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poison.<00:11:57.519><c> Now</c><00:11:57.700><c> back</c><00:11:57.840><c> in</c><00:11:58.100><c> Amos,</c><00:11:58.899><c> God</c><00:11:59.139><c> says</c><00:11:59.639><c> at</c><00:12:00.019><c> the</c><00:12:00.080><c> end</c><00:12:00.259><c> of</c><00:12:00.419><c> chapter</c><00:12:00.620><c> 6,</c><00:12:01.700><c> for</c><00:12:01.740><c> behold,</c><00:12:02.399><c> I</c>

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profit.<00:12:12.620><c> I'm</c><00:12:13.179><c> beginning</c><00:12:13.460><c> to</c><00:12:13.860><c> move</c><00:12:14.120><c> amongst</c><00:12:14.559><c> Nineveh</c><00:12:15.039><c> and</c><00:12:15.220><c> the</c>

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Assyrians<00:12:15.700><c> out</c><00:12:15.960><c> there.</c><00:12:16.399><c> I</c><00:12:16.600><c> am</c><00:12:16.960><c> bringing</c>

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them.<00:12:21.379><c> It's</c><00:12:21.940><c> interesting</c><00:12:22.379><c> that</c><00:12:22.960><c> at</c><00:12:24.080><c> the</c><00:12:24.200><c> end</c><00:12:24.519><c> of</c><00:12:24.759><c> chapter</c><00:12:25.000><c> 6,</c>

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and<00:12:40.360><c> he</c><00:12:40.620><c> went</c><00:12:40.879><c> as</c><00:12:41.279><c> far</c><00:12:41.720><c> as</c><00:12:42.159><c> the</c><00:12:42.419><c> entering</c><00:12:42.879><c> in</c><00:12:43.200><c> of</c><00:12:43.460><c> Haimath.</c><00:12:45.899><c> Well,</c><00:12:46.000><c> God</c>

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point<00:12:48.580><c> where</c><00:12:49.120><c> you've</c><00:12:49.399><c> reached</c><00:12:49.620><c> in</c><00:12:49.799><c> your</c><00:12:50.039><c> expansion.</c><00:12:50.899><c> I'm</c><00:12:51.100><c> going</c><00:12:51.100><c> to</c>

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work<00:12:51.279><c> all</c><00:12:51.600><c> my</c><00:12:51.840><c> way</c><00:12:52.039><c> down</c><00:12:52.340><c> to</c><00:12:52.480><c> the</c><00:12:52.580><c> river</c>

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series<00:13:17.000><c> of</c><00:13:17.240><c> visions.</c><00:13:18.000><c> Up</c><00:13:18.200><c> to</c><00:13:18.320><c> now,</c><00:13:18.600><c> we've</c><00:13:18.720><c> had</c><00:13:18.899><c> a</c><00:13:18.899><c> series</c><00:13:19.159><c> of</c>

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prophesied<00:13:47.759><c> against.</c><00:13:49.820><c> But</c><00:13:49.960><c> we're</c><00:13:50.039><c> going</c>

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truth.<00:13:54.659><c> That</c><00:13:54.840><c> even</c><00:13:54.919><c> though</c><00:13:55.100><c> Amos</c><00:13:55.460><c> predicted</c>

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nevertheless<00:13:59.620><c> not</c><00:14:00.340><c> this</c><00:14:00.740><c> cold</c><00:14:01.320><c>-hearted,</c>

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unfeeling<00:14:03.200><c> work</c><00:14:03.620><c> that</c><00:14:03.799><c> he</c><00:14:03.820><c> did.</c><00:14:05.159><c> We're</c><00:14:05.279><c> going</c><00:14:05.379><c> to</c><00:14:05.460><c> see</c><00:14:05.559><c> that</c>

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and<00:14:39.860><c> as</c><00:14:40.019><c> the</c><00:14:40.179><c> Pope</c><00:14:40.299><c> walks</c><00:14:40.600><c> out,</c><00:14:41.700><c> to</c><00:14:41.899><c> start</c><00:14:42.100><c> denouncing</c><00:14:42.720><c> him</c><00:14:42.899><c> in</c>

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kind<00:14:44.779><c> of</c><00:14:44.899><c> analogy.</c><00:14:45.779><c> You</c><00:14:45.919><c> need</c><00:14:46.019><c> a</c><00:14:46.080><c> lot</c><00:14:46.220><c> of</c><00:14:46.440><c> courage</c><00:14:46.980><c> to</c><00:14:47.740><c> stand</c>

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right<00:14:56.419><c> into</c><00:14:56.799><c> conflict</c><00:14:57.679><c> with</c><00:14:58.320><c> Amaziah,</c><00:14:59.799><c> the</c><00:15:00.039><c> chief</c><00:15:00.340><c> priest</c><00:15:00.840><c> of</c>

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idolatry<00:15:02.120><c> in</c><00:15:02.419><c> Bethel.</c>

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Now<00:15:04.539><c> the</c><00:15:04.659><c> chapter</c><00:15:04.860><c> starts</c><00:15:05.240><c> off</c><00:15:05.480><c> with</c><00:15:05.720><c> a</c><00:15:05.740><c> series</c><00:15:06.019><c> of</c><00:15:06.320><c> visions.</c>

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is<00:15:10.779><c> the</c><00:15:10.919><c> conclusion</c><00:15:11.340><c> of</c><00:15:11.600><c> the</c><00:15:11.600><c> prophecy,</c><00:15:11.919><c> have</c><00:15:12.039><c> got</c><00:15:12.320><c> five</c><00:15:12.940><c> visions.</c><00:15:13.860><c> Here</c>

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they<00:15:14.200><c> are.</c><00:15:15.279><c> Verse</c><00:15:15.320><c> 1,</c><00:15:16.620><c> thus</c>

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hath<00:15:16.919><c> the</c><00:15:17.100><c> Lord</c><00:15:17.259><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:17.740><c> shewed</c><00:15:18.120><c> me.</c><00:15:19.179><c> There's</c><00:15:19.360><c> the</c><00:15:19.519><c> first</c><00:15:19.759><c> one.</c><00:15:20.220><c> Verse</c><00:15:20.440><c> 4,</c>

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thus<00:15:21.559><c> hath</c><00:15:21.759><c> the</c><00:15:21.960><c> Lord</c><00:15:22.159><c> God</c>

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shewed<00:15:22.860><c> me.</c><00:15:24.039><c> Verse</c><00:15:24.440><c> 7,</c><00:15:24.980><c> then</c><00:15:25.159><c> he</c><00:15:25.600><c> shewed</c><00:15:25.960><c> me.</c><00:15:27.039><c> Chapter</c><00:15:27.279><c> 8</c><00:15:27.519><c> and</c>

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verse<00:15:27.899><c> 1,</c><00:15:28.259><c> thus</c><00:15:28.460><c> hath</c><00:15:28.620><c> the</c><00:15:28.759><c> Lord</c><00:15:28.960><c> God</c><00:15:29.240><c> shewed</c>

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me.<00:15:30.399><c> And</c><00:15:30.639><c> finally,</c><00:15:30.879><c> in</c><00:15:31.080><c> chapter</c><00:15:31.259><c> 9,</c><00:15:32.000><c> I</c><00:15:32.340><c> saw</c><00:15:32.860><c> the</c><00:15:33.120><c> Lord</c><00:15:33.379><c> standing</c><00:15:33.799><c> upon</c><00:15:34.059><c> the</c><00:15:34.259><c> altar.</c><00:15:34.460><c> So</c>

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there<00:15:34.720><c> they</c><00:15:34.879><c> are,</c>

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the<00:15:35.159><c> last</c><00:15:35.740><c> five</c><00:15:36.580><c> visions</c><00:15:36.980><c> of</c><00:15:37.200><c> the</c><00:15:37.340><c> prophecy</c><00:15:37.600><c> of</c><00:15:37.799><c> Amaziah.</c><00:15:38.759><c> They're</c><00:15:38.940><c> the</c>

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sequence<00:15:39.559><c> by</c><00:15:39.820><c> which</c><00:15:39.940><c> he</c><00:15:40.179><c> finishes</c>

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his<00:15:40.899><c> prophecy.</c><00:15:44.539><c> The</c><00:15:44.799><c> first</c><00:15:45.080><c> one</c><00:15:45.399><c> in</c><00:15:46.019><c> chapter</c><00:15:46.240><c> 7</c><00:15:46.539><c> and</c><00:15:46.700><c> verse</c><00:15:46.919><c> 1</c>

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concerns<00:15:48.700><c> the</c><00:15:49.480><c> devastation</c><00:15:50.019><c> of</c><00:15:50.159><c> a</c><00:15:50.299><c> locust</c>

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plague.<00:15:52.519><c> I</c><00:15:53.080><c> don't</c><00:15:53.200><c> know</c><00:15:53.259><c> whether</c><00:15:53.399><c> you</c><00:15:53.399><c> have</c><00:15:53.620><c> locusts</c><00:15:53.960><c> in</c><00:15:54.039><c> South</c><00:15:54.240><c> Africa.</c><00:15:54.539><c> Do</c>

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you<00:15:54.700><c> have</c><00:15:54.820><c> locusts</c><00:15:55.120><c> in</c><00:15:55.200><c> South</c>

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Africa?<00:15:55.840><c> You</c><00:15:56.080><c> do.</c><00:15:57.080><c> We've</c><00:15:57.379><c> got</c><00:15:57.460><c> them</c><00:15:57.600><c> in</c><00:15:57.679><c> Australia</c><00:15:57.960><c> as</c><00:15:58.240><c> well.</c>

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In<00:15:59.000><c> fact,</c><00:15:59.779><c> as</c><00:15:59.960><c> I</c><00:16:00.179><c> left,</c><00:16:00.580><c> there</c><00:16:00.580><c> were</c><00:16:00.759><c> locust</c>

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plagues<00:16:01.539><c> forming</c><00:16:02.299><c> in</c><00:16:03.139><c> Western</c><00:16:03.399><c> Australia</c><00:16:03.840><c> and</c><00:16:04.080><c> also</c><00:16:04.399><c> South</c>

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Australia.<00:16:05.500><c> And</c><00:16:05.620><c> the</c><00:16:05.700><c> government</c><00:16:06.039><c> had</c><00:16:06.419><c> spent</c>

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thousands<00:16:07.620><c> and</c><00:16:08.100><c> thousands</c><00:16:08.559><c> and</c><00:16:08.779><c> thousands</c><00:16:09.159><c> of</c><00:16:09.419><c> dollars</c><00:16:09.700><c> trying</c><00:16:09.899><c> to</c>

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control<00:16:10.440><c> these</c><00:16:10.779><c> things</c><00:16:11.399><c> to</c><00:16:12.000><c> no</c><00:16:12.220><c> avail.</c>

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Now<00:16:14.019><c> in</c><00:16:14.200><c> chapter</c><00:16:14.360><c> 7,</c><00:16:14.740><c> verse</c><00:16:14.919><c> 1,</c><00:16:16.480><c> Amos</c><00:16:16.639><c> showed</c><00:16:18.000><c> the</c><00:16:18.820><c> formation</c>

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of<00:16:19.820><c> grasshoppers.</c><00:16:22.620><c> The</c><00:16:22.779><c> record</c><00:16:22.980><c> says</c>

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in<00:16:23.299><c> the</c><00:16:23.440><c> beginning</c><00:16:24.139><c> of</c><00:16:24.580><c> the</c><00:16:24.860><c> shooting</c><00:16:25.120><c> up</c><00:16:25.679><c> of</c><00:16:25.899><c> the</c><00:16:26.100><c> latter</c><00:16:26.340><c> growth.</c><00:16:28.000><c> And</c>

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lo,<00:16:28.580><c> it</c><00:16:28.639><c> was</c><00:16:28.899><c> the</c><00:16:29.080><c> latter</c><00:16:29.279><c> growth</c>

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after<00:16:30.580><c> the</c><00:16:30.940><c> king's</c><00:16:31.740><c> mowings.</c><00:16:33.740><c> And</c><00:16:33.960><c> it</c><00:16:34.100><c> came</c><00:16:34.240><c> to</c><00:16:34.440><c> pass</c><00:16:34.620><c> that</c><00:16:34.740><c> when</c><00:16:34.879><c> they</c><00:16:35.039><c> had</c><00:16:35.240><c> made</c><00:16:35.440><c> an</c>

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end<00:16:35.919><c> of</c><00:16:36.200><c> eating,</c>

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the<00:16:37.240><c> grass</c><00:16:37.500><c> of</c><00:16:37.659><c> the</c><00:16:37.779><c> land,</c><00:16:37.940><c> that</c><00:16:38.080><c> I</c><00:16:38.200><c> said,</c><00:16:38.419><c> O</c><00:16:38.460><c> Lord</c><00:16:38.740><c> Yahweh,</c><00:16:39.259><c> forgive</c><00:16:39.500><c> I</c>

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beseech<00:16:40.139><c> thee,</c><00:16:40.600><c> by</c><00:16:40.840><c> whom</c><00:16:41.019><c> shall</c>

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Jacob<00:16:41.519><c> arise,</c><00:16:42.139><c> for</c><00:16:42.240><c> he</c><00:16:42.399><c> is</c><00:16:42.600><c> small.</c><00:16:43.320><c> And</c><00:16:43.419><c> let's</c><00:16:43.600><c> just</c><00:16:43.860><c> picture</c>

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what's<00:16:44.399><c> going</c><00:16:44.559><c> on</c><00:16:44.759><c> here.</c><00:16:46.980><c> There's</c><00:16:47.120><c> a</c><00:16:47.259><c> vision</c>

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here.<00:16:49.399><c> And</c><00:16:49.480><c> in</c><00:16:49.539><c> the</c><00:16:49.700><c> vision,</c><00:16:50.139><c> Amos</c><00:16:50.279><c> is</c><00:16:50.559><c> seeing</c><00:16:50.700><c> the</c><00:16:51.039><c> rapid</c><00:16:51.639><c> growth</c><00:16:51.960><c> and</c>

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development<00:16:52.440><c> of</c><00:16:52.740><c> grasshoppers,</c>

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which<00:16:53.419><c> do</c><00:16:53.759><c> grow</c><00:16:54.039><c> very</c><00:16:54.340><c> rapidly.</c><00:16:55.320><c> In</c><00:16:55.399><c> fact,</c><00:16:55.600><c> every</c><00:16:55.700><c> time</c><00:16:55.820><c> it</c><00:16:56.100><c> rains,</c><00:16:56.600><c> they</c><00:16:56.779><c> multiply</c><00:16:57.379><c> in</c>

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their<00:16:57.940><c> thousands</c>

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and<00:16:58.779><c> millions.</c><00:17:00.740><c> So</c><00:17:00.919><c> Amos</c><00:17:01.200><c> sees</c><00:17:01.580><c> this</c><00:17:02.000><c> huge</c><00:17:02.559><c> explosion</c><00:17:03.220><c> of</c><00:17:03.480><c> growth.</c><00:17:06.059><c> And</c>

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as<00:17:06.460><c> the</c><00:17:06.660><c> locusts</c><00:17:06.920><c> come</c><00:17:07.119><c> through</c>

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the<00:17:07.759><c> vision,</c><00:17:07.819><c> it</c><00:17:08.000><c> absolutely</c><00:17:08.599><c> decimates</c><00:17:09.339><c> the</c><00:17:09.720><c> latter</c><00:17:10.059><c> growth.</c><00:17:10.839><c> Now</c><00:17:10.980><c> the</c><00:17:11.059><c> Hebrew</c><00:17:11.339><c> word</c><00:17:11.559><c> is</c>

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the<00:17:12.160><c> spring</c>

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crop.<00:17:15.299><c> And</c><00:17:15.579><c> it's</c><00:17:15.700><c> a</c><00:17:15.960><c> particular</c><00:17:16.400><c> time</c><00:17:17.079><c> of</c><00:17:17.339><c> the</c><00:17:17.579><c> year.</c><00:17:18.740><c> It's</c>

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been<00:17:21.859><c> taken.</c><00:17:22.480><c> Now</c><00:17:22.660><c> what's</c><00:17:23.019><c> that</c><00:17:23.359><c> all</c><00:17:23.660><c> about?</c><00:17:26.380><c> Well</c><00:17:26.579><c> of</c><00:17:26.680><c> course</c>

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the<00:17:27.039><c> king</c><00:17:28.059><c> taxed</c><00:17:29.180><c> the</c><00:17:29.339><c> people.</c><00:17:31.220><c> And</c><00:17:31.500><c> there</c>

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were<00:17:32.000><c> several</c><00:17:32.160><c> crops</c><00:17:32.519><c> in</c><00:17:32.720><c> the</c><00:17:33.000><c> year.</c><00:17:33.940><c> And</c><00:17:34.099><c> part</c><00:17:34.240><c> of</c><00:17:34.359><c> the</c><00:17:34.640><c> spring</c><00:17:34.940><c> crop</c>

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was<00:17:35.500><c> actually</c><00:17:36.180><c> mowed</c><00:17:36.640><c> by</c><00:17:37.140><c> the</c>

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king<00:17:37.759><c> and</c><00:17:38.519><c> taken</c><00:17:38.940><c> as</c><00:17:39.319><c> part</c><00:17:39.539><c> of</c><00:17:39.759><c> taxation.</c><00:17:41.480><c> So</c><00:17:41.700><c> the</c><00:17:41.859><c> first</c><00:17:42.079><c> vision</c><00:17:42.400><c> that</c>

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the<00:17:42.920><c> prophet</c><00:17:43.140><c> sees</c><00:17:43.619><c> is</c><00:17:43.839><c> the</c>

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growth<00:17:44.319><c> of</c><00:17:44.559><c> the</c><00:17:44.779><c> spring</c><00:17:45.019><c> crop.</c><00:17:45.779><c> The</c><00:17:45.859><c> king</c><00:17:46.059><c> comes</c><00:17:46.359><c> along,</c><00:17:46.880><c> takes</c><00:17:47.200><c> his</c>

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tax,<00:17:47.980><c> and</c><00:17:48.200><c> then</c><00:17:48.420><c> come</c><00:17:48.579><c> the</c><00:17:48.720><c> locusts</c>

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to<00:17:49.619><c> devour</c><00:17:49.799><c> the</c><00:17:50.000><c> rest.</c><00:17:50.480><c> Now</c><00:17:50.619><c> what's</c><00:17:50.799><c> the</c><00:17:50.940><c> point</c><00:17:51.099><c> of</c><00:17:51.299><c> that?</c><00:17:53.039><c> What's</c><00:17:53.299><c> the</c>

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point<00:17:53.640><c> of</c><00:17:53.819><c> that?</c><00:17:55.680><c> Why</c><00:17:56.099><c> should</c>

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the<00:17:56.539><c> king</c><00:17:57.180><c> escape</c><00:17:58.099><c> judgment?</c><00:17:58.799><c> Why</c><00:17:58.960><c> should</c><00:17:59.140><c> he</c><00:17:59.299><c> receive</c><00:17:59.660><c> his</c>

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taxation<00:18:00.500><c> first</c><00:18:01.119><c> and</c><00:18:01.599><c> then</c><00:18:02.099><c> the</c><00:18:02.579><c> whole</c><00:18:02.839><c> harvest</c>

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is<00:18:03.460><c> decimated?</c><00:18:05.440><c> Well</c><00:18:05.539><c> you</c><00:18:05.599><c> see,</c><00:18:05.759><c> brothers</c><00:18:05.839><c> and</c><00:18:05.960><c> sisters,</c><00:18:06.240><c> the</c>

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first<00:18:06.740><c> vision</c><00:18:07.099><c> is</c><00:18:07.660><c> totally</c><00:18:08.299><c> indiscriminate</c>

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and<00:18:10.359><c> deliberately</c><00:18:10.859><c> leaves</c><00:18:11.380><c> out</c><00:18:11.859><c> the</c><00:18:12.079><c> king's</c><00:18:12.539><c> house.</c><00:18:16.000><c> If</c><00:18:16.220><c> you</c>

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were<00:18:16.700><c> a</c><00:18:16.960><c> prophet</c><00:18:17.279><c> that</c><00:18:17.500><c> had</c><00:18:17.720><c> spent</c><00:18:18.099><c> a</c><00:18:18.380><c> number</c>

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of<00:18:18.859><c> months</c><00:18:19.200><c> denouncing</c><00:18:20.779><c> the</c><00:18:21.079><c> nation</c><00:18:21.299><c> of</c><00:18:21.460><c> Israel,</c><00:18:22.599><c> would</c><00:18:22.839><c> you</c>

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have<00:18:23.220><c> been</c><00:18:23.579><c> pleased</c><00:18:24.180><c> by</c><00:18:24.460><c> that</c><00:18:24.700><c> vision</c>

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or<00:18:25.559><c> displeased</c><00:18:26.500><c> by</c><00:18:26.779><c> it?</c><00:18:28.839><c> I</c><00:18:28.859><c> mean,</c><00:18:29.160><c> would</c><00:18:29.200><c> you</c><00:18:29.380><c> have</c><00:18:29.519><c> said,</c><00:18:30.200><c> well,</c><00:18:30.400><c> at</c>

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last,<00:18:31.420><c> at</c><00:18:31.559><c> last,</c><00:18:31.940><c> we're</c><00:18:32.019><c> going</c>

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to<00:18:32.240><c> see</c><00:18:32.440><c> this</c><00:18:32.759><c> whole</c><00:18:33.180><c> place</c><00:18:33.599><c> devastated.</c><00:18:34.700><c> Yes,</c><00:18:34.900><c> the</c><00:18:34.980><c> king</c><00:18:35.079><c> is</c>

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to<00:18:36.759><c> see</c><00:18:36.880><c> everybody</c><00:18:37.299><c> decimated.</c><00:18:37.680><c> How</c><00:18:37.819><c> would</c><00:18:37.960><c> you</c><00:18:38.079><c> respond</c><00:18:38.359><c> to</c>

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that?<00:18:40.839><c> It's</c><00:18:41.059><c> easy</c><00:18:41.400><c> to</c><00:18:41.880><c> see</c><00:18:42.160><c> Amos</c><00:18:42.559><c> really</c>

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getting<00:18:43.099><c> stuck</c><00:18:43.319><c> into</c><00:18:43.559><c> these</c><00:18:43.819><c> prophecies.</c><00:18:44.559><c> But</c><00:18:44.700><c> what</c><00:18:44.880><c> is</c><00:18:45.019><c> attitude,</c><00:18:45.579><c> brothers</c><00:18:45.640><c> and</c>

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sisters?<00:18:48.380><c> Does</c><00:18:48.619><c> he</c>

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have<00:18:49.039><c> countenance,</c><00:18:49.640><c> indiscriminate</c><00:18:50.160><c> judgment?</c><00:18:52.900><c> Verse</c><00:18:53.259><c> two,</c>

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it<00:18:53.680><c> came</c><00:18:53.839><c> to</c><00:18:54.099><c> pass</c><00:18:54.339><c> that</c><00:18:54.500><c> when</c><00:18:54.660><c> they</c>

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had<00:18:54.980><c> made</c><00:18:55.140><c> an</c><00:18:55.420><c> end</c><00:18:55.599><c> of</c><00:18:55.819><c> eating</c><00:18:56.059><c> the</c><00:18:56.299><c> grass</c><00:18:56.460><c> of</c><00:18:56.640><c> the</c><00:18:56.799><c> land,</c><00:18:58.420><c> that</c>

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I<00:18:58.779><c> said,</c><00:18:59.220><c> O</c><00:18:59.240><c> Lord</c><00:18:59.519><c> Yahweh,</c><00:19:00.240><c> forgive,</c>

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I<00:19:02.059><c> beseech</c><00:19:02.400><c> Thee.</c><00:19:04.980><c> Forgive,</c><00:19:05.839><c> I</c><00:19:05.940><c> beseech</c><00:19:06.380><c> Thee.</c><00:19:08.059><c> By</c><00:19:08.299><c> whom</c><00:19:08.559><c> shall</c><00:19:08.799><c> Jacob</c><00:19:09.319><c> arise?</c><00:19:09.859><c> Or</c>

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as<00:19:10.000><c> the</c><00:19:10.160><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:10.380><c> is,</c>

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how<00:19:10.900><c> can</c><00:19:11.180><c> Jacob</c><00:19:11.660><c> stand?</c><00:19:14.960><c> Forgive.</c><00:19:17.000><c> Now</c><00:19:17.259><c> we</c><00:19:17.440><c> saw</c><00:19:17.799><c> in</c><00:19:18.059><c> our</c><00:19:18.279><c> Jehoshaphat,</c><00:19:18.799><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:18.799><c> first</c>

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Jehoshaphat<00:19:19.180><c> studies,</c><00:19:19.799><c> the</c><00:19:19.839><c> way</c><00:19:20.059><c> in</c><00:19:20.319><c> which</c><00:19:20.319><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:19:21.299><c> understood</c><00:19:22.380><c> 1</c>

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Kings<00:19:23.299><c> chapter</c><00:19:23.680><c> 8.</c><00:19:24.059><c> Remember</c><00:19:24.099><c> that?</c>

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Solomon's<00:19:24.940><c> prayer?</c><00:19:25.960><c> Exactly</c><00:19:26.339><c> the</c><00:19:26.519><c> same</c><00:19:26.660><c> with</c><00:19:26.900><c> Amos.</c><00:19:27.279><c> Let's</c><00:19:27.460><c> come</c><00:19:27.680><c> back</c><00:19:27.880><c> to</c><00:19:28.039><c> 1</c>

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Kings<00:19:28.539><c> chapter</c><00:19:28.839><c> 8,</c><00:19:30.240><c> because</c>

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he<00:19:30.759><c> uses</c><00:19:32.000><c> a</c><00:19:32.519><c> particular</c><00:19:32.940><c> word</c><00:19:33.500><c> that's</c><00:19:33.940><c> drawn</c><00:19:34.160><c> straight</c><00:19:34.880><c> out</c><00:19:35.200><c> of</c><00:19:35.380><c> Solomon's</c><00:19:35.920><c> prayer.</c><00:19:40.980><c> 1</c>

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Kings<00:19:41.420><c> chapter</c><00:19:41.660><c> 8</c>

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and<00:19:42.660><c> verse</c><00:19:42.940><c> 30.</c><00:19:47.859><c> Let's</c><00:19:48.039><c> perhaps</c><00:19:48.299><c> read</c><00:19:48.539><c> verse</c><00:19:48.759><c> 37</c><00:19:49.240><c> first.</c><00:19:51.779><c> If</c>

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there<00:19:52.140><c> be</c><00:19:52.319><c> in</c><00:19:52.380><c> the</c><00:19:52.660><c> land</c><00:19:53.019><c> famine,</c><00:19:55.059><c> if</c>

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there<00:19:55.380><c> be</c><00:19:55.700><c> pestilence,</c><00:19:56.279><c> blasting</c><00:19:56.859><c> mildew</c><00:19:57.920><c> locust,</c><00:19:59.259><c> or</c><00:19:59.460><c> if</c><00:19:59.640><c> there</c><00:19:59.920><c> be</c>

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caterpillar,<00:20:01.259><c> that's</c><00:20:01.759><c> what</c><00:20:02.180><c> Amos</c>

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saw.<00:20:06.420><c> Verse</c><00:20:06.720><c> 39,</c><00:20:08.200><c> then</c><00:20:08.619><c> hear</c><00:20:09.000><c> thou</c><00:20:09.279><c> in</c><00:20:09.539><c> heaven</c><00:20:09.779><c> thy</c><00:20:10.000><c> dwelling</c>

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place<00:20:10.759><c> and</c><00:20:11.720><c> forgive.</c>

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And<00:20:12.880><c> that's</c><00:20:13.539><c> the</c><00:20:13.740><c> word</c><00:20:14.119><c> the</c><00:20:14.400><c> prophet</c><00:20:14.759><c> used.</c><00:20:19.019><c> He</c><00:20:19.019><c> too</c><00:20:19.440><c> believes</c>

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in<00:20:20.140><c> the</c><00:20:20.400><c> effectiveness</c><00:20:20.779><c> of</c><00:20:21.160><c> that</c>

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prayer<00:20:21.660><c> which</c><00:20:21.960><c> Solomon</c><00:20:22.220><c> offered,</c><00:20:22.640><c> as</c><00:20:22.740><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:20:23.299><c> did,</c><00:20:23.839><c> as</c>

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we<00:20:24.099><c> saw</c><00:20:24.180><c> in</c><00:20:24.279><c> our</c><00:20:24.440><c> studies.</c><00:20:26.279><c> Forgive.</c><00:20:28.200><c> And</c>

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the<00:20:28.559><c> prophet</c><00:20:28.700><c> was</c><00:20:28.900><c> not</c><00:20:29.059><c> in</c><00:20:29.240><c> Jerusalem</c><00:20:29.539><c> when</c><00:20:29.660><c> he</c><00:20:29.839><c> said</c><00:20:29.980><c> that.</c>

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He<00:20:30.220><c> was</c><00:20:30.420><c> in</c><00:20:30.720><c> Bethel.</c><00:20:32.359><c> But</c><00:20:32.519><c> the</c><00:20:32.920><c> spirit</c><00:20:33.259><c> of</c>

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this<00:20:34.059><c> prayer,</c><00:20:34.539><c> brothers</c><00:20:34.640><c> and</c><00:20:34.740><c> sisters,</c><00:20:35.220><c> was</c><00:20:35.519><c> in</c><00:20:35.859><c> Amos'</c><00:20:36.420><c> mind.</c>

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He<00:20:37.940><c> was</c><00:20:38.220><c> not</c><00:20:38.539><c> interested</c><00:20:39.039><c> in</c><00:20:39.440><c> indiscriminate</c>

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judgment<00:20:40.579><c> across</c><00:20:40.839><c> the</c><00:20:41.059><c> people,</c><00:20:41.339><c> particularly</c><00:20:41.759><c> when</c><00:20:41.900><c> it</c><00:20:42.119><c> left</c>

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the<00:20:42.579><c> king</c><00:20:42.859><c> untouched.</c><00:20:45.079><c> Forgive,</c><00:20:46.579><c> I</c><00:20:46.799><c> beseech</c>

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thee.<00:20:48.000><c> It's</c><00:20:48.299><c> a</c><00:20:48.319><c> very</c><00:20:48.859><c> simple</c><00:20:49.240><c> word,</c><00:20:49.740><c> benedictors,</c><00:20:50.180><c> but</c><00:20:50.579><c> highly</c><00:20:51.359><c> effective.</c><00:20:52.960><c> And</c>

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though<00:20:53.279><c> he</c><00:20:53.380><c> was</c><00:20:53.559><c> from</c>

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the<00:20:54.059><c> south,</c><00:20:55.359><c> from</c><00:20:55.680><c> Judah,</c><00:20:56.039><c> which</c><00:20:56.220><c> could</c><00:20:56.420><c> easily</c><00:20:56.799><c> have</c><00:20:57.099><c> despised</c><00:20:57.440><c> Israel,</c><00:20:58.279><c> he</c><00:20:58.700><c> still</c><00:20:59.279><c> felt</c><00:20:59.539><c> for</c><00:20:59.799><c> these</c>

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people<00:21:00.319><c> he</c><00:21:00.619><c> prophesied</c><00:21:01.079><c> against.</c><00:21:02.299><c> And</c><00:21:02.500><c> it's</c><00:21:02.799><c> all</c><00:21:03.099><c> the</c><00:21:03.240><c> more</c>

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remarkable<00:21:03.859><c> when</c><00:21:04.119><c> we</c><00:21:04.319><c> see</c><00:21:04.460><c> all</c><00:21:04.720><c> these</c>

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judgments<00:21:05.359><c> he's</c><00:21:05.619><c> predicting.</c><00:21:07.559><c> Forgive.</c><00:21:10.019><c> And</c><00:21:10.140><c> verse</c><00:21:10.359><c> 3,</c><00:21:10.940><c> the</c>

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record<00:21:11.279><c> says,</c><00:21:11.859><c> Amos</c><00:21:12.079><c> chapter</c><00:21:12.359><c> 7,</c><00:21:12.920><c> that</c><00:21:13.119><c> Yahweh</c>

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repented<00:21:14.000><c> for</c><00:21:14.220><c> this.</c><00:21:15.160><c> It</c><00:21:15.319><c> shall</c><00:21:15.559><c> not</c><00:21:15.859><c> be.</c><00:21:16.859><c> Now</c><00:21:17.059><c> how</c><00:21:17.220><c> does</c><00:21:17.359><c> this</c>

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work?<00:21:18.279><c> What</c><00:21:18.440><c> does</c><00:21:18.559><c> this</c><00:21:18.880><c> mean,</c><00:21:19.200><c> Yahweh</c>

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repented?<00:21:22.940><c> Well</c><00:21:23.119><c> you</c><00:21:23.140><c> see,</c><00:21:23.299><c> unfortunately</c><00:21:23.640><c> the</c><00:21:23.799><c> English</c><00:21:24.160><c> word</c><00:21:24.819><c> suggests</c><00:21:25.700><c> that</c><00:21:25.940><c> God</c>

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made<00:21:26.319><c> a</c><00:21:26.539><c> mistake,</c>

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doesn't<00:21:27.079><c> it?</c><00:21:27.539><c> That</c><00:21:28.019><c> he</c><00:21:28.420><c> made</c><00:21:28.579><c> a</c><00:21:28.759><c> mistake</c><00:21:28.960><c> and</c><00:21:29.299><c> changed</c><00:21:29.619><c> and</c>

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repented.<00:21:30.519><c> But</c><00:21:30.720><c> really</c><00:21:30.900><c> the</c><00:21:31.039><c> Hebrew</c><00:21:31.299><c> word</c><00:21:31.539><c> doesn't</c>

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suggest<00:21:32.160><c> that</c><00:21:32.339><c> at</c><00:21:32.460><c> all.</c><00:21:34.019><c> The</c><00:21:34.180><c> Hebrew</c><00:21:34.440><c> word</c><00:21:34.680><c> repent</c><00:21:35.119><c> here</c><00:21:35.619><c> is</c>

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the<00:21:36.220><c> Hebrew</c><00:21:36.519><c> word</c><00:21:36.740><c> to</c><00:21:37.240><c> draw</c><00:21:37.619><c> breath</c><00:21:38.039><c> forcibly,</c>

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to<00:21:39.539><c> take</c><00:21:39.720><c> a</c><00:21:39.839><c> deep</c><00:21:40.140><c> breath,</c><00:21:42.099><c> and</c><00:21:42.220><c> by</c><00:21:42.460><c> extension</c><00:21:42.900><c> to</c><00:21:43.299><c> groan,</c><00:21:43.920><c> to</c>

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let<00:21:44.319><c> the</c><00:21:44.539><c> breath</c><00:21:44.700><c> out,</c><00:21:45.279><c> or</c><00:21:45.400><c> to</c><00:21:45.700><c> grieve.</c>

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And<00:21:46.160><c> in</c><00:21:46.200><c> fact,</c><00:21:46.619><c> Rotherham</c><00:21:46.799><c> says</c><00:21:47.099><c> that</c><00:21:47.359><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:47.880><c> grieved</c><00:21:49.000><c> for</c>

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this.<00:21:50.720><c> There</c><00:21:50.759><c> was</c><00:21:50.940><c> grief.</c><00:21:52.579><c> It</c><00:21:53.000><c> shall</c><00:21:53.160><c> not</c><00:21:53.400><c> be.</c>

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Now<00:21:55.440><c> when</c><00:21:56.000><c> you</c><00:21:56.160><c> think</c><00:21:56.380><c> about</c><00:21:56.640><c> this,</c><00:21:56.880><c> how</c><00:21:57.400><c> does</c><00:21:57.819><c> this</c><00:21:58.160><c> operate?</c>

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If<00:21:59.339><c> God</c><00:21:59.779><c> knew</c><00:22:00.359><c> that</c><00:22:00.619><c> the</c><00:22:00.920><c> judgment</c><00:22:01.279><c> would</c>

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give<00:22:01.859><c> him</c><00:22:02.119><c> grief,</c><00:22:02.720><c> why</c><00:22:03.059><c> did</c><00:22:03.319><c> he</c><00:22:03.539><c> give</c><00:22:03.839><c> the</c><00:22:04.099><c> prophecy</c><00:22:04.339><c> to</c><00:22:04.579><c> Amos?</c>

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Why<00:22:05.519><c> was</c><00:22:05.759><c> Amos</c><00:22:05.980><c> subjected</c><00:22:06.519><c> to</c><00:22:06.759><c> this</c><00:22:07.059><c> vision</c>

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of<00:22:07.480><c> the</c><00:22:07.660><c> locusts</c><00:22:08.180><c> devastating</c><00:22:08.579><c> the</c><00:22:08.819><c> land?</c><00:22:09.539><c> Because</c><00:22:09.740><c> God</c><00:22:10.000><c> knew</c>

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that<00:22:10.579><c> he</c><00:22:10.660><c> would</c><00:22:10.940><c> then</c><00:22:11.500><c> feel</c><00:22:11.839><c> grief</c><00:22:12.259><c> about</c>

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that.<00:22:12.900><c> How</c><00:22:13.039><c> does</c><00:22:13.160><c> that</c><00:22:13.420><c> work?</c><00:22:16.640><c> Well</c><00:22:16.779><c> we're</c><00:22:16.839><c> going</c><00:22:17.000><c> to</c><00:22:17.160><c> bread</c>

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and<00:22:17.339><c> sit</c><00:22:17.460><c> as</c><00:22:17.599><c> illustrated,</c><00:22:18.440><c> but</c><00:22:18.480><c> what</c>

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I<00:22:18.680><c> believe</c><00:22:18.720><c> is</c><00:22:18.880><c> a</c><00:22:18.960><c> very,</c><00:22:19.259><c> very</c><00:22:19.539><c> important</c><00:22:19.880><c> principle</c><00:22:20.480><c> about</c>

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the<00:22:21.319><c> way</c><00:22:21.500><c> in</c><00:22:21.579><c> which</c><00:22:21.759><c> God</c><00:22:22.059><c> responds</c><00:22:23.279><c> to</c><00:22:23.640><c> prayer.</c>

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and<00:22:32.759><c> I</c><00:22:32.759><c> think</c><00:22:32.920><c> it's</c><00:22:33.059><c> a</c><00:22:33.160><c> principle</c><00:22:33.500><c> that</c><00:22:34.019><c> it's</c><00:22:34.720><c> worthwhile</c><00:22:35.319><c> going</c><00:22:36.180><c> over.</c><00:22:40.200><c> Now</c>

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we<00:22:40.440><c> know,</c><00:22:41.099><c> don't</c><00:22:41.279><c> we,</c><00:22:42.259><c> the</c><00:22:42.900><c> story</c>

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about<00:22:43.480><c> the</c><00:22:43.700><c> wilderness</c><00:22:43.940><c> generation.</c><00:22:44.539><c> God</c><00:22:44.680><c> had</c><00:22:44.940><c> redeemed</c><00:22:45.299><c> them</c><00:22:45.420><c> from</c><00:22:45.599><c> Egypt.</c><00:22:47.000><c> Enormous</c><00:22:47.539><c> power</c><00:22:48.000><c> had</c>

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been<00:22:48.519><c> displayed</c>

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to<00:22:49.180><c> redeem</c><00:22:49.480><c> these</c><00:22:49.779><c> people</c><00:22:49.980><c> and</c><00:22:50.220><c> purchase</c><00:22:50.579><c> them</c><00:22:51.180><c> from</c><00:22:51.599><c> the</c><00:22:51.819><c> enemy.</c><00:22:54.500><c> The</c>

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Ten<00:22:54.799><c> Commandments</c><00:22:55.180><c> had</c><00:22:55.339><c> been</c><00:22:55.599><c> given</c>

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to<00:22:56.279><c> them.</c><00:22:57.900><c> And</c><00:22:58.440><c> no</c><00:22:58.779><c> sooner</c><00:22:59.079><c> had</c><00:22:59.279><c> those</c><00:22:59.559><c> commandments</c><00:22:59.859><c> been</c>

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given<00:23:00.380><c> that</c><00:23:00.619><c> Israel</c><00:23:01.079><c> broke</c><00:23:02.299><c> the</c><00:23:02.720><c> first</c><00:23:03.019><c> two.</c>

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So<00:23:06.859><c> soon</c><00:23:07.180><c> after,</c><00:23:10.660><c> here</c><00:23:10.660><c> is</c><00:23:10.779><c> the</c><00:23:11.019><c> ineffectiveness</c><00:23:11.779><c> of</c><00:23:12.039><c> law.</c><00:23:14.539><c> Now</c><00:23:14.700><c> Moses</c><00:23:14.859><c> has</c><00:23:15.000><c> got</c><00:23:15.140><c> a</c>

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problem<00:23:15.880><c> because</c>

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God<00:23:17.500><c> has</c><00:23:17.779><c> said</c><00:23:19.019><c> to</c><00:23:20.440><c> Moses</c><00:23:20.740><c> that</c><00:23:20.920><c> he</c><00:23:21.039><c> will</c><00:23:21.180><c> destroy</c><00:23:21.500><c> the</c><00:23:21.700><c> people.</c><00:23:22.420><c> Now</c>

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never<00:23:22.920><c> before</c><00:23:23.420><c> has</c><00:23:24.079><c> Moses</c><00:23:24.440><c> ever</c>

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heard<00:23:24.980><c> anything</c><00:23:25.299><c> like</c><00:23:25.640><c> that.</c><00:23:26.119><c> And</c><00:23:26.279><c> it</c><00:23:26.460><c> seems</c><00:23:26.619><c> so</c><00:23:27.099><c> contrary</c><00:23:27.559><c> to</c>

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what<00:23:28.299><c> God</c><00:23:28.440><c> had</c><00:23:28.579><c> done</c><00:23:28.680><c> before.</c><00:23:29.400><c> I</c><00:23:29.539><c> mean</c>

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he'd<00:23:29.960><c> expended</c><00:23:30.200><c> so</c><00:23:30.599><c> much</c><00:23:30.819><c> power,</c><00:23:32.559><c> so</c><00:23:32.680><c> much</c><00:23:32.900><c> energy</c><00:23:33.319><c> in</c><00:23:33.660><c> redeeming</c><00:23:34.240><c> the</c>

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people<00:23:35.140><c> from</c><00:23:36.160><c> idolatry</c><00:23:36.839><c> and</c>

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evil<00:23:37.640><c> that</c><00:23:38.559><c> it</c><00:23:38.720><c> just</c><00:23:38.960><c> seems</c><00:23:39.140><c> so</c><00:23:39.619><c> contradictory</c><00:23:40.119><c> for</c><00:23:40.380><c> God</c><00:23:40.559><c> to</c>

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now<00:23:40.960><c> say</c><00:23:41.119><c> he</c><00:23:41.240><c> would</c><00:23:41.400><c> destroy</c><00:23:41.980><c> them.</c><00:23:43.819><c> Exodus</c>

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chapter<00:23:44.359><c> 32</c><00:23:45.039><c> and</c><00:23:45.819><c> verse</c><00:23:46.079><c> 7,</c><00:23:47.200><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:47.480><c> said</c><00:23:47.660><c> to</c><00:23:47.859><c> Moses,</c><00:23:48.259><c> Go,</c><00:23:48.539><c> get</c>

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thee<00:23:48.880><c> down,</c><00:23:49.200><c> for</c><00:23:49.339><c> thy</c><00:23:49.619><c> people</c><00:23:49.859><c> which</c><00:23:50.079><c> thou</c>

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broughtst<00:23:50.799><c> out</c><00:23:50.859><c> of</c><00:23:50.960><c> the</c><00:23:51.039><c> land</c><00:23:51.220><c> of</c><00:23:51.400><c> Egypt</c><00:23:51.539><c> have</c><00:23:51.799><c> corrupted</c><00:23:52.279><c> themselves.</c><00:23:54.759><c> They've</c><00:23:55.119><c> turned</c><00:23:55.339><c> aside</c><00:23:55.700><c> quickly</c><00:23:56.140><c> out</c>

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of<00:23:56.339><c> the</c><00:23:56.460><c> way</c><00:23:56.539><c> that</c><00:23:56.680><c> I</c><00:23:56.859><c> commanded</c><00:23:57.220><c> them.</c><00:24:00.980><c> Now</c><00:24:01.160><c> in</c><00:24:01.299><c> verse</c><00:24:01.599><c> 10</c><00:24:02.599><c> he</c>

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said<00:24:03.180><c> to</c><00:24:03.380><c> Moses,</c><00:24:04.299><c> Now</c><00:24:04.319><c> therefore</c><00:24:04.579><c> let</c><00:24:04.880><c> me</c>

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alone<00:24:05.339><c> that</c><00:24:05.539><c> my</c><00:24:05.839><c> wrath</c><00:24:06.059><c> may</c><00:24:06.380><c> wax</c><00:24:06.640><c> hot</c><00:24:06.799><c> against</c><00:24:07.220><c> them,</c><00:24:07.700><c> that</c><00:24:07.920><c> I</c>

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may<00:24:08.259><c> consume</c><00:24:08.900><c> them</c><00:24:09.140><c> and</c><00:24:09.240><c> I</c><00:24:09.380><c> will</c><00:24:09.519><c> make</c><00:24:09.759><c> of</c>

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thee<00:24:10.059><c> a</c><00:24:10.099><c> great</c><00:24:10.299><c> nation.</c><00:24:13.160><c> Now</c><00:24:13.319><c> Moses</c><00:24:13.500><c> is</c><00:24:13.779><c> standing</c><00:24:14.000><c> here</c><00:24:14.359><c> and</c>

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God<00:24:14.680><c> says</c><00:24:14.920><c> let</c><00:24:15.539><c> me</c><00:24:15.799><c> alone</c><00:24:15.960><c> that</c><00:24:16.180><c> my</c><00:24:16.440><c> wrath</c>

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may<00:24:16.839><c> wax</c><00:24:17.059><c> hot</c><00:24:17.240><c> against</c><00:24:17.619><c> them.</c><00:24:18.279><c> Now</c><00:24:18.400><c> you</c><00:24:18.539><c> know</c><00:24:18.640><c> you</c><00:24:18.740><c> can</c><00:24:18.960><c> take</c><00:24:19.160><c> those</c><00:24:19.420><c> words</c><00:24:19.720><c> two</c><00:24:20.119><c> ways</c><00:24:20.799><c> and</c><00:24:22.440><c> I</c>

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want<00:24:22.619><c> to</c>

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show<00:24:22.799><c> you</c><00:24:22.960><c> the</c><00:24:23.019><c> way</c><00:24:23.180><c> which</c><00:24:23.440><c> Moses</c><00:24:23.680><c> took</c><00:24:23.960><c> them.</c><00:24:26.220><c> When</c><00:24:26.359><c> God</c><00:24:26.519><c> says</c>

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therefore<00:24:27.240><c> let</c><00:24:27.640><c> me</c><00:24:27.819><c> alone</c><00:24:27.980><c> that</c><00:24:28.140><c> my</c><00:24:28.460><c> wrath</c>

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may<00:24:28.900><c> wax</c><00:24:29.079><c> hot</c><00:24:29.240><c> against</c><00:24:29.579><c> them,</c><00:24:31.660><c> you</c><00:24:31.720><c> could</c><00:24:31.900><c> have</c><00:24:32.000><c> stepped</c><00:24:32.180><c> aside</c><00:24:32.619><c> and</c>

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allowed<00:24:33.019><c> the</c><00:24:33.359><c> wrath</c><00:24:33.579><c> to</c><00:24:33.859><c> actually</c><00:24:34.920><c> dissipate</c>

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and<00:24:35.700><c> destroy</c><00:24:36.059><c> those</c><00:24:36.339><c> people.</c><00:24:37.079><c> But</c><00:24:37.220><c> you</c><00:24:37.359><c> see</c><00:24:37.500><c> embedded</c><00:24:37.960><c> in</c><00:24:38.140><c> those</c><00:24:38.380><c> words</c><00:24:38.579><c> was</c>

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another<00:24:39.140><c> suggestion</c><00:24:39.700><c> that</c>

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Moses<00:24:40.099><c> seized.</c><00:24:41.420><c> See</c><00:24:41.599><c> when</c><00:24:41.779><c> God</c><00:24:42.079><c> said</c><00:24:42.559><c> let</c><00:24:43.359><c> me</c><00:24:43.880><c> alone,</c><00:24:45.960><c> it</c><00:24:46.099><c> was</c>

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an<00:24:46.680><c> invitation</c><00:24:47.519><c> by</c><00:24:48.980><c> God</c><00:24:49.180><c> to</c><00:24:49.400><c> Moses</c><00:24:49.940><c> not</c><00:24:50.779><c> to</c><00:24:51.420><c> leave</c>

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him<00:24:51.980><c> alone.</c><00:24:53.619><c> See</c><00:24:53.759><c> that?</c><00:24:56.400><c> Let</c><00:24:56.619><c> me</c><00:24:56.799><c> alone</c><00:24:56.960><c> and</c><00:24:57.079><c> I'll</c><00:24:57.180><c> destroy</c><00:24:57.559><c> them</c><00:24:57.819><c> is</c>

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an<00:24:58.319><c> implication</c><00:24:58.859><c> to</c><00:24:59.079><c> Moses</c><00:24:59.319><c> that</c><00:24:59.579><c> if</c><00:25:00.059><c> Moses</c>

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didn't<00:25:01.460><c> leave</c><00:25:01.819><c> him</c><00:25:02.039><c> alone,</c><00:25:02.920><c> God</c><00:25:03.099><c> would</c><00:25:03.279><c> respond</c><00:25:03.579><c> differently.</c><00:25:04.539><c> See</c><00:25:04.619><c> that?</c>

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And<00:25:06.279><c> that,</c><00:25:06.640><c> brothers</c><00:25:06.640><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:25:07.660><c> is</c><00:25:07.660><c> a</c><00:25:07.799><c> principle</c><00:25:08.240><c> by</c><00:25:08.579><c> which</c><00:25:09.180><c> God</c><00:25:09.759><c> works.</c><00:25:12.720><c> That</c><00:25:13.039><c> if</c>

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he<00:25:13.839><c> pronounces</c><00:25:14.440><c> judgment</c><00:25:14.900><c> against</c><00:25:15.319><c> the</c>

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people<00:25:15.880><c> and</c><00:25:16.440><c> he</c><00:25:16.740><c> can</c><00:25:17.240><c> see</c><00:25:18.400><c> faithful</c><00:25:19.380><c> brethren</c><00:25:20.079><c> and</c><00:25:20.400><c> sisters</c>

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beseeching<00:25:22.660><c> him</c><00:25:23.059><c> for</c><00:25:23.339><c> mercy,</c><00:25:24.180><c> he</c><00:25:24.319><c> will</c>

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respond<00:25:25.400><c> to</c><00:25:25.720><c> that</c><00:25:25.940><c> request.</c><00:25:27.119><c> Exactly</c><00:25:27.460><c> what</c><00:25:27.660><c> happened.</c><00:25:28.519><c> Verse</c>

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11,<00:25:29.680><c> Moses</c><00:25:29.900><c> besought</c><00:25:30.480><c> Yahweh.</c><00:25:30.920><c> See</c><00:25:31.079><c> he</c><00:25:31.259><c> didn't</c>

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leave<00:25:32.059><c> him</c><00:25:32.259><c> alone.</c><00:25:33.859><c> Moses</c><00:25:33.960><c> besought</c><00:25:34.500><c> Yahweh,</c><00:25:34.940><c> his</c><00:25:35.079><c> God,</c><00:25:35.400><c> and</c>

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said<00:25:35.539><c> Yahweh</c><00:25:35.960><c> why</c><00:25:36.240><c> doth</c><00:25:36.380><c> thy</c><00:25:36.640><c> wrath</c><00:25:37.000><c> wax</c><00:25:37.359><c> hot</c>

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against<00:25:37.900><c> thy</c><00:25:38.099><c> people</c><00:25:38.500><c> which</c><00:25:38.900><c> thou</c><00:25:39.259><c> hast</c><00:25:39.519><c> brought</c><00:25:39.740><c> forth</c><00:25:40.059><c> out</c>

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of<00:25:40.279><c> the</c><00:25:40.319><c> land</c><00:25:40.500><c> of</c><00:25:40.700><c> Egypt?</c><00:25:41.220><c> You</c><00:25:41.400><c> see</c><00:25:41.400><c> God</c><00:25:41.539><c> had</c><00:25:41.700><c> said</c>

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Moses<00:25:42.160><c> you've</c><00:25:42.640><c> brought</c><00:25:42.720><c> them</c><00:25:42.920><c> out.</c><00:25:43.559><c> Moses</c><00:25:43.759><c> said</c><00:25:44.039><c> no,</c><00:25:44.819><c> it's</c><00:25:44.940><c> not</c><00:25:45.019><c> me</c>

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at<00:25:45.339><c> all.</c><00:25:47.079><c> See</c><00:25:47.200><c> God</c><00:25:47.380><c> gets</c><00:25:47.559><c> the</c><00:25:47.759><c> honor</c><00:25:47.900><c> in</c>

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this.<00:25:50.599><c> Wherefore,</c><00:25:51.019><c> verse</c><00:25:51.220><c> 12,</c><00:25:51.559><c> should</c><00:25:51.720><c> the</c><00:25:51.940><c> Egyptians</c><00:25:52.279><c> speak</c>

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and<00:25:52.980><c> say</c><00:25:53.099><c> for</c><00:25:53.319><c> mischief</c><00:25:53.680><c> did</c><00:25:53.779><c> he</c><00:25:53.920><c> bring</c><00:25:54.059><c> them</c><00:25:54.240><c> out?</c>

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Verse<00:25:55.319><c> 13,</c><00:25:55.900><c> remember</c><00:25:56.460><c> Abraham,</c><00:25:56.980><c> Isaac,</c><00:25:57.559><c> and</c><00:25:57.720><c> Jacob,</c><00:25:58.000><c> and</c><00:25:58.119><c> Israel</c><00:25:58.339><c> thy</c>

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servants.<00:26:00.099><c> And</c><00:26:00.240><c> verse</c><00:26:00.400><c> 14,</c><00:26:01.220><c> Yahweh</c>

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repented<00:26:03.319><c> of</c><00:26:03.559><c> the</c><00:26:03.799><c> evil</c><00:26:04.019><c> which</c><00:26:04.200><c> he</c><00:26:04.460><c> thought</c><00:26:04.579><c> to</c><00:26:04.740><c> do</c><00:26:04.799><c> to</c><00:26:04.960><c> his</c><00:26:05.180><c> people.</c><00:26:05.480><c> He</c>

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didn't<00:26:05.799><c> make</c><00:26:06.000><c> a</c><00:26:06.160><c> mistake.</c><00:26:08.759><c> But</c><00:26:08.900><c> we've</c>

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given<00:26:09.339><c> a</c><00:26:09.599><c> principle</c><00:26:09.960><c> here</c><00:26:10.400><c> that</c><00:26:10.700><c> God</c><00:26:11.079><c> will</c><00:26:11.599><c> outline</c><00:26:12.039><c> a</c><00:26:12.319><c> course</c>

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of<00:26:12.720><c> action</c><00:26:13.000><c> and</c><00:26:13.240><c> if</c><00:26:13.339><c> he</c><00:26:13.759><c> sees</c><00:26:14.720><c> faithful</c><00:26:15.299><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:26:16.319><c> sisters</c><00:26:16.319><c> not</c><00:26:17.140><c> leaving</c><00:26:17.539><c> him</c><00:26:17.819><c> alone</c><00:26:18.640><c> but</c><00:26:19.160><c> petitioning</c><00:26:20.299><c> on</c>

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behalf<00:26:21.400><c> of</c><00:26:21.980><c> others,</c><00:26:23.059><c> he</c><00:26:23.220><c> will</c><00:26:23.460><c> change.</c><00:26:25.880><c> That's</c>

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exactly<00:26:26.599><c> what</c><00:26:26.839><c> Amos</c><00:26:27.019><c> chapter</c><00:26:27.319><c> 7</c><00:26:27.599><c> is</c><00:26:27.819><c> about.</c><00:26:29.460><c> Now</c><00:26:29.900><c> how</c><00:26:30.140><c> does</c><00:26:30.259><c> it</c>

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apply<00:26:30.559><c> to</c><00:26:30.779><c> us?</c><00:26:31.480><c> Come</c><00:26:31.619><c> across</c><00:26:31.819><c> to</c><00:26:32.079><c> James,</c><00:26:32.799><c> James</c>

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chapter<00:26:33.599><c> 5.</c><00:26:36.640><c> It</c><00:26:36.819><c> demonstrates</c><00:26:37.400><c> brethren</c><00:26:37.680><c> and</c><00:26:37.900><c> sisters</c><00:26:38.079><c> the</c>

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enormous<00:26:39.220><c> power</c><00:26:40.119><c> of</c><00:26:40.799><c> intercessory</c><00:26:41.619><c> prayer</c><00:26:42.160><c> for</c>

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each<00:26:42.779><c> other.</c><00:26:47.220><c> In</c><00:26:47.359><c> other</c><00:26:47.599><c> words,</c><00:26:50.180><c> our</c><00:26:50.400><c> prayers</c><00:26:50.859><c> can</c><00:26:51.140><c> have</c><00:26:51.440><c> an</c>

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enormous<00:26:52.359><c> effect</c><00:26:52.799><c> if</c><00:26:52.980><c> we</c><00:26:53.140><c> pray</c><00:26:53.319><c> for</c><00:26:53.500><c> others.</c><00:26:54.640><c> James</c>

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chapter<00:26:55.240><c> 5</c><00:26:55.859><c> and</c><00:26:56.200><c> verse</c><00:26:56.420><c> 16,</c><00:26:59.220><c> confess</c><00:26:59.460><c> your</c><00:26:59.720><c> faults</c><00:26:59.980><c> one</c><00:27:00.259><c> to</c>

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another<00:27:01.000><c> and</c><00:27:03.640><c> pray</c><00:27:04.380><c> one</c><00:27:04.839><c> for</c><00:27:05.079><c> another</c><00:27:05.579><c> that</c><00:27:05.940><c> you</c><00:27:06.099><c> may</c>

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healed.<00:27:07.740><c> And</c><00:27:07.940><c> healing</c><00:27:08.220><c> has</c><00:27:08.579><c> such</c><00:27:09.059><c> a</c><00:27:10.500><c> vast</c><00:27:10.500><c> application</c><00:27:11.700><c> whether</c><00:27:12.680><c> it's</c>

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physical<00:27:13.279><c> or</c><00:27:13.559><c> spiritual,</c><00:27:14.240><c> mental</c><00:27:14.680><c> or</c>

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emotional.<00:27:17.259><c> And</c><00:27:17.440><c> the</c><00:27:17.599><c> reason,</c><00:27:17.900><c> says</c><00:27:17.980><c> James,</c><00:27:20.720><c> the</c><00:27:20.980><c> reason</c><00:27:21.259><c> why</c>

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we<00:27:21.940><c> should</c><00:27:22.099><c> pray</c><00:27:22.420><c> for</c><00:27:22.619><c> each</c><00:27:22.839><c> other,</c><00:27:24.000><c> to</c><00:27:24.220><c> intercede</c>

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for<00:27:24.859><c> each</c><00:27:25.099><c> other,</c><00:27:25.680><c> to</c><00:27:25.900><c> seek</c><00:27:26.039><c> each</c><00:27:26.279><c> other's</c><00:27:26.579><c> welfare,</c><00:27:27.299><c> is</c><00:27:27.400><c> that</c>

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:31.420
the<00:27:27.900><c> effectual</c><00:27:28.960><c> fervent</c><00:27:29.660><c> prayer</c><00:27:30.240><c> of</c><00:27:30.720><c> a</c><00:27:31.000><c> righteous</c>

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man<00:27:31.960><c> availeth</c><00:27:32.799><c> much.</c><00:27:34.039><c> Do</c><00:27:34.079><c> we</c><00:27:34.380><c> believe</c><00:27:34.819><c> that</c><00:27:35.160><c> statement?</c><00:27:37.259><c> Affectual</c><00:27:37.940><c> fervent,</c><00:27:38.259><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:38.599><c> Greek</c><00:27:38.779><c> energos</c><00:27:39.519><c> zellos,</c>

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energetic<00:27:41.180><c> zealous,</c><00:27:42.720><c> the</c><00:27:42.980><c> energetic</c><00:27:43.680><c> zealous</c><00:27:44.279><c> prayer</c><00:27:44.819><c> of</c><00:27:45.220><c> a</c>

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righteous<00:27:45.900><c> brother</c><00:27:46.400><c> and</c><00:27:46.759><c> sister</c><00:27:47.519><c> availeth</c><00:27:48.839><c> much.</c>

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There<00:27:50.980><c> is</c><00:27:51.440><c> enormous</c><00:27:52.259><c> power</c><00:27:53.140><c> in</c><00:27:54.559><c> prayer</c><00:27:54.880><c> for</c><00:27:55.140><c> others,</c><00:27:55.599><c> brethren</c><00:27:55.740><c> and</c><00:27:55.920><c> sisters.</c><00:27:57.279><c> Let</c>

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me<00:27:57.660><c> alone,</c><00:27:58.000><c> says</c><00:27:58.079><c> God,</c>

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was<00:27:58.619><c> an</c><00:27:58.799><c> invitation</c><00:27:59.299><c> for</c><00:27:59.539><c> Moses</c><00:27:59.900><c> not</c><00:28:00.579><c> to</c><00:28:00.960><c> leave</c><00:28:01.160><c> him</c><00:28:01.400><c> alone,</c>

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but<00:28:02.980><c> to</c><00:28:03.359><c> seek</c><00:28:03.619><c> the</c><00:28:03.940><c> welfare</c><00:28:04.200><c> of</c><00:28:04.380><c> those</c><00:28:04.599><c> people,</c>

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to<00:28:05.240><c> plead</c><00:28:05.460><c> for</c><00:28:05.700><c> his</c><00:28:05.980><c> mercy.</c><00:28:07.579><c> And</c><00:28:07.740><c> God</c><00:28:08.000><c> did</c><00:28:08.380><c> change.</c><00:28:10.279><c> And</c><00:28:10.380><c> brethren</c><00:28:10.559><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:28:12.059><c> James</c><00:28:12.359><c> is</c><00:28:12.640><c> saying</c><00:28:12.859><c> exactly</c>

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:18.460
the<00:28:13.660><c> same</c><00:28:13.900><c> thing.</c><00:28:14.359><c> Isn't</c><00:28:14.539><c> that</c><00:28:14.759><c> powerful?</c><00:28:16.759><c> So</c><00:28:16.920><c> when</c><00:28:17.000><c> we</c><00:28:17.140><c> return</c><00:28:17.400><c> to</c><00:28:17.579><c> Amos</c><00:28:17.819><c> chapter</c><00:28:18.200><c> 7,</c>

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this<00:28:18.740><c> is</c><00:28:18.960><c> the</c><00:28:19.140><c> whole</c><00:28:19.440><c> drama</c>

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of<00:28:20.700><c> what's</c><00:28:20.960><c> happening</c><00:28:21.140><c> here.</c><00:28:23.240><c> God</c><00:28:23.460><c> gives</c><00:28:23.680><c> an</c><00:28:23.920><c> indiscriminate</c>

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judgment,<00:28:25.519><c> doesn't</c><00:28:25.740><c> touch</c><00:28:26.000><c> the</c><00:28:26.180><c> King's</c><00:28:26.480><c> house.</c>

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But<00:28:28.980><c> Amos</c><00:28:29.539><c> doesn't</c><00:28:30.220><c> leave</c><00:28:30.559><c> God</c><00:28:30.819><c> alone.</c><00:28:32.400><c> Forgive,</c><00:28:33.279><c> I</c><00:28:33.460><c> beseech</c>

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thee,<00:28:34.619><c> and</c><00:28:34.980><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:35.200><c> changes.</c><00:28:37.019><c> So</c><00:28:37.140><c> in</c><00:28:37.259><c> verse</c><00:28:37.480><c> 4,</c>

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the<00:28:37.900><c> next</c><00:28:38.180><c> judgment</c><00:28:38.519><c> is</c><00:28:38.779><c> even</c><00:28:39.059><c> more</c><00:28:39.420><c> cataclysmic.</c><00:28:41.380><c> Thus</c><00:28:41.640><c> said</c>

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the<00:28:41.940><c> Lord</c><00:28:42.079><c> Yahweh,</c><00:28:42.660><c> he</c><00:28:42.880><c> showed</c><00:28:43.000><c> to</c><00:28:43.119><c> me,</c>

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and<00:28:43.380><c> behold,</c><00:28:44.000><c> the</c><00:28:44.119><c> Lord</c><00:28:44.319><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:44.720><c> called</c><00:28:44.960><c> to</c><00:28:45.299><c> contend</c><00:28:45.880><c> by</c><00:28:46.299><c> fire.</c><00:28:47.220><c> It</c>

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devoured<00:28:47.940><c> the</c><00:28:48.180><c> great</c><00:28:48.420><c> deep</c><00:28:48.680><c> and</c><00:28:48.819><c> did</c><00:28:49.019><c> eat</c><00:28:49.259><c> up</c>

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the<00:28:50.119><c> part.</c><00:28:53.380><c> He</c><00:28:53.559><c> contended</c><00:28:54.559><c> by</c><00:28:55.220><c> fire.</c><00:28:57.380><c> It's</c><00:28:57.500><c> the</c><00:28:57.619><c> word</c><00:28:57.819><c> used</c><00:28:58.440><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:59.400><c> gate</c><00:28:59.539><c> of</c><00:28:59.720><c> the</c><00:28:59.859><c> city,</c><00:29:00.339><c> a</c><00:29:00.400><c> contention</c><00:29:00.819><c> by</c><00:29:01.180><c> law.</c>

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When<00:29:03.380><c> was</c><00:29:03.539><c> the</c><00:29:03.640><c> last</c><00:29:03.940><c> time</c><00:29:04.759><c> in</c><00:29:05.160><c> Israel</c><00:29:05.720><c> that</c><00:29:06.220><c> God</c><00:29:06.480><c> contended</c>

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by<00:29:07.559><c> fire?</c><00:29:07.880><c> That</c><00:29:07.960><c> was</c><00:29:08.119><c> with</c><00:29:08.420><c> Elijah,</c><00:29:08.940><c> wasn't</c><00:29:09.099><c> it?</c><00:29:11.099><c> How</c><00:29:11.400><c> long</c>

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hold<00:29:12.000><c> she</c><00:29:12.119><c> between</c><00:29:12.480><c> two</c><00:29:12.759><c> opinions?</c><00:29:13.240><c> Make</c><00:29:13.420><c> up</c><00:29:13.579><c> your</c><00:29:13.779><c> mind.</c><00:29:14.019><c> You</c>

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want<00:29:14.240><c> to</c><00:29:14.339><c> serve</c><00:29:14.480><c> God?</c><00:29:14.779><c> You</c><00:29:14.819><c> want</c><00:29:14.980><c> to</c><00:29:15.059><c> serve</c><00:29:15.220><c> Baal?</c>

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You<00:29:16.319><c> want</c><00:29:16.539><c> to</c><00:29:16.619><c> serve</c><00:29:16.799><c> the</c><00:29:17.079><c> truth</c><00:29:17.279><c> or</c><00:29:17.460><c> the</c><00:29:17.599><c> world?</c><00:29:18.059><c> What</c><00:29:18.160><c> do</c><00:29:18.279><c> you</c>

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:20.059
want<00:29:18.400><c> to</c><00:29:18.519><c> do?</c><00:29:18.619><c> Make</c><00:29:18.799><c> up</c><00:29:18.940><c> your</c><00:29:19.119><c> mind.</c><00:29:19.740><c> And</c><00:29:19.819><c> God</c>

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contended<00:29:20.720><c> by</c><00:29:21.099><c> fire.</c><00:29:22.180><c> But</c><00:29:22.259><c> you</c><00:29:22.359><c> know,</c><00:29:22.579><c> this</c><00:29:22.859><c> fire</c><00:29:23.339><c> is</c><00:29:24.339><c> a</c><00:29:24.920><c> huge</c>

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judgment.<00:29:26.279><c> See</c><00:29:26.380><c> where</c><00:29:26.519><c> it</c><00:29:26.579><c> says</c><00:29:26.799><c> there,</c>

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it<00:29:27.539><c> devoured</c><00:29:27.900><c> the</c><00:29:28.180><c> great</c><00:29:28.440><c> deep.</c><00:29:29.059><c> The</c><00:29:29.240><c> great</c><00:29:29.539><c> deep</c><00:29:29.779><c> there</c><00:29:29.980><c> is</c>

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the<00:29:30.359><c> Mediterranean</c><00:29:30.859><c> Sea.</c><00:29:33.339><c> Now</c><00:29:33.539><c> what</c><00:29:33.819><c> we're</c><00:29:34.000><c> talking</c>

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:38.279
about<00:29:34.460><c> is</c><00:29:34.599><c> not</c><00:29:34.859><c> just</c><00:29:35.240><c> fire</c><00:29:35.519><c> from</c><00:29:35.720><c> heaven.</c><00:29:36.319><c> We're</c><00:29:36.559><c> talking</c><00:29:36.859><c> about</c><00:29:37.339><c> volcanic</c><00:29:37.920><c> and</c>

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seismic<00:29:38.819><c> convulsions.</c><00:29:45.160><c> We're</c>

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talking<00:29:47.660><c> about</c><00:29:47.660><c> huge</c><00:29:47.660><c> volcanic</c><00:29:48.220><c> activity</c><00:29:49.140><c> bursting</c><00:29:49.660><c> out</c><00:29:50.180><c> as</c>

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the<00:29:50.500><c> Mediterranean</c><00:29:51.019><c> has</c><00:29:51.279><c> been</c><00:29:51.539><c> known</c><00:29:51.740><c> to</c><00:29:51.900><c> do.</c>

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And<00:29:54.059><c> the</c><00:29:54.299><c> tidal</c><00:29:54.579><c> waves</c><00:29:54.940><c> bursting</c><00:29:55.420><c> across</c><00:29:55.839><c> a</c><00:29:56.000><c> part</c><00:29:56.140><c> of</c><00:29:56.259><c> the</c><00:29:56.380><c> land.</c><00:29:57.819><c> That</c><00:29:57.920><c> would</c><00:29:58.039><c> have</c><00:29:58.099><c> been</c><00:29:58.200><c> an</c>

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amazing<00:29:58.960><c> vision</c><00:29:59.359><c> to</c>

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see,<00:29:59.940><c> a</c><00:30:00.000><c> frightening</c><00:30:00.299><c> vision.</c><00:30:01.240><c> The</c><00:30:01.359><c> ocean</c><00:30:01.759><c> burst</c><00:30:02.140><c> forth</c><00:30:02.460><c> and</c>

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shock<00:30:02.920><c> waves</c><00:30:03.619><c> poured</c><00:30:03.940><c> across</c><00:30:04.299><c> the</c><00:30:04.519><c> land,</c><00:30:04.859><c> a</c><00:30:04.920><c> portion</c>

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of<00:30:05.680><c> the</c><00:30:05.920><c> land.</c><00:30:08.940><c> Amos</c><00:30:09.000><c> said</c><00:30:09.240><c> in</c><00:30:09.380><c> verse</c><00:30:09.680><c> 5,</c><00:30:11.799><c> cease.</c><00:30:13.980><c> The</c><00:30:14.079><c> Hebrew</c>

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word<00:30:14.440><c> is</c><00:30:14.920><c> very</c><00:30:15.380><c> terse,</c><00:30:15.960><c> desist.</c>

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Cease,<00:30:19.000><c> I</c><00:30:19.079><c> beseech</c><00:30:19.420><c> thee.</c><00:30:20.480><c> How</c><00:30:20.720><c> shall</c><00:30:20.940><c> Jacob</c><00:30:21.299><c> stand</c><00:30:22.000><c> for</c><00:30:22.680><c> he</c>

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is<00:30:23.299><c> small?</c><00:30:23.960><c> And</c><00:30:24.160><c> that</c><00:30:24.460><c> simple,</c><00:30:25.160><c> simple,</c><00:30:25.759><c> simple</c><00:30:27.000><c> request</c>

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was<00:30:29.420><c> enough</c><00:30:29.700><c> for</c><00:30:29.880><c> God</c><00:30:30.140><c> in</c><00:30:30.359><c> verse</c><00:30:30.599><c> 6</c><00:30:30.880><c> to</c><00:30:31.140><c> again</c><00:30:31.460><c> change.</c><00:30:33.079><c> Amos</c>

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had<00:30:33.619><c> not</c><00:30:33.920><c> let</c><00:30:34.160><c> him</c><00:30:34.400><c> alone.</c>

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When<00:30:37.599><c> we</c><00:30:37.759><c> come</c><00:30:37.900><c> to</c><00:30:38.059><c> the</c><00:30:38.180><c> third</c><00:30:38.400><c> vision,</c><00:30:39.460><c> it</c><00:30:39.480><c> changes.</c><00:30:42.980><c> Because</c>

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this<00:30:43.380><c> time,</c><00:30:43.759><c> bearing</c><00:30:43.799><c> sisters,</c><00:30:45.660><c> the</c><00:30:45.799><c> real</c>

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:52.299
root<00:30:47.039><c> of</c><00:30:47.440><c> the</c><00:30:47.680><c> problem</c><00:30:48.059><c> is</c><00:30:48.380><c> targeted.</c><00:30:50.759><c> In</c><00:30:50.960><c> verse</c><00:30:51.180><c> 7,</c><00:30:51.859><c> thus</c><00:30:52.019><c> he</c>

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:54.619
showed<00:30:52.500><c> me,</c><00:30:52.839><c> and</c><00:30:52.960><c> behold,</c><00:30:53.539><c> the</c><00:30:53.640><c> Lord</c><00:30:53.880><c> stood</c><00:30:54.099><c> upon</c><00:30:54.380><c> a</c>

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:57.779
wall<00:30:55.079><c> made</c><00:30:55.640><c> by</c><00:30:55.920><c> a</c><00:30:56.160><c> plumb</c><00:30:56.400><c> line,</c><00:30:56.579><c> with</c><00:30:56.740><c> a</c><00:30:56.960><c> plumb</c><00:30:57.200><c> line</c><00:30:57.400><c> in</c><00:30:57.539><c> his</c>

00:30:57.779 --> 00:31:00.759
hand.<00:30:58.900><c> And</c><00:30:59.039><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:59.200><c> said</c><00:30:59.339><c> to</c><00:30:59.519><c> me,</c><00:30:59.660><c> Amos,</c><00:30:59.980><c> what</c><00:31:00.339><c> seest</c>

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:05.059
thou?<00:31:01.539><c> And</c><00:31:01.920><c> I</c><00:31:02.119><c> said,</c><00:31:02.359><c> a</c><00:31:02.460><c> plumb</c><00:31:02.720><c> line.</c><00:31:03.640><c> Then</c><00:31:03.880><c> said</c><00:31:04.140><c> the</c><00:31:04.319><c> Lord,</c><00:31:04.539><c> behold,</c><00:31:04.940><c> I</c>

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:06.480
will<00:31:05.180><c> set</c><00:31:05.259><c> a</c><00:31:05.500><c> plumb</c><00:31:05.740><c> line</c><00:31:05.839><c> in</c><00:31:06.039><c> the</c><00:31:06.140><c> midst</c><00:31:06.279><c> of</c>

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:10.880
my<00:31:06.680><c> people</c><00:31:06.920><c> Israel.</c><00:31:07.579><c> I</c><00:31:07.859><c> will</c><00:31:08.079><c> not</c><00:31:08.279><c> pass</c><00:31:08.599><c> again</c><00:31:09.119><c> by</c><00:31:09.559><c> them</c><00:31:09.740><c> anymore.</c><00:31:10.680><c> The</c>

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:12.519
high<00:31:11.119><c> places</c><00:31:11.359><c> of</c><00:31:11.579><c> Isaac</c><00:31:11.859><c> shall</c><00:31:12.039><c> be</c><00:31:12.220><c> desolate.</c>

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The<00:31:13.039><c> sanctuaries</c><00:31:13.339><c> of</c><00:31:13.500><c> Israel</c><00:31:13.779><c> shall</c><00:31:13.960><c> be</c><00:31:14.119><c> laid</c><00:31:14.319><c> waste.</c><00:31:14.880><c> And</c><00:31:15.079><c> I</c>

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:17.160
will<00:31:15.359><c> rise</c><00:31:15.599><c> against</c><00:31:15.920><c> the</c><00:31:16.180><c> house</c><00:31:16.359><c> of</c><00:31:16.579><c> Jeroboam</c><00:31:16.940><c> with</c>

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:24.859
the<00:31:17.480><c> sword.</c><00:31:18.180><c> So</c><00:31:18.480><c> here's</c><00:31:18.619><c> a</c><00:31:18.880><c> different</c><00:31:19.099><c> vision</c><00:31:19.359><c> this</c><00:31:19.660><c> time.</c><00:31:20.420><c> It's</c><00:31:20.900><c> measured.</c><00:31:22.619><c> It's</c><00:31:23.099><c> measured.</c><00:31:24.160><c> And</c><00:31:24.339><c> the</c><00:31:24.539><c> symbol</c><00:31:24.720><c> of</c>

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:31.500
measurement<00:31:25.240><c> is</c><00:31:25.619><c> the</c><00:31:26.019><c> plumb</c><00:31:26.339><c> line.</c><00:31:26.759><c> Four</c><00:31:27.019><c> times</c><00:31:27.839><c> in</c><00:31:28.140><c> those</c><00:31:28.339><c> verses.</c><00:31:31.259><c> What</c><00:31:31.380><c> is</c>

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.200
the<00:31:31.660><c> plumb</c><00:31:31.859><c> line?</c><00:31:32.059><c> Well,</c>

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:34.180
we<00:31:32.279><c> all</c><00:31:32.400><c> know</c><00:31:32.460><c> what</c><00:31:32.559><c> the</c><00:31:32.640><c> plumb</c><00:31:32.819><c> line</c><00:31:32.980><c> is.</c><00:31:33.180><c> It's</c><00:31:33.240><c> a</c><00:31:33.339><c> piece</c><00:31:33.480><c> of</c><00:31:33.680><c> string</c><00:31:33.819><c> with</c><00:31:33.960><c> a</c>

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:36.240
weight.<00:31:35.460><c> And</c><00:31:35.599><c> the</c><00:31:35.720><c> gravitational</c>

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:40.500
force<00:31:36.640><c> of</c><00:31:36.799><c> that</c><00:31:37.119><c> means</c><00:31:37.519><c> that</c><00:31:37.819><c> you</c><00:31:38.140><c> know</c><00:31:38.359><c> exactly</c><00:31:38.960><c> what</c><00:31:39.240><c> is</c><00:31:39.619><c> straight</c><00:31:40.019><c> and</c>

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:42.279
right<00:31:40.880><c> and</c><00:31:41.279><c> true.</c><00:31:41.960><c> And</c><00:31:42.119><c> the</c><00:31:42.200><c> thing</c>

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:45.619
about<00:31:42.440><c> the</c><00:31:42.700><c> plumb</c><00:31:42.960><c> line</c><00:31:43.160><c> is</c><00:31:43.400><c> that</c><00:31:43.599><c> it's</c><00:31:43.799><c> normally</c><00:31:44.099><c> used</c><00:31:44.380><c> by</c><00:31:44.740><c> builders</c><00:31:45.180><c> in</c>

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:54.839
construction.<00:31:48.259><c> But</c><00:31:48.400><c> there's</c><00:31:54.819><c> no</c>

00:31:54.839 --> 00:32:02.519
plumb<00:31:55.000><c> line.</c><00:31:55.000><c> Here</c><00:31:55.000><c> is</c><00:31:55.180><c> the</c><00:31:55.240><c> plumb</c><00:31:55.640><c> line</c><00:31:56.480><c> explained</c><00:31:57.200><c> for</c><00:31:57.519><c> us.</c>

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:19.200
Isaiah<00:32:05.619><c> 28</c><00:32:07.059><c> verse</c><00:32:10.420><c> 17.</c><00:32:16.839><c> Judgment,</c><00:32:17.380><c> says</c><00:32:17.559><c> God,</c><00:32:18.240><c> also</c>

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:25.539
will<00:32:19.519><c> I</c><00:32:19.900><c> lay</c><00:32:20.539><c> to</c><00:32:21.460><c> the</c><00:32:21.740><c> line</c><00:32:22.220><c> and</c><00:32:23.039><c> righteousness</c><00:32:23.720><c> to</c><00:32:24.380><c> the</c><00:32:24.599><c> plummet.</c>

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:29.279
And<00:32:26.259><c> the</c><00:32:26.440><c> hail</c><00:32:26.660><c> shall</c><00:32:27.039><c> sweep</c><00:32:27.380><c> away</c><00:32:27.660><c> the</c><00:32:27.900><c> refuge</c><00:32:28.299><c> of</c><00:32:28.539><c> lies</c><00:32:28.819><c> and</c>

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:31.420
the<00:32:29.480><c> water</c><00:32:29.660><c> shall</c><00:32:29.940><c> overflow</c><00:32:30.400><c> the</c><00:32:30.759><c> hiding</c><00:32:31.000><c> place.</c>

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:34.539
So<00:32:31.920><c> you</c><00:32:32.119><c> see</c><00:32:32.420><c> this</c><00:32:32.799><c> plumb</c><00:32:33.079><c> line</c><00:32:33.220><c> represented</c><00:32:33.779><c> judgment</c><00:32:34.279><c> and</c>

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:36.119
righteousness.<00:32:35.160><c> There</c><00:32:35.339><c> are</c><00:32:35.460><c> those</c><00:32:35.640><c> two</c><00:32:35.880><c> words</c>

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:42.900
that<00:32:36.279><c> we've</c><00:32:36.519><c> seen</c><00:32:36.759><c> constantly</c><00:32:37.279><c> in</c><00:32:37.460><c> our</c><00:32:37.720><c> studies.</c><00:32:39.079><c> Righteousness</c><00:32:39.680><c> and</c><00:32:39.900><c> justice.</c><00:32:41.319><c> Zedekar</c><00:32:41.920><c> and</c><00:32:42.339><c> Mishpat.</c>

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:47.539
We've<00:32:43.619><c> seen</c><00:32:43.740><c> those.</c><00:32:44.039><c> And</c><00:32:44.200><c> there</c><00:32:44.259><c> it</c><00:32:44.380><c> is.</c><00:32:44.559><c> The</c><00:32:44.680><c> lie</c><00:32:45.259><c> of</c><00:32:46.279><c> judgment.</c><00:32:47.299><c> And</c><00:32:47.420><c> on</c>

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.599
the<00:32:47.720><c> end</c><00:32:47.900><c> is</c><00:32:48.140><c> the</c><00:32:48.380><c> weight,</c>

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the<00:32:48.980><c> plummet</c><00:32:49.519><c> of</c><00:32:50.140><c> righteousness.</c><00:32:51.039><c> And</c><00:32:51.200><c> God</c><00:32:51.319><c> went</c><00:32:51.480><c> around</c><00:32:51.640><c> every</c><00:32:51.940><c> single</c><00:32:52.180><c> building</c><00:32:52.660><c> in</c>

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:55.299
Samaria<00:32:54.519><c> and</c><00:32:54.759><c> he</c><00:32:55.039><c> placed</c>

00:32:55.299 --> 00:33:00.000
this<00:32:56.240><c> straight</c><00:32:56.460><c> line</c><00:32:56.660><c> against</c><00:32:57.039><c> every</c><00:32:57.599><c> person's</c><00:32:58.180><c> life.</c><00:32:59.440><c> Against</c><00:32:59.700><c> the</c>

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:01.880
idols<00:33:00.339><c> in</c><00:33:00.599><c> Bethel.</c><00:33:01.180><c> Against</c><00:33:01.440><c> the</c><00:33:01.700><c> house</c>

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:04.819
of<00:33:02.099><c> Jeroboam.</c><00:33:02.980><c> Against</c><00:33:03.240><c> all</c><00:33:03.579><c> the</c><00:33:03.819><c> rulers</c><00:33:04.039><c> of</c><00:33:04.240><c> the</c><00:33:04.440><c> house,</c><00:33:04.680><c> the</c>

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:07.240
palace.<00:33:05.460><c> And</c><00:33:05.640><c> as</c><00:33:05.799><c> the</c><00:33:05.960><c> hand</c><00:33:06.119><c> goes</c><00:33:06.420><c> around</c><00:33:06.759><c> from</c><00:33:07.039><c> house</c>

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:10.859
to<00:33:07.500><c> house,</c><00:33:08.539><c> it's</c><00:33:08.799><c> measured</c><00:33:09.039><c> against</c><00:33:09.460><c> the</c><00:33:10.180><c> straightness</c><00:33:10.680><c> of</c>

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:12.920
God's<00:33:11.180><c> requirements.</c><00:33:12.039><c> And</c><00:33:12.200><c> of</c><00:33:12.339><c> course,</c><00:33:12.500><c> there's</c><00:33:12.759><c> no</c>

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:15.539
way<00:33:13.019><c> in</c><00:33:13.160><c> the</c><00:33:13.380><c> world</c><00:33:13.559><c> they</c><00:33:13.700><c> can</c><00:33:13.900><c> match</c><00:33:14.220><c> those</c><00:33:14.420><c> requirements.</c>

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:20.119
In<00:33:16.339><c> Lamentations</c><00:33:16.900><c> chapter</c><00:33:17.220><c> 2,</c><00:33:18.220><c> we</c><00:33:18.359><c> also</c><00:33:18.660><c> have</c><00:33:18.920><c> this</c><00:33:19.640><c> symbol</c>

00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:28.339
of<00:33:20.480><c> the</c><00:33:20.920><c> plumb</c><00:33:21.240><c> line</c><00:33:21.460><c> explained</c><00:33:21.960><c> for</c><00:33:22.220><c> us.</c><00:33:22.700><c> Let's</c><00:33:22.819><c> look</c><00:33:22.960><c> at</c><00:33:23.079><c> this.</c><00:33:23.880><c> Lamentations</c><00:33:24.519><c> chapter</c><00:33:24.839><c> 2</c>

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:30.660
verse<00:33:29.839><c> 8.</c>

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Yahweh<00:33:36.079><c> hath</c><00:33:36.720><c> purposed.</c><00:33:38.359><c> So</c><00:33:38.640><c> it's</c><00:33:38.799><c> deliberate.</c><00:33:40.279><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:40.619><c> hath</c>

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:45.299
purposed<00:33:42.339><c> to</c><00:33:42.900><c> destroy</c><00:33:43.480><c> the</c><00:33:43.940><c> wall</c><00:33:44.380><c> of</c><00:33:44.799><c> the</c><00:33:44.980><c> daughter</c>

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:49.720
of<00:33:45.619><c> Zion.</c><00:33:46.119><c> So</c><00:33:46.339><c> here</c><00:33:46.559><c> is</c><00:33:46.980><c> Judah</c><00:33:47.160><c> being</c><00:33:47.460><c> involved.</c><00:33:48.460><c> He</c><00:33:48.539><c> hath</c><00:33:48.900><c> stretched</c><00:33:49.380><c> out</c>

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:52.000
a<00:33:49.880><c> line.</c><00:33:50.400><c> He</c><00:33:50.599><c> hath</c><00:33:50.940><c> not</c><00:33:51.240><c> withdrawn</c><00:33:51.640><c> his</c>

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hand<00:33:52.240><c> from</c><00:33:52.539><c> destroying.</c><00:33:53.680><c> Therefore</c><00:33:53.960><c> he</c><00:33:54.200><c> made</c><00:33:54.440><c> the</c><00:33:54.640><c> rampart</c>

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and<00:33:54.960><c> the</c><00:33:55.140><c> wall</c><00:33:55.279><c> to</c><00:33:55.480><c> lament.</c><00:33:56.140><c> They</c><00:33:56.460><c> languished</c><00:33:56.819><c> together.</c>

00:33:57.220 --> 00:34:01.200
So<00:33:57.680><c> you</c><00:33:57.819><c> see,</c><00:33:57.900><c> when</c><00:33:58.019><c> a</c><00:33:58.160><c> person</c><00:33:58.319><c> holds</c><00:33:58.640><c> a</c><00:33:58.880><c> line,</c><00:33:59.680><c> there's</c><00:33:59.799><c> a</c><00:34:00.000><c> purpose</c><00:34:00.400><c> behind</c><00:34:00.819><c> it.</c>

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:03.299
And<00:34:01.400><c> the</c><00:34:01.839><c> stretching</c><00:34:02.440><c> out</c><00:34:02.900><c> of</c><00:34:03.059><c> the</c>

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:07.359
line,<00:34:04.680><c> as</c><00:34:04.799><c> long</c><00:34:05.000><c> as</c><00:34:05.119><c> the</c><00:34:05.359><c> hand</c><00:34:05.579><c> is</c><00:34:05.920><c> outstretched,</c><00:34:07.000><c> measuring</c>

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:10.400
the<00:34:07.859><c> wall</c><00:34:08.300><c> will</c><00:34:08.500><c> be</c><00:34:08.820><c> destroyed.</c><00:34:10.000><c> So</c><00:34:10.179><c> you</c><00:34:10.280><c> see,</c>

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:16.019
the<00:34:10.659><c> plumb</c><00:34:10.860><c> line</c><00:34:11.019><c> is</c><00:34:11.219><c> used</c><00:34:11.460><c> for</c><00:34:12.139><c> demolition,</c><00:34:13.960><c> not</c><00:34:14.320><c> construction.</c><00:34:15.639><c> And</c><00:34:15.739><c> as</c><00:34:15.860><c> God</c>

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.739
went<00:34:16.199><c> around</c><00:34:16.400><c> all</c><00:34:16.619><c> of</c>

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:20.659
those<00:34:16.900><c> buildings</c><00:34:17.420><c> and</c><00:34:17.940><c> measured</c><00:34:18.119><c> it</c><00:34:18.320><c> up,</c><00:34:18.760><c> didn't</c><00:34:19.059><c> match,</c><00:34:19.800><c> destroyed.</c><00:34:20.500><c> The</c>

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:22.659
next<00:34:20.860><c> one</c><00:34:21.019><c> doesn't</c><00:34:21.320><c> match</c><00:34:21.619><c> up,</c><00:34:22.000><c> destroyed</c>

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:27.519
to<00:34:23.099><c> the</c><00:34:23.260><c> whole</c><00:34:23.639><c> city.</c><00:34:25.039><c> So</c><00:34:25.119><c> coming</c><00:34:25.260><c> back</c><00:34:25.480><c> to</c><00:34:25.599><c> Amos</c><00:34:25.840><c> chapter</c><00:34:26.139><c> 7,</c>

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:29.460
this<00:34:28.380><c> time,</c>

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:37.239
this<00:34:30.840><c> time</c><00:34:31.599><c> there</c><00:34:32.000><c> is</c><00:34:32.400><c> no</c><00:34:33.480><c> appeal</c><00:34:34.059><c> by</c><00:34:34.519><c> the</c><00:34:34.739><c> prophet.</c><00:34:36.820><c> Because,</c>

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:39.159
brethren<00:34:37.480><c> and</c><00:34:37.699><c> sisters,</c><00:34:38.219><c> the</c><00:34:38.380><c> judgments</c><00:34:38.800><c> were</c>

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:46.539
measured.<00:34:40.679><c> They</c><00:34:40.820><c> were</c><00:34:41.059><c> not</c><00:34:41.280><c> indiscriminate.</c><00:34:42.860><c> They</c><00:34:43.139><c> were</c><00:34:43.500><c> absolutely</c><00:34:44.559><c> specific.</c><00:34:46.380><c> And</c>

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:47.440
God<00:34:46.679><c> says</c><00:34:46.840><c> at</c><00:34:47.000><c> the</c><00:34:47.059><c> end</c><00:34:47.260><c> of</c>

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:51.739
verse<00:34:47.579><c> 8,</c><00:34:48.119><c> I</c><00:34:48.320><c> will</c><00:34:48.619><c> not</c><00:34:48.900><c> again</c><00:34:49.360><c> pass,</c><00:34:50.139><c> not</c><00:34:50.440><c> by</c><00:34:50.760><c> them,</c><00:34:51.079><c> but</c><00:34:51.360><c> over</c>

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:55.059
them.<00:34:52.559><c> Pass</c><00:34:53.119><c> over</c><00:34:54.139><c> them.</c><00:34:54.320><c> That's</c><00:34:54.500><c> the</c><00:34:54.739><c> Passover</c>

00:34:55.059 --> 00:35:01.440
words.<00:34:57.420><c> It's</c><00:34:57.760><c> as</c><00:34:58.039><c> though</c><00:34:58.340><c> there</c><00:34:58.579><c> is</c><00:34:58.840><c> no</c><00:34:59.460><c> longer</c><00:35:00.199><c> any</c><00:35:00.679><c> Israelites</c><00:35:01.119><c> there,</c>

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:04.559
only<00:35:01.840><c> Egyptians.</c><00:35:03.960><c> And</c><00:35:04.119><c> God</c><00:35:04.260><c> will</c>

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:08.159
not<00:35:04.900><c> pass</c><00:35:05.460><c> over</c><00:35:05.780><c> them</c><00:35:05.940><c> any</c><00:35:06.179><c> more</c><00:35:06.320><c> at</c><00:35:06.480><c> all.</c><00:35:07.139><c> The</c><00:35:07.400><c> efficacy</c><00:35:07.880><c> of</c>

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:10.199
the<00:35:08.380><c> Passover</c><00:35:08.739><c> sacrifice</c><00:35:09.320><c> is</c><00:35:09.559><c> finished</c><00:35:09.800><c> with</c><00:35:10.000><c> this</c>

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:15.380
nation.<00:35:10.860><c> There</c><00:35:11.019><c> is</c><00:35:11.239><c> no</c><00:35:11.440><c> more</c><00:35:11.619><c> forgiveness</c><00:35:11.900><c> of</c><00:35:12.199><c> sins.</c><00:35:12.719><c> There</c><00:35:12.860><c> is</c><00:35:13.139><c> no</c><00:35:13.400><c> more</c><00:35:13.920><c> release</c><00:35:14.199><c> from</c><00:35:14.440><c> judgment.</c><00:35:15.059><c> I</c><00:35:15.239><c> will</c>

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:18.079
not<00:35:15.519><c> again</c><00:35:15.840><c> pass</c><00:35:16.219><c> over</c><00:35:16.420><c> them</c><00:35:16.559><c> any</c><00:35:16.800><c> more.</c><00:35:17.340><c> I'm</c><00:35:17.539><c> visiting</c><00:35:17.820><c> them</c>

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:21.360
for<00:35:18.179><c> their</c><00:35:18.360><c> iniquity.</c><00:35:20.039><c> And</c><00:35:20.239><c> here</c><00:35:20.340><c> we</c><00:35:20.420><c> are</c><00:35:20.539><c> in</c><00:35:20.659><c> verse</c><00:35:20.840><c> 9,</c>

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:27.280
the<00:35:21.800><c> targets</c><00:35:22.219><c> of</c><00:35:22.420><c> this</c><00:35:22.639><c> judgment.</c><00:35:24.000><c> The</c><00:35:24.280><c> high</c><00:35:25.179><c> places</c><00:35:25.860><c> of</c><00:35:26.699><c> Isaac.</c><00:35:27.139><c> See</c>

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:30.420
the<00:35:27.460><c> margin?</c><00:35:28.519><c> Beersheba.</c><00:35:29.760><c> Now</c><00:35:29.940><c> we've</c><00:35:30.179><c> spoken</c>

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:35.239
about<00:35:30.679><c> Beersheba,</c><00:35:31.340><c> haven't</c><00:35:31.440><c> we?</c><00:35:32.380><c> Isaac</c><00:35:32.800><c> only</c><00:35:33.400><c> built</c><00:35:33.760><c> one</c><00:35:34.300><c> altar</c><00:35:34.780><c> and</c>

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:37.539
that<00:35:35.420><c> was</c><00:35:35.539><c> at</c><00:35:35.679><c> Beersheba.</c><00:35:37.159><c> And</c><00:35:37.280><c> it</c><00:35:37.420><c> was</c><00:35:37.420><c> turned</c>

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:43.900
into<00:35:37.760><c> a</c><00:35:38.059><c> shrine</c><00:35:38.639><c> by</c><00:35:38.920><c> these</c><00:35:39.179><c> people.</c><00:35:40.480><c> And</c><00:35:40.579><c> as</c><00:35:40.639><c> they</c><00:35:40.840><c> visited</c><00:35:41.079><c> their</c><00:35:41.480><c> shrines,</c><00:35:42.619><c> God</c><00:35:42.780><c> says</c><00:35:43.039><c> that's</c><00:35:43.639><c> one</c><00:35:43.780><c> of</c>

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.239
the<00:35:44.059><c> first</c>

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:51.239
ones<00:35:44.420><c> to</c><00:35:44.599><c> go.</c><00:35:46.739><c> The</c><00:35:47.139><c> sanctuaries</c><00:35:47.860><c> of</c><00:35:48.019><c> Israel.</c><00:35:48.880><c> These</c><00:35:49.139><c> were</c><00:35:49.300><c> these</c><00:35:50.400><c> temples</c><00:35:50.880><c> in</c>

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:52.900
Dan<00:35:51.579><c> and</c><00:35:51.800><c> Bethel</c><00:35:52.219><c> and</c><00:35:52.420><c> Gilgal</c><00:35:52.780><c> that</c>

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:56.360
we've<00:35:53.239><c> seen.</c><00:35:53.579><c> God</c><00:35:53.739><c> says</c><00:35:53.900><c> I'm</c><00:35:54.260><c> targeting</c><00:35:54.579><c> those</c><00:35:54.880><c> as</c><00:35:55.119><c> well.</c><00:35:55.980><c> They</c><00:35:56.139><c> should</c><00:35:56.239><c> be</c>

00:35:56.360 --> 00:36:01.699
laid<00:35:56.599><c> waste.</c><00:36:00.260><c> The</c><00:36:00.480><c> last</c><00:36:00.739><c> one</c><00:36:00.980><c> is</c><00:36:01.380><c> the</c>

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:06.360
house<00:36:02.239><c> of</c><00:36:02.639><c> Jeroboam</c><00:36:03.239><c> with</c><00:36:03.559><c> the</c><00:36:03.800><c> sword.</c><00:36:05.039><c> And</c><00:36:05.320><c> this</c><00:36:05.699><c> really</c><00:36:06.159><c> was</c>

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:09.139
the<00:36:06.500><c> real</c><00:36:06.739><c> problem.</c><00:36:07.159><c> It</c><00:36:07.280><c> was</c><00:36:07.480><c> the</c><00:36:07.760><c> idols,</c><00:36:08.659><c> it</c><00:36:08.659><c> was</c><00:36:08.860><c> the</c>

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:12.739
sanctuaries<00:36:09.900><c> and</c><00:36:10.260><c> it</c><00:36:10.340><c> was</c><00:36:10.599><c> the</c><00:36:10.920><c> rulers</c><00:36:11.440><c> who</c><00:36:12.000><c> led</c><00:36:12.219><c> the</c><00:36:12.500><c> people</c>

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:16.619
astray.<00:36:13.800><c> And</c><00:36:13.920><c> this</c><00:36:14.139><c> time</c><00:36:14.420><c> there</c><00:36:14.639><c> is</c><00:36:14.820><c> no</c><00:36:15.079><c> appeal</c><00:36:15.460><c> by</c><00:36:15.739><c> Amos.</c>

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:26.340
Well,<00:36:21.320><c> word</c><00:36:21.579><c> soon</c><00:36:22.320><c> got</c><00:36:22.639><c> around</c><00:36:23.239><c> about</c><00:36:24.699><c> this</c><00:36:25.340><c> prophecy.</c>

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:38.119
And<00:36:28.460><c> in</c><00:36:28.659><c> verse</c><00:36:28.800><c> 10,</c><00:36:30.739><c> Amaziah</c><00:36:31.119><c> heard</c><00:36:31.360><c> it.</c><00:36:32.639><c> Amaziah,</c><00:36:33.679><c> the</c><00:36:34.079><c> priest</c><00:36:34.880><c> of</c><00:36:35.340><c> Bethel,</c><00:36:36.500><c> sent</c><00:36:36.880><c> to</c><00:36:37.139><c> Jeroboam,</c>

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:42.920
king<00:36:38.719><c> of</c><00:36:38.880><c> Israel,</c><00:36:39.900><c> saying,</c><00:36:41.300><c> Amos</c><00:36:41.619><c> hath</c><00:36:41.900><c> conspired</c><00:36:42.480><c> against</c>

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:44.579
thee<00:36:43.019><c> in</c><00:36:43.199><c> the</c><00:36:43.340><c> midst</c><00:36:43.500><c> of</c><00:36:43.639><c> the</c><00:36:43.800><c> house</c><00:36:43.960><c> of</c><00:36:44.199><c> Israel,</c>

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:50.699
the<00:36:45.119><c> land's</c><00:36:45.400><c> not</c><00:36:45.619><c> able</c><00:36:45.860><c> to</c><00:36:46.099><c> bear</c><00:36:46.239><c> his</c><00:36:46.519><c> words.</c><00:36:49.300><c> Amaziah,</c><00:36:50.400><c> the</c>

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:53.780
priest<00:36:51.039><c> of</c><00:36:51.300><c> Bethel,</c><00:36:52.059><c> the</c><00:36:52.480><c> priest</c><00:36:52.800><c> of</c><00:36:53.000><c> Bethel.</c>

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:58.840
He<00:36:54.460><c> was</c><00:36:54.699><c> the,</c><00:36:55.480><c> I</c><00:36:55.719><c> guess,</c><00:36:56.239><c> the</c><00:36:56.440><c> pseudo</c><00:36:56.880><c> high</c><00:36:57.239><c> priest.</c><00:36:57.920><c> His</c><00:36:58.199><c> counterpart</c><00:36:58.639><c> was</c>

00:36:58.840 --> 00:37:00.960
the<00:36:59.059><c> real</c><00:36:59.280><c> high</c><00:36:59.559><c> priest</c><00:36:59.800><c> in</c><00:37:00.019><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:07.019
He<00:37:01.420><c> was</c><00:37:01.760><c> the</c><00:37:02.500><c> high</c><00:37:03.079><c> priest</c><00:37:03.300><c> of</c><00:37:03.559><c> idolatry,</c><00:37:04.219><c> the</c><00:37:04.340><c> Hebrew</c><00:37:04.480><c> specific,</c><00:37:05.239><c> the</c><00:37:05.659><c> priest</c><00:37:05.980><c> of</c><00:37:06.179><c> Bethel.</c>

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:14.920
So<00:37:10.019><c> the</c><00:37:10.340><c> news</c><00:37:10.719><c> comes</c><00:37:11.440><c> to</c><00:37:11.760><c> him.</c><00:37:13.619><c> He</c><00:37:13.699><c> hasn't</c><00:37:13.940><c> got</c><00:37:14.139><c> the</c><00:37:14.380><c> courage</c>

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:19.739
to<00:37:16.199><c> actually</c><00:37:16.699><c> challenge</c><00:37:17.360><c> Amos</c><00:37:18.340><c> direct,</c>

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:25.360
but<00:37:21.760><c> he's</c><00:37:22.079><c> prepared</c><00:37:22.599><c> to</c><00:37:23.480><c> send</c><00:37:23.579><c> a</c><00:37:23.780><c> message</c><00:37:23.980><c> to</c><00:37:24.139><c> the</c><00:37:24.280><c> king.</c><00:37:25.119><c> That's</c><00:37:25.280><c> how</c>

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:30.440
he<00:37:25.519><c> operates.</c><00:37:25.900><c> He</c><00:37:25.920><c> doesn't</c><00:37:30.440><c> challenge</c>

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:35.179
means<00:37:30.960><c> strengthened</c><00:37:32.000><c> of</c><00:37:32.340><c> Yah.</c><00:37:32.780><c> What</c><00:37:32.860><c> an</c><00:37:33.079><c> ironic</c><00:37:33.519><c> name</c><00:37:34.199><c> because</c><00:37:35.019><c> we're</c>

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:36.119
going<00:37:35.260><c> to</c><00:37:35.400><c> see</c><00:37:35.500><c> at</c><00:37:35.639><c> the</c><00:37:35.679><c> end</c><00:37:35.840><c> of</c><00:37:35.960><c> this</c>

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:41.039
chapter,<00:37:36.440><c> God</c><00:37:36.559><c> will</c><00:37:36.760><c> destroy</c><00:37:37.099><c> him.</c><00:37:38.739><c> Strengthened</c><00:37:39.219><c> of</c><00:37:39.480><c> God.</c><00:37:39.980><c> How</c><00:37:40.219><c> possibly</c><00:37:40.679><c> can</c><00:37:40.880><c> a</c>

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:41.900
person<00:37:41.380><c> like</c><00:37:41.619><c> that</c>

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:50.239
bear<00:37:42.139><c> a</c><00:37:42.360><c> name</c><00:37:42.599><c> like</c><00:37:42.940><c> that?</c><00:37:44.159><c> Unbelievable.</c><00:37:47.579><c> There's</c><00:37:47.780><c> no</c><00:37:48.059><c> doctrinal</c><00:37:48.699><c> fight</c><00:37:49.000><c> here.</c>

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:53.460
There's<00:37:51.300><c> no,</c><00:37:51.460><c> there's</c><00:37:51.619><c> no</c><00:37:51.860><c> basis</c><00:37:52.300><c> of</c><00:37:52.699><c> doctrinal</c><00:37:53.099><c> discussion</c>

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:54.860
here<00:37:53.619><c> because</c><00:37:53.820><c> there</c><00:37:54.039><c> is</c><00:37:54.300><c> no</c><00:37:54.480><c> doctrinal</c>

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:57.380
basis.<00:37:55.659><c> I</c><00:37:55.760><c> mean,</c><00:37:55.900><c> they</c><00:37:55.960><c> were</c><00:37:56.059><c> in</c><00:37:56.199><c> idolatry</c><00:37:56.659><c> with</c><00:37:56.820><c> this</c><00:37:57.139><c> twist</c>

00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:58.980
of<00:37:57.519><c> the</c><00:37:57.719><c> truth</c><00:37:57.880><c> as</c><00:37:58.039><c> we've</c><00:37:58.280><c> seen</c><00:37:58.360><c> in</c><00:37:58.519><c> our</c><00:37:58.659><c> studies,</c>

00:37:58.980 --> 00:38:03.800
this<00:37:59.519><c> subtle</c><00:38:00.199><c> blending</c><00:38:00.820><c> of</c><00:38:01.119><c> truth</c><00:38:01.320><c> and</c><00:38:01.559><c> error,</c><00:38:03.139><c> but</c><00:38:03.260><c> that</c><00:38:03.360><c> wasn't</c><00:38:03.619><c> the</c>

00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:05.179
base<00:38:03.940><c> of</c><00:38:04.119><c> the</c><00:38:04.280><c> argument.</c>

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:11.559
You<00:38:06.980><c> see,</c><00:38:07.280><c> as</c><00:38:07.400><c> soon</c><00:38:07.679><c> as</c><00:38:07.920><c> Amos</c><00:38:08.860><c> brought</c><00:38:09.619><c> the</c><00:38:10.260><c> king</c><00:38:10.820><c> into</c><00:38:11.320><c> the</c>

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:15.039
prophecy,<00:38:13.019><c> then</c><00:38:13.159><c> Amaziah</c><00:38:13.800><c> seized</c><00:38:14.400><c> the</c><00:38:14.619><c> opportunity</c>

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:18.320
to<00:38:15.320><c> attack</c><00:38:15.940><c> and</c><00:38:16.599><c> he</c><00:38:16.719><c> took</c><00:38:16.880><c> the</c><00:38:17.019><c> matter</c><00:38:17.139><c> straight</c><00:38:17.639><c> to</c><00:38:17.820><c> the</c><00:38:18.019><c> king</c>

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:21.599
because<00:38:18.980><c> that's</c><00:38:19.760><c> where</c><00:38:20.179><c> his</c><00:38:20.599><c> bread</c><00:38:20.940><c> and</c><00:38:21.340><c> butter</c>

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:27.360
came<00:38:22.039><c> from.</c><00:38:23.599><c> You</c><00:38:23.699><c> see,</c><00:38:23.920><c> verse</c><00:38:24.159><c> 13,</c><00:38:24.900><c> Bethel</c><00:38:25.079><c> was</c><00:38:25.280><c> the</c><00:38:25.519><c> king's</c><00:38:26.099><c> chapel.</c><00:38:27.159><c> It's</c><00:38:27.320><c> a</c>

00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:28.179
little<00:38:27.440><c> bit</c><00:38:27.539><c> like</c><00:38:27.619><c> the</c><00:38:27.800><c> middle</c><00:38:28.000><c> ages,</c>

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:34.760
where<00:38:28.639><c> the</c><00:38:29.699><c> priests</c><00:38:30.039><c> and</c><00:38:30.360><c> the</c><00:38:30.599><c> bishops,</c><00:38:30.840><c> the</c><00:38:30.980><c> archbishops</c><00:38:31.500><c> were</c><00:38:31.980><c> dependent</c><00:38:32.500><c> upon</c><00:38:32.960><c> the</c><00:38:34.139><c> generosity</c><00:38:34.579><c> of</c>

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.980
the<00:38:34.960><c> king.</c>

00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:41.320
And<00:38:36.920><c> as</c><00:38:37.059><c> soon</c><00:38:37.159><c> as</c><00:38:37.280><c> Amos</c><00:38:37.460><c> attacked</c><00:38:37.840><c> the</c><00:38:38.079><c> king,</c><00:38:38.659><c> he</c><00:38:38.800><c> was</c><00:38:38.800><c> attacking</c><00:38:39.260><c> the</c><00:38:39.679><c> priests'</c><00:38:40.199><c> bread</c><00:38:40.219><c> and</c><00:38:40.420><c> butter.</c>

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:46.570
Just<00:38:43.500><c> like</c><00:38:43.760><c> the</c><00:38:43.960><c> old</c><00:38:44.260><c> contest</c><00:38:44.739><c> in</c><00:38:45.019><c> the</c><00:38:45.019><c> middle</c><00:38:45.280><c> ages,</c><00:38:45.699><c> isn't</c><00:38:45.760><c> it?</c>

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:51.460
Humble<00:38:47.480><c> man</c><00:38:47.679><c> of</c><00:38:47.920><c> God</c><00:38:48.380><c> versus</c><00:38:48.980><c> corrupt</c><00:38:49.599><c> and</c><00:38:49.840><c> apostate</c><00:38:50.460><c> priest.</c>

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:53.980
Exactly<00:38:52.360><c> that</c><00:38:52.639><c> kind</c><00:38:52.880><c> of</c><00:38:53.099><c> conflict.</c>

00:38:55.039 --> 00:39:03.260
But<00:38:55.639><c> his,</c><00:38:56.239><c> his</c><00:38:57.360><c> accusation</c><00:38:58.539><c> is</c><00:38:59.320><c> very</c><00:38:59.699><c> cunning.</c><00:39:02.159><c> Amos,</c><00:39:02.880><c> he</c>

00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:06.960
says,<00:39:03.659><c> hath</c><00:39:03.880><c> conspired</c><00:39:04.840><c> against</c><00:39:05.699><c> thee.</c>

00:39:08.360 --> 00:39:11.960
Well,<00:39:08.559><c> he</c><00:39:08.639><c> didn't.</c><00:39:10.380><c> You</c><00:39:10.480><c> see,</c><00:39:10.579><c> in</c><00:39:10.739><c> verse</c><00:39:10.920><c> nine,</c><00:39:11.280><c> it</c><00:39:11.340><c> was</c><00:39:11.559><c> the</c>

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:14.960
house<00:39:12.280><c> or</c><00:39:12.460><c> the</c><00:39:12.820><c> family</c><00:39:13.219><c> of</c><00:39:13.480><c> Jeroboam.</c><00:39:14.500><c> But</c><00:39:14.699><c> you</c><00:39:14.719><c> see,</c>

00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:20.480
Amaziah<00:39:15.579><c> has</c><00:39:15.820><c> made</c><00:39:16.000><c> this</c><00:39:16.159><c> a</c><00:39:16.260><c> very</c><00:39:16.599><c> personal</c><00:39:17.139><c> thing.</c><00:39:19.340><c> Jeroboam,</c><00:39:19.659><c> you've</c><00:39:19.940><c> received</c><00:39:20.199><c> a</c>

00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:21.619
personal<00:39:21.059><c> attack</c>

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:26.519
from<00:39:21.860><c> this</c><00:39:22.139><c> man.</c><00:39:23.139><c> Wasn't</c><00:39:23.260><c> personal</c><00:39:23.639><c> at</c><00:39:23.860><c> all.</c><00:39:26.039><c> And</c><00:39:26.139><c> the</c><00:39:26.280><c> other</c>

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:30.719
emotive<00:39:27.199><c> word</c><00:39:27.719><c> that</c><00:39:29.099><c> Amaziah</c><00:39:29.739><c> slips</c><00:39:30.260><c> into</c><00:39:30.480><c> the</c>

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:35.059
message<00:39:31.079><c> is</c><00:39:31.360><c> this</c><00:39:31.539><c> little</c><00:39:31.840><c> word,</c><00:39:32.719><c> conspire.</c><00:39:34.420><c> Let's</c><00:39:34.699><c> just</c><00:39:34.840><c> look</c><00:39:34.940><c> at</c>

00:39:35.059 --> 00:39:39.280
this<00:39:35.239><c> word.</c><00:39:36.300><c> 1</c><00:39:36.420><c> Kings</c><00:39:36.760><c> 15,</c><00:39:37.980><c> if</c><00:39:38.099><c> there</c><00:39:38.380><c> was</c><00:39:38.699><c> one</c>

00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:45.159
word<00:39:39.880><c> which</c><00:39:40.659><c> was</c><00:39:40.860><c> designed</c><00:39:41.199><c> to</c><00:39:41.480><c> send</c><00:39:41.860><c> shockwaves</c><00:39:42.920><c> through</c><00:39:43.360><c> any</c><00:39:44.019><c> royal</c><00:39:44.420><c> house</c><00:39:44.920><c> in</c>

00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:47.519
Israel,<00:39:45.940><c> it</c><00:39:46.079><c> was</c><00:39:46.280><c> this</c><00:39:46.619><c> word,</c>

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:51.119
conspire.<00:39:49.920><c> 1</c><00:39:50.039><c> Kings</c><00:39:50.219><c> 15.</c>

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:58.420
The<00:39:55.000><c> whole</c><00:39:55.340><c> history</c><00:39:56.039><c> of</c><00:39:56.199><c> the</c><00:39:56.380><c> north</c><00:39:57.000><c> revolved</c><00:39:58.039><c> around</c><00:39:58.280><c> this</c>

00:39:58.420 --> 00:40:01.280
little<00:39:58.679><c> word.</c><00:39:59.760><c> Look</c><00:39:59.880><c> at</c><00:40:00.000><c> these</c><00:40:00.199><c> quotations.</c>

00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:07.820
1<00:40:02.000><c> Kings</c><00:40:02.300><c> 15</c><00:40:02.760><c> verse</c><00:40:03.000><c> 27.</c><00:40:06.340><c> And</c><00:40:06.500><c> Baashiah,</c><00:40:06.960><c> the</c><00:40:07.019><c> son</c><00:40:07.179><c> of</c><00:40:07.360><c> Ahijah</c>

00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:10.780
of<00:40:08.079><c> the</c><00:40:08.199><c> house</c><00:40:08.460><c> of</c><00:40:08.659><c> Issachar,</c><00:40:09.460><c> conspired</c>

00:40:10.780 --> 00:40:15.199
against<00:40:11.539><c> him.</c><00:40:12.880><c> And</c><00:40:12.940><c> Baashiah</c><00:40:13.420><c> smote</c><00:40:13.659><c> him</c><00:40:14.019><c> at</c><00:40:14.280><c> Gibbathon.</c>

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:20.619
Chapter<00:40:16.679><c> 16</c><00:40:17.139><c> verse</c><00:40:17.440><c> 9.</c><00:40:18.599><c> And</c><00:40:18.699><c> his</c><00:40:19.059><c> servant</c><00:40:19.380><c> Zimri,</c><00:40:20.139><c> captain</c><00:40:20.320><c> of</c>

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:23.219
half<00:40:20.760><c> his</c><00:40:21.000><c> chariots,</c><00:40:21.780><c> conspired</c><00:40:22.460><c> against</c><00:40:22.840><c> him</c>

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:26.780
as<00:40:23.599><c> he</c><00:40:23.679><c> was</c><00:40:23.820><c> in</c><00:40:24.019><c> Terzer,</c><00:40:24.360><c> drinking</c><00:40:24.599><c> himself</c><00:40:25.019><c> drunk.</c><00:40:26.619><c> Chapter</c>

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:29.039
16<00:40:27.239><c> verse</c><00:40:27.500><c> 16.</c><00:40:28.460><c> The</c><00:40:28.480><c> people</c><00:40:28.739><c> that</c><00:40:28.840><c> were</c>

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:32.239
encamped<00:40:29.440><c> heard,</c><00:40:29.840><c> say,</c><00:40:30.019><c> Zimri</c><00:40:30.400><c> hath</c><00:40:30.619><c> conspired</c><00:40:31.320><c> and</c><00:40:31.480><c> has</c><00:40:31.780><c> slain</c><00:40:31.980><c> the</c>

00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:34.940
king.<00:40:33.679><c> 2</c><00:40:33.880><c> Kings</c><00:40:34.260><c> chapter</c><00:40:34.559><c> 9,</c>

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:39.019
here's<00:40:35.500><c> the</c><00:40:35.679><c> last</c><00:40:36.019><c> one.</c><00:40:36.519><c> 2</c><00:40:36.559><c> Kings</c><00:40:36.840><c> chapter</c><00:40:37.159><c> 9</c><00:40:37.679><c> and</c><00:40:38.039><c> verse</c><00:40:38.320><c> 14.</c>

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:41.079
So<00:40:39.619><c> Jehu,</c><00:40:40.179><c> the</c><00:40:40.219><c> son</c><00:40:40.340><c> of</c><00:40:40.460><c> Jehoshaphat,</c>

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:45.519
son<00:40:41.219><c> of</c><00:40:41.400><c> Nimshai,</c><00:40:42.559><c> conspired</c><00:40:43.360><c> against</c><00:40:43.820><c> Joram.</c><00:40:44.559><c> And</c><00:40:44.679><c> if</c><00:40:44.739><c> there's</c><00:40:44.960><c> one</c>

00:40:45.519 --> 00:40:47.500
little<00:40:45.960><c> emotive</c><00:40:46.539><c> word</c>

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:50.179
that<00:40:48.019><c> absolutely</c><00:40:48.420><c> terrified</c><00:40:48.960><c> these</c><00:40:49.300><c> people</c><00:40:49.559><c> was</c><00:40:49.699><c> that</c><00:40:49.960><c> word,</c>

00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:53.639
conspired.<00:40:52.099><c> Because</c><00:40:52.300><c> that's</c><00:40:52.639><c> how</c><00:40:52.960><c> all</c><00:40:53.280><c> of</c><00:40:53.420><c> these</c>

00:40:53.639 --> 00:41:05.420
dynasties<00:40:54.079><c> were</c><00:40:54.340><c> established,</c><00:40:55.119><c> conspiracy,</c><00:40:56.079><c> treachery.</c><00:40:58.440><c> The</c><00:40:58.599><c> king</c><00:40:58.900><c> feared</c><00:40:59.539><c> conspiracy</c><00:41:00.519><c> and</c><00:41:00.800><c> treachery.</c><00:41:01.559><c> And</c><00:41:01.780><c> so</c>

00:41:05.809 --> 00:41:09.920
to<00:41:06.159><c> make</c><00:41:06.300><c> sure</c><00:41:06.480><c> the</c><00:41:06.659><c> king</c><00:41:06.860><c> really</c><00:41:07.320><c> got</c><00:41:07.480><c> the</c><00:41:07.679><c> message,</c><00:41:09.659><c> he's</c>

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:12.400
prophesied<00:41:10.219><c> against</c><00:41:10.539><c> the,</c><00:41:11.119><c> it's</c><00:41:11.460><c> personal,</c>

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:19.980
in<00:41:13.599><c> the</c><00:41:13.880><c> midst,</c><00:41:15.460><c> in</c><00:41:15.599><c> the</c><00:41:15.880><c> midst</c><00:41:16.480><c> of</c><00:41:16.980><c> the</c><00:41:17.159><c> house</c><00:41:17.320><c> of</c><00:41:17.460><c> Israel.</c><00:41:17.780><c> How</c><00:41:18.440><c> audacious</c><00:41:19.239><c> to</c>

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:22.300
stand<00:41:20.380><c> here</c><00:41:20.820><c> in</c><00:41:21.059><c> this</c><00:41:21.420><c> holy</c><00:41:21.800><c> place,</c>

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:26.380
Spethul,<00:41:23.260><c> with</c><00:41:23.420><c> these</c><00:41:23.579><c> wonderful</c><00:41:24.059><c> idols</c><00:41:24.400><c> and</c><00:41:24.780><c> calves</c><00:41:25.139><c> in</c><00:41:25.500><c> this</c><00:41:25.820><c> place</c><00:41:26.099><c> and</c>

00:41:26.380 --> 00:41:28.900
make<00:41:26.619><c> these</c><00:41:27.019><c> outrageous</c><00:41:27.679><c> prophecies.</c>

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:32.539
The<00:41:29.579><c> land</c><00:41:29.920><c> is</c><00:41:30.260><c> unable</c><00:41:30.539><c> to</c><00:41:30.900><c> bear</c><00:41:31.119><c> his</c><00:41:31.460><c> words.</c><00:41:32.139><c> There's</c><00:41:32.280><c> a</c><00:41:32.440><c> play</c>

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:35.639
on<00:41:32.760><c> words</c><00:41:33.000><c> there.</c><00:41:34.300><c> Amos,</c><00:41:34.840><c> his</c><00:41:35.039><c> name</c><00:41:35.280><c> means</c>

00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:39.920
burden<00:41:36.420><c> bearer.</c><00:41:37.840><c> And</c><00:41:37.980><c> Amazigh</c><00:41:38.320><c> says</c><00:41:38.559><c> the</c><00:41:38.739><c> land</c><00:41:38.960><c> is</c><00:41:39.219><c> unable</c><00:41:39.460><c> to</c>

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:44.679
bear<00:41:40.300><c> his</c><00:41:40.659><c> words.</c><00:41:42.860><c> 4</c><00:41:43.019><c> in</c><00:41:43.139><c> verse</c><00:41:43.340><c> 11</c><00:41:43.579><c> of</c><00:41:43.739><c> chapter</c><00:41:43.920><c> 7.</c>

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:50.000
Amos<00:41:46.699><c> has</c><00:41:46.900><c> said</c><00:41:47.059><c> Jeroboam</c><00:41:47.599><c> shall</c><00:41:47.940><c> die</c><00:41:48.340><c> by</c><00:41:48.579><c> the</c><00:41:48.860><c> sword</c><00:41:49.099><c> and</c><00:41:49.320><c> Israel</c><00:41:49.719><c> shall</c><00:41:49.920><c> be</c>

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:51.780
led<00:41:50.139><c> away</c><00:41:50.400><c> captive.</c><00:41:51.039><c> That's</c><00:41:51.360><c> a</c><00:41:51.539><c> half</c>

00:41:51.780 --> 00:41:56.119
truth.<00:41:52.940><c> The</c><00:41:53.199><c> first</c><00:41:53.460><c> half</c><00:41:53.679><c> was</c><00:41:53.940><c> not</c><00:41:54.280><c> true.</c><00:41:55.000><c> Amos</c><00:41:55.300><c> did</c><00:41:55.599><c> not</c><00:41:55.840><c> say</c>

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:58.460
that<00:41:56.300><c> Jeroboam</c><00:41:56.699><c> shall</c><00:41:56.900><c> die</c><00:41:57.159><c> by</c><00:41:57.400><c> the</c><00:41:57.659><c> sword.</c>

00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:03.579
He<00:42:00.659><c> said</c><00:42:01.260><c> the</c><00:42:01.400><c> house</c><00:42:01.780><c> of</c><00:42:02.059><c> Jeroboam,</c><00:42:02.559><c> in</c><00:42:02.699><c> fact</c><00:42:02.900><c> Jeroboam</c><00:42:03.340><c> the</c>

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:06.000
second<00:42:03.880><c> died</c><00:42:04.360><c> of</c><00:42:04.739><c> old</c><00:42:05.000><c> age.</c>

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:09.800
But<00:42:07.039><c> you</c><00:42:07.159><c> see</c><00:42:07.219><c> it's</c><00:42:07.420><c> very</c><00:42:08.179><c> personal,</c><00:42:08.719><c> twisted.</c><00:42:09.420><c> And</c><00:42:09.519><c> this</c>

00:42:09.800 --> 00:42:11.980
typical,<00:42:10.340><c> typical</c><00:42:10.900><c> Israelite</c><00:42:11.440><c> approach</c>

00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:15.940
of<00:42:12.820><c> giving</c><00:42:13.059><c> half</c><00:42:13.500><c> truths</c><00:42:13.780><c> and</c><00:42:14.039><c> half</c><00:42:14.360><c> errors.</c><00:42:15.199><c> Yes,</c><00:42:15.400><c> Israel</c><00:42:15.679><c> will</c><00:42:15.860><c> go</c>

00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:17.119
into<00:42:16.059><c> captivity.</c>

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:22.860
What<00:42:18.599><c> is</c><00:42:18.880><c> interesting,</c><00:42:19.460><c> Berencittas,</c><00:42:20.300><c> is</c><00:42:20.900><c> that</c><00:42:22.400><c> despite</c>

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:24.420
this<00:42:23.199><c> very</c><00:42:23.659><c> cunning</c><00:42:23.900><c> message,</c>

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:30.280
there<00:42:24.699><c> was</c><00:42:25.119><c> no</c><00:42:25.539><c> response</c><00:42:26.099><c> from</c><00:42:26.380><c> the</c><00:42:26.739><c> palace</c><00:42:27.179><c> at</c><00:42:27.539><c> all.</c><00:42:29.900><c> We</c><00:42:29.900><c> don't</c><00:42:30.119><c> know</c>

00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:32.340
why<00:42:30.539><c> there</c><00:42:30.679><c> was</c><00:42:30.880><c> no</c><00:42:31.559><c> response</c><00:42:31.940><c> from</c><00:42:32.139><c> the</c>

00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:36.079
palace,<00:42:33.239><c> but</c><00:42:33.239><c> obviously</c><00:42:33.900><c> Jeroboam</c><00:42:34.320><c> didn't</c><00:42:34.579><c> see</c><00:42:34.940><c> Amos's</c><00:42:35.480><c> words</c><00:42:35.659><c> as</c><00:42:35.860><c> a</c>

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:37.940
personal<00:42:36.340><c> threat</c><00:42:36.639><c> to</c><00:42:36.880><c> himself.</c>

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:41.719
And<00:42:38.000><c> probably</c><00:42:38.539><c> I</c><00:42:38.719><c> suggest</c><00:42:39.000><c> that</c><00:42:39.199><c> Jeroboam</c><00:42:39.519><c> would</c><00:42:39.659><c> probably</c><00:42:39.820><c> dismiss</c><00:42:40.139><c> Amos</c><00:42:40.539><c> as</c><00:42:40.719><c> a</c><00:42:40.920><c> crank.</c>

00:42:42.860 --> 00:42:48.000
So<00:42:42.940><c> you</c><00:42:42.980><c> see</c><00:42:43.119><c> Amazigh's</c><00:42:44.219><c> ploy</c><00:42:44.679><c> didn't</c><00:42:45.199><c> work,</c><00:42:46.239><c> but</c><00:42:46.460><c> it</c><00:42:46.679><c> certainly</c><00:42:46.900><c> demonstrates</c><00:42:47.460><c> the</c><00:42:47.679><c> kind</c><00:42:47.820><c> of</c>

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:49.239
man<00:42:48.059><c> he</c><00:42:48.219><c> was.</c>

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:54.739
Now,<00:42:51.159><c> in</c><00:42:51.280><c> verse</c><00:42:51.599><c> 12</c><00:42:52.039><c> he</c><00:42:52.179><c> gets</c><00:42:52.440><c> personal.</c><00:42:53.840><c> This</c><00:42:54.079><c> is</c><00:42:54.300><c> how</c><00:42:54.460><c> people</c>

00:42:54.739 --> 00:42:56.900
argue.<00:42:55.139><c> If</c><00:42:55.199><c> you</c><00:42:55.320><c> can't</c><00:42:55.840><c> win,</c>

00:42:57.260 --> 00:43:01.880
if<00:42:57.480><c> you</c><00:42:57.619><c> can't</c><00:42:57.900><c> win</c><00:42:58.019><c> on</c><00:42:58.300><c> logic,</c><00:42:59.880><c> then</c><00:43:00.019><c> you</c><00:43:00.300><c> start</c><00:43:00.519><c> to</c><00:43:00.659><c> get</c><00:43:00.840><c> personal</c><00:43:01.380><c> and</c>

00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:04.360
you<00:43:02.079><c> start</c><00:43:02.300><c> to</c><00:43:02.679><c> deride</c><00:43:03.219><c> the</c><00:43:03.440><c> opposition.</c>

00:43:04.760 --> 00:43:06.460
I<00:43:04.780><c> mean,</c><00:43:04.920><c> isn't</c><00:43:05.059><c> this</c><00:43:05.199><c> true?</c><00:43:05.360><c> Isn't</c><00:43:05.539><c> this</c><00:43:05.719><c> how</c><00:43:05.860><c> people</c><00:43:06.119><c> argue?</c>

00:43:06.760 --> 00:43:08.159
If<00:43:06.840><c> they</c><00:43:07.039><c> can't</c><00:43:07.360><c> defeat</c><00:43:07.559><c> you</c><00:43:07.780><c> logically,</c>

00:43:08.659 --> 00:43:13.539
they<00:43:08.940><c> start</c><00:43:09.340><c> attacking</c><00:43:09.760><c> you</c><00:43:10.179><c> personally.</c><00:43:11.780><c> Verse</c><00:43:12.019><c> 12,</c><00:43:12.820><c> Amazigh</c><00:43:13.300><c> said</c>

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:14.900
to<00:43:13.760><c> Amos,</c>

00:43:14.900 --> 00:43:20.219
O<00:43:15.820><c> thou</c><00:43:16.239><c> seer,</c><00:43:17.300><c> it's</c><00:43:17.440><c> used</c><00:43:17.619><c> in</c><00:43:17.940><c> a</c><00:43:18.019><c> contemptuous</c><00:43:18.519><c> way,</c><00:43:19.659><c> O</c><00:43:19.860><c> thou</c>

00:43:20.219 --> 00:43:23.480
visionary,<00:43:21.659><c> O</c><00:43:21.920><c> thou</c><00:43:22.519><c> dreamer,</c>

00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:27.880
go<00:43:24.719><c> flee</c><00:43:25.000><c> away</c><00:43:25.360><c> to</c><00:43:25.500><c> the</c><00:43:25.539><c> land</c><00:43:25.739><c> of</c><00:43:25.980><c> Judah</c><00:43:26.219><c> and</c><00:43:26.800><c> there</c><00:43:27.079><c> eat</c><00:43:27.480><c> bread</c>

00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:31.800
and<00:43:28.480><c> prophesy</c><00:43:29.139><c> there.</c><00:43:30.900><c> Earn</c><00:43:31.139><c> your</c><00:43:31.300><c> money</c><00:43:31.579><c> back</c>

00:43:31.800 --> 00:43:38.559
in<00:43:32.039><c> Judah.</c><00:43:34.179><c> Go</c><00:43:34.400><c> and</c><00:43:34.559><c> play</c><00:43:34.699><c> the</c><00:43:35.000><c> prophet</c><00:43:35.199><c> there.</c><00:43:38.380><c> They're</c>

00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:41.920
contemptuous<00:43:39.119><c> words,</c><00:43:40.679><c> absolutely</c><00:43:41.079><c> contemptuous.</c>

00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:44.230
We<00:43:42.500><c> don't</c><00:43:42.679><c> want</c><00:43:42.800><c> you</c><00:43:42.960><c> here.</c><00:43:43.199><c> Get</c><00:43:43.380><c> out.</c>

00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:53.139
Verse<00:43:47.519><c> 13,</c><00:43:49.619><c> don't</c><00:43:49.719><c> bother</c><00:43:50.179><c> prophesying</c><00:43:51.019><c> anymore</c><00:43:51.500><c> in</c><00:43:51.739><c> Bethel.</c>

00:43:54.219 --> 00:43:58.800
Why?<00:43:56.639><c> Is</c><00:43:56.940><c> it</c><00:43:57.039><c> because</c><00:43:57.219><c> your</c><00:43:57.460><c> message</c><00:43:57.699><c> is</c><00:43:57.940><c> wrong?</c>

00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:02.760
Is<00:43:59.699><c> it</c><00:43:59.880><c> because</c><00:44:00.260><c> Yahweh's</c><00:44:00.800><c> spoken?</c><00:44:01.420><c> Nope.</c><00:44:01.900><c> Don't</c><00:44:02.300><c> prophesy</c>

00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:06.139
here<00:44:03.219><c> because</c><00:44:03.719><c> it's</c><00:44:04.059><c> the</c><00:44:04.380><c> king's</c><00:44:05.840><c> chapel.</c>

00:44:06.139 --> 00:44:11.320
The<00:44:06.719><c> margin</c><00:44:07.000><c> is</c><00:44:07.300><c> correct</c><00:44:07.599><c> there.</c><00:44:07.880><c> It's</c><00:44:08.219><c> the</c><00:44:08.400><c> king's</c><00:44:09.139><c> sanctuary</c><00:44:09.820><c> and</c><00:44:11.039><c> it's</c>

00:44:11.320 --> 00:44:13.039
the<00:44:11.599><c> king's</c><00:44:12.639><c> court.</c>

00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:16.760
There's<00:44:13.960><c> no</c><00:44:14.639><c> spiritual</c><00:44:15.079><c> reason</c><00:44:15.440><c> for</c><00:44:15.619><c> not</c><00:44:15.820><c> being</c><00:44:16.019><c> here.</c><00:44:16.320><c> There's</c><00:44:16.559><c> no</c>

00:44:16.760 --> 00:44:18.059
doctrinal<00:44:17.219><c> reason.</c>

00:44:18.099 --> 00:44:21.519
The<00:44:18.119><c> only</c><00:44:18.860><c> argument</c><00:44:19.559><c> he</c><00:44:19.780><c> can</c><00:44:19.980><c> possibly</c><00:44:20.360><c> say</c><00:44:20.559><c> to</c><00:44:20.739><c> Amos</c><00:44:20.960><c> is</c><00:44:21.239><c> you</c>

00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:24.039
are<00:44:21.940><c> defiling</c><00:44:22.400><c> the</c><00:44:22.719><c> king's</c><00:44:23.360><c> holy</c><00:44:23.579><c> places.</c>

00:44:24.199 --> 00:44:31.739
You're<00:44:24.760><c> trespassing.</c><00:44:28.059><c> That's</c><00:44:28.719><c> the</c><00:44:28.840><c> attitude.</c><00:44:30.840><c> You</c><00:44:31.420><c> don't</c>

00:44:31.739 --> 00:44:36.619
belong<00:44:32.039><c> here.</c><00:44:33.739><c> You</c><00:44:34.360><c> don't</c><00:44:34.800><c> belong</c><00:44:35.119><c> here.</c><00:44:35.380><c> Get</c><00:44:35.579><c> out.</c>

00:44:37.679 --> 00:44:41.019
Well,<00:44:38.260><c> Amos</c><00:44:38.380><c> is</c><00:44:38.559><c> not</c><00:44:38.760><c> going</c><00:44:38.960><c> to</c><00:44:39.039><c> take</c><00:44:39.119><c> that</c><00:44:39.280><c> lightly.</c><00:44:40.760><c> So</c><00:44:40.880><c> he</c>

00:44:41.019 --> 00:44:43.619
defends<00:44:41.320><c> himself</c><00:44:41.679><c> in</c><00:44:41.860><c> verse</c><00:44:42.039><c> 14</c><00:44:42.480><c> and</c><00:44:42.739><c> says,</c>

00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:52.920
I<00:44:43.940><c> was</c><00:44:44.440><c> no</c><00:44:44.920><c> prophet,</c><00:44:48.260><c> nor</c><00:44:48.400><c> was</c><00:44:48.599><c> I</c><00:44:48.940><c> a</c><00:44:49.280><c> prophet's</c><00:44:49.980><c> son.</c><00:44:51.519><c> Look,</c><00:44:51.900><c> you're</c><00:44:52.280><c> telling</c><00:44:52.519><c> me</c>

00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:54.599
go<00:44:53.199><c> and</c><00:44:53.440><c> earn</c><00:44:53.460><c> my</c><00:44:53.820><c> bread</c>

00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:59.340
back<00:44:55.639><c> down</c><00:44:55.920><c> there</c><00:44:56.159><c> as</c><00:44:56.340><c> a</c><00:44:56.619><c> prophet.</c><00:44:57.940><c> I</c><00:44:58.179><c> mean,</c><00:44:58.179><c> Amaziah's</c><00:44:58.739><c> concept</c><00:44:59.079><c> of</c>

00:44:59.340 --> 00:45:01.039
prophecy<00:44:59.579><c> was</c><00:44:59.760><c> very</c><00:45:00.079><c> simple.</c>

00:45:01.179 --> 00:45:04.960
Prophets<00:45:01.619><c> got</c><00:45:01.840><c> paid.</c><00:45:02.719><c> If</c><00:45:02.860><c> you</c><00:45:03.019><c> make</c><00:45:03.280><c> prophecies,</c><00:45:03.719><c> you</c><00:45:03.820><c> got</c><00:45:04.000><c> paid.</c>

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:08.860
You<00:45:06.619><c> go</c><00:45:06.760><c> back</c><00:45:06.900><c> to</c><00:45:07.079><c> Judah</c><00:45:07.360><c> and</c><00:45:07.940><c> you</c><00:45:08.019><c> go</c><00:45:08.139><c> earn</c><00:45:08.320><c> your</c><00:45:08.519><c> bread</c><00:45:08.659><c> there</c>

00:45:08.860 --> 00:45:11.719
as<00:45:09.000><c> a</c><00:45:09.159><c> prophet.</c><00:45:09.500><c> He</c><00:45:09.579><c> had</c><00:45:09.820><c> no</c><00:45:10.139><c> idea</c><00:45:10.719><c> at</c><00:45:11.039><c> all</c><00:45:11.400><c> about</c>

00:45:11.719 --> 00:45:15.380
how<00:45:11.980><c> God</c><00:45:12.239><c> worked</c><00:45:12.480><c> with</c><00:45:12.659><c> his</c><00:45:12.860><c> prophets.</c><00:45:14.599><c> He</c><00:45:14.699><c> didn't</c><00:45:14.960><c> prophesy</c>

00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:16.960
for<00:45:15.519><c> money.</c><00:45:15.860><c> It</c><00:45:15.920><c> wasn't</c><00:45:16.099><c> a</c><00:45:16.300><c> job.</c><00:45:16.699><c> It</c><00:45:16.719><c> wasn't</c>

00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:24.340
a<00:45:17.099><c> professional</c><00:45:17.500><c> income.</c><00:45:20.400><c> So</c><00:45:20.480><c> Amaziah</c><00:45:20.719><c> says,</c><00:45:20.980><c> I'm</c><00:45:20.980><c> not</c><00:45:21.159><c> a</c><00:45:21.360><c> prophet.</c><00:45:23.900><c> I</c>

00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:27.019
have<00:45:24.579><c> no</c><00:45:25.059><c> history</c><00:45:25.679><c> in</c><00:45:26.039><c> that</c><00:45:26.179><c> area.</c><00:45:26.739><c> I'm</c><00:45:26.860><c> not</c>

00:45:27.019 --> 00:45:30.820
the<00:45:27.320><c> son</c><00:45:27.760><c> of</c><00:45:28.000><c> the</c><00:45:28.119><c> prophets.</c><00:45:28.679><c> I</c><00:45:28.719><c> never</c><00:45:28.900><c> went</c><00:45:29.099><c> to</c><00:45:29.199><c> the</c><00:45:29.440><c> school</c><00:45:29.760><c> of</c><00:45:30.019><c> the</c><00:45:30.079><c> prophets.</c><00:45:30.699><c> I</c>

00:45:30.820 --> 00:45:32.480
am<00:45:31.039><c> simply</c><00:45:31.400><c> a</c><00:45:31.679><c> herdman,</c>

00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:36.079
a<00:45:33.199><c> piercer,</c><00:45:33.579><c> as</c><00:45:33.699><c> we</c><00:45:33.840><c> saw</c><00:45:33.940><c> in</c><00:45:34.099><c> our</c><00:45:34.280><c> first</c><00:45:34.500><c> study,</c><00:45:35.079><c> a</c><00:45:35.239><c> piercer</c><00:45:35.679><c> of</c>

00:45:36.079 --> 00:45:37.599
sycamore<00:45:36.579><c> fruit.</c>

00:45:37.940 --> 00:45:40.659
I<00:45:38.400><c> don't</c><00:45:38.599><c> earn</c><00:45:38.940><c> money</c><00:45:39.199><c> by</c><00:45:39.460><c> giving</c><00:45:39.719><c> prophecies,</c><00:45:40.179><c> Amaziah.</c><00:45:40.539><c> You've</c><00:45:40.659><c> got</c>

00:45:40.659 --> 00:45:42.500
it<00:45:40.880><c> wrong,</c><00:45:41.119><c> completely</c><00:45:41.460><c> wrong.</c>

00:45:44.940 --> 00:45:52.659
I'm<00:45:45.079><c> just</c><00:45:45.219><c> simply,</c><00:45:45.480><c> verse</c><00:45:45.719><c> 15,</c><00:45:46.880><c> a</c><00:45:46.920><c> person</c><00:45:47.360><c> whom</c><00:45:47.619><c> God</c><00:45:47.860><c> took</c><00:45:48.219><c> from</c><00:45:48.480><c> following</c><00:45:48.840><c> another</c><00:45:49.480><c> side</c><00:45:51.059><c> of</c><00:45:52.219><c> God.</c>

00:45:52.659 --> 00:46:00.420
I<00:45:54.360><c> just</c><00:45:54.579><c> want</c><00:45:54.659><c> you</c><00:45:54.800><c> to</c><00:45:55.039><c> understand</c><00:45:55.739><c> the</c><00:45:57.699><c> enormity</c><00:45:58.800><c> of</c><00:45:59.119><c> these</c><00:45:59.380><c> words.</c>

00:46:02.099 --> 00:46:08.920
Verse<00:46:02.239><c> 16,</c><00:46:04.500><c> Amos</c><00:46:04.800><c> now</c><00:46:05.079><c> addresses</c><00:46:05.480><c> Amaziah</c><00:46:06.440><c> squarely</c><00:46:07.440><c> in</c><00:46:07.619><c> the</c><00:46:07.800><c> face.</c>

00:46:10.139 --> 00:46:16.840
Thou<00:46:10.820><c> therefore</c><00:46:11.420><c> hear</c><00:46:12.199><c> thou</c><00:46:12.679><c> the</c><00:46:12.900><c> word</c><00:46:13.039><c> of</c><00:46:13.239><c> Yahweh.</c><00:46:15.420><c> Thou</c><00:46:15.800><c> sayest,</c>

00:46:17.699 --> 00:46:24.059
prophesy<00:46:18.500><c> not</c><00:46:19.000><c> against</c><00:46:19.599><c> Israel,</c><00:46:21.260><c> and</c><00:46:21.400><c> drop</c><00:46:21.619><c> not</c><00:46:21.820><c> thy</c><00:46:22.079><c> word</c><00:46:22.480><c> against</c><00:46:22.880><c> the</c><00:46:23.679><c> house</c><00:46:23.880><c> of</c>

00:46:24.059 --> 00:46:25.599
Isaac.<00:46:24.219><c> You</c><00:46:24.699><c> said,</c>

00:46:25.679 --> 00:46:29.099
don't<00:46:25.719><c> prophesy</c><00:46:26.039><c> anymore.</c><00:46:27.619><c> You</c><00:46:27.800><c> have</c><00:46:28.039><c> refused</c><00:46:28.659><c> the</c><00:46:28.820><c> word</c><00:46:28.920><c> of</c>

00:46:29.099 --> 00:46:32.320
God<00:46:29.380><c> and</c><00:46:29.719><c> you</c><00:46:29.900><c> are</c><00:46:30.159><c> preventing</c><00:46:30.679><c> me</c><00:46:31.460><c> from</c><00:46:31.920><c> speaking</c>

00:46:32.320 --> 00:46:42.980
God's<00:46:32.780><c> word.</c><00:46:34.739><c> Verse</c><00:46:35.019><c> 17,</c><00:46:37.059><c> therefore</c><00:46:37.340><c> thus</c><00:46:38.019><c> saith</c><00:46:38.599><c> Yahweh,</c><00:46:40.940><c> thy</c><00:46:41.219><c> wife</c><00:46:42.179><c> shall</c><00:46:42.760><c> be</c>

00:46:42.980 --> 00:46:44.940
in<00:46:43.260><c> harlot</c><00:46:43.619><c> in</c><00:46:43.880><c> the</c><00:46:44.039><c> city,</c>

00:46:45.320 --> 00:46:49.099
thy<00:46:45.880><c> sons</c><00:46:46.219><c> and</c><00:46:46.420><c> thy</c><00:46:46.579><c> daughters</c><00:46:46.960><c> shall</c><00:46:47.219><c> fall</c><00:46:47.579><c> by</c><00:46:47.800><c> the</c><00:46:48.079><c> sword,</c>

00:46:49.380 --> 00:46:51.099
and<00:46:49.659><c> thy</c><00:46:49.800><c> land</c><00:46:49.960><c> shall</c><00:46:50.139><c> be</c><00:46:50.260><c> divided</c><00:46:50.599><c> by</c><00:46:50.860><c> line,</c>

00:46:51.219 --> 00:46:54.360
and<00:46:51.280><c> thou</c><00:46:51.460><c> shalt</c><00:46:51.679><c> die</c><00:46:51.880><c> in</c><00:46:52.039><c> a</c><00:46:52.119><c> polluted</c><00:46:52.400><c> land,</c><00:46:52.860><c> and</c><00:46:52.940><c> Israel</c><00:46:53.340><c> shall</c><00:46:53.659><c> surely</c><00:46:54.179><c> go</c>

00:46:54.360 --> 00:46:56.639
into<00:46:54.519><c> captivity</c><00:46:55.099><c> forth</c><00:46:55.380><c> of</c><00:46:55.500><c> this</c><00:46:55.719><c> land.</c>

00:46:57.280 --> 00:47:05.699
Now<00:46:57.739><c> just</c><00:46:58.260><c> weigh</c><00:46:58.539><c> those</c><00:46:58.880><c> words</c><00:46:59.179><c> carefully.</c><00:47:02.239><c> You</c><00:47:02.460><c> say</c><00:47:03.000><c> the</c><00:47:03.500><c> captivity</c><00:47:03.800><c> will</c><00:47:03.980><c> never</c><00:47:04.239><c> come.</c><00:47:05.460><c> It</c>

00:47:05.699 --> 00:47:07.159
will<00:47:05.960><c> come.</c>

00:47:08.840 --> 00:47:14.800
Your<00:47:09.400><c> wife</c><00:47:09.960><c> will</c><00:47:11.539><c> be</c><00:47:11.840><c> violated</c><00:47:12.440><c> and</c><00:47:13.860><c> she</c><00:47:14.019><c> will</c><00:47:14.219><c> have</c><00:47:14.420><c> to</c><00:47:14.619><c> earn</c>

00:47:14.800 --> 00:47:17.579
her<00:47:15.079><c> living</c><00:47:15.559><c> to</c><00:47:15.940><c> eke</c><00:47:16.219><c> out</c><00:47:16.260><c> an</c><00:47:16.460><c> existence</c><00:47:16.800><c> by</c><00:47:17.280><c> selling</c>

00:47:17.579 --> 00:47:26.719
her<00:47:17.960><c> body</c><00:47:18.559><c> to</c><00:47:18.860><c> survive.</c><00:47:21.219><c> Your</c><00:47:21.440><c> children,</c><00:47:22.780><c> they'll</c><00:47:22.820><c> be</c><00:47:22.980><c> murdered</c><00:47:23.119><c> in</c><00:47:23.420><c> cold</c><00:47:23.619><c> blood.</c><00:47:25.900><c> Your</c><00:47:26.079><c> land</c><00:47:26.360><c> and</c><00:47:26.539><c> your</c>

00:47:26.719 --> 00:47:30.719
possessions,<00:47:27.960><c> they're</c><00:47:28.219><c> going</c><00:47:28.280><c> to</c><00:47:28.380><c> be</c><00:47:28.619><c> divided</c><00:47:28.840><c> by</c><00:47:29.159><c> line,</c><00:47:29.840><c> reassigned</c><00:47:30.539><c> to</c>

00:47:30.719 --> 00:47:33.760
somebody<00:47:31.000><c> else.</c><00:47:32.840><c> And</c><00:47:33.039><c> you,</c><00:47:33.219><c> Amaziah,</c>

00:47:33.760 --> 00:47:36.039
you're<00:47:34.159><c> going</c><00:47:34.260><c> to</c><00:47:34.260><c> witness</c><00:47:34.519><c> all</c><00:47:34.780><c> of</c><00:47:34.920><c> those</c><00:47:35.139><c> things,</c><00:47:35.800><c> and</c><00:47:35.920><c> then</c>

00:47:36.039 --> 00:47:37.780
eventually<00:47:36.539><c> you're</c><00:47:37.340><c> going</c><00:47:37.360><c> to</c><00:47:37.360><c> be</c><00:47:37.599><c> dragged</c>

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off<00:47:37.920><c> into</c><00:47:38.099><c> captivity,</c><00:47:38.980><c> an</c><00:47:39.099><c> unclean</c><00:47:39.539><c> land</c><00:47:39.940><c> where</c><00:47:40.139><c> you're</c><00:47:40.260><c> going</c><00:47:40.280><c> to</c>

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die.<00:47:43.260><c> Now</c><00:47:43.340><c> brothers</c><00:47:43.440><c> and</c><00:47:43.599><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:44.480 --> 00:47:49.940
look<00:47:44.639><c> at</c><00:47:44.800><c> the</c><00:47:44.980><c> severity</c><00:47:45.579><c> of</c><00:47:45.800><c> that.</c><00:47:48.199><c> Appreciate</c><00:47:48.760><c> the</c><00:47:49.139><c> point</c><00:47:49.400><c> that</c><00:47:49.679><c> is</c>

00:47:49.940 --> 00:47:51.519
being<00:47:50.320><c> made,</c>

00:47:52.739 --> 00:47:56.400
that<00:47:52.860><c> when</c><00:47:53.059><c> there</c><00:47:53.400><c> is</c><00:47:53.699><c> no</c><00:47:54.159><c> hope</c><00:47:54.519><c> of</c><00:47:55.019><c> changing</c><00:47:55.440><c> in</c><00:47:55.800><c> people</c><00:47:56.119><c> and</c>

00:47:56.400 --> 00:47:59.239
they<00:47:56.679><c> are</c><00:47:57.079><c> set</c><00:47:57.340><c> on</c><00:47:57.760><c> lawless</c><00:47:58.119><c> behaviour,</c>

00:48:00.000 --> 00:48:02.760
and<00:48:00.519><c> not</c><00:48:00.639><c> only</c><00:48:00.940><c> do</c><00:48:01.019><c> they</c><00:48:01.239><c> refuse</c><00:48:01.599><c> to</c><00:48:01.880><c> listen</c><00:48:02.099><c> to</c><00:48:02.300><c> the</c><00:48:02.420><c> word</c><00:48:02.539><c> of</c>

00:48:02.760 --> 00:48:05.739
God,<00:48:03.039><c> but</c><00:48:03.159><c> attempt</c><00:48:03.420><c> to</c><00:48:03.780><c> resist</c><00:48:04.340><c> it.</c>

00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:10.480
That<00:48:06.840><c> is</c><00:48:07.079><c> the</c><00:48:07.340><c> severity</c><00:48:08.000><c> with</c><00:48:08.239><c> which</c><00:48:08.420><c> God</c><00:48:08.840><c> views</c><00:48:09.659><c> that</c><00:48:10.239><c> kind</c>

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of<00:48:10.699><c> behaviour.</c>

00:48:13.880 --> 00:48:16.380
In<00:48:14.039><c> Hebrews</c><00:48:14.360><c> chapter</c><00:48:14.699><c> 10,</c><00:48:15.179><c> which</c><00:48:15.320><c> is</c><00:48:15.480><c> our</c><00:48:15.639><c> final</c><00:48:15.960><c> quote</c><00:48:16.199><c> for</c>

00:48:16.380 --> 00:48:17.599
this<00:48:16.619><c> morning,</c>

00:48:20.079 --> 00:48:23.920
I<00:48:20.139><c> want</c><00:48:20.280><c> you</c><00:48:20.360><c> to</c><00:48:20.619><c> also</c><00:48:20.940><c> appreciate</c><00:48:21.480><c> the</c><00:48:21.760><c> severity</c><00:48:22.260><c> of</c><00:48:22.539><c> these</c><00:48:22.739><c> words.</c>

00:48:31.619 --> 00:48:33.280
In<00:48:32.179><c> Hebrews</c><00:48:32.179><c> chapter</c><00:48:32.500><c> 10,</c>

00:48:37.739 --> 00:48:41.559
the<00:48:37.760><c> epistle</c><00:48:38.019><c> to</c><00:48:38.179><c> the</c><00:48:38.340><c> Hebrews</c><00:48:38.940><c> is</c><00:48:40.699><c> most</c><00:48:40.880><c> likely</c><00:48:41.139><c> written</c><00:48:41.340><c> by</c>

00:48:41.559 --> 00:48:42.840
the<00:48:41.719><c> apostle</c><00:48:42.019><c> Paul,</c>

00:48:44.219 --> 00:48:47.760
and<00:48:44.400><c> is</c><00:48:44.619><c> written</c><00:48:44.760><c> before</c><00:48:45.619><c> the</c><00:48:46.039><c> year</c><00:48:46.519><c> 70,</c><00:48:47.059><c> when</c><00:48:47.199><c> the</c><00:48:47.460><c> Romans</c>

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unleashed<00:48:48.340><c> their</c><00:48:48.619><c> judgments</c><00:48:48.940><c> upon</c><00:48:49.320><c> Judah.</c>

00:48:51.920 --> 00:48:55.059
And<00:48:52.079><c> the</c><00:48:52.239><c> tragedy</c><00:48:52.539><c> was,</c><00:48:53.039><c> was</c><00:48:53.260><c> that</c><00:48:53.780><c> you</c><00:48:53.980><c> had</c><00:48:54.099><c> many</c><00:48:54.440><c> believers</c>

00:48:55.059 --> 00:48:56.880
who<00:48:55.460><c> had</c><00:48:55.760><c> come</c><00:48:55.940><c> from</c><00:48:56.119><c> the</c><00:48:56.280><c> law</c><00:48:56.360><c> of</c><00:48:56.599><c> Moses,</c>

00:48:56.880 --> 00:49:02.460
and<00:48:57.159><c> now</c><00:48:57.659><c> at</c><00:48:58.059><c> the</c><00:48:58.179><c> very</c><00:48:58.559><c> end,</c><00:49:00.619><c> at</c><00:49:00.800><c> the</c><00:49:00.880><c> very</c><00:49:01.280><c> last</c><00:49:01.780><c> days</c><00:49:02.139><c> of</c>

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Judah's<00:49:02.860><c> Commonwealth,</c>

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were<00:49:04.679><c> actually</c><00:49:05.059><c> going</c><00:49:05.500><c> back</c><00:49:06.199><c> to</c><00:49:06.539><c> the</c><00:49:06.800><c> law</c><00:49:07.320><c> and</c><00:49:08.159><c> forsaking</c><00:49:09.199><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia<00:49:09.980><c> and</c><00:49:10.320><c> the</c><00:49:10.500><c> brethren</c><00:49:10.679><c> and</c><00:49:10.940><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:49:11.820><c> returning</c><00:49:12.159><c> back</c><00:49:12.519><c> to</c><00:49:12.659><c> the</c><00:49:12.900><c> institution</c><00:49:13.440><c> that</c><00:49:13.619><c> they</c><00:49:13.760><c> had</c>

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forsaken<00:49:14.559><c> many</c><00:49:14.880><c> years</c><00:49:15.099><c> before.</c>

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There's<00:49:16.880><c> a</c><00:49:17.119><c> great</c><00:49:17.760><c> warning</c><00:49:18.280><c> in</c><00:49:18.599><c> that.</c><00:49:20.400><c> How</c><00:49:20.880><c> ironic</c><00:49:21.380><c> it</c><00:49:21.599><c> is</c><00:49:21.840><c> that</c><00:49:21.960><c> the</c>

00:49:22.239 --> 00:49:24.539
closer<00:49:22.519><c> we</c><00:49:22.780><c> get</c><00:49:23.039><c> to</c><00:49:23.239><c> the</c><00:49:23.500><c> last</c><00:49:23.920><c> days</c>

00:49:24.539 --> 00:49:29.440
and<00:49:24.880><c> the</c><00:49:25.079><c> time</c><00:49:25.300><c> of</c><00:49:25.519><c> our</c><00:49:25.659><c> Lord's</c><00:49:26.099><c> coming,</c><00:49:28.519><c> that</c><00:49:28.679><c> we</c><00:49:28.920><c> ourselves</c>

00:49:29.440 --> 00:49:31.019
should<00:49:29.719><c> see</c><00:49:29.940><c> a</c><00:49:30.139><c> falling</c><00:49:30.400><c> away</c>

00:49:31.019 --> 00:49:35.340
of<00:49:31.400><c> brethren</c><00:49:31.659><c> and</c><00:49:31.860><c> sisters</c><00:49:32.300><c> in</c><00:49:32.840><c> ecclesial</c><00:49:33.239><c> life.</c><00:49:34.500><c> We</c><00:49:34.739><c> are</c><00:49:35.059><c> so</c>

00:49:35.340 --> 00:49:37.820
close,<00:49:36.039><c> it's</c><00:49:36.159><c> like</c><00:49:36.260><c> the</c><00:49:36.460><c> people</c><00:49:36.639><c> in</c><00:49:37.199><c> this</c><00:49:37.440><c> epistle,</c>

00:49:38.079 --> 00:49:42.920
so<00:49:38.519><c> close</c><00:49:38.880><c> to</c><00:49:39.059><c> these</c><00:49:39.199><c> events,</c><00:49:41.000><c> and</c><00:49:41.159><c> they</c><00:49:41.260><c> give</c><00:49:41.380><c> up</c><00:49:42.079><c> and</c><00:49:42.380><c> go</c><00:49:42.519><c> back</c><00:49:42.800><c> to</c>

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where<00:49:42.980><c> they</c><00:49:43.179><c> came</c><00:49:43.400><c> from.</c>

00:49:45.199 --> 00:49:48.820
And<00:49:45.280><c> look</c><00:49:45.360><c> at</c><00:49:45.460><c> the</c><00:49:45.599><c> warning</c><00:49:45.800><c> Paul</c><00:49:46.059><c> gives</c><00:49:46.380><c> in</c><00:49:46.659><c> verse</c><00:49:46.900><c> 25</c><00:49:47.579><c> of</c><00:49:47.820><c> Hebrews</c><00:49:48.059><c> 10.</c>

00:49:49.940 --> 00:49:57.340
He<00:49:50.460><c> says,</c><00:49:51.820><c> not</c><00:49:51.880><c> forsaking</c><00:49:53.179><c> the</c><00:49:54.039><c> assembling</c><00:49:54.400><c> of</c><00:49:54.659><c> ourselves</c><00:49:55.199><c> together,</c><00:49:57.179><c> as</c>

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the<00:49:57.539><c> manner</c><00:49:57.719><c> of</c><00:49:57.960><c> some</c><00:49:58.099><c> is,</c>

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but<00:50:00.280><c> exhorting</c><00:50:00.800><c> one</c><00:50:00.920><c> another,</c><00:50:02.420><c> and</c><00:50:02.820><c> so</c><00:50:02.980><c> much</c><00:50:03.159><c> the</c><00:50:03.380><c> more</c><00:50:03.519><c> as</c><00:50:03.719><c> we</c>

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see<00:50:04.340><c> the</c><00:50:04.559><c> day</c><00:50:04.739><c> approaching.</c>

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And<00:50:06.639><c> what's</c><00:50:06.820><c> he</c><00:50:06.960><c> talking</c><00:50:07.159><c> about?</c><00:50:07.500><c> He's</c><00:50:07.659><c> talking</c><00:50:07.860><c> about</c><00:50:08.139><c> this</c>

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falling<00:50:09.360><c> away.</c>

00:50:12.539 --> 00:50:15.340
It<00:50:12.860><c> is</c><00:50:13.300><c> tragic,</c><00:50:14.139><c> brethren</c><00:50:14.239><c> and</c><00:50:14.460><c> sisters,</c><00:50:14.659><c> that</c><00:50:14.780><c> the</c><00:50:15.000><c> closer</c>

00:50:15.340 --> 00:50:18.219
we<00:50:15.539><c> are</c><00:50:15.800><c> getting</c><00:50:16.119><c> to</c><00:50:16.400><c> the</c><00:50:16.519><c> return</c><00:50:16.739><c> of</c><00:50:17.019><c> Christ,</c>

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the<00:50:20.440><c> worse</c><00:50:20.920><c> our</c><00:50:21.340><c> attendances</c><00:50:21.800><c> are</c><00:50:22.480><c> at</c><00:50:22.639><c> ecclesial</c><00:50:22.880><c> meetings.</c>

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It's<00:50:24.860><c> the</c><00:50:24.960><c> same</c><00:50:25.099><c> in</c><00:50:25.239><c> Australia,</c>

00:50:27.340 --> 00:50:30.599
probably<00:50:27.500><c> the</c><00:50:27.739><c> same</c><00:50:27.920><c> here,</c><00:50:29.280><c> same</c><00:50:29.460><c> in</c><00:50:29.519><c> other</c><00:50:29.659><c> countries.</c><00:50:30.159><c> Why</c>

00:50:30.599 --> 00:50:34.000
is<00:50:31.000><c> that?</c><00:50:31.619><c> How</c><00:50:32.059><c> tragic</c><00:50:32.539><c> is</c><00:50:32.840><c> that?</c>

00:50:34.420 --> 00:50:37.000
That<00:50:34.559><c> if</c><00:50:34.719><c> ever,</c><00:50:35.179><c> if</c><00:50:35.519><c> ever</c><00:50:35.780><c> we</c><00:50:35.980><c> need,</c><00:50:36.659><c> brethren</c><00:50:36.659><c> and</c><00:50:36.860><c> sisters,</c>

00:50:37.159 --> 00:50:39.079
to<00:50:37.400><c> stimulate</c><00:50:37.760><c> each</c><00:50:38.019><c> other</c><00:50:38.199><c> by</c><00:50:38.400><c> the</c><00:50:38.579><c> word</c><00:50:38.679><c> of</c><00:50:38.920><c> God,</c>

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surely<00:50:39.760><c> it</c><00:50:39.940><c> is</c><00:50:40.099><c> in</c><00:50:40.239><c> these</c><00:50:40.460><c> last</c><00:50:40.739><c> days.</c><00:50:42.579><c> But</c><00:50:42.780><c> the</c><00:50:43.019><c> tragedy</c><00:50:43.239><c> of</c>

00:50:43.480 --> 00:50:45.460
history<00:50:43.760><c> is</c><00:50:44.000><c> repeating</c><00:50:44.320><c> itself.</c>

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Why<00:50:47.179><c> is</c><00:50:47.639><c> it</c><00:50:48.159><c> that</c><00:50:48.320><c> our</c><00:50:48.519><c> Bible</c><00:50:48.840><c> classes</c><00:50:49.260><c> are</c><00:50:49.420><c> not</c><00:50:49.579><c> attended</c><00:50:49.900><c> well?</c><00:50:51.880><c> Why</c>

00:50:52.179 --> 00:50:54.199
is<00:50:52.420><c> it</c><00:50:52.579><c> that</c><00:50:52.920><c> we</c><00:50:53.480><c> don't</c><00:50:53.639><c> really</c><00:50:53.860><c> see</c><00:50:53.960><c> the</c>

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importance<00:50:54.440><c> sometimes</c><00:50:54.920><c> of</c><00:50:55.119><c> going</c><00:50:55.239><c> to</c><00:50:55.380><c> memorial</c><00:50:55.500><c> meetings,</c>

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and<00:50:56.159><c> any</c><00:50:56.440><c> little</c><00:50:56.699><c> excuse</c><00:50:57.320><c> means</c><00:50:57.739><c> that</c><00:50:57.880><c> we</c><00:50:57.960><c> don't</c><00:50:58.159><c> go?</c>

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Why<00:51:00.260><c> is</c><00:51:00.360><c> it</c><00:51:00.440><c> that</c><00:51:00.500><c> we're</c><00:51:00.599><c> unsupportive</c><00:51:01.139><c> of</c><00:51:01.280><c> our</c><00:51:01.480><c> lectures?</c><00:51:03.199><c> Why</c><00:51:03.460><c> is</c>

00:51:03.519 --> 00:51:05.099
it<00:51:03.659><c> that</c><00:51:03.719><c> numbers</c><00:51:04.000><c> are</c><00:51:04.280><c> down?</c>

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It's<00:51:07.219><c> a</c><00:51:07.340><c> tragic</c><00:51:07.539><c> thing</c><00:51:07.739><c> of</c><00:51:07.880><c> these</c><00:51:08.000><c> last</c><00:51:08.320><c> days,</c><00:51:09.699><c> worldwide,</c><00:51:11.340><c> that</c><00:51:11.480><c> we</c>

00:51:11.639 --> 00:51:13.300
are<00:51:11.900><c> having</c><00:51:12.179><c> decreasing</c><00:51:12.619><c> numbers</c>

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at<00:51:13.659><c> our</c><00:51:13.820><c> ecclesial</c><00:51:14.119><c> meetings.</c><00:51:15.239><c> The</c><00:51:15.300><c> word</c><00:51:15.440><c> of</c><00:51:15.599><c> God</c><00:51:15.699><c> hasn't</c><00:51:15.960><c> changed.</c>

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In<00:51:18.719><c> fact,</c><00:51:19.460><c> the</c><00:51:19.519><c> urgency</c><00:51:19.880><c> of</c><00:51:20.019><c> the</c><00:51:20.239><c> times</c><00:51:20.440><c> has</c><00:51:20.619><c> only</c><00:51:21.019><c> increased.</c>

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That's<00:51:23.820><c> the</c><00:51:23.940><c> same</c><00:51:24.139><c> thing</c><00:51:24.340><c> here.</c>

00:51:25.920 --> 00:51:29.239
Now,<00:51:26.079><c> the</c><00:51:26.119><c> problem</c><00:51:26.440><c> is,</c><00:51:26.940><c> is</c><00:51:27.019><c> that</c><00:51:27.659><c> if</c><00:51:28.059><c> your</c><00:51:28.280><c> life</c><00:51:28.420><c> is</c><00:51:28.599><c> not</c><00:51:28.760><c> committed</c><00:51:29.059><c> in</c>

00:51:29.239 --> 00:51:30.320
the<00:51:29.380><c> things</c><00:51:29.559><c> of</c><00:51:29.760><c> God</c><00:51:29.920><c> and</c><00:51:30.039><c> you</c><00:51:30.099><c> don't</c>

00:51:30.320 --> 00:51:33.199
receive<00:51:30.519><c> the</c><00:51:30.739><c> meetings</c><00:51:31.059><c> as</c><00:51:31.280><c> an</c><00:51:31.539><c> important</c><00:51:31.840><c> place</c><00:51:32.239><c> for</c><00:51:32.659><c> your</c>

00:51:33.199 --> 00:51:35.539
contribution<00:51:34.099><c> to</c><00:51:34.300><c> the</c><00:51:34.480><c> group,</c><00:51:34.960><c> don't</c><00:51:35.199><c> view</c><00:51:35.320><c> the</c>

00:51:35.539 --> 00:51:40.340
meetings<00:51:35.800><c> as</c><00:51:36.019><c> just</c><00:51:36.159><c> simply</c><00:51:36.320><c> a</c><00:51:36.519><c> place</c><00:51:36.639><c> to</c><00:51:36.780><c> go</c><00:51:36.880><c> and</c><00:51:37.039><c> worship,</c><00:51:37.940><c> worship</c><00:51:38.380><c> God</c><00:51:38.559><c> anywhere.</c><00:51:39.400><c> The</c><00:51:39.639><c> point</c><00:51:39.860><c> of</c><00:51:40.099><c> assembling</c>

00:51:40.340 --> 00:51:44.219
together<00:51:40.780><c> is</c><00:51:41.420><c> mutual</c><00:51:42.039><c> exhortation.</c><00:51:42.960><c> That's</c><00:51:43.079><c> Paul's</c><00:51:43.440><c> point.</c>

00:51:44.260 --> 00:51:45.960
It's<00:51:44.440><c> not</c><00:51:44.619><c> what</c><00:51:44.820><c> you</c><00:51:45.059><c> get</c><00:51:45.139><c> at</c><00:51:45.260><c> a</c><00:51:45.400><c> meeting.</c><00:51:45.860><c> It's</c>

00:51:45.960 --> 00:51:51.920
what<00:51:46.119><c> you</c><00:51:46.320><c> can</c><00:51:46.519><c> contribute</c><00:51:46.940><c> to</c><00:51:47.079><c> the</c><00:51:47.219><c> meeting.</c><00:51:47.440><c> That's</c><00:51:47.739><c> why</c><00:51:47.880><c> you</c><00:51:48.000><c> should</c><00:51:48.219><c> go.</c><00:51:49.820><c> Your</c><00:51:50.119><c> contribution</c><00:51:50.559><c> is</c><00:51:50.800><c> valuable.</c>

00:51:53.179 --> 00:51:55.880
You're<00:51:53.480><c> needed</c><00:51:53.719><c> in</c><00:51:53.880><c> those</c><00:51:54.119><c> meetings.</c><00:51:55.159><c> Your</c><00:51:55.400><c> encouragement,</c>

00:51:56.019 --> 00:51:57.260
your<00:51:56.199><c> advice,</c>

00:51:57.920 --> 00:52:00.860
your<00:51:58.159><c> stimulus</c><00:51:58.639><c> in</c><00:51:58.800><c> the</c><00:51:58.940><c> things</c><00:51:59.079><c> of</c><00:51:59.360><c> God.</c><00:51:59.579><c> That's</c><00:52:00.000><c> why</c><00:52:00.059><c> you</c><00:52:00.300><c> go,</c><00:52:00.519><c> not</c><00:52:00.679><c> to</c>

00:52:00.860 --> 00:52:02.699
receive,<00:52:01.360><c> but</c><00:52:01.519><c> to</c><00:52:01.800><c> give.</c>

00:52:03.599 --> 00:52:07.519
Now,<00:52:03.739><c> the</c><00:52:03.860><c> trouble</c><00:52:04.039><c> is</c><00:52:04.320><c> this,</c><00:52:05.820><c> that</c><00:52:05.920><c> if</c><00:52:06.039><c> we</c><00:52:06.139><c> don't</c><00:52:06.420><c> make</c><00:52:06.719><c> the</c><00:52:07.059><c> truth</c><00:52:07.239><c> a</c>

00:52:07.519 --> 00:52:08.719
priority,<00:52:07.860><c> and</c><00:52:08.000><c> the</c><00:52:08.119><c> meetings</c><00:52:08.320><c> are</c><00:52:08.480><c> pretty</c>

00:52:08.719 --> 00:52:12.940
low<00:52:09.059><c> priority,</c><00:52:11.139><c> we</c><00:52:11.239><c> get</c><00:52:11.420><c> a</c><00:52:11.679><c> frame</c><00:52:11.800><c> of</c><00:52:12.099><c> mind</c><00:52:12.340><c> that's</c><00:52:12.639><c> described</c>

00:52:12.940 --> 00:52:14.960
in<00:52:13.119><c> verse</c><00:52:13.280><c> 26.</c>

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For<00:52:16.980><c> if</c><00:52:17.219><c> we</c><00:52:17.559><c> sin</c><00:52:18.199><c> willfully,</c><00:52:20.579><c> this</c><00:52:21.079><c> is</c><00:52:21.239><c> the</c><00:52:21.519><c> second</c><00:52:21.860><c> degree,</c>

00:52:22.900 --> 00:52:26.179
isn't<00:52:23.019><c> it?</c><00:52:24.340><c> If</c><00:52:24.619><c> we</c><00:52:24.860><c> sin</c><00:52:25.099><c> willfully</c><00:52:25.599><c> after</c>

00:52:26.179 --> 00:52:31.460
that<00:52:26.440><c> we</c><00:52:26.659><c> have</c><00:52:26.860><c> received</c><00:52:27.440><c> the</c><00:52:27.860><c> knowledge</c><00:52:28.099><c> of</c><00:52:28.320><c> the</c><00:52:28.519><c> truth,</c><00:52:30.179><c> there</c><00:52:30.380><c> remaineth</c><00:52:31.159><c> no</c>

00:52:31.460 --> 00:52:33.679
more<00:52:31.739><c> sacrifice</c><00:52:32.300><c> for</c><00:52:32.619><c> sins,</c>

00:52:34.219 --> 00:52:36.659
but<00:52:34.380><c> a</c><00:52:34.559><c> certain</c><00:52:34.760><c> fearful</c><00:52:35.139><c> looking</c><00:52:35.420><c> for</c><00:52:35.619><c> a</c><00:52:35.820><c> judgment</c><00:52:36.099><c> and</c><00:52:36.440><c> fire</c>

00:52:36.659 --> 00:52:38.239
indignation<00:52:37.139><c> which</c><00:52:37.360><c> shall</c><00:52:37.480><c> devour</c><00:52:37.940><c> the</c>

00:52:38.239 --> 00:52:42.840
Syrians.<00:52:38.920><c> Now,</c><00:52:39.079><c> he's</c><00:52:39.239><c> talking</c><00:52:39.500><c> to</c><00:52:39.800><c> believers.</c><00:52:41.940><c> Believers.</c>

00:52:44.239 --> 00:52:45.900
And<00:52:44.340><c> the</c><00:52:44.420><c> thing</c><00:52:44.639><c> was,</c><00:52:45.039><c> was</c><00:52:45.119><c> that</c><00:52:45.300><c> Paul</c><00:52:45.420><c> was</c><00:52:45.599><c> warning</c><00:52:45.719><c> them</c>

00:52:45.900 --> 00:52:48.320
that<00:52:46.039><c> if</c><00:52:46.119><c> they</c><00:52:46.239><c> went</c><00:52:46.460><c> back</c><00:52:46.860><c> to</c><00:52:47.019><c> the</c><00:52:47.219><c> synagogue,</c><00:52:47.619><c> they</c><00:52:47.699><c> went</c><00:52:47.860><c> back</c><00:52:48.159><c> to</c>

00:52:48.320 --> 00:52:50.400
the<00:52:48.480><c> law,</c><00:52:49.199><c> and</c><00:52:49.300><c> they</c><00:52:49.440><c> were</c><00:52:49.599><c> in</c><00:52:49.920><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:55.699
when<00:52:50.559><c> the</c><00:52:50.800><c> Roman</c><00:52:51.039><c> armies</c><00:52:51.340><c> came,</c><00:52:52.000><c> they</c><00:52:52.219><c> would</c><00:52:52.420><c> be</c><00:52:52.619><c> a</c><00:52:52.960><c> certain</c><00:52:53.159><c> and</c><00:52:53.719><c> fearful</c><00:52:54.079><c> looking</c><00:52:54.400><c> for</c><00:52:54.619><c> a</c><00:52:54.800><c> judgment.</c>

00:52:57.099 --> 00:52:58.820
He's<00:52:57.300><c> warning</c><00:52:57.440><c> them,</c><00:52:57.539><c> look,</c><00:52:57.639><c> you</c><00:52:57.800><c> go</c><00:52:58.039><c> back</c><00:52:58.260><c> to</c><00:52:58.420><c> those</c><00:52:58.659><c> things,</c>

00:52:58.880 --> 00:53:01.420
you'll<00:52:59.139><c> get</c><00:52:59.440><c> caught</c><00:52:59.679><c> in</c><00:52:59.780><c> that</c><00:53:00.059><c> conflagration.</c>

00:53:02.360 --> 00:53:06.300
Verse<00:53:02.579><c> 28,</c><00:53:03.340><c> he</c><00:53:03.539><c> that</c><00:53:03.780><c> despised</c><00:53:04.119><c> Moses'</c><00:53:04.639><c> law</c><00:53:04.760><c> died</c><00:53:05.019><c> without</c><00:53:05.380><c> mercy</c><00:53:05.780><c> under</c><00:53:05.980><c> two</c><00:53:06.139><c> or</c>

00:53:06.300 --> 00:53:06.860
three<00:53:06.420><c> witnesses</c>

00:53:06.860 --> 00:53:11.179
of<00:53:07.340><c> how</c><00:53:07.679><c> much</c><00:53:08.460><c> sorrow</c><00:53:09.019><c> punishment,</c><00:53:09.500><c> suppose</c><00:53:10.039><c> ye,</c><00:53:10.719><c> shall</c><00:53:10.920><c> he</c>

00:53:11.179 --> 00:53:13.059
be<00:53:11.360><c> thought</c><00:53:11.599><c> worthy,</c><00:53:12.039><c> who</c><00:53:12.139><c> hath</c><00:53:12.380><c> trodden</c><00:53:12.679><c> underfoot</c>

00:53:13.059 --> 00:53:17.659
the<00:53:13.219><c> Son</c><00:53:13.400><c> of</c><00:53:13.639><c> God,</c><00:53:14.940><c> hath</c><00:53:15.079><c> counted</c><00:53:15.460><c> the</c><00:53:15.679><c> blood</c><00:53:15.820><c> of</c><00:53:15.980><c> the</c><00:53:16.179><c> covenant,</c><00:53:16.539><c> wherewith</c><00:53:16.719><c> he</c><00:53:16.840><c> was</c><00:53:17.000><c> sanctified,</c>

00:53:17.800 --> 00:53:24.800
and<00:53:18.199><c> unholy,</c><00:53:18.840><c> done</c><00:53:19.159><c> despite</c><00:53:19.920><c> or</c><00:53:20.280><c> insulted</c><00:53:20.880><c> the</c><00:53:21.159><c> Spirit</c><00:53:21.280><c> of</c><00:53:21.480><c> Grace.</c><00:53:24.239><c> And</c><00:53:24.539><c> here's</c><00:53:24.639><c> a</c>

00:53:24.800 --> 00:53:26.130
different<00:53:24.960><c> side</c><00:53:25.179><c> of</c><00:53:25.380><c> God.</c>

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Where<00:53:28.550><c> we</c><00:53:29.190><c> willfully,</c><00:53:30.190><c> brethren</c><00:53:30.190><c> and</c><00:53:30.409><c> sisters,</c><00:53:31.690><c> where</c><00:53:31.889><c> we</c>

00:53:32.269 --> 00:53:33.949
willfully<00:53:32.769><c> sin</c>

00:53:34.690 --> 00:53:39.489
and<00:53:35.289><c> we</c><00:53:35.710><c> insult</c><00:53:36.429><c> God's</c><00:53:37.969><c> undeserved</c><00:53:38.389><c> favour,</c>

00:53:40.590 --> 00:53:46.570
and<00:53:41.190><c> we</c><00:53:41.429><c> count</c><00:53:42.130><c> the</c><00:53:43.050><c> atoning</c><00:53:43.369><c> work</c><00:53:43.570><c> of</c><00:53:43.730><c> Jesus</c><00:53:44.070><c> Christ</c><00:53:45.050><c> as</c><00:53:46.389><c> not</c>

00:53:46.570 --> 00:53:51.349
high<00:53:46.889><c> priority</c><00:53:47.329><c> in</c><00:53:47.530><c> life</c><00:53:48.329><c> of</c><00:53:49.250><c> how</c><00:53:49.769><c> much</c><00:53:50.650><c> sorrow</c>

00:53:51.349 --> 00:53:57.210
punishment,<00:53:53.329><c> suppose</c><00:53:53.730><c> ye,</c><00:53:54.690><c> you'll</c><00:53:54.929><c> receive.</c><00:53:56.449><c> Now</c><00:53:56.650><c> the</c><00:53:56.730><c> problem</c><00:53:56.989><c> that</c>

00:53:57.210 --> 00:54:00.030
we've<00:53:57.429><c> got</c><00:53:57.590><c> is,</c><00:53:57.969><c> is</c><00:53:58.050><c> that</c><00:53:58.170><c> we</c><00:53:58.329><c> live</c><00:53:58.510><c> by</c><00:53:58.869><c> faith.</c>

00:54:02.030 --> 00:54:05.750
But<00:54:02.190><c> when</c><00:54:02.429><c> the</c><00:54:02.630><c> Lord</c><00:54:02.849><c> does</c><00:54:03.429><c> return</c><00:54:04.070><c> and</c><00:54:04.429><c> he</c><00:54:04.670><c> does</c><00:54:04.969><c> judge</c><00:54:05.289><c> us,</c>

00:54:05.949 --> 00:54:10.329
there<00:54:06.150><c> will</c><00:54:06.409><c> be</c><00:54:07.909><c> an</c><00:54:08.550><c> awful</c><00:54:09.010><c> surprise</c>

00:54:10.710 --> 00:54:14.849
for<00:54:11.230><c> those</c><00:54:11.530><c> who</c><00:54:11.750><c> have</c><00:54:11.929><c> resisted</c><00:54:12.389><c> the</c><00:54:12.550><c> word</c><00:54:12.670><c> of</c><00:54:12.909><c> God,</c><00:54:14.710><c> turned</c>

00:54:14.849 --> 00:54:18.469
back<00:54:15.110><c> to</c><00:54:15.289><c> the</c><00:54:15.449><c> world</c><00:54:15.909><c> and</c><00:54:17.010><c> left</c><00:54:17.230><c> God</c><00:54:17.429><c> out,</c>

00:54:18.539 --> 00:54:21.710
or<00:54:18.909><c> have</c><00:54:19.130><c> sinned</c><00:54:19.389><c> willfully</c><00:54:19.969><c> after</c><00:54:20.869><c> they</c><00:54:21.050><c> have</c><00:54:21.230><c> received</c><00:54:21.550><c> the</c>

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knowledge<00:54:21.829><c> of</c><00:54:21.989><c> the</c><00:54:22.150><c> truth.</c>

00:54:24.429 --> 00:54:29.710
We<00:54:24.489><c> live</c><00:54:24.690><c> in</c><00:54:25.150><c> an</c><00:54:25.269><c> age</c><00:54:25.690><c> which</c><00:54:26.730><c> doesn't</c><00:54:27.349><c> see</c><00:54:27.849><c> that</c><00:54:28.250><c> side</c><00:54:28.550><c> of</c><00:54:28.710><c> God</c>

00:54:29.710 --> 00:54:33.349
to<00:54:30.989><c> whom</c><00:54:31.469><c> much</c><00:54:31.969><c> is</c><00:54:32.369><c> given,</c><00:54:32.789><c> brethren</c><00:54:32.889><c> and</c><00:54:33.090><c> sisters,</c>

00:54:33.650 --> 00:54:38.369
much<00:54:34.090><c> is</c><00:54:34.369><c> required.</c><00:54:36.190><c> God</c><00:54:36.489><c> is</c><00:54:36.969><c> gracious</c><00:54:37.369><c> and</c><00:54:37.750><c> merciful,</c><00:54:38.190><c> but</c>

00:54:38.369 --> 00:54:43.429
he<00:54:38.550><c> is</c><00:54:38.610><c> also</c><00:54:39.269><c> true</c><00:54:40.110><c> and</c><00:54:41.730><c> righteous</c><00:54:42.150><c> and</c><00:54:42.449><c> just.</c>

00:54:43.570 --> 00:54:48.389
And<00:54:43.869><c> the</c><00:54:44.030><c> beautiful</c><00:54:44.389><c> qualities</c><00:54:44.949><c> are</c><00:54:45.389><c> blended</c><00:54:45.750><c> exactly</c><00:54:46.510><c> in</c><00:54:46.909><c> the</c><00:54:47.090><c> character</c><00:54:47.289><c> of</c><00:54:47.530><c> God.</c>

00:54:49.070 --> 00:54:52.289
But<00:54:49.210><c> you</c><00:54:49.429><c> see,</c><00:54:49.550><c> if</c><00:54:49.750><c> we</c><00:54:50.110><c> have</c><00:54:50.429><c> deliberately</c><00:54:51.050><c> resisted</c><00:54:51.829><c> the</c><00:54:51.949><c> will</c><00:54:52.030><c> of</c>

00:54:52.289 --> 00:54:57.030
God,<00:54:53.989><c> as</c><00:54:54.190><c> Amaziah's</c><00:54:55.110><c> fate</c><00:54:55.389><c> is</c><00:54:55.929><c> testimony</c>

00:54:57.650 --> 00:55:02.989
of<00:54:58.210><c> how</c><00:54:58.489><c> much</c><00:54:58.789><c> sorrow</c><00:54:59.050><c> punishment</c><00:54:59.630><c> are</c><00:54:59.869><c> we</c><00:54:59.989><c> going</c><00:55:00.110><c> to</c><00:55:00.369><c> receive.</c><00:55:02.590><c> Now</c><00:55:02.690><c> we're</c><00:55:02.769><c> not</c>

00:55:02.989 --> 00:55:04.650
here<00:55:03.250><c> to</c><00:55:03.590><c> scare</c><00:55:03.869><c> people.</c>

00:55:06.650 --> 00:55:09.250
We<00:55:06.909><c> have</c><00:55:07.110><c> to</c><00:55:07.369><c> appreciate,</c><00:55:07.809><c> brethren</c><00:55:07.969><c> and</c><00:55:08.150><c> sisters,</c><00:55:08.309><c> that</c><00:55:08.809><c> our</c>

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responsibility<00:55:09.909><c> in</c><00:55:10.150><c> being</c><00:55:10.449><c> called</c><00:55:10.670><c> to</c><00:55:10.809><c> the</c><00:55:11.050><c> truth</c>

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has<00:55:11.769><c> great</c><00:55:12.730><c> responsibility</c><00:55:13.590><c> and</c><00:55:14.289><c> we</c><00:55:14.449><c> cannot</c><00:55:14.670><c> treat</c><00:55:15.010><c> the</c><00:55:15.150><c> things</c><00:55:15.250><c> of</c>

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God<00:55:15.550><c> lightly.</c>

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Let's<00:55:18.150><c> make</c><00:55:18.409><c> sure</c><00:55:18.969><c> that</c><00:55:19.309><c> in</c><00:55:19.389><c> these</c><00:55:19.530><c> last</c><00:55:19.869><c> days</c><00:55:20.210><c> we</c><00:55:20.590><c> don't</c><00:55:21.090><c> forsake</c><00:55:21.849><c> the</c>

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assembling<00:55:22.269><c> of</c><00:55:22.469><c> ourselves</c><00:55:22.730><c> together.</c>

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Let's<00:55:24.590><c> make</c><00:55:24.829><c> sure</c><00:55:24.989><c> that</c><00:55:25.170><c> we</c><00:55:25.369><c> absorb</c><00:55:25.690><c> the</c><00:55:25.929><c> word,</c><00:55:26.349><c> that</c><00:55:26.409><c> we</c><00:55:26.769><c> respond</c><00:55:27.349><c> and</c>

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we<00:55:27.750><c> give</c><00:55:27.849><c> and</c><00:55:28.030><c> we</c><00:55:28.230><c> encourage.</c><00:55:28.789><c> We're</c><00:55:28.969><c> there</c>

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at<00:55:29.230><c> the</c><00:55:29.409><c> meeting</c><00:55:29.690><c> because</c><00:55:29.929><c> we</c><00:55:30.090><c> want</c><00:55:30.230><c> to</c><00:55:30.429><c> contribute.</c><00:55:32.170><c> If</c><00:55:32.329><c> we</c>

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can<00:55:32.570><c> do</c><00:55:32.750><c> that,</c><00:55:33.429><c> exhorting</c><00:55:33.690><c> one</c><00:55:33.809><c> another,</c>

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so<00:55:35.389><c> much</c><00:55:35.550><c> more</c><00:55:35.789><c> as</c><00:55:35.929><c> the</c><00:55:36.010><c> day</c><00:55:36.110><c> approaches,</c><00:55:37.849><c> then</c><00:55:37.909><c> we</c><00:55:38.090><c> shall</c><00:55:38.230><c> receive,</c><00:55:38.949><c> with</c><00:55:39.389><c> joy</c>

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and<00:55:39.750><c> gladness,</c><00:55:41.030><c> life</c><00:55:41.250><c> everlasting.</c>