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God's<00:11:03.899><c> eternal</c><00:11:04.299><c> purpose</c><00:11:04.820><c> was</c><00:11:05.259><c> being</c><00:11:05.600><c> fulfilled</c><00:11:06.220><c> in</c><00:11:06.419><c> his</c><00:11:06.639><c> death</c><00:11:06.879><c> as</c>

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There<00:11:25.539><c> was</c><00:11:25.919><c> in</c><00:11:26.019><c> fact,</c><00:11:26.360><c> and</c><00:11:26.480><c> we</c><00:11:26.559><c> have</c><00:11:26.740><c> to</c><00:11:26.840><c> remember</c><00:11:27.100><c> that</c><00:11:27.379><c> Luke</c>

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was<00:11:27.759><c> a</c><00:11:27.940><c> very</c><00:11:28.240><c> careful</c>

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and<00:11:28.840><c> precise</c><00:11:29.340><c> historian,</c><00:11:30.299><c> there</c><00:11:30.440><c> was</c><00:11:30.740><c> in</c><00:11:30.940><c> fact</c><00:11:31.100><c> a</c><00:11:31.340><c> second</c><00:11:31.580><c> census</c>

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which<00:11:32.679><c> is</c><00:11:32.919><c> referred</c><00:11:33.220><c> to</c><00:11:33.460><c> in</c><00:11:33.600><c> Acts</c><00:11:33.820><c> 5</c><00:11:34.200><c> and</c><00:11:34.340><c> verse</c><00:11:34.580><c> 37,</c>

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his<00:11:45.019><c> genealogy,</c>

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his<00:11:45.820><c> chronology</c><00:11:46.340><c> that</c><00:11:46.559><c> is,</c><00:11:47.120><c> because</c><00:11:47.519><c> he</c><00:11:47.899><c> had</c><00:11:48.179><c> placed</c><00:11:48.419><c> the</c><00:11:48.620><c> birth</c><00:11:48.779><c> of</c><00:11:49.000><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:11:53.700><c> yet</c><00:11:53.860><c> they</c><00:11:54.100><c> just</c><00:11:54.379><c> did</c><00:11:54.600><c> not</c><00:11:54.820><c> have</c><00:11:54.960><c> the</c><00:11:55.259><c> evidence</c><00:11:55.500><c> of</c><00:11:55.700><c> that</c>

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secular<00:12:01.519><c> sources,</c>

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have<00:12:02.539><c> proved</c><00:12:02.840><c> that</c><00:12:03.080><c> Luke</c><00:12:03.259><c> did</c><00:12:03.580><c> indeed</c><00:12:03.899><c> know</c><00:12:04.159><c> exactly</c><00:12:04.620><c> what</c><00:12:04.759><c> he</c>

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and<00:12:05.960><c> he</c><00:12:06.259><c> placed</c><00:12:06.559><c> the</c><00:12:07.019><c> first</c><00:12:07.240><c> census</c><00:12:07.700><c> and</c><00:12:08.059><c> the</c><00:12:08.340><c> second</c><00:12:08.519><c> census</c>

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secular<00:12:12.899><c> history.</c>

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and<00:12:22.139><c> Joseph</c><00:12:22.419><c> also</c><00:12:22.820><c> went</c><00:12:22.960><c> up</c><00:12:23.100><c> from</c><00:12:23.320><c> Galilee</c><00:12:23.799><c> out</c><00:12:23.980><c> of</c><00:12:24.100><c> the</c><00:12:24.220><c> city</c>

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and<00:12:48.460><c> his</c><00:12:48.460><c> true</c><00:12:48.820><c> place</c><00:12:49.159><c> of</c><00:12:49.480><c> residence</c><00:12:49.740><c> would</c><00:12:49.940><c> be</c><00:12:50.120><c> where</c><00:12:50.299><c> his</c><00:12:50.600><c> family</c><00:12:51.059><c> had</c><00:12:52.220><c> grown</c><00:12:52.539><c> up</c>

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each<00:13:02.740><c> tribe</c><00:13:03.080><c> received</c><00:13:03.600><c> its</c><00:13:03.919><c> allotted</c><00:13:04.259><c> inheritance</c>

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received<00:13:27.000><c> their</c><00:13:27.299><c> inheritance.</c>

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Bethlehem,<00:13:33.519><c> of</c><00:13:33.559><c> course,</c><00:13:34.179><c> the</c><00:13:34.360><c> city</c><00:13:34.539><c> of</c><00:13:34.720><c> David,</c>

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would<00:13:53.740><c> avail</c><00:13:53.960><c> herself</c><00:13:54.399><c> of</c><00:13:54.559><c> the</c><00:13:54.740><c> opportunity</c><00:13:55.200><c> to</c><00:13:55.360><c> go</c><00:13:55.639><c> back</c>

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do<00:14:06.179><c> that</c><00:14:06.419><c> very</c><00:14:06.639><c> thing</c>

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to<00:14:13.980><c> go</c><00:14:14.139><c> with</c><00:14:14.460><c> Joseph</c><00:14:15.080><c> to</c><00:14:16.179><c> the</c><00:14:17.399><c> ancestral</c><00:14:18.019><c> home</c><00:14:18.539><c> and</c><00:14:19.000><c> there</c><00:14:19.200><c> to</c>

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And<00:14:32.019><c> so</c><00:14:32.220><c> they</c><00:14:32.440><c> went.</c><00:14:33.019><c> It</c><00:14:33.220><c> was</c><00:14:33.399><c> probably</c><00:14:33.679><c> a</c><00:14:33.840><c> three</c><00:14:34.019><c> or</c><00:14:34.120><c> four</c><00:14:34.440><c> day</c><00:14:34.600><c> journey.</c>

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There<00:14:37.480><c> were</c><00:14:37.639><c> no</c><00:14:38.220><c> super</c><00:14:38.559><c> highways</c><00:14:39.000><c> and</c><00:14:39.259><c> no</c><00:14:39.559><c> fine</c><00:14:39.820><c> air</c><00:14:40.059><c> conditioned</c><00:14:40.440><c> cars</c>

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restaurant<00:14:44.340><c> to</c><00:14:44.600><c> another.</c>

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There<00:14:53.700><c> was</c><00:14:53.980><c> fear</c><00:14:54.179><c> of</c><00:14:54.539><c> wild</c><00:14:54.740><c> animals.</c>

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And<00:14:56.100><c> so</c><00:14:56.220><c> they</c><00:14:56.360><c> would</c><00:14:56.580><c> travel</c><00:14:56.899><c> in</c><00:14:57.059><c> this</c><00:14:57.259><c> way,</c><00:14:57.960><c> and</c><00:14:58.159><c> instead</c><00:14:58.379><c> of</c>

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a<00:14:58.720><c> fine</c><00:14:58.899><c> restaurant</c>

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and<00:15:03.860><c> stale.</c>

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Instead<00:15:05.279><c> of</c><00:15:05.759><c> a</c><00:15:05.980><c> fine</c><00:15:06.139><c> hotel</c><00:15:06.659><c> to</c><00:15:06.899><c> stay</c><00:15:07.059><c> in</c><00:15:07.220><c> with</c><00:15:07.399><c> air</c><00:15:07.580><c> conditioning</c><00:15:08.000><c> and</c><00:15:08.240><c> hot</c><00:15:08.500><c> showers,</c>

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scare<00:15:18.519><c> away</c><00:15:18.759><c> the</c><00:15:18.980><c> wild</c><00:15:19.200><c> animals</c>

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and<00:15:48.240><c> they</c><00:15:48.399><c> didn't</c><00:15:48.539><c> know</c><00:15:48.720><c> what</c><00:15:48.879><c> the</c><00:15:49.100><c> future</c><00:15:49.320><c> held,</c><00:15:50.299><c> but</c><00:15:50.460><c> they</c>

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But<00:16:07.360><c> we're</c><00:16:07.659><c> told</c><00:16:07.899><c> in</c><00:16:08.179><c> Scripture,</c><00:16:09.139><c> commit</c><00:16:09.379><c> your</c><00:16:09.679><c> way</c><00:16:09.879><c> into</c><00:16:10.080><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:16:10.480><c> and</c><00:16:10.639><c> put</c><00:16:10.840><c> your</c><00:16:11.039><c> trust</c><00:16:11.320><c> in</c><00:16:11.559><c> Him</c>

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and<00:16:12.919><c> He</c><00:16:13.059><c> will</c><00:16:13.259><c> bring</c><00:16:13.519><c> to</c><00:16:13.759><c> pass</c><00:16:14.039><c> the</c><00:16:14.279><c> fulfillment</c><00:16:14.720><c> of</c><00:16:14.899><c> His</c><00:16:15.080><c> purpose.</c>

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Trust<00:16:17.860><c> in</c><00:16:18.059><c> the</c><00:16:18.259><c> Lord.</c>

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Oh,<00:16:20.000><c> it</c><00:16:20.019><c> seems</c><00:16:20.279><c> so</c><00:16:20.580><c> easy,</c><00:16:21.039><c> doesn't</c><00:16:21.139><c> it?</c>

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If<00:16:21.899><c> we're</c><00:16:22.100><c> well</c><00:16:22.419><c> fed</c><00:16:22.639><c> and</c><00:16:22.840><c> we've</c><00:16:23.039><c> got</c><00:16:23.139><c> money</c><00:16:23.399><c> in</c><00:16:23.559><c> the</c><00:16:23.720><c> bank</c>

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But<00:16:33.820><c> what</c><00:16:34.019><c> happens</c><00:16:34.360><c> when</c><00:16:34.580><c> darkness</c><00:16:35.039><c> comes</c><00:16:35.480><c> or</c><00:16:35.720><c> disease?</c>

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What<00:16:37.159><c> happens</c><00:16:37.519><c> when</c><00:16:37.679><c> we're</c><00:16:38.039><c> paralyzed</c><00:16:38.580><c> by</c><00:16:38.980><c> fears</c><00:16:39.399><c> in</c><00:16:39.600><c> the</c><00:16:39.759><c> night?</c>

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When<00:16:45.460><c> we're</c><00:16:45.779><c> afraid</c><00:16:46.100><c> for</c><00:16:46.340><c> our</c><00:16:46.539><c> families?</c>

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Then<00:16:48.120><c> is</c><00:16:48.360><c> the</c><00:16:48.559><c> time</c><00:16:48.860><c> that</c><00:16:49.120><c> we</c><00:16:49.220><c> really</c><00:16:49.700><c> have</c><00:16:49.980><c> to</c><00:16:50.059><c> remember,</c>

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as<00:16:51.100><c> Joseph</c><00:16:51.480><c> and</c><00:16:51.720><c> Mary</c><00:16:51.940><c> did</c><00:16:52.159><c> in</c><00:16:52.299><c> their</c><00:16:52.539><c> time</c><00:16:52.779><c> of</c><00:16:53.019><c> uncertainty,</c>

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how<00:16:54.480><c> essential</c><00:16:55.159><c> it</c><00:16:55.299><c> is</c><00:16:55.860><c> that</c><00:16:56.279><c> we</c><00:16:56.480><c> trust</c><00:16:56.740><c> in</c><00:16:56.899><c> the</c><00:16:57.039><c> Lord.</c>

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Not<00:16:57.980><c> just</c><00:16:58.240><c> when</c><00:16:58.399><c> the</c><00:16:58.500><c> sun</c><00:16:58.740><c> is</c><00:16:58.940><c> shining,</c><00:16:59.340><c> but</c><00:16:59.480><c> when</c><00:16:59.639><c> the</c><00:16:59.879><c> clouds</c>

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obscure<00:17:01.700><c> its</c><00:17:02.000><c> sight.</c>

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And<00:17:05.579><c> so</c><00:17:05.680><c> they</c><00:17:05.920><c> traveled</c><00:17:06.259><c> a</c><00:17:06.480><c> route</c><00:17:06.680><c> that</c><00:17:06.900><c> took</c><00:17:07.140><c> them</c><00:17:07.700><c> from</c><00:17:08.660><c> Nazareth</c><00:17:09.200><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:09.480><c> north,</c>

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not<00:17:10.740><c> directly</c><00:17:11.339><c> through</c><00:17:11.880><c> Samaria</c><00:17:12.619><c> to</c><00:17:13.099><c> the</c><00:17:13.299><c> south</c><00:17:13.559><c> on</c><00:17:13.779><c> the</c><00:17:13.839><c> way</c>

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to<00:17:14.240><c> Judah,</c>

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but<00:17:14.880><c> rather</c><00:17:15.160><c> if</c><00:17:15.339><c> you</c><00:17:15.440><c> can</c><00:17:15.700><c> envision</c><00:17:16.000><c> a</c><00:17:16.240><c> map,</c>

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they<00:17:17.039><c> traveled</c><00:17:17.420><c> from</c><00:17:17.720><c> Nazareth</c><00:17:18.400><c> over</c><00:17:18.819><c> to</c><00:17:19.019><c> the</c><00:17:19.140><c> Sea</c><00:17:19.279><c> of</c><00:17:19.519><c> Galilee</c><00:17:19.839><c> area,</c>

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then<00:17:21.079><c> around</c><00:17:21.920><c> to</c><00:17:22.240><c> the</c><00:17:22.420><c> east</c><00:17:22.960><c> through</c><00:17:23.920><c> a</c><00:17:24.299><c> territory</c><00:17:24.759><c> called</c><00:17:25.240><c> Korea,</c>

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then<00:17:26.839><c> back</c><00:17:27.220><c> across</c><00:17:27.640><c> at</c><00:17:27.880><c> Jericho</c><00:17:28.500><c> up</c><00:17:29.119><c> to</c><00:17:29.380><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:29.920><c> and</c>

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Bethlehem<00:17:30.920><c> beyond.</c>

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This<00:17:31.880><c> was</c><00:17:32.099><c> the</c><00:17:32.299><c> normal</c><00:17:32.539><c> way</c><00:17:32.799><c> in</c><00:17:32.920><c> which</c><00:17:33.099><c> a</c><00:17:33.299><c> Jew</c><00:17:33.559><c> would</c><00:17:34.000><c> travel</c>

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from<00:17:34.619><c> Galilee</c><00:17:35.579><c> to</c><00:17:36.619><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:17:37.359><c> into</c><00:17:37.559><c> Judah.</c>

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And<00:17:39.019><c> it's</c><00:17:39.140><c> an</c><00:17:39.359><c> interesting</c><00:17:39.700><c> contrast</c><00:17:40.339><c> that</c><00:17:40.599><c> some</c><00:17:40.900><c> 30</c><00:17:41.160><c> years</c><00:17:41.539><c> later,</c>

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the<00:17:42.259><c> sun</c><00:17:42.599><c> that</c><00:17:42.819><c> Mary</c><00:17:43.160><c> carried</c><00:17:43.500><c> in</c><00:17:43.680><c> her</c><00:17:43.980><c> womb</c><00:17:44.299><c> would</c><00:17:44.720><c> make</c><00:17:44.920><c> that</c>

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same<00:17:45.500><c> trip,</c>

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and<00:17:45.940><c> yet</c><00:17:46.099><c> he</c><00:17:46.240><c> would</c><00:17:46.420><c> go</c><00:17:46.720><c> directly</c><00:17:47.220><c> through</c><00:17:47.740><c> from</c><00:17:49.180><c> Nazareth,</c>

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from<00:17:50.960><c> Galilee</c><00:17:51.519><c> to</c><00:17:52.019><c> Judea,</c>

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and<00:17:52.539><c> he</c><00:17:52.599><c> would</c><00:17:52.720><c> go</c><00:17:52.960><c> directly</c><00:17:53.460><c> through</c><00:17:53.720><c> Samaria,</c>

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and<00:17:54.559><c> he</c><00:17:54.700><c> would</c><00:17:54.940><c> find</c><00:17:55.319><c> there</c><00:17:55.779><c> people</c><00:17:56.259><c> of</c><00:17:56.500><c> faith</c><00:17:56.700><c> who</c><00:17:56.839><c> had</c><00:17:57.000><c> been</c>

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shunned<00:17:57.619><c> by</c><00:17:57.819><c> the</c><00:17:58.059><c> Jews</c><00:17:58.319><c> for</c><00:17:58.559><c> hundreds</c><00:17:58.880><c> of</c><00:17:59.140><c> years,</c>

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and<00:18:00.079><c> he</c><00:18:00.200><c> would</c><00:18:00.420><c> find</c><00:18:00.660><c> them</c><00:18:01.319><c> at</c><00:18:01.660><c> the</c><00:18:01.900><c> well,</c><00:18:02.480><c> and</c><00:18:02.700><c> he</c><00:18:02.819><c> would</c><00:18:03.039><c> give</c>

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them<00:18:03.380><c> the</c><00:18:03.579><c> water</c><00:18:03.799><c> of</c><00:18:04.059><c> life,</c>

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and<00:18:04.799><c> he</c><00:18:04.900><c> would</c><00:18:05.119><c> not</c><00:18:05.279><c> be</c><00:18:05.519><c> afraid</c><00:18:05.839><c> of</c><00:18:06.059><c> the</c><00:18:06.259><c> traditions</c><00:18:06.700><c> that</c><00:18:07.380><c> shunned</c><00:18:07.759><c> those</c><00:18:08.119><c> like</c><00:18:08.420><c> the</c>

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Samaritans<00:18:09.180><c> who</c><00:18:09.519><c> were</c><00:18:09.839><c> unclean,</c>

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but<00:18:10.960><c> he</c><00:18:11.099><c> would</c><00:18:11.319><c> confront</c><00:18:11.700><c> those</c><00:18:12.039><c> traditions,</c>

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and<00:18:12.960><c> he</c><00:18:13.059><c> would</c><00:18:13.279><c> find</c><00:18:13.660><c> people</c><00:18:14.200><c> who</c><00:18:14.680><c> loved</c><00:18:14.960><c> God</c><00:18:15.339><c> and</c><00:18:15.500><c> who</c><00:18:15.700><c> wanted</c>

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to<00:18:16.160><c> serve</c><00:18:16.380><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:19.880><c> so</c><00:18:20.059><c> they</c><00:18:20.400><c> traveled</c><00:18:20.779><c> through</c><00:18:21.079><c> Perea,</c><00:18:21.700><c> and</c><00:18:21.759><c> they</c><00:18:21.900><c> would</c>

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cross<00:18:22.460><c> Jericho,</c><00:18:23.279><c> and</c><00:18:23.460><c> they</c><00:18:23.579><c> would</c><00:18:23.799><c> approach</c><00:18:24.180><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:18:26.660><c> I'd</c><00:18:26.819><c> like</c><00:18:27.000><c> to</c><00:18:27.660><c> look</c><00:18:27.940><c> at</c><00:18:28.079><c> a</c><00:18:28.200><c> couple</c><00:18:28.400><c> of</c><00:18:28.579><c> verses</c><00:18:28.819><c> here,</c><00:18:29.380><c> and</c>

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you<00:18:29.900><c> might</c><00:18:30.059><c> say</c><00:18:30.220><c> this</c><00:18:30.339><c> is</c><00:18:30.500><c> very</c><00:18:30.779><c> fanciful,</c>

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but<00:18:33.859><c> if</c><00:18:34.359><c> you</c><00:18:34.519><c> don't</c><00:18:34.779><c> think</c><00:18:34.940><c> this</c><00:18:35.140><c> has</c><00:18:35.319><c> any</c><00:18:35.480><c> meaning,</c>

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I<00:18:36.500><c> would</c><00:18:36.940><c> be</c><00:18:37.700><c> perfectly</c><00:18:38.039><c> happy</c><00:18:38.359><c> to</c><00:18:38.460><c> let</c><00:18:38.579><c> you</c><00:18:38.740><c> pass</c><00:18:39.000><c> it</c><00:18:39.160><c> over</c>

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and<00:18:39.539><c> dismiss</c><00:18:39.839><c> it.</c>

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To<00:18:40.700><c> me,</c><00:18:41.359><c> it</c><00:18:41.599><c> is</c><00:18:42.279><c> a</c><00:18:42.500><c> beautiful</c><00:18:42.940><c> picture.</c>

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It<00:18:43.779><c> is</c><00:18:44.099><c> filling</c><00:18:44.259><c> out</c><00:18:44.599><c> the</c><00:18:44.779><c> scriptural</c><00:18:45.259><c> picture</c><00:18:45.779><c> in</c><00:18:46.519><c> a</c><00:18:46.660><c> way</c><00:18:46.819><c> I</c>

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think<00:18:47.319><c> that</c><00:18:48.160><c> God</c><00:18:48.420><c> allows</c><00:18:48.839><c> us</c><00:18:49.119><c> to</c><00:18:49.319><c> do</c>

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as<00:18:49.680><c> we</c><00:18:49.880><c> use</c><00:18:50.059><c> a</c><00:18:50.099><c> bit</c><00:18:50.319><c> of,</c><00:18:51.000><c> I</c><00:18:51.420><c> hope,</c><00:18:52.000><c> spiritual</c><00:18:52.299><c> imagination</c><00:18:53.059><c> to</c>

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understand<00:18:54.079><c> the</c><00:18:54.259><c> Bible</c><00:18:54.539><c> story.</c>

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And<00:18:56.240><c> the</c><00:18:56.339><c> verses</c><00:18:56.579><c> I</c><00:18:56.720><c> want</c><00:18:56.859><c> to</c><00:18:56.960><c> look</c><00:18:57.140><c> at</c><00:18:57.240><c> are</c><00:18:57.420><c> in</c><00:18:57.579><c> Zechariah</c><00:18:58.079><c> chapter</c><00:18:58.480><c> 9.</c>

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So<00:18:59.900><c> as</c><00:19:00.160><c> you</c><00:19:00.359><c> turn</c><00:19:00.539><c> that</c><00:19:00.759><c> up,</c><00:19:00.960><c> I'll</c><00:19:01.279><c> describe</c><00:19:01.720><c> what's</c><00:19:02.140><c> happening.</c>

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Zechariah<00:19:03.700><c> chapter</c><00:19:04.000><c> 9,</c><00:19:04.740><c> verses</c><00:19:04.740><c> 9</c><00:19:05.160><c> and</c><00:19:05.319><c> 10.</c>

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Now,<00:19:06.960><c> we've</c><00:19:07.299><c> taken</c><00:19:07.500><c> the</c><00:19:07.839><c> story,</c><00:19:08.160><c> and</c><00:19:08.240><c> we</c><00:19:08.420><c> found</c><00:19:09.079><c> Joseph</c><00:19:09.799><c> and</c>

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Mary<00:19:10.859><c> coming</c><00:19:11.279><c> down</c><00:19:12.180><c> from</c><00:19:12.519><c> the</c><00:19:12.660><c> north</c><00:19:12.859><c> to</c><00:19:13.059><c> the</c><00:19:13.259><c> south,</c>

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approaching<00:19:14.660><c> the</c><00:19:14.859><c> city</c><00:19:15.099><c> of</c><00:19:15.319><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:19:15.779><c> because</c><00:19:16.039><c> if</c><00:19:16.240><c> you</c><00:19:16.420><c> understand</c><00:19:16.960><c> the</c>

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trip<00:19:18.619><c> that</c><00:19:18.720><c> would</c><00:19:18.880><c> be</c><00:19:19.099><c> made,</c>

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they<00:19:19.460><c> would</c><00:19:19.619><c> have</c><00:19:19.799><c> to</c><00:19:19.900><c> go</c><00:19:20.140><c> right</c><00:19:20.440><c> by</c><00:19:20.720><c> or</c><00:19:20.880><c> right</c><00:19:21.140><c> through</c><00:19:21.420><c> Jerusalem</c><00:19:21.980><c> on</c><00:19:22.200><c> their</c><00:19:22.359><c> way</c><00:19:22.539><c> to</c><00:19:22.740><c> Bethlehem,</c>

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which<00:19:23.740><c> was</c><00:19:23.880><c> just</c><00:19:24.099><c> a</c><00:19:24.240><c> few</c><00:19:24.380><c> miles</c><00:19:24.740><c> to</c><00:19:24.960><c> the</c><00:19:25.140><c> south.</c>

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And<00:19:26.519><c> so</c><00:19:26.700><c> we</c><00:19:26.880><c> find</c><00:19:27.160><c> them.</c><00:19:27.720><c> They</c><00:19:28.099><c> climb</c><00:19:28.579><c> the</c><00:19:28.839><c> mountains.</c>

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They<00:19:29.740><c> stand</c><00:19:30.059><c> at</c><00:19:30.240><c> the</c><00:19:30.400><c> top,</c><00:19:30.720><c> and</c><00:19:30.720><c> you</c><00:19:30.779><c> look</c><00:19:30.980><c> down</c><00:19:31.220><c> at</c><00:19:31.380><c> the</c><00:19:31.460><c> beautiful</c><00:19:31.940><c> city</c>

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of<00:19:32.440><c> Jerusalem</c><00:19:32.980><c> in</c><00:19:33.740><c> golds</c><00:19:34.299><c> and</c><00:19:34.460><c> whites,</c>

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and<00:19:34.980><c> the</c><00:19:35.099><c> temple</c><00:19:35.359><c> is</c><00:19:35.720><c> dazzling</c><00:19:36.119><c> in</c><00:19:36.299><c> its</c><00:19:36.579><c> purity,</c><00:19:37.279><c> an</c><00:19:37.539><c> awesome,</c>

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a<00:19:38.480><c> majestic</c><00:19:39.039><c> sight.</c>

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It<00:19:39.579><c> is</c><00:19:39.779><c> the</c><00:19:39.980><c> place</c><00:19:40.220><c> which</c><00:19:40.480><c> God</c><00:19:40.799><c> has</c><00:19:41.099><c> chosen</c><00:19:41.559><c> to</c><00:19:42.140><c> put</c><00:19:42.339><c> His</c><00:19:42.619><c> name</c>

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out<00:19:43.539><c> of</c><00:19:43.700><c> all</c><00:19:43.960><c> of</c><00:19:44.099><c> the</c><00:19:44.259><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:19:44.940><c> they</c><00:19:45.119><c> approach</c><00:19:45.420><c> this</c><00:19:45.700><c> city.</c>

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I<00:19:46.460><c> think</c><00:19:46.619><c> it's</c><00:19:46.779><c> easy</c><00:19:47.059><c> to</c><00:19:47.319><c> imagine</c><00:19:47.619><c> that</c><00:19:47.799><c> they're</c><00:19:48.059><c> approaching</c>

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only<00:19:51.380><c> a</c><00:19:51.579><c> few</c><00:19:51.720><c> miles</c><00:19:52.099><c> left</c><00:19:52.400><c> to</c><00:19:52.559><c> go,</c><00:19:52.680><c> and</c><00:19:52.819><c> they</c><00:19:52.940><c> must</c><00:19:53.140><c> hurry</c><00:19:53.400><c> on.</c>

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They<00:19:54.559><c> would</c><00:19:54.779><c> like</c><00:19:54.960><c> to</c><00:19:55.180><c> stop</c><00:19:55.380><c> and</c><00:19:55.480><c> look</c><00:19:55.640><c> at</c><00:19:55.779><c> the</c><00:19:55.920><c> city,</c><00:19:56.099><c> but</c>

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Mary's<00:19:56.759><c> tired.</c>

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Perhaps<00:19:57.759><c> she's</c><00:19:58.079><c> beginning</c><00:19:58.400><c> to</c><00:19:58.779><c> feel</c><00:19:59.539><c> the</c><00:20:00.039><c> pangs</c><00:20:00.559><c> of</c>

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intending<00:20:01.700><c> childbirth.</c>

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And<00:20:03.400><c> so</c><00:20:03.500><c> they</c><00:20:03.700><c> approach</c><00:20:03.960><c> the</c><00:20:04.220><c> city,</c><00:20:04.740><c> and</c><00:20:04.920><c> the</c><00:20:05.059><c> city</c><00:20:05.259><c> stands</c>

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awesome<00:20:06.960><c> and</c><00:20:07.880><c> silent.</c>

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And<00:20:09.539><c> they</c><00:20:09.680><c> come</c><00:20:09.880><c> to</c><00:20:10.059><c> the</c><00:20:10.220><c> city,</c><00:20:11.140><c> and</c><00:20:11.259><c> no</c><00:20:11.440><c> one</c><00:20:11.599><c> notices,</c><00:20:13.380><c> and</c><00:20:13.539><c> they</c><00:20:13.740><c> pass</c><00:20:14.119><c> by</c>

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under<00:20:15.599><c> the</c><00:20:15.799><c> very</c><00:20:16.180><c> walls</c><00:20:16.559><c> of</c><00:20:16.759><c> the</c><00:20:16.940><c> city.</c>

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And<00:20:18.200><c> the</c><00:20:18.500><c> prophecy</c><00:20:18.880><c> of</c><00:20:19.180><c> Zechariah</c><00:20:19.700><c> that</c><00:20:19.799><c> we're</c><00:20:19.980><c> looking</c><00:20:20.240><c> at</c><00:20:20.480><c> here</c><00:20:20.680><c> provides</c><00:20:21.200><c> an</c><00:20:21.759><c> echo</c><00:20:22.160><c> and</c><00:20:22.579><c> a</c>

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background<00:20:23.299><c> for</c><00:20:23.539><c> this</c><00:20:23.839><c> scene.</c>

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Zechariah<00:20:26.119><c> 9</c><00:20:26.480><c> in</c><00:20:26.619><c> verse</c><00:20:26.900><c> 9,</c>

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Rejoice<00:20:28.279><c> greatly,</c><00:20:28.859><c> O</c><00:20:28.880><c> daughter</c><00:20:29.160><c> of</c><00:20:29.420><c> Zion!</c>

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Shout,<00:20:30.480><c> O</c><00:20:30.660><c> daughter</c><00:20:30.940><c> of</c><00:20:31.140><c> Jerusalem!</c><00:20:31.680><c> Behold,</c><00:20:32.160><c> thy</c><00:20:32.359><c> king</c><00:20:32.680><c> cometh</c><00:20:33.019><c> unto</c><00:20:33.339><c> thee!</c>

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And<00:20:34.920><c> he</c><00:20:35.019><c> was</c><00:20:35.240><c> passing</c><00:20:35.579><c> by</c><00:20:36.140><c> in</c><00:20:36.559><c> the</c><00:20:36.759><c> womb</c><00:20:36.940><c> of</c><00:20:37.140><c> his</c><00:20:37.299><c> mother.</c>

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He<00:20:38.640><c> is</c><00:20:38.960><c> just</c><00:20:39.299><c> in</c><00:20:39.480><c> having</c><00:20:39.720><c> salvation.</c>

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He<00:20:41.059><c> is</c><00:20:41.400><c> lowly</c><00:20:42.180><c> in</c><00:20:42.519><c> riding</c><00:20:42.839><c> upon</c><00:20:43.140><c> an</c><00:20:43.420><c> ass.</c>

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And<00:20:45.440><c> there</c><00:20:45.559><c> was</c><00:20:45.799><c> Mary,</c><00:20:47.400><c> the</c><00:20:47.740><c> child</c><00:20:48.180><c> in</c><00:20:48.339><c> her</c><00:20:48.619><c> womb.</c>

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The<00:20:54.980><c> king</c><00:20:55.259><c> was</c><00:20:55.519><c> coming</c><00:20:55.819><c> for</c><00:20:56.039><c> the</c><00:20:56.079><c> very</c><00:20:56.440><c> first</c><00:20:56.779><c> time</c><00:20:57.039><c> to</c><00:20:57.200><c> his</c><00:20:57.400><c> city,</c><00:20:58.000><c> and</c><00:20:58.079><c> the</c><00:20:58.240><c> city</c><00:20:58.440><c> recognized</c><00:20:59.099><c> it</c><00:20:59.380><c> not.</c>

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And<00:21:00.160><c> with</c><00:21:00.299><c> a</c><00:21:00.500><c> brief</c><00:21:00.720><c> glance</c><00:21:01.119><c> Mary</c><00:21:01.500><c> and</c><00:21:01.680><c> Joseph</c><00:21:01.980><c> passed</c><00:21:02.420><c> on</c><00:21:02.720><c> by,</c>

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and<00:21:04.240><c> the</c><00:21:04.400><c> city</c><00:21:04.539><c> was</c><00:21:04.799><c> silent.</c>

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They<00:21:06.420><c> looked</c><00:21:06.660><c> back.</c>

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The<00:21:08.619><c> city</c><00:21:08.880><c> had</c><00:21:09.079><c> not</c><00:21:09.380><c> recognized</c><00:21:09.940><c> its</c><00:21:10.240><c> king,</c><00:21:10.980><c> who</c><00:21:11.180><c> was</c><00:21:11.480><c> meek</c><00:21:11.759><c> and</c><00:21:11.960><c> lowly</c><00:21:12.240><c> in</c>

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riding<00:21:12.660><c> upon</c><00:21:12.920><c> an</c><00:21:13.200><c> ass.</c>

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And<00:21:14.880><c> they</c><00:21:15.019><c> passed</c><00:21:15.339><c> over</c><00:21:15.579><c> the</c><00:21:15.779><c> hill,</c><00:21:17.980><c> on</c><00:21:18.099><c> to</c><00:21:18.279><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:21:19.740><c> and</c>

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it<00:21:20.859><c> was</c><00:21:21.059><c> night.</c>

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But<00:21:25.819><c> one</c><00:21:26.099><c> day,</c><00:21:27.480><c> one</c><00:21:27.799><c> day</c><00:21:28.140><c> that</c><00:21:28.440><c> king</c><00:21:28.779><c> will</c><00:21:29.000><c> come</c><00:21:29.240><c> again</c><00:21:29.640><c> to</c><00:21:29.779><c> his</c><00:21:30.000><c> city.</c>

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One<00:21:31.859><c> day</c><00:21:32.240><c> he</c><00:21:32.359><c> will,</c><00:21:32.660><c> in</c><00:21:32.839><c> the</c><00:21:32.920><c> words</c><00:21:33.180><c> of</c><00:21:33.359><c> Zechariah,</c><00:21:35.279><c> cut</c><00:21:35.380><c> off</c>

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the<00:21:35.900><c> chariot</c><00:21:36.240><c> from</c><00:21:36.460><c> Ephraim</c><00:21:36.920><c> and</c><00:21:37.059><c> the</c><00:21:37.220><c> horse</c><00:21:37.420><c> from</c><00:21:37.640><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:21:38.799><c> he</c><00:21:38.960><c> shall</c><00:21:39.200><c> seek</c><00:21:39.500><c> peace</c><00:21:40.039><c> unto</c><00:21:40.400><c> the</c><00:21:40.599><c> nations.</c>

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And<00:21:41.619><c> his</c><00:21:41.859><c> dominion</c><00:21:42.319><c> shall</c><00:21:42.539><c> be</c><00:21:42.740><c> from</c><00:21:43.019><c> sea,</c><00:21:43.480><c> even</c><00:21:43.759><c> to</c><00:21:44.019><c> sea,</c><00:21:44.240><c> and</c>

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from<00:21:44.480><c> the</c><00:21:44.680><c> river,</c><00:21:45.259><c> even</c><00:21:45.559><c> to</c><00:21:45.759><c> the</c><00:21:45.920><c> ends</c><00:21:46.140><c> of</c><00:21:46.339><c> the</c><00:21:46.480><c> earth.</c>

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One<00:21:47.740><c> day</c><00:21:48.279><c> that</c><00:21:49.079><c> king</c><00:21:49.420><c> will</c><00:21:49.660><c> come</c><00:21:49.859><c> again</c><00:21:50.240><c> to</c><00:21:50.380><c> his</c><00:21:50.619><c> city.</c>

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No<00:21:51.599><c> longer</c><00:21:51.960><c> will</c><00:21:52.099><c> he</c><00:21:52.319><c> be</c><00:21:52.559><c> ignored.</c>

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No<00:21:53.660><c> longer</c><00:21:54.039><c> will</c><00:21:54.200><c> he</c><00:21:54.359><c> be</c><00:21:54.559><c> rejected.</c>

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But<00:21:55.579><c> he</c><00:21:55.700><c> will</c><00:21:55.880><c> be</c><00:21:56.140><c> received</c><00:21:56.539><c> as</c><00:21:56.740><c> the</c><00:21:56.960><c> king</c><00:21:57.180><c> who</c><00:21:57.339><c> will</c><00:21:57.599><c> rule</c><00:21:57.799><c> over</c><00:21:58.119><c> the</c><00:21:58.279><c> nations.</c>

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And<00:21:59.480><c> Jerusalem</c><00:21:59.839><c> will</c><00:22:00.119><c> open</c><00:22:00.380><c> its</c><00:22:00.660><c> arms</c><00:22:01.160><c> and</c><00:22:01.619><c> receive</c><00:22:02.099><c> him</c><00:22:02.400><c> who</c>

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is<00:22:02.740><c> the</c><00:22:02.940><c> king</c><00:22:03.059><c> of</c><00:22:03.380><c> glory.</c>

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And<00:22:04.380><c> its</c><00:22:04.599><c> doors</c><00:22:04.900><c> will</c><00:22:05.140><c> be</c><00:22:05.339><c> thrown</c><00:22:05.579><c> wide,</c><00:22:06.059><c> and</c><00:22:06.160><c> the</c><00:22:06.319><c> king</c><00:22:06.480><c> of</c>

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glory<00:22:06.960><c> will</c><00:22:07.160><c> come</c><00:22:07.380><c> into</c><00:22:07.640><c> his</c><00:22:07.920><c> city.</c>

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And<00:22:08.960><c> all</c><00:22:09.299><c> men</c><00:22:09.480><c> will</c><00:22:09.779><c> rejoice,</c><00:22:10.640><c> because</c><00:22:11.099><c> God's</c><00:22:11.700><c> dominion</c><00:22:12.039><c> is</c>

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established<00:22:12.880><c> through</c><00:22:13.420><c> his</c><00:22:13.700><c> Son.</c>

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It<00:22:15.319><c> didn't</c><00:22:15.559><c> happen</c><00:22:15.880><c> that</c><00:22:16.160><c> day,</c><00:22:17.160><c> but</c><00:22:17.420><c> it</c><00:22:17.640><c> will.</c>

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One<00:22:18.880><c> day</c><00:22:19.140><c> it</c><00:22:19.259><c> will</c><00:22:19.480><c> happen.</c>

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Back<00:22:23.940><c> to</c><00:22:24.119><c> Luke</c><00:22:24.279><c> chapter</c><00:22:24.740><c> 2.</c>

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Out<00:22:27.839><c> of</c><00:22:28.000><c> this</c><00:22:28.180><c> apparent</c><00:22:28.660><c> disarray</c><00:22:29.460><c> and</c><00:22:29.599><c> this</c><00:22:29.900><c> disorder</c><00:22:30.319><c> in</c><00:22:30.759><c> the</c><00:22:30.920><c> laws</c><00:22:31.279><c> of</c>

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Caesar<00:22:31.859><c> and</c><00:22:32.019><c> the</c><00:22:32.099><c> laws</c><00:22:32.420><c> of</c><00:22:32.599><c> the</c><00:22:32.779><c> Jews,</c>

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out<00:22:33.740><c> of</c><00:22:33.859><c> this</c><00:22:34.119><c> whole</c><00:22:35.099><c> mix</c><00:22:35.720><c> of</c><00:22:36.240><c> various</c><00:22:36.619><c> circumstances,</c><00:22:37.839><c> yet</c>

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the<00:22:38.240><c> right</c><00:22:38.539><c> people</c><00:22:38.920><c> come</c><00:22:39.160><c> to</c><00:22:39.339><c> the</c><00:22:39.500><c> right</c><00:22:39.819><c> place</c><00:22:40.259><c> at</c><00:22:40.539><c> the</c><00:22:40.779><c> right</c><00:22:41.059><c> time.</c>

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And<00:22:41.980><c> God's</c><00:22:42.299><c> Son</c><00:22:42.519><c> is</c><00:22:42.759><c> born</c><00:22:42.920><c> in</c><00:22:43.039><c> that</c><00:22:43.259><c> very</c><00:22:43.519><c> place</c><00:22:43.880><c> which</c><00:22:44.420><c> God</c><00:22:44.980><c> had</c><00:22:45.420><c> decreed</c><00:22:45.980><c> 700</c><00:22:46.440><c> years</c><00:22:46.880><c> before</c><00:22:47.599><c> would</c><00:22:48.079><c> be</c>

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the<00:22:49.380><c> site</c><00:22:49.640><c> of</c><00:22:49.799><c> his</c><00:22:50.019><c> Son's</c><00:22:50.500><c> birth.</c>

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And<00:22:55.079><c> so</c><00:22:55.279><c> we</c><00:22:55.440><c> read</c><00:22:55.680><c> in</c><00:22:55.819><c> Luke</c><00:22:56.099><c> chapter</c><00:22:56.579><c> 2,</c><00:23:01.420><c> verse</c><00:23:01.680><c> 6.</c>

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And<00:23:02.519><c> it</c><00:23:02.720><c> was</c><00:23:02.980><c> that</c><00:23:03.140><c> while</c><00:23:03.400><c> they</c><00:23:03.519><c> were</c><00:23:03.740><c> there,</c><00:23:04.039><c> the</c><00:23:04.099><c> days</c><00:23:04.380><c> were</c>

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accomplished<00:23:05.119><c> that</c><00:23:05.299><c> she</c><00:23:05.519><c> should</c><00:23:05.680><c> be</c><00:23:05.940><c> delivered,</c><00:23:06.519><c> and</c><00:23:06.880><c> she</c>

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brought<00:23:07.299><c> forth</c><00:23:07.579><c> her</c><00:23:07.880><c> Son.</c>

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Jesus<00:23:09.099><c> was</c><00:23:09.420><c> born</c><00:23:09.819><c> of</c><00:23:10.059><c> a</c><00:23:10.180><c> woman,</c><00:23:10.940><c> born</c><00:23:11.279><c> under</c><00:23:11.700><c> the</c><00:23:11.839><c> law,</c><00:23:12.140><c> Paul</c><00:23:12.460><c> says</c><00:23:12.799><c> in</c><00:23:12.940><c> Galatians</c><00:23:13.359><c> 4</c>

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and<00:23:13.920><c> 4.</c>

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And<00:23:14.640><c> he</c><00:23:14.740><c> was</c><00:23:15.000><c> born</c><00:23:15.259><c> under</c><00:23:15.619><c> the</c><00:23:15.799><c> law</c><00:23:16.039><c> so</c><00:23:16.319><c> that</c><00:23:16.420><c> by</c><00:23:16.680><c> his</c><00:23:16.920><c> life</c><00:23:17.180><c> and</c>

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his<00:23:17.579><c> death</c><00:23:17.859><c> he</c><00:23:18.299><c> might</c><00:23:18.579><c> redeem</c><00:23:19.059><c> those</c><00:23:19.480><c> who</c><00:23:19.660><c> were</c><00:23:19.799><c> under</c><00:23:20.099><c> the</c><00:23:20.339><c> curse</c><00:23:20.539><c> of</c>

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that<00:23:20.900><c> law.</c>

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And<00:23:21.839><c> he</c><00:23:21.960><c> might</c><00:23:22.240><c> provide</c><00:23:22.720><c> a</c><00:23:22.839><c> way</c><00:23:23.000><c> of</c><00:23:23.259><c> escape.</c>

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He<00:23:24.539><c> was</c><00:23:24.799><c> made</c><00:23:25.099><c> as</c><00:23:25.279><c> we</c><00:23:25.559><c> are,</c><00:23:26.160><c> a</c><00:23:26.319><c> man</c><00:23:26.619><c> subject</c><00:23:27.339><c> to</c><00:23:28.339><c> the</c><00:23:28.599><c> curse</c><00:23:28.839><c> of</c>

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Adam,<00:23:30.059><c> to</c><00:23:30.240><c> vanity,</c><00:23:31.160><c> to</c><00:23:31.259><c> vexation,</c><00:23:33.059><c> to</c><00:23:33.220><c> sinful</c><00:23:33.559><c> flesh</c><00:23:34.200><c> and</c><00:23:35.119><c> death.</c>

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And<00:23:39.079><c> she</c><00:23:39.339><c> brought</c><00:23:39.599><c> forth</c><00:23:39.940><c> her</c><00:23:40.200><c> firstborn</c><00:23:40.700><c> son</c><00:23:41.200><c> and</c><00:23:41.839><c> wrapped</c><00:23:42.039><c> him</c><00:23:42.240><c> in</c><00:23:42.460><c> swaddling</c><00:23:42.839><c> clothes</c><00:23:43.359><c> and</c><00:23:43.940><c> laid</c><00:23:44.180><c> him</c><00:23:44.359><c> in</c><00:23:44.480><c> a</c><00:23:44.579><c> manger,</c>

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because<00:23:45.700><c> there</c><00:23:45.859><c> was</c><00:23:46.000><c> no</c><00:23:46.240><c> room</c><00:23:46.440><c> for</c><00:23:46.640><c> them</c><00:23:46.819><c> in</c><00:23:47.099><c> the</c><00:23:47.180><c> inn,</c><00:23:47.700><c> and</c><00:23:47.819><c> they</c><00:23:47.920><c> were</c><00:23:48.140><c> forced</c><00:23:48.400><c> to</c>

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go<00:23:48.819><c> to</c><00:23:49.000><c> the</c><00:23:49.220><c> stable.</c>

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We<00:23:50.500><c> know</c><00:23:50.720><c> the</c><00:23:50.920><c> story.</c>

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No<00:23:53.119><c> human</c><00:23:53.559><c> setting</c><00:23:53.880><c> can</c><00:23:54.119><c> improve</c><00:23:54.460><c> upon</c><00:23:54.740><c> the</c><00:23:54.960><c> luster</c><00:23:55.259><c> of</c><00:23:55.480><c> this</c>

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jewel<00:23:56.240><c> that</c><00:23:57.160><c> God</c><00:23:57.519><c> provided</c><00:23:57.980><c> for</c><00:23:58.220><c> our</c><00:23:58.440><c> salvation.</c>

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If<00:23:59.519><c> Jesus</c><00:23:59.900><c> had</c><00:24:00.059><c> been</c><00:24:00.279><c> born</c><00:24:00.460><c> in</c><00:24:00.660><c> a</c><00:24:00.720><c> palace,</c><00:24:01.039><c> he</c><00:24:01.140><c> would</c><00:24:01.299><c> have</c><00:24:01.420><c> been</c><00:24:01.539><c> no</c>

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more<00:24:02.019><c> the</c><00:24:02.160><c> Son</c><00:24:02.339><c> of</c><00:24:02.559><c> God</c><00:24:03.019><c> than</c><00:24:03.460><c> when</c><00:24:03.660><c> he</c><00:24:03.799><c> was</c><00:24:04.019><c> born</c><00:24:04.240><c> in</c><00:24:04.400><c> a</c><00:24:04.539><c> manger.</c>

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And<00:24:05.700><c> in</c><00:24:05.960><c> fact,</c><00:24:06.220><c> God</c><00:24:06.500><c> is</c><00:24:06.700><c> teaching</c><00:24:06.960><c> us</c><00:24:07.180><c> that</c><00:24:07.299><c> he</c><00:24:07.480><c> chooses</c><00:24:07.839><c> the</c>

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weak<00:24:08.319><c> things</c><00:24:08.880><c> and</c><00:24:09.220><c> the</c><00:24:09.480><c> foolish</c><00:24:09.759><c> things</c>

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to<00:24:10.480><c> confound</c><00:24:10.940><c> those</c><00:24:11.500><c> who</c><00:24:11.819><c> are</c><00:24:12.140><c> strong</c><00:24:12.519><c> and</c><00:24:12.680><c> those</c><00:24:13.019><c> who</c><00:24:13.279><c> think</c>

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they<00:24:13.579><c> are</c><00:24:13.799><c> so</c><00:24:14.039><c> wise.</c>

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Those<00:24:15.700><c> who</c><00:24:16.019><c> think,</c><00:24:16.559><c> how</c><00:24:16.759><c> could</c><00:24:16.960><c> a</c><00:24:17.200><c> king</c><00:24:17.440><c> be</c><00:24:17.759><c> born</c><00:24:17.920><c> in</c><00:24:18.160><c> a</c><00:24:18.339><c> stable?</c>

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And<00:24:19.240><c> God</c><00:24:19.579><c> says,</c><00:24:20.539><c> my</c><00:24:20.779><c> son</c><00:24:21.259><c> and</c><00:24:21.920><c> my</c><00:24:22.279><c> king</c><00:24:22.940><c> will</c><00:24:23.599><c> be</c><00:24:23.880><c> born</c><00:24:24.099><c> there.</c>

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And<00:24:27.680><c> in</c><00:24:27.940><c> fact,</c><00:24:28.339><c> he</c><00:24:28.359><c> will</c><00:24:28.539><c> not</c><00:24:28.660><c> be</c><00:24:28.819><c> a</c><00:24:28.900><c> great</c><00:24:29.200><c> king,</c><00:24:30.160><c> but</c><00:24:30.279><c> he</c><00:24:30.359><c> will</c>

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be<00:24:30.700><c> a</c><00:24:30.980><c> fragile,</c><00:24:32.140><c> crying</c><00:24:32.940><c> baby.</c>

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This<00:24:35.500><c> is</c><00:24:35.700><c> the</c><00:24:35.779><c> way</c><00:24:35.960><c> God</c><00:24:36.240><c> works.</c>

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When<00:24:38.240><c> God's</c><00:24:38.740><c> people</c><00:24:38.940><c> cry</c><00:24:39.380><c> for</c><00:24:39.640><c> deliverance,</c><00:24:40.000><c> he</c><00:24:40.059><c> doesn't</c><00:24:40.339><c> go</c>

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and<00:24:40.779><c> find</c><00:24:40.920><c> the</c><00:24:41.240><c> strongest</c><00:24:41.539><c> and</c><00:24:41.759><c> the</c><00:24:41.960><c> wisest</c><00:24:42.319><c> and</c><00:24:42.440><c> the</c><00:24:42.599><c> mightiest</c><00:24:42.980><c> man</c><00:24:43.460><c> to</c>

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deliver<00:24:44.079><c> them.</c>

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When<00:24:44.880><c> God's</c><00:24:45.420><c> people</c><00:24:45.660><c> cry</c><00:24:46.160><c> and</c><00:24:46.519><c> long</c><00:24:46.819><c> for</c><00:24:47.160><c> deliverance</c><00:24:47.680><c> and</c><00:24:47.900><c> salvation,</c>

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God<00:24:49.259><c> causes</c><00:24:49.759><c> that</c><00:24:49.980><c> a</c><00:24:50.140><c> little</c><00:24:50.380><c> baby</c><00:24:50.859><c> that</c><00:24:51.640><c> you</c><00:24:51.779><c> could</c><00:24:51.960><c> hold</c><00:24:52.200><c> in</c>

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your<00:24:52.599><c> hands</c><00:24:53.299><c> would</c><00:24:53.619><c> be</c><00:24:53.940><c> born.</c>

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And<00:24:55.500><c> from</c><00:24:55.660><c> that</c><00:24:56.019><c> inauspicious</c><00:24:56.759><c> beginning,</c><00:24:57.900><c> God</c><00:24:58.259><c> would</c><00:24:58.579><c> bring</c>

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salvation<00:24:59.660><c> to</c><00:25:01.140><c> his</c><00:25:01.359><c> people.</c>

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There<00:25:03.119><c> was</c><00:25:03.319><c> no</c><00:25:03.559><c> room</c><00:25:03.819><c> for</c><00:25:04.059><c> them</c><00:25:04.200><c> in</c><00:25:04.500><c> the</c><00:25:04.579><c> inn,</c><00:25:05.519><c> and</c><00:25:05.720><c> Jesus</c><00:25:06.180><c> throughout</c><00:25:06.579><c> his</c>

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life<00:25:07.279><c> repeats</c><00:25:07.859><c> this</c><00:25:08.240><c> theme.</c>

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Jesus<00:25:09.380><c> says,</c><00:25:09.880><c> I</c><00:25:09.880><c> stand</c><00:25:10.339><c> at</c><00:25:10.539><c> the</c><00:25:10.680><c> door</c><00:25:10.900><c> and</c><00:25:11.160><c> knock,</c><00:25:11.680><c> and</c><00:25:11.900><c> if</c><00:25:12.039><c> any</c>

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man<00:25:12.420><c> will</c><00:25:12.660><c> open</c><00:25:12.880><c> unto</c><00:25:13.079><c> me,</c><00:25:13.539><c> I</c><00:25:13.720><c> will</c><00:25:13.900><c> come</c><00:25:14.099><c> in</c><00:25:14.319><c> and</c><00:25:14.460><c> make</c><00:25:14.599><c> my</c>

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abode<00:25:15.140><c> with</c><00:25:15.400><c> him.</c>

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But<00:25:16.539><c> even</c><00:25:16.859><c> before</c><00:25:17.299><c> he</c><00:25:17.359><c> was</c><00:25:17.660><c> born,</c><00:25:18.579><c> he</c><00:25:18.599><c> was</c><00:25:18.880><c> standing</c><00:25:19.240><c> at</c><00:25:19.440><c> the</c>

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door<00:25:19.740><c> and</c><00:25:19.960><c> knocking,</c><00:25:20.400><c> and</c><00:25:20.400><c> he</c><00:25:20.500><c> was</c><00:25:20.720><c> turned</c><00:25:20.900><c> aside,</c><00:25:21.859><c> and</c><00:25:22.079><c> he</c>

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was<00:25:22.339><c> sent</c><00:25:22.500><c> into</c><00:25:22.700><c> the</c><00:25:22.960><c> stable.</c>

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Do<00:25:25.480><c> we</c><00:25:25.700><c> have</c><00:25:25.920><c> room</c><00:25:26.180><c> for</c><00:25:26.380><c> Jesus</c><00:25:26.759><c> in</c><00:25:26.940><c> our</c><00:25:27.200><c> lives?</c>

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Or<00:25:28.740><c> when</c><00:25:28.859><c> he</c><00:25:29.000><c> comes</c><00:25:29.319><c> and</c><00:25:29.559><c> knocks,</c><00:25:29.819><c> do</c><00:25:29.980><c> we</c><00:25:30.140><c> say,</c><00:25:30.799><c> well,</c><00:25:30.940><c> yes,</c><00:25:31.220><c> you</c><00:25:31.299><c> can</c><00:25:31.500><c> come</c><00:25:31.720><c> in,</c><00:25:31.940><c> but</c><00:25:32.119><c> the</c><00:25:32.339><c> guest</c><00:25:32.619><c> room</c><00:25:32.859><c> is</c><00:25:33.119><c> filled.</c>

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And<00:25:34.039><c> if</c><00:25:34.099><c> you'd</c><00:25:34.359><c> like</c><00:25:34.539><c> to</c><00:25:35.119><c> maybe</c><00:25:35.500><c> go</c><00:25:35.700><c> down</c><00:25:35.960><c> the</c><00:25:36.140><c> road</c><00:25:36.380><c> to</c><00:25:36.579><c> the</c><00:25:36.700><c> motel,</c><00:25:37.180><c> or</c>

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if<00:25:37.400><c> you'd</c><00:25:37.619><c> like</c><00:25:37.740><c> to</c><00:25:37.920><c> use</c><00:25:38.059><c> the</c><00:25:38.279><c> garage,</c>

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or<00:25:39.220><c> if</c><00:25:39.299><c> you'd</c><00:25:39.559><c> like</c><00:25:39.740><c> to</c><00:25:40.180><c> stand</c><00:25:40.559><c> aside</c><00:25:41.140><c> and</c><00:25:42.119><c> take</c><00:25:42.500><c> your</c><00:25:42.779><c> proper</c>

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place,<00:25:43.519><c> we'll</c><00:25:43.819><c> find</c><00:25:44.000><c> room</c><00:25:44.339><c> for</c><00:25:44.680><c> you.</c>

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But<00:25:45.559><c> it</c><00:25:45.880><c> won't</c><00:25:46.059><c> be</c><00:25:46.240><c> the</c><00:25:46.299><c> best</c><00:25:46.539><c> of</c><00:25:46.819><c> accommodations.</c>

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Is<00:25:48.059><c> this</c><00:25:48.279><c> the</c><00:25:48.380><c> way</c><00:25:48.599><c> we</c><00:25:48.819><c> approach</c><00:25:49.180><c> Christ,</c><00:25:49.859><c> or</c><00:25:49.980><c> is</c><00:25:50.059><c> this</c><00:25:50.180><c> the</c><00:25:50.259><c> way</c><00:25:50.380><c> we</c>

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receive<00:25:50.980><c> Christ</c><00:25:51.500><c> when</c><00:25:51.799><c> he</c><00:25:51.960><c> comes</c><00:25:52.279><c> to</c><00:25:52.500><c> us?</c>

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All<00:25:56.279><c> his</c><00:25:56.579><c> life</c><00:25:57.059><c> he</c><00:25:57.480><c> was</c><00:25:57.720><c> a</c><00:25:57.980><c> stranger</c><00:25:58.319><c> and</c><00:25:58.460><c> a</c><00:25:58.660><c> pilgrim.</c>

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The<00:25:59.539><c> Son</c><00:25:59.779><c> of</c><00:25:59.960><c> Man</c><00:26:00.220><c> hath</c><00:26:00.500><c> not</c><00:26:00.839><c> where</c><00:26:01.000><c> to</c><00:26:01.200><c> lay</c><00:26:01.380><c> his</c><00:26:01.660><c> head.</c>

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The<00:26:02.720><c> foxes</c><00:26:03.259><c> have</c><00:26:03.440><c> holes,</c><00:26:03.880><c> and</c><00:26:03.980><c> the</c><00:26:04.079><c> birds</c><00:26:04.359><c> of</c><00:26:04.519><c> the</c><00:26:04.660><c> air</c><00:26:04.799><c> have</c><00:26:05.099><c> nets.</c>

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But<00:26:06.480><c> the</c><00:26:06.640><c> Son</c><00:26:06.819><c> of</c><00:26:06.980><c> Man</c><00:26:07.279><c> stands</c><00:26:07.799><c> at</c><00:26:08.000><c> the</c><00:26:08.140><c> door</c><00:26:08.359><c> and</c><00:26:08.539><c> knocks.</c>

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And<00:26:09.380><c> even</c><00:26:09.660><c> yet,</c><00:26:10.359><c> even</c><00:26:10.660><c> yet</c><00:26:10.900><c> though</c><00:26:11.079><c> he</c><00:26:11.720><c> sits</c><00:26:12.140><c> enthroned</c><00:26:12.759><c> at</c><00:26:12.900><c> the</c><00:26:13.039><c> right</c><00:26:13.299><c> hand</c><00:26:13.460><c> of</c><00:26:13.619><c> God,</c>

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even<00:26:14.839><c> yet</c><00:26:15.099><c> he's</c><00:26:15.319><c> looking</c><00:26:15.579><c> for</c><00:26:15.839><c> a</c><00:26:16.000><c> place</c><00:26:16.160><c> to</c><00:26:16.420><c> dwell</c><00:26:16.640><c> with</c><00:26:16.859><c> each</c>

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one<00:26:17.259><c> of</c><00:26:17.420><c> us,</c>

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even<00:26:18.400><c> yet</c><00:26:18.660><c> he's</c><00:26:18.920><c> an</c><00:26:19.160><c> outcast</c><00:26:19.700><c> and</c><00:26:19.900><c> a</c><00:26:20.160><c> stranger</c><00:26:20.440><c> and</c><00:26:20.619><c> a</c><00:26:20.819><c> pilgrim</c>

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who<00:26:21.740><c> wants</c><00:26:22.019><c> to</c><00:26:22.299><c> find</c><00:26:22.539><c> a</c><00:26:22.740><c> home</c>

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in<00:26:23.859><c> the</c><00:26:24.059><c> lives</c><00:26:24.420><c> and</c><00:26:24.579><c> the</c><00:26:24.779><c> hearts</c><00:26:25.000><c> and</c><00:26:25.160><c> the</c><00:26:25.380><c> minds</c><00:26:25.839><c> of</c><00:26:26.460><c> every</c><00:26:26.700><c> one</c><00:26:26.859><c> of</c>

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us<00:26:27.359><c> if</c><00:26:27.619><c> we</c><00:26:27.880><c> receive</c><00:26:28.160><c> him,</c>

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and<00:26:28.859><c> if</c><00:26:28.980><c> we</c><00:26:29.200><c> don't</c><00:26:29.559><c> shut</c><00:26:29.819><c> him</c><00:26:30.079><c> aside</c><00:26:30.740><c> to</c><00:26:31.339><c> a</c><00:26:31.480><c> lesser</c><00:26:31.700><c> place.</c>

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And<00:26:36.980><c> we</c><00:26:37.200><c> read</c><00:26:37.460><c> that</c><00:26:37.579><c> at</c><00:26:37.720><c> the</c><00:26:37.859><c> same</c><00:26:38.180><c> time,</c><00:26:38.759><c> verse</c><00:26:39.059><c> 8,</c>

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There<00:26:40.440><c> were</c><00:26:40.799><c> in</c><00:26:40.799><c> this</c><00:26:41.460><c> country</c><00:26:41.880><c> shepherds</c><00:26:42.440><c> abiding</c><00:26:42.759><c> in</c><00:26:42.940><c> the</c>

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field,<00:26:43.559><c> keeping</c><00:26:43.740><c> watch</c><00:26:44.099><c> over</c><00:26:44.339><c> their</c><00:26:44.619><c> flocks</c><00:26:45.220><c> by</c><00:26:45.619><c> night.</c>

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:48.940
They<00:26:47.440><c> were</c><00:26:47.640><c> simple</c><00:26:47.960><c> men.</c>

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They<00:26:49.160><c> were</c><00:26:49.299><c> men</c><00:26:49.559><c> who</c><00:26:49.880><c> stayed</c><00:26:50.000><c> outside,</c><00:26:51.039><c> who</c><00:26:51.240><c> worked</c><00:26:51.460><c> hard</c><00:26:51.799><c> for</c>

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.359
a<00:26:52.140><c> living.</c>

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They<00:26:52.900><c> were</c><00:26:53.180><c> quiet</c><00:26:53.579><c> men.</c>

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:57.960
They<00:26:54.519><c> sat</c><00:26:54.779><c> together</c><00:26:55.220><c> around</c><00:26:55.559><c> the</c><00:26:55.799><c> campfire,</c><00:26:56.420><c> probably,</c><00:26:57.480><c> and</c>

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:59.980
the<00:26:58.200><c> sheep</c><00:26:58.380><c> were</c><00:26:58.660><c> scattered</c><00:26:58.960><c> about.</c>

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And<00:27:00.180><c> sometimes</c><00:27:00.579><c> there</c><00:27:00.740><c> was</c><00:27:00.940><c> a</c><00:27:01.079><c> rustle</c><00:27:01.359><c> or</c><00:27:01.500><c> a</c><00:27:01.640><c> noise,</c><00:27:01.920><c> and</c><00:27:02.019><c> they</c>

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:04.579
knew<00:27:02.359><c> that</c><00:27:02.859><c> perhaps</c><00:27:03.339><c> a</c><00:27:04.200><c> thief</c>

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:07.640
or<00:27:05.380><c> maybe</c><00:27:05.680><c> a</c><00:27:05.960><c> wolf</c><00:27:06.259><c> had</c><00:27:06.559><c> entered</c><00:27:06.740><c> into</c><00:27:06.980><c> the</c><00:27:07.220><c> flock,</c><00:27:07.400><c> and</c><00:27:07.539><c> then</c>

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:09.000
they<00:27:07.839><c> arose</c><00:27:08.160><c> with</c><00:27:08.339><c> their</c><00:27:08.599><c> crooks</c>

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:11.660
and<00:27:09.240><c> their</c><00:27:09.400><c> weapons,</c><00:27:10.240><c> and</c><00:27:10.240><c> they</c><00:27:10.339><c> went</c><00:27:10.539><c> forth</c><00:27:10.940><c> and</c><00:27:11.200><c> repelled</c>

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.779
the<00:27:11.880><c> enemies,</c>

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:15.779
but<00:27:12.940><c> then</c><00:27:13.119><c> they</c><00:27:13.220><c> would</c><00:27:13.460><c> return</c><00:27:13.680><c> again</c><00:27:14.000><c> to</c><00:27:14.160><c> the</c><00:27:14.359><c> campfire</c><00:27:15.019><c> as</c>

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.799
their<00:27:16.019><c> fathers</c><00:27:16.359><c> had</c><00:27:16.619><c> done</c>

00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:21.000
and<00:27:16.940><c> their</c><00:27:17.140><c> fathers</c><00:27:17.480><c> before</c><00:27:17.880><c> them,</c><00:27:18.779><c> quiet,</c><00:27:19.519><c> simple</c><00:27:19.720><c> people,</c>

00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:23.099
shepherds<00:27:21.759><c> on</c><00:27:21.960><c> the</c><00:27:22.099><c> hills.</c>

00:27:23.660 --> 00:27:25.880
And<00:27:23.900><c> yet</c><00:27:24.019><c> they</c><00:27:24.140><c> were</c><00:27:24.299><c> very</c><00:27:24.519><c> special</c><00:27:24.920><c> people.</c>

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:29.920
I<00:27:26.279><c> think</c><00:27:26.460><c> we</c><00:27:26.619><c> could</c><00:27:26.799><c> say</c><00:27:27.160><c> that</c><00:27:27.980><c> they</c><00:27:28.420><c> were</c><00:27:28.619><c> God's</c><00:27:29.180><c> favorite</c><00:27:29.440><c> people,</c>

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:32.980
because<00:27:30.440><c> out</c><00:27:30.660><c> of</c><00:27:30.799><c> the</c><00:27:30.960><c> ranks</c><00:27:31.240><c> of</c><00:27:31.539><c> men</c><00:27:31.759><c> like</c><00:27:32.019><c> those</c><00:27:32.299><c> shepherds,</c>

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:35.000
he<00:27:33.099><c> had</c><00:27:33.319><c> chosen</c><00:27:33.559><c> Abraham</c><00:27:34.180><c> and</c><00:27:34.500><c> Isaac.</c>

00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:36.579
He<00:27:35.480><c> had</c><00:27:35.720><c> chosen</c><00:27:36.000><c> Moses.</c>

00:27:36.579 --> 00:27:39.980
His<00:27:37.240><c> great</c><00:27:37.680><c> king</c><00:27:38.140><c> had</c><00:27:38.339><c> once</c><00:27:38.640><c> upon</c><00:27:38.839><c> a</c><00:27:39.039><c> time</c><00:27:39.259><c> been</c><00:27:39.480><c> a</c><00:27:39.680><c> shepherd</c>

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:43.640
who<00:27:40.480><c> sat</c><00:27:40.660><c> on</c><00:27:40.859><c> a</c><00:27:41.019><c> hillside</c><00:27:41.579><c> and</c><00:27:41.880><c> sang</c><00:27:42.079><c> hymns</c><00:27:42.500><c> of</c><00:27:42.700><c> praise,</c>

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:45.839
and<00:27:43.779><c> the</c><00:27:43.839><c> only</c><00:27:44.140><c> audience</c><00:27:44.519><c> he</c><00:27:44.680><c> had</c><00:27:44.920><c> were</c><00:27:45.119><c> the</c><00:27:45.339><c> sheep</c><00:27:45.559><c> round</c>

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:47.000
about<00:27:46.180><c> him.</c>

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.859
These<00:27:48.579><c> were</c><00:27:48.759><c> God's</c><00:27:49.099><c> favorite</c><00:27:49.420><c> people.</c>

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:53.920
In<00:27:50.480><c> times</c><00:27:50.880><c> past,</c><00:27:51.619><c> God</c><00:27:51.900><c> had</c><00:27:52.200><c> spoken</c><00:27:52.500><c> on</c><00:27:52.740><c> the</c><00:27:52.980><c> mountainsides</c><00:27:53.599><c> and</c><00:27:53.779><c> by</c>

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:55.160
the<00:27:54.140><c> brooks</c><00:27:54.400><c> and</c><00:27:54.579><c> the</c><00:27:54.839><c> streams,</c>

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:57.779
and<00:27:55.440><c> he</c><00:27:55.599><c> had</c><00:27:55.799><c> talked</c><00:27:56.019><c> to</c><00:27:56.140><c> men</c><00:27:56.380><c> like</c><00:27:56.660><c> these</c><00:27:56.920><c> shepherds.</c>

00:27:57.839 --> 00:28:00.259
But<00:27:58.099><c> now</c><00:27:58.460><c> the</c><00:27:58.660><c> light</c><00:27:58.920><c> had</c><00:27:59.140><c> gone</c><00:27:59.400><c> down</c><00:27:59.700><c> in</c><00:27:59.839><c> Israel.</c>

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.660
The<00:28:00.740><c> sun</c><00:28:00.980><c> had</c><00:28:01.299><c> vanished.</c>

00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:04.680
Now<00:28:02.319><c> God</c><00:28:02.619><c> no</c><00:28:02.859><c> longer</c><00:28:03.240><c> spoke</c><00:28:03.559><c> by</c><00:28:03.859><c> open</c><00:28:04.160><c> voice.</c>

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:10.480
And<00:28:05.680><c> now,</c><00:28:06.480><c> instead,</c><00:28:07.900><c> there</c><00:28:07.960><c> were</c><00:28:08.220><c> mean</c><00:28:08.519><c>-spirited</c><00:28:09.240><c> men</c><00:28:09.799><c> in</c>

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:12.180
long,<00:28:11.019><c> flowing</c><00:28:11.359><c> robes</c>

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:15.579
who<00:28:12.519><c> strove</c><00:28:13.000><c> quietly</c><00:28:13.539><c> about</c><00:28:13.819><c> a</c><00:28:14.039><c> temple</c><00:28:14.420><c> and</c><00:28:14.920><c> argued</c><00:28:15.220><c> about</c>

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:17.539
technicalities<00:28:16.339><c> and</c><00:28:16.599><c> called</c><00:28:16.779><c> that</c><00:28:17.039><c> religion.</c>

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:21.180
And<00:28:18.119><c> they</c><00:28:18.339><c> said</c><00:28:18.519><c> that</c><00:28:18.700><c> the</c><00:28:18.819><c> men</c><00:28:19.039><c> who</c><00:28:19.279><c> sat</c><00:28:19.440><c> on</c><00:28:19.660><c> the</c><00:28:19.819><c> hills</c><00:28:20.180><c> were</c><00:28:20.680><c> sinners</c>

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:25.400
because<00:28:21.859><c> they</c><00:28:22.079><c> didn't</c><00:28:22.339><c> take</c><00:28:22.619><c> their</c><00:28:22.859><c> own</c><00:28:23.140><c> particular</c><00:28:23.539><c> interpretation</c><00:28:24.240><c> of</c><00:28:24.460><c> the</c><00:28:24.599><c> law.</c>

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:27.920
But<00:28:25.720><c> God</c><00:28:25.980><c> was</c><00:28:26.180><c> about</c><00:28:26.420><c> to</c><00:28:26.640><c> reverse</c><00:28:26.900><c> that</c><00:28:27.119><c> whole</c><00:28:27.339><c> process,</c>

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:31.960
and<00:28:28.420><c> God</c><00:28:28.759><c> was</c><00:28:29.160><c> again</c><00:28:29.920><c> once</c><00:28:30.440><c> more</c><00:28:30.720><c> going</c><00:28:30.980><c> to</c><00:28:31.279><c> reveal</c><00:28:31.519><c> Himself</c>

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:34.779
to<00:28:32.200><c> these</c><00:28:32.420><c> simple</c><00:28:32.779><c> men</c><00:28:32.980><c> of</c><00:28:33.140><c> the</c><00:28:33.299><c> hills,</c><00:28:33.660><c> the</c><00:28:33.839><c> shepherds.</c>

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:42.160
And<00:28:39.940><c> we</c><00:28:40.380><c> read</c><00:28:40.779><c> that,</c><00:28:41.299><c> verse</c><00:28:41.519><c> 9,</c>

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:44.960
Lo,<00:28:42.799><c> the</c><00:28:42.920><c> angel</c><00:28:43.220><c> of</c><00:28:43.400><c> the</c><00:28:43.460><c> Lord</c><00:28:43.619><c> came</c><00:28:43.900><c> upon</c><00:28:44.140><c> them,</c><00:28:44.400><c> and</c><00:28:44.480><c> the</c><00:28:44.619><c> glory</c><00:28:44.859><c> of</c>

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:46.420
the<00:28:45.039><c> Lord</c><00:28:45.299><c> shone</c><00:28:45.619><c> round</c><00:28:45.960><c> about</c><00:28:46.220><c> them,</c>

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:48.319
and<00:28:46.480><c> they</c><00:28:46.599><c> were</c><00:28:46.839><c> so</c><00:28:47.079><c> afraid.</c>

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:53.299
And<00:28:50.140><c> the</c><00:28:50.279><c> angel</c><00:28:50.599><c> said</c><00:28:50.839><c> unto</c><00:28:51.039><c> them,</c><00:28:52.059><c> Fear</c><00:28:52.339><c> not.</c>

00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:58.940
Now,<00:28:57.400><c> let's</c><00:28:57.700><c> think</c><00:28:57.839><c> about</c><00:28:58.039><c> these</c><00:28:58.299><c> shepherds</c><00:28:58.619><c> for</c><00:28:58.819><c> a</c><00:28:58.880><c> minute.</c>

00:28:59.019 --> 00:29:00.980
And<00:28:59.160><c> again,</c><00:28:59.319><c> I'm</c><00:28:59.460><c> going</c><00:28:59.579><c> to</c><00:28:59.660><c> take</c><00:28:59.839><c> us</c><00:29:00.019><c> to</c><00:29:00.220><c> a</c><00:29:00.420><c> passage</c><00:29:00.700><c> in</c><00:29:00.839><c> the</c>

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.480
Old<00:29:01.180><c> Testament</c>

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:04.539
that<00:29:01.619><c> you</c><00:29:01.779><c> might</c><00:29:02.019><c> not</c><00:29:02.220><c> immediately</c><00:29:02.700><c> think</c><00:29:03.279><c> is</c><00:29:03.960><c> relevant</c><00:29:04.359><c> to</c>

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:06.220
this<00:29:04.680><c> subject,</c><00:29:05.240><c> but</c><00:29:05.319><c> bear</c><00:29:05.500><c> with</c><00:29:05.740><c> me.</c>

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:10.559
Micah,<00:29:06.799><c> chapter</c><00:29:07.160><c> 4.</c>

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:13.140
Micah<00:29:12.819><c> 4.</c>

00:29:13.380 --> 00:29:16.160
Now,<00:29:13.920><c> we're</c><00:29:14.160><c> probably</c><00:29:14.460><c> familiar</c><00:29:14.859><c> with</c><00:29:15.059><c> Micah,</c><00:29:15.640><c> chapter</c><00:29:15.779><c> 5,</c>

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in<00:29:16.299><c> verse</c><00:29:16.579><c> 2,</c>

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:19.420
But<00:29:17.339><c> thou,</c><00:29:17.779><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:29:18.339><c> though</c><00:29:18.400><c> thou</c><00:29:18.559><c> be</c><00:29:18.720><c> little</c><00:29:18.960><c> among</c><00:29:19.259><c> the</c>

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:20.319
thousands<00:29:19.680><c> of</c><00:29:19.900><c> Israel,</c>

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:22.680
yet<00:29:20.660><c> out</c><00:29:20.920><c> of</c><00:29:21.019><c> thee</c><00:29:21.180><c> shall</c><00:29:21.319><c> he</c><00:29:21.480><c> come</c><00:29:21.680><c> forth</c><00:29:21.940><c> unto</c><00:29:22.119><c> me</c><00:29:22.380><c> that</c><00:29:22.519><c> is</c>

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:24.400
to<00:29:22.819><c> be</c><00:29:22.960><c> ruler</c><00:29:23.380><c> in</c><00:29:23.859><c> Israel.</c>

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:28.660
An<00:29:24.859><c> obvious</c><00:29:25.220><c> fulfillment</c><00:29:25.900><c> in</c><00:29:26.839><c> the</c><00:29:27.319><c> birth</c><00:29:27.500><c> of</c><00:29:27.680><c> Christ</c><00:29:27.980><c> in</c><00:29:28.200><c> Bethlehem.</c>

00:29:28.799 --> 00:29:30.480
I<00:29:29.059><c> want</c><00:29:29.299><c> to</c><00:29:29.519><c> back</c><00:29:29.700><c> up</c><00:29:29.900><c> a</c><00:29:30.039><c> few</c><00:29:30.140><c> verses.</c>

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:33.440
I<00:29:30.640><c> want</c><00:29:30.859><c> to</c><00:29:31.019><c> get</c><00:29:31.160><c> the</c><00:29:31.420><c> theme</c><00:29:31.779><c> that</c><00:29:32.059><c> Micah</c><00:29:32.339><c> is</c><00:29:32.500><c> developing</c><00:29:32.880><c> here,</c>

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:37.279
as<00:29:33.660><c> he</c><00:29:33.920><c> stands</c><00:29:34.359><c> and</c><00:29:34.720><c> looks</c><00:29:35.000><c> forward</c><00:29:35.460><c> 700</c><00:29:36.019><c> years</c><00:29:36.480><c> into</c><00:29:36.720><c> the</c><00:29:36.880><c> future.</c>

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:41.000
Let's<00:29:37.920><c> look</c><00:29:38.160><c> at</c><00:29:38.359><c> Micah</c><00:29:38.720><c> 4</c><00:29:39.240><c> and</c><00:29:39.539><c> verse</c><00:29:39.920><c> 8.</c>

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:44.799
And<00:29:41.519><c> thou,</c><00:29:42.259><c> O</c><00:29:42.319><c> tower</c><00:29:42.740><c> of</c><00:29:42.920><c> the</c><00:29:43.140><c> flock,</c><00:29:43.660><c> the</c><00:29:43.940><c> stronghold</c><00:29:44.539><c> of</c><00:29:44.680><c> the</c>

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.720
daughter<00:29:45.099><c> of</c><00:29:45.339><c> Zion,</c>

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:48.579
unto<00:29:46.180><c> thee</c><00:29:46.460><c> shall</c><00:29:46.640><c> it</c><00:29:46.859><c> come</c><00:29:47.160><c> even</c><00:29:47.599><c> the</c><00:29:47.779><c> first</c><00:29:48.079><c> dominion.</c>

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:53.680
Now,<00:29:49.039><c> the</c><00:29:49.200><c> tower</c><00:29:49.539><c> of</c><00:29:49.720><c> the</c><00:29:49.920><c> flock</c><00:29:50.140><c> in</c><00:29:50.319><c> the</c><00:29:50.460><c> Hebrews</c><00:29:50.900><c> is</c><00:29:51.240><c> an</c><00:29:51.440><c> expression</c><00:29:51.920><c> of</c><00:29:52.539><c> a</c><00:29:52.779><c> name,</c>

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:56.559
which<00:29:53.700><c> is</c><00:29:53.980><c> Migdal</c><00:29:54.599><c> Eder,</c><00:29:55.220><c> the</c><00:29:55.440><c> tower</c><00:29:55.859><c> of</c><00:29:56.059><c> the</c><00:29:56.279><c> flock.</c>

00:29:56.559 --> 00:30:00.059
And<00:29:57.240><c> this</c><00:29:57.480><c> was,</c><00:29:57.900><c> in</c><00:29:58.039><c> fact,</c><00:29:58.339><c> a</c><00:29:58.440><c> place</c><00:29:58.740><c> near</c><00:29:59.160><c> Bethlehem</c>

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:04.180
where<00:30:01.119><c> special</c><00:30:01.599><c> shepherds</c><00:30:02.099><c> would</c><00:30:02.319><c> watch</c><00:30:02.539><c> over</c><00:30:02.880><c> special</c><00:30:03.420><c> sheep.</c>

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:06.799
These<00:30:04.500><c> were</c><00:30:04.700><c> the</c><00:30:04.900><c> sheep</c><00:30:05.079><c> that</c><00:30:05.299><c> were</c><00:30:05.700><c> being</c><00:30:06.039><c> kept</c><00:30:06.319><c> in</c><00:30:06.500><c> the</c><00:30:06.559><c> very</c>

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last<00:30:07.140><c> days</c>

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:10.539
before<00:30:07.920><c> they</c><00:30:08.119><c> were</c><00:30:08.200><c> to</c><00:30:08.319><c> be</c><00:30:08.539><c> transported</c><00:30:09.099><c> up</c><00:30:09.720><c> to</c><00:30:09.920><c> Jerusalem</c><00:30:10.339><c> to</c>

00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.759
be<00:30:10.799><c> offered</c><00:30:10.940><c> as</c><00:30:11.220><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:14.700
And<00:30:12.339><c> so,</c><00:30:12.660><c> at</c><00:30:12.660><c> the</c><00:30:12.819><c> tower</c><00:30:13.099><c> of</c><00:30:13.319><c> the</c><00:30:13.460><c> flock,</c><00:30:14.059><c> these</c><00:30:14.359><c> shepherds</c>

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.920
would<00:30:14.859><c> watch</c><00:30:15.119><c> over</c><00:30:15.359><c> these</c><00:30:15.619><c> sheep</c>

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:18.279
and<00:30:16.259><c> would</c><00:30:16.480><c> wait</c><00:30:16.720><c> for</c><00:30:16.940><c> the</c><00:30:17.099><c> time</c><00:30:17.319><c> when</c><00:30:17.440><c> they</c><00:30:17.599><c> should</c><00:30:17.740><c> take</c><00:30:17.960><c> them</c><00:30:18.119><c> up</c>

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to<00:30:18.400><c> the</c><00:30:18.559><c> temple.</c>

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This<00:30:19.240><c> will</c><00:30:19.440><c> come</c><00:30:19.640><c> in</c><00:30:19.920><c> to</c><00:30:20.180><c> be</c><00:30:20.319><c> very</c><00:30:20.619><c> important</c><00:30:20.940><c> in</c><00:30:21.200><c> a</c><00:30:21.420><c> minute</c><00:30:21.539><c> or</c><00:30:21.799><c> two.</c>

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:26.099
And<00:30:23.019><c> thou,</c><00:30:23.579><c> O</c><00:30:23.700><c> tower</c><00:30:24.039><c> of</c><00:30:24.200><c> the</c><00:30:24.420><c> flock,</c><00:30:25.000><c> the</c><00:30:25.299><c> stronghold</c><00:30:25.839><c> of</c><00:30:25.960><c> the</c>

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daughter<00:30:26.339><c> of</c><00:30:26.599><c> Zion,</c>

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:30.240
unto<00:30:27.599><c> thee</c><00:30:28.059><c> shall</c><00:30:28.279><c> it</c><00:30:28.539><c> come</c><00:30:28.759><c> even</c><00:30:29.099><c> the</c><00:30:29.359><c> first</c><00:30:29.599><c> dominion,</c>

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:32.059
the<00:30:30.539><c> first</c><00:30:30.880><c> dominion</c><00:30:31.299><c> of</c><00:30:31.440><c> God's</c><00:30:31.900><c> kingdom,</c>

00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:35.559
which<00:30:32.319><c> means</c><00:30:32.640><c> the</c><00:30:33.079><c> first</c><00:30:33.400><c> place</c><00:30:33.740><c> where</c><00:30:34.000><c> God</c><00:30:34.359><c> chose</c><00:30:34.920><c> to</c><00:30:35.400><c> make</c>

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:37.420
His<00:30:35.900><c> kingdom</c><00:30:36.279><c> visible</c><00:30:36.720><c> to</c><00:30:36.980><c> men</c>

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:40.440
was<00:30:38.339><c> on</c><00:30:38.660><c> the</c><00:30:38.859><c> hills</c><00:30:39.240><c> of</c><00:30:39.700><c> Bethlehem.</c>

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:42.799
And<00:30:40.859><c> when</c><00:30:41.039><c> He</c><00:30:41.299><c> said</c><00:30:41.599><c> through</c><00:30:42.160><c> the</c><00:30:42.380><c> angels,</c>

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:45.960
a<00:30:43.220><c> child</c><00:30:43.640><c> is</c><00:30:43.900><c> born</c><00:30:44.180><c> this</c><00:30:44.460><c> day</c><00:30:44.779><c> for</c><00:30:45.000><c> you</c><00:30:45.140><c> in</c><00:30:45.279><c> the</c><00:30:45.400><c> city</c><00:30:45.599><c> of</c><00:30:45.759><c> David,</c>

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:48.839
He<00:30:46.119><c> was</c><00:30:46.279><c> saying,</c><00:30:46.859><c> this</c><00:30:47.140><c> child</c><00:30:47.539><c> is</c><00:30:47.740><c> the</c><00:30:47.819><c> beginning</c><00:30:48.039><c> of</c><00:30:48.220><c> My</c><00:30:48.480><c> kingdom.</c>

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:52.059
And<00:30:49.160><c> the</c><00:30:49.240><c> very</c><00:30:49.660><c> first</c><00:30:49.980><c> place</c><00:30:50.339><c> where</c><00:30:50.539><c> this</c><00:30:50.779><c> kingdom</c><00:30:51.039><c> will</c><00:30:51.259><c> be</c><00:30:51.440><c> proclaimed</c>

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:54.019
will<00:30:52.440><c> be</c><00:30:52.579><c> on</c><00:30:52.740><c> the</c><00:30:52.859><c> hills</c><00:30:53.079><c> of</c><00:30:53.279><c> Bethlehem.</c>

00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:58.039
Unto<00:30:54.480><c> you</c><00:30:54.779><c> will</c><00:30:54.960><c> it</c><00:30:55.220><c> come,</c><00:30:55.880><c> O</c><00:30:56.039><c> Migdal</c><00:30:56.579><c> Eder,</c><00:30:57.319><c> the</c><00:30:57.559><c> tower</c><00:30:57.839><c> of</c>

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.519
the<00:30:58.220><c> flock.</c>

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Unto<00:30:59.039><c> you</c><00:30:59.259><c> will</c><00:30:59.440><c> it</c><00:30:59.660><c> come,</c><00:30:59.859><c> the</c><00:31:00.019><c> first</c><00:31:00.299><c> dominion</c><00:31:00.680><c> of</c><00:31:00.819><c> the</c><00:31:01.000><c> kingdom.</c>

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:04.079
And<00:31:02.140><c> these</c><00:31:02.380><c> shepherds</c><00:31:02.740><c> heard</c><00:31:03.000><c> these</c><00:31:03.259><c> wonderful</c><00:31:03.660><c> words.</c>

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:07.380
The<00:31:04.720><c> kingdom</c><00:31:05.099><c> shall</c><00:31:05.319><c> come</c><00:31:05.640><c> to</c><00:31:05.779><c> the</c><00:31:05.900><c> daughter</c><00:31:06.140><c> of</c><00:31:06.400><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:12.680
Now,<00:31:08.420><c> why</c><00:31:08.420><c> dost</c><00:31:08.660><c> thou</c><00:31:10.759><c> cry</c><00:31:11.119><c> out</c><00:31:11.539><c> aloud?</c><00:31:11.940><c> Verse</c><00:31:12.160><c> 9.</c>

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:15.920
Is<00:31:13.039><c> there</c><00:31:13.240><c> no</c><00:31:13.460><c> king</c><00:31:13.680><c> in</c><00:31:13.900><c> thee?</c><00:31:14.259><c> There</c><00:31:14.500><c> was</c><00:31:14.819><c> no</c><00:31:15.079><c> king</c><00:31:15.319><c> in</c><00:31:15.480><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:19.039
Is<00:31:16.640><c> thy</c><00:31:16.940><c> counselor</c><00:31:17.420><c> perished?</c><00:31:18.039><c> There</c><00:31:18.259><c> were</c><00:31:18.420><c> no</c><00:31:18.720><c> counselors</c>

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:20.539
worth<00:31:19.380><c> the</c><00:31:19.579><c> name.</c>

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:22.980
For<00:31:20.819><c> pangs</c><00:31:21.240><c> have</c><00:31:21.500><c> taken</c><00:31:21.740><c> thee</c><00:31:21.980><c> as</c><00:31:22.140><c> a</c><00:31:22.279><c> woman</c><00:31:22.480><c> in</c><00:31:22.660><c> travail,</c>

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:25.599
and<00:31:23.460><c> just</c><00:31:23.700><c> a</c><00:31:23.839><c> mile</c><00:31:24.039><c> or</c><00:31:24.259><c> two</c><00:31:24.440><c> away</c><00:31:24.700><c> across</c><00:31:25.039><c> the</c><00:31:25.259><c> hills,</c>

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:28.279
a<00:31:26.019><c> woman</c><00:31:26.259><c> was</c><00:31:26.519><c> in</c><00:31:26.720><c> travail</c><00:31:27.000><c> with</c><00:31:27.299><c> child.</c>

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:31.319
Be<00:31:28.700><c> in</c><00:31:28.940><c> pain</c><00:31:29.140><c> and</c><00:31:29.359><c> labor</c><00:31:29.579><c> to</c><00:31:29.799><c> bring</c><00:31:30.019><c> forth,</c><00:31:30.480><c> O</c><00:31:30.579><c> daughter</c><00:31:30.839><c> of</c><00:31:31.119><c> Zion,</c>

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:32.579
like<00:31:31.599><c> a</c><00:31:31.759><c> woman</c><00:31:31.940><c> in</c><00:31:32.200><c> travail.</c>

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:34.920
For<00:31:33.079><c> now</c><00:31:33.359><c> shalt</c><00:31:33.559><c> thou</c><00:31:33.680><c> go</c><00:31:33.940><c> forth</c><00:31:34.160><c> out</c><00:31:34.359><c> of</c><00:31:34.440><c> the</c><00:31:34.619><c> city,</c>

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:37.339
and<00:31:35.440><c> thou</c><00:31:35.579><c> shalt</c><00:31:35.759><c> dwell</c><00:31:36.059><c> in</c><00:31:36.240><c> the</c><00:31:36.400><c> field.</c>

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:41.680
We<00:31:38.160><c> skip</c><00:31:38.420><c> to</c><00:31:40.319><c> verse</c><00:31:40.900><c> 13.</c>

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:43.920
Arise<00:31:42.619><c> and</c><00:31:42.900><c> fresh,</c><00:31:43.180><c> O</c><00:31:43.259><c> daughter</c><00:31:43.480><c> of</c><00:31:43.700><c> Zion,</c>

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:46.619
for<00:31:44.019><c> I</c><00:31:44.180><c> will</c><00:31:44.339><c> make</c><00:31:44.579><c> thine</c><00:31:44.799><c> horn</c><00:31:45.140><c> iron,</c><00:31:45.940><c> and</c><00:31:46.019><c> I</c><00:31:46.099><c> will</c><00:31:46.259><c> make</c><00:31:46.440><c> thy</c>

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.259
hoofs<00:31:47.079><c> brass,</c>

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:49.099
and<00:31:47.420><c> thou</c><00:31:47.559><c> shalt</c><00:31:47.740><c> beat</c><00:31:48.000><c> and</c><00:31:48.160><c> keep</c><00:31:48.279><c> as</c><00:31:48.480><c> many</c><00:31:48.680><c> people.</c>

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:51.700
And<00:31:49.420><c> I</c><00:31:49.559><c> will</c><00:31:49.799><c> consecrate</c><00:31:50.339><c> their</c><00:31:50.660><c> gain</c><00:31:50.920><c> unto</c><00:31:51.099><c> the</c><00:31:51.339><c> Lord,</c>

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:54.259
and<00:31:52.079><c> their</c><00:31:52.339><c> substance</c><00:31:52.819><c> unto</c><00:31:53.059><c> the</c><00:31:53.220><c> Lord</c><00:31:53.500><c> of</c><00:31:53.640><c> the</c><00:31:53.759><c> whole</c><00:31:54.019><c> earth.</c>

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:56.700
The<00:31:54.640><c> Lord</c><00:31:54.920><c> of</c><00:31:55.039><c> the</c><00:31:55.180><c> whole</c><00:31:55.400><c> earth</c><00:31:55.619><c> was</c><00:31:55.839><c> revealing</c><00:31:56.200><c> himself</c>

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:58.420
through<00:31:56.940><c> the</c><00:31:57.099><c> birth</c><00:31:57.259><c> of</c><00:31:57.440><c> his</c><00:31:57.640><c> special</c><00:31:57.920><c> son,</c>

00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:00.859
who<00:31:58.759><c> would</c><00:31:58.940><c> be</c><00:31:59.140><c> the</c><00:31:59.380><c> dominion</c><00:31:59.680><c> of</c><00:31:59.799><c> his</c><00:31:59.980><c> kingdom.</c>

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:02.539
And<00:32:01.380><c> we</c><00:32:01.519><c> read</c><00:32:01.720><c> in</c><00:32:01.859><c> verse</c><00:32:02.140><c> 2.</c>

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:06.079
Thou<00:32:03.180><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:32:03.920><c> though</c><00:32:04.039><c> thou</c><00:32:04.259><c> be</c><00:32:04.460><c> little</c><00:32:04.720><c> among</c><00:32:04.980><c> the</c><00:32:05.180><c> thousands</c><00:32:05.500><c> of</c><00:32:05.799><c> Judah,</c>

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:08.640
yet<00:32:06.539><c> out</c><00:32:06.799><c> of</c><00:32:06.940><c> thee</c><00:32:07.079><c> shall</c><00:32:07.259><c> he</c><00:32:07.440><c> come</c><00:32:07.740><c> forth</c><00:32:08.000><c> unto</c><00:32:08.240><c> me,</c>

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:11.039
who<00:32:09.160><c> shall</c><00:32:09.480><c> be</c><00:32:10.099><c> ruler</c><00:32:10.480><c> in</c><00:32:10.660><c> Israel.</c>

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:13.660
When<00:32:11.160><c> his</c><00:32:11.380><c> goings</c><00:32:11.880><c> forth</c><00:32:12.000><c> have</c><00:32:12.200><c> been</c><00:32:12.420><c> from</c><00:32:12.660><c> of</c><00:32:12.839><c> old,</c>

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:15.819
from<00:32:13.720><c> everlasting</c><00:32:14.400><c> to</c><00:32:15.140><c> this</c><00:32:15.440><c> time,</c>

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:19.079
he<00:32:16.339><c> was</c><00:32:16.660><c> slain</c><00:32:17.299><c> from</c><00:32:17.720><c> the</c><00:32:17.900><c> foundation</c><00:32:18.359><c> of</c><00:32:18.519><c> the</c><00:32:18.680><c> world,</c>

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:21.740
this<00:32:19.660><c> child</c><00:32:20.119><c> yet</c><00:32:20.500><c> unborn.</c>

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:25.079
Therefore<00:32:23.359><c> will</c><00:32:23.599><c> he</c><00:32:23.700><c> give</c><00:32:23.880><c> them</c><00:32:24.019><c> up</c><00:32:24.259><c> until</c><00:32:24.500><c> the</c><00:32:24.700><c> time</c>

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:28.480
she<00:32:25.839><c> which</c><00:32:26.180><c> travaileth</c><00:32:26.920><c> hath</c><00:32:27.279><c> brought</c><00:32:27.579><c> forth.</c>

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:30.200
Verse<00:32:28.880><c> 4</c><00:32:29.259><c> of</c><00:32:29.339><c> chapter</c><00:32:29.680><c> 5.</c>

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:32.019
And<00:32:30.440><c> he</c><00:32:30.599><c> shall</c><00:32:30.779><c> stand</c><00:32:31.259><c> and</c><00:32:31.720><c> feed,</c>

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:34.619
which<00:32:32.460><c> is</c><00:32:32.680><c> a</c><00:32:32.740><c> word</c><00:32:33.059><c> that</c><00:32:33.420><c> means</c><00:32:33.779><c> to</c><00:32:33.980><c> be</c><00:32:34.160><c> a</c><00:32:34.319><c> shepherd.</c>

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:37.140
He<00:32:35.119><c> shall</c><00:32:35.319><c> stand</c><00:32:35.680><c> and</c><00:32:35.799><c> be</c><00:32:35.980><c> a</c><00:32:36.160><c> shepherd</c><00:32:36.380><c> in</c><00:32:36.539><c> the</c><00:32:36.740><c> strength</c><00:32:36.980><c> of</c>

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:37.460
the<00:32:37.279><c> Lord,</c>

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:39.559
in<00:32:37.599><c> the</c><00:32:37.740><c> majesty</c><00:32:38.099><c> of</c><00:32:38.259><c> the</c><00:32:38.359><c> name</c><00:32:38.559><c> of</c><00:32:38.660><c> the</c><00:32:38.799><c> Lord</c><00:32:38.980><c> his</c><00:32:39.180><c> God.</c>

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:42.160
For<00:32:39.559><c> now</c><00:32:40.220><c> he</c><00:32:40.400><c> shall</c><00:32:40.539><c> be</c><00:32:40.759><c> great</c><00:32:41.019><c> unto</c><00:32:41.200><c> the</c><00:32:41.400><c> ends</c><00:32:41.579><c> of</c><00:32:41.720><c> the</c><00:32:41.859><c> earth,</c>

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:43.900
and<00:32:42.519><c> this</c><00:32:42.759><c> man</c><00:32:42.980><c> shall</c><00:32:43.180><c> be</c><00:32:43.339><c> the</c><00:32:43.500><c> peace,</c>

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:46.140
when<00:32:44.299><c> the</c><00:32:44.500><c> Assyrian</c><00:32:44.940><c> will</c><00:32:45.140><c> come</c><00:32:45.319><c> into</c><00:32:45.519><c> the</c><00:32:45.720><c> land,</c>

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:48.819
this<00:32:46.799><c> man</c><00:32:47.160><c> who</c><00:32:47.299><c> is</c><00:32:47.440><c> being</c><00:32:47.680><c> born</c><00:32:47.940><c> in</c><00:32:48.140><c> Bethlehem,</c>

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:52.759
this<00:32:49.359><c> man</c><00:32:49.680><c> who</c><00:32:49.819><c> is</c><00:32:50.000><c> the</c><00:32:50.099><c> first</c><00:32:50.380><c> dominion</c><00:32:50.980><c> of</c><00:32:51.359><c> God's</c><00:32:51.859><c> kingdom.</c>

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:56.059
Now<00:32:53.839><c> back</c><00:32:54.039><c> again</c><00:32:54.359><c> to</c><00:32:54.579><c> Luke.</c>

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:08.279
Chapter<00:33:02.880><c> 2,</c><00:33:07.500><c> verse</c><00:33:07.799><c> 10.</c>

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:11.039
And<00:33:08.700><c> the</c><00:33:08.880><c> angel</c><00:33:09.059><c> said</c><00:33:09.259><c> unto</c><00:33:09.440><c> them,</c><00:33:09.779><c> fear</c><00:33:10.039><c> not.</c>

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:14.700
How<00:33:11.519><c> many</c><00:33:11.720><c> times</c><00:33:12.119><c> it</c><00:33:12.359><c> is</c><00:33:12.759><c> that</c><00:33:14.000><c> when</c><00:33:14.299><c> an</c><00:33:14.539><c> angel</c>

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:16.299
appears<00:33:15.099><c> to</c><00:33:15.339><c> a</c><00:33:15.440><c> man</c><00:33:15.619><c> or</c><00:33:15.779><c> a</c><00:33:15.920><c> woman,</c>

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:18.339
the<00:33:16.900><c> first</c><00:33:17.079><c> thing</c><00:33:17.220><c> he</c><00:33:17.400><c> says</c><00:33:17.640><c> is</c><00:33:17.819><c> fear</c><00:33:18.039><c> not.</c>

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:19.579
And<00:33:18.579><c> I</c><00:33:18.640><c> think</c><00:33:18.759><c> it's</c><00:33:18.960><c> perfectly</c><00:33:19.220><c> natural,</c>

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:21.519
because<00:33:19.880><c> if</c><00:33:20.059><c> an</c><00:33:20.240><c> angel</c><00:33:20.440><c> were</c><00:33:20.579><c> to</c><00:33:20.720><c> appear</c><00:33:20.920><c> to</c><00:33:21.140><c> us,</c>

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:24.680
the<00:33:22.119><c> first</c><00:33:22.359><c> thing</c><00:33:22.539><c> we</c><00:33:22.700><c> would</c><00:33:22.859><c> do</c><00:33:23.059><c> is</c><00:33:23.259><c> tremble</c><00:33:23.640><c> in</c><00:33:23.839><c> fear.</c>

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:27.680
And<00:33:25.460><c> yet</c><00:33:25.559><c> do</c><00:33:25.759><c> you</c><00:33:25.900><c> realize</c><00:33:26.539><c> that</c><00:33:27.140><c> an</c><00:33:27.400><c> angel</c>

00:33:27.680 --> 00:33:30.299
will<00:33:27.940><c> appear</c><00:33:28.279><c> to</c><00:33:28.460><c> each</c><00:33:28.720><c> one</c><00:33:28.900><c> of</c><00:33:29.039><c> us?</c>

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:32.400
At<00:33:30.480><c> some</c><00:33:30.720><c> time</c><00:33:30.920><c> probably</c><00:33:31.220><c> when</c><00:33:31.420><c> we</c><00:33:31.619><c> least</c><00:33:31.839><c> expect</c><00:33:32.259><c> it,</c>

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:35.099
and<00:33:32.539><c> we'll</c><00:33:32.779><c> say</c><00:33:33.140><c> the</c><00:33:33.759><c> time</c><00:33:33.980><c> has</c><00:33:34.220><c> come,</c>

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.460
the<00:33:35.519><c> time</c><00:33:35.740><c> for</c><00:33:35.940><c> the</c><00:33:36.119><c> judgment.</c>

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:38.079
Will<00:33:37.000><c> we</c><00:33:37.279><c> fear?</c>

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:40.920
You<00:33:39.039><c> can</c><00:33:39.279><c> bet</c><00:33:39.400><c> I</c><00:33:39.700><c> will.</c>

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:44.480
And<00:33:42.019><c> yet</c><00:33:42.380><c> always</c><00:33:43.380><c> when</c><00:33:43.599><c> the</c><00:33:43.740><c> angel</c><00:33:43.940><c> appeared</c>

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.640
and<00:33:44.819><c> the</c><00:33:44.940><c> person</c><00:33:45.220><c> feared,</c>

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:47.299
there<00:33:46.019><c> was</c><00:33:46.220><c> always</c><00:33:46.500><c> that</c><00:33:46.720><c> response,</c>

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:48.720
fear<00:33:47.859><c> not.</c>

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:51.119
And<00:33:49.240><c> it's</c><00:33:49.380><c> repeated</c><00:33:49.640><c> throughout</c><00:33:50.039><c> the</c><00:33:50.259><c> scripture.</c>

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:52.900
And<00:33:51.339><c> Jesus</c><00:33:51.660><c> picks</c><00:33:51.900><c> it</c><00:33:52.039><c> up</c><00:33:52.160><c> himself</c><00:33:52.519><c> and</c><00:33:52.660><c> he</c><00:33:52.759><c> says,</c>

00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:55.900
fear<00:33:53.140><c> not</c><00:33:53.359><c> little</c><00:33:53.660><c> flock,</c><00:33:54.440><c> little</c><00:33:54.839><c> flock</c><00:33:55.200><c> of</c><00:33:55.519><c> sheep,</c>

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:57.720
for<00:33:56.359><c> it</c><00:33:56.460><c> is</c><00:33:56.579><c> your</c><00:33:56.799><c> father's</c><00:33:57.220><c> good</c><00:33:57.440><c> pleasure</c>

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:59.220
to<00:33:57.940><c> give</c><00:33:58.019><c> you</c><00:33:58.200><c> the</c><00:33:58.359><c> kingdom.</c>

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:02.200
And<00:33:59.839><c> it's</c><00:34:00.019><c> a</c><00:34:00.160><c> great</c><00:34:00.420><c> source</c><00:34:00.799><c> of</c><00:34:01.480><c> comfort</c><00:34:01.819><c> to</c><00:34:02.059><c> me</c>

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:04.400
to<00:34:02.400><c> know</c><00:34:02.640><c> that</c><00:34:03.000><c> even</c><00:34:03.339><c> though</c><00:34:03.579><c> I</c><00:34:03.720><c> might</c><00:34:03.980><c> fear,</c>

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:05.980
I<00:34:05.119><c> can</c><00:34:05.339><c> hope</c><00:34:05.660><c> for.</c>

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:08.559
I<00:34:06.480><c> can</c><00:34:06.740><c> expect</c><00:34:07.279><c> that</c><00:34:07.799><c> word</c><00:34:08.039><c> in</c><00:34:08.239><c> return</c>

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:10.619
from<00:34:08.780><c> the</c><00:34:08.980><c> angel</c><00:34:09.139><c> who</c><00:34:09.280><c> says</c><00:34:09.539><c> to</c><00:34:09.800><c> me,</c>

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:12.000
do<00:34:10.739><c> not</c><00:34:10.940><c> be</c><00:34:11.179><c> afraid.</c>

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:15.079
God<00:34:12.579><c> desires</c><00:34:13.340><c> to</c><00:34:13.659><c> give</c><00:34:13.780><c> you</c><00:34:13.980><c> his</c><00:34:14.179><c> kingdom.</c>

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:17.320
And<00:34:15.760><c> if</c><00:34:15.820><c> you</c><00:34:15.900><c> just</c><00:34:16.099><c> put</c><00:34:16.219><c> yourself</c><00:34:16.559><c> in</c><00:34:16.679><c> the</c><00:34:16.820><c> right</c><00:34:17.000><c> place</c>

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:19.059
and<00:34:17.460><c> if</c><00:34:17.559><c> you</c><00:34:17.739><c> trust</c><00:34:17.940><c> in</c><00:34:18.199><c> God,</c>

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:21.460
that<00:34:19.519><c> kingdom</c><00:34:19.860><c> will</c><00:34:20.139><c> come</c><00:34:20.380><c> for</c><00:34:20.659><c> you.</c>

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:25.380
I'd<00:34:23.000><c> like</c><00:34:23.059><c> to</c><00:34:23.260><c> look</c><00:34:23.400><c> at</c><00:34:23.639><c> the</c><00:34:24.059><c> angel's</c><00:34:24.619><c> proclamation</c><00:34:25.059><c> here.</c>

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:27.840
Each<00:34:25.800><c> word</c><00:34:26.199><c> is</c><00:34:26.500><c> so</c><00:34:26.840><c> important.</c>

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:30.579
Fear<00:34:28.239><c> not,</c><00:34:28.539><c> he</c><00:34:28.800><c> says,</c><00:34:29.380><c> or</c><00:34:29.500><c> they</c><00:34:29.760><c> say.</c>

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.719
Fear<00:34:31.340><c> not.</c>

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:34.539
So<00:34:32.400><c> much</c><00:34:32.639><c> of</c><00:34:32.840><c> our</c><00:34:33.039><c> lives</c><00:34:33.420><c> is</c><00:34:33.679><c> fearful,</c><00:34:34.119><c> isn't</c><00:34:34.280><c> it?</c>

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:36.460
Sometimes<00:34:35.000><c> we're</c><00:34:35.199><c> afraid</c><00:34:35.420><c> to</c><00:34:35.519><c> get</c><00:34:35.619><c> out</c><00:34:35.840><c> of</c><00:34:35.920><c> bed</c><00:34:36.019><c> in</c><00:34:36.159><c> the</c><00:34:36.260><c> morning.</c>

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:38.199
You<00:34:36.579><c> don't</c><00:34:36.739><c> know</c><00:34:36.820><c> what's</c><00:34:37.039><c> going</c><00:34:37.179><c> to</c><00:34:37.400><c> happen.</c>

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:40.340
And<00:34:38.519><c> God</c><00:34:38.800><c> says,</c><00:34:39.400><c> fear</c><00:34:39.400><c> not.</c>

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:42.980
Because<00:34:40.639><c> if</c><00:34:40.840><c> God</c><00:34:41.159><c> be</c><00:34:41.480><c> far</c><00:34:41.639><c> as</c><00:34:41.760><c> he</c><00:34:41.900><c> can</c><00:34:42.039><c> be</c><00:34:42.239><c> against</c><00:34:42.539><c> us</c>

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:45.039
and<00:34:43.340><c> he</c><00:34:43.659><c> who</c><00:34:43.960><c> spared</c><00:34:44.139><c> not</c><00:34:44.360><c> his</c><00:34:44.539><c> own</c><00:34:44.840><c> son</c>

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:46.900
but<00:34:45.239><c> delivered</c><00:34:45.539><c> him</c><00:34:45.760><c> up</c><00:34:45.980><c> for</c><00:34:46.199><c> our</c><00:34:46.480><c> sakes,</c>

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:49.320
will<00:34:47.320><c> he</c><00:34:47.519><c> not</c><00:34:47.719><c> richly</c><00:34:48.159><c> give</c><00:34:48.280><c> us</c><00:34:48.579><c> all</c><00:34:48.960><c> things?</c>

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:51.119
Why<00:34:49.940><c> should</c><00:34:50.139><c> we</c><00:34:50.380><c> fear?</c>

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:56.159
Fear<00:34:53.039><c> not,</c><00:34:53.559><c> for</c><00:34:53.679><c> behold</c><00:34:54.179><c> I</c><00:34:54.579><c> bring</c><00:34:54.820><c> you</c><00:34:55.119><c> good</c><00:34:55.500><c> tidings,</c>

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:57.960
good<00:34:56.679><c> tidings</c><00:34:57.159><c> being</c><00:34:57.440><c> the</c><00:34:57.639><c> gospel,</c>

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:59.559
the<00:34:58.260><c> good</c><00:34:58.480><c> news</c><00:34:58.760><c> of</c><00:34:58.960><c> salvation,</c>

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:02.320
good<00:35:00.280><c> tidings</c><00:35:00.639><c> which</c><00:35:00.820><c> will</c><00:35:01.019><c> bring</c><00:35:01.219><c> to</c><00:35:01.400><c> you</c><00:35:01.519><c> a</c><00:35:01.699><c> great</c><00:35:01.920><c> joy</c>

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:04.440
and<00:35:02.500><c> a</c><00:35:02.579><c> rejoicing</c><00:35:03.360><c> and</c><00:35:03.860><c> a</c><00:35:04.059><c> comfort</c>

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:06.579
and<00:35:04.880><c> a</c><00:35:05.059><c> peace</c><00:35:05.280><c> and</c><00:35:05.480><c> a</c><00:35:05.659><c> happiness</c>

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:10.539
which<00:35:08.480><c> shall</c><00:35:08.800><c> be</c><00:35:09.199><c> to</c><00:35:09.559><c> all</c><00:35:10.079><c> people.</c>

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:12.659
I'm<00:35:10.980><c> coming</c><00:35:11.280><c> to</c><00:35:11.539><c> you,</c><00:35:11.840><c> the</c><00:35:12.039><c> shepherds,</c>

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.659
the<00:35:13.000><c> angel</c><00:35:13.260><c> says,</c>

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:16.179
but<00:35:14.099><c> this</c><00:35:14.320><c> is</c><00:35:14.480><c> going</c><00:35:14.739><c> to</c><00:35:15.059><c> encompass</c><00:35:15.500><c> all</c><00:35:15.960><c> people</c>

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:18.920
and<00:35:16.360><c> all</c><00:35:16.559><c> men</c><00:35:16.760><c> are</c><00:35:16.920><c> going</c><00:35:17.099><c> to</c><00:35:17.280><c> partake</c><00:35:17.860><c> of</c><00:35:18.079><c> this</c><00:35:18.280><c> same</c><00:35:18.579><c> hope.</c>

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:24.179
For<00:35:19.519><c> unto</c><00:35:19.880><c> you</c><00:35:20.360><c> is</c><00:35:20.559><c> born</c><00:35:20.900><c> this</c><00:35:21.219><c> day,</c><00:35:22.840><c> unto</c><00:35:23.340><c> you,</c>

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:26.460
and<00:35:24.559><c> this</c><00:35:24.719><c> is</c><00:35:24.840><c> what</c><00:35:24.940><c> we've</c><00:35:25.280><c> emphasized</c><00:35:25.800><c> each</c><00:35:26.179><c> day,</c>

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:28.619
that<00:35:26.820><c> Jesus</c><00:35:27.199><c> is</c><00:35:27.539><c> born</c><00:35:27.880><c> to</c><00:35:28.199><c> us,</c>

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:32.039
that<00:35:29.059><c> it</c><00:35:29.199><c> is</c><00:35:29.440><c> as</c><00:35:29.639><c> though</c><00:35:30.019><c> he</c><00:35:30.239><c> is</c><00:35:30.500><c> born</c><00:35:30.780><c> anew</c><00:35:31.039><c> in</c><00:35:31.139><c> each</c><00:35:31.360><c> of</c><00:35:31.500><c> our</c><00:35:31.659><c> lives</c>

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:34.219
and<00:35:32.360><c> when</c><00:35:32.500><c> we</c><00:35:32.699><c> think</c><00:35:32.840><c> about</c><00:35:33.059><c> his</c><00:35:33.260><c> birth</c><00:35:33.539><c> we</c><00:35:33.699><c> realize</c>

00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:38.320
that<00:35:34.639><c> God</c><00:35:34.960><c> sent</c><00:35:35.159><c> his</c><00:35:35.440><c> son</c><00:35:35.940><c> for</c><00:35:36.239><c> each</c><00:35:36.539><c> one</c><00:35:36.699><c> of</c><00:35:36.820><c> us</c><00:35:36.960><c> as</c><00:35:37.119><c> an</c><00:35:37.280><c> individual.</c>

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:40.159
For<00:35:38.420><c> unto</c><00:35:38.699><c> you</c><00:35:38.880><c> is</c><00:35:39.059><c> born</c><00:35:39.460><c> this</c><00:35:39.800><c> day</c>

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:42.460
and<00:35:40.440><c> there</c><00:35:40.639><c> is</c><00:35:40.719><c> an</c><00:35:41.059><c> immediacy,</c>

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:46.719
there<00:35:43.519><c> is</c><00:35:44.039><c> a</c><00:35:44.500><c> feeling</c><00:35:44.780><c> of</c><00:35:45.280><c> immediate</c><00:35:45.639><c> necessity</c><00:35:46.199><c> about</c><00:35:46.559><c> this.</c>

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:49.159
He<00:35:46.840><c> is</c><00:35:47.039><c> born</c><00:35:47.300><c> this</c><00:35:47.639><c> day</c><00:35:48.000><c> and</c><00:35:48.300><c> it's</c><00:35:48.480><c> very</c><00:35:48.679><c> important.</c>

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:51.679
And<00:35:49.500><c> it's</c><00:35:49.679><c> another</c><00:35:49.900><c> theme</c><00:35:50.239><c> that's</c><00:35:50.500><c> repeated</c><00:35:50.780><c> throughout</c><00:35:51.159><c> the</c><00:35:51.360><c> Bible.</c>

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:54.159
Jesus<00:35:52.280><c> was</c><00:35:52.480><c> going</c><00:35:52.699><c> about</c><00:35:52.960><c> from</c><00:35:53.159><c> one</c><00:35:53.400><c> city</c><00:35:53.599><c> to</c><00:35:53.820><c> another</c>

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:57.179
and<00:35:54.639><c> Zacchaeus</c><00:35:55.119><c> was</c><00:35:55.300><c> in</c><00:35:55.480><c> a</c><00:35:55.940><c> tree</c><00:35:56.280><c> that</c><00:35:56.440><c> he</c><00:35:56.559><c> might</c><00:35:56.800><c> see</c>

00:35:57.179 --> 00:35:58.420
and<00:35:57.860><c> Jesus</c><00:35:58.179><c> said,</c>

00:35:58.719 --> 00:36:00.400
Come<00:35:58.719><c> down,</c><00:35:59.380><c> Zacchaeus,</c>

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:03.380
for<00:36:00.760><c> this</c><00:36:01.079><c> day</c><00:36:01.460><c> I</c><00:36:01.679><c> will</c><00:36:01.900><c> abide</c><00:36:02.159><c> in</c><00:36:02.300><c> your</c><00:36:02.500><c> house.</c>

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:05.880
And<00:36:03.820><c> Paul</c><00:36:04.099><c> preaches</c><00:36:04.500><c> to</c><00:36:04.760><c> the</c><00:36:04.840><c> Athenians</c><00:36:05.219><c> and</c><00:36:05.360><c> he</c><00:36:05.559><c> says,</c>

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:07.820
God<00:36:06.500><c> winked</c><00:36:06.880><c> at</c><00:36:06.920><c> your</c><00:36:07.099><c> times</c><00:36:07.340><c> of</c><00:36:07.619><c> ignorance,</c>

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:10.360
but<00:36:08.099><c> now</c><00:36:08.679><c> he</c><00:36:08.880><c> commands</c><00:36:09.260><c> all</c><00:36:09.639><c> men</c><00:36:09.860><c> to</c><00:36:10.079><c> repent.</c>

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:12.159
This<00:36:11.139><c> day</c><00:36:11.420><c> is</c><00:36:11.619><c> the</c><00:36:11.800><c> time.</c>

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:14.019
And<00:36:12.639><c> there's</c><00:36:12.800><c> something</c><00:36:13.099><c> immediate</c><00:36:13.579><c> about</c><00:36:13.860><c> that,</c>

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:15.579
there's<00:36:14.219><c> something</c><00:36:14.400><c> that</c><00:36:14.539><c> should</c><00:36:14.739><c> sink</c><00:36:14.920><c> into</c><00:36:15.139><c> our</c><00:36:15.340><c> hearts</c>

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:18.019
that<00:36:15.920><c> if</c><00:36:16.059><c> we</c><00:36:16.280><c> don't</c><00:36:16.480><c> do</c><00:36:16.800><c> today</c><00:36:17.219><c> what</c><00:36:17.420><c> we</c><00:36:17.699><c> should,</c>

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:19.579
tomorrow<00:36:18.639><c> it</c><00:36:18.820><c> may</c><00:36:19.000><c> be</c><00:36:19.099><c> too</c><00:36:19.360><c> late,</c>

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:22.139
and<00:36:19.900><c> if</c><00:36:20.000><c> we</c><00:36:20.159><c> don't</c><00:36:20.300><c> reach</c><00:36:20.599><c> out</c><00:36:20.880><c> today</c><00:36:21.179><c> to</c><00:36:21.400><c> do</c><00:36:21.559><c> God's</c><00:36:22.019><c> will</c>

00:36:22.139 --> 00:36:23.440
and<00:36:22.340><c> bring</c><00:36:22.480><c> his</c><00:36:22.639><c> truth</c><00:36:22.880><c> to</c><00:36:23.139><c> others,</c>

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:25.679
tomorrow<00:36:24.320><c> the</c><00:36:24.719><c> darkness</c><00:36:25.059><c> may</c><00:36:25.400><c> come</c>

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:27.380
and<00:36:25.840><c> no</c><00:36:26.059><c> man</c><00:36:26.320><c> can</c><00:36:26.619><c> work.</c>

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:31.340
Unto<00:36:27.739><c> you</c><00:36:27.880><c> is</c><00:36:28.139><c> born</c><00:36:28.500><c> this</c><00:36:28.920><c> day</c><00:36:29.340><c> in</c><00:36:29.719><c> the</c><00:36:29.940><c> city</c><00:36:30.139><c> of</c><00:36:30.380><c> David,</c>

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:33.820
linking<00:36:31.920><c> Jesus</c><00:36:32.400><c> with</c><00:36:32.659><c> David</c><00:36:33.000><c> his</c><00:36:33.199><c> ancestor,</c>

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:36.340
linking<00:36:34.420><c> Jesus</c><00:36:34.840><c> with</c><00:36:35.039><c> the</c><00:36:35.199><c> man</c><00:36:35.380><c> who</c><00:36:35.539><c> was</c><00:36:35.679><c> the</c><00:36:35.840><c> first</c><00:36:36.039><c> great</c>

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:37.340
king<00:36:36.679><c> from</c><00:36:36.940><c> Judah</c>

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:38.659
and<00:36:37.699><c> Jesus</c><00:36:38.059><c> the</c><00:36:38.280><c> last,</c>

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:41.280
the<00:36:39.039><c> one</c><00:36:39.219><c> who</c><00:36:39.340><c> would</c><00:36:39.559><c> reign</c><00:36:39.719><c> upon</c><00:36:39.980><c> the</c><00:36:40.199><c> throne</c><00:36:40.380><c> of</c><00:36:40.539><c> his</c><00:36:40.679><c> father</c><00:36:40.960><c> David</c>

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:42.239
forever<00:36:41.739><c> and</c><00:36:41.980><c> ever.</c>

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:44.619
There<00:36:42.780><c> is</c><00:36:43.059><c> born</c><00:36:43.320><c> to</c><00:36:43.539><c> you</c><00:36:43.820><c> a</c><00:36:44.199><c> Savior,</c>

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:46.599
which<00:36:45.019><c> is</c><00:36:45.260><c> the</c><00:36:45.360><c> meaning</c><00:36:45.559><c> of</c><00:36:45.760><c> the</c><00:36:45.840><c> name</c><00:36:46.019><c> Jesus,</c>

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:50.300
who<00:36:47.280><c> is</c><00:36:47.639><c> Christ,</c><00:36:48.480><c> the</c><00:36:48.599><c> Messiah,</c><00:36:49.199><c> the</c><00:36:49.440><c> Anointed</c><00:36:49.739><c> One,</c>

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:52.159
and<00:36:50.619><c> he</c><00:36:50.920><c> is</c><00:36:51.320><c> the</c><00:36:51.719><c> Lord,</c>

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:55.699
he<00:36:52.679><c> is</c><00:36:52.940><c> the</c><00:36:53.159><c> ruler</c><00:36:53.579><c> of</c><00:36:54.099><c> the</c><00:36:54.199><c> universe.</c>

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:04.659
And<00:37:03.320><c> this</c><00:37:03.519><c> shall</c><00:37:03.699><c> be</c><00:37:03.920><c> a</c><00:37:04.039><c> sign</c><00:37:04.219><c> for</c><00:37:04.480><c> you,</c>

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:06.880
you<00:37:04.780><c> shall</c><00:37:04.940><c> find</c><00:37:05.260><c> the</c><00:37:05.420><c> babe</c><00:37:05.599><c> wrapped</c><00:37:05.880><c> in</c><00:37:06.119><c> swaddling</c><00:37:06.519><c> clothes</c>

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.780
lying<00:37:07.199><c> in</c><00:37:07.380><c> a</c><00:37:07.480><c> manger.</c>

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:09.579
And<00:37:08.219><c> suddenly</c><00:37:08.539><c> there</c><00:37:08.820><c> was</c><00:37:08.960><c> with</c><00:37:09.159><c> the</c><00:37:09.380><c> angels</c>

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:11.079
a<00:37:09.780><c> multitude</c><00:37:10.179><c> of</c><00:37:10.360><c> the</c><00:37:10.460><c> heavenly</c><00:37:10.739><c> host,</c>

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:12.980
praising<00:37:11.519><c> God</c><00:37:12.139><c> and</c><00:37:12.599><c> saying,</c>

00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:14.679
Glory<00:37:13.639><c> to</c><00:37:13.840><c> God</c><00:37:14.079><c> in</c><00:37:14.239><c> the</c><00:37:14.400><c> highest</c>

00:37:14.679 --> 00:37:17.480
and<00:37:14.860><c> on</c><00:37:15.019><c> earth</c><00:37:15.219><c> peace,</c><00:37:16.079><c> good</c><00:37:16.360><c> will</c><00:37:16.659><c> toward</c><00:37:17.019><c> men.</c>

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:19.079
And<00:37:17.940><c> there's</c><00:37:18.099><c> another</c><00:37:18.360><c> passage</c><00:37:18.739><c> here,</c>

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:20.880
let's<00:37:19.500><c> just</c><00:37:19.659><c> drop</c><00:37:19.860><c> back</c><00:37:20.099><c> for</c><00:37:20.280><c> one</c><00:37:20.519><c> second</c>

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:23.920
to<00:37:21.579><c> the</c><00:37:21.780><c> last</c><00:37:22.079><c> part</c><00:37:22.380><c> of</c><00:37:22.559><c> the</c><00:37:22.659><c> book</c><00:37:22.840><c> of</c><00:37:23.199><c> Job,</c>

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:25.980
Job<00:37:24.400><c> chapter</c><00:37:24.820><c> 38.</c>

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:27.860
I'm<00:37:26.639><c> going</c><00:37:26.739><c> to</c><00:37:26.800><c> use</c><00:37:26.940><c> this</c><00:37:27.179><c> for</c><00:37:27.360><c> a</c><00:37:27.460><c> bookmark</c>

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:29.800
so<00:37:28.019><c> I</c><00:37:28.159><c> can</c><00:37:28.719><c> flip</c><00:37:28.920><c> back</c><00:37:29.199><c> a</c><00:37:29.300><c> little</c><00:37:29.460><c> quicker.</c>

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:34.219
Job<00:37:30.519><c> chapter</c><00:37:30.980><c> 38</c><00:37:32.019><c> verses</c><00:37:33.039><c> 6</c><00:37:33.460><c> and</c><00:37:33.599><c> 7.</c>

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:36.360
God<00:37:34.960><c> is</c><00:37:35.320><c> speaking</c><00:37:35.599><c> to</c><00:37:35.940><c> Job,</c>

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:39.139
and<00:37:36.840><c> he</c><00:37:37.000><c> is</c><00:37:37.159><c> telling</c><00:37:37.480><c> Job</c><00:37:37.860><c> of</c><00:37:38.019><c> his</c><00:37:38.199><c> awesome</c><00:37:38.619><c> power,</c>

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:40.079
and<00:37:39.579><c> he</c><00:37:39.820><c> says,</c>

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:43.219
Where<00:37:40.539><c> were</c><00:37:40.820><c> you</c><00:37:41.039><c> when</c><00:37:41.199><c> I</c><00:37:41.400><c> laid</c><00:37:41.599><c> the</c><00:37:41.820><c> foundations</c><00:37:42.340><c> of</c><00:37:42.539><c> the</c><00:37:42.699><c> earth?</c>

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:45.960
Job<00:37:44.000><c> 38</c><00:37:44.860><c> verse</c><00:37:45.440><c> 4.</c>

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:49.000
If<00:37:46.619><c> thou</c><00:37:46.880><c> hast</c><00:37:47.119><c> understanding,</c><00:37:47.960><c> tell</c><00:37:48.159><c> me</c><00:37:48.380><c> these</c><00:37:48.679><c> things.</c>

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:52.400
Who<00:37:49.500><c> hath</c><00:37:49.760><c> laid</c><00:37:49.980><c> the</c><00:37:50.199><c> measure</c><00:37:50.480><c> thereof,</c><00:37:51.039><c> if</c><00:37:51.079><c> thou</c><00:37:51.320><c> knowest?</c>

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:55.900
Or<00:37:53.960><c> who</c><00:37:54.219><c> hath</c><00:37:54.480><c> stretched</c><00:37:54.840><c> the</c><00:37:55.059><c> line</c><00:37:55.260><c> upon</c><00:37:55.519><c> it?</c>

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:58.460
Whereupon<00:37:56.559><c> are</c><00:37:56.739><c> the</c><00:37:56.880><c> foundations</c><00:37:57.440><c> thereof</c><00:37:57.960><c> fastened?</c>

00:37:58.579 --> 00:38:00.579
Who<00:37:58.739><c> laid</c><00:37:59.000><c> the</c><00:37:59.260><c> cornerstone</c><00:37:59.800><c> of</c><00:37:59.940><c> the</c><00:38:00.079><c> universe</c>

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:02.840
when<00:38:00.980><c> the</c><00:38:01.199><c> morning</c><00:38:01.579><c> stars</c><00:38:02.099><c> sang</c><00:38:02.400><c> together</c>

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:05.260
and<00:38:03.039><c> all</c><00:38:03.300><c> the</c><00:38:03.480><c> sons</c><00:38:03.719><c> of</c><00:38:03.920><c> God</c><00:38:04.280><c> shouted</c><00:38:04.619><c> for</c><00:38:04.960><c> joy?</c>

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:06.719
He's<00:38:05.800><c> speaking</c><00:38:06.039><c> of</c><00:38:06.179><c> the</c><00:38:06.380><c> creation</c>

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:08.900
when<00:38:06.980><c> God</c><00:38:07.380><c> by</c><00:38:07.659><c> His</c><00:38:07.940><c> decree</c><00:38:08.300><c> from</c><00:38:08.539><c> heaven,</c>

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:12.139
by<00:38:09.420><c> His</c><00:38:09.659><c> word</c><00:38:09.980><c> sent</c><00:38:10.239><c> forth</c><00:38:10.639><c> and</c><00:38:11.079><c> created</c><00:38:11.440><c> the</c><00:38:11.780><c> worlds,</c>

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:13.840
the<00:38:12.739><c> universes</c><00:38:13.159><c> and</c><00:38:13.420><c> the</c><00:38:13.559><c> earth,</c>

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:16.519
and<00:38:14.300><c> caused</c><00:38:14.500><c> light</c><00:38:14.840><c> to</c><00:38:15.119><c> come</c><00:38:15.280><c> in</c><00:38:15.480><c> vegetation</c><00:38:16.019><c> and</c><00:38:16.300><c> life.</c>

00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:18.340
Where<00:38:16.960><c> were</c><00:38:17.119><c> you</c><00:38:17.300><c> when</c><00:38:17.440><c> I</c><00:38:17.599><c> did</c><00:38:17.739><c> these</c><00:38:18.019><c> things?</c>

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:19.099
God<00:38:18.699><c> said.</c>

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:21.460
And<00:38:19.559><c> obviously</c><00:38:19.980><c> Job</c><00:38:20.239><c> must</c><00:38:20.539><c> answer,</c>

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:23.340
I<00:38:21.800><c> wasn't.</c>

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:26.960
And<00:38:23.960><c> now</c><00:38:24.320><c> again,</c><00:38:25.159><c> at</c><00:38:25.280><c> the</c><00:38:25.440><c> beginning</c><00:38:25.780><c> of</c><00:38:25.960><c> a</c><00:38:26.159><c> new</c><00:38:26.400><c> creation,</c>

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:29.400
when<00:38:27.420><c> God</c><00:38:27.800><c> through</c><00:38:28.000><c> His</c><00:38:28.280><c> Son</c><00:38:28.480><c> is</c><00:38:28.780><c> establishing</c>

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:32.239
a<00:38:29.900><c> new</c><00:38:30.059><c> heavens</c><00:38:30.320><c> and</c><00:38:30.480><c> a</c><00:38:30.579><c> new</c><00:38:30.739><c> earth</c><00:38:30.960><c> wherein</c><00:38:31.199><c> will</c><00:38:31.500><c> dwell</c><00:38:31.719><c> righteousness,</c>

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:34.139
and<00:38:32.699><c> it</c><00:38:32.860><c> all</c><00:38:33.079><c> begins</c><00:38:33.380><c> with</c><00:38:33.579><c> His</c><00:38:33.860><c> Son,</c>

00:38:34.300 --> 00:38:36.039
at<00:38:34.480><c> the</c><00:38:34.679><c> beginning</c><00:38:34.900><c> of</c><00:38:35.059><c> a</c><00:38:35.280><c> new</c><00:38:35.500><c> creation</c>

00:38:36.039 --> 00:38:38.420
the<00:38:36.500><c> morning</c><00:38:36.960><c> stars</c><00:38:37.460><c> sing</c><00:38:37.920><c> together</c>

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:40.719
and<00:38:38.780><c> the</c><00:38:38.960><c> shepherds</c><00:38:39.239><c> on</c><00:38:39.420><c> the</c><00:38:39.559><c> hills</c><00:38:39.820><c> hear</c><00:38:40.059><c> their</c><00:38:40.300><c> song.</c>

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:43.179
And<00:38:41.320><c> all</c><00:38:41.619><c> the</c><00:38:41.840><c> sons</c><00:38:42.099><c> of</c><00:38:42.280><c> God</c><00:38:42.500><c> in</c><00:38:42.679><c> the</c><00:38:42.820><c> heavens,</c>

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:45.739
the<00:38:43.780><c> angels</c><00:38:44.219><c> that</c><00:38:44.519><c> behold</c><00:38:44.860><c> His</c><00:38:45.159><c> presence,</c>

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:47.579
shout<00:38:46.340><c> aloud</c><00:38:46.739><c> for</c><00:38:47.099><c> joy</c>

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:49.840
when<00:38:48.039><c> the</c><00:38:48.239><c> foundations</c><00:38:48.840><c> of</c><00:38:49.019><c> the</c><00:38:49.139><c> earth</c><00:38:49.300><c> are</c><00:38:49.519><c> laid</c>

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:52.860
and<00:38:50.260><c> the</c><00:38:50.460><c> one</c><00:38:50.639><c> who</c><00:38:50.800><c> will</c><00:38:50.960><c> be</c><00:38:51.079><c> the</c><00:38:51.340><c> cornerstone</c><00:38:51.900><c> of</c><00:38:52.059><c> God's</c><00:38:52.519><c> temple</c>

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:54.920
is<00:38:53.380><c> brought</c><00:38:53.599><c> into</c><00:38:53.900><c> being.</c>

00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:56.900
And<00:38:55.860><c> while</c><00:38:55.980><c> we're</c><00:38:56.099><c> in</c><00:38:56.239><c> the</c><00:38:56.340><c> Old</c><00:38:56.539><c> Testament,</c>

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:58.000
there's<00:38:57.159><c> one</c><00:38:57.340><c> other</c><00:38:57.559><c> passage.</c>

00:38:58.480 --> 00:39:01.579
We<00:38:58.659><c> think</c><00:38:58.840><c> of</c><00:38:58.980><c> Jesus,</c><00:39:00.139><c> the</c><00:39:00.280><c> little</c><00:39:00.579><c> babe</c><00:39:00.840><c> in</c><00:39:01.119><c> the</c><00:39:01.260><c> manger,</c>

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:04.539
and<00:39:02.099><c> we</c><00:39:02.239><c> look</c><00:39:02.400><c> at</c><00:39:02.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:03.019><c> chapter</c><00:39:03.539><c> 1.</c>

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:07.199
I<00:39:05.239><c> find</c><00:39:05.480><c> this</c><00:39:06.000><c> beautifully</c><00:39:06.500><c> expressive.</c>

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:10.059
Isaiah<00:39:08.099><c> chapter</c><00:39:08.519><c> 1</c><00:39:09.139><c> and</c><00:39:09.480><c> verse</c><00:39:09.739><c> 3,</c>

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:12.059
again<00:39:10.420><c> one</c><00:39:10.619><c> of</c><00:39:10.659><c> those</c><00:39:10.920><c> little</c><00:39:11.579><c> cameos</c>

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:15.300
that<00:39:12.280><c> seems</c><00:39:12.559><c> to</c><00:39:12.760><c> be</c><00:39:13.380><c> calling</c><00:39:13.659><c> to</c><00:39:13.880><c> be</c><00:39:14.119><c> lifted</c><00:39:14.300><c> out</c><00:39:14.519><c> of</c><00:39:14.599><c> its</c><00:39:14.840><c> context</c>

00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:19.099
and<00:39:15.460><c> put</c><00:39:15.599><c> in</c><00:39:15.760><c> another</c><00:39:15.960><c> place</c><00:39:16.440><c> to</c><00:39:17.500><c> reflect</c><00:39:18.019><c> a</c><00:39:18.360><c> greater</c><00:39:18.639><c> light</c>

00:39:19.099 --> 00:39:21.739
upon<00:39:19.440><c> this</c><00:39:19.760><c> incident</c><00:39:20.280><c> of</c><00:39:20.739><c> the</c><00:39:20.940><c> babe</c><00:39:21.099><c> in</c><00:39:21.260><c> the</c><00:39:21.400><c> manger,</c>

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:24.780
Jesus<00:39:22.739><c> born</c><00:39:23.699><c> in</c><00:39:24.079><c> Bethlehem.</c>

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:29.960
Isaiah<00:39:25.400><c> 1</c><00:39:25.659><c> and</c><00:39:25.860><c> 3,</c><00:39:26.599><c> God</c><00:39:27.019><c> is</c><00:39:28.460><c> rebuking</c><00:39:29.239><c> His</c><00:39:29.500><c> people</c>

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:34.679
who<00:39:30.619><c> are</c><00:39:31.239><c> a</c><00:39:31.579><c> disbelieving,</c><00:39:32.500><c> a</c><00:39:32.820><c> slothful,</c><00:39:33.739><c> a</c><00:39:33.980><c> selfish</c><00:39:34.320><c> people,</c>

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:37.360
and<00:39:34.820><c> He</c><00:39:35.059><c> says,</c><00:39:36.679><c> verse</c><00:39:36.900><c> 3,</c>

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:40.460
The<00:39:37.780><c> ox</c><00:39:38.099><c> knoweth</c><00:39:38.460><c> his</c><00:39:38.639><c> owner,</c><00:39:38.940><c> and</c><00:39:39.079><c> the</c><00:39:39.280><c> ass</c><00:39:39.440><c> his</c><00:39:39.639><c> master's</c><00:39:40.199><c> crib,</c>

00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:43.880
but<00:39:40.920><c> Israel</c><00:39:41.360><c> doth</c><00:39:41.539><c> not</c><00:39:41.840><c> know,</c><00:39:42.360><c> my</c><00:39:42.679><c> people</c><00:39:42.980><c> doth</c><00:39:43.219><c> not</c><00:39:43.460><c> consider.</c>

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:47.900
And<00:39:44.519><c> picture</c><00:39:44.820><c> this,</c><00:39:45.559><c> in</c><00:39:45.719><c> a</c><00:39:45.820><c> little</c><00:39:46.059><c> stable</c><00:39:46.500><c> there</c><00:39:47.219><c> in</c><00:39:47.360><c> a</c><00:39:47.500><c> manger</c>

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:50.079
lies<00:39:48.460><c> the</c><00:39:48.719><c> child</c><00:39:49.099><c> who</c><00:39:49.219><c> will</c><00:39:49.420><c> be</c><00:39:49.599><c> king,</c>

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:54.880
lies<00:39:50.780><c> the</c><00:39:51.039><c> child</c><00:39:51.420><c> who</c><00:39:51.579><c> will</c><00:39:51.840><c> grow</c><00:39:52.219><c> to</c><00:39:52.500><c> be</c><00:39:53.139><c> the</c><00:39:53.579><c> ruler</c><00:39:53.960><c> of</c><00:39:54.460><c> the</c><00:39:54.619><c> earth,</c>

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:59.480
the<00:39:55.360><c> Lord</c><00:39:55.619><c> of</c><00:39:55.800><c> all</c><00:39:56.159><c> things,</c><00:39:57.000><c> the</c><00:39:57.260><c> king</c><00:39:57.739><c> of</c><00:39:58.119><c> all</c><00:39:58.460><c> creation.</c>

00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:03.300
And<00:39:59.780><c> outside</c><00:40:00.300><c> is</c><00:40:00.559><c> darkness,</c><00:40:01.880><c> and</c><00:40:02.159><c> Israel</c><00:40:02.519><c> doth</c><00:40:02.739><c> not</c><00:40:03.039><c> know.</c>

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:05.719
And<00:40:03.800><c> the</c><00:40:03.980><c> people</c><00:40:04.320><c> round</c><00:40:04.659><c> about</c><00:40:04.940><c> do</c><00:40:05.139><c> not</c><00:40:05.320><c> consider</c>

00:40:05.719 --> 00:40:07.539
that<00:40:05.900><c> their</c><00:40:06.139><c> king</c><00:40:06.380><c> is</c><00:40:06.639><c> lying</c><00:40:06.840><c> in</c><00:40:07.000><c> their</c><00:40:07.199><c> midst.</c>

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:10.659
And<00:40:08.260><c> yet,</c><00:40:09.260><c> is</c><00:40:09.420><c> it</c><00:40:09.639><c> fanciful?</c>

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:16.059
Is<00:40:11.539><c> it</c><00:40:11.659><c> just</c><00:40:11.960><c> imaginary</c><00:40:12.519><c> to</c><00:40:13.239><c> suppose</c><00:40:14.059><c> that</c><00:40:15.039><c> even</c><00:40:15.480><c> there</c>

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:20.079
the<00:40:16.760><c> ox</c><00:40:17.019><c> and</c><00:40:17.219><c> the</c><00:40:17.460><c> ass</c><00:40:17.780><c> in</c><00:40:18.039><c> the</c><00:40:18.260><c> stable</c><00:40:18.599><c> will</c><00:40:19.320><c> look</c><00:40:19.539><c> and</c><00:40:19.760><c> wonder</c>

00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:23.059
what<00:40:20.900><c> is</c><00:40:21.079><c> happening,</c><00:40:21.619><c> and</c><00:40:21.739><c> they</c><00:40:21.860><c> will</c><00:40:22.000><c> be</c><00:40:22.320><c> quiet</c>

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:27.440
as<00:40:23.840><c> they</c><00:40:24.099><c> are</c><00:40:24.320><c> in</c><00:40:24.519><c> the</c><00:40:24.679><c> presence</c><00:40:25.340><c> of</c><00:40:26.320><c> their</c><00:40:26.539><c> owner</c><00:40:26.760><c> and</c><00:40:26.940><c> their</c><00:40:27.119><c> master</c>

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:29.340
because<00:40:27.760><c> He's</c><00:40:28.039><c> the</c><00:40:28.159><c> master</c><00:40:28.460><c> of</c><00:40:28.639><c> all</c><00:40:28.900><c> things.</c>

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:32.679
And<00:40:29.800><c> yet</c><00:40:30.019><c> Israel,</c><00:40:30.519><c> which</c><00:40:30.800><c> should</c><00:40:31.079><c> know,</c><00:40:31.800><c> doth</c><00:40:31.940><c> not</c><00:40:32.239><c> consider.</c>

00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:34.820
And<00:40:33.260><c> the</c><00:40:33.420><c> people</c><00:40:33.679><c> sit</c><00:40:33.980><c> in</c><00:40:34.219><c> darkness</c>

00:40:34.820 --> 00:40:38.239
while<00:40:35.380><c> the</c><00:40:35.619><c> great</c><00:40:35.900><c> light</c><00:40:36.559><c> is</c><00:40:36.980><c> in</c><00:40:37.159><c> their</c><00:40:37.360><c> midst.</c>

00:40:39.840 --> 00:40:42.340
Luke<00:40:40.239><c> chapter</c><00:40:40.639><c> 2,</c><00:40:41.420><c> verse</c><00:40:41.639><c> 15.</c>

00:40:42.760 --> 00:40:44.739
And<00:40:42.760><c> it</c><00:40:42.900><c> came</c><00:40:43.179><c> to</c><00:40:43.360><c> pass,</c><00:40:43.579><c> as</c><00:40:43.699><c> the</c><00:40:43.900><c> angels</c><00:40:44.119><c> were</c><00:40:44.280><c> gone</c><00:40:44.480><c> away</c>

00:40:44.739 --> 00:40:45.440
from<00:40:44.860><c> them</c><00:40:45.039><c> into</c><00:40:45.219><c> heaven,</c>

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:46.880
the<00:40:45.599><c> shepherds</c><00:40:45.920><c> said</c><00:40:46.139><c> one</c><00:40:46.400><c> to</c><00:40:46.599><c> another,</c>

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:48.940
Let<00:40:47.360><c> us</c><00:40:47.539><c> now</c><00:40:47.780><c> go</c><00:40:48.019><c> even</c><00:40:48.239><c> unto</c><00:40:48.440><c> Bethlehem,</c>

00:40:49.059 --> 00:40:50.760
and<00:40:49.099><c> see</c><00:40:49.340><c> this</c><00:40:49.579><c> thing</c><00:40:49.780><c> which</c><00:40:49.960><c> is</c><00:40:50.059><c> come</c><00:40:50.260><c> to</c><00:40:50.460><c> pass,</c>

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:52.840
which<00:40:51.239><c> the</c><00:40:51.400><c> Lord</c><00:40:51.579><c> hath</c><00:40:51.820><c> made</c><00:40:52.079><c> known</c><00:40:52.320><c> unto</c><00:40:52.559><c> us.</c>

00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:55.320
And<00:40:53.260><c> they</c><00:40:53.440><c> came</c><00:40:53.699><c> with</c><00:40:53.920><c> haste,</c><00:40:54.260><c> and</c><00:40:54.340><c> found</c><00:40:54.539><c> Mary</c><00:40:54.900><c> and</c><00:40:55.039><c> Joseph</c>

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:56.659
in<00:40:55.500><c> the</c><00:40:55.659><c> bay,</c><00:40:55.880><c> blind</c><00:40:56.139><c> in</c><00:40:56.280><c> a</c><00:40:56.400><c> manger.</c>

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:59.000
And<00:40:57.159><c> when</c><00:40:57.300><c> they</c><00:40:57.400><c> had</c><00:40:57.599><c> seen</c><00:40:57.760><c> it,</c><00:40:57.900><c> they</c><00:40:58.079><c> made</c><00:40:58.340><c> known</c><00:40:58.599><c> abroad</c>

00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:01.739
the<00:40:59.280><c> sayings</c><00:40:59.559><c> which</c><00:40:59.719><c> were</c><00:40:59.960><c> told</c><00:41:00.139><c> them</c><00:41:00.679><c> concerning</c><00:41:01.159><c> the</c><00:41:01.420><c> child.</c>

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:04.059
And<00:41:01.940><c> all</c><00:41:02.159><c> they</c><00:41:02.320><c> that</c><00:41:02.480><c> heard</c><00:41:02.639><c> it</c><00:41:03.079><c> wondered</c><00:41:03.420><c> at</c><00:41:03.579><c> those</c><00:41:03.820><c> things</c>

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:05.579
which<00:41:04.219><c> were</c><00:41:04.420><c> told</c><00:41:04.599><c> them</c><00:41:04.719><c> by</c><00:41:04.940><c> the</c><00:41:05.119><c> shepherds.</c>

00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:08.460
Now<00:41:05.739><c> remember</c><00:41:06.079><c> what</c><00:41:06.239><c> we</c><00:41:06.519><c> said</c><00:41:06.679><c> about</c><00:41:06.920><c> Middal</c><00:41:07.440><c> Edir</c><00:41:07.780><c> in</c><00:41:07.960><c> the</c><00:41:08.099><c> tower</c><00:41:08.320><c> of</c>

00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:08.880
the<00:41:08.659><c> flock.</c>

00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:11.300
If<00:41:09.320><c> these</c><00:41:09.559><c> were</c><00:41:09.820><c> in</c><00:41:09.940><c> fact</c><00:41:10.179><c> special</c><00:41:10.639><c> shepherds,</c>

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:13.019
then<00:41:11.519><c> the</c><00:41:11.639><c> very</c><00:41:11.880><c> next</c><00:41:12.139><c> thing</c><00:41:12.280><c> they</c><00:41:12.400><c> might</c><00:41:12.619><c> be</c><00:41:12.840><c> doing</c>

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:14.659
would<00:41:13.179><c> be</c><00:41:13.320><c> going</c><00:41:13.579><c> into</c><00:41:14.099><c> the</c><00:41:14.320><c> temple</c>

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:17.699
and<00:41:15.019><c> making</c><00:41:15.320><c> known</c><00:41:15.559><c> in</c><00:41:15.719><c> the</c><00:41:15.739><c> very</c><00:41:16.119><c> center</c><00:41:16.360><c> of</c><00:41:16.599><c> Jewish</c><00:41:16.880><c> religious</c><00:41:17.300><c> life</c>

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:18.780
what<00:41:18.079><c> they</c><00:41:18.280><c> had</c><00:41:18.559><c> seen.</c>

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:20.639
And<00:41:19.239><c> this</c><00:41:19.420><c> might</c><00:41:19.599><c> have</c><00:41:19.719><c> been</c><00:41:19.820><c> the</c><00:41:19.980><c> very</c><00:41:20.280><c> thing</c>

00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:23.199
that<00:41:21.019><c> then</c><00:41:21.260><c> provoked</c><00:41:21.659><c> those</c><00:41:21.960><c> like</c><00:41:22.300><c> Simeon</c><00:41:22.679><c> and</c><00:41:22.940><c> Anna</c>

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:25.679
to<00:41:23.599><c> lift</c><00:41:23.840><c> up</c><00:41:24.059><c> their</c><00:41:24.239><c> heads</c><00:41:24.500><c> and</c><00:41:24.719><c> know</c><00:41:24.920><c> that</c><00:41:25.099><c> their</c><00:41:25.300><c> redemption</c>

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:26.780
was<00:41:25.960><c> drawing</c><00:41:26.280><c> nigh,</c>

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:28.980
for<00:41:27.039><c> there</c><00:41:27.280><c> had</c><00:41:27.460><c> been</c><00:41:27.739><c> born</c><00:41:27.980><c> in</c><00:41:28.179><c> the</c><00:41:28.280><c> city</c><00:41:28.440><c> of</c><00:41:28.659><c> David</c>

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:30.619
a<00:41:29.360><c> child</c><00:41:29.760><c> who</c><00:41:29.900><c> would</c><00:41:30.079><c> be</c><00:41:30.300><c> Savior.</c>

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:32.960
And<00:41:31.219><c> then</c><00:41:31.360><c> we</c><00:41:31.579><c> read</c><00:41:31.960><c> in</c><00:41:32.219><c> verse</c><00:41:32.539><c> 20</c>

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:35.940
that<00:41:33.199><c> the</c><00:41:33.480><c> shepherds</c><00:41:33.840><c> returned,</c><00:41:34.500><c> glorifying</c><00:41:35.059><c> and</c><00:41:35.260><c> praising</c><00:41:35.559><c> God.</c>

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:38.340
So<00:41:36.280><c> they</c><00:41:36.420><c> went</c><00:41:36.639><c> to</c><00:41:36.900><c> one</c><00:41:37.179><c> place</c><00:41:37.579><c> to</c><00:41:38.039><c> tell,</c>

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:39.880
and<00:41:38.699><c> then</c><00:41:38.840><c> we</c><00:41:39.019><c> read</c><00:41:39.159><c> that</c><00:41:39.280><c> they</c><00:41:39.500><c> returned,</c>

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:42.400
which<00:41:40.099><c> would</c><00:41:40.340><c> be</c><00:41:40.960><c> possibly</c><00:41:41.440><c> that</c><00:41:41.579><c> they</c><00:41:41.780><c> returned</c><00:41:42.079><c> to</c><00:41:42.239><c> their</c>

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:42.880
own<00:41:42.619><c> homes.</c>

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:44.780
And<00:41:43.039><c> as</c><00:41:43.199><c> they</c><00:41:43.420><c> went,</c><00:41:43.619><c> they</c><00:41:43.780><c> continued</c><00:41:44.159><c> this</c><00:41:44.480><c> story,</c>

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:48.619
and<00:41:45.159><c> they</c><00:41:45.400><c> became</c><00:41:45.880><c> the</c><00:41:46.440><c> first</c><00:41:46.820><c> Christian</c><00:41:47.340><c> missionaries,</c>

00:41:49.320 --> 00:41:52.340
the<00:41:49.539><c> first</c><00:41:49.820><c> ones</c><00:41:50.099><c> who</c><00:41:50.340><c> declared</c><00:41:50.780><c> the</c><00:41:50.980><c> coming</c><00:41:51.159><c> of</c><00:41:51.400><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:52.780 --> 00:41:55.159
Verse<00:41:53.260><c> 19,</c><00:41:54.039><c> and</c><00:41:54.239><c> again</c><00:41:54.500><c> we</c><00:41:54.679><c> see</c><00:41:54.840><c> Mary.</c>

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:58.539
Mary<00:41:55.940><c> kept</c><00:41:56.280><c> all</c><00:41:56.639><c> these</c><00:41:56.900><c> things</c><00:41:57.139><c> and</c><00:41:57.380><c> pondered</c><00:41:57.739><c> them</c><00:41:57.940><c> in</c><00:41:58.059><c> her</c><00:41:58.300><c> heart.</c>

00:41:58.920 --> 00:42:01.239
Mary<00:41:59.179><c> is</c><00:41:59.400><c> almost</c><00:41:59.679><c> a</c><00:41:59.920><c> spectator</c><00:42:00.360><c> and</c><00:42:00.500><c> not</c><00:42:00.659><c> a</c><00:42:00.820><c> participant.</c>

00:42:01.239 --> 00:42:03.159
She<00:42:01.960><c> takes</c><00:42:02.219><c> a</c><00:42:02.480><c> detached</c><00:42:02.840><c> view,</c>

00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:05.460
which<00:42:03.400><c> sees</c><00:42:03.679><c> the</c><00:42:03.920><c> single</c><00:42:04.239><c> incidents</c><00:42:04.679><c> around</c><00:42:05.079><c> her</c>

00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:07.280
as<00:42:05.639><c> part</c><00:42:05.820><c> of</c><00:42:06.019><c> a</c><00:42:06.139><c> great</c><00:42:06.320><c> design</c><00:42:06.719><c> of</c><00:42:06.940><c> God,</c>

00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:10.059
little<00:42:07.820><c> threads</c><00:42:08.159><c> being</c><00:42:08.519><c> woven</c><00:42:08.780><c> into</c><00:42:09.000><c> the</c><00:42:09.199><c> fabric</c><00:42:09.460><c> of</c><00:42:09.619><c> her</c><00:42:09.800><c> life,</c>

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:12.019
some<00:42:10.800><c> dark</c><00:42:11.139><c> and</c><00:42:11.340><c> some</c><00:42:11.639><c> golden,</c>

00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:13.699
and<00:42:12.480><c> yet</c><00:42:12.639><c> God</c><00:42:12.900><c> knows</c><00:42:13.199><c> the</c><00:42:13.440><c> pattern.</c>

00:42:13.920 --> 00:42:15.579
And<00:42:14.119><c> she</c><00:42:14.260><c> has</c><00:42:14.480><c> the</c><00:42:14.679><c> faith</c><00:42:14.860><c> to</c><00:42:15.159><c> recognize</c>

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:17.980
that<00:42:15.780><c> as</c><00:42:15.960><c> these</c><00:42:16.179><c> things</c><00:42:16.320><c> are</c><00:42:16.480><c> being</c><00:42:16.719><c> worked</c><00:42:17.039><c> out,</c>

00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:20.519
that<00:42:18.440><c> she</c><00:42:18.619><c> must</c><00:42:18.880><c> ponder</c><00:42:19.239><c> them,</c><00:42:19.519><c> that</c><00:42:19.659><c> she</c><00:42:19.800><c> must</c><00:42:20.000><c> meditate,</c>

00:42:20.860 --> 00:42:22.780
that<00:42:21.019><c> she</c><00:42:21.199><c> will</c><00:42:21.440><c> one</c><00:42:21.679><c> day</c><00:42:21.860><c> know</c><00:42:22.099><c> and</c><00:42:22.340><c> understand</c>

00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:24.280
the<00:42:23.000><c> perfection</c><00:42:23.360><c> of</c><00:42:23.559><c> God's</c><00:42:23.980><c> purpose,</c>

00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:26.679
and<00:42:24.639><c> she</c><00:42:24.840><c> will</c><00:42:25.059><c> marvel</c><00:42:25.400><c> at</c><00:42:25.579><c> the</c><00:42:25.760><c> handiwork</c><00:42:26.139><c> of</c><00:42:26.360><c> God.</c>

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:27.920
And<00:42:27.079><c> we</c><00:42:27.219><c> can</c><00:42:27.380><c> do</c><00:42:27.500><c> the</c><00:42:27.719><c> same.</c>

00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:29.280
And<00:42:28.019><c> as</c><00:42:28.019><c> we</c><00:42:28.199><c> ponder</c><00:42:28.579><c> our</c><00:42:28.800><c> lives,</c>

00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:31.800
sometimes<00:42:29.980><c> the</c><00:42:30.239><c> experiences</c><00:42:30.659><c> are</c><00:42:30.880><c> difficult</c><00:42:31.340><c> and</c><00:42:31.579><c> bitter,</c>

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:33.199
sometimes<00:42:32.559><c> they're</c><00:42:32.820><c> joyful,</c>

00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:35.260
and<00:42:33.420><c> yet</c><00:42:33.800><c> altogether</c><00:42:34.440><c> they're</c><00:42:34.900><c> placed</c>

00:42:35.260 --> 00:42:37.099
and<00:42:35.780><c> put</c><00:42:36.000><c> in</c><00:42:36.119><c> their</c><00:42:36.340><c> proper</c><00:42:36.559><c> places</c>

00:42:37.099 --> 00:42:39.139
by<00:42:37.559><c> the</c><00:42:37.739><c> great</c><00:42:38.159><c> Master</c><00:42:38.679><c> Weaver</c>

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:41.099
who<00:42:39.480><c> is</c><00:42:39.659><c> designing</c><00:42:40.019><c> the</c><00:42:40.260><c> fabric</c><00:42:40.519><c> of</c><00:42:40.719><c> our</c><00:42:40.900><c> life</c>

00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:43.159
that<00:42:41.260><c> one</c><00:42:41.500><c> day</c><00:42:41.840><c> it</c><00:42:42.159><c> will</c><00:42:42.280><c> be</c><00:42:42.460><c> a</c><00:42:42.559><c> beautiful</c><00:42:42.860><c> piece</c>

00:42:43.159 --> 00:42:47.139
and<00:42:43.320><c> it</c><00:42:43.360><c> will</c><00:42:43.579><c> reflect</c><00:42:43.900><c> his</c><00:42:44.179><c> glory</c><00:42:44.559><c> and</c><00:42:44.980><c> his</c><00:42:45.280><c> work</c><00:42:45.599><c> in</c><00:42:45.980><c> our</c><00:42:46.179><c> lives.</c>

00:42:48.019 --> 00:42:49.280
And<00:42:48.320><c> the</c><00:42:48.460><c> shepherds</c><00:42:48.780><c> returned,</c>

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:51.559
glorifying<00:42:49.960><c> and</c><00:42:50.179><c> praising</c><00:42:50.440><c> God</c><00:42:50.760><c> for</c><00:42:50.980><c> all</c><00:42:51.239><c> the</c><00:42:51.380><c> things</c>

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:54.539
that<00:42:51.719><c> they</c><00:42:51.800><c> had</c><00:42:51.960><c> heard</c><00:42:52.139><c> and</c><00:42:52.480><c> seen</c><00:42:52.780><c> as</c><00:42:53.199><c> it</c><00:42:53.380><c> was</c><00:42:53.539><c> told</c><00:42:53.780><c> unto</c><00:42:54.039><c> them.</c>

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:56.699
It<00:42:55.159><c> was</c><00:42:55.380><c> truly</c><00:42:55.639><c> a</c><00:42:55.860><c> miracle.</c>

00:42:56.860 --> 00:42:59.260
It<00:42:57.420><c> was</c><00:42:57.599><c> one</c><00:42:57.780><c> of</c><00:42:57.840><c> the</c><00:42:58.059><c> greatest</c><00:42:58.360><c> of</c><00:42:58.579><c> all</c><00:42:58.860><c> miracles,</c>

00:42:59.440 --> 00:43:01.360
the<00:42:59.519><c> birth</c><00:42:59.739><c> of</c><00:42:59.920><c> the</c><00:43:00.000><c> Son</c><00:43:00.179><c> of</c><00:43:00.400><c> God.</c>

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:03.900
And<00:43:01.719><c> yet</c><00:43:01.880><c> isn't</c><00:43:02.199><c> every</c><00:43:02.539><c> birth</c><00:43:02.820><c> a</c><00:43:03.079><c> miracle</c><00:43:03.300><c> and</c><00:43:03.480><c> a</c><00:43:03.699><c> mystery?</c>

00:43:04.219 --> 00:43:05.820
Isn't<00:43:04.360><c> it</c><00:43:04.480><c> like</c><00:43:04.719><c> a</c><00:43:04.920><c> replay</c><00:43:05.219><c> of</c><00:43:05.480><c> creation</c>

00:43:05.820 --> 00:43:07.760
where<00:43:06.139><c> again</c><00:43:06.500><c> life</c><00:43:06.780><c> comes</c><00:43:07.059><c> into</c><00:43:07.340><c> being</c>

00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:10.440
and<00:43:08.219><c> we</c><00:43:08.460><c> rejoice</c><00:43:08.860><c> at</c><00:43:09.019><c> the</c><00:43:09.119><c> power</c><00:43:09.420><c> of</c><00:43:09.639><c> God?</c>

00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:12.480
Isn't<00:43:10.820><c> every</c><00:43:11.179><c> child</c><00:43:11.579><c> a</c><00:43:11.820><c> holy</c><00:43:12.039><c> child</c>

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:14.840
because<00:43:12.800><c> it</c><00:43:13.000><c> receives</c><00:43:13.599><c> life</c><00:43:14.159><c> from</c><00:43:14.360><c> a</c><00:43:14.599><c> God</c>

00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:16.980
who<00:43:15.019><c> is</c><00:43:15.239><c> holy</c><00:43:15.480><c> above</c><00:43:15.780><c> all</c><00:43:16.139><c> things?</c>

00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:20.119
Isn't<00:43:18.139><c> every</c><00:43:18.519><c> child</c><00:43:18.920><c> a</c><00:43:19.159><c> gift</c><00:43:19.340><c> from</c><00:43:19.619><c> God</c>

00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:22.119
because<00:43:20.639><c> God</c><00:43:20.920><c> has</c><00:43:21.099><c> given</c><00:43:21.219><c> us</c><00:43:21.440><c> all</c><00:43:21.739><c> things?</c>

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:25.380
Because<00:43:22.960><c> God</c><00:43:23.460><c> is</c><00:43:23.780><c> showing</c><00:43:24.000><c> through</c><00:43:24.440><c> continued</c><00:43:24.900><c> life</c>

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:29.099
His<00:43:25.679><c> continuing</c><00:43:26.320><c> love</c><00:43:26.760><c> and</c><00:43:27.059><c> forgiveness</c><00:43:27.460><c> and</c><00:43:27.679><c> mercy</c><00:43:28.019><c> upon</c><00:43:28.260><c> us?</c>

00:43:29.440 --> 00:43:31.420
Isn't<00:43:29.639><c> every</c><00:43:29.960><c> child</c><00:43:30.380><c> a</c><00:43:30.619><c> special</c><00:43:30.880><c> child?</c>

00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:34.340
Like<00:43:31.900><c> Samuel</c><00:43:32.340><c> or</c><00:43:32.480><c> John</c><00:43:32.780><c> the</c><00:43:32.960><c> Baptist</c><00:43:33.219><c> or</c><00:43:33.380><c> even</c><00:43:33.559><c> like</c><00:43:33.840><c> Jesus?</c>

00:43:34.699 --> 00:43:36.199
Because<00:43:35.000><c> it</c><00:43:35.199><c> comes</c><00:43:35.460><c> from</c><00:43:35.679><c> a</c><00:43:35.900><c> God</c>

00:43:36.199 --> 00:43:38.039
who<00:43:36.659><c> cares</c><00:43:36.960><c> for</c><00:43:37.199><c> all</c><00:43:37.380><c> His</c><00:43:37.579><c> creation</c>

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:41.039
and<00:43:38.440><c> that</c><00:43:38.719><c> child</c><00:43:39.059><c> is</c><00:43:39.260><c> to</c><00:43:39.380><c> be</c><00:43:39.599><c> dedicated</c><00:43:39.980><c> by</c><00:43:40.260><c> righteous</c><00:43:40.599><c> parents</c>

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:42.260
to<00:43:41.219><c> the</c><00:43:41.420><c> service</c><00:43:41.739><c> of</c><00:43:41.980><c> God</c>

00:43:42.260 --> 00:43:45.659
even<00:43:42.760><c> as</c><00:43:42.980><c> Joseph</c><00:43:43.340><c> and</c><00:43:43.559><c> Mary</c><00:43:43.780><c> dedicated</c><00:43:44.320><c> their</c><00:43:44.699><c> child?</c>

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:48.380
Like<00:43:47.340><c> Joseph</c><00:43:47.780><c> and</c><00:43:48.019><c> Mary,</c>

00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:50.280
many<00:43:48.980><c> of</c><00:43:49.179><c> us</c><00:43:49.380><c> here</c><00:43:49.559><c> have</c><00:43:49.719><c> been</c><00:43:49.920><c> entrusted</c>

00:43:50.280 --> 00:43:51.920
with<00:43:50.539><c> future</c><00:43:50.860><c> kings</c><00:43:51.239><c> and</c><00:43:51.460><c> queens</c>

00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:53.900
who<00:43:52.460><c> will</c><00:43:52.760><c> reign</c><00:43:53.019><c> over</c><00:43:53.420><c> the</c><00:43:53.619><c> earth</c>

00:43:53.900 --> 00:43:55.840
and<00:43:54.320><c> who</c><00:43:54.500><c> will</c><00:43:54.780><c> apply</c><00:43:55.119><c> to</c><00:43:55.300><c> the</c><00:43:55.480><c> nations</c>

00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:58.519
the<00:43:56.059><c> lessons</c><00:43:56.400><c> that</c><00:43:56.619><c> they've</c><00:43:56.860><c> learned</c><00:43:57.059><c> from</c><00:43:57.219><c> their</c><00:43:57.480><c> parents.</c>

00:43:58.760 --> 00:44:00.619
May<00:43:58.860><c> we</c><00:43:59.079><c> be</c><00:43:59.300><c> given</c><00:43:59.500><c> the</c><00:43:59.840><c> strength,</c>

00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:01.699
the<00:44:00.820><c> wisdom</c><00:44:01.139><c> and</c><00:44:01.300><c> the</c><00:44:01.500><c> faith</c>

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:03.119
to<00:44:01.940><c> teach</c><00:44:02.119><c> them</c><00:44:02.260><c> in</c><00:44:02.460><c> the</c><00:44:02.519><c> right</c><00:44:02.719><c> way</c>

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:05.960
that<00:44:03.380><c> they</c><00:44:03.599><c> might</c><00:44:03.860><c> truly</c><00:44:04.199><c> grow</c><00:44:04.480><c> up</c><00:44:04.820><c> as</c><00:44:05.139><c> Jesus</c><00:44:05.539><c> did</c>

00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:07.699
to<00:44:06.420><c> be</c><00:44:06.659><c> kings</c><00:44:07.039><c> and</c><00:44:07.320><c> rulers</c>

00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:10.179
to<00:44:08.159><c> reflect</c><00:44:08.519><c> the</c><00:44:08.699><c> glory</c><00:44:08.960><c> of</c><00:44:09.199><c> God.</c>

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:14.239
And<00:44:11.820><c> in</c><00:44:12.079><c> fact,</c><00:44:12.699><c> aren't</c><00:44:12.900><c> we</c><00:44:13.139><c> all</c><00:44:13.420><c> children</c><00:44:13.760><c> of</c><00:44:13.980><c> God?</c>

00:44:14.280 --> 00:44:15.960
And<00:44:14.440><c> we</c><00:44:14.599><c> see</c><00:44:14.719><c> in</c><00:44:14.860><c> the</c><00:44:15.039><c> birth</c><00:44:15.219><c> of</c><00:44:15.420><c> this</c><00:44:15.619><c> Son,</c>

00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:18.440
this<00:44:16.480><c> special</c><00:44:16.900><c> Son,</c><00:44:17.780><c> our</c><00:44:18.079><c> birth,</c>

00:44:18.679 --> 00:44:19.760
and<00:44:18.820><c> we</c><00:44:19.000><c> are</c><00:44:19.139><c> born</c><00:44:19.380><c> again</c>

00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:22.460
for<00:44:19.940><c> we</c><00:44:20.219><c> recognize</c><00:44:20.699><c> that</c><00:44:20.960><c> Christ</c><00:44:21.280><c> is</c><00:44:21.539><c> born</c><00:44:21.760><c> in</c><00:44:22.039><c> us</c>

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:25.199
and<00:44:22.940><c> that</c><00:44:23.000><c> we</c><00:44:23.179><c> come</c><00:44:23.420><c> to</c><00:44:23.659><c> reflect</c><00:44:24.039><c> the</c><00:44:24.280><c> glory</c><00:44:24.559><c> of</c><00:44:24.780><c> Christ</c>

00:44:25.199 --> 00:44:28.119
and<00:44:25.659><c> that</c><00:44:25.820><c> we</c><00:44:26.079><c> manifest</c><00:44:26.539><c> our</c><00:44:27.039><c> sonship</c><00:44:27.460><c> as</c><00:44:27.619><c> He</c><00:44:27.860><c> did</c>

00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:30.320
by<00:44:28.659><c> the</c><00:44:28.940><c> love</c><00:44:29.139><c> that</c><00:44:29.280><c> we</c><00:44:29.440><c> show</c><00:44:29.659><c> for</c><00:44:29.860><c> one</c><00:44:30.019><c> another</c>

00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:32.599
and<00:44:30.699><c> by</c><00:44:30.900><c> the</c><00:44:31.159><c> service</c><00:44:31.440><c> that</c><00:44:31.599><c> we</c><00:44:31.800><c> give</c><00:44:31.960><c> unto</c><00:44:32.159><c> God.</c>

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:35.179
This<00:44:33.119><c> is</c><00:44:33.320><c> the</c><00:44:33.480><c> great</c><00:44:33.639><c> lesson</c><00:44:34.019><c> then</c><00:44:34.219><c> of</c><00:44:34.360><c> the</c><00:44:34.539><c> nativity</c>

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of<00:44:35.619><c> the</c><00:44:35.840><c> birth</c><00:44:36.039><c> in</c><00:44:36.260><c> Bethlehem</c>

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that<00:44:37.639><c> God</c><00:44:38.119><c> so</c><00:44:38.619><c> loved</c><00:44:38.940><c> the</c><00:44:39.199><c> world</c>

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and<00:44:39.780><c> He</c><00:44:39.980><c> loved</c><00:44:40.159><c> us</c>

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that<00:44:40.539><c> He</c><00:44:40.699><c> gave</c><00:44:40.920><c> His</c><00:44:41.099><c> only</c><00:44:41.380><c> Son</c>

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that<00:44:42.659><c> He</c><00:44:42.940><c> sent</c><00:44:43.099><c> Him</c><00:44:43.340><c> into</c><00:44:43.599><c> the</c><00:44:43.840><c> world</c>

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to<00:44:44.559><c> live</c><00:44:44.820><c> and</c><00:44:45.019><c> to</c><00:44:45.199><c> die</c><00:44:45.380><c> for</c><00:44:45.659><c> us</c>

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and<00:44:46.300><c> He</c><00:44:46.599><c> expects</c><00:44:46.880><c> us</c><00:44:47.159><c> to</c><00:44:47.400><c> love</c><00:44:47.619><c> one</c><00:44:47.880><c> another</c>

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as<00:44:48.699><c> that</c><00:44:48.980><c> Son</c><00:44:49.440><c> has</c><00:44:50.039><c> loved</c><00:44:50.260><c> us.</c>

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This<00:44:52.380><c> is</c><00:44:52.940><c> what</c><00:44:53.179><c> John</c><00:44:53.539><c> speaks</c><00:44:53.960><c> of</c><00:44:54.219><c> when</c><00:44:54.380><c> he</c><00:44:54.619><c> says</c>

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there<00:44:55.559><c> has</c><00:44:55.800><c> been</c><00:44:56.099><c> given</c><00:44:56.280><c> to</c><00:44:56.579><c> us</c><00:44:56.840><c> power</c>

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that<00:44:57.920><c> we</c><00:44:58.139><c> might</c><00:44:58.360><c> become</c><00:44:58.739><c> the</c><00:44:59.000><c> sons</c><00:44:59.199><c> of</c><00:44:59.460><c> God,</c>

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that<00:45:00.500><c> God</c><00:45:00.820><c> whose</c><00:45:01.039><c> Word</c><00:45:01.380><c> was</c><00:45:01.619><c> made</c><00:45:01.920><c> flesh</c>

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will<00:45:02.420><c> be</c><00:45:02.599><c> made</c><00:45:02.840><c> flesh</c><00:45:03.099><c> again</c><00:45:03.480><c> in</c><00:45:03.659><c> us</c>

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if<00:45:04.320><c> we</c><00:45:04.519><c> take</c><00:45:04.699><c> that</c><00:45:04.980><c> Word</c>

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and<00:45:05.480><c> become</c><00:45:06.079><c> sons</c><00:45:06.780><c> and</c><00:45:07.119><c> daughters</c>

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of<00:45:08.159><c> the</c><00:45:08.300><c> living</c><00:45:08.500><c> God.</c>

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But<00:45:10.980><c> after</c><00:45:11.340><c> all,</c>

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this<00:45:12.800><c> sonship</c><00:45:13.239><c> is</c><00:45:13.400><c> not</c><00:45:13.619><c> what</c><00:45:13.739><c> we</c><00:45:13.980><c> do,</c>

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it's<00:45:15.860><c> what</c><00:45:16.019><c> we</c><00:45:16.320><c> receive.</c>

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And<00:45:17.760><c> we</c><00:45:17.880><c> go</c><00:45:18.039><c> into</c><00:45:18.239><c> the</c><00:45:18.460><c> manger</c>

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and<00:45:19.420><c> we</c><00:45:19.579><c> see</c><00:45:19.739><c> the</c><00:45:19.960><c> child</c>

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and<00:45:21.119><c> we</c><00:45:21.340><c> recognize</c><00:45:21.880><c> the</c><00:45:22.119><c> great</c><00:45:22.380><c> gift</c>

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that<00:45:22.820><c> has</c><00:45:23.019><c> been</c><00:45:23.179><c> given</c><00:45:23.420><c> unto</c><00:45:23.699><c> us.</c>

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Sonship<00:45:26.039><c> is</c><00:45:26.239><c> not</c><00:45:26.440><c> what</c><00:45:26.579><c> we</c><00:45:26.860><c> earn,</c>

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it<00:45:28.280><c> is</c><00:45:28.440><c> what</c><00:45:28.679><c> God</c><00:45:29.360><c> has</c><00:45:29.920><c> given</c><00:45:30.199><c> to</c><00:45:30.500><c> us</c>

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out<00:45:31.500><c> of</c><00:45:31.619><c> His</c><00:45:31.780><c> mercy.</c>

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Behold<00:45:34.460><c> the</c><00:45:34.679><c> amazing</c><00:45:35.199><c> gift</c><00:45:35.500><c> of</c><00:45:35.699><c> love</c>

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the<00:45:37.239><c> Father</c><00:45:37.639><c> hath</c><00:45:38.000><c> bestowed</c><00:45:38.860><c> on</c><00:45:40.219><c> us,</c>

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the<00:45:42.360><c> sinful</c><00:45:42.880><c> sons</c><00:45:43.340><c> of</c><00:45:43.579><c> men</c>

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to<00:45:45.860><c> call</c><00:45:46.139><c> us</c><00:45:47.940><c> sons</c><00:45:48.699><c> of</c><00:45:49.000><c> God.</c>