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Remembering<00:10:26.139><c> that</c><00:10:26.279><c> the</c><00:10:26.500><c> well</c><00:10:26.659><c> is</c><00:10:26.919><c> only</c><00:10:27.200><c> a</c><00:10:27.419><c> vehicle,</c><00:10:27.679><c> it</c><00:10:27.879><c> is</c><00:10:28.059><c> only</c><00:10:28.360><c> a</c><00:10:28.600><c> catalyst.</c>

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So<00:10:54.379><c> personal</c><00:10:54.799><c> was</c><00:10:55.019><c> that</c><00:10:55.200><c> relationship</c><00:10:55.639><c> to</c><00:10:55.879><c> be</c><00:10:56.100><c> that</c><00:10:56.440><c> it</c><00:10:56.620><c> was</c>

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of<00:11:00.480><c> bride</c><00:11:00.980><c> and</c><00:11:01.460><c> bridegroom.</c>

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Now<00:11:05.139><c> just</c><00:11:05.519><c> for</c><00:11:06.159><c> context,</c><00:11:07.360><c> there</c><00:11:07.700><c> had</c><00:11:07.960><c> been</c><00:11:08.200><c> an</c><00:11:08.500><c> argument</c><00:11:08.740><c> that</c>

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about<00:11:13.200><c> the</c><00:11:13.500><c> matter</c><00:11:13.799><c> of</c><00:11:14.159><c> ceremonial</c><00:11:14.720><c> washing.</c>

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And<00:11:16.340><c> they</c><00:11:16.519><c> came</c><00:11:16.700><c> to</c><00:11:16.919><c> John</c><00:11:17.259><c> and</c><00:11:17.779><c> they</c><00:11:17.980><c> said</c><00:11:18.179><c> to</c><00:11:18.259><c> him,</c><00:11:18.600><c> some</c><00:11:18.779><c> of</c>

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know,<00:11:26.580><c> he</c><00:11:26.759><c> is</c><00:11:26.919><c> baptizing</c>

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And<00:11:29.899><c> so</c><00:11:30.480><c> John</c><00:11:30.860><c> answers</c><00:11:31.500><c> in</c><00:11:32.179><c> verse</c><00:11:32.480><c> 27</c><00:11:33.379><c> of</c><00:11:34.399><c> John</c><00:11:34.659><c> 3.</c>

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He<00:11:57.700><c> that</c><00:11:57.940><c> hath</c><00:11:58.179><c> the</c><00:11:58.519><c> bride</c><00:11:59.059><c> is</c><00:12:00.220><c> the</c><00:12:00.620><c> bridegroom.</c>

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There's<00:12:01.840><c> our</c><00:12:02.120><c> theme.</c>

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But<00:12:03.639><c> the</c><00:12:03.980><c> friend</c><00:12:04.279><c> of</c><00:12:04.480><c> the</c><00:12:04.679><c> bridegroom,</c><00:12:05.759><c> which</c><00:12:06.059><c> standeth</c><00:12:06.539><c> and</c>

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heareth<00:12:07.100><c> him,</c>

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rejoiceth<00:12:08.840><c> greatly</c><00:12:09.440><c> because</c><00:12:09.860><c> of</c><00:12:10.019><c> the</c><00:12:10.220><c> bridegroom's</c><00:12:10.860><c> voice.</c>

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He<00:12:16.879><c> must</c><00:12:17.200><c> increase</c><00:12:18.100><c> and</c><00:12:18.500><c> I</c><00:12:18.799><c> must</c><00:12:19.179><c> decrease.</c>

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He<00:12:21.480><c> that</c><00:12:21.740><c> cometh</c><00:12:21.960><c> from</c><00:12:22.240><c> above</c><00:12:22.519><c> is</c><00:12:22.740><c> above</c><00:12:23.000><c> all.</c>

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was<00:13:01.940><c> to</c><00:13:02.220><c> be</c><00:13:02.480><c> of</c><00:13:03.139><c> far</c><00:13:03.639><c> more</c><00:13:04.100><c> importance</c><00:13:04.679><c> than</c><00:13:04.940><c> that</c><00:13:05.279><c> of</c><00:13:05.580><c> simply</c>

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Could<00:13:28.379><c> there</c><00:13:28.600><c> ever</c><00:13:28.820><c> be</c><00:13:29.480><c> a</c><00:13:29.899><c> relationship</c><00:13:30.759><c> closer,</c><00:13:32.259><c> more</c><00:13:32.559><c> exhilarating,</c>

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more<00:13:33.940><c> fulfilling</c><00:13:34.559><c> than</c><00:13:36.399><c> that?</c>

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A<00:13:38.539><c> bride</c><00:13:39.220><c> and</c><00:13:40.600><c> her</c><00:13:40.879><c> groom?</c>

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Now<00:14:05.340><c> to</c><00:14:05.519><c> understand</c><00:14:05.899><c> the</c><00:14:06.100><c> rest</c><00:14:06.299><c> of</c><00:14:06.500><c> this</c><00:14:06.740><c> verse,</c>

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I'm<00:14:07.399><c> going</c><00:14:07.559><c> to</c><00:14:07.820><c> try</c><00:14:08.000><c> and</c><00:14:08.580><c> paint</c><00:14:08.879><c> in</c><00:14:09.159><c> something</c><00:14:09.480><c> of</c><00:14:09.679><c> the</c>

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historical<00:14:10.279><c> background</c>

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of<00:14:11.259><c> what</c><00:14:11.539><c> took</c><00:14:11.840><c> place</c><00:14:13.700><c> many,</c><00:14:14.539><c> many</c><00:14:15.059><c> thousands</c><00:14:15.519><c> of</c><00:14:15.759><c> years</c><00:14:15.940><c> ago</c>

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Firstly,<00:14:23.480><c> once</c><00:14:23.720><c> the</c><00:14:23.940><c> proposal</c><00:14:24.340><c> had</c><00:14:24.600><c> been</c><00:14:24.840><c> made,</c>

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once<00:14:26.720><c> the</c><00:14:27.120><c> proposal</c><00:14:27.519><c> had</c><00:14:27.700><c> been</c><00:14:27.980><c> accepted,</c>

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she<00:14:30.500><c> accepts</c><00:14:30.779><c> it,</c>

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well,<00:14:31.559><c> you're</c><00:14:31.860><c> going</c><00:14:31.899><c> to</c><00:14:32.159><c> be</c><00:14:32.620><c> going</c><00:14:33.080><c> nowhere.</c>

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But<00:14:33.580><c> once</c><00:14:33.820><c> she's</c><00:14:34.299><c> accepted</c><00:14:34.679><c> the</c><00:14:35.200><c> proposal,</c>

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a<00:14:37.159><c> dowry</c><00:14:37.500><c> had</c><00:14:37.659><c> to</c><00:14:37.860><c> be</c><00:14:38.059><c> paid</c><00:14:38.240><c> for</c><00:14:38.480><c> the</c><00:14:38.620><c> bride.</c>

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Sometimes<00:14:39.259><c> that</c><00:14:39.559><c> dowry</c><00:14:40.179><c> could</c><00:14:40.399><c> take</c><00:14:40.879><c> six</c><00:14:41.240><c> months,</c><00:14:41.679><c> a</c><00:14:41.799><c> year,</c>

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two<00:14:42.200><c> years,</c>

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to<00:14:43.019><c> pay</c><00:14:43.320><c> the</c><00:14:43.539><c> dowry.</c>

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But<00:14:45.080><c> once</c><00:14:45.360><c> the</c><00:14:45.580><c> dowry</c><00:14:45.820><c> was</c><00:14:46.039><c> paid,</c>

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the<00:14:47.059><c> wedding</c><00:14:47.299><c> guests</c><00:14:47.679><c> were</c><00:14:47.960><c> invited</c><00:14:48.419><c> to</c><00:14:48.740><c> the</c><00:14:48.899><c> wedding.</c>

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After<00:14:51.200><c> putting</c><00:14:51.440><c> on</c><00:14:51.659><c> wedding</c><00:14:51.940><c> garments,</c>

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once<00:14:52.559><c> the</c><00:14:53.299><c> bridegroom</c><00:14:53.860><c> left</c><00:14:54.120><c> his</c><00:14:54.340><c> house</c>

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and<00:14:56.200><c> he</c><00:14:56.340><c> was</c><00:14:56.620><c> attended</c><00:14:56.980><c> by</c><00:14:57.220><c> his</c><00:14:57.580><c> closest</c><00:14:57.960><c> friend</c><00:14:58.600><c> and</c><00:14:59.639><c> the</c><00:14:59.860><c> groomsmen.</c>

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The<00:15:01.740><c> procession</c><00:15:02.659><c> was</c><00:15:03.159><c> then</c><00:15:03.399><c> to</c><00:15:03.600><c> be</c><00:15:03.840><c> preceded</c><00:15:04.179><c> by</c><00:15:05.039><c> musicians</c>

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and<00:15:06.440><c> singers</c>

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and<00:15:07.360><c> sometimes</c><00:15:07.919><c> dancers.</c>

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Now,<00:15:10.440><c> as</c><00:15:10.740><c> he</c><00:15:11.000><c> left</c><00:15:11.200><c> his</c><00:15:11.500><c> father's</c><00:15:11.919><c> house,</c>

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the<00:15:12.899><c> bride</c><00:15:13.240><c> and</c><00:15:13.519><c> her</c><00:15:13.799><c> maidens</c><00:15:14.259><c> would</c><00:15:14.460><c> be</c><00:15:14.740><c> at</c><00:15:15.259><c> her</c><00:15:15.580><c> father's</c><00:15:16.000><c> house</c>

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and<00:15:17.000><c> they</c><00:15:17.220><c> would</c><00:15:17.720><c> be</c><00:15:18.080><c> anxiously</c><00:15:18.940><c> awaiting</c><00:15:19.600><c> the</c><00:15:20.899><c> bridegroom</c>

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and<00:15:21.500><c> his</c><00:15:21.799><c> party</c>

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to<00:15:22.600><c> arrive</c><00:15:22.960><c> at</c><00:15:23.500><c> her</c><00:15:23.759><c> home.</c>

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Now,<00:15:25.460><c> often</c><00:15:25.879><c> the</c><00:15:26.259><c> wedding,</c><00:15:26.639><c> because</c><00:15:26.899><c> of</c><00:15:27.120><c> the</c><00:15:27.220><c> heat</c><00:15:27.360><c> of</c><00:15:27.539><c> the</c><00:15:27.679><c> day,</c>

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often<00:15:29.419><c> this</c><00:15:29.700><c> wedding</c><00:15:30.059><c> would</c><00:15:30.480><c> take</c><00:15:30.779><c> place</c><00:15:31.379><c> in</c><00:15:31.860><c> the</c><00:15:32.080><c> evening</c><00:15:32.399><c> time</c>

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and<00:15:33.059><c> the</c><00:15:33.360><c> maidens</c><00:15:33.740><c> would</c><00:15:34.100><c> wait</c><00:15:34.399><c> with</c><00:15:35.080><c> their</c><00:15:35.360><c> lamps</c><00:15:35.620><c> burning</c>

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to<00:15:37.159><c> welcome</c><00:15:37.679><c> the</c><00:15:38.240><c> bridegroom</c><00:15:38.759><c> and</c><00:15:39.299><c> his</c><00:15:39.679><c> party.</c>

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Once<00:15:42.120><c> they</c><00:15:42.340><c> had</c><00:15:42.620><c> arrived,</c>

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usually<00:15:44.700><c> the</c><00:15:45.259><c> marriage</c><00:15:45.639><c> vows</c><00:15:46.019><c> would</c><00:15:46.320><c> take</c><00:15:46.659><c> place</c>

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at<00:15:47.840><c> the</c><00:15:48.120><c> home</c><00:15:48.320><c> of</c><00:15:48.559><c> the</c><00:15:48.740><c> bride's</c><00:15:49.220><c> parents.</c>

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Once<00:15:52.559><c> completed,</c><00:15:53.659><c> the</c><00:15:53.759><c> father</c><00:15:54.120><c> of</c><00:15:54.299><c> the</c><00:15:54.500><c> bride</c>

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would<00:15:55.039><c> then</c><00:15:55.240><c> give</c><00:15:55.379><c> his</c><00:15:55.620><c> daughter</c><00:15:55.860><c> to</c><00:15:56.059><c> the</c><00:15:56.279><c> bridegroom.</c>

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And<00:15:57.200><c> we,</c><00:15:57.720><c> in</c><00:15:58.240><c> a</c><00:15:58.340><c> lot</c><00:15:58.460><c> of</c><00:15:58.620><c> our</c><00:15:58.799><c> marriage</c><00:15:59.039><c> services,</c><00:15:59.539><c> still</c><00:15:59.740><c> practice</c><00:16:00.100><c> that</c><00:16:00.320><c> today.</c>

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The<00:16:01.639><c> officiating</c><00:16:02.120><c> brother</c><00:16:02.620><c> would</c><00:16:03.019><c> say,</c>

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who<00:16:03.980><c> giveth</c><00:16:04.279><c> this</c><00:16:04.519><c> woman</c><00:16:04.860><c> to</c><00:16:05.340><c> be</c><00:16:05.659><c> this</c><00:16:05.960><c> man's</c><00:16:06.299><c> wife?</c>

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And<00:16:07.259><c> usually</c><00:16:07.539><c> if</c><00:16:07.679><c> the</c><00:16:07.899><c> father</c><00:16:08.179><c> is</c><00:16:08.620><c> present,</c><00:16:08.980><c> he</c><00:16:09.179><c> would</c><00:16:09.360><c> stand</c>

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up<00:16:09.740><c> and</c><00:16:09.940><c> say,</c><00:16:10.100><c> I</c><00:16:10.299><c> do.</c>

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And<00:16:11.580><c> in</c><00:16:11.740><c> so</c><00:16:11.940><c> doing,</c><00:16:12.379><c> he</c><00:16:12.379><c> now</c><00:16:12.799><c> relinquishes</c><00:16:13.320><c> his</c><00:16:14.120><c> responsibility</c>

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to<00:16:15.460><c> his</c><00:16:15.740><c> daughter,</c><00:16:16.259><c> who</c><00:16:16.419><c> is</c><00:16:16.600><c> now</c><00:16:17.139><c> becoming</c><00:16:17.879><c> that</c><00:16:18.820><c> man's</c><00:16:19.360><c> bride.</c>

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Once<00:16:21.259><c> that</c><00:16:21.620><c> had</c><00:16:21.980><c> taken</c><00:16:22.320><c> place,</c>

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the<00:16:23.659><c> bridegroom</c><00:16:24.100><c> would</c><00:16:24.379><c> then</c><00:16:24.679><c> literally</c><00:16:25.220><c> take</c><00:16:25.740><c> his</c><00:16:26.100><c> bride</c>

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and<00:16:27.000><c> lead</c><00:16:27.259><c> the</c><00:16:27.519><c> whole</c><00:16:27.820><c> party</c><00:16:28.159><c> back</c><00:16:28.720><c> to</c><00:16:29.279><c> his</c><00:16:29.700><c> or</c><00:16:30.139><c> his</c><00:16:30.500><c> father's</c><00:16:30.840><c> house,</c>

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because<00:16:31.659><c> sometimes</c><00:16:32.500><c> he</c><00:16:33.019><c> would</c><00:16:33.200><c> still</c><00:16:33.399><c> be</c><00:16:33.600><c> living</c><00:16:33.820><c> with</c><00:16:34.259><c> his</c><00:16:34.480><c> father,</c>

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depending<00:16:35.120><c> on</c><00:16:36.080><c> the</c><00:16:36.740><c> financial</c><00:16:37.240><c> state</c><00:16:37.480><c> of</c><00:16:37.639><c> the</c><00:16:37.840><c> family.</c>

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And<00:16:40.600><c> as</c><00:16:41.159><c> they</c><00:16:41.500><c> left,</c><00:16:41.720><c> this</c><00:16:41.919><c> would</c><00:16:42.139><c> normally</c><00:16:42.419><c> be</c><00:16:42.679><c> done</c>

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with<00:16:43.259><c> a</c><00:16:43.500><c> demonstration</c><00:16:43.940><c> of</c><00:16:44.580><c> gladness</c><00:16:45.139><c> and</c><00:16:45.600><c> joyfulness.</c>

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There<00:16:46.720><c> would</c><00:16:46.940><c> be</c><00:16:47.419><c> music</c><00:16:47.919><c> being</c><00:16:48.240><c> played</c><00:16:48.460><c> in</c><00:16:48.659><c> the</c><00:16:48.860><c> streets.</c>

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Before<00:16:50.460><c> the</c><00:16:50.700><c> procession,</c><00:16:51.139><c> there</c><00:16:51.259><c> would</c><00:16:51.480><c> be</c><00:16:51.679><c> dances.</c>

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And<00:16:54.500><c> on</c><00:16:54.820><c> the</c><00:16:54.980><c> way,</c><00:16:55.379><c> as</c><00:16:55.620><c> this</c><00:16:55.919><c> bridal</c><00:16:56.220><c> party</c><00:16:56.480><c> was</c><00:16:56.720><c> now</c><00:16:57.120><c> going</c><00:16:57.539><c> on</c>

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the<00:16:57.899><c> way</c>

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to<00:16:58.740><c> the</c><00:16:59.100><c> father's</c><00:16:59.480><c> house</c><00:16:59.659><c> or</c><00:17:00.019><c> to</c><00:17:00.480><c> his</c><00:17:00.679><c> own</c><00:17:00.919><c> house,</c>

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they<00:17:02.100><c> would</c><00:17:02.299><c> be</c><00:17:02.559><c> joined</c><00:17:02.840><c> by</c><00:17:03.059><c> other</c><00:17:03.299><c> friends</c><00:17:03.779><c> of</c><00:17:04.160><c> the</c><00:17:04.359><c> bride</c>

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and<00:17:05.339><c> friends</c><00:17:05.759><c> of</c><00:17:06.559><c> the</c><00:17:06.819><c> bridegroom.</c>

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Once<00:17:10.059><c> they</c><00:17:10.259><c> had</c><00:17:10.400><c> reached</c><00:17:10.579><c> the</c><00:17:10.799><c> home</c><00:17:10.920><c> of</c><00:17:11.160><c> the</c><00:17:11.339><c> groom,</c>

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a<00:17:12.519><c> great</c><00:17:12.779><c> feast</c><00:17:13.119><c> was</c><00:17:13.519><c> prepared,</c><00:17:14.599><c> to</c><00:17:14.740><c> which</c><00:17:14.940><c> all</c><00:17:15.460><c> friends</c><00:17:16.119><c> were</c><00:17:17.299><c> invited.</c>

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Once<00:17:20.400><c> they</c><00:17:20.599><c> got</c><00:17:20.940><c> to</c><00:17:21.220><c> the</c><00:17:21.400><c> house,</c><00:17:22.420><c> wedding</c><00:17:22.579><c> robes</c><00:17:23.359><c> were</c><00:17:24.019><c> provided</c><00:17:24.420><c> by</c><00:17:24.680><c> the</c><00:17:24.839><c> host.</c>

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Now<00:17:26.640><c> sometimes,</c><00:17:27.319><c> as</c><00:17:27.539><c> we've</c><00:17:27.740><c> just</c><00:17:27.980><c> looked</c><00:17:28.220><c> at</c><00:17:28.779><c> Samuel,</c><00:17:29.160><c> at</c>

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least<00:17:29.680><c> Samson,</c>

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you'll<00:17:31.299><c> notice</c><00:17:31.539><c> from</c><00:17:31.759><c> the</c><00:17:32.319><c> Samson</c><00:17:32.619><c> reading</c><00:17:32.880><c> that</c><00:17:33.059><c> we</c><00:17:33.200><c> did</c><00:17:33.339><c> in</c>

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our<00:17:33.700><c> first</c><00:17:33.900><c> study</c>

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that<00:17:34.720><c> sometimes</c><00:17:35.400><c> a</c><00:17:35.799><c> wedding</c><00:17:35.940><c> in</c><00:17:36.119><c> the</c><00:17:36.240><c> Middle</c><00:17:36.440><c> East</c><00:17:36.720><c> could</c>

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last<00:17:37.400><c> anything</c>

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from<00:17:38.079><c> 7</c><00:17:38.420><c> to</c><00:17:38.539><c> 14</c><00:17:38.980><c> days,</c><00:17:40.180><c> and</c><00:17:40.299><c> sometimes</c><00:17:40.799><c> accompanied</c><00:17:41.299><c> by</c><00:17:41.599><c> riddles.</c>

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As<00:17:46.119><c> the</c><00:17:46.400><c> feast</c><00:17:46.680><c> progressed,</c><00:17:48.819><c> the</c><00:17:49.019><c> bridegroom</c><00:17:49.960><c> would</c><00:17:50.420><c> then</c><00:17:50.920><c> enter</c>

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into<00:17:51.839><c> direct</c><00:17:52.380><c> communication</c><00:17:53.299><c> with</c><00:17:53.779><c> his</c><00:17:54.059><c> bride.</c>

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And<00:17:56.039><c> it</c><00:17:56.160><c> was</c><00:17:56.319><c> at</c><00:17:56.619><c> this</c><00:17:56.900><c> point,</c><00:17:57.559><c> once</c><00:17:57.920><c> that</c><00:17:58.359><c> close</c><00:17:58.799><c> communion</c>

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took<00:18:00.099><c> place,</c>

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that<00:18:01.079><c> the</c><00:18:01.420><c> friend</c><00:18:01.700><c> of</c><00:18:01.900><c> the</c><00:18:02.140><c> bridegroom</c><00:18:02.839><c> was</c><00:18:04.000><c> fulfilled.</c>

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Because<00:18:06.119><c> once</c><00:18:06.819><c> the</c><00:18:07.160><c> friend</c><00:18:07.460><c> heard</c><00:18:07.980><c> the</c><00:18:08.240><c> voice</c><00:18:08.539><c> of</c><00:18:08.740><c> the</c><00:18:08.960><c> bridegroom,</c>

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tenderly<00:18:10.839><c> conversing</c><00:18:11.319><c> with</c><00:18:11.460><c> his</c><00:18:11.759><c> bride,</c>

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he<00:18:12.700><c> could</c><00:18:12.960><c> then</c><00:18:13.539><c> regard</c><00:18:13.900><c> his</c><00:18:14.279><c> work</c><00:18:14.559><c> as</c><00:18:15.039><c> complete.</c>

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And<00:18:16.839><c> so</c><00:18:16.980><c> looking</c><00:18:17.200><c> at</c><00:18:17.440><c> John</c><00:18:17.680><c> 3</c><00:18:18.059><c> and</c><00:18:18.160><c> at</c><00:18:18.319><c> verse</c><00:18:18.519><c> 29,</c>

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But<00:18:21.259><c> the</c><00:18:21.660><c> friend</c><00:18:22.119><c> of</c><00:18:22.299><c> the</c><00:18:22.559><c> bridegroom</c><00:18:23.000><c> which</c><00:18:23.359><c> standeth</c><00:18:23.819><c> and</c>

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heareth<00:18:24.420><c> him,</c>

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he<00:18:26.059><c> rejoiceth</c><00:18:26.680><c> greatly</c><00:18:27.420><c> because</c><00:18:28.079><c> of</c><00:18:28.279><c> the</c><00:18:28.599><c> bridegroom's</c><00:18:29.319><c> voice.</c>

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This<00:18:32.019><c> my</c><00:18:32.700><c> joy</c><00:18:33.299><c> therefore</c><00:18:34.079><c> is</c><00:18:36.240><c> fulfilled.</c>

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And<00:18:37.960><c> that's</c><00:18:38.200><c> basically</c><00:18:38.599><c> the</c><00:18:38.839><c> background</c><00:18:39.279><c> behind</c><00:18:39.900><c> verse</c><00:18:40.240><c> 29.</c>

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And<00:18:42.240><c> once</c><00:18:42.500><c> that</c><00:18:42.680><c> had</c><00:18:42.920><c> taken</c><00:18:43.200><c> place,</c><00:18:43.680><c> the</c><00:18:43.880><c> final</c><00:18:44.200><c> act</c><00:18:44.460><c> in</c><00:18:44.619><c> the</c><00:18:44.799><c> ceremony</c>

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was<00:18:45.619><c> when</c><00:18:45.839><c> the</c><00:18:46.119><c> bridegroom</c><00:18:46.500><c> would</c><00:18:46.740><c> take</c><00:18:46.940><c> his</c><00:18:47.279><c> bride,</c>

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his<00:18:48.519><c> veiled</c><00:18:48.859><c> bride</c><00:18:49.160><c> into</c><00:18:49.400><c> the</c><00:18:49.680><c> bridal</c><00:18:50.019><c> chamber,</c>

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and<00:18:51.480><c> there</c><00:18:51.700><c> they</c><00:18:51.859><c> would</c><00:18:52.119><c> consummate</c><00:18:52.720><c> the</c><00:18:52.920><c> marriage.</c>

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There<00:18:54.640><c> they</c><00:18:54.900><c> would</c><00:18:55.119><c> enter</c><00:18:55.460><c> into</c><00:18:55.859><c> a</c><00:18:56.200><c> covenant</c><00:18:56.519><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:18:57.539><c> each</c><00:18:57.799><c> other</c>

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before<00:19:00.220><c> God.</c>

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There<00:19:01.799><c> they</c><00:19:02.059><c> would</c><00:19:02.339><c> become</c><00:19:02.900><c> one</c><00:19:03.420><c> flesh,</c>

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as<00:19:05.319><c> it</c><00:19:05.539><c> had</c><00:19:05.680><c> been</c><00:19:05.940><c> decreed</c><00:19:06.559><c> from</c><00:19:06.880><c> the</c><00:19:07.039><c> beginning</c><00:19:07.420><c> in</c><00:19:07.960><c> the</c><00:19:08.039><c> book</c>

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of<00:19:08.500><c> Genesis.</c>

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Come<00:19:11.000><c> to</c><00:19:11.279><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:11.740><c> chapter</c><00:19:12.460><c> 12.</c>

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And<00:19:18.140><c> as</c><00:19:18.319><c> you</c><00:19:18.799><c> go</c><00:19:19.059><c> to</c><00:19:19.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:19.819><c> chapter</c><00:19:20.200><c> 12,</c>

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with<00:19:23.259><c> the</c><00:19:23.359><c> use</c><00:19:23.519><c> of</c><00:19:23.700><c> this</c><00:19:23.940><c> overhead</c><00:19:24.240><c> transparency</c><00:19:24.940><c> before</c><00:19:25.359><c> you,</c>

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let<00:19:27.359><c> us</c><00:19:27.579><c> just</c><00:19:27.799><c> look</c><00:19:28.079><c> carefully</c><00:19:28.579><c> at</c><00:19:29.200><c> what</c><00:19:29.420><c> we</c><00:19:29.660><c> have</c><00:19:31.339><c> seen</c><00:19:31.779><c> so</c><00:19:32.200><c> far.</c>

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Because<00:19:33.519><c> I</c><00:19:33.700><c> believe</c><00:19:33.920><c> that</c><00:19:34.200><c> woven</c><00:19:34.400><c> into</c><00:19:34.660><c> this</c><00:19:35.200><c> historical</c><00:19:35.940><c> tapestry</c>

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that<00:19:37.799><c> I've</c><00:19:38.579><c> laid</c><00:19:38.680><c> before</c><00:19:39.079><c> you,</c>

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we<00:19:40.059><c> see</c><00:19:40.680><c> the</c><00:19:41.019><c> colorful</c><00:19:41.460><c> threads</c><00:19:41.819><c> of</c><00:19:42.119><c> our</c><00:19:42.380><c> very</c><00:19:42.640><c> own</c><00:19:43.000><c> personal</c><00:19:43.279><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:19:43.980><c> the</c><00:19:44.079><c> Lord</c><00:19:44.220><c> Jesus</c><00:19:44.579><c> Christ</c><00:19:45.059><c> as</c><00:19:45.599><c> our</c><00:19:45.799><c> very</c><00:19:46.019><c> own</c><00:19:46.319><c> personal</c><00:19:46.720><c> bridegroom.</c>

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The<00:19:48.839><c> proposal</c><00:19:49.220><c> has</c><00:19:49.460><c> been</c><00:19:49.700><c> accepted.</c>

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We<00:19:51.140><c> have</c><00:19:51.339><c> been</c><00:19:51.640><c> baptized</c><00:19:52.400><c> into</c><00:19:53.160><c> the</c><00:19:53.380><c> Lord</c><00:19:53.579><c> Jesus</c><00:19:53.940><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:19:54.440><c> having</c><00:19:54.700><c> done</c><00:19:55.099><c> so,</c><00:19:56.099><c> we</c><00:19:56.400><c> have</c><00:19:56.759><c> put</c><00:19:57.160><c> on</c><00:19:57.779><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:19:58.799><c> have</c><00:19:59.059><c> entered</c><00:19:59.319><c> into</c><00:20:00.160><c> a</c><00:20:00.680><c> covenant</c><00:20:00.980><c> relationship</c><00:20:01.759><c> with</c><00:20:02.160><c> Him.</c>

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The<00:20:03.660><c> price</c><00:20:03.900><c> has</c><00:20:04.119><c> been</c><00:20:04.339><c> paid</c><00:20:04.579><c> for</c><00:20:04.779><c> the</c><00:20:04.960><c> bride,</c>

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not<00:20:05.960><c> a</c><00:20:06.160><c> dowry</c><00:20:06.420><c> of</c><00:20:06.599><c> gold</c><00:20:06.900><c> and</c><00:20:07.140><c> silver,</c>

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but<00:20:08.579><c> the</c><00:20:08.799><c> gift</c><00:20:09.019><c> of</c><00:20:09.160><c> His</c><00:20:09.339><c> precious</c><00:20:09.640><c> blood.</c>

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Peter<00:20:11.019><c> tells</c><00:20:11.319><c> us,</c>

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for<00:20:11.740><c> we</c><00:20:12.059><c> know</c><00:20:12.680><c> that</c><00:20:13.160><c> you</c><00:20:13.359><c> are</c><00:20:13.539><c> not</c><00:20:13.759><c> redeemed</c><00:20:14.119><c> with</c><00:20:14.400><c> corruptible</c><00:20:14.880><c> things</c>

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such<00:20:16.019><c> as</c><00:20:16.220><c> silver</c><00:20:16.539><c> and</c><00:20:16.759><c> gold,</c>

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but<00:20:18.079><c> with</c><00:20:18.339><c> the</c><00:20:18.500><c> precious</c><00:20:18.759><c> blood</c><00:20:19.000><c> of</c><00:20:19.160><c> Christ.</c>

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Well,<00:20:22.279><c> the</c><00:20:22.400><c> guests</c><00:20:22.599><c> have</c><00:20:22.799><c> been</c><00:20:23.059><c> invited.</c>

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Matthew<00:20:24.440><c> tells</c><00:20:24.759><c> us,</c>

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go<00:20:25.700><c> into</c><00:20:26.059><c> the</c><00:20:26.359><c> highways,</c><00:20:26.940><c> into</c><00:20:27.119><c> the</c><00:20:27.420><c> byways,</c>

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and<00:20:28.299><c> as</c><00:20:28.640><c> many</c><00:20:28.859><c> as</c><00:20:28.960><c> you</c><00:20:29.099><c> shall</c><00:20:29.359><c> find,</c>

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bid<00:20:30.539><c> them</c><00:20:31.240><c> to</c><00:20:31.920><c> the</c><00:20:32.099><c> marriage.</c>

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The<00:20:34.559><c> bridegroom</c><00:20:35.319><c> is</c><00:20:35.720><c> still</c><00:20:36.099><c> in</c><00:20:36.460><c> his</c><00:20:36.740><c> father's</c><00:20:37.119><c> house</c><00:20:37.720><c> in</c><00:20:38.720><c> heaven,</c>

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attended<00:20:41.579><c> by</c><00:20:42.039><c> the</c><00:20:42.299><c> children</c><00:20:42.640><c> of</c><00:20:43.339><c> the</c><00:20:43.579><c> bride</c><00:20:43.859><c> chamber.</c>

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I<00:20:45.000><c> will</c><00:20:45.240><c> suggest</c><00:20:45.619><c> to</c><00:20:45.839><c> you</c><00:20:46.299><c> the</c><00:20:46.599><c> angels</c><00:20:47.019><c> that</c><00:20:47.299><c> do</c><00:20:47.559><c> Christ's</c><00:20:48.099><c> bidding.</c>

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As<00:20:50.500><c> the</c><00:20:50.759><c> bride,</c><00:20:51.559><c> as</c><00:20:51.940><c> the</c><00:20:52.259><c> ecclesia,</c><00:20:53.180><c> that</c><00:20:53.299><c> is,</c>

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we<00:20:56.259><c> wait</c><00:20:56.599><c> for</c><00:20:57.200><c> the</c><00:20:57.400><c> joyful</c><00:20:57.819><c> procession,</c>

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and<00:20:59.460><c> the</c><00:20:59.660><c> band</c><00:20:59.920><c> of</c><00:21:00.180><c> musicians</c><00:21:00.599><c> and</c><00:21:00.900><c> singers,</c>

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our<00:21:02.519><c> lamps</c><00:21:02.960><c> of</c><00:21:03.619><c> faith</c><00:21:03.960><c> burning</c><00:21:04.299><c> brightly,</c>

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and<00:21:05.740><c> we</c><00:21:05.920><c> anxiously</c><00:21:06.440><c> await</c><00:21:06.880><c> for</c><00:21:07.500><c> the</c><00:21:07.700><c> bridegroom</c><00:21:08.259><c> and</c><00:21:08.759><c> his</c><00:21:09.039><c> party.</c>

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And<00:21:10.220><c> obviously</c><00:21:10.519><c> this</c><00:21:10.779><c> will</c><00:21:11.400><c> take</c><00:21:11.740><c> us</c><00:21:12.019><c> to</c><00:21:13.160><c> the</c><00:21:14.720><c> parable</c><00:21:15.140><c> of</c><00:21:15.519><c> the</c><00:21:15.720><c> virgins.</c>

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Then<00:21:17.220><c> shall</c><00:21:17.420><c> the</c><00:21:17.599><c> kingdom</c><00:21:17.799><c> of</c><00:21:18.000><c> heaven</c><00:21:18.220><c> be</c><00:21:18.500><c> likened</c><00:21:18.799><c> unto</c><00:21:19.000><c> ten</c><00:21:19.339><c> virgins,</c>

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which<00:21:20.579><c> took</c><00:21:20.779><c> their</c><00:21:21.039><c> lamps</c><00:21:21.339><c> and</c><00:21:21.559><c> went</c><00:21:21.759><c> forth</c><00:21:22.059><c> to</c><00:21:22.259><c> meet</c><00:21:22.500><c> the</c><00:21:22.759><c> bridegroom.</c>

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Once<00:21:25.240><c> completed,</c><00:21:26.319><c> the</c><00:21:26.420><c> Lord</c><00:21:26.619><c> Jesus</c><00:21:27.119><c> will</c><00:21:27.519><c> literally</c><00:21:27.940><c> take</c>

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His<00:21:28.660><c> bride</c>

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and<00:21:29.519><c> lead</c><00:21:29.759><c> her</c><00:21:30.039><c> back</c><00:21:30.279><c> to</c><00:21:30.779><c> His</c><00:21:31.059><c> father's</c><00:21:31.500><c> house,</c>

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this<00:21:32.619><c> time</c><00:21:33.000><c> on</c><00:21:33.759><c> earth,</c><00:21:35.000><c> at</c><00:21:35.119><c> the</c><00:21:35.299><c> temple</c><00:21:35.819><c> in</c><00:21:36.319><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Jesus<00:21:38.460><c> told</c><00:21:38.740><c> us,</c><00:21:39.599><c> in</c><00:21:39.660><c> my</c><00:21:39.940><c> father's</c><00:21:40.339><c> house</c><00:21:40.519><c> there</c><00:21:40.680><c> are</c><00:21:40.819><c> many</c><00:21:41.079><c> rooms.</c>

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If<00:21:42.180><c> it</c><00:21:42.339><c> were</c><00:21:42.480><c> not</c><00:21:42.759><c> so,</c><00:21:42.980><c> I</c><00:21:43.079><c> would</c><00:21:43.240><c> have</c><00:21:43.400><c> told</c><00:21:43.660><c> you.</c>

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I'm<00:21:44.720><c> going</c><00:21:44.940><c> there</c><00:21:45.180><c> to</c><00:21:45.359><c> prepare</c><00:21:46.019><c> a</c><00:21:46.259><c> place</c><00:21:46.440><c> for</c><00:21:46.720><c> you.</c>

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And<00:21:47.200><c> if</c><00:21:47.339><c> I</c><00:21:47.579><c> go</c><00:21:47.740><c> to</c><00:21:48.079><c> prepare</c><00:21:48.240><c> a</c><00:21:48.460><c> place</c><00:21:48.599><c> for</c><00:21:48.900><c> you,</c>

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I<00:21:49.759><c> will</c><00:21:50.039><c> come</c><00:21:50.380><c> back</c><00:21:50.900><c> and</c><00:21:52.339><c> take</c><00:21:52.660><c> you</c><00:21:52.880><c> to</c><00:21:53.140><c> be</c><00:21:53.319><c> with</c><00:21:53.539><c> me,</c>

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that<00:21:55.160><c> you</c><00:21:55.579><c> also</c><00:21:56.220><c> may</c><00:21:56.640><c> be</c><00:21:57.079><c> where</c><00:21:57.420><c> I</c><00:21:57.740><c> am.</c>

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In<00:21:59.119><c> that</c><00:21:59.420><c> day</c><00:21:59.619><c> His</c><00:21:59.880><c> feet</c><00:22:00.039><c> shall</c><00:22:00.240><c> stand</c><00:22:00.440><c> upon</c><00:22:00.700><c> the</c><00:22:00.839><c> Mount</c><00:22:00.960><c> of</c><00:22:01.160><c> Olives,</c>

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which<00:22:01.480><c> is</c><00:22:01.660><c> before</c><00:22:01.920><c> Jerusalem</c><00:22:02.339><c> on</c><00:22:02.539><c> the</c><00:22:02.680><c> east.</c>

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And<00:22:03.980><c> we</c><00:22:04.140><c> know</c><00:22:04.640><c> that</c><00:22:05.079><c> the</c><00:22:05.259><c> Lord</c><00:22:05.420><c> Jesus</c><00:22:05.740><c> Christ</c><00:22:06.079><c> will</c><00:22:06.359><c> reign</c>

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from<00:22:07.099><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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and<00:22:08.400><c> that</c><00:22:08.559><c> is</c><00:22:08.759><c> where</c><00:22:09.160><c> His</c><00:22:09.599><c> father's</c><00:22:10.039><c> house</c><00:22:10.700><c> will</c><00:22:11.079><c> be.</c>

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This<00:22:13.680><c> will</c><00:22:13.839><c> be</c><00:22:14.039><c> done</c><00:22:14.220><c> with</c><00:22:14.500><c> great</c><00:22:14.819><c> demonstration</c><00:22:15.440><c> of</c><00:22:15.779><c> gladness</c><00:22:16.140><c> and</c><00:22:16.380><c> joyfulness.</c>

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Revelation<00:22:18.680><c> tells</c><00:22:18.980><c> us</c><00:22:19.180><c> that</c><00:22:19.339><c> I</c><00:22:19.559><c> heard,</c><00:22:20.000><c> as</c><00:22:20.079><c> it</c><00:22:20.299><c> were,</c>

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the<00:22:21.059><c> voice</c><00:22:21.259><c> of</c><00:22:21.420><c> a</c><00:22:21.559><c> great</c><00:22:21.759><c> multitude,</c>

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and<00:22:23.579><c> as</c><00:22:23.740><c> the</c><00:22:23.880><c> voice</c><00:22:24.119><c> of</c><00:22:24.319><c> many</c><00:22:24.579><c> waters,</c>

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and<00:22:26.200><c> as</c><00:22:26.420><c> the</c><00:22:26.579><c> voice</c><00:22:26.880><c> of</c><00:22:27.220><c> mighty</c><00:22:27.619><c> thunderings</c><00:22:28.200><c> saying,</c>

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Hallelujah,<00:22:30.440><c> for</c><00:22:30.740><c> the</c><00:22:30.980><c> Lord</c><00:22:31.259><c> God</c><00:22:31.660><c> omnipotent</c><00:22:33.000><c> reigneth.</c>

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Let<00:22:35.099><c> us</c><00:22:35.420><c> be</c><00:22:35.720><c> glad</c><00:22:35.960><c> and</c><00:22:36.220><c> rejoice</c><00:22:36.680><c> and</c><00:22:36.920><c> give</c><00:22:37.160><c> honor</c><00:22:37.380><c> to</c><00:22:37.579><c> Him,</c>

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for<00:22:38.740><c> the</c><00:22:39.000><c> marriage</c><00:22:39.339><c> of</c><00:22:39.559><c> the</c><00:22:39.720><c> Lamb</c><00:22:39.900><c> has</c><00:22:40.220><c> come,</c>

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and<00:22:41.660><c> His</c><00:22:41.900><c> wife</c><00:22:42.599><c> hath</c><00:22:42.980><c> made</c><00:22:43.240><c> herself</c><00:22:43.900><c> ready.</c>

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Well,<00:22:49.240><c> at</c><00:22:49.839><c> the</c><00:22:50.079><c> temple</c><00:22:50.460><c> a</c><00:22:51.819><c> feast</c><00:22:52.059><c> will</c><00:22:52.259><c> be</c><00:22:52.559><c> prepared,</c>

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to<00:22:53.420><c> which</c><00:22:53.539><c> all</c><00:22:53.859><c> nations</c><00:22:54.460><c> of</c><00:22:54.900><c> the</c><00:22:55.099><c> earth</c><00:22:55.279><c> will</c><00:22:55.460><c> be</c><00:22:55.700><c> invited.</c>

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And<00:22:56.940><c> here</c><00:22:57.059><c> we</c><00:22:57.220><c> have</c><00:22:57.420><c> the</c><00:22:57.640><c> millennial</c><00:22:58.079><c> vision,</c>

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as<00:22:59.059><c> we</c><00:22:59.259><c> find</c><00:22:59.480><c> in</c><00:22:59.660><c> Zechariah</c><00:23:00.059><c> 14</c><00:23:00.519><c> and</c><00:23:00.700><c> in</c><00:23:00.819><c> verse</c><00:23:00.980><c> 16.</c>

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And<00:23:01.980><c> it</c><00:23:02.180><c> shall</c><00:23:02.380><c> come</c><00:23:02.680><c> to</c><00:23:02.920><c> pass</c><00:23:03.140><c> that</c><00:23:03.380><c> every</c><00:23:03.799><c> one</c><00:23:03.940><c> that</c><00:23:04.079><c> is</c><00:23:04.339><c> left</c>

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of<00:23:05.119><c> all</c><00:23:05.440><c> the</c><00:23:05.579><c> nations</c><00:23:06.079><c> which</c><00:23:06.559><c> came</c><00:23:06.839><c> against</c><00:23:07.240><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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shall<00:23:08.539><c> even</c><00:23:08.819><c> go</c><00:23:09.039><c> up</c><00:23:09.259><c> from</c><00:23:09.519><c> year</c><00:23:09.799><c> to</c><00:23:10.000><c> year</c><00:23:10.440><c> to</c><00:23:10.900><c> worship</c><00:23:11.259><c> the</c><00:23:11.539><c> King,</c>

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the<00:23:12.519><c> Lord</c><00:23:12.700><c> of</c><00:23:12.859><c> hosts,</c><00:23:13.279><c> and</c><00:23:13.519><c> to</c><00:23:13.740><c> keep</c><00:23:14.200><c> the</c><00:23:14.660><c> feast</c><00:23:15.059><c> of</c><00:23:15.440><c> tabernacles.</c>

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This<00:23:16.579><c> is</c><00:23:16.799><c> the</c><00:23:16.960><c> feast</c><00:23:17.200><c> of</c><00:23:17.400><c> ingathering.</c>

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This<00:23:18.880><c> is</c><00:23:19.799><c> the</c><00:23:20.220><c> feast</c><00:23:20.599><c> that</c><00:23:21.019><c> those</c><00:23:21.420><c> that</c><00:23:22.299><c> are</c><00:23:22.940><c> mortal</c><00:23:23.319><c> during</c>

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the<00:23:23.880><c> millennial</c><00:23:24.240><c> period</c>

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will<00:23:25.339><c> be</c><00:23:25.559><c> partakers</c><00:23:26.059><c> of.</c>

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All<00:23:28.019><c> guests</c><00:23:28.460><c> will</c><00:23:28.680><c> be</c><00:23:28.920><c> provided</c><00:23:29.480><c> with</c><00:23:30.019><c> wedding</c><00:23:30.279><c> robes</c><00:23:30.779><c> by</c><00:23:31.079><c> the</c><00:23:31.279><c> host,</c>

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for<00:23:32.440><c> as</c><00:23:32.660><c> many</c><00:23:32.819><c> of</c><00:23:33.079><c> you</c><00:23:33.299><c> as</c><00:23:33.460><c> have</c><00:23:33.619><c> been</c><00:23:33.819><c> baptized</c><00:23:34.220><c> into</c><00:23:34.460><c> Christ</c>

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have<00:23:35.519><c> put</c><00:23:36.200><c> on</c><00:23:37.000><c> Christ.</c>

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As<00:23:42.880><c> the</c><00:23:43.599><c> feast</c><00:23:43.839><c> progresses,</c>

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the<00:23:47.440><c> bridegroom</c><00:23:47.819><c> will</c><00:23:48.099><c> enter</c><00:23:48.259><c> into</c><00:23:48.579><c> direct</c><00:23:48.779><c> communication</c>

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with<00:23:49.619><c> his</c><00:23:49.839><c> bride.</c>

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It<00:23:50.940><c> will</c><00:23:51.099><c> be</c><00:23:51.259><c> at</c><00:23:51.359><c> this</c><00:23:51.680><c> point</c><00:23:51.960><c> that</c><00:23:52.180><c> the</c><00:23:52.460><c> friend</c><00:23:52.619><c> of</c><00:23:52.799><c> the</c><00:23:52.980><c> bridegroom</c><00:23:53.339><c> will</c>

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be<00:23:53.759><c> fulfilled.</c>

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I'm<00:23:56.359><c> suggesting</c><00:23:56.740><c> that</c><00:23:56.900><c> it</c><00:23:57.059><c> will</c><00:23:57.160><c> be</c><00:23:57.339><c> the</c><00:23:57.500><c> latter</c><00:23:57.720><c> day</c><00:23:58.099><c> Elijah.</c>

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You<00:23:59.359><c> remember</c><00:23:59.559><c> that</c><00:23:59.779><c> John</c><00:24:00.039><c> the</c><00:24:00.220><c> Baptist,</c>

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whose<00:24:01.839><c> words</c><00:24:02.140><c> we've</c><00:24:02.359><c> just</c><00:24:02.619><c> considered,</c>

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was<00:24:04.019><c> born</c><00:24:04.339><c> in</c><00:24:04.539><c> the</c><00:24:04.819><c> spirit</c><00:24:05.099><c> and</c><00:24:05.420><c> power</c><00:24:05.759><c> of</c><00:24:06.019><c> Elijah.</c>

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And<00:24:08.059><c> so</c><00:24:08.220><c> the</c><00:24:08.460><c> consummation</c><00:24:09.019><c> of</c><00:24:09.160><c> the</c><00:24:09.279><c> marriage</c><00:24:09.519><c> takes</c><00:24:09.819><c> place.</c>

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We<00:24:11.599><c> find</c><00:24:11.779><c> nothing</c><00:24:12.039><c> of</c><00:24:12.220><c> the</c><00:24:12.480><c> consummation</c><00:24:13.160><c> in</c><00:24:13.519><c> the</c><00:24:13.660><c> New</c><00:24:13.819><c> Testament,</c>

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but<00:24:15.200><c> we</c><00:24:15.400><c> do</c><00:24:15.740><c> see</c><00:24:16.299><c> glimpses</c><00:24:16.740><c> of</c><00:24:16.859><c> it</c><00:24:17.299><c> in</c><00:24:17.599><c> the</c><00:24:17.759><c> Old</c><00:24:17.940><c> Testament.</c>

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Ezekiel<00:24:19.460><c> 16</c><00:24:19.880><c> and</c><00:24:20.059><c> verse</c><00:24:20.299><c> 8.</c>

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God<00:24:21.660><c> is</c><00:24:21.960><c> speaking.</c>

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He<00:24:23.180><c> is</c><00:24:23.380><c> the</c><00:24:23.539><c> first</c><00:24:23.740><c> person</c><00:24:24.079><c> singular</c><00:24:24.480><c> here.</c>

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Now<00:24:25.779><c> when</c><00:24:26.000><c> I</c><00:24:26.279><c> passed</c><00:24:26.599><c> by</c><00:24:26.960><c> thee,</c>

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speaking<00:24:28.019><c> of</c><00:24:28.240><c> the</c><00:24:28.380><c> nation</c><00:24:28.619><c> of</c><00:24:28.799><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:24:30.220><c> looked</c><00:24:30.440><c> upon</c><00:24:30.819><c> thee,</c>

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behold,<00:24:32.960><c> thy</c><00:24:33.180><c> time</c><00:24:33.599><c> was</c><00:24:33.880><c> the</c><00:24:34.119><c> time</c><00:24:34.299><c> of</c><00:24:34.559><c> love.</c>

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And<00:24:35.579><c> I</c><00:24:35.839><c> spread</c><00:24:36.039><c> my</c><00:24:36.400><c> skirt</c><00:24:36.579><c> over</c><00:24:36.859><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:24:37.980><c> covered</c><00:24:38.160><c> thy</c><00:24:38.440><c> nakedness.</c>

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Yea,<00:24:39.559><c> I</c><00:24:39.920><c> swear</c><00:24:40.140><c> unto</c><00:24:40.400><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:24:41.440><c> entered</c><00:24:41.640><c> into</c><00:24:41.940><c> a</c><00:24:42.220><c> covenant</c><00:24:42.460><c> with</c><00:24:42.720><c> thee,</c>

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saith<00:24:44.099><c> Adonai</c><00:24:44.819><c> Yahweh,</c>

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and<00:24:46.099><c> thou</c><00:24:46.619><c> becameest</c><00:24:47.480><c> mine.</c>

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And<00:24:49.240><c> so</c><00:24:49.319><c> what</c><00:24:49.519><c> God</c><00:24:49.819><c> intended</c><00:24:50.279><c> for</c><00:24:50.500><c> his</c><00:24:50.680><c> beloved</c><00:24:50.940><c> Israel</c>

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is<00:24:52.380><c> now</c><00:24:53.099><c> fulfilled</c><00:24:53.799><c> in</c><00:24:54.720><c> his</c><00:24:55.079><c> Son.</c>

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And<00:24:57.720><c> so</c><00:24:57.900><c> we've</c><00:24:58.339><c> come</c><00:24:58.539><c> to</c><00:24:58.779><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:59.200><c> chapter</c><00:24:59.720><c> 12.</c>

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We<00:25:02.359><c> have</c><00:25:02.579><c> seen</c><00:25:02.799><c> how</c><00:25:03.099><c> relationships</c><00:25:03.799><c> that</c><00:25:04.640><c> ended</c><00:25:04.859><c> in</c><00:25:05.140><c> marriage</c>

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often<00:25:06.420><c> started</c><00:25:06.859><c> at</c><00:25:07.119><c> the</c><00:25:07.299><c> well.</c>

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And<00:25:08.200><c> yesterday</c><00:25:08.519><c> we</c><00:25:08.779><c> considered</c>

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how<00:25:10.000><c> the</c><00:25:10.259><c> Samaritan</c><00:25:10.759><c> woman</c><00:25:11.039><c> at</c><00:25:11.259><c> the</c><00:25:11.440><c> well</c>

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was<00:25:11.740><c> a</c><00:25:11.920><c> picture</c><00:25:12.200><c> or</c><00:25:12.460><c> a</c><00:25:12.680><c> pattern</c><00:25:12.980><c> of</c><00:25:13.599><c> Christ</c><00:25:13.940><c> and</c><00:25:14.140><c> his</c><00:25:14.319><c> bride.</c>

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And<00:25:15.720><c> oh,</c><00:25:16.059><c> how</c><00:25:16.259><c> often</c><00:25:16.579><c> we</c><00:25:16.900><c> speak</c><00:25:17.180><c> of</c><00:25:17.500><c> the</c><00:25:17.779><c> Gentile</c><00:25:18.400><c> bride.</c>

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And<00:25:19.599><c> now</c><00:25:19.859><c> this</c><00:25:20.039><c> is</c><00:25:20.279><c> not</c><00:25:20.440><c> entirely</c><00:25:20.900><c> correct</c>

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because<00:25:21.539><c> a</c><00:25:21.880><c> large</c><00:25:22.220><c> part</c><00:25:22.519><c> of</c><00:25:22.680><c> the</c><00:25:22.900><c> bride</c><00:25:23.059><c> is</c><00:25:23.299><c> also</c><00:25:23.740><c> Jewish.</c>

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We've<00:25:25.339><c> just</c><00:25:25.579><c> considered</c><00:25:25.940><c> it</c><00:25:26.579><c> in</c><00:25:26.779><c> Hebrews</c><00:25:27.119><c> chapter</c><00:25:27.500><c> 11.</c>

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Abraham,<00:25:29.319><c> Isaac,</c><00:25:29.980><c> Jacob,</c><00:25:30.460><c> David,</c><00:25:30.779><c> just</c><00:25:31.000><c> to</c><00:25:31.160><c> name</c><00:25:31.319><c> a</c><00:25:31.559><c> few.</c>

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And<00:25:32.119><c> they're</c><00:25:32.319><c> all</c><00:25:32.559><c> listed</c><00:25:32.779><c> that</c><00:25:33.019><c> they,</c>

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without<00:25:34.099><c> us,</c><00:25:34.700><c> should</c><00:25:34.859><c> not</c><00:25:35.079><c> be</c><00:25:35.240><c> made</c><00:25:35.480><c> perfect.</c>

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The<00:25:38.160><c> Samaritan</c><00:25:38.599><c> woman</c><00:25:38.900><c> therefore</c><00:25:39.259><c> makes</c><00:25:39.539><c> up</c>

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the<00:25:40.059><c> perfect</c><00:25:40.400><c> pattern</c><00:25:40.680><c> of</c><00:25:40.859><c> the</c><00:25:41.000><c> bride</c><00:25:41.140><c> of</c><00:25:41.319><c> Christ</c>

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who<00:25:42.180><c> was</c><00:25:42.519><c> part</c><00:25:42.940><c> Jew,</c><00:25:44.319><c> part</c><00:25:44.579><c> Gentile.</c>

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You<00:25:47.380><c> will</c><00:25:47.579><c> remember</c><00:25:47.859><c> too</c><00:25:48.099><c> that</c><00:25:48.240><c> Jesus</c><00:25:48.559><c> spoke</c>

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of<00:25:49.240><c> the</c><00:25:49.519><c> water</c><00:25:49.900><c> that</c><00:25:50.920><c> was</c><00:25:51.220><c> living,</c>

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the<00:25:51.839><c> living</c><00:25:52.079><c> water</c><00:25:52.380><c> that</c><00:25:52.660><c> came</c><00:25:52.920><c> from</c><00:25:53.160><c> the</c><00:25:53.380><c> well.</c>

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Look<00:25:54.240><c> at</c><00:25:54.440><c> the</c><00:25:54.500><c> way</c><00:25:54.680><c> the</c><00:25:54.839><c> prophet</c><00:25:55.299><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:55.759><c> speaks</c><00:25:56.180><c> of</c><00:25:56.420><c> wells,</c>

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not<00:25:56.799><c> natural</c><00:25:57.279><c> wells</c><00:25:57.539><c> now,</c><00:25:58.140><c> but</c><00:25:58.539><c> spiritual</c><00:25:59.220><c> wells,</c>

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wells<00:26:01.039><c> where</c><00:26:01.519><c> the</c><00:26:01.700><c> people</c><00:26:01.940><c> of</c><00:26:02.160><c> God</c><00:26:02.519><c> are</c><00:26:03.440><c> spiritually</c><00:26:04.200><c> nourished.</c>

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Verse<00:26:05.559><c> 2,</c><00:26:07.559><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:07.880><c> 12,</c><00:26:08.299><c> verse</c><00:26:08.400><c> 2,</c>

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Behold,<00:26:09.579><c> God</c><00:26:09.980><c> is</c><00:26:10.299><c> my</c><00:26:10.799><c> salvation.</c>

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I<00:26:12.819><c> will</c><00:26:13.079><c> trust,</c><00:26:13.819><c> I</c><00:26:13.940><c> will</c><00:26:14.160><c> not</c><00:26:14.339><c> be</c><00:26:14.539><c> afraid.</c>

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For<00:26:16.140><c> the</c><00:26:16.380><c> Lord</c><00:26:16.779><c> Yahweh</c><00:26:17.319><c> is</c><00:26:17.640><c> my</c><00:26:17.880><c> strength</c><00:26:18.259><c> and</c><00:26:18.480><c> my</c><00:26:18.779><c> song.</c>

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He<00:26:20.079><c> also</c><00:26:20.640><c> has</c><00:26:21.460><c> become</c><00:26:21.740><c> my</c><00:26:22.000><c> salvation.</c>

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Therefore<00:26:24.220><c> with</c><00:26:24.819><c> joy</c><00:26:25.779><c> shall</c><00:26:26.680><c> ye</c><00:26:26.940><c> draw</c><00:26:27.220><c> waters</c>

00:26:28.450 --> 00:26:31.039
of<00:26:28.839><c> the</c><00:26:29.119><c> wells</c><00:26:29.579><c> of</c><00:26:29.900><c> salvation.</c>

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:37.920
Find<00:26:35.920><c> these</c><00:26:36.240><c> wells</c><00:26:36.539><c> of</c><00:26:36.799><c> salvation.</c>

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:44.420
You<00:26:39.700><c> write</c><00:26:40.000><c> here,</c><00:26:41.440><c> right</c><00:26:41.740><c> now,</c><00:26:43.059><c> at</c><00:26:43.299><c> the</c><00:26:43.500><c> well.</c>

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:48.140
The<00:26:45.839><c> very</c><00:26:46.440><c> words</c><00:26:47.079><c> that</c><00:26:47.359><c> we</c><00:26:47.519><c> are</c><00:26:47.720><c> reading</c>

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are<00:26:49.299><c> words</c><00:26:49.700><c> of</c><00:26:49.940><c> salvation.</c>

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They<00:26:51.119><c> are</c><00:26:51.299><c> living</c><00:26:51.640><c> words.</c>

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It's<00:26:53.299><c> like</c><00:26:53.579><c> living</c><00:26:53.859><c> water.</c>

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:58.400
We<00:26:55.460><c> are</c><00:26:55.819><c> here</c><00:26:56.319><c> at</c><00:26:56.920><c> the</c><00:26:57.259><c> well</c><00:26:57.640><c> now.</c>

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Every<00:26:59.059><c> time</c><00:26:59.460><c> we</c><00:26:59.700><c> meet</c><00:27:00.119><c> in</c><00:27:00.440><c> Sweden,</c>

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.180
every<00:27:01.180><c> time</c><00:27:01.180><c> we</c><00:27:01.180><c> meet</c><00:27:01.180><c> fellowship,</c>

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:03.720
every<00:27:01.920><c> time</c><00:27:02.220><c> we</c><00:27:02.599><c> read</c><00:27:02.859><c> the</c><00:27:03.119><c> Holy</c><00:27:03.380><c> Scriptures,</c>

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:08.059
every<00:27:04.200><c> time</c><00:27:04.539><c> we</c><00:27:05.079><c> break</c><00:27:05.380><c> bread</c><00:27:05.819><c> and</c><00:27:06.119><c> drink</c><00:27:06.500><c> wine</c><00:27:06.900><c> together,</c>

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:12.619
we<00:27:09.200><c> drink</c><00:27:09.779><c> from</c><00:27:10.660><c> the</c><00:27:10.859><c> wells</c><00:27:11.180><c> of</c><00:27:11.400><c> salvation.</c>

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:16.579
But<00:27:14.880><c> the</c><00:27:15.079><c> well</c><00:27:15.180><c> is</c><00:27:15.400><c> deep.</c>

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:20.319
We<00:27:18.180><c> need</c><00:27:18.519><c> to</c><00:27:18.839><c> make</c><00:27:19.160><c> the</c><00:27:19.460><c> effort.</c>

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:23.440
The<00:27:21.700><c> sun</c><00:27:21.960><c> is</c><00:27:22.240><c> hot.</c>

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You're<00:27:24.740><c> tired</c><00:27:25.039><c> and</c><00:27:25.220><c> you're</c><00:27:25.500><c> thirsty.</c>

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:29.559
And<00:27:27.240><c> the</c><00:27:27.380><c> sun</c><00:27:27.660><c> beats</c><00:27:28.059><c> into</c><00:27:28.400><c> your</c><00:27:29.059><c> back</c>

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:31.720
in<00:27:30.099><c> the</c><00:27:30.220><c> midday</c><00:27:30.660><c> sun.</c>

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:36.319
And<00:27:33.480><c> we</c><00:27:33.640><c> can't</c><00:27:33.880><c> get</c><00:27:34.059><c> into</c><00:27:34.319><c> our</c><00:27:34.460><c> air</c><00:27:34.680><c> conditioned</c><00:27:35.099><c> car</c>

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:39.700
and<00:27:37.140><c> drive</c><00:27:37.380><c> five</c><00:27:37.859><c> miles</c><00:27:38.180><c> down</c><00:27:38.519><c> the</c><00:27:38.680><c> road</c>

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:41.420
to<00:27:40.000><c> the</c><00:27:40.140><c> Bible</c><00:27:40.380><c> class.</c>

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:46.440
The<00:27:44.299><c> water</c><00:27:44.460><c> doesn't</c><00:27:44.920><c> just</c><00:27:45.599><c> flow.</c>

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:48.599
We<00:27:46.779><c> have</c><00:27:47.019><c> to</c><00:27:47.220><c> make</c><00:27:47.400><c> the</c><00:27:47.720><c> effort</c><00:27:47.940><c> at</c><00:27:48.220><c> the</c><00:27:48.440><c> well,</c>

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brethren<00:27:48.960><c> and</c><00:27:49.240><c> sisters.</c>

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:52.880
If<00:27:51.519><c> we</c><00:27:51.599><c> don't</c><00:27:51.740><c> have</c><00:27:51.920><c> a</c><00:27:52.059><c> pencil</c><00:27:52.259><c> in</c><00:27:52.460><c> our</c><00:27:52.640><c> hands</c>

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:55.799
when<00:27:53.099><c> we</c><00:27:53.380><c> are</c><00:27:53.559><c> listening</c><00:27:53.839><c> to</c><00:27:54.079><c> all</c><00:27:54.279><c> these</c><00:27:54.940><c> wonderful</c><00:27:55.460><c> talks</c>

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:57.440
that<00:27:55.940><c> you've</c><00:27:56.119><c> been</c><00:27:56.339><c> hearing,</c>

00:27:58.740 --> 00:28:01.779
no<00:27:58.880><c> effort,</c><00:28:00.519><c> don't</c><00:28:00.660><c> go</c><00:28:00.880><c> in.</c>

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:04.500
We<00:28:03.240><c> have</c><00:28:03.460><c> to</c><00:28:03.660><c> make</c><00:28:03.819><c> the</c><00:28:04.119><c> effort</c>

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:07.579
to<00:28:05.259><c> try</c><00:28:05.480><c> and</c><00:28:05.599><c> get</c><00:28:05.740><c> on</c><00:28:05.880><c> with</c><00:28:06.099><c> brethren</c><00:28:06.400><c> and</c><00:28:06.680><c> sisters</c>

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:10.059
that<00:28:08.720><c> we</c><00:28:09.299><c> often</c><00:28:09.799><c> wonder,</c>

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:13.740
wonder<00:28:10.299><c> why</c><00:28:10.559><c> God</c><00:28:10.839><c> called</c><00:28:11.059><c> him</c><00:28:11.819><c> or</c><00:28:12.799><c> her.</c>

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:17.240
Why<00:28:14.940><c> are</c><00:28:15.220><c> they</c><00:28:15.460><c> always</c><00:28:15.920><c> so</c><00:28:16.339><c> awkward?</c>

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:22.660
We<00:28:20.359><c> have</c><00:28:20.519><c> to</c><00:28:20.680><c> make</c><00:28:20.819><c> the</c><00:28:21.099><c> effort</c><00:28:21.259><c> to</c><00:28:21.539><c> focus</c><00:28:21.839><c> our</c><00:28:22.140><c> minds.</c>

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:25.680
At<00:28:23.720><c> the</c><00:28:23.920><c> memorial</c><00:28:24.400><c> meeting</c>

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:27.779
on<00:28:26.400><c> the</c><00:28:26.579><c> death</c><00:28:26.839><c> that</c><00:28:27.039><c> is</c><00:28:27.200><c> before</c><00:28:27.539><c> us</c>

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:30.559
and<00:28:27.940><c> not</c><00:28:28.059><c> on</c><00:28:28.299><c> last</c><00:28:28.539><c> night's</c><00:28:29.039><c> television</c><00:28:29.440><c> program.</c>

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:34.960
We<00:28:31.980><c> have</c><00:28:32.160><c> to</c><00:28:32.359><c> make</c><00:28:32.680><c> the</c><00:28:33.039><c> effort</c><00:28:33.259><c> for</c><00:28:34.400><c> repentance</c>

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:37.960
and<00:28:35.319><c> bearing</c><00:28:35.579><c> our</c><00:28:35.940><c> hearts</c><00:28:36.200><c> before</c><00:28:36.579><c> the</c><00:28:36.779><c> Lord</c><00:28:36.960><c> Jesus</c><00:28:37.359><c> Christ</c>

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:40.980
and<00:28:38.599><c> working</c><00:28:39.059><c> on</c><00:28:39.660><c> that</c><00:28:39.880><c> relationship.</c>

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:43.200
The<00:28:41.599><c> relationship</c><00:28:42.119><c> that</c><00:28:42.339><c> I</c><00:28:42.539><c> had</c><00:28:42.680><c> with</c><00:28:42.960><c> Wendeth</c>

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:44.920
and<00:28:43.460><c> have</c><00:28:43.640><c> with</c><00:28:43.880><c> Wendeth</c><00:28:44.119><c> by</c><00:28:44.339><c> God's</c><00:28:44.700><c> grace</c>

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takes<00:28:45.480><c> work.</c>

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There's<00:28:47.920><c> effort.</c>

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It's<00:28:48.900><c> not</c><00:28:49.180><c> something</c><00:28:49.640><c> we</c><00:28:49.920><c> just</c><00:28:50.180><c> sit</c>

00:28:50.380 --> 00:28:52.440
and<00:28:50.819><c> it's</c><00:28:51.019><c> the</c><00:28:51.200><c> same</c><00:28:51.380><c> with</c><00:28:51.579><c> the</c><00:28:51.680><c> Lord</c><00:28:51.839><c> Jesus</c><00:28:52.160><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:54.059
It<00:28:52.559><c> takes</c><00:28:52.940><c> effort.</c>

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If<00:28:57.460><c> we</c><00:28:57.660><c> are</c><00:28:57.859><c> prepared</c><00:28:58.299><c> to</c><00:28:58.579><c> make</c><00:28:59.019><c> the</c><00:28:59.539><c> effort</c><00:28:59.839><c> to</c><00:29:00.119><c> draw</c><00:29:00.259><c> water,</c>

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:04.220
it<00:29:01.460><c> is</c><00:29:01.660><c> only</c><00:29:01.920><c> then</c><00:29:02.279><c> that</c><00:29:02.460><c> we</c><00:29:02.559><c> can</c><00:29:02.819><c> drink</c><00:29:03.119><c> freely</c>

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:06.420
from<00:29:04.740><c> the</c><00:29:04.920><c> wells</c><00:29:05.140><c> of</c><00:29:05.319><c> salvation,</c>

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:10.160
from<00:29:07.279><c> the</c><00:29:07.460><c> living</c><00:29:07.700><c> fountains</c><00:29:08.480><c> of</c><00:29:09.140><c> water.</c>

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:14.799
We<00:29:11.779><c> come</c><00:29:11.960><c> then</c><00:29:12.140><c> to</c><00:29:12.259><c> Revelation</c><00:29:12.700><c> 7.</c>

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Here,<00:29:17.359><c> the</c><00:29:17.539><c> same</c><00:29:17.880><c> Apostle</c><00:29:18.440><c> John</c>

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that<00:29:20.079><c> wrote</c><00:29:20.559><c> the</c><00:29:20.920><c> Gospel</c><00:29:21.299><c> of</c><00:29:21.460><c> John.</c>

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:24.079
This<00:29:22.599><c> is</c><00:29:22.799><c> the</c><00:29:22.920><c> same</c><00:29:23.160><c> writer.</c>

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:28.039
He<00:29:25.500><c> has</c><00:29:25.740><c> a</c><00:29:25.900><c> vision</c><00:29:26.099><c> of</c><00:29:26.339><c> the</c><00:29:26.559><c> great</c><00:29:26.940><c> multitude.</c>

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This<00:29:29.259><c> is</c><00:29:29.440><c> the</c><00:29:29.559><c> great</c><00:29:29.720><c> multitude</c>

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of<00:29:30.940><c> every</c><00:29:31.359><c> nation,</c><00:29:31.920><c> kindred</c><00:29:32.200><c> and</c><00:29:32.359><c> tongue.</c>

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:34.500
This<00:29:32.660><c> is</c><00:29:32.940><c> the</c><00:29:33.079><c> fulfillment</c><00:29:33.619><c> of</c><00:29:33.920><c> the</c><00:29:34.119><c> promises</c>

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made<00:29:34.960><c> to</c><00:29:35.240><c> Abraham</c>

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of<00:29:36.559><c> every</c><00:29:37.079><c> nation,</c><00:29:37.799><c> kindred</c><00:29:38.119><c> and</c><00:29:38.339><c> tongue.</c>

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:42.380
You<00:29:39.500><c> remember</c><00:29:39.759><c> that</c><00:29:40.240><c> John</c><00:29:40.700><c> in</c><00:29:40.960><c> the</c><00:29:41.059><c> beginning</c><00:29:41.259><c> of</c><00:29:41.400><c> this</c><00:29:41.559><c> chapter</c>

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hears<00:29:43.000><c> the</c><00:29:43.220><c> number</c><00:29:43.460><c> of</c><00:29:43.599><c> them</c><00:29:43.740><c> that</c><00:29:43.960><c> are</c><00:29:44.119><c> sealed.</c>

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144<00:29:45.319><c>,000.</c>

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He's<00:29:46.220><c> thinking</c><00:29:46.420><c> like</c><00:29:46.700><c> a</c><00:29:46.859><c> Jew,</c><00:29:47.059><c> you</c><00:29:47.200><c> see.</c>

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He's<00:29:48.299><c> got</c><00:29:48.380><c> it</c><00:29:48.539><c> all</c><00:29:48.660><c> worked</c><00:29:48.900><c> out</c><00:29:49.059><c> in</c><00:29:49.180><c> his</c><00:29:49.319><c> mind.</c>

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Who's<00:29:50.200><c> going</c><00:29:50.279><c> to</c><00:29:50.359><c> be</c><00:29:50.460><c> in</c><00:29:50.559><c> the</c><00:29:50.680><c> kingdom</c><00:29:50.880><c> of</c><00:29:51.039><c> God?</c>

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:53.720
12<00:29:51.960><c>,000</c><00:29:52.259><c> out</c><00:29:52.359><c> of</c><00:29:52.460><c> this</c><00:29:52.700><c> tribe,</c><00:29:52.960><c> 12</c><00:29:53.099><c> out</c><00:29:53.240><c> of</c><00:29:53.359><c> that</c><00:29:53.539><c> tribe,</c>

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12<00:29:53.960><c> out</c><00:29:54.079><c> of</c><00:29:54.180><c> this</c><00:29:54.380><c> tribe.</c>

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He's<00:29:55.900><c> heard,</c><00:29:56.740><c> but</c><00:29:57.019><c> when</c><00:29:57.200><c> he</c><00:29:57.460><c> sees,</c>

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he<00:29:57.880><c> sees</c><00:29:58.099><c> something</c><00:29:58.500><c> completely</c><00:29:58.900><c> different.</c>

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In<00:30:00.160><c> Revelation</c><00:30:00.539><c> chapter</c><00:30:00.839><c> 5,</c><00:30:01.140><c> you're</c><00:30:01.319><c> going</c><00:30:01.380><c> to</c><00:30:01.460><c> hear</c><00:30:01.539><c> the</c>

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.700
same<00:30:01.940><c> thing.</c>

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:04.319
He<00:30:02.839><c> hears</c><00:30:03.640><c> the</c><00:30:03.960><c> angel</c>

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:06.000
that<00:30:04.740><c> no</c><00:30:04.980><c> man</c><00:30:05.099><c> in</c><00:30:05.299><c> heaven</c><00:30:05.480><c> or</c><00:30:05.720><c> earth</c>

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:07.880
under<00:30:06.480><c> the</c><00:30:06.700><c> earth</c><00:30:06.940><c> has</c><00:30:07.359><c> prevailed</c>

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.880
to<00:30:08.059><c> open</c><00:30:08.339><c> the</c><00:30:08.640><c> scroll.</c>

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And<00:30:09.420><c> he</c><00:30:09.640><c> hears,</c><00:30:10.000><c> oh</c><00:30:10.259><c> yes,</c><00:30:10.440><c> it</c><00:30:10.500><c> is</c><00:30:10.680><c> the</c><00:30:10.859><c> line</c><00:30:10.980><c> of</c><00:30:11.119><c> the</c><00:30:11.299><c> tribe</c><00:30:11.440><c> of</c><00:30:11.700><c> Judah.</c>

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But<00:30:12.579><c> when</c><00:30:12.799><c> he</c><00:30:13.000><c> looks,</c><00:30:13.240><c> he</c><00:30:13.400><c> sees</c><00:30:13.559><c> something</c><00:30:13.920><c> completely</c><00:30:14.380><c> different.</c>

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He<00:30:15.799><c> sees</c><00:30:16.039><c> a</c><00:30:16.259><c> lamb</c>

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as<00:30:17.619><c> if</c><00:30:17.759><c> it</c><00:30:17.900><c> was</c><00:30:18.059><c> slain</c><00:30:18.359><c> from</c><00:30:18.559><c> the</c><00:30:18.700><c> foundation</c><00:30:19.099><c> of</c><00:30:19.259><c> the</c><00:30:19.380><c> world.</c>

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What<00:30:20.119><c> a</c><00:30:20.319><c> difference</c><00:30:20.539><c> between</c><00:30:20.859><c> hearing</c><00:30:21.180><c> and</c><00:30:22.819><c> seeing.</c>

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My<00:30:23.400><c> ear</c><00:30:23.799><c> hath</c><00:30:24.200><c> heard</c><00:30:24.539><c> thee.</c>

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:26.839
I<00:30:25.099><c> had</c><00:30:25.279><c> heard</c><00:30:25.519><c> of</c><00:30:25.680><c> thee</c><00:30:25.759><c> by</c><00:30:25.980><c> the</c><00:30:26.140><c> hearing</c><00:30:26.279><c> of</c><00:30:26.460><c> the</c><00:30:26.619><c> ear,</c>

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:29.220
but<00:30:27.220><c> now</c><00:30:27.599><c> mine</c><00:30:27.819><c> eye</c><00:30:28.460><c> seeth</c><00:30:28.779><c> thee.</c>

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:31.900
He<00:30:30.160><c> heard</c><00:30:30.640><c> the</c><00:30:31.000><c> number</c><00:30:31.240><c> of</c><00:30:31.339><c> them</c><00:30:31.440><c> that</c><00:30:31.500><c> were</c><00:30:31.759><c> sealed.</c>

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12<00:30:32.359><c>,000,</c><00:30:32.779><c> 12</c><00:30:33.079><c>,000.</c>

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Oh,<00:30:33.799><c> I've</c><00:30:33.980><c> got</c><00:30:34.039><c> it</c><00:30:34.259><c> all</c><00:30:34.480><c> worked</c><00:30:34.700><c> out.</c>

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But<00:30:36.259><c> when</c><00:30:36.420><c> he</c><00:30:36.640><c> looks,</c>

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after<00:30:38.000><c> this</c><00:30:38.339><c> verse</c><00:30:38.539><c> 9,</c><00:30:39.460><c> I'll</c><00:30:39.599><c> be</c><00:30:39.859><c> held.</c>

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:42.700
I<00:30:40.779><c> saw</c><00:30:41.079><c> with</c><00:30:41.319><c> my</c><00:30:41.660><c> eyes</c>

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:44.779
and<00:30:43.559><c> lo</c><00:30:43.759><c> a</c><00:30:43.960><c> great</c><00:30:44.539><c> multitude</c>

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:46.880
which<00:30:45.579><c> no</c><00:30:46.099><c> man</c><00:30:46.359><c> could</c><00:30:46.619><c> number,</c>

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:48.960
of<00:30:47.339><c> all</c><00:30:47.740><c> nations,</c><00:30:48.460><c> kindreds,</c>

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.339
and<00:30:49.200><c> peoples,</c><00:30:49.779><c> and</c><00:30:49.819><c> tongues,</c>

00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:53.059
stood<00:30:50.900><c> before</c><00:30:51.339><c> the</c><00:30:51.660><c> throne</c><00:30:51.859><c> and</c><00:30:52.079><c> before</c><00:30:52.380><c> the</c><00:30:52.619><c> lamb</c>

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:54.700
clothed<00:30:53.759><c> in</c><00:30:53.940><c> white</c><00:30:54.279><c> robes.</c>

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:57.359
You<00:30:54.839><c> see,</c><00:30:55.019><c> they've</c><00:30:55.180><c> got</c><00:30:55.299><c> their</c><00:30:55.539><c> wedding</c><00:30:55.799><c> garments</c><00:30:56.140><c> on.</c>

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:59.180
They're<00:30:57.720><c> clothed</c><00:30:58.119><c> in</c><00:30:58.279><c> white</c><00:30:58.619><c> robes.</c>

00:30:59.259 --> 00:31:01.759
They've<00:30:59.519><c> got</c><00:30:59.720><c> palms</c><00:31:00.160><c> in</c><00:31:00.359><c> their</c><00:31:00.640><c> hands.</c>

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:04.140
They<00:31:02.859><c> cried</c><00:31:03.220><c> with</c><00:31:03.480><c> a</c><00:31:03.559><c> loud</c><00:31:03.740><c> voice.</c>

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:05.819
Remember<00:31:04.440><c> where</c><00:31:04.619><c> they</c><00:31:04.759><c> had</c><00:31:04.920><c> palms</c><00:31:05.240><c> before?</c>

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:07.140
Hosanna.

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Remember<00:31:08.339><c> the</c><00:31:08.859><c> great</c><00:31:09.200><c> time</c>

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:11.539
when<00:31:09.599><c> the</c><00:31:09.720><c> Lord</c><00:31:09.880><c> Jesus</c><00:31:10.240><c> Christ</c><00:31:10.460><c> came</c><00:31:10.720><c> in?</c>

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:13.279
It<00:31:11.740><c> was</c><00:31:11.880><c> the</c><00:31:12.099><c> coronation</c><00:31:12.539><c> of</c><00:31:12.700><c> the</c><00:31:12.880><c> king</c>

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:15.920
as<00:31:14.380><c> he</c><00:31:14.559><c> came</c><00:31:14.819><c> into</c><00:31:15.140><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.660
Hosanna,<00:31:17.160><c> blessed</c><00:31:17.339><c> is</c><00:31:17.559><c> he</c>

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.980
that<00:31:17.819><c> comes</c><00:31:18.140><c> in</c><00:31:18.319><c> the</c><00:31:18.359><c> name</c><00:31:18.519><c> of</c><00:31:18.660><c> the</c><00:31:18.759><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:21.099
Here<00:31:19.640><c> we</c><00:31:19.940><c> are</c>

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:23.640
with<00:31:22.019><c> palms</c><00:31:22.579><c> in</c><00:31:22.859><c> our</c><00:31:23.059><c> hands</c>

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:25.140
crying<00:31:24.279><c> with</c><00:31:24.559><c> a</c><00:31:24.640><c> loud</c><00:31:24.839><c> voice,</c>

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:28.480
salvation<00:31:25.779><c> unto</c><00:31:26.079><c> our</c><00:31:26.319><c> God</c><00:31:26.500><c> which</c><00:31:26.819><c> stoodeth</c><00:31:27.079><c> upon</c><00:31:27.259><c> the</c><00:31:27.539><c> throne</c>

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:31.099
and<00:31:29.940><c> unto</c><00:31:30.500><c> the</c><00:31:30.759><c> lamb.</c>

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:34.200
And<00:31:31.779><c> all</c><00:31:32.059><c> the</c><00:31:32.279><c> angels</c><00:31:32.759><c> stood</c><00:31:33.099><c> round</c><00:31:33.359><c> about</c><00:31:33.680><c> the</c><00:31:33.920><c> throne</c>

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:36.559
and<00:31:35.180><c> about</c><00:31:35.359><c> the</c><00:31:35.599><c> elders.</c>

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:39.059
And<00:31:37.039><c> the</c><00:31:37.240><c> four</c><00:31:38.039><c> living</c><00:31:38.559><c> beasts,</c>

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:41.299
or<00:31:39.359><c> the</c><00:31:39.519><c> living</c><00:31:39.740><c> creatures</c><00:31:40.259><c> rather,</c>

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:43.259
fell<00:31:42.400><c> before</c><00:31:42.779><c> the</c><00:31:43.059><c> throne</c>

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:46.099
on<00:31:43.400><c> their</c><00:31:43.619><c> faces</c><00:31:43.940><c> and</c><00:31:44.140><c> they</c><00:31:44.359><c> worshiped</c><00:31:44.880><c> God,</c><00:31:45.359><c> saying,</c>

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.319
Amen<00:31:46.700><c> and</c><00:31:46.980><c> blessing</c>

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.680
and<00:31:47.759><c> glory</c><00:31:48.059><c> and</c><00:31:48.339><c> wisdom</c>

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:51.680
and<00:31:49.220><c> thanksgiving</c><00:31:49.900><c> and</c><00:31:50.099><c> honor</c><00:31:50.240><c> and</c><00:31:50.599><c> power</c><00:31:50.900><c> and</c><00:31:51.259><c> might</c>

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:53.559
be<00:31:52.059><c> unto</c><00:31:52.279><c> our</c><00:31:52.660><c> God</c><00:31:52.900><c> forever</c>

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:55.480
and<00:31:54.039><c> ever.</c><00:31:54.440><c> Amen.</c>

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:59.500
Then<00:31:58.099><c> one</c><00:31:58.279><c> of</c><00:31:58.400><c> the</c><00:31:58.559><c> elders,</c><00:31:58.839><c> that's</c><00:31:59.079><c> one</c><00:31:59.220><c> of</c><00:31:59.339><c> the</c>

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:01.940
twenty<00:31:59.779><c>-four,</c><00:32:00.380><c> answered,</c><00:32:01.019><c> saying,</c>

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What<00:32:03.579><c> are</c><00:32:03.759><c> these?</c><00:32:04.480><c> And</c><00:32:04.559><c> which</c><00:32:05.059><c> are</c><00:32:05.279><c> these</c>

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:07.119
which<00:32:05.759><c> are</c><00:32:06.019><c> arrayed</c><00:32:06.339><c> in</c><00:32:06.460><c> white</c><00:32:06.720><c> robes?</c>

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:09.079
And<00:32:07.339><c> whence</c><00:32:07.680><c> came</c><00:32:07.900><c> they?</c>

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:11.299
And<00:32:10.920><c> I,</c>

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:13.339
that<00:32:11.480><c> is</c><00:32:11.680><c> John,</c><00:32:12.539><c> said</c><00:32:12.839><c> unto</c><00:32:13.059><c> the</c><00:32:13.220><c> one</c>

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:16.299
of<00:32:13.500><c> the</c><00:32:13.640><c> twenty</c><00:32:13.880><c>-four</c><00:32:13.980><c> elders,</c><00:32:14.619><c> Sir,</c><00:32:15.039><c> thou</c><00:32:15.200><c> knowest.</c>

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:19.559
And<00:32:17.640><c> he</c><00:32:17.819><c> said</c><00:32:17.940><c> unto</c><00:32:18.140><c> me,</c><00:32:18.460><c> These</c><00:32:18.859><c> are</c><00:32:19.160><c> they</c>

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:22.059
which<00:32:20.160><c> came</c><00:32:20.440><c> out</c><00:32:20.660><c> of</c><00:32:21.000><c> great</c><00:32:21.279><c> tribulation</c>

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.759
and<00:32:23.319><c> have</c><00:32:23.500><c> washed</c>

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their<00:32:24.079><c> robes</c>

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:27.759
and<00:32:25.559><c> have</c><00:32:25.759><c> made</c><00:32:25.960><c> them</c><00:32:26.259><c> white</c><00:32:26.680><c> in</c><00:32:26.880><c> the</c><00:32:27.039><c> blood</c><00:32:27.119><c> of</c><00:32:27.299><c> the</c><00:32:27.440><c> lamb.</c>

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:29.599
And<00:32:28.440><c> it</c><00:32:28.599><c> is</c><00:32:28.759><c> because</c><00:32:29.200><c> of</c>

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:31.579
these<00:32:29.980><c> things</c><00:32:30.400><c> that</c><00:32:30.599><c> they</c><00:32:30.859><c> are</c><00:32:31.079><c> before</c>

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:33.500
the<00:32:31.880><c> throne</c><00:32:32.059><c> of</c><00:32:32.319><c> God</c><00:32:32.599><c> and</c><00:32:33.220><c> serve</c>

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:35.720
Him<00:32:33.759><c> day</c><00:32:34.099><c> and</c><00:32:34.220><c> night</c><00:32:34.339><c> in</c><00:32:34.519><c> His</c><00:32:34.680><c> temple.</c>

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:37.359
He<00:32:37.079><c> that</c>

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sitteth<00:32:37.599><c> on</c><00:32:37.779><c> the</c><00:32:38.059><c> throne</c>

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:41.039
shall<00:32:39.420><c> dwell</c><00:32:39.660><c> among</c><00:32:39.980><c> them.</c>

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:42.640
It<00:32:41.619><c> was</c><00:32:41.700><c> like</c><00:32:41.940><c> that</c><00:32:42.059><c> in</c><00:32:42.180><c> the</c><00:32:42.339><c> wilderness,</c>

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:44.240
wasn't<00:32:42.880><c> it?</c>

00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:46.940
And<00:32:44.920><c> here's</c><00:32:45.220><c> the</c><00:32:45.359><c> verse</c><00:32:45.539><c> that</c><00:32:45.700><c> we</c><00:32:45.900><c> want,</c><00:32:46.180><c> verse</c>

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.380
sixteen.

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They<00:32:49.500><c> shall</c><00:32:49.759><c> hunger</c><00:32:50.099><c> no</c><00:32:50.440><c> more,</c>

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.700
neither<00:32:51.819><c> shall</c><00:32:52.200><c> they</c>

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:54.279
thirst<00:32:53.140><c> any</c><00:32:53.500><c> more.</c>

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:56.640
This<00:32:54.759><c> is</c><00:32:54.940><c> the</c><00:32:55.059><c> living</c><00:32:55.220><c> water,</c><00:32:55.599><c> you</c><00:32:55.839><c> see.</c>

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:59.059
They're<00:32:57.119><c> not</c><00:32:57.299><c> going</c><00:32:57.480><c> to</c><00:32:57.720><c> thirst</c><00:32:57.940><c> any</c><00:32:58.240><c> more.</c>

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.619
Neither<00:32:59.859><c> shall</c><00:33:00.099><c> the</c><00:33:00.380><c> sun</c>

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:02.160
light<00:33:00.920><c> on</c><00:33:01.099><c> them,</c><00:33:01.319><c> nor</c><00:33:01.579><c> any</c><00:33:01.839><c> heat,</c>

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:04.660
for<00:33:02.640><c> the</c><00:33:02.900><c> lamb</c><00:33:03.200><c> which</c><00:33:03.400><c> is</c><00:33:03.599><c> in</c><00:33:03.839><c> the</c><00:33:03.940><c> midst</c><00:33:04.200><c> of</c><00:33:04.420><c> the</c>

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:06.619
throne<00:33:04.900><c> shall</c><00:33:05.539><c> feed</c><00:33:06.019><c> them</c><00:33:06.339><c> and</c>

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:08.940
shall<00:33:06.720><c> lead</c><00:33:07.160><c> them</c><00:33:07.480><c> unto</c><00:33:08.000><c> living</c>

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fountains<00:33:09.700><c> of</c><00:33:10.039><c> waters.</c>

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:12.819
And<00:33:11.099><c> God</c><00:33:11.420><c> shall</c><00:33:11.720><c> wipe</c><00:33:12.039><c> away</c><00:33:12.319><c> all</c>

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:14.819
tears<00:33:13.119><c> from</c><00:33:13.400><c> their</c><00:33:13.680><c> eyes.</c>

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:18.900
Now<00:33:16.980><c> because</c><00:33:17.339><c> you</c><00:33:17.819><c> are</c><00:33:18.160><c> very</c><00:33:18.519><c> good</c>

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:20.940
Bible<00:33:19.359><c> students,</c><00:33:19.920><c> you</c><00:33:20.200><c> will</c><00:33:20.519><c> know</c>

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:22.279
that<00:33:21.440><c> that</c><00:33:21.940><c> word</c>

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:24.799
fountains<00:33:23.380><c> is</c><00:33:24.480><c> the</c>

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:26.579
same<00:33:25.019><c> word</c><00:33:25.480><c> that</c><00:33:26.119><c> we</c><00:33:26.339><c> found</c>

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:29.579
yesterday<00:33:27.160><c> in</c><00:33:27.779><c> John</c><00:33:28.079><c> chapter</c><00:33:28.420><c> four.</c>

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.900
It<00:33:30.099><c> is</c><00:33:30.319><c> the</c><00:33:30.559><c> word</c>

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for<00:33:31.539><c> well.</c>

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:34.839
These<00:33:32.660><c> are</c><00:33:32.980><c> the</c><00:33:33.240><c> living</c><00:33:33.720><c> wells</c><00:33:34.180><c> of</c><00:33:34.500><c> water</c>

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:36.900
and<00:33:35.640><c> God</c><00:33:35.920><c> is</c><00:33:36.140><c> going</c><00:33:36.359><c> to</c><00:33:36.660><c> wipe</c>

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:39.420
all<00:33:37.359><c> tears</c><00:33:37.859><c> from</c><00:33:38.319><c> our</c><00:33:38.619><c> eyes.</c>

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:43.059
And<00:33:41.720><c> so</c><00:33:41.859><c> verse</c><00:33:42.059><c> seventeen</c><00:33:42.440><c> tells</c><00:33:42.779><c> us</c>

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:45.700
that<00:33:43.259><c> the</c><00:33:43.460><c> lamb</c><00:33:43.660><c> who</c><00:33:43.839><c> is</c><00:33:44.059><c> the</c><00:33:44.299><c> bridegroom</c>

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:47.819
leads<00:33:46.759><c> his</c><00:33:47.299><c> bride</c>

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to<00:33:48.240><c> the</c><00:33:48.460><c> well.</c>

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Leads<00:33:52.039><c> her.</c>

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Why<00:33:54.660><c> is</c><00:33:54.839><c> that?</c>

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When<00:33:57.720><c> I</c><00:33:57.960><c> come</c><00:33:58.079><c> will</c><00:33:58.259><c> I</c><00:33:58.460><c> find</c><00:33:58.700><c> faith</c>

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on<00:33:59.279><c> the</c><00:33:59.380><c> earth?</c>

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Falling<00:34:01.740><c> away?</c>

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Ten<00:34:04.559><c> virgins,</c><00:34:05.299><c> five</c>

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wise,<00:34:05.880><c> five</c><00:34:06.180><c> foolish,</c><00:34:06.619><c> but</c><00:34:06.779><c> all</c><00:34:07.019><c> sleeping.</c>

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But<00:34:10.840><c> he</c><00:34:11.000><c> does.</c>

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He<00:34:12.980><c> leads</c><00:34:13.320><c> them</c>

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to<00:34:14.679><c> the</c><00:34:14.920><c> well</c>

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that<00:34:16.340><c> will</c><00:34:16.760><c> quench</c><00:34:17.079><c> their</c><00:34:17.639><c> thirst</c>

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forever.

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The<00:34:20.239><c> well</c><00:34:20.360><c> of</c><00:34:20.579><c> water</c>

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springing<00:34:22.659><c> up</c>

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unto<00:34:24.199><c> eternal</c><00:34:24.599><c> life.</c>

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Thank<00:34:43.760><c> you.</c>

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Thank<00:34:44.239><c> you</c><00:34:44.239><c> Barry.</c><00:34:44.539><c> And</c><00:34:44.760><c> again</c><00:34:44.920><c> I'm</c>

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saying<00:34:45.440><c> I</c><00:34:45.639><c> think</c><00:34:45.840><c> for</c><00:34:46.659><c> speaking</c><00:34:46.880><c> for</c><00:34:47.079><c> all</c>

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of<00:34:47.420><c> us</c><00:34:47.519><c> that</c><00:34:47.719><c> we</c><00:34:47.920><c> certainly</c><00:34:48.119><c> have</c><00:34:48.360><c> enjoyed</c><00:34:48.619><c> your</c>

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time<00:34:50.159><c> you've</c><00:34:50.420><c> given</c><00:34:50.519><c> to</c><00:34:50.699><c> us</c><00:34:50.800><c> this</c><00:34:51.039><c> week</c>

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and<00:34:51.880><c> it's</c><00:34:52.400><c> been</c><00:34:52.539><c> a</c><00:34:52.639><c> real</c><00:34:52.840><c> joy</c><00:34:53.139><c> to</c>

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all<00:34:53.579><c> of</c><00:34:53.659><c> us.</c>

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I'm<00:34:55.420><c> reminded</c><00:34:55.719><c> also</c><00:34:56.079><c> at</c><00:34:56.260><c> the</c><00:34:56.420><c> time</c><00:34:56.579><c> that</c>

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the<00:34:57.639><c> words</c><00:34:57.760><c> of</c><00:34:58.000><c> Jesus</c><00:34:58.199><c> said</c><00:34:58.400><c> whosoever</c><00:34:58.960><c> give</c><00:34:59.179><c> us</c>

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a<00:34:59.480><c> cup</c><00:34:59.599><c> of</c><00:34:59.780><c> cold</c><00:35:00.039><c> water</c><00:35:00.239><c> in</c><00:35:00.420><c> my</c><00:35:00.579><c> name</c><00:35:00.760><c> shall</c><00:35:01.000><c> no</c>

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wise<00:35:01.460><c> lose</c><00:35:01.699><c> his</c><00:35:01.900><c> reward.</c>

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And<00:35:03.280><c> we've</c><00:35:03.500><c> been</c><00:35:03.599><c> seeing</c><00:35:03.800><c> that</c><00:35:04.079><c> happen</c><00:35:04.280><c> every</c><00:35:04.619><c> day</c>

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at<00:35:05.320><c> the</c><00:35:05.539><c> table.</c><00:35:06.420><c> I</c><00:35:06.679><c> see</c><00:35:06.860><c> the</c><00:35:07.079><c> table's</c>

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gone<00:35:07.639><c> now.</c>

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Anyway

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we'll<00:35:11.380><c> be</c><00:35:11.619><c> back</c><00:35:12.440><c> at</c>

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eleven<00:35:14.139><c> o</c><00:35:14.400><c>'clock</c>

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for<00:35:15.679><c> the</c><00:35:15.960><c> next</c><00:35:16.179><c> class.</c>

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Thank<00:35:17.400><c> you.</c>

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Happy<00:35:22.260><c> to</c><00:35:22.440><c> the</c><00:35:22.619><c> table.</c>