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While<00:11:46.200><c> Judges</c><00:11:46.559><c> 6,</c><00:11:46.860><c> 7</c><00:11:47.059><c> and</c><00:11:47.100><c> 8</c><00:11:47.320><c> gives</c><00:11:47.659><c> us</c><00:11:48.059><c> the</c><00:11:48.279><c> order</c><00:11:48.559><c> of</c><00:11:48.799><c> events.</c>

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You<00:11:50.120><c> look</c><00:11:50.320><c> at</c><00:11:50.399><c> each</c><00:11:50.600><c> of</c><00:11:50.700><c> the</c><00:11:50.879><c> things</c><00:11:51.080><c> and</c><00:11:51.259><c> each</c><00:11:51.580><c> thing</c><00:11:51.779><c> is</c><00:11:52.080><c> typical</c><00:11:52.679><c> of</c>

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But<00:11:57.980><c> the</c><00:11:58.299><c> story</c><00:11:58.799><c> opens</c><00:11:59.299><c> up</c><00:12:00.279><c> with</c><00:12:01.600><c> another</c><00:12:02.620><c> parable</c><00:12:03.419><c> that</c><00:12:04.639><c> teaches</c><00:12:05.019><c> us</c>

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And<00:12:13.340><c> that</c><00:12:13.679><c> parable</c><00:12:14.179><c> comes</c><00:12:14.639><c> out</c><00:12:15.379><c> in</c><00:12:16.100><c> the</c><00:12:16.220><c> way</c><00:12:16.399><c> in</c><00:12:16.519><c> which</c><00:12:16.720><c> the</c><00:12:17.019><c> Midianites</c>

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They<00:12:27.500><c> came</c><00:12:27.759><c> up</c><00:12:27.940><c> with</c><00:12:28.080><c> their</c><00:12:28.299><c> cattle</c><00:12:28.659><c> and</c><00:12:29.220><c> their</c><00:12:29.419><c> tents</c><00:12:29.580><c> and</c><00:12:29.740><c> they</c><00:12:29.860><c> came</c><00:12:30.120><c> as</c>

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till<00:13:06.700><c> you</c><00:13:06.879><c> come</c><00:13:07.059><c> to</c><00:13:07.299><c> God</c><00:13:07.519><c> and</c><00:13:07.759><c> left</c><00:13:08.000><c> no</c><00:13:08.440><c> sustenance</c><00:13:08.899><c> for</c><00:13:09.080><c> Israel</c>

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getting<00:14:36.379><c> ready</c><00:14:36.879><c> for</c><00:14:37.120><c> the</c><00:14:37.240><c> Kingdom</c><00:14:37.500><c> of</c><00:14:37.799><c> God</c><00:14:38.039><c> and</c><00:14:38.240><c> the</c><00:14:38.320><c> need</c><00:14:38.440><c> for</c><00:14:38.700><c> us</c>

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to<00:14:39.679><c> get</c><00:14:39.860><c> rid</c><00:14:40.120><c> of</c><00:14:40.360><c> our</c><00:14:40.600><c> golden</c><00:14:40.899><c> calves</c><00:14:41.480><c> and</c><00:14:41.659><c> the</c><00:14:41.919><c> idols</c><00:14:42.139><c> in</c><00:14:42.379><c> our</c><00:14:42.559><c> lives.</c>

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Then<00:14:44.379><c> what</c><00:14:44.539><c> happens</c><00:14:44.919><c> in</c><00:14:45.120><c> the</c><00:14:45.299><c> story</c><00:14:45.500><c> of</c><00:14:45.700><c> Gideon</c><00:14:45.840><c> is</c><00:14:46.039><c> this</c><00:14:46.259><c> series</c><00:14:46.659><c> of</c><00:14:46.940><c> events</c>

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which<00:14:48.120><c> all</c><00:14:48.480><c> relates</c><00:14:48.799><c> to</c><00:14:49.039><c> the</c><00:14:49.139><c> return</c><00:14:49.399><c> of</c><00:14:49.620><c> the</c><00:14:49.679><c> Lord</c><00:14:49.840><c> Jesus</c><00:14:50.179><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:14:51.659><c> in</c><00:14:51.840><c> verse</c><00:14:52.039><c> 33</c><00:14:52.440><c> to</c><00:14:52.639><c> 35</c><00:14:53.299><c> we</c><00:14:54.320><c> have</c><00:14:54.519><c> the</c><00:14:54.700><c> trumpet</c><00:14:54.960><c> call.</c>

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Gideon<00:14:55.960><c> sounds</c><00:14:56.340><c> the</c><00:14:56.620><c> trumpet</c><00:14:57.019><c> and</c><00:14:57.720><c> gathers</c><00:14:58.000><c> together</c><00:14:58.460><c> to</c><00:14:58.759><c> him</c>

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his<00:15:00.139><c> followers.</c>

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So<00:15:00.720><c> that's</c><00:15:01.100><c> like</c><00:15:01.220><c> the</c><00:15:01.279><c> return</c><00:15:01.559><c> of</c><00:15:01.799><c> Christ.</c>

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Then<00:15:03.700><c> we</c><00:15:03.820><c> have</c><00:15:04.000><c> the</c><00:15:04.259><c> sign</c><00:15:04.480><c> of</c><00:15:04.720><c> the</c><00:15:04.980><c> fleece</c><00:15:05.360><c> and</c><00:15:05.460><c> everything</c><00:15:05.759><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:06.139><c> sign</c><00:15:06.279><c> of</c><00:15:06.500><c> the</c><00:15:06.700><c> fleece.</c>

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You<00:15:07.100><c> remember</c><00:15:07.299><c> where</c><00:15:07.860><c> Gideon</c><00:15:08.120><c> put</c><00:15:08.360><c> out</c><00:15:08.559><c> the</c><00:15:08.759><c> fleece</c>

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and<00:15:09.279><c> first</c><00:15:09.500><c> of</c><00:15:09.679><c> all</c><00:15:09.840><c> the</c><00:15:10.039><c> fleece</c><00:15:10.379><c> was</c><00:15:10.559><c> wet</c><00:15:10.759><c> and</c><00:15:10.919><c> the</c><00:15:11.080><c> ground</c>

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was<00:15:11.559><c> dry</c>

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and<00:15:11.840><c> then</c><00:15:11.980><c> the</c><00:15:12.159><c> ground</c><00:15:12.299><c> was</c><00:15:12.600><c> wet</c><00:15:13.000><c> and</c><00:15:13.379><c> the</c><00:15:13.500><c> fleece</c><00:15:13.740><c> was</c><00:15:13.940><c> dry.</c>

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It's<00:15:15.500><c> a</c><00:15:15.879><c> parable</c><00:15:16.240><c> of</c><00:15:16.740><c> the</c><00:15:17.039><c> resurrection.</c>

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And<00:15:19.220><c> then</c><00:15:19.360><c> there's</c><00:15:19.580><c> the</c><00:15:19.799><c> choice</c><00:15:19.960><c> of</c><00:15:20.179><c> the</c><00:15:20.460><c> army</c><00:15:20.759><c> when</c><00:15:20.919><c> they</c><00:15:21.100><c> went</c><00:15:21.259><c> down</c><00:15:21.500><c> to</c>

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the<00:15:21.860><c> water</c>

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and<00:15:23.120><c> those</c><00:15:23.580><c> who</c><00:15:24.500><c> were</c><00:15:26.279><c> aware</c><00:15:26.820><c> and</c><00:15:27.240><c> brought</c><00:15:27.480><c> the</c><00:15:27.700><c> water</c><00:15:27.919><c> to</c>

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their<00:15:28.279><c> mouths</c>

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and<00:15:28.580><c> kept</c><00:15:28.779><c> their</c><00:15:28.980><c> eyes</c><00:15:29.159><c> open,</c><00:15:30.279><c> these</c><00:15:30.580><c> were</c><00:15:30.820><c> chosen</c><00:15:31.500><c> to</c><00:15:31.980><c> be</c><00:15:32.159><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:32.519><c> army</c>

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and<00:15:32.980><c> so</c><00:15:33.100><c> that's</c><00:15:33.419><c> a</c><00:15:33.519><c> picture</c><00:15:33.759><c> of</c><00:15:34.000><c> judgment.</c>

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And<00:15:36.100><c> then</c><00:15:36.200><c> we</c><00:15:36.360><c> have</c><00:15:36.580><c> a</c><00:15:36.860><c> dream</c><00:15:37.100><c> that</c><00:15:37.639><c> we're</c><00:15:38.340><c> going</c><00:15:38.480><c> to</c><00:15:38.580><c> look</c><00:15:38.799><c> at</c>

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briefly<00:15:39.860><c> in</c><00:15:40.240><c> Chapter</c><00:15:40.419><c> 7</c>

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which<00:15:41.039><c> speaks</c><00:15:41.340><c> of</c><00:15:41.539><c> the</c><00:15:41.779><c> prelude</c><00:15:42.519><c> to</c><00:15:43.080><c> Armageddon.</c>

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And<00:15:44.820><c> then</c><00:15:44.940><c> we</c><00:15:45.039><c> have</c><00:15:45.200><c> the</c><00:15:45.419><c> defeat</c><00:15:45.620><c> of</c><00:15:45.779><c> Midian</c><00:15:46.080><c> which</c><00:15:46.340><c> points</c><00:15:46.600><c> forward</c><00:15:46.940><c> to</c>

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Armageddon<00:15:47.600><c> itself.</c>

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We<00:15:49.600><c> have</c><00:15:49.899><c> then</c><00:15:50.139><c> after</c><00:15:50.399><c> Armageddon</c><00:15:51.080><c> the</c><00:15:51.279><c> castigation</c><00:15:51.860><c> of</c><00:15:52.039><c> Israel</c><00:15:52.460><c> by</c><00:15:52.720><c> Gideon</c>

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which<00:15:54.080><c> speaks</c><00:15:54.399><c> to</c><00:15:54.600><c> us</c><00:15:54.820><c> of</c><00:15:55.120><c> what</c><00:15:55.259><c> is</c><00:15:55.419><c> called</c><00:15:55.580><c> the</c><00:15:55.799><c> second</c><00:15:56.159><c> exodus</c><00:15:57.399><c> of</c><00:15:57.740><c> the</c><00:15:57.899><c> children</c><00:15:58.139><c> of</c><00:15:58.340><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:15:58.899><c> the</c><00:15:59.100><c> gathering</c><00:15:59.340><c> together</c><00:15:59.879><c> of</c><00:16:00.659><c> the</c><00:16:00.940><c> Jews</c><00:16:01.200><c> back</c><00:16:01.820><c> into</c><00:16:02.700><c> the</c>

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final<00:16:03.799><c> gathering</c><00:16:04.259><c> into</c><00:16:04.519><c> the</c><00:16:04.740><c> land.</c>

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Then<00:16:06.639><c> we</c><00:16:06.820><c> have</c><00:16:07.019><c> the</c><00:16:07.340><c> final</c><00:16:07.820><c> victory</c><00:16:08.600><c> in</c><00:16:09.600><c> the</c><00:16:09.759><c> days</c><00:16:09.899><c> of</c><00:16:10.159><c> Gideon</c>

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which<00:16:10.740><c> is</c><00:16:11.000><c> about</c><00:16:11.200><c> the</c><00:16:11.299><c> subduing</c><00:16:11.820><c> of</c><00:16:11.940><c> the</c><00:16:12.100><c> nations</c><00:16:12.919><c> subsequent</c>

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to<00:16:13.980><c> Armageddon.</c>

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Gideon<00:16:15.580><c> is</c><00:16:15.759><c> off</c><00:16:15.879><c> at</c><00:16:16.000><c> the</c><00:16:16.200><c> crown</c><00:16:16.679><c> setting</c><00:16:17.240><c> up</c><00:16:17.480><c> the</c><00:16:17.700><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:16:18.860><c> then</c><00:16:18.980><c> we</c><00:16:19.159><c> have</c><00:16:19.299><c> kind</c><00:16:19.500><c> of</c><00:16:19.659><c> a</c><00:16:19.860><c> postscript</c><00:16:20.500><c> to</c><00:16:20.940><c> the</c><00:16:21.600><c> days</c><00:16:21.820><c> of</c><00:16:22.059><c> Gideon</c>

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with<00:16:23.159><c> some</c><00:16:23.600><c> stories</c><00:16:23.879><c> about</c><00:16:24.139><c> apostasy</c><00:16:24.740><c> which</c><00:16:25.059><c> we</c><00:16:25.399><c> don't</c><00:16:25.559><c> want</c>

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to<00:16:25.720><c> get</c><00:16:25.860><c> into.</c>

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I<00:16:26.679><c> just</c><00:16:26.940><c> wanted</c><00:16:27.080><c> to</c><00:16:27.259><c> show</c><00:16:27.539><c> you</c><00:16:27.759><c> that</c><00:16:28.059><c> just</c><00:16:28.340><c> to</c><00:16:29.039><c> give</c><00:16:29.240><c> you</c><00:16:29.419><c> an</c><00:16:29.659><c> idea</c><00:16:29.860><c> of</c>

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what<00:16:30.279><c> the</c><00:16:30.440><c> story</c><00:16:30.700><c> of</c><00:16:30.899><c> Gideon</c><00:16:31.159><c> points</c><00:16:31.559><c> forward</c><00:16:32.019><c> to</c>

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events<00:16:33.139><c> to</c><00:16:33.440><c> do</c><00:16:33.600><c> with</c><00:16:33.860><c> the</c><00:16:33.960><c> return</c><00:16:34.500><c> of</c><00:16:35.000><c> the</c><00:16:35.139><c> Lord</c><00:16:35.360><c> Jesus</c><00:16:35.759><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:16:37.899><c> as</c><00:16:38.100><c> I</c><00:16:38.419><c> stand,</c><00:16:38.740><c> I</c><00:16:38.860><c> just</c><00:16:39.019><c> go</c><00:16:39.200><c> back</c><00:16:39.440><c> to</c><00:16:39.679><c> the</c><00:16:39.759><c> previous</c><00:16:40.220><c> slide,</c>

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in<00:16:43.159><c> this</c><00:16:43.480><c> dream</c><00:16:44.259><c> that</c><00:16:44.940><c> is</c><00:16:45.519><c> given</c><00:16:45.740><c> to</c><00:16:45.980><c> Gideon</c><00:16:46.860><c> we</c><00:16:47.500><c> have</c><00:16:47.799><c> a</c><00:16:47.879><c> little</c><00:16:48.299><c> prelude</c><00:16:48.840><c> to</c><00:16:49.340><c> Armageddon.</c>

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And<00:16:51.379><c> it's</c><00:16:51.580><c> quite</c><00:16:51.759><c> interesting,</c><00:16:52.259><c> have</c><00:16:52.399><c> a</c><00:16:52.460><c> look</c><00:16:52.620><c> at</c><00:16:52.759><c> Judges</c><00:16:53.200><c> chapter</c><00:16:53.580><c> 7</c>

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and<00:16:58.000><c> verse</c><00:16:58.240><c> 9.</c>

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Here<00:17:06.339><c> they</c><00:17:06.579><c> are,</c><00:17:07.099><c> they're</c><00:17:07.119><c> just</c><00:17:07.440><c> about,</c><00:17:07.940><c> the</c><00:17:08.319><c> army</c><00:17:08.640><c> has</c><00:17:08.839><c> been</c><00:17:09.119><c> chosen</c>

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and<00:17:11.339><c> they're</c><00:17:11.480><c> just</c><00:17:11.740><c> about</c><00:17:12.079><c> to</c><00:17:13.859><c> defeat</c><00:17:14.220><c> the</c><00:17:14.440><c> Midianites</c>

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but<00:17:15.299><c> first</c><00:17:15.700><c> of</c><00:17:15.839><c> all</c><00:17:15.980><c> Gideon</c><00:17:16.299><c> is</c><00:17:16.500><c> given</c><00:17:16.720><c> a</c><00:17:16.980><c> dream</c><00:17:17.559><c> in</c><00:17:17.960><c> verse</c><00:17:18.240><c> 9.</c>

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It<00:17:20.839><c> says,</c><00:17:21.140><c> It</c><00:17:21.140><c> came</c><00:17:21.339><c> to</c><00:17:21.640><c> pass</c><00:17:23.000><c> the</c><00:17:25.220><c> same</c><00:17:25.440><c> night</c><00:17:25.660><c> that</c><00:17:25.819><c> the</c><00:17:25.940><c> Lord</c>

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said<00:17:26.380><c> unto</c><00:17:26.539><c> him,</c>

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Arise,<00:17:27.400><c> get</c><00:17:27.420><c> thee</c><00:17:27.559><c> down</c><00:17:27.799><c> into</c><00:17:28.019><c> the</c><00:17:28.259><c> host,</c><00:17:28.460><c> for</c><00:17:28.599><c> I</c><00:17:28.740><c> have</c><00:17:28.859><c> delivered</c><00:17:29.160><c> it</c>

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into<00:17:29.500><c> your</c><00:17:29.740><c> hand.</c>

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But<00:17:30.559><c> if</c><00:17:30.720><c> you</c><00:17:30.920><c> fear</c><00:17:31.079><c> to</c><00:17:31.299><c> go</c><00:17:31.460><c> down,</c><00:17:31.859><c> go</c><00:17:32.059><c> with</c><00:17:32.400><c> Führer,</c><00:17:32.799><c> your</c><00:17:33.079><c> servant,</c><00:17:33.539><c> down</c><00:17:33.680><c> to</c>

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the<00:17:34.019><c> host.</c>

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And<00:17:35.119><c> he</c><00:17:35.200><c> shall</c><00:17:35.319><c> hear</c><00:17:35.559><c> what</c><00:17:35.740><c> they</c><00:17:35.940><c> say,</c><00:17:36.220><c> and</c><00:17:36.299><c> afterwards</c><00:17:36.619><c> shall</c>

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your<00:17:37.019><c> hands</c><00:17:37.240><c> be</c><00:17:37.619><c> strengthened</c><00:17:37.980><c> to</c><00:17:38.140><c> go</c><00:17:38.400><c> down</c><00:17:38.619><c> into</c><00:17:38.779><c> the</c><00:17:39.000><c> host.</c>

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Then<00:17:41.480><c> went</c><00:17:41.720><c> he</c><00:17:41.880><c> down</c><00:17:42.019><c> with</c><00:17:42.220><c> Führer,</c><00:17:42.660><c> his</c><00:17:42.859><c> servant,</c><00:17:43.380><c> unto</c><00:17:43.480><c> the</c>

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outside<00:17:44.019><c> of</c><00:17:44.180><c> the</c><00:17:44.359><c> arm</c><00:17:44.559><c>-men</c><00:17:44.700><c> that</c><00:17:44.839><c> were</c><00:17:44.940><c> in</c><00:17:45.059><c> the</c><00:17:45.259><c> host.</c>

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So<00:17:48.240><c> Gideon</c><00:17:48.799><c> is</c><00:17:49.019><c> given,</c><00:17:51.279><c> he</c><00:17:52.119><c> actually</c><00:17:52.359><c> goes</c><00:17:52.660><c> and</c><00:17:52.940><c> he</c><00:17:53.539><c> finds</c><00:17:53.740><c> out</c>

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that<00:17:54.059><c> the</c><00:17:54.240><c> Midianites</c><00:17:54.619><c> have</c><00:17:54.839><c> had</c><00:17:54.960><c> a</c><00:17:55.180><c> dream</c>

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and<00:17:55.980><c> in</c><00:17:56.160><c> the</c><00:17:56.400><c> dream</c><00:17:56.640><c> they</c><00:17:56.839><c> learn</c><00:17:57.319><c> that</c><00:17:57.559><c> Israel</c><00:17:57.980><c> are</c><00:17:58.119><c> going</c><00:17:58.240><c> to</c>

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win<00:17:58.500><c> the</c><00:17:58.720><c> battle</c><00:17:58.960><c> against</c><00:17:59.259><c> the</c><00:17:59.440><c> Midianites.</c>

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And<00:18:02.099><c> going</c><00:18:02.299><c> with</c><00:18:02.660><c> Gideon</c><00:18:03.579><c> to</c><00:18:04.759><c> understand</c><00:18:05.680><c> this</c><00:18:06.140><c> dream</c><00:18:06.680><c> is</c><00:18:07.160><c> this</c><00:18:07.400><c> man</c>

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And<00:18:10.220><c> the</c><00:18:10.799><c> parable</c><00:18:11.259><c> of</c><00:18:11.480><c> the</c><00:18:11.619><c> life</c><00:18:11.759><c> of</c><00:18:11.920><c> Gideon</c><00:18:12.279><c> is</c><00:18:12.440><c> very</c><00:18:12.680><c> interesting</c><00:18:13.200><c> here</c>

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because<00:18:14.779><c> the</c><00:18:15.099><c> name</c><00:18:15.420><c> Führer</c><00:18:16.380><c> means</c><00:18:17.240><c> foliage</c><00:18:17.859><c> or</c><00:18:18.279><c> vegetation.</c>

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Remember<00:18:20.920><c> in</c><00:18:21.099><c> Judges</c><00:18:21.359><c> chapter</c><00:18:21.599><c> 6</c><00:18:21.960><c> verse</c><00:18:22.279><c> 4</c><00:18:23.000><c> we</c><00:18:23.900><c> saw</c><00:18:24.160><c> how</c><00:18:24.519><c> the</c>

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Midianites<00:18:25.099><c> came</c>

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and<00:18:26.039><c> they</c><00:18:26.319><c> destroyed</c><00:18:26.859><c> all</c><00:18:27.180><c> the</c><00:18:27.359><c> vegetation,</c><00:18:28.059><c> they</c><00:18:28.339><c> stripped</c>

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the<00:18:28.819><c> land</c><00:18:28.960><c> naked.</c>

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While<00:18:30.579><c> Führer</c><00:18:31.319><c> in</c><00:18:31.500><c> the</c><00:18:31.779><c> parable</c><00:18:32.099><c> of</c><00:18:32.339><c> the</c><00:18:32.440><c> life</c><00:18:32.660><c> of</c><00:18:32.839><c> Gideon</c><00:18:33.119><c> stands</c><00:18:33.640><c> for</c><00:18:33.859><c> that</c><00:18:34.079><c> class</c><00:18:34.339><c> of</c><00:18:34.619><c> people</c>

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who<00:18:35.759><c> have</c><00:18:35.980><c> escaped</c><00:18:36.599><c> the</c><00:18:36.980><c> scourge</c><00:18:37.339><c> of</c><00:18:37.480><c> the</c><00:18:37.599><c> Midianites.</c>

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His<00:18:38.940><c> name</c><00:18:39.220><c> means</c><00:18:39.660><c> vegetation</c><00:18:40.500><c> or</c><00:18:40.900><c> foliage</c><00:18:41.319><c> and</c><00:18:41.859><c> he</c><00:18:42.019><c> goes</c><00:18:42.319><c> down</c>

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with<00:18:42.779><c> Gideon</c>

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and<00:18:43.700><c> he</c><00:18:44.000><c> is</c><00:18:44.720><c> that</c><00:18:45.059><c> private</c><00:18:45.279><c> person</c><00:18:45.660><c> who</c><00:18:45.819><c> is</c><00:18:46.059><c> watching</c><00:18:46.480><c> and</c><00:18:46.920><c> is</c>

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aware<00:18:47.720><c> and</c><00:18:48.160><c> knows</c><00:18:48.380><c> what</c><00:18:48.559><c> is</c><00:18:48.799><c> going</c><00:18:49.039><c> on</c>

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and<00:18:49.660><c> has</c><00:18:49.839><c> a</c><00:18:50.059><c> vision</c><00:18:50.299><c> of</c><00:18:50.500><c> the</c><00:18:50.660><c> future</c><00:18:51.000><c> so</c><00:18:51.420><c> he</c><00:18:51.579><c> has</c><00:18:51.839><c> not</c><00:18:52.079><c> lost</c><00:18:52.380><c> his</c><00:18:52.700><c> garments.</c>

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He<00:18:53.819><c> is</c><00:18:53.920><c> still</c><00:18:54.259><c> called</c><00:18:54.599><c> vegetation</c><00:18:55.319><c> or</c><00:18:55.640><c> foliage,</c><00:18:56.000><c> he</c><00:18:56.140><c> has</c><00:18:56.319><c> not</c>

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been<00:18:57.259><c> stripped</c><00:18:57.519><c> naked.</c>

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So<00:18:58.940><c> this</c><00:18:59.119><c> is</c><00:18:59.279><c> what</c><00:18:59.460><c> Revelation</c><00:18:59.880><c> chapter</c><00:19:00.259><c> 16</c><00:19:00.980><c> is</c><00:19:01.500><c> talking</c><00:19:01.880><c> about</c>

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in<00:19:03.599><c> that</c><00:19:03.980><c> there</c><00:19:04.299><c> are</c><00:19:04.480><c> those</c><00:19:04.880><c> who</c><00:19:05.119><c> need</c><00:19:05.500><c> to</c><00:19:05.940><c> watch</c><00:19:06.420><c> and</c><00:19:06.980><c> keep</c>

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their<00:19:07.680><c> garments</c>

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and<00:19:08.720><c> not</c><00:19:08.920><c> have</c><00:19:09.279><c> the</c><00:19:09.500><c> Midianites</c><00:19:10.039><c> come</c><00:19:10.359><c> in</c><00:19:10.660><c> and</c><00:19:11.039><c> strip</c><00:19:11.279><c> them</c><00:19:11.960><c> naked.</c>

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That<00:19:13.759><c> is</c><00:19:14.319><c> what</c><00:19:14.640><c> Führer</c><00:19:15.440><c> there</c><00:19:15.779><c> would</c><00:19:16.099><c> represent.</c>

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And<00:19:18.619><c> there</c><00:19:18.819><c> is</c><00:19:18.819><c> another</c><00:19:19.140><c> interesting</c><00:19:20.220><c> connection</c><00:19:20.880><c> with</c><00:19:21.220><c> Armageddon</c>

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in<00:19:24.200><c> the</c><00:19:24.680><c> choice</c><00:19:24.940><c> of</c><00:19:25.180><c> the</c><00:19:25.460><c> army</c><00:19:25.859><c> again</c><00:19:26.200><c> in</c><00:19:26.460><c> chapter</c><00:19:26.740><c> 7</c><00:19:27.200><c> of</c><00:19:27.519><c> Judges</c><00:19:28.660><c> and</c>

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verse<00:19:30.039><c> 3.</c>

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It<00:19:33.579><c> says,</c><00:19:34.000><c> Now</c><00:19:34.000><c> therefore</c><00:19:34.279><c> go</c><00:19:34.700><c> to</c><00:19:34.920><c> proclaim</c><00:19:35.339><c> to</c><00:19:35.559><c> the</c><00:19:35.740><c> ears</c><00:19:36.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:36.319><c> people</c><00:19:36.599><c> saying,</c>

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whoever<00:19:37.779><c> is</c><00:19:38.339><c> fearful</c><00:19:38.799><c> and</c><00:19:39.339><c> afraid,</c><00:19:40.240><c> let</c><00:19:40.519><c> him</c><00:19:40.759><c> return</c><00:19:41.440><c> and</c>

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depart<00:19:42.380><c> early</c><00:19:42.940><c> from</c><00:19:43.200><c> Mount</c><00:19:43.519><c> Gilead</c>

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and<00:19:44.599><c> there</c><00:19:44.740><c> returned</c><00:19:45.299><c> to</c><00:19:45.500><c> the</c><00:19:45.700><c> people</c><00:19:46.059><c> 22</c><00:19:46.759><c>,000</c><00:19:47.380><c> and</c><00:19:47.579><c> there</c><00:19:47.779><c> remain</c><00:19:47.980><c> 10</c><00:19:48.339><c>,000.</c>

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So<00:19:49.960><c> this</c><00:19:50.180><c> is</c><00:19:50.400><c> a</c><00:19:50.500><c> picture</c><00:19:50.759><c> of</c><00:19:51.039><c> judgment,</c><00:19:53.140><c> this</c><00:19:53.359><c> 22</c><00:19:54.019><c>,000</c><00:19:54.599><c> people</c>

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stand<00:19:56.019><c> for</c><00:19:56.240><c> those</c><00:19:56.519><c> who</c><00:19:56.720><c> are</c><00:19:56.940><c> rejected</c>

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at<00:19:58.160><c> the</c><00:19:58.380><c> judgment</c><00:19:58.680><c> seat</c><00:19:58.880><c> of</c><00:19:59.180><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:20:02.039><c> notice</c><00:20:02.180><c> what</c><00:20:02.339><c> it</c><00:20:02.500><c> says,</c><00:20:02.839><c> whoever</c><00:20:03.359><c> is</c><00:20:03.779><c> fearful</c><00:20:04.099><c> and</c><00:20:04.599><c> afraid,</c><00:20:05.480><c> let</c>

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him<00:20:05.920><c> return</c><00:20:06.660><c> and</c><00:20:07.059><c> depart</c><00:20:07.839><c> early.</c>

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Now<00:20:09.019><c> there</c><00:20:09.119><c> is</c><00:20:09.119><c> something</c><00:20:09.480><c> interesting</c><00:20:10.140><c> about</c><00:20:10.480><c> that</c><00:20:10.759><c> little</c>

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phrase<00:20:11.279><c> depart</c><00:20:12.019><c> early.</c>

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It<00:20:13.140><c> is</c><00:20:13.299><c> a</c><00:20:13.339><c> word</c><00:20:13.759><c> that</c><00:20:14.099><c> is</c><00:20:14.359><c> unique</c><00:20:14.880><c> in</c><00:20:15.640><c> the</c><00:20:15.819><c> Bible.</c>

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It<00:20:16.900><c> is</c><00:20:16.900><c> only</c><00:20:17.099><c> found</c><00:20:17.339><c> in</c><00:20:17.480><c> this</c><00:20:17.700><c> one</c><00:20:17.980><c> place.</c>

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But<00:20:19.799><c> it</c><00:20:20.000><c> just</c><00:20:20.220><c> so</c><00:20:20.500><c> happens</c><00:20:21.339><c> that</c><00:20:22.500><c> this</c><00:20:24.079><c> word,</c><00:20:25.059><c> there</c><00:20:25.200><c> it</c><00:20:25.359><c> is,</c>

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depart<00:20:25.900><c> early,</c><00:20:26.180><c> only</c><00:20:26.380><c> used</c><00:20:26.599><c> once.</c>

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It<00:20:28.559><c> is</c><00:20:28.779><c> the</c><00:20:29.000><c> word,</c><00:20:29.559><c> I</c><00:20:30.000><c> have</c><00:20:30.160><c> no</c><00:20:30.319><c> idea</c><00:20:30.579><c> how</c><00:20:30.720><c> to</c><00:20:30.880><c> pronounce</c><00:20:31.200><c> that,</c>

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saffar<00:20:32.480><c> or</c><00:20:32.559><c> something.</c>

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Its<00:20:34.500><c> meaning</c><00:20:34.819><c> is</c><00:20:35.140><c> dubious,</c><00:20:36.000><c> you</c><00:20:36.140><c> don't</c><00:20:36.279><c> quite</c><00:20:36.579><c> know</c><00:20:37.759><c> what</c><00:20:38.099><c> it</c><00:20:38.279><c> means.</c>

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I<00:20:39.380><c> tend</c><00:20:39.619><c> to</c><00:20:39.859><c> think</c><00:20:40.079><c> it</c><00:20:40.400><c> means</c><00:20:40.700><c> they</c><00:20:41.039><c> hopped</c><00:20:41.579><c> off</c><00:20:41.900><c> home.</c>

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It<00:20:42.559><c> says</c><00:20:44.640><c> they</c><00:20:45.480><c> returned</c><00:20:46.359><c> and</c><00:20:47.000><c> hopped</c><00:20:47.359><c> off</c><00:20:47.579><c> home.</c>

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The<00:20:48.519><c> reason</c><00:20:48.799><c> I</c><00:20:49.039><c> say</c><00:20:49.279><c> that</c><00:20:49.579><c> is</c><00:20:49.900><c> because</c><00:20:50.039><c> this</c><00:20:50.220><c> is</c><00:20:50.299><c> actually</c><00:20:50.700><c> the</c>

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root<00:20:51.299><c> of</c><00:20:52.680><c> the</c><00:20:53.200><c> word,</c>

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I<00:20:53.740><c> don't</c><00:20:53.940><c> have</c><00:20:54.059><c> it</c><00:20:54.140><c> on</c><00:20:54.319><c> the</c><00:20:54.519><c> slide,</c><00:20:55.180><c> but</c><00:20:55.299><c> this</c><00:20:55.700><c> word</c><00:20:56.099><c> is</c><00:20:56.339><c> actually</c><00:20:56.579><c> the</c><00:20:56.819><c> root</c><00:20:57.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:58.160><c> word</c><00:20:58.460><c> frog.</c>

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Oh<00:21:01.880><c> there</c><00:21:02.059><c> it</c><00:21:02.180><c> is,</c><00:21:02.880><c> this</c><00:21:02.880><c> is</c><00:21:03.980><c> the</c><00:21:04.119><c> word</c><00:21:05.220><c> depart</c><00:21:05.619><c> early</c><00:21:05.880><c> and</c><00:21:05.980><c> this</c><00:21:06.160><c> is</c>

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the<00:21:06.480><c> word</c><00:21:06.680><c> frog.</c>

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You<00:21:08.480><c> can</c><00:21:08.619><c> see</c><00:21:08.680><c> this</c><00:21:09.019><c> is</c><00:21:09.299><c> the</c><00:21:09.500><c> root</c><00:21:09.740><c> of</c><00:21:10.019><c> the</c><00:21:10.099><c> word</c><00:21:10.319><c> frog.</c>

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It<00:21:11.039><c> is</c><00:21:11.759><c> unique</c><00:21:12.019><c> in</c><00:21:12.220><c> the</c><00:21:12.319><c> Bible.</c>

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And<00:21:14.059><c> I</c><00:21:14.200><c> think</c><00:21:14.380><c> in</c><00:21:14.579><c> the</c><00:21:14.859><c> parable</c><00:21:15.339><c> of</c><00:21:16.559><c> the</c><00:21:17.299><c> story</c><00:21:17.839><c> of</c><00:21:18.099><c> Gideon,</c>

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these<00:21:20.039><c> people</c><00:21:20.400><c> are</c><00:21:20.640><c> rejected</c><00:21:21.259><c> at</c><00:21:21.480><c> the</c><00:21:21.700><c> judgment</c><00:21:21.980><c> seat</c><00:21:22.500><c> of</c><00:21:23.019><c> people</c><00:21:23.500><c> who</c>

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have<00:21:23.880><c> been</c><00:21:24.200><c> affected</c><00:21:24.920><c> by</c><00:21:25.480><c> the</c><00:21:25.900><c> frog</c><00:21:26.220><c>-like</c><00:21:26.539><c> spirits.</c>

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And<00:21:28.460><c> they</c><00:21:28.700><c> have</c><00:21:28.900><c> been</c><00:21:30.440><c> taken</c><00:21:30.900><c> away</c><00:21:31.460><c> from</c><00:21:31.680><c> the</c><00:21:31.839><c> things</c><00:21:32.019><c> of</c><00:21:32.299><c> God,</c>

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seduced<00:21:33.920><c> by</c><00:21:34.240><c> these</c><00:21:34.519><c> frog</c><00:21:34.740><c>-like</c><00:21:35.019><c> spirits</c><00:21:35.619><c> and</c><00:21:36.200><c> so</c><00:21:36.319><c> they</c><00:21:36.460><c> are</c><00:21:36.539><c> rejected</c><00:21:37.059><c> at</c>

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the<00:21:37.640><c> judgment</c><00:21:37.859><c> seat</c><00:21:38.099><c> of</c><00:21:38.259><c> Christ.</c>

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Anyway,<00:21:40.319><c> you</c><00:21:40.380><c> can</c><00:21:40.539><c> argue</c><00:21:40.779><c> with</c><00:21:40.980><c> me</c><00:21:41.119><c> about</c><00:21:41.440><c> that</c><00:21:41.759><c> point,</c><00:21:42.079><c> but</c><00:21:42.180><c> I</c>

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thought<00:21:42.680><c> that</c><00:21:42.819><c> was</c><00:21:42.900><c> kind</c><00:21:43.099><c> of</c><00:21:43.160><c> interesting.</c>

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Alright,<00:21:45.259><c> now</c><00:21:45.440><c> let's</c><00:21:45.660><c> go</c><00:21:45.799><c> to</c><00:21:46.000><c> Exodus</c><00:21:46.279><c> chapter</c><00:21:46.740><c> 8</c>

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and<00:21:50.279><c> the</c><00:21:50.460><c> actual</c><00:21:51.019><c> plague</c><00:21:51.359><c> of</c><00:21:51.740><c> frogs</c><00:21:51.940><c> and</c><00:21:52.119><c> try</c><00:21:52.220><c> to</c><00:21:52.359><c> figure</c><00:21:52.640><c> out</c>

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exactly<00:21:53.599><c> what</c><00:21:54.599><c> this</c><00:21:54.819><c> all</c><00:21:55.000><c> might</c><00:21:55.200><c> mean.</c>

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Exodus<00:21:58.759><c> chapter</c><00:21:59.180><c> 8.</c>

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Now<00:22:06.000><c> first</c><00:22:06.359><c> of</c><00:22:06.500><c> all</c><00:22:06.599><c> there</c><00:22:06.740><c> is</c><00:22:06.779><c> a</c><00:22:06.880><c> very</c><00:22:07.259><c> interesting</c><00:22:07.619><c> connection</c><00:22:08.180><c> again</c>

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with<00:22:08.960><c> Armageddon</c><00:22:09.619><c> here.</c>

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Look<00:22:13.220><c> at</c><00:22:13.400><c> verses</c><00:22:13.640><c> 13</c><00:22:14.319><c> and</c><00:22:14.500><c> 14</c><00:22:15.180><c> to</c><00:22:15.440><c> begin</c><00:22:15.720><c> with.</c>

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This<00:22:17.339><c> is</c><00:22:17.539><c> after</c><00:22:18.880><c> Pharaoh</c><00:22:20.759><c> responds</c><00:22:21.599><c> to</c><00:22:21.839><c> this</c><00:22:22.059><c> plague</c><00:22:22.240><c> and</c><00:22:22.359><c> says</c><00:22:22.500><c> yes</c>

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I<00:22:22.880><c> will</c><00:22:22.920><c> let</c><00:22:23.099><c> your</c><00:22:23.319><c> people</c><00:22:23.579><c> go.</c>

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This<00:22:24.900><c> is</c><00:22:25.119><c> the</c><00:22:25.180><c> first</c><00:22:25.539><c> time</c><00:22:25.940><c> that</c><00:22:26.180><c> Pharaoh</c><00:22:26.460><c> promises</c><00:22:26.960><c> them</c><00:22:27.319><c> freedom.</c>

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And<00:22:30.279><c> so</c><00:22:30.640><c> all</c><00:22:31.000><c> the</c><00:22:31.200><c> frogs</c><00:22:31.380><c> die.</c>

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And<00:22:33.819><c> notice</c><00:22:34.000><c> this</c><00:22:35.160><c> Bible</c><00:22:35.599><c> echo</c><00:22:36.200><c> with</c><00:22:37.200><c> Armageddon</c><00:22:37.900><c> here</c><00:22:38.339><c> in</c><00:22:39.119><c> Exodus</c><00:22:39.440><c> 8</c>

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verse<00:22:40.799><c> 13.</c>

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It<00:22:42.700><c> says</c><00:22:42.900><c> the</c><00:22:42.980><c> Lord</c><00:22:43.279><c> did</c><00:22:43.519><c> according</c><00:22:43.839><c> to</c><00:22:44.019><c> the</c><00:22:44.160><c> word</c><00:22:44.240><c> of</c><00:22:44.460><c> Moses</c>

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and<00:22:44.960><c> the</c><00:22:45.119><c> frogs</c><00:22:45.319><c> died</c><00:22:45.799><c> out</c><00:22:45.980><c> of</c><00:22:46.079><c> the</c><00:22:46.279><c> houses,</c>

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out<00:22:46.779><c> of</c><00:22:46.880><c> the</c><00:22:47.019><c> villages</c><00:22:47.319><c> and</c><00:22:47.519><c> out</c><00:22:47.660><c> of</c><00:22:47.779><c> the</c><00:22:47.940><c> fields</c><00:22:48.359><c> and</c><00:22:49.079><c> they</c>

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gathered<00:22:49.720><c> them</c><00:22:50.059><c> together</c><00:22:50.619><c> upon</c><00:22:51.019><c> heaps</c><00:22:51.839><c> and</c><00:22:52.279><c> the</c><00:22:52.480><c> land</c><00:22:52.700><c> spanked.</c>

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There<00:22:54.559><c> is</c><00:22:54.759><c> a</c><00:22:54.839><c> rather</c><00:22:55.059><c> interesting</c><00:22:55.640><c> Bible</c><00:22:56.039><c> echo.</c>

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They<00:22:57.940><c> gathered</c><00:22:58.259><c> them</c><00:22:58.599><c> together</c><00:22:59.359><c> upon</c><00:22:59.960><c> heaps.</c>

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Reminding<00:23:01.880><c> us</c><00:23:02.119><c> of</c><00:23:02.240><c> Revelation</c><00:23:02.660><c> 16</c><00:23:03.339><c> where</c><00:23:03.640><c> there</c><00:23:03.839><c> is</c><00:23:03.920><c> a</c><00:23:04.059><c> great</c>

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gathering<00:23:04.980><c> together</c>

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of<00:23:06.819><c> a</c><00:23:06.960><c> people</c><00:23:07.240><c> who</c><00:23:07.480><c> were</c><00:23:07.599><c> gathered</c><00:23:08.019><c> because</c><00:23:08.720><c> of</c><00:23:08.920><c> these</c><00:23:09.220><c> frog</c>

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-like<00:23:09.819><c> spirits.</c>

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There<00:23:11.680><c> is</c><00:23:11.740><c> some</c><00:23:11.980><c> sort</c><00:23:12.200><c> of</c><00:23:12.380><c> connection</c><00:23:12.819><c> then</c><00:23:13.119><c> between</c><00:23:13.539><c> the</c><00:23:13.859><c> frogs</c><00:23:14.319><c> and</c><00:23:15.099><c> Armageddon.</c>

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What<00:23:17.680><c> is</c><00:23:17.880><c> that</c><00:23:18.079><c> connection?</c>

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Well<00:23:20.299><c> have</c><00:23:20.500><c> a</c><00:23:20.599><c> look</c><00:23:20.740><c> at</c><00:23:20.940><c> verses</c><00:23:21.519><c> 1</c><00:23:21.940><c> to</c><00:23:22.079><c> 3.</c>

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And<00:23:24.440><c> the</c><00:23:24.559><c> Lord</c><00:23:24.799><c> is</c><00:23:24.940><c> speaking</c><00:23:25.119><c> to</c><00:23:25.299><c> Moses</c><00:23:25.619><c> going</c><00:23:25.940><c> to</c><00:23:26.299><c> Pharaoh</c><00:23:26.539><c> and</c><00:23:26.819><c> saying</c><00:23:26.960><c> to</c><00:23:27.019><c> him,</c>

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Thus<00:23:27.420><c> saith</c><00:23:27.660><c> the</c><00:23:27.920><c> Lord,</c><00:23:28.680><c> let</c><00:23:28.940><c> my</c><00:23:29.279><c> people</c><00:23:29.579><c> go</c><00:23:30.140><c> that</c><00:23:30.279><c> they</c><00:23:30.480><c> may</c>

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serve<00:23:31.039><c> me.</c>

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Verse<00:23:32.099><c> point</c><00:23:32.319><c> number</c><00:23:32.660><c> 1,</c><00:23:32.900><c> this</c><00:23:33.140><c> is</c><00:23:33.400><c> about</c><00:23:33.859><c> freeing</c><00:23:34.660><c> a</c><00:23:34.960><c> people</c>

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from<00:23:35.960><c> bondage.</c>

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Let<00:23:37.319><c> my</c><00:23:37.640><c> people</c><00:23:37.960><c> go.</c>

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Verse<00:23:39.619><c> 2,</c><00:23:39.900><c> if</c><00:23:39.980><c> you</c><00:23:40.200><c> refuse</c><00:23:40.680><c> to</c><00:23:40.900><c> let</c><00:23:41.019><c> them</c><00:23:41.220><c> go,</c><00:23:42.039><c> behold</c><00:23:42.319><c> I</c><00:23:42.619><c> will</c>

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smite<00:23:43.220><c> all</c><00:23:43.519><c> your</c><00:23:43.799><c> borders</c><00:23:44.119><c> with</c><00:23:44.559><c> frogs</c>

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and<00:23:45.579><c> the</c><00:23:45.740><c> river</c><00:23:46.039><c> shall</c><00:23:46.299><c> bring</c><00:23:46.680><c> forth</c><00:23:47.019><c> frogs</c><00:23:47.339><c> abundantly</c><00:23:48.240><c> which</c><00:23:48.640><c> will</c>

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go<00:23:49.000><c> up</c><00:23:49.319><c> and</c><00:23:49.559><c> come</c><00:23:49.759><c> into</c><00:23:49.960><c> your</c><00:23:50.180><c> house</c>

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and<00:23:51.920><c> into</c><00:23:52.059><c> your</c><00:23:52.319><c> bedchamber</c><00:23:53.279><c> and</c><00:23:53.539><c> upon</c><00:23:53.720><c> your</c><00:23:54.059><c> bed</c><00:23:54.500><c> and</c><00:23:54.819><c> in</c><00:23:55.000><c> the</c>

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house<00:23:55.200><c> of</c><00:23:55.359><c> your</c><00:23:55.660><c> servants</c><00:23:56.039><c> and</c><00:23:56.240><c> upon</c><00:23:56.440><c> your</c><00:23:56.700><c> people</c>

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and<00:23:58.319><c> into</c><00:23:58.480><c> your</c><00:23:58.759><c> ovens</c><00:23:59.799><c> and</c><00:23:59.900><c> into</c><00:24:00.160><c> your</c><00:24:00.400><c> kneading</c><00:24:00.839><c> troughs</c>

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and<00:24:02.039><c> the</c><00:24:02.339><c> frogs</c><00:24:02.519><c> shall</c><00:24:02.740><c> come</c><00:24:03.000><c> upon</c><00:24:03.339><c> you</c><00:24:03.980><c> and</c><00:24:04.339><c> upon</c><00:24:04.539><c> your</c><00:24:04.799><c> people</c><00:24:05.380><c> and</c>

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upon<00:24:05.980><c> all</c><00:24:06.160><c> your</c><00:24:06.400><c> servants.</c>

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It's<00:24:08.619><c> emphasized</c><00:24:09.319><c> here</c><00:24:09.519><c> with</c><00:24:09.680><c> these</c><00:24:09.960><c> frogs</c><00:24:10.200><c> that</c><00:24:10.759><c> they</c><00:24:11.019><c> get</c>

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absolutely<00:24:12.019><c> everywhere</c>

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and<00:24:13.140><c> they</c><00:24:13.380><c> affect</c><00:24:13.799><c> absolutely</c><00:24:14.460><c> everyone.</c>

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It<00:24:16.059><c> doesn't</c><00:24:16.200><c> matter</c><00:24:16.420><c> whether</c><00:24:16.599><c> you're</c><00:24:17.019><c> a</c><00:24:17.019><c> pharaoh</c><00:24:17.440><c> or</c><00:24:17.839><c> you're</c>

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a<00:24:18.099><c> pharaoh's</c><00:24:18.680><c> servant.</c>

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It<00:24:19.779><c> doesn't</c><00:24:20.019><c> matter</c><00:24:20.299><c> whether</c><00:24:20.559><c> you're</c><00:24:21.119><c> in</c><00:24:21.359><c> your</c><00:24:21.619><c> bedchamber</c>

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or<00:24:22.420><c> you're</c><00:24:22.539><c> in</c><00:24:22.660><c> your</c><00:24:22.819><c> kitchen</c><00:24:23.220><c> or</c><00:24:23.460><c> wherever.</c>

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There<00:24:24.640><c> are</c><00:24:24.980><c> frogs</c><00:24:25.380><c> just</c><00:24:25.859><c> absolutely</c><00:24:26.779><c> everywhere.</c>

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And<00:24:28.819><c> that</c><00:24:28.900><c> is</c><00:24:29.220><c> exactly</c><00:24:29.720><c> like</c><00:24:30.140><c> the</c><00:24:30.460><c> preaching</c><00:24:30.839><c> in</c><00:24:31.200><c> this</c><00:24:31.519><c> world</c>

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of<00:24:31.960><c> freedom.</c>

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Freedom<00:24:34.220><c> is</c><00:24:34.599><c> preached</c><00:24:34.880><c> all</c><00:24:35.299><c> over</c><00:24:35.519><c> this</c><00:24:35.880><c> world</c><00:24:36.440><c> as</c><00:24:36.740><c> the</c><00:24:36.980><c> be</c><00:24:37.119><c>-all</c>

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and<00:24:37.599><c> end</c><00:24:37.880><c>-all</c><00:24:38.019><c> of</c><00:24:38.240><c> what</c><00:24:38.579><c> humans</c><00:24:39.000><c> desire.</c>

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Peace<00:24:42.119><c> and</c><00:24:42.380><c> safety,</c><00:24:43.160><c> freedom.</c><00:24:43.920><c> It</c><00:24:44.180><c> gets</c><00:24:44.460><c> everywhere.</c>

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And<00:24:45.819><c> this</c><00:24:46.299><c> humanistic,</c><00:24:47.880><c> democratic</c><00:24:48.839><c> spirit</c><00:24:50.400><c> is</c><00:24:51.660><c> getting</c><00:24:51.960><c> everywhere</c>

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even<00:24:53.920><c> into</c><00:24:54.180><c> the</c><00:24:54.480><c> dark</c><00:24:54.980><c> recesses</c><00:24:55.640><c> of</c><00:24:55.880><c> once</c><00:24:56.140><c> very</c><00:24:57.539><c> distant</c><00:24:58.240><c> lands</c><00:24:58.640><c> like</c>

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Iraq<00:24:59.799><c> for</c><00:25:00.059><c> instance</c>

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where<00:25:00.599><c> freedom</c><00:25:01.039><c> is</c><00:25:01.259><c> now</c><00:25:01.380><c> being</c><00:25:01.640><c> preached.</c><00:25:03.599><c> It</c><00:25:03.599><c> gets</c><00:25:03.940><c> just</c>

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absolutely<00:25:04.779><c> everywhere.</c>

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Now,<00:25:08.000><c> interesting</c><00:25:08.599><c> point</c><00:25:08.980><c> here</c><00:25:09.759><c> in</c><00:25:10.880><c> verse</c><00:25:11.559><c> 3</c>

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where<00:25:14.240><c> it</c><00:25:14.380><c> says</c><00:25:14.619><c> the</c><00:25:14.819><c> river</c><00:25:15.240><c> shall</c><00:25:15.619><c> bring</c><00:25:16.240><c> forth</c><00:25:16.960><c> frogs</c><00:25:17.660><c> abundantly.</c>

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That<00:25:20.740><c> phrase</c><00:25:21.200><c> there</c><00:25:21.680><c> to</c><00:25:21.920><c> bring</c><00:25:22.359><c> forth</c><00:25:23.259><c> abundantly</c><00:25:24.259><c> is</c><00:25:25.160><c> only</c>

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used<00:25:25.839><c> in</c><00:25:26.180><c> one</c><00:25:26.339><c> other</c><00:25:26.539><c> place</c><00:25:27.059><c> in</c><00:25:27.420><c> the</c><00:25:27.500><c> book</c><00:25:27.640><c> of</c><00:25:27.859><c> Exodus.</c>

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And<00:25:29.259><c> it's</c><00:25:29.539><c> back</c><00:25:29.700><c> in</c><00:25:29.880><c> chapter</c><00:25:30.200><c> 1.</c><00:25:30.920><c> Look</c><00:25:31.079><c> at</c><00:25:31.259><c> this.</c>

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This<00:25:32.480><c> is</c><00:25:32.619><c> quite</c><00:25:32.759><c> interesting.</c><00:25:33.680><c> Exodus</c><00:25:33.720><c> chapter</c><00:25:34.180><c> 1</c>

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where<00:25:37.539><c> the</c><00:25:37.799><c> same</c><00:25:38.099><c> phrase</c><00:25:38.359><c> is</c><00:25:38.599><c> used.</c><00:25:38.740><c> The</c><00:25:38.920><c> only</c><00:25:39.079><c> other</c><00:25:39.339><c> time</c><00:25:39.579><c> it's</c><00:25:39.779><c> used</c><00:25:39.940><c> in</c><00:25:40.160><c> Exodus.</c>

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There's<00:25:41.859><c> some</c><00:25:42.079><c> sort</c><00:25:42.259><c> of</c><00:25:42.460><c> connection</c><00:25:42.839><c> here</c>

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where<00:25:45.299><c> in</c><00:25:45.519><c> Exodus</c><00:25:45.779><c> chapter</c><00:25:46.180><c> 1</c><00:25:46.460><c> in</c><00:25:46.660><c> verse</c><00:25:46.900><c> 7</c>

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it<00:25:49.980><c> says</c><00:25:50.140><c> the</c><00:25:50.299><c> children</c><00:25:50.599><c> of</c><00:25:50.779><c> Israel</c><00:25:51.180><c> were</c><00:25:51.460><c> fruitful</c><00:25:51.980><c> and</c>

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increased<00:25:53.839><c> abundantly.</c>

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The<00:25:55.740><c> exact</c><00:25:56.240><c> same</c><00:25:56.559><c> phrase</c><00:25:56.880><c> that</c><00:25:57.039><c> we</c><00:25:57.180><c> get</c><00:25:57.279><c> in</c><00:25:57.460><c> Exodus</c><00:25:57.779><c> chapter</c><00:25:58.099><c> 8</c>

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for<00:25:58.640><c> the</c><00:25:58.920><c> frogs</c>

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who<00:26:00.579><c> were</c><00:26:00.859><c> brought</c><00:26:01.099><c> forth</c><00:26:01.819><c> abundantly.</c>

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Here<00:26:03.859><c> it</c><00:26:04.720><c> is,</c><00:26:04.900><c> the</c><00:26:05.019><c> children</c><00:26:05.299><c> of</c><00:26:05.460><c> Israel</c><00:26:06.119><c> increasing</c><00:26:06.880><c> abundantly</c><00:26:07.440><c> and</c><00:26:07.559><c> multiplying</c>

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wax<00:26:08.539><c> exceeding</c><00:26:09.079><c> mickey</c><00:26:09.339><c> and</c><00:26:09.500><c> the</c><00:26:09.640><c> land</c><00:26:10.259><c> was</c><00:26:10.660><c> filled</c><00:26:10.859><c> with</c><00:26:11.099><c> them</c>

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so<00:26:11.359><c> the</c><00:26:11.519><c> children</c><00:26:11.740><c> of</c><00:26:11.880><c> Israel</c><00:26:12.220><c> get</c><00:26:12.480><c> everywhere.</c>

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:18.160
Now<00:26:14.940><c> what</c><00:26:15.119><c> becomes</c><00:26:15.480><c> interesting</c><00:26:16.019><c> in</c><00:26:16.559><c> this</c><00:26:17.000><c> connection</c>

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is<00:26:19.019><c> that</c><00:26:19.200><c> this</c><00:26:19.400><c> is</c><00:26:19.779><c> the</c><00:26:19.900><c> story</c><00:26:20.140><c> of</c><00:26:20.359><c> the</c><00:26:20.720><c> midwives.</c>

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Remember<00:26:21.759><c> the</c><00:26:21.940><c> end</c><00:26:22.119><c> of</c><00:26:23.099><c> this</c><00:26:23.319><c> story</c><00:26:23.839><c> in</c><00:26:24.660><c> Exodus</c><00:26:25.019><c> 1</c>

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:32.319
how<00:26:28.019><c> in</c><00:26:28.500><c> verse</c><00:26:28.720><c> 18</c><00:26:29.440><c> the</c><00:26:29.579><c> king</c><00:26:29.859><c> of</c><00:26:30.079><c> Egypt</c><00:26:30.500><c> called</c><00:26:30.960><c> for</c><00:26:31.200><c> the</c><00:26:31.359><c> midwives</c><00:26:31.859><c> and</c><00:26:32.059><c> said</c>

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:34.460
why<00:26:32.779><c> have</c><00:26:32.980><c> you</c><00:26:33.019><c> done</c><00:26:33.220><c> this</c><00:26:33.480><c> thing</c><00:26:33.619><c> that</c><00:26:33.859><c> saved</c><00:26:34.119><c> the</c><00:26:34.259><c> many</c>

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children<00:26:34.779><c> alive?</c>

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The<00:26:35.380><c> midwives</c><00:26:35.779><c> said</c><00:26:35.960><c> in</c><00:26:36.119><c> the</c><00:26:36.240><c> pharaoh</c><00:26:36.359><c> because</c><00:26:36.660><c> the</c><00:26:36.880><c> Hebrew</c>

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:38.980
women<00:26:37.319><c> are</c><00:26:37.859><c> not</c><00:26:38.039><c> as</c><00:26:38.240><c> the</c><00:26:38.380><c> Egyptian</c><00:26:38.680><c> women</c>

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for<00:26:39.140><c> they</c><00:26:39.299><c> are</c><00:26:39.559><c> lively</c><00:26:39.839><c> and</c><00:26:40.079><c> delivered</c><00:26:40.420><c> ere</c><00:26:40.740><c> the</c><00:26:40.920><c> midwives</c><00:26:41.299><c> come</c><00:26:41.539><c> in</c>

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unto<00:26:41.839><c> them.</c>

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This<00:26:42.799><c> is</c><00:26:42.940><c> the</c><00:26:43.140><c> story</c><00:26:43.319><c> of</c><00:26:43.480><c> the</c><00:26:43.579><c> midwives.</c>

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:47.480
The<00:26:44.440><c> women</c><00:26:44.720><c> were</c><00:26:44.940><c> giving</c><00:26:45.220><c> birth</c><00:26:45.539><c> too</c><00:26:45.940><c> quick</c><00:26:46.140><c> for</c><00:26:46.319><c> the</c><00:26:46.460><c> midwives.</c>

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:51.480
Now<00:26:49.160><c> that's</c><00:26:49.420><c> very</c><00:26:49.779><c> interesting</c><00:26:50.359><c> because</c>

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:56.680
each<00:26:54.299><c> of</c><00:26:54.440><c> the</c><00:26:54.640><c> plagues</c><00:26:54.920><c> of</c><00:26:55.140><c> Egypt</c><00:26:55.660><c> was</c><00:26:55.960><c> against</c><00:26:56.240><c> one</c><00:26:56.440><c> of</c><00:26:56.559><c> the</c>

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gods<00:26:57.240><c> of</c><00:26:57.579><c> Egypt</c>

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and<00:26:59.140><c> there</c><00:26:59.299><c> was</c><00:26:59.460><c> a</c><00:26:59.720><c> frog</c><00:27:00.000><c> god</c><00:27:00.299><c> or</c><00:27:00.440><c> rather</c><00:27:00.720><c> a</c><00:27:00.980><c> frog</c><00:27:01.259><c> goddess.</c>

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:08.279
Her<00:27:03.279><c> name</c><00:27:03.420><c> was</c><00:27:03.680><c> Hecate</c><00:27:04.359><c> and</c><00:27:05.420><c> she</c><00:27:05.740><c> in</c><00:27:05.859><c> fact</c><00:27:06.099><c> happened</c><00:27:06.400><c> to</c><00:27:06.559><c> be</c><00:27:06.680><c> the</c><00:27:06.920><c> goddess</c><00:27:07.380><c> of</c>

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.539
the<00:27:08.460><c> midwife.</c>

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So<00:27:10.640><c> the</c><00:27:10.819><c> head</c><00:27:11.019><c> midwife</c><00:27:11.500><c> would</c><00:27:11.759><c> wear</c><00:27:11.940><c> this</c><00:27:12.200><c> sort</c><00:27:12.380><c> of</c><00:27:12.480><c> headdress.</c>

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:17.579
There's<00:27:15.599><c> Hecate.</c><00:27:16.339><c> They</c><00:27:16.579><c> used</c><00:27:16.759><c> to</c><00:27:16.859><c> wear</c><00:27:17.099><c> amulets.</c>

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:21.700
All<00:27:18.000><c> the</c><00:27:18.200><c> nurses,</c><00:27:18.960><c> the</c><00:27:19.119><c> midwives,</c><00:27:19.839><c> they</c><00:27:19.960><c> would</c><00:27:20.220><c> wear</c><00:27:21.019><c> amulets</c>

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:24.339
of<00:27:21.960><c> this</c><00:27:22.279><c> frog</c><00:27:22.599><c> goddess</c><00:27:23.099><c> Hecate.</c>

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:28.400
So<00:27:25.940><c> again</c><00:27:26.119><c> there's</c><00:27:26.299><c> some</c><00:27:26.539><c> sort</c><00:27:26.759><c> of</c><00:27:26.920><c> connection</c><00:27:27.400><c> there</c>

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:33.180
between<00:27:29.420><c> the</c><00:27:30.299><c> frog</c><00:27:30.819><c> goddess</c><00:27:31.359><c> of</c><00:27:31.660><c> the</c><00:27:31.900><c> midwife</c><00:27:32.339><c> and</c><00:27:32.559><c> the</c><00:27:32.799><c> story</c>

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of<00:27:33.400><c> the</c><00:27:33.599><c> midwives.</c>

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Now<00:27:35.480><c> what</c><00:27:35.619><c> is</c><00:27:35.819><c> the</c><00:27:36.079><c> connection?</c>

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:39.019
Well<00:27:37.180><c> this</c><00:27:37.279><c> is</c><00:27:37.380><c> what</c><00:27:37.480><c> I</c><00:27:37.700><c> came</c><00:27:37.880><c> up</c><00:27:38.119><c> with.</c>

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:42.799
The<00:27:40.440><c> allegory</c><00:27:40.880><c> of</c><00:27:41.059><c> the</c><00:27:41.200><c> midwife's</c><00:27:41.819><c> story.</c>

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:47.160
You<00:27:44.099><c> see,</c><00:27:44.460><c> why</c><00:27:44.779><c> did</c><00:27:44.920><c> the</c><00:27:45.140><c> frogs</c><00:27:45.359><c> come</c><00:27:45.640><c> in</c><00:27:45.859><c> the</c><00:27:45.980><c> first</c><00:27:46.240><c> place?</c>

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:50.500
Well<00:27:47.839><c> one</c><00:27:48.200><c> plague</c><00:27:48.660><c> follows</c><00:27:49.140><c> on</c><00:27:49.460><c> from</c><00:27:49.700><c> another.</c>

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:54.319
The<00:27:51.140><c> plague</c><00:27:51.460><c> that</c><00:27:51.700><c> came</c><00:27:51.920><c> before</c><00:27:52.279><c> the</c><00:27:52.559><c> frog</c><00:27:52.859><c> plague</c><00:27:53.259><c> was</c><00:27:53.619><c> the</c>

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:55.880
Nile<00:27:54.599><c> River</c><00:27:54.960><c> turning</c><00:27:55.240><c> to</c><00:27:55.539><c> blood</c>

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and<00:27:56.460><c> all</c><00:27:56.680><c> the</c><00:27:56.859><c> fish</c><00:27:57.039><c> died.</c>

00:27:58.079 --> 00:28:01.960
That<00:27:58.359><c> would</c><00:27:58.660><c> send</c><00:27:58.859><c> all</c><00:27:59.180><c> the</c><00:27:59.500><c> frogs</c><00:27:59.859><c> out</c><00:28:00.200><c> of</c><00:28:00.319><c> the</c><00:28:00.460><c> river</c><00:28:00.880><c> to</c><00:28:01.380><c> fill</c><00:28:01.519><c> the</c><00:28:01.759><c> land.</c>

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:03.640
They<00:28:02.099><c> couldn't</c><00:28:02.299><c> go</c><00:28:02.500><c> in</c><00:28:02.619><c> the</c><00:28:02.720><c> river,</c><00:28:02.920><c> they</c><00:28:03.059><c> would</c><00:28:03.279><c> die</c><00:28:03.440><c> with</c>

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.099
the<00:28:03.799><c> fish.</c>

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So<00:28:04.559><c> all</c><00:28:04.740><c> the</c><00:28:04.900><c> frogs</c><00:28:05.079><c> came</c><00:28:05.319><c> out</c><00:28:05.480><c> of</c><00:28:05.599><c> the</c><00:28:05.680><c> river</c><00:28:06.079><c> and</c><00:28:06.519><c> filled</c><00:28:06.680><c> the</c><00:28:06.940><c> land.</c>

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:11.140
So<00:28:08.480><c> where</c><00:28:08.720><c> you've</c><00:28:09.140><c> got</c><00:28:09.299><c> the</c><00:28:09.599><c> Nile</c><00:28:09.900><c> River</c><00:28:10.220><c> turning</c><00:28:10.500><c> to</c><00:28:10.839><c> blood,</c>

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:13.960
it<00:28:11.640><c> releases</c><00:28:12.180><c> a</c><00:28:12.500><c> swarm</c><00:28:12.720><c> of</c><00:28:13.059><c> frogs.</c>

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:22.099
And<00:28:14.980><c> we</c><00:28:15.119><c> see</c><00:28:15.240><c> the</c><00:28:15.519><c> same</c><00:28:15.859><c> thing</c><00:28:16.200><c> with</c><00:28:17.839><c> the</c><00:28:18.259><c> Egyptian</c><00:28:19.220><c> power,</c><00:28:20.740><c> the</c><00:28:20.920><c> dragon</c><00:28:21.660><c> of</c>

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:24.619
Egypt<00:28:22.539><c> slain</c><00:28:23.180><c> in</c><00:28:23.440><c> the</c><00:28:23.680><c> sea.</c>

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:31.640
The<00:28:24.920><c> Egyptian</c><00:28:25.380><c> power</c><00:28:25.880><c> being</c><00:28:26.259><c> dried</c><00:28:26.680><c> up,</c><00:28:27.220><c> as</c><00:28:27.339><c> it</c><00:28:27.619><c> were,</c><00:28:28.619><c> releases</c><00:28:29.180><c> the</c><00:28:29.740><c> swarm</c><00:28:30.160><c> of</c><00:28:30.519><c> Israel.</c>

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:36.359
But<00:28:33.619><c> Israel's</c><00:28:34.140><c> freedom,</c><00:28:35.220><c> which</c><00:28:35.400><c> in</c><00:28:35.519><c> the</c><00:28:35.680><c> first</c><00:28:35.900><c> place</c><00:28:36.079><c> is</c><00:28:36.259><c> a</c>

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:38.319
very<00:28:36.599><c> positive</c><00:28:37.059><c> thing,</c>

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:42.119
brought<00:28:39.299><c> about</c><00:28:39.740><c> this</c><00:28:40.240><c> frog</c><00:28:40.519><c>-like</c><00:28:40.720><c> spirit</c><00:28:41.279><c> that</c><00:28:41.619><c> we</c><00:28:41.759><c> have</c><00:28:41.940><c> in</c>

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:44.960
Exodus<00:28:42.359><c> 32</c><00:28:42.960><c> with</c><00:28:43.200><c> the</c><00:28:43.339><c> golden</c><00:28:43.680><c> path</c><00:28:44.019><c> incident.</c>

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:48.380
So<00:28:45.440><c> freedom</c><00:28:45.700><c> is</c><00:28:46.279><c> a</c><00:28:46.339><c> double</c><00:28:46.700><c>-edged</c><00:28:46.960><c> sword.</c><00:28:47.220><c> It's</c><00:28:47.460><c> good,</c><00:28:48.180><c> but</c>

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:49.680
it's<00:28:48.619><c> bad.</c>

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:52.880
And<00:28:49.960><c> we</c><00:28:50.140><c> crave</c><00:28:50.599><c> freedom,</c><00:28:51.059><c> we</c><00:28:51.180><c> want</c><00:28:51.440><c> freedom,</c><00:28:51.859><c> we're</c><00:28:52.059><c> happy</c><00:28:52.480><c> that</c><00:28:52.660><c> we</c>

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:55.420
live<00:28:53.220><c> in</c><00:28:53.660><c> a</c><00:28:53.880><c> land</c><00:28:54.220><c> which</c><00:28:54.480><c> is</c><00:28:54.859><c> free.</c>

00:28:55.420 --> 00:29:00.299
For<00:28:55.960><c> tyranny,</c><00:28:57.140><c> we</c><00:28:57.200><c> can</c><00:28:57.440><c> worship</c><00:28:57.940><c> God</c><00:28:58.400><c> in</c><00:28:58.799><c> peace</c><00:28:59.039><c> and</c><00:28:59.299><c> safety,</c>

00:29:01.160 --> 00:29:03.380
but<00:29:01.299><c> it</c><00:29:01.420><c> brings</c><00:29:01.740><c> with</c><00:29:01.960><c> us</c><00:29:02.400><c> more</c><00:29:02.759><c> temptation.</c>

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:08.460
It<00:29:03.539><c> brings</c><00:29:03.819><c> with</c><00:29:04.000><c> us</c><00:29:05.859><c> things</c><00:29:06.140><c> like</c><00:29:06.519><c> apathy</c><00:29:07.000><c> and</c><00:29:07.359><c> indifference.</c>

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:11.420
And<00:29:09.059><c> the</c><00:29:09.299><c> world</c><00:29:09.599><c> can</c><00:29:09.920><c> easily</c><00:29:10.259><c> just</c><00:29:10.640><c> creep</c><00:29:10.779><c> back</c><00:29:11.099><c> in.</c>

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.960
And<00:29:11.759><c> that's</c><00:29:11.960><c> what</c><00:29:12.160><c> happened</c><00:29:12.339><c> with</c><00:29:12.519><c> Israel.</c>

00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:17.380
They<00:29:13.299><c> were</c><00:29:13.619><c> free</c><00:29:14.099><c> from</c><00:29:14.319><c> the</c><00:29:14.539><c> bondage</c><00:29:15.059><c> of</c><00:29:15.339><c> Egypt,</c><00:29:16.980><c> but</c><00:29:17.200><c> with</c>

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:18.619
that<00:29:17.599><c> freedom,</c>

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:21.460
they<00:29:19.319><c> were</c><00:29:19.599><c> free</c><00:29:19.759><c> to</c><00:29:19.940><c> do</c><00:29:20.079><c> what</c><00:29:20.240><c> they</c><00:29:20.500><c> wanted</c><00:29:20.740><c> and</c><00:29:20.940><c> they</c><00:29:21.160><c> lost</c>

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.279
their<00:29:21.740><c> restraint</c>

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:25.160
and<00:29:22.920><c> they</c><00:29:23.160><c> built</c><00:29:23.400><c> the</c><00:29:23.680><c> golden</c><00:29:24.000><c> calf.</c>

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:31.079
And<00:29:27.299><c> so</c><00:29:27.480><c> in</c><00:29:27.720><c> Revelation</c><00:29:28.180><c> chapter</c><00:29:28.619><c> 16,</c><00:29:29.380><c> in</c><00:29:29.500><c> that</c><00:29:29.920><c> sixth</c><00:29:30.339><c> vial,</c>

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:34.859
we<00:29:31.579><c> have</c><00:29:31.759><c> the</c><00:29:32.160><c> drying</c><00:29:32.440><c> up</c><00:29:33.019><c> of</c><00:29:33.240><c> the</c><00:29:33.359><c> river</c><00:29:33.640><c> Euphrates,</c>

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:40.319
the<00:29:35.480><c> drying</c><00:29:35.759><c> up</c><00:29:36.039><c> of</c><00:29:36.220><c> a</c><00:29:36.319><c> river</c><00:29:36.900><c> which</c><00:29:37.839><c> releases</c><00:29:38.380><c> this</c><00:29:38.859><c> swarm</c><00:29:39.079><c> of</c><00:29:39.500><c> frogs.</c>

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:43.859
And<00:29:40.799><c> so</c><00:29:40.960><c> the</c><00:29:41.259><c> world</c><00:29:41.700><c> everywhere</c><00:29:42.440><c> is</c><00:29:42.880><c> preaching</c><00:29:43.279><c> freedom,</c>

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:47.400
freedom,<00:29:44.460><c> freedom,</c><00:29:45.259><c> liberty,</c><00:29:45.900><c> equality,</c><00:29:46.619><c> fraternity.</c>

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:51.460
And<00:29:48.279><c> everyone</c><00:29:48.759><c> in</c><00:29:48.920><c> the</c><00:29:49.059><c> world</c><00:29:49.160><c> is</c><00:29:49.460><c> catching</c><00:29:49.740><c> on</c><00:29:50.019><c> to</c><00:29:50.180><c> this</c><00:29:50.440><c> spirit.</c>

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:55.900
And<00:29:51.900><c> it's</c><00:29:52.059><c> producing</c><00:29:52.480><c> a</c><00:29:52.859><c> world</c><00:29:53.339><c> which</c><00:29:53.619><c> is</c><00:29:54.019><c> free,</c><00:29:55.079><c> but</c><00:29:55.220><c> it's</c><00:29:55.539><c> free</c><00:29:55.700><c> to</c>

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:58.619
indulge<00:29:56.460><c> in</c><00:29:56.619><c> all</c><00:29:56.880><c> the</c><00:29:57.000><c> lusts</c><00:29:57.440><c> of</c><00:29:57.519><c> the</c><00:29:57.759><c> flesh.</c>

00:29:58.759 --> 00:30:02.779
So<00:29:58.940><c> that's</c><00:29:59.119><c> the</c><00:29:59.259><c> great</c><00:29:59.599><c> challenge</c><00:30:00.099><c> that</c><00:30:00.359><c> you</c><00:30:00.500><c> and</c><00:30:00.720><c> I</c><00:30:01.240><c> face</c><00:30:01.859><c> in</c>

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.460
this<00:30:03.079><c> world.</c>

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:07.740
We<00:30:03.799><c> are</c><00:30:04.039><c> happy</c><00:30:04.299><c> to</c><00:30:04.500><c> be</c><00:30:04.759><c> free.</c><00:30:05.480><c> We</c><00:30:05.660><c> thank</c><00:30:05.920><c> God</c><00:30:06.240><c> that</c><00:30:06.400><c> we</c><00:30:06.539><c> are</c><00:30:06.720><c> free.</c>

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:10.700
But<00:30:08.059><c> it's</c><00:30:08.299><c> a</c><00:30:08.480><c> freedom</c><00:30:08.680><c> that</c><00:30:09.019><c> brings</c><00:30:09.359><c> grave</c><00:30:09.839><c> responsibility</c>

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to<00:30:11.440><c> each</c><00:30:11.660><c> of</c><00:30:11.799><c> us.</c>

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Alright.<00:30:16.019><c> Let's</c><00:30:16.440><c> go</c><00:30:16.799><c> back</c><00:30:17.079><c> one</c><00:30:17.359><c> more</c><00:30:17.660><c> time</c><00:30:17.839><c> to</c><00:30:18.059><c> Exodus</c><00:30:18.319><c> 32,</c><00:30:18.900><c> if</c>

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:21.180
you<00:30:19.319><c> will.</c>

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We're<00:30:38.200><c> going</c><00:30:38.299><c> to</c><00:30:38.319><c> talk</c><00:30:38.559><c> about</c><00:30:38.819><c> something</c><00:30:39.180><c> which</c><00:30:39.380><c> is</c><00:30:39.599><c> not</c><00:30:40.359><c> a</c><00:30:40.460><c> temptation</c><00:30:40.940><c> for</c><00:30:41.140><c> me</c>

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:41.789
at<00:30:41.559><c> all.</c>

00:30:41.789 --> 00:30:51.450
Verse<00:30:42.210><c> 6,</c><00:30:48.269><c> it</c><00:30:48.430><c> says</c><00:30:48.589><c> of</c><00:30:48.809><c> the</c><00:30:48.950><c> people</c><00:30:49.390><c> that</c><00:30:49.630><c> they</c><00:30:49.930><c> rose</c><00:30:50.329><c> up</c><00:30:50.710><c> early</c><00:30:51.190><c> on</c>

00:30:51.450 --> 00:30:52.400
the<00:30:51.630><c> morrow,</c>

00:30:52.809 --> 00:30:54.769
and<00:30:52.849><c> offered</c><00:30:53.009><c> good</c><00:30:53.329><c> offerings</c><00:30:53.730><c> and</c><00:30:53.950><c> brought</c><00:30:54.109><c> peace</c><00:30:54.390><c> offerings,</c>

00:30:54.869 --> 00:30:56.970
and<00:30:54.970><c> the</c><00:30:55.029><c> people</c><00:30:55.230><c> sat</c><00:30:55.490><c> down</c><00:30:55.710><c> to</c><00:30:55.849><c> eat</c><00:30:56.049><c> and</c><00:30:56.210><c> drink</c><00:30:56.470><c> and</c><00:30:56.569><c> rose</c><00:30:56.789><c> up</c>

00:30:56.970 --> 00:30:57.269
to<00:30:57.089><c> life.</c>

00:30:57.529 --> 00:31:02.369
They<00:30:57.730><c> couldn't</c><00:30:58.849><c> wait</c><00:30:59.289><c> to</c><00:31:00.789><c> indulge</c><00:31:01.349><c> themselves</c><00:31:01.950><c> in</c><00:31:02.150><c> their</c>

00:31:02.369 --> 00:31:03.009
false<00:31:02.650><c> religion.</c>

00:31:03.309 --> 00:31:07.809
They<00:31:03.329><c> rose</c><00:31:03.750><c> up</c><00:31:04.069><c> early,</c><00:31:04.789><c> something</c><00:31:04.950><c> which</c><00:31:05.230><c> I'm</c><00:31:05.829><c> absolutely</c><00:31:06.250><c> terrible</c><00:31:07.029><c> at</c><00:31:07.450><c> doing,</c>

00:31:08.170 --> 00:31:10.069
but<00:31:08.329><c> these</c><00:31:08.690><c> people</c><00:31:08.910><c> couldn't</c><00:31:09.190><c> wait</c><00:31:09.470><c> to</c><00:31:09.609><c> get</c><00:31:09.809><c> going.</c>

00:31:10.069 --> 00:31:15.309
Now,<00:31:11.150><c> the</c><00:31:11.289><c> reason</c><00:31:11.529><c> I</c><00:31:11.650><c> wanted</c><00:31:11.829><c> to</c><00:31:11.990><c> go</c><00:31:12.170><c> there</c><00:31:12.430><c> is</c><00:31:12.690><c> because</c><00:31:12.930><c> there's</c><00:31:13.589><c> another</c><00:31:13.990><c> interesting</c><00:31:14.910><c> Bible</c>

00:31:15.309 --> 00:31:16.970
echo<00:31:15.690><c> here.</c>

00:31:17.029 --> 00:31:20.769
And<00:31:17.170><c> this</c><00:31:17.410><c> phraseology,</c><00:31:18.150><c> to</c><00:31:18.230><c> rise</c><00:31:18.589><c> up</c><00:31:19.190><c> early,</c><00:31:20.150><c> is</c><00:31:20.309><c> taken</c><00:31:20.490><c> up</c>

00:31:20.769 --> 00:31:24.029
in<00:31:21.009><c> the</c><00:31:21.210><c> rather</c><00:31:21.509><c> obscure</c><00:31:22.130><c> prophecy</c><00:31:22.630><c> of</c><00:31:22.910><c> Zephaniah.</c>

00:31:26.369 --> 00:31:30.349
So,<00:31:26.970><c> first</c><00:31:27.109><c> person</c><00:31:27.410><c> to</c><00:31:27.569><c> Zephaniah</c><00:31:28.650><c> gets</c><00:31:28.869><c> the</c><00:31:29.130><c> prize.</c>

00:31:31.769 --> 00:31:36.269
So,<00:31:32.289><c> Zephaniah</c><00:31:32.809><c> chapter</c><00:31:34.369><c> 3.</c>

00:31:41.130 --> 00:31:44.650
This<00:31:41.150><c> is</c><00:31:41.349><c> a</c><00:31:41.650><c> prophecy</c><00:31:41.890><c> that</c><00:31:42.109><c> we</c><00:31:42.210><c> might</c><00:31:42.470><c> not</c><00:31:42.750><c> normally</c><00:31:43.130><c> go</c><00:31:43.450><c> to.</c>

00:31:45.190 --> 00:31:47.150
We<00:31:45.250><c> probably</c><00:31:45.470><c> read</c><00:31:45.730><c> it</c><00:31:45.869><c> once</c><00:31:46.130><c> a</c><00:31:46.289><c> year</c><00:31:46.430><c> in</c><00:31:46.529><c> our</c><00:31:46.670><c> readings</c><00:31:46.950><c> and</c>

00:31:47.150 --> 00:31:49.829
don't<00:31:47.650><c> really</c><00:31:47.910><c> look</c><00:31:48.109><c> at</c><00:31:48.210><c> it</c><00:31:48.369><c> that</c><00:31:48.589><c> deeply,</c>

00:31:49.869 --> 00:31:52.849
but<00:31:49.970><c> a</c><00:31:50.289><c> very</c><00:31:50.529><c> interesting</c><00:31:51.109><c> prophecy</c><00:31:51.589><c> that</c><00:31:51.990><c> picks</c><00:31:52.250><c> up</c><00:31:52.509><c> on</c><00:31:52.670><c> all</c>

00:31:52.849 --> 00:31:56.829
of<00:31:53.009><c> these</c><00:31:54.289><c> principles</c><00:31:54.990><c> that</c><00:31:55.190><c> we've</c><00:31:55.430><c> been</c><00:31:55.589><c> looking</c><00:31:55.890><c> at.</c>

00:31:57.690 --> 00:32:02.690
Let's<00:31:58.210><c> go</c><00:31:58.410><c> into</c><00:31:58.769><c> verse</c><00:31:59.269><c> 1</c><00:31:59.730><c> of</c><00:31:59.930><c> Zephaniah</c><00:32:00.450><c> chapter</c><00:32:00.849><c> 3,</c>

00:32:04.650 --> 00:32:09.490
where<00:32:04.710><c> the</c><00:32:04.930><c> prophet</c><00:32:05.470><c> speaks</c><00:32:06.309><c> against</c><00:32:07.410><c> a</c><00:32:08.569><c> city.</c>

00:32:10.250 --> 00:32:12.990
It<00:32:10.250><c> says</c><00:32:10.450><c> in</c><00:32:10.529><c> verse</c><00:32:10.730><c> 1,</c><00:32:11.009><c> Woe</c><00:32:11.309><c> to</c><00:32:11.430><c> her</c><00:32:11.569><c> that</c><00:32:11.730><c> is</c><00:32:11.930><c> filthy</c><00:32:12.230><c> and</c><00:32:12.490><c> polluted</c><00:32:12.809><c> to</c>

00:32:12.990 --> 00:32:14.049
the<00:32:13.150><c> oppressing</c><00:32:13.569><c> city!</c>

00:32:14.490 --> 00:32:18.009
She<00:32:14.670><c> obeyed</c><00:32:15.049><c> not</c><00:32:15.230><c> the</c><00:32:15.430><c> voice,</c><00:32:15.690><c> she</c><00:32:15.849><c> received</c><00:32:16.269><c> not</c><00:32:16.509><c> correction,</c><00:32:17.069><c> she</c><00:32:17.289><c> trusted</c><00:32:17.609><c> not</c><00:32:17.829><c> in</c>

00:32:18.009 --> 00:32:18.490
the<00:32:18.170><c> Lord,</c>

00:32:18.769 --> 00:32:22.130
she<00:32:19.009><c> drew</c><00:32:19.210><c> not</c><00:32:19.509><c> ear</c><00:32:19.690><c> to</c><00:32:19.829><c> her</c><00:32:20.089><c> God.</c><00:32:20.970><c> Her</c><00:32:21.190><c> princes</c><00:32:21.549><c> within</c><00:32:21.890><c> her</c>

00:32:22.130 --> 00:32:23.170
are<00:32:22.289><c> roaring</c><00:32:22.650><c> lions,</c>

00:32:23.170 --> 00:32:26.910
her<00:32:24.069><c> judges</c><00:32:24.269><c> are</c><00:32:24.589><c> evening</c><00:32:24.970><c> wolves,</c><00:32:25.549><c> they</c><00:32:25.670><c> gnaw</c><00:32:25.890><c> not</c><00:32:26.069><c> the</c><00:32:26.329><c> bone</c>

00:32:26.910 --> 00:32:27.829
till<00:32:27.230><c> the</c><00:32:27.450><c> morrow.</c>

00:32:28.190 --> 00:32:31.109
Her<00:32:28.410><c> prophets</c><00:32:28.609><c> are</c><00:32:29.029><c> light</c><00:32:29.490><c> and</c><00:32:30.130><c> treacherous</c><00:32:30.690><c> persons.</c>

00:32:31.410 --> 00:32:34.910
The<00:32:31.789><c> same</c><00:32:32.049><c> sort</c><00:32:32.309><c> of</c><00:32:32.569><c> prophet</c><00:32:32.710><c> that</c><00:32:32.890><c> we</c><00:32:33.029><c> met</c><00:32:33.230><c> earlier</c><00:32:33.650><c> in</c><00:32:33.849><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:32:34.930 --> 00:32:37.990
Remember<00:32:35.230><c> how</c><00:32:35.490><c> they</c><00:32:36.289><c> preached</c><00:32:36.589><c> through</c><00:32:37.130><c> their</c><00:32:37.390><c> lightness,</c>

00:32:38.309 --> 00:32:39.710
their<00:32:38.369><c> effervescence?</c>

00:32:39.930 --> 00:32:43.750
They<00:32:39.950><c> were</c><00:32:40.150><c> bubbly</c><00:32:40.789><c> and</c><00:32:41.130><c> charismatic</c><00:32:41.809><c> and</c><00:32:42.589><c> easy</c><00:32:42.910><c> to</c><00:32:43.170><c> listen</c><00:32:43.390><c> to.</c>

00:32:44.069 --> 00:32:45.809
Well,<00:32:44.190><c> that's</c><00:32:44.349><c> the</c><00:32:44.470><c> sort</c><00:32:44.609><c> of</c><00:32:44.890><c> prophet</c><00:32:45.009><c> that</c><00:32:45.190><c> they</c><00:32:45.329><c> had</c><00:32:45.549><c> in</c><00:32:45.809><c> the</c>

00:32:45.809 --> 00:32:46.809
days<00:32:46.049><c> of</c><00:32:46.250><c> Zephaniah.</c>

00:32:47.150 --> 00:32:51.250
People<00:32:47.450><c> who</c><00:32:47.609><c> were</c><00:32:47.710><c> just</c><00:32:47.990><c> easy</c><00:32:48.329><c> to</c><00:32:48.569><c> listen</c><00:32:48.769><c> to,</c><00:32:49.450><c> preached</c><00:32:49.609><c> a</c><00:32:49.829><c> nice</c><00:32:50.069><c> message</c><00:32:50.670><c> on</c>

00:32:51.250 --> 00:32:51.789
Sunday<00:32:51.410><c> morning,</c>

00:32:51.789 --> 00:32:53.710
when<00:32:51.789><c> you</c><00:32:51.849><c> go</c><00:32:52.089><c> home</c><00:32:52.369><c> you</c><00:32:52.529><c> feel</c><00:32:52.710><c> good</c><00:32:52.910><c> about</c><00:32:53.130><c> yourself</c><00:32:53.509><c> and</c><00:32:53.690><c> you</c>

00:32:53.710 --> 00:32:55.970
can<00:32:53.950><c> just</c><00:32:54.089><c> carry</c><00:32:54.269><c> on</c><00:32:54.470><c> the</c><00:32:54.630><c> same</c><00:32:54.809><c> way</c><00:32:55.190><c> you</c><00:32:55.450><c> always</c><00:32:55.750><c> were.</c>

00:32:56.069 --> 00:32:59.410
So<00:32:56.190><c> that's</c><00:32:56.549><c> the</c><00:32:56.690><c> sort</c><00:32:56.809><c> of</c><00:32:58.250><c> religion</c><00:32:58.630><c> that</c><00:32:58.829><c> they</c><00:32:59.029><c> had.</c>

00:32:59.650 --> 00:33:02.609
A<00:32:59.750><c> very</c><00:33:00.069><c> light</c><00:33:00.309><c> and</c><00:33:00.730><c> frothy</c><00:33:01.430><c> religion.</c>

00:33:04.390 --> 00:33:07.390
And<00:33:04.549><c> in</c><00:33:04.730><c> the</c><00:33:04.809><c> midst</c><00:33:04.990><c> of</c><00:33:05.190><c> that,</c><00:33:05.410><c> have</c><00:33:05.490><c> a</c><00:33:05.549><c> look</c><00:33:05.670><c> at</c><00:33:05.789><c> verse</c><00:33:06.029><c> 7.</c>

00:33:08.269 --> 00:33:12.930
I<00:33:08.309><c> said,</c><00:33:08.529><c> Surely</c><00:33:08.950><c> thou</c><00:33:09.190><c> wilt</c><00:33:09.509><c> fear</c><00:33:09.769><c> me.</c><00:33:10.950><c> You</c><00:33:11.109><c> will</c><00:33:11.369><c> receive</c><00:33:11.829><c> instruction,</c><00:33:12.789><c> so</c>

00:33:12.930 --> 00:33:15.150
their<00:33:13.089><c> dwelling</c><00:33:13.430><c> should</c><00:33:13.690><c> not</c><00:33:13.869><c> be</c><00:33:14.049><c> cut</c><00:33:14.190><c> off.</c>

00:33:15.170 --> 00:33:16.829
As<00:33:15.309><c> to</c><00:33:15.450><c> ever</c><00:33:15.630><c> I</c><00:33:15.829><c> punished</c><00:33:16.230><c> them.</c>

00:33:16.829 --> 00:33:20.630
So<00:33:17.650><c> God</c><00:33:17.849><c> is</c><00:33:18.049><c> trying</c><00:33:18.309><c> to</c><00:33:18.589><c> discipline</c><00:33:18.910><c> his</c><00:33:19.170><c> people</c><00:33:19.509><c> here.</c>

00:33:20.990 --> 00:33:23.730
But<00:33:21.069><c> then</c><00:33:21.250><c> at</c><00:33:21.369><c> the</c><00:33:21.369><c> end</c><00:33:21.609><c> of</c><00:33:21.730><c> verse</c><00:33:21.910><c> 7</c><00:33:22.170><c> it</c><00:33:22.289><c> says,</c><00:33:22.809><c> But</c><00:33:22.809><c> they</c><00:33:23.130><c> rose</c>

00:33:23.730 --> 00:33:28.210
early<00:33:24.509><c> and</c><00:33:25.329><c> corrupted</c><00:33:25.950><c> all</c><00:33:26.789><c> their</c><00:33:27.009><c> doings.</c>

00:33:28.349 --> 00:33:31.289
Exactly<00:33:28.730><c> the</c><00:33:28.970><c> same</c><00:33:29.170><c> thing</c><00:33:29.369><c> that</c><00:33:29.549><c> we</c><00:33:30.009><c> read</c><00:33:30.390><c> about</c><00:33:30.730><c> in</c><00:33:31.029><c> Exodus</c>

00:33:31.289 --> 00:33:32.869
chapter<00:33:31.750><c> 32.</c>

00:33:33.150 --> 00:33:36.710
They<00:33:33.349><c> don't</c><00:33:33.670><c> want</c><00:33:33.869><c> to</c><00:33:34.029><c> listen</c><00:33:34.190><c> to</c><00:33:34.390><c> God's</c><00:33:34.930><c> instruction,</c><00:33:35.809><c> God's</c><00:33:36.230><c> discipline.</c>

00:33:37.089 --> 00:33:40.109
They<00:33:37.269><c> just</c><00:33:37.450><c> want</c><00:33:37.670><c> to</c><00:33:37.789><c> listen</c><00:33:38.269><c> to</c><00:33:38.470><c> these</c><00:33:38.849><c> light</c><00:33:39.049><c> and</c><00:33:39.289><c> frothy</c><00:33:39.569><c> prophets.</c>

00:33:40.569 --> 00:33:44.269
And<00:33:40.730><c> they</c><00:33:41.009><c> rise</c><00:33:41.329><c> up</c><00:33:41.589><c> early</c><00:33:41.970><c> and</c><00:33:42.390><c> they</c><00:33:42.750><c> corrupt</c><00:33:43.009><c> all</c><00:33:43.230><c> their</c><00:33:43.450><c> doings.</c>

00:33:44.269 --> 00:33:46.410
It's<00:33:44.569><c> the</c><00:33:44.690><c> same</c><00:33:44.950><c> old</c><00:33:45.250><c> story.</c>

00:34:00.130 --> 00:34:12.269
And<00:34:00.730><c> that's</c><00:34:00.730><c> Armageddon.</c>

00:34:12.269 --> 00:34:15.989
That's<00:34:13.289><c> when</c><00:34:13.409><c> all</c><00:34:13.730><c> nations</c><00:34:14.070><c> will</c><00:34:14.349><c> be</c><00:34:14.530><c> gathered</c><00:34:14.710><c> together</c><00:34:15.489><c> in</c>

00:34:15.989 --> 00:34:18.250
the<00:34:16.150><c> battle</c><00:34:16.510><c> of</c><00:34:16.789><c> Armageddon.</c>

00:34:18.750 --> 00:34:22.889
And<00:34:18.849><c> I</c><00:34:18.909><c> think</c><00:34:19.110><c> sometimes</c><00:34:19.789><c> we</c><00:34:20.309><c> don't</c><00:34:20.630><c> realize</c><00:34:21.230><c> how</c><00:34:21.690><c> cataclysmic</c><00:34:22.550><c> the</c><00:34:22.630><c> return</c>

00:34:22.889 --> 00:34:23.949
of<00:34:23.030><c> Christ</c><00:34:23.329><c> will</c><00:34:23.590><c> be.</c>

00:34:24.389 --> 00:34:28.429
I've<00:34:24.590><c> kept</c><00:34:24.730><c> on</c><00:34:25.010><c> saying</c><00:34:25.429><c> today</c><00:34:26.190><c> how</c><00:34:27.010><c> when</c><00:34:27.349><c> Jesus</c><00:34:27.710><c> returns</c><00:34:28.190><c> he's</c>

00:34:28.429 --> 00:34:31.889
going<00:34:28.570><c> to</c><00:34:28.730><c> turn</c><00:34:29.010><c> this</c><00:34:29.429><c> world</c><00:34:29.869><c> upside</c><00:34:30.610><c> down.</c>

00:34:33.530 --> 00:34:36.110
Do<00:34:33.670><c> we</c><00:34:33.789><c> realize</c><00:34:34.090><c> how</c><00:34:34.449><c> big</c><00:34:34.670><c> a</c><00:34:34.909><c> change</c><00:34:35.210><c> is</c><00:34:35.409><c> going</c><00:34:35.530><c> to</c><00:34:35.670><c> come</c><00:34:35.809><c> about</c>

00:34:36.110 --> 00:34:38.570
in<00:34:37.469><c> this</c><00:34:37.769><c> world?</c>

00:34:40.110 --> 00:34:43.710
God<00:34:40.670><c> is</c><00:34:40.869><c> going</c><00:34:41.110><c> to</c><00:34:41.230><c> cause</c><00:34:41.530><c> such</c><00:34:42.550><c> catastrophe</c><00:34:43.349><c> throughout</c>

00:34:43.710 --> 00:34:44.829
this<00:34:44.050><c> world.</c>

00:34:45.550 --> 00:34:48.170
Destroying<00:34:45.969><c> all</c><00:34:46.210><c> the</c><00:34:46.469><c> institutions</c><00:34:47.110><c> of</c><00:34:47.309><c> this</c><00:34:47.570><c> world</c><00:34:47.849><c> when</c><00:34:47.989><c> he</c>

00:34:48.170 --> 00:34:49.670
sends<00:34:48.429><c> his</c><00:34:48.690><c> son.</c>

00:34:51.570 --> 00:34:54.730
That<00:34:51.670><c> we're</c><00:34:51.949><c> foolish</c><00:34:52.550><c> to</c><00:34:53.309><c> cling</c><00:34:53.530><c> onto</c><00:34:53.829><c> anything</c><00:34:54.289><c> that</c><00:34:54.510><c> this</c>

00:34:54.730 --> 00:34:56.269
world<00:34:54.949><c> has</c><00:34:55.150><c> to</c><00:34:55.349><c> offer.</c>

00:34:56.489 --> 00:34:58.250
It's<00:34:56.570><c> all</c><00:34:56.750><c> going</c><00:34:56.889><c> to</c><00:34:56.949><c> be</c><00:34:57.090><c> destroyed.</c>

00:34:58.690 --> 00:35:00.170
God<00:34:58.969><c> hates</c><00:34:59.349><c> it</c><00:34:59.670><c> all.</c>

00:35:00.170 --> 00:35:06.250
And<00:35:00.550><c> we've</c><00:35:00.949><c> got</c><00:35:01.090><c> to</c><00:35:01.389><c> grow</c><00:35:01.829><c> to</c><00:35:02.329><c> hate</c><00:35:02.829><c> what</c><00:35:04.289><c> this</c><00:35:04.610><c> world</c><00:35:05.289><c> is</c><00:35:05.769><c> telling</c><00:35:05.949><c> us</c>

00:35:06.250 --> 00:35:09.670
to<00:35:06.469><c> do</c><00:35:06.710><c> that</c><00:35:06.929><c> is</c><00:35:07.190><c> blasting</c><00:35:07.530><c> into</c><00:35:07.829><c> our</c><00:35:08.070><c> minds</c><00:35:08.269><c> through</c><00:35:08.489><c> the</c><00:35:08.710><c> media</c><00:35:09.030><c> each</c><00:35:09.550><c> and</c>

00:35:09.670 --> 00:35:10.989
every<00:35:09.949><c> day.</c>

00:35:12.329 --> 00:35:15.010
And<00:35:12.409><c> then</c><00:35:12.610><c> in</c><00:35:12.769><c> verse</c><00:35:13.010><c> 9</c><00:35:14.010><c> it</c><00:35:14.289><c> says,</c>

00:35:24.849 --> 00:35:28.550
And<00:35:25.369><c> that</c><00:35:25.889><c> really</c><00:35:26.170><c> is</c><00:35:26.369><c> a</c><00:35:26.610><c> reversal</c><00:35:26.989><c> of</c><00:35:27.849><c> a</c><00:35:28.010><c> passage</c><00:35:28.190><c> we</c><00:35:28.349><c> didn't</c>

00:35:28.550 --> 00:35:29.530
have<00:35:28.730><c> time</c><00:35:28.949><c> to</c><00:35:29.090><c> look</c><00:35:29.349><c> at.</c>

00:35:29.530 --> 00:35:32.050
I<00:35:29.670><c> would</c><00:35:29.849><c> have</c><00:35:30.010><c> looked</c><00:35:30.170><c> at</c><00:35:30.329><c> it</c><00:35:30.530><c> if</c><00:35:30.630><c> we</c><00:35:30.769><c> had</c><00:35:30.869><c> another</c><00:35:31.130><c> class.</c>

00:35:32.650 --> 00:35:34.530
It's<00:35:33.210><c> the</c><00:35:33.449><c> Tower</c><00:35:33.789><c> of</c><00:35:34.090><c> Babel.</c>

00:35:34.909 --> 00:35:38.530
Remember<00:35:35.190><c> in</c><00:35:35.389><c> the</c><00:35:35.550><c> Tower</c><00:35:35.849><c> of</c><00:35:36.050><c> Babel</c><00:35:36.349><c> how</c><00:35:36.670><c> it</c><00:35:36.849><c> says</c><00:35:37.250><c> everyone</c>

00:35:38.530 --> 00:35:40.389
was<00:35:39.130><c> of</c><00:35:39.230><c> the</c><00:35:39.510><c> same</c><00:35:39.750><c> language.</c>

00:35:40.630 --> 00:35:43.809
They<00:35:40.750><c> were</c><00:35:41.010><c> all</c><00:35:41.309><c> together</c><00:35:41.829><c> in</c><00:35:42.289><c> one</c><00:35:42.610><c> place.</c>

00:35:43.869 --> 00:35:47.789
But<00:35:44.070><c> it</c><00:35:44.190><c> was</c><00:35:44.449><c> a</c><00:35:44.630><c> false</c><00:35:45.090><c> unity,</c><00:35:45.730><c> a</c><00:35:45.889><c> false</c><00:35:46.670><c> gathering</c><00:35:47.170><c> together.</c>

00:35:48.110 --> 00:35:51.269
And<00:35:48.309><c> they</c><00:35:48.510><c> built</c><00:35:48.750><c> that</c><00:35:49.090><c> Tower</c><00:35:49.429><c> of</c><00:35:49.630><c> Babel</c><00:35:49.829><c> in</c><00:35:50.130><c> opposition</c><00:35:50.550><c> of</c><00:35:50.849><c> God.</c>

00:35:51.750 --> 00:35:57.710
And<00:35:51.849><c> so</c><00:35:52.050><c> God</c><00:35:53.070><c> caused</c><00:35:54.289><c> them</c><00:35:54.449><c> to</c><00:35:54.590><c> be</c><00:35:54.889><c> scattered</c><00:35:55.190><c> and</c><00:35:55.610><c> changed</c><00:35:55.869><c> their</c><00:35:56.090><c> languages</c><00:35:56.570><c> and</c><00:35:57.289><c> so</c><00:35:57.570><c> on.</c>

00:35:57.710 --> 00:35:59.789
We<00:35:57.769><c> know</c><00:35:58.230><c> the</c><00:35:58.389><c> story</c><00:35:58.650><c> very</c><00:35:59.030><c> well.</c>

00:36:00.090 --> 00:36:02.230
How<00:36:00.250><c> their</c><00:36:00.389><c> languages</c><00:36:00.769><c> became</c><00:36:01.210><c> mixed.</c>

00:36:02.489 --> 00:36:05.769
And<00:36:02.610><c> how</c><00:36:02.829><c> the</c><00:36:03.010><c> European</c><00:36:03.610><c> Union</c><00:36:03.989><c> is</c><00:36:04.269><c> trying</c><00:36:04.469><c> to</c><00:36:04.909><c> rebuild</c><00:36:05.530><c> the</c>

00:36:05.769 --> 00:36:07.510
Tower<00:36:06.010><c> of</c><00:36:06.210><c> Babel</c><00:36:06.409><c> today.</c>

00:36:08.510 --> 00:36:12.150
But<00:36:08.650><c> this</c><00:36:08.829><c> is</c><00:36:08.989><c> where</c><00:36:09.250><c> there</c><00:36:09.429><c> is</c><00:36:09.510><c> going</c><00:36:09.650><c> to</c><00:36:09.690><c> be</c><00:36:09.949><c> the</c><00:36:10.409><c> true</c><00:36:10.889><c> reversal</c><00:36:11.429><c> of</c><00:36:11.690><c> Babel</c><00:36:11.989><c> in</c>

00:36:12.150 --> 00:36:13.210
verse<00:36:12.389><c> 9.</c>

00:36:13.829 --> 00:36:16.269
After<00:36:14.349><c> the</c><00:36:14.610><c> days</c><00:36:14.730><c> of</c><00:36:14.989><c> Armageddon.</c>

00:36:18.869 --> 00:36:24.989
Now<00:36:19.530><c> to</c><00:36:19.750><c> finish</c><00:36:20.190><c> our</c><00:36:20.670><c> studies</c><00:36:21.150><c> on</c><00:36:22.829><c> the</c><00:36:23.150><c> whole</c><00:36:23.309><c> outcome</c><00:36:23.590><c> of</c><00:36:23.769><c> the</c><00:36:23.989><c> thief.</c>

00:36:25.070 --> 00:36:28.369
And<00:36:25.449><c> events</c><00:36:25.889><c> that</c><00:36:26.510><c> we</c><00:36:26.610><c> look</c><00:36:26.849><c> forward</c><00:36:27.190><c> to</c><00:36:27.369><c> in</c><00:36:27.510><c> the</c><00:36:27.590><c> return</c><00:36:27.829><c> of</c><00:36:28.030><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:28.469 --> 00:36:32.050
I<00:36:28.570><c> want</c><00:36:28.690><c> us</c><00:36:28.889><c> to</c><00:36:29.090><c> turn</c><00:36:29.610><c> to</c><00:36:30.250><c> Numbers</c><00:36:30.690><c> chapter</c><00:36:31.170><c> 25.</c>

00:36:32.150 --> 00:36:35.269
Another<00:36:32.469><c> incident</c><00:36:33.030><c> regarding</c><00:36:33.590><c> the</c><00:36:33.849><c> children</c><00:36:34.090><c> of</c><00:36:34.289><c> Israel.</c>

00:36:41.150 --> 00:36:43.210
Numbers<00:36:41.449><c> chapter</c><00:36:41.789><c> 25.</c>

00:36:53.510 --> 00:36:57.289
And<00:36:54.110><c> this</c><00:36:54.309><c> is</c><00:36:54.469><c> quite</c><00:36:54.690><c> an</c><00:36:54.949><c> amazing</c><00:36:55.429><c> story</c><00:36:55.889><c> here.</c>

00:36:59.730 --> 00:37:02.090
Israel<00:37:00.030><c> has</c><00:37:00.230><c> just</c><00:37:00.469><c> been</c><00:37:00.750><c> wandering</c><00:37:01.210><c> through</c><00:37:01.630><c> the</c><00:37:01.789><c> wilderness</c>

00:37:02.090 --> 00:37:03.969
for<00:37:02.389><c> 40</c><00:37:02.710><c> years.</c>

00:37:05.750 --> 00:37:09.829
They've<00:37:06.349><c> seen</c><00:37:06.710><c> God</c><00:37:07.050><c> providing</c><00:37:07.730><c> for</c><00:37:07.909><c> them</c><00:37:08.150><c> throughout</c><00:37:08.469><c> that</c><00:37:08.849><c> time.</c>

00:37:10.210 --> 00:37:11.250
They've<00:37:10.409><c> come</c><00:37:10.590><c> out</c><00:37:10.769><c> of</c><00:37:10.909><c> Egypt.</c>

00:37:11.389 --> 00:37:12.869
They've<00:37:11.789><c> gone</c><00:37:11.969><c> through</c><00:37:12.170><c> the</c><00:37:12.289><c> Red</c><00:37:12.630><c> Sea.</c>

00:37:12.869 --> 00:37:15.409
They've<00:37:13.150><c> been</c><00:37:13.469><c> provided</c><00:37:13.789><c> with</c><00:37:14.050><c> water</c><00:37:14.309><c> from</c><00:37:14.570><c> the</c><00:37:14.789><c> rock,</c><00:37:15.269><c> with</c>

00:37:15.409 --> 00:37:16.849
bread<00:37:15.570><c> from</c><00:37:15.849><c> heaven.</c>

00:37:17.369 --> 00:37:19.570
The<00:37:17.610><c> clothes</c><00:37:17.849><c> on</c><00:37:18.050><c> their</c><00:37:18.289><c> back</c><00:37:18.510><c> and</c><00:37:18.670><c> the</c><00:37:18.869><c> shoes</c><00:37:19.010><c> on</c><00:37:19.210><c> their</c><00:37:19.429><c> feet</c>

00:37:19.570 --> 00:37:21.710
have<00:37:19.809><c> not</c><00:37:20.329><c> gone</c><00:37:20.690><c> old.</c>

00:37:22.070 --> 00:37:24.550
God<00:37:22.269><c> has</c><00:37:22.510><c> provided</c><00:37:23.110><c> for</c><00:37:23.309><c> them</c><00:37:23.710><c> continually.</c>

00:37:24.989 --> 00:37:27.690
And<00:37:25.250><c> now</c><00:37:25.650><c> the</c><00:37:25.889><c> journey</c><00:37:26.170><c> is</c><00:37:26.389><c> at</c><00:37:26.510><c> an</c><00:37:26.670><c> end.</c>

00:37:28.050 --> 00:37:31.650
In<00:37:28.170><c> Numbers</c><00:37:28.510><c> chapter</c><00:37:28.929><c> 25</c><00:37:29.329><c> they're</c><00:37:29.929><c> camped</c><00:37:30.449><c> on</c><00:37:30.650><c> the</c><00:37:30.949><c> borders</c><00:37:31.250><c> of</c><00:37:31.510><c> a</c>

00:37:31.650 --> 00:37:32.829
promised<00:37:31.869><c> land.</c>

00:37:34.130 --> 00:37:36.050
They're<00:37:34.269><c> just</c><00:37:34.510><c> about</c><00:37:34.710><c> to</c><00:37:34.969><c> enter</c><00:37:35.230><c> into</c><00:37:35.449><c> the</c><00:37:35.650><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:37:36.389 --> 00:37:39.730
They<00:37:36.570><c> can</c><00:37:36.889><c> see</c><00:37:37.150><c> the</c><00:37:37.409><c> promised</c><00:37:37.670><c> land</c><00:37:37.929><c> from</c><00:37:38.170><c> where</c><00:37:38.269><c> they</c><00:37:38.550><c> are.</c>

00:37:39.909 --> 00:37:47.170
And<00:37:40.510><c> yet</c><00:37:40.889><c> they</c><00:37:41.329><c> fall</c><00:37:42.090><c> into</c><00:37:43.230><c> one</c><00:37:43.530><c> of</c><00:37:43.670><c> the</c><00:37:44.010><c> worst</c><00:37:44.630><c> periods</c><00:37:45.090><c> of</c><00:37:45.389><c> idolatry</c><00:37:46.550><c> in</c>

00:37:47.170 --> 00:37:48.449
Israelite<00:37:47.929><c> history.</c>

00:37:48.809 --> 00:37:50.110
Quite<00:37:49.050><c> incredible.</c>

00:37:50.369 --> 00:37:52.449
That<00:37:50.690><c> close</c><00:37:51.170><c> to</c><00:37:51.369><c> the</c><00:37:51.530><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:37:52.570 --> 00:37:56.869
And<00:37:52.710><c> at</c><00:37:52.809><c> that</c><00:37:53.130><c> last</c><00:37:53.650><c> moment</c><00:37:54.150><c> they</c><00:37:54.550><c> fall</c><00:37:55.170><c> into</c><00:37:55.769><c> the</c><00:37:56.030><c> world.</c>

00:37:57.210 --> 00:37:59.230
So<00:37:57.329><c> this</c><00:37:57.489><c> is</c><00:37:57.769><c> a</c><00:37:57.889><c> real</c><00:37:58.150><c> warning</c><00:37:58.530><c> for</c><00:37:58.789><c> us.</c>

00:37:59.429 --> 00:38:01.909
We<00:37:59.650><c> can</c><00:38:00.010><c> see</c><00:38:00.210><c> the</c><00:38:00.449><c> Kingdom</c><00:38:00.710><c> ahead</c><00:38:00.949><c> of</c><00:38:01.110><c> us.</c>

00:38:02.190 --> 00:38:04.429
We're<00:38:02.389><c> right</c><00:38:02.670><c> on</c><00:38:02.869><c> the</c><00:38:02.989><c> borders</c><00:38:03.210><c> of</c><00:38:03.469><c> the</c><00:38:03.570><c> promised</c><00:38:03.829><c> land.</c>

00:38:04.730 --> 00:38:08.730
We<00:38:04.909><c> know</c><00:38:05.070><c> for</c><00:38:05.329><c> the</c><00:38:05.530><c> signs</c><00:38:05.690><c> of</c><00:38:05.889><c> the</c><00:38:06.090><c> times</c><00:38:06.389><c> Jesus</c><00:38:06.769><c> is</c><00:38:07.110><c> about</c><00:38:07.389><c> to</c><00:38:07.650><c> return.</c>

00:38:08.929 --> 00:38:12.010
And<00:38:09.449><c> this</c><00:38:09.650><c> is</c><00:38:09.829><c> the</c><00:38:10.010><c> time</c><00:38:10.230><c> when</c><00:38:10.409><c> we</c><00:38:10.469><c> can</c><00:38:10.670><c> be</c><00:38:10.889><c> off</c><00:38:11.090><c> our</c><00:38:11.329><c> guard</c>

00:38:12.010 --> 00:38:14.429
and<00:38:12.429><c> fall</c><00:38:12.590><c> into</c><00:38:12.829><c> the</c><00:38:13.050><c> trap</c><00:38:13.230><c> of</c><00:38:13.409><c> the</c><00:38:13.510><c> children</c><00:38:13.750><c> of</c><00:38:13.869><c> Israel</c><00:38:14.150><c> here</c>

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in<00:38:14.550><c> Numbers</c><00:38:14.769><c> 25.</c>

00:38:16.550 --> 00:38:18.550
Verse<00:38:16.750><c> 1</c><00:38:17.010><c> says</c><00:38:17.269><c> Israel</c><00:38:17.630><c> abode</c><00:38:17.969><c> in</c><00:38:18.190><c> Shittim</c>

00:38:18.550 --> 00:38:23.869
and<00:38:19.110><c> the</c><00:38:19.329><c> people</c><00:38:19.570><c> began</c><00:38:20.130><c> to</c><00:38:20.429><c> commit</c><00:38:20.730><c> whoredom</c><00:38:21.750><c> with</c><00:38:22.050><c> the</c><00:38:22.250><c> daughters</c><00:38:22.550><c> of</c><00:38:22.809><c> Moab.</c>

00:38:23.969 --> 00:38:26.250
And<00:38:24.130><c> they</c><00:38:24.329><c> called</c><00:38:24.489><c> the</c><00:38:24.670><c> people</c><00:38:25.010><c> unto</c><00:38:25.190><c> the</c><00:38:25.469><c> sacrifices</c><00:38:26.030><c> of</c>

00:38:26.250 --> 00:38:26.829
their<00:38:26.510><c> gods</c>

00:38:26.829 --> 00:38:29.550
and<00:38:27.050><c> the</c><00:38:27.190><c> people</c><00:38:27.369><c> that</c><00:38:27.570><c> eat</c><00:38:27.849><c> and</c><00:38:28.070><c> bow</c><00:38:28.389><c> down</c><00:38:28.650><c> to</c><00:38:28.809><c> their</c><00:38:29.090><c> gods.</c>

00:38:29.989 --> 00:38:32.449
And<00:38:30.170><c> Israel</c><00:38:30.550><c> joined</c><00:38:30.909><c> himself</c><00:38:31.369><c> into</c><00:38:31.610><c> Baal</c><00:38:32.030><c> pure</c>

00:38:32.449 --> 00:38:36.429
and<00:38:32.929><c> the</c><00:38:33.190><c> anger</c><00:38:33.469><c> of</c><00:38:33.650><c> the</c><00:38:33.829><c> Lord</c><00:38:34.070><c> was</c><00:38:34.449><c> kindled</c><00:38:34.909><c> against</c><00:38:35.329><c> Israel.</c>

00:38:38.250 --> 00:38:42.889
Joining<00:38:38.730><c> in</c><00:38:39.050><c> with</c><00:38:39.429><c> the</c><00:38:40.530><c> idolatry</c><00:38:41.210><c> of</c><00:38:41.389><c> the</c><00:38:41.550><c> people.</c>

00:38:44.130 --> 00:38:45.690
Now<00:38:44.250><c> we</c><00:38:44.369><c> can</c><00:38:44.610><c> take</c><00:38:44.690><c> this</c><00:38:44.989><c> in</c><00:38:45.090><c> two</c><00:38:45.329><c> ways.</c>

00:38:45.690 --> 00:38:48.590
We<00:38:45.829><c> can</c><00:38:45.989><c> look</c><00:38:46.170><c> at</c><00:38:46.289><c> it</c><00:38:46.489><c> from</c><00:38:47.289><c> a</c><00:38:47.429><c> natural</c><00:38:47.849><c> point</c><00:38:48.190><c> of</c><00:38:48.389><c> view.</c>

00:38:48.889 --> 00:38:51.829
Here<00:38:49.230><c> are</c><00:38:49.389><c> the</c><00:38:49.510><c> pretty</c><00:38:49.750><c> girls</c><00:38:50.190><c> fluttering</c><00:38:50.610><c> their</c><00:38:51.329><c> eyelashes</c>

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of<00:38:52.070><c> the</c><00:38:52.289><c> men</c>

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and<00:38:52.650><c> the</c><00:38:52.710><c> men</c><00:38:52.909><c> are</c><00:38:53.110><c> seduced</c><00:38:53.449><c> by</c><00:38:53.690><c> the</c><00:38:53.809><c> women.</c>

00:38:54.610 --> 00:38:57.869
And<00:38:54.750><c> this</c><00:38:54.909><c> of</c><00:38:55.070><c> course</c><00:38:55.210><c> is</c><00:38:55.329><c> one</c><00:38:55.489><c> of</c><00:38:55.610><c> the</c><00:38:55.789><c> great</c><00:38:56.010><c> temptations</c><00:38:56.750><c> of</c>

00:38:57.869 --> 00:38:58.789
young<00:38:58.130><c> men</c><00:38:58.389><c> today</c>

00:38:58.789 --> 00:39:02.050
and<00:38:59.170><c> older</c><00:38:59.409><c> men</c><00:38:59.949><c> in</c><00:39:00.690><c> the</c><00:39:00.869><c> world</c><00:39:01.090><c> around</c><00:39:01.409><c> us.</c>

00:39:02.050 --> 00:39:08.409
And<00:39:02.650><c> it</c><00:39:02.789><c> works</c><00:39:03.389><c> too</c><00:39:04.230><c> I</c><00:39:04.550><c> suppose</c><00:39:05.070><c> for</c><00:39:05.789><c> sisters</c><00:39:06.329><c> with</c><00:39:07.710><c> the</c><00:39:07.949><c> allure</c><00:39:08.210><c> of</c>

00:39:08.409 --> 00:39:09.070
the<00:39:08.710><c> flash</c>

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and<00:39:10.130><c> all</c><00:39:10.429><c> around</c><00:39:10.769><c> us</c><00:39:11.010><c> especially</c><00:39:11.489><c> now</c><00:39:11.989><c> on</c><00:39:12.230><c> the</c><00:39:12.530><c> internet</c>

00:39:12.789 --> 00:39:15.389
the<00:39:13.110><c> temptation</c><00:39:13.750><c> to</c><00:39:14.050><c> give</c><00:39:14.269><c> in</c><00:39:14.469><c> to</c><00:39:14.590><c> the</c><00:39:14.849><c> flash</c>

00:39:15.389 --> 00:39:21.710
with<00:39:16.090><c> all</c><00:39:16.429><c> of</c><00:39:16.750><c> the</c><00:39:18.110><c> availability</c><00:39:19.070><c> of</c><00:39:19.809><c> fornication</c><00:39:20.570><c> on</c><00:39:20.769><c> the</c><00:39:21.050><c> internet</c><00:39:21.349><c> and</c><00:39:21.550><c> in</c>

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the<00:39:21.849><c> media.</c>

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It's<00:39:23.230><c> a</c><00:39:23.429><c> huge</c><00:39:23.829><c> huge</c><00:39:24.110><c> temptation</c><00:39:24.710><c> just</c><00:39:25.050><c> to</c><00:39:25.429><c> fall</c><00:39:25.670><c> right</c><00:39:26.030><c> back</c>

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into<00:39:26.489><c> the</c><00:39:26.710><c> world.</c>

00:39:27.329 --> 00:39:30.150
And<00:39:27.530><c> it's</c><00:39:27.630><c> something</c><00:39:27.869><c> which</c><00:39:28.190><c> many</c><00:39:28.590><c> young</c><00:39:28.889><c> brethren</c><00:39:29.230><c> struggle</c><00:39:29.809><c> with.</c>

00:39:30.150 --> 00:39:35.010
With<00:39:30.750><c> the</c><00:39:31.710><c> stuff</c><00:39:32.429><c> that</c><00:39:32.590><c> you</c><00:39:32.769><c> have</c><00:39:32.949><c> freely</c><00:39:33.309><c> available</c><00:39:33.769><c> on</c><00:39:33.949><c> the</c><00:39:34.130><c> internet.</c>

00:39:35.530 --> 00:39:37.050
That's<00:39:35.809><c> one</c><00:39:35.949><c> way</c><00:39:36.110><c> we</c><00:39:36.230><c> can</c><00:39:36.389><c> look</c><00:39:36.590><c> at</c><00:39:36.730><c> it.</c>

00:39:37.150 --> 00:39:39.070
One<00:39:37.329><c> of</c><00:39:37.449><c> the</c><00:39:37.570><c> great</c><00:39:37.730><c> temptations</c><00:39:38.250><c> of</c><00:39:38.469><c> our</c><00:39:38.690><c> age.</c>

00:39:39.510 --> 00:39:42.349
But<00:39:39.690><c> there's</c><00:39:39.969><c> another</c><00:39:40.230><c> way</c><00:39:40.690><c> which</c><00:39:41.050><c> we</c><00:39:41.329><c> can</c><00:39:41.429><c> look</c><00:39:41.650><c> at</c><00:39:41.769><c> it</c><00:39:41.909><c> in</c><00:39:42.030><c> a</c>

00:39:42.349 --> 00:39:44.110
spiritual<00:39:42.909><c> sense.</c>

00:39:45.409 --> 00:39:48.550
Here<00:39:45.530><c> we</c><00:39:45.730><c> have</c><00:39:46.010><c> the</c><00:39:46.230><c> children</c><00:39:46.449><c> of</c><00:39:46.650><c> Israel</c><00:39:46.929><c> committing</c><00:39:47.369><c> fornication</c><00:39:48.349><c> with</c>

00:39:48.550 --> 00:39:49.710
the<00:39:48.809><c> enemy.</c>

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And<00:39:52.050><c> in</c><00:39:52.610><c> Bible</c><00:39:53.010><c> symbology</c><00:39:54.090><c> this</c><00:39:55.110><c> talks</c><00:39:55.469><c> about</c>

00:39:57.050 --> 00:40:00.349
spiritual<00:39:57.610><c> fornication</c><00:39:58.170><c> is</c><00:39:58.349><c> about</c><00:39:58.630><c> giving</c><00:39:58.909><c> in</c><00:39:59.349><c> to</c><00:39:59.670><c> false</c>

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teaching,<00:40:01.289><c> false</c><00:40:01.510><c> doctrine</c>

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going<00:40:02.809><c> and</c><00:40:03.150><c> worshipping</c><00:40:03.610><c> other</c><00:40:04.090><c> gods.</c>

00:40:04.590 --> 00:40:06.130
And<00:40:04.610><c> they</c><00:40:04.690><c> say</c><00:40:04.789><c> exactly</c><00:40:05.070><c> what</c><00:40:05.190><c> they</c><00:40:05.409><c> do</c><00:40:05.550><c> in</c><00:40:05.730><c> verse</c><00:40:05.929><c> 2.</c>

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In<00:40:06.409><c> fact</c><00:40:06.829><c> they</c><00:40:07.429><c> bow,</c><00:40:07.909><c> they</c><00:40:08.130><c> not</c><00:40:08.269><c> only</c><00:40:08.550><c> went</c><00:40:08.769><c> with</c><00:40:09.030><c> these</c><00:40:09.230><c> women</c>

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to<00:40:10.250><c> commit</c><00:40:10.510><c> fornication</c>

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but<00:40:11.469><c> they</c><00:40:11.809><c> bow</c><00:40:12.070><c> down</c><00:40:12.690><c> to</c><00:40:13.250><c> their</c><00:40:13.489><c> gods.</c>

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And<00:40:15.090><c> there</c><00:40:15.210><c> is</c><00:40:15.429><c> a</c><00:40:15.510><c> real</c><00:40:16.250><c> real</c><00:40:16.869><c> threat</c><00:40:17.349><c> that</c><00:40:18.489><c> you</c><00:40:18.710><c> and</c><00:40:18.869><c> I</c><00:40:19.090><c> face.</c>

00:40:20.050 --> 00:40:23.809
The<00:40:20.449><c> allure</c><00:40:21.590><c> not</c><00:40:22.050><c> just</c><00:40:22.349><c> of</c><00:40:22.530><c> women</c><00:40:22.690><c> in</c><00:40:22.949><c> a</c><00:40:23.050><c> natural</c><00:40:23.389><c> sense</c>

00:40:23.809 --> 00:40:29.570
but<00:40:24.429><c> the</c><00:40:25.050><c> allure</c><00:40:25.510><c> of</c><00:40:26.110><c> false</c><00:40:26.570><c> teaching</c><00:40:27.190><c> which</c><00:40:27.690><c> is</c><00:40:27.949><c> all</c><00:40:28.190><c> around</c><00:40:28.449><c> us.</c>

00:40:30.190 --> 00:40:33.869
False<00:40:30.670><c> ideas</c><00:40:31.150><c> which</c><00:40:31.849><c> pander</c><00:40:32.349><c> to</c><00:40:32.550><c> the</c><00:40:32.849><c> flesh.</c>

00:40:35.710 --> 00:40:38.570
Now<00:40:35.889><c> we'll</c><00:40:35.969><c> look</c><00:40:36.090><c> at</c><00:40:36.230><c> verse</c><00:40:36.809><c> 6.</c>

00:40:39.269 --> 00:40:41.050
Behold<00:40:39.429><c> one</c><00:40:39.650><c> of</c><00:40:39.730><c> the</c><00:40:39.849><c> children</c><00:40:40.090><c> of</c><00:40:40.269><c> Israel</c><00:40:40.409><c> came</c><00:40:40.690><c> and</c><00:40:40.869><c> brought</c>

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unto<00:40:41.230><c> his</c><00:40:41.469><c> brethren</c><00:40:41.670><c> a</c><00:40:41.869><c> Midianite</c><00:40:42.349><c> woman.</c>

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In<00:40:45.929><c> the</c><00:40:46.070><c> sight</c><00:40:46.170><c> of</c><00:40:46.329><c> Moses</c><00:40:46.710><c> and</c><00:40:46.989><c> in</c><00:40:47.110><c> the</c><00:40:47.110><c> sight</c><00:40:47.329><c> of</c><00:40:47.469><c> all</c><00:40:47.630><c> the</c><00:40:47.829><c> congregation</c><00:40:48.230><c> of</c>

00:40:48.389 --> 00:40:49.070
the<00:40:48.449><c> children</c><00:40:48.690><c> of</c><00:40:48.889><c> Israel</c>

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who<00:40:49.269><c> were</c><00:40:49.429><c> weeping</c><00:40:49.670><c> before</c><00:40:50.010><c> the</c><00:40:50.210><c> door</c><00:40:50.309><c> of</c><00:40:50.489><c> the</c><00:40:50.650><c> tabernacle</c><00:40:51.030><c> of</c>

00:40:51.230 --> 00:40:51.769
the<00:40:51.389><c> congregation</c>

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when<00:40:52.030><c> Phineas</c><00:40:52.570><c> the</c><00:40:52.610><c> son</c><00:40:52.789><c> of</c><00:40:52.949><c> Eliezer</c><00:40:53.889><c> the</c><00:40:54.210><c> son</c><00:40:54.369><c> of</c><00:40:54.929><c> Aaron</c><00:40:55.190><c> the</c>

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priest<00:40:55.710><c> saw</c><00:40:55.869><c> it</c>

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he<00:40:56.150><c> rose</c><00:40:56.510><c> up</c><00:40:56.750><c> from</c><00:40:56.949><c> among</c><00:40:57.110><c> the</c><00:40:57.309><c> congregation</c><00:40:57.650><c> took</c><00:40:57.909><c> a</c><00:40:58.170><c> javelin</c>

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in<00:40:58.650><c> his</c><00:40:58.869><c> hand</c>

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and<00:40:59.650><c> he</c><00:40:59.809><c> went</c><00:41:00.010><c> after</c><00:41:00.269><c> the</c><00:41:00.469><c> man</c><00:41:00.610><c> of</c><00:41:00.750><c> Israel</c><00:41:00.989><c> into</c><00:41:01.190><c> the</c><00:41:01.469><c> tent</c><00:41:01.650><c> and</c>

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crushed<00:41:02.150><c> both</c><00:41:02.409><c> of</c><00:41:02.530><c> them</c><00:41:02.650><c> through</c><00:41:02.849><c> the</c><00:41:03.010><c> man</c><00:41:03.170><c> of</c><00:41:03.309><c> Israel</c>

00:41:03.690 --> 00:41:06.210
and<00:41:04.250><c> the</c><00:41:04.369><c> women</c><00:41:04.590><c> through</c><00:41:04.829><c> her</c><00:41:05.030><c> belly</c><00:41:05.190><c> so</c><00:41:05.369><c> the</c><00:41:05.630><c> plague</c><00:41:05.849><c> would</c>

00:41:06.210 --> 00:41:07.510
stay<00:41:06.449><c> from</c><00:41:06.610><c> the</c><00:41:06.769><c> children</c><00:41:06.989><c> of</c><00:41:07.269><c> Israel.</c>

00:41:07.730 --> 00:41:11.469
So<00:41:07.909><c> once</c><00:41:08.150><c> again</c><00:41:08.369><c> it's</c><00:41:08.690><c> the</c><00:41:08.909><c> Levites</c><00:41:09.650><c> who</c><00:41:10.170><c> saved</c><00:41:10.369><c> the</c><00:41:10.550><c> day.</c>

00:41:11.730 --> 00:41:13.269
And<00:41:11.849><c> that's</c><00:41:12.050><c> the</c><00:41:12.170><c> good</c><00:41:12.309><c> example</c><00:41:12.710><c> that</c><00:41:12.849><c> we're</c><00:41:12.969><c> going</c><00:41:13.030><c> to</c><00:41:13.130><c> look</c>

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at<00:41:13.389><c> in</c><00:41:13.570><c> our</c><00:41:13.750><c> exhortation</c><00:41:14.710><c> tomorrow.</c>

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So<00:41:16.869><c> here</c><00:41:17.090><c> is</c><00:41:17.250><c> a</c><00:41:17.449><c> specific</c><00:41:18.750><c> incident</c><00:41:19.429><c> that</c><00:41:19.750><c> happens</c><00:41:20.269><c> in</c><00:41:20.610><c> this</c>

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idolatry<00:41:22.210><c> and</c><00:41:22.389><c> fornication</c>

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that<00:41:23.289><c> occurs</c><00:41:23.610><c> on</c><00:41:23.829><c> the</c><00:41:23.949><c> borders</c><00:41:24.190><c> of</c><00:41:24.429><c> the</c><00:41:24.530><c> promised</c><00:41:24.769><c> land.</c>

00:41:25.889 --> 00:41:28.349
Now<00:41:26.030><c> what's</c><00:41:26.269><c> interesting</c><00:41:26.670><c> about</c><00:41:26.949><c> this</c><00:41:27.269><c> is</c><00:41:27.469><c> that</c><00:41:27.610><c> we're</c><00:41:27.789><c> actually</c><00:41:28.070><c> given</c>

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the<00:41:28.610><c> names</c><00:41:29.170><c> of</c><00:41:30.789><c> the</c><00:41:31.050><c> culprits.</c>

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In<00:41:33.610><c> verse</c><00:41:33.949><c> 14.</c>

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Now<00:41:36.289><c> the</c><00:41:36.429><c> name</c><00:41:36.750><c> of</c><00:41:36.929><c> the</c><00:41:37.230><c> Israelite</c><00:41:37.750><c> that</c><00:41:37.869><c> was</c><00:41:38.230><c> slain</c><00:41:38.630><c> even</c><00:41:38.969><c> that</c><00:41:39.110><c> was</c>

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slain<00:41:39.650><c> with</c><00:41:39.869><c> the</c><00:41:39.969><c> Midianite</c><00:41:40.409><c> woman</c>

00:41:40.769 --> 00:41:46.250
was<00:41:41.130><c> Zimri</c><00:41:42.110><c> the</c><00:41:42.510><c> son</c><00:41:42.670><c> of</c><00:41:42.969><c> Salu</c><00:41:43.610><c> a</c><00:41:44.190><c> prince</c><00:41:44.590><c> of</c><00:41:44.829><c> a</c><00:41:45.010><c> chief</c><00:41:45.269><c> house</c>

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among<00:41:46.869><c> the</c><00:41:47.170><c> Simeonites</c>

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and<00:41:49.809><c> the</c><00:41:49.969><c> name</c><00:41:50.130><c> of</c><00:41:50.389><c> the</c><00:41:50.469><c> Midianite</c><00:41:50.929><c> woman</c><00:41:51.530><c> that</c><00:41:51.889><c> was</c><00:41:52.130><c> slain</c><00:41:52.349><c> was</c><00:41:52.670><c> Cosby</c><00:41:53.530><c> the</c><00:41:53.949><c> daughter</c><00:41:54.210><c> of</c><00:41:54.550><c> Zer</c>

00:41:54.969 --> 00:42:00.449
who<00:41:55.389><c> was</c><00:41:55.690><c> head</c><00:41:55.889><c> over</c><00:41:56.150><c> a</c><00:41:56.309><c> people</c><00:41:56.909><c> and</c><00:41:57.469><c> of</c><00:41:57.630><c> a</c><00:41:57.829><c> chief</c><00:41:58.110><c> house</c><00:41:58.949><c> in</c><00:41:59.329><c> Midian.</c>

00:42:01.449 --> 00:42:05.849
Now<00:42:01.690><c> I</c><00:42:01.829><c> believe</c><00:42:02.150><c> that</c><00:42:02.329><c> we're</c><00:42:02.449><c> given</c><00:42:02.769><c> the</c><00:42:03.090><c> names</c><00:42:03.429><c> of</c><00:42:03.710><c> these</c><00:42:03.929><c> people</c><00:42:04.969><c> for</c>

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a<00:42:06.010><c> purpose.</c>

00:42:07.590 --> 00:42:13.630
You<00:42:08.090><c> see</c><00:42:08.710><c> Cosby</c><00:42:09.429><c> the</c><00:42:09.710><c> woman</c><00:42:10.489><c> her</c><00:42:11.110><c> name</c><00:42:11.429><c> means</c><00:42:11.849><c> my</c><00:42:12.610><c> lie</c>

00:42:13.730 --> 00:42:18.730
and<00:42:14.949><c> Zimri</c><00:42:15.409><c> the</c><00:42:15.789><c> man</c><00:42:16.130><c> means</c><00:42:16.590><c> my</c><00:42:17.550><c> music.</c>

00:42:19.289 --> 00:42:25.349
And<00:42:19.949><c> it's</c><00:42:20.289><c> these</c><00:42:20.510><c> two</c><00:42:20.769><c> things</c><00:42:21.590><c> which</c><00:42:23.630><c> come</c><00:42:24.449><c> together</c>

00:42:25.349 --> 00:42:31.030
to<00:42:26.690><c> form</c><00:42:27.170><c> that</c><00:42:27.690><c> great</c><00:42:27.949><c> temptation</c><00:42:28.670><c> to</c><00:42:29.030><c> go</c><00:42:29.449><c> and</c><00:42:30.050><c> join</c><00:42:30.349><c> in</c><00:42:30.650><c> with</c>

00:42:31.030 --> 00:42:33.650
the<00:42:31.829><c> false</c><00:42:32.150><c> doctrine</c><00:42:32.570><c> of</c><00:42:32.769><c> the</c><00:42:32.869><c> verandas.</c>

00:42:33.650 --> 00:42:37.530
The<00:42:34.190><c> allure</c><00:42:34.610><c> of</c><00:42:34.809><c> false</c><00:42:35.210><c> doctrine,</c><00:42:36.429><c> my</c><00:42:36.650><c> lie</c>

00:42:37.590 --> 00:42:41.230
and<00:42:37.909><c> the</c><00:42:38.190><c> allure</c><00:42:38.590><c> the</c><00:42:38.789><c> very</c><00:42:39.190><c> subtle</c><00:42:39.530><c> nature</c><00:42:39.909><c> of</c><00:42:40.210><c> music</c><00:42:40.710><c> which</c>

00:42:41.230 --> 00:42:43.469
can<00:42:41.889><c> draw</c><00:42:42.150><c> us</c><00:42:42.429><c> away.</c>

00:42:43.590 --> 00:42:48.610
And<00:42:43.829><c> we</c><00:42:43.869><c> need</c><00:42:44.070><c> to</c><00:42:44.190><c> be</c><00:42:44.289><c> on</c><00:42:44.429><c> our</c><00:42:44.670><c> guard</c><00:42:44.909><c> because</c><00:42:46.130><c> what</c><00:42:46.969><c> we</c><00:42:47.230><c> can</c><00:42:47.489><c> tend</c><00:42:47.670><c> to</c><00:42:47.949><c> do</c>

00:42:48.610 --> 00:42:54.949
is<00:42:49.530><c> gradually</c><00:42:50.650><c> blur</c><00:42:52.050><c> the</c><00:42:52.389><c> lines</c><00:42:52.849><c> between</c><00:42:53.429><c> truth</c><00:42:53.929><c> and</c><00:42:54.269><c> apostasy.</c>

00:42:55.289 --> 00:42:57.190
This<00:42:55.489><c> is</c><00:42:55.650><c> where</c><00:42:55.769><c> we</c><00:42:55.969><c> should</c><00:42:56.210><c> be</c><00:42:56.429><c> at.</c>

00:42:57.309 --> 00:43:00.969
We<00:42:57.469><c> have</c><00:42:57.670><c> the</c><00:42:57.889><c> truth</c><00:42:58.090><c> on</c><00:42:58.309><c> one</c><00:42:58.630><c> side,</c><00:42:59.610><c> the</c><00:42:59.769><c> truth</c><00:42:59.929><c> of</c><00:43:00.110><c> God's</c><00:43:00.610><c> word</c>

00:43:00.969 --> 00:43:04.610
and<00:43:01.409><c> we</c><00:43:01.530><c> need</c><00:43:01.710><c> to</c><00:43:01.809><c> be</c><00:43:02.110><c> separate</c><00:43:02.489><c> from</c><00:43:03.389><c> apostate</c><00:43:04.050><c> religion</c>

00:43:04.610 --> 00:43:08.530
and<00:43:05.789><c> the</c><00:43:06.010><c> teaching</c><00:43:06.329><c> of</c><00:43:06.969><c> things</c><00:43:07.250><c> which</c><00:43:07.570><c> are</c><00:43:07.690><c> basically</c><00:43:08.110><c> lies</c>

00:43:08.530 --> 00:43:11.030
which<00:43:08.750><c> are</c><00:43:08.889><c> not</c><00:43:09.110><c> part</c><00:43:09.329><c> of</c><00:43:09.429><c> what</c><00:43:09.590><c> the</c><00:43:09.730><c> Bible</c><00:43:09.949><c> says.</c>

00:43:11.429 --> 00:43:17.730
But<00:43:11.809><c> gradually</c><00:43:12.789><c> as</c><00:43:13.829><c> we</c><00:43:14.010><c> let</c><00:43:14.409><c> lies</c><00:43:15.570><c> filter</c><00:43:16.130><c> in</c><00:43:16.650><c> to</c><00:43:16.889><c> our</c><00:43:17.070><c> ecclesias</c>

00:43:17.730 --> 00:43:23.050
and<00:43:18.369><c> as</c><00:43:18.710><c> our</c><00:43:19.110><c> music</c><00:43:19.610><c> becomes</c><00:43:20.070><c> more</c><00:43:20.610><c> and</c><00:43:20.929><c> more</c><00:43:21.949><c> similar</c><00:43:22.590><c> to</c><00:43:22.789><c> the</c>

00:43:23.050 --> 00:43:25.449
music<00:43:23.469><c> which</c><00:43:23.829><c> the</c><00:43:24.070><c> apostasy</c><00:43:24.550><c> brings</c><00:43:24.949><c> out</c>

00:43:25.449 --> 00:43:27.889
then<00:43:26.090><c> the</c><00:43:26.389><c> lines</c><00:43:26.750><c> begin</c><00:43:27.250><c> to</c><00:43:27.590><c> blur.</c>

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As<00:43:28.849><c> our</c><00:43:29.150><c> music</c><00:43:29.550><c> loses</c><00:43:30.170><c> its</c><00:43:30.550><c> meaning</c>

00:43:31.610 --> 00:43:35.389
as<00:43:32.090><c> our</c><00:43:32.289><c> music</c><00:43:33.110><c> loses</c><00:43:33.590><c> its</c><00:43:34.369><c> identification</c>

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a<00:43:36.170><c> firm</c><00:43:36.289><c> identification</c><00:43:37.030><c> with</c><00:43:37.309><c> the</c><00:43:37.510><c> truth</c><00:43:37.650><c> of</c><00:43:37.929><c> God</c>

00:43:38.309 --> 00:43:41.489
and<00:43:39.110><c> as</c><00:43:39.329><c> we</c><00:43:39.550><c> start</c><00:43:39.789><c> to</c><00:43:40.130><c> say</c><00:43:40.329><c> things</c><00:43:40.929><c> like</c>

00:43:41.489 --> 00:43:43.670
well<00:43:41.750><c> we're</c><00:43:41.929><c> not</c><00:43:42.130><c> that</c><00:43:42.369><c> much</c><00:43:42.570><c> different</c><00:43:42.869><c> from</c><00:43:43.070><c> the</c><00:43:43.309><c> churches</c>

00:43:43.670 --> 00:43:47.510
you<00:43:44.449><c> know</c><00:43:44.650><c> there's</c><00:43:44.969><c> the</c><00:43:45.170><c> Trinity</c><00:43:45.530><c> and</c><00:43:45.869><c> there's</c><00:43:46.650><c> our</c><00:43:47.070><c> belief</c>

00:43:47.510 --> 00:43:49.010
that<00:43:47.690><c> it's</c><00:43:48.190><c> not</c><00:43:48.449><c> that</c><00:43:48.670><c> much</c><00:43:48.849><c> different.</c>

00:43:49.030 --> 00:43:51.090
We<00:43:49.190><c> all</c><00:43:49.369><c> believe</c><00:43:49.650><c> in</c><00:43:49.869><c> God,</c><00:43:50.210><c> we</c><00:43:50.210><c> all</c><00:43:50.409><c> believe</c><00:43:50.610><c> in</c><00:43:50.809><c> Jesus</c>

00:43:51.090 --> 00:43:52.429
we<00:43:51.269><c> all</c><00:43:51.449><c> believe</c><00:43:51.610><c> in</c><00:43:51.789><c> the</c><00:43:51.889><c> Holy</c><00:43:52.090><c> Spirit</c>

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there's<00:43:52.590><c> not</c><00:43:52.769><c> that</c><00:43:53.010><c> much</c><00:43:53.230><c> different.</c>

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And<00:43:54.070><c> I've</c><00:43:54.610><c> heard</c><00:43:54.989><c> young</c><00:43:55.469><c> people</c><00:43:55.809><c> in</c><00:43:55.929><c> the</c><00:43:56.110><c> truth</c><00:43:56.269><c> say</c><00:43:56.690><c> that</c><00:43:56.989><c> sort</c><00:43:57.150><c> of</c><00:43:57.329><c> thing</c>

00:43:57.650 --> 00:44:00.530
and<00:43:58.349><c> some</c><00:43:58.550><c> of</c><00:43:58.670><c> the</c><00:43:58.889><c> music</c><00:43:59.210><c> that</c><00:43:59.369><c> we</c><00:43:59.510><c> can</c><00:43:59.710><c> come</c><00:43:59.909><c> out</c><00:44:00.190><c> with</c>

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is<00:44:00.989><c> not</c><00:44:01.329><c> that</c><00:44:01.590><c> much</c><00:44:01.849><c> different</c><00:44:02.289><c> to</c><00:44:02.449><c> what</c><00:44:02.610><c> other</c><00:44:02.789><c> people</c><00:44:03.050><c> are</c><00:44:03.230><c> singing</c>

00:44:03.530 --> 00:44:06.829
and<00:44:04.090><c> they</c><00:44:04.309><c> see</c><00:44:04.829><c> this</c><00:44:05.389><c> evangelical</c><00:44:05.949><c> group</c><00:44:06.269><c> over</c><00:44:06.550><c> here</c>

00:44:07.150 --> 00:44:08.809
singing<00:44:07.510><c> the</c><00:44:07.730><c> same</c><00:44:07.969><c> sort</c><00:44:08.230><c> of</c><00:44:08.469><c> songs</c>

00:44:08.809 --> 00:44:10.349
and<00:44:09.070><c> they</c><00:44:09.150><c> think</c><00:44:09.230><c> well</c><00:44:09.409><c> we're</c><00:44:09.530><c> not</c><00:44:09.750><c> that</c><00:44:09.909><c> much</c><00:44:10.110><c> different</c>

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we're<00:44:10.590><c> all</c><00:44:10.789><c> Christians</c>

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and<00:44:11.469><c> so</c><00:44:11.769><c> we</c><00:44:12.170><c> start</c><00:44:12.349><c> to</c><00:44:12.690><c> blur</c><00:44:12.929><c> the</c><00:44:13.230><c> lines</c>

00:44:13.590 --> 00:44:17.110
and<00:44:13.809><c> that's</c><00:44:14.130><c> when</c><00:44:14.329><c> we</c><00:44:14.469><c> can</c><00:44:14.710><c> have</c><00:44:14.929><c> the</c><00:44:15.230><c> allure</c><00:44:15.869><c> of</c><00:44:16.289><c> false</c><00:44:16.550><c> doctrine</c>

00:44:17.110 --> 00:44:21.789
and<00:44:17.670><c> music</c><00:44:18.329><c> begin</c><00:44:18.889><c> to</c><00:44:19.150><c> bring</c><00:44:19.250><c> us</c><00:44:19.550><c> back</c><00:44:19.969><c> into</c><00:44:20.670><c> the</c><00:44:20.949><c> world.</c>

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And<00:44:23.889><c> it's</c><00:44:24.409><c> a</c><00:44:24.530><c> real</c><00:44:24.750><c> challenge</c><00:44:25.170><c> for</c><00:44:25.369><c> us.</c>

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I<00:44:28.250><c> like</c><00:44:28.449><c> this</c><00:44:28.690><c> slide</c><00:44:29.130><c> because</c><00:44:29.710><c> this</c><00:44:30.269><c> is</c><00:44:30.630><c> maybe</c><00:44:30.909><c> something</c><00:44:31.309><c> that</c>

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is<00:44:33.710><c> a</c><00:44:33.849><c> challenge</c><00:44:34.190><c> for</c><00:44:34.409><c> you.</c>

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When<00:44:34.769><c> was</c><00:44:34.949><c> the</c><00:44:35.070><c> last</c><00:44:35.389><c> time</c><00:44:35.730><c> that</c><00:44:35.909><c> you</c><00:44:36.030><c> were</c><00:44:36.230><c> at</c><00:44:36.389><c> church</c>

00:44:36.610 --> 00:44:39.650
or<00:44:36.809><c> you</c><00:44:36.889><c> were</c><00:44:37.030><c> at</c><00:44:37.130><c> a</c><00:44:37.170><c> meeting</c><00:44:37.369><c> on</c><00:44:37.590><c> Sunday</c><00:44:37.829><c> morning</c><00:44:38.130><c> and</c><00:44:38.389><c> enjoyed</c><00:44:38.670><c> it?</c>

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You<00:44:41.349><c> know</c><00:44:41.449><c> we</c><00:44:41.710><c> as</c><00:44:42.010><c> Christadelphians</c>

00:44:43.369 --> 00:44:45.510
we<00:44:43.889><c> believe</c><00:44:44.409><c> we</c><00:44:44.690><c> have</c><00:44:44.909><c> the</c><00:44:45.230><c> truth</c>

00:44:45.510 --> 00:44:48.690
we<00:44:45.769><c> have</c><00:44:45.989><c> the</c><00:44:46.269><c> solid</c><00:44:46.650><c> truth</c><00:44:47.010><c> of</c><00:44:47.250><c> God's</c><00:44:47.730><c> Word</c>

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that<00:44:49.269><c> is</c><00:44:49.489><c> our</c><00:44:49.650><c> strength</c>

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the<00:44:50.489><c> Bible</c><00:44:50.989><c> study</c><00:44:51.289><c> that</c><00:44:51.530><c> we</c><00:44:52.369><c> enjoy</c><00:44:52.710><c> together</c>

00:44:53.389 --> 00:44:56.590
but<00:44:54.070><c> compared</c><00:44:54.670><c> with</c><00:44:54.989><c> a</c><00:44:55.090><c> lot</c><00:44:55.269><c> of</c><00:44:55.449><c> the</c><00:44:55.630><c> churches</c><00:44:55.909><c> around</c><00:44:56.369><c> us</c>

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we<00:44:56.710><c> don't</c><00:44:57.030><c> have</c><00:44:57.969><c> a</c><00:44:58.389><c> lot</c><00:44:58.590><c> going</c><00:44:58.909><c> for</c><00:44:59.409><c> us</c>

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00:45:01.829 --> 00:45:03.969
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00:45:03.969 --> 00:45:06.869
and<00:45:04.650><c> the</c><00:45:04.909><c> money</c><00:45:05.170><c> that</c><00:45:05.389><c> goes</c><00:45:05.670><c> into</c><00:45:05.989><c> some</c><00:45:06.230><c> of</c><00:45:06.429><c> the</c><00:45:06.429><c> things</c><00:45:06.650><c> that</c>

00:45:06.869 --> 00:45:08.230
they<00:45:07.050><c> do.</c>

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00:45:12.210 --> 00:45:15.969
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00:45:15.969 --> 00:45:17.809
down<00:45:16.530><c> the</c><00:45:16.690><c> road</c><00:45:16.829><c> is</c><00:45:17.070><c> doing.</c>

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And<00:45:18.570><c> so</c><00:45:18.869><c> we</c><00:45:19.030><c> need</c><00:45:19.389><c> to</c><00:45:19.949><c> ask</c><00:45:20.289><c> ourselves</c><00:45:20.710><c> the</c><00:45:20.869><c> question</c>

00:45:21.250 --> 00:45:23.530
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00:45:23.909 --> 00:45:27.409
Is<00:45:24.010><c> our</c><00:45:24.389><c> religion</c><00:45:24.869><c> focused</c><00:45:25.730><c> on</c><00:45:26.369><c> the</c><00:45:26.510><c> return</c><00:45:26.929><c> of</c><00:45:27.150><c> the</c><00:45:27.210><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:45:27.849><c> Christ</c>

00:45:28.349 --> 00:45:30.809
and<00:45:28.750><c> the</c><00:45:28.969><c> truth</c><00:45:29.150><c> of</c><00:45:29.349><c> God's</c><00:45:29.789><c> Word?</c>

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Or<00:45:31.670><c> are</c><00:45:31.849><c> we</c><00:45:32.030><c> losing</c><00:45:32.389><c> sight</c><00:45:32.769><c> of</c><00:45:32.989><c> that</c>

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and<00:45:34.130><c> are</c><00:45:34.250><c> we</c><00:45:35.150><c> being</c><00:45:35.409><c> tempted</c><00:45:35.989><c> by</c><00:45:36.389><c> those</c><00:45:36.750><c> false</c><00:45:37.070><c> gods</c>

00:45:37.369 --> 00:45:39.170
and<00:45:37.610><c> those</c><00:45:37.769><c> false</c><00:45:38.070><c> ideas</c>

00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:41.090
which<00:45:39.530><c> seem</c><00:45:39.929><c> so</c><00:45:40.210><c> much</c><00:45:40.389><c> more</c><00:45:40.710><c> appealing</c>

00:45:41.090 --> 00:45:42.829
and<00:45:41.289><c> so</c><00:45:41.369><c> much</c><00:45:41.510><c> more</c><00:45:41.789><c> exciting?</c>

00:45:44.369 --> 00:45:47.150
So<00:45:45.010><c> there</c><00:45:45.170><c> is</c><00:45:45.989><c> the</c><00:45:46.309><c> power</c><00:45:46.570><c> of</c><00:45:46.889><c> music</c>

00:45:47.150 --> 00:45:49.349
these<00:45:47.389><c> are</c><00:45:47.610><c> pictures</c><00:45:47.869><c> taken</c><00:45:48.269><c> from</c><00:45:48.690><c> Hillsong</c>

00:45:49.349 --> 00:45:52.309
I<00:45:50.369><c> think</c><00:45:50.510><c> it's</c><00:45:50.750><c> in</c><00:45:50.969><c> Sydney,</c><00:45:51.630><c> Australia</c>

00:45:52.309 --> 00:45:55.590
but<00:45:52.929><c> there</c><00:45:53.170><c> are</c><00:45:53.610><c> other</c><00:45:54.010><c> Hillsong</c><00:45:54.769><c> churches</c>

00:45:55.590 --> 00:45:59.630
there's<00:45:56.409><c> one</c><00:45:56.550><c> in</c><00:45:57.269><c> Manchester,</c><00:45:57.909><c> England</c><00:45:58.550><c> for</c><00:45:59.170><c> instance</c>

00:45:59.630 --> 00:46:02.710
and<00:46:00.650><c> basically</c><00:46:01.130><c> it's</c><00:46:01.389><c> a</c><00:46:01.489><c> rock</c><00:46:01.690><c> concert.</c>

00:46:04.349 --> 00:46:07.030
I<00:46:04.429><c> mean</c><00:46:04.909><c> would</c><00:46:05.550><c> you</c><00:46:05.730><c> prefer</c><00:46:06.050><c> to</c><00:46:06.289><c> go</c><00:46:06.489><c> to</c>

00:46:07.030 --> 00:46:09.010
listen<00:46:07.309><c> to</c><00:46:07.670><c> Who</c><00:46:07.909><c> or</c><00:46:08.110><c> What</c><00:46:08.289><c> is</c><00:46:08.449><c> the</c><00:46:08.630><c> Devil</c>

00:46:09.010 --> 00:46:12.329
at<00:46:09.389><c> the</c><00:46:09.570><c> Christadelphian</c><00:46:10.150><c> Hall</c><00:46:10.530><c> at</c><00:46:10.849><c> 7pm</c><00:46:11.389><c> on</c><00:46:11.610><c> Sunday</c><00:46:11.849><c> night</c>

00:46:12.329 --> 00:46:14.570
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00:46:16.010 --> 00:46:17.010
Much<00:46:16.289><c> more</c><00:46:16.590><c> exciting</c>

00:46:17.010 --> 00:46:23.090
and<00:46:17.190><c> that's</c><00:46:17.449><c> what</c><00:46:18.829><c> the</c><00:46:20.250><c> evangelical</c><00:46:21.949><c> churches</c><00:46:22.449><c> around</c><00:46:22.849><c> us</c>

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they're<00:46:24.130><c> getting</c><00:46:24.329><c> very</c><00:46:24.789><c> smart</c><00:46:25.250><c> in</c><00:46:25.530><c> their</c><00:46:25.730><c> marketing.</c>

00:46:27.030 --> 00:46:29.050
You<00:46:27.090><c> go</c><00:46:27.289><c> into</c><00:46:27.590><c> a</c><00:46:28.050><c> Christian</c><00:46:28.449><c> bookstore</c>

00:46:29.050 --> 00:46:30.750
and<00:46:29.630><c> it's</c><00:46:29.829><c> very</c><00:46:30.150><c> very</c><00:46:30.489><c> glossy</c>

00:46:30.750 --> 00:46:35.949
you<00:46:30.989><c> see</c><00:46:31.190><c> these</c><00:46:31.510><c> books</c><00:46:31.889><c> on</c><00:46:34.250><c> every</c><00:46:34.690><c> single</c><00:46:35.090><c> subject</c>

00:46:35.949 --> 00:46:37.869
shelf<00:46:36.610><c> help</c><00:46:36.869><c> books</c>

00:46:37.869 --> 00:46:40.110
really<00:46:38.530><c> good</c><00:46:38.869><c> stuff</c><00:46:39.230><c> that</c><00:46:39.349><c> you</c><00:46:39.409><c> can</c><00:46:39.610><c> get</c><00:46:39.769><c> into</c>

00:46:40.110 --> 00:46:41.489
and<00:46:40.329><c> can</c><00:46:40.550><c> help</c><00:46:40.769><c> you</c><00:46:40.929><c> with</c><00:46:40.989><c> your</c><00:46:41.230><c> life</c>

00:46:41.489 --> 00:46:43.369
and<00:46:41.590><c> it's</c><00:46:41.809><c> all</c><00:46:42.010><c> very</c><00:46:42.309><c> good,</c><00:46:42.489><c> it's</c><00:46:42.610><c> all</c><00:46:42.809><c> marketed</c>

00:46:43.369 --> 00:46:45.110
and<00:46:43.949><c> they</c><00:46:44.130><c> have</c><00:46:44.250><c> these</c><00:46:44.610><c> gatherings</c>

00:46:45.110 --> 00:46:47.030
and<00:46:45.389><c> it's</c><00:46:45.510><c> all</c><00:46:45.650><c> very</c><00:46:45.929><c> exciting</c>

00:46:47.190 --> 00:46:49.309
and<00:46:47.710><c> it's</c><00:46:48.030><c> very</c><00:46:48.269><c> alluring</c>

00:46:49.989 --> 00:46:53.250
and<00:46:50.510><c> we</c><00:46:50.730><c> have</c><00:46:50.969><c> to</c><00:46:51.190><c> make</c><00:46:51.409><c> sure</c><00:46:51.650><c> that</c><00:46:51.889><c> we</c><00:46:52.130><c> keep</c><00:46:52.429><c> our</c><00:46:52.789><c> focus</c>

00:46:53.250 --> 00:46:54.429
on<00:46:53.429><c> what</c><00:46:53.670><c> really</c><00:46:53.969><c> matters.</c>

00:46:54.809 --> 00:46:56.809
That<00:46:55.130><c> is</c><00:46:55.369><c> not</c><00:46:55.590><c> what</c><00:46:55.849><c> religion</c><00:46:56.150><c> is</c><00:46:56.329><c> all</c><00:46:56.550><c> about.</c>

00:46:57.150 --> 00:47:00.409
Our<00:46:57.469><c> religion</c><00:46:57.989><c> is</c><00:46:58.449><c> not</c><00:46:58.650><c> about</c><00:46:59.010><c> having</c><00:46:59.369><c> a</c><00:46:59.610><c> good</c><00:46:59.889><c> time</c>

00:47:00.409 --> 00:47:02.250
of<00:47:01.070><c> rising</c><00:47:01.449><c> up</c><00:47:01.829><c> early</c>

00:47:02.250 --> 00:47:04.130
offering<00:47:02.829><c> our</c><00:47:03.090><c> burns</c><00:47:03.269><c> of</c><00:47:03.409><c> peace</c><00:47:03.630><c> offerings</c>

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eating<00:47:04.510><c> and</c><00:47:05.469><c> drinking</c><00:47:05.469><c> and</c><00:47:06.210><c> playing.</c>

00:47:07.710 --> 00:47:10.469
Our<00:47:07.969><c> religion</c><00:47:08.309><c> is</c><00:47:08.550><c> about</c><00:47:08.809><c> focusing</c><00:47:09.329><c> our</c><00:47:09.809><c> attention</c>

00:47:10.469 --> 00:47:12.289
on<00:47:11.130><c> the</c><00:47:11.329><c> Kingdom</c><00:47:11.570><c> of</c><00:47:11.849><c> God</c>

00:47:12.289 --> 00:47:15.250
looking<00:47:12.849><c> for</c><00:47:13.110><c> the</c><00:47:13.170><c> return</c><00:47:13.489><c> of</c><00:47:13.730><c> the</c><00:47:13.750><c> Lord</c><00:47:13.949><c> Jesus</c><00:47:14.389><c> Christ</c>

00:47:15.250 --> 00:47:18.429
building<00:47:16.070><c> one</c><00:47:16.369><c> another</c><00:47:16.650><c> up</c><00:47:17.010><c> in</c><00:47:17.230><c> our</c><00:47:17.469><c> holy</c><00:47:17.730><c> faith</c>

00:47:18.429 --> 00:47:21.210
encouraging<00:47:19.210><c> one</c><00:47:19.510><c> another</c><00:47:19.710><c> in</c><00:47:20.050><c> holiness</c><00:47:20.349><c> and</c><00:47:20.730><c> righteousness</c>

00:47:21.210 --> 00:47:23.530
and<00:47:22.469><c> love</c><00:47:22.690><c> for</c><00:47:22.889><c> one</c><00:47:23.110><c> another</c>

00:47:23.530 --> 00:47:26.309
and<00:47:24.030><c> those</c><00:47:24.369><c> solid</c><00:47:24.769><c> things</c><00:47:25.150><c> which</c><00:47:25.349><c> are</c><00:47:25.489><c> really</c><00:47:25.829><c> meaningful</c>

00:47:26.309 --> 00:47:27.150
in<00:47:26.630><c> our</c><00:47:26.829><c> lives</c>

00:47:27.150 --> 00:47:30.829
and<00:47:27.349><c> not</c><00:47:27.489><c> just</c><00:47:27.949><c> having</c><00:47:28.289><c> this</c><00:47:29.670><c> fast</c><00:47:30.070><c> food</c><00:47:30.409><c> religion</c>

00:47:30.829 --> 00:47:32.210
which<00:47:31.150><c> gives</c><00:47:31.389><c> us</c><00:47:31.610><c> a</c><00:47:31.829><c> high</c>

00:47:32.210 --> 00:47:35.309
but<00:47:32.550><c> then</c><00:47:33.070><c> has</c><00:47:33.389><c> no</c><00:47:33.650><c> substance</c><00:47:34.030><c> to</c><00:47:34.289><c> it.</c>

00:47:36.130 --> 00:47:37.909
So<00:47:36.309><c> just</c><00:47:36.550><c> to</c><00:47:36.809><c> finish</c>

00:47:38.809 --> 00:47:42.030
I<00:47:39.449><c> want</c><00:47:39.630><c> us</c><00:47:39.869><c> to</c><00:47:40.250><c> have</c><00:47:40.489><c> a</c><00:47:40.630><c> look</c><00:47:40.889><c> at</c>

00:47:42.030 --> 00:47:44.190
Romans<00:47:42.829><c> chapter</c><00:47:43.510><c> 13</c>

00:47:44.190 --> 00:47:47.269
this<00:47:44.429><c> could</c><00:47:44.530><c> be</c><00:47:44.670><c> our</c><00:47:44.789><c> last</c><00:47:45.809><c> verse</c>

00:47:48.289 --> 00:47:50.909
we'll<00:47:48.929><c> finish</c><00:47:49.489><c> about</c><00:47:50.130><c> five</c><00:47:50.369><c> minutes</c><00:47:50.610><c> early</c>

00:47:50.909 --> 00:47:52.570
because<00:47:51.090><c> it's</c><00:47:51.309><c> the</c><00:47:51.429><c> post</c><00:47:51.750><c> lunch</c><00:47:52.010><c> session</c>

00:47:52.570 --> 00:47:55.889
I<00:47:53.070><c> know</c><00:47:53.190><c> how</c><00:47:53.949><c> difficult</c><00:47:54.329><c> that</c><00:47:54.530><c> can</c><00:47:54.769><c> be.</c>

00:48:09.829 --> 00:48:11.789
I'm<00:48:10.530><c> just</c><00:48:10.809><c> going</c><00:48:10.969><c> to</c><00:48:10.969><c> read</c><00:48:11.210><c> these</c><00:48:11.489><c> verses</c>

00:48:11.789 --> 00:48:14.650
because<00:48:12.150><c> they're</c><00:48:12.550><c> pretty</c><00:48:12.969><c> self</c><00:48:13.269><c> explanatory</c>

00:48:15.099 --> 00:48:18.050
but<00:48:15.449><c> it's</c><00:48:15.650><c> about</c><00:48:15.969><c> having</c><00:48:16.449><c> our</c><00:48:16.889><c> garments</c><00:48:17.309><c> on</c>

00:48:18.050 --> 00:48:20.630
our<00:48:18.650><c> spiritual</c><00:48:19.289><c> armor</c>

00:48:21.119 --> 00:48:23.650
realizing<00:48:21.469><c> that</c><00:48:21.769><c> the</c><00:48:21.889><c> return</c><00:48:22.170><c> of</c><00:48:22.409><c> Christ</c>

00:48:24.099 --> 00:48:25.550
could<00:48:24.449><c> come</c><00:48:24.570><c> at</c><00:48:24.789><c> any</c><00:48:25.010><c> moment</c>

00:48:25.550 --> 00:48:28.389
He<00:48:26.210><c> will</c><00:48:26.550><c> come</c><00:48:26.889><c> as</c><00:48:27.130><c> a</c><00:48:27.329><c> thief</c><00:48:27.590><c> suddenly</c>

00:48:28.389 --> 00:48:30.269
so<00:48:28.949><c> let</c><00:48:29.050><c> us</c><00:48:29.269><c> all</c><00:48:29.530><c> be</c><00:48:29.909><c> awake.</c>

00:48:30.269 --> 00:48:34.050
So<00:48:31.070><c> verse</c><00:48:31.389><c> 11</c><00:48:31.829><c> of</c><00:48:32.030><c> Romans</c><00:48:32.389><c> 13</c><00:48:32.929><c> says</c><00:48:33.269><c> that</c>

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knowing<00:48:34.650><c> the</c><00:48:35.110><c> time</c>

00:48:35.690 --> 00:48:39.289
that<00:48:36.150><c> now</c><00:48:36.630><c> it</c><00:48:36.849><c> is</c><00:48:37.210><c> high</c><00:48:37.610><c> time</c><00:48:38.250><c> to</c><00:48:38.550><c> awake</c>

00:48:39.289 --> 00:48:41.070
had<00:48:39.909><c> asleep</c>

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for<00:48:41.530><c> now</c><00:48:42.150><c> is</c><00:48:42.469><c> our</c><00:48:42.730><c> salvation</c><00:48:43.449><c> nearer</c>

00:48:44.329 --> 00:48:45.929
than<00:48:44.489><c> when</c><00:48:44.670><c> we</c><00:48:44.989><c> believed</c>

00:48:46.269 --> 00:48:48.829
the<00:48:46.909><c> night</c><00:48:47.409><c> is</c><00:48:47.949><c> far</c><00:48:48.250><c> spent</c>

00:48:48.829 --> 00:48:51.190
the<00:48:49.530><c> day</c><00:48:49.949><c> is</c><00:48:50.250><c> at</c><00:48:50.489><c> hand</c>

00:48:51.190 --> 00:48:54.630
let<00:48:51.570><c> us</c><00:48:51.789><c> therefore</c><00:48:52.190><c> cast</c><00:48:52.510><c> off</c><00:48:52.789><c> the</c><00:48:53.070><c> works</c><00:48:53.250><c> of</c><00:48:53.570><c> darkness</c>

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and<00:48:55.349><c> let</c><00:48:55.449><c> us</c><00:48:55.710><c> put</c><00:48:55.889><c> on</c><00:48:56.630><c> the</c><00:48:57.010><c> armor</c><00:48:57.369><c> of</c><00:48:57.869><c> light</c>

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let<00:48:58.949><c> us</c><00:48:59.130><c> walk</c><00:48:59.489><c> honestly</c><00:49:00.110><c> as</c><00:49:00.469><c> in</c><00:49:00.630><c> the</c><00:49:00.789><c> day</c>

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not<00:49:01.690><c> in</c><00:49:01.989><c> rioting</c><00:49:02.489><c> and</c><00:49:02.670><c> drunkenness</c>

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not<00:49:03.409><c> in</c><00:49:03.650><c> chambering</c><00:49:04.150><c> and</c><00:49:04.329><c> wantonness</c>

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not<00:49:05.329><c> in</c><00:49:05.750><c> strife</c><00:49:06.130><c> and</c><00:49:06.389><c> envying</c>

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but<00:49:07.409><c> put</c><00:49:07.809><c> ye</c><00:49:08.090><c> on</c><00:49:08.409><c> the</c><00:49:08.670><c> Lord</c><00:49:08.969><c> Jesus</c><00:49:09.449><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:49:10.909><c> make</c><00:49:11.170><c> not</c><00:49:11.510><c> provision</c><00:49:11.989><c> for</c><00:49:12.269><c> the</c><00:49:12.550><c> flesh</c>

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to<00:49:13.550><c> fulfill</c><00:49:13.969><c> the</c><00:49:14.210><c> lusts</c><00:49:14.829><c> thereof.</c>