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Moses<00:10:42.019><c> was</c><00:10:42.259><c> the</c><00:10:42.460><c> richest</c><00:10:42.659><c> of</c><00:10:42.860><c> the</c><00:10:43.039><c> world.</c>

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Moses<00:10:44.600><c> was</c><00:10:44.879><c> the</c><00:10:45.159><c> greatest</c><00:10:45.500><c> education</c><00:10:46.259><c> that</c><00:10:46.500><c> could</c><00:10:46.659><c> be</c><00:10:46.960><c> given</c>

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to<00:10:47.399><c> any</c><00:10:47.700><c> human.</c>

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He<00:10:49.240><c> was</c><00:10:49.620><c> ready</c><00:10:50.019><c> for</c><00:10:50.340><c> that</c><00:10:50.740><c> great</c><00:10:51.440><c> place</c><00:10:51.740><c> as</c><00:10:51.940><c> a</c><00:10:52.220><c> Pharaoh</c><00:10:52.419><c> in</c><00:10:52.700><c> Egypt.</c>

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But<00:10:54.179><c> in</c><00:10:54.519><c> back</c><00:10:54.720><c> of</c><00:10:54.899><c> it</c><00:10:55.080><c> all,</c><00:10:55.620><c> Jochebed's</c><00:10:56.379><c> training</c><00:10:56.659><c> has</c><00:10:57.000><c> said,</c>

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No,<00:10:57.600><c> Moses,</c><00:10:57.960><c> this</c><00:10:58.200><c> isn't</c><00:10:58.500><c> for</c><00:10:58.779><c> you.</c>

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And<00:11:00.559><c> the</c><00:11:00.779><c> writer</c><00:11:01.080><c> to</c><00:11:01.360><c> the</c><00:11:01.580><c> Hebrews</c><00:11:01.980><c> tells</c><00:11:02.360><c> us</c><00:11:02.679><c> that</c><00:11:02.879><c> he</c><00:11:03.059><c> chose</c>

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to<00:11:04.399><c> suffer</c><00:11:04.899><c> affliction</c><00:11:05.919><c> with</c><00:11:07.259><c> the</c><00:11:07.480><c> people</c>

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of<00:11:08.139><c> God</c><00:11:08.860><c> rather</c><00:11:09.639><c> than</c><00:11:09.879><c> to</c><00:11:10.120><c> enjoy</c><00:11:10.500><c> the</c><00:11:10.879><c> pleasures</c><00:11:11.200><c> of</c><00:11:11.559><c> sin</c><00:11:11.820><c> for</c>

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a<00:11:12.320><c> season.</c>

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What<00:11:13.980><c> a</c><00:11:14.320><c> beautiful</c><00:11:14.740><c> picture</c><00:11:15.159><c> this</c><00:11:15.580><c> is.</c>

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He<00:11:17.100><c> chose</c><00:11:17.679><c> to</c><00:11:17.960><c> enjoy</c><00:11:19.740><c> the</c><00:11:20.279><c> afflictions</c><00:11:20.759><c> with</c><00:11:21.019><c> his</c><00:11:21.259><c> people</c><00:11:21.580><c> rather</c><00:11:21.980><c> than</c><00:11:22.240><c> to</c>

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enjoy<00:11:23.039><c> the</c><00:11:23.960><c> pleasures</c>

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of<00:11:24.740><c> sin</c><00:11:25.039><c> for</c><00:11:25.340><c> a</c><00:11:25.679><c> season.</c>

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That's<00:11:27.659><c> what</c><00:11:27.799><c> we</c><00:11:28.000><c> have</c><00:11:28.200><c> before</c><00:11:28.539><c> us.</c>

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And<00:11:30.740><c> he</c><00:11:30.940><c> fled,</c><00:11:31.559><c> didn't</c><00:11:31.559><c> he,</c><00:11:31.620><c> after</c><00:11:31.899><c> he</c><00:11:32.120><c> slew</c><00:11:32.279><c> the</c><00:11:32.539><c> Egyptian?</c>

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And<00:11:34.700><c> he</c><00:11:34.820><c> goes</c><00:11:35.200><c> out</c><00:11:35.559><c> into</c><00:11:35.840><c> the</c><00:11:36.100><c> wilderness.</c>

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He<00:11:38.200><c> goes</c><00:11:38.500><c> out</c><00:11:38.720><c> into</c><00:11:38.919><c> the</c><00:11:39.139><c> wilderness</c><00:11:39.580><c> and</c><00:11:40.379><c> in</c><00:11:40.799><c> so</c><00:11:41.100><c> many</c><00:11:41.360><c> words,</c>

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class,<00:11:42.179><c> now</c><00:11:42.460><c> I</c><00:11:42.620><c> realize</c><00:11:43.159><c> this</c><00:11:43.379><c> is</c><00:11:43.580><c> a</c>

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free<00:11:43.940><c> translation,</c><00:11:44.740><c> but</c><00:11:45.179><c> maybe</c><00:11:45.659><c> we</c><00:11:45.840><c> can</c><00:11:46.059><c> get</c><00:11:46.299><c> the</c><00:11:46.559><c> picture</c><00:11:46.860><c> a</c>

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little<00:11:47.279><c> bit</c><00:11:47.519><c> better.</c>

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Moses<00:11:49.320><c> out</c><00:11:49.620><c> there</c><00:11:49.840><c> in</c><00:11:49.879><c> that</c><00:11:50.200><c> wilderness</c><00:11:50.720><c> actually</c><00:11:51.460><c> says</c><00:11:51.799><c> to</c>

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God,<00:11:53.799><c> Lord,</c><00:11:54.159><c> look</c><00:11:54.460><c> at</c><00:11:54.639><c> me.</c>

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I'm<00:11:56.419><c> 40</c><00:11:56.840><c> years</c><00:11:57.279><c> of</c><00:11:57.519><c> age.</c>

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I'm<00:11:59.539><c> a</c><00:11:59.840><c> perfect</c><00:12:00.399><c> specimen</c><00:12:00.960><c> of</c><00:12:02.120><c> physical</c><00:12:02.600><c> strength</c><00:12:03.179><c> and</c><00:12:03.539><c> courage.</c>

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I<00:12:05.779><c> have</c><00:12:05.980><c> the</c><00:12:06.299><c> finest</c><00:12:06.659><c> education</c><00:12:07.440><c> in</c><00:12:07.659><c> the</c><00:12:07.799><c> world.</c>

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I<00:12:10.179><c> have</c><00:12:10.559><c> been</c><00:12:10.779><c> experienced</c><00:12:11.379><c> 40</c><00:12:11.700><c> years</c><00:12:12.019><c> in</c><00:12:12.200><c> the</c><00:12:12.360><c> courts</c><00:12:12.559><c> of</c><00:12:12.799><c> Pharaoh.</c>

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I<00:12:13.440><c> know</c><00:12:13.720><c> all</c><00:12:14.240><c> their</c><00:12:14.659><c> little</c><00:12:15.139><c> ins</c><00:12:15.740><c> and</c><00:12:16.000><c> outs.</c>

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I<00:12:18.899><c> will</c><00:12:19.279><c> give</c><00:12:19.480><c> you</c><00:12:19.779><c> that</c><00:12:20.159><c> talent,</c><00:12:20.480><c> Lord.</c>

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Here<00:12:22.879><c> am</c><00:12:23.120><c> I.</c>

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At<00:12:25.759><c> class,</c><00:12:26.299><c> you</c><00:12:26.360><c> know</c><00:12:26.659><c> what</c><00:12:26.940><c> God</c><00:12:27.299><c> told</c><00:12:27.639><c> Moses.</c>

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God<00:12:33.059><c> says,</c><00:12:33.320><c> Moses,</c><00:12:35.360><c> let</c><00:12:35.659><c> me</c><00:12:35.899><c> tell</c><00:12:36.179><c> you</c><00:12:36.379><c> something.</c>

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You<00:12:39.340><c> have</c><00:12:39.620><c> been</c><00:12:39.899><c> 40</c><00:12:40.240><c> years</c><00:12:41.019><c> in</c><00:12:42.799><c> the</c><00:12:43.220><c> School</c><00:12:43.419><c> of</c><00:12:43.620><c> Egypt.</c>

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You<00:12:46.860><c> think</c><00:12:47.059><c> you're</c><00:12:47.340><c> equipped</c><00:12:47.860><c> to</c><00:12:48.320><c> do</c><00:12:48.460><c> my</c><00:12:48.759><c> job.</c>

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No,<00:12:50.460><c> Moses,</c><00:12:50.620><c> you're</c><00:12:50.899><c> not.</c>

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And<00:12:51.820><c> you're</c><00:12:52.059><c> going</c><00:12:52.240><c> to</c><00:12:52.379><c> go</c><00:12:52.480><c> to</c><00:12:52.580><c> my</c><00:12:52.840><c> school,</c><00:12:53.179><c> Moses,</c><00:12:54.580><c> not</c><00:12:54.980><c> for</c>

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eight<00:12:55.559><c> years,</c><00:12:57.200><c> not</c><00:12:57.460><c> for</c><00:12:57.700><c> 10</c><00:12:57.899><c> or</c><00:12:58.039><c> 12,</c><00:12:59.240><c> but</c>

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you're<00:12:59.659><c> going</c><00:12:59.820><c> to</c><00:12:59.980><c> go</c><00:13:00.080><c> to</c><00:13:00.179><c> my</c><00:13:00.460><c> school</c><00:13:00.740><c> for</c><00:13:01.120><c> 40</c><00:13:01.580><c> years.</c>

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And<00:13:03.240><c> where</c><00:13:03.419><c> was</c><00:13:03.600><c> that</c><00:13:03.860><c> school,</c><00:13:04.259><c> class?</c>

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It<00:13:05.679><c> was</c><00:13:06.539><c> the</c><00:13:06.740><c> desert.</c>

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It<00:13:07.139><c> was</c><00:13:07.399><c> the</c><00:13:07.539><c> wilderness.</c>

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That<00:13:08.200><c> is</c><00:13:08.440><c> right.</c>

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It<00:13:09.899><c> is</c><00:13:10.179><c> that</c><00:13:10.519><c> wilderness</c><00:13:10.980><c> where</c><00:13:11.299><c> God</c><00:13:11.679><c> sends</c><00:13:12.080><c> every</c><00:13:13.000><c> one</c><00:13:13.220><c> of</c>

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His<00:13:13.600><c> children.</c>

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That's<00:13:15.580><c> where</c><00:13:15.700><c> He</c><00:13:15.779><c> sends</c><00:13:16.059><c> you</c><00:13:16.460><c> and</c><00:13:16.620><c> me</c><00:13:16.879><c> into</c><00:13:17.100><c> the</c><00:13:17.320><c> wilderness</c>

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of<00:13:18.059><c> life.</c>

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But<00:13:19.039><c> He</c><00:13:19.200><c> sent</c><00:13:19.480><c> Moses</c><00:13:19.919><c> out</c><00:13:20.259><c> to</c><00:13:20.440><c> the</c><00:13:20.679><c> backside</c><00:13:21.159><c> of</c><00:13:21.419><c> the</c><00:13:21.639><c> desert.</c>

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He<00:13:22.980><c> sent</c><00:13:23.179><c> him</c><00:13:23.399><c> far</c><00:13:23.720><c> away</c><00:13:24.039><c> from</c><00:13:24.200><c> the</c><00:13:24.500><c> Exchequer,</c><00:13:25.820><c> from</c><00:13:26.039><c> the</c>

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commercial<00:13:26.700><c> activity.</c>

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He<00:13:28.279><c> sent</c><00:13:28.480><c> him</c><00:13:28.700><c> away</c><00:13:28.980><c> from</c><00:13:29.340><c> everything</c><00:13:29.980><c> of</c><00:13:30.259><c> that</c><00:13:30.480><c> nature.</c>

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And<00:13:31.480><c> Moses,</c><00:13:32.159><c> for</c><00:13:32.500><c> 40</c><00:13:32.879><c> years,</c><00:13:33.539><c> was</c><00:13:33.639><c> out</c><00:13:33.960><c> there</c><00:13:34.120><c> in</c><00:13:34.259><c> the</c><00:13:34.419><c> creation</c><00:13:34.779><c> of</c><00:13:34.940><c> God.</c>

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He<00:13:36.419><c> saw</c><00:13:36.720><c> the</c><00:13:37.019><c> stars</c><00:13:37.659><c> at</c><00:13:38.000><c> night.</c>

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Many<00:13:39.480><c> times</c><00:13:40.000><c> he</c><00:13:40.139><c> would</c><00:13:40.419><c> think</c><00:13:40.659><c> of</c><00:13:40.840><c> those</c><00:13:41.220><c> covenants</c><00:13:41.679><c> of</c><00:13:41.960><c> promise</c><00:13:42.379><c> that</c>

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were<00:13:42.899><c> made</c><00:13:43.100><c> to</c><00:13:43.340><c> Abraham,</c><00:13:43.980><c> Isaac,</c>

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and<00:13:44.500><c> Jacob</c><00:13:44.779><c> as</c><00:13:45.240><c> the</c><00:13:45.559><c> stars</c><00:13:45.879><c> of</c><00:13:46.080><c> the</c><00:13:46.240><c> heavens,</c><00:13:46.600><c> so</c><00:13:46.840><c> shall</c><00:13:47.059><c> your</c>

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seed<00:13:47.740><c> be.</c>

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And<00:13:49.860><c> as</c><00:13:50.279><c> he</c><00:13:50.720><c> traipsed</c><00:13:51.240><c> in</c><00:13:51.360><c> and</c><00:13:51.539><c> out</c><00:13:51.679><c> of</c><00:13:51.820><c> that</c><00:13:52.100><c> Sinaitic</c><00:13:52.759><c> peninsula,</c><00:13:54.220><c> across</c>

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the<00:13:55.100><c> sand,</c><00:13:55.399><c> how</c><00:13:55.659><c> many</c><00:13:55.980><c> times</c>

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He<00:13:57.100><c> had</c><00:13:57.419><c> thought</c><00:13:57.679><c> of</c><00:13:57.860><c> the</c><00:13:58.059><c> words</c><00:13:58.480><c> of</c><00:13:58.840><c> God.</c>

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See<00:14:00.220><c> those</c><00:14:00.539><c> grains</c><00:14:00.840><c> of</c><00:14:01.139><c> sand?</c>

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Count<00:14:02.379><c> them,</c><00:14:02.580><c> Moses.</c>

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Count<00:14:04.460><c> them.</c>

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That's<00:14:06.039><c> how</c><00:14:06.600><c> multitudinous</c><00:14:07.679><c> that</c><00:14:08.220><c> seed</c><00:14:08.519><c> will</c><00:14:08.860><c> be</c><00:14:09.120><c> of</c><00:14:09.320><c> Abraham</c>

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when<00:14:11.139><c> those</c><00:14:11.480><c> promises</c><00:14:11.860><c> are</c><00:14:12.200><c> fulfilled,</c>

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40<00:14:13.059><c> years</c><00:14:13.379><c> of</c><00:14:13.620><c> this.</c>

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Now<00:14:15.820><c> God</c><00:14:16.220><c> says,</c><00:14:16.539><c> Moses,</c><00:14:16.860><c> you're</c><00:14:17.120><c> ready.</c>

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And<00:14:18.440><c> what</c><00:14:18.740><c> had</c><00:14:19.000><c> happened?</c>

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Moses<00:14:20.159><c> said,</c><00:14:20.440><c> Oh,</c><00:14:21.019><c> Lord,</c><00:14:21.840><c> I</c><00:14:22.200><c> am</c><00:14:22.460><c> not</c><00:14:22.820><c> capable</c><00:14:23.379><c> of</c><00:14:23.659><c> going</c>

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before<00:14:24.299><c> Pharaoh.</c>

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He<00:14:25.000><c> had</c><00:14:25.259><c> been</c><00:14:25.460><c> beaten</c><00:14:25.659><c> down.</c>

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That's<00:14:27.980><c> the</c><00:14:28.139><c> thing,</c><00:14:28.480><c> glass.</c>

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He<00:14:28.919><c> had</c><00:14:29.240><c> emptied</c><00:14:29.620><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:14:31.620><c> now</c><00:14:31.980><c> God</c><00:14:32.320><c> can</c><00:14:32.559><c> work</c><00:14:32.820><c> through</c><00:14:33.100><c> him.</c>

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God<00:14:33.779><c> can't</c><00:14:34.139><c> work</c><00:14:34.419><c> through</c><00:14:34.639><c> a</c><00:14:34.799><c> vessel</c><00:14:35.059><c> that</c><00:14:35.259><c> is</c><00:14:35.480><c> full.</c>

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No.

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God<00:14:38.539><c> has</c><00:14:38.820><c> to</c><00:14:39.000><c> work</c><00:14:39.139><c> through</c><00:14:39.360><c> something</c><00:14:39.700><c> that's</c><00:14:40.059><c> empty,</c><00:14:41.379><c> that's</c><00:14:41.720><c> ready</c>

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to<00:14:42.320><c> let</c><00:14:42.500><c> that</c><00:14:42.899><c> Spirit</c><00:14:43.179><c> flow</c><00:14:43.539><c> through</c><00:14:43.940><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:14:46.860><c> we</c><00:14:47.120><c> see</c><00:14:47.440><c> Moses</c><00:14:47.960><c> going</c><00:14:48.379><c> into</c><00:14:48.759><c> the</c><00:14:49.419><c> presence</c><00:14:49.779><c> of</c><00:14:50.159><c> Pharaoh.</c>

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And<00:14:51.919><c> Moses,</c><00:14:52.580><c> because</c><00:14:52.919><c> he's</c><00:14:53.200><c> empty</c><00:14:53.519><c> of</c><00:14:53.740><c> Egypt,</c><00:14:54.980><c> speaks</c><00:14:55.320><c> the</c><00:14:55.620><c> word</c><00:14:55.820><c> of</c>

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God,<00:14:56.440><c> because</c><00:14:56.700><c> that's</c><00:14:57.039><c> all</c><00:14:57.259><c> that</c><00:14:57.519><c> is</c><00:14:57.779><c> in</c><00:14:58.059><c> him.</c>

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And<00:15:00.000><c> he</c><00:15:00.100><c> comes</c><00:15:00.480><c> to</c><00:15:00.740><c> them</c><00:15:01.080><c> with</c><00:15:01.460><c> the</c><00:15:01.720><c> cry</c><00:15:02.039><c> that</c><00:15:02.220><c> is</c><00:15:02.460><c> ringing</c><00:15:02.700><c> out</c>

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in<00:15:03.240><c> Russia</c><00:15:03.600><c> today,</c><00:15:04.639><c> let</c><00:15:05.100><c> my</c><00:15:05.860><c> people</c><00:15:06.240><c> go.</c>

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Pharaoh<00:15:09.220><c> resisted,</c><00:15:10.080><c> didn't</c><00:15:10.220><c> he?</c>

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And<00:15:12.860><c> the</c><00:15:13.100><c> consequence</c><00:15:13.600><c> was</c><00:15:14.039><c> that</c><00:15:14.259><c> after</c><00:15:14.519><c> many</c><00:15:14.779><c> attempts,</c><00:15:16.200><c> God</c>

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was<00:15:16.840><c> forced</c><00:15:17.159><c> to</c><00:15:17.360><c> move</c><00:15:17.519><c> into</c><00:15:17.740><c> the</c><00:15:17.980><c> picture.</c>

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And<00:15:19.899><c> Moses</c><00:15:20.279><c> was</c><00:15:20.580><c> to</c><00:15:20.740><c> show</c><00:15:21.039><c> Pharaoh</c><00:15:21.440><c> that</c><00:15:22.500><c> this</c><00:15:23.080><c> power</c><00:15:23.559><c> was</c><00:15:24.139><c> not</c>

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of<00:15:25.279><c> mortal</c><00:15:25.580><c> man.</c>

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And<00:15:26.539><c> how</c><00:15:26.960><c> we</c><00:15:27.440><c> need</c><00:15:27.659><c> to</c><00:15:28.100><c> realize</c><00:15:28.600><c> this,</c><00:15:29.059><c> glass,</c><00:15:29.559><c> whether</c><00:15:29.779><c> it's</c>

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our<00:15:30.200><c> eternal</c><00:15:30.600><c> salvation,</c>

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no<00:15:32.659><c> matter</c><00:15:32.919><c> what</c><00:15:33.220><c> avenue</c><00:15:33.500><c> we're</c><00:15:33.860><c> in,</c><00:15:34.659><c> we</c><00:15:35.019><c> must</c><00:15:35.379><c> remember</c><00:15:35.879><c> that</c>

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the<00:15:36.399><c> power</c><00:15:36.620><c> we</c><00:15:37.000><c> serve</c><00:15:37.279><c> is</c><00:15:37.559><c> not</c><00:15:37.799><c> of</c><00:15:38.059><c> mortal</c><00:15:38.299><c> man.</c>

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And<00:15:39.259><c> so</c><00:15:39.460><c> God</c><00:15:39.759><c> brought</c><00:15:40.100><c> those</c><00:15:40.480><c> ten</c><00:15:40.919><c> great</c><00:15:41.179><c> and</c><00:15:41.419><c> dreadful</c><00:15:41.879><c> plagues</c><00:15:42.299><c> upon</c>

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the<00:15:43.000><c> Egyptians.</c>

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And<00:15:44.220><c> every</c><00:15:44.659><c> one</c><00:15:44.820><c> of</c><00:15:44.919><c> those</c><00:15:45.259><c> plagues</c><00:15:45.519><c> was</c><00:15:45.820><c> aimed</c><00:15:46.120><c> at</c><00:15:46.320><c> one</c><00:15:46.480><c> of</c><00:15:46.600><c> the</c><00:15:46.759><c> gods</c><00:15:47.000><c> in</c>

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Egypt,<00:15:49.299><c> the</c><00:15:49.460><c> frog</c><00:15:49.740><c>-headed</c><00:15:49.960><c> goddess</c><00:15:50.460><c> Haika.</c>

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God<00:15:52.559><c> sent</c><00:15:52.940><c> a</c><00:15:53.279><c> multitude</c><00:15:53.759><c> of</c><00:15:54.100><c> frogs</c><00:15:54.340><c> into</c><00:15:54.600><c> the</c><00:15:54.879><c> land,</c><00:15:55.919><c> and</c><00:15:55.980><c> they</c>

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prayed<00:15:56.720><c> to</c><00:15:56.960><c> that</c><00:15:57.179><c> frog</c><00:15:57.500><c>-headed</c><00:15:57.679><c> goddess.</c>

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They<00:15:59.379><c> offered</c><00:15:59.659><c> the</c><00:16:00.000><c> sacrifices</c><00:16:00.559><c> that</c><00:16:00.779><c> was</c><00:16:00.940><c> necessary</c><00:16:01.460><c> to</c><00:16:01.639><c> that</c><00:16:01.759><c> frog</c><00:16:02.080><c>-headed</c><00:16:02.279><c> goddess,</c><00:16:03.679><c> but</c>

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nothing<00:16:04.379><c> happened.</c>

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After<00:16:06.539><c> they</c><00:16:06.759><c> had</c><00:16:07.100><c> seen</c><00:16:07.320><c> the</c><00:16:07.519><c> futility</c><00:16:08.080><c> of</c><00:16:08.440><c> praying</c><00:16:08.700><c> to</c><00:16:08.980><c> a</c><00:16:09.139><c> heathen</c><00:16:09.480><c> god,</c>

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God<00:16:11.000><c> says</c><00:16:11.320><c> to</c><00:16:11.519><c> Moses,</c>

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now<00:16:12.299><c> I'll</c><00:16:12.659><c> show</c><00:16:13.039><c> you</c><00:16:13.379><c> who</c><00:16:13.539><c> has</c><00:16:13.879><c> the</c><00:16:14.139><c> power.</c>

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And<00:16:14.759><c> he</c><00:16:14.919><c> pulled</c><00:16:15.220><c> them</c><00:16:15.460><c> back.</c>

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And<00:16:16.720><c> so</c><00:16:16.940><c> he</c><00:16:17.080><c> did</c><00:16:17.240><c> with</c><00:16:17.480><c> the</c><00:16:17.659><c> sun</c><00:16:17.899><c> god,</c><00:16:18.279><c> Raamon.</c>

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So<00:16:19.360><c> he</c><00:16:19.559><c> did</c><00:16:19.679><c> with</c><00:16:19.919><c> the</c><00:16:20.039><c> earth</c><00:16:20.259><c> god,</c><00:16:20.580><c> Keb.</c>

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So<00:16:21.580><c> he</c><00:16:21.740><c> did</c><00:16:21.879><c> with</c><00:16:22.120><c> every</c><00:16:22.419><c> one</c><00:16:22.559><c> of</c><00:16:22.639><c> those</c><00:16:23.039><c> deities</c><00:16:23.519><c> that</c><00:16:23.899><c> Egypt</c><00:16:24.240><c> worshipped.</c>

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And<00:16:26.879><c> then</c><00:16:27.080><c> the</c><00:16:27.460><c> final</c><00:16:28.019><c> stroke,</c><00:16:30.000><c> they</c><00:16:30.340><c> experienced</c><00:16:31.000><c> death.</c>

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Now<00:16:32.919><c> they</c><00:16:33.120><c> must</c><00:16:33.399><c> have</c><00:16:33.600><c> prayed</c><00:16:33.840><c> to</c><00:16:34.039><c> their</c><00:16:34.340><c> deities</c><00:16:34.720><c> to</c><00:16:34.980><c> restore</c>

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the<00:16:35.679><c> life</c><00:16:35.919><c> of</c><00:16:36.139><c> that</c><00:16:36.379><c> firstborn.</c>

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And<00:16:37.700><c> that</c><00:16:38.000><c> was</c><00:16:38.259><c> to</c><00:16:38.440><c> no</c><00:16:38.659><c> avail.</c>

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And<00:16:39.159><c> God</c><00:16:39.480><c> says,</c><00:16:40.159><c> now</c><00:16:40.320><c> I'll</c><00:16:40.659><c> show</c><00:16:41.019><c> you</c><00:16:41.200><c> who</c><00:16:41.379><c> can</c><00:16:41.659><c> save.</c>

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Israel<00:16:44.159><c> has</c><00:16:44.620><c> painted</c><00:16:44.960><c> the</c><00:16:45.360><c> doorposts</c><00:16:46.080><c> of</c><00:16:46.100><c> their</c><00:16:46.820><c> homes</c><00:16:47.519><c> with</c>

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the<00:16:47.919><c> blood</c><00:16:48.059><c> of</c><00:16:48.259><c> a</c><00:16:48.379><c> lamb.</c>

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And<00:16:50.320><c> that</c><00:16:50.740><c> is</c><00:16:51.059><c> the</c><00:16:51.279><c> symbol</c><00:16:51.620><c> of</c><00:16:52.000><c> future</c><00:16:52.860><c> brethren</c><00:16:53.399><c> of</c><00:16:53.639><c> Christ</c>

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that<00:16:54.440><c> will</c><00:16:54.659><c> paint</c><00:16:54.940><c> the</c><00:16:55.220><c> doorposts</c><00:16:55.899><c> of</c><00:16:55.980><c> their</c><00:16:56.340><c> heart</c>

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with<00:16:57.759><c> the</c><00:16:58.100><c> blood</c><00:16:58.240><c> of</c><00:16:58.500><c> the</c><00:16:58.679><c> slain</c><00:16:58.960><c> lamb.</c>

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And<00:17:00.139><c> that</c><00:17:00.740><c> will</c><00:17:01.159><c> deliver</c><00:17:01.620><c> them</c><00:17:02.080><c> from</c><00:17:02.740><c> the</c><00:17:03.039><c> angel</c><00:17:03.399><c> of</c><00:17:03.659><c> death.</c>

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I'm<00:17:05.059><c> going</c><00:17:05.180><c> to</c><00:17:05.420><c> show</c><00:17:05.579><c> you</c><00:17:05.799><c> a</c><00:17:05.980><c> greater</c><00:17:06.359><c> miracle</c><00:17:06.880><c> than</c><00:17:07.140><c> that,</c><00:17:07.640><c> Pharaoh.</c>

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You<00:17:08.420><c> see</c><00:17:08.720><c> that</c><00:17:08.980><c> Red</c><00:17:09.359><c> Sea</c><00:17:09.579><c> out</c><00:17:09.900><c> there?</c>

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I'm<00:17:10.380><c> going</c><00:17:10.539><c> to</c><00:17:10.779><c> take</c><00:17:10.940><c> the</c><00:17:11.099><c> nation</c><00:17:11.380><c> of</c><00:17:11.559><c> Israel</c><00:17:11.779><c> through</c><00:17:12.079><c> it.</c>

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And<00:17:14.359><c> the</c><00:17:14.900><c> Egyptians,</c><00:17:15.759><c> because,</c><00:17:16.819><c> class,</c><00:17:16.940><c> they</c><00:17:17.240><c> did</c><00:17:17.579><c> not</c><00:17:17.880><c> have</c>

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that<00:17:18.400><c> protective</c><00:17:19.059><c> custody</c><00:17:19.599><c> of</c><00:17:19.819><c> God,</c>

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when<00:17:21.819><c> they</c><00:17:22.319><c> tried</c><00:17:22.640><c> to</c><00:17:22.960><c> follow,</c><00:17:24.240><c> they</c><00:17:24.619><c> met</c><00:17:24.880><c> death.</c>

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What<00:17:27.180><c> a</c><00:17:27.440><c> first</c><00:17:27.859><c> principle</c><00:17:28.299><c> lesson</c><00:17:28.759><c> we</c><00:17:29.099><c> have</c><00:17:29.339><c> here.</c>

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But<00:17:30.359><c> we</c><00:17:30.519><c> must</c><00:17:30.759><c> hurry</c><00:17:31.059><c> on.</c>

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They<00:17:33.660><c> went</c><00:17:34.140><c> to</c><00:17:34.539><c> Mount</c><00:17:34.880><c> Sinai,</c><00:17:35.819><c> and</c><00:17:35.920><c> there</c><00:17:36.220><c> they</c><00:17:36.519><c> received</c><00:17:36.880><c> not</c>

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only<00:17:37.420><c> the</c><00:17:37.640><c> Ten</c><00:17:37.880><c> Commandments,</c>

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they<00:17:39.200><c> received</c><00:17:39.740><c> the</c><00:17:39.940><c> blueprint</c><00:17:40.359><c> of</c><00:17:40.559><c> the</c><00:17:40.700><c> Kingdom</c><00:17:41.000><c> of</c><00:17:41.180><c> God</c><00:17:41.460><c> in</c>

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what<00:17:41.799><c> we</c><00:17:42.019><c> know</c><00:17:42.279><c> today</c><00:17:42.599><c> as</c><00:17:42.819><c> the</c><00:17:43.059><c> Tabernacle.</c>

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We<00:17:44.460><c> do</c><00:17:44.740><c> not</c><00:17:44.940><c> have</c><00:17:45.200><c> time</c><00:17:45.579><c> to</c><00:17:45.779><c> dwell</c><00:17:46.079><c> there</c><00:17:46.400><c> today.</c>

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We<00:17:47.019><c> have</c><00:17:47.299><c> been</c><00:17:47.519><c> through</c><00:17:47.779><c> this,</c><00:17:48.299><c> but</c><00:17:48.460><c> when</c><00:17:48.700><c> we</c><00:17:48.960><c> come</c><00:17:49.180><c> to</c><00:17:49.440><c> Exodus</c>

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and<00:17:50.059><c> Leviticus,</c>

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we<00:17:51.039><c> will</c><00:17:51.240><c> go</c><00:17:51.440><c> into</c><00:17:51.680><c> great</c><00:17:51.960><c> detail</c><00:17:52.519><c> with</c><00:17:52.720><c> what</c><00:17:52.940><c> a</c><00:17:53.200><c> beautiful</c><00:17:53.559><c> picture</c><00:17:53.980><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:54.279><c> Kingdom</c><00:17:54.559><c> of</c><00:17:54.859><c> God</c><00:17:55.220><c> that</c><00:17:55.559><c> Tabernacle</c><00:17:56.220><c> is.</c>

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A<00:17:57.220><c> blueprint,</c><00:17:57.700><c> if</c><00:17:57.920><c> you</c><00:17:58.099><c> will,</c><00:17:58.279><c> of</c><00:17:58.440><c> the</c><00:17:58.599><c> future</c><00:17:58.920><c> age.</c>

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Then<00:18:00.799><c> they</c><00:18:01.220><c> journey</c><00:18:01.500><c> on.</c><00:18:01.819><c> They</c><00:18:02.039><c> begin</c><00:18:02.279><c> their</c><00:18:02.599><c> journey</c><00:18:02.859><c> on</c><00:18:03.299><c> into</c><00:18:03.599><c> the</c>

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promised<00:18:04.220><c> land.</c>

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Eleven<00:18:06.339><c> days,</c><00:18:07.140><c> class,</c><00:18:07.279><c> think</c><00:18:07.539><c> of</c><00:18:07.740><c> it.</c>

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Eleven<00:18:09.579><c> days</c><00:18:10.119><c> from</c><00:18:10.339><c> their</c><00:18:10.619><c> goal,</c><00:18:12.359><c> they</c><00:18:13.799><c> suddenly</c><00:18:14.420><c> get</c><00:18:14.740><c> the</c><00:18:15.039><c> idea</c><00:18:15.640><c> that</c><00:18:15.880><c> they're</c><00:18:16.180><c> not</c><00:18:16.500><c> going</c><00:18:16.859><c> to</c>

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believe<00:18:17.539><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:18.160><c> they</c><00:18:18.359><c> said,</c><00:18:18.480><c> we</c><00:18:18.660><c> don't</c><00:18:19.000><c> believe</c><00:18:19.359><c> you.</c>

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We're<00:18:20.099><c> going</c><00:18:20.339><c> to</c><00:18:20.619><c> send</c><00:18:20.799><c> spies</c><00:18:21.339><c> into</c><00:18:21.619><c> the</c><00:18:21.859><c> land</c><00:18:22.000><c> to</c><00:18:22.220><c> see</c><00:18:22.279><c> if</c><00:18:22.420><c> you've</c><00:18:22.599><c> been</c><00:18:22.839><c> telling</c><00:18:22.960><c> us</c>

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the<00:18:23.380><c> truth,</c><00:18:23.720><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:26.099><c> they</c><00:18:26.579><c> found</c><00:18:26.920><c> out</c><00:18:27.160><c> that</c><00:18:27.240><c> he</c><00:18:27.359><c> had</c><00:18:27.599><c> been</c><00:18:27.799><c> telling</c><00:18:28.059><c> them</c><00:18:28.279><c> the</c><00:18:28.519><c> truth.</c>

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God<00:18:32.720><c> says,</c><00:18:33.180><c> that's</c><00:18:33.259><c> fine.</c><00:18:33.680><c> You</c><00:18:33.779><c> found</c><00:18:34.119><c> out</c><00:18:34.319><c> that</c><00:18:34.460><c> I</c><00:18:34.680><c> wasn't</c><00:18:34.940><c> lying</c><00:18:35.259><c> to</c><00:18:35.539><c> you.</c>

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But<00:18:36.779><c> because</c><00:18:37.200><c> of</c><00:18:37.400><c> your</c><00:18:37.619><c> unbelief,</c><00:18:39.680><c> every</c><00:18:39.960><c> one</c><00:18:40.240><c> of</c><00:18:40.400><c> you</c><00:18:40.539><c> from</c>

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20<00:18:41.079><c> years</c><00:18:41.420><c> old</c><00:18:41.619><c> and</c><00:18:41.839><c> upwards,</c>

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you're<00:18:42.660><c> going</c><00:18:42.839><c> to</c><00:18:43.200><c> die</c><00:18:43.599><c> in</c><00:18:43.799><c> this</c><00:18:44.000><c> wilderness.</c>

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And<00:18:45.279><c> you</c><00:18:45.380><c> know</c><00:18:45.519><c> something</c><00:18:45.799><c> very</c><00:18:46.200><c> interesting,</c><00:18:46.880><c> class,</c><00:18:47.000><c> in</c><00:18:47.140><c> that</c><00:18:47.259><c> 14th</c><00:18:47.920><c> chapter</c><00:18:48.099><c> of</c><00:18:48.319><c> Numbers,</c>

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we<00:18:49.180><c> have</c><00:18:49.380><c> two</c><00:18:49.700><c> oaths</c><00:18:50.079><c> that</c><00:18:50.200><c> are</c><00:18:50.339><c> given.</c>

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God<00:18:52.660><c> says</c><00:18:52.980><c> to</c><00:18:53.180><c> Israel,</c><00:18:53.720><c> as</c><00:18:53.720><c> truly</c><00:18:54.019><c> as</c><00:18:54.240><c> I</c><00:18:54.420><c> live,</c><00:18:55.660><c> you</c><00:18:55.960><c> shall</c><00:18:56.519><c> not</c>

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enter<00:18:57.160><c> that</c><00:18:57.440><c> land.</c>

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Only<00:19:01.299><c> Caleb</c><00:19:01.619><c> and</c><00:19:01.759><c> Joshua</c><00:19:02.460><c> of</c><00:19:03.680><c> this</c><00:19:03.900><c> group</c><00:19:04.180><c> here,</c><00:19:04.720><c> of</c><00:19:04.900><c> 20</c><00:19:05.059><c> years</c>

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old<00:19:05.519><c> and</c><00:19:05.640><c> upwards,</c><00:19:05.900><c> are</c><00:19:05.960><c> going</c><00:19:06.220><c> into</c><00:19:06.460><c> that</c><00:19:06.700><c> land.</c>

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But<00:19:08.299><c> you</c><00:19:08.539><c> shall</c><00:19:08.839><c> not</c><00:19:09.079><c> enter</c><00:19:09.279><c> it.</c>

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And<00:19:11.119><c> in</c><00:19:11.220><c> that</c><00:19:11.440><c> very</c><00:19:11.759><c> same</c><00:19:11.980><c> chapter,</c><00:19:12.480><c> God</c><00:19:12.759><c> goes</c><00:19:13.119><c> to</c><00:19:13.359><c> the</c><00:19:13.539><c> other</c>

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end<00:19:14.359><c> of</c><00:19:14.539><c> the</c><00:19:14.819><c> pole,</c>

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and<00:19:15.319><c> he</c><00:19:15.680><c> says,</c><00:19:16.640><c> as</c><00:19:16.640><c> truly</c><00:19:16.980><c> as</c><00:19:17.119><c> I</c><00:19:17.259><c> live,</c><00:19:17.680><c> all</c><00:19:17.759><c> the</c><00:19:17.940><c> earth</c><00:19:18.759><c> shall</c>

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be<00:19:19.640><c> filled</c><00:19:20.039><c> with</c><00:19:20.299><c> the</c><00:19:20.579><c> glory</c><00:19:20.819><c> of</c><00:19:21.019><c> the</c><00:19:21.160><c> Lord,</c>

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as<00:19:21.579><c> the</c><00:19:21.759><c> waters</c><00:19:21.960><c> cover</c><00:19:22.200><c> the</c><00:19:22.440><c> sea.</c>

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That's<00:19:24.160><c> probably</c><00:19:24.680><c> two</c><00:19:25.220><c> of</c><00:19:25.380><c> the</c><00:19:25.920><c> farthest</c><00:19:26.440><c> removed</c><00:19:26.880><c> oaths</c><00:19:27.440><c> that</c><00:19:27.559><c> are</c>

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in<00:19:27.839><c> the</c><00:19:28.000><c> Bible,</c>

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and<00:19:28.460><c> they're</c><00:19:28.619><c> in</c><00:19:28.819><c> the</c><00:19:28.980><c> same</c><00:19:29.240><c> chapter.</c>

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How<00:19:30.319><c> interesting</c><00:19:30.880><c> that</c><00:19:31.160><c> is.</c>

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Well,<00:19:33.039><c> we</c><00:19:33.140><c> know</c><00:19:33.400><c> that</c><00:19:34.480><c> Moses,</c><00:19:36.140><c> in</c><00:19:36.140><c> a</c><00:19:36.420><c> fit</c><00:19:36.480><c> of</c><00:19:36.720><c> anger,</c><00:19:38.079><c> in</c><00:19:38.220><c> the</c>

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weakness<00:19:38.619><c> of</c><00:19:38.940><c> flesh,</c>

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committed<00:19:41.500><c> a</c><00:19:41.759><c> sin</c><00:19:41.960><c> where</c><00:19:42.140><c> he</c><00:19:42.259><c> took</c><00:19:42.460><c> the</c><00:19:42.740><c> glory</c><00:19:42.940><c> to</c><00:19:43.180><c> himself,</c>

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and<00:19:44.640><c> in</c><00:19:44.920><c> type,</c><00:19:45.740><c> he</c><00:19:45.839><c> crucified</c><00:19:46.460><c> the</c><00:19:46.700><c> Lord</c><00:19:46.940><c> Jesus</c><00:19:47.339><c> Christ</c><00:19:47.740><c> afresh,</c>

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and<00:19:49.940><c> he</c><00:19:50.119><c> was</c><00:19:50.319><c> not</c><00:19:50.500><c> permitted</c><00:19:50.839><c> an</c><00:19:51.119><c> entrance</c><00:19:51.339><c> into</c><00:19:51.559><c> that</c><00:19:51.799><c> land</c>

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of<00:19:52.279><c> promise.</c>

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And<00:19:53.240><c> that</c><00:19:53.519><c> still</c><00:19:53.839><c> holds</c><00:19:54.160><c> a</c><00:19:54.500><c> very,</c><00:19:54.920><c> very</c><00:19:55.440><c> wonderful</c><00:19:55.839><c> lesson</c>

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for<00:19:56.400><c> us,</c>

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because<00:19:57.980><c> it</c><00:19:58.220><c> tells</c><00:19:58.480><c> us,</c><00:19:58.839><c> class,</c><00:19:59.059><c> that</c><00:19:59.220><c> we</c><00:19:59.359><c> will</c><00:19:59.619><c> never</c><00:19:59.839><c> get</c><00:20:00.059><c> into</c><00:20:00.279><c> the</c><00:20:00.519><c> land</c><00:20:00.740><c> of</c><00:20:01.099><c> promise</c>

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under<00:20:02.180><c> the</c><00:20:02.579><c> provision</c><00:20:02.940><c> of</c><00:20:03.160><c> the</c><00:20:03.319><c> law</c><00:20:03.480><c> of</c><00:20:03.759><c> Moses,</c>

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that<00:20:05.920><c> we</c><00:20:06.180><c> must</c><00:20:06.480><c> be</c><00:20:06.759><c> led</c><00:20:06.980><c> in</c><00:20:07.180><c> as</c><00:20:07.400><c> Israel</c><00:20:07.759><c> was</c><00:20:08.000><c> led</c><00:20:08.279><c> in</c><00:20:08.519><c> by</c><00:20:08.880><c> Joshua,</c>

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or<00:20:12.220><c> Jesus,</c><00:20:12.900><c> as</c><00:20:13.240><c> it</c><00:20:13.359><c> is</c><00:20:13.640><c> in</c><00:20:13.799><c> the</c><00:20:13.859><c> New</c><00:20:14.079><c> Testament.</c>

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And<00:20:15.680><c> so</c><00:20:15.940><c> Joshua</c><00:20:16.460><c> was</c><00:20:16.839><c> led,</c><00:20:17.299><c> the</c><00:20:17.640><c> children</c><00:20:18.019><c> of</c><00:20:18.220><c> Israel,</c><00:20:18.940><c> into</c>

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the<00:20:19.839><c> land</c><00:20:20.140><c> of</c><00:20:20.599><c> promise</c><00:20:20.960><c> and</c><00:20:21.259><c> hope.</c>

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Now,<00:20:22.900><c> we</c><00:20:23.039><c> must</c><00:20:23.299><c> move</c><00:20:23.539><c> rapidly.</c>

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And<00:20:24.819><c> for</c><00:20:25.099><c> 450</c><00:20:25.960><c> years,</c><00:20:26.880><c> the</c><00:20:26.980><c> children</c><00:20:27.299><c> of</c><00:20:27.460><c> Israel</c><00:20:27.940><c> were</c><00:20:28.380><c> governed</c><00:20:29.000><c> by</c><00:20:29.920><c> judges.</c>

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There<00:20:31.599><c> were</c><00:20:31.759><c> some</c><00:20:32.000><c> 13</c><00:20:32.440><c> of</c><00:20:32.559><c> these</c><00:20:32.759><c> judges,</c><00:20:34.220><c> and</c><00:20:34.660><c> they</c><00:20:35.000><c> ruled</c><00:20:35.200><c> over</c><00:20:35.460><c> Israel</c><00:20:35.759><c> for</c><00:20:35.940><c> that</c><00:20:36.119><c> period</c><00:20:36.380><c> of</c><00:20:36.640><c> time,</c>

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and<00:20:37.559><c> then</c><00:20:37.920><c> Israel</c><00:20:38.579><c> chose</c><00:20:39.119><c> to</c><00:20:39.339><c> have</c><00:20:39.500><c> a</c><00:20:39.700><c> king.</c>

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Their<00:20:41.579><c> first</c><00:20:41.960><c> king</c><00:20:42.660><c> was</c><00:20:43.279><c> Saul.</c>

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Their<00:20:45.000><c> second</c><00:20:45.420><c> king</c><00:20:45.819><c> was</c><00:20:46.319><c> Solomon.</c>

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And<00:20:48.420><c> their</c><00:20:48.880><c> third</c><00:20:49.299><c> king,</c><00:20:50.160><c> their</c><00:20:50.720><c> second</c><00:20:51.140><c> king</c><00:20:51.359><c> was</c><00:20:51.660><c> David,</c>

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excuse<00:20:52.519><c> me,</c>

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I<00:20:53.059><c> made</c><00:20:53.240><c> a</c><00:20:53.460><c> gross</c><00:20:53.680><c> error</c><00:20:53.940><c> there.</c>

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Their<00:20:54.680><c> first</c><00:20:55.000><c> king</c><00:20:55.180><c> was</c><00:20:55.440><c> Saul,</c><00:20:56.180><c> their</c><00:20:56.359><c> second</c><00:20:56.700><c> king</c><00:20:56.940><c> was</c><00:20:57.140><c> David,</c>

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and<00:20:58.220><c> their</c><00:20:58.400><c> third</c><00:20:58.700><c> king</c><00:20:58.960><c> was</c><00:20:59.259><c> Solomon.</c>

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They<00:21:00.740><c> rose</c><00:21:01.039><c> to</c><00:21:01.220><c> their</c><00:21:01.480><c> heights</c><00:21:01.779><c> under</c><00:21:02.099><c> King</c><00:21:02.359><c> David.</c>

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They<00:21:03.539><c> became</c><00:21:03.839><c> a</c><00:21:04.240><c> mighty</c><00:21:04.559><c> and</c><00:21:04.960><c> prosperous</c><00:21:05.359><c> nation.</c>

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They<00:21:06.660><c> were</c><00:21:07.099><c> the</c><00:21:07.500><c> depository,</c><00:21:08.440><c> or</c><00:21:08.900><c> the</c><00:21:09.200><c> depository,</c><00:21:10.000><c> we</c><00:21:10.119><c> should</c><00:21:10.339><c> say,</c>

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of<00:21:11.440><c> the</c><00:21:11.660><c> very</c><00:21:12.039><c> oracles</c><00:21:12.519><c> of</c><00:21:12.819><c> God.</c>

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They<00:21:14.019><c> were</c><00:21:14.380><c> a</c><00:21:14.519><c> picture</c><00:21:14.920><c> of</c><00:21:15.140><c> what</c><00:21:15.440><c> the</c><00:21:15.700><c> kingdom</c><00:21:16.019><c> of</c><00:21:16.299><c> God</c><00:21:16.500><c> is</c><00:21:16.660><c> going</c><00:21:16.980><c> to</c><00:21:17.220><c> be.</c>

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I<00:21:17.960><c> say</c><00:21:18.180><c> they</c><00:21:18.420><c> were</c><00:21:18.900><c> a</c><00:21:19.359><c> picture</c><00:21:19.539><c> in</c><00:21:19.839><c> Minotaur,</c>

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of<00:21:21.220><c> what</c><00:21:21.519><c> the</c><00:21:21.740><c> kingdom</c><00:21:22.000><c> of</c><00:21:22.200><c> God</c><00:21:22.480><c> will</c><00:21:22.660><c> be</c><00:21:22.880><c> when</c><00:21:23.079><c> the</c><00:21:23.359><c> ancient</c>

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kingdom<00:21:24.119><c> of</c><00:21:24.339><c> Israel</c><00:21:24.579><c> will</c><00:21:24.900><c> be</c><00:21:25.079><c> restored,</c>

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and<00:21:26.279><c> David's</c><00:21:26.799><c> greater</c><00:21:27.079><c> son</c><00:21:27.460><c> rules</c><00:21:27.900><c> in</c><00:21:28.119><c> their</c><00:21:28.339><c> midst.</c>

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But<00:21:30.400><c> that</c><00:21:30.640><c> did</c><00:21:30.900><c> not</c><00:21:31.220><c> last.</c>

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Because<00:21:32.940><c> under</c><00:21:33.460><c> Solomon's</c><00:21:34.259><c> son</c><00:21:34.380><c> Rehoboam,</c><00:21:35.980><c> the</c><00:21:36.160><c> kingdom</c>

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divided<00:21:37.119><c> itself.</c>

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Ten<00:21:39.160><c> tribes</c><00:21:39.799><c> went</c><00:21:40.119><c> to</c><00:21:40.319><c> the</c><00:21:40.440><c> north.</c>

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Two<00:21:42.700><c> tribes</c><00:21:43.180><c> remained</c><00:21:43.740><c> in</c><00:21:43.940><c> the</c><00:21:44.079><c> city</c><00:21:44.319><c> of</c><00:21:44.579><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Those<00:21:47.619><c> ten</c><00:21:47.920><c> tribes</c><00:21:48.259><c> that</c><00:21:48.480><c> went</c><00:21:48.599><c> to</c><00:21:48.799><c> the</c><00:21:48.960><c> north</c><00:21:50.559><c> strayed</c><00:21:51.220><c> further</c><00:21:51.819><c> and</c>

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further<00:21:52.759><c> away</c><00:21:53.539><c> from</c><00:21:54.019><c> the</c><00:21:54.220><c> things</c><00:21:54.380><c> of</c><00:21:54.619><c> God.</c>

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They<00:21:56.279><c> sunk</c><00:21:56.539><c> so</c><00:21:56.940><c> deep</c><00:21:57.279><c> into</c><00:21:57.740><c> idolatry</c><00:21:59.079><c> that</c><00:21:59.619><c> they</c><00:21:59.859><c> became</c><00:22:00.160><c> a</c><00:22:00.380><c> very</c><00:22:00.859><c> stench</c><00:22:01.279><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:01.599><c> nations</c><00:22:01.960><c> round</c><00:22:02.339><c> about</c><00:22:02.660><c> them.</c>

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135<00:22:05.740><c> years</c><00:22:06.539><c> later,</c><00:22:08.500><c> their</c><00:22:08.720><c> sister,</c><00:22:10.000><c> the</c><00:22:10.200><c> kingdom</c><00:22:10.480><c> of</c><00:22:10.759><c> Judah,</c>

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did<00:22:11.759><c> identically</c><00:22:12.400><c> the</c><00:22:12.619><c> same</c><00:22:12.920><c> thing.</c>

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The<00:22:14.720><c> ten</c><00:22:15.000><c>-tribe</c><00:22:15.319><c> kingdom</c><00:22:15.740><c> was</c><00:22:16.180><c> taken</c><00:22:16.740><c> captive</c><00:22:17.180><c> by</c><00:22:17.859><c> Shalmaneser,</c><00:22:18.720><c> king</c><00:22:18.980><c> of</c><00:22:19.160><c> Assyria.</c>

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But<00:22:21.079><c> the</c><00:22:21.339><c> two</c><00:22:21.559><c>-tribe</c><00:22:22.000><c> kingdom</c><00:22:22.299><c> was</c><00:22:22.599><c> taken</c><00:22:22.940><c> captive</c><00:22:23.680><c> by</c><00:22:24.660><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:22:26.019><c> king</c>

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of<00:22:26.599><c> Babylon.</c>

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Now<00:22:28.799><c> we</c><00:22:28.960><c> have</c><00:22:29.079><c> something</c><00:22:29.359><c> quite</c><00:22:29.660><c> interesting</c><00:22:30.200><c> here.</c>

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Even<00:22:31.400><c> though</c><00:22:31.579><c> it's</c><00:22:31.759><c> 135</c><00:22:32.480><c> years</c><00:22:33.019><c> apart,</c><00:22:34.740><c> because</c><00:22:35.440><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:22:37.500><c> conquered</c><00:22:38.059><c> Assyria,</c>

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we<00:22:40.420><c> have</c><00:22:40.680><c> both</c><00:22:41.059><c> the</c><00:22:41.299><c> ten</c><00:22:41.519><c> tribes</c><00:22:41.940><c> and</c><00:22:42.180><c> the</c><00:22:42.380><c> two</c><00:22:42.579><c> tribes</c><00:22:42.960><c> under</c>

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the<00:22:43.559><c> complete</c><00:22:44.000><c> control</c><00:22:44.940><c> of</c><00:22:45.839><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

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So<00:22:47.539><c> you</c><00:22:47.759><c> see</c><00:22:47.940><c> the</c><00:22:48.160><c> ten</c><00:22:48.380><c> tribes</c><00:22:48.720><c> were</c><00:22:49.000><c> not</c><00:22:49.240><c> lost.</c><00:22:50.140><c> They</c><00:22:50.279><c> were</c><00:22:50.480><c> all</c><00:22:50.779><c> identically</c><00:22:51.339><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:51.640><c> same</c><00:22:51.859><c> place.</c>

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They<00:22:52.819><c> were</c><00:22:53.019><c> under</c><00:22:53.200><c> the</c><00:22:53.539><c> protective</c><00:22:54.099><c> custody</c><00:22:54.619><c> of</c><00:22:55.019><c> one</c><00:22:55.299><c> individual,</c><00:22:56.420><c> namely</c><00:22:56.839><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

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This<00:22:58.559><c> is</c><00:22:58.819><c> the</c><00:22:58.920><c> reason</c><00:22:59.180><c> that</c><00:22:59.380><c> when</c><00:22:59.539><c> they</c><00:22:59.779><c> returned</c><00:23:00.319><c> to</c><00:23:00.640><c> restore</c>

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the<00:23:04.220><c> temple,</c>

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that<00:23:05.619><c> all</c><00:23:06.099><c> twelve</c><00:23:06.579><c> tribes</c><00:23:07.119><c> returned.</c>

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You<00:23:08.839><c> find</c><00:23:09.519><c> the</c><00:23:10.000><c> record</c><00:23:10.299><c> of</c><00:23:10.519><c> this</c><00:23:11.119><c> in</c><00:23:11.380><c> Ezra</c><00:23:12.039><c> and</c><00:23:12.519><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:23:14.099 --> 00:23:17.500
Now<00:23:14.579><c> we're</c><00:23:14.740><c> getting</c><00:23:15.019><c> just</c><00:23:15.259><c> a</c><00:23:15.440><c> little</c><00:23:15.619><c> bit</c><00:23:15.819><c> ahead</c><00:23:16.000><c> of</c><00:23:16.200><c> our</c><00:23:16.519><c> story.</c>

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Because<00:23:18.500><c> you</c><00:23:18.799><c> see,</c><00:23:20.140><c> when</c><00:23:20.559><c> those</c><00:23:21.000><c> two</c><00:23:21.380><c> tribes</c><00:23:21.880><c> were</c><00:23:22.200><c> taken</c>

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into<00:23:22.779><c> captivity,</c>

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when<00:23:25.259><c> they</c><00:23:25.460><c> were</c><00:23:25.599><c> taken</c><00:23:25.839><c> into</c><00:23:26.160><c> captivity</c><00:23:26.700><c> by</c><00:23:27.119><c> the</c><00:23:27.480><c> Babylon's</c>

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king,<00:23:28.220><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c>

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something<00:23:30.319><c> happened</c><00:23:30.819><c> which</c><00:23:31.000><c> is</c><00:23:31.259><c> very</c><00:23:31.559><c> interesting.</c>

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:36.720
Because<00:23:33.460><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:23:34.480><c> had</c><00:23:34.920><c> just</c><00:23:35.559><c> conquered</c><00:23:35.980><c> the</c><00:23:36.279><c> world.</c>

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He<00:23:37.420><c> was</c><00:23:37.700><c> the</c><00:23:37.900><c> first</c><00:23:38.259><c> universal</c><00:23:38.940><c> empire.</c><00:23:39.779><c> He</c><00:23:40.019><c> had</c><00:23:40.319><c> defeated</c><00:23:40.740><c> Assyria.</c>

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And<00:23:42.480><c> because</c><00:23:42.960><c> he</c><00:23:43.099><c> had</c><00:23:43.579><c> conquered</c><00:23:44.380><c> Babylon,</c><00:23:45.839><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c>

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was<00:23:46.819><c> very,</c><00:23:47.299><c> very</c><00:23:47.680><c> anxious</c>

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to<00:23:49.799><c> have</c><00:23:50.079><c> the</c><00:23:50.319><c> best</c><00:23:50.640><c> ruling</c><00:23:51.019><c> power</c><00:23:51.460><c> in</c><00:23:51.700><c> the</c><00:23:51.859><c> world.</c>

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He<00:23:52.400><c> needed</c><00:23:52.740><c> it.</c><00:23:52.940><c> It</c><00:23:53.019><c> was</c><00:23:53.359><c> compulsory</c><00:23:53.960><c> for</c><00:23:54.240><c> him.</c>

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And<00:23:56.119><c> so</c><00:23:56.299><c> when</c><00:23:56.460><c> he</c><00:23:56.680><c> had</c><00:23:56.980><c> taken</c><00:23:57.240><c> these</c><00:23:57.680><c> captives</c><00:23:58.200><c> out</c><00:23:58.519><c> of</c><00:23:58.779><c> Judah,</c>

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there<00:24:00.000><c> were</c><00:24:00.380><c> four</c><00:24:00.859><c> in</c><00:24:01.160><c> that</c><00:24:01.599><c> group</c><00:24:01.960><c> that</c><00:24:02.220><c> were</c><00:24:02.920><c> renowned</c><00:24:03.519><c> for</c>

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their<00:24:04.019><c> wisdom.</c>

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They<00:24:06.259><c> were</c><00:24:06.660><c> renowned</c><00:24:07.140><c> for</c><00:24:07.359><c> their</c><00:24:07.640><c> wisdom.</c>

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And<00:24:09.220><c> they</c><00:24:09.420><c> were</c><00:24:09.680><c> Daniel,</c><00:24:11.799><c> Michiel,</c><00:24:13.099><c> notice</c><00:24:13.380><c> the</c><00:24:13.680><c> titles</c><00:24:13.920><c> of</c>

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deity<00:24:14.519><c> class,</c>

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Daniel,<00:24:18.240><c> Michiel,</c><00:24:20.240><c> Hananiah,</c><00:24:22.420><c> and</c><00:24:22.660><c> Azariah.</c>

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Now<00:24:25.079><c> commonly</c><00:24:25.519><c> they</c><00:24:25.779><c> are</c><00:24:26.079><c> known</c><00:24:26.380><c> by</c><00:24:27.059><c> Shadrach,</c><00:24:28.200><c> Meshach,</c><00:24:29.240><c> Abednego,</c><00:24:30.519><c> and</c><00:24:30.940><c> Belteshazzar.</c>

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:37.259
Now<00:24:33.460><c> these</c><00:24:33.819><c> four</c><00:24:34.519><c> people</c><00:24:35.380><c> are</c><00:24:35.799><c> taken</c><00:24:36.180><c> into</c><00:24:36.579><c> captivity</c>

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and<00:24:37.940><c> they</c><00:24:38.380><c> are</c><00:24:38.380><c> placed</c><00:24:38.759><c> in</c><00:24:39.119><c> the</c><00:24:39.359><c> courts</c><00:24:39.640><c> of</c><00:24:39.940><c> Babylon.</c>

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And<00:24:41.940><c> shortly</c><00:24:42.240><c> after</c><00:24:42.660><c> they</c><00:24:42.859><c> were</c><00:24:43.039><c> taken</c><00:24:43.319><c> into</c><00:24:43.640><c> that</c><00:24:43.940><c> captivity,</c>

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:47.900
Nebuchadnezzar<00:24:46.240><c> one</c><00:24:46.440><c> night</c><00:24:46.680><c> had</c><00:24:46.900><c> a</c><00:24:47.099><c> dream.</c>

00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:50.359
And<00:24:48.400><c> that</c><00:24:48.640><c> dream</c><00:24:48.920><c> troubled</c><00:24:49.339><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

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He<00:24:50.859><c> could</c><00:24:51.240><c> not</c><00:24:51.559><c> sleep.</c>

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And<00:24:54.059><c> he</c><00:24:54.359><c> calls</c><00:24:54.799><c> in</c><00:24:55.160><c> his</c><00:24:55.539><c> wise</c><00:24:55.920><c> men</c><00:24:56.180><c> and</c><00:24:56.380><c> he</c><00:24:56.539><c> asks</c><00:24:56.779><c> for</c><00:24:56.900><c> an</c><00:24:57.160><c> explanation</c><00:24:57.660><c> of</c>

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that<00:24:58.079><c> dream.</c>

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He<00:24:58.960><c> said,</c><00:24:59.220><c> this</c><00:24:59.240><c> is</c><00:24:59.400><c> no</c><00:24:59.559><c> ordinary</c><00:25:00.019><c> dream.</c>

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The<00:25:01.319><c> gods</c><00:25:01.660><c> have</c><00:25:01.900><c> spoken</c><00:25:02.200><c> to</c><00:25:02.359><c> me,</c><00:25:02.539><c> I'm</c><00:25:02.779><c> sure.</c>

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I<00:25:03.619><c> can't</c><00:25:04.019><c> forget</c><00:25:04.240><c> it.</c>

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I'm<00:25:06.319><c> the</c><00:25:06.619><c> wise</c><00:25:06.960><c> man</c><00:25:07.200><c> in</c><00:25:07.420><c> the</c><00:25:07.619><c> courts</c><00:25:07.799><c> of</c><00:25:08.099><c> Babylon.</c>

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Now<00:25:08.740><c> let's</c><00:25:09.019><c> try</c><00:25:09.359><c> to</c><00:25:09.640><c> get</c><00:25:09.900><c> this</c><00:25:10.380><c> picture.</c>

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Let's<00:25:12.740><c> try</c><00:25:13.000><c> to</c><00:25:13.299><c> realize,</c><00:25:14.180><c> for</c><00:25:14.420><c> instance,</c>

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that<00:25:14.900><c> this</c><00:25:15.119><c> could</c><00:25:15.279><c> be</c><00:25:15.519><c> the</c><00:25:15.819><c> courts</c><00:25:16.220><c> that</c><00:25:16.880><c> are</c><00:25:17.160><c> of</c><00:25:17.359><c> the</c><00:25:17.619><c> United</c>

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States<00:25:18.240><c> of</c><00:25:18.440><c> America.</c>

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President<00:25:20.779><c> Jimmy</c><00:25:21.180><c> Carter</c><00:25:21.740><c> leaning</c><00:25:22.359><c> on</c><00:25:22.799><c> the</c><00:25:22.980><c> arm</c><00:25:23.180><c> of</c><00:25:23.480><c> flesh.</c>

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Any<00:25:24.859><c> dictator</c><00:25:25.400><c> in</c><00:25:25.599><c> the</c><00:25:25.759><c> world</c><00:25:26.099><c> leaning</c><00:25:26.579><c> on</c><00:25:26.900><c> the</c><00:25:27.099><c> arm</c><00:25:27.259><c> of</c><00:25:27.539><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:25:28.819><c> that's</c><00:25:29.140><c> exactly</c><00:25:29.539><c> what</c><00:25:29.740><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:25:30.359><c> was</c><00:25:30.500><c> doing.</c>

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He<00:25:31.079><c> was</c><00:25:31.440><c> leaning</c><00:25:31.779><c> on</c><00:25:32.119><c> the</c><00:25:32.299><c> arm</c><00:25:32.460><c> of</c><00:25:32.700><c> flesh.</c>

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The<00:25:33.480><c> wisest</c><00:25:33.859><c> men</c><00:25:34.059><c> in</c><00:25:34.200><c> the</c><00:25:34.380><c> land,</c><00:25:34.599><c> of</c><00:25:34.779><c> course.</c>

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But<00:25:35.779><c> leaning</c><00:25:36.400><c> on</c><00:25:37.099><c> the</c><00:25:37.440><c> arm</c><00:25:37.799><c> of</c><00:25:38.180><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:25:40.119><c> he</c><00:25:40.240><c> tells</c><00:25:40.519><c> his</c><00:25:40.799><c> arm</c><00:25:41.019><c> of</c><00:25:41.240><c> flesh,</c><00:25:42.799><c> I</c><00:25:42.799><c> must</c><00:25:43.079><c> have</c><00:25:43.299><c> the</c><00:25:43.460><c> answer.</c>

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:49.900
Now<00:25:45.940><c> King,</c><00:25:47.980><c> tell</c><00:25:48.119><c> us</c><00:25:48.319><c> what</c><00:25:48.539><c> you</c><00:25:48.880><c> dreamed.</c>

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And<00:25:50.640><c> then</c><00:25:50.740><c> we'll</c><00:25:50.940><c> give</c><00:25:51.160><c> you</c><00:25:51.339><c> the</c><00:25:51.539><c> answer.</c>

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But<00:25:52.900><c> you</c><00:25:53.039><c> see,</c><00:25:53.299><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:25:54.079><c> has</c><00:25:54.319><c> not</c><00:25:54.559><c> gone</c><00:25:54.839><c> down</c><00:25:55.299><c> in</c><00:25:55.519><c> the</c>

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annals<00:25:55.920><c> of</c><00:25:56.140><c> history</c>

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as<00:25:57.000><c> being</c><00:25:57.220><c> one</c><00:25:57.420><c> of</c><00:25:57.500><c> the</c><00:25:57.559><c> most</c><00:25:58.000><c> brilliant</c><00:25:58.779><c> dictators</c><00:25:59.420><c> that</c>

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ever<00:25:59.960><c> lived.</c>

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He<00:26:00.579><c> hasn't</c><00:26:00.839><c> gone</c><00:26:01.119><c> down</c><00:26:01.440><c> with</c><00:26:01.700><c> that</c><00:26:01.940><c> reputation</c><00:26:02.559><c> for</c><00:26:03.019><c> nothing.</c>

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:07.380
He<00:26:04.920><c> was</c><00:26:05.240><c> far</c><00:26:05.619><c> too</c><00:26:06.019><c> brilliant</c><00:26:06.420><c> for</c><00:26:06.660><c> that</c><00:26:07.000><c> class.</c>

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And<00:26:07.859><c> he</c><00:26:07.920><c> says,</c><00:26:08.140><c> oh</c><00:26:08.440><c> no,</c><00:26:08.980><c> no.</c>

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:12.680
He<00:26:10.960><c> says,</c><00:26:11.059><c> I</c><00:26:11.299><c> know</c><00:26:11.619><c> what</c><00:26:11.839><c> I</c><00:26:12.279><c> dreamed.</c>

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There's<00:26:13.279><c> no</c><00:26:13.559><c> question</c><00:26:13.960><c> about</c><00:26:14.279><c> it</c><00:26:14.440><c> in</c><00:26:14.579><c> my</c><00:26:14.839><c> mind.</c>

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:18.440
But<00:26:16.200><c> you</c><00:26:16.539><c> tell</c><00:26:16.740><c> me</c><00:26:16.940><c> what</c><00:26:17.140><c> I</c><00:26:17.519><c> dreamed.</c>

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And<00:26:18.920><c> if</c><00:26:19.059><c> you</c><00:26:19.220><c> can</c><00:26:19.460><c> recall</c><00:26:20.059><c> that</c><00:26:20.480><c> dream,</c>

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then<00:26:22.579><c> I'm</c><00:26:23.019><c> going</c><00:26:23.200><c> to</c><00:26:23.460><c> have</c><00:26:23.599><c> just</c><00:26:23.880><c> a</c><00:26:24.059><c> little</c><00:26:24.339><c> bit</c><00:26:24.640><c> of</c><00:26:24.779><c> faith</c><00:26:25.019><c> in</c>

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your<00:26:25.519><c> answer.</c>

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Nebuchadnezzar.

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We<00:26:30.299><c> could</c><00:26:30.640><c> never</c><00:26:30.940><c> do</c><00:26:31.319><c> that.</c>

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Only<00:26:32.460><c> the</c><00:26:32.779><c> gods</c><00:26:33.099><c> that</c><00:26:33.420><c> dwell</c><00:26:33.599><c> out</c><00:26:33.859><c> in</c><00:26:34.099><c> space</c><00:26:34.460><c> could</c><00:26:34.720><c> do</c><00:26:35.000><c> that.</c>

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How<00:26:36.180><c> true,</c><00:26:37.440><c> class.</c>

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And<00:26:39.279><c> they</c><00:26:39.720><c> admitted</c><00:26:40.220><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:26:41.019><c> one</c><00:26:41.359><c> thing</c><00:26:41.619><c> that</c><00:26:41.819><c> they</c><00:26:42.059><c> had</c><00:26:42.279><c> right.</c>

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He<00:26:44.680><c> says,</c><00:26:45.000><c> you</c><00:26:45.039><c> either</c><00:26:45.420><c> get</c><00:26:45.619><c> me</c><00:26:45.880><c> that</c><00:26:46.099><c> answer</c><00:26:46.420><c> or</c><00:26:46.559><c> you</c><00:26:46.880><c> die.</c>

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:51.339
Now<00:26:49.180><c> class,</c><00:26:49.559><c> this</c><00:26:49.819><c> becomes</c><00:26:50.220><c> a</c><00:26:50.299><c> matter</c><00:26:50.579><c> of</c><00:26:50.759><c> life</c><00:26:50.920><c> and</c><00:26:51.160><c> death,</c>

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doesn't<00:26:51.680><c> it?</c>

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And<00:26:53.440><c> Daniel</c><00:26:53.759><c> and</c><00:26:53.920><c> his</c><00:26:54.140><c> three</c><00:26:54.299><c> friends</c><00:26:54.599><c> aren't</c><00:26:54.880><c> there.</c>

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.920
But<00:26:56.859><c> they</c><00:26:57.099><c> find</c><00:26:57.440><c> out.</c>

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And<00:26:58.420><c> it's</c><00:26:58.680><c> why</c><00:26:58.740><c> the</c><00:26:58.900><c> king's</c><00:26:59.279><c> so</c><00:26:59.440><c> hasty.</c>

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Give<00:27:00.920><c> me</c><00:27:01.160><c> a</c><00:27:01.359><c> little</c><00:27:01.539><c> time.</c>

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We'll<00:27:02.240><c> get</c><00:27:02.460><c> the</c><00:27:02.700><c> answer,</c><00:27:02.960><c> but</c><00:27:03.099><c> it</c><00:27:03.220><c> won't</c><00:27:03.420><c> come</c><00:27:03.640><c> from</c><00:27:03.920><c> flesh.</c>

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It<00:27:04.559><c> will</c><00:27:04.759><c> come</c><00:27:05.039><c> from</c><00:27:05.259><c> those</c><00:27:05.579><c> gods</c><00:27:05.900><c> out</c><00:27:06.180><c> there.</c>

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And<00:27:08.700><c> they</c><00:27:09.119><c> went</c><00:27:09.480><c> to</c><00:27:09.940><c> prayer</c><00:27:10.240><c> that</c><00:27:10.640><c> night.</c>

00:27:10.859 --> 00:27:12.559
May<00:27:11.079><c> I</c><00:27:11.200><c> ask</c><00:27:11.460><c> you</c><00:27:11.599><c> a</c><00:27:11.720><c> question?</c>

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What<00:27:13.559><c> do</c><00:27:13.660><c> you</c><00:27:13.759><c> think</c><00:27:13.900><c> they</c><00:27:14.140><c> talked</c><00:27:14.400><c> about</c><00:27:14.740><c> as</c><00:27:14.960><c> they</c><00:27:15.180><c> got</c><00:27:15.299><c> alone</c>

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.160
that<00:27:15.859><c> night?</c>

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They<00:27:16.740><c> faced</c><00:27:17.160><c> life</c><00:27:17.559><c> or</c><00:27:17.799><c> death.</c>

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:21.279
You<00:27:18.660><c> either</c><00:27:18.940><c> get</c><00:27:19.140><c> this</c><00:27:19.420><c> answer</c><00:27:19.759><c> or</c><00:27:20.019><c> you</c><00:27:20.380><c> die.</c>

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:23.500
We<00:27:22.119><c> do</c><00:27:22.279><c> the</c><00:27:22.519><c> same</c><00:27:22.700><c> thing,</c><00:27:23.180><c> class.</c>

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Every<00:27:24.279><c> time</c><00:27:24.480><c> we</c><00:27:24.740><c> enter</c><00:27:24.859><c> our</c><00:27:25.220><c> closet</c><00:27:25.500><c> at</c><00:27:25.720><c> the</c><00:27:25.920><c> close</c><00:27:26.059><c> of</c><00:27:26.319><c> day,</c>

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:28.960
we<00:27:26.960><c> come</c><00:27:27.240><c> to</c><00:27:27.420><c> God</c><00:27:27.660><c> as</c><00:27:27.859><c> a</c><00:27:27.960><c> matter</c><00:27:28.119><c> of</c><00:27:28.359><c> life</c><00:27:28.500><c> and</c><00:27:28.740><c> death.</c>

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If<00:27:29.339><c> our</c><00:27:29.680><c> sins</c><00:27:29.819><c> are</c><00:27:30.099><c> not</c><00:27:30.319><c> forgiven,</c><00:27:32.519><c> death.</c>

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Do<00:27:34.960><c> you</c><00:27:35.259><c> think</c><00:27:35.539><c> Daniel</c><00:27:36.539><c> and</c><00:27:36.700><c> his</c><00:27:36.940><c> three</c><00:27:37.119><c> friends</c><00:27:37.440><c> that</c><00:27:37.720><c> day</c><00:27:38.180><c> had</c><00:27:38.759><c> a</c>

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thousand<00:27:39.380><c> and</c><00:27:39.599><c> one</c><00:27:39.839><c> things</c><00:27:40.240><c> on</c><00:27:40.460><c> their</c><00:27:40.799><c> mind?</c>

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:45.200
Do<00:27:42.240><c> you</c><00:27:42.480><c> think</c><00:27:42.660><c> they</c><00:27:42.859><c> were</c><00:27:43.140><c> worried</c><00:27:43.359><c> about</c><00:27:43.680><c> how</c><00:27:44.079><c> high</c><00:27:44.400><c> they</c><00:27:44.579><c> would</c><00:27:44.799><c> get</c><00:27:45.000><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:45.359><c> courts</c><00:27:45.539><c> of</c><00:27:45.759><c> Nebuchadnezzar?</c>

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How<00:27:47.420><c> much</c><00:27:47.720><c> money</c><00:27:47.980><c> they</c><00:27:48.259><c> would</c><00:27:48.480><c> acquire</c><00:27:48.859><c> in</c><00:27:49.039><c> a</c><00:27:49.140><c> given</c><00:27:49.279><c> length</c>

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of<00:27:49.880><c> time?</c>

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How<00:27:50.799><c> famous</c><00:27:51.160><c> they</c><00:27:51.380><c> would</c><00:27:51.619><c> become</c><00:27:51.880><c> in</c><00:27:52.160><c> Babylon?</c>

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:55.359
Do<00:27:52.819><c> you</c><00:27:52.940><c> think</c><00:27:53.119><c> any</c><00:27:53.420><c> of</c><00:27:53.519><c> those</c><00:27:53.640><c> things</c><00:27:53.900><c> were</c><00:27:54.099><c> in</c><00:27:54.180><c> their</c><00:27:54.500><c> mind?</c>

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What<00:27:56.039><c> was</c><00:27:56.319><c> at</c><00:27:56.460><c> the</c><00:27:56.579><c> most</c><00:27:56.700><c> in</c><00:27:56.819><c> their</c><00:27:57.099><c> mind?</c>

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They<00:27:57.920><c> had</c><00:27:58.299><c> a</c><00:27:58.599><c> life</c><00:27:58.819><c> to</c><00:27:59.240><c> save.</c>

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We're<00:28:01.819><c> in</c><00:28:01.940><c> the</c><00:28:02.019><c> same</c><00:28:02.160><c> position.</c>

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And<00:28:05.400><c> they</c><00:28:05.660><c> got</c><00:28:05.900><c> their</c><00:28:06.180><c> answer,</c><00:28:06.700><c> class,</c><00:28:06.940><c> because</c><00:28:07.420><c> they</c><00:28:07.859><c> believed</c><00:28:08.519><c> in</c><00:28:09.660><c> God.</c>

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:16.079
And<00:28:11.220><c> we</c><00:28:11.440><c> will</c><00:28:11.700><c> get</c><00:28:11.880><c> our</c><00:28:12.220><c> answer</c><00:28:12.619><c> if</c><00:28:12.960><c> we</c><00:28:13.380><c> believe</c><00:28:14.019><c> in</c><00:28:14.900><c> God.</c>

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You<00:28:18.259><c> remember</c><00:28:18.480><c> last</c><00:28:18.779><c> week</c><00:28:19.380><c> when</c><00:28:20.359><c> we</c><00:28:20.539><c> were</c><00:28:20.660><c> talking</c><00:28:20.980><c> about</c><00:28:22.160><c> the</c>

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reason<00:28:23.259><c> that</c><00:28:23.880><c> Sarah</c><00:28:24.119><c> was</c><00:28:24.500><c> able</c><00:28:24.839><c> to</c><00:28:25.180><c> conceive</c><00:28:25.579><c> at</c><00:28:25.920><c> 90</c><00:28:26.180><c> years</c><00:28:26.519><c> of</c><00:28:26.740><c> age?</c>

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She<00:28:29.539><c> believed</c><00:28:30.380><c> God.</c>

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She<00:28:33.099><c> had</c><00:28:33.519><c> faith</c><00:28:34.319><c> in</c><00:28:34.940><c> God.</c>

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She<00:28:35.740><c> never</c><00:28:36.240><c> doubted.</c>

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That's<00:28:38.559><c> the</c><00:28:38.759><c> secret,</c><00:28:39.240><c> class.</c>

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Now,<00:28:41.640><c> briefly,</c><00:28:41.960><c> and</c><00:28:42.099><c> it'll</c><00:28:42.299><c> have</c><00:28:42.480><c> to</c><00:28:42.640><c> be</c><00:28:42.819><c> brief</c><00:28:43.019><c> because</c><00:28:43.339><c> we</c>

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must<00:28:43.920><c> move</c><00:28:44.380><c> along,</c>

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but<00:28:45.859><c> I</c><00:28:46.039><c> want</c><00:28:46.240><c> to</c><00:28:46.660><c> try</c><00:28:46.859><c> to</c><00:28:47.960><c> recreate</c><00:28:48.599><c> for</c><00:28:49.259><c> just</c><00:28:49.619><c> a</c><00:28:49.819><c> moment</c><00:28:50.339><c> the</c>

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scene<00:28:52.200><c> that</c><00:28:52.579><c> next</c><00:28:53.000><c> day</c><00:28:53.460><c> in</c><00:28:53.859><c> the</c><00:28:54.640><c> courts</c><00:28:55.079><c> of</c><00:28:55.579><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

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I<00:28:58.079><c> want</c><00:28:58.319><c> us</c><00:28:58.539><c> to</c><00:28:58.740><c> try</c><00:28:58.880><c> to</c><00:28:59.059><c> get</c><00:28:59.220><c> this</c><00:28:59.559><c> picture</c><00:29:00.079><c> and</c><00:29:01.799><c> let</c><00:29:02.119><c> us</c><00:29:02.920><c> think</c>

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now<00:29:03.859><c> about</c><00:29:04.740><c> a</c><00:29:05.660><c> great</c><00:29:06.559><c> dictator.</c>

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Think<00:29:10.900><c> about</c><00:29:11.539><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:29:12.279><c> for</c><00:29:12.460><c> just</c><00:29:12.720><c> a</c><00:29:12.920><c> moment.</c>

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Try<00:29:20.220><c> to</c><00:29:20.400><c> remember,</c><00:29:20.960><c> class,</c><00:29:21.700><c> this</c><00:29:22.059><c> is</c><00:29:22.279><c> no</c><00:29:22.500><c> ordinary</c><00:29:23.079><c> dictator.</c>

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:28.599
This<00:29:25.480><c> is</c><00:29:26.119><c> the</c><00:29:26.200><c> great</c><00:29:26.640><c> monarch</c><00:29:27.099><c> of</c><00:29:27.319><c> the</c><00:29:27.500><c> world.</c>

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:36.359
This<00:29:31.460><c> is</c><00:29:31.980><c> the</c><00:29:32.279><c> great</c><00:29:33.119><c> monarch</c><00:29:33.880><c> of</c><00:29:34.700><c> the</c><00:29:35.140><c> world.</c>

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He<00:29:41.599><c> is</c><00:29:42.019><c> seated</c><00:29:42.480><c> on</c><00:29:43.140><c> a</c><00:29:43.240><c> golden</c><00:29:43.640><c> throne.</c>

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He<00:29:45.960><c> is</c><00:29:46.380><c> seated</c><00:29:46.819><c> in</c><00:29:47.799><c> an</c><00:29:47.940><c> area</c><00:29:48.319><c> that</c><00:29:48.660><c> defies</c><00:29:49.160><c> description.</c>

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Babylon,<00:29:53.319><c> one</c><00:29:53.559><c> of</c><00:29:53.700><c> the</c><00:29:53.980><c> great</c><00:29:54.380><c> cities</c><00:29:54.799><c> of</c><00:29:55.039><c> all</c><00:29:55.299><c> times,</c><00:29:55.680><c> and</c><00:29:55.900><c> you</c><00:29:56.039><c> can</c><00:29:56.359><c> imagine</c><00:29:56.799><c> what</c><00:29:57.019><c> its</c><00:29:57.299><c> capital</c><00:29:57.759><c> would</c><00:29:57.980><c> be</c><00:29:58.279><c> like,</c>

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and<00:30:00.400><c> you</c><00:30:00.519><c> can</c><00:30:00.759><c> imagine</c><00:30:01.160><c> the</c><00:30:01.539><c> throne</c><00:30:01.920><c> of</c><00:30:02.279><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

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And<00:30:04.940><c> he's</c><00:30:05.279><c> surrounded</c><00:30:05.799><c> with</c><00:30:06.099><c> a</c><00:30:06.400><c> group</c><00:30:06.640><c> of</c><00:30:07.039><c> wise</c><00:30:07.339><c> men</c><00:30:07.859><c> whose</c><00:30:08.359><c> life</c><00:30:09.059><c> hangs</c><00:30:09.619><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:10.200><c> balance.</c>

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And<00:30:13.119><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:30:13.980><c> himself,</c><00:30:15.759><c> as</c><00:30:15.880><c> mighty</c><00:30:16.200><c> a</c><00:30:16.480><c> monarch</c><00:30:16.759><c> as</c><00:30:17.000><c> he</c>

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is,<00:30:18.299><c> is</c><00:30:18.579><c> paralyzed</c><00:30:19.160><c> with</c><00:30:19.480><c> fear.</c>

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And<00:30:22.019><c> into</c><00:30:22.880><c> that</c><00:30:23.500><c> room</c><00:30:23.859><c> comes</c><00:30:24.299><c> a</c><00:30:24.720><c> 16</c><00:30:25.640><c>-year</c><00:30:26.240><c>-old</c><00:30:26.619><c> boy</c><00:30:27.299><c> with</c><00:30:28.920><c> his</c>

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:32.759
three<00:30:29.599><c> friends</c><00:30:29.980><c> who</c><00:30:30.180><c> are</c><00:30:30.440><c> approximately</c><00:30:30.980><c> the</c><00:30:31.339><c> same</c><00:30:31.599><c> age.</c>

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That's<00:30:34.039><c> all</c><00:30:34.359><c> Daniel</c><00:30:34.759><c> could</c><00:30:35.000><c> have</c><00:30:35.259><c> been,</c><00:30:37.440><c> 16</c><00:30:37.960><c> years</c><00:30:38.500><c> of</c><00:30:38.740><c> age,</c>

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if<00:30:39.259><c> that</c><00:30:39.619><c> old.</c>

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And<00:30:42.380><c> the</c><00:30:42.799><c> royalty</c><00:30:43.180><c> of</c><00:30:43.440><c> the</c><00:30:43.619><c> world</c><00:30:43.859><c> that</c><00:30:44.160><c> day</c><00:30:44.359><c> is</c><00:30:44.579><c> bowing</c><00:30:45.039><c> before</c><00:30:45.500><c> him,</c>

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a<00:30:47.880><c> young</c><00:30:48.140><c> Hebrew.</c>

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Daniel,<00:30:55.799><c> do</c><00:30:56.039><c> you</c><00:30:56.319><c> have</c><00:30:56.500><c> the</c><00:30:56.759><c> answer?</c>

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:05.839
We<00:31:00.220><c> have</c><00:31:00.920><c> an</c><00:31:01.440><c> answer,</c><00:31:02.079><c> King,</c><00:31:03.119><c> but</c><00:31:03.359><c> it</c><00:31:03.500><c> is</c><00:31:03.779><c> not</c><00:31:04.000><c> our</c><00:31:04.339><c> answer.</c>

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:10.180
Whose<00:31:08.599><c> answer</c><00:31:08.900><c> is</c><00:31:09.079><c> it,</c><00:31:09.380><c> Daniel?</c>

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:16.400
Nebuchadnezzar,<00:31:13.519><c> there</c><00:31:14.220><c> is</c><00:31:14.880><c> a</c><00:31:15.220><c> God</c><00:31:15.619><c> in</c><00:31:15.980><c> heaven.</c>

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:20.900
Oh,<00:31:16.920><c> how</c><00:31:17.299><c> we</c><00:31:17.759><c> need</c><00:31:18.099><c> to</c><00:31:18.640><c> realize</c><00:31:19.279><c> this,</c><00:31:19.799><c> class.</c>

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:25.440
How<00:31:21.519><c> the</c><00:31:21.839><c> world</c><00:31:22.099><c> needs</c><00:31:22.440><c> to</c><00:31:22.740><c> realize</c><00:31:23.200><c> this,</c><00:31:23.519><c> how</c><00:31:23.980><c> every</c><00:31:24.559><c> individual</c><00:31:25.119><c> needs</c>

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.380
to<00:31:25.680><c> realize</c><00:31:26.119><c> this.</c>

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:34.180
There<00:31:26.799><c> is</c><00:31:27.019><c> a</c><00:31:27.079><c> God</c><00:31:27.339><c> in</c><00:31:27.480><c> heaven,</c><00:31:29.720><c> and</c><00:31:29.720><c> he's</c><00:31:29.799><c> there</c><00:31:30.079><c> this</c><00:31:30.359><c> afternoon,</c><00:31:32.980><c> and</c><00:31:33.220><c> he's</c><00:31:33.420><c> talking</c><00:31:33.759><c> through</c><00:31:34.059><c> the</c>

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:35.579
Middle<00:31:34.440><c> East,</c>

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:39.299
and<00:31:36.319><c> he's</c><00:31:36.519><c> keeping</c><00:31:36.819><c> this</c><00:31:37.119><c> earth</c><00:31:37.359><c> turning,</c><00:31:38.740><c> and</c><00:31:38.880><c> he's</c><00:31:39.019><c> letting</c>

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:41.500
you<00:31:39.819><c> and</c><00:31:39.980><c> me</c><00:31:40.339><c> live.</c>

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:44.420
There<00:31:42.579><c> is</c><00:31:42.819><c> a</c><00:31:42.920><c> God</c><00:31:43.160><c> in</c><00:31:43.359><c> heaven.</c>

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:50.920
And<00:31:46.619><c> by</c><00:31:46.759><c> God</c><00:31:47.079><c> in</c><00:31:47.259><c> heaven,</c><00:31:47.720><c> making</c><00:31:47.980><c> secrets</c><00:31:48.539><c> known,</c><00:31:50.160><c> he</c>

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:52.839
reveals<00:31:51.440><c> secrets.</c>

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:57.160
And<00:31:53.720><c> he's</c><00:31:54.000><c> going</c><00:31:54.180><c> to</c><00:31:54.400><c> tell</c><00:31:54.579><c> you</c><00:31:54.700><c> what</c><00:31:54.900><c> should</c><00:31:55.039><c> be</c><00:31:55.180><c> in</c><00:31:55.299><c> the</c><00:31:55.480><c> latter</c><00:31:55.660><c> days,</c><00:31:56.119><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:31:56.859><c> but</c>

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:58.599
don't<00:31:57.799><c> look</c><00:31:58.079><c> at</c><00:31:58.220><c> me.</c>

00:31:58.599 --> 00:32:00.359
I<00:31:58.799><c> have</c><00:31:59.099><c> nothing</c><00:31:59.400><c> to</c><00:31:59.660><c> do</c><00:31:59.759><c> with</c><00:31:59.980><c> it.</c>

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:03.019
I'm<00:32:01.240><c> merely</c><00:32:01.519><c> his</c><00:32:01.940><c> spokesman.</c>

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:07.440
I<00:32:03.680><c> have</c><00:32:04.000><c> no</c><00:32:04.259><c> ability.</c><00:32:04.880><c> I</c><00:32:05.119><c> am</c><00:32:05.460><c> flesh</c><00:32:05.900><c> and</c><00:32:06.180><c> blood.</c><00:32:06.660><c> I'm</c><00:32:07.079><c> weak</c>

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:09.059
mortal<00:32:07.920><c> clay.</c>

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:13.420
But<00:32:10.200><c> the</c><00:32:10.559><c> words</c><00:32:10.859><c> that</c><00:32:11.099><c> I</c><00:32:11.359><c> tell</c><00:32:11.559><c> you</c><00:32:11.819><c> come</c><00:32:12.079><c> from</c><00:32:12.319><c> authority.</c>

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:17.000
And<00:32:14.359><c> we</c><00:32:14.460><c> could</c><00:32:14.640><c> repeat</c><00:32:15.019><c> that</c><00:32:15.259><c> this</c><00:32:15.519><c> afternoon,</c><00:32:16.220><c> class,</c><00:32:16.680><c> word</c>

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.839
for<00:32:17.359><c> word.</c>

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:22.019
The<00:32:18.700><c> words</c><00:32:19.099><c> that</c><00:32:19.380><c> we're</c><00:32:19.680><c> bringing</c><00:32:20.019><c> are</c><00:32:20.319><c> not</c><00:32:20.519><c> our</c><00:32:20.859><c> words.</c>

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:25.079
We're<00:32:23.500><c> no</c><00:32:23.700><c> one</c><00:32:23.819><c> of</c><00:32:24.099><c> authority.</c>

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:30.559
But<00:32:25.779><c> the</c><00:32:26.039><c> word</c><00:32:26.240><c> that</c><00:32:26.460><c> we</c><00:32:26.819><c> bring</c><00:32:27.099><c> is</c><00:32:27.619><c> because</c><00:32:28.039><c> it</c><00:32:28.259><c> is</c><00:32:28.480><c> issued</c><00:32:28.680><c> from</c><00:32:28.900><c> the</c><00:32:29.059><c> God</c><00:32:29.200><c> of</c><00:32:29.380><c> Israel.</c>

00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:35.200
Thou,<00:32:32.480><c> O</c><00:32:32.559><c> King,</c><00:32:33.640><c> and</c><00:32:33.799><c> you</c><00:32:33.920><c> can</c><00:32:34.079><c> imagine</c><00:32:34.440><c> that</c><00:32:34.700><c> king</c><00:32:34.960><c> sitting</c>

00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:36.200
on<00:32:35.500><c> the</c><00:32:35.559><c> edge</c><00:32:35.680><c> of</c><00:32:35.900><c> his</c><00:32:35.980><c> seat.</c>

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:39.420
You're<00:32:36.640><c> watching</c><00:32:36.960><c> these</c><00:32:37.319><c> wise</c><00:32:37.579><c> men</c><00:32:37.799><c> now.</c><00:32:38.440><c> Will</c><00:32:38.640><c> he</c><00:32:38.859><c> have</c><00:32:38.940><c> the</c><00:32:39.220><c> answer?</c>

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:41.339
Will<00:32:39.759><c> our</c><00:32:40.019><c> next</c><00:32:40.259><c> be</c><00:32:40.460><c> spared?</c>

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:48.720
Thou,<00:32:43.579><c> O</c><00:32:43.640><c> King,</c><00:32:44.400><c> sawest</c><00:32:45.240><c> a</c><00:32:47.180><c> great</c><00:32:47.480><c> image.</c>

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:52.319
And<00:32:49.339><c> you</c><00:32:49.500><c> can</c><00:32:49.759><c> see</c><00:32:49.940><c> the</c><00:32:50.279><c> attention</c><00:32:50.859><c> he's</c><00:32:51.200><c> in</c><00:32:51.319><c> that</c><00:32:51.579><c> king's</c><00:32:52.079><c> face.</c>

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:55.859
And<00:32:52.619><c> you</c><00:32:52.720><c> can</c><00:32:52.920><c> see</c><00:32:53.039><c> the</c><00:32:53.279><c> wise</c><00:32:53.460><c> men</c><00:32:53.680><c> watching</c><00:32:54.019><c> him,</c><00:32:54.859><c> trying</c><00:32:55.519><c> to</c>

00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:59.539
grab<00:32:56.160><c> every</c><00:32:56.799><c> indication</c><00:32:57.440><c> that</c><00:32:57.660><c> their</c><00:32:57.900><c> life</c><00:32:58.099><c> might</c><00:32:58.359><c> be</c><00:32:58.640><c> spared.</c>

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:05.980
The<00:33:03.180><c> head</c><00:33:03.359><c> was</c><00:33:03.559><c> of</c><00:33:03.839><c> gold,</c><00:33:04.359><c> wasn't</c><00:33:04.559><c> it,</c><00:33:04.720><c> Nebuchadnezzar?</c>

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:07.700
Well,<00:33:06.680><c> how</c><00:33:06.839><c> did</c><00:33:06.940><c> you</c><00:33:07.200><c> know?</c>

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:10.059
Does<00:33:08.480><c> the</c><00:33:08.640><c> God</c><00:33:08.779><c> in</c><00:33:09.019><c> heaven?</c>

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:14.099
The<00:33:12.359><c> breast</c><00:33:12.759><c> and</c><00:33:12.940><c> the</c><00:33:13.180><c> arms</c><00:33:13.519><c> were</c><00:33:13.680><c> of</c><00:33:13.900><c> silver.</c>

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:15.819
Daniel,<00:33:14.660><c> that's</c><00:33:14.779><c> right.</c>

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:19.579
The<00:33:17.359><c> tension's</c><00:33:17.900><c> easing</c><00:33:18.119><c> on</c><00:33:18.420><c> the</c><00:33:18.619><c> courts.</c>

00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:23.819
The<00:33:21.319><c> belly</c><00:33:21.579><c> and</c><00:33:21.779><c> thighs,</c><00:33:23.240><c> brass.</c>

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:25.839
Yes,<00:33:24.440><c> Daniel,</c><00:33:24.839><c> yes.</c>

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:27.980
The<00:33:26.220><c> legs</c><00:33:26.420><c> of</c><00:33:26.680><c> iron.</c>

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:33.059
The<00:33:29.700><c> feet,</c><00:33:30.140><c> part</c><00:33:30.380><c> of</c><00:33:30.579><c> iron,</c><00:33:31.819><c> part</c><00:33:32.039><c> of</c><00:33:32.259><c> clay.</c>

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.980
Daniel,<00:33:34.640><c> that's</c><00:33:34.839><c> phenomenal.</c>

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:38.400
Now,<00:33:35.480><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:33:36.000><c> don't</c><00:33:36.200><c> give</c><00:33:36.519><c> me</c><00:33:37.279><c> the</c><00:33:37.539><c> credit.</c>

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:41.859
Remember,<00:33:39.440><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:33:40.039><c> there's</c><00:33:40.359><c> a</c><00:33:40.599><c> God</c><00:33:40.779><c> in</c><00:33:41.079><c> heaven</c>

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:45.039
that<00:33:43.319><c> reveals</c><00:33:43.839><c> secrets.</c>

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:49.180
You<00:33:46.980><c> saw,</c><00:33:47.480><c> didn't</c><00:33:47.480><c> you,</c><00:33:47.619><c> Nebuchadnezzar?</c>

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:53.160
You<00:33:49.460><c> saw</c><00:33:49.960><c> the</c><00:33:51.180><c> stone</c><00:33:51.799><c> cut</c><00:33:52.079><c> out</c><00:33:52.240><c> of</c><00:33:52.319><c> the</c><00:33:52.460><c> mountain</c><00:33:52.599><c> without</c><00:33:52.859><c> hands.</c>

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:56.299
Yes,<00:33:53.380><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:33:54.119><c> yes.</c><00:33:54.619><c> Yes,</c><00:33:54.880><c> Daniel,</c><00:33:55.160><c> I</c><00:33:55.400><c> did.</c>

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:59.480
And<00:33:57.460><c> you</c><00:33:57.680><c> saw</c><00:33:57.839><c> Smite,</c><00:33:58.200><c> that</c><00:33:58.420><c> image,</c><00:33:58.680><c> didn't</c><00:33:58.880><c> you?</c>

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:01.019
Yes.

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:06.160
And<00:34:01.819><c> you</c><00:34:02.119><c> saw</c><00:34:02.400><c> it</c><00:34:02.819><c> grinded</c><00:34:03.700><c> in</c><00:34:04.279><c> powder,</c><00:34:04.940><c> didn't</c><00:34:05.059><c> you?</c>

00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:09.400
Yes,<00:34:07.640><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:34:07.940><c> Daniel,</c><00:34:08.639><c> I</c><00:34:08.639><c> did.</c>

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:11.099
You<00:34:09.780><c> know</c><00:34:09.880><c> what</c><00:34:09.980><c> that</c><00:34:10.260><c> meant?</c>

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:16.199
I'm<00:34:12.780><c> afraid</c><00:34:13.039><c> I</c><00:34:13.260><c> do,</c><00:34:13.420><c> but</c><00:34:14.039><c> you</c><00:34:14.639><c> tell</c><00:34:14.820><c> me.</c>

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:19.599
That<00:34:17.440><c> stone</c><00:34:17.880><c> cut</c><00:34:18.139><c> out</c><00:34:18.320><c> of</c><00:34:18.380><c> the</c><00:34:18.519><c> mountain</c><00:34:18.659><c> without</c><00:34:19.019><c> hands.</c>

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:22.780
That's<00:34:20.139><c> going</c><00:34:20.340><c> to</c><00:34:20.559><c> destroy</c><00:34:21.039><c> the</c><00:34:21.260><c> kingdom</c><00:34:21.539><c> of</c><00:34:21.780><c> men.</c>

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:27.000
And<00:34:24.440><c> that</c><00:34:24.639><c> stone's</c><00:34:25.119><c> going</c><00:34:25.340><c> to</c><00:34:25.599><c> become</c><00:34:25.820><c> a</c><00:34:26.139><c> great</c><00:34:26.300><c> mountain</c><00:34:26.699><c> and</c>

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:28.980
fill<00:34:27.139><c> the</c><00:34:27.340><c> whole</c><00:34:27.599><c> earth,</c><00:34:28.079><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:32.719
And<00:34:29.460><c> it</c><00:34:29.599><c> is</c><00:34:29.880><c> a</c><00:34:30.000><c> symbol</c><00:34:30.179><c> of</c><00:34:30.380><c> the</c><00:34:30.519><c> fact</c><00:34:30.679><c> that</c><00:34:30.880><c> in</c><00:34:31.019><c> the</c><00:34:31.179><c> days</c><00:34:31.420><c> of</c><00:34:31.639><c> these</c><00:34:31.840><c> kings</c><00:34:32.099><c> shall</c><00:34:32.340><c> the</c><00:34:32.420><c> God</c><00:34:32.599><c> of</c>

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:35.820
heaven<00:34:32.940><c> set</c><00:34:33.139><c> up</c><00:34:33.320><c> a</c><00:34:33.460><c> kingdom</c><00:34:33.639><c> which</c><00:34:33.860><c> will</c><00:34:34.039><c> never</c><00:34:34.239><c> be</c><00:34:34.500><c> destroyed.</c>

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:39.019
The<00:34:36.300><c> kingdom</c><00:34:36.480><c> shall</c><00:34:36.760><c> not</c><00:34:36.960><c> be</c><00:34:37.219><c> left</c><00:34:37.400><c> to</c><00:34:37.619><c> other</c><00:34:37.800><c> people,</c><00:34:38.340><c> but</c><00:34:38.480><c> it's</c><00:34:38.599><c> going</c><00:34:38.739><c> to</c>

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:41.440
break<00:34:39.239><c> in</c><00:34:39.519><c> pieces</c><00:34:39.760><c> and</c><00:34:40.019><c> consume</c><00:34:40.440><c> all</c><00:34:40.679><c> these</c><00:34:40.900><c> kingdoms.</c>

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:43.679
And<00:34:41.920><c> it's</c><00:34:42.079><c> going</c><00:34:42.179><c> to</c><00:34:42.440><c> stand</c><00:34:42.599><c> forever.</c>

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:46.880
Now,<00:34:44.400><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:34:44.880><c> let's</c><00:34:45.199><c> analyze</c><00:34:45.619><c> that</c><00:34:45.900><c> image.</c>

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:50.920
Well,<00:34:48.000><c> you</c><00:34:48.119><c> can</c><00:34:48.380><c> see</c><00:34:48.579><c> what</c><00:34:48.800><c> the</c><00:34:49.019><c> wise</c><00:34:49.239><c> men</c><00:34:49.400><c> are</c><00:34:49.599><c> doing</c><00:34:49.780><c> now.</c>

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:56.179
Their<00:34:51.679><c> life</c><00:34:52.039><c> has</c><00:34:52.320><c> been</c><00:34:52.699><c> spared,</c><00:34:53.099><c> class,</c><00:34:53.860><c> and</c><00:34:54.099><c> it's</c><00:34:54.460><c> been</c><00:34:54.780><c> spared</c><00:34:55.119><c> because</c><00:34:55.880><c> of</c>

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:58.639
the<00:34:56.440><c> revelation</c><00:34:56.980><c> of</c><00:34:57.300><c> one</c><00:34:57.679><c> man.</c>

00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:00.659
Don't<00:34:59.719><c> forget</c><00:35:00.199><c> that.</c>

00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:04.639
Your<00:35:01.139><c> life</c><00:35:01.400><c> and</c><00:35:01.679><c> mine</c><00:35:01.860><c> has</c><00:35:02.059><c> been</c><00:35:02.360><c> spared</c><00:35:02.639><c> because</c><00:35:03.280><c> of</c><00:35:03.500><c> the</c><00:35:03.780><c> actions</c><00:35:04.239><c> and</c>

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:08.440
the<00:35:04.940><c> revealing</c><00:35:05.360><c> of</c><00:35:05.800><c> God's</c><00:35:06.320><c> will</c><00:35:06.559><c> through</c><00:35:06.980><c> one</c><00:35:07.360><c> man.</c>

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:11.400
And<00:35:09.800><c> that's</c><00:35:10.079><c> the</c><00:35:10.219><c> only</c><00:35:10.440><c> reason.</c>

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:14.420
There's<00:35:12.320><c> the</c><00:35:12.440><c> great</c><00:35:12.679><c> lesson</c><00:35:13.000><c> that's</c><00:35:13.280><c> before</c><00:35:13.559><c> us.</c>

00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:18.139
And<00:35:15.059><c> it's</c><00:35:15.320><c> all</c><00:35:15.780><c> inseparably</c><00:35:16.719><c> bound</c><00:35:17.099><c> up</c><00:35:17.320><c> in</c><00:35:17.480><c> these</c><00:35:17.739><c> covenants</c>

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:19.739
of<00:35:18.519><c> promise.</c>

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:22.760
Because<00:35:20.599><c> that</c><00:35:20.980><c> stone</c><00:35:21.280><c> becoming</c><00:35:21.639><c> a</c><00:35:21.880><c> great</c><00:35:22.039><c> mountain</c><00:35:22.260><c> and</c><00:35:22.400><c> filling</c><00:35:22.579><c> the</c>

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:27.559
whole<00:35:22.960><c> earth</c><00:35:23.219><c> is</c><00:35:23.760><c> the</c><00:35:24.219><c> root</c><00:35:24.679><c> theme</c><00:35:25.599><c> of</c><00:35:25.940><c> the</c><00:35:26.219><c> covenants</c><00:35:26.579><c> of</c><00:35:26.860><c> promise</c><00:35:27.079><c> made</c><00:35:27.320><c> to</c>

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:29.360
Abraham,<00:35:27.880><c> Isaac,</c><00:35:28.219><c> and</c><00:35:28.440><c> Jacob.</c>

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:33.559
You<00:35:31.539><c> king</c><00:35:31.860><c> are</c><00:35:32.119><c> ahead</c><00:35:32.260><c> of</c><00:35:32.440><c> gold.</c>

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:37.460
You're<00:35:35.079><c> going</c><00:35:35.219><c> to</c><00:35:35.380><c> be</c><00:35:35.519><c> succeeded</c><00:35:35.980><c> by</c><00:35:36.320><c> a</c><00:35:36.420><c> second</c><00:35:36.639><c> world</c><00:35:36.960><c> empire.</c>

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:39.780
Nebuchadnezzar<00:35:38.159><c> didn't</c><00:35:38.360><c> like</c><00:35:38.639><c> that.</c><00:35:38.880><c> He</c><00:35:38.960><c> thought</c><00:35:39.139><c> his</c><00:35:39.380><c> kingdom</c><00:35:39.579><c> would</c>

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:40.960
last<00:35:40.039><c> forever.</c>

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:44.019
He<00:35:41.780><c> evidenced</c><00:35:42.179><c> that</c><00:35:42.320><c> in</c><00:35:42.480><c> the</c><00:35:42.639><c> next</c><00:35:42.980><c> chapter</c><00:35:43.340><c> where</c><00:35:43.599><c> he</c><00:35:43.719><c> builds</c>

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:45.099
an<00:35:44.300><c> image.</c>

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:47.099
Thirty<00:35:45.500><c> years</c><00:35:45.820><c> later,</c><00:35:46.119><c> he</c><00:35:46.300><c> builds</c><00:35:46.579><c> this</c><00:35:46.840><c> image.</c>

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:50.619
He'd<00:35:47.460><c> forgotten</c><00:35:47.699><c> all</c><00:35:48.019><c> about</c><00:35:48.280><c> the</c><00:35:49.360><c> first</c><00:35:49.619><c> experience,</c><00:35:50.280><c> and</c><00:35:50.460><c> it</c>

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:52.239
was<00:35:50.820><c> all</c><00:35:51.179><c> gold,</c><00:35:51.699><c> you</c><00:35:51.800><c> remember?</c>

00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:55.260
And<00:35:52.480><c> he</c><00:35:52.500><c> told</c><00:35:52.760><c> everybody</c><00:35:53.260><c> to</c><00:35:53.539><c> bow</c><00:35:53.739><c> down</c><00:35:54.079><c> to</c><00:35:54.280><c> that</c><00:35:54.559><c> one.</c>

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:58.159
He<00:35:55.679><c> was</c><00:35:55.880><c> going</c><00:35:56.059><c> to</c><00:35:56.280><c> last</c><00:35:56.460><c> forever,</c><00:35:56.880><c> but</c><00:35:57.119><c> that</c><00:35:57.400><c> isn't</c><00:35:57.679><c> the</c><00:35:57.840><c> case</c>

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:59.440
right<00:35:58.500><c> now.</c>

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:05.480
No,<00:36:01.500><c> he</c><00:36:01.760><c> says,</c><00:36:03.000><c> you're</c><00:36:03.139><c> going</c><00:36:03.320><c> to</c><00:36:03.480><c> be</c><00:36:03.659><c> succeeded</c><00:36:04.139><c> by</c><00:36:04.440><c> another</c><00:36:04.659><c> power.</c>

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:10.820
Breast<00:36:07.360><c> and</c><00:36:07.539><c> arms</c><00:36:07.719><c> of</c><00:36:07.940><c> silver,</c><00:36:09.760><c> then</c><00:36:09.960><c> the</c><00:36:10.179><c> belly</c><00:36:10.420><c> and</c><00:36:10.599><c> thighs</c>

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:15.679
of<00:36:11.079><c> brass,</c><00:36:12.480><c> then</c><00:36:12.699><c> the</c><00:36:12.920><c> legs</c><00:36:13.099><c> of</c><00:36:13.340><c> iron,</c><00:36:14.860><c> and</c><00:36:15.000><c> then</c><00:36:15.179><c> a</c><00:36:15.380><c> divided</c>

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:18.000
condition<00:36:16.159><c> to</c><00:36:16.380><c> feed</c><00:36:16.519><c> part</c><00:36:16.800><c> of</c><00:36:16.980><c> iron</c><00:36:17.079><c> and</c><00:36:17.260><c> part</c><00:36:17.500><c> of</c><00:36:17.719><c> clay.</c>

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:22.480
And<00:36:18.719><c> we're</c><00:36:18.780><c> very</c><00:36:19.099><c> familiar</c><00:36:19.440><c> with</c><00:36:19.639><c> the</c><00:36:19.800><c> fact,</c><00:36:20.019><c> aren't</c><00:36:20.199><c> we,</c><00:36:20.480><c> that</c><00:36:21.900><c> that</c><00:36:22.099><c> head</c><00:36:22.239><c> of</c>

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:27.480
gold,<00:36:22.980><c> Babylon,</c><00:36:23.659><c> lasted</c><00:36:23.980><c> to</c><00:36:24.719><c> 537</c><00:36:25.900><c> B</c><00:36:26.440><c>.C.</c>

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:32.119
And<00:36:28.380><c> then</c><00:36:28.800><c> we</c><00:36:29.039><c> know</c><00:36:29.380><c> that</c><00:36:29.760><c> the</c><00:36:30.760><c> Middle</c><00:36:31.039><c> Persian</c><00:36:31.400><c> kingdom</c><00:36:31.840><c> came</c>

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:36.500
on<00:36:32.440><c> the</c><00:36:32.659><c> scene</c><00:36:32.820><c> and</c><00:36:33.119><c> lasted</c><00:36:33.420><c> until</c><00:36:33.960><c> the</c><00:36:34.800><c> Turks</c><00:36:35.079><c> came</c><00:36:35.400><c> along</c><00:36:35.760><c> and</c><00:36:35.900><c> the</c><00:36:36.039><c> person</c><00:36:36.280><c> of</c>

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:39.579
Alexander<00:36:36.960><c> the</c><00:36:37.260><c> Great</c><00:36:37.380><c> in</c><00:36:37.679><c> 334</c><00:36:38.400><c> B</c><00:36:38.699><c>.C.</c>

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:46.079
Then<00:36:40.159><c> we</c><00:36:40.360><c> know</c><00:36:40.559><c> that</c><00:36:40.800><c> that</c><00:36:41.079><c> lasted</c><00:36:41.460><c> until</c><00:36:43.920><c> the</c><00:36:45.360><c> Roman</c><00:36:45.619><c> Empire</c>

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:50.219
took<00:36:46.340><c> over</c><00:36:46.679><c> in</c><00:36:46.940><c> 80</c><00:36:47.159><c> A</c><00:36:47.380><c>.D.</c><00:36:47.579><c> No</c><00:36:47.780><c> one</c><00:36:47.980><c> ever</c><00:36:48.280><c> defeated</c><00:36:48.579><c> the</c><00:36:48.820><c> Grecian</c><00:36:49.119><c> Empire.</c>

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:53.280
Alexander<00:36:51.019><c> the</c><00:36:51.239><c> Great</c><00:36:51.519><c> died</c><00:36:51.840><c> at</c><00:36:52.000><c> the</c><00:36:52.239><c> same</c><00:36:52.480><c> age</c><00:36:52.739><c> as</c><00:36:52.920><c> the</c><00:36:53.059><c> Lord</c>

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:54.199
Jesus<00:36:53.760><c> Christ,</c>

00:36:54.199 --> 00:36:59.139
but<00:36:54.900><c> Alexander</c><00:36:55.480><c> the</c><00:36:56.199><c> Great</c><00:36:56.699><c> died</c><00:36:57.199><c> at</c><00:36:57.880><c> 33</c><00:36:58.360><c> and</c><00:36:58.559><c> a</c><00:36:58.599><c> half</c><00:36:58.820><c> years</c>

00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:00.760
from<00:36:59.420><c> alcohol.</c>

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:06.500
And<00:37:02.000><c> Christ</c><00:37:02.320><c> died</c><00:37:02.639><c> as</c><00:37:02.880><c> a</c><00:37:03.039><c> martyr</c><00:37:03.260><c> for</c><00:37:03.500><c> the</c><00:37:03.699><c> world.</c><00:37:04.400><c> What</c><00:37:04.760><c> a</c><00:37:05.380><c> difference!</c>

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:12.019
One<00:37:07.480><c> died</c><00:37:07.860><c> as</c><00:37:08.139><c> the</c><00:37:08.300><c> symbol</c><00:37:08.820><c> of</c><00:37:09.139><c> flesh,</c><00:37:10.260><c> the</c><00:37:10.480><c> other</c><00:37:10.760><c> died</c><00:37:11.059><c> as</c><00:37:11.320><c> the</c><00:37:11.500><c> symbol</c><00:37:11.719><c> of</c>

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:15.420
righteousness,<00:37:13.239><c> and</c><00:37:13.719><c> then</c><00:37:13.940><c> the</c><00:37:14.039><c> mighty</c><00:37:14.300><c> Roman</c><00:37:14.639><c> Empire</c><00:37:15.119><c> came</c>

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.840
onto<00:37:15.699><c> the</c><00:37:15.920><c> scene.</c>

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:19.599
But<00:37:17.519><c> we're</c><00:37:17.599><c> getting</c><00:37:17.900><c> a</c><00:37:18.099><c> little</c><00:37:18.300><c> ahead</c><00:37:18.539><c> of</c><00:37:18.719><c> our</c><00:37:19.039><c> story,</c><00:37:19.400><c> aren't</c>

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:22.059
we?<00:37:19.780><c> And</c><00:37:19.980><c> we</c><00:37:20.059><c> will</c><00:37:20.239><c> come</c><00:37:20.519><c> back</c><00:37:20.760><c> to</c><00:37:20.880><c> this</c><00:37:21.139><c> before</c><00:37:21.440><c> we</c><00:37:21.739><c> conclude</c>

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:23.440
this<00:37:22.360><c> afternoon.</c>

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:32.159
You<00:37:25.079><c> see,</c><00:37:27.219><c> after</c><00:37:27.400><c> that</c><00:37:27.639><c> 70</c><00:37:27.940><c>-year</c><00:37:28.199><c> captivity,</c><00:37:31.539><c> the</c><00:37:31.599><c> nation</c><00:37:31.920><c> of</c>

00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:34.139
Israel<00:37:32.280><c> was</c><00:37:32.539><c> permitted</c><00:37:32.820><c> to</c><00:37:33.019><c> return,</c><00:37:33.500><c> and</c><00:37:33.599><c> there</c><00:37:33.739><c> was</c><00:37:33.960><c> a</c>

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:35.739
partial<00:37:34.460><c> restoration.</c>

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:39.639
This<00:37:36.440><c> becomes</c><00:37:36.840><c> very</c><00:37:37.300><c> interesting</c><00:37:37.719><c> as</c><00:37:37.980><c> we</c><00:37:38.119><c> look</c><00:37:38.320><c> at</c><00:37:38.500><c> the</c><00:37:38.659><c> prophecies</c><00:37:39.159><c> of</c>

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:41.380
Ezra<00:37:40.119><c> and</c><00:37:40.300><c> Nehemiah</c><00:37:40.920><c> and</c><00:37:41.119><c> Zechariah,</c>

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:44.880
and<00:37:42.000><c> we</c><00:37:42.340><c> see</c><00:37:42.860><c> members</c><00:37:43.280><c> of</c><00:37:43.519><c> all</c><00:37:43.719><c> the</c><00:37:43.920><c> twelve</c><00:37:44.159><c> tribes</c><00:37:44.619><c> coming</c>

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:47.340
back<00:37:45.239><c> into</c><00:37:45.440><c> the</c><00:37:45.659><c> land.</c><00:37:45.980><c> The</c><00:37:46.099><c> ten</c><00:37:46.280><c> were</c><00:37:46.440><c> never</c><00:37:46.800><c> lost.</c>

00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:53.099
All<00:37:48.360><c> the</c><00:37:48.679><c> twelve</c><00:37:48.860><c> tribes</c><00:37:49.280><c> were</c><00:37:49.539><c> back</c><00:37:49.800><c> in</c><00:37:49.940><c> that</c><00:37:50.280><c> land,</c><00:37:50.619><c> restoring</c><00:37:51.079><c> that</c><00:37:51.400><c> temple,</c><00:37:51.760><c> but</c><00:37:52.139><c> there</c><00:37:52.440><c> was</c><00:37:52.599><c> only</c><00:37:52.920><c> a</c>

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:56.159
partial<00:37:53.500><c> restoration,</c><00:37:54.239><c> and</c><00:37:54.440><c> it</c><00:37:54.619><c> didn't</c><00:37:54.960><c> last.</c>

00:37:56.780 --> 00:38:00.039
And<00:37:57.019><c> then</c><00:37:57.260><c> it</c><00:37:57.559><c> began</c><00:37:57.920><c> disintegrating</c><00:37:58.840><c> and</c><00:37:59.000><c> going</c><00:37:59.340><c> down</c><00:37:59.820><c> and</c>

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:02.019
down,<00:38:00.340><c> and</c><00:38:00.460><c> in</c><00:38:00.699><c> the</c><00:38:00.860><c> Grecian</c><00:38:01.199><c> period,</c>

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:10.199
the<00:38:03.619><c> Israelitish</c><00:38:04.320><c> people</c><00:38:04.699><c> were</c><00:38:05.079><c> practically</c><00:38:05.619><c> absorbed</c><00:38:06.260><c> by</c><00:38:06.679><c> the</c><00:38:07.460><c> Grecian</c><00:38:07.920><c> power,</c><00:38:08.380><c> which</c><00:38:08.619><c> had</c><00:38:08.900><c> come</c><00:38:09.380><c> in</c><00:38:09.780><c> as</c><00:38:10.000><c> a</c>

00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:11.280
universal<00:38:10.699><c> empire.</c>

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:15.539
It's<00:38:12.340><c> interesting</c><00:38:12.940><c> that</c><00:38:13.440><c> in</c><00:38:13.840><c> that</c><00:38:14.139><c> period</c><00:38:14.559><c> of</c><00:38:14.840><c> time,</c><00:38:15.239><c> we</c><00:38:15.239><c> have</c>

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:19.179
the<00:38:15.780><c> beginning</c><00:38:16.119><c> of</c><00:38:16.480><c> the</c><00:38:17.139><c> Sadducees</c><00:38:18.000><c> and</c><00:38:18.179><c> the</c><00:38:18.500><c> Pharisees,</c>

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:22.539
because<00:38:19.820><c> the</c><00:38:20.280><c> Pharisees</c><00:38:20.840><c> were</c><00:38:21.059><c> a</c><00:38:21.260><c> group</c><00:38:21.420><c> of</c><00:38:21.679><c> people</c><00:38:21.900><c> that</c><00:38:22.159><c> saw</c>

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:27.719
the<00:38:23.800><c> nation</c><00:38:24.360><c> of</c><00:38:24.579><c> Israel</c><00:38:25.019><c> losing</c><00:38:25.639><c> their</c><00:38:26.320><c> distinctive</c><00:38:26.960><c> marks,</c>

00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:32.440
and<00:38:28.639><c> so</c><00:38:28.820><c> they</c><00:38:29.099><c> decided</c><00:38:29.519><c> to</c><00:38:29.780><c> restore</c><00:38:30.179><c> the</c><00:38:30.380><c> law</c><00:38:30.599><c> of</c><00:38:30.820><c> Moses.</c><00:38:32.219><c> And</c>

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:33.940
it<00:38:32.480><c> was</c><00:38:32.679><c> very</c><00:38:33.019><c> good</c><00:38:33.179><c> as</c><00:38:33.340><c> they</c><00:38:33.599><c> began.</c>

00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:37.679
They<00:38:34.300><c> restored</c><00:38:34.739><c> the</c><00:38:34.940><c> law,</c><00:38:35.719><c> and</c><00:38:36.079><c> then</c><00:38:36.300><c> there</c><00:38:36.420><c> was</c><00:38:36.619><c> a</c><00:38:36.760><c> group</c><00:38:36.980><c> called</c><00:38:37.400><c> the</c>

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:38.880
Sadducees,<00:38:38.480><c> you</c><00:38:38.679><c> see,</c>

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:42.699
that<00:38:39.239><c> wanted</c><00:38:39.760><c> to</c><00:38:40.099><c> appear</c><00:38:40.420><c> religious,</c><00:38:41.480><c> but</c><00:38:41.719><c> wanted</c><00:38:42.039><c> to</c><00:38:42.320><c> enjoy</c>

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:45.059
the<00:38:43.000><c> pleasures</c><00:38:43.320><c> of</c><00:38:43.579><c> Greece</c><00:38:43.840><c> also.</c>

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:48.000
So<00:38:45.559><c> they</c><00:38:45.699><c> were</c><00:38:45.920><c> in</c><00:38:46.179><c> between.</c><00:38:46.739><c> They</c><00:38:46.840><c> were</c><00:38:47.039><c> going</c><00:38:47.199><c> to</c><00:38:47.380><c> have</c><00:38:47.500><c> their</c><00:38:47.780><c> cake</c>

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:51.579
and<00:38:48.179><c> eat</c><00:38:48.340><c> it</c><00:38:48.599><c> too.</c><00:38:48.820><c> So</c><00:38:49.019><c> they</c><00:38:49.179><c> were</c><00:38:49.820><c> not</c><00:38:50.280><c> quite</c><00:38:50.659><c> as</c><00:38:51.059><c> solid</c><00:38:51.340><c> as</c>

00:38:51.579 --> 00:38:53.280
the<00:38:51.860><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:56.320
And<00:38:53.559><c> then</c><00:38:53.739><c> because</c><00:38:54.019><c> there</c><00:38:54.199><c> was</c><00:38:54.340><c> no</c><00:38:54.559><c> printing</c><00:38:54.920><c> presses</c><00:38:55.260><c> at</c><00:38:55.559><c> that</c><00:38:55.820><c> time,</c><00:38:56.079><c> and</c>

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:59.019
because<00:38:57.019><c> the</c><00:38:57.300><c> law</c><00:38:57.460><c> of</c><00:38:57.480><c> Moses</c><00:38:57.860><c> had</c><00:38:58.119><c> to</c><00:38:58.360><c> be</c><00:38:58.599><c> rewritten,</c>

00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:03.260
we<00:38:59.679><c> had</c><00:38:59.900><c> the</c><00:39:00.219><c> scribes,</c><00:39:00.820><c> and</c><00:39:01.300><c> they</c><00:39:01.960><c> rewrote</c><00:39:02.300><c> the</c><00:39:02.519><c> law</c><00:39:02.679><c> so</c><00:39:02.900><c> many</c>

00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:06.599
times<00:39:03.639><c> that</c><00:39:03.760><c> they</c><00:39:04.019><c> actually</c><00:39:04.380><c> became</c><00:39:04.780><c> lawyers</c><00:39:05.320><c> in</c><00:39:05.539><c> their</c><00:39:05.820><c> proficiency</c><00:39:06.320><c> to</c>

00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:07.699
interpret<00:39:06.920><c> the</c><00:39:07.179><c> law.</c>

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:12.739
And<00:39:08.860><c> then</c><00:39:09.119><c> we</c><00:39:09.260><c> come</c><00:39:09.500><c> down</c><00:39:09.840><c> through</c><00:39:10.079><c> the</c><00:39:10.239><c> silent</c><00:39:10.800><c> years</c><00:39:11.360><c> of</c><00:39:12.579><c> the</c>

00:39:12.739 --> 00:39:16.420
Old<00:39:13.280><c> Testament,</c><00:39:14.559><c> down</c><00:39:14.960><c> through</c><00:39:15.260><c> that</c><00:39:15.480><c> period</c><00:39:15.860><c> of</c><00:39:16.139><c> time</c>

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when<00:39:16.659><c> you</c><00:39:16.820><c> have</c><00:39:17.159><c> the</c><00:39:17.420><c> Maccabees</c><00:39:18.159><c> and</c><00:39:18.500><c> the</c><00:39:19.300><c> exploits</c><00:39:19.920><c> of</c><00:39:20.659><c> Judas</c><00:39:21.000><c> Maccabeus,</c>

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:28.760
and<00:39:22.619><c> that's</c><00:39:22.880><c> when</c><00:39:23.079><c> you</c><00:39:23.260><c> have</c><00:39:23.659><c> the</c><00:39:24.000><c> rise</c><00:39:24.460><c> of</c><00:39:24.780><c> Antiochus</c><00:39:25.380><c> Epiphanes,</c><00:39:26.139><c> who</c><00:39:26.539><c> was</c><00:39:26.920><c> another</c><00:39:27.280><c> Hitler</c><00:39:27.699><c> that</c><00:39:28.059><c> tried</c><00:39:28.400><c> to</c>

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destroy<00:39:29.280><c> the</c><00:39:29.559><c> Israelite</c><00:39:30.099><c> nation.</c>

00:39:31.099 --> 00:39:36.420
Those<00:39:31.519><c> are</c><00:39:31.719><c> the</c><00:39:31.900><c> silent</c><00:39:32.360><c> years</c><00:39:32.820><c> we</c><00:39:33.000><c> hear</c><00:39:33.239><c> so</c><00:39:33.480><c> much</c><00:39:33.719><c> about</c><00:39:34.039><c> between</c><00:39:34.880><c> Malachi</c><00:39:35.599><c> and</c><00:39:35.800><c> Matthew.</c>

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:41.239
But<00:39:37.539><c> now</c><00:39:37.820><c> as</c><00:39:37.980><c> we</c><00:39:38.079><c> come</c><00:39:38.340><c> into</c><00:39:38.639><c> the</c><00:39:38.900><c> scene</c><00:39:39.460><c> of</c><00:39:40.059><c> Matthew</c><00:39:40.599><c> chapter</c>

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:44.820
1,<00:39:41.739><c> we</c><00:39:41.739><c> have</c><00:39:42.539><c> the</c><00:39:42.820><c> Lord</c><00:39:43.099><c> Jesus</c><00:39:43.559><c> Christ</c><00:39:44.000><c> on</c><00:39:44.320><c> the</c><00:39:44.539><c> scene,</c>

00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:49.760
and<00:39:45.219><c> he</c><00:39:45.500><c> comes</c><00:39:45.840><c> into</c><00:39:46.440><c> a</c><00:39:47.000><c> corrupted</c><00:39:47.360><c> era</c><00:39:47.900><c> of</c><00:39:48.519><c> the</c><00:39:48.860><c> Sadducees</c>

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:51.039
and<00:39:49.960><c> the</c><00:39:50.179><c> Pharisees.</c>

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:54.619
And<00:39:51.900><c> it's,</c><00:39:52.360><c> you</c><00:39:52.360><c> see,</c><00:39:52.780><c> the</c><00:39:53.039><c> scribes</c><00:39:53.400><c> have</c><00:39:53.639><c> become</c><00:39:54.039><c> lawyers</c>

00:39:54.619 --> 00:40:00.579
actually,<00:39:55.219><c> and</c><00:39:55.579><c> they're</c><00:39:55.960><c> not</c><00:39:56.320><c> anywhere</c><00:39:56.739><c> like</c><00:39:57.159><c> they</c><00:39:57.460><c> were</c><00:39:57.639><c> when</c><00:39:57.840><c> they</c><00:39:58.519><c> first</c><00:39:58.980><c> began</c><00:39:59.539><c> under</c><00:39:59.920><c> the</c><00:40:00.179><c> Greeks.</c>

00:40:00.579 --> 00:40:06.179
A<00:40:01.500><c> period</c><00:40:01.860><c> of</c><00:40:02.139><c> time</c><00:40:02.420><c> had</c><00:40:02.679><c> elapsed,</c><00:40:04.119><c> but</c><00:40:04.199><c> I'm</c><00:40:04.360><c> getting</c><00:40:04.619><c> ahead</c><00:40:04.940><c> of</c><00:40:05.119><c> my</c><00:40:05.380><c> story</c><00:40:05.659><c> just</c><00:40:05.980><c> a</c>

00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:08.420
little<00:40:06.440><c> bit</c><00:40:06.699><c> because,</c><00:40:07.380><c> you</c><00:40:07.380><c> see,</c>

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:14.079
to<00:40:09.179><c> the</c><00:40:09.400><c> last</c><00:40:09.719><c> king</c><00:40:10.039><c> that</c><00:40:10.340><c> sat</c><00:40:10.460><c> on</c><00:40:10.739><c> the</c><00:40:11.099><c> throne</c><00:40:11.480><c> of</c><00:40:11.739><c> David,</c><00:40:13.019><c> just</c><00:40:13.340><c> before</c><00:40:13.840><c> the</c>

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:16.900
kingdom<00:40:14.380><c> of</c><00:40:14.639><c> Judah</c><00:40:14.800><c> was</c><00:40:15.039><c> taken</c><00:40:15.300><c> into</c><00:40:15.559><c> captivity,</c>

00:40:17.179 --> 00:40:21.539
God<00:40:17.519><c> comes</c><00:40:17.900><c> to</c><00:40:18.099><c> that</c><00:40:18.380><c> king</c><00:40:18.639><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:40:19.440><c> and</c><00:40:19.599><c> he</c><00:40:19.719><c> says</c><00:40:20.059><c> in</c><00:40:20.280><c> Ezekiel</c><00:40:20.860><c> 21,</c>

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25<00:40:22.500><c> to</c><00:40:22.739><c> 27,</c>

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He<00:40:36.420><c> says,</c>

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And<00:40:38.639><c> then</c><00:40:46.199><c> we</c><00:40:50.719><c> have</c><00:40:50.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:51.440><c> picking</c><00:40:51.780><c> up</c><00:40:52.039><c> the</c><00:40:52.280><c> theme</c><00:40:52.460><c> and</c><00:40:52.980><c> telling</c><00:40:53.179><c> us</c>

00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:54.699
who<00:40:53.639><c> that</c><00:40:53.880><c> He</c><00:40:54.119><c> is.</c>

00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:57.900
Unto<00:40:55.679><c> us</c><00:40:55.860><c> a</c><00:40:56.000><c> child</c><00:40:56.340><c> is</c><00:40:56.559><c> born,</c><00:40:56.780><c> he</c><00:40:56.840><c> says</c><00:40:57.119><c> in</c><00:40:57.239><c> the</c><00:40:57.300><c> ninth</c><00:40:57.539><c> chapter</c>

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:59.599
of<00:40:58.079><c> Isaiah,</c><00:40:58.420><c> verses</c><00:40:58.699><c> 6</c><00:40:59.039><c> to</c><00:40:59.119><c> 9.</c>

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:02.739
Unto<00:41:00.239><c> us</c><00:41:00.440><c> a</c><00:41:00.539><c> son</c><00:41:00.760><c> is</c><00:41:01.039><c> given,</c><00:41:01.699><c> and</c><00:41:01.880><c> the</c><00:41:02.099><c> government</c><00:41:02.380><c> shall</c><00:41:02.599><c> be</c>

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upon<00:41:03.000><c> his</c><00:41:03.199><c> shoulders,</c>

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and<00:41:04.460><c> his</c><00:41:04.719><c> name</c><00:41:04.940><c> shall</c><00:41:05.099><c> be</c><00:41:05.300><c> called</c><00:41:05.460><c> Wonderful</c><00:41:06.039><c> Counselor,</c><00:41:06.659><c> the</c>

00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:10.039
Mighty<00:41:07.000><c> God,</c><00:41:07.360><c> the</c><00:41:07.460><c> Everlasting</c><00:41:07.900><c> Father,</c><00:41:08.340><c> the</c><00:41:08.480><c> Prince</c><00:41:08.739><c> of</c><00:41:08.880><c> Peace.</c>

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:12.460
Of<00:41:10.219><c> the</c><00:41:10.420><c> increase</c><00:41:10.760><c> of</c><00:41:10.920><c> his</c><00:41:11.099><c> government</c><00:41:11.460><c> and</c><00:41:11.719><c> peace</c><00:41:11.900><c> there</c><00:41:12.079><c> shall</c><00:41:12.219><c> be</c>

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:15.260
no<00:41:12.679><c> end</c><00:41:12.800><c> upon</c><00:41:13.079><c> the</c><00:41:13.420><c> throne</c><00:41:13.579><c> of</c><00:41:13.880><c> David</c><00:41:14.360><c> to</c><00:41:14.860><c> order</c><00:41:15.119><c> it,</c>

00:41:15.280 --> 00:41:17.699
and<00:41:15.380><c> to</c><00:41:15.619><c> establish</c><00:41:16.000><c> it</c><00:41:16.159><c> with</c><00:41:16.400><c> judgment</c><00:41:16.780><c> and</c><00:41:17.019><c> with</c><00:41:17.300><c> justice</c>

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from<00:41:18.400><c> henceforth,</c><00:41:18.960><c> even</c><00:41:19.239><c> forever.</c>

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:23.320
And<00:41:20.360><c> he</c><00:41:20.360><c> says</c><00:41:20.639><c> the</c><00:41:20.840><c> zeal</c><00:41:21.159><c> of</c><00:41:21.280><c> the</c><00:41:21.400><c> Lord</c><00:41:21.639><c> of</c><00:41:21.820><c> hosts</c><00:41:21.980><c> will</c><00:41:22.239><c> perform</c><00:41:22.679><c> this.</c>

00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:26.619
And<00:41:24.119><c> now</c><00:41:24.380><c> we</c><00:41:24.559><c> come</c><00:41:24.800><c> down</c><00:41:25.039><c> to</c><00:41:25.199><c> that</c><00:41:25.380><c> New</c><00:41:25.619><c> Testament</c><00:41:26.000><c> era,</c><00:41:26.480><c> and</c>

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:28.380
we<00:41:26.820><c> see</c><00:41:26.980><c> the</c><00:41:27.179><c> fulfillment</c><00:41:27.659><c> of</c><00:41:27.880><c> this</c><00:41:28.139><c> fact.</c>

00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:31.280
We<00:41:28.719><c> see</c><00:41:28.920><c> how</c><00:41:29.139><c> God's</c><00:41:29.539><c> plan</c><00:41:29.739><c> is</c><00:41:29.980><c> progressing</c><00:41:30.460><c> right</c><00:41:30.980><c> through</c>

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:33.920
the<00:41:32.699><c> New</c><00:41:32.940><c> Testament.</c>

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:37.400
A<00:41:34.219><c> beautiful</c><00:41:34.860><c> story</c><00:41:35.360><c> because</c><00:41:35.760><c> the</c><00:41:36.039><c> angel</c><00:41:36.400><c> comes</c><00:41:36.739><c> to</c><00:41:36.960><c> Mary</c><00:41:37.219><c> and</c>

00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:40.059
says,<00:41:37.760><c> Oh,</c><00:41:37.920><c> Mary,</c><00:41:38.380><c> he's</c><00:41:38.699><c> going</c><00:41:38.840><c> to</c><00:41:38.980><c> be</c><00:41:39.219><c> great.</c>

00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:42.679
And<00:41:40.320><c> he's</c><00:41:40.519><c> going</c><00:41:40.639><c> to</c><00:41:40.760><c> be</c><00:41:40.980><c> called</c><00:41:41.139><c> the</c><00:41:41.380><c> Son</c><00:41:41.539><c> of</c><00:41:41.659><c> the</c><00:41:41.820><c> Highest.</c>

00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:45.280
And<00:41:43.079><c> the</c><00:41:43.179><c> Lord</c><00:41:43.460><c> God</c><00:41:43.760><c> shall</c><00:41:43.960><c> give</c><00:41:44.199><c> unto</c><00:41:44.400><c> him</c><00:41:44.639><c> the</c><00:41:44.840><c> throne</c><00:41:45.099><c> of</c>

00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:46.199
his<00:41:45.420><c> father</c><00:41:45.719><c> David,</c>

00:41:46.340 --> 00:41:49.639
and<00:41:46.519><c> he's</c><00:41:46.719><c> going</c><00:41:46.860><c> to</c><00:41:47.059><c> reign</c><00:41:47.159><c> over</c><00:41:47.420><c> the</c><00:41:47.599><c> house</c><00:41:47.820><c> of</c><00:41:48.119><c> Jacob</c><00:41:48.539><c> forever,</c><00:41:49.500><c> and</c>

00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:52.159
of<00:41:49.719><c> his</c><00:41:50.019><c> kingdom</c><00:41:50.340><c> there's</c><00:41:50.699><c> going</c><00:41:50.820><c> to</c><00:41:50.980><c> be</c><00:41:51.119><c> no</c><00:41:51.380><c> end.</c>

00:41:52.699 --> 00:41:55.739
And<00:41:53.300><c> he</c><00:41:53.539><c> was</c><00:41:54.019><c> born,</c><00:41:55.059><c> wasn't</c><00:41:55.400><c> he?</c>

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:58.940
He<00:41:56.280><c> was</c><00:41:56.539><c> born</c><00:41:56.760><c> into</c><00:41:57.019><c> this</c><00:41:57.300><c> world,</c><00:41:57.619><c> and</c><00:41:57.820><c> he</c><00:41:57.880><c> was</c><00:41:58.159><c> acclaimed</c><00:41:58.659><c> as</c>

00:41:58.940 --> 00:42:01.139
the<00:41:59.159><c> Savior</c><00:41:59.599><c> of</c><00:41:59.820><c> the</c><00:41:59.980><c> world.</c>

00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:07.739
You<00:42:03.559><c> know,</c><00:42:04.900><c> it's</c><00:42:05.340><c> so</c><00:42:05.719><c> interesting</c><00:42:06.199><c> to</c><00:42:06.539><c> follow</c><00:42:06.800><c> the</c><00:42:07.059><c> Lord,</c><00:42:07.619><c> and</c>

00:42:07.739 --> 00:42:11.260
of<00:42:07.960><c> course</c><00:42:08.159><c> we</c><00:42:08.340><c> can't</c><00:42:08.739><c> follow</c><00:42:09.039><c> all</c><00:42:09.340><c> of</c><00:42:09.460><c> his</c><00:42:09.579><c> steps</c><00:42:09.840><c> this</c><00:42:10.119><c> afternoon.</c>

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:15.260
But<00:42:11.840><c> what</c><00:42:12.219><c> was</c><00:42:12.480><c> his</c><00:42:12.780><c> main</c><00:42:13.300><c> theme</c><00:42:13.739><c> of</c><00:42:14.179><c> teaching</c><00:42:14.500><c> as</c><00:42:14.760><c> he</c><00:42:15.000><c> went</c>

00:42:15.260 --> 00:42:17.019
through<00:42:15.739><c> the</c><00:42:16.059><c> land?</c>

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:21.139
It<00:42:17.500><c> was</c><00:42:17.800><c> to</c><00:42:18.119><c> fulfill</c><00:42:18.760><c> the</c><00:42:19.219><c> covenants</c><00:42:19.619><c> of</c><00:42:19.980><c> promise.</c>

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:29.139
At<00:42:22.119><c> the</c><00:42:22.420><c> age</c><00:42:22.780><c> of</c><00:42:23.019><c> 12,</c><00:42:25.119><c> his</c><00:42:25.300><c> mother</c><00:42:25.980><c> and</c><00:42:26.300><c> his</c><00:42:26.619><c> father</c><00:42:27.159><c> come</c><00:42:27.800><c> searching</c><00:42:28.619><c> for</c><00:42:29.000><c> him.</c>

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:31.340
Have<00:42:29.239><c> you</c><00:42:29.400><c> ever</c><00:42:29.679><c> lost</c><00:42:30.059><c> a</c><00:42:30.300><c> child?</c>

00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:34.219
If<00:42:31.780><c> you</c><00:42:32.079><c> have,</c><00:42:32.420><c> you</c><00:42:32.559><c> know</c><00:42:32.780><c> how</c><00:42:33.139><c> frantic</c><00:42:33.400><c> they</c><00:42:33.659><c> were.</c>

00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:37.260
And<00:42:34.780><c> they</c><00:42:34.980><c> come</c><00:42:35.159><c> to</c><00:42:35.380><c> him,</c><00:42:35.579><c> and</c><00:42:35.679><c> I</c><00:42:35.800><c> can</c><00:42:36.000><c> imagine</c><00:42:36.460><c> they</c><00:42:36.739><c> were</c><00:42:36.880><c> just</c><00:42:37.159><c> a</c>

00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:39.519
little<00:42:37.420><c> upset</c><00:42:37.860><c> with</c><00:42:38.119><c> him</c><00:42:38.579><c> and</c><00:42:38.920><c> his</c><00:42:39.159><c> words,</c>

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:46.079
Wish<00:42:40.260><c> she</c><00:42:40.619><c> not</c><00:42:41.199><c> that</c><00:42:42.340><c> I</c><00:42:42.619><c> must</c><00:42:42.820><c> be</c><00:42:43.079><c> about</c><00:42:43.340><c> my</c><00:42:43.920><c> father's</c><00:42:44.900><c> business?</c>

00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:49.820
You<00:42:46.719><c> know,</c><00:42:47.300><c> that</c><00:42:47.440><c> glorious</c><00:42:48.119><c> messianic</c><00:42:48.820><c> psalm,</c><00:42:49.539><c> it</c><00:42:49.539><c> said,</c>

00:42:50.280 --> 00:42:54.739
I<00:42:50.280><c> come</c><00:42:50.840><c> to</c><00:42:51.059><c> do</c><00:42:51.239><c> thy</c><00:42:51.500><c> will,</c><00:42:51.900><c> O</c><00:42:52.099><c> God,</c><00:42:52.880><c> yea,</c><00:42:53.239><c> thy</c><00:42:53.460><c> law</c><00:42:53.880><c> is</c><00:42:54.300><c> within</c>

00:42:54.739 --> 00:42:56.119
my<00:42:55.280><c> heart,</c>

00:42:56.139 --> 00:43:01.579
within<00:42:56.460><c> my</c><00:42:56.880><c> bowels,</c><00:42:57.340><c> within</c><00:42:57.559><c> my</c><00:42:57.960><c> intestines,</c><00:42:58.559><c> it's</c><00:42:58.760><c> my</c><00:42:59.139><c> burning</c><00:42:59.500><c> desire,</c><00:43:00.260><c> he</c><00:43:00.579><c> says.</c>

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:04.139
And<00:43:01.840><c> here's</c><00:43:02.199><c> a</c><00:43:02.400><c> revelation</c><00:43:02.940><c> of</c><00:43:03.260><c> it.</c>

00:43:04.280 --> 00:43:06.599
And<00:43:04.480><c> he</c><00:43:04.699><c> begins</c><00:43:05.139><c> his</c><00:43:05.579><c> ministry,</c><00:43:06.179><c> doesn't</c><00:43:06.440><c> he?</c>

00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:10.820
And<00:43:07.219><c> he</c><00:43:07.400><c> goes</c><00:43:07.780><c> out</c><00:43:08.219><c> and</c><00:43:08.420><c> he</c><00:43:08.699><c> turns</c><00:43:09.019><c> the</c><00:43:09.420><c> water</c><00:43:09.699><c> into</c><00:43:10.119><c> wine</c><00:43:10.559><c> and</c>

00:43:10.820 --> 00:43:11.920
performs<00:43:11.280><c> a</c><00:43:11.539><c> miracle.</c>

00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:15.099
One<00:43:12.519><c> of</c><00:43:12.639><c> his</c><00:43:12.960><c> first</c><00:43:13.320><c> as</c><00:43:13.519><c> he</c><00:43:13.820><c> begins</c><00:43:14.159><c> his</c><00:43:14.559><c> ministry,</c>

00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:19.239
what<00:43:15.880><c> deep</c><00:43:16.360><c> significance</c><00:43:17.059><c> there</c><00:43:17.360><c> is</c><00:43:17.639><c> in</c><00:43:17.860><c> this</c><00:43:18.280><c> class.</c>

00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:22.219
He's<00:43:19.800><c> constantly</c><00:43:20.360><c> turning</c><00:43:20.780><c> water</c><00:43:21.219><c> into</c><00:43:21.539><c> wine.</c>

00:43:22.719 --> 00:43:26.920
He<00:43:23.019><c> is</c><00:43:23.579><c> constantly</c><00:43:24.059><c> reaching</c><00:43:24.460><c> forward</c><00:43:24.920><c> in</c><00:43:25.119><c> that</c><00:43:25.440><c> day</c><00:43:25.760><c> when</c><00:43:26.119><c> he's</c><00:43:26.420><c> going</c><00:43:26.559><c> to</c>

00:43:26.920 --> 00:43:29.780
drink<00:43:27.099><c> anew</c><00:43:27.619><c> with</c><00:43:27.860><c> us</c><00:43:28.079><c> in</c><00:43:28.260><c> that</c><00:43:28.639><c> kingdom.</c>

00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:34.760
And<00:43:30.920><c> you</c><00:43:31.139><c> see,</c><00:43:31.800><c> he</c><00:43:32.119><c> began</c><00:43:32.519><c> healing</c><00:43:33.239><c> the</c><00:43:33.780><c> lame.</c>

00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:39.000
A<00:43:35.179><c> picture</c><00:43:35.440><c> of</c><00:43:35.679><c> that</c><00:43:36.099><c> day</c><00:43:36.440><c> when</c><00:43:37.119><c> the</c><00:43:37.539><c> lame</c><00:43:37.840><c> shall</c><00:43:38.179><c> run</c><00:43:38.519><c> is</c><00:43:38.719><c> the</c>

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:40.099
unharmed<00:43:39.460><c> deer.</c>

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:43.559
He<00:43:40.780><c> began</c><00:43:41.039><c> opening</c><00:43:41.400><c> the</c><00:43:41.699><c> eyes</c><00:43:42.059><c> of</c><00:43:42.260><c> the</c><00:43:42.440><c> blind</c><00:43:42.739><c> that</c><00:43:42.980><c> day</c><00:43:43.280><c> when</c>

00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:45.420
all<00:43:43.980><c> shall</c><00:43:44.219><c> see</c><00:43:44.639><c> the</c><00:43:44.920><c> Lord</c>

00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:47.719
and<00:43:45.860><c> know</c><00:43:46.000><c> him</c><00:43:46.119><c> from</c><00:43:46.380><c> the</c><00:43:46.559><c> least</c><00:43:46.820><c> unto</c><00:43:47.039><c> the</c><00:43:47.300><c> greatest.</c>

00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:50.980
He<00:43:48.320><c> opened</c><00:43:48.639><c> the</c><00:43:48.960><c> deaf</c><00:43:49.320><c> ears,</c><00:43:49.699><c> a</c><00:43:49.900><c> picture</c><00:43:50.119><c> of</c><00:43:50.340><c> that</c><00:43:50.559><c> time</c><00:43:50.780><c> when</c>

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:52.219
all<00:43:51.360><c> shall</c><00:43:51.599><c> hear</c><00:43:51.920><c> him.</c>

00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:55.539
They<00:43:52.659><c> won't</c><00:43:52.920><c> turn</c><00:43:53.219><c> a</c><00:43:53.400><c> deaf</c><00:43:53.619><c> ear</c><00:43:53.800><c> as</c><00:43:53.980><c> they</c><00:43:54.159><c> do</c><00:43:54.320><c> today</c><00:43:54.780><c> as</c><00:43:55.179><c> we're</c>

00:43:55.539 --> 00:43:59.679
trying<00:43:55.920><c> to</c><00:43:56.719><c> preach</c><00:43:56.960><c> this</c><00:43:57.280><c> glorious</c><00:43:58.000><c> truth</c><00:43:58.360><c> of</c><00:43:58.539><c> the</c><00:43:58.739><c> Gospel.</c>

00:43:59.719 --> 00:44:02.500
That<00:44:00.099><c> day</c><00:44:00.340><c> it</c><00:44:00.460><c> will</c><00:44:00.579><c> be</c><00:44:00.760><c> an</c><00:44:01.039><c> entirely</c><00:44:01.519><c> different</c><00:44:02.000><c> story.</c>

00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:07.300
And<00:44:03.059><c> yet</c><00:44:03.199><c> as</c><00:44:03.480><c> he</c><00:44:03.820><c> healed</c><00:44:04.079><c> the</c><00:44:04.460><c> blind</c><00:44:04.840><c> and</c><00:44:05.699><c> the</c><00:44:05.940><c> lame</c><00:44:06.380><c> and</c><00:44:06.780><c> the</c><00:44:07.039><c> deaf,</c>

00:44:07.300 --> 00:44:10.699
he<00:44:08.219><c> was</c><00:44:08.480><c> teaching</c><00:44:08.940><c> these</c><00:44:09.320><c> vital</c><00:44:09.639><c> lessons</c><00:44:10.019><c> that</c><00:44:10.219><c> people</c><00:44:10.500><c> could</c>

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:11.440
have<00:44:10.900><c> only</c><00:44:11.179><c> realized</c>

00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:14.679
of<00:44:12.280><c> that</c><00:44:12.480><c> day</c><00:44:12.679><c> when</c><00:44:12.840><c> the</c><00:44:13.019><c> great</c><00:44:13.219><c> physician</c><00:44:13.659><c> would</c><00:44:13.840><c> be</c><00:44:14.039><c> in</c><00:44:14.159><c> the</c><00:44:14.320><c> earth.</c>

00:44:15.059 --> 00:44:19.099
Of<00:44:15.400><c> course,</c><00:44:15.699><c> when</c><00:44:15.860><c> he</c><00:44:16.139><c> healed</c><00:44:16.360><c> leprosy,</c><00:44:17.400><c> that's</c><00:44:17.679><c> you</c><00:44:17.860><c> and</c><00:44:18.059><c> me.</c>

00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:24.039
We<00:44:19.539><c> all</c><00:44:19.880><c> have</c><00:44:20.119><c> leprosy.</c><00:44:21.639><c> We</c><00:44:21.780><c> all</c><00:44:22.119><c> have</c><00:44:22.420><c> terminal</c><00:44:22.980><c> death.</c>

00:44:24.380 --> 00:44:26.920
If<00:44:24.579><c> we</c><00:44:24.800><c> live</c><00:44:24.980><c> long</c><00:44:25.239><c> enough,</c><00:44:25.500><c> we're</c><00:44:25.719><c> going</c><00:44:25.880><c> to</c><00:44:26.159><c> die.</c>

00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:29.739
And<00:44:27.679><c> that</c><00:44:27.940><c> is</c><00:44:28.280><c> the</c><00:44:28.519><c> picture</c><00:44:28.900><c> of</c><00:44:29.179><c> leprosy.</c>

00:44:29.880 --> 00:44:31.519
It<00:44:30.019><c> invades</c><00:44:30.519><c> every</c><00:44:30.880><c> one</c><00:44:31.079><c> of</c><00:44:31.260><c> us.</c>

00:44:31.900 --> 00:44:34.480
And<00:44:31.940><c> just</c><00:44:32.119><c> as</c><00:44:32.260><c> there</c><00:44:32.420><c> is</c><00:44:32.579><c> no</c><00:44:32.840><c> known</c><00:44:33.159><c> cure</c><00:44:33.440><c> for</c><00:44:33.659><c> leprosy</c><00:44:34.159><c> in</c><00:44:34.300><c> the</c>

00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:35.219
world<00:44:34.699><c> today,</c>

00:44:35.219 --> 00:44:38.539
apart<00:44:35.840><c> from</c><00:44:36.059><c> the</c><00:44:36.179><c> Lord</c><00:44:36.420><c> Jesus</c><00:44:36.840><c> Christ,</c><00:44:37.639><c> there</c><00:44:37.860><c> is</c><00:44:38.000><c> no</c><00:44:38.340><c> known</c>

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:41.719
cure<00:44:38.820><c> for</c><00:44:39.360><c> the</c><00:44:39.619><c> leprosy</c><00:44:40.019><c> that</c><00:44:40.219><c> we</c><00:44:40.480><c> possess.</c>

00:44:42.900 --> 00:44:46.500
You<00:44:43.179><c> know,</c><00:44:43.599><c> it</c><00:44:43.840><c> was</c><00:44:44.079><c> so</c><00:44:44.460><c> interesting</c><00:44:45.039><c> and</c><00:44:45.239><c> it</c><00:44:45.500><c> made</c><00:44:45.960><c> the</c>

00:44:46.500 --> 00:44:49.719
priests<00:44:46.960><c> absolutely</c><00:44:48.739><c> startle.</c>

00:44:49.980 --> 00:44:51.920
It<00:44:50.260><c> startled</c><00:44:50.480><c> the</c><00:44:50.780><c> priests,</c><00:44:51.019><c> I</c><00:44:51.219><c> should</c><00:44:51.480><c> say.</c>

00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:55.420
When<00:44:52.699><c> a</c><00:44:53.000><c> leper</c><00:44:53.159><c> was</c><00:44:53.500><c> cured</c><00:44:53.780><c> and</c><00:44:53.980><c> they</c><00:44:54.119><c> came</c><00:44:54.280><c> before</c><00:44:54.539><c> him,</c><00:44:54.739><c> they'd</c><00:44:54.900><c> never</c><00:44:55.219><c> seen</c>

00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:57.280
a<00:44:55.619><c> leper</c><00:44:55.860><c> cured</c><00:44:56.159><c> before.</c>

00:44:58.579 --> 00:45:01.260
And<00:44:58.840><c> down</c><00:44:59.039><c> deep</c><00:44:59.340><c> in</c><00:44:59.519><c> their</c><00:44:59.739><c> heart,</c><00:45:00.019><c> when</c><00:45:00.199><c> that</c><00:45:00.519><c> leper</c><00:45:00.800><c> came</c><00:45:01.059><c> to</c>

00:45:01.260 --> 00:45:02.019
be<00:45:01.519><c> cleansed,</c>

00:45:02.019 --> 00:45:05.900
they<00:45:02.440><c> knew</c><00:45:02.800><c> that</c><00:45:03.000><c> it</c><00:45:03.099><c> had</c><00:45:03.380><c> to</c><00:45:03.559><c> be</c><00:45:03.699><c> the</c><00:45:03.800><c> power</c><00:45:04.059><c> of</c><00:45:04.239><c> God.</c>

00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:10.840
In<00:45:06.280><c> class,</c><00:45:07.440><c> when</c><00:45:07.500><c> we</c><00:45:07.739><c> gain</c><00:45:07.920><c> immortality,</c><00:45:08.780><c> we</c><00:45:09.039><c> will</c><00:45:09.340><c> know</c><00:45:09.760><c> that</c>

00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:15.340
it<00:45:11.000><c> is</c><00:45:11.079><c> gained</c><00:45:11.340><c> only</c><00:45:11.780><c> by</c><00:45:12.000><c> the</c><00:45:12.139><c> power</c><00:45:12.360><c> of</c><00:45:12.539><c> God</c><00:45:13.199><c> when</c><00:45:13.599><c> our</c><00:45:13.860><c> leprosy</c><00:45:14.260><c> is</c><00:45:14.500><c> cured.</c>

00:45:15.619 --> 00:45:18.559
But<00:45:15.760><c> listen</c><00:45:16.059><c> to</c><00:45:16.260><c> the</c><00:45:16.380><c> Lord</c><00:45:16.579><c> Jesus</c><00:45:17.000><c> Christ</c><00:45:17.460><c> as</c><00:45:17.639><c> he</c><00:45:17.840><c> goes</c><00:45:18.219><c> about</c>

00:45:18.559 --> 00:45:19.340
his<00:45:18.860><c> ministry.</c>

00:45:19.820 --> 00:45:24.679
He<00:45:20.079><c> gives</c><00:45:20.340><c> a</c><00:45:20.599><c> parable</c><00:45:20.840><c> to</c><00:45:21.000><c> the</c><00:45:21.179><c> nobleman</c><00:45:21.500><c> going</c><00:45:21.780><c> into</c><00:45:22.039><c> a</c><00:45:22.199><c> far</c><00:45:22.360><c> country</c><00:45:22.840><c> to</c><00:45:23.219><c> receive</c><00:45:23.559><c> himself</c><00:45:23.960><c> for</c><00:45:24.139><c> himself</c><00:45:24.440><c> a</c>

00:45:24.679 --> 00:45:25.800
kingdom<00:45:24.960><c> and</c><00:45:25.159><c> to</c><00:45:25.360><c> return.</c>

00:45:26.059 --> 00:45:29.139
And<00:45:26.199><c> he</c><00:45:26.300><c> calls</c><00:45:26.579><c> his</c><00:45:26.820><c> ten</c><00:45:27.039><c> servants,</c><00:45:27.480><c> delivers</c><00:45:27.679><c> them</c><00:45:27.940><c> ten</c><00:45:28.260><c> pounds,</c><00:45:28.940><c> says</c>

00:45:29.139 --> 00:45:30.960
unto<00:45:29.360><c> them,</c><00:45:29.639><c> occupy</c><00:45:30.199><c> the</c><00:45:30.400><c> right</c><00:45:30.659><c> come.</c>

00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:33.960
Then<00:45:31.519><c> we</c><00:45:31.679><c> have</c><00:45:31.980><c> a</c><00:45:32.099><c> picture</c><00:45:32.360><c> of</c><00:45:32.519><c> his</c><00:45:32.619><c> coming</c><00:45:32.900><c> again.</c>

00:45:34.219 --> 00:45:38.340
His<00:45:34.539><c> coming</c><00:45:34.900><c> again</c><00:45:35.559><c> and</c><00:45:36.000><c> his</c><00:45:36.300><c> giving</c><00:45:36.539><c> out</c><00:45:36.900><c> the</c><00:45:37.119><c> rewards.</c>

00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:43.320
And<00:45:40.199><c> so</c><00:45:40.539><c> he</c><00:45:40.639><c> says</c><00:45:40.900><c> in</c><00:45:41.019><c> Matthew</c><00:45:41.380><c> 25</c><00:45:42.059><c> and</c><00:45:42.139><c> 31,</c><00:45:42.699><c> when</c><00:45:42.820><c> the</c><00:45:42.940><c> Son</c><00:45:43.159><c> of</c>

00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:44.619
Man<00:45:43.559><c> shall</c><00:45:43.739><c> come</c><00:45:43.940><c> in</c><00:45:44.059><c> his</c><00:45:44.260><c> glory,</c>

00:45:44.860 --> 00:45:47.019
and<00:45:45.000><c> all</c><00:45:45.199><c> his</c><00:45:45.360><c> holy</c><00:45:45.619><c> angels</c><00:45:45.920><c> with</c><00:45:46.139><c> him,</c><00:45:46.360><c> then</c><00:45:46.699><c> shall</c><00:45:46.760><c> he</c><00:45:46.920><c> sit</c>

00:45:47.019 --> 00:45:48.800
upon<00:45:47.320><c> the</c><00:45:47.480><c> throne</c><00:45:47.639><c> of</c><00:45:47.780><c> his</c><00:45:47.940><c> glory.</c>

00:45:49.099 --> 00:45:53.000
Matthew<00:45:49.460><c> 19</c><00:45:49.920><c> and</c><00:45:50.099><c> 28,</c><00:45:50.539><c> he</c><00:45:50.760><c> told</c><00:45:50.980><c> Peter</c><00:45:51.300><c> that</c><00:45:51.500><c> in</c><00:45:51.699><c> the</c><00:45:51.860><c> regeneration,</c><00:45:52.739><c> when</c><00:45:52.820><c> the</c>

00:45:53.000 --> 00:45:55.280
Son<00:45:53.159><c> of</c><00:45:53.360><c> Man</c><00:45:53.860><c> shall</c><00:45:54.099><c> sit</c><00:45:54.239><c> on</c><00:45:54.360><c> the</c><00:45:54.440><c> throne</c><00:45:54.599><c> of</c><00:45:54.760><c> his</c><00:45:54.940><c> glory,</c>

00:45:55.559 --> 00:46:00.000
he<00:45:55.820><c> also</c><00:45:56.219><c> shall</c><00:45:56.420><c> sit</c><00:45:56.619><c> on</c><00:45:56.860><c> twelve</c><00:45:57.179><c> thrones,</c><00:45:57.659><c> judging</c><00:45:57.920><c> the</c><00:45:58.159><c> twelve</c><00:45:58.420><c> tribes</c><00:45:58.760><c> of</c><00:45:58.940><c> Israel.</c>

00:46:00.059 --> 00:46:05.280
And<00:46:00.579><c> when</c><00:46:00.900><c> the</c><00:46:01.400><c> angel</c><00:46:02.920><c> appeared</c><00:46:03.699><c> as</c><00:46:03.980><c> he</c><00:46:04.139><c> ascended</c><00:46:04.519><c> to</c><00:46:04.760><c> heaven,</c>

00:46:05.780 --> 00:46:06.460
the<00:46:05.880><c> angel</c><00:46:06.199><c> said,</c>

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This<00:46:06.739><c> same</c><00:46:07.139><c> Jesus</c><00:46:07.579><c> which</c><00:46:07.820><c> is</c><00:46:07.960><c> taken</c><00:46:08.159><c> up</c><00:46:08.420><c> from</c><00:46:08.599><c> you</c><00:46:08.800><c> into</c><00:46:09.019><c> heaven</c><00:46:09.280><c> shall</c>

00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:13.659
so<00:46:09.960><c> come</c><00:46:10.599><c> in</c><00:46:11.139><c> like</c><00:46:11.420><c> manner</c><00:46:11.739><c> as</c><00:46:11.920><c> ye</c><00:46:12.059><c> have</c><00:46:12.219><c> seen</c><00:46:12.460><c> him</c><00:46:12.639><c> go</c><00:46:12.900><c> into</c><00:46:13.159><c> heaven.</c>

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:17.440
And<00:46:14.239><c> as</c><00:46:14.539><c> we</c><00:46:14.760><c> read</c><00:46:14.960><c> the</c><00:46:15.320><c> epistles,</c><00:46:16.239><c> as</c><00:46:16.500><c> we</c><00:46:16.719><c> read</c><00:46:16.920><c> the</c><00:46:17.119><c> writings</c>

00:46:17.440 --> 00:46:18.400
of<00:46:17.619><c> the</c><00:46:17.679><c> New</c><00:46:17.940><c> Testament,</c>

00:46:18.659 --> 00:46:22.900
as<00:46:18.900><c> we</c><00:46:19.139><c> read</c><00:46:19.340><c> those</c><00:46:19.719><c> that</c><00:46:19.860><c> have</c><00:46:20.000><c> been</c><00:46:20.099><c> coached</c><00:46:20.440><c> by</c><00:46:20.719><c> him</c><00:46:20.960><c> and</c><00:46:21.239><c> filled</c><00:46:21.420><c> with</c><00:46:21.619><c> the</c><00:46:21.780><c> Holy</c><00:46:22.059><c> Spirit</c><00:46:22.619><c> on</c>

00:46:22.900 --> 00:46:24.039
the<00:46:23.119><c> day</c><00:46:23.320><c> of</c><00:46:23.500><c> Pentecost,</c>

00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:27.460
and<00:46:24.239><c> were</c><00:46:24.519><c> guided</c><00:46:24.820><c> by</c><00:46:25.119><c> the</c><00:46:25.280><c> Holy</c><00:46:25.480><c> Spirit</c><00:46:26.019><c> as</c><00:46:26.400><c> they</c><00:46:26.760><c> wrote</c><00:46:27.099><c> this</c>

00:46:27.460 --> 00:46:32.780
book,<00:46:28.019><c> we</c><00:46:28.139><c> hear</c><00:46:28.400><c> those</c><00:46:28.800><c> constant</c><00:46:29.360><c> words</c><00:46:30.280><c> of</c><00:46:31.079><c> his</c><00:46:31.400><c> second</c><00:46:31.719><c> coming.</c>

00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:38.199
Peter<00:46:33.420><c> said,</c><00:46:34.320><c> We</c><00:46:34.340><c> have</c><00:46:34.780><c> not</c><00:46:35.280><c> followed</c><00:46:35.679><c> cunningly</c><00:46:36.320><c> devised</c><00:46:36.820><c> fables</c><00:46:37.539><c> when</c><00:46:37.940><c> we</c>

00:46:38.199 --> 00:46:41.559
made<00:46:38.480><c> known</c><00:46:38.659><c> unto</c><00:46:38.960><c> you</c><00:46:39.179><c> the</c><00:46:39.480><c> power</c><00:46:40.019><c> and</c><00:46:40.360><c> the</c><00:46:40.579><c> coming</c><00:46:40.780><c> of</c><00:46:41.019><c> our</c><00:46:41.239><c> Lord.</c>

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:44.719
But<00:46:42.159><c> we</c><00:46:42.360><c> were</c><00:46:42.480><c> eyewitnesses</c><00:46:43.179><c> with</c><00:46:43.380><c> him</c><00:46:43.500><c> when</c><00:46:43.659><c> we</c><00:46:43.900><c> were</c><00:46:44.039><c> in</c><00:46:44.179><c> the</c><00:46:44.360><c> mount.</c>

00:46:44.719 --> 00:46:50.199
And<00:46:45.719><c> in</c><00:46:45.960><c> the</c><00:46:46.219><c> closing</c><00:46:46.960><c> chapter</c><00:46:47.619><c> of</c><00:46:47.880><c> the</c><00:46:48.139><c> Revelation,</c><00:46:49.599><c> we</c><00:46:49.820><c> have</c>

00:46:50.199 --> 00:46:54.059
the<00:46:50.480><c> repeated</c><00:46:51.719><c> admonition</c><00:46:53.199><c> to</c><00:46:53.400><c> each</c><00:46:53.639><c> of</c><00:46:53.780><c> us,</c>

00:46:54.400 --> 00:47:00.119
Behold,<00:46:55.139><c> I</c><00:46:55.460><c> come</c><00:46:55.739><c> quickly,</c><00:46:57.260><c> and</c><00:46:57.480><c> my</c><00:46:57.900><c> reward</c><00:46:58.420><c> is</c><00:46:58.780><c> with</c><00:46:59.059><c> me.</c>

00:47:00.719 --> 00:47:05.320
Class,<00:47:01.059><c> that's</c><00:47:01.460><c> the</c><00:47:01.679><c> theme</c><00:47:02.039><c> of</c><00:47:02.280><c> the</c><00:47:02.460><c> Bible.</c><00:47:03.699><c> That</c><00:47:04.039><c> is</c><00:47:04.380><c> the</c><00:47:04.719><c> theme</c><00:47:05.000><c> of</c>

00:47:05.320 --> 00:47:07.219
the<00:47:05.480><c> covenants</c><00:47:05.840><c> of</c><00:47:06.179><c> promise.</c>

00:47:07.420 --> 00:47:10.219
And<00:47:07.719><c> in</c><00:47:07.920><c> the</c><00:47:08.179><c> middle</c><00:47:08.440><c> of</c><00:47:08.599><c> all</c><00:47:08.860><c> that,</c><00:47:09.119><c> we</c><00:47:09.280><c> have</c><00:47:09.559><c> the</c><00:47:09.900><c> covenants</c>

00:47:10.219 --> 00:47:11.440
of<00:47:10.460><c> promise</c><00:47:10.739><c> exploding,</c>

00:47:11.440 --> 00:47:14.340
because<00:47:11.960><c> as</c><00:47:12.199><c> we</c><00:47:12.320><c> go</c><00:47:12.639><c> back</c><00:47:12.900><c> for</c><00:47:13.099><c> a</c><00:47:13.219><c> moment</c><00:47:13.400><c> to</c><00:47:13.619><c> those</c><00:47:13.900><c> prophets,</c>

00:47:14.780 --> 00:47:17.239
they<00:47:14.920><c> tell</c><00:47:15.260><c> us</c><00:47:15.460><c> how</c><00:47:15.659><c> those</c><00:47:15.980><c> covenants</c><00:47:16.320><c> of</c><00:47:16.519><c> promise</c><00:47:16.800><c> fit</c><00:47:16.980><c> into</c>

00:47:17.239 --> 00:47:18.440
that<00:47:17.539><c> picture.</c>

00:47:18.860 --> 00:47:22.860
The<00:47:19.019><c> second</c><00:47:19.380><c> chapter</c><00:47:19.800><c> of</c><00:47:20.059><c> Isaiah,</c><00:47:21.159><c> verses</c><00:47:21.500><c> two</c><00:47:21.860><c> to</c><00:47:21.960><c> four,</c><00:47:22.559><c> tells</c><00:47:22.579><c> us</c>

00:47:22.860 --> 00:47:26.400
that<00:47:23.039><c> at</c><00:47:23.119><c> that</c><00:47:23.480><c> time</c><00:47:23.780><c> the</c><00:47:24.619><c> inhabitants</c><00:47:25.119><c> of</c><00:47:25.360><c> the</c><00:47:25.500><c> world</c><00:47:25.679><c> are</c><00:47:25.900><c> going</c><00:47:26.039><c> to</c><00:47:26.199><c> say,</c>

00:47:26.880 --> 00:47:29.880
Come<00:47:26.900><c> ye,</c><00:47:27.619><c> and</c><00:47:27.679><c> let</c><00:47:27.880><c> us</c><00:47:28.099><c> go</c><00:47:28.260><c> up</c><00:47:28.480><c> to</c><00:47:28.659><c> the</c><00:47:28.760><c> mountain</c><00:47:29.059><c> of</c><00:47:29.239><c> the</c><00:47:29.400><c> Lord,</c><00:47:29.699><c> to</c>

00:47:29.880 --> 00:47:31.340
the<00:47:30.039><c> house</c><00:47:30.280><c> of</c><00:47:30.460><c> the</c><00:47:30.599><c> God</c><00:47:30.800><c> of</c><00:47:31.019><c> Jacob.</c>

00:47:31.760 --> 00:47:36.280
He<00:47:32.139><c> will</c><00:47:32.480><c> teach</c><00:47:32.800><c> us</c><00:47:33.039><c> of</c><00:47:33.159><c> his</c><00:47:33.380><c> ways.</c><00:47:34.280><c> We</c><00:47:34.559><c> will</c><00:47:34.860><c> walk</c><00:47:35.199><c> in</c><00:47:35.320><c> his</c><00:47:35.619><c> paths.</c>

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For<00:47:36.780><c> out</c><00:47:37.000><c> of</c><00:47:37.219><c> Zion</c><00:47:37.559><c> shall</c><00:47:37.780><c> go</c><00:47:38.099><c> forth</c><00:47:38.480><c> the</c><00:47:38.739><c> law</c><00:47:39.000><c> and</c><00:47:39.280><c> the</c><00:47:39.539><c> word</c>

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of<00:47:39.920><c> the</c><00:47:40.199><c> Lord</c><00:47:40.539><c> from</c><00:47:40.980><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:47:42.699 --> 00:47:47.219
I<00:47:42.900><c> could</c><00:47:43.159><c> spend</c><00:47:43.460><c> the</c><00:47:43.679><c> rest</c><00:47:43.940><c> of</c><00:47:44.159><c> the</c><00:47:44.340><c> day</c><00:47:44.860><c> speaking</c><00:47:45.320><c> of</c><00:47:45.559><c> the</c><00:47:45.820><c> glorious</c><00:47:46.420><c> prophecies</c><00:47:47.059><c> of</c>

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that<00:47:47.440><c> future</c><00:47:47.800><c> age.</c>

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I<00:47:49.119><c> ask</c><00:47:49.420><c> you,</c><00:47:49.579><c> when</c><00:47:49.719><c> you</c><00:47:49.960><c> return</c><00:47:50.380><c> to</c><00:47:50.599><c> your</c><00:47:50.840><c> homes</c><00:47:51.079><c> this</c><00:47:51.440><c> afternoon,</c><00:47:52.780><c> that</c><00:47:52.960><c> quietly</c><00:47:53.380><c> and</c><00:47:53.820><c> prayerfully</c><00:47:54.159><c> you</c><00:47:54.380><c> open</c><00:47:54.679><c> your</c><00:47:55.000><c> Bibles</c><00:47:55.300><c> to</c>

00:47:55.559 --> 00:47:57.639
the<00:47:55.679><c> fourteenth</c><00:47:56.179><c> chapter</c><00:47:56.599><c> of</c><00:47:56.739><c> Zechariah.</c>

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The<00:47:58.139><c> seventy</c><00:47:58.559><c>-second</c><00:47:59.079><c> psalm,</c><00:48:00.059><c> read</c><00:48:00.239><c> of</c><00:48:00.480><c> that</c><00:48:00.679><c> glorious</c><00:48:01.280><c> time</c>

00:48:01.559 --> 00:48:03.780
spoken<00:48:01.980><c> of</c><00:48:02.179><c> in</c><00:48:02.360><c> the</c><00:48:02.440><c> seventy</c><00:48:02.840><c>-second</c><00:48:03.139><c> psalm,</c>

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when<00:48:03.960><c> he</c><00:48:04.119><c> shall</c><00:48:04.239><c> come</c><00:48:04.559><c> down</c><00:48:04.800><c> like</c><00:48:05.139><c> rain</c><00:48:05.599><c> upon</c><00:48:05.980><c> the</c><00:48:06.239><c> mown</c><00:48:06.500><c> grass,</c><00:48:07.400><c> as</c>

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showers<00:48:08.179><c> that</c><00:48:08.480><c> water</c><00:48:08.679><c> the</c><00:48:08.920><c> earth.</c>

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In<00:48:09.699><c> his</c><00:48:10.000><c> days</c><00:48:10.159><c> shall</c><00:48:10.360><c> the</c><00:48:10.579><c> righteous</c><00:48:10.940><c> flourish,</c><00:48:11.380><c> and</c><00:48:11.519><c> the</c><00:48:11.739><c> abundance</c><00:48:12.019><c> of</c>

00:48:12.320 --> 00:48:14.440
peace<00:48:12.539><c> so</c><00:48:12.860><c> long</c><00:48:13.039><c> as</c><00:48:13.199><c> the</c><00:48:13.400><c> moon</c><00:48:13.619><c> endureth.</c>

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And<00:48:14.860><c> it</c><00:48:14.880><c> goes</c><00:48:15.179><c> on</c><00:48:15.639><c> and</c><00:48:15.820><c> on</c><00:48:16.039><c> and</c><00:48:16.219><c> on,</c><00:48:16.519><c> on</c><00:48:16.719><c> into</c><00:48:16.900><c> the</c><00:48:17.079><c> eleventh</c><00:48:17.420><c> of</c>

00:48:17.639 --> 00:48:19.840
Isaiah,<00:48:18.199><c> the</c><00:48:18.460><c> thirty</c><00:48:18.840><c>-fifth</c><00:48:19.059><c> of</c><00:48:19.280><c> Isaiah,</c>

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when<00:48:20.420><c> the</c><00:48:20.699><c> woes</c><00:48:21.159><c> and</c><00:48:21.360><c> the</c><00:48:21.699><c> trials</c><00:48:22.079><c> and</c><00:48:22.280><c> the</c><00:48:22.519><c> sickness</c><00:48:22.820><c> of</c><00:48:23.440><c> mortality</c><00:48:24.079><c> will</c>

00:48:24.360 --> 00:48:26.260
be<00:48:24.579><c> a</c><00:48:24.719><c> thing</c><00:48:24.840><c> of</c><00:48:25.039><c> the</c><00:48:25.260><c> past.</c>

00:48:27.340 --> 00:48:32.960
Class,<00:48:28.980><c> through</c><00:48:29.260><c> those</c><00:48:29.760><c> prophecies,</c><00:48:31.380><c> through</c><00:48:31.699><c> those</c><00:48:32.159><c> prophecies</c><00:48:32.780><c> that</c>

00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:36.840
he<00:48:33.239><c> asked</c><00:48:33.599><c> us</c><00:48:33.820><c> to</c><00:48:34.099><c> read</c><00:48:34.380><c> and</c><00:48:34.760><c> reread</c><00:48:35.260><c> in</c><00:48:35.440><c> his</c><00:48:35.719><c> absence,</c>

00:48:37.119 --> 00:48:41.480
we<00:48:37.699><c> have</c><00:48:38.099><c> the</c><00:48:38.599><c> glorious</c><00:48:39.239><c> signposts</c><00:48:40.639><c> that</c><00:48:40.739><c> would</c><00:48:40.980><c> indicate</c>

00:48:41.480 --> 00:48:42.840
his<00:48:41.920><c> coming.</c>

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What<00:48:43.440><c> we</c><00:48:43.699><c> are</c><00:48:43.820><c> to</c><00:48:44.000><c> look</c><00:48:44.260><c> for,</c><00:48:44.840><c> how</c><00:48:45.119><c> we</c><00:48:45.340><c> can</c><00:48:45.480><c> be</c><00:48:45.860><c> sure</c><00:48:46.219><c> that</c><00:48:46.460><c> the</c>

00:48:46.719 --> 00:48:48.780
time<00:48:46.900><c> of</c><00:48:47.119><c> the</c><00:48:47.280><c> end</c><00:48:47.420><c> was</c><00:48:47.719><c> here.</c>

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And<00:48:49.179><c> I</c><00:48:49.280><c> would</c><00:48:49.500><c> like</c><00:48:49.679><c> to</c><00:48:49.900><c> recount</c><00:48:50.280><c> some</c><00:48:50.619><c> of</c><00:48:50.760><c> those</c><00:48:50.940><c> for</c><00:48:51.239><c> you</c><00:48:51.420><c> in</c>

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the<00:48:51.739><c> few</c><00:48:51.860><c> minutes</c><00:48:52.119><c> that</c><00:48:52.420><c> remain.</c>

00:48:52.880 --> 00:48:55.940
And<00:48:53.519><c> you</c><00:48:53.739><c> see,</c><00:48:53.940><c> all</c><00:48:54.239><c> of</c><00:48:54.380><c> these</c><00:48:54.500><c> are</c><00:48:54.860><c> inseparably</c><00:48:55.460><c> connected</c>

00:48:55.940 --> 00:48:57.340
with<00:48:56.159><c> those</c><00:48:56.480><c> covenants</c><00:48:56.780><c> of</c><00:48:57.019><c> promise</c>

00:48:57.340 --> 00:49:00.500
that<00:48:57.679><c> we</c><00:48:57.880><c> have</c><00:48:57.960><c> been</c><00:48:58.179><c> speaking</c><00:48:58.500><c> of</c><00:48:58.699><c> for</c><00:48:58.880><c> the</c><00:48:59.019><c> last</c><00:48:59.239><c> two</c><00:48:59.539><c> weeks.</c>

00:49:00.599 --> 00:49:03.300
Those<00:49:00.980><c> covenants</c><00:49:01.400><c> that</c><00:49:01.579><c> were</c><00:49:01.679><c> made</c><00:49:01.840><c> to</c><00:49:02.079><c> Abraham,</c><00:49:02.500><c> Isaac,</c><00:49:02.800><c> and</c><00:49:03.039><c> Jacob,</c>

00:49:03.500 --> 00:49:06.519
because<00:49:03.900><c> the</c><00:49:04.179><c> only</c><00:49:04.440><c> way</c><00:49:04.800><c> that</c><00:49:05.039><c> God's</c><00:49:05.460><c> glory</c><00:49:05.699><c> can</c><00:49:05.960><c> cover</c><00:49:06.219><c> this</c>

00:49:06.519 --> 00:49:08.739
earth<00:49:06.699><c> as</c><00:49:06.880><c> the</c><00:49:07.059><c> waters</c><00:49:07.300><c> cover</c><00:49:07.579><c> the</c><00:49:07.840><c> sea,</c>

00:49:08.780 --> 00:49:13.539
is<00:49:09.099><c> for</c><00:49:09.519><c> that</c><00:49:09.900><c> which</c><00:49:10.059><c> is</c><00:49:10.500><c> opposed</c><00:49:10.980><c> to</c><00:49:11.260><c> God's</c><00:49:11.719><c> glory</c><00:49:11.920><c> to</c><00:49:12.119><c> be</c><00:49:12.320><c> destroyed,</c><00:49:13.440><c> to</c>

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be<00:49:13.739><c> wiped</c><00:49:14.039><c> away,</c><00:49:14.860><c> to</c><00:49:15.000><c> be</c><00:49:15.239><c> forgotten.</c>

00:49:16.619 --> 00:49:21.119
And<00:49:17.059><c> that's</c><00:49:17.519><c> the</c><00:49:17.699><c> picture</c><00:49:17.980><c> of</c><00:49:18.179><c> Daniel,</c><00:49:18.719><c> the</c><00:49:19.059><c> stone</c><00:49:19.480><c> in</c><00:49:20.079><c> Daniel's</c><00:49:20.760><c> image,</c>

00:49:21.119 --> 00:49:25.679
smiting<00:49:21.800><c> the</c><00:49:22.059><c> kingdoms</c><00:49:22.360><c> of</c><00:49:22.619><c> man,</c><00:49:23.239><c> sweeping</c><00:49:23.539><c> it</c><00:49:23.820><c> away,</c><00:49:24.420><c> and</c><00:49:24.500><c> that</c><00:49:24.760><c> stone</c><00:49:25.059><c> becoming</c><00:49:25.420><c> a</c>

00:49:25.679 --> 00:49:27.699
great<00:49:25.820><c> mountain</c><00:49:26.119><c> and</c><00:49:26.300><c> filling</c><00:49:26.480><c> the</c><00:49:26.659><c> whole</c><00:49:26.860><c> earth.</c>

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All<00:49:28.239><c> right,</c><00:49:28.400><c> let</c><00:49:28.559><c> us</c><00:49:28.760><c> quickly</c><00:49:29.139><c> look</c><00:49:29.420><c> at</c><00:49:29.539><c> these</c><00:49:29.780><c> signposts.</c>

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God<00:49:31.719><c> tells</c><00:49:32.219><c> through</c><00:49:32.559><c> his</c><00:49:32.820><c> prophet</c><00:49:33.179><c> Ezekiel</c><00:49:33.840><c> that</c><00:49:34.260><c> in</c><00:49:34.480><c> the</c><00:49:34.699><c> last</c><00:49:35.039><c> days,</c><00:49:35.639><c> his</c>

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downtrodden<00:49:36.719><c> people</c><00:49:37.119><c> Israel,</c>

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those<00:49:38.559><c> that</c><00:49:38.739><c> were</c><00:49:39.039><c> scattered</c><00:49:39.360><c> because</c><00:49:39.940><c> they</c><00:49:40.300><c> did</c><00:49:40.559><c> not</c><00:49:40.940><c> believe</c><00:49:41.320><c> God,</c>

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because<00:49:42.760><c> they</c><00:49:43.059><c> disobeyed</c><00:49:43.559><c> his</c><00:49:43.679><c> commands,</c>

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that<00:49:44.780><c> they</c><00:49:44.900><c> would</c><00:49:45.119><c> be</c><00:49:45.360><c> brought</c><00:49:45.559><c> back,</c><00:49:46.699><c> they</c><00:49:46.880><c> would</c><00:49:47.179><c> be</c><00:49:47.400><c> regathered</c><00:49:48.079><c> upon</c>

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the<00:49:48.559><c> mountains</c><00:49:48.920><c> of</c><00:49:49.159><c> Israel,</c>

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that<00:49:50.260><c> for</c><00:49:50.460><c> the</c><00:49:50.619><c> first</c><00:49:50.920><c> time</c><00:49:51.199><c> in</c><00:49:51.420><c> 2</c><00:49:51.739><c>,500</c><00:49:52.139><c> years,</c><00:49:52.659><c> they</c><00:49:52.679><c> would</c><00:49:52.900><c> be</c>

00:49:53.099 --> 00:49:55.320
a<00:49:53.320><c> nation</c><00:49:53.579><c> again</c><00:49:53.940><c> in</c><00:49:54.119><c> that</c><00:49:54.400><c> land.</c>

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And<00:49:55.880><c> the</c><00:49:56.099><c> miracle</c><00:49:56.519><c> before</c><00:49:56.940><c> us</c><00:49:57.179><c> this</c><00:49:57.460><c> afternoon</c><00:49:57.940><c> is</c><00:49:58.340><c> that</c><00:49:58.699><c> we</c>

00:49:59.019 --> 00:50:01.579
have<00:49:59.300><c> lived</c><00:49:59.619><c> to</c><00:49:59.860><c> see</c><00:50:00.159><c> that</c><00:50:00.420><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:50:02.159 --> 00:50:07.960
We<00:50:02.360><c> saw</c><00:50:02.639><c> that</c><00:50:02.920><c> in</c><00:50:03.099><c> May</c><00:50:03.380><c> of</c><00:50:03.659><c> 1948,</c><00:50:05.679><c> when</c><00:50:05.960><c> Israel</c><00:50:06.659><c> became</c><00:50:07.320><c> a</c><00:50:07.659><c> nation,</c>

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when<00:50:08.480><c> for</c><00:50:08.699><c> the</c><00:50:08.860><c> first</c><00:50:09.119><c> time</c><00:50:09.420><c> in</c><00:50:09.639><c> 2</c><00:50:10.039><c>,500</c><00:50:10.460><c> years,</c><00:50:10.960><c> the</c><00:50:11.139><c> six</c><00:50:11.400><c>-pointed</c><00:50:11.780><c> star</c>

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of<00:50:12.219><c> David</c><00:50:12.800><c> flowed</c><00:50:13.340><c> proudly</c><00:50:13.739><c> in</c><00:50:13.980><c> the</c><00:50:14.179><c> breeze</c><00:50:14.420><c> over</c><00:50:14.679><c> that</c><00:50:14.900><c> little</c><00:50:15.159><c> land.</c>

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And<00:50:16.599><c> another</c><00:50:17.099><c> miracle</c><00:50:17.559><c> that</c><00:50:17.780><c> we</c><00:50:17.960><c> have</c><00:50:18.199><c> witnessed</c><00:50:18.679><c> that</c><00:50:19.079><c> comes</c>

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out<00:50:19.539><c> of</c><00:50:19.699><c> the</c><00:50:19.820><c> 38th</c><00:50:20.360><c> chapter</c><00:50:20.619><c> of</c><00:50:20.820><c> Ezekiel</c><00:50:21.260><c> was</c>

00:50:22.739 --> 00:50:25.840
that<00:50:23.300><c> while</c><00:50:23.760><c> Israel</c><00:50:24.360><c> was</c><00:50:24.679><c> becoming</c><00:50:25.019><c> a</c><00:50:25.239><c> nation,</c><00:50:25.559><c> there</c><00:50:25.639><c> would</c>

00:50:25.840 --> 00:50:29.179
be<00:50:26.059><c> another</c><00:50:26.420><c> power</c><00:50:26.860><c> rise</c><00:50:27.260><c> to</c><00:50:27.519><c> the</c><00:50:27.719><c> north</c><00:50:27.900><c> of</c><00:50:28.119><c> that</c><00:50:28.340><c> land.</c>

00:50:29.460 --> 00:50:33.199
And<00:50:29.639><c> it's</c><00:50:29.940><c> interesting</c><00:50:30.320><c> once</c><00:50:30.619><c> again</c><00:50:30.940><c> that</c><00:50:31.079><c> we</c><00:50:31.260><c> go</c><00:50:31.500><c> back</c><00:50:31.820><c> nearly</c><00:50:32.099><c> to</c><00:50:32.340><c> the</c><00:50:32.500><c> time</c><00:50:32.679><c> of</c><00:50:32.920><c> Abraham,</c>

00:50:33.280 --> 00:50:36.480
a<00:50:33.420><c> little</c><00:50:33.559><c> past</c><00:50:33.900><c> the</c><00:50:34.079><c> time</c><00:50:34.260><c> of</c><00:50:34.539><c> Abraham,</c><00:50:35.199><c> to</c><00:50:35.420><c> really</c><00:50:35.820><c> identify</c>

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that<00:50:36.820><c> power.</c>

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Because<00:50:38.219><c> the</c><00:50:38.480><c> 38th</c><00:50:39.019><c> chapter</c><00:50:39.260><c> of</c><00:50:39.420><c> Ezekiel</c><00:50:39.800><c> says</c><00:50:40.059><c> it</c><00:50:40.159><c> will</c><00:50:40.380><c> be</c>

00:50:40.559 --> 00:50:44.420
Rosh,<00:50:41.559><c> Meshach,</c><00:50:42.500><c> Tubal,</c><00:50:43.320><c> Togarmah.</c>

00:50:44.420 --> 00:50:48.519
And<00:50:45.460><c> those</c><00:50:45.679><c> are</c><00:50:45.940><c> the</c><00:50:46.039><c> words</c><00:50:46.280><c> we</c><00:50:46.579><c> find</c><00:50:46.880><c> as</c><00:50:47.099><c> the</c><00:50:47.300><c> sons</c><00:50:47.539><c> of</c><00:50:47.860><c> Japheth</c><00:50:48.179><c> in</c><00:50:48.340><c> the</c>

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10th<00:50:48.840><c> chapter</c><00:50:49.079><c> of</c><00:50:49.340><c> Genesis.</c>

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And<00:50:50.659><c> we</c><00:50:50.880><c> find</c><00:50:51.159><c> that</c><00:50:51.420><c> those</c><00:50:51.679><c> sons</c><00:50:51.920><c> settled</c><00:50:52.380><c> in</c><00:50:52.579><c> the</c><00:50:52.780><c> area</c><00:50:53.000><c> of</c><00:50:53.280><c> Europe,</c><00:50:54.219><c> in</c>

00:50:54.440 --> 00:50:57.639
Germany<00:50:54.940><c> and</c><00:50:55.159><c> in</c><00:50:55.440><c> France</c><00:50:55.719><c> and</c><00:50:55.960><c> in</c><00:50:56.119><c> Russia</c><00:50:56.440><c> itself.</c>

00:50:58.340 --> 00:51:02.280
And<00:50:58.639><c> we</c><00:50:58.900><c> have</c><00:50:59.059><c> a</c><00:50:59.280><c> very</c><00:50:59.860><c> accurate</c><00:51:00.280><c> picture</c><00:51:00.639><c> of</c><00:51:00.820><c> the</c><00:51:00.980><c> fact</c><00:51:01.260><c> that</c>

00:51:02.280 --> 00:51:04.000
that<00:51:02.539><c> power</c><00:51:02.739><c> to</c><00:51:02.960><c> the</c><00:51:03.119><c> north</c><00:51:03.260><c> of</c><00:51:03.460><c> the</c><00:51:03.639><c> land</c>

00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:06.480
that<00:51:04.320><c> would</c><00:51:04.480><c> be</c><00:51:04.739><c> developing</c><00:51:05.079><c> at</c><00:51:05.280><c> the</c><00:51:05.480><c> same</c><00:51:05.739><c> time</c><00:51:05.940><c> of</c><00:51:06.119><c> Israel</c>

00:51:06.480 --> 00:51:08.659
would<00:51:06.780><c> be</c><00:51:06.980><c> none</c><00:51:07.159><c> other</c><00:51:07.420><c> than</c><00:51:07.599><c> Russia.</c>

00:51:09.300 --> 00:51:13.659
Magog<00:51:09.860><c> would</c><00:51:10.280><c> be</c><00:51:10.480><c> Germany,</c><00:51:11.579><c> Gomer</c><00:51:11.739><c> would</c><00:51:12.000><c> be</c><00:51:12.219><c> France,</c><00:51:13.099><c> Togarmah</c><00:51:13.480><c> would</c>

00:51:13.659 --> 00:51:14.539
be<00:51:13.840><c> Turkey,</c>

00:51:14.920 --> 00:51:19.579
Rosh,<00:51:15.260><c> Russia,</c><00:51:16.679><c> Meshach,</c><00:51:17.000><c> Moscow,</c><00:51:17.719><c> Tubal,</c><00:51:18.019><c> Tobalski.</c>

00:51:19.699 --> 00:51:24.820
Not<00:51:19.980><c> only</c><00:51:20.340><c> that,</c><00:51:20.679><c> we</c><00:51:20.860><c> don't</c><00:51:21.079><c> only</c><00:51:21.380><c> have</c><00:51:21.579><c> to</c><00:51:22.159><c> rely</c><00:51:22.460><c> on</c><00:51:22.639><c> those</c><00:51:23.039><c> two</c><00:51:23.340><c> great</c><00:51:23.639><c> facts</c><00:51:23.920><c> that</c><00:51:24.119><c> have</c><00:51:24.340><c> come</c><00:51:24.579><c> to</c>

00:51:24.820 --> 00:51:26.739
pass<00:51:25.099><c> in</c><00:51:25.400><c> our</c><00:51:25.719><c> lifetime,</c>

00:51:27.119 --> 00:51:30.039
but<00:51:27.300><c> look</c><00:51:27.539><c> around</c><00:51:27.860><c> us</c><00:51:28.119><c> today</c><00:51:28.400><c> and</c><00:51:28.619><c> we</c><00:51:28.699><c> can</c><00:51:28.900><c> hear</c><00:51:29.019><c> the</c><00:51:29.219><c> third</c><00:51:29.480><c> chapter</c><00:51:29.840><c> of</c>

00:51:30.039 --> 00:51:32.119
2<00:51:30.260><c> Timothy</c><00:51:30.659><c> being</c><00:51:30.980><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:51:32.340 --> 00:51:38.280
Look<00:51:32.900><c> at</c><00:51:33.179><c> it.</c><00:51:34.900><c> We</c><00:51:35.199><c> see</c><00:51:35.480><c> the</c><00:51:35.659><c> 12th</c><00:51:36.179><c> chapter</c><00:51:36.380><c> of</c><00:51:36.460><c> Daniel</c><00:51:36.880><c> being</c><00:51:37.199><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:51:38.500 --> 00:51:42.099
A<00:51:38.719><c> time</c><00:51:39.179><c> of</c><00:51:39.460><c> trouble</c><00:51:39.820><c> such</c><00:51:40.139><c> as</c><00:51:40.340><c> never</c><00:51:40.639><c> was</c><00:51:41.179><c> since</c><00:51:41.599><c> there</c><00:51:41.780><c> was</c><00:51:41.940><c> a</c>

00:51:42.099 --> 00:51:43.219
nation<00:51:42.320><c> upon</c><00:51:42.639><c> the</c><00:51:42.880><c> earth.</c>

00:51:43.719 --> 00:51:46.239
And<00:51:43.940><c> we've</c><00:51:44.119><c> only</c><00:51:44.460><c> stepped</c><00:51:44.719><c> across</c><00:51:45.119><c> the</c><00:51:45.340><c> threshold</c><00:51:45.760><c> into</c><00:51:46.000><c> that</c>

00:51:46.239 --> 00:51:47.619
time<00:51:46.500><c> of</c><00:51:46.760><c> trouble.</c>

00:51:48.260 --> 00:51:51.780
We<00:51:48.480><c> can</c><00:51:48.800><c> see</c><00:51:49.000><c> the</c><00:51:49.179><c> 13th</c><00:51:49.960><c> chapter</c><00:51:50.239><c> of</c><00:51:50.420><c> Mark,</c><00:51:50.699><c> the</c><00:51:50.880><c> 21st</c><00:51:51.480><c> chapter</c>

00:51:51.780 --> 00:51:53.800
of<00:51:51.980><c> Luke,</c><00:51:52.179><c> the</c><00:51:52.420><c> 24th</c><00:51:52.960><c> chapter</c><00:51:53.219><c> of</c><00:51:53.360><c> Matthew.</c>

00:51:54.119 --> 00:51:57.500
A<00:51:54.380><c> literal</c><00:51:54.679><c> fulfillment</c><00:51:55.199><c> in</c><00:51:55.440><c> front</c><00:51:55.579><c> of</c><00:51:55.760><c> our</c><00:51:56.000><c> eyes.</c><00:51:57.219><c> The</c><00:51:57.300><c> Mount</c>

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Olivet<00:51:57.800><c> prophecy.</c>

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All<00:51:59.860><c> nations</c><00:52:00.400><c> preparing</c><00:52:01.219><c> for</c><00:52:01.380><c> that</c><00:52:01.659><c> great</c><00:52:02.039><c> battle.</c>

00:52:02.840 --> 00:52:05.960
And<00:52:02.840><c> where</c><00:52:03.039><c> does</c><00:52:03.179><c> the</c><00:52:03.380><c> eyes</c><00:52:03.519><c> of</c><00:52:03.679><c> the</c><00:52:03.739><c> world</c><00:52:04.000><c> focus</c><00:52:04.420><c> this</c><00:52:04.739><c> afternoon?</c><00:52:05.739><c> To</c>

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the<00:52:06.059><c> Middle</c><00:52:06.380><c> East.</c>

00:52:07.179 --> 00:52:10.539
No<00:52:07.500><c> question</c><00:52:08.019><c> about</c><00:52:08.400><c> it.</c><00:52:08.920><c> And</c><00:52:09.079><c> God</c><00:52:09.300><c> says,</c><00:52:09.659><c> I</c><00:52:09.659><c> will</c><00:52:09.880><c> gather</c><00:52:10.179><c> all</c>

00:52:10.539 --> 00:52:13.079
nations<00:52:10.940><c> against</c><00:52:11.340><c> Jerusalem</c><00:52:11.940><c> to</c><00:52:12.219><c> battle.</c>

00:52:13.579 --> 00:52:16.179
And<00:52:13.719><c> Russia</c><00:52:14.000><c> is</c><00:52:14.219><c> getting</c><00:52:14.480><c> ready</c><00:52:14.840><c> to</c><00:52:15.139><c> pounce</c><00:52:15.440><c> upon</c><00:52:15.760><c> the</c><00:52:15.960><c> land</c>

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of<00:52:16.320><c> Israel.</c>

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Class,<00:52:19.059><c> Russia</c><00:52:19.460><c> is</c><00:52:20.059><c> overlooking</c><00:52:20.840><c> the</c><00:52:21.559><c> covenants</c><00:52:22.079><c> of</c><00:52:22.420><c> promise</c>

00:52:22.820 --> 00:52:25.500
made<00:52:23.159><c> to</c><00:52:23.480><c> Abraham,</c><00:52:24.059><c> Isaac,</c><00:52:24.400><c> and</c><00:52:24.639><c> Jacob.</c>

00:52:27.099 --> 00:52:30.900
You<00:52:27.659><c> might</c><00:52:28.219><c> think,</c><00:52:28.500><c> well,</c><00:52:28.719><c> why</c><00:52:29.019><c> should</c><00:52:29.280><c> Russia</c><00:52:29.619><c> pay</c><00:52:29.940><c> any</c><00:52:30.280><c> attention</c><00:52:30.679><c> to</c>

00:52:30.900 --> 00:52:32.480
the<00:52:31.119><c> covenants</c><00:52:31.400><c> of</c><00:52:31.599><c> promise?</c>

00:52:32.760 --> 00:52:35.119
Why<00:52:32.960><c> should</c><00:52:33.199><c> any</c><00:52:33.480><c> nation</c><00:52:33.820><c> pay</c><00:52:34.059><c> attention</c><00:52:34.480><c> to</c><00:52:34.639><c> the</c><00:52:34.840><c> covenants</c>

00:52:35.119 --> 00:52:36.239
of<00:52:35.360><c> promise?</c>

00:52:36.280 --> 00:52:39.880
Why<00:52:36.480><c> should</c><00:52:36.719><c> any</c><00:52:36.960><c> individual</c><00:52:37.480><c> pay</c><00:52:37.780><c> attention</c><00:52:38.139><c> to</c><00:52:38.300><c> the</c><00:52:38.500><c> covenants</c><00:52:38.760><c> of</c><00:52:38.980><c> promise?</c>

00:52:40.179 --> 00:52:44.400
The<00:52:40.320><c> answer</c><00:52:40.639><c> is</c><00:52:41.000><c> absolutely</c><00:52:41.719><c> no</c><00:52:42.099><c> reason</c><00:52:42.340><c> at</c><00:52:42.579><c> all,</c><00:52:42.980><c> unless</c><00:52:43.380><c> they're</c><00:52:43.719><c> interested</c><00:52:44.139><c> in</c>

00:52:44.400 --> 00:52:46.619
eternal<00:52:44.699><c> life</c><00:52:44.980><c> in</c><00:52:45.139><c> the</c><00:52:45.239><c> Kingdom</c><00:52:45.460><c> of</c><00:52:45.659><c> God.</c>

00:52:46.760 --> 00:52:50.139
And<00:52:47.039><c> if</c><00:52:47.179><c> they</c><00:52:47.400><c> are,</c><00:52:47.719><c> there's</c><00:52:48.059><c> every</c><00:52:48.440><c> reason</c><00:52:48.820><c> to</c><00:52:49.300><c> pay</c><00:52:49.559><c> attention.</c>

00:52:50.139 --> 00:52:53.400
And<00:52:50.559><c> I</c><00:52:50.760><c> direct</c><00:52:51.119><c> your</c><00:52:51.380><c> attention</c><00:52:51.719><c> to</c><00:52:52.000><c> one</c><00:52:52.440><c> section</c><00:52:52.940><c> of</c><00:52:53.119><c> this</c>

00:52:53.400 --> 00:52:54.739
one<00:52:53.739><c> segment.</c>

00:52:54.900 --> 00:52:57.320
That<00:52:55.139><c> is</c><00:52:55.360><c> that</c><00:52:55.500><c> I</c><00:52:55.659><c> will</c><00:52:55.940><c> bless</c><00:52:56.179><c> them</c><00:52:56.460><c> that</c><00:52:56.679><c> bless</c><00:52:56.940><c> thee</c><00:52:57.179><c> and</c>

00:52:57.320 --> 00:52:59.219
curse<00:52:57.599><c> him</c><00:52:57.800><c> that</c><00:52:58.039><c> curseth</c><00:52:58.440><c> thee.</c>

00:52:59.400 --> 00:53:03.000
And<00:52:59.599><c> I</c><00:52:59.679><c> would</c><00:52:59.880><c> ask</c><00:53:00.059><c> you</c><00:53:00.239><c> to</c><00:53:00.400><c> look</c><00:53:00.559><c> back</c><00:53:00.880><c> upon</c><00:53:01.159><c> the</c><00:53:01.440><c> greatest</c><00:53:01.739><c> fulfilled</c><00:53:02.159><c> prophecy</c><00:53:02.619><c> we</c>

00:53:03.000 --> 00:53:04.139
have<00:53:03.159><c> in</c><00:53:03.320><c> the</c><00:53:03.480><c> world</c><00:53:03.679><c> today.</c>

00:53:04.579 --> 00:53:07.440
And<00:53:04.820><c> that</c><00:53:05.019><c> is</c><00:53:05.179><c> that</c><00:53:05.440><c> the</c><00:53:05.719><c> record</c><00:53:06.019><c> is</c><00:53:06.280><c> that</c><00:53:06.519><c> every</c><00:53:06.860><c> individual</c>

00:53:07.440 --> 00:53:10.400
and<00:53:07.599><c> in</c><00:53:07.800><c> every</c><00:53:08.019><c> nation</c><00:53:08.400><c> that</c><00:53:08.739><c> has</c><00:53:08.940><c> ever</c><00:53:09.199><c> dared</c><00:53:09.539><c> to</c><00:53:09.780><c> lift</c><00:53:09.900><c> their</c><00:53:10.199><c> hand</c>

00:53:10.400 --> 00:53:13.420
against<00:53:10.659><c> the</c><00:53:10.880><c> city</c><00:53:11.039><c> of</c><00:53:11.260><c> Jerusalem</c><00:53:11.639><c> or</c><00:53:12.059><c> the</c><00:53:12.300><c> people</c><00:53:12.659><c> of</c><00:53:12.880><c> Israel</c>

00:53:13.420 --> 00:53:14.880
have<00:53:13.920><c> suffered.</c>

00:53:15.679 --> 00:53:19.719
God<00:53:16.179><c> says,</c><00:53:17.460><c> I</c><00:53:17.900><c> will</c><00:53:18.659><c> take</c><00:53:18.940><c> care</c><00:53:19.099><c> of</c><00:53:19.199><c> the</c><00:53:19.360><c> punishment.</c>

00:53:20.219 --> 00:53:22.119
You<00:53:20.340><c> keep</c><00:53:20.559><c> your</c><00:53:20.739><c> hands</c><00:53:21.039><c> off.</c>

00:53:22.139 --> 00:53:26.739
In<00:53:22.219><c> the</c><00:53:22.340><c> days</c><00:53:22.579><c> coming,</c><00:53:22.900><c> classes</c><00:53:23.340><c> are</c><00:53:23.559><c> brought</c><00:53:23.800><c> back</c><00:53:24.139><c> into</c><00:53:24.380><c> that</c><00:53:24.679><c> land,</c><00:53:25.579><c> purified</c><00:53:26.199><c> in</c><00:53:26.480><c> class.</c>

00:53:26.920 --> 00:53:28.519
And<00:53:27.019><c> what</c><00:53:27.179><c> a</c><00:53:27.420><c> time</c><00:53:27.579><c> they</c><00:53:27.800><c> have</c><00:53:27.940><c> before</c><00:53:28.280><c> them.</c>

00:53:29.000 --> 00:53:32.320
First,<00:53:29.440><c> when</c><00:53:29.559><c> Russia</c><00:53:29.840><c> comes</c><00:53:30.199><c> down,</c><00:53:30.820><c> two</c><00:53:31.179><c> million</c><00:53:31.519><c> of</c><00:53:31.719><c> them</c><00:53:31.840><c> are</c><00:53:32.019><c> going</c><00:53:32.159><c> to</c>

00:53:32.320 --> 00:53:34.440
be<00:53:32.539><c> destroyed</c><00:53:32.780><c> on</c><00:53:32.980><c> the</c><00:53:33.159><c> line</c><00:53:33.300><c> of</c><00:53:33.460><c> Israel</c>

00:53:34.780 --> 00:53:40.800
before<00:53:35.280><c> they</c><00:53:35.739><c> realize</c><00:53:36.800><c> that</c><00:53:38.480><c> their</c><00:53:38.719><c> Messiah</c><00:53:39.280><c> is</c><00:53:39.519><c> in</c><00:53:39.639><c> their</c><00:53:39.880><c> midst.</c>

00:53:42.239 --> 00:53:45.239
Then<00:53:42.719><c> as</c><00:53:43.019><c> we,</c><00:53:43.280><c> with</c><00:53:43.500><c> the</c><00:53:43.500><c> help</c><00:53:43.780><c> of</c><00:53:43.980><c> Elijah,</c><00:53:44.460><c> bring</c><00:53:44.719><c> back</c><00:53:45.059><c> the</c>

00:53:45.239 --> 00:53:47.940
ten<00:53:45.420><c> tribes</c><00:53:45.780><c> from</c><00:53:46.019><c> the</c><00:53:46.199><c> four</c><00:53:46.420><c> corners</c><00:53:46.780><c> of</c><00:53:46.980><c> the</c><00:53:47.099><c> earth,</c>

00:53:48.420 --> 00:53:50.539
the<00:53:48.519><c> rest</c><00:53:48.760><c> are</c><00:53:48.960><c> going</c><00:53:49.119><c> to</c><00:53:49.260><c> be</c><00:53:49.579><c> purged.</c>

00:53:50.820 --> 00:53:53.340
And<00:53:50.960><c> once</c><00:53:51.179><c> we</c><00:53:51.400><c> bring</c><00:53:51.599><c> them</c><00:53:51.780><c> back</c><00:53:52.139><c> in</c><00:53:52.360><c> while</c><00:53:52.559><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:53:53.159><c> temple</c>

00:53:53.340 --> 00:53:54.860
is<00:53:53.539><c> being</c><00:53:53.860><c> built,</c>

00:53:56.019 --> 00:53:58.960
once<00:53:56.320><c> they</c><00:53:56.539><c> are</c><00:53:56.800><c> back</c><00:53:57.079><c> purged</c><00:53:57.760><c> and</c><00:53:58.179><c> cleansed,</c><00:53:58.519><c> they're</c><00:53:58.760><c> going</c>

00:53:58.960 --> 00:54:01.340
to<00:53:59.239><c> surround</c><00:53:59.559><c> that</c><00:53:59.800><c> temple</c><00:54:00.079><c> of</c><00:54:00.239><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:54:00.900><c> prophecy.</c>

00:54:01.559 --> 00:54:03.900
And<00:54:01.820><c> they're</c><00:54:02.019><c> going</c><00:54:02.159><c> to</c><00:54:02.380><c> become</c><00:54:02.599><c> the</c><00:54:02.920><c> nucleus</c><00:54:03.280><c> of</c><00:54:03.519><c> the</c><00:54:03.659><c> mortal</c>

00:54:03.900 --> 00:54:05.019
nations<00:54:04.280><c> on</c><00:54:04.539><c> the</c><00:54:04.739><c> earth.</c>

00:54:05.019 --> 00:54:09.599
And<00:54:05.639><c> then</c><00:54:05.880><c> can</c><00:54:06.179><c> be</c><00:54:06.539><c> stated</c><00:54:06.940><c> the</c><00:54:07.300><c> fact</c><00:54:07.519><c> of</c><00:54:07.800><c> Zechariah</c><00:54:08.320><c> 8</c><00:54:08.579><c> and</c><00:54:08.739><c> 23,</c>

00:54:10.019 --> 00:54:12.900
ten<00:54:10.360><c> men</c><00:54:10.719><c> out</c><00:54:10.900><c> of</c><00:54:11.039><c> every</c><00:54:11.260><c> nation</c><00:54:11.639><c> shall</c><00:54:11.840><c> take</c><00:54:12.079><c> hold</c><00:54:12.260><c> of</c><00:54:12.420><c> the</c><00:54:12.599><c> skirt</c><00:54:12.739><c> of</c>

00:54:12.900 --> 00:54:14.059
him<00:54:13.039><c> that</c><00:54:13.199><c> is</c><00:54:13.400><c> a</c><00:54:13.559><c> Jew</c><00:54:13.699><c> saying,</c>

00:54:14.440 --> 00:54:16.599
we<00:54:14.519><c> will</c><00:54:14.739><c> go</c><00:54:14.900><c> with</c><00:54:15.139><c> you</c><00:54:15.280><c> for</c><00:54:15.460><c> we</c><00:54:15.739><c> have</c><00:54:15.800><c> heard</c><00:54:15.920><c> that</c><00:54:16.159><c> God</c><00:54:16.380><c> is</c>

00:54:16.599 --> 00:54:17.239
with<00:54:16.820><c> you.</c>

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And<00:54:17.880><c> my</c><00:54:18.219><c> dear</c><00:54:18.480><c> friends,</c><00:54:19.079><c> that's</c><00:54:19.380><c> the</c><00:54:19.559><c> covenants</c><00:54:19.980><c> of</c><00:54:20.280><c> promise.</c>

00:54:22.320 --> 00:54:25.119
Those<00:54:22.619><c> are</c><00:54:22.840><c> the</c><00:54:22.980><c> covenants</c><00:54:23.340><c> of</c><00:54:23.599><c> promise.</c><00:54:24.119><c> Those</c><00:54:24.420><c> are</c><00:54:24.679><c> the</c><00:54:24.840><c> basis.</c>

00:54:25.340 --> 00:54:28.179
That's<00:54:25.699><c> the</c><00:54:25.780><c> reason</c><00:54:25.940><c> Paul</c><00:54:26.219><c> says</c><00:54:26.480><c> this</c><00:54:26.739><c> is</c><00:54:26.960><c> the</c><00:54:27.159><c> Gospel.</c>

00:54:28.360 --> 00:54:31.260
And<00:54:28.880><c> it's</c><00:54:29.119><c> the</c><00:54:29.300><c> theme,</c><00:54:29.739><c> as</c><00:54:29.960><c> we</c><00:54:30.099><c> have</c><00:54:30.300><c> shown</c><00:54:30.500><c> this</c><00:54:30.760><c> afternoon,</c>

00:54:31.420 --> 00:54:35.480
that<00:54:31.659><c> flows</c><00:54:32.159><c> from</c><00:54:32.960><c> the</c><00:54:33.440><c> tenth,</c><00:54:34.059><c> eleventh,</c><00:54:34.639><c> twelfth</c><00:54:35.099><c> chapters</c>

00:54:35.480 --> 00:54:36.199
of<00:54:35.699><c> Genesis</c>

00:54:36.199 --> 00:54:38.880
right<00:54:36.780><c> on</c><00:54:37.019><c> through</c><00:54:37.239><c> the</c><00:54:37.320><c> book</c><00:54:37.519><c> of</c><00:54:37.639><c> the</c><00:54:37.820><c> Revelation.</c>

00:54:39.199 --> 00:54:42.739
And<00:54:39.420><c> it</c><00:54:39.599><c> proves</c><00:54:39.800><c> to</c><00:54:39.960><c> us</c><00:54:40.099><c> that</c><00:54:40.300><c> all</c><00:54:40.579><c> scriptures</c><00:54:40.920><c> given</c><00:54:41.239><c> by</c><00:54:41.480><c> inspiration</c><00:54:42.019><c> of</c><00:54:42.179><c> God</c>

00:54:42.739 --> 00:54:48.260
is<00:54:43.260><c> profitable</c><00:54:43.639><c> for</c><00:54:43.980><c> doctrine,</c><00:54:44.699><c> for</c><00:54:44.800><c> reproof,</c><00:54:45.500><c> for</c><00:54:45.780><c> correction,</c><00:54:46.340><c> for</c><00:54:46.480><c> instruction</c><00:54:47.000><c> in</c><00:54:47.239><c> righteousness.</c>

00:54:49.159 --> 00:54:51.659
Now<00:54:49.480><c> briefly</c><00:54:49.719><c> we</c><00:54:49.940><c> have</c><00:54:50.179><c> a</c><00:54:50.320><c> few</c><00:54:50.440><c> minutes.</c>

00:54:51.820 --> 00:54:54.820
If<00:54:51.940><c> anyone</c><00:54:52.280><c> would</c><00:54:52.539><c> like</c><00:54:52.780><c> to</c><00:54:53.119><c> pose</c><00:54:53.440><c> a</c><00:54:53.679><c> question.</c>

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Well,<00:55:17.019><c> we</c><00:55:17.280><c> have</c><00:55:17.460><c> no</c><00:55:17.719><c> questions.</c>

00:55:18.219 --> 00:55:23.460
Let<00:55:18.460><c> me</c><00:55:19.360><c> use</c><00:55:19.639><c> up</c><00:55:19.840><c> this</c><00:55:20.019><c> last</c><00:55:20.599><c> few</c><00:55:21.039><c> seconds</c><00:55:21.699><c> or</c><00:55:21.920><c> minutes</c><00:55:22.280><c> with</c><00:55:22.900><c> one</c><00:55:23.119><c> thing</c><00:55:23.300><c> I</c>

00:55:23.460 --> 00:55:24.739
might<00:55:23.659><c> have</c><00:55:23.860><c> overlooked.</c>

00:55:24.920 --> 00:55:28.219
I<00:55:25.480><c> did</c><00:55:26.039><c> not</c><00:55:26.239><c> mention</c><00:55:26.460><c> a</c><00:55:26.739><c> covenant</c><00:55:26.840><c> made</c><00:55:27.099><c> with</c><00:55:27.239><c> David.</c>

00:55:29.099 --> 00:55:32.079
That's<00:55:29.219><c> in</c><00:55:29.500><c> 2</c><00:55:29.699><c> Samuel</c><00:55:30.219><c> chapter</c><00:55:30.719><c> 17.</c>

00:55:32.840 --> 00:55:34.960
There's<00:55:33.079><c> a</c><00:55:33.280><c> covenant</c><00:55:33.420><c> made</c><00:55:33.739><c> with</c><00:55:33.960><c> David.</c>

00:55:35.440 --> 00:55:40.639
And<00:55:35.500><c> it</c><00:55:35.760><c> pertains</c><00:55:36.380><c> to</c><00:55:36.639><c> the</c><00:55:36.820><c> fact</c><00:55:37.480><c> that</c><00:55:38.280><c> David</c><00:55:38.840><c> would</c><00:55:39.360><c> never</c><00:55:39.860><c> want</c><00:55:40.280><c> for</c><00:55:40.500><c> a</c>

00:55:40.639 --> 00:55:42.480
man<00:55:40.800><c> to</c><00:55:41.019><c> sit</c><00:55:41.079><c> upon</c><00:55:41.380><c> that</c><00:55:41.699><c> throne.</c>

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Of<00:55:43.079><c> course,</c><00:55:43.619><c> that</c><00:55:43.719><c> throne</c><00:55:44.000><c> of</c><00:55:44.239><c> David</c><00:55:44.559><c> will</c><00:55:44.880><c> be</c><00:55:45.139><c> occupied</c><00:55:45.659><c> by</c>

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David's<00:55:46.460><c> greater</c><00:55:46.719><c> son,</c>

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none<00:55:47.699><c> other</c><00:55:47.960><c> than</c><00:55:48.139><c> the</c><00:55:48.280><c> Lord</c><00:55:48.539><c> Jesus</c><00:55:48.920><c> Christ.</c>

00:55:49.360 --> 00:55:52.239
And<00:55:49.539><c> we</c><00:55:49.820><c> quoted</c><00:55:50.260><c> several</c><00:55:50.800><c> other</c><00:55:51.059><c> verses</c><00:55:51.380><c> to</c><00:55:51.699><c> prove</c><00:55:51.880><c> that.</c>

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I<00:55:52.780><c> know</c><00:55:53.199><c> that</c><00:55:53.360><c> many</c><00:55:53.619><c> people</c><00:55:53.960><c> feel</c><00:55:54.280><c> that</c><00:55:54.480><c> these</c><00:55:54.739><c> covenants</c>

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have<00:55:55.239><c> been</c><00:55:55.500><c> fulfilled,</c>

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but<00:55:56.579><c> all</c><00:55:56.840><c> you</c><00:55:56.960><c> have</c><00:55:57.260><c> to</c><00:55:57.400><c> do</c><00:55:57.519><c> is</c><00:55:57.659><c> to</c><00:55:57.840><c> carefully</c><00:55:58.099><c> read</c><00:55:58.380><c> the</c><00:55:58.519><c> seventh</c><00:55:58.860><c> chapter</c><00:55:59.280><c> of</c><00:55:59.500><c> Acts,</c>

00:55:59.980 --> 00:56:02.260
and<00:56:00.219><c> you</c><00:56:00.320><c> will</c><00:56:00.539><c> find</c><00:56:00.800><c> out</c><00:56:00.980><c> they</c><00:56:01.139><c> haven't</c><00:56:01.460><c> been</c><00:56:01.820><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:56:02.639 --> 00:56:07.920
And<00:56:02.860><c> let</c><00:56:03.019><c> me</c><00:56:03.480><c> reiterate</c><00:56:04.099><c> the</c><00:56:04.420><c> fact</c><00:56:04.760><c> that</c><00:56:05.519><c> we've</c><00:56:05.960><c> made</c><00:56:06.019><c> so</c><00:56:06.420><c> positive</c><00:56:06.940><c> the</c>

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last<00:56:08.239><c> two</c><00:56:08.519><c> weeks.</c>

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And<00:56:09.599><c> that</c><00:56:09.739><c> is</c><00:56:09.980><c> this,</c><00:56:10.699><c> class,</c><00:56:11.519><c> that</c><00:56:11.840><c> when</c><00:56:12.619><c> God</c><00:56:13.239><c> promised</c><00:56:13.940><c> the</c>

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land<00:56:14.639><c> to</c><00:56:14.940><c> Abraham,</c><00:56:15.880><c> Isaac,</c><00:56:16.300><c> and</c><00:56:16.559><c> Jacob,</c>

00:56:18.400 --> 00:56:20.920
as<00:56:18.599><c> outlined</c><00:56:18.960><c> in</c><00:56:19.159><c> the</c><00:56:19.320><c> fifteenth</c><00:56:19.780><c> chapter</c><00:56:20.199><c> of</c><00:56:20.420><c> Genesis,</c>

00:56:20.920 --> 00:56:27.039
He<00:56:21.940><c> promised</c><00:56:22.559><c> them</c><00:56:22.840><c> an</c><00:56:23.019><c> area</c><00:56:23.340><c> of</c><00:56:23.920><c> 300</c><00:56:24.679><c>,000</c><00:56:25.440><c> square</c><00:56:25.780><c> miles.</c>

00:56:27.500 --> 00:56:34.380
And<00:56:28.079><c> at</c><00:56:28.280><c> the</c><00:56:28.619><c> height</c><00:56:29.239><c> of</c><00:56:30.139><c> David's</c><00:56:30.659><c> reign,</c><00:56:32.500><c> they</c><00:56:32.699><c> never</c><00:56:33.139><c> occupied</c><00:56:33.880><c> over</c>

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30<00:56:34.760><c>,000</c><00:56:35.300><c> of</c><00:56:35.480><c> it.</c>

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And<00:56:37.219><c> you</c><00:56:37.420><c> know,</c><00:56:37.659><c> I</c><00:56:37.900><c> would</c><00:56:38.159><c> like</c><00:56:38.360><c> to</c><00:56:38.659><c> leave</c><00:56:39.119><c> with</c><00:56:39.659><c> this</c><00:56:40.000><c> thought</c>

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this<00:56:40.480><c> afternoon.</c>

00:56:42.739 --> 00:56:47.699
That<00:56:43.219><c> same</c><00:56:43.820><c> area</c><00:56:44.360><c> and</c><00:56:44.760><c> that</c><00:56:45.099><c> same</c><00:56:45.800><c> equivalent</c><00:56:46.380><c> comes</c><00:56:47.139><c> down</c><00:56:47.559><c> to</c>

00:56:47.699 --> 00:56:49.260
you<00:56:47.960><c> and</c><00:56:48.119><c> to</c><00:56:48.280><c> me.</c>

00:56:49.579 --> 00:56:56.019
God<00:56:50.360><c> has</c><00:56:50.980><c> promised</c><00:56:51.519><c> us</c><00:56:52.019><c> an</c><00:56:52.420><c> unlimited</c><00:56:53.340><c> possession</c><00:56:54.139><c> in</c><00:56:55.300><c> calling</c><00:56:55.599><c> us</c><00:56:55.900><c> to</c>

00:56:56.019 --> 00:56:57.360
the<00:56:56.199><c> truth.</c>

00:56:57.619 --> 00:57:02.039
God<00:56:58.059><c> has</c><00:56:58.440><c> promised</c><00:56:58.860><c> us</c><00:56:59.400><c> unlimited</c><00:56:59.980><c> wisdom</c><00:57:00.500><c> and</c><00:57:00.800><c> given</c><00:57:01.019><c> us</c><00:57:01.300><c> the</c><00:57:01.400><c> opportunity</c>

00:57:02.039 --> 00:57:05.280
for<00:57:02.420><c> unlimited</c><00:57:02.920><c> wisdom</c><00:57:03.300><c> in</c><00:57:03.500><c> the</c><00:57:03.679><c> study</c><00:57:03.880><c> of</c><00:57:04.019><c> His</c><00:57:04.199><c> book.</c>

00:57:05.519 --> 00:57:09.960
And<00:57:05.900><c> do</c><00:57:06.079><c> you</c><00:57:06.300><c> know</c><00:57:06.619><c> that</c><00:57:06.900><c> we,</c><00:57:07.619><c> as</c><00:57:07.820><c> spiritual</c><00:57:08.239><c> Israel,</c><00:57:08.900><c> do</c><00:57:09.079><c> exactly</c><00:57:09.719><c> the</c>

00:57:09.960 --> 00:57:12.599
same<00:57:10.280><c> thing</c><00:57:10.519><c> that</c><00:57:10.719><c> natural</c><00:57:11.079><c> Israel</c><00:57:11.519><c> do?</c>

00:57:12.739 --> 00:57:17.219
We<00:57:13.280><c> don't</c><00:57:13.760><c> possess</c><00:57:14.340><c> except</c><00:57:14.940><c> about</c><00:57:15.400><c> 10</c><00:57:15.739><c> percent</c><00:57:16.199><c> of</c><00:57:16.380><c> it.</c>

00:57:17.480 --> 00:57:20.960
We<00:57:18.039><c> never</c><00:57:18.599><c> saturate</c><00:57:19.480><c> what</c><00:57:19.719><c> God</c><00:57:20.079><c> has</c><00:57:20.340><c> given</c><00:57:20.559><c> us.</c>

00:57:21.099 --> 00:57:23.340
We<00:57:21.380><c> never</c><00:57:21.820><c> exploit</c><00:57:22.360><c> it.</c>

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And<00:57:23.820><c> if</c><00:57:23.920><c> you're</c><00:57:24.139><c> like</c><00:57:24.480><c> Maurice</c><00:57:24.880><c> Stewart,</c><00:57:25.340><c> you</c><00:57:25.360><c> can</c><00:57:25.579><c> always</c><00:57:26.059><c> find</c><00:57:26.400><c> more</c><00:57:26.780><c> important</c><00:57:27.400><c> things</c><00:57:27.739><c> to</c><00:57:28.019><c> do.</c>

00:57:28.760 --> 00:57:31.559
I<00:57:28.920><c> can</c><00:57:29.179><c> think</c><00:57:29.360><c> of</c><00:57:29.539><c> a</c><00:57:29.579><c> hundred</c><00:57:29.860><c> things</c><00:57:30.219><c> to</c><00:57:30.420><c> do</c><00:57:30.579><c> before</c><00:57:30.900><c> I</c><00:57:31.099><c> go</c><00:57:31.239><c> over</c><00:57:31.420><c> to</c>

00:57:31.559 --> 00:57:33.940
pick<00:57:31.719><c> up</c><00:57:31.880><c> my</c><00:57:32.079><c> Bible</c><00:57:32.340><c> to</c><00:57:32.559><c> open</c><00:57:32.719><c> its</c><00:57:32.960><c> pages.</c>

00:57:34.059 --> 00:57:37.920
You<00:57:34.280><c> see,</c><00:57:34.440><c> we're</c><00:57:34.719><c> still</c><00:57:35.099><c> weak</c><00:57:35.420><c> and</c><00:57:35.780><c> frail,</c><00:57:36.380><c> just</c><00:57:36.679><c> like</c><00:57:36.920><c> Israel.</c>

00:57:38.139 --> 00:57:42.260
But<00:57:38.420><c> class,</c><00:57:38.820><c> never</c><00:57:39.179><c> let</c><00:57:39.380><c> us</c><00:57:39.579><c> make</c><00:57:39.820><c> the</c><00:57:39.980><c> mistake</c><00:57:40.579><c> of</c><00:57:41.340><c> doubting</c><00:57:41.739><c> God.</c>

00:57:42.260 --> 00:57:45.639
Never<00:57:43.380><c> let</c><00:57:43.599><c> us</c><00:57:43.800><c> make</c><00:57:44.099><c> our</c><00:57:44.360><c> mistake.</c>

00:57:45.760 --> 00:57:49.320
Never<00:57:46.159><c> let</c><00:57:46.360><c> us</c><00:57:46.539><c> make</c><00:57:46.719><c> a</c><00:57:46.940><c> mistake</c><00:57:47.320><c> of</c><00:57:47.760><c> disbelieving</c><00:57:48.400><c> God.</c>

00:57:49.739 --> 00:57:54.480
As<00:57:50.000><c> long</c><00:57:50.320><c> as</c><00:57:50.619><c> we</c><00:57:50.840><c> believe,</c><00:57:52.099><c> as</c><00:57:52.340><c> long</c><00:57:52.559><c> as</c><00:57:52.760><c> we</c><00:57:52.960><c> hold</c><00:57:53.320><c> fast,</c>

00:57:54.579 --> 00:57:58.860
as<00:57:54.860><c> we</c><00:57:55.320><c> said</c><00:57:55.639><c> at</c><00:57:56.179><c> the</c><00:57:56.340><c> beginning</c><00:57:56.739><c> of</c><00:57:57.019><c> this</c><00:57:57.780><c> series</c><00:57:58.260><c> on</c><00:57:58.599><c> going</c>

00:57:58.860 --> 00:58:00.300
through<00:57:59.179><c> the</c><00:57:59.400><c> Bible,</c>

00:58:00.579 --> 00:58:04.400
as<00:58:01.059><c> long</c><00:58:01.579><c> as</c><00:58:01.860><c> we</c><00:58:02.119><c> stay</c><00:58:02.400><c> in</c><00:58:02.659><c> the</c><00:58:03.019><c> spiritual</c><00:58:03.360><c> bus</c><00:58:03.800><c> and</c><00:58:03.960><c> do</c><00:58:04.239><c> not</c>

00:58:04.400 --> 00:58:05.579
get<00:58:04.679><c> off,</c>

00:58:05.840 --> 00:58:09.039
we're<00:58:06.320><c> going</c><00:58:06.559><c> to</c><00:58:06.739><c> go</c><00:58:06.960><c> into</c><00:58:07.239><c> the</c><00:58:07.380><c> kingdom</c><00:58:07.679><c> of</c><00:58:07.920><c> God</c><00:58:08.179><c> because</c><00:58:08.659><c> our</c>

00:58:09.039 --> 00:58:12.099
driver<00:58:09.460><c> is</c><00:58:09.739><c> going</c><00:58:09.980><c> into</c><00:58:10.260><c> the</c><00:58:10.440><c> kingdom</c><00:58:10.719><c> of</c><00:58:10.960><c> God.</c>

00:58:12.280 --> 00:58:15.079
And<00:58:12.739><c> it's</c><00:58:12.940><c> up</c><00:58:13.059><c> to</c><00:58:13.199><c> us</c><00:58:13.400><c> to</c><00:58:13.579><c> make</c><00:58:13.739><c> that</c><00:58:13.980><c> choice.</c>

00:58:15.619 --> 00:58:17.460
All<00:58:15.780><c> right,</c><00:58:15.820><c> I'm</c><00:58:15.900><c> going</c><00:58:16.039><c> to</c><00:58:16.179><c> bring</c><00:58:16.340><c> this</c><00:58:16.699><c> class</c><00:58:16.900><c> to</c><00:58:17.139><c> a</c><00:58:17.260><c> close</c>

00:58:17.460 --> 00:58:18.880
this<00:58:17.760><c> afternoon.</c>

00:58:19.079 --> 00:58:21.500
And<00:58:19.340><c> I'm</c><00:58:19.559><c> going</c><00:58:19.679><c> to</c><00:58:19.860><c> ask</c><00:58:20.039><c> Brother</c><00:58:20.320><c> Jordan</c><00:58:20.739><c> Holt</c><00:58:20.940><c> to</c><00:58:21.239><c> conclude</c>

00:58:21.500 --> 00:58:23.019
the<00:58:21.739><c> prayer,</c><00:58:21.920><c> please.</c>

00:58:36.139 --> 00:58:39.739
We<00:58:36.679><c> are</c><00:58:37.219><c> indeed</c><00:58:37.619><c> grateful</c><00:58:37.980><c> that</c><00:58:38.239><c> we</c><00:58:38.420><c> can</c><00:58:38.639><c> gather</c><00:58:38.880><c> together</c><00:58:39.460><c> in</c>

00:58:39.739 --> 00:58:42.340
peace<00:58:40.079><c> and</c><00:58:40.400><c> quiet</c><00:58:40.659><c> and</c><00:58:40.960><c> start</c><00:58:41.179><c> with</c><00:58:41.380><c> our</c><00:58:41.559><c> Lord.</c>

00:58:42.519 --> 00:58:48.579
And<00:58:42.760><c> we</c><00:58:43.000><c> pray</c><00:58:43.239><c> that</c><00:58:44.159><c> we</c><00:58:44.440><c> may</c><00:58:44.659><c> go</c><00:58:44.820><c> away</c><00:58:45.119><c> from</c><00:58:45.400><c> here,</c><00:58:45.760><c> strengthened</c><00:58:46.079><c> in</c><00:58:47.000><c> our</c><00:58:47.260><c> faith</c><00:58:47.539><c> in</c><00:58:47.780><c> Thee.</c>

00:58:49.039 --> 00:58:52.280
Guide<00:58:49.260><c> and</c><00:58:49.480><c> elect</c><00:58:49.719><c> us</c><00:58:50.039><c> all</c><00:58:50.179><c> as</c><00:58:50.380><c> we</c><00:58:50.559><c> write</c><00:58:50.780><c> in</c><00:58:51.000><c> Thee</c><00:58:51.579><c> as</c><00:58:51.840><c> we</c><00:58:52.139><c> go</c>

00:58:52.280 --> 00:58:55.199
through<00:58:52.579><c> Jesus</c><00:58:52.860><c> Christ.</c><00:58:54.159><c> Amen.</c>