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it's<00:12:40.820><c> better</c><00:12:40.940><c> that</c><00:12:41.100><c> you</c><00:12:41.240><c> would</c><00:12:41.440><c> drown</c><00:12:41.620><c> like</c><00:12:41.820><c> a</c><00:12:41.980><c> vicious</c><00:12:42.179><c> dog</c>

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than<00:12:42.679><c> to</c><00:12:42.820><c> have</c><00:12:42.899><c> your</c><00:12:43.139><c> name</c><00:12:43.320><c> so</c><00:12:43.620><c> mentioned</c><00:12:43.879><c> in</c><00:12:44.100><c> heaven.</c>

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individual<00:12:48.440><c> angels</c>

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who<00:12:49.139><c> report</c><00:12:49.519><c> to</c><00:12:49.679><c> the</c><00:12:49.899><c> Father</c><00:12:50.139><c> about</c><00:12:50.460><c> the</c><00:12:50.720><c> saints</c><00:12:51.259><c> to</c><00:12:52.100><c> whom's</c>

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care<00:12:52.659><c> they</c><00:12:52.820><c> have</c><00:12:52.960><c> been</c><00:12:53.159><c> entrusted.</c>

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David<00:12:55.000><c> said</c><00:12:55.179><c> the</c><00:12:55.379><c> same</c><00:12:55.539><c> thing</c><00:12:55.679><c> in</c><00:12:55.879><c> Psalm</c><00:12:56.080><c> 34.</c>

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The<00:12:56.759><c> angel</c><00:12:57.019><c> of</c><00:12:57.220><c> the</c><00:12:57.279><c> Lord</c><00:12:57.440><c> encamps</c><00:12:57.919><c> around</c><00:12:58.200><c> those</c><00:12:58.480><c> that</c><00:12:58.740><c> fear</c>

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him<00:12:59.100><c> and</c><00:12:59.259><c> delivers</c><00:12:59.539><c> them.</c>

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Let<00:13:02.940><c> us</c><00:13:03.139><c> never</c><00:13:03.360><c> think</c><00:13:03.659><c> we</c><00:13:03.779><c> are</c><00:13:04.000><c> too</c><00:13:04.139><c> insignificant,</c><00:13:04.840><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:13:05.200><c> sisters,</c><00:13:05.480><c> for</c><00:13:05.620><c> an</c><00:13:05.840><c> angel</c><00:13:05.960><c> to</c><00:13:06.139><c> be</c><00:13:06.360><c> assigned</c><00:13:06.639><c> to</c><00:13:06.860><c> us.</c>

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Let's<00:13:09.820><c> do</c><00:13:09.860><c> a</c><00:13:09.980><c> little</c><00:13:10.139><c> calculation</c><00:13:10.779><c> or</c><00:13:11.019><c> two.</c>

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Unfortunately,<00:13:13.240><c> also</c><00:13:13.519><c> in</c><00:13:13.620><c> my</c><00:13:13.840><c> job,</c><00:13:14.000><c> I</c><00:13:14.100><c> have</c><00:13:14.259><c> a</c><00:13:14.340><c> lot</c><00:13:14.419><c> to</c><00:13:14.600><c> do</c>

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So<00:13:17.600><c> we</c><00:13:18.000><c> bent</c><00:13:18.200><c> people</c><00:13:18.559><c> that</c><00:13:18.840><c> have</c><00:13:19.019><c> to</c><00:13:19.159><c> do</c><00:13:19.259><c> with</c><00:13:19.399><c> these</c><00:13:19.559><c> things,</c>

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we<00:13:19.919><c> think</c><00:13:20.059><c> in</c><00:13:20.200><c> those</c><00:13:20.440><c> terms.</c>

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In<00:13:24.740><c> the</c><00:13:24.919><c> days</c><00:13:25.019><c> of</c><00:13:25.259><c> Israel,</c><00:13:25.600><c> when</c><00:13:25.740><c> there</c><00:13:25.919><c> were</c><00:13:26.059><c> perhaps</c><00:13:26.539><c> three,</c>

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maybe<00:13:27.639><c> four</c><00:13:27.980><c> million</c><00:13:28.200><c> Israelites</c><00:13:28.659><c> that</c><00:13:28.919><c> lived</c><00:13:29.019><c> in</c><00:13:29.159><c> the</c><00:13:29.340><c> land,</c>

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there<00:13:30.779><c> would</c><00:13:30.919><c> have</c><00:13:31.019><c> probably</c><00:13:31.200><c> been</c><00:13:31.399><c> an</c><00:13:31.659><c> angel</c><00:13:31.820><c> assigned</c><00:13:32.220><c> to</c>

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each<00:13:32.639><c> family.</c>

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So<00:13:33.240><c> perhaps</c><00:13:33.480><c> a</c><00:13:33.659><c> million</c><00:13:33.799><c> angels</c><00:13:34.179><c> were</c><00:13:34.419><c> engaged</c><00:13:34.879><c> in</c><00:13:35.139><c> caring</c><00:13:35.320><c> for</c><00:13:35.500><c> the</c><00:13:35.580><c> nation</c><00:13:35.820><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:13:36.259><c> alone</c><00:13:36.740><c> and</c><00:13:37.539><c> their</c><00:13:37.759><c> spiritual</c><00:13:38.200><c> progress.</c>

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When<00:13:40.700><c> Israel</c><00:13:41.039><c> was</c><00:13:41.340><c> scattered,</c><00:13:42.659><c> there</c><00:13:42.720><c> were</c><00:13:42.879><c> very</c><00:13:43.200><c> few</c><00:13:43.399><c> Jews</c>

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left<00:13:43.919><c> that</c><00:13:44.059><c> were</c><00:13:44.259><c> of</c><00:13:44.440><c> the</c><00:13:44.820><c> faith</c><00:13:45.000><c> of</c><00:13:45.240><c> Abraham,</c>

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to<00:13:47.100><c> which</c><00:13:47.279><c> angels</c><00:13:47.519><c> would</c><00:13:47.700><c> have</c><00:13:47.779><c> been</c><00:13:47.960><c> assigned.</c>

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But<00:13:49.799><c> think</c><00:13:49.960><c> of</c><00:13:50.580><c> the</c><00:13:50.700><c> history</c><00:13:50.960><c> of</c><00:13:51.139><c> the</c><00:13:51.360><c> truth</c><00:13:51.500><c> from</c><00:13:51.659><c> the</c><00:13:51.820><c> time</c>

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of<00:13:52.120><c> the</c><00:13:52.220><c> apostles</c><00:13:52.539><c> onward.</c>

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Yes,<00:13:53.700><c> we</c><00:13:53.879><c> know</c><00:13:54.059><c> that</c><00:13:54.200><c> there</c><00:13:54.320><c> were</c><00:13:54.460><c> millions</c><00:13:54.740><c> of</c><00:13:54.980><c> Christians</c>

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in<00:13:55.480><c> the</c><00:13:55.639><c> first</c><00:13:55.840><c> century.</c>

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By<00:13:57.360><c> the</c><00:13:57.519><c> time</c><00:13:57.679><c> the</c><00:13:57.879><c> Gospel</c><00:13:58.120><c> had</c><00:13:58.340><c> gone</c><00:13:58.480><c> out</c><00:13:58.720><c> through</c><00:13:58.860><c> the</c><00:13:59.000><c> Roman</c>

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world,<00:13:59.500><c> there</c><00:13:59.620><c> were</c><00:13:59.879><c> a</c><00:14:00.019><c> huge</c><00:14:00.220><c> number</c><00:14:00.519><c> of</c><00:14:00.759><c> people,</c>

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many<00:14:02.179><c> of</c><00:14:02.299><c> them</c><00:14:02.440><c> nominal</c><00:14:02.820><c> Christians,</c><00:14:03.360><c> but</c><00:14:03.559><c> a</c><00:14:03.720><c> lot</c><00:14:03.799><c> of</c><00:14:03.919><c> them,</c>

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of<00:14:04.240><c> course,</c><00:14:04.620><c> were</c><00:14:04.820><c> Christians</c><00:14:05.220><c> following</c><00:14:05.539><c> the</c><00:14:05.799><c> faith</c><00:14:05.940><c> of</c><00:14:06.100><c> the</c><00:14:06.259><c> apostles.</c>

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But<00:14:09.000><c> apart</c><00:14:09.299><c> from</c><00:14:09.500><c> that</c><00:14:09.759><c> particular</c><00:14:10.200><c> generation,</c><00:14:12.340><c> you</c><00:14:12.480><c> tell</c>

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me<00:14:12.799><c> any</c><00:14:13.120><c> age</c><00:14:13.360><c> when</c><00:14:13.480><c> there's</c><00:14:13.639><c> been</c><00:14:13.899><c> ever</c><00:14:14.200><c> more</c><00:14:14.399><c> than</c><00:14:14.580><c> perhaps</c>

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50<00:14:15.320><c>,000</c><00:14:15.740><c> of</c><00:14:16.200><c> the</c><00:14:16.399><c> saints</c><00:14:16.659><c> of</c><00:14:16.980><c> God</c><00:14:17.399><c> at</c><00:14:18.100><c> any</c><00:14:18.320><c> one</c><00:14:18.580><c> time</c><00:14:18.820><c> in</c><00:14:19.019><c> the</c><00:14:19.159><c> earth.</c>

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Down<00:14:20.779><c> through</c><00:14:20.980><c> the</c><00:14:21.139><c> Dark</c><00:14:21.360><c> Ages</c><00:14:21.639><c> and</c><00:14:21.820><c> through</c><00:14:21.960><c> the</c><00:14:22.120><c> times</c><00:14:22.340><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:22.700><c> protesters</c><00:14:23.159><c> and</c><00:14:23.340><c> our</c><00:14:23.480><c> brethren</c><00:14:23.700><c> in</c><00:14:24.019><c> Christ,</c>

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the<00:14:25.059><c> numbers</c><00:14:25.259><c> of</c><00:14:25.539><c> true</c><00:14:25.740><c> believers</c><00:14:26.039><c> are</c><00:14:26.259><c> perhaps</c><00:14:26.440><c> numbered</c><00:14:26.720><c> only</c><00:14:27.000><c> in</c>

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Even<00:14:30.720><c> today,</c><00:14:31.940><c> there's</c><00:14:32.220><c> no</c><00:14:32.419><c> more</c><00:14:32.620><c> than</c><00:14:32.820><c> perhaps</c><00:14:33.179><c> 50</c><00:14:34.059><c>,000</c><00:14:34.580><c> Christadelphians</c><00:14:35.539><c> in</c><00:14:36.399><c> the</c><00:14:36.639><c> world</c><00:14:36.899><c> at</c>

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And<00:14:39.759><c> let's</c><00:14:39.940><c> talk</c><00:14:40.139><c> about</c><00:14:40.419><c> today.</c>

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If<00:14:42.679><c> there</c><00:14:42.860><c> were</c><00:14:43.019><c> a</c><00:14:43.139><c> million</c><00:14:43.340><c> angels</c><00:14:43.620><c> that</c><00:14:43.799><c> could</c><00:14:43.899><c> look</c><00:14:44.080><c> after</c>

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the<00:14:44.500><c> children</c><00:14:44.700><c> of</c><00:14:44.940><c> Israel,</c>

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then<00:14:45.340><c> perhaps</c><00:14:45.559><c> there</c><00:14:45.720><c> are</c><00:14:45.899><c> many,</c><00:14:46.179><c> many</c><00:14:46.360><c> more</c><00:14:46.659><c> than</c><00:14:46.840><c> one</c>

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million<00:14:47.299><c> angels.</c>

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But<00:14:49.259><c> if</c><00:14:49.360><c> there</c><00:14:49.559><c> was</c><00:14:49.700><c> at</c><00:14:49.799><c> least</c><00:14:50.019><c> a</c><00:14:50.179><c> million</c><00:14:50.399><c> angels</c><00:14:50.740><c> assigned</c>

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to<00:14:51.299><c> the</c><00:14:51.399><c> work</c><00:14:51.600><c> of</c><00:14:51.879><c> caring</c><00:14:52.100><c> for</c><00:14:52.340><c> individuals,</c>

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and<00:14:53.779><c> there's</c><00:14:53.919><c> only</c><00:14:54.259><c> 50</c><00:14:54.600><c>,000</c><00:14:54.919><c> of</c><00:14:55.039><c> us</c><00:14:55.240><c> today,</c><00:14:58.000><c> then</c><00:14:58.139><c> only</c><00:14:58.620><c> one</c><00:14:58.899><c> angel</c><00:14:59.139><c> in</c>

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20<00:14:59.980><c> has</c><00:15:01.279><c> the</c><00:15:01.580><c> incredible</c><00:15:01.980><c> privilege</c>

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of<00:15:02.600><c> guiding</c><00:15:02.879><c> the</c><00:15:03.120><c> life</c><00:15:03.320><c> of</c><00:15:03.539><c> a</c><00:15:03.700><c> saint</c><00:15:04.059><c> from</c><00:15:05.159><c> the</c><00:15:05.460><c> call</c><00:15:05.779><c> or</c><00:15:06.379><c> from</c>

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the<00:15:06.779><c> cradle</c><00:15:07.100><c> to</c><00:15:07.899><c> the</c><00:15:08.120><c> grave.</c>

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And<00:15:10.139><c> among</c><00:15:10.320><c> the</c><00:15:10.600><c> angels,</c><00:15:10.779><c> that</c><00:15:10.899><c> is</c><00:15:11.039><c> an</c><00:15:11.279><c> enormous</c><00:15:11.679><c> privilege.</c>

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That's<00:15:14.539><c> why</c><00:15:14.779><c> when</c><00:15:14.960><c> an</c><00:15:15.139><c> angel,</c><00:15:16.259><c> given</c><00:15:16.440><c> the</c><00:15:16.740><c> task</c><00:15:17.039><c> of</c><00:15:17.259><c> converting</c><00:15:17.620><c> a</c><00:15:17.919><c> sinner</c>

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from<00:15:18.259><c> the</c><00:15:18.519><c> error</c><00:15:18.639><c> of</c><00:15:18.779><c> his</c><00:15:18.960><c> ways,</c>

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when<00:15:19.980><c> that</c><00:15:20.220><c> task</c><00:15:20.419><c> is</c><00:15:20.659><c> accomplished,</c><00:15:21.179><c> that</c><00:15:21.200><c> angel</c><00:15:21.440><c> gets</c><00:15:21.639><c> all</c>

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his<00:15:22.139><c> fellow</c><00:15:22.379><c> angels</c><00:15:22.620><c> together</c>

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and<00:15:23.159><c> they</c><00:15:23.320><c> rejoice</c><00:15:23.679><c> over</c><00:15:23.960><c> the</c><00:15:24.200><c> accomplishment</c><00:15:24.620><c> of</c><00:15:24.799><c> that</c><00:15:25.080><c> fact.</c>

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That's<00:15:27.480><c> why</c><00:15:27.700><c> Gabriel</c><00:15:28.080><c> would</c><00:15:28.320><c> say</c><00:15:28.480><c> to</c><00:15:28.700><c> Daniel,</c><00:15:28.980><c> O</c><00:15:29.100><c> man</c><00:15:29.379><c> greatly</c><00:15:29.960><c> beloved,</c>

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caring<00:15:34.559><c> for</c><00:15:34.740><c> that</c><00:15:34.940><c> individual</c><00:15:35.399><c> saint.</c>

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And<00:15:37.580><c> brethren</c><00:15:37.740><c> and</c><00:15:38.000><c> sisters,</c><00:15:39.340><c> let</c><00:15:39.360><c> us</c><00:15:39.559><c> never</c><00:15:39.860><c> doubt</c><00:15:40.120><c> that</c><00:15:40.299><c> there</c><00:15:40.480><c> are</c>

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enough<00:15:40.820><c> angels</c><00:15:41.080><c> to</c><00:15:41.299><c> go</c><00:15:41.480><c> round.</c>

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It<00:15:42.799><c> is</c><00:15:43.019><c> a</c><00:15:43.159><c> great</c><00:15:43.299><c> privilege</c><00:15:43.600><c> for</c><00:15:43.779><c> them</c><00:15:44.000><c> to</c><00:15:44.220><c> have</c><00:15:44.820><c> the</c><00:15:45.259><c> life</c><00:15:45.460><c> of</c>

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a<00:15:45.840><c> saint</c><00:15:46.039><c> to</c><00:15:46.360><c> guide.</c>

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But<00:15:46.539><c> perhaps</c><00:15:46.820><c> they</c><00:15:46.960><c> only</c><00:15:47.200><c> get</c><00:15:47.340><c> one</c><00:15:47.539><c> or</c><00:15:47.620><c> two</c><00:15:48.379><c> in</c><00:15:49.000><c> the</c><00:15:49.139><c> whole</c><00:15:49.379><c> history</c><00:15:49.700><c> of</c>

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which<00:15:50.379><c> they</c><00:15:50.600><c> are</c><00:15:50.799><c> actively</c><00:15:51.120><c> involved</c><00:15:51.559><c> with.</c>

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The<00:15:54.460><c> difference</c><00:15:54.820><c> between</c><00:15:55.220><c> what</c><00:15:55.399><c> we</c><00:15:55.620><c> read</c><00:15:55.740><c> in</c><00:15:55.879><c> the</c><00:15:56.019><c> Old</c><00:15:56.220><c> Testament</c><00:15:56.720><c> and</c><00:15:57.960><c> part</c><00:15:58.179><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:58.460><c> new</c><00:15:58.639><c> and</c><00:15:58.799><c> what</c><00:15:58.960><c> we</c><00:15:59.159><c> have</c><00:15:59.299><c> today</c>

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is<00:16:00.980><c> that</c><00:16:01.159><c> we</c><00:16:01.320><c> live</c><00:16:01.419><c> in</c><00:16:01.519><c> an</c><00:16:01.679><c> age</c><00:16:01.860><c> where</c><00:16:01.980><c> we</c><00:16:02.139><c> have</c><00:16:02.320><c> to</c><00:16:02.559><c> see</c><00:16:02.679><c> them</c>

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by<00:16:03.139><c> faith.</c>

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Since<00:16:04.980><c> the</c><00:16:05.220><c> Bible</c><00:16:05.399><c> was</c><00:16:05.679><c> completed,</c><00:16:06.080><c> it</c><00:16:06.240><c> is</c><00:16:06.360><c> not</c><00:16:06.559><c> given</c><00:16:06.779><c> to</c><00:16:07.000><c> men</c>

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to<00:16:07.580><c> openly</c><00:16:08.120><c> recognise</c><00:16:09.220><c> angels.</c>

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We<00:16:12.000><c> live</c><00:16:12.159><c> by</c><00:16:12.500><c> faith</c><00:16:12.759><c> in</c><00:16:12.919><c> the</c><00:16:13.059><c> Word</c><00:16:13.179><c> of</c><00:16:13.440><c> God.</c>

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But<00:16:14.799><c> all</c><00:16:15.059><c> the</c><00:16:15.259><c> examples</c><00:16:15.580><c> of</c><00:16:15.740><c> the</c><00:16:15.840><c> Bible</c><00:16:16.059><c> are</c><00:16:16.240><c> given</c><00:16:16.340><c> to</c><00:16:16.539><c> us</c><00:16:16.700><c> that</c><00:16:16.799><c> we</c>

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might<00:16:17.159><c> have</c><00:16:17.320><c> the</c><00:16:17.539><c> confidence</c>

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that<00:16:18.059><c> the</c><00:16:18.259><c> angels</c><00:16:18.559><c> still</c><00:16:18.940><c> work</c><00:16:19.240><c> as</c><00:16:19.460><c> much</c><00:16:19.759><c> today</c><00:16:20.000><c> as</c><00:16:20.120><c> they</c><00:16:20.320><c> did</c>

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in<00:16:20.620><c> the</c><00:16:20.740><c> days</c><00:16:20.960><c> of</c><00:16:21.159><c> Daniel</c><00:16:21.480><c> and</c><00:16:21.600><c> the</c><00:16:21.720><c> Persian</c><00:16:22.080><c> kings,</c>

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as<00:16:23.019><c> much</c><00:16:23.220><c> as</c><00:16:23.320><c> they</c><00:16:23.440><c> did</c><00:16:23.539><c> in</c><00:16:23.700><c> the</c><00:16:23.820><c> days</c><00:16:24.019><c> of</c><00:16:24.279><c> Jacob</c><00:16:24.580><c> and</c><00:16:25.179><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:16:25.879><c> Isaac.</c>

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The<00:16:28.720><c> angels</c><00:16:28.919><c> are</c><00:16:29.179><c> still</c><00:16:29.419><c> very</c><00:16:29.700><c> much</c><00:16:29.960><c> working</c><00:16:30.360><c> behind</c><00:16:30.820><c> the</c><00:16:31.080><c> scenes,</c><00:16:31.960><c> unseen</c><00:16:32.340><c> to</c><00:16:32.620><c> us,</c>

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but<00:16:34.039><c> nevertheless</c><00:16:34.460><c> still</c><00:16:35.100><c> standing</c><00:16:35.500><c> by.</c>

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What<00:16:38.100><c> we</c><00:16:38.399><c> have</c><00:16:38.580><c> to</c><00:16:38.759><c> do</c><00:16:38.860><c> is</c><00:16:39.039><c> to</c><00:16:39.200><c> make</c><00:16:39.320><c> the</c><00:16:39.519><c> right</c><00:16:39.720><c> choices.</c>

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Otherwise,<00:16:41.940><c> we</c><00:16:42.019><c> will</c><00:16:42.340><c> frustrate</c><00:16:42.879><c> their</c><00:16:43.139><c> work.</c>

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The<00:16:45.940><c> angels</c><00:16:46.159><c> can</c><00:16:46.379><c> do</c><00:16:46.480><c> many</c><00:16:46.740><c> things,</c><00:16:47.200><c> but</c><00:16:47.240><c> they</c><00:16:47.480><c> can't</c><00:16:47.860><c> deny</c><00:16:48.039><c> us</c>

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the<00:16:48.539><c> free</c><00:16:48.740><c> will</c><00:16:48.940><c> to</c><00:16:49.159><c> choose</c><00:16:49.860><c> the</c><00:16:50.399><c> right</c><00:16:50.720><c> way</c><00:16:51.419><c> or</c><00:16:52.159><c> to</c><00:16:52.379><c> reject</c><00:16:52.620><c> it.</c>

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Think<00:16:54.000><c> of</c><00:16:54.120><c> what</c><00:16:54.240><c> God</c><00:16:54.480><c> said</c><00:16:54.620><c> to</c><00:16:54.799><c> Israel.</c>

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He<00:16:55.200><c> brought</c><00:16:55.480><c> them</c><00:16:55.639><c> into</c><00:16:55.779><c> the</c><00:16:56.000><c> land.</c><00:16:56.360><c> He</c><00:16:56.440><c> conquered</c><00:16:56.740><c> the</c><00:16:56.940><c> nations</c><00:16:57.240><c> before</c><00:16:57.639><c> them.</c>

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He<00:16:57.960><c> fed</c><00:16:58.179><c> them.</c><00:16:58.759><c> Their</c><00:16:58.980><c> shoes</c><00:16:59.240><c> didn't</c><00:16:59.539><c> wear</c><00:16:59.799><c> out.</c>

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They<00:17:00.759><c> were</c><00:17:00.919><c> given</c><00:17:01.139><c> warmth</c><00:17:01.440><c> by</c><00:17:01.779><c> night,</c><00:17:02.139><c> great</c><00:17:02.340><c> victories,</c><00:17:02.919><c> water</c><00:17:03.179><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:03.539><c> desert.</c>

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All<00:17:03.980><c> of</c><00:17:04.140><c> those</c><00:17:04.339><c> things</c><00:17:04.579><c> were</c><00:17:04.759><c> done</c><00:17:04.900><c> by</c><00:17:05.140><c> the</c><00:17:05.440><c> power</c><00:17:05.740><c> of</c><00:17:05.940><c> the</c><00:17:06.099><c> angel,</c>

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but<00:17:06.759><c> the</c><00:17:06.980><c> angel</c><00:17:07.240><c> could</c><00:17:07.539><c> not</c><00:17:07.839><c> make</c><00:17:08.059><c> them</c><00:17:08.299><c> choose</c><00:17:08.599><c> to</c><00:17:08.759><c> follow</c><00:17:08.980><c> Yahweh.</c>

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That<00:17:10.799><c> was</c><00:17:11.039><c> a</c><00:17:11.160><c> choice</c><00:17:11.299><c> they</c><00:17:11.539><c> had</c><00:17:11.720><c> to</c><00:17:11.940><c> make.</c>

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I<00:17:13.079><c> have</c><00:17:13.240><c> set</c><00:17:13.539><c> before</c><00:17:13.900><c> thee</c><00:17:14.059><c> life</c><00:17:14.519><c> and</c><00:17:15.079><c> good,</c><00:17:15.460><c> death</c><00:17:15.720><c> and</c><00:17:15.940><c> evil.</c>

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I<00:17:17.180><c> call</c><00:17:17.400><c> heaven</c><00:17:17.640><c> to</c><00:17:17.880><c> record</c><00:17:18.220><c> against</c><00:17:18.579><c> you,</c><00:17:18.839><c> said</c><00:17:18.920><c> God.</c>

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I've<00:17:19.240><c> done</c><00:17:19.339><c> everything</c><00:17:19.660><c> I</c><00:17:19.859><c> can</c><00:17:20.099><c> do,</c><00:17:20.539><c> but</c><00:17:20.740><c> you</c><00:17:21.099><c> still</c><00:17:21.319><c> have</c><00:17:21.500><c> to</c>

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make<00:17:21.799><c> the</c><00:17:22.039><c> choice</c><00:17:22.259><c> to</c><00:17:22.420><c> walk</c><00:17:22.619><c> with</c><00:17:22.819><c> me.</c>

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And<00:17:25.059><c> they</c><00:17:25.200><c> were</c><00:17:25.420><c> required</c><00:17:25.940><c> to</c><00:17:26.900><c> make</c><00:17:27.640><c> their</c><00:17:28.200><c> trust</c><00:17:28.819><c> in</c><00:17:29.920><c> the</c><00:17:30.119><c> care</c><00:17:30.299><c> of</c>

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God<00:17:30.680><c> and</c><00:17:30.819><c> his</c><00:17:31.019><c> angels.</c>

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Let<00:17:31.740><c> me</c><00:17:31.859><c> show</c><00:17:31.960><c> you</c><00:17:32.079><c> an</c><00:17:32.200><c> example</c><00:17:32.519><c> of</c><00:17:32.660><c> this.</c>

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In<00:17:33.099><c> Exodus</c><00:17:33.220><c> 34,</c><00:17:35.099><c> we</c><00:17:35.319><c> have</c><00:17:35.500><c> a</c><00:17:35.640><c> classic</c><00:17:35.900><c> illustration</c><00:17:36.599><c> of</c><00:17:36.720><c> how</c>

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their<00:17:37.779><c> trust</c><00:17:38.299><c> in</c><00:17:38.619><c> God,</c>

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their<00:17:39.099><c> choosing</c><00:17:39.420><c> to</c><00:17:39.660><c> follow</c><00:17:39.900><c> God,</c><00:17:42.099><c> would</c><00:17:42.380><c> lead</c><00:17:42.660><c> to</c><00:17:42.880><c> the</c><00:17:43.099><c> angelic</c><00:17:43.599><c> care</c>

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being<00:17:44.660><c> operative.</c>

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Now<00:17:46.180><c> in</c><00:17:46.279><c> Exodus</c><00:17:46.619><c> 34,</c><00:17:47.140><c> we</c><00:17:47.259><c> have</c><00:17:47.420><c> Moses</c><00:17:47.759><c> with</c><00:17:47.960><c> the</c><00:17:48.119><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:48.539><c> angel.</c>

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He's<00:17:50.160><c> declared</c><00:17:50.420><c> to</c><00:17:50.559><c> him</c><00:17:50.619><c> the</c><00:17:50.759><c> name</c><00:17:50.940><c> of</c><00:17:51.160><c> God</c><00:17:51.319><c> in</c><00:17:51.500><c> verse</c><00:17:51.720><c> 5</c><00:17:52.000><c> and</c><00:17:52.140><c> 6</c>

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and<00:17:52.660><c> the</c><00:17:52.819><c> glory</c><00:17:53.019><c> of</c><00:17:53.240><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:54.240><c> in</c><00:17:54.400><c> verse</c><00:17:54.579><c> 10,</c><00:17:54.819><c> he</c><00:17:54.920><c> says,</c><00:17:55.160><c> I'll</c><00:17:55.319><c> make</c><00:17:55.440><c> a</c><00:17:55.700><c> covenant</c><00:17:55.920><c> before</c>

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all<00:17:56.539><c> the</c><00:17:56.720><c> people.</c>

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I<00:17:57.200><c> will</c><00:17:57.460><c> do</c><00:17:57.680><c> marvels</c><00:17:59.099><c> such</c><00:17:59.299><c> as</c><00:17:59.680><c> have</c><00:17:59.859><c> never</c><00:18:00.059><c> been</c><00:18:00.279><c> done</c><00:18:00.420><c> in</c><00:18:00.599><c> the</c>

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earth<00:18:00.900><c> or</c><00:18:01.039><c> any</c><00:18:01.299><c> nation.</c>

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And<00:18:02.539><c> you</c><00:18:02.680><c> shall</c><00:18:02.839><c> see</c><00:18:03.039><c> the</c><00:18:03.220><c> work</c><00:18:03.380><c> of</c><00:18:03.619><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:04.279><c> is</c><00:18:05.599><c> a</c><00:18:05.859><c> terrible</c><00:18:06.140><c> thing,</c><00:18:06.480><c> a</c>

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great<00:18:06.779><c> thing</c><00:18:06.980><c> I</c><00:18:07.160><c> will</c><00:18:07.299><c> do</c><00:18:07.460><c> with</c><00:18:07.700><c> thee.</c>

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But<00:18:08.779><c> in</c><00:18:09.000><c> verse</c><00:18:09.259><c> 11,</c><00:18:09.759><c> they</c><00:18:09.859><c> had</c><00:18:10.240><c> to</c><00:18:10.500><c> respond,</c><00:18:11.059><c> observe</c><00:18:11.619><c> to</c><00:18:11.960><c> do</c><00:18:12.359><c> all</c><00:18:12.779><c> that</c><00:18:12.920><c> I</c>

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command<00:18:13.460><c> thee,</c>

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and<00:18:14.660><c> then</c><00:18:14.880><c> I</c><00:18:15.039><c> can</c><00:18:15.220><c> drive</c><00:18:15.460><c> out</c><00:18:15.660><c> the</c><00:18:15.920><c> Canaanites.</c>

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And<00:18:16.980><c> we</c><00:18:17.119><c> know</c><00:18:17.259><c> what</c><00:18:17.500><c> happened.</c>

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Because<00:18:18.099><c> they</c><00:18:18.319><c> did</c><00:18:18.599><c> not</c><00:18:18.799><c> keep</c><00:18:19.000><c> the</c><00:18:19.180><c> laws</c><00:18:19.299><c> of</c><00:18:19.539><c> God,</c><00:18:19.700><c> the</c><00:18:19.900><c> Canaanites</c><00:18:20.339><c> were</c>

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not<00:18:20.799><c> driven</c><00:18:21.039><c> out.</c>

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It<00:18:21.839><c> was</c><00:18:22.079><c> not</c><00:18:22.279><c> a</c><00:18:22.380><c> lack</c><00:18:22.480><c> of</c><00:18:22.779><c> power</c><00:18:22.960><c> on</c><00:18:23.119><c> the</c><00:18:23.319><c> angel's</c><00:18:23.720><c> part.</c>

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It<00:18:24.259><c> was</c><00:18:24.500><c> a</c><00:18:24.619><c> lack</c><00:18:24.759><c> of</c><00:18:25.039><c> cooperation</c><00:18:25.579><c> on</c><00:18:25.799><c> their</c><00:18:26.019><c> part</c><00:18:26.500><c> that</c><00:18:27.720><c> led</c>

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to<00:18:28.079><c> that</c><00:18:28.259><c> failure.</c>

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But<00:18:31.339><c> if</c><00:18:31.500><c> they</c><00:18:31.740><c> would</c><00:18:32.000><c> trust</c><00:18:32.299><c> in</c><00:18:32.579><c> God,</c><00:18:33.880><c> incredible</c><00:18:34.400><c> things</c><00:18:34.759><c> would</c><00:18:34.940><c> be</c><00:18:35.140><c> possible.</c>

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Just<00:18:36.440><c> come</c><00:18:36.660><c> across</c><00:18:37.039><c> to</c><00:18:37.279><c> verse</c><00:18:37.920><c> 23.</c>

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Now<00:18:39.759><c> this</c><00:18:39.839><c> is</c><00:18:40.039><c> an</c><00:18:40.299><c> incredible</c><00:18:40.640><c> example</c><00:18:41.180><c> of</c><00:18:41.359><c> the</c><00:18:41.559><c> ways</c><00:18:41.759><c> of</c><00:18:42.119><c> providence</c><00:18:42.880><c> that</c>

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happened<00:18:43.920><c> to</c><00:18:44.140><c> Israel.</c>

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It<00:18:46.279><c> says</c><00:18:46.380><c> there</c><00:18:46.660><c> in</c><00:18:46.839><c> verse</c><00:18:47.019><c> 23,</c>

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Thrice<00:18:47.940><c> in</c><00:18:48.099><c> the</c><00:18:48.319><c> year</c><00:18:48.500><c> shall</c><00:18:48.720><c> all</c><00:18:49.079><c> your</c><00:18:49.279><c> men</c><00:18:49.519><c> and</c><00:18:49.660><c> children</c><00:18:49.779><c> appear</c><00:18:50.140><c> before</c><00:18:50.619><c> Yahweh,</c><00:18:51.640><c> the</c><00:18:51.819><c> God</c><00:18:51.980><c> of</c><00:18:52.119><c> Israel.</c>

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Now<00:18:54.140><c> that</c><00:18:54.660><c> meant</c><00:18:54.839><c> that</c><00:18:55.059><c> very</c><00:18:55.299><c> simply</c><00:18:55.559><c> that</c><00:18:55.839><c> three</c><00:18:56.059><c> times</c><00:18:56.359><c> a</c><00:18:56.619><c> year,</c>

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every<00:18:57.880><c> male</c><00:18:58.200><c> above</c><00:18:58.480><c> the</c><00:18:58.660><c> age</c><00:18:58.880><c> of</c><00:18:59.099><c> 12</c><00:18:59.400><c> had</c><00:18:59.599><c> to</c><00:18:59.900><c> leave</c><00:19:00.119><c> home,</c>

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to<00:19:02.119><c> leave</c><00:19:02.460><c> their</c><00:19:02.720><c> wives</c><00:19:03.019><c> and</c><00:19:03.160><c> their</c><00:19:03.440><c> children</c><00:19:03.660><c> in</c><00:19:03.859><c> many</c><00:19:04.099><c> cases,</c>

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to<00:19:05.599><c> leave</c><00:19:05.819><c> all</c><00:19:06.200><c> their</c><00:19:06.480><c> crops</c><00:19:06.819><c> unprotected,</c>

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and<00:19:07.900><c> every</c><00:19:08.480><c> male</c><00:19:08.819><c> had</c><00:19:09.079><c> to</c><00:19:09.240><c> go</c><00:19:09.420><c> down</c><00:19:09.619><c> to</c><00:19:09.779><c> Jerusalem</c><00:19:10.140><c> to</c><00:19:10.380><c> keep</c>

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three<00:19:10.960><c> feasts.</c>

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Now<00:19:11.819><c> two</c><00:19:12.059><c> of</c><00:19:12.240><c> those,</c><00:19:12.720><c> Passover</c><00:19:13.000><c> and</c><00:19:13.220><c> Pentecost,</c><00:19:14.619><c> were</c><00:19:14.819><c> in</c><00:19:15.059><c> the</c><00:19:15.359><c> summer,</c>

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a<00:19:16.720><c> time</c><00:19:16.900><c> in</c><00:19:17.039><c> the</c><00:19:17.160><c> Middle</c><00:19:17.359><c> East</c><00:19:17.539><c> when</c><00:19:17.759><c> kings</c><00:19:18.119><c> go</c><00:19:18.380><c> to</c><00:19:18.579><c> war,</c>

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when<00:19:20.460><c> there</c><00:19:20.640><c> are</c><00:19:20.900><c> crops</c><00:19:21.119><c> to</c><00:19:21.339><c> be</c><00:19:21.519><c> pillaged.</c>

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It<00:19:23.380><c> was</c><00:19:23.559><c> the</c><00:19:23.799><c> time</c><00:19:24.000><c> when</c><00:19:24.160><c> you</c><00:19:24.259><c> would</c><00:19:24.480><c> expect</c><00:19:24.940><c> other</c><00:19:25.319><c> nations</c>

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to<00:19:25.920><c> be</c><00:19:26.140><c> invading</c><00:19:26.480><c> your</c><00:19:26.759><c> land,</c>

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trying<00:19:27.319><c> to</c><00:19:27.559><c> take</c><00:19:27.740><c> away</c><00:19:27.960><c> your</c><00:19:28.220><c> wives</c><00:19:28.500><c> and</c><00:19:28.720><c> children</c><00:19:29.000><c> as</c><00:19:29.259><c> slaves</c>

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and<00:19:30.140><c> your</c><00:19:30.380><c> crops.</c>

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And<00:19:32.779><c> God</c><00:19:32.980><c> said,</c>

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twice<00:19:35.960><c> in</c><00:19:36.200><c> the</c><00:19:36.380><c> summer</c><00:19:36.660><c> you</c><00:19:37.039><c> leave</c><00:19:37.279><c> everything</c><00:19:37.700><c> behind,</c>

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you<00:19:38.720><c> leave</c><00:19:38.940><c> your</c><00:19:39.200><c> crops</c><00:19:39.440><c> unprotected,</c><00:19:40.200><c> and</c><00:19:40.519><c> every</c><00:19:40.920><c> male</c><00:19:41.140><c> goes</c>

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to<00:19:41.640><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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You<00:19:44.299><c> think</c><00:19:44.400><c> that</c><00:19:44.559><c> takes</c><00:19:44.799><c> a</c><00:19:44.900><c> bit</c><00:19:45.039><c> of</c><00:19:45.200><c> faith?</c>

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Well<00:19:47.039><c> look</c><00:19:47.180><c> what</c><00:19:47.319><c> God</c><00:19:47.559><c> says,</c>

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for<00:19:49.539><c> I</c><00:19:49.660><c> will</c><00:19:49.839><c> cast</c><00:19:50.119><c> out</c><00:19:50.279><c> the</c><00:19:50.460><c> nations</c><00:19:50.740><c> before</c><00:19:51.180><c> thee</c><00:19:51.460><c> and</c><00:19:51.660><c> enlarge</c><00:19:52.059><c> thy</c><00:19:52.259><c> borders.</c>

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And<00:19:53.140><c> then</c><00:19:53.240><c> look</c><00:19:53.339><c> at</c><00:19:53.460><c> this</c><00:19:53.680><c> statement,</c>

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neither<00:19:55.380><c> shall</c><00:19:55.799><c> any</c><00:19:56.420><c> man</c><00:19:56.940><c> desire</c><00:19:57.680><c> thy</c><00:19:57.980><c> land</c>

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when<00:19:59.059><c> you</c><00:19:59.240><c> go</c><00:19:59.400><c> up</c><00:19:59.559><c> to</c><00:19:59.779><c> a</c><00:19:59.900><c> pier</c><00:20:00.000><c> before</c><00:20:00.359><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:00.740><c> three</c><00:20:01.019><c> times</c><00:20:01.380><c> a</c><00:20:01.599><c> year.</c>

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What<00:20:03.160><c> an</c><00:20:03.460><c> incredible</c><00:20:04.119><c> statement</c><00:20:04.500><c> of</c><00:20:04.759><c> providence.</c>

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A<00:20:07.220><c> land</c><00:20:07.420><c> flowing</c><00:20:07.740><c> with</c><00:20:07.960><c> milk</c><00:20:08.160><c> and</c><00:20:08.319><c> honey,</c>

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a<00:20:09.599><c> nation</c><00:20:09.940><c> blessed</c><00:20:10.279><c> by</c><00:20:10.599><c> God</c><00:20:10.799><c> if</c><00:20:10.960><c> they</c><00:20:11.180><c> kept</c><00:20:11.339><c> his</c><00:20:11.619><c> ways</c><00:20:11.900><c> with</c>

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crops<00:20:12.500><c> abounding,</c>

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and<00:20:13.720><c> God</c><00:20:14.019><c> says</c><00:20:14.279><c> nobody</c><00:20:14.720><c> will</c><00:20:14.960><c> desire</c><00:20:15.279><c> that</c><00:20:15.500><c> land,</c>

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none<00:20:16.039><c> of</c><00:20:16.200><c> your</c><00:20:16.339><c> enemies</c><00:20:16.519><c> will</c><00:20:16.720><c> even</c><00:20:17.039><c> think</c><00:20:17.180><c> to</c><00:20:17.420><c> come</c><00:20:17.640><c> because</c>

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you're<00:20:18.480><c> down</c><00:20:18.680><c> there</c><00:20:18.880><c> trusting</c><00:20:19.220><c> in</c><00:20:19.539><c> God.</c>

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That<00:20:20.980><c> required</c><00:20:21.500><c> an</c><00:20:21.799><c> enormous</c><00:20:22.220><c> amount</c><00:20:22.500><c> of</c><00:20:22.700><c> providential</c><00:20:23.140><c> events</c><00:20:23.460><c> to</c>

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make<00:20:23.759><c> that</c><00:20:24.039><c> happen.</c>

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And<00:20:25.500><c> you</c><00:20:25.539><c> can</c><00:20:25.680><c> imagine</c><00:20:25.960><c> the</c><00:20:26.200><c> angels</c><00:20:26.380><c> working</c><00:20:26.759><c> behind</c><00:20:27.160><c> the</c><00:20:27.400><c> scenes,</c>

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and<00:20:28.579><c> every</c><00:20:28.799><c> enemy</c><00:20:29.019><c> that</c><00:20:29.339><c> cast</c><00:20:29.619><c> a</c><00:20:29.839><c> lustful</c><00:20:30.160><c> eye</c><00:20:30.319><c> upon</c><00:20:30.539><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:20:31.079><c> the</c><00:20:31.240><c> unprotected</c><00:20:31.799><c> crops</c>

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would<00:20:32.940><c> be</c><00:20:33.200><c> someway</c><00:20:33.640><c> frustrated</c><00:20:34.119><c> by</c><00:20:34.400><c> the</c><00:20:34.640><c> angels.</c>

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You<00:20:37.799><c> see</c><00:20:37.880><c> they</c><00:20:38.019><c> had</c><00:20:38.160><c> to</c><00:20:38.299><c> put</c><00:20:38.400><c> their</c><00:20:38.619><c> faith</c><00:20:38.839><c> in</c><00:20:39.099><c> God</c><00:20:39.240><c> by</c><00:20:39.519><c> going</c>

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up<00:20:39.980><c> to</c><00:20:40.140><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:20:42.839><c> God</c><00:20:43.079><c> would</c><00:20:43.279><c> protect</c><00:20:43.539><c> their</c><00:20:43.799><c> crops</c><00:20:44.039><c> and</c><00:20:44.240><c> their</c><00:20:44.420><c> families</c>

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if<00:20:45.099><c> they</c><00:20:45.279><c> did</c><00:20:45.500><c> so.</c>

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Let's<00:20:47.220><c> just</c><00:20:47.420><c> come</c><00:20:47.579><c> back</c><00:20:47.759><c> to</c><00:20:47.900><c> Genesis</c><00:20:48.240><c> chapter</c><00:20:48.579><c> 12</c>

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and<00:20:49.039><c> see</c><00:20:49.240><c> God</c><00:20:49.480><c> working</c><00:20:49.859><c> with</c><00:20:50.039><c> the</c><00:20:50.259><c> first</c><00:20:50.519><c> era</c><00:20:50.740><c> of</c><00:20:50.940><c> salvation,</c>

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with<00:20:51.539><c> Abraham</c><00:20:51.940><c> himself.</c>

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We're<00:20:53.380><c> just</c><00:20:53.559><c> going</c><00:20:53.680><c> to</c><00:20:53.880><c> trace</c><00:20:54.079><c> through</c><00:20:54.599><c> the</c><00:20:55.400><c> appearances</c><00:20:55.799><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:56.380><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:56.799><c> angel</c><00:20:57.059><c> and</c><00:20:57.180><c> the</c><00:20:57.319><c> life</c><00:20:57.480><c> of</c><00:20:57.740><c> Abraham</c>

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that<00:20:59.420><c> we</c><00:20:59.599><c> might</c><00:20:59.819><c> see</c><00:21:00.059><c> the</c><00:21:00.200><c> way</c><00:21:00.420><c> the</c><00:21:00.700><c> angels</c><00:21:00.859><c> operate</c>

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and<00:21:01.480><c> the</c><00:21:01.619><c> way</c><00:21:01.759><c> that</c><00:21:02.000><c> men</c><00:21:02.200><c> have</c><00:21:02.460><c> to</c><00:21:02.720><c> cooperate</c><00:21:03.099><c> with</c><00:21:03.339><c> the</c><00:21:03.559><c> angels.</c>

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Genesis<00:21:05.279><c> 12,</c><00:21:05.660><c> we</c><00:21:05.799><c> know</c><00:21:06.000><c> the</c><00:21:06.180><c> God</c><00:21:06.240><c> of</c><00:21:06.480><c> glory</c><00:21:06.680><c> appeared</c><00:21:06.960><c> to</c><00:21:07.200><c> Abraham</c><00:21:07.440><c> in</c>

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Ur<00:21:08.059><c> of</c><00:21:08.220><c> the</c><00:21:08.380><c> Chaldees,</c>

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but<00:21:08.920><c> a</c><00:21:09.079><c> gate</c><00:21:09.180><c> in</c><00:21:09.319><c> the</c><00:21:09.500><c> land</c><00:21:09.680><c> in</c><00:21:09.880><c> verse</c><00:21:10.119><c> 7</c><00:21:10.539><c> of</c><00:21:10.920><c> chapter</c><00:21:11.140><c> 12.</c>

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Yahweh<00:21:12.819><c> appeared</c><00:21:13.160><c> unto</c><00:21:13.339><c> Abraham</c><00:21:13.759><c> and</c><00:21:13.900><c> said</c><00:21:14.000><c> unto</c><00:21:14.180><c> this</c><00:21:14.400><c> land</c>

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will<00:21:14.680><c> I</c><00:21:14.880><c> give,</c><00:21:15.319><c> unto</c><00:21:15.460><c> thy</c><00:21:15.700><c> seed</c><00:21:15.859><c> will</c><00:21:15.980><c> I</c><00:21:16.099><c> give</c><00:21:16.180><c> this</c><00:21:16.420><c> land.</c>

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When<00:21:17.779><c> you</c><00:21:17.900><c> come</c><00:21:18.059><c> across</c><00:21:18.400><c> to</c><00:21:18.720><c> Genesis</c><00:21:19.079><c> chapter</c><00:21:19.380><c> 16</c><00:21:20.180><c> and</c><00:21:20.980><c> verse</c><00:21:21.220><c> 7,</c>

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we<00:21:21.660><c> find</c><00:21:21.920><c> that</c><00:21:22.099><c> the</c><00:21:22.279><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:22.579><c> angel</c><00:21:22.799><c> now</c><00:21:23.059><c> appears</c><00:21:23.680><c> to</c><00:21:24.039><c> Hagar</c>

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who's<00:21:25.539><c> been</c><00:21:25.839><c> cast</c><00:21:26.140><c> out</c><00:21:26.359><c> into</c><00:21:26.519><c> the</c><00:21:26.660><c> wilderness.</c>

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Chapter<00:21:29.200><c> 16</c><00:21:29.680><c> verse</c><00:21:29.920><c> 7,</c><00:21:30.759><c> the</c><00:21:30.920><c> angel</c><00:21:31.119><c> of</c><00:21:31.220><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:31.539><c> found</c><00:21:31.980><c> her</c><00:21:32.200><c> by</c>

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a<00:21:32.599><c> fountain</c><00:21:32.799><c> of</c><00:21:33.059><c> water.</c>

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The<00:21:34.759><c> angel</c><00:21:35.039><c> gave</c><00:21:35.259><c> blessings</c><00:21:35.799><c> to</c><00:21:36.079><c> Hagar</c><00:21:36.440><c> and</c><00:21:36.640><c> her</c><00:21:36.819><c> son.</c>

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In<00:21:38.640><c> chapter</c><00:21:38.859><c> 17</c><00:21:39.240><c> verse</c><00:21:39.539><c> 1,</c><00:21:40.299><c> Abraham</c><00:21:40.400><c> was</c><00:21:40.640><c> 99,</c><00:21:41.440><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:41.660><c> appeared</c><00:21:42.200><c> to</c><00:21:42.480><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:21:43.819><c> the</c><00:21:44.000><c> appeal</c><00:21:44.180><c> was</c><00:21:44.539><c> walk</c><00:21:44.900><c> before</c><00:21:45.400><c> me</c><00:21:45.619><c> and</c><00:21:45.819><c> be</c><00:21:46.000><c> thou</c><00:21:46.240><c> perfect.</c>

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And<00:21:48.079><c> you</c><00:21:48.200><c> see</c><00:21:48.279><c> we</c><00:21:48.420><c> have</c><00:21:48.599><c> to</c><00:21:48.859><c> cooperate</c><00:21:49.279><c> that</c><00:21:49.500><c> the</c><00:21:49.720><c> angel</c><00:21:49.900><c> might</c>

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bless<00:21:50.900><c> the</c><00:21:51.160><c> seed</c><00:21:51.240><c> of</c><00:21:51.460><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:21:51.960><c> to</c><00:21:52.099><c> give</c><00:21:52.180><c> us</c><00:21:52.460><c> the</c><00:21:52.640><c> godly</c><00:21:53.059><c> seed.</c>

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In<00:21:55.500><c> verse</c><00:21:55.700><c> 22,</c><00:21:57.019><c> and</c><00:21:57.279><c> he</c><00:21:57.400><c> left</c><00:21:57.640><c> off</c><00:21:57.880><c> talking</c><00:21:58.200><c> with</c><00:21:58.400><c> him</c><00:21:58.519><c> and</c><00:21:58.720><c> God</c>

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went<00:21:59.259><c> up</c><00:21:59.539><c> or</c><00:21:59.779><c> Elohim</c><00:22:00.059><c> went</c><00:22:00.240><c> up</c><00:22:00.500><c> from</c><00:22:00.859><c> Abraham.</c>

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So<00:22:02.660><c> Abraham</c><00:22:03.119><c> was</c><00:22:03.380><c> very</c><00:22:03.700><c> blessed</c><00:22:03.940><c> with</c><00:22:04.140><c> these</c><00:22:04.960><c> really</c><00:22:05.759><c> regular</c>

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appearances<00:22:06.700><c> in</c><00:22:06.920><c> his</c><00:22:07.140><c> family</c><00:22:07.519><c> of</c><00:22:07.759><c> the</c><00:22:08.079><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:08.559><c> angel.</c>

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And<00:22:09.740><c> then</c><00:22:09.880><c> we</c><00:22:10.039><c> come</c><00:22:10.220><c> to</c><00:22:10.339><c> the</c><00:22:10.480><c> one</c><00:22:10.579><c> in</c><00:22:10.799><c> chapter</c><00:22:11.079><c> 18.</c>

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And<00:22:11.519><c> we</c><00:22:11.640><c> want</c><00:22:11.720><c> to</c><00:22:11.839><c> just</c><00:22:12.059><c> follow</c><00:22:12.180><c> this</c><00:22:12.380><c> little</c><00:22:12.539><c> record</c><00:22:12.859><c> about</c>

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Abraham<00:22:14.319><c> and</c><00:22:14.579><c> the</c><00:22:14.779><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:15.099><c> angel</c><00:22:15.359><c> in</c><00:22:15.579><c> chapter</c><00:22:15.839><c> 18.</c>

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We<00:22:18.640><c> read</c><00:22:18.799><c> in</c><00:22:18.980><c> verse</c><00:22:19.119><c> 16</c><00:22:19.579><c> of</c><00:22:19.759><c> chapter</c><00:22:20.539><c> 18</c><00:22:21.039><c> that</c><00:22:21.559><c> the</c><00:22:21.960><c> men</c><00:22:22.200><c> rose</c>

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up<00:22:22.619><c> from</c><00:22:22.859><c> dense</c><00:22:23.019><c> and</c><00:22:23.180><c> looked</c><00:22:23.359><c> towards</c><00:22:23.700><c> Sodom</c>

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and<00:22:24.059><c> Abraham</c><00:22:24.420><c> went</c><00:22:24.619><c> with</c><00:22:24.880><c> them</c><00:22:25.000><c> to</c><00:22:25.180><c> bring</c><00:22:25.299><c> them</c><00:22:25.460><c> on</c><00:22:25.640><c> their</c><00:22:25.859><c> way.</c>

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Later<00:22:29.019><c> on</c><00:22:29.299><c> in</c><00:22:29.460><c> verse</c><00:22:29.680><c> 22,</c><00:22:31.220><c> the</c><00:22:31.880><c> two</c><00:22:32.200><c> lesser</c><00:22:32.579><c> angels</c><00:22:32.940><c> are</c><00:22:33.259><c> dispatched</c><00:22:33.619><c> down</c>

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to<00:22:34.119><c> Sodom</c><00:22:34.359><c> for</c><00:22:34.660><c> Lot</c><00:22:34.880><c> and</c><00:22:35.099><c> his</c><00:22:35.299><c> wife.</c>

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Isn't<00:22:35.660><c> that</c><00:22:35.859><c> interesting?</c>

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That<00:22:37.799><c> two</c><00:22:38.099><c> angels</c><00:22:38.400><c> were</c><00:22:38.579><c> sent</c><00:22:38.799><c> for</c><00:22:39.039><c> Lot</c><00:22:39.259><c> and</c><00:22:39.480><c> his</c><00:22:39.700><c> wife,</c><00:22:39.859><c> perhaps</c><00:22:40.240><c> their</c>

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personal<00:22:41.259><c> family</c><00:22:41.920><c> angels.</c>

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But<00:22:44.940><c> we</c><00:22:45.079><c> read</c><00:22:45.180><c> in</c><00:22:45.380><c> verse</c><00:22:45.519><c> 22,</c><00:22:46.299><c> Abraham</c><00:22:46.720><c> stood</c><00:22:47.079><c> yet</c><00:22:47.539><c> before</c><00:22:48.099><c> Yahweh.</c>

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So<00:22:48.700><c> the</c><00:22:48.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:22:49.200><c> angel</c><00:22:49.500><c> very</c><00:22:49.900><c> graciously</c><00:22:50.420><c> waited</c><00:22:50.859><c> for</c><00:22:51.759><c> Abraham</c><00:22:52.220><c> to</c><00:22:52.519><c> make</c><00:22:52.660><c> his</c><00:22:52.960><c> plea.</c>

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But<00:22:54.039><c> I</c><00:22:54.160><c> want</c><00:22:54.259><c> you</c><00:22:54.400><c> to</c><00:22:54.559><c> notice</c><00:22:54.779><c> in</c><00:22:55.019><c> verse</c><00:22:55.259><c> 17</c><00:22:56.160><c> that</c><00:22:57.160><c> there</c><00:22:57.380><c> was</c><00:22:57.619><c> a</c><00:22:57.900><c> conversation</c>

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that<00:22:58.660><c> took</c><00:22:58.859><c> place</c><00:22:59.339><c> amongst</c><00:22:59.799><c> the</c><00:23:00.099><c> angels</c><00:23:00.440><c> before</c><00:23:00.920><c> the</c><00:23:01.119><c> other</c>

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two<00:23:01.460><c> left.</c>

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And<00:23:03.200><c> these</c><00:23:03.500><c> are</c><00:23:03.680><c> the</c><00:23:03.759><c> words</c><00:23:03.960><c> of</c><00:23:04.140><c> verse</c><00:23:04.339><c> 17.</c>

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And<00:23:05.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:05.500><c> said,</c><00:23:08.279><c> shall</c><00:23:08.299><c> I</c><00:23:08.519><c> hide</c><00:23:08.779><c> from</c><00:23:09.000><c> Abraham</c><00:23:09.539><c> that</c><00:23:10.220><c> thing</c>

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which<00:23:10.680><c> I</c><00:23:10.920><c> do?</c>

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Seeing<00:23:12.480><c> that</c><00:23:12.700><c> Abraham</c><00:23:13.099><c> shall</c><00:23:13.279><c> surely</c><00:23:13.640><c> become</c><00:23:13.960><c> a</c><00:23:14.180><c> great</c><00:23:14.359><c> and</c>

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mighty<00:23:14.700><c> nation.</c>

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And<00:23:15.940><c> he</c><00:23:16.039><c> said</c><00:23:16.099><c> in</c><00:23:16.299><c> verse</c><00:23:16.559><c> 19,</c><00:23:17.619><c> I</c><00:23:17.839><c> know</c><00:23:18.180><c> him.</c>

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I<00:23:18.579><c> know</c><00:23:18.740><c> what</c><00:23:18.940><c> Abraham</c><00:23:19.319><c> will</c><00:23:19.599><c> do</c><00:23:19.799><c> if</c><00:23:19.920><c> he's</c><00:23:20.299><c> armed</c><00:23:20.480><c> with</c><00:23:20.660><c> this</c><00:23:20.839><c> information.</c>

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But<00:23:22.400><c> he</c><00:23:22.539><c> will</c><00:23:22.740><c> later</c><00:23:23.059><c> instruct</c><00:23:23.559><c> his</c><00:23:23.839><c> household</c><00:23:24.339><c> and</c><00:23:24.680><c> his</c><00:23:24.980><c> children.</c>

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And<00:23:26.519><c> the</c><00:23:26.660><c> only</c><00:23:26.839><c> son</c><00:23:26.980><c> he</c><00:23:27.079><c> had</c><00:23:27.240><c> at</c><00:23:27.380><c> this</c><00:23:27.579><c> stage</c><00:23:27.740><c> was</c><00:23:27.920><c> Ishmael.</c>

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But<00:23:29.019><c> I</c><00:23:29.200><c> know</c><00:23:29.400><c> him,</c><00:23:29.700><c> says</c><00:23:29.779><c> the</c><00:23:30.000><c> angel,</c><00:23:30.180><c> he</c><00:23:30.339><c> will</c><00:23:30.599><c> use</c><00:23:30.859><c> this</c><00:23:31.160><c> wisely</c><00:23:31.539><c> in</c>

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his<00:23:32.079><c> house.</c>

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And<00:23:35.220><c> I</c><00:23:35.339><c> want</c><00:23:35.420><c> you</c><00:23:35.559><c> to</c><00:23:35.740><c> notice</c><00:23:36.039><c> that</c><00:23:36.740><c> even</c><00:23:37.119><c> with</c><00:23:37.339><c> the</c><00:23:37.539><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:37.859><c> angel,</c>

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it<00:23:39.299><c> was</c><00:23:39.519><c> not</c><00:23:39.700><c> an</c><00:23:39.980><c> automatic</c><00:23:40.500><c> or</c><00:23:40.920><c> robotic</c><00:23:41.380><c> decision.</c>

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There<00:23:43.460><c> was</c><00:23:43.640><c> a</c><00:23:43.819><c> use</c><00:23:43.980><c> of</c><00:23:44.200><c> initiative</c><00:23:44.559><c> there.</c>

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Shall<00:23:45.079><c> I</c><00:23:45.339><c> tell</c><00:23:45.519><c> Abraham</c><00:23:46.039><c> that</c><00:23:47.019><c> which</c><00:23:47.200><c> I'm</c><00:23:47.420><c> about</c><00:23:47.700><c> to</c><00:23:47.960><c> do?</c>

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And<00:23:50.660><c> the</c><00:23:50.799><c> blessing</c><00:23:51.119><c> came</c><00:23:51.579><c> because</c><00:23:52.339><c> of</c><00:23:53.299><c> Abraham's</c><00:23:55.680><c> desire</c><00:23:56.420><c> to</c>

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raise<00:23:57.200><c> a</c><00:23:57.519><c> godly</c><00:23:57.880><c> seat.</c>

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I<00:23:58.480><c> know</c><00:23:58.839><c> him,</c><00:23:59.240><c> said</c><00:23:59.319><c> the</c><00:23:59.579><c> angel.</c>

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Isn't<00:24:00.140><c> it</c><00:24:00.319><c> beautiful</c><00:24:00.559><c> to</c><00:24:00.799><c> think</c><00:24:00.940><c> that</c><00:24:01.119><c> the</c><00:24:01.299><c> angels</c><00:24:01.460><c> that</c><00:24:01.599><c> are</c>

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assigned<00:24:02.019><c> to</c><00:24:02.259><c> us</c><00:24:02.420><c> know</c><00:24:02.660><c> us?</c>

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There's<00:24:05.140><c> a</c><00:24:05.240><c> verse</c><00:24:05.359><c> in</c><00:24:05.500><c> the</c><00:24:05.640><c> Bible</c><00:24:05.819><c> that</c><00:24:06.119><c> says</c><00:24:06.279><c> that</c><00:24:06.480><c> when</c><00:24:06.640><c> the</c>

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coming<00:24:07.440><c> of</c><00:24:07.660><c> Christ</c><00:24:08.079><c> is</c><00:24:08.759><c> upon</c><00:24:08.980><c> us,</c>

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that<00:24:09.319><c> we</c><00:24:09.519><c> shall</c><00:24:09.880><c> then</c><00:24:10.619><c> know</c><00:24:11.160><c> as</c><00:24:11.619><c> we</c><00:24:11.920><c> are</c><00:24:12.200><c> known.</c>

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And<00:24:14.400><c> there</c><00:24:14.539><c> are</c><00:24:14.779><c> angels</c><00:24:14.980><c> out</c><00:24:15.140><c> there,</c><00:24:15.359><c> brethren</c><00:24:15.480><c> and</c><00:24:15.700><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:24:16.000><c> know</c><00:24:16.099><c> us</c><00:24:16.279><c> better</c><00:24:16.480><c> than</c><00:24:16.640><c> we</c><00:24:16.740><c> know</c><00:24:16.980><c> ourselves.</c>

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They<00:24:18.740><c> can</c><00:24:19.000><c> see</c><00:24:19.099><c> the</c><00:24:19.279><c> hidden</c><00:24:19.500><c> faults</c><00:24:19.859><c> and</c><00:24:20.140><c> the</c><00:24:20.640><c> hidden</c><00:24:20.839><c> motivations</c>

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that<00:24:21.759><c> we</c><00:24:21.900><c> so</c><00:24:22.019><c> often</c><00:24:22.279><c> fall</c><00:24:22.500><c> prey</c><00:24:22.819><c> to.</c>

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And<00:24:23.900><c> they're</c><00:24:24.059><c> working</c><00:24:24.339><c> on</c><00:24:24.579><c> them.</c>

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But<00:24:25.660><c> they</c><00:24:25.759><c> can</c><00:24:25.940><c> also</c><00:24:26.220><c> see</c><00:24:26.400><c> the</c><00:24:26.599><c> things</c><00:24:26.740><c> in</c><00:24:26.880><c> us</c><00:24:27.059><c> that</c><00:24:27.220><c> are</c><00:24:27.400><c> good.</c>

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They<00:24:28.000><c> can</c><00:24:28.240><c> see</c><00:24:28.380><c> the</c><00:24:28.619><c> good</c><00:24:28.779><c> desires,</c>

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that<00:24:30.000><c> we</c><00:24:30.200><c> want</c><00:24:30.380><c> to</c><00:24:30.640><c> train</c><00:24:30.759><c> our</c><00:24:31.039><c> children</c><00:24:31.259><c> in</c><00:24:31.440><c> the</c><00:24:31.579><c> way</c><00:24:31.720><c> of</c><00:24:31.960><c> Yahweh,</c>

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to<00:24:32.440><c> keep</c><00:24:32.579><c> the</c><00:24:32.740><c> way</c><00:24:32.920><c> of</c><00:24:33.119><c> judgment</c><00:24:33.380><c> and</c><00:24:33.619><c> justice.</c>

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And<00:24:35.059><c> they</c><00:24:35.220><c> would</c><00:24:35.359><c> assist</c><00:24:35.759><c> that</c><00:24:36.039><c> process</c><00:24:36.680><c> if</c><00:24:37.539><c> we</c><00:24:37.779><c> have</c><00:24:37.960><c> that</c><00:24:38.220><c> desire.</c>

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Come<00:24:42.640><c> across</c><00:24:42.920><c> to</c><00:24:43.059><c> chapter</c><00:24:43.259><c> 24</c><00:24:43.839><c> and</c><00:24:44.059><c> see</c><00:24:44.279><c> again</c><00:24:44.819><c> the</c><00:24:45.460><c> angel's</c><00:24:46.059><c> blessing,</c>

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Abraham's<00:24:47.160><c> desire</c><00:24:47.680><c> to</c><00:24:49.140><c> keep</c><00:24:49.359><c> his</c><00:24:49.660><c> family</c><00:24:49.940><c> in</c><00:24:50.099><c> the</c><00:24:50.240><c> way</c><00:24:50.339><c> of</c><00:24:50.599><c> truth.</c>

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This<00:24:50.940><c> is</c><00:24:51.119><c> the</c><00:24:51.299><c> incident</c><00:24:51.579><c> of</c><00:24:51.900><c> the</c><00:24:52.559><c> sending</c><00:24:52.799><c> of</c><00:24:53.859><c> Eliezer</c><00:24:54.299><c> to</c>

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find<00:24:55.019><c> Rebekah.</c>

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I<00:24:57.039><c> want</c><00:24:57.160><c> you</c><00:24:57.279><c> to</c><00:24:57.440><c> notice</c><00:24:57.740><c> exactly</c><00:24:58.180><c> how</c><00:24:58.579><c> clear</c><00:24:58.799><c> Abraham</c><00:24:59.200><c> is</c><00:24:59.539><c> about</c><00:25:00.519><c> the</c>

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principles<00:25:01.440><c> of</c><00:25:01.599><c> the</c><00:25:01.819><c> truth</c><00:25:01.980><c> here.</c>

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He<00:25:03.180><c> says</c><00:25:03.319><c> in</c><00:25:03.500><c> verse</c><00:25:03.720><c> 7,</c>

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Now<00:25:15.259><c> there</c><00:25:15.740><c> was</c><00:25:15.980><c> a</c><00:25:16.140><c> great</c><00:25:16.299><c> deal</c><00:25:16.480><c> of</c><00:25:16.759><c> confidence</c><00:25:17.099><c> in</c><00:25:17.339><c> Abraham.</c>

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In<00:25:18.380><c> this</c><00:25:18.680><c> mission</c><00:25:18.920><c> to</c><00:25:19.059><c> go</c><00:25:19.279><c> and</c><00:25:19.559><c> find</c><00:25:19.720><c> an</c><00:25:19.940><c> appropriate</c><00:25:20.480><c> wife</c>

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for<00:25:21.000><c> Isaac,</c>

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he<00:25:21.819><c> said</c><00:25:22.019><c> God</c><00:25:22.339><c> will</c><00:25:22.700><c> send</c><00:25:22.920><c> his</c><00:25:23.160><c> angel</c><00:25:23.400><c> before</c><00:25:23.799><c> thee.</c>

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There's<00:25:25.099><c> a</c><00:25:25.259><c> huge</c><00:25:25.440><c> degree</c><00:25:25.700><c> of</c><00:25:26.000><c> trust</c><00:25:26.200><c> there,</c><00:25:26.380><c> isn't</c><00:25:26.519><c> it,</c><00:25:26.680><c> from</c>

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Abraham's<00:25:27.440><c> point</c><00:25:27.579><c> of</c><00:25:27.740><c> view.</c>

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He<00:25:28.940><c> believed</c><00:25:29.319><c> that</c><00:25:29.500><c> the</c><00:25:29.700><c> angels</c><00:25:29.839><c> were</c><00:25:30.259><c> watching</c><00:25:30.640><c> over</c><00:25:30.940><c> his</c><00:25:31.200><c> family</c>

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and<00:25:31.619><c> that</c><00:25:31.680><c> they</c><00:25:31.880><c> would</c><00:25:32.220><c> prosper</c><00:25:32.539><c> this</c><00:25:32.819><c> particular</c><00:25:33.319><c> endeavour.</c>

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But<00:25:35.279><c> he</c><00:25:35.380><c> did</c><00:25:35.599><c> realise</c><00:25:36.039><c> that</c><00:25:36.220><c> you</c><00:25:36.460><c> can't</c><00:25:36.980><c> dictate</c><00:25:37.500><c> to</c><00:25:38.160><c> God.</c>

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He<00:25:40.900><c> went</c><00:25:41.039><c> on</c><00:25:41.180><c> later</c><00:25:41.359><c> on</c><00:25:41.519><c> to</c><00:25:41.740><c> say</c><00:25:42.240><c> that</c><00:25:43.019><c> if</c><00:25:43.220><c> the</c><00:25:43.400><c> woman</c><00:25:43.579><c> will</c><00:25:43.859><c> not</c><00:25:44.140><c> come,</c>

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then<00:25:45.640><c> we</c><00:25:45.900><c> don't</c><00:25:46.140><c> change</c><00:25:46.480><c> our</c><00:25:46.720><c> family</c><00:25:47.019><c> principles.</c>

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The<00:25:47.799><c> family</c><00:25:48.079><c> principle</c><00:25:48.480><c> is</c><00:25:48.920><c> that</c><00:25:49.359><c> we</c><00:25:49.640><c> only</c><00:25:49.980><c> marry</c><00:25:50.240><c> those</c><00:25:50.619><c> that</c>

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understand<00:25:51.380><c> the</c><00:25:51.700><c> promises.</c>

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And<00:25:52.920><c> back</c><00:25:53.099><c> there</c><00:25:53.359><c> in</c><00:25:53.599><c> Paden</c><00:25:53.980><c> Aram</c><00:25:54.299><c> with</c><00:25:54.480><c> those</c><00:25:54.799><c> that</c><00:25:55.000><c> had</c><00:25:55.279><c> heard</c><00:25:55.539><c> the</c>

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promises<00:25:56.039><c> to</c><00:25:56.279><c> Abraham,</c>

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they<00:25:58.480><c> understood</c><00:25:58.900><c> the</c><00:25:59.960><c> God</c><00:26:00.160><c> that</c><00:26:00.359><c> Abraham</c><00:26:00.799><c> served.</c>

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And<00:26:03.660><c> a</c><00:26:03.779><c> wife</c><00:26:03.980><c> had</c><00:26:04.160><c> to</c><00:26:04.279><c> be</c><00:26:04.460><c> found</c><00:26:04.640><c> from</c><00:26:04.920><c> thence</c><00:26:05.200><c> and</c><00:26:05.319><c> not</c><00:26:05.519><c> from</c>

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the<00:26:05.819><c> daughters</c><00:26:06.019><c> of</c><00:26:06.279><c> Canaan.</c>

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And<00:26:06.640><c> in</c><00:26:06.799><c> verse</c><00:26:07.000><c> 8,</c>

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If<00:26:07.240><c> the</c><00:26:07.400><c> woman</c><00:26:07.599><c> will</c><00:26:07.900><c> not</c><00:26:08.160><c> follow</c><00:26:08.460><c> thee,</c>

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then<00:26:09.480><c> we</c><00:26:09.740><c> don't</c><00:26:10.019><c> change</c><00:26:10.420><c> the</c><00:26:10.660><c> principles</c><00:26:10.940><c> by</c><00:26:11.119><c> which</c><00:26:11.240><c> we</c><00:26:11.460><c> operate.</c>

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So<00:26:13.519><c> you</c><00:26:13.619><c> see,</c><00:26:13.759><c> you</c><00:26:13.920><c> operate</c><00:26:14.220><c> on</c><00:26:14.440><c> God's</c><00:26:14.920><c> principles,</c>

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you<00:26:15.420><c> put</c><00:26:15.599><c> your</c><00:26:15.839><c> trust</c><00:26:16.039><c> in</c><00:26:16.339><c> God</c><00:26:16.720><c> and</c><00:26:18.019><c> wait</c><00:26:18.299><c> for</c><00:26:18.579><c> God</c><00:26:18.799><c> to</c><00:26:19.039><c> add</c><00:26:19.160><c> his</c><00:26:19.380><c> blessing.</c>

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Now<00:26:19.900><c> God</c><00:26:20.099><c> may</c><00:26:20.299><c> have</c><00:26:20.460><c> other</c><00:26:20.700><c> plans,</c>

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and<00:26:22.039><c> you've</c><00:26:22.299><c> got</c><00:26:22.380><c> to</c><00:26:22.539><c> give</c><00:26:22.660><c> God</c><00:26:22.920><c> that</c><00:26:23.180><c> opportunity</c><00:26:23.859><c> to</c><00:26:24.079><c> have</c><00:26:24.180><c> a</c>

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different<00:26:24.680><c> way</c>

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from<00:26:25.240><c> what</c><00:26:25.460><c> we</c><00:26:25.779><c> think</c><00:26:26.460><c> ought</c><00:26:26.819><c> to</c><00:26:26.980><c> be</c><00:26:27.119><c> the</c><00:26:27.240><c> way.</c>

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And<00:26:28.099><c> there's</c><00:26:28.200><c> a</c><00:26:28.339><c> very</c><00:26:28.619><c> fine</c><00:26:28.779><c> balance</c><00:26:29.140><c> of</c><00:26:29.400><c> trust,</c>

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:33.940
but<00:26:30.460><c> also</c><00:26:30.819><c> allowing</c><00:26:31.160><c> that</c><00:26:31.420><c> God</c><00:26:31.619><c> may</c><00:26:31.859><c> work</c><00:26:32.099><c> in</c><00:26:32.279><c> a</c><00:26:32.420><c> different</c><00:26:32.619><c> way.</c>

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It<00:26:44.200><c> was</c><00:26:44.599><c> Daniel's</c><00:26:45.160><c> friends.</c>

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Remember<00:26:45.579><c> when</c><00:26:45.759><c> they</c><00:26:46.000><c> were</c><00:26:46.440><c> on</c><00:26:46.960><c> trial</c><00:26:47.099><c> for</c><00:26:47.299><c> their</c><00:26:47.480><c> lives,</c>

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about<00:26:49.119><c> to</c><00:26:49.279><c> be</c><00:26:49.440><c> thrown</c><00:26:49.559><c> into</c><00:26:49.720><c> the</c><00:26:49.960><c> fiery</c><00:26:50.200><c> furnace,</c>

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and<00:26:50.740><c> they</c><00:26:50.880><c> said</c><00:26:51.019><c> to</c><00:26:51.140><c> the</c><00:26:51.319><c> king,</c><00:26:51.500><c> they</c><00:26:51.640><c> said,</c>

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Look,<00:26:54.700><c> our</c><00:26:54.880><c> God,</c><00:26:55.200><c> O</c><00:26:55.400><c> King,</c><00:26:56.720><c> is</c><00:26:57.019><c> able</c><00:26:57.359><c> to</c><00:26:57.619><c> deliver</c><00:26:57.799><c> us.</c>

00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:01.779
And<00:26:59.259><c> we</c><00:26:59.460><c> believe</c><00:26:59.740><c> he</c><00:26:59.980><c> will</c><00:27:00.240><c> deliver</c><00:27:00.559><c> us.</c>

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We<00:27:03.079><c> have</c><00:27:03.240><c> that</c><00:27:03.519><c> trust,</c>

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we<00:27:04.000><c> have</c><00:27:04.220><c> that</c><00:27:04.460><c> confidence</c><00:27:04.839><c> that</c><00:27:05.000><c> he</c><00:27:05.160><c> will</c><00:27:05.400><c> deliver</c><00:27:05.640><c> us</c><00:27:05.839><c> from</c>

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the<00:27:06.180><c> fiery</c><00:27:06.420><c> furnace.</c>

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But<00:27:09.759><c> if</c><00:27:09.900><c> he</c><00:27:10.059><c> doesn't,</c><00:27:11.079><c> we</c><00:27:11.380><c> don't</c><00:27:11.599><c> change</c><00:27:11.839><c> our</c><00:27:12.059><c> principles.</c>

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If<00:27:13.640><c> it's</c><00:27:13.819><c> God's</c><00:27:14.140><c> will</c><00:27:14.259><c> at</c><00:27:14.420><c> this</c><00:27:14.640><c> stage</c><00:27:14.859><c> not</c><00:27:15.119><c> to</c><00:27:15.339><c> rescue</c><00:27:15.559><c> us,</c>

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it<00:27:16.019><c> doesn't</c><00:27:16.400><c> change</c><00:27:16.759><c> our</c><00:27:17.059><c> stand.</c>

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We<00:27:18.460><c> will</c><00:27:18.720><c> not</c><00:27:18.980><c> serve</c><00:27:19.359><c> thy</c><00:27:19.660><c> Gods,</c><00:27:20.279><c> O</c><00:27:20.380><c> King.</c>

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So<00:27:21.900><c> God</c><00:27:22.019><c> is</c><00:27:22.279><c> able</c><00:27:22.519><c> to</c><00:27:22.799><c> save</c><00:27:22.940><c> us.</c>

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We<00:27:23.859><c> have</c><00:27:24.059><c> to</c><00:27:24.240><c> believe</c><00:27:24.420><c> that</c><00:27:24.660><c> God</c><00:27:24.880><c> will</c><00:27:25.240><c> save</c><00:27:25.539><c> us,</c>

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but<00:27:26.279><c> always</c><00:27:26.940><c> hold</c><00:27:27.420><c> open</c><00:27:27.660><c> the</c><00:27:27.900><c> possibility</c><00:27:28.299><c> that</c><00:27:28.500><c> God</c><00:27:28.740><c> may</c><00:27:29.000><c> work</c><00:27:29.299><c> in</c>

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some<00:27:29.720><c> different</c><00:27:30.079><c> way.</c>

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You've<00:27:31.319><c> only</c><00:27:31.440><c> got</c><00:27:31.559><c> to</c><00:27:31.700><c> read</c><00:27:31.819><c> Hebrews</c><00:27:32.140><c> chapter</c><00:27:32.480><c> 11</c>

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about<00:27:32.900><c> all</c><00:27:33.119><c> those</c><00:27:33.299><c> who</c><00:27:33.440><c> were</c><00:27:33.579><c> delivered</c><00:27:34.000><c> by</c><00:27:34.420><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:27:36.299><c> then</c><00:27:36.460><c> the</c><00:27:36.619><c> verse</c><00:27:36.819><c> that</c><00:27:37.140><c> says,</c>

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But<00:27:38.619><c> others</c><00:27:39.299><c> were</c><00:27:41.240><c> not</c><00:27:41.519><c> spared.</c>

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They<00:27:43.400><c> felt</c><00:27:43.660><c> the</c><00:27:43.799><c> edge</c><00:27:43.940><c> of</c><00:27:44.099><c> the</c><00:27:44.299><c> sword.</c>

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They<00:27:46.039><c> were</c><00:27:46.339><c> cut</c><00:27:46.559><c> asunder</c><00:27:47.259><c> by</c><00:27:48.539><c> faith.</c>

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:54.519
You<00:27:52.299><c> see,</c><00:27:52.380><c> we</c><00:27:52.440><c> have</c><00:27:52.660><c> to</c><00:27:52.779><c> leave</c><00:27:53.079><c> the</c><00:27:53.279><c> matter</c><00:27:53.440><c> in</c><00:27:53.599><c> God's</c><00:27:54.039><c> hands,</c>

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trusting,<00:27:55.980><c> but</c><00:27:56.079><c> also</c><00:27:56.519><c> believing</c><00:27:56.960><c> that</c><00:27:57.559><c> God</c><00:27:57.839><c> will</c><00:27:58.099><c> bring</c><00:27:58.480><c> the</c>

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greatest<00:27:59.140><c> good,</c>

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whatever<00:28:00.420><c> the</c><00:28:00.799><c> circumstances.</c>

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You<00:28:02.319><c> know,</c><00:28:02.559><c> Daniel</c><00:28:02.720><c> was</c><00:28:02.940><c> another</c><00:28:03.119><c> man</c><00:28:03.400><c> that</c><00:28:03.720><c> trusted</c><00:28:03.980><c> in</c><00:28:04.180><c> his</c><00:28:04.380><c> God.</c>

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:08.420
The<00:28:06.140><c> comment</c><00:28:06.380><c> was,</c><00:28:07.079><c> My</c><00:28:07.180><c> God</c><00:28:07.420><c> has</c><00:28:07.559><c> set</c><00:28:07.619><c> his</c><00:28:07.859><c> angel</c><00:28:08.019><c> and</c><00:28:08.240><c> shut</c>

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his<00:28:08.720><c> lion's</c><00:28:09.079><c> mouth.</c>

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And<00:28:11.180><c> no</c><00:28:11.359><c> matter</c><00:28:11.500><c> of</c><00:28:11.700><c> hurt</c><00:28:11.839><c> was</c><00:28:12.019><c> found</c><00:28:12.200><c> upon</c><00:28:12.380><c> him,</c>

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because<00:28:12.759><c> he</c><00:28:12.980><c> believed</c><00:28:13.599><c> or</c><00:28:14.000><c> trusted</c><00:28:14.380><c> in</c><00:28:14.660><c> his</c><00:28:14.859><c> God.</c>

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:18.619
And<00:28:16.819><c> we've</c><00:28:16.980><c> got</c><00:28:17.039><c> to</c><00:28:17.200><c> have</c><00:28:17.299><c> that</c><00:28:17.660><c> confidence,</c><00:28:18.200><c> brethren</c><00:28:18.339><c> and</c><00:28:18.500><c> sisters,</c>

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like<00:28:18.900><c> those</c><00:28:19.200><c> men.</c>

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You<00:28:19.539><c> think</c><00:28:19.700><c> of</c><00:28:19.839><c> those</c><00:28:20.059><c> Israelites</c><00:28:20.380><c> leaving</c><00:28:20.759><c> their</c><00:28:21.019><c> families</c>

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and<00:28:22.240><c> going</c><00:28:22.519><c> up</c><00:28:22.720><c> to</c><00:28:22.900><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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trusting<00:28:23.779><c> that</c><00:28:24.079><c> no</c><00:28:24.359><c> man</c><00:28:24.559><c> would</c><00:28:24.839><c> desire</c><00:28:25.160><c> their</c><00:28:25.400><c> land</c>

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:30.039
and<00:28:27.740><c> coming</c><00:28:28.000><c> home</c><00:28:28.339><c> to</c><00:28:28.539><c> find</c><00:28:28.720><c> that</c><00:28:28.859><c> it</c><00:28:28.960><c> was</c><00:28:29.200><c> so.</c>

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:33.700
So<00:28:32.460><c> back</c><00:28:32.660><c> here</c><00:28:32.779><c> in</c><00:28:32.920><c> Genesis</c><00:28:33.180><c> 24,</c>

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we<00:28:33.920><c> come</c><00:28:34.119><c> back</c><00:28:34.339><c> to</c><00:28:34.559><c> Eliezer</c><00:28:34.880><c> and</c><00:28:34.980><c> we</c><00:28:35.099><c> know</c><00:28:35.220><c> what</c><00:28:35.420><c> happened,</c>

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don't<00:28:35.839><c> we?</c>

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Eliezer<00:28:37.299><c> also</c><00:28:37.740><c> made</c><00:28:37.980><c> it</c><00:28:38.240><c> a</c><00:28:38.339><c> matter</c><00:28:38.559><c> of</c><00:28:38.900><c> prayer.</c>

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He<00:28:40.299><c> was</c><00:28:40.480><c> in</c><00:28:40.599><c> the</c><00:28:40.740><c> way</c><00:28:40.859><c> of</c><00:28:41.099><c> truth</c><00:28:41.240><c> himself.</c>

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:44.559
He<00:28:41.759><c> was</c><00:28:41.920><c> an</c><00:28:42.140><c> instructed</c><00:28:42.660><c> servant</c><00:28:43.000><c> of</c><00:28:43.160><c> the</c><00:28:43.279><c> house</c><00:28:43.460><c> of</c><00:28:43.660><c> Abraham.</c>

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:48.299
And<00:28:45.920><c> he</c><00:28:46.039><c> made</c><00:28:46.220><c> it</c><00:28:46.359><c> a</c><00:28:46.420><c> matter</c><00:28:46.559><c> of</c><00:28:46.839><c> prayer</c><00:28:47.079><c> in</c><00:28:47.680><c> verse</c><00:28:47.940><c> 12.</c>

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:52.339
He<00:28:48.460><c> gave</c><00:28:48.859><c> an</c><00:28:49.559><c> opportunity</c><00:28:50.099><c> for</c><00:28:50.359><c> God</c><00:28:50.539><c> to</c><00:28:50.819><c> show</c><00:28:51.000><c> him</c><00:28:51.220><c> the</c><00:28:51.440><c> way.</c>

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:56.799
And<00:28:53.519><c> then</c><00:28:53.660><c> we</c><00:28:53.799><c> have</c><00:28:53.880><c> that</c><00:28:54.079><c> beautiful</c><00:28:54.519><c> verse</c><00:28:55.099><c> in</c><00:28:55.500><c> verse</c><00:28:55.720><c> 15.</c>

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:59.920
Before<00:28:57.640><c> he</c><00:28:58.019><c> had</c><00:28:58.319><c> done</c><00:28:58.779><c> speaking.</c>

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:02.720
You<00:29:00.200><c> can</c><00:29:00.339><c> imagine</c><00:29:00.660><c> the</c><00:29:01.019><c> shock</c><00:29:01.299><c> that</c><00:29:01.519><c> Eliezer</c><00:29:01.880><c> got</c><00:29:02.119><c> when</c><00:29:02.299><c> he</c>

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.779
opened<00:29:02.980><c> his</c><00:29:03.279><c> eyes,</c>

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:05.680
having<00:29:04.160><c> concluded</c><00:29:04.599><c> his</c><00:29:04.900><c> prayer.</c>

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:09.339
And<00:29:06.799><c> there's</c><00:29:06.960><c> a</c><00:29:07.059><c> girl</c><00:29:07.200><c> saying</c><00:29:07.400><c> to</c><00:29:07.500><c> him,</c><00:29:07.720><c> Would</c><00:29:07.759><c> you</c><00:29:07.920><c> like</c><00:29:08.059><c> a</c><00:29:08.180><c> drink</c><00:29:08.279><c> of</c><00:29:08.500><c> water?</c>

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:12.000
When<00:29:10.680><c> he</c><00:29:10.799><c> hadn't</c><00:29:10.960><c> even</c><00:29:11.279><c> finished</c><00:29:11.579><c> the</c><00:29:11.839><c> prayer</c>

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:15.339
and<00:29:12.240><c> somebody's</c><00:29:12.700><c> asking</c><00:29:12.900><c> whether</c><00:29:13.039><c> he</c><00:29:13.180><c> wants</c><00:29:13.559><c> his</c><00:29:13.980><c> camels</c><00:29:14.359><c> watered.</c>

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:19.819
Before<00:29:16.400><c> he</c><00:29:16.640><c> had</c><00:29:16.839><c> done</c><00:29:17.240><c> speaking,</c><00:29:17.839><c> Rebecca</c><00:29:18.240><c> came</c><00:29:18.579><c> out.</c>

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:22.220
And<00:29:20.759><c> there</c><00:29:20.940><c> she</c><00:29:21.140><c> was.</c>

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:26.039
You<00:29:25.000><c> see,</c><00:29:25.140><c> the</c><00:29:25.279><c> angels</c><00:29:25.440><c> had</c><00:29:25.579><c> been</c><00:29:25.660><c> at</c><00:29:25.859><c> work</c>

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:28.759
long<00:29:26.259><c> before</c><00:29:26.619><c> Eliezer</c><00:29:27.039><c> had</c><00:29:27.259><c> finished</c><00:29:27.660><c> his</c><00:29:28.000><c> prayer.</c>

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.380
And<00:29:30.700><c> he's</c><00:29:31.059><c> astounded.</c>

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:34.200
In<00:29:31.579><c> verse</c><00:29:31.799><c> 21,</c><00:29:32.259><c> he</c><00:29:32.539><c> ponders</c><00:29:32.960><c> whether</c><00:29:33.279><c> it's</c><00:29:33.819><c> possible</c>

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:36.160
that<00:29:34.359><c> the</c><00:29:34.559><c> answers</c><00:29:34.740><c> come</c><00:29:35.000><c> so</c><00:29:35.339><c> quickly.</c>

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.420
She's<00:29:36.539><c> from</c><00:29:36.599><c> the</c><00:29:36.779><c> right</c><00:29:37.019><c> family.</c>

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:39.019
She's<00:29:37.720><c> given</c><00:29:37.819><c> the</c><00:29:38.079><c> right</c><00:29:38.299><c> response.</c>

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:41.400
And<00:29:39.480><c> in</c><00:29:39.619><c> verse</c><00:29:39.799><c> 26,</c><00:29:40.380><c> he's</c><00:29:40.660><c> so</c><00:29:40.940><c> overwhelmed</c>

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:44.619
that<00:29:41.559><c> he</c><00:29:41.640><c> just</c><00:29:41.960><c> bows</c><00:29:42.180><c> his</c><00:29:42.460><c> head</c><00:29:42.559><c> and</c><00:29:42.759><c> worships</c><00:29:44.119><c> God.</c>

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:48.799
And<00:29:46.500><c> you</c><00:29:46.559><c> can</c><00:29:46.660><c> imagine</c><00:29:46.940><c> how</c><00:29:47.220><c> surprised</c><00:29:47.819><c> this</c><00:29:48.099><c> girl</c><00:29:48.259><c> must</c><00:29:48.519><c> have</c><00:29:48.700><c> been.</c>

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:50.359
Rebecca<00:29:49.140><c> standing</c><00:29:49.559><c> there.</c>

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:53.460
She's<00:29:51.099><c> asked</c><00:29:51.279><c> the</c><00:29:51.440><c> man</c><00:29:51.619><c> about,</c><00:29:53.240><c> you</c><00:29:53.319><c> know,</c>

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.579
would<00:29:53.599><c> he</c><00:29:53.720><c> like</c><00:29:53.859><c> to</c><00:29:54.019><c> come</c><00:29:54.140><c> and</c><00:29:54.420><c> stay?</c>

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:57.579
And<00:29:54.720><c> he's</c><00:29:54.960><c> just</c><00:29:55.359><c> gone</c><00:29:55.640><c> down</c><00:29:55.839><c> and</c><00:29:55.960><c> he's</c><00:29:56.220><c> praying</c><00:29:56.519><c> again.</c>

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:59.880
Strange<00:29:58.660><c> fellow</c><00:29:58.940><c> this.</c>

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:02.900
And<00:30:01.079><c> she</c><00:30:01.240><c> runs</c><00:30:01.460><c> off.</c>

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:06.299
You<00:30:04.940><c> know,</c><00:30:05.059><c> later</c><00:30:05.299><c> on,</c><00:30:05.660><c> Rebecca</c><00:30:05.839><c> was</c><00:30:06.099><c> asked,</c>

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:08.160
will<00:30:06.500><c> you</c><00:30:06.660><c> go</c><00:30:06.880><c> with</c><00:30:07.059><c> this</c><00:30:07.319><c> man?</c>

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:11.380
Will<00:30:08.880><c> you</c><00:30:09.059><c> go</c><00:30:09.279><c> to</c><00:30:09.579><c> marry</c><00:30:09.779><c> somebody</c><00:30:10.119><c> you've</c><00:30:10.359><c> never</c><00:30:10.599><c> met?</c>

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:14.980
Will<00:30:12.519><c> you</c><00:30:12.720><c> go</c><00:30:12.900><c> and</c><00:30:13.119><c> join</c><00:30:13.279><c> a</c><00:30:13.539><c> family</c><00:30:13.819><c> hundreds</c><00:30:14.220><c> of</c><00:30:14.460><c> miles</c><00:30:14.700><c> away</c>

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:16.200
that<00:30:15.140><c> you</c><00:30:15.319><c> know</c><00:30:15.460><c> nothing</c><00:30:15.759><c> about?</c>

00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:19.460
She<00:30:16.920><c> was</c><00:30:17.160><c> asked,</c><00:30:17.559><c> will</c><00:30:17.720><c> you</c><00:30:17.920><c> go</c><00:30:18.119><c> with</c><00:30:18.359><c> this</c><00:30:18.640><c> man?</c>

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:22.900
And<00:30:20.420><c> she</c><00:30:20.480><c> looked</c><00:30:20.619><c> at</c><00:30:20.819><c> Eliezer</c><00:30:21.200><c> and</c><00:30:21.359><c> she</c><00:30:21.579><c> saw</c><00:30:21.700><c> in</c><00:30:21.819><c> him</c><00:30:21.980><c> the</c><00:30:22.220><c> faith</c><00:30:22.380><c> of</c><00:30:22.619><c> Abraham.</c>

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:24.880
She<00:30:23.099><c> saw</c><00:30:23.319><c> a</c><00:30:23.599><c> prayerful</c><00:30:23.920><c> attitude.</c>

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:27.559
She<00:30:25.519><c> said,</c><00:30:25.640><c> I</c><00:30:25.799><c> will</c><00:30:25.980><c> go</c><00:30:26.220><c> with</c><00:30:26.420><c> this</c><00:30:26.680><c> man.</c>

00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:30.740
Because<00:30:28.640><c> he</c><00:30:28.799><c> was</c><00:30:28.880><c> an</c><00:30:29.140><c> example</c><00:30:29.420><c> of</c><00:30:29.579><c> the</c><00:30:29.779><c> faith</c><00:30:30.140><c> of</c><00:30:30.420><c> Abraham.</c>

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.740
But<00:30:31.359><c> look</c><00:30:31.500><c> at</c><00:30:31.640><c> that</c><00:30:31.859><c> faith</c><00:30:32.059><c> in</c><00:30:32.279><c> verse</c><00:30:32.500><c> 40.</c>

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:36.299
You<00:30:32.880><c> see,</c><00:30:33.059><c> what</c><00:30:33.180><c> Abraham</c><00:30:33.539><c> had</c><00:30:33.700><c> also</c><00:30:34.059><c> said</c><00:30:34.279><c> to</c><00:30:34.500><c> Eliezer</c><00:30:34.799><c> was</c><00:30:35.019><c> this.</c>

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:39.759
Eliezer<00:30:37.259><c> now</c><00:30:37.519><c> recounting</c><00:30:37.980><c> it</c><00:30:38.140><c> to</c><00:30:38.279><c> Laban,</c><00:30:38.720><c> he</c><00:30:38.740><c> says,</c>

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:45.460
Abraham<00:30:40.359><c> said</c><00:30:40.559><c> unto</c><00:30:40.779><c> me,</c><00:30:42.119><c> Yahweh,</c><00:30:43.700><c> before</c><00:30:44.119><c> whom</c><00:30:44.539><c> I</c><00:30:45.220><c> walk.</c>

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:47.539
You<00:30:45.680><c> see,</c><00:30:45.779><c> there's</c><00:30:46.059><c> the</c><00:30:46.259><c> conditional</c><00:30:46.640><c> thing,</c><00:30:46.859><c> isn't</c><00:30:47.019><c> it?</c>

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:51.440
Abraham,<00:30:48.700><c> like</c><00:30:48.859><c> Enoch</c><00:30:49.160><c> and</c><00:30:49.460><c> Noah,</c><00:30:49.740><c> had</c><00:30:49.920><c> walked</c><00:30:50.180><c> with</c><00:30:50.400><c> the</c><00:30:50.579><c> Elohim.</c>

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:54.680
They<00:30:52.119><c> walked</c><00:30:52.400><c> in</c><00:30:52.579><c> the</c><00:30:52.819><c> same</c><00:30:53.079><c> steps</c><00:30:53.440><c> as</c><00:30:53.640><c> their</c><00:30:53.819><c> God.</c>

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:56.619
They<00:30:55.160><c> walked</c><00:30:55.420><c> hand</c><00:30:55.700><c> in</c><00:30:55.880><c> hand</c><00:30:56.039><c> with</c><00:30:56.220><c> the</c><00:30:56.460><c> angels</c>

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:58.900
who<00:30:56.799><c> were</c><00:30:57.039><c> around</c><00:30:57.299><c> them</c><00:30:57.500><c> guiding</c><00:30:57.799><c> their</c><00:30:58.099><c> lives.</c>

00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:01.920
Yahweh,<00:30:59.819><c> before</c><00:30:59.960><c> whom</c><00:31:00.119><c> I</c><00:31:00.420><c> walk,</c><00:31:00.700><c> will</c><00:31:00.799><c> send</c><00:31:00.960><c> his</c><00:31:01.240><c> angel</c><00:31:01.440><c> with</c><00:31:01.740><c> thee.</c>

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:04.460
And<00:31:02.680><c> prosper</c><00:31:03.160><c> the</c><00:31:03.420><c> way.</c>

00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:08.779
And<00:31:06.119><c> there</c><00:31:06.319><c> was</c><00:31:06.480><c> a</c><00:31:06.640><c> God</c><00:31:06.819><c> consciousness</c><00:31:07.299><c> and</c><00:31:07.559><c> a</c><00:31:07.579><c> Godly</c><00:31:08.279><c> commitment.</c>

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:12.539
In<00:31:09.380><c> all</c><00:31:09.759><c> thy</c><00:31:09.920><c> ways</c><00:31:10.240><c> acknowledge</c><00:31:10.759><c> them</c><00:31:10.920><c> is</c><00:31:11.059><c> the</c><00:31:11.240><c> Scriptures</c><00:31:11.480><c> advice.</c>

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:16.039
And<00:31:13.019><c> the</c><00:31:13.220><c> angels</c><00:31:13.380><c> then</c><00:31:13.640><c> can</c><00:31:13.819><c> work</c><00:31:14.079><c> effectively</c><00:31:14.539><c> with</c><00:31:14.859><c> such</c><00:31:15.039><c> people.</c>

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:20.059
So,<00:31:17.880><c> brethren</c><00:31:17.960><c> and</c><00:31:18.220><c> sisters,</c><00:31:18.460><c> we</c><00:31:18.579><c> can</c><00:31:18.740><c> imagine,</c><00:31:19.160><c> can't</c><00:31:19.400><c> we,</c>

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:23.099
as<00:31:20.920><c> the</c><00:31:21.140><c> glorious</c><00:31:21.500><c> marriage</c><00:31:21.859><c> of</c><00:31:22.039><c> Isaac</c><00:31:22.299><c> and</c><00:31:22.480><c> Rebekah</c><00:31:22.819><c> later</c>

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:24.559
took<00:31:23.339><c> place.</c>

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:27.460
As<00:31:25.380><c> perhaps</c><00:31:25.700><c> two</c><00:31:25.940><c> angels</c><00:31:26.299><c> had</c><00:31:26.440><c> been</c><00:31:26.599><c> very</c><00:31:26.839><c> much</c><00:31:27.059><c> involved</c>

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:30.140
in<00:31:27.599><c> the</c><00:31:27.759><c> lives</c><00:31:27.940><c> of</c><00:31:28.160><c> Isaac</c><00:31:28.440><c> and</c><00:31:28.579><c> Rebekah.</c>

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:33.460
Were<00:31:30.900><c> able</c><00:31:31.039><c> to</c><00:31:31.240><c> stand</c><00:31:31.460><c> back</c><00:31:31.720><c> and</c><00:31:31.859><c> to</c><00:31:32.000><c> see</c><00:31:32.039><c> the</c><00:31:32.240><c> glorious</c><00:31:32.599><c> consummation</c><00:31:33.299><c> now</c>

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:36.579
and<00:31:33.619><c> the</c><00:31:33.859><c> continuation</c><00:31:34.279><c> of</c><00:31:34.539><c> the</c><00:31:34.680><c> seat</c><00:31:34.799><c> of</c><00:31:35.039><c> the</c><00:31:35.200><c> house</c><00:31:35.440><c> of</c><00:31:35.640><c> Abraham.</c>

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:40.579
How<00:31:37.660><c> their</c><00:31:37.920><c> work</c><00:31:38.220><c> and</c><00:31:38.420><c> providentially</c><00:31:39.299><c> guiding</c><00:31:39.660><c> the</c><00:31:39.880><c> work</c><00:31:40.059><c> of</c><00:31:40.220><c> Eliezer</c>

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.759
had<00:31:40.779><c> come</c><00:31:41.000><c> to</c><00:31:41.240><c> pass.</c>

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:43.960
And<00:31:42.440><c> it</c><00:31:42.559><c> had</c><00:31:42.599><c> been</c><00:31:42.839><c> blessed.</c>

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:49.980
We<00:31:47.420><c> might</c><00:31:47.680><c> think</c><00:31:47.859><c> to</c><00:31:48.019><c> ourselves</c><00:31:48.559><c> that</c><00:31:49.000><c> the</c><00:31:49.240><c> angels</c><00:31:49.380><c> always</c><00:31:49.799><c> do</c>

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.940
everything<00:31:50.400><c> perfectly</c>

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:53.940
and<00:31:51.920><c> they</c><00:31:52.079><c> lived</c><00:31:52.200><c> happily</c><00:31:52.539><c> ever</c><00:31:52.779><c> after.</c>

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:57.900
But<00:31:56.039><c> what</c><00:31:56.339><c> happened</c><00:31:56.559><c> to</c><00:31:56.740><c> that</c><00:31:56.900><c> marriage?</c>

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Forty<00:32:01.680><c> years</c><00:32:02.339><c> and</c><00:32:03.859><c> no</c><00:32:04.079><c> children.</c>

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:09.380
Did<00:32:07.759><c> the</c><00:32:07.940><c> angels</c><00:32:08.099><c> slip</c><00:32:08.359><c> up?</c>

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:12.579
No,<00:32:11.200><c> they</c><00:32:11.339><c> didn't.</c>

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:18.359
They<00:32:13.119><c> knew</c><00:32:13.420><c> that</c><00:32:13.539><c> there</c><00:32:13.720><c> had</c><00:32:13.900><c> to</c><00:32:14.119><c> be</c><00:32:15.299><c> sufferings,</c><00:32:17.359><c> agonies,</c>

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:23.400
strong<00:32:19.180><c> crying</c><00:32:19.559><c> and</c><00:32:19.960><c> tears</c><00:32:20.380><c> as</c><00:32:21.599><c> part</c><00:32:21.880><c> of</c><00:32:22.079><c> the</c><00:32:22.200><c> process</c><00:32:22.480><c> of</c><00:32:22.660><c> the</c><00:32:22.859><c> development</c>

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:25.380
of<00:32:24.000><c> the</c><00:32:24.180><c> seat</c><00:32:24.319><c> of</c><00:32:24.539><c> Abraham.</c>

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:29.359
And<00:32:26.460><c> the</c><00:32:26.599><c> same</c><00:32:26.900><c> angels</c><00:32:27.160><c> who</c><00:32:27.339><c> so</c><00:32:27.599><c> providentially</c><00:32:28.119><c> sent</c><00:32:28.359><c> Rebekah</c><00:32:28.759><c> out</c>

00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:34.619
knew<00:32:29.920><c> they</c><00:32:30.180><c> had</c><00:32:30.480><c> chosen</c><00:32:30.759><c> a</c><00:32:30.960><c> woman</c><00:32:31.460><c> who</c><00:32:32.259><c> was</c><00:32:32.519><c> barren.</c>

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:38.079
Because<00:32:36.119><c> there</c><00:32:36.279><c> was</c><00:32:36.440><c> a</c><00:32:36.599><c> process</c><00:32:36.940><c> that</c><00:32:37.140><c> had</c><00:32:37.299><c> to</c><00:32:37.440><c> be</c><00:32:37.579><c> gone</c><00:32:37.799><c> through</c>

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:42.920
for<00:32:38.299><c> the</c><00:32:38.579><c> development</c><00:32:38.859><c> of</c><00:32:39.259><c> character</c><00:32:39.759><c> over</c><00:32:41.079><c> which</c><00:32:41.299><c> they</c><00:32:41.500><c> were</c><00:32:41.740><c> superintending.</c>

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:46.359
And<00:32:44.059><c> as</c><00:32:44.160><c> much</c><00:32:44.279><c> as</c><00:32:44.400><c> we</c><00:32:44.559><c> love</c><00:32:44.700><c> to</c><00:32:44.940><c> think</c><00:32:45.079><c> about</c><00:32:45.400><c> the</c><00:32:45.640><c> angels</c><00:32:45.839><c> working</c><00:32:46.200><c> in</c>

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:47.420
our<00:32:46.559><c> lives,</c>

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:49.640
let's<00:32:48.259><c> understand</c><00:32:48.759><c> this,</c><00:32:49.059><c> brethren</c><00:32:49.200><c> and</c><00:32:49.440><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:52.220
that<00:32:49.960><c> providence</c><00:32:50.240><c> is</c><00:32:50.519><c> not</c><00:32:50.720><c> all</c><00:32:51.000><c> good</c><00:32:51.240><c> news.</c>

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:54.819
It's<00:32:53.140><c> ultimately</c><00:32:53.599><c> good</c><00:32:53.839><c> news.</c>

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:57.099
But<00:32:55.200><c> it</c><00:32:55.359><c> may</c><00:32:55.559><c> be</c><00:32:55.779><c> a</c><00:32:55.859><c> process</c><00:32:56.259><c> of</c><00:32:56.539><c> trial</c><00:32:56.700><c> and</c><00:32:56.980><c> suffering.</c>

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:59.200
And<00:32:57.299><c> our</c><00:32:57.400><c> next</c><00:32:57.599><c> talk</c><00:32:57.779><c> is</c><00:32:57.839><c> going</c><00:32:58.000><c> to</c><00:32:58.059><c> look</c><00:32:58.180><c> at</c><00:32:58.279><c> the</c><00:32:58.420><c> life</c><00:32:58.599><c> of</c><00:32:58.859><c> Jacob.</c>

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:01.480
And<00:32:59.720><c> we're</c><00:32:59.839><c> going</c><00:32:59.920><c> to</c><00:33:00.160><c> see</c><00:33:00.359><c> the</c><00:33:00.579><c> depths</c><00:33:00.799><c> of</c><00:33:01.140><c> suffering</c>

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:05.240
that<00:33:02.160><c> the</c><00:33:02.420><c> angels</c><00:33:02.640><c> may</c><00:33:02.980><c> subject</c><00:33:03.359><c> us</c><00:33:03.680><c> to</c><00:33:03.960><c> as</c><00:33:04.480><c> part</c><00:33:04.779><c> of</c><00:33:04.940><c> their</c>

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.160
overall<00:33:05.599><c> mission</c>

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:09.619
of<00:33:07.059><c> impressing</c><00:33:07.599><c> divine</c><00:33:07.940><c> thinking</c><00:33:08.259><c> upon</c><00:33:08.519><c> us.</c>

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:14.180
So<00:33:11.339><c> what</c><00:33:11.480><c> are</c><00:33:11.579><c> the</c><00:33:11.720><c> methods</c><00:33:11.980><c> the</c><00:33:12.259><c> angels</c><00:33:12.460><c> use</c><00:33:12.859><c> to</c><00:33:13.119><c> operate</c><00:33:13.640><c> in</c>

00:33:14.180 --> 00:33:15.119
our<00:33:14.359><c> lives?</c>

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:17.839
You<00:33:15.859><c> know,</c><00:33:16.240><c> we</c><00:33:16.259><c> can</c><00:33:16.420><c> go</c><00:33:16.640><c> through</c><00:33:16.779><c> the</c><00:33:16.980><c> Bible</c><00:33:17.200><c> and</c><00:33:17.339><c> we</c><00:33:17.500><c> can</c><00:33:17.619><c> make</c>

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.720
a<00:33:17.960><c> list</c><00:33:18.160><c> of</c><00:33:18.420><c> times</c>

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:22.940
that<00:33:19.460><c> angels</c><00:33:19.799><c> were</c><00:33:20.119><c> swung</c><00:33:20.319><c> into</c><00:33:20.519><c> action</c><00:33:21.019><c> in</c><00:33:21.599><c> response</c><00:33:22.220><c> to</c><00:33:22.440><c> the</c><00:33:22.680><c> commitment</c>

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:25.140
of<00:33:23.160><c> individuals</c><00:33:23.680><c> on</c><00:33:23.980><c> the</c><00:33:24.160><c> earth.</c>

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:29.359
They<00:33:26.779><c> love</c><00:33:27.039><c> to</c><00:33:27.279><c> assist</c><00:33:27.619><c> our</c><00:33:27.859><c> desire</c><00:33:28.319><c> to</c><00:33:28.559><c> teach</c><00:33:28.779><c> our</c><00:33:28.960><c> children.</c>

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:31.640
I<00:33:29.900><c> know</c><00:33:30.240><c> him</c><00:33:30.420><c> that</c><00:33:30.539><c> he</c><00:33:30.640><c> will</c><00:33:30.779><c> instruct</c><00:33:31.099><c> his</c><00:33:31.380><c> house.</c>

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:35.940
I<00:33:32.000><c> will</c><00:33:32.299><c> provide</c><00:33:32.900><c> help</c><00:33:33.359><c> to</c><00:33:33.619><c> Abraham</c><00:33:34.059><c> in</c><00:33:34.759><c> that</c><00:33:35.019><c> desire.</c>

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:39.539
They<00:33:37.180><c> will</c><00:33:37.359><c> answer</c><00:33:37.720><c> our</c><00:33:38.000><c> prayers</c><00:33:38.299><c> for</c><00:33:38.700><c> others.</c>

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:42.000
You<00:33:40.019><c> know,</c><00:33:40.119><c> the</c><00:33:40.220><c> Bible</c><00:33:40.480><c> is</c><00:33:40.680><c> very</c><00:33:40.940><c> specific.</c>

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:47.359
It<00:33:42.900><c> says</c><00:33:43.119><c> that</c><00:33:43.359><c> God</c><00:33:43.720><c> remembered</c><00:33:44.339><c> Abraham</c><00:33:45.059><c> and</c><00:33:46.740><c> sent</c><00:33:46.940><c> Lot</c><00:33:47.119><c> out</c>

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:48.940
of<00:33:47.599><c> Sodom.</c>

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:51.660
It<00:33:49.359><c> was</c><00:33:49.579><c> the</c><00:33:49.880><c> prayers,</c><00:33:50.220><c> it</c><00:33:50.279><c> was</c><00:33:50.480><c> the</c><00:33:50.720><c> concern</c><00:33:51.119><c> of</c><00:33:51.359><c> Abraham</c>

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:53.900
as<00:33:51.819><c> he</c><00:33:52.039><c> parted</c><00:33:52.279><c> with</c><00:33:52.460><c> the</c><00:33:52.660><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:52.880><c> angel,</c>

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:56.319
even<00:33:54.279><c> for</c><00:33:54.599><c> Ten's</c><00:33:55.039><c> sake</c><00:33:55.200><c> that</c><00:33:55.319><c> they</c><00:33:55.500><c> might</c><00:33:55.720><c> be</c><00:33:55.940><c> delivered</c><00:33:56.140><c> from</c>

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:57.559
that<00:33:56.579><c> city.</c>

00:33:58.940 --> 00:34:03.079
It<00:33:59.480><c> was</c><00:33:59.680><c> because</c><00:34:00.039><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:00.519><c> remembered</c><00:34:00.960><c> Abraham</c><00:34:01.619><c> that</c><00:34:02.579><c> Lot</c><00:34:02.819><c> was</c>

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:04.299
sent<00:34:03.359><c> out.</c>

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:08.059
And<00:34:04.900><c> the</c><00:34:05.119><c> angels</c><00:34:05.319><c> will</c><00:34:05.680><c> certainly</c><00:34:06.079><c> answer</c><00:34:06.420><c> our</c><00:34:06.619><c> prayers</c><00:34:06.900><c> for</c><00:34:07.180><c> others.</c>

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:12.059
The<00:34:09.500><c> case</c><00:34:09.800><c> of</c><00:34:10.000><c> Joseph</c><00:34:10.300><c> we</c><00:34:10.480><c> shall</c><00:34:10.639><c> see</c><00:34:10.800><c> later</c><00:34:11.099><c> on.</c>

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:14.699
Joseph's<00:34:13.199><c> confession</c><00:34:13.579><c> before</c><00:34:13.940><c> the</c><00:34:14.159><c> angel</c><00:34:14.380><c> was,</c>

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:16.519
I<00:34:15.059><c> seek</c><00:34:15.380><c> my</c><00:34:15.699><c> brethren.</c>

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:20.559
And<00:34:17.340><c> he</c><00:34:17.440><c> was</c><00:34:17.639><c> sent</c><00:34:17.699><c> on</c><00:34:17.880><c> a</c><00:34:18.000><c> path</c><00:34:18.199><c> of</c><00:34:18.460><c> life</c><00:34:18.659><c> that</c><00:34:18.800><c> was</c><00:34:19.099><c> torturous,</c>

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:26.079
that<00:34:22.380><c> was</c><00:34:23.000><c> to</c><00:34:23.440><c> entail</c><00:34:23.840><c> great</c><00:34:24.340><c> suffering</c><00:34:24.780><c> and</c><00:34:25.119><c> sadness.</c>

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:29.059
But<00:34:26.920><c> in</c><00:34:27.119><c> the</c><00:34:27.219><c> end</c><00:34:27.380><c> he</c><00:34:27.599><c> found</c><00:34:27.920><c> his</c><00:34:28.199><c> brethren</c><00:34:28.460><c> and</c><00:34:28.659><c> made</c><00:34:28.860><c> them</c>

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:30.420
true<00:34:29.300><c> men.</c>

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:34.280
Those<00:34:32.099><c> who</c><00:34:32.360><c> desire</c><00:34:32.659><c> to</c><00:34:32.940><c> seek</c><00:34:33.179><c> the</c><00:34:33.380><c> welfare</c><00:34:33.639><c> of</c><00:34:33.820><c> their</c><00:34:33.980><c> brethren</c>

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:36.699
will<00:34:34.420><c> be</c><00:34:34.579><c> guided</c><00:34:34.880><c> by</c><00:34:35.139><c> the</c><00:34:35.300><c> hand</c><00:34:35.460><c> of</c><00:34:35.699><c> angels.</c>

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:39.260
In<00:34:37.820><c> responding</c><00:34:38.300><c> to</c><00:34:38.579><c> our</c><00:34:38.800><c> prayers,</c>

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:43.059
before<00:34:39.880><c> he</c><00:34:40.039><c> had</c><00:34:40.260><c> done</c><00:34:40.500><c> speaking,</c><00:34:41.559><c> Rebecca</c><00:34:41.800><c> came</c><00:34:42.139><c> out.</c>

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:46.219
If<00:34:44.039><c> we</c><00:34:44.179><c> are</c><00:34:44.400><c> praying</c><00:34:44.679><c> in</c><00:34:45.079><c> harmony</c><00:34:45.340><c> with</c><00:34:45.579><c> the</c><00:34:45.760><c> revealed</c><00:34:46.059><c> will</c>

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.719
of<00:34:46.460><c> God,</c>

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:48.820
we<00:34:47.159><c> won't</c><00:34:47.320><c> have</c><00:34:47.500><c> our</c><00:34:47.780><c> prayers</c><00:34:47.980><c> answered</c><00:34:48.260><c> if</c><00:34:48.400><c> we're</c><00:34:48.579><c> praying</c>

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:50.960
for<00:34:49.000><c> our</c><00:34:49.219><c> own</c><00:34:49.480><c> selfish</c><00:34:49.840><c> interests.</c>

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:53.860
But<00:34:51.260><c> Abraham</c><00:34:51.619><c> and</c><00:34:51.780><c> his</c><00:34:52.000><c> servant</c><00:34:52.219><c> were</c><00:34:52.420><c> praying</c><00:34:52.659><c> for</c><00:34:52.860><c> the</c><00:34:53.179><c> continuation</c><00:34:53.619><c> of</c>

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:55.179
the<00:34:53.980><c> seed</c><00:34:54.099><c> of</c><00:34:54.300><c> Abraham,</c>

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:57.500
for<00:34:55.380><c> the</c><00:34:55.579><c> blessing</c><00:34:55.820><c> of</c><00:34:56.019><c> a</c><00:34:56.139><c> godly</c><00:34:56.500><c> family,</c>

00:34:57.559 --> 00:35:00.199
for<00:34:57.800><c> the</c><00:34:58.099><c> right</c><00:34:58.360><c> woman</c><00:34:58.619><c> to</c><00:34:58.800><c> be</c><00:34:58.980><c> provided</c><00:34:59.360><c> to</c><00:34:59.599><c> raise</c><00:34:59.840><c> up</c><00:35:00.039><c> the</c>

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:01.559
godly<00:35:00.599><c> seed.</c>

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:08.019
And<00:35:03.699><c> if</c><00:35:03.820><c> we</c><00:35:04.059><c> pray</c><00:35:04.239><c> according</c><00:35:04.579><c> to</c><00:35:04.760><c> his</c><00:35:05.039><c> will,</c><00:35:05.420><c> the</c><00:35:05.460><c> angels</c><00:35:05.760><c> swing</c><00:35:06.139><c> into</c><00:35:06.400><c> action.</c>

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:11.119
You<00:35:08.960><c> know</c><00:35:09.099><c> brethren</c><00:35:09.320><c> and</c><00:35:09.579><c> sisters,</c><00:35:09.820><c> we</c><00:35:09.960><c> always</c><00:35:10.260><c> can</c><00:35:10.460><c> be</c><00:35:10.619><c> assured</c><00:35:10.900><c> of</c>

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.659
angelic<00:35:11.519><c> help</c>

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:14.840
when<00:35:11.820><c> we</c><00:35:12.059><c> pray</c><00:35:12.199><c> for</c><00:35:12.400><c> the</c><00:35:12.599><c> things</c><00:35:12.780><c> that</c><00:35:13.019><c> our</c><00:35:13.219><c> gods</c><00:35:13.480><c> revealed</c><00:35:13.940><c> will.</c>

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:18.239
There<00:35:16.059><c> ought</c><00:35:16.159><c> to</c><00:35:16.320><c> be</c><00:35:16.539><c> ascending</c><00:35:16.900><c> to</c><00:35:17.119><c> heaven</c><00:35:17.380><c> prayers</c><00:35:17.800><c> for</c><00:35:18.039><c> the</c>

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:20.119
unity<00:35:18.519><c> of</c><00:35:18.719><c> the</c><00:35:18.860><c> brotherhood.</c>

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:24.460
Our<00:35:21.920><c> prayers</c><00:35:22.159><c> for</c><00:35:22.400><c> the</c><00:35:22.599><c> preaching</c><00:35:22.880><c> and</c><00:35:23.119><c> mission</c><00:35:23.420><c> work</c>

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:27.820
is<00:35:25.019><c> certainly</c><00:35:25.360><c> in</c><00:35:25.619><c> harmony</c><00:35:25.880><c> with</c><00:35:26.219><c> what</c><00:35:26.440><c> God</c><00:35:26.699><c> requires.</c>

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:30.880
Our<00:35:28.960><c> prayers</c><00:35:29.320><c> for</c><00:35:29.500><c> the</c><00:35:29.699><c> feeding</c><00:35:29.900><c> of</c><00:35:30.059><c> the</c><00:35:30.260><c> flock</c><00:35:30.380><c> of</c><00:35:30.679><c> God,</c>

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:32.880
for<00:35:31.079><c> raising</c><00:35:31.380><c> a</c><00:35:31.619><c> godly</c><00:35:32.039><c> seed,</c>

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:35.340
for<00:35:33.300><c> having</c><00:35:33.579><c> our</c><00:35:33.860><c> minds</c><00:35:34.159><c> open</c><00:35:34.519><c> to</c><00:35:34.719><c> divine</c><00:35:35.039><c> things,</c>

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:38.599
all<00:35:35.679><c> of</c><00:35:35.860><c> those</c><00:35:36.300><c> God</c><00:35:36.639><c> says</c><00:35:36.900><c> you</c><00:35:37.139><c> ask</c><00:35:37.579><c> and</c><00:35:37.820><c> it</c><00:35:38.139><c> shall</c><00:35:38.300><c> be</c><00:35:38.480><c> given</c>

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.699
unto<00:35:38.860><c> you</c>

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:42.780
because<00:35:40.079><c> it's</c><00:35:40.440><c> in</c><00:35:40.639><c> harmony</c><00:35:40.900><c> with</c><00:35:41.179><c> my</c><00:35:41.400><c> revealed</c><00:35:41.780><c> will.</c>

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:47.719
Angels<00:35:45.280><c> will</c><00:35:45.539><c> respond</c><00:35:45.960><c> to</c><00:35:46.139><c> a</c><00:35:46.300><c> burning</c><00:35:46.539><c> desire</c><00:35:46.960><c> to</c><00:35:47.179><c> understand</c>

00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:48.559
the<00:35:47.940><c> visions</c><00:35:48.159><c> of</c><00:35:48.420><c> God.</c>

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:51.599
There<00:35:48.820><c> was</c><00:35:49.000><c> Daniel</c><00:35:49.579><c> praying</c><00:35:50.280><c> his</c><00:35:50.619><c> heart</c><00:35:50.780><c> out</c><00:35:50.940><c> to</c><00:35:51.119><c> understand</c>

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:52.559
the<00:35:51.820><c> things</c><00:35:52.000><c> he'd</c><00:35:52.300><c> seen</c>

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:55.559
and<00:35:53.280><c> understanding</c><00:35:53.739><c> was</c><00:35:53.920><c> given</c><00:35:54.119><c> unto</c><00:35:54.340><c> him.</c>

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:59.559
Fervent<00:35:56.340><c> ecclesial</c><00:35:56.780><c> prayers</c><00:35:57.139><c> like</c><00:35:57.320><c> the</c><00:35:57.559><c> case</c><00:35:57.719><c> when</c><00:35:57.940><c> Peter</c><00:35:58.179><c> was</c><00:35:58.400><c> in</c><00:35:58.599><c> prison.</c>

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:02.199
The<00:36:00.280><c> tragedy</c><00:36:00.579><c> of</c><00:36:00.719><c> that</c><00:36:00.860><c> ecclesial</c><00:36:01.280><c> prayer</c><00:36:01.500><c> was</c>

00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:05.019
that<00:36:03.000><c> their</c><00:36:03.199><c> confidence</c><00:36:03.539><c> had</c><00:36:03.719><c> been</c><00:36:03.940><c> so</c><00:36:04.280><c> dented</c><00:36:04.460><c> by</c><00:36:04.699><c> the</c><00:36:04.860><c> death</c>

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.559
of<00:36:05.280><c> James</c>

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:07.900
they<00:36:05.739><c> didn't</c><00:36:06.019><c> even</c><00:36:06.380><c> believe</c><00:36:06.880><c> anymore.</c>

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:11.860
And<00:36:09.079><c> when</c><00:36:09.219><c> Peter</c><00:36:09.440><c> came</c><00:36:09.639><c> banging</c><00:36:09.900><c> on</c><00:36:10.119><c> the</c><00:36:10.260><c> door</c><00:36:10.420><c> they</c><00:36:10.539><c> were</c><00:36:10.760><c> surprised.</c>

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:15.340
But<00:36:12.880><c> their</c><00:36:13.059><c> prayer</c><00:36:13.219><c> was</c><00:36:13.559><c> heard</c><00:36:13.739><c> and</c><00:36:13.880><c> it</c><00:36:14.079><c> was</c><00:36:14.280><c> answered.</c>

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:19.699
And<00:36:17.380><c> our</c><00:36:17.579><c> prayer</c><00:36:17.739><c> is</c><00:36:17.860><c> to</c><00:36:17.940><c> be</c><00:36:18.079><c> delivered</c><00:36:18.280><c> from</c><00:36:18.559><c> evil.</c>

00:36:21.260 --> 00:36:25.820
Brethren<00:36:21.699><c> and</c><00:36:21.940><c> sisters,</c><00:36:23.400><c> there</c><00:36:23.480><c> are</c><00:36:23.679><c> many</c><00:36:23.920><c> things</c><00:36:24.380><c> in</c><00:36:24.699><c> life</c>

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:29.599
that<00:36:26.900><c> could</c><00:36:27.079><c> bring</c><00:36:27.300><c> to</c><00:36:27.360><c> us</c><00:36:27.719><c> disastrous</c><00:36:28.300><c> consequences.</c>

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:31.199
You<00:36:29.960><c> know,</c><00:36:30.059><c> we</c><00:36:30.219><c> pray</c><00:36:30.400><c> in</c><00:36:30.539><c> the</c><00:36:30.699><c> Lord's</c><00:36:31.039><c> Prayer,</c>

00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:34.179
deliver<00:36:31.500><c> us</c><00:36:31.739><c> from</c><00:36:31.960><c> evil,</c><00:36:32.280><c> lead</c><00:36:32.380><c> us</c><00:36:32.599><c> not</c><00:36:32.760><c> into</c><00:36:33.019><c> temptation.</c>

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:37.420
I<00:36:34.800><c> just</c><00:36:35.059><c> wonder</c><00:36:35.260><c> if</c><00:36:35.360><c> we</c><00:36:35.559><c> really</c><00:36:35.800><c> appreciate</c><00:36:36.300><c> just</c><00:36:36.599><c> how</c><00:36:36.800><c> many</c><00:36:37.039><c> times</c>

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:39.639
we<00:36:37.619><c> might</c><00:36:37.800><c> have</c><00:36:37.960><c> been</c><00:36:38.239><c> spared</c><00:36:38.539><c> from</c><00:36:38.820><c> evil</c>

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:42.820
or<00:36:40.239><c> led</c><00:36:40.420><c> away</c><00:36:40.679><c> from</c><00:36:40.940><c> temptation</c><00:36:41.539><c> by</c><00:36:41.780><c> the</c><00:36:42.000><c> providence</c><00:36:42.300><c> of</c><00:36:42.480><c> the</c><00:36:42.659><c> angel.</c>

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:44.579
Just<00:36:43.159><c> think</c><00:36:43.420><c> about</c><00:36:43.659><c> that.</c>

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:47.119
I<00:36:45.280><c> think</c><00:36:45.400><c> back</c><00:36:45.599><c> upon</c><00:36:45.860><c> my</c><00:36:46.119><c> life</c><00:36:46.320><c> and</c><00:36:46.440><c> I</c><00:36:46.500><c> can</c><00:36:46.659><c> think</c><00:36:46.760><c> of</c><00:36:46.920><c> many,</c>

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.659
many<00:36:47.340><c> times</c>

00:36:47.659 --> 00:36:49.519
when<00:36:48.059><c> in</c><00:36:48.400><c> the</c><00:36:48.579><c> normal</c><00:36:48.840><c> course</c><00:36:49.079><c> of</c><00:36:49.320><c> events</c>

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:52.059
I<00:36:49.679><c> should</c><00:36:49.860><c> have</c><00:36:50.019><c> been</c><00:36:50.219><c> killed</c><00:36:50.480><c> in</c><00:36:50.679><c> various</c><00:36:51.019><c> accidents.</c>

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:55.699
And<00:36:53.139><c> you</c><00:36:53.219><c> just</c><00:36:53.420><c> wonder,</c><00:36:53.780><c> don't</c><00:36:53.900><c> you,</c><00:36:54.199><c> sometimes</c><00:36:54.619><c> if</c><00:36:54.840><c> God</c>

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:59.179
might<00:36:56.199><c> have</c><00:36:56.360><c> sent</c><00:36:56.500><c> his</c><00:36:56.739><c> angel</c><00:36:57.119><c> also</c><00:36:57.719><c> to</c><00:36:57.960><c> us.</c>

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:04.280
We<00:37:01.880><c> can</c><00:37:02.039><c> be</c><00:37:02.380><c> sure</c><00:37:02.559><c> that</c><00:37:02.780><c> the</c><00:37:02.980><c> angels</c><00:37:03.159><c> work</c><00:37:03.500><c> for</c><00:37:03.679><c> our</c><00:37:03.900><c> ultimate</c>

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:06.179
spiritual<00:37:05.059><c> welfare.</c>

00:37:06.820 --> 00:37:08.039
In<00:37:06.940><c> Romans</c><00:37:07.219><c> chapter</c><00:37:07.539><c> 8</c><00:37:07.719><c> it</c><00:37:07.900><c> says,</c>

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:10.519
all<00:37:08.239><c> things</c><00:37:08.579><c> work</c><00:37:08.860><c> together</c><00:37:09.219><c> for</c><00:37:09.519><c> good</c>

00:37:10.820 --> 00:37:13.360
for<00:37:11.300><c> those</c><00:37:11.639><c> who</c><00:37:11.880><c> love</c><00:37:12.059><c> God</c><00:37:12.340><c> and</c><00:37:12.460><c> who</c><00:37:12.719><c> are</c><00:37:12.800><c> called</c><00:37:13.019><c> according</c>

00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:14.940
to<00:37:13.559><c> his</c><00:37:13.739><c> purpose.</c>

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:19.880
What<00:37:18.300><c> we</c><00:37:18.519><c> have</c><00:37:18.699><c> to</c><00:37:18.840><c> do,</c><00:37:19.079><c> brethren</c><00:37:19.219><c> and</c><00:37:19.480><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:24.280
is<00:37:20.320><c> to</c><00:37:20.559><c> walk</c><00:37:20.739><c> with</c><00:37:21.000><c> God</c><00:37:21.280><c> like</c><00:37:21.559><c> Abraham,</c><00:37:23.039><c> Enoch</c><00:37:23.280><c> and</c><00:37:23.679><c> Noah</c><00:37:23.940><c> and</c>

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.780
others<00:37:24.579><c> did</c>

00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:27.539
and<00:37:24.900><c> to</c><00:37:25.159><c> play</c><00:37:25.340><c> our</c><00:37:25.719><c> part</c><00:37:25.960><c> in</c><00:37:26.179><c> that</c><00:37:26.360><c> process.</c>

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:30.579
And<00:37:28.519><c> the</c><00:37:28.619><c> very</c><00:37:28.820><c> beautiful</c><00:37:29.139><c> words</c><00:37:29.440><c> of</c><00:37:29.699><c> Proverbs</c><00:37:29.980><c> chapter</c><00:37:30.260><c> 3</c>

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:33.880
are<00:37:30.780><c> really</c><00:37:30.960><c> a</c><00:37:31.179><c> key</c><00:37:31.320><c> to</c><00:37:31.440><c> how</c><00:37:31.619><c> the</c><00:37:31.840><c> angels</c><00:37:32.039><c> can</c><00:37:32.280><c> work</c><00:37:32.480><c> in</c><00:37:32.639><c> our</c><00:37:32.820><c> lives.</c>

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:38.860
Trust<00:37:35.260><c> in</c><00:37:35.579><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:36.019><c> with</c><00:37:37.099><c> all</c><00:37:37.599><c> thine</c><00:37:37.840><c> heart.</c>

00:37:39.659 --> 00:37:40.960
And<00:37:39.820><c> when</c><00:37:39.920><c> you</c><00:37:40.079><c> think</c><00:37:40.239><c> about</c><00:37:40.480><c> those</c><00:37:40.739><c> words,</c>

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:42.980
think<00:37:41.199><c> about</c><00:37:41.500><c> the</c><00:37:41.739><c> Israelite</c><00:37:42.079><c> packing</c><00:37:42.340><c> his</c><00:37:42.659><c> bags</c>

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:45.260
and<00:37:43.159><c> leaving</c><00:37:43.380><c> his</c><00:37:43.659><c> wife</c><00:37:43.880><c> and</c><00:37:44.159><c> children</c>

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:48.699
on<00:37:46.340><c> the</c><00:37:46.460><c> borders</c><00:37:46.739><c> of</c><00:37:46.920><c> the</c><00:37:47.019><c> land</c><00:37:47.159><c> of</c><00:37:47.340><c> the</c><00:37:47.460><c> Philistines</c>

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:51.079
with<00:37:49.420><c> his</c><00:37:49.719><c> crop</c><00:37:49.940><c> ripe</c><00:37:50.199><c> to</c><00:37:50.460><c> harvest</c>

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:53.039
and<00:37:51.719><c> just</c><00:37:51.880><c> on</c><00:37:52.039><c> the</c><00:37:52.159><c> other</c><00:37:52.400><c> side</c><00:37:52.539><c> of</c><00:37:52.699><c> the</c><00:37:52.840><c> valley</c>

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:55.960
the<00:37:53.320><c> Philistines</c><00:37:54.059><c> mustering</c><00:37:54.559><c> their</c><00:37:54.820><c> armies.</c>

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:59.460
Think<00:37:56.480><c> of</c><00:37:56.639><c> that</c><00:37:56.840><c> man</c><00:37:57.079><c> packing</c><00:37:57.380><c> his</c><00:37:57.659><c> bags</c><00:37:57.940><c> and</c><00:37:58.139><c> going</c><00:37:58.280><c> to</c><00:37:58.480><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:02.659
to<00:38:00.219><c> keep</c><00:38:00.400><c> the</c><00:38:00.659><c> feasts</c><00:38:00.920><c> of</c><00:38:01.199><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:06.619
having<00:38:03.480><c> to</c><00:38:03.760><c> trust</c><00:38:04.039><c> that</c><00:38:04.320><c> no</c><00:38:04.519><c> one</c><00:38:04.659><c> will</c><00:38:04.900><c> desire</c><00:38:05.219><c> his</c><00:38:05.539><c> crops.</c>

00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:09.559
Trust<00:38:08.159><c> in</c><00:38:08.420><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:08.619><c> with</c><00:38:08.840><c> all</c><00:38:09.039><c> thine</c><00:38:09.199><c> heart</c>

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:11.599
and<00:38:09.780><c> lean</c><00:38:09.940><c> not</c><00:38:10.199><c> to</c><00:38:10.420><c> thine</c><00:38:10.639><c> own</c><00:38:10.960><c> understanding.</c>

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:15.059
In<00:38:12.340><c> all</c><00:38:12.599><c> thy</c><00:38:12.760><c> ways</c><00:38:13.239><c> acknowledge</c><00:38:13.900><c> him.</c>

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:17.800
Live<00:38:15.300><c> by</c><00:38:15.539><c> the</c><00:38:15.780><c> principles</c><00:38:16.099><c> that</c><00:38:16.360><c> God</c><00:38:16.539><c> has</c><00:38:16.800><c> revealed.</c>

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:20.880
Seek<00:38:18.159><c> to</c><00:38:18.340><c> bring</c><00:38:18.440><c> our</c><00:38:18.699><c> children</c><00:38:18.940><c> up</c><00:38:19.199><c> in</c><00:38:19.420><c> godly</c><00:38:19.820><c> paths</c>

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:24.920
and<00:38:22.539><c> he</c><00:38:22.840><c> shall</c><00:38:23.099><c> direct</c><00:38:23.480><c> thy</c><00:38:23.760><c> paths.</c>

00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:27.360
Be<00:38:25.800><c> not</c><00:38:26.059><c> wise</c><00:38:26.300><c> in</c><00:38:26.500><c> thine</c><00:38:26.800><c> own</c><00:38:27.059><c> eyes.</c>

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:29.280
Fear<00:38:27.880><c> Yahweh</c><00:38:28.300><c> and</c><00:38:28.519><c> depart</c><00:38:28.840><c> from</c><00:38:29.099><c> evil.</c>

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:32.920
If<00:38:29.599><c> we</c><00:38:29.840><c> do</c><00:38:30.039><c> the</c><00:38:30.239><c> right</c><00:38:30.420><c> things,</c><00:38:30.739><c> then</c><00:38:30.960><c> God</c><00:38:31.179><c> can</c><00:38:31.400><c> work</c><00:38:31.599><c> with</c><00:38:31.800><c> us.</c>

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.980
And<00:38:33.219><c> Brother</c><00:38:33.380><c> Robert</c><00:38:33.699><c> Roberts,</c>

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:36.800
who<00:38:34.199><c> went</c><00:38:34.380><c> through</c><00:38:34.579><c> many</c><00:38:34.900><c> travails</c><00:38:35.280><c> in</c><00:38:35.460><c> his</c><00:38:35.719><c> life,</c>

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:38.659
leaves<00:38:37.039><c> us</c><00:38:37.380><c> so</c><00:38:37.579><c> many</c><00:38:37.820><c> wonderful</c><00:38:38.219><c> insights</c>

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:41.780
into<00:38:38.840><c> the</c><00:38:39.019><c> work</c><00:38:39.179><c> of</c><00:38:39.360><c> the</c><00:38:39.579><c> angels</c><00:38:39.739><c> and</c><00:38:39.860><c> he</c><00:38:40.000><c> said</c><00:38:40.159><c> this.</c>

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:44.239
Although<00:38:42.480><c> God</c><00:38:42.659><c> is</c><00:38:42.820><c> with</c><00:38:43.000><c> his</c><00:38:43.219><c> children,</c>

00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:48.500
he<00:38:45.039><c> looks</c><00:38:45.239><c> to</c><00:38:45.460><c> them</c><00:38:45.659><c> to</c><00:38:45.940><c> arrange</c><00:38:46.380><c> their</c><00:38:46.699><c> affairs</c><00:38:47.099><c> with</c><00:38:47.420><c> discretion.</c>

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:51.739
As<00:38:49.300><c> testified</c><00:38:49.739><c> in</c><00:38:49.920><c> all</c><00:38:50.099><c> the</c><00:38:50.340><c> Proverbs</c><00:38:50.599><c> of</c><00:38:50.860><c> Solomon,</c>

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:55.880
human<00:38:53.019><c> action</c><00:38:53.360><c> is</c><00:38:53.559><c> the</c><00:38:53.719><c> basis</c><00:38:54.039><c> for</c><00:38:54.340><c> divine</c><00:38:54.739><c> supervision.</c>

00:38:56.619 --> 00:39:00.699
In<00:38:57.099><c> its</c><00:38:57.320><c> absence,</c><00:38:58.980><c> there</c><00:38:59.260><c> is</c><00:38:59.460><c> nothing</c><00:38:59.739><c> for</c><00:38:59.960><c> the</c><00:39:00.239><c> angels</c><00:39:00.420><c> to</c>

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:01.800
work<00:39:00.900><c> on.</c>

00:39:02.619 --> 00:39:04.039
And<00:39:02.739><c> you</c><00:39:02.860><c> see,</c><00:39:02.920><c> we</c><00:39:03.079><c> have</c><00:39:03.300><c> to</c><00:39:03.500><c> play</c><00:39:03.599><c> our</c><00:39:03.900><c> part.</c>

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:06.820
They<00:39:04.219><c> will</c><00:39:04.460><c> never</c><00:39:04.679><c> take</c><00:39:04.980><c> away</c><00:39:05.219><c> our</c><00:39:05.579><c> free</c><00:39:05.840><c> will.</c>

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:11.659
But<00:39:08.679><c> they</c><00:39:08.860><c> can</c><00:39:09.119><c> work</c><00:39:09.340><c> with</c><00:39:09.539><c> us</c><00:39:09.719><c> if</c><00:39:09.880><c> we</c><00:39:10.099><c> work</c><00:39:10.280><c> with</c><00:39:10.500><c> God.</c>

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:14.980
In<00:39:13.280><c> our</c><00:39:13.440><c> last</c><00:39:13.599><c> couple</c><00:39:13.820><c> of</c><00:39:14.000><c> minutes,</c>

00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:17.539
I<00:39:15.699><c> want</c><00:39:15.800><c> to</c><00:39:15.900><c> leave</c><00:39:16.000><c> you</c><00:39:16.159><c> a</c><00:39:16.320><c> challenge.</c>

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:22.039
Come<00:39:19.800><c> to</c><00:39:19.960><c> Hebrews</c><00:39:20.239><c> chapter</c><00:39:20.579><c> 13.</c>

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:27.239
There's<00:39:23.179><c> a</c><00:39:23.340><c> verse</c><00:39:23.480><c> here</c><00:39:23.719><c> which</c><00:39:24.639><c> is</c><00:39:25.619><c> written</c><00:39:26.039><c> well</c><00:39:26.679><c> after</c><00:39:27.019><c> the</c>

00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:28.840
time<00:39:27.420><c> of</c><00:39:27.639><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:34.079
It's<00:39:30.559><c> written</c><00:39:30.679><c> at</c><00:39:30.860><c> a</c><00:39:31.039><c> time</c><00:39:31.300><c> when</c><00:39:31.599><c> angels</c><00:39:31.920><c> were</c><00:39:32.159><c> no</c><00:39:32.400><c> longer</c><00:39:32.699><c> appearing</c>

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:36.760
visibly<00:39:35.059><c> to</c><00:39:35.559><c> the</c><00:39:35.780><c> apostles.</c>

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:40.639
The<00:39:37.579><c> last</c><00:39:38.300><c> recorded</c><00:39:38.739><c> visitation</c><00:39:39.380><c> of</c><00:39:39.599><c> angels</c><00:39:39.860><c> in</c><00:39:40.039><c> the</c><00:39:40.119><c> New</c><00:39:40.300><c> Testament</c>

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:43.179
was<00:39:40.880><c> Paul</c><00:39:41.139><c> on</c><00:39:41.320><c> the</c><00:39:41.539><c> ship</c><00:39:41.679><c> going</c><00:39:41.960><c> to</c><00:39:42.239><c> Rome.</c>

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:50.460
And<00:39:44.940><c> now</c><00:39:45.139><c> Paul</c><00:39:45.300><c> writes</c><00:39:45.579><c> to</c><00:39:45.739><c> the</c><00:39:45.880><c> Hebrews</c><00:39:46.420><c> and</c><00:39:48.860><c> to</c><00:39:49.059><c> us,</c>

00:39:51.380 --> 00:39:54.280
and<00:39:51.900><c> he</c><00:39:52.039><c> says</c><00:39:52.199><c> in</c><00:39:52.360><c> Hebrews</c><00:39:52.739><c> chapter</c><00:39:53.179><c> 13</c><00:39:53.579><c> and</c><00:39:53.800><c> verse</c><00:39:54.039><c> 2,</c>

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:57.199
be<00:39:54.460><c> not</c><00:39:54.739><c> forgetful</c><00:39:55.199><c> to</c><00:39:55.420><c> entertain</c><00:39:55.920><c> strangers,</c>

00:39:57.639 --> 00:40:02.500
for<00:39:58.280><c> thereby</c><00:39:58.679><c> some</c><00:39:59.019><c> have</c><00:39:59.219><c> entertained</c><00:39:59.659><c> angels</c><00:40:00.920><c> unawares.</c>

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:07.579
Now<00:40:03.980><c> Abraham</c><00:40:04.340><c> was</c><00:40:04.559><c> not</c><00:40:04.800><c> totally</c><00:40:05.179><c> unaware</c><00:40:05.639><c> of</c><00:40:05.880><c> who</c><00:40:06.059><c> the</c><00:40:06.260><c> angels</c><00:40:06.480><c> were,</c>

00:40:08.300 --> 00:40:10.340
but<00:40:08.659><c> Lot</c><00:40:08.800><c> certainly</c><00:40:09.239><c> was.</c>

00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:14.059
Lot<00:40:11.260><c> had</c><00:40:11.539><c> no</c><00:40:11.860><c> idea</c><00:40:12.099><c> he</c><00:40:12.219><c> was</c><00:40:12.420><c> entertaining</c><00:40:12.800><c> angels,</c>

00:40:14.139 --> 00:40:15.639
neither<00:40:14.380><c> did</c><00:40:14.599><c> Joseph.</c>

00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:21.559
And<00:40:17.840><c> there</c><00:40:17.940><c> were</c><00:40:18.000><c> many</c><00:40:18.199><c> other</c><00:40:18.400><c> cases</c><00:40:18.679><c> of</c><00:40:18.900><c> people</c><00:40:19.059><c> who</c><00:40:19.320><c> entertained</c><00:40:19.619><c> angels</c><00:40:20.119><c> unawares.</c>

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:26.159
And<00:40:22.539><c> we</c><00:40:22.619><c> have</c><00:40:22.760><c> an</c><00:40:22.940><c> expectation</c><00:40:23.400><c> that</c><00:40:23.639><c> is</c><00:40:23.900><c> not</c><00:40:24.980><c> limited.</c>

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:31.280
And<00:40:28.599><c> we've</c><00:40:28.780><c> got</c><00:40:28.780><c> to</c><00:40:28.900><c> think</c><00:40:29.019><c> about</c><00:40:29.199><c> what</c><00:40:29.340><c> it</c><00:40:29.539><c> might</c><00:40:29.679><c> mean</c><00:40:29.900><c> for</c><00:40:30.119><c> us.</c>

00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:35.820
You<00:40:34.420><c> see,</c><00:40:34.559><c> the</c><00:40:34.679><c> angels,</c><00:40:35.179><c> brethren</c><00:40:35.300><c> and</c><00:40:35.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:38.480
in<00:40:36.000><c> the</c><00:40:36.159><c> age</c><00:40:36.400><c> of</c><00:40:37.300><c> having</c><00:40:37.739><c> the</c><00:40:37.940><c> Word</c><00:40:38.079><c> of</c><00:40:38.280><c> God,</c>

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:41.420
in<00:40:38.639><c> the</c><00:40:38.780><c> age</c><00:40:39.039><c> of</c><00:40:39.380><c> faith,</c><00:40:39.719><c> where</c><00:40:39.860><c> we</c><00:40:40.059><c> live</c><00:40:40.199><c> by</c><00:40:40.639><c> faith</c><00:40:40.940><c> and</c><00:40:41.199><c> not</c>

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:42.780
by<00:40:41.880><c> sight,</c>

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:47.519
the<00:40:43.219><c> angels</c><00:40:43.440><c> now</c><00:40:43.699><c> will</c><00:40:43.960><c> not</c><00:40:44.159><c> be</c><00:40:44.519><c> recognised</c><00:40:45.019><c> by</c><00:40:45.280><c> us</c><00:40:45.760><c> as</c><00:40:46.059><c> being</c><00:40:46.360><c> angels.</c>

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:55.960
But<00:40:50.159><c> there</c><00:40:50.320><c> is</c><00:40:50.519><c> no</c><00:40:50.719><c> reason</c><00:40:51.000><c> why</c><00:40:51.179><c> they</c><00:40:51.380><c> cannot</c><00:40:52.079><c> literally</c><00:40:54.039><c> take</c>

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:57.820
part<00:40:56.320><c> in</c><00:40:56.519><c> our</c><00:40:56.739><c> lives.</c>

00:40:59.079 --> 00:41:03.900
Amongst<00:40:59.400><c> our</c><00:40:59.599><c> casual</c><00:41:00.019><c> acquaintances,</c><00:41:02.019><c> they</c><00:41:02.219><c> may</c><00:41:02.480><c> well</c><00:41:02.619><c> be</c><00:41:02.880><c> there.</c>

00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:06.920
And<00:41:04.920><c> we</c><00:41:05.039><c> will</c><00:41:05.239><c> not</c><00:41:05.440><c> know</c><00:41:05.699><c> this</c><00:41:06.000><c> side</c><00:41:06.119><c> of</c><00:41:06.239><c> the</c><00:41:06.360><c> Kingdom</c><00:41:06.559><c> of</c><00:41:06.739><c> God</c>

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:08.340
when<00:41:07.079><c> that's</c><00:41:07.480><c> occurred.</c>

00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:13.300
But<00:41:09.960><c> if</c><00:41:10.079><c> they</c><00:41:10.420><c> stand</c><00:41:10.659><c> by,</c><00:41:11.960><c> as</c><00:41:12.260><c> closely</c><00:41:12.519><c> as</c><00:41:12.659><c> they've</c><00:41:12.900><c> stood</c><00:41:13.059><c> by</c>

00:41:13.300 --> 00:41:14.699
in<00:41:13.460><c> the</c><00:41:13.659><c> past,</c>

00:41:15.239 --> 00:41:20.139
then<00:41:15.719><c> there's</c><00:41:15.980><c> nothing</c><00:41:16.159><c> to</c><00:41:16.440><c> say</c><00:41:16.639><c> they</c><00:41:16.840><c> can't</c><00:41:17.219><c> actually</c><00:41:17.539><c> interfere</c><00:41:18.159><c> or</c><00:41:19.199><c> take</c><00:41:19.460><c> some</c><00:41:19.800><c> part</c><00:41:19.980><c> in</c>

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:21.360
their<00:41:20.300><c> lives.</c>

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:26.460
And<00:41:24.860><c> I</c><00:41:24.940><c> know</c><00:41:25.039><c> many</c><00:41:25.260><c> brethren</c><00:41:25.519><c> and</c><00:41:25.679><c> sisters</c><00:41:25.780><c> I've</c><00:41:26.079><c> spoken</c><00:41:26.280><c> to</c>

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:28.260
about<00:41:26.699><c> this</c>

00:41:29.099 --> 00:41:33.239
have<00:41:29.579><c> some</c><00:41:29.760><c> very</c><00:41:30.179><c> interesting</c><00:41:30.800><c> and</c><00:41:32.079><c> very</c><00:41:32.360><c> remarkable</c><00:41:32.840><c> things</c>

00:41:33.239 --> 00:41:33.639
to<00:41:33.500><c> say.</c>

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:35.800
I'd<00:41:33.820><c> like</c><00:41:33.920><c> you</c><00:41:34.039><c> to</c><00:41:34.199><c> think</c><00:41:34.340><c> about</c><00:41:34.579><c> it.</c>

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:38.780
But<00:41:36.300><c> let's</c><00:41:36.460><c> always</c><00:41:36.659><c> be</c><00:41:36.900><c> conscious</c><00:41:37.099><c> of</c><00:41:37.260><c> the</c><00:41:37.420><c> fact</c><00:41:37.579><c> that</c><00:41:37.760><c> whether</c><00:41:37.940><c> or</c><00:41:38.139><c> not</c>

00:41:38.780 --> 00:41:41.139
they<00:41:39.179><c> do</c><00:41:39.440><c> physically</c><00:41:39.840><c> appear</c>

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:44.500
or<00:41:42.380><c> work</c><00:41:42.559><c> totally</c><00:41:42.920><c> behind</c><00:41:43.320><c> the</c><00:41:43.559><c> scenes,</c>

00:41:44.780 --> 00:41:49.340
let's<00:41:45.099><c> never</c><00:41:45.320><c> lose</c><00:41:45.639><c> sight</c><00:41:46.380><c> of</c><00:41:46.559><c> the</c><00:41:46.780><c> fact</c><00:41:47.219><c> that</c><00:41:48.659><c> God</c><00:41:48.880><c> has</c><00:41:49.199><c> sent</c>

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:51.800
his<00:41:49.599><c> angels</c><00:41:50.079><c> to</c><00:41:50.500><c> each</c><00:41:50.719><c> one</c><00:41:50.860><c> of</c><00:41:51.039><c> us</c>

00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:56.139
to<00:41:52.320><c> stand</c><00:41:52.659><c> by,</c><00:41:54.179><c> to</c><00:41:54.380><c> keep</c><00:41:54.539><c> us</c><00:41:54.880><c> in</c><00:41:55.079><c> the</c><00:41:55.260><c> way,</c>

00:41:56.719 --> 00:42:00.300
to<00:41:56.920><c> impress</c><00:41:57.360><c> divine</c><00:41:57.780><c> thinking</c><00:41:58.340><c> through</c><00:41:59.500><c> our</c><00:41:59.860><c> experiences</c>

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:01.519
and<00:42:00.519><c> our</c><00:42:00.679><c> learning,</c>

00:42:01.780 --> 00:42:06.239
and<00:42:02.420><c> to</c><00:42:02.619><c> finally</c><00:42:02.840><c> bring</c><00:42:03.039><c> us</c><00:42:03.480><c> into</c><00:42:03.739><c> the</c><00:42:03.940><c> land</c><00:42:04.179><c> that</c><00:42:04.360><c> God</c><00:42:04.619><c> promised</c><00:42:05.079><c> to</c><00:42:05.360><c> Abraham.</c>

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:22.340
Thank<00:42:21.840><c> you.</c>