:00.899><c> Art</c><00:11:01.080><c> thou</c><00:11:01.320><c> he</c><00:11:01.600><c> of</c><00:11:01.799><c> whom</c><00:11:01.980><c> I</c>

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servants<00:11:04.200><c> the</c><00:11:04.480><c> prophets,</c><00:11:06.019><c> which</c><00:11:06.360><c> prophesied</c><00:11:06.980><c> in</c><00:11:07.159><c> those</c><00:11:07.440><c> days</c>

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pollute<00:12:40.379><c> my</c><00:12:40.720><c> holy</c><00:12:41.059><c> name</c><00:12:41.379><c> any</c><00:12:41.799><c> more.</c>

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time.

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for<00:16:44.480><c> my</c><00:16:44.740><c> holy</c><00:16:45.039><c> name,</c><00:16:46.279><c> after</c><00:16:46.740><c> that</c><00:16:46.960><c> they</c><00:16:47.159><c> have</c><00:16:47.460><c> borne</c><00:16:47.799><c> their</c>

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shame,<00:16:48.860><c> and</c><00:16:49.120><c> all</c><00:16:49.419><c> their</c><00:16:49.720><c> trespasses</c><00:16:50.279><c> whereby</c>

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they<00:16:50.919><c> have</c><00:16:51.159><c> trespassed</c><00:16:51.600><c> against</c><00:16:51.960><c> me,</c><00:16:52.720><c> when</c><00:16:53.080><c> they</c><00:16:53.539><c> dwell</c><00:16:53.799><c> safely</c><00:16:54.539><c> in</c>

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their<00:16:55.179><c> land,</c><00:16:55.779><c> and</c><00:16:56.059><c> none</c><00:16:56.220><c> made</c>

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them<00:16:56.679><c> afraid.</c>

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When<00:16:58.360><c> I</c><00:16:58.539><c> have</c><00:16:58.740><c> brought</c><00:16:58.879><c> them</c><00:16:59.100><c> again</c><00:16:59.399><c> from</c><00:16:59.580><c> the</c><00:16:59.860><c> peoples,</c><00:17:00.279><c> and</c>

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gathered<00:17:00.700><c> them</c><00:17:00.899><c> out</c><00:17:01.100><c> of</c><00:17:01.240><c> their</c><00:17:01.460><c> enemies,</c><00:17:02.120><c> and</c>

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sanctified<00:17:03.299><c> in</c><00:17:03.600><c> the</c><00:17:03.840><c> sight</c><00:17:04.000><c> of</c><00:17:04.240><c> many</c><00:17:04.480><c> nations,</c><00:17:05.519><c> then</c><00:17:06.180><c> shall</c><00:17:06.759><c> they</c><00:17:07.140><c> know</c><00:17:07.680><c> that</c><00:17:08.059><c> I</c>

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am<00:17:08.460><c> the</c><00:17:08.660><c> Lord</c><00:17:08.839><c> their</c>

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God,<00:17:10.519><c> which</c><00:17:10.960><c> caused</c><00:17:11.200><c> them</c><00:17:11.400><c> to</c><00:17:11.579><c> be</c><00:17:11.720><c> led</c><00:17:11.859><c> into</c><00:17:12.119><c> captivity</c><00:17:12.680><c> among</c>

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the<00:17:13.200><c> nations.</c>

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But<00:17:14.319><c> I</c><00:17:14.519><c> have</c><00:17:14.720><c> gathered</c><00:17:15.039><c> them</c><00:17:15.940><c> unto</c><00:17:16.599><c> their</c><00:17:16.880><c> own</c><00:17:17.140><c> land,</c><00:17:17.859><c> and</c><00:17:18.000><c> have</c><00:17:18.180><c> left</c><00:17:18.400><c> none</c><00:17:18.660><c> of</c>

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them<00:17:19.079><c> any</c><00:17:19.440><c> more</c><00:17:19.640><c> there.</c>

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Now<00:17:20.720><c> there</c><00:17:20.799><c> will</c><00:17:21.000><c> I</c><00:17:21.180><c> hide</c><00:17:21.380><c> my</c><00:17:21.740><c> face</c><00:17:22.240><c> any</c><00:17:22.640><c> more</c><00:17:22.859><c> from</c><00:17:23.099><c> them,</c><00:17:23.700><c> for</c>

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I<00:17:24.079><c> have</c><00:17:24.279><c> poured</c><00:17:24.500><c> out</c><00:17:24.819><c> my</c><00:17:25.079><c> spirit</c><00:17:25.420><c> upon</c>

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the<00:17:25.839><c> house</c><00:17:26.000><c> of</c><00:17:26.259><c> Israel,</c><00:17:27.019><c> saith</c><00:17:27.140><c> the</c><00:17:27.380><c> Lord</c><00:17:27.640><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:28.660><c> we've</c><00:17:29.079><c> highlighted</c><00:17:29.680><c> one</c><00:17:30.299><c> or</c><00:17:30.400><c> two</c><00:17:30.599><c> things</c><00:17:30.859><c> on</c><00:17:31.059><c> the</c><00:17:31.319><c> chart.</c>

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It's<00:17:32.660><c> talking</c><00:17:32.960><c> about</c><00:17:33.299><c> the</c><00:17:33.539><c> whole</c><00:17:33.920><c> house</c><00:17:34.259><c> of</c><00:17:34.500><c> Israel.</c>

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He<00:17:36.940><c> says</c><00:17:37.220><c> that</c><00:17:37.660><c> he</c><00:17:37.779><c> will</c><00:17:37.960><c> gather</c><00:17:38.259><c> them</c><00:17:38.579><c> after</c><00:17:39.160><c> they</c><00:17:39.599><c> have</c><00:17:39.880><c> borne</c><00:17:40.240><c> their</c><00:17:40.640><c> shame,</c><00:17:41.720><c> and</c>

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so<00:17:41.960><c> they</c><00:17:42.279><c> bear</c><00:17:42.460><c> their</c>

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shame<00:17:43.140><c> prior</c><00:17:43.680><c> to</c><00:17:44.140><c> the</c><00:17:44.359><c> regathering</c><00:17:44.980><c> of</c><00:17:45.160><c> the</c><00:17:45.400><c> whole</c><00:17:45.920><c> house</c><00:17:46.339><c> of</c>

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Israel,<00:17:47.119><c> and</c><00:17:47.420><c> we'll</c><00:17:47.640><c> be</c><00:17:47.819><c> dealing</c><00:17:48.019><c> with</c>

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that<00:17:48.440><c> in</c><00:17:48.700><c> particular</c><00:17:49.180><c> detail</c><00:17:49.740><c> on</c><00:17:50.460><c> Friday,</c><00:17:50.799><c> God</c><00:17:51.039><c> willing.</c>

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They<00:17:55.299><c> bore</c><00:17:55.559><c> their</c><00:17:55.940><c> shame</c><00:17:56.200><c> when</c><00:17:56.420><c> they</c><00:17:56.680><c> dwelt</c><00:17:56.980><c> safely</c><00:17:57.660><c> in</c><00:17:58.119><c> their</c>

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land,<00:17:59.299><c> and</c><00:18:00.799><c> when</c><00:18:01.019><c> God</c><00:18:01.299><c> gathers</c><00:18:01.720><c> them,</c>

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then<00:18:02.599><c> shall</c><00:18:02.900><c> they</c><00:18:03.279><c> know</c><00:18:03.920><c> the</c><00:18:04.279><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:18:06.039><c> we</c><00:18:06.500><c> have</c><00:18:06.720><c> a</c><00:18:07.039><c> sequence</c><00:18:07.420><c> of</c><00:18:07.700><c> events</c><00:18:08.000><c> provided</c><00:18:08.539><c> for</c><00:18:08.880><c> us</c><00:18:09.339><c> by</c><00:18:09.759><c> the</c><00:18:09.980><c> prophet</c><00:18:10.579><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:18:12.299><c> and</c><00:18:13.180><c> when</c><00:18:13.519><c> we</c><00:18:14.099><c> think</c>

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about<00:18:14.579><c> that</c><00:18:14.779><c> phrase,</c><00:18:15.140><c> the</c><00:18:15.259><c> whole</c><00:18:15.619><c> house</c><00:18:15.920><c> of</c><00:18:16.140><c> Israel,</c><00:18:16.720><c> we</c><00:18:16.960><c> have</c>

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a<00:18:17.420><c> Bible</c><00:18:17.700><c> echo,</c><00:18:18.140><c> don't</c><00:18:18.339><c> we?</c>

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Where<00:18:19.839><c> have</c><00:18:20.000><c> we</c><00:18:20.160><c> heard</c><00:18:20.400><c> that</c><00:18:20.700><c> before?</c>

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And<00:18:23.000><c> Ezekiel</c><00:18:23.359><c> tells</c><00:18:23.720><c> us,</c><00:18:24.039><c> which</c><00:18:24.220><c> we</c><00:18:24.420><c> will</c><00:18:24.579><c> elaborate</c><00:18:25.059><c> on</c><00:18:26.160><c> Friday,</c><00:18:26.799><c> God</c>

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willing,<00:18:28.960><c> that</c><00:18:29.180><c> the</c><00:18:29.660><c> valley</c><00:18:29.880><c> of</c>

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dry<00:18:30.460><c> bones</c><00:18:30.819><c> represents</c><00:18:31.559><c> the</c><00:18:31.920><c> whole</c><00:18:32.380><c> house</c><00:18:32.819><c> of</c><00:18:33.039><c> Israel,</c><00:18:35.339><c> which</c>

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had<00:18:35.619><c> been</c><00:18:35.819><c> cut</c><00:18:36.079><c> off</c><00:18:36.240><c> in</c><00:18:36.440><c> their</c><00:18:36.720><c> parts.</c>

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And<00:18:39.059><c> Ezekiel</c><00:18:39.500><c> here</c><00:18:39.819><c> is</c><00:18:40.000><c> talking</c><00:18:40.339><c> about</c><00:18:40.700><c> the</c><00:18:41.039><c> entire</c><00:18:41.460><c> restoration.</c>

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Look<00:18:42.700><c> at</c><00:18:42.839><c> the</c><00:18:42.960><c> end</c><00:18:43.140><c> of</c><00:18:43.299><c> verse</c><00:18:43.460><c> 28.</c>

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He<00:18:44.420><c> says,</c><00:18:45.660><c> then</c><00:18:45.740><c> shall</c><00:18:46.000><c> they</c><00:18:46.220><c> know</c><00:18:46.460><c> that</c><00:18:46.700><c> I</c><00:18:46.859><c> am</c><00:18:47.019><c> the</c><00:18:47.200><c> Lord</c><00:18:47.380><c> their</c><00:18:47.700><c> God,</c>

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which<00:18:49.220><c> have</c><00:18:49.500><c> caused</c><00:18:49.680><c> them</c><00:18:49.880><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:50.240><c> led</c><00:18:50.359><c> into</c><00:18:50.640><c> captivity,</c><00:18:52.039><c> but</c><00:18:52.339><c> I</c><00:18:52.519><c> have</c><00:18:52.759><c> gathered</c><00:18:53.000><c> them</c><00:18:53.259><c> out</c>

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unto<00:18:54.579><c> their</c><00:18:54.779><c> own</c><00:18:55.000><c> land,</c><00:18:55.240><c> and</c><00:18:55.500><c> have</c><00:18:55.740><c> left</c>

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none<00:18:56.799><c> of</c><00:18:57.119><c> them</c><00:18:57.680><c> there</c><00:18:58.180><c> any</c><00:18:58.539><c> more.</c>

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It's<00:18:59.680><c> the</c><00:18:59.859><c> whole</c><00:19:00.180><c> house</c><00:19:00.440><c> of</c><00:19:00.640><c> Israel.</c>

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There<00:19:02.960><c> are</c><00:19:03.140><c> no</c><00:19:03.400><c> more</c><00:19:03.660><c> Jews</c><00:19:04.299><c> throughout</c><00:19:05.500><c> the</c><00:19:05.740><c> length</c><00:19:05.940><c> and</c><00:19:06.200><c> breadth</c><00:19:06.400><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:06.819><c> world,</c><00:19:08.319><c> and</c><00:19:09.160><c> these</c><00:19:09.420><c> events</c>

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occur<00:19:10.160><c> after</c><00:19:10.579><c> Israel's</c><00:19:11.819><c> humiliation.</c>

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So<00:19:14.380><c> despite</c><00:19:14.839><c> the</c><00:19:15.019><c> fact</c><00:19:15.180><c> that</c><00:19:15.420><c> Ezekiel</c><00:19:15.839><c> 38</c><00:19:16.319><c> talks</c><00:19:16.599><c> about</c><00:19:17.119><c> a</c><00:19:17.519><c> nation</c><00:19:17.799><c> that</c><00:19:17.980><c> is</c>

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brought<00:19:18.460><c> back</c><00:19:18.740><c> from</c><00:19:19.180><c> the</c>

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sword<00:19:19.700><c> and</c><00:19:19.980><c> gathered</c><00:19:20.200><c> from</c><00:19:20.480><c> many</c><00:19:20.740><c> people,</c><00:19:21.619><c> we're</c><00:19:21.940><c> going</c><00:19:22.079><c> to</c>

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see<00:19:22.559><c> that</c><00:19:22.819><c> that</c><00:19:23.059><c> has</c><00:19:23.279><c> got</c><00:19:23.380><c> to</c><00:19:23.539><c> be</c><00:19:23.819><c> repeated</c>

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before<00:19:25.420><c> the</c><00:19:25.759><c> final</c><00:19:26.200><c> restoration</c><00:19:26.920><c> of</c><00:19:27.140><c> Israel</c><00:19:27.619><c> can</c><00:19:28.099><c> take</c><00:19:28.460><c> place.</c>

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There<00:19:30.019><c> has</c><00:19:30.299><c> to</c><00:19:30.539><c> be</c><00:19:31.220><c> a</c><00:19:31.539><c> scattering</c><00:19:32.099><c> in</c><00:19:32.740><c> order</c><00:19:33.119><c> for</c><00:19:33.359><c> there</c><00:19:33.460><c> to</c><00:19:33.680><c> be</c>

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a<00:19:34.240><c> re</c><00:19:34.539><c>-gathering</c><00:19:35.259><c> of</c><00:19:35.519><c> the</c><00:19:35.940><c> entire</c><00:19:36.579><c> nation</c>

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of<00:19:37.299><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:19:40.039><c> the</c><00:19:40.259><c> humiliation</c><00:19:41.000><c> takes</c><00:19:41.500><c> place</c><00:19:42.400><c> when</c><00:19:43.039><c> Israel</c><00:19:43.519><c> dwells</c><00:19:44.119><c> safely.</c>

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And<00:19:45.819><c> Ezekiel</c><00:19:46.240><c> 38</c><00:19:46.740><c> tells</c><00:19:47.059><c> us</c><00:19:47.559><c> that</c><00:19:48.059><c> they</c><00:19:48.299><c> are</c><00:19:48.539><c> dwelling</c><00:19:48.859><c> safely</c>

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without<00:19:49.839><c> bars</c><00:19:50.140><c> and</c><00:19:50.380><c> gates,</c><00:19:51.079><c> and</c><00:19:51.279><c> that's</c>

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going<00:19:51.700><c> to</c><00:19:51.759><c> come</c><00:19:51.940><c> up</c><00:19:52.160><c> tomorrow</c><00:19:52.900><c> in</c><00:19:54.119><c> our</c><00:19:55.019><c> next</c><00:19:55.920><c> session.</c>

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So<00:19:59.039><c> what</c><00:19:59.259><c> we</c><00:19:59.480><c> have,</c><00:19:59.819><c> brothers</c><00:20:00.000><c> and</c><00:20:00.099><c> sisters,</c><00:20:00.339><c> I</c><00:20:00.579><c> believe,</c><00:20:00.960><c> in</c>

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Ezekiel<00:20:01.519><c> 38</c><00:20:02.099><c> is</c><00:20:02.460><c> a</c><00:20:02.779><c> prophecy</c><00:20:03.339><c> which</c><00:20:04.519><c> corresponds</c>

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to<00:20:05.359><c> all</c><00:20:05.779><c> the</c><00:20:05.980><c> latter</c><00:20:06.160><c>-day</c><00:20:06.420><c> prophecies,</c><00:20:07.140><c> Zechariah</c><00:20:07.579><c> 14,</c><00:20:08.599><c> Joel</c>

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3,<00:20:09.640><c> and</c><00:20:09.660><c> as</c><00:20:09.799><c> we</c><00:20:10.019><c> shall</c><00:20:10.220><c> see,</c><00:20:10.759><c> the</c><00:20:10.880><c> Assyrians</c>

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of<00:20:11.559><c> Isaiah.</c>

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Ezekiel<00:20:14.559><c> is</c><00:20:14.740><c> one</c><00:20:14.960><c> of</c><00:20:15.140><c> many</c><00:20:15.500><c> prophets</c><00:20:16.079><c> which</c><00:20:16.819><c> speak</c><00:20:17.299><c> of</c><00:20:17.900><c> these</c>

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things,<00:20:19.460><c> and</c><00:20:19.640><c> God</c><00:20:19.819><c> is</c><00:20:20.140><c> gathering</c><00:20:20.759><c> the</c>

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nations<00:20:21.920><c> to</c><00:20:22.859><c> the</c><00:20:23.079><c> battle</c><00:20:23.640><c> of</c><00:20:24.039><c> Armageddon.</c>

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And<00:20:26.019><c> we've</c><00:20:26.220><c> got</c><00:20:26.359><c> to</c><00:20:26.559><c> ask</c><00:20:26.859><c> ourselves</c><00:20:27.339><c> which</c><00:20:27.779><c> nations,</c><00:20:29.160><c> which</c>

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nations<00:20:29.980><c> are</c><00:20:30.160><c> being</c><00:20:30.500><c> described.</c>

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Now,<00:20:33.559><c> Brother</c><00:20:33.559><c> Peter</c><00:20:33.859><c> made</c><00:20:34.079><c> an</c><00:20:34.359><c> interesting</c><00:20:34.759><c> observation</c><00:20:35.400><c> this</c><00:20:35.660><c> morning</c><00:20:36.319><c> with</c><00:20:37.819><c> regards</c><00:20:38.299><c> to</c>

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Bible<00:20:39.160><c> prophecy.</c>

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And<00:20:41.660><c> he</c><00:20:41.839><c> noted</c><00:20:42.680><c> that</c><00:20:44.720><c> Bible</c><00:20:45.519><c> prophecy</c><00:20:46.220><c> of</c><00:20:46.660><c> the</c><00:20:46.799><c> latter</c><00:20:47.039><c> days</c>

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is<00:20:48.420><c> normally</c><00:20:48.880><c> based</c><00:20:49.339><c> upon</c><00:20:49.680><c> the</c><00:20:50.000><c> historical</c>

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events<00:20:51.140><c> which</c><00:20:52.480><c> the</c><00:20:52.839><c> hearers</c><00:20:53.180><c> of</c><00:20:53.359><c> that</c><00:20:53.660><c> prophecy</c><00:20:54.000><c> would</c><00:20:54.240><c> be</c>

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familiar<00:20:54.779><c> with.</c>

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And<00:20:57.220><c> I</c><00:20:57.380><c> think</c><00:20:57.519><c> that's</c><00:20:57.799><c> true</c><00:20:58.039><c> of</c><00:20:58.279><c> Ezekiel</c><00:20:58.640><c> 38.</c>

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Ezekiel<00:21:01.259><c> 38</c><00:21:01.779><c> speaks</c><00:21:02.220><c> about</c><00:21:02.660><c> events</c><00:21:03.259><c> which</c><00:21:04.380><c> had</c><00:21:04.579><c> a</c><00:21:04.880><c> historical</c><00:21:05.619><c> application.</c>

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Nations<00:21:10.839><c> like</c><00:21:11.259><c> Meshach</c><00:21:11.720><c> and</c><00:21:11.960><c> Tubal</c><00:21:12.539><c> and</c><00:21:13.279><c> Tarshish</c><00:21:13.779><c> and</c><00:21:14.019><c> Gomer,</c><00:21:14.960><c> these</c>

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were<00:21:15.400><c> nations</c><00:21:15.779><c> that</c><00:21:16.099><c> existed</c>

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in<00:21:17.599><c> the</c><00:21:17.819><c> days</c><00:21:18.000><c> of</c><00:21:18.279><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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They<00:21:19.559><c> had</c><00:21:19.720><c> a</c><00:21:19.960><c> particular</c><00:21:20.279><c> location.</c>

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Everybody<00:21:21.319><c> knew</c><00:21:21.539><c> where</c><00:21:21.740><c> they</c><00:21:22.039><c> lived,</c><00:21:23.079><c> and</c><00:21:23.359><c> they</c><00:21:23.539><c> were</c>

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trading<00:21:24.140><c> people.</c>

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You<00:21:25.880><c> remember</c><00:21:26.339><c> in</c><00:21:26.500><c> the</c><00:21:26.599><c> book</c><00:21:26.819><c> of</c><00:21:27.480><c> Ezekiel</c><00:21:27.859><c> chapter</c><00:21:28.180><c> 27,</c><00:21:31.140><c> Tarshish</c><00:21:31.619><c> was</c>

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one<00:21:32.299><c> of</c><00:21:32.460><c> the</c><00:21:32.640><c> nations</c><00:21:32.920><c> that</c><00:21:33.359><c> traded</c>

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with<00:21:36.579><c> Tyre.</c>

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In<00:21:38.180><c> verse</c><00:21:38.480><c> 13</c><00:21:39.019><c> of</c><00:21:39.220><c> Ezekiel</c><00:21:39.579><c> 27,</c><00:21:40.880><c> Tubal</c><00:21:41.140><c> and</c><00:21:41.339><c> Meshach,</c><00:21:42.940><c> verse</c>

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14<00:21:43.779><c> Togamar,</c><00:21:45.140><c> and</c><00:21:45.279><c> verse</c><00:21:45.460><c> 15</c><00:21:45.980><c> Dedan,</c><00:21:46.579><c> these</c>

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were<00:21:47.039><c> nations</c><00:21:47.420><c> which</c><00:21:47.660><c> were</c><00:21:47.980><c> trading</c><00:21:48.279><c> with</c><00:21:48.599><c> the</c><00:21:48.980><c> power</c><00:21:49.240><c> of</c><00:21:49.619><c> Tyre.</c>

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They<00:21:50.519><c> were</c><00:21:50.759><c> nations</c><00:21:51.200><c> familiar</c><00:21:51.940><c> to</c><00:21:52.359><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:21:53.059><c> hearers.</c>

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And<00:22:00.099><c> if</c><00:22:00.279><c> we</c><00:22:00.420><c> knew</c><00:22:00.619><c> nothing</c><00:22:00.960><c> else</c><00:22:01.299><c> about</c><00:22:01.640><c> the</c><00:22:02.140><c> powers</c><00:22:02.640><c> that</c><00:22:03.200><c> be</c>

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represented<00:22:04.200><c> in</c><00:22:04.460><c> the</c><00:22:04.579><c> book</c><00:22:04.720><c> of</c><00:22:04.920><c> Ezekiel</c>

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38,<00:22:07.079><c> one</c><00:22:07.319><c> thing</c><00:22:07.559><c> is</c><00:22:08.039><c> entirely</c><00:22:08.480><c> certain</c><00:22:09.119><c> that</c><00:22:10.660><c> the</c><00:22:11.640><c> prophecy</c>

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identifies<00:22:13.039><c> that</c><00:22:13.740><c> they</c><00:22:14.019><c> came</c><00:22:14.279><c> from</c><00:22:14.559><c> the</c>

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northern<00:22:15.299><c> quarters.</c>

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Verse<00:22:16.380><c> 6,</c><00:22:17.559><c> Gomer</c><00:22:17.740><c> and</c><00:22:17.980><c> all</c><00:22:18.160><c> his</c><00:22:18.420><c> bends,</c><00:22:18.779><c> the</c><00:22:18.859><c> house</c><00:22:19.119><c> of</c><00:22:19.380><c> Togamar,</c><00:22:20.240><c> of</c><00:22:20.420><c> the</c>

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north<00:22:20.920><c> quarters,</c><00:22:21.700><c> and</c><00:22:21.900><c> all</c>

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his<00:22:22.380><c> bends,</c><00:22:22.880><c> and</c><00:22:22.940><c> many</c><00:22:23.220><c> people.</c>

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And<00:22:23.660><c> that</c><00:22:23.819><c> word</c><00:22:24.059><c> north</c><00:22:24.380><c> quarters</c><00:22:24.779><c> is</c><00:22:25.180><c> from</c><00:22:25.440><c> the</c><00:22:25.740><c> uttermost</c><00:22:26.420><c> parts</c><00:22:26.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:27.160><c> north.</c>

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And<00:22:28.079><c> the</c><00:22:28.240><c> prophet</c><00:22:28.539><c> repeats</c><00:22:29.259><c> that</c><00:22:29.440><c> in</c><00:22:29.619><c> verse</c><00:22:30.079><c> 15</c><00:22:30.880><c> with</c><00:22:31.299><c> regards</c>

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to<00:22:31.900><c> this</c><00:22:32.099><c> confederacy.</c>

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Thou<00:22:33.380><c> shalt</c><00:22:33.619><c> come</c><00:22:33.920><c> from</c><00:22:34.180><c> thy</c><00:22:34.500><c> place</c><00:22:35.180><c> out</c><00:22:35.539><c> of</c><00:22:35.700><c> the</c><00:22:35.980><c> uttermost</c>

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parts,<00:22:37.119><c> the</c><00:22:37.359><c> revised</c><00:22:37.640><c> version</c><00:22:38.000><c> says,</c>

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of<00:22:38.740><c> the</c><00:22:38.940><c> north,</c><00:22:39.599><c> thou</c><00:22:39.740><c> and</c><00:22:39.940><c> many</c><00:22:40.240><c> people</c><00:22:40.579><c> with</c><00:22:40.880><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:22:41.400><c> so</c><00:22:41.599><c> if</c><00:22:42.400><c> we</c><00:22:42.559><c> weren't</c><00:22:42.759><c> able</c><00:22:43.059><c> to</c><00:22:43.339><c> identify</c><00:22:44.000><c> these</c><00:22:44.299><c> nations,</c>

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we<00:22:46.460><c> would</c><00:22:46.779><c> know</c><00:22:47.700><c> clearly</c><00:22:48.460><c> that</c><00:22:48.940><c> they</c><00:22:49.200><c> came</c>

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from<00:22:49.640><c> the</c><00:22:49.759><c> uttermost</c><00:22:50.160><c> parts</c><00:22:50.460><c> of</c><00:22:50.660><c> the</c><00:22:50.819><c> north.</c>

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And<00:22:52.559><c> Ezekiel</c><00:22:52.940><c> 38</c><00:22:53.400><c> is</c><00:22:53.579><c> like</c><00:22:53.839><c> a</c><00:22:53.960><c> who,</c><00:22:54.160><c> what,</c><00:22:54.400><c> when,</c><00:22:54.660><c> where,</c><00:22:54.900><c> why</c><00:22:55.240><c> passage.</c>

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It's<00:22:58.059><c> an</c><00:22:58.259><c> interesting</c><00:22:58.619><c> way</c><00:22:58.859><c> of</c><00:22:59.140><c> examining</c><00:22:59.480><c> this,</c><00:23:00.079><c> who,</c><00:23:00.579><c> what,</c>

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when,<00:23:01.519><c> where,</c><00:23:01.940><c> and</c><00:23:02.160><c> why.</c>

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Who's<00:23:03.740><c> Ezekiel</c><00:23:04.180><c> talking</c><00:23:04.579><c> about?</c>

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What<00:23:07.019><c> is</c><00:23:07.240><c> this</c><00:23:07.480><c> confederacy</c><00:23:08.059><c> up</c><00:23:08.339><c> to?</c>

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When<00:23:10.799><c> are</c><00:23:11.059><c> the</c><00:23:11.240><c> events</c><00:23:11.460><c> going</c><00:23:11.700><c> to</c><00:23:11.960><c> take</c><00:23:12.200><c> place?</c>

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Where<00:23:14.220><c> is</c><00:23:14.420><c> it</c><00:23:14.599><c> going</c><00:23:14.700><c> to</c><00:23:14.980><c> happen,</c><00:23:15.359><c> and</c><00:23:15.680><c> why</c><00:23:16.079><c> does</c><00:23:16.299><c> God</c><00:23:16.500><c> intervene</c><00:23:17.019><c> when</c><00:23:17.200><c> He</c><00:23:17.380><c> does?</c>

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Five<00:23:20.059><c> simple</c><00:23:20.480><c> little</c><00:23:20.720><c> questions.</c>

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And<00:23:22.279><c> if</c><00:23:22.400><c> we</c><00:23:22.579><c> ask</c><00:23:22.819><c> those</c><00:23:23.119><c> questions,</c><00:23:23.880><c> we</c><00:23:24.000><c> find</c><00:23:24.299><c> the</c><00:23:24.559><c> answers</c><00:23:24.819><c> in</c>

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that<00:23:25.599><c> chapter</c><00:23:26.119><c> without</c><00:23:26.640><c> knowing</c><00:23:26.940><c> any</c>

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history<00:23:27.519><c> at</c><00:23:27.819><c> all.</c>

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Because<00:23:29.579><c> it's</c><00:23:29.799><c> going</c><00:23:29.920><c> to</c><00:23:30.140><c> happen</c><00:23:30.339><c> in</c><00:23:30.880><c> the</c><00:23:31.079><c> latter</c><00:23:31.339><c> days,</c><00:23:32.720><c> we're</c><00:23:33.000><c> told</c>

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in<00:23:33.400><c> verse</c><00:23:33.640><c> 8.</c>

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It's<00:23:37.039><c> going</c><00:23:37.140><c> to</c><00:23:37.440><c> happen</c><00:23:37.640><c> in</c><00:23:37.980><c> the</c><00:23:38.119><c> latter</c><00:23:38.339><c> days.</c>

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Where<00:23:39.180><c> is</c><00:23:39.319><c> it</c><00:23:39.519><c> going</c><00:23:39.619><c> to</c><00:23:39.859><c> take</c><00:23:40.059><c> place?</c>

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In<00:23:40.920><c> the</c><00:23:41.799><c> nation</c><00:23:42.180><c> of</c><00:23:42.519><c> Israel,</c><00:23:43.180><c> in</c><00:23:43.319><c> the</c><00:23:43.539><c> land</c><00:23:43.720><c> of</c><00:23:44.059><c> Israel,</c><00:23:46.259><c> the</c>

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mountains<00:23:47.059><c> of</c><00:23:47.400><c> Israel,</c><00:23:48.559><c> verse</c><00:23:48.880><c> 8.</c>

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And<00:23:50.400><c> so</c><00:23:50.559><c> the</c><00:23:50.779><c> Scriptures</c><00:23:51.200><c> provide</c><00:23:51.720><c> us</c><00:23:51.900><c> with</c><00:23:52.079><c> the</c><00:23:52.200><c> answers.</c>

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We<00:23:53.039><c> can</c><00:23:53.339><c> fill</c><00:23:53.599><c> in,</c><00:23:55.079><c> pad</c><00:23:55.079><c> it,</c><00:23:55.799><c> with</c><00:23:56.039><c> our</c><00:23:56.279><c> knowledge</c><00:23:56.640><c> of</c><00:23:57.240><c> historical</c><00:23:57.660><c> events.</c>

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Now<00:23:59.500><c> the</c><00:23:59.640><c> significance</c><00:24:00.200><c> of</c><00:24:00.400><c> the</c><00:24:00.599><c> chart,</c><00:24:01.000><c> brethren</c><00:24:01.019><c> and</c><00:24:01.259><c> sisters,</c><00:24:01.420><c> that's</c><00:24:01.920><c> up</c><00:24:02.059><c> on</c>

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the<00:24:02.359><c> screen</c><00:24:02.539><c> now,</c>

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is<00:24:03.960><c> the</c><00:24:04.180><c> fact</c><00:24:04.359><c> that</c><00:24:04.579><c> this</c><00:24:04.880><c> character</c><00:24:05.299><c> Gog,</c><00:24:06.359><c> which</c><00:24:06.599><c> means</c><00:24:06.980><c> a</c><00:24:07.319><c> roof,</c><00:24:08.380><c> somebody</c><00:24:08.759><c> that</c><00:24:09.420><c> sort</c><00:24:09.680><c> of</c>

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is<00:24:10.220><c> like</c>

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a<00:24:11.220><c> canopy</c><00:24:11.559><c> that</c><00:24:12.079><c> overshadows</c><00:24:12.940><c> those</c><00:24:13.259><c> that</c><00:24:13.480><c> were</c><00:24:13.660><c> under</c><00:24:13.960><c> his</c>

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rulership<00:24:15.500><c> or</c><00:24:15.920><c> jurisdiction,</c><00:24:17.680><c> he</c><00:24:17.900><c> is</c>

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described<00:24:18.519><c> as</c><00:24:18.779><c> being</c><00:24:19.099><c> a</c><00:24:19.480><c> guard</c><00:24:20.000><c> unto</c><00:24:20.619><c> this</c><00:24:21.039><c> confederacy</c><00:24:21.720><c> in</c>

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verse<00:24:22.140><c> 7.</c>

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Be<00:24:23.119><c> thou</c><00:24:23.500><c> a</c><00:24:23.819><c> guard</c><00:24:24.119><c> unto</c><00:24:24.460><c> them.</c>

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And<00:24:25.400><c> the</c><00:24:25.599><c> revised</c><00:24:25.900><c> version</c><00:24:26.279><c> tells</c><00:24:26.619><c> us</c><00:24:26.839><c> that</c><00:24:27.059><c> the</c><00:24:27.240><c> Hebrew</c><00:24:27.500><c> for</c>

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guard<00:24:28.259><c> simply</c><00:24:28.740><c> means</c><00:24:28.980><c> a</c><00:24:29.299><c> commander.</c>

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And<00:24:30.000><c> so</c><00:24:30.180><c> you've</c><00:24:30.380><c> got</c><00:24:30.539><c> a</c><00:24:30.779><c> commander,</c><00:24:32.559><c> a</c><00:24:32.819><c> leader</c><00:24:33.339><c> of</c><00:24:33.759><c> a</c><00:24:33.960><c> confederacy</c><00:24:34.500><c> of</c><00:24:34.759><c> people.</c>

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And<00:24:36.059><c> he's</c><00:24:36.259><c> of</c><00:24:36.400><c> the</c><00:24:36.619><c> land</c><00:24:36.900><c> of</c><00:24:37.220><c> Magog.</c>

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And<00:24:40.019><c> we</c><00:24:40.119><c> don't</c><00:24:40.299><c> want</c><00:24:40.519><c> to</c><00:24:41.779><c> sort</c><00:24:41.980><c> of</c><00:24:42.359><c> bore</c><00:24:42.519><c> you</c><00:24:42.700><c> with</c><00:24:42.880><c> a</c><00:24:42.980><c> lot</c><00:24:43.099><c> of</c><00:24:43.299><c> history.</c>

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We<00:24:44.160><c> simply</c><00:24:44.460><c> want</c><00:24:44.680><c> to</c><00:24:45.000><c> identify</c><00:24:45.559><c> the</c><00:24:46.079><c> location</c><00:24:46.740><c> in</c><00:24:47.059><c> general</c><00:24:47.380><c> terms</c><00:24:47.720><c> because</c><00:24:48.119><c> this</c><00:24:48.319><c> is</c>

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well<00:24:48.940><c> documented</c>

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in<00:24:50.160><c> Christadelphian</c><00:24:50.799><c> literature.</c>

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We<00:24:52.039><c> should</c><00:24:52.279><c> know</c><00:24:52.539><c> this.</c>

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But<00:24:53.920><c> I</c><00:24:54.079><c> want</c><00:24:54.240><c> to</c><00:24:54.500><c> do</c><00:24:54.680><c> this</c><00:24:55.180><c> simply</c><00:24:55.559><c> to</c><00:24:55.980><c> tie</c><00:24:56.200><c> it</c><00:24:56.339><c> in</c><00:24:56.460><c> with</c><00:24:56.660><c> the</c><00:24:56.859><c> other</c><00:24:57.039><c> Scriptures</c><00:24:57.559><c> which</c><00:24:57.980><c> we</c>

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will<00:24:58.319><c> be</c>

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looking<00:24:58.720><c> at.</c>

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The<00:25:00.019><c> land</c><00:25:00.220><c> of</c><00:25:00.559><c> Magog,</c><00:25:01.599><c> Magog</c><00:25:02.019><c> was</c><00:25:02.740><c> a</c><00:25:03.180><c> son</c><00:25:03.319><c> of</c><00:25:03.680><c> Japheth.</c>

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And<00:25:05.880><c> the</c><00:25:06.160><c> historians</c><00:25:06.500><c> tell</c><00:25:06.819><c> us</c><00:25:07.000><c> that</c><00:25:07.359><c> the</c><00:25:08.619><c> area</c><00:25:08.960><c> of</c><00:25:09.240><c> Magog</c><00:25:09.759><c> was</c>

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the<00:25:10.380><c> territory</c><00:25:10.799><c> of</c><00:25:11.160><c> the</c><00:25:11.319><c> Scythians.</c>

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And<00:25:12.680><c> the</c><00:25:12.900><c> Scythians,</c><00:25:13.640><c> they</c><00:25:14.720><c> ruled</c><00:25:15.039><c> southern</c><00:25:15.480><c> Russia</c><00:25:16.160><c> between</c>

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the<00:25:17.460><c> 7th</c><00:25:17.819><c> and</c><00:25:17.900><c> the</c><00:25:18.160><c> 3rd</c><00:25:18.440><c> century</c><00:25:19.200><c> B</c><00:25:19.920><c>.C.</c>

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In<00:25:21.960><c> fact,</c><00:25:22.680><c> in</c><00:25:22.839><c> the</c><00:25:23.000><c> Assyrian</c><00:25:23.420><c> records,</c><00:25:24.559><c> there</c><00:25:24.720><c> is</c><00:25:25.019><c> a</c><00:25:25.200><c> man,</c><00:25:25.720><c> a</c>

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leader<00:25:26.019><c> called</c><00:25:26.400><c> Gagai,</c><00:25:28.779><c> who</c><00:25:29.019><c> was</c><00:25:29.220><c> the</c>

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supreme<00:25:30.099><c> chief</c><00:25:30.740><c> of</c><00:25:31.259><c> the</c><00:25:31.440><c> Scythians</c><00:25:31.940><c> in</c><00:25:32.240><c> the</c><00:25:32.400><c> days</c><00:25:32.619><c> of</c><00:25:32.940><c> Ashurban</c><00:25:33.539><c>-Napal</c>

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that<00:25:36.279><c> was</c><00:25:36.619><c> the</c><00:25:36.839><c> Assyrian</c><00:25:37.220><c> ruler</c>

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in<00:25:37.779><c> Manasseh's</c><00:25:38.420><c> day.</c>

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And<00:25:41.079><c> so</c><00:25:41.200><c> there</c><00:25:41.339><c> was</c><00:25:41.579><c> a</c><00:25:41.839><c> historical</c><00:25:42.339><c> figure</c><00:25:42.920><c> called</c><00:25:43.660><c> Gagai.</c>

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And<00:25:45.500><c> his</c><00:25:45.779><c> two</c><00:25:46.160><c> sons</c><00:25:46.460><c> led</c><00:25:46.740><c> an</c><00:25:47.039><c> invasion</c><00:25:47.619><c> against</c><00:25:48.380><c> the</c><00:25:49.519><c> Assyrian</c>

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people<00:25:50.480><c> and</c><00:25:50.819><c> down</c><00:25:51.059><c> into</c><00:25:51.559><c> the</c><00:25:52.380><c> land</c><00:25:52.720><c> of</c>

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Israel.

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And<00:25:54.660><c> the</c><00:25:54.880><c> Scythians</c><00:25:55.200><c> left</c><00:25:55.480><c> their</c><00:25:55.819><c> name</c><00:25:56.039><c> there</c><00:25:56.339><c> in</c><00:25:56.539><c> that</c><00:25:56.779><c> word,</c>

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Scythiopolis,<00:25:58.640><c> which</c><00:25:58.859><c> is</c><00:25:59.099><c> today</c><00:25:59.440><c> Bethshean</c>

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in<00:26:00.980><c> the</c><00:26:01.140><c> land</c><00:26:01.299><c> of</c><00:26:01.640><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:26:05.599><c> whilst</c><00:26:05.740><c> we</c><00:26:05.940><c> have</c><00:26:06.099><c> no</c><00:26:06.319><c> record</c><00:26:06.660><c> of</c><00:26:06.880><c> the</c><00:26:07.079><c> invasion</c><00:26:07.500><c> scripturally,</c><00:26:09.240><c> the</c><00:26:09.440><c> Assyrians</c><00:26:10.019><c> and</c>

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men<00:26:10.400><c> like</c><00:26:10.700><c> Herodotus</c>

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have<00:26:11.500><c> documented</c><00:26:12.299><c> the</c><00:26:13.079><c> advances</c><00:26:13.420><c> of</c><00:26:13.920><c> the</c><00:26:14.240><c> Scythian</c><00:26:14.619><c> power.</c>

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And<00:26:16.680><c> they</c><00:26:16.920><c> swept</c><00:26:17.319><c> down</c><00:26:17.700><c> into</c><00:26:17.960><c> the</c><00:26:18.119><c> Middle</c><00:26:18.380><c> East</c><00:26:18.859><c> pushing</c><00:26:19.480><c> against</c><00:26:19.960><c> the</c>

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Assyrians<00:26:20.819><c> and</c><00:26:21.440><c> moved</c><00:26:21.779><c> into</c><00:26:22.099><c> the</c><00:26:22.279><c> land</c>

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of<00:26:22.740><c> Israel</c><00:26:23.059><c> and</c><00:26:23.339><c> left</c><00:26:23.559><c> their</c><00:26:23.859><c> mark</c><00:26:24.039><c> there</c><00:26:24.319><c> in</c><00:26:24.519><c> Bethshean.</c>

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And<00:26:28.099><c> the</c><00:26:28.339><c> family</c><00:26:28.720><c> ruler's</c><00:26:29.220><c> name</c><00:26:29.480><c> was</c><00:26:29.740><c> Gagai,</c><00:26:30.599><c> just</c><00:26:30.859><c> like</c><00:26:31.200><c> Pharaoh</c><00:26:31.660><c> or</c>

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Caesar<00:26:32.480><c> or</c><00:26:32.839><c> the</c><00:26:33.119><c> Czar.</c>

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And<00:26:35.279><c> so</c><00:26:35.400><c> in</c><00:26:35.619><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:26:36.240><c> day,</c><00:26:38.099><c> the</c><00:26:38.279><c> comment</c><00:26:38.539><c> by</c><00:26:38.859><c> Ezekiel</c><00:26:39.380><c> that</c>

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there<00:26:39.680><c> would</c><00:26:39.839><c> be</c><00:26:40.079><c> a</c><00:26:40.339><c> confederacy</c><00:26:40.880><c> of</c><00:26:41.099><c> people</c>

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:44.700
that<00:26:41.519><c> would</c><00:26:41.900><c> sweep</c><00:26:42.200><c> down</c><00:26:42.559><c> into</c><00:26:42.839><c> the</c><00:26:42.980><c> land</c><00:26:43.200><c> of</c><00:26:43.400><c> Israel</c><00:26:43.859><c> would</c>

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:46.640
be<00:26:45.220><c> fresh</c><00:26:45.420><c> in</c><00:26:45.660><c> the</c><00:26:45.839><c> minds</c><00:26:46.059><c> of</c><00:26:46.299><c> the</c><00:26:46.460><c> people</c>

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of<00:26:46.900><c> Israel.</c>

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When<00:26:48.299><c> they</c><00:26:48.579><c> heard</c><00:26:48.940><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:26:49.880><c> words,</c><00:26:51.380><c> they</c><00:26:51.619><c> would</c><00:26:51.880><c> appreciate</c><00:26:52.500><c> the</c><00:26:52.859><c> fear</c>

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and<00:26:53.279><c> the</c><00:26:53.519><c> trembling</c><00:26:54.220><c> that</c>

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would<00:26:55.119><c> be</c><00:26:55.440><c> associated</c><00:26:56.039><c> with</c><00:26:56.299><c> the</c><00:26:56.559><c> invasion</c><00:26:56.940><c> of</c><00:26:57.380><c> this</c><00:26:57.619><c> Syrian</c><00:26:57.920><c> power.</c>

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And<00:27:00.900><c> Herodotus</c><00:27:01.359><c> tells</c><00:27:01.680><c> us</c><00:27:01.940><c> that</c><00:27:02.539><c> the</c><00:27:02.779><c> Scythians</c><00:27:03.359><c> dwelt</c><00:27:03.859><c> on</c><00:27:04.079><c> the</c><00:27:04.339><c> steps</c><00:27:04.579><c> of</c>

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Russia<00:27:05.559><c> during</c><00:27:06.519><c> the</c><00:27:06.960><c> reign</c>

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of<00:27:07.339><c> Josiah's</c><00:27:07.940><c> day.</c>

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Well<00:27:14.579><c> again,</c><00:27:15.079><c> the</c><00:27:15.380><c> historians</c><00:27:15.720><c> tell</c><00:27:16.119><c> us</c><00:27:17.519><c> that</c><00:27:18.700><c> Meshach</c><00:27:19.059><c> and</c>

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Tubal,<00:27:19.720><c> particularly,</c><00:27:21.559><c> who</c><00:27:21.559><c> are</c><00:27:23.140><c> given</c><00:27:23.319><c> to</c>

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:27.819
us<00:27:23.660><c> as</c><00:27:23.880><c> contemporary</c><00:27:24.380><c> powers</c><00:27:24.700><c> of</c><00:27:24.940><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:27:26.519><c> they</c><00:27:26.779><c> are</c><00:27:27.099><c> mentioned</c><00:27:27.400><c> in</c><00:27:27.619><c> the</c>

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Assyrian<00:27:28.220><c> inscriptions</c>

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as<00:27:29.920><c> Meshach</c><00:27:30.599><c> and</c><00:27:31.119><c> Tubal.</c>

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And<00:27:34.440><c> they</c><00:27:34.660><c> moved</c><00:27:34.940><c> into</c><00:27:35.359><c> the</c><00:27:35.599><c> Assyrians'</c><00:27:36.220><c> northern</c><00:27:36.640><c> border</c><00:27:37.220><c> and</c><00:27:38.420><c> settled</c><00:27:38.720><c> eventually</c><00:27:39.279><c> on</c>

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the<00:27:39.680><c> northern</c>

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steps<00:27:40.400><c> of</c><00:27:40.859><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:27:41.400><c> we</c><00:27:41.460><c> have</c><00:27:41.640><c> the</c><00:27:41.900><c> Scythians</c><00:27:42.279><c> on</c><00:27:42.480><c> the</c><00:27:43.019><c> northern,</c><00:27:43.539><c> and</c><00:27:43.680><c> we</c><00:27:43.799><c> can</c>

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:48.619
see<00:27:44.640><c> the</c><00:27:45.019><c> names</c><00:27:45.339><c> of</c><00:27:46.279><c> Tyrus,</c><00:27:48.240><c> one</c><00:27:48.460><c> of</c>

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:53.039
the<00:27:48.779><c> sons</c><00:27:49.240><c> of</c><00:27:49.660><c> Japheth,</c><00:27:50.880><c> the</c><00:27:51.039><c> river</c><00:27:51.259><c> Tyrus</c><00:27:51.819><c> and</c><00:27:52.200><c> Tyrepolis.</c>

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:58.640
And<00:27:53.740><c> it</c><00:27:54.279><c> has</c><00:27:54.519><c> been</c><00:27:54.720><c> suggested</c><00:27:55.319><c> by</c><00:27:55.640><c> the</c><00:27:55.960><c> historians</c><00:27:56.519><c> that</c><00:27:57.200><c> perhaps</c><00:27:57.640><c> although</c><00:27:58.180><c> there</c><00:27:58.400><c> is</c>

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no<00:27:59.000><c> name</c><00:27:59.440><c> Rosh</c>

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:04.160
in<00:28:00.819><c> the</c><00:28:01.259><c> line</c><00:28:01.539><c> of</c><00:28:02.180><c> Japheth</c><00:28:02.599><c> in</c><00:28:02.799><c> the</c><00:28:02.920><c> Old</c><00:28:03.099><c> Testament,</c><00:28:03.680><c> that</c><00:28:03.799><c> that</c><00:28:03.960><c> is</c>

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possibly<00:28:04.660><c> Tyrus,</c><00:28:06.180><c> who</c><00:28:06.220><c> is</c><00:28:06.440><c> mentioned</c>

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:10.839
in<00:28:06.960><c> Genesis</c><00:28:07.339><c> chapter</c><00:28:07.680><c> 10</c><00:28:07.980><c> verse</c><00:28:08.259><c> 2,</c><00:28:09.420><c> who</c><00:28:09.579><c> is</c><00:28:09.920><c> identified</c><00:28:10.599><c> with</c>

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:13.160
the<00:28:11.039><c> Tauri,</c><00:28:11.859><c> who</c><00:28:12.000><c> were</c><00:28:12.220><c> known</c><00:28:12.440><c> by</c><00:28:12.740><c> the</c><00:28:12.900><c> Greeks</c>

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as<00:28:13.720><c> Ross,</c><00:28:15.220><c> and</c><00:28:15.420><c> they</c><00:28:15.680><c> settled</c><00:28:16.099><c> north</c><00:28:16.640><c> of</c><00:28:16.839><c> the</c><00:28:17.000><c> Black</c><00:28:17.299><c> Sea.</c>

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:22.859
And<00:28:19.000><c> it</c><00:28:19.140><c> has</c><00:28:19.319><c> been</c><00:28:19.559><c> suggested</c><00:28:20.059><c> by</c><00:28:20.420><c> some</c><00:28:20.579><c> in</c><00:28:20.759><c> our</c><00:28:20.900><c> community</c><00:28:21.359><c> that</c><00:28:21.980><c> Rosh</c><00:28:22.259><c> cannot</c><00:28:22.619><c> be</c>

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.720
a<00:28:23.019><c> proper</c><00:28:23.220><c> name</c><00:28:23.460><c> because</c>

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:26.180
we<00:28:23.920><c> never</c><00:28:24.140><c> find</c><00:28:24.480><c> it</c><00:28:24.819><c> as</c><00:28:25.140><c> such</c><00:28:25.319><c> in</c><00:28:25.539><c> the</c><00:28:25.720><c> scriptures.</c>

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That's<00:28:26.579><c> not</c><00:28:26.839><c> true,</c><00:28:27.180><c> is</c><00:28:27.240><c> it?</c>

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:33.839
We<00:28:29.420><c> do</c><00:28:29.700><c> find</c><00:28:29.960><c> Rosh</c><00:28:30.299><c> as</c><00:28:30.460><c> a</c><00:28:30.619><c> proper</c><00:28:30.839><c> name</c><00:28:31.240><c> in</c><00:28:31.920><c> the</c><00:28:32.019><c> book</c><00:28:32.160><c> of</c><00:28:32.380><c> Genesis,</c><00:28:32.759><c> don't</c><00:28:32.920><c> we?</c>

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In<00:28:34.220><c> Genesis</c><00:28:34.559><c> 46</c><00:28:35.240><c> and</c><00:28:35.440><c> verse</c><00:28:35.660><c> 21,</c><00:28:36.400><c> he's</c><00:28:36.579><c> one</c><00:28:36.779><c> of</c><00:28:36.920><c> the</c><00:28:37.019><c> sons</c><00:28:37.240><c> of</c><00:28:37.440><c> Benjamin,</c><00:28:38.079><c> so</c><00:28:38.380><c> Rosh</c><00:28:38.779><c> can</c><00:28:39.119><c> be</c><00:28:39.619><c> a</c><00:28:39.900><c> proper</c>

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name.

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And<00:28:41.660><c> I</c><00:28:41.859><c> think</c><00:28:42.059><c> that</c><00:28:42.240><c> it</c><00:28:42.359><c> is</c><00:28:42.579><c> well</c><00:28:42.920><c> documented.</c>

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:47.539
The<00:28:44.279><c> New</c><00:28:44.519><c> English</c><00:28:44.900><c> Bible,</c><00:28:45.599><c> Young's</c><00:28:46.039><c> Literal,</c><00:28:46.779><c> Rotherham's</c>

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:50.940
Translation,<00:28:49.240><c> the</c><00:28:49.440><c> Companion</c><00:28:49.900><c> Bible,</c><00:28:50.680><c> and</c><00:28:50.799><c> the</c>

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:54.000
Septuagint<00:28:51.579><c> Version,</c><00:28:51.960><c> which</c><00:28:52.059><c> was</c><00:28:52.259><c> written</c><00:28:52.500><c> over</c><00:28:52.980><c> 200</c><00:28:53.380><c> years</c>

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:56.119
before<00:28:54.480><c> the</c><00:28:54.660><c> Lord</c><00:28:54.859><c> Jesus</c><00:28:55.240><c> Christ,</c><00:28:55.839><c> all</c>

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:59.759
render<00:28:56.460><c> the</c><00:28:56.660><c> word</c><00:28:56.920><c> chief</c><00:28:57.819><c> as</c><00:28:58.799><c> Rosh.</c>

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:04.319
I<00:29:01.700><c> don't</c><00:29:01.940><c> think</c><00:29:02.059><c> there</c><00:29:02.180><c> should</c><00:29:02.359><c> be</c><00:29:02.519><c> any</c><00:29:02.740><c> doubt</c><00:29:02.920><c> in</c><00:29:03.160><c> our</c><00:29:03.319><c> minds.</c>

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:11.680
It<00:29:06.160><c> is</c><00:29:06.500><c> certainly</c><00:29:06.880><c> documented</c><00:29:07.539><c> historically</c><00:29:08.279><c> that</c><00:29:10.259><c> Rosh</c><00:29:10.700><c> has</c>

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:14.500
been<00:29:12.000><c> identified</c><00:29:12.740><c> as</c><00:29:13.019><c> modern</c><00:29:13.460><c> Russia</c>

00:29:14.869 --> 00:29:16.619
by<00:29:15.319><c> the</c><00:29:15.660><c> historians.</c>

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The<00:29:17.740><c> Mishek</c><00:29:18.619><c> is</c><00:29:19.000><c> Muscai</c><00:29:19.640><c> recognized</c><00:29:20.220><c> as</c><00:29:20.420><c> the</c><00:29:20.599><c> ancient</c><00:29:20.920><c> form</c>

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:25.519
of<00:29:21.480><c> Moscovy,</c><00:29:23.039><c> from</c><00:29:23.160><c> whence</c><00:29:23.500><c> comes</c><00:29:23.740><c> Mosco</c><00:29:24.400><c> and</c>

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:28.400
the<00:29:25.619><c> Meshkita</c><00:29:26.359><c> in</c><00:29:26.720><c> eastern</c><00:29:27.059><c> Georgia.</c>

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:37.019
And<00:29:29.759><c> that</c><00:29:29.960><c> Tubal</c><00:29:30.299><c> is</c><00:29:30.559><c> the</c><00:29:31.900><c> old</c><00:29:32.240><c> name</c><00:29:32.480><c> for</c><00:29:32.759><c> Tabali</c><00:29:33.460><c> or</c><00:29:34.039><c> the</c><00:29:34.660><c> Tabarinai,</c><00:29:36.339><c> a</c><00:29:36.460><c> reference</c><00:29:36.759><c> to</c>

00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.440
the<00:29:37.180><c> peoples</c>

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:43.319
that<00:29:37.839><c> settled</c><00:29:38.119><c> along</c><00:29:39.299><c> the</c><00:29:39.460><c> river</c><00:29:39.740><c> Thobel</c><00:29:40.920><c> and</c><00:29:41.619><c> eventually</c><00:29:42.180><c> became</c><00:29:42.640><c> known</c><00:29:42.960><c> in</c>

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:47.579
the<00:29:43.559><c> 1500s</c><00:29:45.039><c> in</c><00:29:45.920><c> the</c><00:29:46.019><c> city</c><00:29:46.279><c> of</c><00:29:46.500><c> Tobolski.</c>

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And<00:29:48.440><c> these</c><00:29:48.640><c> were</c><00:29:48.859><c> nations</c><00:29:49.420><c> which</c><00:29:50.019><c> occupied</c><00:29:50.680><c> the</c><00:29:51.019><c> territory</c>

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:54.220
north<00:29:51.779><c> of</c><00:29:51.960><c> Israel,</c><00:29:52.660><c> north</c><00:29:52.960><c> of</c><00:29:53.819><c> the</c><00:29:53.960><c> Black</c>

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:59.259
Sea,<00:29:54.700><c> in</c><00:29:55.099><c> Scythian</c><00:29:55.539><c> territory,</c><00:29:56.619><c> in</c><00:29:56.900><c> the</c><00:29:57.079><c> days</c><00:29:57.299><c> of</c><00:29:57.559><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:29:58.299><c> time.</c>

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:04.160
And<00:30:00.000><c> it's</c><00:30:00.200><c> the</c><00:30:00.359><c> same</c><00:30:00.559><c> with</c><00:30:00.819><c> the</c><00:30:00.980><c> people</c><00:30:01.539><c> of</c><00:30:02.220><c> Gomorrah.</c>

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:09.759
I<00:30:07.559><c> thought</c><00:30:07.779><c> I</c><00:30:07.940><c> would</c><00:30:08.099><c> have</c><00:30:08.259><c> had</c><00:30:08.400><c> plenty</c><00:30:08.720><c> of</c><00:30:08.880><c> time</c><00:30:09.119><c> this</c><00:30:09.339><c> morning</c><00:30:09.559><c> on</c>

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.819
this<00:30:09.940><c> issue.</c>

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:14.660
And<00:30:11.220><c> I</c><00:30:11.400><c> see</c><00:30:11.640><c> the</c><00:30:11.940><c> clock</c><00:30:12.099><c> is</c><00:30:12.460><c> ticking,</c><00:30:13.160><c> as</c><00:30:13.460><c> we</c><00:30:13.940><c> tried</c><00:30:14.220><c> to</c><00:30:14.380><c> remind</c>

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everybody<00:30:15.039><c> yesterday</c><00:30:16.079><c> with</c><00:30:16.420><c> the</c><00:30:16.559><c> signs</c>

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.799
of<00:30:17.319><c> the</c><00:30:17.519><c> times.</c>

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:21.099
We're<00:30:18.079><c> running</c><00:30:18.359><c> out</c><00:30:18.680><c> of</c><00:30:18.920><c> time</c><00:30:19.440><c> a</c><00:30:19.940><c> little</c><00:30:20.180><c> bit.</c>

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:26.000
Look<00:30:21.599><c> at</c><00:30:21.900><c> Gomorrah,</c><00:30:23.420><c> to</c><00:30:23.539><c> Gomorrah</c><00:30:24.079><c> and</c><00:30:24.339><c> Persia</c><00:30:24.680><c> and</c><00:30:24.900><c> Ethiopia.</c>

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:31.339
Gomorrah<00:30:27.019><c> was</c><00:30:27.259><c> a</c><00:30:27.480><c> son</c><00:30:27.619><c> of</c><00:30:27.900><c> Japheth</c><00:30:28.519><c> that</c><00:30:29.900><c> travelled</c><00:30:30.460><c> northward</c><00:30:31.039><c> to</c><00:30:31.220><c> the</c>

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:32.559
Black<00:30:31.660><c> Sea.</c>

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:36.359
And<00:30:33.920><c> they</c><00:30:34.039><c> became</c><00:30:34.359><c> known</c><00:30:34.599><c> as</c><00:30:34.799><c> the</c><00:30:35.180><c> Cimmerans.</c>

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:40.539
And<00:30:36.660><c> the</c><00:30:36.859><c> Scythian</c><00:30:37.160><c> power</c><00:30:37.700><c> were</c><00:30:37.980><c> the</c><00:30:38.359><c> instrumental</c><00:30:39.000><c> in</c><00:30:39.279><c> pushing</c><00:30:39.720><c> down</c>

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:42.740
the<00:30:40.900><c> Cimmerans</c><00:30:41.619><c> away</c><00:30:42.200><c> from</c><00:30:42.440><c> that</c>

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:45.460
northern<00:30:43.059><c> section</c><00:30:43.519><c> so</c><00:30:43.960><c> that</c><00:30:44.099><c> they</c><00:30:44.460><c> spread</c><00:30:44.680><c> a</c><00:30:44.839><c> little</c><00:30:45.059><c> further</c>

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:47.160
south,<00:30:46.059><c> they</c><00:30:46.180><c> went</c><00:30:46.440><c> westward</c><00:30:46.920><c> and</c><00:30:47.059><c> they</c>

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:48.640
went<00:30:47.420><c> eastward.</c>

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The<00:30:49.660><c> Cimmerans</c><00:30:50.319><c> settled</c><00:30:51.200><c> in</c><00:30:51.940><c> Europe.</c>

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:57.299
And<00:30:54.039><c> they</c><00:30:54.200><c> became</c><00:30:54.420><c> known</c><00:30:54.839><c> as</c><00:30:55.099><c> the</c><00:30:55.380><c> Gauls,</c><00:30:56.079><c> or</c><00:30:56.339><c> in</c><00:30:56.640><c> Asia</c><00:30:56.900><c> Minor</c>

00:30:57.299 --> 00:31:00.160
and<00:30:57.500><c> that</c><00:30:57.680><c> area</c><00:30:58.019><c> as</c><00:30:58.299><c> the</c><00:30:58.660><c> Galatians.</c>

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:05.880
They<00:31:01.460><c> also</c><00:31:01.859><c> became</c><00:31:02.220><c> known</c><00:31:02.960><c> as</c><00:31:03.180><c> the</c><00:31:03.359><c> Celtic</c><00:31:03.920><c> people</c><00:31:04.420><c> that</c><00:31:04.920><c> settled</c><00:31:05.220><c> in</c>

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:07.960
Wales<00:31:06.319><c> and</c><00:31:07.019><c> areas</c><00:31:07.400><c> of</c><00:31:07.660><c> Scotland</c>

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and<00:31:08.279><c> Ireland.</c>

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:13.460
And<00:31:10.039><c> so</c><00:31:10.119><c> we</c><00:31:10.220><c> have</c><00:31:10.400><c> Gomorrah</c><00:31:10.920><c> in</c><00:31:11.980><c> the</c><00:31:11.980><c> areas</c><00:31:12.599><c> of</c><00:31:12.920><c> France,</c><00:31:13.240><c> the</c>

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:17.079
Gauls,<00:31:14.259><c> and</c><00:31:14.380><c> we</c><00:31:14.480><c> also</c><00:31:14.819><c> have</c><00:31:15.019><c> Gomorrah</c><00:31:15.480><c> and</c><00:31:15.680><c> Togomorrah</c>

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:21.819
in<00:31:17.619><c> the</c><00:31:18.200><c> sections</c><00:31:18.559><c> of</c><00:31:18.900><c> Turkey</c><00:31:19.299><c> and</c><00:31:20.039><c> Armenia</c><00:31:20.500><c> today.</c>

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:27.119
And<00:31:23.720><c> we</c><00:31:23.859><c> need</c><00:31:24.059><c> no</c><00:31:24.339><c> introduction</c><00:31:24.900><c> to</c><00:31:25.200><c> who</c><00:31:25.960><c> Persia,</c><00:31:26.500><c> Libya</c><00:31:26.819><c> and</c>

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:28.980
Ethiopia<00:31:27.720><c> are.</c>

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:34.400
Ethiopia<00:31:29.920><c> probably</c><00:31:31.019><c> is</c><00:31:32.279><c> the</c><00:31:32.500><c> Sudan</c><00:31:32.920><c> that</c><00:31:33.480><c> we</c><00:31:33.700><c> know</c><00:31:33.920><c> today</c><00:31:34.279><c> and</c>

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:36.259
not<00:31:34.640><c> the</c><00:31:34.799><c> modern</c><00:31:35.119><c> Ethiopia.</c>

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:40.220
And<00:31:37.460><c> Libya</c><00:31:37.720><c> is</c><00:31:37.980><c> Libya</c><00:31:38.400><c> and</c><00:31:38.759><c> always</c><00:31:39.000><c> will</c><00:31:39.259><c> be.</c>

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:42.900
And<00:31:41.259><c> Persia</c><00:31:41.799><c> is</c><00:31:42.160><c> modern</c><00:31:42.460><c> Iran.</c>

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:48.420
These<00:31:43.599><c> are</c><00:31:43.839><c> the</c><00:31:43.980><c> nations</c><00:31:44.480><c> which</c><00:31:44.960><c> are</c><00:31:45.339><c> settled</c><00:31:45.799><c> in</c><00:31:46.460><c> the</c><00:31:46.839><c> territories</c><00:31:47.339><c> around</c>

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.420
Israel<00:31:48.859><c> at</c><00:31:49.079><c> the</c><00:31:49.220><c> time</c>

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of<00:31:49.660><c> Ezekiel.</c>

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:53.759
And<00:31:50.660><c> when</c><00:31:50.740><c> we</c><00:31:50.920><c> put</c><00:31:51.099><c> the</c><00:31:51.440><c> nations</c><00:31:51.640><c> there</c><00:31:51.920><c> on</c><00:31:52.140><c> the</c><00:31:52.319><c> map,</c><00:31:53.420><c> we</c><00:31:53.559><c> get</c>

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:55.819
a<00:31:53.960><c> flare</c><00:31:54.119><c> for</c><00:31:54.559><c> where</c><00:31:54.920><c> these</c><00:31:55.180><c> nations</c><00:31:55.539><c> were</c>

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.839
located.

00:31:56.859 --> 00:32:01.019
In<00:31:57.119><c> the</c><00:31:57.339><c> days</c><00:31:57.539><c> of</c><00:31:57.779><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:31:59.720><c> the</c><00:31:59.880><c> descendants</c><00:32:00.319><c> of</c><00:32:00.559><c> all</c><00:32:00.799><c> these</c>

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:02.920
nations<00:32:01.599><c> wandered</c><00:32:02.259><c> throughout</c><00:32:02.579><c> the</c>

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:06.400
territories<00:32:03.380><c> described</c><00:32:04.319><c> in</c><00:32:04.700><c> Ezekiel</c><00:32:05.140><c> 38.</c>

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:09.779
Gomorrah<00:32:07.420><c> in</c><00:32:07.500><c> the</c><00:32:07.720><c> west,</c><00:32:08.619><c> Magog</c><00:32:08.920><c> in</c><00:32:09.079><c> the</c><00:32:09.259><c> north</c><00:32:09.440><c> in</c><00:32:09.640><c> the</c>

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:13.019
Syrian<00:32:10.039><c> territory,</c><00:32:11.500><c> Mishek,</c><00:32:11.980><c> Togomar,</c><00:32:12.599><c> Chubal,</c>

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:15.940
Persia,<00:32:13.880><c> Libya</c><00:32:14.200><c> and</c><00:32:14.640><c> Ethiopia.</c>

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:21.299
Quite<00:32:18.200><c> a</c><00:32:18.500><c> spread</c><00:32:18.640><c> of</c><00:32:18.900><c> nations</c><00:32:19.240><c> across</c><00:32:20.160><c> western</c><00:32:20.779><c> and</c><00:32:21.019><c> eastern</c>

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:25.900
Europe,<00:32:23.380><c> right</c><00:32:23.700><c> down</c><00:32:23.940><c> to</c><00:32:24.140><c> the</c><00:32:24.299><c> river</c><00:32:24.519><c> Indus</c>

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:28.180
on<00:32:26.480><c> the</c><00:32:26.599><c> borders</c><00:32:26.819><c> of</c><00:32:27.099><c> Pakistan.</c>

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:35.079
And<00:32:30.279><c> we</c><00:32:30.440><c> want</c><00:32:30.599><c> to</c><00:32:31.079><c> take</c><00:32:31.339><c> that</c><00:32:32.380><c> image</c><00:32:32.799><c> now</c><00:32:33.440><c> and</c><00:32:34.160><c> we</c><00:32:34.299><c> want</c><00:32:34.480><c> to</c><00:32:34.700><c> look</c><00:32:34.839><c> at</c>

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:37.720
the<00:32:35.440><c> relevance</c><00:32:35.980><c> of</c><00:32:36.279><c> that</c><00:32:36.539><c> image</c>

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:41.160
to<00:32:38.920><c> Daniel</c><00:32:39.259><c> chapter</c><00:32:39.640><c> 8.</c>

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:44.099
Turn<00:32:41.839><c> with</c><00:32:42.019><c> me</c><00:32:42.119><c> to</c><00:32:42.240><c> Daniel</c><00:32:42.579><c> chapter</c><00:32:42.880><c> 8.</c>

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We<00:32:44.579><c> see</c><00:32:44.779><c> the</c><00:32:45.079><c> relevance</c><00:32:45.880><c> of</c><00:32:47.019><c> identifying</c><00:32:47.640><c> these</c><00:32:47.980><c> nations</c><00:32:48.759><c> as</c>

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they<00:32:51.579><c> pertain</c><00:32:52.180><c> to</c><00:32:52.539><c> Daniel's</c><00:32:53.200><c> prophecy</c>

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chapter<00:32:54.359><c> 8.</c>

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What<00:32:57.559><c> we</c><00:32:57.759><c> have</c><00:32:57.880><c> in</c><00:32:58.019><c> Daniel</c><00:32:58.299><c> chapter</c><00:32:58.599><c> 8</c><00:32:58.740><c> is</c><00:32:58.920><c> a</c><00:32:59.119><c> prophecy</c><00:32:59.500><c> of</c><00:33:00.140><c> a</c><00:33:00.299><c> ram</c><00:33:00.480><c> and</c><00:33:00.819><c> a</c>

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he<00:33:01.160><c> goat.</c>

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One<00:33:03.579><c> of</c><00:33:03.700><c> the</c><00:33:03.839><c> remarkable</c><00:33:04.279><c> things</c><00:33:04.619><c> about</c><00:33:04.880><c> the</c><00:33:05.099><c> prophecies</c><00:33:05.420><c> of</c>

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:08.119
Daniel<00:33:05.920><c> is</c><00:33:06.140><c> that</c><00:33:06.380><c> he</c><00:33:06.680><c> provides</c><00:33:07.200><c> us</c><00:33:07.579><c> through</c><00:33:07.880><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:33:08.359><c> with</c><00:33:08.599><c> the</c><00:33:08.759><c> answers</c><00:33:09.259><c> to</c><00:33:09.859><c> who</c><00:33:10.059><c> these</c><00:33:10.299><c> nations</c><00:33:10.680><c> are.</c>

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:18.259
And<00:33:12.279><c> chapter</c><00:33:12.579><c> 8</c><00:33:13.079><c> verses</c><00:33:13.599><c> 3</c><00:33:15.259><c> says,</c><00:33:15.720><c> I</c><00:33:15.720><c> lifted</c><00:33:16.019><c> up</c><00:33:16.299><c> mine</c><00:33:16.440><c> eyes</c><00:33:16.759><c> and</c><00:33:17.000><c> saw</c><00:33:17.319><c> and</c><00:33:17.740><c> behold</c><00:33:18.039><c> I</c>

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stood<00:33:18.460><c> before</c><00:33:19.140><c> the</c>

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river<00:33:19.940><c> a</c><00:33:20.180><c> ram</c><00:33:20.359><c> which</c><00:33:20.599><c> had</c><00:33:20.799><c> two</c><00:33:21.119><c> horns.</c>

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:25.339
And<00:33:22.680><c> the</c><00:33:22.819><c> two</c><00:33:23.099><c> horns</c><00:33:23.359><c> were</c><00:33:23.660><c> high</c><00:33:24.140><c> but</c><00:33:24.519><c> one</c><00:33:24.720><c> was</c><00:33:24.940><c> higher</c><00:33:25.220><c> than</c>

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:28.039
the<00:33:25.599><c> other</c><00:33:25.759><c> and</c><00:33:26.000><c> the</c><00:33:26.259><c> higher</c><00:33:26.500><c> came</c><00:33:26.839><c> at</c><00:33:27.119><c> last.</c>

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And<00:33:28.920><c> I</c><00:33:29.079><c> saw</c><00:33:29.240><c> the</c><00:33:29.460><c> ram</c><00:33:29.599><c> pushing</c><00:33:29.960><c> westward</c><00:33:30.440><c> and</c><00:33:30.680><c> northward</c><00:33:31.059><c> and</c>

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southward<00:33:31.859><c> so</c><00:33:32.200><c> that</c><00:33:32.380><c> no</c><00:33:32.640><c> beast</c><00:33:32.980><c> might</c><00:33:33.279><c> stand</c>

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before<00:33:34.019><c> him</c><00:33:34.440><c> neither</c><00:33:34.759><c> was</c><00:33:35.059><c> there</c><00:33:35.460><c> any</c><00:33:35.740><c> that</c><00:33:35.920><c> could</c><00:33:36.180><c> deliver</c>

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out<00:33:36.880><c> of</c><00:33:37.019><c> his</c><00:33:37.240><c> hand</c><00:33:37.579><c> but</c><00:33:37.980><c> he</c><00:33:38.259><c> did</c><00:33:38.480><c> according</c>

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:41.500
to<00:33:39.140><c> his</c><00:33:39.359><c> will</c><00:33:39.579><c> and</c><00:33:39.859><c> became</c><00:33:40.220><c> great.</c>

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As<00:33:42.279><c> I</c><00:33:42.500><c> was</c><00:33:42.720><c> considering</c><00:33:43.259><c> behold</c><00:33:43.819><c> and</c><00:33:44.299><c> he</c><00:33:44.500><c> goat</c><00:33:44.759><c> came</c><00:33:45.099><c> from</c><00:33:45.319><c> the</c>

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west<00:33:45.680><c> on</c><00:33:45.880><c> the</c><00:33:46.079><c> face</c><00:33:46.220><c> of</c><00:33:46.420><c> the</c><00:33:46.539><c> whole</c><00:33:46.740><c> earth</c>

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and<00:33:47.579><c> touched</c><00:33:47.940><c> not</c><00:33:48.220><c> the</c><00:33:48.460><c> ground</c><00:33:48.819><c> and</c><00:33:49.359><c> the</c><00:33:49.500><c> goat</c><00:33:49.740><c> had</c><00:33:49.940><c> a</c><00:33:50.240><c> notable</c>

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horn<00:33:50.960><c> between</c><00:33:51.420><c> his</c><00:33:51.680><c> eyes</c><00:33:52.299><c> and</c><00:33:53.559><c> he</c><00:33:53.759><c> came</c>

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to<00:33:54.180><c> the</c><00:33:54.359><c> ram</c><00:33:54.640><c> that</c><00:33:55.180><c> had</c><00:33:55.380><c> two</c><00:33:55.660><c> horns</c><00:33:55.960><c> which</c><00:33:56.180><c> he</c><00:33:56.380><c> had</c><00:33:56.680><c> seen</c><00:33:56.980><c> standing</c><00:33:57.359><c> before</c><00:33:57.720><c> the</c>

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river<00:33:58.240><c> and</c><00:33:58.839><c> ran</c><00:33:59.099><c> unto</c>

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him<00:33:59.700><c> in</c><00:34:00.099><c> the</c><00:34:00.299><c> fury</c><00:34:00.640><c> of</c><00:34:00.980><c> his</c><00:34:01.279><c> power.</c>

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And<00:34:02.579><c> the</c><00:34:02.740><c> end</c><00:34:03.000><c> product</c><00:34:03.319><c> was</c><00:34:03.920><c> that</c><00:34:05.119><c> the</c><00:34:05.299><c> ram</c><00:34:05.420><c> was</c><00:34:05.680><c> destroyed</c><00:34:06.380><c> by</c>

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this<00:34:07.579><c> ferocious</c><00:34:08.679><c> he</c><00:34:09.059><c> goat.</c>

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Now<00:34:13.000><c> Daniel</c><00:34:13.639><c> is</c><00:34:13.920><c> given</c><00:34:14.440><c> the</c><00:34:15.380><c> identification</c><00:34:16.059><c> of</c><00:34:16.280><c> the</c><00:34:16.440><c> ram</c><00:34:16.519><c> and</c>

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the<00:34:16.860><c> he</c><00:34:16.940><c> goat</c><00:34:17.139><c> isn't</c><00:34:17.500><c> he</c><00:34:17.880><c> in</c><00:34:18.340><c> verses</c>

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20<00:34:19.079><c> and</c><00:34:19.199><c> 21.</c>

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He<00:34:21.280><c> says</c><00:34:21.460><c> the</c><00:34:21.579><c> ram</c><00:34:21.820><c> which</c><00:34:22.039><c> thou</c><00:34:22.360><c> sawest</c><00:34:22.679><c> having</c><00:34:22.960><c> two</c><00:34:23.480><c> horns</c>

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:26.199
one<00:34:24.599><c> which</c><00:34:24.820><c> was</c><00:34:25.139><c> higher</c><00:34:25.460><c> than</c><00:34:25.639><c> the</c><00:34:25.860><c> other</c>

00:34:26.199 --> 00:34:33.039
was<00:34:26.699><c> the</c><00:34:27.139><c> Medo</c><00:34:27.500><c>-Persian</c><00:34:28.000><c> Empire</c><00:34:28.719><c> and</c><00:34:29.860><c> of</c><00:34:30.059><c> course</c><00:34:30.260><c> the</c><00:34:30.579><c> one</c><00:34:30.760><c> being</c><00:34:31.000><c> higher</c><00:34:31.559><c> indicates</c><00:34:32.159><c> the</c><00:34:32.539><c> dominance</c>

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:37.079
of<00:34:33.280><c> the</c><00:34:33.500><c> Persian</c><00:34:33.880><c> element</c><00:34:34.539><c> of</c><00:34:34.920><c> the</c><00:34:35.079><c> Medo</c><00:34:35.360><c>-Persian</c><00:34:35.679><c> Empire</c><00:34:36.199><c> just</c><00:34:36.639><c> like</c><00:34:36.840><c> the</c>

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bear<00:34:37.219><c> which</c><00:34:37.500><c> raised</c><00:34:37.760><c> itself</c>

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up<00:34:38.360><c> on</c><00:34:38.619><c> one</c><00:34:38.920><c> side</c><00:34:39.340><c> in</c><00:34:39.679><c> Daniel</c><00:34:40.000><c> chapter</c><00:34:40.300><c> 7.</c>

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And<00:34:42.300><c> the</c><00:34:42.480><c> rough</c><00:34:42.780><c> goat</c><00:34:43.059><c> is</c><00:34:43.260><c> the</c><00:34:43.480><c> king</c><00:34:43.699><c> of</c><00:34:44.019><c> Grisha</c><00:34:44.440><c> and</c><00:34:45.179><c> the</c><00:34:45.440><c> great</c><00:34:45.679><c> horn</c>

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:47.239
that<00:34:46.019><c> is</c><00:34:46.199><c> between</c><00:34:46.559><c> his</c><00:34:46.800><c> eyes</c><00:34:47.000><c> is</c>

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the<00:34:47.519><c> first</c><00:34:47.960><c> king.</c>

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:52.159
And<00:34:49.880><c> whilst</c><00:34:50.079><c> Philip</c><00:34:50.420><c> of</c><00:34:50.599><c> Macedon</c><00:34:51.039><c> was</c><00:34:51.260><c> the</c><00:34:51.440><c> king</c><00:34:51.659><c> of</c><00:34:51.960><c> Greece</c>

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:54.380
before<00:34:52.679><c> Alexander</c><00:34:53.239><c> the</c><00:34:53.539><c> Great</c><00:34:53.780><c> it</c><00:34:54.159><c> was</c>

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:58.219
Alexander<00:34:54.880><c> the</c><00:34:55.139><c> Great</c><00:34:55.340><c> which</c><00:34:55.719><c> unified</c><00:34:56.360><c> the</c><00:34:56.619><c> Greek</c><00:34:56.880><c> Empire</c><00:34:57.420><c> and</c><00:34:57.840><c> gave</c><00:34:58.059><c> it</c>

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its<00:34:58.539><c> greatness.</c>

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And<00:35:01.440><c> Alexander</c><00:35:01.840><c> the</c><00:35:02.159><c> Great</c><00:35:02.340><c> at</c><00:35:02.559><c> the</c><00:35:02.739><c> age</c><00:35:02.940><c> of</c><00:35:03.260><c> 31</c><00:35:03.739><c> has</c><00:35:04.239><c> been</c><00:35:04.519><c> described</c><00:35:05.000><c> by</c>

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:06.280
the<00:35:05.619><c> historians</c><00:35:05.980><c> brothers</c>

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:09.699
and<00:35:06.639><c> sisters</c><00:35:06.639><c> as</c><00:35:07.039><c> one</c><00:35:07.239><c> of</c><00:35:07.380><c> the</c><00:35:07.679><c> greatest</c><00:35:08.159><c> generals</c><00:35:08.719><c> of</c><00:35:08.980><c> all</c><00:35:09.280><c> time.</c>

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:19.119
A<00:35:10.360><c> young</c><00:35:10.719><c> man</c><00:35:10.960><c> of</c><00:35:11.300><c> 31</c><00:35:11.940><c> who</c><00:35:14.139><c> when</c><00:35:14.360><c> he</c><00:35:14.639><c> rode</c><00:35:14.800><c> into</c><00:35:15.139><c> Jerusalem</c><00:35:16.099><c> after</c><00:35:18.079><c> conquering</c><00:35:18.719><c> the</c>

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nation<00:35:19.420><c> of</c><00:35:19.699><c> Israel</c><00:35:20.139><c> rode</c>

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:23.820
in<00:35:20.880><c> on</c><00:35:21.039><c> a</c><00:35:21.260><c> white</c><00:35:21.579><c> charger</c><00:35:22.119><c> it</c><00:35:22.579><c> is</c><00:35:22.780><c> believed.</c>

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:30.380
We<00:35:25.039><c> think</c><00:35:25.260><c> of</c><00:35:25.480><c> another</c><00:35:25.719><c> man</c><00:35:26.059><c> at</c><00:35:26.320><c> the</c><00:35:26.420><c> age</c><00:35:26.619><c> of</c><00:35:27.599><c> 31</c><00:35:28.059><c>-33</c><00:35:28.659><c> who</c><00:35:29.280><c> likewise</c><00:35:30.059><c> rode</c>

00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:32.800
into<00:35:30.679><c> Jerusalem</c><00:35:31.340><c> with</c><00:35:31.880><c> a</c><00:35:32.059><c> little</c>

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:38.440
on<00:35:33.460><c> an</c><00:35:33.980><c> S,</c><00:35:34.539><c> the</c><00:35:34.760><c> cult</c><00:35:35.039><c> of</c><00:35:35.280><c> an</c><00:35:35.480><c> S,</c><00:35:35.920><c> which</c><00:35:36.099><c> is</c><00:35:36.300><c> the</c><00:35:36.460><c> description</c><00:35:36.920><c> of</c><00:35:37.159><c> Zechariah</c><00:35:37.760><c> 9</c>

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:40.199
which<00:35:38.840><c> describes</c><00:35:39.400><c> the</c><00:35:39.719><c> invasion</c>

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:44.980
of<00:35:41.280><c> the</c><00:35:41.800><c> Greek</c><00:35:42.239><c> Empire</c><00:35:42.760><c> upon</c><00:35:42.980><c> the</c><00:35:43.380><c> nation</c><00:35:43.659><c> of</c><00:35:43.880><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:35:46.280><c> the</c><00:35:46.420><c> battle</c><00:35:46.639><c> of</c><00:35:46.880><c> Isis</c><00:35:48.079><c> in</c><00:35:48.420><c> BC</c><00:35:48.900><c> 333</c><00:35:50.019><c> is</c><00:35:50.840><c> the</c><00:35:51.119><c> battle</c><00:35:51.400><c> which</c>

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:55.280
changed<00:35:53.360><c> history</c><00:35:53.860><c> as</c><00:35:53.980><c> it</c><00:35:54.199><c> were</c><00:35:54.360><c> for</c><00:35:54.559><c> the</c><00:35:54.699><c> Medo</c><00:35:54.920><c>-Persians</c>

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:58.179
because<00:35:55.579><c> they</c><00:35:55.719><c> were</c><00:35:55.940><c> destroyed</c><00:35:56.519><c> by</c><00:35:57.019><c> Alexander</c><00:35:57.519><c> the</c><00:35:57.820><c> Great.</c>

00:35:58.179 --> 00:36:03.860
But<00:35:58.800><c> you</c><00:35:59.059><c> see</c><00:35:59.199><c> when</c><00:35:59.500><c> Alexander</c><00:36:00.039><c> became</c><00:36:00.539><c> strong</c><00:36:00.980><c> he</c><00:36:01.179><c> was</c><00:36:01.440><c> broken</c><00:36:01.860><c> as</c><00:36:02.800><c> the</c><00:36:03.059><c> record</c><00:36:03.340><c> tells</c><00:36:03.659><c> us</c>

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verse<00:36:04.079><c> 8.</c>

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The<00:36:06.179><c> ego</c><00:36:06.519><c> waxed</c><00:36:06.960><c> very</c><00:36:07.360><c> great</c><00:36:07.539><c> and</c><00:36:07.679><c> when</c><00:36:07.800><c> he</c><00:36:07.920><c> was</c><00:36:08.199><c> strong</c><00:36:08.559><c> the</c>

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:12.800
great<00:36:09.460><c> horn</c><00:36:09.719><c> was</c><00:36:10.139><c> broken</c><00:36:10.579><c> and</c><00:36:11.400><c> there</c><00:36:11.639><c> came</c><00:36:11.880><c> up</c>

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:15.760
four<00:36:13.260><c> notable</c><00:36:13.840><c> horns</c><00:36:14.219><c> towards</c><00:36:14.639><c> the</c><00:36:14.920><c> four</c><00:36:15.099><c> wings</c><00:36:15.280><c> of</c><00:36:15.519><c> heaven.</c>

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And<00:36:16.179><c> at</c><00:36:16.340><c> the</c><00:36:16.460><c> age</c><00:36:16.679><c> of</c><00:36:17.019><c> 33</c><00:36:17.619><c> it</c><00:36:18.579><c> is</c><00:36:18.820><c> reputed</c><00:36:19.320><c> that</c><00:36:19.579><c> Alexander</c><00:36:20.099><c> the</c>

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:26.599
Great<00:36:20.880><c> died</c><00:36:21.500><c> in</c><00:36:21.719><c> a</c><00:36:21.860><c> drunken</c><00:36:22.199><c> stupor</c><00:36:23.139><c> in</c><00:36:23.400><c> the</c>

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:29.380
conquests<00:36:27.480><c> at</c><00:36:27.900><c> the</c><00:36:28.099><c> young</c><00:36:28.300><c> age</c><00:36:28.639><c> of</c><00:36:28.900><c> 33.</c>

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:34.780
And<00:36:29.960><c> because</c><00:36:30.219><c> he</c><00:36:30.400><c> had</c><00:36:30.619><c> no</c><00:36:30.980><c> heirs</c><00:36:31.920><c> the</c><00:36:32.760><c> division</c><00:36:33.119><c> of</c><00:36:33.320><c> the</c><00:36:33.500><c> kingdom</c><00:36:34.000><c> was</c>

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:36.579
divided<00:36:35.139><c> between</c><00:36:35.500><c> the</c><00:36:35.760><c> four</c><00:36:35.980><c> generals,</c>

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:44.900
Seleucus<00:36:37.579><c> in</c><00:36:40.559><c> the</c><00:36:40.739><c> northeast,</c><00:36:42.139><c> Ptolemy</c><00:36:42.619><c> in</c><00:36:42.760><c> the</c><00:36:43.019><c> south,</c><00:36:44.099><c> Lycemaeus</c><00:36:44.719><c> in</c>

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:48.500
the<00:36:45.119><c> northwest</c><00:36:45.619><c> and</c><00:36:47.280><c> Cassandra</c>

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:52.159
in<00:36:49.019><c> the</c><00:36:49.719><c> west,</c><00:36:50.579><c> the</c><00:36:50.840><c> four</c><00:36:51.119><c> generals.</c>

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:58.940
And<00:36:52.980><c> scripture</c><00:36:53.420><c> is</c><00:36:53.659><c> only</c><00:36:53.900><c> concerned</c><00:36:54.300><c> with</c><00:36:54.539><c> two</c><00:36:54.800><c> of</c><00:36:55.000><c> them,</c><00:36:57.340><c> Seleucus</c><00:36:57.679><c> and</c><00:36:57.840><c> Ptolemy.</c>

00:36:59.400 --> 00:37:01.780
There<00:36:59.599><c> was</c><00:36:59.780><c> the</c><00:37:00.000><c> king</c><00:37:00.199><c> of</c><00:37:00.380><c> the</c><00:37:00.519><c> north</c><00:37:00.699><c> and</c><00:37:00.860><c> the</c><00:37:01.019><c> king</c><00:37:01.159><c> of</c><00:37:01.340><c> the</c><00:37:01.539><c> south.</c>

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:06.579
Let<00:37:02.099><c> me</c><00:37:02.199><c> just</c><00:37:02.480><c> show</c><00:37:02.659><c> you</c><00:37:02.800><c> where</c><00:37:02.960><c> they</c><00:37:03.199><c> are</c><00:37:03.760><c> for</c><00:37:04.659><c> the</c><00:37:05.880><c> map's</c><00:37:06.340><c> benefit.</c>

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:11.619
Ignore<00:37:07.000><c> the</c><00:37:07.199><c> writing,</c><00:37:07.559><c> this</c><00:37:07.699><c> is</c><00:37:09.519><c> just</c><00:37:10.179><c> to</c><00:37:10.360><c> show</c><00:37:10.500><c> you</c><00:37:10.679><c> the</c><00:37:10.840><c> map.</c>

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:16.320
But<00:37:12.480><c> the</c><00:37:12.659><c> Seleucid</c><00:37:13.179><c> Empire,</c><00:37:14.880><c> the</c><00:37:15.019><c> northern</c><00:37:15.440><c> king</c><00:37:15.739><c> of</c><00:37:15.980><c> Greece</c>

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:19.000
was<00:37:16.619><c> in</c><00:37:16.780><c> this</c><00:37:17.039><c> green</c><00:37:17.380><c> territory</c><00:37:17.920><c> here</c>

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:24.139
and<00:37:19.340><c> the</c><00:37:19.519><c> Ptolemic</c><00:37:20.119><c> Empire</c><00:37:20.539><c> was</c><00:37:20.739><c> the</c><00:37:20.940><c> yellow</c><00:37:21.300><c> area</c><00:37:22.559><c> of</c><00:37:23.119><c> Egypt.</c>

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:28.539
And<00:37:24.579><c> those</c><00:37:24.780><c> two</c><00:37:25.000><c> nations,</c><00:37:25.519><c> those</c><00:37:25.800><c> two</c><00:37:26.079><c> powers</c><00:37:26.400><c> within</c><00:37:26.719><c> Greece,</c><00:37:28.360><c> vied</c>

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:31.079
for<00:37:28.860><c> position</c><00:37:29.440><c> in</c><00:37:30.139><c> trying</c><00:37:30.380><c> to</c><00:37:30.719><c> dominate</c>

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:34.380
the<00:37:31.320><c> Middle</c><00:37:31.579><c> East</c><00:37:31.820><c> in</c><00:37:31.940><c> Israel</c><00:37:32.480><c> and</c><00:37:33.420><c> they</c><00:37:33.739><c> fought</c><00:37:33.940><c> with</c><00:37:34.139><c> each</c>

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:35.659
other<00:37:34.599><c> and</c><00:37:34.800><c> that's</c><00:37:35.079><c> the</c><00:37:35.300><c> description</c>

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:38.539
that<00:37:35.840><c> we're</c><00:37:36.019><c> given</c><00:37:36.219><c> in</c><00:37:36.400><c> Daniel</c><00:37:36.760><c> chapter</c><00:37:37.159><c> 11,</c><00:37:38.000><c> the</c><00:37:38.139><c> king</c><00:37:38.360><c> of</c>

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:40.400
the<00:37:38.719><c> north</c><00:37:39.019><c> fighting</c><00:37:39.659><c> against</c><00:37:40.059><c> the</c><00:37:40.239><c> king</c>

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:42.000
of<00:37:40.599><c> the</c><00:37:40.800><c> south.</c>

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:53.480
It's<00:37:43.639><c> the</c><00:37:43.739><c> Seleucid</c><00:37:44.059><c> Empire,</c><00:37:44.940><c> the</c><00:37:45.019><c> Ptolemic</c><00:37:45.679><c> Empire,</c><00:37:46.780><c> and</c><00:37:51.800><c> that's</c><00:37:52.059><c> the</c><00:37:52.199><c> description</c><00:37:52.880><c> of</c>

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:55.079
Daniel<00:37:54.099><c> chapter</c>

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.840
8.

00:37:58.139 --> 00:38:03.639
And<00:37:58.480><c> there</c><00:37:58.679><c> emerges,</c><00:37:59.820><c> out</c><00:38:01.539><c> of</c><00:38:01.699><c> one</c><00:38:01.860><c> of</c><00:38:02.039><c> those</c><00:38:02.360><c> little</c><00:38:02.699><c> horns,</c>

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:06.880
out<00:38:03.940><c> of</c><00:38:04.139><c> those</c><00:38:04.400><c> horns,</c><00:38:05.300><c> a</c><00:38:05.480><c> little</c><00:38:05.860><c> horn.</c>

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:18.019
Who's<00:38:14.119><c> this</c><00:38:14.800><c> little</c><00:38:15.420><c> horn</c><00:38:15.679><c> that</c><00:38:15.820><c> is</c><00:38:16.059><c> referred</c><00:38:16.440><c> to</c><00:38:17.219><c> in</c><00:38:17.639><c> Daniel</c>

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:19.559
chapter<00:38:18.340><c> 8?</c>

00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:24.360
But<00:38:21.159><c> one</c><00:38:21.340><c> thing</c><00:38:21.539><c> is</c><00:38:21.760><c> certain,</c><00:38:22.239><c> brethren</c><00:38:22.380><c> and</c><00:38:22.599><c> sisters,</c><00:38:22.760><c> in</c><00:38:22.980><c> verse</c><00:38:23.360><c> 10</c>

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:26.739
we're<00:38:25.139><c> told</c><00:38:25.500><c> that</c><00:38:25.719><c> he</c><00:38:25.960><c> persecutes</c>

00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:29.039
the<00:38:27.079><c> people</c><00:38:27.519><c> of</c><00:38:27.860><c> Israel.</c>

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:35.599
We're<00:38:31.260><c> also</c><00:38:31.639><c> told</c><00:38:32.039><c> that</c><00:38:32.579><c> the</c><00:38:32.800><c> little</c><00:38:33.079><c> horn</c><00:38:33.360><c> magnifies</c><00:38:34.159><c> himself,</c><00:38:34.780><c> in</c><00:38:34.960><c> verse</c><00:38:35.239><c> 11,</c>

00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:37.659
against<00:38:36.059><c> the</c><00:38:36.380><c> prince</c><00:38:36.980><c> of</c>

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:39.260
the<00:38:37.980><c> hosts.</c>

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:45.920
And<00:38:41.079><c> in</c><00:38:41.320><c> verse</c><00:38:41.559><c> 12</c><00:38:41.940><c> we're</c><00:38:42.300><c> told</c><00:38:42.719><c> that</c><00:38:43.219><c> the</c><00:38:43.420><c> little</c><00:38:43.699><c> horn</c><00:38:44.320><c> destroys</c><00:38:45.460><c> or</c>

00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:47.940
removes<00:38:46.500><c> the</c><00:38:46.880><c> daily</c><00:38:47.219><c> sacrifice</c>

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:51.519
and<00:38:48.280><c> destroys</c><00:38:48.980><c> the</c><00:38:49.599><c> sanctuary</c><00:38:50.119><c> of</c><00:38:50.579><c> God.</c>

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:56.780
When<00:38:52.019><c> we</c><00:38:52.199><c> look</c><00:38:52.380><c> in</c><00:38:52.559><c> history</c><00:38:53.280><c> to</c><00:38:54.159><c> see</c><00:38:54.800><c> who</c><00:38:55.519><c> that</c><00:38:55.820><c> power</c><00:38:56.179><c> may</c><00:38:56.519><c> be,</c>

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:58.599
we<00:38:57.039><c> can</c><00:38:57.260><c> only</c><00:38:57.539><c> conclude</c><00:38:57.920><c> that</c><00:38:58.079><c> it</c><00:38:58.239><c> is</c><00:38:58.420><c> the</c>

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.960
Roman<00:38:58.900><c> power.</c>

00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:13.099
It<00:39:00.800><c> was</c><00:39:01.019><c> the</c><00:39:01.300><c> Romans</c><00:39:01.960><c> who</c><00:39:05.280><c> in</c><00:39:05.639><c> BC</c><00:39:06.039><c> 65</c><00:39:06.980><c> took</c><00:39:08.480><c> the</c><00:39:09.639><c> Syrian</c><00:39:09.940><c> Empire,</c><00:39:11.340><c> the</c><00:39:11.420><c> Ptolemic,</c><00:39:11.900><c> the</c><00:39:12.179><c> Seleucid</c><00:39:12.619><c> Empire</c><00:39:12.940><c> of</c>

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:14.019
the<00:39:13.219><c> north.</c>

00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:19.760
Pompey<00:39:16.239><c> made</c><00:39:17.119><c> captive</c><00:39:17.679><c> the</c><00:39:18.360><c> Syrian</c><00:39:18.639><c> Empire.</c>

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:26.739
In<00:39:20.260><c> BC</c><00:39:20.639><c> 63,</c><00:39:21.960><c> Roman</c><00:39:22.179><c> ex</c><00:39:22.559><c>-Juda,</c><00:39:24.119><c> and</c><00:39:24.380><c> in</c><00:39:24.699><c> BC</c><00:39:25.079><c> 30</c><00:39:25.659><c> Egypt</c><00:39:26.199><c> succumbed</c>

00:39:26.739 --> 00:39:29.219
to<00:39:26.860><c> the</c><00:39:27.059><c> Roman</c><00:39:27.719><c> power</c><00:39:28.539><c> at</c><00:39:28.820><c> the</c><00:39:28.980><c> Battle</c>

00:39:29.219 --> 00:39:33.860
of<00:39:29.300><c> Actium,</c><00:39:30.380><c> and</c><00:39:30.559><c> Cleopatra</c><00:39:31.519><c> became</c><00:39:32.199><c> a</c><00:39:32.400><c> vassal</c><00:39:32.780><c> queen</c><00:39:33.159><c> on</c><00:39:33.679><c> the</c>

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:35.199
throne<00:39:34.059><c> of</c><00:39:34.300><c> Egypt.</c>

00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:39.599
Rome<00:39:36.019><c> is</c><00:39:36.260><c> the</c><00:39:36.579><c> little</c><00:39:36.840><c> horn</c><00:39:37.079><c> power</c><00:39:37.679><c> where</c><00:39:38.219><c> we</c><00:39:38.380><c> can</c><00:39:38.619><c> see</c><00:39:38.780><c> the</c><00:39:39.059><c> thread</c><00:39:39.199><c> of</c>

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:41.099
activity<00:39:40.099><c> travelling</c><00:39:40.780><c> through</c>

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:42.340
history.

00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:48.639
And<00:39:43.760><c> so</c><00:39:43.860><c> what</c><00:39:44.039><c> we</c><00:39:44.300><c> find</c><00:39:44.619><c> is</c><00:39:44.800><c> Rome</c><00:39:45.280><c> embracing</c><00:39:46.239><c> the</c><00:39:47.619><c> Hellenic</c><00:39:48.119><c> power</c><00:39:48.440><c> of</c>

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:50.099
the<00:39:48.860><c> east</c><00:39:49.099><c> and</c><00:39:49.380><c> the</c><00:39:49.619><c> Hellenized</c>

00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:52.760
power<00:39:50.719><c> of</c><00:39:51.780><c> Egypt.</c>

00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:56.099
Isn't<00:39:53.500><c> that</c><00:39:53.780><c> interesting</c><00:39:54.280><c> that</c><00:39:54.440><c> we</c><00:39:54.599><c> have</c><00:39:54.780><c> three</c><00:39:55.039><c> powers?</c>

00:39:56.539 --> 00:40:02.500
Latin<00:39:57.219><c> West,</c><00:39:58.420><c> the</c><00:39:58.579><c> tripartite</c><00:39:59.119><c> division</c><00:39:59.420><c> of</c><00:39:59.639><c> the</c><00:39:59.739><c> Roman</c><00:39:59.980><c> Empire,</c><00:40:02.219><c> the</c>

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:04.360
Roman<00:40:03.039><c> Empire</c><00:40:03.460><c> embracing</c><00:40:04.059><c> the</c>

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:08.820
Greek<00:40:04.619><c> Empire</c><00:40:05.059><c> of</c><00:40:05.320><c> the</c><00:40:05.460><c> Hellenic</c><00:40:05.800><c> East,</c><00:40:06.599><c> and</c><00:40:06.599><c> then</c><00:40:06.880><c> dominating</c><00:40:07.360><c> the</c><00:40:07.719><c> Hellenized</c><00:40:08.239><c> area</c>

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:10.579
of<00:40:09.239><c> North</c><00:40:09.500><c> Africa.</c>

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:16.800
Now<00:40:11.500><c> what</c><00:40:11.639><c> we're</c><00:40:11.920><c> told</c><00:40:12.239><c> is</c><00:40:12.460><c> that</c><00:40:12.699><c> in</c><00:40:12.980><c> AD</c><00:40:13.199><c> 330,</c><00:40:15.519><c> Constantine</c><00:40:15.800><c> moved</c><00:40:16.219><c> the</c><00:40:16.500><c> seat</c><00:40:16.639><c> of</c>

00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:18.559
his<00:40:17.019><c> empire</c><00:40:17.340><c> to</c><00:40:17.780><c> the</c><00:40:17.920><c> Byzantine</c>

00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:22.760
period,<00:40:20.460><c> and</c><00:40:20.639><c> from</c><00:40:20.840><c> that</c><00:40:21.219><c> time</c><00:40:21.579><c> Rome</c><00:40:21.820><c> was</c><00:40:22.139><c> divided</c><00:40:22.500><c> into</c>

00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:24.440
three<00:40:23.099><c> parts.</c>

00:40:24.699 --> 00:40:32.980
But<00:40:25.420><c> by</c><00:40:25.780><c> the</c><00:40:25.960><c> end</c><00:40:26.179><c> of</c><00:40:27.420><c> the,</c><00:40:28.079><c> halfway</c><00:40:28.460><c> through</c><00:40:28.840><c> the</c><00:40:29.099><c> 1400</c><00:40:30.659><c> years,</c><00:40:32.300><c> Rome</c>

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:35.599
ceased<00:40:34.119><c> to</c><00:40:34.320><c> be</c><00:40:34.440><c> a</c><00:40:34.619><c> power</c><00:40:35.019><c> in</c><00:40:35.420><c> the</c>

00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:35.880
earth.

00:40:36.239 --> 00:40:41.239
By<00:40:36.519><c> 1453,</c><00:40:38.719><c> the</c><00:40:38.940><c> Roman</c><00:40:39.199><c> power</c><00:40:40.000><c> had</c><00:40:40.340><c> ended.</c>

00:40:42.380 --> 00:40:46.400
But<00:40:42.500><c> you</c><00:40:42.639><c> see,</c><00:40:42.800><c> Daniel</c><00:40:43.139><c> chapter</c><00:40:43.500><c> 8</c><00:40:43.820><c> tells</c><00:40:44.139><c> us</c><00:40:45.000><c> that</c><00:40:45.460><c> the</c><00:40:45.719><c> little</c><00:40:46.079><c> horn</c>

00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:49.840
of<00:40:47.519><c> the</c><00:40:47.960><c> goat</c><00:40:48.360><c> will</c><00:40:49.219><c> be</c><00:40:49.500><c> there</c>

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:51.760
at<00:40:50.099><c> the</c><00:40:50.360><c> time</c><00:40:50.539><c> of</c><00:40:50.760><c> the</c><00:40:50.900><c> end.</c>

00:40:51.940 --> 00:40:55.539
And<00:40:52.579><c> what</c><00:40:52.719><c> we</c><00:40:52.980><c> find,</c><00:40:53.300><c> brothers</c><00:40:53.639><c> and</c><00:40:53.860><c> sisters,</c><00:40:55.059><c> is</c><00:40:55.179><c> that</c><00:40:55.300><c> that</c>

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little<00:40:55.760><c> horn</c><00:40:55.980><c> power</c><00:40:56.500><c> will</c><00:40:57.579><c> be</c><00:40:57.900><c> broken</c>

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without<00:40:58.860><c> hand</c><00:40:59.340><c> by</c><00:40:59.800><c> the</c><00:41:00.500><c> prince</c><00:41:00.980><c> of</c><00:41:01.800><c> princes.</c>

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And<00:41:05.940><c> so</c><00:41:06.019><c> we</c><00:41:06.199><c> find</c><00:41:06.480><c> in</c><00:41:06.739><c> the</c><00:41:07.460><c> book</c><00:41:07.960><c> of</c><00:41:08.179><c> Daniel</c><00:41:08.519><c> a</c><00:41:08.739><c> picture</c><00:41:09.320><c> taking</c>

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us<00:41:10.340><c> from</c><00:41:10.719><c> Rome</c><00:41:11.039><c> in</c><00:41:11.239><c> the</c><00:41:11.380><c> first</c><00:41:11.559><c> century</c><00:41:12.099><c> down</c>

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through<00:41:13.380><c> the</c><00:41:13.579><c> centuries</c><00:41:14.360><c> until</c><00:41:15.920><c> the</c><00:41:16.559><c> little</c><00:41:16.840><c> horn</c><00:41:17.039><c> is</c><00:41:17.280><c> broken</c>

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without<00:41:18.039><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:41:19.219><c> that</c><00:41:19.519><c> suggests</c><00:41:20.119><c> to</c><00:41:20.300><c> us</c><00:41:20.579><c> that</c><00:41:21.300><c> the</c><00:41:21.639><c> little</c><00:41:21.920><c> horn</c><00:41:22.219><c> power</c><00:41:22.980><c> must</c><00:41:23.619><c> be</c>

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there<00:41:24.360><c> at</c><00:41:24.940><c> the</c><00:41:25.159><c> time</c><00:41:25.320><c> of</c><00:41:25.519><c> the</c><00:41:25.659><c> end.</c>

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And<00:41:27.300><c> what</c><00:41:27.440><c> did</c><00:41:27.679><c> Ezekiel</c><00:41:28.099><c> tell</c><00:41:28.360><c> us?</c>

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What<00:41:29.900><c> was</c><00:41:30.119><c> the</c><00:41:30.340><c> picture</c><00:41:30.659><c> that</c><00:41:30.920><c> Ezekiel</c><00:41:31.380><c> left</c><00:41:31.659><c> us</c><00:41:31.900><c> with?</c>

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That<00:41:33.280><c> there</c><00:41:33.440><c> would</c><00:41:33.659><c> be</c><00:41:33.860><c> Western</c><00:41:34.239><c> Europe,</c><00:41:35.039><c> Gomer,</c><00:41:37.280><c> there</c><00:41:37.280><c> would</c><00:41:37.500><c> be</c>

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Mago,<00:41:38.119><c> part</c><00:41:38.340><c> of</c><00:41:38.500><c> that</c><00:41:38.679><c> Western</c>

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Europe,<00:41:40.159><c> there</c><00:41:40.340><c> would</c><00:41:40.539><c> be</c><00:41:40.699><c> the</c><00:41:40.920><c> Northern</c><00:41:41.179><c> power</c><00:41:41.539><c> of</c><00:41:41.739><c> Russian</c>

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East,<00:41:43.699><c> Rosh,</c><00:41:44.420><c> Meshach,</c><00:41:45.179><c> and</c><00:41:45.440><c> Tubal,</c>

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and<00:41:46.960><c> there</c><00:41:47.099><c> would</c><00:41:47.320><c> be</c><00:41:47.579><c> the</c><00:41:47.900><c> Islamic</c><00:41:48.360><c> East,</c><00:41:49.860><c> Confederate</c><00:41:50.440><c> with</c>

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Gog<00:41:51.599><c> at</c><00:41:52.119><c> the</c><00:41:52.360><c> time</c><00:41:52.519><c> of</c><00:41:52.719><c> the</c><00:41:52.860><c> end,</c><00:41:53.559><c> Persia,</c><00:41:54.940><c> Ethiopia</c>

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and<00:41:56.199><c> Libya.</c>

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Three<00:41:57.920><c> centers</c><00:41:58.420><c> of</c><00:41:59.039><c> turmoil</c><00:41:59.519><c> and</c><00:41:59.820><c> revolution</c><00:42:00.380><c> brought</c><00:42:01.159><c> together</c><00:42:01.719><c> under</c>

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the<00:42:02.380><c> influence</c><00:42:02.920><c> of</c><00:42:03.320><c> the</c><00:42:03.539><c> Russian</c>

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little<00:42:04.260><c> horn</c><00:42:04.599><c> or</c><00:42:05.159><c> Gog</c><00:42:05.780><c> of</c><00:42:06.139><c> the</c><00:42:06.260><c> land</c><00:42:06.440><c> of</c><00:42:06.699><c> Magog.</c>

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And<00:42:09.440><c> what</c><00:42:09.559><c> we're</c><00:42:09.800><c> going</c><00:42:09.840><c> to</c><00:42:10.059><c> see</c><00:42:10.179><c> in</c><00:42:10.440><c> subsequent</c><00:42:11.300><c> studies</c><00:42:12.099><c> is</c>

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how<00:42:13.199><c> God</c><00:42:13.460><c> deals</c><00:42:13.920><c> with</c><00:42:14.199><c> these</c><00:42:14.719><c> particular</c>

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powers,<00:42:16.739><c> and</c><00:42:17.000><c> does</c><00:42:17.199><c> away</c><00:42:17.440><c> with</c><00:42:17.719><c> the</c><00:42:18.119><c> mind</c><00:42:18.400><c> of</c><00:42:18.579><c> the</c><00:42:18.780><c> flesh</c><00:42:19.159><c> in</c>

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preparation<00:42:20.500><c> for</c><00:42:21.119><c> the</c><00:42:21.280><c> Kingdom</c><00:42:21.519><c> of</c><00:42:21.719><c> God.</c>

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Thank<00:42:22.960><c> you.</c>

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Thank<00:42:48.099><c> you.</c>