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sisters.<00:10:40.759><c> As</c><00:10:40.980><c> Yahweh</c><00:10:41.279><c> points</c><00:10:41.600><c> forward</c><00:10:41.960><c> to</c><00:10:42.120><c> the</c><00:10:42.299><c> future,</c><00:10:42.840><c> when</c>

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bred<00:10:48.940><c> in</c><00:10:49.080><c> his</c><00:10:49.399><c> stud,</c><00:10:50.080><c> carry</c><00:10:50.320><c> back</c><00:10:50.639><c> the</c><00:10:50.820><c> sons</c><00:10:51.059><c> and</c>

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daughters<00:10:51.700><c> created</c><00:10:52.259><c> and</c><00:10:52.539><c> made</c><00:10:52.679><c> for</c><00:10:52.940><c> him</c><00:10:53.100><c> among</c><00:10:53.379><c> the</c><00:10:53.559><c> nations,</c>

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sisters,<00:11:49.740><c> it</c><00:11:50.340><c> states</c>

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that<00:13:45.580><c> sense,</c><00:13:46.019><c> brethren</c><00:13:46.139><c> and</c><00:13:46.440><c> sisters,</c>

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but<00:13:47.059><c> it's</c><00:13:47.700><c> wonderful</c><00:13:48.480><c> to</c><00:13:48.779><c> know</c><00:13:49.179><c> and</c><00:13:49.860><c> to</c><00:13:50.240><c> feel</c><00:13:50.620><c> that</c><00:13:51.120><c> there</c><00:13:51.340><c> are</c>

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people<00:13:51.799><c> who</c><00:13:52.059><c> believe</c><00:13:52.340><c> the</c><00:13:52.559><c> same</c><00:13:52.820><c> thing.</c>

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It's<00:13:54.120><c> marvelous</c><00:13:54.700><c> to</c><00:13:55.000><c> know</c><00:13:55.299><c> that</c><00:13:55.700><c> in</c><00:13:55.879><c> our</c><00:13:56.139><c> struggle</c><00:13:56.440><c> for</c><00:13:56.700><c> eternal</c><00:13:57.100><c> life,</c>

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that<00:13:57.860><c> there</c><00:13:58.000><c> are</c><00:13:58.259><c> others</c><00:13:58.460><c> alongside</c><00:13:59.039><c> of</c>

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us<00:13:59.360><c> who</c><00:13:59.360><c> can</c><00:13:59.620><c> assist</c><00:14:00.080><c> immensely</c><00:14:00.919><c> in</c><00:14:01.379><c> that</c><00:14:01.620><c> struggle.</c><00:14:02.899><c> But</c><00:14:03.019><c> in</c>

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times<00:14:03.519><c> of</c><00:14:03.779><c> weakness,</c><00:14:04.179><c> we</c><00:14:04.200><c> have</c><00:14:04.259><c> each</c><00:14:04.480><c> other</c><00:14:04.639><c> to</c>

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lean<00:14:04.879><c> upon,</c><00:14:05.399><c> brethren</c><00:14:05.460><c> and</c><00:14:05.759><c> sisters,</c><00:14:06.220><c> and</c><00:14:06.360><c> we've</c><00:14:06.539><c> got</c><00:14:06.620><c> a</c><00:14:06.799><c> divine</c><00:14:07.139><c> right</c><00:14:07.519><c> to</c>

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gather<00:14:07.899><c> ourselves</c><00:14:08.340><c> together</c>

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and<00:14:09.179><c> to</c><00:14:09.480><c> stand</c><00:14:09.659><c> for</c><00:14:09.860><c> our</c><00:14:10.100><c> lives.</c><00:14:10.600><c> You</c><00:14:10.779><c> underline</c><00:14:11.460><c> those</c><00:14:11.799><c> words</c>

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and<00:14:12.399><c> never</c><00:14:12.700><c> forget</c><00:14:13.100><c> them.</c><00:14:14.059><c> Never</c><00:14:14.399><c> forget</c><00:14:14.820><c> them.</c>

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Gather<00:14:15.679><c> yourselves</c><00:14:16.259><c> together</c><00:14:17.080><c> and</c><00:14:17.820><c> then</c><00:14:18.299><c> stand</c><00:14:18.600><c> for</c><00:14:18.740><c> your</c><00:14:18.940><c> life.</c><00:14:19.340><c> And</c><00:14:19.539><c> we'll</c><00:14:19.779><c> read</c><00:14:19.879><c> it</c>

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time<00:14:20.399><c> and</c><00:14:20.580><c> again.</c>

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So<00:14:21.279><c> that's</c><00:14:21.559><c> exactly</c><00:14:21.899><c> what</c><00:14:22.100><c> they</c><00:14:22.379><c> did.</c><00:14:24.120><c> And</c><00:14:24.279><c> you</c><00:14:24.360><c> know,</c><00:14:24.580><c> brethren</c><00:14:24.779><c> and</c><00:14:25.059><c> sisters,</c><00:14:25.840><c> as</c>

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Mordechai<00:14:26.659><c> wrote</c><00:14:27.019><c> down</c>

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this<00:14:27.720><c> copy</c><00:14:28.039><c> of</c><00:14:28.259><c> the</c><00:14:28.360><c> writing,</c><00:14:28.620><c> as</c><00:14:28.759><c> we</c><00:14:28.879><c> have</c><00:14:28.960><c> it</c><00:14:29.100><c> in</c><00:14:29.220><c> verse</c><00:14:29.419><c> 13,</c>

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that<00:14:31.940><c> the</c><00:14:32.039><c> copy</c><00:14:32.340><c> of</c><00:14:32.519><c> the</c><00:14:32.639><c> writing</c><00:14:32.860><c> for</c><00:14:33.000><c> the</c><00:14:33.159><c> commandment</c>

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to<00:14:33.639><c> be</c><00:14:33.740><c> given</c><00:14:33.899><c> every</c><00:14:34.340><c> providence,</c><00:14:35.720><c> as</c><00:14:35.899><c> he</c><00:14:36.039><c> wrote</c><00:14:36.220><c> it</c><00:14:36.399><c> down,</c><00:14:36.559><c> as</c>

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I<00:14:36.840><c> said</c><00:14:37.000><c> to</c><00:14:37.100><c> you</c><00:14:37.220><c> before,</c><00:14:38.179><c> he</c><00:14:38.399><c> followed</c><00:14:38.779><c> almost</c><00:14:39.399><c> verbatim</c>

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the<00:14:40.740><c> edict</c><00:14:40.980><c> of</c><00:14:41.220><c> Haman</c><00:14:41.460><c> because</c><00:14:41.700><c> it</c><00:14:41.820><c> was</c><00:14:41.980><c> to</c><00:14:42.120><c> be</c><00:14:42.299><c> reversed,</c><00:14:42.879><c> but</c>

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there<00:14:43.240><c> was</c><00:14:43.440><c> a</c><00:14:43.580><c> difference.</c>

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edict<00:14:50.539><c> went</c><00:14:50.759><c> out,</c><00:14:51.080><c> brethren</c><00:14:51.200><c> and</c><00:14:51.500><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:14:51.879><c> record</c><00:14:52.159><c> states</c><00:14:52.820><c> that</c><00:14:53.480><c> Shushan</c><00:14:53.899><c> was</c><00:14:54.240><c> perplexed.</c><00:14:55.480><c> But</c>

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when<00:14:56.039><c> Mordechai's</c><00:14:57.100><c> edict</c><00:14:57.299><c> went</c><00:14:57.580><c> out,</c>

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it<00:14:59.080><c> states</c><00:14:59.740><c> that</c><00:15:00.340><c> Shushan</c><00:15:01.879><c> rejoiced</c><00:15:03.120><c> and</c><00:15:03.440><c> was</c><00:15:03.840><c> glad.</c><00:15:05.919><c> You</c><00:15:06.120><c> see,</c><00:15:06.419><c> brethren</c><00:15:06.620><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:15:07.919><c> in</c><00:15:08.120><c> the</c><00:15:08.259><c> age</c><00:15:08.539><c> to</c><00:15:08.799><c> come,</c>

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long<00:15:10.919><c> before</c><00:15:11.779><c> the</c><00:15:13.259><c> world</c><00:15:13.620><c> at</c><00:15:13.940><c> large</c><00:15:14.440><c> settles</c><00:15:14.960><c> down</c><00:15:15.500><c> to</c><00:15:15.740><c> a</c>

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peaceful<00:15:16.539><c> existence,</c>

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the<00:15:18.399><c> capital</c><00:15:18.960><c> will</c><00:15:19.740><c> be</c><00:15:20.039><c> under</c><00:15:20.419><c> Jewish</c><00:15:20.820><c> control</c><00:15:21.860><c> supremely.</c>

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And<00:15:25.159><c> in</c><00:15:25.360><c> this</c><00:15:25.620><c> chapter,</c><00:15:27.080><c> we</c><00:15:27.100><c> have</c><00:15:27.299><c> a</c><00:15:27.440><c> division</c><00:15:27.879><c> between</c><00:15:28.320><c> the</c>

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Jews<00:15:28.860><c> in</c><00:15:29.159><c> Shushan</c><00:15:29.740><c> and</c><00:15:30.279><c> what</c><00:15:30.500><c> the</c><00:15:30.659><c> book</c><00:15:30.860><c> calls</c>

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the<00:15:31.659><c> other</c><00:15:32.080><c> Jews</c><00:15:32.539><c> in</c><00:15:33.019><c> the</c><00:15:33.259><c> providence.</c><00:15:34.840><c> And</c><00:15:35.120><c> it's</c><00:15:35.399><c> remarkable</c>

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in<00:15:36.159><c> the</c><00:15:36.299><c> topology</c><00:15:36.720><c> of</c><00:15:36.899><c> this</c><00:15:37.159><c> book</c>

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that<00:15:38.480><c> Shushan</c><00:15:39.139><c> should</c><00:15:39.399><c> quickly</c><00:15:39.799><c> become</c><00:15:40.220><c> a</c><00:15:40.440><c> Jewish</c><00:15:40.759><c> stronghold.</c><00:15:41.559><c> And</c><00:15:41.860><c> it's</c>

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remarkable,<00:15:42.919><c> brethren</c><00:15:43.039><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:15:43.779><c> that</c><00:15:43.879><c> they</c><00:15:44.120><c> requested</c><00:15:44.679><c> two</c><00:15:45.059><c> days'</c><00:15:45.320><c> destruction</c><00:15:45.799><c> in</c>

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destroyed,<00:15:49.000><c> whereas</c><00:15:49.360><c> in</c><00:15:49.639><c> the</c><00:15:49.899><c> provinces</c><00:15:50.240><c> it</c><00:15:50.460><c> is</c><00:15:50.820><c> stated</c><00:15:51.279><c> that</c>

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they<00:15:52.259><c> slew</c><00:15:52.860><c> of</c><00:15:53.659><c> their</c><00:15:54.240><c> foes.</c><00:15:55.519><c> 70</c><00:15:55.899><c>,000.</c><00:15:56.440><c> In</c><00:15:56.639><c> other</c>

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words,<00:15:57.740><c> not</c><00:15:57.879><c> all</c><00:15:58.100><c> the</c><00:15:58.279><c> enemies</c><00:15:58.480><c> were</c><00:15:58.799><c> destroyed</c><00:15:59.299><c> in</c><00:15:59.679><c> the</c><00:15:59.879><c> empire.</c><00:16:01.899><c> And</c>

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so<00:16:02.360><c> it</c><00:16:02.480><c> will</c><00:16:02.539><c> be</c><00:16:02.659><c> in</c><00:16:02.779><c> the</c><00:16:02.919><c> age</c><00:16:03.100><c> to</c><00:16:03.320><c> come</c>

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that<00:16:05.139><c> in</c><00:16:05.419><c> Shushan</c><00:16:05.899><c> the</c><00:16:06.139><c> palace,</c><00:16:06.679><c> Jerusalem</c><00:16:07.059><c> the</c><00:16:07.340><c> city,</c><00:16:07.659><c> brethren</c><00:16:07.820><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:16:08.799><c> no</c><00:16:09.120><c> more</c><00:16:09.399><c> the</c><00:16:09.759><c> Canaanite</c><00:16:10.159><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:10.580><c> house</c><00:16:10.580><c> of</c><00:16:10.899><c> God,</c><00:16:11.639><c> but</c><00:16:11.720><c> abroad</c><00:16:12.059><c> in</c><00:16:12.240><c> the</c><00:16:12.379><c> world,</c><00:16:13.840><c> men</c><00:16:14.100><c> and</c><00:16:14.240><c> women</c><00:16:14.500><c> left</c><00:16:14.840><c> everywhere,</c><00:16:16.480><c> unconverted</c><00:16:17.240><c> to</c>

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the<00:16:17.559><c> hope</c><00:16:17.700><c> of</c>

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Israel,<00:16:19.700><c> blind</c><00:16:19.940><c> to</c><00:16:20.100><c> the</c><00:16:20.279><c> Messiahship</c><00:16:20.799><c> as</c><00:16:20.960><c> it</c><00:16:21.059><c> is</c><00:16:21.159><c> in</c><00:16:21.379><c> Jesus,</c>

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ready<00:16:23.240><c> to</c><00:16:23.500><c> be</c><00:16:23.720><c> converted</c><00:16:24.159><c> by</c><00:16:24.480><c> that</c><00:16:24.759><c> swift</c><00:16:25.039><c> pull</c>

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of<00:16:26.000><c> Yahweh's</c><00:16:26.600><c> sending</c><00:16:26.899><c> that</c><00:16:27.220><c> they</c><00:16:27.440><c> may</c><00:16:27.620><c> be</c><00:16:27.899><c> brought</c><00:16:28.080><c> back</c><00:16:28.340><c> as</c>

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his<00:16:28.759><c> sons</c><00:16:28.960><c> and</c><00:16:29.179><c> daughters</c><00:16:29.379><c> to</c><00:16:29.600><c> rejoice</c><00:16:30.019><c> before</c><00:16:30.419><c> him.</c>

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the<00:16:33.799><c> details</c><00:16:34.159><c> that</c><00:16:34.440><c> are</c><00:16:34.480><c> set</c><00:16:34.639><c> before</c><00:16:34.980><c> us</c><00:16:35.480><c> as</c><00:16:35.720><c> far</c><00:16:35.940><c> as</c>

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one<00:16:41.259><c> of</c><00:16:41.440><c> him.</c><00:16:43.179><c> Well,</c><00:16:43.460><c> to</c><00:16:43.799><c> all</c><00:16:44.259><c> intents</c><00:16:44.679><c> and</c><00:16:44.919><c> purposes,</c><00:16:45.740><c> he</c><00:16:45.940><c> was</c>

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dead.<00:16:47.200><c> He</c><00:16:47.440><c> was</c><00:16:47.679><c> as</c><00:16:47.919><c> good</c><00:16:48.059><c> as</c><00:16:48.320><c> dead</c>

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as<00:16:49.919><c> Haman</c><00:16:50.299><c> woke</c><00:16:50.740><c> up</c><00:16:50.960><c> that</c><00:16:51.139><c> early</c><00:16:51.399><c> morning</c><00:16:51.679><c> to</c><00:16:51.860><c> receive</c><00:16:52.179><c> from</c>

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the<00:16:52.519><c> king</c><00:16:52.740><c> the</c><00:16:53.100><c> authority</c><00:16:53.460><c> to</c><00:16:53.679><c> kill</c><00:16:53.840><c> him.</c><00:16:54.179><c> And</c><00:16:54.340><c> by</c>

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the<00:16:54.700><c> intervention</c><00:16:55.059><c> of</c><00:16:55.360><c> God,</c><00:16:55.659><c> brethren</c><00:16:55.820><c> and</c><00:16:56.100><c> sisters,</c><00:16:56.639><c> death</c>

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we<00:17:04.799><c> read</c><00:17:04.980><c> that</c><00:17:05.279><c> Mordechai</c><00:17:05.859><c> went</c><00:17:06.319><c> out</c><00:17:06.759><c> from</c><00:17:07.099><c> the</c>

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presence<00:17:07.859><c> of</c><00:17:08.480><c> the</c><00:17:08.720><c> king.</c><00:17:10.660><c> Marvelous</c><00:17:11.299><c> language,</c><00:17:12.779><c> glowing</c><00:17:13.140><c> language.</c><00:17:14.400><c> He</c>

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face<00:17:22.900><c> of</c><00:17:23.220><c> the</c><00:17:23.440><c> king.</c>

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and<00:17:28.019><c> sisters,</c><00:17:28.640><c> was</c><00:17:28.839><c> emblematic</c><00:17:29.559><c> of</c><00:17:29.720><c> his</c>

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character.<00:17:30.980><c> You</c><00:17:31.180><c> read</c><00:17:31.339><c> a</c><00:17:31.539><c> man</c><00:17:31.839><c> in</c><00:17:32.119><c> his</c><00:17:32.380><c> face.</c><00:17:33.539><c> For</c><00:17:33.660><c> we</c><00:17:33.900><c> saw</c><00:17:34.039><c> the</c>

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glory<00:17:34.619><c> of</c><00:17:34.859><c> God</c><00:17:35.079><c> shining</c><00:17:35.500><c> in</c><00:17:35.720><c> the</c><00:17:36.079><c> face</c><00:17:36.380><c> of</c><00:17:36.599><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ,<00:17:37.460><c> by</c><00:17:37.740><c> which</c><00:17:37.980><c> Paul</c><00:17:38.160><c> means</c><00:17:38.440><c> the</c><00:17:38.740><c> character</c><00:17:39.119><c> of</c><00:17:39.299><c> Jesus</c><00:17:39.700><c> Christ.</c><00:17:40.319><c> And</c><00:17:40.480><c> here</c><00:17:40.619><c> is</c>

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a<00:17:40.920><c> man</c><00:17:41.059><c> that's</c>

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come<00:17:41.599><c> from</c><00:17:41.900><c> before</c><00:17:42.299><c> the</c><00:17:42.819><c> presence</c><00:17:43.119><c> or</c><00:17:43.339><c> before</c><00:17:43.720><c> the</c><00:17:44.000><c> face</c><00:17:44.180><c> or</c>

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before<00:17:44.759><c> the</c><00:17:45.140><c> character</c><00:17:45.519><c> of</c><00:17:45.740><c> the</c><00:17:46.019><c> king.</c>

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What's<00:17:46.839><c> he</c><00:17:46.980><c> telling</c><00:17:47.140><c> us?</c><00:17:48.220><c> That</c><00:17:48.460><c> Mordechai</c><00:17:49.000><c> went</c><00:17:49.319><c> forth,</c><00:17:49.819><c> brethren</c><00:17:49.940><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:17:50.859><c> in</c><00:17:51.019><c> a</c><00:17:51.279><c> full</c><00:17:51.579><c> blaze</c><00:17:52.019><c> of</c><00:17:52.319><c> glory,</c>

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not<00:17:53.319><c> his</c><00:17:53.660><c> own,</c><00:17:54.140><c> but</c><00:17:54.319><c> the</c><00:17:54.539><c> reflection</c><00:17:55.019><c> of</c><00:17:55.240><c> the</c><00:17:55.440><c> king</c><00:17:55.680><c> from</c><00:17:55.960><c> before</c><00:17:56.359><c> whom</c>

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he<00:17:56.759><c> came.</c>

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Here<00:17:58.440><c> we</c><00:17:58.599><c> are</c><00:17:58.660><c> learning</c><00:17:58.940><c> of</c><00:17:59.099><c> the</c><00:17:59.240><c> Lord</c><00:17:59.420><c> Jesus</c><00:17:59.940><c> Christ</c><00:18:00.400><c> as</c><00:18:00.660><c> he</c>

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will<00:18:00.980><c> be</c><00:18:01.180><c> sent</c><00:18:01.299><c> from</c><00:18:01.539><c> the</c><00:18:01.799><c> presence</c><00:18:01.960><c> of</c><00:18:02.140><c> the</c><00:18:02.319><c> Father,</c>

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when<00:18:03.059><c> the</c><00:18:03.299><c> times</c><00:18:03.559><c> of</c><00:18:03.880><c> refreshing</c><00:18:04.119><c> shall</c><00:18:04.420><c> come</c><00:18:04.740><c> from</c><00:18:05.019><c> the</c><00:18:05.619><c> presence</c><00:18:06.099><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:06.519><c> Lord.</c><00:18:07.359><c> For,</c><00:18:07.799><c> says</c><00:18:07.799><c> Malachi,</c>

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interpreted<00:18:09.200><c> by</c><00:18:09.579><c> Luke,</c><00:18:10.039><c> he</c><00:18:10.200><c> shall</c><00:18:10.359><c> go</c><00:18:10.640><c> before</c><00:18:11.000><c> the</c><00:18:11.319><c> face</c><00:18:11.740><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:12.160><c> Lord.</c><00:18:13.759><c> And</c><00:18:14.319><c> he'll</c><00:18:14.539><c> go</c><00:18:14.819><c> before</c><00:18:15.140><c> the</c><00:18:15.359><c> face</c><00:18:15.559><c> of</c><00:18:15.720><c> the</c>

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in<00:18:18.180><c> his</c><00:18:18.400><c> own</c><00:18:18.799><c> glorious</c><00:18:19.299><c> face,</c><00:18:20.039><c> that</c><00:18:20.359><c> face</c><00:18:20.700><c> upon</c><00:18:20.980><c> which</c><00:18:21.319><c> no</c>

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man<00:18:21.819><c> can</c><00:18:22.039><c> look,</c><00:18:22.799><c> the</c><00:18:23.079><c> face</c><00:18:23.299><c> of</c><00:18:23.500><c> the</c><00:18:23.740><c> eternal</c><00:18:24.079><c> God</c><00:18:24.359><c> himself,</c><00:18:25.359><c> the</c><00:18:25.640><c> source</c><00:18:25.880><c> and</c><00:18:26.200><c> origin</c><00:18:26.440><c> of</c>

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all<00:18:27.180><c> good,</c><00:18:28.420><c> without</c><00:18:28.700><c> whom</c>

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there<00:18:29.059><c> is</c><00:18:29.359><c> none</c><00:18:29.740><c> that</c><00:18:30.119><c> is</c><00:18:30.380><c> good.</c><00:18:31.220><c> And</c><00:18:31.420><c> Mordechai</c><00:18:31.880><c> went</c><00:18:32.240><c> forth</c>

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apparel.<00:18:37.359><c> Oh,</c><00:18:37.759><c> brethren</c><00:18:37.980><c> and</c><00:18:38.319><c> sisters,</c><00:18:39.039><c> there's</c><00:18:39.359><c> no</c><00:18:39.660><c> mock</c><00:18:39.940><c> royalty</c><00:18:40.420><c> here.</c><00:18:41.779><c> There's</c><00:18:42.119><c> no</c>

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Haman<00:18:42.740><c> leading</c><00:18:43.059><c> the</c><00:18:43.359><c> horse.</c>

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The<00:18:45.000><c> clothing</c><00:18:45.279><c> doesn't</c><00:18:45.579><c> belong</c><00:18:45.920><c> to</c><00:18:46.099><c> the</c><00:18:46.279><c> king.</c><00:18:47.440><c> It's</c><00:18:47.779><c> not</c><00:18:48.079><c> borrowed.</c><00:18:49.460><c> It's</c><00:18:49.779><c> his</c>

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own.<00:18:50.579><c> He</c><00:18:50.740><c> goes</c><00:18:51.019><c> forth</c><00:18:51.339><c> in</c><00:18:51.559><c> royal</c>

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apparel.<00:18:52.940><c> He's</c><00:18:53.160><c> in</c><00:18:53.319><c> the</c><00:18:53.519><c> colors</c><00:18:53.660><c> of</c><00:18:53.880><c> the</c><00:18:54.099><c> empire,</c><00:18:54.920><c> blue,</c><00:18:55.380><c> white,</c><00:18:55.960><c> gold,</c><00:18:56.440><c> purple.</c><00:18:57.559><c> We</c>

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learned<00:18:58.079><c> about</c><00:18:58.319><c> them</c><00:18:58.500><c> in</c>

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sisters.<00:19:03.859><c> It's</c><00:19:04.180><c> eloquent,</c>

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though,<00:19:04.680><c> isn't</c><00:19:04.859><c> it?</c><00:19:05.160><c> The</c><00:19:05.299><c> very</c><00:19:05.519><c> colors</c><00:19:05.779><c> themselves.</c><00:19:06.680><c> But</c><00:19:06.980><c> the</c>

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thing<00:19:07.359><c> that's</c><00:19:07.720><c> important</c><00:19:08.099><c> in</c><00:19:08.319><c> this</c><00:19:08.519><c> verse,</c>

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in<00:19:09.380><c> verse</c><00:19:09.559><c> 16</c><00:19:10.079><c> or</c><00:19:10.240><c> verse</c><00:19:10.460><c> 15,</c><00:19:11.359><c> is</c><00:19:11.460><c> that</c><00:19:11.619><c> upon</c><00:19:11.839><c> his</c><00:19:12.119><c> head</c><00:19:12.259><c> there's</c><00:19:12.579><c> a</c><00:19:12.839><c> great</c><00:19:13.440><c> crown</c><00:19:13.779><c> of</c><00:19:14.140><c> gold.</c>

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Now,<00:19:17.220><c> brethren</c><00:19:17.380><c> and</c><00:19:17.660><c> sisters,</c><00:19:19.920><c> one</c><00:19:20.299><c> thing</c><00:19:20.680><c> we</c><00:19:20.940><c> know</c><00:19:21.039><c> about</c><00:19:21.279><c> that</c><00:19:21.519><c> crown</c><00:19:21.779><c> of</c>

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gold,<00:19:23.059><c> it</c><00:19:23.759><c> was</c><00:19:24.119><c> not</c><00:19:24.660><c> the</c><00:19:25.019><c> king's</c><00:19:25.519><c> crown.</c>

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When<00:19:27.880><c> Haman</c><00:19:28.339><c> was</c><00:19:28.740><c> asked,</c><00:19:30.200><c> what</c><00:19:30.279><c> would</c><00:19:30.500><c> he</c><00:19:30.619><c> do</c><00:19:30.740><c> with</c><00:19:30.940><c> a</c><00:19:31.059><c> man</c><00:19:31.279><c> whom</c><00:19:31.480><c> the</c>

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king<00:19:32.079><c> delighted</c><00:19:32.539><c> to</c><00:19:32.819><c> honor?</c>

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And<00:19:34.680><c> in</c><00:19:34.819><c> his</c><00:19:35.160><c> ego,</c><00:19:35.640><c> believing</c><00:19:36.039><c> it</c><00:19:36.220><c> was</c><00:19:36.359><c> himself,</c><00:19:37.900><c> he</c><00:19:38.180><c> said,</c><00:19:38.339><c> let</c><00:19:38.539><c> the</c><00:19:39.079><c> royal</c><00:19:39.559><c> crown</c><00:19:39.900><c> be</c>

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put<00:19:40.259><c> upon</c><00:19:40.500><c> him.</c>

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He,<00:19:41.740><c> brethren</c><00:19:41.940><c> and</c><00:19:42.220><c> sisters,</c><00:19:42.579><c> cared</c><00:19:42.779><c> nothing</c><00:19:43.180><c> for</c><00:19:43.380><c> the</c><00:19:43.519><c> dignity</c><00:19:43.819><c> of</c><00:19:44.059><c> the</c><00:19:44.220><c> throne.</c><00:19:45.220><c> He</c>

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would<00:19:45.640><c> have</c><00:19:45.859><c> quickly</c>

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deposed<00:19:46.660><c> Ahasuerus.</c><00:19:48.259><c> And</c><00:19:48.539><c> in</c><00:19:48.680><c> the</c><00:19:48.859><c> sense</c><00:19:49.160><c> and</c><00:19:49.599><c> the</c><00:19:49.819><c> terminology</c><00:19:50.180><c> which</c><00:19:50.420><c> applies</c><00:19:50.799><c> to</c>

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us,<00:19:51.539><c> he</c><00:19:51.619><c> was</c><00:19:51.819><c> a</c><00:19:52.000><c> brother</c>

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who<00:19:52.359><c> thought</c><00:19:52.660><c> nothing</c><00:19:53.079><c> of</c><00:19:53.299><c> the</c><00:19:53.420><c> majesty</c><00:19:53.779><c> of</c><00:19:54.019><c> God,</c><00:19:54.519><c> but</c><00:19:54.619><c> who</c><00:19:54.839><c> thought</c><00:19:55.000><c> that</c><00:19:55.240><c> God</c><00:19:55.480><c> was</c><00:19:55.700><c> in</c>

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his<00:19:56.140><c> service,</c>

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and<00:19:57.740><c> would</c><00:19:57.940><c> quickly,</c><00:19:58.420><c> if</c><00:19:58.579><c> he</c><00:19:58.839><c> could,</c><00:19:59.519><c> disown</c><00:19:59.819><c> the</c><00:20:00.000><c> Almighty</c>

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in<00:20:03.000><c> the</c><00:20:03.200><c> earth</c><00:20:03.380><c> as</c><00:20:03.599><c> king</c><00:20:03.779><c> of</c><00:20:03.960><c> the</c><00:20:04.119><c> world.</c><00:20:05.279><c> That</c><00:20:05.460><c> was</c><00:20:05.720><c> Haman's</c><00:20:06.240><c> view.</c><00:20:06.799><c> No</c><00:20:07.119><c> such</c><00:20:07.380><c> man</c><00:20:07.640><c> was</c><00:20:07.859><c> more</c><00:20:08.019><c> to</c><00:20:08.220><c> K</c><00:20:08.359><c>.I.</c>

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and<00:20:16.500><c> sisters.</c><00:20:17.500><c> He</c><00:20:17.819><c> was</c><00:20:18.059><c> happy</c><00:20:18.299><c> to</c><00:20:18.539><c> represent</c>

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that<00:20:22.440><c> mattered.</c><00:20:23.779><c> And</c><00:20:23.960><c> Bordecai</c><00:20:24.440><c> was</c><00:20:24.759><c> more</c>

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than<00:20:25.279><c> happy</c><00:20:25.660><c> to</c><00:20:26.119><c> serve</c><00:20:26.420><c> King</c><00:20:27.119><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:20:27.960><c> as</c><00:20:28.359><c> a</c><00:20:28.579><c> symbol</c><00:20:28.799><c> of</c><00:20:28.980><c> the</c>

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dethrone<00:20:32.279><c> and</c><00:20:32.759><c> knew</c><00:20:32.940><c> that</c><00:20:33.180><c> he</c><00:20:33.400><c> could.</c><00:20:34.579><c> And</c><00:20:35.079><c> therefore</c><00:20:35.420><c> he</c><00:20:35.519><c> went</c><00:20:35.779><c> forth</c><00:20:36.059><c> with</c><00:20:36.220><c> a</c>

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great<00:20:36.799><c> crown</c><00:20:37.019><c> of</c><00:20:37.339><c> gold.</c>

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Have<00:20:38.240><c> a</c><00:20:38.299><c> look</c><00:20:38.480><c> at</c><00:20:38.619><c> Psalm</c><00:20:38.880><c> 21,</c><00:20:39.500><c> brethren</c><00:20:39.839><c> and</c><00:20:40.099><c> sisters.</c><00:20:40.839><c> What</c><00:20:41.180><c> sort</c><00:20:41.420><c> of</c><00:20:41.619><c> man</c><00:20:41.859><c> does</c><00:20:42.099><c> God</c><00:20:42.380><c> crown</c><00:20:42.779><c> with</c><00:20:42.960><c> a</c>

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crown<00:20:43.359><c> of</c>

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gold,<00:20:43.960><c> and</c><00:20:44.119><c> why</c><00:20:44.440><c> does</c><00:20:44.619><c> he</c><00:20:44.759><c> crown</c><00:20:44.920><c> himself?</c><00:20:50.039><c> Psalm</c><00:20:50.480><c> 21.</c>

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This<00:20:58.880><c> is</c><00:20:59.079><c> the</c><00:20:59.259><c> sort</c><00:20:59.400><c> of</c><00:20:59.599><c> man</c><00:20:59.839><c> that</c><00:21:00.039><c> God</c><00:21:00.319><c> crowns</c><00:21:00.759><c> with</c><00:21:00.900><c> a</c><00:21:01.019><c> crown</c>

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of<00:21:01.380><c> gold.</c>

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Psalm<00:21:05.160><c> 21,</c><00:21:05.680><c> reading</c><00:21:06.000><c> first</c><00:21:06.359><c> of</c><00:21:06.559><c> all</c><00:21:06.660><c> from</c><00:21:06.859><c> verses</c><00:21:07.160><c> one</c><00:21:07.440><c> to</c><00:21:07.599><c> four.</c>

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And<00:21:15.099><c> in</c><00:21:15.779><c> thy</c><00:21:16.400><c> salvation,</c><00:21:17.380><c> how</c><00:21:17.420><c> greatly</c><00:21:18.019><c> shall</c><00:21:18.319><c> he</c><00:21:18.519><c> rejoice.</c>

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Thou<00:21:20.480><c> hast</c><00:21:20.740><c> given</c><00:21:21.019><c> him</c><00:21:21.420><c> his</c><00:21:21.720><c> heart's</c><00:21:22.140><c> desire,</c>

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and<00:21:22.819><c> hast</c><00:21:23.099><c> not</c><00:21:23.299><c> withhold</c><00:21:23.660><c> him</c><00:21:23.799><c> the</c><00:21:23.980><c> request</c><00:21:24.500><c> of</c><00:21:24.720><c> his</c><00:21:24.980><c> lips.</c>

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Consider<00:21:26.279><c> that.</c><00:21:27.980><c> For</c><00:21:28.180><c> thou</c><00:21:28.480><c> preventest</c><00:21:29.039><c> him</c><00:21:29.180><c> with</c><00:21:29.400><c> the</c>

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blessings<00:21:29.960><c> of</c><00:21:30.299><c> goodness,</c><00:21:31.019><c> and</c><00:21:31.480><c> settest</c><00:21:31.880><c> a</c><00:21:32.279><c> crown</c><00:21:32.660><c> of</c><00:21:33.019><c> pure</c><00:21:33.460><c> gold</c><00:21:33.920><c> upon</c><00:21:34.220><c> his</c><00:21:34.559><c> head.</c><00:21:35.519><c> What</c><00:21:36.059><c> sort</c><00:21:36.259><c> of</c>

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crown<00:21:36.599><c> was</c><00:21:36.880><c> it?</c>

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It<00:21:38.460><c> was</c><00:21:39.000><c> a</c><00:21:39.220><c> crown,</c><00:21:39.700><c> brethren</c><00:21:39.819><c> and</c><00:21:40.099><c> sisters,</c><00:21:40.640><c> in</c><00:21:40.720><c> which</c><00:21:40.900><c> he</c><00:21:41.180><c> rejoiced</c><00:21:41.680><c> in.</c>

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And<00:21:42.500><c> what</c><00:21:42.680><c> did</c><00:21:42.799><c> he</c><00:21:43.039><c> rejoice</c><00:21:43.420><c> in?</c>

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Thy<00:21:44.640><c> strength.</c><00:21:46.960><c> Thy</c><00:21:47.380><c> salvation.</c><00:21:49.140><c> And</c><00:21:49.299><c> the</c><00:21:49.519><c> crown</c><00:21:49.759><c> upon</c><00:21:50.000><c> his</c>

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head,<00:21:50.460><c> brethren</c><00:21:50.640><c> and</c><00:21:50.960><c> sisters,</c><00:21:51.519><c> first</c><00:21:51.839><c> of</c><00:21:52.000><c> all</c><00:21:52.099><c> being</c>

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a<00:21:52.640><c> kingly</c><00:21:53.039><c> thing,</c><00:21:53.279><c> a</c><00:21:53.420><c> crown,</c><00:21:54.220><c> indicating</c><00:21:54.759><c> the</c><00:21:55.140><c> majesty</c><00:21:55.599><c> of</c><00:21:55.900><c> God,</c><00:21:57.059><c> and</c><00:21:57.220><c> a</c>

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being<00:21:57.480><c> of</c><00:21:57.779><c> pure</c><00:21:58.019><c> gold,</c><00:21:58.359><c> indicating</c><00:21:58.960><c> the</c>

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morality<00:22:00.019><c> of</c><00:22:00.319><c> that</c><00:22:00.579><c> God,</c><00:22:01.039><c> and</c><00:22:01.259><c> the</c><00:22:01.539><c> faith</c><00:22:01.759><c> he</c><00:22:01.940><c> had</c><00:22:02.059><c> in</c><00:22:02.220><c> that</c><00:22:02.440><c> God,</c><00:22:02.700><c> brethren</c><00:22:02.900><c> and</c><00:22:03.220><c> sisters,</c><00:22:03.660><c> was</c><00:22:03.940><c> all</c><00:22:04.339><c> of</c><00:22:04.740><c> God.</c>

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It<00:22:07.119><c> came</c><00:22:07.539><c> of</c><00:22:07.740><c> God,</c><00:22:08.420><c> and</c><00:22:08.440><c> therefore</c><00:22:08.819><c> the</c><00:22:09.099><c> crown</c><00:22:09.380><c> that</c><00:22:09.539><c> he</c><00:22:09.720><c> wore</c>

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was<00:22:10.079><c> a</c><00:22:10.259><c> crown</c><00:22:10.519><c> which</c><00:22:10.839><c> gave</c><00:22:11.180><c> glory</c><00:22:11.619><c> to</c><00:22:11.839><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:22:12.579><c> what</c><00:22:12.779><c> God</c><00:22:13.059><c> crowned</c><00:22:13.400><c> him</c><00:22:13.559><c> with.</c><00:22:13.980><c> And</c><00:22:14.059><c> the</c><00:22:14.279><c> reason</c><00:22:14.480><c> he</c>

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crowned<00:22:14.920><c> him</c><00:22:15.059><c> with</c><00:22:15.180><c> is</c><00:22:15.480><c> from</c><00:22:15.700><c> verse</c><00:22:15.940><c> seven</c><00:22:16.240><c> onwards.</c>

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For<00:22:17.039><c> the</c><00:22:17.359><c> king</c><00:22:17.880><c> trusted</c><00:22:18.539><c> in</c><00:22:19.000><c> Yahweh,</c><00:22:19.940><c> and</c><00:22:20.039><c> through</c><00:22:20.319><c> the</c><00:22:20.599><c> mercy</c>

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of<00:22:21.079><c> the</c><00:22:21.220><c> Most</c><00:22:21.519><c> High,</c><00:22:21.720><c> he</c><00:22:21.880><c> shall</c><00:22:22.059><c> not</c><00:22:22.359><c> be</c><00:22:22.640><c> moved.</c>

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Thine<00:22:24.160><c> hand</c><00:22:24.519><c> shall</c><00:22:24.759><c> find</c><00:22:25.099><c> out</c><00:22:25.339><c> all</c><00:22:25.579><c> thy</c><00:22:25.779><c> enemies.</c><00:22:27.000><c> Thy</c><00:22:27.240><c> right</c>

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hand<00:22:27.819><c> shall</c><00:22:28.019><c> find</c><00:22:28.319><c> out</c><00:22:28.559><c> those</c><00:22:28.839><c> that</c><00:22:29.059><c> hate</c><00:22:29.299><c> thee.</c>

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Thou<00:22:30.480><c> shalt</c><00:22:30.740><c> make</c><00:22:31.019><c> them</c><00:22:31.200><c> as</c><00:22:31.400><c> a</c><00:22:31.619><c> fiery</c><00:22:31.819><c> oven</c><00:22:32.039><c> in</c><00:22:32.240><c> the</c><00:22:32.359><c> time</c><00:22:32.519><c> of</c>

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thine<00:22:32.880><c> anger,</c><00:22:33.460><c> and</c><00:22:33.799><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:34.140><c> shall</c><00:22:34.420><c> swallow</c><00:22:34.779><c> them</c><00:22:34.980><c> up</c>

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and<00:22:36.019><c> the</c><00:22:36.240><c> fire</c><00:22:36.559><c> shall</c><00:22:36.819><c> devour</c><00:22:37.180><c> them.</c><00:22:37.819><c> Their</c><00:22:38.079><c> fruit</c><00:22:38.400><c> shall</c><00:22:38.640><c> they</c><00:22:38.859><c> destroy</c><00:22:39.319><c> from</c><00:22:39.559><c> the</c><00:22:39.759><c> earth,</c>

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and<00:22:40.400><c> their</c><00:22:40.799><c> seed</c><00:22:41.039><c> from</c><00:22:41.200><c> among</c><00:22:41.400><c> the</c><00:22:41.619><c> children</c><00:22:41.880><c> of</c><00:22:42.079><c> men,</c><00:22:42.579><c> for</c>

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they<00:22:43.079><c> intended</c><00:22:43.519><c> evil</c><00:22:43.900><c> against</c><00:22:44.400><c> thee.</c>

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They<00:22:45.059><c> imagined</c><00:22:45.539><c> a</c><00:22:45.839><c> mischievous</c><00:22:46.220><c> device</c><00:22:46.680><c> which</c><00:22:47.059><c> they</c><00:22:47.200><c> were</c><00:22:47.460><c> not</c><00:22:47.680><c> able</c><00:22:47.880><c> to</c><00:22:48.079><c> perform.</c>

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Those<00:22:51.339><c> words</c><00:22:51.859><c> could</c><00:22:52.859><c> have</c><00:22:53.059><c> been</c><00:22:53.180><c> on</c><00:22:53.380><c> the</c><00:22:53.619><c> caption</c><00:22:54.099><c> of</c><00:22:54.559><c> the</c><00:22:54.740><c> crown</c><00:22:55.039><c> of</c><00:22:55.279><c> Mordecai,</c>

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for<00:22:57.640><c> they</c><00:22:57.940><c> did</c><00:22:58.200><c> destroy</c><00:22:58.680><c> their</c><00:22:58.920><c> offspring</c><00:22:59.200><c> from</c><00:22:59.440><c> the</c><00:22:59.579><c> earth</c>

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and<00:23:00.119><c> hung</c><00:23:00.279><c> them</c><00:23:00.440><c> all</c><00:23:00.559><c> on</c><00:23:00.720><c> the</c><00:23:00.920><c> gallows,</c>

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and<00:23:02.640><c> they</c><00:23:02.799><c> were</c><00:23:03.119><c> not</c><00:23:03.400><c> able</c><00:23:03.640><c> to</c><00:23:03.819><c> perform</c><00:23:04.180><c> their</c><00:23:04.440><c> mischievous</c>

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device.<00:23:05.660><c> And</c><00:23:05.740><c> the</c><00:23:06.000><c> crown</c><00:23:06.200><c> of</c><00:23:06.539><c> gold,</c>

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brothers<00:23:07.099><c> and</c><00:23:07.400><c> sisters,</c><00:23:08.019><c> sitting</c><00:23:08.119><c> upon</c><00:23:08.480><c> Mordecai's</c><00:23:09.420><c> head,</c>

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spoke<00:23:10.539><c> eloquently</c><00:23:11.180><c> of</c><00:23:11.559><c> the</c><00:23:11.759><c> victory</c><00:23:12.299><c> of</c><00:23:12.960><c> God,</c>

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not<00:23:14.859><c> Mordecai.</c><00:23:16.599><c> That's</c><00:23:17.200><c> what</c><00:23:17.460><c> Psalm</c><00:23:17.759><c> 21</c><00:23:18.720><c> is</c><00:23:19.279><c> all</c><00:23:19.559><c> about,</c><00:23:19.900><c> and</c>

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that's<00:23:20.519><c> the</c><00:23:20.660><c> principle</c><00:23:21.059><c> of</c><00:23:21.440><c> that</c><00:23:21.660><c> crown</c><00:23:22.059><c> resting</c>

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upon<00:23:22.900><c> the</c><00:23:23.140><c> head</c><00:23:23.500><c> of</c><00:23:23.779><c> Mordecai.</c><00:23:25.900><c> And</c><00:23:26.259><c> of</c><00:23:26.480><c> course,</c><00:23:28.160><c> Shushan</c><00:23:28.579><c> was</c>

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glad,<00:23:29.180><c> we</c><00:23:29.299><c> read</c><00:23:29.460><c> at</c><00:23:29.619><c> the</c><00:23:29.680><c> end</c><00:23:29.839><c> of</c><00:23:29.960><c> verse</c><00:23:30.160><c> 15,</c>

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Jewish<00:23:31.880><c> influence</c><00:23:32.319><c> is</c><00:23:32.619><c> high</c><00:23:32.900><c> there,</c><00:23:34.000><c> and</c><00:23:34.140><c> the</c><00:23:34.319><c> Jews</c><00:23:34.480><c> had</c><00:23:34.740><c> light</c><00:23:35.019><c> and</c>

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gladness<00:23:35.700><c> and</c><00:23:35.940><c> joy</c><00:23:36.119><c> and</c><00:23:36.319><c> honor.</c>

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We<00:23:37.819><c> could</c><00:23:38.000><c> go</c><00:23:38.119><c> through</c><00:23:38.279><c> every</c><00:23:38.500><c> one</c><00:23:38.619><c> of</c><00:23:38.740><c> those</c><00:23:38.960><c> words,</c><00:23:39.640><c> brothers</c><00:23:39.640><c> and</c><00:23:39.819><c> sisters,</c><00:23:40.240><c> all</c>

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of<00:23:40.640><c> importance,</c><00:23:41.440><c> but</c>

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of<00:23:41.839><c> course,</c><00:23:42.339><c> that's</c><00:23:42.680><c> an</c><00:23:42.819><c> exercise</c><00:23:43.240><c> which</c><00:23:43.460><c> is</c><00:23:43.680><c> time</c><00:23:43.920><c> consuming.</c><00:23:45.359><c> But</c><00:23:45.480><c> we</c><00:23:45.660><c> read</c><00:23:45.779><c> as</c>

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a<00:23:46.180><c> result</c><00:23:46.500><c> of</c><00:23:46.839><c> Jewish</c>

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citizenship<00:23:47.720><c> becoming</c><00:23:48.259><c> so</c><00:23:49.700><c> notoriously</c><00:23:50.640><c> good.</c><00:23:52.099><c> It</c><00:23:52.319><c> was</c><00:23:52.539><c> wonderful</c><00:23:52.940><c> to</c><00:23:53.119><c> be</c><00:23:53.259><c> a</c>

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Jew,<00:23:53.859><c> and</c><00:23:53.960><c> we</c><00:23:54.119><c> read</c><00:23:54.200><c> at</c><00:23:54.359><c> the</c><00:23:54.480><c> end</c><00:23:54.720><c> of</c>

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chapter<00:23:55.180><c> 8,</c><00:23:55.759><c> and</c><00:23:56.099><c> many</c><00:23:56.480><c> of</c><00:23:56.720><c> the</c><00:23:56.920><c> people</c><00:23:57.279><c> of</c><00:23:57.500><c> the</c><00:23:57.619><c> land</c><00:23:57.880><c> became</c>

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Jews,<00:23:59.940><c> for</c><00:24:00.039><c> the</c><00:24:00.380><c> fear</c><00:24:00.559><c> of</c><00:24:00.799><c> the</c><00:24:01.079><c> Jews</c><00:24:01.579><c> fell</c><00:24:02.259><c> upon</c>

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them.<00:24:04.619><c> Oh,</c><00:24:05.640><c> look,</c><00:24:07.380><c> anyone,</c><00:24:08.339><c> a</c><00:24:08.500><c> Sunday</c><00:24:08.859><c> school</c><00:24:09.240><c> scholar,</c><00:24:10.059><c> could</c><00:24:10.259><c> bring</c><00:24:10.539><c> the</c>

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type<00:24:10.900><c> out</c><00:24:11.079><c> of</c><00:24:11.240><c> that.</c><00:24:12.920><c> Many</c><00:24:13.319><c> of</c><00:24:13.619><c> the</c>

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people<00:24:14.000><c> of</c><00:24:14.160><c> the</c><00:24:14.339><c> land</c><00:24:14.680><c> became</c><00:24:15.299><c> Jews,</c><00:24:17.859><c> for</c><00:24:18.000><c> at</c><00:24:18.240><c> the</c><00:24:18.500><c> time</c><00:24:18.759><c> when</c>

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we<00:24:19.079><c> were</c><00:24:19.259><c> Gentiles,</c><00:24:19.779><c> we</c><00:24:19.940><c> were</c><00:24:20.160><c> without</c><00:24:20.519><c> Christ,</c>

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weren't<00:24:21.180><c> we,</c><00:24:21.460><c> brothers</c><00:24:21.599><c> and</c><00:24:21.640><c> sisters?</c><00:24:23.279><c> Aliens</c><00:24:23.799><c> from</c><00:24:24.140><c> the</c><00:24:24.319><c> Commonwealth</c><00:24:24.660><c> of</c>

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Israel,<00:24:26.359><c> strangers</c><00:24:26.859><c> from</c><00:24:27.119><c> the</c>

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Covenant<00:24:27.539><c> of</c><00:24:27.839><c> Promise,</c><00:24:28.359><c> having</c><00:24:28.619><c> no</c><00:24:29.039><c> hope</c><00:24:29.240><c> and</c><00:24:29.400><c> without</c><00:24:29.740><c> God</c>

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in<00:24:30.200><c> the</c><00:24:30.400><c> world.</c><00:24:31.920><c> But</c><00:24:32.079><c> we're</c><00:24:32.339><c> no</c><00:24:32.460><c> longer</c><00:24:32.859><c> aliens</c><00:24:33.380><c> from</c>

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the<00:24:33.759><c> Commonwealth</c><00:24:34.039><c> of</c><00:24:34.319><c> Israel,</c><00:24:34.880><c> but</c><00:24:34.980><c> because,</c><00:24:35.579><c> brothers</c><00:24:35.839><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:24:36.339><c> the</c><00:24:36.539><c> fear</c><00:24:36.720><c> of</c><00:24:36.940><c> God</c><00:24:37.259><c> has</c><00:24:37.519><c> fallen</c><00:24:37.660><c> upon</c><00:24:37.960><c> us,</c>

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many<00:24:38.819><c> of</c><00:24:39.019><c> the</c><00:24:39.160><c> people</c><00:24:39.400><c> of</c><00:24:39.519><c> the</c><00:24:39.680><c> land</c><00:24:39.839><c> of</c><00:24:40.019><c> Australia</c><00:24:40.500><c> here</c><00:24:40.819><c> today</c><00:24:41.099><c> have</c>

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become<00:24:41.799><c> Jews.</c><00:24:43.900><c> And</c><00:24:44.059><c> in</c><00:24:44.180><c> the</c><00:24:44.380><c> age</c><00:24:44.559><c> to</c><00:24:44.779><c> come,</c>

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when<00:24:45.059><c> the</c><00:24:45.180><c> Lord</c><00:24:45.380><c> Jesus</c><00:24:45.839><c> Christ</c><00:24:46.200><c> calls</c><00:24:46.559><c> to</c><00:24:47.099><c> His</c><00:24:47.319><c> fold</c><00:24:47.619><c> the</c><00:24:48.740><c> great</c><00:24:49.079><c> flock</c><00:24:49.359><c> of</c>

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all<00:24:49.859><c> nations,</c><00:24:51.019><c> no</c><00:24:51.119><c> one</c><00:24:51.279><c> will</c><00:24:51.380><c> get</c><00:24:51.460><c> into</c>

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that<00:24:51.960><c> fold.</c><00:24:53.039><c> Who</c><00:24:53.220><c> can</c><00:24:53.480><c> lay</c><00:24:53.700><c> claim</c><00:24:53.940><c> to</c><00:24:54.099><c> anything</c><00:24:54.359><c> else</c><00:24:54.579><c> but</c><00:24:54.740><c> being</c><00:24:55.059><c> a</c>

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Jew?<00:24:55.819><c> Forces</c><00:24:56.240><c> Jesus,</c><00:24:57.079><c> to</c><00:24:57.180><c> the</c><00:24:57.400><c> Ecclesians</c><00:24:57.799><c> for</c>

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whom<00:24:58.079><c> He</c><00:24:58.240><c> wrote,</c><00:24:58.759><c> there</c><00:24:58.859><c> are</c><00:24:59.039><c> those</c><00:24:59.319><c> among</c><00:24:59.599><c> you</c><00:24:59.759><c> who</c><00:25:00.039><c> say</c><00:25:00.200><c> they</c>

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are<00:25:00.839><c> Jews</c><00:25:01.259><c> and</c><00:25:01.880><c> are</c><00:25:02.299><c> not.</c><00:25:04.279><c> By</c><00:25:04.640><c> which,</c><00:25:05.039><c> of</c><00:25:05.079><c> course,</c>

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He<00:25:05.420><c> means</c><00:25:05.559><c> that</c><00:25:05.740><c> the</c><00:25:05.920><c> criteria</c><00:25:06.400><c> of</c><00:25:06.660><c> the</c><00:25:06.819><c> Kingdom</c><00:25:07.019><c> of</c><00:25:07.240><c> God</c><00:25:07.539><c> is</c>

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that<00:25:07.980><c> we</c><00:25:08.099><c> must</c><00:25:08.440><c> become</c><00:25:08.940><c> Jews.</c><00:25:10.759><c> And</c><00:25:11.279><c> many</c><00:25:11.619><c> of</c><00:25:11.880><c> the</c><00:25:12.079><c> people</c>

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of<00:25:12.579><c> the</c><00:25:12.579><c> land</c><00:25:12.980><c> became</c><00:25:13.819><c> Jews.</c><00:25:15.119><c> You</c><00:25:15.200><c> know,</c><00:25:15.400><c> brothers</c><00:25:15.619><c> and</c><00:25:15.880><c> sisters,</c><00:25:16.259><c> the</c>

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very<00:25:16.640><c> fact</c><00:25:17.200><c> that</c><00:25:18.339><c> the</c><00:25:18.619><c> contraction</c><00:25:19.099><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:19.400><c> word</c><00:25:19.640><c> Judah</c><00:25:19.960><c> being</c><00:25:20.319><c> used</c><00:25:20.720><c> there,</c><00:25:21.039><c> the</c><00:25:21.180><c> term</c><00:25:21.380><c> of</c><00:25:21.680><c> contempt,</c><00:25:23.079><c> shows</c><00:25:23.240><c> what</c><00:25:23.440><c> was</c><00:25:23.740><c> involved</c><00:25:24.099><c> in</c><00:25:24.339><c> that.</c>

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People,<00:25:26.099><c> because</c><00:25:26.420><c> of</c><00:25:26.559><c> the</c><00:25:26.740><c> fear</c><00:25:26.859><c> of</c><00:25:27.019><c> the</c><00:25:27.160><c> Jews</c><00:25:27.299><c> and</c><00:25:27.519><c> because</c>

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Jewish<00:25:28.119><c> citizenship</c><00:25:28.680><c> was</c><00:25:29.000><c> now</c><00:25:29.440><c> so</c><00:25:29.759><c> honored</c>

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that<00:25:30.359><c> they</c><00:25:30.599><c> would</c><00:25:31.059><c> be</c><00:25:31.559><c> prepared</c><00:25:31.940><c> voluntarily</c><00:25:32.579><c> to</c><00:25:32.859><c> take</c><00:25:33.039><c> upon</c>

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themselves<00:25:33.839><c> the</c><00:25:34.259><c> despised</c><00:25:34.920><c> name</c><00:25:35.220><c> of</c><00:25:35.619><c> Jew.</c>

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It<00:25:37.240><c> was</c><00:25:37.500><c> a</c><00:25:37.599><c> humiliating</c><00:25:38.359><c> thing.</c><00:25:39.160><c> You</c><00:25:39.200><c> know,</c><00:25:39.619><c> we've</c><00:25:39.740><c> had</c><00:25:39.799><c> people</c><00:25:40.079><c> say</c>

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to<00:25:40.480><c> us,</c>

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why<00:25:41.079><c> would</c><00:25:41.339><c> God</c><00:25:41.539><c> choose</c><00:25:41.859><c> the</c><00:25:42.119><c> Jews?</c><00:25:42.720><c> We</c><00:25:42.799><c> give</c><00:25:43.079><c> our</c><00:25:43.279><c> reasons.</c>

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We<00:25:43.799><c> say,</c><00:25:44.019><c> oh,</c><00:25:44.119><c> because</c><00:25:44.460><c> of</c><00:25:44.619><c> the</c><00:25:44.819><c> fathers.</c>

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Not<00:25:45.759><c> only</c><00:25:45.940><c> because</c><00:25:46.200><c> of</c><00:25:46.319><c> that,</c><00:25:46.700><c> brothers</c><00:25:46.700><c> and</c><00:25:46.920><c> sisters.</c><00:25:47.960><c> That's</c><00:25:48.240><c> not</c>

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the<00:25:48.599><c> only</c><00:25:48.980><c> reason.</c><00:25:49.519><c> That's</c><00:25:49.920><c> the</c><00:25:50.079><c> prime</c><00:25:50.299><c> reason,</c>

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no<00:25:50.880><c> doubt.</c><00:25:51.519><c> But</c><00:25:51.579><c> there</c><00:25:51.799><c> are</c><00:25:51.980><c> other</c><00:25:52.140><c> things</c><00:25:52.420><c> involved.</c><00:25:53.339><c> You</c><00:25:53.519><c> imagine</c><00:25:54.339><c> what</c><00:25:55.740><c> God</c><00:25:56.480><c> will</c><00:25:56.680><c> be</c>

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able<00:25:56.980><c> to</c><00:25:57.160><c> do</c><00:25:57.240><c> with</c><00:25:57.400><c> Israel</c>

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that<00:25:58.140><c> He</c><00:25:58.220><c> could</c><00:25:58.319><c> do</c><00:25:58.500><c> with</c><00:25:58.799><c> no</c><00:25:59.000><c> other</c><00:25:59.180><c> nation.</c><00:26:01.000><c> You</c><00:26:01.240><c> imagine</c><00:26:01.660><c> the</c><00:26:01.900><c> process</c><00:26:02.299><c> of</c>

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humiliation<00:26:03.220><c> that</c><00:26:03.640><c> will</c><00:26:03.779><c> go</c><00:26:03.920><c> on</c><00:26:04.019><c> in</c><00:26:04.119><c> the</c>

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Kingdom<00:26:04.460><c> of</c><00:26:04.660><c> God.</c><00:26:05.119><c> When</c><00:26:05.319><c> you</c><00:26:05.539><c> were</c><00:26:05.740><c> baptized,</c><00:26:06.480><c> we</c><00:26:06.700><c> don't</c><00:26:07.000><c> probably</c><00:26:07.339><c> see</c>

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it,<00:26:07.859><c> brothers</c><00:26:08.000><c> and</c><00:26:08.180><c> sisters,</c><00:26:08.500><c> in</c><00:26:08.640><c> the</c>

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way<00:26:08.960><c> that</c><00:26:08.960><c> we</c><00:26:09.140><c> should</c><00:26:09.359><c> because</c><00:26:09.660><c> of</c><00:26:09.880><c> such</c><00:26:10.039><c> a</c><00:26:10.259><c> joyous</c><00:26:10.619><c> occasion.</c>

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But<00:26:11.480><c> you</c><00:26:11.700><c> know,</c><00:26:11.940><c> if</c><00:26:12.160><c> we</c><00:26:12.319><c> were</c><00:26:12.440><c> to</c><00:26:12.559><c> be</c><00:26:12.779><c> baptized</c>

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before<00:26:13.660><c> the</c><00:26:13.940><c> public</c><00:26:14.299><c> gaze</c><00:26:14.559><c> who</c><00:26:14.700><c> didn't</c><00:26:15.000><c> understand</c><00:26:15.460><c> their</c><00:26:15.720><c> principles,</c><00:26:16.420><c> they</c><00:26:16.619><c> would</c><00:26:16.839><c> laugh</c><00:26:17.200><c> at</c>

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us<00:26:17.519><c> as</c><00:26:17.779><c> being</c>

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absolute<00:26:18.900><c> lunatics.</c><00:26:22.019><c> And</c><00:26:22.380><c> yet</c><00:26:22.500><c> to</c><00:26:22.700><c> go</c><00:26:22.900><c> down</c><00:26:23.220><c> into</c><00:26:23.359><c> that</c><00:26:23.619><c> water</c>

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in<00:26:25.059><c> an</c><00:26:25.220><c> act</c><00:26:25.339><c> which</c><00:26:25.779><c> looked</c><00:26:26.039><c> at</c><00:26:26.200><c> it</c><00:26:26.259><c> from</c><00:26:26.460><c> that</c>

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viewpoint<00:26:27.079><c> as</c><00:26:27.339><c> just</c><00:26:27.539><c> an</c><00:26:27.720><c> act</c><00:26:28.019><c> of</c><00:26:28.619><c> lunacy</c><00:26:29.140><c> is</c><00:26:30.420><c> to</c><00:26:30.680><c> humiliate</c><00:26:31.299><c> ourselves</c><00:26:31.759><c> before</c><00:26:32.220><c> our</c><00:26:32.559><c> God</c><00:26:32.940><c> and</c><00:26:33.859><c> to</c>

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admit,<00:26:34.759><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:26:35.220><c> sisters,</c><00:26:35.640><c> that</c><00:26:35.720><c> in</c><00:26:35.960><c> submission</c><00:26:36.319><c> to</c><00:26:36.599><c> such</c><00:26:36.779><c> a</c><00:26:37.180><c> trifling</c><00:26:37.599><c> act</c><00:26:37.859><c> as</c>

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that,<00:26:39.299><c> yet</c><00:26:39.400><c> in</c><00:26:39.579><c> that</c><00:26:39.819><c> act</c><00:26:40.000><c> we</c><00:26:40.220><c> see</c><00:26:40.539><c> power</c><00:26:41.059><c> and</c>

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glory.<00:26:42.940><c> And</c><00:26:43.220><c> the</c><00:26:43.539><c> power</c><00:26:43.799><c> and</c><00:26:44.059><c> glory</c><00:26:44.339><c> consists</c><00:26:44.900><c> of</c><00:26:45.079><c> our</c><00:26:45.299><c> own</c><00:26:45.460><c> abasement</c><00:26:46.000><c> and</c><00:26:46.180><c> humiliation.</c><00:26:47.200><c> Well,</c><00:26:47.880><c> if</c>

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we<00:26:48.460><c> can't</c><00:26:48.779><c> see</c>

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that<00:26:49.099><c> in</c><00:26:49.279><c> baptism</c><00:26:49.599><c> now,</c><00:26:49.880><c> which</c><00:26:50.039><c> we</c><00:26:50.279><c> ought</c><00:26:50.420><c> to,</c><00:26:50.619><c> you</c><00:26:50.960><c> wait</c><00:26:51.220><c> till</c>

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the<00:26:51.640><c> age</c><00:26:51.859><c> to</c><00:26:52.119><c> come</c><00:26:52.380><c> when</c><00:26:52.779><c> the</c><00:26:53.119><c> might</c><00:26:53.299><c> of</c><00:26:53.500><c> all</c><00:26:53.640><c> the</c>

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nations<00:26:54.099><c> are</c><00:26:54.339><c> brought</c><00:26:54.440><c> up</c><00:26:54.700><c> before</c><00:26:54.960><c> the</c><00:26:55.180><c> King</c><00:26:55.359><c> of</c><00:26:55.539><c> all</c><00:26:55.720><c> the</c><00:26:55.920><c> earth.</c><00:26:57.279><c> When</c><00:26:57.559><c> the</c>

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mighty<00:26:58.000><c> nation</c><00:26:58.339><c> of</c><00:26:58.720><c> Australia,</c>

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mighty,<00:27:00.720><c> brothers</c><00:27:01.019><c> and</c><00:27:01.160><c> sisters,</c><00:27:01.599><c> not</c><00:27:01.779><c> in</c><00:27:02.000><c> the</c><00:27:02.119><c> sense</c><00:27:02.420><c> of</c><00:27:02.940><c> being</c><00:27:03.140><c> a</c>

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world<00:27:03.720><c> power,</c><00:27:04.839><c> but</c><00:27:05.160><c> mighty</c><00:27:05.460><c> in</c><00:27:05.700><c> its</c><00:27:05.940><c> own</c>

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estimation.<00:27:07.819><c> Mighty</c><00:27:08.039><c> in</c><00:27:08.299><c> the</c><00:27:08.539><c> fact</c><00:27:08.680><c> that</c><00:27:08.839><c> it</c><00:27:09.000><c> lives</c><00:27:09.140><c> in</c><00:27:09.339><c> a</c><00:27:09.460><c> land</c><00:27:09.680><c> carefree</c><00:27:10.240><c> and</c>

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careless.<00:27:11.559><c> Mighty</c><00:27:11.839><c> in</c><00:27:12.039><c> the</c><00:27:12.259><c> fact</c>

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that<00:27:12.539><c> it</c><00:27:12.599><c> can</c><00:27:12.819><c> drink</c><00:27:13.140><c> beer,</c><00:27:13.660><c> smoke</c><00:27:13.980><c> cigarettes,</c><00:27:14.720><c> bat</c><00:27:14.920><c> race</c><00:27:15.299><c> horses,</c><00:27:15.819><c> and</c><00:27:16.000><c> go</c>

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:18.160
to<00:27:16.380><c> the</c><00:27:16.559><c> football</c><00:27:16.900><c> matches.</c><00:27:17.779><c> Mighty</c><00:27:17.900><c> in</c>

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:20.839
the<00:27:18.339><c> sense</c><00:27:18.460><c> that</c><00:27:18.579><c> it</c><00:27:18.680><c> could</c><00:27:18.819><c> demand</c><00:27:19.240><c> more</c><00:27:19.759><c> and</c><00:27:20.059><c> more</c><00:27:20.339><c> and</c><00:27:20.519><c> more</c>

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:25.259
for<00:27:21.059><c> less</c><00:27:21.319><c> and</c><00:27:21.579><c> less</c><00:27:21.799><c> and</c><00:27:22.019><c> less.</c><00:27:23.500><c> Having</c><00:27:23.819><c> to</c><00:27:24.240><c> sit</c><00:27:24.619><c> down</c>

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:31.599
and<00:27:26.200><c> bow</c><00:27:26.619><c> down</c><00:27:27.119><c> to</c><00:27:27.380><c> the</c><00:27:27.640><c> feet</c><00:27:27.799><c> of</c><00:27:28.000><c> a</c><00:27:28.319><c> Jew.</c><00:27:30.140><c> Wait</c><00:27:30.299><c> for</c><00:27:30.559><c> that.</c><00:27:31.319><c> Wait</c><00:27:31.440><c> till</c><00:27:31.559><c> you</c>

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.980
see<00:27:31.759><c> England</c><00:27:32.079><c> come</c><00:27:32.359><c> up,</c><00:27:32.660><c> brothers</c><00:27:32.740><c> and</c>

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:37.519
sisters.<00:27:33.759><c> Land</c><00:27:34.039><c> of</c><00:27:34.240><c> hope</c><00:27:34.500><c> and</c><00:27:34.720><c> glory.</c><00:27:35.799><c> Britannia</c><00:27:36.319><c> never</c><00:27:36.799><c> shall</c><00:27:37.220><c> be</c>

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:40.779
slain,<00:27:38.259><c> won't</c><00:27:38.539><c> they?</c><00:27:39.940><c> Wait</c><00:27:40.220><c> till</c><00:27:40.259><c> you</c><00:27:40.480><c> see</c><00:27:40.599><c> them</c>

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:46.900
come<00:27:41.079><c> up</c><00:27:42.000><c> with</c><00:27:42.339><c> all</c><00:27:42.619><c> their</c><00:27:42.839><c> accents,</c><00:27:44.220><c> titles,</c><00:27:45.640><c> aristocracy,</c>

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:50.980
history<00:27:47.660><c> stained</c><00:27:48.279><c> with</c><00:27:48.880><c> all</c><00:27:49.119><c> the</c><00:27:49.380><c> glory</c><00:27:49.660><c> of</c><00:27:49.880><c> kings</c><00:27:50.180><c> and</c>

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:54.640
earls,<00:27:52.779><c> monarchs,</c><00:27:53.400><c> coming</c><00:27:53.599><c> there,</c><00:27:53.920><c> brothers</c><00:27:54.140><c> and</c><00:27:54.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:58.299
and<00:27:55.099><c> laying</c><00:27:55.319><c> their</c><00:27:55.640><c> feet</c><00:27:55.980><c> at</c><00:27:56.279><c> the</c><00:27:56.440><c> feet</c><00:27:56.619><c> of</c><00:27:56.859><c> a</c><00:27:57.200><c> Jew.</c>

00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:03.019
Wait<00:27:59.400><c> till</c><00:27:59.500><c> you</c><00:27:59.640><c> see</c><00:27:59.759><c> the</c><00:28:00.039><c> American</c><00:28:00.480><c> come,</c><00:28:02.299><c> who</c><00:28:02.440><c> rules</c><00:28:02.740><c> the</c>

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:04.539
world<00:28:03.240><c> with</c><00:28:03.420><c> his</c><00:28:03.660><c> dollar,</c>

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:08.180
to<00:28:05.619><c> whom</c><00:28:05.759><c> the</c><00:28:06.039><c> world</c><00:28:06.279><c> owes</c><00:28:06.539><c> a</c><00:28:06.700><c> great</c><00:28:06.920><c> debt</c><00:28:07.039><c> of</c><00:28:07.279><c> gratitude</c><00:28:07.640><c> because</c><00:28:08.019><c> he's</c>

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:09.319
an<00:28:08.420><c> American.</c>

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:14.400
Wait<00:28:10.599><c> till</c><00:28:10.660><c> you</c><00:28:10.759><c> see</c><00:28:10.960><c> him</c><00:28:11.200><c> there,</c><00:28:11.400><c> brothers</c><00:28:11.619><c> and</c><00:28:11.859><c> sisters,</c><00:28:12.420><c> and</c><00:28:12.599><c> come</c><00:28:12.759><c> before</c><00:28:13.079><c> these</c><00:28:13.380><c> people</c><00:28:13.799><c> and</c><00:28:14.099><c> be</c>

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:15.059
glad<00:28:14.660><c> to</c><00:28:14.920><c> call</c>

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:21.079
himself<00:28:15.579><c> a</c><00:28:16.079><c> Jew.</c><00:28:17.400><c> Then</c><00:28:17.680><c> we'll</c><00:28:18.000><c> see</c><00:28:18.259><c> what</c><00:28:18.420><c> it's</c><00:28:18.599><c> all</c><00:28:18.819><c> about.</c><00:28:19.920><c> We'll</c><00:28:20.180><c> see</c><00:28:20.319><c> the</c><00:28:20.599><c> glory</c><00:28:20.819><c> of</c>

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:22.059
God<00:28:21.180><c> who's</c><00:28:21.460><c> never</c><00:28:21.740><c> seen</c><00:28:21.900><c> it,</c>

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:28.619
brothers<00:28:22.259><c> and</c><00:28:22.440><c> sisters,</c><00:28:22.819><c> and</c><00:28:23.039><c> we'll</c><00:28:23.339><c> understand</c><00:28:23.779><c> what</c><00:28:23.960><c> it</c><00:28:24.160><c> meant</c><00:28:24.279><c> for</c><00:28:24.559><c> the</c><00:28:25.099><c> Persians</c><00:28:26.980><c> of</c>

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:30.039
that<00:28:28.980><c> day</c>

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:35.480
to<00:28:30.779><c> become</c><00:28:31.140><c> Jews.</c><00:28:33.019><c> And</c><00:28:33.279><c> we'll</c><00:28:33.420><c> know</c><00:28:33.640><c> what</c><00:28:33.819><c> it</c><00:28:34.180><c> means</c><00:28:34.579><c> to</c><00:28:34.940><c> cross</c>

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:38.140
from<00:28:36.720><c> one</c><00:28:37.079><c> side</c><00:28:37.299><c> to</c><00:28:37.400><c> the</c><00:28:37.559><c> other,</c>

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:44.000
a<00:28:38.700><c> Hebrew,</c><00:28:40.380><c> and</c><00:28:40.539><c> to</c><00:28:40.779><c> change</c><00:28:41.119><c> your</c><00:28:41.339><c> nationality.</c><00:28:43.519><c> Thanks</c><00:28:43.759><c> be</c>

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:45.940
to<00:28:44.160><c> God</c><00:28:44.339><c> that</c><00:28:44.500><c> we've</c><00:28:44.660><c> already</c><00:28:44.980><c> done</c><00:28:45.160><c> it,</c>

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:50.920
and<00:28:46.880><c> we</c><00:28:47.019><c> don't</c><00:28:47.299><c> own</c><00:28:47.480><c> any</c><00:28:47.799><c> nationality</c><00:28:48.400><c> except</c><00:28:49.039><c> that</c><00:28:49.440><c> of</c><00:28:49.660><c> Israel.</c><00:28:50.700><c> And</c>

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:52.500
we've<00:28:51.299><c> buried</c><00:28:51.519><c> our</c><00:28:51.839><c> national</c><00:28:52.140><c> pride,</c>

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:56.000
brothers<00:28:52.799><c> and</c><00:28:53.019><c> sisters,</c><00:28:54.000><c> buried</c><00:28:54.180><c> it</c><00:28:54.500><c> deep</c><00:28:54.700><c> in</c><00:28:54.859><c> the</c><00:28:55.059><c> earth,</c><00:28:55.539><c> and</c><00:28:55.740><c> no</c>

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:58.539
longer<00:28:56.440><c> do</c><00:28:57.059><c> we</c><00:28:57.279><c> regard</c><00:28:57.519><c> ourselves</c><00:28:57.920><c> as</c><00:28:58.160><c> anything</c>

00:28:58.539 --> 00:29:01.980
else<00:28:58.859><c> but</c><00:28:59.059><c> equals,</c><00:29:00.640><c> members</c><00:29:00.920><c> of</c><00:29:01.140><c> the</c><00:29:01.319><c> Commonwealth</c><00:29:01.619><c> of</c><00:29:01.799><c> the</c>

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:04.880
same<00:29:02.160><c> nation,</c><00:29:03.500><c> because</c><00:29:03.819><c> the</c><00:29:04.099><c> fear</c><00:29:04.259><c> of</c><00:29:04.400><c> the</c><00:29:04.579><c> Jews</c>

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:10.660
has<00:29:05.579><c> fallen</c><00:29:05.740><c> upon</c><00:29:05.980><c> us</c><00:29:06.319><c> too.</c><00:29:08.619><c> I</c><00:29:08.779><c> had</c><00:29:08.980><c> intended</c><00:29:09.240><c> to</c><00:29:09.460><c> turn</c><00:29:09.579><c> up</c><00:29:09.779><c> several</c><00:29:10.099><c> references,</c><00:29:10.599><c> and</c>

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:12.299
we<00:29:10.779><c> refer</c><00:29:11.079><c> to</c><00:29:11.220><c> one</c><00:29:11.400><c> of</c><00:29:11.500><c> them.</c>

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:17.420
You<00:29:13.640><c> know,</c><00:29:13.819><c> in</c><00:29:13.900><c> the</c><00:29:14.000><c> days</c><00:29:14.160><c> of</c><00:29:14.519><c> Jacob,</c><00:29:16.200><c> he</c><00:29:16.319><c> had</c><00:29:16.460><c> 12</c><00:29:16.779><c> sons,</c><00:29:17.259><c> and</c>

00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:19.500
they<00:29:17.500><c> came</c><00:29:17.740><c> back</c><00:29:17.940><c> from</c><00:29:18.180><c> Paton</c><00:29:18.599><c> Aran,</c>

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:24.000
and<00:29:20.480><c> they</c><00:29:20.720><c> came</c><00:29:20.880><c> to</c><00:29:21.039><c> a</c><00:29:21.200><c> place</c><00:29:21.359><c> called</c><00:29:21.640><c> Shechem,</c><00:29:22.660><c> and</c><00:29:22.859><c> there</c><00:29:22.960><c> they</c><00:29:23.079><c> got</c><00:29:23.240><c> mixed</c><00:29:23.619><c> up,</c><00:29:23.799><c> or</c>

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Dinah<00:29:24.339><c> did,</c>

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:28.220
his<00:29:24.980><c> daughter,</c><00:29:25.720><c> with</c><00:29:25.799><c> one</c><00:29:25.960><c> of</c><00:29:26.079><c> the</c><00:29:26.200><c> inhabitants.</c><00:29:27.759><c> And</c><00:29:27.980><c> Simeon</c>

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.599
and<00:29:28.400><c> Levi</c><00:29:28.599><c> went</c><00:29:28.920><c> down,</c><00:29:29.240><c> didn't</c><00:29:29.400><c> they,</c>

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:33.099
brothers<00:29:29.859><c> and</c><00:29:30.079><c> sisters,</c><00:29:30.859><c> when</c><00:29:31.140><c> the</c><00:29:31.339><c> men</c><00:29:31.440><c> had</c><00:29:31.579><c> been</c><00:29:31.940><c> circumcised</c><00:29:32.460><c> and</c><00:29:32.619><c> unable</c><00:29:32.880><c> to</c>

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.720
defend<00:29:33.299><c> themselves</c>

00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:38.700
and<00:29:33.940><c> slew</c><00:29:34.279><c> the</c><00:29:34.480><c> miles</c><00:29:34.599><c> of</c><00:29:34.759><c> that</c><00:29:34.920><c> city.</c><00:29:36.380><c> And</c><00:29:36.640><c> Jacob</c><00:29:36.859><c> was</c><00:29:37.339><c> fearful</c><00:29:37.900><c> of</c><00:29:38.420><c> the</c>

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:40.299
consequences,<00:29:39.299><c> and</c><00:29:39.539><c> he</c><00:29:39.779><c> fled</c><00:29:39.880><c> for</c><00:29:40.059><c> his</c>

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:44.720
life<00:29:40.460><c> with</c><00:29:40.640><c> his</c><00:29:40.880><c> sons.</c><00:29:42.559><c> And</c><00:29:42.839><c> the</c><00:29:43.180><c> fear</c><00:29:43.500><c> of</c><00:29:43.660><c> God</c><00:29:44.039><c> fell</c><00:29:44.279><c> upon</c><00:29:44.500><c> the</c>

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:48.279
land,<00:29:44.880><c> it</c><00:29:45.119><c> says,</c><00:29:45.940><c> and</c><00:29:46.160><c> they</c><00:29:46.519><c> pursued</c><00:29:47.119><c> not</c>

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:55.000
after<00:29:48.900><c> the</c><00:29:49.400><c> sons</c><00:29:49.700><c> of</c><00:29:50.099><c> Jacob.</c><00:29:53.140><c> Malachi</c><00:29:53.660><c> just</c><00:29:54.579><c> picked</c><00:29:54.799><c> that</c><00:29:54.940><c> up</c>

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:56.160
out<00:29:55.099><c> of</c><00:29:55.220><c> the</c><00:29:55.359><c> record</c><00:29:55.519><c> and</c><00:29:55.779><c> says,</c>

00:29:56.160 --> 00:30:04.740
I<00:29:57.059><c> am</c><00:29:57.240><c> Yahweh,</c><00:29:59.140><c> I</c><00:29:59.339><c> don't</c><00:29:59.799><c> judge,</c><00:30:00.980><c> therefore</c><00:30:01.579><c> the</c><00:30:02.640><c> sons</c><00:30:03.000><c> of</c><00:30:03.339><c> Jacob</c><00:30:03.779><c> are</c>

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:08.000
not<00:30:05.099><c> consumed,</c><00:30:06.619><c> because</c><00:30:06.980><c> the</c><00:30:07.420><c> fear</c><00:30:07.619><c> of</c><00:30:07.799><c> God</c>

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:12.359
had<00:30:08.220><c> fallen</c><00:30:08.359><c> upon</c><00:30:08.619><c> those</c><00:30:08.920><c> people,</c><00:30:10.400><c> and</c><00:30:10.539><c> the</c><00:30:10.779><c> fear</c><00:30:10.960><c> of</c><00:30:11.220><c> God</c><00:30:11.460><c> will</c><00:30:11.740><c> fall</c><00:30:11.880><c> upon</c><00:30:12.119><c> the</c>

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:13.880
people,<00:30:12.880><c> and</c><00:30:12.940><c> they</c><00:30:13.119><c> will</c><00:30:13.420><c> see</c><00:30:13.640><c> the</c>

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:17.000
Jews,<00:30:14.140><c> brothers</c><00:30:14.240><c> and</c><00:30:14.279><c> sisters,</c><00:30:14.759><c> have</c><00:30:14.980><c> never</c><00:30:15.339><c> seen</c><00:30:15.579><c> him</c><00:30:15.759><c> before.</c><00:30:16.839><c> You</c>

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:18.900
know,<00:30:17.460><c> it's</c><00:30:17.720><c> one</c><00:30:17.880><c> of</c><00:30:17.960><c> the</c><00:30:18.259><c> greatest</c><00:30:18.559><c> things</c>

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:21.700
I<00:30:19.140><c> reckon</c><00:30:19.319><c> of</c><00:30:19.480><c> the</c><00:30:19.640><c> kingdom</c><00:30:19.859><c> of</c><00:30:20.119><c> God</c><00:30:20.279><c> to</c><00:30:20.480><c> see</c><00:30:20.579><c> the</c><00:30:20.819><c> transformation</c><00:30:21.420><c> of</c><00:30:21.619><c> the</c>

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:23.779
Jewish<00:30:21.920><c> people,</c><00:30:22.720><c> because</c>

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:26.619
for<00:30:23.960><c> all</c><00:30:24.259><c> their</c><00:30:24.500><c> stubbornness,</c><00:30:25.119><c> brothers</c><00:30:25.220><c> and</c><00:30:25.420><c> sisters,</c><00:30:26.420><c> for</c>

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:28.480
all<00:30:26.920><c> that,</c><00:30:27.119><c> and</c><00:30:27.279><c> the</c><00:30:27.440><c> way</c><00:30:27.599><c> that</c><00:30:27.759><c> we've</c><00:30:28.079><c> cursed</c><00:30:28.339><c> them</c>

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:31.160
in<00:30:28.599><c> our</c><00:30:28.819><c> exhortations</c><00:30:29.380><c> over</c><00:30:29.700><c> the</c><00:30:29.940><c> years,</c><00:30:30.519><c> in</c><00:30:30.640><c> order</c><00:30:30.740><c> that</c><00:30:30.960><c> we</c>

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:33.859
may<00:30:31.660><c> better</c><00:30:31.940><c> ourselves</c><00:30:32.539><c> in</c><00:30:32.740><c> our</c><00:30:32.920><c> service</c><00:30:33.119><c> to</c><00:30:33.299><c> our</c><00:30:33.500><c> king.</c>

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:37.779
You<00:30:34.299><c> know,</c><00:30:34.480><c> the</c><00:30:34.680><c> Jew</c><00:30:34.819><c> has</c><00:30:35.160><c> this</c><00:30:35.380><c> to</c><00:30:35.619><c> commend</c><00:30:35.880><c> him,</c><00:30:37.359><c> that</c><00:30:37.460><c> we're</c>

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:39.400
told<00:30:37.980><c> in</c><00:30:38.160><c> the</c><00:30:38.299><c> scriptures</c><00:30:38.619><c> that</c><00:30:38.819><c> when</c><00:30:39.059><c> the</c><00:30:39.220><c> Lord</c>

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:46.160
Jesus<00:30:39.799><c> Christ</c><00:30:40.119><c> is</c><00:30:40.539><c> revealed</c><00:30:40.960><c> to</c><00:30:41.240><c> him,</c><00:30:41.960><c> he</c><00:30:42.559><c> will</c><00:30:43.140><c> change.</c><00:30:45.680><c> And</c>

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:48.859
that's<00:30:46.400><c> what</c><00:30:46.720><c> a</c><00:30:46.960><c> lot</c><00:30:47.240><c> of</c><00:30:47.480><c> the</c><00:30:47.640><c> Gentiles</c><00:30:48.140><c> will</c><00:30:48.559><c> never</c>

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:53.380
do,<00:30:49.339><c> and</c><00:30:50.440><c> it'll</c><00:30:50.660><c> be</c><00:30:50.819><c> a</c><00:30:50.980><c> wonderful</c><00:30:51.319><c> thing</c><00:30:51.680><c> to</c><00:30:51.880><c> see</c><00:30:52.039><c> that</c><00:30:52.359><c> done.</c>

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:56.079
And<00:30:54.400><c> so</c><00:30:54.660><c> they</c><00:30:54.799><c> were</c><00:30:54.960><c> prepared</c><00:30:55.319><c> for</c><00:30:55.480><c> the</c><00:30:55.640><c> great</c><00:30:55.819><c> day</c>

00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:59.539
in<00:30:56.240><c> chapter</c><00:30:56.500><c> 9,</c><00:30:57.759><c> and</c><00:30:57.920><c> the</c><00:30:58.180><c> preparations</c><00:30:58.619><c> for</c><00:30:58.819><c> that</c><00:30:59.000><c> great</c><00:30:59.240><c> day</c>

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:02.460
drew<00:30:59.779><c> on,</c><00:31:00.099><c> brothers</c><00:31:00.220><c> and</c><00:31:00.299><c> sisters,</c><00:31:01.559><c> the</c><00:31:01.740><c> 13th</c><00:31:02.259><c> of</c>

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:07.299
Adah,<00:31:04.119><c> and</c><00:31:04.500><c> Mordecai's</c><00:31:05.319><c> decree</c><00:31:05.519><c> went</c><00:31:05.819><c> out,</c><00:31:06.440><c> and</c><00:31:06.940><c> there</c><00:31:07.099><c> were</c>

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:09.160
still<00:31:07.579><c> the</c><00:31:07.799><c> enemies</c><00:31:08.039><c> of</c><00:31:08.240><c> the</c><00:31:08.380><c> Jews</c><00:31:08.559><c> who</c><00:31:08.819><c> hoped</c><00:31:08.980><c> to</c>

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:12.599
have<00:31:09.319><c> power</c><00:31:09.660><c> over</c><00:31:09.880><c> them</c><00:31:10.059><c> in</c><00:31:10.200><c> verse</c><00:31:10.519><c> 1.</c><00:31:11.180><c> You</c><00:31:11.299><c> see,</c><00:31:12.000><c> I</c><00:31:12.299><c> believe,</c>

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:14.440
brothers<00:31:12.819><c> and</c><00:31:13.079><c> sisters,</c><00:31:13.259><c> that</c><00:31:13.500><c> the</c><00:31:13.660><c> decree</c><00:31:13.819><c> of</c><00:31:14.079><c> defense</c>

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:18.640
which<00:31:14.619><c> was</c><00:31:14.819><c> given</c><00:31:15.039><c> by</c><00:31:15.359><c> Mordecai</c><00:31:16.000><c> was</c><00:31:16.539><c> not</c><00:31:16.859><c> that</c><00:31:17.119><c> the</c><00:31:17.380><c> Jews</c><00:31:17.599><c> should</c><00:31:17.839><c> have</c><00:31:18.039><c> opportunity</c><00:31:18.420><c> to</c>

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kill<00:31:18.880><c> their</c><00:31:19.039><c> enemies.</c>

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That<00:31:19.420><c> was</c><00:31:19.740><c> not</c><00:31:19.980><c> the</c><00:31:20.140><c> purpose</c><00:31:20.400><c> of</c><00:31:20.559><c> it.</c><00:31:21.319><c> The</c><00:31:21.559><c> purpose</c><00:31:21.920><c> of</c><00:31:22.019><c> it</c><00:31:22.180><c> is</c>

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:25.180
they<00:31:22.480><c> should</c><00:31:22.779><c> stand</c><00:31:23.200><c> together</c><00:31:23.619><c> to</c><00:31:24.019><c> defend</c><00:31:24.619><c> themselves.</c>

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:28.960
They<00:31:25.619><c> were</c><00:31:25.839><c> not</c><00:31:26.000><c> to</c><00:31:26.220><c> take</c><00:31:26.380><c> the</c><00:31:26.539><c> initiative.</c><00:31:28.359><c> In</c><00:31:28.460><c> other</c><00:31:28.619><c> words,</c>

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:30.859
the<00:31:29.319><c> enemies</c><00:31:29.559><c> of</c><00:31:29.759><c> the</c><00:31:29.940><c> Jews</c><00:31:30.119><c> were</c><00:31:30.339><c> to</c><00:31:30.599><c> reveal</c>

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themselves,<00:31:32.359><c> and</c><00:31:32.640><c> when</c><00:31:32.819><c> they</c><00:31:33.099><c> revealed</c><00:31:33.380><c> themselves,</c><00:31:33.900><c> they</c>

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:36.160
were<00:31:34.220><c> to</c><00:31:34.319><c> be</c><00:31:34.519><c> put</c><00:31:34.700><c> down</c><00:31:34.940><c> with</c><00:31:35.160><c> the</c><00:31:35.339><c> sword.</c>

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:38.920
The<00:31:36.660><c> Jews</c><00:31:36.859><c> were</c><00:31:37.119><c> not</c><00:31:37.279><c> to</c><00:31:37.480><c> take</c><00:31:37.640><c> the</c><00:31:37.839><c> offensive.</c><00:31:38.440><c> They</c><00:31:38.640><c> had</c><00:31:38.779><c> a</c>

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:41.119
decree<00:31:39.160><c> to</c><00:31:39.420><c> defend</c><00:31:39.680><c> and</c><00:31:39.859><c> not</c><00:31:40.059><c> to</c><00:31:40.299><c> kill.</c>

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:45.720
Kill<00:31:41.819><c> only</c><00:31:42.259><c> when</c><00:31:42.779><c> they</c><00:31:42.940><c> were</c><00:31:43.220><c> attacked,</c><00:31:44.920><c> and</c><00:31:45.119><c> attacked</c><00:31:45.359><c> they</c>

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:48.160
were,<00:31:46.380><c> and</c><00:31:46.500><c> I</c><00:31:46.740><c> believe</c><00:31:46.940><c> the</c><00:31:47.160><c> purpose</c><00:31:47.460><c> of</c><00:31:47.640><c> the</c><00:31:47.779><c> decree</c>

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:51.500
was<00:31:48.579><c> to</c><00:31:48.859><c> neutralize</c><00:31:49.480><c> Haman's</c><00:31:50.000><c> edict</c><00:31:50.180><c> rather</c><00:31:50.759><c> than</c><00:31:50.940><c> give</c><00:31:51.119><c> the</c>

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:53.380
Jews<00:31:51.779><c> the</c><00:31:52.059><c> right</c><00:31:52.240><c> to</c><00:31:52.500><c> kill</c><00:31:52.700><c> people.</c><00:31:53.039><c> That</c><00:31:53.039><c> wasn't</c>

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:56.359
the<00:31:53.500><c> purpose</c><00:31:53.759><c> of</c><00:31:53.880><c> it</c><00:31:54.000><c> at</c><00:31:54.160><c> all,</c><00:31:54.519><c> and</c><00:31:54.680><c> when</c><00:31:54.920><c> Mordecai</c><00:31:55.359><c> wrote</c><00:31:55.740><c> in</c>

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:59.759
the<00:31:56.460><c> words</c><00:31:56.940><c> of</c><00:31:58.279><c> Haman's</c><00:31:58.740><c> edict,</c><00:31:59.160><c> what</c><00:31:59.299><c> he</c><00:31:59.420><c> wanted</c><00:31:59.579><c> to</c>

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:01.720
do,<00:31:59.980><c> brothers</c><00:32:00.140><c> and</c><00:32:00.319><c> sisters,</c><00:32:00.440><c> was</c><00:32:00.700><c> impress</c><00:32:01.039><c> upon</c><00:32:01.220><c> everyone</c>

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:05.480
that<00:32:02.140><c> it's</c><00:32:02.519><c> wisdom</c><00:32:02.819><c> not</c><00:32:03.259><c> to</c><00:32:03.539><c> act</c><00:32:03.759><c> on</c><00:32:04.000><c> Haman's</c><00:32:04.579><c> edict.</c>

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:09.500
Obviously,<00:32:06.920><c> he</c><00:32:07.059><c> wanted</c><00:32:07.259><c> them</c><00:32:07.420><c> to</c><00:32:07.559><c> read</c><00:32:07.680><c> it</c><00:32:07.799><c> that</c><00:32:08.059><c> way,</c><00:32:09.140><c> and</c><00:32:09.220><c> when</c><00:32:09.380><c> he</c>

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.900
got<00:32:09.619><c> the</c><00:32:09.819><c> government</c><00:32:10.160><c> to</c><00:32:10.420><c> back</c><00:32:10.559><c> him,</c>

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:13.720
for<00:32:11.180><c> the</c><00:32:11.380><c> fear</c><00:32:11.539><c> of</c><00:32:11.779><c> Mordecai</c><00:32:12.299><c> fell</c><00:32:12.539><c> upon</c><00:32:12.779><c> the</c><00:32:12.980><c> government</c><00:32:13.339><c> as</c>

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:15.339
the<00:32:13.880><c> fear</c><00:32:13.960><c> of</c><00:32:14.160><c> the</c><00:32:14.259><c> Jews</c><00:32:14.400><c> fell</c><00:32:14.599><c> upon</c><00:32:14.819><c> the</c><00:32:15.079><c> people.</c>

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:18.180
If<00:32:15.759><c> the</c><00:32:15.940><c> Jews</c><00:32:16.140><c> affected</c><00:32:16.460><c> the</c><00:32:16.740><c> people,</c><00:32:17.119><c> Mordecai</c><00:32:17.619><c> terrified</c>

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:19.880
the<00:32:18.420><c> government,</c><00:32:18.960><c> and</c><00:32:19.099><c> when</c><00:32:19.299><c> Mordecai</c><00:32:19.740><c> had</c>

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:21.900
the<00:32:20.140><c> government</c><00:32:20.400><c> behind</c><00:32:20.799><c> him,</c><00:32:20.980><c> he</c><00:32:21.200><c> hoped</c><00:32:21.380><c> that</c><00:32:21.599><c> the</c><00:32:21.759><c> people</c>

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:23.299
of<00:32:22.079><c> the</c><00:32:22.220><c> kingdom</c><00:32:22.480><c> see</c><00:32:22.720><c> that</c><00:32:22.900><c> the</c><00:32:23.059><c> government</c>

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:26.039
would<00:32:23.579><c> back</c><00:32:23.700><c> his</c><00:32:23.980><c> decree,</c><00:32:24.579><c> that</c><00:32:24.720><c> they</c><00:32:24.880><c> would</c><00:32:25.140><c> not</c><00:32:25.359><c> act</c><00:32:25.619><c> upon</c>

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:29.440
the<00:32:26.640><c> decree</c><00:32:27.000><c> of</c><00:32:27.279><c> Haman,</c><00:32:27.700><c> but</c><00:32:28.059><c> some</c><00:32:28.380><c> wanted</c><00:32:28.720><c> to.</c>

00:32:30.900 --> 00:32:34.559
Some<00:32:31.460><c> still</c><00:32:32.019><c> wanted</c><00:32:32.259><c> it,</c><00:32:32.799><c> and</c><00:32:33.160><c> we</c><00:32:33.420><c> read</c><00:32:33.559><c> that</c><00:32:33.779><c> the</c><00:32:34.039><c> enemies</c><00:32:34.359><c> of</c>

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:39.099
the<00:32:34.740><c> Jews</c><00:32:35.180><c> hoped</c><00:32:36.019><c> to</c><00:32:36.319><c> have</c><00:32:36.960><c> power</c><00:32:37.680><c> over</c><00:32:38.200><c> them.</c>

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:45.059
That's<00:32:41.240><c> a</c><00:32:41.339><c> bit</c><00:32:41.500><c> foolish.</c><00:32:44.099><c> If</c><00:32:44.220><c> they</c><00:32:44.380><c> only</c><00:32:44.519><c> looked,</c><00:32:44.920><c> brothers</c>

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:47.839
and<00:32:45.299><c> sisters,</c><00:32:46.380><c> at</c><00:32:46.599><c> the</c><00:32:46.819><c> name</c><00:32:47.160><c> which</c><00:32:47.460><c> the</c><00:32:47.660><c> Jews</c>

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:50.779
ought<00:32:48.140><c> to</c><00:32:48.299><c> have</c><00:32:48.400><c> been</c><00:32:48.619><c> called,</c><00:32:49.359><c> they</c><00:32:49.559><c> would</c><00:32:49.839><c> never</c><00:32:50.059><c> have</c><00:32:50.400><c> thought</c><00:32:50.579><c> to</c>

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:53.420
have<00:32:51.099><c> power</c><00:32:51.680><c> over</c><00:32:52.140><c> them,</c><00:32:52.579><c> because</c><00:32:52.940><c> the</c><00:32:53.220><c> true</c>

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:57.000
name<00:32:53.599><c> of</c><00:32:53.759><c> the</c><00:32:53.900><c> Jews</c><00:32:54.039><c> was</c><00:32:54.380><c> Israel,</c><00:32:56.019><c> which</c><00:32:56.299><c> means</c><00:32:56.579><c> that</c><00:32:56.779><c> they</c>

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:59.099
have<00:32:57.200><c> power</c><00:32:57.720><c> with</c><00:32:58.099><c> God.</c>

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:05.019
Very<00:33:00.579><c> foolish</c><00:33:01.039><c> to</c><00:33:02.140><c> take</c><00:33:02.380><c> on</c><00:33:02.559><c> a</c><00:33:02.740><c> man</c><00:33:02.960><c> who</c><00:33:03.180><c> has</c><00:33:03.359><c> God</c><00:33:03.559><c> on</c><00:33:03.740><c> his</c><00:33:04.019><c> side,</c><00:33:04.359><c> brothers</c><00:33:04.440><c> and</c><00:33:04.660><c> sisters.</c>

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:08.579
They<00:33:05.460><c> never</c><00:33:05.680><c> considered</c><00:33:06.140><c> it</c><00:33:06.380><c> that,</c><00:33:07.460><c> but</c><00:33:07.720><c> it</c><00:33:07.900><c> says</c><00:33:08.079><c> they</c><00:33:08.400><c> hope</c>

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.759
to<00:33:08.759><c> have</c><00:33:08.940><c> power</c><00:33:09.240><c> over</c><00:33:09.480><c> them,</c>

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:16.240
but<00:33:10.559><c> it</c><00:33:10.900><c> says</c><00:33:11.200><c> it</c><00:33:11.559><c> was</c><00:33:11.940><c> turned</c><00:33:12.619><c> to</c><00:33:13.119><c> the</c><00:33:13.339><c> contrary.</c><00:33:15.259><c> Now</c><00:33:15.380><c> to</c><00:33:15.519><c> that</c><00:33:15.720><c> reference</c><00:33:16.019><c> I'm</c>

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:19.599
talking<00:33:16.480><c> about.</c><00:33:17.940><c> Zechariah</c><00:33:18.420><c> 12.</c>

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:29.359
You<00:33:24.619><c> imagine</c><00:33:25.099><c> God</c><00:33:26.400><c> impressing</c><00:33:27.000><c> us</c><00:33:27.799><c> with</c><00:33:28.119><c> the</c><00:33:28.259><c> way</c><00:33:28.660><c> that</c><00:33:29.279><c> the</c>

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:32.819
fortune<00:33:29.599><c> of</c><00:33:29.819><c> the</c><00:33:29.920><c> Jewish</c><00:33:30.220><c> people</c><00:33:30.880><c> will</c><00:33:31.359><c> be</c><00:33:31.559><c> reversed.</c>

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:38.200
Every<00:33:34.759><c> human</c><00:33:35.140><c> being</c><00:33:35.480><c> born</c><00:33:35.819><c> normally</c><00:33:36.220><c> has</c><00:33:36.420><c> got</c><00:33:36.599><c> two</c><00:33:36.819><c> hands,</c><00:33:37.980><c> so</c>

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:39.220
I<00:33:38.319><c> want</c><00:33:38.380><c> with</c><00:33:38.579><c> your</c><00:33:38.759><c> left</c><00:33:39.000><c> hand,</c>

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:43.259
brothers<00:33:39.400><c> and</c><00:33:39.460><c> sisters,</c><00:33:39.839><c> to</c><00:33:40.019><c> turn</c><00:33:40.180><c> up</c><00:33:40.859><c> the</c><00:33:41.079><c> 28th</c><00:33:41.660><c> chapter</c><00:33:41.839><c> of</c><00:33:42.039><c> Deuteronomy,</c>

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:47.299
and<00:33:43.680><c> with</c><00:33:43.779><c> your</c><00:33:43.920><c> right</c><00:33:44.259><c> hand</c><00:33:44.440><c> to</c><00:33:44.599><c> turn</c><00:33:44.819><c> up</c><00:33:45.519><c> Zechariah</c><00:33:46.220><c> chapter</c><00:33:46.559><c> 12.</c>

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:51.839
Now<00:33:48.900><c> this</c><00:33:49.519><c> is</c><00:33:49.740><c> how</c><00:33:49.839><c> it</c><00:33:49.900><c> was</c><00:33:50.099><c> turned</c><00:33:50.420><c> contrary</c><00:33:51.059><c> to</c><00:33:51.500><c> what</c><00:33:51.700><c> the</c>

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:53.079
enemies<00:33:52.059><c> expected.</c>

00:33:57.839 --> 00:34:02.039
Zechariah<00:33:58.200><c> 12</c><00:33:59.059><c> and</c><00:34:00.160><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:34:00.839><c> 28.</c>

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:14.320
It<00:34:11.539><c> was</c><00:34:11.840><c> turned</c><00:34:12.380><c> contrary,</c><00:34:13.400><c> whatever</c><00:34:13.599><c> it</c><00:34:13.699><c> is.</c>

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:17.440
In<00:34:15.159><c> the</c><00:34:15.400><c> 12th</c><00:34:15.719><c> chapter</c><00:34:15.940><c> of</c><00:34:16.079><c> Zechariah</c><00:34:16.539><c> we</c><00:34:16.639><c> read</c><00:34:16.920><c> from</c><00:34:17.139><c> verses</c>

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:18.659
4<00:34:17.760><c> to</c><00:34:17.880><c> 6.</c>

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:23.800
In<00:34:20.900><c> that</c><00:34:21.260><c> day,</c><00:34:21.619><c> said</c><00:34:21.760><c> Yahweh,</c><00:34:22.260><c> I</c><00:34:22.420><c> will</c><00:34:22.760><c> smite</c><00:34:23.019><c> every</c><00:34:23.519><c> horse</c>

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:25.340
with<00:34:24.159><c> astonishment,</c>

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:30.019
and<00:34:26.099><c> his</c><00:34:26.420><c> rider</c><00:34:26.699><c> with</c><00:34:26.980><c> madness,</c><00:34:28.559><c> and</c><00:34:28.940><c> I</c><00:34:29.059><c> will</c><00:34:29.239><c> open</c><00:34:29.500><c> mine</c><00:34:29.719><c> eyes</c>

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:31.119
upon<00:34:30.239><c> the</c><00:34:30.440><c> house</c><00:34:30.679><c> of</c><00:34:30.960><c> Judah,</c>

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:34.280
and<00:34:31.360><c> will</c><00:34:31.579><c> smite</c><00:34:31.820><c> every</c><00:34:32.159><c> horse</c><00:34:32.380><c> of</c><00:34:32.500><c> the</c><00:34:32.699><c> people</c><00:34:32.900><c> with</c><00:34:33.280><c> blindness.</c>

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:38.860
And<00:34:35.719><c> the</c><00:34:35.980><c> governors</c><00:34:36.280><c> of</c><00:34:36.639><c> Judah</c><00:34:36.840><c> shall</c><00:34:37.179><c> say</c><00:34:37.380><c> in</c><00:34:37.519><c> their</c><00:34:37.860><c> heart,</c>

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:42.320
The<00:34:39.539><c> inhabitants</c><00:34:40.000><c> of</c><00:34:40.260><c> Jerusalem</c><00:34:40.699><c> shall</c><00:34:40.980><c> be</c><00:34:41.199><c> my</c><00:34:41.480><c> strength</c><00:34:41.940><c> in</c>

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:44.699
Yahweh<00:34:42.820><c> of</c><00:34:43.159><c> armies</c><00:34:43.559><c> their</c><00:34:43.860><c> God.</c>

00:34:45.219 --> 00:34:48.019
In<00:34:45.320><c> that</c><00:34:45.619><c> day</c><00:34:45.900><c> will</c><00:34:46.099><c> I</c><00:34:46.280><c> make</c><00:34:46.420><c> the</c><00:34:46.719><c> governors</c><00:34:47.000><c> of</c><00:34:47.320><c> Judah</c><00:34:47.480><c> like</c><00:34:47.820><c> a</c>

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:49.480
hearth<00:34:48.280><c> of</c><00:34:48.440><c> fire</c><00:34:48.699><c> among</c><00:34:48.980><c> the</c><00:34:49.219><c> wood,</c>

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:52.780
and<00:34:49.820><c> like</c><00:34:50.079><c> a</c><00:34:50.239><c> torch</c><00:34:50.460><c> of</c><00:34:50.760><c> fire</c><00:34:51.000><c> in</c><00:34:51.300><c> a</c><00:34:51.539><c> sheet,</c><00:34:52.280><c> and</c><00:34:52.400><c> they</c><00:34:52.599><c> shall</c>

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:54.820
devour<00:34:53.300><c> all</c><00:34:53.739><c> the</c><00:34:53.940><c> people</c><00:34:54.219><c> round</c><00:34:54.519><c> about,</c>

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:57.639
on<00:34:55.059><c> the</c><00:34:55.280><c> right</c><00:34:55.559><c> hand,</c><00:34:55.760><c> on</c><00:34:55.960><c> the</c><00:34:56.099><c> left,</c><00:34:56.800><c> and</c><00:34:56.920><c> Jerusalem</c><00:34:57.400><c> shall</c>

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:59.460
be<00:34:57.860><c> inhabited</c><00:34:58.159><c> again</c><00:34:58.519><c> in</c><00:34:58.719><c> their</c><00:34:58.840><c> own</c><00:34:59.079><c> place,</c>

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:04.320
even<00:35:00.239><c> in</c><00:35:00.599><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:35:01.500><c> They're</c><00:35:01.820><c> not</c><00:35:02.059><c> difficult</c><00:35:02.400><c> to</c><00:35:02.619><c> understand</c><00:35:02.980><c> those</c><00:35:03.260><c> words,</c><00:35:03.639><c> brothers</c><00:35:03.800><c> and</c><00:35:04.000><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:06.219
and<00:35:04.679><c> I'm</c><00:35:04.880><c> not</c><00:35:05.019><c> going</c><00:35:05.159><c> to</c><00:35:05.280><c> tell</c><00:35:05.340><c> you</c><00:35:05.480><c> anything</c><00:35:05.739><c> different</c><00:35:06.059><c> than</c>

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:07.079
what's<00:35:06.519><c> in</c><00:35:06.539><c> those</c><00:35:06.840><c> words,</c>

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:12.280
except<00:35:07.500><c> I</c><00:35:07.719><c> want</c><00:35:07.940><c> to</c><00:35:08.139><c> underline</c><00:35:08.719><c> them,</c><00:35:11.000><c> because</c><00:35:11.420><c> those</c><00:35:11.880><c> words</c>

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:16.139
indicate<00:35:12.980><c> a</c><00:35:13.559><c> vast</c><00:35:14.079><c> reversal</c><00:35:14.800><c> in</c><00:35:15.159><c> fortune,</c>

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:20.000
that<00:35:17.139><c> whereas</c><00:35:17.480><c> Israel</c><00:35:17.880><c> have</c><00:35:18.159><c> always</c><00:35:18.699><c> been</c><00:35:19.019><c> the</c><00:35:19.300><c> chopping</c><00:35:19.559><c> block</c><00:35:19.820><c> of</c>

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.679
the<00:35:20.159><c> nations,</c>

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:24.320
they<00:35:21.300><c> are</c><00:35:21.519><c> now</c><00:35:21.800><c> Yahweh's</c><00:35:22.480><c> battle</c><00:35:22.760><c>-axe</c><00:35:23.179><c> in</c><00:35:23.360><c> reverse.</c>

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:28.039
And<00:35:25.820><c> you</c><00:35:25.940><c> know,</c><00:35:26.300><c> brothers</c><00:35:26.460><c> and</c><00:35:26.619><c> sisters,</c><00:35:27.099><c> this</c><00:35:27.380><c> is</c><00:35:27.659><c> the</c><00:35:27.800><c> way</c>

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:29.860
that<00:35:28.239><c> the</c><00:35:28.460><c> creator</c><00:35:28.840><c> of</c><00:35:29.099><c> heaven</c><00:35:29.360><c> and</c><00:35:29.559><c> earth</c>

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:33.960
wrote<00:35:30.320><c> this</c><00:35:30.739><c> book</c><00:35:31.039><c> to</c><00:35:31.360><c> impress</c><00:35:31.699><c> that</c><00:35:31.940><c> upon</c><00:35:32.179><c> us,</c><00:35:32.480><c> and</c><00:35:32.800><c> I</c><00:35:33.039><c> hope</c><00:35:33.239><c> by</c><00:35:33.460><c> the</c><00:35:33.599><c> time</c><00:35:33.760><c> I</c>

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:35.039
finish<00:35:34.139><c> this</c><00:35:34.440><c> little</c><00:35:34.800><c> point,</c>

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:39.320
you<00:35:35.320><c> will</c><00:35:35.579><c> be</c><00:35:35.800><c> duly</c><00:35:36.099><c> impressed</c><00:35:36.519><c> that</c><00:35:36.820><c> that</c><00:35:37.300><c> book</c><00:35:37.460><c> is</c><00:35:37.940><c> God's.</c>

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:41.800
Now<00:35:39.579><c> listen,</c><00:35:40.519><c> there</c><00:35:40.599><c> are</c><00:35:40.820><c> three</c><00:35:41.159><c> words</c><00:35:41.559><c> in</c>

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:49.079
verse<00:35:42.179><c> four.</c><00:35:43.059><c> They</c><00:35:43.260><c> are</c><00:35:43.539><c> the</c><00:35:43.579><c> words</c><00:35:44.219><c> astonishment,</c><00:35:46.579><c> the</c><00:35:46.659><c> words</c><00:35:47.139><c> madness,</c><00:35:48.719><c> and</c>

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:50.840
blindness.<00:35:50.260><c> And</c><00:35:50.440><c> if</c><00:35:50.559><c> you</c><00:35:50.659><c> look</c>

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:52.900
them<00:35:51.079><c> up</c><00:35:51.239><c> in</c><00:35:51.440><c> a</c><00:35:51.679><c> concordance,</c><00:35:52.139><c> brothers</c><00:35:52.380><c> and</c><00:35:52.559><c> sisters,</c><00:35:52.820><c> you</c>

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:55.820
will<00:35:53.179><c> learn</c><00:35:53.340><c> that</c><00:35:53.519><c> they</c><00:35:53.739><c> mean</c><00:35:54.199><c> astonishment,</c>

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:59.139
madness,<00:35:56.820><c> and</c><00:35:57.139><c> blindness,</c><00:35:57.599><c> so</c><00:35:57.679><c> they're</c><00:35:57.900><c> well</c><00:35:58.119><c> translated.</c>

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:05.780
But<00:36:02.219><c> if</c><00:36:02.539><c> you</c><00:36:02.780><c> go</c><00:36:03.119><c> further</c><00:36:03.659><c> in</c><00:36:03.960><c> a</c><00:36:04.159><c> concordance,</c><00:36:05.139><c> and</c><00:36:05.199><c> you</c><00:36:05.340><c> imagine</c><00:36:05.619><c> what</c>

00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:07.460
I'm<00:36:05.900><c> going</c><00:36:06.019><c> to</c><00:36:06.159><c> say,</c><00:36:06.340><c> this</c><00:36:06.420><c> is</c><00:36:06.739><c> absolutely</c>

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:10.659
incredible,<00:36:08.800><c> the</c><00:36:08.940><c> way</c><00:36:09.079><c> that</c><00:36:09.280><c> book</c><00:36:09.420><c> is</c><00:36:09.639><c> written.</c><00:36:10.159><c> If</c><00:36:10.340><c> you</c><00:36:10.519><c> look</c>

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:12.579
at<00:36:10.860><c> concordance,</c><00:36:11.340><c> you'll</c><00:36:11.579><c> find</c><00:36:11.659><c> that</c><00:36:11.880><c> the</c><00:36:12.139><c> cognate</c>

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:17.139
of<00:36:12.840><c> those</c><00:36:13.079><c> words</c><00:36:13.519><c> is</c><00:36:13.960><c> used</c><00:36:14.719><c> copious</c><00:36:15.260><c> times</c><00:36:15.579><c> in</c><00:36:15.719><c> the</c><00:36:15.860><c> scripture,</c><00:36:16.599><c> but</c><00:36:16.780><c> in</c>

00:36:17.139 --> 00:36:19.480
that<00:36:17.480><c> particular</c><00:36:18.300><c> Hebrew</c><00:36:18.900><c> form,</c>

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:25.119
those<00:36:20.280><c> three</c><00:36:20.739><c> words</c><00:36:21.340><c> only</c><00:36:22.880><c> appear</c><00:36:23.199><c> one</c><00:36:23.519><c> at</c><00:36:23.699><c> a</c><00:36:23.860><c> time</c><00:36:24.019><c> in</c><00:36:24.219><c> the</c><00:36:24.380><c> whole</c><00:36:24.659><c> range</c><00:36:24.960><c> of</c>

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:27.940
the<00:36:25.300><c> Bible,</c><00:36:25.920><c> and</c><00:36:26.139><c> all</c><00:36:26.340><c> in</c><00:36:26.599><c> one</c><00:36:26.940><c> verse.</c>

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:34.099
The<00:36:29.460><c> 28th</c><00:36:30.219><c> chapter</c><00:36:30.219><c> of</c><00:36:30.420><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:36:32.119><c> and</c><00:36:32.800><c> verse</c><00:36:33.099><c> 28.</c>

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:44.219
And<00:36:40.599><c> in</c><00:36:40.739><c> the</c><00:36:40.820><c> 28th</c><00:36:41.440><c> chapter</c><00:36:41.780><c> of</c><00:36:42.000><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:36:42.480><c> to</c><00:36:42.659><c> verse</c><00:36:42.900><c> 28,</c>

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:46.880
speaking<00:36:44.900><c> about</c><00:36:45.280><c> the</c><00:36:45.659><c> punishment</c><00:36:46.099><c> of</c><00:36:46.340><c> God</c><00:36:46.639><c> upon</c>

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:54.699
his<00:36:47.159><c> people,</c><00:36:48.500><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:48.920><c> shall</c><00:36:49.219><c> smite</c><00:36:49.739><c> thee</c><00:36:50.480><c> with</c><00:36:51.599><c> madness,</c><00:36:53.219><c> blindness,</c><00:36:54.519><c> and</c>

00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:57.079
astonishment<00:36:55.179><c> of</c><00:36:55.500><c> heart.</c><00:36:55.920><c> And</c><00:36:56.280><c> what's</c>

00:36:57.260 --> 00:37:03.980
context?<00:36:58.880><c> Verse</c><00:36:59.019><c> 25.</c><00:37:01.000><c> And</c><00:37:01.119><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:01.539><c> shall</c><00:37:01.820><c> cause</c><00:37:02.340><c> thee</c><00:37:03.059><c> to</c><00:37:03.679><c> be</c>

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:07.519
smitten<00:37:04.320><c> before</c><00:37:05.199><c> thine</c><00:37:05.800><c> enemies,</c><00:37:06.960><c> and</c><00:37:07.079><c> thou</c><00:37:07.280><c> shalt</c>

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:10.960
go<00:37:07.739><c> out</c><00:37:07.960><c> one</c><00:37:08.239><c> way</c><00:37:08.480><c> against</c><00:37:08.820><c> them</c><00:37:09.000><c> and</c><00:37:09.239><c> flee</c><00:37:09.460><c> seven</c><00:37:09.820><c> ways</c><00:37:10.139><c> before</c><00:37:10.539><c> them,</c>

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:13.099
and<00:37:11.320><c> shalt</c><00:37:11.539><c> be</c><00:37:11.760><c> removed</c><00:37:12.260><c> in</c><00:37:12.559><c> all</c><00:37:12.860><c> the</c>

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:16.519
kingdoms<00:37:13.400><c> of</c><00:37:13.639><c> the</c><00:37:13.860><c> earth.</c><00:37:14.940><c> And</c><00:37:15.320><c> then</c><00:37:15.460><c> he</c><00:37:15.599><c> took</c><00:37:15.780><c> those</c><00:37:16.199><c> three</c>

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:19.079
words,<00:37:17.039><c> brothers</c><00:37:17.159><c> and</c><00:37:17.400><c> sisters,</c><00:37:18.500><c> hundreds</c><00:37:18.800><c> of</c>

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:22.340
years<00:37:19.260><c> before</c><00:37:19.699><c> Zechariah,</c><00:37:20.619><c> he</c><00:37:20.780><c> took</c><00:37:20.980><c> them</c><00:37:21.099><c> out</c><00:37:21.199><c> of</c><00:37:21.320><c> the</c><00:37:21.539><c> vocabulary</c><00:37:22.099><c> of</c>

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:24.260
the<00:37:22.579><c> world,</c><00:37:23.500><c> locked</c><00:37:23.679><c> them</c><00:37:23.800><c> into</c><00:37:23.980><c> the</c>

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:29.639
heaven,<00:37:25.539><c> and</c><00:37:25.539><c> when</c><00:37:25.820><c> Zechariah</c><00:37:26.320><c> came</c><00:37:26.599><c> upon</c><00:37:26.900><c> the</c><00:37:27.159><c> scene,</c><00:37:27.820><c> hundreds</c><00:37:28.139><c> of</c><00:37:28.380><c> years</c><00:37:28.579><c> later,</c><00:37:29.420><c> to</c>

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:30.780
prophesy<00:37:30.099><c> of</c><00:37:30.320><c> the</c><00:37:30.500><c> great</c>

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:34.760
reversal,<00:37:32.139><c> when</c><00:37:32.380><c> the</c><00:37:32.739><c> enemies</c><00:37:33.079><c> of</c><00:37:33.440><c> Judah</c><00:37:33.659><c> would</c><00:37:34.179><c> be</c><00:37:34.460><c> driven</c>

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:37.000
before<00:37:35.239><c> them,</c><00:37:35.760><c> he</c><00:37:36.019><c> brought</c><00:37:36.219><c> the</c><00:37:36.519><c> three</c><00:37:36.780><c> words</c>

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:42.260
down<00:37:37.239><c> and</c><00:37:37.400><c> put</c><00:37:37.519><c> them</c><00:37:37.679><c> all</c><00:37:37.800><c> in</c><00:37:37.960><c> one</c><00:37:38.320><c> verse</c><00:37:38.480><c> in</c><00:37:38.679><c> Zechariah.</c><00:37:41.960><c> You</c>

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:45.119
say<00:37:42.420><c> that's</c><00:37:42.659><c> interesting?</c><00:37:44.099><c> You</c><00:37:44.360><c> sit</c><00:37:44.579><c> back</c><00:37:44.780><c> on</c><00:37:44.920><c> an</c>

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:49.059
armchair<00:37:45.400><c> sometime</c><00:37:45.920><c> and</c><00:37:46.159><c> think</c><00:37:46.360><c> about</c><00:37:46.639><c> it,</c><00:37:48.380><c> as</c><00:37:48.559><c> to</c><00:37:48.699><c> why</c><00:37:48.800><c> that</c>

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:52.199
was<00:37:49.360><c> done.</c><00:37:50.780><c> The</c><00:37:51.019><c> three</c><00:37:51.280><c> words</c><00:37:51.659><c> were</c><00:37:51.940><c> virtually</c>

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:57.300
removed<00:37:53.000><c> from</c><00:37:54.539><c> the</c><00:37:54.780><c> vocabulary</c><00:37:55.260><c> of</c><00:37:55.480><c> the</c><00:37:55.599><c> nation</c><00:37:55.960><c> until</c><00:37:56.699><c> that</c>

00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:59.420
verse<00:37:57.619><c> of</c><00:37:57.860><c> Scripture</c><00:37:58.039><c> was</c><00:37:58.340><c> written,</c><00:37:58.880><c> that</c><00:37:59.099><c> God</c>

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:03.460
might<00:37:59.739><c> impress</c><00:38:00.139><c> upon</c><00:38:00.460><c> us</c><00:38:00.840><c> that</c><00:38:01.099><c> there's</c><00:38:01.360><c> going</c><00:38:01.480><c> to</c><00:38:01.579><c> be</c><00:38:01.739><c> a</c><00:38:02.079><c> great</c><00:38:02.420><c> reversal</c><00:38:03.059><c> of</c>

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:05.400
fortune<00:38:03.940><c> as</c><00:38:04.480><c> far</c><00:38:04.679><c> as</c><00:38:04.900><c> the</c><00:38:05.039><c> Jews</c><00:38:05.199><c> and</c>

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:07.480
the<00:38:05.480><c> enemies</c><00:38:05.699><c> concerned.</c><00:38:06.360><c> And</c><00:38:06.579><c> so</c><00:38:06.699><c> there</c><00:38:06.820><c> were</c><00:38:06.940><c> people</c><00:38:07.260><c> who</c>

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:08.739
thought<00:38:07.599><c> they</c><00:38:07.719><c> were</c><00:38:07.760><c> going</c><00:38:07.820><c> to</c><00:38:07.900><c> have</c><00:38:08.059><c> power</c><00:38:08.480><c> over</c>

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:13.739
the<00:38:08.880><c> Jews,</c><00:38:09.039><c> and</c><00:38:09.179><c> it</c><00:38:09.300><c> was</c><00:38:09.639><c> turned</c><00:38:10.219><c> contrary</c><00:38:11.280><c> to</c><00:38:11.679><c> them.</c><00:38:13.059><c> And</c><00:38:13.579><c> it</c>

00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:15.780
wasn't<00:38:14.000><c> turned,</c><00:38:14.320><c> brothers</c><00:38:14.619><c> and</c><00:38:14.780><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:23.079
90<00:38:16.639><c> degrees</c><00:38:17.219><c> or</c><00:38:18.380><c> 180</c><00:38:19.019><c> degrees,</c><00:38:19.519><c> but</c><00:38:19.900><c> 360</c><00:38:20.800><c> degrees</c><00:38:21.420><c> right</c><00:38:21.840><c> around.</c><00:38:22.820><c> And</c>

00:38:23.079 --> 00:38:24.760
that's<00:38:23.420><c> what</c><00:38:23.639><c> those</c><00:38:24.039><c> two</c><00:38:24.219><c> references</c><00:38:24.519><c> put</c>

00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:29.659
together<00:38:25.239><c> are</c><00:38:25.699><c> telling</c><00:38:25.880><c> us.</c><00:38:26.820><c> Incredible,</c><00:38:27.440><c> isn't</c><00:38:27.699><c> it?</c><00:38:28.900><c> And</c><00:38:29.099><c> coming</c><00:38:29.280><c> back</c><00:38:29.500><c> to</c>

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:31.210
our<00:38:29.920><c> story</c><00:38:30.159><c> in</c><00:38:30.420><c> Esther,</c>

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:36.099
as<00:38:33.059><c> that</c><00:38:33.219><c> decree</c><00:38:33.519><c> went</c><00:38:33.800><c> forward</c><00:38:34.360><c> and</c><00:38:35.039><c> the</c><00:38:35.260><c> fateful</c><00:38:35.599><c> day</c><00:38:35.900><c> was</c>

00:38:36.099 --> 00:38:37.780
coming,<00:38:36.500><c> brothers</c><00:38:36.619><c> and</c><00:38:36.880><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:42.760
what<00:38:38.099><c> did</c><00:38:38.260><c> the</c><00:38:38.400><c> Jews</c><00:38:38.599><c> do</c><00:38:39.300><c> in</c><00:38:40.059><c> verse</c><00:38:40.440><c> 2?</c><00:38:41.820><c> Well,</c><00:38:42.219><c> they</c><00:38:42.400><c> knew</c><00:38:42.599><c> the</c>

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:44.480
law<00:38:42.880><c> of</c><00:38:43.019><c> the</c><00:38:43.159><c> king</c><00:38:43.280><c> was</c><00:38:43.539><c> immutable,</c>

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:48.480
and<00:38:45.579><c> they</c><00:38:45.619><c> knew</c><00:38:45.820><c> they</c><00:38:46.000><c> had</c><00:38:46.099><c> to</c><00:38:46.260><c> obey</c><00:38:46.519><c> to</c><00:38:46.699><c> the</c><00:38:46.840><c> letter.</c><00:38:48.199><c> So</c><00:38:48.360><c> they</c>

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:50.900
did<00:38:48.679><c> the</c><00:38:48.840><c> only</c><00:38:49.019><c> thing</c><00:38:49.219><c> possible</c><00:38:49.639><c> to</c><00:38:49.860><c> do.</c>

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:55.219
The<00:38:52.500><c> Jews</c><00:38:52.860><c> gathered</c><00:38:53.280><c> themselves</c><00:38:53.820><c> together.</c>

00:38:56.920 --> 00:38:59.920
Now<00:38:57.139><c> there's</c><00:38:57.420><c> the</c><00:38:57.559><c> first</c><00:38:57.800><c> time</c><00:38:58.000><c> it</c><00:38:58.199><c> appears,</c><00:38:59.059><c> and</c><00:38:59.460><c> two</c><00:38:59.699><c> other</c>

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:01.639
times<00:39:00.139><c> it</c><00:39:00.400><c> appears</c><00:39:00.639><c> also.</c>

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:05.699
So<00:39:02.420><c> they</c><00:39:02.500><c> did</c><00:39:02.619><c> exactly</c><00:39:03.099><c> what</c><00:39:03.340><c> the</c><00:39:03.539><c> decree</c><00:39:03.800><c> said.</c><00:39:04.440><c> Can</c><00:39:04.599><c> you</c><00:39:04.780><c> imagine,</c><00:39:05.519><c> brothers</c><00:39:05.519><c> and</c>

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:06.559
sisters,<00:39:05.920><c> what</c><00:39:06.139><c> would</c><00:39:06.320><c> have</c>

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:11.719
happened<00:39:06.820><c> if</c><00:39:07.860><c> some</c><00:39:08.260><c> care</c><00:39:08.739><c> for,</c><00:39:09.519><c> if</c><00:39:09.639><c> all</c><00:39:09.880><c> the</c><00:39:10.099><c> Jews</c><00:39:10.480><c> carelessly</c>

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:14.860
read<00:39:12.159><c> the</c><00:39:12.820><c> very</c><00:39:13.519><c> carefully</c><00:39:14.159><c> worded</c>

00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:18.079
edict<00:39:15.179><c> of</c><00:39:15.400><c> the</c><00:39:15.639><c> king?</c><00:39:16.440><c> Like</c><00:39:16.599><c> we</c><00:39:16.820><c> do</c><00:39:16.980><c> our</c><00:39:17.219><c> daily</c><00:39:17.460><c> readings</c><00:39:17.820><c> at</c>

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:20.340
times,<00:39:18.280><c> you</c><00:39:18.280><c> know,</c><00:39:18.860><c> late</c><00:39:19.059><c> at</c><00:39:19.300><c> night.</c>

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:28.539
You<00:39:21.780><c> know,</c><00:39:22.820><c> and</c><00:39:22.820><c> we</c><00:39:26.920><c> don't</c><00:39:27.179><c> know</c><00:39:27.400><c> what</c><00:39:27.679><c> we're</c><00:39:28.019><c> reading.</c><00:39:28.500><c> You</c>

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:30.679
know,<00:39:28.780><c> brothers</c><00:39:28.920><c> and</c><00:39:29.019><c> sisters,</c><00:39:29.380><c> that</c><00:39:29.719><c> word</c><00:39:30.079><c> deserves</c>

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:35.280
our<00:39:31.139><c> utmost</c><00:39:31.920><c> attention.</c><00:39:33.840><c> You</c><00:39:33.940><c> know,</c><00:39:34.119><c> it</c><00:39:34.260><c> really</c><00:39:34.639><c> grieves</c><00:39:34.940><c> me,</c>

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:37.599
even<00:39:35.739><c> in</c><00:39:35.940><c> the</c><00:39:36.099><c> meeting,</c><00:39:36.500><c> it</c><00:39:36.719><c> really</c><00:39:36.880><c> grieves</c><00:39:37.159><c> me</c><00:39:37.380><c> to</c>

00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:40.099
see<00:39:37.739><c> young</c><00:39:38.059><c> brethren</c><00:39:38.320><c> come</c><00:39:38.599><c> up</c><00:39:38.880><c> here</c><00:39:39.019><c> and</c><00:39:39.219><c> read</c><00:39:39.420><c> that</c><00:39:39.760><c> word</c>

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:44.559
slovenly.<00:39:41.019><c> It's</c><00:39:41.260><c> been</c><00:39:41.579><c> done.</c><00:39:43.719><c> You</c><00:39:43.920><c> know</c><00:39:44.039><c> what</c><00:39:44.179><c> that</c><00:39:44.380><c> book</c>

00:39:44.559 --> 00:39:48.719
is?<00:39:45.119><c> You</c><00:39:45.320><c> know,</c><00:39:45.639><c> I</c><00:39:45.860><c> think</c><00:39:46.079><c> that</c><00:39:46.239><c> our</c><00:39:46.460><c> readers</c><00:39:46.699><c> sometimes</c><00:39:47.199><c> ought</c><00:39:47.340><c> to</c><00:39:47.440><c> be</c><00:39:47.639><c> taken</c><00:39:47.840><c> outside</c><00:39:48.400><c> on</c><00:39:48.559><c> a</c>

00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:49.519
day<00:39:48.860><c> like</c><00:39:49.099><c> this</c><00:39:49.280><c> and</c>

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:53.679
cautiously<00:39:49.840><c> look</c><00:39:50.079><c> up</c><00:39:50.260><c> into</c><00:39:50.460><c> heaven</c><00:39:50.840><c> and</c><00:39:51.179><c> to</c><00:39:51.400><c> realize</c><00:39:51.719><c> who</c><00:39:51.980><c> wrote</c><00:39:52.199><c> that</c><00:39:52.440><c> book</c><00:39:52.679><c> before</c><00:39:52.980><c> they</c><00:39:53.179><c> ever</c><00:39:53.320><c> come</c><00:39:53.519><c> up</c>

00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:53.960
here<00:39:53.800><c> to</c>

00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:58.900
read<00:39:54.079><c> it.</c><00:39:54.980><c> And</c><00:39:55.360><c> you</c><00:39:55.460><c> don't</c><00:39:55.679><c> read</c><00:39:55.880><c> it</c><00:39:56.079><c> standing</c><00:39:56.260><c> here</c><00:39:56.400><c> like</c><00:39:56.659><c> that.</c><00:39:58.760><c> You</c>

00:39:58.900 --> 00:40:00.340
read<00:39:59.000><c> it</c><00:39:59.119><c> as</c><00:39:59.199><c> it</c><00:39:59.340><c> should</c><00:39:59.519><c> be</c><00:39:59.679><c> read,</c>

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with<00:40:01.159><c> reverence</c><00:40:01.659><c> and</c><00:40:01.820><c> dignity</c><00:40:02.199><c> and</c><00:40:02.539><c> with</c><00:40:02.860><c> due</c><00:40:03.119><c> reverence</c><00:40:03.539><c> to</c>

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:04.880
what<00:40:03.760><c> is</c><00:40:04.039><c> there.</c>

00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:08.059
Imagine<00:40:05.599><c> on</c><00:40:05.780><c> that</c><00:40:06.000><c> day,</c><00:40:06.320><c> taking</c><00:40:06.579><c> the</c><00:40:06.820><c> edict</c><00:40:07.039><c> of</c><00:40:07.260><c> Eish</c><00:40:07.599><c>-e</c><00:40:07.719><c>-iruz</c>

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:10.059
and<00:40:08.340><c> saying</c><00:40:08.619><c> we</c><00:40:08.880><c> can</c><00:40:09.139><c> stand</c><00:40:09.340><c> for</c><00:40:09.539><c> our</c><00:40:09.760><c> life</c>

00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:12.840
and<00:40:10.420><c> all</c><00:40:10.599><c> going</c><00:40:10.820><c> home</c><00:40:11.179><c> and</c><00:40:11.460><c> getting</c><00:40:11.579><c> our</c><00:40:11.800><c> own</c><00:40:12.000><c> little</c><00:40:12.219><c> family</c>

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:15.559
all<00:40:13.480><c> on</c><00:40:13.659><c> our</c><00:40:13.920><c> own</c><00:40:14.420><c> without</c><00:40:14.739><c> any</c><00:40:14.980><c> consideration</c>

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:18.179
for<00:40:15.739><c> anybody</c><00:40:16.000><c> else</c><00:40:16.260><c> and</c><00:40:16.500><c> saying,</c><00:40:17.000><c> right,</c><00:40:17.260><c> we've</c><00:40:17.559><c> got</c><00:40:17.699><c> the</c><00:40:17.860><c> right</c><00:40:18.019><c> to</c>

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:19.880
defend<00:40:18.460><c> ourselves</c><00:40:18.960><c> and</c><00:40:19.460><c> finding,</c>

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:21.679
brothers<00:40:20.159><c> and</c><00:40:20.260><c> sisters,</c><00:40:20.579><c> the</c><00:40:20.780><c> enemies</c><00:40:20.940><c> of</c><00:40:21.139><c> the</c><00:40:21.260><c> Jews</c><00:40:21.400><c> coming</c>

00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:23.599
in<00:40:21.880><c> and</c><00:40:22.000><c> killing</c><00:40:22.199><c> our</c><00:40:22.480><c> wife</c><00:40:22.699><c> and</c><00:40:22.980><c> child</c><00:40:23.340><c> and</c>

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:26.360
going<00:40:23.860><c> before</c><00:40:24.179><c> God</c><00:40:24.440><c> and</c><00:40:24.679><c> saying,</c><00:40:25.300><c> oh,</c><00:40:25.340><c> you</c><00:40:25.519><c> were</c><00:40:25.780><c> wrong.</c><00:40:26.239><c> You</c>

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:29.380
didn't<00:40:26.599><c> keep</c><00:40:26.880><c> your</c><00:40:27.099><c> promise.</c><00:40:27.780><c> God</c><00:40:28.059><c> says</c><00:40:28.239><c> I</c><00:40:28.460><c> did.</c>

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:35.780
My<00:40:29.880><c> edict</c><00:40:30.159><c> was</c><00:40:30.519><c> that</c><00:40:30.719><c> you</c><00:40:30.900><c> have</c><00:40:31.099><c> a</c><00:40:31.239><c> right</c><00:40:31.480><c> to</c><00:40:32.099><c> gather</c><00:40:32.880><c> yourselves</c><00:40:34.460><c> together</c>

00:40:35.780 --> 00:40:39.440
and<00:40:37.480><c> to</c><00:40:37.820><c> stand</c><00:40:38.079><c> for</c><00:40:38.239><c> your</c><00:40:38.460><c> life.</c>

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:45.780
And<00:40:40.079><c> that's</c><00:40:40.340><c> what</c><00:40:40.500><c> they</c><00:40:40.800><c> did.</c><00:40:42.239><c> They</c><00:40:42.619><c> had</c><00:40:42.940><c> no</c><00:40:43.280><c> right</c><00:40:43.800><c> to</c><00:40:45.420><c> stand</c>

00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:47.099
for<00:40:45.940><c> their</c><00:40:46.099><c> life</c><00:40:46.239><c> on</c><00:40:46.460><c> their</c><00:40:46.679><c> own.</c>

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:50.719
That<00:40:47.719><c> was</c><00:40:48.039><c> not</c><00:40:48.280><c> the</c><00:40:48.420><c> edict</c><00:40:48.659><c> of</c><00:40:48.840><c> Eish</c><00:40:49.119><c>-e</c><00:40:49.119><c>-iruz.</c><00:40:49.679><c> And</c><00:40:50.280><c> they</c>

00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:52.559
gathered<00:40:51.019><c> themselves</c><00:40:51.500><c> together.</c>

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:55.300
And<00:40:53.260><c> make</c><00:40:53.519><c> no</c><00:40:53.840><c> mistake</c><00:40:54.179><c> about</c><00:40:54.420><c> it,</c><00:40:54.599><c> brothers</c><00:40:54.739><c> and</c><00:40:54.980><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:55.460 --> 00:40:57.219
we<00:40:55.739><c> will</c><00:40:56.019><c> survive</c><00:40:56.519><c> with</c><00:40:56.880><c> no</c>

00:40:57.219 --> 00:41:02.360
principle<00:40:57.940><c> than</c><00:40:58.239><c> that.</c><00:40:59.199><c> That</c><00:40:59.400><c> is</c><00:40:59.619><c> an</c><00:40:59.840><c> eternal</c><00:41:00.320><c> principle,</c><00:41:01.480><c> that</c><00:41:01.619><c> the</c><00:41:01.880><c> sons</c><00:41:02.139><c> of</c>

00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:03.159
God<00:41:02.579><c> Almighty</c>

00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:06.260
should<00:41:03.599><c> gather</c><00:41:03.920><c> themselves</c><00:41:04.380><c> together</c><00:41:04.800><c> in</c><00:41:05.199><c> all</c><00:41:05.559><c> aspects</c><00:41:05.940><c> of</c>

00:41:06.260 --> 00:41:10.230
life.<00:41:07.340><c> And</c><00:41:07.619><c> so</c><00:41:07.820><c> they</c><00:41:08.139><c> did.</c><00:41:08.820><c> And</c><00:41:08.980><c> then</c><00:41:09.280><c> we</c><00:41:09.460><c> read,</c>

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as<00:41:11.360><c> we</c><00:41:11.500><c> read</c><00:41:11.739><c> on,</c><00:41:12.500><c> that</c><00:41:12.780><c> the</c><00:41:13.079><c> fear</c><00:41:13.480><c> of</c><00:41:13.500><c> them</c><00:41:13.780><c> fell</c><00:41:13.960><c> upon</c><00:41:14.179><c> all</c><00:41:14.460><c> people</c><00:41:14.599><c> at</c>

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the<00:41:14.739><c> end</c><00:41:14.960><c> of</c><00:41:15.099><c> verse</c><00:41:15.260><c> three</c><00:41:15.539><c> and</c><00:41:15.679><c> in</c><00:41:15.840><c> verse</c>

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three,<00:41:17.599><c> rather,</c><00:41:17.960><c> and</c><00:41:18.099><c> the</c><00:41:18.239><c> rulers</c><00:41:18.460><c> of</c><00:41:18.659><c> the</c><00:41:18.860><c> provinces</c><00:41:19.239><c> and</c>

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the<00:41:19.940><c> left</c><00:41:20.139><c>-tenants</c><00:41:20.380><c> and</c><00:41:20.539><c> the</c><00:41:20.699><c> deputies</c><00:41:21.000><c> and</c><00:41:25.340><c> the</c>

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Jews.<00:41:26.260><c> But</c><00:41:26.380><c> you</c><00:41:26.519><c> know,</c><00:41:26.679><c> the</c><00:41:26.760><c> word</c><00:41:26.920><c> doesn't</c><00:41:27.179><c> mean</c><00:41:27.519><c> help</c><00:41:27.760><c> at</c><00:41:28.099><c> all.</c><00:41:29.639><c> It</c>

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means<00:41:30.119><c> to</c><00:41:30.460><c> extol</c><00:41:31.380><c> the</c><00:41:31.820><c> Jews.</c>

00:41:34.039 --> 00:41:36.840
The<00:41:34.199><c> rulers</c><00:41:34.420><c> of</c><00:41:34.579><c> the</c><00:41:34.719><c> nation</c><00:41:35.000><c> extol</c><00:41:35.780><c> the</c><00:41:36.019><c> Jews.</c><00:41:36.599><c> You</c><00:41:36.739><c> see,</c>

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what<00:41:37.039><c> happened</c><00:41:37.320><c> was,</c>

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Mordecai<00:41:38.539><c> says,</c><00:41:38.840><c> well,</c><00:41:38.860><c> the</c><00:41:39.059><c> fear</c><00:41:39.199><c> of</c><00:41:39.400><c> Mordecai</c><00:41:39.980><c> fell</c><00:41:40.159><c> upon</c>

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:44.039
them.<00:41:41.900><c> Upon</c><00:41:42.179><c> who?</c><00:41:42.699><c> Upon</c><00:41:42.900><c> the</c><00:41:43.139><c> government.</c>

00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:47.360
But<00:41:44.940><c> the</c><00:41:45.119><c> government</c><00:41:45.440><c> couldn't</c><00:41:45.719><c> help</c><00:41:46.000><c> the</c><00:41:46.300><c> Jews.</c><00:41:46.940><c> They</c><00:41:47.159><c> had</c>

00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:49.739
no<00:41:47.679><c> right</c><00:41:48.099><c> to</c><00:41:48.559><c> throw</c><00:41:48.719><c> their</c><00:41:49.000><c> weight</c><00:41:49.260><c> in</c><00:41:49.400><c> behind</c>

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the<00:41:49.980><c> Jews</c><00:41:50.139><c> in</c><00:41:50.320><c> that</c><00:41:50.599><c> sense,</c><00:41:50.980><c> brothers</c><00:41:51.059><c> and</c><00:41:51.260><c> sisters.</c><00:41:51.900><c> The</c><00:41:52.019><c> one</c>

00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:55.219
thing<00:41:52.420><c> the</c><00:41:52.639><c> government</c><00:41:52.980><c> could</c><00:41:53.280><c> do</c><00:41:53.719><c> is</c><00:41:54.360><c> issue</c>

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proclamations<00:41:56.500><c> extolling</c><00:41:56.940><c> the</c><00:41:57.159><c> Jews.</c><00:41:57.940><c> And</c><00:41:58.099><c> have</c><00:41:58.179><c> you</c><00:41:58.380><c> ever</c>

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heard<00:41:58.619><c> the</c><00:41:58.860><c> government,</c><00:41:59.199><c> Edith,</c><00:41:59.820><c> coming</c><00:41:59.820><c> forth</c>

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and<00:42:00.300><c> saying,</c><00:42:00.480><c> are</c><00:42:00.639><c> the</c><00:42:00.800><c> Jews</c><00:42:01.000><c> wonderful</c><00:42:01.480><c> people?</c><00:42:02.840><c> Who</c><00:42:02.840><c> is</c><00:42:03.219><c> it</c>

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you're<00:42:03.579><c> going</c><00:42:03.739><c> to</c><00:42:03.920><c> obey?</c><00:42:04.380><c> Haman</c><00:42:04.639><c> or</c><00:42:04.880><c> Mordecai?</c>

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Well,<00:42:07.039><c> if</c><00:42:07.340><c> you</c><00:42:07.539><c> were</c><00:42:07.880><c> a</c><00:42:08.039><c> sort</c><00:42:08.139><c> of</c><00:42:08.659><c> an</c><00:42:08.840><c> astute</c><00:42:09.420><c> Persian</c><00:42:09.980><c> who</c><00:42:10.519><c> wished</c><00:42:10.719><c> to</c>

00:42:10.860 --> 00:42:12.519
get<00:42:10.980><c> on</c><00:42:11.079><c> in</c><00:42:11.219><c> this</c><00:42:11.480><c> world</c><00:42:11.820><c> and</c><00:42:12.199><c> not</c><00:42:12.380><c> to</c>

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offend<00:42:12.760><c> the</c><00:42:13.039><c> government,</c><00:42:13.320><c> you'd</c><00:42:13.500><c> say,</c><00:42:13.599><c> well,</c><00:42:13.760><c> I'll</c><00:42:13.940><c> go</c><00:42:14.079><c> with</c>

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Mordecai.<00:42:15.719><c> Because</c><00:42:15.860><c> the</c><00:42:16.139><c> government's</c><00:42:16.659><c> behind</c>

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:21.639
it.<00:42:17.320><c> And</c><00:42:17.559><c> the</c><00:42:17.659><c> government</c><00:42:18.099><c> extolled</c><00:42:19.539><c> the</c><00:42:19.739><c> Jews.</c><00:42:21.179><c> Zephaniah</c>

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3.<00:42:25.559><c> Won't</c><00:42:25.760><c> this</c><00:42:25.880><c> happen</c><00:42:26.139><c> in</c><00:42:26.320><c> the</c><00:42:26.460><c> age</c><00:42:26.659><c> to</c><00:42:26.860><c> come?</c>

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In<00:42:36.679><c> the</c><00:42:36.860><c> third</c><00:42:37.079><c> chapter</c><00:42:37.340><c> of</c><00:42:37.519><c> Zephaniah,</c><00:42:40.159><c> verses</c><00:42:40.599><c> 19</c><00:42:41.039><c> and</c><00:42:41.179><c> 20,</c>

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Behold<00:42:47.840><c> at</c><00:42:47.980><c> that</c><00:42:48.260><c> time,</c><00:42:48.659><c> says</c><00:42:48.760><c> Zephaniah</c><00:42:49.239><c> 3.</c><00:42:49.719><c> 19,</c><00:42:50.519><c> I</c><00:42:50.699><c> will</c><00:42:51.500><c> undo</c><00:42:52.159><c> all</c>

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that<00:42:52.880><c> afflicts</c><00:42:53.239><c> me.</c>

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I<00:42:54.739><c> will</c><00:42:55.000><c> save</c><00:42:55.280><c> her</c><00:42:55.559><c> that</c><00:42:55.780><c> holds</c><00:42:55.980><c> us</c><00:42:56.139><c> and</c><00:42:56.320><c> gather</c><00:42:56.599><c> her</c><00:42:56.880><c> that</c><00:42:57.000><c> was</c>

00:42:57.179 --> 00:43:00.239
driven<00:42:57.440><c> out.</c><00:42:58.099><c> And</c><00:42:58.360><c> I</c><00:42:58.519><c> will</c><00:42:58.739><c> get</c><00:42:58.940><c> them</c><00:42:59.239><c> praise</c><00:42:59.780><c> and</c>

00:43:00.239 --> 00:43:04.199
fame<00:43:00.599><c> in</c><00:43:00.940><c> every</c><00:43:01.320><c> land</c><00:43:01.719><c> where</c><00:43:02.400><c> they</c><00:43:02.619><c> have</c><00:43:02.800><c> been</c><00:43:02.920><c> put</c><00:43:03.179><c> to</c><00:43:03.360><c> shame.</c>

00:43:04.699 --> 00:43:06.420
At<00:43:04.940><c> that</c><00:43:05.199><c> time</c><00:43:05.400><c> will</c><00:43:05.539><c> I</c><00:43:05.739><c> bring</c><00:43:05.860><c> you</c><00:43:06.079><c> again,</c>

00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:09.099
even<00:43:06.659><c> in</c><00:43:06.800><c> the</c><00:43:06.960><c> time</c><00:43:07.099><c> that</c><00:43:07.260><c> I</c><00:43:07.440><c> gather</c><00:43:07.619><c> you,</c><00:43:07.920><c> for</c><00:43:08.039><c> I</c><00:43:08.179><c> will</c><00:43:08.380><c> make</c><00:43:08.619><c> you</c><00:43:08.920><c> a</c>

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name<00:43:09.360><c> and</c><00:43:09.599><c> a</c><00:43:09.800><c> praise</c><00:43:10.019><c> among</c><00:43:10.300><c> all</c><00:43:10.659><c> people</c><00:43:10.900><c> of</c>

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earth.<00:43:11.780><c> When</c><00:43:11.900><c> I</c><00:43:12.179><c> turn</c><00:43:12.400><c> back</c><00:43:12.639><c> your</c><00:43:12.920><c> captivity</c><00:43:13.340><c> before</c><00:43:13.880><c> your</c><00:43:14.280><c> eyes,</c><00:43:14.880><c> says</c><00:43:15.039><c> Yahuwah.</c><00:43:16.260><c> I</c>

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will<00:43:16.699><c> get</c><00:43:16.920><c> them</c><00:43:17.179><c> praise</c><00:43:17.579><c> and</c>

00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:21.179
fame<00:43:18.179><c> in</c><00:43:18.500><c> every</c><00:43:18.780><c> land</c><00:43:19.059><c> where</c><00:43:19.260><c> they</c><00:43:19.420><c> have</c><00:43:19.579><c> been</c><00:43:19.800><c> put</c><00:43:20.039><c> to</c><00:43:20.320><c> shame.</c>

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Isn't<00:43:21.619><c> that</c><00:43:21.860><c> exactly</c><00:43:22.199><c> what</c><00:43:22.440><c> happened,</c>

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:25.739
brethren<00:43:22.880><c> and</c><00:43:23.159><c> sisters?</c><00:43:24.139><c> Do</c><00:43:24.360><c> you</c><00:43:24.400><c> know</c><00:43:24.500><c> what</c><00:43:24.659><c> we're</c><00:43:24.900><c> reading?</c>

00:43:25.780 --> 00:43:27.219
I<00:43:26.099><c> believe</c><00:43:26.340><c> that</c><00:43:26.440><c> we</c><00:43:26.559><c> look</c><00:43:26.699><c> at</c><00:43:26.840><c> the</c><00:43:27.000><c> story</c>

00:43:27.219 --> 00:43:29.320
of<00:43:27.420><c> Esther</c><00:43:27.519><c> the</c><00:43:27.639><c> way</c><00:43:27.780><c> we've</c><00:43:28.059><c> seen</c><00:43:28.119><c> it</c><00:43:28.260><c> this</c><00:43:28.440><c> weekend.</c><00:43:29.179><c> What</c>

00:43:29.320 --> 00:43:30.539
we're<00:43:29.519><c> reading</c><00:43:29.800><c> here,</c><00:43:30.139><c> brethren</c><00:43:30.260><c> and</c><00:43:30.460><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:35.340
in<00:43:30.800><c> effect,</c><00:43:31.320><c> isn't</c><00:43:31.460><c> it,</c><00:43:32.280><c> is</c><00:43:32.480><c> in</c><00:43:32.619><c> a</c><00:43:32.679><c> little</c><00:43:32.860><c> dramatic</c><00:43:33.380><c> story</c><00:43:33.860><c> where</c><00:43:35.039><c> there's</c><00:43:35.179><c> an</c>

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interplay<00:43:35.639><c> of</c><00:43:35.940><c> characters.</c>

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At<00:43:36.659><c> one</c><00:43:37.000><c> small</c><00:43:37.599><c> epoch</c><00:43:38.000><c> of</c><00:43:38.159><c> history,</c><00:43:38.940><c> we</c><00:43:39.019><c> are</c><00:43:39.199><c> reading</c><00:43:39.340><c> in</c><00:43:39.519><c> this</c>

00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:42.139
drama<00:43:40.199><c> what</c><00:43:40.579><c> the</c><00:43:40.860><c> rest</c><00:43:41.099><c> of</c><00:43:41.340><c> the</c><00:43:41.480><c> Bible</c><00:43:41.739><c> speaks</c>

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:45.039
about<00:43:42.320><c> as</c><00:43:42.579><c> far</c><00:43:42.719><c> as</c><00:43:42.920><c> Israel's</c><00:43:43.460><c> concerned.</c><00:43:44.400><c> So</c><00:43:44.500><c> that</c><00:43:44.599><c> it's</c><00:43:44.860><c> all</c>

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:47.039
condensed<00:43:45.460><c> and</c><00:43:45.699><c> epitomized</c><00:43:46.219><c> as</c><00:43:46.340><c> it</c><00:43:46.519><c> were</c><00:43:46.699><c> in</c><00:43:46.880><c> a</c>

00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:50.400
dramatic<00:43:47.539><c> little</c><00:43:47.880><c> story</c><00:43:48.360><c> involving</c><00:43:49.000><c> these</c><00:43:49.320><c> characters.</c><00:43:50.260><c> So</c>

00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:53.119
the<00:43:50.539><c> government</c><00:43:51.000><c> extols</c><00:43:51.860><c> the</c><00:43:52.260><c> people</c><00:43:52.420><c> of</c><00:43:52.559><c> the</c><00:43:52.739><c> Jews,</c>

00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:56.260
while<00:43:53.559><c> Zephaniah,</c><00:43:54.280><c> so</c><00:43:54.599><c> they</c><00:43:54.800><c> will</c><00:43:55.000><c> do</c><00:43:55.179><c> so</c><00:43:55.340><c> in</c><00:43:55.500><c> the</c><00:43:55.639><c> age</c><00:43:55.840><c> to</c><00:43:56.019><c> come.</c><00:43:56.139><c> I</c>

00:43:56.260 --> 00:43:58.400
will<00:43:56.380><c> get</c><00:43:56.559><c> them</c><00:43:56.739><c> praise</c><00:43:57.099><c> and</c><00:43:57.420><c> fame</c><00:43:57.579><c> among</c><00:43:57.920><c> all</c>

00:43:58.400 --> 00:44:04.619
people,<00:43:59.219><c> and</c><00:43:59.780><c> so</c><00:44:00.059><c> God</c><00:44:00.360><c> will.</c><00:44:01.579><c> And</c><00:44:01.719><c> what</c><00:44:01.820><c> about</c><00:44:02.039><c> Mordecai?</c><00:44:04.500><c> And</c>

00:44:04.619 --> 00:44:09.159
verse<00:44:04.900><c> four,</c><00:44:06.519><c> for</c><00:44:06.619><c> Mordecai</c><00:44:07.300><c> was</c><00:44:07.639><c> great</c><00:44:08.119><c> in</c><00:44:08.960><c> the</c>

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king's<00:44:09.619><c> house.</c><00:44:11.480><c> That's</c><00:44:11.800><c> interesting,</c><00:44:12.280><c> brethren</c><00:44:12.460><c> and</c><00:44:12.719><c> sisters.</c><00:44:14.480><c> Of</c>

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what<00:44:15.420><c> does</c><00:44:15.880><c> greatness</c><00:44:16.320><c> exist,</c><00:44:17.500><c> consist?</c>

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We<00:44:19.699><c> can</c><00:44:19.880><c> all</c><00:44:20.059><c> be</c><00:44:20.400><c> great,</c><00:44:20.699><c> brethren</c><00:44:21.000><c> and</c><00:44:21.280><c> sisters,</c><00:44:23.019><c> but</c><00:44:23.360><c> to</c><00:44:23.699><c> be</c>

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great<00:44:24.300><c> in</c><00:44:24.539><c> the</c><00:44:24.820><c> king's</c><00:44:25.659><c> house</c>

00:44:26.980 --> 00:44:31.619
is<00:44:27.519><c> all</c><00:44:27.840><c> that</c><00:44:27.980><c> really</c><00:44:28.320><c> matters.</c><00:44:29.780><c> I</c><00:44:29.940><c> mentioned</c><00:44:30.119><c> this</c><00:44:30.360><c> before.</c>

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I'll<00:44:31.800><c> mention</c><00:44:31.960><c> it</c><00:44:32.139><c> again.</c>

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When<00:44:34.300><c> Luke</c><00:44:34.500><c> talked</c><00:44:34.880><c> about</c><00:44:35.119><c> John</c><00:44:35.380><c> the</c><00:44:35.559><c> Baptist</c><00:44:35.980><c> and</c><00:44:36.679><c> gave</c><00:44:36.860><c> a</c><00:44:37.000><c> list</c><00:44:37.179><c> of</c>

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greats<00:44:38.639><c> in</c><00:44:39.159><c> the</c><00:44:39.320><c> third</c><00:44:39.559><c> chapter</c><00:44:39.880><c> of</c><00:44:40.099><c> Luke,</c>

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in<00:44:41.420><c> the</c><00:44:41.519><c> reign</c><00:44:41.699><c> of</c><00:44:41.920><c> Tiberius</c><00:44:42.500><c> Caesar</c><00:44:43.059><c> and</c><00:44:43.760><c> all</c><00:44:44.019><c> the</c><00:44:44.239><c> other</c><00:44:44.860><c> great</c><00:44:45.619><c> men</c>

00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:47.320
who<00:44:46.079><c> had</c><00:44:46.179><c> the</c><00:44:46.420><c> great</c><00:44:46.699><c> titles</c><00:44:47.039><c> over</c>

00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:51.719
the<00:44:47.519><c> great</c><00:44:47.860><c> territories,</c><00:44:50.000><c> he</c><00:44:50.280><c> went</c><00:44:50.500><c> back</c><00:44:50.699><c> to</c><00:44:50.940><c> describe</c><00:44:51.360><c> John,</c>

00:44:51.719 --> 00:44:54.420
brethren<00:44:51.940><c> and</c><00:44:52.159><c> sisters,</c><00:44:52.860><c> that</c><00:44:52.980><c> he</c><00:44:53.099><c> was</c><00:44:53.380><c> great.</c>

00:44:56.219 --> 00:45:02.219
In<00:44:56.820><c> the</c><00:44:57.039><c> sight</c><00:44:57.239><c> of</c><00:44:57.420><c> the</c><00:44:57.599><c> Lord.</c><00:45:00.079><c> And</c><00:45:00.159><c> if</c><00:45:00.320><c> you</c><00:45:00.500><c> saw</c><00:45:00.679><c> John</c><00:45:01.460><c> walking</c>

00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:04.420
down<00:45:02.500><c> the</c><00:45:02.679><c> main</c><00:45:02.940><c> street</c><00:45:03.099><c> of</c><00:45:03.380><c> Rome</c>

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:10.300
with<00:45:04.880><c> Tiberius</c><00:45:05.760><c> Caesar,</c><00:45:09.039><c> I</c><00:45:09.239><c> wonder</c><00:45:09.400><c> who</c><00:45:09.599><c> you'd</c><00:45:09.940><c> think</c><00:45:10.099><c> would</c>

00:45:10.300 --> 00:45:15.199
be<00:45:10.599><c> great</c><00:45:11.260><c> in</c><00:45:12.480><c> yourself.</c><00:45:14.500><c> Of</c><00:45:14.619><c> the</c><00:45:14.840><c> Imperial</c>

00:45:15.199 --> 00:45:18.639
Majesty,<00:45:16.119><c> brethren</c><00:45:16.119><c> and</c><00:45:16.420><c> sisters,</c><00:45:17.820><c> with</c><00:45:17.940><c> the</c><00:45:18.179><c> refinements</c>

00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:22.980
and<00:45:18.940><c> culture</c><00:45:19.619><c> which</c><00:45:20.960><c> were</c><00:45:21.199><c> hereditary</c><00:45:21.539><c> to</c><00:45:21.780><c> the</c><00:45:21.960><c> throne,</c>

00:45:23.360 --> 00:45:29.780
head<00:45:23.880><c> held</c><00:45:24.159><c> high,</c><00:45:26.219><c> wide</c><00:45:26.480><c> brow,</c><00:45:27.920><c> indicating</c><00:45:28.239><c> intelligence,</c>

00:45:30.780 --> 00:45:34.960
piercing<00:45:31.059><c> gaze,</c><00:45:32.760><c> majestic</c><00:45:33.260><c> and</c><00:45:33.559><c> regal</c><00:45:33.860><c> appearance,</c>

00:45:36.400 --> 00:45:42.760
or<00:45:36.559><c> a</c><00:45:36.679><c> man</c><00:45:37.059><c> clothed</c><00:45:38.480><c> in</c><00:45:38.800><c> a</c><00:45:38.960><c> camel's</c><00:45:39.579><c> skin,</c><00:45:42.000><c> born</c><00:45:42.239><c> and</c><00:45:42.500><c> bred</c><00:45:42.579><c> in</c>

00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:48.679
the<00:45:42.880><c> depths,</c><00:45:44.659><c> great</c><00:45:44.980><c> in</c><00:45:45.500><c> the</c><00:45:45.800><c> sight</c><00:45:46.480><c> of</c><00:45:47.340><c> the</c><00:45:47.659><c> Lord.</c>

00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:58.579
And<00:45:50.639><c> Mordecai</c><00:45:51.199><c> was</c><00:45:51.599><c> great</c><00:45:52.260><c> in</c><00:45:52.860><c> the</c><00:45:53.139><c> king's</c><00:45:53.860><c> house.</c><00:45:55.619><c> That's</c><00:45:56.179><c> all</c><00:45:56.360><c> that</c><00:45:56.559><c> matters.</c><00:45:57.760><c> And</c><00:45:57.880><c> because</c><00:45:58.239><c> he</c><00:45:58.300><c> was</c>

00:45:58.579 --> 00:46:00.860
great<00:45:58.800><c> in</c><00:45:58.960><c> the</c><00:45:59.119><c> king's</c><00:45:59.440><c> house,</c><00:45:59.739><c> brethren</c><00:45:59.880><c> and</c><00:46:00.139><c> sisters,</c><00:46:00.599><c> his</c>

00:46:00.860 --> 00:46:03.639
fame<00:46:01.159><c> went</c><00:46:01.440><c> throughout</c><00:46:01.980><c> all</c><00:46:02.539><c> the</c><00:46:02.800><c> provinces.</c>

00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:09.280
And<00:46:04.820><c> this</c><00:46:05.079><c> man</c><00:46:05.440><c> shall</c><00:46:05.679><c> be</c><00:46:06.039><c> great,</c><00:46:06.440><c> says</c><00:46:06.599><c> Micah,</c><00:46:08.219><c> the</c><00:46:08.420><c> babe</c><00:46:08.679><c> born</c><00:46:08.980><c> in</c>

00:46:09.280 --> 00:46:18.119
Bethlehem.<00:46:17.559><c> O</c><00:46:18.119><c> Bethlehem,</c>

00:46:18.119 --> 00:46:22.219
thee<00:46:18.739><c> shall</c><00:46:19.099><c> he</c><00:46:19.380><c> come</c><00:46:19.739><c> forth</c><00:46:20.019><c> unto</c><00:46:20.320><c> me,</c><00:46:21.400><c> that</c><00:46:21.519><c> shall</c><00:46:21.699><c> be</c><00:46:21.980><c> ruler</c>

00:46:22.219 --> 00:46:24.659
in<00:46:22.440><c> Israel,</c><00:46:23.119><c> and</c><00:46:23.159><c> he</c><00:46:23.340><c> shall</c><00:46:23.639><c> feed</c><00:46:24.139><c> in</c><00:46:24.340><c> the</c>

00:46:24.659 --> 00:46:27.260
strength<00:46:24.880><c> and</c><00:46:25.059><c> in</c><00:46:25.179><c> the</c><00:46:25.400><c> majesty</c><00:46:25.760><c> of</c><00:46:26.119><c> Yahweh,</c><00:46:26.679><c> and</c><00:46:26.820><c> he</c><00:46:27.099><c> shall</c>

00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:30.340
be<00:46:27.800><c> great</c><00:46:28.059><c> unto</c><00:46:28.440><c> at</c><00:46:28.780><c> the</c><00:46:28.940><c> ends</c><00:46:29.059><c> of</c><00:46:29.239><c> the</c><00:46:29.420><c> earth.</c>

00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:32.840
Yes,<00:46:31.039><c> little</c><00:46:31.219><c> Bethlehem</c><00:46:31.619><c> produced,</c><00:46:32.340><c> brethren</c><00:46:32.380><c> and</c><00:46:32.679><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:33.019 --> 00:46:35.280
an<00:46:33.119><c> obscure</c><00:46:33.519><c> village</c><00:46:33.780><c> down</c><00:46:34.099><c> the</c><00:46:34.340><c> road.</c>

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:39.820
But<00:46:36.059><c> he'll</c><00:46:36.219><c> be</c><00:46:36.559><c> great</c><00:46:36.800><c> in</c><00:46:37.000><c> the</c><00:46:37.139><c> eyes</c><00:46:37.320><c> of</c><00:46:37.559><c> all</c><00:46:37.739><c> people.</c><00:46:39.360><c> And</c><00:46:39.659><c> the</c>

00:46:39.820 --> 00:46:41.480
people<00:46:40.039><c> of</c><00:46:40.179><c> Israel</c><00:46:40.460><c> will</c><00:46:40.659><c> be</c><00:46:40.840><c> elevated</c><00:46:41.179><c> to</c><00:46:41.360><c> the</c>

00:46:41.480 --> 00:46:44.559
great,<00:46:42.900><c> and</c><00:46:42.960><c> they'll</c><00:46:43.199><c> be</c><00:46:43.380><c> great</c><00:46:43.559><c> in</c><00:46:43.719><c> the</c><00:46:43.880><c> sight</c><00:46:44.019><c> of</c><00:46:44.179><c> the</c><00:46:44.260><c> Lord.</c>

00:46:44.840 --> 00:46:48.639
And<00:46:45.059><c> Mordecai</c><00:46:46.400><c> waxed</c><00:46:47.099><c> greater</c><00:46:47.579><c> and</c><00:46:48.260><c> greater.</c>

00:46:48.860 --> 00:46:51.659
And<00:46:48.960><c> you</c><00:46:49.079><c> know,</c><00:46:49.380><c> that</c><00:46:49.559><c> word</c><00:46:49.900><c> which</c><00:46:50.119><c> is</c><00:46:50.380><c> used</c><00:46:50.599><c> of</c><00:46:50.739><c> his</c><00:46:51.059><c> greatness,</c><00:46:51.579><c> brethren</c>

00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:52.179
and<00:46:51.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:52.480 --> 00:46:56.679
is<00:46:52.639><c> a</c><00:46:52.820><c> word</c><00:46:53.039><c> which</c><00:46:53.420><c> really</c><00:46:53.840><c> means</c><00:46:54.559><c> older</c><00:46:55.139><c> and</c><00:46:55.519><c> older,</c><00:46:56.179><c> not</c><00:46:56.440><c> in</c>

00:46:56.679 --> 00:46:58.199
the<00:46:56.780><c> sense</c><00:46:56.960><c> of</c><00:46:57.159><c> age,</c><00:46:57.619><c> brethren</c><00:46:57.800><c> and</c><00:46:58.079><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:58.219 --> 00:47:01.559
but<00:46:58.360><c> in</c><00:46:58.519><c> the</c><00:46:58.659><c> sense</c><00:46:58.880><c> of</c><00:46:59.260><c> wisdom</c><00:46:59.699><c> and</c><00:47:00.019><c> maturity</c><00:47:00.639><c> and</c><00:47:01.099><c> dignity</c>

00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:05.800
and<00:47:02.000><c> honor.</c><00:47:04.019><c> Mordecai</c><00:47:04.539><c> was</c><00:47:04.880><c> seen</c><00:47:05.159><c> by</c><00:47:05.539><c> all</c>

00:47:05.800 --> 00:47:11.960
to<00:47:06.599><c> be</c><00:47:06.780><c> a</c><00:47:06.960><c> very</c><00:47:07.699><c> wise</c><00:47:08.400><c> and</c><00:47:09.019><c> mature</c><00:47:09.599><c> man,</c><00:47:10.559><c> whom</c><00:47:10.619><c> the</c><00:47:11.099><c> experiences</c><00:47:11.460><c> of</c><00:47:11.719><c> life</c>

00:47:11.960 --> 00:47:13.519
had<00:47:12.219><c> enriched</c><00:47:13.000><c> with</c><00:47:13.260><c> the</c>

00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:15.780
wisdom,<00:47:14.039><c> brethren</c><00:47:14.159><c> and</c><00:47:14.420><c> sisters,</c><00:47:14.639><c> that</c><00:47:14.800><c> can</c><00:47:15.000><c> be</c><00:47:15.260><c> taught</c><00:47:15.440><c> by</c>

00:47:15.780 --> 00:47:17.519
nothing<00:47:16.000><c> else</c><00:47:16.400><c> but</c><00:47:16.760><c> by</c><00:47:17.139><c> the</c><00:47:17.239><c> furnace</c>

00:47:17.519 --> 00:47:21.639
of<00:47:17.840><c> affliction</c><00:47:18.159><c> and</c><00:47:18.579><c> experience.</c><00:47:20.139><c> And</c><00:47:20.539><c> therefore</c><00:47:20.980><c> men</c><00:47:21.320><c> gave</c>

00:47:21.639 --> 00:47:25.699
deference<00:47:22.000><c> to</c><00:47:22.260><c> him,</c><00:47:23.300><c> and</c><00:47:23.599><c> he</c><00:47:23.820><c> became</c><00:47:24.179><c> their</c><00:47:24.559><c> mentor</c>

00:47:25.719 --> 00:47:32.079
and<00:47:26.099><c> their</c><00:47:26.420><c> king</c><00:47:26.579><c> and</c><00:47:27.039><c> their</c><00:47:27.320><c> ruler.</c><00:47:28.340><c> He</c><00:47:28.619><c> waxed</c><00:47:29.539><c> more</c><00:47:29.960><c> and</c><00:47:30.179><c> more</c><00:47:30.599><c> powerful,</c><00:47:31.380><c> says</c><00:47:31.719><c> the</c>

00:47:32.079 --> 00:47:33.820
Revised<00:47:32.559><c> Standard</c><00:47:32.860><c> Version.</c>

00:47:34.619 --> 00:47:38.099
And<00:47:35.219><c> the</c><00:47:35.440><c> Jews</c><00:47:35.800><c> smoked</c><00:47:36.340><c> their</c><00:47:36.599><c> enemies</c><00:47:36.960><c> with</c><00:47:37.420><c> the</c><00:47:37.719><c> stroke</c><00:47:37.900><c> of</c>

00:47:38.099 --> 00:47:41.119
the<00:47:38.300><c> sword.</c><00:47:39.780><c> That's</c><00:47:40.079><c> interesting.</c>

00:47:42.039 --> 00:47:44.960
You<00:47:42.139><c> know,</c><00:47:42.340><c> we're</c><00:47:42.539><c> even</c><00:47:42.840><c> told</c><00:47:43.019><c> how</c><00:47:43.280><c> the</c><00:47:43.440><c> Jews</c><00:47:43.619><c> killed</c><00:47:43.980><c> them.</c>

00:47:45.539 --> 00:47:47.539
You<00:47:45.659><c> notice</c><00:47:45.800><c> they</c><00:47:46.099><c> smoked</c><00:47:46.420><c> their</c><00:47:46.699><c> enemies,</c>

00:47:47.920 --> 00:47:50.579
and<00:47:48.059><c> their</c><00:47:48.280><c> enemies</c><00:47:48.500><c> became</c><00:47:48.900><c> identified</c><00:47:49.619><c> by</c><00:47:49.900><c> the</c><00:47:50.099><c> enemy's</c>

00:47:50.579 --> 00:47:53.119
action<00:47:50.739><c> against</c><00:47:51.239><c> them.</c><00:47:51.920><c> They</c><00:47:52.199><c> defended</c><00:47:52.480><c> themselves</c>

00:47:53.119 --> 00:47:58.199
by<00:47:53.679><c> killing</c><00:47:54.019><c> their</c><00:47:54.280><c> enemies</c><00:47:54.579><c> with</c><00:47:54.900><c> the</c><00:47:55.360><c> stroke</c><00:47:55.599><c> of</c><00:47:55.880><c> the</c><00:47:56.159><c> sword.</c><00:47:58.039><c> There</c>

00:47:58.199 --> 00:47:59.920
was<00:47:58.460><c> no</c><00:47:58.760><c> bestiality,</c><00:47:59.539><c> brethren</c><00:47:59.679><c> and</c>

00:47:59.920 --> 00:48:02.860
sisters,<00:48:00.099><c> about</c><00:48:00.420><c> the</c><00:48:00.619><c> destruction,</c><00:48:01.239><c> which</c><00:48:01.239><c> was</c><00:48:01.480><c> raw.</c><00:48:02.800><c> There</c>

00:48:02.860 --> 00:48:06.139
were<00:48:03.039><c> no</c><00:48:03.260><c> gallows</c><00:48:03.659><c> 75</c><00:48:04.179><c> feet</c><00:48:04.639><c> high.</c><00:48:05.639><c> No</c><00:48:05.820><c> one</c><00:48:05.960><c> was</c>

00:48:06.139 --> 00:48:10.840
roasted<00:48:06.420><c> in</c><00:48:06.699><c> ovens,</c><00:48:08.119><c> stretched</c><00:48:08.320><c> on</c><00:48:08.679><c> racks,</c><00:48:10.239><c> burnt</c><00:48:10.420><c> with</c><00:48:10.679><c> red</c>

00:48:10.840 --> 00:48:13.619
hot<00:48:11.000><c> iron,</c><00:48:12.239><c> or</c><00:48:12.539><c> drawn</c><00:48:12.699><c> and</c><00:48:13.019><c> quartered,</c><00:48:13.280><c> or</c><00:48:13.400><c> thrown</c>

00:48:13.619 --> 00:48:18.659
to<00:48:13.800><c> the</c><00:48:14.039><c> docks.</c><00:48:15.800><c> They</c><00:48:16.199><c> were</c><00:48:16.480><c> killed</c><00:48:16.760><c> simply</c><00:48:17.239><c> with</c><00:48:17.500><c> the</c><00:48:17.760><c> sword.</c>

00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:20.840
And<00:48:19.579><c> there's</c><00:48:19.739><c> something</c><00:48:20.059><c> about</c><00:48:20.400><c> that,</c><00:48:20.739><c> brethren</c>

00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:24.260
and<00:48:21.159><c> sisters.</c><00:48:21.940><c> We</c><00:48:22.239><c> know</c><00:48:22.480><c> that</c><00:48:22.659><c> the</c><00:48:22.840><c> Word</c><00:48:23.019><c> of</c><00:48:23.199><c> God</c><00:48:23.400><c> is</c><00:48:23.639><c> the</c><00:48:23.860><c> sword</c><00:48:24.039><c> of</c>

00:48:24.260 --> 00:48:27.199
the<00:48:24.400><c> Spirit,</c><00:48:25.000><c> and</c><00:48:25.820><c> we</c><00:48:25.940><c> know</c><00:48:26.199><c> also</c><00:48:26.559><c> that</c><00:48:26.739><c> Jesus</c>

00:48:27.199 --> 00:48:29.679
Christ<00:48:27.519><c> will</c><00:48:27.699><c> go</c><00:48:28.059><c> forth,</c><00:48:28.659><c> and</c><00:48:28.659><c> he</c><00:48:28.719><c> will</c><00:48:28.880><c> put</c><00:48:29.059><c> into</c><00:48:29.199><c> the</c><00:48:29.460><c> hands</c>

00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:32.260
of<00:48:29.940><c> the</c><00:48:30.039><c> saints</c><00:48:30.260><c> a</c><00:48:30.639><c> two</c><00:48:30.880><c>-edged</c><00:48:31.239><c> sword.</c>

00:48:33.280 --> 00:48:35.320
Death,<00:48:33.760><c> brethren</c><00:48:33.820><c> and</c><00:48:34.139><c> sisters,</c><00:48:34.300><c> will</c><00:48:34.539><c> come</c><00:48:34.719><c> to</c><00:48:34.840><c> those</c><00:48:35.119><c> who</c>

00:48:35.320 --> 00:48:38.239
defy<00:48:35.639><c> God.</c><00:48:36.880><c> There</c><00:48:36.920><c> will</c><00:48:37.000><c> be</c><00:48:37.119><c> nothing</c><00:48:37.300><c> vindictive,</c>

00:48:38.639 --> 00:48:42.300
nothing<00:48:38.960><c> cruel</c><00:48:39.300><c> about</c><00:48:39.599><c> it.</c><00:48:40.480><c> And</c><00:48:40.699><c> the</c><00:48:40.820><c> very</c><00:48:41.099><c> mode</c><00:48:41.320><c> of</c><00:48:41.960><c> the</c><00:48:42.099><c> Jews</c>

00:48:42.300 --> 00:48:44.400
using<00:48:42.659><c> the</c><00:48:42.960><c> sword</c><00:48:43.119><c> was</c><00:48:43.360><c> indicative</c><00:48:43.719><c> of</c><00:48:43.920><c> the</c><00:48:44.079><c> fact</c>

00:48:44.400 --> 00:48:47.360
that<00:48:45.159><c> these</c><00:48:45.320><c> people</c><00:48:45.639><c> brought</c><00:48:45.940><c> death</c><00:48:46.219><c> upon</c><00:48:46.420><c> themselves,</c><00:48:47.239><c> and</c>

00:48:47.360 --> 00:48:49.960
the<00:48:47.619><c> sword</c><00:48:47.780><c> itself,</c><00:48:48.440><c> but</c><00:48:48.519><c> clearly</c><00:48:49.039><c> of</c><00:48:49.440><c> the</c><00:48:49.679><c> principles</c>

00:48:49.960 --> 00:48:56.079
by<00:48:50.119><c> which</c><00:48:50.300><c> they</c><00:48:50.619><c> died.</c><00:48:51.440><c> The</c><00:48:51.719><c> King's</c><00:48:52.280><c> commandment.</c><00:48:53.800><c> And</c><00:48:54.079><c> the</c><00:48:54.219><c> Lord</c><00:48:54.380><c> Jesus</c><00:48:54.820><c> Christ</c><00:48:55.139><c> goes</c><00:48:55.440><c> forth</c><00:48:55.719><c> with</c><00:48:55.880><c> a</c>

00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:56.420
sword<00:48:56.219><c> on</c>

00:48:56.420 --> 00:49:00.340
thigh.<00:48:57.920><c> King</c><00:48:58.039><c> of</c><00:48:58.260><c> kings</c><00:48:58.559><c> and</c><00:48:58.900><c> Lord</c><00:48:59.139><c> of</c><00:48:59.340><c> lords,</c><00:48:59.920><c> who</c><00:48:59.920><c> will</c><00:49:00.159><c> not</c>

00:49:00.340 --> 00:49:01.599
submit<00:49:00.599><c> to</c><00:49:00.780><c> him,</c><00:49:01.019><c> brethren</c><00:49:01.219><c> and</c><00:49:01.480><c> sisters,</c>

00:49:01.739 --> 00:49:05.559
will<00:49:01.920><c> perish</c><00:49:02.340><c> with</c><00:49:02.639><c> the</c><00:49:02.880><c> sword.</c><00:49:04.460><c> Rather</c><00:49:04.739><c> wonderful</c><00:49:05.179><c> that</c><00:49:05.440><c> the</c>

00:49:05.559 --> 00:49:06.940
Jews<00:49:05.639><c> took</c><00:49:05.900><c> that</c><00:49:06.119><c> weapon</c><00:49:06.260><c> in</c><00:49:06.460><c> their</c><00:49:06.659><c> hand</c>

00:49:06.940 --> 00:49:10.940
to<00:49:07.179><c> destroy</c><00:49:07.579><c> their</c><00:49:07.800><c> enemies.</c><00:49:08.739><c> Imagine,</c><00:49:09.300><c> brethren</c><00:49:09.460><c> and</c><00:49:09.760><c> sisters,</c><00:49:10.699><c> try</c>

00:49:10.940 --> 00:49:13.800
to<00:49:11.199><c> imagine</c><00:49:11.679><c> what</c><00:49:12.320><c> Haman</c><00:49:12.579><c> would</c><00:49:12.780><c> have</c><00:49:12.980><c> used.</c>

00:49:15.280 --> 00:49:18.199
All<00:49:15.519><c> the</c><00:49:15.800><c> bestiality</c><00:49:16.679><c> which</c><00:49:16.940><c> the</c><00:49:17.260><c> Hamans</c><00:49:17.519><c> of</c><00:49:17.699><c> the</c><00:49:17.880><c> world</c><00:49:18.039><c> have</c>

00:49:18.199 --> 00:49:18.900
ever<00:49:18.539><c> used,</c>

00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:22.280
Adolf<00:49:19.539><c> Hitler</c><00:49:19.780><c> being</c><00:49:20.219><c> preeminently</c><00:49:20.900><c> the</c><00:49:21.219><c> example</c><00:49:21.679><c> in</c><00:49:22.039><c> this</c>

00:49:22.280 --> 00:49:24.760
20th<00:49:22.699><c> century.</c><00:49:23.400><c> The</c><00:49:23.699><c> greatest</c><00:49:24.099><c> Haman</c><00:49:24.400><c> that</c><00:49:24.579><c> we've</c>

00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:28.219
ever<00:49:25.039><c> seen</c><00:49:25.420><c> to</c><00:49:25.760><c> this</c><00:49:26.039><c> point,</c><00:49:26.500><c> only</c><00:49:26.780><c> to</c><00:49:26.920><c> be</c><00:49:27.179><c> superseded</c><00:49:27.679><c> by</c><00:49:27.960><c> the</c>

00:49:28.219 --> 00:49:29.960
Go,<00:49:28.679><c> which</c><00:49:28.880><c> is</c><00:49:29.019><c> to</c><00:49:29.199><c> come</c><00:49:29.300><c> into</c><00:49:29.460><c> the</c><00:49:29.659><c> land.</c>

00:49:30.239 --> 00:49:32.780
We<00:49:30.340><c> know</c><00:49:30.539><c> what</c><00:49:30.719><c> they</c><00:49:31.039><c> use,</c><00:49:31.440><c> brethren</c><00:49:31.559><c> and</c><00:49:31.840><c> sisters,</c><00:49:32.159><c> and</c><00:49:32.659><c> we</c>

00:49:32.780 --> 00:49:35.079
know<00:49:32.960><c> the</c><00:49:33.420><c> spirit</c><00:49:33.800><c> which</c><00:49:34.159><c> dominates</c><00:49:34.739><c> them.</c>

00:49:35.440 --> 00:49:39.679
Jews<00:49:35.659><c> never</c><00:49:35.960><c> did</c><00:49:36.159><c> that.</c><00:49:37.679><c> Furthermore,</c><00:49:38.840><c> later</c><00:49:39.059><c> on</c><00:49:39.260><c> we'll</c><00:49:39.519><c> see</c>

00:49:39.679 --> 00:49:41.519
that<00:49:39.860><c> the</c><00:49:40.019><c> Jews</c><00:49:40.179><c> never</c><00:49:40.519><c> laid</c><00:49:40.659><c> their</c><00:49:40.900><c> hand</c><00:49:41.059><c> upon</c><00:49:41.239><c> the</c>

00:49:41.519 --> 00:49:45.320
spoil,<00:49:42.199><c> though</c><00:49:42.420><c> the</c><00:49:42.920><c> word</c><00:49:43.199><c> of</c><00:49:43.400><c> the</c><00:49:43.619><c> King,</c><00:49:44.539><c> the</c><00:49:44.699><c> irreversible,</c>

00:49:45.519 --> 00:49:48.019
immutable<00:49:45.780><c> law</c><00:49:46.019><c> of</c><00:49:46.199><c> the</c><00:49:46.320><c> King</c><00:49:46.480><c> said</c><00:49:46.659><c> they</c><00:49:47.039><c> could,</c>

00:49:48.059 --> 00:49:51.980
and<00:49:48.260><c> they</c><00:49:48.619><c> didn't.</c><00:49:50.380><c> And</c><00:49:50.639><c> they</c><00:49:50.880><c> obeyed</c><00:49:51.280><c> that</c><00:49:51.460><c> word,</c><00:49:51.800><c> brethren</c>

00:49:51.980 --> 00:49:54.260
and<00:49:52.320><c> sisters,</c><00:49:52.880><c> not</c><00:49:53.139><c> only</c><00:49:53.500><c> implicitly,</c>

00:49:54.260 --> 00:49:58.760
but<00:49:54.420><c> in</c><00:49:54.599><c> the</c><00:49:54.940><c> spirit</c><00:49:55.159><c> of</c><00:49:55.340><c> it,</c><00:49:55.619><c> and</c><00:49:55.780><c> they</c><00:49:56.000><c> never</c><00:49:56.239><c> took</c><00:49:56.400><c> it</c><00:49:56.539><c> to</c><00:49:56.719><c> spoil,</c><00:49:57.960><c> indicating</c><00:49:58.440><c> a</c>

00:49:58.760 --> 00:50:00.659
lesser<00:49:59.000><c> motive</c><00:49:59.519><c> for</c><00:50:00.440><c> the</c>

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killing<00:50:01.000><c> that</c><00:50:01.360><c> would</c><00:50:01.519><c> have</c><00:50:01.699><c> dominated</c><00:50:02.139><c> people</c><00:50:02.519><c> like</c><00:50:02.840><c> Haman</c><00:50:03.039><c> and</c><00:50:03.199><c> his</c><00:50:03.380><c> gang.</c><00:50:04.320><c> I</c>

00:50:04.579 --> 00:50:05.480
know,<00:50:04.820><c> brethren</c><00:50:04.960><c> and</c><00:50:05.239><c> sisters,</c>

00:50:05.679 --> 00:50:07.699
these<00:50:05.940><c> are</c><00:50:06.159><c> wonderful</c><00:50:06.559><c> principles</c><00:50:06.940><c> we're</c><00:50:07.159><c> learning</c><00:50:07.380><c> about</c>

00:50:07.699 --> 00:50:10.219
here,<00:50:08.599><c> but</c><00:50:09.000><c> nonetheless,</c>

00:50:11.820 --> 00:50:15.719
though<00:50:12.000><c> they</c><00:50:12.320><c> smoked</c><00:50:12.599><c> the</c><00:50:12.880><c> Jews</c><00:50:13.280><c> with</c><00:50:13.639><c> the</c><00:50:13.900><c> sword,</c><00:50:15.239><c> there</c><00:50:15.460><c> was</c>

00:50:15.719 --> 00:50:18.179
one<00:50:16.260><c> family,</c><00:50:16.760><c> brethren</c><00:50:17.079><c> and</c><00:50:17.360><c> sisters,</c>

00:50:18.239 --> 00:50:25.900
that<00:50:18.519><c> died</c><00:50:19.119><c> differently.</c><00:50:21.739><c> In</c><00:50:21.980><c> verse</c><00:50:22.260><c> 10,</c><00:50:24.760><c> they</c><00:50:24.980><c> slew</c><00:50:25.340><c> the</c><00:50:25.559><c> ten</c>

00:50:25.900 --> 00:50:28.940
sons<00:50:26.500><c> of</c><00:50:27.860><c> Haman.</c>

00:50:30.400 --> 00:50:40.179
They<00:50:30.519><c> killed</c><00:50:30.719><c> them</c><00:50:30.840><c> with</c><00:50:31.059><c> a</c><00:50:31.179><c> sword,</c><00:50:31.400><c> I</c><00:50:31.480><c> believe.</c><00:50:33.719><c> Haman</c><00:50:33.980><c> had</c><00:50:34.219><c> ten</c><00:50:34.739><c> sons.</c><00:50:36.800><c> Now,</c><00:50:37.400><c> biblical</c><00:50:37.900><c> numbers</c><00:50:39.619><c> have</c><00:50:39.860><c> a</c><00:50:40.000><c> meaning.</c>

00:50:40.320 --> 00:50:45.559
I<00:50:40.440><c> think</c><00:50:40.619><c> that's</c><00:50:41.519><c> fair</c><00:50:41.699><c> comment.</c><00:50:43.579><c> I</c><00:50:43.739><c> don't</c><00:50:43.860><c> think</c><00:50:44.000><c> there's</c><00:50:44.099><c> any</c><00:50:44.380><c> doubt</c><00:50:44.719><c> whatever</c><00:50:45.219><c> as</c>

00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:46.980
to<00:50:45.679><c> what</c><00:50:45.920><c> kin</c><00:50:46.239><c> is</c>

00:50:46.980 --> 00:50:52.920
or<00:50:47.440><c> what</c><00:50:47.579><c> it</c><00:50:47.699><c> means,</c><00:50:48.239><c> brethren</c><00:50:48.380><c> and</c><00:50:48.599><c> sisters.</c><00:50:50.260><c> It's</c><00:50:50.480><c> an</c><00:50:50.719><c> aggregate</c><00:50:51.139><c> number.</c><00:50:52.679><c> That</c>

00:50:52.920 --> 00:50:54.340
is,<00:50:53.539><c> if</c><00:50:53.739><c> you</c><00:50:53.860><c> want</c><00:50:54.019><c> to</c><00:50:54.179><c> speak</c>

00:50:54.340 --> 00:50:57.340
about<00:50:54.599><c> the</c><00:50:54.880><c> total,</c><00:50:55.360><c> the</c><00:50:55.599><c> aggregate</c><00:50:56.019><c> total,</c><00:50:56.820><c> you'd</c><00:50:57.059><c> use</c><00:50:57.219><c> the</c>

00:50:57.340 --> 00:51:01.460
number<00:50:57.539><c> 10.</c><00:50:58.880><c> Want</c><00:50:58.980><c> some</c><00:50:59.159><c> examples?</c><00:51:01.039><c> Well,</c>

00:51:01.639 --> 00:51:07.139
Laban<00:51:02.019><c> changed</c><00:51:02.880><c> Jacob's</c><00:51:03.559><c> wages</c><00:51:03.820><c> ten</c><00:51:04.440><c> times.</c><00:51:06.260><c> That</c><00:51:06.460><c> is,</c><00:51:06.599><c> he</c><00:51:06.699><c> went</c><00:51:06.840><c> on</c>

00:51:07.139 --> 00:51:10.460
changing<00:51:07.519><c> it.</c><00:51:09.139><c> In</c><00:51:09.280><c> Leviticus</c><00:51:09.659><c> chapter</c><00:51:09.940><c> 26,</c>

00:51:10.460 --> 00:51:14.340
verse<00:51:10.719><c> 26,</c><00:51:11.519><c> we</c><00:51:11.639><c> live</c><00:51:11.820><c> because</c><00:51:12.199><c> of</c><00:51:12.380><c> the</c><00:51:12.659><c> extremity</c><00:51:12.960><c> of</c><00:51:13.159><c> the</c><00:51:13.300><c> siege,</c><00:51:14.000><c> ten</c>

00:51:14.340 --> 00:51:16.159
women<00:51:14.719><c> shall</c><00:51:14.980><c> bake</c><00:51:15.260><c> bread</c><00:51:15.460><c> in</c><00:51:15.699><c> one</c><00:51:15.900><c> oven.</c>

00:51:16.599 --> 00:51:20.800
In<00:51:17.039><c> other</c><00:51:17.119><c> words,</c><00:51:17.400><c> the</c><00:51:17.420><c> whole</c><00:51:17.800><c> nation</c><00:51:18.219><c> would</c><00:51:18.420><c> be</c><00:51:18.599><c> under</c><00:51:18.820><c> siege.</c><00:51:20.460><c> We</c><00:51:20.579><c> learn</c><00:51:20.699><c> in</c>

00:51:20.800 --> 00:51:22.199
Daniel<00:51:21.099><c> chapter</c><00:51:21.440><c> 1</c><00:51:21.619><c> and</c><00:51:21.739><c> verse</c><00:51:21.920><c> 20,</c>

00:51:22.320 --> 00:51:27.840
brethren<00:51:22.480><c> and</c><00:51:22.739><c> sisters,</c><00:51:23.340><c> that</c><00:51:23.480><c> Daniel's</c><00:51:24.019><c> wisdom</c><00:51:24.260><c> was</c><00:51:24.699><c> ten</c><00:51:25.059><c> times</c><00:51:25.579><c> better</c><00:51:26.159><c> than</c><00:51:27.059><c> all</c><00:51:27.280><c> the</c><00:51:27.440><c> wisdom</c><00:51:27.659><c> of</c>

00:51:27.840 --> 00:51:28.440
the<00:51:28.000><c> Chaldeans,</c>

00:51:28.500 --> 00:51:33.139
by<00:51:28.719><c> which</c><00:51:28.920><c> it</c><00:51:29.139><c> means</c><00:51:29.420><c> that</c><00:51:29.719><c> his</c><00:51:29.920><c> wisdom</c><00:51:30.159><c> was</c><00:51:30.519><c> totally</c><00:51:31.079><c> the</c><00:51:31.360><c> best.</c><00:51:32.940><c> In</c>

00:51:33.139 --> 00:51:34.980
the<00:51:33.380><c> power</c><00:51:33.480><c> of</c><00:51:33.699><c> the</c><00:51:33.860><c> virgins,</c><00:51:34.099><c> we've</c><00:51:34.360><c> got</c><00:51:34.519><c> ten</c>

00:51:34.980 --> 00:51:38.039
virgins<00:51:35.320><c> because</c><00:51:35.820><c> the</c><00:51:36.340><c> whole</c><00:51:36.639><c> of</c><00:51:36.760><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:51:37.340><c> good</c><00:51:37.559><c> and</c><00:51:37.860><c> bad,</c>

00:51:38.099 --> 00:51:45.639
is<00:51:38.300><c> included.</c><00:51:39.820><c> And</c><00:51:40.079><c> so</c><00:51:40.179><c> we</c><00:51:40.260><c> could</c><00:51:40.420><c> go</c><00:51:40.599><c> on</c><00:51:40.880><c> and</c><00:51:40.980><c> on</c><00:51:41.139><c> and</c>

00:51:45.639 --> 00:51:49.880
there's<00:51:46.400><c> the</c><00:51:46.639><c> end</c><00:51:47.019><c> of</c><00:51:47.199><c> all</c><00:51:47.380><c> nations.</c><00:51:48.179><c> And</c><00:51:48.300><c> God</c><00:51:48.519><c> told</c><00:51:48.820><c> Israel,</c>

00:51:50.320 --> 00:51:52.900
though<00:51:50.539><c> I</c><00:51:50.820><c> make</c><00:51:51.019><c> a</c><00:51:51.260><c> full</c><00:51:51.400><c> end</c><00:51:51.659><c> of</c><00:51:51.960><c> all</c><00:51:52.400><c> nations,</c>

00:51:52.920 --> 00:51:59.219
I<00:51:53.099><c> will</c><00:51:53.320><c> not</c><00:51:53.460><c> make</c><00:51:53.639><c> a</c><00:51:53.780><c> full</c><00:51:53.900><c> end</c><00:51:54.119><c> of</c><00:51:54.300><c> thee,</c><00:51:54.719><c> but</c><00:51:55.019><c> ten</c><00:51:55.639><c> of</c><00:51:55.920><c> the</c><00:51:56.119><c> nations.</c><00:51:57.760><c> And</c><00:51:57.780><c> when</c><00:51:58.179><c> God</c><00:51:58.480><c> says</c><00:51:58.599><c> I'll</c><00:51:58.840><c> make</c><00:51:58.920><c> a</c>

00:51:59.219 --> 00:52:03.079
full<00:51:59.360><c> end</c><00:51:59.599><c> of</c><00:51:59.699><c> all</c><00:51:59.880><c> nations,</c><00:52:00.500><c> this</c><00:52:00.639><c> is</c><00:52:00.780><c> how</c><00:52:00.860><c> he</c><00:52:00.960><c> does</c><00:52:01.199><c> it.</c><00:52:02.880><c> He</c>

00:52:03.079 --> 00:52:05.920
destroys<00:52:03.599><c> those</c><00:52:03.980><c> who</c><00:52:04.199><c> won't</c><00:52:04.519><c> become</c><00:52:04.900><c> Jews,</c>

00:52:06.420 --> 00:52:09.460
converts<00:52:06.760><c> those</c><00:52:07.119><c> who</c><00:52:07.380><c> will,</c><00:52:08.360><c> and</c><00:52:08.480><c> there's</c><00:52:08.739><c> nobody</c><00:52:09.000><c> left</c><00:52:09.300><c> of</c>

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the<00:52:09.659><c> Jews.</c><00:52:10.940><c> It's</c><00:52:11.239><c> as</c><00:52:11.460><c> simple</c><00:52:11.679><c> as</c><00:52:11.920><c> that.</c><00:52:12.280><c> He</c><00:52:12.679><c> destroys</c>

00:52:13.039 --> 00:52:16.360
those<00:52:13.260><c> who</c><00:52:13.619><c> won't</c><00:52:13.920><c> become</c><00:52:14.280><c> Jews,</c><00:52:15.159><c> converts</c><00:52:15.420><c> those</c><00:52:15.780><c> who</c><00:52:16.039><c> will,</c>

00:52:16.659 --> 00:52:18.960
so<00:52:16.920><c> all</c><00:52:17.340><c> Israel</c><00:52:17.860><c> shall</c><00:52:18.099><c> be</c><00:52:18.380><c> saved.</c><00:52:18.719><c> There's</c>

00:52:18.960 --> 00:52:21.199
another<00:52:19.239><c> sense</c><00:52:19.519><c> in</c><00:52:19.619><c> which</c><00:52:19.760><c> that</c><00:52:19.960><c> word</c><00:52:20.119><c> can</c><00:52:20.340><c> be</c><00:52:20.539><c> used.</c><00:52:20.960><c> And</c><00:52:21.059><c> the</c>

00:52:21.199 --> 00:52:23.400
whole<00:52:21.519><c> world</c><00:52:21.739><c> will</c><00:52:21.980><c> be</c><00:52:22.179><c> filled</c><00:52:22.380><c> as</c><00:52:22.699><c> Israel</c><00:52:23.139><c> shall</c>

00:52:23.400 --> 00:52:27.900
blossom<00:52:23.719><c> and</c><00:52:24.019><c> bud</c><00:52:24.119><c> and</c><00:52:24.400><c> fill</c><00:52:24.599><c> the</c><00:52:24.880><c> face</c><00:52:25.059><c> of</c><00:52:25.219><c> the</c><00:52:25.440><c> world</c><00:52:25.719><c> with</c><00:52:26.019><c> fruit.</c><00:52:27.559><c> So</c><00:52:27.739><c> I</c>

00:52:27.900 --> 00:52:29.539
make<00:52:28.019><c> a</c><00:52:28.300><c> full</c><00:52:28.460><c> end</c><00:52:28.679><c> of</c><00:52:28.880><c> all</c><00:52:29.099><c> nations,</c>

00:52:29.900 --> 00:52:33.599
ten<00:52:30.340><c> sons</c><00:52:30.719><c> of</c><00:52:30.960><c> Haman.</c><00:52:32.219><c> Rather</c><00:52:32.539><c> significant,</c><00:52:33.260><c> brethren</c><00:52:33.340><c> and</c>

00:52:33.599 --> 00:52:39.260
sisters,<00:52:36.139><c> that</c><00:52:36.320><c> the</c><00:52:36.539><c> one</c><00:52:36.780><c> who</c><00:52:37.079><c> suffered</c><00:52:37.559><c> the</c><00:52:38.820><c> most</c>

00:52:39.260 --> 00:52:45.480
appalling<00:52:39.880><c> death</c><00:52:40.480><c> in</c><00:52:42.079><c> the</c><00:52:42.219><c> book</c><00:52:42.360><c> of</c><00:52:42.539><c> Revelation,</c><00:52:44.300><c> who</c><00:52:44.500><c> hurtled</c><00:52:44.900><c> into</c>

00:52:45.480 --> 00:52:47.960
the<00:52:45.780><c> abyss,</c><00:52:47.059><c> yelling</c><00:52:47.320><c> and</c><00:52:47.659><c> black</c>

00:52:47.960 --> 00:52:52.920
screaming,<00:52:49.500><c> to</c><00:52:49.619><c> be</c><00:52:49.880><c> heaped</c><00:52:50.039><c> into</c><00:52:50.239><c> the</c><00:52:50.420><c> abyss</c><00:52:50.960><c> and</c><00:52:51.500><c> covered</c><00:52:51.699><c> forever</c><00:52:52.099><c> from</c><00:52:52.340><c> the</c><00:52:52.519><c> sight</c><00:52:52.679><c> of</c>

00:52:52.920 --> 00:52:54.820
men,<00:52:53.760><c> is</c><00:52:53.920><c> the</c><00:52:54.239><c> whore</c><00:52:54.480><c> of</c>

00:52:54.820 --> 00:53:04.119
Rome<00:52:55.219><c> who</c><00:52:55.780><c> rides</c><00:52:56.079><c> upon</c><00:52:56.360><c> a</c><00:52:56.619><c> beast</c><00:52:56.760><c> with</c><00:52:57.139><c> ten</c><00:52:57.780><c> horns.</c><00:52:59.780><c> The</c><00:53:00.139><c> powers</c><00:53:00.639><c> of</c><00:53:01.239><c> Gentileism.</c><00:53:03.059><c> And</c><00:53:03.380><c> it's</c><00:53:03.679><c> also</c><00:53:03.900><c> of</c>

00:53:04.119 --> 00:53:04.500
the<00:53:04.300><c> height</c>

00:53:04.500 --> 00:53:08.179
of<00:53:04.980><c> significance.</c><00:53:06.179><c> So</c><00:53:06.239><c> when</c><00:53:06.420><c> all</c><00:53:06.820><c> the</c><00:53:07.059><c> powers</c><00:53:07.340><c> of</c><00:53:07.639><c> Gentileism</c>

00:53:08.179 --> 00:53:09.940
have<00:53:08.360><c> been</c><00:53:08.539><c> destroyed</c><00:53:09.059><c> and</c><00:53:09.579><c> the</c><00:53:09.739><c> rest</c>

00:53:09.940 --> 00:53:15.619
are<00:53:10.239><c> converted,</c><00:53:11.099><c> it</c><00:53:11.239><c> will</c><00:53:11.500><c> be</c><00:53:12.239><c> ten</c><00:53:12.960><c> men</c><00:53:13.719><c> out</c><00:53:14.420><c> of</c><00:53:14.619><c> all</c><00:53:14.900><c> the</c><00:53:15.059><c> languages</c><00:53:15.400><c> of</c>

00:53:15.619 --> 00:53:17.039
the<00:53:15.760><c> nations</c><00:53:16.000><c> that</c><00:53:16.179><c> will</c><00:53:16.420><c> come</c><00:53:16.639><c> and</c><00:53:16.880><c> say</c>

00:53:17.039 --> 00:53:20.739
to<00:53:17.260><c> the</c><00:53:17.380><c> Jew,</c><00:53:18.119><c> we</c><00:53:18.199><c> will</c><00:53:18.539><c> go</c><00:53:18.800><c> with</c><00:53:19.059><c> you,</c><00:53:19.340><c> for</c><00:53:19.440><c> we</c><00:53:19.699><c> have</c><00:53:19.920><c> heard</c><00:53:20.119><c> that</c><00:53:20.340><c> God</c><00:53:20.500><c> is</c>

00:53:20.739 --> 00:53:23.400
with<00:53:20.980><c> you,</c><00:53:21.320><c> and</c><00:53:21.659><c> so</c><00:53:22.019><c> God</c><00:53:22.420><c> will</c><00:53:22.639><c> make</c><00:53:22.800><c> a</c><00:53:23.139><c> full</c>

00:53:23.400 --> 00:53:30.079
end<00:53:23.900><c> of</c><00:53:24.300><c> all</c><00:53:24.559><c> nations.</c><00:53:25.980><c> Ten</c><00:53:26.500><c> was</c><00:53:26.880><c> the</c><00:53:27.019><c> guarantee</c><00:53:27.340><c> of</c><00:53:27.559><c> that.</c><00:53:29.719><c> And</c><00:53:29.860><c> of</c>

00:53:30.079 --> 00:53:34.199
course,<00:53:32.880><c> Ahadjurah</c><00:53:33.340><c> became</c><00:53:33.760><c> somewhat</c>

00:53:34.199 --> 00:53:37.699
alarmed,<00:53:34.840><c> brethren</c><00:53:35.000><c> and</c><00:53:35.219><c> sisters,</c><00:53:36.679><c> as</c><00:53:36.860><c> he</c><00:53:37.019><c> learned</c><00:53:37.260><c> in</c><00:53:37.460><c> verse</c>

00:53:37.699 --> 00:53:40.480
11,<00:53:38.820><c> on</c><00:53:39.099><c> that</c><00:53:39.360><c> day</c><00:53:39.599><c> the</c><00:53:39.699><c> number</c><00:53:40.019><c> of</c><00:53:40.139><c> those</c><00:53:40.360><c> that</c>

00:53:40.480 --> 00:53:42.619
were<00:53:40.659><c> slain</c><00:53:40.880><c> in</c><00:53:41.099><c> Shushan,</c><00:53:41.539><c> the</c><00:53:41.679><c> palace</c><00:53:41.880><c> was</c><00:53:42.119><c> brought</c><00:53:42.300><c> before</c>

00:53:42.619 --> 00:53:46.000
the<00:53:42.860><c> king.</c><00:53:44.559><c> We're</c><00:53:44.900><c> told</c><00:53:44.980><c> in</c><00:53:45.139><c> verse</c><00:53:45.360><c> 12</c><00:53:45.619><c> that</c><00:53:45.800><c> they</c>

00:53:46.000 --> 00:53:53.519
had<00:53:46.019><c> slain</c><00:53:46.239><c> 500</c><00:53:46.760><c> men.</c><00:53:48.400><c> And</c><00:53:48.559><c> he</c><00:53:48.619><c> was</c><00:53:48.880><c> frightened.</c><00:53:49.239><c> He</c><00:53:49.340><c> said,</c><00:53:49.539><c> look,</c><00:53:50.340><c> what</c><00:53:50.500><c> have</c><00:53:50.579><c> they</c><00:53:50.820><c> done?</c><00:53:52.739><c> What</c><00:53:53.000><c> have</c><00:53:53.099><c> they</c><00:53:53.260><c> done</c><00:53:53.360><c> in</c>

00:53:53.519 --> 00:53:56.059
the<00:53:53.579><c> rest</c><00:53:53.739><c> of</c><00:53:53.920><c> the</c><00:53:54.059><c> provinces?</c><00:53:54.619><c> If</c><00:53:54.699><c> there</c><00:53:54.820><c> had</c><00:53:54.840><c> been</c><00:53:55.000><c> 500</c><00:53:55.519><c> slain</c><00:53:55.880><c> in</c>

00:53:56.059 --> 00:53:57.760
the<00:53:56.199><c> city,</c><00:53:56.900><c> goodness</c><00:53:57.059><c> knows</c><00:53:57.340><c> how</c><00:53:57.480><c> many</c><00:53:57.599><c> had</c>

00:53:57.760 --> 00:54:01.340
killed<00:53:57.860><c> in</c><00:53:58.000><c> the</c><00:53:58.199><c> provinces,</c><00:53:58.619><c> and</c><00:53:58.820><c> the</c><00:53:58.880><c> king</c><00:53:59.099><c> was</c><00:53:59.360><c> alarmed.</c><00:54:00.780><c> But</c><00:54:00.960><c> alarmed</c><00:54:01.199><c> as</c>

00:54:01.340 --> 00:54:02.780
he<00:54:01.460><c> was,</c><00:54:01.800><c> brethren</c><00:54:01.940><c> and</c><00:54:02.159><c> sisters,</c><00:54:02.500><c> he</c>

00:54:02.780 --> 00:54:04.980
knew<00:54:02.940><c> the</c><00:54:03.260><c> spirit</c><00:54:03.579><c> of</c><00:54:03.760><c> the</c><00:54:03.880><c> edict</c><00:54:04.039><c> which</c><00:54:04.199><c> he</c><00:54:04.320><c> had</c><00:54:04.460><c> given,</c><00:54:04.980><c> and</c>

00:54:04.980 --> 00:54:07.039
he<00:54:05.019><c> went</c><00:54:05.239><c> to</c><00:54:05.460><c> Esther</c><00:54:05.559><c> and</c><00:54:05.579><c> said,</c><00:54:06.159><c> Esther,</c><00:54:06.559><c> what</c><00:54:06.780><c> is</c>

00:54:07.039 --> 00:54:09.260
your<00:54:07.199><c> request?</c><00:54:07.940><c> In</c><00:54:08.039><c> other</c><00:54:08.239><c> words,</c><00:54:08.539><c> I</c><00:54:08.619><c> believe</c><00:54:08.800><c> the</c><00:54:08.960><c> king</c><00:54:09.099><c> was</c>

00:54:09.260 --> 00:54:11.360
saying,<00:54:09.639><c> look</c><00:54:09.840><c> Esther,</c><00:54:10.159><c> I'm</c><00:54:10.300><c> committed.</c><00:54:10.880><c> I'm</c><00:54:11.199><c> committed</c>

00:54:11.360 --> 00:54:14.619
to<00:54:11.519><c> this</c><00:54:11.699><c> cause.</c><00:54:12.159><c> I</c><00:54:12.360><c> will</c><00:54:12.659><c> not</c><00:54:12.820><c> go</c><00:54:13.059><c> back</c><00:54:13.239><c> upon</c><00:54:13.480><c> my</c><00:54:13.820><c> word.</c><00:54:14.460><c> But</c>

00:54:14.619 --> 00:54:16.440
speaking<00:54:14.960><c> for</c><00:54:15.139><c> the</c><00:54:15.280><c> king,</c><00:54:15.500><c> we</c><00:54:15.599><c> can</c><00:54:15.840><c> say</c><00:54:15.980><c> for</c><00:54:16.139><c> him,</c>

00:54:16.659 --> 00:54:22.380
please<00:54:16.980><c> Esther,</c><00:54:17.719><c> let's</c><00:54:18.039><c> call</c><00:54:18.219><c> a</c><00:54:18.460><c> halt.</c><00:54:20.659><c> But</c><00:54:20.760><c> you</c><00:54:20.900><c> see,</c><00:54:21.179><c> brethren</c><00:54:21.340><c> and</c><00:54:21.559><c> sisters,</c><00:54:22.179><c> he</c>

00:54:22.380 --> 00:54:24.280
was<00:54:22.579><c> committed</c><00:54:23.000><c> to</c><00:54:23.179><c> that</c><00:54:23.380><c> cause.</c>

00:54:24.739 --> 00:54:27.599
And<00:54:25.039><c> now</c><00:54:25.360><c> Esther</c><00:54:25.699><c> and</c><00:54:25.920><c> Moira</c><00:54:26.239><c> K</c><00:54:26.360><c>.I.</c><00:54:26.920><c> seize</c><00:54:26.960><c> the</c><00:54:27.139><c> opportunity.</c>

00:54:27.840 --> 00:54:29.400
The<00:54:28.039><c> law</c><00:54:28.239><c> is</c><00:54:28.460><c> immutable.</c><00:54:29.019><c> We</c><00:54:29.159><c> will</c>

00:54:29.400 --> 00:54:32.179
make<00:54:29.559><c> the</c><00:54:29.780><c> most</c><00:54:30.099><c> of</c><00:54:30.239><c> it.</c><00:54:31.019><c> And</c><00:54:31.139><c> they</c><00:54:31.300><c> demanded</c><00:54:31.659><c> that</c><00:54:31.940><c> second</c>

00:54:32.179 --> 00:54:34.260
day,<00:54:32.460><c> and</c><00:54:32.579><c> they</c><00:54:32.739><c> got</c><00:54:32.960><c> that</c><00:54:33.199><c> second</c><00:54:33.460><c> day.</c>

00:54:34.920 --> 00:54:40.920
And<00:54:35.199><c> 300</c><00:54:35.539><c> more</c><00:54:35.880><c> were</c><00:54:36.139><c> slain,</c><00:54:36.539><c> brethren</c><00:54:36.619><c> and</c><00:54:36.840><c> sisters.</c><00:54:38.340><c> And</c><00:54:38.500><c> then</c><00:54:38.739><c> Esther</c><00:54:38.800><c> made</c><00:54:39.099><c> this</c><00:54:39.360><c> request</c><00:54:40.000><c> in</c>

00:54:40.920 --> 00:54:41.980
verse<00:54:41.179><c> 13.</c>

00:54:43.260 --> 00:54:46.920
Then<00:54:43.360><c> said</c><00:54:43.599><c> Esther,</c><00:54:44.000><c> if</c><00:54:44.039><c> it</c><00:54:44.260><c> please</c><00:54:44.500><c> the</c><00:54:44.739><c> king,</c><00:54:46.079><c> let</c><00:54:46.139><c> it</c><00:54:46.300><c> be</c><00:54:46.539><c> granted</c><00:54:46.719><c> to</c>

00:54:46.920 --> 00:54:49.079
the<00:54:47.079><c> Jews</c><00:54:47.260><c> which</c><00:54:47.500><c> are</c><00:54:47.679><c> in</c><00:54:47.860><c> Shushan</c><00:54:48.460><c> to</c><00:54:48.900><c> do</c>

00:54:49.079 --> 00:54:52.380
tomorrow<00:54:49.539><c> also</c><00:54:49.880><c> according</c><00:54:50.320><c> to</c><00:54:50.460><c> this</c><00:54:50.719><c> day's</c><00:54:51.199><c> decree,</c><00:54:52.079><c> and</c><00:54:52.239><c> let</c>

00:54:52.380 --> 00:54:56.940
Haman's<00:54:53.039><c> 10</c><00:54:53.300><c> sons</c><00:54:54.059><c> be</c><00:54:54.780><c> hanged</c><00:54:55.639><c> on</c><00:54:55.840><c> the</c><00:54:56.079><c> gallows.</c>

00:54:57.440 --> 00:55:00.960
And<00:54:57.960><c> that's</c><00:54:58.360><c> the</c><00:54:58.539><c> grizzly</c><00:54:58.980><c> note</c><00:54:59.519><c> with</c><00:54:59.900><c> which</c><00:55:00.039><c> I</c><00:55:00.179><c> want</c><00:55:00.320><c> to</c><00:55:00.440><c> finish</c><00:55:00.639><c> this</c>

00:55:00.960 --> 00:55:02.519
session,<00:55:01.500><c> brethren</c><00:55:01.519><c> and</c><00:55:01.800><c> sisters.</c>

00:55:02.739 --> 00:55:05.039
You<00:55:02.900><c> know,</c><00:55:03.039><c> they</c><00:55:03.159><c> were</c><00:55:03.219><c> to</c><00:55:03.360><c> be</c><00:55:03.579><c> hanged</c><00:55:03.840><c> on</c><00:55:04.239><c> the</c><00:55:04.539><c> gallows.</c><00:55:04.880><c> Now</c>

00:55:05.039 --> 00:55:08.900
we<00:55:05.079><c> know</c><00:55:05.260><c> the</c><00:55:05.500><c> gallows</c><00:55:06.039><c> was</c><00:55:06.300><c> a</c><00:55:06.599><c> tree,</c><00:55:07.599><c> a</c><00:55:07.920><c> tall</c><00:55:08.239><c> tree,</c>

00:55:09.260 --> 00:55:16.820
75<00:55:09.800><c> feet</c><00:55:10.420><c> high.</c><00:55:12.219><c> And</c><00:55:12.440><c> it</c><00:55:12.559><c> was</c><00:55:12.840><c> the</c><00:55:13.199><c> tree.</c><00:55:14.079><c> It</c><00:55:14.239><c> was</c><00:55:14.420><c> the</c><00:55:14.579><c> one</c><00:55:14.699><c> that</c><00:55:15.099><c> Haman</c><00:55:15.280><c> hung</c><00:55:15.539><c> upon.</c><00:55:16.619><c> And</c>

00:55:16.820 --> 00:55:17.159
you<00:55:16.900><c> know,</c>

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Jewish<00:55:17.440><c> tradition</c><00:55:17.860><c> has</c><00:55:18.159><c> it,</c><00:55:18.380><c> brethren</c><00:55:18.559><c> and</c><00:55:18.780><c> sisters,</c><00:55:19.019><c> so</c><00:55:19.480><c> strongly</c><00:55:19.880><c> that</c><00:55:21.119><c> Haman's</c><00:55:21.739><c> sons</c><00:55:21.880><c> were</c><00:55:22.139><c> all</c><00:55:22.440><c> crucified</c>

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vertically<00:55:23.579><c> on</c><00:55:23.840><c> that</c><00:55:24.159><c> tree,</c><00:55:25.019><c> that</c><00:55:25.300><c> every</c><00:55:25.960><c> single</c><00:55:26.500><c> Jewish</c><00:55:27.000><c> manuscript</c><00:55:27.719><c> which</c><00:55:28.360><c> lists</c><00:55:28.739><c> the</c>

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names<00:55:29.380><c> of</c><00:55:29.659><c> Haman's</c><00:55:30.260><c> sons</c>

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write<00:55:31.179><c> them</c><00:55:31.599><c> vertically,</c><00:55:32.400><c> one</c><00:55:32.539><c> under</c><00:55:32.800><c> each</c><00:55:33.079><c> other.</c><00:55:34.880><c> Ten</c><00:55:35.139><c> of</c>

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them.<00:55:36.420><c> All</c><00:55:36.760><c> vertically,</c><00:55:37.480><c> one</c><00:55:37.599><c> under</c><00:55:37.820><c> each</c><00:55:38.059><c> other.</c>

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In<00:55:38.679><c> every</c><00:55:39.360><c> manuscript</c><00:55:40.059><c> which</c><00:55:40.500><c> the</c><00:55:40.679><c> Jews</c><00:55:40.900><c> had</c><00:55:41.179><c> of</c><00:55:41.320><c> that</c><00:55:41.599><c> sort.</c>

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Because<00:55:43.639><c> they</c><00:55:43.940><c> understood</c><00:55:44.360><c> that</c><00:55:45.199><c> they</c><00:55:45.420><c> were</c><00:55:45.619><c> all</c>

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on<00:55:46.260><c> the</c><00:55:46.559><c> one</c><00:55:46.880><c> tree.</c><00:55:47.599><c> And</c><00:55:47.760><c> 75</c><00:55:48.420><c> feet</c><00:55:49.300><c> divided</c><00:55:50.219><c> by</c><00:55:50.539><c> 10</c><00:55:51.019><c> would</c><00:55:51.480><c> leave</c><00:55:51.760><c> just</c>

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enough<00:55:52.280><c> room.</c>

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And<00:55:54.079><c> there</c><00:55:54.280><c> they</c><00:55:54.519><c> were.</c><00:55:54.980><c> Eleven</c><00:55:55.400><c> with</c><00:55:55.639><c> their</c><00:55:55.880><c> fathers.</c><00:55:57.920><c> Held</c>

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up<00:55:58.320><c> for</c><00:55:58.579><c> all</c><00:55:58.780><c> men</c><00:55:58.900><c> to</c><00:55:59.219><c> see.</c><00:56:00.699><c> What</c><00:56:00.880><c> happened,</c>

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brethren<00:56:01.579><c> and</c><00:56:01.840><c> sisters,</c><00:56:02.059><c> to</c><00:56:02.219><c> people</c><00:56:02.760><c> who</c><00:56:03.500><c> cursed</c><00:56:03.900><c> God's</c><00:56:04.500><c> people.</c><00:56:05.980><c> You</c>

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know<00:56:06.320><c> why</c><00:56:06.659><c> they</c><00:56:06.860><c> did</c><00:56:07.099><c> that?</c>

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Esther,<00:56:08.980><c> brethren</c><00:56:09.300><c> and</c><00:56:09.579><c> sisters,</c><00:56:09.880><c> wasn't</c><00:56:10.079><c> the</c><00:56:10.380><c> saddest.</c><00:56:12.159><c> We've</c><00:56:12.559><c> learned</c><00:56:12.780><c> enough</c><00:56:13.059><c> about</c><00:56:13.260><c> her</c>

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character<00:56:13.780><c> to</c><00:56:13.980><c> know</c>

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that.<00:56:15.500><c> But</c><00:56:15.880><c> the</c><00:56:16.039><c> Lord</c><00:56:16.239><c> of</c><00:56:16.539><c> God,</c><00:56:17.260><c> then,</c><00:56:19.719><c> cursed</c><00:56:20.019><c> his</c><00:56:20.460><c> people</c><00:56:21.019><c> and</c><00:56:21.840><c> hanged</c><00:56:22.119><c> them</c><00:56:22.239><c> upon</c><00:56:22.480><c> a</c><00:56:22.699><c> tree.</c>

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When<00:56:25.059><c> Joshua</c><00:56:25.539><c> came</c><00:56:25.840><c> into</c><00:56:26.300><c> the</c><00:56:26.420><c> land</c><00:56:26.639><c> of</c><00:56:27.019><c> Canaan,</c><00:56:27.420><c> and</c><00:56:27.519><c> they</c><00:56:27.780><c> caught</c><00:56:27.980><c> the</c><00:56:28.500><c> five</c><00:56:28.920><c> kings</c><00:56:29.280><c> of</c>

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Canaan<00:56:29.980><c> in</c><00:56:30.280><c> the</c><00:56:30.579><c> cave</c><00:56:30.880><c> there,</c>

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the<00:56:31.960><c> Makita,</c><00:56:33.219><c> he</c><00:56:33.519><c> brought</c><00:56:33.760><c> them</c><00:56:33.980><c> out,</c><00:56:34.739><c> caused</c><00:56:34.980><c> Israel's</c><00:56:35.679><c> rulers</c><00:56:35.920><c> to</c>

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put<00:56:36.500><c> their</c><00:56:36.800><c> feet</c><00:56:36.940><c> on</c><00:56:37.119><c> their</c><00:56:37.380><c> neck,</c>

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and<00:56:38.099><c> then</c><00:56:38.420><c> told</c><00:56:38.579><c> them</c><00:56:38.800><c> the</c><00:56:39.079><c> strength</c><00:56:39.360><c> of</c><00:56:39.659><c> God</c><00:56:39.840><c> which</c><00:56:40.019><c> was</c><00:56:40.239><c> with</c>

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them<00:56:40.460><c> and</c><00:56:40.619><c> to</c><00:56:40.679><c> kill</c><00:56:40.900><c> them</c><00:56:41.119><c> before</c><00:56:41.460><c> their</c><00:56:41.860><c> sons.</c>

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That<00:56:44.380><c> their</c><00:56:44.780><c> sons</c><00:56:45.199><c> might</c><00:56:45.659><c> come</c><00:56:45.960><c> to</c><00:56:46.219><c> understand</c><00:56:46.920><c> that</c><00:56:47.780><c> God</c><00:56:48.099><c> is</c>

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with<00:56:48.440><c> all</c><00:56:48.699><c> those</c><00:56:48.940><c> who</c><00:56:49.099><c> put</c><00:56:49.219><c> their</c><00:56:49.539><c> trust</c><00:56:49.800><c> in</c><00:56:50.000><c> him,</c>

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and<00:56:50.639><c> that</c><00:56:50.820><c> the</c><00:56:51.000><c> king</c><00:56:51.539><c> of</c><00:56:51.860><c> unrighteousness</c><00:56:52.760><c> will</c><00:56:53.019><c> never</c><00:56:53.300><c> prevail</c><00:56:53.739><c> over</c>

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those<00:56:54.380><c> who</c><00:56:54.820><c> follow</c><00:56:55.039><c> God's</c><00:56:55.500><c> commands,</c>

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and<00:56:55.960><c> then</c><00:56:56.159><c> Joshua</c><00:56:56.599><c> hung</c><00:56:57.099><c> them</c><00:56:57.260><c> up</c><00:56:57.500><c> before</c><00:56:57.760><c> the</c><00:56:58.000><c> sun.</c><00:56:59.000><c> Cursed</c><00:56:59.480><c> is</c><00:56:59.760><c> he</c><00:57:00.159><c> that</c><00:57:00.500><c> hangeth</c><00:57:00.860><c> upon</c><00:57:01.099><c> a</c><00:57:01.380><c> tree.</c>

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And<00:57:03.099><c> brethren</c><00:57:03.300><c> and</c><00:57:03.559><c> sisters,</c><00:57:03.780><c> to</c><00:57:03.960><c> deliver</c><00:57:04.219><c> us</c><00:57:04.480><c> from</c><00:57:04.699><c> death,</c>

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and<00:57:06.340><c> from</c><00:57:06.639><c> the</c><00:57:06.800><c> curse</c><00:57:07.079><c> of</c><00:57:07.300><c> mortality,</c>

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and<00:57:09.000><c> from</c><00:57:09.400><c> the</c><00:57:09.719><c> immutable</c><00:57:10.239><c> law</c><00:57:10.579><c> of</c><00:57:10.739><c> our</c><00:57:10.940><c> Creator,</c><00:57:13.159><c> Jesus</c><00:57:13.480><c> Christ,</c><00:57:14.119><c> our</c>

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Lord,<00:57:14.860><c> the</c><00:57:14.980><c> most</c><00:57:15.300><c> illustrious</c><00:57:15.980><c> man</c><00:57:16.139><c> that</c>

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ever<00:57:16.599><c> lived,</c><00:57:17.079><c> the</c><00:57:17.159><c> most</c><00:57:17.500><c> loveliest</c><00:57:18.019><c> character</c><00:57:18.260><c> you</c><00:57:18.380><c> could</c><00:57:18.579><c> ever</c><00:57:18.920><c> wish</c><00:57:19.139><c> to</c>

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meet,<00:57:20.360><c> hung</c><00:57:20.480><c> a</c><00:57:20.940><c> curse</c><00:57:21.320><c> of</c><00:57:21.559><c> God</c><00:57:22.039><c> on</c><00:57:23.119><c> that</c>

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tree.<00:57:25.159><c> Not</c><00:57:25.599><c> cursing</c><00:57:26.340><c> did</c><00:57:26.480><c> he</c><00:57:26.639><c> done</c><00:57:26.860><c> wrong.</c><00:57:27.780><c> No</c><00:57:28.219><c> curse</c><00:57:28.579><c> of</c><00:57:28.739><c> God</c>

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resting<00:57:29.280><c> upon</c><00:57:29.659><c> him,</c><00:57:30.340><c> morally,</c><00:57:31.239><c> mentally,</c><00:57:37.880><c> and</c>

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that<00:57:38.900><c> in</c><00:57:39.079><c> the</c><00:57:39.380><c> flesh</c><00:57:39.619><c> dwells</c><00:57:40.199><c> no</c><00:57:40.440><c> good</c><00:57:40.760><c> thing,</c><00:57:42.139><c> and</c><00:57:42.260><c> that</c><00:57:42.380><c> the</c>

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flesh,<00:57:42.860><c> if</c><00:57:43.059><c> it</c><00:57:43.199><c> would</c><00:57:43.380><c> have</c><00:57:43.579><c> its</c><00:57:43.820><c> own</c><00:57:44.079><c> way,</c>

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would<00:57:44.639><c> take</c><00:57:44.840><c> us</c><00:57:45.000><c> away</c><00:57:45.360><c> from</c><00:57:45.599><c> God,</c><00:57:46.239><c> curse</c><00:57:46.360><c> Israel</c><00:57:46.780><c> because</c><00:57:47.139><c> Israel</c><00:57:47.619><c> speaks</c><00:57:47.920><c> of</c><00:57:48.139><c> humiliation,</c>

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elevate<00:57:49.519><c> ourselves</c><00:57:49.980><c> in</c><00:57:50.199><c> the</c><00:57:50.360><c> sight</c><00:57:50.519><c> of</c><00:57:50.739><c> ourselves,</c><00:57:51.420><c> and</c><00:57:51.500><c> we</c>

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would<00:57:51.840><c> go</c><00:57:52.059><c> out</c><00:57:52.179><c> of</c><00:57:52.280><c> the</c><00:57:52.440><c> kingdom,</c><00:57:52.800><c> brethren</c><00:57:53.000><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:57:53.380><c> and</c><00:57:53.480><c> that</c><00:57:53.619><c> man</c><00:57:53.900><c> hung</c><00:57:54.199><c> there</c><00:57:54.619><c> to</c><00:57:54.920><c> tell</c><00:57:55.019><c> us</c><00:57:55.179><c> that</c><00:57:55.519><c> same</c>

00:57:55.840 --> 00:57:59.000
principle<00:57:56.360><c> which</c><00:57:56.820><c> the</c><00:57:57.159><c> grisly</c><00:57:57.719><c> scene</c><00:57:58.099><c> of</c><00:57:58.480><c> Haman's</c>

00:57:59.000 --> 00:58:01.800
ten<00:57:59.199><c> sons</c><00:57:59.579><c> stood</c><00:57:59.920><c> for</c><00:58:00.139><c> all</c><00:58:00.400><c> Shushan</c><00:58:00.880><c> and</c><00:58:01.000><c> the</c><00:58:01.179><c> whole</c><00:58:01.480><c> province</c>

00:58:01.800 --> 00:58:04.739
to<00:58:02.079><c> see,</c><00:58:02.900><c> cursed</c><00:58:03.079><c> is</c><00:58:03.380><c> he</c><00:58:03.679><c> that</c><00:58:04.079><c> hangeth</c><00:58:04.440><c> upon</c>

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a<00:58:05.239><c> tree.</c><00:58:05.980><c> And</c><00:58:06.099><c> so</c><00:58:06.280><c> the</c><00:58:06.500><c> Jews,</c><00:58:06.800><c> brethren</c><00:58:07.000><c> and</c><00:58:07.219><c> sisters,</c><00:58:07.699><c> were</c>

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delivered,<00:58:09.099><c> and</c><00:58:09.280><c> warfare</c><00:58:09.579><c> being</c><00:58:09.920><c> over,</c>

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the<00:58:11.119><c> next</c><00:58:11.340><c> time</c><00:58:11.519><c> we</c><00:58:11.679><c> come</c><00:58:11.900><c> together,</c><00:58:13.059><c> we</c><00:58:13.119><c> will</c><00:58:13.320><c> keep</c><00:58:13.480><c> the</c><00:58:13.699><c> feast</c><00:58:13.860><c> of</c><00:58:14.119><c> purity.</c>