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Daniel,<00:13:22.000><c> verse</c><00:13:22.240><c> eleven.</c>

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astrologers,<00:13:40.799><c> Chaldeans</c><00:13:41.379><c> and</c><00:13:41.879><c> soothsayers.</c><00:13:43.220><c> For</c><00:13:43.379><c> as</c><00:13:43.500><c> much</c>

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named<00:13:53.100><c> Belshazzar.</c><00:13:54.279><c> Now</c><00:13:54.419><c> let</c><00:13:54.580><c> Daniel</c>

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despite<00:14:14.940><c> the</c><00:14:15.139><c> fact</c><00:14:15.279><c> of</c><00:14:15.480><c> Daniel's</c><00:14:15.899><c> revealing</c><00:14:16.120><c> of</c><00:14:16.320><c> the</c><00:14:16.480><c> dream</c>

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know,<00:15:01.019><c> they</c><00:15:01.159><c> don't</c><00:15:01.519><c> understand</c><00:15:02.360><c> the</c><00:15:03.100><c> things</c><00:15:03.460><c> that</c><00:15:03.960><c> we</c><00:15:04.179><c> by</c><00:15:04.379><c> God's</c><00:15:04.720><c> grace</c><00:15:04.899><c> have</c><00:15:05.179><c> been</c><00:15:05.639><c> brought</c><00:15:06.139><c> to</c><00:15:06.519><c> understand</c>

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help<00:16:12.279><c> them</c><00:16:13.139><c> interpret</c><00:16:14.120><c> the</c><00:16:14.539><c> things</c>

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Daniel<00:16:30.870><c> does</c><00:16:31.570><c> exactly</c><00:16:32.629><c> as</c><00:16:33.549><c> he</c><00:16:33.990><c> is</c><00:16:34.370><c> requested.</c><00:16:35.549><c> That's</c><00:16:35.769><c> interesting</c><00:16:36.110><c> that</c>

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point<00:16:59.789><c> that</c><00:17:00.250><c> Daniel</c><00:17:00.470><c> makes</c><00:17:01.169><c> when</c><00:17:01.730><c> he</c><00:17:02.070><c> speaks</c><00:17:02.350><c> to</c>

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Belshazzar<00:17:03.129><c> before</c><00:17:03.570><c> he</c><00:17:03.750><c> gets</c><00:17:04.029><c> to</c><00:17:04.230><c> the</c><00:17:04.430><c> writing</c><00:17:04.750><c> is</c><00:17:04.950><c> to</c><00:17:05.170><c> set</c><00:17:05.349><c> the</c><00:17:05.529><c> background</c><00:17:06.049><c> in</c>

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four.<00:17:15.630><c> And</c><00:17:15.809><c> we</c><00:17:15.910><c> go</c><00:17:16.109><c> through</c><00:17:16.410><c> all</c><00:17:16.710><c> that,</c><00:17:16.869><c> all</c><00:17:17.049><c> that</c><00:17:17.210><c> that</c><00:17:17.430><c> happened</c><00:17:17.529><c> to</c><00:17:17.670><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:17:18.250><c> about</c><00:17:18.410><c> becoming</c><00:17:18.769><c> a</c><00:17:18.950><c> beast</c>

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and<00:17:19.309><c> so</c><00:17:19.509><c> forth.</c><00:17:19.990><c> We</c><00:17:20.210><c> go</c><00:17:20.369><c> through</c><00:17:20.529><c> all</c><00:17:20.809><c> that</c><00:17:21.109><c> over</c><00:17:21.450><c> again</c><00:17:21.869><c> in</c><00:17:22.529><c> chapter</c><00:17:22.869><c> five.</c><00:17:26.309><c> And</c><00:17:26.490><c> you</c><00:17:26.630><c> think</c><00:17:26.869><c> what's</c><00:17:27.369><c> happened</c><00:17:27.609><c> to</c>

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it<00:17:59.089><c> should</c><00:17:59.289><c> have</c><00:17:59.470><c> done.</c><00:18:03.509><c> So</c><00:18:04.089><c> he</c><00:18:04.210><c> took</c><00:18:04.369><c> the</c><00:18:04.630><c> benefits</c><00:18:05.049><c> of</c><00:18:05.509><c> his</c>

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moments<00:18:25.869><c> of</c><00:18:26.549><c> reflecting</c><00:18:27.130><c> on,</c><00:18:28.230><c> particularly</c><00:18:28.569><c> for</c>

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parents.<00:18:47.109><c> But</c><00:18:47.230><c> for</c><00:18:47.349><c> those</c><00:18:47.509><c> of</c><00:18:47.589><c> us</c><00:18:47.690><c> who</c><00:18:47.690><c> were</c><00:18:47.890><c> not</c><00:18:48.069><c> brought</c><00:18:48.309><c> up</c>

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how<00:18:55.410><c> we</c><00:18:56.049><c> sit</c><00:18:56.390><c> in</c><00:18:56.970><c> relation</c><00:18:57.390><c> to</c><00:18:57.690><c> them</c><00:18:58.049><c> and</c><00:18:58.930><c> how</c><00:18:59.730><c> we</c>

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now.<00:19:26.849><c> And</c><00:19:26.930><c> we</c><00:19:26.990><c> can</c><00:19:27.190><c> find</c><00:19:27.349><c> ourselves,</c><00:19:28.150><c> it's</c><00:19:29.329><c> childish</c><00:19:29.650><c> to</c><00:19:29.910><c> think</c><00:19:30.089><c> like</c>

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that<00:19:30.829><c> and</c><00:19:31.390><c> yet</c><00:19:31.549><c> we</c><00:19:31.650><c> can</c><00:19:31.910><c> find</c><00:19:32.089><c> ourselves</c>

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falling<00:19:32.930><c> into</c><00:19:33.269><c> that</c><00:19:33.890><c> trap</c><00:19:34.609><c> all</c><00:19:35.069><c> too</c><00:19:35.250><c> easily</c><00:19:35.630><c> and</c><00:19:35.890><c> not</c><00:19:36.170><c> taking</c>

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seriously<00:19:37.190><c> the</c><00:19:38.950><c> experience</c><00:19:39.829><c> that,</c><00:19:40.289><c> to</c><00:19:40.529><c> widen</c><00:19:40.869><c> it</c>

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out<00:19:41.509><c> now,</c><00:19:42.289><c> that</c><00:19:42.490><c> our</c><00:19:42.710><c> elders,</c><00:19:43.569><c> our</c><00:19:43.750><c> fathers</c><00:19:44.109><c> and</c><00:19:44.450><c> our</c><00:19:44.710><c> elders,</c>

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his<00:23:24.289><c> master</c><00:23:24.670><c> Abraham.</c>

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our<00:23:44.009><c> fathers</c><00:23:44.269><c> worship.</c><00:23:45.529><c> Because</c><00:23:46.069><c> you</c><00:23:46.230><c> talk</c><00:23:46.450><c> to</c><00:23:46.589><c> someone</c><00:23:46.990><c> whose</c><00:23:47.430><c> father</c><00:23:47.890><c> or</c>

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much<00:23:54.750><c> sadder</c><00:23:55.049><c> position</c><00:23:55.390><c> to</c><00:23:55.609><c> be</c><00:23:55.789><c> in.</c>

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things<00:24:09.269><c> that</c><00:24:09.490><c> his</c><00:24:09.670><c> father</c><00:24:09.950><c> learned,</c><00:24:10.309><c> he</c><00:24:10.430><c> only</c><00:24:10.690><c> wanted</c><00:24:10.890><c> to</c><00:24:11.170><c> take</c><00:24:11.430><c> the</c>

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benefits,<00:24:12.630><c> he</c><00:24:12.750><c> didn't</c><00:24:13.009><c> want</c><00:24:13.289><c> to</c><00:24:13.569><c> learn</c><00:24:13.910><c> the</c>

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lessons.<00:24:17.349><c> And</c><00:24:17.750><c> there</c><00:24:17.930><c> are</c><00:24:17.930><c> other</c><00:24:18.130><c> people</c><00:24:18.470><c> of</c><00:24:18.710><c> course</c><00:24:18.970><c> in</c><00:24:19.150><c> the</c>

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scriptures<00:24:19.650><c> who</c><00:24:19.930><c> make</c><00:24:20.170><c> the</c><00:24:20.369><c> same</c><00:24:20.569><c> mistake,</c>

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there's<00:24:22.130><c> a</c><00:24:22.170><c> classic</c><00:24:22.569><c> case</c><00:24:22.990><c> who</c><00:24:23.250><c> dismissed</c><00:24:23.670><c> all</c><00:24:23.910><c> his</c><00:24:24.109><c> father's</c>

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advisors<00:24:24.890><c> and</c><00:24:25.150><c> said</c><00:24:25.329><c> right</c><00:24:25.750><c> let's</c><00:24:26.049><c> get</c><00:24:26.250><c> the</c>

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have<00:24:31.490><c> to</c><00:24:31.630><c> think</c><00:24:32.009><c> about</c><00:24:32.789><c> what</c><00:24:33.250><c> havoc</c><00:24:33.730><c> that</c><00:24:34.250><c> brought</c>

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about.<00:24:35.369><c> And</c><00:24:35.410><c> King</c><00:24:35.630><c> Joash</c><00:24:36.049><c> is</c><00:24:36.390><c> another</c><00:24:36.609><c> one</c><00:24:36.910><c> who</c><00:24:37.509><c> as</c><00:24:37.809><c> soon</c><00:24:38.089><c> as</c>

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the<00:24:39.650><c> high</c><00:24:39.950><c> priest</c><00:24:40.329><c> was</c><00:24:40.849><c> dead</c><00:24:41.190><c> the</c><00:24:42.369><c> princes</c><00:24:42.670><c> came</c><00:24:43.029><c> to</c>

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him<00:24:43.529><c> and</c><00:24:44.250><c> he</c><00:24:44.490><c> simply</c><00:24:44.829><c> followed</c><00:24:45.230><c> their</c><00:24:45.509><c> new</c><00:24:45.750><c> advice.</c><00:24:46.410><c> Let's</c><00:24:46.730><c> not</c><00:24:47.009><c> make</c><00:24:47.410><c> that</c><00:24:47.730><c> kind</c><00:24:47.990><c> of</c>

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mistake<00:24:48.390><c> and</c><00:24:48.549><c> let's</c>

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make<00:24:49.009><c> sure</c><00:24:49.630><c> that</c><00:24:50.089><c> we're</c><00:24:50.369><c> not</c><00:24:50.869><c> generation</c><00:24:51.670><c> by</c><00:24:51.950><c> generation</c><00:24:52.849><c> as</c>

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we<00:24:54.769><c> move</c><00:24:55.150><c> through</c><00:24:55.630><c> history</c><00:24:56.210><c> that</c><00:24:56.549><c> we're</c><00:24:56.869><c> not</c><00:24:57.250><c> just</c>

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diluting<00:24:58.369><c> bit</c><00:24:58.769><c> by</c><00:24:59.130><c> bit</c><00:24:59.630><c> those</c><00:25:00.089><c> things</c><00:25:00.589><c> that</c><00:25:01.029><c> we've</c><00:25:01.750><c> believed</c>

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and<00:25:02.490><c> that</c><00:25:02.650><c> we</c><00:25:02.789><c> should</c><00:25:02.970><c> uphold.</c><00:25:05.069><c> Now</c><00:25:05.329><c> it's</c>

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time<00:25:06.069><c> now</c><00:25:06.549><c> to</c><00:25:06.849><c> talk</c><00:25:07.150><c> about</c><00:25:07.829><c> the</c><00:25:08.450><c> actual</c><00:25:09.029><c> writing</c><00:25:09.509><c> that</c><00:25:09.910><c> was</c><00:25:10.089><c> on</c>

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the<00:25:10.549><c> wall.</c><00:25:11.430><c> Verse</c><00:25:11.750><c> 24,</c><00:25:12.670><c> then</c><00:25:13.029><c> was</c><00:25:13.349><c> the</c><00:25:13.549><c> part</c><00:25:13.730><c> of</c>

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was<00:25:23.940><c> written.</c><00:25:27.059><c> Now</c><00:25:28.259><c> what</c><00:25:29.720><c> are</c><00:25:30.000><c> those</c><00:25:30.259><c> words?</c><00:25:33.319><c> Well,</c>

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they're<00:25:36.380><c> weights,</c><00:25:38.000><c> that's</c><00:25:38.240><c> what</c><00:25:38.400><c> they</c><00:25:38.640><c> are.</c><00:25:41.740><c> The</c><00:25:41.940><c> minor,</c><00:25:42.579><c> you've</c><00:25:42.799><c> heard</c><00:25:42.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:43.240><c> weight</c><00:25:43.440><c> the</c><00:25:43.640><c> minor,</c>

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well<00:25:44.240><c> that's</c><00:25:44.559><c> the</c><00:25:44.720><c> mene</c><00:25:44.940><c> there.</c><00:25:47.240><c> The</c><00:25:47.440><c> shekel,</c><00:25:48.359><c> that's</c><00:25:48.759><c> the</c><00:25:48.960><c> tikal,</c><00:25:49.940><c> the</c><00:25:50.319><c> letter</c><00:25:50.539><c> T</c>

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in<00:25:51.160><c> the</c><00:25:51.420><c> she,</c><00:25:52.079><c> they're</c><00:25:52.400><c> often,</c>

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they're<00:25:54.380><c> very</c><00:25:54.740><c> closely</c><00:25:55.160><c> related</c><00:25:55.640><c> in</c><00:25:55.920><c> fact.</c><00:25:58.339><c> And</c><00:25:58.940><c> what</c><00:26:00.640><c> I</c><00:26:00.799><c> mean</c>

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by<00:26:01.200><c> that</c><00:26:01.480><c> is</c><00:26:01.720><c> that</c><00:26:01.940><c> the</c><00:26:02.180><c> T</c><00:26:02.480><c> in</c><00:26:02.779><c> Aramaic</c><00:26:03.380><c> is</c><00:26:03.619><c> the</c>

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in<00:26:04.160><c> Hebrew.</c><00:26:06.700><c> So</c><00:26:07.000><c> basically</c><00:26:07.339><c> you've</c><00:26:07.559><c> got</c><00:26:07.700><c> the</c><00:26:07.740><c> word</c><00:26:07.960><c> shekel</c><00:26:08.400><c> there</c><00:26:09.220><c> and</c><00:26:09.740><c> you</c><00:26:09.920><c> fasten</c><00:26:10.420><c> which</c><00:26:11.079><c> is</c>

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the<00:26:13.440><c> word</c>

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for<00:26:14.500><c> halves.</c><00:26:15.500><c> Possibly</c><00:26:15.660><c> some</c><00:26:15.819><c> people</c><00:26:15.980><c> think</c><00:26:16.099><c> it</c><00:26:16.200><c> means</c><00:26:16.400><c> two</c>

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halves<00:26:17.059><c> and</c><00:26:17.380><c> some</c><00:26:17.599><c> people</c><00:26:17.900><c> think</c><00:26:18.200><c> it</c><00:26:18.440><c> means</c><00:26:18.859><c> halves,</c>

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like<00:26:21.059><c> several</c><00:26:21.359><c> halves.</c><00:26:24.019><c> I</c><00:26:24.220><c> don't</c><00:26:24.380><c> know</c><00:26:24.460><c> whether</c><00:26:24.599><c> you</c><00:26:24.819><c> use</c><00:26:25.000><c> like</c><00:26:25.299><c> half</c><00:26:25.460><c> a</c><00:26:25.680><c> pound</c><00:26:25.940><c> here</c><00:26:26.279><c> as</c><00:26:26.420><c> a</c>

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weight<00:26:26.759><c> and</c><00:26:26.940><c> we're</c><00:26:27.180><c> doing,</c>

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well<00:26:27.819><c> we</c><00:26:27.900><c> used</c><00:26:28.099><c> to</c><00:26:28.200><c> do</c><00:26:28.279><c> in</c><00:26:28.359><c> the</c><00:26:28.460><c> UK,</c><00:26:28.839><c> we've</c><00:26:28.859><c> all</c><00:26:28.980><c> gone</c><00:26:29.079><c> on</c><00:26:29.259><c> to</c>

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grams<00:26:29.759><c> and</c><00:26:30.880><c> kilograms</c><00:26:31.359><c> and</c><00:26:31.619><c> such</c><00:26:31.799><c> like</c><00:26:32.099><c> now,</c>

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so<00:26:34.759><c> this</c><00:26:35.059><c> is</c><00:26:35.579><c> basically</c><00:26:36.279><c> like</c><00:26:36.700><c> some</c><00:26:36.900><c> kind</c><00:26:37.119><c> of</c><00:26:37.339><c> grocery</c><00:26:37.720><c> list</c>

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that's<00:26:38.319><c> been</c><00:26:38.539><c> written</c><00:26:38.799><c> on</c><00:26:39.240><c> the</c><00:26:39.440><c> wall.</c><00:26:40.740><c> It's</c><00:26:40.900><c> this</c>

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weight<00:26:42.380><c> and</c><00:26:43.500><c> in</c><00:26:43.700><c> fact</c><00:26:43.819><c> the</c><00:26:44.039><c> two</c><00:26:44.960><c> meanie</c><00:26:45.400><c> meanie,</c><00:26:45.720><c> they're</c><00:26:46.220><c> pointed</c><00:26:46.500><c> differently</c><00:26:47.119><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:47.900><c> original</c><00:26:48.319><c> text</c><00:26:48.880><c> and</c><00:26:49.779><c> what</c>

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:55.319
it<00:26:50.339><c> says</c><00:26:50.500><c> literally</c><00:26:51.039><c> then</c><00:26:51.519><c> is</c><00:26:52.180><c> counted</c><00:26:52.740><c> at</c><00:26:53.299><c> or</c><00:26:53.619><c> numbered</c><00:26:54.180><c> at</c><00:26:54.960><c> a</c>

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minor,<00:26:55.920><c> a</c><00:26:56.200><c> shekel</c><00:26:56.539><c> and</c><00:26:57.180><c> some</c><00:26:57.579><c> halves</c><00:26:58.039><c> or</c><00:26:58.599><c> a</c><00:26:58.779><c> minor</c>

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shekel<00:26:59.440><c> and</c><00:26:59.619><c> two</c><00:26:59.859><c> halves.</c><00:27:00.559><c> So</c><00:27:00.759><c> I</c><00:27:00.839><c> suppose</c><00:27:01.079><c> it's</c><00:27:01.299><c> like</c><00:27:01.500><c> having,</c>

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you<00:27:03.240><c> know,</c><00:27:04.740><c> a</c><00:27:04.859><c> pound,</c><00:27:05.720><c> three</c><00:27:05.980><c> ounces</c><00:27:06.480><c> and</c>

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whatever<00:27:07.700><c> some</c><00:27:07.940><c> other</c><00:27:08.359><c> weight</c><00:27:08.619><c> is</c><00:27:09.339><c> under</c><00:27:09.680><c> the</c><00:27:09.940><c> imperial</c><00:27:10.299><c> system.</c><00:27:12.960><c> So</c>

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you<00:27:13.299><c> would</c><00:27:13.460><c> be</c><00:27:13.599><c> rather</c><00:27:13.859><c> puzzled</c><00:27:14.160><c> wouldn't</c>

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you?<00:27:14.779><c> If</c><00:27:14.940><c> someone</c><00:27:15.180><c> came</c><00:27:15.380><c> into</c><00:27:15.579><c> your</c><00:27:15.740><c> house</c><00:27:15.980><c> and</c><00:27:16.180><c> wrote</c><00:27:16.299><c> that</c>

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on<00:27:16.759><c> your</c><00:27:17.019><c> wall,</c><00:27:18.460><c> you</c><00:27:18.680><c> would</c><00:27:18.920><c> think</c><00:27:19.039><c> what's</c><00:27:19.380><c> all</c>

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about<00:27:19.960><c> then?</c><00:27:21.420><c> Now</c><00:27:21.619><c> what</c><00:27:21.819><c> Daniel</c><00:27:22.220><c> does</c><00:27:22.859><c> is</c><00:27:24.019><c> not</c><00:27:26.920><c> to</c><00:27:27.460><c> explain</c>

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that<00:27:29.000><c> weight,</c><00:27:29.539><c> that</c><00:27:29.720><c> particular</c><00:27:30.200><c> weight</c><00:27:30.519><c> that</c><00:27:30.700><c> was</c>

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written<00:27:31.200><c> as</c><00:27:31.519><c> having</c><00:27:31.799><c> significance</c><00:27:32.420><c> of</c><00:27:32.759><c> itself,</c><00:27:33.640><c> instead</c><00:27:33.880><c> he</c>

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takes<00:27:34.279><c> each</c><00:27:34.599><c> of</c><00:27:34.740><c> the</c><00:27:34.940><c> words,</c><00:27:35.339><c> the</c><00:27:35.480><c> word</c><00:27:35.720><c> minor,</c>

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the<00:27:36.220><c> word</c><00:27:36.460><c> shekel,</c><00:27:37.240><c> the</c><00:27:37.339><c> word</c><00:27:37.640><c> halves</c><00:27:38.180><c> and</c><00:27:38.900><c> he</c><00:27:39.240><c> draws</c><00:27:39.539><c> a</c><00:27:39.799><c> lesson</c><00:27:40.200><c> or</c><00:27:40.460><c> an</c>

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interpretation<00:27:41.400><c> from</c><00:27:41.900><c> what</c><00:27:42.140><c> the</c><00:27:42.400><c> root</c>

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word<00:27:43.140><c> means.</c><00:27:44.759><c> Okay,</c><00:27:45.240><c> so</c><00:27:45.420><c> just</c><00:27:45.579><c> like</c><00:27:45.720><c> we</c><00:27:45.859><c> have</c><00:27:46.059><c> the</c><00:27:48.599><c> word</c><00:27:48.900><c> pound</c>

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as<00:27:51.039><c> a</c><00:27:51.259><c> weight,</c><00:27:51.920><c> well</c><00:27:52.079><c> there's</c><00:27:52.259><c> also</c><00:27:52.599><c> a</c><00:27:52.819><c> word</c><00:27:53.059><c> pound</c>

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that's<00:27:53.700><c> in,</c><00:27:54.019><c> you</c><00:27:54.140><c> know,</c><00:27:54.460><c> that</c><00:27:54.660><c> kind</c><00:27:54.900><c> of</c><00:27:55.099><c> pound</c><00:27:55.380><c> isn't</c><00:27:55.640><c> it?</c><00:27:55.920><c> So</c>

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it<00:27:56.200><c> would</c><00:27:56.400><c> be</c><00:27:56.559><c> like</c><00:27:56.779><c> Daniel</c><00:27:57.220><c> then</c><00:27:57.559><c> making</c><00:27:58.099><c> an</c><00:27:58.299><c> interpretation</c>

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about<00:27:59.839><c> something</c><00:28:00.160><c> being</c><00:28:00.500><c> pounded</c><00:28:02.180><c> and</c><00:28:03.059><c> similarly</c><00:28:03.279><c> for</c><00:28:03.500><c> the</c>

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ounce<00:28:03.900><c> and</c><00:28:04.079><c> similarly</c><00:28:04.400><c> for</c><00:28:06.579><c> the</c><00:28:06.759><c> halves.</c><00:28:08.579><c> So</c><00:28:08.920><c> let's</c>

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have<00:28:09.680><c> a</c><00:28:09.680><c> look,</c><00:28:09.700><c> verse</c><00:28:09.880><c> 26,</c><00:28:10.460><c> this</c><00:28:10.640><c> is</c><00:28:10.799><c> the</c><00:28:10.980><c> interpretation</c><00:28:11.519><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:11.940><c> thing,</c><00:28:14.640><c> meaning</c><00:28:14.960><c> God</c><00:28:15.240><c> hath</c><00:28:15.539><c> numbered</c><00:28:16.019><c> thy</c><00:28:16.380><c> kingdom</c>

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and<00:28:18.259><c> finished</c><00:28:18.819><c> it.</c><00:28:21.279><c> So</c><00:28:21.500><c> the</c><00:28:21.740><c> accounting</c><00:28:22.039><c> has</c><00:28:22.220><c> been</c><00:28:22.539><c> done,</c><00:28:23.500><c> God</c>

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has<00:28:24.000><c> done</c><00:28:24.200><c> the</c><00:28:24.460><c> reckoning,</c><00:28:25.180><c> God</c><00:28:25.400><c> has</c><00:28:25.619><c> counted</c><00:28:25.940><c> up</c>

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and<00:28:27.339><c> numbered</c><00:28:27.539><c> his</c><00:28:27.759><c> kingdom</c><00:28:28.240><c> and</c><00:28:29.160><c> finished</c><00:28:29.480><c> it.</c><00:28:30.920><c> Now</c><00:28:31.200><c> the</c><00:28:31.380><c> shekel</c><00:28:31.779><c> and</c>

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the<00:28:33.480><c> root</c><00:28:33.839><c> meaning</c><00:28:34.319><c> of</c><00:28:34.619><c> the</c><00:28:34.700><c> word</c><00:28:35.000><c> shekel</c>

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is<00:28:36.059><c> the</c><00:28:37.240><c> verb</c><00:28:37.500><c> to</c><00:28:37.819><c> weigh,</c><00:28:38.400><c> to</c><00:28:38.599><c> weigh</c><00:28:38.799><c> something.</c><00:28:40.059><c> Thou</c><00:28:40.200><c> art</c><00:28:40.559><c> weighed</c><00:28:40.819><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:41.259><c> balances</c><00:28:41.680><c> and</c><00:28:42.579><c> found</c><00:28:42.940><c> wanting.</c>

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And<00:28:50.180><c> peres,</c><00:28:50.619><c> which</c><00:28:50.799><c> is</c><00:28:51.059><c> the</c><00:28:51.259><c> root</c><00:28:51.539><c> of</c><00:28:51.900><c> the</c><00:28:52.079><c> word</c><00:28:52.279><c> you</c><00:28:52.500><c> fasten,</c>

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thy<00:28:56.740><c> kingdom</c><00:28:57.220><c> is</c><00:28:58.119><c> divided</c><00:28:58.559><c> and</c><00:28:59.380><c> given</c><00:28:59.680><c> to</c><00:29:00.119><c> the</c>

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Persians.<00:29:02.460><c> Peres</c><00:29:03.000><c> meaning</c><00:29:03.339><c> to</c><00:29:03.599><c> divide,</c><00:29:04.319><c> to</c><00:29:04.440><c> cut</c><00:29:04.579><c> in</c><00:29:04.859><c> half,</c><00:29:05.220><c> your</c><00:29:05.339><c> kingdom</c><00:29:05.619><c> is</c>

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cut<00:29:06.259><c> in</c><00:29:06.619><c> half</c><00:29:06.980><c> and</c><00:29:07.400><c> some</c><00:29:07.579><c> to</c><00:29:07.700><c> the</c><00:29:07.920><c> Medes</c>

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and<00:29:08.460><c> some</c><00:29:08.700><c> to</c><00:29:08.839><c> the</c><00:29:09.059><c> Persians</c><00:29:09.700><c> as</c><00:29:10.019><c> it</c><00:29:10.259><c> were.</c><00:29:13.900><c> Now</c><00:29:14.160><c> this</c><00:29:14.400><c> idea</c><00:29:14.779><c> about</c><00:29:16.039><c> a</c>

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weight<00:29:16.779><c> then</c><00:29:17.259><c> is</c><00:29:17.940><c> quite</c><00:29:18.279><c> a</c><00:29:18.619><c> powerful</c><00:29:19.019><c> one,</c>

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isn't<00:29:20.000><c> it?</c><00:29:20.880><c> How</c><00:29:21.119><c> much</c><00:29:21.380><c> do</c><00:29:21.640><c> you</c><00:29:21.859><c> weigh?</c><00:29:22.940><c> And</c><00:29:23.099><c> we've</c><00:29:23.299><c> talked</c><00:29:23.519><c> about</c><00:29:23.960><c> you</c>

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are<00:29:24.819><c> what</c><00:29:25.019><c> you</c><00:29:25.220><c> eat</c><00:29:25.680><c> yesterday</c><00:29:26.359><c> and</c><00:29:26.759><c> I</c><00:29:26.920><c> suppose</c>

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this<00:29:27.279><c> is</c><00:29:28.099><c> a</c><00:29:28.259><c> related</c><00:29:28.680><c> idea</c><00:29:29.339><c> and</c><00:29:29.880><c> in</c><00:29:30.039><c> this</c><00:29:30.279><c> world's</c><00:29:30.740><c> eyes</c><00:29:30.900><c> it's</c>

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a<00:29:31.559><c> good</c><00:29:31.740><c> thing</c><00:29:31.980><c> not</c><00:29:32.279><c> to</c><00:29:32.500><c> weigh</c><00:29:32.640><c> very</c><00:29:32.960><c> much</c><00:29:33.220><c> at</c><00:29:33.440><c> all.</c>

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But<00:29:36.059><c> in</c><00:29:36.359><c> the</c><00:29:36.519><c> Bible's</c><00:29:37.119><c> eyes</c><00:29:37.380><c> the</c><00:29:37.640><c> more</c><00:29:37.960><c> weight</c><00:29:38.220><c> you</c><00:29:38.579><c> have</c><00:29:39.019><c> the</c>

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better<00:29:39.660><c> it</c><00:29:39.920><c> is</c><00:29:40.400><c> and</c><00:29:40.839><c> we're</c><00:29:41.240><c> talking</c><00:29:41.279><c> about</c><00:29:41.759><c> spiritual</c>

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:55.460
weight<00:29:43.380><c> here.</c><00:29:47.740><c> Do</c><00:29:47.920><c> you</c><00:29:48.220><c> weigh?</c><00:29:51.940><c> How</c><00:29:52.200><c> much</c><00:29:52.559><c> substance</c><00:29:53.319><c> is</c><00:29:54.160><c> there</c><00:29:54.599><c> in</c>

00:29:55.460 --> 00:30:00.099
your<00:29:55.759><c> life?</c><00:29:58.599><c> And</c><00:29:58.799><c> the</c><00:29:58.940><c> two</c><00:29:59.099><c> things</c><00:29:59.480><c> of</c><00:29:59.799><c> course,</c>

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the<00:30:00.440><c> weight</c><00:30:00.700><c> is</c><00:30:00.960><c> about</c><00:30:01.359><c> the</c><00:30:01.640><c> things</c><00:30:01.839><c> of</c><00:30:02.140><c> God.</c><00:30:03.099><c> Something</c><00:30:03.480><c> which</c><00:30:03.740><c> is</c>

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solid,<00:30:04.819><c> something</c><00:30:05.019><c> which</c><00:30:05.279><c> is</c><00:30:05.440><c> substantial,</c>

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something<00:30:06.720><c> which</c><00:30:07.000><c> will</c><00:30:07.359><c> not</c><00:30:07.539><c> be</c><00:30:07.839><c> moved,</c><00:30:08.339><c> which</c><00:30:08.539><c> will</c><00:30:08.720><c> remain</c>

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when<00:30:09.680><c> the</c><00:30:09.960><c> chaff</c><00:30:10.140><c> is</c><00:30:10.299><c> blown</c><00:30:10.579><c> away.</c><00:30:12.400><c> And</c><00:30:12.599><c> there</c>

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are<00:30:12.960><c> also</c><00:30:13.559><c> in</c><00:30:14.059><c> our</c><00:30:14.420><c> lives</c><00:30:15.079><c> trifles</c><00:30:16.119><c> light</c><00:30:16.559><c> as</c><00:30:16.880><c> air.</c><00:30:18.339><c> There</c><00:30:18.559><c> are</c>

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also<00:30:20.299><c> vanities</c><00:30:21.200><c> and</c><00:30:22.119><c> that</c><00:30:22.319><c> is</c><00:30:22.559><c> the</c><00:30:22.700><c> contrast</c><00:30:23.039><c> I</c><00:30:23.240><c> think</c>

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with<00:30:24.240><c> ecclesiastes.</c><00:30:25.339><c> Vanity</c><00:30:25.740><c> of</c><00:30:26.000><c> vanities,</c><00:30:26.819><c> all</c><00:30:26.900><c> is</c><00:30:27.420><c> vanity.</c>

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Wind,<00:30:29.279><c> nothingness,</c><00:30:30.799><c> things</c><00:30:31.119><c> that</c><00:30:31.359><c> don't</c>

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do<00:30:32.319><c> anything.</c><00:30:33.299><c> And</c><00:30:33.680><c> we</c><00:30:35.539><c> pack</c><00:30:35.859><c> so</c><00:30:36.079><c> many</c><00:30:36.359><c> of</c><00:30:36.359><c> those</c><00:30:36.579><c> into</c><00:30:36.900><c> our</c><00:30:37.160><c> lives</c><00:30:37.660><c> but</c><00:30:39.839><c> they</c><00:30:39.980><c> don't</c><00:30:40.200><c> help</c><00:30:40.500><c> us</c>

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because<00:30:41.960><c> the</c><00:30:42.180><c> wind</c>

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just<00:30:42.799><c> blows</c><00:30:42.980><c> them</c><00:30:43.200><c> away</c><00:30:43.480><c> and</c><00:30:43.599><c> they're</c><00:30:43.819><c> gone.</c><00:30:44.619><c> There's</c><00:30:44.839><c> nothing</c><00:30:45.200><c> to</c><00:30:45.500><c> them.</c><00:30:48.480><c> So</c>

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if<00:30:49.339><c> these</c><00:30:49.799><c> fingers</c><00:30:50.259><c> of</c><00:30:50.660><c> a</c><00:30:50.759><c> man's</c>

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hand<00:30:51.279><c> would</c><00:30:51.480><c> come</c><00:30:51.680><c> into</c><00:30:51.960><c> our</c><00:30:52.299><c> house</c><00:30:52.599><c> and</c><00:30:53.119><c> write</c><00:30:53.279><c> down</c><00:30:53.599><c> the</c><00:30:53.799><c> weight</c><00:30:54.000><c> upon</c><00:30:54.519><c> our</c>

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wall,<00:30:55.819><c> what</c><00:30:56.059><c> would</c><00:30:56.259><c> be</c><00:30:56.460><c> the</c><00:30:56.619><c> weight</c>

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that<00:30:57.240><c> would</c><00:30:57.440><c> be</c><00:30:57.700><c> written?</c><00:30:58.079><c> That's</c><00:30:58.299><c> what</c><00:30:58.440><c> we</c><00:30:58.599><c> need</c><00:30:58.740><c> to</c><00:30:58.980><c> think</c>

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about,<00:31:00.299><c> each</c><00:31:00.779><c> one</c><00:31:01.039><c> of</c><00:31:01.240><c> us.</c><00:31:01.819><c> What</c><00:31:02.039><c> would</c><00:31:02.299><c> our</c><00:31:02.559><c> weight</c>

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be?<00:31:03.680><c> How</c><00:31:03.920><c> much</c><00:31:04.140><c> substance</c><00:31:04.740><c> is</c><00:31:05.299><c> there</c><00:31:05.599><c> in</c><00:31:05.940><c> our</c><00:31:06.160><c> lives</c><00:31:06.319><c> and</c><00:31:06.440><c> what</c>

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:10.240
do<00:31:06.759><c> we</c><00:31:06.859><c> need</c><00:31:07.000><c> to</c><00:31:07.339><c> change</c><00:31:07.880><c> to</c><00:31:08.599><c> bring</c><00:31:08.960><c> more</c><00:31:09.619><c> reality</c>

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and<00:31:10.819><c> less</c><00:31:11.400><c> triviality?</c><00:31:15.160><c> To</c><00:31:15.759><c> build</c><00:31:16.059><c> something</c><00:31:16.500><c> which</c><00:31:16.920><c> will</c><00:31:17.339><c> remain</c><00:31:17.980><c> when</c><00:31:18.819><c> everything</c><00:31:19.400><c> else</c><00:31:19.839><c> is</c>

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a<00:31:20.380><c> thing</c><00:31:20.500><c> of</c><00:31:20.680><c> the</c><00:31:20.859><c> past.</c>

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Now<00:31:25.740><c> we</c><00:31:25.920><c> must</c><00:31:26.240><c> wrap</c><00:31:26.680><c> up</c><00:31:26.980><c> the</c><00:31:27.220><c> story</c><00:31:27.480><c> now</c><00:31:27.839><c> and</c><00:31:28.240><c> indeed</c><00:31:29.079><c> our</c><00:31:30.240><c> studies</c><00:31:30.500><c> in</c>

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the<00:31:31.200><c> book</c><00:31:31.380><c> of</c><00:31:31.599><c> Daniel</c><00:31:31.920><c> and</c><00:31:32.960><c> of</c><00:31:34.920><c> course</c><00:31:35.119><c> the</c>

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chapter<00:31:35.720><c> ends</c><00:31:36.500><c> by</c><00:31:37.519><c> describing</c><00:31:38.119><c> how</c><00:31:38.740><c> indeed</c><00:31:39.539><c> God</c><00:31:40.099><c> had</c><00:31:40.359><c> numbered</c><00:31:40.599><c> his</c><00:31:40.859><c> kingdom</c><00:31:41.160><c> and</c>

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finished<00:31:41.680><c> it</c><00:31:42.759><c> verse</c><00:31:43.140><c> 30,</c>

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:47.680
in<00:31:43.839><c> that</c><00:31:44.140><c> night</c><00:31:44.359><c> was</c><00:31:44.619><c> Belshazzar</c><00:31:45.140><c> the</c><00:31:45.279><c> king</c><00:31:45.460><c> of</c><00:31:45.660><c> the</c><00:31:45.859><c> Chaldeans</c><00:31:46.400><c> slain.</c>

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:49.900
But<00:31:48.160><c> before</c><00:31:48.539><c> that</c><00:31:49.160><c> Daniel</c><00:31:49.579><c> gets</c>

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:53.180
his<00:31:50.180><c> reward</c><00:31:50.599><c> and</c><00:31:50.759><c> there's</c><00:31:51.279><c> a</c><00:31:51.380><c> wonderful</c><00:31:51.619><c> irony</c><00:31:52.039><c> in</c><00:31:52.180><c> this.</c><00:31:52.779><c> I</c>

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:55.880
think<00:31:53.299><c> this</c><00:31:53.500><c> is</c><00:31:53.640><c> really</c><00:31:53.880><c> quite</c><00:31:54.119><c> good.</c><00:31:55.579><c> Of</c><00:31:55.680><c> course</c>

00:31:55.880 --> 00:32:02.079
Belshazzar<00:31:56.400><c> had</c><00:31:56.579><c> promised</c><00:31:57.099><c> Daniel</c><00:31:57.700><c> this</c><00:31:58.000><c> great</c><00:31:58.359><c> reward,</c><00:31:58.839><c> a</c><00:31:58.940><c> chain</c><00:31:59.140><c> of</c><00:31:59.380><c> gold</c><00:31:59.660><c> about</c><00:32:00.200><c> his</c><00:32:00.460><c> neck.</c><00:32:01.460><c> What</c><00:32:01.619><c> a</c><00:32:01.799><c> wonderful</c>

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:06.259
thing<00:32:02.440><c> to</c><00:32:02.779><c> wear</c><00:32:02.980><c> Belshazzar's</c><00:32:03.660><c> chain</c><00:32:03.900><c> of</c><00:32:04.160><c> gold</c><00:32:04.460><c> and</c><00:32:04.740><c> to</c><00:32:04.880><c> be</c><00:32:05.079><c> clothed</c><00:32:05.279><c> with</c><00:32:05.539><c> scarlet</c><00:32:06.019><c> as</c>

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:07.119
if<00:32:06.440><c> Daniel</c><00:32:06.740><c> had</c><00:32:06.960><c> not</c>

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:10.680
experienced<00:32:07.700><c> that</c><00:32:07.900><c> before.</c><00:32:08.640><c> Oh</c><00:32:08.940><c> yes,</c><00:32:09.400><c> he'd</c><00:32:09.680><c> been</c><00:32:09.839><c> up</c><00:32:10.180><c> and</c><00:32:10.380><c> down</c><00:32:10.539><c> and</c>

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:13.059
up<00:32:10.880><c> and</c><00:32:11.099><c> down,</c><00:32:11.519><c> hadn't</c><00:32:11.779><c> he,</c><00:32:12.099><c> as</c><00:32:12.299><c> he</c><00:32:12.460><c> came</c><00:32:12.720><c> in</c><00:32:13.019><c> and</c>

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:17.259
out<00:32:13.319><c> of</c><00:32:13.519><c> favour</c><00:32:13.740><c> with</c><00:32:13.960><c> the</c><00:32:14.180><c> kings</c><00:32:14.420><c> of</c><00:32:14.680><c> the</c><00:32:14.819><c> earth</c><00:32:15.079><c> in</c><00:32:15.480><c> the</c><00:32:15.680><c> past.</c><00:32:17.000><c> And</c>

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:19.000
so<00:32:17.380><c> it</c><00:32:17.500><c> will</c><00:32:17.680><c> be</c><00:32:17.880><c> with</c><00:32:18.059><c> the</c><00:32:18.180><c> ups</c><00:32:18.359><c> and</c><00:32:18.599><c> downs</c><00:32:18.799><c> of</c>

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:21.319
our<00:32:19.319><c> lives</c><00:32:19.440><c> and</c><00:32:19.579><c> Daniel's</c><00:32:19.940><c> rather</c><00:32:20.200><c> cynical</c><00:32:20.559><c> about</c><00:32:20.880><c> it</c><00:32:21.039><c> now</c><00:32:21.200><c> and</c><00:32:21.299><c> he</c>

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:24.140
doesn't<00:32:21.519><c> much</c><00:32:21.799><c> care</c><00:32:22.140><c> whether</c><00:32:22.339><c> he</c><00:32:22.480><c> wears</c><00:32:22.779><c> Belshazzar's</c>

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:28.640
chain<00:32:24.299><c> or</c><00:32:24.440><c> whether</c><00:32:24.599><c> he</c><00:32:24.720><c> doesn't.</c><00:32:27.059><c> And</c><00:32:27.059><c> anyway</c><00:32:27.579><c> he</c><00:32:27.720><c> puts</c><00:32:27.940><c> it</c><00:32:28.160><c> on</c>

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:34.019
out<00:32:29.039><c> of</c><00:32:29.240><c> good</c><00:32:29.500><c> show</c><00:32:29.880><c> and</c><00:32:31.599><c> he</c><00:32:31.880><c> dresses</c><00:32:32.259><c> in</c><00:32:32.900><c> the</c><00:32:33.180><c> scarlet</c>

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:39.420
probably<00:32:35.980><c> with</c><00:32:36.259><c> a</c><00:32:36.380><c> wry</c><00:32:36.640><c> smile</c><00:32:37.039><c> on</c><00:32:37.160><c> his</c><00:32:37.440><c> face</c><00:32:37.839><c> as</c><00:32:38.099><c> he</c><00:32:38.259><c> does</c><00:32:38.460><c> so.</c>

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:41.480
And<00:32:39.859><c> the</c><00:32:39.980><c> proclamation</c><00:32:40.380><c> is</c><00:32:40.640><c> made</c><00:32:40.859><c> concerning</c><00:32:41.259><c> him</c>

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:43.799
that<00:32:41.619><c> he</c><00:32:41.759><c> should</c><00:32:41.900><c> be</c><00:32:42.119><c> the</c><00:32:42.240><c> third</c><00:32:42.480><c> ruler</c><00:32:42.799><c> in</c><00:32:42.980><c> the</c><00:32:43.119><c> kingdom</c><00:32:43.460><c> and</c>

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:45.940
he<00:32:43.960><c> has</c><00:32:44.079><c> this</c><00:32:44.279><c> magnificent</c><00:32:44.779><c> honor</c><00:32:45.200><c> for</c><00:32:45.519><c> the</c><00:32:45.720><c> course</c>

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:50.240
of<00:32:46.059><c> a</c><00:32:46.180><c> few</c><00:32:46.400><c> hours</c><00:32:46.920><c> until</c><00:32:47.539><c> that</c><00:32:47.839><c> night</c><00:32:48.160><c> when</c><00:32:48.900><c> the</c><00:32:49.099><c> king</c><00:32:49.440><c> is</c><00:32:49.880><c> slain</c><00:32:50.099><c> and</c>

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:53.000
he<00:32:50.299><c> has</c><00:32:50.500><c> to</c><00:32:50.740><c> take</c><00:32:51.200><c> his</c><00:32:51.559><c> chain</c><00:32:51.839><c> off</c><00:32:52.059><c> again.</c>

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:57.440
And<00:32:54.519><c> it's</c><00:32:54.619><c> just</c><00:32:54.880><c> a</c><00:32:55.059><c> powerful</c><00:32:55.599><c> little</c><00:32:55.940><c> image,</c><00:32:56.440><c> isn't</c><00:32:56.559><c> it,</c><00:32:56.799><c> of</c>

00:32:57.440 --> 00:33:01.980
the<00:32:57.720><c> fleeting</c><00:32:58.140><c> nature</c><00:32:58.700><c> of</c><00:32:59.539><c> human</c><00:33:00.099><c> worldly</c><00:33:00.980><c> recognition</c>

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:07.740
and<00:33:02.299><c> accolade</c><00:33:02.940><c> and</c><00:33:03.359><c> it's</c><00:33:03.859><c> not</c><00:33:04.180><c> worth</c><00:33:04.640><c> it.</c><00:33:05.220><c> It's</c><00:33:05.539><c> not</c><00:33:05.819><c> worth</c><00:33:06.240><c> striving</c><00:33:06.640><c> for</c><00:33:07.160><c> as</c>

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:09.519
our<00:33:08.059><c> main</c><00:33:08.299><c> goal.</c><00:33:08.599><c> If</c><00:33:08.759><c> it</c><00:33:08.960><c> comes,</c><00:33:09.319><c> it</c>

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:12.319
comes.<00:33:10.079><c> If</c><00:33:10.220><c> it</c><00:33:10.440><c> doesn't</c><00:33:10.619><c> come,</c><00:33:11.019><c> it</c><00:33:11.180><c> doesn't</c><00:33:11.539><c> come.</c><00:33:11.960><c> But</c><00:33:12.140><c> it's</c>

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:14.839
being<00:33:12.579><c> a</c><00:33:12.779><c> servant</c><00:33:13.039><c> of</c><00:33:13.299><c> God</c><00:33:13.599><c> that</c><00:33:14.019><c> really</c><00:33:14.299><c> matters</c>

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:20.119
and<00:33:15.720><c> that</c><00:33:15.900><c> lasts</c><00:33:16.299><c> longer</c><00:33:16.859><c> than</c><00:33:17.299><c> a</c><00:33:17.480><c> night.</c><00:33:18.539><c> That's</c><00:33:18.759><c> not</c><00:33:18.940><c> just</c><00:33:19.279><c> here</c><00:33:19.640><c> for</c><00:33:19.900><c> a</c>

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:22.099
moment<00:33:20.480><c> as</c><00:33:20.759><c> we</c><00:33:20.940><c> put</c><00:33:21.140><c> the</c><00:33:21.440><c> glitzy</c><00:33:21.799><c> chain</c>

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:25.799
on.<00:33:22.539><c> Isn't</c><00:33:22.660><c> it</c><00:33:22.900><c> wonderful</c><00:33:23.279><c> and</c><00:33:23.440><c> we</c><00:33:23.559><c> show</c><00:33:23.759><c> all</c><00:33:23.980><c> our</c><00:33:24.160><c> friends</c><00:33:24.500><c> but</c><00:33:24.920><c> then</c><00:33:25.619><c> a</c>

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:27.259
couple<00:33:25.960><c> of</c><00:33:26.160><c> hours</c><00:33:26.299><c> later</c><00:33:26.559><c> we</c><00:33:26.720><c> have</c><00:33:26.940><c> to</c><00:33:27.119><c> take</c>

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:31.680
it<00:33:27.420><c> off</c><00:33:27.539><c> again</c><00:33:27.980><c> and</c><00:33:28.640><c> it's</c><00:33:28.940><c> meaningless</c><00:33:29.420><c> and</c><00:33:30.119><c> we</c><00:33:30.339><c> see</c><00:33:30.619><c> how</c><00:33:30.960><c> cheap</c><00:33:31.319><c> it</c>

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:36.140
really<00:33:32.059><c> is.</c><00:33:34.619><c> That's</c><00:33:35.000><c> not</c><00:33:35.220><c> the</c><00:33:35.400><c> thing</c><00:33:35.579><c> to</c><00:33:35.839><c> strive</c>

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:40.440
for.<00:33:37.279><c> What</c><00:33:37.440><c> we</c><00:33:37.579><c> want</c><00:33:37.720><c> to</c><00:33:37.859><c> be</c><00:33:38.099><c> striving</c><00:33:38.359><c> for</c><00:33:38.680><c> is</c><00:33:38.900><c> this</c><00:33:39.259><c> spiritual</c><00:33:39.980><c> weight</c>

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:42.619
that<00:33:40.980><c> Daniel</c><00:33:41.380><c> and</c><00:33:41.759><c> his</c><00:33:41.960><c> three</c><00:33:42.259><c> friends</c>

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:47.460
had.<00:33:43.819><c> This</c><00:33:44.220><c> weight</c><00:33:44.680><c> which</c><00:33:45.640><c> endures,</c><00:33:46.720><c> which</c><00:33:46.940><c> lasts</c><00:33:47.180><c> and</c><00:33:47.339><c> you</c>

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:50.900
can<00:33:47.700><c> see</c><00:33:47.880><c> how</c><00:33:48.079><c> it</c><00:33:48.299><c> lasts</c><00:33:48.819><c> if</c><00:33:49.660><c> we</c><00:33:49.880><c> come</c><00:33:50.059><c> to</c><00:33:50.259><c> the</c><00:33:50.440><c> end</c>

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:58.779
of<00:33:51.200><c> chapter</c><00:33:51.539><c> six.</c><00:33:55.660><c> Because</c><00:33:56.059><c> the</c><00:33:56.279><c> writing</c><00:33:56.539><c> is</c><00:33:56.720><c> on</c><00:33:56.920><c> the</c><00:33:57.119><c> wall</c><00:33:57.279><c> for</c><00:33:57.559><c> our</c><00:33:57.819><c> civilization</c><00:33:58.539><c> as</c>

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.619
we<00:33:58.940><c> know</c><00:33:59.099><c> and</c><00:33:59.279><c> we</c><00:33:59.400><c> talked</c>

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:02.220
about<00:33:59.839><c> that</c><00:34:00.059><c> in</c><00:34:00.200><c> our</c><00:34:00.359><c> discussion</c><00:34:00.839><c> yesterday</c><00:34:01.359><c> and</c><00:34:01.799><c> we</c><00:34:01.960><c> asked</c>

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:05.220
how<00:34:02.579><c> can</c><00:34:02.880><c> we</c><00:34:03.319><c> then</c><00:34:03.819><c> watch</c><00:34:04.140><c> and</c><00:34:04.319><c> how</c><00:34:04.460><c> can</c><00:34:04.660><c> we</c><00:34:04.819><c> prepare</c>

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:08.059
ourselves<00:34:05.819><c> given</c><00:34:06.259><c> that</c><00:34:06.539><c> we</c><00:34:06.720><c> know</c><00:34:06.920><c> that</c><00:34:07.099><c> is</c><00:34:07.299><c> the</c><00:34:07.480><c> case,</c><00:34:07.920><c> given</c>

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:10.800
that<00:34:08.239><c> it's</c><00:34:08.559><c> indelibly</c><00:34:09.059><c> imprinted</c><00:34:09.960><c> upon</c><00:34:10.219><c> the</c><00:34:10.500><c> wall</c>

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:14.380
that<00:34:11.360><c> the</c><00:34:11.519><c> Lord</c><00:34:11.739><c> Jesus</c><00:34:12.059><c> Christ</c><00:34:12.360><c> will</c><00:34:12.579><c> return</c><00:34:13.059><c> soon</c><00:34:13.639><c> and</c><00:34:14.199><c> that</c>

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:17.559
we<00:34:14.500><c> are</c><00:34:14.699><c> to</c><00:34:14.820><c> be</c><00:34:15.019><c> ready</c><00:34:15.400><c> and</c><00:34:15.980><c> prepared</c><00:34:16.280><c> for</c><00:34:16.760><c> him.</c><00:34:17.340><c> How</c>

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:22.679
can<00:34:17.800><c> we</c><00:34:18.440><c> ensure</c><00:34:19.159><c> that</c><00:34:19.480><c> we</c><00:34:19.760><c> will</c><00:34:20.440><c> endure</c><00:34:20.880><c> that</c><00:34:21.159><c> day</c><00:34:21.400><c> and</c><00:34:21.559><c> will</c><00:34:21.800><c> be</c><00:34:22.059><c> granted</c><00:34:22.360><c> a</c>

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:27.139
reward<00:34:23.019><c> in</c><00:34:23.539><c> God's</c><00:34:23.920><c> kingdom?</c><00:34:26.860><c> Well,</c>

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:34.960
of<00:34:27.420><c> course,</c><00:34:28.659><c> it's</c><00:34:28.900><c> through</c><00:34:29.159><c> the</c><00:34:29.340><c> work</c><00:34:29.500><c> of</c><00:34:29.719><c> the</c><00:34:29.840><c> Lord</c><00:34:30.019><c> Jesus</c><00:34:30.719><c> and</c><00:34:32.039><c> we're</c><00:34:34.440><c> not</c><00:34:34.599><c> going</c><00:34:34.800><c> to</c>

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:36.199
look<00:34:35.199><c> at</c><00:34:35.480><c> Daniel</c><00:34:35.820><c> six</c>

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:40.820
other<00:34:36.500><c> than</c><00:34:36.639><c> the</c><00:34:38.119><c> last</c><00:34:38.420><c> verse</c><00:34:38.780><c> in</c><00:34:39.039><c> fact</c><00:34:39.219><c> but</c><00:34:39.599><c> let</c><00:34:39.840><c> me</c><00:34:39.960><c> just</c><00:34:40.239><c> say</c>

00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:43.440
one<00:34:41.039><c> thing</c><00:34:41.239><c> about</c><00:34:41.440><c> it</c><00:34:41.659><c> which</c><00:34:42.460><c> I</c><00:34:42.679><c> think</c><00:34:42.840><c> is</c><00:34:43.059><c> just</c><00:34:43.260><c> so</c>

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:47.980
beautiful<00:34:43.860><c> that</c><00:34:44.300><c> we</c><00:34:44.539><c> ought</c><00:34:44.699><c> to</c><00:34:45.139><c> touch</c><00:34:45.460><c> upon</c><00:34:45.719><c> it</c><00:34:46.219><c> and</c><00:34:46.980><c> it's</c><00:34:47.619><c> the</c>

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:51.980
parallel<00:34:48.380><c> between</c><00:34:48.940><c> Daniel</c><00:34:49.539><c> in</c><00:34:50.119><c> the</c><00:34:50.300><c> lion's</c><00:34:50.860><c> den</c><00:34:51.179><c> and</c>

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:57.440
the<00:34:53.239><c> Lord</c><00:34:53.559><c> Jesus</c><00:34:53.980><c> Christ.</c><00:34:56.099><c> Of</c><00:34:56.280><c> course</c><00:34:56.360><c> we</c><00:34:56.460><c> know</c><00:34:56.679><c> the</c><00:34:56.840><c> story</c><00:34:57.139><c> so</c>

00:34:57.440 --> 00:35:07.159
I<00:34:58.539><c> shan't</c><00:34:58.860><c> recount</c><00:34:59.920><c> it</c><00:35:01.119><c> but</c><00:35:05.440><c> men</c><00:35:06.739><c> conspired</c>

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:13.960
against<00:35:07.739><c> Daniel,</c><00:35:09.199><c> men</c><00:35:09.539><c> who</c><00:35:10.219><c> were</c><00:35:10.860><c> the</c><00:35:11.039><c> leaders</c><00:35:11.400><c> of</c><00:35:11.800><c> that</c><00:35:12.139><c> society</c><00:35:12.840><c> and</c>

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:23.539
they<00:35:14.260><c> betrayed</c><00:35:14.659><c> him</c><00:35:16.099><c> just</c><00:35:21.980><c> as</c><00:35:23.280><c> the</c><00:35:23.380><c> Lord</c>

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:28.880
Jesus<00:35:23.880><c> Christ</c><00:35:24.400><c> was</c><00:35:25.059><c> betrayed</c><00:35:25.619><c> by</c><00:35:27.159><c> the</c><00:35:27.500><c> officials</c><00:35:27.940><c> of</c><00:35:28.519><c> his</c><00:35:28.679><c> own</c>

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:32.079
society<00:35:29.500><c> just</c><00:35:30.099><c> as</c><00:35:30.300><c> there</c><00:35:30.400><c> was</c><00:35:30.599><c> conspiracy</c><00:35:31.320><c> against</c>

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:37.780
him<00:35:32.440><c> and</c><00:35:33.719><c> the</c><00:35:33.900><c> authorities</c><00:35:34.500><c> sought</c><00:35:35.019><c> to,</c><00:35:35.599><c> the</c><00:35:36.039><c> religious</c><00:35:36.320><c> authorities</c><00:35:36.920><c> sought</c><00:35:37.420><c> to</c>

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manipulate<00:35:38.460><c> the</c><00:35:39.400><c> leader,</c>

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sought<00:35:40.460><c> to</c><00:35:40.679><c> manipulate</c><00:35:40.940><c> Pontius</c><00:35:41.340><c> Pilate</c><00:35:41.699><c> just</c><00:35:41.980><c> as</c><00:35:42.519><c> the</c><00:35:42.980><c> authorities</c><00:35:43.460><c> here,</c>

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the<00:35:43.980><c> princes</c><00:35:44.360><c> seek</c><00:35:45.000><c> to</c><00:35:45.420><c> manipulate</c>

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:51.659
King<00:35:46.699><c> Darius</c><00:35:47.300><c> into</c><00:35:48.340><c> doing</c><00:35:48.780><c> away</c><00:35:49.179><c> with</c><00:35:49.659><c> and</c><00:35:49.940><c> executing</c><00:35:50.639><c> the</c><00:35:51.119><c> servant</c><00:35:51.400><c> of</c>

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:54.320
God<00:35:52.000><c> and</c><00:35:52.559><c> what</c><00:35:52.739><c> did</c><00:35:52.820><c> they</c><00:35:53.059><c> say?</c><00:35:53.579><c> We</c><00:35:53.780><c> have</c><00:35:54.059><c> no</c>

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:59.820
king<00:35:54.679><c> but</c><00:35:55.280><c> Caesar</c><00:35:55.739><c> they</c><00:35:56.320><c> said</c><00:35:56.559><c> and</c><00:35:56.699><c> this</c><00:35:56.880><c> was</c><00:35:57.059><c> the</c><00:35:57.300><c> trap</c><00:35:57.719><c> to</c><00:35:58.460><c> get</c><00:35:58.880><c> Pilate</c><00:35:59.539><c> to</c>

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do<00:36:00.039><c> away</c><00:36:00.260><c> with</c><00:36:00.460><c> Jesus</c><00:36:00.760><c> and</c><00:36:01.019><c> what</c><00:36:01.199><c> did</c>

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:06.420
these<00:36:01.579><c> men</c><00:36:01.860><c> say?</c><00:36:03.039><c> If</c><00:36:03.199><c> anyone</c><00:36:03.579><c> asks</c><00:36:04.000><c> a</c><00:36:04.199><c> petition</c><00:36:04.559><c> by</c><00:36:04.860><c> anyone</c><00:36:05.179><c> else</c><00:36:05.500><c> except</c><00:36:05.840><c> you,</c><00:36:06.260><c> O</c>

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King,<00:36:07.579><c> let</c><00:36:07.800><c> him</c><00:36:08.000><c> be</c><00:36:08.199><c> put</c><00:36:08.380><c> to</c><00:36:08.619><c> death.</c>

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Eventually,<00:36:13.559><c> of</c><00:36:13.800><c> course,</c><00:36:15.019><c> the</c><00:36:15.119><c> men</c><00:36:15.380><c> did</c><00:36:15.659><c> pay</c><00:36:16.400><c> with</c><00:36:17.119><c> their</c><00:36:17.360><c> lives</c><00:36:17.800><c> and</c>

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their<00:36:18.739><c> children's</c><00:36:19.340><c> lives</c><00:36:19.679><c> too</c><00:36:19.960><c> and</c><00:36:20.099><c> what</c><00:36:20.300><c> did</c>

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:23.619
the<00:36:21.000><c> scribes</c><00:36:21.300><c> and</c><00:36:21.420><c> Pharisees</c><00:36:21.840><c> say?</c><00:36:22.400><c> But</c><00:36:22.579><c> his</c><00:36:22.880><c> blood</c><00:36:23.139><c> be</c><00:36:23.380><c> upon</c>

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:27.139
us<00:36:24.099><c> and</c><00:36:24.480><c> upon</c><00:36:24.920><c> our</c><00:36:25.340><c> children</c><00:36:25.900><c> and</c><00:36:26.679><c> the</c><00:36:26.880><c> children</c>

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:37.280
here<00:36:27.539><c> are</c><00:36:27.920><c> cast</c><00:36:28.239><c> with</c><00:36:29.199><c> the</c><00:36:29.380><c> princess</c><00:36:29.860><c> into</c><00:36:30.420><c> the</c><00:36:30.559><c> den</c><00:36:30.639><c> of</c><00:36:30.880><c> lions.</c><00:36:37.159><c> The</c>

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higher<00:36:37.579><c> authorities</c><00:36:38.099><c> Pontius</c><00:36:38.659><c> Pilate</c>

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:45.940
and<00:36:39.900><c> King</c><00:36:40.139><c> Darius</c><00:36:40.539><c> found</c><00:36:40.920><c> no</c><00:36:41.219><c> fault</c><00:36:41.559><c> in</c><00:36:42.059><c> Daniel</c><00:36:42.639><c> or</c><00:36:43.000><c> in</c><00:36:43.199><c> the</c><00:36:43.280><c> Lord</c><00:36:43.440><c> Jesus</c><00:36:43.820><c> Christ</c><00:36:44.300><c> and</c><00:36:44.699><c> they</c><00:36:45.260><c> sought</c><00:36:45.579><c> to</c>

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free<00:36:46.159><c> him</c>

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but<00:36:47.219><c> they</c><00:36:47.340><c> were</c><00:36:47.659><c> caught</c><00:36:47.940><c> in</c><00:36:48.179><c> a</c><00:36:48.340><c> trap</c><00:36:48.659><c> and</c><00:36:49.019><c> they</c><00:36:49.219><c> could</c><00:36:49.480><c> not.</c><00:36:51.300><c> The</c><00:36:51.599><c> law</c><00:36:52.179><c> forbade</c><00:36:52.840><c> it</c>

00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:58.500
and<00:36:54.159><c> so</c><00:36:56.199><c> the</c><00:36:57.079><c> prisoner</c><00:36:57.320><c> was</c><00:36:57.639><c> not</c>

00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:09.820
released<00:37:00.159><c> but</c><00:37:00.880><c> was</c><00:37:01.500><c> put</c><00:37:02.300><c> into</c><00:37:04.239><c> a</c><00:37:04.519><c> tomb</c><00:37:04.860><c> in</c><00:37:05.519><c> effect</c><00:37:05.900><c> and</c><00:37:06.960><c> the</c><00:37:07.219><c> stone</c><00:37:07.460><c> was</c><00:37:07.719><c> put</c><00:37:08.179><c> upon</c><00:37:08.559><c> the</c><00:37:08.880><c> tomb</c><00:37:09.119><c> and</c><00:37:09.679><c> it</c>

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was<00:37:10.119><c> sealed</c>

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and<00:37:11.159><c> the</c><00:37:11.360><c> only</c><00:37:11.679><c> way</c><00:37:12.000><c> in</c><00:37:12.099><c> which</c><00:37:12.280><c> there</c><00:37:12.440><c> could</c><00:37:12.699><c> be</c><00:37:12.940><c> salvation</c><00:37:13.659><c> was</c><00:37:14.519><c> through</c><00:37:14.900><c> the</c><00:37:15.179><c> deliverance</c><00:37:15.880><c> of</c>

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the<00:37:16.559><c> Lord</c><00:37:16.840><c> God</c><00:37:17.119><c> in</c>

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heaven.<00:37:18.340><c> He</c><00:37:18.380><c> was</c><00:37:18.579><c> the</c><00:37:18.760><c> only</c><00:37:19.099><c> God</c><00:37:19.500><c> who</c><00:37:19.820><c> was</c><00:37:20.059><c> able</c><00:37:20.280><c> to</c><00:37:20.639><c> deliver</c>

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out<00:37:22.139><c> of</c><00:37:22.320><c> the</c><00:37:22.480><c> hands</c><00:37:22.780><c> of</c><00:37:23.280><c> these</c><00:37:23.500><c> wicked</c><00:37:23.780><c> men.</c><00:37:25.239><c> So</c><00:37:25.440><c> the</c><00:37:25.619><c> tomb</c>

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:30.320
was<00:37:26.159><c> sealed</c><00:37:26.420><c> and</c><00:37:27.960><c> the</c><00:37:28.199><c> King</c><00:37:28.380><c> Darius</c><00:37:28.840><c> now</c><00:37:29.320><c> relies</c><00:37:29.679><c> on</c><00:37:29.920><c> the</c><00:37:30.099><c> Lord</c>

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:32.659
God<00:37:30.539><c> to</c><00:37:30.820><c> deliver</c><00:37:30.980><c> Daniel</c><00:37:31.380><c> and</c><00:37:31.719><c> very</c><00:37:32.159><c> early</c><00:37:32.360><c> in</c><00:37:32.539><c> the</c>

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morning<00:37:33.119><c> at</c><00:37:34.300><c> sunrise,</c><00:37:37.460><c> Daniel</c><00:37:37.579><c> has</c><00:37:37.880><c> survived</c><00:37:38.380><c> and</c><00:37:39.340><c> the</c><00:37:39.440><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:37:39.980><c> Christ</c><00:37:40.539><c> arises</c><00:37:41.159><c> from</c><00:37:41.460><c> the</c><00:37:41.739><c> tomb</c><00:37:42.099><c> to</c><00:37:42.500><c> glory</c>

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and<00:37:43.480><c> to</c><00:37:43.760><c> everlasting</c><00:37:44.280><c> life</c><00:37:44.820><c> and</c><00:37:45.119><c> this</c><00:37:45.320><c> is</c><00:37:45.519><c> the</c><00:37:45.679><c> point</c><00:37:45.860><c> now,</c><00:37:46.460><c> the</c><00:37:46.599><c> transience</c><00:37:47.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:37:47.460><c> world</c><00:37:47.780><c> and</c><00:37:48.260><c> the</c><00:37:48.760><c> eternity</c><00:37:49.300><c> that</c>

00:37:49.739 --> 00:37:54.260
by<00:37:50.139><c> associating</c><00:37:50.840><c> with</c><00:37:51.079><c> the</c><00:37:51.239><c> death</c><00:37:51.440><c> and</c><00:37:51.639><c> the</c><00:37:51.920><c> sacrifice</c><00:37:52.360><c> of</c><00:37:52.900><c> our</c><00:37:53.099><c> Lord</c><00:37:53.239><c> Jesus</c><00:37:53.579><c> Christ</c><00:37:53.860><c> and</c><00:37:54.059><c> by</c>

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association<00:37:54.900><c> with</c>

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his<00:37:55.679><c> resurrection,</c><00:37:56.739><c> we</c><00:37:57.000><c> too</c><00:37:57.199><c> may</c><00:37:57.519><c> continue</c><00:37:58.139><c> as</c><00:37:58.739><c> Daniel</c><00:37:59.219><c> and</c>

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his<00:37:59.780><c> three</c><00:38:00.039><c> friends</c><00:38:00.420><c> continued</c><00:38:00.980><c> and</c><00:38:01.099><c> that's</c><00:38:01.400><c> the</c>

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point<00:38:02.309><c> of</c><00:38:02.789><c> Daniel</c><00:38:03.150><c> chapter</c><00:38:03.670><c> 6.</c><00:38:05.170><c> So</c><00:38:05.389><c> this</c><00:38:05.670><c> Daniel</c><00:38:05.949><c> prospered</c>

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in<00:38:06.969><c> the</c><00:38:07.150><c> reign</c><00:38:07.309><c> of</c><00:38:07.530><c> Darius</c><00:38:07.989><c> and</c><00:38:08.469><c> in</c><00:38:08.650><c> the</c><00:38:08.769><c> reign</c><00:38:09.070><c> of</c><00:38:09.590><c> Cyrus</c>

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the<00:38:10.590><c> Persian</c><00:38:10.949><c> and</c><00:38:12.489><c> that's</c><00:38:12.690><c> very</c><00:38:12.909><c> important.</c><00:38:14.929><c> Daniel</c><00:38:15.150><c> was</c><00:38:15.409><c> there</c><00:38:15.590><c> at</c>

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the<00:38:15.889><c> beginning</c><00:38:16.130><c> of</c><00:38:16.349><c> the</c><00:38:16.510><c> captivity</c><00:38:17.070><c> in</c><00:38:18.010><c> the</c>

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reign<00:38:18.409><c> of</c><00:38:18.789><c> King</c><00:38:18.949><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:38:19.530><c> who</c><00:38:19.710><c> took</c><00:38:20.250><c> them</c><00:38:20.829><c> into</c><00:38:21.190><c> captivity</c><00:38:21.829><c> in</c><00:38:22.329><c> Babylon</c><00:38:22.789><c> and</c><00:38:23.369><c> so</c>

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he<00:38:24.250><c> endured</c><00:38:24.630><c> that</c>

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and<00:38:26.769><c> he</c><00:38:27.369><c> lived</c><00:38:27.610><c> right</c><00:38:27.889><c> through</c><00:38:28.269><c> it</c><00:38:28.809><c> and</c><00:38:29.230><c> he</c><00:38:29.989><c> lived</c><00:38:30.349><c> to</c><00:38:30.610><c> see</c><00:38:30.829><c> the</c>

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decree<00:38:31.289><c> of</c><00:38:31.690><c> Cyrus</c><00:38:31.889><c> that</c><00:38:32.190><c> the</c><00:38:32.409><c> Jews</c><00:38:32.590><c> should</c><00:38:32.869><c> return</c>

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again<00:38:33.530><c> to</c><00:38:33.690><c> their</c><00:38:33.909><c> land</c><00:38:34.289><c> in</c><00:38:35.030><c> the</c><00:38:35.250><c> first</c><00:38:35.570><c> year</c><00:38:35.809><c> of</c><00:38:36.090><c> Cyrus.</c><00:38:36.650><c> That's</c><00:38:36.989><c> the</c>

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significance<00:38:37.809><c> of</c><00:38:38.309><c> it</c><00:38:38.550><c> saying</c><00:38:38.849><c> that</c><00:38:39.510><c> he</c>

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continued<00:38:40.570><c> until</c><00:38:42.670><c> the</c><00:38:43.469><c> reign</c><00:38:43.969><c> of</c><00:38:44.449><c> Cyrus</c><00:38:44.909><c> the</c><00:38:45.329><c> Persian</c><00:38:45.690><c> and</c><00:38:45.989><c> exactly</c><00:38:46.590><c> the</c><00:38:46.809><c> same</c><00:38:47.070><c> point</c><00:38:47.469><c> is</c>

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made<00:38:48.070><c> at</c><00:38:48.309><c> the</c><00:38:48.389><c> end</c><00:38:48.610><c> of</c>

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Daniel<00:38:49.110><c> chapter</c><00:38:49.550><c> 1.</c><00:38:55.670><c> So</c><00:38:55.909><c> in</c><00:38:56.150><c> each</c><00:38:56.369><c> chapter</c><00:38:56.730><c> then</c><00:38:57.190><c> there</c><00:38:57.449><c> has</c><00:38:57.590><c> been</c><00:38:57.829><c> a</c>

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test<00:38:58.389><c> for</c><00:38:58.949><c> the</c><00:38:59.150><c> servant</c><00:38:59.449><c> of</c><00:38:59.670><c> God</c><00:39:00.090><c> and</c><00:39:01.210><c> we</c>

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thought<00:39:01.869><c> briefly</c><00:39:02.570><c> or</c><00:39:03.130><c> at</c><00:39:03.289><c> more</c><00:39:03.469><c> length</c><00:39:03.969><c> about</c><00:39:04.750><c> each</c><00:39:05.070><c> one</c><00:39:05.250><c> of</c>

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those<00:39:05.710><c> tests</c><00:39:06.230><c> and</c><00:39:08.530><c> what</c><00:39:08.690><c> have</c><00:39:08.829><c> we</c><00:39:09.010><c> learnt?</c><00:39:10.010><c> We've</c>

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learnt<00:39:10.449><c> something</c><00:39:10.809><c> which</c><00:39:10.989><c> is</c><00:39:11.230><c> very</c><00:39:11.550><c> encouraging</c><00:39:12.130><c> for</c><00:39:12.610><c> each</c>

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one<00:39:13.030><c> of</c><00:39:13.190><c> us.</c><00:39:13.789><c> We</c><00:39:14.070><c> have</c><00:39:14.349><c> learnt</c><00:39:14.769><c> that</c><00:39:15.230><c> the</c><00:39:15.510><c> test</c><00:39:15.889><c> can</c>

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be<00:39:16.750><c> passed.</c><00:39:17.849><c> It</c><00:39:18.050><c> is</c><00:39:18.329><c> possible</c><00:39:18.909><c> and</c><00:39:19.369><c> the</c><00:39:19.489><c> Lord</c><00:39:19.670><c> God</c><00:39:19.849><c> does</c><00:39:20.110><c> not</c>

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tempt<00:39:20.670><c> us</c><00:39:21.150><c> with</c><00:39:21.349><c> that</c><00:39:21.570><c> which</c><00:39:21.750><c> we</c><00:39:21.989><c> are</c><00:39:22.110><c> not</c><00:39:22.309><c> able</c><00:39:22.610><c> to</c><00:39:22.889><c> bear</c>

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but<00:39:24.610><c> will</c><00:39:24.969><c> with</c><00:39:25.230><c> the</c><00:39:25.429><c> temptation</c><00:39:26.170><c> give</c><00:39:26.849><c> us</c><00:39:27.329><c> a</c><00:39:27.429><c> way</c><00:39:27.610><c> of</c><00:39:27.889><c> escape</c>

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and<00:39:29.130><c> just</c><00:39:29.369><c> as</c><00:39:29.590><c> Daniel</c><00:39:29.909><c> and</c><00:39:30.090><c> his</c><00:39:30.329><c> three</c><00:39:30.610><c> friends</c>

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passed<00:39:31.730><c> the</c><00:39:31.989><c> test</c><00:39:32.429><c> again</c><00:39:33.070><c> and</c><00:39:33.329><c> again</c><00:39:33.829><c> so</c><00:39:34.449><c> if</c><00:39:34.730><c> we</c><00:39:34.929><c> trust</c><00:39:35.170><c> in</c><00:39:35.429><c> God</c>

00:39:35.570 --> 00:39:37.630
and<00:39:35.809><c> if</c><00:39:35.929><c> our</c><00:39:36.210><c> faith</c><00:39:36.389><c> is</c><00:39:36.750><c> strong</c><00:39:36.909><c> and</c><00:39:37.070><c> if</c><00:39:37.170><c> we</c><00:39:37.409><c> model</c>

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it<00:39:37.969><c> on</c><00:39:38.289><c> the</c><00:39:38.469><c> faith</c><00:39:38.650><c> of</c><00:39:38.889><c> these</c><00:39:39.110><c> men</c><00:39:39.530><c> then</c><00:39:40.309><c> we</c><00:39:40.690><c> too</c><00:39:41.070><c> may</c><00:39:41.429><c> pass</c><00:39:41.710><c> the</c>

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test<00:39:42.349><c> and</c><00:39:42.670><c> may</c><00:39:42.989><c> endure</c><00:39:43.449><c> as</c><00:39:44.110><c> Daniel</c><00:39:44.510><c> and</c><00:39:44.809><c> his</c><00:39:45.050><c> three</c>

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friends<00:39:45.530><c> endured.</c><00:39:46.289><c> We</c><00:39:46.449><c> may</c><00:39:46.730><c> endure</c><00:39:47.210><c> until</c><00:39:47.670><c> the</c><00:39:47.889><c> reign</c><00:39:48.130><c> of</c><00:39:49.630><c> the</c>

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first<00:39:50.110><c> year</c><00:39:50.289><c> of</c><00:39:50.570><c> Cyrus</c><00:39:50.949><c> as</c><00:39:51.289><c> it</c><00:39:51.570><c> were</c><00:39:51.929><c> when</c><00:39:52.329><c> that</c>

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restoration<00:39:53.469><c> will</c><00:39:54.349><c> be</c><00:39:54.630><c> accomplished.</c><00:39:55.769><c> We</c><00:39:56.030><c> may</c><00:39:56.349><c> live</c><00:39:56.730><c> through</c>

00:39:57.010 --> 00:39:59.710
the<00:39:57.250><c> darkness</c><00:39:57.570><c> of</c><00:39:57.889><c> captivity</c><00:39:58.449><c> but</c><00:39:59.070><c> may</c><00:39:59.389><c> come</c>

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by<00:39:59.989><c> God's</c><00:40:00.409><c> grace</c><00:40:00.829><c> to</c><00:40:01.289><c> see</c><00:40:01.570><c> the</c><00:40:01.969><c> light</c><00:40:02.429><c> of</c><00:40:02.989><c> deliverance</c><00:40:03.670><c> and</c><00:40:04.050><c> of</c>

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freedom<00:40:04.730><c> in</c><00:40:05.230><c> God's</c><00:40:05.630><c> kingdom</c><00:40:05.949><c> and</c><00:40:06.730><c> so</c><00:40:06.989><c> we'll</c>

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conclude<00:40:07.719><c> by</c><00:40:08.000><c> reading</c><00:40:08.380><c> those</c><00:40:09.300><c> famous</c><00:40:09.739><c> verses,</c><00:40:10.400><c> that</c><00:40:10.599><c> famous</c>

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verse<00:40:11.480><c> from</c><00:40:11.840><c> Daniel</c><00:40:12.159><c> 12</c><00:40:12.820><c> and</c><00:40:13.219><c> verse</c><00:40:13.500><c> 3.</c>

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You<00:40:18.039><c> notice</c><00:40:18.300><c> who</c><00:40:18.500><c> it</c><00:40:18.659><c> was</c><00:40:19.019><c> that</c><00:40:19.639><c> lasted</c><00:40:19.960><c> until</c><00:40:20.840><c> the</c><00:40:21.280><c> first</c><00:40:21.519><c> reign</c><00:40:21.739><c> of</c>

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Cyrus<00:40:22.239><c> the</c><00:40:22.500><c> Persian?</c><00:40:24.380><c> It</c><00:40:24.519><c> wasn't</c>

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Belshazzar,<00:40:26.500><c> it</c><00:40:26.619><c> was</c><00:40:26.800><c> Daniel</c><00:40:27.320><c> and</c><00:40:27.980><c> his</c><00:40:28.219><c> identity</c><00:40:28.679><c> was</c><00:40:29.039><c> preserved</c><00:40:29.639><c> despite</c><00:40:30.300><c> all</c><00:40:30.760><c> that</c><00:40:31.000><c> Babylon</c><00:40:31.320><c> threw</c><00:40:31.860><c> at</c><00:40:32.039><c> him.</c>

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He<00:40:33.380><c> stood</c><00:40:33.659><c> strong</c><00:40:34.579><c> and</c><00:40:36.400><c> God</c><00:40:36.639><c> still</c><00:40:37.000><c> recognized</c><00:40:37.539><c> him</c><00:40:38.039><c> at</c><00:40:38.400><c> the</c><00:40:38.500><c> end</c><00:40:38.679><c> of</c><00:40:38.820><c> it</c><00:40:39.000><c> all</c><00:40:39.260><c> and</c><00:40:39.599><c> in</c><00:40:39.820><c> fact</c><00:40:40.079><c> he</c><00:40:40.460><c> was</c><00:40:40.760><c> a</c><00:40:40.820><c> stronger</c>

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and<00:40:41.280><c> more</c><00:40:41.539><c> complete</c><00:40:41.980><c> servant</c><00:40:42.380><c> of</c><00:40:42.599><c> God</c><00:40:42.920><c> than</c><00:40:43.599><c> he</c><00:40:43.840><c> had</c><00:40:44.000><c> been</c><00:40:44.500><c> at</c>

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the<00:40:45.079><c> beginning</c><00:40:45.500><c> and</c><00:40:47.300><c> here's</c><00:40:47.460><c> the</c><00:40:47.659><c> point</c><00:40:47.860><c> then</c><00:40:48.099><c> about</c>

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continuance<00:40:51.039><c> by</c><00:40:51.559><c> the</c><00:40:51.800><c> grace</c><00:40:51.960><c> of</c><00:40:52.219><c> God</c><00:40:52.599><c> and</c><00:40:53.500><c> they</c><00:40:53.679><c> that</c><00:40:53.820><c> be</c><00:40:54.039><c> wise</c>

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shall<00:40:54.840><c> shine</c><00:40:55.179><c> as</c><00:40:55.360><c> the</c><00:40:55.599><c> brightness</c><00:40:55.840><c> of</c><00:40:56.079><c> the</c>

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tournament<00:40:56.699><c> and</c><00:40:57.539><c> they</c><00:40:57.820><c> that</c><00:40:58.099><c> turn</c><00:40:58.519><c> many</c><00:40:58.980><c> to</c><00:40:59.199><c> righteousness</c>

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as<00:41:00.579><c> the</c><00:41:00.860><c> stars</c><00:41:01.440><c> forever</c><00:41:02.340><c> and</c><00:41:03.139><c> ever.</c>

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Thank<00:41:12.639><c> you</c><00:41:12.780><c> for</c><00:41:12.880><c> the</c><00:41:13.000><c> mark</c><00:41:13.260><c> and</c><00:41:15.260><c> at</c><00:41:15.400><c> this</c><00:41:15.559><c> time</c><00:41:15.699><c> we'd</c><00:41:16.019><c> like</c><00:41:16.019><c> to</c>

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make<00:41:17.179><c> some</c><00:41:17.440><c> closing</c><00:41:17.739><c> remarks.</c>

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Mark<00:41:22.320><c> has</c><00:41:23.119><c> brought</c><00:41:23.300><c> us</c><00:41:23.500><c> lessons</c><00:41:24.159><c> from</c><00:41:25.079><c> the</c><00:41:25.199><c> book</c><00:41:25.320><c> of</c><00:41:25.519><c> Daniel</c>

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:28.539
and<00:41:26.659><c> yesterday</c><00:41:27.159><c> we</c><00:41:27.440><c> have</c><00:41:27.699><c> seen</c><00:41:27.920><c> how</c><00:41:28.099><c> it</c><00:41:28.239><c> is</c>

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:35.699
important<00:41:29.099><c> to</c><00:41:30.219><c> have</c><00:41:30.440><c> the</c><00:41:31.239><c> right</c><00:41:31.739><c> spiritual</c><00:41:32.340><c> food.</c><00:41:34.079><c> We</c><00:41:34.360><c> saw</c><00:41:34.480><c> the</c><00:41:35.000><c> determination</c><00:41:35.460><c> of</c>

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Daniel<00:41:36.099><c> not</c><00:41:37.119><c> to</c><00:41:37.380><c> eat</c><00:41:38.019><c> meat</c>

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:41.860
which<00:41:38.659><c> would</c><00:41:38.860><c> defile</c><00:41:39.199><c> the</c><00:41:39.380><c> body</c><00:41:39.780><c> but</c><00:41:40.159><c> pulse</c><00:41:40.480><c> and</c><00:41:40.639><c> water</c><00:41:41.099><c> which</c>

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typified<00:41:42.360><c> the</c><00:41:42.619><c> food</c><00:41:42.980><c> we</c><00:41:43.679><c> must</c><00:41:43.900><c> partake</c><00:41:44.360><c> of</c><00:41:44.840><c> to</c>

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grow<00:41:45.659><c> spiritually</c><00:41:46.440><c> the</c><00:41:47.219><c> right</c><00:41:48.179><c> food,</c><00:41:48.579><c> the</c><00:41:48.739><c> right</c><00:41:48.980><c> spiritual</c>

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:52.579
food<00:41:49.840><c> and</c><00:41:51.199><c> the</c><00:41:51.760><c> results</c><00:41:51.760><c> of</c><00:41:52.019><c> the</c><00:41:52.239><c> pride</c>

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:57.119
and<00:41:52.860><c> humiliation</c><00:41:53.420><c> of</c><00:41:53.679><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:41:55.099><c> and</c><00:41:55.659><c> the</c><00:41:56.079><c> deliverance</c>

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of<00:41:57.400><c> Shadrach,</c><00:41:58.039><c> Meshach</c><00:41:58.360><c> and</c><00:41:58.519><c> Abednego</c>

00:41:58.960 --> 00:42:04.119
who<00:42:00.340><c> were</c><00:42:00.679><c> unchangeable</c><00:42:01.619><c> in</c><00:42:01.880><c> their</c><00:42:02.579><c> worship</c><00:42:03.099><c> or</c><00:42:03.599><c> the</c><00:42:03.800><c> service</c>

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:09.300
of<00:42:04.340><c> the</c><00:42:04.480><c> true</c><00:42:04.619><c> God</c><00:42:05.159><c> who</c><00:42:08.079><c> would</c><00:42:08.599><c> rather</c><00:42:08.880><c> be</c>

00:42:09.300 --> 00:42:16.059
thrown<00:42:09.579><c> into</c><00:42:09.860><c> a</c><00:42:10.059><c> fiery</c><00:42:10.300><c> furnace</c><00:42:11.099><c> than</c><00:42:12.079><c> bow</c><00:42:12.300><c> down</c><00:42:12.539><c> to</c><00:42:12.900><c> the</c><00:42:13.079><c> image.</c><00:42:14.519><c> Finally</c><00:42:14.940><c> today</c><00:42:15.340><c> in</c>

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the<00:42:16.219><c> writing</c><00:42:16.380><c> on</c><00:42:16.559><c> the</c><00:42:16.719><c> wall</c>

00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:23.820
we<00:42:19.519><c> have</c><00:42:20.039><c> learned</c><00:42:20.260><c> how</c><00:42:20.619><c> much</c><00:42:21.179><c> do</c><00:42:21.559><c> we</c><00:42:21.719><c> weigh</c><00:42:21.860><c> spiritually.</c><00:42:23.599><c> The</c>

00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:28.139
world<00:42:24.139><c> has</c><00:42:24.420><c> so</c><00:42:24.679><c> much</c><00:42:25.300><c> to</c><00:42:25.679><c> offer</c><00:42:26.099><c> as</c><00:42:27.000><c> in</c><00:42:27.420><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c>

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and<00:42:28.380><c> Belshazzar's</c><00:42:29.380><c> kingdom.</c><00:42:31.900><c> We</c><00:42:32.000><c> brothers</c><00:42:32.219><c> and</c><00:42:32.519><c> sisters</c><00:42:32.880><c> have</c><00:42:33.199><c> to</c>

00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:36.719
make<00:42:33.739><c> the</c><00:42:34.000><c> wise</c><00:42:34.239><c> choices</c><00:42:34.760><c> and</c><00:42:36.059><c> crave</c><00:42:36.360><c> the</c>

00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:42.340
spiritual<00:42:37.239><c> food</c><00:42:37.880><c> so</c><00:42:38.880><c> our</c><00:42:39.179><c> eyes</c><00:42:39.679><c> can</c><00:42:40.900><c> be</c><00:42:41.260><c> opened</c><00:42:41.619><c> and</c><00:42:42.139><c> serve</c>

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not<00:42:42.599><c> the</c><00:42:42.800><c> flesh</c><00:42:43.139><c> but</c><00:42:43.860><c> the</c><00:42:44.039><c> true</c><00:42:44.280><c> and</c><00:42:44.460><c> living</c><00:42:44.639><c> God.</c>

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On<00:42:46.139><c> behalf</c><00:42:46.480><c> of</c><00:42:47.860><c> the</c><00:42:48.559><c> Ecclesians</c><00:42:49.800><c> in</c><00:42:50.179><c> Washington</c><00:42:50.519><c> and</c><00:42:51.480><c> on</c><00:42:51.860><c> behalf</c><00:42:51.880><c> of</c>

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Camp<00:42:52.320><c> Hashewell</c><00:42:53.400><c> and</c><00:42:54.760><c> all</c><00:42:55.000><c> of</c><00:42:55.079><c> us</c><00:42:55.219><c> here</c><00:42:55.400><c> we</c>

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like<00:42:55.739><c> to</c><00:42:56.480><c> extend</c><00:42:56.739><c> our</c><00:42:56.940><c> thanks</c><00:42:57.199><c> to</c><00:42:57.420><c> Mark</c><00:42:57.679><c> for</c><00:42:58.559><c> his</c><00:42:58.780><c> efforts</c><00:42:59.260><c> on</c>

00:42:59.559 --> 00:43:01.880
our<00:42:59.719><c> behalf</c><00:43:00.179><c> and</c><00:43:00.679><c> we</c><00:43:00.780><c> do</c><00:43:00.900><c> look</c><00:43:01.099><c> forward</c><00:43:01.280><c> to</c><00:43:01.519><c> his</c>

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presentation<00:43:02.340><c> as</c><00:43:03.239><c> we</c><00:43:03.900><c> close</c><00:43:04.280><c> the</c><00:43:04.539><c> camp.</c><00:43:05.139><c> Thank</c><00:43:05.400><c> you.</c><00:43:12.900><c> We'll</c>

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have<00:43:14.039><c> some</c><00:43:14.300><c> announcements</c><00:43:15.019><c> if</c><00:43:15.800><c> there</c><00:43:16.000><c> are</c><00:43:16.059><c> any</c><00:43:16.219><c> by</c>

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Brother<00:43:16.659><c> Dave.</c><00:43:19.599><c> The</c><00:43:20.360><c> memorial</c><00:43:20.679><c> service</c><00:43:21.460><c> starts</c><00:43:22.260><c> at</c><00:43:22.519><c> ten</c><00:43:23.059><c> and</c>

00:43:24.639 --> 00:43:29.280
we<00:43:25.099><c> are</c><00:43:25.119><c> asked</c><00:43:25.340><c> to</c><00:43:25.539><c> be</c><00:43:25.739><c> seated</c><00:43:25.920><c> by</c><00:43:26.760><c> nine</c><00:43:27.079><c> fifty</c><00:43:27.619><c> ten</c>

00:43:29.380 --> 00:43:45.219
there<00:43:29.800><c> is</c><00:43:31.039><c> a</c><00:43:31.179><c> nursery</c><00:43:31.679><c> and</c><00:43:32.519><c> classes</c><00:43:32.980><c> for</c><00:43:33.980><c> ages</c><00:43:34.420><c> four</c><00:43:34.739><c> to</c><00:43:34.920><c> twelve</c><00:43:35.659><c> in</c><00:43:37.300><c> the</c><00:43:37.519><c> dining</c><00:43:37.739><c> hall.</c><00:43:41.840><c> Okay</c><00:43:42.539><c> and</c><00:43:44.659><c> we</c><00:43:44.840><c> also</c>

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ask<00:43:45.519><c> to</c><00:43:45.800><c> reserve</c><00:43:46.079><c> the</c><00:43:46.239><c> last</c><00:43:46.500><c> two</c><00:43:46.780><c> rows</c><00:43:47.019><c> of</c><00:43:47.440><c> seats</c><00:43:47.800><c> for</c><00:43:48.500><c> those</c>

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with<00:43:49.119><c> small</c><00:43:49.360><c> children</c><00:43:49.900><c> and</c><00:43:50.500><c> those</c><00:43:50.719><c> will</c><00:43:50.920><c> be</c>

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:55.960
leaving<00:43:51.340><c> early</c><00:43:51.760><c> to</c><00:43:52.820><c> set</c><00:43:53.000><c> up</c><00:43:53.119><c> the</c><00:43:53.320><c> dining</c><00:43:53.539><c> room</c><00:43:53.780><c> for</c><00:43:54.059><c> lunch</c><00:43:54.400><c> and</c>

00:43:55.960 --> 00:44:00.639
please<00:43:56.480><c> remember</c><00:43:57.320><c> the</c><00:43:57.760><c> Sunday</c><00:43:58.039><c> school</c><00:43:58.980><c> by</c><00:44:00.239><c> singing</c>

00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:05.500
of<00:44:01.400><c> hymn</c><00:44:01.539><c> three</c><00:44:01.920><c> forty</c><00:44:02.239><c> eight</c><00:44:02.639><c> in</c><00:44:03.400><c> the</c><00:44:03.480><c> new</c><00:44:03.619><c> book</c><00:44:03.880><c> in</c><00:44:04.679><c> 275</c><00:44:05.380><c> and</c>

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the<00:44:05.639><c> old</c><00:44:06.480><c> after</c><00:44:12.119><c> which</c><00:44:12.300><c> we'll</c><00:44:12.579><c> count</c><00:44:12.679><c> the</c>

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Errol<00:44:13.980><c> Hines</c><00:44:14.760><c> of</c><00:44:15.860><c> the</c><00:44:16.380><c> South</c><00:44:16.639><c> Ozone</c><00:44:17.000><c> Park</c><00:44:17.440><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:17.980><c> in</c><00:44:18.699><c> Queens</c><00:44:19.239><c> the</c>

00:44:21.179 --> 00:44:24.739
leaders<00:44:21.440><c> in</c><00:44:21.780><c> closing</c><00:44:22.019><c> prayer</c><00:44:22.739><c> in</c><00:44:24.400><c> three</c>

00:44:24.739 --> 00:44:30.940
forty<00:44:25.059><c> eight</c><00:44:25.739><c> he</c><00:44:27.519><c> who</c><00:44:27.880><c> would</c><00:44:28.139><c> valiant</c><00:44:28.519><c> be</c><00:44:28.960><c> against</c><00:44:29.340><c> all</c><00:44:29.579><c> disaster</c><00:44:30.280><c> let</c>

00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:33.760
him<00:44:31.159><c> in</c><00:44:31.380><c> constancy</c><00:44:32.079><c> follow</c><00:44:32.639><c> the</c><00:44:32.880><c> master.</c>

00:44:49.099 --> 00:44:59.860
He<00:44:50.500><c> who</c><00:44:51.360><c> would</c><00:44:51.900><c> valiant</c><00:44:52.820><c> be</c><00:44:53.679><c> against</c><00:44:55.000><c> all</c><00:44:55.639><c> disaster</c><00:44:57.400><c> let</c><00:44:59.079><c> him</c>

00:44:59.860 --> 00:45:05.119
in<00:45:00.280><c> constancy</c><00:45:01.880><c> follow</c><00:45:03.659><c> the</c><00:45:04.400><c> master.</c>

00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:15.960
There's<00:45:07.559><c> no</c><00:45:07.860><c> desperation,</c><00:45:11.000><c> now</c><00:45:11.719><c> it</c><00:45:12.380><c> works</c><00:45:12.860><c> within,</c><00:45:15.360><c> with</c><00:45:15.619><c> the</c>

00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:21.460
hands<00:45:16.320><c> of</c><00:45:16.900><c> our</c><00:45:17.340><c> intent</c><00:45:17.980><c> to</c><00:45:18.860><c> be</c><00:45:19.519><c> of</c><00:45:19.920><c> real</c><00:45:20.519><c> friend.</c>

00:45:21.460 --> 00:45:30.960
Who<00:45:23.380><c> saw</c><00:45:23.980><c> thee</c><00:45:24.500><c> spread</c><00:45:25.099><c> in</c><00:45:25.739><c> brown</c><00:45:26.460><c> in</c><00:45:27.639><c> this</c><00:45:28.300><c> lost</c><00:45:28.699><c> story?</c>

00:45:31.320 --> 00:45:39.139
You<00:45:32.199><c> who</c><00:45:32.219><c> are</c><00:45:32.539><c> then</c><00:45:33.059><c> spelt</c><00:45:33.639><c> on</c><00:45:34.340><c> ground,</c><00:45:35.760><c> his</c><00:45:36.320><c> strength</c><00:45:37.139><c> thou</c><00:45:37.679><c> borest.</c>

00:45:39.139 --> 00:45:48.880
Thou<00:45:40.579><c> all</c><00:45:41.179><c> I</c><00:45:41.500><c> am</c><00:45:41.639><c> shall</c><00:45:42.420><c> inquire,</c><00:45:44.820><c> though</c><00:45:45.139><c> he</c><00:45:45.559><c> which</c><00:45:46.159><c> I</c><00:45:46.800><c> have</c><00:45:47.340><c> spied,</c>

00:45:49.219 --> 00:45:55.679
in<00:45:49.639><c> really</c><00:45:50.500><c> good</c><00:45:50.940><c> is</c><00:45:51.579><c> right</c><00:45:51.980><c> to</c><00:45:52.719><c> be</c><00:45:53.480><c> of</c><00:45:53.900><c> real</c><00:45:54.460><c> friend.</c>

00:45:56.059 --> 00:46:06.659
Who<00:45:57.039><c> holds</c><00:45:58.059><c> fast</c><00:45:58.460><c> to</c><00:45:59.219><c> the</c><00:45:59.820><c> end</c><00:46:00.519><c> shall</c><00:46:01.739><c> I</c><00:46:02.619><c> inherit,</c><00:46:05.619><c> for</c><00:46:05.980><c> the</c>

00:46:06.659 --> 00:46:13.019
Lord<00:46:07.099><c> doth</c><00:46:07.840><c> defend</c><00:46:09.119><c> love</c><00:46:10.460><c> through</c><00:46:11.159><c> his</c><00:46:11.619><c> spirit.</c>

00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:24.219
Ten<00:46:14.579><c> pasties</c><00:46:15.960><c> fly</c><00:46:16.699><c> away,</c><00:46:18.980><c> all</c><00:46:19.320><c> fear</c><00:46:19.800><c> not</c><00:46:20.360><c> wondrous</c><00:46:21.559><c> day,</c><00:46:23.480><c> I'll</c>

00:46:24.219 --> 00:46:30.119
live<00:46:24.739><c> a</c><00:46:25.199><c> right</c><00:46:25.420><c> and</c><00:46:26.139><c> day</c><00:46:26.420><c> to</c><00:46:27.219><c> be</c><00:46:27.960><c> of</c><00:46:28.360><c> real</c><00:46:28.920><c> friend.</c>

00:46:32.940 --> 00:46:39.599
Oh<00:46:33.739><c> mighty</c><00:46:33.960><c> God,</c><00:46:34.300><c> noble</c><00:46:34.420><c> father</c><00:46:34.639><c> in</c><00:46:34.860><c> heaven,</c><00:46:36.599><c> father</c><00:46:36.920><c> of</c><00:46:37.579><c> Abraham,</c><00:46:38.639><c> Isaac,</c><00:46:39.440><c> and</c>

00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:41.860
even<00:46:40.400><c> Daniel,</c>

00:46:42.920 --> 00:46:48.960
we<00:46:43.500><c> with</c><00:46:44.219><c> heartful</c><00:46:44.739><c> thanks</c><00:46:45.199><c> come</c><00:46:46.280><c> rejoice</c><00:46:47.519><c> in</c><00:46:48.139><c> this</c><00:46:48.440><c> morning</c>

00:46:48.960 --> 00:46:52.019
as<00:46:49.900><c> we</c><00:46:50.079><c> gather</c><00:46:50.239><c> together</c><00:46:50.659><c> in</c><00:46:50.880><c> this</c><00:46:51.099><c> place.</c>

00:46:52.639 --> 00:46:56.239
We<00:46:52.860><c> thank</c><00:46:53.000><c> thee</c><00:46:53.139><c> for</c><00:46:53.260><c> thy</c><00:46:53.400><c> love</c><00:46:53.760><c> and</c><00:46:54.019><c> thy</c><00:46:54.800><c> mercy</c><00:46:55.320><c> which</c><00:46:55.599><c> we</c><00:46:56.000><c> see</c>

00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:59.199
in<00:46:56.559><c> thy</c><00:46:56.780><c> word</c><00:46:57.320><c> which</c><00:46:58.340><c> is</c><00:46:58.559><c> able</c><00:46:58.800><c> to</c>

00:46:59.619 --> 00:47:08.280
give<00:46:59.820><c> us</c><00:47:00.059><c> life,</c><00:47:02.400><c> and</c><00:47:02.500><c> we</c><00:47:02.719><c> pray</c><00:47:02.840><c> that</c><00:47:03.000><c> the</c><00:47:03.679><c> things</c><00:47:03.860><c> we</c><00:47:04.059><c> have</c><00:47:04.260><c> learned</c><00:47:04.539><c> here</c><00:47:05.039><c> today</c><00:47:06.139><c> might</c><00:47:06.619><c> be</c><00:47:07.300><c> alike</c>

00:47:08.539 --> 00:47:12.659
in<00:47:09.099><c> every</c><00:47:09.380><c> aspect</c><00:47:09.820><c> in</c><00:47:10.239><c> our</c><00:47:10.460><c> lives</c><00:47:10.619><c> that</c><00:47:10.780><c> we</c><00:47:10.960><c> may</c><00:47:11.139><c> go,</c><00:47:12.320><c> that</c><00:47:12.480><c> we</c>

00:47:12.659 --> 00:47:15.880
may<00:47:12.800><c> shine</c><00:47:13.179><c> forth</c><00:47:13.920><c> with</c><00:47:15.039><c> radiance</c>

00:47:16.139 --> 00:47:20.980
in<00:47:16.699><c> the</c><00:47:16.800><c> things</c><00:47:17.039><c> that</c><00:47:17.360><c> is</c><00:47:17.659><c> written</c><00:47:18.280><c> in</c><00:47:18.980><c> thy</c><00:47:19.099><c> word</c><00:47:19.679><c> of</c><00:47:20.099><c> truth.</c>

00:47:21.940 --> 00:47:23.519
We<00:47:22.079><c> thank</c><00:47:22.260><c> thee</c><00:47:22.460><c> for</c><00:47:22.719><c> our</c><00:47:23.000><c> brother</c><00:47:23.320><c> who</c>

00:47:23.519 --> 00:47:27.159
has<00:47:23.699><c> expounded</c><00:47:24.019><c> to</c><00:47:24.260><c> us</c><00:47:24.599><c> those</c><00:47:24.920><c> things</c><00:47:25.260><c> that</c><00:47:25.460><c> are</c><00:47:25.519><c> written,</c><00:47:26.599><c> and</c><00:47:26.880><c> that</c><00:47:27.019><c> we</c>

00:47:27.159 --> 00:47:29.340
may<00:47:27.340><c> go</c><00:47:27.679><c> forth</c><00:47:27.980><c> into</c><00:47:28.219><c> the</c><00:47:28.460><c> world</c>

00:47:29.480 --> 00:47:37.840
and<00:47:29.780><c> to</c><00:47:30.000><c> help</c><00:47:30.380><c> and</c><00:47:31.579><c> to</c><00:47:31.800><c> show</c><00:47:31.960><c> forth</c><00:47:32.179><c> thy</c><00:47:32.440><c> light</c><00:47:32.880><c> into</c><00:47:33.380><c> those</c><00:47:33.800><c> that</c><00:47:34.099><c> are</c><00:47:34.519><c> with</c><00:47:34.760><c> itching</c><00:47:35.019><c> ears</c><00:47:35.659><c> waiting</c><00:47:36.119><c> to</c><00:47:36.880><c> hear.</c>

00:47:38.519 --> 00:47:41.719
We<00:47:38.579><c> ask</c><00:47:38.739><c> thy</c><00:47:38.860><c> blessings</c><00:47:39.179><c> on</c><00:47:39.420><c> us</c><00:47:39.579><c> as</c><00:47:39.780><c> we</c><00:47:40.460><c> continue</c><00:47:40.900><c> this</c><00:47:41.199><c> day</c><00:47:41.440><c> in</c>

00:47:41.719 --> 00:47:43.239
fellowship<00:47:42.059><c> towards</c><00:47:42.440><c> thee,</c>

00:47:43.559 --> 00:47:47.920
our<00:47:43.739><c> goal</c><00:47:44.199><c> is</c><00:47:44.760><c> that</c><00:47:45.039><c> goal</c><00:47:45.599><c> of</c><00:47:45.880><c> to</c><00:47:46.099><c> bring</c><00:47:46.679><c> to</c><00:47:47.099><c> all</c><00:47:47.400><c> those</c><00:47:47.679><c> that</c>

00:47:47.920 --> 00:47:52.179
are<00:47:48.519><c> in</c><00:47:48.820><c> the</c><00:47:49.039><c> world</c><00:47:49.860><c> thy</c><00:47:50.760><c> word</c><00:47:50.960><c> of</c><00:47:51.260><c> truth</c>

00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:57.119
which<00:47:52.820><c> we</c><00:47:53.119><c> have</c><00:47:53.320><c> within</c><00:47:53.619><c> us,</c><00:47:54.719><c> and</c><00:47:54.840><c> that</c><00:47:55.039><c> those</c><00:47:55.460><c> words</c><00:47:55.760><c> may</c><00:47:56.219><c> illuminate</c><00:47:56.820><c> in</c>

00:47:57.119 --> 00:47:58.860
us<00:47:57.639><c> that</c><00:47:58.039><c> they</c><00:47:58.260><c> may</c><00:47:58.460><c> see</c>

00:47:58.860 --> 00:48:03.119
an<00:47:59.199><c> example</c><00:47:59.760><c> of</c><00:48:00.239><c> thy</c><00:48:00.420><c> son</c><00:48:00.920><c> and</c><00:48:01.380><c> what</c><00:48:01.500><c> he</c><00:48:01.760><c> stood</c><00:48:01.940><c> for</c><00:48:02.380><c> in</c><00:48:02.860><c> this</c>

00:48:03.119 --> 00:48:05.679
world.<00:48:04.539><c> We</c><00:48:04.599><c> ask</c><00:48:04.760><c> thy</c><00:48:04.780><c> blessings</c><00:48:05.099><c> once</c><00:48:05.340><c> again,</c>

00:48:05.760 --> 00:48:09.019
and<00:48:05.880><c> ask</c><00:48:05.940><c> that</c><00:48:06.079><c> they</c><00:48:06.199><c> always</c><00:48:06.360><c> continue</c><00:48:06.760><c> with</c><00:48:06.980><c> us</c><00:48:07.400><c> in</c><00:48:07.679><c> our</c><00:48:07.940><c> lives</c><00:48:08.400><c> that</c>

00:48:09.019 --> 00:48:12.579
we<00:48:09.320><c> all</c><00:48:09.699><c> will</c><00:48:10.420><c> rejoice</c><00:48:10.980><c> in</c><00:48:11.400><c> that</c><00:48:11.599><c> day</c><00:48:12.019><c> when</c>

00:48:12.579 --> 00:48:17.300
thy<00:48:12.760><c> son</c><00:48:12.920><c> will</c><00:48:13.199><c> return</c><00:48:13.840><c> and</c><00:48:14.460><c> to</c><00:48:14.619><c> bring</c><00:48:14.780><c> us</c><00:48:15.300><c> joy,</c><00:48:15.920><c> pure</c><00:48:16.079><c> joy,</c><00:48:17.059><c> and</c><00:48:17.199><c> we</c>

00:48:17.300 --> 00:48:20.460
will<00:48:17.460><c> see</c><00:48:18.039><c> him,</c><00:48:19.059><c> Shadrach,</c><00:48:19.980><c> Meshach,</c>

00:48:20.460 --> 00:48:24.599
and<00:48:20.860><c> Abednego,</c><00:48:21.900><c> and</c><00:48:22.000><c> even</c><00:48:22.260><c> Daniel</c><00:48:22.699><c> in</c><00:48:23.199><c> the</c><00:48:23.300><c> kingdom</c><00:48:23.539><c> to</c><00:48:23.800><c> come.</c>

00:48:24.699 --> 00:48:26.199
These<00:48:24.860><c> things</c><00:48:25.059><c> we</c><00:48:25.260><c> ask</c><00:48:25.500><c> in</c><00:48:25.699><c> the</c><00:48:25.800><c> truth</c><00:48:25.980><c> thy</c>

00:48:26.199 --> 00:48:30.460
son's<00:48:26.780><c> name</c><00:48:27.000><c> and</c><00:48:27.239><c> our</c><00:48:27.400><c> saviour,</c><00:48:28.239><c> Christ</c><00:48:28.380><c> Jesus.</c><00:48:29.940><c> Amen.</c>