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and<00:10:55.240><c> that's</c><00:10:55.440><c> where</c><00:10:55.620><c> my</c><00:10:55.860><c> father</c><00:10:56.100><c> came</c><00:10:56.440><c> from.</c>

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What<00:13:08.500><c> God's</c><00:13:08.720><c> just</c><00:13:09.000><c> trying</c><00:13:09.139><c> to</c><00:13:09.320><c> do</c><00:13:09.419><c> is</c><00:13:09.600><c> tell</c><00:13:09.700><c> you</c><00:13:09.860><c> to</c><00:13:09.919><c> go</c><00:13:10.080><c> out</c>

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and<00:13:10.279><c> be</c><00:13:10.460><c> a</c><00:13:10.559><c> good</c><00:13:10.740><c> dad</c><00:13:11.019><c> or</c><00:13:11.139><c> a</c><00:13:11.240><c> good</c><00:13:11.379><c> mom</c><00:13:11.820><c> or</c><00:13:12.279><c> a</c><00:13:12.399><c> good</c><00:13:12.539><c> guy</c><00:13:12.840><c> or</c><00:13:12.980><c> a</c>

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and<00:13:14.100><c> just</c><00:13:14.620><c> do</c><00:13:15.820><c> random</c><00:13:16.600><c> acts</c><00:13:16.820><c> of</c><00:13:17.080><c> kindness</c><00:13:17.360><c> in</c><00:13:17.580><c> this</c><00:13:17.779><c> world</c>

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and<00:13:18.720><c> that</c><00:13:19.120><c> should</c><00:13:19.360><c> be</c><00:13:19.580><c> enough.</c>

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Christ<00:13:28.960><c> has</c><00:13:29.500><c> much</c><00:13:29.740><c> more</c><00:13:30.000><c> about</c><00:13:30.200><c> him</c><00:13:30.340><c> than</c><00:13:30.539><c> that</c>

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and<00:13:30.919><c> God's</c><00:13:31.299><c> word</c><00:13:31.419><c> does</c><00:13:31.700><c> as</c><00:13:31.899><c> well,</c><00:13:32.100><c> obviously.</c>

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a<00:13:42.440><c> little</c><00:13:42.620><c> bit</c><00:13:42.759><c> of</c><00:13:42.940><c> work</c><00:13:43.100><c> is</c><00:13:43.320><c> required</c><00:13:43.700><c> to</c><00:13:44.039><c> understand</c><00:13:44.539><c> how</c>

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that<00:13:45.320><c> works,</c>

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especially<00:13:45.960><c> if</c><00:13:46.120><c> you</c><00:13:46.279><c> just</c><00:13:46.539><c> want</c><00:13:46.659><c> to</c><00:13:46.879><c> understand</c>

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what<00:13:47.240><c> the</c><00:13:47.240><c> Bible</c><00:13:47.240><c> says</c><00:13:47.240><c> in</c><00:13:47.240><c> the</c><00:13:47.340><c> eleventh</c><00:13:48.080><c> chapter</c><00:13:48.500><c> of</c><00:13:48.679><c> Daniel.</c>

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You've<00:13:51.840><c> got</c><00:13:51.879><c> to</c><00:13:51.980><c> do</c><00:13:52.039><c> a</c><00:13:52.100><c> little</c><00:13:52.279><c> work</c><00:13:52.559><c> to</c><00:13:52.740><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:13:53.039><c> this</c><00:13:53.860><c> is</c><00:13:54.000><c> history</c><00:13:54.340><c> that</c><00:13:54.500><c> is</c><00:13:54.779><c> external</c><00:13:55.179><c> to</c><00:13:55.419><c> the</c><00:13:55.620><c> Bible</c>

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and<00:13:56.620><c> it's</c><00:13:56.940><c> germane</c><00:13:57.299><c> because</c><00:13:57.580><c> it</c><00:13:57.840><c> shows</c><00:13:58.100><c> a</c><00:13:58.299><c> certain</c><00:13:58.460><c> kind</c><00:13:58.700><c> of</c><00:13:58.879><c> mentality</c>

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that<00:13:59.840><c> goes</c><00:14:00.019><c> from</c><00:14:00.240><c> one</c><00:14:00.460><c> generation</c><00:14:00.960><c> of</c><00:14:01.139><c> the</c><00:14:01.279><c> other,</c>

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to<00:14:05.039><c> Michael</c><00:14:05.360><c> standing</c><00:14:05.720><c> up</c><00:14:06.000><c> in</c><00:14:06.799><c> the</c><00:14:06.919><c> Middle</c><00:14:07.200><c> East</c>

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God<00:14:17.279><c> fully</c><00:14:17.799><c> rules</c><00:14:18.600><c> in</c><00:14:18.879><c> the</c><00:14:19.019><c> kingdoms</c><00:14:19.259><c> of</c><00:14:19.500><c> men,</c><00:14:19.779><c> not</c><00:14:20.159><c> partially.</c>

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and<00:14:26.100><c> he</c><00:14:26.279><c> also</c><00:14:26.659><c> speaks</c><00:14:26.899><c> with</c><00:14:27.139><c> respect</c><00:14:27.519><c> to</c><00:14:27.679><c> the</c><00:14:27.820><c> whole</c><00:14:28.000><c> world.</c>

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The<00:14:39.340><c> scope</c><00:14:39.759><c> of</c><00:14:40.139><c> prophecy</c><00:14:40.399><c> is</c><00:14:40.720><c> not</c><00:14:40.960><c> partial,</c><00:14:41.700><c> it's</c><00:14:42.080><c> global.</c>

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It<00:14:49.779><c> gets</c><00:14:50.019><c> a</c><00:14:50.139><c> little</c><00:14:50.360><c> confusing</c><00:14:50.980><c> if</c><00:14:51.399><c> you</c><00:14:51.580><c> try</c><00:14:51.700><c> to</c><00:14:51.899><c> figure</c><00:14:52.059><c> out</c>

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So<00:14:56.200><c> the</c><00:14:56.340><c> kingdom</c><00:14:56.539><c> of</c><00:14:56.759><c> heaven</c><00:14:57.279><c> means</c><00:14:58.019><c> your</c><00:14:58.320><c> soul</c><00:14:58.559><c> goes</c><00:14:58.740><c> to</c><00:14:58.899><c> heaven</c>

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There's<00:15:01.299><c> a</c><00:15:01.440><c> kingdom</c><00:15:01.639><c> of</c><00:15:01.820><c> heaven.</c>

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Where<00:15:02.519><c> else</c><00:15:02.679><c> could</c><00:15:02.820><c> it</c><00:15:03.000><c> be</c><00:15:03.539><c> but</c><00:15:04.139><c> in</c><00:15:04.340><c> heaven?</c>

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It's<00:15:11.679><c> not</c><00:15:12.200><c> a</c><00:15:12.419><c> number</c><00:15:13.000><c> where</c><00:15:13.659><c> the</c><00:15:13.799><c> number</c><00:15:14.100><c> three</c><00:15:14.440><c> is</c><00:15:14.759><c> always</c><00:15:15.139><c> three</c>

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What<00:15:26.000><c> we're</c><00:15:26.179><c> going</c><00:15:26.279><c> to</c><00:15:26.480><c> do</c><00:15:26.700><c> is</c><00:15:27.120><c> look</c><00:15:27.399><c> at</c><00:15:27.720><c> preventing</c><00:15:28.000><c> a</c><00:15:28.259><c> critical</c><00:15:28.580><c> shift</c>

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And<00:16:07.059><c> even</c><00:16:07.179><c> his</c><00:16:07.379><c> disciples</c><00:16:07.779><c> said,</c><00:16:07.980><c> why</c><00:16:08.179><c> are</c><00:16:08.320><c> you</c><00:16:08.460><c> speaking</c><00:16:08.679><c> in</c><00:16:08.879><c> parables?</c>

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Why<00:16:10.000><c> do</c><00:16:10.179><c> we</c><00:16:10.179><c> have</c><00:16:10.299><c> to</c><00:16:10.340><c> come</c><00:16:10.519><c> back</c><00:16:10.759><c> and</c><00:16:10.899><c> explain</c><00:16:11.200><c> it</c><00:16:11.379><c> to</c><00:16:11.500><c> you?</c>

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We<00:16:11.840><c> don't</c><00:16:12.019><c> even</c><00:16:12.279><c> get</c><00:16:12.460><c> it.</c>

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So<00:16:14.539><c> let's</c><00:16:14.980><c> look</c><00:16:15.240><c> at</c><00:16:15.360><c> these</c><00:16:15.600><c> figures</c><00:16:15.840><c> of</c><00:16:16.080><c> speech.</c>

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There's<00:16:16.559><c> a</c><00:16:16.720><c> metaphor.</c>

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Jesus<00:16:17.399><c> says,</c><00:16:18.059><c> I</c><00:16:18.059><c> am</c><00:16:18.259><c> the</c><00:16:18.419><c> bread</c><00:16:18.519><c> of</c><00:16:18.679><c> life.</c>

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That<00:16:19.299><c> cuts</c><00:16:19.539><c> some</c><00:16:19.840><c> people</c><00:16:20.059><c> right</c><00:16:20.299><c> out</c><00:16:20.399><c> of</c><00:16:20.480><c> the</c><00:16:20.620><c> Bible.</c>

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They<00:16:20.940><c> look</c><00:16:21.139><c> at</c><00:16:21.240><c> that</c><00:16:21.460><c> and</c><00:16:21.519><c> they</c><00:16:21.679><c> go,</c><00:16:22.159><c> this</c><00:16:22.240><c> guy</c><00:16:22.340><c> was</c><00:16:22.539><c> crazy.</c>

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He<00:16:23.580><c> says</c><00:16:23.700><c> he's</c><00:16:23.919><c> the</c><00:16:24.019><c> bread</c><00:16:24.139><c> of</c><00:16:24.320><c> life.</c>

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I<00:16:24.600><c> can't</c><00:16:24.899><c> understand</c><00:16:25.360><c> why</c><00:16:25.720><c> anybody</c><00:16:25.980><c> would</c><00:16:26.179><c> talk</c><00:16:26.360><c> like</c><00:16:26.600><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:16:27.019><c> a</c><00:16:27.159><c> metaphor.</c>

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We<00:16:28.299><c> know</c><00:16:28.460><c> he's</c><00:16:28.700><c> not</c><00:16:28.980><c> the</c><00:16:29.279><c> bread</c><00:16:29.539><c> of</c><00:16:29.799><c> life,</c><00:16:30.019><c> literally.</c>

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He's<00:16:31.000><c> trying</c><00:16:31.179><c> to</c><00:16:31.399><c> say</c><00:16:31.620><c> something</c><00:16:32.000><c> that</c><00:16:32.159><c> you</c><00:16:32.299><c> have</c><00:16:32.440><c> to</c><00:16:32.639><c> think</c><00:16:32.820><c> about</c>

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in<00:16:33.200><c> order</c><00:16:33.340><c> to</c><00:16:33.600><c> understand</c><00:16:33.820><c> that</c><00:16:34.059><c> figure</c><00:16:34.299><c> of</c><00:16:34.539><c> speech.</c>

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There's<00:16:36.440><c> personification</c><00:16:36.879><c> that</c><00:16:37.120><c> we</c><00:16:37.379><c> well</c><00:16:37.679><c> know.</c>

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There<00:16:37.820><c> were</c><00:16:37.960><c> experts</c><00:16:38.559><c> in</c><00:16:38.820><c> it</c><00:16:39.000><c> in</c><00:16:39.059><c> the</c><00:16:39.179><c> Bible.</c>

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The<00:16:40.379><c> trees</c><00:16:40.639><c> clap</c><00:16:40.960><c> their</c><00:16:41.200><c> hands</c><00:16:41.539><c> is</c><00:16:42.059><c> a</c><00:16:42.720><c> convenient</c><00:16:43.240><c> example.</c>

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The<00:16:45.019><c> trees</c><00:16:45.179><c> are</c><00:16:45.440><c> spoken</c><00:16:45.659><c> of</c><00:16:45.820><c> as</c><00:16:45.980><c> if</c><00:16:46.120><c> they</c><00:16:46.399><c> have</c><00:16:46.620><c> hands.</c>

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But<00:16:47.600><c> all</c><00:16:47.740><c> that</c><00:16:47.940><c> really</c><00:16:48.259><c> is</c><00:16:48.559><c> is</c><00:16:48.700><c> the</c><00:16:48.860><c> rustling</c><00:16:49.240><c> of</c><00:16:49.519><c> leaves.</c>

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And<00:16:49.980><c> it</c><00:16:50.159><c> could</c><00:16:50.320><c> mean,</c><00:16:50.940><c> figuratively,</c><00:16:51.980><c> trees</c>

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representative<00:16:53.100><c> of</c><00:16:54.580><c> the</c><00:16:55.320><c> man</c><00:16:55.580><c> who</c><00:16:55.720><c> is</c><00:16:55.899><c> like</c><00:16:56.100><c> God,</c>

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who<00:16:56.580><c> is</c><00:16:56.740><c> like</c><00:16:56.940><c> a</c><00:16:57.120><c> tree</c><00:16:57.259><c> planted</c><00:16:57.559><c> by</c><00:16:57.799><c> the</c><00:16:57.940><c> rivers</c><00:16:58.139><c> of</c><00:16:58.440><c> water.</c>

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And<00:16:59.720><c> his</c><00:17:00.419><c> leaf</c><00:17:00.639><c> doesn't</c><00:17:01.059><c> wither.</c>

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And<00:17:01.600><c> whatsoever</c><00:17:01.940><c> he</c><00:17:02.200><c> does</c><00:17:02.419><c> is</c><00:17:02.700><c> prosper.</c>

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And<00:17:03.299><c> those</c><00:17:03.500><c> trees,</c><00:17:03.899><c> if</c><00:17:04.039><c> they're</c><00:17:04.160><c> people,</c>

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will<00:17:05.019><c> clap</c><00:17:05.220><c> their</c><00:17:05.500><c> hands</c><00:17:05.859><c> at</c><00:17:06.380><c> joy</c><00:17:06.640><c> when</c>

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they<00:17:06.900><c> find</c><00:17:07.180><c> themselves</c><00:17:07.900><c> growing</c><00:17:08.359><c> beside</c><00:17:09.059><c> the</c><00:17:09.640><c> waters</c>

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of<00:17:10.259><c> life</c><00:17:10.720><c> in</c><00:17:11.380><c> the</c><00:17:11.579><c> kingdom.</c>

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Then<00:17:12.680><c> there's</c><00:17:12.960><c> metonymy.</c>

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And<00:17:13.779><c> you</c><00:17:14.039><c> cannot,</c><00:17:14.859><c> so</c><00:17:15.059><c> you're</c><00:17:15.380><c> saying</c><00:17:15.599><c> already,</c><00:17:16.279><c> well,</c>

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you<00:17:16.400><c> know,</c><00:17:17.019><c> all</c><00:17:17.220><c> right,</c><00:17:17.299><c> so</c><00:17:17.460><c> this</c><00:17:17.559><c> is</c><00:17:17.740><c> a</c><00:17:17.859><c> school</c><00:17:18.019><c> lesson.</c>

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But<00:17:18.500><c> why</c><00:17:18.720><c> did</c><00:17:18.819><c> God</c><00:17:19.000><c> make</c><00:17:19.299><c> it</c><00:17:19.519><c> so</c><00:17:19.660><c> that</c><00:17:19.839><c> all</c><00:17:20.000><c> these</c><00:17:20.220><c> different</c><00:17:20.400><c> kinds</c>

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of<00:17:21.220><c> figures</c><00:17:21.400><c> of</c><00:17:21.700><c> speech</c><00:17:22.119><c> characterize</c><00:17:23.059><c> his</c><00:17:23.259><c> prophetic</c><00:17:23.599><c> types</c>

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and<00:17:24.299><c> his</c><00:17:24.299><c> lessons</c><00:17:24.700><c> of</c><00:17:24.900><c> Jesus?</c>

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Because<00:17:26.400><c> he</c><00:17:26.779><c> meant</c><00:17:27.019><c> to.</c>

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He<00:17:28.579><c> knew</c><00:17:28.759><c> that</c><00:17:28.900><c> this</c><00:17:29.079><c> would</c><00:17:29.279><c> act,</c><00:17:29.539><c> this</c><00:17:29.740><c> is</c><00:17:29.920><c> the</c><00:17:30.059><c> net.</c>

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You're<00:17:31.019><c> looking</c><00:17:31.259><c> at</c><00:17:31.480><c> it.</c>

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If<00:17:32.019><c> you're</c><00:17:32.220><c> willing</c><00:17:32.460><c> to</c><00:17:32.700><c> think</c><00:17:32.839><c> about</c><00:17:33.059><c> his</c><00:17:33.319><c> word,</c>

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you<00:17:33.599><c> can</c><00:17:33.759><c> get</c><00:17:33.900><c> past</c><00:17:34.180><c> all</c><00:17:34.400><c> this.</c>

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If<00:17:34.859><c> you're</c><00:17:35.119><c> not,</c><00:17:35.359><c> you'll</c><00:17:35.640><c> never</c><00:17:35.819><c> make</c><00:17:36.039><c> it</c><00:17:36.180><c> through.</c>

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Metonymy<00:17:37.720><c> is</c><00:17:38.140><c> like</c><00:17:38.500><c> this,</c><00:17:39.319><c> where</c><00:17:39.359><c> something</c><00:17:39.779><c> that</c><00:17:40.099><c> isn't</c><00:17:40.920><c> alive</c>

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is<00:17:42.519><c> spoken</c><00:17:42.819><c> of</c><00:17:43.019><c> as</c><00:17:43.220><c> something</c><00:17:43.519><c> else</c><00:17:43.859><c> that</c><00:17:44.019><c> is</c><00:17:44.259><c> alive.</c>

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All<00:17:44.900><c> the</c><00:17:45.059><c> country</c><00:17:45.339><c> of</c><00:17:45.539><c> Judea</c><00:17:46.019><c> was</c><00:17:46.359><c> going</c><00:17:46.619><c> out</c><00:17:46.859><c> to</c><00:17:47.000><c> see</c><00:17:47.119><c> him.</c>

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Well,<00:17:47.359><c> the</c><00:17:47.400><c> country</c><00:17:47.720><c> of</c><00:17:47.940><c> Judea,</c><00:17:48.420><c> the</c><00:17:48.579><c> hills</c><00:17:48.920><c> and</c><00:17:49.680><c> the</c><00:17:49.859><c> cacti</c>

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and<00:17:50.539><c> things</c><00:17:50.759><c> like</c><00:17:51.059><c> that,</c><00:17:51.180><c> the</c><00:17:51.359><c> rocks,</c><00:17:51.980><c> they</c><00:17:52.160><c> didn't</c><00:17:52.279><c> go</c><00:17:52.519><c> out</c>

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to<00:17:53.440><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:17:54.640><c> people</c><00:17:55.119><c> in</c><00:17:55.660><c> the</c><00:17:55.839><c> country</c><00:17:56.859><c> of</c><00:17:57.259><c> Judea,</c><00:17:58.059><c> the</c><00:17:58.380><c> populace,</c>

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went<00:17:59.180><c> out</c><00:17:59.440><c> to</c><00:17:59.539><c> see</c><00:17:59.700><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:59.980><c> so</c><00:18:00.099><c> that's</c><00:18:00.339><c> what</c><00:18:00.559><c> metonymy</c><00:18:01.079><c> is.</c>

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But<00:18:03.099><c> the</c><00:18:03.500><c> one</c><00:18:03.920><c> that</c><00:18:04.279><c> people</c><00:18:04.799><c> appreciate</c><00:18:05.799><c> the</c><00:18:06.200><c> least,</c>

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and<00:18:08.099><c> it's</c><00:18:08.220><c> in</c><00:18:08.400><c> the</c><00:18:08.599><c> introduction</c><00:18:09.019><c> of</c><00:18:09.220><c> one</c><00:18:09.339><c> of</c><00:18:09.500><c> my</c><00:18:09.700><c> Bibles,</c><00:18:10.559><c> actually,</c>

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as<00:18:11.579><c> something</c><00:18:11.859><c> we</c><00:18:12.000><c> need</c><00:18:12.180><c> to</c><00:18:12.339><c> know</c><00:18:12.480><c> if</c><00:18:12.599><c> we're</c><00:18:12.779><c> going</c><00:18:12.799><c> to</c><00:18:12.900><c> read</c>

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the<00:18:13.180><c> Bible,</c><00:18:13.619><c> is</c><00:18:13.779><c> synecdoche.</c>

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Some<00:18:15.559><c> of</c><00:18:15.680><c> you</c><00:18:15.779><c> may</c><00:18:15.980><c> never</c><00:18:16.200><c> even</c><00:18:16.460><c> have</c><00:18:16.660><c> heard</c><00:18:16.900><c> this</c><00:18:17.160><c> term,</c><00:18:17.400><c> synecdoche,</c>

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let<00:18:18.160><c> alone</c><00:18:18.440><c> know</c><00:18:18.660><c> how</c><00:18:18.880><c> to</c><00:18:19.019><c> read</c><00:18:19.119><c> the</c><00:18:19.319><c> Bible</c>

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and<00:18:19.759><c> understand</c><00:18:20.279><c> what</c><00:18:20.720><c> a</c><00:18:20.920><c> synecdoche</c><00:18:21.380><c> is.</c>

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But<00:18:22.619><c> synecdoche</c><00:18:23.339><c> is</c><00:18:23.599><c> the</c><00:18:23.799><c> one</c><00:18:23.940><c> that</c><00:18:24.240><c> confuses</c><00:18:24.619><c> people</c>

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in<00:18:25.339><c> prophetic</c><00:18:25.799><c> types,</c><00:18:26.940><c> creates</c><00:18:27.180><c> the</c><00:18:27.519><c> ambiguities,</c>

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and<00:18:29.259><c> causes</c><00:18:29.720><c> the</c><00:18:30.059><c> difficulties</c><00:18:30.640><c> in</c><00:18:31.039><c> agreement</c>

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that<00:18:31.599><c> we</c><00:18:31.700><c> have</c><00:18:31.960><c> with</c><00:18:32.099><c> each</c><00:18:32.359><c> other,</c><00:18:33.960><c> kind</c><00:18:34.099><c> of</c><00:18:34.299><c> settling</c><00:18:34.519><c> down</c>

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on<00:18:35.380><c> one</c><00:18:35.680><c> prophecy</c><00:18:36.079><c> that</c><00:18:36.359><c> seems</c><00:18:36.660><c> obvious</c><00:18:37.079><c> to</c><00:18:37.319><c> us</c><00:18:37.579><c> all.</c>

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It's<00:18:38.640><c> the</c><00:18:38.859><c> use</c><00:18:39.119><c> of</c><00:18:39.420><c> synecdoche.</c>

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Here<00:18:40.180><c> are</c><00:18:40.380><c> some</c><00:18:40.599><c> examples.</c>

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The<00:18:43.000><c> waves</c><00:18:43.779><c> mount</c><00:18:44.480><c> up</c><00:18:44.680><c> to</c><00:18:44.839><c> heaven.</c>

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So<00:18:46.980><c> we</c><00:18:47.420><c> understand</c><00:18:47.960><c> that</c><00:18:49.039><c> waves</c><00:18:49.240><c> really</c><00:18:49.579><c> can't</c><00:18:49.759><c> go</c><00:18:49.920><c> that</c><00:18:50.240><c> far.</c>

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Picture<00:18:51.200><c> a</c><00:18:51.440><c> wave,</c><00:18:52.180><c> tidal</c><00:18:52.400><c> wave</c><00:18:52.519><c> is</c><00:18:52.720><c> one</c><00:18:52.960><c> thing.</c>

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I<00:18:53.940><c> read</c><00:18:54.119><c> once</c><00:18:54.500><c> that</c><00:18:54.799><c> the</c><00:18:54.960><c> highest</c><00:18:55.359><c> tidal</c><00:18:55.720><c> wave</c><00:18:55.839><c> ever</c><00:18:56.160><c> recorded</c>

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was<00:18:56.599><c> about</c><00:18:56.940><c> 900</c><00:18:57.299><c> feet.</c>

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Tidal<00:19:00.640><c> wave</c><00:19:00.759><c> is</c><00:19:00.859><c> usually</c><00:19:01.220><c> three</c><00:19:01.460><c> feet</c><00:19:01.740><c> as</c><00:19:01.900><c> they</c><00:19:02.119><c> travel</c>

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across<00:19:02.680><c> the</c><00:19:02.880><c> surface</c><00:19:03.099><c> and</c><00:19:03.259><c> they</c><00:19:03.319><c> hit</c><00:19:03.500><c> the</c><00:19:03.759><c> shelf,</c><00:19:04.000><c> they</c><00:19:04.200><c> go</c><00:19:04.420><c> up.</c>

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So<00:19:06.859><c> how's</c><00:19:07.339><c> a</c><00:19:08.640><c> wave</c><00:19:08.880><c> going</c><00:19:09.059><c> to</c><00:19:09.200><c> mount</c><00:19:09.380><c> to</c><00:19:09.680><c> the</c><00:19:09.799><c> Christian</c><00:19:10.140><c> heaven?</c>

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Obviously,<00:19:12.460><c> that's</c><00:19:12.599><c> got</c><00:19:12.680><c> to</c><00:19:12.740><c> mean</c><00:19:12.839><c> something</c><00:19:13.099><c> else.</c>

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Speaking<00:19:14.859><c> of</c><00:19:15.099><c> Greece,</c><00:19:15.440><c> the</c><00:19:15.579><c> kingdom</c><00:19:15.819><c> was</c><00:19:16.119><c> broken</c>

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to<00:19:16.720><c> the</c><00:19:16.960><c> four</c><00:19:17.259><c> winds</c><00:19:17.640><c> of</c><00:19:17.880><c> heaven.</c>

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Well,<00:19:20.599><c> I</c><00:19:20.819><c> don't</c><00:19:20.980><c> know</c><00:19:21.160><c> that</c><00:19:21.380><c> winds</c><00:19:21.759><c> are</c><00:19:22.119><c> there</c><00:19:22.339><c> in</c><00:19:22.539><c> heaven.</c>

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I<00:19:22.839><c> know</c><00:19:23.000><c> they're</c><00:19:23.180><c> on</c><00:19:23.420><c> the</c><00:19:23.599><c> earth</c><00:19:23.799><c> as</c><00:19:24.220><c> a</c><00:19:24.240><c> result</c><00:19:24.500><c> of</c>

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atmospheric<00:19:25.220><c> conditions,</c>

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but<00:19:27.140><c> do</c><00:19:27.599><c> winds</c><00:19:27.940><c> blow</c><00:19:29.960><c> by</c><00:19:30.180><c> God's</c><00:19:30.619><c> throne</c><00:19:30.839><c> in</c><00:19:31.079><c> heaven?</c>

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You<00:19:32.319><c> see,</c><00:19:32.819><c> so</c><00:19:32.900><c> heaven</c><00:19:33.079><c> now</c><00:19:33.660><c> can't</c><00:19:34.039><c> be</c><00:19:34.259><c> speaking</c><00:19:34.400><c> about</c><00:19:34.799><c> waves</c>

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because<00:19:35.559><c> it's</c><00:19:36.299><c> Greece,</c><00:19:38.220><c> it's</c><00:19:38.380><c> still</c><00:19:38.559><c> heaven.</c>

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If<00:19:39.839><c> you</c><00:19:39.960><c> don't</c><00:19:40.200><c> understand</c><00:19:40.619><c> synecdoche,</c>

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you'll<00:19:41.920><c> never</c><00:19:42.220><c> get</c><00:19:42.460><c> what</c><00:19:42.640><c> this</c><00:19:42.920><c> means.</c>

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Christianity<00:19:44.740><c> in</c><00:19:45.359><c> Revelation</c><00:19:45.900><c> is</c><00:19:46.200><c> spoken</c><00:19:46.460><c> of</c>

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as<00:19:46.779><c> having</c><00:19:46.980><c> a</c><00:19:47.259><c> great</c><00:19:47.559><c> portent</c><00:19:48.980><c> appearing</c><00:19:49.400><c> in</c><00:19:49.599><c> heaven.</c>

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So<00:19:51.079><c> this</c><00:19:51.220><c> is</c><00:19:51.380><c> something</c><00:19:51.579><c> entirely</c><00:19:52.319><c> different</c>

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because<00:19:52.920><c> waves</c><00:19:53.480><c> are</c><00:19:53.940><c> not</c><00:19:54.140><c> Greece,</c>

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and<00:19:55.259><c> Greece</c><00:19:55.619><c> is</c><00:19:55.980><c> certainly</c><00:19:56.180><c> not</c><00:19:56.440><c> Christianity,</c>

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and<00:19:58.359><c> yet</c><00:19:58.579><c> all</c><00:19:58.980><c> four</c><00:19:59.200><c> of</c><00:19:59.380><c> them</c><00:19:59.559><c> are</c><00:19:59.900><c> spoken</c><00:20:00.259><c> of</c>

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by<00:20:00.779><c> the</c><00:20:00.900><c> use</c><00:20:01.079><c> of</c><00:20:01.279><c> synecdoche</c><00:20:01.880><c> to</c><00:20:02.980><c> say</c><00:20:03.759><c> something</c><00:20:04.480><c> about</c><00:20:04.940><c> heaven.</c>

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But<00:20:06.079><c> if</c><00:20:06.619><c> you</c><00:20:07.039><c> know</c><00:20:07.759><c> that</c><00:20:08.359><c> heaven</c><00:20:09.259><c> means</c><00:20:10.319><c> in</c><00:20:10.680><c> the</c><00:20:10.859><c> Bible</c>

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not<00:20:11.720><c> where</c><00:20:12.119><c> God</c><00:20:12.440><c> dwells,</c><00:20:12.960><c> but</c><00:20:13.480><c> a</c><00:20:14.039><c> very</c><00:20:14.500><c> high</c><00:20:14.880><c> place,</c>

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something<00:20:16.039><c> that</c><00:20:16.279><c> is</c><00:20:16.619><c> very</c><00:20:17.019><c> high,</c><00:20:18.380><c> then</c><00:20:18.579><c> it</c><00:20:18.839><c> can</c><00:20:19.000><c> be</c><00:20:19.180><c> a</c><00:20:19.380><c> relative</c><00:20:19.720><c> term.</c>

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And<00:20:20.619><c> if</c><00:20:21.079><c> a</c><00:20:21.380><c> wave</c><00:20:21.759><c> comes</c><00:20:22.119><c> up</c><00:20:22.299><c> as</c><00:20:22.500><c> high</c><00:20:22.700><c> as</c><00:20:23.079><c> those</c><00:20:23.460><c> that</c><00:20:23.660><c> were</c><00:20:23.880><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:24.440><c> video</c>

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last<00:20:25.039><c> night</c><00:20:25.640><c> where</c><00:20:26.160><c> those</c><00:20:26.400><c> waves</c><00:20:26.599><c> were</c><00:20:26.859><c> crashing</c><00:20:27.220><c> around</c><00:20:27.539><c> the</c><00:20:27.740><c> towers,</c>

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well,<00:20:28.819><c> you</c><00:20:28.960><c> understand</c><00:20:29.380><c> they</c><00:20:29.559><c> mounted</c><00:20:29.839><c> up</c><00:20:30.079><c> to</c><00:20:30.240><c> the</c><00:20:30.480><c> highest</c><00:20:30.759><c> place</c>

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they<00:20:31.259><c> could</c><00:20:31.480><c> be.</c>

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If<00:20:33.299><c> the</c><00:20:33.759><c> kingdom</c><00:20:34.059><c> was</c><00:20:34.319><c> broken</c><00:20:34.559><c> in</c><00:20:34.700><c> the</c><00:20:34.880><c> four</c><00:20:35.079><c> winds</c><00:20:35.279><c> of</c><00:20:35.519><c> heaven,</c>

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and<00:20:36.420><c> heaven</c><00:20:36.640><c> in</c><00:20:36.839><c> those</c><00:20:37.039><c> cases</c><00:20:37.400><c> were</c><00:20:37.619><c> the</c><00:20:37.779><c> political</c><00:20:38.700><c> powers,</c>

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north,<00:20:39.759><c> south,</c><00:20:40.200><c> east,</c><00:20:40.599><c> and</c><00:20:40.799><c> west,</c><00:20:42.079><c> then</c><00:20:42.220><c> all</c><00:20:42.380><c> of</c><00:20:42.539><c> a</c><00:20:42.559><c> sudden</c>

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the<00:20:42.859><c> high</c><00:20:43.119><c> places</c><00:20:43.619><c> in</c><00:20:43.920><c> all</c><00:20:44.099><c> those</c><00:20:44.339><c> places</c><00:20:44.960><c> outwardly</c><00:20:45.799><c> from</c><00:20:45.960><c> Greece</c>

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when<00:20:46.440><c> it</c><00:20:46.640><c> broke</c><00:20:46.839><c> up</c><00:20:47.240><c> make</c><00:20:47.519><c> sense.</c>

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And<00:20:48.559><c> if</c><00:20:48.700><c> in</c><00:20:48.880><c> Christianity</c><00:20:49.460><c> a</c><00:20:49.859><c> great</c><00:20:50.099><c> portent</c><00:20:50.599><c> appears</c><00:20:50.940><c> in</c><00:20:51.160><c> heaven,</c>

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and<00:20:51.900><c> heaven</c><00:20:52.259><c> is</c><00:20:52.579><c> the</c><00:20:52.779><c> high</c><00:20:53.059><c> places</c><00:20:53.400><c> of</c><00:20:53.700><c> the</c><00:20:53.880><c> religion</c><00:20:54.319><c> of</c><00:20:54.619><c> Christianity,</c>

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then<00:20:55.980><c> all</c><00:20:56.119><c> of</c><00:20:56.279><c> a</c><00:20:56.339><c> sudden</c><00:20:56.480><c> that</c><00:20:56.680><c> makes</c><00:20:56.940><c> sense</c><00:20:57.240><c> too.</c>

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So<00:20:58.160><c> the</c><00:20:58.420><c> three</c><00:20:58.640><c> are</c><00:20:58.900><c> connected</c><00:20:59.299><c> by</c><00:20:59.619><c> one</c><00:21:00.299><c> separate</c>

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and<00:21:01.359><c> different</c><00:21:02.140><c> association,</c><00:21:03.140><c> and</c><00:21:03.339><c> that</c><00:21:03.539><c> is</c><00:21:03.900><c> they're</c><00:21:04.279><c> all</c><00:21:04.559><c> connected</c>

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in<00:21:05.279><c> the</c><00:21:05.480><c> meaning</c><00:21:05.819><c> that</c><00:21:06.039><c> they</c><00:21:06.220><c> are</c><00:21:06.400><c> in</c><00:21:06.519><c> the</c><00:21:06.720><c> high</c><00:21:06.940><c> places.</c>

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But<00:21:07.900><c> they</c><00:21:08.079><c> can</c><00:21:08.240><c> be</c><00:21:08.420><c> political</c><00:21:08.880><c> high</c><00:21:09.140><c> places,</c>

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they<00:21:09.980><c> can</c><00:21:10.180><c> be</c><00:21:10.380><c> physical</c><00:21:10.819><c> high</c><00:21:11.119><c> places,</c>

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and<00:21:11.940><c> they</c><00:21:12.059><c> can</c><00:21:12.240><c> be</c><00:21:12.380><c> geographic</c><00:21:13.039><c> high</c><00:21:13.319><c> places,</c><00:21:14.279><c> but</c><00:21:14.460><c> all</c><00:21:14.619><c> high</c><00:21:14.799><c> places.</c>

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That's<00:21:15.839><c> what</c><00:21:16.000><c> synecdoche</c><00:21:16.519><c> is.</c>

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If<00:21:17.099><c> you</c><00:21:17.339><c> understand</c><00:21:17.880><c> it,</c><00:21:18.460><c> you</c><00:21:18.619><c> can</c><00:21:18.819><c> read</c><00:21:19.019><c> the</c><00:21:19.220><c> Bible,</c>

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and<00:21:19.539><c> you</c><00:21:19.539><c> can</c><00:21:19.539><c> still</c><00:21:19.720><c> apply</c><00:21:20.180><c> your</c><00:21:20.480><c> thinking</c><00:21:20.720><c> to</c><00:21:21.000><c> it</c>

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and<00:21:21.400><c> come</c><00:21:21.700><c> up</c><00:21:21.839><c> with</c><00:21:22.000><c> a</c><00:21:22.160><c> good</c><00:21:22.339><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:21:23.099><c> what</c><00:21:23.259><c> you're</c><00:21:23.460><c> reading,</c><00:21:24.099><c> but</c><00:21:24.240><c> it</c><00:21:24.500><c> takes</c><00:21:24.759><c> work.</c>

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It's<00:21:25.539><c> not</c><00:21:25.779><c> simple.</c>

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There<00:21:26.660><c> are</c><00:21:26.839><c> people</c><00:21:27.099><c> who</c><00:21:27.720><c> hear</c><00:21:27.920><c> the</c><00:21:28.160><c> teachings</c><00:21:28.400><c> of</c><00:21:28.640><c> others</c>

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who<00:21:28.980><c> do</c><00:21:29.200><c> the</c><00:21:29.380><c> work,</c><00:21:29.960><c> and</c><00:21:30.039><c> people</c><00:21:30.259><c> who</c><00:21:30.440><c> do</c><00:21:30.599><c> the</c><00:21:30.779><c> work.</c>

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When<00:21:31.640><c> people</c><00:21:31.980><c> do</c><00:21:32.440><c> the</c><00:21:32.640><c> work,</c><00:21:34.400><c> then</c><00:21:34.619><c> we're</c><00:21:34.900><c> at</c><00:21:35.000><c> an</c><00:21:35.180><c> advantage</c>

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if<00:21:36.579><c> we</c><00:21:36.779><c> stand</c><00:21:37.019><c> on</c><00:21:37.160><c> their</c><00:21:37.279><c> shoulders.</c>

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They've<00:21:38.500><c> already</c><00:21:38.680><c> done</c><00:21:38.859><c> the</c><00:21:39.019><c> work</c><00:21:39.180><c> for</c><00:21:39.400><c> us,</c>

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so<00:21:40.519><c> why</c><00:21:40.799><c> not</c><00:21:41.119><c> take</c><00:21:41.539><c> what</c><00:21:41.740><c> they've</c><00:21:42.140><c> said,</c>

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they<00:21:42.460><c> understood</c><00:21:42.799><c> the</c><00:21:43.079><c> truth,</c><00:21:43.500><c> they</c><00:21:43.640><c> knew</c><00:21:43.779><c> the</c><00:21:43.940><c> right</c><00:21:44.099><c> approach,</c>

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they<00:21:44.859><c> certainly</c><00:21:45.099><c> understood</c><00:21:45.440><c> this</c><00:21:45.680><c> principle,</c>

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they<00:21:46.759><c> went</c><00:21:46.900><c> into</c><00:21:47.140><c> prophecy,</c><00:21:47.640><c> they</c><00:21:47.799><c> looked</c><00:21:48.000><c> at</c><00:21:48.180><c> it</c><00:21:48.380><c> closely,</c>

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they<00:21:49.539><c> saw</c><00:21:49.539><c> it</c><00:21:49.539><c> with</c><00:21:49.640><c> a</c><00:21:49.720><c> lot</c><00:21:49.880><c> of</c><00:21:50.160><c> things</c><00:21:50.400><c> in</c><00:21:50.660><c> their</c><00:21:50.940><c> time,</c>

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which<00:21:51.720><c> were</c><00:21:51.980><c> relative</c><00:21:52.400><c> to</c><00:21:52.519><c> what</c><00:21:52.680><c> they</c><00:21:52.900><c> could</c><00:21:53.079><c> see</c><00:21:53.220><c> in</c><00:21:53.339><c> their</c><00:21:53.559><c> time,</c>

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we<00:21:54.220><c> live</c><00:21:54.339><c> 150</c><00:21:54.940><c> years</c><00:21:55.299><c> later.</c>

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That<00:21:56.220><c> doesn't</c><00:21:56.519><c> disqualify</c><00:21:57.319><c> what</c><00:21:57.500><c> they</c><00:21:57.779><c> saw,</c>

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it<00:21:58.519><c> just</c><00:21:58.759><c> gives</c><00:21:58.940><c> us</c><00:21:59.200><c> the</c><00:21:59.359><c> ability</c><00:21:59.640><c> to</c><00:21:59.900><c> stand</c><00:22:00.180><c> on</c><00:22:00.339><c> their</c><00:22:00.579><c> shoulders,</c>

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add<00:22:01.779><c> things</c><00:22:02.059><c> in</c><00:22:02.299><c> that</c><00:22:02.440><c> we</c><00:22:02.599><c> now</c><00:22:02.839><c> can</c><00:22:03.160><c> see,</c><00:22:04.019><c> and</c><00:22:04.200><c> improve</c><00:22:04.480><c> on</c><00:22:04.680><c> it.</c>

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It<00:22:05.880><c> just</c><00:22:06.119><c> should</c><00:22:06.279><c> be</c><00:22:06.460><c> getting</c><00:22:06.640><c> better</c><00:22:07.099><c> and</c><00:22:07.460><c> better</c><00:22:07.759><c> for</c><00:22:07.980><c> us</c><00:22:08.240><c> as</c>

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we<00:22:08.660><c> go,</c>

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which<00:22:08.920><c> I</c><00:22:09.119><c> believe</c><00:22:09.319><c> it</c><00:22:09.500><c> is.</c>

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Let's<00:22:11.160><c> focus</c><00:22:11.579><c> on</c><00:22:11.819><c> this</c><00:22:12.019><c> term</c><00:22:12.220><c> synecdoche</c><00:22:12.799><c> in</c><00:22:12.980><c> heaven,</c>

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using<00:22:14.500><c> one</c><00:22:14.980><c> term</c><00:22:15.500><c> to</c><00:22:16.039><c> describe</c><00:22:16.319><c> different</c><00:22:16.700><c> things.</c>

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Heaven<00:22:19.059><c> is</c><00:22:19.380><c> spoken</c><00:22:19.700><c> of</c><00:22:19.900><c> in</c><00:22:20.519><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:22:21.140><c> 5</c><00:22:21.640><c>-2,</c>

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where<00:22:22.359><c> God</c><00:22:22.619><c> dwells,</c><00:22:23.160><c> God</c><00:22:23.299><c> is</c><00:22:23.460><c> in</c><00:22:23.539><c> heaven</c><00:22:23.759><c> and</c><00:22:23.920><c> thou</c><00:22:24.059><c> upon</c><00:22:24.279><c> earth,</c>

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therefore<00:22:25.720><c> let</c><00:22:26.079><c> thy</c><00:22:26.359><c> words</c><00:22:26.980><c> be</c><00:22:27.339><c> few.</c>

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It's<00:22:28.980><c> spoken</c><00:22:29.180><c> of</c><00:22:29.319><c> the</c><00:22:29.420><c> waves</c><00:22:29.779><c> of</c><00:22:29.940><c> the</c><00:22:30.059><c> sea,</c><00:22:30.180><c> these</c><00:22:30.339><c> are</c><00:22:30.519><c> the</c><00:22:30.619><c> verses,</c>

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for<00:22:31.299><c> he</c><00:22:31.480><c> commanded</c><00:22:31.859><c> and</c><00:22:32.119><c> raised</c><00:22:32.339><c> the</c><00:22:32.640><c> stormy</c><00:22:33.000><c> wind</c>

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and<00:22:33.500><c> lifted</c><00:22:33.799><c> the</c><00:22:34.660><c> waves</c><00:22:34.880><c> of</c><00:22:35.039><c> the</c><00:22:35.200><c> sea,</c><00:22:35.440><c> and</c><00:22:35.460><c> they</c><00:22:35.640><c> mounted</c><00:22:35.839><c> up</c>

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to<00:22:36.200><c> heaven,</c>

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and<00:22:36.619><c> they</c><00:22:36.720><c> went</c><00:22:36.839><c> down</c><00:22:37.099><c> to</c><00:22:37.279><c> the</c><00:22:37.420><c> depth,</c><00:22:37.599><c> so</c><00:22:37.759><c> you</c><00:22:37.880><c> can</c><00:22:38.119><c> start</c><00:22:38.339><c> to</c><00:22:38.579><c> see</c>

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the<00:22:39.319><c> flavor</c><00:22:39.640><c> of</c><00:22:39.920><c> the</c><00:22:40.039><c> use</c><00:22:40.180><c> of</c><00:22:40.380><c> this</c><00:22:40.599><c> figure</c><00:22:40.839><c> of</c><00:22:41.099><c> speech.</c>

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With<00:22:42.220><c> respect</c><00:22:42.519><c> to</c><00:22:42.660><c> the</c><00:22:42.779><c> kingdom</c><00:22:42.980><c> of</c><00:22:43.220><c> Greece,</c>

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then<00:22:43.680><c> a</c><00:22:43.839><c> mighty</c><00:22:44.039><c> king</c><00:22:44.259><c> shall</c><00:22:44.500><c> arise</c><00:22:44.859><c> who</c><00:22:45.099><c> shall</c><00:22:45.400><c> rule</c>

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with<00:22:45.920><c> a</c><00:22:46.099><c> great</c><00:22:46.279><c> dominion</c><00:22:46.700><c> and</c><00:22:46.880><c> do</c><00:22:47.039><c> according</c><00:22:47.359><c> to</c><00:22:47.539><c> his</c><00:22:47.759><c> will.</c>

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And<00:22:48.680><c> when</c><00:22:48.859><c> he</c><00:22:49.180><c> has</c><00:22:49.420><c> arisen,</c><00:22:50.539><c> his</c><00:22:50.640><c> kingdom</c><00:22:50.920><c> shall</c><00:22:51.099><c> be</c><00:22:51.319><c> broken</c>

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and<00:22:51.880><c> divided</c><00:22:52.480><c> toward</c><00:22:52.980><c> the</c><00:22:53.240><c> four</c><00:22:53.420><c> winds</c><00:22:53.640><c> of</c><00:22:53.880><c> heaven,</c>

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and<00:22:54.279><c> then</c><00:22:54.480><c> that</c><00:22:54.740><c> became</c><00:22:55.039><c> the</c><00:22:55.259><c> Roman</c><00:22:55.460><c> Empire,</c>

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and<00:22:56.200><c> then</c><00:22:56.400><c> that</c><00:22:56.579><c> became</c><00:22:56.940><c> the</c><00:22:57.180><c> feet</c><00:22:57.640><c> of</c><00:22:58.319><c> iron</c><00:22:58.539><c> and</c><00:22:58.779><c> clay,</c>

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and<00:22:59.140><c> then</c><00:22:59.339><c> that</c><00:22:59.519><c> became</c><00:22:59.799><c> what</c><00:22:59.960><c> we</c><00:23:00.180><c> see</c><00:23:00.299><c> today,</c>

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I<00:23:00.880><c> think,</c><00:23:01.119><c> in</c><00:23:01.319><c> the</c><00:23:01.480><c> European</c><00:23:01.819><c> Union.</c>

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Let's<00:23:04.200><c> just</c><00:23:04.440><c> look</c><00:23:04.579><c> at</c><00:23:04.779><c> one</c><00:23:05.000><c> more</c><00:23:05.259><c> example,</c>

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which<00:23:05.920><c> is</c><00:23:06.359><c> particularly</c><00:23:07.339><c> potent,</c><00:23:08.460><c> that</c><00:23:08.640><c> you</c><00:23:08.819><c> will</c><00:23:09.059><c> love.</c>

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And<00:23:09.940><c> I'm</c><00:23:10.180><c> giving</c><00:23:10.339><c> you</c><00:23:10.539><c> this</c><00:23:10.799><c> example</c><00:23:11.319><c> because</c><00:23:11.720><c> when</c><00:23:12.019><c> you</c><00:23:12.319><c> speak</c><00:23:12.480><c> to</c><00:23:12.740><c> people</c>

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who<00:23:13.819><c> need</c><00:23:14.220><c> to</c><00:23:14.500><c> know</c><00:23:14.740><c> that</c><00:23:14.980><c> heaven</c><00:23:15.220><c> doesn't</c><00:23:15.579><c> always</c><00:23:16.000><c> mean</c><00:23:16.259><c> heaven,</c>

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so<00:23:17.400><c> when</c><00:23:17.519><c> you</c><00:23:17.680><c> talk</c><00:23:17.880><c> about</c><00:23:18.059><c> a</c><00:23:18.279><c> kingdom</c><00:23:18.500><c> of</c><00:23:18.700><c> heaven</c>

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that<00:23:19.039><c> is</c><00:23:19.160><c> on</c><00:23:19.359><c> the</c><00:23:19.539><c> earth,</c><00:23:20.000><c> you</c><00:23:20.160><c> can't</c><00:23:20.539><c> assign</c><00:23:20.880><c> a</c><00:23:21.259><c> literal</c><00:23:21.579><c> meaning</c>

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to<00:23:22.519><c> the</c><00:23:22.980><c> use</c><00:23:23.099><c> of</c><00:23:23.319><c> the</c><00:23:23.420><c> word</c><00:23:23.559><c> heaven</c><00:23:23.839><c> in</c><00:23:24.000><c> that</c><00:23:24.299><c> phrase.</c>

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It's<00:23:25.039><c> still</c><00:23:25.319><c> going</c><00:23:25.460><c> to</c><00:23:25.559><c> be</c><00:23:25.680><c> on</c><00:23:25.839><c> the</c><00:23:26.000><c> earth.</c>

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It's<00:23:26.599><c> just</c><00:23:26.859><c> going</c><00:23:27.019><c> to</c><00:23:27.200><c> have</c><00:23:27.339><c> the</c><00:23:27.599><c> quality</c><00:23:28.059><c> of</c><00:23:28.380><c> heaven.</c>

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This<00:23:29.779><c> makes</c><00:23:30.259><c> the</c><00:23:30.599><c> point</c><00:23:30.799><c> like</c><00:23:31.180><c> nothing</c><00:23:31.500><c> else.</c>

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It's<00:23:32.420><c> easy</c><00:23:32.740><c> to</c><00:23:33.019><c> remember,</c><00:23:33.279><c> and</c><00:23:33.480><c> you</c><00:23:33.599><c> will</c><00:23:34.000><c> never</c><00:23:34.259><c> forget</c><00:23:34.579><c> it</c><00:23:34.819><c> again</c>

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after<00:23:35.660><c> you</c><00:23:35.900><c> see</c><00:23:36.039><c> it</c><00:23:36.259><c> here.</c>

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It's<00:23:36.619><c> in</c><00:23:36.819><c> Ephesians,</c><00:23:37.740><c> beginning</c><00:23:38.039><c> at</c><00:23:38.579><c> chapter</c><00:23:38.940><c> one</c><00:23:39.160><c> and</c><00:23:39.299><c> verse</c><00:23:39.579><c> 20.</c>

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Look<00:23:42.500><c> at</c><00:23:42.579><c> what</c><00:23:42.680><c> it</c><00:23:42.799><c> says.</c>

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It<00:23:43.079><c> says,</c><00:23:43.839><c> which</c><00:23:43.940><c> he</c><00:23:44.240><c> worked,</c><00:23:44.400><c> just</c><00:23:44.619><c> picking</c><00:23:44.799><c> up</c>

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in<00:23:45.119><c> the</c><00:23:45.220><c> middle</c><00:23:45.420><c> of</c><00:23:46.119><c> his</c><00:23:46.579><c> thought,</c><00:23:47.200><c> which</c><00:23:47.400><c> he</c><00:23:47.640><c> worked</c><00:23:47.819><c> in</c><00:23:48.059><c> Christ</c>

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when<00:23:48.539><c> he</c><00:23:48.819><c> raised</c><00:23:49.059><c> him</c><00:23:49.319><c> from</c><00:23:49.519><c> the</c><00:23:49.740><c> dead</c><00:23:49.960><c> and</c><00:23:50.640><c> seated</c><00:23:51.039><c> him</c>

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at<00:23:51.559><c> the</c><00:23:51.779><c> right</c><00:23:52.099><c> hand</c><00:23:52.740><c> in</c><00:23:54.000><c> the</c><00:23:54.200><c> heavenly</c><00:23:54.440><c> places.</c>

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So<00:23:55.619><c> we</c><00:23:55.799><c> know</c><00:23:56.099><c> that</c><00:23:56.480><c> what</c><00:23:56.700><c> happened</c><00:23:56.940><c> to</c><00:23:57.220><c> Christ</c>

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was<00:23:58.019><c> he</c><00:23:58.559><c> ascended</c><00:23:58.960><c> into</c><00:23:59.240><c> the</c><00:23:59.460><c> heavens</c><00:23:59.700><c> where</c><00:23:59.960><c> his</c><00:24:00.200><c> father</c><00:24:00.519><c> dwells,</c>

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the<00:24:02.059><c> literal</c><00:24:02.319><c> heavens,</c><00:24:03.279><c> and</c><00:24:03.319><c> is</c><00:24:03.519><c> seated</c><00:24:03.680><c> at</c><00:24:03.859><c> the</c><00:24:04.019><c> right</c><00:24:04.200><c> hand</c>

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of<00:24:04.519><c> God</c>

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where<00:24:05.180><c> for</c><00:24:05.759><c> the</c><00:24:05.920><c> last</c><00:24:06.140><c> 2</c><00:24:06.420><c>,000</c><00:24:06.740><c> years</c><00:24:07.140><c> he</c><00:24:07.359><c> has</c><00:24:07.880><c> been</c><00:24:08.319><c> in</c><00:24:08.779><c> his</c><00:24:09.079><c> role</c>

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as<00:24:09.740><c> the</c><00:24:09.920><c> high</c><00:24:10.240><c> priest.</c>

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Now<00:24:13.380><c> look</c><00:24:13.640><c> at</c><00:24:13.779><c> chapter</c><00:24:14.119><c> two</c><00:24:14.519><c> and</c><00:24:14.720><c> verse</c><00:24:14.980><c> six.</c>

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And<00:24:17.400><c> raised</c><00:24:17.819><c> us</c><00:24:18.440><c> up</c><00:24:18.759><c> together</c><00:24:19.259><c> and</c><00:24:19.539><c> made</c><00:24:19.779><c> us</c><00:24:20.079><c> sit</c><00:24:20.299><c> together</c>

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in<00:24:21.099><c> the</c><00:24:21.279><c> heavenly</c><00:24:21.539><c> places</c><00:24:21.980><c> in</c><00:24:22.200><c> Christ</c><00:24:22.480><c> Jesus.</c>

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Well,<00:24:25.400><c> are</c><00:24:25.579><c> we</c><00:24:26.460><c> seated</c><00:24:26.680><c> next</c><00:24:26.960><c> to</c><00:24:27.119><c> the</c><00:24:27.220><c> high</c><00:24:27.460><c> priest</c>

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in<00:24:28.359><c> the</c><00:24:28.559><c> heavenly</c><00:24:28.799><c> places</c><00:24:29.220><c> where</c><00:24:29.460><c> he's</c><00:24:29.700><c> gone</c><00:24:30.039><c> to</c><00:24:30.180><c> be</c><00:24:30.319><c> with</c><00:24:30.480><c> his</c><00:24:30.640><c> father?</c>

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Obviously<00:24:32.160><c> not.</c>

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No<00:24:33.259><c> man</c><00:24:33.460><c> could</c><00:24:33.680><c> argue</c><00:24:33.900><c> that</c><00:24:34.119><c> we</c><00:24:34.359><c> are.</c>

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No<00:24:35.259><c> man</c><00:24:35.480><c> could</c><00:24:35.680><c> argue</c><00:24:35.900><c> that</c><00:24:36.059><c> when</c><00:24:36.180><c> Paul</c><00:24:36.420><c> said</c><00:24:36.680><c> this,</c>

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there<00:24:37.019><c> was</c><00:24:37.200><c> anybody</c><00:24:37.539><c> there</c><00:24:37.880><c> who</c><00:24:38.299><c> could</c><00:24:38.480><c> have</c><00:24:38.819><c> understood</c>

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themselves<00:24:39.920><c> as</c><00:24:40.339><c> being</c><00:24:40.640><c> seated</c><00:24:40.980><c> in</c><00:24:41.519><c> the</c><00:24:41.720><c> high</c><00:24:41.859><c> places</c><00:24:42.160><c> of</c>

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present<00:24:42.700><c> tense,</c>

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raised<00:24:44.000><c> us</c><00:24:44.240><c> up</c><00:24:44.460><c> together</c><00:24:44.799><c> from</c><00:24:45.140><c> what?</c>

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I<00:24:45.960><c> think</c><00:24:46.099><c> he's</c><00:24:46.299><c> speaking</c><00:24:46.619><c> about</c><00:24:47.079><c> out</c><00:24:47.240><c> of</c><00:24:47.359><c> the</c><00:24:47.500><c> waters</c><00:24:47.680><c> of</c><00:24:47.920><c> baptism,</c>

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raised<00:24:49.059><c> us</c><00:24:49.319><c> up</c><00:24:49.519><c> together</c><00:24:49.859><c> with</c><00:24:50.140><c> Christ</c><00:24:50.619><c> in</c><00:24:51.220><c> new</c><00:24:51.460><c> life</c>

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and<00:24:53.279><c> made</c><00:24:53.460><c> us</c><00:24:53.680><c> sit</c><00:24:53.880><c> together</c><00:24:54.259><c> in</c><00:24:54.440><c> the</c><00:24:54.579><c> heavenly</c><00:24:54.779><c> places.</c>

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So<00:24:56.140><c> once</c><00:24:56.559><c> again,</c><00:24:56.880><c> just</c><00:24:57.059><c> to</c><00:24:57.259><c> press</c><00:24:57.380><c> the</c><00:24:57.680><c> point,</c>

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are<00:24:58.140><c> we</c><00:24:58.559><c> too</c><00:24:58.960><c> in</c><00:24:59.559><c> the</c><00:24:59.740><c> heavenly</c><00:24:59.940><c> places</c>

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and<00:25:00.440><c> we</c><00:25:00.660><c> know</c><00:25:00.880><c> that</c><00:25:01.099><c> we</c><00:25:01.259><c> are</c><00:25:01.440><c> not?</c>

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So<00:25:02.559><c> heavenly</c><00:25:02.880><c> places</c><00:25:03.359><c> has</c><00:25:03.680><c> to</c><00:25:03.859><c> mean</c><00:25:03.980><c> two</c><00:25:04.400><c> entirely</c><00:25:04.900><c> different</c><00:25:05.240><c> things</c>

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in<00:25:06.279><c> this</c><00:25:06.500><c> context.</c>

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And<00:25:07.180><c> then</c><00:25:07.359><c> if</c><00:25:07.500><c> you</c><00:25:07.680><c> look</c><00:25:07.900><c> at</c><00:25:08.099><c> the</c><00:25:08.240><c> sixth</c><00:25:08.539><c> chapter</c><00:25:09.700><c> and</c><00:25:11.640><c> verse</c><00:25:11.940><c> 12,</c>

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it<00:25:13.079><c> says</c><00:25:13.339><c> this,</c><00:25:16.559><c> for</c><00:25:16.700><c> we</c><00:25:17.019><c> do</c><00:25:17.339><c> not</c><00:25:17.559><c> wrestle</c><00:25:18.000><c> against</c><00:25:18.559><c> flesh</c><00:25:18.980><c> and</c><00:25:19.319><c> blood,</c>

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but<00:25:20.400><c> against</c><00:25:20.740><c> principalities</c><00:25:21.660><c> and</c><00:25:21.940><c> powers</c>

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and<00:25:22.500><c> against</c><00:25:22.740><c> the</c><00:25:23.039><c> rulers</c><00:25:23.259><c> of</c><00:25:23.440><c> the</c><00:25:23.640><c> darkness</c><00:25:23.940><c> of</c><00:25:24.160><c> this</c><00:25:24.460><c> age,</c>

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against<00:25:25.599><c> spiritual</c><00:25:26.400><c> hosts</c><00:25:26.839><c> of</c><00:25:27.299><c> wickedness</c>

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in<00:25:28.980><c> the</c><00:25:29.640><c> heavenly</c><00:25:29.920><c> places.</c>

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So<00:25:31.640><c> let's</c><00:25:32.059><c> put</c><00:25:32.259><c> this</c><00:25:32.500><c> all</c><00:25:32.700><c> together</c><00:25:33.200><c> on</c><00:25:33.940><c> a</c><00:25:34.920><c> one</c><00:25:35.220><c> plus</c><00:25:35.500><c> one</c><00:25:35.839><c> plus</c><00:25:36.180><c> one</c>

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equals<00:25:36.940><c> three</c><00:25:37.880><c> level,</c><00:25:38.480><c> where</c><00:25:38.720><c> words</c><00:25:39.059><c> are</c><00:25:39.339><c> supposed</c>

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to<00:25:39.779><c> work</c><00:25:39.900><c> like</c><00:25:40.160><c> numbers.</c>

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Heavenly<00:25:41.220><c> places</c><00:25:41.660><c> means</c><00:25:42.299><c> where</c><00:25:42.619><c> God</c><00:25:42.839><c> is.</c>

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So<00:25:43.880><c> we're</c><00:25:44.359><c> there</c><00:25:44.700><c> too.</c>

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And<00:25:45.759><c> so</c><00:25:45.960><c> are</c><00:25:46.180><c> spiritual</c><00:25:46.619><c> hosts</c><00:25:46.900><c> of</c><00:25:47.119><c> wickedness,</c><00:25:47.660><c> also</c><00:25:48.160><c> where</c>

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God<00:25:48.799><c> is.</c>

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Try<00:25:50.019><c> to</c><00:25:50.180><c> make</c><00:25:50.299><c> words</c><00:25:50.539><c> work</c><00:25:50.920><c> like</c><00:25:51.200><c> number.</c>

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You're<00:25:52.140><c> going</c><00:25:52.140><c> to</c><00:25:52.220><c> come</c><00:25:52.359><c> up</c><00:25:52.500><c> with</c><00:25:52.720><c> confusion</c><00:25:53.240><c> out</c><00:25:53.420><c> of</c><00:25:53.539><c> this</c><00:25:53.720><c> chapter.</c>

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And<00:25:54.519><c> that's</c><00:25:55.019><c> what's</c><00:25:55.420><c> wrong</c><00:25:55.759><c> with</c><00:25:56.579><c> the</c><00:25:56.980><c> interpretation</c>

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of<00:25:58.619><c> all</c><00:25:59.059><c> of</c><00:25:59.279><c> Christianity,</c><00:25:59.960><c> Catholic</c><00:26:00.140><c> and</c><00:26:00.359><c> Protestant</c><00:26:00.640><c> alike.</c>

00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:03.380
They<00:26:01.720><c> try</c><00:26:01.859><c> to</c><00:26:02.019><c> make</c><00:26:02.160><c> words</c><00:26:02.460><c> work</c><00:26:02.680><c> in</c><00:26:02.880><c> a</c><00:26:02.980><c> simple</c><00:26:03.160><c> way.</c>

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They<00:26:03.480><c> want</c><00:26:03.599><c> to</c><00:26:03.700><c> make</c><00:26:03.799><c> it</c><00:26:03.980><c> easy.</c>

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They<00:26:04.779><c> just</c><00:26:04.920><c> look</c><00:26:05.079><c> at</c><00:26:05.240><c> things</c><00:26:05.420><c> and</c><00:26:05.839><c> they</c>

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come<00:26:06.180><c> up</c><00:26:06.380><c> with</c><00:26:06.519><c> these</c><00:26:07.079><c> crazy</c><00:26:07.880><c> sci</c><00:26:08.460><c>-fi</c><00:26:08.799><c> interpretations</c>

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of<00:26:09.839><c> what</c><00:26:09.980><c> this</c><00:26:10.180><c> is</c><00:26:10.380><c> talking</c><00:26:10.599><c> about,</c><00:26:11.160><c> angels</c><00:26:11.460><c> in</c><00:26:11.640><c> heaven</c>

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that<00:26:12.200><c> sinned</c><00:26:12.440><c> and</c><00:26:12.559><c> everything.</c>

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And<00:26:12.880><c> this</c><00:26:13.000><c> seems</c><00:26:13.299><c> to</c><00:26:13.880><c> correspond,</c><00:26:14.359><c> but</c><00:26:14.440><c> they</c><00:26:14.619><c> still</c>

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:17.940
don't<00:26:14.980><c> know</c><00:26:15.099><c> what</c><00:26:16.200><c> it</c><00:26:16.339><c> means</c><00:26:16.579><c> when</c><00:26:16.740><c> they</c><00:26:16.960><c> read</c><00:26:17.079><c> it.</c>

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The<00:26:18.579><c> only</c><00:26:18.740><c> way</c><00:26:18.900><c> you</c><00:26:19.000><c> can</c><00:26:19.220><c> interpret</c><00:26:19.559><c> this</c><00:26:19.779><c> is</c><00:26:19.960><c> to</c><00:26:20.180><c> understand</c>

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that<00:26:21.220><c> heavens</c><00:26:21.519><c> means,</c><00:26:23.160><c> heavenly</c><00:26:23.539><c> places</c><00:26:24.059><c> in</c><00:26:24.319><c> this</c><00:26:24.519><c> context</c>

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means<00:26:25.500><c> wherein</c><00:26:26.619><c> God</c><00:26:27.039><c> rules.</c>

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So<00:26:28.480><c> does</c><00:26:28.619><c> God</c><00:26:28.859><c> rule</c><00:26:29.099><c> heaven?</c>

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Yes,<00:26:29.940><c> he</c><00:26:30.059><c> does.</c>

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Does<00:26:31.240><c> God</c><00:26:31.460><c> rule</c><00:26:31.700><c> where</c><00:26:31.900><c> we</c><00:26:32.119><c> sit</c><00:26:32.339><c> in</c><00:26:32.579><c> Christ?</c>

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Yes,<00:26:33.299><c> he</c><00:26:33.420><c> does.</c>

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Does<00:26:34.680><c> God</c><00:26:34.980><c> rule</c><00:26:35.680><c> in</c><00:26:36.279><c> the</c><00:26:36.660><c> principalities</c><00:26:37.640><c> and</c><00:26:38.279><c> powers</c>

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:41.400
of<00:26:39.740><c> wickedness</c><00:26:40.279><c> in</c><00:26:40.480><c> the</c><00:26:40.640><c> heavenly</c><00:26:40.880><c> places,</c>

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:43.160
the<00:26:41.859><c> high</c><00:26:42.079><c> places</c><00:26:42.460><c> of</c><00:26:42.720><c> the</c><00:26:42.900><c> earth?</c>

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Yes,<00:26:43.779><c> he</c><00:26:43.920><c> does.</c>

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He<00:26:45.099><c> controls</c><00:26:45.480><c> them</c><00:26:45.720><c> even</c><00:26:45.920><c> though</c><00:26:46.099><c> they</c><00:26:46.240><c> don't</c><00:26:46.460><c> know</c><00:26:46.660><c> that</c><00:26:46.799><c> he</c><00:26:46.940><c> is.</c>

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And<00:26:47.980><c> they</c><00:26:48.599><c> are</c><00:26:48.839><c> then</c><00:26:49.140><c> drawn</c><00:26:49.319><c> together</c><00:26:49.740><c> in</c><00:26:49.960><c> this</c><00:26:50.200><c> third</c><00:26:50.420><c> association</c>

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that<00:26:51.420><c> they</c><00:26:51.660><c> are</c><00:26:51.880><c> high</c><00:26:52.339><c> places.</c>

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And<00:26:54.279><c> that's</c><00:26:54.519><c> why</c><00:26:54.759><c> the</c><00:26:54.900><c> Bible</c><00:26:55.140><c> speaks</c><00:26:55.480><c> of</c><00:26:55.660><c> them</c><00:26:56.279><c> as</c><00:26:56.599><c> heavenly</c><00:26:56.960><c> places.</c>

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So<00:26:58.059><c> you'd</c><00:26:58.240><c> have</c><00:26:58.380><c> to</c><00:26:58.559><c> ask,</c><00:26:58.819><c> like</c><00:26:58.980><c> the</c><00:26:59.220><c> disciples</c><00:26:59.559><c> did,</c>

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:01.440
well,<00:26:59.980><c> if</c><00:27:00.039><c> God</c><00:27:00.279><c> wanted</c><00:27:00.480><c> us</c><00:27:00.660><c> to</c><00:27:00.779><c> understand</c><00:27:01.059><c> all</c><00:27:01.299><c> that,</c>

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:03.299
why<00:27:01.599><c> didn't</c><00:27:01.720><c> he</c><00:27:01.819><c> just</c><00:27:02.480><c> make</c><00:27:02.799><c> the</c><00:27:03.039><c> distinction?</c>

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Why<00:27:03.519><c> did</c><00:27:03.759><c> he</c><00:27:03.779><c> call</c><00:27:03.900><c> them</c><00:27:04.099><c> all</c><00:27:04.500><c> the</c><00:27:04.720><c> same</c><00:27:05.019><c> thing</c>

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in<00:27:05.599><c> his</c><00:27:05.819><c> inspired</c><00:27:06.220><c> word,</c><00:27:06.920><c> heavenly?</c>

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Well,<00:27:08.519><c> he</c><00:27:08.660><c> did</c><00:27:08.900><c> so</c><00:27:09.160><c> because</c><00:27:09.460><c> he</c><00:27:09.640><c> had</c><00:27:09.839><c> his</c><00:27:10.039><c> reasons</c><00:27:10.440><c> for</c><00:27:10.720><c> doing</c><00:27:10.980><c> so.</c>

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He<00:27:11.960><c> did</c><00:27:12.160><c> it</c><00:27:12.400><c> so</c><00:27:12.599><c> that</c><00:27:12.859><c> only</c><00:27:13.200><c> people</c><00:27:13.579><c> who</c><00:27:13.940><c> really</c><00:27:14.339><c> wanted</c>

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to<00:27:14.720><c> know</c><00:27:14.819><c> the</c><00:27:15.019><c> answers</c><00:27:15.339><c> to</c><00:27:15.519><c> these</c><00:27:15.700><c> questions</c>

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:18.559
would<00:27:16.700><c> be</c><00:27:17.000><c> driven</c><00:27:17.220><c> to</c><00:27:17.480><c> them</c><00:27:17.779><c> to</c><00:27:18.220><c> the</c><00:27:18.380><c> point</c>

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where<00:27:19.059><c> everything</c><00:27:19.759><c> in</c><00:27:19.960><c> their</c><00:27:20.119><c> emotions</c><00:27:20.519><c> and</c><00:27:20.680><c> their</c><00:27:20.900><c> passions</c>

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to<00:27:21.500><c> understand</c><00:27:21.819><c> God's</c><00:27:22.259><c> word</c><00:27:22.500><c> would</c><00:27:23.339><c> help,</c>

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:27.160
would<00:27:24.180><c> drive</c><00:27:24.519><c> them</c><00:27:24.880><c> into</c><00:27:25.259><c> a</c><00:27:25.599><c> clearer</c><00:27:25.880><c> understanding</c><00:27:26.519><c> of</c><00:27:26.740><c> this,</c>

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which<00:27:27.839><c> we</c><00:27:28.160><c> hope</c><00:27:28.579><c> is</c><00:27:29.420><c> our</c><00:27:29.640><c> disposition.</c>

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The<00:27:30.680><c> deeper</c><00:27:31.000><c> association</c><00:27:31.640><c> there</c><00:27:31.920><c> is</c><00:27:32.079><c> high</c><00:27:32.299><c> places.</c>

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I'm<00:27:34.039><c> going</c><00:27:34.039><c> to</c><00:27:34.079><c> give</c><00:27:34.220><c> you</c><00:27:34.380><c> three</c><00:27:34.579><c> more</c><00:27:34.859><c> simple</c><00:27:35.180><c> examples,</c><00:27:37.359><c> which</c><00:27:37.460><c> I'm</c><00:27:37.700><c> not,</c>

00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:41.779
you<00:27:38.160><c> might</c><00:27:38.359><c> want</c><00:27:38.579><c> to</c><00:27:38.740><c> jot</c><00:27:38.859><c> these</c><00:27:39.119><c> down</c><00:27:39.720><c> because</c><00:27:41.099><c> you'll</c><00:27:41.440><c> remember.</c>

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I'm<00:27:42.099><c> going</c><00:27:42.180><c> to</c><00:27:42.200><c> read</c><00:27:42.400><c> the</c><00:27:42.559><c> one</c><00:27:42.660><c> in</c><00:27:42.880><c> Peter.</c>

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:46.539
You<00:27:44.240><c> remember,</c><00:27:44.539><c> of</c><00:27:44.740><c> course,</c><00:27:45.140><c> that</c><00:27:45.299><c> Lucifer</c><00:27:45.660><c> means</c><00:27:45.940><c> day</c><00:27:46.319><c> star.</c>

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And<00:27:46.799><c> whether</c><00:27:46.940><c> it</c><00:27:47.160><c> says</c><00:27:47.299><c> Lucifer</c><00:27:47.839><c> or</c><00:27:48.140><c> says</c><00:27:48.420><c> day</c><00:27:48.720><c> star</c><00:27:48.940><c> in</c><00:27:49.140><c> your</c><00:27:49.299><c> Bible,</c>

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:52.440
it<00:27:50.180><c> really</c><00:27:50.440><c> is</c><00:27:50.660><c> talking</c><00:27:50.859><c> about</c><00:27:51.359><c> the</c><00:27:51.740><c> morning</c><00:27:52.079><c> star,</c>

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which<00:27:52.619><c> is</c><00:27:52.880><c> obscured</c><00:27:53.259><c> by</c><00:27:53.519><c> the</c><00:27:53.660><c> rising</c><00:27:53.900><c> of</c><00:27:54.099><c> the</c><00:27:54.319><c> sun,</c>

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:57.180
and<00:27:55.000><c> is</c><00:27:55.160><c> a</c><00:27:55.319><c> reference</c><00:27:55.599><c> to</c><00:27:55.799><c> the</c><00:27:55.920><c> king</c><00:27:56.039><c> of</c><00:27:56.299><c> Babylon.</c>

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But<00:27:57.640><c> then</c><00:27:57.740><c> if</c><00:27:57.839><c> you</c><00:27:57.980><c> look</c><00:27:58.119><c> at</c><00:27:58.319><c> 1</c><00:27:58.559><c> Peter,</c><00:27:58.920><c> let's</c><00:27:59.200><c> do</c><00:27:59.380><c> this.</c>

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Let's<00:27:59.660><c> look</c><00:27:59.900><c> at</c><00:28:00.039><c> 1</c><00:28:00.299><c> Peter,</c><00:28:01.720><c> chapter</c><00:28:02.180><c> 1</c><00:28:02.680><c> and</c><00:28:02.940><c> verse</c><00:28:03.200><c> 19.</c>

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I'm<00:28:18.220><c> sorry,</c><00:28:18.539><c> that's</c><00:28:19.180><c> 2</c><00:28:19.480><c> Peter</c><00:28:20.160><c> and</c><00:28:21.680><c> 1</c><00:28:21.880><c> 19.</c>

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Sorry,<00:28:23.599><c> you</c><00:28:23.900><c> probably</c><00:28:24.119><c> already</c><00:28:24.519><c> figured</c><00:28:24.759><c> that</c><00:28:25.000><c> out.</c>

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He<00:28:26.880><c> says</c><00:28:27.119><c> this,</c><00:28:27.440><c> and</c><00:28:27.579><c> so</c><00:28:27.819><c> we</c><00:28:28.039><c> have</c><00:28:28.180><c> the</c><00:28:28.339><c> prophetic</c><00:28:28.680><c> word</c>

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confirmed,<00:28:29.619><c> which</c><00:28:29.980><c> you</c><00:28:30.220><c> do</c><00:28:30.440><c> well</c><00:28:30.740><c> to</c><00:28:31.000><c> heed</c><00:28:31.180><c> as</c><00:28:31.400><c> a</c><00:28:31.559><c> light</c><00:28:31.720><c> that</c><00:28:31.960><c> shines</c>

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in<00:28:32.380><c> a</c><00:28:32.440><c> dark</c><00:28:32.700><c> place</c><00:28:33.339><c> until</c><00:28:34.420><c> the</c><00:28:34.640><c> day</c><00:28:34.859><c> dawns</c><00:28:35.339><c> and</c><00:28:35.460><c> the</c><00:28:35.700><c> morning</c><00:28:35.960><c> star</c>

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.339
rises<00:28:36.640><c> in</c><00:28:36.839><c> your</c><00:28:37.079><c> hearts.</c>

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.740
What's<00:28:37.640><c> that,</c><00:28:37.839><c> Lucifer?</c>

00:28:41.680 --> 00:28:44.259
How<00:28:41.940><c> is</c><00:28:42.119><c> it</c><00:28:42.440><c> that</c><00:28:43.000><c> whatever</c><00:28:43.380><c> he's</c><00:28:43.640><c> speaking</c><00:28:43.859><c> about</c><00:28:44.099><c> here,</c>

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:46.819
the<00:28:44.460><c> morning</c><00:28:44.819><c> star</c><00:28:45.579><c> rising</c><00:28:46.039><c> in</c><00:28:46.240><c> your</c><00:28:46.420><c> hearts,</c>

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:51.339
is<00:28:47.339><c> the</c><00:28:47.500><c> same</c><00:28:47.759><c> thing</c><00:28:48.119><c> as</c><00:28:48.839><c> how</c><00:28:49.460><c> God</c><00:28:49.740><c> described</c><00:28:50.240><c> Lucifer?</c>

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:53.160
Is<00:28:51.680><c> there</c><00:28:51.839><c> possibly</c><00:28:52.299><c> a</c><00:28:52.480><c> third</c><00:28:52.700><c> connection?</c>

00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:55.859
There's<00:28:53.700><c> a</c><00:28:53.839><c> third</c><00:28:54.039><c> reference</c><00:28:54.420><c> if</c><00:28:54.539><c> you</c><00:28:54.680><c> want</c><00:28:54.759><c> to</c><00:28:54.839><c> go</c><00:28:54.980><c> to</c><00:28:55.460><c> the</c><00:28:55.640><c> second</c>

00:28:55.859 --> 00:29:00.619
chapter<00:28:56.119><c> of</c><00:28:56.460><c> Revelation</c><00:28:57.319><c> and</c><00:28:58.059><c> verse</c><00:28:59.039><c> 16.</c>

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:03.279
Let's<00:29:00.880><c> take</c><00:29:01.160><c> a</c><00:29:01.839><c> quick</c><00:29:02.039><c> look</c><00:29:02.259><c> at</c><00:29:02.440><c> that.</c>

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:15.779
I<00:29:13.740><c> have</c><00:29:13.940><c> another</c><00:29:14.240><c> wrong</c><00:29:14.500><c> reference</c><00:29:14.819><c> here.</c>

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:17.900
Chapter<00:29:16.359><c> 22,</c><00:29:17.000><c> verse</c><00:29:17.119><c> 16</c><00:29:17.480><c> and</c><00:29:17.559><c> 28.</c>

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Thank<00:29:18.180><c> you</c><00:29:18.339><c> again.</c>

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:20.579
I<00:29:18.859><c> don't</c><00:29:18.880><c> know</c><00:29:19.000><c> what</c><00:29:19.259><c> happened</c><00:29:19.460><c> to</c><00:29:19.619><c> my</c><00:29:19.819><c> typing.</c>

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:22.960
I<00:29:21.339><c> type</c><00:29:21.480><c> too</c><00:29:21.720><c> fast.</c>

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:28.000
Chapter<00:29:24.240><c> 22</c><00:29:24.799><c> and</c><00:29:25.119><c> verse</c><00:29:25.759><c> 16</c><00:29:26.400><c> and</c><00:29:26.539><c> 28,</c><00:29:26.920><c> and</c><00:29:27.059><c> I</c><00:29:27.200><c> should</c><00:29:27.759><c> have</c><00:29:27.920><c> figured</c>

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:29.619
that<00:29:28.240><c> one</c><00:29:28.359><c> out.</c>

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:36.359
Jesus,<00:29:32.579><c> speaking</c><00:29:32.940><c> of</c><00:29:33.279><c> himself,</c><00:29:34.539><c> refers</c><00:29:34.900><c> to</c><00:29:35.140><c> himself</c><00:29:35.720><c> in</c><00:29:35.980><c> the</c><00:29:36.160><c> same</c>

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:40.799
way<00:29:36.559><c> that</c><00:29:36.799><c> God</c><00:29:37.460><c> derogatorily</c><00:29:38.440><c> referred</c><00:29:38.940><c> to</c><00:29:39.839><c> the</c><00:29:40.099><c> King</c><00:29:40.279><c> of</c><00:29:40.519><c> Babylon.</c>

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:44.240
He<00:29:40.960><c> says,</c><00:29:41.220><c> I,</c><00:29:41.380><c> Jesus,</c><00:29:42.160><c> have</c><00:29:42.319><c> sent</c><00:29:42.500><c> my</c><00:29:42.799><c> angel</c><00:29:43.119><c> to</c><00:29:43.380><c> testify</c><00:29:43.859><c> to</c><00:29:44.059><c> you</c>

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:46.000
these<00:29:44.539><c> things</c><00:29:44.960><c> in</c><00:29:45.420><c> the</c><00:29:45.599><c> churches.</c>

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:49.579
I<00:29:46.380><c> am</c><00:29:46.579><c> the</c><00:29:46.759><c> root</c><00:29:46.940><c> and</c><00:29:47.180><c> the</c><00:29:47.420><c> offspring</c><00:29:47.740><c> of</c><00:29:48.000><c> David,</c><00:29:48.900><c> the</c><00:29:49.140><c> bright</c>

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:51.480
and<00:29:50.140><c> the</c><00:29:50.319><c> morning</c><00:29:50.779><c> star.</c>

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.960
He<00:29:52.059><c> says</c><00:29:52.319><c> it</c><00:29:52.559><c> again.</c>

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:56.680
I<00:29:53.440><c> don't</c><00:29:53.640><c> know</c><00:29:53.759><c> what</c><00:29:54.240><c> 28</c><00:29:54.640><c> is</c><00:29:55.079><c> there,</c><00:29:55.440><c> so</c><00:29:55.759><c> I</c><00:29:56.000><c> apologize</c><00:29:56.480><c> for</c>

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:57.359
these<00:29:57.000><c> typos</c>

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there.

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Pretty<00:29:58.519><c> silly.</c>

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But<00:30:00.519><c> nevertheless,</c><00:30:01.220><c> you</c><00:30:01.339><c> get</c><00:30:01.579><c> the</c><00:30:01.819><c> point.</c>

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:06.359
Jesus<00:30:03.960><c> is</c><00:30:04.279><c> actually</c><00:30:04.519><c> referring</c><00:30:04.940><c> to</c><00:30:05.160><c> himself</c><00:30:05.579><c> in</c><00:30:05.799><c> Revelation</c>

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:10.839
by<00:30:06.680><c> the</c><00:30:06.920><c> same</c><00:30:07.240><c> title,</c><00:30:07.740><c> morning</c><00:30:08.079><c> star,</c><00:30:08.480><c> as</c><00:30:08.660><c> God</c><00:30:08.920><c> refers</c><00:30:09.339><c> to,</c>

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:14.259
shall<00:30:11.420><c> we</c><00:30:11.559><c> say</c><00:30:11.779><c> this,</c><00:30:12.240><c> Lucifer,</c><00:30:12.900><c> who</c><00:30:13.259><c> the</c><00:30:13.420><c> whole</c><00:30:13.640><c> world</c><00:30:13.920><c> believes</c>

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:17.460
is<00:30:14.440><c> the</c><00:30:14.599><c> devil,</c><00:30:15.579><c> in</c><00:30:15.880><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:16.240><c> 14.</c>

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:20.740
If<00:30:18.140><c> you're</c><00:30:18.660><c> a</c><00:30:19.180><c> simplistic</c><00:30:19.720><c> Bible</c><00:30:20.140><c> student,</c>

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:25.240
you're<00:30:21.299><c> going</c><00:30:21.420><c> to</c><00:30:21.539><c> make</c><00:30:21.740><c> a</c><00:30:22.039><c> word</c><00:30:22.220><c> equation</c><00:30:22.940><c> and</c><00:30:24.480><c> end</c><00:30:24.940><c> up</c>

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with<00:30:25.539><c> total</c><00:30:26.079><c> confusion.</c>

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:29.740
There's<00:30:27.720><c> just</c><00:30:27.920><c> no</c><00:30:28.079><c> way</c><00:30:28.279><c> this</c><00:30:28.500><c> can</c><00:30:28.759><c> work.</c>

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:34.079
So<00:30:30.599><c> the</c><00:30:30.779><c> point</c><00:30:31.039><c> here</c><00:30:31.400><c> is</c><00:30:31.759><c> that</c><00:30:32.039><c> the</c><00:30:32.299><c> association</c><00:30:32.859><c> is</c><00:30:33.359><c> in</c><00:30:33.619><c> prominence.</c>

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:37.160
God<00:30:34.440><c> called</c><00:30:34.720><c> the</c><00:30:34.880><c> King</c><00:30:35.059><c> of</c><00:30:35.259><c> Babylon</c><00:30:36.180><c> day</c><00:30:36.960><c> star</c>

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because<00:30:37.480><c> he</c><00:30:37.700><c> was</c><00:30:37.980><c> prominent.</c>

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:40.980
But<00:30:39.440><c> Jesus</c><00:30:39.720><c> is</c><00:30:39.960><c> the</c><00:30:40.119><c> true</c><00:30:40.319><c> morning</c><00:30:40.680><c> star.</c>

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:43.640
He's<00:30:41.299><c> the</c><00:30:41.500><c> sun</c><00:30:41.779><c> that</c><00:30:42.000><c> rises</c><00:30:42.279><c> in</c><00:30:42.500><c> the</c><00:30:42.660><c> sky</c><00:30:42.839><c> so</c><00:30:43.140><c> brightly</c>

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:49.059
as<00:30:44.160><c> to</c><00:30:44.420><c> obscure</c><00:30:44.779><c> any</c><00:30:45.460><c> visibility</c><00:30:45.960><c> of</c><00:30:47.380><c> this</c><00:30:48.039><c> planet</c><00:30:48.779><c> that</c>

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:53.859
is<00:30:49.119><c> posing</c><00:30:49.680><c> as</c><00:30:50.079><c> a</c><00:30:50.359><c> star</c><00:30:50.859><c> and</c><00:30:51.819><c> takes</c><00:30:52.420><c> on</c><00:30:52.819><c> the</c><00:30:53.059><c> level</c><00:30:53.220><c> of</c><00:30:53.519><c> prominence</c>

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:58.000
that<00:30:54.039><c> God</c><00:30:54.259><c> meant</c><00:30:54.539><c> for</c><00:30:54.779><c> his</c><00:30:55.019><c> son,</c><00:30:55.759><c> not</c><00:30:56.099><c> for</c><00:30:56.660><c> the</c><00:30:56.799><c> King</c><00:30:56.940><c> of</c><00:30:57.140><c> Babylon.</c>

00:30:58.319 --> 00:31:01.339
If<00:30:58.519><c> you</c><00:30:58.680><c> look</c><00:30:58.799><c> at</c><00:30:58.980><c> the</c><00:30:59.119><c> term</c><00:30:59.319><c> great</c><00:30:59.680><c> city</c><00:31:00.200><c> in</c><00:31:00.859><c> Revelation</c>

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:04.079
and<00:31:01.519><c> try</c><00:31:01.680><c> to</c><00:31:01.900><c> figure</c><00:31:02.039><c> out</c><00:31:02.279><c> whether</c><00:31:02.420><c> that's</c><00:31:02.779><c> Jerusalem</c><00:31:03.259><c> or</c><00:31:03.640><c> Rome</c>

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:06.740
or<00:31:04.319><c> something</c><00:31:04.720><c> else,</c><00:31:05.140><c> and</c><00:31:05.299><c> then</c><00:31:05.519><c> look</c><00:31:05.819><c> throughout</c><00:31:06.220><c> the</c><00:31:06.480><c> Bible,</c>

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:10.900
the<00:31:06.960><c> term</c><00:31:07.160><c> great</c><00:31:07.440><c> city</c><00:31:07.640><c> is</c><00:31:07.839><c> first</c><00:31:08.160><c> used</c><00:31:08.599><c> to</c><00:31:09.140><c> apply</c><00:31:09.380><c> to</c><00:31:09.579><c> Nineveh</c>

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:17.000
and<00:31:11.299><c> then</c><00:31:11.619><c> to</c><00:31:11.799><c> Gibeon</c><00:31:12.599><c> and</c><00:31:13.579><c> then</c><00:31:13.839><c> to</c><00:31:14.099><c> Jerusalem</c><00:31:14.579><c> and</c><00:31:15.680><c> then</c><00:31:15.940><c> to</c><00:31:16.160><c> Rome.</c>

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:19.960
The<00:31:18.000><c> association</c><00:31:18.660><c> between</c><00:31:19.039><c> the</c><00:31:19.299><c> four</c><00:31:19.500><c> usages</c>

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:23.630
is<00:31:20.539><c> that</c><00:31:20.819><c> they</c><00:31:20.980><c> are</c><00:31:21.380><c> capitals,</c><00:31:22.559><c> human</c><00:31:22.799><c> centers,</c>

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:27.049
where<00:31:24.559><c> human</c><00:31:25.220><c> perspective</c><00:31:26.019><c> is</c><00:31:26.720><c> largely</c>

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:30.420
what<00:31:27.680><c> drives</c><00:31:28.279><c> the</c><00:31:28.779><c> ideology</c><00:31:29.259><c> of</c><00:31:29.519><c> the</c><00:31:29.700><c> capital</c><00:31:30.000><c> city.</c>

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:32.240
And<00:31:30.960><c> it's</c><00:31:31.200><c> cities</c><00:31:31.319><c> like</c><00:31:31.700><c> that</c><00:31:31.900><c> that</c><00:31:32.019><c> God</c>

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:36.299
means<00:31:32.599><c> to</c><00:31:33.660><c> displace</c><00:31:34.420><c> by</c><00:31:34.940><c> the</c><00:31:35.160><c> city</c><00:31:35.480><c> of</c><00:31:35.759><c> his</c><00:31:35.980><c> choice,</c>

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:39.079
which<00:31:36.539><c> will</c><00:31:36.720><c> be</c><00:31:36.960><c> the</c><00:31:37.180><c> new</c><00:31:37.339><c> Jerusalem</c><00:31:37.900><c> in</c><00:31:38.480><c> the</c><00:31:38.619><c> day</c><00:31:38.759><c> of</c><00:31:38.900><c> his</c>

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son's<00:31:39.420><c> rule.</c>

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So<00:31:41.079><c> when</c><00:31:41.220><c> you</c><00:31:41.339><c> get</c><00:31:41.440><c> to</c><00:31:41.599><c> the</c><00:31:41.779><c> question</c><00:31:42.180><c> of</c><00:31:42.740><c> Israel</c><00:31:43.319><c> and</c><00:31:43.799><c> Rome,</c>

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:49.160
would<00:31:45.720><c> synecdoche</c><00:31:46.299><c> possibly</c><00:31:46.920><c> refer</c><00:31:47.660><c> to</c><00:31:48.480><c> both</c><00:31:48.779><c> of</c><00:31:49.000><c> them</c>

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by<00:31:49.440><c> a</c><00:31:49.700><c> third</c><00:31:50.000><c> association?</c>

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:52.900
And<00:31:50.960><c> the</c><00:31:51.039><c> answer</c><00:31:51.240><c> to</c><00:31:51.299><c> that</c><00:31:51.500><c> question</c><00:31:51.779><c> is</c><00:31:52.039><c> yes.</c>

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:56.920
In<00:31:53.220><c> Israel's</c><00:31:53.799><c> case,</c><00:31:54.079><c> it</c><00:31:54.140><c> was</c><00:31:54.359><c> betrayal</c><00:31:54.920><c> to</c><00:31:55.819><c> God</c><00:31:56.079><c> by</c><00:31:56.460><c> someone,</c>

00:31:57.140 --> 00:32:00.339
in<00:31:57.259><c> this</c><00:31:57.480><c> case</c><00:31:57.700><c> Israel,</c><00:31:58.519><c> to</c><00:31:58.740><c> whom</c><00:31:59.099><c> God</c><00:31:59.420><c> was</c><00:31:59.799><c> betrothed.</c>

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.940
They<00:32:00.559><c> were</c><00:32:00.759><c> betrothed</c><00:32:01.119><c> to</c><00:32:01.140><c> him</c><00:32:01.279><c> and</c><00:32:01.420><c> they</c><00:32:01.539><c> went</c>

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:03.720
whoring<00:32:02.359><c> after</c><00:32:02.700><c> nations.</c>

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:07.680
When<00:32:04.160><c> the</c><00:32:04.359><c> spread</c><00:32:04.500><c> of</c><00:32:04.740><c> Christianity</c><00:32:05.319><c> occurred</c>

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:12.359
and<00:32:08.559><c> Christ</c><00:32:09.140><c> had</c><00:32:09.980><c> formed</c><00:32:10.559><c> a</c><00:32:10.920><c> bride</c><00:32:11.200><c> in</c><00:32:11.359><c> the</c><00:32:11.539><c> early</c><00:32:11.799><c> churches,</c>

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:14.940
they<00:32:12.880><c> did</c><00:32:13.019><c> the</c><00:32:13.299><c> same</c><00:32:13.680><c> thing</c><00:32:14.079><c> Israel</c><00:32:14.599><c> did.</c>

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:17.680
They<00:32:15.279><c> betrayed</c><00:32:15.960><c> their</c><00:32:16.660><c> husband.</c>

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:21.420
And<00:32:17.720><c> the</c><00:32:18.119><c> bride</c><00:32:18.359><c> of</c><00:32:18.599><c> Christ</c><00:32:19.019><c> ran</c><00:32:19.380><c> off</c><00:32:19.740><c> and</c><00:32:20.059><c> married</c><00:32:20.440><c> Caesar.</c>

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:26.079
And<00:32:21.700><c> when</c><00:32:21.859><c> she</c><00:32:22.079><c> did</c><00:32:22.319><c> this,</c><00:32:23.160><c> she</c><00:32:23.500><c> too</c><00:32:24.140><c> was</c><00:32:24.640><c> regarded</c><00:32:25.140><c> by</c><00:32:25.480><c> God</c><00:32:25.819><c> as</c>

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:26.480
a<00:32:26.259><c> harlot.</c>

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:29.039
And<00:32:26.680><c> in</c><00:32:26.819><c> each</c><00:32:27.079><c> case,</c><00:32:28.059><c> these</c><00:32:28.279><c> are</c><00:32:28.539><c> two</c><00:32:28.680><c> witnesses,</c>

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:32.019
principal<00:32:29.660><c> witnesses</c><00:32:30.039><c> of</c><00:32:30.259><c> God's</c><00:32:30.640><c> work</c><00:32:30.799><c> in</c><00:32:30.920><c> the</c><00:32:31.059><c> world,</c><00:32:31.539><c> Israel</c>

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:35.680
and<00:32:32.980><c> the</c><00:32:33.799><c> light</c><00:32:34.039><c> of</c><00:32:34.259><c> Christ</c><00:32:34.559><c> and</c><00:32:34.700><c> those</c><00:32:34.960><c> that</c><00:32:35.200><c> represent</c><00:32:35.539><c> him.</c>

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:38.400
When<00:32:36.299><c> this</c><00:32:36.519><c> was</c><00:32:36.799><c> done</c><00:32:37.039><c> by</c><00:32:37.279><c> the</c><00:32:37.500><c> bride</c><00:32:37.740><c> of</c><00:32:38.000><c> Christ,</c>

00:32:38.619 --> 00:32:42.140
it<00:32:38.740><c> was</c><00:32:39.160><c> just</c><00:32:39.740><c> as</c><00:32:40.119><c> serious</c><00:32:40.420><c> and</c><00:32:40.680><c> hurtful</c><00:32:41.319><c> to</c><00:32:41.619><c> God's</c><00:32:42.000><c> heart</c>

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:43.579
as<00:32:42.140><c> it</c><00:32:42.259><c> was</c><00:32:42.579><c> when</c><00:32:42.779><c> Israel</c><00:32:43.119><c> did</c><00:32:43.319><c> it.</c>

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:47.720
So<00:32:43.839><c> it's</c><00:32:43.960><c> very</c><00:32:44.539><c> easy</c><00:32:44.980><c> to</c><00:32:45.259><c> understand</c><00:32:45.819><c> why</c><00:32:46.440><c> he</c><00:32:46.619><c> would</c><00:32:46.880><c> call</c><00:32:47.119><c> Israel</c><00:32:47.519><c> a</c>

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:51.279
harlot<00:32:47.940><c> and</c><00:32:48.079><c> why</c><00:32:48.259><c> he</c><00:32:48.380><c> would</c><00:32:48.680><c> call</c><00:32:49.180><c> Rome</c><00:32:49.880><c> a</c><00:32:50.819><c> harlot,</c>

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:55.660
because<00:32:51.839><c> they</c><00:32:52.099><c> did</c><00:32:52.299><c> the</c><00:32:52.559><c> same</c><00:32:52.859><c> thing</c><00:32:53.380><c> to</c><00:32:54.539><c> their</c><00:32:54.720><c> husbands.</c>

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:58.920
So<00:32:57.099><c> let's</c><00:32:57.460><c> just</c><00:32:58.140><c> answer</c><00:32:58.400><c> the</c><00:32:58.640><c> question</c>

00:32:58.920 --> 00:33:00.220
in<00:32:59.119><c> simple</c><00:32:59.380><c> scriptural</c><00:32:59.839><c> terms.</c>

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:02.180
Why<00:33:00.680><c> is</c><00:33:01.019><c> prophecy</c><00:33:01.359><c> so</c><00:33:01.720><c> confusing?</c>

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:05.440
For<00:33:02.680><c> the</c><00:33:02.819><c> same</c><00:33:02.980><c> reason</c><00:33:03.319><c> that</c><00:33:03.660><c> doctrine</c><00:33:03.980><c> is</c><00:33:04.240><c> so</c><00:33:04.400><c> confusing.</c>

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:09.000
Because<00:33:06.619><c> it's</c><00:33:06.940><c> given</c><00:33:07.119><c> unto</c><00:33:07.380><c> you,</c><00:33:07.940><c> as</c><00:33:08.079><c> Jesus</c><00:33:08.380><c> said</c><00:33:08.640><c> when</c><00:33:08.759><c> they</c>

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.339
asked<00:33:09.180><c> him</c>

00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:11.319
to<00:33:09.339><c> answer</c><00:33:09.339><c> this</c><00:33:09.420><c> question,</c><00:33:10.539><c> to</c><00:33:10.700><c> know</c><00:33:10.839><c> the</c><00:33:11.019><c> mysteries</c>

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.920
of<00:33:11.500><c> the</c><00:33:11.619><c> kingdom</c><00:33:11.859><c> of</c><00:33:12.059><c> heaven.</c>

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.900
But<00:33:13.720><c> to</c><00:33:13.900><c> them</c><00:33:14.059><c> it</c><00:33:14.160><c> is</c><00:33:14.380><c> not</c><00:33:14.619><c> given.</c>

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:17.460
Well,<00:33:15.420><c> who</c><00:33:15.539><c> are</c><00:33:15.720><c> them</c><00:33:16.299><c> in</c><00:33:16.819><c> this</c><00:33:17.079><c> verse?</c>

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.799
Who<00:33:17.740><c> are</c><00:33:17.880><c> they?</c>

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:22.359
Is<00:33:19.960><c> it</c><00:33:20.059><c> the</c><00:33:20.160><c> ones</c><00:33:20.279><c> we're</c><00:33:20.460><c> preaching</c><00:33:20.799><c> to</c><00:33:21.460><c> at</c><00:33:22.000><c> first?</c>

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:24.980
It<00:33:23.019><c> will</c><00:33:23.200><c> be</c><00:33:23.380><c> some</c><00:33:23.940><c> who</c><00:33:24.220><c> we</c><00:33:24.380><c> do</c><00:33:24.579><c> preach</c><00:33:24.799><c> to,</c>

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:27.059
some<00:33:25.240><c> that</c><00:33:25.400><c> we</c><00:33:25.619><c> spend</c><00:33:25.819><c> time</c><00:33:26.140><c> with.</c>

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:29.900
Some<00:33:27.640><c> of</c><00:33:27.799><c> them,</c><00:33:27.980><c> on</c><00:33:28.180><c> the</c><00:33:28.319><c> other</c><00:33:28.539><c> hand,</c><00:33:29.119><c> will</c><00:33:29.299><c> see</c><00:33:29.500><c> that</c><00:33:29.660><c> this</c>

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.759
is<00:33:30.420><c> something</c>

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:34.539
that<00:33:30.940><c> needs</c><00:33:31.279><c> direct</c><00:33:31.740><c> personal</c><00:33:32.339><c> and</c><00:33:33.079><c> immersive</c><00:33:33.759><c> application</c>

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.400
in<00:33:34.759><c> God's</c><00:33:35.140><c> word.</c>

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:38.339
They<00:33:35.859><c> will</c><00:33:36.079><c> respond</c><00:33:36.519><c> to</c><00:33:36.700><c> the</c><00:33:36.880><c> calling</c><00:33:37.000><c> no</c><00:33:37.200><c> matter</c><00:33:37.460><c> who</c><00:33:37.720><c> they</c><00:33:38.019><c> are,</c>

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:40.460
how<00:33:38.539><c> old</c><00:33:38.900><c> they</c><00:33:39.079><c> are,</c><00:33:39.299><c> what</c><00:33:39.519><c> language</c><00:33:39.920><c> they</c><00:33:40.200><c> speak,</c>

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.980
what<00:33:40.960><c> culture</c><00:33:41.339><c> they</c><00:33:41.640><c> lived</c><00:33:41.779><c> in.</c>

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:44.940
They<00:33:42.400><c> will</c><00:33:42.660><c> respond</c><00:33:43.180><c> to</c><00:33:43.339><c> the</c><00:33:43.539><c> calling</c><00:33:43.819><c> with</c><00:33:44.180><c> the</c><00:33:44.460><c> same</c><00:33:44.680><c> heart</c>

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:47.640
that<00:33:45.140><c> you</c><00:33:45.339><c> did</c><00:33:45.539><c> when</c><00:33:45.720><c> you</c><00:33:45.980><c> responded</c><00:33:46.400><c> to</c><00:33:46.819><c> the</c><00:33:47.079><c> same</c><00:33:47.339><c> calling.</c>

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:50.079
They<00:33:48.119><c> will</c><00:33:48.339><c> get</c><00:33:48.539><c> into</c><00:33:48.779><c> God's</c><00:33:49.160><c> word,</c><00:33:49.460><c> and</c><00:33:49.519><c> they</c><00:33:49.599><c> will</c><00:33:49.700><c> do</c><00:33:49.839><c> whatever</c>

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:51.920
it<00:33:50.359><c> takes</c><00:33:50.779><c> to</c><00:33:51.180><c> understand</c><00:33:51.579><c> it.</c>

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:54.180
That's<00:33:52.579><c> the</c><00:33:52.680><c> person</c><00:33:53.039><c> God's</c><00:33:53.400><c> looking</c><00:33:53.680><c> for.</c>

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:58.019
For<00:33:54.759><c> whoever</c><00:33:55.119><c> has</c><00:33:55.660><c> to</c><00:33:56.619><c> him</c><00:33:56.859><c> shall</c><00:33:57.059><c> be</c><00:33:57.299><c> given.</c>

00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:00.619
So<00:33:58.779><c> you</c><00:33:58.920><c> want</c><00:33:59.059><c> to</c><00:33:59.160><c> know</c><00:33:59.259><c> types</c><00:33:59.539><c> and</c><00:33:59.819><c> shadows?</c>

00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:04.740
I'm<00:34:00.859><c> sure</c><00:34:01.140><c> when</c><00:34:01.380><c> Garth</c><00:34:01.660><c> entered</c><00:34:01.900><c> the</c><00:34:02.160><c> truth,</c><00:34:03.599><c> when</c><00:34:03.900><c> he</c><00:34:04.000><c> got</c><00:34:04.220><c> baptized,</c>

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:06.859
he<00:34:05.200><c> was</c><00:34:05.380><c> thinking,</c><00:34:05.819><c> that's</c><00:34:06.160><c> kind</c><00:34:06.339><c> of</c><00:34:06.480><c> interesting.</c>

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:09.219
And<00:34:07.079><c> God's</c><00:34:07.440><c> looking</c><00:34:07.619><c> at</c><00:34:07.779><c> him</c><00:34:07.900><c> going,</c><00:34:08.239><c> that</c><00:34:08.380><c> guy's</c><00:34:08.780><c> got</c><00:34:08.920><c> a</c><00:34:09.079><c> mind</c>

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:10.739
for<00:34:09.440><c> types</c><00:34:09.719><c> and</c><00:34:09.980><c> shadows.</c>

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:13.300
I<00:34:11.460><c> think</c><00:34:11.679><c> I'm</c><00:34:11.900><c> going</c><00:34:12.000><c> to</c><00:34:12.099><c> show</c><00:34:12.300><c> him</c><00:34:12.500><c> something.</c>

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:16.659
So<00:34:13.960><c> I</c><00:34:14.260><c> know,</c><00:34:14.599><c> I</c><00:34:14.840><c> have</c><00:34:15.000><c> a</c><00:34:15.079><c> feeling</c><00:34:15.300><c> when</c><00:34:15.500><c> I</c><00:34:15.699><c> listen</c><00:34:16.159><c> to</c><00:34:16.380><c> Garth</c>

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.179
talk<00:34:16.920><c> about</c>

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:19.840
types<00:34:17.460><c> and</c><00:34:17.659><c> shadows,</c><00:34:18.260><c> that</c><00:34:18.460><c> God</c><00:34:18.699><c> gave</c><00:34:18.960><c> this</c><00:34:19.179><c> to</c><00:34:19.360><c> him</c>

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:21.139
out<00:34:20.260><c> of</c><00:34:20.380><c> his</c><00:34:20.539><c> good</c><00:34:20.780><c> portion.</c>

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:24.199
It's<00:34:21.900><c> something</c><00:34:22.360><c> that,</c><00:34:23.280><c> part</c><00:34:23.480><c> of</c><00:34:23.619><c> the</c><00:34:23.739><c> good</c><00:34:23.940><c> gifts</c>

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:26.579
that<00:34:24.440><c> he</c><00:34:24.599><c> gave</c><00:34:24.820><c> to</c><00:34:25.059><c> Garth</c><00:34:25.320><c> according</c><00:34:25.699><c> to</c><00:34:25.960><c> his</c><00:34:26.139><c> abilities,</c>

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:29.980
because<00:34:26.800><c> he's</c><00:34:27.119><c> got</c><00:34:27.260><c> a</c><00:34:27.579><c> mind</c><00:34:27.920><c> for</c><00:34:28.539><c> types</c><00:34:28.860><c> and</c><00:34:29.139><c> shadows.</c>

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:30.960
I<00:34:30.500><c> love</c><00:34:30.719><c> that.</c>

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:33.900
I<00:34:31.099><c> love</c><00:34:31.500><c> watching</c><00:34:32.119><c> it,</c><00:34:32.360><c> seeing</c><00:34:32.579><c> the</c><00:34:32.760><c> whole</c><00:34:33.019><c> thing</c><00:34:33.360><c> happen</c><00:34:33.639><c> here</c>

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.699
at<00:34:34.139><c> Bible</c><00:34:34.460><c> school.</c>

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:36.539
It's<00:34:35.039><c> inspiring</c><00:34:35.420><c> to</c><00:34:35.639><c> me.</c>

00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:41.639
And<00:34:36.980><c> then</c><00:34:37.179><c> he</c><00:34:37.380><c> says</c><00:34:37.679><c> this,</c><00:34:39.719><c> but</c><00:34:39.760><c> whoever</c><00:34:40.099><c> has</c><00:34:40.539><c> not</c><00:34:40.900><c> from</c><00:34:41.440><c> him</c>

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:44.800
shall<00:34:41.820><c> be</c><00:34:42.039><c> taken</c><00:34:42.239><c> away,</c><00:34:43.019><c> even</c><00:34:43.320><c> what</c><00:34:43.519><c> he</c><00:34:43.739><c> does</c><00:34:43.980><c> have,</c>

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:46.599
like<00:34:45.119><c> the</c><00:34:45.440><c> man</c><00:34:45.679><c> who</c><00:34:45.940><c> buried</c><00:34:46.119><c> his</c><00:34:46.380><c> talents.</c>

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:49.380
Therefore,<00:34:47.679><c> speak</c><00:34:47.880><c> I</c><00:34:48.019><c> to</c><00:34:48.139><c> them</c><00:34:48.360><c> in</c><00:34:48.619><c> parables,</c>

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:53.019
because<00:34:49.880><c> they</c><00:34:50.420><c> seeing</c><00:34:50.639><c> not,</c><00:34:51.059><c> and</c><00:34:51.179><c> hearing</c><00:34:51.400><c> not,</c>

00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:54.780
and<00:34:53.460><c> hearing</c><00:34:53.800><c> they</c><00:34:54.079><c> hear</c><00:34:54.300><c> not.</c>

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:56.599
Neither<00:34:55.219><c> do</c><00:34:55.420><c> they</c><00:34:55.579><c> understand.</c>

00:34:57.139 --> 00:35:01.760
So<00:34:57.619><c> God</c><00:34:58.099><c> has</c><00:34:58.480><c> not</c><00:34:58.719><c> given</c><00:34:58.940><c> them</c><00:34:59.159><c> the</c><00:34:59.400><c> gift</c><00:34:59.860><c> of</c><00:35:00.480><c> the</c><00:35:00.719><c> use</c><00:35:00.940><c> of</c><00:35:01.139><c> his</c><00:35:01.340><c> word.</c>

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:04.360
I'm<00:35:02.420><c> sure</c><00:35:02.559><c> he's</c><00:35:02.860><c> concealed</c><00:35:03.079><c> it</c><00:35:03.219><c> for</c><00:35:03.320><c> the</c><00:35:03.460><c> church</c><00:35:03.840><c> for</c><00:35:04.059><c> this</c><00:35:04.199><c> reason,</c>

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:05.820
because<00:35:04.500><c> if</c><00:35:04.639><c> they</c><00:35:04.840><c> did</c><00:35:05.099><c> understand</c><00:35:05.559><c> it,</c>

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:07.800
they<00:35:06.039><c> would</c><00:35:06.179><c> have</c><00:35:06.320><c> ruined</c><00:35:06.539><c> it</c><00:35:06.800><c> by</c><00:35:06.960><c> now.</c>

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:10.260
Many<00:35:08.400><c> prophets</c><00:35:08.760><c> and</c><00:35:08.940><c> righteous</c><00:35:09.260><c> men</c><00:35:09.500><c> have</c><00:35:09.699><c> desired</c><00:35:09.960><c> to</c><00:35:10.159><c> see</c>

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:13.099
those<00:35:10.519><c> things</c><00:35:10.820><c> which</c><00:35:11.380><c> you,</c><00:35:11.800><c> the</c><00:35:12.000><c> uneducated,</c><00:35:12.659><c> the</c><00:35:12.820><c> poor,</c>

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:15.179
and<00:35:13.659><c> maimed</c><00:35:13.860><c> of</c><00:35:13.940><c> this</c><00:35:14.199><c> world,</c><00:35:14.480><c> the</c><00:35:14.800><c> troubled,</c>

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:17.300
the<00:35:15.679><c> people</c><00:35:15.820><c> who</c><00:35:16.079><c> lack</c><00:35:16.420><c> in</c><00:35:16.619><c> self</c><00:35:16.900><c>-confidence,</c>

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:19.159
the<00:35:17.579><c> people</c><00:35:17.760><c> who</c><00:35:17.960><c> may</c><00:35:18.099><c> be</c><00:35:18.260><c> very</c><00:35:18.579><c> successful,</c>

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:21.099
or<00:35:19.659><c> the</c><00:35:19.860><c> people</c><00:35:20.019><c> who</c><00:35:20.199><c> have</c><00:35:20.360><c> very</c><00:35:20.699><c> little</c>

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:22.940
that<00:35:21.360><c> you</c><00:35:21.539><c> think</c><00:35:21.679><c> is</c><00:35:21.940><c> going</c><00:35:22.159><c> on</c><00:35:22.380><c> in</c><00:35:22.519><c> your</c><00:35:22.739><c> life,</c>

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:25.440
just<00:35:23.320><c> getting</c><00:35:23.559><c> through</c><00:35:23.880><c> the</c><00:35:24.159><c> day</c><00:35:24.380><c> is</c><00:35:24.599><c> all</c><00:35:24.840><c> you</c><00:35:25.000><c> can</c><00:35:25.199><c> do,</c>

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:28.579
but<00:35:25.900><c> you</c><00:35:26.239><c> do</c><00:35:26.420><c> it</c><00:35:26.599><c> with</c><00:35:26.860><c> God's</c><00:35:27.340><c> word</c><00:35:27.659><c> to</c><00:35:28.079><c> you,</c>

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:32.719
who<00:35:29.199><c> hear</c><00:35:29.380><c> those</c><00:35:29.780><c> things</c><00:35:30.300><c> which</c><00:35:30.860><c> you</c><00:35:31.139><c> hear</c><00:35:31.659><c> and</c><00:35:32.300><c> have</c><00:35:32.539><c> not</c>

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:33.760
heard<00:35:32.960><c> them.</c>

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:36.199
That's<00:35:34.519><c> what</c><00:35:34.800><c> God</c><00:35:35.079><c> has</c><00:35:35.380><c> done.</c>

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:38.519
Why<00:35:37.079><c> can't</c><00:35:37.300><c> it</c><00:35:37.360><c> be</c><00:35:37.599><c> simplified?</c>

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:40.940
Well,<00:35:39.099><c> God</c><00:35:39.320><c> set</c><00:35:39.599><c> the</c><00:35:39.840><c> level</c><00:35:40.139><c> of</c><00:35:40.519><c> comprehension</c>

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:43.679
exactly<00:35:41.699><c> where</c><00:35:42.159><c> he</c><00:35:42.340><c> wants</c><00:35:42.599><c> it.</c>

00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:45.980
I<00:35:44.480><c> fully</c><00:35:44.679><c> believe</c><00:35:44.940><c> this.</c>

00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:48.599
We<00:35:46.420><c> can't</c><00:35:46.800><c> tamper</c><00:35:47.139><c> with</c><00:35:47.320><c> the</c><00:35:47.480><c> level</c><00:35:47.619><c> of</c><00:35:48.199><c> comprehension</c>

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.380
that<00:35:48.820><c> God</c><00:35:49.000><c> has</c><00:35:49.260><c> set.</c>

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:52.679
We<00:35:49.820><c> can't</c><00:35:50.179><c> dumb</c><00:35:50.420><c> the</c><00:35:50.840><c> gospel</c><00:35:51.219><c> down,</c><00:35:51.679><c> dumb</c><00:35:51.900><c> parables</c><00:35:52.320><c> down,</c>

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:54.960
make<00:35:53.480><c> prophetic</c><00:35:53.940><c> interpretations</c><00:35:54.639><c> simple</c>

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:59.179
by<00:35:55.719><c> creating</c><00:35:56.159><c> simplistic,</c><00:35:57.800><c> insipid</c><00:35:58.079><c> word</c><00:35:58.539><c> associations</c>

00:35:59.179 --> 00:36:02.500
that<00:35:59.440><c> don't</c><00:35:59.659><c> really</c><00:35:59.980><c> work</c><00:36:00.159><c> if</c><00:36:00.699><c> you</c><00:36:00.860><c> just</c><00:36:01.320><c> think</c><00:36:01.659><c> about</c><00:36:01.980><c> them.</c>

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:05.440
Dumbing<00:36:03.380><c> prophecy</c><00:36:03.860><c> down</c><00:36:04.159><c> does</c><00:36:04.519><c> not</c><00:36:04.739><c> make</c><00:36:04.940><c> the</c><00:36:05.139><c> gospel</c>

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:06.840
easier<00:36:05.940><c> to</c><00:36:06.260><c> understand.</c>

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:09.480
It<00:36:07.320><c> simply</c><00:36:07.679><c> makes</c><00:36:08.019><c> it</c><00:36:08.320><c> shallow</c><00:36:08.699><c> to</c><00:36:09.139><c> the</c><00:36:09.340><c> point</c>

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:11.639
where<00:36:09.739><c> now</c><00:36:09.900><c> the</c><00:36:10.079><c> best</c><00:36:10.320><c> evidence</c><00:36:10.679><c> that</c><00:36:10.960><c> proves</c><00:36:11.139><c> the</c><00:36:11.400><c> point</c>

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:14.099
is<00:36:11.940><c> what</c><00:36:12.059><c> has</c><00:36:12.340><c> happened</c><00:36:12.480><c> to</c><00:36:12.719><c> all</c><00:36:12.860><c> of</c><00:36:13.119><c> Christianity,</c>

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:17.079
whether<00:36:14.699><c> in</c><00:36:14.900><c> the</c><00:36:15.139><c> complexities</c><00:36:15.519><c> of</c><00:36:15.820><c> catholic</c><00:36:16.159><c>.org</c>

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:20.320
or<00:36:17.659><c> in</c><00:36:17.860><c> the</c><00:36:18.000><c> simplicity</c><00:36:18.500><c> of</c><00:36:18.880><c> service,</c><00:36:19.260><c> revival</c><00:36:19.659><c> services,</c>

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:25.139
where<00:36:21.139><c> you</c><00:36:21.260><c> can</c><00:36:21.460><c> get</c><00:36:21.719><c> saved</c><00:36:22.179><c> just</c><00:36:22.500><c> by</c><00:36:22.760><c> walking</c><00:36:23.019><c> up</c><00:36:23.360><c> front</c><00:36:23.599><c> during</c><00:36:23.940><c> a</c><00:36:24.119><c> hymn.</c>

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:28.960
So<00:36:27.579><c> the</c><00:36:27.780><c> small</c><00:36:28.000><c> step</c><00:36:28.219><c> we're</c><00:36:28.420><c> talking</c><00:36:28.679><c> about</c>

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:34.280
is<00:36:29.019><c> a</c><00:36:29.099><c> change</c><00:36:29.519><c> of</c><00:36:30.000><c> approach</c><00:36:30.920><c> in</c><00:36:32.699><c> prophetic</c><00:36:33.099><c> types</c>

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:38.320
to<00:36:34.679><c> enhance</c><00:36:35.280><c> the</c><00:36:35.659><c> appeal,</c><00:36:37.039><c> possibly</c><00:36:37.440><c> driven</c><00:36:37.739><c> by</c><00:36:38.000><c> a</c><00:36:38.139><c> desire</c>

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:41.539
to<00:36:38.440><c> have</c><00:36:38.579><c> more</c><00:36:38.780><c> baptism,</c><00:36:40.000><c> possibly</c><00:36:40.579><c> driven</c><00:36:40.920><c> by</c><00:36:41.139><c> a</c><00:36:41.320><c> desire</c>

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:45.420
not<00:36:41.780><c> to</c><00:36:41.920><c> be</c><00:36:42.059><c> so</c><00:36:42.280><c> intellectual</c><00:36:42.739><c> with</c><00:36:43.260><c> people</c><00:36:43.599><c> who</c><00:36:43.840><c> are</c><00:36:44.099><c> less</c><00:36:44.380><c> educated,</c>

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:47.699
possibly<00:36:46.179><c> driven</c><00:36:46.480><c> by</c><00:36:46.780><c> a</c><00:36:46.920><c> desire</c><00:36:47.219><c> of</c><00:36:47.360><c> people</c>

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:49.699
who<00:36:48.400><c> don't</c><00:36:48.659><c> want</c><00:36:48.860><c> it</c><00:36:49.000><c> to</c><00:36:49.099><c> be</c><00:36:49.280><c> so</c><00:36:49.539><c> hard.</c>

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:51.000
You're<00:36:49.840><c> trying</c><00:36:50.059><c> to</c><00:36:50.239><c> teach</c><00:36:50.380><c> them</c><00:36:50.579><c> the</c><00:36:50.699><c> truth.</c>

00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:54.059
Possibly<00:36:51.820><c> driven</c><00:36:52.059><c> by</c><00:36:52.300><c> a</c><00:36:52.480><c> desire</c><00:36:52.719><c> that</c><00:36:52.840><c> it</c><00:36:52.980><c> just</c><00:36:53.119><c> takes</c><00:36:53.340><c> so</c><00:36:53.679><c> long.</c>

00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:57.860
How<00:36:54.420><c> can</c><00:36:54.599><c> I</c><00:36:54.739><c> spend</c><00:36:54.980><c> four</c><00:36:55.300><c> years</c><00:36:55.559><c> with</c><00:36:55.739><c> one</c><00:36:55.980><c> person</c><00:36:56.460><c> in</c><00:36:56.800><c> my</c><00:36:57.019><c> living</c><00:36:57.239><c> room</c>

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:59.940
to<00:36:58.500><c> get</c><00:36:58.639><c> them</c><00:36:58.840><c> to</c><00:36:59.059><c> understand</c><00:36:59.500><c> all</c><00:36:59.780><c> this?</c>

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:01.559
They<00:37:00.119><c> have</c><00:37:00.280><c> one</c><00:37:00.559><c> question</c><00:37:00.940><c> after</c><00:37:01.159><c> another.</c>

00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:03.179
They<00:37:02.059><c> don't</c><00:37:02.340><c> remember</c><00:37:02.679><c> the</c><00:37:02.920><c> answers.</c>

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:07.260
We<00:37:03.340><c> have</c><00:37:03.500><c> to</c><00:37:03.539><c> go</c><00:37:03.780><c> back</c><00:37:03.980><c> to</c><00:37:04.099><c> it</c><00:37:04.260><c> next</c><00:37:04.480><c> month</c><00:37:04.860><c> or</c><00:37:05.599><c> next</c><00:37:05.980><c> week</c><00:37:06.219><c> or</c><00:37:06.360><c> whatever.</c>

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.940
How<00:37:07.539><c> can</c><00:37:07.739><c> all</c><00:37:07.920><c> this</c><00:37:08.079><c> be</c><00:37:08.260><c> like</c><00:37:08.579><c> this?</c>

00:37:09.260 --> 00:37:10.940
Well,<00:37:09.420><c> if</c><00:37:09.500><c> we</c><00:37:09.679><c> want</c><00:37:09.800><c> to</c><00:37:09.940><c> enhance</c><00:37:10.260><c> the</c><00:37:10.579><c> appeal</c>

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:13.019
and<00:37:11.739><c> change</c><00:37:11.980><c> the</c><00:37:12.219><c> approach</c><00:37:12.420><c> to</c><00:37:12.619><c> do</c><00:37:12.760><c> it,</c>

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:15.820
I'm<00:37:13.340><c> not</c><00:37:13.579><c> sure</c><00:37:13.719><c> that's</c><00:37:14.260><c> a</c><00:37:14.380><c> good</c><00:37:14.559><c> step</c><00:37:14.840><c> in</c><00:37:15.119><c> the</c><00:37:15.219><c> right</c><00:37:15.400><c> direction,</c>

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:19.440
because<00:37:16.179><c> where</c><00:37:16.420><c> it</c><00:37:16.599><c> leads</c><00:37:17.019><c> is</c><00:37:17.659><c> where</c><00:37:17.820><c> it</c><00:37:17.980><c> led</c><00:37:18.079><c> the</c><00:37:18.320><c> false</c><00:37:18.579><c> church.</c>

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:22.400
Oversimplification<00:37:20.480><c> and</c><00:37:20.920><c> mixed</c><00:37:21.219><c> testimony</c><00:37:21.800><c> in</c><00:37:22.159><c> preaching,</c>

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.679
which<00:37:22.659><c> for</c><00:37:22.840><c> us</c><00:37:23.019><c> is</c><00:37:23.239><c> disparity.</c>

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:26.219
It's<00:37:24.099><c> a</c><00:37:24.239><c> bad</c><00:37:24.480><c> front</c><00:37:24.739><c> to</c><00:37:24.940><c> the</c><00:37:25.079><c> people</c><00:37:25.219><c> who</c><00:37:25.380><c> are</c><00:37:25.480><c> listening</c><00:37:25.719><c> to</c><00:37:25.960><c> us.</c>

00:37:26.219 --> 00:37:30.260
We<00:37:26.619><c> go</c><00:37:26.780><c> out</c><00:37:27.000><c> there</c><00:37:27.219><c> saying,</c><00:37:27.679><c> the</c><00:37:28.440><c> Lord</c><00:37:28.639><c> asked</c><00:37:28.880><c> us</c><00:37:29.079><c> to</c><00:37:29.239><c> be</c><00:37:29.420><c> one,</c>

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:32.960
and<00:37:31.000><c> we</c><00:37:31.300><c> don't</c><00:37:31.539><c> sound</c><00:37:31.699><c> much</c><00:37:31.900><c> like</c><00:37:32.179><c> one,</c>

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:34.119
or<00:37:33.139><c> somebody</c><00:37:33.400><c> gets</c><00:37:33.659><c> baptized</c>

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:35.519
and<00:37:34.280><c> we're</c><00:37:34.420><c> all</c><00:37:34.539><c> in</c><00:37:34.639><c> agreement</c><00:37:34.880><c> about</c><00:37:35.139><c> the</c><00:37:35.360><c> truth,</c>

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:37.159
and<00:37:35.699><c> then</c><00:37:35.840><c> some</c><00:37:35.980><c> brother</c><00:37:36.119><c> puts</c><00:37:36.360><c> his</c><00:37:36.519><c> arm</c><00:37:36.659><c> around</c><00:37:36.820><c> him</c><00:37:36.960><c> and</c><00:37:37.059><c> said,</c>

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:39.440
you<00:37:37.320><c> know,</c><00:37:37.420><c> I</c><00:37:37.539><c> know</c><00:37:37.760><c> you</c><00:37:38.280><c> got</c><00:37:38.440><c> baptized,</c><00:37:38.840><c> that's</c><00:37:39.099><c> really</c><00:37:39.360><c> good,</c>

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:40.219
I<00:37:39.559><c> know</c><00:37:39.659><c> you</c><00:37:39.780><c> know</c><00:37:39.900><c> the</c><00:37:40.079><c> truth,</c>

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:41.900
but<00:37:40.420><c> whatever</c><00:37:40.599><c> he</c><00:37:40.800><c> told</c><00:37:40.980><c> you</c><00:37:41.179><c> about</c><00:37:41.440><c> Revelation</c>

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:43.860
is<00:37:42.159><c> just</c><00:37:42.380><c> a</c><00:37:42.539><c> bunch</c><00:37:42.699><c> of</c><00:37:43.480><c> nonsense.</c>

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:45.500
Let<00:37:44.159><c> me</c><00:37:44.300><c> explain</c><00:37:44.599><c> to</c><00:37:44.619><c> you</c><00:37:44.719><c> what</c><00:37:44.860><c> it</c><00:37:45.039><c> really</c><00:37:45.260><c> means.</c>

00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:49.280
That<00:37:46.019><c> person,</c><00:37:46.880><c> as</c><00:37:47.179><c> a</c><00:37:47.739><c> newborn</c><00:37:48.199><c> babe</c><00:37:48.800><c> in</c><00:37:49.000><c> Christ,</c>

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:50.739
will<00:37:49.440><c> be</c><00:37:49.659><c> confused</c><00:37:50.219><c> by</c><00:37:50.500><c> that.</c>

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:53.159
Then<00:37:51.280><c> they'll</c><00:37:51.559><c> start</c><00:37:51.739><c> saying,</c><00:37:51.960><c> well,</c><00:37:52.079><c> is</c><00:37:52.179><c> it</c><00:37:52.360><c> Paul</c><00:37:52.519><c> or</c><00:37:52.699><c> Apollos?</c>

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:55.280
I<00:37:53.679><c> don't</c><00:37:53.800><c> know</c><00:37:53.860><c> who</c><00:37:53.980><c> to</c><00:37:54.199><c> follow,</c><00:37:54.360><c> how</c><00:37:54.519><c> do</c><00:37:54.639><c> I</c><00:37:54.719><c> follow</c><00:37:54.980><c> Christ?</c>

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:58.320
I<00:37:55.639><c> give</c><00:37:55.860><c> up,</c><00:37:56.300><c> I</c><00:37:56.460><c> just</c><00:37:56.619><c> won't</c><00:37:56.820><c> try</c><00:37:57.039><c> to</c><00:37:57.239><c> study</c><00:37:57.440><c> prophecy</c><00:37:57.900><c> anymore.</c>

00:37:58.619 --> 00:38:01.239
We<00:37:58.840><c> don't</c><00:37:59.059><c> want</c><00:37:59.219><c> to</c><00:37:59.420><c> put</c><00:37:59.519><c> that</c><00:37:59.800><c> effect</c><00:38:00.059><c> on</c><00:38:00.260><c> anybody.</c>

00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:02.800
It's<00:38:01.480><c> not</c><00:38:01.619><c> a</c><00:38:01.719><c> good</c><00:38:01.860><c> idea.</c>

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:04.420
One<00:38:03.360><c> more</c><00:38:03.619><c> thing</c><00:38:03.800><c> in</c><00:38:03.940><c> this</c><00:38:04.139><c> section.</c>

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:06.800
Just<00:38:04.739><c> want</c><00:38:04.900><c> to</c><00:38:04.980><c> show</c><00:38:05.179><c> you</c><00:38:05.380><c> a</c><00:38:05.480><c> quick</c><00:38:05.639><c> illustration</c>

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:11.800
to<00:38:07.880><c> answer</c><00:38:08.320><c> the</c><00:38:08.579><c> question</c><00:38:08.920><c> of</c><00:38:09.179><c> how</c><00:38:10.719><c> Israel</c><00:38:11.199><c> can</c><00:38:11.420><c> be</c><00:38:11.579><c> a</c><00:38:11.780><c> harlot.</c>

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:13.219
Just<00:38:12.019><c> take</c><00:38:12.199><c> a</c><00:38:12.280><c> couple</c><00:38:12.480><c> of</c><00:38:12.679><c> minutes.</c>

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:16.760
Will<00:38:13.820><c> be</c><00:38:13.960><c> done</c><00:38:14.159><c> by</c><00:38:14.960><c> our</c><00:38:15.239><c> 45</c><00:38:15.619><c>-minute</c><00:38:15.900><c> marker.</c>

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:21.480
How<00:38:17.199><c> can</c><00:38:17.420><c> this</c><00:38:17.659><c> woman,</c><00:38:19.320><c> who</c><00:38:19.420><c> is</c><00:38:19.559><c> a</c><00:38:19.739><c> harlot</c><00:38:20.420><c> in</c><00:38:21.000><c> Israel,</c>

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:23.360
Israel<00:38:22.000><c> being</c><00:38:22.420><c> called</c><00:38:22.739><c> a</c><00:38:22.980><c> harlot,</c>

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:25.820
be<00:38:23.860><c> anything</c><00:38:24.179><c> other</c><00:38:24.519><c> than</c><00:38:24.639><c> Israel</c><00:38:25.139><c> in</c><00:38:25.380><c> Revelation?</c>

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:28.599
The<00:38:26.260><c> colors</c><00:38:26.519><c> are</c><00:38:26.679><c> the</c><00:38:26.820><c> same</c><00:38:26.960><c> as</c><00:38:27.099><c> the</c><00:38:27.320><c> priesthood.</c>

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:31.380
She<00:38:29.000><c> kind</c><00:38:29.320><c> of</c><00:38:29.679><c> sounds</c><00:38:30.179><c> by</c><00:38:30.719><c> her</c><00:38:30.980><c> wickedness</c>

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:32.340
like<00:38:31.579><c> what</c><00:38:31.780><c> she's</c><00:38:32.079><c> done.</c>

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:35.099
She<00:38:32.760><c> has</c><00:38:32.980><c> the</c><00:38:33.179><c> blood</c><00:38:33.260><c> of</c><00:38:33.460><c> the</c><00:38:33.599><c> prophets</c><00:38:33.980><c> on</c><00:38:34.519><c> her</c><00:38:34.840><c> hands</c>

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:38.579
and<00:38:35.239><c> all</c><00:38:35.420><c> the</c><00:38:35.599><c> other</c><00:38:35.739><c> little</c><00:38:36.019><c> details</c><00:38:36.420><c> that</c><00:38:36.760><c> kind</c><00:38:37.000><c> of</c><00:38:37.679><c> line</c><00:38:37.960><c> up</c>

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:40.480
with<00:38:38.940><c> God's</c><00:38:39.579><c> description</c><00:38:39.920><c> of</c><00:38:40.159><c> Israel.</c>

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:42.639
And<00:38:40.800><c> there</c><00:38:40.960><c> is</c><00:38:41.139><c> a</c><00:38:41.420><c> direct</c><00:38:41.639><c> similarity</c><00:38:42.280><c> there</c>

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:47.099
because<00:38:43.260><c> history</c><00:38:43.860><c> repeated</c><00:38:44.360><c> itself</c><00:38:45.000><c> with</c><00:38:46.079><c> the</c><00:38:46.280><c> bride</c><00:38:46.480><c> of</c><00:38:46.679><c> Christ,</c>

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:49.820
the<00:38:47.639><c> bride</c><00:38:47.900><c> of</c><00:38:48.099><c> God,</c><00:38:48.559><c> and</c><00:38:48.699><c> then</c><00:38:48.800><c> with</c><00:38:48.980><c> the</c><00:38:49.099><c> bride</c><00:38:49.280><c> of</c><00:38:49.559><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:51.500
Who<00:38:50.619><c> is</c><00:38:51.019><c> this</c><00:38:51.239><c> woman?</c>

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:53.699
I<00:38:51.820><c> don't</c><00:38:52.519><c> think</c><00:38:52.699><c> I</c><00:38:52.840><c> would</c><00:38:52.980><c> be</c><00:38:53.179><c> complete</c>

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:55.840
unless<00:38:54.119><c> I</c><00:38:54.400><c> answered</c><00:38:54.619><c> this</c><00:38:54.860><c> question.</c>

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:59.659
Well,<00:38:56.739><c> in</c><00:38:56.920><c> the</c><00:38:57.079><c> Council</c><00:38:57.360><c> of</c><00:38:57.639><c> Nicaea</c><00:38:58.340><c> in</c><00:38:58.659><c> 325</c><00:38:59.300><c> CE,</c>

00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:02.139
as<00:38:59.840><c> you</c><00:39:00.320><c> probably</c><00:39:00.820><c> already</c><00:39:01.239><c> know,</c>

00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:07.739
the<00:39:02.420><c> church</c><00:39:03.480><c> left</c><00:39:04.860><c> Christ</c><00:39:05.300><c> and</c><00:39:05.519><c> committed</c><00:39:05.840><c> adultery</c><00:39:06.440><c> with</c><00:39:06.820><c> Caesar.</c>

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:11.739
And<00:39:08.539><c> the</c><00:39:08.619><c> church</c><00:39:08.900><c> did</c><00:39:09.159><c> this</c><00:39:09.579><c> because</c><00:39:10.340><c> it</c><00:39:10.840><c> needed</c><00:39:11.119><c> protection</c>

00:39:11.739 --> 00:39:13.300
and<00:39:12.239><c> Caesar</c><00:39:12.559><c> offered</c><00:39:12.880><c> it.</c>

00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:17.199
Out<00:39:13.639><c> of</c><00:39:13.739><c> that</c><00:39:13.980><c> protection</c><00:39:14.460><c> came</c><00:39:14.860><c> wealth</c><00:39:15.440><c> and</c><00:39:16.179><c> beauty.</c>

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:20.119
That's<00:39:17.500><c> how</c><00:39:17.679><c> cathedrals</c><00:39:18.199><c> were</c><00:39:18.440><c> built</c><00:39:18.760><c> and</c><00:39:19.079><c> uniforms</c><00:39:19.599><c> were</c><00:39:19.880><c> made</c>

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:23.079
and<00:39:20.300><c> the</c><00:39:20.320><c> whole</c><00:39:20.559><c> system</c><00:39:20.920><c> of</c><00:39:21.099><c> church</c><00:39:21.340><c> and</c><00:39:21.639><c> state</c><00:39:21.840><c> was</c><00:39:22.599><c> designed</c>

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:25.500
that<00:39:23.440><c> lasted</c><00:39:23.679><c> all</c><00:39:24.000><c> the</c><00:39:24.079><c> way</c><00:39:24.199><c> up</c><00:39:24.340><c> until</c><00:39:24.559><c> the</c><00:39:24.800><c> 1800s</c>

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:28.500
until<00:39:25.860><c> in</c><00:39:26.260><c> our</c><00:39:26.480><c> system</c><00:39:26.780><c> we</c><00:39:27.039><c> decided</c><00:39:27.559><c> probably</c><00:39:28.039><c> a</c><00:39:28.219><c> better</c><00:39:28.340><c> way</c>

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:28.920
to<00:39:28.659><c> do</c><00:39:28.780><c> it</c>

00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:31.059
than<00:39:29.099><c> to</c><00:39:29.280><c> mix</c><00:39:29.480><c> church</c><00:39:29.739><c> and</c><00:39:29.980><c> state,</c><00:39:30.159><c> let's</c><00:39:30.480><c> separate</c><00:39:30.780><c> them.</c>

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:34.739
And<00:39:31.679><c> that</c><00:39:31.880><c> became</c><00:39:32.300><c> the</c><00:39:32.699><c> rule</c><00:39:32.800><c> of</c><00:39:33.039><c> order</c><00:39:33.280><c> in</c><00:39:33.539><c> democracy.</c>

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:36.739
Step<00:39:35.500><c> in</c><00:39:35.639><c> the</c><00:39:35.780><c> wrong</c><00:39:35.960><c> direction</c><00:39:36.400><c> too</c>

00:39:36.739 --> 00:39:38.679
because<00:39:37.159><c> by</c><00:39:37.420><c> and</c><00:39:37.820><c> for</c><00:39:38.119><c> the</c><00:39:38.320><c> people</c>

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:41.139
and<00:39:39.420><c> basically</c><00:39:39.880><c> ends</c><00:39:40.159><c> up</c><00:39:40.380><c> with</c><00:39:40.579><c> every</c><00:39:40.780><c> man,</c>

00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:44.940
as<00:39:41.420><c> is</c><00:39:41.599><c> the</c><00:39:41.820><c> state</c><00:39:42.000><c> now,</c><00:39:42.920><c> doing</c><00:39:43.099><c> what's</c><00:39:43.460><c> right</c><00:39:43.659><c> in</c><00:39:43.840><c> his</c><00:39:43.980><c> own</c><00:39:44.179><c> eyes.</c>

00:39:45.019 --> 00:39:48.119
But<00:39:45.059><c> this</c><00:39:45.400><c> is</c><00:39:45.579><c> just</c><00:39:45.739><c> a</c><00:39:45.920><c> depiction</c><00:39:46.360><c> of</c><00:39:46.739><c> that</c><00:39:47.039><c> special</c><00:39:47.400><c> relationship</c>

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:51.019
between<00:39:48.679><c> the</c><00:39:48.920><c> bride</c><00:39:49.099><c> of</c><00:39:49.320><c> Christ,</c><00:39:49.980><c> who</c><00:39:50.099><c> is</c><00:39:50.199><c> no</c><00:39:50.400><c> longer</c><00:39:50.639><c> a</c><00:39:50.860><c> bride</c>

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:53.639
but<00:39:51.199><c> a</c><00:39:51.400><c> harlot,</c><00:39:52.460><c> marrying</c><00:39:52.699><c> Caesar.</c>

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:56.179
So<00:39:54.199><c> this</c><00:39:54.380><c> is</c><00:39:54.500><c> what</c><00:39:54.639><c> Israel</c><00:39:54.960><c> did.</c>

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:57.679
Speaking<00:39:56.840><c> of</c><00:39:57.019><c> Israel</c><00:39:57.340><c> now,</c>

00:39:57.739 --> 00:40:00.199
and<00:39:57.960><c> think</c><00:39:58.179><c> of</c><00:39:58.579><c> how</c><00:39:58.900><c> the</c><00:39:59.059><c> bride</c><00:39:59.239><c> of</c><00:39:59.380><c> Christ</c><00:39:59.539><c> did</c><00:39:59.699><c> the</c><00:39:59.880><c> same</c><00:40:00.059><c> thing.</c>

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:02.739
How<00:40:00.539><c> is</c><00:40:00.760><c> the</c><00:40:00.940><c> faithful</c><00:40:01.179><c> city</c><00:40:01.480><c> become</c><00:40:01.760><c> a</c><00:40:01.960><c> harlot?</c>

00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:05.000
Your<00:40:02.980><c> prince</c><00:40:03.199><c> is</c><00:40:03.340><c> rebellious,</c><00:40:03.920><c> your</c><00:40:04.059><c> companion</c><00:40:04.500><c> of</c><00:40:04.780><c> thieves,</c>

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:07.039
everyone<00:40:05.400><c> loves</c><00:40:05.679><c> gifts</c><00:40:05.940><c> and</c><00:40:06.119><c> follows</c><00:40:06.380><c> after</c><00:40:06.699><c> rewards.</c>

00:40:07.380 --> 00:40:09.679
This<00:40:07.559><c> is</c><00:40:07.760><c> the</c><00:40:07.980><c> characterization</c><00:40:08.579><c> of</c><00:40:08.800><c> a</c><00:40:09.000><c> spiritual</c><00:40:09.320><c> harlot.</c>

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:12.260
You<00:40:10.360><c> were</c><00:40:10.739><c> adorned</c><00:40:11.219><c> with</c><00:40:11.320><c> gold</c><00:40:11.619><c> and</c><00:40:11.840><c> silver</c>

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:13.800
while<00:40:12.519><c> your</c><00:40:12.739><c> clothing</c><00:40:13.000><c> was</c><00:40:13.239><c> of</c><00:40:13.440><c> fine</c><00:40:13.579><c> linen,</c>

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:15.500
rich<00:40:14.059><c> fabric</c><00:40:14.460><c> and</c><00:40:14.659><c> embroidered</c><00:40:15.219><c> cloth.</c>

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:19.380
You<00:40:16.199><c> had</c><00:40:16.719><c> choice</c><00:40:17.239><c> flour</c><00:40:17.639><c> and</c><00:40:17.880><c> honey</c><00:40:18.139><c> and</c><00:40:18.420><c> oil</c><00:40:18.739><c> for</c><00:40:19.039><c> food.</c>

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:23.119
You<00:40:19.900><c> grew</c><00:40:20.079><c> exceedingly</c><00:40:20.699><c> beautiful,</c><00:40:21.619><c> fit</c><00:40:21.780><c> to</c><00:40:22.000><c> be</c><00:40:22.280><c> queen.</c>

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:24.619
Your<00:40:23.400><c> fame</c><00:40:23.599><c> spread</c><00:40:23.860><c> among</c><00:40:24.079><c> the</c><00:40:24.280><c> nations</c>

00:40:24.619 --> 00:40:26.579
on<00:40:24.820><c> account</c><00:40:25.059><c> of</c><00:40:25.199><c> your</c><00:40:25.380><c> beauty,</c><00:40:26.000><c> but</c><00:40:26.059><c> you</c><00:40:26.300><c> trusted,</c>

00:40:26.699 --> 00:40:29.659
speaking<00:40:26.920><c> of</c><00:40:27.119><c> Israel</c><00:40:27.360><c> now,</c><00:40:28.360><c> you</c><00:40:28.579><c> trusted</c><00:40:29.000><c> in</c><00:40:29.280><c> your</c><00:40:29.460><c> beauty</c>

00:40:29.659 --> 00:40:31.619
and<00:40:29.900><c> played</c><00:40:30.079><c> the</c><00:40:30.380><c> whore</c><00:40:30.519><c> because</c><00:40:30.840><c> of</c><00:40:31.019><c> your</c><00:40:31.280><c> fame</c>

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:34.260
and<00:40:32.199><c> lavished</c><00:40:32.699><c> your</c><00:40:32.980><c> whorings</c><00:40:33.239><c> on</c><00:40:33.420><c> any</c><00:40:33.599><c> passers</c><00:40:34.039><c>-by.</c>

00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:36.280
You<00:40:34.940><c> played</c><00:40:35.179><c> the</c><00:40:35.400><c> whore</c><00:40:35.480><c> with</c><00:40:35.659><c> the</c><00:40:35.800><c> Assyrians,</c>

00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:38.539
you<00:40:36.639><c> multiplied</c><00:40:37.019><c> your</c><00:40:37.260><c> whoring</c><00:40:37.440><c> in</c><00:40:37.659><c> Babylonia,</c>

00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:40.659
the<00:40:38.820><c> land</c><00:40:38.960><c> of</c><00:40:39.179><c> merchants,</c><00:40:39.500><c> and</c><00:40:39.679><c> even</c><00:40:39.980><c> with</c><00:40:40.460><c> this</c>

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:42.880
you<00:40:40.780><c> were</c><00:40:40.980><c> not</c><00:40:41.239><c> satisfied,</c><00:40:41.719><c> building</c><00:40:41.960><c> your</c><00:40:42.260><c> eminent</c><00:40:42.519><c> place</c>

00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:44.559
at<00:40:43.239><c> the</c><00:40:43.380><c> head</c><00:40:43.480><c> of</c><00:40:43.820><c> every</c><00:40:44.139><c> street</c>

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:47.659
and<00:40:44.719><c> making</c><00:40:44.980><c> your</c><00:40:45.360><c> high</c><00:40:45.679><c> place</c><00:40:46.059><c> in</c><00:40:46.559><c> every</c><00:40:47.079><c> square.</c>

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:53.239
Still,<00:40:49.460><c> speaking</c><00:40:49.780><c> of</c><00:40:50.219><c> Israel,</c><00:40:52.340><c> a</c><00:40:52.480><c> adulterous</c><00:40:52.960><c> wife</c>

00:40:53.239 --> 00:40:56.159
who<00:40:53.460><c> receives</c><00:40:53.780><c> strangers</c><00:40:54.460><c> instead</c><00:40:55.260><c> of</c><00:40:55.500><c> her</c><00:40:55.699><c> husband.</c>

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:59.880
What<00:40:56.599><c> Israel</c><00:40:57.219><c> did,</c><00:40:58.219><c> not</c><00:40:58.559><c> the</c><00:40:58.800><c> only</c><00:40:59.059><c> one,</c>

00:41:00.219 --> 00:41:02.000
and<00:41:00.360><c> Nahum</c><00:41:00.659><c> says</c><00:41:00.920><c> because</c><00:41:01.280><c> of</c><00:41:01.440><c> the</c><00:41:01.579><c> multitude</c>

00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:04.880
of<00:41:02.179><c> the</c><00:41:02.360><c> whoredom</c><00:41:02.699><c> of</c><00:41:03.099><c> well</c><00:41:03.659><c>-favored</c><00:41:04.400><c> harlot,</c>

00:41:05.179 --> 00:41:06.679
you<00:41:05.340><c> have</c><00:41:05.579><c> multiplied</c><00:41:06.139><c> your</c><00:41:06.400><c> merchants</c>

00:41:06.679 --> 00:41:08.480
above<00:41:06.980><c> the</c><00:41:07.260><c> stars</c><00:41:07.460><c> of</c><00:41:07.719><c> heaven.</c>

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:12.840
If<00:41:08.880><c> we</c><00:41:09.099><c> take</c><00:41:09.280><c> the</c><00:41:09.539><c> details</c><00:41:09.880><c> out,</c><00:41:11.059><c> this</c><00:41:11.300><c> is</c><00:41:11.519><c> what</c><00:41:11.820><c> makes</c><00:41:12.159><c> a</c><00:41:12.480><c> harlot.</c>

00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:15.400
Everyone<00:41:13.599><c> loves</c><00:41:13.940><c> gifts,</c><00:41:14.340><c> follows</c><00:41:14.619><c> after</c><00:41:14.980><c> rewards,</c>

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:17.260
adorned<00:41:15.900><c> with</c><00:41:16.000><c> gold</c><00:41:16.239><c> and</c><00:41:16.460><c> silver.</c>

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You<00:41:17.440><c> grew</c><00:41:17.619><c> exceedingly</c><00:41:18.239><c> beautiful,</c>

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fame<00:41:19.159><c> spread</c><00:41:19.400><c> among</c><00:41:19.639><c> the</c><00:41:19.820><c> nations,</c><00:41:20.260><c> you</c><00:41:20.340><c> were</c><00:41:20.559><c> lavished</c>

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with<00:41:22.099><c> relationship</c><00:41:22.739><c> with</c><00:41:23.000><c> Babylonia,</c>

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the<00:41:23.900><c> land</c><00:41:24.039><c> of</c><00:41:24.320><c> merchants,</c><00:41:24.920><c> you</c><00:41:25.039><c> multiplied</c><00:41:25.460><c> your</c><00:41:25.719><c> whoring</c>

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with<00:41:27.059><c> building</c><00:41:27.360><c> in</c><00:41:27.579><c> every</c><00:41:27.840><c> square,</c><00:41:28.400><c> and</c><00:41:28.639><c> you</c><00:41:28.880><c> received</c><00:41:29.500><c> strangers</c>

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and<00:41:30.559><c> you've</c><00:41:30.980><c> multiplied</c><00:41:31.500><c> your</c><00:41:32.179><c> merchants.</c>

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Basically,<00:41:36.019><c> what</c><00:41:36.139><c> Israel</c><00:41:36.460><c> did,</c><00:41:37.099><c> the</c><00:41:37.239><c> Bride</c><00:41:37.400><c> of</c><00:41:37.559><c> Christ</c><00:41:37.840><c> did,</c>

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sold<00:41:38.420><c> out</c><00:41:38.679><c> to</c><00:41:38.880><c> mercantile</c><00:41:39.460><c> wealth,</c><00:41:40.860><c> strange</c><00:41:41.039><c> nations,</c>

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their<00:41:42.360><c> rulers,</c><00:41:42.960><c> and</c><00:41:43.059><c> their</c><00:41:43.320><c> idols.</c>

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In<00:41:44.059><c> short,</c><00:41:44.860><c> like</c><00:41:45.059><c> Israel,</c><00:41:45.519><c> the</c><00:41:45.659><c> church</c><00:41:45.860><c> became</c><00:41:46.219><c> a</c><00:41:46.460><c> harlot</c>

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when<00:41:46.820><c> it</c><00:41:46.980><c> got</c><00:41:47.119><c> all</c><00:41:47.320><c> dressed</c><00:41:47.539><c> up</c><00:41:48.440><c> to</c><00:41:48.840><c> flirt</c><00:41:49.000><c> with</c><00:41:49.199><c> the</c><00:41:49.320><c> Roman</c><00:41:49.619><c> state,</c>

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mixing<00:41:51.039><c> religion</c><00:41:51.420><c> with</c><00:41:51.659><c> politics</c><00:41:52.099><c> to</c><00:41:52.300><c> get</c><00:41:52.440><c> money,</c><00:41:53.539><c> fame,</c><00:41:54.719><c> beauty,</c>

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influence,<00:41:56.860><c> power,</c><00:41:57.719><c> and</c><00:41:58.099><c> control.</c>

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In<00:41:59.380><c> short,</c><00:42:00.260><c> the</c><00:42:00.380><c> church</c><00:42:00.579><c> sold</c><00:42:00.820><c> its</c><00:42:01.099><c> body</c><00:42:01.320><c> to</c><00:42:01.500><c> the</c><00:42:01.699><c> state</c>

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for<00:42:03.079><c> money</c><00:42:03.780><c> and</c><00:42:04.900><c> protection.</c>

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And<00:42:07.179><c> you</c><00:42:07.380><c> imagine</c><00:42:08.280><c> any</c><00:42:09.099><c> other</c><00:42:10.199><c> response</c><00:42:11.000><c> in</c><00:42:11.380><c> Christ</c>

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when<00:42:12.820><c> his</c><00:42:13.079><c> bride</c><00:42:13.360><c> did</c><00:42:13.579><c> this</c><00:42:13.800><c> to</c><00:42:13.940><c> him</c>

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than<00:42:15.679><c> the</c><00:42:15.780><c> way</c><00:42:15.940><c> God</c><00:42:16.340><c> expresses</c><00:42:16.880><c> at</c><00:42:17.219><c> length</c>

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:20.559
how<00:42:17.719><c> he</c><00:42:17.920><c> feels</c><00:42:18.340><c> when</c><00:42:18.719><c> Israel</c><00:42:19.239><c> did</c><00:42:19.760><c> this</c><00:42:20.019><c> to</c><00:42:20.139><c> him.</c>

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Why<00:42:21.380><c> would</c><00:42:21.579><c> God</c><00:42:21.820><c> put</c><00:42:22.059><c> that</c><00:42:22.260><c> on</c><00:42:22.440><c> his</c><00:42:22.699><c> son?</c>

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Because<00:42:25.139><c> I</c><00:42:25.320><c> think</c><00:42:25.539><c> because</c><00:42:25.840><c> he</c><00:42:25.960><c> wants</c><00:42:26.539><c> the</c><00:42:27.179><c> ruler</c><00:42:27.360><c> of</c><00:42:27.519><c> this</c><00:42:27.719><c> world</c>

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to<00:42:28.960><c> have</c><00:42:29.059><c> his</c><00:42:29.400><c> point</c><00:42:29.639><c> of</c><00:42:29.820><c> view,</c><00:42:30.639><c> to</c><00:42:30.940><c> understand</c><00:42:31.380><c> the</c><00:42:31.739><c> full</c><00:42:32.039><c> depth</c>

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of<00:42:32.500><c> what</c><00:42:32.659><c> it</c><00:42:32.800><c> had</c><00:42:32.920><c> been</c><00:42:33.079><c> like</c><00:42:33.280><c> to</c><00:42:33.500><c> be</c><00:42:33.659><c> betrayed.</c>

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Because<00:42:34.780><c> in</c><00:42:35.099><c> the</c><00:42:35.320><c> world</c><00:42:35.480><c> that</c><00:42:35.659><c> he</c><00:42:35.840><c> rules</c><00:42:36.099><c> in,</c>

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the<00:42:37.239><c> principal</c><00:42:37.760><c> key</c><00:42:39.000><c> effect</c><00:42:40.440><c> of</c><00:42:40.639><c> his</c><00:42:40.840><c> law</c>

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will<00:42:41.880><c> be</c><00:42:42.019><c> to</c><00:42:42.239><c> keep</c><00:42:42.400><c> people</c><00:42:42.760><c> in</c><00:42:43.059><c> unity</c><00:42:43.460><c> throughout</c><00:42:43.880><c> the</c><00:42:44.159><c> world</c>

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and<00:42:44.719><c> prevent</c><00:42:44.980><c> this</c><00:42:45.440><c> from</c><00:42:45.760><c> happening</c><00:42:46.139><c> ever</c><00:42:46.880><c> again.</c>

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It's<00:42:48.239><c> loosed</c><00:42:48.440><c> at</c><00:42:48.639><c> the</c><00:42:48.739><c> end</c><00:42:48.840><c> of</c><00:42:49.039><c> 1</c><00:42:49.199><c>,000</c><00:42:49.460><c> years</c>

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because<00:42:50.079><c> there</c><00:42:50.280><c> was</c><00:42:50.420><c> an</c><00:42:50.619><c> underground</c><00:42:51.000><c> movement</c><00:42:51.420><c> made,</c>

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but<00:42:52.780><c> it</c><00:42:52.920><c> is</c><00:42:53.199><c> finished</c><00:42:53.460><c> off</c><00:42:53.760><c> by</c><00:42:54.039><c> God</c><00:42:54.199><c> at</c><00:42:54.380><c> that</c><00:42:54.619><c> time,</c>

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:58.599
the<00:42:55.719><c> effect</c><00:42:55.960><c> being</c><00:42:56.260><c> that</c><00:42:56.699><c> myriads</c><00:42:57.179><c> and</c><00:42:57.420><c> myriads</c><00:42:57.820><c> of</c><00:42:58.019><c> people</c>

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whom<00:42:59.300><c> no</c><00:42:59.500><c> man</c><00:42:59.719><c> can</c><00:42:59.980><c> number</c><00:43:00.420><c> will</c><00:43:01.000><c> have</c><00:43:01.159><c> been</c><00:43:01.440><c> raised</c><00:43:01.760><c> up</c>

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from<00:43:02.179><c> the</c><00:43:02.400><c> soil</c><00:43:02.639><c> of</c><00:43:02.820><c> this</c><00:43:03.019><c> world</c>

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and<00:43:04.059><c> given</c><00:43:04.179><c> everlasting</c><00:43:04.719><c> life</c><00:43:05.099><c> in</c><00:43:05.280><c> the</c><00:43:05.420><c> kingdom</c><00:43:05.659><c> of</c><00:43:05.960><c> God.</c>

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God<00:43:06.719><c> will</c><00:43:06.840><c> be</c><00:43:07.059><c> all</c><00:43:07.280><c> in</c><00:43:07.539><c> all,</c>

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:12.440
and<00:43:10.380><c> what</c><00:43:10.860><c> a</c><00:43:11.079><c> wonderful</c><00:43:11.320><c> day</c><00:43:11.559><c> it</c><00:43:11.679><c> will</c><00:43:11.860><c> be</c>

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:14.619
for<00:43:12.800><c> each</c><00:43:12.980><c> of</c><00:43:13.119><c> us</c><00:43:13.280><c> to</c><00:43:13.539><c> arrive</c><00:43:13.820><c> there.</c>