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is</c><00:13:27.080><c> a</c><00:13:27.179><c> symbol</c><00:13:27.419><c> for</c><00:13:27.679><c> the</c><00:13:27.919><c> evil</c><00:13:28.159><c> influences</c><00:13:28.620><c> around</c><00:13:29.019><c> in</c> 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:29.899 these<00:13:29.340><c> people,</c> 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:33.700 why<00:13:30.559><c> was</c><00:13:30.840><c> not</c><00:13:31.059><c> Adam</c><00:13:31.820><c> also</c><00:13:32.460><c> affected?</c> 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:45.360 It's<00:13:42.100><c> when</c><00:13:42.259><c> we</c><00:13:42.480><c> come</c><00:13:42.659><c> to</c><00:13:42.899><c> the</c><00:13:43.919><c> sentence</c><00:13:44.519><c> on</c><00:13:44.840><c> the</c><00:13:45.019><c> serpent</c> 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:48.419 that<00:13:45.720><c> we</c><00:13:46.120><c> come</c><00:13:46.460><c> to</c><00:13:46.679><c> the</c><00:13:46.840><c> complete</c><00:13:47.259><c> failure</c><00:13:48.019><c> of</c><00:13:48.299><c> Brother</c> 00:13:48.419 --> 00:13:50.000 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then</c><00:14:20.940><c> this</c><00:14:21.220><c> teaches</c><00:14:21.720><c> that</c><00:14:22.220><c> there</c><00:14:22.840><c> was</c><00:14:23.220><c> to</c><00:14:23.559><c> be,</c><00:14:23.759><c> from</c><00:14:24.059><c> this</c> 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:25.879 point<00:14:24.679><c> of</c><00:14:25.039><c> time,</c> 00:14:25.899 --> 00:14:30.740 an<00:14:26.200><c> actual</c><00:14:26.919><c> degradation</c><00:14:27.960><c> of</c><00:14:28.879><c> the</c><00:14:29.179><c> Adam</c><00:14:29.519><c> race.</c> 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:38.759 We<00:14:35.120><c> cannot</c><00:14:35.480><c> use</c><00:14:36.019><c> the</c><00:14:36.220><c> idea</c><00:14:36.580><c> that</c><00:14:36.779><c> the</c><00:14:37.019><c> serpent</c><00:14:37.419><c> is</c><00:14:37.860><c> sin.</c> 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:45.360 Sin<00:14:40.580><c> cannot</c><00:14:41.019><c> act</c><00:14:41.659><c> without</c><00:14:42.399><c> an</c><00:14:42.740><c> agent,</c><00:14:44.279><c> because</c><00:14:44.539><c> thou</c><00:14:45.000><c> hast</c> 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:46.139 done<00:14:45.600><c> this</c><00:14:45.940><c> thing.</c> 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:49.340 Thou,<00:14:46.600><c> who</c><00:14:46.820><c> is</c><00:14:47.039><c> thou?</c><00:14:47.919><c> Sin</c><00:14:48.080><c> cannot</c><00:14:48.379><c> act</c><00:14:48.500><c> without</c><00:14:48.779><c> an</c><00:14:49.080><c> agent.</c> 00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:53.940 The<00:14:49.940><c> Adam</c><00:14:50.220><c> race,</c><00:14:51.399><c> well,</c><00:14:51.580><c> the</c><00:14:51.720><c> embodiment,</c><00:14:52.120><c> he</c><00:14:52.299><c> says,</c><00:14:52.659><c> of</c><00:14:52.720><c> that</c><00:14:52.980><c> evil,</c> 00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:57.340 is<00:14:54.220><c> the</c><00:14:54.419><c> Adam</c><00:14:54.820><c> race</c><00:14:55.179><c> that</c><00:14:55.440><c> is</c><00:14:55.720><c> the</c><00:14:55.960><c> serpent,</c><00:14:56.759><c> and</c><00:14:56.899><c> they</c><00:14:57.100><c> must</c> 00:14:57.340 --> 00:14:59.039 receive<00:14:57.659><c> the</c><00:14:58.039><c> sentence.</c> 00:15:02.360 --> 00:15:06.659 Sentences<00:15:02.980><c> in</c><00:15:03.440><c> the</c><00:15:03.620><c> form</c><00:15:03.899><c> of</c><00:15:04.659><c> being</c><00:15:05.100><c> cursed</c><00:15:05.539><c> and</c><00:15:06.080><c> going</c><00:15:06.340><c> upon</c> 00:15:06.659 --> 00:15:07.460 its<00:15:06.919><c> belly,</c> 00:15:07.460 --> 00:15:11.379 and<00:15:08.200><c> the</c><00:15:08.379><c> only</c><00:15:08.679><c> sense</c><00:15:08.940><c> one</c><00:15:09.200><c> can</c><00:15:09.440><c> give</c><00:15:09.620><c> to</c><00:15:09.840><c> that</c><00:15:10.360><c> as</c><00:15:10.879><c> a</c><00:15:11.080><c> symbol</c> 00:15:11.379 --> 00:15:17.200 is<00:15:12.000><c> that</c><00:15:12.299><c> that</c><00:15:12.600><c> race</c><00:15:12.899><c> is</c><00:15:13.879><c> degraded</c><00:15:15.139><c> and</c><00:15:15.919><c> always</c><00:15:16.360><c> cursed,</c> 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:21.779 always<00:15:18.019><c> debased,</c><00:15:19.259><c> always</c><00:15:19.659><c> earthly,</c><00:15:21.460><c> forever.</c> 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:24.500 All<00:15:22.480><c> the</c><00:15:22.639><c> days</c><00:15:22.820><c> are</c><00:15:22.980><c> the</c><00:15:23.139><c> life</c><00:15:23.279><c> of</c><00:15:23.480><c> that</c><00:15:23.720><c> race.</c> 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:29.419 This<00:15:25.320><c> is</c><00:15:25.879><c> the</c><00:15:26.120><c> sentence</c><00:15:26.639><c> upon</c><00:15:27.200><c> the</c><00:15:27.399><c> serpent</c><00:15:27.820><c> people,</c> 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:31.980 the<00:15:29.700><c> serpent,</c><00:15:30.480><c> the</c><00:15:30.500><c> people</c><00:15:30.820><c> around</c><00:15:31.220><c> Adam.</c> 00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:38.000 And<00:15:32.899><c> yet,</c><00:15:33.379><c> Brunner</c><00:15:33.940><c> Lovelock</c><00:15:34.360><c> has</c><00:15:34.940><c> dealt</c><00:15:35.200><c> with</c><00:15:35.879><c> chapter</c><00:15:36.360><c> one</c> 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:45.600 and<00:15:38.919><c> showed</c><00:15:39.419><c> to</c><00:15:39.659><c> us</c><00:15:39.919><c> that</c><00:15:40.279><c> in</c><00:15:40.519><c> chapter</c><00:15:40.840><c> one,</c><00:15:42.159><c> man</c><00:15:42.539><c> is</c><00:15:42.879><c> eventually</c><00:15:43.440><c> to</c><00:15:43.919><c> become</c><00:15:44.679><c> very</c><00:15:45.299><c> good.</c> 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:49.779 This<00:15:46.139><c> Adam</c><00:15:46.399><c> race,</c><00:15:47.000><c> in</c><00:15:47.100><c> chapter</c><00:15:47.379><c> one,</c><00:15:48.620><c> is</c><00:15:48.779><c> to</c><00:15:48.960><c> gradually</c><00:15:49.279><c> progress</c> 00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:53.159 under<00:15:49.980><c> natural</c><00:15:50.340><c> variation,</c><00:15:51.460><c> on</c><00:15:51.580><c> the</c><00:15:51.659><c> help</c><00:15:51.820><c> of</c><00:15:51.980><c> 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separate</c><00:17:05.119><c> race</c><00:17:05.579><c> in</c><00:17:06.200><c> Genesis</c><00:17:06.539><c> one,</c> 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:10.339 as<00:17:07.539><c> distinct</c><00:17:07.900><c> from</c><00:17:08.279><c> Genesis</c><00:17:08.819><c> two.</c> 00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:13.660 The<00:17:12.059><c> two</c><00:17:12.380><c> are</c><00:17:12.720><c> one.</c> 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:18.599 By<00:17:14.579><c> the</c><00:17:14.700><c> very</c><00:17:15.019><c> reading</c><00:17:15.380><c> of</c><00:17:15.619><c> the</c><00:17:15.759><c> chapters,</c><00:17:16.819><c> they</c><00:17:17.140><c> are</c><00:17:17.519><c> complementary.</c> 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:25.119 It<00:17:21.599><c> will</c><00:17:21.799><c> be,</c><00:17:22.119><c> I</c><00:17:22.240><c> think,</c><00:17:22.740><c> proper</c><00:17:22.880><c> to</c><00:17:24.099><c> mention</c><00:17:24.819><c> Brother</c> 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:26.519 Ludlok's<00:17:25.819><c> defense</c> 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:31.619 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reality</c><00:18:01.420><c> in</c><00:18:02.220><c> people</c><00:18:03.559><c> acting</c><00:18:04.200><c> and</c><00:18:04.839><c> doing.</c> 00:18:07.220 --> 00:18:10.059 I<00:18:07.720><c> believe</c><00:18:08.099><c> that</c><00:18:08.299><c> the</c><00:18:08.519><c> serpent</c><00:18:08.680><c> is</c><00:18:09.000><c> used</c><00:18:09.200><c> symbolically</c><00:18:09.859><c> in</c> 00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:10.660 other<00:18:10.279><c> places</c> 00:18:10.660 --> 00:18:13.319 than<00:18:11.359><c> this</c><00:18:11.819><c> original</c><00:18:12.339><c> one.</c> 00:18:13.380 --> 00:18:15.740 It<00:18:13.559><c> is</c><00:18:13.740><c> agreed</c><00:18:14.099><c> that</c><00:18:14.339><c> the</c><00:18:14.500><c> serpent</c><00:18:14.759><c> in</c><00:18:14.940><c> a</c><00:18:15.039><c> number</c><00:18:15.279><c> of</c><00:18:15.519><c> places</c> 00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:16.559 in<00:18:16.099><c> Scripture</c> 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:19.279 is<00:18:17.079><c> used</c><00:18:17.339><c> in</c><00:18:17.579><c> a</c><00:18:17.680><c> figurative</c><00:18:18.099><c> sense.</c> 00:18:19.619 --> 00:18:21.779 Thus,<00:18:20.299><c> what</c><00:18:20.440><c> do</c><00:18:20.599><c> we</c><00:18:20.779><c> find?</c> 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:27.000 Matthew<00:18:23.059><c> chapter</c><00:18:23.339><c> 23,</c><00:18:24.660><c> Jesus</c><00:18:25.099><c> to</c><00:18:25.299><c> the</c><00:18:25.380><c> scribes</c><00:18:25.779><c> and</c><00:18:25.960><c> Pharisees,</c> 00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:29.259 each<00:18:27.420><c> serpent,</c><00:18:27.920><c> each</c><00:18:28.039><c> generation</c><00:18:28.619><c> of</c><00:18:28.900><c> vipers,</c> 00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:31.960 how<00:18:29.720><c> shall</c><00:18:29.940><c> he</c><00:18:30.180><c> escape</c><00:18:30.440><c> the</c><00:18:30.660><c> damnation</c><00:18:31.019><c> of</c><00:18:31.319><c> hell?</c> 00:18:33.039 --> 00:18:34.900 What<00:18:33.319><c> was</c><00:18:33.480><c> 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look</c><00:24:34.640><c> it</c><00:24:34.779><c> up.</c> 00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:45.180 Mark<00:24:35.619><c> chapter</c><00:24:36.720><c> 10.</c> 00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:49.500 It's<00:24:46.400><c> just</c><00:24:46.680><c> a</c><00:24:46.799><c> particular</c><00:24:47.240><c> form</c><00:24:47.619><c> of</c><00:24:47.799><c> the</c><00:24:47.980><c> words</c><00:24:48.259><c> to</c><00:24:48.599><c> use.</c> 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:54.140 Mark<00:24:51.039><c> 10</c><00:24:51.319><c> and</c><00:24:51.500><c> verse</c><00:24:51.740><c> 6.</c> 00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:58.460 And<00:24:54.819><c> they're</c><00:24:55.640><c> tempting</c><00:24:56.039><c> Jesus</c><00:24:56.519><c> regarding</c><00:24:57.099><c> putting</c><00:24:57.480><c> away</c><00:24:57.839><c> and</c><00:24:58.019><c> divorce.</c> 00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:00.279 And<00:24:59.079><c> remember</c><00:24:59.480><c> his</c><00:24:59.660><c> reply.</c> 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.440 Verse<00:25:01.059><c> 6.</c> 00:25:01.660 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descendants</c><00:26:10.740><c> of</c><00:26:11.019><c> Adam</c><00:26:11.180><c> and</c><00:26:11.359><c> Eve.</c> 00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:15.519 It's<00:26:13.740><c> rather</c><00:26:13.900><c> like</c><00:26:14.160><c> the</c><00:26:14.319><c> immortal</c><00:26:14.599><c> soul,</c><00:26:15.059><c> I</c><00:26:15.079><c> feel,</c> 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:18.579 where<00:26:16.140><c> so</c><00:26:16.339><c> many</c><00:26:16.519><c> people</c><00:26:16.839><c> say,</c><00:26:17.299><c> yes,</c><00:26:17.519><c> I'm</c><00:26:17.680><c> sure</c><00:26:17.900><c> the</c><00:26:18.079><c> immortal</c><00:26:18.299><c> soul,</c> 00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:20.019 I'm<00:26:18.799><c> sure</c><00:26:18.960><c> the</c><00:26:19.119><c> Bible</c><00:26:19.279><c> talks</c><00:26:19.579><c> about</c><00:26:19.880><c> it,</c> 00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:22.859 but<00:26:20.180><c> you</c><00:26:20.259><c> say,</c><00:26:20.440><c> well,</c><00:26:20.660><c> no,</c><00:26:20.900><c> it</c><00:26:20.900><c> doesn't,</c><00:26:21.279><c> you</c><00:26:21.400><c> won't</c><00:26:21.680><c> find</c><00:26:21.960><c> it</c><00:26:22.160><c> there.</c> 00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.599 And<00:26:23.420><c> the</c><00:26:23.539><c> same</c><00:26:23.720><c> with</c><00:26:23.960><c> this</c><00:26:24.259><c> matter.</c> 00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:26.299 There<00:26:25.019><c> is</c><00:26:25.220><c> no</c><00:26:25.400><c> record.</c> 00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:33.779 Second,<00:26:31.180><c> there</c><00:26:31.299><c> is</c><00:26:31.440><c> the</c><00:26:31.599><c> matter</c><00:26:31.799><c> of</c><00:26:32.019><c> the</c><00:26:32.200><c> flood</c><00:26:32.339><c> in</c><00:26:32.619><c> Genesis</c><00:26:32.960><c> 6</c> 00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:35.480 to<00:26:34.119><c> 9.</c> 00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:42.960 In<00:26:40.799><c> these</c><00:26:41.200><c> several</c><00:26:42.380><c> chapters,</c> 00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:47.400 there<00:26:43.400><c> is</c><00:26:43.920><c> a</c><00:26:44.039><c> tremendous</c><00:26:44.400><c> emphasis</c><00:26:45.039><c> that</c><00:26:45.880><c> it</c><00:26:46.240><c> was</c><00:26:46.519><c> all</c><00:26:47.000><c> flesh</c> 00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:48.700 that<00:26:47.700><c> perished,</c> 00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:50.700 all<00:26:48.859><c> creatures</c><00:26:49.240><c> that</c><00:26:49.500><c> had</c><00:26:49.720><c> life,</c> 00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:54.500 all<00:26:51.259><c> the</c><00:26:51.519><c> mountains</c><00:26:51.779><c> under</c><00:26:52.099><c> the</c><00:26:52.279><c> heaven</c><00:26:52.660><c> were</c><00:26:53.579><c> covered,</c> 00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:56.720 and<00:26:54.720><c> as</c><00:26:54.839><c> if</c><00:26:55.039><c> you</c><00:26:55.240><c> choose</c><00:26:55.480><c> to</c><00:26:55.680><c> read</c><00:26:55.839><c> right</c><00:26:56.240><c> through,</c> 00:26:57.160 --> 00:27:00.529 you<00:26:57.359><c> are</c><00:26:57.660><c> impressed</c><00:26:58.099><c> 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in</c><00:27:41.500><c> a</c><00:27:41.579><c> limited</c><00:27:41.880><c> context,</c> 00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:45.400 that<00:27:43.240><c> all</c><00:27:43.500><c> may</c><00:27:43.740><c> be</c><00:27:43.920><c> all</c><00:27:44.079><c> of</c><00:27:44.279><c> a</c><00:27:44.380><c> certain</c><00:27:44.619><c> class</c><00:27:45.019><c> or</c><00:27:45.160><c> in</c><00:27:45.319><c> a</c> 00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:46.859 certain<00:27:45.579><c> situation.</c> 00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:50.339 But<00:27:47.640><c> taking</c><00:27:47.819><c> those</c><00:27:48.079><c> two</c><00:27:48.519><c> matters</c><00:27:48.779><c> into</c><00:27:49.099><c> account,</c> 00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:53.339 when<00:27:50.539><c> one</c><00:27:50.799><c> reads</c><00:27:51.220><c> through</c><00:27:51.880><c> these</c><00:27:52.859><c> chapters,</c> 00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:56.880 it<00:27:53.619><c> is</c><00:27:54.019><c> all</c><00:27:54.599><c> flesh,</c><00:27:55.000><c> all</c><00:27:55.380><c> creation,</c><00:27:56.019><c> everything</c><00:27:56.259><c> that</c><00:27:56.440><c> has</c><00:27:56.619><c> life,</c> 00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:59.079 there<00:27:57.200><c> is</c><00:27:57.200><c> a</c><00:27:57.359><c> totality</c><00:27:57.900><c> about</c><00:27:58.259><c> it.</c> 00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:02.119 If<00:27:59.680><c> you'll</c><00:28:00.000><c> read</c><00:28:00.119><c> with</c><00:28:00.259><c> me</c><00:28:00.460><c> just</c><00:28:00.720><c> a</c><00:28:00.839><c> little,</c><00:28:01.359><c> we</c><00:28:01.359><c> can't</c><00:28:01.700><c> read</c><00:28:01.920><c> all,</c> 00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:07.240 but<00:28:02.339><c> just</c><00:28:02.680><c> take</c><00:28:02.920><c> chapter</c><00:28:03.259><c> 7</c><00:28:03.980><c> to</c><00:28:04.559><c> get</c><00:28:04.759><c> the</c><00:28:05.000><c> sense</c><00:28:05.539><c> of</c><00:28:06.259><c> this</c><00:28:06.480><c> emphasis.</c> 00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:09.119 Verse<00:28:08.359><c> 4,</c> 00:28:09.460 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dry</c><00:28:45.859><c> land</c><00:28:46.200><c> died.</c> 00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:50.099 This<00:28:47.420><c> all</c><00:28:47.900><c> under</c><00:28:48.319><c> heaven,</c><00:28:48.859><c> all</c><00:28:49.079><c> on</c><00:28:49.299><c> the</c><00:28:49.500><c> dry</c><00:28:49.700><c> land,</c> 00:28:50.099 --> 00:28:51.900 and<00:28:50.539><c> Brother</c><00:28:50.740><c> Lovelock</c><00:28:51.119><c> keeps</c><00:28:51.400><c> on</c><00:28:51.640><c> saying,</c> 00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:55.779 No,<00:28:52.460><c> it's</c><00:28:52.599><c> just</c><00:28:52.799><c> a</c><00:28:52.799><c> little</c><00:28:53.000><c> bit</c><00:28:53.140><c> in</c><00:28:53.259><c> the</c><00:28:53.339><c> middle,</c><00:28:53.859><c> east,</c><00:28:54.319><c> nowhere</c><00:28:54.500><c> else.</c> 00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.900 Verse<00:28:56.059><c> 23,</c> 00:28:56.920 --> 00:29:00.099 Every<00:28:57.460><c> living</c><00:28:57.839><c> substance</c><00:28:58.440><c> was</c><00:28:58.920><c> destroyed</c><00:28:59.500><c> which</c><00:28:59.700><c> was</c><00:28:59.880><c> upon</c> 00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:01.380 the<00:29:00.359><c> face</c><00:29:00.539><c> of</c><00:29:00.740><c> the</c><00:29:00.920><c> ground,</c> 00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:04.779 both<00:29:01.819><c> man</c><00:29:02.240><c> and</c><00:29:02.420><c> cattle</c><00:29:02.779><c> and</c><00:29:03.220><c> creeping</c><00:29:03.519><c> thing</c><00:29:03.980><c> and</c><00:29:04.420><c> the</c><00:29:04.599><c> fowl</c> 00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.819 of<00:29:04.940><c> the</c><00:29:05.079><c> heavens.</c> 00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:08.579 They<00:29:06.000><c> were</c><00:29:06.140><c> all</c><00:29:06.460><c> destroyed</c><00:29:06.940><c> from</c><00:29:07.200><c> off</c><00:29:07.400><c> the</c><00:29:07.579><c> earth,</c><00:29:07.839><c> only</c><00:29:08.299><c> now</c> 00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:08.980 could<00:29:08.839><c> I.</c> 00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:12.740 If<00:29:09.400><c> you</c><00:29:09.579><c> 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the</c><00:29:34.099><c> civilisations</c><00:29:34.880><c> in</c> 00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:37.480 the<00:29:36.079><c> Egyptian</c><00:29:36.460><c> valley.</c> 00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:40.319 That<00:29:38.940><c> was</c><00:29:39.140><c> a</c><00:29:39.299><c> difficulty.</c> 00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:45.799 The<00:29:43.339><c> Bible</c><00:29:43.519><c> means</c><00:29:43.819><c> what</c><00:29:44.000><c> it</c><00:29:44.279><c> says,</c><00:29:44.799><c> it</c><00:29:44.799><c> was</c><00:29:44.940><c> my</c><00:29:45.140><c> own</c><00:29:45.440><c> answer.</c> 00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:49.759 Of<00:29:46.380><c> course</c><00:29:47.019><c> if</c><00:29:47.240><c> one</c><00:29:47.400><c> wanted</c><00:29:47.660><c> to</c><00:29:47.900><c> counter</c><00:29:48.119><c> what</c><00:29:48.339><c> he</c><00:29:48.579><c> said</c><00:29:49.019><c> about</c> 00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:51.460 archaeology<00:29:50.440><c> in</c><00:29:50.660><c> the</c><00:29:50.700><c> Egyptian</c><00:29:51.000><c> valley,</c> 00:29:51.880 --> 00:29:57.240 one<00:29:52.079><c> could</c><00:29:52.339><c> say</c><00:29:52.640><c> yes,</c><00:29:53.359><c> and</c><00:29:53.559><c> science</c><00:29:53.920><c> has</c><00:29:54.599><c> some</c><00:29:55.019><c> very</c><00:29:55.619><c> striking</c><00:29:56.180><c> proofs</c> 00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:59.859 of<00:29:57.440><c> the</c><00:29:58.519><c> totality</c><00:29:59.099><c> of</c><00:29:59.339><c> the</c><00:29:59.539><c> flood,</c> 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:02.900 of<00:30:00.420><c> those</c><00:30:00.660><c> elephants</c><00:30:01.119><c> who</c><00:30:01.599><c> were</c><00:30:01.920><c> found</c><00:30:02.240><c> right</c><00:30:02.599><c> in</c><00:30:02.819><c> the</c> 00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:05.119 Siberian<00:30:04.039><c> regions,</c> 00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:08.140 complete<00:30:05.819><c> flesh,</c><00:30:06.440><c> bones</c><00:30:06.519><c> and</c><00:30:06.759><c> everything,</c><00:30:07.680><c> living</c><00:30:07.799><c> in</c><00:30:08.039><c> a</c> 00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:10.960 luxurious<00:30:08.779><c> temperate,</c><00:30:09.539><c> luxurious</c><00:30:10.059><c> tropical</c><00:30:10.519><c> climate,</c> 00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:13.700 overcome<00:30:11.799><c> and</c><00:30:12.140><c> overwhelmed</c><00:30:12.500><c> and</c><00:30:12.779><c> still</c><00:30:13.019><c> found</c><00:30:13.299><c> and</c><00:30:13.519><c> brought</c> 00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:15.359 out<00:30:14.059><c> in</c><00:30:14.299><c> the</c><00:30:14.380><c> beginning</c><00:30:14.660><c> of</c><00:30:14.839><c> this</c><00:30:14.980><c> century,</c> 00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:20.259 dramatic<00:30:16.079><c> proof</c><00:30:16.619><c> of</c><00:30:17.579><c> the</c><00:30:18.839><c> universal</c><00:30:19.339><c> character</c><00:30:19.740><c> of</c><00:30:20.019><c> the</c><00:30:20.119><c> flood</c> 00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:22.680 and<00:30:20.500><c> the</c><00:30:20.720><c> widespread</c><00:30:21.039><c> civilisation</c><00:30:21.779><c> before</c><00:30:22.119><c> the</c><00:30:22.420><c> flood.</c> 00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:25.420 But<00:30:23.359><c> we're</c><00:30:23.599><c> not</c><00:30:23.799><c> arguing</c><00:30:24.099><c> that</c><00:30:24.400><c> tonight.</c> 00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:29.259 Just<00:30:26.119><c> pressing</c><00:30:26.440><c> what</c><00:30:26.680><c> the</c><00:30:26.980><c> scripture</c><00:30:27.319><c> requires</c><00:30:28.019><c> and</c><00:30:28.460><c> says.</c> 00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:32.420 And<00:30:29.960><c> just</c><00:30:30.099><c> before</c><00:30:30.420><c> we</c><00:30:30.619><c> leave</c><00:30:30.740><c> Genesis</c><00:30:31.319><c> and</c><00:30:32.039><c> the</c><00:30:32.240><c> flood,</c> 00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:35.099 there<00:30:32.579><c> is</c><00:30:32.799><c> a</c><00:30:32.940><c> phrase</c><00:30:33.140><c> I</c><00:30:33.420><c> draw</c><00:30:33.579><c> your</c><00:30:33.859><c> attention</c><00:30:34.319><c> to</c><00:30:34.599><c> in</c><00:30:34.839><c> chapter</c> 00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:37.460 9<00:30:35.539><c> and</c><00:30:35.859><c> verse</c><00:30:36.099><c> 6.</c> 00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:45.079 Whoso<00:30:40.359><c> shedeth</c><00:30:41.000><c> man's</c><00:30:41.680><c> blood,</c><00:30:42.799><c> by</c><00:30:42.960><c> man</c><00:30:43.420><c> shall</c><00:30:43.759><c> his</c><00:30:44.059><c> blood</c><00:30:44.319><c> be</c><00:30:44.680><c> shed,</c> 00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:49.759 for<00:30:45.859><c> in</c><00:30:46.180><c> the</c><00:30:46.400><c> image</c><00:30:46.720><c> of</c><00:30:47.039><c> God</c><00:30:47.500><c> made</c><00:30:48.279><c> he</c><00:30:48.759><c> man.</c> 00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:55.740 But<00:30:51.759><c> the</c><00:30:51.900><c> love</c><00:30:52.039><c> lock</c><00:30:52.160><c> says</c><00:30:52.400><c> no,</c><00:30:52.759><c> he's</c><00:30:53.079><c> making</c><00:30:53.519><c> man,</c><00:30:54.500><c> it's</c><00:30:54.680><c> going</c><00:30:54.920><c> on.</c> 00:30:56.299 --> 00:31:00.559 Let<00:30:56.579><c> us</c><00:30:56.839><c> make</c><00:30:57.140><c> man</c><00:30:57.579><c> in</c><00:30:57.960><c> our</c><00:30:58.339><c> image</c><00:30:58.660><c> and</c><00:30:58.880><c> in</c><00:30:59.039><c> our</c><00:30:59.200><c> lives</c><00:30:59.319><c> as</c><00:30:59.559><c> a</c><00:30:59.619><c> process</c><00:31:00.079><c> going</c><00:31:00.359><c> on</c> 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.859 into<00:31:00.740><c> the</c><00:31:00.900><c> future.</c> 00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:05.940 Moses<00:31:02.839><c> says</c><00:31:03.200><c> in</c><00:31:03.359><c> this</c><00:31:03.640><c> statement,</c><00:31:04.559><c> looking</c><00:31:04.819><c> back</c><00:31:05.259><c> from</c><00:31:05.500><c> the</c><00:31:05.720><c> flood,</c> 00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:09.779 God<00:31:06.440><c> made</c><00:31:06.980><c> him</c><00:31:07.200><c> in</c><00:31:07.420><c> his</c><00:31:07.640><c> image,</c><00:31:08.339><c> a</c><00:31:08.480><c> thing</c><00:31:08.740><c> done</c><00:31:09.019><c> at</c><00:31:09.240><c> the</c><00:31:09.420><c> time,</c> 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:13.160 and<00:31:10.180><c> therefore</c><00:31:10.400><c> creation</c><00:31:10.980><c> and</c><00:31:11.400><c> not</c><00:31:11.660><c> theistic</c><00:31:12.019><c> evolution.</c> 00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:17.819 In<00:31:15.000><c> the</c><00:31:15.140><c> image</c><00:31:15.339><c> of</c><00:31:15.519><c> God</c><00:31:15.720><c> itself</c><00:31:16.220><c> is</c><00:31:16.420><c> a</c><00:31:16.599><c> word</c><00:31:16.799><c> that</c><00:31:17.559><c> expresses</c> 00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:19.460 the<00:31:18.200><c> idea</c><00:31:18.339><c> and</c><00:31:18.559><c> the</c><00:31:18.799><c> shape,</c> 00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:24.180 and<00:31:19.839><c> again</c><00:31:20.059><c> is</c><00:31:20.339><c> used</c><00:31:20.559><c> of</c><00:31:21.119><c> form</c><00:31:21.579><c> and</c><00:31:22.519><c> outward</c><00:31:22.980><c> appearance.</c> 00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:32.940 Now<00:31:29.700><c> in</c><00:31:30.319><c> the</c><00:31:30.400><c> New</c><00:31:30.720><c> Testament</c><00:31:31.259><c> there's</c><00:31:31.500><c> just</c><00:31:31.960><c> two</c><00:31:32.380><c> scriptures</c> 00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:34.500 I<00:31:33.119><c> would</c><00:31:33.420><c> briefly,</c> 00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:37.359 the<00:31:36.019><c> only</c><00:31:36.180><c> one</c><00:31:36.400><c> I've</c><00:31:36.599><c> got</c><00:31:36.720><c> it</c><00:31:36.900><c> down</c><00:31:37.099><c> here.</c> 00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:41.400 That's<00:31:37.900><c> the</c><00:31:38.039><c> rather</c><00:31:38.259><c> well</c><00:31:38.559><c> known</c><00:31:38.700><c> one</c><00:31:38.900><c> in</c><00:31:39.039><c> 2</c><00:31:39.359><c> Corinthians</c><00:31:39.960><c> 11,</c> 00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:46.420 where<00:31:41.920><c> Paul</c><00:31:42.500><c> does</c><00:31:43.079><c> speak</c><00:31:43.500><c> of</c><00:31:43.819><c> the</c><00:31:44.039><c> serpent</c><00:31:44.980><c> tempting</c><00:31:45.779><c> Eve,</c> 00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:51.460 and<00:31:47.000><c> this</c><00:31:47.200><c> must</c><00:31:47.480><c> therefore</c><00:31:47.900><c> be</c><00:31:48.180><c> of</c><00:31:50.099><c> considerable</c><00:31:50.839><c> importance</c> 00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:52.720 bearing<00:31:51.759><c> on</c><00:31:52.019><c> this</c><00:31:52.200><c> subject.</c> 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:57.859 In<00:31:53.799><c> 2</c><00:31:53.859><c> Corinthians</c><00:31:54.380><c> 11</c><00:31:55.220><c> and</c><00:31:55.680><c> verse</c><00:31:56.119><c> 3,</c> 00:31:58.839 --> 00:32:01.579 he<00:31:58.859><c> wishes</c><00:31:59.180><c> the</c><00:31:59.380><c> church</c><00:31:59.759><c> to</c><00:31:59.980><c> be</c><00:32:00.079><c> as</c><00:32:00.279><c> a</c><00:32:00.380><c> chaste</c><00:32:00.700><c> virgin</c><00:32:01.000><c> to</c><00:32:01.200><c> Christ,</c> 00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:06.579 but<00:32:01.779><c> I</c><00:32:02.119><c> fear,</c><00:32:02.920><c> lest</c><00:32:03.039><c> by</c><00:32:03.400><c> any</c><00:32:03.559><c> means,</c><00:32:03.819><c> as</c><00:32:04.099><c> the</c><00:32:04.279><c> serpent</c><00:32:04.559><c> beguiled</c><00:32:05.119><c> Eve</c><00:32:05.380><c> through</c><00:32:05.640><c> his</c><00:32:05.859><c> subtlety,</c> 00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:09.519 so<00:32:07.240><c> your</c><00:32:07.559><c> mind</c><00:32:07.900><c> should</c><00:32:08.099><c> be</c><00:32:08.319><c> corrupted</c><00:32:08.640><c> from</c><00:32:08.940><c> the</c><00:32:09.180><c> simplicity</c> 00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:11.140 that<00:32:09.799><c> is</c><00:32:09.960><c> in</c><00:32:10.200><c> Christ.</c> 00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:15.700 So<00:32:11.900><c> he's</c><00:32:12.200><c> drawing</c><00:32:12.339><c> a</c><00:32:12.640><c> parallel</c><00:32:12.940><c> that</c><00:32:13.319><c> as</c><00:32:13.660><c> the</c><00:32:13.980><c> serpent</c><00:32:14.220><c> beguiled</c><00:32:15.039><c> Eve,</c> 00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:18.359 so<00:32:16.180><c> they</c><00:32:16.539><c> should</c><00:32:16.779><c> be</c><00:32:17.000><c> beguiled</c><00:32:17.539><c> by</c><00:32:18.079><c> what?</c> 00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:23.880 If<00:32:19.519><c> you</c><00:32:19.740><c> read</c><00:32:20.079><c> through</c><00:32:20.720><c> this</c><00:32:21.119><c> chapter,</c><00:32:21.759><c> you'll</c><00:32:22.259><c> find</c><00:32:23.460><c> it</c><00:32:23.599><c> says</c> 00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.779 in<00:32:24.000><c> verse</c><00:32:24.259><c> 13,</c> 00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:28.500 there<00:32:24.940><c> are</c><00:32:25.299><c> certain</c><00:32:25.720><c> false</c><00:32:26.160><c> apostles,</c><00:32:27.299><c> deceitful</c><00:32:27.839><c> workers,</c> 00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:31.180 transforming<00:32:29.400><c> themselves</c><00:32:29.960><c> with</c><00:32:30.160><c> the</c><00:32:30.279><c> apostles</c><00:32:30.579><c> of</c><00:32:30.819><c> Christ,</c> 00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:33.279 and<00:32:31.480><c> they</c><00:32:31.599><c> were</c><00:32:31.799><c> in</c><00:32:32.000><c> the</c><00:32:32.160><c> Ecclesias.</c> 00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:37.720 They<00:32:33.759><c> got</c><00:32:34.019><c> hold</c><00:32:34.240><c> of</c><00:32:34.500><c> ideas</c><00:32:34.880><c> that</c><00:32:35.200><c> were</c><00:32:36.180><c> Greek</c><00:32:36.460><c> philosophy,</c> 00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:43.039 and<00:32:38.579><c> they</c><00:32:38.720><c> had</c><00:32:39.940><c> knowledge,</c><00:32:40.720><c> these</c><00:32:41.019><c> false</c><00:32:41.299><c> teachers</c><00:32:41.640><c> had</c><00:32:41.940><c> knowledge</c><00:32:42.299><c> of</c><00:32:42.539><c> God,</c> 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:47.819 and<00:32:43.839><c> they</c><00:32:43.980><c> were</c><00:32:44.200><c> in</c><00:32:44.460><c> the</c><00:32:44.680><c> Ecclesias</c><00:32:45.660><c> beguiling</c><00:32:46.420><c> the</c><00:32:46.880><c> believers.</c> 00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:50.359 Now<00:32:48.700><c> if</c><00:32:48.779><c> we're</c><00:32:48.900><c> on</c><00:32:49.000><c> the</c><00:32:49.059><c> long</c><00:32:49.220><c> locks</c><00:32:49.420><c> right,</c> 00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:54.599 and<00:32:50.779><c> the</c><00:32:51.000><c> serpent</c><00:32:51.240><c> is</c><00:32:51.559><c> representing</c><00:32:52.559><c> these</c><00:32:53.559><c> people</c><00:32:53.940><c> around</c><00:32:54.279><c> Adam</c> 00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:57.980 who<00:32:54.799><c> had</c><00:32:55.000><c> no</c><00:32:55.359><c> contact</c><00:32:55.819><c> with</c><00:32:56.140><c> God,</c><00:32:56.799><c> no</c><00:32:57.019><c> covenant</c><00:32:57.440><c> with</c><00:32:57.740><c> God,</c> 00:32:58.079 --> 00:33:01.259 were<00:32:58.160><c> not</c><00:32:58.519><c> seeking</c><00:32:58.839><c> God,</c><00:32:59.240><c> had</c><00:32:59.359><c> no</c><00:32:59.619><c> ability</c><00:32:59.960><c> to</c><00:33:00.180><c> know</c><00:33:00.359><c> God,</c> 00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:04.400 how<00:33:01.579><c> inappropriate</c><00:33:02.200><c> of</c><00:33:02.599><c> Paul</c><00:33:02.799><c> to</c><00:33:03.039><c> use</c><00:33:03.240><c> this</c><00:33:03.440><c> symbol.</c> 00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:08.480 He's<00:33:05.920><c> using</c><00:33:06.039><c> it</c><00:33:06.200><c> of</c><00:33:06.259><c> people</c><00:33:06.579><c> who</c><00:33:06.940><c> did</c><00:33:07.200><c> know</c><00:33:07.519><c> about</c><00:33:07.960><c> God,</c> 00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:10.380 who<00:33:08.859><c> were</c><00:33:08.960><c> within</c><00:33:09.240><c> the</c><00:33:09.480><c> Ecclesias.</c> 00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:14.359 And<00:33:11.140><c> the</c><00:33:11.740><c> wording</c><00:33:12.099><c> of</c><00:33:12.500><c> Paul</c><00:33:12.740><c> here</c><00:33:13.380><c> does</c><00:33:13.759><c> suggest,</c> 00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:16.240 what<00:33:14.900><c> I</c><00:33:15.059><c> myself</c><00:33:15.380><c> said</c><00:33:15.599><c> earlier</c><00:33:16.019><c> on,</c> 00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:19.640 the<00:33:16.640><c> serpent,</c><00:33:17.599><c> as</c><00:33:17.799><c> I</c><00:33:18.019><c> believe</c><00:33:18.200><c> made</c><00:33:18.420><c> by</c><00:33:18.759><c> God</c><00:33:18.940><c> with</c><00:33:19.220><c> reason</c><00:33:19.420><c> and</c> 00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:20.339 power<00:33:19.799><c> and</c><00:33:19.980><c> speech,</c> 00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:23.519 knew<00:33:21.000><c> what</c><00:33:21.339><c> had</c><00:33:21.539><c> been</c><00:33:21.720><c> said</c><00:33:21.859><c> in</c><00:33:22.099><c> the</c><00:33:22.299><c> garden</c><00:33:22.680><c> and</c><00:33:23.140><c> did</c><00:33:23.299><c> know</c> 00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:24.079 about<00:33:23.759><c> God.</c> 00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:30.700 But<00:33:24.759><c> this</c><00:33:25.180><c> use</c><00:33:25.599><c> of</c><00:33:26.099><c> Paul</c><00:33:26.420><c> of</c><00:33:26.720><c> the</c><00:33:27.980><c> parallel</c><00:33:28.500><c> does</c><00:33:29.460><c> not</c><00:33:30.339><c> fit</c> 00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:34.279 with<00:33:31.240><c> the</c><00:33:31.519><c> serpent</c><00:33:31.819><c> of</c><00:33:32.319><c> Brother</c><00:33:33.240><c> Lovelock's</c><00:33:33.900><c> thesis,</c> 00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:38.460 for<00:33:34.720><c> people</c><00:33:36.019><c> around</c><00:33:36.440><c> who</c><00:33:36.619><c> had</c><00:33:36.759><c> no</c><00:33:37.019><c> knowledge.</c> 00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:42.779 Leaving<00:33:40.940><c> the</c><00:33:41.140><c> rest</c><00:33:41.279><c> of</c><00:33:41.500><c> scripture,</c><00:33:41.799><c> or</c><00:33:41.900><c> one</c><00:33:42.039><c> or</c><00:33:42.119><c> two</c><00:33:42.299><c> other</c><00:33:42.559><c> passages,</c> 00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.839 which<00:33:42.980><c> are</c><00:33:43.099><c> not</c><00:33:43.220><c> very</c><00:33:43.500><c> important,</c> 00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:46.640 we<00:33:44.220><c> must</c><00:33:44.660><c> next</c><00:33:45.299><c> pass</c><00:33:45.460><c> to</c><00:33:45.619><c> the</c><00:33:45.819><c> important</c><00:33:46.200><c> matter,</c> 00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:51.480 does<00:33:47.240><c> his</c><00:33:47.559><c> thesis</c><00:33:47.980><c> square</c><00:33:48.859><c> with</c><00:33:49.200><c> the</c><00:33:49.400><c> revealed</c><00:33:49.680><c> doctrine</c><00:33:50.099><c> of</c><00:33:50.339><c> salvation,</c> 00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:54.900 and<00:33:52.220><c> particularly</c><00:33:52.539><c> what</c><00:33:52.680><c> we</c><00:33:52.900><c> find</c><00:33:53.059><c> in</c><00:33:53.200><c> Romans</c><00:33:53.440><c> chapter</c><00:33:53.759><c> 5.</c> 00:33:56.019 --> 00:34:00.859 See,<00:33:56.539><c> the</c><00:33:57.059><c> basic</c><00:33:57.599><c> situation</c><00:33:58.660><c> we</c><00:33:59.779><c> all</c><00:34:00.039><c> know,</c><00:34:00.240><c> I'm</c><00:34:00.539><c> sure,</c> 00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:09.500 is<00:34:01.519><c> that</c><00:34:01.900><c> all</c><00:34:03.559><c> men</c><00:34:04.400><c> are</c><00:34:05.519><c> subject</c><00:34:06.140><c> to</c><00:34:06.640><c> sin</c><00:34:06.859><c> and</c><00:34:07.160><c> death</c><00:34:07.559><c> through</c><00:34:08.460><c> Adam.</c> 00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:13.900 And<00:34:11.639><c> therefore</c><00:34:11.900><c> on</c><00:34:12.139><c> that</c><00:34:12.320><c> basis</c><00:34:12.639><c> there</c><00:34:12.860><c> is</c><00:34:13.019><c> Jesus</c><00:34:13.340><c> Christ</c> 00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:18.420 in<00:34:14.320><c> whom</c><00:34:14.579><c> there</c><00:34:14.900><c> is</c><00:34:15.780><c> salvation</c><00:34:16.440><c> from</c><00:34:16.820><c> that</c><00:34:17.119><c> condemnation.</c> 00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:24.860 So<00:34:20.539><c> we</c><00:34:20.719><c> have</c><00:34:21.179><c> for</c><00:34:21.380><c> Brother</c><00:34:21.559><c> Lovelock</c><00:34:22.460><c> a</c><00:34:23.300><c> vast</c><00:34:23.659><c> number</c><00:34:24.059><c> of</c><00:34:24.320><c> people</c> 00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:31.500 who<00:34:25.239><c> don't</c><00:34:26.699><c> come</c><00:34:27.579><c> from</c><00:34:28.900><c> Adam</c><00:34:30.219><c> personal.</c> 00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:35.820 These<00:34:31.840><c> people</c><00:34:32.699><c> die</c><00:34:33.400><c> just</c><00:34:33.960><c> because</c><00:34:34.320><c> that's</c><00:34:34.980><c> how</c><00:34:35.199><c> they</c><00:34:35.420><c> are,</c> 00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:37.400 from<00:34:36.360><c> long</c><00:34:36.519><c> hereditary.</c> 00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:41.420 Whereas<00:34:38.000><c> these,</c><00:34:38.880><c> in</c><00:34:39.079><c> the</c><00:34:39.960><c> presentation</c><00:34:40.519><c> of</c><00:34:41.000><c> Paul,</c> 00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:44.980 die<00:34:42.340><c> because</c><00:34:42.820><c> they</c><00:34:43.019><c> are</c><00:34:43.079><c> under</c><00:34:43.300><c> condemnation</c><00:34:43.880><c> of</c><00:34:44.079><c> sin</c><00:34:44.239><c> through</c><00:34:44.440><c> Adam.</c> 00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:47.179 Totally<00:34:45.820><c> different</c><00:34:46.059><c> and</c><00:34:46.239><c> important</c><00:34:46.659><c> difference.</c> 00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:49.699 We<00:34:47.679><c> might</c><00:34:47.920><c> just</c><00:34:48.159><c> read</c><00:34:48.360><c> perhaps</c><00:34:48.659><c> before</c><00:34:48.820><c> we</c><00:34:48.980><c> proceed</c><00:34:49.239><c> further</c> 00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:52.599 what<00:34:50.019><c> he</c><00:34:50.179><c> does</c><00:34:50.440><c> say</c><00:34:50.659><c> in</c><00:34:50.800><c> Romans</c><00:34:51.239><c> chapter</c><00:34:52.039><c> 5,</c> 00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:55.059 so<00:34:52.719><c> that</c><00:34:52.820><c> we</c><00:34:53.579><c> find</c><00:34:53.840><c> it</c><00:34:54.559><c> clear.</c> 00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:58.099 A<00:34:55.820><c> little</c><00:34:55.960><c> bit</c><00:34:56.119><c> of</c><00:34:56.280><c> Romans</c><00:34:56.500><c> 5.</c> 00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:04.739 Verse<00:35:03.420><c> 12.</c> 00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:08.340 Wherefore,<00:35:06.380><c> he's</c><00:35:06.619><c> been</c><00:35:06.840><c> speaking</c><00:35:07.079><c> earlier</c><00:35:07.400><c> of</c><00:35:07.559><c> Jesus</c><00:35:07.960><c> Christ</c> 00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:12.079 and<00:35:08.699><c> the</c><00:35:08.920><c> salvation,</c><00:35:09.739><c> reconciliation</c><00:35:10.360><c> in</c><00:35:10.679><c> Jesus'</c><00:35:11.559><c> death.</c> 00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:15.980 Wherefore,<00:35:12.940><c> as</c><00:35:13.139><c> by</c><00:35:13.400><c> one</c><00:35:13.659><c> man</c><00:35:14.179><c> sin</c><00:35:14.780><c> entered</c><00:35:15.119><c> into</c><00:35:15.320><c> the</c><00:35:15.559><c> world,</c> 00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:20.380 and<00:35:16.480><c> death</c><00:35:16.760><c> by</c><00:35:17.119><c> sin,</c><00:35:18.619><c> so</c><00:35:18.860><c> death</c><00:35:19.179><c> hath</c><00:35:19.400><c> passed</c><00:35:19.639><c> upon</c><00:35:19.900><c> all</c><00:35:20.179><c> men,</c> 00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:23.460 for<00:35:20.500><c> all</c><00:35:20.820><c> have</c><00:35:21.099><c> sinned.</c> 00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:25.519 He<00:35:23.760><c> repeats</c><00:35:23.960><c> this</c><00:35:24.199><c> a</c><00:35:24.280><c> number</c><00:35:24.500><c> of</c><00:35:24.679><c> times,</c><00:35:25.059><c> as</c><00:35:25.119><c> you</c><00:35:25.340><c> know,</c> 00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:27.920 verses<00:35:25.880><c> 17,</c><00:35:26.840><c> 18</c><00:35:27.119><c> and</c><00:35:27.260><c> 19.</c> 00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:33.460 If<00:35:28.699><c> by</c><00:35:29.139><c> one</c><00:35:29.380><c> man's</c><00:35:29.760><c> offence</c><00:35:31.000><c> death</c><00:35:31.639><c> reigned</c><00:35:32.119><c> by</c><00:35:32.500><c> one,</c> 00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:37.219 much<00:35:34.059><c> more</c><00:35:34.300><c> they</c><00:35:34.539><c> which</c><00:35:35.360><c> receive</c><00:35:36.119><c> abundance</c><00:35:36.579><c> of</c><00:35:36.860><c> grace</c> 00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:41.739 and<00:35:37.480><c> of</c><00:35:37.639><c> the</c><00:35:37.760><c> gift</c><00:35:37.980><c> of</c><00:35:38.260><c> righteousness</c><00:35:38.679><c> shall</c><00:35:39.239><c> reign</c><00:35:39.519><c> in</c><00:35:41.360><c> life</c> 00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:43.760 by<00:35:42.099><c> one,</c><00:35:42.420><c> Jesus</c><00:35:42.739><c> Christ.</c> 00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:46.360 Therefore,<00:35:44.440><c> as</c><00:35:44.760><c> by</c><00:35:44.960><c> the</c><00:35:45.179><c> offence</c><00:35:45.599><c> of</c><00:35:45.880><c> one,</c> 00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:49.219 judgment<00:35:46.940><c> came</c><00:35:47.300><c> upon</c><00:35:47.579><c> all</c><00:35:47.920><c> men</c><00:35:48.079><c> to</c><00:35:48.320><c> condemnation.</c> 00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:52.079 So,<00:35:50.019><c> in</c><00:35:50.320><c> Jesus</c><00:35:50.659><c> Christ</c><00:35:51.019><c> unto</c><00:35:51.300><c> eternal</c><00:35:51.699><c> life,</c> 00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:53.199 this<00:35:52.380><c> he</c><00:35:52.559><c> repeats</c><00:35:52.820><c> again.</c> 00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:57.920 His<00:35:53.619><c> whole</c><00:35:54.079><c> case</c><00:35:54.679><c> is</c><00:35:55.239><c> based</c><00:35:55.480><c> upon</c><00:35:55.780><c> the</c><00:35:55.920><c> fact</c><00:35:56.179><c> everybody's</c><00:35:57.360><c> in</c><00:35:57.559><c> Adam</c> 00:35:57.920 --> 00:36:01.460 under<00:35:58.639><c> condemnation,</c><00:35:59.699><c> under</c><00:35:59.860><c> sin,</c><00:36:00.300><c> under</c><00:36:00.460><c> death,</c> 00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:03.599 and<00:36:01.940><c> in</c><00:36:02.139><c> Christ</c><00:36:02.420><c> a</c><00:36:02.599><c> new</c><00:36:02.780><c> head.</c> 00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:05.579 Now<00:36:04.139><c> this</c><00:36:04.260><c> of</c><00:36:04.460><c> course</c><00:36:04.619><c> is</c><00:36:04.800><c> a</c><00:36:04.960><c> very</c><00:36:05.179><c> real</c><00:36:05.320><c> difference</c> 00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:07.079 with<00:36:05.780><c> all</c><00:36:05.780><c> people</c><00:36:05.960><c> that</c><00:36:06.059><c> I</c><00:36:06.199><c> love</c><00:36:06.340><c> a</c><00:36:06.340><c> lot.</c> 00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:10.519 All<00:36:07.360><c> these</c><00:36:07.619><c> people</c><00:36:07.880><c> are</c><00:36:08.179><c> not</c><00:36:08.659><c> in</c><00:36:09.139><c> Adam</c><00:36:09.519><c> under</c><00:36:10.280><c> sin,</c> 00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.380 under<00:36:10.820><c> condemnation.</c> 00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.199 Where<00:36:11.639><c> do</c><00:36:11.760><c> they</c><00:36:11.920><c> stand?</c> 00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:15.139 Outside<00:36:12.760><c> the</c><00:36:14.199><c> hope</c><00:36:14.360><c> of</c><00:36:14.619><c> salvation?</c> 00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:18.860 No,<00:36:16.420><c> he</c><00:36:16.760><c> doesn't</c><00:36:17.039><c> wish</c><00:36:17.260><c> to</c><00:36:17.420><c> say</c><00:36:17.639><c> that.</c> 00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:21.500 But<00:36:19.699><c> he</c><00:36:19.800><c> makes</c><00:36:20.019><c> an</c><00:36:20.280><c> approach</c><00:36:20.599><c> to</c><00:36:20.800><c> deal</c><00:36:20.980><c> with</c><00:36:21.179><c> this</c> 00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:30.500 by<00:36:22.059><c> saying</c><00:36:22.559><c> that</c><00:36:23.539><c> as</c><00:36:26.599><c> Jesus</c><00:36:27.360><c> Christ</c><00:36:27.980><c> is</c><00:36:28.440><c> a</c><00:36:28.619><c> representative</c><00:36:29.159><c> man,</c> 00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:32.760 and<00:36:30.719><c> all</c><00:36:31.059><c> are</c><00:36:31.320><c> in</c><00:36:31.539><c> Jesus</c><00:36:31.940><c> Christ,</c> 00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:35.900 so<00:36:33.820><c> Adam</c><00:36:34.300><c> is</c><00:36:34.599><c> a</c><00:36:34.800><c> representative</c><00:36:35.320><c> man,</c> 00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:39.960 and<00:36:36.519><c> we</c><00:36:36.719><c> must</c><00:36:37.000><c> regard</c><00:36:37.440><c> all</c><00:36:38.219><c> as</c><00:36:38.760><c> in</c><00:36:39.099><c> Adam.</c> 00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:44.440 He<00:36:41.579><c> says,</c><00:36:41.960><c> well,</c><00:36:42.539><c> Jesus</c><00:36:42.880><c> Christ</c><00:36:43.280><c> was</c><00:36:43.559><c> different</c><00:36:44.039><c> from</c><00:36:44.280><c> us</c> 00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:47.800 in<00:36:44.820><c> some</c><00:36:44.820><c> ways,</c><00:36:45.639><c> and</c><00:36:45.760><c> yet</c><00:36:45.940><c> we</c><00:36:46.159><c> are</c><00:36:46.420><c> cast</c><00:36:46.579><c> as</c><00:36:46.900><c> all</c><00:36:47.079><c> in</c><00:36:47.280><c> him.</c> 00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:49.840 Why<00:36:48.539><c> should</c><00:36:48.739><c> it</c><00:36:48.920><c> not</c><00:36:49.139><c> be,</c><00:36:49.460><c> therefore,</c> 00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:56.199 that<00:36:50.539><c> though</c><00:36:51.460><c> the</c><00:36:51.840><c> Adam</c><00:36:52.039><c> race</c><00:36:52.800><c> were</c><00:36:53.480><c> less</c><00:36:53.900><c> and</c><00:36:55.699><c> different</c> 00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:57.699 from<00:36:56.760><c> Adam</c><00:36:57.039><c> personal,</c> 00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:01.119 they<00:36:58.239><c> could</c><00:36:58.519><c> nevertheless</c><00:36:58.980><c> be</c><00:36:59.280><c> regarded</c><00:36:59.639><c> as</c><00:36:59.980><c> in</c><00:37:00.260><c> him?</c> 00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:05.820 So<00:37:01.980><c> he</c><00:37:02.300><c> reasons</c><00:37:02.699><c> through</c><00:37:03.139><c> half</c><00:37:03.420><c> a</c><00:37:03.679><c> page</c><00:37:04.159><c> in</c><00:37:05.159><c> his</c><00:37:05.400><c> notes</c> 00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:09.559 that<00:37:06.480><c> Adam</c><00:37:06.980><c> was</c><00:37:07.579><c> representative</c><00:37:08.460><c> of</c><00:37:09.139><c> all.</c> 00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:11.599 They<00:37:10.000><c> were</c><00:37:10.219><c> all</c><00:37:10.559><c> in</c><00:37:10.820><c> him.</c> 00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:16.320 If<00:37:13.320><c> this</c><00:37:13.780><c> could</c><00:37:14.059><c> be</c><00:37:14.340><c> true,</c><00:37:14.780><c> it</c><00:37:14.780><c> would</c><00:37:15.480><c> perhaps</c><00:37:15.960><c> help</c> 00:37:16.760 --> 00:37:19.260 for<00:37:17.019><c> the</c><00:37:17.119><c> lovelock</c><00:37:17.440><c> over</c><00:37:17.719><c> difficult</c><00:37:18.119><c> style,</c> 00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:20.639 the<00:37:19.539><c> basic</c><00:37:19.780><c> and</c><00:37:19.980><c> important</c><00:37:20.340><c> one.</c> 00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:24.599 So<00:37:21.119><c> we</c><00:37:21.280><c> must</c><00:37:21.519><c> now</c><00:37:21.780><c> ask,</c><00:37:22.840><c> is</c><00:37:23.079><c> this</c><00:37:23.539><c> true?</c> 00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:31.079 Is<00:37:26.840><c> there</c><00:37:27.179><c> a</c><00:37:27.400><c> parallel</c><00:37:27.800><c> as</c><00:37:28.460><c> we</c><00:37:29.219><c> are</c><00:37:29.500><c> all</c><00:37:30.000><c> in</c><00:37:30.559><c> Christ,</c> 00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:35.039 so<00:37:31.900><c> these</c><00:37:32.440><c> others</c><00:37:32.960><c> who</c><00:37:33.340><c> were</c><00:37:34.019><c> coming</c><00:37:34.340><c> from</c><00:37:34.579><c> the</c><00:37:34.840><c> stream</c> 00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:38.019 before<00:37:35.519><c> Adam</c><00:37:35.860><c> can</c><00:37:36.440><c> be</c><00:37:36.820><c> in</c><00:37:37.199><c> Adam?</c> 00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:43.719 The<00:37:40.000><c> answer</c><00:37:40.380><c> is</c><00:37:40.639><c> there</c><00:37:40.820><c> is</c><00:37:41.099><c> not</c><00:37:41.320><c> a</c><00:37:41.539><c> parallel</c><00:37:41.860><c> between</c><00:37:42.360><c> the</c><00:37:42.659><c> two.</c> 00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:48.780 Now<00:37:45.380><c> just</c><00:37:45.559><c> think</c><00:37:45.760><c> about</c><00:37:46.059><c> Jesus</c><00:37:46.500><c> first</c><00:37:46.940><c> as</c><00:37:47.119><c> a</c><00:37:47.300><c> representative</c><00:37:47.719><c> man.</c> 00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:53.820 With<00:37:50.659><c> Jesus</c><00:37:50.960><c> as</c><00:37:51.199><c> a</c><00:37:51.400><c> representative,</c><00:37:52.199><c> there</c><00:37:52.320><c> are</c><00:37:52.539><c> two</c><00:37:52.760><c> features.</c> 00:37:54.960 --> 00:38:01.579 First,<00:37:56.500><c> that</c><00:37:56.599><c> he</c><00:37:56.800><c> has</c><00:37:57.340><c> in</c><00:37:57.780><c> common</c><00:37:58.440><c> with</c><00:37:59.099><c> us</c><00:37:59.340><c> the</c><00:37:59.579><c> things</c><00:37:59.820><c> that</c><00:38:00.119><c> matter.</c> 00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:06.059 Our<00:38:02.780><c> fallen</c><00:38:03.000><c> estate,</c><00:38:04.500><c> our</c><00:38:04.500><c> need</c><00:38:04.579><c> for</c><00:38:04.840><c> salvation,</c> 00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:10.179 what<00:38:07.699><c> the</c><00:38:07.940><c> Bible</c><00:38:08.159><c> calls</c><00:38:08.519><c> our</c><00:38:08.760><c> unclean</c><00:38:09.179><c> nature.</c> 00:38:10.900 --> 00:38:14.159 He<00:38:10.920><c> has</c><00:38:11.159><c> these</c><00:38:11.539><c> important</c><00:38:11.980><c> things</c><00:38:12.280><c> in</c><00:38:12.559><c> common</c><00:38:12.760><c> with</c><00:38:12.960><c> us.</c> 00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:16.980 Right,<00:38:14.820><c> in</c><00:38:14.880><c> that</c><00:38:15.039><c> way</c><00:38:15.239><c> obviously</c><00:38:15.539><c> he</c><00:38:15.679><c> can</c><00:38:15.760><c> be</c><00:38:15.960><c> a</c><00:38:16.039><c> representative.</c> 00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:23.340 Second,<00:38:20.579><c> in</c><00:38:20.820><c> those</c><00:38:21.079><c> things</c><00:38:21.380><c> in</c><00:38:21.519><c> which</c><00:38:21.639><c> he</c><00:38:21.800><c> is</c><00:38:21.960><c> different,</c> 00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:28.800 but<00:38:23.639><c> then,</c><00:38:26.300><c> in</c><00:38:26.420><c> those</c><00:38:26.719><c> things</c><00:38:26.940><c> in</c><00:38:27.099><c> which</c><00:38:27.280><c> he</c><00:38:27.380><c> is</c><00:38:27.659><c> different,</c> 00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:34.360 it<00:38:29.079><c> is</c><00:38:29.300><c> essential</c><00:38:29.940><c> that</c><00:38:30.300><c> we</c><00:38:32.000><c> fully</c><00:38:32.719><c> identify</c><00:38:33.760><c> ourselves</c> 00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:37.039 with<00:38:34.659><c> his</c><00:38:35.280><c> different</c><00:38:35.820><c> position.</c> 00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:41.579 We<00:38:38.599><c> aren't</c><00:38:38.880><c> as</c><00:38:39.280><c> if,</c><00:38:39.360><c> we're</c><00:38:39.639><c> not</c><00:38:39.900><c> righteous</c><00:38:40.559><c> in</c><00:38:41.079><c> reality,</c> 00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:48.780 but<00:38:42.340><c> we</c><00:38:43.880><c> have</c><00:38:44.139><c> every</c><00:38:44.460><c> one</c><00:38:44.659><c> of</c><00:38:44.800><c> us</c><00:38:45.000><c> to</c><00:38:45.380><c> mentally</c><00:38:45.980><c> understand</c><00:38:47.179><c> where</c><00:38:47.559><c> we</c><00:38:47.880><c> are,</c> 00:38:49.219 --> 00:38:52.300 understand<00:38:49.719><c> what</c><00:38:50.119><c> is</c><00:38:50.400><c> sin</c><00:38:50.659><c> and</c><00:38:50.900><c> what</c><00:38:51.079><c> is</c><00:38:51.280><c> righteousness,</c> 00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:54.900 understand<00:38:53.099><c> what</c><00:38:53.400><c> is</c><00:38:53.679><c> the</c><00:38:53.880><c> eternal</c><00:38:54.159><c> life</c><00:38:54.420><c> in</c><00:38:54.679><c> him,</c> 00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:58.079 and<00:38:55.400><c> identify</c><00:38:56.139><c> ourselves</c><00:38:56.699><c> with</c><00:38:56.900><c> his</c><00:38:57.119><c> position.</c> 00:38:58.840 --> 00:39:02.800 We<00:38:59.219><c> identify</c><00:38:59.840><c> ourselves</c><00:39:00.340><c> with</c><00:39:00.500><c> his</c><00:39:00.659><c> position</c><00:39:01.219><c> by</c><00:39:01.699><c> what</c><00:39:01.940><c> we</c><00:39:02.260><c> believe,</c> 00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:07.360 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the</c><00:39:29.880><c> things</c><00:39:30.059><c> in</c><00:39:30.179><c> which</c><00:39:30.340><c> he</c> 00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:31.940 differs<00:39:30.760><c> on</c><00:39:30.960><c> his</c><00:39:31.119><c> abode.</c> 00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:38.659 Now,<00:39:34.820><c> are</c><00:39:35.079><c> there</c><00:39:35.500><c> parallel</c><00:39:36.159><c> things</c><00:39:36.880><c> as</c><00:39:37.340><c> the</c><00:39:37.500><c> Love</c><00:39:37.840><c> Rock</c><00:39:38.000><c> would</c><00:39:38.300><c> like</c> 00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:41.920 in<00:39:39.000><c> relation</c><00:39:39.420><c> to</c><00:39:39.659><c> Adam</c><00:39:39.840><c> Personal</c><00:39:40.380><c> and</c><00:39:40.619><c> the</c><00:39:40.820><c> Adam</c><00:39:41.000><c> Race?</c> 00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:44.840 The<00:39:42.619><c> answer</c><00:39:42.820><c> emphatically</c><00:39:43.280><c> is</c><00:39:43.500><c> no.</c> 00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:49.280 First<00:39:45.900><c> of</c><00:39:46.059><c> all,</c><00:39:46.219><c> in</c><00:39:46.340><c> the</c><00:39:46.420><c> things</c><00:39:46.599><c> that</c><00:39:47.659><c> matter,</c><00:39:48.320><c> they</c><00:39:48.519><c> are</c><00:39:48.739><c> different.</c> 00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:51.559 Not<00:39:49.940><c> having</c><00:39:50.119><c> it</c><00:39:50.380><c> in</c><00:39:50.559><c> common,</c> 00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:57.599 the<00:39:51.840><c> Adam</c><00:39:52.159><c> Race</c><00:39:52.760><c> hasn't</c><00:39:53.420><c> got</c><00:39:53.820><c> these</c><00:39:54.179><c> faculties</c><00:39:55.159><c> of</c><00:39:56.219><c> appreciating</c><00:39:57.199><c> God,</c> 00:39:57.599 --> 00:40:03.320 of<00:39:58.440><c> receiving</c><00:39:59.179><c> law,</c><00:40:00.420><c> of</c><00:40:00.500><c> being</c><00:40:01.320><c> attuned</c><00:40:02.159><c> to</c><00:40:02.559><c> the</c><00:40:02.739><c> things</c><00:40:02.900><c> of</c><00:40:03.199><c> God.</c> 00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:06.019 That<00:40:03.539><c> had</c><00:40:03.760><c> to</c><00:40:03.960><c> be</c><00:40:04.119><c> a</c><00:40:04.260><c> divinely</c><00:40:04.599><c> modified</c><00:40:05.239><c> member</c><00:40:05.519><c> of</c><00:40:05.719><c> the</c><00:40:05.820><c> race</c> 00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:08.420 to<00:40:06.619><c> provide</c><00:40:07.380><c> that.</c> 00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:14.000 So<00:40:09.260><c> in</c><00:40:09.380><c> the</c><00:40:09.460><c> things</c><00:40:09.639><c> that</c><00:40:09.880><c> matter,</c><00:40:10.199><c> they</c><00:40:10.320><c> have</c><00:40:10.559><c> not</c><00:40:10.820><c> got</c><00:40:11.440><c> this</c><00:40:12.400><c> relationship,</c> 00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:18.099 and<00:40:14.699><c> secondly,</c><00:40:15.719><c> they</c><00:40:15.940><c> have</c><00:40:16.260><c> not</c><00:40:16.579><c> got</c><00:40:16.800><c> the</c><00:40:17.119><c> consciousness</c><00:40:17.780><c> of</c> 00:40:18.099 --> 00:40:19.320 the<00:40:18.460><c> fallen</c><00:40:18.840><c> man.</c> 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do</c><00:40:36.099><c> about</c><00:40:36.400><c> it?</c> 00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:40.239 Do<00:40:37.320><c> they</c><00:40:37.599><c> identify</c><00:40:38.219><c> themselves</c><00:40:38.699><c> with</c><00:40:38.900><c> that</c><00:40:39.059><c> which</c><00:40:39.239><c> is</c><00:40:39.400><c> different?</c> 00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:44.400 No,<00:40:41.699><c> they</c><00:40:41.820><c> are</c><00:40:42.400><c> ignorant</c><00:40:42.760><c> of</c><00:40:42.960><c> the</c><00:40:43.099><c> things</c><00:40:43.219><c> that</c><00:40:43.400><c> are</c><00:40:43.559><c> different.</c> 00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:47.519 They<00:40:44.780><c> do</c><00:40:44.940><c> not</c><00:40:45.099><c> associate</c><00:40:45.719><c> themselves</c><00:40:46.219><c> with</c><00:40:46.420><c> Adam</c><00:40:46.659><c> or</c><00:40:46.900><c> his</c><00:40:47.099><c> position.</c> 00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:48.820 They<00:40:47.739><c> do</c><00:40:47.880><c> not</c><00:40:48.059><c> know</c><00:40:48.260><c> of</c><00:40:48.500><c> it.</c> 00:40:49.219 --> 00:40:52.500 You<00:40:49.519><c> cannot</c><00:40:49.980><c> make</c><00:40:50.500><c> Adam</c><00:40:50.800><c> a</c><00:40:51.139><c> representative</c><00:40:51.659><c> because</c><00:40:52.079><c> it</c><00:40:52.280><c> just</c> 00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:54.219 isn't<00:40:52.840><c> there</c><00:40:53.059><c> to</c><00:40:53.280><c> represent</c><00:40:53.760><c> him,</c> 00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:57.940 and<00:40:54.579><c> it's</c><00:40:54.880><c> just</c><00:40:55.179><c> a</c><00:40:55.380><c> glass</c><00:40:55.840><c> of</c><00:40:56.260><c> an</c><00:40:56.559><c> idea</c><00:40:56.920><c> to</c><00:40:57.159><c> try</c><00:40:57.380><c> and</c><00:40:57.539><c> get</c><00:40:57.639><c> over</c> 00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.659 a<00:40:58.179><c> difficulty</c> 00:40:58.659 --> 00:41:02.900 to<00:40:59.519><c> propound</c><00:41:00.179><c> that</c><00:41:00.480><c> he</c><00:41:00.619><c> is</c><00:41:01.139><c> a</c><00:41:01.440><c> representative</c><00:41:01.920><c> of</c><00:41:02.460><c> people</c> 00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:07.280 who<00:41:03.300><c> have</c><00:41:03.440><c> had</c><00:41:03.760><c> no</c><00:41:04.079><c> contact</c><00:41:04.619><c> with</c><00:41:05.320><c> the</c><00:41:05.860><c> things</c><00:41:06.079><c> of</c><00:41:06.380><c> God.</c> 00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:10.400 When<00:41:08.099><c> answering</c><00:41:08.440><c> questions</c><00:41:08.840><c> on</c><00:41:09.039><c> this</c><00:41:09.260><c> afterwards,</c> 00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:13.219 Mother<00:41:10.519><c> Lola</c><00:41:10.900><c> made</c><00:41:11.280><c> some</c><00:41:11.579><c> attempts,</c><00:41:12.000><c> first</c><00:41:12.360><c> of</c><00:41:12.519><c> all,</c><00:41:12.760><c> to</c><00:41:12.880><c> say,</c> 00:41:13.559 --> 00:41:16.139 oh<00:41:13.699><c> yes,</c><00:41:14.159><c> but</c><00:41:14.159><c> of</c><00:41:14.340><c> course</c><00:41:14.500><c> they've</c><00:41:14.780><c> all</c><00:41:14.920><c> intermingled</c><00:41:15.440><c> and</c><00:41:15.619><c> intermarried,</c> 00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:17.559 so<00:41:16.340><c> they're</c><00:41:16.500><c> all</c><00:41:16.719><c> one</c><00:41:17.000><c> now.</c> 00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:19.900 But<00:41:18.159><c> when</c><00:41:18.280><c> he</c><00:41:18.420><c> was</c><00:41:18.539><c> asked,</c><00:41:18.860><c> yes,</c><00:41:19.019><c> but</c><00:41:19.119><c> what</c><00:41:19.280><c> about</c><00:41:19.519><c> the</c><00:41:19.739><c> time</c> 00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:20.760 before<00:41:20.219><c> they</c><00:41:20.519><c> did,</c> 00:41:20.780 --> 00:41:22.480 when<00:41:20.920><c> they</c><00:41:21.039><c> were</c><00:41:21.139><c> quite</c><00:41:21.480><c> separate?</c> 00:41:22.699 --> 00:41:26.500 To<00:41:23.340><c> that</c><00:41:23.500><c> there</c><00:41:23.699><c> was</c><00:41:23.800><c> no</c><00:41:24.820><c> superlative</c><00:41:25.579><c> sign.</c> 00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:35.179 So<00:41:30.579><c> then,</c><00:41:30.820><c> Mother</c><00:41:30.940><c> Lovelock's</c><00:41:32.239><c> thesis</c><00:41:32.699><c> is</c><00:41:34.119><c> not</c><00:41:34.480><c> tenable</c><00:41:34.940><c> in</c> 00:41:35.179 --> 00:41:39.159 this<00:41:35.519><c> basic</c><00:41:36.000><c> matter</c><00:41:36.659><c> of</c><00:41:37.760><c> salvation,</c> 00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:44.039 but<00:41:39.659><c> Paul</c><00:41:39.880><c> requires</c><00:41:40.860><c> all</c><00:41:41.659><c> flesh,</c><00:41:42.239><c> all</c><00:41:42.539><c> men,</c><00:41:42.980><c> to</c><00:41:43.179><c> be</c><00:41:43.480><c> in</c><00:41:43.800><c> Adam,</c> 00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:47.460 to<00:41:44.760><c> derive</c><00:41:45.300><c> the</c><00:41:45.619><c> fallen</c><00:41:45.940><c> state</c><00:41:46.300><c> from</c><00:41:46.679><c> him,</c> 00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:50.539 and<00:41:47.820><c> to</c><00:41:48.039><c> propound</c><00:41:48.519><c> a</c><00:41:49.059><c> second</c><00:41:49.360><c> stream</c><00:41:49.659><c> of</c><00:41:49.920><c> life</c><00:41:50.119><c> that</c><00:41:50.260><c> isn't</c><00:41:50.380><c> in</c> 00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:51.059 that<00:41:50.719><c> position.</c> 00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:57.559 Surely,<00:41:52.539><c> it</c><00:41:52.539><c> is</c><00:41:53.159><c> very</c><00:41:53.519><c> fundamentally</c><00:41:54.380><c> outside</c><00:41:55.420><c> of</c><00:41:55.920><c> Paul's</c><00:41:56.400><c> reasoning.</c> 00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:04.320 The<00:42:00.500><c> fact</c><00:42:00.579><c> is,</c><00:42:00.860><c> of</c><00:42:01.059><c> course,</c><00:42:01.280><c> that</c><00:42:01.519><c> this</c><00:42:02.099><c> race</c><00:42:02.539><c> that</c><00:42:02.960><c> he</c><00:42:03.380><c> proposes</c> 00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:07.380 coming<00:42:04.900><c> on</c><00:42:05.320><c> from</c><00:42:05.539><c> the</c><00:42:05.659><c> stream</c><00:42:05.880><c> of</c><00:42:06.119><c> time</c><00:42:06.380><c> 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mother</c><00:48:14.780><c> of</c><00:48:15.000><c> all</c> 00:48:15.199 --> 00:48:18.599 living<00:48:15.619><c> from</c><00:48:16.300><c> Adam.</c><00:48:17.219><c> Well,</c><00:48:17.420><c> not</c><00:48:17.579><c> all</c><00:48:17.739><c> living</c><00:48:17.940><c> then,</c><00:48:18.179><c> you</c><00:48:18.380><c> say.</c> 00:48:18.599 --> 00:48:23.420 And<00:48:19.360><c> so</c><00:48:19.659><c> you</c><00:48:19.860><c> have</c><00:48:20.440><c> this</c><00:48:20.800><c> use</c><00:48:21.039><c> of</c><00:48:21.280><c> words</c><00:48:21.519><c> that</c><00:48:22.000><c> one</c><00:48:22.260><c> wonders</c><00:48:22.579><c> just</c><00:48:23.099><c> what</c><00:48:23.280><c> it</c> 00:48:23.420 --> 00:48:24.539 may<00:48:23.679><c> mean.</c> 00:48:25.579 --> 00:48:31.139 And<00:48:25.760><c> it</c><00:48:25.860><c> has</c><00:48:26.039><c> been</c><00:48:26.300><c> commented</c><00:48:26.719><c> how</c><00:48:27.360><c> much</c><00:48:28.239><c> in</c><00:48:28.880><c> the</c><00:48:29.079><c> whole</c><00:48:29.300><c> of</c><00:48:29.559><c> these</c><00:48:29.840><c> notes</c><00:48:30.199><c> there</c><00:48:30.820><c> is</c> 00:48:31.139 --> 00:48:32.079 such<00:48:31.480><c> vagueness.</c> 00:48:32.559 --> 00:48:36.099 So<00:48:32.840><c> dozens</c><00:48:33.039><c> and</c><00:48:33.300><c> dozens</c><00:48:33.559><c> of</c><00:48:33.880><c> times</c><00:48:34.179><c> I</c><00:48:34.500><c> think</c><00:48:34.940><c> perhaps</c><00:48:35.539><c> it</c><00:48:35.920><c> may</c> 00:48:36.099 --> 00:48:38.019 be<00:48:36.360><c> so,</c><00:48:36.820><c> I</c><00:48:36.940><c> do</c><00:48:37.059><c> not</c><00:48:37.260><c> know.</c> 00:48:38.239 --> 00:48:43.079 And<00:48:38.420><c> yet</c><00:48:38.719><c> there</c><00:48:38.960><c> seems</c><00:48:39.219><c> to</c><00:48:39.440><c> emerge</c><00:48:39.880><c> such</c><00:48:40.380><c> concrete</c><00:48:41.320><c> suppositions</c><00:48:42.139><c> as</c><00:48:42.539><c> we</c><00:48:42.760><c> can</c> 00:48:43.079 --> 00:48:44.659 condense<00:48:43.440><c> into</c><00:48:43.739><c> a</c><00:48:43.960><c> chart.</c> 00:48:48.260 --> 00:48:52.000 This<00:48:48.739><c> allegorising</c><00:48:49.219><c> of</c><00:48:50.119><c> ideas</c><00:48:50.420><c> in</c><00:48:50.599><c> the</c><00:48:50.760><c> scripture</c><00:48:51.039><c> is</c><00:48:51.280><c> a</c><00:48:51.360><c> process</c><00:48:51.840><c> that</c> 00:48:52.000 --> 00:48:55.820 has<00:48:52.199><c> been</c><00:48:52.480><c> going</c><00:48:52.679><c> on</c><00:48:52.860><c> and</c><00:48:52.960><c> is</c><00:48:53.199><c> going</c><00:48:53.420><c> on</c><00:48:53.619><c> in</c><00:48:53.820><c> our</c><00:48:53.960><c> midst,</c><00:48:54.380><c> brothers</c><00:48:54.420><c> and</c><00:48:54.659><c> sisters,</c> 00:48:56.900 --> 00:49:00.159 and<00:48:57.059><c> even</c><00:48:57.280><c> in</c><00:48:57.460><c> the</c><00:48:57.960><c> prophets</c><00:48:58.460><c> and</c><00:48:59.119><c> the</c><00:48:59.239><c> like.</c> 00:49:00.599 --> 00:49:03.619 We<00:49:00.780><c> do</c><00:49:01.059><c> sometimes</c><00:49:01.599><c> now</c><00:49:01.920><c> get</c><00:49:02.139><c> the</c><00:49:02.320><c> apparent</c><00:49:02.639><c> sense</c><00:49:02.980><c> put</c><00:49:03.139><c> on</c><00:49:03.380><c> one</c> 00:49:03.619 --> 00:49:07.360 side,<00:49:04.860><c> and</c><00:49:05.000><c> surely</c><00:49:05.340><c> introducing</c><00:49:06.159><c> this</c><00:49:06.500><c> into</c><00:49:06.780><c> the</c><00:49:07.119><c> beginning</c> 00:49:07.360 --> 00:49:08.360 of<00:49:07.659><c> the</c><00:49:07.800><c> record,</c> 00:49:08.360 --> 00:49:12.280 making<00:49:08.980><c> it</c><00:49:09.179><c> all</c><00:49:09.340><c> visual</c><00:49:09.579><c> and</c><00:49:10.420><c> a</c><00:49:10.659><c> kind</c><00:49:10.820><c> of</c><00:49:11.039><c> allegory</c><00:49:11.539><c> with</c><00:49:12.000><c> some</c> 00:49:12.280 --> 00:49:14.480 historical<00:49:12.800><c> sense</c><00:49:13.099><c> behind</c><00:49:13.519><c> it,</c> 00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:19.320 will<00:49:15.139><c> open</c><00:49:15.480><c> up</c><00:49:15.960><c> a</c><00:49:16.139><c> way</c><00:49:16.539><c> for</c><00:49:17.139><c> all</c><00:49:17.420><c> others</c><00:49:17.699><c> on</c><00:49:17.920><c> the</c><00:49:18.119><c> same</c><00:49:18.420><c> path</c><00:49:18.860><c> to</c> 00:49:19.320 --> 00:49:22.300 allegorise<00:49:19.860><c> as</c><00:49:20.119><c> much</c><00:49:20.440><c> as</c><00:49:20.760><c> they</c><00:49:21.079><c> wish.</c> 00:49:25.880 --> 00:49:30.400 One<00:49:26.059><c> might</c><00:49:26.300><c> for</c><00:49:26.480><c> instance</c><00:49:26.699><c> think</c><00:49:27.079><c> of</c><00:49:27.320><c> the</c><00:49:27.940><c> coming</c><00:49:28.219><c> out</c><00:49:28.480><c> of</c><00:49:28.699><c> Egypt,</c><00:49:30.019><c> when</c><00:49:30.159><c> one</c> 00:49:30.400 --> 00:49:31.239 will<00:49:30.679><c> say,</c> 00:49:31.239 --> 00:49:34.179 Oh<00:49:31.699><c> yes,</c><00:49:31.920><c> they</c><00:49:32.099><c> came</c><00:49:32.320><c> out</c><00:49:32.500><c> of</c><00:49:32.679><c> Egypt,</c><00:49:32.960><c> it</c><00:49:33.000><c> was</c><00:49:33.179><c> a</c><00:49:33.300><c> historical</c><00:49:33.719><c> fact.</c> 00:49:34.599 --> 00:49:37.800 But<00:49:34.679><c> you</c><00:49:34.800><c> know,</c><00:49:35.480><c> this</c><00:49:35.539><c> wilderness</c><00:49:35.980><c> journey</c><00:49:36.320><c> was</c><00:49:36.559><c> not</c><00:49:36.780><c> literal.</c> 00:49:39.199 --> 00:49:44.000 God<00:49:39.719><c> used</c><00:49:40.239><c> a</c><00:49:40.420><c> picture</c><00:49:41.019><c> of</c><00:49:41.500><c> coming</c><00:49:41.820><c> out</c><00:49:42.119><c> of</c><00:49:42.300><c> Egypt</c><00:49:42.579><c> and</c><00:49:42.760><c> going</c><00:49:43.119><c> through</c><00:49:43.460><c> a</c><00:49:43.639><c> wilderness,</c> 00:49:44.420 --> 00:49:47.099 and<00:49:44.579><c> all</c><00:49:44.800><c> these</c><00:49:45.099><c> things</c><00:49:45.300><c> that</c><00:49:45.579><c> happened</c><00:49:45.739><c> through</c><00:49:46.039><c> forty</c><00:49:46.340><c> years,</c><00:49:47.000><c> with</c> 00:49:47.099 --> 00:49:48.460 a<00:49:47.340><c> picture,</c><00:49:47.840><c> an</c><00:49:48.000><c> allegory,</c> 00:49:48.619 --> 00:49:52.900 to<00:49:48.760><c> convey</c><00:49:49.239><c> to</c><00:49:49.420><c> us</c><00:49:49.559><c> that</c><00:49:49.780><c> life</c><00:49:50.239><c> is</c><00:49:50.699><c> a</c><00:49:50.860><c> wilderness</c><00:49:51.239><c> journey,</c><00:49:52.179><c> that</c><00:49:52.320><c> the</c><00:49:52.500><c> way</c><00:49:52.719><c> to</c> 00:49:52.900 --> 00:49:59.119 the<00:49:53.099><c> kingdom</c><00:49:53.539><c> is</c><00:49:54.420><c> a</c><00:49:54.679><c> path</c><00:49:55.219><c> of</c><00:49:56.599><c> struggle</c><00:49:57.300><c> and</c><00:49:57.840><c> obedience.</c> 00:49:59.539 --> 00:50:01.599 But<00:49:59.940><c> it</c><00:50:00.179><c> didn't</c><00:50:00.400><c> really</c><00:50:00.659><c> happen</c><00:50:00.880><c> like</c><00:50:01.119><c> that,</c><00:50:01.500><c> of</c><00:50:01.500><c> course.</c> 00:50:01.679 --> 00:50:03.400 God<00:50:01.800><c> didn't</c><00:50:02.019><c> actually</c><00:50:02.380><c> have</c><00:50:02.539><c> this</c><00:50:02.719><c> miracle</c><00:50:03.099><c> of</c><00:50:03.239><c> all</c><00:50:03.360><c> that's</c> 00:50:03.400 --> 00:50:04.460 in<00:50:03.539><c> the</c><00:50:03.639><c> wilderness.</c> 00:50:04.780 --> 00:50:07.639 Well,<00:50:05.079><c> there's</c><00:50:05.199><c> no</c><00:50:05.320><c> reason</c><00:50:05.559><c> like</c><00:50:05.860><c> that,</c><00:50:06.059><c> perhaps.</c><00:50:06.860><c> Why</c><00:50:07.119><c> not,</c> 00:50:07.840 --> 00:50:09.460 if<00:50:08.039><c> we</c><00:50:08.159><c> do</c><00:50:08.239><c> it</c><00:50:08.360><c> in</c><00:50:08.440><c> the</c><00:50:08.579><c> beginning?</c> 00:50:10.440 --> 00:50:13.019 And<00:50:10.639><c> indeed,</c><00:50:11.260><c> the</c><00:50:11.400><c> very</c><00:50:11.619><c> basic</c><00:50:12.039><c> matter</c><00:50:12.360><c> I've</c><00:50:12.619><c> referred</c><00:50:12.900><c> to,</c> 00:50:13.059 --> 00:50:14.219 the<00:50:13.239><c> resurrection.</c> 00:50:14.460 --> 00:50:16.639 We<00:50:14.659><c> know</c><00:50:14.820><c> what</c><00:50:15.000><c> the</c><00:50:15.260><c> churches</c><00:50:15.519><c> say</c><00:50:15.780><c> about</c><00:50:16.000><c> the</c><00:50:16.239><c> resurrection.</c> 00:50:16.760 --> 00:50:18.460 They<00:50:16.860><c> say,</c><00:50:16.980><c> yes,</c><00:50:17.179><c> we</c><00:50:17.340><c> believe</c><00:50:17.519><c> in</c><00:50:17.679><c> the</c><00:50:17.900><c> resurrection.</c> 00:50:18.920 --> 00:50:20.860 And<00:50:19.039><c> when</c><00:50:19.119><c> you</c><00:50:19.199><c> ask</c><00:50:19.400><c> them</c><00:50:19.500><c> what</c><00:50:19.639><c> they</c><00:50:19.880><c> believe,</c><00:50:20.360><c> oh,</c><00:50:20.579><c> I</c><00:50:20.659><c> don't</c> 00:50:20.860 --> 00:50:23.179 really<00:50:21.039><c> mean</c><00:50:21.219><c> a</c><00:50:21.400><c> body</c><00:50:21.659><c> coming</c><00:50:21.920><c> to</c><00:50:22.139><c> life</c><00:50:22.420><c> again,</c><00:50:22.760><c> of</c><00:50:23.019><c> course.</c> 00:50:23.179 --> 00:50:28.059 But<00:50:23.179><c> I</c><00:50:23.380><c> mean,</c><00:50:23.739><c> well,</c><00:50:24.500><c> it</c><00:50:24.619><c> means</c><00:50:25.099><c> you</c><00:50:25.880><c> go</c><00:50:26.179><c> on,</c><00:50:26.760><c> you</c><00:50:27.019><c> go</c><00:50:27.179><c> on</c><00:50:27.340><c> living.</c> 00:50:28.480 --> 00:50:30.300 You<00:50:28.599><c> say,</c><00:50:28.820><c> that's</c><00:50:29.000><c> foolish</c><00:50:29.320><c> of</c><00:50:29.519><c> us.</c> 00:50:30.820 --> 00:50:31.780 Well,<00:50:31.019><c> we're</c><00:50:31.260><c> going</c><00:50:31.380><c> with</c><00:50:31.559><c> that.</c> 00:50:31.960 --> 00:50:37.239 How,<00:50:32.719><c> if</c><00:50:33.099><c> we</c><00:50:33.360><c> pursue</c><00:50:33.699><c> such</c><00:50:34.019><c> a</c><00:50:34.179><c> way</c><00:50:34.380><c> of</c><00:50:34.579><c> handling</c><00:50:34.780><c> the</c><00:50:35.059><c> scripture</c><00:50:35.500><c> as</c><00:50:35.980><c> we</c><00:50:36.239><c> have</c><00:50:36.960><c> in</c> 00:50:37.239 --> 00:50:38.960 a<00:50:37.320><c> broader</c><00:50:37.760><c> life</c><00:50:38.239><c>-long?</c> 00:50:40.519 --> 00:50:43.599 My<00:50:41.039><c> fourth</c><00:50:41.559><c> reflection</c><00:50:42.179><c> is</c><00:50:42.500><c> this.</c> 00:50:44.280 --> 00:50:50.519 One<00:50:44.940><c> is</c><00:50:45.119><c> very</c><00:50:45.460><c> concerned</c><00:50:46.179><c> with</c><00:50:47.099><c> his</c><00:50:48.099><c> uncritical</c><00:50:49.880><c> acceptance</c> 00:50:50.519 --> 00:50:52.000 of<00:50:50.800><c> science.</c> 00:50:52.940 --> 00:50:54.920 So<00:50:53.119><c>-called</c><00:50:53.260><c> science,</c><00:50:53.860><c> of</c><00:50:53.860><c> course.</c> 00:50:56.320 --> 00:50:58.480 Without<00:50:56.539><c> doubt,</c><00:50:56.980><c> there</c><00:50:57.000><c> is</c><00:50:57.179><c> a</c><00:50:57.280><c> vast</c><00:50:57.460><c> amount</c><00:50:57.840><c> of</c><00:50:58.159><c> reasonably</c> 00:50:58.480 --> 00:51:00.199 established<00:50:59.019><c> scientific</c><00:50:59.639><c> facts</c> 00:51:00.199 --> 00:51:02.659 no<00:51:00.940><c> one</c><00:51:01.119><c> in</c><00:51:01.260><c> his</c><00:51:01.460><c> senses</c><00:51:01.699><c> would</c><00:51:01.920><c> say</c><00:51:02.159><c> otherwise.</c> 00:51:02.800 --> 00:51:07.059 And<00:51:02.980><c> especially</c><00:51:03.480><c> in</c><00:51:04.000><c> the</c><00:51:04.199><c> exact</c><00:51:04.500><c> sciences</c><00:51:04.940><c> of</c><00:51:05.239><c> biology,</c><00:51:05.960><c> physics</c><00:51:06.199><c> and</c><00:51:06.420><c> chemistry,</c> 00:51:07.420 --> 00:51:10.519 there<00:51:07.420><c> are</c><00:51:07.760><c> mountains</c><00:51:08.039><c> of</c><00:51:09.059><c> observations</c><00:51:09.760><c> and</c><00:51:10.019><c> deductions</c> 00:51:10.519 --> 00:51:12.199 and<00:51:10.780><c> reasonable</c><00:51:11.179><c> facts.</c> 00:51:12.630 --> 00:51:16.159 But<00:51:12.980><c> in</c><00:51:13.219><c> this</c><00:51:13.519><c> field</c><00:51:13.800><c> in</c><00:51:13.980><c> which</c><00:51:14.159><c> we</c><00:51:14.260><c> are</c><00:51:14.480><c> concerned,</c><00:51:14.940><c> of</c><00:51:15.179><c> evolution,</c><00:51:15.980><c> this</c> 00:51:16.159 --> 00:51:17.980 is<00:51:16.400><c> not</c><00:51:16.699><c> the</c><00:51:16.840><c> case.</c> 00:51:18.539 --> 00:51:23.639 It<00:51:18.639><c> is</c><00:51:18.980><c> not</c><00:51:19.340><c> possible</c><00:51:20.079><c> in</c><00:51:21.320><c> the</c><00:51:21.539><c> field</c><00:51:21.860><c> of</c><00:51:22.159><c> geology</c><00:51:22.579><c> and</c><00:51:22.900><c> anthropology</c> 00:51:23.639 --> 00:51:28.760 to<00:51:24.500><c> have</c><00:51:25.380><c> full</c><00:51:25.820><c> scientific</c><00:51:26.579><c> methods</c><00:51:27.059><c> brought</c><00:51:27.440><c> to</c><00:51:27.780><c> bear.</c> 00:51:28.920 --> 00:51:32.880 And<00:51:29.119><c> one</c><00:51:29.300><c> can</c><00:51:29.699><c> never,</c><00:51:29.960><c> therefore,</c><00:51:30.639><c> be</c><00:51:30.800><c> certain</c><00:51:31.280><c> of</c><00:51:31.880><c> facts.</c> 00:51:33.639 --> 00:51:35.599 You<00:51:33.780><c> can</c><00:51:33.960><c> have</c><00:51:34.119><c> observations.</c> 00:51:36.179 --> 00:51:41.199 You<00:51:36.820><c> can</c><00:51:37.460><c> observe</c><00:51:38.400><c> the</c><00:51:39.039><c> popular</c><00:51:39.400><c> math</c><00:51:39.639><c> at</c><00:51:39.800><c> the</c><00:51:39.920><c> moment,</c><00:51:40.519><c> carbon</c><00:51:40.659><c>-14,</c> 00:51:41.340 --> 00:51:42.420 isotopic<00:51:41.880><c> carbon.</c> 00:51:42.599 --> 00:51:45.239 You<00:51:42.719><c> can</c><00:51:42.940><c> take</c><00:51:43.159><c> a</c><00:51:43.340><c> fossil,</c><00:51:43.760><c> you</c><00:51:43.760><c> can</c><00:51:44.019><c> do</c><00:51:44.199><c> laboratory</c><00:51:44.679><c> experiments,</c> 00:51:45.539 --> 00:51:48.420 you<00:51:45.639><c> can</c><00:51:45.920><c> feel</c><00:51:46.199><c> fairly</c><00:51:46.599><c> certain</c><00:51:46.940><c> you</c><00:51:47.320><c> know</c><00:51:47.619><c> what</c><00:51:47.880><c> amount</c><00:51:48.199><c> of</c> 00:51:48.420 --> 00:51:49.900 carbon<00:51:48.679><c>-14</c><00:51:49.119><c> there</c><00:51:49.460><c> is.</c> 00:51:50.360 --> 00:51:53.360 But<00:51:50.500><c> that</c><00:51:50.679><c> doesn't</c><00:51:51.000><c> prove</c><00:51:51.360><c> a</c><00:51:51.559><c> date</c><00:51:52.179><c> long</c><00:51:52.719><c> ago.</c> 00:51:53.719 --> 00:51:58.099 To<00:51:53.960><c> get</c><00:51:54.139><c> that</c><00:51:54.519><c> 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so</c><00:55:44.619><c>-called</c> 00:55:44.960 --> 00:55:46.420 brought<00:55:45.320><c> forward.</c> 00:55:46.900 --> 00:55:52.579 To<00:55:47.400><c> my</c><00:55:47.679><c> mind,</c><00:55:49.099><c> we</c><00:55:49.260><c> may</c><00:55:49.659><c> very</c><00:55:50.039><c> well</c><00:55:50.300><c> find</c><00:55:50.780><c> if</c><00:55:51.280><c> when</c><00:55:51.639><c> Christ</c><00:55:51.960><c> comes</c><00:55:52.320><c> on</c> 00:55:52.579 --> 00:55:54.440 mattress<00:55:52.900><c> known</c><00:55:53.179><c> in</c><00:55:53.460><c> fact,</c> 00:55:55.039 --> 00:55:57.239 we<00:55:55.139><c> may</c><00:55:55.300><c> very</c><00:55:55.559><c> well</c><00:55:55.780><c> find</c><00:55:56.079><c> that</c><00:55:56.239><c> they</c><00:55:56.460><c> divide</c><00:55:56.639><c> themselves</c><00:55:57.079><c> up</c> 00:55:57.239 --> 00:55:58.739 into<00:55:57.400><c> two</c><00:55:57.559><c> simple</c><00:55:57.900><c> classes.</c> 00:55:58.739 --> 00:56:03.960 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willing</c><00:56:16.539><c> to</c> 00:56:17.000 --> 00:56:18.119 say<00:56:17.239><c> this.</c> 00:56:18.400 --> 00:56:21.420 In<00:56:18.559><c> the</c><00:56:18.699><c> quite</c><00:56:18.920><c> interesting</c><00:56:19.420><c> book</c><00:56:19.699><c> of</c><00:56:20.079><c> Philby,</c><00:56:20.739><c> Dr.</c><00:56:21.159><c> Philby,</c> 00:56:21.420 --> 00:56:24.019 Creation<00:56:21.860><c> Revealed,</c><00:56:22.820><c> I</c><00:56:23.039><c> don't</c><00:56:23.199><c> recommend</c><00:56:23.519><c> the</c><00:56:23.699><c> reading</c><00:56:23.840><c> of</c> 00:56:24.019 --> 00:56:24.300 the<00:56:24.119><c> book,</c> 00:56:24.300 --> 00:56:30.280 but<00:56:24.500><c> at</c><00:56:25.019><c> the</c><00:56:25.059><c> end</c><00:56:25.280><c> of</c><00:56:25.460><c> it,</c><00:56:26.099><c> he</c><00:56:26.639><c> goes</c><00:56:27.179><c> through</c><00:56:27.559><c> all</c><00:56:27.980><c> the</c><00:56:28.340><c> evidence</c><00:56:28.699><c> of</c><00:56:28.900><c> these</c><00:56:29.239><c> skulls</c><00:56:30.000><c> with</c> 00:56:30.280 --> 00:56:32.400 just<00:56:30.619><c> the</c><00:56:30.920><c> same</c><00:56:31.119><c> interest</c><00:56:31.539><c> as</c><00:56:31.760><c> Brother</c><00:56:31.940><c> Lovelock.</c> 00:56:32.559 --> 00:56:36.320 He's<00:56:32.719><c> a</c><00:56:32.800><c> man</c><00:56:33.000><c> who</c><00:56:33.320><c> believes</c><00:56:33.579><c> in</c><00:56:33.940><c> God,</c><00:56:34.760><c> and</c><00:56:34.940><c> he</c><00:56:35.460><c> eventually</c><00:56:35.880><c> comes</c><00:56:36.159><c> to</c> 00:56:36.320 --> 00:56:37.639 the<00:56:36.460><c> conclusion,</c><00:56:36.880><c> looking</c><00:56:37.139><c> at</c><00:56:37.380><c> them</c><00:56:37.539><c> all,</c> 00:56:37.739 --> 00:56:41.139 he<00:56:37.840><c> says</c><00:56:37.940><c> he</c><00:56:38.619><c> probably</c><00:56:39.059><c> expects</c><00:56:39.579><c> to</c><00:56:39.800><c> find</c><00:56:40.079><c> that</c><00:56:40.380><c> 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by</c><00:57:08.820><c> the</c><00:57:09.019><c> tremendous</c><00:57:09.420><c> upheavals</c><00:57:09.940><c> of</c> 00:57:10.199 --> 00:57:10.960 that<00:57:10.480><c> time.</c> 00:57:10.960 --> 00:57:14.619 This<00:57:11.920><c> is</c><00:57:12.179><c> not</c><00:57:12.400><c> proof,</c><00:57:12.719><c> I'm</c><00:57:12.900><c> just</c><00:57:13.179><c> indicating</c><00:57:13.619><c> that</c><00:57:13.860><c> men</c><00:57:14.139><c> who</c> 00:57:14.619 --> 00:57:19.000 have<00:57:14.880><c> scientific</c><00:57:15.360><c> degrees</c><00:57:15.739><c> and</c><00:57:15.980><c> interests</c><00:57:16.380><c> are</c><00:57:16.840><c> all</c><00:57:17.059><c> debating</c><00:57:17.460><c> different</c><00:57:17.940><c> things.</c> 00:57:21.760 --> 00:57:24.320 There<00:57:21.840><c> is</c><00:57:22.039><c> also</c><00:57:22.380><c> the</c><00:57:22.780><c> evolution</c><00:57:23.239><c> protest</c><00:57:23.639><c> movement,</c><00:57:24.320><c> they</c> 00:57:24.320 --> 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