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There<00:12:10.519><c> was</c><00:12:10.779><c> nothing</c><00:12:11.120><c> natural</c><00:12:11.740><c> about</c><00:12:12.179><c> her</c><00:12:12.559><c> predicament.</c>

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God<00:12:15.080><c> was</c><00:12:15.740><c> intervening</c><00:12:16.399><c> in</c><00:12:16.539><c> this</c><00:12:16.759><c> woman</c><00:12:17.019><c> and</c><00:12:17.679><c> was</c><00:12:17.919><c> withholding</c>

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a<00:12:19.000><c> child.</c>

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Why?

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This<00:12:22.539><c> was</c><00:12:22.720><c> a</c><00:12:22.879><c> faithful</c><00:12:23.100><c> woman.</c>

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This<00:12:24.700><c> was</c><00:12:25.059><c> highly</c><00:12:25.480><c> painful</c><00:12:25.980><c> for</c><00:12:26.240><c> her.</c>

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Then<00:12:28.679><c> you</c><00:12:28.879><c> have</c><00:12:28.960><c> this</c><00:12:29.200><c> unusual</c><00:12:29.659><c> situation</c><00:12:30.440><c> that</c><00:12:30.720><c> she</c><00:12:30.960><c> has.</c>

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There's<00:12:32.940><c> another</c><00:12:33.179><c> wife</c><00:12:33.559><c> in</c><00:12:33.740><c> this</c><00:12:33.980><c> home.</c>

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Panina<00:12:35.960><c> to</c><00:12:36.379><c> her</c><00:12:36.620><c> husband</c><00:12:37.039><c> Elkanah,</c><00:12:37.740><c> and</c><00:12:37.820><c> she</c><00:12:38.019><c> had</c><00:12:38.259><c> children.</c>

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And<00:12:40.139><c> if</c><00:12:40.360><c> God</c><00:12:40.679><c> loved</c><00:12:41.100><c> Hannah,</c><00:12:41.639><c> surely</c><00:12:42.000><c> there</c><00:12:42.200><c> was</c><00:12:42.460><c> a</c><00:12:42.620><c> better</c><00:12:42.919><c> way</c><00:12:43.299><c> to</c>

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bring<00:12:43.740><c> her</c><00:12:43.960><c> into</c><00:12:44.220><c> the</c><00:12:44.440><c> kingdom</c><00:12:44.740><c> of</c><00:12:44.940><c> God</c>

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than<00:12:46.100><c> depriving</c><00:12:46.720><c> her</c><00:12:47.039><c> from</c><00:12:47.299><c> children</c><00:12:47.919><c> and</c><00:12:48.500><c> giving</c><00:12:48.879><c> her</c><00:12:49.480><c> adversary</c><00:12:50.120><c> reread</c><00:12:50.539><c> in</c><00:12:50.700><c> chapter</c><00:12:51.059><c> 1</c>

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a<00:12:52.799><c> litterful.</c>

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What<00:12:58.340><c> was</c><00:12:58.519><c> going</c><00:12:58.740><c> on?</c>

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What<00:13:00.580><c> can</c><00:13:00.820><c> we</c><00:13:01.100><c> learn?</c>

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Well<00:13:03.379><c> as</c><00:13:03.539><c> we</c><00:13:03.679><c> have</c><00:13:03.779><c> on</c><00:13:03.919><c> the</c><00:13:04.100><c> overhead</c><00:13:04.399><c> here,</c><00:13:06.460><c> she</c><00:13:06.600><c> was</c><00:13:06.879><c> barren.</c>

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And<00:13:09.279><c> I'm</c><00:13:09.399><c> going</c><00:13:09.539><c> to</c><00:13:09.759><c> suggest</c><00:13:10.460><c> that</c><00:13:11.259><c> Hannah</c><00:13:11.700><c> is</c><00:13:12.559><c> now</c><00:13:12.919><c> elevated</c>

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from<00:13:13.700><c> her</c><00:13:13.980><c> domestic</c><00:13:14.779><c> crisis.</c>

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And<00:13:16.919><c> she</c><00:13:17.200><c> becomes</c><00:13:17.940><c> a</c><00:13:18.419><c> symbol</c><00:13:18.820><c> for</c><00:13:19.500><c> the</c><00:13:19.639><c> nation</c><00:13:19.899><c> of</c><00:13:20.100><c> Israel.</c>

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Brother<00:13:22.000><c> Karl</c><00:13:22.220><c> this</c><00:13:22.399><c> morning</c><00:13:22.700><c> went</c><00:13:22.940><c> to</c><00:13:23.120><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:13:23.500><c> chapter</c>

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28.<00:13:24.340><c> Let's</c><00:13:24.480><c> go</c><00:13:24.700><c> back</c><00:13:24.899><c> there</c><00:13:25.100><c> please.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:13:26.720><c> chapter</c><00:13:27.059><c> 28.</c>

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We<00:13:28.480><c> would</c><00:13:29.019><c> understand</c><00:13:29.500><c> this</c><00:13:29.799><c> as</c><00:13:30.000><c> the</c><00:13:30.159><c> chapter</c><00:13:30.620><c> of</c><00:13:31.240><c> blessings</c>

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and<00:13:32.740><c> of</c><00:13:33.120><c> cursings.</c>

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And<00:13:37.820><c> one</c><00:13:38.000><c> of</c><00:13:38.100><c> the</c><00:13:38.200><c> things</c><00:13:38.440><c> that</c><00:13:38.600><c> we're</c><00:13:38.740><c> told</c><00:13:38.980><c> in</c><00:13:39.100><c> this</c><00:13:39.340><c> chapter,</c>

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that<00:13:40.980><c> barrenness</c><00:13:41.720><c> of</c><00:13:42.019><c> the</c><00:13:42.220><c> land</c><00:13:42.679><c> and</c><00:13:43.480><c> barrenness</c><00:13:44.259><c> of</c><00:13:44.740><c> the</c><00:13:44.980><c> body</c><00:13:45.539><c> was</c>

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a<00:13:47.279><c> curse.</c>

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A<00:13:49.080><c> curse</c><00:13:49.480><c> from</c><00:13:49.860><c> God.</c>

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And<00:13:51.679><c> that</c><00:13:52.179><c> barrenness</c><00:13:52.820><c> would</c><00:13:53.139><c> come</c><00:13:53.799><c> if</c><00:13:55.159><c> there</c><00:13:55.399><c> was</c><00:13:55.759><c> idolatry</c>

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within<00:13:56.840><c> Israel.</c>

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That's<00:13:58.980><c> interesting</c><00:13:59.320><c> isn't</c><00:13:59.580><c> it?</c>

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I<00:14:00.879><c> believe</c><00:14:01.220><c> now</c><00:14:01.600><c> Hannah,</c><00:14:02.820><c> there's</c><00:14:03.059><c> this</c><00:14:03.240><c> powerful</c><00:14:03.720><c> personification</c><00:14:04.840><c> here.</c>

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Hannah<00:14:05.779><c> becomes</c><00:14:06.299><c> this</c><00:14:06.639><c> very</c><00:14:07.620><c> evident</c><00:14:08.200><c> symbol</c><00:14:08.960><c> for</c><00:14:09.480><c> the</c><00:14:09.580><c> nation</c><00:14:10.059><c> of</c><00:14:10.539><c> Israel.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:14:11.580><c> chapter</c><00:14:11.879><c> 28.</c><00:14:13.360><c> Let's</c><00:14:13.539><c> look</c><00:14:13.720><c> at</c><00:14:13.820><c> verse</c><00:14:14.200><c> 2.</c>

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Verse<00:14:23.399><c> 4.</c>

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So<00:14:26.179><c> there's</c><00:14:26.700><c> a</c><00:14:26.820><c> blessing</c><00:14:27.159><c> of</c><00:14:27.360><c> the</c><00:14:27.559><c> fruit</c><00:14:27.740><c> of</c><00:14:27.899><c> thy</c><00:14:28.019><c> body.</c>

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They<00:14:28.759><c> would</c><00:14:28.960><c> be</c><00:14:29.220><c> plentiful.</c>

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Go<00:14:37.320><c> all</c><00:14:37.580><c> the</c><00:14:37.679><c> way</c><00:14:37.799><c> down</c><00:14:38.039><c> to</c><00:14:38.179><c> verse</c><00:14:38.440><c> 18.</c>

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Where<00:14:40.000><c> we</c><00:14:40.179><c> come</c><00:14:40.360><c> across</c><00:14:40.679><c> the</c><00:14:40.899><c> section</c><00:14:41.179><c> of</c><00:14:41.399><c> the</c><00:14:41.639><c> curses.</c>

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Cursed<00:14:43.559><c> shall</c><00:14:44.000><c> be</c><00:14:44.539><c> the</c><00:14:44.879><c> fruit</c><00:14:45.220><c> of</c><00:14:45.759><c> thy</c><00:14:46.200><c> body.</c>

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So<00:14:47.759><c> Hannah</c><00:14:47.919><c> then</c><00:14:48.139><c> immediately</c><00:14:48.720><c> we</c><00:14:49.019><c> see</c><00:14:49.200><c> that</c><00:14:49.399><c> Hannah</c><00:14:49.580><c> is</c><00:14:49.740><c> the</c>

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victim<00:14:50.059><c> of</c><00:14:50.259><c> the</c><00:14:50.399><c> curse.</c>

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If<00:14:51.120><c> God</c><00:14:51.460><c> is</c><00:14:51.779><c> shutting</c><00:14:51.960><c> up</c><00:14:52.240><c> her</c><00:14:52.539><c> womb</c><00:14:52.899><c> and</c><00:14:53.220><c> she's</c><00:14:53.440><c> not</c><00:14:53.720><c> naturally</c><00:14:54.100><c> barren,</c>

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then<00:14:54.879><c> she</c><00:14:55.100><c> is</c><00:14:55.440><c> clearly</c><00:14:55.840><c> a</c><00:14:56.200><c> victim</c><00:14:56.519><c> of</c><00:14:56.720><c> the</c><00:14:56.899><c> curse.</c>

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Yet<00:14:59.039><c> she's</c><00:14:59.279><c> faithful.</c>

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She's<00:15:03.080><c> a</c><00:15:03.220><c> faithful</c><00:15:03.460><c> woman.</c>

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And<00:15:04.980><c> God</c><00:15:05.120><c> is</c><00:15:05.299><c> going</c><00:15:05.399><c> to</c><00:15:05.600><c> respond</c><00:15:06.460><c> in</c><00:15:07.159><c> measure,</c><00:15:08.320><c> great</c><00:15:08.500><c> measure</c>

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to<00:15:09.000><c> her</c><00:15:09.240><c> prayer.</c>

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She's<00:15:10.159><c> going</c><00:15:10.240><c> to</c><00:15:10.379><c> be</c><00:15:10.500><c> given</c><00:15:10.720><c> Samuel.</c>

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The<00:15:12.460><c> last</c><00:15:12.679><c> of</c><00:15:12.820><c> the</c><00:15:12.960><c> judges,</c><00:15:13.279><c> the</c><00:15:13.399><c> first</c><00:15:13.600><c> of</c><00:15:13.799><c> the</c><00:15:13.860><c> prophets,</c><00:15:14.120><c> the</c><00:15:14.220><c> great</c><00:15:14.559><c> seer</c><00:15:14.820><c> of</c><00:15:15.039><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:15:18.639><c> here</c><00:15:18.840><c> then</c><00:15:19.039><c> she</c><00:15:19.240><c> becomes</c><00:15:19.840><c> the</c><00:15:20.639><c> symbol</c><00:15:21.220><c> for</c><00:15:22.159><c> the</c><00:15:22.539><c> nation.</c>

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If<00:15:23.320><c> you</c><00:15:23.419><c> go</c><00:15:23.620><c> back</c><00:15:23.779><c> then</c><00:15:23.980><c> to</c><00:15:24.120><c> 1</c><00:15:24.360><c> Samuel.</c>

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Think<00:15:26.220><c> about</c><00:15:26.539><c> the</c><00:15:26.879><c> words</c><00:15:27.320><c> brothers</c><00:15:27.639><c> and</c><00:15:27.899><c> sisters.</c>

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There's<00:15:28.759><c> always</c><00:15:29.179><c> clues.</c><00:15:29.840><c> We</c><00:15:30.039><c> have</c><00:15:30.259><c> to</c><00:15:30.460><c> understand</c><00:15:31.000><c> context.</c>

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We<00:15:31.720><c> have</c><00:15:31.960><c> to</c><00:15:32.179><c> read</c><00:15:32.379><c> carefully.</c>

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What<00:15:33.620><c> does</c><00:15:33.720><c> she</c><00:15:33.879><c> ask</c><00:15:34.120><c> for?</c>

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Does<00:15:35.840><c> she</c><00:15:35.960><c> ask</c><00:15:36.080><c> for</c><00:15:36.279><c> a</c><00:15:36.419><c> son?</c>

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She<00:15:37.679><c> doesn't</c><00:15:37.919><c> does</c><00:15:38.120><c> she?</c>

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What<00:15:38.759><c> does</c><00:15:38.899><c> she</c><00:15:39.080><c> ask</c><00:15:39.360><c> for?</c>

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Well<00:15:41.700><c> we</c><00:15:41.879><c> see</c><00:15:42.720><c> in</c><00:15:43.340><c> the</c><00:15:43.419><c> middle</c><00:15:43.639><c> of</c><00:15:43.820><c> verse</c><00:15:44.240><c> 11</c><00:15:45.039><c> that</c><00:15:45.779><c> she</c><00:15:46.100><c> asks</c><00:15:46.860><c> for</c><00:15:48.220><c> a</c>

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man<00:15:48.720><c> child.</c>

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Have<00:15:49.059><c> a</c><00:15:49.139><c> look</c><00:15:49.220><c> in</c><00:15:49.299><c> your</c><00:15:49.500><c> margin.</c><00:15:49.759><c> What</c><00:15:49.860><c> does</c><00:15:50.000><c> it</c><00:15:50.139><c> say</c><00:15:50.360><c> against</c>

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man<00:15:50.960><c> child?</c>

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The<00:15:52.659><c> seed</c><00:15:53.000><c> of</c><00:15:53.200><c> men.</c><00:15:53.379><c> I</c><00:15:53.600><c> said</c><00:15:53.779><c> that</c><00:15:53.980><c> to</c><00:15:54.159><c> the</c><00:15:54.279><c> young</c><00:15:54.460><c> teenagers</c>

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this<00:15:55.139><c> morning</c><00:15:55.379><c> and</c><00:15:55.500><c> they</c><00:15:55.679><c> all</c><00:15:55.899><c> shouted</c><00:15:56.120><c> back.</c>

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It's<00:15:57.440><c> Genesis.</c>

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It's<00:15:59.440><c> the</c><00:15:59.700><c> promises</c><00:16:00.039><c> to</c><00:16:00.360><c> Abraham.</c>

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And<00:16:02.240><c> in</c><00:16:02.419><c> the</c><00:16:02.600><c> mind</c><00:16:02.820><c> of</c><00:16:03.080><c> Hannah,</c><00:16:03.580><c> where</c><00:16:03.919><c> were</c><00:16:04.139><c> the</c><00:16:04.379><c> promises?</c>

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When<00:16:05.159><c> every</c><00:16:05.740><c> man</c><00:16:06.080><c> and</c><00:16:06.320><c> woman</c><00:16:06.679><c> and</c><00:16:06.960><c> child</c><00:16:07.299><c> in</c><00:16:07.480><c> the</c><00:16:07.580><c> nation</c><00:16:07.879><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:16:08.320><c> was</c><00:16:08.500><c> doing</c><00:16:08.700><c> that</c><00:16:08.980><c> which</c><00:16:09.120><c> was</c><00:16:09.360><c> right</c><00:16:09.539><c> in</c><00:16:09.679><c> their</c><00:16:09.860><c> own</c><00:16:10.059><c> eyes.</c>

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The<00:16:11.080><c> promises</c><00:16:11.440><c> were</c><00:16:11.740><c> rejected.</c>

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She<00:16:13.580><c> was</c><00:16:13.960><c> calling</c><00:16:14.360><c> upon</c><00:16:14.820><c> God</c><00:16:15.080><c> to</c><00:16:15.379><c> intervene.</c>

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She<00:16:17.480><c> was</c><00:16:17.779><c> desperate</c><00:16:18.200><c> for</c><00:16:18.480><c> a</c><00:16:18.600><c> remnant.</c>

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She<00:16:21.840><c> called</c><00:16:22.220><c> for</c><00:16:22.419><c> the</c><00:16:22.600><c> seed</c><00:16:22.779><c> of</c><00:16:23.059><c> man.</c>

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A<00:16:25.460><c> child.</c>

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This<00:16:27.539><c> had</c><00:16:27.799><c> nothing</c><00:16:28.159><c> to</c><00:16:28.580><c> do</c><00:16:28.860><c> with</c><00:16:29.120><c> shutting</c><00:16:29.399><c> up,</c><00:16:30.279><c> crowing</c><00:16:30.899><c> Panina.</c>

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This<00:16:33.960><c> had</c><00:16:34.220><c> something</c><00:16:34.620><c> to</c><00:16:34.879><c> do</c><00:16:35.059><c> with</c><00:16:35.240><c> a</c><00:16:35.500><c> mental</c><00:16:35.840><c> resolution</c><00:16:36.460><c> that</c><00:16:36.720><c> her</c>

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son<00:16:37.519><c> would</c><00:16:37.899><c> be</c><00:16:38.120><c> committed</c><00:16:38.559><c> to</c><00:16:38.860><c> the</c><00:16:39.059><c> tabernacle.</c>

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And<00:16:41.059><c> he</c><00:16:41.259><c> would</c><00:16:41.500><c> bring</c><00:16:41.820><c> a</c><00:16:42.259><c> spiritual</c><00:16:42.840><c> restitution</c><00:16:43.759><c> to</c><00:16:44.019><c> the</c><00:16:44.179><c> nation.</c>

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She<00:16:45.159><c> could</c><00:16:45.419><c> see</c><00:16:45.700><c> what</c><00:16:45.879><c> was</c><00:16:46.080><c> happening</c><00:16:46.299><c> with</c><00:16:46.580><c> Eli</c><00:16:46.940><c> and</c><00:16:47.299><c> his</c><00:16:47.480><c> two</c>

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boys,<00:16:48.379><c> Hothnai</c><00:16:48.899><c> and</c><00:16:49.120><c> Phineas.</c>

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They<00:16:51.399><c> were</c><00:16:51.779><c> in</c><00:16:52.299><c> dire</c><00:16:52.620><c> circumstances.</c>

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The<00:16:56.779><c> period</c><00:16:57.080><c> of</c><00:16:57.299><c> the</c><00:16:57.480><c> judges</c><00:16:57.720><c> still</c><00:16:58.220><c> prevailed.</c>

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And<00:17:01.200><c> so,</c><00:17:02.039><c> brothers</c><00:17:02.100><c> and</c><00:17:02.360><c> sisters,</c><00:17:02.700><c> as</c><00:17:02.899><c> we</c><00:17:03.139><c> begin</c><00:17:03.500><c> this</c><00:17:03.799><c> series</c>

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on<00:17:04.480><c> Saul,</c>

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what<00:17:05.099><c> I</c><00:17:05.359><c> want</c><00:17:05.539><c> to</c><00:17:05.740><c> impart</c><00:17:06.099><c> upon</c><00:17:06.460><c> you</c><00:17:07.039><c> is</c><00:17:07.500><c> she</c><00:17:07.839><c> is</c><00:17:08.079><c> desperate</c><00:17:08.779><c> for</c><00:17:09.839><c> a</c>

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savior<00:17:10.660><c> and</c><00:17:11.500><c> a</c><00:17:11.859><c> deliverer</c><00:17:12.660><c> for</c><00:17:12.880><c> the</c><00:17:13.039><c> nation.</c>

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This<00:17:15.339><c> is</c><00:17:15.559><c> not</c><00:17:15.720><c> for</c><00:17:16.019><c> a</c><00:17:16.160><c> son</c><00:17:16.319><c> that</c><00:17:16.519><c> she</c><00:17:16.700><c> could</c><00:17:16.960><c> raise</c><00:17:17.359><c> and</c><00:17:17.539><c> look</c>

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after<00:17:18.160><c> and</c><00:17:18.480><c> enjoy</c><00:17:18.859><c> lunches</c><00:17:19.440><c> and</c><00:17:19.700><c> picnics.</c>

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She<00:17:22.380><c> was</c><00:17:22.640><c> looking</c><00:17:22.980><c> to</c><00:17:23.200><c> the</c><00:17:23.339><c> nation.</c>

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And<00:17:25.039><c> that's</c><00:17:25.319><c> why</c><00:17:25.559><c> there</c><00:17:25.700><c> was</c><00:17:25.900><c> no</c><00:17:26.200><c> problem</c><00:17:26.559><c> whatsoever</c><00:17:27.220><c> for</c><00:17:27.480><c> her</c><00:17:27.779><c> to</c>

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commit<00:17:28.460><c> her</c><00:17:28.900><c> son</c><00:17:29.400><c> all</c><00:17:30.279><c> his</c><00:17:30.579><c> life</c><00:17:30.839><c> to</c><00:17:31.039><c> the</c><00:17:31.220><c> tabernacle.</c>

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Because<00:17:33.720><c> this</c><00:17:33.940><c> was</c><00:17:34.099><c> not</c><00:17:34.259><c> about</c><00:17:34.480><c> her.</c>

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This<00:17:36.160><c> was</c><00:17:36.460><c> about</c><00:17:37.200><c> the</c><00:17:37.680><c> nation</c><00:17:38.359><c> of</c><00:17:39.539><c> Israel.</c>

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Now<00:17:42.660><c> there's</c><00:17:42.819><c> a</c><00:17:42.940><c> lovely</c><00:17:43.140><c> play</c><00:17:43.400><c> on</c><00:17:43.660><c> words</c><00:17:44.000><c> here.</c>

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Chapter<00:17:46.000><c> 1</c><00:17:46.200><c> then,</c><00:17:46.680><c> and</c><00:17:46.839><c> we'll</c><00:17:46.920><c> go</c><00:17:47.059><c> all</c><00:17:47.200><c> the</c><00:17:47.240><c> way</c><00:17:47.380><c> down</c><00:17:47.579><c> to</c><00:17:47.700><c> verse</c><00:17:48.019><c> 28.</c>

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Therefore,<00:17:50.059><c> also,</c><00:17:51.039><c> I</c><00:17:51.299><c> have</c><00:17:51.579><c> lent</c><00:17:51.859><c> him</c><00:17:52.859><c> to</c><00:17:53.180><c> Yahweh.</c>

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So<00:17:55.000><c> there's</c><00:17:55.319><c> Hannah</c><00:17:55.500><c> with</c><00:17:55.740><c> her</c><00:17:56.019><c> son.</c>

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He's<00:17:56.819><c> been</c><00:17:57.140><c> weaned.</c>

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And<00:17:58.420><c> she</c><00:17:58.759><c> presents</c><00:17:59.259><c> him</c><00:17:59.559><c> to</c><00:17:59.839><c> Eli.</c>

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I<00:18:00.480><c> have</c><00:18:00.819><c> lent</c><00:18:01.099><c> him</c><00:18:01.380><c> to</c><00:18:01.559><c> the</c><00:18:01.740><c> Lord.</c>

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Now<00:18:03.539><c> look</c><00:18:03.700><c> at</c><00:18:03.819><c> the</c><00:18:03.839><c> end</c><00:18:04.039><c> of</c><00:18:04.160><c> verse</c><00:18:04.359><c> 20</c><00:18:04.940><c> in</c><00:18:05.339><c> prayer.</c>

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Where<00:18:07.559><c> she</c><00:18:07.680><c> bare</c><00:18:07.880><c> her</c><00:18:08.019><c> son</c><00:18:08.099><c> and</c><00:18:08.220><c> called</c><00:18:08.339><c> his</c><00:18:08.519><c> name</c><00:18:08.720><c> Samuel</c><00:18:09.220><c> because</c><00:18:09.819><c> I</c>

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have<00:18:10.299><c> asked</c><00:18:10.539><c> him</c><00:18:10.660><c> of</c><00:18:10.819><c> the</c><00:18:10.980><c> Lord.</c>

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I<00:18:11.279><c> have</c><00:18:11.460><c> asked</c><00:18:11.640><c> him</c><00:18:11.759><c> of</c><00:18:11.920><c> Yahweh.</c>

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That<00:18:12.440><c> was</c><00:18:12.660><c> her</c><00:18:12.900><c> prayer.</c>

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I<00:18:13.359><c> have</c><00:18:13.579><c> asked</c><00:18:13.859><c> him</c><00:18:14.019><c> of</c><00:18:14.160><c> the</c><00:18:14.339><c> Lord.</c>

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What<00:18:16.640><c> I</c><00:18:16.799><c> want</c><00:18:16.920><c> you</c><00:18:17.099><c> to</c><00:18:17.279><c> notice</c><00:18:17.619><c> is</c><00:18:17.819><c> that</c><00:18:18.000><c> the</c><00:18:18.180><c> word</c><00:18:18.519><c> asked</c><00:18:19.000><c> at</c>

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the<00:18:19.380><c> end</c><00:18:19.579><c> of</c><00:18:19.720><c> verse</c><00:18:19.900><c> 20</c><00:18:20.619><c> and</c><00:18:21.160><c> the</c><00:18:21.319><c> word</c><00:18:21.640><c> lent</c><00:18:21.980><c> at</c><00:18:22.279><c> the</c><00:18:22.460><c> beginning</c><00:18:22.720><c> of</c><00:18:22.980><c> verse</c><00:18:23.200><c> 28,</c>

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they<00:18:24.940><c> are</c><00:18:25.099><c> the</c><00:18:25.319><c> same</c><00:18:25.779><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:26.500><c> word.</c>

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I<00:18:28.880><c> have</c><00:18:29.119><c> asked</c><00:18:29.440><c> him</c><00:18:29.559><c> of</c><00:18:29.759><c> the</c><00:18:29.920><c> Lord.</c>

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I<00:18:30.279><c> have</c><00:18:30.500><c> asked</c><00:18:30.700><c> him</c><00:18:30.819><c> of</c><00:18:31.039><c> Yahweh,</c><00:18:31.460><c> the</c><00:18:31.539><c> name</c><00:18:31.700><c> of</c><00:18:31.900><c> Samuel.</c>

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And<00:18:33.740><c> in</c><00:18:33.900><c> being</c><00:18:34.160><c> given</c><00:18:34.539><c> Samuel,</c><00:18:35.339><c> I</c><00:18:35.559><c> have</c><00:18:35.779><c> lent</c><00:18:35.980><c> him</c><00:18:36.160><c> to</c><00:18:36.279><c> the</c><00:18:36.380><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:18:37.319><c> what's</c><00:18:37.599><c> going</c><00:18:37.799><c> on?</c>

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What<00:18:38.160><c> is</c><00:18:38.339><c> the</c><00:18:38.500><c> language?</c>

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Can<00:18:38.960><c> you</c><00:18:39.140><c> imagine</c><00:18:39.440><c> this,</c><00:18:39.680><c> brothers</c><00:18:39.880><c> and</c><00:18:40.039><c> sisters?</c>

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It's<00:18:40.519><c> a</c><00:18:40.740><c> wonderful,</c><00:18:41.180><c> it's</c><00:18:41.440><c> almost</c><00:18:41.660><c> poetic.</c>

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Hannah<00:18:46.779><c> is</c><00:18:47.339><c> saying</c><00:18:47.619><c> to</c><00:18:47.799><c> the</c><00:18:47.960><c> Lord</c><00:18:48.240><c> God,</c><00:18:50.160><c> I</c><00:18:50.180><c> have</c><00:18:51.079><c> asked</c><00:18:51.500><c> him</c><00:18:52.000><c> of</c><00:18:52.920><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:18:55.180><c> so</c><00:18:55.339><c> in</c><00:18:55.680><c> response</c><00:18:56.279><c> to</c><00:18:56.460><c> that</c><00:18:56.640><c> faithful</c><00:18:56.980><c> prayer,</c><00:18:57.559><c> God</c><00:18:57.900><c> gives</c>

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her<00:18:58.960><c> the</c><00:18:59.220><c> man</c><00:18:59.480><c> child.</c>

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And<00:19:00.660><c> in</c><00:19:00.960><c> giving</c><00:19:01.119><c> her</c><00:19:01.480><c> the</c><00:19:01.640><c> man</c><00:19:01.920><c> child,</c><00:19:02.779><c> the</c><00:19:03.000><c> Lord</c><00:19:03.400><c> God</c><00:19:03.700><c> says</c><00:19:03.960><c> to</c>

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Hannah,<00:19:05.140><c> and</c><00:19:05.359><c> I</c><00:19:05.559><c> have</c><00:19:05.759><c> asked</c><00:19:06.079><c> him</c><00:19:06.640><c> of</c><00:19:07.000><c> you.</c>

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You<00:19:08.460><c> see</c><00:19:08.640><c> that?</c>

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They<00:19:10.279><c> were</c><00:19:10.539><c> both</c><00:19:10.839><c> asking</c><00:19:11.380><c> of</c><00:19:11.619><c> one</c><00:19:11.819><c> another.</c>

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How<00:19:13.220><c> beautiful.</c>

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Here<00:19:14.180><c> are</c><00:19:14.400><c> two</c><00:19:14.680><c> companions</c><00:19:15.259><c> helping</c><00:19:15.779><c> one</c><00:19:16.099><c> another,</c><00:19:16.400><c> the</c><00:19:16.660><c> Lord</c>

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God<00:19:17.160><c> of</c><00:19:17.319><c> Israel</c><00:19:17.759><c> and</c><00:19:18.240><c> Hannah,</c><00:19:18.480><c> this</c><00:19:18.759><c> faithful</c><00:19:19.220><c> woman.</c>

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I<00:19:20.279><c> have</c><00:19:20.700><c> asked</c><00:19:20.980><c> him</c><00:19:21.099><c> of</c><00:19:21.240><c> the</c><00:19:21.380><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:19:22.220><c> God</c><00:19:22.400><c> said,</c><00:19:22.759><c> I</c><00:19:23.019><c> have</c><00:19:23.240><c> asked</c><00:19:23.480><c> him</c><00:19:23.640><c> of</c><00:19:23.859><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:19:25.960><c> so</c><00:19:26.059><c> she</c><00:19:26.240><c> gives</c><00:19:26.519><c> him</c><00:19:26.799><c> back.</c>

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She<00:19:28.539><c> gives</c><00:19:28.920><c> him</c><00:19:29.200><c> back</c><00:19:29.940><c> because</c><00:19:31.720><c> the</c><00:19:32.000><c> Lord</c><00:19:32.299><c> God</c><00:19:32.740><c> had</c><00:19:33.380><c> asked</c><00:19:33.759><c> of</c><00:19:34.059><c> her.</c>

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I<00:19:36.319><c> think</c><00:19:36.500><c> that</c><00:19:36.759><c> is</c><00:19:37.059><c> so</c><00:19:37.640><c> moving.</c>

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Now<00:19:39.259><c> as</c><00:19:39.359><c> you</c><00:19:39.440><c> go</c><00:19:39.660><c> through</c><00:19:39.900><c> 1</c><00:19:40.140><c> Samuel</c><00:19:40.440><c> chapter</c><00:19:40.779><c> 1,</c><00:19:40.980><c> what's</c><00:19:41.299><c> your</c>

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thoughts<00:19:41.740><c> about</c><00:19:42.099><c> Elkhana?</c>

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Two<00:19:43.819><c> wives,</c><00:19:44.940><c> he</c><00:19:45.099><c> didn't</c><00:19:45.240><c> understand</c><00:19:45.660><c> what</c><00:19:45.900><c> Hannah</c><00:19:46.019><c> was</c><00:19:46.259><c> praying</c><00:19:46.559><c> for.</c>

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What<00:19:47.279><c> are</c><00:19:47.440><c> your</c><00:19:47.680><c> thoughts,</c><00:19:48.339><c> brothers</c><00:19:48.420><c> and</c><00:19:48.720><c> sisters?</c>

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Whatever<00:19:52.180><c> you</c><00:19:52.420><c> think</c><00:19:52.599><c> about</c><00:19:52.900><c> two</c><00:19:53.220><c> wives</c><00:19:53.480><c> at</c><00:19:53.680><c> this</c><00:19:53.920><c> stage,</c><00:19:54.119><c> and</c>

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it<00:19:54.299><c> was</c><00:19:54.559><c> acceptable</c><00:19:55.000><c> under</c><00:19:55.259><c> the</c><00:19:55.460><c> law,</c>

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though<00:19:56.319><c> it</c><00:19:56.400><c> was</c><00:19:56.519><c> going</c><00:19:56.640><c> to</c><00:19:56.819><c> bring</c><00:19:57.019><c> a</c><00:19:57.180><c> degree</c><00:19:57.400><c> of</c><00:19:57.680><c> grief,</c><00:19:58.440><c> Moses</c>

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would<00:19:59.079><c> say.</c>

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Though<00:20:03.019><c> it</c><00:20:03.119><c> was</c><00:20:03.440><c> acceptable,</c><00:20:05.700><c> it</c><00:20:05.759><c> wasn't</c><00:20:06.940><c> the</c><00:20:07.579><c> desirable</c><00:20:08.359><c> family</c><00:20:09.500><c> unit,</c><00:20:09.940><c> was</c><00:20:10.039><c> it?</c>

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And<00:20:10.359><c> we</c><00:20:10.460><c> can</c><00:20:10.779><c> see</c><00:20:11.819><c> the</c><00:20:12.779><c> rumblings</c><00:20:13.200><c> of</c><00:20:13.500><c> tension</c><00:20:13.859><c> here</c><00:20:14.240><c> in</c><00:20:14.400><c> chapter</c><00:20:14.759><c> 1.</c>

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So<00:20:16.319><c> you</c><00:20:16.400><c> could</c><00:20:16.619><c> criticise</c><00:20:17.099><c> Elkhana.</c>

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If<00:20:18.579><c> we</c><00:20:18.819><c> do</c><00:20:19.019><c> criticise</c><00:20:19.440><c> Elkhana,</c><00:20:20.059><c> brothers</c><00:20:20.119><c> and</c><00:20:20.359><c> sisters,</c><00:20:21.180><c> I</c>

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want<00:20:21.579><c> you</c><00:20:21.759><c> to</c><00:20:21.940><c> appreciate</c><00:20:22.380><c> one</c><00:20:22.640><c> important</c><00:20:23.200><c> fact.</c>

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This<00:20:24.559><c> woman</c><00:20:24.799><c> gave</c><00:20:25.099><c> a</c><00:20:25.319><c> vow,</c><00:20:26.380><c> a</c><00:20:26.619><c> vow.</c>

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And<00:20:28.119><c> every</c><00:20:28.380><c> vow</c><00:20:28.660><c> a</c><00:20:28.880><c> woman</c><00:20:29.160><c> made</c><00:20:29.700><c> was</c><00:20:31.160><c> redeemable.</c>

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Every<00:20:34.279><c> vow</c><00:20:34.640><c> a</c><00:20:34.880><c> woman</c><00:20:35.259><c> made</c><00:20:36.000><c> could</c><00:20:36.799><c> be</c><00:20:37.099><c> revoked.</c>

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Unless<00:20:38.880><c> you</c><00:20:39.019><c> come</c><00:20:39.200><c> across</c><00:20:39.480><c> Leviticus</c><00:20:39.900><c> chapter</c><00:20:40.240><c> 27</c><00:20:40.859><c> of</c><00:20:41.220><c> the</c>

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Cherem,<00:20:42.400><c> the</c><00:20:42.680><c> accursed</c><00:20:43.079><c> thing,</c>

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which<00:20:44.279><c> had</c><00:20:44.480><c> nothing</c><00:20:44.740><c> to</c><00:20:44.960><c> do</c><00:20:45.079><c> with</c><00:20:45.220><c> the</c><00:20:45.380><c> vow</c><00:20:45.680><c> that</c><00:20:46.180><c> Hannah</c><00:20:46.299><c> made</c>

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on<00:20:46.839><c> this</c><00:20:47.079><c> day.</c>

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Come<00:20:49.759><c> back</c><00:20:49.940><c> with</c><00:20:50.099><c> me</c><00:20:50.200><c> to</c><00:20:50.319><c> Numbers</c><00:20:50.539><c> chapter</c><00:20:50.819><c> 30.</c>

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And<00:20:51.480><c> by</c><00:20:51.839><c> looking</c><00:20:52.160><c> back</c><00:20:52.460><c> in</c><00:20:52.599><c> Numbers</c><00:20:52.779><c> chapter</c><00:20:53.059><c> 30,</c><00:20:53.500><c> you</c><00:20:53.759><c> suddenly</c><00:20:54.299><c> see</c><00:20:54.960><c> what</c><00:20:55.380><c> a</c>

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spiritual<00:20:56.200><c> man</c><00:20:56.599><c> this</c><00:20:56.880><c> man</c><00:20:57.140><c> was,</c><00:20:57.660><c> Elkhana,</c>

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because<00:20:59.000><c> this</c><00:20:59.599><c> vow</c><00:20:59.940><c> that</c><00:21:00.240><c> Hannah</c><00:21:00.400><c> made</c><00:21:00.759><c> became</c><00:21:01.460><c> his</c><00:21:02.180><c> vow.</c>

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He<00:21:03.339><c> embraced</c><00:21:04.059><c> this</c><00:21:04.420><c> vow.</c>

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It<00:21:06.480><c> became</c><00:21:06.799><c> his</c><00:21:07.200><c> vow,</c><00:21:07.619><c> brothers</c><00:21:07.700><c> and</c><00:21:07.960><c> sisters.</c>

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So<00:21:09.119><c> when</c><00:21:09.220><c> you</c><00:21:09.299><c> come</c><00:21:09.460><c> back</c><00:21:09.579><c> to</c><00:21:09.680><c> Numbers</c><00:21:09.900><c> chapter</c><00:21:10.140><c> 30,</c><00:21:10.599><c> it</c><00:21:10.720><c> concerns</c><00:21:11.059><c> vow.</c>

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And<00:21:11.599><c> what</c><00:21:11.720><c> we</c><00:21:11.880><c> need</c><00:21:12.000><c> to</c><00:21:12.240><c> appreciate,</c><00:21:12.680><c> and</c><00:21:12.799><c> we</c><00:21:12.900><c> don't</c><00:21:13.119><c> really</c><00:21:13.359><c> understand,</c>

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that<00:21:14.000><c> there's</c><00:21:14.279><c> possibly</c><00:21:14.579><c> only</c><00:21:14.839><c> two</c><00:21:15.140><c> vows</c><00:21:15.339><c> that</c><00:21:15.500><c> we</c><00:21:15.700><c> make</c><00:21:15.819><c> in</c>

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our<00:21:16.160><c> life.</c>

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The<00:21:16.839><c> vow</c><00:21:17.059><c> that</c><00:21:17.220><c> we</c><00:21:17.400><c> make</c><00:21:17.559><c> on</c><00:21:17.720><c> the</c><00:21:17.859><c> evening</c><00:21:18.019><c> of</c><00:21:18.220><c> our</c><00:21:18.420><c> baptism</c><00:21:18.700><c> to</c>

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the<00:21:19.019><c> Lord</c><00:21:19.180><c> Jesus</c><00:21:19.559><c> Christ,</c><00:21:19.880><c> his</c><00:21:20.019><c> Father,</c>

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and<00:21:20.940><c> the</c><00:21:21.119><c> vow</c><00:21:21.200><c> that</c><00:21:21.380><c> we</c><00:21:21.599><c> make</c><00:21:21.779><c> when</c><00:21:21.940><c> we</c><00:21:22.200><c> take</c><00:21:22.400><c> a</c><00:21:22.619><c> partner</c><00:21:22.859><c> in</c><00:21:23.099><c> marriage.</c>

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What<00:21:25.220><c> we</c><00:21:25.500><c> may</c><00:21:25.700><c> not</c><00:21:25.859><c> appreciate</c><00:21:26.319><c> under</c><00:21:26.539><c> the</c><00:21:26.740><c> law,</c><00:21:26.920><c> that</c><00:21:26.980><c> it</c><00:21:27.099><c> was</c>

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almost<00:21:27.559><c> common</c><00:21:27.960><c> practice</c><00:21:28.519><c> to</c><00:21:28.779><c> make</c><00:21:29.000><c> a</c><00:21:29.140><c> vow.</c>

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You<00:21:29.400><c> could</c><00:21:29.579><c> make</c><00:21:29.819><c> a</c><00:21:29.960><c> vow</c><00:21:30.059><c> for</c><00:21:30.220><c> your</c><00:21:30.380><c> husband,</c><00:21:30.799><c> for</c><00:21:30.940><c> your</c><00:21:31.119><c> wife,</c>

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for<00:21:31.539><c> your</c><00:21:31.759><c> children.</c>

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It<00:21:32.240><c> was</c><00:21:32.480><c> virtually</c><00:21:32.799><c> common</c><00:21:33.220><c> practice.</c>

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And<00:21:36.619><c> vows</c><00:21:36.920><c> were</c><00:21:37.220><c> often</c><00:21:37.799><c> foolishly</c><00:21:38.480><c> made.</c>

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So<00:21:40.680><c> God</c><00:21:40.819><c> made</c><00:21:41.039><c> provision</c><00:21:41.480><c> that</c><00:21:43.359><c> it</c><00:21:43.480><c> could</c><00:21:43.660><c> be</c><00:21:43.859><c> revoked,</c><00:21:44.240><c> it</c><00:21:44.240><c> could</c><00:21:44.440><c> be</c><00:21:44.619><c> redeemed.</c>

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Just<00:21:45.160><c> look</c><00:21:45.299><c> at</c><00:21:45.400><c> a</c><00:21:45.539><c> few</c><00:21:45.660><c> verses</c><00:21:45.960><c> here.</c><00:21:46.259><c> We</c><00:21:46.359><c> only</c><00:21:46.539><c> want</c><00:21:46.660><c> to</c><00:21:46.779><c> pick</c>

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out<00:21:47.119><c> two.</c>

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Verse<00:21:48.140><c> 8</c><00:21:48.400><c> of</c><00:21:48.519><c> Numbers</c><00:21:48.779><c> chapter</c><00:21:49.299><c> 30.</c>

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It<00:21:51.559><c> concerns</c><00:21:52.000><c> a</c><00:21:52.279><c> vow</c><00:21:52.380><c> that</c><00:21:52.579><c> a</c><00:21:52.660><c> woman</c><00:21:52.859><c> makes.</c>

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But<00:21:55.460><c> if</c><00:21:55.660><c> her</c><00:21:55.920><c> husband</c><00:21:56.440><c> disallowed</c><00:21:57.079><c> her</c><00:21:57.240><c> on</c><00:21:57.380><c> the</c><00:21:57.519><c> day</c><00:21:57.680><c> that</c><00:21:57.819><c> he</c>

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heard<00:21:58.240><c> it,</c>

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then<00:21:58.900><c> he</c><00:21:59.500><c> shall</c><00:21:59.779><c> make</c><00:22:00.160><c> her</c><00:22:00.440><c> vow</c><00:22:00.720><c> which</c><00:22:00.920><c> she</c><00:22:01.259><c> vowed,</c>

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and<00:22:02.240><c> that</c><00:22:02.440><c> which</c><00:22:02.579><c> she</c><00:22:02.880><c> uttered</c><00:22:03.079><c> with</c><00:22:03.299><c> her</c><00:22:03.480><c> lips,</c><00:22:03.940><c> wherewith</c>

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she<00:22:04.640><c> bound</c><00:22:04.880><c> her</c><00:22:05.299><c> soul</c><00:22:05.480><c> of</c><00:22:05.660><c> noneffect,</c>

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and<00:22:06.599><c> the</c><00:22:06.740><c> Lord</c><00:22:06.880><c> shall</c><00:22:07.079><c> forgive</c><00:22:07.339><c> her.</c>

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So<00:22:07.980><c> there</c><00:22:08.440><c> is</c><00:22:08.920><c> a</c><00:22:09.140><c> revocable</c><00:22:09.660><c> vow,</c><00:22:10.500><c> a</c><00:22:10.680><c> husband</c><00:22:10.940><c> and</c><00:22:11.079><c> woman</c>

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coming<00:22:11.599><c> together.</c>

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And<00:22:13.460><c> the</c><00:22:13.680><c> husband</c><00:22:14.039><c> could</c><00:22:14.400><c> revoke</c><00:22:15.039><c> the</c><00:22:15.359><c> vow</c><00:22:15.720><c> that</c><00:22:15.940><c> a</c><00:22:16.079><c> woman</c><00:22:16.299><c> made.</c>

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Whether<00:22:17.279><c> we</c><00:22:17.619><c> like</c><00:22:17.880><c> that,</c><00:22:18.339><c> brothers</c><00:22:18.359><c> and</c><00:22:18.619><c> sisters,</c><00:22:18.920><c> or</c><00:22:19.160><c> whether</c><00:22:19.339><c> we</c><00:22:19.519><c> do</c>

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not,<00:22:20.400><c> that</c><00:22:20.720><c> was</c><00:22:21.059><c> the</c><00:22:21.319><c> law.</c>

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The<00:22:23.119><c> husband</c><00:22:23.619><c> could</c><00:22:24.039><c> intervene,</c><00:22:24.619><c> or</c><00:22:24.740><c> the</c><00:22:24.920><c> father.</c>

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Go<00:22:26.900><c> down</c><00:22:27.019><c> to</c><00:22:27.119><c> verse</c><00:22:27.339><c> 12.</c>

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But<00:22:28.619><c> if</c><00:22:28.779><c> her</c><00:22:29.000><c> husband</c><00:22:29.420><c> had</c><00:22:29.700><c> utterly</c><00:22:30.059><c> made</c><00:22:30.500><c> them</c><00:22:30.819><c> void</c><00:22:31.119><c> on</c><00:22:31.359><c> the</c>

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day<00:22:31.759><c> he</c><00:22:31.980><c> heard</c><00:22:32.299><c> them,</c>

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then<00:22:33.619><c> whatsoever</c><00:22:34.240><c> proceedeth</c><00:22:34.859><c> out</c><00:22:35.140><c> of</c><00:22:35.339><c> her</c><00:22:35.720><c> lips</c><00:22:36.000><c> concerning</c>

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her<00:22:36.920><c> vows,</c>

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or<00:22:37.839><c> concerning</c><00:22:38.180><c> the</c><00:22:38.460><c> bond</c><00:22:38.680><c> of</c><00:22:38.940><c> her</c><00:22:39.119><c> soul,</c><00:22:39.480><c> shall</c><00:22:39.660><c> not</c><00:22:40.099><c> stand.</c>

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A<00:22:41.220><c> husband</c><00:22:41.700><c> hath</c><00:22:42.079><c> made</c><00:22:42.559><c> them</c><00:22:43.119><c> void,</c><00:22:44.059><c> and</c><00:22:44.220><c> the</c><00:22:44.380><c> Lord</c><00:22:44.759><c> shall</c>

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forgive<00:22:45.900><c> her.</c>

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So<00:22:47.500><c> vows</c><00:22:47.720><c> were</c><00:22:48.000><c> redeemable,</c><00:22:48.519><c> except</c><00:22:48.779><c> the</c><00:22:49.019><c> herem.</c>

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But<00:22:49.619><c> the</c><00:22:49.799><c> common</c><00:22:49.940><c> word</c><00:22:50.119><c> vow,</c><00:22:50.759><c> they</c><00:22:50.920><c> were</c><00:22:51.140><c> always</c><00:22:51.700><c> redeemable.</c>

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Except<00:22:54.200><c> the</c><00:22:54.440><c> singular</c><00:22:54.700><c> vow,</c><00:22:55.519><c> again</c><00:22:55.819><c> in</c><00:22:55.980><c> the</c><00:22:56.119><c> opening</c><00:22:56.299><c> verses</c>

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of<00:22:56.779><c> Lit.</c><00:22:56.980><c> 27,</c><00:22:57.640><c> that</c><00:22:57.900><c> only</c><00:22:58.079><c> a</c><00:22:58.240><c> male</c><00:22:58.440><c> could</c><00:22:58.660><c> have.</c>

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So<00:22:59.240><c> this,</c><00:23:00.539><c> in</c><00:23:00.819><c> every</c><00:23:01.180><c> scenario,</c><00:23:01.799><c> was</c><00:23:02.039><c> redeemable.</c>

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Fifty<00:23:06.880><c> shekels</c><00:23:07.220><c> for</c><00:23:07.339><c> a</c><00:23:07.480><c> man,</c><00:23:08.339><c> thirty</c><00:23:08.599><c> shekels</c><00:23:09.039><c> for</c><00:23:09.099><c> a</c><00:23:09.220><c> woman.</c>

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So<00:23:13.400><c> Elkhana</c><00:23:14.220><c> could</c><00:23:14.539><c> have</c><00:23:14.700><c> redeemed</c><00:23:15.019><c> this</c><00:23:15.339><c> vow,</c><00:23:15.700><c> brothers</c><00:23:15.819><c> and</c><00:23:16.079><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:23:17.880><c> there</c><00:23:18.059><c> was</c><00:23:18.400><c> every</c><00:23:18.900><c> reason</c><00:23:19.339><c> to</c><00:23:19.599><c> redeem</c><00:23:19.880><c> this.</c>

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Many<00:23:21.039><c> of</c><00:23:21.259><c> you</c><00:23:21.380><c> have</c><00:23:21.559><c> children</c><00:23:21.940><c> and</c><00:23:22.180><c> grandchildren</c><00:23:22.619><c> here.</c>

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We've<00:23:23.140><c> already</c><00:23:23.359><c> said</c><00:23:23.559><c> that</c><00:23:23.779><c> in</c><00:23:23.960><c> our</c><00:23:24.160><c> opening</c><00:23:24.380><c> remarks.</c>

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You<00:23:26.500><c> imagine</c><00:23:26.980><c> being</c><00:23:27.339><c> given</c><00:23:27.619><c> a</c><00:23:27.980><c> son</c><00:23:28.319><c> from</c><00:23:28.779><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:30.339><c> all</c><00:23:30.559><c> our</c><00:23:30.819><c> children</c><00:23:31.240><c> are</c><00:23:31.579><c> gods.</c>

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They're<00:23:32.279><c> a</c><00:23:32.440><c> heritage</c><00:23:32.740><c> unto</c><00:23:32.940><c> the</c><00:23:33.160><c> Lord,</c><00:23:33.440><c> aren't</c><00:23:33.700><c> they?</c>

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And<00:23:35.240><c> you've</c><00:23:35.660><c> weaned</c><00:23:35.880><c> that</c><00:23:36.180><c> child.</c>

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And<00:23:37.240><c> you</c><00:23:37.400><c> are</c><00:23:37.579><c> about</c><00:23:37.799><c> to</c><00:23:38.000><c> hand</c><00:23:38.279><c> over</c><00:23:38.579><c> your</c><00:23:38.900><c> child</c><00:23:39.180><c> to</c><00:23:39.539><c> Eli.</c>

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And<00:23:41.220><c> you</c><00:23:41.480><c> see</c><00:23:41.839><c> his</c><00:23:42.200><c> sons</c><00:23:42.619><c> at</c><00:23:42.960><c> work,</c><00:23:43.400><c> Hoffnai</c><00:23:43.799><c> and</c><00:23:44.099><c> Phineas.</c>

00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:51.259
And<00:23:44.900><c> suddenly</c><00:23:45.359><c> you</c><00:23:45.740><c> appreciate</c><00:23:46.559><c> that</c><00:23:49.440><c> Eli's</c><00:23:49.940><c> not</c><00:23:50.140><c> a</c><00:23:50.240><c> good</c><00:23:50.400><c> father.</c>

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:56.200
Suddenly<00:23:52.720><c> you</c><00:23:52.980><c> have</c><00:23:53.299><c> no</c><00:23:53.640><c> confidence</c><00:23:54.160><c> whatsoever</c><00:23:54.819><c> in</c><00:23:55.160><c> this</c><00:23:55.400><c> man.</c>

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If<00:23:57.299><c> that</c><00:23:57.500><c> was</c><00:23:57.700><c> me,</c><00:23:58.339><c> I</c><00:23:58.519><c> would</c><00:23:58.700><c> be</c><00:23:58.880><c> down</c><00:23:59.039><c> the</c><00:23:59.240><c> tabernacle</c><00:23:59.799><c> with</c>

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:03.000
my<00:24:01.059><c> fifty</c><00:24:01.380><c> shekels</c><00:24:01.920><c> or</c><00:24:02.000><c> my</c><00:24:02.240><c> thirty</c><00:24:02.460><c> shekels,</c>

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:06.359
and<00:24:03.099><c> I</c><00:24:03.240><c> would</c><00:24:03.420><c> pay</c><00:24:03.660><c> them,</c><00:24:04.119><c> and</c><00:24:04.299><c> I</c><00:24:04.400><c> would</c><00:24:04.599><c> keep</c><00:24:04.900><c> my</c><00:24:05.339><c> son.</c>

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Not<00:24:08.700><c> Elkhana.</c>

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Why?

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Why<00:24:13.099><c> is</c><00:24:13.339><c> it,</c><00:24:13.640><c> brothers</c><00:24:13.700><c> and</c><00:24:14.000><c> sisters,</c><00:24:14.380><c> that</c><00:24:14.579><c> Elkhana</c><00:24:15.240><c> was</c><00:24:15.500><c> not</c>

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.880
prepared<00:24:16.220><c> to</c><00:24:16.579><c> pay</c>

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:19.480
when<00:24:17.259><c> he</c><00:24:17.480><c> saw</c><00:24:17.819><c> Eli</c><00:24:18.259><c> and</c><00:24:18.480><c> his</c><00:24:18.680><c> two</c><00:24:19.000><c> boys?</c>

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:22.519
And<00:24:20.099><c> they</c><00:24:20.180><c> would</c><00:24:20.380><c> only</c><00:24:20.599><c> go</c><00:24:20.900><c> once</c><00:24:21.240><c> a</c><00:24:21.480><c> year</c><00:24:21.599><c> to</c><00:24:21.799><c> see</c><00:24:22.039><c> their</c><00:24:22.339><c> son.</c>

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:24.799
Why<00:24:23.000><c> is</c><00:24:23.240><c> it,</c><00:24:23.480><c> brothers</c><00:24:23.559><c> and</c><00:24:23.819><c> sisters?</c>

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It's<00:24:27.440><c> easy,</c><00:24:27.740><c> isn't</c><00:24:27.900><c> it?</c>

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:31.240
Samuel<00:24:29.579><c> wasn't</c><00:24:29.980><c> for</c><00:24:30.240><c> them.</c>

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He<00:24:32.740><c> was</c><00:24:32.900><c> for</c><00:24:33.059><c> the</c><00:24:33.200><c> nation.</c>

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:38.559
And<00:24:35.720><c> suddenly,</c><00:24:36.140><c> if</c><00:24:36.359><c> you</c><00:24:36.559><c> look</c><00:24:36.740><c> at</c><00:24:36.859><c> it</c><00:24:36.980><c> through</c><00:24:37.240><c> that</c><00:24:37.519><c> lens,</c>

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:41.859
you<00:24:38.799><c> don't</c><00:24:39.200><c> want</c><00:24:39.480><c> your</c><00:24:39.839><c> son</c><00:24:40.079><c> back,</c><00:24:40.440><c> do</c><00:24:40.720><c> you?</c>

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Though<00:24:42.140><c> you</c><00:24:42.400><c> love</c><00:24:42.660><c> your</c><00:24:43.000><c> son.</c>

00:24:43.920 --> 00:24:47.480
You<00:24:44.200><c> want</c><00:24:44.440><c> him</c><00:24:44.680><c> there</c><00:24:45.059><c> with</c><00:24:45.339><c> Eli</c><00:24:45.640><c> and</c><00:24:45.799><c> his</c><00:24:45.960><c> sons,</c><00:24:46.619><c> sorting</c><00:24:47.099><c> it</c>

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all<00:24:47.900><c> out.</c>

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:52.539
And<00:24:50.000><c> that's</c><00:24:50.640><c> where</c><00:24:50.680><c> Samuel</c><00:24:51.259><c> was.</c>

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.660
Do<00:24:53.539><c> you</c><00:24:53.539><c> see</c><00:24:53.700><c> that?</c>

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:56.819
It's<00:24:55.359><c> really</c><00:24:55.700><c> beautiful.</c>

00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:03.839
And<00:24:59.440><c> we</c><00:24:59.640><c> see</c><00:24:59.839><c> there,</c><00:25:01.480><c> at</c><00:25:01.619><c> the</c><00:25:01.759><c> end</c><00:25:02.000><c> of</c><00:25:02.180><c> verse</c><00:25:02.440><c> 21,</c>

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:09.279
that<00:25:04.500><c> this</c><00:25:04.799><c> vow</c><00:25:05.240><c> becomes</c><00:25:07.220><c> his</c><00:25:08.359><c> vow.</c>

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Elkhana's<00:25:10.619><c> vow.</c>

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And<00:25:11.940><c> they</c><00:25:12.119><c> go</c><00:25:12.380><c> yearly</c><00:25:12.759><c> to</c><00:25:13.599><c> see</c><00:25:13.920><c> their</c><00:25:14.259><c> son.</c>

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:19.839
So<00:25:17.619><c> there's</c><00:25:17.839><c> a</c><00:25:17.920><c> little</c><00:25:18.099><c> detail,</c><00:25:18.579><c> and</c><00:25:18.640><c> many</c><00:25:18.880><c> of</c><00:25:19.079><c> you</c><00:25:19.259><c> will</c><00:25:19.559><c> know</c>

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.480
this<00:25:20.119><c> detail,</c>

00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:25.059
but<00:25:20.740><c> put</c><00:25:20.980><c> it</c><00:25:21.180><c> in</c><00:25:21.380><c> the</c><00:25:21.579><c> context</c><00:25:22.200><c> of</c><00:25:22.519><c> a</c><00:25:22.799><c> son</c><00:25:23.119><c> given</c><00:25:23.519><c> for</c><00:25:23.900><c> Israel.</c>

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:28.119
The<00:25:26.000><c> priesthood</c><00:25:26.440><c> was</c><00:25:26.779><c> utterly</c><00:25:27.380><c> corrupt.</c>

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:32.440
God<00:25:28.920><c> was</c><00:25:29.220><c> about</c><00:25:29.500><c> to</c><00:25:29.779><c> cast</c><00:25:30.220><c> the</c><00:25:30.759><c> priesthood</c><00:25:31.500><c> away.</c>

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:36.480
There<00:25:34.039><c> would</c><00:25:34.220><c> be</c><00:25:34.460><c> no</c><00:25:34.799><c> legacy</c><00:25:35.279><c> of</c><00:25:35.660><c> Eli.</c>

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:43.859
So<00:25:40.859><c> what</c><00:25:41.500><c> is</c><00:25:42.240><c> little</c><00:25:42.480><c> Samuel</c><00:25:42.839><c> wearing?</c>

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:46.880
Verse<00:25:45.779><c> 19.</c>

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Moreover,<00:25:47.940><c> his</c><00:25:48.079><c> mother</c><00:25:48.400><c> made</c><00:25:48.799><c> him</c><00:25:49.559><c> a</c><00:25:50.039><c> little</c><00:25:50.940><c> coat.</c>

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:54.019
And<00:25:52.619><c> I'm</c><00:25:52.740><c> sure</c><00:25:52.900><c> many</c><00:25:53.200><c> of</c><00:25:53.359><c> you</c><00:25:53.440><c> will</c><00:25:53.700><c> know,</c>

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:56.920
and<00:25:54.660><c> you'll</c><00:25:54.920><c> have</c><00:25:55.039><c> it</c><00:25:55.359><c> in</c><00:25:55.480><c> your</c><00:25:55.859><c> margin,</c>

00:25:57.339 --> 00:26:00.720
that<00:25:57.500><c> that</c><00:25:57.940><c> Hebrew</c><00:25:58.400><c> word</c><00:25:58.740><c> takes</c><00:25:59.019><c> you</c><00:25:59.259><c> all</c><00:25:59.500><c> the</c><00:25:59.599><c> way</c><00:25:59.740><c> back</c><00:26:00.039><c> to</c><00:26:00.339><c> Exodus,</c>

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:03.759
chapter<00:26:01.059><c> 28,</c><00:26:02.339><c> and</c><00:26:02.700><c> verse</c><00:26:03.039><c> 31,</c>

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:07.539
and<00:26:04.579><c> it</c><00:26:04.720><c> is</c><00:26:04.960><c> the</c><00:26:05.200><c> robe</c><00:26:05.420><c> of</c><00:26:05.660><c> the</c><00:26:06.000><c> Ephod.</c>

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:12.440
And<00:26:09.799><c> brothers</c><00:26:09.960><c> and</c><00:26:10.059><c> sisters,</c><00:26:10.259><c> when</c><00:26:10.420><c> you</c><00:26:10.519><c> look</c><00:26:10.680><c> at</c><00:26:10.940><c> commentaries</c><00:26:11.400><c> on</c><00:26:11.680><c> 1</c><00:26:11.940><c> Samuel,</c>

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:15.579
it<00:26:12.920><c> will</c><00:26:13.140><c> tell</c><00:26:13.359><c> you</c><00:26:13.579><c> that</c><00:26:13.720><c> it</c><00:26:13.799><c> was</c><00:26:14.000><c> just</c><00:26:14.279><c> the</c><00:26:14.539><c> garments,</c>

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:19.359
that<00:26:16.299><c> he</c><00:26:16.500><c> wasn't</c><00:26:16.839><c> there</c><00:26:17.400><c> demonstrating</c><00:26:18.019><c> to</c><00:26:18.859><c> be</c><00:26:19.019><c> a</c><00:26:19.180><c> little</c>

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:20.099
high<00:26:19.680><c> priest.</c>

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:22.559
I<00:26:20.619><c> believe</c><00:26:21.000><c> he</c><00:26:21.359><c> was.</c>

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:28.000
Because<00:26:24.200><c> the</c><00:26:24.500><c> mental</c><00:26:24.900><c> intention</c><00:26:25.700><c> of</c><00:26:26.200><c> Elkhana</c><00:26:27.119><c> and</c><00:26:27.640><c> Hannah</c>

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:31.440
was<00:26:28.640><c> to</c><00:26:29.099><c> revive</c><00:26:29.920><c> God's</c><00:26:30.460><c> people,</c>

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to<00:26:32.920><c> reestablish</c><00:26:33.839><c> a</c><00:26:34.119><c> new</c><00:26:34.480><c> priesthood,</c>

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:38.660
which<00:26:36.460><c> Samuel</c><00:26:36.940><c> would</c><00:26:37.359><c> later</c><00:26:37.619><c> do.</c>

00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:42.680
So<00:26:39.980><c> how</c><00:26:40.339><c> fitting</c><00:26:40.559><c> it</c><00:26:40.859><c> is</c><00:26:41.160><c> that</c><00:26:41.359><c> this</c><00:26:41.559><c> little</c><00:26:41.799><c> boy,</c>

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:46.160
and<00:26:42.940><c> you</c><00:26:43.099><c> imagine</c><00:26:43.480><c> the</c><00:26:43.799><c> lust</c><00:26:44.119><c> invested</c><00:26:44.660><c> in</c><00:26:44.940><c> that</c><00:26:45.240><c> robe,</c>

00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:48.140
year<00:26:46.839><c> in,</c><00:26:47.099><c> year</c><00:26:47.380><c> out,</c>

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:51.619
possibly<00:26:48.900><c> six</c><00:26:49.200><c> or</c><00:26:49.339><c> seven</c><00:26:49.599><c> when</c><00:26:49.759><c> he</c><00:26:49.940><c> was</c><00:26:50.160><c> weaned,</c>

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:53.359
a<00:26:52.039><c> garment</c><00:26:52.240><c> for</c><00:26:52.500><c> his</c><00:26:52.640><c> seventh</c><00:26:52.960><c> birthday,</c>

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.859
a<00:26:53.720><c> garment</c><00:26:53.940><c> for</c><00:26:54.160><c> his</c><00:26:54.240><c> eighth</c><00:26:54.519><c> birthday,</c>

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:56.400
a<00:26:55.240><c> garment</c><00:26:55.480><c> for</c><00:26:55.660><c> his</c><00:26:55.779><c> ninth</c><00:26:56.099><c> birthday,</c>

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:58.079
a<00:26:56.880><c> garment</c><00:26:57.140><c> for</c><00:26:57.359><c> his</c><00:26:57.440><c> tenth</c><00:26:57.740><c> birthday.</c>

00:26:58.200 --> 00:27:00.160
And<00:26:58.460><c> as</c><00:26:58.759><c> Samuel</c><00:26:59.039><c> was</c><00:26:59.240><c> getting</c><00:26:59.500><c> older</c><00:26:59.839><c> and</c><00:26:59.960><c> older,</c>

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:02.859
there<00:27:00.640><c> he</c><00:27:00.819><c> was,</c><00:27:01.019><c> this</c><00:27:01.200><c> little</c><00:27:01.460><c> boy</c><00:27:01.720><c> walking</c><00:27:02.019><c> around</c><00:27:02.359><c> as</c><00:27:02.519><c> a</c><00:27:02.700><c> priest,</c>

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.819
a<00:27:02.980><c> high</c><00:27:03.279><c> priest,</c>

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:08.220
when<00:27:04.660><c> there</c><00:27:04.839><c> was</c><00:27:05.039><c> all</c><00:27:05.500><c> this</c><00:27:05.839><c> corruption</c><00:27:06.539><c> going</c><00:27:06.920><c> on.</c>

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:11.079
Why?

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:14.299
Because<00:27:12.460><c> Hannah</c><00:27:12.839><c> had</c><00:27:13.279><c> prayed</c><00:27:13.579><c> for</c><00:27:13.900><c> it.</c>

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:18.299
She<00:27:14.740><c> had</c><00:27:15.099><c> prayed</c><00:27:15.460><c> to</c><00:27:15.759><c> bring</c><00:27:16.059><c> about</c><00:27:16.500><c> this</c><00:27:16.980><c> restoration,</c>

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:21.980
and<00:27:19.299><c> the</c><00:27:19.819><c> ray</c><00:27:20.019><c> of</c><00:27:20.319><c> light</c><00:27:20.519><c> was</c><00:27:20.799><c> there</c><00:27:21.079><c> in</c><00:27:21.259><c> the</c><00:27:21.440><c> tabernacle</c>

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:27.880
with<00:27:22.240><c> little</c><00:27:22.539><c> Samuel</c><00:27:23.099><c> being</c><00:27:24.559><c> the</c><00:27:25.279><c> little</c><00:27:25.920><c> high</c><00:27:26.640><c> priest.</c>

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:31.019
Now<00:27:29.220><c> brothers</c><00:27:29.420><c> and</c><00:27:29.619><c> sisters,</c><00:27:29.880><c> we</c><00:27:30.039><c> can</c><00:27:30.200><c> all</c><00:27:30.339><c> be</c><00:27:30.460><c> very</c><00:27:30.759><c> humbled,</c>

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:33.599
can't<00:27:31.279><c> we,</c><00:27:31.480><c> when</c><00:27:31.599><c> we</c><00:27:31.859><c> read</c><00:27:32.099><c> these</c><00:27:32.420><c> verses,</c>

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:38.180
dedicating<00:27:35.859><c> our</c><00:27:36.420><c> children</c><00:27:36.880><c> to</c><00:27:37.099><c> the</c><00:27:37.299><c> Lord.</c>

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:40.759
Many<00:27:39.660><c> of</c><00:27:39.819><c> us,</c><00:27:39.980><c> if</c><00:27:40.079><c> not</c><00:27:40.259><c> all</c><00:27:40.500><c> of</c><00:27:40.599><c> us,</c>

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:44.359
may<00:27:41.039><c> think</c><00:27:41.400><c> that</c><00:27:42.759><c> we're</c><00:27:43.380><c> not</c><00:27:43.559><c> in</c><00:27:43.759><c> a</c><00:27:43.799><c> position</c>

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:46.279
to<00:27:44.640><c> commit</c><00:27:45.000><c> our</c><00:27:45.359><c> children</c><00:27:45.720><c> to</c><00:27:45.940><c> the</c><00:27:46.099><c> Lord,</c>

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:50.400
because<00:27:46.640><c> our</c><00:27:46.920><c> children</c><00:27:47.279><c> make</c><00:27:47.859><c> their</c><00:27:48.200><c> own</c><00:27:48.640><c> decision</c><00:27:49.180><c> in</c><00:27:49.480><c> life.</c>

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:53.920
But<00:27:51.380><c> there's</c><00:27:51.660><c> good</c><00:27:51.900><c> reason</c><00:27:52.140><c> to</c><00:27:52.339><c> come</c><00:27:52.519><c> to</c><00:27:52.720><c> places</c><00:27:52.960><c> like</c><00:27:53.319><c> this,</c>

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:58.559
to<00:27:54.680><c> instill</c><00:27:55.220><c> in</c><00:27:55.559><c> them</c><00:27:56.180><c> the</c><00:27:57.279><c> confidence</c><00:27:57.779><c> of</c><00:27:58.000><c> the</c><00:27:58.200><c> Word,</c>

00:27:58.559 --> 00:28:00.440
and<00:27:59.140><c> the</c><00:27:59.359><c> fellowship</c><00:27:59.720><c> and</c><00:27:59.920><c> the</c><00:28:00.140><c> friendship</c>

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:03.000
that<00:28:00.680><c> comes</c><00:28:00.900><c> with</c><00:28:01.119><c> schools</c><00:28:01.440><c> like</c><00:28:01.759><c> this.</c>

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:09.720
But<00:28:05.960><c> what</c><00:28:06.079><c> we</c><00:28:06.319><c> can</c><00:28:06.599><c> commit,</c><00:28:08.019><c> what</c><00:28:08.220><c> can</c><00:28:08.420><c> we</c><00:28:08.619><c> commit?</c>

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:13.660
We<00:28:11.180><c> can</c><00:28:11.480><c> commit</c><00:28:11.700><c> our</c><00:28:12.039><c> time,</c><00:28:12.359><c> can't</c><00:28:12.640><c> we?</c>

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:16.779
That's<00:28:15.079><c> something</c><00:28:15.319><c> that</c><00:28:15.539><c> all</c><00:28:15.740><c> of</c><00:28:15.880><c> us</c><00:28:16.140><c> can</c><00:28:16.420><c> commit</c>

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:19.000
with<00:28:17.079><c> our</c><00:28:17.299><c> children</c><00:28:17.759><c> and</c><00:28:18.140><c> our</c><00:28:18.400><c> grandchildren,</c>

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:23.240
and<00:28:19.519><c> dare</c><00:28:19.740><c> I</c><00:28:20.000><c> say</c><00:28:20.200><c> our</c><00:28:20.640><c> great</c><00:28:20.859><c>-grandchildren</c><00:28:21.579><c> for</c><00:28:21.799><c> some</c><00:28:22.019><c> of</c><00:28:22.160><c> us.</c>

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:28.319
We<00:28:24.640><c> can</c><00:28:25.000><c> commit</c><00:28:25.420><c> our</c><00:28:25.839><c> time</c><00:28:26.460><c> to</c><00:28:27.440><c> our</c><00:28:27.700><c> children</c>

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:31.140
in<00:28:29.259><c> the</c><00:28:29.440><c> things</c><00:28:29.660><c> of</c><00:28:29.839><c> the</c><00:28:30.059><c> truth.</c>

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:34.220
And<00:28:32.579><c> that's</c><00:28:32.880><c> a</c><00:28:33.019><c> vow,</c><00:28:33.400><c> brothers</c><00:28:33.539><c> and</c><00:28:33.839><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:38.259
that<00:28:34.440><c> we</c><00:28:34.579><c> can</c><00:28:34.759><c> all</c><00:28:35.039><c> make,</c><00:28:35.359><c> and</c><00:28:35.559><c> we</c><00:28:35.940><c> should</c><00:28:36.220><c> be</c><00:28:36.599><c> making</c><00:28:37.119><c> daily.</c>

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:41.900
So<00:28:40.220><c> there</c><00:28:40.339><c> are</c><00:28:40.460><c> many</c><00:28:40.680><c> lessons,</c><00:28:41.339><c> are</c><00:28:41.519><c> there</c><00:28:41.660><c> not?</c>

00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:45.500
There<00:28:42.180><c> are</c><00:28:42.359><c> many</c><00:28:42.799><c> lessons</c><00:28:43.240><c> here</c><00:28:43.960><c> for</c><00:28:44.359><c> ourselves.</c>

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:55.240
So<00:28:50.759><c> there's</c><00:28:51.240><c> Samuel</c><00:28:51.640><c> in</c><00:28:52.400><c> his</c><00:28:52.599><c> little</c><00:28:53.400><c> priestly</c><00:28:54.160><c> garment.</c>

00:28:57.839 --> 00:29:01.119
When<00:28:58.079><c> Hannah</c><00:28:58.279><c> receives</c><00:28:59.240><c> her</c><00:29:00.140><c> son,</c>

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:04.059
she<00:29:02.299><c> embarks</c><00:29:02.680><c> on</c><00:29:02.859><c> a</c><00:29:02.980><c> wonderful</c><00:29:03.380><c> hymn</c><00:29:03.640><c> of</c><00:29:03.859><c> praise,</c>

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.619
doesn't<00:29:04.259><c> she,</c><00:29:04.500><c> in</c><00:29:04.599><c> 1</c><00:29:04.759><c> Samuel</c><00:29:05.019><c> chapter</c><00:29:05.380><c> 2.</c>

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:08.200
And<00:29:05.799><c> if</c><00:29:05.859><c> we</c><00:29:06.019><c> had</c><00:29:06.140><c> the</c><00:29:06.380><c> time,</c><00:29:06.619><c> we</c><00:29:06.740><c> could</c><00:29:06.940><c> make</c><00:29:07.180><c> the</c><00:29:07.359><c> wonderful</c><00:29:07.740><c> connections</c>

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:11.279
between<00:29:08.940><c> Hannah's</c><00:29:09.559><c> prayer</c><00:29:09.779><c> and</c><00:29:10.460><c> Mary's</c><00:29:11.099><c> prayer.</c>

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:15.140
They<00:29:11.500><c> were</c><00:29:11.740><c> both</c><00:29:12.420><c> handmaidens</c><00:29:13.279><c> of</c><00:29:13.500><c> the</c><00:29:13.640><c> Lord,</c><00:29:14.099><c> were</c><00:29:14.180><c> they</c><00:29:14.359><c> not?</c>

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:21.140
But<00:29:19.680><c> brothers</c><00:29:19.900><c> and</c><00:29:20.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:26.759
in<00:29:23.460><c> the</c><00:29:23.700><c> closing</c><00:29:24.180><c> verse</c><00:29:24.799><c> of</c><00:29:25.400><c> this</c><00:29:25.779><c> prayer,</c>

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:31.140
I<00:29:27.259><c> want</c><00:29:27.420><c> you</c><00:29:27.579><c> to</c><00:29:27.680><c> scroll</c><00:29:27.920><c> your</c><00:29:28.140><c> eyes</c><00:29:28.339><c> down</c><00:29:28.680><c> to</c><00:29:28.839><c> verse</c><00:29:29.079><c> 10</c><00:29:29.319><c> of</c><00:29:29.480><c> chapter</c><00:29:29.759><c> 2.</c>

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:35.980
And<00:29:33.220><c> he</c><00:29:33.519><c> shall</c><00:29:33.839><c> give</c><00:29:34.140><c> strength</c><00:29:34.660><c> unto</c><00:29:35.140><c> his</c><00:29:35.559><c> king</c>

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:39.980
and<00:29:36.960><c> exalt</c><00:29:37.480><c> the</c><00:29:37.900><c> horn</c><00:29:38.460><c> of</c><00:29:39.039><c> his</c><00:29:39.480><c> anointeds.</c>

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:42.420
Some<00:29:40.259><c> translations,</c><00:29:40.859><c> including</c><00:29:41.339><c> the</c><00:29:41.579><c> centurion,</c>

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:46.500
will<00:29:43.099><c> say</c><00:29:43.299><c> at</c><00:29:43.420><c> the</c><00:29:43.460><c> end</c><00:29:43.700><c> of</c><00:29:43.839><c> verse</c><00:29:44.019><c> 10,</c><00:29:44.460><c> of</c><00:29:44.619><c> his</c><00:29:45.000><c> Christ,</c>

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:51.059
pointing<00:29:47.519><c> our</c><00:29:47.880><c> minds</c><00:29:48.500><c> to</c><00:29:49.599><c> the</c><00:29:49.759><c> Lord</c><00:29:50.160><c> Jesus</c><00:29:50.720><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:53.220
So<00:29:51.240><c> there</c><00:29:51.440><c> she</c><00:29:51.619><c> is,</c><00:29:52.019><c> she</c><00:29:52.039><c> receives</c><00:29:52.599><c> his</c><00:29:52.900><c> son,</c>

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:55.079
and<00:29:53.740><c> she</c><00:29:54.039><c> elevates</c><00:29:54.500><c> her</c><00:29:54.779><c> mind,</c>

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:58.039
and<00:29:55.259><c> she</c><00:29:55.539><c> thinks</c><00:29:55.880><c> of</c><00:29:56.220><c> the</c><00:29:56.480><c> son</c><00:29:56.720><c> to</c><00:29:56.980><c> come,</c><00:29:57.339><c> the</c><00:29:57.599><c> king,</c>

00:29:58.220 --> 00:30:02.259
the<00:29:58.460><c> one</c><00:29:58.720><c> who</c><00:29:58.880><c> would</c><00:29:59.140><c> tread</c><00:29:59.359><c> down</c><00:29:59.880><c> all</c><00:30:00.359><c> his</c><00:30:00.859><c> adversaries.</c>

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:06.039
But<00:30:04.440><c> I</c><00:30:04.519><c> don't</c><00:30:04.660><c> believe</c><00:30:04.839><c> that's</c><00:30:05.200><c> the</c><00:30:05.259><c> case</c><00:30:05.460><c> at</c><00:30:05.660><c> all,</c><00:30:05.980><c> brothers</c>

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:07.359
and<00:30:06.299><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:10.079
because<00:30:08.079><c> I</c><00:30:08.339><c> believe</c><00:30:08.680><c> the</c><00:30:08.900><c> context</c><00:30:09.319><c> of</c><00:30:09.519><c> verse</c><00:30:09.759><c> 10,</c>

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:13.599
though<00:30:10.440><c> it</c><00:30:10.900><c> ultimately</c><00:30:11.500><c> spoke</c><00:30:11.940><c> of</c><00:30:12.400><c> the</c><00:30:12.539><c> great</c><00:30:12.839><c> king</c><00:30:13.079><c> to</c><00:30:13.359><c> come,</c>

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:16.799
the<00:30:14.119><c> savior,</c><00:30:14.539><c> the</c><00:30:14.680><c> anointed,</c><00:30:15.240><c> the</c><00:30:15.279><c> king</c><00:30:15.680><c> Jesus,</c>

00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:19.599
who<00:30:17.019><c> would</c><00:30:17.240><c> tread</c><00:30:17.380><c> down</c><00:30:17.640><c> all</c><00:30:17.900><c> his</c><00:30:18.039><c> enemies,</c><00:30:18.799><c> as</c><00:30:18.920><c> it</c><00:30:19.140><c> says</c><00:30:19.279><c> in</c>

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Psalm<00:30:19.839><c> 2,</c>

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kiss<00:30:20.660><c> the</c><00:30:20.859><c> son,</c><00:30:21.160><c> lest</c><00:30:21.259><c> he</c><00:30:21.420><c> be</c><00:30:21.579><c> angry.</c>

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:29.079
If<00:30:25.200><c> you</c><00:30:25.359><c> look</c><00:30:25.500><c> at</c><00:30:25.640><c> the</c><00:30:25.920><c> context</c><00:30:26.680><c> of</c><00:30:27.019><c> 1</c><00:30:27.279><c> Samuel</c><00:30:27.599><c> chapter</c><00:30:27.960><c> 2,</c>

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:34.099
I<00:30:29.500><c> believe</c><00:30:29.900><c> this</c><00:30:30.299><c> king</c><00:30:30.720><c> that</c><00:30:30.940><c> she</c><00:30:31.180><c> calls</c><00:30:31.480><c> upon</c><00:30:32.059><c> is</c><00:30:33.400><c> a</c><00:30:33.759><c> series</c>

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of<00:30:34.359><c> kings.</c>

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And<00:30:36.299><c> the</c><00:30:36.680><c> thread,</c><00:30:36.920><c> the</c><00:30:37.240><c> common</c><00:30:37.599><c> thread</c><00:30:37.900><c> that</c><00:30:38.259><c> ties</c><00:30:38.559><c> all</c><00:30:39.099><c> these</c>

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:41.720
kings<00:30:39.819><c> to</c><00:30:40.180><c> come</c><00:30:40.460><c> of</c><00:30:40.779><c> Judah</c>

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:45.900
is<00:30:42.859><c> that</c><00:30:43.079><c> they</c><00:30:43.279><c> are</c><00:30:43.940><c> ideal</c><00:30:44.700><c> kings.</c>

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:50.599
I<00:30:47.640><c> firmly</c><00:30:48.039><c> believe,</c><00:30:48.619><c> I</c><00:30:48.720><c> am</c><00:30:49.039><c> firmly</c><00:30:49.380><c> persuaded,</c><00:30:50.059><c> brothers</c><00:30:50.160><c> and</c><00:30:50.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:54.059
that<00:30:51.119><c> Hannah,</c><00:30:52.359><c> she</c><00:30:52.660><c> was</c><00:30:52.920><c> calling</c><00:30:53.259><c> for</c><00:30:53.519><c> a</c><00:30:53.799><c> priest,</c>

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:55.359
which<00:30:54.279><c> was</c><00:30:54.500><c> going</c><00:30:54.660><c> to</c><00:30:54.799><c> be</c><00:30:54.920><c> her</c><00:30:55.180><c> son,</c>

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:58.299
that<00:30:55.539><c> she</c><00:30:55.680><c> was</c><00:30:55.900><c> going</c><00:30:56.079><c> to</c><00:30:56.380><c> commit</c><00:30:56.700><c> in</c><00:30:57.279><c> the</c><00:30:57.460><c> tabernacle</c><00:30:57.940><c> all</c>

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.799
his<00:30:58.559><c> days,</c>

00:30:58.799 --> 00:31:02.980
but<00:30:59.160><c> she</c><00:30:59.480><c> also</c><00:31:00.039><c> called</c><00:31:00.559><c> for</c><00:31:00.799><c> an</c><00:31:01.220><c> ideal</c><00:31:01.759><c> king.</c>

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:09.480
And<00:31:07.119><c> the</c><00:31:07.279><c> first</c><00:31:07.519><c> ideal</c><00:31:07.839><c> king</c><00:31:08.220><c> to</c><00:31:08.460><c> come</c><00:31:08.640><c> was</c><00:31:08.819><c> King</c><00:31:09.039><c> David</c>

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:11.099
and<00:31:09.759><c> the</c><00:31:09.920><c> great</c><00:31:10.160><c> battles</c><00:31:10.539><c> that</c><00:31:10.740><c> he</c><00:31:10.960><c> won.</c>

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:15.680
This<00:31:11.599><c> was</c><00:31:11.920><c> all</c><00:31:12.440><c> in</c><00:31:12.920><c> the</c><00:31:13.240><c> steps</c><00:31:13.539><c> of</c><00:31:14.140><c> exulting</c><00:31:14.700><c> the</c><00:31:14.900><c> horn</c><00:31:15.039><c> of</c><00:31:15.160><c> his</c><00:31:15.339><c> anointed</c>

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.740
at<00:31:15.880><c> the</c><00:31:15.960><c> end</c><00:31:16.119><c> of</c><00:31:16.240><c> verse</c><00:31:16.440><c> 10.</c>

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:18.940
It<00:31:17.019><c> was</c><00:31:17.240><c> the</c><00:31:17.420><c> first</c><00:31:17.799><c> phase.</c>

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:24.200
But<00:31:21.579><c> the</c><00:31:21.759><c> reason</c><00:31:22.019><c> why</c><00:31:22.259><c> I</c><00:31:23.099><c> emphasize</c><00:31:23.440><c> this</c><00:31:23.720><c> to</c><00:31:23.839><c> you,</c><00:31:24.140><c> brothers</c>

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:25.400
and<00:31:24.460><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:28.259
is<00:31:26.619><c> because</c><00:31:26.619><c> it</c><00:31:26.619><c> could</c><00:31:26.920><c> have</c><00:31:27.119><c> been</c><00:31:27.299><c> Saul.</c>

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:31.500
Hannah<00:31:29.720><c> prayed</c><00:31:30.019><c> for</c><00:31:30.259><c> two</c><00:31:30.480><c> men,</c>

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:35.119
a<00:31:31.859><c> priest,</c><00:31:32.339><c> her</c><00:31:32.619><c> son,</c><00:31:33.180><c> and</c><00:31:33.319><c> an</c><00:31:33.619><c> ideal</c><00:31:34.059><c> king,</c>

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:37.559
together<00:31:35.599><c> in</c><00:31:35.980><c> collaboration,</c><00:31:36.799><c> working</c><00:31:37.099><c> together</c>

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:41.039
to<00:31:37.759><c> bring</c><00:31:38.039><c> about</c><00:31:38.420><c> restoration</c><00:31:39.079><c> in</c><00:31:39.319><c> God's</c><00:31:40.059><c> land,</c>

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:44.859
to<00:31:41.380><c> bring</c><00:31:41.720><c> God's</c><00:31:42.740><c> people</c><00:31:43.279><c> to</c><00:31:43.980><c> God.</c>

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:47.740
And<00:31:45.599><c> she</c><00:31:45.779><c> called</c><00:31:45.940><c> for</c><00:31:46.079><c> an</c><00:31:46.259><c> ideal</c><00:31:46.539><c> king</c><00:31:46.880><c> who</c><00:31:47.019><c> would</c><00:31:47.240><c> work</c><00:31:47.539><c> with</c>

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.859
her<00:31:48.000><c> son.</c>

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:53.500
And<00:31:52.140><c> we</c><00:31:52.359><c> are</c><00:31:52.460><c> presented</c><00:31:52.799><c> to</c><00:31:53.039><c> King</c><00:31:53.180><c> Saul.</c>

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:55.700
He<00:31:53.680><c> had</c><00:31:53.900><c> every</c><00:31:54.200><c> opportunity,</c><00:31:54.900><c> brothers</c><00:31:55.019><c> and</c><00:31:55.279><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:58.500
No<00:31:56.619><c> wonder</c><00:31:57.099><c> Samuel</c><00:31:57.579><c> wept</c><00:31:57.900><c> over</c><00:31:58.160><c> him,</c>

00:31:58.619 --> 00:32:00.819
knowing<00:31:58.940><c> that</c><00:31:59.119><c> this</c><00:31:59.339><c> was</c><00:31:59.519><c> the</c><00:31:59.619><c> prayer</c><00:31:59.779><c> of</c><00:32:00.039><c> Hannah.</c>

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:05.420
He<00:32:01.859><c> probably</c><00:32:02.119><c> felt</c><00:32:02.380><c> at</c><00:32:02.599><c> times</c><00:32:03.220><c> that</c><00:32:03.859><c> he</c><00:32:04.160><c> had</c><00:32:04.460><c> failed.</c>

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.819
So<00:32:06.720><c> the</c><00:32:06.799><c> reason</c><00:32:07.000><c> why</c><00:32:07.160><c> we</c><00:32:07.420><c> stress</c><00:32:07.660><c> that,</c>

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:13.119
and<00:32:07.980><c> we've</c><00:32:08.240><c> made</c><00:32:08.579><c> such</c><00:32:09.180><c> a</c><00:32:09.500><c> laboring</c><00:32:10.700><c> point</c><00:32:11.440><c> around</c><00:32:12.440><c> everyone</c>

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.579
doing<00:32:13.359><c> that,</c>

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:14.799
which<00:32:13.720><c> is</c><00:32:13.920><c> right</c><00:32:14.059><c> in</c><00:32:14.200><c> their</c><00:32:14.359><c> own</c><00:32:14.559><c> eyes,</c>

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:17.440
Hannah<00:32:15.599><c> praying</c><00:32:16.299><c> for</c><00:32:16.579><c> a</c><00:32:16.700><c> man</c><00:32:16.960><c>-child</c>

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:21.019
so<00:32:18.299><c> that</c><00:32:18.579><c> the</c><00:32:19.079><c> promises</c><00:32:19.539><c> of</c><00:32:19.779><c> Abraham,</c><00:32:20.200><c> Isaac,</c><00:32:20.519><c> and</c><00:32:20.819><c> Jacob</c>

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:22.680
would<00:32:21.240><c> not</c><00:32:21.420><c> be</c><00:32:21.599><c> lost</c><00:32:21.839><c> in</c><00:32:22.019><c> the</c><00:32:22.140><c> nation.</c>

00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:26.980
She<00:32:23.500><c> calls</c><00:32:23.819><c> upon</c><00:32:24.119><c> a</c><00:32:24.400><c> son</c><00:32:24.720><c> to</c><00:32:25.059><c> be</c><00:32:25.299><c> committed</c><00:32:25.740><c> in</c><00:32:26.299><c> the</c><00:32:26.579><c> work</c><00:32:26.779><c> of</c>

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.880
the<00:32:27.160><c> priesthood,</c>

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:30.079
and<00:32:28.359><c> she</c><00:32:28.539><c> calls</c><00:32:28.759><c> upon</c><00:32:28.980><c> an</c><00:32:29.180><c> ideal</c><00:32:29.660><c> king.</c>

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:36.349
I<00:32:30.619><c> believe</c><00:32:30.980><c> these</c><00:32:32.640><c> are</c><00:32:32.900><c> the</c><00:32:33.099><c> words</c><00:32:33.839><c> that</c><00:32:35.200><c> before</c><00:32:35.559><c> us</c>

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:39.619
established<00:32:37.319><c> the</c><00:32:37.759><c> structure</c><00:32:38.259><c> and</c><00:32:39.140><c> the</c><00:32:39.339><c> pattern</c>

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:41.799
for<00:32:39.880><c> the</c><00:32:40.019><c> whole</c><00:32:40.279><c> book</c><00:32:40.539><c> of</c><00:32:40.740><c> 1</c><00:32:40.940><c> Samuel.</c>

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:45.700
I<00:32:42.980><c> believe</c><00:32:43.339><c> that</c><00:32:43.660><c> these</c><00:32:43.980><c> are</c><00:32:44.299><c> the</c><00:32:44.519><c> keys,</c><00:32:44.839><c> or</c><00:32:45.160><c> the</c><00:32:45.420><c> key,</c>

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:49.299
to<00:32:46.319><c> open</c><00:32:46.839><c> the</c><00:32:47.380><c> first</c><00:32:47.839><c> book.</c>

00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.700
Eli.

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.339
Hannah<00:32:55.519><c> knew</c><00:32:55.700><c> this.</c>

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:58.319
Hannah<00:32:56.839><c> knew</c><00:32:57.140><c> that</c><00:32:57.319><c> the</c><00:32:57.480><c> priesthood</c><00:32:57.799><c> was</c><00:32:58.039><c> corrupt.</c>

00:32:58.599 --> 00:33:01.779
So<00:32:59.079><c> corrupt</c><00:32:59.660><c> was</c><00:32:59.980><c> it,</c><00:33:00.460><c> brothers</c><00:33:00.640><c> and</c><00:33:00.900><c> sisters.</c>

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:03.660
How<00:33:02.200><c> does</c><00:33:02.500><c> Eli</c><00:33:02.759><c> die?</c>

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:05.259
Is<00:33:04.079><c> it</c><00:33:04.299><c> significant?</c>

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:08.759
Again,<00:33:07.680><c> I</c><00:33:07.859><c> show</c><00:33:07.980><c> this</c><00:33:08.140><c> to</c><00:33:08.400><c> teenagers.</c>

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:09.759
They<00:33:09.079><c> enjoy</c><00:33:09.319><c> this</c><00:33:09.579><c> point.</c>

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.500
Let's<00:33:10.059><c> see</c><00:33:10.240><c> it.</c>

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:13.420
Let's<00:33:10.700><c> go</c><00:33:10.859><c> to</c><00:33:11.000><c> Exodus</c><00:33:11.240><c> chapter</c><00:33:11.480><c> 13.</c>

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:21.019
A<00:33:18.640><c> chapter</c><00:33:18.920><c> after</c><00:33:19.559><c> chapter</c><00:33:19.960><c> 12,</c><00:33:20.279><c> of</c><00:33:20.500><c> course,</c>

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:23.000
but<00:33:21.480><c> the</c><00:33:21.619><c> chapter</c><00:33:21.839><c> of</c><00:33:21.980><c> the</c><00:33:22.160><c> Passover.</c>

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:27.940
The<00:33:24.519><c> ass</c><00:33:25.019><c> was</c><00:33:25.819><c> a</c><00:33:26.160><c> unique</c><00:33:26.779><c> animal</c><00:33:27.339><c> in</c><00:33:27.700><c> Israel,</c>

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:30.660
not<00:33:28.119><c> because</c><00:33:28.420><c> it</c><00:33:28.599><c> looked</c><00:33:29.140><c> any</c><00:33:29.619><c> different</c><00:33:29.980><c> to</c><00:33:30.160><c> most</c><00:33:30.400><c> of</c><00:33:30.579><c> the</c>

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.240
other<00:33:30.900><c> animals.</c>

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:35.539
God<00:33:31.940><c> chose</c><00:33:32.319><c> the</c><00:33:32.619><c> ass</c><00:33:32.920><c> to</c><00:33:33.279><c> represent</c><00:33:33.859><c> the</c><00:33:34.140><c> nation</c><00:33:34.380><c> of</c><00:33:34.660><c> Israel.</c>

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:38.599
And<00:33:36.359><c> as</c><00:33:36.539><c> the</c><00:33:36.660><c> children</c><00:33:36.819><c> of</c><00:33:37.079><c> Israel</c><00:33:37.259><c> came</c><00:33:37.700><c> out</c><00:33:38.000><c> of</c><00:33:38.220><c> Egypt,</c>

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:41.220
remember,<00:33:39.200><c> it</c><00:33:39.299><c> was</c><00:33:39.500><c> the</c><00:33:39.660><c> blood</c><00:33:39.900><c> sprinkled</c><00:33:40.380><c> upon</c><00:33:40.579><c> the</c><00:33:40.779><c> lintels</c>

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:44.599
and<00:33:41.380><c> the</c><00:33:41.519><c> doorposts,</c><00:33:42.119><c> and</c><00:33:42.220><c> he</c><00:33:42.539><c> redeemed</c><00:33:43.099><c> them</c><00:33:43.299><c> out</c><00:33:43.480><c> of</c><00:33:43.640><c> Egypt.</c>

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.920
And<00:33:46.539><c> that</c><00:33:46.740><c> became</c><00:33:47.019><c> an</c><00:33:47.259><c> annual</c><00:33:47.460><c> memorial.</c>

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:50.700
But<00:33:48.339><c> God</c><00:33:48.680><c> wanted</c><00:33:49.079><c> to</c><00:33:49.319><c> instill</c><00:33:49.819><c> this</c><00:33:50.079><c> message</c><00:33:50.380><c> into</c><00:33:50.579><c> them.</c>

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:52.839
He<00:33:50.799><c> says,</c><00:33:51.359><c> look,</c><00:33:52.160><c> children</c><00:33:52.420><c> of</c><00:33:52.619><c> Israel,</c>

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:57.220
I<00:33:53.599><c> want</c><00:33:53.839><c> you</c><00:33:54.059><c> to</c><00:33:54.319><c> remember</c><00:33:54.519><c> the</c><00:33:54.759><c> fact</c><00:33:54.920><c> that</c><00:33:55.160><c> you</c><00:33:55.420><c> were</c><00:33:55.680><c> once</c><00:33:55.960><c> unclean.</c>

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:59.900
And<00:33:57.680><c> I</c><00:33:57.779><c> want</c><00:33:57.839><c> you</c><00:33:57.960><c> to</c><00:33:58.140><c> imagine</c><00:33:58.380><c> them</c><00:33:58.839><c> traveling</c><00:33:59.160><c> through</c><00:33:59.460><c> the</c><00:33:59.619><c> wilderness,</c>

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:01.940
and<00:34:00.119><c> there</c><00:34:00.200><c> would</c><00:34:00.319><c> have</c><00:34:00.420><c> been</c><00:34:00.539><c> all</c><00:34:00.859><c> kinds</c><00:34:01.119><c> of</c><00:34:01.359><c> animals</c><00:34:01.619><c> with</c><00:34:01.839><c> them.</c>

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:03.599
Many<00:34:02.299><c> asses</c><00:34:02.640><c> would</c><00:34:02.779><c> have</c><00:34:02.900><c> been</c><00:34:03.000><c> with</c><00:34:03.220><c> them.</c>

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:10.099
And<00:34:04.680><c> every</c><00:34:05.099><c> time</c><00:34:05.359><c> an</c><00:34:05.680><c> ass</c><00:34:05.740><c> gave</c><00:34:06.180><c> birth</c><00:34:06.920><c> to</c><00:34:08.219><c> his</c><00:34:08.679><c> firstborn,</c>

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:17.659
there<00:34:11.639><c> was</c><00:34:11.900><c> a</c><00:34:12.099><c> possibility</c><00:34:12.840><c> to</c><00:34:14.260><c> redeem</c><00:34:15.079><c> that</c><00:34:15.719><c> firstborn</c><00:34:16.559><c> ass.</c>

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:22.659
But<00:34:19.860><c> if</c><00:34:20.039><c> the</c><00:34:20.239><c> family</c><00:34:20.460><c> decided</c><00:34:20.920><c> not</c><00:34:21.239><c> to</c><00:34:21.519><c> redeem</c><00:34:21.940><c> that</c><00:34:22.280><c> ass</c><00:34:22.440><c> for</c>

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:24.079
whatever<00:34:23.079><c> reason,</c>

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:28.800
the<00:34:25.519><c> neck</c><00:34:26.019><c> of</c><00:34:26.559><c> that</c><00:34:26.920><c> ass</c><00:34:27.440><c> was</c><00:34:27.920><c> broken.</c>

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:30.579
We're<00:34:29.179><c> going</c><00:34:29.260><c> to</c><00:34:29.400><c> see</c><00:34:29.579><c> the</c><00:34:29.920><c> lesson</c><00:34:30.159><c> in</c><00:34:30.340><c> a</c><00:34:30.420><c> moment.</c>

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:31.719
Let's<00:34:30.800><c> just</c><00:34:31.000><c> read</c><00:34:31.119><c> the</c><00:34:31.300><c> verse.</c>

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:34.880
Exodus<00:34:32.500><c> chapter</c><00:34:32.820><c> 13</c><00:34:34.019><c> and</c><00:34:34.400><c> verse</c><00:34:34.559><c> 13,</c>

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:37.679
and<00:34:35.119><c> remember,</c><00:34:35.679><c> it's</c><00:34:36.179><c> absolutely</c><00:34:36.719><c> at</c><00:34:36.960><c> the</c><00:34:37.099><c> time</c><00:34:37.340><c> when</c><00:34:37.460><c> they</c>

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:38.820
came<00:34:37.960><c> out</c><00:34:38.219><c> of</c><00:34:38.400><c> Egypt,</c>

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:42.579
they<00:34:39.440><c> were</c><00:34:39.659><c> being</c><00:34:39.920><c> reminded</c><00:34:40.480><c> of</c><00:34:40.739><c> how</c><00:34:41.039><c> they</c><00:34:41.300><c> were</c><00:34:41.559><c> delivered.</c>

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:44.280
Verse<00:34:43.119><c> 13</c><00:34:43.500><c> of</c><00:34:43.619><c> chapter</c><00:34:43.840><c> 13,</c>

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:48.559
And<00:34:44.420><c> every</c><00:34:44.860><c> firstling</c><00:34:45.679><c> of</c><00:34:46.360><c> an</c><00:34:46.659><c> ass</c><00:34:47.260><c> thou</c><00:34:47.699><c> shalt</c><00:34:48.019><c> redeem</c><00:34:48.380><c> with</c>

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:48.880
a<00:34:48.739><c> lamp.</c>

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:52.880
Later<00:34:49.500><c> on</c><00:34:49.719><c> in</c><00:34:49.860><c> this</c><00:34:50.099><c> book,</c><00:34:50.739><c> this</c><00:34:51.000><c> becomes</c><00:34:51.360><c> a</c><00:34:51.679><c> broad</c><00:34:51.880><c> description</c><00:34:52.360><c> of</c><00:34:52.579><c> all</c>

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.739
the<00:34:53.039><c> unclean</c><00:34:53.420><c> animals.</c>

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:57.099
But<00:34:54.139><c> at</c><00:34:54.440><c> the</c><00:34:54.599><c> beginning,</c><00:34:55.559><c> it</c><00:34:55.699><c> was</c><00:34:55.960><c> only</c><00:34:56.340><c> the</c><00:34:56.599><c> ass</c><00:34:56.780><c> that</c><00:34:56.920><c> could</c>

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:58.579
be<00:34:57.340><c> redeemed.</c>

00:34:58.579 --> 00:35:02.380
Every<00:34:59.360><c> firstling</c><00:34:59.860><c> of</c><00:35:00.000><c> an</c><00:35:00.179><c> ass</c><00:35:00.300><c> thou</c><00:35:00.539><c> shalt</c><00:35:00.860><c> redeem</c><00:35:01.179><c> with</c><00:35:01.400><c> a</c><00:35:01.539><c> lamp.</c>

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:05.519
And<00:35:02.639><c> if</c><00:35:02.760><c> thou</c><00:35:02.960><c> wilt</c><00:35:03.219><c> not</c><00:35:03.519><c> redeem</c><00:35:03.800><c> it,</c><00:35:04.480><c> then</c><00:35:04.679><c> thou</c><00:35:04.920><c> shalt</c><00:35:05.159><c> break</c>

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.840
his<00:35:05.900><c> neck.</c>

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:08.579
And<00:35:07.079><c> all</c><00:35:07.320><c> the</c><00:35:07.679><c> firstborn</c><00:35:08.219><c> of</c><00:35:08.400><c> man.</c>

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:10.059
Now<00:35:08.679><c> that's</c><00:35:08.920><c> interesting,</c><00:35:09.360><c> isn't</c><00:35:09.480><c> it?</c>

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:13.780
To<00:35:10.539><c> refer</c><00:35:10.960><c> to</c><00:35:11.159><c> the</c><00:35:11.440><c> firstborn</c><00:35:12.019><c> of</c><00:35:12.199><c> an</c><00:35:12.400><c> ass</c><00:35:12.579><c> as</c><00:35:12.840><c> the</c><00:35:13.099><c> firstborn</c>

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:15.059
of<00:35:14.139><c> man.</c>

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:18.480
The<00:35:15.619><c> firstborn</c><00:35:16.199><c> of</c><00:35:16.400><c> man</c><00:35:16.659><c> among</c><00:35:16.960><c> thy</c><00:35:17.179><c> children</c><00:35:17.599><c> shalt</c><00:35:17.880><c> thou</c><00:35:18.119><c> redeem.</c>

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:20.380
Well,<00:35:19.019><c> if</c><00:35:19.119><c> you</c><00:35:19.179><c> go</c><00:35:19.340><c> back</c><00:35:19.480><c> to</c><00:35:19.579><c> the</c><00:35:19.719><c> previous</c><00:35:20.039><c> chapter,</c>

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:23.360
you'll<00:35:20.760><c> see</c><00:35:21.119><c> why</c><00:35:21.980><c> these</c><00:35:22.420><c> words</c><00:35:22.639><c> are</c><00:35:22.820><c> being</c><00:35:23.079><c> stressed.</c>

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:25.460
Look<00:35:23.960><c> halfway</c><00:35:24.280><c> down</c><00:35:24.639><c> chapter</c><00:35:24.940><c> 12.</c>

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:27.400
It<00:35:25.920><c> is</c><00:35:26.179><c> the</c><00:35:26.579><c> firstborn.</c>

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:30.260
Look<00:35:27.960><c> a</c><00:35:28.119><c> few</c><00:35:28.239><c> lines</c><00:35:28.519><c> down</c><00:35:28.960><c> from</c><00:35:29.559><c> verse</c><00:35:29.780><c> 29.</c>

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:32.119
It<00:35:30.659><c> is</c><00:35:30.840><c> the</c><00:35:31.139><c> firstborn.</c>

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:36.019
The<00:35:32.179><c> redemption</c><00:35:32.820><c> out</c><00:35:33.280><c> of</c><00:35:33.539><c> Egypt</c><00:35:34.139><c> was</c><00:35:34.840><c> for</c><00:35:35.199><c> the</c><00:35:35.500><c> firstborn.</c>

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:39.599
And<00:35:36.460><c> so</c><00:35:36.619><c> to</c><00:35:36.840><c> remind</c><00:35:37.300><c> them</c><00:35:37.440><c> of</c><00:35:37.619><c> this</c><00:35:37.860><c> fact,</c><00:35:38.539><c> the</c><00:35:38.679><c> ass</c><00:35:38.800><c> was</c><00:35:39.019><c> unclean.</c>

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:44.360
And<00:35:40.000><c> as</c><00:35:40.260><c> the</c><00:35:40.460><c> animal,</c><00:35:40.780><c> the</c><00:35:41.099><c> ass,</c><00:35:41.579><c> gave</c><00:35:42.280><c> birth</c><00:35:42.739><c> to</c><00:35:42.940><c> its</c><00:35:43.159><c> firstborn,</c>

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:48.019
you<00:35:45.440><c> Israel</c><00:35:46.159><c> were</c><00:35:46.599><c> this</c><00:35:46.900><c> ass.</c>

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:52.380
And<00:35:49.239><c> those</c><00:35:49.579><c> of</c><00:35:49.880><c> you</c><00:35:50.340><c> who</c><00:35:50.679><c> were</c><00:35:50.940><c> prepared</c><00:35:51.260><c> to</c><00:35:51.559><c> take</c><00:35:51.739><c> the</c><00:35:52.000><c> lamb</c>

00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:55.579
on<00:35:52.980><c> the</c><00:35:53.219><c> tenth</c><00:35:53.780><c> day</c><00:35:54.260><c> of</c><00:35:54.440><c> Abed</c>

00:35:55.579 --> 00:36:00.480
and<00:35:56.280><c> kill</c><00:35:56.519><c> it</c><00:35:56.659><c> on</c><00:35:56.820><c> the</c><00:35:57.000><c> fourteenth,</c><00:35:58.659><c> you</c><00:35:58.780><c> were</c><00:35:59.039><c> redeemed.</c>

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:06.139
But<00:36:01.039><c> those</c><00:36:01.760><c> who</c><00:36:02.179><c> were</c><00:36:02.360><c> not</c><00:36:02.579><c> prepared,</c><00:36:04.599><c> figuratively,</c><00:36:05.900><c> their</c>

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:07.699
necks<00:36:06.440><c> were</c><00:36:06.619><c> broken,</c><00:36:07.019><c> weren't</c><00:36:07.199><c> they?</c>

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:12.820
Because<00:36:08.559><c> the</c><00:36:08.900><c> destroying</c><00:36:09.119><c> angel</c><00:36:09.480><c> went</c><00:36:09.739><c> in</c><00:36:10.159><c> and</c><00:36:10.659><c> killed</c><00:36:11.079><c> the</c><00:36:11.539><c> firstborn.</c>

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:15.639
So<00:36:14.260><c> why</c><00:36:14.400><c> did</c><00:36:14.480><c> we</c><00:36:14.559><c> go</c><00:36:14.780><c> back</c><00:36:15.000><c> here?</c>

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:17.860
Well,<00:36:16.239><c> we're</c><00:36:16.360><c> thinking</c><00:36:16.639><c> about</c><00:36:16.960><c> Eli.</c>

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:20.340
Eli.

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:23.059
And<00:36:21.340><c> what</c><00:36:21.460><c> was</c><00:36:21.639><c> the</c><00:36:21.900><c> responsibility</c><00:36:22.519><c> of</c><00:36:22.760><c> Eli?</c>

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:25.360
It<00:36:23.840><c> was</c><00:36:24.059><c> the</c><00:36:24.260><c> daily</c><00:36:24.500><c> burnt</c><00:36:24.760><c> offering,</c><00:36:25.059><c> wasn't</c><00:36:25.260><c> it?</c>

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:27.860
We<00:36:25.519><c> considered</c><00:36:25.820><c> this</c><00:36:26.039><c> this</c><00:36:26.239><c> morning,</c><00:36:26.860><c> the</c><00:36:27.039><c> morning</c><00:36:27.280><c> and</c><00:36:27.460><c> the</c><00:36:27.619><c> evening.</c>

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.880
And<00:36:28.139><c> it</c><00:36:28.239><c> never</c><00:36:28.380><c> went</c><00:36:28.619><c> out.</c>

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:30.679
Why<00:36:29.300><c> did</c><00:36:29.460><c> it</c><00:36:29.539><c> never</c><00:36:29.719><c> go</c><00:36:29.880><c> out,</c><00:36:30.179><c> brothers</c><00:36:30.260><c> and</c><00:36:30.480><c> sisters?</c>

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:33.679
Because<00:36:31.039><c> it</c><00:36:31.380><c> spoke</c><00:36:31.679><c> of</c><00:36:32.019><c> fellowship</c><00:36:32.480><c> with</c><00:36:32.739><c> God.</c>

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:38.639
And<00:36:35.940><c> God</c><00:36:36.159><c> said,</c><00:36:36.480><c> I</c><00:36:36.480><c> have</c><00:36:36.760><c> no</c><00:36:37.039><c> fellowship</c><00:36:37.460><c> with</c><00:36:37.739><c> you.</c>

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:41.280
Every<00:36:39.280><c> man</c><00:36:39.559><c> does</c><00:36:39.760><c> that</c><00:36:39.960><c> which</c><00:36:40.099><c> is</c><00:36:40.300><c> right</c><00:36:40.420><c> in</c><00:36:40.539><c> their</c><00:36:40.719><c> own</c><00:36:40.900><c> eyes.</c>

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:43.840
Look<00:36:41.760><c> at</c><00:36:41.960><c> your</c><00:36:42.280><c> sons,</c><00:36:42.960><c> Hothnai</c><00:36:43.260><c> and</c><00:36:43.460><c> Phileas.</c>

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:46.159
I<00:36:44.400><c> have</c><00:36:44.719><c> cast</c><00:36:45.039><c> away</c><00:36:45.340><c> your</c><00:36:45.719><c> priesthood.</c>

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:47.860
You<00:36:46.599><c> are</c><00:36:47.019><c> unredeemable.</c>

00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:50.239
You<00:36:48.239><c> can</c><00:36:48.659><c> no</c><00:36:48.980><c> longer</c><00:36:49.360><c> redeem</c><00:36:49.719><c> the</c><00:36:49.960><c> nation.</c>

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:53.719
And<00:36:50.679><c> the</c><00:36:50.980><c> priesthood</c><00:36:51.420><c> is</c><00:36:51.840><c> unredeemable.</c>

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:57.099
And<00:36:54.880><c> that's</c><00:36:55.059><c> why</c><00:36:55.260><c> Eli's</c><00:36:55.739><c> neck</c><00:36:55.900><c> was</c><00:36:56.159><c> broken.</c>

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:01.599
And<00:36:59.800><c> we're</c><00:36:59.980><c> going</c><00:37:00.039><c> to</c><00:37:00.260><c> see</c><00:37:00.480><c> during</c><00:37:00.699><c> the</c><00:37:00.860><c> course</c><00:37:01.039><c> of</c><00:37:01.260><c> the</c><00:37:01.360><c> week</c>

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:03.840
that<00:37:01.860><c> a</c><00:37:02.039><c> new</c><00:37:02.239><c> family</c><00:37:02.679><c> is</c><00:37:02.960><c> born,</c>

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:06.099
a<00:37:04.159><c> new</c><00:37:04.500><c> family</c><00:37:04.880><c> of</c><00:37:05.199><c> priests.</c>

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:11.579
And<00:37:06.980><c> it</c><00:37:07.199><c> changes</c><00:37:07.559><c> hands</c><00:37:08.099><c> from</c><00:37:09.460><c> the</c><00:37:09.679><c> family</c><00:37:09.880><c> of</c><00:37:10.179><c> Eli</c><00:37:10.579><c> to</c>

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.960
another<00:37:11.960><c> family.</c>

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:20.199
So<00:37:15.800><c> all</c><00:37:16.280><c> this</c><00:37:16.519><c> was</c><00:37:16.699><c> building</c><00:37:17.079><c> up</c><00:37:17.760><c> for</c><00:37:18.840><c> the</c><00:37:19.019><c> desire</c><00:37:19.480><c> for</c><00:37:19.739><c> a</c><00:37:19.840><c> new</c><00:37:20.000><c> king.</c>

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:23.480
If<00:37:20.380><c> you</c><00:37:20.559><c> can</c><00:37:20.760><c> no</c><00:37:21.019><c> longer</c><00:37:21.320><c> look</c><00:37:21.579><c> to</c><00:37:21.780><c> the</c><00:37:21.960><c> priest,</c><00:37:22.800><c> who</c><00:37:23.119><c> can</c><00:37:23.360><c> you</c>

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:24.760
look<00:37:23.760><c> to?</c>

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:27.739
They<00:37:26.340><c> desired</c><00:37:26.559><c> a</c><00:37:26.780><c> king.</c>

00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:30.179
There<00:37:28.500><c> was</c><00:37:28.659><c> nothing</c><00:37:28.900><c> left</c><00:37:29.340><c> with</c><00:37:29.579><c> the</c><00:37:29.780><c> priesthood.</c>

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:34.280
And<00:37:30.340><c> that's</c><00:37:30.519><c> why</c><00:37:31.940><c> Samuel</c><00:37:32.820><c> was</c><00:37:33.139><c> there.</c>

00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:40.599
Just<00:37:38.320><c> pick</c><00:37:38.539><c> out</c><00:37:38.679><c> a</c><00:37:38.900><c> few</c><00:37:39.079><c> verses</c><00:37:39.460><c> here.</c>

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:42.900
They're<00:37:41.199><c> very</c><00:37:41.500><c> sad</c><00:37:41.780><c> verses.</c>

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:49.239
When<00:37:44.579><c> Eli</c><00:37:44.920><c> broke</c><00:37:45.260><c> his</c><00:37:45.579><c> neck,</c><00:37:47.659><c> he</c><00:37:47.780><c> fell</c><00:37:47.980><c> off</c><00:37:48.179><c> the</c><00:37:48.260><c> back</c><00:37:48.460><c> of</c><00:37:48.639><c> his</c><00:37:48.940><c> chair</c>

00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:53.480
because<00:37:49.760><c> not</c><00:37:50.739><c> being</c><00:37:51.260><c> told</c><00:37:51.579><c> that</c><00:37:51.760><c> his</c><00:37:51.880><c> two</c><00:37:52.159><c> sons</c><00:37:52.400><c> were</c><00:37:52.639><c> dead,</c>

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:56.159
I'm<00:37:53.719><c> sure</c><00:37:53.840><c> in</c><00:37:53.960><c> his</c><00:37:54.139><c> heart</c><00:37:54.239><c> he</c><00:37:54.320><c> was</c><00:37:54.460><c> quite</c><00:37:54.659><c> thankful</c><00:37:55.039><c> for</c><00:37:55.260><c> that.</c>

00:37:56.300 --> 00:37:59.400
The<00:37:56.619><c> Ark</c><00:37:56.940><c> of</c><00:37:57.139><c> the</c><00:37:57.400><c> Covenant</c><00:37:57.719><c> had</c><00:37:57.940><c> been</c><00:37:58.219><c> stolen</c><00:37:58.639><c> from</c><00:37:58.920><c> the</c><00:37:59.099><c> Philistines.</c>

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:01.300
I<00:37:59.539><c> want</c><00:37:59.679><c> you</c><00:37:59.820><c> to</c><00:38:00.019><c> remember</c><00:38:00.280><c> that.</c>

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:03.239
The<00:38:01.699><c> Philistines.</c>

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:05.260
The<00:38:04.199><c> Philistines.</c>

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:08.579
This<00:38:06.000><c> was</c><00:38:06.179><c> going</c><00:38:06.280><c> to</c><00:38:06.420><c> be</c><00:38:06.579><c> something</c><00:38:06.960><c> that</c><00:38:07.739><c> Saul's</c><00:38:08.099><c> life</c><00:38:08.380><c> was</c>

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:10.559
going<00:38:08.679><c> to</c><00:38:08.800><c> be</c><00:38:09.019><c> entirely</c><00:38:09.500><c> involved</c><00:38:09.900><c> with.</c>

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:11.960
The<00:38:11.099><c> Philistines.</c>

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:13.539
Verse<00:38:12.360><c> 21.</c>

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:16.539
This<00:38:14.179><c> is</c><00:38:14.599><c> the</c><00:38:15.340><c> wife</c><00:38:15.820><c> of</c><00:38:16.159><c> Phinehas.</c>

00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:19.059
And<00:38:16.739><c> she</c><00:38:16.860><c> named</c><00:38:17.199><c> the</c><00:38:17.420><c> child</c><00:38:17.840><c> Ichabod</c><00:38:18.400><c> saying,</c>

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:22.219
The<00:38:19.440><c> glory</c><00:38:19.880><c> is</c><00:38:20.159><c> departed</c><00:38:20.559><c> from</c><00:38:20.780><c> Israel</c><00:38:21.199><c> because</c><00:38:21.539><c> the</c><00:38:21.840><c> Ark</c><00:38:22.059><c> of</c>

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:23.099
God<00:38:22.440><c> was</c><00:38:22.699><c> taken</c>

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:26.780
and<00:38:23.780><c> because</c><00:38:24.539><c> of</c><00:38:24.860><c> her</c><00:38:25.079><c> father</c><00:38:25.480><c>-in</c><00:38:25.679><c>-law</c><00:38:25.800><c> and</c><00:38:26.019><c> her</c><00:38:26.219><c> husband.</c>

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:30.179
And<00:38:27.400><c> she</c><00:38:27.639><c> said,</c><00:38:27.940><c> The</c><00:38:27.980><c> glory</c><00:38:28.360><c> is</c><00:38:28.619><c> departed</c><00:38:29.039><c> from</c><00:38:29.260><c> Israel</c><00:38:29.880><c> for</c>

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:31.380
the<00:38:30.400><c> Ark</c><00:38:30.659><c> of</c><00:38:30.780><c> God</c><00:38:30.980><c> is</c><00:38:31.119><c> taken.</c>

00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:33.840
God's<00:38:32.039><c> presence</c><00:38:32.559><c> was</c><00:38:32.880><c> no</c><00:38:33.139><c> longer</c><00:38:33.340><c> with</c><00:38:33.579><c> them.</c>

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:39.639
Brothers<00:38:34.300><c> and</c><00:38:34.599><c> sisters,</c><00:38:36.780><c> mentally</c><00:38:36.960><c> at</c><00:38:37.159><c> least,</c><00:38:38.019><c> put</c><00:38:38.139><c> a</c><00:38:38.340><c> mark</c><00:38:38.500><c> here.</c>

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:43.019
This<00:38:41.000><c> was</c><00:38:41.239><c> their</c><00:38:41.559><c> lowest</c><00:38:41.940><c> point.</c>

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:45.119
They<00:38:43.460><c> are</c><00:38:43.679><c> without</c><00:38:44.099><c> God.</c>

00:38:45.619 --> 00:38:47.460
Samuel<00:38:45.940><c> is</c><00:38:46.219><c> premature.</c>

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:52.079
And<00:38:49.820><c> Eli's</c><00:38:50.500><c> neck</c><00:38:50.840><c> is</c><00:38:51.199><c> broken.</c>

00:38:52.099 --> 00:38:54.960
Who<00:38:52.739><c> could</c><00:38:53.440><c> they</c><00:38:53.739><c> turn</c><00:38:54.019><c> to?</c>

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:57.780
Who<00:38:56.380><c> could</c><00:38:56.559><c> they</c><00:38:56.760><c> turn</c><00:38:56.980><c> to?</c>

00:38:58.159 --> 00:38:59.820
There<00:38:58.380><c> was</c><00:38:58.519><c> just</c><00:38:58.780><c> one</c><00:38:58.980><c> man,</c><00:38:59.260><c> wasn't</c><00:38:59.480><c> there?</c>

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:01.619
It<00:39:00.500><c> was</c><00:39:00.719><c> God.</c>

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:04.440
But<00:39:02.440><c> they</c><00:39:02.679><c> failed</c><00:39:02.900><c> to</c><00:39:03.099><c> do</c><00:39:03.280><c> that.</c>

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:05.780
Go<00:39:04.679><c> to</c><00:39:04.820><c> chapter</c><00:39:05.079><c> 7</c><00:39:05.400><c> now.</c>

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:09.280
We're<00:39:06.119><c> going</c><00:39:06.260><c> to</c><00:39:06.760><c> fast</c><00:39:07.119><c> forward</c><00:39:07.519><c> 20</c><00:39:07.960><c> years.</c>

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:13.099
Samuel<00:39:10.099><c> now</c><00:39:10.579><c> is</c><00:39:10.880><c> a</c><00:39:11.139><c> strong,</c><00:39:11.800><c> youthful</c><00:39:12.199><c> man.</c>

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:17.739
He<00:39:13.199><c> brings</c><00:39:13.539><c> the</c><00:39:13.780><c> nation</c><00:39:14.139><c> of</c><00:39:14.420><c> Israel</c><00:39:15.019><c> together</c><00:39:15.780><c> and</c><00:39:16.440><c> he</c><00:39:16.739><c> rebukes</c><00:39:17.239><c> them.</c>

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:21.579
Because<00:39:18.360><c> for</c><00:39:18.679><c> 20</c><00:39:19.199><c> years</c><00:39:19.760><c> they</c><00:39:19.940><c> were</c><00:39:20.199><c> still</c><00:39:20.519><c> following</c><00:39:20.900><c> Balaam</c>

00:39:21.579 --> 00:39:23.659
and<00:39:21.760><c> Ashtaroth.</c>

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:28.440
1<00:39:25.679><c> Samuel</c><00:39:26.099><c> chapter</c><00:39:26.800><c> 7</c><00:39:27.460><c> and</c><00:39:27.980><c> verse</c><00:39:28.179><c> 3.</c>

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:29.340
I<00:39:28.440><c> want</c><00:39:28.579><c> you</c><00:39:28.760><c> to</c><00:39:28.900><c> imagine</c><00:39:29.079><c> this.</c>

00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:31.519
20<00:39:29.840><c> years</c><00:39:30.360><c> on.</c>

00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:34.380
When<00:39:32.480><c> all</c><00:39:32.800><c> these</c><00:39:33.039><c> lessons</c><00:39:33.420><c> should</c><00:39:33.659><c> have</c><00:39:33.780><c> been</c><00:39:34.000><c> learned</c><00:39:34.199><c> with</c>

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:35.860
the<00:39:34.559><c> Philistines.</c>

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:40.000
And<00:39:37.780><c> Samuel</c><00:39:38.039><c> spake</c><00:39:38.400><c> unto</c><00:39:38.639><c> all</c><00:39:38.940><c> the</c><00:39:39.059><c> house</c><00:39:39.260><c> of</c><00:39:39.400><c> Israel</c><00:39:39.679><c> saying,</c>

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:43.659
If<00:39:40.239><c> ye</c><00:39:40.500><c> do</c><00:39:40.659><c> not</c><00:39:40.780><c> return</c><00:39:41.280><c> unto</c><00:39:41.579><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:42.019><c> with</c><00:39:42.219><c> all</c><00:39:42.420><c> your</c><00:39:42.699><c> hearts,</c>

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:47.179
put<00:39:44.139><c> away</c><00:39:44.500><c> the</c><00:39:44.900><c> strange</c><00:39:45.260><c> gods</c><00:39:45.659><c> and</c><00:39:46.119><c> Ashtaroth</c><00:39:46.519><c> from</c><00:39:46.739><c> among</c><00:39:47.019><c> you</c>

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:49.960
and<00:39:47.340><c> prepare</c><00:39:47.659><c> your</c><00:39:47.940><c> hearts</c><00:39:48.199><c> unto</c><00:39:48.400><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:48.840><c> and</c><00:39:49.019><c> serve</c><00:39:49.340><c> him</c><00:39:49.519><c> only</c>

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:53.099
and<00:39:50.480><c> he</c><00:39:50.880><c> will</c><00:39:51.179><c> deliver</c><00:39:51.519><c> you</c><00:39:51.719><c> out</c><00:39:51.920><c> of</c><00:39:52.019><c> the</c><00:39:52.099><c> hand</c><00:39:52.300><c> of</c><00:39:52.460><c> the</c><00:39:52.579><c> Philistines.</c>

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:56.519
Then<00:39:53.639><c> the</c><00:39:54.019><c> children</c><00:39:54.260><c> of</c><00:39:54.420><c> Israel</c><00:39:54.820><c> did</c><00:39:55.059><c> put</c><00:39:55.280><c> away</c><00:39:55.579><c> Balaam</c><00:39:55.880><c> and</c><00:39:56.019><c> Ashtaroth</c>

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:58.460
and<00:39:57.000><c> served</c><00:39:57.300><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:57.840><c> only.</c>

00:39:58.860 --> 00:40:00.940
Look<00:39:59.059><c> in</c><00:39:59.219><c> the</c><00:39:59.219><c> middle</c><00:39:59.380><c> of</c><00:39:59.539><c> verse</c><00:39:59.739><c> 2.</c>

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20<00:40:01.380><c> years.</c>

00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:07.920
It<00:40:05.400><c> was</c><00:40:05.559><c> only</c><00:40:05.820><c> when</c><00:40:06.059><c> Samuel</c><00:40:06.619><c> pleaded</c><00:40:07.119><c> to</c><00:40:07.340><c> them</c>

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:11.119
that<00:40:08.519><c> they</c><00:40:08.860><c> finally</c><00:40:09.260><c> put</c><00:40:09.519><c> away</c><00:40:09.900><c> Ashtaroth</c><00:40:10.519><c> and</c><00:40:10.760><c> Balaam</c>

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:15.820
and<00:40:11.619><c> they</c><00:40:11.980><c> served</c><00:40:12.179><c> Yahweh</c><00:40:12.780><c> with</c><00:40:13.000><c> a</c><00:40:13.159><c> pure</c><00:40:13.440><c> heart</c><00:40:13.880><c> for</c><00:40:14.199><c> 20</c><00:40:14.659><c> years.</c>

00:40:16.579 --> 00:40:18.739
Just<00:40:16.800><c> reflect</c><00:40:17.119><c> on</c><00:40:17.239><c> that</c><00:40:17.420><c> brothers</c><00:40:17.599><c> and</c><00:40:17.840><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:19.260 --> 00:40:21.820
What<00:40:19.400><c> did</c><00:40:19.559><c> the</c><00:40:19.719><c> Ark</c><00:40:19.860><c> of</c><00:40:19.960><c> the</c><00:40:20.119><c> Covenant</c><00:40:20.400><c> done</c><00:40:20.960><c> in</c><00:40:21.699><c> the</c>

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:22.820
Philistine<00:40:22.239><c> territory?</c>

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:27.960
For<00:40:23.519><c> seven</c><00:40:23.880><c> months</c><00:40:24.400><c> it</c><00:40:24.780><c> produced</c><00:40:25.280><c> mice</c><00:40:25.800><c> and</c><00:40:26.179><c> tumours</c><00:40:26.619><c> and</c><00:40:26.940><c> boils</c>

00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:31.500
and<00:40:29.340><c> the</c><00:40:29.519><c> Philistines</c><00:40:29.800><c> said,</c><00:40:30.340><c> get</c><00:40:30.380><c> it</c><00:40:30.599><c> out.</c>

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:34.900
The<00:40:32.659><c> God</c><00:40:32.820><c> of</c><00:40:32.980><c> Israel</c><00:40:33.380><c> is</c><00:40:33.639><c> superior</c><00:40:34.179><c> to</c><00:40:34.420><c> our</c><00:40:34.639><c> gods.</c>

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:36.619
Get<00:40:35.340><c> it</c><00:40:35.599><c> out.</c>

00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:41.480
And<00:40:38.320><c> it</c><00:40:38.320><c> ends</c><00:40:38.559><c> up</c><00:40:38.800><c> in</c><00:40:39.039><c> Kirjath</c><00:40:39.500><c>-Jerim</c><00:40:40.099><c> for</c><00:40:40.739><c> all</c><00:40:40.980><c> this</c><00:40:41.179><c> period</c>

00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:43.019
of<00:40:41.739><c> time.</c>

00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:46.079
Yet<00:40:43.840><c> for</c><00:40:44.039><c> that</c><00:40:44.300><c> intervening</c><00:40:44.960><c> 20</c><00:40:45.320><c> years,</c>

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:50.320
the<00:40:46.639><c> children</c><00:40:47.079><c> of</c><00:40:47.320><c> Israel</c><00:40:47.940><c> continued</c><00:40:48.840><c> to</c><00:40:49.199><c> serve</c><00:40:49.559><c> the</c><00:40:49.860><c> gods</c><00:40:50.119><c> of</c>

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:51.260
the<00:40:50.480><c> Philistines</c>

00:40:51.260 --> 00:40:54.500
and<00:40:51.960><c> they</c><00:40:52.280><c> feared</c><00:40:52.679><c> the</c><00:40:53.019><c> Philistines.</c>

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:58.199
And<00:40:55.739><c> we</c><00:40:55.840><c> can</c><00:40:56.000><c> be</c><00:40:56.159><c> mocking</c><00:40:56.420><c> about</c><00:40:56.760><c> that,</c><00:40:57.239><c> can't</c><00:40:57.239><c> we?</c>

00:40:59.420 --> 00:41:01.420
So<00:40:59.679><c> easy</c><00:40:59.980><c> to</c><00:41:00.179><c> mock</c><00:41:00.380><c> the</c><00:41:00.559><c> children</c><00:41:00.820><c> of</c><00:41:01.000><c> Israel</c>

00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:05.159
how<00:41:02.179><c> God</c><00:41:02.519><c> had</c><00:41:02.780><c> demonstrated</c><00:41:03.300><c> his</c><00:41:03.760><c> supremacy</c>

00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:08.280
yet<00:41:05.800><c> they</c><00:41:06.260><c> still</c><00:41:06.679><c> worshipped</c><00:41:07.219><c> the</c><00:41:07.480><c> inferior</c><00:41:07.980><c> gods.</c>

00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:12.719
They<00:41:08.900><c> still</c><00:41:09.340><c> surrounded</c><00:41:10.099><c> their</c><00:41:10.519><c> lives</c><00:41:11.320><c> with</c><00:41:12.039><c> the</c><00:41:12.199><c> gods</c><00:41:12.400><c> of</c>

00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:15.059
Balaam<00:41:13.000><c> and</c><00:41:13.199><c> Ashtaroth.</c>

00:41:15.860 --> 00:41:17.820
What<00:41:16.039><c> about</c><00:41:16.239><c> us</c><00:41:16.440><c> brothers</c><00:41:16.679><c> and</c><00:41:16.920><c> sisters?</c>

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:20.599
How<00:41:19.199><c> many</c><00:41:19.340><c> years</c><00:41:19.559><c> have</c><00:41:19.719><c> we</c><00:41:19.880><c> been</c><00:41:20.019><c> in</c><00:41:20.139><c> the</c><00:41:20.360><c> truth?</c>

00:41:20.599 --> 00:41:21.760
10?

00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:22.980
15?

00:41:23.239 --> 00:41:23.760
20?

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:24.460
30?

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:24.920
40?

00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:26.519
Maybe<00:41:25.320><c> 50?</c>

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:31.039
How<00:41:27.880><c> many</c><00:41:28.039><c> gods</c><00:41:28.300><c> of</c><00:41:28.619><c> Balaam</c><00:41:28.900><c> and</c><00:41:29.159><c> Ashtaroth</c><00:41:29.440><c> are</c><00:41:29.579><c> in</c><00:41:29.760><c> our</c><00:41:29.980><c> lives?</c>

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:35.300
And<00:41:32.780><c> we</c><00:41:33.000><c> have</c><00:41:33.260><c> seen</c><00:41:33.619><c> the</c><00:41:33.900><c> supremacy</c><00:41:34.440><c> of</c><00:41:34.760><c> our</c><00:41:34.980><c> God</c>

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:37.579
over<00:41:35.760><c> all</c><00:41:36.360><c> the</c><00:41:36.679><c> surrounding</c><00:41:37.139><c> nations.</c>

00:41:37.659 --> 00:41:42.340
We<00:41:37.900><c> know</c><00:41:38.400><c> about</c><00:41:39.159><c> the</c><00:41:39.280><c> power</c><00:41:39.980><c> of</c><00:41:40.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:41:40.820><c> the</c><00:41:40.920><c> God</c><00:41:41.099><c> of</c><00:41:41.239><c> Israel.</c>

00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:47.000
And<00:41:44.900><c> each</c><00:41:45.179><c> week</c><00:41:45.460><c> we</c><00:41:45.639><c> go</c><00:41:45.960><c> to</c><00:41:46.159><c> our</c><00:41:46.360><c> meetings</c>

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:50.059
and<00:41:47.500><c> we</c><00:41:47.840><c> reflect</c><00:41:48.239><c> on</c><00:41:48.599><c> the</c><00:41:48.840><c> perfection</c><00:41:49.320><c> of</c><00:41:49.579><c> our</c><00:41:49.780><c> Lord</c>

00:41:50.059 --> 00:41:52.039
and<00:41:50.300><c> we</c><00:41:50.599><c> resolve</c><00:41:51.019><c> within</c><00:41:51.300><c> our</c><00:41:51.659><c> hearts</c>

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:54.980
that<00:41:52.500><c> we</c><00:41:52.679><c> are</c><00:41:52.860><c> going</c><00:41:52.960><c> to</c><00:41:53.239><c> serve</c><00:41:53.519><c> our</c><00:41:53.820><c> God</c><00:41:53.960><c> with</c><00:41:54.199><c> a</c><00:41:54.380><c> pure</c><00:41:54.659><c> heart.</c>

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:56.699
And<00:41:55.280><c> by</c><00:41:55.519><c> Monday,</c><00:41:56.000><c> brothers</c><00:41:56.159><c> and</c><00:41:56.420><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:59.500
it's<00:41:57.239><c> as</c><00:41:57.420><c> if</c><00:41:57.559><c> we</c><00:41:57.880><c> hadn't</c><00:41:58.199><c> had</c><00:41:58.519><c> Sunday.</c>

00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:03.579
We<00:42:01.860><c> are</c><00:42:02.320><c> no</c><00:42:02.559><c> better.</c>

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:06.920
But<00:42:05.179><c> this</c><00:42:05.340><c> is</c><00:42:05.519><c> the</c><00:42:05.539><c> love</c><00:42:05.699><c> of</c><00:42:05.900><c> our</c><00:42:06.059><c> God.</c>

00:42:08.179 --> 00:42:11.920
Though<00:42:08.539><c> they</c><00:42:08.820><c> were</c><00:42:09.039><c> in</c><00:42:09.219><c> this</c><00:42:09.760><c> ridiculous</c><00:42:10.519><c> situation,</c>

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:14.539
God<00:42:12.360><c> continued</c><00:42:13.280><c> to</c><00:42:13.579><c> knock</c><00:42:13.739><c> on</c><00:42:13.960><c> the</c><00:42:14.099><c> door.</c>

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:21.099
And<00:42:15.380><c> we</c><00:42:15.719><c> thank</c><00:42:16.099><c> our</c><00:42:16.400><c> God</c><00:42:16.780><c> that</c><00:42:17.400><c> God</c><00:42:17.739><c> does</c><00:42:18.039><c> this</c><00:42:18.880><c> with</c><00:42:19.400><c> us.</c>

00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:25.760
So<00:42:21.559><c> Samuel</c><00:42:21.780><c> then,</c><00:42:23.000><c> he</c><00:42:23.000><c> calls</c><00:42:23.519><c> the</c><00:42:24.039><c> nation</c><00:42:24.579><c> together.</c>

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:29.000
And<00:42:26.719><c> I</c><00:42:26.860><c> want</c><00:42:27.000><c> you</c><00:42:27.199><c> now</c><00:42:27.440><c> mentally</c><00:42:27.840><c> to</c><00:42:28.159><c> picture</c><00:42:28.440><c> Joshua</c>

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:32.099
because<00:42:29.760><c> we're</c><00:42:29.940><c> going</c><00:42:30.079><c> to</c><00:42:30.219><c> see</c><00:42:30.340><c> Joshua</c><00:42:30.920><c> throughout</c><00:42:31.219><c> all</c><00:42:31.500><c> this</c><00:42:31.780><c> week.</c>

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:35.199
Joshua,<00:42:33.219><c> the</c><00:42:33.539><c> saviour</c><00:42:34.119><c> of</c><00:42:34.320><c> Israel.</c>

00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:38.460
Yehoshua,<00:42:36.780><c> Yahweh's</c><00:42:37.519><c> salvation.</c>

00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:41.980
Why<00:42:40.460><c> do</c><00:42:40.619><c> I</c><00:42:40.780><c> say</c><00:42:41.000><c> that?</c>

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:48.380
Well,<00:42:42.940><c> let's</c><00:42:43.199><c> look</c><00:42:43.480><c> at</c><00:42:44.500><c> verse</c><00:42:44.840><c> 5</c><00:42:45.480><c> of</c><00:42:45.679><c> chapter</c><00:42:45.960><c> 7</c><00:42:46.300><c> of</c><00:42:46.400><c> 1</c><00:42:46.639><c> Samuel.</c>

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:50.800
Twenty<00:42:48.820><c> years</c><00:42:49.119><c> on,</c><00:42:49.559><c> they</c><00:42:49.559><c> have</c><00:42:49.800><c> now</c><00:42:50.000><c> just</c><00:42:50.239><c> rejected</c>

00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:52.559
the<00:42:51.119><c> gods</c><00:42:51.400><c> of</c><00:42:51.699><c> Balaam</c><00:42:52.039><c> and</c><00:42:52.239><c> Asherah.</c>

00:42:52.719 --> 00:42:54.360
And<00:42:52.920><c> Samuel</c><00:42:53.239><c> said,</c>

00:42:54.380 --> 00:42:57.960
Gather<00:42:54.659><c> to</c><00:42:54.880><c> Israel,</c><00:42:56.139><c> or</c><00:42:56.280><c> gather</c><00:42:56.579><c> all</c><00:42:56.860><c> Israel</c><00:42:57.239><c> to</c><00:42:57.500><c> Misbah,</c>

00:42:58.239 --> 00:43:02.440
and<00:42:58.440><c> I</c><00:42:58.659><c> will</c><00:42:58.900><c> pray</c><00:42:59.280><c> for</c><00:42:59.619><c> you</c><00:43:00.239><c> unto</c><00:43:00.780><c> the</c><00:43:01.440><c> Lord.</c>

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:06.519
There's<00:43:05.119><c> a</c><00:43:05.280><c> great</c><00:43:05.400><c> gathering.</c>

00:43:08.139 --> 00:43:09.800
And<00:43:08.420><c> Samuel</c><00:43:08.800><c> stands</c><00:43:09.199><c> forward</c>

00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:14.659
and<00:43:10.739><c> he</c><00:43:11.039><c> presents</c><00:43:11.599><c> himself</c><00:43:12.619><c> as</c><00:43:13.559><c> Joshua.</c>

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:17.239
Who<00:43:15.820><c> could</c><00:43:15.960><c> they</c><00:43:16.199><c> turn</c><00:43:16.539><c> to?</c>

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:19.760
At<00:43:17.639><c> this</c><00:43:17.880><c> stage,</c><00:43:18.260><c> there</c><00:43:18.340><c> was</c><00:43:18.539><c> no</c><00:43:18.760><c> king.</c>

00:43:20.739 --> 00:43:21.960
It<00:43:20.900><c> was</c><00:43:21.059><c> Samuel.</c>

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:24.519
Samuel<00:43:23.059><c> was</c><00:43:23.420><c> their</c><00:43:23.619><c> Joshua.</c>

00:43:24.719 --> 00:43:27.300
And<00:43:24.900><c> I</c><00:43:24.980><c> want</c><00:43:25.099><c> you</c><00:43:25.219><c> to</c><00:43:25.400><c> keep</c><00:43:25.519><c> a</c><00:43:25.719><c> marker</c><00:43:25.960><c> in</c><00:43:26.300><c> 1</c><00:43:26.539><c> Samuel,</c>

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:29.960
chapter<00:43:28.059><c> 7,</c><00:43:28.400><c> we're</c><00:43:28.579><c> going</c><00:43:28.699><c> to</c><00:43:28.840><c> consider</c><00:43:29.119><c> this</c><00:43:29.320><c> a</c><00:43:29.400><c> little</c><00:43:29.559><c> more,</c>

00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:35.559
but<00:43:30.440><c> come</c><00:43:30.579><c> all</c><00:43:30.800><c> the</c><00:43:30.900><c> way</c><00:43:31.039><c> back</c><00:43:31.719><c> to</c><00:43:32.099><c> Joshua</c><00:43:32.739><c> and</c><00:43:33.320><c> chapter</c><00:43:34.119><c> 24.</c>

00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:41.780
Joshua,<00:43:39.940><c> chapter</c><00:43:40.280><c> 24.</c>

00:43:41.820 --> 00:43:44.179
And<00:43:41.980><c> I</c><00:43:42.119><c> would</c><00:43:42.340><c> suggest</c><00:43:42.719><c> that</c><00:43:42.980><c> the</c><00:43:43.119><c> nation</c><00:43:43.480><c> of</c><00:43:43.760><c> Israel</c>

00:43:44.179 --> 00:43:47.920
were<00:43:44.599><c> bringing</c><00:43:45.139><c> to</c><00:43:45.500><c> mind</c><00:43:46.019><c> the</c><00:43:46.800><c> words</c><00:43:47.199><c> of</c><00:43:47.440><c> Joshua</c>

00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:49.920
as<00:43:48.519><c> he</c><00:43:48.800><c> gathered</c><00:43:49.059><c> the</c><00:43:49.300><c> nation</c><00:43:49.599><c> together.</c>

00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:52.800
Now,<00:43:50.300><c> why</c><00:43:50.559><c> can</c><00:43:50.739><c> I</c><00:43:50.940><c> stand</c><00:43:51.219><c> here</c><00:43:51.440><c> and</c><00:43:51.599><c> be</c><00:43:51.840><c> so</c><00:43:52.219><c> confident</c>

00:43:52.800 --> 00:43:55.239
that<00:43:53.320><c> Samuel</c><00:43:53.840><c> was</c><00:43:54.239><c> standing</c><00:43:54.659><c> as</c><00:43:54.940><c> Joshua?</c>

00:43:55.320 --> 00:43:56.239
Let's<00:43:55.519><c> look</c><00:43:55.679><c> at</c><00:43:55.780><c> the</c><00:43:55.980><c> words.</c>

00:43:56.559 --> 00:44:00.639
They're<00:43:56.800><c> virtually</c><00:43:57.280><c> word</c><00:43:57.679><c> for</c><00:43:57.920><c> word</c><00:43:58.360><c> of</c><00:43:58.840><c> what</c><00:43:59.099><c> Joshua</c><00:43:59.500><c> said.</c>

00:44:01.579 --> 00:44:06.119
Joshua,<00:44:02.699><c> chapter</c><00:44:03.079><c> 24</c><00:44:03.679><c> and</c><00:44:03.880><c> verse</c><00:44:04.179><c> 1.</c>

00:44:06.539 --> 00:44:09.280
Joshua<00:44:06.900><c> gathered</c><00:44:07.320><c> all</c><00:44:07.699><c> the</c><00:44:07.920><c> tribes</c><00:44:08.139><c> of</c><00:44:08.300><c> Israel</c><00:44:08.679><c> to</c><00:44:08.940><c> Shechem</c>

00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:10.940
and<00:44:09.599><c> called</c><00:44:09.780><c> for</c><00:44:09.960><c> the</c><00:44:10.119><c> elders</c><00:44:10.340><c> of</c><00:44:10.539><c> Israel</c>

00:44:10.940 --> 00:44:12.780
and<00:44:11.139><c> for</c><00:44:11.300><c> their</c><00:44:11.559><c> heads</c><00:44:11.900><c> and</c><00:44:12.099><c> for</c><00:44:12.179><c> their</c><00:44:12.420><c> judges</c>

00:44:12.780 --> 00:44:13.860
and<00:44:13.000><c> for</c><00:44:13.119><c> their</c><00:44:13.360><c> officers,</c>

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:18.360
and<00:44:14.480><c> they</c><00:44:14.840><c> presented</c><00:44:15.500><c> themselves</c><00:44:16.400><c> before</c><00:44:17.380><c> God.</c>

00:44:18.780 --> 00:44:22.039
Now,<00:44:18.960><c> we've</c><00:44:19.119><c> already</c><00:44:19.420><c> looked</c><00:44:19.820><c> at</c><00:44:20.480><c> verse</c><00:44:21.099><c> 14</c><00:44:21.619><c> and</c><00:44:21.780><c> 15.</c>

00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:24.320
Remember<00:44:22.500><c> how</c><00:44:22.820><c> Joshua</c><00:44:23.219><c> resolved</c><00:44:23.619><c> in</c><00:44:23.760><c> his</c><00:44:23.900><c> own</c><00:44:24.119><c> mind</c>

00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:25.900
that<00:44:24.500><c> him</c><00:44:24.639><c> and</c><00:44:24.719><c> his</c><00:44:24.920><c> house</c><00:44:25.079><c> would</c><00:44:25.300><c> serve</c><00:44:25.519><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:27.340
We've<00:44:26.139><c> seen</c><00:44:26.380><c> that.</c>

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:28.659
Let's<00:44:27.780><c> pick</c><00:44:27.880><c> up</c><00:44:28.000><c> verse</c><00:44:28.199><c> 16.</c>

00:44:28.659 --> 00:44:30.199
And<00:44:29.099><c> the</c><00:44:29.219><c> people</c><00:44:29.559><c> answered</c><00:44:29.840><c> and</c><00:44:30.019><c> said,</c>

00:44:30.460 --> 00:44:32.400
God<00:44:30.579><c> forbid</c><00:44:31.000><c> that</c><00:44:31.219><c> we</c><00:44:31.300><c> should</c><00:44:31.519><c> forsake</c><00:44:32.019><c> Yahweh</c>

00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:35.000
to<00:44:32.639><c> serve</c><00:44:32.840><c> other</c><00:44:33.019><c> gods,</c><00:44:33.760><c> for</c><00:44:33.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:44:34.320><c> our</c><00:44:34.579><c> God,</c>

00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:37.360
he<00:44:35.480><c> is</c><00:44:35.619><c> it</c><00:44:35.860><c> that</c><00:44:36.099><c> brought</c><00:44:36.340><c> us</c><00:44:36.519><c> upon</c><00:44:36.719><c> our</c><00:44:37.000><c> fathers</c>

00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:38.360
out<00:44:37.599><c> of</c><00:44:37.719><c> the</c><00:44:37.820><c> land</c><00:44:37.980><c> of</c><00:44:38.179><c> Egypt.</c>

00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:39.460
Now<00:44:38.559><c> they</c><00:44:38.760><c> remember</c><00:44:39.079><c> it.</c>

00:44:39.800 --> 00:44:42.119
Land<00:44:40.179><c> of</c><00:44:40.480><c> Egypt</c><00:44:40.880><c> from</c><00:44:41.179><c> the</c><00:44:41.360><c> house</c><00:44:41.559><c> of</c><00:44:41.780><c> bondage</c>

00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:44.159
and<00:44:42.260><c> which</c><00:44:42.440><c> did</c><00:44:42.599><c> those</c><00:44:42.900><c> great</c><00:44:43.280><c> signs</c><00:44:43.539><c> in</c><00:44:43.739><c> our</c><00:44:43.980><c> sight</c>

00:44:44.159 --> 00:44:46.980
and<00:44:44.380><c> preserved</c><00:44:44.679><c> us</c><00:44:44.940><c> all</c><00:44:45.219><c> in</c><00:44:45.699><c> the</c><00:44:45.860><c> way</c><00:44:46.059><c> wherein</c><00:44:46.360><c> we</c><00:44:46.699><c> went</c>

00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:50.360
and<00:44:47.159><c> among</c><00:44:47.380><c> all</c><00:44:47.639><c> the</c><00:44:47.860><c> people</c><00:44:48.159><c> through</c><00:44:48.500><c> whom</c><00:44:48.739><c> we</c><00:44:49.300><c> passed.</c>

00:44:50.860 --> 00:44:53.719
Yahweh<00:44:51.239><c> drove</c><00:44:51.599><c> out</c><00:44:52.260><c> from</c><00:44:52.599><c> before</c><00:44:52.900><c> all</c><00:44:53.239><c> the</c><00:44:53.440><c> people,</c>

00:44:53.760 --> 00:44:56.659
even<00:44:54.079><c> the</c><00:44:54.320><c> Ammonites,</c><00:44:54.800><c> which</c><00:44:55.019><c> dwelt</c><00:44:55.679><c> in</c><00:44:56.219><c> the</c><00:44:56.480><c> land.</c>

00:44:56.659 --> 00:44:58.679
Go<00:44:56.880><c> down</c><00:44:57.079><c> to</c><00:44:57.199><c> verse</c><00:44:57.420><c> 23.</c>

00:44:59.079 --> 00:45:01.679
Now<00:44:59.079><c> therefore</c><00:44:59.619><c> put</c><00:44:59.940><c> away,</c><00:45:00.940><c> said</c><00:45:01.380><c> he,</c>

00:45:01.800 --> 00:45:03.539
the<00:45:01.960><c> strange</c><00:45:02.420><c> gods</c><00:45:02.739><c> which</c><00:45:02.940><c> are</c><00:45:03.119><c> among</c><00:45:03.360><c> you</c>

00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:06.119
and<00:45:03.739><c> incline</c><00:45:04.099><c> your</c><00:45:04.440><c> heart</c><00:45:04.760><c> unto</c><00:45:04.980><c> Yahweh,</c><00:45:05.400><c> God</c><00:45:05.519><c> of</c><00:45:05.639><c> Israel.</c>

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:07.820
And<00:45:06.659><c> the</c><00:45:06.800><c> people</c><00:45:07.099><c> said</c><00:45:07.239><c> unto</c><00:45:07.460><c> Joshua,</c>

00:45:07.860 --> 00:45:10.300
Yahweh<00:45:08.420><c> our</c><00:45:08.699><c> God,</c><00:45:09.360><c> we</c><00:45:09.619><c> will</c><00:45:09.920><c> serve,</c>

00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:13.420
and<00:45:10.780><c> his</c><00:45:11.059><c> voice</c><00:45:11.619><c> we</c><00:45:12.179><c> will</c><00:45:12.480><c> obey.</c>

00:45:13.880 --> 00:45:17.559
So<00:45:14.239><c> Joshua</c><00:45:14.820><c> made</c><00:45:15.420><c> a</c><00:45:15.719><c> covenant</c><00:45:16.079><c> with</c><00:45:16.380><c> the</c><00:45:16.579><c> people</c><00:45:16.860><c> that</c><00:45:17.159><c> day</c>

00:45:17.559 --> 00:45:21.159
and<00:45:18.059><c> set</c><00:45:18.280><c> them</c><00:45:18.500><c> a</c><00:45:18.900><c> statute</c><00:45:19.300><c> and</c><00:45:19.579><c> an</c><00:45:19.860><c> ordinance</c><00:45:20.199><c> in</c><00:45:20.460><c> Shechem.</c>

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:25.019
Verse<00:45:22.719><c> 26</c><00:45:23.320><c> is</c><00:45:23.519><c> the</c><00:45:23.699><c> all</c><00:45:23.940><c>-important</c><00:45:24.360><c> verse.</c>

00:45:25.019 --> 00:45:28.159
And<00:45:26.000><c> Joshua</c><00:45:26.480><c> wrote</c><00:45:26.800><c> these</c><00:45:27.119><c> words</c><00:45:27.440><c> in</c><00:45:27.599><c> the</c><00:45:27.679><c> book</c><00:45:27.840><c> of</c><00:45:27.980><c> the</c><00:45:28.039><c> law</c>

00:45:28.159 --> 00:45:28.599
of<00:45:28.360><c> God,</c>

00:45:28.739 --> 00:45:31.139
and<00:45:28.739><c> he</c><00:45:28.840><c> took</c><00:45:28.980><c> a</c><00:45:29.179><c> great</c><00:45:29.400><c> stone</c><00:45:29.719><c> and</c><00:45:29.920><c> set</c><00:45:30.099><c> it</c><00:45:30.239><c> up</c><00:45:30.380><c> there</c><00:45:30.559><c> under</c>

00:45:31.139 --> 00:45:31.760
an<00:45:31.400><c> oak</c>

00:45:31.760 --> 00:45:34.099
that<00:45:32.679><c> was</c><00:45:32.880><c> by</c><00:45:33.159><c> the</c><00:45:33.360><c> sanctuary</c><00:45:33.639><c> of</c><00:45:33.800><c> the</c><00:45:33.920><c> Lord.</c>

00:45:34.280 --> 00:45:35.840
And<00:45:34.300><c> Joshua</c><00:45:34.719><c> said</c><00:45:35.000><c> unto</c><00:45:35.219><c> all</c><00:45:35.460><c> the</c><00:45:35.619><c> people,</c>

00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:40.699
Behold,<00:45:36.599><c> this</c><00:45:36.860><c> stone</c><00:45:37.559><c> shall</c><00:45:38.159><c> be</c><00:45:38.460><c> a</c><00:45:38.579><c> witness</c><00:45:38.900><c> unto</c><00:45:39.219><c> us,</c>

00:45:41.340 --> 00:45:44.679
for<00:45:41.440><c> in</c><00:45:41.579><c> your</c><00:45:41.760><c> margin</c><00:45:42.420><c> against</c><00:45:44.199><c> us.</c>

00:45:44.820 --> 00:45:48.320
It<00:45:45.079><c> was</c><00:45:45.380><c> there</c><00:45:45.820><c> as</c><00:45:46.139><c> a</c><00:45:46.380><c> matter</c><00:45:46.679><c> of</c><00:45:47.099><c> conscience,</c>

00:45:48.480 --> 00:45:50.639
this<00:45:48.820><c> stone</c><00:45:49.380><c> that</c><00:45:49.820><c> they</c><00:45:50.119><c> erected,</c>

00:45:50.639 --> 00:45:54.519
this<00:45:51.039><c> covenant</c><00:45:51.559><c> that</c><00:45:52.000><c> they</c><00:45:52.260><c> entered</c><00:45:52.579><c> into</c><00:45:53.340><c> with</c><00:45:53.840><c> the</c><00:45:53.940><c> God</c><00:45:54.059><c> of</c><00:45:54.219><c> Israel</c>

00:45:54.519 --> 00:45:57.920
that<00:45:54.659><c> they</c><00:45:54.820><c> would</c><00:45:55.000><c> reject</c><00:45:55.320><c> all</c><00:45:55.820><c> the</c><00:45:56.000><c> gods</c><00:45:56.260><c> of</c><00:45:56.599><c> Balaam</c><00:45:56.880><c> and</c><00:45:57.039><c> Ashtaroth,</c>

00:45:57.920 --> 00:46:00.460
and<00:45:58.260><c> they</c><00:45:58.420><c> would</c><00:45:58.579><c> only</c><00:45:58.880><c> serve</c><00:45:59.099><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:59.519><c> the</c><00:45:59.599><c> God</c><00:45:59.739><c> of</c><00:45:59.860><c> Israel.</c>

00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:03.659
For<00:46:01.219><c> it</c><00:46:01.539><c> hath</c><00:46:01.699><c> heard</c><00:46:02.079><c> all</c><00:46:02.320><c> the</c><00:46:02.500><c> words</c><00:46:02.719><c> of</c><00:46:02.980><c> Yahweh</c><00:46:03.260><c> which</c><00:46:03.420><c> he</c>

00:46:03.659 --> 00:46:04.440
spake<00:46:03.880><c> unto</c><00:46:04.099><c> us.</c>

00:46:04.800 --> 00:46:09.239
It<00:46:05.139><c> shall</c><00:46:05.320><c> be</c><00:46:05.599><c> therefore</c><00:46:06.079><c> a</c><00:46:06.380><c> witness</c><00:46:06.760><c> again</c><00:46:07.320><c> unto</c><00:46:07.780><c> or</c><00:46:08.019><c> against</c><00:46:08.460><c> you,</c>

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:11.280
lest<00:46:09.679><c> ye</c><00:46:09.980><c> deny</c><00:46:10.460><c> your</c><00:46:10.900><c> God.</c>

00:46:11.559 --> 00:46:15.500
So<00:46:12.079><c> in</c><00:46:12.599><c> this</c><00:46:13.300><c> covenant,</c><00:46:14.159><c> this</c><00:46:14.500><c> pact</c><00:46:14.800><c> that</c><00:46:14.960><c> they</c><00:46:15.139><c> made</c><00:46:15.320><c> with</c>

00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:15.860
their<00:46:15.699><c> God,</c>

00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:20.199
they<00:46:16.400><c> erected</c><00:46:16.940><c> a</c><00:46:17.179><c> stone</c><00:46:17.719><c> at</c><00:46:18.239><c> Shechem</c>

00:46:20.579 --> 00:46:23.880
in<00:46:21.380><c> the</c><00:46:21.579><c> closing</c><00:46:22.059><c> days</c><00:46:22.659><c> of</c><00:46:22.900><c> Joshua,</c>

00:46:24.719 --> 00:46:27.619
so<00:46:24.940><c> that</c><00:46:25.059><c> they</c><00:46:25.179><c> would</c><00:46:25.440><c> always</c><00:46:25.900><c> remember</c><00:46:26.460><c> the</c><00:46:26.940><c> deliverance</c><00:46:27.440><c> of</c>

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:28.800
their<00:46:27.820><c> Savior,</c>

00:46:28.980 --> 00:46:30.280
Joshua,<00:46:29.559><c> their</c><00:46:29.719><c> salvation,</c>

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:35.619
and<00:46:31.400><c> they</c><00:46:31.539><c> would</c><00:46:31.739><c> always</c><00:46:32.099><c> remember</c><00:46:32.460><c> the</c><00:46:32.780><c> strong</c><00:46:33.119><c> hand</c><00:46:33.820><c> of</c><00:46:34.559><c> God.</c>

00:46:36.719 --> 00:46:41.360
So<00:46:36.920><c> keep</c><00:46:37.000><c> that</c><00:46:37.199><c> in</c><00:46:37.320><c> mind</c><00:46:37.460><c> and</c><00:46:37.579><c> come</c><00:46:37.780><c> back</c><00:46:38.579><c> to</c><00:46:38.820><c> 1</c><00:46:39.039><c> Samuel</c><00:46:39.320><c> chapter</c><00:46:39.719><c> 7,</c>

00:46:41.780 --> 00:46:47.940
there<00:46:41.780><c> Joshua</c><00:46:43.320><c> being</c><00:46:44.519><c> seen</c><00:46:45.320><c> in</c><00:46:47.039><c> Samuel.</c>

00:46:48.340 --> 00:46:54.400
But<00:46:48.659><c> something</c><00:46:49.000><c> else</c><00:46:49.260><c> is</c><00:46:49.380><c> said</c><00:46:49.559><c> here</c><00:46:50.340><c> in</c><00:46:51.519><c> verse</c><00:46:52.000><c> 6</c><00:46:52.659><c> of</c><00:46:52.880><c> 1</c><00:46:53.179><c> Samuel.</c>

00:46:54.780 --> 00:46:56.920
They<00:46:54.820><c> gathered</c><00:46:55.119><c> together</c><00:46:55.579><c> to</c><00:46:55.820><c> Mizpah,</c>

00:46:57.079 --> 00:46:58.340
and<00:46:57.119><c> they</c><00:46:57.400><c> drew</c><00:46:57.659><c> water,</c>

00:46:58.760 --> 00:47:02.059
and<00:46:58.900><c> they</c><00:46:59.219><c> poured</c><00:46:59.480><c> it</c><00:47:00.099><c> out</c><00:47:00.440><c> before</c><00:47:00.940><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:47:02.800 --> 00:47:05.019
They<00:47:03.239><c> poured</c><00:47:03.619><c> it</c><00:47:03.920><c> out</c><00:47:04.159><c> before</c><00:47:04.539><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:47:05.119 --> 00:47:09.400
Now<00:47:05.760><c> you</c><00:47:06.699><c> have</c><00:47:06.940><c> to</c><00:47:07.699><c> get</c><00:47:08.119><c> to</c><00:47:08.460><c> the</c><00:47:08.659><c> original</c><00:47:08.980><c> Hebrew</c>

00:47:09.400 --> 00:47:11.440
to<00:47:09.719><c> understand</c><00:47:10.300><c> what's</c><00:47:10.719><c> being</c><00:47:11.019><c> said</c><00:47:11.219><c> here.</c>

00:47:11.539 --> 00:47:13.860
You<00:47:11.780><c> could</c><00:47:12.000><c> imagine</c><00:47:12.340><c> a</c><00:47:12.559><c> picture</c><00:47:12.820><c> that</c><00:47:13.019><c> they</c><00:47:13.260><c> brought</c><00:47:13.480><c> bowls</c>

00:47:13.860 --> 00:47:14.480
of<00:47:14.079><c> water</c>

00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:16.159
and<00:47:14.960><c> they</c><00:47:15.079><c> were</c><00:47:15.340><c> pouring</c><00:47:15.619><c> it</c><00:47:15.960><c> out.</c>

00:47:16.159 --> 00:47:19.119
That's<00:47:16.760><c> not</c><00:47:17.019><c> really</c><00:47:17.360><c> the</c><00:47:17.539><c> emphasis</c><00:47:17.880><c> of</c><00:47:18.119><c> the</c><00:47:18.260><c> Hebrew.</c>

00:47:19.239 --> 00:47:22.719
The<00:47:19.400><c> idea</c><00:47:19.760><c> of</c><00:47:19.960><c> the</c><00:47:20.099><c> Hebrew</c><00:47:20.340><c> is</c><00:47:20.559><c> that</c><00:47:20.719><c> they</c><00:47:20.860><c> were</c><00:47:21.199><c> pouring</c><00:47:21.480><c> their</c><00:47:21.940><c> souls</c><00:47:22.360><c> out</c>

00:47:22.719 --> 00:47:23.960
to<00:47:23.039><c> God.</c>

00:47:24.960 --> 00:47:28.739
So<00:47:25.159><c> this</c><00:47:25.420><c> was</c><00:47:25.639><c> an</c><00:47:26.000><c> emotional</c><00:47:26.860><c> covenant</c><00:47:27.360><c> that</c><00:47:27.539><c> they</c><00:47:27.719><c> made</c><00:47:28.320><c> with</c>

00:47:28.739 --> 00:47:30.300
their<00:47:29.059><c> hearts.</c>

00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:32.719
One<00:47:31.800><c> translation</c><00:47:32.420><c> has,</c>

00:47:32.960 --> 00:47:37.059
they<00:47:32.960><c> poured</c><00:47:33.340><c> out</c><00:47:33.679><c> their</c><00:47:33.980><c> heart</c><00:47:34.400><c> like</c><00:47:34.760><c> water</c><00:47:35.800><c> in</c><00:47:36.340><c> penitence</c>

00:47:37.059 --> 00:47:38.980
before<00:47:37.579><c> the</c><00:47:37.860><c> Lord.</c>

00:47:41.119 --> 00:47:43.519
This<00:47:41.340><c> is</c><00:47:41.500><c> all</c><00:47:41.659><c> taking</c><00:47:41.940><c> place</c><00:47:42.280><c> at</c><00:47:42.480><c> Mizpah.</c>

00:47:44.099 --> 00:47:49.659
Keep<00:47:44.780><c> your</c><00:47:44.980><c> hand</c><00:47:45.179><c> in</c><00:47:45.300><c> 1</c><00:47:45.480><c> Samuel</c><00:47:45.920><c> and</c><00:47:46.039><c> come</c><00:47:46.280><c> with</c><00:47:46.480><c> me</c><00:47:46.840><c> to</c><00:47:47.219><c> Psalm</c><00:47:47.980><c> 62,</c>

00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:51.980
Psalm<00:47:50.760><c> 62,</c>

00:47:52.420 --> 00:47:55.980
where<00:47:52.739><c> these</c><00:47:53.039><c> words</c><00:47:53.360><c> are</c><00:47:53.619><c> once</c><00:47:53.900><c> more</c><00:47:54.059><c> picked</c><00:47:54.400><c> up.</c>

00:47:56.719 --> 00:47:59.739
Psalm<00:47:56.920><c> 62</c><00:47:57.480><c> and</c><00:47:57.780><c> verse</c><00:47:58.159><c> 1,</c>

00:47:59.840 --> 00:48:03.940
Truly<00:48:00.320><c> my</c><00:48:00.760><c> soul</c><00:48:01.059><c> waiteth</c><00:48:01.500><c> upon</c><00:48:01.780><c> God,</c><00:48:02.199><c> from</c><00:48:02.400><c> Him</c><00:48:02.820><c> cometh</c><00:48:03.159><c> my</c><00:48:03.500><c> salvation.</c>

00:48:04.000 --> 00:48:06.800
So<00:48:04.219><c> there</c><00:48:04.380><c> is</c><00:48:04.619><c> this</c><00:48:04.920><c> theme</c><00:48:05.099><c> of</c><00:48:05.579><c> salvation.</c>

00:48:07.400 --> 00:48:11.480
They<00:48:07.760><c> are</c><00:48:08.000><c> being</c><00:48:08.260><c> reminded</c><00:48:08.780><c> of</c><00:48:09.099><c> their</c><00:48:09.400><c> salvation</c><00:48:10.179><c> at</c><00:48:10.420><c> Mizpah.</c>

00:48:12.099 --> 00:48:15.079
He<00:48:12.659><c> only</c><00:48:13.019><c> is</c><00:48:13.280><c> my</c><00:48:13.460><c> rock</c><00:48:13.679><c> and</c><00:48:13.860><c> my</c><00:48:14.059><c> salvation,</c><00:48:14.559><c> verse</c><00:48:14.840><c> 2.</c>

00:48:15.099 --> 00:48:19.139
He<00:48:15.260><c> is</c><00:48:15.480><c> my</c><00:48:15.679><c> defense.</c><00:48:16.659><c> I</c><00:48:16.920><c> shall</c><00:48:17.239><c> not</c><00:48:17.760><c> be</c><00:48:18.280><c> greatly</c><00:48:18.679><c> moved.</c>

00:48:19.219 --> 00:48:22.280
And<00:48:19.260><c> now</c><00:48:19.579><c> we</c><00:48:19.719><c> come</c><00:48:19.920><c> across</c><00:48:20.219><c> this</c><00:48:20.420><c> language,</c><00:48:20.860><c> verse</c><00:48:21.139><c> 8.</c>

00:48:22.440 --> 00:48:25.800
Trust<00:48:22.800><c> in</c><00:48:23.039><c> Him</c><00:48:23.239><c> at</c><00:48:23.420><c> all</c><00:48:23.599><c> times</c><00:48:23.940><c> ye</c><00:48:24.179><c> people.</c>

00:48:25.820 --> 00:48:27.960
Pour<00:48:26.159><c> out</c><00:48:26.679><c> your</c><00:48:26.980><c> heart</c><00:48:27.420><c> before</c><00:48:27.780><c> Him.</c>

00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:30.460
The<00:48:28.179><c> Hebrew</c><00:48:28.559><c> is</c><00:48:29.360><c> the</c><00:48:29.539><c> same,</c><00:48:29.840><c> 1</c><00:48:29.960><c> Samuel.</c>

00:48:30.920 --> 00:48:33.860
God<00:48:31.340><c> is</c><00:48:31.780><c> a</c><00:48:32.099><c> refuge</c><00:48:32.460><c> for</c><00:48:32.780><c> us.</c>

00:48:34.559 --> 00:48:36.619
So<00:48:34.820><c> God</c><00:48:35.059><c> was</c><00:48:35.320><c> going</c><00:48:35.480><c> to</c><00:48:35.639><c> be</c><00:48:35.800><c> a</c><00:48:35.960><c> refuge.</c>

00:48:36.920 --> 00:48:39.579
He<00:48:37.199><c> is</c><00:48:37.340><c> going</c><00:48:37.460><c> to</c><00:48:37.619><c> be</c><00:48:37.739><c> a</c><00:48:38.099><c> stone</c><00:48:38.559><c> of</c><00:48:39.019><c> defense</c>

00:48:39.579 --> 00:48:41.579
against<00:48:40.139><c> all</c><00:48:40.440><c> the</c><00:48:40.699><c> surrounding</c><00:48:41.099><c> nations</c>

00:48:41.579 --> 00:48:44.940
if<00:48:41.920><c> they</c><00:48:42.219><c> poured</c><00:48:42.619><c> their</c><00:48:43.019><c> hearts</c><00:48:43.480><c> out</c><00:48:43.880><c> to</c><00:48:44.059><c> God.</c>

00:48:45.179 --> 00:48:47.800
Now<00:48:45.340><c> against</c><00:48:45.539><c> that</c><00:48:45.820><c> phrase,</c><00:48:46.139><c> pouring</c><00:48:46.360><c> out</c><00:48:46.679><c> your</c><00:48:46.880><c> hearts</c><00:48:47.219><c> to</c><00:48:47.440><c> God,</c>

00:48:48.179 --> 00:48:50.940
look<00:48:48.199><c> in</c><00:48:48.320><c> your</c><00:48:48.500><c> margin.</c><00:48:49.139><c> Who</c><00:48:49.320><c> did</c><00:48:49.480><c> it</c><00:48:49.639><c> as</c><00:48:49.780><c> an</c><00:48:50.000><c> example?</c>

00:48:51.059 --> 00:48:53.340
Who<00:48:51.199><c> was</c><00:48:51.420><c> it?</c><00:48:52.099><c> Look</c><00:48:52.219><c> in</c><00:48:52.300><c> your</c><00:48:52.480><c> margin.</c>

00:48:54.500 --> 00:48:57.239
My<00:48:54.679><c> margin</c><00:48:54.980><c> takes</c><00:48:55.260><c> me</c><00:48:55.460><c> all</c><00:48:55.639><c> the</c><00:48:55.719><c> way</c><00:48:55.840><c> back</c><00:48:56.079><c> to</c><00:48:56.199><c> 1</c><00:48:56.420><c> Samuel,</c><00:48:56.699><c> chapter</c><00:48:57.000><c> 1</c>

00:48:57.239 --> 00:48:57.840
and<00:48:57.360><c> verse</c><00:48:57.519><c> 15.</c>

00:48:57.880 --> 00:48:58.760
Shall<00:48:58.019><c> we</c><00:48:58.059><c> go</c><00:48:58.239><c> back</c><00:48:58.400><c> there?</c>

00:48:59.039 --> 00:49:02.480
Who<00:48:59.219><c> was</c><00:48:59.420><c> the</c><00:48:59.579><c> one</c><00:48:59.699><c> who</c><00:48:59.960><c> poured</c><00:49:00.320><c> her</c><00:49:00.940><c> heart</c><00:49:01.280><c> out?</c>

00:49:05.440 --> 00:49:08.000
Samuel<00:49:05.639><c> knew</c><00:49:06.099><c> exactly</c><00:49:06.719><c> what</c><00:49:06.880><c> he</c><00:49:07.039><c> was</c><00:49:07.219><c> doing.</c>

00:49:10.920 --> 00:49:13.059
1<00:49:11.579><c> Samuel</c><00:49:11.900><c> 1,</c><00:49:12.340><c> verse</c><00:49:12.480><c> 15.</c>

00:49:13.139 --> 00:49:18.039
He<00:49:13.420><c> is</c><00:49:14.440><c> repeating</c><00:49:15.159><c> what</c><00:49:16.420><c> his</c><00:49:16.719><c> mother</c><00:49:17.000><c> did</c>

00:49:18.619 --> 00:49:24.039
as<00:49:19.280><c> she</c><00:49:19.639><c> prayed</c><00:49:20.099><c> to</c><00:49:20.440><c> her</c><00:49:20.639><c> God</c><00:49:20.980><c> to</c><00:49:21.340><c> give</c><00:49:21.900><c> her</c><00:49:22.699><c> Samuel,</c>

00:49:24.119 --> 00:49:26.199
asked<00:49:24.239><c> of</c><00:49:24.420><c> the</c><00:49:24.599><c> Lord,</c><00:49:25.679><c> verse</c><00:49:25.840><c> 15.</c>

00:49:26.340 --> 00:49:29.659
And<00:49:26.420><c> Hannah</c><00:49:26.619><c> answered</c><00:49:27.159><c> and</c><00:49:27.320><c> said,</c><00:49:28.340><c> chapter</c><00:49:28.739><c> 1,</c><00:49:29.039><c> verse</c><00:49:29.159><c> 15,</c>

00:49:30.039 --> 00:49:33.300
Know<00:49:30.300><c> my</c><00:49:30.559><c> Lord,</c><00:49:31.159><c> I</c><00:49:31.480><c> am</c><00:49:31.559><c> a</c><00:49:31.699><c> woman</c><00:49:31.980><c> of</c><00:49:32.360><c> sorrowful</c><00:49:32.880><c> spirit.</c>

00:49:33.659 --> 00:49:36.199
I<00:49:33.880><c> have</c><00:49:34.119><c> drunk</c><00:49:34.360><c> neither</c><00:49:34.739><c> wine</c><00:49:35.199><c> nor</c><00:49:35.460><c> strong</c><00:49:35.739><c> drink,</c>

00:49:36.199 --> 00:49:39.840
but<00:49:36.820><c> I</c><00:49:37.159><c> have</c><00:49:37.440><c> poured</c><00:49:37.719><c> out</c><00:49:38.219><c> my</c><00:49:38.579><c> soul</c><00:49:38.960><c> before</c><00:49:39.360><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:49:39.960 --> 00:49:41.599
Isn't<00:49:40.179><c> that</c><00:49:40.440><c> wonderful?</c><00:49:41.059><c> That</c><00:49:41.199><c> was</c><00:49:41.400><c> Hannah.</c>

00:49:41.780 --> 00:49:42.940
That<00:49:41.960><c> was</c><00:49:42.179><c> the</c><00:49:42.320><c> example</c><00:49:42.639><c> of</c><00:49:42.800><c> Hannah.</c>

00:49:43.199 --> 00:49:45.440
And<00:49:43.420><c> so</c><00:49:43.539><c> what</c><00:49:43.800><c> Samuel</c><00:49:44.159><c> was</c><00:49:44.400><c> saying,</c>

00:49:45.780 --> 00:49:48.360
so<00:49:46.260><c> beautifully</c><00:49:46.739><c> for</c><00:49:46.940><c> the</c><00:49:47.019><c> nation</c><00:49:47.219><c> of</c><00:49:47.400><c> Israel,</c>

00:49:49.000 --> 00:49:51.280
have<00:49:49.139><c> a</c><00:49:49.300><c> look</c><00:49:49.519><c> at</c><00:49:49.699><c> 1</c><00:49:49.860><c> Samuel,</c><00:49:50.179><c> chapter</c><00:49:50.400><c> 1</c><00:49:50.619><c> and</c><00:49:50.719><c> verse</c><00:49:50.940><c> 15.</c>

00:49:51.380 --> 00:49:54.039
And<00:49:51.460><c> I</c><00:49:51.559><c> want</c><00:49:51.860><c> you</c><00:49:52.039><c> to</c><00:49:52.260><c> be</c><00:49:52.360><c> like</c><00:49:52.539><c> my</c><00:49:52.980><c> mother</c>

00:49:54.300 --> 00:49:57.760
who<00:49:54.780><c> poured</c><00:49:55.260><c> her</c><00:49:55.820><c> heart</c><00:49:56.099><c> out</c><00:49:56.440><c> to</c><00:49:56.619><c> me.</c>

00:50:00.079 --> 00:50:01.539
And<00:50:00.360><c> God</c><00:50:00.639><c> was</c><00:50:00.900><c> her</c><00:50:01.179><c> refuge.</c>

00:50:01.719 --> 00:50:03.000
God<00:50:02.039><c> was</c><00:50:02.300><c> her</c><00:50:02.500><c> salvation.</c>

00:50:03.260 --> 00:50:05.199
And<00:50:03.460><c> God</c><00:50:03.679><c> was</c><00:50:03.880><c> not</c><00:50:04.000><c> only</c><00:50:04.260><c> her</c><00:50:04.679><c> salvation,</c>

00:50:05.199 --> 00:50:08.260
God<00:50:05.780><c> was</c><00:50:06.059><c> the</c><00:50:06.360><c> salvation</c><00:50:07.139><c> for</c><00:50:07.500><c> Israel</c>

00:50:08.260 --> 00:50:11.840
in<00:50:09.219><c> the</c><00:50:09.460><c> provision</c><00:50:10.000><c> of</c><00:50:10.820><c> Samuel,</c>

00:50:12.119 --> 00:50:16.619
Samuel<00:50:12.559><c> the</c><00:50:12.820><c> seer</c><00:50:13.539><c> and</c><00:50:14.000><c> Samuel</c><00:50:14.739><c> the</c><00:50:15.460><c> prophet.</c>

00:50:20.960 --> 00:50:24.719
But<00:50:21.940><c> we've</c><00:50:22.280><c> omitted</c><00:50:22.659><c> a</c><00:50:22.840><c> very</c><00:50:23.119><c> important</c><00:50:23.619><c> detail.</c>

00:50:25.079 --> 00:50:27.239
They<00:50:25.340><c> gathered</c><00:50:25.780><c> at</c><00:50:26.219><c> Mizpah.</c>

00:50:29.300 --> 00:50:33.880
Would<00:50:29.559><c> Mizpah</c><00:50:30.159><c> bring</c><00:50:30.579><c> good</c><00:50:30.980><c> memories</c><00:50:31.539><c> to</c><00:50:32.840><c> Israel?</c>

00:50:35.840 --> 00:50:37.019
No.

00:50:37.639 --> 00:50:39.559
It<00:50:37.920><c> was</c><00:50:38.139><c> a</c><00:50:38.280><c> place</c><00:50:38.500><c> of</c><00:50:38.760><c> division.</c>

00:50:40.539 --> 00:50:41.619
Let's<00:50:40.699><c> have</c><00:50:40.840><c> a</c><00:50:40.920><c> look</c><00:50:41.019><c> at</c><00:50:41.199><c> that.</c>

00:50:42.059 --> 00:50:44.440
Let's<00:50:42.320><c> go</c><00:50:42.659><c> to</c><00:50:43.059><c> Judges,</c><00:50:43.539><c> chapter</c><00:50:44.039><c> 20.</c>

00:50:44.460 --> 00:50:46.340
And<00:50:44.559><c> it's</c><00:50:44.679><c> a</c><00:50:44.780><c> very</c><00:50:45.039><c> delicate</c><00:50:45.400><c> subject.</c>

00:50:46.420 --> 00:50:51.360
It's<00:50:47.099><c> the</c><00:50:47.440><c> subject</c><00:50:48.099><c> of</c><00:50:49.000><c> the</c><00:50:49.320><c> concubine</c><00:50:50.059><c> and</c><00:50:50.699><c> the</c><00:50:50.980><c> priest.</c>

00:50:51.360 --> 00:50:52.440
Remember?

00:50:54.599 --> 00:50:57.420
And<00:50:54.940><c> it</c><00:50:55.039><c> was</c><00:50:55.340><c> the</c><00:50:55.579><c> sons</c><00:50:56.260><c> of</c><00:50:56.800><c> Gibeah,</c>

00:50:57.900 --> 00:51:00.719
the<00:50:58.239><c> sons</c><00:50:58.900><c> of</c><00:50:59.639><c> Benjamin,</c>

00:51:00.900 --> 00:51:04.059
that<00:51:01.139><c> committed</c><00:51:01.739><c> lewd</c><00:51:02.460><c> things</c><00:51:02.820><c> with</c><00:51:03.019><c> this</c><00:51:03.239><c> woman.</c>

00:51:06.079 --> 00:51:11.579
And<00:51:06.559><c> the</c><00:51:06.679><c> woman</c><00:51:06.960><c> was</c><00:51:07.199><c> cut</c><00:51:07.420><c> up</c><00:51:07.559><c> into</c><00:51:07.800><c> 12</c><00:51:08.340><c> pieces</c><00:51:08.900><c> by</c><00:51:09.219><c> the</c><00:51:09.440><c> priest,</c><00:51:09.900><c> wasn't</c><00:51:10.139><c> she?</c>

00:51:11.820 --> 00:51:13.860
And<00:51:12.119><c> distributed</c><00:51:12.679><c> to</c><00:51:12.880><c> the</c><00:51:13.079><c> 12</c><00:51:13.400><c> tribes.</c>

00:51:13.980 --> 00:51:15.820
It's<00:51:14.460><c> harrowing,</c><00:51:15.000><c> isn't</c><00:51:15.079><c> it?</c>

00:51:16.260 --> 00:51:17.900
But<00:51:16.400><c> this</c><00:51:16.599><c> all</c><00:51:16.760><c> took</c><00:51:16.900><c> place</c><00:51:17.179><c> at</c><00:51:17.360><c> Mizpah.</c>

00:51:18.079 --> 00:51:21.320
Judges,<00:51:18.440><c> chapter</c><00:51:18.679><c> 20</c><00:51:19.519><c> and</c><00:51:20.480><c> verse</c><00:51:20.760><c> 1.</c>

00:51:21.780 --> 00:51:23.139
And<00:51:21.960><c> there</c><00:51:22.039><c> they</c><00:51:22.260><c> are,</c><00:51:22.539><c> the</c><00:51:22.619><c> children</c><00:51:22.800><c> of</c><00:51:22.920><c> Israel,</c>

00:51:23.179 --> 00:51:25.980
listening<00:51:23.380><c> to</c><00:51:23.639><c> Samuel</c><00:51:24.039><c> as</c><00:51:24.940><c> a</c><00:51:25.219><c> figure</c><00:51:25.380><c> of</c><00:51:25.599><c> Joshua.</c>

00:51:26.119 --> 00:51:27.260
But<00:51:26.360><c> they're</c><00:51:26.579><c> standing</c><00:51:26.820><c> in</c><00:51:27.019><c> Mizpah.</c>

00:51:27.340 --> 00:51:29.340
They're<00:51:27.559><c> not</c><00:51:27.820><c> standing</c><00:51:28.119><c> in</c><00:51:28.440><c> Shechem.</c>

00:51:30.659 --> 00:51:32.920
They're<00:51:30.900><c> standing</c><00:51:31.199><c> in</c><00:51:31.380><c> Mizpah.</c>

00:51:33.820 --> 00:51:34.639
Verse<00:51:34.340><c> 1.</c>

00:51:34.639 --> 00:51:36.440
Then<00:51:34.760><c> all</c><00:51:35.079><c> the</c><00:51:35.219><c> children</c><00:51:35.500><c> of</c><00:51:35.599><c> Israel</c><00:51:35.880><c> went</c><00:51:36.159><c> out,</c>

00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:38.820
and<00:51:36.579><c> the</c><00:51:36.760><c> congregation</c><00:51:37.219><c> was</c><00:51:37.500><c> gathered</c><00:51:37.760><c> together</c><00:51:38.119><c> as</c><00:51:38.320><c> one</c><00:51:38.579><c> man</c>

00:51:38.820 --> 00:51:43.820
from<00:51:39.400><c> Dan</c><00:51:39.760><c> to</c><00:51:39.920><c> Beersheba</c><00:51:40.440><c> with</c><00:51:40.659><c> the</c><00:51:40.840><c> land</c><00:51:41.019><c> of</c><00:51:41.219><c> Gilead</c><00:51:41.480><c> unto</c><00:51:41.699><c> the</c><00:51:41.940><c> Lord</c><00:51:42.280><c> in</c><00:51:43.400><c> Mizpah.</c>

00:51:43.840 --> 00:51:44.860
What<00:51:44.000><c> took</c><00:51:44.260><c> place</c><00:51:44.579><c> here?</c>

00:51:44.880 --> 00:51:45.920
Verse<00:51:45.139><c> 4.</c>

00:51:46.360 --> 00:51:49.739
And<00:51:46.380><c> the</c><00:51:46.599><c> Levite,</c><00:51:47.820><c> the</c><00:51:48.019><c> husband</c><00:51:48.320><c> of</c><00:51:48.480><c> the</c><00:51:48.599><c> woman</c><00:51:48.900><c> that</c><00:51:49.039><c> was</c><00:51:49.400><c> slain,</c>

00:51:49.780 --> 00:51:50.380
answered<00:51:49.960><c> and</c><00:51:50.199><c> said,</c>

00:51:50.400 --> 00:51:53.320
I<00:51:50.739><c> came</c><00:51:51.039><c> into</c><00:51:51.300><c> Gibeah,</c><00:51:51.900><c> the</c><00:51:52.059><c> very</c><00:51:52.420><c> place</c><00:51:52.760><c> of</c><00:51:53.059><c> Saul.</c>

00:51:53.719 --> 00:51:54.780
Please<00:51:54.179><c> remember</c><00:51:54.500><c> that.</c>

00:51:54.860 --> 00:51:56.780
We're<00:51:55.059><c> going</c><00:51:55.159><c> to</c><00:51:55.340><c> look</c><00:51:55.539><c> at</c><00:51:55.619><c> this</c><00:51:55.800><c> a</c><00:51:55.900><c> little</c><00:51:56.059><c> later</c><00:51:56.340><c> during</c><00:51:56.599><c> the</c>

00:51:56.780 --> 00:51:58.099
course<00:51:56.940><c> of</c><00:51:57.119><c> the</c><00:51:57.239><c> week.</c>

00:51:59.179 --> 00:52:01.280
Saul<00:51:59.460><c> wasn't</c><00:51:59.699><c> going</c><00:51:59.880><c> to</c><00:52:00.119><c> forget</c><00:52:00.320><c> this.</c>

00:52:01.840 --> 00:52:05.260
It<00:52:02.320><c> was</c><00:52:02.539><c> like</c><00:52:02.739><c> a</c><00:52:03.079><c> blot</c><00:52:03.300><c> on</c><00:52:03.460><c> his</c><00:52:03.760><c> family</c><00:52:04.179><c> line.</c>

00:52:05.880 --> 00:52:10.340
And<00:52:06.260><c> he</c><00:52:06.340><c> has</c><00:52:06.480><c> an</c><00:52:06.639><c> opportunity</c><00:52:07.179><c> to</c><00:52:07.440><c> erase</c><00:52:07.800><c> it,</c><00:52:09.019><c> but</c><00:52:09.280><c> fails.</c>

00:52:11.780 --> 00:52:14.260
And<00:52:11.920><c> the</c><00:52:12.119><c> Levite,</c><00:52:12.420><c> the</c><00:52:12.639><c> husband</c><00:52:13.019><c> of</c><00:52:13.199><c> the</c><00:52:13.300><c> woman</c><00:52:13.619><c> that</c><00:52:13.800><c> was</c><00:52:14.039><c> slain,</c>

00:52:14.300 --> 00:52:14.840
answered<00:52:14.539><c> and</c><00:52:14.719><c> said,</c>

00:52:14.860 --> 00:52:17.860
I<00:52:15.059><c> came</c><00:52:15.360><c> into</c><00:52:15.659><c> Gibeah</c><00:52:16.099><c> that</c><00:52:16.340><c> belonged</c><00:52:16.739><c> unto</c><00:52:17.460><c> Benjamin,</c>

00:52:18.039 --> 00:52:20.059
I<00:52:18.199><c> and</c><00:52:18.260><c> my</c><00:52:18.539><c> concubine,</c><00:52:19.159><c> to</c><00:52:19.239><c> lodge.</c>

00:52:21.320 --> 00:52:23.219
And<00:52:21.559><c> the</c><00:52:21.639><c> men</c><00:52:21.739><c> of</c><00:52:21.940><c> Gibeah</c><00:52:22.320><c> rose</c><00:52:22.659><c> against</c><00:52:23.000><c> me</c>

00:52:23.219 --> 00:52:25.619
and<00:52:23.340><c> beset</c><00:52:23.579><c> the</c><00:52:23.739><c> house</c><00:52:23.980><c> round</c><00:52:24.239><c> about</c><00:52:24.559><c> upon</c><00:52:24.880><c> me</c><00:52:25.139><c> by</c><00:52:25.380><c> night,</c>

00:52:25.719 --> 00:52:27.739
and<00:52:25.900><c> thought</c><00:52:26.039><c> to</c><00:52:26.199><c> have</c><00:52:26.519><c> slain</c><00:52:26.739><c> me</c><00:52:26.940><c> and</c><00:52:27.000><c> my</c><00:52:27.219><c> concubine.</c>

00:52:27.739 --> 00:52:30.639
Have<00:52:28.219><c> they</c><00:52:28.599><c> forced</c><00:52:29.099><c> that</c><00:52:29.260><c> she</c><00:52:29.460><c> is</c><00:52:29.659><c> dead?</c>

00:52:30.699 --> 00:52:32.920
And<00:52:30.840><c> I</c><00:52:31.039><c> took</c><00:52:31.159><c> my</c><00:52:31.460><c> concubine</c><00:52:31.900><c> and</c><00:52:32.139><c> cut</c><00:52:32.280><c> her</c><00:52:32.440><c> in</c><00:52:32.619><c> pieces</c>

00:52:32.920 --> 00:52:37.099
and<00:52:33.159><c> sent</c><00:52:33.360><c> her</c><00:52:33.559><c> throughout</c><00:52:33.760><c> all</c><00:52:34.059><c> the</c><00:52:34.260><c> country</c><00:52:34.739><c> of</c><00:52:35.400><c> the</c><00:52:35.760><c> inheritance</c><00:52:36.239><c> of</c><00:52:36.460><c> Israel,</c>

00:52:37.380 --> 00:52:40.019
for<00:52:37.599><c> they</c><00:52:37.860><c> had</c><00:52:38.139><c> committed</c><00:52:38.579><c> lewdness</c><00:52:39.099><c> and</c><00:52:39.360><c> folly</c><00:52:39.500><c> in</c><00:52:39.699><c> Israel.</c>

00:52:40.519 --> 00:52:43.460
Suffice<00:52:40.940><c> to</c><00:52:41.139><c> say,</c><00:52:41.820><c> when</c><00:52:42.000><c> the</c><00:52:42.260><c> priest</c><00:52:42.420><c> woke</c><00:52:42.699><c> up</c><00:52:42.920><c> and</c><00:52:43.039><c> he</c><00:52:43.280><c> saw</c>

00:52:43.460 --> 00:52:44.360
his<00:52:43.800><c> concubine</c>

00:52:44.360 --> 00:52:48.000
that<00:52:44.500><c> was</c><00:52:44.659><c> like</c><00:52:44.880><c> his</c><00:52:45.219><c> wife</c><00:52:45.579><c> at</c><00:52:45.820><c> the</c><00:52:46.099><c> door</c><00:52:46.460><c> of</c><00:52:46.699><c> his</c><00:52:47.019><c> lodge,</c>

00:52:48.579 --> 00:52:53.400
and<00:52:48.820><c> she</c><00:52:49.019><c> had</c><00:52:49.260><c> been</c><00:52:49.940><c> raped</c><00:52:50.699><c> all</c><00:52:51.920><c> night</c><00:52:52.320><c> long</c><00:52:52.699><c> from</c><00:52:52.920><c> the</c><00:52:53.139><c> sons</c>

00:52:53.400 --> 00:52:54.539
of<00:52:53.639><c> Benjamin,</c>

00:52:55.300 --> 00:52:59.219
and<00:52:55.860><c> he</c><00:52:55.980><c> takes</c><00:52:56.300><c> this</c><00:52:56.579><c> woman</c><00:52:56.840><c> back</c><00:52:57.440><c> on</c><00:52:57.719><c> the</c><00:52:57.840><c> back</c><00:52:57.980><c> of</c><00:52:58.139><c> his</c><00:52:58.320><c> donkey,</c>

00:52:59.500 --> 00:53:02.440
and<00:52:59.579><c> he</c><00:52:59.760><c> kills</c><00:53:00.079><c> her,</c><00:53:00.780><c> and</c><00:53:00.900><c> he</c><00:53:01.039><c> cuts</c><00:53:01.239><c> her</c><00:53:01.380><c> up</c><00:53:01.460><c> into</c><00:53:01.639><c> twelve</c><00:53:01.960><c> pieces,</c>

00:53:02.699 --> 00:53:06.559
and<00:53:02.900><c> he</c><00:53:03.219><c> distributes</c><00:53:03.719><c> it</c><00:53:04.679><c> amongst</c><00:53:05.099><c> the</c><00:53:05.340><c> nations</c><00:53:05.920><c> or</c><00:53:06.300><c> against</c>

00:53:06.559 --> 00:53:07.900
the<00:53:06.840><c> tribes.</c>

00:53:08.599 --> 00:53:13.579
And<00:53:09.159><c> he</c><00:53:09.400><c> calls</c><00:53:09.800><c> upon</c><00:53:10.360><c> the</c><00:53:10.719><c> removal</c><00:53:11.380><c> of</c><00:53:11.820><c> the</c><00:53:12.059><c> sons</c><00:53:12.340><c> of</c><00:53:12.599><c> Benjamin.</c>

00:53:13.880 --> 00:53:16.440
Oh,<00:53:14.300><c> brothers</c><00:53:14.480><c> and</c><00:53:14.760><c> sisters,</c><00:53:15.159><c> this</c><00:53:15.380><c> is</c><00:53:15.579><c> a</c><00:53:15.659><c> terrible</c><00:53:16.079><c> moment</c>

00:53:16.440 --> 00:53:18.039
in<00:53:16.599><c> the</c><00:53:16.739><c> history</c><00:53:16.900><c> of</c><00:53:17.119><c> Israel.</c>

00:53:19.360 --> 00:53:22.239
Saul<00:53:19.559><c> is</c><00:53:19.840><c> born</c><00:53:20.059><c> into</c><00:53:20.420><c> family</c><00:53:21.059><c> tragedy.</c>

00:53:24.119 --> 00:53:26.380
A<00:53:24.639><c> historical</c><00:53:25.159><c> curse.</c>

00:53:28.260 --> 00:53:32.159
It<00:53:28.440><c> couldn't</c><00:53:28.699><c> get</c><00:53:28.900><c> any</c><00:53:29.159><c> worse</c><00:53:29.400><c> than</c><00:53:29.619><c> this,</c><00:53:31.440><c> but</c><00:53:31.579><c> it</c><00:53:31.739><c> does.</c>

00:53:32.380 --> 00:53:34.639
Go<00:53:32.539><c> over</c><00:53:32.840><c> a</c><00:53:32.920><c> chapter,</c><00:53:33.199><c> chapter</c><00:53:33.480><c> 21.</c>

00:53:36.239 --> 00:53:37.679
Something<00:53:36.500><c> was</c><00:53:36.800><c> sworn</c><00:53:37.059><c> at</c><00:53:37.260><c> Mespah.</c>

00:53:37.920 --> 00:53:40.340
Now<00:53:38.199><c> the</c><00:53:38.320><c> men</c><00:53:38.519><c> of</c><00:53:38.639><c> Israel</c><00:53:39.000><c> had</c><00:53:39.280><c> sworn</c><00:53:39.460><c> in</c><00:53:39.639><c> Mespah</c><00:53:39.900><c> saying,</c>

00:53:40.840 --> 00:53:44.000
There<00:53:40.880><c> shall</c><00:53:41.219><c> not</c><00:53:41.500><c> any</c><00:53:41.820><c> of</c><00:53:41.900><c> us</c><00:53:42.039><c> give</c><00:53:42.239><c> his</c><00:53:42.500><c> daughter</c><00:53:42.820><c> unto</c><00:53:43.099><c> Benjamin</c><00:53:43.539><c> to</c><00:53:43.800><c> wife.</c>

00:53:44.019 --> 00:53:46.639
So<00:53:44.199><c> they</c><00:53:44.340><c> were</c><00:53:44.519><c> going</c><00:53:44.639><c> to</c><00:53:44.900><c> naturally</c><00:53:45.320><c> die</c><00:53:45.659><c> out.</c>

00:53:49.480 --> 00:53:51.719
This<00:53:49.920><c> is</c><00:53:50.099><c> where</c><00:53:50.320><c> Saul</c><00:53:50.659><c> came</c><00:53:51.000><c> from.</c>

00:53:54.739 --> 00:53:56.059
And<00:53:54.840><c> then</c><00:53:55.000><c> verse</c><00:53:55.280><c> 5,</c>

00:53:56.119 --> 00:53:57.320
And<00:53:56.199><c> the</c><00:53:56.199><c> children</c><00:53:56.519><c> of</c><00:53:56.679><c> Israel</c><00:53:56.980><c> said,</c>

00:53:57.440 --> 00:53:59.559
Who<00:53:57.500><c> is</c><00:53:57.719><c> there</c><00:53:57.880><c> among</c><00:53:58.079><c> all</c><00:53:58.340><c> the</c><00:53:58.500><c> tribes</c><00:53:58.659><c> of</c><00:53:58.820><c> Israel</c><00:53:59.139><c> that</c><00:53:59.300><c> came</c>

00:53:59.559 --> 00:54:01.719
not<00:53:59.920><c> with</c><00:54:00.380><c> the</c><00:54:00.619><c> congregation</c><00:54:01.119><c> unto</c><00:54:01.340><c> the</c><00:54:01.519><c> Lord?</c>

00:54:01.840 --> 00:54:04.539
For<00:54:01.880><c> they</c><00:54:02.059><c> had</c><00:54:02.260><c> made</c><00:54:02.400><c> a</c><00:54:02.639><c> great</c><00:54:02.880><c> oath</c><00:54:03.079><c> concerning</c><00:54:03.500><c> him</c><00:54:04.000><c> that</c>

00:54:04.539 --> 00:54:05.300
came<00:54:04.800><c> up,</c>

00:54:05.519 --> 00:54:07.380
or<00:54:05.679><c> came</c><00:54:05.900><c> not</c><00:54:06.059><c> up</c><00:54:06.219><c> to</c><00:54:06.340><c> the</c><00:54:06.440><c> Lord</c><00:54:06.639><c> to</c><00:54:06.800><c> Mespah,</c><00:54:07.099><c> saying,</c>

00:54:07.400 --> 00:54:09.500
He<00:54:07.599><c> shall</c><00:54:07.900><c> surely</c><00:54:08.360><c> be</c><00:54:08.579><c> put</c><00:54:08.840><c> to</c><00:54:09.099><c> death.</c>

00:54:10.000 --> 00:54:12.559
And<00:54:10.440><c> what</c><00:54:10.619><c> happens</c><00:54:10.940><c> here,</c><00:54:11.260><c> brothers</c><00:54:11.400><c> and</c><00:54:11.659><c> sisters,</c>

00:54:13.039 --> 00:54:15.360
there's<00:54:13.400><c> a</c><00:54:13.599><c> call</c><00:54:13.760><c> that</c><00:54:13.940><c> goes</c><00:54:14.139><c> out</c><00:54:14.340><c> to</c><00:54:14.539><c> all</c><00:54:14.679><c> the</c><00:54:14.920><c> tribes,</c>

00:54:15.360 --> 00:54:18.199
and<00:54:15.880><c> only</c><00:54:16.139><c> one</c><00:54:16.460><c> tribe</c><00:54:16.699><c> doesn't</c><00:54:16.960><c> come,</c><00:54:17.519><c> and</c><00:54:17.519><c> it's</c><00:54:17.800><c> the</c><00:54:17.900><c> tribe</c>

00:54:18.199 --> 00:54:19.460
of<00:54:18.559><c> Jabesh</c><00:54:18.940><c> Gilead.</c>

00:54:19.820 --> 00:54:21.480
Verse<00:54:20.059><c> 8,</c><00:54:20.340><c> I</c><00:54:20.400><c> want</c><00:54:20.519><c> you</c><00:54:20.659><c> to</c><00:54:20.780><c> try</c><00:54:20.900><c> and</c><00:54:20.980><c> remember</c><00:54:21.239><c> that.</c>

00:54:21.500 --> 00:54:23.860
Jabesh<00:54:21.940><c> Gilead,</c><00:54:22.360><c> we're</c><00:54:22.519><c> going</c><00:54:22.599><c> to</c><00:54:22.659><c> come</c><00:54:22.800><c> across</c><00:54:23.000><c> that</c><00:54:23.179><c> a</c><00:54:23.260><c> little</c><00:54:23.400><c> later</c><00:54:23.719><c> in</c>

00:54:23.860 --> 00:54:24.840
the<00:54:23.960><c> week.</c>

00:54:25.880 --> 00:54:27.760
And<00:54:25.980><c> because</c><00:54:26.280><c> Jabesh</c><00:54:26.659><c> Gilead</c><00:54:27.099><c> didn't</c><00:54:27.320><c> come</c><00:54:27.579><c> out,</c>

00:54:27.860 --> 00:54:31.360
all<00:54:28.059><c> the</c><00:54:28.219><c> other</c><00:54:28.380><c> tribes</c><00:54:28.579><c> go</c><00:54:28.820><c> out</c><00:54:29.099><c> and</c><00:54:29.260><c> they</c><00:54:29.539><c> destroy</c><00:54:30.099><c> them</c><00:54:30.340><c> virtually.</c>

00:54:33.679 --> 00:54:36.980
And<00:54:33.900><c> 400</c><00:54:34.380><c> virgins</c><00:54:34.940><c> are</c><00:54:35.500><c> stolen</c><00:54:35.800><c> away.</c>

00:54:39.019 --> 00:54:41.179
And<00:54:39.500><c> they're</c><00:54:39.739><c> given</c><00:54:40.019><c> to</c><00:54:40.239><c> the</c><00:54:40.400><c> sons</c><00:54:40.659><c> of</c><00:54:40.920><c> Benjamin.</c>

00:54:41.179 --> 00:54:46.280
And<00:54:41.300><c> possibly</c><00:54:41.800><c> one</c><00:54:42.719><c> of</c><00:54:42.820><c> these</c><00:54:43.099><c> virgins</c><00:54:44.360><c> gave</c><00:54:44.920><c> birth</c><00:54:45.519><c> to</c><00:54:46.079><c> the</c>

00:54:46.280 --> 00:54:48.880
line<00:54:46.519><c> of</c><00:54:46.699><c> Saul</c><00:54:46.840><c> we</c><00:54:47.019><c> don't</c><00:54:47.260><c> know.</c>

00:54:50.360 --> 00:54:51.739
Terrible.

00:54:52.340 --> 00:54:53.219
Harrowing.

00:54:53.719 --> 00:54:55.280
Complete<00:54:54.239><c> mark.</c>

00:54:55.679 --> 00:54:58.139
And<00:54:55.800><c> they</c><00:54:55.960><c> were</c><00:54:56.199><c> called</c><00:54:56.400><c> to</c><00:54:56.619><c> be</c><00:54:56.820><c> God's</c><00:54:57.280><c> people.</c>

00:54:58.280 --> 00:55:00.940
So<00:54:58.539><c> Mespah,</c><00:55:00.019><c> what</c><00:55:00.199><c> is</c><00:55:00.380><c> Mespah?</c>

00:55:01.119 --> 00:55:06.440
Verse<00:55:01.320><c> 15,</c><00:55:02.099><c> if</c><00:55:02.260><c> we</c><00:55:02.400><c> want</c><00:55:02.659><c> a</c><00:55:03.219><c> verse</c><00:55:03.780><c> that</c><00:55:04.219><c> tells</c><00:55:04.460><c> us</c><00:55:05.159><c> what</c><00:55:05.519><c> Mespah</c><00:55:05.980><c> is,</c>

00:55:06.440 --> 00:55:10.960
as<00:55:07.420><c> God</c><00:55:07.679><c> sees</c><00:55:08.039><c> it</c><00:55:08.219><c> and</c><00:55:08.380><c> the</c><00:55:08.559><c> people</c><00:55:09.139><c> repented</c><00:55:10.099><c> them</c><00:55:10.320><c> for</c><00:55:10.519><c> Benjamin</c>

00:55:10.960 --> 00:55:15.519
because<00:55:11.659><c> Yahweh</c><00:55:12.280><c> had</c><00:55:12.579><c> made</c><00:55:13.139><c> a</c><00:55:13.639><c> breach</c><00:55:13.880><c> in</c><00:55:14.079><c> the</c><00:55:14.280><c> tribes</c><00:55:14.440><c> of</c><00:55:14.659><c> Israel.</c>

00:55:15.800 --> 00:55:18.320
So<00:55:15.960><c> Mespah</c><00:55:16.619><c> was</c><00:55:16.920><c> a</c><00:55:17.219><c> place</c><00:55:17.460><c> of</c><00:55:17.820><c> division.</c>

00:55:18.440 --> 00:55:20.219
It<00:55:18.579><c> was</c><00:55:18.860><c> a</c><00:55:19.159><c> breach.</c>

00:55:22.019 --> 00:55:25.880
And<00:55:22.300><c> Samuel</c><00:55:22.440><c> brings</c><00:55:22.679><c> them</c><00:55:22.920><c> all</c><00:55:23.260><c> together</c><00:55:23.599><c> to</c><00:55:23.900><c> reverse</c><00:55:24.460><c> that</c><00:55:24.840><c> breach,</c>

00:55:26.239 --> 00:55:31.780
to<00:55:26.639><c> bring</c><00:55:27.000><c> them</c><00:55:27.199><c> as</c><00:55:27.519><c> one</c><00:55:27.780><c> people</c><00:55:28.780><c> in</c><00:55:30.360><c> God's</c><00:55:30.760><c> salvation.</c>

00:55:36.219 --> 00:55:38.179
And<00:55:36.619><c> he</c><00:55:36.699><c> says</c><00:55:36.980><c> to</c><00:55:37.099><c> them,</c>

00:55:38.639 --> 00:55:41.940
Samuel,<00:55:40.219><c> whatever</c><00:55:40.579><c> you</c><00:55:40.820><c> have</c><00:55:41.039><c> done,</c>

00:55:42.420 --> 00:55:44.519
I<00:55:42.480><c> want</c><00:55:42.480><c> you</c><00:55:42.619><c> to</c><00:55:42.820><c> imagine</c><00:55:43.039><c> this,</c><00:55:43.579><c> standing</c><00:55:43.780><c> there</c><00:55:44.039><c> in</c><00:55:44.159><c> Mespah</c>

00:55:44.519 --> 00:55:50.340
and<00:55:44.920><c> you're</c><00:55:45.659><c> remembering</c><00:55:46.179><c> the</c><00:55:47.699><c> concubine</c><00:55:48.440><c> and</c><00:55:49.099><c> the</c><00:55:49.320><c> priest</c>

00:55:50.260 --> 00:55:52.699
and<00:55:50.659><c> the</c><00:55:50.840><c> twelve</c><00:55:51.119><c> horrid</c><00:55:51.519><c> pieces.</c>

00:55:53.360 --> 00:55:55.559
And<00:55:53.840><c> Samuel</c><00:55:54.260><c> says,</c>

00:55:55.940 --> 00:55:57.320
whatever<00:55:56.099><c> you've</c><00:55:56.400><c> done,</c>

00:55:58.380 --> 00:55:59.980
this<00:55:58.539><c> is</c><00:55:58.780><c> a</c><00:55:58.900><c> new</c><00:55:59.039><c> day.</c>

00:56:00.639 --> 00:56:03.480
You<00:56:00.820><c> are</c><00:56:00.920><c> now</c><00:56:01.159><c> in</c><00:56:01.400><c> covenant</c><00:56:01.639><c> relationship</c><00:56:02.300><c> with</c><00:56:02.519><c> God</c>

00:56:03.800 --> 00:56:06.039
and<00:56:04.280><c> your</c><00:56:04.579><c> slate</c><00:56:04.780><c> is</c><00:56:05.099><c> clean.</c>

00:56:06.679 --> 00:56:09.119
Though<00:56:07.019><c> Mespah</c><00:56:07.380><c> was</c><00:56:07.599><c> a</c><00:56:07.780><c> place</c><00:56:07.980><c> of</c><00:56:08.219><c> division,</c>

00:56:09.679 --> 00:56:11.519
it<00:56:09.820><c> was</c><00:56:10.059><c> a</c><00:56:10.219><c> place</c><00:56:10.420><c> now</c><00:56:10.659><c> of</c><00:56:10.920><c> starting</c><00:56:11.199><c> again.</c>

00:56:11.699 --> 00:56:13.519
And<00:56:11.920><c> brothers</c><00:56:12.199><c> and</c><00:56:12.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:56:14.000 --> 00:56:16.039
that's<00:56:14.480><c> where</c><00:56:14.639><c> we</c><00:56:14.840><c> all</c><00:56:15.000><c> want</c><00:56:15.179><c> to</c><00:56:15.380><c> stand.</c>

00:56:16.400 --> 00:56:18.039
We'd<00:56:16.880><c> all</c><00:56:17.000><c> love</c><00:56:17.159><c> to</c><00:56:17.360><c> stand</c><00:56:17.519><c> at</c><00:56:17.739><c> Mespah,</c>

00:56:18.039 --> 00:56:22.320
not<00:56:18.260><c> to</c><00:56:18.500><c> bring</c><00:56:18.639><c> to</c><00:56:18.900><c> mind</c><00:56:19.059><c> that</c><00:56:19.460><c> terrible</c><00:56:19.820><c> historical</c><00:56:20.920><c> incident,</c>

00:56:24.400 --> 00:56:29.320
but<00:56:24.579><c> to</c><00:56:24.920><c> think</c><00:56:25.480><c> that</c><00:56:26.900><c> whatever</c><00:56:27.280><c> sins</c><00:56:27.780><c> we</c><00:56:28.139><c> have</c><00:56:28.380><c> committed,</c>

00:56:29.480 --> 00:56:30.320
they<00:56:29.679><c> are</c><00:56:29.960><c> forgotten.</c>

00:56:30.559 --> 00:56:33.199
That's<00:56:30.780><c> what</c><00:56:30.980><c> Samuel</c><00:56:31.159><c> said</c><00:56:31.519><c> in</c><00:56:31.699><c> 1</c><00:56:31.820><c> Samuel</c><00:56:32.079><c> 7.</c>

00:56:33.840 --> 00:56:35.579
But<00:56:34.000><c> they</c><00:56:34.260><c> are,</c><00:56:34.760><c> brothers</c><00:56:34.920><c> and</c><00:56:35.219><c> sisters,</c>

00:56:35.960 --> 00:56:39.139
figuratively<00:56:36.519><c> we're</c><00:56:36.860><c> all</c><00:56:37.159><c> standing</c><00:56:37.659><c> at</c><00:56:37.900><c> Mespah.</c>

00:56:40.199 --> 00:56:43.340
Our<00:56:40.460><c> sins</c><00:56:40.699><c> are</c><00:56:41.099><c> forgiven</c><00:56:41.619><c> in</c><00:56:42.079><c> the</c><00:56:42.320><c> saving</c><00:56:42.579><c> name</c><00:56:42.880><c> of</c><00:56:43.039><c> the</c><00:56:43.159><c> Lord</c>

00:56:43.340 --> 00:56:44.380
Jesus<00:56:43.739><c> Christ</c>

00:56:44.380 --> 00:56:46.760
and<00:56:44.940><c> the</c><00:56:45.079><c> active</c><00:56:45.400><c> work</c><00:56:45.880><c> that</c><00:56:46.059><c> he</c><00:56:46.179><c> does</c>

00:56:46.760 --> 00:56:50.739
as<00:56:47.300><c> a</c><00:56:47.480><c> high</c><00:56:47.719><c> priest</c><00:56:48.199><c> now</c><00:56:48.880><c> sitting</c><00:56:49.280><c> at</c><00:56:49.480><c> the</c><00:56:49.659><c> right</c><00:56:49.880><c> hand</c><00:56:50.039><c> of</c><00:56:50.300><c> the</c><00:56:50.380><c> Father.</c>

00:56:51.179 --> 00:56:55.039
Our<00:56:51.440><c> petitions</c><00:56:51.840><c> now</c><00:56:52.360><c> go</c><00:56:52.800><c> to</c><00:56:52.980><c> the</c><00:56:53.539><c> Father</c><00:56:53.780><c> through</c><00:56:54.019><c> him.</c>

00:56:55.380 --> 00:56:57.380
So<00:56:55.639><c> we</c><00:56:55.760><c> are</c><00:56:56.079><c> in</c><00:56:56.280><c> Mespah.</c>

00:56:58.599 --> 00:57:01.400
Come<00:56:58.800><c> back</c><00:56:58.920><c> then</c><00:56:59.179><c> to</c><00:56:59.480><c> 1</c><00:56:59.679><c> Samuel</c><00:56:59.960><c> 7.</c>

00:57:07.360 --> 00:57:10.539
There's<00:57:07.679><c> a</c><00:57:07.820><c> picture</c><00:57:08.179><c> of</c><00:57:08.460><c> this</c><00:57:09.000><c> scene</c><00:57:09.199><c> that</c><00:57:09.360><c> we've</c><00:57:09.639><c> considered.</c>

00:57:12.139 --> 00:57:14.699
We<00:57:12.659><c> want</c><00:57:12.840><c> to</c><00:57:12.960><c> just</c><00:57:13.219><c> pick</c><00:57:13.380><c> out</c><00:57:13.539><c> a</c><00:57:13.679><c> few</c><00:57:13.820><c> things</c><00:57:14.159><c> here.</c>

00:57:15.019 --> 00:57:18.099
Verse<00:57:15.099><c> 10,</c><00:57:15.440><c> in</c><00:57:15.619><c> this</c><00:57:15.900><c> wonderful</c><00:57:16.380><c> address</c><00:57:16.780><c> that</c><00:57:17.139><c> Samuel</c><00:57:17.519><c> gives</c>

00:57:18.099 --> 00:57:21.539
to<00:57:19.099><c> the</c><00:57:19.239><c> children</c><00:57:19.519><c> of</c><00:57:19.699><c> Israel,</c><00:57:20.000><c> look</c><00:57:20.139><c> at</c><00:57:20.239><c> verse</c><00:57:20.500><c> 10.</c>

00:57:22.119 --> 00:57:24.219
And<00:57:22.219><c> as</c><00:57:22.500><c> Samuel</c><00:57:22.820><c> was</c><00:57:23.099><c> offering</c><00:57:23.320><c> up</c><00:57:23.500><c> the</c><00:57:23.659><c> burnt</c><00:57:23.840><c> offering,</c>

00:57:24.440 --> 00:57:26.739
the<00:57:24.599><c> Philistines</c><00:57:25.219><c> drew</c><00:57:25.500><c> near</c><00:57:25.780><c> to</c><00:57:25.980><c> battle</c><00:57:26.219><c> against</c><00:57:26.539><c> Israel.</c>

00:57:26.780 --> 00:57:27.639
I<00:57:26.920><c> want</c><00:57:26.960><c> you</c><00:57:27.099><c> to</c><00:57:27.239><c> notice</c><00:57:27.440><c> this.</c>

00:57:27.880 --> 00:57:30.460
It's<00:57:28.179><c> the</c><00:57:28.400><c> Philistines</c><00:57:28.940><c> that</c><00:57:29.320><c> challenge</c><00:57:29.679><c> Israel</c>

00:57:30.460 --> 00:57:34.280
when<00:57:30.940><c> Samuel</c><00:57:31.400><c> is</c><00:57:31.659><c> giving</c><00:57:31.840><c> this</c><00:57:32.260><c> stupendous</c><00:57:33.119><c> address.</c>

00:57:36.760 --> 00:57:40.179
But<00:57:37.360><c> Yahweh</c><00:57:37.960><c> thundered</c><00:57:38.440><c> with</c><00:57:38.639><c> a</c><00:57:38.840><c> great</c><00:57:39.079><c> thunder</c><00:57:39.460><c> on</c><00:57:39.760><c> that</c><00:57:39.960><c> day</c>

00:57:40.179 --> 00:57:43.039
upon<00:57:40.420><c> the</c><00:57:40.619><c> Philistines</c><00:57:41.199><c> and</c><00:57:41.760><c> discomforted</c><00:57:42.519><c> them,</c>

00:57:43.179 --> 00:57:46.719
and<00:57:43.460><c> they</c><00:57:43.659><c> were</c><00:57:43.960><c> smitten</c><00:57:44.360><c> before</c><00:57:45.380><c> Israel.</c>

00:57:47.460 --> 00:57:49.280
You<00:57:47.760><c> see</c><00:57:47.860><c> what</c><00:57:48.000><c> God</c><00:57:48.179><c> was</c><00:57:48.420><c> doing.</c>

00:57:50.159 --> 00:57:53.460
This<00:57:50.340><c> is</c><00:57:50.539><c> all</c><00:57:50.699><c> them</c><00:57:50.860><c> thinking</c><00:57:51.199><c> about,</c><00:57:51.440><c> we</c><00:57:51.619><c> need</c><00:57:51.860><c> a</c><00:57:51.980><c> new</c><00:57:52.260><c> king.</c>

00:57:54.280 --> 00:57:57.659
We<00:57:54.579><c> want</c><00:57:54.800><c> a</c><00:57:55.000><c> king</c><00:57:55.360><c> like</c><00:57:55.659><c> the</c><00:57:55.880><c> surrounding</c><00:57:56.320><c> nations.</c>

00:57:59.380 --> 00:58:01.460
So<00:57:59.559><c> God</c><00:57:59.719><c> reminds</c><00:58:00.440><c> them</c><00:58:00.820><c> of</c><00:58:01.179><c> him.</c>

00:58:01.559 --> 00:58:03.380
It's<00:58:01.940><c> almost</c><00:58:02.400><c> his</c><00:58:02.880><c> signature.</c>

00:58:03.380 --> 00:58:06.500
Why<00:58:03.679><c> do</c><00:58:03.920><c> I</c><00:58:04.000><c> say</c><00:58:04.199><c> that?</c><00:58:05.099><c> God's</c><00:58:05.519><c> signature.</c>

00:58:08.139 --> 00:58:10.639
Well,<00:58:08.460><c> we</c><00:58:08.639><c> can</c><00:58:08.800><c> be</c><00:58:09.019><c> reminded</c><00:58:09.300><c> as</c><00:58:09.460><c> we</c><00:58:09.639><c> have</c><00:58:09.739><c> on</c><00:58:09.860><c> the</c><00:58:10.059><c> overhead</c><00:58:10.260><c> here.</c>

00:58:10.780 --> 00:58:12.719
Keep<00:58:10.960><c> your</c><00:58:11.139><c> fingers</c><00:58:11.380><c> in</c><00:58:11.559><c> 1</c><00:58:11.739><c> Samuel</c><00:58:12.039><c> 7</c>

00:58:12.719 --> 00:58:15.699
and<00:58:13.239><c> look</c><00:58:13.400><c> at</c><00:58:13.579><c> the</c><00:58:13.679><c> closing</c><00:58:14.039><c> verse</c><00:58:14.539><c> of</c><00:58:14.860><c> the</c><00:58:15.099><c> prayer</c><00:58:15.280><c> of</c><00:58:15.539><c> Hannah</c>

00:58:15.699 --> 00:58:17.360
in<00:58:15.880><c> 1</c><00:58:16.179><c> Samuel</c><00:58:16.420><c> chapter</c><00:58:16.840><c> 2.</c>

00:58:17.739 --> 00:58:21.340
How<00:58:17.940><c> was</c><00:58:18.239><c> God</c><00:58:18.599><c> going</c><00:58:18.880><c> to</c><00:58:19.320><c> introduce</c><00:58:20.000><c> himself</c><00:58:20.559><c> as</c><00:58:20.960><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:58:21.440 --> 00:58:24.320
the<00:58:21.659><c> deliverer</c><00:58:22.179><c> of</c><00:58:22.340><c> the</c><00:58:22.579><c> surrounding</c><00:58:22.980><c> nations?</c>

00:58:24.460 --> 00:58:26.719
Verse<00:58:24.739><c> 10</c><00:58:24.960><c> of</c><00:58:25.059><c> 1</c><00:58:25.320><c> Samuel</c><00:58:25.559><c> 2.</c>

00:58:26.860 --> 00:58:29.440
The<00:58:27.099><c> adversaries</c><00:58:27.760><c> of</c><00:58:27.920><c> the</c><00:58:28.079><c> Lord</c><00:58:28.280><c> shall</c><00:58:28.440><c> be</c><00:58:28.619><c> broken</c><00:58:28.900><c> to</c><00:58:29.199><c> pieces</c>

00:58:29.440 --> 00:58:32.480
out<00:58:29.760><c> of</c><00:58:29.960><c> heaven</c><00:58:30.219><c> shall</c><00:58:30.739><c> he</c><00:58:31.159><c> thunder</c><00:58:31.639><c> upon</c><00:58:32.099><c> them</c>

00:58:32.480 --> 00:58:36.260
in<00:58:33.099><c> the</c><00:58:33.300><c> margin</c><00:58:33.559><c> against</c><00:58:34.239><c> them</c><00:58:34.460><c> shall</c><00:58:34.639><c> he</c><00:58:34.900><c> thunder</c><00:58:35.199><c> in</c><00:58:35.400><c> heaven.</c>

00:58:36.480 --> 00:58:38.480
The<00:58:36.579><c> Lord</c><00:58:36.880><c> shall</c><00:58:37.139><c> judge</c><00:58:37.440><c> the</c><00:58:37.739><c> ends</c><00:58:37.920><c> of</c><00:58:38.119><c> the</c><00:58:38.300><c> earth</c>

00:58:38.480 --> 00:58:40.300
and<00:58:38.619><c> he</c><00:58:38.880><c> shall</c><00:58:39.039><c> give</c><00:58:39.280><c> strength</c><00:58:39.599><c> unto</c><00:58:39.800><c> his</c><00:58:40.059><c> king</c>

00:58:40.300 --> 00:58:41.880
and<00:58:40.559><c> exult</c><00:58:40.800><c> the</c><00:58:41.079><c> horn</c><00:58:41.219><c> of</c><00:58:41.400><c> his</c><00:58:41.579><c> anointed.</c>

00:58:42.199 --> 00:58:45.059
God<00:58:42.440><c> is</c><00:58:42.619><c> reminding</c><00:58:42.940><c> them,</c><00:58:43.900><c> I'm</c><00:58:43.920><c> the</c><00:58:44.119><c> king.</c>

00:58:45.719 --> 00:58:47.260
That's<00:58:46.099><c> my</c><00:58:46.300><c> signature.</c>

00:58:47.840 --> 00:58:49.579
That's<00:58:48.280><c> the</c><00:58:48.420><c> prayer</c><00:58:48.619><c> of</c><00:58:48.840><c> Hannah.</c>

00:58:49.940 --> 00:58:54.639
I<00:58:50.340><c> send</c><00:58:50.659><c> my</c><00:58:51.139><c> thunder</c><00:58:51.800><c> and</c><00:58:53.539><c> chaos.</c>

00:58:55.840 --> 00:58:58.760
Chaos<00:58:56.380><c> strikes</c><00:58:56.920><c> with</c><00:58:57.960><c> the</c><00:58:58.099><c> Philistines.</c>

00:58:59.219 --> 00:59:01.500
And<00:58:59.559><c> they</c><00:58:59.739><c> were</c><00:58:59.900><c> bewildered</c><00:59:00.420><c> and</c><00:59:00.559><c> they</c><00:59:00.659><c> were</c><00:59:00.940><c> discomforted</c>

00:59:01.500 --> 00:59:05.900
and<00:59:01.659><c> they</c><00:59:01.860><c> were</c><00:59:02.219><c> smitten</c><00:59:02.699><c> and</c><00:59:03.280><c> they</c><00:59:04.719><c> fled.</c>

00:59:08.239 --> 00:59:15.360
And<00:59:08.539><c> so</c><00:59:08.760><c> then</c><00:59:09.559><c> a</c><00:59:12.519><c> great</c><00:59:12.920><c> stone</c><00:59:13.400><c> was</c><00:59:13.840><c> erected.</c>

00:59:15.739 --> 00:59:19.639
Just<00:59:16.139><c> like</c><00:59:16.380><c> the</c><00:59:16.639><c> stone</c><00:59:17.019><c> that</c><00:59:17.320><c> Joshua</c><00:59:17.719><c> erected</c><00:59:18.420><c> at</c><00:59:18.800><c> Shechem.</c>

00:59:20.199 --> 00:59:21.820
Look<00:59:20.320><c> at</c><00:59:20.440><c> verse</c><00:59:20.679><c> 12.</c>

00:59:22.840 --> 00:59:25.940
Then<00:59:23.300><c> Samuel</c><00:59:23.880><c> took</c><00:59:24.219><c> a</c><00:59:24.539><c> stone</c><00:59:24.880><c> and</c><00:59:25.199><c> set</c><00:59:25.400><c> it</c><00:59:25.579><c> between</c>

00:59:25.940 --> 00:59:29.380
Misbah<00:59:26.480><c> and</c><00:59:26.900><c> Shen</c><00:59:27.219><c> and</c><00:59:27.820><c> called</c><00:59:28.159><c> the</c><00:59:28.380><c> name</c><00:59:28.559><c> of</c><00:59:28.739><c> it</c>

00:59:29.380 --> 00:59:33.960
Ebenezer<00:59:30.000><c> saying,</c><00:59:30.800><c> hitherto</c><00:59:31.840><c> hath</c><00:59:32.340><c> Yahweh</c><00:59:33.079><c> helped</c><00:59:33.480><c> us.</c>

00:59:34.300 --> 00:59:38.599
God<00:59:34.780><c> had</c><00:59:35.199><c> shown</c><00:59:35.739><c> his</c><00:59:36.320><c> supremacy</c><00:59:37.059><c> over</c><00:59:37.659><c> the</c><00:59:37.940><c> Philistines.</c>

00:59:39.000 --> 00:59:42.300
They<00:59:39.300><c> remember</c><00:59:39.679><c> Joshua</c><00:59:40.219><c> in</c><00:59:40.500><c> Joshua</c><00:59:40.900><c> chapter</c><00:59:41.219><c> 24.</c>

00:59:42.760 --> 00:59:44.019
They<00:59:43.039><c> remember</c><00:59:43.440><c> Shechem.</c>

00:59:44.440 --> 00:59:45.960
They<00:59:44.739><c> remember</c><00:59:45.039><c> their</c><00:59:45.320><c> deliverance.</c>

00:59:46.360 --> 00:59:49.840
They<00:59:46.619><c> look</c><00:59:46.820><c> at</c><00:59:46.980><c> the</c><00:59:47.239><c> stone,</c><00:59:48.239><c> not</c><00:59:48.460><c> the</c><00:59:48.659><c> stone</c><00:59:48.820><c> of</c><00:59:49.059><c> Shechem,</c>

00:59:50.480 --> 00:59:52.599
the<00:59:50.699><c> stone</c><00:59:51.059><c> of</c><00:59:51.360><c> Ebenezer.</c>

00:59:53.300 --> 00:59:55.239
Yahweh<00:59:53.940><c> has</c><00:59:54.340><c> helped</c><00:59:54.619><c> us.</c>

00:59:55.239 --> 01:00:00.440
And<00:59:55.679><c> they</c><00:59:56.059><c> commit</c><00:59:57.000><c> themselves</c><00:59:58.360><c> to</c><00:59:59.380><c> God.</c>

01:00:03.159 --> 01:00:06.159
So<01:00:03.500><c> you</c><01:00:03.679><c> would</c><01:00:03.840><c> think</c><01:00:03.980><c> then</c><01:00:04.219><c> with</c><01:00:04.440><c> those</c><01:00:05.159><c> short</c><01:00:05.400><c> remarks</c>

01:00:06.159 --> 01:00:08.739
that<01:00:06.940><c> all</c><01:00:07.119><c> was</c><01:00:07.360><c> well</c><01:00:07.519><c> with</c><01:00:07.739><c> Israel.</c>

01:00:09.460 --> 01:00:17.059
Come<01:00:09.860><c> to</c><01:00:09.960><c> chapter</c><01:00:10.199><c> 8</c><01:00:11.320><c> and</c><01:00:15.440><c> verse</c><01:00:15.719><c> 1.</c>

01:00:17.960 --> 01:00:21.340
And<01:00:18.000><c> it</c><01:00:18.179><c> came</c><01:00:18.460><c> to</c><01:00:18.719><c> pass</c><01:00:18.960><c> when</c><01:00:19.139><c> all</c><01:00:19.380><c> these</c><01:00:19.659><c> things</c><01:00:20.400><c> were</c><01:00:21.139><c> done</c>

01:00:21.340 --> 01:00:25.300
at<01:00:21.559><c> Ebenezer</c><01:00:22.179><c> and</c><01:00:23.019><c> it</c><01:00:23.239><c> came</c><01:00:23.460><c> to</c><01:00:23.719><c> pass</c><01:00:23.920><c> when</c><01:00:24.179><c> Samuel</c><01:00:24.539><c> was</c><01:00:24.860><c> old</c>

01:00:25.300 --> 01:00:29.539
that<01:00:26.079><c> he</c><01:00:26.219><c> made</c><01:00:26.440><c> his</c><01:00:26.739><c> sons</c><01:00:27.099><c> judges</c><01:00:27.659><c> over</c><01:00:28.179><c> Israel.</c>

01:00:32.099 --> 01:00:35.300
The<01:00:32.579><c> idea</c><01:00:32.820><c> in</c><01:00:33.000><c> the</c><01:00:33.079><c> Hebrew</c><01:00:33.300><c> was</c><01:00:33.519><c> that</c><01:00:33.639><c> he</c><01:00:33.739><c> wasn't</c><01:00:33.920><c> old</c><01:00:34.139><c> at</c><01:00:34.360><c> all.</c>

01:00:35.539 --> 01:00:37.099
He<01:00:35.780><c> felt</c><01:00:36.019><c> old.</c>

01:00:37.179 --> 01:00:39.840
If<01:00:37.300><c> you</c><01:00:37.380><c> trace</c><01:00:37.579><c> it</c><01:00:37.780><c> through</c><01:00:38.079><c> a</c><01:00:38.559><c> concordance,</c><01:00:39.059><c> he</c><01:00:39.260><c> felt</c><01:00:39.559><c> old.</c>

01:00:40.000 --> 01:00:43.079
And<01:00:40.119><c> brothers</c><01:00:40.280><c> and</c><01:00:40.539><c> sisters,</c><01:00:41.820><c> we</c><01:00:42.059><c> all</c><01:00:42.280><c> feel</c><01:00:42.460><c> old</c><01:00:42.659><c> at</c><01:00:42.900><c> times.</c>

01:00:43.239 --> 01:00:45.039
I<01:00:43.320><c> too</c><01:00:43.420><c> haven't</c><01:00:43.599><c> slept</c><01:00:43.820><c> for</c><01:00:44.019><c> two</c><01:00:44.159><c> nights.</c>

01:00:45.880 --> 01:00:48.659
We<01:00:46.199><c> can</c><01:00:46.380><c> all</c><01:00:46.559><c> feel</c><01:00:46.800><c> old</c><01:00:47.179><c> at</c><01:00:47.480><c> times.</c>

01:00:50.219 --> 01:00:52.260
He<01:00:50.739><c> felt</c><01:00:51.019><c> old.</c>

01:00:55.480 --> 01:00:58.099
It's<01:00:55.639><c> much</c><01:00:55.940><c> later</c><01:00:56.440><c> on</c><01:00:56.619><c> in</c><01:00:56.719><c> the</c><01:00:56.800><c> book</c><01:00:56.980><c> of</c><01:00:57.199><c> Samuel</c><01:00:57.440><c> that</c><01:00:57.619><c> he</c><01:00:57.719><c> dies.</c>

01:00:58.239 --> 01:01:00.699
He<01:00:58.360><c> has</c><01:00:58.639><c> so</c><01:00:59.019><c> much</c><01:00:59.199><c> life</c><01:00:59.539><c> left</c><01:00:59.820><c> in</c><01:01:00.019><c> him,</c><01:01:00.219><c> Samuel.</c>

01:01:01.199 --> 01:01:04.019
In<01:01:01.380><c> fact,</c><01:01:01.579><c> there's</c><01:01:01.739><c> more</c><01:01:01.960><c> recorded</c><01:01:02.519><c> about</c><01:01:02.900><c> him</c><01:01:03.099><c> being</c><01:01:03.300><c> an</c><01:01:03.440><c> old</c><01:01:03.579><c> man</c>

01:01:04.019 --> 01:01:06.980
than<01:01:04.360><c> him</c><01:01:04.579><c> being</c><01:01:04.840><c> a</c><01:01:05.039><c> youthful</c><01:01:05.400><c> man</c><01:01:05.579><c> or</c><01:01:05.780><c> a</c><01:01:06.000><c> child.</c>

01:01:10.000 --> 01:01:12.519
But<01:01:10.179><c> as</c><01:01:10.460><c> far</c><01:01:10.719><c> as</c><01:01:10.920><c> Israel</c><01:01:11.219><c> was</c><01:01:11.480><c> concerned,</c>

01:01:13.099 --> 01:01:17.380
you're<01:01:13.199><c> an</c><01:01:13.360><c> old</c><01:01:13.579><c> man</c><01:01:14.059><c> and</c><01:01:15.119><c> your</c><01:01:15.400><c> sons</c><01:01:15.699><c> do</c><01:01:16.019><c> not</c><01:01:16.300><c> walk</c><01:01:16.599><c> in</c><01:01:16.780><c> your</c><01:01:17.039><c> ways,</c>

01:01:17.380 --> 01:01:19.500
as<01:01:17.380><c> we</c><01:01:17.539><c> read</c><01:01:17.820><c> in</c><01:01:18.019><c> verse</c><01:01:18.179><c> 3.</c>

01:01:20.199 --> 01:01:21.840
Make<01:01:20.500><c> us</c><01:01:20.739><c> a</c><01:01:20.880><c> king.</c>

01:01:22.380 --> 01:01:24.039
That's<01:01:22.619><c> the</c><01:01:22.659><c> theme</c><01:01:22.840><c> of</c><01:01:23.000><c> our</c><01:01:23.179><c> talk,</c><01:01:23.500><c> isn't</c><01:01:23.619><c> it?</c>

01:01:24.500 --> 01:01:26.340
Make<01:01:24.840><c> us</c><01:01:25.159><c> a</c><01:01:25.360><c> king.</c>

01:01:26.480 --> 01:01:28.480
And<01:01:26.579><c> I'm</c><01:01:26.739><c> sure,</c><01:01:27.079><c> brothers</c><01:01:27.139><c> and</c><01:01:27.420><c> sisters,</c>

01:01:28.719 --> 01:01:32.239
Samuel<01:01:29.000><c> was</c><01:01:29.300><c> aware</c><01:01:29.719><c> of</c><01:01:30.320><c> his</c><01:01:30.559><c> own</c><01:01:30.840><c> domestic</c><01:01:31.320><c> problem.</c>

01:01:32.599 --> 01:01:35.320
He<01:01:32.719><c> had</c><01:01:32.860><c> two</c><01:01:33.159><c> sons</c><01:01:33.480><c> that</c><01:01:33.699><c> did</c><01:01:33.980><c> not</c><01:01:34.260><c> walk</c><01:01:34.539><c> in</c><01:01:34.699><c> his</c><01:01:34.960><c> ways</c>

01:01:35.320 --> 01:01:37.960
and<01:01:35.699><c> he</c><01:01:35.880><c> put</c><01:01:35.980><c> them</c><01:01:36.199><c> down</c><01:01:36.679><c> on</c><01:01:37.079><c> the</c><01:01:37.280><c> southern</c><01:01:37.440><c> border</c>

01:01:37.960 --> 01:01:40.440
of<01:01:38.559><c> Canaan</c><01:01:38.980><c> in</c><01:01:39.260><c> Beersheba.</c>

01:01:41.340 --> 01:01:45.579
And<01:01:41.639><c> I</c><01:01:41.820><c> do</c><01:01:42.079><c> not</c><01:01:42.300><c> believe</c><01:01:42.599><c> for</c><01:01:42.900><c> one</c><01:01:43.199><c> moment</c><01:01:43.760><c> that</c><01:01:43.960><c> he</c><01:01:44.199><c> compromised.</c>

01:01:46.239 --> 01:01:50.900
But<01:01:46.760><c> he</c><01:01:47.280><c> might</c><01:01:47.539><c> have</c><01:01:47.780><c> had</c><01:01:48.280><c> a</c><01:01:49.159><c> small</c><01:01:49.420><c> blind</c><01:01:49.820><c> spot.</c>

01:01:52.179 --> 01:01:54.440
And<01:01:52.320><c> the</c><01:01:52.440><c> reason</c><01:01:52.659><c> why</c><01:01:52.880><c> I</c><01:01:52.880><c> don't</c><01:01:53.159><c> think</c><01:01:53.280><c> he</c><01:01:53.659><c> fully</c><01:01:53.920><c> compromised,</c>

01:01:54.619 --> 01:01:57.460
brothers<01:01:54.679><c> and</c><01:01:54.980><c> sisters,</c><01:01:55.300><c> because</c><01:01:56.000><c> he</c><01:01:56.679><c> was</c><01:01:56.860><c> the</c><01:01:57.000><c> little</c><01:01:57.199><c> boy</c>

01:01:57.460 --> 01:02:00.280
in<01:01:57.619><c> the</c><01:01:57.780><c> family</c><01:01:58.000><c> of</c><01:01:58.300><c> Eli</c><01:01:58.559><c> and</c><01:01:58.940><c> he</c><01:01:59.159><c> was</c><01:01:59.360><c> the</c><01:01:59.519><c> one</c><01:01:59.659><c> who</c><01:01:59.820><c> had</c><01:02:00.019><c> to</c>

01:02:00.280 --> 01:02:01.579
tell<01:02:00.780><c> Eli</c>

01:02:01.599 --> 01:02:04.780
through<01:02:01.840><c> the</c><01:02:02.000><c> message</c><01:02:02.179><c> of</c><01:02:02.480><c> God</c><01:02:02.860><c> that</c><01:02:03.179><c> because</c><01:02:03.679><c> Eli</c><01:02:04.159><c> compromised</c>

01:02:04.780 --> 01:02:08.239
over<01:02:05.019><c> his</c><01:02:05.159><c> own</c><01:02:05.400><c> two</c><01:02:05.699><c> boys</c><01:02:06.079><c> that</c><01:02:06.480><c> he</c><01:02:06.760><c> was</c><01:02:06.980><c> cast</c><01:02:07.300><c> out.</c>

01:02:09.380 --> 01:02:13.059
He<01:02:09.900><c> would</c><01:02:10.039><c> have</c><01:02:10.179><c> remembered</c><01:02:10.440><c> that</c><01:02:10.659><c> from</c><01:02:10.840><c> 1</c><01:02:11.079><c> Samuel</c><01:02:11.340><c> chapter</c><01:02:11.639><c> 3.</c>

01:02:17.300 --> 01:02:21.619
But<01:02:17.860><c> maybe</c><01:02:18.179><c> there</c><01:02:18.360><c> was</c><01:02:18.579><c> a</c><01:02:18.719><c> bit</c><01:02:18.840><c> of</c><01:02:19.119><c> a</c><01:02:19.280><c> blind</c><01:02:19.519><c> spot,</c><01:02:20.539><c> a</c><01:02:20.659><c> bit.</c>

01:02:22.840 --> 01:02:25.039
And<01:02:23.039><c> we</c><01:02:23.099><c> can</c><01:02:23.280><c> all</c><01:02:23.460><c> have</c><01:02:23.679><c> blind</c><01:02:23.900><c> spots,</c><01:02:24.340><c> brothers</c><01:02:24.480><c> and</c><01:02:24.739><c> sisters.</c>

01:02:25.039 --> 01:02:29.820
We<01:02:25.260><c> can</c><01:02:25.500><c> have</c><01:02:25.800><c> such</c><01:02:26.179><c> high</c><01:02:26.719><c> principles</c><01:02:27.380><c> and</c><01:02:28.059><c> high</c><01:02:28.400><c> intentions.</c>

01:02:31.559 --> 01:02:33.940
But<01:02:31.760><c> suddenly</c><01:02:32.119><c> a</c><01:02:32.320><c> problem</c><01:02:32.619><c> strikes</c><01:02:33.000><c> our</c><01:02:33.260><c> own</c><01:02:33.480><c> family</c>

01:02:33.940 --> 01:02:37.539
and<01:02:34.320><c> we</c><01:02:35.360><c> compromise</c><01:02:36.320><c> a</c><01:02:36.820><c> little.</c>

01:02:39.719 --> 01:02:44.860
And<01:02:40.480><c> maybe</c><01:02:41.079><c> just</c><01:02:41.659><c> a</c><01:02:41.980><c> touch,</c><01:02:42.800><c> in</c><01:02:42.980><c> the</c><01:02:43.219><c> eyes</c><01:02:43.619><c> of</c><01:02:43.980><c> Israel,</c>

01:02:45.659 --> 01:02:51.559
Samuel<01:02:46.079><c> compromised</c><01:02:47.059><c> and</c><01:02:48.139><c> the</c><01:02:48.500><c> effect</c><01:02:49.119><c> was</c><01:02:50.420><c> huge.</c>

01:02:52.760 --> 01:02:57.119
This<01:02:53.119><c> small</c><01:02:53.820><c> compromise</c><01:02:54.599><c> turned</c><01:02:55.179><c> the</c><01:02:55.480><c> people</c><01:02:55.800><c> and</c><01:02:56.019><c> they</c><01:02:56.340><c> said,</c>

01:02:57.139 --> 01:02:57.980
make<01:02:57.300><c> us</c><01:02:57.539><c> a</c><01:02:57.699><c> king.</c>

01:02:58.480 --> 01:02:59.920
Can<01:02:58.639><c> we</c><01:02:58.780><c> see</c><01:02:58.920><c> that,</c><01:02:59.159><c> brothers</c><01:02:59.300><c> and</c><01:02:59.519><c> sisters?</c>

01:03:00.320 --> 01:03:04.039
Just<01:03:00.659><c> the</c><01:03:01.039><c> smallest</c><01:03:01.559><c> of</c><01:03:02.340><c> compromises</c><01:03:02.900><c> that</c><01:03:03.219><c> we</c><01:03:03.599><c> make</c>

01:03:04.039 --> 01:03:07.539
can<01:03:04.820><c> have</c><01:03:05.179><c> profound</c><01:03:06.099><c> effects.</c>

01:03:07.800 --> 01:03:09.280
And<01:03:08.039><c> he</c><01:03:08.039><c> did</c><01:03:08.179><c> with</c><01:03:08.400><c> Samuel.</c>

01:03:09.400 --> 01:03:11.679
And<01:03:09.599><c> he</c><01:03:09.820><c> had</c><01:03:10.159><c> a</c><01:03:10.699><c> problem</c><01:03:11.039><c> on</c><01:03:11.219><c> his</c><01:03:11.480><c> hands.</c>

01:03:11.800 --> 01:03:12.960
And<01:03:12.059><c> look</c><01:03:12.280><c> at</c><01:03:12.480><c> the</c><01:03:12.679><c> request.</c>

01:03:13.239 --> 01:03:16.679
I<01:03:13.300><c> want</c><01:03:13.440><c> you</c><01:03:13.639><c> to</c><01:03:13.800><c> notice</c><01:03:14.079><c> how</c><01:03:14.420><c> these</c><01:03:14.780><c> words</c><01:03:15.179><c> change.</c>

01:03:17.840 --> 01:03:20.219
They<01:03:17.900><c> come</c><01:03:18.119><c> to</c><01:03:18.239><c> him</c><01:03:18.400><c> with</c><01:03:18.599><c> all</c><01:03:18.860><c> this</c><01:03:19.099><c> audacity,</c><01:03:19.840><c> don't</c><01:03:20.059><c> they,</c>

01:03:20.239 --> 01:03:21.440
the<01:03:20.500><c> elders.</c>

01:03:21.880 --> 01:03:22.940
Verse<01:03:22.019><c> 5,</c><01:03:22.360><c> and</c><01:03:22.380><c> they</c><01:03:22.519><c> said</c><01:03:22.639><c> unto</c><01:03:22.780><c> him,</c>

01:03:23.019 --> 01:03:26.159
Behold,<01:03:23.460><c> thou</c><01:03:23.579><c> art</c><01:03:23.820><c> old,</c><01:03:24.280><c> and</c><01:03:24.420><c> thy</c><01:03:24.659><c> sons</c><01:03:24.960><c> walk</c><01:03:25.280><c> not</c><01:03:25.579><c> in</c><01:03:25.739><c> thy</c><01:03:25.880><c> ways.</c>

01:03:26.400 --> 01:03:29.039
Now<01:03:26.800><c> make</c><01:03:27.139><c> us</c><01:03:27.380><c> a</c><01:03:27.539><c> king</c><01:03:27.719><c> to</c><01:03:27.960><c> judges</c><01:03:28.219><c> like</c><01:03:28.480><c> all</c><01:03:28.699><c> the</c><01:03:28.780><c> nations.</c>

01:03:29.199 --> 01:03:30.320
That's<01:03:29.539><c> the</c><01:03:29.679><c> first</c><01:03:30.000><c> request.</c>

01:03:30.639 --> 01:03:32.139
Make<01:03:31.019><c> us</c><01:03:31.539><c> a</c><01:03:31.739><c> king.</c>

01:03:32.139 --> 01:03:35.480
Go<01:03:33.280><c> down</c><01:03:33.440><c> to</c><01:03:33.619><c> verse</c><01:03:33.880><c> 6.</c>

01:03:35.940 --> 01:03:36.920
The<01:03:36.059><c> request</c><01:03:36.380><c> changes.</c>

01:03:37.260 --> 01:03:39.179
Just<01:03:37.420><c> a</c><01:03:38.099><c> tad</c><01:03:38.239><c> there.</c>

01:03:39.260 --> 01:03:42.460
Give<01:03:39.340><c> us</c><01:03:39.619><c> a</c><01:03:39.780><c> king</c><01:03:40.280><c> to</c><01:03:41.619><c> judges.</c>

01:03:43.500 --> 01:03:47.159
But<01:03:43.639><c> the</c><01:03:43.820><c> comment</c><01:03:44.059><c> that</c><01:03:44.300><c> really</c><01:03:44.599><c> destroyed</c><01:03:45.739><c> the</c><01:03:46.539><c> heart</c><01:03:46.860><c> of</c>

01:03:47.159 --> 01:03:49.420
Samuel<01:03:47.500><c> was</c><01:03:47.820><c> verse</c><01:03:48.139><c> 20.</c>

01:03:50.059 --> 01:03:52.780
That<01:03:50.179><c> we</c><01:03:50.440><c> may</c><01:03:50.639><c> be</c><01:03:50.800><c> like</c><01:03:50.960><c> all</c><01:03:51.179><c> the</c><01:03:51.340><c> nations</c><01:03:51.659><c> that</c><01:03:51.880><c> our</c><01:03:52.039><c> king</c><01:03:52.239><c> may</c><01:03:52.480><c> judges</c>

01:03:52.780 --> 01:03:57.199
and<01:03:53.300><c> go</c><01:03:53.619><c> out</c><01:03:54.039><c> before</c><01:03:54.579><c> us</c><01:03:54.860><c> and</c><01:03:55.119><c> fight</c><01:03:55.539><c> our</c><01:03:56.039><c> battles.</c>

01:03:57.659 --> 01:03:58.940
Make<01:03:57.880><c> us</c><01:03:58.099><c> a</c><01:03:58.219><c> king.</c>

01:03:58.940 --> 01:04:02.039
Give<01:03:59.599><c> us</c><01:03:59.860><c> a</c><01:04:00.019><c> king,</c><01:04:01.079><c> the</c><01:04:01.320><c> third</c><01:04:01.619><c> one,</c>

01:04:02.420 --> 01:04:05.340
so<01:04:02.599><c> that</c><01:04:02.880><c> our</c><01:04:02.960><c> king</c><01:04:03.320><c> can</c><01:04:03.519><c> go</c><01:04:03.860><c> first</c><01:04:04.320><c> and</c><01:04:04.599><c> fight</c><01:04:04.820><c> our</c><01:04:05.039><c> battles.</c>

01:04:05.619 --> 01:04:09.539
And<01:04:05.800><c> I</c><01:04:06.039><c> believe</c><01:04:06.300><c> that</c><01:04:06.659><c> third</c><01:04:06.920><c> request</c><01:04:07.300><c> was</c><01:04:07.559><c> the</c><01:04:07.760><c> one</c><01:04:08.019><c> that</c><01:04:08.559><c> broke</c><01:04:09.039><c> the</c>

01:04:09.539 --> 01:04:10.860
spirit<01:04:09.880><c> of</c><01:04:10.219><c> Samuel.</c>

01:04:11.840 --> 01:04:15.219
Absolutely<01:04:12.400><c> broke</c><01:04:12.820><c> him</c><01:04:13.260><c> to</c><01:04:13.659><c> his</c><01:04:14.000><c> inner</c><01:04:14.340><c> core.</c>

01:04:15.719 --> 01:04:17.420
Well,<01:04:15.860><c> look</c><01:04:16.000><c> at</c><01:04:16.079><c> that</c><01:04:16.219><c> in</c><01:04:16.340><c> a</c><01:04:16.480><c> moment.</c>

01:04:21.940 --> 01:04:24.460
When<01:04:22.059><c> they</c><01:04:22.280><c> came</c><01:04:22.619><c> and</c><01:04:22.760><c> said,</c><01:04:23.119><c> make</c><01:04:23.199><c> us</c><01:04:23.400><c> a</c><01:04:23.519><c> king,</c>

01:04:24.820 --> 01:04:26.579
how<01:04:24.960><c> did</c><01:04:25.079><c> God</c><01:04:25.260><c> respond</c><01:04:25.599><c> to</c><01:04:25.800><c> it?</c>

01:04:26.579 --> 01:04:29.639
Verse<01:04:27.420><c> 7,</c><01:04:28.559><c> right</c><01:04:29.079><c> away.</c>

01:04:29.880 --> 01:04:33.219
There<01:04:29.960><c> is</c><01:04:30.219><c> not</c><01:04:30.380><c> a</c><01:04:30.719><c> moment's</c><01:04:31.260><c> hesitation</c><01:04:32.000><c> with</c><01:04:32.300><c> God.</c>

01:04:33.780 --> 01:04:37.300
Samuel,<01:04:35.219><c> hearken</c><01:04:35.619><c> unto</c><01:04:36.059><c> the</c><01:04:36.340><c> voice</c><01:04:36.659><c> of</c><01:04:36.860><c> the</c><01:04:37.000><c> people.</c>

01:04:37.360 --> 01:04:40.179
We<01:04:37.539><c> see</c><01:04:37.739><c> that</c><01:04:37.960><c> phrase</c><01:04:38.199><c> repeated</c><01:04:38.599><c> in</c><01:04:38.760><c> verse</c><01:04:38.940><c> 9</c><01:04:39.300><c> and</c><01:04:39.519><c> verse</c><01:04:39.780><c> 22.</c>

01:04:40.599 --> 01:04:42.940
Every<01:04:41.099><c> single</c><01:04:41.559><c> time</c><01:04:41.880><c> they</c><01:04:42.099><c> requested</c><01:04:42.460><c> the</c><01:04:42.619><c> king,</c>

01:04:43.139 --> 01:04:45.599
God<01:04:43.460><c> said,</c><01:04:44.059><c> listen</c><01:04:44.460><c> to</c><01:04:44.599><c> them,</c><01:04:44.760><c> Samuel.</c>

01:04:46.099 --> 01:04:47.739
We've<01:04:46.460><c> got</c><01:04:46.619><c> to</c><01:04:46.820><c> give</c><01:04:46.940><c> them</c><01:04:47.119><c> what</c><01:04:47.280><c> they</c><01:04:47.579><c> want.</c>

01:04:48.039 --> 01:04:50.400
We've<01:04:48.559><c> got</c><01:04:48.760><c> to</c><01:04:48.880><c> give</c><01:04:49.019><c> them</c><01:04:49.179><c> what</c><01:04:49.320><c> they</c><01:04:49.579><c> want.</c>

01:04:51.159 --> 01:04:52.519
Not<01:04:51.440><c> you,</c><01:04:51.659><c> Samuel.</c>

01:04:53.380 --> 01:04:55.239
We've<01:04:53.900><c> got</c><01:04:54.139><c> to</c><01:04:54.320><c> give</c><01:04:54.480><c> them</c><01:04:54.659><c> what</c><01:04:54.820><c> they</c><01:04:55.059><c> want.</c>

01:04:55.239 --> 01:04:59.639
This<01:04:55.719><c> was</c><01:04:56.000><c> something</c><01:04:56.440><c> that</c><01:04:56.639><c> was</c><01:04:56.960><c> decided</c><01:04:57.360><c> between</c><01:04:58.000><c> them.</c>

01:05:01.780 --> 01:05:02.579
But<01:05:01.860><c> God</c><01:05:02.000><c> could</c><01:05:02.239><c> see</c><01:05:02.420><c> this.</c>

01:05:02.719 --> 01:05:03.380
He<01:05:02.719><c> knew</c><01:05:02.960><c> Samuel.</c>

01:05:03.480 --> 01:05:05.500
He<01:05:03.659><c> knew</c><01:05:03.900><c> Samuel</c><01:05:04.239><c> for</c><01:05:04.420><c> such</c><01:05:04.599><c> a</c><01:05:04.699><c> long</c><01:05:04.920><c> time,</c><01:05:05.260><c> didn't</c><01:05:05.360><c> he?</c>

01:05:05.539 --> 01:05:07.019
1<01:05:05.760><c> Samuel</c><01:05:05.980><c> chapter</c><01:05:06.260><c> 3.</c>

01:05:07.440 --> 01:05:09.780
Speak,<01:05:07.539><c> Lord,</c><01:05:08.059><c> for</c><01:05:08.239><c> thy</c><01:05:08.519><c> servant</c><01:05:08.940><c> heareth.</c>

01:05:10.000 --> 01:05:12.340
And<01:05:10.320><c> they'd</c><01:05:10.500><c> been</c><01:05:10.659><c> talking</c><01:05:11.079><c> and</c><01:05:11.320><c> listening</c><01:05:11.699><c> and</c><01:05:12.000><c> chatting</c>

01:05:12.340 --> 01:05:15.460
and<01:05:12.659><c> whispering</c><01:05:12.960><c> to</c><01:05:13.199><c> one</c><01:05:13.360><c> another</c><01:05:13.619><c> all</c><01:05:14.179><c> their</c><01:05:14.480><c> lives</c><01:05:14.880><c> or</c><01:05:15.139><c> all</c>

01:05:15.460 --> 01:05:16.880
Samuel's<01:05:15.900><c> life.</c>

01:05:19.539 --> 01:05:21.179
God<01:05:19.820><c> knew</c><01:05:20.019><c> Samuel.</c>

01:05:22.000 --> 01:05:23.079
And<01:05:22.300><c> Samuel</c><01:05:22.500><c> knew</c><01:05:22.739><c> God.</c>

01:05:23.079 --> 01:05:26.019
And<01:05:23.199><c> I</c><01:05:23.360><c> want</c><01:05:23.579><c> you</c><01:05:23.760><c> to</c><01:05:24.019><c> picture</c><01:05:24.239><c> them</c><01:05:24.480><c> as</c><01:05:24.820><c> the</c><01:05:25.320><c> closest</c><01:05:25.699><c> of</c><01:05:25.920><c> friends.</c>

01:05:26.039 --> 01:05:27.179
We're<01:05:26.239><c> going</c><01:05:26.239><c> to</c><01:05:26.260><c> look</c><01:05:26.420><c> at</c><01:05:26.500><c> this,</c><01:05:26.659><c> God</c><01:05:26.780><c> willing,</c><01:05:26.980><c> tomorrow.</c>

01:05:27.480 --> 01:05:28.820
The<01:05:27.860><c> closest</c><01:05:28.340><c> of</c><01:05:28.619><c> friends.</c>

01:05:28.880 --> 01:05:30.559
They<01:05:29.079><c> were</c><01:05:29.480><c> intimate.</c>

01:05:33.099 --> 01:05:35.659
Hearken<01:05:33.579><c> unto</c><01:05:34.000><c> the</c><01:05:34.199><c> voice</c><01:05:34.460><c> of</c><01:05:34.619><c> the</c><01:05:34.800><c> people,</c><01:05:35.179><c> verse</c><01:05:35.400><c> 7,</c>

01:05:35.679 --> 01:05:38.599
in<01:05:35.820><c> all</c><01:05:36.139><c> that</c><01:05:36.280><c> they</c><01:05:36.519><c> say</c><01:05:36.659><c> unto</c><01:05:36.860><c> thee,</c><01:05:37.179><c> for</c><01:05:37.380><c> they</c><01:05:37.639><c> have</c><01:05:37.900><c> not</c>

01:05:38.599 --> 01:05:40.280
rejected<01:05:39.199><c> thee,</c>

01:05:40.900 --> 01:05:42.300
but<01:05:41.239><c> they</c><01:05:41.440><c> have</c><01:05:41.599><c> rejected</c><01:05:41.940><c> me.</c>

01:05:42.360 --> 01:05:47.219
Now,<01:05:43.500><c> even</c><01:05:43.820><c> our</c><01:05:44.099><c> Sunday</c><01:05:44.480><c> school</c><01:05:44.820><c> scholars</c><01:05:45.219><c> can</c><01:05:45.559><c> quote</c><01:05:45.820><c> that</c><01:05:46.199><c> verse.</c>

01:05:48.079 --> 01:05:51.079
And<01:05:48.360><c> I</c><01:05:48.460><c> want</c><01:05:48.579><c> you</c><01:05:48.760><c> to</c><01:05:48.920><c> try</c><01:05:49.039><c> and</c><01:05:49.239><c> picture</c><01:05:49.480><c> it</c><01:05:49.739><c> slightly</c><01:05:50.019><c> differently.</c>

01:05:52.500 --> 01:05:55.159
God<01:05:53.099><c> intervenes</c><01:05:53.699><c> immediately</c><01:05:54.099><c> and</c><01:05:54.340><c> says,</c>

01:05:55.739 --> 01:05:57.099
listen<01:05:55.860><c> to</c><01:05:56.019><c> them,</c><01:05:56.360><c> Samuel.</c>

01:05:57.699 --> 01:05:59.559
Give<01:05:57.960><c> them</c><01:05:58.119><c> what</c><01:05:58.280><c> they</c><01:05:58.599><c> want.</c>

01:06:00.719 --> 01:06:02.360
And<01:06:00.820><c> he</c><01:06:00.940><c> says</c><01:06:01.179><c> to</c><01:06:01.420><c> Samuel,</c>

01:06:03.159 --> 01:06:06.019
they've<01:06:03.340><c> not</c><01:06:03.440><c> rejected</c><01:06:03.760><c> you</c><01:06:04.260><c> because</c><01:06:04.860><c> God</c><01:06:05.159><c> could</c><01:06:05.539><c> see</c><01:06:05.780><c> that</c>

01:06:06.019 --> 01:06:08.179
his<01:06:06.440><c> heart</c><01:06:06.760><c> was</c><01:06:07.199><c> broken.</c>

01:06:09.440 --> 01:06:11.719
They'd<01:06:09.739><c> rejected</c><01:06:10.039><c> him,</c><01:06:10.320><c> a</c><01:06:10.420><c> man</c><01:06:10.619><c> who</c><01:06:10.760><c> had</c><01:06:10.860><c> given</c><01:06:11.019><c> his</c><01:06:11.320><c> life,</c>

01:06:11.980 --> 01:06:14.019
fulfilled<01:06:12.380><c> the</c><01:06:12.679><c> vow</c><01:06:12.860><c> of</c><01:06:13.079><c> Hannah.</c>

01:06:16.380 --> 01:06:21.920
And<01:06:16.900><c> God</c><01:06:17.159><c> says,</c><01:06:18.119><c> as</c><01:06:18.400><c> the</c><01:06:18.840><c> closest</c><01:06:19.179><c> of</c><01:06:19.500><c> friends,</c><01:06:19.719><c> the</c><01:06:20.000><c> best</c><01:06:20.440><c> friend</c><01:06:20.880><c> of</c><01:06:21.159><c> Samuel,</c>

01:06:22.519 --> 01:06:25.980
you<01:06:22.679><c> can</c><01:06:22.880><c> imagine</c><01:06:23.159><c> him</c><01:06:23.659><c> figuratively</c><01:06:24.340><c> just</c><01:06:24.579><c> going</c><01:06:24.739><c> up</c><01:06:24.920><c> to</c><01:06:25.079><c> Samuel</c><01:06:25.280><c> and</c><01:06:25.340><c> saying,</c>

01:06:26.039 --> 01:06:27.599
don't<01:06:26.239><c> you</c><01:06:26.659><c> worry.</c>

01:06:28.440 --> 01:06:30.679
They've<01:06:28.760><c> not</c><01:06:28.900><c> rejected</c><01:06:29.280><c> you,</c><01:06:29.639><c> my</c><01:06:29.860><c> friend.</c>

01:06:31.440 --> 01:06:33.260
They've<01:06:31.820><c> rejected</c><01:06:32.119><c> me.</c>

01:06:34.019 --> 01:06:35.980
God<01:06:34.300><c> wanted</c><01:06:34.599><c> to</c><01:06:34.780><c> take</c><01:06:35.019><c> the</c><01:06:35.300><c> burden.</c>

01:06:36.019 --> 01:06:39.679
He<01:06:36.239><c> wanted</c><01:06:36.460><c> to</c><01:06:36.659><c> take</c><01:06:36.800><c> the</c><01:06:36.980><c> burden</c><01:06:37.199><c> all</c><01:06:38.280><c> the</c><01:06:38.480><c> way</c><01:06:38.480><c> from</c><01:06:38.739><c> Samuel.</c>

01:06:40.019 --> 01:06:41.219
Can<01:06:40.179><c> you</c><01:06:40.340><c> see</c><01:06:40.460><c> that,</c><01:06:40.760><c> brothers</c><01:06:40.860><c> and</c><01:06:41.059><c> sisters?</c>

01:06:41.219 --> 01:06:43.760
What<01:06:41.360><c> a</c><01:06:41.539><c> lovely</c><01:06:41.920><c> picture</c><01:06:42.260><c> it</c><01:06:42.460><c> was.</c>

01:06:44.000 --> 01:06:44.980
Harken<01:06:44.199><c> unto</c><01:06:44.420><c> them,</c><01:06:44.659><c> Samuel.</c>

01:06:45.159 --> 01:06:46.820
Do<01:06:45.420><c> as</c><01:06:45.599><c> they</c><01:06:45.900><c> ask.</c>

01:06:46.860 --> 01:06:48.539
Let's<01:06:47.219><c> give</c><01:06:47.420><c> it</c><01:06:47.599><c> to</c><01:06:47.739><c> them.</c>

01:06:49.699 --> 01:06:53.159
What<01:06:49.860><c> an</c><01:06:50.099><c> intimate</c><01:06:50.340><c> relationship</c><01:06:51.000><c> these</c><01:06:51.440><c> two</c><01:06:51.739><c> had.</c>

01:06:56.000 --> 01:06:58.880
Harken<01:06:56.599><c> unto</c><01:06:57.199><c> the</c><01:06:57.980><c> people.</c>

01:06:59.860 --> 01:07:01.280
And<01:06:59.980><c> we're</c><01:07:00.119><c> going</c><01:07:00.219><c> to</c><01:07:00.320><c> see</c><01:07:00.480><c> tomorrow,</c><01:07:00.840><c> God</c><01:07:01.019><c> willing,</c>

01:07:01.340 --> 01:07:07.179
that<01:07:01.519><c> these</c><01:07:01.940><c> two</c><01:07:02.619><c> men,</c><01:07:04.380><c> God</c><01:07:04.820><c> and</c><01:07:05.159><c> his</c><01:07:05.519><c> prophet,</c><01:07:06.880><c> Samuel,</c>

01:07:07.239 --> 01:07:08.639
were<01:07:07.400><c> the</c><01:07:07.699><c> closest</c><01:07:08.059><c> of</c><01:07:08.340><c> friends.</c>

01:07:08.639 --> 01:07:12.880
Samuel<01:07:09.519><c> was</c><01:07:10.079><c> a</c><01:07:10.280><c> friend</c><01:07:10.500><c> of</c><01:07:10.719><c> God,</c><01:07:11.719><c> and</c><01:07:11.820><c> God</c><01:07:12.099><c> was</c><01:07:12.420><c> his</c><01:07:12.599><c> friend.</c>

01:07:13.079 --> 01:07:16.900
And<01:07:13.079><c> the</c><01:07:13.199><c> reason</c><01:07:13.579><c> why</c><01:07:13.960><c> they</c><01:07:14.400><c> were</c><01:07:14.820><c> talking</c><01:07:15.360><c> to</c><01:07:15.760><c> one</c><01:07:15.980><c> another,</c>

01:07:17.079 --> 01:07:19.320
all<01:07:17.360><c> Samuel's</c><01:07:18.239><c> life.</c>

01:07:19.440 --> 01:07:21.380
Speak,<01:07:19.760><c> Lord,</c><01:07:19.880><c> for</c><01:07:20.099><c> thy</c><01:07:20.480><c> servant</c><01:07:20.960><c> heareth.</c>

01:07:21.519 --> 01:07:24.199
And<01:07:21.719><c> his</c><01:07:22.099><c> eyes</c><01:07:22.659><c> and</c><01:07:22.920><c> his</c><01:07:23.179><c> ears</c><01:07:23.420><c> were</c><01:07:23.619><c> never</c><01:07:23.920><c> closed.</c>

01:07:24.300 --> 01:07:26.500
And<01:07:24.400><c> we're</c><01:07:24.400><c> going</c><01:07:24.519><c> to</c><01:07:24.619><c> see</c><01:07:24.760><c> Saul's</c><01:07:25.280><c> ears</c><01:07:25.639><c> and</c><01:07:25.840><c> eyes</c><01:07:26.159><c> were</c>

01:07:26.500 --> 01:07:28.239
always<01:07:27.079><c> closed.</c>

01:07:32.579 --> 01:07:35.480
Could<01:07:32.800><c> we</c><01:07:32.980><c> call</c><01:07:33.159><c> ourselves</c><01:07:33.599><c> a</c><01:07:33.800><c> friend</c><01:07:33.960><c> of</c><01:07:34.159><c> God,</c><01:07:34.880><c> like</c><01:07:35.079><c> Abraham?</c>

01:07:35.480 --> 01:07:37.420
Could<01:07:35.719><c> we,</c><01:07:36.079><c> brothers</c><01:07:36.179><c> and</c><01:07:36.440><c> sisters?</c>

01:07:38.559 --> 01:07:42.559
We<01:07:38.699><c> can</c><01:07:38.880><c> only</c><01:07:39.119><c> call</c><01:07:39.300><c> ourselves</c><01:07:39.719><c> a</c><01:07:39.940><c> friend</c><01:07:40.119><c> of</c><01:07:40.280><c> God</c><01:07:40.440><c> if</c><01:07:40.579><c> we</c><01:07:40.820><c> speak</c><01:07:41.059><c> to</c><01:07:41.280><c> him.</c>

01:07:43.800 --> 01:07:46.400
How<01:07:43.980><c> have</c><01:07:44.059><c> you</c><01:07:44.239><c> spoken</c><01:07:44.579><c> to</c><01:07:44.860><c> God</c><01:07:45.179><c> in</c><01:07:45.400><c> prayer</c><01:07:45.739><c> this</c><01:07:45.940><c> last</c><01:07:46.219><c> week?</c>

01:07:46.480 --> 01:07:51.260
What<01:07:46.699><c> kind</c><01:07:46.980><c> of</c><01:07:47.219><c> relationship</c><01:07:47.699><c> do</c><01:07:48.019><c> you,</c><01:07:49.139><c> do</c><01:07:49.559><c> I,</c><01:07:50.139><c> have</c>

01:07:51.519 --> 01:07:54.260
with<01:07:52.000><c> the</c><01:07:52.219><c> Lord</c><01:07:52.619><c> God</c><01:07:53.199><c> in</c><01:07:53.440><c> heaven?</c>

01:07:56.079 --> 01:07:58.599
Samuel<01:07:56.440><c> had</c><01:07:56.659><c> a</c><01:07:56.860><c> wonderful</c><01:07:57.320><c> relationship</c><01:07:57.920><c> with</c><01:07:58.139><c> his</c><01:07:58.300><c> God.</c>

01:07:58.980 --> 01:08:00.639
A<01:07:59.280><c> wonderful</c><01:07:59.699><c> one.</c>

01:08:01.099 --> 01:08:05.440
And<01:08:01.539><c> on</c><01:08:01.719><c> the</c><01:08:01.880><c> third</c><01:08:02.139><c> time</c><01:08:02.420><c> of</c><01:08:02.619><c> asking,</c><01:08:04.019><c> he</c><01:08:04.260><c> responded.</c>

01:08:07.719 --> 01:08:09.699
We're<01:08:07.820><c> just</c><01:08:07.980><c> going</c><01:08:08.059><c> to</c><01:08:08.099><c> go</c><01:08:08.239><c> to</c><01:08:08.360><c> a</c><01:08:08.519><c> few</c><01:08:08.639><c> verses.</c>

01:08:10.500 --> 01:08:12.860
But<01:08:10.659><c> I</c><01:08:10.719><c> want</c><01:08:10.840><c> you</c><01:08:11.099><c> to</c><01:08:11.539><c> go</c><01:08:11.800><c> to</c><01:08:11.960><c> Exodus</c><01:08:12.179><c> chapter</c><01:08:12.480><c> 23.</c>

01:08:12.960 --> 01:08:14.559
We<01:08:13.159><c> want</c><01:08:13.400><c> to</c><01:08:13.599><c> finish</c><01:08:13.739><c> this</c><01:08:13.980><c> first</c><01:08:14.280><c> talk,</c>

01:08:14.579 --> 01:08:16.659
otherwise<01:08:14.900><c> we're</c><01:08:15.079><c> going</c><01:08:15.159><c> to</c><01:08:15.260><c> struggle</c><01:08:15.500><c> for</c><01:08:15.699><c> the</c><01:08:15.840><c> rest.</c>

01:08:17.039 --> 01:08:18.859
Let's<01:08:17.260><c> go</c><01:08:17.439><c> back</c><01:08:17.619><c> to</c><01:08:17.760><c> Exodus</c><01:08:18.000><c> chapter</c><01:08:18.340><c> 23.</c>

01:08:18.939 --> 01:08:22.960
Why<01:08:19.119><c> did</c><01:08:19.279><c> I</c><01:08:19.399><c> say</c><01:08:19.600><c> that</c><01:08:19.779><c> the</c><01:08:19.960><c> third</c><01:08:20.140><c> request</c><01:08:20.560><c> broke</c><01:08:21.079><c> Samuel's</c><01:08:21.979><c> spirits?</c>

01:08:25.939 --> 01:08:27.340
Remember<01:08:26.380><c> what</c><01:08:26.520><c> the</c><01:08:26.739><c> request</c><01:08:27.020><c> was?</c>

01:08:27.340 --> 01:08:31.840
That<01:08:28.180><c> the</c><01:08:28.319><c> Lord</c><01:08:28.699><c> God</c><01:08:29.000><c> would</c><01:08:29.319><c> go</c><01:08:29.619><c> ahead</c><01:08:30.039><c> and</c><01:08:30.300><c> fight</c><01:08:30.659><c> their</c><01:08:31.020><c> battles.</c>

01:08:34.720 --> 01:08:39.220
As<01:08:34.720><c> soon</c><01:08:34.899><c> as</c><01:08:35.020><c> they</c><01:08:36.079><c> leave</c><01:08:36.899><c> Egypt,</c><01:08:38.159><c> they</c><01:08:38.319><c> are</c><01:08:38.579><c> told</c><01:08:38.800><c> something.</c>

01:08:39.539 --> 01:08:42.619
God<01:08:39.840><c> instills</c><01:08:40.460><c> confidence</c><01:08:41.119><c> in</c><01:08:41.539><c> them.</c>

01:08:42.699 --> 01:08:44.699
Exodus<01:08:42.939><c> chapter</c><01:08:43.279><c> 23</c><01:08:43.760><c> in</c><01:08:43.960><c> verse</c><01:08:44.159><c> 20.</c>

01:08:45.140 --> 01:08:47.739
Behold,<01:08:45.840><c> says</c><01:08:45.979><c> God,</c><01:08:46.319><c> I</c><01:08:46.479><c> send</c><01:08:46.680><c> an</c><01:08:46.859><c> angel</c><01:08:47.079><c> before</c><01:08:47.539><c> thee</c>

01:08:47.739 --> 01:08:50.340
to<01:08:47.859><c> keep</c><01:08:48.119><c> thee</c><01:08:48.300><c> in</c><01:08:48.380><c> the</c><01:08:48.600><c> way</c><01:08:48.859><c> and</c><01:08:48.979><c> to</c><01:08:49.180><c> bring</c><01:08:49.279><c> thee</c><01:08:49.460><c> into</c><01:08:49.619><c> the</c><01:08:49.880><c> place</c>

01:08:50.340 --> 01:08:51.500
which<01:08:50.739><c> I</c><01:08:51.020><c> have</c><01:08:51.119><c> prepared.</c>

01:08:51.539 --> 01:08:52.300
Verse<01:08:51.760><c> 23.</c>

01:08:52.680 --> 01:08:54.359
For<01:08:52.779><c> mine</c><01:08:52.979><c> angel</c><01:08:53.260><c> shall</c><01:08:53.479><c> go</c><01:08:53.779><c> before</c><01:08:54.159><c> thee</c>

01:08:54.359 --> 01:08:57.800
and<01:08:54.659><c> fight</c><01:08:54.939><c> all</c><01:08:55.140><c> the</c><01:08:55.300><c> nations</c><01:08:55.619><c> that</c><01:08:55.819><c> are</c><01:08:55.899><c> there</c><01:08:56.079><c> in</c><01:08:56.239><c> verse</c><01:08:56.500><c> 23.</c>

01:08:57.840 --> 01:08:59.079
Go<01:08:57.979><c> down</c><01:08:58.140><c> to</c><01:08:58.260><c> verse</c><01:08:58.579><c> 30.</c>

01:08:59.239 --> 01:09:02.859
By<01:08:59.239><c> little</c><01:08:59.720><c> and</c><01:08:59.960><c> little</c><01:09:00.220><c> I</c><01:09:00.680><c> will</c><01:09:01.020><c> drive</c><01:09:01.539><c> them</c><01:09:01.720><c> out</c><01:09:01.939><c> from</c><01:09:02.119><c> before</c><01:09:02.460><c> thee</c>

01:09:02.859 --> 01:09:06.039
until<01:09:03.399><c> thou</c><01:09:03.739><c> be</c><01:09:04.039><c> increased</c><01:09:04.659><c> and</c><01:09:05.199><c> inherit</c><01:09:05.500><c> the</c><01:09:05.699><c> land.</c>

01:09:06.260 --> 01:09:06.859
See<01:09:06.420><c> the</c><01:09:06.600><c> words?</c>

01:09:07.140 --> 01:09:09.479
I<01:09:07.359><c> will</c><01:09:07.579><c> go</c><01:09:07.859><c> before</c><01:09:08.340><c> you.</c>

01:09:09.960 --> 01:09:13.079
We<01:09:10.220><c> want</c><01:09:10.460><c> a</c><01:09:10.720><c> king</c><01:09:11.180><c> that</c><01:09:11.399><c> will</c><01:09:11.579><c> go</c><01:09:11.819><c> before</c><01:09:12.279><c> us.</c>

01:09:15.399 --> 01:09:20.840
God<01:09:15.859><c> had</c><01:09:16.159><c> been</c><01:09:16.600><c> going</c><01:09:17.260><c> before</c><01:09:18.100><c> them</c><01:09:18.840><c> since</c><01:09:19.600><c> the</c><01:09:20.060><c> time</c>

01:09:20.840 --> 01:09:25.539
of<01:09:21.520><c> the</c><01:09:21.979><c> wilderness</c><01:09:22.680><c> wandering</c><01:09:23.199><c> and</c><01:09:23.760><c> had</c><01:09:24.180><c> never</c><01:09:24.739><c> ceased.</c>

01:09:27.479 --> 01:09:30.840
But<01:09:27.720><c> Israel</c><01:09:28.220><c> was</c><01:09:29.399><c> blind.</c>

01:09:33.319 --> 01:09:35.340
Come<01:09:33.560><c> to</c><01:09:33.680><c> 1</c><01:09:33.880><c> Samuel</c><01:09:34.140><c> chapter</c><01:09:34.420><c> 4.</c>

01:09:38.079 --> 01:09:39.880
We've<01:09:38.220><c> already</c><01:09:38.399><c> looked</c><01:09:38.640><c> at</c><01:09:38.819><c> Ebenezer.</c>

01:09:41.899 --> 01:09:44.920
God<01:09:42.500><c> had</c><01:09:43.100><c> clapped</c><01:09:43.279><c> his</c><01:09:43.560><c> hands</c><01:09:43.840><c> and</c><01:09:44.119><c> thunder</c><01:09:44.399><c> had</c><01:09:44.720><c> struck</c>

01:09:44.920 --> 01:09:47.180
and<01:09:45.140><c> the</c><01:09:45.279><c> Philistines</c><01:09:45.720><c> had</c><01:09:46.000><c> run</c><01:09:46.140><c> away.</c>

01:09:47.760 --> 01:09:48.779
God<01:09:47.939><c> had</c><01:09:48.140><c> gone</c><01:09:48.220><c> before</c><01:09:48.619><c> them.</c>

01:09:48.779 --> 01:09:51.840
He<01:09:48.880><c> had</c><01:09:49.079><c> proven</c><01:09:49.359><c> himself</c><01:09:49.779><c> to</c><01:09:49.920><c> be</c><01:09:50.100><c> their</c><01:09:50.279><c> king</c><01:09:50.500><c> there</c><01:09:51.060><c> at</c><01:09:51.359><c> Ebenezer,</c>

01:09:51.859 --> 01:09:54.180
the<01:09:52.100><c> stone</c><01:09:52.399><c> that</c><01:09:52.539><c> they</c><01:09:52.739><c> erected.</c>

01:09:54.880 --> 01:09:58.119
Now<01:09:55.100><c> the</c><01:09:55.399><c> irony</c><01:09:55.899><c> in</c><01:09:56.060><c> all</c><01:09:56.380><c> of</c><01:09:56.479><c> this,</c><01:09:56.779><c> brothers</c><01:09:56.840><c> and</c><01:09:57.100><c> sisters,</c>

01:09:58.279 --> 01:10:01.539
there<01:09:58.460><c> was</c><01:09:58.619><c> one</c><01:09:58.899><c> group</c><01:09:59.100><c> of</c><01:09:59.420><c> people</c><01:09:59.859><c> that</c><01:10:00.340><c> knew</c><01:10:00.760><c> that</c><01:10:01.100><c> God</c><01:10:01.340><c> was</c>

01:10:01.539 --> 01:10:02.680
with<01:10:01.699><c> Israel.</c>

01:10:03.000 --> 01:10:06.020
There<01:10:03.140><c> was</c><01:10:03.359><c> one</c><01:10:03.640><c> group</c><01:10:03.920><c> of</c><01:10:04.119><c> people</c><01:10:04.500><c> that</c><01:10:04.819><c> knew</c><01:10:05.100><c> that</c><01:10:05.340><c> God</c><01:10:05.640><c> went</c>

01:10:06.020 --> 01:10:07.140
before<01:10:06.560><c> the</c><01:10:06.800><c> nation.</c>

01:10:07.479 --> 01:10:08.579
Do<01:10:07.619><c> you</c><01:10:07.619><c> know</c><01:10:07.779><c> who?</c>

01:10:09.500 --> 01:10:11.119
The<01:10:10.060><c> Philistines.</c>

01:10:11.720 --> 01:10:13.359
1<01:10:11.899><c> Samuel</c><01:10:12.359><c> chapter</c><01:10:12.819><c> 4.</c>

01:10:13.579 --> 01:10:15.119
The<01:10:13.619><c> Philistines</c><01:10:14.140><c> knew.</c>

01:10:16.319 --> 01:10:19.260
So<01:10:16.720><c> this</c><01:10:16.920><c> is</c><01:10:17.119><c> the</c><01:10:17.279><c> time</c><01:10:17.640><c> when</c><01:10:18.100><c> they're</c><01:10:18.300><c> about</c><01:10:18.520><c> to</c><01:10:18.720><c> take</c><01:10:18.880><c> the</c><01:10:19.100><c> ark.</c>

01:10:19.340 --> 01:10:22.079
They<01:10:19.460><c> want</c><01:10:19.659><c> to</c><01:10:19.779><c> take</c><01:10:19.859><c> the</c><01:10:20.060><c> ark</c><01:10:20.560><c> into</c><01:10:21.140><c> Philistine</c><01:10:21.619><c> territory,</c>

01:10:22.159 --> 01:10:23.680
but<01:10:22.260><c> they're</c><01:10:22.560><c> concerned</c><01:10:23.060><c> about</c><01:10:23.319><c> the</c><01:10:23.579><c> ark</c>

01:10:23.680 --> 01:10:27.039
because<01:10:23.920><c> they</c><01:10:24.100><c> know</c><01:10:24.260><c> all</c><01:10:24.460><c> about</c><01:10:24.659><c> Moses</c><01:10:25.279><c> and</c><01:10:25.479><c> the</c><01:10:25.680><c> plagues.</c>

01:10:27.420 --> 01:10:29.539
1<01:10:27.539><c> Samuel</c><01:10:27.800><c> 4</c><01:10:28.140><c> verse</c><01:10:28.359><c> 7.</c>

01:10:29.560 --> 01:10:31.319
And<01:10:29.560><c> the</c><01:10:29.840><c> Philistines</c><01:10:30.340><c> were</c><01:10:30.539><c> afraid,</c><01:10:30.960><c> for</c><01:10:31.020><c> they</c><01:10:31.180><c> said,</c>

01:10:31.439 --> 01:10:32.899
God<01:10:31.680><c> is</c><01:10:31.899><c> coming</c><01:10:32.140><c> to</c><01:10:32.319><c> the</c><01:10:32.560><c> camp.</c>

01:10:33.260 --> 01:10:36.600
And<01:10:33.340><c> they</c><01:10:33.539><c> said,</c><01:10:33.939><c> woe</c><01:10:34.079><c> unto</c><01:10:34.239><c> thee,</c><01:10:34.579><c> for</c><01:10:34.819><c> they</c><01:10:35.340><c> have</c><01:10:35.560><c> not</c><01:10:36.000><c> seen,</c>

01:10:36.960 --> 01:10:38.939
there<01:10:37.159><c> had</c><01:10:37.239><c> not</c><01:10:37.380><c> been</c><01:10:37.560><c> such</c><01:10:37.760><c> a</c><01:10:37.939><c> thing</c><01:10:38.159><c> heretofore.</c>

01:10:39.039 --> 01:10:40.600
Woe<01:10:39.380><c> unto</c><01:10:39.579><c> us,</c><01:10:39.819><c> says</c><01:10:39.920><c> the</c><01:10:40.159><c> Philistines,</c>

01:10:40.800 --> 01:10:43.899
who<01:10:41.079><c> shall</c><01:10:41.380><c> deliver</c><01:10:41.760><c> us</c><01:10:41.960><c> out</c><01:10:42.060><c> of</c><01:10:42.180><c> the</c><01:10:42.359><c> hand</c><01:10:42.520><c> of</c><01:10:42.699><c> these</c><01:10:42.939><c> mighty</c><01:10:43.380><c> gods,</c>

01:10:43.899 --> 01:10:46.420
these<01:10:44.619><c> are</c><01:10:44.859><c> the</c><01:10:45.020><c> gods</c><01:10:45.199><c> that</c><01:10:45.560><c> smoke</c><01:10:45.699><c> the</c><01:10:46.020><c> Egyptians</c>

01:10:46.420 --> 01:10:48.079
with<01:10:46.659><c> all</c><01:10:46.859><c> the</c><01:10:47.119><c> plagues</c><01:10:47.439><c> in</c><01:10:47.579><c> the</c><01:10:47.699><c> wilderness.</c>

01:10:48.279 --> 01:10:49.699
That<01:10:48.479><c> was</c><01:10:48.699><c> the</c><01:10:48.840><c> fear</c><01:10:48.939><c> of</c><01:10:49.079><c> the</c><01:10:49.180><c> Philistines.</c>

01:10:50.039 --> 01:10:51.720
They<01:10:50.319><c> worried</c><01:10:50.640><c> about</c><01:10:50.880><c> Yahweh.</c>

01:10:52.319 --> 01:10:55.359
They<01:10:52.579><c> saw</c><01:10:52.939><c> this</c><01:10:53.260><c> mighty</c><01:10:53.600><c> angel</c><01:10:53.960><c> that</c><01:10:54.159><c> had</c><01:10:54.260><c> gone</c><01:10:54.439><c> ahead.</c>

01:10:56.220 --> 01:10:58.279
They<01:10:56.380><c> didn't</c><01:10:56.479><c> want</c><01:10:56.579><c> anything</c><01:10:56.800><c> to</c><01:10:57.000><c> do</c><01:10:57.119><c> with</c><01:10:57.319><c> them.</c>

01:10:58.680 --> 01:11:02.760
Go<01:10:58.939><c> over</c><01:10:59.140><c> a</c><01:10:59.260><c> page</c><01:10:59.460><c> to</c><01:10:59.600><c> chapter</c><01:10:59.840><c> 6</c><01:11:00.260><c> and</c><01:11:00.439><c> verse</c><01:11:00.680><c> 5.</c>

01:11:06.140 --> 01:11:10.960
Wherefore<01:11:06.619><c> ye</c><01:11:07.100><c> shall</c><01:11:07.319><c> make</c><01:11:07.699><c> images</c><01:11:08.180><c> of</c><01:11:08.420><c> your</c><01:11:09.640><c> emeroids</c>

01:11:11.060 --> 01:11:13.899
and<01:11:11.539><c> images</c><01:11:12.000><c> of</c><01:11:12.300><c> your</c><01:11:12.600><c> mice</c><01:11:12.899><c> that</c><01:11:13.239><c> mar</c><01:11:13.439><c> the</c><01:11:13.560><c> land,</c>

01:11:14.060 --> 01:11:16.579
and<01:11:14.079><c> ye</c><01:11:14.300><c> shall</c><01:11:14.460><c> give</c><01:11:14.699><c> glory</c><01:11:15.039><c> unto</c><01:11:15.220><c> the</c><01:11:15.300><c> God</c><01:11:15.439><c> of</c><01:11:15.520><c> Israel.</c>

01:11:16.659 --> 01:11:18.880
Peraventure,<01:11:17.140><c> he</c><01:11:17.319><c> will</c><01:11:17.600><c> lighten</c><01:11:18.020><c> his</c><01:11:18.159><c> hand</c><01:11:18.340><c> from</c><01:11:18.500><c> off</c><01:11:18.699><c> you</c>

01:11:18.880 --> 01:11:21.680
and<01:11:19.159><c> from</c><01:11:19.439><c> off</c><01:11:19.619><c> your</c><01:11:19.819><c> gods</c><01:11:20.100><c> and</c><01:11:20.279><c> from</c><01:11:20.460><c> off</c><01:11:20.619><c> your</c><01:11:20.779><c> land.</c>

01:11:21.920 --> 01:11:25.479
Wherefore<01:11:22.399><c> then</c><01:11:22.659><c> do</c><01:11:22.880><c> you</c><01:11:23.119><c> harden</c><01:11:23.420><c> your</c><01:11:23.760><c> hearts</c><01:11:24.039><c> as</c><01:11:24.239><c> the</c><01:11:24.460><c> Egyptians?</c>

01:11:25.960 --> 01:11:27.739
And<01:11:26.300><c> Pharaoh</c><01:11:26.479><c> hardened</c><01:11:27.159><c> their</c><01:11:27.560><c> hearts.</c>

01:11:27.760 --> 01:11:31.920
So<01:11:28.000><c> there</c><01:11:28.140><c> they</c><01:11:28.319><c> are</c><01:11:28.720><c> reciting</c><01:11:29.779><c> the</c><01:11:30.279><c> foolish</c><01:11:30.739><c> Pharaoh</c>

01:11:32.220 --> 01:11:35.380
when<01:11:32.699><c> Pharaoh</c><01:11:33.140><c> hardened</c><01:11:33.640><c> his</c><01:11:34.880><c> heart.</c>

01:11:36.020 --> 01:11:37.199
And<01:11:36.159><c> the</c><01:11:36.380><c> ten</c><01:11:36.579><c> plagues</c><01:11:36.939><c> came,</c>

01:11:37.380 --> 01:11:38.560
and<01:11:37.420><c> the</c><01:11:37.560><c> Philistines</c><01:11:37.859><c> were</c><01:11:37.960><c> saying</c><01:11:38.119><c> amongst</c><01:11:38.359><c> themselves,</c>

01:11:38.560 --> 01:11:40.899
we<01:11:39.020><c> mustn't</c><01:11:39.479><c> harden</c><01:11:40.140><c> our</c><01:11:40.380><c> hearts.</c>

01:11:41.239 --> 01:11:43.659
We<01:11:41.619><c> don't</c><01:11:41.819><c> want</c><01:11:41.960><c> those</c><01:11:42.239><c> ten</c><01:11:42.439><c> plagues.</c>

01:11:45.800 --> 01:11:50.760
The<01:11:45.859><c> enemy</c><01:11:46.319><c> of</c><01:11:46.600><c> God</c><01:11:46.920><c> knew</c><01:11:47.460><c> that</c><01:11:47.739><c> the</c><01:11:47.960><c> Lord</c><01:11:48.260><c> went</c><01:11:48.779><c> before</c><01:11:49.460><c> them,</c>

01:11:50.960 --> 01:11:54.319
not<01:11:51.159><c> Israel,</c><01:11:52.659><c> not</c><01:11:52.880><c> even</c><01:11:53.100><c> at</c><01:11:53.300><c> Misbah.</c>

01:11:55.220 --> 01:11:57.300
Make<01:11:55.479><c> us</c><01:11:55.659><c> a</c><01:11:55.840><c> king</c><01:11:56.060><c> like</c><01:11:56.319><c> unto</c><01:11:56.560><c> the</c><01:11:56.779><c> nations</c>

01:11:57.300 --> 01:12:02.680
so<01:11:57.479><c> he</c><01:11:57.619><c> can</c><01:11:57.779><c> go</c><01:11:58.180><c> forth</c><01:11:59.060><c> to</c><01:11:59.920><c> battle</c><01:12:00.479><c> before</c><01:12:01.279><c> us.</c>

01:12:02.779 --> 01:12:04.319
What<01:12:03.100><c> a</c><01:12:03.380><c> tragedy.</c>

01:12:05.920 --> 01:12:08.579
A<01:12:06.439><c> final</c><01:12:06.800><c> verse.</c>

01:12:09.619 --> 01:12:11.840
Deuteronomy<01:12:10.140><c> chapter</c><01:12:10.659><c> 17.</c>

01:12:13.020 --> 01:12:16.739
I<01:12:13.100><c> asked</c><01:12:13.380><c> you</c><01:12:13.720><c> in</c><01:12:14.079><c> my</c><01:12:14.319><c> opening</c><01:12:14.500><c> remarks</c><01:12:15.180><c> this</c><01:12:15.560><c> afternoon,</c>

01:12:17.020 --> 01:12:20.340
was<01:12:17.119><c> it</c><01:12:17.300><c> a</c><01:12:17.439><c> bad</c><01:12:17.600><c> thing</c><01:12:17.960><c> that</c><01:12:18.140><c> the</c><01:12:18.340><c> children</c><01:12:18.539><c> of</c><01:12:18.680><c> Israel</c><01:12:18.939><c> ask</c><01:12:19.159><c> for</c><01:12:19.340><c> a</c><01:12:19.500><c> king?</c>

01:12:20.720 --> 01:12:22.560
And<01:12:21.000><c> I'm</c><01:12:21.199><c> going</c><01:12:21.279><c> to</c><01:12:21.479><c> say</c><01:12:21.640><c> no.</c>

01:12:22.979 --> 01:12:25.479
And<01:12:23.119><c> I'm</c><01:12:23.220><c> going</c><01:12:23.340><c> to</c><01:12:23.520><c> stand</c><01:12:23.760><c> by</c><01:12:23.979><c> what</c><01:12:24.159><c> I</c><01:12:24.460><c> say.</c>

01:12:26.520 --> 01:12:28.939
Because<01:12:26.840><c> Moses</c><01:12:27.260><c> prophesied</c><01:12:27.859><c> that</c><01:12:28.020><c> a</c><01:12:28.159><c> king</c><01:12:28.340><c> would</c><01:12:28.600><c> become.</c>

01:12:29.220 --> 01:12:31.420
And<01:12:29.479><c> I</c><01:12:29.699><c> believe</c><01:12:29.920><c> God</c><01:12:30.199><c> always</c><01:12:30.680><c> had</c><01:12:30.859><c> the</c><01:12:31.060><c> intention,</c>

01:12:31.600 --> 01:12:33.279
always<01:12:32.279><c> had</c><01:12:32.539><c> the</c><01:12:32.779><c> intention.</c>

01:12:33.279 --> 01:12:36.560
That<01:12:34.020><c> David</c><01:12:34.460><c> was</c><01:12:34.739><c> going</c><01:12:34.939><c> to</c><01:12:35.100><c> be</c><01:12:35.239><c> their</c><01:12:35.479><c> king.</c>

01:12:38.319 --> 01:12:40.399
But<01:12:38.420><c> God</c><01:12:38.720><c> relented</c><01:12:39.380><c> and</c><01:12:39.619><c> gave</c><01:12:39.899><c> them</c><01:12:40.079><c> a</c><01:12:40.199><c> king</c>

01:12:40.399 --> 01:12:42.439
before<01:12:40.840><c> the</c><01:12:41.140><c> king</c><01:12:41.439><c> that</c><01:12:41.619><c> he</c><01:12:41.739><c> was</c><01:12:41.979><c> preparing,</c>

01:12:42.500 --> 01:12:44.180
and<01:12:42.659><c> he</c><01:12:42.800><c> gave</c><01:12:43.020><c> them</c><01:12:43.340><c> Saul.</c>

01:12:44.399 --> 01:12:46.899
But<01:12:44.560><c> he</c><01:12:44.739><c> always</c><01:12:45.180><c> wanted</c><01:12:45.439><c> David</c><01:12:45.819><c> to</c><01:12:46.020><c> be</c><01:12:46.180><c> king.</c>

01:12:48.460 --> 01:12:50.079
Look<01:12:48.720><c> at</c><01:12:48.859><c> Deuteronomy</c><01:12:49.300><c> chapter</c><01:12:49.600><c> 17,</c>

01:12:50.300 --> 01:12:52.739
and<01:12:50.399><c> I</c><01:12:50.479><c> want</c><01:12:50.600><c> you</c><01:12:50.760><c> to</c><01:12:50.880><c> see</c><01:12:50.939><c> if</c><01:12:51.060><c> you</c><01:12:51.199><c> spot</c><01:12:51.380><c> the</c><01:12:51.600><c> difference.</c>

01:12:53.720 --> 01:12:54.539
Words<01:12:53.979><c> of</c><01:12:54.180><c> Moses,</c>

01:12:54.680 --> 01:12:56.720
When<01:12:54.800><c> thou</c><01:12:55.060><c> art</c><01:12:55.279><c> come</c><01:12:55.439><c> unto</c><01:12:55.579><c> the</c><01:12:55.760><c> land</c><01:12:55.979><c> which</c><01:12:56.180><c> the</c><01:12:56.319><c> Lord</c><01:12:56.520><c> thy</c>

01:12:56.720 --> 01:12:57.439
God<01:12:56.920><c> giveth</c><01:12:57.260><c> thee,</c>

01:12:57.520 --> 01:12:59.960
and<01:12:57.619><c> shall</c><01:12:57.779><c> possess</c><01:12:58.180><c> it,</c><01:12:58.439><c> and</c><01:12:58.560><c> shall</c><01:12:59.020><c> dwell</c><01:12:59.399><c> therein,</c>

01:12:59.960 --> 01:13:02.779
and<01:13:00.340><c> shall</c><01:13:00.539><c> say,</c><01:13:01.579><c> I</c><01:13:01.579><c> will</c><01:13:01.840><c> set</c><01:13:01.979><c> a</c><01:13:02.140><c> king</c><01:13:02.260><c> over</c><01:13:02.539><c> me,</c>

01:13:02.920 --> 01:13:04.439
like<01:13:03.060><c> as</c><01:13:03.220><c> the</c><01:13:03.359><c> nations</c><01:13:03.680><c> that</c><01:13:03.899><c> are</c><01:13:04.060><c> about</c><01:13:04.279><c> me.</c>

01:13:04.439 --> 01:13:07.460
The<01:13:04.579><c> very</c><01:13:04.859><c> words,</c><01:13:05.319><c> the</c><01:13:05.460><c> very</c><01:13:05.680><c> words</c><01:13:05.859><c> that</c><01:13:06.000><c> we've</c><01:13:06.159><c> just</c><01:13:06.399><c> seen.</c>

01:13:08.239 --> 01:13:12.300
Thou<01:13:08.460><c> shalt</c><01:13:08.800><c> in</c><01:13:09.100><c> any</c><01:13:09.300><c> way</c><01:13:09.520><c> set</c><01:13:09.859><c> a</c><01:13:09.979><c> king</c><01:13:10.180><c> over</c><01:13:10.500><c> thee,</c>

01:13:12.340 --> 01:13:17.579
whom<01:13:12.520><c> Yahweh</c><01:13:13.720><c> thy</c><01:13:14.159><c> God</c><01:13:15.399><c> shall</c><01:13:16.140><c> choose.</c>

01:13:21.739 --> 01:13:24.779
And<01:13:22.260><c> the</c><01:13:22.500><c> anger</c><01:13:23.199><c> of</c><01:13:23.760><c> Samuel,</c>

01:13:25.739 --> 01:13:28.020
and<01:13:25.960><c> the</c><01:13:26.239><c> spirit</c><01:13:26.520><c> was</c><01:13:26.840><c> broken,</c>

01:13:28.479 --> 01:13:32.579
because,<01:13:30.520><c> not</c><01:13:31.000><c> that</c><01:13:31.119><c> they</c><01:13:31.239><c> asked</c><01:13:31.439><c> for</c><01:13:31.579><c> a</c><01:13:31.699><c> king,</c>

01:13:34.319 --> 01:13:37.460
it's<01:13:34.619><c> the</c><01:13:34.779><c> manner</c><01:13:35.119><c> in</c><01:13:35.600><c> which</c><01:13:36.119><c> they</c><01:13:36.479><c> asked.</c>

01:13:37.920 --> 01:13:39.760
They<01:13:38.119><c> had</c><01:13:38.380><c> rejected</c><01:13:38.779><c> God.</c>

01:13:40.220 --> 01:13:41.920
They<01:13:40.340><c> had</c><01:13:40.579><c> rejected</c><01:13:40.960><c> Samuel.</c>

01:13:42.659 --> 01:13:46.199
And<01:13:42.840><c> I</c><01:13:43.060><c> believe,</c><01:13:43.579><c> and</c><01:13:43.720><c> we'll</c><01:13:43.920><c> see</c><01:13:44.100><c> this</c><01:13:44.739><c> this</c><01:13:45.340><c> week,</c>

01:13:46.380 --> 01:13:48.000
I<01:13:46.600><c> believe</c><01:13:47.060><c> brothers</c><01:13:47.359><c> and</c><01:13:47.600><c> sisters,</c>

01:13:48.100 --> 01:13:50.359
when<01:13:48.340><c> the</c><01:13:48.520><c> people</c><01:13:48.819><c> of</c><01:13:48.979><c> Israel</c><01:13:49.359><c> came</c><01:13:49.699><c> to</c><01:13:49.899><c> Samuel</c>

01:13:50.359 --> 01:13:52.159
and<01:13:50.460><c> said,</c><01:13:50.899><c> make</c><01:13:50.960><c> us</c><01:13:51.159><c> a</c><01:13:51.300><c> king,</c>

01:13:52.500 --> 01:13:55.399
their<01:13:52.779><c> minds</c><01:13:53.220><c> were</c><01:13:53.539><c> already</c><01:13:54.020><c> made</c><01:13:54.380><c> up.</c>

01:13:55.880 --> 01:13:58.619
The<01:13:56.439><c> king</c><01:13:56.800><c> in</c><01:13:57.020><c> their</c><01:13:57.340><c> mind</c><01:13:57.760><c> was</c><01:13:58.159><c> appointed.</c>

01:13:58.720 --> 01:14:02.079
They<01:13:59.039><c> did</c><01:13:59.420><c> not</c><01:13:59.720><c> want</c><01:13:59.960><c> God</c><01:14:00.260><c> to</c><01:14:00.560><c> choose</c><01:14:00.819><c> them</c><01:14:01.060><c> a</c><01:14:01.260><c> king.</c>

01:14:04.119 --> 01:14:05.760
This<01:14:04.399><c> king</c><01:14:04.659><c> that</c><01:14:04.819><c> they</c><01:14:04.960><c> had</c><01:14:05.079><c> in</c><01:14:05.220><c> their</c><01:14:05.479><c> minds</c>

01:14:05.760 --> 01:14:07.659
was<01:14:06.020><c> head</c><01:14:06.239><c> and</c><01:14:06.460><c> shoulders</c><01:14:06.760><c> over</c><01:14:07.060><c> the</c><01:14:07.220><c> nation,</c>

01:14:08.140 --> 01:14:09.979
a<01:14:08.319><c> goodly</c><01:14:08.619><c> man,</c>

01:14:11.960 --> 01:14:14.260
from<01:14:12.100><c> a</c><01:14:12.260><c> wealthy</c><01:14:12.539><c> family</c><01:14:12.979><c> of</c><01:14:13.399><c> Kish.</c>

01:14:15.739 --> 01:14:17.180
And<01:14:15.899><c> I</c><01:14:16.000><c> believe,</c><01:14:16.359><c> brothers</c><01:14:16.380><c> and</c><01:14:16.640><c> sisters,</c>

01:14:17.680 --> 01:14:19.140
it<01:14:17.840><c> was</c><01:14:18.079><c> that,</c>

01:14:19.720 --> 01:14:22.180
it<01:14:19.840><c> was</c><01:14:20.100><c> that</c><01:14:20.659><c> that</c><01:14:21.000><c> was</c><01:14:21.199><c> the</c><01:14:21.399><c> problem.</c>

01:14:22.579 --> 01:14:23.859
Thank<01:14:23.100><c> you.</c>