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course,</c> 00:09:09.379 --> 00:09:13.580 x the<00:09:09.539><c> Holocaust,</c><00:09:10.419><c> right?</c><00:09:10.559><c> Nazi</c><00:09:10.840><c> Germany's</c><00:09:12.039><c> goal</c><00:09:12.259><c> was</c><00:09:12.559><c> to</c><00:09:12.840><c> exterminate</c><00:09:13.360><c> the</c> 00:09:13.580 --> 00:09:15.360 x Jews<00:09:13.799><c> from</c><00:09:14.080><c> Europe</c> 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:19.820 x because<00:09:16.400><c> they</c><00:09:16.960><c> were</c><00:09:17.159><c> Jews.</c><00:09:18.480><c> In</c><00:09:18.799><c> Rwanda,</c><00:09:19.259><c> the</c><00:09:19.379><c> Houthi</c><00:09:19.639><c> group</c> 00:09:19.820 --> 00:09:22.100 x tried<00:09:20.059><c> to</c><00:09:20.340><c> exterminate</c><00:09:20.840><c> the</c><00:09:21.039><c> Tutsi</c><00:09:21.320><c> group.</c><00:09:21.679><c> Why?</c> 00:09:22.100 --> 00:09:27.179 x Because<00:09:22.320><c> they</c><00:09:22.480><c> weren't</c><00:09:22.659><c> part</c><00:09:22.860><c> 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God</c><00:11:15.980><c> was</c><00:11:16.299><c> trying</c><00:11:16.539><c> to</c><00:11:16.759><c> do.</c><00:11:17.120><c> It's</c><00:11:17.299><c> not</c><00:11:17.460><c> a</c><00:11:17.620><c> genocide.</c><00:11:18.080><c> He</c> 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:19.879 x was<00:11:18.360><c> trying</c><00:11:18.580><c> to</c><00:11:18.879><c> drive</c><00:11:19.139><c> out</c> 00:11:20.179 --> 00:11:24.100 x the<00:11:20.659><c> inhabitants</c><00:11:21.100><c> of</c><00:11:21.379><c> the</c><00:11:21.580><c> land.</c><00:11:22.820><c> And</c><00:11:22.980><c> he</c><00:11:23.100><c> was</c><00:11:23.279><c> going</c><00:11:23.480><c> to</c><00:11:23.700><c> do</c><00:11:23.840><c> it.</c><00:11:23.960><c> And</c><00:11:24.059><c> I</c> 00:11:24.100 --> 00:11:24.980 x think<00:11:24.220><c> this</c><00:11:24.480><c> is</c> 00:11:24.980 --> 00:11:30.539 x important.<00:11:25.299><c> He</c><00:11:25.379><c> was</c><00:11:25.519><c> going</c><00:11:25.620><c> to</c><00:11:25.779><c> do</c><00:11:25.860><c> it</c><00:11:26.039><c> little</c><00:11:26.419><c> by</c><00:11:26.840><c> little.</c><00:11:29.460><c> This</c><00:11:29.779><c> wasn't</c><00:11:30.179><c> an</c> 00:11:30.539 --> 00:11:31.679 x ambush.<00:11:30.980><c> This</c><00:11:31.179><c> wasn't</c> 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:36.120 x just<00:11:32.100><c> this</c><00:11:32.539><c> big</c><00:11:33.259><c> invasion</c><00:11:34.159><c> of</c><00:11:34.519><c> the</c><00:11:34.720><c> land</c><00:11:34.899><c> that</c><00:11:35.080><c> the</c><00:11:35.279><c> people</c><00:11:35.480><c> had</c><00:11:35.759><c> no</c> 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:38.620 x idea<00:11:36.720><c> what</c><00:11:37.039><c> was</c><00:11:37.399><c> coming.</c><00:11:38.159><c> They</c><00:11:38.419><c> knew</c> 00:11:38.620 --> 00:11:41.759 x what<00:11:38.820><c> was</c><00:11:39.080><c> coming.</c><00:11:39.519><c> And</c><00:11:39.759><c> they</c><00:11:39.879><c> knew</c><00:11:40.080><c> why.</c><00:11:41.019><c> And</c><00:11:41.220><c> they</c><00:11:41.360><c> knew</c><00:11:41.480><c> who</c> 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:45.299 x it<00:11:41.919><c> was</c><00:11:42.100><c> from.</c><00:11:43.220><c> And</c><00:11:43.419><c> it</c><00:11:43.500><c> was</c><00:11:43.659><c> done</c><00:11:43.899><c> little</c><00:11:44.399><c> by</c><00:11:44.879><c> little</c> 00:11:45.299 --> 00:11:49.659 x so<00:11:45.940><c> that</c><00:11:46.139><c> they</c><00:11:46.340><c> would</c><00:11:46.580><c> know</c><00:11:46.799><c> there</c><00:11:46.919><c> was</c><00:11:47.139><c> going</c><00:11:47.340><c> to</c><00:11:47.500><c> be</c><00:11:47.679><c> a</c><00:11:47.940><c> decision</c><00:11:48.480><c> on</c><00:11:49.059><c> the</c><00:11:49.240><c> part</c><00:11:49.419><c> of</c> 00:11:49.659 --> 00:11:50.840 x these<00:11:49.879><c> nations</c><00:11:50.399><c> on</c><00:11:50.620><c> what</c> 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:58.100 x they<00:11:51.039><c> would</c><00:11:51.259><c> do.</c><00:11:54.659><c> 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make</c><00:12:07.980><c> thee</c><00:12:08.220><c> an</c><00:12:08.419><c> answer,</c><00:12:08.960><c> a</c><00:12:09.039><c> feast</c> 00:12:09.299 --> 00:12:11.600 x then<00:12:09.500><c> open</c><00:12:09.919><c> unto</c><00:12:10.279><c> thee,</c><00:12:10.519><c> then</c><00:12:10.700><c> it</c><00:12:10.960><c> shall</c><00:12:11.139><c> be</c><00:12:11.419><c> that</c> 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:14.179 x the<00:12:11.820><c> people</c><00:12:12.120><c> therein</c><00:12:12.559><c> shall</c><00:12:12.779><c> be</c><00:12:13.059><c> bond</c><00:12:13.379><c>-servants</c><00:12:13.720><c> unto</c><00:12:13.980><c> thee,</c> 00:12:14.179 --> 00:12:17.480 x and<00:12:14.279><c> they</c><00:12:14.480><c> shall</c><00:12:14.679><c> serve</c><00:12:15.059><c> thee.</c><00:12:16.899><c> And</c><00:12:17.179><c> if</c><00:12:17.220><c> it</c><00:12:17.340><c> will</c> 00:12:17.480 --> 00:12:22.240 x make<00:12:17.659><c> no</c><00:12:17.940><c> peace</c><00:12:18.159><c> with</c><00:12:18.480><c> thee,</c><00:12:19.340><c> but</c><00:12:19.559><c> will</c><00:12:19.759><c> make</c><00:12:20.019><c> war</c><00:12:20.480><c> against</c><00:12:21.120><c> thee,</c><00:12:21.379><c> then</c><00:12:21.639><c> besiege</c><00:12:22.039><c> it</c> 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:22.860 x and<00:12:22.379><c> smite</c><00:12:22.639><c> every</c> 00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:26.259 x male<00:12:23.080><c> by</c><00:12:23.320><c> the</c><00:12:23.539><c> edge</c><00:12:23.820><c> of</c><00:12:24.080><c> the</c><00:12:24.299><c> sword.</c><00:12:25.299><c> Now</c><00:12:25.679><c> this</c><00:12:25.879><c> is</c><00:12:26.080><c> a</c><00:12:26.179><c> little</c> 00:12:26.259 --> 00:12:28.740 x different.<00:12:27.700><c> And</c><00:12:27.919><c> then</c><00:12:28.019><c> it</c><00:12:28.139><c> goes</c><00:12:28.320><c> on</c><00:12:28.460><c> to</c><00:12:28.659><c> say,</c> 00:12:28.740 --> 00:12:30.960 x the<00:12:29.000><c> women</c><00:12:29.220><c> and</c><00:12:29.340><c> the</c><00:12:29.519><c> children</c><00:12:29.740><c> of</c><00:12:29.899><c> the</c><00:12:30.120><c> Catalan,</c><00:12:30.639><c> all</c><00:12:30.820><c> that</c> 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:33.940 x is<00:12:31.080><c> in</c><00:12:31.220><c> the</c><00:12:31.379><c> city</c><00:12:31.559><c> thou</c><00:12:31.799><c> shalt</c><00:12:32.080><c> take</c><00:12:32.360><c> for</c><00:12:32.600><c> yourself,</c> 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:37.740 x thus<00:12:34.340><c> shalt</c><00:12:34.700><c> thou</c><00:12:34.940><c> do</c><00:12:35.179><c> unto</c><00:12:35.480><c> all</c><00:12:35.899><c> the</c><00:12:36.159><c> cities</c><00:12:36.460><c> which</c><00:12:36.879><c> are</c><00:12:37.259><c> far</c> 00:12:37.740 --> 00:12:40.159 x off<00:12:38.200><c> from</c><00:12:38.480><c> thee.</c><00:12:38.919><c> So</c><00:12:39.179><c> it's</c><00:12:39.379><c> a</c><00:12:39.519><c> little</c><00:12:39.700><c> different</c> 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:45.679 x than<00:12:40.379><c> what</c><00:12:40.620><c> he</c><00:12:40.919><c> said</c><00:12:41.320><c> to</c><00:12:41.960><c> the</c><00:12:42.259><c> Canaanites.</c><00:12:42.759><c> This</c><00:12:43.159><c> is</c><00:12:43.700><c> for</c><00:12:44.019><c> other</c><00:12:44.340><c> nations</c><00:12:45.000><c> that</c> 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:47.899 x they<00:12:45.919><c> would</c><00:12:46.159><c> come</c><00:12:46.320><c> into</c><00:12:46.679><c> contact</c> 00:12:48.539 --> 00:12:54.100 x with.<00:12:49.519><c> Make</c><00:12:50.039><c> peace</c><00:12:50.419><c> to</c><00:12:50.620><c> them.</c><00:12:52.360><c> The</c><00:12:52.580><c> war,</c><00:12:53.080><c> if</c><00:12:53.240><c> they</c><00:12:53.539><c> want</c><00:12:53.759><c> war,</c> 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:56.279 x okay,<00:12:54.600><c> we'll</c><00:12:54.759><c> smite</c><00:12:55.000><c> them,</c><00:12:55.220><c> but</c><00:12:55.399><c> only</c><00:12:55.620><c> the</c><00:12:55.820><c> males.</c> 00:12:56.279 --> 00:13:00.539 x 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the</c><00:13:10.399><c> land</c><00:13:10.580><c> of</c><00:13:10.879><c> Canaan,</c> 00:13:12.220 --> 00:13:14.919 x but<00:13:12.340><c> of</c><00:13:12.519><c> these</c><00:13:13.279><c> cities,</c><00:13:13.600><c> of</c><00:13:13.779><c> these</c><00:13:14.059><c> people,</c><00:13:14.399><c> which</c><00:13:14.519><c> the</c><00:13:14.720><c> Lord</c> 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:16.840 x thy<00:13:15.120><c> God</c><00:13:15.320><c> doth</c><00:13:15.500><c> give</c><00:13:15.740><c> thee</c><00:13:15.940><c> for</c><00:13:16.179><c> an</c><00:13:16.299><c> inheritance,</c> 00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:21.259 x thou<00:13:17.179><c> shalt</c><00:13:17.559><c> save</c><00:13:18.039><c> alive</c><00:13:18.519><c> nothing</c><00:13:19.159><c> that</c><00:13:19.879><c> breatheth.</c><00:13:21.019><c> Thou</c> 00:13:21.259 --> 00:13:23.319 x shalt<00:13:21.440><c> utterly</c><00:13:21.779><c> destroy</c><00:13:22.279><c> them,</c><00:13:22.500><c> namely</c><00:13:22.820><c> the</c><00:13:23.080><c> Hittites,</c> 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:26.879 x Amorites,<00:13:24.059><c> Canaanites,</c><00:13:24.600><c> Baratheists,</c><00:13:25.539><c> Jebusites,</c><00:13:26.500><c> as</c><00:13:26.659><c> the</c> 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:30.980 x Lord<00:13:27.120><c> thy</c><00:13:27.360><c> God</c><00:13:28.340><c> commanded</c><00:13:28.940><c> thee.</c><00:13:30.059><c> So</c><00:13:30.419><c> for</c><00:13:30.720><c> those</c> 00:13:30.980 --> 00:13:35.139 x cities,<00:13:31.399><c> for</c><00:13:31.600><c> some</c><00:13:31.840><c> reason,</c><00:13:32.480><c> it's</c><00:13:32.740><c> utter</c><00:13:32.940><c> destruction.</c><00:13:34.799><c> Some</c> 00:13:35.139 --> 00:13:37.779 x can<00:13:35.399><c> be</c><00:13:35.559><c> delivered,</c><00:13:36.779><c> the</c><00:13:36.960><c> women</c><00:13:37.139><c> and</c><00:13:37.299><c> the</c><00:13:37.500><c> children,</c> 00:13:37.860 --> 00:13:45.340 x from<00:13:38.039><c> the</c><00:13:38.259><c> other</c><00:13:38.440><c> nations,</c><00:13:38.879><c> but</c><00:13:39.059><c> not</c><00:13:39.320><c> these</c><00:13:39.580><c> nations.</c><00:13:41.779><c> The</c><00:13:41.919><c> God</c><00:13:42.039><c> says</c><00:13:42.720><c> that</c><00:13:43.220><c> they</c><00:13:43.500><c> teach</c><00:13:43.840><c> you</c><00:13:44.600><c> not</c><00:13:45.120><c> to</c> 00:13:45.340 --> 00:13:46.440 x do<00:13:45.539><c> after</c><00:13:45.940><c> all</c> 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:49.480 x their<00:13:46.879><c> abominations,</c><00:13:48.080><c> which</c><00:13:48.399><c> they</c><00:13:48.639><c> have</c><00:13:48.799><c> done</c><00:13:48.980><c> unto</c><00:13:49.179><c> their</c> 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:53.000 x gods,<00:13:50.220><c> so</c><00:13:50.419><c> you</c><00:13:50.620><c> should</c><00:13:50.860><c> sin</c><00:13:51.299><c> against</c><00:13:52.039><c> the</c><00:13:52.320><c> Lord</c> 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:57.600 x your<00:13:53.440><c> God.</c><00:13:54.820><c> So</c><00:13:55.039><c> God</c><00:13:55.259><c> is</c><00:13:55.419><c> looking</c><00:13:55.720><c> to</c><00:13:56.059><c> protect</c><00:13:56.379><c> his</c><00:13:56.679><c> people.</c><00:13:57.419><c> He</c> 00:13:57.600 --> 00:13:59.299 x wants<00:13:57.879><c> them</c><00:13:58.179><c> removed</c><00:13:58.600><c> so</c><00:13:58.779><c> his</c><00:13:59.080><c> people</c> 00:13:59.299 --> 00:14:03.980 x don't<00:13:59.620><c> learn</c><00:14:00.100><c> from</c><00:14:00.519><c> them</c><00:14:01.039><c> in</c><00:14:01.600><c> turn</c><00:14:02.159><c> on</c><00:14:02.759><c> God</c><00:14:03.200><c> to</c><00:14:03.460><c> sin</c><00:14:03.620><c> against</c> 00:14:03.980 --> 00:14:07.519 x him,<00:14:04.159><c> to</c><00:14:04.379><c> perform</c><00:14:05.259><c> these</c><00:14:06.399><c> abominations.</c> 00:14:07.779 --> 00:14:13.419 x So<00:14:08.440><c> what</c><00:14:09.120><c> were</c><00:14:09.860><c> the</c><00:14:10.539><c> abominations</c><00:14:11.600><c> that</c><00:14:12.539><c> were</c><00:14:12.679><c> being</c><00:14:12.919><c> done</c><00:14:13.220><c> in</c> 00:14:13.419 --> 00:14:15.620 x the<00:14:13.679><c> land</c><00:14:14.440><c> of</c><00:14:14.779><c> Canaan?</c> 00:14:19.820 --> 00:14:24.759 x Incest,<00:14:21.200><c> child</c><00:14:21.440><c> sacrifice,</c><00:14:22.139><c> bestiality,</c><00:14:22.980><c> homosexuality,</c> 00:14:25.139 --> 00:14:28.419 x temple<00:14:25.460><c> prostitution,</c><00:14:26.480><c> adultery,</c><00:14:27.580><c> rape.</c> 00:14:30.179 --> 00:14:33.639 x Now<00:14:30.399><c> you</c><00:14:30.460><c> might</c><00:14:30.740><c> think,</c><00:14:31.559><c> butch,</c><00:14:31.960><c> come</c><00:14:32.179><c> on,</c><00:14:32.460><c> that's</c><00:14:33.139><c> a</c><00:14:33.340><c> little</c> 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:38.500 x graphic.<00:14:35.639><c> It's</c><00:14:36.259><c> a</c><00:14:36.299><c> Bible</c><00:14:36.620><c> class.</c><00:14:38.320><c> Well,</c> 00:14:38.500 --> 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completely</c><00:15:33.019><c> ingrained</c><00:15:33.799><c> into</c><00:15:34.379><c> their</c><00:15:34.679><c> society.</c><00:15:35.639><c> It</c><00:15:36.440><c> was</c> 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:39.000 x universally<00:15:37.600><c> accepted.</c> 00:15:39.780 --> 00:15:43.240 x People<00:15:40.340><c> weren't</c><00:15:40.639><c> complaining</c><00:15:41.200><c> that</c><00:15:42.200><c> things</c><00:15:42.460><c> had</c><00:15:42.720><c> to</c><00:15:43.000><c> change.</c> 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:45.759 x They<00:15:43.600><c> accepted</c><00:15:43.919><c> it</c><00:15:44.159><c> as</c><00:15:44.440><c> the</c><00:15:44.740><c> norm,</c> 00:15:46.060 --> 00:15:50.779 x so<00:15:46.620><c> that</c><00:15:46.879><c> all</c><00:15:47.399><c> had</c><00:15:47.860><c> to</c><00:15:48.200><c> be</c><00:15:49.519><c> destroyed.</c> 00:15:53.159 --> 00:16:01.460 x So<00:15:53.299><c> some</c><00:15:54.059><c> say,</c><00:15:55.039><c> you</c><00:15:55.100><c> know,</c><00:15:55.759><c> God</c><00:15:55.980><c> did,</c><00:15:56.379><c> you</c><00:15:56.740><c> know,</c><00:15:58.480><c> God</c><00:15:58.639><c> did</c><00:15:58.879><c> these</c><00:15:59.120><c> things.</c><00:15:59.480><c> Then</c><00:16:00.019><c> when</c><00:16:00.600><c> pointed</c><00:16:00.940><c> out</c> 00:16:01.460 --> 00:16:02.179 x these<00:16:01.919><c> things,</c> 00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:06.179 x they<00:16:02.360><c> said,</c><00:16:02.480><c> yeah,</c><00:16:02.679><c> those</c><00:16:02.919><c> things</c><00:16:03.200><c> are</c><00:16:03.419><c> terrible.</c><00:16:05.799><c> However,</c> 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:07.799 x I<00:16:06.539><c> mean,</c><00:16:06.700><c> it</c><00:16:06.840><c> couldn't</c><00:16:06.960><c> have</c><00:16:07.139><c> been</c><00:16:07.240><c> all</c><00:16:07.580><c> of</c> 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:11.320 x society.<00:16:09.120><c> There</c><00:16:09.779><c> must</c><00:16:10.039><c> have</c><00:16:10.179><c> been</c><00:16:10.259><c> 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wicked.</c><00:16:28.279><c> He</c> 00:16:28.899 --> 00:16:32.290 x delivers<00:16:29.379><c> the</c><00:16:30.039><c> righteous.</c><00:16:30.980><c> He</c><00:16:31.139><c> doesn't</c><00:16:31.419><c> destroy</c><00:16:31.960><c> them</c> 00:16:32.289 --> 00:16:38.029 x with<00:16:33.049><c> the</c><00:16:33.289><c> wicked.</c><00:16:34.330><c> So</c><00:16:34.570><c> the</c><00:16:34.710><c> fact</c><00:16:34.929><c> that</c><00:16:35.149><c> God</c><00:16:35.509><c> destroyed</c><00:16:36.029><c> everything</c><00:16:36.850><c> tells</c> 00:16:38.029 --> 00:16:40.549 x us<00:16:38.850><c> that</c><00:16:39.269><c> there</c><00:16:39.450><c> was</c><00:16:39.690><c> nothing</c><00:16:40.009><c> worth</c> 00:16:40.549 --> 00:16:46.230 x to<00:16:41.230><c> be</c><00:16:41.470><c> redeemed</c><00:16:42.389><c> in</c><00:16:42.769><c> these</c><00:16:43.029><c> nations.</c><00:16:44.789><c> Well,</c><00:16:45.149><c> yet,</c><00:16:45.970><c> when</c><00:16:46.070><c> we</c> 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too</c><00:17:03.590><c> damaged</c><00:17:04.250><c> to</c><00:17:05.470><c> be</c><00:17:05.769><c> allowed</c> 00:17:06.029 --> 00:17:11.910 x to<00:17:06.210><c> be</c><00:17:06.450><c> brought</c><00:17:06.730><c> into</c><00:17:07.549><c> the</c><00:17:07.869><c> nation</c><00:17:08.410><c> of</c><00:17:08.710><c> Israel</c><00:17:09.450><c> because</c><00:17:10.930><c> it</c><00:17:11.109><c> would</c><00:17:11.390><c> end</c><00:17:11.569><c> up</c> 00:17:11.910 --> 00:17:14.589 x corrupting<00:17:12.970><c> the</c><00:17:13.329><c> nation.</c><00:17:14.170><c> The</c><00:17:14.410><c> damage</c> 00:17:14.589 --> 00:17:18.950 x was<00:17:14.849><c> already</c><00:17:15.210><c> done</c><00:17:15.509><c> to</c><00:17:15.730><c> the</c><00:17:15.890><c> children.</c><00:17:17.930><c> They</c><00:17:18.569><c> thought</c><00:17:18.809><c> that</c> 00:17:18.950 --> 00:17:21.690 x this<00:17:19.170><c> was</c><00:17:19.390><c> normal.</c><00:17:20.190><c> You</c><00:17:20.210><c> 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been</c><00:17:47.569><c> a</c> 00:17:47.710 --> 00:17:48.430 x lot<00:17:47.829><c> of</c><00:17:48.009><c> damage</c> 00:17:48.430 --> 00:17:50.430 x that's<00:17:49.130><c> already</c><00:17:49.470><c> been</c><00:17:49.730><c> done.</c> 00:17:52.970 --> 00:17:56.710 x So<00:17:53.349><c> was</c><00:17:53.650><c> it</c><00:17:53.750><c> for</c><00:17:53.930><c> their</c><00:17:54.190><c> religion?</c><00:17:55.549><c> You</c><00:17:55.549><c> know,</c><00:17:55.910><c> hey,</c><00:17:56.250><c> that</c><00:17:56.430><c> was</c> 00:17:56.710 --> 00:17:58.849 x part<00:17:56.910><c> of</c><00:17:57.109><c> their</c><00:17:57.289><c> religion.</c><00:17:57.849><c> God</c><00:17:58.069><c> did</c><00:17:58.289><c> kill</c><00:17:58.490><c> them</c><00:17:58.670><c> for</c> 00:17:58.849 --> 00:18:04.390 x their<00:17:59.069><c> religion.</c><00:18:00.690><c> No,</c><00:18:02.069><c> because</c><00:18:02.210><c> he</c><00:18:02.329><c> says,</c><00:18:02.490><c> for</c><00:18:02.630><c> all</c><00:18:02.930><c> these</c><00:18:03.190><c> abominations</c><00:18:03.809><c> that</c><00:18:03.950><c> were</c><00:18:04.089><c> done</c><00:18:04.210><c> by</c> 00:18:04.390 --> 00:18:04.890 x the<00:18:04.529><c> people</c><00:18:04.750><c> who</c> 00:18:04.890 --> 00:18:08.150 x lived<00:18:04.990><c> in</c><00:18:05.170><c> the</c><00:18:05.349><c> land</c><00:18:05.470><c> before</c><00:18:05.910><c> you,</c><00:18:06.109><c> and</c><00:18:06.230><c> the</c><00:18:06.369><c> land</c><00:18:06.589><c> became</c><00:18:06.970><c> defiled,</c><00:18:08.029><c> and</c> 00:18:08.150 --> 00:18:12.069 x he<00:18:08.230><c> says,</c><00:18:08.569><c> and</c><00:18:08.650><c> if</c><00:18:08.849><c> you</c><00:18:10.329><c> defile</c><00:18:11.049><c> the</c><00:18:11.369><c> land,</c> 00:18:13.190 --> 00:18:17.529 x Israel,<00:18:13.750><c> it</c><00:18:14.309><c> will</c><00:18:14.589><c> vomit</c><00:18:14.869><c> you</c><00:18:15.210><c> out</c><00:18:15.589><c> as</c><00:18:16.170><c> it</c><00:18:16.450><c> vomited</c><00:18:16.769><c> out</c><00:18:17.269><c> the</c> 00:18:17.529 --> 00:18:21.230 x nations<00:18:18.130><c> that</c><00:18:18.650><c> were</c><00:18:19.009><c> before</c><00:18:19.450><c> you.</c><00:18:20.950><c> So</c><00:18:21.069><c> this,</c> 00:18:21.490 --> 00:18:26.329 x you<00:18:21.490><c> know,</c><00:18:21.569><c> Israel</c><00:18:21.910><c> going</c><00:18:22.230><c> in</c><00:18:22.609><c> there</c><00:18:23.569><c> to</c><00:18:24.549><c> destroy</c><00:18:25.630><c> these</c><00:18:25.910><c> people,</c><00:18:26.190><c> if</c> 00:18:26.329 --> 00:18:27.890 x that's<00:18:26.490><c> what</c><00:18:26.609><c> they</c><00:18:26.849><c> chose,</c> 00:18:28.450 --> 00:18:31.529 x if<00:18:28.630><c> they</c><00:18:28.809><c> chose</c><00:18:29.009><c> to</c><00:18:29.329><c> stay</c><00:18:29.490><c> in</c><00:18:29.589><c> the</c><00:18:29.769><c> land,</c><00:18:30.230><c> if</c><00:18:30.369><c> they</c><00:18:30.609><c> chose</c><00:18:30.930><c> war,</c> 00:18:31.910 --> 00:18:33.150 x they<00:18:32.069><c> were</c><00:18:32.210><c> going</c><00:18:32.329><c> to</c><00:18:32.430><c> be</c><00:18:32.670><c> destroyed.</c><00:18:32.869><c> It</c><00:18:32.950><c> was</c><00:18:33.069><c> going</c> 00:18:33.150 --> 00:18:37.289 x to<00:18:33.250><c> be</c><00:18:33.390><c> a</c><00:18:33.509><c> lesson,</c><00:18:33.930><c> right,</c><00:18:35.329><c> for</c><00:18:35.710><c> not</c><00:18:35.990><c> only</c><00:18:36.170><c> other</c><00:18:36.390><c> nations</c><00:18:36.730><c> around,</c><00:18:37.150><c> but</c> 00:18:37.289 --> 00:18:41.549 x for<00:18:37.529><c> Israel</c><00:18:37.890><c> as</c><00:18:38.130><c> well.</c><00:18:38.829><c> This</c><00:18:39.109><c> is</c><00:18:39.289><c> what's</c> 00:18:41.549 --> 00:18:47.130 x you<00:18:42.269><c> perform,</c><00:18:43.569><c> sin</c><00:18:43.710><c> against</c><00:18:44.089><c> me,</c><00:18:44.549><c> and</c><00:18:44.789><c> perform</c><00:18:45.190><c> these</c><00:18:45.869><c> abominations,</c><00:18:46.890><c> and</c> 00:18:47.130 --> 00:18:49.789 x sadly,<00:18:48.329><c> we'll</c><00:18:48.509><c> see</c><00:18:48.730><c> that</c><00:18:49.269><c> that's</c> 00:18:49.789 --> 00:18:56.670 x exactly<00:18:50.150><c> what</c><00:18:50.309><c> they</c><00:18:50.490><c> did.</c><00:18:54.069><c> So</c><00:18:54.630><c> why</c><00:18:54.930><c> did</c><00:18:55.109><c> God</c><00:18:55.450><c> kill</c><00:18:55.730><c> them?</c><00:18:56.430><c> Well,</c><00:18:56.589><c> he</c> 00:18:56.670 --> 00:18:58.190 x tells<00:18:56.869><c> us,</c><00:18:57.089><c> it's</c><00:18:57.289><c> not</c><00:18:57.450><c> because</c><00:18:57.769><c> of</c><00:18:57.970><c> your</c> 00:18:58.190 --> 00:19:00.569 x righteousness,<00:18:58.950><c> Israel,</c><00:18:59.089><c> or</c><00:18:59.329><c> your</c><00:18:59.630><c> integrity</c><00:19:00.130><c> that</c><00:19:00.289><c> you're</c> 00:19:00.569 --> 00:19:02.089 x going<00:19:00.690><c> to</c><00:19:00.930><c> take</c><00:19:01.089><c> possession</c><00:19:01.490><c> of</c><00:19:01.730><c> their</c><00:19:01.869><c> land,</c> 00:19:02.150 --> 00:19:07.730 x but<00:19:02.309><c> on</c><00:19:02.509><c> account</c><00:19:02.789><c> of</c><00:19:03.930><c> the</c><00:19:04.329><c> wickedness</c><00:19:05.269><c> of</c><00:19:05.670><c> the</c><00:19:05.910><c> nations.</c><00:19:07.470><c> It</c> 00:19:07.730 --> 00:19:10.369 x had<00:19:07.970><c> nothing</c><00:19:08.269><c> to</c><00:19:08.549><c> do</c><00:19:08.670><c> with</c><00:19:08.890><c> their</c><00:19:09.170><c> race,</c><00:19:09.829><c> with</c><00:19:10.089><c> their</c> 00:19:10.369 --> 00:19:13.890 x religion,<00:19:10.809><c> other</c><00:19:11.049><c> than</c><00:19:11.250><c> it</c><00:19:11.309><c> was</c><00:19:11.609><c> depraved,</c><00:19:12.809><c> nothing</c><00:19:13.130><c> to</c><00:19:13.450><c> do</c> 00:19:13.890 --> 00:19:16.990 x with<00:19:14.309><c> their</c><00:19:14.569><c> ethnicity,</c><00:19:15.750><c> their</c><00:19:16.130><c> nationality.</c> 00:19:17.210 --> 00:19:22.190 x It<00:19:17.589><c> had</c><00:19:17.789><c> to</c><00:19:18.069><c> do</c><00:19:18.470><c> with</c><00:19:18.730><c> their</c><00:19:19.470><c> wickedness,</c><00:19:21.490><c> and</c><00:19:21.650><c> the</c><00:19:21.789><c> Lord</c><00:19:21.990><c> your</c> 00:19:22.190 --> 00:19:24.630 x God<00:19:22.410><c> will</c><00:19:22.670><c> drive</c><00:19:22.910><c> them</c><00:19:23.150><c> up</c><00:19:23.369><c> before</c><00:19:23.690><c> you</c><00:19:23.869><c> to</c><00:19:24.069><c> accomplish</c> 00:19:24.630 --> 00:19:27.430 x what<00:19:24.809><c> he</c><00:19:25.170><c> swore</c><00:19:25.369><c> also</c><00:19:25.789><c> to</c><00:19:26.009><c> the</c><00:19:26.210><c> fathers,</c><00:19:26.769><c> right,</c><00:19:26.910><c> to</c><00:19:27.089><c> Abraham,</c> 00:19:27.490 --> 00:19:30.430 x Isaac,<00:19:27.809><c> and</c><00:19:28.109><c> Jacob.</c><00:19:28.490><c> It</c><00:19:28.769><c> was</c><00:19:29.069><c> time</c><00:19:29.690><c> to</c><00:19:30.269><c> bring</c> 00:19:30.430 --> 00:19:33.970 x the<00:19:30.650><c> seed</c><00:19:30.869><c> of</c><00:19:31.150><c> Abraham</c><00:19:31.789><c> into</c><00:19:32.549><c> the</c><00:19:32.890><c> promised</c><00:19:33.170><c> land,</c><00:19:33.890><c> because</c> 00:19:33.970 --> 00:19:37.470 x God<00:19:34.210><c> keeps</c><00:19:34.569><c> his</c><00:19:34.930><c> promises.</c><00:19:36.349><c> But</c><00:19:36.569><c> the</c><00:19:36.789><c> reason</c> 00:19:37.470 --> 00:19:41.470 x that<00:19:38.069><c> these</c><00:19:38.390><c> people</c><00:19:39.190><c> are</c><00:19:39.769><c> going</c><00:19:39.910><c> to</c><00:19:40.089><c> be</c><00:19:40.289><c> removed,</c><00:19:41.230><c> that</c><00:19:41.369><c> are</c> 00:19:41.470 --> 00:19:43.190 x going<00:19:41.609><c> to</c><00:19:41.769><c> be</c><00:19:42.009><c> taken</c><00:19:42.210><c> to</c><00:19:42.410><c> the</c><00:19:42.670><c> sword,</c> 00:19:43.529 --> 00:19:46.049 x is<00:19:43.730><c> because</c><00:19:44.069><c> of</c><00:19:44.309><c> their</c><00:19:45.130><c> wickedness.</c> 00:19:49.630 --> 00:19:54.609 x So<00:19:50.109><c> it's</c><00:19:50.289><c> not</c><00:19:50.470><c> genocide,</c><00:19:51.789><c> it's</c><00:19:52.210><c> divine</c><00:19:52.569><c> judgment.</c><00:19:54.210><c> And</c><00:19:54.410><c> guess</c> 00:19:54.609 --> 00:19:57.890 x what?<00:19:55.430><c> God's</c><00:19:55.789><c> a</c><00:19:55.910><c> judge.</c><00:19:56.710><c> This</c><00:19:57.049><c> is</c><00:19:57.250><c> what</c><00:19:57.369><c> God</c><00:19:57.630><c> does.</c> 00:19:57.890 --> 00:20:01.089 x He<00:19:58.049><c> will</c><00:19:58.329><c> repay</c><00:19:58.690><c> them</c><00:19:58.910><c> for</c><00:19:59.109><c> their</c><00:19:59.329><c> sins,</c><00:19:59.869><c> destroy</c><00:20:00.190><c> them</c><00:20:00.750><c> for</c> 00:20:01.089 --> 00:20:03.609 x their<00:20:01.329><c> wickedness.</c><00:20:02.369><c> The</c><00:20:02.609><c> Lord</c><00:20:02.849><c> our</c><00:20:03.069><c> God</c><00:20:03.269><c> will</c> 00:20:03.609 --> 00:20:08.150 x destroy<00:20:04.190><c> them.</c><00:20:05.190><c> He</c><00:20:05.369><c> makes</c><00:20:05.690><c> the</c><00:20:05.970><c> nations</c><00:20:06.230><c> great</c><00:20:06.509><c> and</c><00:20:06.690><c> then</c><00:20:06.970><c> destroys</c><00:20:07.349><c> them,</c><00:20:07.650><c> right?</c><00:20:07.849><c> God</c> 00:20:08.150 --> 00:20:10.670 x uses<00:20:08.750><c> Israel</c><00:20:09.250><c> here</c><00:20:09.569><c> to</c><00:20:09.910><c> judge</c> 00:20:11.210 --> 00:20:14.869 x the<00:20:11.730><c> Gentile</c><00:20:12.250><c> nations.</c><00:20:12.829><c> He</c><00:20:13.089><c> also</c><00:20:13.390><c> uses</c><00:20:13.690><c> the</c><00:20:13.930><c> Gentile</c><00:20:14.410><c> nations</c> 00:20:14.869 --> 00:20:16.470 x to<00:20:15.130><c> judge</c><00:20:15.410><c> his</c><00:20:15.710><c> people.</c> 00:20:17.130 --> 00:20:20.309 x And<00:20:17.569><c> then</c><00:20:17.869><c> he</c><00:20:18.130><c> punishes</c><00:20:18.589><c> those</c><00:20:18.869><c> nations</c><00:20:19.210><c> like</c><00:20:19.450><c> Babylon,</c><00:20:19.990><c> right?</c><00:20:20.170><c> He</c> 00:20:20.309 --> 00:20:21.750 x used<00:20:20.430><c> Babylon,</c><00:20:21.049><c> built</c><00:20:21.190><c> them</c><00:20:21.349><c> up</c><00:20:21.450><c> to</c><00:20:21.609><c> make</c> 00:20:21.750 --> 00:20:25.390 x them<00:20:21.930><c> great,</c><00:20:22.730><c> and</c><00:20:22.849><c> they</c><00:20:23.029><c> punish</c><00:20:23.329><c> Israel.</c><00:20:23.769><c> That's</c><00:20:23.990><c> how</c><00:20:24.210><c> he</c><00:20:24.210><c> uses</c><00:20:24.529><c> them.</c><00:20:25.069><c> And</c> 00:20:25.390 --> 00:20:26.369 x then<00:20:25.589><c> he</c><00:20:25.690><c> says,</c><00:20:26.029><c> you</c><00:20:26.170><c> know</c><00:20:26.289><c> what?</c> 00:20:26.369 --> 00:20:28.750 x You<00:20:26.490><c> can't</c><00:20:26.710><c> do</c><00:20:26.890><c> that.</c><00:20:27.490><c> I'm</c><00:20:27.769><c> going</c><00:20:27.890><c> to</c><00:20:28.069><c> destroy</c><00:20:28.309><c> you</c><00:20:28.450><c> now.</c><00:20:28.650><c> I'm</c> 00:20:28.750 --> 00:20:30.730 x punishing<00:20:28.930><c> you</c><00:20:29.170><c> for</c><00:20:29.250><c> what</c><00:20:29.329><c> you</c><00:20:29.410><c> did</c><00:20:29.490><c> to</c><00:20:29.670><c> my</c><00:20:29.829><c> people.</c> 00:20:31.589 --> 00:20:35.890 x He's<00:20:32.329><c> a</c><00:20:32.450><c> judge.</c><00:20:33.809><c> I</c><00:20:34.069><c> will</c><00:20:34.309><c> also</c><00:20:34.630><c> gather</c><00:20:34.829><c> all</c><00:20:35.109><c> nations</c><00:20:35.369><c> and</c><00:20:35.529><c> bring</c><00:20:35.710><c> them</c> 00:20:35.890 --> 00:20:37.769 x down<00:20:36.150><c> into</c><00:20:36.329><c> the</c><00:20:36.529><c> valley</c><00:20:36.829><c> of</c><00:20:37.109><c> Jehoshaphat,</c> 00:20:37.769 --> 00:20:44.329 x and<00:20:37.930><c> we'll</c><00:20:38.170><c> judge</c><00:20:38.369><c> them</c><00:20:38.670><c> there</c><00:20:39.069><c> for</c><00:20:39.569><c> my</c><00:20:39.990><c> people,</c><00:20:40.829><c> for</c><00:20:41.029><c> my</c><00:20:41.349><c> heritage,</c><00:20:42.670><c> Israel.</c><00:20:43.950><c> So</c> 00:20:44.329 --> 00:20:46.450 x God<00:20:44.690><c> judges</c><00:20:45.329><c> the</c><00:20:45.769><c> nations</c> 00:20:46.450 --> 00:20:52.369 x for<00:20:47.289><c> their</c><00:20:47.750><c> wickedness</c><00:20:48.750><c> and</c><00:20:50.289><c> for</c><00:20:50.829><c> how</c><00:20:51.089><c> they</c><00:20:51.390><c> treat</c><00:20:51.869><c> his</c> 00:20:52.369 --> 00:20:54.769 x people,<00:20:53.650><c> Israel.</c> 00:20:57.309 --> 00:21:01.250 x So<00:20:57.869><c> here</c><00:20:58.049><c> we</c><00:20:58.230><c> see</c><00:20:58.390><c> in</c><00:20:58.589><c> 2</c><00:20:58.789><c> Kings,</c><00:21:00.289><c> so</c><00:21:00.390><c> the</c><00:21:00.529><c> people</c><00:21:00.789><c> of</c><00:21:00.950><c> Israel</c> 00:21:01.250 --> 00:21:05.210 x were<00:21:01.490><c> taken</c><00:21:02.230><c> from</c><00:21:02.890><c> their</c><00:21:03.150><c> homeland</c><00:21:03.650><c> into</c><00:21:04.549><c> exile,</c> 00:21:05.309 --> 00:21:13.150 x into<00:21:05.910><c> Assyria.</c><00:21:08.289><c> Yeah,</c><00:21:08.849><c> they</c><00:21:09.069><c> had</c><00:21:09.349><c> done</c><00:21:10.029><c> exactly</c><00:21:10.650><c> what</c><00:21:10.829><c> God</c><00:21:11.109><c> warned</c><00:21:11.369><c> them</c><00:21:11.690><c> not</c><00:21:11.869><c> to.</c><00:21:12.470><c> Don't</c><00:21:12.809><c> learn</c><00:21:13.009><c> of</c> 00:21:13.150 --> 00:21:15.029 x these<00:21:13.430><c> nations,</c> 00:21:15.150 --> 00:21:20.289 x or<00:21:15.190><c> you'll</c><00:21:15.990><c> be</c><00:21:16.410><c> vomited</c><00:21:16.970><c> out</c><00:21:17.710><c> of</c><00:21:18.150><c> the</c><00:21:18.369><c> land.</c><00:21:19.190><c> Well,</c><00:21:19.390><c> they</c><00:21:19.589><c> sinned</c><00:21:19.809><c> against</c><00:21:20.089><c> God,</c> 00:21:20.349 --> 00:21:21.309 x they<00:21:20.549><c> worshiped</c><00:21:20.950><c> the</c><00:21:21.109><c> idols,</c> 00:21:21.309 --> 00:21:26.230 x and<00:21:21.589><c> they</c><00:21:21.809><c> sacrificed</c><00:21:22.670><c> their</c><00:21:23.430><c> children.</c><00:21:24.549><c> And</c><00:21:24.730><c> God</c><00:21:24.990><c> did</c><00:21:25.490><c> exactly</c><00:21:25.990><c> what</c> 00:21:26.230 --> 00:21:28.190 x he<00:21:26.369><c> said</c><00:21:26.549><c> he</c><00:21:26.650><c> would</c><00:21:26.809><c> do.</c><00:21:27.009><c> He</c><00:21:27.349><c> vomited</c><00:21:27.849><c> them</c> 00:21:28.190 --> 00:21:34.089 x out<00:21:28.509><c> of</c><00:21:28.690><c> the</c><00:21:28.910><c> land,</c><00:21:29.009><c> and</c><00:21:29.170><c> many</c><00:21:29.349><c> were</c><00:21:29.549><c> slaughtered.</c><00:21:33.329><c> So</c><00:21:33.589><c> judgment,</c><00:21:33.990><c> right?</c> 00:21:34.089 --> 00:21:35.569 x We<00:21:34.210><c> don't</c><00:21:34.470><c> really</c><00:21:34.809><c> like</c><00:21:35.089><c> judgment,</c> 00:21:35.849 --> 00:21:39.029 x right?<00:21:36.069><c> We</c><00:21:36.269><c> shouldn't</c><00:21:36.529><c> be</c><00:21:36.849><c> surprised.</c><00:21:37.450><c> This</c><00:21:37.970><c> shouldn't</c><00:21:38.410><c> be</c><00:21:38.849><c> a</c> 00:21:39.029 --> 00:21:41.349 x big<00:21:39.390><c> tricky</c><00:21:39.710><c> question.</c><00:21:40.309><c> What</c><00:21:40.470><c> is</c><00:21:40.710><c> God</c><00:21:40.890><c> doing</c><00:21:41.150><c> to</c> 00:21:41.349 --> 00:21:44.910 x these<00:21:41.630><c> people?</c><00:21:42.329><c> Because</c><00:21:42.630><c> we're</c><00:21:42.930><c> introduced</c><00:21:43.390><c> to</c><00:21:43.650><c> judgment</c><00:21:43.930><c> right</c><00:21:44.190><c> off</c><00:21:44.349><c> the</c><00:21:44.549><c> bat</c><00:21:44.789><c> in</c> 00:21:44.910 --> 00:21:50.230 x Genesis,<00:21:45.329><c> right?</c><00:21:46.730><c> With</c><00:21:46.930><c> the</c> 00:21:50.230 --> 00:21:57.470 x wickedness<00:21:50.789><c> of</c><00:21:51.009><c> man</c><00:21:51.529><c> was</c><00:21:51.970><c> great</c><00:21:52.589><c> in</c><00:21:53.009><c> the</c><00:21:53.230><c> earth.</c><00:21:54.930><c> No</c><00:21:55.009><c> surprise.</c><00:21:56.890><c> Noah</c><00:21:57.190><c> was</c> 00:21:57.470 --> 00:21:58.690 x a<00:21:57.650><c> preacher</c><00:21:57.950><c> of</c><00:21:58.250><c> righteousness.</c> 00:21:59.130 --> 00:22:02.269 x He<00:21:59.369><c> warned</c><00:21:59.509><c> them.</c><00:21:59.930><c> He</c><00:22:00.170><c> preached.</c><00:22:01.089><c> No</c><00:22:01.230><c> one</c><00:22:01.349><c> wanted</c><00:22:01.609><c> to</c><00:22:01.950><c> hear.</c> 00:22:02.609 --> 00:22:05.250 x They<00:22:02.809><c> were</c><00:22:03.069><c> wicked.</c><00:22:03.769><c> God</c><00:22:04.029><c> brings</c><00:22:04.309><c> judgment.</c> 00:22:07.329 --> 00:22:11.509 x That's<00:22:07.809><c> what</c><00:22:07.930><c> God</c><00:22:08.150><c> is.</c><00:22:10.089><c> Now</c><00:22:10.289><c> therefore</c><00:22:10.609><c> the</c><00:22:10.809><c> Lord</c><00:22:11.029><c> thy</c><00:22:11.289><c> God,</c> 00:22:11.650 --> 00:22:13.430 x he<00:22:11.710><c> is</c><00:22:11.869><c> God,</c><00:22:12.190><c> faithful</c><00:22:12.430><c> God,</c><00:22:12.730><c> which</c><00:22:12.890><c> keepeth</c><00:22:13.230><c> the</c> 00:22:13.430 --> 00:22:16.730 x covenant<00:22:13.710><c> and</c><00:22:13.849><c> mercy</c><00:22:14.049><c> unto</c><00:22:14.269><c> them</c><00:22:14.990><c> that</c><00:22:15.549><c> love</c><00:22:15.869><c> him,</c><00:22:16.369><c> keep</c><00:22:16.529><c> his</c> 00:22:16.730 --> 00:22:19.690 x commandments<00:22:17.309><c> for</c><00:22:17.990><c> a</c><00:22:18.109><c> thousand</c><00:22:18.410><c> generations</c> 00:22:19.809 --> 00:22:23.670 x and<00:22:20.250><c> repayeth</c><00:22:20.690><c> them</c><00:22:20.829><c> that</c><00:22:21.009><c> hate</c><00:22:21.210><c> him</c><00:22:21.569><c> to</c><00:22:21.750><c> their</c><00:22:22.009><c> face</c><00:22:22.190><c> to</c><00:22:22.390><c> destroy</c><00:22:22.829><c> them.</c><00:22:23.230><c> He</c> 00:22:23.670 --> 00:22:25.150 x will<00:22:23.849><c> not</c><00:22:24.049><c> be</c><00:22:24.269><c> slack</c><00:22:24.529><c> to</c><00:22:24.690><c> him</c><00:22:24.890><c> that</c> 00:22:25.150 --> 00:22:29.089 x hateth<00:22:25.369><c> him.</c><00:22:26.150><c> He</c><00:22:26.430><c> will</c><00:22:26.730><c> repay</c><00:22:27.009><c> him</c><00:22:27.410><c> to</c><00:22:27.710><c> his</c><00:22:28.009><c> face.</c><00:22:28.769><c> You</c><00:22:28.970><c> want</c> 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love</c><00:22:51.750><c> darkness</c><00:22:52.369><c> rather</c><00:22:53.009><c> than</c> 00:22:53.289 --> 00:22:55.089 x light<00:22:53.650><c> because</c><00:22:54.250><c> their</c><00:22:54.509><c> deeds</c><00:22:54.710><c> are</c><00:22:54.950><c> evil.</c> 00:22:55.089 --> 00:22:59.329 x We<00:22:55.250><c> don't</c><00:22:55.470><c> want</c><00:22:55.569><c> to</c><00:22:55.710><c> be</c><00:22:55.869><c> held</c><00:22:56.049><c> accountable</c><00:22:56.910><c> for</c><00:22:58.009><c> our</c><00:22:58.309><c> actions.</c> 00:22:59.730 --> 00:23:02.130 x So<00:22:59.930><c> we</c><00:22:59.990><c> don't</c><00:23:00.250><c> like</c><00:23:00.690><c> the</c><00:23:00.849><c> whole</c><00:23:01.029><c> idea</c><00:23:01.569><c> of</c> 00:23:02.130 --> 00:23:05.970 x judgment.<00:23:04.210><c> Several</c><00:23:04.470><c> years</c><00:23:04.670><c> ago,</c><00:23:04.869><c> I</c><00:23:04.930><c> was</c><00:23:05.089><c> reading</c><00:23:05.349><c> an</c><00:23:05.670><c> article</c> 00:23:05.970 --> 00:23:11.250 x and<00:23:06.130><c> it</c><00:23:06.329><c> was</c><00:23:06.650><c> about</c><00:23:07.529><c> attendance</c><00:23:09.170><c> at</c><00:23:09.950><c> Christian</c> 00:23:11.309 --> 00:23:15.130 x churches<00:23:11.750><c> in</c><00:23:12.190><c> America</c><00:23:12.849><c> and</c><00:23:13.190><c> it</c><00:23:13.269><c> was</c><00:23:13.390><c> dwindling.</c><00:23:14.690><c> And</c><00:23:14.869><c> this</c> 00:23:15.130 --> 00:23:18.369 x one<00:23:15.910><c> church</c><00:23:17.009><c> decided</c><00:23:17.569><c> that,</c><00:23:18.170><c> you</c><00:23:18.269><c> know,</c> 00:23:18.369 --> 00:23:21.049 x we<00:23:18.670><c> want</c><00:23:18.869><c> to</c><00:23:19.009><c> increase</c><00:23:19.390><c> our</c><00:23:19.710><c> attendance.</c><00:23:20.029><c> So</c><00:23:20.230><c> they</c><00:23:20.450><c> hired</c><00:23:20.750><c> a</c> 00:23:21.049 --> 00:23:23.430 x consulting<00:23:21.470><c> firm</c><00:23:21.990><c> that</c><00:23:22.670><c> apparently</c><00:23:23.029><c> is</c> 00:23:23.430 --> 00:23:25.470 x specialized<00:23:24.150><c> in</c><00:23:24.430><c> this.</c><00:23:24.690><c> And</c><00:23:24.730><c> they</c><00:23:24.869><c> said,</c><00:23:24.970><c> you</c><00:23:25.109><c> know,</c><00:23:25.130><c> we</c><00:23:25.269><c> want</c> 00:23:25.470 --> 00:23:28.309 x to<00:23:26.009><c> increase</c><00:23:26.250><c> our</c><00:23:26.430><c> membership.</c><00:23:26.930><c> What</c><00:23:27.109><c> should</c><00:23:27.289><c> we</c><00:23:27.509><c> do?</c> 00:23:28.769 --> 00:23:30.470 x And<00:23:28.930><c> they</c><00:23:29.069><c> came</c><00:23:29.250><c> back</c><00:23:29.470><c> and</c><00:23:29.549><c> they</c><00:23:29.730><c> told</c><00:23:29.869><c> them,</c><00:23:30.029><c> well,</c><00:23:30.170><c> this</c><00:23:30.369><c> is</c> 00:23:30.470 --> 00:23:32.210 x what<00:23:30.589><c> you</c><00:23:30.710><c> have</c><00:23:30.829><c> to</c><00:23:30.970><c> do.</c><00:23:31.390><c> You</c><00:23:31.589><c> have</c><00:23:31.750><c> to</c><00:23:31.930><c> stop</c> 00:23:32.210 --> 00:23:35.529 x talking<00:23:32.630><c> about</c><00:23:33.009><c> judgment</c><00:23:33.509><c> and</c><00:23:34.390><c> you</c><00:23:34.509><c> have</c><00:23:34.650><c> to</c><00:23:34.869><c> stop</c><00:23:35.109><c> talking</c> 00:23:35.529 --> 00:23:38.390 x about<00:23:36.009><c> repentance.</c><00:23:37.329><c> People</c><00:23:37.569><c> don't</c><00:23:37.869><c> like</c><00:23:38.109><c> it.</c> 00:23:38.390 --> 00:23:41.009 x They<00:23:38.730><c> don't</c><00:23:38.910><c> want</c><00:23:39.029><c> to</c><00:23:39.170><c> hear</c><00:23:39.369><c> it.</c><00:23:40.329><c> Tell</c><00:23:40.410><c> them</c><00:23:40.490><c> what</c><00:23:40.609><c> they</c><00:23:40.849><c> want</c> 00:23:41.009 --> 00:23:43.910 x to<00:23:41.190><c> hear,</c><00:23:42.170><c> right?</c><00:23:42.609><c> Just</c><00:23:42.829><c> tell</c><00:23:43.049><c> them</c><00:23:43.309><c> God</c><00:23:43.509><c> loves</c><00:23:43.750><c> you</c> 00:23:43.910 --> 00:23:46.390 x for<00:23:44.049><c> who</c><00:23:44.210><c> you</c><00:23:44.410><c> are.</c><00:23:44.970><c> There's</c><00:23:45.170><c> no</c><00:23:45.349><c> need</c><00:23:45.450><c> to</c><00:23:45.650><c> repent.</c><00:23:46.230><c> Don't</c> 00:23:46.390 --> 00:23:49.769 x worry<00:23:46.589><c> about</c><00:23:46.809><c> judgment,</c><00:23:48.210><c> right?</c><00:23:48.970><c> People</c><00:23:49.289><c> with</c><00:23:49.490><c> itching</c> 00:23:49.769 --> 00:23:57.970 x ears.<00:23:50.910><c> Tell</c><00:23:50.970><c> them</c><00:23:51.029><c> what</c><00:23:51.150><c> they</c><00:23:51.369><c> want</c><00:23:51.529><c> to</c><00:23:51.710><c> hear.</c><00:23:56.829><c> So,</c><00:23:57.650><c> you</c><00:23:57.769><c> know,</c> 00:23:58.069 --> 00:23:59.309 x there's<00:23:58.210><c> another</c><00:23:58.410><c> way</c><00:23:58.569><c> to</c><00:23:58.750><c> just</c><00:23:58.910><c> look</c><00:23:59.049><c> at</c><00:23:59.190><c> this</c> 00:23:59.309 --> 00:24:01.349 x and<00:23:59.410><c> you</c><00:23:59.490><c> can</c><00:23:59.609><c> make</c><00:23:59.690><c> this</c><00:23:59.910><c> a</c><00:24:00.009><c> really</c><00:24:00.250><c> short</c><00:24:00.589><c> class</c><00:24:01.009><c> and</c><00:24:01.170><c> just</c> 00:24:01.349 --> 00:24:03.710 x say,<00:24:01.589><c> hey,</c><00:24:01.809><c> God</c><00:24:01.970><c> has</c><00:24:02.190><c> the</c><00:24:02.369><c> authority,</c><00:24:03.190><c> not</c><00:24:03.349><c> man,</c> 00:24:03.710 --> 00:24:08.190 x right?<00:24:04.589><c> Our</c><00:24:04.829><c> God</c><00:24:04.970><c> is</c><00:24:05.150><c> in</c><00:24:05.289><c> heaven.</c><00:24:06.609><c> He</c><00:24:07.049><c> has</c><00:24:07.269><c> done</c><00:24:07.549><c> whatever</c><00:24:07.950><c> he</c> 00:24:08.190 --> 00:24:10.250 x pleases.<00:24:08.450><c> God</c><00:24:08.630><c> can</c><00:24:08.849><c> do</c><00:24:08.910><c> what</c><00:24:09.049><c> he</c><00:24:09.170><c> wants.</c><00:24:09.450><c> He</c><00:24:09.670><c> is</c><00:24:10.029><c> the</c> 00:24:10.250 --> 00:24:13.869 x Almighty.<00:24:11.390><c> As</c><00:24:11.650><c> a</c><00:24:11.789><c> brother,</c><00:24:12.210><c> David</c><00:24:12.309><c> Levine</c><00:24:12.569><c> said</c><00:24:12.750><c> in</c><00:24:12.910><c> his</c><00:24:13.049><c> class,</c><00:24:13.549><c> God</c> 00:24:13.869 --> 00:24:17.670 x is<00:24:14.910><c> unlimited,</c><00:24:16.529><c> right?</c><00:24:16.730><c> Limitless.</c><00:24:17.490><c> Well,</c> 00:24:17.670 --> 00:24:22.529 x man<00:24:17.930><c> is</c><00:24:18.509><c> limited,</c><00:24:19.410><c> right?</c><00:24:20.069><c> God</c><00:24:20.329><c> can</c><00:24:20.589><c> do</c><00:24:20.930><c> as</c><00:24:21.250><c> he</c><00:24:21.490><c> pleases.</c><00:24:22.369><c> And</c> 00:24:22.529 --> 00:24:25.029 x luckily,<00:24:23.650><c> you</c><00:24:23.730><c> know,</c><00:24:24.009><c> the</c><00:24:24.130><c> Lord</c><00:24:24.329><c> is</c><00:24:24.589><c> righteous</c> 00:24:25.029 --> 00:24:30.230 x in<00:24:25.470><c> all</c><00:24:25.750><c> his</c><00:24:25.950><c> ways,</c><00:24:26.390><c> holy</c><00:24:26.750><c> in</c><00:24:27.130><c> all</c><00:24:27.630><c> his</c><00:24:27.970><c> works.</c><00:24:29.509><c> Woe</c><00:24:29.829><c> unto</c><00:24:29.970><c> him</c> 00:24:30.230 --> 00:24:32.250 x that<00:24:30.470><c> quarrels</c><00:24:30.910><c> with</c><00:24:31.130><c> his</c><00:24:31.369><c> maker.</c><00:24:31.750><c> Does</c><00:24:31.869><c> the</c><00:24:32.069><c> clay</c> 00:24:32.250 --> 00:24:36.230 x say<00:24:32.509><c> to</c><00:24:32.670><c> the</c><00:24:32.910><c> potter,</c><00:24:33.190><c> what</c><00:24:33.269><c> are</c><00:24:33.430><c> you</c><00:24:33.509><c> making,</c><00:24:34.190><c> right?</c><00:24:34.490><c> Who</c><00:24:34.690><c> are</c><00:24:34.910><c> we?</c><00:24:35.890><c> Who</c><00:24:36.029><c> are</c><00:24:36.049><c> we</c> 00:24:36.230 --> 00:24:37.509 x with<00:24:36.369><c> nothing?</c><00:24:37.049><c> Who</c><00:24:37.269><c> are</c><00:24:37.369><c> we</c> 00:24:37.509 --> 00:24:44.089 x to<00:24:37.849><c> question</c><00:24:38.710><c> the</c><00:24:39.109><c> Almighty?</c><00:24:42.690><c> For</c><00:24:42.950><c> the</c><00:24:43.130><c> Lord</c><00:24:43.230><c> is</c><00:24:43.509><c> righteous.</c> 00:24:44.289 --> 00:24:47.109 x He<00:24:44.529><c> loves</c><00:24:44.869><c> justice.</c><00:24:45.710><c> This</c><00:24:46.109><c> is</c><00:24:46.990><c> the</c> 00:24:47.109 --> 00:24:52.230 x Old<00:24:47.470><c> Testament</c><00:24:47.930><c> angry</c><00:24:48.430><c> God</c><00:24:49.089><c> that</c><00:24:50.309><c> some</c><00:24:50.549><c> say.</c><00:24:51.109><c> He's</c><00:24:51.470><c> righteous</c> 00:24:52.230 --> 00:24:56.089 x and<00:24:53.029><c> he</c><00:24:53.250><c> shall</c><00:24:53.569><c> judge</c><00:24:54.289><c> the</c><00:24:54.869><c> world</c><00:24:55.650><c> in</c> 00:24:56.089 --> 00:24:59.730 x righteousness.<00:24:58.190><c> Whether</c><00:24:58.329><c> man</c><00:24:58.589><c> is</c><00:24:58.769><c> comfortable</c><00:24:59.190><c> with</c><00:24:59.410><c> it</c><00:24:59.609><c> or</c> 00:24:59.730 --> 00:25:01.789 x not,<00:25:00.170><c> it</c><00:25:00.390><c> will</c><00:25:00.650><c> happen.</c> 00:25:03.809 --> 00:25:09.650 x So<00:25:04.250><c> there's</c><00:25:04.430><c> also,</c><00:25:04.849><c> you</c><00:25:05.250><c> know,</c><00:25:05.349><c> the</c><00:25:05.569><c> account</c><00:25:05.990><c> of</c><00:25:06.690><c> the</c><00:25:07.269><c> Malachites.</c><00:25:09.369><c> Let's</c> 00:25:09.650 --> 00:25:10.450 x say<00:25:09.730><c> at</c><00:25:09.849><c> the</c><00:25:09.970><c> Lord</c><00:25:10.150><c> of</c><00:25:10.349><c> hosts,</c> 00:25:10.569 --> 00:25:13.990 x I<00:25:10.670><c> remember</c><00:25:11.250><c> that</c><00:25:11.529><c> which</c><00:25:11.769><c> Malachi</c><00:25:12.269><c> did</c><00:25:12.529><c> unto</c><00:25:12.809><c> Israel,</c><00:25:13.410><c> how</c><00:25:13.730><c> he</c> 00:25:13.990 --> 00:25:16.549 x did<00:25:14.289><c> wait</c><00:25:14.569><c> for</c><00:25:14.789><c> him</c><00:25:15.069><c> when</c><00:25:15.230><c> he</c><00:25:15.450><c> came</c><00:25:15.609><c> up</c><00:25:15.829><c> out</c><00:25:15.990><c> of</c><00:25:16.150><c> Egypt.</c> 00:25:16.930 --> 00:25:19.390 x Now<00:25:17.150><c> go</c><00:25:17.390><c> and</c><00:25:17.609><c> smite</c><00:25:17.910><c> Amalek</c><00:25:18.230><c> and</c><00:25:18.369><c> utterly</c><00:25:18.630><c> destroy</c><00:25:19.029><c> all</c><00:25:19.250><c> that</c> 00:25:19.390 --> 00:25:21.430 x they<00:25:19.549><c> have,</c><00:25:19.930><c> spare</c><00:25:20.049><c> them</c><00:25:20.309><c> not,</c><00:25:20.710><c> but</c><00:25:20.869><c> slay</c><00:25:21.210><c> both</c> 00:25:21.430 --> 00:25:24.630 x man<00:25:21.670><c> and</c><00:25:21.710><c> woman,</c><00:25:22.109><c> infant,</c><00:25:22.390><c> socklet,</c><00:25:22.890><c> ox,</c><00:25:23.789><c> sheep,</c><00:25:24.109><c> camel,</c><00:25:24.390><c> and</c> 00:25:24.630 --> 00:25:29.390 x ass.<00:25:26.029><c> And</c><00:25:26.170><c> then,</c><00:25:26.710><c> you</c><00:25:26.710><c> know,</c><00:25:27.250><c> this</c><00:25:28.769><c> was,</c> 00:25:29.390 --> 00:25:33.609 x you<00:25:29.529><c> know,</c><00:25:29.849><c> here's</c><00:25:30.109><c> the</c><00:25:30.349><c> judgment</c><00:25:30.950><c> on</c><00:25:31.950><c> the</c><00:25:32.069><c> Amalekites.</c><00:25:33.150><c> It's</c> 00:25:33.609 --> 00:25:35.730 x finally<00:25:33.990><c> time.</c><00:25:34.549><c> And</c><00:25:34.769><c> back</c><00:25:34.910><c> in</c><00:25:35.049><c> Deuteronomy,</c> 00:25:35.930 --> 00:25:40.309 x he<00:25:36.190><c> tells</c><00:25:36.549><c> Israel,</c><00:25:37.329><c> remember</c><00:25:38.430><c> what</c><00:25:38.910><c> Amalek</c><00:25:39.369><c> did</c><00:25:39.609><c> unto</c><00:25:39.970><c> thee,</c> 00:25:40.589 --> 00:25:43.230 x how<00:25:40.750><c> he</c><00:25:40.950><c> met</c><00:25:41.170><c> thee</c><00:25:41.349><c> and</c><00:25:41.670><c> smote</c><00:25:42.029><c> those</c><00:25:42.470><c> behind</c><00:25:43.069><c> thee</c> 00:25:43.230 --> 00:25:46.049 x that<00:25:43.430><c> were</c><00:25:43.750><c> all</c><00:25:44.069><c> feeble,</c><00:25:44.910><c> right?</c><00:25:45.069><c> This</c><00:25:45.250><c> is</c><00:25:45.369><c> when</c><00:25:45.470><c> they're</c><00:25:45.630><c> coming</c><00:25:45.809><c> up</c> 00:25:46.049 --> 00:25:47.930 x out<00:25:46.250><c> of</c><00:25:46.450><c> Egypt.</c><00:25:46.769><c> You</c><00:25:46.910><c> were</c><00:25:47.109><c> feeble,</c><00:25:47.589><c> you</c><00:25:47.690><c> were</c> 00:25:47.930 --> 00:25:52.210 x faint<00:25:48.230><c> and</c><00:25:48.609><c> weary.</c><00:25:50.269><c> And</c><00:25:50.410><c> you</c><00:25:50.490><c> know</c><00:25:50.630><c> what</c><00:25:50.829><c> else?</c><00:25:51.650><c> Amalek</c><00:25:51.769><c> did</c> 00:25:52.210 --> 00:25:58.309 x not<00:25:53.509><c> fear</c><00:25:54.069><c> God.</c><00:25:56.190><c> Therefore,</c><00:25:57.069><c> when</c><00:25:57.190><c> the</c><00:25:57.490><c> Lord</c><00:25:57.809><c> was</c> 00:25:58.309 --> 00:26:01.609 x giving<00:25:58.509><c> you</c><00:25:58.750><c> rest</c><00:25:59.069><c> in</c><00:25:59.230><c> the</c><00:25:59.430><c> land,</c><00:25:59.789><c> thou</c><00:25:59.930><c> shalt</c><00:26:00.329><c> plot</c><00:26:00.650><c> out</c><00:26:01.150><c> the</c> 00:26:01.609 --> 00:26:04.809 x remembrance<00:26:02.190><c> of</c><00:26:02.710><c> Amalek</c><00:26:03.369><c> from</c><00:26:03.630><c> under</c><00:26:03.930><c> heaven.</c> 00:26:04.990 --> 00:26:10.390 x Don't<00:26:05.289><c> forget</c><00:26:05.569><c> it,</c><00:26:06.509><c> is</c><00:26:06.690><c> what</c><00:26:06.829><c> he</c><00:26:07.029><c> tells</c><00:26:07.349><c> them.</c><00:26:09.849><c> And</c><00:26:10.069><c> it</c><00:26:10.150><c> says</c> 00:26:10.390 --> 00:26:13.390 x in<00:26:10.670><c> Exodus,</c><00:26:11.230><c> the</c><00:26:11.289><c> Lord</c><00:26:11.630><c> will</c><00:26:11.869><c> have</c><00:26:12.130><c> war</c><00:26:12.509><c> with</c><00:26:12.890><c> Amalek</c> 00:26:13.390 --> 00:26:18.770 x from<00:26:13.690><c> generation</c><00:26:14.549><c> to</c><00:26:15.150><c> generation.</c><00:26:15.769><c> The</c><00:26:15.970><c> Amalekites</c><00:26:16.569><c> were</c><00:26:16.769><c> descendants</c><00:26:17.329><c> of</c><00:26:17.869><c> Esau.</c> 00:26:19.970 --> 00:26:23.250 x There's<00:26:20.269><c> going</c><00:26:20.369><c> to</c><00:26:20.470><c> be</c><00:26:20.670><c> a</c><00:26:20.849><c> problem</c><00:26:21.410><c> with</c><00:26:21.710><c> the</c><00:26:21.930><c> Amalekites</c><00:26:22.930><c> and</c> 00:26:23.250 --> 00:26:27.089 x the<00:26:23.630><c> Israelites</c><00:26:24.150><c> for</c><00:26:24.809><c> a</c><00:26:24.990><c> long</c><00:26:25.309><c> time.</c><00:26:26.349><c> They're</c><00:26:26.630><c> always</c> 00:26:27.089 --> 00:26:29.349 x going<00:26:27.269><c> to</c><00:26:27.369><c> be</c><00:26:27.569><c> a</c><00:26:27.750><c> problem.</c><00:26:28.349><c> They're</c><00:26:28.549><c> always</c><00:26:28.829><c> going</c><00:26:28.950><c> to</c><00:26:29.150><c> stand</c> 00:26:29.349 --> 00:26:33.210 x in<00:26:29.569><c> the</c><00:26:29.769><c> way</c><00:26:30.309><c> of</c><00:26:30.789><c> God's</c><00:26:31.329><c> people.</c><00:26:32.289><c> And</c><00:26:32.450><c> now</c><00:26:32.730><c> God's</c> 00:26:33.210 --> 00:26:39.369 x going<00:26:33.309><c> to</c><00:26:33.490><c> finally</c><00:26:33.769><c> deal</c><00:26:34.069><c> with</c><00:26:34.289><c> them.</c><00:26:37.309><c> God</c><00:26:37.730><c> told</c><00:26:38.049><c> Israel,</c><00:26:39.130><c> if</c> 00:26:39.369 --> 00:26:42.690 x you<00:26:39.589><c> listen</c><00:26:39.910><c> to</c><00:26:40.170><c> my</c><00:26:40.390><c> commands,</c><00:26:41.230><c> if</c><00:26:41.470><c> you</c><00:26:41.710><c> follow</c><00:26:42.069><c> me,</c> 00:26:42.690 --> 00:26:51.869 x I<00:26:43.549><c> will</c><00:26:43.769><c> be</c><00:26:44.009><c> an</c><00:26:44.309><c> enemy</c><00:26:45.009><c> unto</c><00:26:45.710><c> thine</c><00:26:46.650><c> enemies.</c><00:26:48.269><c> For</c><00:26:48.450><c> he</c><00:26:48.769><c> that</c><00:26:48.950><c> touches</c><00:26:49.470><c> Israel</c><00:26:49.990><c> touches</c><00:26:50.450><c> the</c><00:26:50.829><c> apple</c><00:26:51.369><c> of</c> 00:26:51.869 --> 00:26:53.390 x God's<00:26:52.450><c> eye.</c> 00:26:53.630 --> 00:26:56.690 x You<00:26:53.869><c> touch</c><00:26:54.089><c> Israel,</c><00:26:55.069><c> God's</c><00:26:55.430><c> going</c><00:26:55.529><c> to</c><00:26:55.650><c> respond.</c> 00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:08.029 x But<00:27:02.269><c> we</c><00:27:02.470><c> know</c><00:27:03.069><c> that</c><00:27:03.589><c> God</c><00:27:04.009><c> is</c><00:27:04.329><c> not</c><00:27:04.630><c> evil,</c><00:27:05.369><c> that</c><00:27:05.609><c> God</c><00:27:05.950><c> is</c><00:27:06.269><c> not</c><00:27:06.529><c> immoral,</c><00:27:07.309><c> that</c><00:27:07.450><c> he's</c><00:27:07.769><c> not</c> 00:27:08.029 --> 00:27:10.309 x an<00:27:08.470><c> angry</c><00:27:08.910><c> God.</c><00:27:09.289><c> He's</c><00:27:09.690><c> merciful,</c> 00:27:10.309 --> 00:27:14.769 x he's<00:27:11.150><c> compassionate,</c><00:27:11.950><c> he's</c><00:27:12.390><c> willing</c><00:27:12.869><c> to</c><00:27:13.509><c> forgive.</c><00:27:14.369><c> And</c><00:27:14.609><c> this</c> 00:27:14.769 --> 00:27:16.710 x is<00:27:14.890><c> what</c><00:27:14.990><c> he</c><00:27:15.150><c> says</c><00:27:15.470><c> to</c><00:27:16.329><c> Abram,</c> 00:27:16.769 --> 00:27:20.089 x know<00:27:16.990><c> for</c><00:27:17.990><c> certain</c><00:27:18.250><c> that</c><00:27:18.390><c> your</c><00:27:18.630><c> descendants</c><00:27:19.029><c> will</c><00:27:19.250><c> be</c><00:27:19.450><c> strangers</c><00:27:19.730><c> in</c><00:27:19.930><c> a</c> 00:27:20.089 --> 00:27:21.609 x country<00:27:20.390><c> that</c><00:27:20.809><c> is</c><00:27:21.130><c> not</c><00:27:21.369><c> theirs,</c> 00:27:21.630 --> 00:27:24.750 x and<00:27:21.809><c> they</c><00:27:21.990><c> will</c><00:27:22.170><c> be</c><00:27:22.349><c> enslaved</c><00:27:22.750><c> and</c><00:27:22.970><c> mistreated</c><00:27:23.390><c> for</c><00:27:23.750><c> 400</c><00:27:24.109><c> years.</c><00:27:24.529><c> This</c> 00:27:24.750 --> 00:27:25.710 x is<00:27:24.890><c> when</c><00:27:24.990><c> they're</c><00:27:25.210><c> in</c><00:27:25.390><c> Egypt.</c> 00:27:26.069 --> 00:27:29.009 x But<00:27:26.210><c> I</c><00:27:26.349><c> will</c><00:27:26.470><c> punish</c><00:27:26.769><c> that</c><00:27:27.049><c> nation</c><00:27:27.390><c> that</c><00:27:27.710><c> they</c><00:27:28.089><c> serve</c><00:27:28.309><c> as</c><00:27:28.569><c> slaves,</c><00:27:28.789><c> and</c> 00:27:29.009 --> 00:27:29.950 x afterward<00:27:29.289><c> they</c><00:27:29.410><c> will</c><00:27:29.549><c> come</c><00:27:29.730><c> out</c><00:27:29.829><c> with</c> 00:27:29.950 --> 00:27:33.049 x the<00:27:30.049><c> great</c><00:27:30.250><c> possessions.</c><00:27:31.930><c> And</c><00:27:32.109><c> in</c><00:27:32.210><c> the</c><00:27:32.349><c> fourth</c><00:27:32.509><c> generation,</c> 00:27:33.150 --> 00:27:34.930 x your<00:27:33.329><c> descendants</c><00:27:33.730><c> will</c><00:27:33.950><c> come</c><00:27:34.190><c> back</c><00:27:34.490><c> here.</c> 00:27:34.930 --> 00:27:40.569 x For<00:27:35.650><c> the</c><00:27:35.910><c> sin</c><00:27:36.130><c> of</c><00:27:36.410><c> the</c><00:27:36.670><c> Amorites</c><00:27:37.490><c> has</c><00:27:38.309><c> not</c><00:27:38.829><c> yet</c><00:27:39.309><c> reached</c><00:27:39.930><c> its</c> 00:27:40.569 --> 00:27:42.309 x full<00:27:41.109><c> measure.</c> 00:27:43.009 --> 00:27:46.170 x Amorites,<00:27:43.690><c> they</c><00:27:43.809><c> were</c><00:27:43.910><c> in</c><00:27:44.009><c> the</c><00:27:44.150><c> land</c><00:27:44.450><c> of</c><00:27:44.730><c> Canaan,</c><00:27:45.690><c> and</c><00:27:45.930><c> God</c> 00:27:46.170 --> 00:27:48.950 x gave<00:27:46.470><c> them</c><00:27:47.029><c> 400</c><00:27:47.849><c> years</c> 00:27:49.869 --> 00:27:57.910 x to<00:27:50.349><c> turn</c><00:27:50.710><c> away</c><00:27:51.150><c> from</c><00:27:51.410><c> their</c><00:27:51.769><c> evil</c><00:27:52.109><c> doings,</c><00:27:53.289><c> to</c><00:27:53.769><c> repent</c><00:27:54.589><c> of</c><00:27:55.470><c> their</c><00:27:55.710><c> ways.</c><00:27:57.109><c> That's</c><00:27:57.750><c> a</c> 00:27:57.910 --> 00:27:59.809 x merciful,<00:27:59.430><c> compassionate</c> 00:27:59.809 --> 00:28:04.930 x God<00:28:00.569><c> who's</c><00:28:00.930><c> willing</c><00:28:01.410><c> to</c><00:28:02.390><c> forgive.</c><00:28:03.910><c> He's</c><00:28:04.170><c> patient</c><00:28:04.569><c> with</c><00:28:04.769><c> us.</c> 00:28:04.930 --> 00:28:06.349 x We<00:28:05.049><c> know</c><00:28:05.289><c> that.</c><00:28:05.430><c> He's</c><00:28:05.650><c> patient</c><00:28:05.950><c> with</c> 00:28:06.349 --> 00:28:10.250 x each<00:28:06.710><c> and</c><00:28:06.890><c> every</c><00:28:07.130><c> one</c><00:28:07.289><c> of</c><00:28:07.410><c> us</c><00:28:07.589><c> can</c><00:28:07.869><c> say,</c><00:28:08.450><c> no</c><00:28:08.589><c> doubt,</c><00:28:09.690><c> God</c><00:28:10.009><c> is</c> 00:28:10.250 --> 00:28:13.309 x compassionate<00:28:11.009><c> and</c><00:28:11.630><c> long</c><00:28:12.089><c>-suffering.</c> 00:28:14.470 --> 00:28:16.349 x Right?<00:28:14.609><c> Peter</c><00:28:14.730><c> says,</c><00:28:15.049><c> the</c><00:28:15.049><c> Lord</c><00:28:15.230><c> is</c><00:28:15.430><c> not</c><00:28:15.630><c> slack</c><00:28:15.910><c> in</c><00:28:16.089><c> sin</c><00:28:16.269><c> of</c> 00:28:16.349 --> 00:28:18.230 x his<00:28:16.509><c> promise,</c><00:28:17.170><c> but</c><00:28:17.369><c> long</c><00:28:17.769><c>-suffering,</c> 00:28:18.250 --> 00:28:22.369 x not<00:28:18.470><c> willing</c><00:28:18.650><c> that</c><00:28:18.869><c> any</c><00:28:19.029><c> should</c><00:28:19.230><c> perish,</c><00:28:20.269><c> but</c><00:28:20.509><c> that</c><00:28:20.750><c> all</c><00:28:21.269><c> should</c><00:28:21.529><c> come</c> 00:28:22.369 --> 00:28:24.170 x to<00:28:22.930><c> repentance.</c> 00:28:26.909 --> 00:28:29.170 x So,<00:28:27.509><c> when</c><00:28:27.549><c> we're</c><00:28:27.690><c> talking</c><00:28:27.930><c> about</c><00:28:28.170><c> the</c><00:28:28.390><c> judgments</c><00:28:28.730><c> that</c><00:28:29.029><c> were</c> 00:28:29.170 --> 00:28:31.950 x on<00:28:29.470><c> Egypt,</c><00:28:30.049><c> and</c><00:28:30.549><c> what</c><00:28:30.650><c> was</c><00:28:30.890><c> its</c><00:28:31.069><c> purpose,</c><00:28:31.490><c> of</c><00:28:31.690><c> course,</c> 00:28:31.950 --> 00:28:36.849 x to<00:28:32.670><c> free</c><00:28:32.849><c> God's</c><00:28:33.210><c> people,</c><00:28:33.450><c> it</c><00:28:33.549><c> was</c><00:28:33.750><c> time.</c><00:28:34.869><c> There</c><00:28:35.170><c> was</c><00:28:35.369><c> enough</c><00:28:35.609><c> of</c><00:28:35.809><c> them.</c><00:28:36.329><c> There</c><00:28:36.490><c> was</c><00:28:36.690><c> a</c> 00:28:36.849 --> 00:28:37.609 x nation<00:28:37.150><c> in</c><00:28:37.410><c> there.</c> 00:28:37.630 --> 00:28:41.990 x God<00:28:37.849><c> said,</c><00:28:38.130><c> okay,</c><00:28:38.430><c> that's</c><00:28:38.710><c> enough.</c><00:28:39.009><c> Let's</c><00:28:39.210><c> go</c><00:28:40.049><c> to</c><00:28:40.529><c> the</c><00:28:40.769><c> promised</c><00:28:41.089><c> land.</c> 00:28:43.190 --> 00:28:44.470 x He<00:28:43.309><c> says,</c><00:28:43.630><c> for</c><00:28:43.690><c> I</c><00:28:43.890><c> will</c><00:28:44.230><c> send,</c> 00:28:44.470 --> 00:28:48.109 x speaking<00:28:44.970><c> to</c><00:28:45.710><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:28:46.210><c> I</c><00:28:46.430><c> will</c><00:28:46.789><c> send</c><00:28:46.970><c> the</c><00:28:47.230><c> full</c><00:28:47.430><c> force</c><00:28:47.690><c> of</c><00:28:47.910><c> my</c> 00:28:48.109 --> 00:28:49.930 x plagues<00:28:48.349><c> against</c><00:28:48.670><c> you</c><00:28:48.910><c> and</c><00:28:48.990><c> against</c><00:28:49.289><c> your</c><00:28:49.589><c> officials</c> 00:28:49.930 --> 00:28:52.150 x and<00:28:50.109><c> your</c><00:28:50.289><c> people,</c><00:28:50.569><c> so</c><00:28:50.730><c> that</c><00:28:50.890><c> you</c><00:28:51.029><c> may</c><00:28:51.269><c> know</c><00:28:51.470><c> there</c><00:28:51.650><c> is</c><00:28:51.910><c> no</c><00:28:52.069><c> one</c> 00:28:52.150 --> 00:28:53.369 x like<00:28:52.410><c> me</c><00:28:52.630><c> in</c><00:28:52.769><c> all</c><00:28:52.910><c> the</c><00:28:53.109><c> earth.</c> 00:28:53.369 --> 00:28:55.930 x But<00:28:54.049><c> I</c><00:28:54.230><c> have</c><00:28:54.410><c> raised</c><00:28:54.589><c> you</c><00:28:54.769><c> up</c><00:28:54.869><c> for</c><00:28:55.009><c> this</c><00:28:55.150><c> very</c><00:28:55.410><c> purpose,</c><00:28:55.769><c> that</c> 00:28:55.930 --> 00:28:58.630 x I<00:28:56.069><c> might</c><00:28:56.269><c> show</c><00:28:56.549><c> you</c><00:28:56.849><c> my</c><00:28:57.190><c> power,</c><00:28:57.609><c> and</c><00:28:57.930><c> that</c> 00:28:58.630 --> 00:29:06.490 x my<00:28:59.390><c> name</c><00:28:59.609><c> might</c><00:28:59.890><c> be</c><00:29:00.509><c> proclaimed</c><00:29:01.089><c> in</c><00:29:01.390><c> all</c><00:29:01.690><c> the</c><00:29:01.950><c> earth.</c><00:29:03.430><c> All</c><00:29:03.849><c> those</c><00:29:04.089><c> nations</c><00:29:05.069><c> anywhere</c><00:29:06.289><c> in</c> 00:29:06.490 --> 00:29:07.349 x that<00:29:06.690><c> vicinity</c> 00:29:07.349 --> 00:29:14.930 x would<00:29:08.170><c> have</c><00:29:08.410><c> known</c><00:29:08.930><c> what</c><00:29:09.650><c> the</c><00:29:09.890><c> God</c><00:29:10.250><c> of</c><00:29:10.569><c> Israel</c><00:29:11.329><c> did</c><00:29:12.029><c> to</c><00:29:12.769><c> the</c><00:29:13.009><c> mighty</c><00:29:13.529><c> Egyptian</c><00:29:14.170><c> gods,</c><00:29:14.690><c> to</c> 00:29:14.930 --> 00:29:15.609 x the<00:29:15.210><c> mighty</c> 00:29:15.609 --> 00:29:19.529 x Pharaoh<00:29:16.109><c> and</c><00:29:16.329><c> his</c><00:29:16.670><c> army.</c><00:29:17.690><c> They</c><00:29:18.029><c> all</c><00:29:18.230><c> heard</c><00:29:18.390><c> about</c><00:29:18.710><c> it.</c> 00:29:22.789 --> 00:29:25.950 x And<00:29:23.349><c> then</c><00:29:23.549><c> in</c><00:29:23.710><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:29:24.289><c> this</c><00:29:24.430><c> is</c><00:29:24.650><c> Moses</c><00:29:24.930><c> speaking</c><00:29:25.269><c> to</c><00:29:25.470><c> the</c><00:29:25.670><c> people.</c><00:29:25.950><c> He</c> 00:29:25.950 --> 00:29:27.589 x says,<00:29:26.190><c> I</c><00:29:26.289><c> have</c><00:29:26.630><c> taught</c><00:29:26.930><c> you</c> 00:29:27.589 --> 00:29:33.309 x decrees,<00:29:28.450><c> laws,</c><00:29:29.410><c> as</c><00:29:29.849><c> the</c><00:29:30.029><c> Lord</c><00:29:30.250><c> my</c><00:29:30.529><c> God</c><00:29:31.029><c> demanded</c><00:29:31.509><c> me.</c><00:29:32.869><c> Follow</c> 00:29:33.309 --> 00:29:35.609 x them<00:29:33.509><c> in</c><00:29:33.690><c> the</c><00:29:33.890><c> land</c><00:29:34.069><c> you</c><00:29:34.250><c> are</c><00:29:34.509><c> entering.</c><00:29:35.049><c> Observe</c> 00:29:35.609 --> 00:29:40.289 x them<00:29:35.890><c> carefully,</c><00:29:37.529><c> for</c><00:29:37.710><c> this</c><00:29:37.970><c> will</c><00:29:38.250><c> show</c><00:29:38.529><c> your</c><00:29:38.829><c> wisdom</c><00:29:39.150><c> and</c><00:29:39.430><c> understanding</c><00:29:40.009><c> to</c> 00:29:40.289 --> 00:29:43.470 x the<00:29:40.490><c> nations,</c><00:29:41.990><c> who</c><00:29:42.450><c> will</c><00:29:42.970><c> hear</c> 00:29:43.470 --> 00:29:48.630 x about<00:29:44.230><c> all</c><00:29:44.650><c> these</c><00:29:45.009><c> decrees</c><00:29:45.930><c> and</c><00:29:46.390><c> say,</c><00:29:46.730><c> surely</c><00:29:47.150><c> this</c><00:29:47.650><c> great</c><00:29:48.009><c> nation</c><00:29:48.329><c> is</c> 00:29:48.630 --> 00:29:50.589 x wise<00:29:49.210><c> and</c><00:29:49.710><c> an</c><00:29:49.930><c> understanding</c> 00:29:50.589 --> 00:29:56.710 x people.<00:29:52.769><c> So</c><00:29:52.970><c> of</c><00:29:53.130><c> course,</c><00:29:53.269><c> Israel</c><00:29:53.690><c> was</c><00:29:54.029><c> supposed</c><00:29:54.269><c> to</c><00:29:54.470><c> be</c><00:29:54.730><c> a</c><00:29:54.849><c> light</c><00:29:55.470><c> to</c> 00:29:56.710 --> 00:29:59.789 x the<00:29:56.910><c> nations.</c><00:29:58.150><c> In</c><00:29:58.450><c> these</c><00:29:58.710><c> laws</c><00:29:59.190><c> of</c><00:29:59.509><c> God,</c> 00:29:59.890 --> 00:30:05.650 x the<00:30:00.089><c> nations</c><00:30:00.529><c> were</c><00:30:01.150><c> to</c><00:30:01.589><c> see</c><00:30:01.910><c> the</c><00:30:02.329><c> wisdom</c><00:30:02.890><c> of</c><00:30:03.450><c> God's</c><00:30:04.069><c> laws.</c><00:30:04.849><c> They</c><00:30:05.250><c> were</c><00:30:05.410><c> to</c> 00:30:05.650 --> 00:30:07.410 x look<00:30:05.809><c> and</c><00:30:06.029><c> say,</c><00:30:06.269><c> this</c><00:30:06.529><c> is</c><00:30:06.769><c> a</c><00:30:06.869><c> mighty</c><00:30:07.089><c> and</c> 00:30:07.410 --> 00:30:12.150 x powerful<00:30:07.869><c> God.</c><00:30:08.069><c> We</c><00:30:08.309><c> know</c><00:30:08.650><c> what</c><00:30:08.869><c> he</c><00:30:09.130><c> did</c><00:30:09.309><c> to</c><00:30:09.609><c> Egypt.</c><00:30:11.029><c> We</c><00:30:11.549><c> know</c> 00:30:12.150 --> 00:30:15.589 x what<00:30:12.789><c> happened</c><00:30:13.349><c> in</c><00:30:13.869><c> Sodom</c><00:30:14.430><c> and</c><00:30:14.690><c> Gomorrah.</c> 00:30:15.730 --> 00:30:19.390 x We've<00:30:16.150><c> heard</c><00:30:16.529><c> the</c><00:30:16.869><c> accounts.</c><00:30:17.690><c> This</c><00:30:17.990><c> is</c><00:30:18.230><c> a</c><00:30:18.410><c> powerful</c><00:30:18.849><c> God.</c><00:30:19.230><c> And</c> 00:30:19.390 --> 00:30:21.710 x look<00:30:19.509><c> at</c><00:30:19.609><c> his</c><00:30:19.829><c> laws.</c><00:30:20.529><c> There's</c><00:30:20.750><c> a</c><00:30:20.890><c> lot</c><00:30:20.970><c> of</c><00:30:21.170><c> wisdom</c><00:30:21.450><c> in</c> 00:30:21.710 --> 00:30:24.769 x here.<00:30:22.170><c> And</c><00:30:22.349><c> look</c><00:30:22.470><c> at</c><00:30:22.650><c> our</c><00:30:22.910><c> laws.</c><00:30:23.190><c> There's</c><00:30:23.329><c> some</c><00:30:23.509><c> crazy</c><00:30:23.890><c> laws.</c> 00:30:25.109 --> 00:30:28.269 x And<00:30:25.630><c> you</c><00:30:26.210><c> look</c><00:30:26.450><c> at</c><00:30:26.609><c> other</c><00:30:26.789><c> nations</c><00:30:27.230><c> today</c><00:30:27.789><c> even,</c> 00:30:28.670 --> 00:30:30.849 x and<00:30:29.029><c> back</c><00:30:29.230><c> then</c><00:30:29.410><c> you</c><00:30:29.490><c> would</c><00:30:29.670><c> have</c><00:30:29.750><c> seen</c><00:30:29.950><c> some</c><00:30:30.230><c> pretty</c><00:30:30.490><c> crazy</c> 00:30:30.849 --> 00:30:33.789 x laws.<00:30:32.230><c> Matter</c><00:30:32.470><c> of</c><00:30:32.650><c> fact,</c><00:30:32.789><c> you</c><00:30:32.930><c> can</c><00:30:33.089><c> see</c><00:30:33.190><c> some</c><00:30:33.450><c> pretty</c> 00:30:33.789 --> 00:30:36.509 x crazy<00:30:34.029><c> laws</c><00:30:34.430><c> in</c><00:30:34.730><c> the</c><00:30:34.829><c> state</c><00:30:35.049><c> of</c><00:30:35.130><c> Massachusetts</c><00:30:35.769><c> that</c><00:30:36.029><c> are</c><00:30:36.210><c> still</c><00:30:36.349><c> on</c> 00:30:36.509 --> 00:30:39.769 x the<00:30:36.670><c> books,</c><00:30:37.730><c> like</c><00:30:38.470><c> all</c><00:30:38.930><c> men</c><00:30:39.269><c> must</c><00:30:39.529><c> bring</c> 00:30:39.769 --> 00:30:45.210 x their<00:30:40.049><c> shotguns</c><00:30:40.769><c> to</c><00:30:40.950><c> church</c><00:30:41.410><c> on</c><00:30:41.809><c> Sunday.</c><00:30:44.109><c> So</c><00:30:44.589><c> I</c><00:30:44.630><c> think</c><00:30:44.789><c> we</c><00:30:44.890><c> need</c><00:30:45.029><c> an</c> 00:30:45.210 --> 00:30:47.210 x AB<00:30:45.349><c> meeting</c><00:30:45.930><c> and</c><00:30:46.650><c> we're</c><00:30:46.769><c> going</c><00:30:46.829><c> to</c><00:30:46.930><c> have</c><00:30:47.049><c> to</c> 00:30:47.210 --> 00:30:50.529 x discuss<00:30:47.529><c> because</c><00:30:47.730><c> we</c><00:30:47.890><c> don't</c><00:30:48.009><c> want</c><00:30:48.109><c> to</c><00:30:48.230><c> break</c><00:30:48.390><c> the</c><00:30:48.609><c> laws.</c><00:30:50.349><c> And</c> 00:30:50.529 --> 00:30:52.289 x then<00:30:50.609><c> there's</c><00:30:50.769><c> another</c><00:30:50.990><c> one</c><00:30:51.190><c> that</c><00:30:51.430><c> says,</c> 00:30:53.710 --> 00:30:59.230 x gorillas<00:30:54.190><c> cannot</c><00:30:54.670><c> ride</c><00:30:55.190><c> in</c><00:30:55.450><c> the</c><00:30:55.670><c> back</c><00:30:55.910><c> seat</c><00:30:56.369><c> of</c><00:30:56.670><c> your</c><00:30:56.910><c> car.</c><00:30:58.569><c> Now</c><00:30:58.789><c> there's</c><00:30:59.029><c> got</c><00:30:59.109><c> to</c> 00:30:59.230 --> 00:31:00.890 x be<00:30:59.349><c> a</c><00:30:59.470><c> great</c><00:30:59.650><c> story</c><00:31:00.029><c> behind</c><00:31:00.450><c> that</c> 00:31:00.890 --> 00:31:05.950 x I<00:31:01.369><c> would</c><00:31:01.690><c> think.</c><00:31:02.609><c> But</c><00:31:02.750><c> these</c><00:31:02.930><c> are</c><00:31:03.109><c> crazy</c><00:31:03.730><c> laws.</c><00:31:05.430><c> And</c><00:31:05.630><c> God's</c> 00:31:05.950 --> 00:31:08.390 x laws<00:31:06.329><c> are</c><00:31:06.650><c> not.</c><00:31:06.930><c> And</c><00:31:07.109><c> the</c><00:31:07.269><c> nations</c><00:31:07.569><c> would</c><00:31:07.849><c> hear</c><00:31:08.109><c> about</c> 00:31:08.390 --> 00:31:10.809 x these<00:31:08.650><c> laws.</c><00:31:08.829><c> So</c><00:31:09.049><c> sometimes</c><00:31:09.329><c> we</c><00:31:09.529><c> think</c><00:31:09.730><c> that</c><00:31:09.990><c> there</c><00:31:10.349><c> was</c><00:31:10.549><c> just</c> 00:31:10.809 --> 00:31:15.009 x this<00:31:11.130><c> incredible</c><00:31:11.670><c> invasion</c><00:31:12.410><c> that</c><00:31:13.609><c> came</c><00:31:13.869><c> upon</c> 00:31:15.989 --> 00:31:19.029 x the<00:31:16.429><c> cities</c><00:31:16.869><c> in</c><00:31:17.569><c> Canaan</c><00:31:17.910><c> and</c><00:31:18.029><c> they</c><00:31:18.170><c> had</c><00:31:18.349><c> no</c><00:31:18.529><c> idea</c><00:31:18.710><c> what</c><00:31:18.869><c> was</c> 00:31:19.029 --> 00:31:20.549 x going<00:31:19.230><c> on.</c><00:31:19.430><c> Who</c><00:31:19.609><c> were</c><00:31:19.710><c> these</c><00:31:19.930><c> people?</c><00:31:20.250><c> Who</c><00:31:20.410><c> was</c> 00:31:20.549 --> 00:31:23.390 x this<00:31:20.849><c> Israelite?</c><00:31:21.210><c> Who's</c><00:31:21.470><c> the</c><00:31:21.589><c> God</c><00:31:21.750><c> of</c><00:31:21.930><c> Israel?</c><00:31:22.210><c> We</c><00:31:22.390><c> don't</c><00:31:22.450><c> even</c><00:31:22.609><c> know</c><00:31:22.690><c> what's</c><00:31:22.910><c> going</c><00:31:23.109><c> on.</c> 00:31:23.569 --> 00:31:24.470 x They<00:31:23.750><c> knew.</c> 00:31:25.230 --> 00:31:28.990 x Little<00:31:25.430><c> by</c><00:31:25.750><c> little,</c><00:31:26.150><c> he</c><00:31:26.269><c> was</c><00:31:26.490><c> going</c><00:31:26.750><c> to</c><00:31:26.990><c> do</c><00:31:27.130><c> it.</c><00:31:27.910><c> And</c><00:31:28.210><c> they</c><00:31:28.349><c> knew</c><00:31:28.549><c> what</c><00:31:28.730><c> was</c> 00:31:28.990 --> 00:31:30.690 x coming.<00:31:29.309><c> They</c><00:31:29.490><c> knew</c><00:31:29.690><c> how</c><00:31:29.970><c> powerful</c> 00:31:30.890 --> 00:31:34.710 x God<00:31:31.269><c> was.</c><00:31:31.529><c> And</c><00:31:31.710><c> they</c><00:31:31.750><c> knew</c><00:31:31.950><c> about</c><00:31:32.269><c> his</c><00:31:32.549><c> laws</c><00:31:32.950><c> and</c><00:31:33.490><c> his</c><00:31:33.809><c> decree.</c> 00:31:35.049 --> 00:31:37.930 x So<00:31:35.230><c> God</c><00:31:35.410><c> sought</c><00:31:35.710><c> repentance</c><00:31:36.369><c> and</c><00:31:36.710><c> conversion</c> 00:31:38.210 --> 00:31:42.789 x from<00:31:38.690><c> the</c><00:31:38.930><c> nations.</c><00:31:40.589><c> And</c><00:31:40.769><c> that's</c><00:31:40.890><c> what's</c><00:31:40.990><c> in</c><00:31:41.170><c> the</c><00:31:41.390><c> promises</c><00:31:41.730><c> to</c><00:31:42.130><c> Abraham.</c><00:31:42.650><c> I</c> 00:31:42.789 --> 00:31:43.450 x will<00:31:42.950><c> make</c><00:31:43.130><c> you</c><00:31:43.289><c> into</c> 00:31:43.450 --> 00:31:45.329 x a<00:31:43.589><c> great</c><00:31:43.710><c> nation.</c><00:31:44.109><c> I</c><00:31:44.190><c> will</c><00:31:44.390><c> bless</c><00:31:44.549><c> those</c><00:31:44.809><c> that</c><00:31:45.029><c> bless</c><00:31:45.150><c> you,</c> 00:31:45.410 --> 00:31:48.210 x curse<00:31:45.549><c> those</c><00:31:45.789><c> that</c><00:31:46.069><c> curse</c><00:31:46.210><c> you,</c><00:31:46.430><c> and</c><00:31:46.650><c> all</c><00:31:46.970><c> peoples</c> 00:31:48.250 --> 00:31:53.509 x on<00:31:48.569><c> the</c><00:31:48.690><c> earth</c><00:31:48.829><c> will</c><00:31:49.029><c> be</c><00:31:49.349><c> blessed</c><00:31:49.750><c> through</c><00:31:50.150><c> you.</c><00:31:51.769><c> All</c><00:31:52.150><c> the</c><00:31:52.390><c> nations.</c><00:31:52.809><c> Abraham</c><00:31:53.269><c> was</c> 00:31:53.509 --> 00:31:54.730 x a<00:31:53.710><c> preacher.</c> 00:31:54.910 --> 00:32:00.109 x He<00:31:55.390><c> was</c><00:31:55.690><c> telling</c><00:31:56.009><c> people</c><00:31:56.910><c> about</c><00:31:58.049><c> the</c><00:31:58.390><c> Almighty</c><00:31:58.829><c> God.</c> 00:32:02.049 --> 00:32:06.509 x And<00:32:02.190><c> David</c><00:32:02.390><c> writes</c><00:32:02.710><c> here,</c><00:32:04.730><c> may</c><00:32:04.769><c> God</c><00:32:05.009><c> be</c><00:32:05.269><c> gracious</c><00:32:05.630><c> to</c><00:32:05.789><c> us,</c><00:32:06.029><c> bless</c><00:32:06.230><c> us,</c> 00:32:06.589 --> 00:32:07.990 x make<00:32:06.670><c> his</c><00:32:06.910><c> face</c><00:32:07.049><c> to</c><00:32:07.309><c> shine</c><00:32:07.470><c> upon</c><00:32:07.809><c> us,</c> 00:32:08.069 --> 00:32:10.630 x that<00:32:08.150><c> you</c><00:32:08.309><c> always</c><00:32:08.529><c> may</c><00:32:08.710><c> be</c><00:32:08.970><c> known</c><00:32:09.210><c> on</c><00:32:09.509><c> earth,</c><00:32:09.829><c> your</c><00:32:09.910><c> salvation</c> 00:32:10.630 --> 00:32:13.690 x among<00:32:11.490><c> all</c><00:32:11.890><c> the</c><00:32:12.109><c> nations.</c><00:32:13.150><c> May</c><00:32:13.269><c> the</c><00:32:13.470><c> people</c> 00:32:13.690 --> 00:32:17.890 x praise<00:32:14.069><c> you.</c><00:32:14.250><c> Oh</c><00:32:14.470><c> God,</c><00:32:14.670><c> may</c><00:32:14.849><c> all</c><00:32:15.190><c> the</c><00:32:15.430><c> people</c><00:32:15.789><c> praise</c><00:32:16.269><c> you.</c><00:32:16.809><c> May</c><00:32:16.970><c> the</c><00:32:17.190><c> nations</c><00:32:17.529><c> be</c> 00:32:17.890 --> 00:32:19.009 x glad<00:32:18.130><c> and</c><00:32:18.369><c> sing</c><00:32:18.509><c> for</c><00:32:18.789><c> joy,</c> 00:32:19.009 --> 00:32:22.470 x for<00:32:19.170><c> you</c><00:32:19.549><c> rule</c><00:32:20.089><c> the</c><00:32:20.349><c> peoples</c><00:32:20.829><c> justly</c><00:32:21.490><c> and</c><00:32:21.609><c> guide</c><00:32:21.750><c> the</c><00:32:22.009><c> nations</c> 00:32:22.470 --> 00:32:25.450 x of<00:32:22.769><c> the</c><00:32:22.910><c> earth.</c><00:32:23.670><c> The</c><00:32:23.990><c> ultimate</c><00:32:24.430><c> goal.</c> 00:32:26.390 --> 00:32:28.809 x And<00:32:26.670><c> David's</c><00:32:27.130><c> prayer,</c><00:32:27.410><c> he</c><00:32:27.410><c> goes,</c><00:32:27.710><c> I</c><00:32:27.730><c> want</c><00:32:27.950><c> all</c><00:32:28.250><c> the</c><00:32:28.430><c> nations.</c> 00:32:28.990 --> 00:32:30.809 x And<00:32:29.089><c> God's</c><00:32:29.309><c> like,</c><00:32:29.670><c> yeah,</c><00:32:29.950><c> so</c><00:32:30.269><c> do</c><00:32:30.490><c> I.</c><00:32:30.630><c> This</c> 00:32:30.809 --> 00:32:34.829 x is<00:32:31.009><c> what</c><00:32:31.109><c> I</c><00:32:31.369><c> want.</c><00:32:32.430><c> We'll</c><00:32:32.950><c> have</c><00:32:33.109><c> to</c><00:32:33.490><c> wait</c><00:32:33.690><c> for</c><00:32:34.109><c> the</c><00:32:34.349><c> kingdom</c><00:32:34.589><c> to</c> 00:32:34.829 --> 00:32:38.750 x come.<00:32:35.710><c> But</c><00:32:36.130><c> that's</c><00:32:37.390><c> the</c><00:32:37.549><c> goal.</c><00:32:37.750><c> That's</c><00:32:38.049><c> what</c><00:32:38.230><c> God</c> 00:32:38.750 --> 00:32:44.490 x is<00:32:39.390><c> looking</c><00:32:39.730><c> to</c><00:32:40.009><c> do.</c><00:32:42.950><c> Of</c><00:32:43.170><c> course,</c><00:32:43.289><c> you</c><00:32:43.390><c> got</c><00:32:43.470><c> the</c><00:32:43.750><c> example</c><00:32:44.029><c> of</c> 00:32:44.490 --> 00:32:46.630 x the<00:32:44.630><c> nation</c><00:32:44.930><c> of</c><00:32:45.190><c> Nineveh.</c><00:32:45.849><c> Jonah</c><00:32:46.049><c> goes</c><00:32:46.329><c> and</c><00:32:46.509><c> says,</c> 00:32:46.630 --> 00:32:50.210 x in<00:32:46.890><c> 40</c><00:32:47.210><c> days,</c><00:32:48.750><c> stop</c><00:32:48.809><c> your</c><00:32:48.990><c> wicked</c><00:32:49.190><c> ways</c><00:32:49.670><c> or</c><00:32:49.910><c> you're</c><00:32:50.089><c> going</c><00:32:50.109><c> to</c> 00:32:50.210 --> 00:32:53.329 x be<00:32:50.369><c> destroyed.</c><00:32:51.849><c> And</c><00:32:52.029><c> Nineveh,</c><00:32:52.430><c> the</c><00:32:52.670><c> king</c><00:32:52.849><c> said,</c><00:32:53.069><c> hey,</c> 00:32:53.369 --> 00:32:57.690 x we<00:32:53.569><c> are</c><00:32:53.829><c> doing</c><00:32:54.049><c> wickedly.</c><00:32:54.529><c> They</c><00:32:54.789><c> knew</c><00:32:55.250><c> again</c><00:32:55.730><c> about</c><00:32:56.670><c> the</c><00:32:57.190><c> laws</c> 00:32:57.690 --> 00:32:59.529 x and<00:32:58.069><c> decrees</c><00:32:58.470><c> of</c><00:32:58.730><c> God.</c><00:32:59.069><c> And</c><00:32:59.109><c> they</c><00:32:59.230><c> said,</c><00:32:59.349><c> yeah,</c> 00:32:59.529 --> 00:33:02.609 x God's<00:32:59.890><c> not,</c><00:33:00.549><c> he</c><00:33:00.690><c> doesn't</c><00:33:01.230><c> like</c><00:33:01.450><c> what</c><00:33:01.650><c> we're</c><00:33:01.829><c> doing.</c><00:33:02.109><c> We</c><00:33:02.269><c> get</c><00:33:02.369><c> a</c> 00:33:02.609 --> 00:33:05.430 x change.<00:33:03.450><c> And</c><00:33:03.769><c> they</c><00:33:03.990><c> repented</c><00:33:04.450><c> of</c><00:33:04.690><c> their</c><00:33:04.849><c> evil</c><00:33:05.150><c> ways.</c> 00:33:05.750 --> 00:33:11.509 x They<00:33:05.750><c> stopped.</c><00:33:07.309><c> And</c><00:33:07.450><c> God's</c><00:33:07.910><c> spirit</c><00:33:08.049><c> had</c><00:33:08.230><c> his</c><00:33:08.470><c> judgment</c><00:33:08.750><c> on</c><00:33:09.029><c> them.</c><00:33:11.230><c> It</c> 00:33:11.509 --> 00:33:12.950 x says,<00:33:11.829><c> so</c><00:33:11.829><c> the</c><00:33:11.950><c> people</c><00:33:12.210><c> of</c><00:33:12.410><c> Nineveh</c> 00:33:12.950 --> 00:33:19.089 x believed<00:33:13.349><c> God.</c><00:33:14.509><c> They</c><00:33:14.829><c> believed</c><00:33:15.490><c> that,</c><00:33:15.930><c> well,</c><00:33:16.569><c> we</c><00:33:17.890><c> fear</c><00:33:18.190><c> him.</c> 00:33:19.150 --> 00:33:21.690 x He<00:33:19.630><c> will</c><00:33:19.890><c> destroy</c><00:33:20.349><c> us.</c><00:33:20.569><c> He</c><00:33:20.730><c> means</c><00:33:21.009><c> what</c><00:33:21.170><c> he</c><00:33:21.410><c> says.</c> 00:33:21.750 --> 00:33:25.190 x And<00:33:21.930><c> we</c><00:33:22.109><c> have</c><00:33:22.289><c> been</c><00:33:22.470><c> doing</c><00:33:22.670><c> wickedly.</c><00:33:23.730><c> They</c><00:33:23.930><c> knew</c><00:33:24.549><c> full</c><00:33:24.890><c> well</c> 00:33:25.190 --> 00:33:28.509 x who<00:33:25.390><c> the</c><00:33:25.549><c> God</c><00:33:25.690><c> of</c><00:33:25.910><c> Israel</c><00:33:26.329><c> was</c><00:33:26.670><c> and</c><00:33:26.869><c> how</c><00:33:27.069><c> mighty</c><00:33:27.250><c> he</c><00:33:27.549><c> was.</c> 00:33:29.170 --> 00:33:30.650 x They<00:33:29.450><c> believed</c><00:33:29.750><c> him.</c> 00:33:32.930 --> 00:33:37.529 x And<00:33:33.130><c> so</c><00:33:33.230><c> if</c><00:33:33.329><c> you</c><00:33:33.450><c> use</c><00:33:33.670><c> an</c><00:33:33.809><c> example</c><00:33:34.130><c> of</c><00:33:34.349><c> those</c><00:33:34.710><c> who</c><00:33:35.089><c> did</c><00:33:35.369><c> convert,</c><00:33:36.569><c> we</c><00:33:36.910><c> wonder,</c><00:33:37.410><c> did</c> 00:33:37.529 --> 00:33:38.789 x they<00:33:37.710><c> really</c><00:33:38.069><c> hear?</c><00:33:38.789><c> Yeah.</c> 00:33:38.789 --> 00:33:42.470 x Rahab<00:33:39.309><c> says</c><00:33:39.569><c> it.</c><00:33:40.049><c> For</c><00:33:40.190><c> we</c><00:33:40.390><c> heard</c><00:33:40.910><c> how</c><00:33:41.490><c> the</c><00:33:41.609><c> Lord</c><00:33:41.809><c> dried</c><00:33:42.049><c> up</c><00:33:42.269><c> the</c> 00:33:42.470 --> 00:33:44.789 x water<00:33:42.710><c> of</c><00:33:42.990><c> the</c><00:33:43.089><c> Red</c><00:33:43.349><c> Sea</c><00:33:43.710><c> for</c><00:33:44.089><c> you</c><00:33:44.309><c> when</c><00:33:44.450><c> you</c><00:33:44.609><c> came</c> 00:33:44.789 --> 00:33:47.170 x out<00:33:45.049><c> of</c><00:33:45.210><c> Egypt</c><00:33:45.529><c> and</c><00:33:45.670><c> what</c><00:33:45.809><c> you</c><00:33:46.069><c> did</c><00:33:46.150><c> to</c><00:33:46.329><c> the</c><00:33:46.529><c> two</c><00:33:46.730><c> kings</c><00:33:46.990><c> and</c> 00:33:47.170 --> 00:33:49.450 x the<00:33:47.450><c> Amorites</c><00:33:47.890><c> whom</c><00:33:48.130><c> you</c><00:33:48.369><c> utterly</c><00:33:48.730><c> destroyed.</c> 00:33:49.869 --> 00:33:52.509 x And<00:33:50.150><c> as</c><00:33:50.289><c> soon</c><00:33:50.410><c> as</c><00:33:50.549><c> we</c><00:33:50.710><c> heard</c><00:33:50.950><c> these</c><00:33:51.289><c> things,</c><00:33:51.630><c> our</c><00:33:51.789><c> hearts</c><00:33:52.109><c> did</c> 00:33:52.509 --> 00:33:56.549 x melt.<00:33:53.630><c> They</c><00:33:53.930><c> were</c><00:33:54.190><c> in</c><00:33:54.549><c> fear</c><00:33:54.890><c> of</c><00:33:55.150><c> the</c><00:33:55.309><c> mighty</c><00:33:55.829><c> God</c> 00:33:56.549 --> 00:34:00.490 x of<00:33:56.990><c> Israel.</c><00:33:58.250><c> And</c><00:33:58.549><c> all</c><00:33:58.730><c> those</c><00:33:58.990><c> nations</c><00:33:59.509><c> would</c><00:33:59.769><c> have</c><00:33:59.950><c> heard</c><00:34:00.230><c> and</c> 00:34:00.490 --> 00:34:03.450 x then<00:34:00.849><c> said,</c><00:34:01.170><c> they're</c><00:34:01.750><c> coming</c><00:34:02.109><c> this</c><00:34:02.470><c> way.</c> 00:34:03.589 --> 00:34:07.630 x Right.<00:34:04.230><c> And</c><00:34:04.490><c> then</c><00:34:04.650><c> you</c><00:34:04.869><c> have</c><00:34:05.029><c> the</c><00:34:05.230><c> conversion,</c><00:34:06.369><c> Rahab,</c><00:34:07.490><c> for</c> 00:34:07.630 --> 00:34:10.989 x the<00:34:07.789><c> Lord,</c><00:34:08.130><c> your</c><00:34:08.309><c> God.</c><00:34:09.190><c> He</c><00:34:09.369><c> is</c><00:34:09.909><c> God</c><00:34:10.190><c> in</c><00:34:10.409><c> heaven</c><00:34:10.610><c> above</c> 00:34:10.989 --> 00:34:15.369 x and<00:34:11.449><c> in</c><00:34:11.650><c> the</c><00:34:11.769><c> earth</c><00:34:11.969><c> beneath.</c><00:34:12.369><c> She</c><00:34:12.630><c> just</c><00:34:13.030><c> denounced</c><00:34:14.050><c> the</c><00:34:14.550><c> Canaanites</c><00:34:14.969><c> God,</c> 00:34:15.429 --> 00:34:16.349 x all<00:34:15.750><c> of</c><00:34:15.889><c> them,</c><00:34:16.030><c> and</c><00:34:16.250><c> said,</c> 00:34:16.469 --> 00:34:22.190 x it's<00:34:16.690><c> your</c><00:34:16.909><c> God,</c><00:34:17.170><c> Israel.</c><00:34:18.389><c> And</c><00:34:18.630><c> of</c><00:34:18.769><c> course,</c><00:34:19.130><c> her</c><00:34:19.329><c> and</c><00:34:19.469><c> her</c><00:34:19.650><c> family</c><00:34:20.269><c> join</c><00:34:21.070><c> Israel</c><00:34:21.750><c> and</c> 00:34:22.190 --> 00:34:25.230 x they<00:34:22.409><c> become</c><00:34:22.750><c> part</c><00:34:23.690><c> of</c><00:34:24.070><c> Israel.</c> 00:34:26.690 --> 00:34:30.150 x And<00:34:26.929><c> you've</c><00:34:27.190><c> got</c><00:34:27.610><c> Uriah,</c><00:34:28.150><c> the</c><00:34:28.289><c> Hittite,</c><00:34:28.710><c> Caleb,</c><00:34:29.190><c> the</c><00:34:29.349><c> Kenazite,</c><00:34:29.989><c> Ruth,</c> 00:34:30.210 --> 00:34:32.210 x the<00:34:30.409><c> Moabite.</c><00:34:31.409><c> You've</c><00:34:31.590><c> got</c><00:34:31.769><c> the</c> 00:34:32.210 --> 00:34:38.869 x Abianites.<00:34:33.050><c> You</c><00:34:33.090><c> know,</c><00:34:33.289><c> they</c><00:34:33.510><c> use</c><00:34:33.809><c> some,</c><00:34:35.150><c> you</c><00:34:35.409><c> know,</c><00:34:35.650><c> some</c><00:34:35.889><c> trickery.</c><00:34:36.469><c> However,</c><00:34:37.309><c> they</c><00:34:37.590><c> feared</c><00:34:37.789><c> God</c><00:34:38.190><c> of</c><00:34:38.349><c> Israel.</c> 00:34:39.050 --> 00:34:42.550 x They<00:34:39.349><c> knew.</c><00:34:39.909><c> They</c><00:34:40.050><c> said,</c><00:34:40.250><c> hey,</c><00:34:40.809><c> we</c><00:34:41.030><c> can</c><00:34:41.329><c> see</c><00:34:41.789><c> what's</c><00:34:42.269><c> coming.</c> 00:34:42.809 --> 00:34:44.530 x He's<00:34:43.130><c> hitting</c><00:34:43.230><c> all</c><00:34:43.489><c> these</c><00:34:43.710><c> cities.</c><00:34:44.130><c> Pretty</c> 00:34:44.530 --> 00:34:48.630 x soon,<00:34:45.210><c> he's</c><00:34:45.550><c> going</c><00:34:45.670><c> to</c><00:34:45.809><c> get</c><00:34:45.929><c> to</c><00:34:46.210><c> us.</c><00:34:47.210><c> We</c><00:34:47.389><c> better</c><00:34:47.590><c> come</c><00:34:48.230><c> up</c><00:34:48.429><c> with</c> 00:34:48.630 --> 00:34:50.710 x a<00:34:48.869><c> plan,</c><00:34:49.090><c> right?</c><00:34:49.329><c> They</c><00:34:49.570><c> weren't</c><00:34:49.809><c> oblivious</c> 00:34:50.710 --> 00:34:58.090 x to<00:34:50.949><c> what</c><00:34:51.150><c> was</c><00:34:51.449><c> taking</c><00:34:51.710><c> place</c><00:34:52.489><c> like</c><00:34:55.449><c> Neville</c><00:34:55.969><c> Chamberlain,</c><00:34:56.650><c> right?</c><00:34:56.789><c> I've</c><00:34:57.050><c> got,</c><00:34:57.230><c> you</c><00:34:57.349><c> know,</c><00:34:57.670><c> peace</c><00:34:57.849><c> in</c> 00:34:58.090 --> 00:35:01.849 x our<00:34:58.309><c> day.</c><00:35:01.369><c> I've</c> 00:35:01.849 --> 00:35:03.690 x got<00:35:02.269><c> to</c><00:35:02.269><c> attack</c><00:35:02.269><c> us.</c><00:35:02.630><c> Really,</c><00:35:02.929><c> he's</c><00:35:03.050><c> attacking</c><00:35:03.230><c> everybody</c> 00:35:03.690 --> 00:35:05.289 x else,<00:35:04.150><c> right?</c><00:35:04.670><c> They</c><00:35:04.809><c> give</c><00:35:04.929><c> him</c><00:35:05.050><c> the</c><00:35:05.150><c> answer,</c> 00:35:05.289 --> 00:35:07.230 x like,<00:35:05.550><c> eventually</c><00:35:05.929><c> he's</c><00:35:06.130><c> going</c><00:35:06.210><c> to</c><00:35:06.269><c> come</c><00:35:06.449><c> to</c><00:35:06.610><c> us.</c><00:35:06.750><c> Let's</c><00:35:06.929><c> go</c> 00:35:07.230 --> 00:35:11.070 x make<00:35:07.489><c> peace</c><00:35:07.909><c> and</c><00:35:08.250><c> we'll</c><00:35:08.670><c> serve</c><00:35:09.309><c> Israel.</c> 00:35:12.150 --> 00:35:17.469 x Now,<00:35:12.309><c> there's</c><00:35:12.489><c> not</c><00:35:12.710><c> a</c><00:35:12.869><c> lot</c><00:35:13.150><c> I</c><00:35:14.610><c> could</c><00:35:15.110><c> find</c><00:35:15.429><c> anyway,</c><00:35:16.590><c> really,</c> 00:35:17.590 --> 00:35:19.949 x about<00:35:17.590><c> Uriah,</c><00:35:18.650><c> the</c><00:35:18.809><c> Hittite,</c> 00:35:20.150 --> 00:35:25.829 x but<00:35:20.750><c> he</c><00:35:20.929><c> was,</c><00:35:21.849><c> you</c><00:35:22.489><c> know,</c><00:35:23.230><c> in</c><00:35:23.730><c> the</c><00:35:24.110><c> elite</c><00:35:24.750><c> army</c><00:35:25.050><c> of</c><00:35:25.349><c> David.</c><00:35:25.670><c> He</c> 00:35:25.829 --> 00:35:29.449 x was<00:35:26.130><c> loyal</c><00:35:26.489><c> to</c><00:35:26.730><c> David.</c><00:35:27.030><c> He</c><00:35:27.090><c> was</c><00:35:27.369><c> loyal</c><00:35:27.909><c> to</c><00:35:28.269><c> Israel.</c> 00:35:30.349 --> 00:35:34.429 x He<00:35:30.909><c> did</c><00:35:31.110><c> the</c><00:35:31.250><c> right</c><00:35:31.550><c> thing,</c><00:35:33.550><c> and</c><00:35:33.730><c> his</c><00:35:33.869><c> name,</c><00:35:34.090><c> you</c><00:35:34.210><c> know,</c><00:35:34.269><c> he's</c> 00:35:34.429 --> 00:35:38.030 x got<00:35:34.550><c> a</c><00:35:34.690><c> Hebrew</c><00:35:34.909><c> name.</c><00:35:35.650><c> You</c><00:35:35.710><c> know,</c><00:35:35.909><c> Yah</c><00:35:36.309><c> is</c><00:35:37.030><c> light.</c> 00:35:38.789 --> 00:35:43.469 x So<00:35:39.150><c> somewhere</c><00:35:39.469><c> along</c><00:35:39.869><c> the</c><00:35:40.090><c> line,</c><00:35:40.570><c> his</c><00:35:40.889><c> forefathers</c><00:35:41.750><c> must</c><00:35:42.349><c> have</c><00:35:42.590><c> taken</c><00:35:42.889><c> up</c> 00:35:43.469 --> 00:35:46.349 x the<00:35:44.150><c> offer</c><00:35:44.530><c> of</c><00:35:44.769><c> peace.</c><00:35:44.889><c> Now,</c><00:35:45.110><c> I'm</c><00:35:45.289><c> just,</c> 00:35:46.429 --> 00:35:49.630 x I'm<00:35:46.730><c> kind</c><00:35:46.929><c> of,</c><00:35:47.269><c> you</c><00:35:47.570><c> know,</c><00:35:48.030><c> there's</c><00:35:48.309><c> nothing</c><00:35:48.590><c> that</c><00:35:48.889><c> says</c><00:35:49.130><c> this</c> 00:35:49.630 --> 00:35:51.469 x in<00:35:49.829><c> the</c><00:35:50.030><c> scripture.</c><00:35:50.389><c> I'm</c><00:35:50.610><c> kind</c><00:35:50.789><c> of</c><00:35:50.889><c> reading</c><00:35:51.150><c> into</c> 00:35:51.469 --> 00:35:55.369 x this.<00:35:51.750><c> So</c><00:35:51.989><c> take</c><00:35:52.110><c> it</c><00:35:52.269><c> for</c><00:35:52.409><c> what</c><00:35:52.670><c> you'd</c><00:35:53.269><c> like,</c><00:35:53.510><c> but</c><00:35:54.170><c> it</c><00:35:54.889><c> seems</c><00:35:55.150><c> to</c> 00:35:55.369 --> 00:36:00.190 x me<00:35:56.190><c> that</c><00:35:56.550><c> his</c><00:35:57.230><c> forefathers,</c><00:35:58.989><c> the</c><00:35:59.090><c> Hittites,</c> 00:36:00.489 --> 00:36:03.670 x would<00:36:00.630><c> have</c><00:36:00.809><c> said,</c><00:36:01.090><c> who's</c><00:36:01.449><c> coming?</c><00:36:01.769><c> The</c><00:36:01.909><c> God</c><00:36:02.090><c> of</c><00:36:02.269><c> Israel?</c><00:36:02.809><c> Yeah.</c><00:36:03.489><c> You</c> 00:36:03.670 --> 00:36:05.789 x know<00:36:03.849><c> what?</c><00:36:04.369><c> That's</c><00:36:04.610><c> a</c><00:36:04.730><c> God.</c><00:36:04.969><c> Our</c><00:36:05.210><c> gods</c><00:36:05.429><c> are</c> 00:36:05.789 --> 00:36:10.590 x useless<00:36:06.170><c> against</c><00:36:06.550><c> him.</c><00:36:07.969><c> Let's</c><00:36:08.510><c> join</c><00:36:08.789><c> them.</c><00:36:09.210><c> Let's</c><00:36:09.550><c> go</c><00:36:09.750><c> and</c><00:36:09.969><c> say,</c><00:36:10.329><c> we</c> 00:36:10.590 --> 00:36:13.480 x will<00:36:10.949><c> serve</c><00:36:11.349><c> you.</c><00:36:12.289><c> And</c><00:36:12.469><c> I</c><00:36:12.510><c> think</c><00:36:12.710><c> that's</c> 00:36:13.590 --> 00:36:19.550 x what<00:36:14.130><c> is,</c><00:36:14.130><c> what</c><00:36:14.409><c> must</c><00:36:14.670><c> have</c><00:36:15.530><c> taken</c><00:36:16.130><c> place</c><00:36:16.550><c> there.</c><00:36:17.650><c> And</c><00:36:17.929><c> I'm</c><00:36:18.130><c> sure</c><00:36:18.289><c> you</c><00:36:18.429><c> can</c><00:36:18.570><c> think</c><00:36:18.769><c> of</c> 00:36:19.550 --> 00:36:21.190 x some<00:36:19.869><c> other</c><00:36:20.369><c> examples</c><00:36:20.909><c> of</c> 00:36:21.190 --> 00:36:27.929 x those<00:36:21.269><c> that</c><00:36:22.130><c> did</c><00:36:22.710><c> convert.</c><00:36:25.909><c> And</c><00:36:26.050><c> it</c><00:36:26.110><c> says</c><00:36:26.210><c> in</c><00:36:26.389><c> Acts,</c><00:36:26.829><c> God</c><00:36:26.829><c> accepts</c><00:36:27.210><c> men</c> 00:36:27.929 --> 00:36:31.409 x from<00:36:28.510><c> every</c><00:36:28.769><c> nation</c><00:36:29.050><c> who</c><00:36:29.329><c> fear</c><00:36:29.489><c> him</c><00:36:30.429><c> and</c><00:36:30.929><c> do</c> 00:36:31.409 --> 00:36:38.309 x what<00:36:31.989><c> is</c><00:36:32.329><c> right.</c><00:36:35.949><c> So</c><00:36:36.429><c> the</c><00:36:36.590><c> tougher</c><00:36:36.750><c> question,</c><00:36:37.150><c> what</c><00:36:37.349><c> about,</c> 00:36:38.389 --> 00:36:40.190 x what<00:36:38.710><c> about</c><00:36:38.889><c> those</c><00:36:39.170><c> children?</c> 00:36:42.329 --> 00:36:45.510 x Even<00:36:42.550><c> from</c><00:36:42.809><c> birth,</c><00:36:43.050><c> the</c><00:36:43.170><c> wicked</c><00:36:43.289><c> go</c><00:36:43.610><c> astray.</c><00:36:44.469><c> From</c><00:36:44.690><c> the</c><00:36:44.969><c> womb,</c> 00:36:45.809 --> 00:36:48.429 x their<00:36:46.030><c> wayward</c><00:36:46.769><c> speak</c><00:36:47.329><c> lies.</c> 00:36:48.650 --> 00:36:53.710 x In<00:36:49.369><c> Ephesians,</c><00:36:49.869><c> it</c><00:36:49.929><c> says,</c><00:36:50.409><c> we</c><00:36:50.409><c> were</c><00:36:50.750><c> by</c><00:36:51.130><c> nature</c><00:36:52.170><c> deserving</c><00:36:53.150><c> of</c> 00:36:53.710 --> 00:36:57.429 x wrath.<00:36:54.610><c> That</c><00:36:55.070><c> human</c><00:36:55.829><c> nature</c><00:36:56.429><c> that</c><00:36:56.650><c> we're</c><00:36:56.869><c> born</c><00:36:57.170><c> with,</c> 00:36:57.449 --> 00:37:04.329 x that<00:36:57.829><c> self</c><00:36:58.730><c>-serving,</c><00:37:00.210><c> sin</c><00:37:00.809><c>-leaning</c><00:37:01.409><c> nature</c><00:37:01.989><c> that</c><00:37:02.349><c> we</c><00:37:02.590><c> are</c><00:37:02.789><c> born</c><00:37:03.050><c> with,</c><00:37:03.889><c> is</c> 00:37:04.329 --> 00:37:09.510 x deserving<00:37:05.230><c> of</c><00:37:06.610><c> the</c><00:37:07.550><c> wrath</c><00:37:07.989><c> of</c><00:37:08.449><c> God.</c> 00:37:11.289 --> 00:37:14.150 x Every<00:37:11.670><c> way</c><00:37:11.869><c> of</c><00:37:12.070><c> man</c><00:37:12.389><c> is</c><00:37:12.750><c> right</c><00:37:12.929><c> in</c><00:37:13.070><c> his</c><00:37:13.309><c> own</c><00:37:13.550><c> eyes,</c><00:37:13.750><c> but</c><00:37:13.869><c> it's</c> 00:37:14.150 --> 00:37:16.429 x the<00:37:14.329><c> Lord</c><00:37:14.650><c> that</c><00:37:14.969><c> plunders</c><00:37:15.550><c> the</c><00:37:15.849><c> heart.</c><00:37:15.969><c> He</c><00:37:16.130><c> knows</c> 00:37:16.429 --> 00:37:20.789 x the<00:37:17.110><c> intentions,</c><00:37:18.130><c> the</c><00:37:18.369><c> motives.</c><00:37:18.889><c> He</c><00:37:19.010><c> knows</c><00:37:19.289><c> the</c><00:37:19.550><c> end</c><00:37:19.769><c> from</c><00:37:20.050><c> the</c><00:37:20.289><c> beginning.</c><00:37:20.570><c> He</c> 00:37:20.789 --> 00:37:23.389 x knows<00:37:21.230><c> those</c><00:37:22.030><c> who</c><00:37:22.670><c> will</c> 00:37:23.389 --> 00:37:31.849 x respond<00:37:24.110><c> to</c><00:37:24.429><c> the</c><00:37:24.630><c> gospel,</c><00:37:25.090><c> who</c><00:37:25.409><c> will</c><00:37:25.989><c> repent.</c><00:37:31.349><c> Can</c><00:37:31.489><c> a</c><00:37:31.670><c> mortal</c> 00:37:31.849 --> 00:37:34.130 x be<00:37:32.070><c> more</c><00:37:32.429><c> righteous</c><00:37:32.829><c> than</c><00:37:33.030><c> God?</c><00:37:33.329><c> Can</c><00:37:33.530><c> a</c><00:37:33.730><c> man</c><00:37:33.909><c> be</c> 00:37:34.130 --> 00:37:40.210 x more<00:37:34.469><c> pure</c><00:37:35.230><c> than</c><00:37:35.949><c> his</c><00:37:36.269><c> maker?</c><00:37:37.989><c> And</c><00:37:38.289><c> again,</c><00:37:38.409><c> this</c><00:37:38.650><c> is</c><00:37:38.849><c> when,</c><00:37:39.250><c> you</c><00:37:39.530><c> know,</c><00:37:39.789><c> we</c> 00:37:40.210 --> 00:37:42.869 x question<00:37:41.210><c> God's</c><00:37:41.929><c> righteousness</c><00:37:42.289><c> or</c><00:37:42.610><c> other</c> 00:37:42.869 --> 00:37:45.730 x people<00:37:43.170><c> question</c><00:37:43.849><c> God's</c><00:37:44.590><c> righteousness.</c><00:37:45.130><c> Maybe</c><00:37:45.349><c> we'll</c><00:37:45.610><c> be</c> 00:37:45.730 --> 00:37:47.349 x able<00:37:45.969><c> to</c><00:37:46.110><c> give</c><00:37:46.250><c> an</c><00:37:46.489><c> answer.</c> 00:37:49.269 --> 00:37:54.510 x And<00:37:49.789><c> of</c><00:37:50.030><c> course,</c><00:37:51.030><c> we</c><00:37:51.730><c> can</c><00:37:51.909><c> go</c><00:37:52.230><c> to</c><00:37:52.530><c> Abraham,</c><00:37:53.449><c> right?</c><00:37:53.989><c> Abraham,</c> 00:37:54.829 --> 00:37:56.269 x when<00:37:54.989><c> he's</c><00:37:55.269><c> told</c><00:37:55.409><c> about</c><00:37:55.630><c> the</c><00:37:55.809><c> destruction</c> 00:37:56.269 --> 00:37:59.710 x of<00:37:56.550><c> Sodom</c><00:37:56.849><c> and</c><00:37:56.969><c> Gomorrah,</c><00:37:57.610><c> starts</c><00:37:57.849><c> to</c><00:37:58.210><c> intercede</c><00:37:58.710><c> on</c><00:37:58.949><c> the</c><00:37:59.210><c> behalf</c><00:37:59.469><c> of</c> 00:37:59.710 --> 00:38:00.750 x the<00:37:59.829><c> righteous.</c> 00:38:00.990 --> 00:38:06.250 x Fifty,<00:38:01.590><c> God,</c><00:38:01.869><c> you</c><00:38:02.070><c> won't</c><00:38:02.289><c> destroy</c><00:38:02.769><c> the</c><00:38:03.010><c> city</c><00:38:03.210><c> for</c><00:38:03.489><c> fifty,</c><00:38:03.849><c> forty,</c><00:38:04.389><c> thirty,</c><00:38:05.809><c> right?</c><00:38:06.050><c> And</c> 00:38:06.250 --> 00:38:06.590 x he<00:38:06.369><c> says,</c> 00:38:06.590 --> 00:38:12.389 x If<00:38:06.769><c> I</c><00:38:07.090><c> be</c><00:38:07.349><c> it</c><00:38:08.150><c> from</c><00:38:08.469><c> you</c><00:38:08.730><c> to</c><00:38:09.010><c> do</c><00:38:09.269><c> such</c><00:38:09.610><c> a</c><00:38:09.889><c> thing</c><00:38:10.469><c> as</c><00:38:10.969><c> to</c><00:38:11.269><c> kill</c><00:38:11.889><c> the</c> 00:38:12.389 --> 00:38:14.610 x righteous<00:38:12.969><c> with</c><00:38:13.570><c> the</c><00:38:13.789><c> wicked.</c> 00:38:15.269 --> 00:38:21.329 x The<00:38:15.630><c> God</c><00:38:15.710><c> doesn't</c><00:38:15.949><c> do</c><00:38:16.150><c> that.</c><00:38:17.829><c> He</c><00:38:17.969><c> kills</c><00:38:18.190><c> the</c><00:38:18.449><c> wicked.</c><00:38:19.969><c> He</c><00:38:20.190><c> delivers</c><00:38:20.710><c> the</c> 00:38:21.329 --> 00:38:25.510 x righteous.<00:38:23.889><c> He</c><00:38:24.590><c> delivered</c><00:38:25.110><c> Noah.</c> 00:38:25.510 --> 00:38:33.510 x He<00:38:26.190><c> delivered</c><00:38:26.889><c> Lot,</c><00:38:29.789><c> Rahab.</c><00:38:30.530><c> He</c><00:38:30.869><c> delivers</c><00:38:31.710><c> the</c><00:38:32.510><c> righteous.</c> 00:38:33.750 --> 00:38:35.590 x He<00:38:33.869><c> doesn't</c><00:38:34.170><c> by</c><00:38:34.349><c> mistake.</c> 00:38:35.889 --> 00:38:38.510 x I<00:38:36.150><c> had</c><00:38:36.250><c> to</c><00:38:36.389><c> kill</c><00:38:36.510><c> them</c><00:38:36.769><c> all</c><00:38:36.949><c> because</c><00:38:37.130><c> it</c><00:38:37.329><c> was</c><00:38:37.530><c> just</c><00:38:37.849><c> a</c><00:38:38.070><c> few</c><00:38:38.250><c> that</c> 00:38:38.510 --> 00:38:41.869 x were<00:38:38.710><c> wicked.</c><00:38:40.070><c> That's</c><00:38:40.489><c> not</c><00:38:40.610><c> what</c><00:38:40.710><c> he</c><00:38:40.849><c> does.</c> 00:38:43.429 --> 00:38:49.340 x And<00:38:43.590><c> so</c><00:38:43.769><c> far,</c><00:38:44.050><c> if</c><00:38:44.130><c> this</c><00:38:44.349><c> hasn't</c><00:38:45.369><c> satisfied</c><00:38:46.329><c> you,</c><00:38:47.469><c> well,</c><00:38:48.349><c> Abraham</c><00:38:48.610><c> finishes</c><00:38:49.070><c> with,</c> 00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:54.039 x Shall<00:38:50.519><c> not</c><00:38:50.880><c> the</c><00:38:51.039><c> judge</c><00:38:51.280><c> of</c><00:38:51.480><c> all</c><00:38:51.739><c> the</c><00:38:51.920><c> earth</c><00:38:52.579><c> do</c><00:38:53.019><c> right?</c><00:38:53.760><c> That</c> 00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:56.940 x righteous<00:38:54.519><c> judge,</c><00:38:55.639><c> God</c><00:38:55.860><c> who</c><00:38:56.039><c> is</c><00:38:56.320><c> righteous,</c> 00:38:57.360 --> 00:39:00.920 x on<00:38:57.460><c> all</c><00:38:57.780><c> his</c><00:38:58.119><c> decisions,</c><00:38:59.760><c> righteous.</c> 00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:08.860 x So<00:39:03.519><c> now</c><00:39:03.679><c> the</c><00:39:03.880><c> question</c><00:39:04.380><c> we'll</c><00:39:05.159><c> try</c><00:39:05.380><c> to</c><00:39:05.800><c> address</c><00:39:06.900><c> here,</c><00:39:08.559><c> try</c><00:39:08.739><c> to</c> 00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:11.699 x go<00:39:09.059><c> quickly.</c><00:39:10.000><c> New</c><00:39:10.239><c> Testament</c><00:39:10.679><c> God,</c><00:39:11.119><c> right?</c><00:39:11.260><c> Jesus,</c> 00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:14.679 x right?<00:39:11.940><c> He's</c><00:39:12.079><c> all</c><00:39:12.280><c> about</c><00:39:12.539><c> love</c><00:39:13.219><c> and</c><00:39:13.900><c> forgiveness.</c><00:39:14.300><c> How</c><00:39:14.480><c> can</c> 00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:18.079 x we<00:39:15.019><c> reconcile</c><00:39:15.639><c> these</c><00:39:15.940><c> two?</c><00:39:16.199><c> Well,</c><00:39:17.420><c> is</c><00:39:17.639><c> he</c><00:39:17.860><c> really</c> 00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:20.039 x just<00:39:18.219><c> all</c><00:39:18.500><c> about</c><00:39:18.719><c> love</c><00:39:18.920><c> and</c><00:39:19.139><c> forgiveness?</c><00:39:19.780><c> You</c><00:39:19.860><c> know,</c><00:39:19.880><c> love</c> 00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:22.280 x thy<00:39:20.260><c> neighbor</c><00:39:20.699><c> and,</c><00:39:21.519><c> you</c><00:39:21.780><c> know,</c><00:39:21.820><c> it's</c><00:39:22.039><c> all</c> 00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:24.699 x forgiveness,<00:39:22.840><c> right?</c><00:39:23.059><c> This</c><00:39:23.219><c> is</c><00:39:23.699><c> the</c><00:39:23.820><c> words</c><00:39:23.940><c> of</c><00:39:24.119><c> Jesus.</c><00:39:24.539><c> Those</c> 00:39:24.699 --> 00:39:26.860 x eighteen<00:39:25.039><c> who</c><00:39:25.300><c> died</c><00:39:25.539><c> on</c><00:39:25.699><c> the</c><00:39:25.880><c> tower</c><00:39:26.260><c> of</c><00:39:26.480><c> Siloam</c> 00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:30.039 x fell<00:39:27.139><c> on</c><00:39:27.420><c> them.</c><00:39:27.599><c> Do</c><00:39:27.760><c> you</c><00:39:28.079><c> think</c><00:39:28.360><c> they</c><00:39:28.519><c> were</c><00:39:28.699><c> more</c><00:39:28.940><c> guilty</c><00:39:29.380><c> than</c> 00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:32.980 x all<00:39:30.519><c> others</c><00:39:30.800><c> living</c><00:39:31.079><c> in</c><00:39:31.380><c> Jerusalem?</c><00:39:31.980><c> I</c><00:39:32.059><c> tell</c><00:39:32.219><c> you,</c> 00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:38.360 x no.<00:39:33.679><c> Unless</c><00:39:33.900><c> you</c><00:39:34.119><c> repent,</c><00:39:34.800><c> you</c><00:39:35.139><c> too</c><00:39:35.420><c> will</c><00:39:35.800><c> all</c><00:39:36.599><c> perish.</c><00:39:37.639><c> So</c><00:39:37.860><c> there's</c><00:39:38.179><c> a</c> 00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:41.340 x warning.<00:39:39.400><c> Repent</c><00:39:39.880><c> or</c><00:39:40.380><c> perish.</c> 00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:45.000 x Of<00:39:42.340><c> course,</c><00:39:42.539><c> what</c><00:39:42.619><c> he</c><00:39:42.780><c> tells</c><00:39:42.960><c> the</c><00:39:43.199><c> disciples</c><00:39:43.659><c> before</c><00:39:44.179><c> he</c><00:39:44.400><c> ascends</c><00:39:44.719><c> to</c> 00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:46.400 x heaven,<00:39:45.320><c> go</c><00:39:45.400><c> out</c><00:39:45.579><c> and</c><00:39:45.719><c> preach</c><00:39:45.820><c> the</c><00:39:46.079><c> gospel.</c> 00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:48.539 x Whoever<00:39:46.659><c> believes</c><00:39:47.099><c> and</c><00:39:47.280><c> is</c><00:39:47.440><c> baptized</c><00:39:47.820><c> will</c><00:39:48.019><c> be</c><00:39:48.239><c> saved,</c><00:39:48.500><c> but</c> 00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:52.039 x whoever<00:39:48.920><c> does</c><00:39:49.199><c> not</c><00:39:49.460><c> believe</c><00:39:50.059><c> will</c><00:39:50.780><c> be</c><00:39:51.000><c> condemned,</c> 00:39:52.240 --> 00:39:57.699 x condemned<00:39:52.800><c> to</c><00:39:53.079><c> death.</c><00:39:55.760><c> And</c><00:39:56.000><c> Christ</c><00:39:56.219><c> is</c><00:39:56.440><c> a</c><00:39:56.559><c> judge,</c><00:39:57.000><c> right?</c><00:39:57.340><c> God</c> 00:39:57.699 --> 00:40:00.059 x is<00:39:57.920><c> a</c><00:39:58.099><c> judge.</c><00:39:59.039><c> We</c><00:39:59.199><c> must</c><00:39:59.420><c> all</c><00:39:59.719><c> appear</c> 00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:06.219 x before<00:40:00.519><c> the</c><00:40:00.820><c> judgment</c><00:40:01.320><c> seat</c><00:40:01.880><c> of</c><00:40:02.340><c> Christ.</c><00:40:03.199><c> So</c><00:40:03.460><c> again,</c><00:40:04.099><c> judgment,</c><00:40:05.400><c> it's</c><00:40:05.539><c> just</c><00:40:05.840><c> what</c><00:40:06.039><c> it</c> 00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:07.400 x is.<00:40:06.639><c> It's</c><00:40:06.960><c> there.</c> 00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:12.639 x It's<00:40:07.800><c> going</c><00:40:07.900><c> to</c><00:40:08.079><c> happen.</c><00:40:10.360><c> And</c><00:40:10.840><c> God</c><00:40:11.139><c> judged</c><00:40:11.480><c> his</c><00:40:11.960><c> own</c><00:40:12.219><c> people,</c> 00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:14.400 x right?<00:40:13.300><c> These</c><00:40:13.480><c> are</c><00:40:13.599><c> the</c><00:40:13.659><c> words</c><00:40:13.840><c> of</c><00:40:14.099><c> Jesus,</c> 00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:19.840 x speaking<00:40:14.760><c> about</c><00:40:15.099><c> AD</c><00:40:15.500><c> 70.</c><00:40:16.019><c> For</c><00:40:16.079><c> these</c><00:40:16.480><c> are</c><00:40:16.699><c> the</c><00:40:16.780><c> days</c><00:40:17.159><c> of</c><00:40:17.599><c> vengeance,</c><00:40:18.559><c> judgment</c><00:40:19.039><c> for</c> 00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:21.119 x what<00:40:20.380><c> God's</c><00:40:20.920><c> people</c> 00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:24.039 x did<00:40:21.320><c> to</c><00:40:21.539><c> his</c><00:40:21.739><c> Son,</c><00:40:22.059><c> and</c><00:40:22.079><c> they</c><00:40:22.360><c> shall</c><00:40:22.559><c> fall,</c><00:40:23.559><c> the</c><00:40:23.719><c> inhabitants</c> 00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:26.380 x of<00:40:24.340><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:40:24.599><c> they</c><00:40:24.820><c> shall</c><00:40:25.019><c> fall</c><00:40:25.320><c> by</c><00:40:25.519><c> the</c><00:40:25.780><c> edge</c> 00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:30.380 x of<00:40:26.760><c> the</c><00:40:27.019><c> sword.</c><00:40:28.079><c> So</c><00:40:28.280><c> those</c><00:40:28.460><c> are</c><00:40:28.619><c> the</c><00:40:28.719><c> words</c><00:40:28.980><c> of</c><00:40:29.179><c> Jesus</c><00:40:29.719><c> there.</c> 00:40:30.699 --> 00:40:33.940 x No,<00:40:30.960><c> it's</c><00:40:31.099><c> not</c><00:40:31.360><c> all</c><00:40:31.619><c> about</c><00:40:31.940><c> love</c><00:40:32.380><c> and</c><00:40:32.940><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:40.460 x There's<00:40:34.579><c> also</c><00:40:34.940><c> judgment.</c><00:40:38.280><c> But</c><00:40:38.519><c> God,</c><00:40:39.039><c> of</c><00:40:39.039><c> course,</c><00:40:39.199><c> there</c><00:40:39.699><c> isn't</c><00:40:40.179><c> two</c> 00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:42.440 x Gods.<00:40:41.579><c> The</c><00:40:41.880><c> Son</c><00:40:41.980><c> is</c><00:40:42.179><c> the</c> 00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:46.360 x of<00:40:42.920><c> God's</c><00:40:43.480><c> glory</c><00:40:43.780><c> and</c><00:40:44.000><c> the</c><00:40:44.179><c> exact</c><00:40:44.539><c> representation</c><00:40:45.440><c> of</c><00:40:46.000><c> his</c> 00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:51.880 x being.<00:40:47.880><c> Jesus</c><00:40:48.400><c> perfectly</c><00:40:49.400><c> reflects</c><00:40:50.400><c> his</c><00:40:50.880><c> Father.</c> 00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:58.619 x And<00:40:54.679><c> what</c><00:40:54.840><c> becomes</c><00:40:55.179><c> of</c><00:40:55.380><c> the</c><00:40:55.559><c> wicked</c><00:40:55.920><c> when</c><00:40:56.599><c> Christ</c><00:40:57.239><c> returns?</c> 00:40:59.260 --> 00:41:00.920 x Well,<00:40:59.840><c> the</c><00:40:59.920><c> righteous</c><00:41:00.159><c> will</c><00:41:00.380><c> be</c><00:41:00.579><c> glad</c> 00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:03.539 x when<00:41:01.059><c> they're</c><00:41:01.420><c> avenged.</c><00:41:01.760><c> Who's</c><00:41:02.000><c> going</c><00:41:02.179><c> to</c><00:41:02.280><c> avenge</c><00:41:02.579><c> them?</c><00:41:02.739><c> Christ,</c><00:41:03.019><c> when</c><00:41:03.179><c> he</c><00:41:03.340><c> comes,</c> 00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:07.579 x when<00:41:03.760><c> they</c><00:41:04.039><c> bathe</c><00:41:04.460><c> their</c><00:41:04.719><c> feet</c><00:41:04.840><c> in</c><00:41:05.039><c> the</c><00:41:05.219><c> blood</c><00:41:05.460><c> of</c><00:41:05.679><c> the</c><00:41:05.860><c> wicked,</c><00:41:06.219><c> for</c><00:41:06.500><c> evil</c><00:41:06.880><c> men</c><00:41:07.119><c> will</c><00:41:07.320><c> be</c> 00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:08.900 x cut<00:41:07.820><c> off,</c> 00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:13.900 x but<00:41:09.579><c> those</c><00:41:09.880><c> who</c><00:41:10.099><c> hope</c><00:41:10.280><c> in</c><00:41:10.460><c> the</c><00:41:10.659><c> Lord</c><00:41:11.119><c> will</c><00:41:11.539><c> inherit</c><00:41:12.139><c> the</c><00:41:12.820><c> land.</c> 00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:15.480 x In<00:41:14.639><c> Revelation</c><00:41:15.079><c> it</c><00:41:15.239><c> says,</c> 00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:18.159 x I<00:41:15.579><c> saw</c><00:41:16.000><c> heaven</c><00:41:16.340><c> standing</c><00:41:16.699><c> open</c><00:41:17.019><c> and</c><00:41:17.199><c> there</c><00:41:17.440><c> before</c><00:41:17.699><c> me</c><00:41:17.840><c> was</c><00:41:17.980><c> a</c> 00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:20.739 x white<00:41:18.340><c> horse</c><00:41:18.559><c> whose</c><00:41:18.780><c> rider</c><00:41:19.159><c> is</c><00:41:19.739><c> called</c><00:41:19.920><c> faithful</c><00:41:20.380><c> and</c> 00:41:20.739 --> 00:41:25.679 x true.<00:41:22.420><c> Christ's</c><00:41:22.940><c> with</c><00:41:23.179><c> justice,</c><00:41:23.619><c> he</c><00:41:23.860><c> judges</c><00:41:24.440><c> and</c><00:41:25.260><c> he</c><00:41:25.380><c> makes</c> 00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:31.059 x war.<00:41:28.239><c> So</c><00:41:28.679><c> when</c><00:41:28.840><c> we</c><00:41:29.059><c> look</c><00:41:29.239><c> at</c><00:41:29.800><c> the</c><00:41:30.320><c> conquest</c><00:41:30.800><c> of</c> 00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:34.699 x the<00:41:31.280><c> Canaanites,</c><00:41:32.880><c> it's</c><00:41:33.039><c> all,</c><00:41:33.199><c> you</c><00:41:33.340><c> know,</c><00:41:33.440><c> there's</c><00:41:33.699><c> some</c><00:41:33.940><c> lessons</c><00:41:34.260><c> there</c><00:41:34.559><c> for</c> 00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:38.480 x us<00:41:34.940><c> for</c><00:41:35.119><c> sure.</c><00:41:36.320><c> And</c><00:41:36.840><c> it's</c><00:41:37.579><c> also</c><00:41:37.800><c> a</c> 00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:43.559 x shadowing<00:41:39.960><c> of</c><00:41:40.519><c> the</c><00:41:40.800><c> work</c><00:41:41.340><c> that</c><00:41:42.039><c> Christ,</c><00:41:42.539><c> when</c><00:41:42.679><c> he</c><00:41:42.820><c> comes</c><00:41:43.039><c> back,</c><00:41:43.400><c> will</c> 00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:48.239 x finish<00:41:44.659><c> with</c><00:41:46.159><c> the</c><00:41:46.460><c> saints.</c><00:41:47.679><c> Christ</c><00:41:47.940><c> and</c><00:41:48.079><c> the</c> 00:41:48.239 --> 00:41:54.480 x saints<00:41:48.360><c> will</c><00:41:48.579><c> pick</c><00:41:48.800><c> up</c><00:41:49.039><c> the</c><00:41:49.340><c> work</c><00:41:50.280><c> of</c><00:41:50.639><c> Joshua</c><00:41:51.280><c> and</c><00:41:51.619><c> the</c><00:41:51.920><c> Israelites</c><00:41:52.440><c> and</c> 00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:57.219 x they'll<00:41:54.739><c> make</c><00:41:55.139><c> all</c><00:41:55.539><c> nations</c><00:41:56.039><c> submit.</c> 00:41:58.099 --> 00:42:02.360 x So<00:41:58.320><c> after</c><00:41:58.679><c> Armageddon,</c><00:42:00.480><c> the</c><00:42:00.659><c> saints</c><00:42:00.820><c> will</c><00:42:00.980><c> go</c><00:42:01.139><c> out</c><00:42:01.280><c> and</c><00:42:01.460><c> deliver</c><00:42:01.679><c> a</c><00:42:01.880><c> message</c><00:42:02.159><c> to</c> 00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:02.760 x the<00:42:02.480><c> nations,</c> 00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:07.139 x guess<00:42:03.039><c> what,</c><00:42:03.260><c> there's</c><00:42:03.460><c> a</c><00:42:03.559><c> new</c><00:42:03.719><c> sheriff</c><00:42:03.980><c> in</c><00:42:04.159><c> town</c><00:42:04.699><c> and</c><00:42:05.679><c> you</c><00:42:05.739><c> better</c><00:42:06.000><c> submit</c><00:42:06.599><c> or</c> 00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:08.199 x you'll<00:42:07.320><c> be</c><00:42:07.539><c> destroyed.</c> 00:42:08.559 --> 00:42:12.659 x We'll<00:42:08.719><c> be</c><00:42:08.920><c> back</c><00:42:09.099><c> tomorrow</c><00:42:09.460><c> for</c><00:42:09.659><c> your</c><00:42:09.880><c> answer.</c><00:42:11.400><c> Kiss</c><00:42:11.699><c> the</c><00:42:12.019><c> son,</c> 00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:15.760 x submit<00:42:13.300><c> to</c><00:42:13.519><c> Christ.</c><00:42:14.539><c> Lest</c><00:42:14.699><c> he</c><00:42:14.840><c> be</c><00:42:15.039><c> angry</c><00:42:15.380><c> and</c><00:42:15.539><c> you</c> 00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:19.619 x perish<00:42:16.079><c> from</c><00:42:16.380><c> the</c><00:42:16.579><c> way</c><00:42:17.300><c> when</c><00:42:17.860><c> his</c><00:42:18.139><c> wrath</c><00:42:18.480><c> is</c><00:42:18.800><c> kindled</c><00:42:19.260><c> but</c><00:42:19.480><c> a</c> 00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:23.420 x little.<00:42:21.099><c> Blessed</c><00:42:21.380><c> are</c><00:42:21.639><c> they</c><00:42:22.159><c> who</c><00:42:22.460><c> put</c><00:42:22.579><c> their</c><00:42:22.900><c> trust</c> 00:42:23.420 --> 00:42:28.000 x in<00:42:23.920><c> him</c><00:42:24.400><c> and</c><00:42:24.920><c> there's</c><00:42:25.239><c> a</c><00:42:25.420><c> warning.</c><00:42:26.139><c> Hey,</c><00:42:26.219><c> don't</c><00:42:26.320><c> put</c><00:42:26.480><c> your,</c><00:42:27.000><c> don't</c><00:42:27.500><c> trust</c><00:42:27.780><c> in</c> 00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:29.460 x yourselves,<00:42:28.599><c> man.</c><00:42:28.900><c> That's</c><00:42:29.159><c> what</c><00:42:29.300><c> you</c> 00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:34.739 x always<00:42:29.920><c> do</c><00:42:30.139><c> and</c><00:42:30.280><c> you</c><00:42:30.400><c> always</c><00:42:30.579><c> come</c><00:42:30.760><c> up</c><00:42:31.019><c> short.</c><00:42:32.099><c> Put</c><00:42:32.280><c> your</c><00:42:32.559><c> trust</c><00:42:32.940><c> in</c><00:42:33.840><c> him.</c> 00:42:37.239 --> 00:42:41.320 x Okay,<00:42:37.719><c> so</c><00:42:37.920><c> just</c><00:42:38.139><c> one</c><00:42:38.360><c> quick</c><00:42:38.840><c> spiritual</c><00:42:39.559><c> lesson.</c><00:42:40.940><c> I</c><00:42:40.940><c> think</c><00:42:41.199><c> we</c> 00:42:41.320 --> 00:42:43.159 x can<00:42:41.480><c> pull</c><00:42:41.659><c> from</c><00:42:41.880><c> here</c><00:42:42.019><c> again,</c><00:42:42.219><c> there's</c><00:42:42.420><c> probably</c><00:42:42.679><c> many.</c> 00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:47.559 x Right,<00:42:43.800><c> we</c><00:42:43.940><c> see</c><00:42:44.079><c> Israel</c><00:42:44.460><c> freed</c><00:42:44.719><c> from</c><00:42:44.980><c> bondage</c><00:42:45.519><c> in</c><00:42:45.719><c> Egypt</c><00:42:46.340><c> only</c> 00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:51.239 x to<00:42:47.880><c> become</c><00:42:48.179><c> enslaved</c><00:42:48.679><c> again</c><00:42:49.360><c> by</c><00:42:50.179><c> the</c><00:42:50.460><c> Canaanites</c> 00:42:51.239 --> 00:42:58.440 x because<00:42:51.880><c> they</c><00:42:52.199><c> didn't</c><00:42:52.460><c> do</c><00:42:52.780><c> all</c><00:42:53.219><c> that</c><00:42:53.500><c> the</c><00:42:53.780><c> Lord</c><00:42:54.059><c> had</c><00:42:54.360><c> commanded</c><00:42:54.760><c> them.</c><00:42:55.659><c> They</c><00:42:56.000><c> kept</c><00:42:56.280><c> alive</c><00:42:57.099><c> some</c><00:42:57.820><c> of</c><00:42:58.239><c> the</c> 00:42:58.440 --> 00:43:05.019 x Canaanites<00:42:59.500><c> for</c><00:42:59.980><c> their</c><00:43:00.239><c> own</c><00:43:00.860><c> purpose.</c><00:43:03.519><c> So</c><00:43:03.699><c> in</c><00:43:03.840><c> Galatians</c><00:43:04.280><c> Paul</c><00:43:04.559><c> says</c><00:43:04.840><c> it</c> 00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:06.900 x is<00:43:05.380><c> for</c><00:43:05.679><c> freedom</c><00:43:05.960><c> that</c><00:43:06.219><c> Christ</c><00:43:06.539><c> has</c><00:43:06.800><c> set</c> 00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:10.920 x us<00:43:07.159><c> free.</c><00:43:07.460><c> Stand</c><00:43:07.699><c> firm</c><00:43:08.000><c> then</c><00:43:08.280><c> and</c><00:43:08.739><c> do</c><00:43:09.079><c> not</c><00:43:10.039><c> get</c><00:43:10.360><c> yourselves,</c> 00:43:11.219 --> 00:43:14.639 x let<00:43:11.460><c> yourselves</c><00:43:11.880><c> be</c><00:43:12.199><c> entangled</c><00:43:12.760><c> again</c><00:43:13.440><c> with</c><00:43:13.820><c> the</c><00:43:14.059><c> yoke</c> 00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:19.619 x of<00:43:15.059><c> bondage.</c><00:43:16.880><c> Remove,</c><00:43:17.639><c> right,</c><00:43:17.820><c> if</c><00:43:18.000><c> the</c><00:43:18.199><c> Canaanites</c><00:43:18.699><c> have</c><00:43:18.980><c> sinned,</c><00:43:19.340><c> we've</c><00:43:19.599><c> got</c> 00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:22.280 x to<00:43:19.900><c> remove</c><00:43:20.219><c> sin</c><00:43:20.500><c> from</c><00:43:20.820><c> our</c><00:43:21.099><c> lives</c> 00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:26.360 x because<00:43:22.659><c> we've</c><00:43:22.920><c> been</c><00:43:23.159><c> freed</c><00:43:23.360><c> from</c><00:43:23.659><c> it.</c><00:43:24.239><c> If</c><00:43:24.579><c> we</c><00:43:24.820><c> leave</c><00:43:25.000><c> a</c><00:43:25.260><c> little</c><00:43:25.519><c> behind</c><00:43:26.079><c> for</c> 00:43:26.360 --> 00:43:28.000 x our<00:43:26.599><c> own</c><00:43:26.860><c> purpose,</c> 00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:34.579 x it<00:43:28.599><c> won't</c><00:43:28.840><c> be</c><00:43:29.119><c> long</c><00:43:29.739><c> before</c><00:43:30.280><c> we're</c><00:43:30.639><c> slaves</c><00:43:31.320><c> to</c><00:43:31.880><c> it</c><00:43:32.059><c> again.</c><00:43:34.440><c> In</c> 00:43:34.579 --> 00:43:37.039 x Romans<00:43:34.880><c> Paul</c><00:43:35.199><c> says</c><00:43:35.460><c> don't</c><00:43:35.699><c> you</c><00:43:35.940><c> realize</c><00:43:36.340><c> that</c><00:43:36.579><c> you</c> 00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:40.059 x become<00:43:37.559><c> the</c><00:43:37.940><c> slave</c><00:43:38.239><c> of</c><00:43:38.539><c> whatever</c><00:43:38.800><c> you</c><00:43:39.079><c> choose</c><00:43:39.260><c> to</c><00:43:39.559><c> obey?</c><00:43:39.880><c> You</c> 00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:42.940 x can<00:43:40.380><c> be</c><00:43:40.659><c> a</c><00:43:40.920><c> slave</c><00:43:41.119><c> to</c><00:43:41.460><c> sin</c><00:43:41.639><c> which</c><00:43:41.880><c> leads</c><00:43:42.199><c> to</c><00:43:42.480><c> death</c><00:43:42.719><c> or</c> 00:43:42.940 --> 00:43:48.780 x you<00:43:43.039><c> can</c><00:43:43.320><c> choose</c><00:43:43.539><c> to</c><00:43:43.780><c> obey</c><00:43:44.039><c> God</c><00:43:44.880><c> which</c><00:43:45.920><c> leads</c><00:43:46.719><c> to</c><00:43:47.679><c> righteousness.</c> 00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:54.119 x All<00:43:51.719><c> right,</c><00:43:51.860><c> last</c><00:43:52.159><c> slide,</c><00:43:52.599><c> just</c><00:43:52.760><c> a</c><00:43:52.920><c> little</c><00:43:53.139><c> recap.</c><00:43:53.940><c> You</c><00:43:53.940><c> know,</c> 00:43:54.280 --> 00:43:57.599 x was<00:43:54.360><c> this</c><00:43:55.420><c> genocide</c><00:43:56.179><c> or</c><00:43:56.539><c> was</c><00:43:56.800><c> this</c><00:43:57.159><c> judgment?</c> 00:43:57.699 --> 00:44:02.039 x Well,<00:43:58.239><c> I</c><00:43:58.659><c> hope</c><00:43:58.880><c> we</c><00:43:59.139><c> were</c><00:43:59.300><c> able</c><00:43:59.619><c> to</c><00:44:00.559><c> come</c><00:44:00.880><c> to</c><00:44:01.099><c> a</c><00:44:01.340><c> determination</c> 00:44:02.039 --> 00:44:05.059 x to<00:44:03.820><c> say</c><00:44:04.159><c> that</c><00:44:04.400><c> without</c><00:44:04.639><c> a</c><00:44:04.840><c> doubt</c> 00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:09.800 x this<00:44:05.559><c> was</c><00:44:06.199><c> divine</c><00:44:06.639><c> judgment.</c><00:44:07.300><c> It</c><00:44:07.579><c> does</c><00:44:07.880><c> not</c><00:44:08.139><c> fit</c><00:44:08.320><c> the</c><00:44:08.599><c> criteria</c><00:44:09.239><c> of</c><00:44:09.579><c> the</c> 00:44:09.800 --> 00:44:12.099 x definition<00:44:10.400><c> of</c><00:44:11.300><c> genocide</c><00:44:11.760><c> and</c><00:44:11.920><c> God</c> 00:44:12.099 --> 00:44:15.079 x is<00:44:12.340><c> a</c><00:44:12.360><c> judge</c><00:44:12.699><c> and</c><00:44:12.880><c> he</c><00:44:13.059><c> will</c><00:44:13.380><c> bring</c><00:44:13.599><c> judgments</c><00:44:14.059><c> and</c><00:44:14.280><c> we</c><00:44:14.360><c> have</c><00:44:14.519><c> plenty</c><00:44:14.760><c> of</c> 00:44:15.079 --> 00:44:17.539 x examples<00:44:15.519><c> and</c><00:44:15.679><c> there's</c><00:44:16.000><c> another</c><00:44:16.239><c> one</c><00:44:16.420><c> to</c><00:44:16.679><c> count.</c> 00:44:18.599 --> 00:44:24.880 x Is<00:44:18.760><c> God</c><00:44:19.059><c> cruel?</c><00:44:20.599><c> No,</c><00:44:20.820><c> he</c><00:44:21.019><c> calls</c><00:44:21.360><c> all</c><00:44:21.920><c> to</c><00:44:22.260><c> repentance.</c><00:44:24.119><c> He</c><00:44:24.360><c> doesn't</c><00:44:24.539><c> make</c> 00:44:24.880 --> 00:44:27.340 x rash<00:44:25.219><c> decisions</c><00:44:25.820><c> to</c><00:44:26.059><c> destroy</c><00:44:26.599><c> a</c><00:44:26.980><c> nation,</c> 00:44:27.760 --> 00:44:31.900 x he's<00:44:28.139><c> long</c><00:44:28.579><c> suffering.</c><00:44:29.960><c> God</c><00:44:30.159><c> is</c><00:44:30.440><c> working</c><00:44:30.719><c> among</c><00:44:31.079><c> the</c><00:44:31.340><c> nations</c> 00:44:31.900 --> 00:44:35.579 x to<00:44:32.820><c> call</c><00:44:33.119><c> out</c><00:44:33.260><c> a</c><00:44:33.460><c> people.</c><00:44:33.679><c> We</c><00:44:33.820><c> saw</c><00:44:34.059><c> those</c><00:44:34.360><c> people</c> 00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:39.219 x like<00:44:36.260><c> Rahab,</c><00:44:36.760><c> he's</c><00:44:37.059><c> working</c><00:44:37.460><c> in</c><00:44:37.719><c> them</c><00:44:37.900><c> to</c><00:44:38.079><c> call</c><00:44:38.460><c> out</c><00:44:38.599><c> a</c><00:44:38.820><c> people</c> 00:44:39.219 --> 00:44:41.780 x and,<00:44:40.179><c> you</c><00:44:40.320><c> know,</c><00:44:40.519><c> we</c><00:44:40.840><c> got</c><00:44:40.980><c> to</c><00:44:41.199><c> remember</c> 00:44:41.780 --> 00:44:47.179 x the<00:44:42.159><c> heart</c><00:44:42.380><c> of</c><00:44:42.679><c> man</c><00:44:43.159><c> is</c><00:44:43.820><c> evil.</c><00:44:44.059><c> So</c><00:44:44.340><c> anytime</c><00:44:44.880><c> we</c><00:44:45.440><c> think</c><00:44:45.739><c> we</c><00:44:45.940><c> might</c><00:44:46.179><c> question</c><00:44:46.699><c> God,</c> 00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:49.280 x just<00:44:48.099><c> stop,</c><00:44:48.699><c> right,</c><00:44:48.940><c> because</c><00:44:49.079><c> the</c> 00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:52.880 x heart<00:44:49.460><c> of</c><00:44:49.760><c> man</c><00:44:50.059><c> is</c><00:44:50.500><c> evil.</c><00:44:51.119><c> But,</c><00:44:51.300><c> you</c><00:44:51.320><c> know,</c><00:44:51.500><c> the</c><00:44:51.559><c> fact</c><00:44:51.900><c> that,</c><00:44:52.280><c> you</c><00:44:52.420><c> know,</c><00:44:52.619><c> I</c> 00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:54.219 x think<00:44:53.039><c> we're</c><00:44:53.380><c> enlightened</c><00:44:53.719><c> to</c><00:44:53.940><c> this</c><00:44:54.099><c> because</c> 00:44:54.219 --> 00:44:58.579 x we<00:44:54.420><c> do</c><00:44:54.679><c> understand</c><00:44:55.039><c> the</c><00:44:55.239><c> nature</c><00:44:55.480><c> of</c><00:44:55.699><c> man.</c><00:44:55.860><c> Many</c><00:44:56.119><c> don't</c><00:44:56.559><c> and</c><00:44:56.860><c> say</c><00:44:57.139><c> man's</c><00:44:57.440><c> pretty</c><00:44:57.699><c> good</c><00:44:57.880><c> and</c><00:44:58.079><c> sometimes</c><00:44:58.400><c> we</c> 00:44:58.579 --> 00:44:58.900 x do<00:44:58.679><c> bad</c> 00:44:58.900 --> 00:45:00.820 x things.<00:44:59.239><c> Maybe</c><00:44:59.420><c> there's</c><00:44:59.579><c> a</c><00:44:59.699><c> few</c><00:44:59.800><c> bad</c><00:45:00.039><c> apples,</c><00:45:00.360><c> most</c><00:45:00.559><c> people</c> 00:45:00.820 --> 00:45:05.159 x are<00:45:00.980><c> good.</c><00:45:01.340><c> We</c><00:45:01.559><c> don't</c><00:45:01.760><c> believe</c><00:45:02.000><c> that</c><00:45:03.280><c> and</c><00:45:04.539><c> really</c><00:45:04.900><c> if</c><00:45:05.000><c> you</c> 00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:08.260 x need<00:45:05.300><c> to</c><00:45:05.460><c> remind</c><00:45:05.639><c> and</c><00:45:05.820><c> sometimes</c><00:45:06.219><c> maybe</c><00:45:06.679><c> we</c><00:45:06.940><c> forget</c><00:45:07.480><c> because</c> 00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:09.639 x we<00:45:08.380><c> don't</c><00:45:08.539><c> like</c><00:45:08.659><c> to</c><00:45:08.739><c> look</c><00:45:08.860><c> at</c><00:45:09.000><c> ourselves</c><00:45:09.300><c> that</c> 00:45:09.639 --> 00:45:12.320 x way.<00:45:09.960><c> Our</c><00:45:10.280><c> loved</c><00:45:10.440><c> ones,</c><00:45:11.179><c> we</c><00:45:11.280><c> have</c><00:45:11.420><c> friends,</c><00:45:11.860><c> oh</c><00:45:11.960><c> what</c><00:45:12.039><c> a</c><00:45:12.199><c> great</c> 00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:15.500 x guy,<00:45:13.460><c> he's</c><00:45:13.599><c> a</c><00:45:13.679><c> good</c><00:45:13.800><c> guy,</c><00:45:14.199><c> good</c><00:45:14.340><c> man.</c> 00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:19.000 x Sometimes<00:45:17.380><c> we</c><00:45:17.579><c> might</c><00:45:17.699><c> have</c><00:45:17.880><c> to</c><00:45:18.019><c> remind</c><00:45:18.320><c> ourselves,</c><00:45:18.559><c> just</c><00:45:18.820><c> go</c> 00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:22.559 x back<00:45:19.320><c> to</c><00:45:19.500><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:45:20.239><c> where</c><00:45:20.780><c> God</c><00:45:21.559><c> has</c><00:45:21.980><c> to</c><00:45:22.159><c> talk</c><00:45:22.320><c> about</c> 00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:25.760 x those<00:45:22.820><c> abominations</c><00:45:23.480><c> and</c><00:45:23.599><c> has</c><00:45:23.840><c> to</c><00:45:24.039><c> tell</c><00:45:24.119><c> the</c><00:45:24.320><c> people</c><00:45:24.800><c> don't</c> 00:45:25.760 --> 00:45:29.500 x do<00:45:26.300><c> these</c><00:45:26.960><c> abominations</c><00:45:27.559><c> and</c><00:45:27.780><c> he</c><00:45:28.000><c> describes</c><00:45:28.480><c> them.</c> 00:45:29.780 --> 00:45:32.579 x And<00:45:30.000><c> you</c><00:45:30.300><c> look</c><00:45:30.500><c> at</c><00:45:30.619><c> those</c><00:45:31.300><c> abominations,</c><00:45:31.980><c> you</c><00:45:32.000><c> go,</c><00:45:32.179><c> why</c><00:45:32.400><c> does</c> 00:45:32.579 --> 00:45:34.099 x he<00:45:32.699><c> have</c><00:45:32.820><c> to</c><00:45:32.980><c> tell</c><00:45:33.059><c> us</c><00:45:33.239><c> this?</c> 00:45:34.319 --> 00:45:37.039 x Why,<00:45:34.820><c> why</c><00:45:35.019><c> would</c><00:45:35.199><c> anyone</c><00:45:35.420><c> do</c><00:45:35.719><c> these</c><00:45:35.960><c> things?</c> 00:45:37.699 --> 00:45:40.980 x It's<00:45:38.079><c> not</c><00:45:38.239><c> normal,</c><00:45:38.960><c> but</c><00:45:39.079><c> yet</c><00:45:39.440><c> he's</c><00:45:39.940><c> got</c><00:45:40.019><c> to</c><00:45:40.199><c> tell</c><00:45:40.320><c> us</c><00:45:40.480><c> because,</c> 00:45:40.980 --> 00:45:42.800 x oh<00:45:41.280><c> man</c><00:45:41.460><c> has</c><00:45:41.619><c> done</c><00:45:41.840><c> it.</c> 00:45:45.300 --> 00:45:48.239 x If<00:45:45.500><c> repentance</c><00:45:45.940><c> is</c><00:45:46.219><c> refused,</c><00:45:46.860><c> then</c><00:45:46.940><c> judgment</c><00:45:47.219><c> awaits.</c> 00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:52.239 x God<00:45:49.340><c> judges</c><00:45:49.699><c> the</c><00:45:49.960><c> nations</c><00:45:50.280><c> for</c><00:45:50.480><c> their</c><00:45:50.719><c> wickedness</c><00:45:51.420><c> and</c><00:45:52.000><c> for</c> 00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:55.519 x their<00:45:52.460><c> treatment</c><00:45:52.940><c> of</c><00:45:53.199><c> Israel.</c><00:45:54.559><c> In</c><00:45:54.739><c> all</c><00:45:54.920><c> judgments</c> 00:45:55.519 --> 00:46:00.719 x from<00:45:55.900><c> God,</c><00:45:57.440><c> all</c><00:45:57.460><c> right,</c><00:45:57.739><c> that</c><00:45:58.219><c> we</c><00:45:58.480><c> can</c><00:45:58.619><c> be</c><00:45:58.860><c> confident</c><00:45:59.239><c> in.</c><00:46:00.519><c> And</c> 00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:04.079 x we<00:46:00.840><c> may</c><00:46:00.980><c> never</c><00:46:01.179><c> be</c><00:46:01.519><c> asked</c><00:46:02.480><c> by</c><00:46:03.079><c> a</c><00:46:03.280><c> friend</c><00:46:03.579><c> or</c> 00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:10.019 x a<00:46:04.360><c> worker</c><00:46:04.699><c> about</c><00:46:05.559><c> the</c><00:46:05.960><c> judgment</c><00:46:06.460><c> or</c><00:46:07.260><c> the</c><00:46:07.539><c> genocide</c><00:46:08.199><c> on</c><00:46:08.619><c> the</c><00:46:09.079><c> Canaanites.</c> 00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:15.199 x We<00:46:10.619><c> might</c><00:46:10.940><c> be</c><00:46:11.260><c> asked</c><00:46:11.519><c> about</c><00:46:11.699><c> what's</c><00:46:11.960><c> going</c><00:46:12.239><c> on</c><00:46:12.460><c> today.</c><00:46:13.519><c> The</c><00:46:13.719><c> media</c><00:46:14.000><c> portrays</c><00:46:14.599><c> this</c><00:46:14.820><c> as</c> 00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:18.099 x the<00:46:15.980><c> genocide</c><00:46:16.739><c> in</c><00:46:17.199><c> Gaza.</c> 00:46:18.599 --> 00:46:24.440 x We<00:46:18.860><c> may</c><00:46:18.960><c> be</c><00:46:19.119><c> asked</c><00:46:19.300><c> about</c><00:46:19.559><c> that,</c><00:46:21.960><c> but</c><00:46:22.199><c> I</c><00:46:22.340><c> don't</c><00:46:22.460><c> think</c><00:46:22.639><c> anything</c><00:46:22.920><c> has</c><00:46:23.280><c> changed.</c> 00:46:24.820 --> 00:46:33.440 x The<00:46:25.400><c> inhabitants</c><00:46:26.059><c> in</c><00:46:26.980><c> Gaza</c><00:46:27.920><c> hate</c><00:46:29.300><c> Israel.</c><00:46:30.739><c> They</c><00:46:30.980><c> hate</c><00:46:31.739><c> God's</c><00:46:32.420><c> people.</c> 00:46:34.360 --> 00:46:39.420 x They<00:46:34.579><c> don't</c><00:46:34.960><c> like</c><00:46:35.519><c> the</c><00:46:35.920><c> God</c><00:46:36.519><c> of</c><00:46:36.900><c> Israel.</c><00:46:37.539><c> They</c><00:46:37.699><c> want</c><00:46:37.940><c> to</c><00:46:38.119><c> do</c><00:46:38.340><c> harm</c><00:46:39.079><c> to</c> 00:46:39.420 --> 00:46:41.099 x God's<00:46:40.019><c> people.</c> 00:46:42.539 --> 00:46:47.280 x But<00:46:42.659><c> God</c><00:46:42.800><c> will</c><00:46:43.000><c> curse</c><00:46:43.219><c> those</c><00:46:43.940><c> that</c><00:46:44.639><c> curse</c><00:46:44.940><c> you.</c><00:46:46.239><c> Your</c><00:46:46.579><c> enemies</c> 00:46:47.280 --> 00:46:50.039 x will<00:46:48.000><c> be</c><00:46:48.199><c> my</c><00:46:48.960><c> enemies.</c> 00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:55.519 x If<00:46:51.639><c> you</c><00:46:51.780><c> touch</c><00:46:52.000><c> Israel,</c><00:46:53.320><c> you've</c><00:46:53.639><c> poked</c><00:46:53.820><c> God</c><00:46:54.280><c> in</c><00:46:54.599><c> the</c><00:46:54.840><c> eye</c><00:46:55.300><c> and</c> 00:46:55.519 --> 00:46:57.219 x you'll<00:46:55.739><c> get</c><00:46:55.900><c> a</c><00:46:56.039><c> response.</c> 00:46:58.059 --> 00:47:01.880 x If<00:46:58.360><c> you</c><00:46:58.500><c> don't</c><00:46:58.699><c> fear</c><00:46:59.099><c> the</c><00:46:59.300><c> God</c><00:46:59.460><c> of</c><00:46:59.639><c> Israel,</c><00:47:00.500><c> you'll</c><00:47:01.579><c> get</c><00:47:01.739><c> a</c> 00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:04.400 x response.<00:47:03.199><c> It's</c><00:47:03.380><c> judgment.</c> 00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:09.000 x So<00:47:05.760><c> maybe</c><00:47:06.019><c> that</c><00:47:06.300><c> we</c><00:47:06.500><c> can</c><00:47:06.659><c> give</c><00:47:07.039><c> an</c><00:47:07.280><c> answer</c><00:47:07.539><c> to</c><00:47:07.860><c> a</c><00:47:08.019><c> question.</c> 00:47:09.539 --> 00:47:13.699 x So<00:47:09.539><c> that's</c><00:47:10.340><c> all</c><00:47:10.579><c> I've</c><00:47:10.900><c> got.</c><00:47:12.400><c> If</c><00:47:12.599><c> anyone's</c><00:47:12.980><c> got</c><00:47:13.119><c> any</c><00:47:13.360><c> comments,</c> 00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:16.480 x hopefully<00:47:14.199><c> that</c><00:47:15.199><c> was</c><00:47:15.579><c> helpful.</c> 00:47:16.940 --> 00:47:20.019 x That<00:47:17.280><c> was</c><00:47:17.519><c> something</c><00:47:17.840><c> you</c><00:47:18.039><c> weren't</c><00:47:18.320><c> comfortable</c><00:47:18.679><c> with,</c><00:47:19.980><c> or</c> 00:47:20.019 --> 00:47:23.639 x perhaps<00:47:20.800><c> it</c><00:47:21.000><c> will</c><00:47:21.179><c> help</c><00:47:21.380><c> us</c><00:47:21.699><c> to</c><00:47:22.679><c> give</c><00:47:22.780><c> an</c><00:47:23.059><c> answer</c> 00:47:23.639 --> 00:47:28.119 x as<00:47:24.159><c> to</c><00:47:25.559><c> some</c><00:47:25.960><c> of</c><00:47:26.260><c> those</c><00:47:26.820><c> tough</c><00:47:27.079><c> passages.</c>