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involvement<00:11:33.600><c> in</c><00:11:34.799><c> the</c><00:11:35.279><c> human</c><00:11:35.799><c> sea.</c>

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about<00:15:09.120><c> animal</c><00:15:09.460><c> migration?</c>

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And<00:15:12.059><c> the</c><00:15:12.320><c> evolutionist</c><00:15:13.200><c> is</c><00:15:13.700><c> up</c><00:15:13.940><c> against</c><00:15:14.500><c> a</c><00:15:14.919><c> fundamental</c><00:15:15.419><c> problem</c><00:15:16.139><c> about</c><00:15:17.419><c> the</c>

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migration<00:15:18.179><c> of</c><00:15:18.440><c> animals</c><00:15:18.639><c> on</c><00:15:18.840><c> the</c><00:15:18.899><c> face</c><00:15:19.100><c> of</c><00:15:19.240><c> this</c><00:15:19.419><c> earth.</c><00:15:20.139><c> In</c><00:15:20.240><c> fact,</c><00:15:20.519><c> if</c>

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we<00:15:20.820><c> had</c><00:15:21.019><c> time,</c><00:15:21.299><c> and</c><00:15:21.419><c> I</c><00:15:21.519><c> don't</c><00:15:21.740><c> see</c><00:15:21.879><c> it</c><00:15:22.039><c> to</c><00:15:22.179><c> be</c><00:15:22.320><c> my</c><00:15:22.580><c> particular</c>

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role<00:15:23.139><c> at</c><00:15:23.320><c> the</c><00:15:23.480><c> moment,</c><00:15:24.159><c> that</c><00:15:24.279><c> we</c><00:15:24.419><c> could</c><00:15:24.600><c> enter</c><00:15:24.779><c> into</c><00:15:25.000><c> an</c><00:15:25.259><c> absolutely</c><00:15:25.659><c> intriguing</c><00:15:27.080><c> viewpoint</c><00:15:27.679><c> about</c>

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the<00:15:28.320><c> way</c><00:15:28.559><c> in</c><00:15:28.659><c> which</c><00:15:28.940><c> animals</c><00:15:29.240><c> and</c><00:15:29.519><c> plants</c><00:15:29.720><c> are</c><00:15:30.000><c> distributed</c>

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on<00:15:30.639><c> the</c><00:15:30.779><c> face</c><00:15:30.919><c> of</c><00:15:31.120><c> the</c><00:15:31.259><c> earth.</c>

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There<00:15:31.860><c> are</c><00:15:32.220><c> remarkable</c><00:15:32.779><c> similarities</c><00:15:33.500><c> between</c><00:15:33.960><c> continents</c>

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which<00:15:34.759><c> are</c><00:15:34.980><c> now</c><00:15:35.259><c> separated</c><00:15:35.659><c> by</c><00:15:36.000><c> vast</c><00:15:36.220><c> distances.</c><00:15:38.860><c> Similarities,</c><00:15:39.659><c> say,</c><00:15:39.759><c> between</c><00:15:40.059><c> Australia</c><00:15:40.559><c> and</c>

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southern<00:15:41.019><c> America</c><00:15:41.639><c> in</c><00:15:42.980><c> the</c><00:15:43.120><c> forms</c><00:15:43.259><c> of</c><00:15:43.519><c> life.</c>

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And<00:15:45.860><c> just</c><00:15:46.080><c> to</c><00:15:46.279><c> quote</c><00:15:46.399><c> one</c><00:15:46.740><c> simple</c><00:15:47.100><c> example,</c><00:15:50.419><c> as</c><00:15:50.639><c> you've</c><00:15:50.879><c> tempted</c><00:15:51.039><c> me,</c><00:15:53.740><c> that</c><00:15:53.840><c> if</c><00:15:53.960><c> we</c><00:15:54.080><c> look</c><00:15:54.179><c> at</c><00:15:54.320><c> those</c><00:15:54.519><c> creatures</c><00:15:54.820><c> called</c><00:15:55.139><c> marsupials,</c><00:15:57.080><c> the</c><00:15:57.299><c> animals</c><00:15:57.539><c> which</c><00:15:57.799><c> have</c><00:15:57.960><c> a</c>

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pouch<00:15:58.740><c> into</c><00:15:59.960><c> which</c><00:16:00.200><c> the</c><00:16:00.379><c> young</c><00:16:00.659><c> climb</c><00:16:01.000><c> when</c><00:16:01.200><c> they've</c><00:16:01.500><c> been</c><00:16:01.960><c> born,</c><00:16:03.940><c> you</c><00:16:03.960><c> know,</c><00:16:04.379><c> distinctive</c><00:16:04.759><c> types</c><00:16:05.360><c> of</c>

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mammals,<00:16:07.360><c> and</c><00:16:07.559><c> we</c><00:16:07.700><c> note</c><00:16:07.860><c> their</c><00:16:08.100><c> distribution.</c>

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There<00:16:09.460><c> is</c><00:16:09.700><c> for</c><00:16:09.919><c> the</c><00:16:10.259><c> evolutionist</c><00:16:10.879><c> the</c><00:16:11.039><c> most</c><00:16:11.240><c> incredible</c><00:16:11.840><c> distribution.</c><00:16:12.440><c> You</c>

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find<00:16:12.980><c> some</c><00:16:13.159><c> in</c><00:16:13.320><c> Australia,</c><00:16:13.940><c> you</c><00:16:14.179><c> find</c><00:16:14.480><c> some</c><00:16:14.960><c> in</c><00:16:15.779><c> the</c><00:16:16.120><c> Americas,</c><00:16:17.080><c> you</c><00:16:17.639><c> find</c>

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them<00:16:18.120><c> in</c><00:16:18.840><c> odd</c><00:16:19.179><c> distributions.</c><00:16:21.100><c> And</c><00:16:21.379><c> you</c><00:16:21.559><c> say</c><00:16:21.659><c> to</c><00:16:21.840><c> the</c><00:16:22.059><c> evolutionist,</c><00:16:22.679><c> how</c><00:16:23.100><c> is</c>

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it<00:16:23.679><c> that</c><00:16:23.820><c> they</c><00:16:24.120><c> all</c><00:16:24.340><c> got</c><00:16:24.460><c> in</c><00:16:24.659><c> that</c><00:16:24.860><c> place?</c>

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Well,<00:16:25.460><c> he</c><00:16:25.620><c> would</c><00:16:25.840><c> say</c><00:16:26.139><c> that</c><00:16:26.360><c> they</c><00:16:26.779><c> came</c><00:16:27.000><c> from</c><00:16:27.299><c> one</c><00:16:27.899><c> point</c><00:16:28.320><c> where</c><00:16:28.679><c> they</c>

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emerged<00:16:29.759><c> from</c><00:16:30.000><c> the</c><00:16:30.360><c> evolutionary</c><00:16:31.259><c> array.</c><00:16:34.320><c> And</c><00:16:34.460><c> they</c><00:16:34.679><c> moved.</c>

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From<00:16:38.299><c> where?</c><00:16:39.799><c> Well,</c><00:16:40.019><c> you</c><00:16:40.120><c> know,</c><00:16:40.659><c> the</c><00:16:40.700><c> central</c><00:16:41.059><c> landmass.</c><00:16:42.580><c> And</c>

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they<00:16:42.919><c> went</c><00:16:43.019><c> across</c><00:16:43.799><c> land</c><00:16:44.399><c> bridges.</c><00:16:45.940><c> And</c><00:16:46.100><c> they</c><00:16:46.279><c> arrived</c><00:16:46.600><c> in</c>

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Australia<00:16:47.240><c> and</c><00:16:47.419><c> the</c><00:16:47.620><c> land</c><00:16:47.840><c> bridge</c><00:16:48.059><c> was</c><00:16:48.320><c> then</c><00:16:48.620><c> broken.</c>

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Hmm.<00:16:51.620><c> Yes,</c><00:16:52.039><c> interesting.</c><00:16:55.139><c> Out</c><00:16:55.259><c> of</c><00:16:55.440><c> the</c><00:16:55.620><c> arc</c><00:16:55.759><c> came</c><00:16:56.000><c> the</c><00:16:56.240><c> animals</c><00:16:56.700><c> from</c><00:16:57.320><c> a</c>

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central<00:16:57.860><c> point.</c><00:16:58.980><c> Not</c><00:16:59.179><c> an</c><00:16:59.379><c> evolutionary</c><00:16:59.980><c> center,</c><00:17:02.159><c> but</c><00:17:02.440><c> a</c><00:17:02.620><c> miracle</c><00:17:03.220><c> floating.</c><00:17:05.960><c> And</c>

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out<00:17:06.259><c> they</c><00:17:06.500><c> came.</c><00:17:07.859><c> Across</c><00:17:08.299><c> the</c><00:17:08.680><c> connections</c><00:17:09.000><c> of</c><00:17:09.259><c> land</c><00:17:09.660><c> to</c><00:17:10.000><c> the</c>

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place<00:17:10.380><c> in</c><00:17:10.519><c> which</c><00:17:10.619><c> we</c><00:17:10.799><c> now</c><00:17:11.000><c> find</c><00:17:11.299><c> them.</c><00:17:12.619><c> And</c><00:17:12.720><c> the</c><00:17:12.880><c> land</c><00:17:13.079><c> bridge</c><00:17:13.380><c> broken.</c>

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All<00:17:15.680><c> we're</c><00:17:16.000><c> debating</c><00:17:16.420><c> about,</c><00:17:16.880><c> is</c><00:17:16.980><c> it</c><00:17:17.180><c> not,</c><00:17:17.579><c> is</c><00:17:17.740><c> the</c><00:17:17.900><c> matter</c><00:17:18.099><c> of</c>

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time.<00:17:20.920><c> And</c><00:17:21.220><c> we've</c><00:17:21.500><c> already</c><00:17:21.839><c> expressed</c><00:17:22.180><c> our</c><00:17:22.440><c> viewpoint</c><00:17:22.799><c> there.</c><00:17:25.319><c> No</c><00:17:25.680><c> problems.</c><00:17:26.640><c> In</c>

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fact,<00:17:27.039><c> we've</c><00:17:27.299><c> got</c><00:17:27.420><c> a</c><00:17:27.660><c> superb</c><00:17:28.480><c> biological</c><00:17:29.380><c> model</c><00:17:29.980><c> in</c><00:17:30.559><c> this</c><00:17:31.099><c> arrangement</c><00:17:31.640><c> of</c>

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animals<00:17:32.359><c> in</c><00:17:32.559><c> a</c><00:17:32.839><c> centralized</c><00:17:33.200><c> position</c><00:17:33.700><c> and</c><00:17:33.880><c> then</c><00:17:34.200><c> radiating</c>

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out<00:17:35.099><c> on</c><00:17:35.359><c> an</c><00:17:35.559><c> earth</c><00:17:35.759><c> that</c><00:17:35.960><c> is</c><00:17:36.440><c> clear</c><00:17:37.019><c> and</c><00:17:37.579><c> uncluttered</c><00:17:38.480><c> and</c><00:17:38.660><c> ready</c><00:17:38.960><c> for</c>

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an<00:17:39.740><c> explosion</c><00:17:40.660><c> of</c><00:17:41.240><c> varieties</c><00:17:41.700><c> of</c><00:17:41.960><c> different</c><00:17:42.220><c> forms</c><00:17:42.519><c> and</c><00:17:42.799><c> types.</c>

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Within<00:17:44.160><c> the</c><00:17:45.240><c> God</c><00:17:45.559><c>-determined</c><00:17:46.299><c> limits</c><00:17:46.859><c> of</c><00:17:48.180><c> created</c><00:17:48.619><c> kinds.</c><00:17:52.319><c> Of</c>

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the<00:17:52.660><c> animals,</c><00:17:52.960><c> we</c><00:17:53.180><c> can</c><00:17:54.000><c> enter</c><00:17:54.440><c> into</c><00:17:54.759><c> some</c><00:17:55.259><c> very</c><00:17:55.799><c> interesting</c>

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and<00:17:56.599><c> fascinating</c><00:17:57.140><c> exercises.</c><00:17:58.460><c> But</c><00:17:58.740><c> of</c><00:17:59.039><c> human</c><00:17:59.299><c> beings,</c><00:18:00.259><c> the</c>

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revealed<00:18:00.740><c> word</c><00:18:01.000><c> of</c><00:18:01.259><c> God</c><00:18:01.539><c> gives</c><00:18:01.920><c> us</c><00:18:02.960><c> some</c><00:18:03.380><c> fascinating</c><00:18:04.700><c> propositions.</c>

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But<00:18:07.859><c> before</c><00:18:08.619><c> we</c><00:18:08.859><c> enter</c><00:18:09.200><c> into</c><00:18:09.579><c> that,</c><00:18:12.559><c> there</c><00:18:12.819><c> is</c><00:18:13.039><c> a</c><00:18:13.240><c> human</c><00:18:14.500><c> sadness</c><00:18:15.880><c> now.</c>

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For<00:18:21.079><c> as</c><00:18:21.640><c> men</c><00:18:23.059><c> spread</c><00:18:23.740><c> over</c><00:18:24.859><c> the</c><00:18:25.039><c> face</c><00:18:25.200><c> of</c><00:18:25.359><c> the</c><00:18:25.500><c> earth,</c><00:18:27.119><c> or</c><00:18:27.279><c> before</c><00:18:27.579><c> they</c>

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did,<00:18:29.799><c> we</c><00:18:30.099><c> need</c><00:18:30.299><c> to</c><00:18:30.539><c> go</c><00:18:30.720><c> to</c><00:18:30.900><c> a</c><00:18:31.079><c> domestic</c><00:18:31.500><c> scene.</c>

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And<00:18:34.920><c> Noah,</c><00:18:37.380><c> a</c><00:18:37.579><c> husband</c><00:18:37.980><c> man,</c><00:18:39.640><c> planted</c><00:18:39.819><c> a</c><00:18:40.039><c> vineyard.</c><00:18:43.460><c> And</c><00:18:44.420><c> he</c>

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took<00:18:44.960><c> of</c><00:18:45.220><c> the</c><00:18:45.660><c> fruit</c><00:18:45.839><c> of</c><00:18:46.039><c> the</c><00:18:46.200><c> vine</c><00:18:47.099><c> and</c><00:18:50.299><c> drank</c><00:18:50.720><c> of</c><00:18:51.539><c> the</c><00:18:51.700><c> liquor</c>

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and<00:18:54.559><c> became</c><00:18:54.940><c> drunk.</c>

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And<00:18:58.380><c> he</c><00:18:58.539><c> lay</c><00:18:58.720><c> down</c><00:18:58.920><c> in</c><00:18:59.119><c> his</c><00:18:59.400><c> tent,</c><00:19:01.140><c> uncovered.</c><00:19:06.180><c> And</c><00:19:06.420><c> then</c><00:19:06.720><c> blasted</c><00:19:07.500><c> ham</c>

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and<00:19:11.359><c> gazed,</c><00:19:13.980><c> intently</c><00:19:14.500><c> gazed,</c><00:19:16.779><c> and</c><00:19:17.200><c> soaked</c><00:19:17.519><c> his</c><00:19:17.920><c> mind</c><00:19:18.319><c> on</c><00:19:18.559><c> what</c><00:19:18.779><c> he</c><00:19:19.099><c> saw.</c>

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And<00:19:22.400><c> went</c><00:19:22.559><c> out</c><00:19:22.759><c> of</c><00:19:22.880><c> the</c><00:19:23.180><c> tent</c><00:19:23.400><c> and</c><00:19:23.640><c> had</c><00:19:23.759><c> a</c><00:19:23.940><c> nice</c><00:19:24.160><c> old</c><00:19:24.359><c> joke</c><00:19:24.740><c> with</c>

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his<00:19:25.460><c> brothers.</c><00:19:27.339><c> And</c><00:19:27.619><c> took</c><00:19:27.759><c> a</c><00:19:28.019><c> relish,</c><00:19:28.920><c> the</c><00:19:29.119><c> language</c><00:19:29.500><c> indicates,</c><00:19:30.079><c> in</c><00:19:30.519><c> telling</c><00:19:30.819><c> them</c>

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of<00:19:31.759><c> what</c><00:19:32.180><c> he</c><00:19:32.559><c> was</c><00:19:32.859><c> involved</c><00:19:33.440><c> in,</c><00:19:33.900><c> in</c><00:19:34.160><c> his</c><00:19:34.480><c> mental</c><00:19:35.059><c> crudity.</c>

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One<00:19:42.619><c> can</c><00:19:42.839><c> always</c><00:19:43.099><c> weep</c><00:19:45.299><c> that</c><00:19:46.559><c> here</c><00:19:47.099><c> the</c><00:19:47.759><c> righteous</c><00:19:48.220><c> man</c><00:19:49.160><c> has</c>

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got<00:19:50.720><c> into</c><00:19:51.480><c> this</c><00:19:51.940><c> kind</c><00:19:52.359><c> of</c><00:19:52.599><c> situation.</c><00:19:55.279><c> But</c><00:19:55.460><c> let's</c><00:19:55.759><c> make</c><00:19:56.099><c> no</c><00:19:56.460><c> mistake,</c><00:19:57.180><c> the</c><00:19:57.400><c> set</c><00:19:57.579><c> of</c>

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his<00:19:58.099><c> mind</c><00:19:58.640><c> was</c><00:19:59.140><c> godliness.</c>

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Here,<00:20:02.900><c> an</c><00:20:03.220><c> indicator</c><00:20:03.640><c> of</c><00:20:04.480><c> the</c><00:20:04.700><c> weakness</c><00:20:05.000><c> of</c><00:20:05.240><c> the</c><00:20:05.400><c> flesh.</c><00:20:08.240><c> And</c>

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I<00:20:08.859><c> don't</c><00:20:09.019><c> know</c><00:20:09.279><c> how</c><00:20:09.460><c> far</c><00:20:09.660><c> to</c><00:20:09.920><c> push</c><00:20:10.180><c> this</c><00:20:10.480><c> one,</c><00:20:10.660><c> whether</c><00:20:10.819><c> we</c><00:20:10.980><c> can</c>

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see<00:20:11.380><c> some</c><00:20:11.920><c> parallels</c><00:20:12.240><c> here.</c>

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That<00:20:15.039><c> in</c><00:20:15.380><c> Eden</c><00:20:15.579><c> we</c><00:20:15.799><c> had</c><00:20:16.019><c> to</c><00:20:16.279><c> talk</c><00:20:16.440><c> about</c><00:20:16.720><c> a</c><00:20:17.099><c> covering</c><00:20:17.440><c> for</c><00:20:18.740><c> nakedness.</c><00:20:21.940><c> And</c>

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here<00:20:22.640><c> Shem</c><00:20:23.259><c> and</c><00:20:23.599><c> Japheth,</c><00:20:26.420><c> showing</c><00:20:27.000><c> that</c><00:20:28.480><c> sensitivity</c><00:20:29.240><c> of</c>

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mind,<00:20:31.880><c> went</c><00:20:32.039><c> backwards</c><00:20:33.099><c> and</c><00:20:35.500><c> covered</c><00:20:36.240><c> their</c><00:20:37.380><c> father.</c>

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Giving<00:20:40.799><c> us</c><00:20:41.019><c> an</c><00:20:41.259><c> exhortation</c><00:20:41.920><c> here</c><00:20:42.240><c> between</c><00:20:42.779><c> two</c><00:20:43.259><c> kinds</c><00:20:43.859><c> of</c><00:20:44.680><c> minds.</c><00:20:47.759><c> And</c><00:20:48.180><c> can't</c><00:20:48.420><c> we</c>

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see<00:20:49.019><c> evidence</c><00:20:49.400><c> of</c><00:20:49.579><c> it</c><00:20:49.880><c> today?</c><00:20:51.839><c> Ham</c><00:20:52.140><c> on</c><00:20:52.579><c> the</c><00:20:52.740><c> one</c><00:20:52.960><c> hand</c><00:20:53.779><c> and</c><00:20:55.420><c> Shem</c><00:20:55.640><c> and</c>

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Japheth<00:20:56.099><c> on</c><00:20:56.279><c> the</c><00:20:56.460><c> other.</c>

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Here<00:21:00.700><c> we</c><00:21:01.619><c> need</c><00:21:01.799><c> to</c><00:21:02.059><c> remind</c><00:21:02.380><c> ourselves,</c><00:21:02.940><c> in</c><00:21:03.140><c> our</c><00:21:03.440><c> families,</c><00:21:04.440><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:05.019><c> need</c><00:21:05.279><c> to</c><00:21:06.019><c> develop</c><00:21:06.559><c> that</c><00:21:07.099><c> healthy</c><00:21:08.619><c> respect</c><00:21:09.960><c> for</c><00:21:11.319><c> human</c><00:21:11.759><c> body.</c>

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And<00:21:14.500><c> if</c><00:21:14.740><c> Ham's</c><00:21:15.180><c> sin</c><00:21:15.279><c> is</c><00:21:15.519><c> to</c><00:21:15.660><c> be</c><00:21:15.960><c> highlighted</c><00:21:16.420><c> here,</c><00:21:17.900><c> as</c><00:21:18.099><c> Noah,</c>

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when<00:21:19.000><c> he</c><00:21:19.319><c> awoke,</c><00:21:19.980><c> recognized</c><00:21:20.420><c> it,</c><00:21:22.039><c> it</c><00:21:22.279><c> was</c><00:21:22.759><c> that</c><00:21:23.279><c> attitude</c><00:21:23.640><c> of</c>

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mind<00:21:24.380><c> which</c><00:21:24.680><c> was</c><00:21:25.099><c> the</c><00:21:25.299><c> attitude</c><00:21:25.700><c> of</c><00:21:26.000><c> mind</c><00:21:26.680><c> expressed</c><00:21:27.160><c> in</c><00:21:27.660><c> Cain.</c>

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He'd<00:21:28.839><c> set</c><00:21:29.000><c> his</c><00:21:29.420><c> mind</c><00:21:29.779><c> on</c><00:21:30.160><c> those</c><00:21:30.420><c> things</c><00:21:30.640><c> which</c><00:21:30.839><c> were</c><00:21:31.099><c> evil.</c><00:21:32.160><c> And</c><00:21:32.700><c> we</c>

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would<00:21:33.319><c> expect</c><00:21:33.900><c> Noah,</c><00:21:34.299><c> when</c><00:21:34.500><c> he</c><00:21:34.779><c> awakes,</c><00:21:35.400><c> to</c><00:21:35.720><c> immediately</c>

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curse<00:21:39.000><c> Ham.</c>

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But<00:21:42.920><c> to</c><00:21:43.200><c> our</c><00:21:43.460><c> surprise,</c><00:21:45.140><c> in</c><00:21:45.140><c> this</c><00:21:45.539><c> chapter</c><00:21:45.880><c> 9,</c><00:21:46.599><c> verse</c><00:21:47.000><c> 25,</c><00:21:48.440><c> he</c>

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said,<00:21:49.619><c> Cursed</c><00:21:49.779><c> be</c><00:21:50.119><c> Cainan,</c><00:21:52.900><c> a</c><00:21:53.119><c> servant</c><00:21:53.380><c> of</c><00:21:53.660><c> servants</c><00:21:53.920><c> shall</c>

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he<00:21:54.420><c> be</c><00:21:54.579><c> unto</c><00:21:54.900><c> his</c><00:21:55.220><c> brethren.</c>

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I<00:21:58.220><c> think</c><00:21:58.859><c> here</c><00:21:59.119><c> is</c><00:21:59.319><c> an</c><00:21:59.500><c> expression</c><00:21:59.779><c> of</c><00:21:59.960><c> a</c><00:22:00.099><c> man</c><00:22:00.259><c> who</c><00:22:00.480><c> had,</c><00:22:01.759><c> guided</c><00:22:02.480><c> by</c>

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the<00:22:02.960><c> Spirit.</c><00:22:06.259><c> Perception.</c><00:22:09.359><c> Like</c><00:22:09.839><c> unto</c><00:22:10.440><c> father.</c><00:22:13.980><c> Probably</c>

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here<00:22:15.579><c> Noah</c><00:22:15.839><c> already</c><00:22:16.619><c> was</c><00:22:17.059><c> expressing</c><00:22:17.559><c> concern</c><00:22:18.039><c> about</c><00:22:18.400><c> Cainan.</c>

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For<00:22:21.920><c> if</c><00:22:22.480><c> we</c><00:22:22.779><c> want</c><00:22:23.019><c> to</c><00:22:23.380><c> get</c><00:22:23.559><c> some</c><00:22:23.960><c> indicator</c><00:22:24.559><c> of</c><00:22:24.839><c> what</c><00:22:25.039><c> this</c><00:22:25.220><c> is</c>

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all<00:22:25.539><c> about,</c><00:22:25.960><c> can</c><00:22:26.160><c> we</c><00:22:26.319><c> just</c><00:22:26.619><c> have</c><00:22:26.839><c> a</c><00:22:27.039><c> look</c><00:22:27.240><c> at</c><00:22:27.460><c> the</c><00:22:27.740><c> descendants</c>

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of<00:22:28.599><c> Cainan?</c>

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We<00:22:30.660><c> need</c><00:22:30.900><c> to</c><00:22:31.359><c> just</c><00:22:31.859><c> turn</c><00:22:32.140><c> over</c><00:22:32.380><c> a</c><00:22:32.559><c> page</c><00:22:32.819><c> to,</c><00:22:33.539><c> in</c><00:22:34.079><c> chapter</c><00:22:34.420><c> 10,</c>

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verse<00:22:35.359><c> 15.</c>

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And<00:22:43.660><c> Cainan</c><00:22:44.099><c> begat</c><00:22:45.079><c> Zidon,</c><00:22:45.980><c> his</c><00:22:46.200><c> firstborn,</c><00:22:47.440><c> and</c><00:22:47.700><c> Heth,</c><00:22:50.119><c> and</c>

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the<00:22:50.440><c> Jebusite,</c><00:22:51.319><c> and</c><00:22:51.420><c> the</c><00:22:51.640><c> Amorite,</c><00:22:52.779><c> and</c><00:22:52.920><c> the</c><00:22:53.079><c> Girgashite,</c>

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and<00:22:53.779><c> the</c><00:22:53.980><c> Hivite,</c><00:22:54.380><c> and</c><00:22:54.559><c> the</c><00:22:54.819><c> Arkinite,</c><00:22:55.200><c> and</c><00:22:55.440><c> the</c><00:22:56.119><c> Sinite.</c>

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And<00:22:59.359><c> so</c><00:22:59.579><c> we've</c><00:22:59.900><c> got</c><00:23:00.440><c> here,</c><00:23:01.460><c> not</c><00:23:01.599><c> only</c><00:23:02.259><c> people</c><00:23:02.779><c> mentioned,</c><00:23:03.359><c> but</c>

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tribes.<00:23:06.720><c> And</c><00:23:06.799><c> the</c><00:23:07.059><c> Canaanite</c><00:23:07.420><c> spread</c><00:23:07.660><c> abroad,</c><00:23:08.140><c> we're</c><00:23:08.359><c> told,</c>

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verse<00:23:09.400><c> 19.</c>

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And<00:23:11.519><c> the</c><00:23:11.759><c> border</c><00:23:12.059><c> of</c><00:23:12.299><c> the</c><00:23:12.500><c> Canaanite</c><00:23:12.960><c> was</c><00:23:13.140><c> from</c><00:23:13.500><c> Zidon,</c><00:23:14.059><c> as</c><00:23:14.160><c> thou</c><00:23:14.480><c> goest</c><00:23:14.920><c> toward</c><00:23:15.339><c> Gira,</c><00:23:15.940><c> unto</c><00:23:16.220><c> Gaza,</c><00:23:17.640><c> as</c>

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thou<00:23:18.180><c> goest</c><00:23:18.819><c> towards</c><00:23:20.160><c> Sodom,</c><00:23:23.839><c> and</c><00:23:24.019><c> Gomorrah,</c><00:23:26.519><c> and</c><00:23:26.740><c> Admoah,</c>

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and<00:23:28.980><c> Zeboah,</c><00:23:31.099><c> even</c><00:23:31.599><c> unto</c><00:23:32.519><c> Lacia.</c>

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These<00:23:36.299><c> are</c><00:23:36.740><c> the</c><00:23:36.960><c> sons</c><00:23:37.180><c> of</c><00:23:37.640><c> Ham,</c><00:23:37.960><c> after</c><00:23:38.160><c> their</c><00:23:38.460><c> families,</c><00:23:38.940><c> after</c><00:23:39.220><c> their</c><00:23:39.559><c> tongues,</c><00:23:40.660><c> in</c>

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their<00:23:41.019><c> lands,</c><00:23:42.420><c> in</c><00:23:42.519><c> their</c><00:23:42.700><c> nations.</c>

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And<00:23:45.019><c> when</c><00:23:45.180><c> the</c><00:23:45.380><c> children</c><00:23:45.579><c> of</c><00:23:45.740><c> Israel</c><00:23:46.180><c> came</c><00:23:46.599><c> into</c><00:23:47.220><c> the</c><00:23:47.619><c> promised</c><00:23:47.900><c> land,</c>

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they<00:23:48.880><c> were</c><00:23:49.259><c> instructed</c><00:23:50.339><c> to</c><00:23:50.940><c> remove</c><00:23:52.160><c> the</c><00:23:53.900><c> Canaanite</c><00:23:54.680><c> from</c><00:23:54.940><c> the</c><00:23:55.240><c> land.</c>

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Man,<00:23:57.920><c> woman,</c><00:23:59.599><c> and</c><00:23:59.880><c> child.</c>

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And<00:24:02.660><c> I</c><00:24:02.819><c> would</c><00:24:03.019><c> propose,</c><00:24:04.680><c> and</c><00:24:04.799><c> I</c><00:24:05.019><c> underline</c><00:24:05.400><c> it</c><00:24:05.559><c> as</c><00:24:05.720><c> a</c><00:24:05.920><c> proposition,</c><00:24:07.960><c> that</c><00:24:08.079><c> what</c><00:24:08.240><c> we</c>

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have<00:24:08.900><c> here</c><00:24:09.380><c> is</c><00:24:10.099><c> that</c><00:24:10.680><c> clear</c><00:24:11.019><c> indicator</c><00:24:11.579><c> that</c><00:24:12.319><c> the</c><00:24:12.599><c> fix</c><00:24:12.880><c> of</c><00:24:13.359><c> Ham's</c><00:24:13.839><c> mind</c><00:24:14.359><c> and</c>

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his<00:24:15.200><c> son</c><00:24:15.480><c> Canaan,</c><00:24:16.119><c> in</c><00:24:16.400><c> particular</c><00:24:17.099><c> Canaan,</c>

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was<00:24:18.700><c> such</c><00:24:19.259><c> that</c><00:24:19.660><c> their</c><00:24:20.019><c> minds</c><00:24:20.440><c> were</c><00:24:20.880><c> wide</c><00:24:21.180><c> open</c><00:24:21.559><c> to</c><00:24:21.980><c> human</c><00:24:22.539><c> filth</c><00:24:23.180><c> and</c><00:24:23.359><c> pollution.</c>

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So<00:24:26.119><c> what</c><00:24:26.460><c> we</c><00:24:26.819><c> arrive</c><00:24:27.119><c> at</c><00:24:27.339><c> in</c><00:24:27.539><c> the</c><00:24:27.779><c> time</c><00:24:28.240><c> of</c><00:24:28.680><c> Abraham,</c><00:24:29.980><c> in</c><00:24:30.119><c> the</c>

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time<00:24:30.599><c> of</c><00:24:30.960><c> Lot,</c><00:24:31.980><c> was</c><00:24:32.240><c> the</c><00:24:32.720><c> simple,</c><00:24:33.859><c> straightforward</c><00:24:34.599><c> outworking</c><00:24:35.740><c> of</c><00:24:36.160><c> the</c>

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mind<00:24:37.059><c> of</c><00:24:37.480><c> Ham.</c>

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And<00:24:40.980><c> that</c><00:24:41.200><c> when</c><00:24:42.640><c> Noah</c><00:24:43.079><c> was</c><00:24:43.539><c> saying,</c><00:24:43.920><c> cursed</c><00:24:44.539><c> be</c><00:24:44.960><c> Canaan,</c><00:24:45.400><c> and</c>

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centralizing<00:24:46.539><c> it</c><00:24:46.700><c> on</c><00:24:47.019><c> one</c><00:24:47.359><c> man,</c><00:24:48.420><c> he</c><00:24:48.740><c> was</c><00:24:49.000><c> for</c><00:24:49.400><c> all</c><00:24:49.920><c> time</c><00:24:50.319><c> putting</c><00:24:50.680><c> the</c>

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stamp<00:24:51.480><c> and</c><00:24:51.980><c> seal</c><00:24:52.299><c> on</c><00:24:52.819><c> the</c><00:24:53.079><c> descendants</c><00:24:53.440><c> of</c><00:24:53.660><c> that</c><00:24:53.900><c> man.</c>

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And<00:24:57.160><c> therefore</c><00:24:57.400><c> the</c><00:24:57.640><c> destruction</c><00:24:58.279><c> of</c><00:24:58.660><c> Sodom</c><00:24:58.900><c> and</c><00:24:59.079><c> Gomorrah</c><00:24:59.500><c> was</c><00:24:59.839><c> destroying</c><00:25:00.599><c> the</c><00:25:01.099><c> rottenness</c><00:25:01.799><c> of</c><00:25:02.000><c> the</c><00:25:02.279><c> mind</c><00:25:02.660><c> of</c><00:25:02.859><c> a</c>

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man<00:25:03.180><c> like</c><00:25:03.500><c> Canaan.</c>

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And<00:25:08.440><c> I</c><00:25:08.500><c> don't</c><00:25:08.660><c> want</c><00:25:08.799><c> to</c><00:25:08.940><c> push</c><00:25:09.079><c> this</c><00:25:09.319><c> one</c><00:25:09.480><c> too</c><00:25:09.839><c> hard,</c><00:25:10.579><c> but</c><00:25:11.000><c> I</c><00:25:11.220><c> have</c><00:25:11.359><c> the</c>

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feeling<00:25:11.779><c> in</c><00:25:12.039><c> my</c><00:25:12.359><c> bones</c><00:25:12.720><c> that</c><00:25:13.000><c> what</c><00:25:13.519><c> Ham</c><00:25:13.740><c> was</c><00:25:14.000><c> involved</c><00:25:14.619><c> in</c><00:25:14.920><c> was</c>

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not<00:25:15.740><c> just</c><00:25:16.099><c> a</c><00:25:16.319><c> kind</c><00:25:16.599><c> of</c><00:25:16.839><c> looking.</c>

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And<00:25:25.220><c> so</c><00:25:25.579><c> there</c><00:25:26.440><c> I</c><00:25:27.660><c> would</c><00:25:28.079><c> hasten</c><00:25:28.700><c> to</c><00:25:29.599><c> suggest</c><00:25:30.180><c> that</c><00:25:31.960><c> those</c><00:25:32.220><c> who</c>

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would<00:25:32.579><c> like</c><00:25:32.759><c> to</c><00:25:33.140><c> bring</c><00:25:33.559><c> into</c><00:25:34.099><c> this</c><00:25:34.400><c> a</c><00:25:34.680><c> kind</c><00:25:35.019><c> of</c><00:25:36.359><c> racial</c><00:25:36.839><c> debate,</c>

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and<00:25:38.859><c> say</c><00:25:39.099><c> that</c><00:25:39.279><c> here</c><00:25:39.500><c> they've</c><00:25:39.779><c> got</c><00:25:40.000><c> evidence</c><00:25:40.420><c> to</c><00:25:40.880><c> show</c><00:25:41.200><c> that</c><00:25:42.279><c> in</c><00:25:43.579><c> some</c><00:25:44.059><c> peculiar</c><00:25:44.759><c> and</c><00:25:45.559><c> twisted</c><00:25:45.960><c> way</c><00:25:46.299><c> there</c><00:25:46.559><c> should</c><00:25:46.799><c> be</c><00:25:47.099><c> some</c><00:25:47.480><c> justification</c><00:25:48.240><c> of</c><00:25:48.500><c> the</c><00:25:48.759><c> distinction</c><00:25:49.079><c> between</c><00:25:49.460><c> a</c>

00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:52.859
man<00:25:49.940><c> with</c><00:25:50.359><c> white</c><00:25:50.619><c> skin</c><00:25:50.839><c> and</c><00:25:51.039><c> a</c><00:25:51.200><c> man</c><00:25:51.319><c> with</c><00:25:51.640><c> black</c><00:25:51.839><c> skin.</c>

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I've<00:25:53.519><c> got</c><00:25:53.700><c> no</c><00:25:54.039><c> scriptural</c><00:25:54.559><c> foundation</c><00:25:55.099><c> whatsoever,</c><00:25:57.140><c> for</c><00:25:57.240><c> the</c>

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curse<00:25:57.559><c> was</c><00:25:57.779><c> on</c><00:25:58.079><c> Canaan.</c>

00:25:59.200 --> 00:26:03.200
And<00:25:59.519><c> we've</c><00:25:59.799><c> got</c><00:25:59.980><c> clearly</c><00:26:00.400><c> outlined</c><00:26:00.980><c> here</c><00:26:01.359><c> where</c><00:26:01.779><c> the</c><00:26:02.160><c> descendants</c><00:26:02.619><c> of</c>

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Canaan<00:26:04.099><c> went.</c>

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And<00:26:06.319><c> we</c><00:26:06.500><c> know</c><00:26:06.779><c> that</c><00:26:07.180><c> that</c><00:26:07.500><c> land</c><00:26:08.000><c> was</c><00:26:08.880><c> then</c><00:26:09.140><c> the</c><00:26:09.339><c> land</c><00:26:09.579><c> that</c><00:26:09.779><c> the</c>

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:13.400
children<00:26:10.119><c> of</c><00:26:10.259><c> Israel</c><00:26:10.599><c> moved</c><00:26:10.920><c> into,</c><00:26:12.319><c> and</c><00:26:12.579><c> there</c><00:26:12.799><c> they</c><00:26:13.099><c> found</c>

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the<00:26:13.940><c> evidences</c><00:26:14.420><c> of</c><00:26:14.799><c> that</c><00:26:15.160><c> curse.</c>

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And<00:26:18.079><c> it's</c><00:26:18.220><c> got</c><00:26:18.359><c> nothing</c><00:26:18.640><c> at</c><00:26:18.920><c> all</c><00:26:19.099><c> to</c><00:26:19.339><c> do</c><00:26:19.539><c> with</c><00:26:20.519><c> any</c><00:26:21.339><c> who</c><00:26:21.740><c> went,</c>

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say,<00:26:22.460><c> into</c><00:26:22.799><c> the</c><00:26:23.140><c> Afrikas</c><00:26:23.539><c> and</c><00:26:23.700><c> their</c><00:26:23.940><c> skin</c><00:26:24.160><c> was</c><00:26:24.480><c> dark.</c>

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:29.700
The<00:26:26.160><c> curse</c><00:26:26.519><c> has</c><00:26:26.759><c> got</c><00:26:27.079><c> nothing</c><00:26:27.420><c> at</c><00:26:27.720><c> all</c><00:26:27.900><c> to</c><00:26:28.140><c> do</c><00:26:28.299><c> with</c><00:26:28.539><c> racism.</c>

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And<00:26:33.900><c> if</c><00:26:34.000><c> I</c><00:26:34.180><c> can</c><00:26:34.299><c> get</c><00:26:34.460><c> angry</c><00:26:34.759><c> about</c><00:26:35.039><c> something,</c><00:26:37.700><c> then</c><00:26:37.859><c> my</c><00:26:38.299><c> anger</c>

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:43.559
surges<00:26:39.339><c> up</c><00:26:39.559><c> in</c><00:26:39.700><c> my</c><00:26:39.940><c> breast</c><00:26:40.359><c> when</c><00:26:42.180><c> there's</c><00:26:42.380><c> any</c><00:26:42.720><c> hint,</c><00:26:43.119><c> whisper</c>

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of<00:26:44.039><c> racial</c><00:26:44.579><c> prejudice.</c>

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There<00:26:46.079><c> are</c><00:26:46.380><c> places</c><00:26:46.640><c> on</c><00:26:46.839><c> the</c><00:26:46.960><c> face</c><00:26:47.119><c> of</c><00:26:47.279><c> this</c><00:26:47.420><c> earth</c><00:26:47.500><c> where</c><00:26:47.680><c> I</c><00:26:47.880><c> could</c><00:26:48.220><c> not</c><00:26:48.599><c> live,</c><00:26:51.099><c> because</c><00:26:51.460><c> human</c><00:26:51.839><c> beings</c><00:26:52.299><c> in</c>

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:59.140
their<00:26:53.960><c> twisted</c><00:26:54.680><c> and</c><00:26:55.099><c> distorted</c><00:26:55.700><c> way</c><00:26:56.259><c> have</c><00:26:57.059><c> relegated</c><00:26:57.660><c> some</c><00:26:58.019><c> men</c><00:26:58.220><c> because</c><00:26:58.640><c> they've</c><00:26:58.920><c> got</c><00:26:59.019><c> a</c>

00:26:59.140 --> 00:27:02.539
bit<00:26:59.259><c> more</c><00:26:59.539><c> pigment</c><00:26:59.900><c> permanently</c><00:27:00.420><c> in</c><00:27:00.660><c> their</c><00:27:00.839><c> skin</c><00:27:01.140><c> than</c><00:27:01.440><c> mine.</c>

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:05.579
They're<00:27:03.140><c> relegated</c><00:27:03.559><c> as</c><00:27:03.759><c> second</c><00:27:03.960><c> class</c><00:27:04.319><c> citizens.</c>

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:19.880
We<00:27:11.440><c> are</c><00:27:11.779><c> of</c><00:27:11.940><c> all</c><00:27:13.000><c> one</c><00:27:14.680><c> flesh,</c><00:27:18.339><c> no</c><00:27:18.740><c> distinction.</c>

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We're<00:27:22.140><c> all</c><00:27:22.359><c> created</c><00:27:22.720><c> by</c><00:27:23.039><c> God.</c>

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And<00:27:27.279><c> I</c><00:27:27.519><c> sincerely</c><00:27:27.920><c> hope</c><00:27:28.259><c> that</c><00:27:28.660><c> nowhere</c><00:27:28.980><c> in</c><00:27:29.279><c> the</c><00:27:29.420><c> Christo</c><00:27:29.759><c>-Delfian</c><00:27:30.079><c> community</c><00:27:31.019><c> will</c>

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:35.619
there<00:27:32.180><c> be</c><00:27:32.359><c> any</c><00:27:32.700><c> hint</c><00:27:32.980><c> or</c><00:27:33.259><c> whisper</c><00:27:33.640><c> of</c><00:27:33.920><c> racial</c><00:27:34.240><c> prejudice.</c>

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:49.880
And<00:27:42.480><c> so,</c><00:27:44.619><c> from</c><00:27:44.900><c> this,</c><00:27:46.799><c> we</c><00:27:46.980><c> move</c><00:27:47.299><c> into</c><00:27:47.759><c> the</c><00:27:48.240><c> realms</c><00:27:48.619><c> of</c><00:27:48.859><c> the</c><00:27:49.119><c> development</c><00:27:49.559><c> of</c>

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:55.960
now<00:27:50.240><c> the</c><00:27:50.539><c> heavens</c><00:27:50.859><c> and</c><00:27:51.119><c> earth</c><00:27:51.259><c> that</c><00:27:52.119><c> exist,</c><00:27:53.079><c> and</c><00:27:54.759><c> we</c><00:27:54.980><c> can</c><00:27:55.359><c> in</c>

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fascination<00:27:56.579><c> follow</c><00:27:56.859><c> the</c><00:27:57.039><c> way</c><00:27:57.339><c> in</c><00:27:57.619><c> which</c><00:27:58.200><c> they</c><00:27:59.140><c> moved.</c>

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The<00:28:01.619><c> descendants</c><00:28:01.900><c> of</c><00:28:02.140><c> Ham,</c><00:28:03.660><c> the</c><00:28:03.839><c> descendants</c><00:28:04.140><c> of</c><00:28:04.420><c> Jafet,</c><00:28:05.440><c> and</c>

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the<00:28:07.039><c> descendants</c><00:28:07.339><c> of</c><00:28:07.619><c> Shem.</c>

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:17.059
And<00:28:10.700><c> we</c><00:28:10.799><c> can</c><00:28:10.980><c> follow</c><00:28:11.440><c> the</c><00:28:11.759><c> way</c><00:28:12.019><c> in</c><00:28:12.200><c> which</c><00:28:12.460><c> names</c><00:28:13.240><c> of</c><00:28:13.740><c> sons</c><00:28:14.420><c> identified</c><00:28:16.259><c> with</c>

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names<00:28:17.359><c> of</c><00:28:17.619><c> places.</c>

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And<00:28:20.000><c> we</c><00:28:20.700><c> can</c><00:28:21.059><c> talk</c><00:28:21.500><c> about</c><00:28:23.700><c> Togamah,</c><00:28:27.160><c> Meshach,</c><00:28:28.339><c> Tubal,</c><00:28:30.579><c> Magog,</c>

00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:36.380
Goma,<00:28:33.799><c> and</c><00:28:33.859><c> we</c><00:28:33.980><c> can</c><00:28:34.180><c> see</c><00:28:34.299><c> the</c><00:28:34.420><c> way</c><00:28:34.640><c> in</c><00:28:34.819><c> which</c><00:28:35.200><c> they</c><00:28:35.900><c> are</c><00:28:36.160><c> taking</c>

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:39.160
up<00:28:36.599><c> their</c><00:28:36.740><c> positions</c><00:28:37.240><c> in</c><00:28:37.519><c> relation</c><00:28:37.940><c> to</c><00:28:38.180><c> the</c><00:28:38.339><c> Middle</c><00:28:38.579><c> East.</c>

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:46.220
So<00:28:40.140><c> that</c><00:28:40.339><c> those</c><00:28:40.579><c> of</c><00:28:41.279><c> us</c><00:28:41.519><c> who</c><00:28:41.680><c> are</c><00:28:41.819><c> interested</c><00:28:42.160><c> in</c><00:28:42.539><c> prophecy</c><00:28:42.960><c> see</c><00:28:43.980><c> that</c><00:28:44.460><c> here,</c><00:28:46.039><c> in</c>

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:53.519
the<00:28:46.380><c> last</c><00:28:46.660><c> days,</c><00:28:46.980><c> there</c><00:28:47.160><c> will</c><00:28:47.400><c> be</c><00:28:47.680><c> those</c><00:28:48.019><c> people</c><00:28:48.380><c> who</c><00:28:48.660><c> will</c><00:28:49.079><c> occupy</c><00:28:50.200><c> those</c><00:28:50.960><c> territories</c><00:28:51.599><c> and</c><00:28:52.099><c> they</c><00:28:52.420><c> are</c><00:28:52.640><c> the</c><00:28:52.920><c> indicators</c><00:28:53.299><c> of</c>

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:56.000
the<00:28:53.660><c> way</c><00:28:53.859><c> in</c><00:28:54.039><c> which</c><00:28:54.220><c> there</c><00:28:54.380><c> will</c><00:28:54.519><c> be</c><00:28:54.680><c> the</c><00:28:54.920><c> movement</c><00:28:55.319><c> in</c><00:28:55.880><c> the</c>

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last<00:28:56.299><c> days.</c>

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And<00:28:58.500><c> I</c><00:28:58.559><c> think</c><00:28:58.680><c> it's</c><00:28:58.920><c> important</c><00:28:59.240><c> for</c><00:28:59.440><c> us</c><00:28:59.579><c> to</c><00:28:59.720><c> get</c><00:28:59.819><c> it</c><00:28:59.980><c> that</c><00:29:00.240><c> way</c><00:29:00.480><c> around.</c>

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Oh,<00:29:02.960><c> we</c><00:29:03.599><c> can</c><00:29:04.119><c> give</c><00:29:04.440><c> names</c><00:29:04.859><c> to</c><00:29:05.420><c> whom</c><00:29:05.799><c> we</c><00:29:06.420><c> think</c><00:29:06.920><c> the</c><00:29:07.619><c> northern</c><00:29:07.960><c> power</c><00:29:08.279><c> will</c><00:29:08.559><c> be,</c><00:29:09.500><c> the</c><00:29:09.700><c> beast</c><00:29:10.000><c> power</c><00:29:10.319><c> will</c><00:29:10.559><c> be,</c><00:29:11.319><c> but</c><00:29:12.160><c> I</c>

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:18.460
think<00:29:12.400><c> we</c><00:29:12.640><c> just</c><00:29:12.960><c> need</c><00:29:13.279><c> to</c><00:29:13.539><c> reserve</c><00:29:13.920><c> that</c><00:29:14.140><c> judgement</c><00:29:14.619><c> until</c><00:29:15.819><c> that</c><00:29:16.140><c> moment</c><00:29:16.500><c> when</c><00:29:17.059><c> unmistakably</c><00:29:18.180><c> we</c>

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:22.859
see<00:29:18.839><c> the</c><00:29:19.359><c> nations</c><00:29:19.940><c> or</c><00:29:20.380><c> the</c><00:29:20.619><c> groups</c><00:29:20.920><c> of</c><00:29:21.259><c> people</c><00:29:21.720><c> actually</c><00:29:22.460><c> in</c>

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.900
these<00:29:23.240><c> territories.</c>

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And<00:29:24.400><c> then</c><00:29:24.740><c> we</c><00:29:25.000><c> say,</c><00:29:26.059><c> ah,</c><00:29:26.940><c> that</c><00:29:27.220><c> is</c><00:29:27.460><c> Goma,</c><00:29:28.140><c> that</c><00:29:28.400><c> is</c><00:29:28.700><c> Magog,</c><00:29:33.960><c> and</c>

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that<00:29:34.359><c> is</c><00:29:34.559><c> Tarshish.</c>

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But<00:29:43.079><c> I'm</c><00:29:43.799><c> interested</c><00:29:44.440><c> further</c><00:29:45.339><c> in</c><00:29:46.900><c> Ham,</c><00:29:51.160><c> for</c><00:29:51.319><c> verse</c><00:29:51.619><c> 8</c><00:29:52.200><c> of</c><00:29:52.420><c> chapter</c><00:29:52.720><c> 10</c><00:29:53.400><c> says,</c>

00:29:56.500 --> 00:30:06.500
And<00:29:57.259><c> Kush</c><00:29:57.859><c> begat</c><00:30:00.980><c> Nimrod,</c><00:30:02.380><c> and</c><00:30:04.279><c> he</c><00:30:04.460><c> began</c><00:30:04.839><c> to</c><00:30:05.140><c> be</c><00:30:05.339><c> a</c><00:30:05.720><c> mighty</c><00:30:06.039><c> one</c><00:30:06.279><c> in</c>

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.539
the<00:30:06.680><c> earth.</c>

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Some<00:30:08.819><c> suggest</c><00:30:09.279><c> the</c><00:30:09.680><c> meaning</c><00:30:09.980><c> of</c><00:30:10.319><c> the</c><00:30:10.539><c> word</c><00:30:10.920><c> Nimrod</c><00:30:11.720><c> is</c><00:30:13.259><c> tyrant.</c>

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:19.880
But<00:30:17.099><c> we</c><00:30:17.319><c> have</c><00:30:17.460><c> in</c><00:30:17.619><c> verse</c><00:30:17.819><c> 9</c><00:30:18.079><c> an</c><00:30:18.319><c> intriguing</c><00:30:18.720><c> statement.</c>

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:22.700
He<00:30:20.160><c> was</c><00:30:20.359><c> a</c><00:30:20.519><c> mighty</c><00:30:20.819><c> hunter</c><00:30:21.279><c> before</c><00:30:21.660><c> the</c><00:30:21.859><c> Lord.</c>

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:27.960
I<00:30:25.279><c> don't</c><00:30:25.380><c> know</c><00:30:25.480><c> whether</c><00:30:25.559><c> you</c><00:30:25.660><c> have</c><00:30:25.819><c> a</c><00:30:26.000><c> pause</c><00:30:26.220><c> to</c><00:30:26.420><c> think</c><00:30:26.640><c> about</c><00:30:26.859><c> that.</c>

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:33.779
Is<00:30:29.500><c> God</c><00:30:29.759><c> interested</c><00:30:30.359><c> in</c><00:30:30.779><c> people</c><00:30:31.160><c> just</c><00:30:31.460><c> going</c><00:30:31.660><c> out</c><00:30:32.099><c> on</c><00:30:32.380><c> a</c><00:30:32.660><c> game</c><00:30:32.940><c> hunt?</c>

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What's<00:30:36.900><c> this</c><00:30:37.039><c> language</c><00:30:37.380><c> saying?</c>

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He's<00:30:39.319><c> a</c><00:30:39.500><c> mighty</c><00:30:39.839><c> hunter</c><00:30:40.180><c> before</c><00:30:40.519><c> the</c><00:30:40.740><c> Lord.</c>

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:46.579
I<00:30:42.079><c> would</c><00:30:42.279><c> propose</c><00:30:42.680><c> here</c><00:30:43.480><c> that</c><00:30:44.619><c> what</c><00:30:45.079><c> it</c><00:30:45.319><c> is</c><00:30:45.599><c> talking</c><00:30:45.960><c> about</c><00:30:46.319><c> is</c>

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:50.559
a<00:30:46.819><c> tyrant,</c><00:30:48.059><c> first</c><00:30:48.380><c> and</c><00:30:48.599><c> foremost,</c><00:30:49.460><c> and</c><00:30:49.619><c> he's</c><00:30:49.819><c> not</c><00:30:50.059><c> involved</c>

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:53.500
in<00:30:50.839><c> game</c><00:30:51.140><c> hunting,</c><00:30:51.400><c> but</c><00:30:51.519><c> he's</c><00:30:51.759><c> involved</c><00:30:51.980><c> in</c><00:30:52.200><c> man</c><00:30:52.420><c> hunting.</c>

00:30:55.019 --> 00:31:01.880
And<00:30:55.819><c> he's</c><00:30:56.000><c> not</c><00:30:56.200><c> a</c><00:30:56.299><c> God</c><00:30:56.500><c>-approved</c><00:30:56.940><c> activity,</c><00:30:59.759><c> but</c><00:30:59.859><c> it's</c><00:31:00.779><c> the</c><00:31:01.079><c> expression</c><00:31:01.500><c> of</c>

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:09.240
he<00:31:02.240><c> was</c><00:31:02.559><c> a</c><00:31:02.900><c> mighty</c><00:31:03.319><c> man</c><00:31:03.839><c> hunter</c><00:31:04.559><c> openly</c><00:31:05.319><c> before</c><00:31:05.839><c> God</c><00:31:06.140><c> as</c><00:31:06.440><c> a</c><00:31:06.839><c> defiant,</c><00:31:07.920><c> arrogant</c><00:31:08.319><c> stance</c><00:31:08.920><c> that</c><00:31:09.140><c> he</c>

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:10.339
was<00:31:09.440><c> taking.</c>

00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:17.779
And<00:31:12.680><c> I'd</c><00:31:12.920><c> wish</c><00:31:13.019><c> to</c><00:31:13.299><c> develop</c><00:31:13.519><c> this</c><00:31:13.799><c> thought</c><00:31:13.980><c> a</c><00:31:14.099><c> little,</c><00:31:16.700><c> and</c><00:31:17.200><c> therefore</c><00:31:17.579><c> it</c>

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:19.019
is<00:31:18.039><c> said,</c>

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:23.980
Like<00:31:20.359><c> Nimrod</c><00:31:21.000><c> the</c><00:31:21.539><c> mighty</c><00:31:21.940><c> hunter</c><00:31:22.339><c> before</c><00:31:22.740><c> the</c><00:31:22.940><c> Lord.</c>

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:28.640
And<00:31:25.819><c> how</c><00:31:26.119><c> fascinating</c><00:31:26.640><c> verse</c><00:31:26.960><c> 10</c><00:31:27.259><c> then</c><00:31:27.559><c> becomes,</c>

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:34.039
And<00:31:29.019><c> the</c><00:31:29.259><c> beginning</c><00:31:29.539><c> of</c><00:31:29.759><c> his</c><00:31:30.039><c> king,</c><00:31:30.599><c> ah,</c><00:31:32.220><c> an</c><00:31:32.619><c> empire</c><00:31:33.099><c> builder,</c>

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:36.359
the<00:31:35.380><c> first.</c>

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:41.460
The<00:31:37.660><c> beginning</c><00:31:38.039><c> of</c><00:31:38.240><c> his</c><00:31:38.440><c> kingdom</c><00:31:38.759><c> was</c><00:31:39.099><c> Babel</c><00:31:39.960><c> and</c><00:31:40.319><c> Erek</c><00:31:40.700><c> and</c>

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:45.819
Akkad<00:31:42.119><c> and</c><00:31:42.759><c> Kelne</c><00:31:43.380><c> in</c><00:31:44.059><c> the</c><00:31:44.240><c> land</c><00:31:44.420><c> of</c><00:31:44.740><c> Shinar.</c>

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:52.339
And<00:31:46.759><c> verse</c><00:31:47.039><c> 11</c><00:31:47.400><c> I</c><00:31:47.640><c> would</c><00:31:47.839><c> propose</c><00:31:48.759><c> the</c><00:31:50.119><c> revised</c><00:31:50.539><c> version</c><00:31:50.940><c> translation,</c>

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:56.440
because<00:31:53.960><c> the</c><00:31:54.240><c> authorized</c><00:31:54.559><c> version</c><00:31:55.019><c> seems</c><00:31:55.420><c> to</c><00:31:55.660><c> introduce</c><00:31:56.059><c> us</c>

00:31:56.440 --> 00:32:00.279
to<00:31:56.920><c> a</c><00:31:57.279><c> new</c><00:31:57.579><c> character,</c><00:31:58.660><c> Asher.</c>

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:04.119
But<00:32:02.160><c> I</c><00:32:02.279><c> don't</c><00:32:02.440><c> believe</c><00:32:02.660><c> it</c><00:32:02.839><c> is.</c>

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:08.420
For<00:32:05.279><c> I</c><00:32:05.500><c> believe</c><00:32:05.839><c> verse</c><00:32:06.160><c> 11</c><00:32:06.720><c> in</c><00:32:07.119><c> the</c><00:32:07.319><c> context</c><00:32:07.720><c> should</c><00:32:08.019><c> read,</c>

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:14.099
Out<00:32:09.140><c> of</c><00:32:09.339><c> that</c><00:32:09.700><c> land</c><00:32:10.140><c> he,</c><00:32:11.039><c> Nimrod,</c><00:32:11.720><c> went</c><00:32:11.980><c> forth</c><00:32:12.579><c> into</c><00:32:13.039><c> Assyria</c>

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:20.099
and<00:32:14.940><c> builded</c><00:32:15.319><c> Ninitha</c><00:32:17.200><c> and</c><00:32:18.180><c> then</c><00:32:18.400><c> the</c><00:32:18.539><c> rest</c><00:32:18.720><c> of</c><00:32:18.880><c> the</c><00:32:19.000><c> cities.</c>

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:28.339
Verse<00:32:22.000><c> 11</c><00:32:22.539><c> adding</c><00:32:23.220><c> to</c><00:32:23.599><c> verse</c><00:32:23.980><c> 10</c><00:32:24.460><c> the</c><00:32:24.960><c> thought</c><00:32:25.200><c> that</c><00:32:25.579><c> here</c><00:32:25.880><c> Nimrod</c><00:32:26.900><c> was</c>

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:32.500
the<00:32:28.839><c> empire</c><00:32:29.380><c> building</c><00:32:29.740><c> and</c><00:32:30.019><c> his</c><00:32:30.359><c> territory</c><00:32:31.220><c> was</c><00:32:31.819><c> extending</c>

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:36.079
into<00:32:33.279><c> that</c><00:32:33.559><c> area</c><00:32:34.019><c> of</c><00:32:34.519><c> Babylonia.</c>

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:45.799
And<00:32:40.779><c> it</c><00:32:41.079><c> is</c><00:32:41.599><c> in</c><00:32:42.200><c> this</c><00:32:42.500><c> setting</c><00:32:42.960><c> that</c><00:32:44.400><c> I</c><00:32:44.579><c> wish</c><00:32:44.680><c> to</c><00:32:45.000><c> explore</c><00:32:45.480><c> the</c>

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:48.420
significance<00:32:46.460><c> of</c><00:32:47.160><c> the</c><00:32:47.380><c> phrase,</c>

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:55.140
And<00:32:48.779><c> the</c><00:32:48.900><c> whole</c><00:32:49.259><c> earth</c><00:32:49.759><c> was</c><00:32:50.880><c> of</c><00:32:51.140><c> one</c><00:32:51.359><c> language</c><00:32:52.220><c> and</c><00:32:53.539><c> of</c><00:32:53.799><c> one</c><00:32:54.019><c> speech.</c>

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:59.279
And<00:32:56.799><c> I'm</c><00:32:56.960><c> wondering</c><00:32:57.279><c> whether</c><00:32:57.640><c> it</c><00:32:57.940><c> is</c><00:32:58.119><c> a</c><00:32:58.299><c> significant</c><00:32:58.819><c> trend</c>

00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:02.079
in<00:32:59.519><c> the</c><00:32:59.720><c> world</c><00:32:59.960><c> in</c><00:33:00.180><c> the</c><00:33:00.460><c> prophetic</c><00:33:00.960><c> science</c><00:33:01.480><c> that</c><00:33:01.680><c> what</c><00:33:01.859><c> we</c>

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.819
are<00:33:02.200><c> finding</c><00:33:02.500><c> now</c>

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:06.900
in<00:33:03.960><c> the</c><00:33:04.200><c> world</c><00:33:04.420><c> in</c><00:33:04.559><c> which</c><00:33:04.720><c> we</c><00:33:04.960><c> live</c><00:33:05.140><c> that</c><00:33:05.579><c> communication</c><00:33:06.480><c> is</c>

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:09.299
becoming<00:33:07.640><c> increased.</c>

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:15.640
We<00:33:09.799><c> seem</c><00:33:10.019><c> as</c><00:33:10.319><c> human</c><00:33:10.519><c> beings</c><00:33:10.900><c> to</c><00:33:11.740><c> be</c><00:33:11.960><c> coming</c><00:33:12.119><c> to</c><00:33:12.440><c> terms</c><00:33:12.720><c> with</c><00:33:13.079><c> the</c><00:33:13.480><c> language</c><00:33:13.960><c> barriers</c><00:33:14.539><c> and</c><00:33:15.339><c> by</c>

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:17.539
means<00:33:15.880><c> of</c><00:33:16.279><c> our</c><00:33:16.640><c> language</c><00:33:17.140><c> skills</c>

00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:21.059
we<00:33:17.759><c> are</c><00:33:17.940><c> able</c><00:33:18.160><c> to</c><00:33:18.539><c> communicate</c><00:33:18.980><c> and</c><00:33:19.299><c> cut</c><00:33:19.559><c> across</c><00:33:19.920><c> the</c><00:33:20.259><c> difficulties</c><00:33:20.700><c> at</c>

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:22.819
once,<00:33:22.180><c> separated</c><00:33:22.220><c> nations.</c>

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:26.799
And<00:33:23.519><c> now</c><00:33:23.740><c> we</c><00:33:23.900><c> are</c><00:33:24.059><c> moving</c><00:33:24.440><c> to</c><00:33:24.700><c> a</c><00:33:25.000><c> stage</c><00:33:25.299><c> where</c><00:33:25.700><c> by</c><00:33:26.079><c> this</c><00:33:26.420><c> unity</c>

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:29.339
of<00:33:27.160><c> understanding</c><00:33:27.799><c> and</c><00:33:28.240><c> comprehending</c><00:33:28.720><c> one</c><00:33:28.900><c> another</c>

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:36.259
we<00:33:30.059><c> are</c><00:33:30.400><c> entering</c><00:33:30.700><c> into</c><00:33:31.240><c> a</c><00:33:31.500><c> Nimrod</c><00:33:32.059><c> epoch</c>

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:40.920
where<00:33:37.200><c> there</c><00:33:37.519><c> could</c><00:33:37.660><c> emerge</c><00:33:38.119><c> on</c><00:33:38.279><c> the</c><00:33:38.400><c> face</c><00:33:38.599><c> of</c><00:33:38.839><c> this</c><00:33:38.960><c> earth</c><00:33:39.140><c> that</c><00:33:39.660><c> Tyrant</c><00:33:40.279><c> in</c>

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:43.240
absolute<00:33:41.599><c> arrogance</c>

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:50.519
of<00:33:47.140><c> an</c><00:33:47.420><c> empire</c><00:33:47.960><c> builder</c><00:33:48.319><c> of</c><00:33:48.619><c> all</c><00:33:48.859><c> empire</c><00:33:49.319><c> builders</c>

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:55.259
then<00:33:52.119><c> stands</c><00:33:53.019><c> in</c><00:33:53.500><c> defiance</c><00:33:54.299><c> of</c><00:33:54.660><c> God.</c>

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:59.980
Because<00:33:56.559><c> I</c><00:33:56.799><c> believe</c><00:33:57.039><c> this</c><00:33:57.220><c> is</c><00:33:57.359><c> all</c><00:33:57.579><c> that</c><00:33:57.859><c> Nimrod</c><00:33:58.259><c> speaks</c><00:33:58.660><c> of.</c>

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:08.139
And<00:34:01.460><c> maybe</c><00:34:01.980><c> the</c><00:34:04.539><c> dampening</c><00:34:05.240><c> down</c><00:34:05.960><c> of</c><00:34:06.900><c> the</c><00:34:07.359><c> state</c><00:34:07.539><c> of</c><00:34:07.839><c> affairs</c>

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:11.340
which<00:34:08.460><c> has</c><00:34:08.639><c> been</c><00:34:09.000><c> going</c><00:34:09.380><c> on</c><00:34:09.760><c> until</c><00:34:10.340><c> now</c>

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:17.000
when<00:34:12.699><c> there</c><00:34:12.920><c> will</c><00:34:13.139><c> be</c><00:34:13.320><c> a</c><00:34:13.559><c> releasing</c><00:34:13.940><c> of</c><00:34:15.420><c> that</c><00:34:15.719><c> control</c>

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:22.820
then<00:34:18.380><c> this</c><00:34:18.679><c> crazy</c><00:34:19.139><c> world</c><00:34:19.460><c> of</c><00:34:19.659><c> ours</c><00:34:19.900><c> will</c><00:34:20.260><c> head</c><00:34:20.579><c> to</c><00:34:20.880><c> this</c><00:34:21.199><c> condition.</c>

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:34.239
Whereby<00:34:25.559><c> there</c><00:34:26.599><c> stands</c><00:34:27.019><c> a</c><00:34:27.340><c> man</c><00:34:27.539><c> like</c><00:34:28.019><c> Nimrod</c><00:34:28.579><c> and</c><00:34:31.980><c> defies</c><00:34:32.519><c> God.</c>

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:38.719
Sets<00:34:35.760><c> his</c><00:34:36.199><c> seat</c><00:34:36.400><c> in</c><00:34:36.579><c> the</c><00:34:36.780><c> temple</c><00:34:37.099><c> of</c><00:34:37.300><c> God.</c>

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:41.739
Proclaims<00:34:39.699><c> himself</c><00:34:40.099><c> to</c><00:34:40.380><c> be</c><00:34:40.559><c> God.</c>

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:47.059
And<00:34:44.199><c> therefore</c><00:34:44.539><c> causes</c><00:34:45.059><c> God</c><00:34:45.519><c> to</c><00:34:45.880><c> act.</c>

00:34:47.550 --> 00:34:51.780
For<00:34:47.940><c> I</c><00:34:48.159><c> believe</c><00:34:48.539><c> in</c><00:34:50.039><c> Genesis</c><00:34:50.500><c> 11</c>

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:58.699
we<00:34:54.039><c> have</c><00:34:54.360><c> here</c><00:34:55.420><c> spelled</c><00:34:55.960><c> out</c><00:34:56.360><c> to</c><00:34:56.579><c> us</c><00:34:56.880><c> the</c><00:34:57.079><c> degree</c><00:34:57.519><c> and</c><00:34:57.760><c> the</c><00:34:58.079><c> extent</c><00:34:58.519><c> of</c>

00:34:58.699 --> 00:35:00.780
this<00:34:58.980><c> arrogance</c><00:34:59.340><c> and</c><00:34:59.679><c> defiance</c><00:35:00.139><c> of</c><00:35:00.400><c> God.</c>

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:07.900
And<00:35:01.599><c> I</c><00:35:01.840><c> am</c><00:35:02.119><c> intrigued</c><00:35:02.559><c> and</c><00:35:03.039><c> interested</c><00:35:03.460><c> in</c><00:35:03.820><c> the</c><00:35:04.239><c> myth,</c><00:35:06.679><c> the</c><00:35:06.800><c> legend</c><00:35:07.300><c> which</c><00:35:07.579><c> is</c>

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:10.400
associated<00:35:08.360><c> with</c><00:35:08.639><c> Nimrod.</c>

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:16.840
For<00:35:12.920><c> the</c><00:35:13.519><c> first</c><00:35:13.980><c> few</c><00:35:14.440><c> verses</c><00:35:15.139><c> of</c><00:35:15.860><c> this</c><00:35:16.099><c> chapter</c><00:35:16.420><c> 11</c>

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:22.699
I<00:35:17.760><c> would</c><00:35:18.000><c> propose</c><00:35:18.360><c> as</c><00:35:18.599><c> a</c><00:35:18.840><c> Nimrod</c><00:35:20.059><c> controlled</c><00:35:21.300><c> exercise</c>

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:27.739
that<00:35:23.519><c> here</c><00:35:23.760><c> in</c><00:35:23.900><c> the</c><00:35:24.019><c> land</c><00:35:24.219><c> of</c><00:35:24.599><c> Shinar</c><00:35:25.000><c> he</c><00:35:25.719><c> was</c><00:35:26.099><c> collecting</c><00:35:26.500><c> together</c><00:35:27.039><c> the</c><00:35:27.320><c> people</c>

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:30.659
and<00:35:28.099><c> if</c><00:35:28.260><c> we</c><00:35:28.420><c> are</c><00:35:28.420><c> trying</c><00:35:28.639><c> to</c><00:35:28.920><c> propose</c><00:35:29.260><c> how</c><00:35:29.699><c> long</c><00:35:29.940><c> it</c><00:35:30.139><c> was</c><00:35:30.340><c> after</c>

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.119
the<00:35:30.960><c> flood</c>

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:33.780
some<00:35:31.400><c> would</c><00:35:31.619><c> suggest</c><00:35:32.039><c> about</c><00:35:32.340><c> a</c><00:35:32.440><c> hundred</c><00:35:32.659><c> years</c>

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:36.179
and<00:35:34.079><c> one</c><00:35:34.260><c> would</c><00:35:34.420><c> say</c><00:35:34.679><c> a</c><00:35:34.980><c> hundred</c><00:35:35.139><c> years</c><00:35:35.579><c> you</c><00:35:35.860><c> are</c><00:35:35.980><c> not</c><00:35:36.019><c> going</c>

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:38.000
to<00:35:36.280><c> have</c><00:35:36.340><c> many</c><00:35:36.619><c> people</c><00:35:36.920><c> around</c>

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communicating

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had<00:36:51.900><c> given</c><00:36:52.219><c> Noah</c>

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unite

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and<00:39:48.480><c> now</c><00:39:49.880><c> nothing</c>

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so

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confound<00:42:15.619><c> their</c><00:42:15.840><c> languages</c>

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sons<00:42:39.420><c> and</c><00:42:39.719><c> daughters</c><00:42:39.960><c> of</c><00:42:40.219><c> God</c>

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there<00:43:07.000><c> are</c><00:43:07.119><c> many</c><00:43:07.340><c> lessons</c><00:43:07.639><c> for</c><00:43:07.860><c> us</c><00:43:07.980><c> to</c><00:43:08.219><c> learn</c><00:43:08.380><c> and</c><00:43:08.599><c> many</c><00:43:08.880><c> indicators</c>

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which<00:43:09.980><c> perhaps</c><00:43:10.519><c> have</c><00:43:11.039><c> an</c><00:43:11.219><c> application</c><00:43:11.860><c> to</c><00:43:12.099><c> the</c><00:43:12.239><c> last</c><00:43:12.539><c> days</c>

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that<00:43:15.320><c> maybe</c><00:43:15.639><c> we</c><00:43:15.840><c> haven't</c><00:43:16.059><c> thought</c><00:43:16.360><c> of</c>

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or<00:43:18.460><c> explored</c>

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and<00:43:24.559><c> so</c><00:43:24.800><c> now</c>

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as<00:43:27.659><c> we</c><00:43:27.840><c> begin</c><00:43:28.260><c> to</c><00:43:29.219><c> draw</c><00:43:29.619><c> our</c><00:43:29.880><c> thoughts</c><00:43:30.079><c> together</c>

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on<00:43:32.960><c> our</c><00:43:33.179><c> study</c>

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from<00:43:35.039><c> creation</c><00:43:35.960><c> to</c><00:43:36.800><c> Babel</c>

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I<00:43:51.599><c> hope</c><00:43:51.820><c> we</c><00:43:52.059><c> have</c><00:43:52.360><c> now</c><00:43:52.739><c> reminded</c><00:43:53.340><c> ourselves</c><00:43:53.960><c> of</c><00:43:54.300><c> what</c><00:43:54.820><c> we</c><00:43:55.320><c> do</c><00:43:55.639><c> believe</c>

00:43:59.059 --> 00:44:03.440
that<00:44:00.260><c> having</c><00:44:01.460><c> seen</c><00:44:02.019><c> the</c><00:44:02.280><c> substance</c>

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of<00:44:04.699><c> God's</c><00:44:05.260><c> plan</c><00:44:05.500><c> and</c><00:44:05.800><c> purpose</c>

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in<00:44:08.519><c> the</c><00:44:08.679><c> face</c><00:44:08.860><c> of</c><00:44:09.059><c> the</c><00:44:09.139><c> Lord</c><00:44:09.280><c> Jesus</c><00:44:09.619><c> Christ</c>

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having<00:44:12.340><c> witnessed</c><00:44:12.900><c> His</c><00:44:13.800><c> crucifixion</c>

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having<00:44:16.679><c> entered</c><00:44:16.940><c> into</c><00:44:17.219><c> the</c><00:44:17.400><c> joy</c><00:44:17.599><c> of</c><00:44:17.739><c> the</c><00:44:17.880><c> resurrection</c>

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having<00:44:19.820><c> listened</c><00:44:20.320><c> to</c><00:44:21.019><c> the</c><00:44:21.179><c> message</c><00:44:21.380><c> of</c><00:44:21.579><c> the</c><00:44:21.739><c> angels</c><00:44:22.119><c> as</c><00:44:22.420><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:44:22.739><c> Jesus</c><00:44:23.179><c> Christ</c><00:44:23.440><c> ascended</c>

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and<00:44:27.900><c> the</c><00:44:28.079><c> promise</c><00:44:28.360><c> of</c><00:44:28.559><c> His</c><00:44:28.760><c> return</c>

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having<00:44:31.300><c> listened</c><00:44:31.579><c> to</c><00:44:31.800><c> the</c><00:44:31.880><c> words</c><00:44:32.059><c> of</c><00:44:32.219><c> the</c><00:44:32.300><c> Lord</c><00:44:32.420><c> Jesus</c><00:44:32.760><c> Christ</c>

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when<00:44:33.179><c> He</c><00:44:33.440><c> declared</c>

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Lo,<00:44:34.940><c> I</c><00:44:35.159><c> am</c><00:44:35.320><c> with</c><00:44:35.559><c> you</c><00:44:35.820><c> always,</c><00:44:36.940><c> even</c><00:44:37.300><c> unto</c><00:44:37.579><c> the</c><00:44:37.840><c> end</c><00:44:38.780><c> of</c><00:44:39.960><c> the</c><00:44:40.139><c> world</c>

00:44:42.179 --> 00:44:44.119
and<00:44:42.699><c> believed</c><00:44:43.000><c> it</c>

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having<00:44:45.599><c> walked</c><00:44:46.119><c> and</c><00:44:46.539><c> seen</c><00:44:46.980><c> the</c><00:44:47.639><c> miracles</c><00:44:48.139><c> of</c><00:44:48.420><c> the</c><00:44:48.539><c> Lord</c><00:44:48.679><c> Jesus</c><00:44:49.019><c> Christ</c>

00:44:49.420 --> 00:44:52.320
and<00:44:49.599><c> the</c><00:44:49.860><c> manifestation</c><00:44:50.360><c> of</c><00:44:50.559><c> the</c><00:44:50.760><c> power</c><00:44:50.960><c> of</c><00:44:51.219><c> God</c><00:44:51.340><c> in</c><00:44:51.500><c> the</c><00:44:51.699><c> resurrection</c>

00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:55.699
having<00:44:53.159><c> seen</c><00:44:53.440><c> the</c><00:44:53.619><c> way</c><00:44:53.800><c> in</c><00:44:53.960><c> which</c><00:44:54.139><c> the</c><00:44:54.420><c> miracles</c><00:44:54.840><c> of</c><00:44:55.159><c> God</c><00:44:55.400><c> are</c>

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wrought,<00:44:55.900><c> we</c><00:44:56.159><c> believe</c>

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and<00:44:57.119><c> having</c><00:44:57.440><c> absorbed</c><00:44:57.960><c> the</c><00:44:58.179><c> richness</c><00:44:58.559><c> of</c><00:44:58.960><c> the</c><00:44:59.159><c> virgin</c><00:44:59.519><c> birth,</c>

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we<00:45:00.139><c> accept</c><00:45:00.619><c> that</c>

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and<00:45:01.940><c> having</c><00:45:02.239><c> accepted</c><00:45:02.739><c> so</c><00:45:03.460><c> much</c>

00:45:04.099 --> 00:45:07.440
that<00:45:04.360><c> is</c><00:45:04.940><c> in</c><00:45:05.059><c> a</c><00:45:05.340><c> camp</c><00:45:05.619><c> diametrically</c><00:45:06.480><c> opposed</c><00:45:06.880><c> to</c><00:45:07.079><c> all</c><00:45:07.280><c> that</c>

00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:08.440
is<00:45:07.619><c> called</c><00:45:07.880><c> science</c>

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we<00:45:09.039><c> move</c><00:45:09.400><c> with</c><00:45:09.800><c> confidence</c><00:45:10.400><c> into</c><00:45:10.739><c> the</c><00:45:10.920><c> Old</c><00:45:11.159><c> Testament</c>

00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:16.159
and<00:45:11.860><c> we</c><00:45:12.099><c> accept</c><00:45:12.480><c> the</c><00:45:12.800><c> miracles</c><00:45:13.420><c> of</c><00:45:14.300><c> Elijah</c><00:45:14.760><c> and</c><00:45:15.099><c> Elisha</c>

00:45:16.500 --> 00:45:19.579
we<00:45:16.780><c> accept</c><00:45:17.239><c> the</c><00:45:17.460><c> work</c><00:45:17.599><c> of</c><00:45:17.800><c> the</c><00:45:17.920><c> Holy</c><00:45:18.119><c> Spirit</c><00:45:18.440><c> in</c><00:45:18.639><c> the</c><00:45:18.739><c> Old</c><00:45:18.960><c> Testament</c>

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:23.420
the<00:45:20.280><c> manifestation</c><00:45:21.019><c> of</c><00:45:21.280><c> the</c><00:45:21.539><c> power</c><00:45:21.820><c> of</c><00:45:22.159><c> God</c><00:45:22.340><c> in</c><00:45:22.539><c> the</c><00:45:22.739><c> lives</c><00:45:22.980><c> of</c><00:45:23.260><c> people</c>

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and<00:45:23.559><c> we</c><00:45:23.760><c> accept</c><00:45:24.199><c> all</c><00:45:24.519><c> that</c>

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and<00:45:25.699><c> we</c><00:45:25.880><c> come</c><00:45:26.179><c> to</c><00:45:26.519><c> Genesis</c><00:45:26.920><c> chapter</c><00:45:27.400><c> 12</c><00:45:27.800><c> and</c><00:45:28.019><c> we</c><00:45:28.239><c> rejoice</c><00:45:28.760><c> in</c>

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we<00:45:35.900><c> now</c><00:45:36.400><c> move</c><00:45:36.840><c> into</c><00:45:37.219><c> the</c><00:45:37.500><c> first</c><00:45:37.780><c> eleven</c><00:45:38.239><c> chapters</c><00:45:38.639><c> of</c><00:45:39.000><c> Genesis</c>

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well

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Phil

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we<00:56:22.280><c> will</c>

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find<00:56:28.099><c> grace</c>

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Amen