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written<00:11:54.870><c> in</c><00:11:55.490><c> 592</c><00:11:56.149><c> BC,</c><00:11:57.230><c> five</c><00:11:57.669><c> years</c><00:11:58.230><c> after</c><00:11:59.490><c> Ezekiel</c><00:12:00.309><c> is</c><00:12:00.669><c> taken</c>

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away<00:12:01.309><c> into</c><00:12:01.629><c> captivity.</c><00:12:02.870><c> So</c><00:12:03.029><c> he's</c><00:12:03.190><c> around</c><00:12:03.309><c> about</c>

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age.<00:12:08.669><c> Ezekiel</c><00:12:08.950><c> chapter</c><00:12:09.330><c> 14,</c><00:12:09.990><c> and</c><00:12:10.070><c> beginning</c><00:12:10.429><c> there</c><00:12:10.649><c> in</c><00:12:10.809><c> verse</c><00:12:11.029><c> 14.</c>

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and<00:12:15.750><c> Job,</c><00:12:16.070><c> were</c><00:12:16.289><c> in</c><00:12:16.450><c> it,</c><00:12:17.269><c> they</c><00:12:17.529><c> should</c><00:12:17.809><c> deliver</c><00:12:18.269><c> but</c><00:12:18.470><c> their</c>

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own<00:12:19.070><c> souls</c><00:12:19.570><c> by</c><00:12:20.029><c> their</c><00:12:20.590><c> righteousness,</c><00:12:21.610><c> saith</c><00:12:21.710><c> the</c><00:12:21.950><c> Lord.</c><00:12:23.370><c> And</c>

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this<00:12:23.750><c> idea</c><00:12:24.090><c> is</c><00:12:24.330><c> repeated</c><00:12:24.610><c> again</c><00:12:25.110><c> for</c><00:12:26.210><c> emphasis</c><00:12:26.789><c> in</c>

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verse<00:12:27.210><c> 20.</c><00:12:27.610><c> Though</c><00:12:27.809><c> Noah,</c><00:12:28.289><c> Daniel,</c><00:12:28.850><c> and</c><00:12:29.049><c> Job</c><00:12:29.330><c> were</c><00:12:29.610><c> in</c><00:12:29.769><c> it,</c><00:12:30.070><c> as</c>

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I<00:12:30.570><c> live,</c><00:12:31.090><c> saith</c><00:12:31.149><c> the</c><00:12:31.309><c> Lord</c><00:12:31.490><c> God,</c><00:12:31.990><c> they</c><00:12:32.330><c> shall</c><00:12:32.629><c> deliver</c>

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neither<00:12:33.509><c> son</c><00:12:33.850><c> nor</c><00:12:34.149><c> daughter,</c><00:12:34.929><c> they</c><00:12:35.169><c> shall</c><00:12:35.470><c> but</c><00:12:35.750><c> deliver</c><00:12:36.190><c> their</c><00:12:36.529><c> own</c>

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souls<00:12:37.330><c> by</c><00:12:37.730><c> their</c><00:12:38.850><c> righteousness.</c>

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There's<00:12:42.169><c> a</c><00:12:42.289><c> couple</c><00:12:42.429><c> of</c><00:12:42.629><c> thoughts</c><00:12:42.850><c> to</c><00:12:43.809><c> appreciate</c><00:12:44.309><c> here.</c><00:12:44.950><c> The</c>

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first<00:12:45.470><c> thing</c><00:12:45.649><c> is</c><00:12:45.809><c> that</c><00:12:45.950><c> they</c><00:12:46.070><c> are</c><00:12:46.190><c> young</c><00:12:46.389><c> men.</c><00:12:46.730><c> They</c><00:12:46.730><c> are</c>

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around<00:12:47.450><c> about</c><00:12:47.710><c> 30</c><00:12:48.090><c> years</c><00:12:48.429><c> of</c><00:12:48.649><c> age.</c><00:12:50.429><c> Daniel</c><00:12:50.710><c> had</c><00:12:50.809><c> been</c><00:12:50.970><c> in</c><00:12:51.110><c> captivity</c><00:12:51.529><c> about</c><00:12:51.909><c> 13</c>

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years<00:12:52.629><c> now,</c><00:12:53.570><c> Ezekiel</c><00:12:54.190><c> 5.</c>

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And<00:12:56.429><c> isn't</c><00:12:56.570><c> it</c><00:12:56.909><c> striking,</c><00:12:57.909><c> brothers</c><00:12:58.009><c> and</c><00:12:58.230><c> sisters,</c><00:12:58.610><c> that</c><00:12:58.830><c> Ezekiel</c><00:12:59.289><c> as</c>

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a<00:12:59.590><c> young</c><00:12:59.769><c> man,</c><00:12:59.990><c> there</c><00:13:00.210><c> is</c><00:13:00.389><c> no</c><00:13:00.570><c> resentment,</c>

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there<00:13:01.169><c> is</c><00:13:01.350><c> no</c><00:13:01.549><c> envy,</c><00:13:02.029><c> there</c><00:13:02.029><c> is</c><00:13:02.250><c> no,</c><00:13:04.110><c> there's</c><00:13:04.789><c> no</c><00:13:05.049><c> malice</c><00:13:05.350><c> whatsoever</c><00:13:05.970><c> in</c>

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the<00:13:06.289><c> way</c><00:13:06.490><c> that</c><00:13:06.649><c> he</c><00:13:06.870><c> describes</c><00:13:07.409><c> Daniel.</c>

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Already<00:13:08.230><c> Daniel</c><00:13:08.809><c> has</c><00:13:09.309><c> risen</c><00:13:09.549><c> to</c><00:13:09.809><c> such</c><00:13:10.230><c> lofty</c><00:13:10.889><c> company</c><00:13:11.590><c> as</c><00:13:13.049><c> Noah</c><00:13:13.610><c> and</c>

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Job.<00:13:16.149><c> And</c><00:13:16.450><c> this</c><00:13:16.649><c> is</c><00:13:16.889><c> a</c><00:13:16.970><c> young</c><00:13:17.149><c> man</c><00:13:17.409><c> writing</c>

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about<00:13:18.230><c> another</c><00:13:18.629><c> young</c><00:13:18.909><c> man.</c><00:13:19.110><c> Isn't</c><00:13:19.250><c> that</c><00:13:19.470><c> a</c><00:13:19.629><c> lovely</c><00:13:19.929><c> spirit,</c>

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brothers<00:13:20.549><c> and</c><00:13:20.789><c> sisters?</c>

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How<00:13:23.610><c> much</c><00:13:23.850><c> more</c><00:13:24.029><c> we</c><00:13:24.190><c> should</c><00:13:24.330><c> see</c><00:13:24.629><c> that</c><00:13:24.909><c> within</c><00:13:25.090><c> our</c><00:13:25.470><c> community.</c><00:13:26.929><c> Young</c>

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brethren<00:13:27.610><c> encouraging</c><00:13:28.289><c> other</c>

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young<00:13:28.870><c> brethren</c><00:13:29.250><c> in</c><00:13:29.470><c> the</c><00:13:29.649><c> service</c><00:13:29.909><c> of</c><00:13:30.070><c> the</c><00:13:30.210><c> Lord,</c><00:13:30.649><c> in</c><00:13:30.750><c> the</c><00:13:31.029><c> responsibilities</c><00:13:31.570><c> that</c><00:13:31.769><c> they've</c><00:13:32.009><c> been</c><00:13:32.190><c> ordained</c><00:13:32.509><c> by</c>

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Almighty<00:13:33.230><c> God.</c><00:13:38.330><c> But</c><00:13:38.809><c> the</c><00:13:38.970><c> other</c><00:13:39.549><c> feature</c><00:13:40.029><c> to</c><00:13:40.470><c> these</c><00:13:40.769><c> two</c><00:13:40.990><c> verses,</c><00:13:41.370><c> in</c>

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verses<00:13:41.769><c> 14</c><00:13:42.269><c> and</c><00:13:42.429><c> 20,</c><00:13:43.009><c> is</c><00:13:43.269><c> that</c>

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there's<00:13:46.809><c> a</c><00:13:47.129><c> commonality</c><00:13:47.789><c> between</c><00:13:48.269><c> Noah</c><00:13:48.629><c> and</c><00:13:49.830><c> with</c><00:13:50.190><c> Job.</c><00:13:50.470><c> I</c><00:13:50.769><c> would</c><00:13:50.970><c> suggest</c><00:13:51.210><c> to</c>

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you<00:13:51.610><c> that</c><00:13:51.730><c> they</c><00:13:51.990><c> were</c><00:13:52.830><c> family</c><00:13:53.490><c> men.</c>

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that<00:14:00.190><c> Noah</c><00:14:00.629><c> built</c><00:14:01.250><c> an</c><00:14:01.549><c> ark</c><00:14:01.649><c> for</c><00:14:01.889><c> the</c><00:14:02.149><c> saving</c>

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of<00:14:02.830><c> his</c><00:14:03.409><c> house.</c><00:14:05.009><c> That</c><00:14:05.129><c> was</c><00:14:05.309><c> his</c><00:14:05.549><c> primary</c><00:14:05.929><c> concern.</c><00:14:08.169><c> We</c><00:14:08.470><c> see</c><00:14:08.710><c> in</c>

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there<00:14:10.789><c> he</c><00:14:10.929><c> was</c><00:14:11.230><c> with</c><00:14:11.450><c> his</c><00:14:11.690><c> sons</c><00:14:11.889><c> and</c><00:14:12.029><c> his</c><00:14:12.250><c> daughters</c><00:14:12.490><c> and</c><00:14:12.590><c> he</c>

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prayed<00:14:13.009><c> for</c><00:14:13.190><c> them.</c><00:14:13.549><c> And</c><00:14:13.690><c> at</c><00:14:13.870><c> the</c><00:14:13.970><c> end,</c><00:14:14.129><c> at</c><00:14:14.289><c> the</c><00:14:14.409><c> end</c><00:14:14.570><c> of</c>

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portion<00:14:17.330><c> and</c><00:14:17.610><c> he</c><00:14:17.730><c> has</c><00:14:17.850><c> seven</c><00:14:18.190><c> sons</c><00:14:18.509><c> and</c><00:14:18.690><c> three</c>

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daughters.<00:14:19.509><c> They</c><00:14:19.669><c> were</c><00:14:19.889><c> family</c><00:14:20.370><c> men.</c><00:14:23.429><c> But</c><00:14:23.769><c> Daniel</c><00:14:24.210><c> quite</c><00:14:24.590><c> possibly</c><00:14:25.049><c> was</c>

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a<00:14:25.570><c> eunuch.</c>

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Well,<00:14:33.309><c> I</c><00:14:33.389><c> would</c><00:14:33.549><c> suggest</c><00:14:33.830><c> to</c><00:14:34.070><c> you,</c><00:14:34.169><c> and</c><00:14:34.250><c> it's</c><00:14:34.409><c> a</c><00:14:34.509><c> beautiful</c><00:14:34.889><c> thought</c><00:14:35.269><c> I</c><00:14:35.529><c> feel,</c>

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that<00:14:37.850><c> Daniel's</c><00:14:38.409><c> family</c><00:14:39.129><c> was</c><00:14:40.590><c> the</c><00:14:40.830><c> people</c><00:14:41.070><c> of</c><00:14:41.309><c> God</c><00:14:41.929><c> in</c><00:14:42.649><c> the</c><00:14:42.809><c> land</c><00:14:43.049><c> of</c>

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Babylon.<00:14:44.950><c> And</c><00:14:45.429><c> this</c><00:14:45.690><c> was</c><00:14:45.929><c> the</c><00:14:46.090><c> point</c><00:14:46.289><c> of</c><00:14:46.509><c> Ezekiel.</c>

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just<00:14:50.669><c> 30</c><00:14:51.009><c> years</c><00:14:51.350><c> of</c><00:14:51.549><c> age.</c><00:14:51.990><c> We've</c><00:14:52.289><c> got</c><00:14:52.549><c> nothing</c><00:14:52.830><c> to</c>

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fear,<00:14:53.669><c> us</c><00:14:53.929><c> at</c><00:14:54.070><c> the</c><00:14:54.210><c> river</c><00:14:54.370><c> Kibor,</c><00:14:54.909><c> because</c><00:14:55.169><c> we've</c><00:14:55.429><c> got</c><00:14:55.570><c> Daniel</c>

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in<00:14:56.250><c> the</c><00:14:56.509><c> court</c><00:14:56.750><c> of</c><00:14:57.029><c> Babylon</c><00:14:57.370><c> and</c><00:14:57.750><c> he's</c><00:14:58.070><c> going</c><00:14:58.289><c> to</c>

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work<00:14:58.850><c> with</c><00:14:59.070><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:14:59.649><c> with</c><00:14:59.830><c> Almighty</c><00:15:00.350><c> God,</c><00:15:00.850><c> and</c><00:15:00.970><c> he's</c>

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going<00:15:01.289><c> to</c><00:15:01.429><c> bring</c><00:15:02.090><c> salvation</c><00:15:03.149><c> to</c><00:15:04.850><c> his</c><00:15:05.269><c> family.</c>

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and<00:15:11.549><c> sisters?</c><00:15:12.649><c> This</c><00:15:12.929><c> was</c><00:15:13.190><c> the</c><00:15:13.409><c> family</c><00:15:13.809><c> of</c><00:15:13.970><c> Daniel.</c><00:15:15.129><c> He</c><00:15:15.309><c> was</c><00:15:15.570><c> a</c>

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family<00:15:16.210><c> man.</c><00:15:18.149><c> And</c><00:15:18.330><c> so</c><00:15:18.590><c> then,</c><00:15:18.950><c> as</c><00:15:19.090><c> a</c><00:15:19.590><c> people,</c>

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Ezekiel<00:15:20.529><c> is</c><00:15:20.870><c> stressing</c><00:15:21.169><c> to</c><00:15:21.470><c> them</c><00:15:21.570><c> at</c><00:15:21.690><c> the</c><00:15:21.809><c> river</c><00:15:22.009><c> Kibor</c><00:15:22.470><c> that</c>

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they<00:15:22.950><c> had</c><00:15:23.190><c> nothing</c><00:15:23.509><c> to</c><00:15:23.769><c> fear.</c><00:15:24.110><c> Come</c><00:15:24.409><c> with</c><00:15:24.629><c> me</c><00:15:24.789><c> to</c>

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Ezekiel<00:15:25.269><c> chapter</c><00:15:25.549><c> 28</c><00:15:26.110><c> now.</c><00:15:27.970><c> Here</c><00:15:28.250><c> they're</c><00:15:28.570><c> in</c><00:15:28.669><c> their</c><00:15:28.870><c> thirties.</c><00:15:31.490><c> And</c><00:15:31.929><c> this</c><00:15:32.389><c> is</c>

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rather<00:15:32.750><c> amusing</c><00:15:33.049><c> because</c>

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here<00:15:33.769><c> Ezekiel</c><00:15:34.210><c> is</c><00:15:34.389><c> writing</c><00:15:34.690><c> to</c><00:15:35.029><c> the</c><00:15:35.350><c> king</c><00:15:35.629><c> of</c><00:15:35.950><c> Tyre</c><00:15:36.269><c> and</c><00:15:36.730><c> telling</c><00:15:37.029><c> him</c>

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that<00:15:37.789><c> he</c><00:15:37.950><c> has</c><00:15:38.149><c> prophesied</c><00:15:38.629><c> that</c><00:15:38.750><c> the</c><00:15:38.850><c> king</c>

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of<00:15:39.370><c> Tyre</c><00:15:39.409><c> will</c><00:15:39.610><c> be</c><00:15:40.110><c> overwhelmed</c><00:15:40.730><c> by</c><00:15:40.950><c> the</c><00:15:41.090><c> king</c><00:15:41.230><c> of</c><00:15:41.389><c> Babylon.</c>

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God<00:15:41.970><c> has</c><00:15:42.269><c> foretold,</c><00:15:42.870><c> and</c><00:15:43.049><c> so</c><00:15:43.389><c> it</c><00:15:43.629><c> will</c><00:15:43.830><c> happen.</c>

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But<00:15:45.409><c> the</c><00:15:45.570><c> king</c><00:15:45.730><c> of</c><00:15:45.950><c> Tyre</c><00:15:46.370><c> was</c><00:15:46.629><c> not</c><00:15:46.789><c> receptive</c><00:15:47.309><c> to</c><00:15:47.529><c> the</c><00:15:47.690><c> news</c><00:15:47.850><c> of</c>

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Daniel.<00:15:48.309><c> So</c><00:15:48.450><c> he</c><00:15:48.610><c> says</c><00:15:48.789><c> these</c><00:15:49.029><c> quite</c><00:15:49.269><c> amusing</c>

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words<00:15:50.169><c> here.</c><00:15:51.809><c> You</c><00:15:51.889><c> notice</c><00:15:52.110><c> in</c><00:15:52.289><c> verse</c><00:15:52.450><c> 2,</c><00:15:52.750><c> son</c><00:15:52.830><c> of</c><00:15:52.870><c> man</c><00:15:53.129><c> saith</c>

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to<00:15:53.629><c> the</c><00:15:53.830><c> prince</c><00:15:54.169><c> of</c><00:15:54.409><c> Tyre,</c><00:15:54.870><c> verse</c><00:15:55.129><c> 3,</c><00:15:55.730><c> behold,</c>

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thou<00:15:56.809><c> art</c><00:15:57.149><c> wiser</c><00:15:57.649><c> than</c><00:15:57.870><c> Daniel.</c><00:15:58.370><c> There</c><00:15:58.549><c> is</c><00:15:58.750><c> no</c><00:15:59.049><c> secret</c><00:15:59.730><c> that</c>

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they<00:16:00.490><c> can</c><00:16:00.750><c> hide</c><00:16:01.629><c> from</c><00:16:02.269><c> thee.</c>

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Here<00:16:05.269><c> the</c><00:16:05.389><c> prince</c><00:16:05.669><c> of</c><00:16:05.889><c> Tyre,</c><00:16:06.169><c> the</c><00:16:06.309><c> king</c><00:16:06.529><c> of</c><00:16:06.649><c> Tyre,</c><00:16:06.950><c> thought</c><00:16:07.129><c> he</c>

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was<00:16:07.509><c> so</c><00:16:07.830><c> wise</c><00:16:08.190><c> that</c><00:16:08.330><c> he</c><00:16:08.409><c> wasn't</c><00:16:08.570><c> going</c>

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to<00:16:09.009><c> listen</c><00:16:09.029><c> to</c><00:16:09.190><c> God's</c><00:16:09.470><c> word.</c><00:16:09.769><c> And</c><00:16:09.970><c> here</c><00:16:10.129><c> Ezekiel</c><00:16:10.490><c> is</c><00:16:10.649><c> saying,</c>

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and<00:16:11.029><c> though</c><00:16:11.850><c> Daniel</c><00:16:12.149><c> is</c><00:16:12.289><c> just</c><00:16:12.470><c> in</c><00:16:12.549><c> his</c><00:16:12.690><c> mid</c><00:16:12.929><c>-thirties</c>

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now,<00:16:13.789><c> he's</c><00:16:13.929><c> saying,</c><00:16:14.129><c> do</c><00:16:14.409><c> you</c><00:16:14.490><c> think</c><00:16:14.629><c> you're</c><00:16:14.809><c> so</c><00:16:15.090><c> wise</c><00:16:15.570><c> not</c><00:16:15.950><c> to</c>

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listen<00:16:16.350><c> to</c><00:16:16.570><c> God,</c><00:16:16.889><c> Almighty</c><00:16:17.149><c> God?</c><00:16:17.590><c> Do</c><00:16:17.789><c> you</c><00:16:18.090><c> think</c>

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you're<00:16:18.549><c> as</c><00:16:18.750><c> wise</c><00:16:18.990><c> as</c><00:16:19.269><c> Daniel?</c><00:16:21.509><c> Already</c><00:16:21.929><c> Daniel,</c><00:16:22.289><c> by</c><00:16:22.470><c> the</c><00:16:22.629><c> time</c>

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he's<00:16:22.990><c> in</c><00:16:23.070><c> his</c><00:16:23.210><c> mid</c><00:16:23.429><c>-thirties,</c><00:16:23.889><c> is</c><00:16:23.990><c> an</c><00:16:24.230><c> international</c>

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statesman,<00:16:27.769><c> a</c><00:16:27.909><c> man</c><00:16:27.990><c> of</c><00:16:28.269><c> wisdom</c><00:16:28.649><c> recognized</c><00:16:29.230><c> around</c><00:16:29.730><c> the</c><00:16:30.090><c> world.</c><00:16:32.590><c> Do</c>

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you<00:16:33.149><c> think</c><00:16:33.269><c> you've</c><00:16:33.549><c> reached</c><00:16:33.750><c> that</c><00:16:34.070><c> benchmark?</c>

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Don't<00:16:34.570><c> you</c><00:16:34.710><c> think</c><00:16:34.950><c> you're</c><00:16:35.250><c> comparable?</c><00:16:35.950><c> You're</c><00:16:36.110><c> equal</c><00:16:36.409><c> to</c><00:16:36.629><c> Daniel,</c><00:16:37.110><c> king</c><00:16:37.370><c> of</c><00:16:37.649><c> Tyre?</c>

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And<00:16:42.470><c> so,</c><00:16:43.070><c> young</c><00:16:43.190><c> people,</c><00:16:45.230><c> Daniel</c><00:16:45.590><c> here</c><00:16:45.970><c> is</c><00:16:46.129><c> in</c><00:16:46.210><c> his</c><00:16:46.370><c> mid</c><00:16:46.570><c>-thirties,</c><00:16:47.049><c> and</c>

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I'm<00:16:47.330><c> sure</c>

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that<00:16:48.909><c> you</c><00:16:49.029><c> think</c><00:16:49.230><c> anyone</c><00:16:49.629><c> in</c><00:16:49.809><c> their</c><00:16:49.929><c> mid</c><00:16:50.149><c>-thirties</c><00:16:50.470><c> is</c><00:16:50.649><c> a</c><00:16:50.710><c> dinosaur.</c>

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I'd<00:16:53.889><c> beg</c><00:16:53.990><c> to</c><00:16:54.149><c> differ.</c><00:16:56.169><c> I</c><00:16:56.490><c> think</c><00:16:56.649><c> you're</c><00:16:56.850><c> still</c><00:16:57.090><c> young</c><00:16:57.309><c> in</c><00:16:57.470><c> your</c><00:16:57.629><c> forties.</c>

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Yes.<00:17:00.649><c> But</c><00:17:01.370><c> isn't</c><00:17:01.649><c> it</c><00:17:01.830><c> wonderful</c><00:17:02.450><c> that</c><00:17:03.830><c> Daniel</c><00:17:04.230><c> had</c><00:17:04.529><c> acquired</c>

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a<00:17:05.150><c> reputation</c><00:17:05.730><c> such</c><00:17:06.049><c> as</c><00:17:06.289><c> this,</c>

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and<00:17:09.210><c> equally</c><00:17:09.589><c> so</c><00:17:10.029><c> that</c><00:17:10.390><c> Ezekiel</c><00:17:11.109><c> was</c><00:17:11.750><c> thrilled,</c><00:17:13.970><c> sincerely</c>

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thrilled<00:17:15.450><c> that</c><00:17:16.450><c> Daniel</c><00:17:16.970><c> was</c><00:17:17.250><c> working</c><00:17:17.549><c> for</c><00:17:17.849><c> him</c><00:17:18.210><c> and</c><00:17:18.609><c> God's</c>

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people<00:17:19.450><c> within</c><00:17:19.750><c> the</c><00:17:20.069><c> court</c><00:17:20.349><c> of</c><00:17:20.549><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c><00:17:21.170><c> And</c><00:17:21.529><c> we</c><00:17:21.789><c> begin</c><00:17:22.069><c> to</c>

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get<00:17:22.529><c> a</c><00:17:22.769><c> perspective</c><00:17:23.470><c> from</c><00:17:23.769><c> these</c><00:17:24.069><c> words</c>

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as<00:17:25.589><c> to</c><00:17:25.829><c> the</c><00:17:26.230><c> greatness</c><00:17:26.589><c> of</c><00:17:26.869><c> this</c><00:17:27.109><c> man.</c><00:17:28.769><c> Think</c><00:17:28.950><c> of</c><00:17:29.150><c> the</c><00:17:29.450><c> revelation</c><00:17:30.230><c> that</c>

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Ezekiel<00:17:31.470><c> would</c><00:17:31.750><c> receive</c>

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concerning<00:17:32.849><c> the</c><00:17:33.170><c> temple</c><00:17:33.750><c> and</c><00:17:34.190><c> the</c><00:17:34.509><c> prince.</c><00:17:37.970><c> Yet</c><00:17:38.150><c> in</c><00:17:38.210><c> his</c><00:17:38.410><c> own</c>

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mind,<00:17:38.930><c> he</c><00:17:39.029><c> wasn't</c><00:17:39.329><c> even</c><00:17:40.250><c> comparable</c>

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to<00:17:41.890><c> the</c><00:17:42.029><c> great</c><00:17:42.289><c> man</c><00:17:42.609><c> working</c><00:17:43.109><c> with</c><00:17:43.390><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:17:44.069><c> the</c><00:17:44.269><c> greatest</c><00:17:44.609><c> king</c><00:17:44.849><c> the</c>

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earth<00:17:45.230><c> has</c><00:17:45.349><c> ever</c><00:17:45.690><c> seen</c>

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within<00:17:47.750><c> the</c><00:17:48.089><c> courts</c><00:17:48.650><c> of</c><00:17:49.430><c> the</c><00:17:49.670><c> city.</c>

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Well,<00:17:55.069><c> we've</c><00:17:55.269><c> seen</c><00:17:55.470><c> there</c><00:17:56.049><c> in</c><00:17:56.470><c> those</c><00:17:56.690><c> opening</c><00:17:56.950><c> verses</c><00:17:57.309><c> in</c><00:17:57.589><c> Daniel</c><00:17:57.930><c> that</c><00:17:58.450><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:17:59.309><c> was</c>

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looking<00:17:59.869><c> for</c>

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the<00:18:00.509><c> king's</c><00:18:01.109><c> seed.</c><00:18:01.269><c> He</c><00:18:01.430><c> was</c><00:18:02.410><c> skimming</c><00:18:02.730><c> off</c><00:18:03.150><c> the</c><00:18:03.470><c> cream</c><00:18:03.730><c> of</c><00:18:04.029><c> the</c>

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nation.<00:18:07.230><c> He</c><00:18:07.769><c> was</c><00:18:08.069><c> looking</c><00:18:08.430><c> for</c><00:18:08.730><c> the</c><00:18:09.009><c> tribe</c><00:18:09.250><c> of</c><00:18:09.609><c> Judah,</c>

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and<00:18:12.230><c> I</c><00:18:12.390><c> would</c><00:18:12.589><c> suggest</c><00:18:13.150><c> he</c><00:18:13.369><c> was</c><00:18:13.630><c> looking</c><00:18:14.049><c> for</c><00:18:14.549><c> the</c><00:18:14.890><c> descendants</c><00:18:15.529><c> of</c><00:18:16.490><c> Hezekiah.</c>

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Come<00:18:19.630><c> with</c><00:18:19.829><c> me</c><00:18:19.970><c> to</c><00:18:20.130><c> 2</c><00:18:20.349><c> Kings,</c><00:18:20.789><c> chapter</c><00:18:21.029><c> 20.</c>

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2<00:18:35.069><c> Kings,</c><00:18:35.410><c> chapter</c><00:18:35.710><c> 20,</c><00:18:36.250><c> and</c><00:18:36.349><c> we'll</c><00:18:36.549><c> pick</c><00:18:36.809><c> up</c><00:18:37.410><c> in</c><00:18:37.890><c> verse</c><00:18:38.150><c> 16.</c>

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And<00:18:42.269><c> as</c><00:18:42.410><c> we</c><00:18:42.569><c> come</c><00:18:42.710><c> here,</c><00:18:42.930><c> we're</c><00:18:43.069><c> asking</c><00:18:43.410><c> ourselves,</c><00:18:43.890><c> can</c><00:18:43.990><c> we</c><00:18:44.170><c> make</c><00:18:44.329><c> a</c>

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connection<00:18:44.829><c> with</c><00:18:45.049><c> the</c><00:18:45.250><c> king's</c><00:18:45.650><c> seed</c>

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in<00:18:45.970><c> Daniel,</c><00:18:46.329><c> chapter</c><00:18:46.549><c> 1,</c><00:18:46.849><c> and</c><00:18:47.670><c> is</c><00:18:47.930><c> there</c><00:18:48.089><c> a</c><00:18:48.250><c> plausible</c><00:18:48.609><c> reason</c>

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to<00:18:50.529><c> accept</c><00:18:51.369><c> that</c><00:18:51.990><c> Daniel</c><00:18:52.589><c> and</c><00:18:52.930><c> his</c><00:18:53.190><c> three</c>

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young<00:18:53.769><c> friends</c><00:18:54.150><c> were</c><00:18:54.730><c> from</c><00:18:55.470><c> the</c><00:18:56.349><c> line</c><00:18:57.309><c> of</c><00:18:57.730><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:18:58.450><c> the</c><00:18:58.670><c> king's</c><00:18:59.289><c> seed?</c><00:18:59.470><c> I</c>

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would<00:18:59.890><c> suggest</c><00:19:00.609><c> quite</c><00:19:01.309><c> possibly.</c>

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2<00:19:02.750><c> Kings,</c><00:19:03.049><c> then,</c><00:19:03.170><c> chapter</c><00:19:03.410><c> 20,</c><00:19:03.910><c> and</c><00:19:04.049><c> we'll</c><00:19:04.250><c> pick</c><00:19:04.450><c> up</c><00:19:04.589><c> in</c><00:19:04.730><c> verse</c><00:19:04.890><c> 16.</c>

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So<00:19:34.309><c> it's</c><00:19:34.470><c> fitting,</c><00:19:34.829><c> isn't</c><00:19:34.990><c> it,</c><00:19:35.230><c> that</c><00:19:36.349><c> there</c><00:19:37.009><c> was</c><00:19:37.269><c> the</c><00:19:37.529><c> failing</c>

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of<00:19:38.670><c> Hezekiah.</c><00:19:39.130><c> He</c><00:19:39.390><c> showed</c>

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the<00:19:40.710><c> great</c><00:19:41.130><c> treasures</c><00:19:41.630><c> of</c><00:19:41.869><c> his</c><00:19:42.089><c> house</c><00:19:42.410><c> to</c><00:19:42.589><c> the</c><00:19:42.809><c> Babylonians,</c>

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and<00:19:43.630><c> so</c><00:19:43.869><c> then</c><00:19:44.029><c> the</c><00:19:44.269><c> Babylonians,</c>

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having<00:19:45.690><c> seen</c><00:19:46.069><c> those</c><00:19:46.410><c> treasures,</c><00:19:47.650><c> took</c><00:19:47.930><c> the</c><00:19:48.230><c> treasures,</c><00:19:48.670><c> the</c>

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vessels<00:19:49.309><c> from</c><00:19:49.509><c> the</c><00:19:49.630><c> house</c><00:19:49.849><c> of</c><00:19:49.990><c> God</c><00:19:50.130><c> away,</c>

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and<00:19:51.289><c> placed</c><00:19:51.730><c> them</c><00:19:52.309><c> within</c><00:19:52.609><c> the</c><00:19:52.890><c> temple</c><00:19:53.410><c> in</c><00:19:54.750><c> Babylon.</c><00:19:55.630><c> So</c>

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there's<00:19:55.910><c> something</c><00:19:56.430><c> fitting</c><00:19:57.109><c> there,</c>

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isn't<00:19:58.609><c> there?</c><00:20:00.069><c> But</c><00:20:00.210><c> there's</c><00:20:00.329><c> something</c><00:20:00.549><c> also</c><00:20:00.970><c> there</c><00:20:01.650><c> with</c>

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Daniel<00:20:02.690><c> and</c><00:20:02.809><c> his</c><00:20:03.009><c> three</c><00:20:03.230><c> friends</c><00:20:03.569><c> being</c><00:20:04.089><c> assigned</c>

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the<00:20:04.710><c> responsibility</c><00:20:05.390><c> to</c><00:20:06.190><c> the</c><00:20:06.670><c> prince</c><00:20:06.910><c> of</c><00:20:07.130><c> the</c><00:20:07.329><c> eunuchs.</c><00:20:09.990><c> Is</c><00:20:10.190><c> there</c><00:20:10.329><c> a</c>

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little<00:20:10.650><c> clue</c><00:20:10.890><c> there</c><00:20:11.170><c> at</c><00:20:11.289><c> the</c><00:20:11.329><c> end</c><00:20:11.549><c> of</c><00:20:11.690><c> verse</c>

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18<00:20:12.509><c> that</c><00:20:13.150><c> Daniel</c><00:20:13.750><c> and</c><00:20:13.890><c> his</c><00:20:14.109><c> three</c><00:20:14.349><c> friends</c><00:20:14.730><c> were</c><00:20:14.990><c> made</c><00:20:15.349><c> eunuchs</c><00:20:15.869><c> as</c><00:20:16.069><c> they</c><00:20:16.329><c> arrived</c><00:20:16.910><c> within</c><00:20:17.930><c> the</c><00:20:19.049><c> city?</c>

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Yet<00:20:23.490><c> knowing</c><00:20:23.730><c> all</c><00:20:24.069><c> this,</c><00:20:25.349><c> and</c><00:20:25.529><c> it's</c><00:20:25.690><c> quite</c><00:20:25.890><c> something,</c><00:20:26.309><c> isn't</c>

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it?<00:20:26.769><c> Knowing</c><00:20:27.190><c> that</c><00:20:27.529><c> the</c><00:20:27.789><c> judgments</c><00:20:28.150><c> that</c><00:20:28.349><c> have</c>

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been<00:20:28.750><c> poured</c><00:20:28.950><c> upon</c><00:20:29.329><c> you</c><00:20:30.190><c> are</c><00:20:30.950><c> due</c><00:20:31.650><c> to</c><00:20:32.470><c> a</c><00:20:32.650><c> great</c><00:20:32.890><c> ancestor,</c><00:20:36.950><c> there's</c><00:20:37.910><c> no</c>

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anger,<00:20:39.369><c> there's</c><00:20:39.690><c> no</c><00:20:39.910><c> rage</c><00:20:40.569><c> in</c><00:20:41.230><c> Daniel,</c><00:20:41.789><c> is</c>

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it?<00:20:52.630><c> Can</c><00:20:52.630><c> you</c><00:20:53.150><c> see</c><00:20:53.369><c> that?</c><00:20:55.390><c> What</c><00:20:55.569><c> a</c><00:20:55.789><c> punishment</c><00:20:56.170><c> for</c><00:20:56.430><c> Daniel</c>

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and<00:20:56.890><c> his</c><00:20:57.069><c> three</c><00:20:57.329><c> friends,</c>

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but<00:20:58.970><c> he</c><00:20:59.190><c> simply</c><00:20:59.470><c> accepted</c><00:20:59.869><c> it,</c><00:21:00.089><c> didn't</c><00:21:00.309><c> he?</c><00:21:01.910><c> So</c><00:21:02.190><c> why</c><00:21:02.430><c> make</c><00:21:02.650><c> them</c><00:21:02.849><c> eunuchs?</c><00:21:03.150><c> Well,</c><00:21:03.549><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:21:04.029><c> was</c><00:21:04.410><c> stamping</c>

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out,<00:21:05.170><c> wasn't</c><00:21:05.450><c> he,</c><00:21:05.650><c> all</c><00:21:05.970><c> trace</c><00:21:06.609><c> of</c><00:21:07.390><c> Judas'</c><00:21:08.289><c> kingly</c><00:21:08.650><c> line,</c><00:21:09.450><c> but</c>

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more<00:21:10.069><c> subtly</c><00:21:10.890><c> the</c><00:21:11.490><c> king</c><00:21:11.809><c> wanted</c><00:21:12.130><c> to</c><00:21:12.529><c> change</c><00:21:12.910><c> these</c>

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men<00:21:13.549><c> into</c><00:21:14.009><c> his</c><00:21:14.410><c> own</c><00:21:15.509><c> image.</c><00:21:17.150><c> So</c><00:21:17.430><c> what</c><00:21:17.549><c> we're</c><00:21:17.670><c> beginning</c><00:21:17.930><c> to</c><00:21:18.190><c> see</c><00:21:18.329><c> is</c>

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a<00:21:18.910><c> process,</c><00:21:19.569><c> and</c><00:21:19.789><c> there's</c><00:21:19.970><c> an</c><00:21:20.190><c> objective,</c>

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there's<00:21:20.789><c> a</c><00:21:21.029><c> goal</c><00:21:21.309><c> here</c><00:21:21.890><c> of</c><00:21:22.730><c> making</c><00:21:23.190><c> these</c><00:21:23.630><c> men</c><00:21:23.910><c> into</c><00:21:24.210><c> the</c><00:21:24.529><c> image</c><00:21:24.910><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:25.730><c> king.</c><00:21:27.089><c> The</c><00:21:27.470><c> first</c><00:21:27.849><c> step</c><00:21:28.109><c> was</c><00:21:28.369><c> to</c><00:21:28.769><c> change</c>

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their<00:21:29.789><c> bodies,</c><00:21:31.349><c> and</c><00:21:31.890><c> that</c><00:21:32.009><c> could</c><00:21:32.170><c> be</c><00:21:32.269><c> easily</c><00:21:32.509><c> done.</c><00:21:34.849><c> What</c><00:21:35.069><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:21:35.609><c> was</c>

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more<00:21:36.109><c> concerned</c><00:21:36.549><c> about</c>

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was<00:21:37.869><c> changing</c><00:21:38.289><c> their</c><00:21:38.670><c> minds.</c><00:21:41.349><c> You</c><00:21:41.609><c> come</c><00:21:41.789><c> with</c><00:21:41.990><c> me</c><00:21:42.130><c> to</c><00:21:42.329><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:42.730><c> 39,</c>

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the<00:21:45.289><c> chapter</c><00:21:45.569><c> that</c><00:21:45.890><c> records</c><00:21:46.450><c> the</c><00:21:47.569><c> mistake,</c><00:21:48.089><c> the</c><00:21:48.269><c> unfortunate</c>

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mistake<00:21:48.990><c> of</c><00:21:49.109><c> this</c><00:21:49.309><c> great</c><00:21:49.609><c> king,</c>

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of<00:21:50.910><c> Judah.</c><00:21:53.309><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:53.589><c> chapter</c><00:21:53.930><c> 39.</c>

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Verse<00:22:02.329><c> 5,</c><00:22:03.289><c> Then</c><00:22:03.470><c> said</c><00:22:03.750><c> Isaiah</c><00:22:04.309><c> to</c><00:22:04.529><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:22:05.750><c> Hear</c><00:22:05.890><c> the</c><00:22:06.130><c> word</c>

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of<00:22:06.450><c> the</c><00:22:06.569><c> Lord</c><00:22:06.849><c> of</c><00:22:06.990><c> hosts.</c><00:22:08.109><c> Behold</c><00:22:08.630><c> the</c><00:22:08.829><c> days</c><00:22:09.109><c> come</c>

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that<00:22:09.589><c> all</c><00:22:09.970><c> that</c><00:22:10.130><c> is</c><00:22:10.250><c> in</c><00:22:10.410><c> thine</c><00:22:10.549><c> house,</c><00:22:11.789><c> and</c><00:22:11.910><c> that</c><00:22:12.190><c> which</c><00:22:12.369><c> thy</c>

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fathers<00:22:13.069><c> have</c><00:22:13.309><c> laid</c><00:22:13.589><c> up</c><00:22:13.849><c> in</c><00:22:14.150><c> store</c><00:22:14.349><c> until</c><00:22:14.630><c> this</c><00:22:14.930><c> day,</c>

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shall<00:22:15.869><c> be</c><00:22:16.089><c> carried</c><00:22:16.329><c> to</c><00:22:16.529><c> Babylon.</c><00:22:17.089><c> Nothing</c><00:22:17.309><c> shall</c><00:22:17.490><c> be</c><00:22:17.670><c> left,</c>

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saith<00:22:18.069><c> the</c><00:22:18.309><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:22:19.910><c> of</c><00:22:20.089><c> thy</c><00:22:20.309><c> sons</c><00:22:21.009><c> that</c><00:22:22.069><c> shall</c><00:22:22.349><c> issue</c><00:22:22.730><c> from</c><00:22:23.089><c> thee</c><00:22:23.309><c> which</c><00:22:23.509><c> thou</c>

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shall<00:22:23.950><c> beget,</c><00:22:25.210><c> they</c><00:22:25.390><c> shall</c><00:22:25.670><c> take</c><00:22:26.029><c> away,</c>

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and<00:22:27.369><c> they</c><00:22:27.650><c> shall</c><00:22:27.829><c> be</c><00:22:28.289><c> eunuchs</c><00:22:28.750><c> in</c><00:22:28.950><c> the</c><00:22:29.170><c> palace</c><00:22:29.490><c> of</c><00:22:29.690><c> the</c><00:22:29.829><c> king</c>

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of<00:22:30.349><c> Babylon.</c><00:22:31.890><c> For</c><00:22:32.130><c> there</c><00:22:32.309><c> was</c><00:22:32.470><c> the</c><00:22:32.670><c> punishment,</c>

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not<00:22:33.529><c> only</c><00:22:33.769><c> the</c><00:22:33.990><c> vessels,</c><00:22:35.329><c> but</c><00:22:35.490><c> the</c><00:22:35.730><c> eunuchs</c><00:22:36.269><c> of</c><00:22:36.609><c> his</c><00:22:36.950><c> seed.</c><00:22:38.289><c> Then</c><00:22:38.609><c> said</c><00:22:38.769><c> Hezekiah</c><00:22:39.289><c> to</c>

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Isaiah,<00:22:39.990><c> Good</c><00:22:40.190><c> is</c><00:22:40.390><c> the</c><00:22:40.609><c> word</c><00:22:40.809><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:41.309><c> Lord,</c><00:22:41.849><c> which</c><00:22:42.049><c> thou</c><00:22:42.269><c> hast</c><00:22:42.589><c> spoken.</c><00:22:43.789><c> He</c><00:22:44.029><c> said,</c><00:22:44.690><c> Moreover,</c>

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for<00:22:45.670><c> there</c><00:22:45.910><c> shall</c><00:22:46.029><c> be</c><00:22:46.250><c> peace</c><00:22:46.630><c> and</c><00:22:46.990><c> truth</c><00:22:47.529><c> in</c>

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my<00:22:48.730><c> days.</c><00:22:50.269><c> So</c><00:22:50.869><c> just</c><00:22:51.089><c> looking</c><00:22:51.250><c> at</c><00:22:51.390><c> the</c><00:22:51.609><c> screen</c><00:22:51.769><c> here,</c><00:22:52.069><c> we</c><00:22:52.309><c> have</c>

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a<00:22:53.589><c> relief</c><00:22:53.849><c> of</c><00:22:54.170><c> the</c><00:22:55.230><c> Syrian</c><00:22:55.609><c> war</c><00:22:55.950><c> relief</c><00:22:56.230><c> here,</c>

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and<00:22:56.829><c> it's</c><00:22:56.990><c> a</c><00:22:57.109><c> picture</c><00:22:57.450><c> of</c><00:22:57.869><c> eunuchs.</c><00:22:58.250><c> And</c><00:22:58.509><c> you'll</c><00:22:58.730><c> notice</c><00:22:59.029><c> here</c>

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that<00:23:01.609><c> these</c><00:23:01.970><c> eunuchs</c><00:23:02.369><c> at</c><00:23:02.529><c> the</c><00:23:02.690><c> center</c><00:23:03.049><c> of</c><00:23:06.910><c> the</c>

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was<00:23:11.170><c> used</c><00:23:11.809><c> to</c><00:23:12.069><c> render</c><00:23:12.450><c> these</c><00:23:12.869><c> men</c><00:23:13.569><c> seedless,</c><00:23:14.329><c> and</c><00:23:14.529><c> that</c><00:23:14.730><c> is</c><00:23:14.910><c> how</c><00:23:15.089><c> it</c>

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is<00:23:15.569><c> depicted</c><00:23:16.210><c> within</c><00:23:16.910><c> these</c><00:23:17.309><c> old</c><00:23:17.670><c> ancient</c>

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reliefs.<00:23:21.930><c> Now</c><00:23:22.109><c> it's</c><00:23:22.190><c> simple</c><00:23:22.470><c> to</c><00:23:22.650><c> say</c><00:23:22.750><c> that,</c><00:23:22.990><c> isn't</c><00:23:23.089><c> it?</c><00:23:23.150><c> It</c><00:23:23.250><c> just</c><00:23:23.430><c> runs</c><00:23:23.670><c> off</c><00:23:24.349><c> the</c><00:23:24.509><c> tongue.</c><00:23:25.130><c> You</c><00:23:25.430><c> imagine</c><00:23:25.829><c> for</c><00:23:26.049><c> a</c>

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moment<00:23:26.630><c> Daniel</c><00:23:27.130><c> at</c><00:23:27.269><c> the</c><00:23:27.410><c> age</c><00:23:27.609><c> of</c><00:23:27.789><c> 18</c><00:23:28.069><c> or</c><00:23:28.349><c> thereabouts,</c><00:23:30.009><c> and</c><00:23:30.130><c> his</c><00:23:30.309><c> first</c><00:23:30.609><c> experience</c><00:23:31.150><c> as</c>

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he<00:23:31.509><c> enters</c><00:23:31.710><c> this</c><00:23:32.049><c> great</c>

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kingdom<00:23:32.789><c> is</c><00:23:33.349><c> being</c><00:23:33.630><c> made</c><00:23:34.829><c> a</c><00:23:35.289><c> eunuch.</c><00:23:37.170><c> Think</c><00:23:37.390><c> about</c><00:23:37.609><c> the</c><00:23:37.849><c> rest</c>

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time,<00:23:38.630><c> the</c><00:23:38.890><c> recovery</c><00:23:39.309><c> time,</c><00:23:40.369><c> the</c><00:23:40.630><c> time</c><00:23:40.869><c> of</c>

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recuperation,<00:23:43.369><c> the</c><00:23:43.710><c> time</c><00:23:43.950><c> of</c><00:23:44.250><c> reflection.</c><00:23:44.970><c> Just</c><00:23:45.269><c> a</c><00:23:45.730><c> teenager,</c><00:23:46.289><c> and</c><00:23:46.450><c> for</c>

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you<00:23:46.849><c> teenagers</c><00:23:47.309><c> up</c><00:23:47.549><c> there,</c>

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if<00:23:47.890><c> the</c><00:23:48.069><c> Lord</c><00:23:48.190><c> remains</c><00:23:48.509><c> away,</c><00:23:49.069><c> I'm</c><00:23:49.289><c> sure</c><00:23:49.529><c> you</c><00:23:49.829><c> have</c><00:23:50.529><c> hopes</c><00:23:51.250><c> and</c>

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dreams<00:23:52.390><c> of</c><00:23:53.630><c> marrying</c><00:23:54.130><c> one</c><00:23:54.430><c> day</c><00:23:54.549><c> if</c><00:23:54.690><c> the</c><00:23:54.849><c> Lord</c>

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remains<00:23:55.990><c> away,</c><00:23:56.450><c> and</c><00:23:56.750><c> children</c><00:23:57.170><c> that</c><00:23:57.369><c> you</c><00:23:57.490><c> can</c><00:23:57.750><c> raise</c><00:23:57.970><c> together,</c><00:23:58.349><c> and</c><00:23:58.589><c> the</c>

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happy<00:23:59.269><c> times</c><00:24:00.150><c> that</c><00:24:00.829><c> you</c><00:24:01.009><c> can</c><00:24:01.329><c> share</c>

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as<00:24:01.769><c> you</c><00:24:02.049><c> raise</c><00:24:02.529><c> children</c><00:24:02.990><c> in</c><00:24:03.190><c> the</c><00:24:03.329><c> nurture</c><00:24:03.529><c> and</c><00:24:03.670><c> the</c><00:24:03.809><c> admonition</c><00:24:04.170><c> of</c><00:24:04.349><c> the</c>

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Lord,<00:24:04.890><c> all</c><00:24:05.289><c> these</c><00:24:05.569><c> things</c><00:24:05.789><c> were</c>

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taken<00:24:06.410><c> away</c><00:24:06.910><c> from</c><00:24:07.130><c> these</c><00:24:07.430><c> four</c><00:24:07.670><c> men.</c><00:24:08.009><c> They</c><00:24:08.130><c> were</c><00:24:08.549><c> stripped.</c>

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But<00:24:14.130><c> you</c><00:24:14.289><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:14.569><c> know</c><00:24:14.750><c> it,</c><00:24:14.890><c> would</c><00:24:15.089><c> you?</c>

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Daniel<00:24:17.269><c> has</c><00:24:17.509><c> expressed</c><00:24:18.029><c> none</c><00:24:18.289><c> of</c><00:24:18.509><c> these</c><00:24:18.710><c> sentiments,</c><00:24:19.410><c> none</c>

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of<00:24:19.690><c> these</c><00:24:19.970><c> thoughts,</c>

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none<00:24:20.890><c> of</c><00:24:21.029><c> this</c><00:24:21.230><c> anguish</c><00:24:21.730><c> on</c><00:24:22.069><c> record,</c><00:24:22.470><c> has</c><00:24:22.650><c> he?</c><00:24:24.589><c> Because</c><00:24:24.970><c> he</c><00:24:25.329><c> simply</c><00:24:25.849><c> accepted</c><00:24:27.210><c> God's</c><00:24:28.049><c> will.</c><00:24:29.390><c> What</c><00:24:29.549><c> a</c>

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marvelous<00:24:30.029><c> man</c>

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we<00:24:30.410><c> have</c><00:24:30.849><c> before</c><00:24:31.950><c> us.</c><00:24:34.869><c> Well,</c><00:24:35.069><c> I</c><00:24:35.309><c> believe</c><00:24:35.750><c> that</c><00:24:36.109><c> Daniel</c><00:24:36.369><c> had</c><00:24:36.710><c> his</c><00:24:36.950><c> own</c><00:24:37.569><c> scroll,</c><00:24:38.769><c> a</c>

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scroll<00:24:39.329><c> that</c><00:24:39.490><c> he</c><00:24:39.650><c> kept</c><00:24:39.849><c> safe,</c>

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a<00:24:41.529><c> scroll</c><00:24:41.730><c> of</c><00:24:41.950><c> great</c><00:24:42.210><c> value.</c><00:24:43.049><c> I</c><00:24:43.309><c> believe</c><00:24:43.589><c> he</c><00:24:43.769><c> held</c><00:24:43.970><c> the</c><00:24:44.250><c> scroll</c>

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of<00:24:44.789><c> Isaiah.</c><00:24:45.190><c> You</c><00:24:45.390><c> come</c><00:24:45.549><c> with</c><00:24:45.769><c> me</c><00:24:46.230><c> to</c><00:24:46.529><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:46.930><c> 56,</c>

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and<00:24:47.670><c> this</c><00:24:47.930><c> would</c><00:24:48.089><c> have</c><00:24:48.230><c> been</c><00:24:48.329><c> a</c><00:24:48.569><c> wonderful</c><00:24:48.869><c> section</c><00:24:49.190><c> of</c><00:24:49.309><c> God's</c>

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Word<00:24:49.789><c> that</c><00:24:50.069><c> would</c><00:24:50.250><c> have</c><00:24:50.410><c> given</c><00:24:50.569><c> him</c><00:24:50.869><c> so</c><00:24:51.250><c> much</c>

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comfort.<00:24:52.150><c> Look</c><00:24:52.309><c> at</c><00:24:52.470><c> these</c><00:24:52.750><c> words</c><00:24:53.130><c> here</c><00:24:53.569><c> as</c><00:24:53.950><c> we</c><00:24:54.230><c> relate</c><00:24:54.549><c> them</c>

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to<00:24:54.930><c> the</c><00:24:55.109><c> words</c><00:24:55.490><c> and</c><00:24:55.769><c> the</c><00:24:56.289><c> expressions</c><00:24:56.789><c> that</c><00:24:57.009><c> we've</c>

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made<00:24:57.690><c> concerning</c><00:24:58.049><c> Daniel</c><00:24:58.589><c> in</c><00:24:58.750><c> those</c><00:24:58.990><c> opening</c><00:24:59.289><c> verses</c><00:24:59.650><c> in</c><00:24:59.869><c> Daniel</c><00:25:00.190><c> chapter</c><00:25:00.549><c> 1.</c>

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Isaiah<00:25:04.410><c> 56</c><00:25:05.029><c> and</c><00:25:05.269><c> verse</c><00:25:05.529><c> 3,</c>

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Neither<00:25:08.970><c> let</c><00:25:09.650><c> the</c><00:25:09.869><c> son</c><00:25:10.089><c> of</c><00:25:10.210><c> the</c><00:25:10.569><c> stranger</c><00:25:11.210><c> that</c><00:25:11.650><c> hath</c><00:25:11.809><c> joined</c>

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himself<00:25:12.490><c> to</c><00:25:12.670><c> the</c><00:25:12.809><c> Lord</c><00:25:13.009><c> speak,</c><00:25:13.410><c> saying,</c>

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The<00:25:13.910><c> Lord</c><00:25:14.170><c> hath</c><00:25:14.430><c> utterly</c><00:25:15.009><c> separated</c><00:25:15.789><c> me</c><00:25:16.190><c> from</c><00:25:16.329><c> his</c><00:25:16.630><c> people.</c>

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Neither<00:25:18.150><c> let</c><00:25:18.430><c> the</c><00:25:18.849><c> eunuch</c><00:25:19.130><c> say,</c><00:25:19.630><c> Behold,</c>

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I<00:25:20.369><c> am</c><00:25:20.410><c> a</c><00:25:20.569><c> dry</c><00:25:20.910><c> tree.</c><00:25:22.569><c> For</c><00:25:22.690><c> thus</c><00:25:22.990><c> saith</c><00:25:23.269><c> the</c><00:25:23.529><c> Lord</c><00:25:23.829><c> unto</c><00:25:24.089><c> the</c><00:25:24.410><c> eunuchs</c><00:25:25.029><c> that</c><00:25:25.769><c> keep</c><00:25:25.950><c> my</c><00:25:26.329><c> Sabbaths,</c>

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and<00:25:27.609><c> choose</c><00:25:28.130><c> the</c><00:25:28.430><c> things</c><00:25:28.849><c> that</c><00:25:29.210><c> please</c><00:25:29.569><c> me,</c><00:25:31.029><c> and</c><00:25:31.230><c> take</c><00:25:31.630><c> hold</c><00:25:32.049><c> of</c><00:25:32.250><c> my</c><00:25:32.509><c> covenant.</c><00:25:34.130><c> Even</c><00:25:34.450><c> unto</c><00:25:34.710><c> them</c><00:25:34.950><c> will</c><00:25:35.170><c> I</c><00:25:35.369><c> give</c>

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in<00:25:35.750><c> mine</c><00:25:35.849><c> house</c><00:25:36.210><c> and</c><00:25:36.410><c> within</c><00:25:36.690><c> my</c><00:25:37.009><c> walls</c><00:25:37.450><c> a</c><00:25:37.950><c> place</c><00:25:38.470><c> and</c><00:25:38.869><c> a</c><00:25:39.049><c> name</c>

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better<00:25:39.630><c> than</c><00:25:39.710><c> of</c><00:25:39.970><c> the</c><00:25:40.210><c> sons</c><00:25:40.490><c> and</c><00:25:40.730><c> daughters,</c>

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and<00:25:41.410><c> I</c><00:25:41.529><c> will</c><00:25:41.789><c> give</c><00:25:41.990><c> them</c><00:25:42.210><c> an</c><00:25:42.349><c> everlasting</c><00:25:42.869><c> name</c><00:25:43.670><c> that</c><00:25:45.410><c> shall</c>

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not<00:25:46.009><c> be</c><00:25:46.269><c> cut</c><00:25:46.470><c> off.</c><00:25:47.309><c> Just</c><00:25:47.809><c> think</c><00:25:48.029><c> of</c><00:25:48.150><c> the</c><00:25:48.349><c> connections</c><00:25:48.690><c> that</c>

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are<00:25:49.130><c> drawn</c><00:25:49.710><c> out</c><00:25:50.170><c> here,</c><00:25:50.690><c> brothers</c><00:25:50.809><c> and</c><00:25:51.049><c> sisters.</c><00:25:51.769><c> First</c><00:25:52.130><c> of</c><00:25:52.349><c> all,</c><00:25:53.069><c> Daniel</c><00:25:53.269><c> was</c><00:25:53.509><c> going</c><00:25:53.650><c> to</c>

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be<00:25:53.930><c> given</c><00:25:54.069><c> a</c><00:25:54.269><c> name,</c>

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a<00:25:54.750><c> new</c><00:25:54.970><c> name,</c><00:25:55.470><c> as</c><00:25:55.710><c> his</c><00:25:55.910><c> three</c><00:25:56.089><c> friends</c><00:25:56.329><c> were</c><00:25:56.549><c> going</c><00:25:56.670><c> to</c><00:25:56.789><c> be</c><00:25:56.930><c> given</c><00:25:57.069><c> a</c>

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name.<00:25:58.170><c> He</c><00:25:58.349><c> had</c><00:25:58.549><c> nothing</c><00:25:58.730><c> to</c><00:25:59.009><c> fear</c><00:25:59.190><c> because</c><00:25:59.490><c> God</c>

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was<00:25:59.930><c> going</c><00:26:00.069><c> to</c><00:26:00.230><c> give</c><00:26:00.329><c> him</c><00:26:00.529><c> an</c><00:26:00.750><c> everlasting</c><00:26:01.250><c> name.</c><00:26:04.490><c> And</c><00:26:04.730><c> though</c>

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he<00:26:05.130><c> lay</c><00:26:05.230><c> in</c><00:26:05.329><c> his</c><00:26:05.589><c> bed</c><00:26:05.690><c> as</c><00:26:05.910><c> a</c><00:26:06.109><c> eunuch,</c>

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his<00:26:09.930><c> livelihood</c><00:26:10.509><c> had</c><00:26:11.470><c> not</c><00:26:11.730><c> been</c><00:26:12.049><c> cut</c><00:26:12.329><c> off.</c><00:26:13.930><c> Just</c><00:26:14.410><c> as</c><00:26:14.650><c> those</c><00:26:14.950><c> vessels</c><00:26:15.529><c> were</c><00:26:16.089><c> shut</c><00:26:16.349><c> up</c>

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in<00:26:17.210><c> the</c><00:26:17.509><c> darkness</c><00:26:18.089><c> of</c><00:26:18.829><c> the</c>

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treasure<00:26:19.289><c> house</c><00:26:19.829><c> of</c><00:26:20.109><c> the</c><00:26:20.289><c> temple</c><00:26:20.650><c> of</c><00:26:20.890><c> Marduk,</c><00:26:22.190><c> they</c><00:26:22.490><c> would</c>

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return.<00:26:24.789><c> And</c><00:26:25.069><c> this</c><00:26:25.250><c> was</c><00:26:25.430><c> the</c><00:26:25.710><c> ambition,</c><00:26:26.150><c> this</c><00:26:26.349><c> was</c><00:26:26.609><c> the</c>

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dream,<00:26:27.250><c> this</c><00:26:27.430><c> was</c><00:26:27.690><c> the</c><00:26:28.009><c> aspiration</c><00:26:28.769><c> of</c><00:26:30.009><c> this</c><00:26:30.329><c> man.</c><00:26:31.569><c> What</c><00:26:31.789><c> wonderful,</c><00:26:32.930><c> comforting</c><00:26:33.250><c> words</c><00:26:34.029><c> that</c>

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this<00:26:35.250><c> man</c><00:26:35.890><c> would</c>

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not<00:26:36.849><c> be</c><00:26:37.109><c> cut</c><00:26:37.349><c> off.</c><00:26:43.009><c> Daniel,</c><00:26:43.450><c> as</c><00:26:43.630><c> we</c><00:26:43.829><c> work</c><00:26:44.089><c> our</c><00:26:44.349><c> way</c><00:26:44.569><c> through</c><00:26:45.109><c> the</c><00:26:45.289><c> book,</c><00:26:45.849><c> we</c>

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know<00:26:46.990><c> that</c><00:26:47.150><c> he</c><00:26:47.250><c> was</c><00:26:47.470><c> a</c><00:26:47.609><c> man</c><00:26:47.769><c> that</c><00:26:47.950><c> was</c>

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greatly<00:26:48.529><c> beloved,</c><00:26:50.309><c> but</c><00:26:50.490><c> he</c><00:26:50.589><c> also</c><00:26:50.869><c> has</c><00:26:51.089><c> his</c><00:26:51.329><c> own</c><00:26:51.670><c> unique</c><00:26:52.250><c> signature.</c><00:26:53.869><c> It's</c>

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mentioned<00:26:54.349><c> twice</c><00:26:54.710><c> there,</c><00:26:55.450><c> he</c><00:26:55.609><c> has</c><00:26:55.849><c> an</c>

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excellent<00:26:56.789><c> spirit,</c><00:26:57.670><c> chapter</c><00:26:57.849><c> 5</c><00:26:58.230><c> and</c><00:26:58.390><c> verse</c><00:26:58.650><c> 12,</c><00:26:59.809><c> and</c><00:27:00.009><c> chapter</c>

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6<00:27:00.589><c> and</c><00:27:00.769><c> verse</c><00:27:01.049><c> 3.</c><00:27:03.150><c> We</c><00:27:03.490><c> know</c><00:27:03.710><c> the</c><00:27:03.890><c> signatures</c><00:27:04.190><c> of</c>

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two<00:27:04.549><c> other</c><00:27:04.789><c> men.</c><00:27:06.289><c> Moses</c><00:27:06.809><c> was</c><00:27:07.150><c> the</c><00:27:07.289><c> one</c><00:27:07.509><c> whom</c><00:27:07.710><c> the</c><00:27:07.890><c> Lord</c><00:27:08.210><c> knew</c><00:27:08.470><c> face</c><00:27:08.849><c> to</c><00:27:09.049><c> face.</c><00:27:09.369><c> David</c><00:27:09.789><c> was</c><00:27:10.009><c> a</c>

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man<00:27:10.250><c> after</c><00:27:10.470><c> God's</c>

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Daniel<00:27:12.009><c> was</c><00:27:13.089><c> a</c><00:27:13.210><c> man</c><00:27:13.309><c> who</c><00:27:13.430><c> had</c><00:27:13.569><c> an</c><00:27:13.789><c> excellent</c><00:27:14.029><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:27:18.230><c> that</c><00:27:18.369><c> word</c><00:27:18.529><c> excellent</c><00:27:19.529><c> means</c><00:27:21.329><c> valuable,</c><00:27:23.609><c> prized,</c><00:27:25.029><c> weighty,</c><00:27:26.410><c> rare</c>

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and<00:27:27.769><c> splendid.</c><00:27:28.250><c> And</c><00:27:28.390><c> as</c><00:27:28.509><c> we</c><00:27:28.650><c> look</c><00:27:28.809><c> in</c><00:27:28.990><c> a</c>

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concordance,<00:27:29.829><c> we</c><00:27:29.970><c> see</c><00:27:30.289><c> that</c><00:27:30.470><c> it</c><00:27:30.690><c> is</c><00:27:31.210><c> often</c><00:27:31.589><c> most</c><00:27:32.130><c> frequently</c>

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associated<00:27:33.789><c> with</c><00:27:34.589><c> precious</c><00:27:35.029><c> stones,</c><00:27:36.029><c> jewels,</c><00:27:37.589><c> with</c>

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treasures.<00:27:41.009><c> Can</c><00:27:41.569><c> you</c><00:27:41.890><c> see</c><00:27:42.089><c> what's</c><00:27:42.329><c> being</c><00:27:42.750><c> stressed</c><00:27:43.150><c> here?</c><00:27:43.470><c> It's</c><00:27:43.750><c> a</c>

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wonderful<00:27:44.309><c> thought.</c><00:27:46.250><c> There</c><00:27:46.490><c> was</c><00:27:46.730><c> Daniel</c>

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concerning<00:27:47.789><c> himself</c><00:27:48.250><c> about</c><00:27:48.589><c> the</c><00:27:48.910><c> treasures</c><00:27:49.210><c> and</c><00:27:49.430><c> the</c><00:27:49.609><c> vessels</c><00:27:49.890><c> that</c>

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have<00:27:50.190><c> been</c><00:27:50.390><c> taken</c><00:27:50.670><c> out</c><00:27:50.950><c> of</c><00:27:51.170><c> Yahweh's</c>

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temple<00:27:51.849><c> and</c><00:27:52.309><c> placed</c><00:27:52.509><c> within</c><00:27:52.750><c> the</c><00:27:52.970><c> temple</c><00:27:53.170><c> of</c><00:27:53.390><c> Marduk,</c><00:27:53.789><c> but</c>

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God<00:27:54.250><c> was</c><00:27:54.470><c> not</c><00:27:54.690><c> concerned</c><00:27:55.289><c> about</c><00:27:55.670><c> those.</c><00:27:58.289><c> Because</c><00:27:58.730><c> the</c>

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real<00:27:59.450><c> treasure</c><00:28:00.269><c> was</c><00:28:01.450><c> Daniel</c><00:28:02.269><c> and</c><00:28:03.029><c> his</c><00:28:03.349><c> three</c><00:28:04.009><c> young</c><00:28:04.890><c> friends,</c>

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and<00:28:07.470><c> they</c><00:28:08.130><c> sparkled</c><00:28:08.769><c> with</c><00:28:09.170><c> magnificence.</c>

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They<00:28:11.410><c> were</c><00:28:11.650><c> so</c><00:28:12.109><c> valuable</c><00:28:12.730><c> in</c><00:28:13.369><c> their</c><00:28:13.789><c> sight.</c><00:28:14.089><c> And</c><00:28:14.210><c> so</c><00:28:14.369><c> then,</c><00:28:15.170><c> as</c>

00:28:15.470 --> 00:28:17.269
we<00:28:15.670><c> looked</c><00:28:15.829><c> at</c><00:28:15.950><c> in</c><00:28:16.089><c> our</c><00:28:16.250><c> Bible</c><00:28:16.509><c> class</c><00:28:16.769><c> last</c><00:28:17.089><c> night,</c>

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we<00:28:17.470><c> see</c><00:28:17.690><c> this</c><00:28:18.430><c> symbolic</c><00:28:19.210><c> relationship,</c><00:28:20.309><c> this</c><00:28:20.609><c> synonymous</c>

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relationship<00:28:22.410><c> between</c><00:28:23.309><c> the</c><00:28:23.589><c> vessels</c>

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and<00:28:25.190><c> men</c><00:28:25.549><c> and</c><00:28:25.730><c> women</c><00:28:25.970><c> of</c><00:28:26.349><c> faith.</c><00:28:28.829><c> Well,</c><00:28:28.970><c> as</c><00:28:29.049><c> we</c><00:28:29.130><c> go</c><00:28:29.269><c> back</c><00:28:29.450><c> to</c><00:28:29.609><c> Daniel</c><00:28:29.849><c> chapter</c><00:28:30.210><c> 1,</c>

00:28:30.430 --> 00:28:32.049
we<00:28:30.549><c> can</c><00:28:30.829><c> see</c><00:28:31.130><c> that</c><00:28:31.529><c> Daniel</c><00:28:31.890><c> and</c>

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his<00:28:32.250><c> three</c><00:28:32.509><c> friends</c><00:28:32.869><c> were</c><00:28:33.849><c> wonderful</c><00:28:34.509><c> young</c><00:28:34.829><c> people,</c><00:28:36.109><c> very</c>

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special<00:28:37.349><c> indeed.</c><00:28:38.670><c> As</c><00:28:38.890><c> we</c><00:28:39.269><c> look</c><00:28:39.509><c> down</c><00:28:39.890><c> verse</c><00:28:40.230><c> 4,</c>

00:28:41.170 --> 00:28:45.369
we<00:28:41.309><c> can</c><00:28:41.650><c> see</c><00:28:41.910><c> that</c><00:28:42.089><c> they</c><00:28:42.170><c> were</c><00:28:42.450><c> clever</c><00:28:42.809><c> and</c><00:28:43.230><c> wise.</c><00:28:44.890><c> They</c><00:28:45.109><c> were</c>

00:28:45.369 --> 00:28:49.549
scientific.<00:28:47.509><c> They</c><00:28:47.750><c> had</c><00:28:47.990><c> excellent</c><00:28:48.549><c> presentation</c>

00:28:49.549 --> 00:28:57.529
skills.<00:28:50.589><c> They</c><00:28:51.150><c> were</c><00:28:51.369><c> able</c><00:28:51.569><c> to</c><00:28:51.829><c> keep</c><00:28:52.049><c> company</c><00:28:52.509><c> with</c><00:28:52.789><c> kings.</c><00:28:54.329><c> They</c><00:28:54.490><c> were</c><00:28:54.990><c> brilliant</c><00:28:55.509><c> linguists.</c><00:28:56.730><c> What</c><00:28:57.069><c> a</c>

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broad<00:28:57.829><c> range</c>

00:28:58.390 --> 00:29:04.849
of<00:28:58.809><c> skills</c><00:28:59.170><c> and</c><00:28:59.430><c> abilities</c><00:28:59.849><c> these</c><00:29:00.309><c> four</c><00:29:00.769><c> young</c><00:29:01.069><c> men</c><00:29:01.750><c> had.</c><00:29:04.690><c> And</c>

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for<00:29:05.109><c> the</c><00:29:05.269><c> very</c><00:29:05.569><c> best,</c><00:29:07.089><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:29:07.670><c> was</c><00:29:07.890><c> going</c>

00:29:08.170 --> 00:29:13.529
to<00:29:08.509><c> offer</c><00:29:08.769><c> the</c><00:29:09.150><c> world.</c><00:29:11.150><c> Now,</c><00:29:11.589><c> to</c><00:29:11.789><c> a</c><00:29:11.910><c> certain</c><00:29:12.069><c> extent,</c><00:29:12.589><c> to</c><00:29:13.250><c> some</c>

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lesser<00:29:13.829><c> degree,</c><00:29:14.269><c> I'm</c><00:29:14.670><c> sure,</c><00:29:15.849><c> but</c><00:29:16.069><c> that</c><00:29:16.289><c> is</c><00:29:16.490><c> an</c>

00:29:16.710 --> 00:29:19.130
experience<00:29:17.309><c> that's</c><00:29:17.670><c> common</c><00:29:17.890><c> to</c><00:29:18.089><c> us</c><00:29:18.269><c> all,</c><00:29:18.529><c> isn't</c><00:29:18.690><c> it?</c><00:29:18.910><c> Whether</c>

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it's<00:29:19.430><c> school</c><00:29:19.750><c> or</c><00:29:19.970><c> college,</c><00:29:21.049><c> university</c><00:29:21.529><c> or</c>

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the<00:29:22.349><c> workplace,</c><00:29:24.549><c> we</c><00:29:24.730><c> are</c><00:29:24.890><c> all</c><00:29:25.089><c> being</c><00:29:25.430><c> pushed</c><00:29:26.190><c> to</c><00:29:26.769><c> work</c><00:29:27.190><c> harder</c>

00:29:27.890 --> 00:29:31.809
and<00:29:29.089><c> harder</c><00:29:29.769><c> to</c><00:29:30.670><c> get</c><00:29:30.849><c> better</c><00:29:31.130><c> grades,</c>

00:29:32.089 --> 00:29:41.210
better<00:29:32.309><c> qualifications,</c><00:29:33.390><c> to</c><00:29:33.490><c> get</c><00:29:33.710><c> greater</c><00:29:34.109><c> exposure,</c><00:29:36.069><c> to</c><00:29:36.390><c> see</c><00:29:36.769><c> the</c><00:29:37.109><c> world.</c><00:29:39.430><c> The</c><00:29:39.630><c> list</c><00:29:39.890><c> is</c><00:29:40.230><c> endless.</c>

00:29:42.130 --> 00:29:44.990
And<00:29:42.650><c> many</c><00:29:42.910><c> of</c><00:29:43.009><c> us,</c><00:29:43.150><c> I'm</c><00:29:43.329><c> sure,</c><00:29:43.769><c> are</c><00:29:43.930><c> surrounded</c><00:29:44.329><c> by</c><00:29:44.630><c> godless</c>

00:29:44.990 --> 00:29:48.430
people<00:29:45.390><c> as</c><00:29:45.609><c> we</c><00:29:46.769><c> carry</c><00:29:47.029><c> around,</c><00:29:47.809><c> carry</c><00:29:48.130><c> along</c>

00:29:48.430 --> 00:29:53.349
with<00:29:48.910><c> our</c><00:29:49.049><c> business</c><00:29:49.390><c> at</c><00:29:49.690><c> work</c><00:29:49.869><c> and</c><00:29:50.009><c> at</c><00:29:50.250><c> college</c><00:29:50.470><c> and</c><00:29:50.750><c> university,</c><00:29:51.430><c> our</c><00:29:51.630><c> teachers,</c><00:29:52.049><c> our</c><00:29:52.269><c> employers.</c>

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And<00:29:54.069><c> as</c><00:29:54.230><c> they</c><00:29:54.390><c> look</c><00:29:54.569><c> at</c><00:29:54.769><c> us</c><00:29:55.109><c> and</c><00:29:55.269><c> they</c><00:29:55.509><c> see</c><00:29:55.690><c> the</c><00:29:55.950><c> talents</c><00:29:56.329><c> that</c>

00:29:56.950 --> 00:29:59.049
we<00:29:57.230><c> have,</c><00:29:57.470><c> they</c><00:29:57.670><c> want</c><00:29:57.890><c> to</c><00:29:58.130><c> use</c><00:29:58.329><c> them</c><00:29:58.529><c> for</c><00:29:58.730><c> their</c>

00:29:59.049 --> 00:30:04.609
cause,<00:29:59.569><c> don't</c><00:29:59.869><c> they?</c><00:30:02.829><c> Look</c><00:30:03.089><c> at</c><00:30:03.250><c> the</c><00:30:03.509><c> skills</c><00:30:03.869><c> that</c><00:30:04.170><c> Daniel</c><00:30:04.470><c> and</c>

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his<00:30:04.829><c> three</c><00:30:05.049><c> friends</c><00:30:05.369><c> have,</c><00:30:05.930><c> brothers</c><00:30:06.089><c> and</c><00:30:06.349><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:06.589 --> 00:30:12.109
young<00:30:06.789><c> people.</c><00:30:08.569><c> And</c><00:30:08.769><c> in</c><00:30:08.930><c> all</c><00:30:09.190><c> of</c><00:30:09.349><c> this,</c><00:30:09.849><c> in</c><00:30:10.190><c> all</c><00:30:10.769><c> the</c><00:30:11.509><c> turmoil</c>

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of<00:30:12.490><c> his</c><00:30:12.769><c> life</c><00:30:13.049><c> and</c><00:30:13.329><c> all</c><00:30:13.690><c> the</c><00:30:13.970><c> challenges</c>

00:30:14.329 --> 00:30:17.869
that<00:30:14.630><c> came</c><00:30:14.890><c> his</c><00:30:15.130><c> way,</c><00:30:15.970><c> Daniel</c><00:30:16.250><c> knew</c><00:30:16.650><c> that</c><00:30:16.849><c> the</c><00:30:17.190><c> skills,</c><00:30:17.650><c> the</c>

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abilities,<00:30:18.849><c> the</c><00:30:19.049><c> aptitudes</c><00:30:19.670><c> that</c><00:30:19.849><c> he</c><00:30:20.130><c> had</c><00:30:20.450><c> were</c>

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God<00:30:21.309><c>-given.</c><00:30:22.390><c> They</c><00:30:22.549><c> were</c><00:30:22.789><c> gifts</c><00:30:23.069><c> from</c><00:30:23.329><c> God</c><00:30:23.869><c> and</c><00:30:25.329><c> they</c><00:30:25.529><c> would</c><00:30:25.710><c> be</c>

00:30:25.890 --> 00:30:29.170
used<00:30:26.329><c> always</c><00:30:27.029><c> for</c><00:30:27.289><c> God's</c><00:30:27.769><c> cause.</c><00:30:28.990><c> Now,</c>

00:30:29.170 --> 00:30:30.930
that's<00:30:29.329><c> something</c><00:30:29.589><c> to</c><00:30:29.769><c> remember,</c><00:30:30.130><c> isn't</c><00:30:30.329><c> it,</c><00:30:30.490><c> brothers</c><00:30:30.710><c> and</c>

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sisters?<00:30:31.549><c> Because</c><00:30:31.890><c> we</c><00:30:32.089><c> are</c><00:30:32.230><c> all,</c><00:30:32.470><c> however</c><00:30:32.849><c> special</c>

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we<00:30:33.970><c> may</c><00:30:34.190><c> think</c><00:30:34.369><c> we</c><00:30:34.589><c> are,</c><00:30:35.069><c> or</c><00:30:35.470><c> sometimes</c><00:30:36.150><c> we</c><00:30:36.890><c> think</c><00:30:37.170><c> quite</c><00:30:37.450><c> the</c>

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opposite,<00:30:38.109><c> don't</c><00:30:38.250><c> we?</c>

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We<00:30:40.309><c> are</c><00:30:40.650><c> special</c><00:30:41.009><c> in</c><00:30:41.190><c> God's</c><00:30:41.630><c> side</c><00:30:41.730><c> and</c><00:30:41.869><c> God</c><00:30:42.089><c> has</c><00:30:42.289><c> given</c><00:30:42.410><c> us</c><00:30:42.670><c> intrinsic</c><00:30:43.309><c> qualities,</c><00:30:44.009><c> but</c>

00:30:44.109 --> 00:30:45.710
he<00:30:44.269><c> wants</c><00:30:44.529><c> us</c><00:30:44.769><c> to</c><00:30:44.950><c> use</c><00:30:45.150><c> them</c>

00:30:45.710 --> 00:30:51.710
for<00:30:45.990><c> his</c><00:30:46.990><c> cause.</c><00:30:49.289><c> So</c><00:30:49.509><c> I</c><00:30:49.569><c> ask</c><00:30:49.970><c> you,</c><00:30:50.710><c> and</c><00:30:50.849><c> you</c><00:30:50.970><c> young</c><00:30:51.170><c> people</c><00:30:51.509><c> up</c>

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there,<00:30:52.049><c> and</c><00:30:52.210><c> myself,</c>

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how<00:30:54.309><c> are</c><00:30:54.410><c> we</c><00:30:54.670><c> faring?</c><00:30:55.049><c> How</c><00:30:55.230><c> are</c><00:30:55.410><c> we</c><00:30:55.549><c> using</c><00:30:55.809><c> our</c><00:30:56.230><c> talents?</c><00:30:57.809><c> Who</c>

00:30:58.069 --> 00:31:00.009
are<00:30:58.250><c> we</c><00:30:58.490><c> using</c><00:30:58.849><c> them</c><00:30:59.250><c> for?</c>

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You<00:31:01.470><c> know,</c><00:31:01.970><c> it</c><00:31:02.069><c> would</c><00:31:02.190><c> have</c><00:31:02.289><c> been</c><00:31:02.369><c> quite</c><00:31:02.589><c> easy,</c><00:31:02.950><c> wouldn't</c><00:31:03.029><c> it,</c>

00:31:03.109 --> 00:31:04.730
for<00:31:03.269><c> Daniel</c><00:31:03.470><c> and</c><00:31:03.589><c> his</c><00:31:03.730><c> three</c><00:31:03.910><c> friends</c><00:31:04.130><c> to</c><00:31:04.289><c> get</c><00:31:04.450><c> quite</c>

00:31:04.730 --> 00:31:08.670
carried<00:31:04.990><c> away.</c><00:31:06.549><c> They</c><00:31:06.809><c> were</c><00:31:07.049><c> embarking</c><00:31:07.529><c> upon</c><00:31:07.829><c> a</c><00:31:08.150><c> scholarship,</c>

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a<00:31:09.089><c> Babylonian</c><00:31:09.789><c> scholarship</c><00:31:10.170><c> funded</c>

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by<00:31:11.230><c> the</c><00:31:11.470><c> King</c><00:31:11.869><c> of</c><00:31:12.269><c> Babylon</c><00:31:12.630><c> himself.</c><00:31:13.529><c> It</c><00:31:13.690><c> was</c><00:31:13.869><c> like</c><00:31:14.329><c> a</c><00:31:14.670><c> fast</c><00:31:14.970><c>-training</c><00:31:15.410><c> program,</c><00:31:15.809><c> wasn't</c><00:31:15.990><c> it,</c><00:31:16.150><c> to</c>

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lead<00:31:16.730><c> the</c>

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empire.<00:31:17.369><c> It</c><00:31:17.549><c> was</c><00:31:17.690><c> better</c><00:31:17.869><c> than</c><00:31:18.049><c> any</c><00:31:18.289><c> MBA</c><00:31:18.529><c> or</c><00:31:18.789><c> PhD</c><00:31:19.109><c> from</c><00:31:19.329><c> any</c><00:31:19.589><c> university</c><00:31:19.930><c> in</c>

00:31:20.109 --> 00:31:25.430
the<00:31:20.309><c> world,</c><00:31:23.950><c> funded</c><00:31:24.329><c> by</c><00:31:24.690><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c>

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himself.<00:31:29.750><c> But</c><00:31:30.009><c> there</c><00:31:30.130><c> was</c><00:31:30.250><c> a</c><00:31:30.369><c> downside.</c><00:31:31.710><c> It</c><00:31:31.930><c> come</c><00:31:32.029><c> at</c><00:31:32.150><c> a</c><00:31:32.289><c> bit</c><00:31:32.369><c> of</c><00:31:32.589><c> a</c>

00:31:32.710 --> 00:31:35.269
cost.<00:31:34.089><c> Though</c><00:31:34.309><c> the</c><00:31:34.549><c> world</c><00:31:34.710><c> would</c><00:31:34.890><c> be</c><00:31:35.049><c> your</c>

00:31:35.269 --> 00:31:37.710
oyster,<00:31:35.670><c> you</c><00:31:35.869><c> knew</c><00:31:36.029><c> that</c><00:31:36.190><c> on</c><00:31:36.329><c> your</c><00:31:36.549><c> graduation</c><00:31:37.009><c> day</c><00:31:37.289><c> you</c><00:31:37.430><c> would</c><00:31:37.589><c> have</c>

00:31:37.710 --> 00:31:39.250
to<00:31:37.910><c> swear</c><00:31:38.049><c> an</c><00:31:38.269><c> allegiance</c><00:31:38.569><c> to</c><00:31:38.829><c> Marduk</c><00:31:39.089><c> and</c>

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the<00:31:39.430><c> several</c><00:31:39.690><c> gods</c><00:31:40.170><c> that</c><00:31:40.710><c> reigned</c><00:31:40.930><c> over</c><00:31:41.250><c> this</c><00:31:41.930><c> great</c><00:31:42.630><c> city.</c>

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And<00:31:44.890><c> you</c><00:31:44.950><c> could</c><00:31:45.109><c> quite</c><00:31:45.210><c> easily</c><00:31:45.450><c> justify</c><00:31:45.809><c> within</c>

00:31:46.049 --> 00:31:49.769
your<00:31:46.309><c> man</c><00:31:46.569><c> that</c><00:31:46.890><c> it's</c><00:31:47.230><c> worth</c><00:31:47.549><c> it,</c><00:31:48.690><c> that</c><00:31:48.990><c> you'd</c><00:31:49.190><c> been</c><00:31:49.349><c> given</c><00:31:49.549><c> a</c>

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00:31:51.569 --> 00:31:55.789
your<00:31:52.089><c> brothers</c><00:31:52.390><c> and</c><00:31:52.710><c> sisters</c><00:31:53.089><c> within</c><00:31:53.450><c> the</c><00:31:53.730><c> city.</c><00:31:55.470><c> What</c><00:31:55.710><c> would</c>

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you<00:31:55.930><c> do?</c>

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There<00:31:58.630><c> would</c><00:31:58.769><c> be</c><00:31:58.950><c> every</c><00:31:59.150><c> reason,</c><00:31:59.609><c> wouldn't</c><00:31:59.769><c> there?</c><00:32:00.490><c> We</c><00:32:01.029><c> can</c>

00:32:01.210 --> 00:32:03.829
imagine<00:32:01.450><c> ourselves</c><00:32:01.809><c> justifying,</c><00:32:02.890><c> accepting.</c>

00:32:04.869 --> 00:32:09.109
What<00:32:05.109><c> would</c><00:32:05.230><c> you</c><00:32:05.369><c> do?</c><00:32:07.789><c> Look</c><00:32:07.970><c> at</c><00:32:08.029><c> verse</c><00:32:08.329><c> five.</c>

00:32:10.809 --> 00:32:13.250
And<00:32:10.809><c> the</c><00:32:10.950><c> king</c><00:32:11.230><c> appointed</c><00:32:11.670><c> them</c><00:32:11.950><c> a</c><00:32:12.210><c> daily</c><00:32:12.490><c> provision</c><00:32:12.910><c> of</c><00:32:13.069><c> the</c>

00:32:13.250 --> 00:32:15.789
king's<00:32:13.670><c> meat</c><00:32:13.890><c> and</c><00:32:14.029><c> of</c><00:32:14.170><c> the</c><00:32:14.390><c> wine</c><00:32:14.650><c> which</c><00:32:14.829><c> he</c><00:32:15.009><c> drank,</c>

00:32:17.109 --> 00:32:21.549
so<00:32:17.630><c> nourishing</c><00:32:18.150><c> them</c><00:32:18.609><c> three</c><00:32:19.089><c> years,</c><00:32:20.470><c> that</c><00:32:20.589><c> at</c><00:32:20.690><c> the</c><00:32:20.789><c> end</c><00:32:20.990><c> thereof</c><00:32:21.369><c> they</c>

00:32:21.549 --> 00:32:23.450
may<00:32:21.789><c> stand</c><00:32:22.289><c> before</c><00:32:22.869><c> the</c><00:32:23.150><c> king.</c>

00:32:23.470 --> 00:32:27.109
So<00:32:23.609><c> there</c><00:32:23.890><c> the</c><00:32:23.970><c> king</c><00:32:24.250><c> was</c><00:32:24.529><c> going</c><00:32:24.750><c> to</c><00:32:24.950><c> give</c><00:32:25.089><c> them</c><00:32:25.750><c> a</c><00:32:26.150><c> daily</c><00:32:26.490><c> provision</c><00:32:26.950><c> of</c>

00:32:27.109 --> 00:32:28.930
the<00:32:27.329><c> king's</c><00:32:27.869><c> meat.</c>

00:32:30.849 --> 00:32:35.349
Disappointment<00:32:31.369><c> with</c><00:32:31.630><c> college</c><00:32:31.950><c> food</c><00:32:32.329><c> is</c><00:32:32.589><c> nothing</c><00:32:32.849><c> new,</c><00:32:34.690><c> but</c>

00:32:35.349 --> 00:32:37.410
this<00:32:35.549><c> is</c><00:32:35.730><c> going</c><00:32:35.829><c> to</c><00:32:35.930><c> be</c><00:32:36.069><c> rather</c><00:32:36.329><c> different.</c>

00:32:37.849 --> 00:32:40.650
This<00:32:38.069><c> was</c><00:32:38.309><c> going</c><00:32:38.450><c> to</c><00:32:38.650><c> be</c><00:32:38.769><c> the</c><00:32:38.910><c> king's</c><00:32:39.529><c> food.</c><00:32:40.029><c> It</c><00:32:40.150><c> was</c><00:32:40.369><c> going</c><00:32:40.509><c> to</c>

00:32:40.650 --> 00:32:43.230
be<00:32:40.849><c> a</c><00:32:41.509><c> daily</c><00:32:41.990><c> provision.</c><00:32:42.490><c> The</c><00:32:42.609><c> New</c><00:32:42.849><c> King</c><00:32:43.029><c> James</c>

00:32:43.230 --> 00:32:46.410
version<00:32:43.529><c> says,</c><00:32:44.390><c> the</c><00:32:44.529><c> provision</c><00:32:44.990><c> of</c><00:32:45.230><c> the</c><00:32:45.569><c> king's</c><00:32:46.069><c> delicacies.</c>

00:32:46.410 --> 00:32:47.609
I<00:32:46.569><c> love</c><00:32:46.730><c> that</c><00:32:46.930><c> expression.</c><00:32:47.349><c> It</c><00:32:47.470><c> sounds</c>

00:32:47.609 --> 00:32:55.049
rather<00:32:47.910><c> nice,</c><00:32:48.190><c> isn't</c><00:32:48.329><c> it?</c><00:32:51.269><c> What</c><00:32:51.490><c> would</c><00:32:51.609><c> you</c><00:32:51.789><c> do?</c><00:32:52.849><c> Being</c><00:32:53.210><c> tempted</c><00:32:53.890><c> with</c>

00:32:55.049 --> 00:32:58.730
that.<00:32:56.930><c> Well,</c><00:32:57.509><c> it</c><00:32:57.890><c> certainly</c><00:32:58.170><c> beats</c><00:32:58.430><c> the</c>

00:32:58.730 --> 00:33:01.490
usual<00:32:59.009><c> student</c><00:32:59.390><c> diet</c><00:32:59.690><c> of</c><00:32:59.950><c> pot</c><00:33:00.109><c> noodles</c><00:33:00.410><c> and</c><00:33:00.650><c> baked</c><00:33:00.869><c> beans</c><00:33:01.289><c> if</c>

00:33:01.490 --> 00:33:04.289
I<00:33:01.650><c> was</c><00:33:01.789><c> back</c><00:33:02.089><c> home.</c><00:33:02.869><c> Or</c><00:33:03.150><c> for</c><00:33:03.349><c> you</c><00:33:03.569><c> in</c><00:33:03.769><c> Canada,</c>

00:33:04.289 --> 00:33:13.609
mac<00:33:05.069><c> and</c><00:33:05.329><c> cheese,</c><00:33:06.809><c> poutine,</c><00:33:09.089><c> bite</c><00:33:09.309><c>-sized</c><00:33:09.670><c> timbits</c><00:33:10.309><c> and</c><00:33:11.029><c> ketchup</c><00:33:11.490><c> crisps.</c><00:33:13.509><c> I</c><00:33:13.609><c> had</c>

00:33:13.609 --> 00:33:14.509
to<00:33:13.710><c> do</c><00:33:13.809><c> a</c><00:33:13.849><c> bit</c><00:33:13.990><c> of</c><00:33:14.089><c> research</c><00:33:14.309><c> for</c>

00:33:14.509 --> 00:33:19.829
that.<00:33:17.170><c> Now,</c><00:33:17.329><c> I</c><00:33:17.410><c> don't</c><00:33:17.569><c> know</c><00:33:17.650><c> what</c><00:33:17.789><c> the</c><00:33:17.970><c> Queen</c><00:33:18.109><c> eats.</c><00:33:19.569><c> We</c><00:33:19.690><c> don't</c>

00:33:19.829 --> 00:33:21.769
all<00:33:19.990><c> get</c><00:33:20.269><c> invited</c><00:33:20.609><c> to</c><00:33:20.809><c> Buckingham</c><00:33:21.170><c> Palace</c><00:33:21.450><c> back</c>

00:33:21.769 --> 00:33:29.049
home.<00:33:23.589><c> However,</c><00:33:24.589><c> let's</c><00:33:24.990><c> just</c><00:33:25.329><c> convert</c><00:33:26.069><c> this.</c><00:33:28.470><c> Eating</c><00:33:28.769><c> in</c><00:33:28.970><c> a</c>

00:33:29.049 --> 00:33:32.210
mid<00:33:29.230><c>-style</c><00:33:29.609><c> restaurant,</c><00:33:30.650><c> morning,</c><00:33:31.430><c> lunchtime</c><00:33:32.009><c> and</c>

00:33:32.210 --> 00:33:35.750
evening.<00:33:33.190><c> In</c><00:33:33.369><c> London</c><00:33:33.750><c> or</c><00:33:34.029><c> in</c><00:33:34.289><c> Toronto.</c><00:33:34.890><c> And</c><00:33:35.029><c> I</c><00:33:35.109><c> think</c><00:33:35.289><c> it</c><00:33:35.390><c> would</c><00:33:35.569><c> be</c>

00:33:35.750 --> 00:33:38.630
reasonable<00:33:36.170><c> to</c><00:33:36.430><c> assume</c><00:33:36.950><c> that</c><00:33:37.950><c> that's</c><00:33:38.150><c> £100</c>

00:33:38.630 --> 00:33:43.390
sterling<00:33:39.349><c> or</c><00:33:39.710><c> 200</c><00:33:40.490><c> Canadian</c><00:33:41.170><c> dollars.</c><00:33:41.910><c> And</c><00:33:42.109><c> that</c><00:33:42.289><c> would</c><00:33:42.529><c> compute</c><00:33:42.849><c> to</c><00:33:43.210><c> 3</c>

00:33:43.390 --> 00:33:49.369
,285<00:33:45.430><c> meals.</c><00:33:48.309><c> Which,</c><00:33:48.710><c> if</c><00:33:48.829><c> my</c><00:33:48.990><c> maths</c><00:33:49.150><c> is</c>

00:33:49.369 --> 00:33:52.730
right,<00:33:49.549><c> that</c><00:33:49.630><c> would</c><00:33:49.829><c> be</c><00:33:50.009><c> £300</c><00:33:50.430><c>,000</c><00:33:50.869><c> sterling</c><00:33:51.470><c> or</c><00:33:51.710><c> 600</c><00:33:52.210><c>,000</c>

00:33:52.730 --> 00:33:54.750
Canadian<00:33:53.289><c> dollars.</c><00:33:53.650><c> Now</c><00:33:53.809><c> that</c><00:33:53.910><c> would</c><00:33:54.130><c> sound</c><00:33:54.349><c> quite</c><00:33:54.609><c> good</c>

00:33:54.750 --> 00:33:57.210
for<00:33:54.890><c> any</c><00:33:55.109><c> student,</c><00:33:55.410><c> wouldn't</c><00:33:55.509><c> it?</c><00:33:56.329><c> That</c><00:33:56.589><c> would</c><00:33:56.789><c> certainly</c><00:33:56.990><c> go</c>

00:33:57.210 --> 00:33:59.509
a<00:33:57.289><c> long</c><00:33:57.450><c> way</c><00:33:57.609><c> in</c><00:33:57.910><c> Harvey's</c><00:33:58.170><c> and</c><00:33:58.250><c> Tim</c><00:33:58.509><c> Hortons.</c>

00:34:00.509 --> 00:34:05.390
That<00:34:01.150><c> would</c><00:34:01.789><c> be</c><00:34:01.829><c> a</c><00:34:01.849><c> lot</c><00:34:02.029><c> of</c><00:34:02.230><c> burgers</c><00:34:02.450><c> and</c><00:34:02.650><c> donuts</c><00:34:03.190><c> for</c><00:34:03.670><c> that</c><00:34:03.910><c> amount</c><00:34:04.230><c> of</c><00:34:04.450><c> money.</c>

00:34:06.450 --> 00:34:11.690
But<00:34:06.809><c> he</c><00:34:07.029><c> refused</c><00:34:07.509><c> it.</c><00:34:09.090><c> He</c><00:34:09.489><c> refused</c><00:34:09.989><c> this</c><00:34:10.269><c> great</c><00:34:10.650><c> bounty.</c>

00:34:13.789 --> 00:34:16.090
And<00:34:14.130><c> you</c><00:34:14.289><c> just</c><00:34:14.489><c> imagine</c><00:34:14.789><c> what</c><00:34:14.929><c> it</c><00:34:15.030><c> would</c><00:34:15.150><c> have</c><00:34:15.250><c> been</c><00:34:15.369><c> like</c><00:34:15.610><c> for</c>

00:34:16.090 --> 00:34:18.090
Daniel's<00:34:16.750><c> parents</c><00:34:17.090><c> or</c><00:34:17.269><c> the</c><00:34:17.489><c> three</c><00:34:17.710><c> friends</c>

00:34:18.090 --> 00:34:23.949
of<00:34:18.389><c> Daniel.</c><00:34:19.130><c> Imagine</c><00:34:19.590><c> your</c><00:34:20.050><c> status</c><00:34:20.469><c> if</c><00:34:20.730><c> you</c><00:34:20.989><c> had</c><00:34:21.110><c> been</c><00:34:21.510><c> chosen,</c><00:34:22.429><c> handpicked</c><00:34:23.170><c> by</c><00:34:23.710><c> the</c>

00:34:23.949 --> 00:34:24.969
King<00:34:24.250><c> of</c><00:34:24.510><c> Babylon,</c>

00:34:24.969 --> 00:34:30.269
to<00:34:25.550><c> rule</c><00:34:25.949><c> his</c><00:34:26.289><c> empire,</c><00:34:28.510><c> to</c><00:34:28.630><c> go</c><00:34:28.829><c> on</c><00:34:28.929><c> his</c><00:34:29.190><c> own</c><00:34:29.610><c> personal</c>

00:34:30.269 --> 00:34:32.269
training<00:34:30.989><c> programme.</c>

00:34:32.789 --> 00:34:38.730
And<00:34:32.989><c> at</c><00:34:33.150><c> the</c><00:34:33.230><c> end</c><00:34:33.369><c> of</c><00:34:33.530><c> the</c><00:34:33.690><c> degree,</c><00:34:35.090><c> you</c><00:34:35.989><c> stood</c><00:34:36.570><c> in</c><00:34:36.789><c> his</c><00:34:37.150><c> presence</c><00:34:37.469><c> and</c><00:34:37.670><c> you</c><00:34:37.809><c> was</c><00:34:38.010><c> interviewed</c><00:34:38.469><c> by</c>

00:34:38.730 --> 00:34:39.070
him.<00:34:38.849><c> You</c>

00:34:39.070 --> 00:34:41.769
imagine<00:34:39.389><c> if</c><00:34:39.530><c> you</c><00:34:39.690><c> were</c><00:34:39.809><c> on</c><00:34:40.010><c> a</c><00:34:40.329><c> university</c><00:34:40.849><c> course</c><00:34:41.289><c> and</c><00:34:41.570><c> at</c><00:34:41.710><c> the</c>

00:34:41.769 --> 00:34:42.989
end<00:34:41.889><c> of</c><00:34:42.010><c> your</c><00:34:42.170><c> three</c><00:34:42.409><c>-year</c><00:34:42.570><c> programme,</c>

00:34:43.269 --> 00:34:50.190
you<00:34:43.329><c> were</c><00:34:43.849><c> interviewed</c><00:34:44.289><c> by</c><00:34:44.630><c> Queen</c><00:34:44.909><c> Elizabeth.</c><00:34:49.250><c> And</c><00:34:49.769><c> if</c><00:34:49.949><c> you</c>

00:34:50.190 --> 00:34:52.030
passed,<00:34:50.550><c> you</c><00:34:50.670><c> were</c><00:34:50.869><c> given</c><00:34:51.070><c> the</c><00:34:51.349><c> responsibility</c>

00:34:52.030 --> 00:34:54.969
of<00:34:52.170><c> running</c><00:34:52.449><c> one</c><00:34:52.650><c> of</c><00:34:52.730><c> the</c><00:34:52.929><c> countries</c><00:34:53.269><c> of</c><00:34:53.530><c> the</c><00:34:53.809><c> Commonwealth,</c>

00:34:55.429 --> 00:34:56.849
like<00:34:55.610><c> Australia.</c>

00:34:59.690 --> 00:35:02.739
It<00:34:59.889><c> would</c><00:35:00.030><c> only</c><00:35:00.210><c> be</c><00:35:00.369><c> natural</c><00:35:00.650><c> to</c><00:35:00.909><c> feel</c><00:35:01.130><c> self</c><00:35:01.369><c>-important,</c><00:35:01.909><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:02.010><c> it?</c>

00:35:03.710 --> 00:35:06.150
It<00:35:03.889><c> would</c><00:35:04.110><c> be</c><00:35:04.510><c> hard</c><00:35:04.829><c> for</c><00:35:04.989><c> them</c><00:35:05.130><c> to</c><00:35:05.329><c> keep</c><00:35:05.510><c> quiet,</c><00:35:05.849><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:06.050><c> it,</c>

00:35:06.190 --> 00:35:07.150
mums<00:35:06.409><c> and</c><00:35:06.710><c> dads?</c>

00:35:07.409 --> 00:35:11.269
And<00:35:07.530><c> not</c><00:35:07.829><c> brag,</c><00:35:08.769><c> especially</c><00:35:09.309><c> if</c><00:35:09.449><c> you</c><00:35:09.570><c> were</c><00:35:09.650><c> running</c><00:35:09.909><c> Australia.</c>

00:35:14.469 --> 00:35:17.250
But<00:35:14.929><c> there's</c><00:35:15.130><c> a</c><00:35:15.369><c> serious</c><00:35:15.650><c> point</c><00:35:15.949><c> to</c><00:35:16.090><c> all</c><00:35:16.230><c> of</c><00:35:16.369><c> this</c><00:35:16.510><c> because</c><00:35:16.789><c> that</c><00:35:17.050><c> is</c>

00:35:17.250 --> 00:35:18.590
the<00:35:17.449><c> cold</c><00:35:17.650><c> reality</c><00:35:18.170><c> that</c>

00:35:18.590 --> 00:35:24.690
Daniel<00:35:19.110><c> and</c><00:35:19.289><c> his</c><00:35:19.489><c> three</c><00:35:19.750><c> friends</c><00:35:20.130><c> faced.</c><00:35:21.269><c> But</c><00:35:21.469><c> there's</c><00:35:21.769><c> a</c><00:35:21.929><c> little</c><00:35:22.590><c> hint</c><00:35:23.449><c> as</c>

00:35:24.690 --> 00:35:27.309
to<00:35:24.889><c> why</c><00:35:25.429><c> Daniel</c><00:35:25.969><c> wasn't</c><00:35:26.409><c> tempted</c><00:35:26.869><c> for</c>

00:35:27.309 --> 00:35:33.789
one<00:35:28.130><c> moment.</c><00:35:30.050><c> Notice</c><00:35:30.349><c> that,</c><00:35:31.449><c> brothers</c><00:35:31.590><c> and</c><00:35:31.849><c> sisters</c><00:35:32.050><c> and</c><00:35:32.230><c> young</c><00:35:32.429><c> people,</c><00:35:33.130><c> it's</c><00:35:33.489><c> the</c>

00:35:33.789 --> 00:35:35.969
daily<00:35:34.750><c> provision.</c>

00:35:36.969 --> 00:35:39.210
Now,<00:35:37.289><c> this</c><00:35:37.449><c> is</c><00:35:37.710><c> repeated</c><00:35:38.050><c> all</c><00:35:38.309><c> the</c><00:35:38.409><c> way</c><00:35:38.590><c> through.</c><00:35:38.789><c> Let's</c><00:35:39.010><c> just</c>

00:35:39.210 --> 00:35:41.829
pick<00:35:39.389><c> out</c><00:35:39.630><c> how</c><00:35:39.949><c> this</c><00:35:40.409><c> expression</c><00:35:40.869><c> is</c><00:35:41.250><c> used</c>

00:35:41.829 --> 00:35:46.130
in<00:35:42.409><c> the</c><00:35:42.570><c> remaining</c><00:35:43.130><c> chapter.</c><00:35:44.469><c> If</c><00:35:44.610><c> you</c><00:35:44.769><c> go</c><00:35:45.030><c> down,</c><00:35:45.409><c> halfway</c><00:35:45.489><c> down</c><00:35:45.949><c> to</c>

00:35:46.130 --> 00:35:47.010
verse<00:35:46.429><c> 8,</c>

00:35:47.409 --> 00:35:51.210
we<00:35:47.550><c> have</c><00:35:47.809><c> the</c><00:35:48.110><c> portion</c><00:35:48.690><c> of</c><00:35:49.090><c> the</c><00:35:49.250><c> king's</c><00:35:49.849><c> meat.</c><00:35:50.750><c> Then</c><00:35:50.949><c> again,</c>

00:35:51.230 --> 00:35:53.690
in<00:35:51.449><c> verse</c><00:35:51.730><c> 13,</c><00:35:52.329><c> near</c><00:35:52.510><c> the</c><00:35:52.670><c> end,</c><00:35:52.969><c> the</c><00:35:53.150><c> portion</c>

00:35:53.690 --> 00:35:57.530
of<00:35:53.989><c> the</c><00:35:54.110><c> king's</c><00:35:54.489><c> meat.</c><00:35:54.730><c> Again,</c><00:35:55.409><c> at</c><00:35:55.590><c> the</c><00:35:55.650><c> end</c><00:35:55.849><c> of</c><00:35:55.989><c> verse</c><00:35:56.190><c> 15,</c><00:35:56.789><c> the</c><00:35:57.010><c> portion</c><00:35:57.389><c> of</c>

00:35:57.530 --> 00:35:58.570
the<00:35:57.610><c> king's</c><00:35:57.989><c> meat.</c><00:35:58.190><c> And</c><00:35:58.329><c> then</c><00:35:58.429><c> at</c>

00:35:58.570 --> 00:36:01.389
the<00:35:58.670><c> beginning</c><00:35:58.929><c> of</c><00:35:59.110><c> verse</c><00:35:59.269><c> 16,</c><00:36:00.230><c> the</c><00:36:00.409><c> portion</c><00:36:00.769><c> of</c><00:36:00.949><c> their</c><00:36:01.190><c> meat.</c>

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So<00:36:01.710><c> this</c><00:36:02.070><c> daily</c><00:36:02.550><c> portion</c><00:36:03.309><c> becomes</c><00:36:04.070><c> the</c><00:36:04.469><c> portion</c>

00:36:05.030 --> 00:36:09.690
of<00:36:05.630><c> the</c><00:36:06.469><c> king's</c><00:36:07.269><c> meat.</c><00:36:07.429><c> And</c><00:36:07.630><c> there's</c><00:36:08.030><c> the</c><00:36:08.150><c> little</c><00:36:08.489><c> clue.</c>

00:36:11.369 --> 00:36:14.250
The<00:36:11.650><c> daily</c><00:36:11.969><c> portion,</c><00:36:12.650><c> the</c><00:36:12.929><c> portion</c><00:36:13.309><c> of</c><00:36:13.530><c> the</c><00:36:13.690><c> king's</c><00:36:14.090><c> meat.</c>

00:36:14.309 --> 00:36:16.170
And<00:36:14.469><c> not</c><00:36:14.590><c> for</c><00:36:14.809><c> one</c><00:36:15.030><c> moment</c><00:36:15.409><c> was</c><00:36:15.650><c> Daniel</c>

00:36:16.170 --> 00:36:19.989
and<00:36:16.829><c> his</c><00:36:17.070><c> three</c><00:36:17.389><c> friends</c><00:36:17.769><c> tempted.</c><00:36:18.269><c> Why</c><00:36:18.510><c> is</c><00:36:18.809><c> that?</c><00:36:19.650><c> Well,</c><00:36:19.849><c> you</c>

00:36:19.989 --> 00:36:23.050
come<00:36:20.210><c> back</c><00:36:20.389><c> all</c><00:36:20.809><c> the</c><00:36:20.949><c> way</c><00:36:21.170><c> back</c><00:36:21.449><c> to</c><00:36:21.630><c> the</c><00:36:21.730><c> book</c><00:36:21.889><c> of</c><00:36:22.250><c> Exodus.</c>

00:36:35.469 --> 00:36:43.630
Exodus<00:36:36.469><c> 16.</c><00:36:40.210><c> Here</c><00:36:40.889><c> we</c><00:36:41.110><c> read</c><00:36:41.469><c> of</c><00:36:41.789><c> God's</c><00:36:42.289><c> provision,</c><00:36:43.030><c> the</c><00:36:43.309><c> daily</c>

00:36:43.630 --> 00:36:45.809
provision<00:36:44.210><c> in</c><00:36:44.849><c> the</c><00:36:45.090><c> wilderness.</c>

00:36:45.809 --> 00:36:51.570
Exodus<00:36:47.730><c> 16.</c><00:36:50.190><c> Verse</c><00:36:50.389><c> 2.</c>

00:37:29.050 --> 00:37:32.889
It's<00:37:29.630><c> every</c><00:37:29.849><c> day,</c><00:37:30.170><c> notice</c><00:37:30.469><c> there,</c><00:37:30.730><c> in</c><00:37:30.909><c> verse</c><00:37:31.190><c> 4.</c><00:37:32.349><c> And</c><00:37:32.349><c> notice</c>

00:37:32.889 --> 00:37:35.469
that<00:37:33.130><c> expression,</c><00:37:34.070><c> a</c><00:37:34.070><c> certain</c><00:37:34.429><c> rate.</c>

00:37:36.349 --> 00:37:41.050
A<00:37:36.789><c> certain</c><00:37:37.389><c> rate.</c><00:37:39.170><c> You</c><00:37:39.530><c> may</c><00:37:39.789><c> have</c><00:37:40.050><c> something</c><00:37:40.329><c> similar</c><00:37:40.630><c> to</c><00:37:40.809><c> this</c><00:37:40.949><c> in</c>

00:37:41.050 --> 00:37:43.530
your<00:37:41.289><c> margin.</c><00:37:41.909><c> The</c><00:37:42.250><c> portion</c><00:37:42.829><c> of</c><00:37:43.110><c> a</c><00:37:43.309><c> day</c>

00:37:43.530 --> 00:37:47.889
in<00:37:43.650><c> his</c><00:37:43.949><c> day,</c><00:37:44.429><c> or</c><00:37:44.610><c> the</c><00:37:44.750><c> revised</c><00:37:45.070><c> version,</c><00:37:46.030><c> says</c><00:37:46.210><c> a</c><00:37:46.510><c> day's</c><00:37:47.030><c> portion.</c><00:37:47.670><c> So</c>

00:37:47.889 --> 00:37:48.929
this<00:37:48.070><c> was</c><00:37:48.250><c> going</c><00:37:48.369><c> to</c><00:37:48.550><c> be</c>

00:37:48.929 --> 00:37:52.389
Nebuchadnezzar's<00:37:50.090><c> daily</c><00:37:50.590><c> portion,</c><00:37:51.630><c> but</c><00:37:51.750><c> this</c><00:37:51.969><c> is</c><00:37:52.110><c> language</c>

00:37:52.389 --> 00:37:53.969
of<00:37:52.570><c> the</c><00:37:52.789><c> Exodus.</c>

00:37:58.050 --> 00:38:03.590
And<00:37:58.349><c> that</c><00:37:58.869><c> phrase,</c><00:37:59.369><c> a</c><00:37:59.670><c> certain</c><00:37:59.929><c> rate,</c><00:38:00.349><c> is</c><00:38:00.590><c> actually</c><00:38:01.070><c> one</c><00:38:01.449><c> Hebrew</c><00:38:02.070><c> word.</c><00:38:03.269><c> It's</c>

00:38:03.590 --> 00:38:04.849
the<00:38:03.750><c> word</c>

00:38:05.030 --> 00:38:11.690
and<00:38:05.469><c> it</c><00:38:05.909><c> means</c><00:38:06.730><c> the</c><00:38:08.090><c> word.</c><00:38:10.750><c> Can</c><00:38:10.889><c> you</c><00:38:11.030><c> see</c><00:38:11.150><c> that</c><00:38:11.329><c> brothers</c><00:38:11.510><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:38:11.849><c> young</c><00:38:12.030><c> people?</c>

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Let<00:38:12.829><c> me</c><00:38:12.969><c> reread</c><00:38:13.570><c> that.</c><00:38:13.829><c> Behold,</c><00:38:14.210><c> I</c><00:38:14.329><c> will</c><00:38:14.570><c> rain</c><00:38:14.829><c> bread</c><00:38:15.050><c> from</c><00:38:15.309><c> heaven</c><00:38:15.590><c> for</c><00:38:15.869><c> you</c><00:38:16.130><c> and</c><00:38:16.449><c> the</c><00:38:16.610><c> people</c><00:38:16.869><c> shall</c><00:38:17.090><c> go</c>

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out<00:38:17.570><c> and</c>

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gather<00:38:18.190><c> the</c><00:38:19.309><c> word</c><00:38:19.769><c> every</c><00:38:20.110><c> day.</c><00:38:20.389><c> There</c><00:38:20.530><c> was</c><00:38:20.730><c> a</c><00:38:20.949><c> lesson</c><00:38:21.190><c> within</c>

00:38:21.449 --> 00:38:28.130
this<00:38:21.769><c> bread.</c><00:38:26.610><c> And</c><00:38:26.809><c> so</c><00:38:27.030><c> then</c><00:38:27.250><c> that</c><00:38:27.469><c> was</c><00:38:27.690><c> to</c><00:38:27.909><c> be</c>

00:38:28.130 --> 00:38:31.349
their<00:38:28.789><c> daily</c><00:38:29.409><c> provision.</c><00:38:29.969><c> And</c><00:38:30.090><c> this</c><00:38:30.269><c> is</c><00:38:30.469><c> brought</c><00:38:30.670><c> out</c><00:38:31.030><c> even</c>

00:38:31.349 --> 00:38:33.489
further<00:38:31.750><c> if</c><00:38:31.969><c> we</c><00:38:32.110><c> go</c><00:38:32.250><c> to</c><00:38:32.409><c> the</c><00:38:32.469><c> book</c><00:38:32.650><c> of</c><00:38:32.889><c> Deuteronomy</c>

00:38:33.489 --> 00:38:40.650
now,<00:38:34.250><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:38:34.650><c> chapter</c><00:38:35.110><c> 8.</c><00:38:36.469><c> And</c><00:38:36.530><c> the</c><00:38:36.630><c> lesson</c><00:38:36.849><c> is</c><00:38:37.130><c> made</c><00:38:37.670><c> once</c><00:38:38.329><c> again.</c><00:38:40.030><c> Verse</c><00:38:40.309><c> 3</c>

00:38:40.650 --> 00:38:41.570
of<00:38:40.829><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:38:41.289><c> 8,</c>

00:38:41.590 --> 00:38:47.690
and<00:38:41.710><c> we</c><00:38:41.809><c> know</c><00:38:42.030><c> these</c><00:38:42.289><c> words,</c><00:38:44.090><c> how</c><00:38:44.309><c> God</c><00:38:44.730><c> humbled</c><00:38:45.489><c> them</c><00:38:46.329><c> and</c><00:38:46.849><c> suffered</c><00:38:47.170><c> them</c><00:38:47.429><c> to</c>

00:38:47.690 --> 00:38:49.750
hunger<00:38:48.010><c> in</c><00:38:48.250><c> verse</c><00:38:48.590><c> 3.</c>

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And<00:38:49.809><c> fed</c><00:38:50.110><c> thee</c><00:38:50.329><c> with</c><00:38:50.610><c> manner</c><00:38:50.829><c> which</c><00:38:51.030><c> thou</c><00:38:51.309><c> knewest</c><00:38:51.630><c> not</c><00:38:51.789><c> neither</c><00:38:52.030><c> did</c>

00:38:52.170 --> 00:38:54.210
thy<00:38:52.429><c> fathers</c><00:38:52.789><c> know,</c><00:38:53.190><c> that</c><00:38:53.329><c> he</c><00:38:53.510><c> might</c><00:38:53.869><c> make</c>

00:38:54.210 --> 00:38:57.929
thee<00:38:54.530><c> know</c><00:38:54.769><c> that</c><00:38:55.150><c> man</c><00:38:55.530><c> doth</c><00:38:55.750><c> not</c><00:38:56.030><c> live</c><00:38:56.190><c> by</c><00:38:56.489><c> bread</c><00:38:56.710><c> only,</c><00:38:57.730><c> but</c>

00:38:57.929 --> 00:39:00.230
by<00:38:58.150><c> every</c><00:38:58.429><c> word</c><00:38:58.690><c> that</c><00:38:58.909><c> proceedeth</c><00:38:59.309><c> out</c><00:38:59.449><c> of</c><00:38:59.510><c> the</c><00:38:59.630><c> mount</c>

00:39:00.289 --> 00:39:03.650
So<00:39:00.730><c> you</c><00:39:00.929><c> can</c><00:39:01.130><c> make</c><00:39:01.309><c> a</c><00:39:01.489><c> connection</c><00:39:01.750><c> now</c><00:39:01.969><c> to</c><00:39:02.130><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:39:02.710><c> chapter</c><00:39:03.210><c> 8</c><00:39:03.469><c> and</c>

00:39:03.650 --> 00:39:06.150
verse<00:39:03.829><c> 3</c><00:39:04.070><c> in</c><00:39:04.210><c> Exodus</c><00:39:04.409><c> chapter</c><00:39:04.710><c> 16,</c>

00:39:07.070 --> 00:39:11.489
that<00:39:07.269><c> every</c><00:39:07.469><c> word</c><00:39:07.809><c> that</c><00:39:08.030><c> proceedeth</c><00:39:08.570><c> out</c><00:39:08.909><c> of</c><00:39:09.309><c> the</c><00:39:09.530><c> mouth.</c><00:39:11.409><c> And</c>

00:39:11.489 --> 00:39:14.469
so<00:39:11.750><c> then</c><00:39:11.949><c> Daniel</c><00:39:12.289><c> knew</c><00:39:12.670><c> that</c><00:39:12.869><c> you</c><00:39:13.110><c> are</c><00:39:13.210><c> what</c><00:39:13.389><c> you</c><00:39:13.690><c> ate.</c>

00:39:14.550 --> 00:39:16.769
If<00:39:14.650><c> he</c><00:39:14.789><c> ate</c><00:39:14.909><c> the</c><00:39:15.130><c> king's</c><00:39:15.489><c> daily</c><00:39:15.710><c> portion,</c><00:39:16.110><c> he</c><00:39:16.269><c> would</c><00:39:16.449><c> end</c><00:39:16.610><c> up</c>

00:39:16.769 --> 00:39:19.130
becoming<00:39:16.969><c> like</c><00:39:17.150><c> the</c><00:39:17.289><c> king.</c><00:39:17.610><c> If</c><00:39:17.829><c> he</c><00:39:18.150><c> ate</c><00:39:18.570><c> the</c><00:39:18.829><c> daily</c>

00:39:19.130 --> 00:39:25.130
portion<00:39:19.489><c> of</c><00:39:19.670><c> God,</c><00:39:19.949><c> then</c><00:39:20.050><c> he</c><00:39:20.170><c> would</c><00:39:20.449><c> end</c><00:39:20.650><c> up</c><00:39:20.849><c> becoming</c><00:39:21.130><c> more</c><00:39:21.889><c> like</c><00:39:22.510><c> God.</c><00:39:23.010><c> And</c><00:39:23.309><c> isn't</c><00:39:23.489><c> that</c><00:39:23.949><c> so</c>

00:39:25.130 --> 00:39:26.389
true,<00:39:25.889><c> brothers</c><00:39:26.150><c> and</c>

00:39:26.389 --> 00:39:29.809
sisters?<00:39:27.250><c> Come</c><00:39:27.449><c> with</c><00:39:27.610><c> me</c><00:39:27.730><c> to</c><00:39:27.909><c> Psalm</c><00:39:28.150><c> 78.</c><00:39:29.050><c> Here</c><00:39:29.250><c> the</c><00:39:29.570><c> psalmist</c>

00:39:29.809 --> 00:39:33.409
reflects<00:39:30.289><c> upon</c><00:39:30.610><c> this</c><00:39:31.389><c> Exodus</c><00:39:31.989><c> wandering.</c>

00:39:35.789 --> 00:39:41.929
Psalm<00:39:36.010><c> 78,</c><00:39:38.949><c> this</c><00:39:39.210><c> whole</c><00:39:39.530><c> idea</c><00:39:39.969><c> of</c><00:39:40.210><c> this</c><00:39:40.449><c> daily</c><00:39:40.730><c> provision.</c>

00:39:43.090 --> 00:39:46.429
Verse<00:39:43.230><c> 23,</c><00:39:44.869><c> you</c><00:39:45.130><c> can</c><00:39:45.329><c> see</c><00:39:45.469><c> the</c><00:39:45.610><c> context</c><00:39:45.929><c> immediately,</c>

00:39:46.510 --> 00:39:51.010
that<00:39:46.630><c> it's</c><00:39:47.329><c> concerning</c><00:39:47.610><c> this</c><00:39:47.969><c> time.</c><00:39:49.650><c> Though</c><00:39:49.929><c> he</c><00:39:50.230><c> handed</c><00:39:50.570><c> him</c>

00:39:51.010 --> 00:39:53.380
the<00:39:51.449><c> clouds</c><00:39:51.789><c> from</c><00:39:52.010><c> above</c><00:39:52.269><c> and</c><00:39:52.469><c> opened</c><00:39:52.650><c> the</c><00:39:52.829><c> doors</c><00:39:53.070><c> of</c>

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heaven,<00:39:53.519><c> and</c><00:39:53.659><c> he</c><00:39:53.900><c> rained</c><00:39:54.099><c> down</c><00:39:54.420><c> manner</c><00:39:54.639><c> upon</c><00:39:54.920><c> them</c><00:39:55.079><c> to</c><00:39:55.300><c> eat</c><00:39:55.460><c> and</c><00:39:55.760><c> had</c><00:39:55.980><c> given</c><00:39:56.119><c> them</c><00:39:56.260><c> of</c>

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:57.179
the<00:39:56.599><c> corn</c><00:39:56.780><c> of</c><00:39:56.960><c> heaven,</c>

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man<00:39:57.960><c> did</c><00:39:58.260><c> eat</c><00:39:59.119><c> angels</c><00:39:59.840><c> food</c><00:40:00.579><c> and</c><00:40:01.539><c> sent</c><00:40:01.780><c> them</c><00:40:02.199><c> to</c><00:40:02.440><c> and</c><00:40:02.860><c> sent</c><00:40:03.119><c> them</c><00:40:03.360><c> meat</c><00:40:03.519><c> to</c>

00:40:03.699 --> 00:40:05.739
the<00:40:03.900><c> full.</c><00:40:04.119><c> So</c><00:40:04.599><c> here</c><00:40:04.940><c> Daniel</c><00:40:05.260><c> knew</c><00:40:05.559><c> that</c>

00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:07.840
he<00:40:05.800><c> didn't</c><00:40:05.960><c> have</c><00:40:06.119><c> to</c><00:40:06.260><c> worry</c><00:40:06.400><c> about</c><00:40:06.579><c> the</c><00:40:06.760><c> king's</c><00:40:07.079><c> meat.</c><00:40:07.380><c> He</c><00:40:07.519><c> had</c>

00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:10.880
angels<00:40:08.219><c> food</c><00:40:08.619><c> that</c><00:40:08.880><c> was</c><00:40:09.119><c> far</c><00:40:09.360><c> superior</c><00:40:09.880><c> than</c><00:40:10.079><c> any</c><00:40:10.320><c> king</c>

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upon<00:40:11.639><c> this</c><00:40:12.500><c> earth.</c><00:40:13.579><c> He</c><00:40:13.820><c> had</c><00:40:14.079><c> food</c><00:40:14.699><c> that</c><00:40:15.260><c> was</c><00:40:15.619><c> angels</c><00:40:16.219><c> food.</c><00:40:16.820><c> And</c><00:40:17.000><c> you'll</c><00:40:17.199><c> notice</c><00:40:17.380><c> in</c>

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your<00:40:17.659><c> margin,</c><00:40:17.980><c> it</c><00:40:18.539><c> means</c><00:40:18.760><c> the</c>

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bread<00:40:19.300><c> of</c><00:40:19.639><c> the</c><00:40:20.059><c> mighty</c><00:40:20.679><c> or</c><00:40:21.579><c> the</c><00:40:21.860><c> bread</c><00:40:21.960><c> of</c><00:40:22.159><c> the</c><00:40:22.280><c> mighty</c><00:40:22.639><c> ones.</c>

00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:25.559
And<00:40:24.059><c> they</c><00:40:24.239><c> were</c><00:40:24.519><c> mighty,</c><00:40:24.960><c> brothers</c><00:40:25.099><c> and</c><00:40:25.340><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:29.699
but<00:40:25.920><c> by</c><00:40:26.239><c> eating</c><00:40:27.019><c> the</c><00:40:28.019><c> food,</c><00:40:28.179><c> the</c><00:40:28.420><c> daily</c><00:40:28.639><c> provision</c><00:40:28.960><c> of</c><00:40:29.179><c> God's</c>

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:31.199
providing,<00:40:30.119><c> which</c><00:40:30.260><c> was</c><00:40:30.480><c> God's</c><00:40:30.960><c> word,</c>

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:33.760
they<00:40:31.559><c> were</c><00:40:31.840><c> strong.</c><00:40:32.219><c> Whatever</c><00:40:32.500><c> challenges</c><00:40:32.940><c> came</c><00:40:33.300><c> their</c><00:40:33.539><c> way,</c>

00:40:33.800 --> 00:40:35.760
they<00:40:34.019><c> were</c><00:40:34.219><c> able</c><00:40:34.500><c> to</c><00:40:34.800><c> withstand</c><00:40:35.059><c> it.</c><00:40:35.360><c> And</c><00:40:35.599><c> isn't</c>

00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:45.900
that<00:40:36.059><c> true</c><00:40:36.699><c> in</c><00:40:37.400><c> our</c><00:40:37.619><c> own</c><00:40:37.900><c> lives?</c><00:40:42.440><c> Whatever</c><00:40:42.719><c> opposition</c><00:40:43.260><c> we</c><00:40:43.480><c> may</c><00:40:43.719><c> face,</c><00:40:45.699><c> if</c>

00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:49.480
we're<00:40:46.059><c> not</c><00:40:46.260><c> eating</c><00:40:46.780><c> daily</c><00:40:47.280><c> of</c><00:40:48.199><c> God's</c>

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:54.599
provision<00:40:50.480><c> of</c><00:40:50.940><c> his</c><00:40:51.320><c> word,</c><00:40:53.079><c> then</c><00:40:53.239><c> we</c><00:40:53.440><c> will</c><00:40:53.579><c> end</c><00:40:53.800><c> up</c><00:40:53.960><c> eating</c><00:40:54.320><c> the</c>

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:55.900
king's<00:40:55.059><c> meat.</c>

00:40:58.019 --> 00:41:00.699
And<00:40:58.179><c> so</c><00:40:58.280><c> there</c><00:40:58.380><c> wasn't</c><00:40:58.579><c> even</c><00:40:58.920><c> a</c><00:40:59.079><c> moment</c><00:40:59.320><c> of</c><00:40:59.539><c> temptation</c><00:41:00.019><c> in</c><00:41:00.199><c> the</c><00:41:00.340><c> mind</c><00:41:00.440><c> of</c>

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:02.380
Daniel<00:41:00.880><c> and</c><00:41:01.000><c> his</c><00:41:01.179><c> three</c><00:41:01.380><c> friends.</c>

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:09.440
He<00:41:02.800><c> was</c><00:41:03.059><c> eating</c><00:41:03.559><c> angels</c><00:41:04.260><c> food,</c><00:41:05.480><c> the</c><00:41:05.739><c> bread</c><00:41:05.980><c> of</c><00:41:06.300><c> the</c><00:41:06.619><c> mighty</c><00:41:07.059><c> ones.</c><00:41:08.059><c> But</c><00:41:08.199><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:41:08.699><c> was</c><00:41:08.960><c> a</c>

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:10.800
very<00:41:09.739><c> wise</c><00:41:10.199><c> man,</c>

00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:15.920
a<00:41:11.400><c> very</c><00:41:11.659><c> wise</c><00:41:11.900><c> man</c><00:41:12.139><c> indeed.</c><00:41:13.199><c> And</c><00:41:13.579><c> can</c><00:41:13.699><c> you</c><00:41:13.860><c> remember</c><00:41:14.119><c> that</c><00:41:14.420><c> description</c><00:41:14.960><c> concerning</c><00:41:15.579><c> the</c>

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:17.599
qualities<00:41:16.320><c> of</c><00:41:17.159><c> the</c><00:41:17.360><c> men</c>

00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:19.900
that<00:41:17.739><c> he</c><00:41:17.920><c> was</c><00:41:18.139><c> to</c><00:41:18.380><c> select</c><00:41:18.639><c> for</c><00:41:18.860><c> himself</c><00:41:19.219><c> as</c><00:41:19.380><c> he</c><00:41:19.579><c> brought</c><00:41:19.719><c> them</c>

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into<00:41:20.300><c> Babylon?</c>

00:41:21.239 --> 00:41:23.880
One<00:41:21.519><c> aspect</c><00:41:22.000><c> was</c><00:41:22.199><c> that</c><00:41:22.320><c> they</c><00:41:22.480><c> were</c><00:41:22.659><c> to</c><00:41:22.820><c> have</c><00:41:23.000><c> no</c><00:41:23.440><c> blemish.</c><00:41:23.739><c> Now</c>

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:25.840
that<00:41:24.000><c> seems</c><00:41:24.239><c> a</c><00:41:24.380><c> rather</c><00:41:24.579><c> unusual</c><00:41:25.059><c> thing,</c><00:41:25.400><c> doesn't</c><00:41:25.619><c> it?</c>

00:41:25.940 --> 00:41:33.260
That<00:41:26.079><c> they</c><00:41:26.199><c> were</c><00:41:26.320><c> to</c><00:41:26.440><c> have</c><00:41:26.559><c> no</c><00:41:26.920><c> blemish.</c><00:41:31.260><c> Well,</c><00:41:31.480><c> I</c><00:41:31.699><c> think</c><00:41:32.139><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:41:32.920><c> was</c>

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:34.519
acquainted<00:41:33.539><c> to</c><00:41:33.760><c> a</c><00:41:33.900><c> certain</c><00:41:34.039><c> extent</c>

00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:42.280
with<00:41:34.760><c> God's</c><00:41:35.320><c> scripture.</c><00:41:38.940><c> And</c><00:41:39.440><c> there</c><00:41:40.059><c> was</c><00:41:40.400><c> a</c><00:41:40.800><c> subtlety</c><00:41:41.559><c> about</c>

00:41:42.280 --> 00:41:46.940
how<00:41:43.059><c> he</c><00:41:43.579><c> deployed</c><00:41:44.059><c> the</c><00:41:45.400><c> challenges</c><00:41:46.139><c> to</c><00:41:46.639><c> these</c>

00:41:46.940 --> 00:41:52.880
men.<00:41:47.460><c> Come</c><00:41:47.619><c> with</c><00:41:47.820><c> me</c><00:41:47.960><c> to</c><00:41:48.099><c> the</c><00:41:48.199><c> book</c><00:41:48.440><c> of</c><00:41:48.699><c> Leviticus</c><00:41:49.380><c> now.</c><00:41:50.659><c> Leviticus</c><00:41:51.099><c> chapter</c><00:41:51.500><c> 21.</c>

00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:57.440
And<00:41:55.440><c> as</c><00:41:55.619><c> we</c><00:41:55.800><c> begin</c><00:41:55.960><c> in</c><00:41:56.139><c> verse</c><00:41:56.320><c> 17,</c><00:41:56.719><c> I'm</c><00:41:56.800><c> just</c><00:41:56.980><c> going</c><00:41:57.099><c> to</c><00:41:57.199><c> draw</c>

00:41:57.440 --> 00:42:00.579
your<00:41:57.739><c> eyes</c><00:41:58.280><c> to</c><00:41:59.099><c> the</c><00:41:59.400><c> way</c><00:41:59.619><c> that</c><00:41:59.760><c> this</c><00:41:59.940><c> is</c><00:42:00.139><c> repeated.</c>

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:04.880
It's<00:42:01.219><c> the</c><00:42:01.360><c> word</c><00:42:01.579><c> blemish.</c><00:42:03.019><c> It's</c><00:42:03.219><c> the</c><00:42:03.340><c> word</c><00:42:03.440><c> that's</c><00:42:03.699><c> used</c><00:42:03.880><c> in</c><00:42:04.079><c> Daniel</c><00:42:04.300><c> chapter</c><00:42:04.619><c> 1</c>

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:06.199
concerning<00:42:05.440><c> the</c><00:42:05.920><c> quality,</c>

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:09.360
the<00:42:06.659><c> characteristic,</c><00:42:07.139><c> the</c><00:42:07.380><c> feature</c><00:42:07.760><c> of</c><00:42:08.179><c> Daniel</c><00:42:08.440><c> and</c><00:42:08.579><c> his</c><00:42:08.699><c> three</c><00:42:08.900><c> friends.</c><00:42:09.239><c> And</c>

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:10.860
notice<00:42:09.579><c> how</c><00:42:09.760><c> this</c><00:42:09.960><c> word</c><00:42:10.119><c> is</c><00:42:10.440><c> repeated</c>

00:42:10.860 --> 00:42:13.519
in<00:42:11.280><c> Leviticus</c><00:42:11.739><c> chapter</c><00:42:12.079><c> 21.</c><00:42:12.500><c> I've</c><00:42:12.659><c> got</c><00:42:12.699><c> it</c><00:42:12.980><c> highlighted</c><00:42:13.280><c> in</c>

00:42:13.519 --> 00:42:15.280
my<00:42:13.739><c> scriptures</c><00:42:14.039><c> here,</c><00:42:14.320><c> so</c><00:42:14.460><c> it's</c><00:42:14.579><c> easy</c><00:42:14.820><c> to</c><00:42:15.000><c> notice.</c>

00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:19.139
But<00:42:15.679><c> here</c><00:42:15.940><c> in</c><00:42:16.079><c> verse</c><00:42:16.239><c> 17,</c><00:42:17.159><c> the</c><00:42:17.239><c> word</c><00:42:17.539><c> blemish.</c><00:42:18.659><c> Again,</c><00:42:18.960><c> at</c><00:42:19.099><c> the</c>

00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:20.079
beginning<00:42:19.360><c> of</c><00:42:19.519><c> verse</c><00:42:19.739><c> 18,</c>

00:42:20.219 --> 00:42:25.920
blemish.<00:42:21.280><c> 20,</c><00:42:22.059><c> blemish.</c><00:42:23.420><c> Verse</c><00:42:23.559><c> 21,</c><00:42:24.860><c> twice</c><00:42:25.300><c> we</c><00:42:25.559><c> come</c><00:42:25.699><c> across</c>

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:28.519
that<00:42:26.139><c> word,</c><00:42:26.699><c> and</c><00:42:26.960><c> then</c><00:42:27.280><c> finally</c><00:42:27.599><c> in</c><00:42:27.820><c> verse</c><00:42:28.039><c> 23.</c>

00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:31.400
So<00:42:28.719><c> it's</c><00:42:28.820><c> really</c><00:42:29.179><c> stressing,</c><00:42:29.619><c> it's</c><00:42:29.860><c> really</c><00:42:30.119><c> emphasizing</c><00:42:30.800><c> under</c><00:42:31.159><c> the</c>

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:33.679
law<00:42:31.639><c> that</c><00:42:32.139><c> they</c><00:42:32.340><c> were</c><00:42:32.500><c> to</c><00:42:32.719><c> have</c><00:42:33.059><c> no</c><00:42:33.400><c> blemish.</c>

00:42:33.900 --> 00:42:36.920
Who<00:42:34.280><c> was</c><00:42:34.559><c> to</c><00:42:34.699><c> have</c><00:42:34.860><c> no</c><00:42:35.119><c> blemish?</c><00:42:35.380><c> Well,</c><00:42:35.519><c> we</c><00:42:35.679><c> see</c><00:42:35.860><c> there</c><00:42:36.000><c> in</c><00:42:36.179><c> verse</c><00:42:36.500><c> 1,</c>

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:39.699
speak<00:42:37.559><c> unto</c><00:42:37.800><c> the</c><00:42:38.079><c> priests,</c><00:42:38.280><c> the</c><00:42:38.420><c> sons</c><00:42:38.639><c> of</c><00:42:38.880><c> Aaron.</c><00:42:39.199><c> The</c><00:42:39.400><c> sons</c>

00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:41.300
of<00:42:39.880><c> Aaron,</c><00:42:40.099><c> if</c><00:42:40.239><c> they</c><00:42:40.420><c> were</c><00:42:40.579><c> to</c><00:42:40.880><c> come</c>

00:42:41.300 --> 00:42:45.579
to<00:42:41.719><c> the</c><00:42:41.960><c> altar</c><00:42:42.199><c> of</c><00:42:42.380><c> God,</c><00:42:42.579><c> they</c><00:42:42.699><c> were</c><00:42:42.860><c> to</c><00:42:43.039><c> have</c><00:42:43.599><c> no</c><00:42:44.699><c> blemish.</c><00:42:45.099><c> Well,</c><00:42:45.260><c> this</c><00:42:45.400><c> is</c>

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:47.320
rather<00:42:45.860><c> interesting.</c>

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:52.199
Let's<00:42:49.699><c> read</c><00:42:49.900><c> then</c><00:42:50.099><c> a</c><00:42:50.139><c> few</c><00:42:50.320><c> of</c><00:42:50.440><c> the</c><00:42:50.559><c> verses</c><00:42:50.800><c> here.</c><00:42:51.199><c> Verse</c><00:42:51.219><c> 16.</c>

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:55.380
And<00:42:53.460><c> the</c><00:42:53.599><c> Lord</c><00:42:53.820><c> spake</c><00:42:54.079><c> unto</c><00:42:54.239><c> Moses,</c><00:42:54.760><c> saying,</c><00:42:54.980><c> speak</c><00:42:55.119><c> unto</c>

00:42:55.380 --> 00:42:56.179
Aaron,<00:42:56.179><c> saying,</c>

00:42:56.679 --> 00:43:01.059
Whosoever<00:42:57.119><c> he</c><00:42:57.420><c> be</c><00:42:57.579><c> of</c><00:42:57.780><c> thy</c><00:42:58.039><c> seed</c><00:42:58.280><c> in</c><00:42:58.440><c> their</c><00:42:58.639><c> generations,</c><00:42:59.820><c> that</c><00:42:59.980><c> hath</c><00:43:00.239><c> any</c><00:43:00.739><c> blemish,</c>

00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:10.300
let<00:43:01.840><c> him</c><00:43:04.300><c> not</c><00:43:04.760><c> approach</c><00:43:05.940><c> to</c><00:43:06.579><c> offer</c><00:43:07.079><c> the</c><00:43:07.539><c> bread</c><00:43:08.199><c> of</c><00:43:08.559><c> his</c><00:43:09.280><c> God.</c>

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:13.940
Go<00:43:11.000><c> down</c><00:43:11.179><c> to</c><00:43:11.300><c> verse</c><00:43:11.480><c> 21</c><00:43:11.980><c> now.</c><00:43:12.840><c> No</c><00:43:12.900><c> man</c><00:43:13.119><c> that</c><00:43:13.360><c> hath</c><00:43:13.519><c> a</c><00:43:13.719><c> blemish</c>

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.800
of<00:43:14.079><c> the</c><00:43:14.239><c> seed</c><00:43:14.380><c> of</c><00:43:14.599><c> Aaron,</c>

00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:16.960
the<00:43:15.059><c> priest</c><00:43:15.199><c> shall</c><00:43:15.400><c> come</c><00:43:15.739><c> nigh</c><00:43:15.920><c> to</c><00:43:16.099><c> offer</c><00:43:16.260><c> the</c><00:43:16.480><c> offerings</c><00:43:16.780><c> of</c>

00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:18.820
the<00:43:17.099><c> Lord</c><00:43:17.440><c> made</c><00:43:18.039><c> by</c><00:43:18.400><c> fire.</c>

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:22.199
He<00:43:19.559><c> hath</c><00:43:19.800><c> a</c><00:43:20.000><c> blemish,</c><00:43:20.320><c> he</c><00:43:20.460><c> shall</c><00:43:20.659><c> not</c><00:43:20.880><c> come</c><00:43:21.119><c> nigh</c><00:43:21.400><c> to</c><00:43:21.619><c> offer</c><00:43:21.820><c> the</c><00:43:21.980><c> bread</c><00:43:22.099><c> of</c>

00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:22.699
his<00:43:22.420><c> God.</c>

00:43:22.920 --> 00:43:25.380
He<00:43:23.139><c> shall</c><00:43:23.340><c> eat</c><00:43:23.599><c> the</c><00:43:23.719><c> bread</c><00:43:23.840><c> of</c><00:43:23.960><c> his</c><00:43:24.159><c> God,</c><00:43:24.639><c> both</c><00:43:24.800><c> of</c><00:43:24.960><c> the</c><00:43:25.079><c> most</c>

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:26.500
holy<00:43:25.719><c> and</c><00:43:26.079><c> of</c><00:43:26.219><c> the</c><00:43:26.380><c> holy.</c>

00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:28.880
So<00:43:26.679><c> what</c><00:43:26.820><c> we're</c><00:43:26.940><c> being</c><00:43:27.179><c> told</c><00:43:27.440><c> here,</c><00:43:28.019><c> there's</c><00:43:28.400><c> two</c><00:43:28.639><c> things</c>

00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:29.599
here.<00:43:29.320><c> Firstly,</c>

00:43:29.599 --> 00:43:32.840
if<00:43:30.119><c> you</c><00:43:30.280><c> had</c><00:43:30.420><c> a</c><00:43:30.579><c> blemish,</c><00:43:31.260><c> then</c><00:43:31.480><c> a</c><00:43:31.679><c> Levite</c><00:43:32.019><c> wasn't</c><00:43:32.380><c> allowed</c><00:43:32.699><c> to</c>

00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:33.559
go<00:43:33.019><c> to</c><00:43:33.179><c> the</c><00:43:33.340><c> altar.</c>

00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:40.559
And<00:43:34.059><c> secondly,</c><00:43:34.400><c> they</c><00:43:34.599><c> weren't</c><00:43:34.920><c> allowed</c><00:43:35.340><c> to</c><00:43:35.739><c> eat.</c><00:43:38.420><c> Can</c><00:43:38.599><c> you</c><00:43:38.699><c> see</c><00:43:38.800><c> what</c><00:43:38.980><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:43:39.519><c> is</c><00:43:39.699><c> doing?</c>

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He's<00:43:41.860><c> picking</c><00:43:42.139><c> for</c><00:43:42.340><c> himself</c><00:43:42.760><c> men</c><00:43:42.980><c> without</c><00:43:43.360><c> blemish</c><00:43:43.659><c> because</c>

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he<00:43:45.039><c> is</c><00:43:45.780><c> replacing</c><00:43:46.480><c> the</c><00:43:46.940><c> God</c><00:43:47.079><c> of</c><00:43:47.260><c> Israel.</c>

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:54.820
They<00:43:49.719><c> are</c><00:43:49.940><c> eating</c><00:43:50.460><c> his</c><00:43:51.099><c> bread.</c><00:43:52.940><c> He</c><00:43:53.260><c> is</c><00:43:53.599><c> magnifying</c><00:43:54.239><c> himself</c>

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above<00:43:55.300><c> Yahweh,</c><00:43:55.920><c> the</c><00:43:56.019><c> God</c><00:43:56.239><c> of</c><00:43:56.420><c> Israel.</c>

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Can<00:43:57.280><c> you</c><00:43:57.440><c> see</c><00:43:57.579><c> that?</c><00:43:59.159><c> So</c><00:43:59.539><c> subtle.</c><00:44:00.460><c> And</c><00:44:00.599><c> so</c><00:44:00.699><c> the</c><00:44:00.880><c> question,</c><00:44:01.780><c> the</c>

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question<00:44:02.400><c> he</c><00:44:02.519><c> was</c><00:44:02.780><c> posing</c><00:44:03.139><c> these</c><00:44:03.420><c> four</c><00:44:03.639><c> men,</c>

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will<00:44:04.260><c> you</c><00:44:04.539><c> make</c><00:44:04.739><c> me</c><00:44:05.039><c> your</c><00:44:05.360><c> God?</c><00:44:08.699><c> And</c><00:44:09.420><c> they</c><00:44:09.639><c> wouldn't.</c><00:44:11.179><c> Not</c><00:44:11.380><c> for</c>

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one<00:44:11.780><c> moment,</c><00:44:12.980><c> would</c><00:44:13.059><c> they?</c>

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How<00:44:16.280><c> dangerous</c><00:44:17.059><c> this</c><00:44:17.500><c> was,</c><00:44:18.500><c> how</c><00:44:19.039><c> subtle</c><00:44:19.440><c> it</c><00:44:19.760><c> was</c><00:44:20.400><c> in</c><00:44:21.280><c> the</c><00:44:21.539><c> way</c>

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that<00:44:23.019><c> he</c><00:44:23.139><c> was</c><00:44:23.500><c> trying</c><00:44:23.760><c> to</c><00:44:24.179><c> change</c><00:44:24.519><c> their</c><00:44:24.920><c> minds</c><00:44:25.260><c> as</c>

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he<00:44:25.780><c> had</c><00:44:26.019><c> changed</c><00:44:26.880><c> their</c><00:44:27.659><c> bodies.</c><00:44:30.559><c> We</c><00:44:30.800><c> come</c><00:44:30.920><c> back</c><00:44:31.139><c> to</c><00:44:31.280><c> Daniel</c><00:44:31.559><c> chapter</c><00:44:31.980><c> 1</c>

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here.<00:44:34.539><c> We've</c><00:44:34.780><c> already</c><00:44:35.000><c> said</c><00:44:35.239><c> that</c>

00:44:35.380 --> 00:44:37.960
they<00:44:35.539><c> were</c><00:44:35.739><c> to</c><00:44:35.960><c> eat</c><00:44:36.159><c> of</c><00:44:36.320><c> the</c><00:44:36.579><c> daily</c><00:44:36.900><c> provision.</c><00:44:37.340><c> You</c><00:44:37.480><c> may</c><00:44:37.760><c> have</c>

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in<00:44:38.159><c> your</c><00:44:38.619><c> Bible,</c><00:44:39.019><c> depending</c><00:44:39.280><c> upon</c><00:44:39.840><c> what</c><00:44:40.320><c> translation</c>

00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:45.139
you<00:44:41.159><c> have,</c><00:44:42.880><c> but</c><00:44:43.059><c> where</c><00:44:43.340><c> we</c><00:44:43.780><c> come</c><00:44:44.000><c> across</c><00:44:44.320><c> that</c><00:44:44.619><c> expression,</c>

00:44:45.460 --> 00:44:48.119
so<00:44:45.800><c> nourishing</c><00:44:46.340><c> them</c><00:44:46.659><c> three</c><00:44:46.960><c> years</c><00:44:47.320><c> at</c><00:44:47.500><c> the</c><00:44:47.559><c> end</c><00:44:47.760><c> of</c><00:44:47.900><c> verse</c>

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three,<00:44:48.860><c> some</c><00:44:49.099><c> versions,</c><00:44:50.059><c> I'm</c><00:44:50.360><c> going</c><00:44:50.460><c> to</c><00:44:50.699><c> specifically</c><00:44:51.099><c> highlight</c><00:44:51.559><c> here,</c>

00:44:52.099 --> 00:44:53.599
the<00:44:52.300><c> Revised</c><00:44:52.739><c> Standard</c><00:44:53.099><c> Version,</c>

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that<00:44:54.280><c> would</c><00:44:54.579><c> nourish</c><00:44:55.079><c> us</c><00:44:55.239><c> can</c><00:44:55.559><c> be</c><00:44:55.920><c> interpreted</c><00:44:56.380><c> as</c><00:44:57.119><c> educated.</c>

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Can<00:44:58.179><c> you</c><00:44:58.380><c> see</c><00:44:58.559><c> that?</c>

00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:07.800
Nebuchadnezzar<00:45:00.940><c> wasn't</c><00:45:01.199><c> bothered</c><00:45:01.519><c> about</c><00:45:01.920><c> 3</c><00:45:02.400><c>,285</c><00:45:03.380><c> meals.</c><00:45:05.280><c> Every</c><00:45:05.780><c> time</c><00:45:06.139><c> they</c><00:45:06.500><c> ate,</c><00:45:07.500><c> it</c>

00:45:07.800 --> 00:45:09.599
was<00:45:08.340><c> a</c><00:45:08.699><c> lesson</c>

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in<00:45:10.239><c> becoming</c><00:45:10.639><c> like</c><00:45:11.219><c> the</c><00:45:11.460><c> king.</c><00:45:12.000><c> That's</c><00:45:12.300><c> what</c><00:45:12.400><c> he</c><00:45:12.599><c> cared</c><00:45:12.719><c> about.</c><00:45:13.760><c> He</c><00:45:14.239><c> cared</c><00:45:14.539><c> about</c><00:45:14.860><c> their</c><00:45:15.239><c> minds.</c><00:45:15.880><c> He</c>

00:45:16.079 --> 00:45:16.480
wanted<00:45:16.320><c> to</c>

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have<00:45:16.639><c> sole</c><00:45:16.860><c> possession</c><00:45:17.280><c> of</c><00:45:17.460><c> their</c><00:45:17.679><c> minds.</c><00:45:19.860><c> And</c><00:45:20.119><c> Daniel</c><00:45:20.300><c> and</c>

00:45:20.480 --> 00:45:23.420
his<00:45:20.639><c> three</c><00:45:20.860><c> friends</c><00:45:21.139><c> would</c><00:45:21.440><c> not</c><00:45:21.760><c> allow</c><00:45:22.139><c> this</c><00:45:22.519><c> man</c>

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in.

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Well,<00:45:31.360><c> I'm</c><00:45:31.519><c> sure</c><00:45:31.840><c> we're</c><00:45:32.079><c> familiar</c><00:45:32.440><c> with</c><00:45:32.659><c> this</c><00:45:32.940><c> little</c><00:45:33.159><c> section</c><00:45:33.480><c> here,</c>

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verses<00:45:34.000><c> six</c><00:45:34.340><c> and</c><00:45:34.500><c> seven.</c>

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What<00:45:36.019><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:45:36.519><c> does,</c><00:45:36.900><c> he</c><00:45:37.000><c> does</c><00:45:37.179><c> something</c><00:45:37.559><c> that</c><00:45:37.719><c> he</c>

00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:40.360
can<00:45:38.059><c> do.</c><00:45:38.219><c> He</c><00:45:38.400><c> changes</c><00:45:38.739><c> their</c><00:45:39.019><c> names.</c><00:45:39.360><c> He</c><00:45:39.579><c> has</c><00:45:39.860><c> the</c><00:45:40.119><c> power</c>

00:45:40.360 --> 00:45:44.139
to<00:45:40.619><c> do</c><00:45:40.880><c> that.</c><00:45:42.199><c> And</c><00:45:42.460><c> we</c><00:45:42.639><c> see</c><00:45:42.800><c> with</c><00:45:42.960><c> the</c><00:45:43.079><c> meanings</c><00:45:43.320><c> of</c><00:45:43.599><c> these</c><00:45:43.840><c> names,</c><00:45:44.059><c> we</c>

00:45:44.139 --> 00:45:45.780
don't<00:45:44.320><c> need</c><00:45:44.519><c> to</c><00:45:44.619><c> go</c><00:45:44.880><c> through</c><00:45:45.179><c> them</c><00:45:45.400><c> now,</c>

00:45:45.780 --> 00:45:49.199
but<00:45:45.960><c> we</c><00:45:46.260><c> see</c><00:45:46.699><c> what</c><00:45:47.320><c> his</c><00:45:47.579><c> intention</c><00:45:48.000><c> was.</c><00:45:48.360><c> He</c><00:45:48.519><c> was</c><00:45:48.860><c> stripping</c>

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out<00:45:49.639><c> any</c><00:45:49.920><c> mention</c><00:45:50.239><c> of</c><00:45:50.400><c> the</c><00:45:50.539><c> God</c><00:45:50.719><c> of</c><00:45:50.880><c> Israel,</c>

00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:57.179
El<00:45:52.960><c> and</c><00:45:53.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:54.000><c> from</c><00:45:54.260><c> their</c><00:45:54.539><c> names</c><00:45:54.940><c> and</c><00:45:55.860><c> giving</c><00:45:56.079><c> them</c><00:45:56.360><c> the</c><00:45:56.519><c> names</c><00:45:56.800><c> of</c>

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Bel<00:45:57.480><c> and</c><00:45:57.840><c> Marduk</c><00:45:58.360><c> and</c><00:45:58.659><c> Venus</c><00:45:59.079><c> and</c><00:45:59.699><c> Nebo.</c>

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Keep<00:46:00.659><c> a</c><00:46:00.760><c> hand</c><00:46:00.820><c> in</c><00:46:00.980><c> Daniel</c><00:46:01.179><c> chapter</c><00:46:01.460><c> one</c><00:46:01.719><c> and</c><00:46:01.880><c> just</c><00:46:02.059><c> come</c><00:46:02.179><c> with</c>

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me<00:46:02.440><c> to</c><00:46:02.599><c> Daniel</c><00:46:02.800><c> chapter</c><00:46:03.119><c> four.</c><00:46:03.440><c> And</c><00:46:03.519><c> we</c><00:46:03.659><c> see</c><00:46:03.840><c> why</c>

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he<00:46:04.260><c> was</c><00:46:04.440><c> doing</c><00:46:04.679><c> this</c><00:46:04.960><c> because</c><00:46:05.219><c> you</c><00:46:05.480><c> see</c><00:46:05.699><c> here,</c><00:46:07.139><c> a</c><00:46:07.559><c> little</c><00:46:07.800><c> later</c><00:46:08.159><c> on</c>

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in<00:46:08.760><c> time,</c><00:46:10.320><c> just</c><00:46:10.519><c> read</c><00:46:10.820><c> verse</c><00:46:11.119><c> eight</c><00:46:11.340><c> with</c><00:46:11.519><c> me,</c>

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but<00:46:11.820><c> at</c><00:46:12.000><c> the</c><00:46:12.219><c> last,</c><00:46:12.739><c> Daniel</c><00:46:12.860><c> came</c><00:46:13.079><c> in</c><00:46:13.260><c> before</c><00:46:13.780><c> me,</c><00:46:14.400><c> whose</c><00:46:14.559><c> name</c>

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was<00:46:14.900><c> Belteshazzar,</c><00:46:15.860><c> according</c><00:46:16.260><c> to</c><00:46:16.519><c> the</c><00:46:16.760><c> name</c><00:46:17.059><c> of</c>

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God,<00:46:18.519><c> in</c><00:46:18.800><c> whom</c><00:46:19.239><c> is</c><00:46:19.639><c> the</c><00:46:19.860><c> Spirit</c><00:46:20.260><c> of</c><00:46:20.519><c> the</c><00:46:20.719><c> Holy</c><00:46:20.980><c> God.</c><00:46:21.199><c> So</c><00:46:21.380><c> here</c>

00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:25.159
we<00:46:22.139><c> have</c><00:46:23.320><c> proof</c><00:46:23.880><c> what</c><00:46:24.360><c> the</c><00:46:24.579><c> intention</c><00:46:24.960><c> of</c>

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Nebuchadnezzar<00:46:25.639><c> was.</c><00:46:25.980><c> He</c><00:46:26.119><c> was</c><00:46:26.380><c> giving</c><00:46:26.699><c> the</c><00:46:26.980><c> names</c><00:46:27.340><c> of</c><00:46:27.639><c> Daniel</c>

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and<00:46:28.119><c> his</c><00:46:28.320><c> three</c><00:46:28.539><c> friends,</c>

00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:32.980
giving<00:46:29.639><c> the</c><00:46:29.860><c> names</c><00:46:30.099><c> of</c><00:46:30.380><c> his</c><00:46:30.619><c> gods.</c><00:46:31.380><c> There's</c><00:46:31.619><c> Daniel</c><00:46:31.880><c> four,</c><00:46:32.119><c> verse</c><00:46:32.420><c> eight,</c><00:46:32.679><c> which</c><00:46:32.820><c> we</c>

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can<00:46:33.199><c> connect</c><00:46:33.400><c> there</c>

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in<00:46:34.380><c> verses</c><00:46:34.619><c> six</c><00:46:34.960><c> and</c><00:46:35.139><c> seven</c><00:46:35.500><c> of</c><00:46:35.699><c> Daniel</c><00:46:36.039><c> chapter</c><00:46:36.639><c> one.</c>

00:46:40.940 --> 00:46:48.119
So<00:46:41.699><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:46:42.239><c> is</c><00:46:42.519><c> saying,</c><00:46:44.639><c> I</c><00:46:44.639><c> know</c><00:46:45.400><c> who</c><00:46:45.960><c> you</c><00:46:46.340><c> were</c><00:46:46.880><c> and</c>

00:46:48.119 --> 00:46:49.639
you<00:46:48.260><c> can</c><00:46:48.500><c> forget</c><00:46:48.760><c> it.</c>

00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:56.900
Look<00:46:51.380><c> how</c><00:46:51.639><c> much</c><00:46:51.920><c> better</c><00:46:52.320><c> you</c><00:46:52.500><c> are</c><00:46:52.739><c> going</c><00:46:53.039><c> to</c><00:46:53.340><c> be.</c><00:46:55.599><c> Just</c><00:46:55.980><c> imagine</c><00:46:56.480><c> for</c><00:46:56.719><c> a</c>

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moment<00:46:57.219><c> the</c><00:46:57.599><c> things</c><00:46:58.239><c> that</c><00:46:58.579><c> you</c><00:46:58.760><c> can</c><00:46:59.099><c> learn</c>

00:46:59.559 --> 00:47:05.480
and<00:47:00.059><c> the</c><00:47:00.380><c> opportunity</c><00:47:01.380><c> that</c><00:47:01.679><c> I</c><00:47:01.860><c> will</c><00:47:02.079><c> present</c><00:47:02.519><c> to</c><00:47:02.940><c> you.</c><00:47:05.119><c> Just</c>

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imagine<00:47:06.360><c> where</c><00:47:07.119><c> you</c><00:47:07.420><c> could</c><00:47:07.679><c> be,</c><00:47:08.639><c> Daniel,</c>

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Hananiah,<00:47:11.260><c> Mishael,</c><00:47:12.300><c> and</c><00:47:12.599><c> Azariah.</c><00:47:14.059><c> Imagine</c><00:47:14.500><c> where</c><00:47:14.699><c> you</c><00:47:14.880><c> could</c><00:47:15.059><c> be</c>

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in<00:47:15.460><c> 10</c><00:47:15.699><c> years'</c><00:47:16.260><c> time.</c>

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And<00:47:19.079><c> I</c><00:47:19.239><c> am</c><00:47:19.400><c> doing</c><00:47:19.579><c> this</c><00:47:20.619><c> because</c><00:47:22.300><c> I</c><00:47:23.300><c> see</c><00:47:23.519><c> a</c><00:47:23.679><c> lot</c><00:47:23.860><c> of</c><00:47:24.079><c> me</c><00:47:24.739><c> in</c><00:47:25.219><c> you.</c>

00:47:29.920 --> 00:47:33.500
Imagine<00:47:30.519><c> being</c><00:47:30.820><c> told</c><00:47:31.219><c> those</c><00:47:31.599><c> words</c><00:47:32.079><c> by</c><00:47:32.340><c> the</c><00:47:32.599><c> greatest</c><00:47:33.079><c> king</c>

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upon<00:47:33.900><c> the</c><00:47:34.159><c> earth.</c>

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Would<00:47:36.400><c> you</c><00:47:36.500><c> be</c><00:47:36.719><c> flattered?</c><00:47:38.079><c> Would</c><00:47:38.199><c> you</c><00:47:38.380><c> be</c><00:47:38.599><c> swept</c><00:47:38.820><c> up</c><00:47:39.039><c> your</c><00:47:39.219><c> feet?</c><00:47:41.679><c> Or</c>

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would<00:47:42.039><c> you</c><00:47:42.260><c> stand</c><00:47:42.619><c> firm?</c>

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Have<00:47:44.840><c> any</c><00:47:45.099><c> of</c><00:47:45.239><c> us</c><00:47:45.420><c> faced</c><00:47:45.719><c> any</c><00:47:46.159><c> challenge</c><00:47:46.960><c> anywhere</c><00:47:48.579><c> near</c><00:47:48.880><c> as</c><00:47:49.079><c> comparable</c><00:47:49.719><c> to</c><00:47:50.019><c> this?</c><00:47:50.900><c> I</c>

00:47:51.219 --> 00:47:52.480
don't<00:47:51.460><c> think</c><00:47:51.679><c> so.</c>

00:47:53.619 --> 00:47:58.699
But<00:47:54.219><c> they</c><00:47:54.820><c> stood</c><00:47:55.440><c> firm,</c><00:47:57.400><c> didn't</c><00:47:57.679><c> they?</c>

00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:04.480
I've<00:48:00.840><c> been</c><00:48:01.019><c> told</c><00:48:01.380><c> that</c><00:48:01.679><c> here</c><00:48:01.940><c> in</c><00:48:02.119><c> Canada</c><00:48:02.320><c> you</c><00:48:02.559><c> love</c><00:48:02.840><c> chiastic</c><00:48:03.340><c> structures.</c>

00:48:08.719 --> 00:48:10.980
The<00:48:08.760><c> purpose</c><00:48:09.059><c> of</c><00:48:09.239><c> this</c><00:48:09.460><c> really,</c><00:48:10.119><c> those</c><00:48:10.340><c> of</c><00:48:10.519><c> you</c><00:48:10.659><c> who</c><00:48:10.760><c> are</c><00:48:10.840><c> not</c>

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familiar<00:48:11.300><c> with</c><00:48:11.500><c> chiastic</c><00:48:11.980><c> structures,</c>

00:48:12.579 --> 00:48:15.139
they<00:48:12.659><c> are</c><00:48:12.860><c> the</c><00:48:13.360><c> natural</c><00:48:13.699><c> Hebrew</c><00:48:14.019><c> structures</c><00:48:14.460><c> of</c><00:48:14.639><c> the</c><00:48:14.860><c> text.</c>

00:48:15.340 --> 00:48:17.420
They<00:48:15.340><c> are</c><00:48:15.880><c> lines</c><00:48:16.300><c> of</c><00:48:16.519><c> symmetry.</c>

00:48:17.440 --> 00:48:20.199
Important<00:48:17.920><c> that</c><00:48:18.199><c> the</c><00:48:18.320><c> key</c><00:48:18.539><c> takeaway</c><00:48:18.880><c> message</c><00:48:19.239><c> is</c><00:48:19.360><c> they</c><00:48:19.599><c> give</c>

00:48:20.199 --> 00:48:22.099
the<00:48:20.659><c> pertinent</c><00:48:21.039><c> message</c><00:48:21.440><c> as</c><00:48:21.579><c> we</c>

00:48:22.099 --> 00:48:25.820
make<00:48:22.340><c> our</c><00:48:22.559><c> way</c><00:48:22.659><c> through</c><00:48:22.900><c> our</c><00:48:23.179><c> scriptures</c><00:48:23.539><c> together.</c><00:48:25.639><c> And</c><00:48:25.699><c> as</c>

00:48:25.820 --> 00:48:27.119
we<00:48:25.940><c> look</c><00:48:26.099><c> through</c><00:48:26.280><c> Daniel</c><00:48:26.539><c> chapter</c><00:48:26.880><c> 1,</c>

00:48:27.159 --> 00:48:32.079
we<00:48:27.280><c> can</c><00:48:27.599><c> see</c><00:48:27.820><c> that</c><00:48:28.059><c> the</c><00:48:28.619><c> centre</c><00:48:29.199><c> where</c><00:48:30.400><c> our</c><00:48:30.719><c> attention</c><00:48:31.039><c> is</c><00:48:31.179><c> being</c><00:48:31.519><c> drawn</c><00:48:31.900><c> is</c>

00:48:32.079 --> 00:48:34.420
in<00:48:32.239><c> the</c><00:48:32.360><c> section</c><00:48:32.659><c> verses</c><00:48:32.920><c> 8</c><00:48:33.360><c> to</c><00:48:33.860><c> 16,</c>

00:48:34.440 --> 00:48:38.940
and<00:48:34.639><c> it's</c><00:48:34.900><c> the</c><00:48:35.059><c> story</c><00:48:35.300><c> of</c><00:48:35.519><c> the</c><00:48:35.760><c> test.</c><00:48:37.099><c> And</c><00:48:37.340><c> we're</c><00:48:37.440><c> going</c><00:48:37.539><c> to</c><00:48:37.619><c> see</c><00:48:37.719><c> this</c><00:48:37.840><c> all</c><00:48:38.000><c> the</c><00:48:38.019><c> way</c><00:48:38.119><c> through</c><00:48:38.340><c> the</c><00:48:38.440><c> book</c><00:48:38.579><c> of</c><00:48:38.739><c> Daniel</c>

00:48:38.940 --> 00:48:44.739
because<00:48:39.280><c> Daniel,</c><00:48:40.059><c> though</c><00:48:40.099><c> great</c><00:48:40.460><c> things,</c><00:48:41.619><c> great</c><00:48:41.739><c> cataclysmic</c><00:48:42.639><c> changes</c><00:48:43.039><c> are</c><00:48:43.280><c> taking</c><00:48:43.539><c> place,</c><00:48:43.940><c> God</c><00:48:44.199><c> is</c>

00:48:44.739 --> 00:48:53.460
interested<00:48:45.119><c> in</c><00:48:45.500><c> people.</c><00:48:49.519><c> And</c><00:48:49.739><c> this</c><00:48:49.900><c> is</c><00:48:50.079><c> why</c><00:48:50.360><c> he</c><00:48:50.639><c> is</c><00:48:50.980><c> most</c><00:48:51.360><c> concerned</c><00:48:51.920><c> about</c><00:48:52.880><c> the</c>

00:48:53.460 --> 00:48:55.420
test<00:48:53.980><c> and</c><00:48:54.719><c> their</c><00:48:55.000><c> response.</c>

00:48:55.480 --> 00:49:01.519
Let's<00:48:55.639><c> just</c><00:48:55.900><c> see</c><00:48:56.519><c> the</c><00:48:57.440><c> apex</c><00:48:58.039><c> of</c><00:48:58.340><c> this</c><00:48:58.659><c> little</c><00:48:59.900><c> central</c><00:49:00.900><c> point</c>

00:49:01.519 --> 00:49:06.219
that<00:49:01.940><c> we</c><00:49:02.159><c> find</c><00:49:02.519><c> here.</c><00:49:04.460><c> We</c><00:49:04.639><c> read</c><00:49:04.820><c> there</c><00:49:05.039><c> then</c>

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in<00:49:06.980><c> Daniel</c><00:49:07.320><c> 1</c><00:49:07.579><c> and</c><00:49:07.739><c> verse</c><00:49:08.019><c> 8,</c><00:49:08.199><c> and</c><00:49:08.360><c> I</c><00:49:08.440><c> think</c><00:49:08.579><c> it's</c><00:49:08.739><c> fair</c><00:49:08.880><c> to</c><00:49:09.099><c> say</c>

00:49:09.239 --> 00:49:11.179
before<00:49:09.480><c> we</c><00:49:09.760><c> read</c><00:49:10.039><c> verse</c><00:49:10.380><c> 8</c><00:49:10.539><c> that</c><00:49:10.780><c> Daniels</c>

00:49:11.179 --> 00:49:16.519
a<00:49:11.639><c> little</c><00:49:11.920><c> quiet,</c><00:49:12.599><c> maybe</c><00:49:12.880><c> a</c><00:49:13.059><c> little</c><00:49:13.260><c> too</c><00:49:13.539><c> quiet</c><00:49:13.860><c> for</c><00:49:14.139><c> our</c><00:49:14.599><c> comfort.</c><00:49:16.039><c> Where's</c><00:49:16.340><c> his</c>

00:49:16.519 --> 00:49:18.300
voice<00:49:16.860><c> of</c><00:49:17.260><c> protest</c><00:49:17.780><c> in</c><00:49:17.940><c> all</c><00:49:18.119><c> of</c>

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this?<00:49:20.260><c> Well,</c><00:49:20.440><c> we're</c><00:49:20.599><c> going</c><00:49:20.659><c> to</c><00:49:20.719><c> get</c><00:49:20.820><c> it</c><00:49:20.980><c> now.</c><00:49:23.159><c> But</c><00:49:23.179><c> Daniel</c><00:49:23.599><c> purposed</c><00:49:24.119><c> in</c>

00:49:24.320 --> 00:49:26.079
his<00:49:24.539><c> heart</c><00:49:24.780><c> that</c><00:49:24.920><c> he</c><00:49:25.059><c> would</c><00:49:25.300><c> not</c><00:49:25.519><c> defile</c>

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himself<00:49:26.619><c> with</c><00:49:26.860><c> the</c><00:49:27.039><c> portion</c><00:49:27.340><c> of</c><00:49:27.500><c> the</c><00:49:27.639><c> king's</c><00:49:27.980><c> meat,</c><00:49:28.699><c> nor</c><00:49:28.780><c> with</c>

00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:30.619
the<00:49:29.179><c> wine</c><00:49:29.380><c> which</c><00:49:29.599><c> he</c><00:49:29.780><c> drank.</c><00:49:30.199><c> Therefore,</c>

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he<00:49:31.000><c> requested</c><00:49:31.460><c> of</c><00:49:31.699><c> the</c><00:49:31.840><c> prince</c><00:49:32.119><c> of</c><00:49:32.320><c> the</c><00:49:32.519><c> eunuchs</c><00:49:32.960><c> that</c><00:49:33.519><c> he</c><00:49:33.800><c> might</c><00:49:34.199><c> not</c>

00:49:35.179 --> 00:49:37.380
defile<00:49:36.059><c> himself.</c><00:49:36.480><c> So</c><00:49:36.639><c> there</c><00:49:36.780><c> we</c><00:49:36.960><c> have</c><00:49:37.079><c> it.</c>

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He<00:49:37.679><c> is</c><00:49:37.900><c> making</c><00:49:38.519><c> a</c><00:49:39.179><c> stand.</c><00:49:39.780><c> He</c><00:49:40.079><c> purposes</c><00:49:40.619><c> within</c><00:49:41.360><c> his</c><00:49:41.639><c> own</c><00:49:41.900><c> heart.</c><00:49:42.159><c> But</c>

00:49:42.280 --> 00:49:44.219
you<00:49:42.440><c> might</c><00:49:42.739><c> think</c><00:49:43.039><c> on</c><00:49:43.659><c> brief</c><00:49:44.000><c> reading,</c>

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it's<00:49:44.460><c> a</c><00:49:44.539><c> rather</c><00:49:44.800><c> strange</c><00:49:45.280><c> stand</c><00:49:45.619><c> to</c><00:49:45.980><c> make,</c><00:49:46.199><c> and</c><00:49:46.380><c> we</c><00:49:46.519><c> might</c>

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think<00:49:46.940><c> that</c><00:49:47.079><c> he's</c><00:49:47.619><c> overreacting</c><00:49:48.500><c> somewhat.</c>

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Don't<00:49:52.039><c> you</c><00:49:52.320><c> think,</c><00:49:52.619><c> Daniel,</c><00:49:52.940><c> that</c><00:49:53.079><c> you're</c><00:49:53.260><c> making</c><00:49:53.599><c> a</c><00:49:53.739><c> little</c>

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too<00:49:55.760><c> much</c><00:49:55.980><c> out</c><00:49:56.199><c> of</c><00:49:56.380><c> this?</c>

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It's<00:50:01.340><c> only</c><00:50:01.519><c> the</c><00:50:01.699><c> king's</c><00:50:02.000><c> meat.</c><00:50:03.880><c> It's</c><00:50:04.400><c> a</c><00:50:04.500><c> good</c><00:50:04.639><c> meal.</c><00:50:06.199><c> And</c><00:50:06.300><c> if</c>

00:50:06.480 --> 00:50:08.539
you<00:50:06.659><c> eat</c><00:50:06.920><c> it</c><00:50:07.099><c> and</c><00:50:07.239><c> you</c><00:50:07.420><c> keep</c><00:50:07.559><c> the</c><00:50:07.780><c> king</c><00:50:08.039><c> happy,</c>

00:50:08.679 --> 00:50:12.480
just<00:50:08.960><c> imagine</c><00:50:09.320><c> the</c><00:50:09.480><c> position</c><00:50:10.260><c> that</c><00:50:10.920><c> will</c><00:50:11.079><c> be</c><00:50:11.340><c> yours,</c><00:50:12.119><c> and</c><00:50:12.380><c> it</c>

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will<00:50:12.639><c> be</c><00:50:12.860><c> granted</c><00:50:13.119><c> by</c><00:50:13.440><c> God,</c><00:50:13.860><c> and</c><00:50:14.139><c> you</c><00:50:14.659><c> can</c><00:50:15.039><c> bring</c><00:50:15.260><c> us</c>

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home,<00:50:16.360><c> Daniel.</c><00:50:17.940><c> Remember</c><00:50:18.460><c> what</c><00:50:18.699><c> Jeremiah</c><00:50:19.179><c> 25</c><00:50:19.820><c> says,</c><00:50:20.179><c> Daniel?</c>

00:50:20.539 --> 00:50:22.380
You<00:50:20.780><c> can</c><00:50:21.000><c> be</c><00:50:21.159><c> the</c><00:50:21.340><c> one.</c><00:50:21.539><c> You</c><00:50:21.760><c> can</c><00:50:21.960><c> be</c><00:50:22.119><c> God's</c>

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chosen<00:50:22.840><c> instrument.</c><00:50:23.260><c> You</c><00:50:23.400><c> can</c><00:50:23.579><c> be</c><00:50:23.679><c> the</c><00:50:23.940><c> catalyst</c><00:50:24.300><c> of</c><00:50:24.579><c> change.</c>

00:50:25.099 --> 00:50:27.380
You<00:50:25.300><c> can</c><00:50:25.559><c> be</c><00:50:25.699><c> that</c><00:50:26.000><c> voice</c><00:50:26.360><c> of</c><00:50:26.719><c> restoration.</c>

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Can<00:50:27.679><c> you</c><00:50:27.820><c> imagine</c><00:50:28.099><c> it?</c><00:50:28.780><c> That</c><00:50:28.960><c> would</c><00:50:29.099><c> have</c><00:50:29.219><c> been</c><00:50:29.360><c> peer</c><00:50:29.659><c> pressure,</c><00:50:30.079><c> wouldn't</c><00:50:30.159><c> it?</c>

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Daniel<00:50:34.159><c> didn't</c><00:50:34.400><c> care.</c><00:50:35.780><c> God's</c><00:50:36.219><c> laws</c><00:50:36.519><c> were</c><00:50:36.800><c> finite</c><00:50:37.119><c> within</c><00:50:37.320><c> his</c>

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mind,<00:50:37.780><c> and</c><00:50:37.900><c> they</c><00:50:38.019><c> would</c><00:50:38.260><c> not</c>

00:50:39.119 --> 00:50:44.059
be<00:50:39.500><c> broken.</c><00:50:40.599><c> He</c><00:50:40.840><c> would</c><00:50:41.079><c> not</c><00:50:41.860><c> defile</c><00:50:42.360><c> himself.</c><00:50:42.940><c> And</c><00:50:43.460><c> I'm</c><00:50:43.880><c> sure</c>

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many<00:50:44.300><c> of</c><00:50:44.440><c> you</c><00:50:44.559><c> know</c><00:50:44.780><c> this,</c><00:50:45.059><c> but</c><00:50:45.179><c> it's</c><00:50:45.440><c> an</c>

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interesting<00:50:46.079><c> observation,</c><00:50:46.820><c> because</c><00:50:47.139><c> we</c><00:50:47.320><c> see</c><00:50:47.519><c> there</c><00:50:47.679><c> in</c><00:50:47.840><c> verse</c><00:50:48.099><c> 8</c><00:50:48.400><c> that</c><00:50:48.679><c> Daniel</c><00:50:49.159><c> purposed</c><00:50:49.800><c> in</c>

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his<00:50:50.320><c> heart,</c>

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and<00:50:50.840><c> it's</c><00:50:51.039><c> the</c><00:50:51.280><c> same</c><00:50:51.619><c> Hebrew</c><00:50:52.119><c> word</c><00:50:52.780><c> as</c><00:50:53.320><c> the</c><00:50:53.539><c> prince</c><00:50:53.780><c> of</c><00:50:53.980><c> the</c><00:50:54.139><c> eunuchs</c><00:50:54.699><c> that</c><00:50:55.619><c> gave</c><00:50:56.139><c> names</c><00:50:57.059><c> to</c>

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Daniel<00:50:58.079><c> and</c><00:50:58.420><c> his</c>

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three<00:50:58.920><c> friends.</c><00:50:59.400><c> And</c><00:50:59.460><c> as</c><00:50:59.659><c> we've</c><00:50:59.860><c> already</c><00:51:00.000><c> mentioned,</c><00:51:00.519><c> stripping</c><00:51:00.719><c> out</c><00:51:00.960><c> the</c><00:51:01.099><c> name</c><00:51:01.440><c> of</c>

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the<00:51:02.239><c> God</c><00:51:02.400><c> of</c><00:51:02.539><c> Israel</c><00:51:02.920><c> from</c>

00:51:03.280 --> 00:51:09.340
those<00:51:03.619><c> names,</c><00:51:04.039><c> so</c><00:51:04.179><c> they</c><00:51:04.380><c> were</c><00:51:04.579><c> absent</c><00:51:05.139><c> of</c><00:51:05.460><c> any</c><00:51:06.460><c> memory</c><00:51:07.059><c> of</c><00:51:07.340><c> Israel</c><00:51:07.840><c> and</c><00:51:08.139><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:51:12.500><c> so</c><00:51:12.599><c> what</c><00:51:12.760><c> we're</c><00:51:12.800><c> being</c><00:51:13.000><c> told</c><00:51:13.219><c> in</c><00:51:13.420><c> verse</c><00:51:13.679><c> 8,</c><00:51:14.059><c> that</c><00:51:15.280><c> Daniel</c>

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was<00:51:16.960><c> going</c><00:51:17.239><c> to</c><00:51:17.599><c> protest.</c><00:51:18.380><c> The</c><00:51:18.760><c> source</c><00:51:19.179><c> of</c><00:51:19.360><c> his</c>

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protesting<00:51:20.059><c> was</c><00:51:20.400><c> in</c><00:51:20.699><c> the</c><00:51:20.980><c> giving</c><00:51:21.280><c> of</c><00:51:21.659><c> the</c><00:51:21.840><c> names.</c><00:51:22.539><c> But</c><00:51:22.760><c> rather</c>

00:51:23.159 --> 00:51:25.840
interestingly,<00:51:24.320><c> he</c><00:51:24.460><c> chooses</c><00:51:24.880><c> not</c><00:51:25.280><c> to</c><00:51:25.559><c> protest</c>

00:51:25.840 --> 00:51:29.500
over<00:51:26.079><c> the</c><00:51:26.239><c> names.</c><00:51:26.679><c> He</c><00:51:26.900><c> chooses</c><00:51:27.420><c> to</c><00:51:27.760><c> protest</c><00:51:28.340><c> over</c><00:51:28.960><c> the</c><00:51:29.219><c> giving</c>

00:51:29.500 --> 00:51:32.159
of<00:51:29.800><c> the</c><00:51:29.980><c> king's</c><00:51:30.400><c> meat.</c><00:51:30.500><c> Now</c><00:51:30.679><c> why</c><00:51:30.920><c> is</c><00:51:31.119><c> that?</c>

00:51:34.239 --> 00:51:38.880
Because<00:51:34.800><c> he</c><00:51:34.980><c> could</c><00:51:35.280><c> see</c><00:51:35.619><c> that</c><00:51:35.820><c> there</c><00:51:36.000><c> was</c><00:51:36.199><c> no</c><00:51:36.900><c> opportunity</c><00:51:37.860><c> to</c>

00:51:38.880 --> 00:51:40.800
protest<00:51:39.239><c> over</c><00:51:39.559><c> the</c><00:51:39.739><c> names.</c>

00:51:42.199 --> 00:51:45.280
But<00:51:42.599><c> he</c><00:51:42.880><c> made</c><00:51:43.139><c> it</c><00:51:43.260><c> a</c><00:51:43.440><c> point</c><00:51:43.599><c> within</c><00:51:43.840><c> his</c><00:51:44.119><c> heart</c><00:51:44.280><c> that</c><00:51:44.420><c> he</c><00:51:44.619><c> would</c>

00:51:45.280 --> 00:51:48.019
protest.<00:51:46.059><c> The</c><00:51:46.340><c> source</c><00:51:46.780><c> of</c><00:51:46.960><c> his</c><00:51:47.219><c> protesting</c><00:51:47.659><c> was</c>

00:51:48.019 --> 00:51:50.940
the<00:51:48.260><c> names,</c><00:51:48.980><c> but</c><00:51:49.139><c> the</c><00:51:49.360><c> way</c><00:51:49.559><c> in</c><00:51:49.679><c> which</c><00:51:49.780><c> he</c><00:51:49.920><c> would</c><00:51:50.159><c> protest</c><00:51:50.579><c> was</c>

00:51:50.940 --> 00:51:54.099
through<00:51:51.219><c> the</c><00:51:51.460><c> meats.</c><00:51:53.059><c> That's</c><00:51:53.380><c> interesting,</c><00:51:53.980><c> isn't</c>

00:51:54.099 --> 00:51:57.659
it?<00:51:54.659><c> And</c><00:51:54.880><c> brothers</c><00:51:55.039><c> and</c><00:51:55.219><c> sisters,</c><00:51:55.880><c> and</c><00:51:56.159><c> young</c><00:51:56.340><c> people,</c><00:51:56.639><c> we</c><00:51:56.900><c> can</c><00:51:57.099><c> find</c><00:51:57.219><c> ourselves</c><00:51:57.480><c> in</c>

00:51:57.659 --> 00:51:59.280
very<00:51:57.940><c> similar</c><00:51:58.179><c> situations.</c>

00:51:59.659 --> 00:52:02.099
Something<00:52:00.039><c> that</c><00:52:00.400><c> causes</c><00:52:00.659><c> us</c><00:52:00.920><c> a</c><00:52:01.139><c> problem,</c><00:52:01.420><c> we</c><00:52:01.559><c> know</c><00:52:01.760><c> we've</c><00:52:02.000><c> got</c>

00:52:02.099 --> 00:52:04.260
to<00:52:02.280><c> speak</c><00:52:02.559><c> up</c><00:52:02.719><c> and</c><00:52:02.940><c> challenge</c><00:52:03.300><c> it,</c><00:52:03.699><c> but</c><00:52:03.880><c> we</c><00:52:04.000><c> know</c><00:52:04.099><c> we</c>

00:52:04.260 --> 00:52:07.760
can't<00:52:04.599><c> challenge</c><00:52:04.920><c> that.</c><00:52:05.400><c> But</c><00:52:05.599><c> we</c><00:52:05.760><c> know</c><00:52:05.920><c> we'll</c><00:52:06.239><c> challenge</c><00:52:06.480><c> something</c><00:52:06.940><c> else,</c><00:52:07.340><c> because</c><00:52:07.599><c> it</c>

00:52:07.760 --> 00:52:08.780
will<00:52:07.860><c> be</c><00:52:08.000><c> more</c><00:52:08.239><c> acceptable,</c>

00:52:08.960 --> 00:52:13.760
and<00:52:09.320><c> our</c><00:52:09.619><c> point</c><00:52:09.880><c> of</c><00:52:10.059><c> view</c><00:52:10.159><c> will</c><00:52:10.360><c> be</c><00:52:10.699><c> expressed</c><00:52:11.039><c> and</c><00:52:11.340><c> understood.</c><00:52:13.300><c> There's</c><00:52:13.579><c> a</c>

00:52:13.760 --> 00:52:15.539
wisdom<00:52:14.079><c> to</c><00:52:14.320><c> that.</c><00:52:15.179><c> There</c><00:52:15.340><c> was</c>

00:52:15.539 --> 00:52:21.320
wisdom<00:52:16.000><c> to</c><00:52:16.260><c> Daniel.</c><00:52:19.659><c> He</c><00:52:19.960><c> knew</c><00:52:20.260><c> that</c><00:52:20.420><c> he</c><00:52:20.519><c> had</c><00:52:20.679><c> an</c><00:52:20.820><c> opportunity</c>

00:52:21.320 --> 00:52:25.159
to<00:52:21.599><c> protest</c><00:52:22.139><c> over</c><00:52:23.000><c> the</c><00:52:23.199><c> meat,</c><00:52:23.420><c> and</c><00:52:23.500><c> it</c><00:52:23.639><c> was</c><00:52:23.900><c> the</c><00:52:24.139><c> meat</c>

00:52:25.380 --> 00:52:32.340
that<00:52:25.639><c> he</c><00:52:25.860><c> drew</c><00:52:26.059><c> the</c><00:52:26.280><c> line.</c><00:52:29.480><c> But</c><00:52:29.980><c> as</c><00:52:30.179><c> we</c><00:52:30.360><c> make</c><00:52:30.659><c> our</c><00:52:30.860><c> way</c><00:52:31.019><c> down</c><00:52:31.420><c> this</c><00:52:31.679><c> chapter,</c><00:52:32.079><c> and</c><00:52:32.260><c> we</c>

00:52:32.340 --> 00:52:33.780
know<00:52:32.539><c> this</c><00:52:32.719><c> chapter,</c>

00:52:34.539 --> 00:52:37.820
he<00:52:34.699><c> doesn't</c><00:52:35.000><c> throw</c><00:52:35.559><c> his</c><00:52:35.960><c> toys</c><00:52:36.219><c> out</c><00:52:36.500><c> of</c><00:52:36.599><c> the</c><00:52:36.820><c> pram,</c><00:52:37.079><c> does</c><00:52:37.239><c> he?</c>

00:52:38.239 --> 00:52:40.739
We<00:52:38.639><c> don't</c><00:52:38.940><c> for</c><00:52:39.139><c> one</c><00:52:39.400><c> moment</c><00:52:39.840><c> see</c><00:52:40.219><c> Daniel</c>

00:52:40.739 --> 00:52:49.159
screaming<00:52:41.480><c> and</c><00:52:41.820><c> shouting</c><00:52:42.320><c> and</c><00:52:42.699><c> expressing</c><00:52:43.199><c> his</c><00:52:43.500><c> point</c><00:52:43.840><c> of</c><00:52:44.059><c> view</c><00:52:44.219><c> and</c><00:52:44.820><c> stamping</c><00:52:45.440><c> his</c><00:52:45.860><c> feet</c><00:52:46.460><c> vehemently,</c><00:52:48.159><c> do</c><00:52:48.360><c> we?</c>

00:52:50.980 --> 00:52:56.679
He<00:52:51.579><c> protested,</c><00:52:52.260><c> yes,</c><00:52:53.480><c> but</c><00:52:54.000><c> look</c><00:52:54.280><c> how</c><00:52:54.480><c> he</c><00:52:54.780><c> protested.</c><00:52:56.280><c> He</c><00:52:56.460><c> had</c>

00:52:56.679 --> 00:53:01.460
a<00:52:57.059><c> quiet</c><00:52:58.179><c> conversation.</c><00:53:00.780><c> Now</c><00:53:00.980><c> that's</c><00:53:01.179><c> a</c><00:53:01.260><c> lesson</c>

00:53:01.460 --> 00:53:03.920
in<00:53:01.699><c> intellectual</c><00:53:01.900><c> life,</c><00:53:02.340><c> isn't</c><00:53:02.460><c> it,</c><00:53:02.559><c> brothers</c><00:53:02.760><c> and</c><00:53:02.980><c> sisters?</c>

00:53:04.760 --> 00:53:06.599
Often<00:53:05.099><c> it's</c><00:53:05.300><c> not</c><00:53:05.480><c> the</c><00:53:05.739><c> stand</c><00:53:05.960><c> that</c><00:53:06.119><c> we</c><00:53:06.340><c> make,</c>

00:53:06.599 --> 00:53:09.639
it's<00:53:06.840><c> the</c><00:53:07.039><c> way</c><00:53:07.440><c> that</c><00:53:07.639><c> we</c><00:53:07.860><c> make</c><00:53:08.159><c> the</c><00:53:08.420><c> stand,</c><00:53:08.679><c> isn't</c><00:53:08.940><c> it,</c><00:53:09.380><c> that</c>

00:53:09.639 --> 00:53:11.260
causes<00:53:09.940><c> offence.</c>

00:53:13.039 --> 00:53:15.440
Look<00:53:13.219><c> at</c><00:53:13.380><c> the</c><00:53:13.519><c> beauty</c><00:53:13.780><c> of</c><00:53:13.940><c> this</c><00:53:14.119><c> character.</c><00:53:14.760><c> There's</c><00:53:14.820><c> so</c><00:53:15.300><c> much</c>

00:53:15.440 --> 00:53:20.639
for<00:53:15.659><c> you</c><00:53:16.000><c> and</c><00:53:16.260><c> for</c><00:53:16.500><c> me</c><00:53:17.099><c> to</c><00:53:17.599><c> learn</c><00:53:18.039><c> from</c><00:53:18.940><c> this</c><00:53:19.559><c> man.</c>

00:53:22.539 --> 00:53:27.340
And<00:53:22.800><c> so</c><00:53:23.039><c> he</c><00:53:23.199><c> was</c><00:53:23.380><c> given</c><00:53:23.659><c> pulse</c><00:53:24.019><c> to</c><00:53:24.300><c> eat</c><00:53:24.599><c> fruit</c><00:53:25.079><c> and</c><00:53:25.400><c> vegetables.</c><00:53:26.840><c> There</c><00:53:26.960><c> might</c><00:53:27.139><c> be</c>

00:53:27.340 --> 00:53:28.199
something<00:53:27.599><c> in</c><00:53:27.940><c> five</c>

00:53:28.199 --> 00:53:33.159
a<00:53:28.400><c> day,</c><00:53:29.280><c> what</c><00:53:29.400><c> we</c><00:53:29.599><c> call</c><00:53:29.679><c> back</c><00:53:30.019><c> home,</c><00:53:31.760><c> as</c><00:53:31.880><c> our</c><00:53:32.119><c> parents,</c><00:53:32.500><c> particularly</c><00:53:32.900><c> our</c>

00:53:33.159 --> 00:53:34.639
mums<00:53:33.480><c> around</c><00:53:33.860><c> the</c><00:53:34.079><c> table,</c><00:53:34.500><c> that</c>

00:53:34.639 --> 00:53:37.420
encourages<00:53:34.960><c> us</c><00:53:35.320><c> to</c><00:53:35.519><c> eat</c><00:53:35.739><c> our</c><00:53:36.019><c> fruit</c><00:53:36.260><c> and</c><00:53:36.519><c> veg.</c><00:53:36.800><c> There's</c><00:53:36.900><c> something</c><00:53:37.179><c> to</c>

00:53:37.420 --> 00:53:39.099
that,<00:53:38.179><c> possibly.</c>

00:53:41.219 --> 00:53:45.139
And<00:53:41.519><c> Daniel</c><00:53:41.719><c> was</c><00:53:42.000><c> prepared</c><00:53:42.280><c> to</c><00:53:42.460><c> eat</c><00:53:42.619><c> this</c><00:53:42.820><c> for</c><00:53:43.019><c> ten</c><00:53:43.280><c> days,</c><00:53:44.179><c> confident</c><00:53:44.619><c> that</c><00:53:44.940><c> he</c>

00:53:45.139 --> 00:53:48.800
would<00:53:45.420><c> be</c><00:53:46.539><c> ten</c><00:53:47.039><c> times</c><00:53:47.519><c> better</c>

00:53:49.980 --> 00:53:54.980
than<00:53:50.260><c> any</c><00:53:50.639><c> of</c><00:53:51.019><c> the</c><00:53:51.199><c> wise</c><00:53:51.519><c> men</c><00:53:51.800><c> within</c><00:53:52.539><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:53:53.519><c> kingdom.</c><00:53:54.760><c> Look</c>

00:53:54.980 --> 00:53:56.860
at<00:53:55.119><c> verses</c><00:53:55.360><c> 19</c><00:53:55.840><c> and</c><00:53:56.000><c> 20</c><00:53:56.360><c> as</c><00:53:56.539><c> we</c><00:53:56.719><c> bring</c>

00:53:56.860 --> 00:54:00.860
our<00:53:57.059><c> thoughts</c><00:53:57.260><c> to</c><00:53:57.440><c> a</c><00:53:57.659><c> conclusion.</c><00:54:00.000><c> And</c><00:54:00.119><c> the</c><00:54:00.199><c> king</c><00:54:00.460><c> commanded</c>

00:54:00.860 --> 00:54:03.219
with<00:54:01.179><c> them,</c><00:54:01.659><c> and</c><00:54:01.800><c> among</c><00:54:02.000><c> them</c><00:54:02.239><c> all</c><00:54:02.800><c> was</c>

00:54:03.219 --> 00:54:07.800
found<00:54:03.519><c> none</c><00:54:03.840><c> like</c><00:54:04.119><c> Daniel,</c><00:54:04.840><c> Hananiah,</c><00:54:05.500><c> Mishael,</c><00:54:05.880><c> and</c><00:54:06.079><c> Azariah.</c><00:54:06.920><c> Therefore</c><00:54:07.360><c> stood</c>

00:54:07.800 --> 00:54:09.059
they<00:54:08.079><c> before</c><00:54:08.500><c> the</c><00:54:08.739><c> king,</c>

00:54:09.119 --> 00:54:11.320
and<00:54:09.239><c> in</c><00:54:09.420><c> all</c><00:54:09.639><c> matters</c><00:54:09.980><c> of</c><00:54:10.239><c> wisdom</c><00:54:10.480><c> and</c><00:54:10.699><c> understanding,</c><00:54:11.260><c> the</c>

00:54:11.320 --> 00:54:14.500
king<00:54:11.659><c> inquired</c><00:54:12.239><c> of</c><00:54:12.380><c> them.</c><00:54:12.780><c> He</c><00:54:13.039><c> found</c><00:54:13.340><c> them</c><00:54:13.599><c> ten</c><00:54:14.000><c> times</c>

00:54:14.500 --> 00:54:19.260
better<00:54:15.079><c> than</c><00:54:15.880><c> the</c><00:54:16.079><c> magicians</c><00:54:16.739><c> and</c><00:54:16.920><c> the</c><00:54:17.219><c> astrologers</c><00:54:18.199><c> that</c><00:54:18.659><c> were</c><00:54:18.920><c> in</c>

00:54:19.260 --> 00:54:22.940
his<00:54:19.780><c> realm.</c><00:54:21.260><c> If</c><00:54:21.639><c> you</c><00:54:21.820><c> do</c><00:54:21.960><c> the</c><00:54:22.239><c> computation</c><00:54:22.739><c> in</c>

00:54:22.940 --> 00:54:27.219
your<00:54:23.199><c> mind,</c><00:54:24.880><c> being</c><00:54:25.179><c> ten</c><00:54:25.480><c> times</c><00:54:25.860><c> better</c><00:54:26.260><c> at</c><00:54:26.460><c> the</c><00:54:26.619><c> end</c><00:54:26.780><c> of</c><00:54:26.980><c> ten</c>

00:54:27.219 --> 00:54:29.920
days,<00:54:27.699><c> what</c><00:54:27.860><c> it</c><00:54:28.059><c> means</c><00:54:28.219><c> in</c><00:54:28.519><c> reality,</c><00:54:28.940><c> for</c><00:54:29.199><c> every</c><00:54:29.559><c> single</c>

00:54:29.920 --> 00:54:34.360
day,<00:54:30.920><c> he</c><00:54:31.119><c> was</c><00:54:31.420><c> twice</c><00:54:31.780><c> as</c><00:54:32.039><c> good</c><00:54:32.260><c> as</c><00:54:32.500><c> the</c><00:54:32.679><c> next</c><00:54:33.019><c> best</c><00:54:33.440><c> wise</c><00:54:33.800><c> man</c>

00:54:34.360 --> 00:54:37.760
and<00:54:34.860><c> astrologer.</c><00:54:35.699><c> Twice</c><00:54:36.019><c> as</c><00:54:36.260><c> good.</c><00:54:37.239><c> So</c><00:54:37.519><c> at</c><00:54:37.639><c> the</c><00:54:37.639><c> end</c>

00:54:37.760 --> 00:54:44.380
of<00:54:37.900><c> the</c><00:54:37.980><c> period,</c><00:54:38.179><c> he</c><00:54:38.260><c> was</c><00:54:38.460><c> ten</c><00:54:38.760><c> times</c><00:54:39.159><c> better.</c><00:54:39.559><c> Now</c><00:54:39.760><c> that's</c><00:54:40.079><c> some</c><00:54:40.300><c> diet,</c><00:54:40.679><c> isn't</c><00:54:40.840><c> it?</c><00:54:43.559><c> Had</c><00:54:43.900><c> nothing</c><00:54:44.119><c> to</c>

00:54:44.380 --> 00:54:44.900
do<00:54:44.519><c> with</c><00:54:44.699><c> the</c>

00:54:44.900 --> 00:54:52.579
diet.<00:54:46.940><c> Nothing</c><00:54:47.340><c> to</c><00:54:47.739><c> do</c><00:54:48.019><c> with</c><00:54:48.199><c> the</c><00:54:48.360><c> diet.</c><00:54:50.079><c> It</c><00:54:50.619><c> was</c><00:54:50.840><c> the</c><00:54:51.000><c> blessing</c><00:54:51.280><c> of</c><00:54:51.500><c> God.</c>

00:54:53.340 --> 00:54:54.349
And<00:54:53.480><c> brothers</c><00:54:53.619><c> and</c><00:54:53.880><c> sisters</c><00:54:54.079><c> and</c>

00:54:54.349 --> 00:55:07.099
people,<00:54:54.710><c> I</c><00:54:54.989><c> leave</c><00:54:55.309><c> that</c><00:54:55.710><c> with</c><00:54:55.949><c> you.</c><00:55:02.050><c> God</c><00:55:02.369><c> can</c><00:55:02.610><c> do</c><00:55:02.809><c> anything</c><00:55:03.409><c> with</c><00:55:05.150><c> whatever</c><00:55:05.650><c> little</c><00:55:05.969><c> we</c><00:55:06.210><c> have.</c>

00:55:08.530 --> 00:55:16.230
Oh,<00:55:10.449><c> if</c><00:55:10.750><c> only</c><00:55:11.190><c> we</c><00:55:11.389><c> could</c><00:55:11.630><c> find</c><00:55:11.889><c> our</c><00:55:12.190><c> voice</c><00:55:12.869><c> and</c><00:55:13.809><c> we</c><00:55:14.010><c> could</c><00:55:14.289><c> protest</c><00:55:15.170><c> and</c>

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speak<00:55:16.650><c> up</c><00:55:17.010><c> and</c><00:55:17.329><c> say</c><00:55:17.869><c> from</c><00:55:18.550><c> time</c><00:55:18.929><c> to</c><00:55:19.110><c> time,</c>

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no,<00:55:21.650><c> that</c><00:55:22.010><c> is</c><00:55:22.269><c> not</c><00:55:22.530><c> right.</c><00:55:24.050><c> I</c><00:55:24.349><c> will</c><00:55:24.710><c> not</c><00:55:25.010><c> do</c><00:55:25.329><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:55:29.909><c> all</c><00:55:30.070><c> about</c><00:55:30.230><c> where</c><00:55:30.389><c> we</c><00:55:30.610><c> draw</c><00:55:30.789><c> the</c><00:55:31.030><c> line.</c><00:55:33.409><c> I</c><00:55:33.690><c> leave</c><00:55:33.909><c> this</c>

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thought<00:55:34.369><c> with</c><00:55:34.610><c> you.</c>

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Where<00:55:37.250><c> is</c><00:55:37.530><c> your</c><00:55:37.849><c> line?</c><00:55:40.170><c> Where</c><00:55:40.510><c> is</c><00:55:41.110><c> my</c><00:55:41.510><c> line?</c><00:55:41.849><c> The</c><00:55:42.090><c> line</c><00:55:42.389><c> in</c><00:55:42.550><c> which</c><00:55:42.710><c> we</c>

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make<00:55:43.170><c> in</c><00:55:43.309><c> the</c><00:55:43.489><c> stand.</c><00:55:43.809><c> At</c><00:55:43.949><c> which</c><00:55:44.210><c> point</c>

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we<00:55:44.710><c> will</c><00:55:45.170><c> stand</c><00:55:45.570><c> up</c><00:55:45.889><c> and</c><00:55:46.230><c> we</c><00:55:46.690><c> will</c><00:55:47.210><c> protest.</c><00:55:49.650><c> Where</c><00:55:49.849><c> is</c><00:55:49.969><c> your</c>

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line,<00:55:50.550><c> brothers</c><00:55:50.690><c> and</c><00:55:50.929><c> sisters</c><00:55:51.170><c> and</c><00:55:51.369><c> young</c><00:55:51.590><c> people?</c>

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Where<00:55:53.250><c> is</c><00:55:53.530><c> mine?</c><00:55:55.369><c> You</c><00:55:55.530><c> know</c><00:55:55.590><c> the</c><00:55:55.769><c> point</c><00:55:55.949><c> of</c><00:55:56.110><c> all</c><00:55:56.289><c> of</c><00:55:56.469><c> this?</c><00:55:57.789><c> That</c><00:55:58.150><c> line?</c><00:56:00.449><c> Only</c><00:56:00.789><c> you</c>

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can<00:56:03.150><c> draw</c><00:56:03.349><c> that</c><00:56:03.630><c> line.</c>

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You<00:56:06.130><c> have</c><00:56:06.409><c> to</c><00:56:06.610><c> do</c><00:56:06.769><c> it.</c><00:56:08.489><c> It's</c><00:56:08.989><c> a</c><00:56:09.170><c> matter</c><00:56:09.610><c> of</c><00:56:10.469><c> conscience,</c><00:56:11.050><c> isn't</c>

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it?<00:56:12.730><c> But</c><00:56:13.010><c> that's</c><00:56:13.309><c> the</c><00:56:13.469><c> point.</c>

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You<00:56:15.449><c> have</c><00:56:15.849><c> to</c><00:56:16.090><c> draw</c><00:56:16.309><c> the</c><00:56:16.570><c> line.</c><00:56:17.730><c> We</c><00:56:18.150><c> all</c><00:56:19.010><c> have</c><00:56:19.590><c> to</c><00:56:19.809><c> draw</c><00:56:20.010><c> a</c><00:56:20.230><c> line</c>

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because<00:56:21.929><c> no</c><00:56:22.329><c> one</c><00:56:22.809><c> will</c><00:56:23.090><c> draw</c><00:56:23.210><c> it</c><00:56:23.349><c> for</c><00:56:23.570><c> you.</c>

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meets<00:56:44.789><c> three</c><00:56:46.070><c> immovable</c><00:56:46.730><c> objects.</c>