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in</c><00:11:19.019><c> a</c><00:11:19.259><c> cloud</c> 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:25.559 with<00:11:19.659><c> power</c><00:11:20.519><c> and</c><00:11:20.820><c> great</c><00:11:21.019><c> glory.</c><00:11:22.700><c> So</c><00:11:23.299><c> the</c><00:11:24.360><c> words</c><00:11:24.659><c> Jerusalem</c><00:11:25.139><c> shall</c><00:11:25.379><c> be</c> 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:27.639 trodden<00:11:25.799><c> down</c><00:11:25.940><c> of</c><00:11:26.080><c> the</c><00:11:26.240><c> Gentiles</c><00:11:26.779><c> until</c> 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:32.059 take<00:11:28.440><c> us</c><00:11:28.720><c> forward</c><00:11:29.000><c> to</c><00:11:29.220><c> our</c><00:11:29.419><c> own</c><00:11:29.720><c> times</c><00:11:30.139><c> to</c><00:11:30.559><c> the</c><00:11:30.840><c> time</c><00:11:31.159><c> of</c><00:11:31.539><c> trouble</c><00:11:31.779><c> that</c> 00:11:32.059 --> 00:11:34.799 precedes<00:11:32.899><c> the</c><00:11:33.139><c> coming</c><00:11:33.440><c> of</c><00:11:34.279><c> our</c><00:11:34.539><c> Lord</c> 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:39.700 from<00:11:35.059><c> heaven</c><00:11:35.600><c> in</c><00:11:36.019><c> verse</c><00:11:36.299><c> 27.</c><00:11:38.379><c> So</c><00:11:38.480><c> it</c><00:11:38.639><c> seems</c><00:11:38.840><c> to</c><00:11:38.960><c> me</c><00:11:39.080><c> that</c><00:11:39.259><c> having</c><00:11:39.440><c> gone</c> 00:11:39.700 --> 00:11:43.340 back<00:11:40.360><c> to</c><00:11:40.940><c> the</c><00:11:41.259><c> first</c><00:11:41.519><c> century</c><00:11:42.039><c> in</c><00:11:42.340><c> verse</c><00:11:42.659><c> 12</c> 00:11:43.340 --> 00:11:47.059 the<00:11:43.740><c> Lord</c><00:11:43.940><c> Jesus</c><00:11:44.340><c> Christ</c><00:11:44.779><c> has</c><00:11:45.279><c> led</c><00:11:45.480><c> us</c><00:11:45.720><c> on</c><00:11:46.120><c> once</c><00:11:46.500><c> more</c><00:11:46.679><c> to</c><00:11:46.899><c> our</c> 00:11:47.059 --> 00:11:50.840 own<00:11:47.879><c> 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there</c><00:13:12.200><c> and</c><00:13:12.919><c> it</c><00:13:13.159><c> runs</c><00:13:13.340><c> right</c><00:13:13.639><c> down</c><00:13:13.960><c> the</c><00:13:14.600><c> Africa</c><00:13:15.120><c> there.</c><00:13:15.320><c> It</c> 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:16.559 runs<00:13:15.559><c> under</c><00:13:15.820><c> the</c><00:13:15.960><c> sea</c><00:13:16.139><c> as</c><00:13:16.399><c> well</c> 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:20.340 because<00:13:16.860><c> you</c><00:13:17.200><c> have</c><00:13:17.460><c> these</c><00:13:17.720><c> same</c><00:13:18.399><c> things</c><00:13:18.919><c> under</c><00:13:19.179><c> the</c><00:13:19.399><c> sea.</c><00:13:20.200><c> You</c> 00:13:20.340 --> 00:13:28.799 have<00:13:20.480><c> a</c><00:13:20.600><c> big</c><00:13:20.820><c> cluster</c><00:13:21.279><c> over</c><00:13:21.740><c> there</c><00:13:22.600><c> in</c><00:13:23.159><c> the</c> 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:32.960 areas<00:13:29.139><c> there</c><00:13:29.480><c> also</c><00:13:30.240><c> 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question.</c><00:13:52.779><c> Are</c><00:13:53.039><c> there</c><00:13:53.360><c> more</c> 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:55.419 earthquakes<00:13:54.259><c> so</c><00:13:54.679><c> far</c><00:13:54.879><c> or</c><00:13:55.100><c> not?</c><00:13:55.240><c> Have</c> 00:13:55.419 --> 00:13:58.320 we<00:13:55.519><c> seen</c><00:13:55.759><c> the</c><00:13:55.960><c> fulfilment</c><00:13:56.340><c> of</c><00:13:56.500><c> this</c><00:13:56.779><c> sign</c><00:13:57.039><c> or</c><00:13:57.480><c> not?</c><00:13:58.000><c> It</c><00:13:58.120><c> seems</c> 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:02.740 in<00:13:58.860><c> the</c><00:13:58.899><c> 1970s</c><00:13:59.879><c> that</c><00:14:00.059><c> we</c><00:14:00.279><c> were</c><00:14:00.480><c> getting</c><00:14:01.059><c> a</c><00:14:02.080><c> lot</c><00:14:02.299><c> of</c> 00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:07.120 very<00:14:03.059><c> large</c><00:14:03.620><c> earthquakes</c><00:14:04.259><c> and</c><00:14:05.279><c> 20</c><00:14:05.980><c> 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