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that's<00:13:57.269><c> going</c><00:13:57.570><c> to</c><00:13:58.509><c> order</c><00:13:58.789><c> the</c><00:13:59.149><c> slaughter</c><00:13:59.409><c> of</c><00:13:59.610><c> the</c><00:13:59.789><c> innocents</c>

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in<00:14:00.269><c> Matthew.</c>

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got<00:14:05.850><c> from</c><00:14:06.070><c> the</c>

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as<00:14:07.210><c> threatening</c><00:14:07.909><c> his</c><00:14:08.450><c> throne.</c>

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And<00:14:09.669><c> he</c><00:14:09.789><c> was</c><00:14:10.070><c> trying,</c><00:14:10.470><c> we</c><00:14:11.090><c> get</c><00:14:11.409><c> a</c><00:14:11.769><c> glimpse</c><00:14:12.149><c> into</c><00:14:12.470><c> his</c><00:14:13.009><c> craftiness</c><00:14:13.710><c> and</c><00:14:13.909><c> his</c>

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lies<00:14:14.710><c> and</c><00:14:14.929><c> his</c>

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deceit<00:14:17.029><c> in</c><00:14:17.610><c> the</c><00:14:18.389><c> way</c><00:14:18.549><c> that</c><00:14:18.730><c> he</c><00:14:18.870><c> treats</c><00:14:19.110><c> the</c><00:14:19.470><c> wise</c><00:14:19.690><c> men,</c><00:14:20.029><c> right?</c>

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Oh,<00:14:20.669><c> tell</c><00:14:21.110><c> me,</c><00:14:21.610><c> yes,</c><00:14:21.950><c> tell</c><00:14:22.090><c> me</c><00:14:22.330><c> about</c><00:14:22.649><c> this</c><00:14:22.990><c> child.</c>

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I<00:14:23.830><c> too</c><00:14:24.049><c> will</c><00:14:24.289><c> go</c><00:14:24.590><c> and</c><00:14:24.769><c> worship.</c>

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Meanwhile,<00:14:27.009><c> he</c><00:14:27.149><c> was</c><00:14:27.730><c> coming</c><00:14:27.990><c> up</c><00:14:28.190><c> with</c><00:14:28.330><c> a</c><00:14:28.509><c> plan</c><00:14:28.730><c> to</c><00:14:29.429><c> kill</c><00:14:30.049><c> him.</c>

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So<00:14:31.230><c> obviously</c><00:14:31.789><c> God</c><00:14:32.049><c> was</c><00:14:32.330><c> involved</c><00:14:32.889><c> in</c><00:14:33.049><c> that.</c>

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It<00:14:37.850><c> was</c><00:14:38.149><c> volatile.</c>

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I<00:14:46.669><c> think</c><00:14:46.850><c> this</c><00:14:47.169><c> is,</c><00:14:47.289><c> again,</c><00:14:47.769><c> helpful</c><00:14:48.009><c> to</c><00:14:48.269><c> kind</c><00:14:48.350><c> of</c><00:14:48.629><c> look</c><00:14:48.809><c> at.</c>

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It<00:14:50.870><c> helps</c><00:14:51.070><c> us</c><00:14:51.330><c> give</c><00:14:51.490><c> a</c><00:14:51.669><c> better</c><00:14:51.830><c> picture</c><00:14:52.250><c> of</c><00:14:52.470><c> what</c><00:14:52.710><c> the</c><00:14:52.970><c> environment</c><00:14:53.309><c> was</c><00:14:53.610><c> like.</c>

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Gamaliel<00:14:55.850><c> is</c><00:14:56.009><c> going</c><00:14:56.169><c> to</c><00:14:56.309><c> give</c><00:14:56.450><c> the</c><00:14:56.629><c> history</c><00:14:57.029><c> of</c><00:14:57.210><c> some</c><00:14:57.450><c> of</c><00:14:57.590><c> these</c><00:14:58.049><c> characters</c><00:14:58.809><c> that</c>

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were<00:14:59.289><c> there.</c>

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Acts,<00:15:01.470><c> the</c><00:15:01.470><c> fifth</c><00:15:01.730><c> chapter.</c>

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He<00:15:03.370><c> says</c><00:15:03.649><c> in</c><00:15:03.789><c> verse</c><00:15:04.330><c> 36,</c>

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themselves,<00:15:16.090><c> who</c><00:15:16.269><c> were</c><00:15:16.649><c> slain.</c>

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And<00:15:17.909><c> all</c><00:15:18.230><c> as</c><00:15:18.409><c> many</c><00:15:18.629><c> as</c><00:15:18.870><c> obeyed</c><00:15:19.190><c> him</c><00:15:19.350><c> were</c><00:15:19.610><c> scattered</c><00:15:20.090><c> and</c><00:15:20.309><c> brought</c><00:15:20.629><c> to</c><00:15:20.870><c> naught.</c>

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And<00:15:21.809><c> after</c><00:15:22.190><c> this</c><00:15:22.570><c> man</c><00:15:22.809><c> rose</c><00:15:23.149><c> up</c><00:15:23.549><c> Judas</c><00:15:23.970><c> of</c><00:15:24.230><c> Galilee</c><00:15:24.730><c> in</c><00:15:24.870><c> the</c><00:15:25.049><c> days</c><00:15:25.289><c> of</c>

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and<00:15:27.289><c> drew</c><00:15:27.629><c> away</c><00:15:27.990><c> much</c><00:15:28.330><c> people</c><00:15:28.750><c> after</c><00:15:29.149><c> him.</c>

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He<00:15:30.070><c> also</c><00:15:30.690><c> perished,</c><00:15:31.389><c> and</c><00:15:31.529><c> all,</c><00:15:31.929><c> even</c><00:15:32.129><c> as</c><00:15:32.409><c> many</c><00:15:32.629><c> as</c><00:15:32.909><c> obeyed</c>

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him,<00:15:34.049><c> were</c><00:15:34.690><c> dispersed.</c>

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So<00:15:35.429><c> he</c><00:15:35.570><c> gives</c><00:15:35.870><c> two</c><00:15:36.230><c> examples</c><00:15:36.850><c> here.</c>

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And<00:15:37.549><c> there</c><00:15:37.710><c> were</c><00:15:37.909><c> many</c><00:15:38.190><c> others,</c><00:15:38.490><c> because</c><00:15:38.809><c> if</c><00:15:39.070><c> we</c><00:15:39.269><c> remember</c><00:15:39.850><c> in</c><00:15:40.490><c> Acts,</c>

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asked<00:15:46.649><c> Paul,</c>

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Hey,<00:15:47.250><c> aren't</c><00:15:47.470><c> you</c><00:15:47.610><c> this</c><00:15:48.250><c> Egyptian</c><00:15:48.870><c> guy</c><00:15:49.450><c> that's</c><00:15:50.809><c> causing</c><00:15:51.110><c> all</c>

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kinds<00:15:51.649><c> of</c><00:15:51.889><c> trouble?</c>

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And<00:15:52.809><c> Paul's</c><00:15:53.110><c> like,</c><00:15:53.210><c> No,</c><00:15:53.570><c> I'm</c><00:15:53.750><c> not.</c>

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No,<00:15:54.490><c> I'm</c><00:15:54.649><c> not</c><00:15:54.870><c> the</c><00:15:55.070><c> Egyptian</c><00:15:55.509><c> guy.</c>

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So<00:15:58.050><c> Jerusalem</c><00:15:58.570><c> was</c><00:15:58.990><c> just</c><00:15:59.330><c> a</c><00:15:59.490><c> hotbed</c><00:15:59.789><c> of</c><00:16:00.009><c> all</c><00:16:00.210><c> kinds</c><00:16:00.470><c> of</c><00:16:00.750><c> religious</c><00:16:01.049><c> ideas.</c>

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And<00:16:01.889><c> those</c><00:16:02.049><c> are</c><00:16:02.230><c> just</c><00:16:02.409><c> two</c><00:16:02.669><c> examples.</c>

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There<00:16:03.629><c> were</c><00:16:03.889><c> others,</c><00:16:04.129><c> believe</c><00:16:04.529><c> me.</c>

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And<00:16:05.210><c> the</c><00:16:05.409><c> Romans</c><00:16:05.809><c> were</c><00:16:06.110><c> at</c><00:16:06.289><c> their</c><00:16:06.490><c> wits</c><00:16:06.769><c> end</c><00:16:06.990><c> with</c><00:16:07.210><c> the</c><00:16:07.409><c> Jews,</c>

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particularly<00:16:08.230><c> the</c><00:16:08.850><c> religious</c><00:16:09.269><c> Jews,</c>

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the<00:16:09.950><c> zealots,</c><00:16:11.669><c> the</c><00:16:12.090><c> assassins.</c>

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And<00:16:13.350><c> we've</c><00:16:13.850><c> talked</c><00:16:14.070><c> about</c><00:16:14.250><c> this</c><00:16:14.490><c> before.</c>

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The<00:16:15.350><c> Aseans,</c><00:16:16.090><c> right?</c>

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This<00:16:16.509><c> is</c><00:16:17.070><c> many,</c><00:16:17.870><c> many</c><00:16:17.870><c> historians</c><00:16:18.269><c> felt</c><00:16:18.629><c> that</c><00:16:18.929><c> John</c><00:16:19.169><c> the</c><00:16:19.350><c> Baptist</c><00:16:19.629><c> was</c>

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a<00:16:20.049><c> member</c><00:16:20.409><c> of</c><00:16:21.909><c> the</c><00:16:22.149><c> Aseans.</c>

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They<00:16:23.570><c> lived</c><00:16:23.809><c> out</c><00:16:24.070><c> in</c><00:16:24.230><c> the</c><00:16:24.429><c> desert.</c>

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This<00:16:25.149><c> is</c><00:16:25.450><c> where</c><00:16:25.669><c> we</c><00:16:25.889><c> get</c><00:16:26.070><c> the</c><00:16:26.309><c> Dead</c><00:16:26.549><c> Sea</c><00:16:26.750><c> Scrolls.</c>

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They<00:16:27.909><c> kept</c><00:16:28.190><c> all</c><00:16:28.629><c> of</c><00:16:28.870><c> the</c><00:16:29.389><c> ancient</c><00:16:29.909><c> writings</c><00:16:30.409><c> together.</c>

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And<00:16:32.289><c> the</c><00:16:33.450><c> reason</c><00:16:33.750><c> why</c><00:16:33.970><c> we</c><00:16:34.169><c> have</c><00:16:34.330><c> those</c><00:16:34.570><c> is</c><00:16:34.809><c> just</c><00:16:35.029><c> so</c><00:16:35.389><c> incredibly</c><00:16:35.809><c> dry.</c>

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And<00:16:37.450><c> they</c><00:16:37.789><c> have</c><00:16:37.950><c> some</c><00:16:38.450><c> wild</c><00:16:38.889><c> technology</c><00:16:39.710><c> now</c><00:16:40.029><c> that</c><00:16:40.149><c> they</c><00:16:40.370><c> can</c>

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and<00:16:43.470><c> virtually</c><00:16:44.230><c> unroll</c><00:16:44.990><c> it,</c><00:16:46.149><c> and</c><00:16:47.450><c> then</c><00:16:47.809><c> see</c><00:16:48.070><c> what</c><00:16:48.269><c> was</c><00:16:48.590><c> written</c><00:16:49.029><c> on</c><00:16:49.629><c> it.</c>

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And<00:16:49.809><c> you</c><00:16:49.889><c> can</c><00:16:50.090><c> see</c><00:16:50.289><c> right</c><00:16:50.549><c> there,</c><00:16:50.850><c> look</c><00:16:51.669><c> at</c><00:16:52.169><c> that.</c>

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You<00:16:53.149><c> know,</c><00:16:53.809><c> that</c><00:16:54.309><c> is</c><00:16:55.070><c> ink</c><00:16:55.669><c> on</c><00:16:56.610><c> parchment.</c>

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Or<00:16:57.750><c> it</c><00:16:58.509><c> actually</c><00:16:58.889><c> might</c><00:16:59.129><c> be</c><00:17:01.049><c> animal</c><00:17:01.350><c> skin.</c>

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But<00:17:02.210><c> that's</c><00:17:02.629><c> probably</c><00:17:02.929><c> over</c><00:17:04.069><c> 2</c><00:17:04.349><c>,000</c><00:17:04.589><c> years</c><00:17:04.910><c> old.</c>

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Pretty<00:17:05.650><c> incredible.</c>

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And<00:17:08.690><c> I</c><00:17:09.509><c> think</c><00:17:09.849><c> you</c><00:17:10.109><c> can</c><00:17:10.309><c> go</c><00:17:10.470><c> see</c><00:17:10.589><c> they</c><00:17:10.690><c> have</c><00:17:10.869><c> a</c><00:17:12.529><c> massive</c><00:17:12.569><c> museum.</c>

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And<00:17:14.410><c> I'm</c><00:17:14.529><c> sure</c><00:17:14.690><c> Jason</c><00:17:14.930><c> can</c><00:17:15.130><c> talk</c><00:17:15.349><c> about</c><00:17:15.509><c> this.</c>

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A<00:17:15.890><c> massive</c><00:17:16.210><c> museum</c><00:17:16.529><c> that's</c><00:17:17.009><c> totally</c><00:17:17.309><c> dedicated</c><00:17:17.829><c> to</c><00:17:18.049><c> the</c><00:17:18.130><c> Dead</c>

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Sea<00:17:18.390><c> Scrolls.</c>

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OK,<00:17:20.130><c> we</c><00:17:20.269><c> talked</c><00:17:20.450><c> about</c><00:17:20.670><c> that.</c>

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Hey,<00:17:21.349><c> yeah,</c><00:17:21.650><c> the</c><00:17:21.829><c> Aseans</c><00:17:22.190><c> were</c><00:17:22.529><c> big</c><00:17:22.849><c> end</c><00:17:23.190><c>-of</c><00:17:23.329><c>-the</c><00:17:23.509><c>-world</c><00:17:23.750><c> guys.</c>

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In<00:17:24.329><c> other</c><00:17:24.509><c> words,</c><00:17:25.009><c> they</c><00:17:25.529><c> felt</c><00:17:25.990><c> that</c><00:17:28.390><c> God</c><00:17:28.950><c> was</c><00:17:29.329><c> sending</c><00:17:29.690><c> his</c><00:17:30.109><c> judgments</c><00:17:30.650><c> to</c>

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Earth<00:17:31.670><c> very</c><00:17:32.569><c> soon,</c><00:17:32.829><c> very</c><00:17:33.289><c> soon.</c>

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They<00:17:33.670><c> were</c><00:17:34.430><c> big</c><00:17:34.630><c> into</c><00:17:34.890><c> the</c><00:17:35.170><c> apocalypse.</c>

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The<00:17:37.750><c> Book</c><00:17:37.990><c> of</c><00:17:38.230><c> Enoch,</c><00:17:38.450><c> they</c><00:17:38.730><c> loved</c><00:17:38.930><c> the</c><00:17:39.109><c> Book</c><00:17:39.349><c> of</c><00:17:39.450><c> Enoch,</c>

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which<00:17:40.710><c> talks</c><00:17:41.049><c> about</c><00:17:41.309><c> judgment.</c>

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And<00:17:42.630><c> I</c><00:17:42.650><c> think</c><00:17:44.269><c> both,</c><00:17:44.829><c> yeah,</c><00:17:45.210><c> Peter</c><00:17:45.549><c> and</c><00:17:45.930><c> Jude</c><00:17:46.410><c> both</c><00:17:47.170><c> mention</c>

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the<00:17:48.190><c> Book</c><00:17:48.430><c> of</c><00:17:48.609><c> Enoch.</c>

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But<00:17:49.369><c> that's</c><00:17:49.690><c> a</c><00:17:49.829><c> story</c><00:17:49.970><c> for</c><00:17:50.170><c> another</c><00:17:50.349><c> time.</c>

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Anyways,<00:17:51.569><c> the</c><00:17:51.750><c> Temple</c><00:17:52.009><c> is</c><00:17:52.250><c> at</c><00:17:52.410><c> the</c><00:17:52.529><c> center</c><00:17:52.750><c> of</c><00:17:53.009><c> Judaism.</c>

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And<00:17:54.430><c> Roman</c><00:17:54.750><c> rule</c><00:17:55.210><c> is</c><00:17:55.529><c> becoming</c><00:17:55.930><c> a</c><00:17:56.430><c> problem</c><00:17:56.829><c> with</c><00:17:57.089><c> many</c><00:17:57.410><c> in</c><00:17:57.630><c> Israel.</c>

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They<00:17:58.670><c> hate</c><00:17:58.990><c> it.</c>

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They<00:18:01.049><c> hate</c><00:18:01.490><c> the</c><00:18:01.950><c> Romans.</c>

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And<00:18:03.289><c> people,</c><00:18:04.210><c> particularly</c><00:18:04.609><c> the</c><00:18:05.089><c> poor</c><00:18:05.450><c> in</c><00:18:05.690><c> the</c><00:18:05.930><c> land,</c><00:18:07.029><c> are</c>

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desperate<00:18:08.210><c> for</c><00:18:08.569><c> relief.</c>

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They're<00:18:10.210><c> desperate</c><00:18:11.069><c> for</c><00:18:11.509><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:18:15.230><c> they</c><00:18:15.369><c> were</c><00:18:15.569><c> struggling.</c>

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at<00:18:19.670><c> Luke</c><00:18:20.009><c> chapters</c><00:18:20.529><c> 1</c><00:18:20.809><c> and</c><00:18:20.990><c> 2,</c><00:18:21.910><c> all</c><00:18:22.230><c> right?</c>

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OK,<00:18:24.069><c> I'm</c><00:18:25.789><c> going</c><00:18:25.910><c> to</c><00:18:26.009><c> get</c><00:18:26.170><c> right</c><00:18:26.430><c> into</c><00:18:26.650><c> it.</c>

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Are<00:18:26.869><c> there</c><00:18:27.089><c> any</c><00:18:27.470><c> questions</c><00:18:28.029><c> about</c><00:18:28.349><c> the</c><00:18:28.710><c> background?</c>

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So<00:18:29.470><c> we</c><00:18:29.650><c> are,</c><00:18:29.990><c> listen,</c><00:18:30.470><c> we're</c><00:18:30.670><c> going</c><00:18:30.930><c> from</c><00:18:31.309><c> macro</c><00:18:31.950><c> down</c><00:18:33.109><c> to</c><00:18:33.369><c> micro.</c>

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I<00:18:34.490><c> just</c><00:18:34.710><c> gave</c><00:18:34.910><c> you</c><00:18:35.109><c> a</c><00:18:35.190><c> big</c><00:18:35.390><c> picture</c><00:18:35.809><c> overview.</c>

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Now<00:18:37.269><c> we're</c><00:18:37.490><c> going</c><00:18:37.670><c> to</c><00:18:37.869><c> zoom</c><00:18:38.369><c> in</c><00:18:39.309><c> into</c><00:18:39.730><c> the</c><00:18:39.990><c> land</c><00:18:40.230><c> of</c><00:18:40.470><c> Israel,</c>

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the<00:18:51.849><c> details</c><00:18:52.210><c> of</c><00:18:52.390><c> the</c><00:18:52.509><c> birth</c><00:18:52.750><c> of</c><00:18:52.970><c> Jesus,</c><00:18:54.430><c> Matthew</c><00:18:54.910><c> and</c><00:18:55.089><c> Luke.</c>

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Mark<00:18:56.390><c> kind</c><00:18:56.630><c> of</c><00:18:56.970><c> starts</c><00:18:57.289><c> straight</c><00:18:57.710><c> away</c><00:18:58.089><c> with</c><00:18:58.349><c> John</c><00:18:58.589><c> the</c><00:18:58.789><c> Baptist</c><00:18:59.269><c> and</c>

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Jesus<00:19:01.049><c> being</c><00:19:01.930><c> there,</c>

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and<00:19:02.490><c> Jesus</c><00:19:02.910><c> is</c><00:19:03.390><c> actively</c><00:19:03.890><c> preaching,</c><00:19:04.529><c> and</c><00:19:04.710><c> he's</c><00:19:05.309><c> actively</c><00:19:06.009><c> healing</c><00:19:07.069><c> people</c><00:19:07.490><c> as</c>

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an<00:19:07.930><c> adult.</c>

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And<00:19:10.369><c> John</c><00:19:10.809><c> the</c><00:19:12.069><c> same</c><00:19:12.230><c> way,</c><00:19:12.829><c> we're</c><00:19:12.950><c> immediately</c><00:19:13.869><c> introduced</c>

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to<00:19:15.450><c> John</c><00:19:15.670><c> the</c><00:19:15.890><c> Baptist,</c>

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and<00:19:16.970><c> then</c><00:19:17.109><c> the</c><00:19:17.309><c> baptism</c><00:19:17.750><c> of</c><00:19:18.009><c> Jesus,</c><00:19:18.410><c> Jesus</c><00:19:18.809><c> comes,</c><00:19:19.130><c> that</c><00:19:19.349><c> type</c>

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of<00:19:19.609><c> thing.</c>

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So<00:19:19.890><c> the</c><00:19:20.230><c> birth</c><00:19:20.829><c> is</c><00:19:21.809><c> not</c><00:19:22.089><c> mentioned</c><00:19:22.529><c> in</c><00:19:23.150><c> Mark</c><00:19:23.789><c> and</c><00:19:24.509><c> in</c><00:19:24.869><c> John.</c>

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However,<00:19:26.509><c> we</c><00:19:26.650><c> are</c><00:19:26.910><c> given</c><00:19:27.309><c> a</c><00:19:27.529><c> lot</c><00:19:27.849><c> of</c><00:19:28.130><c> details</c><00:19:28.670><c> in</c><00:19:29.009><c> Matthew,</c>

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details<00:19:31.650><c> that</c><00:19:32.230><c> in</c><00:19:32.529><c> Luke</c><00:19:32.730><c> we</c><00:19:33.029><c> don't</c><00:19:33.390><c> have,</c><00:19:33.650><c> and</c><00:19:33.829><c> so</c><00:19:33.950><c> when</c><00:19:34.150><c> we</c>

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combine<00:19:34.970><c> these</c><00:19:35.369><c> two,</c>

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we<00:19:35.750><c> get</c><00:19:36.150><c> really</c><00:19:36.829><c> just</c><00:19:37.130><c> kind</c><00:19:37.369><c> of</c><00:19:37.369><c> the</c><00:19:37.509><c> full</c><00:19:37.789><c> flavor</c><00:19:38.210><c> of</c><00:19:38.809><c> the</c><00:19:39.029><c> birth</c><00:19:39.269><c> of</c><00:19:39.470><c> Jesus,</c>

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when<00:19:40.190><c> it</c><00:19:40.490><c> happened,</c><00:19:41.690><c> why</c><00:19:42.029><c> it</c><00:19:42.250><c> happened,</c><00:19:42.529><c> that</c><00:19:42.730><c> type</c><00:19:42.910><c> of</c><00:19:43.069><c> thing.</c>

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Matthew<00:19:43.869><c> has</c><00:19:44.069><c> some</c><00:19:44.309><c> other</c><00:19:44.549><c> information</c><00:19:45.109><c> that</c><00:19:45.349><c> Luke</c><00:19:45.609><c> leaves</c><00:19:45.950><c> out,</c>

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particularly<00:19:46.690><c> having</c><00:19:47.069><c> to</c><00:19:47.309><c> do</c><00:19:47.430><c> with</c><00:19:47.730><c> Joseph</c><00:19:48.549><c> and</c><00:19:50.170><c> the</c><00:19:50.450><c> dreams</c>

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that<00:19:51.069><c> he</c><00:19:51.329><c> had,</c>

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and<00:19:54.650><c> his</c><00:19:55.230><c> role</c><00:19:56.170><c> in</c><00:19:57.470><c> protecting</c><00:19:58.069><c> Mary</c><00:19:58.589><c> and</c><00:19:58.789><c> protecting</c><00:19:59.309><c> the</c>

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unborn<00:19:59.990><c> Jesus</c><00:20:00.490><c> and</c><00:20:01.049><c> the</c><00:20:01.329><c> born</c><00:20:01.569><c> Jesus,</c>

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because<00:20:02.390><c> remember</c><00:20:02.829><c> they</c><00:20:02.950><c> had</c><00:20:03.150><c> to</c><00:20:03.329><c> take</c><00:20:03.569><c> off</c><00:20:03.930><c> after</c><00:20:04.549><c> Herod</c><00:20:04.869><c> killed</c><00:20:05.109><c> all</c>

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the<00:20:05.490><c> babies</c><00:20:05.750><c> in</c><00:20:05.910><c> Bethlehem,</c>

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they<00:20:06.950><c> had</c><00:20:07.150><c> to</c><00:20:07.349><c> take</c><00:20:07.529><c> off</c><00:20:07.670><c> down</c><00:20:07.930><c> into</c><00:20:08.150><c> Egypt,</c><00:20:09.390><c> down</c><00:20:09.670><c> into,</c>

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we<00:20:10.470><c> talked</c><00:20:10.730><c> about</c><00:20:11.009><c> the</c><00:20:11.609><c> Jewish</c><00:20:11.930><c> community</c><00:20:12.410><c> down</c><00:20:12.670><c> in</c><00:20:12.910><c> Alexandria.</c>

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We're<00:20:14.410><c> not</c><00:20:14.589><c> told</c><00:20:14.769><c> where</c><00:20:14.990><c> they</c><00:20:15.289><c> went,</c><00:20:15.809><c> but</c><00:20:16.049><c> there</c><00:20:16.650><c> were</c><00:20:17.029><c> several</c><00:20:17.569><c> Jewish</c>

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communities<00:20:18.630><c> down</c><00:20:18.910><c> in</c><00:20:19.089><c> Egypt,</c>

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and<00:20:19.450><c> that's</c><00:20:19.630><c> where</c><00:20:19.730><c> they</c><00:20:19.930><c> went,</c><00:20:20.069><c> they</c><00:20:20.250><c> obviously</c><00:20:20.630><c> had</c><00:20:20.869><c> connections</c><00:20:21.450><c> down</c><00:20:21.730><c> there.</c>

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Anyways,<00:20:24.130><c> all</c><00:20:24.230><c> right,</c><00:20:24.390><c> so</c><00:20:24.650><c> we</c><00:20:24.910><c> are</c><00:20:25.309><c> introduced</c><00:20:26.049><c> in</c><00:20:26.269><c> Luke</c><00:20:26.609><c> chapter</c><00:20:27.109><c> one</c>

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to<00:20:27.769><c> two</c><00:20:28.349><c> individuals,</c>

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okay,<00:20:30.190><c> Zechariah</c><00:20:31.109><c> and</c><00:20:31.869><c> Elizabeth,</c><00:20:33.289><c> and</c><00:20:33.509><c> what</c><00:20:33.670><c> are</c><00:20:33.849><c> we</c><00:20:34.549><c> told</c>

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and<00:21:04.630><c> so</c><00:21:04.769><c> you</c><00:21:04.890><c> would</c><00:21:05.130><c> go</c><00:21:05.470><c> there,</c><00:21:06.529><c> like</c><00:21:06.829><c> Zechariah</c><00:21:07.470><c> and</c><00:21:07.730><c> Elizabeth</c><00:21:08.250><c> were</c><00:21:08.490><c> there,</c>

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but<00:21:09.450><c> then</c><00:21:09.730><c> you</c><00:21:09.829><c> could</c><00:21:10.190><c> return</c><00:21:10.630><c> home.</c>

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you<00:21:17.750><c> returned</c><00:21:18.009><c> back</c><00:21:18.349><c> home.</c>

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So<00:21:20.789><c> what</c><00:21:20.890><c> does</c><00:21:21.529><c> scripture</c><00:21:21.829><c> tell</c><00:21:22.089><c> us</c><00:21:22.390><c> about</c><00:21:23.430><c> Zechariah</c><00:21:24.190><c> and</c><00:21:24.349><c> Elizabeth?</c>

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They<00:21:27.410><c> were</c><00:21:27.630><c> righteous</c><00:21:28.089><c> individuals.</c>

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You<00:21:52.089><c> know,</c><00:21:52.170><c> there's</c><00:21:52.410><c> a</c><00:21:52.710><c> struggle.</c>

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We<00:21:54.470><c> get</c><00:21:54.710><c> this</c><00:21:55.069><c> idea</c><00:21:55.509><c> that,</c><00:21:56.009><c> you</c><00:21:56.230><c> know,</c><00:21:56.289><c> they</c><00:21:56.450><c> were</c><00:21:56.670><c> righteous,</c>

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Fervently,<00:22:24.670><c> they</c><00:22:24.809><c> prayed</c><00:22:25.109><c> for</c><00:22:25.450><c> it.</c>

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You<00:22:37.170><c> know,</c><00:22:37.410><c> that</c><00:22:38.190><c> terminology,</c><00:22:39.309><c> you</c><00:22:39.329><c> know,</c><00:22:40.269><c> well</c><00:22:41.950><c> stricken</c>

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in<00:22:43.650><c> years.</c>

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And<00:22:51.329><c> I</c><00:22:51.490><c> think,</c><00:22:51.769><c> you</c><00:22:51.990><c> know,</c><00:22:51.990><c> people</c><00:22:52.190><c> that</c><00:22:52.390><c> are</c><00:22:52.490><c> even</c><00:22:52.730><c> older</c><00:22:52.970><c> than</c><00:22:53.190><c> me,</c>

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they<00:23:12.150><c> had</c><00:23:12.390><c> children</c><00:23:12.990><c> and</c><00:23:13.410><c> maybe</c><00:23:13.690><c> even</c><00:23:14.109><c> grandchildren.</c>

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And<00:23:16.990><c> Zechariah</c><00:23:17.670><c> and</c><00:23:17.829><c> Elizabeth,</c><00:23:18.809><c> going</c><00:23:19.210><c> through</c><00:23:19.710><c> their</c><00:23:19.990><c> righteous</c><00:23:20.569><c> rituals,</c><00:23:22.150><c> had</c>

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no<00:23:22.569><c> child.</c>

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So,<00:23:24.150><c> you</c><00:23:24.269><c> know,</c><00:23:24.730><c> that's,</c><00:23:25.930><c> God</c><00:23:26.289><c> is</c><00:23:26.509><c> painting</c><00:23:26.789><c> us</c><00:23:27.069><c> a</c><00:23:27.210><c> picture.</c>

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He's<00:23:28.769><c> painting</c><00:23:29.089><c> us</c><00:23:29.349><c> a</c><00:23:29.529><c> picture</c><00:23:29.789><c> right</c><00:23:30.089><c> now</c><00:23:30.430><c> of</c><00:23:30.589><c> the</c><00:23:30.849><c> individuals</c><00:23:31.250><c> that</c><00:23:31.630><c> He</c><00:23:32.029><c> uses</c>

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to<00:23:34.069><c> bring</c><00:23:34.329><c> about</c><00:23:34.670><c> salvation</c><00:23:35.250><c> to</c><00:23:35.509><c> mankind.</c>

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And<00:23:37.829><c> so</c><00:23:38.009><c> it's</c><00:23:38.210><c> His</c><00:23:38.430><c> order,</c><00:23:39.109><c> Zechariah</c><00:23:39.829><c> goes</c><00:23:40.230><c> in,</c>

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you<00:23:41.730><c> know,</c><00:23:42.269><c> again,</c><00:23:42.490><c> the</c><00:23:42.609><c> duty</c><00:23:42.990><c> and</c><00:23:43.190><c> the</c><00:23:43.609><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:43.950><c> of</c><00:23:44.150><c> these</c>

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two<00:23:44.630><c> individuals,</c>

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of<00:23:46.009><c> this</c><00:23:46.210><c> husband</c><00:23:46.549><c> and</c><00:23:46.809><c> wife,</c><00:23:47.470><c> and</c><00:23:47.970><c> the</c><00:23:48.410><c> power</c><00:23:49.150><c> of</c><00:23:50.130><c> a</c><00:23:50.549><c> righteous</c><00:23:50.990><c> couple,</c>

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of<00:23:53.930><c> a</c><00:23:54.170><c> husband</c><00:23:54.569><c> and</c><00:23:54.769><c> a</c><00:23:55.109><c> wife</c><00:23:55.490><c> committed</c><00:23:56.269><c> to</c><00:23:56.789><c> each</c><00:23:57.130><c> other's</c><00:23:57.569><c> salvation.</c>

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Incredible<00:24:01.490><c> powerful</c><00:24:02.250><c> unit.</c>

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Zechariah<00:24:03.829><c> and</c><00:24:03.990><c> Elizabeth</c><00:24:04.369><c> was</c><00:24:04.769><c> a</c><00:24:05.109><c> very</c><00:24:05.390><c> powerful</c><00:24:05.950><c> unit.</c>

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And<00:24:06.910><c> it</c><00:24:07.029><c> was</c><00:24:07.289><c> a</c><00:24:07.450><c> great</c><00:24:07.670><c> honor</c><00:24:08.130><c> for</c><00:24:08.410><c> Zechariah</c><00:24:09.230><c> to</c><00:24:09.569><c> go</c><00:24:09.849><c> in</c><00:24:10.009><c> and</c>

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to<00:24:10.269><c> burn</c><00:24:10.450><c> incense.</c>

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he<00:24:22.450><c> was.</c>

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the<00:24:35.250><c> incense.</c>

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know,<00:24:40.390><c> all</c><00:24:40.650><c> the</c><00:24:40.930><c> people,</c>

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verse<00:24:43.170><c> 10,</c><00:24:44.009><c> and</c><00:24:44.210><c> the</c><00:24:44.390><c> whole</c><00:24:44.809><c> multitude</c><00:24:45.450><c> of</c><00:24:45.710><c> the</c><00:24:45.950><c> people</c><00:24:46.250><c> were</c>

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praying<00:24:47.089><c> without</c><00:24:47.569><c> at</c><00:24:47.730><c> the</c><00:24:47.930><c> time</c><00:24:48.130><c> of</c><00:24:48.390><c> incense.</c>

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And<00:24:50.029><c> this</c><00:24:50.210><c> is,</c><00:24:50.470><c> boom,</c><00:24:50.769><c> he</c><00:24:51.009><c> sees</c><00:24:52.049><c> an</c><00:24:53.410><c> angel.</c>

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It's<00:24:54.470><c> the</c><00:24:54.710><c> angel</c><00:24:54.930><c> Gabriel.</c>

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And<00:24:56.410><c> we</c><00:24:56.509><c> know</c><00:24:56.730><c> Gabriel,</c><00:24:57.329><c> you</c><00:24:57.529><c> know,</c><00:24:57.930><c> he's</c><00:24:58.630><c> an</c><00:24:58.849><c> archangel.</c>

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According<00:25:02.130><c> to</c><00:25:02.349><c> tradition,</c><00:25:02.769><c> he's</c><00:25:02.930><c> never</c><00:25:03.569><c> really</c><00:25:03.910><c> said</c><00:25:04.269><c> the</c><00:25:04.609><c> archangel,</c>

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but,<00:25:05.410><c> you</c><00:25:05.549><c> know,</c><00:25:06.089><c> there</c><00:25:06.390><c> are</c><00:25:07.390><c> four</c><00:25:07.789><c> archangels,</c><00:25:09.430><c> again,</c><00:25:10.089><c> according</c><00:25:10.369><c> to</c><00:25:10.910><c> tradition.</c>

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We<00:25:12.549><c> know</c><00:25:12.549><c> the</c><00:25:12.710><c> archangel</c><00:25:13.210><c> Michael,</c><00:25:15.349><c> Gabriel</c><00:25:15.990><c> here,</c><00:25:16.349><c> the</c>

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angel<00:25:16.750><c> Gabriel,</c>

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also<00:25:18.329><c> is</c><00:25:19.470><c> proclaiming</c><00:25:21.390><c> his</c><00:25:22.089><c> God's</c><00:25:22.589><c> mouthpiece</c><00:25:23.190><c> right</c><00:25:23.549><c> now.</c>

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And<00:25:23.990><c> he</c><00:25:24.109><c> says,</c><00:25:24.710><c> this</c><00:25:25.029><c> is</c><00:25:25.250><c> very</c><00:25:25.609><c> interesting,</c><00:25:26.329><c> brothers</c><00:25:26.490><c> and</c><00:25:26.730><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:25:27.190><c> says,</c><00:25:29.930><c> I'm</c><00:25:31.049><c> in</c><00:25:31.190><c> the</c><00:25:31.329><c> wrong</c><00:25:31.509><c> place.</c>

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Yeah,<00:25:38.109><c> okay,</c><00:25:38.930><c> in</c><00:25:39.109><c> verse</c><00:25:39.970><c> 13,</c><00:25:40.990><c> well,</c><00:25:41.190><c> verse</c><00:25:41.470><c> 12,</c><00:25:41.750><c> it</c><00:25:41.910><c> says,</c><00:25:42.289><c> when</c><00:25:42.289><c> Zechariah</c><00:25:42.970><c> saw</c><00:25:43.450><c> Gabriel,</c>

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he<00:25:44.109><c> was</c><00:25:44.450><c> troubled</c><00:25:44.849><c> and</c><00:25:45.190><c> fear</c><00:25:45.710><c> fell</c><00:25:46.049><c> upon</c><00:25:46.470><c> him.</c>

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As<00:25:48.109><c> we</c><00:25:48.289><c> go</c><00:25:48.569><c> through,</c><00:25:49.029><c> you</c><00:25:49.089><c> know,</c><00:25:49.289><c> obviously,</c><00:25:49.529><c> very</c><00:25:49.910><c> quickly,</c>

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as<00:25:50.630><c> we</c><00:25:50.829><c> go</c><00:25:51.069><c> through</c><00:25:51.529><c> these</c><00:25:51.869><c> two</c><00:25:52.109><c> chapters,</c>

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just<00:25:53.470><c> bringing</c><00:25:53.690><c> out</c><00:25:53.930><c> some</c><00:25:54.089><c> highlights,</c><00:25:55.269><c> just</c><00:25:56.250><c> make</c><00:25:56.609><c> a</c><00:25:57.150><c> mental</c>

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note<00:25:57.809><c> about</c><00:25:58.089><c> how</c><00:25:58.329><c> many</c><00:25:58.630><c> times</c><00:25:59.049><c> that,</c>

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you<00:25:59.650><c> know,</c><00:25:59.849><c> that</c><00:26:00.170><c> statement</c><00:26:00.450><c> about,</c><00:26:00.809><c> you</c><00:26:00.930><c> know,</c><00:26:01.190><c> fear.</c>

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They<00:26:02.230><c> were</c><00:26:02.509><c> fearful</c><00:26:02.930><c> when</c><00:26:03.210><c> they</c><00:26:03.410><c> were</c><00:26:03.670><c> troubled,</c><00:26:04.130><c> that</c><00:26:04.410><c> type</c>

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of<00:26:04.809><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:26:06.190><c> then</c><00:26:06.470><c> we're</c><00:26:06.670><c> going</c><00:26:06.789><c> to</c><00:26:06.910><c> see</c><00:26:07.089><c> how</c><00:26:07.390><c> the</c><00:26:07.809><c> fear</c><00:26:08.109><c> and</c><00:26:08.289><c> the</c><00:26:08.569><c> troubling</c><00:26:08.910><c> is</c>

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balanced<00:26:10.009><c> out</c><00:26:10.490><c> with</c><00:26:10.950><c> joy,</c>

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with<00:26:13.390><c> rejoicing,</c><00:26:14.109><c> with</c><00:26:14.450><c> glorifying,</c><00:26:15.309><c> those</c><00:26:15.609><c> type</c><00:26:15.890><c> of</c><00:26:16.069><c> things.</c>

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And<00:26:17.349><c> then,</c><00:26:17.670><c> you</c><00:26:17.869><c> know,</c><00:26:17.990><c> we'll</c><00:26:18.170><c> look</c><00:26:18.390><c> at</c><00:26:18.650><c> ideas</c><00:26:18.930><c> like</c><00:26:19.230><c> light</c>

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and<00:26:20.569><c> darkness.</c>

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So<00:26:22.470><c> anyways,</c><00:26:24.630><c> fear</c><00:26:24.869><c> fell</c><00:26:25.130><c> upon</c><00:26:25.490><c> him,</c><00:26:25.670><c> but</c><00:26:26.089><c> the</c><00:26:26.309><c> angel</c><00:26:26.509><c> said</c>

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unto<00:26:26.890><c> him,</c>

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Don't<00:26:27.789><c> be</c><00:26:28.029><c> afraid,</c><00:26:28.670><c> Zechariah,</c><00:26:29.769><c> for</c><00:26:30.170><c> thy</c><00:26:30.569><c> prayer</c><00:26:31.250><c> is</c><00:26:31.710><c> heard.</c>

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So<00:26:35.490><c> that</c><00:26:35.730><c> tells</c><00:26:36.289><c> us,</c><00:26:36.789><c> brothers</c><00:26:37.009><c> and</c><00:26:37.289><c> sisters,</c><00:26:38.950><c> that</c><00:26:38.950><c> that</c><00:26:39.630><c> was</c>

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a<00:26:40.190><c> constant</c><00:26:40.710><c> prayer</c>

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on<00:26:41.910><c> the</c><00:26:42.130><c> lips</c><00:26:42.410><c> of</c><00:26:42.710><c> Zechariah</c><00:26:43.690><c> and</c><00:26:43.930><c> Elizabeth,</c><00:26:44.410><c> probably</c><00:26:44.690><c> their</c><00:26:44.990><c> number</c><00:26:45.430><c> one</c><00:26:45.670><c> prayer</c>

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that<00:26:47.730><c> they've</c><00:26:48.170><c> prayed</c><00:26:48.329><c> for,</c><00:26:48.829><c> what,</c><00:26:48.930><c> 20</c><00:26:49.210><c> years?</c>

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And<00:26:54.990><c> now</c><00:26:55.329><c> here's</c><00:26:55.630><c> Gabriel</c><00:26:56.109><c> telling</c><00:26:56.609><c> Zechariah,</c><00:26:58.630><c> Don't</c><00:26:59.069><c> be</c><00:26:59.390><c> fearful.</c>

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You<00:27:00.789><c> know</c><00:27:01.009><c> that</c><00:27:01.730><c> thing</c><00:27:02.150><c> you've</c><00:27:02.369><c> been</c><00:27:02.589><c> asking</c><00:27:02.950><c> for,</c>

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that<00:27:03.529><c> you've</c><00:27:04.470><c> been</c><00:27:04.609><c> praying</c><00:27:04.970><c> for,</c><00:27:05.289><c> God</c><00:27:05.589><c> has</c><00:27:05.930><c> heard</c><00:27:06.289><c> you.</c>

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And<00:27:08.549><c> your</c><00:27:08.869><c> wife</c><00:27:09.410><c> Elizabeth</c><00:27:10.130><c> will</c><00:27:10.569><c> bear</c><00:27:10.869><c> thee</c><00:27:11.250><c> a</c><00:27:11.529><c> son</c><00:27:12.089><c> and</c><00:27:12.990><c> will</c>

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call<00:27:13.710><c> his</c><00:27:14.150><c> name</c><00:27:14.890><c> John.</c>

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And<00:27:16.630><c> thou</c><00:27:16.990><c> shalt</c><00:27:17.309><c> have,</c><00:27:17.710><c> here's</c><00:27:17.950><c> some</c><00:27:18.170><c> words,</c><00:27:18.549><c> brothers</c><00:27:18.769><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:27:20.289><c> joy</c><00:27:20.549><c> in</c><00:27:21.130><c> gladness,</c>

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and<00:27:23.029><c> many</c><00:27:23.410><c> shall</c><00:27:23.730><c> rejoice</c><00:27:24.289><c> at</c><00:27:24.670><c> John's</c><00:27:25.230><c> birth.</c>

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So<00:27:26.829><c> the</c><00:27:27.210><c> joy</c><00:27:27.569><c> and</c><00:27:27.769><c> the</c><00:27:28.109><c> rejoicing</c><00:27:28.950><c> is</c><00:27:29.769><c> going</c><00:27:30.289><c> to</c><00:27:31.210><c> compile</c><00:27:31.890><c> as</c>

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John<00:27:33.490><c> the</c><00:27:33.710><c> Baptist</c><00:27:34.190><c> is</c><00:27:34.490><c> born</c>

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and<00:27:34.930><c> then</c><00:27:35.230><c> Jesus</c><00:27:35.910><c> the</c><00:27:36.589><c> Son</c><00:27:36.869><c> of</c><00:27:37.029><c> God</c><00:27:37.329><c> is</c><00:27:37.609><c> born.</c>

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So,<00:27:39.890><c> you</c><00:27:39.890><c> know,</c><00:27:40.970><c> Gabriel</c><00:27:41.150><c> kind</c><00:27:41.369><c> of</c><00:27:41.410><c> goes</c><00:27:41.650><c> through</c><00:27:41.970><c> everything.</c>

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He<00:27:42.670><c> says</c><00:27:42.849><c> he's</c><00:27:43.089><c> going</c><00:27:43.210><c> to</c><00:27:43.309><c> be</c><00:27:43.470><c> great</c><00:27:43.670><c> in</c><00:27:43.869><c> the</c><00:27:44.009><c> sight</c><00:27:44.130><c> of</c><00:27:44.349><c> the</c><00:27:44.450><c> Lord.</c>

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He's<00:27:46.089><c> going</c><00:27:46.170><c> to</c><00:27:46.289><c> be</c><00:27:46.549><c> filled</c><00:27:46.829><c> with</c><00:27:47.029><c> the</c><00:27:47.309><c> Holy</c><00:27:47.609><c> Spirit</c><00:27:48.089><c> even</c><00:27:48.390><c> from</c><00:27:48.630><c> his</c>

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mother's<00:27:49.710><c> womb.</c>

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Keep<00:27:51.029><c> that</c><00:27:51.349><c> in</c><00:27:51.529><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:27:53.230><c> many</c><00:27:53.509><c> of</c><00:27:53.710><c> the</c><00:27:53.829><c> children</c><00:27:54.109><c> of</c><00:27:54.250><c> Israel</c><00:27:54.529><c> shall</c><00:27:54.730><c> be</c><00:27:54.950><c> turned</c><00:27:55.109><c> to</c>

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the<00:27:55.470><c> Lord</c><00:27:55.730><c> their</c><00:27:55.970><c> God.</c>

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I<00:27:57.789><c> mean,</c><00:27:57.990><c> that</c><00:27:58.210><c> sounds</c><00:27:58.549><c> fantastic,</c><00:28:00.349><c> brothers</c><00:28:00.529><c> and</c><00:28:00.849><c> sisters.</c>

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I'm<00:28:01.470><c> sure</c><00:28:02.089><c> Zechariah</c><00:28:03.009><c> was</c><00:28:03.190><c> like,</c><00:28:03.450><c> yes,</c><00:28:04.130><c> finally,</c><00:28:06.509><c> finally,</c>

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my<00:28:08.069><c> prayer</c><00:28:08.349><c> has</c><00:28:08.569><c> been</c><00:28:08.849><c> answered.</c>

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But<00:28:12.190><c> that's</c><00:28:12.490><c> not</c><00:28:12.690><c> his</c><00:28:12.890><c> response.</c>

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His<00:28:15.930><c> response</c><00:28:16.470><c> is,</c><00:28:18.869><c> how</c><00:28:19.130><c> shall</c><00:28:19.329><c> I</c><00:28:19.549><c> know</c><00:28:19.769><c> this?</c>

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I'm<00:28:22.140><c> an</c><00:28:22.240><c> old</c><00:28:22.759><c> man</c><00:28:23.519><c> and</c><00:28:25.119><c> my</c><00:28:25.400><c> wife</c><00:28:25.859><c> well</c><00:28:26.940><c> stricken</c><00:28:27.500><c> in</c><00:28:27.839><c> years.</c>

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That's,<00:28:33.420><c> it's</c><00:28:34.339><c> interesting,</c><00:28:35.660><c> brothers</c><00:28:35.900><c> and</c><00:28:36.160><c> sisters,</c><00:28:36.480><c> his</c><00:28:36.839><c> response.</c>

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That's<00:28:38.440><c> all.</c>

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You<00:28:40.220><c> know,</c><00:28:40.460><c> you</c><00:28:41.240><c> would</c><00:28:41.339><c> think</c><00:28:41.579><c> it</c><00:28:41.740><c> would</c><00:28:41.900><c> be</c><00:28:42.200><c> different.</c>

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And<00:28:49.900><c> sadness</c><00:28:50.420><c> of</c><00:28:50.859><c> disappointment,</c><00:28:53.059><c> you</c><00:28:53.220><c> know,</c><00:28:53.480><c> he'd</c><00:28:53.759><c> just</c><00:28:54.099><c> gotten</c><00:28:54.359><c> to</c><00:28:54.640><c> him.</c>

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And<00:28:56.099><c> the</c><00:28:56.539><c> thing</c><00:28:56.720><c> that</c><00:28:56.880><c> he</c><00:28:57.099><c> dreamt</c><00:28:57.440><c> about</c><00:28:57.740><c> and</c><00:28:57.960><c> prayed</c><00:28:58.359><c> for,</c><00:28:59.619><c> it</c>

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made<00:29:00.680><c> the</c><00:29:01.039><c> opposite,</c>

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it<00:29:01.700><c> had</c><00:29:01.759><c> the</c><00:29:02.019><c> opposite</c><00:29:02.319><c> effect</c><00:29:02.700><c> on</c><00:29:02.980><c> him.</c>

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You<00:29:03.839><c> know,</c><00:29:03.940><c> how</c><00:29:04.099><c> is</c><00:29:04.299><c> this</c><00:29:04.480><c> going</c><00:29:04.660><c> to</c><00:29:04.900><c> happen?</c>

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You<00:29:05.660><c> know,</c><00:29:06.420><c> I</c><00:29:06.700><c> don't</c><00:29:06.859><c> know,</c><00:29:07.160><c> it's</c><00:29:07.299><c> just</c><00:29:07.440><c> like</c><00:29:07.619><c> he</c><00:29:07.839><c> sees</c><00:29:08.140><c> the</c>

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angel<00:29:08.660><c> Gabriel</c>

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and<00:29:10.119><c> he's</c><00:29:10.440><c> afraid</c><00:29:10.880><c> and</c><00:29:11.119><c> the</c><00:29:11.319><c> angel</c><00:29:11.599><c> is</c><00:29:11.940><c> speaking</c><00:29:12.279><c> to</c><00:29:12.579><c> him</c><00:29:12.920><c> and</c>

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he's<00:29:13.500><c> just,</c><00:29:13.500><c> he's</c><00:29:13.740><c> got</c><00:29:13.900><c> questions.</c>

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I<00:29:14.559><c> got</c><00:29:14.740><c> questions.</c>

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And<00:29:16.619><c> because</c><00:29:17.039><c> of</c><00:29:17.319><c> that,</c><00:29:20.759><c> you</c><00:29:20.759><c> know,</c><00:29:21.059><c> Gabriel</c><00:29:21.200><c> said,</c><00:29:21.460><c> I'm</c><00:29:21.640><c> Gabriel.</c>

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I<00:29:22.160><c> stand</c><00:29:22.420><c> in</c><00:29:22.579><c> the</c><00:29:22.779><c> presence</c><00:29:23.059><c> of</c><00:29:23.319><c> God.</c>

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I<00:29:23.700><c> was</c><00:29:23.920><c> sent</c><00:29:24.039><c> to</c><00:29:24.319><c> speak</c><00:29:24.519><c> to</c><00:29:24.660><c> you</c><00:29:24.839><c> about</c><00:29:25.039><c> these</c><00:29:25.359><c> glad</c><00:29:25.740><c> tidings.</c>

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This<00:29:27.680><c> is</c><00:29:27.980><c> the</c><00:29:28.119><c> good</c><00:29:28.259><c> news</c><00:29:28.519><c> about</c><00:29:28.740><c> the</c><00:29:28.940><c> gospel,</c><00:29:30.460><c> the</c><00:29:30.720><c> good</c><00:29:30.960><c> news</c>

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of<00:29:31.460><c> the</c><00:29:31.619><c> kingdom</c><00:29:31.920><c> of</c><00:29:32.160><c> God.</c>

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And<00:29:34.600><c> because</c><00:29:35.200><c> you</c><00:29:37.059><c> question</c><00:29:37.819><c> this,</c><00:29:38.619><c> behold,</c><00:29:38.759><c> thou</c><00:29:38.859><c> shalt</c><00:29:39.180><c> be</c>

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dumb<00:29:39.799><c> and</c><00:29:40.039><c> not</c><00:29:40.299><c> able</c><00:29:40.640><c> to</c><00:29:41.059><c> speak</c><00:29:41.539><c> until</c>

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thou<00:29:45.240><c> believest</c><00:29:45.880><c> not</c><00:29:46.200><c> my</c><00:29:46.460><c> words,</c>

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which<00:29:48.279><c> shall</c><00:29:48.519><c> be</c><00:29:48.799><c> fulfilled</c><00:29:49.339><c> in</c><00:29:49.579><c> their</c><00:29:49.799><c> season.</c>

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It's<00:29:50.380><c> going</c><00:29:50.539><c> to</c><00:29:50.759><c> happen,</c><00:29:51.259><c> Zechariah,</c><00:29:52.359><c> but</c><00:29:52.579><c> you</c><00:29:53.740><c> didn't</c><00:29:53.920><c> believe</c><00:29:54.420><c> me.</c>

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And<00:29:56.380><c> so</c><00:29:56.619><c> Zechariah</c><00:29:57.579><c> was</c><00:29:57.799><c> dumb.</c>

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He<00:29:58.200><c> couldn't</c><00:29:58.859><c> speak</c><00:29:59.440><c> for</c><00:30:01.460><c> the</c><00:30:01.859><c> nine</c><00:30:02.039><c> months</c><00:30:02.339><c> of</c><00:30:02.519><c> John's</c><00:30:03.000><c> pregnancy.</c>

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And<00:30:04.440><c> so,</c><00:30:05.640><c> you</c><00:30:07.480><c> know,</c><00:30:07.700><c> that's</c><00:30:08.140><c> the</c><00:30:08.339><c> question,</c><00:30:08.759><c> you</c><00:30:08.880><c> know,</c><00:30:09.279><c> I</c>

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was<00:30:10.880><c> thinking</c><00:30:11.200><c> about.</c>

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Why<00:30:11.680><c> did</c><00:30:11.980><c> God</c><00:30:12.240><c> make</c><00:30:12.539><c> him</c><00:30:12.900><c> dumb</c><00:30:13.720><c> until</c><00:30:15.140><c> the</c><00:30:15.339><c> birth</c><00:30:15.599><c> of</c><00:30:15.859><c> John?</c>

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Other<00:30:20.000><c> people</c><00:30:20.400><c> ask</c><00:30:20.680><c> questions.</c>

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We're<00:30:21.240><c> going</c><00:30:21.339><c> to</c><00:30:21.440><c> see</c><00:30:21.579><c> that</c><00:30:21.799><c> Mary</c><00:30:22.119><c> asked</c><00:30:22.460><c> a</c><00:30:22.700><c> question.</c>

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How<00:30:24.319><c> shall</c><00:30:24.579><c> these</c><00:30:24.839><c> things</c><00:30:25.099><c> be?</c>

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She's<00:30:29.240><c> not</c><00:30:29.460><c> rebuked</c><00:30:29.880><c> for</c><00:30:30.160><c> it.</c>

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Zechariah<00:30:32.220><c> is</c><00:30:32.640><c> rebuked</c><00:30:33.119><c> for</c><00:30:33.400><c> it.</c>

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And<00:30:34.720><c> there</c><00:30:34.859><c> was</c><00:30:35.079><c> an</c><00:30:35.359><c> outward</c><00:30:35.700><c> sign</c><00:30:36.259><c> of</c><00:30:36.500><c> that</c><00:30:36.859><c> rebuking.</c>

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He<00:30:38.339><c> was</c><00:30:38.660><c> dumb.</c>

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He<00:30:39.180><c> didn't</c><00:30:39.460><c> question</c><00:30:40.160><c> God</c><00:30:40.680><c> for</c><00:30:41.420><c> nine</c><00:30:41.779><c> months.</c>

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He<00:30:43.599><c> didn't</c><00:30:43.859><c> say</c><00:30:44.200><c> a</c><00:30:44.440><c> word.</c>

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And<00:30:47.579><c> so</c><00:30:47.720><c> I</c><00:30:47.799><c> think</c><00:30:48.059><c> God</c><00:30:48.460><c> did</c><00:30:48.900><c> this.</c>

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Number<00:30:49.319><c> one,</c><00:30:51.859><c> you</c><00:30:51.980><c> know,</c><00:30:52.220><c> well,</c><00:30:52.420><c> he</c><00:30:52.519><c> says</c><00:30:52.819><c> he</c><00:30:52.940><c> didn't</c><00:30:53.220><c> believe.</c>

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But,<00:30:55.559><c> you</c><00:30:55.660><c> know,</c><00:30:55.880><c> he</c><00:30:56.160><c> should</c><00:30:56.400><c> have</c><00:30:56.619><c> believed</c><00:30:56.880><c> because</c><00:30:57.200><c> he</c><00:30:58.079><c> was</c><00:30:58.240><c> old.</c>

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He<00:30:58.740><c> was</c><00:30:59.000><c> a</c><00:30:59.140><c> teacher</c><00:30:59.460><c> in</c><00:30:59.680><c> Israel.</c>

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Remember<00:31:00.660><c> what</c><00:31:00.859><c> Jesus</c><00:31:01.240><c> said</c><00:31:01.559><c> to</c><00:31:02.160><c> Nicodemus</c><00:31:02.859><c> when</c><00:31:03.180><c> he</c><00:31:03.299><c> was</c>

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talking<00:31:03.700><c> about</c><00:31:03.920><c> being</c><00:31:04.240><c> born</c><00:31:04.500><c> again?</c>

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And,<00:31:07.339><c> you</c><00:31:07.940><c> know,</c><00:31:08.940><c> Jesus,</c><00:31:09.180><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:31:09.920><c> he</c><00:31:10.240><c> couldn't</c><00:31:10.740><c> believe</c><00:31:11.160><c> it.</c>

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And<00:31:11.519><c> Jesus</c><00:31:11.819><c> says,</c><00:31:12.519><c> you</c><00:31:13.339><c> know,</c><00:31:13.680><c> are</c><00:31:13.759><c> thou</c><00:31:13.880><c> not</c><00:31:14.079><c> a</c><00:31:14.359><c> teacher</c><00:31:14.700><c> in</c>

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I<00:31:17.900><c> think</c><00:31:18.059><c> it</c><00:31:18.240><c> was</c><00:31:18.440><c> similar,</c><00:31:18.880><c> you</c><00:31:19.059><c> know,</c><00:31:19.140><c> with</c><00:31:19.380><c> Zechariah.</c>

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You<00:31:20.440><c> know,</c><00:31:21.140><c> you're</c><00:31:21.579><c> a</c><00:31:21.779><c> priest.</c>

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You've<00:31:23.200><c> seen</c><00:31:23.440><c> many,</c><00:31:23.839><c> many</c><00:31:24.140><c> things.</c>

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You've<00:31:24.819><c> said</c><00:31:25.000><c> many,</c><00:31:25.440><c> many</c><00:31:25.740><c> prayers.</c>

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You<00:31:26.339><c> have</c><00:31:26.680><c> offered</c><00:31:26.920><c> many,</c><00:31:27.380><c> many</c><00:31:27.680><c> sacrifices.</c>

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You<00:31:31.039><c> know,</c><00:31:31.299><c> in</c><00:31:31.700><c> the</c><00:31:31.880><c> eyes</c><00:31:32.079><c> of</c><00:31:32.299><c> God,</c><00:31:32.660><c> he</c><00:31:33.140><c> should</c><00:31:33.380><c> have</c><00:31:33.559><c> believed</c>

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straight<00:31:34.339><c> away.</c>

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And<00:31:35.700><c> so</c><00:31:35.839><c> the</c><00:31:36.180><c> question</c><00:31:36.539><c> is,</c><00:31:36.819><c> brothers</c><00:31:36.960><c> and</c><00:31:37.119><c> sisters,</c><00:31:37.319><c> you</c><00:31:37.539><c> know,</c><00:31:37.539><c> we</c>

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had<00:31:37.839><c> Zechariah.</c>

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He<00:31:39.339><c> got,</c><00:31:39.819><c> he</c><00:31:40.019><c> had</c><00:31:40.200><c> an</c><00:31:40.440><c> outward</c><00:31:40.700><c> sign</c><00:31:41.119><c> of</c><00:31:41.299><c> the</c><00:31:41.539><c> admonishment</c><00:31:42.019><c> of</c><00:31:42.259><c> God.</c>

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He<00:31:43.299><c> couldn't</c><00:31:43.619><c> speak</c><00:31:44.099><c> because</c><00:31:44.640><c> he</c><00:31:44.940><c> questioned</c><00:31:45.539><c> God.</c>

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Remember<00:31:48.079><c> Sarah</c><00:31:48.519><c> questioned</c><00:31:49.039><c> God</c><00:31:49.380><c> as</c><00:31:49.779><c> well.</c>

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You<00:31:50.720><c> know,</c><00:31:50.779><c> she</c><00:31:50.980><c> laughed,</c><00:31:51.900><c> right,</c><00:31:52.220><c> when</c><00:31:52.359><c> she</c><00:31:52.539><c> heard</c><00:31:52.759><c> it.</c>

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But<00:31:53.779><c> Abraham</c><00:31:54.259><c> also</c><00:31:54.779><c> questioned,</c><00:31:55.660><c> how,</c><00:31:55.759><c> you</c><00:31:56.019><c> know,</c><00:31:56.220><c> how</c><00:31:56.480><c> is</c><00:31:56.599><c> this</c><00:31:56.819><c> going</c><00:31:56.940><c> to</c><00:31:57.119><c> happen?</c>

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You<00:31:57.519><c> know,</c><00:31:58.099><c> I</c><00:31:58.579><c> wish,</c><00:31:58.980><c> you</c><00:31:59.259><c> know,</c><00:31:59.880><c> that</c><00:31:59.880><c> God</c><00:32:00.200><c> would</c><00:32:00.539><c> accept</c><00:32:00.799><c> Ishmael.</c>

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So,<00:32:03.039><c> you</c><00:32:03.140><c> know,</c><00:32:03.359><c> there's</c><00:32:04.880><c> instances</c><00:32:05.720><c> in</c><00:32:06.339><c> Scripture</c><00:32:06.720><c> where</c>

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God<00:32:07.740><c> just</c><00:32:08.220><c> answers</c><00:32:08.579><c> questions</c><00:32:09.240><c> without,</c>

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you<00:32:11.500><c> know,</c><00:32:11.680><c> punishment.</c>

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So<00:32:14.480><c> just</c><00:32:14.680><c> something</c><00:32:14.839><c> to</c><00:32:15.019><c> think</c><00:32:15.180><c> about.</c>

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I<00:32:15.440><c> don't</c><00:32:15.640><c> have</c><00:32:15.819><c> a,</c><00:32:16.019><c> you</c><00:32:16.180><c> know,</c><00:32:17.859><c> I</c><00:32:18.000><c> don't</c><00:32:18.220><c> really</c><00:32:18.519><c> have</c><00:32:18.759><c> a</c>

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hundred<00:32:19.160><c> percent</c><00:32:19.480><c> answer.</c>

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And<00:32:19.960><c> I</c><00:32:20.039><c> don't</c><00:32:20.140><c> think</c><00:32:20.279><c> we're</c><00:32:20.779><c> told</c><00:32:21.220><c> that.</c>

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Rich,<00:32:21.720><c> can</c><00:32:21.859><c> I</c><00:32:21.980><c> make</c><00:32:22.019><c> a</c><00:32:22.180><c> comment?</c>

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Yes.

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Who's<00:32:23.440><c> this?</c>

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It's<00:32:25.700><c> Steve.</c>

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Oh,<00:32:26.599><c> Steve,</c><00:32:26.819><c> go</c><00:32:27.039><c> ahead.</c>

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Yeah.

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So<00:32:28.720><c> Sandy</c><00:32:28.880><c> and</c><00:32:29.000><c> I</c><00:32:29.079><c> were</c><00:32:29.220><c> just</c><00:32:29.380><c> sitting</c><00:32:29.500><c> here</c><00:32:29.700><c> listening</c><00:32:30.000><c> to</c><00:32:30.240><c> you.</c>

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And<00:32:31.460><c> she</c><00:32:31.799><c> had</c><00:32:31.940><c> made</c><00:32:32.019><c> a</c><00:32:32.279><c> comment</c><00:32:32.539><c> that</c><00:32:32.900><c> said,</c><00:32:33.500><c> you</c><00:32:33.920><c> know,</c><00:32:34.160><c> while</c>

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he<00:32:34.460><c> was</c><00:32:34.759><c> struck</c><00:32:35.000><c> dumb,</c>

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he<00:32:37.019><c> was</c><00:32:37.319><c> still</c><00:32:37.720><c> able</c><00:32:38.079><c> to</c><00:32:39.119><c> speak</c><00:32:39.579><c> to</c><00:32:39.819><c> God</c><00:32:40.200><c> in</c><00:32:40.559><c> prayer.</c>

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But,<00:32:43.039><c> you</c><00:32:43.059><c> know,</c><00:32:43.220><c> because</c><00:32:43.480><c> he</c><00:32:43.599><c> was</c><00:32:43.819><c> a</c><00:32:44.119><c> teacher,</c><00:32:44.579><c> he</c><00:32:44.880><c> could</c><00:32:45.119><c> no</c>

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longer<00:32:45.839><c> perform</c><00:32:47.079><c> sort</c><00:32:47.599><c> of</c><00:32:47.720><c> the</c><00:32:48.039><c> role</c><00:32:48.480><c> of</c><00:32:49.140><c> teaching.</c>

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You<00:32:50.400><c> know,</c><00:32:51.119><c> it</c><00:32:51.740><c> was</c><00:32:52.039><c> almost</c><00:32:52.380><c> like,</c><00:32:52.880><c> you</c><00:32:54.779><c> know,</c><00:32:57.039><c> making</c><00:32:57.319><c> sure</c>

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that,<00:32:58.339><c> you</c><00:32:58.900><c> know,</c><00:32:59.039><c> if</c><00:32:59.200><c> he's</c><00:32:59.500><c> questioning</c><00:32:59.839><c> God,</c>

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who<00:33:00.440><c> is</c><00:33:00.640><c> he,</c><00:33:00.740><c> you</c><00:33:00.839><c> know,</c><00:33:00.880><c> as</c><00:33:01.039><c> you</c><00:33:01.240><c> point</c><00:33:01.380><c> out</c><00:33:01.519><c> with</c><00:33:01.660><c> Nicodemus,</c>

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you<00:33:02.559><c> know,</c><00:33:02.640><c> you're</c><00:33:03.420><c> a</c><00:33:03.460><c> teacher</c><00:33:03.700><c> in</c><00:33:03.859><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:33:04.319><c> you</c><00:33:04.440><c> don't</c><00:33:04.579><c> know</c><00:33:04.740><c> these</c><00:33:04.940><c> things.</c>

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Right.

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But<00:33:06.160><c> if</c><00:33:06.299><c> he's</c><00:33:06.460><c> a</c><00:33:06.579><c> teacher</c><00:33:06.759><c> in</c><00:33:07.000><c> Israel</c><00:33:07.259><c> and</c><00:33:07.440><c> he's</c><00:33:08.039><c> questioning</c>

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God,<00:33:08.759><c> well,</c><00:33:09.000><c> maybe</c><00:33:09.319><c> he</c><00:33:09.460><c> ought</c><00:33:09.579><c> not</c><00:33:09.779><c> be</c><00:33:10.000><c> a</c><00:33:10.099><c> teacher.</c>

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Right.

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Yeah.

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So<00:33:13.579><c> I</c><00:33:13.680><c> thought</c><00:33:13.819><c> that</c><00:33:14.000><c> was</c><00:33:14.160><c> interesting.</c>

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You<00:33:14.660><c> know,</c><00:33:14.859><c> Sandy</c><00:33:14.960><c> brought</c><00:33:15.200><c> up</c><00:33:15.380><c> that,</c><00:33:15.680><c> you</c><00:33:15.839><c> know,</c><00:33:16.000><c> he</c><00:33:16.319><c> could</c>

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still<00:33:16.759><c> pray</c><00:33:16.960><c> to</c><00:33:17.140><c> God.</c>

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Sandy,<00:33:19.680><c> it's</c><00:33:19.759><c> a</c><00:33:20.059><c> good</c><00:33:20.259><c> point.</c>

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Thank<00:33:21.019><c> you.</c>

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Yeah.

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So,<00:33:23.299><c> you</c><00:33:23.339><c> know,</c><00:33:23.640><c> again,</c><00:33:26.900><c> you</c><00:33:27.079><c> know,</c><00:33:27.299><c> I</c><00:33:27.299><c> don't</c><00:33:27.920><c> have,</c><00:33:28.319><c> you</c><00:33:28.420><c> know,</c><00:33:28.640><c> it's</c>

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up<00:33:28.960><c> to</c><00:33:29.140><c> God,</c><00:33:29.420><c> obviously.</c>

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God<00:33:30.619><c> is</c><00:33:30.880><c> going</c><00:33:30.960><c> to</c><00:33:31.099><c> make</c><00:33:31.200><c> those</c><00:33:31.579><c> determinations.</c>

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But<00:33:32.460><c> it's</c><00:33:32.660><c> just</c><00:33:32.839><c> something</c><00:33:33.039><c> interesting</c><00:33:33.579><c> to</c><00:33:33.819><c> think</c><00:33:33.980><c> about.</c>

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And<00:33:34.339><c> it's</c><00:33:34.559><c> also,</c><00:33:35.319><c> you</c><00:33:35.519><c> know,</c><00:33:35.660><c> what's</c><00:33:35.960><c> our</c><00:33:36.200><c> attitude</c><00:33:36.579><c> towards</c>

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God<00:33:37.299><c> as</c><00:33:37.539><c> well?</c>

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What's<00:33:37.960><c> our</c><00:33:38.140><c> attitude,</c><00:33:38.660><c> you</c><00:33:39.220><c> know,</c><00:33:39.359><c> with</c><00:33:39.660><c> prayer?</c>

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What's<00:33:40.380><c> our</c><00:33:40.599><c> general</c><00:33:41.039><c> attitude</c><00:33:41.539><c> about</c><00:33:41.859><c> life?</c>

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Have<00:33:42.920><c> we</c><00:33:43.279><c> become,</c><00:33:43.859><c> you</c><00:33:44.099><c> know,</c><00:33:45.079><c> glum,</c><00:33:46.400><c> disappointed?</c>

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Or<00:33:48.400><c> do</c><00:33:48.619><c> we</c><00:33:48.920><c> have</c><00:33:49.240><c> an</c><00:33:49.500><c> attitude</c><00:33:49.819><c> of</c><00:33:50.099><c> hope,</c><00:33:50.700><c> of</c><00:33:51.039><c> rejoicing,</c><00:33:53.200><c> of</c>

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wanting<00:33:53.980><c> to</c><00:33:54.240><c> be</c><00:33:54.480><c> near</c><00:33:55.299><c> Christ?</c>

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So,<00:33:56.960><c> anyways,</c><00:33:57.720><c> after</c><00:33:58.119><c> his</c><00:33:58.400><c> time</c><00:33:58.539><c> at</c><00:33:58.700><c> the</c><00:33:58.859><c> temple,</c><00:33:59.119><c> he</c><00:33:59.259><c> goes</c><00:33:59.539><c> back</c><00:33:59.859><c> home</c><00:34:00.079><c> to</c>

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the<00:34:00.400><c> hill</c><00:34:00.599><c> country.</c>

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And<00:34:01.920><c> the</c><00:34:02.099><c> hill</c><00:34:02.259><c> country</c><00:34:02.579><c> was</c><00:34:02.799><c> just</c><00:34:03.099><c> north</c><00:34:03.440><c> of</c><00:34:03.660><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:34:06.259><c> Elizabeth</c><00:34:06.779><c> is</c><00:34:07.039><c> going</c><00:34:07.279><c> to</c><00:34:07.420><c> be</c><00:34:07.559><c> with</c><00:34:07.819><c> child.</c>

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She's<00:34:08.179><c> going</c><00:34:08.300><c> to</c><00:34:08.420><c> become</c><00:34:08.699><c> pregnant,</c><00:34:09.639><c> just</c><00:34:09.960><c> as</c><00:34:10.260><c> the</c><00:34:10.460><c> angel</c><00:34:10.760><c> Gabriel,</c><00:34:11.920><c> you</c>

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know,<00:34:14.260><c> promised</c><00:34:14.719><c> or</c><00:34:15.360><c> prophesied</c><00:34:15.840><c> to</c><00:34:16.119><c> Zechariah.</c>

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And<00:34:17.920><c> remember,</c><00:34:18.340><c> too,</c><00:34:18.519><c> you</c><00:34:18.519><c> know,</c><00:34:19.019><c> Sandy,</c><00:34:19.280><c> this</c><00:34:19.500><c> goes</c><00:34:19.719><c> to</c><00:34:19.900><c> your</c>

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.539
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point,<00:34:20.400><c> too.</c>

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You<00:34:20.639><c> know,</c><00:34:20.820><c> there</c><00:34:20.920><c> was</c><00:34:21.159><c> still</c><00:34:21.460><c> communication,</c><00:34:22.440><c> right?</c>

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Because<00:34:23.980><c> he</c><00:34:24.639><c> said,</c><00:34:24.920><c> you</c><00:34:25.059><c> know,</c><00:34:25.179><c> bring</c><00:34:25.340><c> me</c><00:34:25.559><c> a</c><00:34:25.760><c> writing</c><00:34:25.980><c> table.</c>

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And<00:34:26.519><c> so</c><00:34:26.639><c> I</c><00:34:26.739><c> think</c><00:34:26.960><c> he</c><00:34:27.739><c> was</c><00:34:27.920><c> using</c><00:34:28.480><c> writing</c><00:34:29.019><c> tables,</c><00:34:29.360><c> certainly,</c><00:34:29.860><c> to</c><00:34:30.079><c> communicate.</c>

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But<00:34:32.400><c> yeah,</c><00:34:32.800><c> you</c><00:34:32.880><c> know,</c><00:34:33.000><c> he</c><00:34:33.139><c> couldn't,</c><00:34:34.300><c> I</c><00:34:34.440><c> don't</c><00:34:34.699><c> think</c><00:34:34.840><c> he</c><00:34:35.039><c> could</c><00:34:35.320><c> perform,</c><00:34:36.860><c> you</c>

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know,<00:34:37.079><c> if</c><00:34:37.179><c> he</c><00:34:37.340><c> can't</c><00:34:37.719><c> speak,</c><00:34:38.039><c> you</c><00:34:38.179><c> can't</c><00:34:38.619><c> say</c><00:34:38.780><c> the</c><00:34:39.119><c> prayers</c>

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for<00:34:39.639><c> the</c><00:34:39.840><c> people.</c>

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But<00:34:40.639><c> you</c><00:34:40.719><c> could,</c><00:34:41.280><c> you</c><00:34:41.280><c> could,</c><00:34:41.519><c> you</c><00:34:41.739><c> can</c><00:34:42.000><c> pray</c><00:34:42.400><c> internally</c><00:34:43.059><c> to</c>

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God,<00:34:43.679><c> for</c><00:34:43.900><c> sure,</c><00:34:44.159><c> yes.</c>

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Okay,<00:34:48.239><c> now,</c><00:34:48.860><c> without,</c><00:34:49.500><c> what</c><00:34:49.659><c> do</c><00:34:49.739><c> we</c><00:34:49.800><c> got</c><00:34:49.940><c> for</c><00:34:50.239><c> time?</c>

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All<00:34:52.519><c> right,</c><00:34:52.679><c> all</c><00:34:52.840><c> right.</c>

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So,<00:34:54.679><c> Matthew,</c><00:34:55.500><c> if,</c><00:34:55.920><c> let's</c><00:34:56.460><c> keep</c><00:34:56.800><c> our</c><00:34:57.059><c> finger</c><00:34:57.320><c> here</c><00:34:57.679><c> in</c><00:34:57.860><c> Luke</c>

00:34:58.119 --> 00:35:02.559
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chapter<00:34:58.579><c> one,</c><00:34:59.179><c> and</c><00:34:59.400><c> just</c><00:34:59.920><c> we'll</c><00:35:00.420><c> turn</c><00:35:00.719><c> it</c><00:35:01.320><c> to</c><00:35:01.699><c> Matthew,</c><00:35:02.340><c> the</c>

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first<00:35:02.880><c> chapter.</c>

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But<00:35:06.000><c> verse</c><00:35:06.280><c> 18,</c><00:35:06.840><c> now,</c><00:35:06.900><c> the</c><00:35:06.900><c> birth</c><00:35:07.260><c> of</c><00:35:07.420><c> Jesus</c><00:35:07.860><c> Christ</c><00:35:08.519><c> was</c><00:35:08.860><c> on</c>

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this<00:35:09.420><c> wise</c><00:35:09.719><c> when</c><00:35:09.920><c> his</c><00:35:10.199><c> mother</c><00:35:10.480><c> Mary</c><00:35:10.900><c> was</c><00:35:11.260><c> espoused</c><00:35:11.739><c> to</c><00:35:12.000><c> Joseph.</c>

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:15.480
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Before<00:35:13.380><c> they</c><00:35:13.579><c> came</c><00:35:13.840><c> together,</c><00:35:14.239><c> she</c><00:35:14.420><c> was</c><00:35:14.719><c> found</c><00:35:14.880><c> with</c><00:35:15.139><c> child</c>

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of<00:35:16.119><c> the</c><00:35:16.440><c> Holy</c><00:35:16.739><c> Spirit.</c>

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:20.599
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Then<00:35:18.159><c> Joseph,</c><00:35:18.579><c> her</c><00:35:18.800><c> husband,</c><00:35:19.380><c> being</c><00:35:19.500><c> a</c><00:35:19.800><c> just</c><00:35:20.099><c> man.</c>

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:24.579
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All<00:35:21.300><c> right,</c><00:35:21.599><c> so</c><00:35:22.179><c> straight</c><00:35:22.960><c> away,</c><00:35:23.579><c> we're</c><00:35:23.900><c> told</c><00:35:24.199><c> something</c>

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:26.519
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about<00:35:24.940><c> Joseph's</c><00:35:25.579><c> character.</c>

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:29.079
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He<00:35:26.780><c> was</c><00:35:27.159><c> a</c><00:35:27.519><c> just</c><00:35:27.920><c> man.</c>

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:33.159
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And,<00:35:29.539><c> you</c><00:35:29.679><c> know,</c><00:35:29.840><c> he</c><00:35:30.239><c> was</c><00:35:30.500><c> going</c><00:35:30.719><c> to</c><00:35:30.940><c> put</c><00:35:31.239><c> Mary</c><00:35:31.639><c> away,</c><00:35:32.960><c> just</c>

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say,<00:35:33.440><c> look,</c><00:35:33.579><c> it's</c><00:35:33.800><c> not</c><00:35:34.039><c> working</c><00:35:34.280><c> out.</c>

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To<00:35:39.239><c> put</c><00:35:39.480><c> away</c><00:35:39.800><c> privately,</c><00:35:40.260><c> not</c><00:35:40.539><c> to</c><00:35:40.920><c> embarrass</c><00:35:41.559><c> anybody,</c><00:35:42.059><c> not</c>

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:44.380
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to<00:35:42.500><c> embarrass</c><00:35:42.940><c> the</c><00:35:43.260><c> families.</c>

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:47.360
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Okay,<00:35:45.639><c> it</c><00:35:45.920><c> shows</c><00:35:46.099><c> the</c><00:35:46.380><c> character</c><00:35:46.780><c> of</c><00:35:47.079><c> Joseph.</c>

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:49.039
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He<00:35:47.539><c> didn't</c><00:35:47.719><c> want</c><00:35:47.920><c> to</c><00:35:48.219><c> stick</c><00:35:48.400><c> it</c><00:35:48.539><c> to</c><00:35:48.760><c> Mary.</c>

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:52.500
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And<00:35:49.340><c> I'm</c><00:35:49.599><c> sure,</c><00:35:50.480><c> you</c><00:35:50.639><c> know,</c><00:35:50.960><c> brothers</c><00:35:51.159><c> and</c><00:35:51.420><c> sisters,</c><00:35:51.739><c> imagine</c>

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:55.340
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you're<00:35:53.039><c> Joseph</c><00:35:53.360><c> and</c><00:35:53.519><c> you're</c><00:35:53.719><c> in</c><00:35:53.880><c> this</c><00:35:54.059><c> situation.</c>

00:35:56.340 --> 00:36:03.519
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You<00:35:56.400><c> know,</c><00:35:56.760><c> it</c><00:35:56.980><c> obviously,</c><00:35:58.300><c> it</c><00:36:01.320><c> was</c><00:36:01.900><c> difficult,</c><00:36:02.659><c> weighed</c><00:36:02.860><c> heavy</c><00:36:03.239><c> on</c>

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.659
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his<00:36:03.880><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:36:06.679><c> so,</c><00:36:07.139><c> and</c><00:36:07.360><c> we</c><00:36:07.500><c> know</c><00:36:07.739><c> that</c><00:36:08.199><c> because</c><00:36:08.559><c> this</c><00:36:08.800><c> is</c><00:36:09.059><c> what,</c><00:36:09.619><c> you</c><00:36:10.800><c> know,</c><00:36:11.079><c> this</c><00:36:11.260><c> is</c>

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what<00:36:11.559><c> the</c><00:36:11.800><c> angel</c><00:36:11.960><c> says.</c>

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:14.119
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Again,<00:36:12.519><c> we're</c><00:36:12.679><c> not</c><00:36:12.880><c> told</c><00:36:13.099><c> who</c><00:36:13.260><c> this</c><00:36:13.539><c> angel</c><00:36:13.739><c> was.</c>

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:18.199
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Again,<00:36:15.500><c> traditionally,</c><00:36:15.920><c> it</c><00:36:15.980><c> has</c><00:36:16.340><c> been</c><00:36:16.739><c> said</c><00:36:17.139><c> to</c><00:36:17.380><c> be</c><00:36:17.920><c> the</c>

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angel<00:36:18.460><c> Gabriel.</c>

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And<00:36:20.119><c> it</c><00:36:20.280><c> says,</c><00:36:22.719><c> but</c><00:36:22.719><c> while</c><00:36:22.980><c> he</c><00:36:23.440><c> thought</c><00:36:23.900><c> on</c><00:36:24.300><c> those</c><00:36:24.659><c> things,</c><00:36:25.659><c> right,</c><00:36:25.860><c> I'm</c><00:36:25.960><c> sure</c><00:36:26.360><c> he</c>

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was<00:36:26.900><c> thinking</c><00:36:27.280><c> on</c><00:36:27.539><c> those</c><00:36:27.900><c> things.</c>

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You<00:36:28.699><c> know,</c><00:36:28.840><c> the</c><00:36:29.119><c> understatement,</c><00:36:31.260><c> behold,</c><00:36:31.880><c> the</c><00:36:31.880><c> angel</c><00:36:32.300><c> of</c><00:36:32.539><c> the</c><00:36:32.679><c> Lord</c><00:36:32.900><c> appeared</c><00:36:33.340><c> unto</c><00:36:33.639><c> him</c><00:36:33.880><c> in</c>

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a<00:36:34.239><c> dream</c><00:36:34.480><c> saying,</c>

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Joseph,<00:36:36.780><c> thou</c><00:36:36.960><c> son</c><00:36:37.260><c> of</c><00:36:37.440><c> David,</c><00:36:38.619><c> fear</c><00:36:38.920><c> not.</c>

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There's<00:36:40.280><c> that</c><00:36:40.860><c> term</c><00:36:41.179><c> again,</c><00:36:41.619><c> fear</c><00:36:41.980><c> not.</c>

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To<00:36:43.440><c> take</c><00:36:43.840><c> unto</c><00:36:44.179><c> thee</c><00:36:44.500><c> Mary</c><00:36:44.920><c> thy</c><00:36:45.260><c> wife,</c><00:36:46.500><c> and</c><00:36:46.659><c> he</c><00:36:46.800><c> goes</c><00:36:47.059><c> on</c><00:36:47.320><c> and</c>

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talks<00:36:47.739><c> about,</c>

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he<00:36:48.519><c> is</c><00:36:48.760><c> going</c><00:36:49.000><c> to</c><00:36:49.320><c> fulfill</c><00:36:49.960><c> the</c><00:36:50.380><c> prophecy</c><00:36:50.880><c> in</c><00:36:51.380><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:51.699><c> the</c>

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seventh<00:36:52.219><c> chapter.</c>

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And<00:36:52.619><c> this</c><00:36:52.800><c> is</c><00:36:52.980><c> something</c><00:36:53.199><c> that</c><00:36:53.460><c> Matthew</c><00:36:53.760><c> does,</c><00:36:54.219><c> brothers</c><00:36:54.360><c> and</c><00:36:54.539><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:36:55.300><c> always</c><00:36:55.920><c> brings</c><00:36:56.340><c> us</c><00:36:56.699><c> back</c><00:36:57.460><c> to</c><00:36:58.460><c> the</c><00:36:58.719><c> Messianic</c><00:36:59.860><c> texts</c><00:37:00.320><c> in</c>

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the<00:37:02.280><c> Old</c><00:37:02.539><c> Testament.</c>

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And<00:37:04.219><c> he</c><00:37:04.360><c> does</c><00:37:04.599><c> this</c><00:37:04.840><c> with</c><00:37:05.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:37:05.360><c> the</c><00:37:05.619><c> seventh</c><00:37:05.880><c> chapter.</c>

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Thou<00:37:06.900><c> shalt</c><00:37:07.119><c> call</c><00:37:07.519><c> his</c><00:37:07.780><c> name</c><00:37:08.099><c> Immanuel,</c><00:37:09.280><c> being</c><00:37:09.440><c> interpreted</c>

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God<00:37:10.900><c> with</c><00:37:11.219><c> us.</c>

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Joseph<00:37:12.400><c> was</c><00:37:12.699><c> fearful.</c>

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He<00:37:13.780><c> was</c><00:37:14.139><c> troubled</c><00:37:14.579><c> by</c><00:37:14.880><c> these</c><00:37:15.159><c> things.</c>

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What<00:37:15.599><c> the</c><00:37:15.860><c> heck</c><00:37:16.000><c> is</c><00:37:16.219><c> going</c><00:37:16.500><c> on?</c>

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And<00:37:18.059><c> so</c><00:37:18.440><c> it</c><00:37:18.559><c> obviously</c><00:37:19.039><c> takes,</c><00:37:20.219><c> you</c><00:37:20.239><c> know,</c><00:37:20.820><c> Joseph,</c><00:37:22.260><c> it</c><00:37:22.619><c> takes</c>

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God<00:37:23.420><c> intervening</c>

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and<00:37:25.000><c> really</c><00:37:25.320><c> help</c><00:37:25.659><c> Joseph</c><00:37:26.119><c> to</c><00:37:27.280><c> process</c><00:37:27.599><c> all</c><00:37:27.960><c> this</c><00:37:28.159><c> stuff.</c>

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Don't<00:37:28.579><c> worry,</c><00:37:28.880><c> Joseph.</c>

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Don't<00:37:29.599><c> be</c><00:37:29.900><c> fearful.</c>

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You<00:37:32.559><c> can</c><00:37:32.820><c> marry</c><00:37:33.300><c> Mary,</c><00:37:33.719><c> okay?</c>

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What<00:37:35.460><c> has</c><00:37:35.860><c> happened</c><00:37:36.219><c> to</c><00:37:36.440><c> her</c><00:37:36.960><c> is</c><00:37:37.280><c> by</c><00:37:37.500><c> the</c><00:37:37.739><c> power</c><00:37:38.059><c> of</c><00:37:38.320><c> God.</c>

00:37:39.319 --> 00:37:41.699
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And<00:37:39.619><c> so</c><00:37:40.039><c> appears</c><00:37:40.460><c> in</c><00:37:40.579><c> one's</c><00:37:40.820><c> dream</c><00:37:40.920><c> is</c><00:37:41.000><c> going</c><00:37:41.159><c> to</c><00:37:41.219><c> have</c><00:37:41.340><c> a</c><00:37:41.519><c> son,</c>

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Jesus,<00:37:42.539><c> who</c><00:37:42.619><c> will</c><00:37:43.000><c> save</c><00:37:43.519><c> Israel</c><00:37:44.400><c> from</c><00:37:45.320><c> their</c><00:37:45.639><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:37:47.079><c> so</c><00:37:47.539><c> essentially</c><00:37:48.440><c> what</c><00:37:49.500><c> the</c><00:37:49.800><c> angel</c><00:37:50.099><c> has</c><00:37:50.440><c> told</c><00:37:51.739><c> Joseph</c>

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is<00:37:53.980><c> that</c><00:37:54.420><c> Mary</c><00:37:54.880><c> is</c><00:37:55.119><c> going</c><00:37:55.420><c> to</c><00:37:55.820><c> have,</c><00:37:56.059><c> is</c><00:37:56.300><c> going</c><00:37:56.519><c> to</c><00:37:56.780><c> birth</c><00:37:57.079><c> the</c><00:37:57.420><c> Messiah.</c>

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And<00:37:59.579><c> so</c><00:37:59.760><c> we</c><00:38:00.000><c> have</c><00:38:00.239><c> that</c><00:38:00.639><c> view</c><00:38:00.880><c> from</c><00:38:01.139><c> Matthew</c><00:38:01.599><c> because</c><00:38:01.940><c> the</c>

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very<00:38:02.519><c> same</c><00:38:03.000><c> thing</c>

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that<00:38:04.219><c> the</c><00:38:04.480><c> angel</c><00:38:04.840><c> told</c><00:38:05.219><c> Joseph,</c><00:38:06.539><c> okay,</c><00:38:06.760><c> it's</c><00:38:06.920><c> like</c><00:38:07.099><c> two</c><00:38:07.320><c> points</c><00:38:07.619><c> of</c>

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view<00:38:07.940><c> here.</c>

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The<00:38:08.599><c> point</c><00:38:08.940><c> of</c><00:38:09.099><c> view</c><00:38:09.239><c> of</c><00:38:09.420><c> Joseph,</c><00:38:09.960><c> like</c><00:38:10.119><c> what</c><00:38:10.380><c> was</c><00:38:10.780><c> the</c><00:38:11.000><c> point</c>

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of<00:38:11.300><c> view</c><00:38:11.440><c> of</c><00:38:11.539><c> Joseph?</c>

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Well,<00:38:12.099><c> we</c><00:38:12.239><c> got</c><00:38:12.440><c> it</c><00:38:12.599><c> in</c><00:38:12.679><c> Matthew.</c>

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Okay,<00:38:15.579><c> well</c><00:38:15.940><c> what's</c><00:38:16.579><c> the</c><00:38:16.760><c> point</c><00:38:16.920><c> of</c><00:38:17.099><c> view</c><00:38:17.219><c> of</c><00:38:17.420><c> Mary,</c><00:38:18.119><c> right?</c>

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:21.940
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So<00:38:18.840><c> this</c><00:38:18.980><c> is</c><00:38:19.500><c> the</c><00:38:19.719><c> two</c><00:38:19.940><c> individuals</c><00:38:20.420><c> involved</c><00:38:20.920><c> in</c><00:38:21.099><c> this</c><00:38:21.219><c> situation.</c>

00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:24.519
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But<00:38:22.599><c> what</c><00:38:22.780><c> was</c><00:38:23.019><c> Mary's</c><00:38:23.460><c> point</c><00:38:23.679><c> of</c><00:38:23.840><c> view?</c>

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Well,<00:38:25.300><c> the</c><00:38:25.619><c> angel</c><00:38:25.880><c> appeared</c><00:38:26.239><c> to</c><00:38:26.500><c> Mary</c><00:38:26.820><c> as</c><00:38:27.059><c> well.</c>

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Now,<00:38:28.260><c> Mary</c><00:38:28.579><c> most</c><00:38:28.920><c> likely</c><00:38:29.400><c> 16,</c><00:38:30.280><c> 17</c><00:38:30.900><c> years</c><00:38:31.340><c> old,</c><00:38:31.780><c> most</c><00:38:32.119><c> likely,</c><00:38:32.639><c> okay?</c>

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:40.420
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And<00:38:35.119><c> that</c><00:38:35.679><c> was</c><00:38:36.059><c> very</c><00:38:36.539><c> common</c><00:38:37.039><c> for</c><00:38:37.500><c> that</c><00:38:38.059><c> time</c><00:38:38.380><c> period,</c><00:38:40.099><c> be</c><00:38:40.179><c> of</c>

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married<00:38:40.699><c> age,</c><00:38:41.519><c> remember?</c>

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Because<00:38:42.639><c> a</c><00:38:42.880><c> lot</c><00:38:43.019><c> of</c><00:38:43.239><c> different</c><00:38:43.440><c> factors,</c><00:38:44.079><c> particularly</c><00:38:44.539><c> disease,</c>

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people<00:38:46.840><c> didn't</c><00:38:47.059><c> live</c><00:38:47.260><c> as</c><00:38:47.519><c> long,</c><00:38:48.019><c> you</c><00:38:48.019><c> know,</c><00:38:48.639><c> 35,</c><00:38:49.280><c> 40</c><00:38:49.639><c> years</c><00:38:50.039><c> old.</c>

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If<00:38:50.360><c> you</c><00:38:50.519><c> were</c><00:38:50.739><c> a</c><00:38:50.840><c> woman</c><00:38:51.039><c> and</c><00:38:51.219><c> you</c><00:38:51.380><c> made</c><00:38:51.539><c> it</c><00:38:51.679><c> through</c><00:38:51.980><c> childbirth,</c>

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that's,<00:38:53.460><c> you</c><00:38:53.739><c> know,</c><00:38:54.800><c> that's</c><00:38:55.019><c> the</c><00:38:55.260><c> average.</c>

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:59.820
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So,<00:38:57.219><c> you</c><00:38:57.420><c> know,</c><00:38:57.539><c> that's</c><00:38:57.760><c> why</c><00:38:57.900><c> they</c><00:38:58.099><c> got</c><00:38:58.260><c> married</c><00:38:58.599><c> so</c><00:38:58.940><c> young.</c>

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:07.159
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And<00:39:00.280><c> so</c><00:39:01.380><c> the</c><00:39:01.860><c> angel</c><00:39:02.159><c> Gabriel</c><00:39:03.539><c> tells</c><00:39:04.760><c> Mary</c><00:39:05.380><c> again,</c><00:39:06.500><c> verse</c><00:39:06.719><c> 30</c>

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:09.039
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of<00:39:07.420><c> Luke</c><00:39:07.639><c> chapter</c><00:39:08.179><c> 1,</c>

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fear<00:39:10.280><c> not</c><00:39:10.800><c> Mary.</c>

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And<00:39:12.619><c> we</c><00:39:12.820><c> know</c><00:39:13.059><c> she</c><00:39:13.320><c> was</c><00:39:13.619><c> fearful</c><00:39:13.960><c> because</c><00:39:14.340><c> verse</c><00:39:14.619><c> 29,</c><00:39:15.179><c> she</c><00:39:15.320><c> was</c>

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troubled<00:39:16.239><c> at</c><00:39:16.840><c> his</c><00:39:17.219><c> saying,</c>

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which<00:39:18.199><c> was,</c><00:39:18.800><c> hail</c><00:39:18.800><c> thou,</c><00:39:19.739><c> I'd</c><00:39:19.840><c> highly</c><00:39:20.380><c> favor</c><00:39:20.880><c> the</c><00:39:21.119><c> Lord</c><00:39:21.400><c> is</c>

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with<00:39:21.840><c> thee,</c>

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blessed<00:39:22.840><c> art</c><00:39:23.260><c> thou</c><00:39:23.780><c> among</c><00:39:24.639><c> women.</c>

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And<00:39:26.099><c> she's</c><00:39:26.460><c> like,</c><00:39:26.739><c> what</c><00:39:27.059><c> in</c><00:39:27.320><c> the</c><00:39:27.599><c> world</c><00:39:27.840><c> is</c><00:39:28.199><c> this?</c>

00:39:30.739 --> 00:39:37.000
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And<00:39:31.219><c> so,</c><00:39:31.699><c> again,</c><00:39:32.940><c> the</c><00:39:33.119><c> angel</c><00:39:33.340><c> Gabriel</c><00:39:33.780><c> tells</c><00:39:34.460><c> Mary</c><00:39:34.840><c> not</c><00:39:35.179><c> to</c><00:39:35.380><c> fear,</c><00:39:35.519><c> don't</c><00:39:35.760><c> be</c><00:39:36.059><c> fearful.</c>

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There<00:39:37.760><c> is</c><00:39:38.119><c> why,</c><00:39:38.559><c> she</c><00:39:38.780><c> says,</c><00:39:39.739><c> behold,</c><00:39:40.920><c> thou</c><00:39:41.059><c> shall</c><00:39:41.400><c> conceive</c>

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in<00:39:42.159><c> thy</c><00:39:42.440><c> womb</c>

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and<00:39:42.840><c> shall</c><00:39:42.980><c> bring</c><00:39:43.300><c> forth</c><00:39:43.579><c> a</c><00:39:43.800><c> son</c><00:39:44.000><c> and</c><00:39:44.159><c> shall</c><00:39:44.380><c> call</c><00:39:44.739><c> his</c><00:39:45.119><c> name</c><00:39:45.780><c> Jesus.</c>

00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:49.480
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And<00:39:47.179><c> so</c><00:39:47.320><c> it</c><00:39:47.420><c> goes</c><00:39:47.659><c> on</c><00:39:47.940><c> and</c><00:39:48.059><c> talks,</c><00:39:48.300><c> he</c><00:39:48.340><c> shall</c><00:39:48.500><c> be</c><00:39:48.800><c> great,</c><00:39:49.300><c> the</c>

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son<00:39:49.659><c> of</c><00:39:49.820><c> the</c><00:39:50.059><c> highest,</c>

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and<00:39:51.780><c> the</c><00:39:51.980><c> Lord</c><00:39:52.179><c> God</c><00:39:52.460><c> shall</c><00:39:52.719><c> give</c><00:39:52.960><c> him</c><00:39:53.239><c> the</c><00:39:53.519><c> throne</c><00:39:53.719><c> of</c><00:39:53.920><c> his</c>

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father<00:39:54.380><c> David,</c>

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and<00:39:54.960><c> he</c><00:39:55.099><c> shall</c><00:39:55.219><c> reign</c><00:39:55.440><c> over</c><00:39:55.699><c> the</c><00:39:55.840><c> house</c><00:39:56.019><c> of</c><00:39:56.159><c> Jacob</c><00:39:56.480><c> forever,</c>

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and<00:39:57.420><c> of</c><00:39:57.579><c> his</c><00:39:57.820><c> kingdom</c><00:39:58.139><c> there</c><00:39:58.380><c> shall</c><00:39:58.599><c> be</c><00:39:58.900><c> no</c><00:39:59.079><c> end.</c>

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That<00:39:59.360><c> is</c><00:39:59.539><c> the</c><00:39:59.780><c> gospel,</c><00:40:00.199><c> brothers</c><00:40:00.559><c> and</c><00:40:00.860><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:07.480
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And<00:40:02.300><c> the</c><00:40:02.519><c> angel</c><00:40:02.800><c> Gabriel</c><00:40:03.179><c> spoke</c><00:40:03.860><c> it</c><00:40:04.059><c> to</c><00:40:04.360><c> Mary</c><00:40:04.699><c> in</c><00:40:05.579><c> a</c><00:40:05.780><c> condensed</c><00:40:06.340><c> form.</c>

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And<00:40:07.760><c> so</c><00:40:07.960><c> she</c><00:40:08.239><c> receives</c><00:40:08.719><c> all</c><00:40:09.079><c> this</c><00:40:09.280><c> information,</c><00:40:10.280><c> very</c><00:40:10.860><c> similar</c><00:40:11.619><c> to</c>

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what<00:40:14.199><c> happened</c>

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with<00:40:15.260><c> Zechariah,</c><00:40:15.880><c> almost</c><00:40:16.239><c> really,</c><00:40:16.760><c> you</c><00:40:17.019><c> know,</c><00:40:17.300><c> the</c><00:40:17.519><c> same</c><00:40:17.719><c> template.</c>

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The<00:40:20.000><c> angel</c><00:40:20.219><c> Gabriel</c><00:40:20.659><c> appears</c><00:40:21.219><c> to</c><00:40:22.320><c> Mary.</c>

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Mary<00:40:22.960><c> is</c><00:40:23.219><c> troubled</c><00:40:23.679><c> and</c><00:40:24.139><c> fearful.</c>

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Zechariah<00:40:25.619><c> is</c><00:40:25.880><c> troubled</c><00:40:26.400><c> and</c><00:40:27.019><c> fearful.</c>

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They're<00:40:29.280><c> given,</c><00:40:29.599><c> both</c><00:40:29.900><c> of</c><00:40:30.079><c> them</c><00:40:30.179><c> are</c><00:40:30.440><c> given</c><00:40:30.679><c> the</c><00:40:30.860><c> gospel,</c><00:40:31.480><c> the</c>

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good<00:40:31.820><c> news,</c>

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the<00:40:32.420><c> good</c><00:40:32.719><c> tidings,</c><00:40:33.920><c> the</c><00:40:34.099><c> glad</c><00:40:34.400><c> tidings.</c>

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Both<00:40:36.719><c> ask</c><00:40:38.219><c> questions.</c>

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The<00:40:42.860><c> older</c><00:40:43.300><c> teacher</c><00:40:43.800><c> of</c><00:40:44.039><c> Israel</c><00:40:44.500><c> was</c><00:40:44.860><c> silenced</c><00:40:45.719><c> because</c><00:40:46.239><c> he</c>

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questioned<00:40:46.960><c> God.</c>

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The<00:40:50.239><c> young</c><00:40:50.840><c> girl</c><00:40:51.260><c> Mary</c><00:40:52.119><c> had</c><00:40:53.639><c> it</c><00:40:54.119><c> explained</c><00:40:54.440><c> to</c><00:40:54.659><c> her</c><00:40:55.179><c> without</c><00:40:55.699><c> punishment,</c>

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without<00:40:56.940><c> being</c><00:40:58.059><c> admonished.</c>

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And<00:40:59.800><c> so</c><00:41:00.559><c> that's</c><00:41:01.760><c> interesting</c><00:41:02.320><c> to</c><00:41:02.579><c> me.</c>

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And<00:41:03.219><c> I</c><00:41:03.320><c> think,</c><00:41:03.699><c> you</c><00:41:03.980><c> know,</c><00:41:03.980><c> we've</c><00:41:04.420><c> talked</c><00:41:04.719><c> about</c><00:41:05.019><c> it,</c><00:41:05.380><c> but,</c>

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you<00:41:05.500><c> know,</c><00:41:05.699><c> Mary</c><00:41:05.940><c> was,</c><00:41:06.340><c> she</c><00:41:06.480><c> was</c><00:41:06.760><c> full.</c>

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She<00:41:09.780><c> was</c><00:41:10.420><c> hailed</c><00:41:10.659><c> that</c><00:41:10.880><c> are</c><00:41:11.179><c> highly</c><00:41:11.719><c> favored.</c>

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The<00:41:12.559><c> Lord</c><00:41:12.900><c> is</c><00:41:13.300><c> with</c><00:41:13.619><c> thee,</c><00:41:14.500><c> full</c><00:41:14.760><c> of</c><00:41:15.059><c> grace</c><00:41:15.460><c> is</c><00:41:15.820><c> the</c><00:41:15.880><c> way,</c><00:41:16.079><c> if</c>

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you<00:41:16.219><c> look</c><00:41:16.360><c> at,</c><00:41:17.139><c> look</c><00:41:17.719><c> at</c><00:41:17.880><c> your</c><00:41:18.119><c> margin.</c>

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And<00:41:19.079><c> so</c><00:41:20.039><c> she</c><00:41:20.840><c> had</c><00:41:21.039><c> found</c><00:41:21.280><c> favor</c><00:41:21.780><c> with</c><00:41:22.099><c> God.</c>

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She<00:41:22.820><c> was</c><00:41:23.000><c> going</c><00:41:23.559><c> to</c><00:41:23.900><c> be</c><00:41:24.420><c> the</c><00:41:25.260><c> vessel</c><00:41:25.699><c> that</c><00:41:26.039><c> carried</c><00:41:26.300><c> the</c><00:41:26.539><c> Son</c>

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of<00:41:26.940><c> God</c><00:41:27.139><c> in</c><00:41:27.320><c> her</c><00:41:27.599><c> womb.</c>

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And<00:41:29.559><c> she</c><00:41:29.800><c> asked</c><00:41:30.059><c> the</c><00:41:30.300><c> question,</c><00:41:32.219><c> how</c><00:41:32.460><c> can</c><00:41:32.800><c> this</c><00:41:33.059><c> be,</c><00:41:33.820><c> seeing</c><00:41:33.920><c> I</c>

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know<00:41:34.719><c> not</c><00:41:34.980><c> a</c><00:41:35.239><c> man?</c>

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I,<00:41:37.260><c> you</c><00:41:37.400><c> know,</c><00:41:39.219><c> you</c><00:41:39.639><c> know,</c><00:41:39.780><c> and</c><00:41:39.900><c> it's</c><00:41:40.079><c> interesting.</c>

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They're<00:41:40.860><c> both</c><00:41:41.260><c> questions</c><00:41:42.219><c> are</c><00:41:43.000><c> about,</c><00:41:43.639><c> you</c><00:41:45.500><c> know,</c><00:41:46.219><c> conceiving,</c><00:41:48.000><c> conceiving</c><00:41:48.420><c> of</c><00:41:48.679><c> children.</c>

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Mary,<00:41:50.559><c> you</c><00:41:50.840><c> know,</c><00:41:51.219><c> she</c><00:41:51.380><c> knew</c><00:41:51.639><c> her</c><00:41:51.820><c> simple</c><00:41:52.159><c> biology.</c>

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Hey,<00:41:55.280><c> I</c><00:41:55.860><c> am</c><00:41:56.159><c> not</c><00:41:56.420><c> married.</c>

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I'm<00:41:56.900><c> not,</c><00:41:57.260><c> I</c><00:41:57.440><c> haven't</c><00:41:57.619><c> had</c><00:41:57.780><c> any</c><00:41:58.079><c> relations</c><00:41:58.559><c> with</c><00:41:58.860><c> any</c><00:41:59.099><c> man.</c>

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I'm<00:42:00.219><c> still</c><00:42:00.559><c> a</c><00:42:00.760><c> virgin.</c>

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Zachariah,<00:42:02.920><c> I'm</c><00:42:03.219><c> wait,</c><00:42:03.400><c> my</c><00:42:03.679><c> wife</c><00:42:03.880><c> is</c><00:42:04.179><c> way</c><00:42:04.440><c> too</c><00:42:04.860><c> old.</c>

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So<00:42:10.760><c> yeah,</c><00:42:11.179><c> it's</c><00:42:11.420><c> a</c><00:42:11.599><c> clarify.</c>

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I<00:42:12.159><c> guess,</c><00:42:12.599><c> you</c><00:42:12.699><c> know,</c><00:42:12.900><c> Mary,</c><00:42:13.440><c> it</c><00:42:13.440><c> was</c><00:42:13.619><c> like,</c><00:42:14.079><c> it</c><00:42:14.219><c> was</c><00:42:14.400><c> like,</c><00:42:14.639><c> you</c><00:42:14.940><c> know,</c><00:42:15.099><c> like</c><00:42:15.260><c> a</c>

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clarifying<00:42:16.099><c> question</c>

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because<00:42:17.260><c> the</c><00:42:17.960><c> angel</c><00:42:18.320><c> Gabriel</c><00:42:18.659><c> gets</c><00:42:18.920><c> right</c><00:42:19.260><c> back</c><00:42:19.519><c> into</c><00:42:19.840><c> it.</c>

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Says<00:42:23.039><c> the</c><00:42:23.239><c> Holy</c><00:42:23.679><c> Spirit</c><00:42:24.079><c> shall</c><00:42:24.280><c> come</c><00:42:24.599><c> upon</c><00:42:25.039><c> thee</c><00:42:25.280><c> and</c><00:42:25.440><c> the</c><00:42:25.679><c> power</c><00:42:26.039><c> of</c>

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the<00:42:26.539><c> highest</c><00:42:26.860><c> shall</c><00:42:27.219><c> overshadow</c><00:42:28.059><c> thee.</c>

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Therefore<00:42:29.199><c> also</c><00:42:29.719><c> that</c><00:42:30.059><c> holy</c><00:42:30.559><c> thing</c><00:42:30.860><c> which</c><00:42:31.119><c> shall</c><00:42:31.300><c> be</c><00:42:31.599><c> born</c><00:42:31.900><c> of</c>

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thee<00:42:32.800><c> shall</c><00:42:33.119><c> be</c><00:42:33.440><c> called</c><00:42:33.719><c> the</c><00:42:33.980><c> Son</c><00:42:34.219><c> of</c><00:42:34.400><c> God.</c>

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And<00:42:35.340><c> so</c><00:42:35.559><c> Gabriel</c><00:42:35.960><c> uses</c><00:42:36.539><c> that</c><00:42:37.000><c> question</c><00:42:37.380><c> as</c><00:42:37.659><c> a</c><00:42:38.019><c> springboard</c><00:42:38.760><c> to</c>

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answer<00:42:39.940><c> all</c><00:42:40.239><c> the</c><00:42:40.440><c> questions,</c><00:42:41.059><c> right?</c>

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To<00:42:41.380><c> answer</c><00:42:41.699><c> that</c><00:42:42.000><c> question.</c>

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How<00:42:42.559><c> is</c><00:42:42.780><c> this</c><00:42:43.000><c> going</c><00:42:43.219><c> to</c><00:42:43.500><c> happen?</c>

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The<00:42:44.119><c> Holy</c><00:42:44.500><c> Spirit</c><00:42:44.980><c> will</c><00:42:45.500><c> overshadow</c><00:42:46.559><c> you.</c>

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So<00:42:48.739><c> what</c><00:42:48.880><c> it</c><00:42:49.119><c> is,</c><00:42:49.300><c> it</c><00:42:49.519><c> is</c><00:42:49.780><c> by</c><00:42:50.119><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:42:50.820><c> not</c><00:42:50.980><c> by</c><00:42:51.280><c> man.</c>

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And<00:42:54.880><c> the</c><00:42:55.000><c> rich.</c>

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Go<00:42:56.719><c> ahead.</c>

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I<00:42:57.900><c> wonder</c><00:42:58.139><c> if</c><00:42:58.320><c> that's</c><00:42:58.579><c> the</c><00:42:58.780><c> difference</c><00:42:59.059><c> between</c><00:42:59.380><c> the</c><00:42:59.639><c> questions</c><00:43:00.420><c> Zachariah</c><00:43:01.340><c> and</c><00:43:01.519><c> Elizabeth.</c>

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They<00:43:02.099><c> were</c><00:43:02.320><c> a</c><00:43:02.599><c> couple</c><00:43:02.960><c> beyond</c><00:43:04.000><c> years,</c><00:43:04.519><c> but</c><00:43:04.699><c> so</c><00:43:04.900><c> was</c><00:43:05.059><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:43:05.800><c> Sarah.</c>

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And<00:43:07.159><c> God</c><00:43:07.539><c> worked</c><00:43:07.820><c> through</c><00:43:08.059><c> them.</c>

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Yes.

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A<00:43:09.599><c> question</c><00:43:09.760><c> of</c><00:43:10.079><c> faith</c><00:43:10.320><c> there.</c>

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Whereas<00:43:11.380><c> Mary,</c><00:43:11.980><c> she</c><00:43:12.059><c> has</c><00:43:12.119><c> a</c><00:43:12.320><c> very</c><00:43:12.579><c> innocent</c><00:43:13.039><c> question.</c>

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She's<00:43:14.420><c> not</c><00:43:14.719><c> yet</c><00:43:15.139><c> married</c><00:43:15.559><c> to,</c><00:43:16.000><c> she's</c><00:43:16.380><c> betrothed,</c><00:43:16.820><c> but</c><00:43:17.000><c> she's</c>

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not<00:43:17.519><c> yet</c><00:43:17.800><c> with</c><00:43:18.119><c> Joseph.</c>

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x
She's<00:43:20.199><c> a</c><00:43:20.360><c> virgin.</c>

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She's<00:43:21.019><c> alone.</c>

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How<00:43:21.880><c> can</c><00:43:22.119><c> this</c><00:43:22.320><c> be?</c>

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I<00:43:22.659><c> don't</c><00:43:22.900><c> know</c><00:43:23.099><c> a</c><00:43:23.280><c> man.</c>

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x
She<00:43:24.420><c> asked</c><00:43:24.659><c> a</c><00:43:24.739><c> very</c><00:43:25.099><c> innocent</c><00:43:25.599><c> question.</c>

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How<00:43:26.820><c> can</c><00:43:27.099><c> this</c><00:43:27.340><c> be?</c>

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And<00:43:28.599><c> the</c><00:43:28.920><c> angel</c><00:43:29.119><c> so</c><00:43:29.440><c> gently</c><00:43:29.900><c> explains</c><00:43:30.559><c> to</c><00:43:30.739><c> her</c><00:43:30.860><c> how</c><00:43:31.059><c> it's</c><00:43:31.300><c> going</c><00:43:31.400><c> to</c><00:43:31.579><c> happen.</c>

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Whereas<00:43:33.000><c> with</c><00:43:33.300><c> Zachariah,</c><00:43:33.860><c> I</c><00:43:33.920><c> think</c><00:43:34.380><c> the</c><00:43:35.000><c> intense,</c><00:43:35.679><c> like</c><00:43:35.900><c> God</c>

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knows<00:43:36.420><c> the</c><00:43:36.679><c> intense</c><00:43:36.880><c> of</c><00:43:37.059><c> the</c><00:43:37.239><c> heart.</c>

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He<00:43:38.239><c> knows</c><00:43:38.500><c> what</c><00:43:38.659><c> Zachariah</c><00:43:39.119><c> was</c><00:43:39.320><c> thinking</c><00:43:39.599><c> and</c><00:43:39.820><c> he's</c><00:43:40.579><c> questioning</c><00:43:41.079><c> God's</c><00:43:41.639><c> ability.</c>

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And<00:43:42.820><c> he</c><00:43:42.960><c> says,</c><00:43:43.500><c> I</c><00:43:43.500><c> have</c><00:43:43.900><c> Gabriel</c><00:43:44.480><c> who</c><00:43:44.860><c> stand</c><00:43:45.000><c> in</c><00:43:45.179><c> the</c><00:43:45.400><c> presence</c>

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of<00:43:45.960><c> God.</c>

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You<00:43:47.579><c> doubt</c><00:43:47.880><c> my</c><00:43:48.260><c> word.</c>

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x
Yeah,<00:43:49.920><c> it's</c><00:43:50.460><c> pretty</c><00:43:50.599><c> awesome.</c>

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x
I<00:43:53.980><c> think</c><00:43:54.539><c> there's</c><00:43:54.900><c> cause</c><00:43:55.199><c> for</c><00:43:55.519><c> rebuke.</c>

00:43:56.019 --> 00:44:00.380
x
And<00:43:56.019><c> then</c><00:43:56.400><c> in</c><00:43:56.619><c> Mary's</c><00:43:57.059><c> case,</c><00:43:57.840><c> he</c><00:43:58.300><c> answered</c><00:43:58.619><c> a</c><00:43:58.840><c> very</c><00:43:59.380><c> good</c><00:43:59.780><c> question.</c>

00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:03.239
x
How<00:44:01.219><c> can</c><00:44:01.440><c> I</c><00:44:02.059><c> possibly</c><00:44:02.380><c> bring</c><00:44:02.619><c> forth</c><00:44:02.900><c> a</c><00:44:03.119><c> son?</c>

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x
Well,<00:44:03.460><c> this</c><00:44:03.679><c> is</c><00:44:03.900><c> how</c><00:44:04.039><c> God's</c><00:44:04.500><c> going</c><00:44:04.599><c> to</c><00:44:04.679><c> do</c><00:44:04.860><c> it.</c>

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And<00:44:06.840><c> I</c><00:44:07.239><c> love</c><00:44:07.460><c> the</c><00:44:07.579><c> way</c><00:44:07.719><c> he</c><00:44:08.159><c> explains</c><00:44:08.480><c> it</c><00:44:08.739><c> to</c><00:44:08.800><c> her.</c>

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Yeah,<00:44:10.780><c> Luke,</c><00:44:11.119><c> I</c><00:44:11.400><c> agree.</c>

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I<00:44:11.820><c> think</c><00:44:12.139><c> Mary's</c><00:44:12.800><c> question</c><00:44:13.219><c> was</c><00:44:13.480><c> really</c><00:44:13.980><c> one</c><00:44:14.179><c> of</c><00:44:14.400><c> innocence.</c>

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And<00:44:16.019><c> she</c><00:44:16.159><c> wanted</c><00:44:16.500><c> to</c><00:44:16.780><c> know.</c>

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And<00:44:20.840><c> then</c><00:44:21.119><c> Mary,</c><00:44:22.000><c> in</c><00:44:22.599><c> verse</c><00:44:22.900><c> 38,</c><00:44:23.739><c> and</c><00:44:23.840><c> Mary</c><00:44:24.199><c> said,</c>

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Behold<00:44:25.179><c> the</c><00:44:25.579><c> handmaid</c><00:44:26.159><c> of</c><00:44:26.420><c> the</c><00:44:26.579><c> Lord,</c><00:44:28.119><c> be</c><00:44:28.280><c> it</c><00:44:28.480><c> unto</c><00:44:28.739><c> me</c><00:44:29.119><c> according</c><00:44:29.619><c> to</c><00:44:30.380><c> thy</c><00:44:31.320><c> word.</c>

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Mary<00:44:33.139><c> consented.</c>

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She<00:44:35.139><c> said,</c><00:44:36.280><c> yes.</c>

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And<00:44:38.380><c> I</c><00:44:39.079><c> think</c><00:44:39.320><c> it's</c><00:44:39.599><c> beautiful.</c>

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That's<00:44:40.860><c> beautiful.</c>

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She<00:44:41.280><c> got</c><00:44:41.579><c> the</c><00:44:41.860><c> information</c><00:44:42.679><c> and</c><00:44:43.460><c> she</c><00:44:44.019><c> committed</c><00:44:44.380><c> herself</c><00:44:45.139><c> to</c>

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being<00:44:46.539><c> the</c><00:44:46.940><c> mother</c><00:44:47.219><c> of</c><00:44:47.500><c> the</c><00:44:47.599><c> Son</c><00:44:47.780><c> of</c><00:44:48.039><c> God</c>

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and<00:44:49.639><c> committed</c><00:44:50.079><c> herself</c><00:44:50.599><c> to</c><00:44:50.780><c> the</c><00:44:50.980><c> things</c><00:44:51.219><c> of</c><00:44:51.440><c> God,</c>

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even<00:44:51.820><c> though</c><00:44:52.099><c> we</c><00:44:52.400><c> know</c><00:44:52.619><c> she</c><00:44:52.800><c> didn't</c><00:44:53.099><c> fully</c><00:44:53.460><c> understand</c><00:44:54.179><c> anything</c>

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because<00:44:55.239><c> there</c><00:44:55.519><c> are</c><00:44:55.739><c> several</c><00:44:56.119><c> times</c><00:44:56.739><c> in</c><00:44:57.199><c> Luke</c><00:44:57.440><c> chapter</c><00:44:57.760><c> one</c>

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and<00:44:58.059><c> Luke</c><00:44:58.300><c> chapter</c><00:44:58.519><c> two,</c>

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I<00:44:58.739><c> think</c><00:44:58.880><c> it's</c><00:44:59.139><c> mentioned</c><00:44:59.360><c> actually</c><00:44:59.719><c> two</c><00:45:00.000><c> times</c><00:45:00.260><c> and</c><00:45:00.400><c> other</c>

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times<00:45:00.900><c> in</c><00:45:01.059><c> the</c><00:45:01.179><c> Gospel</c><00:45:01.519><c> as</c><00:45:01.800><c> well,</c>

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that<00:45:03.940><c> but</c><00:45:04.639><c> Mary</c><00:45:05.519><c> kept</c><00:45:06.300><c> these</c><00:45:06.760><c> things</c><00:45:07.519><c> in</c><00:45:08.840><c> her</c><00:45:09.159><c> heart</c><00:45:09.519><c> and</c>

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pondered<00:45:11.079><c> them.</c>

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She<00:45:12.159><c> kept</c><00:45:12.380><c> them</c><00:45:12.559><c> in</c><00:45:12.659><c> her</c><00:45:12.900><c> heart.</c>

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She<00:45:15.079><c> didn't</c><00:45:15.219><c> understand</c><00:45:15.960><c> these</c><00:45:16.340><c> things.</c>

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Even<00:45:16.860><c> when</c><00:45:17.099><c> she</c><00:45:17.320><c> went</c><00:45:17.500><c> to</c><00:45:17.699><c> the</c><00:45:17.920><c> temple</c><00:45:18.500><c> and</c><00:45:20.320><c> Simeon</c><00:45:20.639><c> tells</c><00:45:20.900><c> her</c>

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that<00:45:21.659><c> a</c><00:45:21.900><c> sword</c><00:45:22.360><c> will</c><00:45:22.760><c> pierce</c><00:45:23.179><c> your</c><00:45:23.539><c> heart</c><00:45:23.820><c> as</c><00:45:24.139><c> well.</c>

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x
You<00:45:25.940><c> know,</c><00:45:26.119><c> just</c><00:45:26.340><c> imagine</c><00:45:26.820><c> like</c><00:45:27.059><c> this</c><00:45:27.239><c> little,</c><00:45:27.860><c> this</c><00:45:28.139><c> young</c>

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girl,<00:45:29.219><c> 16,</c><00:45:29.699><c> 17</c><00:45:30.239><c> years</c><00:45:30.579><c> old,</c>

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getting<00:45:31.000><c> all</c><00:45:31.380><c> of</c><00:45:31.559><c> these</c><00:45:32.079><c> prophecies</c><00:45:34.179><c> kind</c><00:45:34.579><c> of,</c><00:45:36.880><c> not</c><00:45:36.920><c> thrown</c>

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is<00:45:37.739><c> the</c><00:45:37.820><c> wrong</c><00:45:38.000><c> word,</c>

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but<00:45:38.380><c> she</c><00:45:38.559><c> hears</c><00:45:38.780><c> all</c><00:45:39.099><c> of</c><00:45:40.019><c> these</c><00:45:40.239><c> prophecies.</c>

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And<00:45:41.500><c> she</c><00:45:41.679><c> was</c><00:45:43.320><c> a</c><00:45:43.539><c> young</c><00:45:43.780><c> girl.</c>

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She<00:45:44.460><c> had</c><00:45:44.719><c> a</c><00:45:44.960><c> tremendous</c><00:45:45.460><c> faith.</c>

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x
And<00:45:46.099><c> you</c><00:45:46.480><c> just</c><00:45:46.840><c> look</c><00:45:47.139><c> at,</c><00:45:47.860><c> my</c><00:45:48.159><c> soul</c><00:45:48.599><c> doth</c><00:45:48.900><c> magnify</c><00:45:49.699><c> the</c><00:45:49.960><c> Lord.</c>

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Just<00:45:51.099><c> look</c><00:45:51.280><c> at</c><00:45:51.420><c> her</c><00:45:51.679><c> words.</c>

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Look<00:45:52.260><c> at</c><00:45:52.500><c> the</c><00:45:52.719><c> words</c><00:45:53.039><c> of</c><00:45:53.340><c> Elizabeth</c><00:45:53.900><c> here.</c>

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These<00:45:54.960><c> people,</c><00:45:55.760><c> these</c><00:45:56.139><c> women</c><00:45:56.500><c> were</c><00:45:56.940><c> such</c><00:45:57.280><c> women</c><00:45:57.699><c> of</c><00:45:58.260><c> faith.</c>

00:45:58.579 --> 00:46:02.079
x
And<00:45:59.340><c> we</c><00:45:59.940><c> know</c><00:46:00.420><c> they</c><00:46:00.679><c> were</c><00:46:00.800><c> women</c><00:46:01.059><c> of</c><00:46:01.300><c> faith</c><00:46:01.440><c> because</c><00:46:01.739><c> they</c>

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didn't<00:46:02.400><c> understand</c>

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what<00:46:03.360><c> was</c><00:46:03.659><c> going</c><00:46:03.880><c> on</c><00:46:04.139><c> when</c><00:46:04.260><c> they</c><00:46:04.440><c> were</c><00:46:04.639><c> going</c><00:46:04.920><c> through</c><00:46:05.260><c> it.</c>

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x
But<00:46:06.519><c> eventually</c><00:46:07.119><c> it</c><00:46:07.300><c> was</c><00:46:07.599><c> revealed</c><00:46:08.000><c> to</c><00:46:08.179><c> them.</c>

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x
And<00:46:08.880><c> so</c><00:46:09.300><c> I</c><00:46:10.219><c> got</c><00:46:10.340><c> to</c><00:46:10.719><c> go</c><00:46:10.880><c> quick</c><00:46:11.179><c> here.</c>

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This<00:46:12.219><c> all</c><00:46:12.579><c> happens</c><00:46:12.900><c> up</c><00:46:13.179><c> in</c><00:46:13.679><c> Nazareth,</c><00:46:14.539><c> right?</c>

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We<00:46:15.760><c> are</c><00:46:16.019><c> told</c><00:46:16.179><c> that</c><00:46:16.460><c> Mary,</c><00:46:18.280><c> that</c><00:46:18.280><c> the</c><00:46:18.860><c> angel</c><00:46:19.400><c> Gabriel</c><00:46:19.800><c> tells</c><00:46:20.300><c> her,</c>

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oh,<00:46:21.019><c> hey,</c><00:46:21.199><c> by</c><00:46:21.440><c> the</c><00:46:21.639><c> way,</c><00:46:22.579><c> Elizabeth</c><00:46:23.300><c> is</c><00:46:24.000><c> pregnant</c><00:46:24.420><c> as</c><00:46:24.659><c> well.</c>

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She's<00:46:25.059><c> pregnant</c><00:46:25.219><c> for</c><00:46:25.480><c> six</c><00:46:25.739><c> months.</c>

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x
And<00:46:27.519><c> I</c><00:46:27.940><c> told</c><00:46:28.300><c> them</c><00:46:28.599><c> too</c><00:46:28.900><c> about</c><00:46:29.280><c> it.</c>

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x
You<00:46:29.539><c> know,</c><00:46:29.699><c> she</c><00:46:29.860><c> was</c><00:46:30.159><c> barren,</c><00:46:30.460><c> now</c><00:46:30.639><c> she's</c><00:46:30.880><c> got</c><00:46:31.039><c> a</c><00:46:31.219><c> kid.</c>

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She's<00:46:32.440><c> six</c><00:46:32.719><c> months</c><00:46:32.960><c> pregnant.</c>

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Mary<00:46:34.039><c> hears</c><00:46:34.280><c> that,</c><00:46:34.500><c> what</c><00:46:34.619><c> does</c><00:46:34.719><c> she</c><00:46:34.840><c> do?</c>

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Boom,<00:46:35.579><c> goes</c><00:46:36.000><c> in</c><00:46:36.280><c> haste.</c>

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It<00:46:37.559><c> tells,</c><00:46:38.099><c> she</c><00:46:38.300><c> goes.</c>

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And<00:46:39.139><c> this</c><00:46:39.380><c> isn't</c><00:46:39.579><c> just</c><00:46:39.940><c> a</c><00:46:40.119><c> little</c><00:46:40.440><c> journey,</c><00:46:41.079><c> a</c><00:46:41.159><c> mile</c><00:46:41.360><c> or</c><00:46:41.559><c> two</c>

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up<00:46:41.940><c> the</c><00:46:42.199><c> street.</c>

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I<00:46:43.960><c> just,</c><00:46:44.320><c> I</c><00:46:44.320><c> did</c><00:46:44.460><c> a</c><00:46:44.840><c> quick</c><00:46:45.039><c> thing.</c>

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How,<00:46:45.760><c> you</c><00:46:45.820><c> know,</c><00:46:46.000><c> from</c><00:46:46.539><c> Nazareth</c><00:46:47.239><c> down</c><00:46:47.679><c> to</c><00:46:48.219><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:46:49.519><c> okay?</c>

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x
Hour<00:46:50.239><c> and</c><00:46:50.420><c> a</c><00:46:50.500><c> half</c><00:46:50.679><c> by</c><00:46:51.000><c> car.</c>

00:46:52.280 --> 00:46:54.820
x
And<00:46:52.519><c> Jason's</c><00:46:52.940><c> probably</c><00:46:53.179><c> driven</c><00:46:53.500><c> this</c><00:46:53.780><c> like</c><00:46:54.019><c> 16</c><00:46:54.400><c> times.</c>

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x
But<00:46:55.280><c> anyways,</c><00:46:56.840><c> it's</c><00:46:57.360><c> 90</c><00:46:57.840><c> minutes</c><00:46:58.460><c> by</c><00:46:58.840><c> car.</c>

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This<00:47:00.780><c> girl,</c><00:47:02.239><c> she's</c><00:47:02.739><c> pregnant</c><00:47:03.019><c> herself,</c>

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goes<00:47:04.860><c> with</c><00:47:05.300><c> purpose</c><00:47:05.719><c> in</c><00:47:06.039><c> haste</c><00:47:06.960><c> to</c><00:47:07.039><c> go</c><00:47:07.400><c> see</c><00:47:07.579><c> Elizabeth.</c>

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x
And,<00:47:09.659><c> you</c><00:47:09.860><c> know,</c><00:47:10.139><c> and</c><00:47:10.500><c> this</c><00:47:10.699><c> reminds</c><00:47:11.079><c> you,</c><00:47:11.539><c> you</c><00:47:11.679><c> know,</c>

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that<00:47:12.460><c> Mary</c><00:47:12.880><c> goes</c><00:47:13.260><c> in</c><00:47:13.619><c> haste,</c><00:47:14.099><c> arose</c><00:47:14.460><c> in</c><00:47:14.659><c> those</c><00:47:14.940><c> days</c>

00:47:15.159 --> 00:47:17.000
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and<00:47:15.260><c> went</c><00:47:15.420><c> into</c><00:47:15.579><c> the</c><00:47:15.739><c> hill</c><00:47:15.880><c> country,</c><00:47:16.119><c> verse</c><00:47:16.360><c> 39,</c>

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went<00:47:17.460><c> into</c><00:47:17.619><c> the</c><00:47:17.800><c> hill</c><00:47:17.940><c> country</c><00:47:18.320><c> with</c><00:47:18.679><c> haste</c><00:47:19.119><c> into</c><00:47:19.280><c> a</c><00:47:19.519><c> city</c><00:47:19.739><c> of</c><00:47:19.940><c> Judah.</c>

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This<00:47:21.480><c> reminds</c><00:47:22.260><c> me</c><00:47:22.559><c> of</c><00:47:22.679><c> the</c><00:47:22.940><c> fourth</c><00:47:23.219><c> chapter</c><00:47:23.780><c> of</c><00:47:25.300><c> Luke,</c>

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that<00:47:26.199><c> once</c><00:47:26.579><c> Jesus,</c><00:47:27.719><c> he's</c><00:47:28.280><c> filled</c><00:47:28.599><c> with</c><00:47:28.800><c> the</c><00:47:29.000><c> Holy</c><00:47:29.199><c> Spirit</c>

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after<00:47:29.820><c> the</c><00:47:30.059><c> baptism.</c>

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And<00:47:31.059><c> it</c><00:47:31.340><c> says</c><00:47:31.619><c> that</c><00:47:32.579><c> the</c><00:47:33.079><c> Holy</c><00:47:33.519><c> Spirit</c><00:47:34.280><c> drove</c><00:47:35.079><c> him</c><00:47:35.699><c> into</c><00:47:36.420><c> the</c><00:47:36.659><c> wilderness.</c>

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x
And<00:47:39.280><c> I</c><00:47:39.460><c> think</c><00:47:39.699><c> something</c><00:47:40.099><c> similar</c><00:47:40.639><c> was</c><00:47:40.960><c> happening</c><00:47:41.340><c> here</c><00:47:41.820><c> with</c>

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his<00:47:43.440><c> mother.</c>

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She<00:47:44.599><c> was</c><00:47:44.920><c> driven</c><00:47:45.480><c> to</c><00:47:46.820><c> go</c><00:47:47.119><c> see</c><00:47:47.300><c> Elizabeth.</c>

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x
And<00:47:48.320><c> when</c><00:47:48.539><c> they</c><00:47:49.000><c> met,</c><00:47:51.579><c> John,</c><00:47:52.840><c> the</c><00:47:53.260><c> unborn</c><00:47:53.940><c> John</c><00:47:54.559><c> weeps,</c>

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leaps<00:47:56.079><c> for</c><00:47:56.440><c> joy</c><00:47:56.800><c> in</c><00:47:57.059><c> the</c><00:47:57.280><c> womb</c><00:47:57.460><c> of</c><00:47:57.699><c> his</c><00:47:57.880><c> mother.</c>

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You<00:48:02.179><c> know,</c><00:48:02.360><c> there's</c><00:48:02.699><c> rejoicing,</c><00:48:03.340><c> there's</c><00:48:03.500><c> no</c><00:48:03.840><c> fear.</c>

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No<00:48:05.699><c> one</c><00:48:05.880><c> is</c><00:48:06.159><c> troubled.</c>

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No<00:48:08.719><c> one</c><00:48:08.880><c> is</c><00:48:09.239><c> confused.</c>

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There's<00:48:11.940><c> rejoicing,</c><00:48:14.219><c> praising</c><00:48:14.579><c> God.</c>

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Beautiful<00:48:16.360><c> prayers</c><00:48:16.860><c> by</c><00:48:17.099><c> these</c><00:48:17.400><c> two</c><00:48:17.679><c> sisters,</c><00:48:18.219><c> by</c><00:48:18.400><c> these</c><00:48:18.639><c> two</c><00:48:19.599><c> women.</c>

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Blessed<00:48:21.340><c> art</c><00:48:21.719><c> thou</c><00:48:21.960><c> among</c><00:48:22.280><c> women.</c>

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My<00:48:23.000><c> soul</c><00:48:24.199><c> doth</c><00:48:24.579><c> magnify</c><00:48:25.480><c> the</c><00:48:25.719><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:48:26.780><c> let's</c><00:48:27.059><c> remember</c><00:48:27.519><c> too,</c><00:48:28.000><c> brothers</c><00:48:28.119><c> and</c><00:48:28.400><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:48:29.460><c> we</c><00:48:29.539><c> don't</c><00:48:29.659><c> have</c><00:48:29.860><c> time</c><00:48:30.059><c> to</c><00:48:30.260><c> get</c><00:48:30.400><c> into</c><00:48:30.559><c> it</c>

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because<00:48:30.880><c> each</c><00:48:31.300><c> one</c><00:48:31.500><c> of</c><00:48:32.719><c> these</c><00:48:33.480><c> prayers,</c>

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they're<00:48:36.599><c> powerful</c><00:48:37.260><c> prayers.</c>

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And,<00:48:41.059><c> you</c><00:48:41.619><c> know,</c><00:48:41.820><c> I</c><00:48:41.980><c> think</c><00:48:42.139><c> we</c><00:48:42.320><c> should</c><00:48:42.559><c> familiarize</c><00:48:43.460><c> ourselves</c><00:48:43.980><c> with</c><00:48:44.239><c> them.</c>

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Maybe<00:48:44.599><c> say</c><00:48:44.960><c> them</c><00:48:45.340><c> on</c><00:48:45.659><c> occasion</c><00:48:46.139><c> as</c><00:48:46.440><c> well.</c>

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They're<00:48:49.119><c> beautiful</c><00:48:49.619><c> prayers.</c>

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And<00:48:50.260><c> if</c><00:48:50.420><c> you</c><00:48:50.639><c> add</c><00:48:50.940><c> into</c><00:48:51.280><c> what</c><00:48:51.639><c> Zechariah</c><00:48:52.480><c> says</c><00:48:52.940><c> as</c><00:48:53.300><c> well,</c>

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you<00:48:54.539><c> know,</c><00:48:54.719><c> there's</c><00:48:54.940><c> this</c><00:48:55.260><c> idea</c><00:48:55.760><c> of</c><00:48:56.360><c> God</c><00:48:57.139><c> sending</c><00:48:57.719><c> his</c><00:48:58.320><c> Messiah</c><00:48:59.000><c> by</c><00:48:59.800><c> his</c>

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own<00:49:00.400><c> arm.</c>

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My<00:49:01.340><c> own</c><00:49:01.840><c> arm</c><00:49:02.159><c> brought</c><00:49:02.400><c> salvation,</c><00:49:03.179><c> he</c><00:49:03.380><c> says</c><00:49:03.639><c> in</c><00:49:03.840><c> Isaiah.</c>

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The<00:49:06.760><c> oppression</c><00:49:07.380><c> of</c><00:49:07.699><c> the</c><00:49:07.920><c> Romans</c><00:49:08.280><c> is</c><00:49:08.599><c> going</c><00:49:08.880><c> to</c><00:49:09.179><c> end.</c>

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And<00:49:09.679><c> we</c><00:49:09.860><c> can</c><00:49:10.239><c> see</c><00:49:10.659><c> that,</c><00:49:11.059><c> you</c><00:49:11.179><c> know,</c><00:49:11.500><c> for</c><00:49:11.860><c> instance,</c>

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I'll<00:49:12.519><c> give</c><00:49:12.579><c> you</c><00:49:12.639><c> an</c><00:49:12.800><c> example</c><00:49:13.199><c> here</c><00:49:13.420><c> without</c><00:49:13.639><c> reading</c><00:49:13.960><c> the</c>

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whole<00:49:14.340><c> thing.</c>

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Verse<00:49:17.619><c> 51</c><00:49:18.579><c> of</c><00:49:20.159><c> Luke</c><00:49:20.519><c> chapter</c><00:49:20.920><c> 1,</c><00:49:21.179><c> this</c><00:49:21.260><c> is</c><00:49:22.320><c> Mary's</c><00:49:24.699><c> prayer.</c>

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He<00:49:25.679><c> hath</c><00:49:26.119><c> shewed</c><00:49:26.619><c> strength</c><00:49:27.179><c> with</c><00:49:27.440><c> his</c><00:49:27.760><c> arm.</c>

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He<00:49:28.800><c> hath</c><00:49:29.179><c> scattered</c><00:49:29.679><c> the</c><00:49:30.159><c> proud</c><00:49:30.719><c> in</c><00:49:31.300><c> the</c><00:49:31.579><c> imagination</c><00:49:32.300><c> of</c>

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their<00:49:32.760><c> hearts.</c>

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He<00:49:34.059><c> hath</c><00:49:34.360><c> put</c><00:49:34.719><c> down</c><00:49:35.139><c> the</c><00:49:35.460><c> mighty</c><00:49:35.960><c> from</c><00:49:36.440><c> their</c><00:49:36.800><c> seats</c><00:49:37.260><c> and</c><00:49:38.019><c> exalted</c><00:49:38.619><c> them</c>

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of<00:49:39.260><c> low</c><00:49:39.500><c> degree.</c>

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He<00:49:40.840><c> hath</c><00:49:41.219><c> filled</c><00:49:41.659><c> the</c><00:49:42.039><c> hungry</c><00:49:42.659><c> with</c><00:49:43.679><c> good</c><00:49:44.059><c> things.</c>

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And<00:49:46.380><c> the</c><00:49:46.639><c> rich</c><00:49:46.920><c> he</c><00:49:47.239><c> hath</c><00:49:47.440><c> sent</c><00:49:47.840><c> away</c><00:49:48.760><c> empty.</c>

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Mary<00:49:51.300><c> knew</c><00:49:51.619><c> hungry</c><00:49:52.059><c> people,</c><00:49:52.619><c> brothers</c><00:49:52.820><c> and</c><00:49:53.079><c> sisters.</c>

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She<00:49:55.320><c> knew</c><00:49:56.039><c> destitute</c><00:49:56.860><c> people.</c>

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It<00:49:57.739><c> was</c><00:49:58.059><c> all</c><00:49:58.480><c> around</c><00:49:58.920><c> her.</c>

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And<00:50:01.199><c> she</c><00:50:01.400><c> wanted</c><00:50:01.659><c> it</c><00:50:01.860><c> to</c><00:50:02.059><c> end.</c>

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She<00:50:02.400><c> wanted</c><00:50:02.679><c> the</c><00:50:03.059><c> oppression</c><00:50:03.480><c> to</c><00:50:03.780><c> end,</c>

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the<00:50:04.159><c> oppression</c><00:50:04.519><c> that</c><00:50:04.760><c> she</c><00:50:05.039><c> saw</c><00:50:05.219><c> in</c><00:50:05.400><c> her</c><00:50:05.619><c> own</c><00:50:05.900><c> people.</c>

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And<00:50:07.820><c> it</c><00:50:07.940><c> was</c><00:50:08.159><c> through</c><00:50:08.420><c> her</c><00:50:08.760><c> son.</c>

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Jesus<00:50:10.460><c> the</c><00:50:10.739><c> Christ</c><00:50:11.079><c> that</c><00:50:11.300><c> these</c><00:50:11.639><c> things</c><00:50:12.000><c> would</c><00:50:12.219><c> be</c><00:50:12.460><c> done.</c>

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And<00:50:14.320><c> so</c><00:50:14.440><c> there's</c><00:50:14.679><c> going</c><00:50:14.760><c> to</c><00:50:14.880><c> be</c><00:50:15.059><c> great</c><00:50:15.380><c> rejoicing</c><00:50:16.039><c> at</c><00:50:16.239><c> the</c><00:50:16.400><c> birth</c><00:50:16.659><c> of</c><00:50:16.940><c> John.</c>

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Let's<00:50:17.900><c> look</c><00:50:18.139><c> at</c><00:50:18.460><c> verse</c><00:50:18.760><c> 58</c><00:50:19.500><c> in</c><00:50:20.079><c> Luke.</c>

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And<00:50:20.800><c> her</c><00:50:21.019><c> neighbors,</c><00:50:21.760><c> speaking</c><00:50:21.780><c> of</c><00:50:22.019><c> Elizabeth,</c><00:50:22.659><c> her</c><00:50:22.659><c> time,</c>

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verse<00:50:23.239><c> 57,</c><00:50:24.480><c> Elizabeth</c><00:50:25.000><c> full</c><00:50:25.519><c> time,</c>

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that<00:50:26.480><c> she</c><00:50:26.699><c> should</c><00:50:26.880><c> be</c><00:50:27.139><c> delivered</c><00:50:27.420><c> and</c><00:50:27.559><c> she</c><00:50:27.780><c> brought</c><00:50:27.940><c> forth</c><00:50:28.219><c> a</c><00:50:28.420><c> son.</c>

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Excuse<00:50:30.099><c> me.</c>

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And<00:50:31.780><c> her</c><00:50:31.960><c> neighbors</c><00:50:32.239><c> and</c><00:50:32.400><c> her</c><00:50:32.579><c> cousins</c><00:50:32.800><c> heard</c><00:50:33.019><c> how</c><00:50:33.179><c> the</c><00:50:33.300><c> Lord</c>

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had<00:50:33.780><c> showed</c><00:50:34.000><c> great</c><00:50:34.559><c> mercy</c><00:50:35.000><c> upon</c><00:50:35.340><c> her.</c>

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And<00:50:35.739><c> what</c><00:50:35.800><c> did</c><00:50:35.880><c> they</c><00:50:36.099><c> do?</c>

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They<00:50:37.920><c> rejoiced</c><00:50:38.360><c> with</c><00:50:38.559><c> her.</c>

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They<00:50:39.340><c> rejoiced</c><00:50:39.820><c> with</c><00:50:40.000><c> her.</c>

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Again,<00:50:40.599><c> the</c><00:50:40.820><c> rejoicing.</c>

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We<00:50:41.719><c> don't</c><00:50:41.980><c> have</c><00:50:42.239><c> time,</c><00:50:42.679><c> but</c><00:50:42.980><c> take</c><00:50:43.320><c> a</c><00:50:43.440><c> look</c><00:50:43.579><c> at</c><00:50:43.719><c> Isaiah</c><00:50:44.059><c> 40</c><00:50:44.639><c> and</c><00:50:44.880><c> 60</c>

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and<00:50:46.199><c> compare</c><00:50:46.539><c> it</c><00:50:46.719><c> to</c><00:50:46.739><c> what</c><00:50:47.000><c> Zechariah</c><00:50:47.699><c> talks</c><00:50:48.079><c> about</c><00:50:48.400><c> there,</c>

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particularly<00:50:49.400><c> verse</c><00:50:50.880><c> 79,</c>

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to<00:50:52.320><c> give</c><00:50:52.719><c> light</c><00:50:53.300><c> to</c><00:50:54.800><c> them</c><00:50:55.119><c> that</c><00:50:55.539><c> sit</c><00:50:55.760><c> in</c><00:50:55.980><c> darkness</c><00:50:56.599><c> in</c><00:50:57.440><c> the</c><00:50:57.699><c> shadow</c><00:50:58.079><c> of</c><00:50:58.340><c> death</c>

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to<00:50:59.780><c> guide</c><00:51:00.139><c> our</c><00:51:00.519><c> feet</c><00:51:00.699><c> in</c><00:51:00.900><c> the</c><00:51:01.079><c> way</c><00:51:01.260><c> of</c><00:51:01.559><c> peace.</c>

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Now<00:51:02.239><c> there's</c><00:51:02.480><c> also</c><00:51:02.800><c> this</c><00:51:03.079><c> other</c><00:51:03.300><c> thing</c><00:51:03.480><c> too.</c>

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And<00:51:04.019><c> that's</c><00:51:04.320><c> actually</c><00:51:04.699><c> directly</c><00:51:05.860><c> taken</c><00:51:06.300><c> from</c><00:51:06.519><c> the</c><00:51:06.760><c> 60th</c><00:51:07.320><c> chapter</c><00:51:07.880><c> of</c><00:51:08.360><c> Isaiah.</c>

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To<00:51:09.400><c> give</c><00:51:09.920><c> them</c><00:51:10.219><c> light</c><00:51:10.480><c> to</c><00:51:10.739><c> them</c><00:51:10.940><c> that</c><00:51:11.239><c> sit</c><00:51:11.420><c> in</c><00:51:11.619><c> darkness.</c>

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Actually,<00:51:13.159><c> I'll</c><00:51:13.280><c> read</c><00:51:13.460><c> it</c><00:51:13.659><c> right</c><00:51:13.679><c> here.</c>

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I<00:51:13.820><c> got</c><00:51:13.960><c> it</c><00:51:14.059><c> right</c><00:51:14.179><c> here.</c>

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60,<00:51:17.740><c> 60,</c><00:51:18.579><c> yep.</c>

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Arise,<00:51:21.079><c> shine,</c><00:51:21.460><c> for</c><00:51:21.639><c> thy</c><00:51:21.900><c> light</c><00:51:22.119><c> is</c><00:51:22.380><c> come</c><00:51:22.579><c> and</c><00:51:22.699><c> the</c><00:51:22.920><c> glory</c><00:51:23.179><c> of</c>

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the<00:51:23.559><c> Lord</c><00:51:23.719><c> is</c><00:51:23.980><c> risen</c><00:51:24.219><c> upon</c><00:51:24.659><c> thee.</c>

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For<00:51:25.500><c> behold,</c><00:51:26.099><c> the</c><00:51:26.300><c> darkness</c><00:51:26.739><c> shall</c><00:51:27.059><c> cover</c><00:51:27.340><c> the</c><00:51:27.639><c> earth</c><00:51:28.019><c> and</c><00:51:28.559><c> gross</c><00:51:28.880><c> darkness</c><00:51:29.440><c> to</c><00:51:29.719><c> people.</c>

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But<00:51:30.579><c> the</c><00:51:30.900><c> Lord</c><00:51:31.260><c> shall</c><00:51:31.619><c> arise</c><00:51:32.119><c> unto</c><00:51:32.440><c> thee</c><00:51:32.860><c> and</c><00:51:33.380><c> his</c><00:51:33.920><c> glory</c><00:51:34.400><c> shall</c><00:51:34.639><c> be</c>

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seen<00:51:35.099><c> upon</c><00:51:35.519><c> thee</c>

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and<00:51:36.280><c> the</c><00:51:36.559><c> Gentiles</c><00:51:37.099><c> shall</c><00:51:37.320><c> come</c><00:51:37.579><c> to</c><00:51:37.820><c> thy</c><00:51:38.000><c> light.</c>

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And<00:51:39.199><c> the</c><00:51:39.300><c> kings</c><00:51:39.860><c> to</c><00:51:40.179><c> the</c><00:51:40.460><c> brightness</c><00:51:40.860><c> of</c><00:51:41.199><c> thy</c><00:51:41.380><c> rising.</c>

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And<00:51:42.300><c> so</c><00:51:42.440><c> this</c><00:51:42.639><c> idea</c><00:51:43.079><c> of</c><00:51:43.400><c> light</c><00:51:43.699><c> here</c><00:51:44.280><c> about</c><00:51:45.119><c> verse</c><00:51:45.519><c> 71</c><00:51:46.119><c> of</c>

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Zechariah's<00:51:47.320><c> prayer,</c>

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that<00:51:48.059><c> we</c><00:51:48.380><c> should</c><00:51:48.619><c> be</c><00:51:49.059><c> saved</c><00:51:49.440><c> from</c><00:51:49.960><c> our</c><00:51:50.340><c> enemies,</c><00:51:50.860><c> from</c><00:51:51.079><c> the</c><00:51:51.360><c> hand</c><00:51:51.619><c> of</c>

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all<00:51:52.260><c> that</c><00:51:52.559><c> hate</c><00:51:52.760><c> us.</c>

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Those<00:51:53.940><c> were</c><00:51:54.179><c> the</c><00:51:54.340><c> Romans,</c><00:51:54.880><c> brothers</c><00:51:55.059><c> and</c><00:51:55.360><c> sisters.</c>

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Zechariah<00:51:56.659><c> is</c><00:51:56.940><c> looking</c><00:51:57.780><c> for</c><00:51:59.039><c> the</c><00:51:59.239><c> Messiah</c><00:51:59.599><c> to</c><00:52:00.059><c> happen,</c><00:52:00.679><c> for</c>

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him<00:52:01.019><c> to</c><00:52:01.280><c> witness</c><00:52:01.639><c> it,</c>

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and<00:52:02.019><c> that</c><00:52:02.179><c> his</c><00:52:02.500><c> son</c><00:52:02.659><c> John</c><00:52:02.900><c> the</c><00:52:03.079><c> Baptist</c><00:52:03.380><c> would</c><00:52:03.880><c> go</c><00:52:04.340><c> before</c><00:52:04.900><c> the</c><00:52:05.159><c> Messiah</c>

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to<00:52:06.719><c> bring</c><00:52:07.039><c> about</c><00:52:07.420><c> salvation</c><00:52:08.199><c> of</c><00:52:08.960><c> the</c><00:52:09.159><c> people</c><00:52:09.460><c> of</c><00:52:09.639><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:52:11.480><c> then,</c><00:52:11.880><c> you</c><00:52:11.940><c> know,</c><00:52:12.539><c> just</c><00:52:12.780><c> again,</c><00:52:13.139><c> very</c><00:52:13.420><c> quickly,</c><00:52:14.000><c> taxation.</c>

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You<00:52:15.199><c> know,</c><00:52:15.340><c> God</c><00:52:15.639><c> is</c><00:52:15.940><c> using</c><00:52:16.260><c> the</c><00:52:16.599><c> powers</c><00:52:17.059><c> of</c><00:52:17.619><c> that</c><00:52:17.940><c> time,</c><00:52:18.239><c> the</c><00:52:18.539><c> Romans.</c>

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You<00:52:19.420><c> know,</c><00:52:19.500><c> this</c><00:52:19.719><c> is</c><00:52:19.920><c> all</c><00:52:20.119><c> time.</c>

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Think<00:52:20.460><c> about</c><00:52:20.639><c> all</c><00:52:20.820><c> the</c><00:52:20.980><c> people</c><00:52:21.179><c> that</c><00:52:21.320><c> were</c><00:52:21.500><c> living</c><00:52:21.780><c> in</c><00:52:22.039><c> this</c><00:52:22.239><c> time.</c>

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Pompey<00:52:22.900><c> the</c><00:52:23.119><c> Great,</c><00:52:23.820><c> Julius</c><00:52:24.159><c> Caesar,</c><00:52:25.659><c> Augustus</c><00:52:26.320><c> Caesar,</c><00:52:26.960><c> Cleopatra,</c><00:52:28.260><c> all</c>

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of<00:52:28.679><c> these</c><00:52:28.920><c> ancient</c><00:52:29.440><c> people.</c>

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You<00:52:31.000><c> know,</c><00:52:31.480><c> Jesus,</c><00:52:32.119><c> you</c><00:52:32.119><c> know,</c><00:52:32.699><c> Mary,</c><00:52:33.179><c> Joseph,</c><00:52:33.719><c> Jesus,</c><00:52:34.179><c> they</c>

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were<00:52:34.739><c> nobodies.</c>

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In<00:52:35.980><c> the</c><00:52:36.139><c> eyes</c><00:52:36.400><c> of</c><00:52:36.659><c> the</c><00:52:36.760><c> world,</c><00:52:37.260><c> nobodies.</c>

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They<00:52:39.139><c> were</c><00:52:39.300><c> just</c><00:52:39.539><c> another</c><00:52:40.039><c> Jewish</c><00:52:40.539><c> family</c><00:52:41.000><c> that</c><00:52:41.179><c> had</c><00:52:41.400><c> to</c><00:52:41.579><c> go</c>

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down<00:52:42.280><c> to</c><00:52:42.480><c> the,</c>

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you<00:52:43.039><c> know,</c><00:52:43.119><c> that</c><00:52:43.239><c> were</c><00:52:43.460><c> forced</c><00:52:43.800><c> to</c><00:52:43.980><c> go</c><00:52:44.300><c> down</c><00:52:44.659><c> to</c><00:52:44.880><c> their</c><00:52:45.699><c> hometown</c><00:52:46.400><c> to</c><00:52:47.300><c> be</c>

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taxed<00:52:48.340><c> by</c><00:52:48.679><c> who?</c>

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Our<00:52:50.219><c> friends,</c><00:52:50.860><c> the</c><00:52:51.039><c> Romans</c><00:52:51.360><c> again.</c>

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So<00:52:52.780><c> the</c><00:52:53.059><c> Romans</c><00:52:53.440><c> themselves,</c><00:52:54.260><c> you</c><00:52:54.460><c> know,</c><00:52:54.639><c> are</c><00:52:54.940><c> driving</c><00:52:55.820><c> Mary</c>

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and<00:52:56.820><c> Joseph</c><00:52:57.179><c> back</c><00:52:57.559><c> to</c><00:52:57.800><c> Bethlehem.</c>

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And<00:52:59.039><c> God</c><00:52:59.340><c> uses</c><00:52:59.980><c> this,</c><00:53:00.380><c> right,</c><00:53:00.820><c> to</c><00:53:01.159><c> fulfill</c><00:53:01.820><c> his</c><00:53:02.219><c> promise,</c>

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to<00:53:03.039><c> fulfill</c><00:53:03.659><c> his</c><00:53:04.920><c> prophecy</c><00:53:05.579><c> of</c><00:53:06.179><c> Bethlehem</c><00:53:07.239><c> being</c><00:53:07.659><c> the</c><00:53:08.019><c> place</c>

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where<00:53:09.239><c> the</c><00:53:09.599><c> savior</c><00:53:10.079><c> of</c><00:53:10.860><c> the</c><00:53:11.119><c> world</c><00:53:11.480><c> is</c><00:53:11.820><c> born.</c>

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And<00:53:12.500><c> so</c><00:53:12.639><c> just</c><00:53:12.900><c> think</c><00:53:13.099><c> about</c><00:53:13.340><c> it,</c><00:53:13.460><c> a</c><00:53:13.639><c> four</c><00:53:13.900><c>-day</c><00:53:14.139><c> journey</c><00:53:14.619><c> from</c>

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Nazareth<00:53:15.480><c> on</c><00:53:15.840><c> down</c><00:53:16.019><c> to</c><00:53:16.239><c> Bethlehem,</c>

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four<00:53:17.639><c> days</c><00:53:18.059><c> on</c><00:53:18.239><c> a</c><00:53:18.619><c> donkey,</c><00:53:20.420><c> nine</c><00:53:20.619><c> months</c><00:53:21.019><c> pregnant.</c>

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Incredible<00:53:23.939><c> fortitude,</c><00:53:24.900><c> brothers</c><00:53:25.039><c> and</c><00:53:25.340><c> sisters.</c>

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Incredible<00:53:27.000><c> personal</c><00:53:27.760><c> strength,</c><00:53:29.239><c> faith,</c><00:53:30.320><c> commitment.</c>

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Just<00:53:31.360><c> an</c><00:53:31.840><c> absolute</c><00:53:32.760><c> trusting</c><00:53:33.380><c> in</c><00:53:34.519><c> God.</c>

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And<00:53:37.639><c> they</c><00:53:37.800><c> had</c><00:53:37.940><c> that</c><00:53:38.300><c> same</c><00:53:38.619><c> faith</c><00:53:38.900><c> as</c><00:53:39.119><c> they</c><00:53:39.280><c> had</c><00:53:39.460><c> to</c><00:53:39.679><c> escape</c><00:53:40.119><c> to,</c><00:53:40.400><c> to</c>

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go<00:53:40.699><c> down</c><00:53:40.960><c> into</c><00:53:41.179><c> Egypt</c><00:53:41.619><c> as</c><00:53:41.920><c> well.</c>

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And<00:53:42.579><c> so</c><00:53:43.079><c> let's</c><00:53:44.000><c> just</c><00:53:44.300><c> end</c><00:53:44.440><c> with</c><00:53:44.679><c> this,</c><00:53:45.059><c> right?</c>

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We<00:53:45.780><c> know</c><00:53:46.079><c> the</c><00:53:46.360><c> story.</c>

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The<00:53:47.159><c> shepherds</c><00:53:47.480><c> are</c><00:53:47.719><c> out</c><00:53:47.860><c> in</c><00:53:48.039><c> the</c><00:53:48.300><c> flock.</c>

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There's<00:53:48.760><c> no</c><00:53:49.079><c> room</c><00:53:49.360><c> in</c><00:53:49.599><c> the</c><00:53:49.860><c> inn.</c>

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Jesus<00:53:52.039><c> is</c><00:53:52.460><c> born</c><00:53:52.800><c> and</c><00:53:53.039><c> the</c><00:53:53.400><c> poorest</c><00:53:53.920><c> of</c><00:53:54.179><c> the</c><00:53:54.440><c> poor.</c>

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And<00:53:56.639><c> the</c><00:53:56.840><c> shepherds</c><00:53:57.199><c> are</c><00:53:57.340><c> in</c><00:53:57.440><c> the</c><00:53:57.639><c> flocks.</c>

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It's<00:53:58.239><c> at</c><00:53:58.400><c> nighttime</c><00:53:58.900><c> when</c><00:53:59.360><c> he's</c><00:53:59.659><c> born.</c>

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But<00:54:01.760><c> then</c><00:54:02.239><c> the</c><00:54:02.619><c> glory</c><00:54:03.119><c> of</c><00:54:03.420><c> the</c><00:54:03.659><c> Lord</c><00:54:04.019><c> appears</c><00:54:04.739><c> to</c><00:54:05.940><c> the</c><00:54:06.179><c> shepherds.</c>

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And<00:54:07.719><c> all</c><00:54:08.039><c> that</c><00:54:08.360><c> darkness</c><00:54:08.920><c> is</c><00:54:09.420><c> blown</c><00:54:09.780><c> away</c><00:54:10.420><c> by</c><00:54:11.000><c> the</c><00:54:11.199><c> light</c><00:54:11.659><c> of</c><00:54:12.099><c> God.</c>

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And<00:54:13.440><c> the</c><00:54:13.659><c> angels</c><00:54:14.139><c> sing</c><00:54:14.519><c> a</c><00:54:14.860><c> new</c><00:54:15.139><c> song</c><00:54:15.860><c> to</c><00:54:16.599><c> the</c><00:54:16.800><c> Lord.</c>

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Glory<00:54:17.960><c> to</c><00:54:18.260><c> God</c><00:54:18.619><c> in</c><00:54:18.820><c> the</c><00:54:19.000><c> highest.</c>

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In<00:54:20.639><c> honor</c><00:54:20.800><c> of</c><00:54:21.159><c> peace.</c>

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Goodwill<00:54:23.460><c> towards</c><00:54:23.900><c> men.</c>