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they<00:10:10.340><c> were</c><00:10:10.639><c> viewed</c><00:10:10.879><c> as</c><00:10:11.120><c> an</c><00:10:11.399><c> abomination.</c>

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Elijah,<00:10:14.440><c> eight</c><00:10:14.740><c> of</c><00:10:14.919><c> them,</c>

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thankfully<00:10:17.379><c> with</c><00:10:17.820><c> a</c><00:10:18.000><c> thankful</c><00:10:18.360><c> heart.</c>

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And<00:10:21.360><c> so,</c><00:10:21.659><c> brethren</c><00:10:21.799><c> and</c><00:10:22.059><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:10:22.600><c> verse</c><00:10:22.799><c> of</c><00:10:22.960><c> the</c><00:10:23.019><c> Lord</c><00:10:23.179><c> Jesus</c><00:10:23.519><c> Christ,</c>

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take<00:10:24.100><c> therefore</c><00:10:24.559><c> no</c><00:10:24.919><c> thought</c><00:10:25.120><c> for</c><00:10:25.299><c> the</c><00:10:25.460><c> morrow,</c>

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for<00:10:25.799><c> the</c><00:10:26.000><c> morrow</c><00:10:26.200><c> shall</c><00:10:26.379><c> take</c><00:10:26.759><c> thought</c><00:10:27.139><c> for</c><00:10:27.679><c> the</c><00:10:27.899><c> things</c><00:10:28.120><c> of</c><00:10:28.320><c> itself.</c>

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Sufficient<00:10:29.840><c> unto</c><00:10:30.220><c> the</c><00:10:30.480><c> day</c><00:10:30.940><c> is</c><00:10:31.419><c> the</c><00:10:31.960><c> evil</c><00:10:32.419><c> thereof.</c>

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And<00:10:35.059><c> that's</c><00:10:35.240><c> an</c><00:10:35.379><c> exhortation</c><00:10:35.759><c> for</c><00:10:35.960><c> ourselves.</c>

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Implicit<00:10:37.500><c> trust</c><00:10:38.059><c> Elijah</c><00:10:38.519><c> had</c><00:10:38.740><c> on</c><00:10:38.919><c> his</c><00:10:39.100><c> God.</c>

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And<00:10:41.279><c> what</c><00:10:41.399><c> of</c><00:10:41.500><c> us,</c><00:10:41.779><c> brethren</c><00:10:41.960><c> and</c><00:10:42.159><c> sisters?</c>

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Sometimes<00:10:42.639><c> we</c><00:10:42.779><c> can</c><00:10:42.980><c> become</c><00:10:43.179><c> so</c><00:10:43.559><c> preoccupied</c><00:10:44.200><c> in</c><00:10:44.360><c> our</c><00:10:44.679><c> planning,</c>

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in<00:10:45.879><c> how</c><00:10:45.940><c> we're</c><00:10:46.080><c> going</c><00:10:46.179><c> to</c><00:10:46.399><c> plan</c><00:10:46.519><c> our</c><00:10:46.820><c> lives.</c>

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But<00:10:49.360><c> we</c><00:10:49.539><c> should</c><00:10:49.779><c> not</c><00:10:49.980><c> forget</c><00:10:50.279><c> this</c><00:10:50.539><c> eternal</c><00:10:51.019><c> principle</c>

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that<00:10:52.840><c> we</c><00:10:52.980><c> have</c><00:10:53.120><c> today</c><00:10:53.759><c> and</c><00:10:54.620><c> we</c><00:10:54.759><c> do</c><00:10:54.940><c> not</c><00:10:55.139><c> have</c><00:10:55.360><c> tomorrow</c>

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for<00:10:56.700><c> tomorrow</c><00:10:57.019><c> is</c><00:10:57.259><c> God's.</c>

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And<00:10:59.220><c> so</c><00:10:59.379><c> we</c><00:10:59.500><c> should</c><00:10:59.659><c> have</c><00:10:59.840><c> the</c><00:11:00.059><c> same</c><00:11:00.259><c> spirit</c>

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and<00:11:00.720><c> the</c><00:11:00.860><c> same</c><00:11:01.000><c> attitude</c><00:11:01.399><c> as</c><00:11:01.679><c> Elijah.</c>

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The<00:11:03.620><c> other</c><00:11:03.820><c> thing</c><00:11:03.940><c> I</c><00:11:04.059><c> want</c><00:11:04.240><c> to</c><00:11:04.460><c> develop</c><00:11:04.679><c> here</c>

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is<00:11:05.220><c> we</c><00:11:06.120><c> develop</c><00:11:07.080><c> our</c><00:11:07.600><c> thoughts</c><00:11:07.879><c> a</c><00:11:08.039><c> little</c><00:11:08.159><c> further.</c>

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Elijah<00:11:10.039><c> here</c><00:11:10.519><c> is</c><00:11:10.960><c> being</c><00:11:11.240><c> fed</c><00:11:11.440><c> by</c><00:11:11.639><c> these</c><00:11:11.980><c> unclean</c><00:11:12.460><c> animals.</c>

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And<00:11:15.259><c> I</c><00:11:15.340><c> want</c><00:11:15.480><c> you</c><00:11:15.639><c> to</c><00:11:15.820><c> imagine</c><00:11:16.460><c> that</c><00:11:16.980><c> this</c><00:11:17.200><c> is</c><00:11:17.419><c> a</c><00:11:17.559><c> glimpse</c>

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of<00:11:18.919><c> the</c><00:11:19.139><c> work</c><00:11:19.320><c> of</c><00:11:19.500><c> the</c><00:11:19.580><c> Lord</c><00:11:19.720><c> Jesus</c><00:11:20.100><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:11:22.539><c> gospel</c><00:11:23.120><c> that</c><00:11:23.320><c> had</c><00:11:23.440><c> been</c><00:11:23.679><c> given</c><00:11:23.940><c> to</c><00:11:24.240><c> Israel</c><00:11:24.879><c> was</c><00:11:25.679><c> going</c><00:11:25.919><c> to</c>

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go<00:11:26.299><c> forth.</c>

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He's<00:11:28.259><c> being</c><00:11:28.559><c> fed</c><00:11:28.799><c> by</c><00:11:29.120><c> unclean</c><00:11:29.620><c> animals.</c>

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His<00:11:30.159><c> next</c><00:11:30.539><c> phase</c><00:11:30.860><c> of</c><00:11:31.019><c> his</c><00:11:31.259><c> life</c><00:11:31.440><c> was</c><00:11:31.620><c> going</c><00:11:31.840><c> to</c><00:11:31.980><c> go</c><00:11:32.100><c> to</c><00:11:32.299><c> a</c>

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Gentile<00:11:32.919><c> territory</c>

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and<00:11:33.919><c> he</c><00:11:34.039><c> is</c><00:11:34.159><c> going</c><00:11:34.299><c> to</c><00:11:34.539><c> sojourn</c><00:11:34.860><c> with</c><00:11:35.000><c> a</c><00:11:35.220><c> Gentile,</c>

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both<00:11:35.919><c> cursed</c><00:11:36.360><c> under</c><00:11:36.600><c> the</c><00:11:36.799><c> law.</c>

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And<00:11:37.679><c> so</c><00:11:37.840><c> this</c><00:11:37.980><c> is</c><00:11:38.200><c> the</c><00:11:38.360><c> first</c><00:11:38.759><c> part</c><00:11:39.139><c> of</c><00:11:39.279><c> his</c><00:11:39.440><c> education.</c>

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God<00:11:40.639><c> is</c><00:11:41.019><c> instructing</c><00:11:41.659><c> him</c><00:11:41.779><c> in</c><00:11:42.039><c> righteousness</c><00:11:42.440><c> and</c><00:11:42.740><c> saying,</c>

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I<00:11:43.379><c> choose</c><00:11:43.740><c> these</c><00:11:44.120><c> unclean</c><00:11:44.840><c> things.</c>

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And<00:11:46.120><c> you</c><00:11:46.279><c> Elijah</c><00:11:46.580><c> will</c><00:11:46.779><c> need</c><00:11:46.940><c> to</c><00:11:47.759><c> associate</c><00:11:48.500><c> yourself</c><00:11:48.919><c> with</c><00:11:49.259><c> that.</c>

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And<00:11:51.500><c> he</c><00:11:51.580><c> would</c><00:11:51.700><c> have</c><00:11:51.840><c> to</c><00:11:52.000><c> do</c><00:11:52.200><c> that</c><00:11:52.779><c> in</c><00:11:53.820><c> a</c><00:11:53.960><c> Zarephath.</c>

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Well,<00:11:56.360><c> we</c><00:11:56.519><c> shouldn't</c><00:11:56.759><c> fail</c><00:11:57.299><c> to</c><00:11:57.879><c> see</c><00:11:58.120><c> the</c><00:11:58.399><c> miracle</c><00:11:58.740><c> here.</c>

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Let's<00:11:59.259><c> go</c><00:11:59.440><c> to</c><00:11:59.580><c> Job</c><00:11:59.860><c> chapter</c><00:12:00.259><c> 38.</c>

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The<00:12:06.700><c> ravens</c><00:12:07.120><c> here</c><00:12:07.419><c> were</c><00:12:07.659><c> providing</c><00:12:08.460><c> Elijah</c><00:12:09.740><c> bread</c><00:12:10.559><c> and</c><00:12:10.840><c> flesh,</c>

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morning<00:12:11.379><c> and</c><00:12:11.600><c> evening,</c><00:12:11.940><c> morning</c><00:12:12.220><c> and</c><00:12:12.440><c> evening.</c>

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But<00:12:13.100><c> Job</c><00:12:13.360><c> here</c><00:12:13.740><c> says</c><00:12:13.980><c> in</c><00:12:14.120><c> Job</c><00:12:14.340><c> 38</c><00:12:14.840><c> and</c><00:12:15.059><c> verse</c><00:12:15.379><c> 41,</c>

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who<00:12:17.080><c> provided</c><00:12:17.559><c> for</c><00:12:17.820><c> the</c><00:12:18.019><c> raven</c><00:12:18.299><c> his</c><00:12:18.639><c> food</c>

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when<00:12:19.720><c> his</c><00:12:19.960><c> young</c><00:12:20.240><c> ones</c><00:12:20.600><c> cry</c><00:12:20.919><c> unto</c><00:12:21.139><c> God,</c>

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they<00:12:21.779><c> wonder</c><00:12:22.159><c> for</c><00:12:22.299><c> lack</c><00:12:22.480><c> of</c><00:12:22.720><c> meat.</c>

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And<00:12:23.059><c> so</c><00:12:23.539><c> Job</c><00:12:23.980><c> is</c><00:12:24.279><c> saying</c><00:12:24.580><c> that</c><00:12:24.799><c> it's</c><00:12:25.059><c> a</c><00:12:25.240><c> miracle.</c>

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It's<00:12:26.820><c> a</c><00:12:26.980><c> miracle</c><00:12:27.399><c> that</c><00:12:27.620><c> these</c><00:12:27.860><c> ravens</c><00:12:28.179><c> brought</c><00:12:28.580><c> Elijah</c><00:12:29.059><c> food</c>

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because<00:12:29.639><c> they</c><00:12:29.940><c> struggled</c><00:12:30.440><c> to</c><00:12:30.659><c> provide</c><00:12:30.940><c> food</c><00:12:31.159><c> for</c><00:12:31.340><c> themselves.</c>

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It<00:12:33.120><c> was</c><00:12:33.279><c> no</c><00:12:33.519><c> problem</c><00:12:33.740><c> at</c><00:12:34.080><c> all</c><00:12:34.480><c> because</c><00:12:36.559><c> God</c><00:12:37.159><c> was</c><00:12:38.000><c> with</c><00:12:38.299><c> them.</c>

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And<00:12:38.720><c> so</c><00:12:39.100><c> Elijah</c><00:12:39.659><c> would</c><00:12:39.879><c> have</c><00:12:40.019><c> been</c><00:12:40.179><c> aware</c><00:12:40.519><c> that</c><00:12:40.700><c> these</c><00:12:41.039><c> ravens</c>

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would<00:12:41.539><c> have</c><00:12:41.940><c> struggled</c><00:12:42.539><c> to</c><00:12:43.220><c> bring</c><00:12:43.919><c> forth</c><00:12:44.279><c> fruit,</c>

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but<00:12:45.899><c> he</c><00:12:46.379><c> had</c><00:12:46.940><c> trust</c><00:12:47.320><c> in</c><00:12:47.500><c> his</c><00:12:47.679><c> God.</c>

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Well,<00:12:48.519><c> let's</c><00:12:48.659><c> go</c><00:12:48.820><c> back</c><00:12:48.940><c> then</c><00:12:49.220><c> to</c><00:12:49.759><c> 1</c><00:12:49.980><c> Kings</c><00:12:50.200><c> chapter</c><00:12:50.519><c> 17.</c>

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There<00:12:53.019><c> he</c><00:12:53.200><c> is</c><00:12:53.360><c> at</c><00:12:53.500><c> the</c><00:12:53.639><c> brook</c><00:12:53.940><c> of</c><00:12:54.179><c> Cherith.</c>

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It<00:12:55.539><c> says</c><00:12:55.740><c> there</c><00:12:56.200><c> in</c><00:12:57.200><c> verse</c><00:12:57.539><c> 8,</c>

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And<00:12:58.039><c> the</c><00:12:58.179><c> word</c><00:12:58.399><c> of</c><00:12:58.539><c> the</c><00:12:58.600><c> Lord</c><00:12:58.740><c> came</c><00:12:59.059><c> unto</c><00:12:59.240><c> him,</c><00:12:59.700><c> saying,</c>

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Arise,<00:13:00.519><c> get</c><00:13:00.720><c> thee</c><00:13:00.919><c> to</c><00:13:01.159><c> Zarephath,</c><00:13:01.659><c> which</c><00:13:02.000><c> belongeth</c><00:13:02.399><c> to</c><00:13:02.620><c> Zidon,</c>

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and<00:13:03.899><c> dwell</c><00:13:04.100><c> there.</c>

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Behold,<00:13:04.779><c> I</c><00:13:04.919><c> have</c><00:13:05.100><c> commanded</c><00:13:05.360><c> a</c><00:13:05.620><c> widow</c><00:13:05.840><c> woman</c><00:13:06.080><c> there</c><00:13:06.419><c> to</c><00:13:06.720><c> sustain</c><00:13:07.200><c> thee.</c>

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Now,<00:13:08.860><c> what</c><00:13:09.059><c> I</c><00:13:09.159><c> want</c><00:13:09.340><c> to</c><00:13:09.580><c> suggest</c><00:13:09.820><c> to</c><00:13:10.080><c> you</c><00:13:10.240><c> now</c><00:13:10.460><c> is</c><00:13:10.580><c> that</c><00:13:11.100><c> Elijah</c>

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takes<00:13:12.500><c> on</c><00:13:12.779><c> the</c><00:13:13.299><c> experiences</c><00:13:13.899><c> of</c><00:13:14.379><c> Israel</c><00:13:15.059><c> of</c><00:13:15.279><c> old</c>

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as<00:13:16.220><c> they</c><00:13:16.580><c> wandered</c><00:13:16.899><c> in</c><00:13:17.120><c> the</c><00:13:17.259><c> wilderness.</c>

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And<00:13:18.320><c> hopefully</c><00:13:18.580><c> you'll</c><00:13:18.840><c> see</c><00:13:19.039><c> that</c><00:13:19.220><c> as</c><00:13:19.379><c> we</c><00:13:19.539><c> develop</c><00:13:19.840><c> our</c><00:13:20.120><c> thoughts.</c>

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But<00:13:21.039><c> that's</c><00:13:21.259><c> the</c><00:13:21.360><c> point</c><00:13:21.440><c> I</c><00:13:21.539><c> want</c><00:13:21.720><c> to</c><00:13:21.899><c> make,</c>

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that<00:13:22.639><c> Elijah</c><00:13:23.000><c> now</c><00:13:23.360><c> takes</c><00:13:23.639><c> on,</c><00:13:24.159><c> in</c><00:13:24.500><c> figure,</c>

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the<00:13:25.720><c> experiences</c><00:13:26.320><c> of</c><00:13:26.500><c> Israel.</c>

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But<00:13:28.059><c> specifically</c><00:13:28.799><c> the</c><00:13:29.159><c> experiences</c><00:13:29.539><c> of</c><00:13:29.840><c> Moses.</c>

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Elijah<00:13:31.860><c> now</c><00:13:32.159><c> becomes</c><00:13:32.580><c> a</c><00:13:33.059><c> figure</c><00:13:33.320><c> of</c><00:13:33.639><c> Moses.</c>

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And<00:13:35.340><c> he</c><00:13:35.519><c> tries</c><00:13:35.700><c> so</c><00:13:36.159><c> desperately</c><00:13:36.600><c> to</c><00:13:36.779><c> be</c><00:13:36.940><c> Moses.</c>

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And<00:13:38.860><c> we</c><00:13:38.960><c> will</c><00:13:39.139><c> see</c><00:13:39.259><c> he</c><00:13:39.399><c> will</c><00:13:39.659><c> fail.</c>

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But<00:13:41.000><c> God</c><00:13:41.179><c> instructs</c><00:13:41.700><c> him</c><00:13:41.799><c> in</c><00:13:41.960><c> the</c><00:13:42.100><c> ways</c><00:13:42.279><c> of</c><00:13:42.539><c> Moses.</c>

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So<00:13:44.200><c> just</c><00:13:44.840><c> part</c><00:13:45.379><c> that</c><00:13:45.559><c> for</c><00:13:45.779><c> a</c><00:13:45.879><c> moment</c>

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and<00:13:46.299><c> let's</c><00:13:46.539><c> just</c><00:13:46.779><c> develop</c><00:13:47.039><c> our</c><00:13:47.360><c> thoughts.</c>

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So<00:13:47.840><c> he</c><00:13:47.960><c> goes</c><00:13:48.379><c> then</c><00:13:48.980><c> to</c><00:13:49.820><c> Zarephath,</c><00:13:51.899><c> the</c><00:13:52.279><c> trust</c><00:13:52.659><c> of</c><00:13:53.059><c> Elijah.</c>

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Where<00:13:55.039><c> was</c><00:13:55.220><c> Zarephath?</c>

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Well,<00:13:55.919><c> it</c><00:13:55.980><c> was</c><00:13:56.179><c> a</c><00:13:56.340><c> Gentile</c><00:13:56.740><c> area.</c>

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It<00:13:57.740><c> was</c><00:13:58.000><c> outside</c><00:13:58.519><c> the</c><00:13:59.159><c> boundaries</c><00:13:59.559><c> of</c><00:13:59.799><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:14:00.980><c> it</c><00:14:01.080><c> was</c><00:14:01.320><c> between</c><00:14:01.720><c> Tyre</c><00:14:02.200><c> and</c><00:14:02.480><c> Zidon.</c>

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It<00:14:07.080><c> was</c><00:14:07.299><c> the</c><00:14:07.460><c> very</c><00:14:07.720><c> place</c><00:14:08.860><c> that</c><00:14:09.539><c> Eth</c><00:14:09.840><c>-Bael,</c>

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king<00:14:10.960><c> of</c><00:14:11.139><c> the</c><00:14:11.379><c> Zidonians</c><00:14:12.019><c> reigned.</c>

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The<00:14:14.480><c> very</c><00:14:14.820><c> source</c><00:14:15.559><c> of</c><00:14:16.179><c> Zidonian</c><00:14:16.700><c> worship.</c>

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The<00:14:18.919><c> influence</c><00:14:19.360><c> of</c><00:14:19.720><c> Jezebel.</c>

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So<00:14:22.059><c> there's</c><00:14:22.399><c> Elijah</c><00:14:22.679><c> being</c><00:14:22.940><c> fed</c><00:14:23.220><c> by</c><00:14:23.659><c> ravens.</c>

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The<00:14:25.019><c> brook</c><00:14:25.240><c> dries</c><00:14:25.559><c> up.</c>

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He<00:14:26.799><c> doesn't</c><00:14:27.120><c> go</c><00:14:27.419><c> until</c><00:14:27.720><c> he's</c><00:14:28.159><c> instructed</c><00:14:28.460><c> by</c><00:14:28.700><c> the</c><00:14:28.820><c> word</c><00:14:28.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:29.220><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:14:29.779><c> remember,</c><00:14:30.779><c> Israel</c><00:14:31.019><c> in</c><00:14:31.139><c> the</c><00:14:31.259><c> wilderness,</c>

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they<00:14:31.840><c> never</c><00:14:32.100><c> moved,</c><00:14:32.440><c> did</c><00:14:32.600><c> they?</c>

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Until<00:14:33.039><c> the</c><00:14:33.259><c> word</c><00:14:33.379><c> of</c><00:14:33.480><c> the</c><00:14:33.600><c> Lord</c><00:14:33.720><c> came</c><00:14:34.019><c> to</c><00:14:34.200><c> them.</c>

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So<00:14:35.519><c> that's</c><00:14:35.659><c> a</c><00:14:35.840><c> similar</c><00:14:36.080><c> pattern.</c>

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And<00:14:37.799><c> God</c><00:14:37.960><c> says,</c><00:14:38.279><c> I</c><00:14:38.279><c> want</c><00:14:38.480><c> you</c><00:14:38.639><c> to</c><00:14:38.720><c> go</c><00:14:38.879><c> to</c><00:14:39.019><c> the</c><00:14:39.200><c> very</c><00:14:39.580><c> source</c>

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of<00:14:42.259><c> the</c><00:14:42.639><c> affliction</c><00:14:43.059><c> that's</c><00:14:43.259><c> been</c><00:14:43.559><c> brought</c><00:14:43.820><c> upon</c><00:14:44.059><c> the</c><00:14:44.240><c> land</c>

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because<00:14:44.620><c> we</c><00:14:44.799><c> know</c><00:14:45.000><c> the</c><00:14:45.179><c> prophets</c><00:14:45.519><c> of</c><00:14:45.720><c> the</c><00:14:45.860><c> Lord</c>

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were<00:14:46.220><c> being</c><00:14:47.059><c> persecuted</c><00:14:47.779><c> by</c><00:14:48.100><c> Jezebel.</c>

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That's<00:14:48.940><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:14:50.120><c> not</c><00:14:50.320><c> a</c><00:14:50.600><c> remark</c><00:14:51.159><c> comes</c><00:14:51.720><c> from</c><00:14:52.000><c> the</c><00:14:52.100><c> lips</c><00:14:52.299><c> of</c><00:14:52.539><c> Elijah.</c>

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He<00:14:53.220><c> just</c><00:14:53.519><c> goes</c><00:14:53.899><c> forth.</c>

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Let's<00:14:56.659><c> go</c><00:14:56.799><c> to</c><00:14:56.919><c> Luke</c><00:14:57.100><c> chapter</c><00:14:57.460><c> four.</c>

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And<00:14:58.340><c> as</c><00:14:58.500><c> we</c><00:14:58.639><c> go</c><00:14:58.860><c> there,</c><00:14:59.240><c> brothers</c><00:14:59.340><c> and</c><00:14:59.659><c> sisters,</c>

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sometimes<00:15:01.759><c> we're</c><00:15:02.200><c> called</c><00:15:02.399><c> upon</c><00:15:02.720><c> to</c><00:15:02.879><c> do</c><00:15:03.059><c> difficult</c><00:15:03.440><c> things,</c>

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are<00:15:04.100><c> we</c><00:15:04.240><c> not?</c>

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We<00:15:05.899><c> know</c><00:15:06.360><c> deep</c><00:15:06.779><c> down</c><00:15:07.259><c> that</c><00:15:07.460><c> we</c><00:15:07.639><c> should</c><00:15:07.779><c> do</c><00:15:08.120><c> certain</c><00:15:08.399><c> things</c><00:15:08.679><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:09.019><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:15:09.419><c> we</c><00:15:09.539><c> know</c><00:15:09.700><c> they're</c><00:15:09.840><c> going</c><00:15:09.899><c> to</c><00:15:10.000><c> be</c><00:15:10.080><c> very</c><00:15:10.399><c> challenging.</c>

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Do<00:15:13.039><c> we</c><00:15:13.299><c> do</c><00:15:13.639><c> them</c><00:15:14.179><c> knowing</c><00:15:14.600><c> that</c><00:15:14.820><c> God</c><00:15:15.039><c> is</c><00:15:15.259><c> going</c><00:15:15.419><c> to</c><00:15:15.580><c> be</c><00:15:15.679><c> with</c><00:15:15.879><c> us?</c>

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Or<00:15:17.399><c> do</c><00:15:17.539><c> we</c><00:15:17.779><c> ignore</c><00:15:18.120><c> the</c><00:15:18.360><c> word</c><00:15:18.559><c> of</c><00:15:18.720><c> the</c><00:15:18.879><c> Lord?</c>

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And<00:15:23.259><c> here,</c><00:15:24.120><c> the</c><00:15:24.200><c> Lord</c><00:15:24.419><c> Jesus</c><00:15:24.799><c> Christ</c>

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reminds<00:15:25.720><c> the</c><00:15:25.940><c> children</c><00:15:26.200><c> of</c><00:15:26.480><c> Israel</c><00:15:26.700><c> concerning</c><00:15:27.460><c> Elijah</c>

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and<00:15:29.200><c> this</c><00:15:29.500><c> special</c><00:15:30.019><c> woman</c><00:15:30.399><c> of</c><00:15:30.700><c> Zarephath.</c>

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Luke<00:15:32.879><c> chapter</c><00:15:33.179><c> four</c><00:15:33.500><c> and</c><00:15:33.700><c> verse</c><00:15:33.960><c> 25.</c>

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But<00:15:35.799><c> I</c><00:15:36.100><c> tell</c><00:15:36.259><c> you</c><00:15:36.419><c> of</c><00:15:36.519><c> a</c><00:15:36.759><c> truth.</c>

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Many<00:15:38.379><c> widows</c><00:15:38.820><c> were</c><00:15:39.059><c> in</c><00:15:39.220><c> Israel</c><00:15:39.659><c> in</c><00:15:39.840><c> the</c><00:15:40.000><c> days</c><00:15:40.240><c> of</c><00:15:40.519><c> Elias</c>

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when<00:15:41.100><c> the</c><00:15:41.340><c> heavens</c><00:15:41.559><c> were</c><00:15:41.820><c> shut</c><00:15:41.960><c> up</c><00:15:42.159><c> three</c><00:15:42.440><c> years</c><00:15:42.740><c> and</c><00:15:42.899><c> six</c><00:15:43.120><c> months,</c>

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when<00:15:44.220><c> great</c><00:15:44.500><c> famine</c><00:15:44.799><c> was</c><00:15:45.059><c> throughout</c><00:15:45.340><c> all</c><00:15:45.600><c> the</c><00:15:45.759><c> land.</c>

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But<00:15:47.159><c> unto</c><00:15:47.480><c> none</c><00:15:47.700><c> of</c><00:15:47.860><c> them</c><00:15:47.980><c> was</c><00:15:48.240><c> Elijah,</c>

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where<00:15:48.980><c> Elias</c><00:15:49.460><c> sent,</c><00:15:49.720><c> save</c><00:15:50.000><c> unto</c><00:15:50.240><c> Serepta,</c>

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a<00:15:51.419><c> city</c><00:15:51.700><c> of</c><00:15:52.000><c> Zidon</c><00:15:52.360><c> unto</c><00:15:52.639><c> a</c><00:15:52.820><c> woman</c><00:15:53.080><c> that</c><00:15:53.259><c> was</c><00:15:53.460><c> a</c><00:15:53.639><c> widow.</c>

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Now,<00:15:54.799><c> just</c><00:15:54.960><c> pause</c><00:15:55.159><c> for</c><00:15:55.340><c> a</c><00:15:55.480><c> moment.</c>

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One<00:15:57.000><c> of</c><00:15:57.100><c> the</c><00:15:57.279><c> greatest</c><00:15:57.620><c> prophets</c><00:15:58.019><c> the</c><00:15:58.299><c> world</c><00:15:58.539><c> has</c><00:15:58.779><c> ever</c><00:15:59.080><c> seen.</c>

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Israel<00:16:01.059><c> is</c><00:16:01.360><c> in</c><00:16:01.639><c> dire</c><00:16:01.899><c> straits.</c>

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And<00:16:03.679><c> God</c><00:16:03.860><c> says,</c><00:16:04.320><c> I</c><00:16:04.559><c> want</c><00:16:04.820><c> my</c><00:16:05.200><c> great</c><00:16:05.580><c> prophet</c><00:16:05.919><c> Elijah</c>

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to<00:16:07.340><c> go</c><00:16:07.659><c> to</c><00:16:07.899><c> Zarephath.</c>

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To<00:16:08.740><c> do</c><00:16:08.980><c> what?</c>

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To<00:16:10.620><c> do</c><00:16:10.820><c> what?</c>

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To<00:16:13.299><c> bring</c><00:16:13.500><c> one</c><00:16:13.799><c> person</c><00:16:14.200><c> into</c><00:16:14.419><c> the</c><00:16:14.659><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:16:17.039><c> she</c><00:16:17.179><c> happens</c><00:16:17.480><c> to</c><00:16:17.659><c> be</c><00:16:17.799><c> a</c><00:16:17.919><c> Gentile.</c>

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And<00:16:19.220><c> we</c><00:16:19.379><c> will</c><00:16:19.639><c> see</c><00:16:19.799><c> a</c><00:16:20.080><c> pattern</c><00:16:20.299><c> is</c><00:16:20.620><c> established.</c>

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A<00:16:22.100><c> pattern</c><00:16:22.379><c> of</c><00:16:22.559><c> the</c><00:16:22.659><c> Lord</c><00:16:22.840><c> Jesus</c><00:16:23.220><c> Christ.</c>

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Isn't<00:16:23.980><c> that</c><00:16:24.200><c> wonderful?</c>

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Elijah's<00:16:28.320><c> sole</c><00:16:28.440><c> responsibility</c><00:16:29.240><c> now</c>

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was<00:16:29.759><c> to</c><00:16:29.960><c> bring</c><00:16:30.179><c> one</c><00:16:30.440><c> person</c><00:16:30.960><c> into</c><00:16:31.279><c> the</c><00:16:31.559><c> truth.</c>

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Now,<00:16:33.779><c> he</c><00:16:33.840><c> goes</c><00:16:34.100><c> to</c><00:16:34.360><c> Zarephath.</c>

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And<00:16:36.220><c> Zarephath</c><00:16:36.759><c> in</c><00:16:37.440><c> the</c><00:16:37.600><c> Hebrew</c><00:16:37.799><c> means</c><00:16:38.159><c> a</c><00:16:38.460><c> place</c><00:16:38.779><c> of</c><00:16:39.240><c> refining.</c>

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And<00:16:43.480><c> so</c><00:16:43.779><c> here</c><00:16:44.059><c> in</c><00:16:44.179><c> Zarephath,</c>

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the<00:16:45.379><c> characters</c><00:16:46.000><c> of</c><00:16:47.220><c> Elijah</c><00:16:47.700><c> and</c><00:16:47.860><c> the</c><00:16:47.980><c> widow</c><00:16:48.200><c> woman</c>

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would<00:16:48.580><c> be</c><00:16:48.899><c> molded</c><00:16:49.360><c> and</c><00:16:49.620><c> shaped.</c>

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They<00:16:50.659><c> would</c><00:16:50.879><c> experience</c><00:16:51.460><c> the</c><00:16:51.759><c> heat</c><00:16:51.960><c> of</c><00:16:52.220><c> affliction.</c>

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But<00:16:54.179><c> together</c><00:16:54.659><c> they</c><00:16:54.960><c> would</c><00:16:55.200><c> bring</c><00:16:55.440><c> forth</c><00:16:55.799><c> fruit,</c>

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meat<00:16:56.419><c> unto</c><00:16:56.740><c> redemption.</c>

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I<00:16:58.399><c> want</c><00:16:58.539><c> you</c><00:16:58.700><c> now</c><00:16:58.879><c> to</c><00:16:59.080><c> go</c><00:16:59.299><c> to</c><00:16:59.899><c> Matthew</c><00:17:00.279><c> chapter</c><00:17:00.639><c> 15.</c>

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He<00:17:07.039><c> goes</c><00:17:07.299><c> to</c><00:17:07.539><c> Zidon,</c><00:17:08.079><c> Elijah</c><00:17:08.299><c> does.</c>

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No<00:17:09.980><c> mean</c><00:17:10.180><c> feat,</c><00:17:10.539><c> 80</c><00:17:10.740><c> miles</c><00:17:11.140><c> on</c><00:17:11.859><c> foot</c>

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would<00:17:13.039><c> have</c><00:17:13.140><c> been</c><00:17:13.220><c> a</c><00:17:13.380><c> difficult</c><00:17:13.640><c> journey</c><00:17:13.980><c> for</c><00:17:14.200><c> him.</c>

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Zidon<00:17:16.119><c> is</c><00:17:16.380><c> a</c><00:17:17.400><c> village</c><00:17:17.759><c> or</c><00:17:18.220><c> a</c><00:17:18.559><c> town</c>

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on<00:17:19.099><c> the</c><00:17:19.259><c> coast</c><00:17:19.480><c> of</c><00:17:19.660><c> the</c><00:17:19.799><c> Mediterranean.</c>

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It's<00:17:22.799><c> a</c><00:17:23.299><c> fishing</c><00:17:23.640><c> port.</c>

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The<00:17:26.660><c> root</c><00:17:26.920><c> of</c><00:17:27.160><c> the</c><00:17:27.279><c> name</c><00:17:27.819><c> Zidon</c><00:17:29.059><c> literally</c><00:17:29.700><c> means</c><00:17:29.980><c> hunting</c>

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and<00:17:30.619><c> it</c><00:17:30.839><c> comes</c><00:17:31.119><c> from</c><00:17:31.660><c> a</c><00:17:32.200><c> derivative</c><00:17:32.640><c> root</c>

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which<00:17:33.259><c> means</c><00:17:33.539><c> to</c><00:17:33.759><c> catch</c><00:17:34.079><c> fish.</c>

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Don't<00:17:36.619><c> you</c><00:17:36.720><c> think</c><00:17:36.799><c> that's</c><00:17:36.980><c> interesting?</c>

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Elijah<00:17:39.339><c> now</c><00:17:39.680><c> is</c><00:17:39.920><c> becoming</c><00:17:40.200><c> the</c><00:17:40.480><c> first</c><00:17:40.779><c> prophet</c>

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to<00:17:41.680><c> go</c><00:17:41.859><c> to</c><00:17:41.980><c> the</c><00:17:42.079><c> Gentiles.</c>

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And<00:17:44.359><c> he</c><00:17:44.500><c> goes</c><00:17:45.000><c> to</c><00:17:45.160><c> bring</c><00:17:45.319><c> someone</c><00:17:45.619><c> into</c><00:17:45.799><c> the</c><00:17:46.099><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:17:47.720><c> he</c><00:17:47.799><c> goes</c><00:17:48.000><c> to</c><00:17:48.259><c> a</c><00:17:48.400><c> place</c><00:17:49.019><c> that</c><00:17:50.680><c> means</c><00:17:51.339><c> to</c><00:17:52.000><c> catch</c><00:17:52.299><c> fish.</c>

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And<00:17:54.480><c> when</c><00:17:54.640><c> the</c><00:17:54.740><c> Lord</c><00:17:54.940><c> Jesus</c><00:17:55.279><c> Christ</c><00:17:55.640><c> spoke</c><00:17:55.960><c> to</c><00:17:56.119><c> his</c><00:17:56.460><c> disciples,</c>

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when<00:17:58.140><c> they</c><00:17:58.319><c> were</c><00:17:58.519><c> to</c><00:17:58.759><c> spread</c><00:17:59.000><c> the</c><00:17:59.220><c> Gospels</c>

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to<00:17:59.900><c> the</c><00:18:00.039><c> four</c><00:18:00.420><c> corners</c><00:18:00.799><c> of</c><00:18:01.000><c> the</c><00:18:01.200><c> earth,</c>

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what<00:18:02.500><c> did</c><00:18:02.599><c> he</c><00:18:02.740><c> call</c><00:18:02.940><c> them?</c>

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Fishes<00:18:05.220><c> of</c><00:18:05.460><c> men.</c>

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So<00:18:08.039><c> all</c><00:18:08.220><c> these</c><00:18:08.440><c> fishes</c><00:18:08.700><c> of</c><00:18:08.920><c> men</c>

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that<00:18:09.319><c> the</c><00:18:09.440><c> Lord</c><00:18:09.599><c> Jesus</c><00:18:09.940><c> Christ</c><00:18:10.200><c> sent</c><00:18:10.460><c> forth</c>

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to<00:18:11.720><c> speak</c><00:18:12.000><c> to</c><00:18:12.920><c> Gentile</c><00:18:13.440><c> men</c><00:18:13.640><c> and</c><00:18:13.839><c> women.</c>

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Is<00:18:15.099><c> it</c><00:18:15.220><c> being</c><00:18:15.420><c> founded</c><00:18:15.740><c> on</c><00:18:16.000><c> this</c><00:18:16.460><c> account?</c>

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The<00:18:17.839><c> principle</c><00:18:18.279><c> that's</c><00:18:18.480><c> being</c><00:18:18.680><c> established</c><00:18:19.140><c> here</c>

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in<00:18:19.539><c> 1</c><00:18:19.759><c> Kings</c><00:18:20.140><c> and</c><00:18:20.299><c> chapter</c><00:18:20.579><c> 17.</c>

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Well,<00:18:22.579><c> let's</c><00:18:22.799><c> develop</c><00:18:23.079><c> this</c><00:18:23.279><c> a</c><00:18:23.400><c> little</c><00:18:23.539><c> further.</c>

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Look<00:18:24.079><c> at</c><00:18:24.180><c> Matthew</c><00:18:24.460><c> chapter</c><00:18:24.720><c> 15.</c>

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Don't<00:18:25.559><c> you</c><00:18:25.759><c> think</c><00:18:25.880><c> it's</c><00:18:26.180><c> remarkable</c>

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that<00:18:26.839><c> the</c><00:18:27.019><c> Lord</c><00:18:27.220><c> Jesus</c><00:18:27.579><c> Christ</c><00:18:27.900><c> throughout</c>

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his<00:18:28.519><c> three</c><00:18:28.680><c> and</c><00:18:28.839><c> a</c><00:18:28.900><c> half</c><00:18:29.059><c> ministry,</c>

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three<00:18:30.920><c> and</c><00:18:31.079><c> a</c><00:18:31.160><c> half</c><00:18:31.259><c> years</c><00:18:31.500><c> ministry,</c>

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he<00:18:32.119><c> goes</c><00:18:32.440><c> out</c><00:18:32.839><c> of</c><00:18:33.059><c> Israel</c><00:18:33.420><c> just</c><00:18:33.779><c> once.</c>

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Did<00:18:34.420><c> you</c><00:18:34.539><c> know</c><00:18:34.700><c> that?</c>

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He<00:18:35.000><c> goes</c><00:18:35.220><c> out</c><00:18:35.440><c> of</c><00:18:35.579><c> Israel</c><00:18:35.819><c> just</c><00:18:36.240><c> once.</c>

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And<00:18:37.799><c> where</c><00:18:37.900><c> does</c><00:18:38.000><c> he</c><00:18:38.200><c> go?</c>

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He<00:18:39.680><c> goes</c><00:18:39.920><c> to</c><00:18:40.079><c> the</c><00:18:40.119><c> very</c><00:18:40.400><c> place</c><00:18:41.099><c> that</c><00:18:41.420><c> Elijah</c><00:18:41.700><c> went</c><00:18:41.960><c> to.</c>

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He<00:18:42.559><c> goes</c><00:18:42.859><c> to</c><00:18:43.099><c> Tyre</c><00:18:43.539><c> and</c><00:18:43.779><c> Zidon.</c>

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Look<00:18:44.480><c> at</c><00:18:44.619><c> this.</c>

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Matthew<00:18:45.660><c> chapter</c><00:18:45.960><c> 15</c><00:18:46.440><c> and</c><00:18:46.660><c> verse</c><00:18:47.000><c> 21.</c>

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Then<00:18:48.859><c> Jesus</c><00:18:49.200><c> went</c><00:18:49.440><c> thence</c><00:18:49.740><c> and</c><00:18:49.839><c> departed</c>

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into<00:18:50.460><c> the</c><00:18:50.599><c> coast</c><00:18:50.819><c> of</c><00:18:50.960><c> Tyre</c><00:18:51.359><c> and</c><00:18:51.400><c> Zidon.</c>

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And<00:18:52.220><c> so</c><00:18:52.740><c> the</c><00:18:53.559><c> memory</c><00:18:53.960><c> of</c><00:18:54.200><c> 1</c><00:18:54.480><c> Kings</c><00:18:54.759><c> chapter</c><00:18:55.059><c> 17</c>

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would<00:18:55.779><c> have</c><00:18:55.960><c> been</c><00:18:56.220><c> very</c><00:18:56.700><c> much</c><00:18:56.859><c> at</c><00:18:57.039><c> the</c><00:18:57.220><c> forefront</c><00:18:57.420><c> of</c><00:18:57.660><c> his</c><00:18:57.880><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:18:59.220><c> Elijah</c><00:18:59.660><c> finds</c><00:18:59.980><c> a</c><00:19:00.220><c> woman</c><00:19:00.559><c> in</c><00:19:00.799><c> Zarephath,</c>

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in<00:19:01.519><c> Tyre</c><00:19:01.819><c> and</c><00:19:01.859><c> Zidon.</c>

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And<00:19:03.019><c> who</c><00:19:03.259><c> does</c><00:19:03.420><c> Jesus</c><00:19:03.759><c> find?</c>

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And<00:19:06.279><c> behold,</c><00:19:08.180><c> a</c><00:19:08.339><c> gentle</c><00:19:08.799><c> woman,</c><00:19:09.279><c> a</c><00:19:09.539><c> woman</c><00:19:09.759><c> of</c><00:19:10.079><c> Canaan,</c>

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came<00:19:11.319><c> out</c><00:19:11.640><c> the</c><00:19:11.819><c> same</c><00:19:12.160><c> coast</c><00:19:12.420><c> and</c><00:19:12.619><c> cried</c><00:19:12.859><c> unto</c><00:19:13.059><c> him</c><00:19:13.240><c> saying,</c>

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Have<00:19:13.880><c> mercy</c><00:19:14.359><c> on</c><00:19:14.519><c> me,</c><00:19:14.779><c> O</c><00:19:14.900><c> Lord,</c><00:19:15.160><c> thou</c><00:19:15.299><c> son</c><00:19:15.519><c> of</c><00:19:15.599><c> David.</c>

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My<00:19:16.500><c> daughter</c><00:19:16.940><c> is</c><00:19:17.319><c> grievously</c><00:19:17.819><c> vexed</c><00:19:18.200><c> with</c><00:19:18.380><c> the</c><00:19:18.480><c> devil.</c>

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So<00:19:19.019><c> she</c><00:19:19.259><c> also</c><00:19:19.599><c> has</c><00:19:19.799><c> a</c><00:19:19.980><c> domestic</c><00:19:20.460><c> issue,</c>

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a<00:19:21.079><c> domestic</c><00:19:21.579><c> problem,</c>

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and<00:19:22.299><c> she</c><00:19:22.579><c> needs</c><00:19:22.839><c> a</c><00:19:23.140><c> healing</c><00:19:23.460><c> hand</c><00:19:23.839><c> of</c><00:19:24.119><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:28.019><c> this</c><00:19:28.200><c> widow</c><00:19:28.400><c> would</c><00:19:28.819><c> need</c><00:19:29.039><c> the</c><00:19:29.319><c> healing</c><00:19:29.579><c> hand</c><00:19:29.859><c> of</c><00:19:30.119><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:32.160><c> look</c><00:19:32.299><c> at</c><00:19:32.440><c> the</c><00:19:32.599><c> principle,</c><00:19:33.079><c> brothers</c><00:19:33.180><c> and</c><00:19:33.400><c> sisters.</c>

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How<00:19:34.440><c> does</c><00:19:34.920><c> the</c><00:19:35.079><c> Lord</c><00:19:35.279><c> Jesus</c><00:19:35.599><c> Christ</c><00:19:35.900><c> summarize</c><00:19:36.400><c> this</c><00:19:36.599><c> situation?</c>

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Look<00:19:37.220><c> at</c><00:19:37.359><c> verse</c><00:19:37.519><c> 28.</c>

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Then<00:19:39.940><c> Jesus</c><00:19:40.359><c> answered</c><00:19:40.700><c> and</c><00:19:40.859><c> said</c><00:19:41.019><c> unto</c><00:19:41.200><c> her,</c>

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O<00:19:42.140><c> woman,</c><00:19:44.460><c> great</c><00:19:44.700><c> is</c><00:19:45.140><c> thy</c><00:19:45.420><c> faith.</c>

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Be<00:19:47.220><c> it</c><00:19:47.359><c> unto</c><00:19:47.720><c> thee</c><00:19:48.019><c> even</c><00:19:48.420><c> as</c><00:19:48.660><c> thou</c><00:19:48.900><c> wilt.</c>

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And<00:19:49.480><c> her</c><00:19:49.779><c> daughter</c><00:19:50.140><c> was</c><00:19:50.400><c> made</c><00:19:50.680><c> whole</c><00:19:51.140><c> from</c><00:19:52.119><c> that</c><00:19:52.579><c> very</c><00:19:53.200><c> hour.</c>

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So<00:19:56.140><c> are</c><00:19:56.559><c> we</c><00:19:56.740><c> being</c><00:19:57.180><c> told</c><00:19:57.880><c> that</c><00:19:58.180><c> these</c><00:19:58.640><c> Gentiles</c>

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will<00:20:00.619><c> be</c><00:20:00.960><c> grafted</c><00:20:01.359><c> into</c><00:20:01.640><c> the</c><00:20:01.920><c> olive,</c>

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the<00:20:02.720><c> Israeli</c><00:20:03.559><c> olive,</c>

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if<00:20:06.559><c> they</c><00:20:06.839><c> showed</c><00:20:07.119><c> faith?</c>

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There's<00:20:09.400><c> the</c><00:20:09.519><c> principle,</c><00:20:10.019><c> brothers</c><00:20:10.119><c> and</c><00:20:10.119><c> sisters,</c>

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verse<00:20:10.779><c> 28.</c>

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O<00:20:11.400><c> woman,</c><00:20:11.940><c> great</c><00:20:12.079><c> is</c><00:20:12.319><c> thy</c><00:20:12.539><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:20:14.500><c> we</c><00:20:14.519><c> know</c><00:20:14.680><c> that's</c><00:20:14.880><c> true.</c>

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In<00:20:15.559><c> 1</c><00:20:15.779><c> Kings</c><00:20:16.000><c> chapter</c><00:20:16.299><c> 17,</c>

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she<00:20:18.019><c> showed</c><00:20:18.339><c> and</c><00:20:18.680><c> demonstrated</c><00:20:19.079><c> tremendous</c><00:20:19.880><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:20:21.539><c> the</c><00:20:21.779><c> healing</c><00:20:22.099><c> hand</c><00:20:22.339><c> of</c><00:20:22.559><c> God</c><00:20:22.880><c> blessed</c><00:20:23.240><c> her</c><00:20:23.539><c> home.</c>

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Just<00:20:25.279><c> as</c><00:20:25.480><c> the</c><00:20:25.640><c> healing</c><00:20:25.819><c> hand</c><00:20:26.019><c> of</c><00:20:26.140><c> God</c><00:20:26.539><c> blessed</c><00:20:27.019><c> the</c><00:20:27.240><c> home</c><00:20:27.400><c> of</c>

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this<00:20:27.759><c> woman.</c>

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Let's<00:20:30.460><c> go</c><00:20:30.640><c> back</c><00:20:30.839><c> to</c><00:20:31.000><c> our</c><00:20:31.140><c> original</c><00:20:31.460><c> account.</c>

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1<00:20:32.019><c> Kings</c><00:20:32.259><c> chapter</c><00:20:32.599><c> 17.</c>

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And<00:20:34.819><c> Elijah</c><00:20:35.119><c> then</c><00:20:35.500><c> faithfully</c><00:20:35.880><c> goes</c><00:20:36.200><c> to</c><00:20:36.480><c> Zarephath.</c>

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And<00:20:38.119><c> he's</c><00:20:38.380><c> greeted,</c><00:20:38.779><c> isn't</c><00:20:39.000><c> he?</c>

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He's<00:20:39.400><c> met</c><00:20:39.599><c> by</c><00:20:39.859><c> a</c><00:20:40.019><c> woman.</c>

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Verse<00:20:40.640><c> 10,</c><00:20:40.900><c> so</c><00:20:41.019><c> he</c><00:20:41.200><c> rose</c><00:20:41.599><c> and</c><00:20:41.759><c> went</c><00:20:42.000><c> to</c><00:20:42.180><c> Zarephath.</c>

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And<00:20:44.740><c> when</c><00:20:44.880><c> he</c><00:20:45.019><c> came</c><00:20:45.180><c> to</c><00:20:45.319><c> the</c><00:20:45.380><c> gate</c><00:20:45.519><c> of</c><00:20:45.640><c> the</c><00:20:45.740><c> city,</c>

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behold,<00:20:46.480><c> the</c><00:20:46.700><c> widow</c><00:20:47.000><c> woman</c><00:20:47.299><c> was</c><00:20:47.519><c> there</c><00:20:47.779><c> gathering</c><00:20:48.119><c> of</c><00:20:48.519><c> sticks.</c>

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And<00:20:48.960><c> he</c><00:20:49.160><c> called</c><00:20:49.380><c> to</c><00:20:49.500><c> her</c><00:20:49.660><c> and</c><00:20:49.720><c> said,</c>

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fetch<00:20:50.200><c> me,</c><00:20:50.400><c> I</c><00:20:50.599><c> pray</c><00:20:50.779><c> thee,</c><00:20:50.940><c> a</c><00:20:51.059><c> little</c><00:20:51.279><c> water</c><00:20:51.759><c> in</c><00:20:52.240><c> a</c><00:20:52.359><c> vessel</c><00:20:52.700><c> that</c><00:20:53.000><c> I</c>

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may<00:20:53.859><c> drink.</c>

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It's<00:20:55.119><c> interesting,</c><00:20:55.579><c> you</c><00:20:55.579><c> know,</c><00:20:55.779><c> brothers</c><00:20:55.920><c> and</c><00:20:56.119><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:20:56.819><c> if</c><00:20:57.680><c> you</c><00:20:57.960><c> look</c><00:20:58.160><c> at</c><00:20:58.319><c> verse</c><00:20:58.640><c> 9,</c>

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how<00:20:59.720><c> did</c><00:21:00.160><c> God</c><00:21:00.400><c> ensure</c><00:21:00.980><c> that</c><00:21:01.220><c> this</c><00:21:01.460><c> widow</c><00:21:01.660><c> woman</c><00:21:01.940><c> was</c><00:21:02.119><c> at</c><00:21:02.279><c> the</c><00:21:02.480><c> gates?</c>

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Well,<00:21:03.160><c> we</c><00:21:03.240><c> read</c><00:21:03.480><c> in</c><00:21:03.660><c> verse</c><00:21:03.920><c> 9,</c>

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God<00:21:05.059><c> had</c><00:21:05.500><c> commanded</c><00:21:06.099><c> the</c><00:21:06.380><c> widow</c><00:21:06.559><c> we</c><00:21:06.700><c> see</c><00:21:06.900><c> at</c><00:21:07.059><c> the</c><00:21:07.059><c> end</c><00:21:07.240><c> of</c><00:21:07.359><c> verse</c><00:21:07.519><c> 9,</c>

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commanded<00:21:08.359><c> the</c><00:21:08.579><c> widow.</c>

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We<00:21:09.279><c> don't</c><00:21:09.440><c> know</c><00:21:09.559><c> how,</c>

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whether<00:21:11.059><c> it</c><00:21:11.200><c> was</c><00:21:11.359><c> through</c><00:21:11.599><c> a</c><00:21:11.720><c> vision</c><00:21:11.980><c> or</c><00:21:12.200><c> the</c><00:21:12.380><c> angels</c><00:21:12.839><c> spoke</c>

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to<00:21:13.920><c> this</c><00:21:14.240><c> widow,</c>

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but<00:21:14.559><c> it</c><00:21:14.660><c> was</c><00:21:14.880><c> commanded.</c>

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But<00:21:15.740><c> it's</c><00:21:15.940><c> the</c><00:21:16.000><c> very</c><00:21:16.259><c> same</c><00:21:16.480><c> word</c><00:21:16.700><c> that</c><00:21:16.819><c> we</c><00:21:16.960><c> find</c><00:21:17.099><c> in</c><00:21:17.279><c> verse</c><00:21:17.460><c> 4.</c>

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God<00:21:18.640><c> commanded</c><00:21:19.200><c> the</c><00:21:19.559><c> ravens.</c>

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And<00:21:20.960><c> the</c><00:21:21.119><c> ravens</c><00:21:21.420><c> were</c><00:21:21.720><c> unclean.</c>

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And<00:21:22.339><c> so</c><00:21:22.460><c> was</c><00:21:22.640><c> this</c><00:21:22.880><c> woman</c><00:21:23.099><c> under</c><00:21:23.380><c> the</c><00:21:23.559><c> law.</c>

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And<00:21:25.960><c> notice</c><00:21:26.200><c> something</c><00:21:26.539><c> else.</c>

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At<00:21:27.339><c> the</c><00:21:27.480><c> end</c><00:21:27.680><c> of</c><00:21:27.839><c> verse</c><00:21:28.019><c> 9,</c>

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what<00:21:28.460><c> would</c><00:21:28.700><c> this</c><00:21:28.940><c> unclean</c><00:21:29.619><c> woman</c><00:21:29.960><c> do</c><00:21:30.240><c> for</c><00:21:30.539><c> him?</c>

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She<00:21:31.339><c> would</c><00:21:31.579><c> sustain</c><00:21:32.019><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:21:33.920><c> what</c><00:21:34.119><c> would</c><00:21:34.279><c> the</c><00:21:34.519><c> ravens</c><00:21:34.799><c> do</c><00:21:35.000><c> at</c><00:21:35.180><c> the</c><00:21:35.240><c> end</c><00:21:35.440><c> of</c><00:21:35.599><c> verse</c><00:21:35.779><c> 4?</c>

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They<00:21:36.599><c> would</c><00:21:36.900><c> feed</c><00:21:37.180><c> thee.</c>

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The<00:21:37.720><c> same</c><00:21:38.160><c> Hebrew</c><00:21:38.660><c> word</c><00:21:39.019><c> sustain</c><00:21:39.559><c> and</c><00:21:39.900><c> feed.</c>

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It's<00:21:41.720><c> a</c><00:21:41.920><c> repeat.</c>

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And<00:21:43.099><c> Elijah</c><00:21:43.480><c> was</c><00:21:43.799><c> educated</c><00:21:44.680><c> at</c><00:21:45.119><c> Cherath</c><00:21:45.500><c> to</c><00:21:45.960><c> prepare</c><00:21:46.480><c> him</c><00:21:46.839><c> for</c><00:21:47.220><c> Zarephath.</c>

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And<00:21:48.819><c> we'll</c><00:21:48.960><c> see</c><00:21:49.119><c> that,</c><00:21:49.299><c> God</c><00:21:49.500><c> willing,</c><00:21:49.680><c> a</c><00:21:49.839><c> little</c><00:21:50.019><c> later.</c>

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So<00:21:52.000><c> we</c><00:21:52.119><c> have</c><00:21:52.220><c> these</c><00:21:52.500><c> two</c><00:21:52.700><c> individuals</c><00:21:53.380><c> sharing</c><00:21:54.539><c> common</c><00:21:55.019><c> circumstances,</c>

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both<00:21:57.119><c> desperate</c><00:21:57.859><c> for</c><00:21:58.079><c> a</c><00:21:58.220><c> divine</c><00:21:58.680><c> provision.</c>

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A<00:22:00.019><c> Jew</c><00:22:00.279><c> and</c><00:22:00.660><c> a</c><00:22:00.799><c> Gentile</c><00:22:01.220><c> coming</c><00:22:01.480><c> together</c><00:22:02.079><c> for</c><00:22:02.819><c> a</c><00:22:03.220><c> common</c><00:22:03.519><c> good.</c>

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Now<00:22:05.319><c> we</c><00:22:05.440><c> see</c><00:22:05.660><c> there,</c><00:22:06.720><c> at</c><00:22:06.880><c> the</c><00:22:06.940><c> end</c><00:22:07.160><c> of</c><00:22:07.339><c> verse</c><00:22:07.519><c> 10,</c><00:22:08.680><c> Elijah's</c>

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first<00:22:09.420><c> command.</c>

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Fetch<00:22:10.380><c> me,</c><00:22:10.599><c> I</c><00:22:10.859><c> pray</c><00:22:11.099><c> thee,</c><00:22:11.359><c> a</c><00:22:11.559><c> little</c><00:22:11.880><c> water</c><00:22:12.160><c> and</c><00:22:12.339><c> a</c><00:22:12.460><c> vessel</c><00:22:12.740><c> that</c><00:22:12.980><c> I</c>

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may<00:22:13.700><c> drink.</c>

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Now<00:22:14.759><c> what</c><00:22:14.859><c> I</c><00:22:14.940><c> want</c><00:22:15.039><c> to</c><00:22:15.220><c> suggest</c><00:22:15.460><c> to</c><00:22:15.700><c> you</c><00:22:15.880><c> now</c>

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is<00:22:16.880><c> that</c><00:22:17.140><c> this</c><00:22:17.440><c> is</c><00:22:17.660><c> the</c><00:22:17.900><c> call</c><00:22:18.059><c> of</c><00:22:18.259><c> the</c><00:22:18.440><c> gospel.</c>

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The<00:22:20.160><c> process</c><00:22:20.700><c> of</c><00:22:20.980><c> bringing</c><00:22:21.319><c> this</c><00:22:21.640><c> woman</c><00:22:21.980><c> into</c><00:22:22.400><c> the</c><00:22:22.700><c> truth</c><00:22:22.900><c> now</c><00:22:23.400><c> commences.</c>

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With<00:22:24.339><c> that</c><00:22:24.640><c> phrase,</c>

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Fetch<00:22:25.900><c> me,</c><00:22:26.180><c> I</c><00:22:26.339><c> pray</c><00:22:26.700><c> thee,</c><00:22:26.960><c> a</c><00:22:27.240><c> little</c><00:22:27.579><c> water</c><00:22:27.940><c> and</c><00:22:28.180><c> a</c><00:22:28.339><c> vessel</c><00:22:28.579><c> that</c><00:22:28.779><c> I</c>

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may<00:22:29.180><c> drink.</c>

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Let's<00:22:29.900><c> prove</c><00:22:30.140><c> that.</c>

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Let's<00:22:30.839><c> go</c><00:22:30.980><c> to</c><00:22:31.079><c> John</c><00:22:31.319><c> chapter</c><00:22:31.619><c> 4.</c>

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We<00:22:36.019><c> see</c><00:22:36.299><c> the</c><00:22:36.559><c> similarities</c><00:22:37.000><c> between</c><00:22:37.359><c> Elijah</c><00:22:37.759><c> and</c><00:22:37.920><c> the</c><00:22:38.019><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:22:38.579><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:22:39.200><c> these</c><00:22:39.680><c> accounts</c><00:22:40.059><c> would</c><00:22:40.220><c> have</c><00:22:40.339><c> been</c><00:22:40.420><c> in</c><00:22:40.559><c> the</c><00:22:40.799><c> mind</c><00:22:41.019><c> of</c><00:22:41.359><c> the</c>

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Word<00:22:41.980><c> made</c><00:22:42.259><c> flesh,</c>

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the<00:22:42.759><c> Lord</c><00:22:42.980><c> Jesus</c><00:22:43.380><c> Christ,</c><00:22:43.720><c> the</c><00:22:43.960><c> Son</c><00:22:44.160><c> of</c><00:22:44.519><c> God.</c>

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Here<00:22:47.940><c> we</c><00:22:48.160><c> have</c><00:22:48.440><c> a</c><00:22:48.660><c> familiar</c><00:22:49.039><c> chapter</c><00:22:49.400><c> to</c><00:22:49.640><c> us</c><00:22:49.819><c> all,</c><00:22:50.019><c> the</c><00:22:50.200><c> woman</c>

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of<00:22:50.740><c> Samaria.</c>

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And<00:22:51.960><c> look</c><00:22:52.200><c> at</c><00:22:52.359><c> the</c><00:22:52.500><c> language.</c>

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It's<00:22:53.059><c> a</c><00:22:53.200><c> repeat</c><00:22:53.559><c> of</c><00:22:53.759><c> 1</c><00:22:54.000><c> Kings</c><00:22:54.279><c> chapter</c><00:22:54.579><c> 17.</c>

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John<00:22:56.599><c> 4</c><00:22:56.960><c> verse</c><00:22:57.220><c> 5,</c>

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Then<00:22:57.599><c> cometh</c><00:22:57.960><c> Jesus</c><00:22:58.400><c> to</c><00:22:58.619><c> a</c><00:22:58.740><c> city</c><00:22:58.960><c> of</c><00:22:59.160><c> Samaria,</c><00:22:59.519><c> which</c><00:22:59.640><c> is</c><00:22:59.900><c> called</c><00:23:00.359><c> Sychar</c><00:23:00.880><c> or</c><00:23:01.059><c> Shechem,</c>

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near<00:23:02.180><c> to</c><00:23:02.359><c> the</c><00:23:02.559><c> parcel</c><00:23:02.799><c> of</c><00:23:02.940><c> the</c><00:23:03.140><c> ground</c><00:23:03.500><c> that</c><00:23:03.900><c> Jacob</c><00:23:04.299><c> gave</c><00:23:04.759><c> to</c>

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his<00:23:05.660><c> son</c><00:23:05.920><c> Joseph.</c>

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Verse<00:23:08.660><c> 7,</c><00:23:09.140><c> There</c><00:23:09.279><c> cometh</c><00:23:09.519><c> the</c><00:23:09.680><c> woman</c><00:23:09.920><c> of</c><00:23:10.140><c> Samaria</c><00:23:10.599><c> to</c><00:23:10.839><c> draw</c><00:23:11.099><c> water.</c>

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What's<00:23:11.740><c> Jesus'</c><00:23:12.180><c> first</c><00:23:12.420><c> command?</c>

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Notice<00:23:13.059><c> that,</c><00:23:13.359><c> brothers</c><00:23:13.440><c> and</c><00:23:13.640><c> sisters.</c>

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Give<00:23:15.039><c> me</c><00:23:15.420><c> to</c><00:23:15.640><c> drink.</c>

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That<00:23:17.160><c> was</c><00:23:17.359><c> the</c><00:23:17.539><c> first</c><00:23:17.799><c> command</c><00:23:18.160><c> of</c><00:23:18.339><c> Elijah.</c>

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Give<00:23:19.539><c> me</c><00:23:19.920><c> to</c><00:23:20.119><c> drink</c><00:23:20.619><c> of</c><00:23:21.339><c> a</c><00:23:21.519><c> woman</c><00:23:21.700><c> in</c><00:23:22.019><c> need.</c>

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And<00:23:24.720><c> how</c><00:23:24.900><c> is</c><00:23:25.160><c> Jesus</c><00:23:25.519><c> going</c><00:23:25.720><c> to</c><00:23:25.940><c> answer</c><00:23:26.240><c> this</c><00:23:26.460><c> woman?</c>

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Look<00:23:26.920><c> at</c><00:23:27.119><c> verse</c><00:23:27.380><c> 13.</c>

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Whosoever<00:23:28.859><c> drinketh</c><00:23:29.200><c> of</c><00:23:29.359><c> this</c><00:23:29.579><c> water</c><00:23:29.880><c> shall</c><00:23:30.240><c> thirst</c><00:23:30.680><c> again.</c>

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But<00:23:32.160><c> whosoever</c><00:23:32.779><c> drinketh</c><00:23:33.160><c> of</c><00:23:33.240><c> the</c><00:23:33.400><c> water</c><00:23:33.680><c> that</c><00:23:33.880><c> I</c><00:23:34.259><c> shall</c><00:23:34.619><c> give</c>

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him<00:23:35.299><c> shall</c><00:23:35.740><c> never</c><00:23:36.180><c> thirst.</c>

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But<00:23:37.440><c> the</c><00:23:37.700><c> water</c><00:23:38.000><c> that</c><00:23:38.180><c> I</c><00:23:38.440><c> shall</c><00:23:38.680><c> give</c><00:23:38.900><c> him</c><00:23:39.119><c> shall</c><00:23:39.339><c> be</c><00:23:39.579><c> in</c><00:23:39.759><c> a</c><00:23:39.839><c> well</c><00:23:40.019><c> of</c><00:23:40.579><c> water</c>

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springing<00:23:41.759><c> up</c><00:23:41.980><c> into</c><00:23:42.319><c> everlasting</c><00:23:42.920><c> life.</c>

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So<00:23:47.200><c> Elijah</c><00:23:47.619><c> asks,</c><00:23:48.900><c> give</c><00:23:49.019><c> me</c><00:23:49.299><c> to</c><00:23:49.500><c> drink.</c>

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And<00:23:50.819><c> the</c><00:23:50.960><c> woman</c><00:23:51.279><c> would</c><00:23:51.619><c> give</c><00:23:51.819><c> him</c><00:23:52.059><c> to</c><00:23:52.299><c> drink.</c>

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But<00:23:54.140><c> what</c><00:23:54.339><c> did</c><00:23:54.640><c> Elijah</c><00:23:55.000><c> have</c><00:23:55.400><c> at</c><00:23:55.579><c> his</c><00:23:55.839><c> disposal?</c>

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He<00:23:57.519><c> had</c><00:23:57.779><c> a</c><00:23:58.039><c> well</c><00:23:58.160><c> of</c><00:23:58.380><c> water</c><00:23:58.799><c> springing</c><00:23:59.380><c> up</c><00:23:59.579><c> into</c><00:23:59.980><c> everlasting</c><00:24:00.619><c> life.</c>

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He<00:24:02.160><c> had</c><00:24:02.259><c> the</c><00:24:02.380><c> hope</c><00:24:02.519><c> of</c><00:24:02.700><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:24:04.299><c> she</c><00:24:04.440><c> was</c><00:24:04.619><c> going</c><00:24:04.759><c> to</c><00:24:05.000><c> become</c><00:24:05.279><c> a</c><00:24:05.660><c> spiritual</c><00:24:06.180><c> Jew,</c>

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an<00:24:07.299><c> adopted</c><00:24:07.660><c> daughter</c><00:24:08.140><c> of</c><00:24:08.339><c> God,</c><00:24:08.619><c> the</c><00:24:08.779><c> God</c><00:24:08.900><c> of</c><00:24:09.119><c> Israel.</c>

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How<00:24:12.420><c> wonderful,</c><00:24:12.940><c> brothers</c><00:24:13.119><c> and</c><00:24:13.299><c> sisters.</c>

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Notice<00:24:13.880><c> that</c><00:24:14.680><c> this</c><00:24:16.259><c> figure</c><00:24:16.960><c> is</c><00:24:17.220><c> being</c><00:24:17.500><c> played</c><00:24:17.819><c> out.</c>

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Elijah<00:24:20.279><c> calling</c><00:24:20.819><c> this</c><00:24:21.079><c> woman</c><00:24:21.319><c> into</c><00:24:21.779><c> the</c><00:24:22.079><c> truth.</c>

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Well,<00:24:22.460><c> let's</c><00:24:22.599><c> go</c><00:24:22.799><c> back</c><00:24:23.000><c> then</c><00:24:23.319><c> into</c><00:24:23.920><c> 1</c><00:24:24.200><c> Kings</c><00:24:24.380><c> chapter</c><00:24:24.660><c> 17</c>

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because<00:24:25.279><c> the</c><00:24:25.500><c> commands</c><00:24:25.759><c> continue.</c>

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It<00:24:27.539><c> was</c><00:24:27.779><c> hard</c><00:24:27.920><c> enough</c><00:24:28.079><c> to</c><00:24:28.259><c> ask</c><00:24:28.440><c> for</c><00:24:28.660><c> water.</c>

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But<00:24:30.160><c> a</c><00:24:30.400><c> harder</c><00:24:30.660><c> request</c><00:24:31.039><c> comes.</c>

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Verse<00:24:32.859><c> 11.</c>

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And<00:24:34.200><c> she</c><00:24:34.359><c> was</c><00:24:34.559><c> going</c><00:24:34.799><c> to</c><00:24:35.019><c> fetch</c><00:24:35.180><c> it</c><00:24:35.319><c> and</c><00:24:35.420><c> he</c><00:24:35.579><c> called</c><00:24:35.700><c> to</c><00:24:35.859><c> her</c>

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and<00:24:36.039><c> said,</c>

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Bring<00:24:36.440><c> me,</c><00:24:36.720><c> I</c><00:24:36.740><c> pray,</c><00:24:37.119><c> thee</c><00:24:37.240><c> a</c><00:24:37.480><c> morsel</c><00:24:37.819><c> of</c><00:24:38.039><c> bread</c><00:24:38.180><c> in</c><00:24:38.500><c> thine</c><00:24:38.759><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:24:40.400><c> she</c><00:24:40.619><c> said,</c><00:24:41.400><c> As</c><00:24:41.579><c> the</c><00:24:41.779><c> Lord</c><00:24:41.920><c> thy</c><00:24:42.140><c> God</c><00:24:42.400><c> liveth,</c><00:24:42.759><c> I</c><00:24:42.880><c> have</c><00:24:42.940><c> not</c>

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a<00:24:43.359><c> cake</c>

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but<00:24:43.799><c> a</c><00:24:43.960><c> handful</c><00:24:44.220><c> of</c><00:24:44.460><c> meal</c><00:24:44.640><c> in</c><00:24:44.799><c> a</c><00:24:44.960><c> barrel</c><00:24:45.140><c> and</c><00:24:45.319><c> a</c><00:24:45.420><c> little</c><00:24:45.619><c> oil</c><00:24:45.880><c> in</c>

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a<00:24:46.259><c> cruise.</c>

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And<00:24:47.480><c> behold,</c><00:24:47.859><c> I</c><00:24:48.039><c> am</c><00:24:48.099><c> gathering</c><00:24:48.440><c> two</c><00:24:48.799><c> sticks</c><00:24:49.000><c> that</c><00:24:49.220><c> I</c><00:24:49.460><c> may</c><00:24:49.640><c> go</c><00:24:49.880><c> in</c>

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and<00:24:50.240><c> dress</c><00:24:50.380><c> it</c><00:24:50.519><c> for</c><00:24:50.640><c> me</c><00:24:50.839><c> and</c><00:24:50.900><c> my</c><00:24:51.160><c> son,</c><00:24:51.819><c> that</c><00:24:51.940><c> we</c><00:24:52.099><c> may</c><00:24:52.339><c> eat</c><00:24:52.619><c> it</c>

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and<00:24:53.119><c> die.</c>

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What<00:24:56.579><c> a</c><00:24:56.819><c> challenge.</c>

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She<00:24:59.039><c> only</c><00:24:59.279><c> had</c><00:24:59.460><c> enough</c><00:24:59.759><c> food</c><00:25:00.220><c> for</c><00:25:00.460><c> her</c><00:25:00.700><c> and</c><00:25:00.859><c> her</c><00:25:01.119><c> son.</c>

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And<00:25:02.380><c> she's</c><00:25:02.579><c> been</c><00:25:02.819><c> asked</c><00:25:03.099><c> to</c><00:25:03.279><c> give</c><00:25:03.380><c> it</c><00:25:03.539><c> to</c><00:25:03.700><c> Elijah.</c>

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:06.380
What<00:25:04.279><c> a</c><00:25:04.480><c> test.</c><00:25:04.759><c> And</c><00:25:04.839><c> what</c><00:25:04.960><c> a</c><00:25:05.099><c> test</c><00:25:05.200><c> for</c><00:25:05.400><c> Elijah.</c>

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Knowing<00:25:06.819><c> that</c><00:25:07.000><c> this</c><00:25:07.200><c> was</c><00:25:07.319><c> her</c><00:25:07.519><c> situation</c>

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and<00:25:08.559><c> asking.</c>

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And<00:25:11.420><c> have</c><00:25:11.559><c> we,</c><00:25:11.759><c> brothers</c><00:25:11.880><c> and</c><00:25:11.980><c> sisters,</c><00:25:12.140><c> ever</c><00:25:12.319><c> been</c><00:25:12.519><c> asked</c>

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to<00:25:12.920><c> do</c><00:25:13.119><c> something</c><00:25:13.420><c> for</c><00:25:13.579><c> the</c><00:25:13.799><c> truth</c><00:25:13.960><c> that</c><00:25:14.079><c> we</c><00:25:14.299><c> know</c>

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that<00:25:14.880><c> might</c><00:25:15.079><c> be</c><00:25:15.579><c> of</c><00:25:15.920><c> detrimental</c><00:25:16.859><c> impact</c><00:25:18.619><c> to</c><00:25:18.799><c> our</c><00:25:19.000><c> families?</c>

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Have<00:25:21.420><c> we</c><00:25:21.539><c> ever</c><00:25:21.660><c> been</c><00:25:21.900><c> placed</c><00:25:22.200><c> in</c><00:25:22.359><c> such</c><00:25:22.539><c> a</c><00:25:22.799><c> situation</c>

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that<00:25:24.839><c> we</c><00:25:24.960><c> have</c><00:25:25.140><c> to</c><00:25:25.240><c> put</c><00:25:25.460><c> God</c><00:25:25.740><c> first</c><00:25:26.180><c> before</c><00:25:26.559><c> our</c><00:25:26.799><c> family</c>

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and<00:25:28.859><c> we</c><00:25:29.059><c> trust</c><00:25:29.299><c> in</c><00:25:29.480><c> God</c><00:25:29.619><c> that</c><00:25:29.759><c> he</c><00:25:29.819><c> will</c><00:25:30.039><c> bless</c><00:25:30.279><c> us?</c>

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This<00:25:32.440><c> is</c><00:25:32.559><c> what</c><00:25:32.700><c> this</c><00:25:32.900><c> woman</c><00:25:33.079><c> did.</c>

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She<00:25:34.980><c> was</c><00:25:35.200><c> the</c><00:25:35.359><c> woman</c><00:25:35.559><c> with</c><00:25:35.779><c> the</c><00:25:35.900><c> last</c><00:25:36.140><c> might.</c>

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She<00:25:38.220><c> gave</c><00:25:38.660><c> over</c><00:25:39.000><c> her</c><00:25:39.319><c> life</c><00:25:39.700><c> to</c><00:25:39.880><c> this</c><00:25:40.140><c> man,</c>

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relying<00:25:41.640><c> on</c><00:25:41.880><c> him</c><00:25:42.319><c> to</c><00:25:42.660><c> provide</c><00:25:43.019><c> for</c><00:25:43.279><c> her.</c>

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It's<00:25:45.059><c> a</c><00:25:45.180><c> very</c><00:25:45.480><c> powerful</c><00:25:45.940><c> excitation.</c>

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But<00:25:47.619><c> what</c><00:25:47.819><c> did</c><00:25:47.900><c> she</c><00:25:48.099><c> have?</c>

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Did<00:25:49.400><c> you</c><00:25:49.519><c> notice?</c>

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All<00:25:50.920><c> she</c><00:25:51.140><c> had</c><00:25:51.579><c> was</c><00:25:52.099><c> a</c><00:25:52.240><c> handful</c><00:25:52.480><c> of</c><00:25:52.740><c> meal</c><00:25:53.279><c> and</c><00:25:54.480><c> a</c><00:25:54.640><c> barrel</c><00:25:54.740><c> of</c><00:25:54.980><c> oil.</c>

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Do<00:25:55.940><c> you</c><00:25:56.039><c> think</c><00:25:56.160><c> that's</c><00:25:56.460><c> appropriate?</c>

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She<00:25:57.940><c> had</c><00:25:58.079><c> a</c><00:25:58.200><c> handful</c><00:25:58.460><c> of</c><00:25:58.680><c> meal</c><00:25:59.180><c> and</c><00:25:59.819><c> a</c><00:26:00.039><c> barrel</c><00:26:00.240><c> of</c><00:26:00.500><c> oil.</c>

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It's<00:26:01.440><c> very</c><00:26:01.660><c> appropriate.</c>

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I<00:26:02.420><c> want</c><00:26:02.559><c> you</c><00:26:02.740><c> to</c><00:26:02.819><c> go</c><00:26:02.980><c> back</c><00:26:03.319><c> to</c><00:26:03.500><c> Leviticus</c><00:26:03.920><c> chapter</c><00:26:04.299><c> 2.</c>

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:13.220
Elijah<00:26:10.640><c> knew</c><00:26:10.880><c> exactly</c><00:26:11.400><c> what</c><00:26:11.539><c> he</c><00:26:11.680><c> was</c><00:26:11.859><c> asking</c><00:26:12.099><c> of</c><00:26:12.240><c> this</c><00:26:12.400><c> woman.</c>

00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:17.640
Leviticus<00:26:14.559><c> chapter</c><00:26:14.920><c> 2,</c><00:26:15.599><c> she</c><00:26:15.759><c> has</c><00:26:15.960><c> a</c><00:26:16.119><c> handful</c><00:26:16.380><c> of</c><00:26:16.680><c> meal</c>

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and<00:26:18.940><c> she</c><00:26:19.099><c> has</c><00:26:19.279><c> some</c><00:26:19.480><c> oil.</c>

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When<00:26:21.059><c> we</c><00:26:21.220><c> come</c><00:26:21.400><c> to</c><00:26:21.519><c> Leviticus</c><00:26:21.940><c> chapter</c><00:26:22.240><c> 2,</c>

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it<00:26:22.720><c> describes</c><00:26:23.059><c> for</c><00:26:23.299><c> us</c><00:26:23.579><c> the</c><00:26:23.920><c> meal</c><00:26:24.200><c> offering.</c>

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.480
We<00:26:25.599><c> see</c><00:26:25.799><c> there</c><00:26:25.940><c> in</c><00:26:26.059><c> verse</c><00:26:26.279><c> 1,</c>

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and<00:26:26.700><c> when</c><00:26:27.460><c> any</c><00:26:27.700><c> will</c><00:26:27.940><c> offer</c><00:26:28.259><c> a</c><00:26:28.619><c> meat</c><00:26:28.779><c> or</c><00:26:29.019><c> a</c><00:26:29.160><c> meal</c><00:26:29.319><c> offering,</c>

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the<00:26:29.880><c> Hebrew</c><00:26:30.339><c> word</c><00:26:30.500><c> is</c><00:26:30.640><c> minka,</c><00:26:31.059><c> unto</c><00:26:31.259><c> the</c><00:26:31.440><c> Lord,</c>

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what<00:26:32.140><c> happens?</c>

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Look<00:26:32.660><c> at</c><00:26:32.799><c> verse</c><00:26:33.099><c> 2.</c>

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That's<00:26:45.940><c> exactly</c><00:26:46.240><c> what</c><00:26:46.380><c> the</c><00:26:46.500><c> woman</c><00:26:46.660><c> had.</c>

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With<00:26:48.319><c> all</c><00:26:48.640><c> the</c><00:26:48.880><c> frankincense</c><00:26:49.420><c> thereof,</c>

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and<00:26:50.319><c> the</c><00:26:50.519><c> priest</c><00:26:50.680><c> shall</c><00:26:50.980><c> burn</c><00:26:51.240><c> the</c><00:26:51.500><c> memorial</c><00:26:51.960><c> of</c><00:26:52.119><c> it</c><00:26:52.279><c> upon</c><00:26:52.460><c> the</c><00:26:52.660><c> altar</c>

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to<00:26:53.019><c> be</c><00:26:53.180><c> an</c><00:26:53.400><c> offering</c><00:26:53.579><c> made</c><00:26:53.859><c> by</c><00:26:54.180><c> fire,</c>

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a<00:26:55.119><c> sweet</c><00:26:55.380><c> savour</c><00:26:55.859><c> unto</c><00:26:56.339><c> the</c><00:26:56.720><c> Lord.</c>

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Verse<00:26:59.519><c> 4</c><00:26:59.839><c> then,</c>

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So<00:27:21.200><c> it</c><00:27:21.200><c> was</c><00:27:22.619><c> a</c><00:27:22.819><c> meal</c><00:27:23.099><c> offering.</c>

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And<00:27:24.339><c> a</c><00:27:24.619><c> meal</c><00:27:24.740><c> offering</c><00:27:25.039><c> spoke</c><00:27:25.319><c> of</c><00:27:25.500><c> dedication.</c>

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I'm<00:27:26.579><c> dedicating</c><00:27:27.160><c> my</c><00:27:27.480><c> labours</c><00:27:27.859><c> to</c><00:27:28.099><c> God.</c>

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And<00:27:29.819><c> that</c><00:27:30.099><c> meal</c><00:27:30.400><c> offering,</c><00:27:30.940><c> the</c><00:27:31.039><c> handful</c><00:27:31.359><c> of</c><00:27:31.640><c> flour</c><00:27:31.859><c> and</c><00:27:32.140><c> oil,</c>

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was<00:27:32.880><c> made</c><00:27:33.079><c> into</c><00:27:33.339><c> a</c><00:27:33.559><c> cake.</c>

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And<00:27:33.900><c> what</c><00:27:34.039><c> did</c><00:27:34.259><c> Elijah</c><00:27:34.559><c> ask</c><00:27:34.880><c> for?</c>

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A<00:27:35.299><c> little</c><00:27:35.680><c> cake</c><00:27:36.039><c> first.</c>

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:41.160
She<00:27:39.559><c> was</c><00:27:39.779><c> to</c><00:27:40.000><c> offer</c><00:27:40.240><c> a</c><00:27:40.559><c> sacrifice.</c>

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She<00:27:41.559><c> was</c><00:27:41.859><c> to</c><00:27:42.160><c> offer</c><00:27:42.680><c> the</c><00:27:43.500><c> meal</c><00:27:44.039><c> offering.</c>

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Now<00:27:44.839><c> this</c><00:27:45.140><c> is</c><00:27:45.400><c> wonderful.</c>

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I<00:27:45.819><c> want</c><00:27:45.980><c> you</c><00:27:46.119><c> to</c><00:27:46.240><c> go</c><00:27:46.359><c> to</c><00:27:46.559><c> Malachi</c><00:27:46.920><c> chapter</c><00:27:47.460><c> 1</c><00:27:47.759><c> now.</c>

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Look<00:27:50.160><c> at</c><00:27:50.279><c> this</c><00:27:50.559><c> little</c><00:27:50.880><c> obscure</c><00:27:51.640><c> verse</c>

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:54.019
that<00:27:52.160><c> we</c><00:27:52.319><c> find</c><00:27:52.519><c> in</c><00:27:52.700><c> Malachi</c><00:27:53.200><c> chapter</c><00:27:53.660><c> 1,</c>

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:56.039
and<00:27:54.160><c> it's</c><00:27:54.440><c> the</c><00:27:54.599><c> same</c><00:27:54.839><c> Hebrew</c><00:27:55.240><c> word</c><00:27:55.440><c> as</c><00:27:55.660><c> minka,</c>

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the<00:27:56.400><c> meal</c><00:27:56.640><c> offering.</c>

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We<00:27:58.420><c> see</c><00:27:58.640><c> here</c><00:27:58.880><c> in</c><00:27:59.059><c> verse</c><00:27:59.359><c> 11,</c>

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For<00:28:01.680><c> from</c><00:28:01.960><c> the</c><00:28:02.240><c> rising</c><00:28:02.599><c> of</c><00:28:02.799><c> the</c><00:28:02.980><c> sun,</c>

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even<00:28:03.500><c> unto</c><00:28:03.759><c> the</c><00:28:03.980><c> going</c><00:28:04.240><c> down</c><00:28:04.519><c> of</c><00:28:04.700><c> the</c><00:28:04.839><c> same,</c>

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my<00:28:05.559><c> name</c><00:28:06.259><c> shall</c><00:28:06.700><c> be</c><00:28:06.940><c> great</c><00:28:07.200><c> where?</c>

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Among<00:28:08.759><c> the</c><00:28:09.240><c> Gentiles.</c>

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And<00:28:11.279><c> in</c><00:28:11.559><c> every</c><00:28:11.980><c> place,</c>

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incense<00:28:12.960><c> shall</c><00:28:13.200><c> be</c><00:28:13.440><c> offered</c><00:28:13.640><c> unto</c><00:28:13.900><c> my</c><00:28:14.180><c> name,</c>

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:16.400
and<00:28:14.920><c> a</c><00:28:15.200><c> pure</c><00:28:15.440><c> offering</c><00:28:15.740><c> or</c><00:28:15.980><c> minka,</c>

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:18.000
that<00:28:16.799><c> means</c><00:28:17.140><c> meal</c><00:28:17.440><c> offering,</c>

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:20.519
for<00:28:18.500><c> my</c><00:28:18.799><c> name</c><00:28:19.079><c> shall</c><00:28:19.259><c> be</c><00:28:19.460><c> great</c><00:28:19.720><c> among</c><00:28:19.960><c> the</c><00:28:20.180><c> heathen,</c>

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:22.839
saith<00:28:20.779><c> the</c><00:28:20.980><c> Lord</c><00:28:21.339><c> of</c><00:28:21.779><c> hosts.</c>

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:26.019
So<00:28:23.240><c> we're</c><00:28:23.400><c> being</c><00:28:23.599><c> shown</c><00:28:23.740><c> a</c><00:28:23.920><c> glimpse</c><00:28:24.299><c> of</c><00:28:24.500><c> the</c><00:28:24.700><c> future</c><00:28:25.059><c> here.</c>

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.859
This<00:28:26.279><c> woman</c><00:28:26.539><c> is</c><00:28:26.740><c> in</c><00:28:26.859><c> a</c><00:28:27.099><c> Gentile</c><00:28:27.579><c> territory.</c>

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:29.019
She's<00:28:28.180><c> a</c><00:28:28.359><c> Gentile,</c>

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:31.779
and<00:28:29.380><c> she's</c><00:28:29.599><c> being</c><00:28:29.920><c> commanded</c><00:28:30.440><c> to</c><00:28:30.759><c> give</c><00:28:30.960><c> of</c><00:28:31.119><c> the</c><00:28:31.380><c> minka,</c>

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.799
the<00:28:32.180><c> meal</c><00:28:32.539><c> offering,</c>

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:34.619
the<00:28:33.059><c> handful</c><00:28:33.400><c> of</c><00:28:33.640><c> flour</c><00:28:33.859><c> and</c><00:28:34.160><c> of</c><00:28:34.299><c> the</c><00:28:34.480><c> oil,</c>

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:36.579
and<00:28:34.819><c> to</c><00:28:35.019><c> make</c><00:28:35.160><c> it</c><00:28:35.339><c> into</c><00:28:35.500><c> a</c><00:28:35.700><c> cake.</c>

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:39.019
And<00:28:37.180><c> the</c><00:28:37.380><c> Malachi</c><00:28:37.759><c> here</c><00:28:38.099><c> says,</c>

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:41.240
What<00:28:39.200><c> this</c><00:28:39.480><c> woman</c><00:28:39.700><c> did</c><00:28:39.900><c> in</c><00:28:40.079><c> 1</c><00:28:40.279><c> Kings</c><00:28:40.480><c> chapter</c><00:28:40.799><c> 17</c>

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.759
is<00:28:41.480><c> a</c><00:28:41.700><c> glimpse</c><00:28:41.940><c> of</c><00:28:42.180><c> the</c><00:28:42.359><c> future,</c>

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:45.660
that<00:28:42.819><c> when</c><00:28:43.119><c> the</c><00:28:43.460><c> Lord</c><00:28:43.759><c> Jesus</c><00:28:44.180><c> Christ</c><00:28:44.480><c> is</c><00:28:44.660><c> in</c><00:28:44.799><c> the</c><00:28:45.000><c> earth,</c>

00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:48.819
God's<00:28:46.380><c> name</c><00:28:46.519><c> will</c><00:28:46.720><c> be</c><00:28:46.980><c> praised</c><00:28:47.160><c> in</c><00:28:47.339><c> all</c><00:28:47.720><c> Gentile</c><00:28:48.359><c> territories,</c>

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:51.279
and<00:28:49.099><c> they</c><00:28:49.319><c> will</c><00:28:49.579><c> give</c><00:28:49.759><c> of</c><00:28:49.940><c> the</c><00:28:50.200><c> minka,</c>

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:54.160
the<00:28:52.680><c> meal</c><00:28:53.000><c> offering.</c>

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:58.099
So<00:28:56.220><c> what</c><00:28:56.400><c> a</c><00:28:56.619><c> wonderful</c><00:28:57.019><c> little</c><00:28:57.359><c> cameo</c>

00:28:58.099 --> 00:29:00.900
is<00:28:58.460><c> being</c><00:28:58.740><c> portrayed</c><00:28:59.299><c> before</c><00:28:59.799><c> us.</c>

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:02.859
She<00:29:01.299><c> was</c><00:29:01.559><c> the</c><00:29:01.759><c> Gentile,</c>

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:05.160
listening<00:29:03.359><c> to</c><00:29:03.619><c> a</c><00:29:03.920><c> prophet</c><00:29:04.240><c> of</c><00:29:04.460><c> Israel,</c>

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.720
and<00:29:05.640><c> she</c><00:29:05.859><c> was</c><00:29:06.000><c> to</c><00:29:06.180><c> give</c><00:29:06.299><c> of</c><00:29:06.420><c> the</c><00:29:06.539><c> minka.</c>

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.859
Well,<00:29:06.940><c> there's</c><00:29:07.099><c> more</c><00:29:07.339><c> than</c><00:29:07.559><c> this.</c>

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:09.920
Let's<00:29:08.319><c> go</c><00:29:08.480><c> to</c><00:29:08.619><c> Numbers</c><00:29:08.960><c> chapter</c><00:29:09.339><c> 15.</c>

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.920
So<00:29:10.480><c> we've</c><00:29:10.880><c> considered</c><00:29:11.240><c> the</c><00:29:11.539><c> meal,</c>

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:13.839
and<00:29:12.359><c> we've</c><00:29:12.700><c> considered</c><00:29:13.099><c> the</c><00:29:13.400><c> oil,</c>

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:16.059
but<00:29:14.539><c> Elijah</c><00:29:14.779><c> didn't</c><00:29:15.019><c> ask</c><00:29:15.200><c> for</c><00:29:15.339><c> the</c><00:29:15.460><c> meal,</c><00:29:15.720><c> did</c><00:29:15.839><c> he?</c>

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:17.359
He<00:29:16.200><c> didn't</c><00:29:16.420><c> ask</c><00:29:16.619><c> for</c><00:29:16.740><c> the</c><00:29:16.940><c> oil.</c>

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:19.779
He<00:29:18.000><c> asked</c><00:29:18.220><c> for</c><00:29:18.460><c> a</c><00:29:18.680><c> cake.</c>

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:23.900
And<00:29:21.000><c> he</c><00:29:21.200><c> wanted</c><00:29:21.480><c> the</c><00:29:21.779><c> cake</c><00:29:22.200><c> first.</c>

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:27.299
Well,<00:29:25.099><c> this</c><00:29:25.319><c> is</c><00:29:25.559><c> the</c><00:29:25.700><c> language</c><00:29:26.059><c> of</c><00:29:26.299><c> Moses.</c>

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.500
Numbers<00:29:28.480><c> chapter</c><00:29:28.819><c> 15,</c>

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:31.519
look<00:29:29.960><c> at</c><00:29:30.099><c> verse</c><00:29:30.279><c> 17.</c>

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:33.559
And<00:29:32.019><c> the</c><00:29:32.160><c> Lord</c><00:29:32.359><c> spake</c><00:29:32.660><c> unto</c><00:29:32.859><c> Moses,</c><00:29:33.460><c> saying,</c>

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:35.859
Speak<00:29:34.000><c> unto</c><00:29:34.240><c> the</c><00:29:34.440><c> children</c><00:29:34.680><c> of</c><00:29:34.859><c> Israel,</c><00:29:35.140><c> and</c><00:29:35.339><c> say</c><00:29:35.440><c> unto</c><00:29:35.559><c> them,</c>

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:38.599
When<00:29:36.339><c> ye</c><00:29:36.559><c> come</c><00:29:36.779><c> into</c><00:29:36.940><c> the</c><00:29:37.140><c> land,</c><00:29:37.599><c> whither</c><00:29:37.700><c> I</c><00:29:38.099><c> bring</c><00:29:38.319><c> you,</c>

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:41.539
Then<00:29:38.779><c> it</c><00:29:39.000><c> shall</c><00:29:39.160><c> be</c><00:29:39.460><c> that</c><00:29:39.640><c> when</c><00:29:39.940><c> ye</c><00:29:40.220><c> eat</c><00:29:40.359><c> of</c><00:29:40.460><c> the</c><00:29:40.619><c> bread</c><00:29:40.779><c> of</c><00:29:40.960><c> the</c><00:29:41.140><c> land,</c>

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:45.759
Ye<00:29:42.180><c> shall</c><00:29:42.400><c> offer</c><00:29:42.720><c> a</c><00:29:43.480><c> heave</c><00:29:43.980><c> offering</c><00:29:44.339><c> notice</c><00:29:44.880><c> unto</c><00:29:45.119><c> the</c><00:29:45.359><c> Lord,</c>

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:50.759
Ye<00:29:46.500><c> shall</c><00:29:46.799><c> offer</c><00:29:47.200><c> a</c><00:29:47.759><c> cake</c><00:29:48.259><c> notice</c><00:29:49.140><c> of</c><00:29:49.799><c> the</c><00:29:50.180><c> first.</c>

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:53.819
Elijah<00:29:51.740><c> asks,</c><00:29:52.319><c> first</c><00:29:52.940><c> for</c><00:29:53.220><c> a</c><00:29:53.420><c> cake?</c>

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:56.579
This<00:29:54.400><c> is</c><00:29:54.619><c> the</c><00:29:54.700><c> language</c><00:29:55.079><c> of</c><00:29:55.299><c> Numbers</c><00:29:55.680><c> chapter</c><00:29:56.000><c> 15.</c>

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:59.359
The<00:29:57.279><c> first</c><00:29:57.700><c> of</c><00:29:57.839><c> your</c><00:29:58.099><c> dough</c><00:29:58.240><c> for</c><00:29:58.480><c> a</c><00:29:58.740><c> heave</c><00:29:59.000><c> offering,</c>

00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:02.579
As<00:29:59.579><c> ye</c><00:29:59.779><c> do</c><00:30:00.000><c> the</c><00:30:00.279><c> heave</c><00:30:00.700><c> offering</c><00:30:01.099><c> of</c><00:30:01.559><c> the</c><00:30:01.880><c> threshing</c><00:30:02.220><c> floor,</c>

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:05.519
So<00:30:03.140><c> shall</c><00:30:03.380><c> ye</c><00:30:03.619><c> heave</c><00:30:03.859><c> it</c><00:30:04.039><c> of</c><00:30:04.220><c> the</c><00:30:04.500><c> first</c><00:30:04.819><c> of</c><00:30:05.000><c> your</c><00:30:05.279><c> dough,</c>

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:07.859
So<00:30:05.960><c> shall</c><00:30:06.000><c> ye</c><00:30:06.180><c> give</c><00:30:06.339><c> it</c><00:30:06.440><c> unto</c><00:30:06.599><c> the</c><00:30:06.779><c> Lord</c><00:30:06.940><c> a</c><00:30:07.180><c> heave</c><00:30:07.460><c> offering</c><00:30:07.680><c> in</c>

00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.720
your<00:30:08.059><c> generations.</c>

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:10.720
Well,<00:30:09.240><c> what's</c><00:30:09.539><c> that</c><00:30:09.700><c> about?</c>

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:12.619
Well,<00:30:11.079><c> when</c><00:30:11.240><c> the</c><00:30:11.380><c> children</c><00:30:11.579><c> of</c><00:30:11.700><c> Israel</c><00:30:11.920><c> were</c><00:30:12.059><c> in</c><00:30:12.220><c> the</c><00:30:12.359><c> wilderness,</c>

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:15.019
the<00:30:12.859><c> Lord</c><00:30:13.059><c> God</c><00:30:13.240><c> provided</c><00:30:13.619><c> them</c><00:30:13.900><c> manna</c><00:30:14.119><c> and</c><00:30:14.319><c> quail.</c>

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:16.759
And<00:30:15.380><c> so</c><00:30:15.440><c> when</c><00:30:15.559><c> they</c><00:30:15.799><c> entered</c><00:30:16.140><c> into</c><00:30:16.400><c> the</c><00:30:16.579><c> land,</c>

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:19.220
God<00:30:16.980><c> said,</c><00:30:17.180><c> I</c><00:30:17.440><c> want</c><00:30:17.680><c> you</c><00:30:17.880><c> to</c><00:30:18.079><c> offer</c><00:30:18.180><c> the</c><00:30:18.500><c> first</c><00:30:18.740><c> of</c><00:30:18.920><c> your</c><00:30:19.119><c> dough.</c>

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:22.940
I've<00:30:19.779><c> provided</c><00:30:20.079><c> for</c><00:30:20.359><c> you,</c><00:30:20.900><c> you</c><00:30:21.200><c> now</c><00:30:21.500><c> provide</c><00:30:21.819><c> for</c><00:30:22.059><c> me.</c>

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:25.819
And<00:30:24.180><c> so</c><00:30:24.299><c> the</c><00:30:24.599><c> cake</c><00:30:24.819><c> came.</c>

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.920
And<00:30:26.680><c> it</c><00:30:26.779><c> was</c><00:30:26.960><c> the</c><00:30:27.140><c> first</c><00:30:27.420><c> cake.</c>

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:29.980
And<00:30:28.599><c> it</c><00:30:28.859><c> symbolized</c><00:30:29.299><c> a</c><00:30:29.519><c> heave</c><00:30:29.779><c> offering.</c>

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:32.140
Now,<00:30:30.180><c> what</c><00:30:30.259><c> was</c><00:30:30.420><c> a</c><00:30:30.579><c> heave</c><00:30:30.799><c> offering</c><00:30:31.000><c> unto</c><00:30:31.200><c> the</c><00:30:31.380><c> Lord?</c>

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:35.920
Well,<00:30:33.059><c> the</c><00:30:33.160><c> heave</c><00:30:33.460><c> offering</c><00:30:33.660><c> was</c><00:30:33.859><c> the</c><00:30:34.079><c> right</c><00:30:34.380><c> shoulder</c><00:30:34.779><c> of</c><00:30:34.960><c> an</c><00:30:35.140><c> animal.</c>

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:37.819
And<00:30:36.240><c> what</c><00:30:36.319><c> did</c><00:30:36.359><c> that</c><00:30:36.559><c> speak</c><00:30:36.900><c> of?</c>

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:39.799
Total<00:30:38.859><c> strength.</c>

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:43.240
So<00:30:40.059><c> this</c><00:30:40.259><c> woman</c><00:30:40.559><c> then</c><00:30:40.779><c> is</c><00:30:40.859><c> being</c><00:30:41.119><c> asked</c><00:30:41.319><c> to</c><00:30:41.480><c> give</c><00:30:41.619><c> all</c><00:30:41.980><c> her</c><00:30:42.380><c> strength</c><00:30:42.640><c> to</c><00:30:42.859><c> Elijah,</c>

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:45.119
all<00:30:43.900><c> her</c><00:30:44.180><c> strength</c><00:30:44.359><c> to</c><00:30:44.500><c> the</c><00:30:44.579><c> God</c><00:30:44.700><c> of</c><00:30:44.839><c> Israel.</c>

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:46.319
And<00:30:45.279><c> that's</c><00:30:45.500><c> exactly</c><00:30:45.859><c> what</c><00:30:46.039><c> she</c><00:30:46.200><c> did.</c>

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:48.180
She<00:30:46.480><c> gave</c><00:30:46.700><c> everything</c><00:30:47.119><c> to</c><00:30:47.380><c> God.</c>

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.819
She<00:30:48.920><c> was</c><00:30:49.019><c> going</c><00:30:49.099><c> to</c><00:30:49.339><c> die.</c>

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:52.519
There's<00:30:50.500><c> no</c><00:30:50.759><c> food</c><00:30:51.059><c> in</c><00:30:51.240><c> the</c><00:30:51.420><c> house.</c>

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.859
But<00:30:55.660><c> there's</c><00:30:55.920><c> more.</c>

00:30:57.200 --> 00:31:00.599
Let's<00:30:57.759><c> go</c><00:30:57.980><c> to</c><00:30:58.180><c> Leviticus</c><00:30:58.579><c> chapter</c><00:30:58.920><c> 7.</c>

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:05.019
And<00:31:01.900><c> all</c><00:31:02.279><c> these</c><00:31:02.640><c> passages</c><00:31:03.059><c> would</c><00:31:03.259><c> have</c><00:31:03.359><c> been</c><00:31:03.579><c> running</c><00:31:03.859><c> through</c><00:31:04.059><c> the</c><00:31:04.259><c> mind</c><00:31:04.420><c> of</c><00:31:04.660><c> Elijah.</c>

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:08.220
He<00:31:05.700><c> knew</c><00:31:05.880><c> exactly</c><00:31:06.420><c> what</c><00:31:06.559><c> he</c><00:31:06.660><c> was</c><00:31:06.839><c> asking</c><00:31:07.099><c> this</c><00:31:07.319><c> woman</c><00:31:07.500><c> to</c><00:31:07.740><c> do.</c>

00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:11.299
Leviticus<00:31:09.259><c> chapter</c><00:31:09.559><c> 7,</c><00:31:10.059><c> verse</c><00:31:10.319><c> 11.</c>

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:15.240
And<00:31:11.799><c> this</c><00:31:12.200><c> is</c><00:31:12.619><c> the</c><00:31:12.900><c> law</c><00:31:13.119><c> of</c><00:31:13.420><c> the</c><00:31:13.680><c> sacrifice</c><00:31:14.160><c> of</c><00:31:14.440><c> peace</c><00:31:14.779><c> offerings,</c>

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:18.039
which<00:31:15.700><c> ye</c><00:31:15.980><c> shall</c><00:31:16.240><c> offer</c><00:31:16.599><c> unto</c><00:31:16.900><c> the</c><00:31:17.140><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:20.599
If<00:31:18.519><c> ye</c><00:31:18.740><c> offer</c><00:31:18.980><c> it</c><00:31:19.440><c> for</c><00:31:19.839><c> a</c><00:31:19.980><c> thanksgiving,</c>

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:24.400
then<00:31:20.839><c> he</c><00:31:21.039><c> shall</c><00:31:21.220><c> offer</c><00:31:21.519><c> with</c><00:31:21.720><c> the</c><00:31:22.000><c> sacrifice</c><00:31:22.500><c> of</c><00:31:22.660><c> a</c><00:31:22.799><c> thanksgiving,</c>

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:27.299
and<00:31:24.619><c> unleavened</c><00:31:25.319><c> cakes</c><00:31:25.880><c> mingled</c><00:31:26.680><c> with</c><00:31:26.859><c> oil,</c>

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:30.000
and<00:31:27.819><c> unleavened</c><00:31:28.339><c> wafers</c><00:31:28.819><c> anointed</c><00:31:29.380><c> with</c><00:31:29.579><c> oil,</c>

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:34.380
and<00:31:30.579><c> cakes</c><00:31:30.940><c> mingled</c><00:31:31.400><c> with</c><00:31:31.579><c> oil</c><00:31:31.799><c> of</c><00:31:32.079><c> fine</c><00:31:32.460><c> flour</c><00:31:33.140><c> fried.</c>

00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:37.700
Besides<00:31:35.079><c> the</c><00:31:35.359><c> cakes,</c><00:31:35.700><c> he</c><00:31:35.920><c> shall</c><00:31:36.180><c> offer</c><00:31:36.640><c> for</c><00:31:36.839><c> his</c><00:31:37.140><c> offering,</c>

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:41.440
leavened<00:31:38.599><c> bread</c><00:31:38.819><c> with</c><00:31:39.259><c> the</c><00:31:39.579><c> sacrifice</c><00:31:40.059><c> of</c><00:31:40.319><c> thanksgiving</c><00:31:41.039><c> of</c>

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:44.140
his<00:31:42.660><c> peace</c><00:31:43.099><c> offering.</c>

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:46.900
So<00:31:44.799><c> she</c><00:31:44.980><c> had</c><00:31:45.200><c> to</c><00:31:45.339><c> give</c><00:31:45.500><c> thanksgiving.</c>

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:49.720
And<00:31:47.900><c> it</c><00:31:48.019><c> was</c><00:31:48.259><c> part</c><00:31:48.640><c> of</c><00:31:48.920><c> the</c><00:31:49.180><c> peace</c><00:31:49.420><c> offerings.</c>

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:51.220
Now,<00:31:49.960><c> what</c><00:31:50.119><c> were</c><00:31:50.339><c> the</c><00:31:50.539><c> peace</c><00:31:50.779><c> offerings?</c>

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:54.940
The<00:31:51.980><c> peace</c><00:31:52.259><c> offerings</c><00:31:52.619><c> were</c><00:31:53.400><c> part</c><00:31:53.920><c> of</c><00:31:54.160><c> the</c><00:31:54.420><c> sacrifice</c>

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:56.759
that<00:31:55.119><c> the</c><00:31:55.279><c> children</c><00:31:55.599><c> of</c><00:31:55.940><c> Aaron</c><00:31:56.140><c> could</c><00:31:56.400><c> eat</c><00:31:56.640><c> of.</c>

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:58.460
It<00:31:56.980><c> spoke</c><00:31:57.220><c> of</c><00:31:57.519><c> fellowship</c><00:31:57.940><c> with</c><00:31:58.180><c> God.</c>

00:31:58.539 --> 00:32:00.859
God<00:31:58.799><c> was</c><00:31:59.099><c> united</c><00:31:59.640><c> with</c><00:31:59.799><c> Israel.</c>

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:04.759
So<00:32:02.680><c> if</c><00:32:02.819><c> we</c><00:32:03.000><c> draw</c><00:32:03.240><c> all</c><00:32:03.460><c> these</c><00:32:03.700><c> sacrifices</c><00:32:04.259><c> together,</c>

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:07.400
we're<00:32:05.059><c> being</c><00:32:05.380><c> told</c><00:32:05.880><c> that</c><00:32:06.299><c> this</c><00:32:06.519><c> woman</c><00:32:06.779><c> would</c><00:32:07.000><c> have</c><00:32:07.160><c> to</c>

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:08.380
dedicate<00:32:07.740><c> herself.</c>

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:10.519
She<00:32:08.960><c> would</c><00:32:09.119><c> have</c><00:32:09.259><c> to</c><00:32:09.440><c> recognize</c><00:32:09.940><c> her</c><00:32:10.220><c> sin.</c>

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:14.079
She<00:32:11.240><c> would</c><00:32:11.460><c> have</c><00:32:11.599><c> to</c><00:32:11.759><c> be</c><00:32:12.039><c> thankful</c><00:32:12.559><c> for</c><00:32:13.160><c> God's</c><00:32:13.559><c> blessings.</c>

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:15.619
And<00:32:14.339><c> if</c><00:32:14.420><c> she</c><00:32:14.539><c> did</c><00:32:14.680><c> all</c><00:32:14.880><c> these</c><00:32:15.079><c> things,</c>

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:18.819
and<00:32:16.059><c> she</c><00:32:16.359><c> offered</c><00:32:16.720><c> a</c><00:32:17.099><c> sacrifice</c><00:32:17.519><c> to</c><00:32:17.819><c> God,</c>

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:24.420
God<00:32:20.500><c> would</c><00:32:21.039><c> bring</c><00:32:21.339><c> her</c><00:32:21.920><c> into</c><00:32:23.160><c> fellowship.</c>

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:28.119
That's<00:32:26.779><c> the</c><00:32:26.900><c> hope</c><00:32:27.000><c> of</c><00:32:27.140><c> the</c><00:32:27.240><c> Gospel.</c>

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:31.500
Though<00:32:29.480><c> it</c><00:32:29.579><c> was</c><00:32:29.819><c> seen</c><00:32:30.039><c> under</c><00:32:30.319><c> the</c><00:32:30.500><c> rituals</c><00:32:30.799><c> of</c><00:32:31.019><c> the</c><00:32:31.180><c> law,</c>

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:35.579
that<00:32:31.960><c> was</c><00:32:32.740><c> the</c><00:32:33.279><c> hope</c><00:32:33.660><c> of</c><00:32:34.400><c> the</c><00:32:34.640><c> Gospel.</c>

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:37.579
Now<00:32:35.900><c> think</c><00:32:36.079><c> about</c><00:32:36.380><c> this.</c>

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:40.440
Elijah<00:32:38.660><c> had</c><00:32:38.880><c> been</c><00:32:39.079><c> at</c><00:32:39.359><c> Cherith.</c>

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:43.799
There<00:32:40.660><c> was</c><00:32:40.819><c> no</c><00:32:41.039><c> food</c><00:32:41.279><c> there,</c><00:32:41.640><c> and</c><00:32:41.759><c> he</c><00:32:41.839><c> had</c><00:32:42.019><c> to</c><00:32:42.200><c> rely</c><00:32:42.440><c> on</c><00:32:42.539><c> the</c><00:32:42.740><c> ravens.</c>

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:47.180
He<00:32:44.339><c> now</c><00:32:44.579><c> goes</c><00:32:44.859><c> to</c><00:32:45.079><c> Zarephath</c><00:32:45.819><c> to</c><00:32:46.380><c> help</c><00:32:46.579><c> this</c><00:32:46.839><c> woman.</c>

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:49.880
This<00:32:48.359><c> woman</c><00:32:48.619><c> now</c><00:32:48.839><c> has</c><00:32:48.960><c> to</c><00:32:49.180><c> trust</c><00:32:49.440><c> Elijah,</c>

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:54.220
that<00:32:50.140><c> Elijah</c><00:32:50.559><c> would</c><00:32:50.839><c> bring</c><00:32:51.279><c> the</c><00:32:51.940><c> bread</c><00:32:52.319><c> each</c><00:32:53.220><c> day.</c>

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:57.259
Don't<00:32:55.180><c> you</c><00:32:55.400><c> see</c><00:32:55.599><c> how</c><00:32:55.819><c> God</c><00:32:56.039><c> is</c><00:32:56.279><c> working?</c>

00:32:58.099 --> 00:33:02.480
Elijah<00:32:58.480><c> was</c><00:32:58.759><c> tested,</c><00:33:00.460><c> and</c><00:33:00.599><c> Elijah</c><00:33:00.940><c> came</c><00:33:01.180><c> through</c><00:33:01.539><c> that</c><00:33:01.819><c> test,</c>

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:07.900
and<00:33:03.200><c> now</c><00:33:03.799><c> he</c><00:33:04.279><c> becomes</c><00:33:04.619><c> a</c><00:33:05.059><c> mediator</c><00:33:06.180><c> for</c><00:33:06.759><c> this</c><00:33:07.019><c> woman.</c>

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:13.000
He<00:33:09.140><c> had</c><00:33:09.259><c> been</c><00:33:09.460><c> tested</c><00:33:09.759><c> in</c><00:33:09.980><c> all</c><00:33:10.279><c> points</c><00:33:10.720><c> as</c><00:33:11.079><c> she</c><00:33:11.380><c> was,</c><00:33:12.700><c> yet</c><00:33:12.839><c> he</c>

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:14.279
had<00:33:13.099><c> not</c><00:33:13.339><c> failed.</c>

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:17.640
Can<00:33:15.799><c> you</c><00:33:16.000><c> see</c><00:33:16.140><c> that,</c><00:33:16.380><c> brethren</c><00:33:16.500><c> and</c><00:33:16.740><c> sisters?</c>

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:20.000
We<00:33:18.019><c> see</c><00:33:18.279><c> Christ,</c><00:33:18.680><c> do</c><00:33:18.880><c> we</c><00:33:19.019><c> not?</c>

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:23.920
A<00:33:21.319><c> man</c><00:33:21.680><c> who</c><00:33:21.980><c> now</c><00:33:22.319><c> sits</c><00:33:22.539><c> at</c><00:33:22.700><c> the</c><00:33:22.819><c> right</c><00:33:23.099><c> hand</c><00:33:23.279><c> of</c><00:33:23.420><c> the</c><00:33:23.599><c> Father,</c>

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:29.599
who<00:33:24.180><c> is</c><00:33:24.359><c> described</c><00:33:25.160><c> by</c><00:33:25.779><c> the</c><00:33:25.920><c> great</c><00:33:26.119><c> Apostle</c><00:33:27.079><c> as</c><00:33:27.460><c> a</c><00:33:27.740><c> compassionate</c><00:33:28.180><c> high</c><00:33:28.480><c> priest.</c>

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:32.960
These<00:33:30.559><c> are</c><00:33:30.720><c> the</c><00:33:30.839><c> works</c><00:33:31.059><c> of</c><00:33:31.279><c> God,</c><00:33:31.480><c> and</c><00:33:31.599><c> they're</c><00:33:31.759><c> all</c><00:33:32.059><c> consistent.</c>

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:36.759
Now,<00:33:33.700><c> one</c><00:33:33.980><c> final</c><00:33:34.880><c> reference</c><00:33:35.579><c> concerning</c><00:33:36.220><c> this</c><00:33:36.559><c> bread.</c>

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:38.759
I<00:33:36.880><c> want</c><00:33:37.019><c> you</c><00:33:37.160><c> now</c><00:33:37.279><c> to</c><00:33:37.460><c> go</c><00:33:37.640><c> to</c><00:33:37.799><c> Numbers</c><00:33:38.180><c> chapter</c><00:33:38.519><c> 11.</c>

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:43.420
I<00:33:38.920><c> believe</c><00:33:39.059><c> this</c><00:33:39.240><c> is</c><00:33:39.420><c> the</c><00:33:39.480><c> most</c><00:33:39.839><c> important</c><00:33:40.519><c> reference</c><00:33:40.940><c> concerning</c><00:33:41.579><c> this</c><00:33:42.440><c> cake.</c>

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:48.839
So<00:33:45.420><c> from</c><00:33:45.619><c> the</c><00:33:45.819><c> woman's</c><00:33:46.279><c> perspective,</c><00:33:46.759><c> she</c><00:33:47.099><c> was</c><00:33:47.440><c> to</c><00:33:47.819><c> offer</c><00:33:48.160><c> to</c><00:33:48.440><c> God.</c>

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:51.359
But<00:33:49.200><c> how</c><00:33:49.420><c> is</c><00:33:49.619><c> God</c><00:33:49.900><c> viewing</c><00:33:50.200><c> this?</c>

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:54.920
God<00:33:53.099><c> viewed</c><00:33:53.380><c> it</c><00:33:53.559><c> as</c><00:33:53.759><c> a</c><00:33:53.920><c> gift.</c>

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:58.579
And<00:33:56.099><c> isn't</c><00:33:56.279><c> it</c><00:33:56.480><c> significant,</c><00:33:57.200><c> brethren</c><00:33:57.339><c> and</c><00:33:57.640><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:59.099 --> 00:34:02.940
that<00:33:59.299><c> the</c><00:33:59.660><c> manner</c><00:33:59.940><c> is</c><00:34:00.319><c> described</c><00:34:01.140><c> as</c><00:34:01.839><c> the</c><00:34:02.079><c> same</c><00:34:02.299><c> ingredients</c>

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:05.099
as<00:34:03.180><c> we</c><00:34:03.339><c> read</c><00:34:03.500><c> in</c><00:34:03.640><c> 1</c><00:34:03.880><c> Kings</c><00:34:04.140><c> chapter</c><00:34:04.480><c> 17?</c>

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:11.019
As<00:34:06.059><c> far</c><00:34:06.400><c> as</c><00:34:06.579><c> God</c><00:34:06.720><c> was</c><00:34:07.019><c> concerned,</c><00:34:08.079><c> he</c><00:34:08.280><c> was</c><00:34:08.599><c> giving</c><00:34:08.840><c> this</c><00:34:09.119><c> woman</c><00:34:09.880><c> manner.</c>

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:13.980
Numbers<00:34:11.840><c> chapter</c><00:34:12.119><c> 11,</c><00:34:12.659><c> then,</c><00:34:12.820><c> and</c><00:34:12.920><c> verse</c><00:34:13.320><c> 7,</c>

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:15.960
And<00:34:14.239><c> the</c><00:34:14.280><c> manna</c><00:34:14.699><c> was</c><00:34:14.900><c> of</c><00:34:15.179><c> coriander</c><00:34:15.679><c> seed,</c>

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:17.980
and<00:34:16.139><c> the</c><00:34:16.260><c> colour</c><00:34:16.400><c> thereof</c><00:34:16.760><c> is</c><00:34:16.920><c> the</c><00:34:17.059><c> colour</c><00:34:17.260><c> of</c><00:34:17.440><c> bedelium.</c>

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:20.539
And<00:34:18.440><c> the</c><00:34:18.579><c> people</c><00:34:18.739><c> went</c><00:34:18.940><c> out</c><00:34:19.219><c> and</c><00:34:19.380><c> gathered</c><00:34:19.599><c> it</c><00:34:19.820><c> and</c><00:34:20.139><c> ground</c><00:34:20.380><c> it</c>

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:20.920
in<00:34:20.539><c> mills,</c>

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:24.360
or<00:34:21.119><c> beat</c><00:34:21.280><c> it</c><00:34:21.380><c> in</c><00:34:21.539><c> mortar,</c><00:34:22.239><c> and</c><00:34:22.500><c> they</c><00:34:22.940><c> baked</c><00:34:23.219><c> it</c><00:34:23.480><c> in</c><00:34:23.800><c> pans,</c>

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:26.840
and<00:34:24.619><c> they</c><00:34:24.840><c> made</c><00:34:25.139><c> cakes</c><00:34:25.559><c> of</c><00:34:25.780><c> it.</c>

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:30.679
And<00:34:27.159><c> the</c><00:34:27.420><c> taste</c><00:34:27.639><c> of</c><00:34:27.780><c> it</c><00:34:28.019><c> was,</c><00:34:28.320><c> was</c><00:34:28.619><c> the</c><00:34:28.739><c> taste</c><00:34:29.099><c> of</c><00:34:29.480><c> fresh</c><00:34:29.800><c> oil.</c>

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:37.199
And<00:34:33.619><c> so,</c><00:34:34.019><c> as</c><00:34:34.179><c> far</c><00:34:34.360><c> as</c><00:34:34.500><c> God</c><00:34:34.659><c> was</c><00:34:34.940><c> concerned,</c><00:34:36.440><c> he</c><00:34:36.679><c> was</c><00:34:36.960><c> giving</c>

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:39.260
her<00:34:38.300><c> manner.</c>

00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:42.099
She<00:34:39.639><c> was,</c><00:34:39.980><c> as</c><00:34:40.159><c> it</c><00:34:40.300><c> were,</c><00:34:40.539><c> in</c><00:34:40.739><c> the</c><00:34:40.940><c> wilderness.</c>

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:45.440
And<00:34:43.179><c> would</c><00:34:43.400><c> she</c><00:34:43.599><c> enter</c><00:34:43.820><c> into</c><00:34:44.019><c> the</c><00:34:44.179><c> promised</c><00:34:44.400><c> land?</c>

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:49.179
Elijah<00:34:46.760><c> takes</c><00:34:47.099><c> on</c><00:34:47.360><c> the</c><00:34:47.559><c> figure</c><00:34:47.739><c> now</c><00:34:47.960><c> of</c><00:34:48.159><c> Moses,</c>

00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:53.179
who<00:34:49.400><c> is</c><00:34:49.659><c> bringing</c><00:34:50.159><c> great</c><00:34:50.920><c> miracles</c><00:34:51.619><c> to</c><00:34:51.960><c> Israel.</c>

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:58.000
And<00:34:54.039><c> she</c><00:34:54.300><c> takes</c><00:34:54.599><c> on</c><00:34:54.860><c> the</c><00:34:55.059><c> figure</c><00:34:55.460><c> of</c><00:34:56.420><c> the</c><00:34:56.659><c> nation</c><00:34:57.119><c> of</c><00:34:57.440><c> Israel.</c>

00:34:58.000 --> 00:35:00.559
Well,<00:34:58.519><c> going</c><00:34:58.679><c> back</c><00:34:58.900><c> then</c><00:34:59.119><c> to</c><00:34:59.239><c> 1</c><00:34:59.480><c> Kings</c><00:34:59.719><c> chapter</c><00:35:00.079><c> 17,</c>

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:04.800
we<00:35:00.800><c> know</c><00:35:01.179><c> that</c><00:35:02.039><c> this</c><00:35:02.840><c> was</c><00:35:03.019><c> not</c><00:35:03.239><c> sustained.</c>

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:08.099
Tragedy<00:35:07.079><c> struck.</c>

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:10.920
We<00:35:08.880><c> see</c><00:35:09.079><c> there</c><00:35:09.280><c> in</c><00:35:09.440><c> verse</c><00:35:09.719><c> 17,</c>

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:13.760
And<00:35:11.420><c> it</c><00:35:11.480><c> came</c><00:35:11.940><c> to</c><00:35:12.199><c> pass</c><00:35:12.440><c> that</c><00:35:12.599><c> after</c><00:35:12.840><c> these</c><00:35:13.159><c> things</c><00:35:13.460><c> that</c><00:35:13.619><c> the</c>

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.619
son<00:35:13.880><c> of</c><00:35:14.000><c> the</c><00:35:14.139><c> woman,</c>

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:16.679
the<00:35:15.059><c> mistress</c><00:35:15.320><c> of</c><00:35:15.539><c> the</c><00:35:15.699><c> house,</c><00:35:15.860><c> she</c><00:35:16.119><c> fell</c><00:35:16.380><c> sick,</c>

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:20.699
and<00:35:17.340><c> his</c><00:35:17.619><c> sickness</c><00:35:17.900><c> was</c><00:35:18.199><c> so</c><00:35:18.500><c> sore</c><00:35:18.840><c> that</c><00:35:19.460><c> there</c><00:35:19.619><c> was</c><00:35:19.760><c> no</c><00:35:20.000><c> breath</c>

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:22.659
left<00:35:21.239><c> in</c><00:35:21.519><c> him.</c>

00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:24.559
So<00:35:23.539><c> he</c><00:35:23.760><c> felt</c><00:35:24.039><c> sick.</c>

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:28.380
I<00:35:25.079><c> want</c><00:35:25.219><c> you</c><00:35:25.400><c> to</c><00:35:25.539><c> notice</c><00:35:25.820><c> that</c><00:35:26.099><c> phrase,</c><00:35:26.599><c> she</c><00:35:26.800><c> was</c><00:35:27.119><c> the</c><00:35:27.380><c> mistress</c><00:35:27.679><c> of</c><00:35:27.860><c> the</c><00:35:28.019><c> house.</c>

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:33.679
The<00:35:28.880><c> Hebrew</c><00:35:29.119><c> word</c><00:35:29.360><c> mistress</c><00:35:29.940><c> is</c><00:35:30.500><c> the</c><00:35:30.619><c> word</c><00:35:31.000><c> bala,</c><00:35:32.280><c> bala,</c>

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:35.900
the<00:35:34.059><c> root</c><00:35:34.219><c> of</c><00:35:34.400><c> the</c><00:35:34.480><c> name</c><00:35:34.699><c> Baal.</c>

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:39.840
Does<00:35:37.559><c> this</c><00:35:37.800><c> signify</c><00:35:38.340><c> that</c><00:35:38.500><c> she</c><00:35:38.800><c> still</c><00:35:39.039><c> had</c><00:35:39.219><c> a</c><00:35:39.440><c> relationship</c>

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.360
with<00:35:40.079><c> Baal?</c>

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:43.840
It<00:35:40.559><c> would</c><00:35:40.840><c> require</c><00:35:41.920><c> the</c><00:35:42.599><c> resurrection</c><00:35:43.099><c> of</c><00:35:43.300><c> the</c><00:35:43.480><c> dead</c>

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:46.960
for<00:35:44.099><c> her</c><00:35:44.320><c> to</c><00:35:44.579><c> truly</c><00:35:44.840><c> believe</c><00:35:45.239><c> in</c><00:35:45.420><c> the</c><00:35:45.539><c> living</c><00:35:45.719><c> God,</c><00:35:46.480><c> the</c><00:35:46.679><c> God</c>

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:48.380
of<00:35:47.300><c> Israel.</c>

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:50.159
Now,<00:35:49.219><c> why</c><00:35:49.440><c> is</c><00:35:49.619><c> it,</c><00:35:49.739><c> brothers</c><00:35:49.900><c> and</c><00:35:50.000><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:52.159
if<00:35:50.340><c> we</c><00:35:50.519><c> ask</c><00:35:50.760><c> ourselves</c><00:35:51.079><c> that</c><00:35:51.260><c> rhetorical</c><00:35:51.719><c> question,</c>

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:55.619
why<00:35:52.760><c> is</c><00:35:53.039><c> it</c><00:35:53.500><c> that</c><00:35:53.719><c> Elijah,</c><00:35:54.239><c> this</c><00:35:54.480><c> woman,</c><00:35:54.780><c> and</c><00:35:54.920><c> this</c><00:35:55.260><c> child,</c>

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:58.260
they<00:35:55.860><c> were</c><00:35:56.000><c> being</c><00:35:56.219><c> fed</c><00:35:56.440><c> by</c><00:35:56.800><c> manna</c><00:35:57.079><c> day</c><00:35:57.400><c> in,</c><00:35:57.639><c> day</c><00:35:57.780><c> out,</c>

00:35:58.519 --> 00:36:00.760
and<00:35:58.780><c> the</c><00:35:59.039><c> child</c><00:35:59.460><c> died?</c>

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:04.880
Amidst<00:36:02.099><c> this</c><00:36:02.260><c> scene</c><00:36:02.420><c> of</c><00:36:02.699><c> miracles,</c><00:36:03.099><c> why</c><00:36:03.519><c> did</c><00:36:03.679><c> he</c><00:36:03.840><c> die?</c>

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:10.739
Jesus<00:36:07.980><c> Christ</c><00:36:08.300><c> answered</c><00:36:08.780><c> why</c><00:36:09.179><c> this</c><00:36:09.460><c> child</c><00:36:09.760><c> died.</c>

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:14.800
I<00:36:11.380><c> read</c><00:36:11.519><c> these</c><00:36:11.719><c> words</c><00:36:11.920><c> to</c><00:36:12.139><c> you.</c><00:36:12.380><c> It's</c><00:36:12.420><c> in</c><00:36:12.579><c> John</c><00:36:12.840><c> chapter</c><00:36:13.159><c> 6.</c>

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:17.260
I<00:36:15.039><c> am</c><00:36:15.780><c> that</c><00:36:16.239><c> bread</c><00:36:16.440><c> of</c><00:36:16.659><c> life.</c>

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:22.159
Your<00:36:17.980><c> fathers</c><00:36:18.400><c> did</c><00:36:18.599><c> eat</c><00:36:18.780><c> manna</c><00:36:19.019><c> in</c><00:36:19.139><c> the</c><00:36:19.300><c> wilderness</c><00:36:19.739><c> and</c><00:36:20.579><c> are</c><00:36:21.119><c> dead.</c>

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:25.199
This<00:36:23.239><c> is</c><00:36:23.500><c> the</c><00:36:23.719><c> bread</c><00:36:23.840><c> which</c><00:36:24.179><c> cometh</c><00:36:24.380><c> down</c><00:36:24.699><c> from</c><00:36:24.940><c> heaven,</c>

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:27.119
that<00:36:25.400><c> a</c><00:36:25.599><c> man</c><00:36:25.800><c> may</c><00:36:26.039><c> eat</c><00:36:26.260><c> thereof</c><00:36:26.619><c> and</c><00:36:26.679><c> not</c><00:36:26.900><c> die.</c>

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:29.820
I<00:36:27.639><c> am</c><00:36:27.820><c> the</c><00:36:28.039><c> living</c><00:36:28.260><c> bread</c><00:36:28.500><c> which</c><00:36:28.780><c> came</c><00:36:29.099><c> down</c><00:36:29.440><c> from</c><00:36:29.619><c> heaven.</c>

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:32.880
If<00:36:30.039><c> any</c><00:36:30.219><c> man</c><00:36:30.420><c> eats</c><00:36:30.699><c> of</c><00:36:30.820><c> this</c><00:36:30.980><c> bread,</c><00:36:31.179><c> he</c><00:36:31.400><c> shall</c><00:36:31.780><c> live</c><00:36:32.380><c> forever.</c>

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:35.500
This<00:36:33.659><c> manna</c><00:36:33.880><c> could</c><00:36:34.179><c> not</c><00:36:34.460><c> sustain</c><00:36:34.880><c> them</c><00:36:35.079><c> forever.</c>

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:37.960
It<00:36:36.119><c> was</c><00:36:36.260><c> just</c><00:36:36.460><c> a</c><00:36:36.619><c> figure</c><00:36:36.780><c> of</c><00:36:36.960><c> something</c><00:36:37.179><c> greater</c><00:36:37.599><c> to</c><00:36:37.820><c> come,</c>

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:40.559
the<00:36:38.159><c> Lord</c><00:36:38.360><c> Jesus</c><00:36:38.619><c> Christ,</c><00:36:39.000><c> the</c><00:36:39.099><c> bread</c><00:36:39.239><c> of</c><00:36:39.519><c> life.</c>

00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:43.800
And<00:36:42.119><c> so</c><00:36:42.199><c> the</c><00:36:42.360><c> child</c><00:36:42.659><c> died.</c>

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:47.099
And<00:36:45.179><c> what</c><00:36:45.579><c> does</c><00:36:45.860><c> this</c><00:36:46.139><c> woman</c><00:36:46.440><c> do?</c>

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:50.360
Well,<00:36:47.679><c> she</c><00:36:47.840><c> brings</c><00:36:48.260><c> her</c><00:36:48.579><c> sins</c><00:36:48.860><c> to</c><00:36:49.119><c> memory</c><00:36:49.380><c> in</c><00:36:49.519><c> verse</c><00:36:49.800><c> 18,</c>

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:52.860
but<00:36:50.800><c> she</c><00:36:51.079><c> calls</c><00:36:51.280><c> him</c><00:36:51.460><c> a</c><00:36:51.619><c> man</c><00:36:51.719><c> of</c><00:36:52.000><c> God.</c>

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:54.679
Keep<00:36:53.099><c> a</c><00:36:53.239><c> hand</c><00:36:53.360><c> in</c><00:36:53.500><c> 1</c><00:36:53.739><c> Kings</c><00:36:54.000><c> chapter</c><00:36:54.300><c> 17.</c>

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:57.559
I<00:36:54.780><c> want</c><00:36:54.920><c> you</c><00:36:55.039><c> to</c><00:36:55.119><c> go</c><00:36:55.280><c> back</c><00:36:55.440><c> to</c><00:36:55.659><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:36:56.119><c> chapter</c><00:36:56.480><c> 33.</c>

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:59.559
What<00:36:57.800><c> a</c><00:36:58.039><c> wonderful</c><00:36:58.420><c> clue</c><00:36:58.760><c> we</c><00:36:59.019><c> have</c><00:36:59.199><c> here.</c>

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:02.880
We<00:37:00.000><c> could</c><00:37:00.139><c> have</c><00:37:00.260><c> easily</c><00:37:00.579><c> overlooked</c><00:37:00.980><c> that</c><00:37:01.280><c> phrase,</c><00:37:01.639><c> O</c><00:37:01.739><c> man</c><00:37:01.900><c> of</c><00:37:02.099><c> God.</c>

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:05.739
She<00:37:03.260><c> knew</c><00:37:03.420><c> exactly</c><00:37:04.019><c> what</c><00:37:04.239><c> Elijah</c><00:37:04.599><c> was.</c>

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:09.099
She<00:37:06.079><c> knew</c><00:37:06.320><c> that</c><00:37:06.519><c> he</c><00:37:06.800><c> was</c><00:37:07.079><c> a</c><00:37:07.340><c> figure</c><00:37:07.539><c> of</c><00:37:07.800><c> Moses,</c><00:37:08.219><c> and</c><00:37:08.460><c> this</c><00:37:08.719><c> was</c>

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:10.579
manna<00:37:09.500><c> indeed.</c>

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:13.519
Because<00:37:11.579><c> when</c><00:37:11.760><c> we</c><00:37:11.920><c> come</c><00:37:12.059><c> to</c><00:37:12.239><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:37:12.699><c> chapter</c><00:37:13.039><c> 33,</c>

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:16.480
we<00:37:13.840><c> come</c><00:37:14.579><c> across</c><00:37:15.159><c> a</c><00:37:15.440><c> title</c><00:37:15.699><c> of</c><00:37:15.920><c> Moses.</c>

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:19.440
It<00:37:17.440><c> was</c><00:37:17.639><c> unique</c><00:37:18.059><c> to</c><00:37:18.320><c> Moses.</c>

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:21.619
We<00:37:20.480><c> read</c><00:37:20.719><c> there</c><00:37:20.940><c> in</c><00:37:21.119><c> verse</c><00:37:21.340><c> 1,</c>

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:25.980
and<00:37:21.739><c> this</c><00:37:21.900><c> is</c><00:37:22.099><c> the</c><00:37:22.260><c> blessing</c><00:37:22.599><c> where</c><00:37:22.840><c> with</c><00:37:23.079><c> Moses</c><00:37:23.760><c> the</c><00:37:24.739><c> man</c><00:37:25.000><c> of</c><00:37:25.300><c> God</c>

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:29.639
blessed<00:37:26.639><c> the</c><00:37:26.920><c> children</c><00:37:27.159><c> of</c><00:37:27.300><c> Israel</c><00:37:27.619><c> before</c><00:37:28.079><c> his</c><00:37:28.440><c> death.</c>

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:34.260
She<00:37:31.119><c> looks</c><00:37:31.340><c> to</c><00:37:31.519><c> this</c><00:37:31.719><c> man.</c><00:37:31.840><c> She</c><00:37:31.940><c> says,</c><00:37:32.280><c> yes,</c><00:37:32.420><c> you</c><00:37:32.719><c> are</c><00:37:33.239><c> like</c><00:37:33.639><c> Moses.</c>

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:36.440
You<00:37:35.079><c> are</c><00:37:35.440><c> that</c><00:37:35.659><c> man</c><00:37:35.780><c> of</c><00:37:36.039><c> God.</c>

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:40.420
Yes,<00:37:37.139><c> indeed,</c><00:37:37.460><c> this</c><00:37:37.679><c> was</c><00:37:37.980><c> manna,</c><00:37:38.260><c> but</c><00:37:38.400><c> my</c><00:37:38.699><c> child</c><00:37:39.000><c> is</c><00:37:39.239><c> now</c><00:37:39.519><c> debt.</c>

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:45.219
Why?<00:37:44.159><c> Why?</c>

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:49.880
And<00:37:46.400><c> the</c><00:37:46.519><c> account</c><00:37:46.719><c> continues</c><00:37:47.320><c> then</c><00:37:47.559><c> in</c><00:37:47.679><c> 1</c><00:37:47.940><c> Kings</c><00:37:48.239><c> chapter</c><00:37:48.559><c> 17.</c>

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:52.119
Did<00:37:50.199><c> Elijah</c><00:37:50.559><c> move</c><00:37:51.019><c> because</c><00:37:51.460><c> he</c><00:37:51.679><c> had</c><00:37:51.880><c> developed,</c>

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:54.780
he<00:37:52.320><c> had</c><00:37:52.599><c> forged</c><00:37:52.860><c> a</c><00:37:53.079><c> deep</c><00:37:53.360><c> relationship</c><00:37:54.000><c> with</c><00:37:54.199><c> this</c><00:37:54.400><c> woman</c><00:37:54.599><c> and</c>

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:56.059
the<00:37:55.000><c> child,</c>

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:58.300
and<00:37:56.340><c> he</c><00:37:56.619><c> separates</c><00:37:56.900><c> the</c><00:37:57.199><c> child</c>

00:37:58.639 --> 00:38:01.280
so<00:37:59.199><c> that</c><00:37:59.360><c> the</c><00:37:59.519><c> child</c><00:37:59.860><c> is</c><00:38:00.019><c> with</c><00:38:00.199><c> him</c><00:38:00.480><c> and</c><00:38:00.559><c> his</c><00:38:00.800><c> God,</c>

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:03.039
and<00:38:01.579><c> he</c><00:38:01.880><c> prays</c><00:38:02.219><c> to</c><00:38:02.340><c> his</c><00:38:02.519><c> God,</c>

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:06.840
and<00:38:03.440><c> he</c><00:38:03.679><c> stretches</c><00:38:03.960><c> himself</c><00:38:04.539><c> upon</c><00:38:04.820><c> that</c><00:38:05.099><c> child</c><00:38:05.280><c> three</c><00:38:05.739><c> times.</c>

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:09.380
Three,<00:38:07.659><c> the</c><00:38:07.760><c> number</c><00:38:07.980><c> of</c><00:38:08.159><c> the</c><00:38:08.340><c> resurrection.</c>

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:12.980
Elijah<00:38:09.860><c> would</c><00:38:10.119><c> do</c><00:38:10.300><c> similarly</c><00:38:10.880><c> to</c><00:38:11.360><c> the</c><00:38:11.539><c> Shunammite</c><00:38:12.019><c> son.</c>

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:18.980
But<00:38:15.699><c> this</c><00:38:16.119><c> resurrection</c><00:38:16.719><c> that</c><00:38:16.900><c> we</c><00:38:17.099><c> read</c><00:38:17.280><c> of</c><00:38:17.440><c> in</c><00:38:17.619><c> 1</c><00:38:17.840><c> Kings</c><00:38:18.059><c> chapter</c><00:38:18.400><c> 17,</c>

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:21.940
there<00:38:19.260><c> are</c><00:38:19.420><c> two</c><00:38:19.739><c> major</c><00:38:20.139><c> observations,</c><00:38:20.800><c> I</c><00:38:21.119><c> believe,</c><00:38:21.559><c> to</c><00:38:21.719><c> be</c>

00:38:21.940 --> 00:38:23.099
seen<00:38:22.139><c> here.</c>

00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:28.679
The<00:38:23.940><c> first</c><00:38:24.199><c> observation</c><00:38:24.800><c> is</c><00:38:25.119><c> that</c><00:38:26.079><c> Elijah</c><00:38:26.840><c> was</c><00:38:27.940><c> not</c><00:38:28.300><c> hindered</c>

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:29.340
by<00:38:28.900><c> the</c><00:38:29.099><c> law.</c>

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:32.679
What<00:38:30.059><c> we</c><00:38:30.239><c> see</c><00:38:30.460><c> Elijah</c><00:38:30.760><c> do</c><00:38:30.980><c> here,</c><00:38:31.360><c> he</c><00:38:31.480><c> goes</c><00:38:31.760><c> beyond</c><00:38:32.159><c> the</c><00:38:32.400><c> law</c>

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:35.719
because<00:38:33.500><c> the</c><00:38:33.739><c> law</c><00:38:33.960><c> said</c><00:38:34.300><c> in</c><00:38:34.440><c> Numbers</c><00:38:34.840><c> chapter</c><00:38:35.159><c> 19</c>

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:39.719
that<00:38:35.860><c> it</c><00:38:35.960><c> was</c><00:38:36.280><c> a</c><00:38:36.300><c> defilement</c><00:38:36.960><c> to</c><00:38:37.900><c> touch</c><00:38:38.199><c> a</c><00:38:38.360><c> dead</c><00:38:38.500><c> body.</c>

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:43.800
Elijah<00:38:42.239><c> goes</c><00:38:42.460><c> beyond</c><00:38:42.760><c> the</c><00:38:42.920><c> law.</c>

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:46.519
He<00:38:45.179><c> had</c><00:38:45.239><c> already</c><00:38:45.340><c> been</c><00:38:45.519><c> fed</c><00:38:45.719><c> by</c><00:38:45.940><c> the</c><00:38:46.119><c> ravens.</c>

00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:49.400
He<00:38:46.800><c> had</c><00:38:46.880><c> already</c><00:38:47.460><c> been</c><00:38:47.780><c> with</c><00:38:48.019><c> a</c><00:38:48.119><c> Gentile.</c>

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:51.300
He<00:38:50.139><c> was</c><00:38:50.320><c> already</c><00:38:50.500><c> unclean.</c>

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:52.960
He<00:38:51.760><c> goes</c><00:38:52.000><c> beyond</c><00:38:52.480><c> the</c><00:38:52.699><c> law.</c>

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:57.559
And<00:38:53.420><c> secondly,</c><00:38:55.179><c> at</c><00:38:55.320><c> no</c><00:38:55.539><c> other</c><00:38:55.820><c> time</c><00:38:56.400><c> had</c><00:38:56.719><c> a</c><00:38:56.900><c> servant</c><00:38:57.119><c> of</c><00:38:57.260><c> God</c>

00:38:57.559 --> 00:39:01.199
called<00:38:57.900><c> upon</c><00:38:58.239><c> God</c><00:38:58.559><c> to</c><00:38:58.880><c> raise</c><00:38:59.199><c> the</c><00:38:59.440><c> dead</c><00:38:59.619><c> to</c><00:38:59.900><c> life.</c>

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:05.880
Elijah<00:39:02.639><c> is</c><00:39:02.900><c> the</c><00:39:02.980><c> first</c><00:39:03.239><c> man,</c><00:39:04.780><c> a</c><00:39:04.920><c> prophet</c><00:39:05.059><c> to</c><00:39:05.239><c> the</c><00:39:05.360><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:09.380
and<00:39:06.079><c> the</c><00:39:06.239><c> first</c><00:39:06.480><c> man</c><00:39:06.679><c> to</c><00:39:06.900><c> call</c><00:39:07.000><c> upon</c><00:39:07.300><c> God</c><00:39:07.480><c> to</c><00:39:07.739><c> raise</c><00:39:08.139><c> the</c><00:39:08.480><c> dead.</c>

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:11.579
And<00:39:10.460><c> so</c><00:39:10.679><c> surely,</c><00:39:11.099><c> brothers</c><00:39:11.139><c> and</c><00:39:11.440><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:15.599
we<00:39:11.920><c> see</c><00:39:12.239><c> here</c><00:39:12.840><c> very</c><00:39:13.599><c> powerfully</c><00:39:14.059><c> a</c><00:39:14.219><c> figure</c><00:39:14.400><c> of</c><00:39:14.579><c> Christ,</c>

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:18.380
a<00:39:16.079><c> man</c><00:39:16.260><c> whose</c><00:39:16.500><c> gospel</c><00:39:16.900><c> would</c><00:39:17.139><c> go</c><00:39:17.360><c> to</c><00:39:17.519><c> the</c><00:39:17.659><c> four</c><00:39:17.860><c> corners</c><00:39:18.179><c> of</c>

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:19.539
the<00:39:18.559><c> earth,</c>

00:39:19.880 --> 00:39:20.860
a<00:39:20.019><c> man</c><00:39:20.199><c> who</c><00:39:20.539><c> said,</c>

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:24.280
I<00:39:20.980><c> am</c><00:39:22.559><c> the</c><00:39:22.840><c> resurrection</c><00:39:23.519><c> and</c><00:39:23.800><c> the</c><00:39:24.039><c> life.</c>

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:28.420
Though<00:39:24.699><c> this</c><00:39:25.079><c> man</c><00:39:25.320><c> be</c><00:39:25.679><c> dead,</c><00:39:26.760><c> yet</c><00:39:26.960><c> shall</c><00:39:27.199><c> he</c><00:39:27.440><c> live.</c>

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:32.119
In<00:39:29.179><c> John</c><00:39:29.719><c> and</c><00:39:30.420><c> chapter</c><00:39:30.739><c> 5.</c>

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:36.019
And<00:39:32.539><c> so</c><00:39:33.000><c> the</c><00:39:33.500><c> earnest</c><00:39:33.840><c> prayer</c><00:39:34.280><c> of</c><00:39:34.539><c> a</c><00:39:34.659><c> faithful</c><00:39:34.920><c> man,</c>

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:38.659
an<00:39:36.320><c> effectual</c><00:39:36.760><c> fervent</c><00:39:36.980><c> prayer</c><00:39:37.219><c> of</c><00:39:37.420><c> a</c><00:39:37.519><c> righteous</c><00:39:37.820><c> man</c><00:39:38.039><c> availeth</c><00:39:38.400><c> much,</c>

00:39:38.820 --> 00:39:42.300
we<00:39:38.880><c> read</c><00:39:39.079><c> in</c><00:39:39.199><c> James</c><00:39:39.539><c> chapter</c><00:39:39.860><c> 5,</c><00:39:40.599><c> and</c><00:39:40.780><c> there</c><00:39:41.099><c> in</c><00:39:41.280><c> verse</c><00:39:41.599><c> 22,</c>

00:39:42.760 --> 00:39:45.039
the<00:39:42.900><c> Lord</c><00:39:43.340><c> heard</c><00:39:43.820><c> the</c><00:39:44.119><c> voice</c><00:39:44.460><c> of</c><00:39:44.719><c> Elijah.</c>

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:48.559
That<00:39:45.280><c> word</c><00:39:45.599><c> heard</c><00:39:46.019><c> literally</c><00:39:46.480><c> means</c><00:39:46.719><c> a</c><00:39:46.960><c> person</c><00:39:47.360><c> hearing</c><00:39:47.840><c> attentively.</c>

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:53.039
Unlike<00:39:49.199><c> Baal,</c><00:39:50.320><c> God</c><00:39:50.619><c> was</c><00:39:50.920><c> observing</c><00:39:51.320><c> the</c><00:39:51.619><c> entire</c><00:39:52.079><c> scene.</c>

00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:54.360
He<00:39:53.420><c> empathized</c><00:39:53.860><c> with</c><00:39:54.059><c> Elijah.</c>

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:55.800
He<00:39:54.760><c> empathized</c><00:39:55.340><c> with</c><00:39:55.559><c> the</c><00:39:55.639><c> widow.</c>

00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:57.519
He<00:39:56.019><c> knew</c><00:39:56.239><c> exactly</c><00:39:56.739><c> what</c><00:39:56.900><c> he</c><00:39:57.039><c> was</c><00:39:57.260><c> calling</c>

00:39:57.519 --> 00:40:01.199
both<00:39:58.139><c> of</c><00:39:58.340><c> these</c><00:39:58.780><c> characters</c><00:39:59.300><c> of</c><00:39:59.619><c> God</c><00:39:59.880><c> to</c><00:40:00.139><c> do.</c>

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:04.679
And<00:40:02.639><c> he</c><00:40:02.820><c> heard</c><00:40:03.139><c> and</c><00:40:03.280><c> he</c><00:40:03.619><c> responded.</c>

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:07.900
And<00:40:05.699><c> her</c><00:40:05.980><c> faith</c><00:40:06.300><c> now</c><00:40:06.699><c> was</c><00:40:07.380><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:10.260
Verse<00:40:08.340><c> 24,</c><00:40:09.019><c> and</c><00:40:09.059><c> the</c><00:40:09.179><c> woman</c><00:40:09.500><c> said</c><00:40:09.739><c> to</c><00:40:09.920><c> Elijah,</c>

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:13.539
now<00:40:10.679><c> by</c><00:40:10.940><c> this</c><00:40:11.179><c> I</c><00:40:11.380><c> know</c><00:40:11.719><c> that</c><00:40:12.360><c> thou</c><00:40:12.659><c> art</c><00:40:12.960><c> a</c><00:40:13.139><c> man</c><00:40:13.260><c> of</c><00:40:13.400><c> God.</c>

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:16.059
Again,<00:40:14.079><c> that</c><00:40:14.260><c> title</c><00:40:14.559><c> of</c><00:40:14.719><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:40:15.179><c> chapter</c><00:40:15.519><c> 33,</c>

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:22.599
and<00:40:16.780><c> the</c><00:40:17.019><c> word</c><00:40:17.280><c> of</c><00:40:18.679><c> the</c><00:40:18.739><c> Lord</c><00:40:19.059><c> in</c><00:40:19.679><c> thy</c><00:40:19.980><c> mouth</c><00:40:20.480><c> is</c><00:40:21.480><c> truth.</c>

00:40:23.320 --> 00:40:26.159
A<00:40:23.480><c> Gentile</c><00:40:23.880><c> then</c><00:40:24.099><c> had</c><00:40:24.260><c> been</c><00:40:24.480><c> brought</c><00:40:24.659><c> into</c><00:40:24.840><c> the</c><00:40:25.139><c> truth.</c>

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:30.019
Elijah's<00:40:26.940><c> work</c><00:40:27.579><c> had</c><00:40:28.199><c> brought</c><00:40:28.559><c> forth</c><00:40:29.039><c> fruit.</c>

00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:32.539
I<00:40:30.300><c> want</c><00:40:30.440><c> to</c><00:40:30.539><c> go</c><00:40:30.639><c> to</c><00:40:30.760><c> one</c><00:40:30.960><c> final</c><00:40:31.300><c> reference</c><00:40:31.659><c> now.</c>

00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:34.320
Hebrews<00:40:32.900><c> chapter</c><00:40:33.239><c> 11.</c>

00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:39.500
The<00:40:34.860><c> faith</c><00:40:35.139><c> of</c><00:40:35.320><c> this</c><00:40:35.519><c> woman</c><00:40:36.179><c> and</c><00:40:37.699><c> the</c><00:40:37.840><c> wonderful</c><00:40:38.159><c> scene</c><00:40:38.559><c> of</c><00:40:38.900><c> God</c>

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:42.320
extending<00:40:40.420><c> his</c><00:40:40.780><c> gospel</c><00:40:41.179><c> to</c><00:40:41.420><c> a</c><00:40:41.599><c> Gentile</c><00:40:41.960><c> territory</c>

00:40:42.320 --> 00:40:45.260
and<00:40:42.559><c> bringing</c><00:40:42.840><c> a</c><00:40:43.099><c> Gentile</c><00:40:43.559><c> into</c><00:40:43.840><c> the</c><00:40:44.199><c> truth.</c>

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:48.699
And<00:40:45.880><c> here</c><00:40:46.340><c> in</c><00:40:46.639><c> this</c><00:40:47.099><c> momentous</c><00:40:47.739><c> chapter</c>

00:40:48.820 --> 00:40:51.900
where<00:40:49.420><c> the</c><00:40:50.019><c> faithful</c><00:40:50.340><c> of</c><00:40:50.559><c> old</c><00:40:50.780><c> are</c><00:40:51.019><c> described</c><00:40:51.599><c> in</c><00:40:51.760><c> their</c>

00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:53.780
wonderful<00:40:52.400><c> acts,</c>

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:57.300
we<00:40:54.699><c> read</c><00:40:55.139><c> in</c><00:40:55.360><c> Hebrews</c><00:40:55.699><c> chapter</c><00:40:56.000><c> 11</c><00:40:56.280><c> and</c><00:40:56.460><c> verse</c><00:40:56.739><c> 35,</c>

00:40:57.360 --> 00:41:01.340
women<00:40:57.679><c> received</c><00:40:58.880><c> their</c><00:40:59.860><c> dead</c><00:41:00.159><c> raised</c><00:41:00.599><c> to</c><00:41:00.820><c> life</c><00:41:01.039><c> again,</c>

00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:04.139
and<00:41:01.599><c> others</c><00:41:01.739><c> were</c><00:41:02.000><c> tortured,</c><00:41:02.380><c> not</c><00:41:02.719><c> accepting</c><00:41:03.159><c> deliverance,</c>

00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:07.659
that<00:41:04.579><c> they</c><00:41:04.820><c> may</c><00:41:05.320><c> obtain</c><00:41:06.039><c> a</c><00:41:06.679><c> better</c><00:41:07.039><c> resurrection.</c>

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:11.880
Verse<00:41:08.199><c> 38,</c><00:41:09.880><c> of</c><00:41:10.119><c> whom</c><00:41:10.559><c> the</c><00:41:10.880><c> world</c><00:41:11.159><c> was</c><00:41:11.380><c> not</c><00:41:11.639><c> worthy,</c>

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:13.579
they<00:41:12.159><c> wandered</c><00:41:12.519><c> in</c><00:41:12.739><c> deserts</c><00:41:13.099><c> and</c><00:41:13.159><c> in</c><00:41:13.340><c> mountains</c>

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:15.039
and<00:41:13.780><c> in</c><00:41:13.940><c> dens</c><00:41:14.159><c> and</c><00:41:14.360><c> caves</c><00:41:14.579><c> of</c><00:41:14.739><c> the</c><00:41:14.840><c> earth,</c>

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:18.219
and<00:41:15.579><c> these,</c><00:41:16.019><c> all</c><00:41:16.159><c> having</c><00:41:16.380><c> obtained</c><00:41:16.820><c> a</c><00:41:17.079><c> good</c><00:41:17.239><c> report</c><00:41:17.639><c> through</c><00:41:17.940><c> faith,</c>

00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:20.239
received<00:41:18.679><c> not</c><00:41:18.980><c> the</c><00:41:19.199><c> promise,</c>

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:22.599
God<00:41:20.639><c> having</c><00:41:20.940><c> provided</c><00:41:21.380><c> some</c><00:41:21.659><c> better</c><00:41:21.920><c> thing</c><00:41:22.179><c> for</c><00:41:22.340><c> us,</c>

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:27.960
that<00:41:22.780><c> they</c><00:41:23.820><c> without</c><00:41:24.380><c> us</c><00:41:24.699><c> should</c><00:41:24.960><c> not</c><00:41:25.280><c> be</c><00:41:25.519><c> made</c><00:41:26.539><c> perfect.</c>

00:41:29.980 --> 00:41:33.960
Women<00:41:30.500><c> received</c><00:41:31.019><c> their</c><00:41:31.380><c> dead</c><00:41:31.639><c> raised</c><00:41:32.280><c> to</c><00:41:32.539><c> life</c><00:41:32.860><c> again.</c>

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:36.539
Surely<00:41:34.440><c> this</c><00:41:34.739><c> describes</c><00:41:35.239><c> the</c><00:41:35.420><c> woman</c><00:41:35.659><c> at</c><00:41:35.860><c> Zarephath,</c>

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:39.519
the<00:41:37.139><c> woman</c><00:41:37.400><c> that</c><00:41:37.500><c> was</c><00:41:37.760><c> identified</c><00:41:38.260><c> by</c><00:41:38.480><c> the</c><00:41:38.619><c> Lord</c><00:41:38.800><c> Jesus</c><00:41:39.179><c> Christ</c>

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:42.119
in<00:41:39.679><c> Luke</c><00:41:39.940><c> chapter</c><00:41:40.340><c> 4.</c>

00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:45.920
And<00:41:42.920><c> it</c><00:41:43.039><c> was</c><00:41:43.380><c> Zarephath</c><00:41:44.059><c> in</c><00:41:44.300><c> the</c><00:41:44.539><c> place</c><00:41:44.800><c> of</c><00:41:45.099><c> refining</c>

00:41:45.920 --> 00:41:48.780
that<00:41:46.559><c> their</c><00:41:46.900><c> characters</c><00:41:47.280><c> were</c><00:41:47.579><c> forged,</c>

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:52.480
and<00:41:49.159><c> they</c><00:41:49.340><c> came</c><00:41:49.699><c> forth,</c><00:41:50.320><c> Elijah</c><00:41:50.960><c> and</c><00:41:51.280><c> this</c><00:41:51.539><c> widow,</c>

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:56.460
they<00:41:53.639><c> came</c><00:41:54.019><c> forth</c><00:41:54.480><c> as</c><00:41:54.940><c> purged</c><00:41:55.440><c> gold,</c>

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:59.440
purged<00:41:57.739><c> gold,</c><00:41:58.139><c> brethren</c><00:41:58.260><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:01.940
and<00:41:59.880><c> part</c><00:42:00.119><c> of</c><00:42:00.280><c> the</c><00:42:00.420><c> jewels</c><00:42:00.780><c> that</c><00:42:00.980><c> the</c><00:42:01.119><c> Lord</c><00:42:01.320><c> Jesus</c><00:42:01.619><c> Christ</c>

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:04.639
will<00:42:02.119><c> gather</c><00:42:02.380><c> to</c><00:42:02.639><c> himself</c><00:42:03.039><c> when</c><00:42:03.219><c> he</c><00:42:03.480><c> returns.</c>

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:11.099
And<00:42:05.639><c> so</c><00:42:05.960><c> finally</c><00:42:06.239><c> then,</c><00:42:07.559><c> the</c><00:42:07.719><c> lesson</c><00:42:08.179><c> that</c><00:42:08.400><c> Elijah</c><00:42:08.980><c> and</c><00:42:09.980><c> the</c><00:42:10.159><c> widow</c>

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:13.780
and<00:42:11.980><c> the</c><00:42:12.159><c> lesson</c><00:42:12.460><c> that</c><00:42:12.699><c> all</c><00:42:12.960><c> of</c><00:42:13.099><c> us,</c><00:42:13.480><c> brethren</c><00:42:13.480><c> sisters,</c>

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have<00:42:14.019><c> to</c><00:42:14.219><c> learn</c><00:42:14.420><c> in</c><00:42:14.599><c> this</c><00:42:14.800><c> life</c><00:42:15.320><c> is</c><00:42:16.059><c> found</c><00:42:16.340><c> in</c><00:42:16.579><c> verse</c><00:42:16.820><c> 6.</c>

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But<00:42:19.179><c> without</c><00:42:19.659><c> faith</c><00:42:20.260><c> it</c><00:42:21.079><c> is</c><00:42:21.300><c> impossible</c><00:42:21.840><c> to</c><00:42:22.179><c> please</c><00:42:22.380><c> him,</c>

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for<00:42:23.760><c> he</c><00:42:24.219><c> that</c><00:42:24.539><c> cometh</c><00:42:24.840><c> to</c><00:42:25.159><c> God</c><00:42:25.780><c> must</c><00:42:26.400><c> believe</c><00:42:27.139><c> that</c><00:42:27.380><c> he</c><00:42:27.619><c> is</c>

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and<00:42:29.019><c> that</c><00:42:29.300><c> he</c><00:42:29.559><c> is</c><00:42:29.780><c> a</c><00:42:30.079><c> rewarder</c><00:42:31.059><c> of</c><00:42:31.340><c> them</c><00:42:31.619><c> that</c><00:42:32.000><c> diligently</c>

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seek<00:42:32.780><c> him.</c>