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But<00:14:20.320><c> return</c><00:14:20.879><c> to</c><00:14:21.059><c> me,</c><00:14:21.320><c> says</c><00:14:21.360><c> the</c><00:14:21.600><c> Lord,</c>

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This<00:15:08.299><c> picture</c><00:15:08.559><c> of</c><00:15:08.740><c> a</c><00:15:08.840><c> God</c><00:15:09.039><c> unyielding</c><00:15:09.779><c> in</c><00:15:09.960><c> his</c><00:15:10.200><c> condemnations,</c>

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who's<00:15:25.019><c> always</c><00:15:25.320><c> relenting.</c>

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we'll<00:15:47.620><c> address</c><00:15:47.919><c> that.</c>

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the<00:18:21.559><c> God</c><00:18:21.819><c> of</c><00:18:22.019><c> unyielding</c><00:18:22.539><c> judgment,</c>

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maybe<00:19:11.220><c> we</c><00:19:11.420><c> lose</c><00:19:11.579><c> our</c><00:19:11.819><c> convictions.</c>

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and<00:19:17.299><c> develop</c><00:19:17.599><c> concepts</c><00:19:18.059><c> of</c><00:19:18.259><c> God</c><00:19:18.500><c> that</c><00:19:18.960><c> justify</c><00:19:19.640><c> our</c><00:19:20.019><c> sins.</c>

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what<00:19:47.960><c> elicits</c><00:19:48.480><c> the</c><00:19:48.740><c> unrelenting</c><00:19:49.480><c> or</c><00:19:49.839><c> the</c><00:19:50.019><c> relenting?</c>

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Well,<00:19:54.380><c> come</c><00:19:54.539><c> with</c><00:19:54.700><c> me</c><00:19:54.799><c> to</c><00:19:55.019><c> Jeremiah</c><00:19:55.380><c> 18,</c><00:19:56.000><c> brothers</c><00:19:56.079><c> and</c><00:19:57.579><c> sisters.</c>

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I<00:20:10.700><c> guess</c><00:20:10.900><c> we</c><00:20:11.079><c> start</c><00:20:11.279><c> to</c><00:20:11.519><c> develop</c><00:20:11.720><c> an</c><00:20:12.019><c> answer</c><00:20:12.420><c> to</c><00:20:13.019><c> that</c><00:20:13.359><c> question.</c>

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And<00:20:18.200><c> we</c><00:20:18.420><c> see</c><00:20:18.660><c> this</c><00:20:18.859><c> in</c><00:20:18.900><c> this</c><00:20:19.140><c> chapter,</c><00:20:19.400><c> this</c><00:20:19.559><c> declaration,</c>

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God<00:20:20.920><c> makes</c><00:20:21.200><c> on</c><00:20:21.380><c> how</c><00:20:21.640><c> he</c><00:20:21.960><c> judges</c><00:20:22.259><c> the</c><00:20:22.500><c> nations.</c>

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And<00:20:24.779><c> what</c><00:20:24.859><c> does</c><00:20:24.960><c> he</c><00:20:25.019><c> say</c><00:20:25.160><c> in</c><00:20:25.299><c> verse</c><00:20:25.519><c> 7</c><00:20:25.819><c> of</c><00:20:26.279><c> chapter</c><00:20:26.599><c> 18?</c>

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He<00:20:27.099><c> says,</c>

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If<00:20:27.500><c> at</c><00:20:27.680><c> any</c><00:20:28.039><c> time</c><00:20:28.220><c> I</c><00:20:28.420><c> declare</c><00:20:28.720><c> myself</c><00:20:29.180><c> concerning</c><00:20:29.680><c> a</c><00:20:29.900><c> nation,</c>

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then<00:20:30.220><c> I</c><00:20:30.299><c> would</c><00:20:30.539><c> pluck</c><00:20:30.720><c> it</c><00:20:30.859><c> up</c><00:20:30.980><c> or</c><00:20:31.160><c> destroy</c><00:20:31.619><c> it.</c>

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I<00:20:34.720><c> will</c><00:20:35.019><c> relent</c><00:20:35.400><c> of</c><00:20:35.559><c> the</c><00:20:35.779><c> disaster</c><00:20:36.059><c> I</c><00:20:36.279><c> intended.</c>

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If<00:20:38.339><c> I</c><00:20:38.500><c> declare</c><00:20:38.680><c> I</c><00:20:38.799><c> will</c><00:20:38.940><c> do</c><00:20:39.079><c> good</c><00:20:39.299><c> and</c><00:20:40.079><c> plant</c><00:20:40.420><c> and</c><00:20:40.599><c> build</c><00:20:40.779><c> a</c><00:20:40.920><c> nation,</c>

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yet<00:20:41.180><c> they</c><00:20:41.380><c> do</c><00:20:41.579><c> evil</c><00:20:41.859><c> in</c><00:20:42.039><c> my</c><00:20:42.200><c> sight,</c><00:20:42.299><c> if</c><00:20:42.400><c> they</c><00:20:42.500><c> do</c><00:20:42.599><c> the</c><00:20:42.819><c> contrary,</c>

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then<00:20:43.579><c> I</c><00:20:43.799><c> will</c><00:20:44.019><c> relent</c><00:20:44.319><c> of</c><00:20:44.519><c> the</c><00:20:44.819><c> good</c><00:20:45.180><c> I</c><00:20:45.819><c> intended</c><00:20:46.160><c> to</c><00:20:46.420><c> do</c><00:20:46.579><c> it.</c>

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is<00:20:48.799><c> that</c><00:20:49.039><c> the</c><00:20:49.279><c> judgments</c><00:20:49.619><c> of</c><00:20:49.920><c> God,</c>

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rather<00:20:52.460><c> than</c><00:20:52.700><c> being</c><00:20:52.880><c> contradictory,</c><00:20:53.579><c> rather</c><00:20:53.880><c> than</c><00:20:54.099><c> being</c><00:20:54.380><c> unreconcilable,</c>

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they're<00:20:55.940><c> conditional,</c><00:20:56.599><c> aren't</c><00:20:56.779><c> they?</c>

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Conditional<00:20:59.659><c> on</c><00:21:00.059><c> our</c><00:21:00.240><c> actions.</c>

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If<00:21:00.619><c> you</c><00:21:00.859><c> do</c><00:21:01.019><c> good</c><00:21:01.140><c> to</c><00:21:01.299><c> me,</c><00:21:01.519><c> says</c><00:21:01.579><c> God,</c><00:21:01.779><c> I</c><00:21:01.960><c> will</c><00:21:02.180><c> do</c><00:21:02.299><c> good</c><00:21:02.400><c> to</c><00:21:02.599><c> you.</c>

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this<00:21:07.819><c> blueprint</c><00:21:08.220><c> all</c><00:21:08.839><c> throughout</c><00:21:09.119><c> our</c><00:21:09.339><c> Bibles?</c>

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We<00:21:09.740><c> see</c><00:21:09.880><c> this</c><00:21:10.099><c> in</c><00:21:10.200><c> Leviticus</c><00:21:10.539><c> 26.</c>

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A<00:21:12.899><c> foundational</c><00:21:13.299><c> chapter</c><00:21:13.900><c> of</c><00:21:14.240><c> how</c><00:21:14.440><c> God</c><00:21:14.680><c> declared</c><00:21:15.000><c> he</c><00:21:15.140><c> would</c><00:21:15.319><c> work</c>

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What<00:21:16.859><c> does</c><00:21:17.000><c> he</c><00:21:17.059><c> say?</c>

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If<00:21:17.640><c> you</c><00:21:17.839><c> walk</c><00:21:18.000><c> contrary</c><00:21:18.400><c> to</c><00:21:18.539><c> me,</c><00:21:18.799><c> I</c><00:21:19.000><c> will</c><00:21:19.180><c> be</c><00:21:19.359><c> contrary</c><00:21:19.700><c> to</c><00:21:19.920><c> you.</c>

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If<00:21:22.099><c> you</c><00:21:22.279><c> amend</c><00:21:22.480><c> your</c><00:21:22.680><c> ways,</c><00:21:22.960><c> if</c><00:21:22.960><c> you</c><00:21:23.160><c> acknowledge</c><00:21:23.579><c> iniquity</c>

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and<00:21:24.480><c> humble</c><00:21:24.759><c> your</c><00:21:24.980><c> hearts,</c><00:21:25.259><c> then</c><00:21:25.339><c> I</c><00:21:25.460><c> will</c><00:21:25.640><c> remember</c><00:21:26.220><c> my</c><00:21:26.599><c> covenants.</c>

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that<00:21:29.460><c> the</c><00:21:29.720><c> Lord</c><00:21:29.940><c> may</c><00:21:30.160><c> between</c><00:21:30.460><c> himself</c><00:21:31.119><c> and</c><00:21:31.599><c> Israel.</c>

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David,<00:21:32.700><c> brothers</c><00:21:32.900><c> and</c><00:21:33.079><c> sisters,</c>

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David<00:21:36.359><c> saw</c><00:21:36.519><c> the</c><00:21:36.700><c> same</c><00:21:36.900><c> thing</c><00:21:37.079><c> in</c><00:21:37.220><c> his</c><00:21:37.400><c> God.</c>

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And<00:21:39.740><c> how</c><00:21:40.000><c> he</c><00:21:40.160><c> worked</c><00:21:40.359><c> with</c><00:21:40.599><c> man,</c><00:21:40.839><c> he</c><00:21:40.940><c> writes</c><00:21:41.200><c> to</c><00:21:41.359><c> the</c><00:21:41.619><c> blameless,</c>

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you've<00:21:42.759><c> shown</c><00:21:42.859><c> yourself</c><00:21:43.240><c> blameless,</c><00:21:43.680><c> to</c><00:21:43.779><c> the</c><00:21:43.980><c> pure,</c><00:21:44.200><c> you</c>

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have<00:21:44.440><c> been</c><00:21:44.640><c> pure,</c>

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to<00:21:45.299><c> the</c><00:21:45.519><c> wicked,</c><00:21:46.200><c> you</c><00:21:46.420><c> show</c><00:21:46.599><c> yourself</c><00:21:47.000><c> shrewd.</c>

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And<00:21:47.740><c> all</c><00:21:47.960><c> of</c><00:21:48.059><c> that</c><00:21:48.200><c> draws,</c><00:21:48.680><c> brothers</c><00:21:48.740><c> and</c><00:21:48.819><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:21:49.279><c> a</c><00:21:49.559><c> simple</c><00:21:50.039><c> fundamental</c><00:21:50.960><c> truth</c><00:21:51.380><c> of</c><00:21:51.660><c> how</c><00:21:51.960><c> God</c><00:21:52.279><c> will</c><00:21:52.599><c> work</c><00:21:52.799><c> in</c>

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our<00:21:53.099><c> lives,</c>

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how<00:21:53.420><c> he</c><00:21:53.579><c> is</c><00:21:53.740><c> committed</c><00:21:54.099><c> to</c><00:21:54.400><c> judging</c><00:21:54.660><c> us</c><00:21:55.200><c> from</c><00:21:55.440><c> the</c><00:21:55.619><c> beginning,</c>

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from<00:21:56.759><c> the</c><00:21:56.940><c> days</c><00:21:57.140><c> of</c><00:21:57.299><c> the</c><00:21:57.480><c> garden.</c>

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And<00:22:00.920><c> that's</c><00:22:01.059><c> that</c><00:22:01.220><c> it</c><00:22:01.319><c> was</c><00:22:01.700><c> always</c><00:22:02.119><c> going</c><00:22:02.380><c> to</c><00:22:02.640><c> be</c><00:22:02.900><c> done</c><00:22:03.720><c> according</c><00:22:04.420><c> to</c><00:22:04.680><c> our</c><00:22:04.859><c> ways.</c>

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as<00:22:11.579><c> we</c><00:22:11.799><c> need</c><00:22:12.000><c> him</c><00:22:12.220><c> to</c><00:22:12.319><c> be</c><00:22:12.460><c> to</c><00:22:12.619><c> us.</c>

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And<00:22:13.039><c> I</c><00:22:13.160><c> don't</c><00:22:13.319><c> know</c><00:22:13.420><c> about</c><00:22:13.599><c> you,</c><00:22:13.920><c> but</c><00:22:14.180><c> that's</c><00:22:14.559><c> frankly</c>

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quite<00:22:15.019><c> a</c><00:22:15.299><c> terrifying</c><00:22:15.579><c> thing</c><00:22:15.759><c> to</c><00:22:15.900><c> think</c><00:22:16.039><c> about.</c>

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That<00:22:18.700><c> I'm</c><00:22:18.960><c> judged</c><00:22:19.279><c> according</c><00:22:19.680><c> to</c><00:22:19.839><c> my</c><00:22:20.019><c> ways,</c>

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because<00:22:20.319><c> if</c><00:22:20.440><c> you're</c><00:22:20.579><c> anything</c><00:22:20.779><c> like</c><00:22:20.960><c> me,</c><00:22:21.160><c> you</c><00:22:21.299><c> look</c><00:22:21.460><c> in</c><00:22:21.599><c> the</c><00:22:21.720><c> mirror,</c>

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and<00:22:22.259><c> at</c><00:22:22.460><c> the</c><00:22:22.519><c> end</c><00:22:22.660><c> of</c><00:22:22.819><c> most</c><00:22:23.039><c> every</c><00:22:23.319><c> day,</c><00:22:23.619><c> I</c><00:22:23.859><c> don't</c><00:22:24.039><c> see</c><00:22:24.259><c> a</c><00:22:24.420><c> person</c>

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whose<00:22:25.299><c> ways</c><00:22:25.500><c> have</c><00:22:25.759><c> warranted</c><00:22:26.180><c> much</c><00:22:26.380><c> compassion</c><00:22:26.960><c> and</c><00:22:27.180><c> grace.</c>

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and<00:22:32.740><c> I'm</c><00:22:32.940><c> not</c><00:22:33.119><c> alone</c><00:22:33.299><c> in</c><00:22:33.440><c> that,</c><00:22:33.619><c> brothers</c><00:22:33.740><c> and</c><00:22:33.839><c> sisters.</c>

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and<00:22:36.759><c> fallen</c><00:22:36.940><c> short</c><00:22:37.220><c> of</c><00:22:37.339><c> the</c><00:22:37.480><c> glory</c><00:22:37.660><c> of</c><00:22:37.819><c> God.</c>

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burnt<00:26:04.079><c> offerings?</c>

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your<00:26:20.579><c> life</c><00:26:21.220><c> will</c><00:26:21.680><c> be</c><00:26:22.059><c> boundless.</c>

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people.<00:26:51.500><c> Yet</c><00:26:51.640><c> at</c><00:26:51.759><c> the</c><00:26:51.980><c> warnings</c><00:26:52.220><c> of</c><00:26:52.440><c> Jonah</c><00:26:52.619><c> that</c><00:26:52.880><c> raised</c><00:26:53.079><c> their</c><00:26:53.299><c> voice,</c><00:26:53.579><c> they</c><00:26:53.640><c> say,</c>

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the<00:27:12.700><c> priesthood.</c>

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the<00:27:19.259><c> image</c><00:27:19.400><c> of</c><00:27:19.559><c> Christ.</c>

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taken<00:27:24.759><c> from</c><00:27:24.920><c> him.</c>

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yes,<00:27:27.940><c> that</c><00:27:28.160><c> is</c><00:27:28.440><c> justice</c>

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what<00:27:31.960><c> does</c><00:27:32.200><c> Ahab</c><00:27:32.460><c> do?</c>

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sackcloth,<00:27:42.200><c> and</c><00:27:42.299><c> how</c><00:27:42.519><c> does</c><00:27:42.660><c> God</c><00:27:42.859><c> respond?</c>

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Look<00:27:48.140><c> how</c><00:27:48.279><c> he's</c><00:27:48.500><c> humbled</c><00:27:48.680><c> himself</c><00:27:49.039><c> before</c><00:27:49.359><c> me.</c>

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I<00:27:53.240><c> won't</c><00:27:53.519><c> bring</c><00:27:53.720><c> calamity</c><00:27:54.380><c> in</c><00:27:54.859><c> his</c><00:27:55.140><c> day.</c><00:27:55.619><c> And</c><00:27:55.880><c> in</c><00:27:56.039><c> these</c><00:27:56.240><c> words,</c><00:27:56.619><c> brothers</c><00:27:56.680><c> and</c><00:27:56.819><c> sisters,</c><00:27:57.200><c> is</c><00:27:57.420><c> a</c>

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picture<00:27:57.880><c> of</c><00:27:58.119><c> our</c><00:27:58.299><c> God</c>

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that<00:28:02.160><c> the</c><00:28:02.319><c> apostle</c><00:28:02.660><c> Peter</c><00:28:03.000><c> saw.</c>

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Not<00:28:06.180><c> willing</c><00:28:06.480><c> that</c><00:28:06.839><c> any</c><00:28:07.380><c> should</c><00:28:07.779><c> perish,</c><00:28:10.099><c> but</c><00:28:10.200><c> that</c><00:28:10.420><c> all</c><00:28:10.720><c> should</c><00:28:10.920><c> come</c>

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to<00:28:11.680><c> the</c><00:28:11.859><c> salvation</c><00:28:12.359><c> He's</c><00:28:12.680><c> providing.</c>

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willing<00:28:16.180><c> to</c><00:28:16.680><c> relent</c><00:28:16.940><c> in</c><00:28:17.119><c> our</c><00:28:17.380><c> lives.</c>

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others<00:28:21.160><c> in</c><00:28:21.400><c> our</c><00:28:21.599><c> lives,</c>

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even<00:28:22.160><c> in</c><00:28:22.420><c> the</c><00:28:22.819><c> extremities</c><00:28:23.259><c> of</c><00:28:23.480><c> our</c><00:28:23.720><c> sin.</c><00:28:25.299><c> Should</c><00:28:25.440><c> we</c><00:28:25.579><c> cast</c><00:28:25.779><c> ourselves</c><00:28:26.119><c> as</c><00:28:26.359><c> purposely</c>

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or<00:28:27.299><c> as</c><00:28:27.700><c> far</c><00:28:27.880><c> from</c><00:28:28.059><c> the</c><00:28:28.220><c> presence</c><00:28:28.420><c> of</c><00:28:28.640><c> God</c><00:28:28.740><c> as</c><00:28:28.960><c> possible,</c><00:28:29.380><c> even</c><00:28:29.779><c> there,</c>

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His<00:28:33.880><c> love</c><00:28:34.059><c> will</c><00:28:34.279><c> find</c><00:28:34.460><c> you.</c>

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Come<00:28:45.259><c> with</c><00:28:45.400><c> me</c><00:28:45.500><c> to</c><00:28:45.660><c> Exodus</c><00:28:45.900><c> 34,</c><00:28:46.700><c> brothers</c><00:28:46.779><c> and</c><00:28:46.960><c> sisters,</c><00:28:47.099><c> and</c>

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we're<00:28:47.500><c> going</c><00:28:47.720><c> to</c><00:28:47.980><c> draw</c><00:28:48.119><c> ourselves</c><00:28:48.440><c> to</c><00:28:48.700><c> a</c><00:28:48.779><c> close.</c>

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You<00:28:54.339><c> see,</c><00:28:54.740><c> in</c><00:28:54.859><c> our</c><00:28:55.059><c> time,</c><00:28:55.279><c> we've</c><00:28:55.599><c> considered</c><00:28:56.039><c> a</c><00:28:56.640><c> few</c><00:28:56.799><c> things,</c>

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haven't<00:28:57.359><c> we?</c>

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We've<00:29:00.160><c> reflected</c><00:29:00.440><c> on</c><00:29:00.700><c> both</c><00:29:00.980><c> these</c><00:29:01.680><c> contrasts</c><00:29:02.380><c> of</c><00:29:02.460><c> the</c><00:29:02.660><c> character</c><00:29:02.920><c> of</c><00:29:03.119><c> God</c>

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and<00:29:03.460><c> discussed</c><00:29:04.019><c> that</c><00:29:04.299><c> despite</c><00:29:04.880><c> their</c>

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apparent<00:29:05.960><c> paradox,</c><00:29:06.819><c> God</c><00:29:07.099><c> is</c><00:29:07.440><c> truly</c><00:29:07.700><c> both</c><00:29:07.960><c> these</c><00:29:08.220><c> things.</c><00:29:09.980><c> A</c>

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God<00:29:10.779><c> that</c><00:29:10.920><c> will</c><00:29:11.240><c> stand</c><00:29:11.660><c> for</c><00:29:12.160><c> righteousness</c><00:29:12.559><c> and</c><00:29:12.819><c> is</c>

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unrelenting<00:29:13.640><c> in</c><00:29:13.900><c> the</c><00:29:14.119><c> face</c><00:29:14.319><c> of</c><00:29:14.660><c> prosecuting</c><00:29:15.160><c> wrong,</c><00:29:16.420><c> but</c><00:29:17.640><c> whose</c><00:29:17.900><c> open</c><00:29:18.240><c> hand</c><00:29:18.420><c> of</c>

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grace<00:29:18.960><c> is</c><00:29:19.359><c> for</c><00:29:19.359><c> the</c><00:29:19.359><c> good</c><00:29:19.359><c> of</c>

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God<00:29:19.900><c> is</c><00:29:19.900><c> forever</c><00:29:19.900><c> extended</c><00:29:20.539><c> to</c><00:29:21.019><c> those</c><00:29:21.460><c> who</c><00:29:21.740><c> reflect</c><00:29:22.000><c> His</c><00:29:22.160><c> character.</c><00:29:22.640><c> In</c>

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our<00:29:23.019><c> time</c><00:29:23.180><c> this</c><00:29:23.400><c> morning,</c>

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we<00:29:24.039><c> consider</c><00:29:24.299><c> the</c><00:29:24.519><c> importance</c><00:29:24.720><c> of</c><00:29:25.019><c> perception,</c><00:29:27.059><c> how</c><00:29:27.299><c> we</c><00:29:27.500><c> perceive</c><00:29:28.019><c> these</c><00:29:28.400><c> aspects</c><00:29:28.779><c> of</c>

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our<00:29:29.119><c> God</c><00:29:29.200><c> and</c><00:29:29.279><c> the</c>

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impact<00:29:29.579><c> that</c><00:29:29.779><c> has</c><00:29:30.059><c> on</c><00:29:30.259><c> our</c><00:29:30.700><c> faith</c><00:29:30.880><c> and</c><00:29:31.119><c> behavior.</c><00:29:31.380><c> We</c><00:29:31.440><c> also</c><00:29:31.700><c> consider</c><00:29:32.039><c> the</c><00:29:32.500><c> conditional</c><00:29:33.140><c> nature</c><00:29:33.599><c> of</c><00:29:34.099><c> God's</c>

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judgments,<00:29:34.660><c> how</c><00:29:34.819><c> He</c><00:29:34.980><c> deals</c><00:29:35.220><c> with</c><00:29:35.420><c> us</c><00:29:35.680><c> according</c><00:29:35.940><c> to</c><00:29:36.200><c> our</c><00:29:36.359><c> ways.</c><00:29:36.640><c> But</c>

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ultimately,<00:29:37.400><c> the</c><00:29:37.539><c> judgments</c><00:29:37.839><c> of</c><00:29:38.039><c> God,</c>

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they're<00:29:38.579><c> founded</c><00:29:39.000><c> on</c><00:29:39.480><c> our</c><00:29:39.700><c> heart,</c><00:29:39.900><c> brothers</c><00:29:40.039><c> and</c><00:29:40.180><c> sisters,</c>

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beyond<00:29:40.740><c> the</c><00:29:41.259><c> superficial</c><00:29:41.700><c> thoughts</c><00:29:42.019><c> of</c><00:29:42.299><c> man.</c><00:29:42.740><c> But</c><00:29:42.920><c> now,</c>

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we'll<00:29:48.619><c> close</c><00:29:49.039><c> in</c><00:29:49.880><c> what</c><00:29:50.039><c> this</c><00:29:50.319><c> practically</c><00:29:50.740><c> means.</c>

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And<00:29:56.099><c> in</c><00:29:56.299><c> Exodus</c><00:29:56.480><c> 34,</c><00:29:57.779><c> we</c><00:29:59.579><c> see</c><00:29:59.779><c> a</c><00:29:59.940><c> summary</c><00:30:00.319><c> of</c><00:30:00.759><c> everything</c><00:30:01.160><c> discussed</c><00:30:01.579><c> this</c><00:30:01.859><c> morning.</c>

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In<00:30:05.019><c> this</c><00:30:05.299><c> chapter,</c><00:30:05.759><c> we</c><00:30:06.240><c> see</c><00:30:06.400><c> a</c><00:30:06.640><c> people</c><00:30:06.980><c> who</c><00:30:07.500><c> have</c><00:30:07.640><c> just</c><00:30:07.960><c> transgressed</c><00:30:08.539><c> their</c>

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God,<00:30:08.940><c> a</c><00:30:09.119><c> people</c><00:30:09.339><c> Aaron</c><00:30:09.599><c> describes</c>

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00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:28.720
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brothers<00:33:34.000><c> and</c><00:33:34.180><c> sisters?</c><00:33:36.539><c> In</c><00:33:36.740><c> his</c><00:33:36.920><c> compassion</c><00:33:37.640><c> and</c><00:33:38.079><c> love,</c>

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he<00:33:41.420><c> relented,</c><00:33:41.900><c> didn't</c><00:33:42.079><c> he?</c>

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He<00:33:44.819><c> relented</c><00:33:45.140><c> in</c><00:33:45.339><c> the</c><00:33:45.559><c> form</c><00:33:45.759><c> of</c><00:33:46.000><c> salvation</c><00:33:46.460><c> to</c><00:33:46.700><c> come,</c>

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relented<00:33:48.859><c> in</c><00:33:49.039><c> the</c><00:33:49.220><c> seed</c><00:33:49.319><c> of</c><00:33:49.500><c> a</c><00:33:49.619><c> woman,</c><00:33:49.859><c> relented</c><00:33:50.259><c> in</c><00:33:50.420><c> the</c><00:33:50.599><c> form</c>

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of<00:33:50.900><c> a</c><00:33:51.039><c> child</c><00:33:51.220><c> who'd</c><00:33:51.500><c> be</c><00:33:51.519><c> the</c><00:33:51.720><c> manifestation</c>

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of<00:33:53.019><c> these</c><00:33:53.299><c> parts</c><00:33:53.539><c> of</c><00:33:53.680><c> God's</c><00:33:54.099><c> character</c><00:33:54.299><c> who</c><00:33:54.480><c> through</c><00:33:54.619><c> his</c><00:33:54.880><c> sacrifice</c><00:33:55.480><c> would</c><00:33:55.819><c> bring</c><00:33:56.039><c> life</c><00:33:56.319><c> where</c><00:33:56.480><c> there</c><00:33:56.579><c> was</c><00:33:56.680><c> only</c>

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death.<00:33:58.920><c> He</c><00:33:59.220><c> relented</c><00:33:59.519><c> in</c><00:33:59.700><c> the</c><00:33:59.819><c> promise</c><00:34:00.119><c> of</c><00:34:00.339><c> a</c><00:34:00.539><c> king</c><00:34:00.819><c> who</c><00:34:01.119><c> would</c>

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rule<00:34:01.559><c> this</c><00:34:01.859><c> world</c><00:34:02.039><c> from</c><00:34:02.220><c> the</c><00:34:02.400><c> same</c><00:34:02.720><c> conviction</c>

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and<00:34:03.859><c> character</c><00:34:04.140><c> as</c><00:34:04.299><c> father,</c><00:34:04.539><c> one</c><00:34:04.660><c> called</c><00:34:04.900><c> both</c><00:34:05.180><c> the</c><00:34:05.400><c> lion</c><00:34:05.680><c> and</c>

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the<00:34:06.319><c> lamb.</c><00:34:08.139><c> One</c><00:34:08.460><c> who</c><00:34:08.559><c> would</c><00:34:08.739><c> be</c><00:34:08.960><c> compassionate,</c>

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one<00:34:10.679><c> who</c><00:34:10.820><c> would</c><00:34:10.960><c> be</c><00:34:11.179><c> loving</c><00:34:11.440><c> and</c><00:34:11.820><c> merciful</c><00:34:12.119><c> to</c><00:34:12.400><c> judge</c><00:34:12.699><c> with</c>

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the<00:34:13.219><c> mercy</c><00:34:13.500><c> with</c><00:34:13.719><c> which</c><00:34:13.920><c> Joseph</c>

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judged<00:34:14.880><c> his</c><00:34:15.119><c> brothers,</c><00:34:15.519><c> but</c><00:34:15.619><c> from</c><00:34:15.920><c> Zion</c><00:34:16.179><c> will</c><00:34:16.420><c> enforce</c><00:34:16.699><c> a</c><00:34:16.860><c> law</c>

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of<00:34:17.260><c> righteousness</c><00:34:17.699><c> to</c><00:34:18.460><c> govern</c><00:34:18.719><c> this</c><00:34:19.019><c> world.</c>

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Brothers<00:34:19.739><c> and</c><00:34:19.960><c> sisters,</c><00:34:20.059><c> let's</c><00:34:20.320><c> end</c>

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in<00:34:23.599><c> an</c><00:34:23.840><c> image</c><00:34:24.199><c> of</c><00:34:24.760><c> that</c><00:34:25.099><c> salvation</c><00:34:25.539><c> to</c><00:34:25.739><c> come.</c><00:34:25.840><c> Let's</c><00:34:26.039><c> end</c><00:34:26.219><c> in</c>

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an<00:34:26.539><c> image</c><00:34:26.739><c> of</c><00:34:26.860><c> what</c><00:34:26.980><c> is</c><00:34:27.340><c> secured</c>

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through<00:34:28.199><c> the</c><00:34:28.500><c> sacrifice</c><00:34:29.059><c> and</c><00:34:29.420><c> the</c><00:34:29.599><c> relenting</c><00:34:30.119><c> mercy</c><00:34:30.539><c> of</c><00:34:30.900><c> our</c><00:34:31.179><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:34:35.000><c> we</c><00:34:35.159><c> see</c><00:34:35.320><c> it</c><00:34:35.480><c> in</c><00:34:35.559><c> Daniel</c><00:34:35.840><c> chapter</c><00:34:36.179><c> 10.</c>

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In<00:34:43.139><c> the</c><00:34:43.380><c> third</c><00:34:43.599><c> year</c><00:34:43.800><c> of</c><00:34:44.019><c> Cyrus,</c><00:34:44.440><c> said</c><00:34:44.519><c> Daniel,</c>

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I<00:34:48.199><c> saw</c><00:34:48.500><c> a</c><00:34:48.679><c> vision.</c>

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I<00:34:51.900><c> lifted</c><00:34:52.139><c> up</c><00:34:52.360><c> my</c><00:34:52.559><c> eyes</c><00:34:52.940><c> and</c><00:34:53.179><c> I</c><00:34:53.420><c> saw</c><00:34:53.559><c> a</c><00:34:53.780><c> man,</c>

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a<00:34:56.619><c> man</c><00:34:56.840><c> clothed</c><00:34:57.199><c> in</c><00:34:57.380><c> linen</c><00:34:57.559><c> with</c><00:34:57.820><c> a</c><00:34:57.980><c> belt</c><00:34:58.139><c> of</c><00:34:58.440><c> gold</c><00:34:58.699><c> and</c><00:34:58.900><c> a</c><00:34:59.179><c> skin</c>

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of<00:34:59.579><c> bronze.</c><00:34:59.820><c> His</c><00:35:00.079><c> face</c><00:35:00.420><c> was</c>

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like<00:35:01.239><c> lightning.</c><00:35:01.599><c> His</c><00:35:01.739><c> eyes</c><00:35:01.980><c> were</c><00:35:02.219><c> torches</c><00:35:02.659><c> and</c><00:35:02.780><c> his</c><00:35:03.059><c> voice</c>

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was<00:35:03.840><c> the</c><00:35:04.159><c> sound</c><00:35:04.340><c> of</c><00:35:04.619><c> multitudes.</c>

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x
And<00:35:05.420><c> what</c><00:35:05.539><c> he</c><00:35:05.739><c> saw</c><00:35:05.920><c> in</c><00:35:06.099><c> that</c><00:35:06.260><c> moment,</c><00:35:06.639><c> brothers</c><00:35:06.719><c> and</c><00:35:06.900><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:35:07.380><c> a</c><00:35:07.559><c> depiction</c><00:35:07.820><c> of</c><00:35:08.019><c> Christ.</c>

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x
An<00:35:10.599><c> image</c><00:35:10.760><c> that</c><00:35:10.960><c> the</c><00:35:11.099><c> son</c><00:35:11.320><c> of</c><00:35:11.519><c> man,</c><00:35:12.059><c> an</c><00:35:12.239><c> image</c><00:35:12.420><c> of</c><00:35:12.559><c> the</c><00:35:12.699><c> son</c><00:35:12.800><c> of</c>

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man<00:35:13.019><c> that</c><00:35:13.360><c> centuries</c><00:35:13.760><c> later,</c>

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John<00:35:14.460><c> would</c><00:35:14.880><c> write</c><00:35:15.119><c> of</c><00:35:15.219><c> in</c><00:35:15.420><c> Revelation.</c><00:35:15.880><c> And</c><00:35:16.039><c> Daniel</c><00:35:16.199><c> says</c>

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that<00:35:16.900><c> upon</c><00:35:17.099><c> seeing</c><00:35:17.480><c> this</c><00:35:17.760><c> vision,</c>

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in<00:35:18.559><c> that</c><00:35:18.860><c> moment,</c><00:35:19.260><c> I</c><00:35:19.519><c> was</c><00:35:19.739><c> suddenly</c><00:35:20.099><c> alone.</c>

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I<00:35:23.559><c> felt</c><00:35:23.780><c> no</c><00:35:24.019><c> strength</c><00:35:24.280><c> in</c><00:35:24.460><c> me,</c><00:35:24.559><c> he</c><00:35:24.739><c> says.</c><00:35:24.980><c> My</c><00:35:25.219><c> appearance</c><00:35:25.579><c> that</c>

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was<00:35:26.019><c> once</c><00:35:26.300><c> radiant</c>

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was<00:35:27.179><c> now</c><00:35:27.519><c> fearfully</c><00:35:28.039><c> changed.</c><00:35:28.579><c> I</c><00:35:28.840><c> retained</c><00:35:29.179><c> no</c><00:35:29.480><c> strength</c><00:35:29.780><c> and</c>

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I<00:35:30.280><c> fell</c><00:35:30.579><c> with</c><00:35:30.960><c> my</c><00:35:31.340><c> face</c><00:35:31.579><c> to</c><00:35:31.780><c> the</c><00:35:31.960><c> ground.</c>

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:38.840
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And,<00:35:36.940><c> brothers</c><00:35:36.940><c> and</c><00:35:37.119><c> sisters,</c><00:35:37.260><c> in</c><00:35:37.420><c> that</c><00:35:37.699><c> moment,</c>

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he<00:35:40.840><c> feels</c><00:35:41.139><c> the</c><00:35:41.280><c> path</c><00:35:41.539><c> that</c><00:35:41.739><c> all</c><00:35:41.920><c> flesh</c><00:35:42.119><c> leads.</c>

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Death.<00:35:45.659><c> God,</c><00:35:47.199><c> in</c><00:35:47.320><c> his</c><00:35:47.519><c> righteous</c><00:35:47.900><c> judgments,</c><00:35:48.440><c> what</c><00:35:48.480><c> he</c><00:35:48.760><c> decreed</c><00:35:49.000><c> long</c>

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ago<00:35:49.619><c> would</c><00:35:49.820><c> be</c><00:35:50.000><c> the</c><00:35:50.139><c> fate</c><00:35:50.300><c> of</c><00:35:50.500><c> man.</c>

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:58.239
x
But<00:35:56.239><c> then</c><00:35:56.400><c> what</c><00:35:56.559><c> happens,</c><00:35:56.940><c> brothers</c><00:35:57.079><c> and</c><00:35:57.199><c> sisters?</c>

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Then,<00:36:02.280><c> says</c><00:36:02.300><c> Daniel,</c><00:36:04.820><c> I</c><00:36:05.179><c> heard</c><00:36:05.340><c> the</c><00:36:05.500><c> sound</c><00:36:05.699><c> of</c><00:36:05.780><c> his</c><00:36:06.000><c> words.</c>

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:13.599
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I<00:36:09.360><c> heard</c><00:36:09.539><c> them</c><00:36:09.699><c> as</c><00:36:09.880><c> if</c><00:36:09.980><c> I</c><00:36:10.139><c> was</c><00:36:10.280><c> in</c><00:36:10.400><c> a</c><00:36:10.539><c> deep</c><00:36:10.760><c> sleep</c><00:36:11.360><c> with</c><00:36:13.019><c> my</c><00:36:13.340><c> face</c>

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to<00:36:13.800><c> the</c><00:36:13.960><c> ground.</c><00:36:14.239><c> And</c><00:36:14.320><c> behold,</c>

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a<00:36:15.239><c> hand</c><00:36:15.400><c> touched</c><00:36:15.719><c> me</c><00:36:16.039><c> and</c><00:36:16.219><c> set</c><00:36:16.440><c> me</c><00:36:16.579><c> on</c><00:36:16.679><c> my</c><00:36:16.880><c> hands</c><00:36:17.119><c> and</c><00:36:17.239><c> knees.</c>

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:20.860
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And<00:36:17.539><c> he</c><00:36:17.699><c> said,</c><00:36:17.940><c> oh,</c><00:36:18.199><c> Daniel,</c><00:36:19.239><c> man</c><00:36:19.519><c> greatly</c><00:36:20.000><c> loved.</c>

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:24.960
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Understand<00:36:22.860><c> when</c><00:36:23.039><c> I</c><00:36:23.340><c> speak</c><00:36:23.460><c> to</c><00:36:23.679><c> you</c><00:36:23.840><c> and</c><00:36:24.099><c> stand</c><00:36:24.460><c> for</c><00:36:24.619><c> I</c><00:36:24.840><c> have</c>

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been<00:36:25.260><c> sent</c><00:36:25.420><c> for</c><00:36:25.699><c> you.</c>

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:28.579
x
And<00:36:26.280><c> when</c><00:36:26.440><c> he</c><00:36:26.719><c> spoke,</c><00:36:27.099><c> I</c><00:36:27.159><c> stood</c><00:36:27.320><c> trembling.</c><00:36:28.099><c> But</c><00:36:28.099><c> he</c><00:36:28.280><c> said</c><00:36:28.420><c> to</c>

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:30.340
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me,<00:36:28.760><c> fear</c><00:36:29.019><c> not,</c><00:36:29.380><c> Daniel,</c>

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:35.420
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for<00:36:31.559><c> from</c><00:36:31.760><c> the</c><00:36:32.019><c> first</c><00:36:32.260><c> day</c><00:36:32.480><c> you</c><00:36:32.719><c> set</c><00:36:32.920><c> your</c><00:36:33.340><c> heart</c><00:36:33.739><c> to</c><00:36:34.179><c> understand</c><00:36:34.880><c> and</c><00:36:35.159><c> you</c>

00:36:35.420 --> 00:36:37.460
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humbled<00:36:35.699><c> yourself</c><00:36:36.099><c> before</c><00:36:36.440><c> God.</c>

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:43.079
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Your<00:36:39.860><c> words</c><00:36:40.119><c> were</c><00:36:40.400><c> heard</c><00:36:40.679><c> and</c><00:36:40.840><c> I</c><00:36:41.019><c> have</c><00:36:41.239><c> come</c><00:36:41.699><c> because</c><00:36:42.380><c> of</c><00:36:42.579><c> your</c><00:36:42.739><c> words.</c>

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:47.900
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In<00:36:43.519><c> that</c><00:36:43.780><c> imagery,</c><00:36:44.239><c> brothers</c><00:36:44.380><c> and</c><00:36:44.539><c> sisters,</c><00:36:45.260><c> is</c><00:36:45.460><c> a</c><00:36:45.800><c> vision</c><00:36:46.179><c> and</c><00:36:46.780><c> experience</c><00:36:47.500><c> of</c>

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resurrection<00:36:48.320><c> to</c><00:36:48.559><c> come.</c>

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:53.820
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In<00:36:51.099><c> that</c><00:36:51.340><c> imagery</c><00:36:51.760><c> are</c><00:36:52.500><c> the</c><00:36:52.739><c> words</c><00:36:52.920><c> that</c><00:36:53.139><c> all</c><00:36:53.340><c> the</c><00:36:53.539><c> faithful,</c>

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:55.519
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all<00:36:54.239><c> the</c><00:36:54.500><c> loved</c><00:36:54.699><c> ones,</c><00:36:55.019><c> all</c><00:36:55.179><c> those</c><00:36:55.360><c> who</c>

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:58.780
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have<00:36:55.940><c> fallen</c><00:36:56.079><c> asleep</c><00:36:56.539><c> in</c><00:36:56.739><c> their</c><00:36:56.940><c> convictions</c><00:36:57.579><c> of</c><00:36:57.940><c> faith</c><00:36:58.300><c> will</c>

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.840
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rise<00:36:59.059><c> to</c><00:36:59.300><c> hear.</c><00:36:59.480><c> In</c><00:36:59.699><c> that,</c>

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:03.400
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brothers<00:37:00.000><c> and</c><00:37:00.159><c> sisters,</c><00:37:00.519><c> is</c><00:37:00.619><c> what</c><00:37:00.780><c> it</c><00:37:01.079><c> truly</c><00:37:01.300><c> means</c><00:37:01.780><c> to</c><00:37:02.300><c> worship</c><00:37:02.639><c> a</c><00:37:02.960><c> God</c>

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who<00:37:05.500><c> relents.</c>