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And<00:10:01.200><c> there's</c><00:10:01.460><c> a</c><00:10:01.679><c> verse</c><00:10:01.940><c> there</c><00:10:02.500><c> that's</c><00:10:02.899><c> quite</c><00:10:03.279><c> interesting</c><00:10:04.039><c> when</c><00:10:04.600><c> regarding</c><00:10:05.139><c> the</c><00:10:05.500><c> symbol</c><00:10:05.799><c> of</c>

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the<00:10:06.240><c> rainbow.</c>

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It's<00:10:07.399><c> Psalm</c><00:10:07.820><c> 72</c><00:10:08.799><c> and</c><00:10:09.379><c> verse</c><00:10:09.700><c> 6,</c><00:10:12.639><c> which</c><00:10:12.820><c> makes</c><00:10:13.159><c> reference</c><00:10:13.720><c> to</c>

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He<00:10:20.559><c> shall</c><00:10:20.840><c> come</c><00:10:21.259><c> down</c><00:10:21.559><c> like</c><00:10:22.039><c> rain</c><00:10:22.539><c> upon</c><00:10:22.919><c> the</c><00:10:23.240><c> mown</c><00:10:23.559><c> grass</c><00:10:24.299><c> as</c>

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showers<00:10:25.519><c> that</c><00:10:26.159><c> water</c><00:10:26.379><c> the</c><00:10:26.580><c> earth.</c>

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So<00:10:28.220><c> when</c><00:10:28.759><c> Christ</c><00:10:29.480><c> is</c><00:10:30.419><c> ruling</c><00:10:30.899><c> as</c><00:10:31.539><c> King</c><00:10:32.080><c> in</c><00:10:32.580><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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and<00:10:38.440><c> both</c><00:10:39.080><c> sunlight</c><00:10:39.799><c> and</c><00:10:40.340><c> rain</c><00:10:40.899><c> are</c><00:10:41.519><c> necessary</c><00:10:42.460><c> for</c><00:10:43.019><c> a</c><00:10:43.399><c> rainbow</c><00:10:43.940><c> to</c><00:10:44.840><c> form.</c>

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So<00:10:45.639><c> those</c><00:10:46.000><c> components</c><00:10:46.720><c> will</c><00:10:47.419><c> be</c><00:10:47.720><c> there.</c>

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Now<00:10:49.100><c> it's</c><00:10:49.419><c> interesting</c><00:10:50.000><c> to</c><00:10:50.299><c> note</c><00:10:50.679><c> a</c><00:10:50.919><c> little</c><00:10:51.240><c> detail</c><00:10:51.820><c> that's</c>

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in<00:10:54.799><c> Genesis</c><00:10:55.299><c> chapter</c><00:10:56.539><c> 9</c><00:10:56.940><c> when</c><00:10:57.399><c> God</c><00:10:57.779><c> provides</c><00:10:58.399><c> it</c><00:10:58.899><c> as</c><00:10:59.240><c> a</c><00:10:59.480><c> symbol.</c>

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It's<00:11:00.340><c> in</c><00:11:00.600><c> verse</c><00:11:00.919><c> 13.</c>

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the<00:11:07.580><c> rainbow.</c>

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Genesis<00:11:09.019><c> 9,</c><00:11:09.559><c> 13</c><00:11:10.159><c> says,</c><00:11:11.159><c> I</c><00:11:11.200><c> do</c><00:11:11.639><c> set</c><00:11:12.019><c> my</c><00:11:12.519><c> bow</c><00:11:13.000><c> in</c><00:11:14.279><c> the</c><00:11:14.940><c> cloud,</c>

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and<00:11:16.080><c> it</c><00:11:16.340><c> shall</c><00:11:16.559><c> be</c><00:11:16.879><c> a</c><00:11:17.080><c> token</c><00:11:17.519><c> of</c><00:11:17.899><c> a</c><00:11:18.179><c> covenant</c><00:11:18.580><c> between</c><00:11:19.360><c> me</c><00:11:20.139><c> and</c>

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the<00:11:20.799><c> earth.</c>

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So<00:11:21.740><c> the</c><00:11:22.000><c> rainbow</c><00:11:22.720><c> is</c><00:11:23.399><c> going</c><00:11:23.679><c> to</c><00:11:23.879><c> be</c><00:11:24.399><c> in</c><00:11:25.019><c> the</c><00:11:25.340><c> cloud.</c>

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Well,<00:11:26.539><c> let's</c><00:11:26.779><c> start</c><00:11:27.100><c> turning</c><00:11:27.419><c> towards</c><00:11:27.860><c> Hebrews</c><00:11:28.320><c> chapter</c><00:11:28.860><c> 12,</c>

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the<00:11:34.039><c> symbol</c><00:11:34.740><c> of</c><00:11:35.639><c> the</c><00:11:36.039><c> cloud</c>

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and<00:11:37.159><c> the</c><00:11:37.799><c> importance</c><00:11:38.139><c> of</c><00:11:38.419><c> that</c><00:11:38.799><c> detail</c><00:11:39.399><c> there</c><00:11:39.919><c> that's</c><00:11:40.720><c> provided</c><00:11:41.279><c> about</c>

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the<00:11:42.480><c> rainbow</c><00:11:43.179><c> being</c><00:11:43.860><c> in</c><00:11:44.200><c> the</c><00:11:44.480><c> cloud.</c>

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So<00:11:45.480><c> turn</c><00:11:45.720><c> to</c><00:11:45.940><c> Hebrews</c><00:11:46.299><c> chapter</c><00:11:46.700><c> 12</c><00:11:47.039><c> and</c><00:11:47.220><c> notice</c><00:11:47.519><c> what</c><00:11:47.799><c> verse</c><00:11:48.139><c> 1</c><00:11:48.539><c> says</c>

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and<00:11:49.100><c> how</c><00:11:49.240><c> it</c><00:11:49.480><c> uses</c><00:11:49.980><c> the</c><00:11:50.519><c> symbol</c><00:11:50.960><c> of</c><00:11:51.419><c> the</c><00:11:51.659><c> cloud.</c>

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The<00:11:53.279><c> writer</c><00:11:53.600><c> states,</c><00:11:54.700><c> wherefore</c><00:11:54.960><c> seeing</c><00:11:55.440><c> we</c><00:11:55.840><c> also</c><00:11:56.299><c> are</c><00:11:56.679><c> compassed</c><00:11:57.179><c> about</c>

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was<00:11:58.080><c> so</c><00:11:58.559><c> great</c><00:11:58.840><c> a</c><00:11:59.340><c> cloud</c><00:11:59.799><c> of</c><00:12:00.460><c> witnesses.</c>

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Clouds<00:12:02.799><c> are</c><00:12:03.019><c> our</c><00:12:03.299><c> people.</c>

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Let<00:12:04.299><c> us</c><00:12:04.500><c> lay</c><00:12:04.720><c> aside</c><00:12:05.259><c> every</c><00:12:05.659><c> weight</c><00:12:05.899><c> and</c><00:12:06.259><c> the</c><00:12:06.659><c> sin</c><00:12:07.179><c> which</c><00:12:07.519><c> does</c>

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so<00:12:07.980><c> easily</c><00:12:08.419><c> beset</c><00:12:08.759><c> us,</c>

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and<00:12:09.659><c> let</c><00:12:09.740><c> us</c><00:12:10.100><c> run</c><00:12:10.460><c> with</c><00:12:10.840><c> patience</c><00:12:11.399><c> the</c><00:12:12.059><c> race</c><00:12:12.500><c> that</c><00:12:12.940><c> is</c><00:12:13.320><c> set</c><00:12:13.740><c> before</c><00:12:15.080><c> us.</c>

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So<00:12:16.759><c> the</c><00:12:17.200><c> rainbow</c><00:12:17.820><c> then</c><00:12:18.120><c> is</c><00:12:18.279><c> going</c><00:12:18.460><c> to</c><00:12:18.600><c> be</c><00:12:18.759><c> a</c><00:12:18.919><c> reflection</c><00:12:19.600><c> of</c><00:12:20.059><c> the</c><00:12:20.379><c> glory</c><00:12:20.779><c> of</c>

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That's<00:12:28.220><c> why</c><00:12:28.460><c> the</c><00:12:28.740><c> rainbow</c><00:12:29.100><c> is</c><00:12:29.600><c> set</c><00:12:29.980><c> in</c><00:12:30.899><c> the</c><00:12:31.279><c> cloud.</c>

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And<00:12:32.419><c> it's</c><00:12:32.679><c> interesting</c><00:12:33.120><c> to</c><00:12:33.500><c> continue</c><00:12:34.039><c> along</c><00:12:34.580><c> that</c><00:12:34.840><c> line</c><00:12:35.080><c> of</c><00:12:35.399><c> thinking</c><00:12:35.740><c> with</c><00:12:36.340><c> what</c><00:12:36.600><c> exactly</c><00:12:37.080><c> a</c>

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rainbow<00:12:37.879><c> is.</c>

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white<00:12:43.820><c> light</c><00:12:44.200><c> of</c><00:12:44.480><c> the</c><00:12:44.840><c> sun</c><00:12:45.240><c> is</c><00:12:46.019><c> split</c>

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when<00:12:47.299><c> it</c><00:12:47.620><c> encounters</c><00:12:48.299><c> particles</c><00:12:49.019><c> of</c><00:12:49.559><c> rain</c><00:12:49.899><c> in</c><00:12:50.220><c> the</c><00:12:50.279><c> air.</c>

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Well,<00:12:52.080><c> when</c><00:12:52.340><c> the</c><00:12:52.700><c> saints</c><00:12:53.100><c> are</c><00:12:53.860><c> ruling</c><00:12:54.179><c> as</c><00:12:54.600><c> immortals</c><00:12:55.340><c> in</c><00:12:55.740><c> the</c>

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kingdom<00:12:56.299><c> of</c><00:12:56.559><c> God,</c>

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we<00:12:57.620><c> will</c><00:12:57.940><c> be</c><00:12:58.320><c> in</c><00:12:58.580><c> the</c><00:12:58.779><c> political</c><00:12:59.500><c> heavens</c><00:13:00.220><c> according</c><00:13:01.179><c> to</c><00:13:01.519><c> the</c>

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symbolic<00:13:02.820><c> language</c><00:13:03.559><c> of</c><00:13:03.899><c> Revelation.</c>

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We<00:13:05.039><c> will</c><00:13:05.379><c> be</c><00:13:05.879><c> like</c><00:13:06.440><c> little</c><00:13:07.139><c> particles</c><00:13:07.720><c> of</c><00:13:08.120><c> water</c><00:13:08.580><c> in</c><00:13:09.200><c> the</c>

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political<00:13:09.940><c> heavens</c>

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that<00:13:11.200><c> share</c><00:13:11.740><c> God's</c><00:13:12.860><c> doctrine</c><00:13:13.259><c> with</c><00:13:13.779><c> the</c><00:13:14.039><c> world.</c>

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My<00:13:40.879><c> doctrine</c><00:13:41.659><c> shall</c><00:13:42.340><c> drop</c><00:13:42.940><c> as</c><00:13:43.240><c> the</c><00:13:43.519><c> rain,</c><00:13:43.980><c> my</c><00:13:44.399><c> speech</c><00:13:44.840><c> shall</c>

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distill<00:13:45.820><c> as</c><00:13:46.159><c> the</c><00:13:46.379><c> dew,</c>

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showers<00:13:51.360><c> upon</c><00:13:51.779><c> the</c><00:13:52.080><c> grass,</c>

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And<00:14:01.360><c> like</c><00:14:02.179><c> raindrops</c><00:14:03.039><c> in</c><00:14:03.320><c> the</c><00:14:03.600><c> sky,</c><00:14:04.159><c> we</c><00:14:04.279><c> will</c><00:14:04.659><c> project</c><00:14:05.379><c> some</c>

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of<00:14:06.039><c> the</c><00:14:06.179><c> light</c><00:14:06.399><c> of</c><00:14:06.639><c> Christ,</c>

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our<00:14:12.279><c> collective</c><00:14:12.840><c> work</c><00:14:13.440><c> will</c><00:14:13.980><c> be</c><00:14:14.399><c> for</c><00:14:14.960><c> one</c><00:14:15.399><c> purpose,</c><00:14:16.539><c> and</c><00:14:16.539><c> that</c>

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purpose<00:14:17.259><c> is</c><00:14:17.620><c> going</c><00:14:17.799><c> to</c><00:14:18.059><c> be</c><00:14:18.279><c> the</c><00:14:18.519><c> glory</c><00:14:18.820><c> of</c><00:14:19.059><c> God.</c>

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Everything<00:14:20.399><c> we</c><00:14:20.879><c> do</c><00:14:21.360><c> will</c><00:14:21.799><c> come</c><00:14:22.120><c> together</c><00:14:22.700><c> to</c><00:14:23.100><c> give</c><00:14:23.320><c> illumination</c><00:14:24.179><c> and</c><00:14:24.740><c> warmth</c><00:14:25.120><c> to</c>

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just<00:14:26.659><c> like</c><00:14:26.960><c> the</c><00:14:27.220><c> colors</c><00:14:27.519><c> of</c><00:14:27.779><c> the</c><00:14:28.019><c> rainbow</c><00:14:28.480><c> together</c><00:14:29.659><c> comprise</c>

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the<00:14:31.340><c> lights</c><00:14:31.879><c> of</c><00:14:33.139><c> the</c><00:14:33.519><c> sun.</c>

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So<00:14:34.639><c> the</c><00:14:34.879><c> rainbow</c><00:14:35.399><c> is</c><00:14:35.820><c> a</c><00:14:36.159><c> wonderful</c><00:14:36.720><c> depiction,</c><00:14:37.820><c> it's</c><00:14:37.879><c> a</c><00:14:38.000><c> wonderful</c><00:14:38.340><c> reminder</c><00:14:38.820><c> both</c>

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and<00:14:40.259><c> it's</c><00:14:40.480><c> a</c><00:14:40.639><c> wonderful</c><00:14:41.059><c> depiction,</c><00:14:41.940><c> God</c><00:14:42.419><c> willing,</c><00:14:43.000><c> of</c><00:14:43.240><c> our</c><00:14:43.559><c> future.</c>

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However,<00:14:47.919><c> the</c><00:14:48.139><c> story</c><00:14:48.440><c> of</c><00:14:48.779><c> Noah</c><00:14:49.179><c> does</c><00:14:50.179><c> not</c><00:14:50.659><c> conclude</c><00:14:51.500><c> with</c><00:14:52.159><c> the</c>

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giving<00:14:52.919><c> of</c><00:14:53.600><c> the</c><00:14:53.840><c> rainbow</c><00:14:54.440><c> as</c><00:14:54.899><c> a</c><00:14:55.159><c> token</c><00:14:55.519><c> of</c><00:14:55.759><c> God's</c><00:14:56.360><c> covenant.</c>

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The<00:14:57.580><c> end</c><00:14:57.919><c> of</c><00:14:58.059><c> Genesis</c><00:14:58.600><c> chapter</c><00:14:59.200><c> 9</c><00:14:59.679><c> is</c><00:15:00.120><c> a</c><00:15:00.240><c> depiction</c><00:15:00.820><c> of</c><00:15:01.159><c> the</c><00:15:01.279><c> return</c><00:15:01.960><c> of</c>

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sin<00:15:02.860><c> to</c><00:15:03.379><c> the</c><00:15:03.559><c> world.</c>

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Now<00:15:04.799><c> we're</c><00:15:04.940><c> not</c><00:15:05.220><c> going</c><00:15:05.519><c> to</c><00:15:05.820><c> discuss</c><00:15:06.500><c> the</c><00:15:07.000><c> accounts</c><00:15:07.500><c> of</c><00:15:08.179><c> Noah</c><00:15:08.580><c> and</c><00:15:08.860><c> his</c><00:15:09.279><c> sons</c><00:15:09.700><c> at</c><00:15:10.019><c> the</c><00:15:10.059><c> end</c><00:15:10.519><c> of</c><00:15:10.720><c> Genesis</c><00:15:11.100><c> 9</c>

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but<00:15:12.980><c> there</c><00:15:13.200><c> are</c><00:15:13.419><c> three</c><00:15:13.799><c> points</c><00:15:14.320><c> that</c><00:15:14.580><c> we</c><00:15:14.720><c> want</c><00:15:14.860><c> to</c><00:15:15.080><c> make</c><00:15:15.299><c> about</c><00:15:15.600><c> it.</c>

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If<00:15:24.700><c> you'll</c><00:15:25.159><c> note,</c><00:15:25.840><c> turning</c><00:15:26.340><c> back</c><00:15:26.759><c> to</c><00:15:26.899><c> Genesis</c><00:15:27.340><c> 9</c><00:15:28.200><c> verse</c><00:15:28.679><c> 20,</c>

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you<00:15:29.240><c> see</c><00:15:29.600><c> that</c><00:15:30.000><c> Noah's</c><00:15:30.700><c> problem</c><00:15:31.379><c> is</c><00:15:32.139><c> that</c><00:15:32.840><c> he</c><00:15:33.259><c> has</c><00:15:33.559><c> become</c><00:15:34.019><c> drunk.</c>

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He's<00:15:35.320><c> become</c><00:15:35.779><c> drunk</c><00:15:36.220><c> off</c><00:15:36.779><c> wine</c><00:15:37.580><c> that</c><00:15:37.940><c> he</c><00:15:38.220><c> produced</c><00:15:38.779><c> from</c><00:15:39.440><c> his</c><00:15:39.899><c> vineyards.</c>

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Well,<00:15:40.960><c> it's</c><00:15:41.299><c> interesting</c><00:15:41.899><c> to</c><00:15:42.259><c> note</c><00:15:42.500><c> that</c><00:15:42.840><c> archeological</c><00:15:43.899><c> evidence</c><00:15:44.460><c> indicates</c><00:15:45.200><c> that</c><00:15:45.720><c> winemaking</c><00:15:46.759><c> began</c><00:15:47.720><c> in</c><00:15:48.440><c> Armenia.</c>

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That's<00:15:50.419><c> the</c><00:15:50.519><c> region,</c><00:15:51.240><c> recall,</c><00:15:51.740><c> where</c><00:15:51.980><c> the</c><00:15:52.279><c> ark</c><00:15:52.440><c> came</c><00:15:52.860><c> to</c><00:15:53.220><c> arrest.</c>

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It's<00:15:54.399><c> probably</c><00:15:54.899><c> the</c><00:15:55.200><c> region</c><00:15:55.519><c> where</c><00:15:55.860><c> Noah</c><00:15:56.139><c> settled</c><00:15:56.639><c> after</c><00:15:57.039><c> the</c>

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flood,<00:15:57.600><c> so</c><00:15:57.759><c> it's</c><00:15:57.940><c> sort</c><00:15:58.120><c> of</c><00:15:58.240><c> an</c><00:15:58.539><c> interesting</c><00:15:59.419><c> historical</c>

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scripture,<00:16:08.980><c> this</c><00:16:09.360><c> end</c><00:16:09.679><c> of</c><00:16:09.919><c> Genesis</c><00:16:10.360><c> 9,</c>

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has<00:16:11.879><c> been</c><00:16:12.299><c> and</c><00:16:12.679><c> continues</c><00:16:13.320><c> to</c><00:16:13.659><c> be</c><00:16:13.960><c> used</c><00:16:14.519><c> for</c><00:16:15.159><c> ungodly</c><00:16:16.299><c> ends.</c>

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encouragement<00:16:23.419><c> to</c><00:16:24.139><c> us</c><00:16:24.799><c> to</c><00:16:25.460><c> be</c><00:16:26.559><c> careful</c><00:16:27.679><c> readers</c><00:16:28.860><c> of</c><00:16:30.039><c> the</c><00:16:30.320><c> Bible.</c>

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We<00:16:31.419><c> really</c><00:16:32.080><c> need</c><00:16:32.419><c> to</c><00:16:32.720><c> have</c><00:16:32.899><c> our</c><00:16:33.200><c> eyes</c><00:16:33.639><c> open</c><00:16:34.159><c> and</c><00:16:34.500><c> our</c><00:16:34.799><c> minds</c><00:16:35.259><c> turned</c><00:16:35.759><c> on</c>

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and<00:16:38.700><c> make</c><00:16:39.059><c> sure</c><00:16:39.600><c> that</c><00:16:39.860><c> we've</c><00:16:40.340><c> got</c><00:16:40.720><c> what</c><00:16:41.120><c> it</c><00:16:41.580><c> says</c><00:16:42.000><c> right</c><00:16:42.659><c> because</c><00:16:44.080><c> very</c>

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unfortunate<00:16:45.620><c> consequences</c><00:16:46.759><c> can</c><00:16:47.539><c> result</c><00:16:48.259><c> from</c><00:16:48.919><c> not</c><00:16:49.360><c> being</c><00:16:49.700><c> careful</c><00:16:50.340><c> in</c>

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So<00:16:56.960><c> several</c><00:16:57.200><c> weeks</c><00:16:57.559><c> ago,</c><00:16:58.139><c> I</c><00:16:58.379><c> turned</c><00:16:58.700><c> on</c><00:16:59.059><c> national</c><00:16:59.659><c> public</c><00:17:00.059><c> radio</c><00:17:00.480><c> when</c><00:17:00.659><c> I</c>

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gay<00:17:11.819><c> marriage</c><00:17:12.359><c> because</c><00:17:12.960><c> the</c><00:17:13.400><c> Bible</c><00:17:13.759><c> condemned</c><00:17:14.720><c> homosexuality.</c>

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And<00:17:32.420><c> as</c><00:17:32.680><c> evidence</c><00:17:33.099><c> of</c><00:17:33.519><c> his</c><00:17:33.920><c> point,</c><00:17:34.539><c> he</c><00:17:34.680><c> made</c><00:17:35.059><c> reference</c><00:17:35.559><c> to</c><00:17:35.779><c> the</c><00:17:35.940><c> story</c><00:17:36.279><c> of</c><00:17:36.599><c> Noah.</c>

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He<00:17:36.900><c> made</c><00:17:37.220><c> reference</c><00:17:37.640><c> to</c><00:17:37.900><c> Genesis</c><00:17:38.240><c> 9</c><00:17:38.539><c> and</c><00:17:38.700><c> said,</c><00:17:39.059><c> look,</c><00:17:39.539><c> it</c><00:17:39.740><c> says</c><00:17:39.980><c> Ham</c>

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was<00:17:40.619><c> cursed,</c><00:17:42.859><c> but</c><00:17:43.220><c> he's</c><00:17:44.099><c> wrong.</c>

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When<00:17:46.319><c> we</c><00:17:46.559><c> actually</c><00:17:47.180><c> read</c><00:17:47.819><c> the</c><00:17:48.079><c> account,</c><00:17:48.680><c> verse</c><00:17:48.980><c> 25</c><00:17:49.920><c> imposes</c><00:17:50.819><c> a</c>

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curse<00:17:51.819><c> on</c><00:17:52.720><c> Ham's</c><00:17:54.019><c> son,</c><00:17:55.759><c> Canaan.</c>

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Nothing<00:17:57.599><c> in</c><00:17:58.440><c> this</c><00:17:58.759><c> chapter</c><00:17:59.160><c> is</c><00:17:59.519><c> said</c><00:17:59.700><c> about</c><00:18:00.099><c> Ham's</c><00:18:00.859><c> status,</c><00:18:01.339><c> although</c><00:18:01.799><c> it</c><00:18:02.079><c> doesn't</c><00:18:02.759><c> portray</c><00:18:03.359><c> him</c><00:18:04.119><c> or</c><00:18:04.779><c> Noah,</c><00:18:05.160><c> for</c><00:18:05.380><c> that</c><00:18:05.720><c> matter,</c><00:18:06.220><c> in</c><00:18:06.299><c> a</c>

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particularly<00:18:07.579><c> positive</c><00:18:08.779><c> light.</c>

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Now,<00:18:10.539><c> some</c><00:18:10.599><c> wicked</c><00:18:10.839><c> people</c><00:18:11.559><c> hundreds</c><00:18:12.240><c> of</c><00:18:12.539><c> years</c><00:18:12.799><c> ago</c><00:18:13.359><c> used</c><00:18:13.940><c> this</c><00:18:14.240><c> section</c><00:18:14.599><c> of</c>

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scripture<00:18:15.160><c> to</c><00:18:15.500><c> try</c><00:18:15.680><c> to</c><00:18:16.079><c> justify</c><00:18:16.900><c> slavery,</c>

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although<00:18:18.400><c> it</c><00:18:18.660><c> says</c><00:18:18.940><c> nothing</c><00:18:19.339><c> about</c><00:18:19.779><c> slavery</c><00:18:20.339><c> in</c><00:18:20.599><c> relationship</c><00:18:21.339><c> to</c><00:18:21.740><c> people</c>

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from<00:18:22.519><c> Africa.</c>

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Instead,<00:18:25.259><c> it</c><00:18:25.759><c> prophesied</c><00:18:26.680><c> that</c><00:18:27.039><c> the</c><00:18:27.359><c> descendants</c><00:18:27.920><c> of</c><00:18:28.319><c> Canaan</c>

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would<00:18:29.059><c> be</c><00:18:29.460><c> servants,</c><00:18:30.559><c> and</c><00:18:31.079><c> that,</c><00:18:31.900><c> in</c><00:18:32.339><c> fact,</c><00:18:32.980><c> happened.</c>

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Solomon,<00:18:35.140><c> for</c><00:18:35.759><c> example,</c><00:18:36.819><c> used</c><00:18:37.619><c> Canaanite</c><00:18:38.380><c> servants</c><00:18:38.920><c> from</c><00:18:39.579><c> the</c><00:18:39.859><c> people</c><00:18:40.180><c> that</c><00:18:40.440><c> the</c><00:18:40.599><c> children</c><00:18:40.900><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:18:41.380><c> had</c><00:18:41.799><c> conquered</c><00:18:42.319><c> to</c><00:18:43.180><c> hew</c><00:18:43.619><c> stones</c><00:18:44.299><c> for</c><00:18:45.140><c> the</c><00:18:45.380><c> temple.</c>

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Some<00:18:47.160><c> of</c><00:18:47.279><c> the</c><00:18:47.480><c> Canaanite</c><00:18:48.039><c> servants</c><00:18:48.660><c> who</c><00:18:49.279><c> labored</c><00:18:49.660><c> in</c><00:18:49.859><c> the</c><00:18:50.180><c> Israelites'</c><00:18:50.720><c> places</c><00:18:51.019><c> of</c>

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worship<00:18:51.839><c> became</c><00:18:52.640><c> outstanding</c><00:18:54.000><c> individuals</c><00:18:54.960><c> of</c><00:18:55.279><c> faith,</c>

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and<00:18:56.160><c> they</c><00:18:56.420><c> were</c><00:18:56.799><c> ultimately</c><00:18:57.519><c> incorporated</c><00:18:58.460><c> into</c><00:18:59.200><c> the</c><00:18:59.400><c> nation</c>

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of<00:19:00.140><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:19:01.140><c> the</c><00:19:01.400><c> Gibeonites</c><00:19:02.019><c> are</c><00:19:02.299><c> an</c><00:19:02.559><c> example</c><00:19:02.920><c> of</c><00:19:03.200><c> that.</c>

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So<00:19:04.960><c> the</c><00:19:05.400><c> point</c><00:19:05.759><c> is,</c><00:19:06.420><c> we</c><00:19:06.619><c> need</c><00:19:06.980><c> to</c><00:19:07.240><c> be</c><00:19:07.519><c> careful</c><00:19:08.119><c> in</c><00:19:08.359><c> our</c><00:19:08.619><c> reading</c>

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of<00:19:09.140><c> the</c><00:19:09.279><c> Bible.</c>

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We<00:19:10.380><c> need</c><00:19:10.619><c> to</c><00:19:10.799><c> make</c><00:19:11.039><c> sure</c><00:19:11.339><c> that</c><00:19:11.640><c> our</c><00:19:11.940><c> exposition</c><00:19:12.680><c> is</c><00:19:13.099><c> accurate,</c>

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both<00:19:14.339><c> in</c><00:19:14.559><c> our</c><00:19:14.819><c> private</c><00:19:15.180><c> study,</c><00:19:15.619><c> because</c><00:19:15.920><c> we</c><00:19:16.339><c> don't</c><00:19:16.740><c> want</c><00:19:17.059><c> to</c>

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deceive<00:19:17.660><c> ourselves,</c><00:19:18.460><c> do</c><00:19:18.680><c> we?</c>

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And<00:19:19.660><c> also</c><00:19:20.200><c> in</c><00:19:20.420><c> what</c><00:19:20.680><c> we</c><00:19:21.079><c> say</c><00:19:21.339><c> to</c><00:19:21.720><c> others.</c>

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And<00:19:22.900><c> we</c><00:19:23.119><c> need</c><00:19:23.420><c> to</c><00:19:23.640><c> be</c><00:19:23.880><c> aware</c><00:19:24.279><c> that</c><00:19:24.619><c> there's</c><00:19:24.960><c> a</c><00:19:25.240><c> lot</c><00:19:25.539><c> of</c><00:19:25.940><c> misinformation</c><00:19:26.740><c> about</c>

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what<00:19:27.859><c> the</c><00:19:28.079><c> Bible</c><00:19:28.440><c> teaches</c><00:19:29.039><c> that's</c><00:19:29.759><c> out</c><00:19:29.960><c> there.</c>

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And<00:19:30.839><c> taking</c><00:19:31.200><c> the</c><00:19:31.519><c> opportunity</c><00:19:32.420><c> to</c><00:19:33.079><c> talk</c><00:19:33.599><c> to</c><00:19:33.859><c> people</c><00:19:34.319><c> when</c><00:19:34.700><c> they</c><00:19:35.019><c> have</c><00:19:35.420><c> a</c>

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false<00:19:36.039><c> impression</c><00:19:36.759><c> about</c><00:19:37.079><c> what</c><00:19:37.339><c> the</c><00:19:37.519><c> Bible</c><00:19:37.759><c> says,</c>

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and<00:19:38.740><c> discussing</c><00:19:39.279><c> with</c><00:19:39.519><c> them</c><00:19:39.680><c> what</c><00:19:39.839><c> it</c><00:19:40.200><c> truly</c><00:19:40.579><c> teaches,</c>

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well,<00:19:41.900><c> doing</c><00:19:42.180><c> that</c><00:19:42.640><c> can</c><00:19:42.839><c> be</c><00:19:43.099><c> a</c><00:19:43.400><c> great</c><00:19:43.660><c> way</c><00:19:44.079><c> to</c><00:19:44.559><c> begin</c><00:19:45.059><c> to</c><00:19:45.660><c> share</c>

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our<00:19:46.700><c> hope</c><00:19:47.180><c> with</c><00:19:47.599><c> them.</c>

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When<00:19:47.940><c> someone</c><00:19:48.299><c> says</c><00:19:48.640><c> something</c><00:19:49.160><c> inaccurate,</c><00:19:50.200><c> taking</c><00:19:50.740><c> the</c><00:19:51.180><c> opportunity</c><00:19:51.779><c> to</c>

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show<00:19:52.259><c> what</c><00:19:52.420><c> the</c><00:19:52.599><c> Bible</c><00:19:52.920><c> truly</c><00:19:53.500><c> states,</c>

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and<00:19:54.400><c> then</c><00:19:54.660><c> going</c><00:19:54.819><c> on</c><00:19:55.140><c> from</c><00:19:55.339><c> there</c><00:19:55.740><c> can</c><00:19:56.079><c> be</c><00:19:56.319><c> a</c><00:19:56.500><c> great</c><00:19:56.700><c> way</c><00:19:56.980><c> to</c><00:19:57.180><c> have</c><00:19:57.319><c> a</c>

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conversation<00:19:58.380><c> about</c><00:19:59.480><c> the</c><00:19:59.960><c> truth.</c>

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So<00:20:01.559><c> I</c><00:20:01.640><c> think</c><00:20:01.839><c> that's</c><00:20:02.220><c> the</c><00:20:02.420><c> second</c><00:20:02.880><c> point</c><00:20:03.380><c> that</c><00:20:03.740><c> I</c><00:20:04.140><c> found</c><00:20:04.440><c> particularly</c><00:20:05.160><c> interesting</c><00:20:06.559><c> with</c>

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regard<00:20:07.099><c> to</c><00:20:07.279><c> this</c><00:20:07.519><c> section</c><00:20:07.779><c> of</c><00:20:08.000><c> scripture.</c>

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The<00:20:08.559><c> third</c><00:20:09.200><c> is</c><00:20:09.680><c> that</c><00:20:09.960><c> this</c><00:20:10.660><c> account</c><00:20:11.279><c> illustrates</c><00:20:12.539><c> the</c><00:20:13.259><c> righteousness</c><00:20:13.940><c> of</c><00:20:15.799><c> Shem.</c>

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In<00:20:17.299><c> fact,</c><00:20:17.940><c> the</c><00:20:18.039><c> Bible</c><00:20:18.400><c> indicates</c><00:20:19.339><c> that</c><00:20:19.900><c> he</c><00:20:20.099><c> became</c><00:20:20.640><c> the</c><00:20:21.059><c> priest</c><00:20:21.400><c> of</c><00:20:21.619><c> the</c><00:20:21.839><c> family</c><00:20:22.440><c> because</c><00:20:23.160><c> of</c>

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his<00:20:23.660><c> exemplary</c><00:20:24.500><c> character,</c>

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and<00:20:26.220><c> foreshadowed</c><00:20:27.680><c> the</c><00:20:27.940><c> Lord</c><00:20:28.519><c> Jesus</c><00:20:29.119><c> Christ</c><00:20:29.799><c> in</c><00:20:30.519><c> that</c><00:20:30.960><c> role.</c>

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If<00:20:32.119><c> you</c><00:20:32.319><c> look</c><00:20:32.740><c> at</c><00:20:32.940><c> Genesis</c><00:20:33.359><c> chapter</c><00:20:33.920><c> 9,</c><00:20:34.740><c> verse</c><00:20:35.099><c> 24,</c><00:20:36.579><c> you</c><00:20:36.720><c> see</c>

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that<00:20:38.480><c> Ham</c><00:20:38.880><c> is</c><00:20:39.500><c> referred</c><00:20:40.200><c> to</c><00:20:41.140><c> as</c><00:20:41.759><c> Noah's</c><00:20:42.599><c> younger</c><00:20:42.980><c> son.</c>

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And<00:20:44.079><c> Noah</c><00:20:44.440><c> awoke</c><00:20:44.779><c> from</c><00:20:44.960><c> his</c><00:20:45.259><c> wine</c><00:20:45.519><c> and</c><00:20:45.700><c> knew</c><00:20:45.940><c> what</c><00:20:46.140><c> his</c><00:20:46.599><c> younger</c><00:20:47.059><c> son</c><00:20:47.460><c> had</c><00:20:47.839><c> done</c><00:20:48.059><c> to</c><00:20:48.299><c> him.</c>

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Okay,<00:20:49.640><c> so</c><00:20:49.839><c> Ham</c><00:20:50.140><c> is</c><00:20:50.900><c> the</c><00:20:51.200><c> youngest</c><00:20:51.680><c> of</c><00:20:52.380><c> the</c><00:20:52.680><c> children.</c>

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Japheth<00:20:55.720><c> was</c><00:20:56.319><c> born</c><00:20:56.900><c> first.</c>

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Let's<00:20:58.099><c> go</c><00:20:58.259><c> to</c><00:20:58.440><c> Genesis</c><00:20:58.880><c> chapter</c><00:20:59.460><c> 10</c><00:21:00.200><c> and</c><00:21:00.539><c> look</c><00:21:00.779><c> at</c><00:21:01.019><c> verse</c><00:21:01.660><c> 21,</c>

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where<00:21:03.279><c> he's</c><00:21:03.579><c> going</c><00:21:03.700><c> to</c><00:21:03.980><c> be</c><00:21:04.279><c> referred</c><00:21:04.880><c> to</c><00:21:05.720><c> as</c><00:21:06.579><c> the</c><00:21:08.180><c> elder</c><00:21:08.779><c> of</c><00:21:09.779><c> Shem</c><00:21:10.079><c> in</c>

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this<00:21:10.720><c> verse.</c>

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Unto<00:21:13.099><c> Shem</c><00:21:13.359><c> also,</c><00:21:14.640><c> the</c><00:21:14.839><c> father</c><00:21:15.299><c> of</c><00:21:15.500><c> all</c><00:21:15.759><c> the</c><00:21:15.920><c> children</c><00:21:16.160><c> of</c><00:21:16.440><c> Eber,</c><00:21:17.079><c> the</c>

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brother<00:21:17.779><c> of</c><00:21:18.200><c> Japheth</c><00:21:18.660><c> the</c><00:21:19.160><c> elder,</c><00:21:20.240><c> even</c><00:21:20.519><c> to</c><00:21:20.740><c> him</c><00:21:20.960><c> were</c><00:21:21.160><c> children</c><00:21:21.519><c> born.</c>

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So<00:21:22.259><c> Japheth</c><00:21:22.660><c> is</c><00:21:22.920><c> referred</c><00:21:23.400><c> to</c><00:21:23.799><c> as</c><00:21:24.079><c> the</c><00:21:24.359><c> elder.</c>

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Now<00:21:25.160><c> some</c><00:21:25.400><c> of</c><00:21:25.579><c> you</c><00:21:25.759><c> all</c><00:21:25.940><c> may</c><00:21:26.180><c> have</c><00:21:26.440><c> versions</c><00:21:26.839><c> where</c><00:21:27.099><c> it</c><00:21:27.259><c> makes</c>

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it<00:21:27.660><c> look</c><00:21:27.880><c> like</c><00:21:28.259><c> Shem</c><00:21:28.680><c> is</c><00:21:29.000><c> the</c><00:21:29.279><c> elder.</c>

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Some<00:21:31.099><c> translations</c><00:21:31.660><c> have</c><00:21:32.519><c> a</c><00:21:32.640><c> tendency</c><00:21:32.880><c> to</c><00:21:33.160><c> try</c><00:21:33.339><c> to</c><00:21:33.579><c> help</c><00:21:33.779><c> the</c>

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Bible<00:21:34.279><c> out</c><00:21:34.740><c> when</c><00:21:35.619><c> it</c><00:21:35.920><c> senses</c><00:21:36.259><c> an</c><00:21:36.559><c> inconsistency,</c>

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so<00:21:39.579><c> they'll</c><00:21:39.799><c> try</c><00:21:39.980><c> to</c><00:21:40.180><c> clean</c><00:21:40.359><c> the</c><00:21:40.599><c> Bible</c><00:21:40.839><c> up.</c>

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But<00:21:41.640><c> the</c><00:21:41.799><c> thing</c><00:21:41.920><c> of</c><00:21:42.039><c> it</c><00:21:42.160><c> is</c><00:21:42.279><c> that</c><00:21:42.519><c> the</c><00:21:42.779><c> Bible</c><00:21:43.079><c> doesn't</c><00:21:43.579><c> need</c>

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help<00:21:44.759><c> from</c><00:21:45.160><c> man.</c>

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This<00:21:46.200><c> verse</c><00:21:46.599><c> is</c><00:21:46.859><c> teaching</c><00:21:47.400><c> that</c><00:21:47.799><c> Japheth</c><00:21:48.319><c> is</c><00:21:48.940><c> the</c><00:21:49.279><c> elder.</c>

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He<00:21:50.319><c> is</c><00:21:50.980><c> the</c><00:21:51.559><c> son</c><00:21:51.960><c> who</c><00:21:52.140><c> was</c><00:21:52.440><c> born</c><00:21:52.720><c> to</c><00:21:53.079><c> Noah</c><00:21:53.319><c> when</c><00:21:53.960><c> Noah</c><00:21:54.400><c> was</c><00:21:54.900><c> 500</c>

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years<00:21:55.980><c> old.</c>

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Let's<00:21:56.440><c> turn</c><00:21:56.720><c> over</c><00:21:56.900><c> to</c><00:21:57.079><c> Genesis</c><00:21:57.420><c> 5,</c><00:21:58.740><c> verse</c><00:21:59.220><c> 32,</c><00:22:01.460><c> which</c><00:22:01.640><c> states,</c>

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And<00:22:02.819><c> Noah,</c><00:22:03.539><c> Genesis</c><00:22:03.900><c> 5,</c><00:22:04.339><c> 32,</c><00:22:05.019><c> and</c><00:22:05.200><c> Noah</c><00:22:05.420><c> was</c><00:22:05.759><c> 500</c><00:22:06.279><c> years</c><00:22:06.759><c> old.</c>

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And<00:22:07.640><c> Noah</c><00:22:07.920><c> begat</c><00:22:08.559><c> Shem,</c><00:22:09.559><c> Ham,</c><00:22:10.279><c> and</c><00:22:10.579><c> Japheth.</c>

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Now<00:22:11.700><c> it's</c><00:22:12.140><c> really</c><00:22:12.539><c> interesting</c><00:22:13.200><c> when</c><00:22:13.380><c> we</c><00:22:13.640><c> look</c><00:22:13.859><c> at</c><00:22:14.059><c> this</c><00:22:14.380><c> verse</c><00:22:14.740><c> to</c>

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note<00:22:15.740><c> that</c><00:22:16.200><c> the</c><00:22:16.500><c> firstborn</c><00:22:17.259><c> son</c><00:22:17.920><c> of</c><00:22:18.640><c> Noah</c><00:22:19.079><c> is</c><00:22:19.779><c> not</c><00:22:20.559><c> identified.</c>

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And<00:22:22.079><c> what's</c><00:22:22.559><c> really</c><00:22:23.119><c> striking</c><00:22:23.480><c> about</c><00:22:23.880><c> this</c><00:22:24.220><c> is</c><00:22:24.619><c> how</c><00:22:24.900><c> the</c><00:22:25.240><c> structure</c><00:22:25.619><c> of</c>

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this<00:22:26.299><c> verse</c><00:22:26.880><c> differs</c><00:22:27.500><c> so</c><00:22:28.079><c> markedly</c><00:22:28.940><c> from</c><00:22:29.220><c> the</c><00:22:29.559><c> structure</c><00:22:30.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:30.839><c> rest</c><00:22:31.039><c> of</c><00:22:31.200><c> the</c><00:22:31.339><c> chapter.</c>

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Just<00:22:31.819><c> look</c><00:22:32.180><c> down,</c><00:22:32.420><c> for</c><00:22:32.539><c> example,</c><00:22:33.119><c> Genesis</c><00:22:33.259><c> 5,</c><00:22:33.680><c> verse</c><00:22:33.920><c> 6.</c>

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Seth<00:22:35.480><c> lived</c><00:22:35.900><c> in</c><00:22:37.440><c> 105</c><00:22:38.059><c> years</c><00:22:38.480><c> and</c><00:22:38.660><c> begat</c><00:22:39.160><c> Enos,</c><00:22:40.339><c> and</c><00:22:40.599><c> then</c><00:22:40.759><c> he</c>

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begats<00:22:41.519><c> sons</c><00:22:41.880><c> and</c><00:22:42.140><c> daughters.</c>

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Enos<00:22:43.420><c> lived</c><00:22:43.859><c> 99</c><00:22:45.700><c> years</c><00:22:46.180><c> and</c><00:22:46.339><c> begat</c><00:22:46.940><c> Canaan,</c><00:22:47.680><c> and</c><00:22:48.180><c> then</c><00:22:48.339><c> he</c><00:22:48.480><c> begat</c><00:22:48.799><c> sons</c><00:22:49.039><c> and</c><00:22:49.259><c> daughters.</c>

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So<00:22:49.700><c> in</c><00:22:49.839><c> all</c><00:22:50.220><c> of</c><00:22:50.539><c> these,</c><00:22:51.619><c> the</c><00:22:51.960><c> ancestors</c><00:22:52.539><c> of</c><00:22:52.859><c> Noah,</c><00:22:53.319><c> the</c><00:22:53.539><c> firstborn</c><00:22:54.180><c> son</c><00:22:54.519><c> is</c>

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listed,<00:22:55.240><c> but</c><00:22:55.579><c> that</c><00:22:56.039><c> doesn't</c><00:22:56.559><c> happen</c><00:22:57.200><c> in</c><00:22:57.619><c> Genesis</c><00:22:58.160><c> 5,</c><00:22:59.279><c> 32.</c>

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All<00:23:00.519><c> it</c><00:23:00.759><c> says</c><00:23:01.259><c> is</c><00:23:01.759><c> that</c><00:23:02.039><c> Noah</c><00:23:02.240><c> had</c><00:23:02.559><c> three</c><00:23:03.019><c> children</c><00:23:03.420><c> and</c><00:23:03.619><c> that</c>

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he<00:23:03.819><c> had</c><00:23:04.000><c> the</c><00:23:04.279><c> first</c><00:23:04.640><c> one</c><00:23:05.119><c> when</c><00:23:05.460><c> he</c><00:23:05.740><c> was</c><00:23:06.160><c> 500.</c>

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The<00:23:08.819><c> record</c><00:23:09.180><c> is</c><00:23:09.680><c> probably</c><00:23:10.279><c> structured</c><00:23:10.740><c> that</c><00:23:11.059><c> way</c><00:23:11.299><c> because</c><00:23:11.740><c> it</c>

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appears<00:23:12.660><c> that</c><00:23:13.240><c> Japheth,</c><00:23:14.259><c> who</c><00:23:14.319><c> was</c><00:23:14.579><c> Noah's</c><00:23:15.500><c> son</c><00:23:15.960><c> who</c><00:23:16.240><c> was</c><00:23:16.579><c> born</c><00:23:16.880><c> first,</c>

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eventually<00:23:18.200><c> lost</c><00:23:18.900><c> the</c><00:23:19.279><c> privileges</c><00:23:19.720><c> of</c><00:23:20.480><c> that</c><00:23:20.880><c> distinction</c><00:23:21.480><c> just</c><00:23:22.380><c> as</c>

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a<00:23:22.839><c> number</c><00:23:23.220><c> of</c><00:23:23.579><c> other</c><00:23:24.039><c> firstborns</c><00:23:25.039><c> did</c><00:23:25.339><c> in</c><00:23:25.700><c> the</c><00:23:25.920><c> Bible.</c>

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Shem<00:23:28.039><c> was</c><00:23:28.539><c> born</c><00:23:29.240><c> two</c><00:23:30.079><c> years</c><00:23:31.019><c> after</c><00:23:31.839><c> Japheth.</c>

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So<00:23:32.740><c> Japheth</c><00:23:33.140><c> is</c><00:23:33.380><c> the</c><00:23:33.579><c> one</c><00:23:33.980><c> who</c><00:23:34.220><c> is</c><00:23:34.559><c> born</c><00:23:34.940><c> here</c><00:23:35.740><c> when</c><00:23:37.200><c> Noah</c><00:23:37.500><c> is</c><00:23:37.960><c> 500.</c>

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The<00:23:39.279><c> flood</c><00:23:39.720><c> comes</c><00:23:40.359><c> when</c><00:23:40.859><c> Noah</c><00:23:41.240><c> is</c><00:23:42.059><c> 600.</c>

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So<00:23:44.160><c> Japheth</c><00:23:45.079><c> would</c><00:23:45.299><c> have</c><00:23:45.599><c> been</c><00:23:45.900><c> 100</c><00:23:46.440><c> years</c><00:23:46.880><c> old</c><00:23:47.079><c> at</c><00:23:47.279><c> the</c><00:23:47.480><c> time</c>

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of<00:23:47.759><c> the</c><00:23:47.960><c> flood.</c>

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And<00:23:48.700><c> it's</c><00:23:48.839><c> helpful</c><00:23:49.220><c> to</c><00:23:49.480><c> keep</c><00:23:49.819><c> that</c><00:23:50.039><c> in</c><00:23:50.200><c> mind</c><00:23:50.680><c> when</c><00:23:50.940><c> we</c><00:23:51.180><c> turn</c><00:23:51.480><c> over</c><00:23:51.960><c> to</c>

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Genesis<00:23:52.819><c> 11,</c><00:23:54.480><c> verse</c><00:23:54.920><c> 10.</c>

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And<00:23:55.680><c> we're</c><00:23:55.819><c> going</c><00:23:55.940><c> to</c><00:23:56.000><c> be</c><00:23:56.279><c> told</c><00:23:56.539><c> about</c><00:23:57.180><c> the</c><00:23:57.519><c> birth</c><00:23:58.140><c> of</c><00:23:58.859><c> Shem's</c>

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first<00:24:00.099><c> son.</c>

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And<00:24:00.900><c> here's</c><00:24:01.160><c> what</c><00:24:01.339><c> it</c><00:24:01.559><c> says,</c><00:24:02.680><c> Genesis</c><00:24:03.000><c> 11,</c><00:24:03.539><c> verse</c><00:24:03.740><c> 10.</c>

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These<00:24:04.680><c> are</c><00:24:04.920><c> the</c><00:24:05.140><c> generations</c><00:24:05.799><c> of</c><00:24:06.319><c> Shem.</c>

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Shem<00:24:07.599><c> was</c><00:24:07.920><c> 100</c><00:24:08.339><c> years</c><00:24:08.680><c> old</c><00:24:09.119><c> and</c><00:24:09.559><c> begat,</c><00:24:10.180><c> our</c><00:24:10.460><c> fact</c><00:24:10.700><c> said,</c><00:24:11.519><c> two</c>

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years<00:24:12.200><c> after</c><00:24:12.599><c> the</c><00:24:12.960><c> flood.</c>

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So<00:24:13.900><c> two</c><00:24:14.400><c> years</c><00:24:14.980><c> after</c><00:24:15.420><c> the</c><00:24:15.880><c> flood,</c><00:24:16.740><c> Shem</c><00:24:17.400><c> is</c><00:24:18.200><c> 100</c><00:24:18.900><c> years</c><00:24:19.359><c> old.</c>

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Two<00:24:20.500><c> years</c><00:24:20.920><c> after</c><00:24:21.299><c> the</c><00:24:21.680><c> flood,</c><00:24:23.339><c> Japheth</c><00:24:23.519><c> is</c><00:24:24.619><c> 102</c><00:24:26.579><c> years</c><00:24:27.220><c> old.</c>

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So<00:24:28.180><c> Japheth</c><00:24:28.599><c> is</c><00:24:28.839><c> the</c><00:24:29.140><c> older</c><00:24:29.519><c> brother</c><00:24:30.039><c> by</c><00:24:30.920><c> two</c><00:24:31.720><c> years.</c>

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Then<00:24:32.819><c> there</c><00:24:33.140><c> is</c><00:24:33.519><c> Shem</c><00:24:34.039><c> and</c><00:24:34.660><c> finally</c><00:24:35.339><c> there</c><00:24:36.039><c> is</c><00:24:36.660><c> Japheth.</c>

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I'm<00:24:38.480><c> sorry,</c><00:24:38.660><c> finally</c><00:24:38.940><c> there's</c><00:24:39.359><c> Ham.</c>

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But<00:24:40.539><c> even</c><00:24:41.880><c> though</c><00:24:43.200><c> Japheth</c><00:24:44.180><c> was</c><00:24:44.920><c> chronologically</c><00:24:45.920><c> the</c><00:24:46.339><c> older</c><00:24:46.700><c> brother,</c>

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the<00:24:47.940><c> Bible</c><00:24:48.460><c> consistently</c><00:24:50.000><c> lists</c><00:24:51.019><c> Shem</c><00:24:51.740><c> first.</c>

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We<00:24:52.579><c> saw</c><00:24:52.920><c> that</c><00:24:53.380><c> in</c><00:24:53.619><c> Genesis</c><00:24:54.000><c> chapter</c><00:24:54.539><c> 5.</c>

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This<00:24:55.380><c> is</c><00:24:55.579><c> also</c><00:24:55.859><c> going</c><00:24:56.000><c> to</c><00:24:56.099><c> be</c><00:24:56.240><c> the</c><00:24:56.380><c> case</c><00:24:56.799><c> in</c><00:24:57.259><c> Genesis</c><00:24:57.660><c> chapter</c><00:24:58.079><c> 10.</c>

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Let's<00:24:58.539><c> turn</c><00:24:58.779><c> back</c><00:24:59.019><c> to</c><00:24:59.180><c> Genesis</c><00:24:59.539><c> 10</c><00:25:00.019><c> and</c><00:25:00.460><c> consider</c><00:25:00.940><c> verse</c><00:25:01.400><c> 1.</c>

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Now,<00:25:03.420><c> these</c><00:25:03.779><c> are</c><00:25:04.039><c> the</c><00:25:04.099><c> generations</c><00:25:04.740><c> of</c><00:25:04.980><c> the</c><00:25:05.099><c> sons</c><00:25:05.380><c> of</c><00:25:05.619><c> Noah,</c>

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Shem,<00:25:06.940><c> Ham,</c><00:25:07.220><c> and</c><00:25:07.400><c> Japheth.</c>

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And<00:25:08.460><c> unto</c><00:25:08.619><c> them</c><00:25:08.839><c> were</c><00:25:09.119><c> sons</c><00:25:09.500><c> born</c><00:25:10.079><c> after</c><00:25:11.160><c> the</c><00:25:11.559><c> flood.</c>

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It<00:25:13.960><c> appears</c><00:25:14.599><c> that</c><00:25:15.099><c> Shem</c><00:25:15.500><c> was</c><00:25:15.920><c> regarded</c><00:25:16.539><c> as</c><00:25:17.039><c> the</c><00:25:17.299><c> firstborn</c><00:25:17.980><c> even</c><00:25:18.359><c> though</c><00:25:18.619><c> he</c>

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was<00:25:19.119><c> not</c><00:25:19.500><c> actually</c><00:25:20.039><c> born</c><00:25:20.460><c> first.</c>

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And<00:25:21.680><c> the</c><00:25:21.940><c> change</c><00:25:22.339><c> in</c><00:25:22.740><c> status</c><00:25:23.480><c> must</c><00:25:24.200><c> have</c><00:25:24.440><c> been</c><00:25:24.619><c> because</c><00:25:25.019><c> of</c><00:25:25.259><c> the</c><00:25:25.400><c> virtue</c><00:25:25.779><c> of</c>

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his<00:25:26.279><c> character.</c>

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Perhaps<00:25:27.519><c> that</c><00:25:27.920><c> is</c><00:25:28.119><c> why</c><00:25:28.740><c> in</c><00:25:28.940><c> Genesis</c><00:25:29.380><c> 9</c><00:25:30.019><c> verse</c><00:25:30.400><c> 26,</c><00:25:31.920><c> Noah</c><00:25:31.960><c> exclaims,</c>

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Blessed<00:25:33.619><c> be</c><00:25:34.220><c> the</c><00:25:34.599><c> Lord</c><00:25:35.160><c> God</c><00:25:35.779><c> of</c><00:25:37.079><c> Shem.</c>

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Noah's<00:25:39.339><c> choice</c><00:25:39.619><c> of</c><00:25:39.900><c> words</c><00:25:40.220><c> suggests</c><00:25:40.759><c> that</c><00:25:41.220><c> Shem</c><00:25:41.759><c> was</c><00:25:42.279><c> leading</c>

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his<00:25:43.119><c> older</c><00:25:43.440><c> brother,</c><00:25:44.160><c> Japheth,</c>

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by<00:25:45.319><c> his</c><00:25:46.059><c> good</c><00:25:46.319><c> example</c><00:25:47.119><c> and</c><00:25:48.759><c> regarded</c><00:25:49.420><c> as</c><00:25:49.940><c> the</c><00:25:50.380><c> firstborn</c><00:25:51.039><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:51.619><c> family.</c>

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Now,<00:25:52.480><c> in</c><00:25:52.759><c> the</c><00:25:53.019><c> time</c><00:25:53.259><c> before</c><00:25:53.640><c> the</c><00:25:53.980><c> Exodus,</c><00:25:54.920><c> the</c><00:25:55.099><c> firstborn</c><00:25:55.980><c> was</c>

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regarded<00:25:57.319><c> as</c><00:25:57.859><c> the</c><00:25:58.299><c> priest</c><00:25:58.660><c> of</c><00:25:58.920><c> the</c><00:25:59.160><c> family.</c>

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:07.839
If<00:26:00.420><c> Shem</c><00:26:00.720><c> was</c><00:26:01.180><c> given</c><00:26:01.500><c> that</c><00:26:01.819><c> position,</c><00:26:02.819><c> he</c><00:26:03.059><c> would</c><00:26:03.299><c> have</c><00:26:03.539><c> retained</c><00:26:04.059><c> it</c><00:26:04.640><c> until</c><00:26:05.559><c> his</c><00:26:06.660><c> death.</c>

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:10.180
So<00:26:08.519><c> when</c><00:26:08.920><c> was</c><00:26:09.660><c> that?</c>

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:12.960
Well,<00:26:11.140><c> Shem,</c><00:26:11.559><c> let's</c><00:26:11.680><c> go</c><00:26:11.859><c> back</c><00:26:12.019><c> to</c><00:26:12.200><c> Genesis</c><00:26:12.539><c> 11.</c>

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:17.900
We're<00:26:13.140><c> going</c><00:26:13.759><c> to</c><00:26:13.819><c> read</c><00:26:14.059><c> about</c><00:26:14.460><c> the</c><00:26:15.279><c> generations</c><00:26:16.039><c> of</c><00:26:17.140><c> Shem.</c>

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:21.500
So<00:26:18.960><c> Shem</c><00:26:19.279><c> had</c><00:26:19.579><c> his</c><00:26:19.920><c> firstborn</c><00:26:21.140><c> son.</c>

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:23.940
He<00:26:21.700><c> was</c><00:26:22.019><c> 100</c><00:26:22.519><c> years</c><00:26:22.980><c> old.</c>

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:27.980
And<00:26:24.440><c> he</c><00:26:24.720><c> lived</c><00:26:25.160><c> 500</c><00:26:26.299><c> years</c><00:26:27.119><c> after</c><00:26:27.619><c> that.</c>

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:32.059
So<00:26:28.559><c> Shem</c><00:26:28.819><c> died</c><00:26:29.440><c> when</c><00:26:29.759><c> he</c><00:26:30.019><c> was</c><00:26:30.619><c> 600</c><00:26:31.220><c> years</c><00:26:31.700><c> old.</c>

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:36.380
We<00:26:32.480><c> know</c><00:26:32.980><c> that</c><00:26:33.500><c> from</c><00:26:34.299><c> Genesis</c><00:26:34.740><c> 11</c><00:26:35.420><c> verse</c><00:26:35.880><c> 10.</c>

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:38.680
He's<00:26:36.799><c> 100</c><00:26:37.119><c> years</c><00:26:37.460><c> old</c><00:26:37.579><c> when</c><00:26:37.700><c> he</c><00:26:37.779><c> has</c><00:26:38.039><c> his</c><00:26:38.359><c> son.</c>

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:40.140
And<00:26:39.160><c> in</c><00:26:39.259><c> verse</c><00:26:39.539><c> 11,</c>

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:45.240
And<00:26:40.779><c> Shem</c><00:26:41.019><c> lived</c><00:26:41.299><c> after</c><00:26:41.680><c> he</c><00:26:42.000><c> begat</c><00:26:42.480><c> our</c><00:26:42.740><c> fact</c><00:26:43.119><c>-set</c><00:26:43.539><c> 500</c><00:26:44.519><c> years</c>

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:48.420
and<00:26:45.640><c> begat</c><00:26:46.460><c> sons</c><00:26:47.099><c> and</c><00:26:48.019><c> daughters.</c>

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:52.940
So<00:26:48.859><c> Shem</c><00:26:49.160><c> lives</c><00:26:49.700><c> for</c><00:26:51.059><c> 600</c><00:26:51.559><c> years.</c>

00:26:53.799 --> 00:27:01.319
Shem<00:26:54.240><c> was</c><00:26:54.599><c> born</c><00:26:55.640><c> 1558</c><00:26:58.359><c> years</c><00:26:59.099><c> after</c><00:26:59.920><c> the</c><00:27:00.180><c> Bible's</c><00:27:01.000><c> reckoning</c>

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:02.779
of<00:27:01.559><c> time</c><00:27:01.839><c> began.</c>

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:08.019
1558<00:27:04.680><c> years</c><00:27:05.400><c> after</c><00:27:06.079><c> the</c><00:27:06.299><c> Bible's</c><00:27:06.839><c> reckoning</c><00:27:07.119><c> of</c><00:27:07.380><c> time</c><00:27:07.559><c> began.</c>

00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:12.519
He<00:27:08.460><c> died</c><00:27:09.099><c> in</c><00:27:09.759><c> 2158.</c>

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:19.759
Abraham<00:27:12.940><c> was</c><00:27:13.400><c> born</c><00:27:14.039><c> 2008</c><00:27:15.680><c> years</c><00:27:16.420><c> after</c><00:27:16.920><c> the</c><00:27:17.220><c> Bible's</c><00:27:17.880><c> reckoning</c><00:27:18.200><c> of</c><00:27:18.440><c> time</c><00:27:18.720><c> began.</c>

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:25.640
So<00:27:20.380><c> Shem</c><00:27:20.759><c> was</c><00:27:21.359><c> alive</c><00:27:22.119><c> for</c><00:27:22.640><c> almost</c><00:27:23.180><c> all</c><00:27:24.019><c> of</c><00:27:24.720><c> Abram's</c><00:27:25.319><c> life.</c>

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:30.980
He<00:27:26.339><c> was</c><00:27:27.000><c> certainly</c><00:27:27.599><c> alive</c><00:27:28.539><c> during</c><00:27:29.240><c> Abram's</c><00:27:30.039><c> early</c><00:27:30.299><c> years</c><00:27:30.740><c> in</c>

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:32.059
the<00:27:31.279><c> promised</c><00:27:31.599><c> land</c>

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:40.720
when<00:27:32.660><c> the</c><00:27:32.980><c> events</c><00:27:33.319><c> recorded</c><00:27:34.200><c> in</c><00:27:35.099><c> Genesis</c><00:27:35.839><c> chapter</c><00:27:37.400><c> 14</c><00:27:38.539><c> took</c><00:27:39.259><c> place.</c>

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:46.559
In<00:27:41.220><c> this</c><00:27:41.480><c> account,</c><00:27:42.759><c> in</c><00:27:43.000><c> Genesis</c><00:27:43.559><c> 14,</c><00:27:44.700><c> which</c><00:27:44.920><c> is</c><00:27:45.240><c> about</c><00:27:45.619><c> Abram's</c><00:27:46.319><c> early</c>

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:48.039
years<00:27:46.880><c> in</c><00:27:47.099><c> the</c><00:27:47.319><c> promised</c><00:27:47.579><c> land,</c>

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:51.500
he<00:27:48.660><c> encounters</c><00:27:49.460><c> the</c><00:27:50.059><c> king</c><00:27:50.259><c> of</c><00:27:50.660><c> Salem.</c>

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:54.440
That's<00:27:52.380><c> the</c><00:27:52.559><c> city</c><00:27:52.799><c> later</c><00:27:53.079><c> on</c><00:27:53.440><c> known</c><00:27:53.599><c> as</c><00:27:53.900><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:27:54.440 --> 00:28:01.180
This<00:27:55.740><c> king</c><00:27:56.180><c> of</c><00:27:56.500><c> Salem,</c><00:27:57.319><c> according</c><00:27:57.640><c> to</c><00:27:57.900><c> Genesis</c><00:27:58.480><c> 14</c><00:27:59.799><c> verse</c><00:28:00.259><c> 18,</c>

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:07.779
was<00:28:02.019><c> the</c><00:28:02.599><c> priest</c><00:28:03.480><c> of</c><00:28:04.579><c> the</c><00:28:04.920><c> Most</c><00:28:05.539><c> High</c><00:28:06.480><c> God.</c>

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:12.480
Abram<00:28:08.799><c> regarded</c><00:28:09.519><c> this</c><00:28:09.940><c> man</c><00:28:10.440><c> as</c><00:28:10.920><c> superior</c><00:28:11.640><c> to</c><00:28:11.880><c> himself.</c>

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:17.299
The<00:28:13.099><c> writer</c><00:28:13.359><c> to</c><00:28:13.579><c> the</c><00:28:13.759><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:14.119><c> tells</c><00:28:14.480><c> us</c><00:28:14.740><c> this</c><00:28:15.240><c> in</c><00:28:15.599><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:16.019><c> chapter</c><00:28:16.440><c> 7</c>

00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:20.519
verses<00:28:18.079><c> 6</c><00:28:19.960><c> to</c><00:28:20.079><c> 7.</c>

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:23.019
And<00:28:21.039><c> the</c><00:28:21.220><c> writer</c><00:28:21.440><c> to</c><00:28:21.619><c> the</c><00:28:21.839><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:22.019><c> explains</c><00:28:22.660><c> why.</c>

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:26.900
Well,<00:28:23.960><c> Abram</c><00:28:24.259><c> regarded</c><00:28:24.779><c> this</c><00:28:25.059><c> man</c><00:28:25.460><c> as</c><00:28:26.180><c> greater</c><00:28:26.339><c> than</c><00:28:26.480><c> himself</c>

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:29.480
because<00:28:27.460><c> he</c><00:28:27.880><c> paid</c><00:28:28.259><c> tithes</c><00:28:28.839><c> to</c><00:28:28.920><c> him</c>

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:32.680
and<00:28:29.819><c> he</c><00:28:30.079><c> received</c><00:28:30.640><c> a</c><00:28:31.099><c> blessing</c><00:28:31.539><c> from</c><00:28:32.119><c> him.</c>

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:37.299
So<00:28:33.460><c> we</c><00:28:33.859><c> have</c><00:28:34.119><c> this</c><00:28:34.460><c> man</c><00:28:34.960><c> who</c><00:28:35.319><c> is</c><00:28:35.579><c> a</c><00:28:35.779><c> king</c><00:28:36.099><c> priest</c>

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:43.240
and<00:28:38.400><c> Abram</c><00:28:39.200><c> regards</c><00:28:39.920><c> this</c><00:28:40.359><c> king</c><00:28:40.660><c> priest</c><00:28:41.019><c> as</c><00:28:41.539><c> greater</c><00:28:41.880><c> than</c><00:28:42.119><c> himself.</c>

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:49.880
Well,<00:28:43.839><c> who</c><00:28:44.240><c> could</c><00:28:44.579><c> he</c><00:28:44.940><c> have</c><00:28:45.380><c> been</c><00:28:46.299><c> other</c><00:28:47.059><c> than</c><00:28:47.680><c> Shem,</c><00:28:48.920><c> the</c><00:28:49.220><c> priest</c><00:28:49.599><c> of</c>

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.420
the<00:28:50.099><c> family?</c>

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:54.359
This<00:28:51.140><c> king</c><00:28:51.599><c> priest</c><00:28:52.079><c> went</c><00:28:52.380><c> by</c><00:28:52.700><c> the</c><00:28:52.940><c> title</c><00:28:53.380><c> Melchizedek.</c>

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:58.400
And<00:28:54.640><c> Melchizedek</c><00:28:55.319><c> is</c><00:28:55.559><c> a</c><00:28:55.779><c> title.</c><00:28:55.960><c> It</c><00:28:56.160><c> means</c><00:28:56.599><c> king</c><00:28:57.119><c> of</c><00:28:57.400><c> righteousness.</c>

00:28:58.619 --> 00:29:02.299
Later<00:28:58.940><c> rulers</c><00:28:59.319><c> of</c><00:28:59.559><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:29:00.079><c> we</c><00:29:00.240><c> read</c><00:29:00.440><c> about</c><00:29:00.720><c> them</c><00:29:00.839><c> in</c><00:29:01.079><c> Joshua</c><00:29:01.460><c> 10,</c>

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:05.440
would<00:29:02.700><c> go</c><00:29:02.900><c> by</c><00:29:03.140><c> the</c><00:29:03.380><c> title</c><00:29:03.859><c> Adonai</c><00:29:05.059><c>-zidek.</c>

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:09.039
It's<00:29:06.039><c> similar</c><00:29:06.359><c> in</c><00:29:06.579><c> meaning.</c><00:29:06.859><c> It</c><00:29:07.140><c> means</c><00:29:07.680><c> lord</c><00:29:08.319><c> of</c><00:29:08.640><c> righteousness.</c>

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:14.400
And<00:29:09.400><c> the</c><00:29:09.779><c> switch</c><00:29:10.079><c> in</c><00:29:10.299><c> the</c><00:29:10.539><c> titles</c><00:29:10.859><c> of</c><00:29:11.380><c> the</c><00:29:11.640><c> ruler</c><00:29:11.980><c> of</c><00:29:12.259><c> Jerusalem</c><00:29:12.680><c> is</c><00:29:12.960><c> probably</c><00:29:13.400><c> associated</c><00:29:14.099><c> with</c>

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the<00:29:14.660><c> apostasy.</c>

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:19.019
During<00:29:15.559><c> the</c><00:29:16.400><c> time</c><00:29:16.700><c> in</c><00:29:16.799><c> which</c><00:29:17.039><c> Melchizedek</c><00:29:17.720><c> would</c><00:29:17.880><c> have</c><00:29:18.079><c> ruled,</c>

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:21.859
the<00:29:19.440><c> truth</c><00:29:19.880><c> would</c><00:29:20.059><c> have</c><00:29:20.220><c> been</c><00:29:20.440><c> proclaimed</c><00:29:21.000><c> by</c><00:29:21.279><c> him.</c>

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:25.059
And<00:29:22.079><c> so</c><00:29:22.240><c> the</c><00:29:22.400><c> title</c><00:29:22.599><c> is</c><00:29:22.960><c> Melchizedek,</c><00:29:24.220><c> king</c><00:29:24.359><c> of</c><00:29:24.619><c> righteousness.</c>

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:28.140
And<00:29:25.359><c> as</c><00:29:25.619><c> apostasy</c><00:29:26.299><c> sets</c><00:29:26.619><c> in</c><00:29:26.980><c> in</c><00:29:27.119><c> subsequent</c><00:29:27.559><c> years,</c>

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:33.220
the<00:29:28.900><c> title</c><00:29:29.299><c> of</c><00:29:29.740><c> the</c><00:29:29.940><c> ruler</c><00:29:30.180><c> of</c><00:29:30.500><c> the</c><00:29:30.619><c> city</c><00:29:30.920><c> is</c><00:29:31.539><c> changed</c><00:29:31.839><c> in</c><00:29:32.079><c> association</c><00:29:32.680><c> with</c><00:29:32.980><c> that.</c>

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:35.299
It<00:29:33.420><c> becomes</c><00:29:33.799><c> Adonai</c><00:29:34.660><c>-zidek.</c>

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:40.700
So<00:29:36.039><c> this</c><00:29:36.359><c> king</c><00:29:36.819><c> priest,</c><00:29:37.660><c> Melchizedek,</c><00:29:39.359><c> ruled</c><00:29:39.740><c> in</c><00:29:40.400><c> Salem.</c>

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:46.420
And<00:29:41.359><c> he</c><00:29:41.940><c> is</c><00:29:42.180><c> one</c><00:29:42.480><c> of</c><00:29:42.680><c> the</c><00:29:42.940><c> most</c><00:29:43.259><c> significant</c><00:29:44.500><c> characters</c><00:29:45.400><c> in</c>

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:47.700
the<00:29:46.700><c> Bible.</c>

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:51.579
He<00:29:47.960><c> foreshadows</c><00:29:49.240><c> the</c><00:29:49.619><c> Lord</c><00:29:50.000><c> Jesus</c><00:29:50.500><c> Christ,</c>

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:58.079
who<00:29:51.839><c> will</c><00:29:52.220><c> reign</c><00:29:52.799><c> as</c><00:29:53.519><c> both</c><00:29:53.980><c> king</c><00:29:54.599><c> and</c><00:29:55.400><c> priest</c><00:29:56.019><c> in</c><00:29:56.759><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:07.059
Genesis<00:29:59.559><c> 14</c><00:30:01.039><c> contains</c><00:30:01.859><c> the</c><00:30:02.200><c> only</c><00:30:02.700><c> historical</c><00:30:03.640><c> account</c><00:30:04.339><c> of</c><00:30:05.039><c> this</c><00:30:05.259><c> person</c><00:30:05.720><c> known</c><00:30:06.160><c> as</c><00:30:06.480><c> Melchizedek.</c>

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:10.880
The<00:30:08.180><c> background</c><00:30:08.940><c> to</c><00:30:09.160><c> the</c><00:30:09.339><c> chapter</c><00:30:09.700><c> is</c><00:30:09.920><c> that</c><00:30:10.059><c> a</c><00:30:10.279><c> confederacy</c>

00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:11.680
from<00:30:11.160><c> Babylon</c>

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:17.259
had<00:30:12.259><c> invaded</c><00:30:12.740><c> the</c><00:30:13.140><c> promised</c><00:30:13.400><c> land</c><00:30:13.880><c> and</c><00:30:14.420><c> taken</c><00:30:14.920><c> Abram's</c><00:30:15.799><c> nephew</c><00:30:16.579><c> Lot</c>

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:18.819
as<00:30:17.940><c> captive.</c>

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:22.960
So<00:30:19.500><c> Abram</c><00:30:20.079><c> went</c><00:30:20.380><c> after</c><00:30:20.839><c> them</c><00:30:21.059><c> to</c><00:30:21.339><c> rescue</c><00:30:21.799><c> Lot,</c><00:30:22.200><c> and</c><00:30:22.339><c> Abram</c><00:30:22.700><c> was</c>

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successful<00:30:23.700><c> in</c><00:30:24.000><c> doing</c><00:30:24.240><c> that.</c>

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:30.400
And<00:30:25.000><c> as</c><00:30:25.160><c> he's</c><00:30:25.460><c> returning</c><00:30:26.119><c> from</c><00:30:26.640><c> that</c><00:30:27.059><c> battle,</c><00:30:27.700><c> he</c><00:30:27.960><c> encounters</c><00:30:29.079><c> Melchizedek.</c>

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:36.339
And<00:30:30.599><c> let's</c><00:30:30.839><c> read</c><00:30:31.160><c> about</c><00:30:31.500><c> what</c><00:30:31.759><c> happens</c><00:30:32.299><c> in</c><00:30:32.859><c> Genesis</c><00:30:33.359><c> 14,</c><00:30:35.160><c> starting</c><00:30:35.519><c> at</c>

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:38.279
verse<00:30:36.900><c> 14.</c>

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:41.799
And<00:30:38.599><c> when</c><00:30:38.880><c> Abram</c><00:30:39.259><c> heard</c><00:30:39.660><c> that</c><00:30:39.900><c> his</c><00:30:40.200><c> brother,</c><00:30:40.579><c> this</c><00:30:40.819><c> is</c><00:30:41.039><c> a</c><00:30:41.200><c> reference</c><00:30:41.460><c> to</c>

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.119
Lot<00:30:41.980><c> here,</c>

00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:45.180
we<00:30:42.200><c> know</c><00:30:42.380><c> that</c><00:30:42.579><c> from</c><00:30:42.740><c> earlier,</c><00:30:43.400><c> his</c><00:30:43.660><c> brother</c><00:30:43.980><c> was</c><00:30:44.259><c> taken</c><00:30:44.619><c> captive,</c>

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:50.319
he<00:30:45.799><c> armed</c><00:30:46.059><c> his</c><00:30:46.420><c> trained</c><00:30:46.640><c> servants,</c><00:30:47.420><c> born</c><00:30:47.579><c> in</c><00:30:47.740><c> his</c><00:30:47.960><c> own</c><00:30:48.240><c> house,</c><00:30:49.200><c> 318,</c>

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:52.480
and<00:30:50.839><c> pursued</c><00:30:51.140><c> them</c><00:30:51.480><c> unto</c><00:30:51.940><c> Dan.</c>

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:57.460
And<00:30:53.180><c> he</c><00:30:53.480><c> divided</c><00:30:54.099><c> himself</c><00:30:54.900><c> against</c><00:30:55.480><c> them,</c><00:30:56.039><c> he</c><00:30:56.279><c> and</c><00:30:56.400><c> his</c><00:30:56.700><c> servants</c><00:30:56.900><c> by</c><00:30:57.259><c> night,</c>

00:30:57.460 --> 00:31:00.720
and<00:30:57.900><c> smoked</c><00:30:58.140><c> them,</c><00:30:58.440><c> and</c><00:30:58.539><c> pursued</c><00:30:58.980><c> them</c><00:30:59.279><c> unto</c><00:30:59.519><c> Hoba,</c><00:31:00.319><c> which</c><00:31:00.519><c> is</c>

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:02.660
on<00:31:00.900><c> the</c><00:31:01.099><c> left</c><00:31:01.400><c> hand</c><00:31:01.579><c> of</c><00:31:01.759><c> Damascus.</c>

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:06.180
And<00:31:03.140><c> he</c><00:31:03.359><c> brought</c><00:31:03.599><c> back</c><00:31:04.019><c> all</c><00:31:04.460><c> the</c><00:31:04.700><c> goods,</c><00:31:05.359><c> and</c><00:31:05.539><c> also</c><00:31:05.880><c> brought</c>

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:07.640
again<00:31:06.519><c> his</c><00:31:06.900><c> brother</c><00:31:07.240><c> Lot,</c>

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:10.619
and<00:31:08.119><c> his</c><00:31:08.440><c> goods,</c><00:31:08.799><c> and</c><00:31:08.960><c> the</c><00:31:09.140><c> women</c><00:31:09.359><c> also,</c><00:31:09.880><c> and</c><00:31:10.039><c> the</c><00:31:10.240><c> people.</c>

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:13.960
And<00:31:11.279><c> the</c><00:31:11.440><c> king</c><00:31:11.640><c> of</c><00:31:12.039><c> Sodom</c><00:31:12.279><c> went</c><00:31:12.480><c> out</c><00:31:12.700><c> to</c><00:31:12.960><c> meet</c><00:31:13.140><c> him</c><00:31:13.400><c> after</c><00:31:13.700><c> his</c>

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:16.059
return<00:31:14.420><c> from</c><00:31:14.619><c> the</c><00:31:14.839><c> slaughter</c><00:31:15.099><c> of</c><00:31:15.359><c> Ketelaiomer,</c>

00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:19.180
and<00:31:16.599><c> of</c><00:31:16.700><c> the</c><00:31:16.900><c> kings</c><00:31:17.079><c> that</c><00:31:17.259><c> were</c><00:31:17.420><c> with</c><00:31:17.660><c> him</c><00:31:18.059><c> at</c><00:31:18.380><c> the</c><00:31:18.599><c> valley</c><00:31:18.859><c> of</c>

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:20.839
Sheba,<00:31:19.519><c> which</c><00:31:19.700><c> is</c><00:31:19.920><c> the</c><00:31:20.140><c> king's</c><00:31:20.519><c> dale.</c>

00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:25.640
And<00:31:21.500><c> Melchizedek,</c><00:31:22.880><c> king</c><00:31:23.240><c> of</c><00:31:23.539><c> Salem,</c><00:31:24.259><c> brought</c><00:31:24.619><c> forth</c><00:31:25.180><c> bread</c>

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:27.359
and<00:31:26.000><c> wine.</c>

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:30.480
Bear<00:31:28.059><c> that</c><00:31:28.440><c> in</c><00:31:28.740><c> mind,</c><00:31:29.039><c> considering</c><00:31:29.559><c> what</c><00:31:29.720><c> we</c><00:31:29.920><c> are</c><00:31:30.059><c> about</c><00:31:30.279><c> to</c>

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.240
do<00:31:30.559><c> this</c><00:31:30.839><c> morning.</c>

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:34.539
And<00:31:31.859><c> he</c><00:31:32.059><c> was</c><00:31:32.339><c> the</c><00:31:32.720><c> priest</c><00:31:33.019><c> of</c><00:31:33.220><c> the</c><00:31:33.400><c> Most</c><00:31:33.759><c> High</c><00:31:34.019><c> God.</c>

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:36.440
And<00:31:35.279><c> he</c><00:31:35.519><c> blessed</c><00:31:35.839><c> him</c><00:31:36.019><c> and</c><00:31:36.279><c> said,</c>

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:40.859
Bless<00:31:36.920><c> thee</c><00:31:37.339><c> Abram</c><00:31:37.680><c> of</c><00:31:37.819><c> the</c><00:31:38.000><c> Most</c><00:31:38.380><c> High</c><00:31:38.700><c> God,</c><00:31:39.579><c> possessor</c><00:31:40.619><c> of</c>

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.720
heaven<00:31:41.160><c> and</c><00:31:41.400><c> earth,</c>

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:45.680
and<00:31:42.380><c> blessed</c><00:31:42.599><c> be</c><00:31:42.900><c> the</c><00:31:43.059><c> Most</c><00:31:43.460><c> High</c><00:31:43.720><c> God,</c><00:31:44.480><c> which</c><00:31:44.619><c> hath</c><00:31:44.900><c> delivered</c><00:31:45.299><c> thine</c>

00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:47.339
enemies<00:31:46.160><c> into</c><00:31:46.480><c> thine</c><00:31:46.759><c> hand.</c>

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:52.400
And<00:31:47.740><c> he,</c><00:31:48.519><c> that</c><00:31:48.680><c> is</c><00:31:48.980><c> Abram,</c><00:31:49.819><c> gave</c><00:31:49.940><c> him</c><00:31:50.279><c> tithes</c><00:31:51.259><c> of</c><00:31:51.519><c> all.</c>

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:56.819
Now<00:31:52.940><c> this</c><00:31:53.819><c> is</c><00:31:54.599><c> not</c><00:31:55.000><c> the</c><00:31:55.240><c> sort</c><00:31:55.440><c> of</c><00:31:55.720><c> passage</c><00:31:56.039><c> that</c><00:31:56.359><c> is</c>

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:58.220
immediately<00:31:57.680><c> compelling.</c>

00:31:58.359 --> 00:32:01.980
Some<00:31:58.539><c> of</c><00:31:58.700><c> you</c><00:31:58.799><c> may</c><00:31:59.039><c> even</c><00:31:59.339><c> have</c><00:31:59.880><c> drifted</c><00:32:00.400><c> off</c><00:32:00.799><c> as</c><00:32:01.220><c> we</c><00:32:01.440><c> read</c><00:32:01.619><c> it.</c>

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:07.880
But<00:32:02.279><c> a</c><00:32:02.619><c> fundamental</c><00:32:03.099><c> aspect</c><00:32:03.859><c> of</c><00:32:04.319><c> a</c><00:32:04.579><c> godly</c><00:32:05.019><c> person's</c><00:32:05.680><c> character</c><00:32:06.019><c> is</c><00:32:06.599><c> a</c><00:32:06.940><c> desire</c><00:32:07.460><c> to</c>

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.839
know<00:32:08.299><c> God.</c>

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:12.759
So<00:32:09.519><c> instead</c><00:32:09.940><c> of</c><00:32:10.240><c> allowing</c><00:32:10.599><c> our</c><00:32:11.019><c> minds</c><00:32:11.380><c> to</c><00:32:11.759><c> become</c><00:32:12.039><c> captive</c><00:32:12.579><c> to</c>

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.900
the<00:32:13.000><c> things</c><00:32:13.180><c> of</c><00:32:13.339><c> this</c><00:32:13.579><c> world,</c>

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:17.980
we<00:32:14.299><c> should</c><00:32:14.619><c> turn</c><00:32:14.980><c> our</c><00:32:15.200><c> attention</c><00:32:15.599><c> to</c><00:32:15.819><c> the</c><00:32:16.059><c> word</c><00:32:16.359><c> and</c><00:32:16.880><c> really</c>

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:20.380
think<00:32:18.420><c> about</c><00:32:18.839><c> its</c><00:32:19.259><c> various</c><00:32:19.740><c> passages</c>

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:25.920
to<00:32:20.980><c> try</c><00:32:21.140><c> to</c><00:32:21.559><c> truly</c><00:32:22.000><c> grasp</c><00:32:22.980><c> everything</c><00:32:23.960><c> that's</c><00:32:24.420><c> being</c><00:32:24.779><c> taught.</c>

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:30.880
David<00:32:26.920><c> learned</c><00:32:28.579><c> a</c><00:32:29.000><c> great</c><00:32:29.299><c> deal</c><00:32:29.799><c> by</c><00:32:30.180><c> doing</c><00:32:30.480><c> this.</c>

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:37.119
And<00:32:31.500><c> he</c><00:32:32.259><c> explains</c><00:32:33.180><c> the</c><00:32:33.619><c> importance</c><00:32:34.140><c> of</c><00:32:34.500><c> Melchizedek</c><00:32:35.460><c> to</c><00:32:36.259><c> our</c><00:32:36.859><c> hope.</c>

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:39.819
Let's<00:32:37.799><c> turn</c><00:32:38.119><c> to</c><00:32:38.279><c> Psalm</c><00:32:38.660><c> 110,</c>

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:45.160
where<00:32:40.339><c> he's</c><00:32:40.539><c> going</c><00:32:40.799><c> to</c><00:32:41.160><c> tell</c><00:32:41.559><c> us</c><00:32:42.500><c> what</c><00:32:43.380><c> Genesis</c><00:32:43.880><c> 14</c><00:32:44.640><c> and</c><00:32:44.880><c> what</c>

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:48.859
we<00:32:45.440><c> just</c><00:32:45.759><c> read</c><00:32:46.240><c> is</c><00:32:46.880><c> all</c><00:32:47.319><c> about.</c>

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:51.460
Psalm<00:32:49.559><c> 110.</c>

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:56.279
This<00:32:53.940><c> Psalm</c><00:32:54.380><c> is</c><00:32:54.500><c> going</c><00:32:54.700><c> to</c><00:32:54.880><c> be</c><00:32:55.200><c> about</c><00:32:55.599><c> the</c><00:32:55.779><c> Messiah.</c>

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:59.940
Verse<00:32:56.980><c> 4</c><00:32:57.559><c> is</c><00:32:57.839><c> about</c><00:32:58.220><c> Genesis</c><00:32:58.660><c> 14.</c>

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:04.059
Yahweh<00:33:02.779><c> said</c><00:33:03.019><c> unto</c><00:33:03.240><c> my</c><00:33:03.539><c> Lord,</c>

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:07.319
Sit<00:33:04.740><c> thou</c><00:33:04.960><c> at</c><00:33:05.039><c> my</c><00:33:05.319><c> right</c><00:33:05.660><c> hand</c><00:33:05.960><c> until</c><00:33:06.140><c> I</c><00:33:06.420><c> make</c><00:33:06.720><c> thine</c><00:33:06.960><c> enemies</c>

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:08.380
thy<00:33:07.640><c> footstool.</c>

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:12.240
Yahweh<00:33:09.259><c> shall</c><00:33:09.500><c> send</c><00:33:09.900><c> the</c><00:33:10.400><c> rod</c><00:33:10.579><c> of</c><00:33:10.740><c> thy</c><00:33:10.940><c> strength</c><00:33:11.440><c> out</c><00:33:11.579><c> of</c><00:33:11.819><c> Zion.</c>

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:14.339
Rule<00:33:12.759><c> thou</c><00:33:13.039><c> in</c><00:33:13.240><c> the</c><00:33:13.319><c> midst</c><00:33:13.500><c> of</c><00:33:13.720><c> thine</c><00:33:13.880><c> enemies.</c>

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:17.480
Thy<00:33:15.019><c> people</c><00:33:15.319><c> shall</c><00:33:15.539><c> be</c><00:33:15.799><c> willing</c><00:33:16.019><c> in</c><00:33:16.220><c> the</c><00:33:16.420><c> day</c><00:33:16.619><c> of</c><00:33:16.779><c> thy</c><00:33:16.920><c> power.</c>

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:21.160
In<00:33:17.819><c> the</c><00:33:18.019><c> beauties</c><00:33:18.299><c> of</c><00:33:18.519><c> holiness</c><00:33:18.859><c> from</c><00:33:19.160><c> the</c><00:33:19.359><c> wound</c><00:33:19.460><c> of</c><00:33:19.619><c> the</c><00:33:19.759><c> morning</c><00:33:20.180><c> thou</c><00:33:20.599><c> hast</c><00:33:20.880><c> the</c>

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:22.559
dew<00:33:21.299><c> of</c><00:33:21.559><c> thy</c><00:33:21.740><c> youth.</c>

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:26.920
Yahweh<00:33:23.279><c> hath</c><00:33:23.740><c> sworn</c><00:33:24.339><c> and</c><00:33:25.019><c> will</c><00:33:25.400><c> not</c><00:33:25.700><c> repent.</c>

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:29.319
Thou,<00:33:27.880><c> speaking</c><00:33:28.220><c> here</c><00:33:28.539><c> of</c><00:33:28.700><c> the</c><00:33:28.819><c> Messiah,</c>

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:36.460
thou<00:33:30.339><c> art</c><00:33:30.759><c> a</c><00:33:31.059><c> priest</c><00:33:31.400><c> forever</c><00:33:32.119><c> after</c><00:33:33.099><c> the</c><00:33:33.619><c> order</c><00:33:34.220><c> of</c><00:33:35.079><c> Melchizedek.</c>

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:40.109
Psalm<00:33:37.380><c> 110</c><00:33:38.400><c> is</c><00:33:38.720><c> about</c><00:33:39.099><c> the</c><00:33:39.259><c> Messiah.</c>

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:44.960
Verse<00:33:40.700><c> 4,</c><00:33:41.180><c> which</c><00:33:41.339><c> is</c><00:33:41.660><c> based</c><00:33:42.119><c> off</c><00:33:42.579><c> of</c><00:33:42.839><c> Genesis</c><00:33:43.220><c> 14</c><00:33:43.980><c> alone,</c>

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:49.180
is<00:33:45.960><c> about</c><00:33:46.559><c> the</c><00:33:47.180><c> priesthood</c><00:33:48.059><c> of</c><00:33:48.500><c> the</c><00:33:48.599><c> Messiah.</c>

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:56.099
This<00:33:49.680><c> is</c><00:33:49.880><c> a</c><00:33:50.019><c> very</c><00:33:50.559><c> short</c><00:33:50.880><c> statement</c><00:33:51.420><c> with</c><00:33:52.079><c> an</c><00:33:52.599><c> incredible</c><00:33:53.859><c> amount</c><00:33:54.859><c> of</c><00:33:55.279><c> meaning.</c>

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:59.000
Let's<00:33:56.539><c> think</c><00:33:56.900><c> back</c><00:33:57.160><c> to</c><00:33:57.319><c> what</c><00:33:57.559><c> things</c><00:33:57.900><c> were</c><00:33:58.160><c> like</c><00:33:58.380><c> when</c><00:33:58.640><c> David</c>

00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.279
was<00:33:59.299><c> alive.</c>

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:05.319
You<00:34:00.480><c> know,</c><00:34:00.559><c> when</c><00:34:00.740><c> he</c><00:34:00.940><c> was</c><00:34:01.200><c> alive,</c><00:34:01.720><c> the</c><00:34:01.819><c> law</c><00:34:02.200><c> of</c><00:34:02.400><c> Moses</c><00:34:02.720><c> had</c><00:34:03.059><c> been</c><00:34:03.380><c> enforced</c><00:34:04.079><c> for</c><00:34:04.619><c> centuries.</c>

00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:08.659
Faithful<00:34:06.440><c> people</c><00:34:06.839><c> among</c><00:34:07.119><c> the</c><00:34:07.380><c> children</c><00:34:07.599><c> of</c><00:34:07.740><c> Israel,</c><00:34:08.380><c> they</c>

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:11.699
offered<00:34:08.940><c> sacrifices,</c><00:34:10.199><c> they</c><00:34:10.480><c> attended</c><00:34:11.059><c> feasts,</c>

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:15.099
they<00:34:12.219><c> tried</c><00:34:12.639><c> to</c><00:34:13.019><c> avoid</c><00:34:13.480><c> ceremonial</c><00:34:14.340><c> defilement.</c>

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:18.400
The<00:34:15.760><c> Levites</c><00:34:16.280><c> assisted</c><00:34:16.760><c> in</c><00:34:16.980><c> the</c><00:34:17.139><c> worship</c><00:34:17.420><c> of</c><00:34:17.619><c> God</c><00:34:17.980><c> according</c>

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.579
to<00:34:18.619><c> the</c><00:34:18.719><c> law</c><00:34:18.980><c> of</c><00:34:19.199><c> Moses</c>

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:24.800
with<00:34:20.159><c> the</c><00:34:20.380><c> high</c><00:34:20.659><c> priest,</c><00:34:21.739><c> a</c><00:34:21.940><c> descendant</c><00:34:22.340><c> of</c><00:34:22.559><c> Aaron,</c><00:34:23.480><c> overseeing</c><00:34:24.420><c> the</c>

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:26.380
whole<00:34:25.219><c> arrangement.</c>

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:33.219
Well,<00:34:27.340><c> when</c><00:34:27.699><c> David</c><00:34:28.179><c> read</c><00:34:28.940><c> Genesis</c><00:34:29.519><c> 14,</c><00:34:30.400><c> that</c><00:34:30.659><c> passage</c><00:34:31.219><c> of</c><00:34:31.500><c> Scripture</c><00:34:31.780><c> that</c><00:34:32.420><c> we</c><00:34:32.719><c> considered,</c>

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:38.260
when<00:34:33.679><c> David</c><00:34:34.139><c> read</c><00:34:34.539><c> Genesis</c><00:34:35.000><c> 14,</c><00:34:36.199><c> under</c><00:34:36.539><c> inspiration</c><00:34:37.340><c> he</c><00:34:37.820><c> saw</c>

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:41.420
an<00:34:38.980><c> end</c><00:34:39.480><c> to</c><00:34:40.019><c> that</c><00:34:40.380><c> whole</c><00:34:40.960><c> arrangement</c>

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:47.420
of<00:34:42.400><c> worship</c><00:34:42.780><c> under</c><00:34:43.179><c> the</c><00:34:43.460><c> law</c><00:34:43.860><c> of</c><00:34:45.219><c> Levites</c><00:34:46.059><c> and</c><00:34:46.460><c> a</c><00:34:46.739><c> high</c><00:34:47.019><c> priest</c>

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:49.500
who<00:34:47.579><c> was</c><00:34:47.820><c> the</c><00:34:47.980><c> descendant</c><00:34:48.440><c> of</c><00:34:48.739><c> Aaron.</c>

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:56.659
In<00:34:50.119><c> Psalm</c><00:34:50.559><c> 110,</c><00:34:52.059><c> he</c><00:34:52.360><c> expresses</c><00:34:52.820><c> his</c><00:34:53.239><c> understanding</c><00:34:53.900><c> that</c><00:34:54.579><c> Genesis</c><00:34:55.079><c> 14</c><00:34:56.199><c> showed</c>

00:34:56.659 --> 00:35:03.059
that<00:34:57.320><c> the</c><00:34:57.619><c> coming</c><00:34:57.900><c> Messiah</c><00:34:58.519><c> was</c><00:34:59.179><c> not</c><00:35:00.119><c> going</c><00:35:00.639><c> to</c><00:35:01.079><c> be</c><00:35:01.579><c> a</c><00:35:01.920><c> descendant</c><00:35:02.500><c> of</c><00:35:02.780><c> Aaron</c>

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:08.820
and<00:35:03.659><c> would</c><00:35:04.099><c> in</c><00:35:04.420><c> fact</c><00:35:04.960><c> replace</c><00:35:06.159><c> the</c><00:35:06.960><c> Aaronic</c><00:35:08.019><c> priesthood.</c>

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:11.800
Now<00:35:09.280><c> let's</c><00:35:09.519><c> turn</c><00:35:09.840><c> to</c><00:35:10.059><c> Hebrews</c><00:35:10.380><c> chapter</c><00:35:10.900><c> 5.</c>

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:16.019
In<00:35:12.159><c> this</c><00:35:12.440><c> chapter,</c><00:35:13.920><c> the</c><00:35:14.059><c> writer</c><00:35:14.300><c> to</c><00:35:14.539><c> the</c><00:35:14.719><c> Hebrews</c><00:35:15.219><c> is</c><00:35:15.840><c> going</c>

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:18.820
to<00:35:16.380><c> make</c><00:35:16.679><c> that</c><00:35:17.179><c> exact</c><00:35:17.739><c> same</c><00:35:18.340><c> point</c>

00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:23.260
about<00:35:19.440><c> the</c><00:35:19.679><c> Messiah</c><00:35:20.320><c> replacing</c><00:35:21.480><c> the</c><00:35:22.099><c> Aaronic</c><00:35:22.739><c> priesthood.</c>

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:29.360
And<00:35:23.739><c> he's</c><00:35:23.960><c> going</c><00:35:24.159><c> to</c><00:35:24.539><c> use</c><00:35:25.099><c> David's</c><00:35:26.440><c> comment</c><00:35:26.800><c> on</c><00:35:27.900><c> Genesis</c><00:35:28.519><c> 14</c>

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:32.480
to<00:35:30.119><c> make</c><00:35:30.559><c> that</c><00:35:31.360><c> very</c><00:35:32.079><c> point.</c>

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:37.780
So<00:35:32.900><c> notice</c><00:35:33.260><c> how</c><00:35:33.539><c> many</c><00:35:33.900><c> times</c><00:35:34.639><c> that</c><00:35:35.460><c> Psalm</c><00:35:35.820><c> 110</c><00:35:36.519><c> verse</c><00:35:37.059><c> 4</c><00:35:37.400><c> is</c><00:35:37.579><c> going</c><00:35:37.659><c> to</c>

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:38.340
be<00:35:38.039><c> quoted</c>

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:43.599
in<00:35:38.559><c> what</c><00:35:38.780><c> we're</c><00:35:39.039><c> about</c><00:35:39.360><c> to</c><00:35:39.699><c> read</c><00:35:40.159><c> from</c><00:35:40.639><c> Hebrews</c><00:35:41.159><c> chapter</c><00:35:41.719><c> 5</c><00:35:42.639><c> starting</c><00:35:43.199><c> at</c>

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:45.159
verse<00:35:43.940><c> 5.</c>

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:56.079
Thou<00:35:53.579><c> art</c><00:35:53.719><c> my</c><00:35:53.820><c> son,</c><00:35:54.260><c> today</c><00:35:54.500><c> have</c><00:35:54.679><c> I</c><00:35:54.840><c> begotten</c><00:35:55.340><c> thee.</c>

00:35:56.320 --> 00:36:00.699
As<00:35:56.519><c> he</c><00:35:57.039><c> sayeth</c><00:35:57.360><c> also</c><00:35:57.719><c> in</c><00:35:57.900><c> another</c><00:35:58.139><c> place,</c><00:35:58.940><c> thou</c><00:35:59.460><c> art</c><00:35:59.980><c> a</c><00:36:00.400><c> priest</c>

00:36:00.699 --> 00:36:04.539
forever<00:36:01.619><c> after</c><00:36:02.480><c> the</c><00:36:02.860><c> order</c><00:36:03.199><c> of</c><00:36:03.579><c> Melchizedek,</c>

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:09.420
who<00:36:05.199><c> in</c><00:36:05.380><c> the</c><00:36:05.659><c> days</c><00:36:05.960><c> of</c><00:36:06.139><c> his</c><00:36:06.519><c> flesh,</c><00:36:07.219><c> when</c><00:36:07.420><c> he</c><00:36:07.780><c> offered</c><00:36:07.920><c> up</c><00:36:08.159><c> prayers</c><00:36:08.440><c> and</c><00:36:08.739><c> supplications,</c>

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:12.739
was<00:36:09.719><c> strong</c><00:36:10.300><c> crying</c><00:36:10.719><c> in</c><00:36:10.980><c> tears</c><00:36:11.300><c> unto</c><00:36:11.599><c> him</c><00:36:11.900><c> that</c><00:36:12.039><c> was</c><00:36:12.239><c> able</c><00:36:12.480><c> to</c>

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:13.639
save<00:36:12.900><c> him</c><00:36:13.079><c> from</c><00:36:13.320><c> death,</c>

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:15.420
and<00:36:14.079><c> was</c><00:36:14.300><c> heard</c><00:36:14.519><c> in</c><00:36:14.699><c> that</c><00:36:14.840><c> he</c><00:36:15.119><c> feared.</c>

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:18.579
Though<00:36:16.000><c> he</c><00:36:16.139><c> were</c><00:36:16.440><c> a</c><00:36:16.639><c> son,</c><00:36:16.920><c> yet</c><00:36:17.079><c> learned</c><00:36:17.400><c> he</c><00:36:17.619><c> obedience</c><00:36:18.019><c> by</c><00:36:18.360><c> the</c>

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.579
things<00:36:18.780><c> which</c><00:36:18.980><c> he</c><00:36:19.260><c> suffered.</c>

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:24.440
And<00:36:20.239><c> being</c><00:36:20.559><c> made</c><00:36:21.079><c> perfect,</c><00:36:21.780><c> he</c><00:36:21.920><c> became</c><00:36:22.280><c> the</c><00:36:22.539><c> author</c><00:36:22.880><c> of</c><00:36:23.119><c> eternal</c><00:36:23.440><c> salvation</c><00:36:24.099><c> unto</c>

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.920
all<00:36:24.820><c> them</c><00:36:24.980><c> that</c><00:36:25.159><c> obey</c><00:36:25.440><c> him,</c>

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:31.800
called<00:36:26.460><c> of</c><00:36:26.739><c> God,</c><00:36:27.579><c> a</c><00:36:27.679><c> high</c><00:36:28.039><c> priest,</c><00:36:29.000><c> after</c><00:36:29.559><c> the</c><00:36:30.039><c> order</c><00:36:30.460><c> of</c><00:36:30.920><c> Melchizedek.</c>

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:35.920
The<00:36:32.599><c> writer</c><00:36:32.800><c> to</c><00:36:33.019><c> the</c><00:36:33.199><c> Hebrews</c><00:36:33.599><c> is</c><00:36:34.159><c> going</c><00:36:34.480><c> to</c><00:36:35.019><c> make</c><00:36:35.239><c> the</c><00:36:35.519><c> same</c>

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:39.139
point<00:36:36.260><c> again</c><00:36:37.019><c> in</c><00:36:37.500><c> Hebrews</c><00:36:38.139><c> chapter</c><00:36:38.860><c> 7.</c>

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:43.179
So<00:36:39.280><c> let's</c><00:36:39.539><c> just</c><00:36:39.820><c> turn</c><00:36:40.019><c> over</c><00:36:40.280><c> a</c><00:36:40.340><c> few</c><00:36:40.539><c> pages</c><00:36:41.059><c> to</c><00:36:41.519><c> Hebrews</c><00:36:41.900><c> chapter</c><00:36:42.280><c> 7</c><00:36:42.960><c> and</c>

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:46.440
we're<00:36:43.340><c> going</c><00:36:43.480><c> to</c><00:36:43.679><c> start</c><00:36:44.079><c> at</c><00:36:44.539><c> verse</c><00:36:44.980><c> 14.</c>

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:51.780
For<00:36:48.699><c> it</c><00:36:48.860><c> is</c><00:36:49.139><c> evident</c><00:36:49.559><c> that</c><00:36:50.019><c> our</c><00:36:50.219><c> Lord</c><00:36:50.559><c> sprang</c><00:36:51.059><c> out</c><00:36:51.280><c> of</c><00:36:51.480><c> Judah,</c>

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:55.519
of<00:36:52.300><c> which</c><00:36:52.599><c> tribe</c><00:36:52.960><c> Moses</c><00:36:53.440><c> spake</c><00:36:53.840><c> nothing</c><00:36:54.260><c> concerning</c><00:36:54.739><c> priesthood,</c>

00:36:55.800 --> 00:37:00.300
and<00:36:55.980><c> is</c><00:36:56.179><c> yet</c><00:36:56.420><c> far</c><00:36:56.659><c> more</c><00:36:56.940><c> evident,</c><00:36:57.679><c> for</c><00:36:57.780><c> that</c><00:36:57.980><c> after</c><00:36:58.360><c> the</c><00:36:58.539><c> similitude</c><00:36:59.139><c> of</c><00:36:59.340><c> Melchizedek,</c>

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:05.000
there<00:37:00.820><c> arises</c><00:37:01.139><c> another</c><00:37:01.500><c> priest,</c><00:37:02.559><c> who</c><00:37:02.719><c> is</c><00:37:03.000><c> made,</c><00:37:03.679><c> not</c><00:37:03.920><c> after</c><00:37:04.179><c> the</c><00:37:04.460><c> law</c><00:37:04.639><c> of</c><00:37:04.820><c> a</c>

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.980
carnal<00:37:05.260><c> commandment,</c>

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:08.039
but<00:37:06.139><c> after</c><00:37:06.500><c> the</c><00:37:06.739><c> power</c><00:37:07.000><c> of</c><00:37:07.159><c> an</c><00:37:07.300><c> endless</c><00:37:07.519><c> life.</c>

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:11.920
For<00:37:08.519><c> he</c><00:37:08.760><c> testified,</c><00:37:09.679><c> thou</c><00:37:10.019><c> art</c><00:37:10.239><c> a</c><00:37:10.460><c> priest</c><00:37:10.639><c> forever</c><00:37:11.159><c> after</c><00:37:11.659><c> the</c>

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:13.099
order<00:37:12.079><c> of</c><00:37:12.179><c> Melchizedek.</c>

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:16.440
For<00:37:13.619><c> there</c><00:37:13.840><c> is</c><00:37:14.079><c> barely</c><00:37:14.460><c> a</c><00:37:14.800><c> disannulling</c><00:37:15.340><c> of</c><00:37:15.480><c> the</c><00:37:15.679><c> commandment,</c>

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:19.800
going<00:37:16.739><c> before</c><00:37:17.179><c> for</c><00:37:17.460><c> the</c><00:37:17.639><c> weakness</c><00:37:17.940><c> and</c><00:37:18.239><c> unprofitableness</c><00:37:19.059><c> thereof.</c>

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:22.860
For<00:37:20.280><c> the</c><00:37:20.460><c> law</c><00:37:20.639><c> made</c><00:37:20.860><c> nothing</c><00:37:21.159><c> perfect,</c><00:37:22.039><c> but</c><00:37:22.239><c> the</c><00:37:22.420><c> bringing</c><00:37:22.659><c> in</c>

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:24.000
of<00:37:23.000><c> a</c><00:37:23.099><c> better</c><00:37:23.280><c> hope</c><00:37:23.559><c> did,</c>

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:26.900
by<00:37:24.559><c> the</c><00:37:24.719><c> which</c><00:37:24.900><c> we</c><00:37:25.119><c> draw</c><00:37:25.420><c> nigh</c><00:37:25.659><c> unto</c><00:37:25.840><c> God.</c>

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:31.000
And<00:37:27.219><c> inasmuch</c><00:37:27.980><c> as</c><00:37:28.320><c> not</c><00:37:28.539><c> without</c><00:37:28.960><c> an</c><00:37:29.199><c> oath,</c><00:37:29.880><c> he</c><00:37:29.960><c> was</c><00:37:30.159><c> made</c><00:37:30.480><c> priest,</c>

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:33.199
for<00:37:31.559><c> those</c><00:37:31.900><c> priests</c><00:37:32.119><c> were</c><00:37:32.300><c> made</c><00:37:32.480><c> without</c><00:37:32.820><c> an</c><00:37:33.000><c> oath,</c>

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:35.739
but<00:37:33.579><c> this</c><00:37:33.900><c> with</c><00:37:34.139><c> an</c><00:37:34.300><c> oath</c><00:37:34.400><c> by</c><00:37:34.599><c> him</c><00:37:34.820><c> that</c><00:37:35.059><c> said</c><00:37:35.139><c> unto</c><00:37:35.360><c> him,</c>

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:38.440
the<00:37:36.159><c> Lord</c><00:37:36.559><c> swear</c><00:37:36.940><c> and</c><00:37:37.119><c> will</c><00:37:37.380><c> not</c><00:37:37.579><c> repent,</c>

00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:44.599
thou<00:37:39.000><c> art</c><00:37:39.239><c> a</c><00:37:39.519><c> priest</c><00:37:39.800><c> forever</c><00:37:40.500><c> after</c><00:37:41.159><c> the</c><00:37:41.559><c> order</c><00:37:42.099><c> of</c><00:37:42.880><c> Melchizedek.</c>

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:49.539
We<00:37:46.119><c> all</c><00:37:46.380><c> go</c><00:37:46.719><c> to</c><00:37:47.860><c> a</c><00:37:48.239><c> lot</c><00:37:48.440><c> of</c><00:37:48.619><c> Bible</c><00:37:48.880><c> classes,</c>

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:53.980
and<00:37:50.340><c> that's</c><00:37:50.820><c> a</c><00:37:51.119><c> really</c><00:37:51.780><c> great</c><00:37:52.159><c> thing</c><00:37:52.440><c> for</c><00:37:52.659><c> us</c><00:37:52.820><c> to</c><00:37:52.960><c> be</c><00:37:53.119><c> doing.</c>

00:37:54.360 --> 00:38:01.059
But<00:37:54.559><c> there</c><00:37:54.780><c> is</c><00:37:55.039><c> an</c><00:37:55.360><c> important</c><00:37:55.659><c> distinction</c><00:37:56.380><c> between</c><00:37:57.559><c> just</c><00:37:58.519><c> sitting</c><00:37:59.239><c> with</c><00:37:59.960><c> the</c><00:38:00.320><c> Bible</c><00:38:00.679><c> in</c>

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.820
front<00:38:01.199><c> of</c><00:38:01.340><c> us</c>

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:04.940
and<00:38:02.260><c> letting</c><00:38:02.360><c> our</c><00:38:02.780><c> eyes</c><00:38:03.300><c> roll</c><00:38:03.719><c> over</c><00:38:04.079><c> it,</c>

00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:11.340
and<00:38:05.760><c> really</c><00:38:06.619><c> listening</c><00:38:07.619><c> to</c><00:38:08.380><c> the</c><00:38:08.599><c> Word</c><00:38:08.800><c> of</c><00:38:09.039><c> God</c><00:38:09.619><c> and</c><00:38:10.360><c> pondering</c><00:38:10.940><c> it.</c>

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:16.539
It<00:38:11.900><c> seems</c><00:38:12.360><c> that</c><00:38:12.639><c> the</c><00:38:12.880><c> real</c><00:38:13.519><c> benefit</c><00:38:14.059><c> of</c><00:38:14.340><c> the</c><00:38:14.579><c> Bible</c><00:38:14.960><c> comes</c><00:38:15.800><c> when</c><00:38:16.079><c> we</c>

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:17.940
think<00:38:16.840><c> about</c><00:38:17.159><c> its</c><00:38:17.420><c> message</c>

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:22.260
and<00:38:18.500><c> when</c><00:38:18.760><c> we</c><00:38:19.219><c> wrestle</c><00:38:19.679><c> with</c><00:38:20.019><c> its</c><00:38:20.360><c> meaning</c><00:38:20.860><c> throughout</c><00:38:21.599><c> the</c><00:38:21.900><c> day.</c>

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:27.139
We<00:38:22.900><c> limit</c><00:38:23.280><c> the</c><00:38:23.539><c> power</c><00:38:23.920><c> of</c><00:38:24.139><c> the</c><00:38:24.300><c> Word</c><00:38:24.480><c> of</c><00:38:24.639><c> God</c><00:38:25.079><c> if</c><00:38:25.400><c> we</c><00:38:25.619><c> only</c><00:38:26.059><c> think</c><00:38:26.320><c> about</c><00:38:26.639><c> it</c>

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:28.360
on<00:38:27.519><c> Sunday</c><00:38:27.900><c> mornings</c>

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:30.139
and<00:38:28.539><c> when</c><00:38:28.639><c> we're</c><00:38:28.880><c> sitting</c><00:38:29.119><c> in</c><00:38:29.360><c> Bible</c><00:38:29.639><c> classes.</c>

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:34.239
David<00:38:31.039><c> spent</c><00:38:31.340><c> a</c><00:38:31.440><c> lot</c><00:38:31.880><c> of</c><00:38:32.019><c> his</c><00:38:32.199><c> personal</c><00:38:32.659><c> time</c><00:38:33.380><c> thinking</c><00:38:33.820><c> about</c>

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:36.179
the<00:38:34.380><c> Word</c><00:38:34.579><c> of</c><00:38:34.679><c> God</c><00:38:35.019><c> when</c><00:38:35.119><c> he</c><00:38:35.260><c> was</c><00:38:35.460><c> a</c><00:38:35.519><c> young</c><00:38:35.760><c> man.</c>

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:41.780
His<00:38:36.940><c> understanding</c><00:38:37.800><c> of</c><00:38:38.179><c> the</c><00:38:38.360><c> Bible</c><00:38:38.719><c> was</c><00:38:39.239><c> absolutely</c><00:38:40.260><c> incredible.</c>

00:38:42.239 --> 00:38:45.400
Given<00:38:42.460><c> how</c><00:38:42.780><c> important</c><00:38:43.239><c> spiritual</c><00:38:43.840><c> things</c><00:38:44.179><c> were</c><00:38:44.619><c> to</c><00:38:44.780><c> his</c><00:38:45.059><c> life,</c>

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:50.400
it's<00:38:45.900><c> hard</c><00:38:46.159><c> to</c><00:38:46.380><c> believe</c><00:38:46.820><c> that</c><00:38:48.760><c> David</c><00:38:49.119><c> ever</c><00:38:49.500><c> allowed</c><00:38:49.920><c> himself</c>

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:51.280
to<00:38:50.639><c> be</c><00:38:50.960><c> bored,</c>

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:55.480
even<00:38:51.940><c> though</c><00:38:52.300><c> as</c><00:38:52.519><c> a</c><00:38:52.639><c> young</c><00:38:52.940><c> man</c><00:38:53.380><c> he</c><00:38:53.980><c> had</c><00:38:54.320><c> one</c><00:38:54.519><c> of</c><00:38:54.639><c> the</c><00:38:54.900><c> most</c>

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:58.139
boring<00:38:56.519><c> jobs</c><00:38:57.380><c> imaginable.</c>

00:38:58.139 --> 00:39:00.940
I<00:38:58.699><c> don't</c><00:38:58.980><c> know</c><00:38:59.039><c> if</c><00:38:59.119><c> you</c><00:38:59.280><c> all</c><00:38:59.380><c> have</c><00:38:59.539><c> ever</c><00:39:00.000><c> spent</c><00:39:00.300><c> much</c><00:39:00.659><c> time</c>

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.619
around<00:39:01.400><c> sheep,</c>

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:05.199
but<00:39:01.840><c> they</c><00:39:02.119><c> don't</c><00:39:02.480><c> do</c><00:39:02.820><c> much</c><00:39:03.199><c> but</c><00:39:03.380><c> just</c><00:39:03.579><c> sort</c><00:39:03.719><c> of</c><00:39:04.219><c> lazy</c><00:39:04.619><c> around</c>

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:06.420
and<00:39:05.500><c> eat</c><00:39:05.760><c> grass.</c>

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:09.300
And<00:39:07.099><c> David</c><00:39:07.300><c> didn't</c><00:39:07.500><c> even</c><00:39:07.780><c> have</c><00:39:08.059><c> many</c><00:39:08.380><c> sheep</c><00:39:08.659><c> to</c><00:39:08.860><c> look</c><00:39:09.019><c> after.</c>

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:10.659
He<00:39:09.440><c> had</c><00:39:09.559><c> a</c><00:39:09.840><c> small</c><00:39:10.219><c> herd.</c>

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:15.380
So<00:39:11.179><c> he</c><00:39:11.340><c> could</c><00:39:11.500><c> have</c><00:39:11.820><c> spent</c><00:39:12.260><c> a</c><00:39:12.559><c> lot</c><00:39:12.800><c> of</c><00:39:13.039><c> time</c><00:39:13.280><c> being</c><00:39:13.639><c> really</c><00:39:14.579><c> lazy</c><00:39:15.019><c> and</c>

00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:16.780
doing<00:39:15.639><c> nothing</c><00:39:15.980><c> with</c><00:39:16.219><c> his</c><00:39:16.500><c> life,</c>

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:23.639
but<00:39:17.119><c> instead</c><00:39:17.800><c> he</c><00:39:18.739><c> used</c><00:39:19.239><c> that</c><00:39:19.760><c> opportunity</c><00:39:20.519><c> to</c><00:39:21.579><c> deeply</c><00:39:22.340><c> ponder</c>

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:24.780
passages<00:39:24.159><c> of</c><00:39:24.480><c> Scripture,</c>

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:27.840
including<00:39:25.400><c> passages</c><00:39:25.920><c> of</c><00:39:26.159><c> Scripture</c><00:39:26.460><c> like</c><00:39:26.739><c> Genesis</c><00:39:27.139><c> 14,</c>

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:31.659
which<00:39:28.400><c> are</c><00:39:28.780><c> a</c><00:39:28.880><c> bit</c><00:39:29.079><c> challenging</c><00:39:29.900><c> to</c><00:39:30.420><c> make</c><00:39:30.619><c> your</c><00:39:30.820><c> way</c><00:39:31.159><c> through.</c>

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:38.980
And<00:39:32.320><c> in</c><00:39:32.739><c> doing</c><00:39:33.019><c> that,</c><00:39:33.659><c> he</c><00:39:34.199><c> arrived</c><00:39:35.000><c> at</c><00:39:35.780><c> incredible</c><00:39:37.719><c> insight.</c>

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:42.960
And<00:39:39.559><c> the</c><00:39:39.760><c> thing</c><00:39:39.940><c> of</c><00:39:40.039><c> it</c><00:39:40.199><c> is,</c><00:39:40.619><c> is</c><00:39:40.840><c> David</c><00:39:41.179><c> didn't</c><00:39:41.519><c> just</c><00:39:42.139><c> generate</c>

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academic<00:39:44.159><c> concepts.</c>

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:50.800
He<00:39:46.760><c> knew</c><00:39:47.199><c> how</c><00:39:47.500><c> to</c><00:39:47.820><c> apply</c><00:39:48.380><c> the</c><00:39:48.719><c> Word</c><00:39:48.900><c> of</c><00:39:49.139><c> God</c><00:39:49.440><c> in</c><00:39:49.760><c> extremely</c>

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practical<00:39:51.880><c> ways.</c>

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:56.460
He<00:39:53.219><c> was</c><00:39:53.519><c> the</c><00:39:53.780><c> sort</c><00:39:53.960><c> of</c><00:39:54.159><c> person</c><00:39:54.559><c> who</c><00:39:55.039><c> really</c><00:39:55.719><c> knew</c><00:39:56.000><c> what</c><00:39:56.239><c> the</c>

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:57.400
Bible<00:39:56.719><c> was</c><00:39:57.059><c> saying,</c>

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and<00:39:57.940><c> he</c><00:39:58.099><c> could</c><00:39:58.360><c> use</c><00:39:58.699><c> it</c><00:39:59.039><c> to</c><00:39:59.320><c> help</c><00:39:59.659><c> sort</c><00:39:59.880><c> out</c><00:40:00.219><c> the</c><00:40:00.400><c> perplexing</c>

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:03.260
problems<00:40:01.639><c> that</c><00:40:01.940><c> life</c><00:40:02.139><c> brought</c><00:40:02.500><c> his</c><00:40:02.840><c> way.</c>

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:07.760
What's<00:40:04.099><c> more,</c><00:40:04.619><c> he</c><00:40:04.880><c> used</c><00:40:05.280><c> the</c><00:40:05.480><c> Word</c><00:40:05.619><c> of</c><00:40:05.780><c> God</c><00:40:06.199><c> to</c><00:40:06.699><c> transform</c><00:40:07.480><c> the</c>

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lives<00:40:08.039><c> of</c><00:40:08.239><c> those</c><00:40:08.480><c> around</c><00:40:08.940><c> him</c>

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and<00:40:09.900><c> his</c><00:40:10.159><c> influence</c><00:40:10.679><c> on</c><00:40:10.880><c> the</c><00:40:11.019><c> lives</c><00:40:11.320><c> of</c><00:40:11.619><c> others,</c>

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:16.659
especially<00:40:13.260><c> around</c><00:40:13.920><c> the</c><00:40:14.320><c> insight</c><00:40:14.739><c> he</c><00:40:15.019><c> got</c><00:40:15.260><c> from</c><00:40:15.519><c> Genesis</c><00:40:15.960><c> 14.</c>

00:40:16.659 --> 00:40:22.500
The<00:40:17.360><c> insight</c><00:40:17.880><c> he</c><00:40:18.079><c> got</c><00:40:18.380><c> from</c><00:40:18.619><c> that</c><00:40:18.820><c> was</c><00:40:19.059><c> able</c><00:40:19.420><c> to</c><00:40:19.960><c> transform</c><00:40:20.639><c> the</c><00:40:21.039><c> lives</c><00:40:21.420><c> of</c><00:40:21.820><c> people</c>

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:28.679
living<00:40:23.440><c> hundreds</c><00:40:24.420><c> of</c><00:40:25.260><c> years</c><00:40:25.880><c> after</c><00:40:26.880><c> he</c><00:40:27.559><c> was</c><00:40:27.900><c> dead.</c>

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:32.519
There<00:40:29.739><c> were</c><00:40:29.980><c> a</c><00:40:30.019><c> variety</c><00:40:30.539><c> of</c><00:40:30.960><c> passages</c><00:40:31.260><c> in</c><00:40:31.500><c> the</c><00:40:31.719><c> law</c><00:40:32.119><c> that</c>

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convinced<00:40:33.039><c> David</c>

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that<00:40:34.079><c> God</c><00:40:34.460><c> intended</c><00:40:34.940><c> to</c><00:40:35.280><c> call</c><00:40:35.519><c> out</c><00:40:35.719><c> a</c><00:40:35.900><c> people</c><00:40:36.159><c> for</c><00:40:36.380><c> his</c><00:40:36.679><c> name</c>

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from<00:40:37.199><c> among</c><00:40:37.420><c> the</c><00:40:37.639><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:42.860
But<00:40:38.940><c> David</c><00:40:39.159><c> was</c><00:40:39.420><c> not</c><00:40:39.699><c> content</c><00:40:40.099><c> to</c><00:40:40.420><c> merely</c><00:40:41.260><c> comprehend</c><00:40:42.000><c> the</c><00:40:42.219><c> will</c><00:40:42.340><c> of</c><00:40:42.599><c> God.</c>

00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:45.360
He<00:40:43.579><c> also</c><00:40:44.360><c> acted</c><00:40:44.820><c> on</c><00:40:45.059><c> it.</c>

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:50.980
So<00:40:45.900><c> even</c><00:40:46.260><c> though</c><00:40:46.880><c> he</c><00:40:47.420><c> engaged</c><00:40:47.840><c> in</c><00:40:48.019><c> these</c><00:40:48.440><c> violent</c><00:40:49.139><c> wars</c><00:40:49.659><c> against</c><00:40:50.059><c> the</c><00:40:50.340><c> Philistines,</c>

00:40:51.260 --> 00:40:55.320
he<00:40:51.599><c> also</c><00:40:52.199><c> used</c><00:40:52.559><c> his</c><00:40:52.940><c> interactions</c><00:40:53.519><c> with</c><00:40:53.900><c> them</c><00:40:54.119><c> to</c><00:40:54.639><c> instruct</c>

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:59.599
some<00:40:55.820><c> of</c><00:40:56.099><c> the</c><00:40:56.760><c> Philistines</c><00:40:57.980><c> about</c><00:40:58.800><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:40:59.780 --> 00:41:06.059
And<00:40:59.980><c> as</c><00:41:00.219><c> a</c><00:41:00.460><c> result,</c><00:41:01.260><c> a</c><00:41:01.400><c> number</c><00:41:01.860><c> of</c><00:41:02.440><c> Philistines</c><00:41:03.280><c> became</c><00:41:03.860><c> obedient</c><00:41:04.719><c> to</c><00:41:05.139><c> the</c><00:41:05.300><c> hope</c><00:41:05.460><c> of</c><00:41:05.800><c> Israel.</c>

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:12.099
Let's<00:41:06.760><c> come</c><00:41:07.019><c> over</c><00:41:07.260><c> to</c><00:41:07.639><c> 2</c><00:41:07.760><c> Samuel</c><00:41:08.380><c> chapter</c><00:41:10.780><c> 15.</c>

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:15.880
We're<00:41:12.940><c> going</c><00:41:13.099><c> to</c><00:41:13.139><c> read</c><00:41:13.400><c> about</c><00:41:13.880><c> one</c><00:41:14.239><c> of</c><00:41:14.340><c> the</c><00:41:14.559><c> Philistines</c><00:41:15.219><c> that</c>

00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:17.260
David<00:41:16.480><c> influenced.</c>

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His<00:41:17.500><c> name</c><00:41:17.699><c> is</c><00:41:17.940><c> Attiah.</c>

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:24.340
2<00:41:20.519><c> Samuel</c><00:41:21.059><c> 15,</c><00:41:23.079><c> we're</c><00:41:23.260><c> going</c><00:41:23.380><c> to</c><00:41:23.420><c> start</c><00:41:23.579><c> at</c><00:41:23.739><c> verse</c><00:41:23.920><c> 18,</c>

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:27.900
and<00:41:24.699><c> really</c><00:41:25.440><c> think</c><00:41:25.860><c> about</c><00:41:26.179><c> the</c><00:41:26.559><c> implications</c><00:41:27.179><c> of</c><00:41:27.380><c> what</c><00:41:27.619><c> David</c>

00:41:27.900 --> 00:41:28.820
is<00:41:28.199><c> saying</c><00:41:28.340><c> to</c><00:41:28.500><c> him</c><00:41:28.639><c> here</c>

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:31.880
and<00:41:29.840><c> the</c><00:41:30.199><c> nature</c><00:41:30.500><c> of</c><00:41:30.659><c> the</c><00:41:30.840><c> interaction.</c>

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:35.139
2<00:41:33.320><c> Samuel</c><00:41:33.599><c> 15</c><00:41:34.099><c> verse</c><00:41:34.360><c> 18,</c>

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:38.059
And<00:41:35.659><c> all</c><00:41:35.960><c> his</c><00:41:36.219><c> servants,</c><00:41:36.599><c> that's</c><00:41:37.179><c> David's</c><00:41:37.679><c> servants,</c><00:41:37.800><c> he's</c>

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fleeing<00:41:38.300><c> from</c><00:41:38.579><c> Absalom</c><00:41:38.900><c> here,</c>

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:42.159
and<00:41:39.679><c> all</c><00:41:39.860><c> his</c><00:41:40.079><c> servants</c><00:41:40.280><c> passed</c><00:41:40.679><c> on</c><00:41:40.880><c> beside</c><00:41:41.300><c> him,</c><00:41:41.840><c> and</c><00:41:42.019><c> all</c>

00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:44.079
the<00:41:42.380><c> Karathites</c><00:41:42.920><c> and</c><00:41:43.079><c> all</c><00:41:43.400><c> the</c><00:41:43.400><c> Pelethites,</c>

00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:48.159
and<00:41:44.780><c> all</c><00:41:45.300><c> the</c><00:41:45.599><c> Gittites,</c><00:41:46.360><c> that</c><00:41:46.539><c> those</c><00:41:47.179><c> are</c><00:41:47.340><c> Philistines,</c>

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:51.539
six<00:41:48.820><c> hundred</c><00:41:49.099><c> men</c><00:41:49.440><c> which</c><00:41:49.719><c> came</c><00:41:50.039><c> after</c><00:41:50.340><c> him</c><00:41:50.539><c> from</c><00:41:50.820><c> Gath</c><00:41:51.179><c> passed</c>

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:52.559
on<00:41:51.780><c> before</c><00:41:52.039><c> the</c><00:41:52.280><c> king.</c>

00:41:53.059 --> 00:41:55.639
Then<00:41:53.239><c> said</c><00:41:53.400><c> the</c><00:41:53.579><c> king</c><00:41:53.780><c> to</c><00:41:54.019><c> Attiah</c><00:41:54.360><c> the</c><00:41:54.559><c> Gittite,</c>

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:57.920
Wherefore<00:41:56.159><c> goest</c><00:41:56.659><c> thou</c><00:41:56.840><c> also</c><00:41:57.179><c> with</c><00:41:57.480><c> us?</c>

00:41:58.340 --> 00:42:01.340
Return<00:41:58.699><c> to</c><00:41:58.920><c> thy</c><00:41:59.079><c> place,</c><00:42:00.079><c> and</c><00:42:00.199><c> abide</c><00:42:00.519><c> with</c><00:42:00.780><c> the</c><00:42:00.960><c> king.</c>

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:02.760
That's<00:42:02.099><c> Absalom.</c>

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:05.860
For<00:42:03.139><c> thou</c><00:42:03.460><c> art</c><00:42:03.860><c> a</c><00:42:04.219><c> stranger,</c><00:42:04.579><c> and</c><00:42:04.719><c> also</c><00:42:05.000><c> in</c><00:42:05.300><c> exile.</c>

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:08.119
Whereas<00:42:06.619><c> thou</c><00:42:06.960><c> camest</c><00:42:07.300><c> but</c><00:42:07.519><c> yesterday,</c>

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:11.500
should<00:42:08.639><c> I</c><00:42:09.099><c> this</c><00:42:09.360><c> day</c><00:42:09.659><c> make</c><00:42:09.940><c> thee</c><00:42:10.219><c> go</c><00:42:10.440><c> up</c><00:42:10.699><c> and</c><00:42:10.900><c> down</c><00:42:11.059><c> with</c><00:42:11.320><c> us,</c>

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:13.059
seeing<00:42:11.780><c> I</c><00:42:12.039><c> go</c><00:42:12.239><c> whether</c><00:42:12.480><c> I</c><00:42:12.780><c> may,</c>

00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:15.440
return<00:42:13.800><c> thou,</c><00:42:14.199><c> and</c><00:42:14.320><c> take</c><00:42:14.599><c> back</c><00:42:14.820><c> thy</c><00:42:15.039><c> brethren.</c>

00:42:15.659 --> 00:42:17.039
Mercy<00:42:15.940><c> and</c><00:42:16.179><c> truth</c><00:42:16.380><c> be</c><00:42:16.500><c> with</c><00:42:16.760><c> thee.</c>

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:19.239
And<00:42:17.599><c> Attiah</c><00:42:17.980><c> answered</c><00:42:18.340><c> the</c><00:42:18.559><c> king,</c><00:42:18.940><c> and</c><00:42:18.940><c> said,</c>

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:22.719
As<00:42:19.920><c> Yahweh</c><00:42:20.780><c> liveth,</c><00:42:21.340><c> this</c><00:42:21.559><c> is</c><00:42:21.760><c> a</c><00:42:21.860><c> Philistine</c><00:42:22.300><c> talking,</c>

00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:26.659
as<00:42:23.320><c> Yahweh</c><00:42:24.039><c> liveth,</c><00:42:24.780><c> and</c><00:42:24.940><c> as</c><00:42:25.119><c> my</c><00:42:25.480><c> Lord</c><00:42:25.820><c> the</c><00:42:26.019><c> king</c><00:42:26.360><c> liveth,</c>

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:29.820
surely<00:42:27.059><c> in</c><00:42:27.320><c> what</c><00:42:27.539><c> place</c><00:42:27.920><c> my</c><00:42:28.360><c> Lord</c><00:42:28.719><c> the</c><00:42:28.980><c> king</c><00:42:29.219><c> shall</c><00:42:29.500><c> be,</c>

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:33.519
whether<00:42:30.460><c> in</c><00:42:30.880><c> death</c><00:42:31.159><c> or</c><00:42:31.440><c> life,</c><00:42:31.940><c> even</c><00:42:32.280><c> there</c><00:42:32.659><c> also</c><00:42:33.039><c> will</c><00:42:33.280><c> thy</c>

00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:34.219
servant<00:42:33.860><c> be.</c>

00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:35.920
And<00:42:34.760><c> David</c><00:42:35.079><c> said</c><00:42:35.340><c> to</c><00:42:35.539><c> Attiah,</c>

00:42:36.260 --> 00:42:39.460
Go<00:42:36.380><c> and</c><00:42:36.659><c> pass</c><00:42:36.960><c> over,</c><00:42:37.599><c> and</c><00:42:37.699><c> Attiah</c><00:42:38.039><c> the</c><00:42:38.239><c> Gittite</c><00:42:38.559><c> passed</c><00:42:39.059><c> over,</c>

00:42:39.619 --> 00:42:42.559
and<00:42:39.780><c> all</c><00:42:39.920><c> his</c><00:42:40.079><c> men,</c><00:42:40.639><c> and</c><00:42:40.860><c> all</c><00:42:41.039><c> the</c><00:42:41.320><c> little</c><00:42:41.539><c> ones</c><00:42:41.960><c> that</c><00:42:42.360><c> were</c>

00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:43.679
with<00:42:42.780><c> him.</c>

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:47.199
You<00:42:43.920><c> know,</c><00:42:44.519><c> David's</c><00:42:45.019><c> interaction</c><00:42:45.500><c> with</c><00:42:45.739><c> Attiah</c><00:42:46.219><c> in</c><00:42:46.360><c> this</c><00:42:46.599><c> passage</c>

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:52.280
reveals<00:42:47.980><c> a</c><00:42:48.460><c> great</c><00:42:48.820><c> deal</c><00:42:49.460><c> about</c><00:42:49.940><c> how</c><00:42:50.500><c> and</c><00:42:50.900><c> what</c><00:42:51.300><c> he</c><00:42:51.639><c> taught</c><00:42:51.940><c> him.</c>

00:42:52.659 --> 00:42:57.880
In<00:42:52.880><c> verse</c><00:42:53.320><c> 19,</c><00:42:54.440><c> David</c><00:42:54.980><c> puts</c><00:42:55.579><c> Attiah's</c><00:42:56.519><c> needs</c><00:42:56.860><c> ahead</c><00:42:57.360><c> of</c><00:42:57.480><c> his</c><00:42:57.719><c> own.</c>

00:42:58.119 --> 00:43:01.420
You<00:42:58.199><c> know,</c><00:42:58.559><c> David</c><00:42:58.719><c> at</c><00:42:58.880><c> this</c><00:42:59.119><c> point</c><00:42:59.420><c> has</c><00:42:59.820><c> only</c><00:43:00.139><c> a</c><00:43:00.579><c> small</c><00:43:01.000><c> number</c>

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:02.099
of<00:43:01.739><c> men,</c>

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:07.239
and<00:43:02.599><c> his</c><00:43:02.760><c> son</c><00:43:03.460><c> is</c><00:43:03.860><c> engaged</c><00:43:04.539><c> in</c><00:43:05.139><c> organizing</c><00:43:05.659><c> a</c><00:43:06.039><c> rebellion</c><00:43:06.559><c> around</c><00:43:07.039><c> him,</c>

00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:11.460
and<00:43:07.539><c> all</c><00:43:07.960><c> these</c><00:43:08.199><c> people</c><00:43:08.639><c> are</c><00:43:08.920><c> falling</c><00:43:09.219><c> in</c><00:43:10.400><c> with</c><00:43:10.860><c> Absalom.</c>

00:43:11.940 --> 00:43:14.619
And<00:43:12.159><c> even</c><00:43:12.340><c> though</c><00:43:12.760><c> David's</c><00:43:13.440><c> force</c><00:43:13.579><c> is</c><00:43:13.860><c> really</c><00:43:14.219><c> small,</c>

00:43:14.679 --> 00:43:16.960
and<00:43:14.800><c> he</c><00:43:14.860><c> was</c><00:43:15.280><c> desperately</c><00:43:15.960><c> in</c><00:43:16.199><c> need</c><00:43:16.360><c> of</c><00:43:16.659><c> men,</c>

00:43:17.300 --> 00:43:20.199
especially<00:43:17.940><c> gifted</c><00:43:18.400><c> warriors</c><00:43:18.900><c> such</c><00:43:19.239><c> as</c><00:43:19.460><c> Attiah</c><00:43:19.820><c> here,</c>

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:24.159
he<00:43:20.860><c> urged</c><00:43:21.280><c> Attiah</c><00:43:22.019><c> and</c><00:43:22.260><c> those</c><00:43:22.599><c> traveling</c><00:43:23.219><c> with</c><00:43:23.820><c> him</c>

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:29.019
to<00:43:24.659><c> return</c><00:43:25.619><c> home</c><00:43:26.320><c> for</c><00:43:27.059><c> their</c><00:43:27.880><c> safety</c><00:43:28.460><c> and</c><00:43:28.840><c> comfort.</c>

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:32.179
Remember,<00:43:29.699><c> David</c><00:43:30.099><c> is</c><00:43:30.340><c> a</c><00:43:30.400><c> person</c><00:43:30.760><c> who</c><00:43:31.000><c> has</c><00:43:31.199><c> legitimately,</c>

00:43:32.179 --> 00:43:33.380
it<00:43:32.340><c> was</c><00:43:32.539><c> possible</c><00:43:32.920><c> at</c><00:43:33.079><c> this</c><00:43:33.219><c> point,</c>

00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:35.599
that<00:43:33.519><c> he</c><00:43:33.619><c> might</c><00:43:33.860><c> not</c><00:43:34.000><c> have</c><00:43:34.159><c> survived</c><00:43:34.519><c> another</c><00:43:34.780><c> day.</c>

00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:39.940
And<00:43:36.079><c> even</c><00:43:37.099><c> though</c><00:43:37.400><c> his</c><00:43:37.719><c> life</c><00:43:37.980><c> was</c><00:43:38.239><c> very</c><00:43:38.659><c> much</c><00:43:38.920><c> on</c><00:43:39.260><c> the</c><00:43:39.519><c> line,</c>

00:43:40.239 --> 00:43:43.500
he<00:43:40.519><c> is</c><00:43:40.920><c> thinking</c><00:43:41.260><c> instead</c><00:43:41.820><c> about</c><00:43:42.139><c> the</c><00:43:42.480><c> needs</c><00:43:42.719><c> and</c><00:43:43.099><c> comfort</c>

00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:45.860
of<00:43:44.000><c> this</c><00:43:44.360><c> other</c><00:43:44.739><c> individual.</c>

00:43:46.579 --> 00:43:51.280
And<00:43:46.980><c> that</c><00:43:47.320><c> is</c><00:43:47.599><c> how</c><00:43:48.219><c> David</c><00:43:48.920><c> drew</c><00:43:49.420><c> Attiah</c><00:43:49.900><c> to</c><00:43:50.179><c> the</c><00:43:50.420><c> God</c><00:43:50.579><c> of</c><00:43:50.800><c> Israel,</c>

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:54.300
because<00:43:51.880><c> he</c><00:43:52.320><c> manifested</c><00:43:52.920><c> God's</c><00:43:53.639><c> characteristics</c>

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:56.199
and<00:43:54.780><c> his</c><00:43:55.059><c> interactions</c><00:43:55.579><c> with</c><00:43:55.900><c> them.</c>

00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:59.420
And<00:43:56.679><c> then</c><00:43:56.800><c> he</c><00:43:57.059><c> instructed</c><00:43:57.679><c> Attiah</c><00:43:58.139><c> in</c><00:43:58.420><c> divine</c><00:43:58.780><c> principles.</c>

00:43:59.719 --> 00:44:05.179
Notice<00:44:00.019><c> how</c><00:44:00.639><c> Attiah's</c><00:44:01.760><c> response</c><00:44:02.119><c> to</c><00:44:02.460><c> David</c><00:44:02.800><c> uses</c><00:44:03.539><c> the</c><00:44:03.880><c> divine</c><00:44:04.239><c> name.</c>

00:44:05.219 --> 00:44:11.280
It<00:44:05.559><c> expresses</c><00:44:06.159><c> tremendous</c><00:44:07.539><c> respect</c><00:44:08.820><c> for</c><00:44:10.079><c> God's</c><00:44:10.960><c> anointed.</c>

00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:14.400
Attiah's<00:44:12.119><c> going</c><00:44:12.280><c> to</c><00:44:12.539><c> stay</c><00:44:12.719><c> with</c><00:44:12.980><c> David</c><00:44:13.199><c> because</c><00:44:13.619><c> he's</c><00:44:14.159><c> the</c>

00:44:14.400 --> 00:44:15.059
anointed<00:44:14.719><c> king.</c>

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:20.719
Where<00:44:15.840><c> do</c><00:44:16.019><c> you</c><00:44:16.280><c> think</c><00:44:16.539><c> Attiah</c><00:44:17.519><c> would</c><00:44:17.940><c> have</c><00:44:18.300><c> learned</c><00:44:18.880><c> tremendous</c><00:44:19.860><c> respect</c>

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:22.519
for<00:44:21.159><c> the</c><00:44:21.380><c> anointed</c><00:44:21.739><c> of</c><00:44:22.019><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:26.579
but<00:44:22.860><c> in</c><00:44:23.179><c> hearing</c><00:44:23.400><c> about</c><00:44:23.760><c> how</c><00:44:24.079><c> David</c><00:44:24.639><c> had</c><00:44:25.159><c> treated</c><00:44:25.599><c> Saul?</c>

00:44:26.639 --> 00:44:30.360
And<00:44:26.840><c> then,</c><00:44:27.019><c> of</c><00:44:27.179><c> course,</c><00:44:27.619><c> the</c><00:44:28.059><c> echo</c><00:44:28.599><c> of</c><00:44:29.139><c> the</c><00:44:29.340><c> words</c><00:44:29.659><c> from</c><00:44:30.039><c> the</c>

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:31.860
story<00:44:30.679><c> of</c><00:44:31.619><c> Ruth</c>

00:44:31.860 --> 00:44:34.739
that<00:44:32.239><c> just</c><00:44:32.780><c> ring</c><00:44:33.000><c> out</c><00:44:33.519><c> from</c><00:44:33.840><c> Attiah's</c><00:44:34.500><c> words</c>

00:44:34.739 --> 00:44:38.860
really<00:44:35.400><c> reflect</c><00:44:36.059><c> the</c><00:44:36.420><c> lessons</c><00:44:36.739><c> that</c><00:44:37.099><c> David</c><00:44:37.360><c> had</c><00:44:37.679><c> shared</c><00:44:37.840><c> with</c><00:44:38.159><c> him.</c>

00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:42.019
In<00:44:39.119><c> fact,</c><00:44:39.440><c> there</c><00:44:39.760><c> are</c><00:44:40.380><c> several</c><00:44:40.820><c> indicators</c><00:44:41.340><c> that</c><00:44:41.539><c> there</c><00:44:41.739><c> were</c>

00:44:42.019 --> 00:44:44.699
a<00:44:42.400><c> large</c><00:44:42.800><c> number</c><00:44:43.300><c> of</c><00:44:43.619><c> faithful</c><00:44:43.940><c> Philistines</c>

00:44:44.699 --> 00:44:47.539
living<00:44:45.039><c> in</c><00:44:45.199><c> the</c><00:44:45.300><c> land</c><00:44:45.539><c> of</c><00:44:45.739><c> Israel</c><00:44:46.079><c> during</c><00:44:46.659><c> David's</c><00:44:47.280><c> reign.</c>

00:44:47.719 --> 00:44:51.320
When<00:44:48.019><c> David</c><00:44:48.300><c> goes</c><00:44:48.559><c> on</c><00:44:48.900><c> to</c><00:44:49.179><c> fight</c><00:44:49.539><c> a</c><00:44:49.800><c> war</c><00:44:49.960><c> with</c><00:44:50.320><c> Absalom's</c><00:44:50.940><c> forces,</c>

00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:55.320
he<00:44:51.739><c> gave</c><00:44:52.099><c> command</c><00:44:52.579><c> to</c><00:44:52.960><c> one</c><00:44:53.400><c>-third</c><00:44:53.599><c> of</c><00:44:53.820><c> his</c><00:44:53.940><c> army</c><00:44:54.360><c> in</c><00:44:54.559><c> the</c><00:44:54.820><c> war</c>

00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:56.880
to<00:44:56.099><c> Attiah.</c>

00:44:57.360 --> 00:44:59.679
Some<00:44:57.679><c> commentators</c><00:44:58.280><c> have</c><00:44:58.539><c> suggested</c><00:44:58.960><c> that</c><00:44:59.239><c> it's</c><00:44:59.440><c> probably</c>

00:44:59.679 --> 00:45:00.019
the<00:44:59.860><c> case</c>

00:45:00.019 --> 00:45:01.639
that<00:45:00.239><c> all</c><00:45:00.460><c> those</c><00:45:00.679><c> men</c><00:45:00.880><c> were</c><00:45:01.179><c> Philistines,</c>

00:45:01.679 --> 00:45:04.380
because<00:45:01.820><c> it's</c><00:45:01.980><c> kind</c><00:45:02.159><c> of</c><00:45:02.219><c> hard</c><00:45:02.400><c> to</c><00:45:02.579><c> imagine</c><00:45:03.219><c> David</c><00:45:03.639><c> putting</c><00:45:04.000><c> a</c>

00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:05.280
Philistine<00:45:04.860><c> general</c>

00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:07.639
in<00:45:05.519><c> charge</c><00:45:05.719><c> of</c><00:45:05.940><c> Israelite</c><00:45:06.400><c> troops,</c><00:45:06.760><c> but</c><00:45:06.960><c> we</c><00:45:07.119><c> don't</c><00:45:07.320><c> really</c>

00:45:07.639 --> 00:45:09.059
know<00:45:07.860><c> that.</c>

00:45:09.800 --> 00:45:12.940
But<00:45:10.159><c> regardless</c><00:45:10.440><c> of</c><00:45:10.739><c> exactly</c><00:45:11.039><c> how</c><00:45:11.260><c> many</c><00:45:11.539><c> Philistines</c><00:45:12.139><c> David</c><00:45:12.480><c> influenced,</c>

00:45:13.000 --> 00:45:15.019
there's<00:45:13.739><c> at</c><00:45:13.800><c> least</c><00:45:14.159><c> hundreds</c><00:45:14.579><c> here,</c>

00:45:15.320 --> 00:45:18.739
David<00:45:15.699><c> really</c><00:45:16.119><c> recognized</c><00:45:16.679><c> their</c><00:45:17.019><c> importance</c><00:45:17.440><c> in</c><00:45:17.659><c> God's</c><00:45:18.179><c> plan</c><00:45:18.280><c> and</c><00:45:18.500><c> purpose.</c>

00:45:18.860 --> 00:45:20.559
God<00:45:19.079><c> was</c><00:45:19.260><c> going</c><00:45:19.360><c> to</c><00:45:19.539><c> bring</c><00:45:19.679><c> in</c><00:45:19.880><c> the</c><00:45:19.960><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:23.960
In<00:45:21.239><c> fact,</c><00:45:21.980><c> not</c><00:45:22.079><c> only</c><00:45:22.340><c> did</c><00:45:22.599><c> David</c><00:45:22.940><c> recognize</c>

00:45:23.960 --> 00:45:29.340
the<00:45:24.360><c> importance</c><00:45:24.800><c> of</c><00:45:26.760><c> Gentiles</c><00:45:27.719><c> to</c><00:45:28.340><c> God's</c><00:45:28.960><c> purpose,</c>

00:45:29.519 --> 00:45:31.059
and<00:45:29.719><c> not</c><00:45:29.840><c> only</c><00:45:29.960><c> did</c><00:45:30.059><c> he</c><00:45:30.260><c> preach</c><00:45:30.639><c> to</c><00:45:30.800><c> them,</c>

00:45:31.340 --> 00:45:42.239
but<00:45:31.619><c> he</c><00:45:32.119><c> set</c><00:45:32.420><c> up</c><00:45:33.139><c> a</c><00:45:33.760><c> special</c><00:45:34.699><c> Melchizedek</c><00:45:36.340><c>-style</c><00:45:37.800><c> place</c><00:45:38.500><c> of</c><00:45:39.179><c> worship</c><00:45:39.760><c> for</c><00:45:40.260><c> them</c><00:45:40.760><c> to</c><00:45:41.199><c> worship.</c>

00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:46.579
And<00:45:42.619><c> this</c><00:45:42.960><c> Melchizedek</c><00:45:44.300><c>-style</c><00:45:45.159><c> place</c><00:45:45.760><c> of</c><00:45:46.119><c> worship</c>

00:45:46.579 --> 00:45:51.679
is<00:45:47.099><c> known</c><00:45:47.420><c> in</c><00:45:47.619><c> the</c><00:45:47.840><c> Bible</c><00:45:48.280><c> as</c><00:45:48.860><c> the</c><00:45:49.280><c> Tabernacle</c><00:45:50.019><c> of</c><00:45:50.760><c> David.</c>

00:45:51.719 --> 00:45:54.760
The<00:45:52.019><c> Tabernacle</c><00:45:52.559><c> of</c><00:45:52.860><c> David</c><00:45:53.039><c> was</c><00:45:53.320><c> located</c><00:45:53.840><c> in</c><00:45:54.179><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:45:54.760 --> 00:45:58.159
and<00:45:55.420><c> worshiped</c><00:45:56.139><c> there</c><00:45:56.380><c> centered</c><00:45:57.099><c> around</c><00:45:57.619><c> the</c><00:45:57.940><c> ark.</c>

00:45:58.519 --> 00:46:04.460
The<00:45:58.699><c> Tabernacle</c><00:45:59.179><c> of</c><00:45:59.559><c> David</c><00:45:59.840><c> is</c><00:46:00.280><c> mentioned</c><00:46:00.739><c> in</c><00:46:01.320><c> 1</c><00:46:01.519><c> Chronicles</c><00:46:02.400><c> 16,</c>

00:46:05.679 --> 00:46:08.579
1<00:46:06.079><c> Chronicles</c><00:46:06.480><c> 16</c><00:46:07.199><c> and</c><00:46:07.460><c> verse</c><00:46:07.880><c> 1.</c>

00:46:20.480 --> 00:46:23.059
So<00:46:20.500><c> they</c><00:46:20.699><c> brought</c><00:46:20.960><c> the</c><00:46:21.179><c> ark</c><00:46:21.360><c> of</c><00:46:21.519><c> God</c><00:46:21.880><c> and</c><00:46:22.159><c> set</c><00:46:22.280><c> it</c><00:46:22.420><c> in</c><00:46:22.539><c> the</c><00:46:22.659><c> midst</c><00:46:22.860><c> of</c>

00:46:23.059 --> 00:46:23.679
the<00:46:23.260><c> tent</c>

00:46:24.099 --> 00:46:25.559
that<00:46:24.500><c> David</c><00:46:24.659><c> had</c><00:46:24.980><c> pitched</c><00:46:25.179><c> for</c><00:46:25.460><c> it,</c>

00:46:25.559 --> 00:46:28.159
and<00:46:25.639><c> they</c><00:46:25.980><c> offered</c><00:46:26.239><c> burnt</c><00:46:26.639><c> sacrifices</c><00:46:27.320><c> and</c><00:46:27.599><c> peace</c><00:46:27.880><c> offerings</c>

00:46:28.159 --> 00:46:28.840
before<00:46:28.539><c> God.</c>

00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:30.159
So<00:46:29.000><c> the</c><00:46:29.199><c> ark</c><00:46:29.400><c> is</c><00:46:29.539><c> under</c><00:46:29.739><c> this</c><00:46:29.980><c> tent.</c>

00:46:30.500 --> 00:46:32.059
Now<00:46:30.579><c> if</c><00:46:30.659><c> you</c><00:46:30.800><c> skip</c><00:46:31.019><c> down,</c><00:46:31.260><c> I</c><00:46:31.360><c> don't</c><00:46:31.440><c> know</c><00:46:31.539><c> if</c><00:46:31.679><c> any</c><00:46:31.820><c> of</c><00:46:31.940><c> you</c><00:46:31.960><c> all</c>

00:46:32.059 --> 00:46:32.519
have<00:46:32.159><c> ever</c><00:46:32.340><c> heard</c>

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:35.400
Brother<00:46:32.739><c> Roger</c><00:46:33.239><c> Lewis's</c><00:46:33.780><c> classes</c><00:46:34.099><c> on</c><00:46:34.340><c> the</c><00:46:34.519><c> House</c><00:46:34.800><c> of</c><00:46:35.059><c> Asaph,</c>

00:46:35.579 --> 00:46:37.440
Family<00:46:35.840><c> of</c><00:46:36.119><c> Faith,</c><00:46:36.440><c> and</c><00:46:36.599><c> Masters</c><00:46:36.900><c> of</c><00:46:37.119><c> Music.</c>

00:46:37.739 --> 00:46:40.119
This<00:46:37.960><c> is</c><00:46:38.159><c> where</c><00:46:38.940><c> Asaph</c><00:46:39.699><c> sang.</c>

00:46:40.280 --> 00:46:43.440
This<00:46:40.420><c> is</c><00:46:40.619><c> where</c><00:46:40.840><c> he</c><00:46:41.239><c> worshiped,</c><00:46:42.119><c> his</c><00:46:42.679><c> service</c><00:46:43.000><c> took</c><00:46:43.219><c> place.</c>

00:46:43.860 --> 00:46:45.300
It<00:46:43.860><c> was</c><00:46:43.860><c> outside</c><00:46:44.260><c> the</c><00:46:44.500><c> Tabernacle</c><00:46:44.940><c> of</c><00:46:45.139><c> David.</c>

00:46:45.320 --> 00:46:47.960
You'll<00:46:45.579><c> notice</c><00:46:45.800><c> he's</c><00:46:46.079><c> mentioned</c><00:46:46.460><c> in</c><00:46:46.960><c> verse</c><00:46:47.280><c> 5.</c>

00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:52.199
And<00:46:48.599><c> this</c><00:46:48.960><c> tent</c><00:46:49.340><c> was</c><00:46:49.739><c> a</c><00:46:50.039><c> place</c><00:46:50.300><c> of</c><00:46:50.559><c> Melchizedek</c><00:46:51.420><c>-style</c><00:46:51.739><c> worship.</c>

00:46:52.360 --> 00:46:57.420
By<00:46:52.599><c> that</c><00:46:52.820><c> I</c><00:46:53.019><c> mean</c><00:46:53.139><c> it</c><00:46:53.360><c> was</c><00:46:53.719><c> worshiped</c><00:46:54.699><c> outside</c><00:46:55.619><c> of</c><00:46:56.159><c> the</c><00:46:56.420><c> framework</c><00:46:56.820><c> of</c><00:46:57.219><c> the</c>

00:46:57.420 --> 00:46:58.679
Law<00:46:57.659><c> of</c><00:46:57.739><c> Moses.</c>

00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:02.519
Uncircumcised<00:47:00.239><c> gentiles</c><00:47:00.880><c> could</c><00:47:01.159><c> go</c><00:47:01.420><c> there</c><00:47:01.860><c> and</c><00:47:02.099><c> they</c><00:47:02.280><c> could</c>

00:47:02.519 --> 00:47:03.280
serve<00:47:02.860><c> God</c>

00:47:03.280 --> 00:47:06.820
on<00:47:03.500><c> the</c><00:47:03.699><c> basis</c><00:47:04.059><c> of</c><00:47:04.420><c> faith</c><00:47:04.739><c> outside</c><00:47:05.760><c> of</c><00:47:05.960><c> the</c><00:47:06.159><c> framework</c><00:47:06.500><c> of</c><00:47:06.719><c> the</c>

00:47:06.820 --> 00:47:07.780
Law<00:47:07.079><c> of</c><00:47:07.239><c> Moses.</c>

00:47:08.219 --> 00:47:11.800
Now<00:47:08.440><c> worship</c><00:47:08.760><c> under</c><00:47:09.139><c> the</c><00:47:09.420><c> Law</c><00:47:09.679><c> of</c><00:47:09.880><c> course</c><00:47:10.139><c> continued</c><00:47:10.840><c> in</c><00:47:11.099><c> David's</c><00:47:11.559><c> day,</c>

00:47:12.059 --> 00:47:14.099
but<00:47:12.219><c> it</c><00:47:12.480><c> took</c><00:47:12.699><c> place</c><00:47:13.119><c> in</c><00:47:13.400><c> Gibeon.</c>

00:47:14.239 --> 00:47:21.440
Gibeon<00:47:14.820><c> is</c><00:47:15.199><c> one</c><00:47:15.400><c> of</c><00:47:15.539><c> those</c><00:47:15.980><c> cities</c><00:47:16.460><c> of</c><00:47:17.119><c> the</c><00:47:17.440><c> faithful</c><00:47:18.039><c> Canaanite</c><00:47:19.179><c> servants</c><00:47:19.860><c> of</c><00:47:20.719><c> Israel.</c>

00:47:21.760 --> 00:47:25.599
And<00:47:22.239><c> that</c><00:47:22.480><c> is</c><00:47:22.780><c> where</c><00:47:23.460><c> the</c><00:47:24.519><c> Tabernacle</c><00:47:25.059><c> was</c><00:47:25.320><c> based,</c>

00:47:25.599 --> 00:47:28.480
and<00:47:25.800><c> that's</c><00:47:26.199><c> where</c><00:47:26.420><c> worship</c><00:47:26.920><c> according</c><00:47:27.320><c> to</c><00:47:27.480><c> the</c><00:47:27.619><c> Law</c><00:47:27.840><c> of</c><00:47:27.900><c> Moses</c><00:47:28.239><c> took</c>

00:47:28.480 --> 00:47:29.579
place<00:47:28.800><c> in</c><00:47:29.000><c> David's</c><00:47:29.420><c> day.</c>

00:47:29.760 --> 00:47:35.159
That's<00:47:30.260><c> referred</c><00:47:30.659><c> to</c><00:47:31.360><c> in</c><00:47:31.780><c> verse</c><00:47:32.460><c> 39</c><00:47:33.239><c> of</c><00:47:33.500><c> the</c><00:47:33.679><c> same</c><00:47:33.960><c> chapter.</c>

00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:58.579
This<00:47:53.440><c> is</c><00:47:54.239><c> Aaronic</c><00:47:55.039><c>-style</c><00:47:55.500><c> Law</c><00:47:55.980><c> of</c><00:47:56.239><c> Moses</c><00:47:56.860><c> worship</c><00:47:57.440><c> going</c><00:47:57.800><c> on</c><00:47:58.199><c> here</c>

00:47:58.579 --> 00:48:03.260
in<00:47:59.239><c> contrast</c><00:47:59.880><c> to</c><00:48:00.000><c> what's</c><00:48:00.280><c> going</c><00:48:00.480><c> on</c><00:48:00.619><c> in</c><00:48:00.880><c> Jerusalem</c><00:48:01.420><c> in</c><00:48:01.900><c> the</c><00:48:02.139><c> Law</c><00:48:02.599><c> of</c><00:48:02.940><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:48:03.260 --> 00:48:06.860
which<00:48:03.780><c> he</c><00:48:04.300><c> commanded</c><00:48:04.900><c> Israel.</c>

00:48:06.940 --> 00:48:10.119
Now<00:48:07.239><c> subsequent</c><00:48:07.760><c> leaders</c><00:48:08.099><c> of</c><00:48:08.280><c> Israel</c><00:48:08.619><c> did</c><00:48:08.960><c> not</c><00:48:09.239><c> possess</c><00:48:09.760><c> the</c>

00:48:10.119 --> 00:48:11.980
spiritual<00:48:10.619><c> depths</c><00:48:10.980><c> that</c><00:48:11.400><c> David</c><00:48:11.599><c> had.</c>

00:48:12.380 --> 00:48:15.019
They<00:48:12.440><c> were</c><00:48:12.599><c> more</c><00:48:13.139><c> nationalistic</c><00:48:13.840><c> in</c><00:48:14.000><c> their</c><00:48:14.360><c> orientation.</c>

00:48:15.340 --> 00:48:20.099
And<00:48:15.460><c> as</c><00:48:15.719><c> a</c><00:48:15.900><c> result</c><00:48:16.219><c> of</c><00:48:16.440><c> that,</c><00:48:17.159><c> the</c><00:48:17.340><c> Tabernacle</c><00:48:17.900><c> of</c><00:48:18.119><c> David</c><00:48:18.840><c> went</c><00:48:19.480><c> away.</c>

00:48:20.599 --> 00:48:25.659
Yet<00:48:20.980><c> the</c><00:48:21.500><c> prophet</c><00:48:22.139><c> Amos</c><00:48:22.820><c> could</c><00:48:23.460><c> see</c><00:48:24.079><c> a</c><00:48:24.579><c> time</c><00:48:24.820><c> in</c><00:48:25.059><c> the</c><00:48:25.199><c> future</c>

00:48:25.659 --> 00:48:31.599
when<00:48:26.340><c> the</c><00:48:26.800><c> Tabernacle</c><00:48:27.539><c> of</c><00:48:27.920><c> David</c><00:48:28.440><c> was</c><00:48:29.039><c> going</c><00:48:29.559><c> to</c><00:48:30.159><c> be</c><00:48:30.860><c> restored.</c>

00:48:31.599 --> 00:48:38.239
Let's<00:48:31.880><c> go</c><00:48:32.119><c> to</c><00:48:32.340><c> Amos</c><00:48:32.659><c> chapter</c><00:48:33.219><c> 9.</c>

00:48:38.840 --> 00:48:42.719
Amos<00:48:39.099><c> chapter</c><00:48:39.460><c> 9</c><00:48:39.780><c> is</c><00:48:39.940><c> going</c><00:48:40.059><c> to</c><00:48:40.179><c> make</c><00:48:40.400><c> reference</c><00:48:40.800><c> to</c><00:48:41.000><c> the</c><00:48:41.300><c> restoration</c><00:48:42.139><c> of</c>

00:48:42.719 --> 00:48:44.780
the<00:48:43.000><c> Tabernacle</c><00:48:43.579><c> of</c><00:48:43.840><c> David</c>

00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:52.559
when<00:48:48.679><c> Gentiles</c><00:48:49.360><c> would</c><00:48:49.619><c> once</c><00:48:49.960><c> again</c><00:48:50.579><c> be</c><00:48:50.980><c> able</c><00:48:51.260><c> to</c><00:48:51.599><c> worship</c><00:48:51.960><c> God</c>

00:48:52.559 --> 00:48:54.440
on<00:48:53.039><c> the</c><00:48:53.260><c> basis</c><00:48:53.579><c> of</c><00:48:53.920><c> faith</c>

00:48:54.440 --> 00:48:58.619
outside<00:48:55.519><c> of</c><00:48:55.840><c> the</c><00:48:55.960><c> framework</c><00:48:56.360><c> of</c><00:48:56.880><c> the</c><00:48:56.980><c> Law</c><00:48:57.340><c> of</c><00:48:57.460><c> Moses.</c>

00:48:59.219 --> 00:49:02.780
Verse<00:48:59.760><c> 11,</c><00:49:00.179><c> In</c><00:49:00.300><c> that</c><00:49:00.579><c> day</c><00:49:00.840><c> will</c><00:49:01.059><c> I</c><00:49:01.380><c> raise</c><00:49:01.619><c> up</c><00:49:01.940><c> the</c><00:49:02.239><c> Tabernacle</c>

00:49:02.780 --> 00:49:04.099
of<00:49:02.980><c> David</c><00:49:03.340><c> that</c><00:49:03.480><c> is</c><00:49:03.780><c> fallen</c>

00:49:04.099 --> 00:49:06.519
and<00:49:04.780><c> close</c><00:49:05.179><c> up</c><00:49:05.420><c> the</c><00:49:05.639><c> breaches</c><00:49:05.940><c> thereof.</c>

00:49:06.780 --> 00:49:09.300
And<00:49:06.880><c> I</c><00:49:07.039><c> will</c><00:49:07.280><c> raise</c><00:49:07.559><c> up</c><00:49:07.739><c> his</c><00:49:07.980><c> ruins</c><00:49:08.280><c> and</c><00:49:08.440><c> I</c><00:49:08.519><c> will</c><00:49:08.780><c> build</c><00:49:09.019><c> it</c><00:49:09.179><c> as</c>

00:49:09.300 --> 00:49:10.400
in<00:49:09.480><c> the</c><00:49:09.599><c> days</c><00:49:09.800><c> of</c><00:49:10.059><c> old</c>

00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:13.719
that<00:49:10.820><c> they</c><00:49:11.059><c> may</c><00:49:11.280><c> possess</c><00:49:11.800><c> the</c><00:49:12.159><c> remnant</c><00:49:12.460><c> of</c><00:49:12.659><c> Edom</c><00:49:13.039><c> and</c><00:49:13.320><c> of</c><00:49:13.480><c> all</c>

00:49:13.719 --> 00:49:14.320
the<00:49:13.880><c> nations</c>

00:49:14.320 --> 00:49:19.659
which<00:49:14.579><c> are</c><00:49:14.900><c> called</c><00:49:15.139><c> by</c><00:49:15.460><c> my</c><00:49:15.860><c> name</c><00:49:16.940><c> saith</c><00:49:17.519><c> Yahweh</c><00:49:18.420><c> that</c><00:49:19.019><c> doeth</c><00:49:19.360><c> this.</c>

00:49:19.800 --> 00:49:21.599
Let's<00:49:20.079><c> turn</c><00:49:20.280><c> to</c><00:49:20.480><c> Acts</c><00:49:20.719><c> 15.</c>

00:49:21.599 --> 00:49:28.360
In<00:49:22.219><c> Acts</c><00:49:22.480><c> chapter</c><00:49:22.840><c> 15</c><00:49:23.380><c> there</c><00:49:23.559><c> was</c><00:49:25.139><c> a</c><00:49:25.320><c> great</c><00:49:25.519><c> controversy</c><00:49:26.679><c> among</c><00:49:28.099><c> the</c>

00:49:28.360 --> 00:49:29.800
first<00:49:28.599><c> century</c><00:49:29.059><c> of</c><00:49:29.260><c> Colesias.</c>

00:49:30.059 --> 00:49:33.059
There<00:49:30.179><c> was</c><00:49:30.400><c> an</c><00:49:30.539><c> issue</c><00:49:30.860><c> of</c><00:49:31.079><c> whether</c><00:49:31.639><c> Gentiles</c><00:49:32.420><c> who</c><00:49:32.599><c> had</c><00:49:32.820><c> been</c>

00:49:33.059 --> 00:49:35.860
converted<00:49:33.699><c> to</c><00:49:34.980><c> worship</c>

00:49:35.860 --> 00:49:40.599
under<00:49:37.179><c> the</c><00:49:37.519><c> Melchizedek</c><00:49:38.280><c> framework</c><00:49:38.860><c> of</c><00:49:39.139><c> the</c><00:49:39.239><c> Lord</c><00:49:39.460><c> Jesus</c><00:49:39.880><c> Christ,</c>

00:49:40.860 --> 00:49:45.539
whether<00:49:41.059><c> they</c><00:49:41.380><c> should</c><00:49:41.679><c> be</c><00:49:41.940><c> compelled</c><00:49:42.519><c> to</c><00:49:42.820><c> be</c><00:49:43.519><c> circumcised</c><00:49:44.800><c> as</c>

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the<00:49:45.860><c> Law</c><00:49:46.139><c> of</c><00:49:46.280><c> Moses</c><00:49:46.920><c> would</c><00:49:47.300><c> require.</c>

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And<00:49:48.500><c> notice</c><00:49:48.920><c> how</c><00:49:49.360><c> the</c><00:49:49.559><c> issue</c><00:49:49.920><c> is</c><00:49:50.260><c> resolved.</c>

00:49:50.780 --> 00:49:54.739
It's<00:49:51.260><c> going</c><00:49:51.360><c> to</c><00:49:51.460><c> be</c><00:49:51.719><c> completely</c><00:49:52.400><c> dealt</c><00:49:52.940><c> with</c><00:49:53.380><c> by</c><00:49:53.840><c> a</c><00:49:54.280><c> reference</c>

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to<00:49:55.199><c> the</c><00:49:55.500><c> Tabernacle</c><00:49:56.019><c> of</c><00:49:56.260><c> David</c>

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that<00:49:57.239><c> he</c><00:49:57.500><c> set</c><00:49:57.679><c> up</c><00:49:58.199><c> in</c><00:49:58.400><c> a</c><00:49:58.599><c> quotation</c><00:49:59.239><c> of</c><00:49:59.840><c> Amos</c><00:50:00.219><c> chapter</c><00:50:00.699><c> 9.</c>

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So<00:50:01.639><c> Acts</c><00:50:01.960><c> 15,</c><00:50:02.840><c> here's</c><00:50:03.239><c> the</c><00:50:03.519><c> Jerusalem</c><00:50:04.179><c> conference</c><00:50:04.739><c> where</c><00:50:04.960><c> the</c>

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issue<00:50:05.420><c> of</c><00:50:05.659><c> whether</c><00:50:05.880><c> Gentiles</c>

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should<00:50:06.639><c> be</c><00:50:06.880><c> circumcised</c><00:50:07.380><c> or</c><00:50:07.599><c> not</c><00:50:07.800><c> is</c><00:50:08.239><c> going</c><00:50:08.440><c> to</c><00:50:09.519><c> be</c><00:50:09.659><c> debated</c>

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starting<00:50:11.500><c> at</c><00:50:12.039><c> verse</c><00:50:12.280><c> 13.</c>

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And<00:50:13.679><c> after</c><00:50:14.000><c> they</c><00:50:14.239><c> had</c><00:50:14.440><c> held</c><00:50:14.619><c> their</c><00:50:14.960><c> peace,</c><00:50:15.900><c> James</c><00:50:16.239><c> answered</c><00:50:16.760><c> saying,</c>

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Men<00:50:18.289><c> and</c><00:50:18.570><c> brethren,</c><00:50:19.869><c> hearken</c><00:50:20.070><c> unto</c><00:50:20.409><c> me.</c>

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Simon<00:50:21.969><c> hath</c><00:50:22.250><c> declared</c><00:50:22.710><c> how</c><00:50:23.010><c> God</c><00:50:23.349><c> at</c><00:50:23.449><c> the</c><00:50:23.670><c> first</c><00:50:23.909><c> did</c><00:50:24.170><c> visit</c>

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the<00:50:24.690><c> Gentiles</c>

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to<00:50:25.869><c> take</c><00:50:26.170><c> out</c><00:50:26.369><c> of</c><00:50:26.429><c> them</c><00:50:26.630><c> a</c><00:50:26.829><c> people</c><00:50:27.050><c> for</c><00:50:27.269><c> his</c><00:50:27.510><c> name.</c>

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And<00:50:28.929><c> should</c><00:50:29.190><c> this</c><00:50:29.690><c> agree,</c><00:50:30.849><c> the</c><00:50:31.070><c> words</c><00:50:31.489><c> of</c><00:50:31.809><c> the</c><00:50:32.090><c> prophets</c><00:50:32.590><c> as</c>

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it<00:50:33.230><c> is</c><00:50:33.409><c> written,</c>

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after<00:50:34.550><c> this</c><00:50:35.130><c> I</c><00:50:35.610><c> will</c><00:50:35.869><c> return</c><00:50:36.449><c> and</c><00:50:36.750><c> will</c><00:50:37.130><c> build</c><00:50:37.570><c> again</c><00:50:38.469><c> the</c><00:50:39.150><c> Tabernacle</c><00:50:39.829><c> of</c><00:50:40.030><c> David</c>

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which<00:50:40.750><c> has</c><00:50:41.110><c> fallen</c><00:50:41.409><c> down</c><00:50:42.090><c> and</c><00:50:42.409><c> I</c><00:50:42.570><c> will</c><00:50:42.929><c> build</c><00:50:43.210><c> again</c><00:50:43.630><c> the</c>

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ruins<00:50:44.170><c> thereof</c>

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and<00:50:45.090><c> I</c><00:50:45.170><c> will</c><00:50:45.489><c> set</c><00:50:45.670><c> it</c><00:50:45.889><c> up</c><00:50:46.329><c> that</c><00:50:46.610><c> the</c><00:50:46.889><c> residue</c><00:50:47.309><c> of</c><00:50:47.590><c> men</c><00:50:48.150><c> might</c>

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seek<00:50:49.150><c> after</c><00:50:49.590><c> the</c><00:50:49.889><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:50:50.769><c> all</c><00:50:51.010><c> the</c><00:50:51.230><c> Gentiles</c><00:50:51.809><c> upon</c><00:50:52.090><c> whom</c><00:50:52.389><c> my</c><00:50:52.849><c> name</c><00:50:53.130><c> is</c><00:50:53.510><c> called</c><00:50:53.889><c> saith</c><00:50:54.190><c> the</c><00:50:54.469><c> Lord</c>

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who<00:50:55.349><c> doeth</c><00:50:55.750><c> all</c><00:50:56.110><c> these</c><00:50:56.469><c> things.</c>

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Known<00:50:58.670><c> unto</c><00:50:59.050><c> God</c><00:50:59.769><c> are</c><00:51:00.289><c> all</c><00:51:00.550><c> his</c><00:51:00.869><c> works</c><00:51:01.130><c> from</c><00:51:01.349><c> the</c><00:51:01.510><c> beginning</c>

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of<00:51:02.010><c> the</c><00:51:02.210><c> world.</c>

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Wherefore<00:51:03.690><c> my</c><00:51:04.489><c> sentence</c><00:51:04.929><c> is</c><00:51:05.269><c> that</c><00:51:05.469><c> we</c><00:51:05.909><c> trouble</c><00:51:06.369><c> not</c><00:51:06.670><c> them</c>

00:51:07.150 --> 00:51:12.329
which<00:51:07.849><c> from</c><00:51:08.309><c> among</c><00:51:08.610><c> the</c><00:51:08.889><c> Gentiles</c><00:51:09.769><c> are</c><00:51:10.489><c> turned</c><00:51:11.050><c> to</c><00:51:11.730><c> God.</c>

00:51:12.329 --> 00:51:16.769
The<00:51:13.489><c> implication</c><00:51:14.250><c> from</c><00:51:14.550><c> the</c><00:51:14.829><c> context</c><00:51:15.489><c> is</c><00:51:15.809><c> that</c><00:51:16.110><c> David</c><00:51:16.429><c> did</c>

00:51:16.769 --> 00:51:18.710
not<00:51:17.309><c> compel</c><00:51:17.849><c> the</c><00:51:18.070><c> Philistines</c>

00:51:18.710 --> 00:51:22.590
and<00:51:18.909><c> other</c><00:51:19.150><c> Gentiles</c><00:51:19.750><c> that</c><00:51:19.869><c> he</c><00:51:20.150><c> converted</c><00:51:20.530><c> to</c><00:51:21.050><c> be</c><00:51:21.389><c> circumcised</c>

00:51:22.590 --> 00:51:25.550
in<00:51:22.889><c> order</c><00:51:23.090><c> for</c><00:51:23.230><c> them</c><00:51:23.429><c> to</c><00:51:23.650><c> come</c><00:51:23.989><c> worship</c><00:51:24.389><c> at</c><00:51:24.590><c> the</c><00:51:24.769><c> Melchizedek</c>

00:51:25.550 --> 00:51:27.050
-style<00:51:26.010><c> place</c><00:51:26.389><c> of</c><00:51:26.650><c> worship</c>

00:51:27.050 --> 00:51:28.730
that<00:51:27.489><c> he</c><00:51:27.730><c> set</c><00:51:27.849><c> up</c><00:51:27.989><c> in</c><00:51:28.190><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:51:29.130 --> 00:51:34.050
Those<00:51:29.570><c> Gentiles</c><00:51:30.610><c> worshiped</c><00:51:31.510><c> God</c><00:51:31.769><c> on</c><00:51:32.309><c> the</c><00:51:32.590><c> basis</c><00:51:32.989><c> of</c><00:51:33.510><c> faith</c>

00:51:34.050 --> 00:51:39.750
just<00:51:35.170><c> like</c><00:51:35.570><c> we</c><00:51:35.909><c> do</c><00:51:36.550><c> with</c><00:51:37.070><c> the</c><00:51:37.230><c> Lord</c><00:51:37.510><c> Jesus</c><00:51:37.969><c> Christ</c><00:51:38.710><c> as</c><00:51:39.489><c> our</c>

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High<00:51:40.090><c> Priest.</c>

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So<00:51:42.250><c> one</c><00:51:42.489><c> of</c><00:51:42.630><c> the</c><00:51:42.710><c> lessons</c><00:51:43.130><c> that</c><00:51:43.369><c> we</c><00:51:43.449><c> can</c><00:51:43.730><c> get</c><00:51:43.989><c> from</c>

00:51:44.349 --> 00:51:45.769
considering<00:51:44.929><c> Melchizedek</c>

00:51:45.769 --> 00:51:52.289
is<00:51:46.429><c> the</c><00:51:46.750><c> benefit</c><00:51:47.429><c> of</c><00:51:48.230><c> carefully</c><00:51:49.050><c> pondering</c><00:51:50.150><c> spiritual</c><00:51:50.809><c> things.</c>

00:51:52.909 --> 00:51:56.469
We<00:51:53.110><c> have</c><00:51:53.409><c> that</c><00:51:53.650><c> opportunity</c><00:51:54.250><c> now</c><00:51:55.210><c> in</c><00:51:55.610><c> the</c><00:51:55.849><c> emblems</c><00:51:56.269><c> that</c><00:51:56.349><c> are</c>

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before<00:51:56.769><c> us.</c>

00:51:58.550 --> 00:52:04.550
Melchizedek<00:51:59.190><c> anticipated</c><00:51:59.829><c> what</c><00:52:00.110><c> we</c><00:52:00.429><c> are</c><00:52:00.550><c> about</c><00:52:00.849><c> to</c><00:52:01.110><c> do</c><00:52:01.329><c> by</c><00:52:01.670><c> bringing</c><00:52:02.329><c> bread</c><00:52:02.849><c> and</c><00:52:03.150><c> wine</c><00:52:03.449><c> to</c><00:52:03.750><c> Abram.</c>

00:52:04.869 --> 00:52:08.230
Like<00:52:05.269><c> Noah,</c><00:52:05.690><c> he</c><00:52:05.889><c> was</c><00:52:06.130><c> a</c><00:52:06.269><c> tremendous</c><00:52:06.969><c> character</c><00:52:07.510><c> in</c><00:52:07.710><c> the</c><00:52:07.889><c> Bible</c>

00:52:08.230 --> 00:52:13.309
but<00:52:08.989><c> the</c><00:52:09.190><c> most</c><00:52:09.590><c> important</c><00:52:10.269><c> things</c><00:52:10.690><c> that</c><00:52:10.909><c> he</c><00:52:11.150><c> did</c><00:52:12.070><c> pointed</c><00:52:12.550><c> forward</c><00:52:13.090><c> to</c>

00:52:13.309 --> 00:52:15.530
the<00:52:13.449><c> Lord</c><00:52:13.750><c> Jesus</c><00:52:14.230><c> Christ.</c>

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It<00:52:16.349><c> shows</c><00:52:16.789><c> just</c><00:52:17.070><c> how</c><00:52:17.269><c> important</c><00:52:17.750><c> the</c><00:52:17.949><c> Lord</c><00:52:18.130><c> is.</c>

00:52:18.570 --> 00:52:23.369
So<00:52:18.570><c> let's</c><00:52:19.469><c> focus</c><00:52:19.969><c> our</c><00:52:20.389><c> minds</c><00:52:20.889><c> now</c><00:52:21.670><c> on</c><00:52:22.190><c> him.</c>

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Let<00:52:23.769><c> us</c><00:52:23.929><c> remember</c><00:52:24.369><c> him.</c>

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Let<00:52:25.809><c> us</c><00:52:26.110><c> think</c><00:52:26.590><c> about</c><00:52:27.230><c> what</c><00:52:27.489><c> he</c><00:52:27.809><c> did</c><00:52:28.309><c> and</c><00:52:28.889><c> why.</c>

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And<00:52:29.710><c> let's</c><00:52:29.969><c> consider</c><00:52:30.510><c> the</c><00:52:30.809><c> implications</c><00:52:31.449><c> for</c><00:52:31.750><c> us.</c>

00:52:32.429 --> 00:52:39.010
Let<00:52:33.449><c> us</c><00:52:33.969><c> commit</c><00:52:34.650><c> to</c><00:52:35.510><c> having</c><00:52:35.769><c> our</c><00:52:36.130><c> actions</c><00:52:36.530><c> be</c><00:52:36.969><c> guided</c><00:52:37.469><c> by</c><00:52:37.969><c> this</c><00:52:38.369><c> remembrance</c>

00:52:39.010 --> 00:52:45.030
so<00:52:39.829><c> that</c><00:52:40.130><c> we</c><00:52:40.909><c> might</c><00:52:41.289><c> be</c><00:52:42.150><c> a</c><00:52:42.429><c> people</c><00:52:43.170><c> prepared</c><00:52:44.190><c> for</c><00:52:44.690><c> the</c><00:52:44.849><c> coming</c>

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of<00:52:45.230><c> the</c><00:52:45.389><c> Lord.</c>

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Even<00:52:47.309><c> so,</c><00:52:47.849><c> come,</c><00:52:49.289><c> Lord</c><00:52:49.469><c> Jesus.</c>