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stage,<00:10:18.740><c> brothers</c><00:10:18.799><c> and</c><00:10:19.019><c> sisters.</c><00:10:19.840><c> He</c><00:10:19.980><c> never</c><00:10:20.200><c> barred</c><00:10:20.559><c> the</c><00:10:20.860><c> stranger</c><00:10:21.220><c> who</c>

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came<00:10:21.860><c> into</c><00:10:22.039><c> the</c><00:10:22.200><c> camp</c><00:10:22.320><c> of</c><00:10:22.399><c> Israel</c>

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on<00:10:22.860><c> the</c><00:10:22.980><c> basis</c><00:10:23.159><c> of</c><00:10:23.360><c> the</c><00:10:23.559><c> principles</c><00:10:23.820><c> of</c><00:10:23.980><c> the</c><00:10:24.179><c> truth.</c><00:10:24.919><c> And</c><00:10:25.139><c> Joshua</c><00:10:25.419><c> laid</c>

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the<00:10:25.960><c> foundation</c><00:10:26.600><c> for</c><00:10:27.000><c> the</c><00:10:27.139><c> entry</c>

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of<00:10:27.539><c> any</c><00:10:27.759><c> stranger</c><00:10:28.059><c> into</c><00:10:28.299><c> Israel</c><00:10:28.700><c> by</c><00:10:28.940><c> the</c><00:10:29.220><c> sacrifice</c><00:10:29.700><c> of</c><00:10:29.980><c> Jericho.</c><00:10:30.460><c> And</c>

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Jericho<00:10:31.080><c> was</c><00:10:31.340><c> the</c><00:10:31.480><c> very</c><00:10:31.799><c> epitome</c>

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of<00:10:33.679><c> the</c><00:10:34.000><c> filthiness</c><00:10:34.480><c> of</c><00:10:34.700><c> the</c><00:10:34.899><c> heathen.</c><00:10:36.100><c> And</c><00:10:36.200><c> all</c><00:10:36.460><c> Joshua</c><00:10:36.799><c> did,</c>

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of<00:10:37.120><c> course,</c><00:10:37.340><c> was</c><00:10:37.500><c> to</c><00:10:37.779><c> bury</c><00:10:38.019><c> her</c><00:10:38.519><c> and</c>

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burn<00:10:39.440><c> her</c><00:10:39.559><c> off</c><00:10:39.679><c> the</c><00:10:39.879><c> face</c><00:10:40.059><c> of</c><00:10:40.200><c> the</c><00:10:40.399><c> ground.</c><00:10:40.960><c> That</c><00:10:41.139><c> was</c><00:10:41.419><c> a</c><00:10:41.580><c> sacrifice.</c><00:10:42.399><c> Anybody</c><00:10:42.779><c> accepting</c><00:10:43.240><c> that</c><00:10:43.559><c> principle,</c>

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not<00:10:44.940><c> simply</c><00:10:45.259><c> accepting</c><00:10:45.679><c> the</c><00:10:45.879><c> sacrifice</c><00:10:46.320><c> of</c><00:10:46.580><c> Jericho</c><00:10:46.820><c> as</c><00:10:47.120><c> such,</c><00:10:47.580><c> but</c>

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accepting<00:10:48.080><c> that</c><00:10:48.360><c> principle</c><00:10:48.679><c> in</c><00:10:48.860><c> their</c>

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lives<00:10:49.399><c> was</c><00:10:50.200><c> acceptable</c><00:10:50.840><c> with</c><00:10:51.220><c> God,</c><00:10:53.179><c> such</c><00:10:53.379><c> as</c><00:10:53.559><c> Rahab</c><00:10:53.940><c> the</c><00:10:54.120><c> harlot.</c><00:10:55.360><c> And</c>

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her<00:10:56.139><c> past</c><00:10:56.460><c> life</c><00:10:56.759><c> was</c><00:10:57.159><c> buried</c><00:10:57.379><c> with</c>

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that<00:10:58.259><c> city.</c><00:10:59.700><c> But</c><00:10:59.940><c> you</c><00:11:00.139><c> see,</c><00:11:01.000><c> when</c><00:11:01.139><c> he</c><00:11:01.340><c> buried</c><00:11:01.700><c> that</c><00:11:01.980><c> city,</c><00:11:03.399><c> Joshua</c><00:11:03.580><c> put</c>

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a<00:11:04.059><c> curse</c><00:11:04.220><c> on</c><00:11:04.440><c> it.</c><00:11:05.379><c> Yahoshua</c><00:11:05.820><c> put</c>

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a<00:11:06.179><c> curse</c><00:11:06.320><c> on</c><00:11:06.480><c> it.</c><00:11:07.360><c> Because,</c><00:11:07.700><c> as</c><00:11:07.799><c> I</c><00:11:07.919><c> said,</c><00:11:08.000><c> it</c><00:11:08.080><c> was</c><00:11:08.299><c> the</c><00:11:08.460><c> epitome</c>

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of<00:11:09.019><c> the</c><00:11:09.220><c> Canaanites,</c><00:11:10.139><c> the</c><00:11:10.240><c> worship</c>

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of<00:11:10.779><c> flesh.</c><00:11:12.279><c> And</c><00:11:12.379><c> he</c><00:11:12.639><c> said,</c><00:11:13.139><c> cursed</c><00:11:13.340><c> is</c><00:11:13.519><c> the</c><00:11:13.720><c> man</c><00:11:14.100><c> that</c><00:11:14.480><c> rises</c>

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up<00:11:15.019><c> and</c><00:11:15.240><c> builds</c><00:11:15.419><c> Jericho.</c><00:11:15.919><c> He'll</c><00:11:16.159><c> lay</c><00:11:16.320><c> the</c>

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foundation<00:11:17.080><c> thereof</c><00:11:17.539><c> in</c><00:11:17.779><c> his</c><00:11:18.019><c> firstborn</c><00:11:18.600><c> and</c><00:11:19.059><c> build</c><00:11:19.340><c> up</c><00:11:19.539><c> the</c>

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walls<00:11:19.919><c> thereof</c><00:11:20.860><c> at</c><00:11:21.120><c> the</c><00:11:21.340><c> cost</c><00:11:21.539><c> of</c><00:11:21.659><c> his</c><00:11:21.799><c> youngest</c>

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son.<00:11:23.919><c> And</c><00:11:24.600><c> it</c><00:11:24.700><c> is</c><00:11:24.940><c> remarkable,</c><00:11:25.580><c> brethren</c><00:11:25.700><c> and</c><00:11:25.940><c> sisters,</c><00:11:26.919><c> I</c>

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say<00:11:27.440><c> remarkable,</c><00:11:29.179><c> that</c><00:11:29.500><c> Jericho</c><00:11:29.980><c> was</c><00:11:30.360><c> rebuilt</c>

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in<00:11:31.960><c> the</c><00:11:32.200><c> days</c><00:11:32.440><c> of</c><00:11:32.779><c> all</c><00:11:33.039><c> the</c><00:11:33.220><c> kings</c><00:11:33.419><c> of</c><00:11:33.600><c> Israel</c><00:11:33.879><c> of</c><00:11:34.440><c> Ahab.</c><00:11:36.820><c> And</c>

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the<00:11:37.799><c> curse</c><00:11:38.120><c> rested</c><00:11:38.480><c> heavily</c><00:11:38.840><c> upon</c><00:11:39.159><c> it,</c>

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because<00:11:40.419><c> Haiel,</c><00:11:41.220><c> a</c><00:11:41.320><c> man</c><00:11:41.500><c> whose</c><00:11:41.740><c> name</c><00:11:41.919><c> means</c><00:11:42.279><c> lofty</c><00:11:42.860><c> or</c><00:11:43.139><c> exalted,</c><00:11:44.299><c> rebuilt</c><00:11:44.860><c> the</c><00:11:45.100><c> city</c><00:11:45.299><c> of</c>

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Jericho<00:11:46.000><c> under</c>

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the<00:11:46.840><c> patronage</c><00:11:47.539><c> of</c><00:11:47.840><c> Jezebel.</c><00:11:50.679><c> And</c><00:11:51.080><c> then</c><00:11:51.220><c> he</c><00:11:51.360><c> wondered,</c><00:11:51.620><c> the</c>

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curse<00:11:51.980><c> of</c><00:11:52.139><c> God</c><00:11:52.320><c> lay</c><00:11:52.539><c> on</c><00:11:52.679><c> that</c><00:11:52.899><c> city.</c><00:11:55.220><c> And</c><00:11:55.460><c> it</c>

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was<00:11:55.740><c> because</c><00:11:56.080><c> the</c><00:11:56.279><c> curse</c><00:11:56.539><c> rested</c><00:11:56.820><c> heavily</c><00:11:57.179><c> upon</c><00:11:57.480><c> it,</c><00:11:58.779><c> in</c><00:11:58.899><c> that</c>

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the<00:11:59.220><c> spring</c><00:11:59.399><c> of</c><00:11:59.679><c> water</c><00:11:59.879><c> was</c><00:12:00.179><c> poisoned</c>

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at<00:12:00.779><c> its</c><00:12:01.019><c> source.</c><00:12:02.659><c> And</c><00:12:03.120><c> it</c><00:12:03.240><c> was</c><00:12:03.440><c> causing</c><00:12:03.799><c> sterility</c><00:12:04.299><c> throughout</c><00:12:04.639><c> that</c><00:12:04.980><c> land,</c><00:12:06.740><c> that</c>

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the<00:12:07.080><c> men</c><00:12:07.240><c> of</c><00:12:07.379><c> that</c>

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city<00:12:07.899><c> were</c><00:12:08.240><c> groaning</c><00:12:08.559><c> under</c><00:12:08.759><c> the</c><00:12:08.980><c> burden</c><00:12:09.159><c> of</c><00:12:09.340><c> that</c><00:12:09.580><c> curse.</c><00:12:11.620><c> And</c><00:12:11.899><c> whilst,</c><00:12:12.100><c> as</c>

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I<00:12:12.340><c> said</c><00:12:12.500><c> before,</c><00:12:12.960><c> the</c><00:12:13.100><c> sons</c>

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of<00:12:13.399><c> the</c><00:12:13.419><c> prophets</c><00:12:13.940><c> were</c><00:12:14.379><c> out</c><00:12:14.500><c> on</c><00:12:14.679><c> a</c><00:12:14.840><c> fruitless</c><00:12:15.200><c> search</c><00:12:15.840><c> for</c><00:12:16.559><c> a</c>

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body<00:12:16.840><c> they</c><00:12:17.000><c> couldn't</c><00:12:17.320><c> find,</c><00:12:18.200><c> here</c><00:12:18.360><c> were</c>

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people<00:12:18.720><c> who</c><00:12:18.960><c> at</c><00:12:19.120><c> last</c><00:12:19.419><c> were</c><00:12:19.639><c> seeking</c><00:12:19.899><c> some</c><00:12:20.179><c> relief</c><00:12:20.519><c> from</c><00:12:20.759><c> a</c><00:12:20.919><c> curse</c><00:12:21.200><c> that</c><00:12:21.519><c> had</c><00:12:21.659><c> been</c><00:12:21.840><c> placed</c><00:12:22.059><c> upon</c><00:12:22.259><c> a</c><00:12:22.460><c> city</c>

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which<00:12:22.779><c> was</c><00:12:23.000><c> the</c><00:12:23.080><c> very</c><00:12:23.379><c> epitome</c><00:12:23.820><c> of</c><00:12:24.080><c> flesh.</c><00:12:25.759><c> It's</c><00:12:25.799><c> an</c><00:12:26.000><c> interesting</c><00:12:26.360><c> city,</c>

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brethren<00:12:26.919><c> and</c><00:12:27.159><c> sisters.</c>

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subtropical<00:12:34.080><c> climate.</c><00:12:34.580><c> The</c><00:12:34.759><c> situation</c>

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of<00:12:35.460><c> the</c><00:12:35.559><c> city</c><00:12:35.720><c> is</c><00:12:36.100><c> pleasant,</c><00:12:36.519><c> says</c><00:12:36.620><c> that</c><00:12:36.919><c> record.</c><00:12:37.899><c> So</c><00:12:38.120><c> it</c><00:12:38.279><c> was.</c>

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It<00:12:39.899><c> has</c><00:12:40.080><c> a</c><00:12:40.340><c> subtropical</c><00:12:40.879><c> climate.</c><00:12:41.379><c> In</c>

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the<00:12:41.940><c> winter</c><00:12:41.940><c> season,</c><00:12:42.600><c> it's</c><00:12:42.720><c> beautiful</c><00:12:43.299><c> Jericho.</c><00:12:45.039><c> There</c><00:12:45.200><c> is</c><00:12:45.379><c> an</c><00:12:45.580><c> oasis</c><00:12:45.840><c> or</c><00:12:46.019><c> a</c>

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spring<00:12:46.440><c> at</c><00:12:46.620><c> Jericho</c><00:12:46.940><c> at</c>

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the<00:12:47.259><c> present</c><00:12:47.440><c> moment</c><00:12:47.720><c> of</c><00:12:48.000><c> time,</c><00:12:49.000><c> which</c><00:12:49.179><c> gives</c><00:12:49.679><c> fertility</c><00:12:50.200><c> to</c>

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a<00:12:50.779><c> region</c><00:12:51.200><c> that</c><00:12:51.720><c> exists</c><00:12:52.039><c> on</c><00:12:52.899><c> the</c><00:12:53.039><c> slopes</c><00:12:53.419><c> and</c>

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on<00:12:54.220><c> the</c><00:12:54.419><c> base</c><00:12:54.639><c> of</c><00:12:54.919><c> the</c><00:12:55.179><c> wilderness</c><00:12:55.500><c> of</c><00:12:55.779><c> Judea,</c><00:12:56.080><c> which</c><00:12:56.179><c> is</c><00:12:56.600><c> absolutely</c><00:12:57.779><c> arid</c>

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and<00:12:59.519><c> so</c><00:12:59.840><c> terribly</c><00:13:00.399><c> barren</c>

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that<00:13:01.379><c> it's</c><00:13:01.759><c> indescribable.</c><00:13:03.059><c> And</c><00:13:03.279><c> yet</c><00:13:03.399><c> there</c><00:13:03.620><c> is</c><00:13:03.820><c> Jericho,</c><00:13:04.220><c> a</c>

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little<00:13:04.559><c> green</c><00:13:04.820><c> oasis</c><00:13:05.220><c> there,</c><00:13:05.700><c> but</c><00:13:05.899><c> it</c>

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is<00:13:11.860><c> barren.</c><00:13:13.440><c> The</c><00:13:13.720><c> curse</c><00:13:13.980><c> of</c><00:13:14.179><c> God</c><00:13:14.379><c> rested</c><00:13:14.659><c> upon</c><00:13:14.899><c> that</c><00:13:15.120><c> city.</c>

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Now<00:13:17.039><c> look,</c><00:13:17.179><c> you</c><00:13:17.379><c> remember</c><00:13:17.659><c> this.</c><00:13:20.059><c> When</c><00:13:20.240><c> Joshua</c>

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came<00:13:20.899><c> into</c><00:13:21.080><c> the</c><00:13:21.279><c> promised</c><00:13:21.500><c> land</c><00:13:21.820><c> to</c><00:13:22.100><c> conquer</c><00:13:22.519><c> Canaan,</c><00:13:22.960><c> that</c>

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it<00:13:23.240><c> might</c><00:13:23.379><c> be</c><00:13:24.200><c> the</c><00:13:24.440><c> inheritance</c><00:13:24.779><c> of</c><00:13:25.000><c> the</c><00:13:25.139><c> Hebrews,</c>

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that<00:13:25.919><c> was</c><00:13:26.139><c> his</c><00:13:26.360><c> first</c><00:13:26.679><c> victory.</c><00:13:28.980><c> His</c><00:13:29.419><c> first</c><00:13:29.799><c> victory</c><00:13:30.259><c> and</c><00:13:30.580><c> the</c>

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nationhood<00:13:31.179><c> of</c><00:13:31.279><c> Israel</c><00:13:31.679><c> in</c><00:13:31.899><c> the</c><00:13:32.059><c> land</c><00:13:32.200><c> was</c>

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established<00:13:32.899><c> on</c><00:13:33.100><c> the</c><00:13:33.259><c> basis</c><00:13:33.480><c> of</c><00:13:33.639><c> his</c><00:13:33.759><c> defeat</c><00:13:34.080><c> of</c><00:13:34.279><c> Jericho.</c><00:13:36.500><c> You</c><00:13:36.659><c> know</c><00:13:36.759><c> what</c><00:13:36.840><c> happened</c><00:13:37.000><c> to</c><00:13:37.159><c> Zedekiah,</c>

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the<00:13:37.899><c> last</c><00:13:38.360><c> king</c><00:13:38.620><c> of</c><00:13:38.700><c> Israel,</c><00:13:39.460><c> oh</c><00:13:39.559><c> thou</c><00:13:39.840><c> profane,</c><00:13:41.220><c> wicked</c><00:13:41.320><c> prince</c><00:13:41.700><c> of</c>

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Israel,<00:13:42.340><c> whose</c><00:13:42.440><c> day</c><00:13:42.659><c> has</c><00:13:42.879><c> come</c>

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when<00:13:43.200><c> an</c><00:13:43.340><c> equity</c><00:13:43.519><c> shall</c><00:13:43.700><c> have</c><00:13:43.879><c> an</c><00:13:44.019><c> end?</c><00:13:44.279><c> You</c><00:13:44.419><c> know</c><00:13:44.539><c> what</c><00:13:44.620><c> happened</c><00:13:44.820><c> to</c>

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him?<00:13:46.940><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:13:47.419><c> precedes</c>

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Jerusalem.<00:13:50.820><c> And</c><00:13:51.019><c> Zedekiah</c><00:13:51.700><c> jumped</c><00:13:52.120><c> over</c><00:13:52.399><c> the</c><00:13:52.620><c> wall</c><00:13:52.820><c> and</c><00:13:53.080><c> went</c>

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for<00:13:53.419><c> his</c><00:13:53.659><c> life.</c><00:13:55.620><c> And</c><00:13:56.100><c> they</c><00:13:56.399><c> caught</c><00:13:56.580><c> him</c>

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at<00:13:59.360><c> Jericho.</c><00:14:01.500><c> And</c><00:14:01.820><c> the</c><00:14:01.940><c> nation</c><00:14:02.200><c> of</c><00:14:02.379><c> Israel</c><00:14:02.700><c> came</c><00:14:03.000><c> to</c><00:14:03.159><c> an</c><00:14:03.340><c> end</c><00:14:03.759><c> in</c><00:14:04.259><c> that</c><00:14:04.559><c> city.</c><00:14:06.279><c> You</c><00:14:06.440><c> have</c><00:14:06.500><c> a</c>

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look<00:14:06.659><c> at</c>

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we<00:14:30.639><c> can</c><00:14:30.840><c> read</c><00:14:31.039><c> from</c><00:14:31.419><c> the</c><00:14:31.440><c> reading</c><00:14:31.720><c> of</c>

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Jerusalem.<00:14:32.440><c> It</c><00:14:32.440><c> says</c><00:14:32.600><c> the</c><00:14:32.779><c> city</c><00:14:33.019><c> was</c><00:14:33.320><c> broken</c><00:14:33.639><c> up</c><00:14:33.840><c> and</c><00:14:34.019><c> all</c><00:14:34.179><c> the</c>

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men<00:14:34.440><c> of</c><00:14:34.639><c> war</c><00:14:34.799><c> fled</c><00:14:35.120><c> by</c><00:14:35.480><c> night</c><00:14:35.779><c> by</c><00:14:36.220><c> the</c>

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way<00:14:36.620><c> of</c><00:14:36.620><c> the</c><00:14:36.779><c> gate</c><00:14:36.960><c> between</c><00:14:37.299><c> two</c><00:14:37.659><c> walls,</c><00:14:38.220><c> which</c><00:14:38.220><c> is</c><00:14:38.360><c> by</c><00:14:38.519><c> the</c>

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king's<00:14:39.039><c> garden.</c><00:14:40.059><c> Now</c><00:14:40.139><c> the</c><00:14:40.419><c> Chaldeans</c><00:14:40.899><c> were</c>

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against<00:14:41.500><c> the</c><00:14:41.700><c> city</c><00:14:41.860><c> round</c><00:14:42.120><c> about.</c><00:14:43.220><c> And</c><00:14:43.340><c> the</c><00:14:43.500><c> king</c><00:14:43.720><c> went</c><00:14:44.000><c> the</c>

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way<00:14:44.399><c> towards</c><00:14:44.740><c> the</c><00:14:45.039><c> plains.</c><00:14:46.080><c> And</c><00:14:46.159><c> the</c><00:14:46.360><c> army</c>

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of<00:14:46.759><c> the</c><00:14:46.940><c> Chaldeans</c><00:14:47.379><c> pursued</c><00:14:47.740><c> after</c><00:14:48.059><c> the</c><00:14:48.259><c> king</c><00:14:48.399><c> and</c><00:14:48.620><c> overtook</c>

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him<00:14:49.220><c> in</c><00:14:49.379><c> the</c><00:14:49.600><c> plains</c><00:14:49.899><c> of</c><00:14:50.240><c> Jericho.</c><00:14:51.000><c> And</c>

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all<00:14:51.960><c> his</c><00:14:52.399><c> army</c><00:14:52.899><c> was</c><00:14:53.580><c> scattered</c><00:14:54.019><c> from</c><00:14:54.659><c> him.</c><00:14:55.940><c> And</c><00:14:56.220><c> there,</c><00:14:56.539><c> brethren</c><00:14:56.679><c> and</c><00:14:56.919><c> sisters,</c><00:14:57.600><c> was</c><00:14:57.720><c> a</c>

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verse<00:14:58.100><c> that</c><00:14:58.360><c> spelt</c>

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the<00:14:58.799><c> doom</c><00:14:59.059><c> of</c><00:14:59.259><c> the</c><00:14:59.399><c> kingdom</c><00:14:59.659><c> of</c><00:14:59.919><c> Judah.</c><00:15:01.019><c> And</c><00:15:01.279><c> thou</c><00:15:01.440><c> profane,</c>

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wicked<00:15:02.279><c> prince</c><00:15:02.580><c> of</c><00:15:02.659><c> Israel,</c><00:15:03.159><c> whose</c><00:15:03.279><c> day</c>

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shall<00:15:03.840><c> come</c><00:15:03.840><c> when</c><00:15:04.000><c> iniquity</c><00:15:04.360><c> shall</c><00:15:04.580><c> have</c><00:15:04.820><c> an</c><00:15:04.980><c> end.</c><00:15:06.019><c> Iniquity</c>

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shall<00:15:06.960><c> have</c><00:15:07.580><c> an</c><00:15:07.980><c> end.</c><00:15:08.740><c> And</c><00:15:08.740><c> it</c><00:15:08.980><c> ended</c><00:15:09.139><c> in</c>

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Jericho.<00:15:11.820><c> How</c><00:15:12.399><c> significant</c><00:15:12.980><c> then</c><00:15:13.240><c> was</c><00:15:13.460><c> this</c><00:15:13.659><c> city?</c><00:15:15.980><c> And</c><00:15:16.120><c> you</c>

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know,<00:15:16.539><c> brethren</c><00:15:16.639><c> and</c><00:15:16.940><c> sisters,</c><00:15:18.500><c> when</c><00:15:18.679><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:15:19.000><c> Jesus</c><00:15:19.419><c> Christ</c><00:15:19.820><c> made</c><00:15:20.080><c> his</c><00:15:20.379><c> last</c><00:15:21.100><c> march</c><00:15:21.440><c> to</c><00:15:21.679><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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for<00:15:24.080><c> what</c><00:15:24.360><c> reason?</c><00:15:24.860><c> That</c><00:15:25.000><c> he</c><00:15:25.139><c> might</c><00:15:25.360><c> lift</c><00:15:25.659><c> from</c><00:15:25.940><c> the</c>

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earth<00:15:26.460><c> the</c><00:15:26.779><c> greatest</c><00:15:27.259><c> curse</c><00:15:27.620><c> of</c><00:15:27.860><c> all</c><00:15:28.240><c> time,</c><00:15:28.600><c> the</c><00:15:28.820><c> curse</c><00:15:29.080><c> of</c><00:15:29.320><c> sin</c><00:15:29.519><c> and</c><00:15:29.700><c> death.</c><00:15:30.720><c> He</c>

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commenced<00:15:31.559><c> that</c>

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march<00:15:32.320><c> at</c><00:15:32.500><c> no</c><00:15:32.740><c> other</c><00:15:33.000><c> place</c><00:15:33.299><c> than</c><00:15:33.580><c> Jericho.</c><00:15:35.379><c> And</c><00:15:35.980><c> he</c><00:15:36.200><c> found</c><00:15:36.480><c> there</c><00:15:36.919><c> a</c>

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man<00:15:37.460><c> called</c><00:15:38.700><c> Bar</c><00:15:39.580><c> Timaeus,</c><00:15:41.700><c> who</c>

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was<00:15:42.299><c> blind.</c><00:15:44.539><c> And</c><00:15:44.840><c> the</c><00:15:45.000><c> word</c><00:15:45.240><c> bar</c><00:15:45.720><c> is</c><00:15:45.980><c> the</c><00:15:46.299><c> equivalent</c><00:15:46.539><c> of</c><00:15:46.779><c> the</c>

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Hebrew<00:15:47.340><c> ben,</c><00:15:48.059><c> which</c><00:15:48.240><c> is</c><00:15:48.580><c> sun,</c><00:15:49.320><c> but</c><00:15:49.500><c> it's</c>

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a<00:15:49.960><c> Greek</c><00:15:50.259><c> word.</c><00:15:52.039><c> And</c><00:15:52.299><c> the</c><00:15:52.460><c> word</c><00:15:52.679><c> Timaeus</c><00:15:53.899><c> means</c><00:15:54.399><c> the</c><00:15:54.740><c> unclean</c>

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one.<00:15:56.759><c> And</c><00:15:56.980><c> the</c><00:15:57.159><c> record</c><00:15:57.379><c> of</c><00:15:57.659><c> Mark</c><00:15:57.940><c> says</c><00:15:58.320><c> he</c>

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found<00:15:59.159><c> Bar</c><00:15:59.600><c> Timaeus,</c><00:16:00.580><c> son</c><00:16:00.840><c> of</c><00:16:01.139><c> Timaeus.</c><00:16:01.960><c> It</c><00:16:02.240><c> repeats</c><00:16:02.840><c> it</c><00:16:03.039><c> that</c>

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people<00:16:03.419><c> might</c><00:16:03.659><c> understand</c><00:16:04.340><c> who</c><00:16:04.519><c> he</c><00:16:04.799><c> found</c>

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there.<00:16:05.539><c> He</c><00:16:05.799><c> found</c><00:16:06.159><c> a</c><00:16:06.500><c> Gentile</c><00:16:07.200><c> who</c><00:16:07.379><c> was</c><00:16:08.000><c> blind,</c><00:16:10.639><c> living</c><00:16:10.820><c> under</c>

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a<00:16:11.460><c> curse</c><00:16:11.899><c> at</c><00:16:12.899><c> Jericho.</c><00:16:13.840><c> And</c><00:16:13.980><c> he</c><00:16:14.100><c> was</c><00:16:14.340><c> making</c>

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his<00:16:14.840><c> last</c><00:16:15.379><c> triumphant</c><00:16:15.879><c> march</c><00:16:16.200><c> to</c><00:16:16.399><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:16:16.860><c> brethren</c><00:16:17.159><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:16:17.840><c> that</c><00:16:18.000><c> he</c><00:16:18.139><c> might</c><00:16:18.399><c> lift</c><00:16:18.740><c> that</c><00:16:19.100><c> curse,</c>

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not<00:16:20.320><c> only</c><00:16:20.480><c> not</c><00:16:20.759><c> simply</c><00:16:21.000><c> of</c><00:16:21.200><c> physical</c><00:16:21.659><c> blindness,</c><00:16:22.399><c> but</c><00:16:22.580><c> the</c><00:16:22.899><c> greatest</c><00:16:23.240><c> curse</c><00:16:23.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:23.879><c> blighted</c><00:16:24.539><c> mankind.</c>

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And<00:16:25.399><c> he</c><00:16:25.559><c> commenced</c><00:16:25.980><c> that</c><00:16:26.279><c> march</c><00:16:26.559><c> by</c><00:16:26.899><c> giving</c><00:16:27.179><c> that</c><00:16:27.440><c> man</c><00:16:27.759><c> sight</c>

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while<00:16:28.779><c> the</c><00:16:29.080><c> Jews</c><00:16:29.379><c> protested</c><00:16:30.139><c> that</c><00:16:30.200><c> he</c>

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shouldn't<00:16:30.580><c> do</c><00:16:30.799><c> it.</c><00:16:31.740><c> And</c><00:16:32.200><c> he</c><00:16:32.440><c> stood</c><00:16:32.679><c> still.</c><00:16:33.820><c> And</c><00:16:34.259><c> he</c><00:16:34.519><c> commanded</c>

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that<00:16:35.039><c> that</c><00:16:35.200><c> man</c><00:16:35.360><c> should</c><00:16:35.559><c> be</c><00:16:35.820><c> called</c><00:16:35.980><c> to</c>

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him.<00:16:37.460><c> He</c><00:16:37.559><c> didn't</c><00:16:37.759><c> go</c><00:16:37.960><c> to</c><00:16:38.120><c> him,</c><00:16:38.440><c> he</c><00:16:38.679><c> commanded</c><00:16:39.019><c> the</c><00:16:39.279><c> Jews</c><00:16:39.440><c> that</c>

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they<00:16:39.799><c> should</c><00:16:40.000><c> call</c><00:16:40.299><c> him.</c><00:16:40.779><c> And</c><00:16:40.940><c> they</c><00:16:41.220><c> called</c>

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that<00:16:41.679><c> man</c><00:16:41.919><c> and</c><00:16:42.019><c> he</c><00:16:42.139><c> gave</c><00:16:42.379><c> him</c><00:16:42.679><c> sight</c><00:16:42.779><c> and</c><00:16:42.919><c> he</c><00:16:43.139><c> followed</c><00:16:43.360><c> Jesus</c>

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in<00:16:43.840><c> the</c><00:16:44.019><c> way.</c><00:16:44.820><c> And</c><00:16:44.980><c> we</c><00:16:45.100><c> could</c><00:16:45.179><c> go</c><00:16:45.379><c> on</c><00:16:45.460><c> with</c>

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that<00:16:45.779><c> record</c><00:16:46.240><c> in</c><00:16:47.340><c> a</c><00:16:47.500><c> manner</c><00:16:47.600><c> that</c><00:16:47.720><c> would</c><00:16:48.019><c> fascinate</c><00:16:48.480><c> you,</c><00:16:48.620><c> but</c>

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that's<00:16:49.320><c> not</c><00:16:49.480><c> our</c><00:16:49.720><c> purpose.</c><00:16:50.360><c> The</c><00:16:50.480><c> only</c>

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thing<00:16:50.799><c> we</c><00:16:50.919><c> want</c><00:16:51.080><c> to</c><00:16:51.379><c> point</c><00:16:51.639><c> out</c><00:16:51.799><c> now,</c><00:16:52.240><c> brethren</c><00:16:52.360><c> and</c><00:16:52.559><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:16:53.039><c> that</c><00:16:53.200><c> there</c><00:16:53.379><c> is</c><00:16:53.659><c> associated</c><00:16:54.059><c> with</c>

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the<00:16:54.940><c> city</c><00:16:54.940><c> terrible</c><00:16:56.179><c> curses</c><00:16:57.019><c> of</c><00:16:57.919><c> such</c><00:16:58.240><c> a</c><00:16:58.440><c> nature</c><00:16:58.700><c> that</c><00:16:58.840><c> they</c>

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caused<00:16:59.360><c> men</c><00:16:59.600><c> of</c><00:16:59.740><c> that</c><00:16:59.980><c> city</c><00:17:00.139><c> to</c><00:17:00.419><c> cry</c><00:17:00.639><c> unto</c>

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Elisha<00:17:01.919><c> and</c><00:17:02.179><c> to</c><00:17:02.460><c> Jesus,</c><00:17:02.820><c> oh</c><00:17:03.039><c> Lord</c><00:17:03.340><c> save</c><00:17:03.679><c> us.</c><00:17:04.039><c> And</c><00:17:04.240><c> he</c><00:17:04.519><c> saved</c>

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them.<00:17:06.579><c> And</c><00:17:06.599><c> that's</c><00:17:06.880><c> where</c><00:17:07.019><c> Elisha</c><00:17:07.960><c> commenced</c>

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his<00:17:10.380><c> ministry,</c><00:17:12.079><c> which</c><00:17:12.279><c> was</c><00:17:12.460><c> going</c><00:17:12.619><c> to</c><00:17:12.819><c> remove</c><00:17:13.039><c> a</c><00:17:13.240><c> lot</c><00:17:13.319><c> of</c><00:17:13.559><c> curses</c><00:17:13.759><c> in</c><00:17:13.940><c> Israel.</c><00:17:15.859><c> Now</c><00:17:16.039><c> I</c>

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reckon<00:17:16.240><c> that's</c>

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interesting.<00:17:18.599><c> And</c><00:17:18.819><c> it</c><00:17:18.980><c> shows</c><00:17:19.140><c> us,</c><00:17:19.380><c> brethren</c><00:17:19.579><c> and</c><00:17:19.799><c> sisters,</c>

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does<00:17:20.140><c> it</c><00:17:20.339><c> not,</c><00:17:20.579><c> the</c><00:17:20.759><c> spirit</c><00:17:21.000><c> of</c><00:17:21.180><c> this</c><00:17:21.359><c> man</c>

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and<00:17:22.720><c> what</c><00:17:22.880><c> he</c><00:17:23.119><c> intended</c><00:17:23.400><c> to</c><00:17:23.660><c> do.</c><00:17:25.460><c> What</c><00:17:25.539><c> was</c><00:17:25.700><c> wrong</c><00:17:25.900><c> with</c><00:17:26.180><c> Jericho?</c><00:17:26.779><c> Well,</c>

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as<00:17:27.799><c> the</c><00:17:27.940><c> men</c><00:17:28.099><c> said</c><00:17:28.319><c> in</c><00:17:28.460><c> that</c>

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snotting<00:17:29.359><c> verse,</c><00:17:31.380><c> they</c><00:17:31.500><c> said,</c><00:17:31.700><c> look,</c><00:17:31.859><c> the</c><00:17:32.019><c> situation</c><00:17:32.519><c> of</c><00:17:32.680><c> the</c>

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city<00:17:32.940><c> is</c><00:17:33.220><c> pleasant,</c><00:17:34.799><c> as</c><00:17:35.119><c> my</c><00:17:35.400><c> Lord</c><00:17:35.660><c> said.</c>

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But<00:17:38.299><c> the</c><00:17:38.500><c> problem</c><00:17:38.779><c> of</c><00:17:38.980><c> the</c><00:17:39.119><c> city,</c><00:17:39.500><c> brethren</c><00:17:39.640><c> and</c><00:17:39.880><c> sisters,</c>

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was<00:17:40.299><c> with</c><00:17:40.500><c> the</c><00:17:40.700><c> water.</c><00:17:42.740><c> That</c><00:17:43.019><c> was</c><00:17:43.220><c> the</c>

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problem<00:17:43.740><c> of</c><00:17:43.920><c> the</c><00:17:44.039><c> city,</c><00:17:44.220><c> the</c><00:17:44.460><c> water.</c><00:17:46.579><c> And</c><00:17:46.859><c> the</c><00:17:47.039><c> water,</c><00:17:47.240><c> they</c>

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said,<00:17:47.920><c> is</c><00:17:48.059><c> not,</c><00:17:49.500><c> the</c><00:17:49.799><c> Hebrew</c><00:17:50.180><c> word</c><00:17:50.539><c> means</c><00:17:50.900><c> it</c>

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was<00:17:51.440><c> evil,</c><00:17:52.400><c> was</c><00:17:52.779><c> bad.</c><00:17:54.859><c> It</c><00:17:55.019><c> was</c><00:17:55.299><c> a</c><00:17:55.460><c> corrupt</c><00:17:56.119><c> fountain.</c><00:17:58.119><c> You</c><00:17:58.259><c> look</c><00:17:58.359><c> at</c>

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the<00:17:58.579><c> sixth</c><00:17:58.779><c> chapter</c><00:17:59.140><c> of</c><00:17:59.359><c> Jeremiah</c>

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for<00:18:00.000><c> that,</c><00:18:01.480><c> and</c><00:18:01.619><c> see</c><00:18:01.779><c> how</c><00:18:01.920><c> Jeremiah</c><00:18:02.339><c> describes</c><00:18:02.819><c> this.</c><00:18:03.960><c> He's</c>

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not<00:18:04.240><c> talking</c><00:18:04.440><c> about</c><00:18:04.700><c> the</c><00:18:04.859><c> fountain</c><00:18:05.099><c> of</c><00:18:05.380><c> Jericho,</c>

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but<00:18:06.240><c> here's</c><00:18:06.579><c> a</c><00:18:06.720><c> reference</c><00:18:07.220><c> to</c><00:18:10.500><c> a</c><00:18:10.700><c> fountain</c><00:18:11.059><c> whose</c><00:18:11.400><c> waters</c><00:18:11.720><c> are</c>

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corrupt.<00:18:18.519><c> And</c><00:18:18.660><c> this</c><00:18:18.839><c> was</c><00:18:19.000><c> what</c><00:18:19.079><c> was</c>

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wrong<00:18:19.599><c> with</c><00:18:19.599><c> Jericho.</c><00:18:25.319><c> And</c><00:18:25.380><c> in</c><00:18:25.519><c> the</c><00:18:25.579><c> sixth</c><00:18:25.799><c> chapter</c><00:18:26.079><c> of</c><00:18:26.279><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:18:26.700><c> at</c>

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verse<00:18:27.119><c> seven,</c><00:18:27.859><c> the</c><00:18:28.019><c> prophet</c><00:18:28.200><c> says,</c>

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As<00:18:28.980><c> a</c><00:18:29.220><c> fountain</c><00:18:29.480><c> casteth</c><00:18:30.200><c> out</c><00:18:30.519><c> her</c><00:18:30.859><c> waters,</c><00:18:32.160><c> so</c><00:18:32.460><c> she</c><00:18:32.759><c> casteth</c>

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out<00:18:33.460><c> her</c><00:18:33.900><c> wickedness.</c><00:18:35.519><c> Violence</c><00:18:36.119><c> and</c>

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spoil<00:18:36.779><c> is</c><00:18:37.039><c> heard</c><00:18:37.259><c> in</c><00:18:37.440><c> her</c><00:18:37.880><c> before</c><00:18:38.799><c> me</c><00:18:39.059><c> continually</c><00:18:39.500><c> as</c><00:18:39.819><c> grief</c>

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and<00:18:40.519><c> wounds.</c><00:18:41.680><c> As</c><00:18:41.920><c> a</c><00:18:42.160><c> fountain</c><00:18:42.460><c> casteth</c>

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out<00:18:43.160><c> her</c><00:18:43.440><c> waters,</c><00:18:44.180><c> so</c><00:18:44.440><c> she</c><00:18:44.740><c> casteth</c><00:18:45.440><c> out</c><00:18:45.680><c> her</c><00:18:46.059><c> wickedness.</c><00:18:47.200><c> And</c><00:18:47.519><c> so</c>

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it<00:18:47.700><c> was</c><00:18:47.980><c> the</c><00:18:48.299><c> water</c><00:18:48.519><c> of</c><00:18:48.859><c> Jericho</c><00:18:49.220><c> that</c><00:18:49.339><c> was</c>

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causing<00:18:49.779><c> all</c><00:18:50.119><c> the</c><00:18:50.279><c> trouble,</c><00:18:50.759><c> brethren</c><00:18:50.900><c> and</c><00:18:51.160><c> sisters.</c><00:18:52.079><c> And</c><00:18:52.299><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:52.519><c> word</c><00:18:52.660><c> of</c><00:18:52.880><c> God,</c><00:18:54.160><c> water</c><00:18:54.440><c> is</c><00:18:54.759><c> a</c><00:18:54.900><c> symbol,</c>

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it's<00:18:56.740><c> a</c><00:18:56.980><c> cleansing</c><00:18:57.319><c> agency,</c><00:18:58.059><c> and</c><00:18:58.160><c> it's</c><00:18:58.440><c> a</c><00:18:58.539><c> symbol</c><00:18:58.700><c> of</c><00:18:58.880><c> the</c><00:18:59.079><c> power</c><00:18:59.279><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:59.480><c> word</c><00:18:59.619><c> of</c><00:18:59.859><c> God.</c><00:19:02.079><c> He</c><00:19:02.279><c> that</c><00:19:02.480><c> believeth</c>

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on<00:19:03.000><c> me,</c><00:19:03.220><c> said</c><00:19:03.380><c> Jesus,</c><00:19:03.900><c> out</c><00:19:04.079><c> of</c><00:19:04.119><c> his</c><00:19:04.380><c> belly</c><00:19:04.619><c> shall</c><00:19:04.880><c> flow</c><00:19:05.079><c> rivers</c>

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of<00:19:05.700><c> living</c><00:19:05.940><c> water.</c><00:19:08.000><c> But</c><00:19:08.180><c> that</c><00:19:08.359><c> water</c>

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was<00:19:08.799><c> not</c><00:19:09.019><c> living.</c><00:19:11.059><c> It</c><00:19:11.279><c> was</c><00:19:11.460><c> just</c><00:19:11.700><c> the</c><00:19:12.019><c> opposite</c><00:19:12.339><c> of</c><00:19:12.920><c> living</c><00:19:13.160><c> water,</c><00:19:13.460><c> because</c><00:19:13.779><c> as</c>

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the<00:19:14.140><c> record</c><00:19:14.400><c> says,</c>

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the<00:19:15.480><c> ground</c><00:19:16.000><c> was</c><00:19:16.480><c> barren.</c><00:19:18.559><c> And</c><00:19:18.720><c> the</c><00:19:18.819><c> word</c><00:19:19.079><c> barren</c><00:19:19.460><c> there</c><00:19:19.720><c> means</c><00:19:20.000><c> that</c>

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the<00:19:20.940><c> ground</c><00:19:21.160><c> was</c><00:19:21.440><c> having</c><00:19:21.720><c> miscarriages.</c>

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And<00:19:25.099><c> it's</c><00:19:25.359><c> a</c><00:19:25.400><c> very</c><00:19:25.839><c> expressive</c><00:19:26.359><c> term</c><00:19:26.700><c> here.</c><00:19:28.140><c> You</c><00:19:28.299><c> see,</c><00:19:28.380><c> there</c>

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was<00:19:28.700><c> a</c><00:19:28.960><c> spring,</c><00:19:30.539><c> and</c><00:19:30.720><c> the</c><00:19:31.000><c> spring</c><00:19:31.160><c> was</c>

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coming<00:19:31.680><c> out</c><00:19:31.859><c> of</c><00:19:31.980><c> the</c><00:19:32.200><c> ground.</c><00:19:32.900><c> And</c><00:19:33.119><c> it</c><00:19:33.299><c> should</c><00:19:33.480><c> have</c><00:19:33.920><c> given</c><00:19:34.240><c> life</c><00:19:34.640><c> to</c>

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the<00:19:35.059><c> ground,</c><00:19:36.019><c> but</c><00:19:36.079><c> the</c><00:19:36.319><c> ground</c><00:19:36.500><c> was</c>

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to<00:19:36.980><c> fertilize</c><00:19:37.500><c> the</c><00:19:37.779><c> seed,</c><00:19:38.299><c> which</c><00:19:38.460><c> was</c><00:19:38.700><c> going</c><00:19:38.900><c> to</c><00:19:39.140><c> come</c><00:19:39.339><c> to</c><00:19:39.500><c> fruition</c><00:19:39.839><c> in</c>

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fruit.<00:19:41.299><c> But</c><00:19:41.539><c> all</c><00:19:41.960><c> that</c><00:19:42.160><c> the</c>

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ground<00:19:44.900><c> was</c><00:19:45.039><c> causing</c><00:19:45.579><c> miscarriages.</c><00:19:49.039><c> All</c><00:19:49.259><c> the</c><00:19:49.539><c> time,</c><00:19:50.119><c> miscarriages.</c><00:19:52.900><c> So</c><00:19:53.079><c> that</c><00:19:53.200><c> the</c>

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ground<00:19:53.579><c> was</c><00:19:53.859><c> not</c><00:19:54.380><c> sterile</c>

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in<00:19:54.960><c> the</c><00:19:55.119><c> sense</c><00:19:55.319><c> that</c><00:19:55.460><c> it</c><00:19:55.539><c> wouldn't</c><00:19:55.799><c> produce</c><00:19:56.220><c> anything,</c><00:19:57.380><c> but</c>

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that<00:19:57.680><c> which</c><00:19:57.859><c> it</c><00:19:58.140><c> started</c><00:19:58.359><c> to</c><00:19:58.680><c> produce</c><00:19:58.980><c> just</c>

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didn't<00:19:59.799><c> come</c><00:20:00.079><c> to</c><00:20:00.240><c> fruition.</c><00:20:01.920><c> And</c><00:20:02.119><c> it's</c><00:20:02.299><c> rather</c><00:20:02.660><c> expressive,</c>

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brethren<00:20:03.460><c> and</c><00:20:03.660><c> sisters,</c><00:20:03.839><c> that</c><00:20:04.059><c> the</c>

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term<00:20:04.359><c> like</c><00:20:04.660><c> that</c><00:20:04.799><c> should</c><00:20:04.980><c> be</c><00:20:05.259><c> used,</c><00:20:05.539><c> because</c><00:20:06.200><c> here</c><00:20:06.680><c> is</c><00:20:06.839><c> an</c><00:20:06.980><c> illustration</c><00:20:07.720><c> of</c>

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what<00:20:09.559><c> happens</c><00:20:10.380><c> when</c><00:20:12.299><c> we've</c>

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got<00:20:13.599><c> the</c><00:20:13.599><c> stream</c><00:20:14.019><c> of</c><00:20:14.299><c> life</c><00:20:14.819><c> corrupted</c><00:20:15.339><c> at</c><00:20:15.519><c> its</c><00:20:15.779><c> source.</c><00:20:17.740><c> Here</c>

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was<00:20:18.140><c> the</c><00:20:18.380><c> stream</c><00:20:18.700><c> of</c><00:20:18.940><c> life</c><00:20:19.279><c> corrupted</c><00:20:19.740><c> at</c><00:20:19.920><c> its</c>

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very<00:20:20.539><c> source,</c><00:20:22.200><c> because</c><00:20:22.579><c> Jericho,</c><00:20:23.019><c> as</c><00:20:23.180><c> I</c><00:20:23.380><c> said,</c><00:20:23.500><c> was</c><00:20:23.680><c> the</c><00:20:23.920><c> epitome</c><00:20:24.299><c> of</c>

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wickedness.<00:20:25.319><c> And</c><00:20:25.740><c> in</c><00:20:25.859><c> that</c><00:20:26.140><c> very</c>

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small<00:20:26.940><c> city</c><00:20:27.160><c> as</c><00:20:27.279><c> it</c><00:20:27.500><c> was,</c><00:20:28.400><c> it</c><00:20:28.579><c> was,</c><00:20:28.859><c> as</c><00:20:29.119><c> it</c><00:20:29.339><c> were,</c><00:20:29.720><c> an</c><00:20:29.880><c> epitome</c>

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of<00:20:30.339><c> the</c><00:20:30.559><c> whole</c><00:20:30.799><c> of</c><00:20:30.980><c> the</c><00:20:31.079><c> nation</c><00:20:31.299><c> of</c><00:20:31.579><c> Canaan.</c>

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And<00:20:32.980><c> this</c><00:20:33.180><c> was</c><00:20:33.380><c> the</c><00:20:33.519><c> bottle</c><00:20:33.660><c> with</c><00:20:33.819><c> the</c><00:20:33.980><c> water</c><00:20:34.119><c> of</c><00:20:34.359><c> Jericho.</c>

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Now<00:20:35.079><c> the</c><00:20:35.299><c> land</c><00:20:35.619><c> was</c><00:20:35.819><c> having</c><00:20:36.019><c> miscarriages.</c>

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You<00:20:37.059><c> look</c><00:20:37.160><c> at</c><00:20:37.339><c> Malachi</c><00:20:37.720><c> chapter</c><00:20:38.059><c> 3</c><00:20:38.319><c> in</c><00:20:38.460><c> verse</c><00:20:38.660><c> 11.</c><00:20:52.480><c> In</c><00:20:52.579><c> the</c><00:20:52.799><c> third</c><00:20:52.920><c> chapter</c><00:20:53.220><c> of</c>

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Malachi,<00:21:00.359><c> we</c><00:21:00.420><c> read</c><00:21:00.559><c> in</c><00:21:00.759><c> verse</c><00:21:00.960><c> 11,</c>

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God<00:21:01.960><c> says,</c><00:21:02.660><c> oh,</c><00:21:02.819><c> verse</c><00:21:03.039><c> 10</c><00:21:03.259><c> we</c><00:21:03.400><c> could</c><00:21:03.519><c> read</c><00:21:03.740><c> by</c><00:21:03.940><c> me.</c><00:21:04.420><c> Oh,</c><00:21:04.519><c> verse</c>

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9.<00:21:05.500><c> He</c><00:21:05.500><c> says,</c>

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Neither<00:21:33.140><c> shall</c><00:21:33.700><c> your</c><00:21:34.160><c> vine</c><00:21:34.619><c> cast</c><00:21:35.200><c> her</c><00:21:35.700><c> fruit.</c><00:21:36.140><c> And</c><00:21:36.299><c> that's</c>

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the<00:21:36.759><c> same</c><00:21:37.000><c> Hebrew</c><00:21:37.380><c> word,</c><00:21:38.160><c> the</c><00:21:38.220><c> word</c><00:21:38.559><c> cast.</c>

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Neither<00:21:39.880><c> shall</c><00:21:40.200><c> your</c><00:21:40.599><c> vine</c><00:21:40.839><c> have</c><00:21:41.200><c> miscarriages.</c><00:21:44.319><c> And</c><00:21:44.559><c> there</c>

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was<00:21:44.960><c> the</c><00:21:45.160><c> vine,</c><00:21:45.640><c> brethren</c><00:21:45.740><c> and</c><00:21:45.859><c> sisters,</c>

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a<00:21:46.220><c> symbol</c><00:21:46.400><c> of</c><00:21:46.559><c> Israel.</c><00:21:47.660><c> It</c><00:21:47.660><c> could</c><00:21:47.880><c> miscarry</c><00:21:48.599><c> and</c><00:21:48.740><c> not</c><00:21:49.019><c> bring</c>

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to<00:21:49.859><c> fruition</c><00:21:50.339><c> that</c><00:21:50.759><c> which</c><00:21:50.960><c> God</c><00:21:51.259><c> desired</c><00:21:51.680><c> of</c><00:21:51.880><c> it.</c>

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So<00:21:52.640><c> that</c><00:21:52.759><c> when</c><00:21:53.039><c> the</c><00:21:53.339><c> Lord</c><00:21:53.559><c> Jesus</c><00:21:53.980><c> Christ</c><00:21:54.359><c> was</c><00:21:54.539><c> looking</c><00:21:54.799><c> for</c><00:21:55.119><c> fruit,</c><00:21:55.660><c> he</c>

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wouldn't<00:21:56.220><c> find</c><00:21:56.579><c> it</c><00:21:56.779><c> there</c><00:21:56.960><c> because</c>

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it<00:21:57.660><c> would</c><00:21:57.859><c> have</c><00:21:58.079><c> miscarriages.</c><00:21:58.859><c> Why?</c><00:21:59.599><c> Because</c><00:21:59.920><c> the</c><00:22:00.180><c> water</c><00:22:00.380><c> which</c><00:22:00.579><c> was</c><00:22:00.819><c> supposed</c><00:22:01.180><c> to</c>

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feed<00:22:01.480><c> it</c>

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was<00:22:01.859><c> corrupted</c><00:22:02.279><c> at</c><00:22:02.500><c> its</c><00:22:02.779><c> source.</c><00:22:05.160><c> And</c><00:22:05.279><c> that's</c><00:22:05.480><c> what</c><00:22:05.640><c> John</c><00:22:05.920><c> the</c>

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Baptist<00:22:06.299><c> was</c><00:22:06.460><c> telling</c><00:22:06.660><c> the</c><00:22:06.940><c> Pharisees.</c>

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That's<00:22:07.720><c> what</c><00:22:07.859><c> the</c><00:22:08.059><c> Lord</c><00:22:08.259><c> was</c><00:22:08.480><c> telling</c><00:22:08.680><c> the</c><00:22:08.940><c> Pharisees.</c><00:22:09.539><c> Bring</c>

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forth<00:22:10.180><c> fruits,</c><00:22:10.640><c> meet</c><00:22:10.759><c> the</c><00:22:11.000><c> repentance.</c>

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What's<00:22:12.519><c> the</c><00:22:12.599><c> good</c><00:22:12.680><c> of</c><00:22:12.819><c> having</c><00:22:12.960><c> a</c><00:22:13.220><c> fig</c><00:22:13.380><c> tree</c><00:22:13.500><c> if</c><00:22:13.640><c> you</c><00:22:13.799><c> can't</c><00:22:14.039><c> get</c>

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anything<00:22:14.359><c> off</c><00:22:14.579><c> of</c><00:22:14.720><c> it?</c>

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And<00:22:15.599><c> what</c><00:22:15.740><c> is</c><00:22:15.920><c> the</c><00:22:16.160><c> cause</c><00:22:16.380><c> of</c><00:22:16.559><c> that,</c><00:22:17.039><c> brethren</c><00:22:17.039><c> and</c><00:22:17.259><c> sisters?</c>

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The<00:22:18.059><c> cause</c><00:22:18.279><c> of</c><00:22:18.480><c> that</c><00:22:18.619><c> is</c><00:22:18.819><c> water,</c>

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poisoned<00:22:19.700><c> at</c><00:22:19.839><c> its</c><00:22:20.160><c> source,</c><00:22:20.819><c> and</c><00:22:21.079><c> it</c><00:22:21.180><c> doesn't</c><00:22:21.359><c> produce</c><00:22:21.759><c> any</c><00:22:22.039><c> fruit.</c><00:22:22.480><c> And</c><00:22:22.680><c> you</c><00:22:22.920><c> take</c><00:22:23.140><c> that</c><00:22:23.400><c> illustration</c><00:22:23.940><c> of</c><00:22:24.220><c> Malachi,</c>

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that<00:22:25.599><c> beautiful</c><00:22:26.000><c> illustration</c><00:22:26.500><c> of</c><00:22:26.740><c> Malachi,</c><00:22:27.559><c> the</c><00:22:27.740><c> fruit</c><00:22:27.839><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:28.200><c> vine.</c>

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If<00:22:30.200><c> a</c><00:22:30.460><c> vine,</c><00:22:30.880><c> brethren</c><00:22:31.000><c> and</c><00:22:31.259><c> sisters,</c><00:22:31.539><c> has</c><00:22:31.799><c> miscarriages</c><00:22:32.500><c> that</c><00:22:32.819><c> it</c>

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doesn't<00:22:33.220><c> bring</c><00:22:33.440><c> its</c><00:22:33.720><c> fruit</c><00:22:33.859><c> to</c><00:22:34.140><c> its</c><00:22:34.339><c> fruition,</c>

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what's<00:22:35.559><c> the</c><00:22:35.619><c> good</c><00:22:35.680><c> of</c><00:22:35.819><c> it?</c><00:22:37.819><c> Ezekiel</c><00:22:38.220><c> said,</c><00:22:38.480><c> what</c><00:22:38.539><c> would</c><00:22:38.940><c> you</c><00:22:39.059><c> do</c><00:22:39.299><c> with</c><00:22:39.480><c> a</c>

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vine<00:22:39.940><c> that</c><00:22:40.180><c> didn't</c><00:22:40.380><c> produce</c><00:22:40.759><c> fruit?</c>

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You<00:22:42.380><c> can't</c><00:22:42.660><c> make</c><00:22:42.920><c> furniture</c><00:22:43.259><c> out</c><00:22:43.460><c> of</c><00:22:43.559><c> it.</c><00:22:44.680><c> You</c><00:22:44.839><c> can't</c><00:22:45.079><c> do</c><00:22:45.160><c> a</c>

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thing<00:22:45.519><c> with</c><00:22:45.700><c> it.</c>

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There's<00:22:45.900><c> only</c><00:22:46.099><c> one</c><00:22:46.359><c> thing</c><00:22:46.480><c> you</c><00:22:46.539><c> can</c><00:22:46.660><c> do</c><00:22:46.779><c> with</c><00:22:46.960><c> a</c><00:22:47.119><c> vine,</c><00:22:47.339><c> it's</c>

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burn<00:22:47.680><c> it.</c>

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And<00:22:48.599><c> you</c><00:22:48.680><c> know,</c><00:22:48.940><c> tomorrow</c><00:22:49.240><c> morning</c><00:22:49.539><c> we're</c><00:22:49.799><c> going</c><00:22:49.880><c> to</c><00:22:50.099><c> drink</c>

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wine<00:22:50.539><c> in</c><00:22:50.720><c> remembrance</c><00:22:50.980><c> of</c><00:22:51.180><c> our</c><00:22:51.319><c> Lord</c><00:22:51.460><c> Jesus</c><00:22:51.859><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:22:53.000><c> the</c><00:22:53.160><c> water</c><00:22:53.400><c> that</c><00:22:53.519><c> we're</c><00:22:53.759><c> going</c><00:22:53.779><c> to</c><00:22:53.940><c> drink</c><00:22:54.180><c> associated</c><00:22:54.720><c> with</c><00:22:54.900><c> that</c><00:22:55.160><c> vine</c><00:22:55.359><c> is</c><00:22:55.619><c> pure.</c>

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And<00:22:57.960><c> why</c><00:22:58.200><c> would</c><00:22:58.339><c> you</c><00:22:58.500><c> imagine,</c><00:22:59.039><c> brethren</c><00:22:59.180><c> and</c><00:22:59.400><c> sisters,</c><00:22:59.579><c> that</c>

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he<00:22:59.920><c> chooses</c><00:23:00.220><c> the</c><00:23:00.559><c> vine</c><00:23:00.660><c> as</c><00:23:00.859><c> a</c><00:23:01.000><c> symbol</c><00:23:01.299><c> of</c><00:23:01.579><c> his</c><00:23:01.819><c> blood?</c>

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Because<00:23:03.779><c> there's</c><00:23:04.059><c> one</c><00:23:04.359><c> thing</c><00:23:04.559><c> about</c><00:23:04.799><c> the</c><00:23:05.059><c> vine</c><00:23:05.259><c> and</c><00:23:05.859><c> one</c><00:23:06.500><c> thing</c><00:23:06.880><c> only</c>

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that<00:23:07.779><c> makes</c><00:23:08.019><c> it</c><00:23:09.380><c> so</c><00:23:09.619><c> outstanding.</c>

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It<00:23:10.319><c> only</c><00:23:10.660><c> has</c><00:23:10.980><c> one</c><00:23:11.559><c> single</c><00:23:12.400><c> virtue,</c><00:23:14.140><c> fruit.</c>

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One<00:23:17.579><c> single</c><00:23:18.140><c> virtue,</c><00:23:19.680><c> fruit.</c>

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And<00:23:22.039><c> if</c><00:23:22.160><c> it</c><00:23:22.380><c> miscarries</c><00:23:22.839><c> its</c><00:23:23.099><c> fruit,</c><00:23:24.619><c> useless.</c>

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And<00:23:28.119><c> another</c><00:23:28.319><c> thing</c><00:23:28.480><c> about</c><00:23:28.720><c> the</c><00:23:28.920><c> vine</c><00:23:29.039><c> is</c><00:23:29.220><c> this,</c><00:23:31.240><c> that</c><00:23:31.420><c> fruit</c>

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is<00:23:33.359><c> in</c><00:23:33.599><c> clusters.</c>

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And<00:23:36.460><c> when</c><00:23:36.579><c> the</c><00:23:36.700><c> Lord</c><00:23:36.839><c> Jesus</c><00:23:37.240><c> Christ</c><00:23:37.599><c> broke</c><00:23:37.799><c> bread</c><00:23:38.039><c> and</c><00:23:38.279><c> wine,</c>

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he<00:23:40.579><c> took</c><00:23:40.779><c> the</c><00:23:41.039><c> bread,</c><00:23:41.240><c> he</c><00:23:41.500><c> gave</c><00:23:41.720><c> it</c><00:23:41.920><c> to</c><00:23:42.019><c> them</c><00:23:42.200><c> and</c><00:23:42.299><c> said,</c>

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take<00:23:43.559><c> eat,</c><00:23:43.700><c> this</c><00:23:43.880><c> is</c><00:23:44.140><c> my</c><00:23:44.359><c> body</c><00:23:44.779><c> which</c><00:23:45.400><c> is</c><00:23:45.599><c> given</c><00:23:45.779><c> to</c><00:23:46.039><c> you.</c>

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When<00:23:47.339><c> he</c><00:23:47.460><c> picked</c><00:23:47.660><c> up</c><00:23:47.859><c> the</c><00:23:48.059><c> cup,</c><00:23:48.740><c> he</c><00:23:48.859><c> gave</c><00:23:49.039><c> it</c><00:23:49.220><c> to</c><00:23:49.339><c> them</c><00:23:49.480><c> and</c><00:23:49.579><c> he</c>

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said,<00:23:50.440><c> you</c><00:23:50.579><c> divide</c><00:23:50.900><c> that</c><00:23:51.119><c> amongst</c><00:23:51.380><c> yourselves.</c>

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Because<00:23:53.900><c> the</c><00:23:54.359><c> vine</c><00:23:54.599><c> hangs</c><00:23:54.920><c> in</c><00:23:55.680><c> clusters.</c>

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And<00:23:58.180><c> if</c><00:23:58.279><c> the</c><00:23:58.460><c> vine</c><00:23:58.619><c> of</c><00:23:58.740><c> Israel</c><00:23:59.180><c> today</c><00:23:59.480><c> is</c><00:23:59.640><c> going</c><00:23:59.759><c> to</c><00:23:59.900><c> produce</c>

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fruit,<00:24:00.680><c> brethren</c><00:24:00.799><c> and</c><00:24:01.059><c> sisters,</c>

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it's<00:24:02.200><c> all</c><00:24:02.359><c> going</c><00:24:02.500><c> to</c><00:24:02.599><c> hang</c><00:24:02.720><c> on</c><00:24:02.960><c> there</c><00:24:03.119><c> together.</c>

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And<00:24:06.220><c> it's</c><00:24:06.460><c> by</c><00:24:06.680><c> the</c><00:24:07.160><c> clusters</c><00:24:07.559><c> of</c><00:24:07.859><c> grapes</c><00:24:08.500><c> that</c><00:24:10.039><c> that</c><00:24:10.460><c> symbol</c>

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of<00:24:10.779><c> the</c><00:24:10.900><c> Lord's</c><00:24:11.319><c> blood</c><00:24:11.420><c> was</c><00:24:11.660><c> given,</c>

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that<00:24:12.200><c> he</c><00:24:12.339><c> gave</c><00:24:12.619><c> his</c><00:24:12.980><c> life</c><00:24:13.380><c> for</c><00:24:13.640><c> you</c><00:24:13.819><c> and</c><00:24:13.980><c> I.</c>

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And<00:24:14.200><c> we</c><00:24:14.279><c> divide</c><00:24:14.599><c> that</c><00:24:14.920><c> life</c><00:24:15.200><c> between</c><00:24:15.559><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:24:16.180><c> everyone</c><00:24:16.400><c> that</c><00:24:16.559><c> takes</c><00:24:16.819><c> that</c><00:24:17.079><c> life</c><00:24:17.319><c> is</c><00:24:17.519><c> brought</c><00:24:17.700><c> together</c>

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in<00:24:18.140><c> a</c><00:24:18.339><c> cluster.</c>

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But<00:24:20.200><c> if</c><00:24:20.440><c> that</c><00:24:21.180><c> water</c><00:24:21.519><c> which</c><00:24:22.640><c> feeds</c><00:24:22.980><c> us</c><00:24:23.339><c> is</c><00:24:23.579><c> impure</c><00:24:24.000><c> at</c><00:24:24.180><c> its</c><00:24:24.460><c> source,</c><00:24:25.660><c> as</c>

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it<00:24:25.980><c> was</c><00:24:26.119><c> at</c><00:24:26.400><c> Jericho,</c>

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and<00:24:27.819><c> that</c><00:24:28.039><c> fruit</c><00:24:28.160><c> is</c><00:24:28.420><c> not</c><00:24:28.619><c> produced,</c><00:24:30.279><c> then</c><00:24:30.400><c> there</c><00:24:30.619><c> is</c><00:24:30.819><c> no</c><00:24:31.140><c> value</c><00:24:31.519><c> whatsoever</c><00:24:32.180><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:32.599><c> vine</c><00:24:32.740><c> of</c><00:24:32.880><c> Israel</c><00:24:33.220><c> today.</c>

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And<00:24:33.940><c> that</c><00:24:34.099><c> was</c><00:24:34.259><c> wrong</c><00:24:34.500><c> with</c><00:24:34.700><c> the</c><00:24:34.819><c> city</c><00:24:34.980><c> of</c><00:24:35.200><c> Jericho.</c>

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And<00:24:36.680><c> Elisha</c><00:24:36.900><c> was</c><00:24:37.059><c> going</c><00:24:37.180><c> to</c><00:24:37.279><c> lift</c><00:24:37.400><c> that</c><00:24:37.680><c> curse.</c>

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Now<00:24:38.339><c> you</c><00:24:38.460><c> come</c><00:24:38.660><c> back</c><00:24:38.880><c> with</c><00:24:39.039><c> me</c><00:24:39.160><c> to</c><00:24:39.259><c> that</c><00:24:39.400><c> second</c><00:24:39.660><c> chapter</c><00:24:40.099><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:40.619><c> second</c><00:24:40.799><c> book</c><00:24:40.980><c> of</c><00:24:41.180><c> Kings</c>

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and<00:24:41.440><c> have</c><00:24:41.599><c> a</c><00:24:41.680><c> look</c><00:24:41.740><c> what</c><00:24:41.900><c> he</c><00:24:41.980><c> did.</c>

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In<00:24:49.140><c> verse</c><00:24:49.359><c> 20</c><00:24:49.599><c> he</c><00:24:49.759><c> said,</c>

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bring<00:24:54.619><c> me</c><00:24:55.019><c> a</c><00:24:55.279><c> new</c><00:24:55.559><c> cruise</c><00:24:56.059><c> and</c><00:24:57.660><c> put</c><00:24:57.940><c> salt</c><00:24:58.319><c> therein</c><00:24:58.640><c> and</c><00:24:58.680><c> they</c>

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brought<00:24:59.099><c> it</c><00:24:59.319><c> to</c><00:24:59.460><c> him.</c>

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Three<00:25:00.700><c> things</c><00:25:00.960><c> I</c><00:25:01.079><c> want</c><00:25:01.180><c> you</c><00:25:01.299><c> to</c><00:25:01.440><c> notice</c><00:25:01.559><c> in</c><00:25:01.740><c> that</c><00:25:01.960><c> verse,</c><00:25:02.259><c> brethren</c><00:25:02.460><c> and</c><00:25:02.700><c> sisters.</c>

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One,<00:25:04.119><c> that</c><00:25:04.279><c> they</c><00:25:04.460><c> brought</c><00:25:04.640><c> to</c><00:25:04.799><c> him</c><00:25:04.960><c> a</c><00:25:05.200><c> new</c><00:25:05.500><c> cruise.</c>

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Two,<00:25:07.779><c> that</c><00:25:07.819><c> it</c><00:25:07.900><c> had</c><00:25:08.019><c> in</c><00:25:08.140><c> it</c><00:25:08.380><c> salt.</c>

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And<00:25:09.980><c> three,</c><00:25:10.640><c> they</c><00:25:11.140><c> brought</c><00:25:11.519><c> it.</c>

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He<00:25:13.460><c> didn't</c><00:25:13.700><c> provide</c><00:25:14.000><c> the</c><00:25:14.259><c> salt.</c>

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He<00:25:15.680><c> didn't</c><00:25:15.960><c> provide</c><00:25:16.240><c> the</c><00:25:16.519><c> cruise.</c>

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He<00:25:18.460><c> provided</c><00:25:18.759><c> the</c><00:25:19.059><c> power.</c>

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He<00:25:20.799><c> provided</c><00:25:21.099><c> the</c><00:25:21.359><c> power.</c>

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They<00:25:22.059><c> provided</c><00:25:22.480><c> the</c><00:25:22.799><c> cruise.</c>

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They<00:25:23.579><c> provided</c><00:25:23.859><c> the</c><00:25:24.160><c> salt.</c>

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And<00:25:24.900><c> he</c><00:25:25.039><c> provided</c><00:25:25.359><c> the</c><00:25:25.619><c> power.</c>

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It<00:25:27.019><c> was</c><00:25:27.200><c> a</c><00:25:27.299><c> new</c><00:25:27.539><c> cruise.</c>

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:30.039
Why<00:25:28.519><c> would</c><00:25:28.680><c> it</c><00:25:28.779><c> be</c><00:25:28.900><c> a</c><00:25:29.019><c> new</c><00:25:29.240><c> one?</c>

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Because<00:25:31.019><c> Elisha</c><00:25:31.480><c> wanted</c><00:25:31.660><c> them</c><00:25:31.859><c> to</c><00:25:31.960><c> understand,</c><00:25:32.579><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:25:33.039><c> sisters,</c>

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there<00:25:33.339><c> was</c><00:25:33.559><c> no</c><00:25:33.839><c> vessel</c><00:25:34.200><c> ever</c><00:25:34.559><c> used</c><00:25:34.880><c> in</c><00:25:35.220><c> Jericho</c><00:25:35.819><c> that</c><00:25:36.799><c> could</c>

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heal<00:25:37.119><c> those</c><00:25:37.500><c> waters.</c>

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Be<00:25:40.039><c> ye</c><00:25:40.339><c> clean,</c><00:25:41.099><c> says</c><00:25:41.180><c> the</c><00:25:41.440><c> prophet,</c><00:25:41.720><c> ye</c><00:25:41.819><c> that</c><00:25:42.000><c> bear</c><00:25:42.200><c> the</c><00:25:42.440><c> vessels</c><00:25:42.680><c> of</c><00:25:42.940><c> Yahweh.</c>

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They've<00:25:44.319><c> got</c><00:25:44.400><c> to</c><00:25:44.500><c> be</c><00:25:44.660><c> new.</c>

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Any<00:25:46.279><c> vessel</c><00:25:46.599><c> associated</c><00:25:47.059><c> with</c><00:25:47.220><c> that</c><00:25:47.380><c> city</c><00:25:48.200><c> had</c><00:25:48.799><c> no</c><00:25:49.279><c> efficacy</c>

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whatsoever<00:25:50.339><c> to</c><00:25:50.940><c> heal</c><00:25:51.079><c> those</c><00:25:51.420><c> waters.</c>

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:54.720
It<00:25:52.500><c> had</c><00:25:52.559><c> to</c><00:25:52.680><c> be</c><00:25:52.779><c> something</c><00:25:53.079><c> brand</c><00:25:53.400><c> new</c><00:25:53.539><c> to</c><00:25:53.680><c> have</c><00:25:53.700><c> a</c><00:25:53.819><c> that</c><00:25:54.000><c> plus.</c>

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:58.160
The<00:25:55.940><c> word</c><00:25:56.140><c> cruise</c><00:25:56.480><c> here,</c><00:25:56.640><c> by</c><00:25:56.819><c> the</c><00:25:56.960><c> way,</c><00:25:57.079><c> means</c><00:25:57.279><c> something</c><00:25:57.720><c> tall.</c>

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It's<00:25:58.619><c> the</c><00:25:58.680><c> only</c><00:25:58.880><c> time</c><00:25:59.039><c> that</c><00:25:59.220><c> word</c><00:25:59.380><c> is</c><00:25:59.579><c> used.</c>

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Why,<00:26:00.099><c> I</c><00:26:00.299><c> don't</c><00:26:00.500><c> know.</c>

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But<00:26:00.859><c> this</c><00:26:01.079><c> means</c><00:26:01.319><c> something</c><00:26:01.819><c> tall.</c>

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:04.519
It<00:26:03.339><c> had</c><00:26:03.559><c> to</c><00:26:03.819><c> hold</c><00:26:04.160><c> salt.</c>

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What<00:26:04.799><c> of</c><00:26:04.960><c> it?</c>

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And<00:26:07.099><c> salt.</c>

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Oh,<00:26:08.420><c> well,</c><00:26:09.460><c> salt.</c>

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Straight<00:26:11.099><c> away,</c><00:26:11.559><c> brethren</c><00:26:11.720><c> and</c><00:26:11.960><c> sisters,</c><00:26:12.079><c> we</c><00:26:12.240><c> know,</c><00:26:12.440><c> of</c><00:26:12.680><c> course,</c><00:26:12.880><c> the</c>

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symbol<00:26:13.180><c> of</c><00:26:13.480><c> salt.</c>

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Why?

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Every<00:26:16.559><c> sacrifice</c><00:26:17.039><c> that</c><00:26:17.200><c> went</c><00:26:17.279><c> upon</c><00:26:17.500><c> the</c><00:26:17.740><c> altar</c><00:26:17.859><c> was</c><00:26:18.099><c> salted</c>

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with<00:26:18.579><c> salt.</c>

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So<00:26:20.160><c> says</c><00:26:20.319><c> Leviticus</c><00:26:20.720><c> chapter</c><00:26:21.019><c> 2</c><00:26:21.259><c> and</c><00:26:21.400><c> verse</c><00:26:21.619><c> 13.</c>

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And<00:26:22.420><c> the</c><00:26:22.599><c> Lord</c><00:26:22.900><c> commented</c><00:26:23.279><c> on</c><00:26:23.480><c> that</c><00:26:23.660><c> issue</c><00:26:24.140><c> in</c><00:26:24.700><c> the</c><00:26:24.839><c> ninth</c><00:26:25.039><c> chapter</c><00:26:25.319><c> of</c><00:26:25.579><c> Mark.</c>

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:29.640
He<00:26:26.099><c> said</c><00:26:26.559><c> that</c><00:26:27.079><c> every</c><00:26:27.339><c> sacrifice</c><00:26:27.940><c> is</c><00:26:28.279><c> salted</c><00:26:28.460><c> with</c><00:26:28.759><c> salt.</c>

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:32.200
In<00:26:30.059><c> the</c><00:26:30.319><c> 18th</c><00:26:30.700><c> chapter</c><00:26:30.920><c> of</c><00:26:31.140><c> Numbers</c><00:26:31.400><c> and</c><00:26:31.500><c> at</c><00:26:31.660><c> verse</c><00:26:31.880><c> 19,</c>

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you'll<00:26:32.660><c> have</c><00:26:32.900><c> a</c><00:26:32.980><c> look</c><00:26:33.079><c> at</c><00:26:33.200><c> this</c><00:26:33.400><c> one</c><00:26:33.759><c> and</c><00:26:34.200><c> see</c><00:26:34.380><c> what</c><00:26:34.660><c> salt</c><00:26:34.920><c> is</c>

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called<00:26:35.359><c> here.</c>

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In<00:26:49.299><c> the</c><00:26:49.519><c> 18th</c><00:26:49.880><c> chapter</c><00:26:50.160><c> of</c><00:26:50.359><c> Numbers</c><00:26:50.619><c> and</c><00:26:50.720><c> at</c><00:26:50.900><c> verse</c><00:26:51.099><c> 19,</c>

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God<00:26:56.099><c> says,</c>

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And<00:26:57.299><c> all</c><00:26:57.700><c> the</c><00:26:57.980><c> heave</c><00:26:58.319><c> offerings</c><00:26:58.660><c> of</c><00:26:58.859><c> the</c><00:26:59.019><c> holy</c><00:26:59.319><c> things</c>

00:27:00.730 --> 00:27:03.680
which<00:27:01.059><c> the</c><00:27:01.339><c> children</c><00:27:01.559><c> of</c><00:27:01.720><c> Israel</c><00:27:02.039><c> offer</c><00:27:02.400><c> unto</c><00:27:02.720><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:03.279><c> have</c><00:27:03.460><c> I</c>

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given<00:27:03.920><c> thee</c>

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and<00:27:05.319><c> thy</c><00:27:05.700><c> sons</c><00:27:06.019><c> and</c><00:27:06.259><c> thy</c><00:27:06.559><c> daughters</c><00:27:06.960><c> with</c><00:27:07.420><c> thee</c><00:27:08.099><c> by</c><00:27:08.720><c> a</c><00:27:09.039><c> statute</c><00:27:09.500><c> forever.</c>

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:16.440
It<00:27:11.579><c> is</c><00:27:11.880><c> a</c><00:27:12.099><c> covenant</c><00:27:12.400><c> of</c><00:27:12.960><c> salt</c><00:27:13.440><c> forever</c><00:27:14.720><c> before</c><00:27:15.240><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:15.680><c> unto</c><00:27:16.000><c> thee</c>

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:19.180
and<00:27:16.680><c> to</c><00:27:16.920><c> thy</c><00:27:17.279><c> seed</c><00:27:17.720><c> with</c><00:27:18.240><c> thee.</c>

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:22.140
It<00:27:19.640><c> was</c><00:27:19.920><c> a</c><00:27:20.240><c> covenant</c><00:27:20.599><c> of</c><00:27:21.220><c> salt.</c>

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And,<00:27:22.920><c> of</c><00:27:22.940><c> course,</c><00:27:23.160><c> the</c><00:27:23.339><c> idea</c><00:27:23.839><c> of</c><00:27:24.019><c> that</c><00:27:24.279><c> was</c><00:27:24.640><c> that</c><00:27:24.980><c> it</c><00:27:25.119><c> was</c><00:27:25.319><c> a</c>

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perpetual<00:27:26.299><c> covenant.</c>

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It<00:27:27.119><c> was</c><00:27:27.339><c> an</c><00:27:27.480><c> everlasting</c><00:27:28.079><c> covenant.</c>

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It<00:27:29.019><c> had</c><00:27:29.220><c> intrinsic</c><00:27:29.779><c> value.</c>

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That<00:27:30.759><c> was</c><00:27:30.960><c> the</c><00:27:31.099><c> idea</c><00:27:31.440><c> behind</c><00:27:31.900><c> salt</c><00:27:32.140><c> because</c><00:27:32.480><c> salt</c><00:27:32.759><c> is</c><00:27:32.940><c> a</c><00:27:33.099><c> preserver.</c>

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But<00:27:33.940><c> I</c><00:27:34.160><c> want</c><00:27:34.359><c> you</c><00:27:34.500><c> to</c><00:27:34.720><c> note,</c><00:27:34.960><c> brethren</c><00:27:35.240><c> and</c><00:27:35.480><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:38.380
what<00:27:36.480><c> was</c><00:27:36.839><c> a</c><00:27:37.059><c> covenant</c><00:27:37.299><c> of</c><00:27:37.539><c> salt?</c>

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:40.519
What<00:27:38.940><c> was</c><00:27:39.240><c> it</c><00:27:39.359><c> that</c><00:27:39.440><c> was</c><00:27:39.660><c> a</c><00:27:39.799><c> covenant</c><00:27:40.019><c> of</c><00:27:40.339><c> salt?</c>

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:43.900
That<00:27:41.380><c> which</c><00:27:41.559><c> was</c><00:27:41.740><c> a</c><00:27:41.880><c> covenant</c><00:27:42.180><c> of</c><00:27:42.480><c> salt</c><00:27:42.619><c> was</c><00:27:42.880><c> this,</c>

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:48.900
that<00:27:44.119><c> all</c><00:27:44.599><c> the</c><00:27:44.980><c> heave</c><00:27:45.299><c> offerings</c><00:27:45.880><c> which</c><00:27:46.440><c> the</c><00:27:46.700><c> children</c><00:27:46.960><c> of</c><00:27:47.119><c> Israel</c><00:27:47.500><c> gave</c><00:27:47.960><c> to</c><00:27:48.319><c> Yahweh</c>

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:51.940
became<00:27:49.519><c> the</c><00:27:49.799><c> possession</c><00:27:50.220><c> of</c><00:27:50.440><c> the</c><00:27:50.759><c> priests</c><00:27:51.059><c> and</c><00:27:51.259><c> that</c><00:27:51.500><c> was</c><00:27:51.740><c> a</c>

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covenant<00:27:52.200><c> of</c><00:27:52.539><c> salt.</c>

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What's<00:27:54.339><c> a</c><00:27:54.480><c> heave</c><00:27:54.700><c> offering?</c>

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Well,<00:27:56.680><c> the</c><00:27:56.720><c> word</c><00:27:56.940><c> heave</c><00:27:57.339><c> means</c><00:27:57.660><c> to</c><00:27:58.599><c> go</c><00:27:58.700><c> like</c><00:27:59.000><c> that,</c>

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to<00:28:00.640><c> heave</c><00:28:00.880><c> up</c><00:28:01.059><c> to</c><00:28:01.279><c> God.</c>

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:04.039
And<00:28:02.240><c> that's</c><00:28:02.460><c> the</c><00:28:02.559><c> idea</c><00:28:02.920><c> of</c><00:28:03.140><c> the</c><00:28:03.440><c> English</c><00:28:03.759><c> word</c>

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:05.519
and<00:28:04.140><c> that's</c><00:28:04.380><c> the</c><00:28:04.460><c> idea</c><00:28:04.720><c> of</c><00:28:04.900><c> the</c><00:28:05.039><c> Hebrew</c><00:28:05.339><c> word.</c>

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It's<00:28:05.740><c> well</c><00:28:05.980><c> translated.</c>

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And<00:28:07.900><c> when</c><00:28:08.079><c> a</c><00:28:08.220><c> person</c><00:28:08.420><c> offered</c><00:28:08.660><c> a</c><00:28:08.880><c> heave</c><00:28:09.220><c> offering,</c>

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:12.640
it<00:28:10.299><c> was</c><00:28:10.460><c> a</c><00:28:10.740><c> special</c><00:28:10.980><c> offering</c><00:28:11.200><c> which</c><00:28:11.440><c> went</c><00:28:11.740><c> direct</c><00:28:12.180><c> to</c><00:28:12.339><c> God,</c>

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:14.740
direct<00:28:13.180><c> it</c><00:28:13.299><c> was</c><00:28:13.480><c> meant</c><00:28:13.640><c> to</c><00:28:13.859><c> go,</c>

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:18.440
that<00:28:15.299><c> God</c><00:28:15.579><c> gave</c><00:28:15.920><c> his</c><00:28:16.259><c> portion</c><00:28:16.700><c> to</c><00:28:16.900><c> his</c><00:28:17.240><c> representative.</c>

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:22.220
And<00:28:20.140><c> because</c><00:28:20.519><c> that</c><00:28:20.799><c> man</c><00:28:21.000><c> was</c><00:28:21.359><c> his</c><00:28:21.700><c> representative,</c>

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:26.500
the<00:28:22.660><c> priests</c><00:28:23.039><c> and</c><00:28:23.440><c> only</c><00:28:23.740><c> the</c><00:28:23.960><c> sons</c><00:28:24.119><c> of</c><00:28:24.319><c> Aaron</c><00:28:24.420><c> could</c><00:28:24.619><c> ever</c><00:28:24.940><c> receive</c><00:28:25.240><c> that</c><00:28:25.480><c> portion</c><00:28:25.759><c> of</c><00:28:25.980><c> sacrifice,</c>

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:29.180
he<00:28:26.960><c> gave</c><00:28:27.220><c> it</c><00:28:27.359><c> to</c><00:28:27.440><c> them</c><00:28:27.559><c> because</c><00:28:27.880><c> they</c><00:28:28.200><c> represented</c><00:28:28.720><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:32.220
And<00:28:29.359><c> he</c><00:28:29.480><c> was</c><00:28:29.660><c> a</c><00:28:29.839><c> man</c><00:28:30.099><c> throwing</c><00:28:30.500><c> salt</c><00:28:30.920><c> into</c><00:28:31.180><c> water</c>

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because<00:28:33.359><c> he</c><00:28:33.519><c> was</c><00:28:33.740><c> going</c><00:28:33.880><c> to</c><00:28:34.039><c> heal</c><00:28:34.180><c> those</c><00:28:34.519><c> waters</c><00:28:34.740><c> by</c><00:28:35.019><c> a</c><00:28:35.200><c> covenant</c><00:28:35.380><c> of</c><00:28:35.640><c> salt.</c>

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.619
Why?

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Because<00:28:37.160><c> he</c><00:28:37.279><c> was</c><00:28:37.480><c> the</c><00:28:37.740><c> salvation</c><00:28:38.339><c> of</c><00:28:38.559><c> God.</c>

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:43.180
And<00:28:40.519><c> he</c><00:28:40.579><c> was</c><00:28:40.720><c> going</c><00:28:40.859><c> to</c><00:28:40.980><c> lift</c><00:28:41.140><c> the</c><00:28:41.420><c> curse</c><00:28:41.640><c> off</c><00:28:41.859><c> those</c><00:28:42.119><c> people.</c>

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:46.000
The<00:28:43.700><c> same</c><00:28:43.880><c> as</c><00:28:44.059><c> the</c><00:28:44.339><c> priests</c><00:28:44.640><c> were</c><00:28:44.779><c> the</c><00:28:45.000><c> salvation</c><00:28:45.519><c> of</c><00:28:45.740><c> God</c>

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.859
to<00:28:46.160><c> the</c><00:28:46.319><c> people</c><00:28:46.559><c> under</c><00:28:46.740><c> the</c><00:28:47.000><c> law.</c>

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:49.640
Not<00:28:48.299><c> for</c><00:28:48.539><c> eternal</c><00:28:48.960><c> salvation,</c>

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:51.640
but<00:28:50.059><c> as</c><00:28:50.259><c> a</c><00:28:50.460><c> form</c><00:28:50.619><c> of</c><00:28:50.819><c> knowledge</c><00:28:51.079><c> of</c><00:28:51.240><c> the</c><00:28:51.460><c> truth,</c>

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:53.599
as<00:28:52.000><c> the</c><00:28:52.240><c> shadow</c><00:28:52.460><c> of</c><00:28:52.740><c> greater</c><00:28:52.900><c> things</c><00:28:53.160><c> to</c><00:28:53.420><c> come.</c>

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:56.299
And<00:28:53.839><c> they</c><00:28:54.079><c> lifted</c><00:28:54.400><c> the</c><00:28:54.680><c> curse</c><00:28:54.900><c> of</c><00:28:55.180><c> God</c>

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:59.000
from<00:28:56.759><c> off</c><00:28:56.920><c> the</c><00:28:57.059><c> people</c><00:28:57.259><c> because</c><00:28:57.680><c> they</c><00:28:57.880><c> were</c><00:28:58.000><c> his</c><00:28:58.319><c> representatives.</c>

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:01.640
And<00:28:59.799><c> in</c><00:28:59.960><c> that</c><00:29:00.299><c> salt</c><00:29:00.480><c> went.</c>

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:04.359
And<00:29:02.819><c> Jesus</c><00:29:03.200><c> said,</c>

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:06.680
Ye<00:29:04.960><c> are</c><00:29:05.220><c> the</c><00:29:05.420><c> salt</c><00:29:05.559><c> of</c><00:29:05.720><c> the</c><00:29:05.900><c> earth.</c>

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:10.400
And<00:29:08.500><c> we</c><00:29:08.700><c> have</c><00:29:08.779><c> it</c><00:29:08.920><c> within</c><00:29:09.099><c> our</c><00:29:09.380><c> grasp,</c><00:29:09.759><c> brothers</c><00:29:09.880><c> and</c><00:29:10.059><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:13.799
to<00:29:10.640><c> help</c><00:29:10.880><c> people</c><00:29:12.000><c> from</c><00:29:12.460><c> under</c><00:29:12.720><c> a</c><00:29:12.920><c> curse.</c>

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:17.400
We<00:29:15.240><c> have</c><00:29:15.380><c> it</c><00:29:15.480><c> within</c><00:29:15.660><c> our</c><00:29:15.900><c> grasp</c><00:29:16.119><c> to</c><00:29:16.359><c> do</c><00:29:16.519><c> that.</c>

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:21.720
Ye<00:29:18.200><c> are</c><00:29:18.480><c> the</c><00:29:18.799><c> salt</c><00:29:19.079><c> of</c><00:29:19.279><c> the</c><00:29:19.460><c> earth,</c><00:29:19.839><c> said</c><00:29:19.900><c> the</c><00:29:20.099><c> Lord</c><00:29:20.259><c> Jesus</c><00:29:20.680><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:24.259
You<00:29:23.019><c> think</c><00:29:23.200><c> of</c><00:29:23.359><c> that.</c>

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:26.119
We've<00:29:24.880><c> got</c><00:29:25.039><c> new</c><00:29:25.380><c> cruisers.</c>

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:29.099
We're<00:29:26.519><c> new</c><00:29:26.839><c> creatures</c><00:29:27.240><c> in</c><00:29:27.420><c> the</c><00:29:27.539><c> Lord</c><00:29:27.660><c> Jesus</c><00:29:28.079><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:32.119
We've<00:29:29.700><c> got</c><00:29:29.819><c> a</c><00:29:30.059><c> treasure</c><00:29:30.259><c> in</c><00:29:30.440><c> an</c><00:29:30.619><c> earthenware</c><00:29:31.059><c> vessel.</c>

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:34.400
And<00:29:32.740><c> we</c><00:29:32.920><c> have</c><00:29:33.099><c> the</c><00:29:33.319><c> ability.</c>

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:36.900
We've<00:29:35.200><c> been</c><00:29:35.359><c> given</c><00:29:35.559><c> the</c><00:29:35.839><c> privilege</c>

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:40.160
to<00:29:37.839><c> lift</c><00:29:38.220><c> curses</c><00:29:38.799><c> from</c><00:29:39.039><c> people.</c>

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:42.619
If<00:29:40.640><c> only</c><00:29:40.880><c> we</c><00:29:41.079><c> will</c><00:29:41.319><c> act</c><00:29:41.680><c> on</c><00:29:41.920><c> God's</c><00:29:42.299><c> behalf.</c>

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:44.759
And<00:29:42.940><c> if</c><00:29:43.079><c> only</c><00:29:43.259><c> people</c><00:29:43.460><c> will</c><00:29:43.740><c> respond.</c>

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:46.839
And<00:29:45.319><c> these</c><00:29:45.559><c> people</c><00:29:45.799><c> at</c><00:29:45.980><c> Jericho</c><00:29:46.259><c> responded.</c>

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:49.180
And<00:29:47.259><c> so</c><00:29:47.460><c> Elisha</c><00:29:47.799><c> went</c><00:29:47.980><c> ahead</c><00:29:48.299><c> and</c><00:29:48.559><c> he</c><00:29:48.680><c> did</c><00:29:48.779><c> his</c><00:29:49.039><c> best</c>

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:50.240
and<00:29:49.319><c> he</c><00:29:49.460><c> lifted</c><00:29:49.640><c> that</c><00:29:49.940><c> curse.</c>

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:52.960
Now,<00:29:50.640><c> you</c><00:29:50.880><c> come</c><00:29:51.059><c> back</c><00:29:51.240><c> from</c><00:29:51.359><c> the</c><00:29:51.480><c> second</c><00:29:51.680><c> book</c><00:29:51.880><c> of</c><00:29:51.980><c> Kings</c><00:29:52.240><c> again</c><00:29:52.500><c> with</c><00:29:52.759><c> me</c>

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:55.559
and<00:29:53.200><c> have</c><00:29:53.400><c> a</c><00:29:53.460><c> look</c><00:29:53.519><c> at</c><00:29:53.680><c> this</c><00:29:54.019><c> point</c><00:29:54.220><c> here.</c>

00:29:57.539 --> 00:30:00.960
It<00:29:58.019><c> says</c><00:29:58.259><c> here</c><00:29:58.500><c> in</c><00:29:58.680><c> verse</c><00:29:58.920><c> 21.</c>

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.779
It<00:30:05.299><c> says,</c>

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:09.160
And<00:30:06.299><c> he</c><00:30:06.420><c> went</c><00:30:06.680><c> forth</c><00:30:06.940><c> under</c><00:30:07.160><c> the</c><00:30:07.400><c> spring</c><00:30:07.819><c> of</c><00:30:08.079><c> the</c><00:30:08.259><c> waters</c>

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:13.579
and<00:30:10.099><c> cast</c><00:30:10.579><c> the</c><00:30:11.099><c> salt</c><00:30:11.440><c> in</c><00:30:12.480><c> there.</c>

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:16.079
Notice<00:30:14.920><c> what</c><00:30:15.079><c> he</c><00:30:15.200><c> did.</c>

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:18.099
He<00:30:16.859><c> didn't</c><00:30:17.140><c> start,</c><00:30:17.640><c> brothers</c><00:30:17.720><c> and</c><00:30:17.859><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:20.400
by<00:30:18.380><c> trying</c><00:30:18.640><c> to</c><00:30:18.740><c> get</c><00:30:18.859><c> all</c><00:30:19.000><c> of</c><00:30:19.119><c> those</c><00:30:19.279><c> waters</c><00:30:19.500><c> down</c><00:30:19.880><c> further</c>

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:22.720
and<00:30:20.980><c> starting</c><00:30:21.279><c> at</c><00:30:21.559><c> the</c><00:30:21.779><c> bottom</c><00:30:21.960><c> and</c><00:30:22.180><c> working</c><00:30:22.460><c> up</c>

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:26.160
and<00:30:22.920><c> trying</c><00:30:23.240><c> by</c><00:30:23.680><c> some</c><00:30:23.960><c> means</c><00:30:24.240><c> to</c><00:30:24.660><c> put</c><00:30:24.960><c> fertilizer</c><00:30:25.519><c> in</c><00:30:25.680><c> the</c><00:30:25.920><c> ground</c>

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:28.839
and<00:30:26.619><c> working</c><00:30:26.920><c> around</c><00:30:27.279><c> and</c><00:30:27.420><c> trying</c><00:30:27.579><c> to</c><00:30:27.759><c> work</c><00:30:27.900><c> his</c><00:30:28.119><c> way</c><00:30:28.339><c> back</c><00:30:28.640><c> to</c>

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.339
the<00:30:29.079><c> source.</c>

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:30.779
That's<00:30:29.759><c> no</c><00:30:29.980><c> good.</c>

00:30:31.420 --> 00:30:33.940
There's<00:30:31.500><c> only</c><00:30:31.720><c> one</c><00:30:31.880><c> way</c><00:30:32.019><c> that</c><00:30:32.240><c> salt</c><00:30:32.480><c> can</c><00:30:32.640><c> be</c><00:30:32.839><c> put</c><00:30:32.980><c> to</c><00:30:33.079><c> do</c><00:30:33.200><c> any</c><00:30:33.700><c> good.</c>

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:36.359
He<00:30:34.319><c> went</c><00:30:34.519><c> right</c><00:30:34.799><c> to</c><00:30:35.019><c> the</c><00:30:35.259><c> source</c><00:30:35.480><c> of</c><00:30:35.619><c> that</c><00:30:35.880><c> spring.</c>

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:38.519
Right<00:30:37.240><c> to</c><00:30:37.420><c> where</c><00:30:37.539><c> it</c><00:30:37.640><c> came</c><00:30:37.799><c> out</c><00:30:37.960><c> of</c><00:30:38.019><c> the</c><00:30:38.220><c> ground</c>

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:40.460
and<00:30:38.859><c> he</c><00:30:39.059><c> threw</c><00:30:39.200><c> it</c><00:30:39.319><c> in</c><00:30:39.500><c> there.</c>

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:44.680
And<00:30:41.579><c> you</c><00:30:41.700><c> know,</c><00:30:41.819><c> the</c><00:30:41.920><c> Lord</c><00:30:42.099><c> Jesus</c><00:30:42.519><c> Christ</c><00:30:42.799><c> was</c><00:30:43.059><c> forever</c><00:30:43.460><c> doing</c><00:30:43.700><c> that.</c>

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:46.240
People<00:30:45.180><c> came</c><00:30:45.480><c> to</c><00:30:45.519><c> him</c><00:30:45.640><c> with</c><00:30:45.880><c> problems.</c>

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:48.460
People<00:30:46.579><c> came</c><00:30:46.799><c> to</c><00:30:46.960><c> him</c><00:30:47.259><c> that</c><00:30:47.480><c> were</c><00:30:47.579><c> living</c><00:30:47.759><c> under</c><00:30:48.079><c> curses.</c>

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:50.480
They<00:30:48.619><c> were</c><00:30:48.940><c> blind.</c><00:30:49.299><c> They</c><00:30:49.420><c> were</c><00:30:49.680><c> deaf.</c><00:30:49.839><c> They</c><00:30:50.000><c> were</c><00:30:50.279><c> dumb.</c>

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:52.039
They<00:30:50.839><c> had</c><00:30:51.059><c> personal</c><00:30:51.599><c> problems.</c>

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:54.900
Whenever<00:30:52.599><c> did</c><00:30:52.819><c> the</c><00:30:52.940><c> Lord</c><00:30:53.099><c> Jesus</c><00:30:53.579><c> Christ</c><00:30:53.880><c> fall</c><00:30:54.079><c> around</c><00:30:54.319><c> on</c><00:30:54.500><c> the</c><00:30:54.599><c> fringes,</c>

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:56.039
brothers<00:30:55.200><c> and</c><00:30:55.359><c> sisters,</c><00:30:55.440><c> he</c><00:30:55.619><c> never</c><00:30:55.859><c> did.</c>

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:59.420
He<00:30:56.339><c> always</c><00:30:56.619><c> went</c><00:30:56.980><c> directly</c><00:30:57.700><c> to</c><00:30:57.880><c> the</c><00:30:58.099><c> source</c><00:30:58.259><c> of</c><00:30:58.400><c> the</c><00:30:58.579><c> problem.</c>

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:02.960
He<00:31:00.220><c> went</c><00:31:00.420><c> straight</c><00:31:00.920><c> to</c><00:31:01.119><c> the</c><00:31:01.319><c> source</c><00:31:01.519><c> on</c><00:31:01.740><c> every</c><00:31:01.960><c> occasion.</c>

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:05.779
Never<00:31:03.200><c> mind</c><00:31:03.400><c> about</c><00:31:03.599><c> giving</c><00:31:03.839><c> people</c><00:31:04.619><c> a</c><00:31:05.119><c> mere</c><00:31:05.299><c> healing</c>

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:08.119
of<00:31:06.099><c> any</c><00:31:06.240><c> disease</c><00:31:06.859><c> for</c><00:31:07.339><c> healing</c><00:31:07.720><c> sake.</c>

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:09.400
That's<00:31:08.640><c> going</c><00:31:08.839><c> to</c><00:31:08.940><c> be</c><00:31:09.059><c> no</c><00:31:09.279><c> good.</c>

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:12.299
You've<00:31:09.779><c> got</c><00:31:09.819><c> to</c><00:31:09.920><c> get</c><00:31:10.099><c> back</c><00:31:10.259><c> to</c><00:31:10.400><c> the</c><00:31:10.720><c> source</c><00:31:10.940><c> of</c><00:31:11.119><c> the</c><00:31:11.380><c> problem.</c>

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:14.900
And<00:31:12.759><c> there</c><00:31:12.980><c> that</c><00:31:13.240><c> salt's</c><00:31:13.660><c> got</c><00:31:13.720><c> to</c><00:31:13.839><c> be</c><00:31:14.039><c> rubbed</c><00:31:14.240><c> into</c><00:31:14.420><c> that</c><00:31:14.680><c> wound</c>

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:17.220
or<00:31:15.200><c> it's</c><00:31:15.279><c> got</c><00:31:15.380><c> to</c><00:31:15.519><c> be</c><00:31:15.779><c> cast</c><00:31:16.000><c> into</c><00:31:16.160><c> those</c><00:31:16.420><c> poisonous</c><00:31:16.839><c> waters.</c>

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:20.240
The<00:31:17.700><c> covenant</c><00:31:17.980><c> of</c><00:31:18.259><c> God's</c><00:31:18.519><c> got</c><00:31:18.559><c> to</c><00:31:18.720><c> be</c><00:31:18.859><c> put</c><00:31:19.039><c> right</c><00:31:19.400><c> there</c><00:31:19.799><c> first.</c>

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:22.180
And<00:31:20.619><c> when</c><00:31:20.779><c> you</c><00:31:20.940><c> get</c><00:31:21.079><c> the</c><00:31:21.440><c> source</c><00:31:21.720><c> pure,</c>

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:25.359
then<00:31:22.700><c> you're</c><00:31:22.880><c> going</c><00:31:22.980><c> to</c><00:31:23.180><c> have</c><00:31:24.079><c> productivity.</c>

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:27.779
Fruit<00:31:25.859><c> will</c><00:31:26.079><c> be</c><00:31:26.279><c> brought</c><00:31:26.480><c> forth</c><00:31:26.680><c> to</c><00:31:26.819><c> the</c><00:31:27.000><c> glory</c><00:31:27.240><c> of</c><00:31:27.519><c> God.</c>

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.980
And<00:31:28.180><c> isn't</c><00:31:28.339><c> it</c><00:31:28.660><c> expressive?</c>

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:33.039
He<00:31:29.400><c> went</c><00:31:29.619><c> to</c><00:31:29.779><c> the</c><00:31:29.960><c> spring</c><00:31:30.180><c> of</c><00:31:30.359><c> the</c><00:31:30.599><c> waters</c><00:31:30.779><c> and</c><00:31:30.940><c> he</c><00:31:31.259><c> cast</c><00:31:31.599><c> it</c><00:31:31.779><c> in</c><00:31:32.099><c> there.</c>

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:35.440
And<00:31:34.140><c> of</c><00:31:34.339><c> course,</c><00:31:34.740><c> brothers</c><00:31:34.859><c> and</c><00:31:35.039><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:40.119
we<00:31:35.980><c> have</c><00:31:36.359><c> in</c><00:31:36.619><c> the</c><00:31:36.759><c> Christadelphian</c><00:31:37.299><c> community</c><00:31:37.960><c> a</c><00:31:38.440><c> pure</c><00:31:38.940><c> source.</c>

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:44.240
We<00:31:41.500><c> are</c><00:31:41.660><c> based</c><00:31:41.920><c> upon</c><00:31:42.180><c> the</c><00:31:42.480><c> truth</c><00:31:42.839><c> of</c><00:31:43.079><c> the</c><00:31:43.299><c> Bible.</c>

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:48.579
And<00:31:46.220><c> you</c><00:31:46.359><c> let</c><00:31:46.460><c> anybody</c><00:31:46.839><c> poison</c><00:31:47.279><c> that</c><00:31:47.619><c> source</c>

00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:51.940
and<00:31:49.539><c> watch</c><00:31:49.940><c> this</c><00:31:50.400><c> rhyme</c><00:31:50.720><c> wither.</c>

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:54.920
You<00:31:53.299><c> watch</c><00:31:53.559><c> it</c><00:31:53.880><c> wither.</c>

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:57.779
I've<00:31:56.420><c> been</c><00:31:56.660><c> around</c><00:31:56.900><c> a</c><00:31:56.980><c> little</c><00:31:57.220><c> bit,</c>

00:31:57.779 --> 00:32:00.220
brothers<00:31:58.039><c> and</c><00:31:58.240><c> sisters,</c><00:31:58.500><c> amongst</c><00:31:58.740><c> the</c><00:31:58.940><c> Ecclesiastes,</c>

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:03.099
and<00:32:00.900><c> I've</c><00:32:01.200><c> seen</c><00:32:01.380><c> the</c><00:32:01.880><c> devastating</c><00:32:02.519><c> effects</c>

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:05.859
of<00:32:03.700><c> poisoning</c><00:32:04.019><c> the</c><00:32:04.299><c> source</c><00:32:04.420><c> of</c><00:32:04.579><c> that</c><00:32:04.880><c> stream,</c>

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:07.579
devastating<00:32:06.579><c> effects.</c>

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:10.920
You<00:32:07.900><c> don't</c><00:32:08.039><c> have</c><00:32:08.160><c> to</c><00:32:08.259><c> go</c><00:32:08.400><c> outside</c><00:32:08.619><c> of</c><00:32:08.759><c> this</c><00:32:08.900><c> country</c><00:32:09.180><c> to</c><00:32:09.359><c> see</c><00:32:09.539><c> it.</c>

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:13.220
And<00:32:11.619><c> you</c><00:32:11.720><c> see</c><00:32:11.900><c> the</c><00:32:12.119><c> vine</c><00:32:12.380><c> wither.</c>

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:15.799
And<00:32:13.940><c> you</c><00:32:14.039><c> see</c><00:32:14.160><c> the</c><00:32:14.420><c> fruit</c><00:32:14.599><c> dry</c><00:32:14.880><c> up.</c>

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:18.019
You<00:32:16.500><c> see</c><00:32:16.640><c> the</c><00:32:16.799><c> miscarriages.</c>

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:20.539
You<00:32:18.880><c> see</c><00:32:19.039><c> the</c><00:32:19.339><c> tragedies.</c>

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:22.480
And<00:32:21.200><c> you</c><00:32:21.299><c> hear</c><00:32:21.440><c> people</c><00:32:21.759><c> talking</c><00:32:22.039><c> about</c>

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.880
how<00:32:22.799><c> they're</c><00:32:22.980><c> going</c><00:32:22.980><c> to</c><00:32:23.160><c> solve</c><00:32:23.339><c> the</c><00:32:23.619><c> problem.</c>

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:25.839
And<00:32:24.279><c> you</c><00:32:24.339><c> know</c><00:32:24.579><c> full</c><00:32:24.859><c> well</c><00:32:25.000><c> where</c><00:32:25.119><c> the</c><00:32:25.299><c> problem</c><00:32:25.539><c> is.</c>

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:29.140
The<00:32:26.160><c> problem</c><00:32:26.480><c> lies</c><00:32:26.799><c> where</c><00:32:27.000><c> the</c><00:32:27.200><c> water's</c><00:32:27.460><c> coming</c><00:32:27.720><c> out</c><00:32:27.940><c> of</c><00:32:28.039><c> the</c><00:32:28.220><c> ground.</c>

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:32.619
And<00:32:30.099><c> until</c><00:32:30.440><c> somebody's</c><00:32:31.019><c> got</c><00:32:31.140><c> the</c><00:32:31.460><c> gumption</c><00:32:31.819><c> and</c><00:32:31.960><c> the</c><00:32:32.200><c> know</c><00:32:32.420><c>-how</c>

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:34.500
to<00:32:32.960><c> get</c><00:32:33.140><c> hold</c><00:32:33.319><c> of</c><00:32:33.460><c> the</c><00:32:33.660><c> covenant</c><00:32:33.900><c> of</c><00:32:34.160><c> God</c>

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.940
and<00:32:34.839><c> to</c><00:32:35.000><c> get</c><00:32:35.059><c> it</c><00:32:35.200><c> at</c><00:32:35.299><c> the</c><00:32:35.559><c> source,</c>

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:38.740
you'll<00:32:36.619><c> never</c><00:32:37.019><c> have</c><00:32:37.400><c> any</c><00:32:37.700><c> productivity.</c>

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:41.700
And<00:32:39.980><c> look</c><00:32:40.099><c> at</c><00:32:40.259><c> the</c><00:32:40.539><c> produce</c><00:32:40.880><c> here</c><00:32:41.180><c> at</c><00:32:41.319><c> this</c><00:32:41.519><c> camp.</c>

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:43.599
Why?<00:32:42.299><c> Because</c><00:32:42.519><c> we</c><00:32:42.720><c> all</c><00:32:42.920><c> believe</c><00:32:43.180><c> the</c><00:32:43.440><c> truth.</c>

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:46.759
We're<00:32:43.819><c> not</c><00:32:44.000><c> perfect</c><00:32:44.359><c> people</c><00:32:45.019><c> by</c><00:32:45.460><c> a</c><00:32:45.640><c> long</c><00:32:45.859><c> stretch</c><00:32:46.059><c> of</c><00:32:46.279><c> imagination.</c>

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:49.200
We've<00:32:47.180><c> all</c><00:32:47.319><c> got</c><00:32:47.400><c> our</c><00:32:47.640><c> problems,</c><00:32:48.299><c> but</c><00:32:48.380><c> at</c><00:32:48.500><c> least</c><00:32:48.680><c> the</c><00:32:49.000><c> source</c>

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.640
is<00:32:49.480><c> pure.</c>

00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:51.920
And<00:32:50.039><c> as</c><00:32:50.220><c> long</c><00:32:50.420><c> as</c><00:32:50.559><c> we</c><00:32:50.700><c> keep</c><00:32:50.940><c> drinking</c><00:32:51.240><c> from</c><00:32:51.440><c> that</c><00:32:51.640><c> source,</c>

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.500
brothers<00:32:52.220><c> and</c><00:32:52.359><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:55.099
we<00:32:52.839><c> have</c><00:32:53.059><c> hope</c><00:32:53.279><c> of</c><00:32:53.480><c> the</c><00:32:53.640><c> curse</c><00:32:53.839><c> of</c><00:32:54.039><c> God</c><00:32:54.180><c> being</c><00:32:54.440><c> lifted</c><00:32:54.660><c> from</c><00:32:54.940><c> us.</c>

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:58.500
And<00:32:55.380><c> let</c><00:32:55.579><c> me</c><00:32:55.740><c> tell</c><00:32:55.920><c> you</c><00:32:56.039><c> that</c><00:32:56.220><c> death</c><00:32:56.500><c> is</c><00:32:56.819><c> a</c><00:32:56.960><c> curse</c><00:32:57.180><c> of</c><00:32:57.460><c> God</c>

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:02.339
and<00:32:59.880><c> a</c><00:33:00.220><c> righteous</c><00:33:00.460><c> and</c><00:33:00.680><c> a</c><00:33:00.859><c> justified</c><00:33:01.299><c> curse</c><00:33:01.619><c> at</c><00:33:01.859><c> that,</c>

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:05.319
as<00:33:03.059><c> was</c><00:33:03.319><c> the</c><00:33:03.559><c> curse</c><00:33:03.759><c> of</c><00:33:04.000><c> Jericho,</c><00:33:04.440><c> the</c><00:33:04.599><c> curse</c><00:33:04.819><c> of</c><00:33:05.099><c> God,</c>

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:09.299
put<00:33:05.680><c> upon</c><00:33:05.900><c> that</c><00:33:06.140><c> city</c><00:33:06.299><c> by</c><00:33:06.539><c> none</c><00:33:06.660><c> other</c><00:33:06.859><c> person</c><00:33:07.160><c> than</c><00:33:07.440><c> Yahoshua</c><00:33:08.140><c> himself.</c>

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:12.359
And<00:33:10.099><c> that</c><00:33:10.319><c> curse</c><00:33:10.519><c> can</c><00:33:10.640><c> only</c><00:33:10.819><c> be</c><00:33:11.000><c> lifted</c><00:33:11.180><c> by</c><00:33:11.519><c> God,</c>

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:15.400
by<00:33:13.400><c> God's</c><00:33:13.839><c> methods,</c><00:33:14.500><c> God's</c><00:33:14.960><c> principles,</c>

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:18.480
God's<00:33:16.500><c> standards,</c><00:33:17.000><c> brothers</c><00:33:17.160><c> and</c><00:33:17.339><c> sisters.</c>

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:22.119
And<00:33:19.299><c> He</c><00:33:19.640><c> healed</c><00:33:19.980><c> the</c><00:33:20.259><c> waters,</c><00:33:21.380><c> says</c><00:33:21.460><c> the</c><00:33:21.700><c> record.</c>

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:24.920
He<00:33:23.119><c> healed</c><00:33:23.640><c> those</c><00:33:24.059><c> waters.</c>

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:26.920
What<00:33:25.259><c> a</c><00:33:25.440><c> beautiful</c><00:33:25.880><c> expression.</c>

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:29.799
Now<00:33:27.299><c> I</c><00:33:27.440><c> want</c><00:33:27.920><c> you</c><00:33:28.059><c> to</c><00:33:28.299><c> take</c><00:33:28.839><c> note</c><00:33:29.259><c> of</c><00:33:29.420><c> this</c><00:33:29.619><c> fact,</c>

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:31.900
which<00:33:29.960><c> is</c><00:33:30.299><c> intensely</c><00:33:30.720><c> interesting.</c>

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:35.119
Note<00:33:32.339><c> that</c><00:33:32.640><c> phrase,</c><00:33:33.339><c> He</c><00:33:33.700><c> healed</c><00:33:33.980><c> the</c><00:33:34.240><c> waters.</c>

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:37.599
What<00:33:35.420><c> do</c><00:33:35.539><c> you</c><00:33:35.680><c> read,</c><00:33:35.900><c> for</c><00:33:36.140><c> example,</c><00:33:36.500><c> in</c><00:33:36.640><c> verse</c><00:33:36.880><c> 14</c><00:33:37.259><c> of</c><00:33:37.420><c> the</c>

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.960
same<00:33:37.819><c> chapter?</c>

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:44.019
Concerning<00:33:40.859><c> the</c><00:33:41.200><c> return</c><00:33:41.539><c> of</c><00:33:41.740><c> Elisha</c><00:33:42.299><c> when</c><00:33:42.599><c> Elijah</c><00:33:42.960><c> was</c><00:33:43.180><c> taken</c><00:33:43.440><c> up,</c>

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:47.359
what<00:33:44.579><c> did</c><00:33:44.740><c> he</c><00:33:44.740><c> do</c><00:33:44.859><c> to</c><00:33:44.940><c> the</c><00:33:45.079><c> waters</c><00:33:45.279><c> of</c><00:33:45.559><c> Jordan,</c><00:33:46.039><c> brothers</c><00:33:46.279><c> and</c><00:33:46.480><c> sisters?</c>

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:50.420
He<00:33:49.140><c> killed</c><00:33:49.440><c> them.</c>

00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:54.319
It<00:33:51.680><c> says</c><00:33:51.960><c> He</c><00:33:52.339><c> had</c><00:33:52.779><c> smitten</c><00:33:53.140><c> the</c><00:33:53.400><c> waters.</c>

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:58.640
That<00:33:55.160><c> word</c><00:33:55.400><c> in</c><00:33:55.559><c> the</c><00:33:55.759><c> Hebrew</c><00:33:56.079><c> means</c><00:33:56.480><c> to</c><00:33:56.819><c> smite</c><00:33:57.279><c> badly,</c><00:33:58.160><c> to</c><00:33:58.380><c> wound.</c>

00:33:58.720 --> 00:34:00.960
It<00:33:58.859><c> is</c><00:33:59.180><c> rendered</c><00:33:59.599><c> to</c><00:33:59.900><c> kill.</c>

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:03.480
And<00:34:02.079><c> here</c><00:34:02.220><c> was</c><00:34:02.400><c> a</c><00:34:02.559><c> remarkable</c><00:34:03.019><c> thing.</c>

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:06.720
There<00:34:03.960><c> was</c><00:34:04.160><c> a</c><00:34:04.299><c> river</c><00:34:04.480><c> which</c><00:34:04.799><c> represented</c><00:34:05.359><c> the</c><00:34:05.680><c> flesh.</c>

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:10.340
And<00:34:07.019><c> He</c><00:34:07.140><c> came</c><00:34:07.460><c> through</c><00:34:07.779><c> that</c><00:34:08.000><c> river</c><00:34:08.340><c> and</c><00:34:08.699><c> He</c><00:34:09.260><c> smote</c><00:34:09.599><c> those</c><00:34:09.940><c> waters.</c>

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:12.480
And<00:34:10.639><c> He</c><00:34:10.820><c> drove</c><00:34:11.099><c> them</c><00:34:11.320><c> out</c><00:34:11.420><c> of</c><00:34:11.519><c> the</c><00:34:11.679><c> way</c><00:34:11.920><c> and</c><00:34:12.099><c> He</c><00:34:12.239><c> went</c><00:34:12.340><c> into</c>

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.599
that<00:34:12.780><c> land.</c>

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:16.460
And<00:34:14.739><c> having</c><00:34:14.940><c> done</c><00:34:15.199><c> that</c><00:34:15.559><c> in</c><00:34:15.780><c> Himself,</c>

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:20.480
He<00:34:17.340><c> comes</c><00:34:17.639><c> to</c><00:34:17.880><c> people</c><00:34:18.400><c> who</c><00:34:18.739><c> are</c><00:34:18.880><c> resting</c><00:34:19.280><c> under</c><00:34:19.559><c> the</c><00:34:19.880><c> curse</c><00:34:20.119><c> of</c>

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.920
poisoned<00:34:20.820><c> waters.</c>

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:25.619
And<00:34:23.179><c> having</c><00:34:23.460><c> brothers</c><00:34:23.760><c> and</c><00:34:23.960><c> sisters</c><00:34:24.300><c> demonstrated</c><00:34:24.940><c> the</c><00:34:25.179><c> principle</c><00:34:25.480><c> in</c>

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.360
the<00:34:25.739><c> River</c><00:34:25.900><c> Jordan</c>

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:30.539
that<00:34:27.159><c> He's</c><00:34:27.380><c> got</c><00:34:27.519><c> the</c><00:34:27.719><c> ability</c><00:34:28.340><c> to</c><00:34:29.099><c> kill</c><00:34:29.480><c> the</c><00:34:29.780><c> principles</c><00:34:30.039><c> which</c><00:34:30.280><c> that</c>

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.099
river<00:34:30.800><c> stood,</c>

00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:35.519
He's<00:34:31.659><c> now</c><00:34:32.000><c> got</c><00:34:32.340><c> the</c><00:34:33.199><c> privilege,</c><00:34:33.780><c> the</c><00:34:34.139><c> responsibility,</c>

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:40.380
and<00:34:37.039><c> the</c><00:34:37.360><c> power</c><00:34:37.760><c> to</c><00:34:38.320><c> heal</c><00:34:38.599><c> other</c><00:34:39.079><c> waters</c><00:34:39.340><c> which</c><00:34:39.599><c> are</c><00:34:39.960><c> cursing</c>

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:41.679
you<00:34:40.639><c> and</c><00:34:40.820><c> I.</c>

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:45.320
And<00:34:42.840><c> that's</c><00:34:43.219><c> Paul's</c><00:34:43.659><c> argument</c><00:34:43.840><c> in</c><00:34:44.059><c> Galatians.</c>

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:49.139
He<00:34:46.639><c> was</c><00:34:46.860><c> made</c><00:34:47.079><c> a</c><00:34:47.300><c> curse</c><00:34:47.480><c> for</c><00:34:47.780><c> us.</c>

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:53.280
For<00:34:49.780><c> cursed</c><00:34:50.179><c> is</c><00:34:50.460><c> He</c><00:34:50.980><c> that</c><00:34:51.360><c> hangeth</c><00:34:51.780><c> on</c><00:34:52.000><c> a</c><00:34:52.300><c> tree.</c>

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:57.179
Do<00:34:54.719><c> you</c><00:34:54.800><c> know,</c><00:34:55.139><c> brothers</c><00:34:55.199><c> and</c><00:34:55.400><c> sisters,</c><00:34:55.719><c> in</c><00:34:55.860><c> that</c><00:34:56.119><c> chapter</c><00:34:56.639><c> in</c><00:34:56.860><c> Galatians,</c>

00:34:57.219 --> 00:35:01.039
which<00:34:57.340><c> we</c><00:34:57.619><c> won't</c><00:34:57.880><c> turn</c><00:34:58.139><c> up</c><00:34:58.360><c> because</c><00:34:58.559><c> we're</c><00:34:58.800><c> so</c><00:34:59.099><c> familiar</c><00:34:59.500><c> with</c><00:34:59.699><c> it,</c>

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:03.619
what<00:35:01.880><c> did</c><00:35:01.940><c> the</c><00:35:02.099><c> apostles</c><00:35:02.440><c> say?</c>

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:06.800
They<00:35:04.420><c> were</c><00:35:04.539><c> all</c><00:35:04.760><c> under</c><00:35:04.960><c> the</c><00:35:05.179><c> curse</c><00:35:05.400><c> because</c><00:35:05.739><c> the</c><00:35:05.980><c> Jew</c><00:35:06.179><c> was</c><00:35:06.380><c> under</c><00:35:06.539><c> the</c>

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.639
curse<00:35:07.039><c> of</c><00:35:07.239><c> the</c><00:35:07.420><c> law.</c>

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:11.260
For<00:35:08.400><c> cursed</c><00:35:08.739><c> is</c><00:35:09.000><c> every</c><00:35:09.239><c> man</c><00:35:09.440><c> that</c><00:35:09.639><c> continueth</c><00:35:10.000><c> not</c><00:35:10.179><c> in</c><00:35:10.360><c> all</c><00:35:10.679><c> things</c>

00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:14.219
that<00:35:11.880><c> are</c><00:35:12.019><c> written</c><00:35:12.139><c> in</c><00:35:12.300><c> the</c><00:35:12.340><c> Book</c><00:35:12.519><c> of</c><00:35:12.599><c> the</c><00:35:12.719><c> Lord</c><00:35:12.860><c> of</c><00:35:13.079><c> Dudum.</c>

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:16.340
So<00:35:14.679><c> we</c><00:35:14.800><c> were</c><00:35:14.920><c> under</c><00:35:15.119><c> that</c><00:35:15.420><c> curse.</c>

00:35:16.900 --> 00:35:18.460
We<00:35:17.039><c> were</c><00:35:17.199><c> under</c><00:35:17.360><c> the</c><00:35:17.559><c> curse</c><00:35:17.719><c> of</c><00:35:17.960><c> mortality.</c>

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:20.519
And<00:35:18.940><c> so</c><00:35:19.260><c> was</c><00:35:19.460><c> the</c><00:35:19.719><c> Jew.</c>

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:23.300
So<00:35:20.960><c> there</c><00:35:21.079><c> was</c><00:35:21.300><c> a</c><00:35:21.480><c> double</c><00:35:21.739><c> curse</c><00:35:22.019><c> resting</c><00:35:22.320><c> upon</c><00:35:22.559><c> the</c><00:35:22.840><c> Jew</c><00:35:23.000><c> and</c>

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:24.460
a<00:35:23.539><c> curse</c><00:35:23.739><c> resting</c><00:35:24.059><c> upon</c><00:35:24.300><c> us</c>

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:27.179
which<00:35:24.659><c> no</c><00:35:24.980><c> man</c><00:35:25.199><c> could</c><00:35:25.420><c> lift.</c><00:35:26.199><c> Why?</c>

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:36.139
Because<00:35:29.000><c> there's</c><00:35:29.260><c> none</c><00:35:29.440><c> of</c><00:35:29.559><c> us</c><00:35:30.079><c> who</c><00:35:31.960><c> have</c><00:35:32.059><c> the</c><00:35:32.360><c> power</c><00:35:33.539><c> or</c><00:35:35.260><c> the</c><00:35:35.460><c> qualifications</c>

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:38.000
to<00:35:36.539><c> lift</c><00:35:36.760><c> the</c><00:35:36.980><c> curse</c><00:35:37.119><c> from</c><00:35:37.340><c> ourselves.</c>

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:40.300
How<00:35:38.539><c> can</c><00:35:38.639><c> we</c><00:35:38.760><c> lift</c><00:35:38.900><c> it</c><00:35:39.019><c> from</c><00:35:39.079><c> other</c><00:35:39.280><c> people?</c>

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:42.940
And<00:35:41.440><c> here</c><00:35:41.579><c> the</c><00:35:41.699><c> Lord</c><00:35:41.880><c> Jesus</c><00:35:42.280><c> Christ</c><00:35:42.559><c> came,</c>

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:45.900
born<00:35:43.460><c> of</c><00:35:43.659><c> a</c><00:35:43.840><c> woman</c><00:35:44.079><c> under</c><00:35:44.360><c> the</c><00:35:44.559><c> curse</c><00:35:44.739><c> of</c><00:35:44.940><c> mortality,</c>

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:48.940
born<00:35:46.539><c> under</c><00:35:46.820><c> the</c><00:35:47.000><c> law</c><00:35:47.159><c> under</c><00:35:47.400><c> the</c><00:35:47.619><c> curse</c><00:35:47.800><c> of</c><00:35:47.960><c> the</c><00:35:48.119><c> law,</c>

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:51.719
and<00:35:49.559><c> resting</c><00:35:49.920><c> upon</c><00:35:50.280><c> His</c><00:35:50.619><c> shoulders,</c>

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:53.380
heavily<00:35:52.159><c> resting</c><00:35:52.480><c> upon</c><00:35:52.760><c> His</c><00:35:53.039><c> shoulders,</c>

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:56.539
was<00:35:53.659><c> the</c><00:35:53.940><c> responsibility</c><00:35:54.639><c> for</c><00:35:55.239><c> removing</c><00:35:55.820><c> that</c><00:35:56.199><c> curse.</c>

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.820
And<00:35:56.960><c> how</c><00:35:57.119><c> did</c><00:35:57.199><c> He</c><00:35:57.280><c> do</c><00:35:57.460><c> it?</c>

00:35:58.300 --> 00:36:00.340
God<00:35:58.679><c> smote</c><00:35:59.139><c> him,</c><00:35:59.519><c> brothers</c><00:35:59.739><c> and</c><00:35:59.840><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.579
He<00:36:00.880><c> smote</c><00:36:01.280><c> him.</c>

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:03.440
He<00:36:02.420><c> put</c><00:36:02.719><c> him</c><00:36:02.980><c> to</c><00:36:03.219><c> death.</c>

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:06.099
He<00:36:03.920><c> killed</c><00:36:04.559><c> the</c><00:36:04.840><c> waters</c><00:36:04.980><c> of</c><00:36:05.280><c> Jordan.</c>

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:08.420
And<00:36:06.760><c> He</c><00:36:06.940><c> brought</c><00:36:07.139><c> him</c><00:36:07.280><c> from</c><00:36:07.460><c> the</c><00:36:07.619><c> dead.</c>

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:10.679
And<00:36:08.639><c> the</c><00:36:08.719><c> Lord</c><00:36:08.920><c> Jesus</c><00:36:09.280><c> Christ</c><00:36:09.559><c> has</c><00:36:09.760><c> forever</c><00:36:10.159><c> since</c>

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:14.900
been<00:36:11.340><c> making</c><00:36:11.820><c> the</c><00:36:12.099><c> waters</c><00:36:12.519><c> of</c><00:36:13.000><c> life</c><00:36:13.360><c> purer</c><00:36:13.940><c> on</c><00:36:14.179><c> our</c><00:36:14.460><c> behalf.</c>

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:16.860
And<00:36:15.360><c> so</c><00:36:15.659><c> the</c><00:36:15.840><c> prophet</c><00:36:16.039><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:16.599><c> said,</c>

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:19.360
in<00:36:17.039><c> words</c><00:36:17.360><c> which</c><00:36:17.599><c> are</c><00:36:17.980><c> eloquent,</c>

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:26.099
with<00:36:20.739><c> His</c><00:36:21.599><c> stripes</c><00:36:22.300><c> we</c><00:36:23.880><c> are</c><00:36:24.980><c> healed.</c>

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:28.360
And<00:36:27.699><c> that's</c><00:36:27.880><c> what</c><00:36:28.099><c> happened.</c>

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:31.880
Jordan<00:36:29.199><c> was</c><00:36:30.039><c> smitten</c><00:36:30.320><c> with</c><00:36:30.719><c> stripes.</c>

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:34.440
That<00:36:32.420><c> Jericho</c><00:36:32.820><c> might</c><00:36:33.159><c> be</c><00:36:33.559><c> healed.</c>

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:37.320
And<00:36:35.940><c> at</c><00:36:36.139><c> Jordan,</c><00:36:36.579><c> brothers</c><00:36:36.679><c> and</c><00:36:36.860><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:39.260
He<00:36:37.659><c> came</c><00:36:37.940><c> back</c><00:36:38.179><c> to</c><00:36:38.340><c> the</c><00:36:38.500><c> sons</c><00:36:38.659><c> of</c><00:36:38.800><c> the</c><00:36:39.019><c> prophets</c>

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:40.400
who<00:36:39.639><c> didn't</c><00:36:39.900><c> believe</c><00:36:40.280><c> Him,</c>

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:42.360
but<00:36:40.480><c> they</c><00:36:40.679><c> weren't</c><00:36:40.800><c> looking</c><00:36:41.000><c> for</c><00:36:41.199><c> a</c><00:36:41.300><c> body</c><00:36:41.440><c> they</c><00:36:41.619><c> couldn't</c><00:36:42.000><c> find,</c>

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:44.219
and<00:36:42.860><c> He</c><00:36:43.059><c> found</c><00:36:43.219><c> that</c><00:36:43.420><c> the</c><00:36:43.639><c> healing</c><00:36:43.860><c> power</c>

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:45.539
which<00:36:44.420><c> He</c><00:36:44.579><c> had</c><00:36:44.760><c> brought</c><00:36:44.900><c> from</c><00:36:45.119><c> Jordan</c>

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:47.619
was<00:36:45.960><c> given</c><00:36:46.219><c> to</c><00:36:46.380><c> men</c><00:36:46.579><c> of</c><00:36:46.760><c> the</c><00:36:46.880><c> city</c><00:36:47.079><c> of</c><00:36:47.280><c> Jericho.</c>

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:50.320
I'm<00:36:47.980><c> not</c><00:36:48.179><c> suggesting</c><00:36:48.639><c> they</c><00:36:48.800><c> were</c><00:36:48.980><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:52.199
We<00:36:50.760><c> don't</c><00:36:50.880><c> know</c><00:36:50.940><c> who</c><00:36:51.079><c> they</c><00:36:51.280><c> were.</c>

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:55.440
But<00:36:53.219><c> it's</c><00:36:53.639><c> merely</c><00:36:53.840><c> described</c><00:36:54.400><c> as</c><00:36:54.579><c> men</c><00:36:54.780><c> of</c><00:36:54.900><c> that</c><00:36:55.139><c> city</c>

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:57.860
living<00:36:56.000><c> under</c><00:36:56.539><c> the</c><00:36:56.780><c> heavy</c><00:36:57.079><c> curse</c><00:36:57.300><c> of</c><00:36:57.420><c> that</c><00:36:57.619><c> city,</c>

00:36:57.860 --> 00:37:02.699
and<00:36:58.340><c> by</c><00:36:58.739><c> His</c><00:36:59.199><c> stripes</c><00:36:59.800><c> they</c><00:37:01.179><c> were</c><00:37:01.719><c> healed.</c>

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:07.760
Very<00:37:03.900><c> expressive</c><00:37:04.420><c> is</c><00:37:05.480><c> the</c><00:37:05.699><c> principles</c><00:37:06.239><c> of</c><00:37:06.820><c> Jericho.</c>

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:11.519
You<00:37:09.500><c> know,</c><00:37:10.199><c> from</c><00:37:10.440><c> that</c><00:37:10.760><c> place,</c>

00:37:11.940 --> 00:37:15.019
Elisha<00:37:12.260><c> commenced</c><00:37:12.639><c> a</c><00:37:12.960><c> journey</c><00:37:13.219><c> into</c><00:37:13.420><c> the</c><00:37:13.599><c> hills</c><00:37:13.780><c> of</c><00:37:14.019><c> Judea.</c>

00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:16.880
He<00:37:15.760><c> was</c><00:37:15.840><c> coming</c><00:37:16.019><c> up</c><00:37:16.219><c> from</c><00:37:16.380><c> Jericho,</c>

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:18.960
and<00:37:17.440><c> he</c><00:37:17.500><c> wanted</c><00:37:17.639><c> to</c><00:37:17.780><c> go</c><00:37:17.900><c> to</c><00:37:18.099><c> Bethel.</c>

00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:20.820
Well,<00:37:19.980><c> put</c><00:37:20.119><c> it</c><00:37:20.199><c> this</c><00:37:20.400><c> way,</c>

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:22.440
he<00:37:21.139><c> wanted</c><00:37:21.360><c> to</c><00:37:21.480><c> go</c><00:37:21.599><c> to</c><00:37:21.860><c> Carmel,</c>

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:24.579
because<00:37:23.079><c> that's</c><00:37:23.320><c> where</c><00:37:23.480><c> he</c><00:37:23.619><c> finished.</c>

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:26.239
But<00:37:25.199><c> in</c><00:37:25.380><c> the</c><00:37:25.500><c> course</c><00:37:25.619><c> of</c><00:37:25.800><c> his</c><00:37:25.900><c> journey,</c>

00:37:26.239 --> 00:37:28.960
he<00:37:26.480><c> of</c><00:37:26.519><c> course</c><00:37:26.880><c> would</c><00:37:27.079><c> go</c><00:37:27.260><c> up</c><00:37:27.599><c> through</c><00:37:27.840><c> the</c><00:37:27.940><c> hills</c><00:37:28.119><c> of</c><00:37:28.320><c> Judea</c>

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:29.880
and<00:37:29.260><c> through</c><00:37:29.559><c> Bethel,</c>

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:31.840
not<00:37:30.099><c> because</c><00:37:30.400><c> it</c><00:37:30.519><c> was</c><00:37:30.699><c> the</c><00:37:30.860><c> easiest</c><00:37:31.139><c> way</c><00:37:31.340><c> to</c><00:37:31.539><c> go,</c>

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:33.480
but<00:37:32.179><c> because</c><00:37:32.559><c> perhaps</c><00:37:32.840><c> he</c><00:37:32.920><c> wanted</c><00:37:33.099><c> to</c><00:37:33.280><c> visit</c>

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:35.940
the<00:37:33.719><c> sons</c><00:37:33.820><c> of</c><00:37:33.920><c> the</c><00:37:34.119><c> prophets</c><00:37:34.280><c> of</c><00:37:34.420><c> that</c><00:37:34.639><c> place.</c>

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:40.380
And<00:37:37.139><c> the</c><00:37:37.300><c> record</c><00:37:37.539><c> says</c><00:37:37.860><c> he</c><00:37:38.119><c> went</c><00:37:38.320><c> up</c><00:37:39.019><c> to</c><00:37:39.360><c> Bethel.</c>

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:42.460
Yes,<00:37:41.219><c> he</c><00:37:41.300><c> went</c><00:37:41.420><c> up</c><00:37:41.539><c> to</c><00:37:41.619><c> Bethel,</c><00:37:42.119><c> all</c><00:37:42.119><c> right.</c>

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:44.460
Geographically,<00:37:43.320><c> he</c><00:37:43.480><c> went</c><00:37:43.639><c> up</c>

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:46.260
because<00:37:44.920><c> he</c><00:37:45.019><c> was</c><00:37:45.179><c> down</c><00:37:45.380><c> on</c><00:37:45.559><c> the</c><00:37:45.639><c> plains</c><00:37:45.800><c> of</c><00:37:46.019><c> Jericho,</c>

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:47.940
and<00:37:46.400><c> he'd</c><00:37:46.559><c> go</c><00:37:46.679><c> straight</c><00:37:46.920><c> up</c><00:37:47.059><c> into</c><00:37:47.179><c> the</c><00:37:47.300><c> hills</c><00:37:47.440><c> of</c><00:37:47.619><c> Judea.</c>

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:50.460
But<00:37:48.059><c> of</c><00:37:48.280><c> course,</c><00:37:49.260><c> spiritually,</c><00:37:49.579><c> he</c><00:37:49.820><c> went</c><00:37:50.039><c> down</c>

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:52.880
because<00:37:51.079><c> Bethel</c><00:37:51.539><c> at</c><00:37:51.719><c> this</c><00:37:51.960><c> stage,</c><00:37:52.340><c> brothers</c><00:37:52.420><c> and</c><00:37:52.659><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:54.980
was<00:37:53.199><c> full</c><00:37:53.599><c> of</c><00:37:53.880><c> idolatry.</c>

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:57.639
You<00:37:55.539><c> know</c><00:37:55.900><c> what</c><00:37:55.980><c> people</c><00:37:56.199><c> were</c><00:37:56.340><c> doing</c><00:37:56.519><c> at</c><00:37:56.719><c> Bethel?</c>

00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:00.400
They<00:37:58.820><c> were</c><00:37:58.940><c> kissing</c><00:37:59.239><c> calves.</c>

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.719
That's<00:38:02.679><c> what</c><00:38:02.699><c> they</c><00:38:02.840><c> were</c><00:38:02.920><c> doing</c><00:38:03.019><c> at</c><00:38:03.179><c> Bethel,</c>

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:05.500
kissing<00:38:04.280><c> calves.</c>

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:10.840
They<00:38:07.739><c> were,</c><00:38:08.039><c> of</c><00:38:08.159><c> course,</c><00:38:09.659><c> statues</c><00:38:09.900><c> of</c><00:38:10.199><c> calves,</c>

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:13.400
probably<00:38:11.460><c> just</c><00:38:11.719><c> as</c><00:38:11.900><c> well</c><00:38:12.000><c> for</c><00:38:12.159><c> their</c><00:38:12.400><c> sake.</c>

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:15.400
But<00:38:13.780><c> we'll</c><00:38:13.980><c> see</c><00:38:14.159><c> in</c><00:38:14.280><c> a</c><00:38:14.380><c> moment</c><00:38:14.559><c> a</c><00:38:14.699><c> reference</c><00:38:14.940><c> which</c><00:38:15.139><c> says</c>

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:17.219
they<00:38:15.559><c> were</c><00:38:15.719><c> kissing</c><00:38:16.039><c> calves.</c>

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:18.679
And<00:38:17.900><c> you</c><00:38:18.019><c> know</c><00:38:18.099><c> we're</c><00:38:18.179><c> going</c><00:38:18.239><c> to</c><00:38:18.360><c> have</c><00:38:18.500><c> a</c><00:38:18.579><c> look</c>

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:20.159
at<00:38:18.780><c> what</c><00:38:18.900><c> happened</c><00:38:19.139><c> at</c><00:38:19.500><c> Bethel.</c>

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:21.980
And<00:38:20.619><c> isn't</c><00:38:20.760><c> it</c><00:38:20.860><c> remarkable,</c><00:38:21.559><c> brothers</c><00:38:21.699><c> and</c><00:38:21.800><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.639
and<00:38:22.199><c> young</c><00:38:22.340><c> people,</c>

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:25.260
you<00:38:22.900><c> see,</c><00:38:23.059><c> we</c><00:38:23.300><c> commenced</c><00:38:23.659><c> this</c><00:38:24.139><c> study</c><00:38:24.579><c> by</c><00:38:24.860><c> telling</c><00:38:25.079><c> you</c>

00:38:25.260 --> 00:38:27.000
that<00:38:25.360><c> it</c><00:38:25.480><c> was</c><00:38:25.599><c> going</c><00:38:25.679><c> to</c><00:38:25.780><c> be</c><00:38:26.000><c> entitled</c>

00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:30.280
The<00:38:27.480><c> Healing</c><00:38:27.860><c> of</c><00:38:28.139><c> Jericho</c><00:38:28.639><c> and</c><00:38:29.239><c> the</c><00:38:29.420><c> Judgment</c><00:38:29.719><c> of</c><00:38:29.940><c> Bethel.</c>

00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:31.719
Isn't<00:38:30.500><c> that</c><00:38:30.679><c> interesting?</c>

00:38:32.159 --> 00:38:34.659
Because<00:38:32.420><c> these</c><00:38:32.699><c> two</c><00:38:32.900><c> followed</c><00:38:33.159><c> upon</c><00:38:33.420><c> each</c><00:38:33.659><c> other.</c>

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.480
And<00:38:35.119><c> what</c><00:38:35.340><c> happened?</c>

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:39.960
The<00:38:35.659><c> Lord</c><00:38:35.840><c> Jesus</c><00:38:36.239><c> Christ</c><00:38:37.400><c> came</c><00:38:38.519><c> and</c><00:38:38.699><c> He</c><00:38:38.960><c> healed</c><00:38:39.360><c> people</c>

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:41.820
who<00:38:40.179><c> were</c><00:38:40.239><c> living</c><00:38:40.400><c> under</c><00:38:40.699><c> a</c><00:38:40.900><c> curse.</c>

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:45.039
And<00:38:42.659><c> when</c><00:38:43.079><c> He</c><00:38:43.179><c> went</c><00:38:43.300><c> to</c><00:38:43.480><c> the</c><00:38:43.599><c> house</c><00:38:43.840><c> of</c><00:38:44.159><c> God</c><00:38:44.420><c> to</c><00:38:44.619><c> His</c><00:38:44.840><c> own,</c>

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:46.820
they<00:38:45.260><c> rejected</c><00:38:45.619><c> Him.</c>

00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:48.460
And<00:38:47.480><c> Elisha</c><00:38:47.760><c> found</c><00:38:48.000><c> the</c><00:38:48.219><c> same.</c>

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:50.320
He<00:38:48.760><c> went</c><00:38:48.940><c> to</c><00:38:49.119><c> Jericho,</c><00:38:49.539><c> and</c><00:38:49.659><c> the</c><00:38:49.719><c> men</c><00:38:49.880><c> of</c><00:38:50.019><c> the</c><00:38:50.159><c> city</c>

00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:53.579
who<00:38:50.519><c> had</c><00:38:50.619><c> had</c><00:38:51.639><c> this</c><00:38:51.980><c> curse</c><00:38:52.260><c> were</c><00:38:52.639><c> appealing</c><00:38:53.000><c> to</c><00:38:53.179><c> Him</c><00:38:53.239><c> for</c><00:38:53.420><c> help,</c>

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:54.239
and<00:38:53.639><c> He</c><00:38:53.760><c> helped</c><00:38:53.980><c> them.</c>

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:58.280
He<00:38:54.480><c> went</c><00:38:54.719><c> to</c><00:38:55.079><c> Bethel,</c><00:38:55.960><c> the</c><00:38:56.340><c> house</c><00:38:56.800><c> of</c><00:38:57.360><c> God.</c>

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:03.460
And<00:38:59.800><c> all</c><00:38:59.980><c> He</c><00:39:00.119><c> found</c><00:39:00.400><c> in</c><00:39:00.559><c> that</c><00:39:00.860><c> place</c><00:39:01.380><c> was</c><00:39:02.019><c> violent</c><00:39:02.460><c> opposition.</c>

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:05.679
You<00:39:04.159><c> think</c><00:39:04.340><c> of</c><00:39:04.500><c> that,</c>

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:07.639
where<00:39:06.500><c> He</c><00:39:06.619><c> should</c><00:39:06.780><c> have</c><00:39:06.940><c> found</c><00:39:07.079><c> everything</c><00:39:07.380><c> else</c>

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:09.119
but<00:39:07.800><c> violent</c><00:39:08.099><c> opposition.</c>

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:11.539
I<00:39:09.840><c> want</c><00:39:10.000><c> to</c><00:39:10.099><c> tell</c><00:39:10.199><c> you</c><00:39:10.300><c> something</c><00:39:10.480><c> about</c><00:39:10.760><c> Bethel,</c>

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:13.639
because<00:39:12.179><c> the</c><00:39:12.440><c> stories</c><00:39:12.659><c> of</c><00:39:12.820><c> these</c><00:39:13.019><c> prophets,</c><00:39:13.400><c> you</c><00:39:13.440><c> know,</c>

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:16.780
they<00:39:14.480><c> don't</c><00:39:14.679><c> mean</c><00:39:14.860><c> a</c><00:39:15.039><c> thing</c><00:39:15.119><c> unless</c><00:39:15.380><c> you</c><00:39:15.739><c> see</c><00:39:16.079><c> the</c><00:39:16.260><c> associated</c>

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:17.860
history<00:39:17.179><c> of</c><00:39:17.340><c> these</c><00:39:17.519><c> places.</c>

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:20.159
How<00:39:18.420><c> much</c><00:39:18.579><c> of</c><00:39:18.699><c> the</c><00:39:18.880><c> Bible</c><00:39:19.059><c> is</c><00:39:19.219><c> written</c><00:39:19.440><c> upon</c><00:39:19.679><c> the</c><00:39:19.900><c> history</c>

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:22.400
of<00:39:20.500><c> these</c><00:39:20.500><c> places,</c><00:39:20.800><c> the</c><00:39:21.000><c> geography</c><00:39:21.420><c> of</c><00:39:21.900><c> these</c><00:39:22.139><c> places?</c>

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:23.639
It's<00:39:22.699><c> immense.</c>

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:26.380
But<00:39:24.239><c> you</c><00:39:24.380><c> look</c><00:39:24.539><c> at</c><00:39:24.860><c> Bethel,</c><00:39:25.219><c> brethren</c><00:39:25.420><c> and</c><00:39:25.639><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:28.679
We<00:39:27.000><c> won't</c><00:39:27.179><c> turn</c><00:39:27.420><c> references</c><00:39:27.760><c> up</c><00:39:27.980><c> again,</c><00:39:28.179><c> not</c><00:39:28.400><c> all</c><00:39:28.539><c> of</c><00:39:28.579><c> them,</c>

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:30.920
because,<00:39:29.300><c> as</c><00:39:29.420><c> I</c><00:39:29.519><c> say,</c><00:39:29.599><c> you</c><00:39:29.760><c> know</c><00:39:29.940><c> most</c><00:39:30.260><c> of</c><00:39:30.360><c> them.</c>

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:32.239
But<00:39:31.460><c> you</c><00:39:31.579><c> take</c><00:39:31.719><c> Bethel.</c>

00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:34.539
It<00:39:32.500><c> was</c><00:39:32.739><c> so</c><00:39:33.059><c> called</c><00:39:33.300><c> by</c><00:39:33.559><c> Jacob.</c>

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:37.480
He<00:39:35.659><c> saw</c><00:39:35.840><c> a</c><00:39:36.039><c> vision</c><00:39:36.179><c> of</c><00:39:36.340><c> a</c><00:39:36.480><c> ladder</c><00:39:36.639><c> reaching</c><00:39:36.920><c> up</c><00:39:37.079><c> to</c><00:39:37.239><c> heaven,</c>

00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:40.980
the<00:39:37.880><c> angels</c><00:39:38.059><c> of</c><00:39:38.280><c> God</c><00:39:38.440><c> ascending</c><00:39:39.019><c> and</c><00:39:39.260><c> descending</c><00:39:39.619><c> upon</c><00:39:39.940><c> it.</c>

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:43.829
And<00:39:42.000><c> so</c><00:39:42.119><c> he</c><00:39:42.219><c> called</c><00:39:42.480><c> the</c><00:39:42.760><c> place</c><00:39:43.119><c> Bethel,</c>

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:45.760
because<00:39:44.239><c> he</c><00:39:44.340><c> said,</c><00:39:44.539><c> this</c><00:39:44.659><c> is</c><00:39:44.920><c> the</c><00:39:45.099><c> house</c><00:39:45.360><c> of</c><00:39:45.639><c> God.</c>

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:48.059
This<00:39:45.980><c> is</c><00:39:46.260><c> the</c><00:39:46.400><c> doorway</c><00:39:46.679><c> to</c><00:39:46.900><c> heaven,</c><00:39:47.139><c> he</c><00:39:47.360><c> said.</c>

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:50.659
And<00:39:48.880><c> later</c><00:39:49.199><c> on,</c><00:39:49.420><c> when</c><00:39:49.539><c> he</c><00:39:49.639><c> came</c><00:39:49.840><c> back</c><00:39:50.079><c> into</c><00:39:50.260><c> the</c><00:39:50.400><c> land,</c>

00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:55.239
God<00:39:51.239><c> confirmed</c><00:39:52.139><c> to</c><00:39:52.639><c> him</c><00:39:52.960><c> that</c><00:39:53.219><c> indeed</c><00:39:53.699><c> was</c><00:39:54.239><c> Bethel.</c>

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:57.820
This<00:39:55.820><c> was</c><00:39:56.119><c> to</c><00:39:56.380><c> Jacob</c><00:39:56.719><c> the</c><00:39:56.960><c> house</c><00:39:57.280><c> of</c><00:39:57.559><c> God.</c>

00:39:58.059 --> 00:40:00.800
And<00:39:58.280><c> there</c><00:39:58.460><c> was</c><00:39:58.659><c> something</c><00:39:58.980><c> associated</c><00:39:59.579><c> with</c><00:39:59.880><c> Bethel</c>

00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:03.340
which<00:40:01.340><c> Hosea,</c><00:40:02.280><c> the</c><00:40:02.480><c> prophet,</c><00:40:02.699><c> picked</c><00:40:02.980><c> up.</c>

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:06.460
Now<00:40:03.679><c> you</c><00:40:03.820><c> come</c><00:40:04.039><c> back</c><00:40:04.219><c> first</c><00:40:04.460><c> of</c><00:40:04.599><c> all</c><00:40:04.719><c> to</c><00:40:04.820><c> Genesis</c><00:40:05.119><c> 35</c>

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:10.519
and<00:40:07.119><c> have</c><00:40:07.280><c> a</c><00:40:07.380><c> look</c><00:40:07.460><c> what</c><00:40:07.639><c> it</c><00:40:07.820><c> was</c><00:40:08.019><c> that</c><00:40:08.480><c> Bethel</c><00:40:08.719><c> was</c><00:40:09.000><c> associated</c><00:40:09.480><c> with.</c>

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:35.239
In<00:40:17.539><c> the</c><00:40:17.739><c> 35th</c><00:40:18.199><c> chapter</c><00:40:18.500><c> of</c><00:40:18.659><c> Genesis</c><00:40:20.619><c> and</c><00:40:32.760><c> verse</c><00:40:33.059><c> 14,</c><00:40:34.039><c> we</c><00:40:34.139><c> read,</c>

00:40:36.739 --> 00:40:41.380
And<00:40:37.219><c> Jacob</c><00:40:37.659><c> set</c><00:40:37.900><c> up</c><00:40:38.139><c> a</c><00:40:38.340><c> pillar</c><00:40:38.579><c> in</c><00:40:39.179><c> the</c><00:40:39.400><c> place</c><00:40:39.639><c> where</c><00:40:39.880><c> he</c><00:40:40.260><c> talked</c><00:40:40.639><c> with</c><00:40:41.019><c> him,</c>

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:43.440
that<00:40:41.579><c> is,</c><00:40:41.699><c> where</c><00:40:41.860><c> he</c><00:40:42.039><c> talked</c><00:40:42.219><c> with</c><00:40:42.480><c> God,</c>

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:45.039
even<00:40:44.000><c> a</c><00:40:44.260><c> pillar</c><00:40:44.440><c> of</c><00:40:44.739><c> stone.</c>

00:40:45.400 --> 00:40:47.000
And<00:40:45.400><c> he</c><00:40:45.639><c> poured</c><00:40:45.800><c> a</c><00:40:46.059><c> drink</c><00:40:46.260><c> offering</c><00:40:46.579><c> thereon,</c>

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:48.260
and<00:40:47.139><c> he</c><00:40:47.280><c> poured</c><00:40:47.420><c> oil</c><00:40:47.699><c> thereon.</c>

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:52.179
And<00:40:48.940><c> Jacob</c><00:40:49.360><c> called</c><00:40:49.639><c> the</c><00:40:49.800><c> name</c><00:40:50.000><c> of</c><00:40:50.159><c> the</c><00:40:50.340><c> place</c><00:40:50.559><c> where</c><00:40:50.860><c> God</c><00:40:51.400><c> spake</c><00:40:51.920><c> with</c>

00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:54.360
him<00:40:53.019><c> Bethel.</c>

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:56.800
You<00:40:55.480><c> see,</c><00:40:55.679><c> God</c><00:40:55.980><c> spake</c><00:40:56.360><c> with</c><00:40:56.559><c> him</c><00:40:56.699><c> there.</c>

00:40:56.800 --> 00:40:58.440
Notice<00:40:57.079><c> the</c><00:40:57.619><c> emphasis</c><00:40:57.920><c> upon</c><00:40:58.179><c> this.</c>

00:40:58.619 --> 00:40:59.860
God<00:40:58.940><c> talked</c><00:40:59.420><c> with</c><00:40:59.639><c> him.</c>

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:01.260
God<00:41:00.420><c> spake</c><00:41:00.900><c> with</c><00:41:01.099><c> him.</c>

00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:02.360
Where?<00:41:01.719><c> At</c><00:41:02.019><c> Bethel.</c>

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:04.039
And<00:41:02.679><c> Bethel</c><00:41:02.900><c> was</c><00:41:03.099><c> dated,</c><00:41:03.519><c> brethren</c><00:41:03.659><c> and</c><00:41:03.940><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:06.159
for<00:41:04.340><c> the</c><00:41:04.340><c> place</c><00:41:04.559><c> where</c><00:41:04.820><c> God</c><00:41:05.159><c> spake</c><00:41:05.579><c> to</c><00:41:05.800><c> Jacob.</c>

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:08.420
But<00:41:06.579><c> he</c><00:41:06.719><c> wasn't</c><00:41:07.059><c> only</c><00:41:07.480><c> speaking</c><00:41:07.840><c> to</c><00:41:08.000><c> Jacob.</c>

00:41:08.619 --> 00:41:11.260
He<00:41:08.719><c> was</c><00:41:08.980><c> speaking</c><00:41:09.239><c> to</c><00:41:09.460><c> all</c><00:41:09.679><c> of</c><00:41:09.860><c> Jacob's</c><00:41:10.280><c> descendants</c>

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:14.699
who<00:41:11.860><c> had</c><00:41:12.059><c> a</c><00:41:12.219><c> voice</c><00:41:12.480><c> to</c><00:41:12.780><c> hear</c><00:41:13.000><c> what</c><00:41:13.159><c> he</c><00:41:13.320><c> was</c><00:41:13.539><c> saying</c><00:41:13.719><c> at</c><00:41:13.980><c> Bethel.</c>

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:17.480
And<00:41:15.179><c> what</c><00:41:15.340><c> God</c><00:41:15.519><c> was</c><00:41:15.780><c> saying</c><00:41:15.880><c> to</c><00:41:16.099><c> Jacob</c><00:41:16.320><c> at</c><00:41:16.480><c> Bethel</c>

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:19.820
was<00:41:17.820><c> nothing</c><00:41:18.079><c> more</c><00:41:18.380><c> or</c><00:41:18.579><c> less</c><00:41:18.719><c> than</c><00:41:18.880><c> a</c><00:41:19.039><c> reiteration</c>

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:23.079
and<00:41:20.079><c> an</c><00:41:20.300><c> emphasis</c><00:41:20.500><c> upon</c><00:41:20.840><c> the</c><00:41:21.079><c> promises</c><00:41:21.340><c> made</c><00:41:21.659><c> to</c><00:41:21.980><c> his</c><00:41:22.380><c> patriarchs,</c>

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:24.199
the<00:41:23.320><c> fathers</c><00:41:23.659><c> of</c><00:41:23.820><c> Israel,</c>

00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:27.059
and<00:41:24.519><c> that</c><00:41:24.699><c> God</c><00:41:25.019><c> would</c><00:41:25.400><c> surely</c><00:41:25.780><c> bring</c><00:41:26.079><c> his</c><00:41:26.380><c> seed</c><00:41:26.480><c> into</c><00:41:26.619><c> that</c><00:41:26.840><c> land</c>

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:29.280
and<00:41:27.260><c> that</c><00:41:27.400><c> he</c><00:41:27.460><c> would</c><00:41:27.679><c> give</c><00:41:27.820><c> it</c><00:41:27.960><c> an</c><00:41:28.079><c> imprint</c><00:41:28.199><c> of</c><00:41:28.360><c> a</c><00:41:28.500><c> lasting</c><00:41:28.800><c> possession.</c>

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:31.420
And<00:41:29.760><c> God</c><00:41:30.099><c> speaking</c><00:41:30.420><c> in</c><00:41:30.599><c> the</c><00:41:30.800><c> house</c><00:41:31.019><c> of</c><00:41:31.280><c> God</c>

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:33.760
was<00:41:31.699><c> telling</c><00:41:31.880><c> all</c><00:41:32.559><c> generations</c><00:41:33.079><c> of</c><00:41:33.340><c> Israelites</c>

00:41:33.760 --> 00:41:35.960
that<00:41:34.119><c> this</c><00:41:34.380><c> was</c><00:41:34.599><c> his</c><00:41:34.900><c> avowed</c><00:41:35.440><c> purpose.</c>

00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:38.159
And<00:41:36.559><c> the</c><00:41:36.780><c> emphasis</c><00:41:37.019><c> was</c><00:41:37.260><c> on</c><00:41:37.480><c> God</c><00:41:37.719><c> speaking.</c>

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:40.000
Now<00:41:38.579><c> you</c><00:41:38.619><c> come</c><00:41:38.800><c> to</c><00:41:38.900><c> the</c><00:41:39.039><c> 12th</c><00:41:39.340><c> chapter</c><00:41:39.539><c> of</c><00:41:39.760><c> Hosea</c>

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:42.119
and<00:41:40.179><c> see</c><00:41:40.300><c> what</c><00:41:40.400><c> he</c><00:41:40.559><c> says</c><00:41:40.679><c> about</c><00:41:40.940><c> that.</c>

00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:48.920
And<00:41:47.260><c> in</c><00:41:47.380><c> the</c><00:41:47.460><c> 12th</c><00:41:47.820><c> chapter</c><00:41:47.980><c> of</c><00:41:48.179><c> Hosea...</c>

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:05.920
Hosea<00:42:03.159><c> speaks</c><00:42:03.760><c> about</c><00:42:04.139><c> the</c><00:42:04.340><c> principles</c><00:42:04.699><c> of</c><00:42:04.960><c> Bethel.</c>

00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:09.920
And<00:42:07.039><c> talking</c><00:42:07.300><c> about</c><00:42:07.639><c> Jacob,</c><00:42:08.179><c> he</c><00:42:08.199><c> says</c><00:42:08.500><c> in</c><00:42:08.699><c> verse</c><00:42:08.980><c> 3,</c>

00:42:11.780 --> 00:42:14.480
He<00:42:11.840><c> took</c><00:42:12.019><c> his</c><00:42:12.360><c> brother</c><00:42:12.579><c> by</c><00:42:12.840><c> the</c><00:42:13.059><c> heel</c><00:42:13.219><c> and</c><00:42:13.400><c> the</c><00:42:13.639><c> womb,</c>

00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:18.440
and<00:42:15.280><c> by</c><00:42:15.639><c> his</c><00:42:15.940><c> strength</c><00:42:16.360><c> he</c><00:42:16.559><c> had</c><00:42:16.780><c> power</c><00:42:17.159><c> with</c><00:42:17.420><c> God.</c>

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:21.480
Yea,<00:42:19.320><c> he</c><00:42:19.500><c> had</c><00:42:19.760><c> power</c><00:42:20.119><c> over</c><00:42:20.400><c> the</c><00:42:20.579><c> angel</c><00:42:20.800><c> and</c><00:42:20.980><c> prevailed.</c>

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:24.300
He<00:42:21.780><c> wept</c><00:42:22.179><c> and</c><00:42:22.679><c> made</c><00:42:23.019><c> supplication</c><00:42:23.619><c> unto</c><00:42:23.880><c> him.</c>

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:26.699
He<00:42:24.960><c> found</c><00:42:25.340><c> him</c><00:42:25.559><c> in</c><00:42:25.860><c> Bethel,</c>

00:42:26.699 --> 00:42:32.159
and<00:42:27.139><c> there</c><00:42:27.639><c> he</c><00:42:28.219><c> spake</c><00:42:29.539><c> with</c><00:42:30.320><c> us,</c><00:42:31.039><c> plural.</c>

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:33.960
Who<00:42:33.559><c> spake?</c>

00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:34.860
God<00:42:34.400><c> spake.</c>

00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:35.840
Who<00:42:35.119><c> did</c><00:42:35.199><c> he</c><00:42:35.340><c> speak</c><00:42:35.619><c> to?</c>

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.300
Jacob.

00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:37.960
To<00:42:36.820><c> whom</c><00:42:37.039><c> was</c><00:42:37.440><c> he</c><00:42:37.599><c> speaking?</c>

00:42:38.139 --> 00:42:40.280
He<00:42:38.320><c> was</c><00:42:38.559><c> speaking</c><00:42:38.800><c> to</c><00:42:39.019><c> all</c><00:42:39.179><c> the</c><00:42:39.380><c> descendants</c><00:42:39.719><c> of</c><00:42:40.000><c> Jacob.</c>

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.960
There<00:42:40.820><c> God</c><00:42:41.099><c> spake</c><00:42:41.500><c> with</c><00:42:41.719><c> us.</c>

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:43.440
What<00:42:42.440><c> was</c><00:42:42.619><c> he</c><00:42:42.840><c> telling</c><00:42:43.019><c> Jacob?</c>

00:42:43.619 --> 00:42:46.039
He<00:42:43.800><c> was</c><00:42:44.079><c> reiterating</c><00:42:44.579><c> to</c><00:42:44.820><c> him</c><00:42:45.079><c> not</c><00:42:45.300><c> only</c><00:42:45.500><c> the</c><00:42:45.739><c> principles,</c>

00:42:46.300 --> 00:42:46.780
brethren<00:42:46.360><c> and</c><00:42:46.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:48.179
of<00:42:46.960><c> the</c><00:42:47.179><c> promises</c><00:42:47.400><c> made</c><00:42:47.639><c> to</c><00:42:47.760><c> the</c><00:42:47.940><c> fathers,</c>

00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:49.760
but<00:42:48.599><c> what</c><00:42:48.940><c> happened</c><00:42:49.199><c> at</c><00:42:49.460><c> Succoth</c>

00:42:49.760 --> 00:42:51.559
when<00:42:50.059><c> Jacob</c><00:42:50.659><c> wrestled</c><00:42:51.000><c> with</c><00:42:51.179><c> the</c><00:42:51.360><c> angel.</c>

00:42:51.699 --> 00:42:53.579
And<00:42:51.940><c> what</c><00:42:52.019><c> was</c><00:42:52.219><c> the</c><00:42:52.440><c> principle</c><00:42:52.659><c> involved</c><00:42:53.159><c> in</c><00:42:53.380><c> Bethel?</c>

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:56.019
What<00:42:53.800><c> was</c><00:42:54.039><c> God</c><00:42:54.300><c> trying</c><00:42:54.579><c> to</c><00:42:54.800><c> tell</c><00:42:55.039><c> Jacob?</c>

00:42:56.960 --> 00:42:59.239
He<00:42:57.440><c> was</c><00:42:57.579><c> telling</c><00:42:57.760><c> him</c><00:42:57.960><c> just</c><00:42:58.199><c> this,</c>

00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:01.440
to<00:43:00.219><c> have</c><00:43:00.460><c> trust</c><00:43:00.800><c> in</c><00:43:01.139><c> God,</c>

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:03.420
to<00:43:01.820><c> listen</c><00:43:02.099><c> to</c><00:43:02.280><c> what</c><00:43:02.460><c> God's</c><00:43:02.840><c> got</c><00:43:02.940><c> to</c><00:43:03.199><c> say.</c>

00:43:03.539 --> 00:43:04.480
How<00:43:03.719><c> do</c><00:43:03.880><c> we</c><00:43:04.000><c> know</c><00:43:04.199><c> that?</c>

00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:06.000
Because<00:43:04.880><c> that</c><00:43:05.099><c> was</c><00:43:05.300><c> the</c><00:43:05.440><c> very</c><00:43:05.739><c> principle</c>

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:07.380
of<00:43:06.179><c> Jacob</c><00:43:06.480><c> wrestling</c><00:43:06.739><c> with</c><00:43:06.980><c> the</c><00:43:07.159><c> angel.</c>

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:08.599
Trust<00:43:07.960><c> in</c><00:43:08.380><c> God.</c>

00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:11.159
That<00:43:08.840><c> was</c><00:43:09.079><c> the</c><00:43:09.380><c> simple</c><00:43:09.739><c> principle</c><00:43:10.239><c> involved</c><00:43:10.659><c> in</c><00:43:10.800><c> that</c>

00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:13.780
very,<00:43:12.019><c> very</c><00:43:12.400><c> intriguing</c><00:43:12.820><c> story.</c>

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:15.260
Well,<00:43:14.099><c> you</c><00:43:14.219><c> see,</c><00:43:14.699><c> brethren</c><00:43:14.699><c> and</c><00:43:15.000><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:18.400
as<00:43:15.940><c> the</c><00:43:16.179><c> heel</c><00:43:16.500><c> catcher</c><00:43:17.159><c> is</c><00:43:17.519><c> what</c><00:43:17.719><c> Jacob</c><00:43:18.059><c> means,</c>

00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:20.099
we<00:43:19.000><c> say</c><00:43:19.139><c> it</c><00:43:19.260><c> means</c><00:43:19.440><c> supplater,</c>

00:43:20.460 --> 00:43:21.480
but<00:43:20.579><c> that's</c><00:43:20.739><c> only</c><00:43:20.920><c> for</c><00:43:21.000><c> implication.</c>

00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:23.159
It<00:43:21.719><c> really</c><00:43:21.940><c> means</c><00:43:22.139><c> the</c><00:43:22.440><c> heel</c><00:43:22.699><c> catcher.</c>

00:43:23.159 --> 00:43:24.539
And<00:43:23.440><c> the</c><00:43:23.619><c> word</c><00:43:23.900><c> there,</c>

00:43:24.539 --> 00:43:25.739
took<00:43:25.000><c> by</c><00:43:25.320><c> the</c><00:43:25.539><c> heel,</c>

00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:27.300
is<00:43:25.940><c> the</c><00:43:26.059><c> word</c><00:43:26.320><c> Jacob.</c>

00:43:28.179 --> 00:43:30.219
He<00:43:28.380><c> took</c><00:43:28.780><c> his</c><00:43:29.119><c> brother</c><00:43:29.380><c> by</c><00:43:29.699><c> the</c><00:43:29.960><c> heel.</c>

00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:32.199
He<00:43:30.760><c> Jacob'd</c><00:43:31.280><c> him</c><00:43:31.480><c> in</c><00:43:31.780><c> the</c><00:43:31.980><c> womb.</c>

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:33.980
And<00:43:32.500><c> you</c><00:43:32.679><c> see,</c><00:43:32.780><c> as</c><00:43:33.099><c> a</c><00:43:33.260><c> heel</c><00:43:33.519><c> catcher,</c>

00:43:34.179 --> 00:43:36.960
in<00:43:34.340><c> the</c><00:43:34.539><c> very</c><00:43:35.019><c> infancy</c><00:43:35.539><c> before</c><00:43:35.940><c> he</c><00:43:36.059><c> was</c><00:43:36.280><c> ever</c><00:43:36.639><c> born,</c>

00:43:37.099 --> 00:43:39.039
in<00:43:37.280><c> his</c><00:43:37.539><c> extreme</c><00:43:38.159><c> infancy,</c>

00:43:39.300 --> 00:43:41.659
he<00:43:39.579><c> was</c><00:43:39.860><c> forever</c><00:43:40.460><c> trying</c><00:43:40.800><c> to</c><00:43:41.039><c> trick</c><00:43:41.199><c> men</c>

00:43:41.659 --> 00:43:44.159
to<00:43:42.699><c> bring</c><00:43:42.940><c> about</c><00:43:43.179><c> the</c><00:43:43.440><c> promises</c><00:43:43.679><c> of</c><00:43:43.880><c> God</c>

00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:47.099
by<00:43:44.519><c> the</c><00:43:44.780><c> ingenuity</c><00:43:45.320><c> of</c><00:43:45.719><c> his</c><00:43:45.980><c> brain.</c>

00:43:48.260 --> 00:43:51.260
But<00:43:48.440><c> the</c><00:43:48.659><c> record</c><00:43:48.980><c> says</c><00:43:49.280><c> when</c><00:43:49.559><c> he</c><00:43:49.840><c> had</c><00:43:50.079><c> strength,</c>

00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:53.260
and<00:43:51.820><c> the</c><00:43:51.960><c> word</c><00:43:52.119><c> means</c><00:43:52.599><c> maturity,</c>

00:43:53.260 --> 00:43:55.139
when<00:43:53.739><c> he</c><00:43:53.900><c> grew</c><00:43:54.179><c> up,</c>

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:58.900
he<00:43:56.019><c> found</c><00:43:56.260><c> it</c><00:43:56.360><c> was</c><00:43:56.559><c> better</c><00:43:56.699><c> to</c><00:43:56.920><c> rely</c><00:43:57.159><c> on</c><00:43:57.420><c> God's</c><00:43:57.960><c> brain</c><00:43:58.179><c> and</c><00:43:58.480><c> power.</c>

00:43:59.159 --> 00:44:01.199
He<00:43:59.380><c> had</c><00:43:59.619><c> power</c><00:44:00.019><c> with</c><00:44:00.340><c> God.</c>

00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:04.639
And<00:44:02.260><c> so</c><00:44:02.480><c> the</c><00:44:02.659><c> prophet</c><00:44:02.980><c> says</c><00:44:03.280><c> in</c><00:44:03.440><c> verse</c><00:44:03.739><c> 6,</c>

00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:07.900
Therefore<00:44:05.400><c> turn</c><00:44:06.099><c> thou</c><00:44:06.460><c> to</c><00:44:06.719><c> thy</c><00:44:06.980><c> God,</c>

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:09.579
keep<00:44:08.260><c> mercy</c><00:44:08.760><c> and</c><00:44:09.119><c> judgment,</c>

00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:13.599
and<00:44:10.539><c> wait</c><00:44:10.980><c> on</c><00:44:11.619><c> thy</c><00:44:12.019><c> God</c><00:44:12.320><c> continually.</c>

00:44:13.659 --> 00:44:14.360
Wait<00:44:13.920><c> on</c><00:44:14.179><c> him.</c>

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:15.900
And<00:44:14.440><c> that</c><00:44:14.599><c> was</c><00:44:14.820><c> the</c><00:44:14.960><c> message</c><00:44:15.199><c> of</c><00:44:15.539><c> Bethel.</c>

00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:17.900
And<00:44:16.599><c> they</c><00:44:16.840><c> should</c><00:44:17.019><c> have</c><00:44:17.179><c> remembered</c><00:44:17.599><c> that</c>

00:44:17.900 --> 00:44:19.139
and<00:44:18.219><c> never</c><00:44:18.539><c> forgotten</c><00:44:18.940><c> it.</c>

00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:20.500
And<00:44:19.519><c> you</c><00:44:19.619><c> know,</c><00:44:19.880><c> brethren</c><00:44:20.079><c> and</c><00:44:20.360><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:20.780 --> 00:44:21.699
Jacob<00:44:20.940><c> never</c><00:44:21.239><c> forgot</c><00:44:21.539><c> it,</c>

00:44:21.699 --> 00:44:23.400
because<00:44:21.860><c> when</c><00:44:22.039><c> he</c><00:44:22.179><c> came</c><00:44:22.440><c> back</c><00:44:22.699><c> to</c><00:44:22.840><c> that</c><00:44:22.980><c> place,</c>

00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:24.320
from<00:44:23.860><c> Zachos,</c>

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:25.719
and<00:44:24.619><c> he</c><00:44:24.800><c> wrestled</c><00:44:25.019><c> with</c><00:44:25.199><c> the</c><00:44:25.340><c> angel,</c>

00:44:26.099 --> 00:44:28.659
there<00:44:26.300><c> was</c><00:44:26.460><c> his</c><00:44:26.679><c> brother</c><00:44:26.900><c> Esau</c><00:44:27.219><c> waiting</c><00:44:27.480><c> to</c><00:44:27.699><c> meet</c><00:44:27.800><c> him</c>

00:44:28.840 --> 00:44:29.940
with<00:44:29.239><c> 400</c><00:44:29.639><c> men,</c>

00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:31.260
and<00:44:30.079><c> he</c><00:44:30.159><c> couldn't</c><00:44:30.440><c> match</c><00:44:30.760><c> him.</c>

00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:33.000
He<00:44:31.719><c> knew</c><00:44:31.860><c> he</c><00:44:32.019><c> was</c><00:44:32.179><c> no</c><00:44:32.420><c> match</c>

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:35.440
in<00:44:33.679><c> a</c><00:44:33.780><c> military</c><00:44:34.059><c> sense</c><00:44:34.239><c> to</c><00:44:34.400><c> his</c><00:44:34.559><c> brother.</c>

00:44:35.699 --> 00:44:36.719
In<00:44:35.880><c> years</c><00:44:36.139><c> gone</c><00:44:36.440><c> by,</c>

00:44:36.820 --> 00:44:38.139
he'd<00:44:37.000><c> have</c><00:44:37.059><c> thought</c><00:44:37.199><c> he</c><00:44:37.260><c> had</c><00:44:37.340><c> a</c><00:44:37.679><c> scheme.</c>

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:39.739
Oh,<00:44:38.880><c> he'd</c><00:44:38.960><c> have</c><00:44:39.059><c> defeated</c><00:44:39.300><c> him.</c>

00:44:39.860 --> 00:44:41.380
He'd<00:44:40.119><c> have</c><00:44:40.199><c> thought</c><00:44:40.360><c> he</c><00:44:40.420><c> had</c><00:44:40.480><c> a</c><00:44:40.579><c> wonderful</c><00:44:41.019><c> scheme</c>

00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:43.739
that<00:44:41.659><c> Jacob</c><00:44:41.820><c> was</c><00:44:42.039><c> very</c><00:44:42.400><c> adept</c><00:44:42.719><c> at</c><00:44:42.940><c> doing.</c>

00:44:43.840 --> 00:44:46.360
But<00:44:43.920><c> now</c><00:44:44.179><c> he</c><00:44:44.400><c> realized</c><00:44:44.699><c> that</c><00:44:44.920><c> no</c><00:44:45.159><c> longer</c><00:44:45.380><c> was</c><00:44:45.579><c> that</c><00:44:45.699><c> of</c><00:44:45.800><c> any</c><00:44:46.019><c> avail.</c>

00:44:46.500 --> 00:44:47.980
He<00:44:46.659><c> had</c><00:44:46.820><c> to</c><00:44:46.980><c> rely</c><00:44:47.239><c> upon</c><00:44:47.559><c> God.</c>

00:44:48.139 --> 00:44:49.340
And<00:44:48.280><c> so</c><00:44:48.360><c> he</c><00:44:48.539><c> clung</c><00:44:48.780><c> to</c><00:44:48.920><c> the</c><00:44:49.139><c> angel,</c>

00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:50.119
and<00:44:49.480><c> this</c><00:44:49.559><c> is</c><00:44:49.739><c> the</c><00:44:49.920><c> point,</c>

00:44:50.119 --> 00:44:51.300
and<00:44:50.500><c> he</c><00:44:50.559><c> sent</c><00:44:50.760><c> his</c><00:44:51.039><c> family,</c>

00:44:51.360 --> 00:44:54.420
his<00:44:51.539><c> beloved</c><00:44:51.940><c> wives</c><00:44:52.420><c> and</c><00:44:52.619><c> children</c><00:44:52.840><c> ahead</c><00:44:53.159><c> of</c><00:44:53.260><c> him,</c>

00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:56.619
and<00:44:54.619><c> they</c><00:44:54.739><c> were</c><00:44:54.900><c> going</c><00:44:55.079><c> towards</c><00:44:55.440><c> Esau.</c>

00:44:56.940 --> 00:44:58.039
What<00:44:57.300><c> could</c><00:44:57.480><c> he</c><00:44:57.699><c> do?</c>

00:44:58.400 --> 00:44:59.599
Now,<00:44:58.659><c> what</c><00:44:58.920><c> would</c><00:44:59.119><c> he</c><00:44:59.340><c> do?</c>

00:44:59.780 --> 00:45:00.820
Would<00:44:59.880><c> he</c><00:45:00.019><c> let</c><00:45:00.199><c> go</c><00:45:00.340><c> of</c><00:45:00.400><c> the</c><00:45:00.539><c> angel,</c>

00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:02.539
rush<00:45:01.239><c> up</c><00:45:01.400><c> to</c><00:45:01.699><c> his</c><00:45:01.940><c> family</c><00:45:02.260><c> and</c><00:45:02.420><c> say,</c>

00:45:02.699 --> 00:45:04.900
now<00:45:02.699><c> look,</c><00:45:03.099><c> if</c><00:45:03.260><c> we</c><00:45:03.440><c> do</c><00:45:03.599><c> this</c><00:45:03.900><c> and</c><00:45:04.139><c> that</c><00:45:04.320><c> and</c><00:45:04.380><c> everything</c><00:45:04.619><c> else,</c>

00:45:04.940 --> 00:45:05.739
we'll<00:45:05.179><c> get</c><00:45:05.440><c> through.</c>

00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:07.280
Or<00:45:06.019><c> would</c><00:45:06.139><c> he</c><00:45:06.320><c> cling</c><00:45:06.500><c> to</c><00:45:06.639><c> the</c><00:45:06.840><c> angel</c><00:45:07.019><c> and</c><00:45:07.179><c> say,</c>

00:45:07.360 --> 00:45:09.400
well,<00:45:07.519><c> look,</c><00:45:07.659><c> I've</c><00:45:07.900><c> got</c><00:45:08.099><c> no</c><00:45:08.380><c> other</c><00:45:08.579><c> strength</c><00:45:08.840><c> but</c><00:45:09.019><c> this.</c>

00:45:09.739 --> 00:45:10.900
And<00:45:09.920><c> he</c><00:45:10.139><c> chose</c><00:45:10.340><c> to</c><00:45:10.460><c> do</c><00:45:10.539><c> the</c><00:45:10.719><c> latter.</c>

00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:12.639
And<00:45:11.179><c> it</c><00:45:11.280><c> was</c><00:45:11.500><c> morning</c><00:45:11.760><c> when</c><00:45:11.920><c> he</c><00:45:12.059><c> was</c><00:45:12.199><c> let</c><00:45:12.400><c> go,</c>

00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:13.460
brethren<00:45:12.880><c> and</c><00:45:13.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:13.619 --> 00:45:15.019
and<00:45:13.820><c> there's</c><00:45:14.079><c> a</c><00:45:14.280><c> verse</c><00:45:14.480><c> in</c><00:45:14.719><c> Genesis</c>

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:17.280
which<00:45:15.280><c> is</c><00:45:15.760><c> absolutely</c><00:45:16.420><c> beautiful</c>

00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:19.420
in<00:45:17.659><c> its</c><00:45:17.860><c> eloquency</c><00:45:18.300><c> of</c><00:45:18.440><c> the</c><00:45:18.659><c> principle</c><00:45:19.000><c> involved</c>

00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:21.800
when<00:45:19.639><c> it</c><00:45:19.659><c> says</c><00:45:19.920><c> that</c><00:45:20.079><c> when</c><00:45:20.280><c> Jacob</c><00:45:20.579><c> went</c><00:45:20.840><c> towards</c><00:45:21.159><c> his</c><00:45:21.380><c> family,</c>

00:45:22.059 --> 00:45:23.599
the<00:45:22.219><c> sun</c><00:45:22.480><c> was</c><00:45:22.739><c> risen</c><00:45:22.960><c> upon</c><00:45:23.300><c> him,</c>

00:45:23.679 --> 00:45:24.639
and<00:45:23.940><c> he</c><00:45:24.039><c> was</c><00:45:24.340><c> lived,</c>

00:45:24.820 --> 00:45:25.559
he<00:45:24.960><c> was</c><00:45:25.320><c> lame,</c>

00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:27.059
and<00:45:25.739><c> he</c><00:45:25.800><c> couldn't</c><00:45:26.099><c> hurry.</c>

00:45:27.679 --> 00:45:28.400
It<00:45:27.820><c> was</c><00:45:28.039><c> late,</c>

00:45:28.500 --> 00:45:29.860
the<00:45:28.699><c> sun</c><00:45:28.920><c> was</c><00:45:29.139><c> up</c><00:45:29.300><c> upon</c><00:45:29.559><c> him,</c>

00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:31.539
and<00:45:30.059><c> he</c><00:45:30.219><c> couldn't</c><00:45:30.579><c> hurry.</c>

00:45:31.719 --> 00:45:33.840
And<00:45:31.840><c> when</c><00:45:31.940><c> he</c><00:45:32.119><c> got</c><00:45:32.260><c> there,</c>

00:45:34.699 --> 00:45:36.599
everything<00:45:34.960><c> was</c><00:45:35.219><c> all</c><00:45:35.460><c> right.</c>

00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:40.059
And<00:45:37.960><c> God</c><00:45:38.119><c> had</c><00:45:38.320><c> taken</c><00:45:38.519><c> care</c><00:45:38.800><c> of</c><00:45:38.900><c> him.</c>

00:45:40.579 --> 00:45:43.719
And<00:45:40.900><c> that's</c><00:45:41.119><c> what</c><00:45:41.320><c> God</c><00:45:41.559><c> was</c><00:45:41.780><c> telling</c><00:45:41.940><c> him</c><00:45:42.159><c> at</c><00:45:42.320><c> Bethel.</c>

00:45:44.340 --> 00:45:46.719
In<00:45:44.840><c> his</c><00:45:45.119><c> extreme</c><00:45:45.559><c> infancy,</c>

00:45:46.820 --> 00:45:48.719
he<00:45:47.039><c> was</c><00:45:47.300><c> forever</c><00:45:47.559><c> trying</c><00:45:47.800><c> to</c><00:45:48.019><c> save</c><00:45:48.179><c> himself</c>

00:45:48.719 --> 00:45:50.000
when<00:45:49.219><c> he</c><00:45:49.400><c> grew</c><00:45:49.619><c> up.</c>

00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:51.519
He<00:45:50.480><c> let</c><00:45:50.679><c> me</c><00:45:50.980><c> save</c><00:45:51.219><c> him.</c>

00:45:51.920 --> 00:45:53.059
And<00:45:52.179><c> Hosea</c><00:45:52.699><c> said,</c>

00:45:53.300 --> 00:45:54.980
that<00:45:53.639><c> was</c><00:45:53.940><c> the</c><00:45:54.159><c> message</c><00:45:54.380><c> of</c><00:45:54.699><c> Bethel.</c>

00:45:55.179 --> 00:45:56.980
And<00:45:55.420><c> up</c><00:45:55.619><c> to</c><00:45:55.820><c> Bethel</c><00:45:56.119><c> went</c><00:45:56.300><c> Elisha,</c>

00:45:57.159 --> 00:45:59.260
where<00:45:57.340><c> that</c><00:45:57.699><c> message</c><00:45:58.019><c> should</c><00:45:58.179><c> have</c><00:45:58.320><c> been</c><00:45:58.519><c> ringing</c><00:45:58.739><c> in</c><00:45:58.960><c> the</c><00:45:59.139><c> ears</c>

00:45:59.260 --> 00:46:00.219
at<00:45:59.420><c> the</c><00:45:59.599><c> children</c><00:45:59.800><c> of</c><00:45:59.980><c> Israel,</c>

00:46:00.340 --> 00:46:01.800
and<00:46:00.519><c> he</c><00:46:00.679><c> should</c><00:46:00.840><c> have</c><00:46:00.960><c> found</c><00:46:01.179><c> at</c><00:46:01.320><c> that</c><00:46:01.519><c> place,</c>

00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:02.539
brethren<00:46:02.119><c> and</c><00:46:02.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:02.639 --> 00:46:05.119
a<00:46:02.900><c> strong</c><00:46:03.199><c> knit</c><00:46:03.360><c> community</c><00:46:03.780><c> on</c><00:46:03.980><c> the</c><00:46:04.139><c> basis</c><00:46:04.340><c> of</c><00:46:04.519><c> the</c><00:46:04.739><c> truth</c>

00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:06.940
waiting<00:46:05.539><c> upon</c><00:46:05.840><c> the</c><00:46:06.059><c> salvation</c><00:46:06.460><c> of</c><00:46:06.739><c> God.</c>

00:46:07.079 --> 00:46:10.380
And<00:46:07.340><c> all</c><00:46:07.519><c> he</c><00:46:07.780><c> found</c><00:46:07.960><c> was</c><00:46:08.300><c> 42</c><00:46:09.039><c> louts</c>

00:46:11.860 --> 00:46:13.800
to<00:46:12.300><c> challenge</c><00:46:12.659><c> him.</c>

00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:16.360
And<00:46:14.760><c> louts</c><00:46:15.059><c> they</c><00:46:15.480><c> were</c>

00:46:16.639 --> 00:46:19.139
in<00:46:17.159><c> every</c><00:46:17.639><c> sense</c><00:46:17.880><c> of</c><00:46:18.079><c> the</c><00:46:18.260><c> word.</c>

00:46:20.019 --> 00:46:22.500
And<00:46:20.539><c> they</c><00:46:20.719><c> were</c><00:46:20.860><c> going</c><00:46:20.960><c> to</c><00:46:21.159><c> challenge</c><00:46:21.400><c> him.</c>

00:46:22.860 --> 00:46:25.559
And<00:46:23.199><c> why</c><00:46:23.500><c> were</c><00:46:23.639><c> they</c><00:46:23.760><c> going</c><00:46:23.900><c> to</c><00:46:24.099><c> challenge</c><00:46:24.340><c> him?</c>

00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:29.219
Well,<00:46:27.179><c> you</c><00:46:27.300><c> see,</c><00:46:27.559><c> brethren</c><00:46:27.719><c> and</c><00:46:27.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:31.340 --> 00:46:34.440
Bethel<00:46:31.860><c> had</c><00:46:32.360><c> degenerated</c>

00:46:34.500 --> 00:46:37.079
into<00:46:35.019><c> nothing</c><00:46:35.280><c> else</c><00:46:35.579><c> but</c><00:46:35.760><c> the</c><00:46:35.980><c> center</c>

00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:40.079
of<00:46:37.679><c> the</c><00:46:37.960><c> calf</c><00:46:38.320><c> worship</c><00:46:38.679><c> of</c><00:46:38.940><c> Jeroboam.</c>

00:46:41.380 --> 00:46:43.280
And<00:46:41.619><c> when</c><00:46:41.739><c> Jeroboam</c><00:46:42.280><c> wanted</c><00:46:42.460><c> to</c><00:46:42.699><c> keep</c><00:46:42.800><c> his</c><00:46:43.019><c> people</c>

00:46:43.280 --> 00:46:45.059
from<00:46:43.579><c> going</c><00:46:43.719><c> down</c><00:46:43.920><c> to</c><00:46:43.980><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:46:45.559 --> 00:46:47.699
to<00:46:46.000><c> the</c><00:46:46.199><c> Easter</c><00:46:46.480><c> camps</c><00:46:46.760><c> or</c><00:46:46.960><c> the</c><00:46:47.139><c> Bible</c><00:46:47.440><c> schools,</c>

00:46:47.760 --> 00:46:49.019
which<00:46:47.880><c> were</c><00:46:48.039><c> held</c><00:46:48.179><c> three</c><00:46:48.440><c> times</c><00:46:48.719><c> a</c><00:46:48.940><c> year</c>

00:46:49.019 --> 00:46:51.780
because<00:46:49.239><c> he</c><00:46:49.400><c> knew</c><00:46:49.599><c> the</c><00:46:49.860><c> power</c><00:46:50.000><c> of</c><00:46:50.119><c> the</c><00:46:50.199><c> still</c><00:46:50.340><c> small</c><00:46:50.659><c> voice,</c>

00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:54.440
when<00:46:52.400><c> he</c><00:46:52.519><c> wanted</c><00:46:52.659><c> to</c><00:46:52.800><c> keep</c><00:46:52.900><c> his</c><00:46:53.099><c> people</c><00:46:53.239><c> from</c><00:46:53.460><c> going</c><00:46:53.659><c> down</c><00:46:53.940><c> there,</c>

00:46:54.880 --> 00:46:57.300
he<00:46:55.079><c> put</c><00:46:55.320><c> golden</c><00:46:55.760><c> calves</c><00:46:56.139><c> right</c><00:46:56.400><c> on</c><00:46:56.599><c> the</c><00:46:56.820><c> southern</c><00:46:57.019><c> border</c>

00:46:57.300 --> 00:46:59.000
of<00:46:57.460><c> his</c><00:46:57.639><c> kingdom</c><00:46:57.880><c> in</c><00:46:58.199><c> Bethel,</c>

00:46:59.340 --> 00:47:02.179
and<00:46:59.579><c> he</c><00:46:59.760><c> put</c><00:46:59.840><c> them</c><00:47:00.019><c> right</c><00:47:00.099><c> up</c><00:47:00.300><c> the</c><00:47:00.480><c> north</c><00:47:00.719><c> in</c><00:47:01.119><c> Dan</c>

00:47:02.400 --> 00:47:04.820
so<00:47:02.840><c> that</c><00:47:03.059><c> people</c><00:47:03.320><c> from</c><00:47:03.619><c> either</c><00:47:03.900><c> extremes</c><00:47:04.260><c> of</c><00:47:04.380><c> his</c><00:47:04.639><c> kingdom</c>

00:47:04.820 --> 00:47:06.679
would<00:47:05.019><c> have</c><00:47:05.139><c> no</c><00:47:05.420><c> problem</c><00:47:05.699><c> getting</c><00:47:05.900><c> to</c><00:47:06.059><c> the</c><00:47:06.199><c> meeting</c><00:47:06.380><c> places</c>

00:47:06.679 --> 00:47:08.460
that<00:47:06.900><c> he</c><00:47:07.159><c> had</c><00:47:07.460><c> arranged.</c>

00:47:08.860 --> 00:47:10.980
He<00:47:09.300><c> poisoned</c><00:47:09.739><c> the</c><00:47:10.059><c> source</c><00:47:10.219><c> of</c><00:47:10.420><c> the</c><00:47:10.679><c> stream</c>

00:47:10.980 --> 00:47:13.800
by<00:47:11.480><c> changing</c><00:47:11.960><c> the</c><00:47:12.179><c> laws</c><00:47:12.340><c> of</c><00:47:12.559><c> God.</c>

00:47:15.699 --> 00:47:16.960
Now,<00:47:15.980><c> what</c><00:47:16.139><c> happened?</c>

00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:20.480
The<00:47:17.539><c> record</c><00:47:17.860><c> states</c><00:47:18.199><c> that</c><00:47:18.400><c> the</c><00:47:18.619><c> people</c><00:47:18.800><c> went</c><00:47:19.099><c> to</c><00:47:19.500><c> Dan,</c>

00:47:21.219 --> 00:47:22.760
which<00:47:21.460><c> means</c><00:47:21.739><c> judgment.</c>

00:47:23.860 --> 00:47:25.199
And<00:47:24.099><c> Bethel</c><00:47:24.280><c> means</c><00:47:24.480><c> the</c><00:47:24.679><c> house</c><00:47:24.840><c> of</c><00:47:25.079><c> God,</c>

00:47:25.219 --> 00:47:27.539
and<00:47:25.360><c> Peter</c><00:47:25.539><c> tells</c><00:47:25.820><c> us</c><00:47:26.099><c> that</c><00:47:26.320><c> judgment</c><00:47:26.500><c> will</c><00:47:26.760><c> begin</c>

00:47:27.539 --> 00:47:29.800
at<00:47:28.300><c> the</c><00:47:28.460><c> house</c><00:47:28.619><c> of</c><00:47:28.840><c> God.</c>

00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:32.480
For<00:47:30.239><c> all</c><00:47:30.539><c> those</c><00:47:30.800><c> who</c><00:47:31.119><c> poisoned</c><00:47:31.400><c> the</c><00:47:31.619><c> source</c><00:47:31.760><c> of</c><00:47:31.960><c> the</c><00:47:32.119><c> stream</c>

00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:35.239
and<00:47:33.239><c> who</c><00:47:33.460><c> go</c><00:47:33.579><c> in</c><00:47:33.760><c> the</c><00:47:33.860><c> ways</c><00:47:34.039><c> of</c><00:47:34.239><c> Jeroboam</c><00:47:34.639><c> the</c><00:47:34.719><c> son</c><00:47:34.900><c> of</c><00:47:35.039><c> Neba</c>

00:47:35.239 --> 00:47:36.639
who<00:47:35.460><c> made</c><00:47:35.840><c> Israel</c><00:47:36.280><c> a</c><00:47:36.440><c> sin,</c>

00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:41.079
just<00:47:37.179><c> by</c><00:47:37.599><c> altering</c><00:47:38.119><c> the</c><00:47:38.340><c> truth</c><00:47:38.739><c> ever</c><00:47:39.420><c> so</c><00:47:39.900><c> slightly,</c>

00:47:41.480 --> 00:47:42.960
changing<00:47:41.900><c> a</c><00:47:42.199><c> clause</c><00:47:42.440><c> here,</c>

00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:45.059
a<00:47:43.420><c> clause</c><00:47:43.739><c> there</c><00:47:44.000><c> in</c><00:47:44.139><c> the</c><00:47:44.300><c> statement</c><00:47:44.539><c> of</c><00:47:44.780><c> faith</c>

00:47:45.059 --> 00:47:47.500
that<00:47:45.500><c> didn't</c><00:47:45.739><c> really</c><00:47:46.239><c> matter,</c>

00:47:48.139 --> 00:47:49.440
doing<00:47:48.460><c> away</c><00:47:48.840><c> with</c><00:47:49.019><c> the</c><00:47:49.199><c> brethren</c>

00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:51.079
that<00:47:49.699><c> knew</c><00:47:49.800><c> something</c><00:47:50.059><c> about</c><00:47:50.280><c> the</c><00:47:50.440><c> Word</c><00:47:50.619><c> of</c><00:47:50.780><c> God,</c>

00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:53.139
and<00:47:51.440><c> making</c><00:47:51.699><c> the</c><00:47:51.980><c> lowest</c><00:47:52.179><c> of</c><00:47:52.380><c> the</c><00:47:52.539><c> people</c><00:47:52.820><c> priests</c>

00:47:53.139 --> 00:47:54.760
and<00:47:53.300><c> saying,</c><00:47:53.599><c> why</c><00:47:53.780><c> shouldn't</c><00:47:54.059><c> he</c><00:47:54.280><c> ever</c><00:47:54.559><c> go?</c>

00:47:54.760 --> 00:47:56.019
He's<00:47:54.940><c> not</c><00:47:55.179><c> a</c><00:47:55.380><c> bad</c><00:47:55.619><c> chap.</c>

00:47:56.460 --> 00:47:59.659
Doesn't<00:47:56.880><c> know</c><00:47:57.079><c> anything</c><00:47:57.280><c> about</c><00:47:57.559><c> the</c><00:47:57.780><c> Bible,</c><00:47:58.000><c> but</c><00:47:58.199><c> who</c><00:47:58.460><c> cares?</c>

00:48:00.880 --> 00:48:04.619
And<00:48:01.199><c> just</c><00:48:01.420><c> by</c><00:48:01.599><c> a</c><00:48:01.840><c> mere</c><00:48:02.059><c> twist</c><00:48:02.539><c> like</c><00:48:02.960><c> that,</c>

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:08.019
he<00:48:05.480><c> poisoned</c><00:48:05.960><c> the</c><00:48:06.260><c> source</c><00:48:06.480><c> of</c><00:48:06.659><c> all</c><00:48:06.840><c> those</c><00:48:07.119><c> streams.</c>

00:48:08.599 --> 00:48:10.780
And<00:48:08.679><c> this</c><00:48:08.840><c> is</c><00:48:09.059><c> where</c><00:48:09.440><c> Elisha</c><00:48:10.019><c> came.</c>

00:48:11.360 --> 00:48:13.820
And<00:48:11.599><c> it</c><00:48:11.699><c> was</c><00:48:11.900><c> the</c><00:48:12.099><c> center</c><00:48:12.260><c> of</c><00:48:12.440><c> this</c><00:48:12.639><c> calf</c><00:48:12.920><c> worship.</c>

00:48:14.059 --> 00:48:15.340
And<00:48:14.179><c> I</c><00:48:14.400><c> believe,</c><00:48:14.840><c> brethren</c><00:48:14.940><c> and</c><00:48:15.199><c> sisters,</c>

00:48:15.360 --> 00:48:17.119
that<00:48:15.559><c> the</c><00:48:15.780><c> challenge</c><00:48:15.980><c> he</c><00:48:16.119><c> received</c><00:48:16.539><c> from</c><00:48:16.840><c> Bethel</c>

00:48:17.119 --> 00:48:20.039
was<00:48:17.480><c> an</c><00:48:17.760><c> organized</c><00:48:18.159><c> challenge,</c><00:48:18.539><c> because</c><00:48:18.800><c> they</c><00:48:19.059><c> knew,</c>

00:48:20.280 --> 00:48:22.099
they<00:48:20.519><c> knew</c><00:48:20.780><c> by</c><00:48:21.000><c> the</c><00:48:21.099><c> very</c><00:48:21.320><c> words</c><00:48:21.500><c> they</c><00:48:21.840><c> used</c>

00:48:22.099 --> 00:48:24.139
that<00:48:22.219><c> this</c><00:48:22.519><c> man</c><00:48:22.739><c> was</c><00:48:23.000><c> the</c><00:48:23.260><c> successor</c><00:48:23.519><c> of</c><00:48:23.760><c> Elijah,</c>

00:48:24.300 --> 00:48:26.500
and<00:48:24.539><c> they</c><00:48:24.800><c> didn't</c><00:48:25.099><c> want</c><00:48:25.219><c> him</c><00:48:25.500><c> around.</c>

00:48:27.219 --> 00:48:29.380
And<00:48:27.420><c> so</c><00:48:27.539><c> as</c><00:48:27.659><c> he</c><00:48:27.780><c> went</c><00:48:27.860><c> up</c><00:48:28.059><c> to</c><00:48:28.219><c> Bethel,</c>

00:48:29.619 --> 00:48:32.679
the<00:48:29.820><c> record</c><00:48:30.039><c> says</c><00:48:30.260><c> little</c><00:48:30.559><c> children</c><00:48:31.000><c> came</c><00:48:31.360><c> out.</c>

00:48:32.760 --> 00:48:35.739
Bear<00:48:33.239><c> in</c><00:48:33.460><c> mind</c><00:48:33.719><c> here,</c><00:48:33.980><c> when</c><00:48:34.099><c> it</c><00:48:34.260><c> says</c><00:48:34.360><c> little</c><00:48:34.679><c> children,</c>

00:48:36.579 --> 00:48:37.820
that<00:48:36.780><c> phrase,</c><00:48:37.280><c> little</c><00:48:37.559><c> children,</c>

00:48:37.820 --> 00:48:39.039
means<00:48:38.059><c> a</c><00:48:38.300><c> boy,</c><00:48:38.880><c> actually.</c>

00:48:39.099 --> 00:48:41.159
Rotherham<00:48:39.519><c> says</c><00:48:39.820><c> young</c><00:48:40.219><c> lad.</c>

00:48:42.500 --> 00:48:44.699
That<00:48:42.760><c> phrase</c><00:48:43.099><c> is</c><00:48:43.360><c> used,</c><00:48:43.760><c> or</c><00:48:43.860><c> that</c><00:48:44.119><c> term</c><00:48:44.320><c> is</c><00:48:44.480><c> used,</c>

00:48:44.719 --> 00:48:46.639
of<00:48:44.880><c> Isaac</c><00:48:45.159><c> when</c><00:48:45.300><c> he</c><00:48:45.380><c> was</c><00:48:45.559><c> 28</c><00:48:45.940><c> years</c><00:48:46.239><c> of</c><00:48:46.420><c> age,</c>

00:48:46.659 --> 00:48:48.039
of<00:48:46.840><c> Joseph</c><00:48:47.139><c> when</c><00:48:47.280><c> he</c><00:48:47.380><c> was</c><00:48:47.599><c> 39,</c>

00:48:48.219 --> 00:48:50.139
and<00:48:48.380><c> of</c><00:48:48.519><c> Rehoboam</c><00:48:48.820><c> when</c><00:48:48.980><c> he</c><00:48:49.059><c> was</c><00:48:49.300><c> 40.</c>

00:48:51.159 --> 00:48:52.559
So<00:48:51.340><c> there's</c><00:48:51.480><c> no</c><00:48:51.739><c> difficulty</c><00:48:52.179><c> here</c>

00:48:52.559 --> 00:48:55.599
in<00:48:53.079><c> having</c><00:48:53.340><c> to</c><00:48:53.599><c> reconcile</c><00:48:54.039><c> the</c><00:48:54.300><c> record</c><00:48:54.639><c> of</c><00:48:55.079><c> the</c><00:48:55.300><c> Bible</c>

00:48:55.599 --> 00:48:57.559
with<00:48:56.000><c> the</c><00:48:56.199><c> fact</c><00:48:56.320><c> that</c><00:48:56.519><c> God</c><00:48:56.739><c> would</c><00:48:56.960><c> allow</c><00:48:57.219><c> bears</c>

00:48:57.559 --> 00:48:59.780
to<00:48:58.119><c> tear</c><00:48:58.280><c> little</c><00:48:58.619><c> children</c>

00:48:59.840 --> 00:49:02.039
for<00:49:00.280><c> perhaps</c><00:49:00.679><c> some</c><00:49:01.519><c> naughtiness.</c>

00:49:02.219 --> 00:49:04.099
God<00:49:02.599><c> wouldn't</c><00:49:02.980><c> do</c><00:49:03.219><c> that</c><00:49:03.679><c> sort</c><00:49:03.880><c> of</c><00:49:04.000><c> thing,</c>

00:49:04.199 --> 00:49:04.960
brethren<00:49:04.380><c> and</c><00:49:04.579><c> sisters.</c>

00:49:05.340 --> 00:49:06.440
These<00:49:05.599><c> weren't</c><00:49:05.840><c> little</c><00:49:06.179><c> children.</c>

00:49:06.719 --> 00:49:07.880
These<00:49:07.019><c> were</c><00:49:07.340><c> young</c><00:49:07.619><c> men,</c>

00:49:07.900 --> 00:49:09.119
and<00:49:08.039><c> they</c><00:49:08.239><c> knew</c><00:49:08.380><c> what</c><00:49:08.519><c> they</c><00:49:08.699><c> were</c><00:49:08.860><c> doing.</c>

00:49:09.539 --> 00:49:10.820
And<00:49:09.760><c> I</c><00:49:09.940><c> believe</c><00:49:10.059><c> this</c><00:49:10.239><c> was</c><00:49:10.480><c> organized,</c>

00:49:10.840 --> 00:49:12.380
and<00:49:11.000><c> I</c><00:49:11.159><c> believe</c><00:49:11.300><c> this</c><00:49:11.480><c> was</c><00:49:11.679><c> the</c><00:49:11.800><c> first</c><00:49:12.039><c> challenge</c>

00:49:12.380 --> 00:49:13.340
that<00:49:12.599><c> Elisha</c><00:49:12.880><c> had</c><00:49:13.079><c> to</c><00:49:13.219><c> meet,</c>

00:49:13.500 --> 00:49:14.900
because<00:49:13.820><c> he</c><00:49:14.000><c> was</c><00:49:14.159><c> going</c><00:49:14.260><c> to</c><00:49:14.420><c> come</c><00:49:14.579><c> across</c>

00:49:14.900 --> 00:49:16.300
Baal<00:49:15.239><c> worship</c><00:49:15.500><c> again</c><00:49:15.820><c> and</c><00:49:16.000><c> again.</c>

00:49:16.440 --> 00:49:17.880
He<00:49:16.619><c> was</c><00:49:16.780><c> going</c><00:49:16.960><c> to</c><00:49:17.099><c> ignore</c><00:49:17.320><c> it</c><00:49:17.599><c> largely</c>

00:49:17.880 --> 00:49:19.659
and<00:49:18.079><c> work</c><00:49:18.380><c> upon</c><00:49:18.619><c> the</c><00:49:18.880><c> still</c><00:49:19.079><c> small</c><00:49:19.440><c> voice</c>

00:49:19.659 --> 00:49:20.360
among<00:49:19.860><c> the</c><00:49:20.139><c> prophets.</c>

00:49:20.579 --> 00:49:22.880
But<00:49:20.739><c> he</c><00:49:20.880><c> had</c><00:49:21.119><c> to</c><00:49:21.400><c> answer</c><00:49:21.539><c> that</c><00:49:21.800><c> challenge,</c>

00:49:23.119 --> 00:49:25.260
because<00:49:23.500><c> they</c><00:49:23.760><c> were</c><00:49:23.900><c> saying</c><00:49:24.119><c> to</c><00:49:24.260><c> him,</c>

00:49:25.659 --> 00:49:28.039
Eila,<00:49:26.099><c> Eila,</c><00:49:26.679><c> thou</c><00:49:26.840><c> roundhead,</c>

00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:30.000
Eila,<00:49:28.519><c> Eila,</c><00:49:29.099><c> thou</c><00:49:29.280><c> roundhead.</c>

00:49:30.500 --> 00:49:31.960
The<00:49:30.699><c> word</c><00:49:30.920><c> Eila</c><00:49:31.199><c> means</c><00:49:31.440><c> go</c><00:49:31.699><c> up,</c>

00:49:32.179 --> 00:49:33.000
and<00:49:32.219><c> it</c><00:49:32.320><c> was</c><00:49:32.480><c> the</c><00:49:32.579><c> very</c><00:49:32.820><c> word</c>

00:49:33.000 --> 00:49:34.099
which<00:49:33.159><c> was</c><00:49:33.320><c> used</c><00:49:33.519><c> for</c><00:49:33.760><c> Elijah</c>

00:49:34.099 --> 00:49:35.780
when<00:49:34.239><c> he</c><00:49:34.440><c> was</c><00:49:34.639><c> taken</c><00:49:34.840><c> up.</c>

00:49:35.940 --> 00:49:37.539
And<00:49:36.099><c> I</c><00:49:36.300><c> believe</c><00:49:36.460><c> what</c><00:49:36.639><c> they</c><00:49:36.820><c> were</c><00:49:36.940><c> saying</c><00:49:37.159><c> was,</c>

00:49:37.880 --> 00:49:39.380
we've<00:49:38.079><c> got</c><00:49:38.199><c> rid</c><00:49:38.360><c> of</c><00:49:38.500><c> him,</c>

00:49:39.599 --> 00:49:41.699
the<00:49:39.780><c> Lord</c><00:49:40.039><c> of</c><00:49:40.280><c> hair's</c><00:49:40.619><c> gone,</c>

00:49:42.559 --> 00:49:43.599
the<00:49:42.719><c> fellow</c><00:49:42.900><c> from</c><00:49:43.280><c> Carvel,</c>

00:49:43.840 --> 00:49:46.500
oh,<00:49:44.039><c> he's</c><00:49:44.579><c> gone,</c><00:49:45.340><c> go</c><00:49:45.559><c> on,</c><00:49:45.880><c> go</c><00:49:46.199><c> on,</c>

00:49:46.800 --> 00:49:47.860
get<00:49:46.980><c> up,</c><00:49:47.179><c> get</c><00:49:47.400><c> up</c><00:49:47.579><c> with</c><00:49:47.739><c> him,</c>

00:49:47.880 --> 00:49:49.659
you<00:49:48.159><c> roundheaded</c><00:49:48.659><c> thing.</c>

00:49:50.920 --> 00:49:51.880
See,<00:49:51.260><c> and</c><00:49:51.460><c> they</c><00:49:51.719><c> were,</c>

00:49:52.039 --> 00:49:53.840
by<00:49:52.079><c> using</c><00:49:52.360><c> the</c><00:49:52.539><c> term</c><00:49:52.719><c> roundhead,</c><00:49:53.280><c> of</c><00:49:53.500><c> course,</c>

00:49:53.840 --> 00:49:55.480
they<00:49:54.380><c> were</c><00:49:54.579><c> trying</c><00:49:54.820><c> to</c><00:49:55.099><c> drive</c>

00:49:55.480 --> 00:49:58.199
into<00:49:55.739><c> his</c><00:49:56.139><c> mind,</c><00:49:56.780><c> brothers</c><00:49:56.820><c> and</c><00:49:56.960><c> sisters,</c>

00:49:58.699 --> 00:49:59.820
they<00:49:58.719><c> were</c><00:49:58.880><c> trying</c><00:49:59.019><c> to</c><00:49:59.199><c> drive</c><00:49:59.340><c> a</c><00:49:59.619><c> wedge</c>

00:49:59.820 --> 00:50:01.539
between<00:50:00.199><c> him</c><00:50:00.380><c> and</c><00:50:00.579><c> Elijah.</c>

00:50:02.099 --> 00:50:04.119
They<00:50:02.280><c> were</c><00:50:02.400><c> trying</c><00:50:02.719><c> to</c><00:50:03.179><c> point</c><00:50:03.500><c> out</c><00:50:03.719><c> to</c><00:50:03.900><c> him</c>

00:50:04.119 --> 00:50:06.119
as<00:50:04.500><c> one</c><00:50:04.699><c> who</c><00:50:04.920><c> didn't</c><00:50:05.239><c> have</c><00:50:05.519><c> the</c><00:50:05.820><c> marks</c>

00:50:06.119 --> 00:50:08.519
or<00:50:06.340><c> the</c><00:50:06.539><c> qualifications</c><00:50:07.139><c> for</c><00:50:07.380><c> leadership,</c>

00:50:08.980 --> 00:50:10.679
but<00:50:09.179><c> it</c><00:50:09.340><c> didn't</c><00:50:09.619><c> work.</c>

00:50:12.039 --> 00:50:14.960
And<00:50:12.219><c> Elijah</c><00:50:12.559><c> turned</c><00:50:13.059><c> and</c><00:50:13.300><c> looked</c><00:50:13.639><c> back,</c>

00:50:15.619 --> 00:50:17.000
and<00:50:15.940><c> of</c><00:50:16.159><c> course</c><00:50:16.340><c> they</c><00:50:16.500><c> would</c><00:50:16.679><c> always</c>

00:50:17.000 --> 00:50:18.599
attack<00:50:17.260><c> from</c><00:50:17.519><c> the</c><00:50:17.699><c> rear.</c>

00:50:19.480 --> 00:50:20.900
They<00:50:19.679><c> wouldn't</c><00:50:19.920><c> be</c><00:50:20.159><c> in</c><00:50:20.360><c> front</c><00:50:20.460><c> of</c><00:50:20.639><c> him.</c>

00:50:21.199 --> 00:50:22.480
That<00:50:21.480><c> crowd</c><00:50:21.739><c> never</c><00:50:22.159><c> are.</c>

00:50:22.940 --> 00:50:25.380
He<00:50:23.380><c> turned</c><00:50:23.639><c> and</c><00:50:23.780><c> he</c><00:50:23.900><c> looked</c><00:50:24.179><c> back</c><00:50:24.500><c> at</c><00:50:24.679><c> them,</c>

00:50:25.719 --> 00:50:28.480
and<00:50:26.000><c> he</c><00:50:26.320><c> cursed</c><00:50:26.599><c> them</c><00:50:26.880><c> in</c><00:50:27.059><c> the</c><00:50:27.280><c> name</c><00:50:27.599><c> of</c><00:50:28.039><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:50:28.679 --> 00:50:31.639
He<00:50:28.980><c> had</c><00:50:29.300><c> just</c><00:50:29.679><c> lifted</c><00:50:29.980><c> a</c><00:50:30.260><c> curse</c><00:50:30.420><c> from</c><00:50:30.679><c> Jericho,</c>

00:50:32.340 --> 00:50:34.900
and<00:50:32.780><c> he</c><00:50:32.880><c> put</c><00:50:33.000><c> one</c><00:50:33.139><c> on</c><00:50:33.219><c> the</c><00:50:33.420><c> house</c><00:50:33.559><c> of</c><00:50:33.780><c> God,</c>

00:50:35.699 --> 00:50:37.519
and<00:50:35.880><c> that's</c><00:50:36.019><c> what</c><00:50:36.219><c> God</c><00:50:36.460><c> did.</c>

00:50:37.940 --> 00:50:40.360
He<00:50:38.380><c> lifted</c><00:50:38.639><c> a</c><00:50:38.940><c> curse</c><00:50:39.159><c> from</c><00:50:39.320><c> amongst</c><00:50:39.559><c> the</c><00:50:39.800><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:50:40.440 --> 00:50:41.840
because<00:50:40.699><c> Jericho,</c><00:50:41.320><c> whilst</c><00:50:41.440><c> they</c><00:50:41.619><c> were</c><00:50:41.619><c> saying,</c>

00:50:42.099 --> 00:50:43.119
they<00:50:42.119><c> may</c><00:50:42.260><c> not</c><00:50:42.460><c> be,</c><00:50:42.659><c> the</c><00:50:42.659><c> men</c><00:50:42.820><c> of</c><00:50:42.920><c> the</c><00:50:43.019><c> city</c>

00:50:43.119 --> 00:50:44.199
may<00:50:43.300><c> not</c><00:50:43.500><c> have</c><00:50:43.639><c> been</c><00:50:43.840><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:50:44.199 --> 00:50:45.219
we<00:50:44.320><c> don't</c><00:50:44.460><c> know</c><00:50:44.559><c> what</c><00:50:44.760><c> they</c><00:50:45.019><c> were,</c>

00:50:45.480 --> 00:50:48.420
this<00:50:45.619><c> we</c><00:50:45.800><c> know</c><00:50:45.940><c> that</c><00:50:46.239><c> Jericho</c><00:50:46.739><c> was</c><00:50:46.960><c> a</c><00:50:47.179><c> Gentile</c><00:50:47.539><c> city.</c>

00:50:48.719 --> 00:50:49.739
And<00:50:48.880><c> whilst</c><00:50:49.059><c> the</c><00:50:49.239><c> curse</c><00:50:49.440><c> of</c><00:50:49.639><c> God</c>

00:50:49.739 --> 00:50:51.119
had<00:50:49.880><c> been</c><00:50:50.099><c> lifted</c><00:50:50.340><c> from</c><00:50:50.599><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:50:51.119 --> 00:50:53.619
the<00:50:51.559><c> curse</c><00:50:51.960><c> of</c><00:50:52.179><c> God</c><00:50:52.420><c> rested</c><00:50:52.800><c> upon</c><00:50:53.059><c> his</c><00:50:53.320><c> children</c>

00:50:53.619 --> 00:50:56.019
who<00:50:53.880><c> were</c><00:50:54.219><c> singing</c><00:50:54.420><c> out</c><00:50:54.639><c> in</c><00:50:54.760><c> the</c><00:50:55.059><c> streets.</c>

00:50:56.099 --> 00:50:58.519
His<00:50:56.260><c> blood</c><00:50:56.780><c> be</c><00:50:56.940><c> upon</c><00:50:57.219><c> our</c><00:50:57.559><c> heads.</c>

00:50:58.900 --> 00:51:00.199
So<00:50:59.260><c> be</c><00:50:59.440><c> it.</c>

00:51:00.559 --> 00:51:01.800
And<00:51:00.719><c> the</c><00:51:01.039><c> dreadful</c><00:51:01.500><c> curse</c>

00:51:01.800 --> 00:51:03.320
that<00:51:02.019><c> fell</c><00:51:02.119><c> upon</c><00:51:02.380><c> them</c><00:51:02.559><c> in</c><00:51:02.739><c> AD</c><00:51:02.960><c> 70</c>

00:51:03.320 --> 00:51:05.179
and<00:51:03.659><c> forever</c><00:51:04.039><c> after,</c>

00:51:06.039 --> 00:51:07.320
has<00:51:06.099><c> been</c><00:51:06.300><c> a</c><00:51:06.559><c> terrible</c><00:51:06.980><c> curse.</c>

00:51:07.579 --> 00:51:08.840
And<00:51:07.699><c> Elijah</c><00:51:08.099><c> turned</c><00:51:08.440><c> around,</c>

00:51:09.099 --> 00:51:11.980
and<00:51:09.139><c> he</c><00:51:09.460><c> cursed</c><00:51:09.659><c> them</c><00:51:09.860><c> in</c><00:51:10.099><c> the</c><00:51:10.400><c> name</c><00:51:10.880><c> of</c><00:51:11.440><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:51:12.380 --> 00:51:14.019
as<00:51:12.539><c> if</c><00:51:12.679><c> to</c><00:51:12.840><c> make</c><00:51:12.960><c> the</c><00:51:13.159><c> issue</c><00:51:13.380><c> quite</c><00:51:13.820><c> plain</c>

00:51:14.019 --> 00:51:15.019
as<00:51:14.219><c> to</c><00:51:14.320><c> where</c><00:51:14.480><c> he</c><00:51:14.780><c> stood.</c>

00:51:15.239 --> 00:51:16.980
They<00:51:15.480><c> were</c><00:51:15.699><c> attached</c><00:51:15.960><c> to</c><00:51:16.139><c> the</c><00:51:16.300><c> calves</c><00:51:16.500><c> of</c><00:51:16.760><c> Bethel.</c>

00:51:17.119 --> 00:51:18.760
He<00:51:17.320><c> wasn't</c><00:51:17.599><c> attached</c><00:51:17.880><c> to</c><00:51:18.039><c> the</c><00:51:18.139><c> calves</c><00:51:18.360><c> of</c><00:51:18.539><c> Bethel,</c>

00:51:18.920 --> 00:51:20.099
brethren<00:51:19.059><c> and</c><00:51:19.320><c> sisters.</c>

00:51:20.199 --> 00:51:22.420
He<00:51:20.679><c> was</c><00:51:20.940><c> attached</c><00:51:21.260><c> to</c><00:51:21.440><c> the</c><00:51:21.599><c> name</c><00:51:21.820><c> of</c><00:51:22.079><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:51:22.639 --> 00:51:24.920
and<00:51:22.639><c> he</c><00:51:22.780><c> made</c><00:51:23.000><c> the</c><00:51:23.219><c> issue</c><00:51:23.420><c> quite</c><00:51:23.900><c> plain.</c>

00:51:25.139 --> 00:51:27.099
And<00:51:25.300><c> no</c><00:51:25.519><c> sooner</c><00:51:25.679><c> had</c><00:51:25.840><c> he</c><00:51:25.940><c> done</c><00:51:26.159><c> that</c>

00:51:27.659 --> 00:51:31.260
than<00:51:28.139><c> two</c><00:51:28.519><c> she</c><00:51:28.780><c>-bears</c><00:51:29.239><c> lumbered</c><00:51:29.639><c> out</c><00:51:29.860><c> of</c><00:51:29.980><c> the</c><00:51:30.139><c> woods.</c>

00:51:32.679 --> 00:51:35.460
And<00:51:32.760><c> there</c><00:51:32.940><c> was</c><00:51:33.139><c> a</c><00:51:33.360><c> dreadful</c><00:51:33.780><c> carnage.</c>

00:51:36.099 --> 00:51:37.760
And<00:51:36.239><c> it</c><00:51:36.360><c> would</c><00:51:36.480><c> have</c><00:51:36.719><c> been</c><00:51:36.880><c> dreadful</c>

00:51:37.760 --> 00:51:40.119
if<00:51:38.539><c> it</c><00:51:38.679><c> had</c><00:51:38.739><c> been</c><00:51:38.800><c> through</c><00:51:39.000><c> the</c><00:51:39.139><c> scriptures,</c>

00:51:40.679 --> 00:51:42.780
on<00:51:40.880><c> the</c><00:51:41.079><c> symbolism</c><00:51:41.440><c> of</c><00:51:41.679><c> the</c><00:51:42.019><c> bear.</c>

00:51:44.079 --> 00:51:47.599
It<00:51:44.559><c> makes</c><00:51:44.860><c> blood</c><00:51:45.300><c>-chilling</c><00:51:45.639><c> reading,</c><00:51:46.179><c> believe</c><00:51:46.480><c> me.</c>

00:51:47.599 --> 00:51:50.179
Because<00:51:48.280><c> the</c><00:51:48.659><c> bear</c><00:51:48.820><c> was</c><00:51:49.119><c> noted,</c><00:51:49.659><c> brethren</c><00:51:49.800><c> and</c><00:51:50.059><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:50.219 --> 00:51:52.280
for<00:51:50.400><c> its</c><00:51:50.800><c> savagery.</c>

00:51:52.480 --> 00:51:53.860
Whereas<00:51:52.800><c> the</c><00:51:53.119><c> line</c><00:51:53.300><c> in</c><00:51:53.460><c> the</c><00:51:53.619><c> scripture</c>

00:51:53.860 --> 00:51:55.119
was<00:51:54.159><c> noted</c><00:51:54.420><c> for</c><00:51:54.619><c> the</c><00:51:55.000><c> fact</c>

00:51:55.119 --> 00:51:57.159
that<00:51:55.219><c> it</c><00:51:55.300><c> would</c><00:51:55.599><c> kill</c><00:51:55.780><c> for</c><00:51:56.000><c> its</c><00:51:56.239><c> food,</c>

00:51:57.579 --> 00:52:00.679
the<00:51:58.039><c> bear</c><00:51:58.280><c> was</c><00:51:58.619><c> noted</c><00:51:58.860><c> for</c><00:51:59.039><c> its</c><00:51:59.480><c> savagery.</c>

00:52:01.420 --> 00:52:03.360
And<00:52:01.739><c> not</c><00:52:01.900><c> only</c><00:52:02.059><c> that,</c>

00:52:03.820 --> 00:52:05.420
but<00:52:03.980><c> there</c><00:52:04.179><c> are</c><00:52:04.380><c> about</c><00:52:04.699><c> four</c><00:52:05.079><c> references</c>

00:52:05.420 --> 00:52:06.860
into<00:52:05.679><c> the</c><00:52:05.900><c> scriptures</c>

00:52:06.920 --> 00:52:09.320
to<00:52:07.440><c> the</c><00:52:07.900><c> strong</c><00:52:08.239><c> maternal</c><00:52:08.880><c> instincts</c>

00:52:09.320 --> 00:52:10.579
of<00:52:09.500><c> a</c><00:52:09.659><c> she</c><00:52:09.860><c>-bear.</c>

00:52:11.599 --> 00:52:13.300
And<00:52:11.960><c> you'll</c><00:52:12.260><c> remember</c><00:52:12.500><c> one</c><00:52:12.739><c> that</c><00:52:12.920><c> was</c><00:52:13.139><c> made</c>

00:52:13.300 --> 00:52:14.780
when<00:52:13.579><c> Hushoa</c><00:52:13.980><c> the</c><00:52:14.239><c> Archon,</c>

00:52:14.780 --> 00:52:18.699
when<00:52:15.760><c> he</c><00:52:15.860><c> was</c><00:52:16.059><c> giving</c><00:52:16.300><c> counsel</c><00:52:16.659><c> to</c><00:52:16.980><c> Absalom.</c>

00:52:18.820 --> 00:52:20.280
And<00:52:18.980><c> Absalom</c><00:52:19.199><c> was</c><00:52:19.400><c> listening</c><00:52:19.559><c> with</c><00:52:19.780><c> great</c><00:52:20.000><c> interest,</c>

00:52:20.400 --> 00:52:20.579
and<00:52:20.420><c> he</c><00:52:20.500><c> said,</c>

00:52:20.659 --> 00:52:23.360
You<00:52:20.719><c> know</c><00:52:20.940><c> your</c><00:52:21.139><c> father,</c><00:52:22.460><c> David,</c>

00:52:23.500 --> 00:52:25.460
I<00:52:23.719><c> wouldn't</c><00:52:24.039><c> chase</c><00:52:24.380><c> him.</c>

00:52:26.260 --> 00:52:29.519
He's<00:52:26.519><c> like</c><00:52:26.800><c> a</c><00:52:27.059><c> bear</c><00:52:27.300><c> robbed</c><00:52:27.739><c> of</c><00:52:28.019><c> her</c><00:52:28.219><c> whelps.</c>

00:52:30.320 --> 00:52:32.480
Yes,<00:52:30.820><c> I'll</c><00:52:31.320><c> get</c><00:52:31.400><c> your</c><00:52:31.599><c> point.</c>

00:52:33.500 --> 00:52:35.239
And<00:52:33.599><c> you</c><00:52:33.659><c> know,</c><00:52:33.820><c> in</c><00:52:33.920><c> the</c><00:52:34.039><c> 17th</c><00:52:34.420><c> chapter</c><00:52:34.679><c> of</c><00:52:34.960><c> Proverbs,</c>

00:52:35.440 --> 00:52:35.960
brethren<00:52:35.579><c> and</c><00:52:35.820><c> sisters,</c>

00:52:35.980 --> 00:52:38.400
there's<00:52:36.179><c> a</c><00:52:36.340><c> nice</c><00:52:36.719><c> reference</c><00:52:37.019><c> here.</c>

00:52:39.659 --> 00:52:41.820
And<00:52:40.000><c> this</c><00:52:40.480><c> is</c><00:52:40.679><c> interesting.</c>

00:52:50.199 --> 00:52:52.300
In<00:52:50.760><c> the</c><00:52:50.880><c> 17th</c><00:52:51.400><c> chapter</c><00:52:51.719><c> of</c><00:52:51.960><c> Proverbs,</c>

00:52:52.380 --> 00:52:55.360
in<00:52:52.519><c> verse</c><00:52:52.739><c> 12</c><00:52:53.059><c> we</c><00:52:53.260><c> read,</c>

00:52:58.340 --> 00:53:01.400
Let<00:52:58.440><c> a</c><00:52:58.659><c> bear</c><00:52:59.320><c> robbed</c><00:53:00.039><c> of</c><00:53:00.260><c> her</c><00:53:00.559><c> whelps</c>

00:53:01.400 --> 00:53:03.420
meet<00:53:02.000><c> a</c><00:53:02.260><c> man</c>

00:53:03.760 --> 00:53:06.840
rather<00:53:04.320><c> than</c><00:53:04.500><c> a</c><00:53:04.739><c> fool</c><00:53:04.860><c> in</c><00:53:05.059><c> his</c><00:53:05.360><c> folly.</c>

00:53:07.679 --> 00:53:09.139
Very<00:53:08.039><c> expressive.</c>

00:53:09.780 --> 00:53:12.559
Let<00:53:10.039><c> a</c><00:53:10.280><c> bear</c><00:53:10.519><c> robbed</c><00:53:10.840><c> of</c><00:53:11.000><c> her</c><00:53:11.260><c> whelps</c><00:53:11.559><c> meet</c><00:53:11.780><c> a</c><00:53:12.039><c> man</c>

00:53:12.559 --> 00:53:14.719
rather<00:53:13.300><c> than</c><00:53:13.480><c> a</c><00:53:13.820><c> fool</c><00:53:14.019><c> in</c><00:53:14.179><c> his</c><00:53:14.440><c> folly.</c>

00:53:14.719 --> 00:53:16.440
They<00:53:15.119><c> were</c><00:53:15.340><c> fools.</c>

00:53:17.659 --> 00:53:19.420
And<00:53:17.800><c> a</c><00:53:18.000><c> bear</c><00:53:18.139><c> met</c><00:53:18.440><c> them.</c>

00:53:19.460 --> 00:53:20.320
They<00:53:19.500><c> were</c><00:53:19.739><c> she</c><00:53:20.079><c>-bears.</c>

00:53:20.360 --> 00:53:22.179
We<00:53:20.440><c> don't</c><00:53:20.780><c> know</c><00:53:21.079><c> whether</c><00:53:21.260><c> they've</c><00:53:21.460><c> been</c><00:53:21.579><c> robbed</c><00:53:21.739><c> of</c><00:53:21.900><c> their</c><00:53:22.039><c> whelps,</c>

00:53:22.179 --> 00:53:24.059
but<00:53:22.340><c> why</c><00:53:22.519><c> does</c><00:53:22.619><c> the</c><00:53:22.800><c> record</c><00:53:23.019><c> say</c><00:53:23.260><c> they</c><00:53:23.380><c> were</c><00:53:23.519><c> she</c><00:53:23.840><c>-bears?</c>

00:53:24.260 --> 00:53:26.039
And<00:53:24.440><c> who</c><00:53:24.679><c> knows,</c><00:53:25.280><c> brethren</c><00:53:25.460><c> and</c><00:53:25.699><c> sisters,</c>

00:53:26.340 --> 00:53:28.639
that<00:53:26.519><c> those</c><00:53:26.900><c> 42</c><00:53:27.400><c> young</c><00:53:27.880><c> lads</c>

00:53:28.639 --> 00:53:29.780
may<00:53:29.000><c> not</c><00:53:29.199><c> have</c><00:53:29.360><c> been</c><00:53:29.579><c> responsible</c>

00:53:30.280 --> 00:53:33.039
for<00:53:30.539><c> the</c><00:53:30.760><c> destruction</c><00:53:31.219><c> of</c><00:53:31.820><c> the</c><00:53:32.019><c> progeny</c><00:53:32.360><c> of</c><00:53:32.519><c> those</c><00:53:32.820><c> bears?</c>

00:53:33.219 --> 00:53:33.940
We<00:53:33.440><c> don't</c><00:53:33.739><c> know.</c>

00:53:34.119 --> 00:53:36.139
But<00:53:34.239><c> you</c><00:53:34.360><c> know,</c><00:53:34.500><c> there</c><00:53:34.639><c> are</c><00:53:34.760><c> some</c><00:53:34.920><c> remarkable</c><00:53:35.659><c> stories</c>

00:53:36.139 --> 00:53:38.699
told<00:53:36.440><c> about</c><00:53:36.679><c> the</c><00:53:36.900><c> maternal</c><00:53:37.219><c> instincts</c><00:53:37.559><c> of</c><00:53:37.719><c> a</c><00:53:37.940><c> bear.</c>

00:53:38.800 --> 00:53:40.179
When<00:53:39.000><c> I</c><00:53:39.119><c> was</c><00:53:39.320><c> studying</c><00:53:39.519><c> out</c><00:53:39.659><c> for</c><00:53:39.800><c> this</c><00:53:40.039><c> study,</c>

00:53:40.280 --> 00:53:41.800
I<00:53:40.400><c> got</c><00:53:40.539><c> hold</c><00:53:40.780><c> of</c><00:53:40.840><c> some</c><00:53:40.960><c> authorities</c><00:53:41.360><c> on</c><00:53:41.599><c> this,</c>

00:53:42.059 --> 00:53:42.800
and<00:53:42.199><c> had</c><00:53:42.340><c> a</c><00:53:42.440><c> look</c><00:53:42.519><c> at</c><00:53:42.559><c> it.</c>

00:53:42.800 --> 00:53:44.480
And<00:53:43.079><c> there</c><00:53:43.199><c> are</c><00:53:43.219><c> some</c><00:53:43.400><c> remarkable</c><00:53:44.059><c> stories</c>

00:53:44.480 --> 00:53:46.280
told<00:53:44.760><c> about</c><00:53:44.960><c> the</c><00:53:45.260><c> memory</c><00:53:45.480><c> of</c><00:53:45.679><c> a</c><00:53:45.840><c> she</c><00:53:46.059><c>-bear</c>

00:53:46.280 --> 00:53:49.880
that<00:53:46.679><c> will</c><00:53:47.059><c> never</c><00:53:47.380><c> forget</c><00:53:47.840><c> anybody</c><00:53:48.300><c> that</c><00:53:48.539><c> touches</c><00:53:48.820><c> her</c><00:53:49.139><c> young.</c>

00:53:50.400 --> 00:53:52.400
And<00:53:50.559><c> of</c><00:53:50.639><c> the</c><00:53:50.860><c> maternal</c><00:53:51.199><c> instincts</c><00:53:51.559><c> in</c><00:53:51.760><c> those</c><00:53:51.980><c> creatures,</c>

00:53:52.800 --> 00:53:54.739
it's<00:53:53.059><c> truly</c><00:53:53.440><c> remarkable</c><00:53:54.059><c> what</c><00:53:54.260><c> they</c><00:53:54.460><c> will</c><00:53:54.619><c> do</c>

00:53:54.739 --> 00:53:55.739
to<00:53:54.960><c> preserve</c><00:53:55.300><c> their</c><00:53:55.559><c> young,</c>

00:53:56.179 --> 00:53:58.059
and<00:53:56.340><c> what</c><00:53:56.500><c> they</c><00:53:56.659><c> will</c><00:53:56.900><c> do</c><00:53:57.079><c> when</c><00:53:57.260><c> you</c><00:53:57.400><c> harm</c><00:53:57.659><c> their</c><00:53:57.920><c> young.</c>

00:53:58.260 --> 00:54:00.559
And<00:53:58.400><c> if</c><00:53:58.519><c> you</c><00:53:58.619><c> go</c><00:53:58.820><c> through</c><00:53:59.039><c> the</c><00:53:59.219><c> Rockies</c><00:53:59.480><c> of</c><00:54:00.260><c> Canada,</c>

00:54:00.840 --> 00:54:02.039
where<00:54:00.960><c> Ronnie</c><00:54:01.199><c> Abel</c><00:54:01.440><c> comes</c><00:54:01.719><c> from,</c>

00:54:02.280 --> 00:54:03.139
and<00:54:02.400><c> they</c><00:54:02.579><c> say,</c><00:54:02.800><c> you</c><00:54:02.940><c> know,</c>

00:54:03.280 --> 00:54:05.219
look<00:54:03.619><c> out</c><00:54:03.780><c> for</c><00:54:03.920><c> the</c><00:54:04.139><c> bears</c><00:54:04.239><c> which</c><00:54:04.420><c> we</c><00:54:04.599><c> never</c><00:54:04.940><c> saw.</c>

00:54:05.440 --> 00:54:06.420
We<00:54:05.559><c> don't</c><00:54:05.719><c> believe</c><00:54:05.940><c> that</c><00:54:06.119><c> they</c><00:54:06.159><c> are</c><00:54:06.280><c> there.</c>

00:54:06.659 --> 00:54:07.460
But<00:54:06.780><c> they</c><00:54:06.920><c> always</c><00:54:07.179><c> tell</c><00:54:07.320><c> you,</c>

00:54:07.460 --> 00:54:09.340
never<00:54:07.699><c> get</c><00:54:07.880><c> between</c><00:54:08.320><c> a</c><00:54:08.619><c> bear</c><00:54:08.800><c> and</c><00:54:09.000><c> a</c><00:54:09.199><c> young.</c>

00:54:09.440 --> 00:54:10.340
Never<00:54:09.820><c> do</c><00:54:10.079><c> that,</c>

00:54:10.340 --> 00:54:12.920
because<00:54:11.079><c> it's</c><00:54:11.380><c> causing</c><00:54:11.579><c> disaster.</c>

00:54:13.219 --> 00:54:15.159
And<00:54:13.300><c> let</c><00:54:13.400><c> a</c><00:54:13.579><c> man</c><00:54:13.739><c> meet</c><00:54:13.960><c> a</c><00:54:14.179><c> bear</c><00:54:14.380><c> robbed</c><00:54:14.659><c> of</c><00:54:14.800><c> her</c><00:54:15.000><c> whelps</c>

00:54:15.159 --> 00:54:17.039
rather<00:54:15.420><c> than</c><00:54:15.559><c> a</c><00:54:15.760><c> fool</c><00:54:15.900><c> in</c><00:54:16.059><c> his</c><00:54:16.320><c> bollock.</c>

00:54:17.519 --> 00:54:19.699
But<00:54:17.639><c> the</c><00:54:17.780><c> most</c><00:54:18.159><c> interesting</c><00:54:18.820><c> reference</c><00:54:19.239><c> of</c><00:54:19.519><c> all</c>

00:54:19.699 --> 00:54:21.420
as<00:54:19.920><c> to</c><00:54:20.079><c> a</c><00:54:20.199><c> bear</c><00:54:20.420><c> robbed</c><00:54:20.659><c> of</c><00:54:20.840><c> her</c><00:54:21.019><c> whelps</c>

00:54:21.420 --> 00:54:23.840
is<00:54:21.760><c> found</c><00:54:22.079><c> in</c><00:54:22.280><c> the</c><00:54:22.500><c> prophecy</c><00:54:22.900><c> of</c>

00:54:25.519 --> 00:54:26.460
Hosea.

00:54:27.039 --> 00:54:29.420
And<00:54:27.199><c> in</c><00:54:27.420><c> the</c><00:54:27.920><c> 13th</c><00:54:28.340><c> chapter.</c>

00:54:31.239 --> 00:54:32.840
Have<00:54:31.340><c> a</c><00:54:31.380><c> look</c><00:54:31.500><c> at</c><00:54:31.659><c> this</c><00:54:31.860><c> one.</c>

00:54:37.059 --> 00:54:37.500
And<00:54:37.139><c> of</c><00:54:37.340><c> course,</c>

00:54:37.519 --> 00:54:39.380
Hosea<00:54:37.900><c> didn't</c><00:54:38.139><c> write</c><00:54:38.400><c> in</c><00:54:38.519><c> the</c><00:54:38.739><c> times</c><00:54:38.920><c> of</c><00:54:39.139><c> Elijah,</c>

00:54:39.380 --> 00:54:40.340
which<00:54:39.559><c> was</c><00:54:39.760><c> stated</c><00:54:39.960><c> before,</c>

00:54:40.500 --> 00:54:42.239
he<00:54:40.500><c> wrote</c><00:54:40.719><c> after</c><00:54:41.199><c> Elijah.</c>

00:54:42.539 --> 00:54:43.619
But<00:54:42.719><c> look</c><00:54:42.860><c> at</c><00:54:42.960><c> this</c><00:54:43.119><c> reference</c><00:54:43.420><c> here,</c>

00:54:43.719 --> 00:54:45.159
brothers<00:54:43.900><c> and</c><00:54:44.059><c> sisters.</c>

00:54:46.679 --> 00:54:48.880
In<00:54:46.760><c> the</c><00:54:46.900><c> 13th</c><00:54:47.380><c> chapter</c><00:54:47.619><c> of</c><00:54:47.780><c> Hosea,</c>

00:54:51.179 --> 00:54:52.300
we<00:54:51.739><c> read,</c>

00:54:52.320 --> 00:54:53.900
in<00:54:53.400><c> verse</c><00:54:53.619><c> 1,</c>

00:54:53.920 --> 00:54:56.440
when<00:54:54.159><c> Ephraim</c><00:54:54.820><c> spake</c><00:54:55.380><c> trembling,</c>

00:54:57.219 --> 00:54:59.679
he<00:54:57.460><c> exalted</c><00:54:57.860><c> himself</c><00:54:58.360><c> in</c><00:54:58.579><c> Israel.</c>

00:55:00.579 --> 00:55:02.880
When<00:55:00.940><c> he</c><00:55:01.159><c> offended</c><00:55:01.460><c> in</c><00:55:01.880><c> Baal,</c>

00:55:03.840 --> 00:55:05.139
he<00:55:04.099><c> died.</c>

00:55:05.960 --> 00:55:07.059
There's<00:55:06.079><c> a</c><00:55:06.139><c> wonderful</c><00:55:06.559><c> principle,</c>

00:55:07.539 --> 00:55:08.639
when<00:55:07.820><c> a</c><00:55:07.960><c> man</c><00:55:08.079><c> is</c><00:55:08.380><c> humble,</c>

00:55:08.639 --> 00:55:10.639
he<00:55:08.820><c> will</c><00:55:09.019><c> be</c><00:55:09.440><c> exalted.</c>

00:55:11.440 --> 00:55:12.920
When<00:55:11.619><c> he</c><00:55:11.840><c> becomes</c><00:55:12.300><c> proud</c>

00:55:12.920 --> 00:55:15.460
and<00:55:13.099><c> follows</c><00:55:13.559><c> the</c><00:55:14.079><c> proud</c><00:55:14.519><c> religion</c><00:55:14.960><c> of</c><00:55:15.199><c> Baal,</c>

00:55:15.500 --> 00:55:16.860
he'll<00:55:15.820><c> die.</c>

00:55:17.800 --> 00:55:19.099
And<00:55:18.000><c> what</c><00:55:18.079><c> are</c><00:55:18.099><c> they</c><00:55:18.260><c> doing</c><00:55:18.440><c> in</c><00:55:18.619><c> verse</c><00:55:18.920><c> 2?</c>

00:55:19.199 --> 00:55:19.579
It<00:55:19.199><c> says,</c>

00:55:19.780 --> 00:55:22.000
and<00:55:19.860><c> now</c><00:55:20.139><c> they</c><00:55:20.420><c> sin</c><00:55:20.619><c> more</c><00:55:21.159><c> and</c><00:55:21.420><c> more,</c>

00:55:22.199 --> 00:55:24.960
and<00:55:22.260><c> have</c><00:55:22.480><c> made</c><00:55:22.719><c> them</c><00:55:22.980><c> molten</c><00:55:23.360><c> images</c><00:55:23.880><c> of</c><00:55:24.179><c> their</c><00:55:24.420><c> silver</c>

00:55:24.960 --> 00:55:28.099
and<00:55:25.659><c> idols</c><00:55:25.960><c> according</c><00:55:26.400><c> to</c><00:55:26.579><c> their</c><00:55:26.780><c> own</c><00:55:27.059><c> understanding.</c>

00:55:28.219 --> 00:55:30.340
All<00:55:28.639><c> of</c><00:55:28.760><c> it</c><00:55:28.880><c> the</c><00:55:29.039><c> work</c><00:55:29.239><c> of</c><00:55:29.440><c> the</c><00:55:29.679><c> craftsmen.</c>

00:55:30.420 --> 00:55:31.559
They<00:55:30.719><c> say</c><00:55:31.039><c> of</c><00:55:31.239><c> them,</c>

00:55:31.780 --> 00:55:34.639
let<00:55:32.039><c> the</c><00:55:32.380><c> men</c><00:55:32.860><c> that</c><00:55:33.280><c> sacrifice</c>

00:55:34.780 --> 00:55:36.199
kiss<00:55:35.340><c> the</c><00:55:35.739><c> calves.</c>

00:55:36.199 --> 00:55:37.760
And<00:55:37.360><c> of</c><00:55:37.599><c> course,</c>

00:55:37.820 --> 00:55:40.440
the<00:55:38.039><c> calf</c><00:55:38.280><c> worship</c><00:55:38.559><c> was</c><00:55:38.860><c> centered</c><00:55:39.059><c> at</c><00:55:39.360><c> Bethel.</c>

00:55:40.920 --> 00:55:43.980
They<00:55:41.199><c> were</c><00:55:41.440><c> kissing</c><00:55:41.800><c> the</c><00:55:42.139><c> calves</c><00:55:42.340><c> of</c><00:55:42.619><c> Bethel</c>

00:55:44.099 --> 00:55:47.300
and<00:55:44.699><c> puffed</c><00:55:45.179><c> up</c><00:55:45.320><c> in</c><00:55:45.480><c> their</c><00:55:45.760><c> fleshly</c><00:55:46.300><c> pride,</c>

00:55:47.320 --> 00:55:49.559
which<00:55:47.480><c> was</c><00:55:47.780><c> associated</c><00:55:48.179><c> with</c><00:55:48.340><c> their</c><00:55:48.579><c> religion.</c>

00:55:50.039 --> 00:55:51.659
Verse<00:55:50.400><c> 7,</c>

00:55:52.519 --> 00:55:55.760
Therefore<00:55:53.019><c> I</c><00:55:53.480><c> will</c><00:55:53.699><c> be</c><00:55:53.920><c> unto</c><00:55:54.159><c> them</c><00:55:54.400><c> as</c><00:55:54.639><c> a</c><00:55:54.840><c> lion,</c>

00:55:56.579 --> 00:55:59.559
and<00:55:56.719><c> as</c><00:55:56.960><c> a</c><00:55:57.079><c> leopard</c><00:55:57.280><c> by</c><00:55:57.579><c> the</c><00:55:57.780><c> way</c><00:55:57.980><c> will</c><00:55:58.199><c> I</c><00:55:58.380><c> observe</c><00:55:58.820><c> them,</c>

00:55:59.840 --> 00:56:04.739
and<00:56:00.179><c> I</c><00:56:00.440><c> will</c><00:56:00.780><c> meet</c><00:56:01.079><c> them</c><00:56:01.539><c> as</c><00:56:01.980><c> a</c><00:56:02.360><c> bear</c><00:56:02.780><c> bereaved</c><00:56:03.559><c> of</c><00:56:03.880><c> her</c><00:56:04.420><c> whelps.</c>

00:56:04.739 --> 00:56:08.300
And<00:56:05.079><c> that's</c><00:56:05.320><c> exactly</c><00:56:06.139><c> what</c><00:56:06.699><c> Elisha</c><00:56:07.139><c> did.</c>

00:56:09.440 --> 00:56:12.239
And<00:56:09.579><c> he</c><00:56:09.659><c> met</c><00:56:09.940><c> them</c><00:56:10.159><c> as</c><00:56:10.420><c> a</c><00:56:10.619><c> bear</c><00:56:10.860><c> bereaved</c><00:56:11.400><c> of</c><00:56:11.579><c> her</c><00:56:11.880><c> whelps,</c>

00:56:12.260 --> 00:56:15.539
and<00:56:12.559><c> he</c><00:56:12.800><c> rent</c><00:56:13.019><c> the</c><00:56:13.460><c> coil</c><00:56:13.760><c> of</c><00:56:13.960><c> their</c><00:56:14.400><c> heart,</c>

00:56:16.420 --> 00:56:18.179
and<00:56:16.599><c> he</c><00:56:16.820><c> tore</c><00:56:16.940><c> them</c><00:56:17.159><c> in</c><00:56:17.360><c> pieces.</c>

00:56:19.019 --> 00:56:20.480
And<00:56:19.219><c> if</c><00:56:19.300><c> that's</c><00:56:19.659><c> not</c><00:56:19.880><c> a</c><00:56:20.159><c> commentary,</c>

00:56:20.739 --> 00:56:21.260
brethren<00:56:20.820><c> and</c><00:56:21.099><c> sisters,</c>

00:56:21.360 --> 00:56:22.579
upon<00:56:21.559><c> the</c><00:56:21.780><c> incident</c><00:56:21.980><c> of</c><00:56:22.159><c> Elisha,</c>

00:56:22.639 --> 00:56:24.219
I've<00:56:22.820><c> never</c><00:56:23.079><c> seen</c><00:56:23.380><c> one.</c>

00:56:24.400 --> 00:56:26.219
And<00:56:24.699><c> it</c><00:56:24.960><c> proves</c><00:56:25.179><c> this,</c>

00:56:26.519 --> 00:56:28.579
that<00:56:26.599><c> if</c><00:56:26.780><c> that</c><00:56:27.000><c> is</c><00:56:27.199><c> a</c><00:56:27.440><c> commentary</c><00:56:27.699><c> upon</c><00:56:27.960><c> that</c><00:56:28.260><c> incident,</c>

00:56:28.900 --> 00:56:30.019
where<00:56:29.059><c> outside</c><00:56:29.539><c> of</c><00:56:29.820><c> Bethel,</c>

00:56:30.019 --> 00:56:31.599
where<00:56:30.159><c> they</c><00:56:30.420><c> kissed</c><00:56:30.699><c> those</c><00:56:31.219><c> calves,</c>

00:56:31.880 --> 00:56:32.960
God<00:56:32.099><c> was</c><00:56:32.300><c> going</c><00:56:32.440><c> to</c><00:56:32.619><c> meet</c><00:56:32.739><c> them</c>

00:56:32.960 --> 00:56:34.400
as<00:56:33.079><c> a</c><00:56:33.340><c> bear</c><00:56:33.579><c> robbed</c><00:56:33.719><c> of</c><00:56:33.880><c> her</c><00:56:34.099><c> whelps,</c>

00:56:34.400 --> 00:56:36.019
then<00:56:34.780><c> it</c><00:56:35.019><c> proves</c><00:56:35.280><c> this</c><00:56:35.619><c> also,</c>

00:56:36.119 --> 00:56:38.400
that<00:56:36.239><c> those</c><00:56:36.579><c> young</c><00:56:36.840><c> men</c><00:56:37.039><c> were</c><00:56:37.380><c> attached,</c>

00:56:38.639 --> 00:56:41.460
very<00:56:39.039><c> much</c><00:56:39.380><c> attached</c><00:56:39.800><c> to</c><00:56:40.119><c> Baal</c><00:56:40.500><c> worship.</c>

00:56:41.800 --> 00:56:45.000
And<00:56:42.139><c> they</c><00:56:42.320><c> were</c><00:56:42.519><c> going</c><00:56:42.659><c> to</c><00:56:42.920><c> challenge</c><00:56:43.239><c> Elisha,</c>

00:56:45.300 --> 00:56:47.159
challenge<00:56:45.780><c> him</c><00:56:46.019><c> openly,</c>

00:56:47.539 --> 00:56:48.880
as<00:56:47.760><c> the</c><00:56:48.000><c> successor</c><00:56:48.340><c> of</c><00:56:48.599><c> Elijah.</c>

00:56:49.059 --> 00:56:51.400
And<00:56:49.280><c> if</c><00:56:49.460><c> that</c><00:56:49.659><c> had</c><00:56:49.860><c> gone</c><00:56:50.039><c> away</c><00:56:50.199><c> with</c><00:56:50.440><c> that</c><00:56:50.619><c> brethren</c><00:56:50.880><c> and</c><00:56:51.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:56:51.639 --> 00:56:53.599
there<00:56:51.800><c> would</c><00:56:52.019><c> have</c><00:56:52.159><c> been</c><00:56:52.320><c> immediately</c><00:56:52.860><c> a</c><00:56:53.159><c> collapse</c>

00:56:53.599 --> 00:56:54.820
among<00:56:53.900><c> the</c><00:56:54.079><c> sons</c><00:56:54.199><c> of</c><00:56:54.360><c> the</c><00:56:54.559><c> prophets.</c>

00:56:55.139 --> 00:56:57.260
Baal<00:56:55.460><c> worship</c><00:56:55.719><c> would</c><00:56:55.900><c> have</c><00:56:56.099><c> swept</c><00:56:56.260><c> them</c><00:56:56.460><c> out</c><00:56:56.599><c> of</c><00:56:56.860><c> existence,</c>

00:56:57.420 --> 00:56:59.519
and<00:56:57.619><c> there</c><00:56:57.760><c> would</c><00:56:58.019><c> not</c><00:56:58.179><c> have</c><00:56:58.440><c> been</c><00:56:58.579><c> on</c><00:56:58.840><c> the</c><00:56:59.019><c> earth</c>

00:56:59.519 --> 00:57:02.480
a<00:57:00.559><c> people</c><00:57:00.880><c> prepared</c><00:57:01.400><c> for</c><00:57:01.579><c> the</c><00:57:02.219><c> Lord.</c>

00:57:02.480 --> 00:57:03.659
If<00:57:02.739><c> that</c><00:57:02.860><c> had</c><00:57:03.019><c> been</c><00:57:03.239><c> gone,</c>

00:57:03.920 --> 00:57:05.860
but<00:57:04.019><c> Elisha</c><00:57:04.420><c> met</c><00:57:04.659><c> that</c><00:57:04.920><c> challenge,</c>

00:57:06.119 --> 00:57:07.800
and<00:57:06.320><c> mild</c><00:57:06.780><c> mannered</c><00:57:07.119><c> though</c><00:57:07.239><c> he</c><00:57:07.480><c> was,</c>

00:57:07.980 --> 00:57:10.300
he<00:57:08.119><c> turned</c><00:57:08.420><c> back</c><00:57:08.679><c> and</c><00:57:08.820><c> he</c><00:57:09.059><c> cursed</c><00:57:09.199><c> them</c><00:57:09.360><c> in</c><00:57:09.500><c> the</c><00:57:09.539><c> name</c><00:57:09.780><c> of</c><00:57:10.039><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:57:10.460 --> 00:57:12.559
And<00:57:10.639><c> let</c><00:57:10.800><c> me</c><00:57:11.039><c> warn</c><00:57:11.239><c> you</c><00:57:11.480><c> now,</c>

00:57:12.820 --> 00:57:14.780
and<00:57:13.340><c> let's</c><00:57:13.619><c> be</c><00:57:13.800><c> all</c><00:57:14.099><c> warned</c><00:57:14.300><c> about</c><00:57:14.599><c> this,</c>

00:57:14.820 --> 00:57:16.340
and<00:57:14.940><c> let</c><00:57:15.079><c> me</c><00:57:15.380><c> heed</c><00:57:15.500><c> the</c><00:57:15.719><c> warning</c><00:57:15.880><c> as</c><00:57:16.159><c> well,</c>

00:57:16.519 --> 00:57:17.719
brethren<00:57:16.599><c> and</c><00:57:16.820><c> sisters,</c>

00:57:17.920 --> 00:57:21.619
Baal<00:57:18.199><c> worship</c><00:57:18.599><c> is</c><00:57:19.119><c> very</c><00:57:19.760><c> much</c><00:57:20.079><c> extant</c><00:57:20.599><c> today.</c>

00:57:22.239 --> 00:57:23.559
What<00:57:22.539><c> is</c><00:57:22.820><c> Baal</c><00:57:23.219><c> worship?</c>

00:57:23.860 --> 00:57:25.840
You<00:57:24.099><c> say</c><00:57:24.199><c> you</c><00:57:24.300><c> wouldn't</c><00:57:24.539><c> kiss</c><00:57:24.820><c> a</c><00:57:25.079><c> calf.</c>

00:57:26.500 --> 00:57:28.300
Well,<00:57:26.800><c> I've</c><00:57:26.980><c> seen</c><00:57:27.219><c> some</c><00:57:27.519><c> people</c>

00:57:28.460 --> 00:57:30.280
that<00:57:28.980><c> look</c><00:57:29.199><c> very</c><00:57:29.420><c> much</c><00:57:29.599><c> like</c><00:57:29.860><c> calves,</c>

00:57:30.280 --> 00:57:31.679
and<00:57:30.559><c> people</c><00:57:30.760><c> kiss</c><00:57:30.960><c> them.</c>

00:57:32.420 --> 00:57:34.440
We<00:57:32.940><c> might</c><00:57:33.239><c> not</c><00:57:33.420><c> kiss</c><00:57:33.659><c> a</c><00:57:33.800><c> golden</c><00:57:34.039><c> calf,</c>

00:57:34.559 --> 00:57:36.719
but<00:57:34.679><c> let's</c><00:57:35.579><c> be</c><00:57:35.800><c> serious</c><00:57:36.079><c> about</c><00:57:36.360><c> this.</c>

00:57:36.920 --> 00:57:38.380
What<00:57:37.159><c> was</c><00:57:37.639><c> Baal</c><00:57:38.059><c> worship?</c>

00:57:38.440 --> 00:57:39.679
You<00:57:38.539><c> know</c><00:57:38.699><c> what</c><00:57:38.900><c> Baal</c><00:57:39.199><c> means?</c>

00:57:39.880 --> 00:57:42.460
People<00:57:40.159><c> say</c><00:57:40.320><c> it</c><00:57:40.480><c> means</c><00:57:40.659><c> Lord,</c><00:57:41.159><c> so</c><00:57:41.360><c> it</c><00:57:41.519><c> does.</c>

00:57:43.179 --> 00:57:45.019
But<00:57:43.360><c> the</c><00:57:43.539><c> connotation</c><00:57:44.019><c> of</c><00:57:44.199><c> that</c><00:57:44.400><c> term</c><00:57:44.699><c> Lord</c>

00:57:45.019 --> 00:57:48.179
is<00:57:45.280><c> that</c><00:57:45.739><c> one</c><00:57:46.000><c> is</c><00:57:46.380><c> possessed</c><00:57:47.159><c> by</c><00:57:47.579><c> that</c><00:57:47.820><c> Lord.</c>

00:57:48.679 --> 00:57:50.619
Baal<00:57:48.940><c> means</c><00:57:49.219><c> the</c><00:57:49.460><c> possessor.</c>

00:57:51.820 --> 00:57:53.960
And<00:57:51.960><c> you</c><00:57:52.059><c> see,</c><00:57:52.380><c> Baal</c><00:57:52.619><c> worship</c><00:57:53.039><c> was</c><00:57:53.360><c> not</c><00:57:53.599><c> associated</c>

00:57:53.960 --> 00:57:56.260
with<00:57:54.199><c> one</c><00:57:54.519><c> form</c><00:57:54.800><c> of</c><00:57:55.019><c> worship</c><00:57:55.179><c> only.</c>

00:57:56.480 --> 00:57:59.219
But<00:57:56.639><c> you</c><00:57:56.780><c> see,</c><00:57:57.139><c> the</c><00:57:57.420><c> title</c><00:57:57.760><c> of</c><00:57:57.980><c> Baal</c><00:57:58.280><c> became</c><00:57:58.579><c> attached</c>

00:57:59.219 --> 00:58:02.800
to<00:57:59.739><c> whatever</c><00:58:00.039><c> form</c><00:58:00.500><c> of</c><00:58:00.699><c> worship</c><00:58:00.900><c> it</c><00:58:01.039><c> had</c><00:58:01.159><c> overtaken</c><00:58:01.699><c> the</c><00:58:01.920><c> people.</c>

00:58:03.199 --> 00:58:06.639
And<00:58:03.500><c> God's</c><00:58:04.019><c> punishment</c><00:58:04.260><c> was</c><00:58:04.539><c> always</c><00:58:05.000><c> comparable</c><00:58:05.500><c> to</c><00:58:05.780><c> that.</c>

00:58:06.760 --> 00:58:08.719
So<00:58:06.980><c> in</c><00:58:07.139><c> the</c><00:58:07.360><c> days</c><00:58:07.579><c> of</c><00:58:07.840><c> Gideon,</c>

00:58:09.199 --> 00:58:13.300
they<00:58:09.380><c> were</c><00:58:09.739><c> overtaken</c><00:58:10.480><c> by</c><00:58:10.940><c> the</c><00:58:11.119><c> worship</c><00:58:11.420><c> of</c><00:58:12.139><c> Baal</c><00:58:12.679><c> Bereth.</c>

00:58:13.659 --> 00:58:15.800
They<00:58:13.980><c> had</c><00:58:14.079><c> become</c><00:58:14.420><c> possessed</c><00:58:14.900><c> with</c><00:58:15.139><c> another</c><00:58:15.360><c> covenant,</c>

00:58:15.980 --> 00:58:19.139
and<00:58:16.179><c> so</c><00:58:16.320><c> God</c><00:58:16.519><c> punished</c><00:58:16.820><c> them</c><00:58:17.000><c> for</c><00:58:17.719><c> seven</c><00:58:18.019><c> years.</c>

00:58:19.760 --> 00:58:21.599
That<00:58:20.340><c> was</c><00:58:20.579><c> justice.</c>

00:58:22.400 --> 00:58:25.460
In<00:58:22.659><c> the</c><00:58:22.920><c> days</c><00:58:23.219><c> of</c><00:58:23.400><c> the</c><00:58:23.579><c> wandering</c><00:58:23.780><c> of</c><00:58:23.980><c> the</c><00:58:24.079><c> children</c><00:58:24.260><c> of</c><00:58:24.519><c> Israel,</c>

00:58:25.539 --> 00:58:29.940
they<00:58:26.059><c> had</c><00:58:26.219><c> become</c><00:58:26.639><c> possessed</c><00:58:27.539><c> by</c><00:58:28.199><c> Baal</c><00:58:28.820><c> Peor.</c>

00:58:30.219 --> 00:58:32.179
Now<00:58:30.460><c> I</c><00:58:30.519><c> can't</c><00:58:30.940><c> tell</c><00:58:31.260><c> you</c><00:58:31.400><c> the</c><00:58:31.440><c> meaning</c><00:58:31.699><c> of</c><00:58:31.940><c> Peor</c>

00:58:32.179 --> 00:58:34.099
because<00:58:32.480><c> we're</c><00:58:32.679><c> in</c><00:58:32.800><c> mixed</c><00:58:33.039><c> company.</c>

00:58:34.500 --> 00:58:38.099
But<00:58:34.639><c> it</c><00:58:34.739><c> has</c><00:58:35.019><c> to</c><00:58:35.199><c> do</c><00:58:35.300><c> with</c><00:58:35.440><c> the</c><00:58:35.619><c> most</c><00:58:36.380><c> violent</c><00:58:36.900><c> immorality.</c>

00:58:38.639 --> 00:58:42.719
And<00:58:38.860><c> the</c><00:58:39.099><c> punishment</c><00:58:39.539><c> for</c><00:58:39.800><c> that</c><00:58:40.579><c> was</c><00:58:41.059><c> that</c><00:58:41.219><c> a</c><00:58:41.360><c> man</c><00:58:41.519><c> and</c><00:58:41.659><c> a</c><00:58:41.820><c> woman</c>

00:58:42.719 --> 00:58:45.599
were<00:58:43.480><c> pierced</c><00:58:43.900><c> through</c><00:58:44.039><c> with</c><00:58:44.260><c> one</c><00:58:44.599><c> sword.</c>

00:58:46.360 --> 00:58:48.079
And<00:58:46.579><c> that</c><00:58:46.719><c> was</c><00:58:46.900><c> very</c><00:58:47.199><c> fitting.</c>

00:58:49.340 --> 00:58:51.780
In<00:58:49.539><c> the</c><00:58:49.739><c> days</c><00:58:50.000><c> of</c><00:58:50.179><c> the</c><00:58:50.300><c> Lord</c><00:58:50.519><c> Jesus</c><00:58:51.000><c> Christ,</c>

00:58:51.780 --> 00:58:54.889
the<00:58:52.940><c> scribes</c><00:58:53.500><c> and</c><00:58:53.780><c> Pharisees</c><00:58:54.280><c> were</c><00:58:54.519><c> possessed</c>

00:58:55.320 --> 00:58:57.900
with<00:58:55.900><c> the</c><00:58:56.079><c> Lord</c><00:58:56.239><c> of</c><00:58:56.539><c> Flies,</c>

00:58:58.860 --> 00:59:00.780
with<00:58:58.960><c> their</c><00:58:59.159><c> own</c><00:58:59.460><c> filterless.</c>

00:59:01.739 --> 00:59:04.739
And<00:59:01.840><c> the</c><00:59:02.039><c> Holocaust</c><00:59:02.440><c> of</c><00:59:02.679><c> AD</c><00:59:02.940><c> 70</c><00:59:03.260><c> fitted</c><00:59:03.500><c> that</c><00:59:03.880><c> crowd.</c>

00:59:06.139 --> 00:59:09.599
And<00:59:06.239><c> today,</c><00:59:06.739><c> brethren</c><00:59:06.860><c> and</c><00:59:07.139><c> sisters,</c><00:59:07.579><c> Baal</c><00:59:07.800><c> stalks</c><00:59:08.380><c> this</c><00:59:08.579><c> earth.</c>

00:59:11.400 --> 00:59:13.280
He<00:59:11.780><c> stalks</c><00:59:12.179><c> this</c><00:59:12.400><c> earth.</c>

00:59:13.940 --> 00:59:15.920
Baal<00:59:14.679><c> materialism.</c>

00:59:17.420 --> 00:59:19.579
He's<00:59:17.880><c> a</c><00:59:17.960><c> terrific</c><00:59:18.460><c> God.</c>

00:59:20.639 --> 00:59:23.139
And<00:59:21.199><c> in</c><00:59:21.360><c> this</c><00:59:21.539><c> country</c><00:59:21.940><c> where</c><00:59:22.099><c> they're</c><00:59:22.360><c> digging</c><00:59:22.480><c> out</c><00:59:22.679><c> of</c><00:59:22.780><c> the</c><00:59:22.980><c> ground</c>

00:59:23.139 --> 00:59:24.659
all<00:59:23.420><c> those</c><00:59:23.679><c> minerals,</c>

00:59:25.280 --> 00:59:28.000
which<00:59:25.500><c> make</c><00:59:25.719><c> those</c><00:59:25.980><c> lovely</c><00:59:26.500><c> silver</c><00:59:26.940><c> idols,</c>

00:59:29.059 --> 00:59:31.179
made<00:59:29.400><c> round</c><00:59:29.699><c> to</c><00:59:29.900><c> go</c><00:59:30.119><c> round,</c>

00:59:31.440 --> 00:59:33.920
others<00:59:31.639><c> made</c><00:59:31.940><c> flat</c><00:59:32.239><c> to</c><00:59:32.559><c> stack.</c>

00:59:35.239 --> 00:59:36.940
Baal<00:59:35.800><c> materialism</c><00:59:36.360><c> is</c><00:59:36.519><c> with</c><00:59:36.719><c> us.</c>

00:59:37.179 --> 00:59:39.179
What<00:59:37.380><c> are</c><00:59:37.559><c> we</c><00:59:37.780><c> possessed</c><00:59:38.219><c> by?</c>

00:59:39.239 --> 00:59:41.639
What<00:59:39.460><c> are</c><00:59:39.760><c> we</c><00:59:40.059><c> possessed</c><00:59:40.619><c> by,</c><00:59:41.039><c> brethren</c><00:59:41.260><c> and</c><00:59:41.480><c> sisters?</c>

00:59:41.659 --> 00:59:43.340
We've<00:59:41.900><c> got</c><00:59:41.980><c> to</c><00:59:42.159><c> be</c><00:59:42.480><c> possessed</c><00:59:42.760><c> with</c><00:59:43.019><c> something.</c>

00:59:43.699 --> 00:59:44.719
Who<00:59:43.980><c> owns</c><00:59:44.380><c> us?</c>

00:59:44.840 --> 00:59:46.280
Whose<00:59:45.199><c> slaves</c><00:59:45.659><c> are</c><00:59:46.019><c> we?</c>

00:59:46.280 --> 00:59:49.559
And<00:59:47.300><c> whatever</c><00:59:47.679><c> possesses</c><00:59:48.420><c> us,</c>

00:59:49.900 --> 00:59:52.199
to<00:59:50.079><c> that</c><00:59:50.320><c> person,</c><00:59:51.380><c> to</c><00:59:51.480><c> that</c><00:59:51.679><c> principle,</c>

00:59:52.400 --> 00:59:54.260
we<00:59:52.699><c> are</c><00:59:53.019><c> enslaved.</c>

00:59:54.719 --> 00:59:56.000
And<00:59:54.900><c> you</c><00:59:55.000><c> know,</c><00:59:55.420><c> brethren</c><00:59:55.440><c> and</c><00:59:55.699><c> sisters,</c>

00:59:56.219 --> 00:59:58.139
when<00:59:56.380><c> you</c><00:59:56.559><c> come</c><00:59:56.840><c> and</c><00:59:57.159><c> realize</c><00:59:57.699><c> that</c>

00:59:58.139 --> 01:00:01.179
this<00:59:58.539><c> was</c><00:59:58.840><c> the</c><00:59:59.139><c> very</c><00:59:59.860><c> epitome</c><01:00:00.320><c> of</c><01:00:00.679><c> Baal</c><01:00:00.940><c> worship,</c>

01:00:01.380 --> 01:00:03.420
the<01:00:01.599><c> fact</c><01:00:01.860><c> of</c><01:00:01.960><c> being</c><01:00:02.239><c> possessed,</c>

01:00:03.619 --> 01:00:06.760
you<01:00:03.760><c> can</c><01:00:04.000><c> see</c><01:00:04.159><c> the</c><01:00:04.400><c> need</c><01:00:04.619><c> for</c><01:00:04.960><c> Elijah</c><01:00:05.239><c> to</c><01:00:05.980><c> challenge</c><01:00:06.380><c> that</c>

01:00:06.760 --> 01:00:08.500
at<01:00:07.059><c> the</c><01:00:07.219><c> very</c><01:00:07.500><c> onset,</c>

01:00:08.559 --> 01:00:10.019
and<01:00:08.840><c> challenge</c><01:00:09.039><c> it</c><01:00:09.159><c> he</c><01:00:09.320><c> did.</c>

01:00:10.239 --> 01:00:12.179
Met<01:00:10.460><c> that</c><01:00:10.760><c> challenge,</c><01:00:11.199><c> and</c><01:00:11.400><c> as</c><01:00:11.579><c> God</c><01:00:11.820><c> said,</c>

01:00:12.360 --> 01:00:13.800
those<01:00:12.679><c> that</c><01:00:12.920><c> kiss</c><01:00:13.159><c> the</c><01:00:13.500><c> calves,</c>

01:00:13.800 --> 01:00:17.300
I'll<01:00:14.400><c> meet</c><01:00:14.719><c> them</c><01:00:14.920><c> as</c><01:00:15.099><c> a</c><01:00:15.260><c> bear</c><01:00:15.440><c> robbed</c><01:00:15.699><c> of</c><01:00:15.860><c> their</c><01:00:16.039><c> whelps.</c>

01:00:17.579 --> 01:00:19.420
And<01:00:17.659><c> none</c><01:00:17.820><c> of</c><01:00:17.860><c> us</c><01:00:18.000><c> want</c><01:00:18.159><c> to</c><01:00:18.280><c> meet</c><01:00:18.380><c> a</c><01:00:18.539><c> bear</c><01:00:18.679><c> robbed</c><01:00:18.900><c> of</c><01:00:19.039><c> their</c><01:00:19.139><c> whelps.</c>

01:00:19.500 --> 01:00:21.360
We're<01:00:19.699><c> going</c><01:00:19.780><c> to</c><01:00:19.880><c> see</c><01:00:20.099><c> a</c><01:00:20.280><c> couple</c><01:00:20.539><c> tomorrow</c><01:00:20.920><c> night.</c>

01:00:21.719 --> 01:00:23.739
And<01:00:21.860><c> I</c><01:00:22.000><c> hope</c><01:00:22.139><c> when</c><01:00:22.280><c> we</c><01:00:22.420><c> see</c><01:00:22.559><c> them</c><01:00:22.719><c> the</c><01:00:22.880><c> lesson</c><01:00:23.059><c> will</c><01:00:23.199><c> go</c><01:00:23.460><c> home,</c>

01:00:24.019 --> 01:00:24.480
brethren<01:00:24.019><c> and</c><01:00:24.340><c> sisters,</c>

01:00:24.500 --> 01:00:25.860
and<01:00:24.639><c> that</c><01:00:24.760><c> we'll</c><01:00:24.940><c> all</c><01:00:25.159><c> remember</c><01:00:25.619><c> that</c>

01:00:25.860 --> 01:00:28.519
we've<01:00:26.099><c> got</c><01:00:26.179><c> to</c><01:00:26.340><c> be</c><01:00:26.500><c> possessed</c><01:00:26.880><c> by</c><01:00:27.159><c> the</c><01:00:27.400><c> truth</c><01:00:27.559><c> and</c><01:00:27.719><c> the</c><01:00:27.920><c> truth</c><01:00:28.099><c> only,</c>

01:00:28.739 --> 01:00:29.659
and<01:00:28.840><c> not</c><01:00:28.980><c> by</c><01:00:29.179><c> anything</c><01:00:29.420><c> else.</c>

01:00:29.840 --> 01:00:31.880
Oh<01:00:30.139><c> yes,</c><01:00:30.340><c> you</c><01:00:30.460><c> can</c><01:00:30.599><c> have</c><01:00:30.719><c> your</c><01:00:30.940><c> homes.</c>

01:00:32.039 --> 01:00:32.719
Got<01:00:32.199><c> to</c><01:00:32.300><c> have</c><01:00:32.480><c> them.</c>

01:00:33.159 --> 01:00:34.059
Have<01:00:33.320><c> your</c><01:00:33.539><c> motorcars,</c>

01:00:34.219 --> 01:00:36.059
almost<01:00:34.519><c> a</c><01:00:34.679><c> necessity</c><01:00:35.019><c> in</c><01:00:35.199><c> this</c><01:00:35.360><c> age</c><01:00:35.519><c> and</c><01:00:35.639><c> generation.</c>

01:00:36.360 --> 01:00:37.199
Have<01:00:36.579><c> your</c><01:00:36.800><c> money.</c>

01:00:37.300 --> 01:00:38.179
Got<01:00:37.500><c> to</c><01:00:37.619><c> be</c><01:00:37.780><c> secure.</c>

01:00:38.460 --> 01:00:40.000
But<01:00:38.579><c> never</c><01:00:38.800><c> let</c><01:00:39.000><c> them</c><01:00:39.159><c> get</c><01:00:39.420><c> hold</c><01:00:39.659><c> of</c><01:00:39.780><c> you</c>

01:00:40.000 --> 01:00:41.119
and<01:00:40.400><c> string</c><01:00:40.639><c> you</c><01:00:40.760><c> to</c><01:00:40.920><c> death.</c>

01:00:41.320 --> 01:00:42.920
You<01:00:41.480><c> know,</c><01:00:41.980><c> it</c><01:00:42.159><c> sickens</c><01:00:42.519><c> me</c>

01:00:42.920 --> 01:00:45.519
when<01:00:43.119><c> you</c><01:00:43.400><c> move</c><01:00:43.619><c> among</c><01:00:43.860><c> the</c><01:00:44.059><c> Gentiles</c><01:00:44.340><c> and</c><01:00:44.480><c> you</c><01:00:44.719><c> see</c><01:00:44.960><c> men</c>

01:00:45.519 --> 01:00:47.599
bowing<01:00:46.300><c> and</c><01:00:46.599><c> scraping</c><01:00:46.960><c> to</c><01:00:47.380><c> dough,</c>

01:00:47.960 --> 01:00:48.880
to<01:00:48.039><c> money,</c><01:00:48.519><c> they</c><01:00:48.559><c> just,</c>

01:00:48.920 --> 01:00:50.880
it<01:00:49.119><c> just</c><01:00:49.659><c> sickens</c><01:00:49.980><c> me,</c><01:00:50.300><c> brethren</c><01:00:50.420><c> and</c><01:00:50.679><c> sisters,</c>

01:00:51.099 --> 01:00:52.920
cutting<01:00:51.400><c> each</c><01:00:51.699><c> other's</c><01:00:52.119><c> throat</c><01:00:52.199><c> to</c><01:00:52.380><c> work</c><01:00:52.519><c> an</c><01:00:52.639><c> extra</c>

01:00:52.920 --> 01:00:53.840
half<01:00:53.139><c> hour</c><01:00:53.360><c> overtime,</c>

01:00:54.059 --> 01:00:55.639
while<01:00:54.219><c> I'm</c><01:00:54.420><c> cutting</c><01:00:54.659><c> the</c><01:00:54.880><c> throat</c><01:00:54.980><c> to</c><01:00:55.119><c> get</c><01:00:55.260><c> out</c><01:00:55.380><c> of</c><01:00:55.480><c> it.</c>

01:00:55.800 --> 01:00:58.360
And<01:00:56.000><c> they're</c><01:00:56.280><c> cutting</c><01:00:56.559><c> on,</c><01:00:57.360><c> and</c><01:00:57.360><c> they're,</c>

01:00:58.500 --> 01:01:00.860
look,<01:00:58.820><c> they'd</c><01:00:59.139><c> kill</c><01:00:59.280><c> your</c><01:00:59.539><c> mother</c><01:00:59.739><c> for</c><01:00:59.980><c> money.</c>

01:01:01.159 --> 01:01:02.980
And<01:01:01.420><c> they</c><01:01:01.539><c> must</c><01:01:01.760><c> go</c><01:01:02.000><c> home,</c><01:01:02.260><c> get</c><01:01:02.280><c> their</c><01:01:02.559><c> bank</c><01:01:02.739><c> book</c><01:01:02.860><c> out</c>

01:01:02.980 --> 01:01:04.719
and<01:01:03.079><c> say,</c><01:01:03.460><c> Allah,</c><01:01:03.699><c> Allah,</c><01:01:04.219><c> Allah,</c>

01:01:05.099 --> 01:01:05.920
drive<01:01:05.380><c> them</c><01:01:05.719><c> mad.</c>

01:01:06.159 --> 01:01:08.800
But<01:01:06.340><c> it</c><01:01:06.539><c> is,</c><01:01:06.679><c> you</c><01:01:06.780><c> can</c><01:01:06.960><c> see</c><01:01:07.019><c> they're</c><01:01:07.480><c> absolutely</c><01:01:08.159><c> possessed</c>

01:01:08.800 --> 01:01:09.039
by<01:01:08.980><c> it.</c>

01:01:09.039 --> 01:01:10.219
They<01:01:09.199><c> know</c><01:01:09.519><c> nothing</c><01:01:09.900><c> else.</c>

01:01:10.280 --> 01:01:12.679
They<01:01:10.500><c> just</c><01:01:10.780><c> don't,</c><01:01:11.059><c> they</c><01:01:11.260><c> live,</c><01:01:11.719><c> breathe,</c><01:01:12.360><c> drink</c><01:01:12.539><c> it.</c>

01:01:12.679 --> 01:01:13.840
Literally.

01:01:14.679 --> 01:01:16.059
And<01:01:14.860><c> it</c><01:01:15.219><c> drives</c><01:01:15.659><c> you</c><01:01:15.880><c> mad.</c>

01:01:16.380 --> 01:01:18.699
And<01:01:16.440><c> when</c><01:01:16.599><c> you</c><01:01:16.780><c> see</c><01:01:16.960><c> that</c><01:01:17.159><c> coming</c><01:01:17.380><c> into</c><01:01:17.579><c> the</c><01:01:17.719><c> Christendelpian</c><01:01:18.280><c> community,</c>

01:01:18.860 --> 01:01:22.300
look,<01:01:19.119><c> it</c><01:01:19.420><c> hurts</c><01:01:19.619><c> because</c><01:01:19.980><c> we</c><01:01:20.320><c> can't</c><01:01:20.699><c> afford</c><01:01:21.059><c> the</c><01:01:21.440><c> time.</c>

01:01:22.980 --> 01:01:24.519
And<01:01:23.139><c> if</c><01:01:23.300><c> you</c><01:01:23.480><c> say</c><01:01:23.679><c> to</c><01:01:23.840><c> me,</c>

01:01:24.920 --> 01:01:27.079
well,<01:01:25.159><c> John,</c><01:01:26.019><c> what's</c><01:01:26.280><c> the</c><01:01:26.360><c> good</c><01:01:26.440><c> of</c><01:01:26.500><c> talking</c><01:01:26.760><c> like</c><01:01:26.980><c> that?</c>

01:01:27.119 --> 01:01:28.860
Because,<01:01:27.400><c> oh,</c><01:01:27.699><c> I</c><01:01:27.900><c> can't</c><01:01:28.159><c> get</c><01:01:28.340><c> by</c><01:01:28.519><c> now.</c>

01:01:29.179 --> 01:01:30.980
Come<01:01:29.539><c> tomorrow</c><01:01:29.860><c> morning</c><01:01:30.139><c> to</c><01:01:30.280><c> the</c><01:01:30.440><c> exhortation</c>

01:01:30.980 --> 01:01:32.380
and<01:01:31.119><c> listen</c><01:01:31.380><c> to</c><01:01:31.539><c> that.</c>

01:01:32.460 --> 01:01:34.519
Because<01:01:32.739><c> we're</c><01:01:32.940><c> going</c><01:01:33.079><c> back</c><01:01:33.300><c> to</c><01:01:33.420><c> the</c><01:01:33.539><c> story</c><01:01:33.719><c> of</c><01:01:33.920><c> Elisha,</c>

01:01:34.619 --> 01:01:37.219
to<01:01:34.760><c> where</c><01:01:34.880><c> a</c><01:01:35.059><c> woman</c><01:01:35.260><c> came</c><01:01:35.500><c> to</c><01:01:35.619><c> him</c><01:01:35.719><c> and</c><01:01:35.780><c> said</c><01:01:35.860><c> she</c><01:01:36.000><c> couldn't</c><01:01:36.380><c> live.</c>

01:01:37.480 --> 01:01:39.920
And<01:01:37.719><c> she</c><01:01:37.960><c> found</c><01:01:38.159><c> herself</c><01:01:38.420><c> supplying</c><01:01:38.960><c> the</c><01:01:39.260><c> sons</c><01:01:39.360><c> of</c><01:01:39.519><c> the</c><01:01:39.719><c> prophets</c>

01:01:39.920 --> 01:01:41.199
to<01:01:40.139><c> a</c><01:01:40.280><c> lot</c><01:01:40.300><c> of</c><01:01:40.480><c> them.</c>

01:01:42.260 --> 01:01:44.619
It's<01:01:42.760><c> remarkable</c><01:01:43.260><c> the</c><01:01:43.559><c> lessons</c><01:01:43.719><c> in</c><01:01:43.880><c> this</c><01:01:44.079><c> book,</c>

01:01:44.679 --> 01:01:46.139
brothers<01:01:44.880><c> and</c><01:01:45.059><c> sisters,</c><01:01:45.400><c> and</c><01:01:45.599><c> young</c><01:01:45.820><c> people.</c>

01:01:46.320 --> 01:01:48.400
And<01:01:46.480><c> if</c><01:01:46.679><c> we</c><01:01:46.980><c> heed</c><01:01:47.199><c> these</c><01:01:47.579><c> things</c><01:01:47.760><c> today,</c>

01:01:48.559 --> 01:01:50.599
today,<01:01:49.659><c> in</c><01:01:49.780><c> the</c><01:01:49.900><c> day</c><01:01:50.000><c> of</c><01:01:50.199><c> opportunity,</c>

01:01:50.760 --> 01:01:53.500
we're<01:01:51.099><c> going</c><01:01:51.199><c> to</c><01:01:51.400><c> live,</c><01:01:52.219><c> live</c><01:01:52.500><c> forever.</c>

01:01:54.179 --> 01:01:55.599
And<01:01:54.340><c> you</c><01:01:54.500><c> know,</c><01:01:55.000><c> it's</c><01:01:55.280><c> interesting,</c>

01:01:55.619 --> 01:01:56.619
and<01:01:55.739><c> we</c><01:01:55.860><c> must</c><01:01:55.980><c> conclude</c><01:01:56.380><c> now,</c>

01:01:56.639 --> 01:01:58.679
but<01:01:56.780><c> in</c><01:01:56.960><c> the</c><01:01:57.099><c> second</c><01:01:57.300><c> chapter</c><01:01:57.579><c> of</c><01:01:57.860><c> Kings,</c>

01:01:58.800 --> 01:02:02.199
it's<01:01:59.219><c> interesting</c><01:01:59.639><c> to</c><01:02:00.920><c> follow</c><01:02:01.280><c> Elisha,</c>

01:02:03.179 --> 01:02:05.079
that<01:02:03.519><c> after</c><01:02:03.800><c> this</c><01:02:04.059><c> incident,</c>

01:02:06.199 --> 01:02:08.159
in<01:02:06.400><c> the</c><01:02:06.519><c> second</c><01:02:06.659><c> of</c><01:02:06.840><c> Kings</c><01:02:07.000><c> chapter</c><01:02:07.320><c> two,</c>

01:02:08.159 --> 01:02:13.159
we<01:02:09.119><c> read</c><01:02:09.420><c> that</c><01:02:09.800><c> after</c><01:02:10.320><c> the</c><01:02:11.000><c> killing</c><01:02:11.380><c> of</c><01:02:11.559><c> the</c><01:02:11.760><c> 42</c><01:02:12.360><c> young</c><01:02:12.920><c> lads</c>

01:02:13.159 --> 01:02:14.039
of<01:02:13.400><c> Bethel,</c>

01:02:14.239 --> 01:02:18.260
in<01:02:14.440><c> verse</c><01:02:14.659><c> 25,</c><01:02:15.280><c> he</c><01:02:15.420><c> went</c><01:02:15.619><c> from</c><01:02:15.900><c> Vents</c><01:02:16.320><c> to</c><01:02:17.019><c> Mount</c><01:02:17.320><c> Carmel.</c>

01:02:18.539 --> 01:02:22.380
And<01:02:19.099><c> from</c><01:02:19.320><c> Vents,</c><01:02:20.619><c> he</c><01:02:20.699><c> returned</c><01:02:21.019><c> to</c><01:02:21.219><c> Samaria.</c>

01:02:22.699 --> 01:02:24.420
You<01:02:22.880><c> know,</c><01:02:23.199><c> that's</c><01:02:23.519><c> remarkable,</c><01:02:23.880><c> isn't</c><01:02:24.139><c> it?</c>

01:02:24.760 --> 01:02:29.780
He<01:02:24.940><c> went</c><01:02:25.079><c> from</c><01:02:25.320><c> Bethel</c><01:02:26.360><c> to</c><01:02:27.340><c> Mount</c><01:02:27.679><c> Carmel,</c><01:02:28.340><c> right</c><01:02:28.440><c> up</c><01:02:28.679><c> there.</c>

01:02:29.900 --> 01:02:32.400
I<01:02:30.019><c> suppose,</c><01:02:30.840><c> 30,</c><01:02:31.079><c> 40</c><01:02:31.360><c> miles.</c>

01:02:33.320 --> 01:02:35.360
Then<01:02:33.440><c> he</c><01:02:33.480><c> came</c><01:02:33.659><c> back</c><01:02:33.920><c> to</c><01:02:34.099><c> Samaria,</c><01:02:34.679><c> where</c><01:02:34.800><c> he</c><01:02:35.019><c> stayed.</c>

01:02:35.360 --> 01:02:38.420
It<01:02:36.159><c> doesn't</c><01:02:36.320><c> say</c><01:02:36.599><c> why</c><01:02:37.079><c> he</c><01:02:37.179><c> went</c><01:02:37.400><c> to</c><01:02:37.639><c> Carmel.</c>

01:02:38.679 --> 01:02:39.800
There's<01:02:38.780><c> no</c><01:02:39.059><c> purpose</c><01:02:39.400><c> revealed,</c>

01:02:40.039 --> 01:02:41.880
but<01:02:40.099><c> do</c><01:02:40.260><c> you</c><01:02:40.320><c> need</c><01:02:40.400><c> a</c><01:02:40.579><c> purpose</c><01:02:40.880><c> to</c><01:02:41.360><c> be</c><01:02:41.460><c> revealed?</c>

01:02:42.219 --> 01:02:45.599
Isn't<01:02:42.460><c> it</c><01:02:42.619><c> tremendous</c><01:02:43.420><c> to</c><01:02:43.860><c> imagine</c><01:02:44.219><c> him</c><01:02:44.619><c> coming</c><01:02:44.960><c> through</c><01:02:45.260><c> Bethel?</c>

01:02:45.639 --> 01:02:46.820
I<01:02:45.880><c> can</c><01:02:46.059><c> appreciate</c><01:02:46.480><c> this.</c>

01:02:46.940 --> 01:02:48.219
As<01:02:47.039><c> he</c><01:02:47.159><c> came</c><01:02:47.360><c> from</c><01:02:47.539><c> Bethel,</c>

01:02:48.360 --> 01:02:51.219
and<01:02:48.500><c> he</c><01:02:48.699><c> saw</c><01:02:48.960><c> those</c><01:02:49.460><c> young</c><01:02:49.719><c> lads</c><01:02:49.940><c> torn</c><01:02:50.239><c> to</c><01:02:50.500><c> shreds,</c>

01:02:51.320 --> 01:02:53.340
it<01:02:51.719><c> must</c><01:02:51.980><c> have</c><01:02:52.219><c> outraged</c><01:02:52.840><c> his</c><01:02:53.099><c> feelings,</c>

01:02:53.380 --> 01:02:55.559
because<01:02:53.679><c> he</c><01:02:53.840><c> didn't</c><01:02:54.019><c> want</c><01:02:54.139><c> to</c><01:02:54.260><c> destroy</c><01:02:54.659><c> people.</c>

01:02:55.679 --> 01:02:57.559
And<01:02:55.860><c> he</c><01:02:55.920><c> went</c><01:02:56.099><c> to</c><01:02:56.340><c> seek</c><01:02:56.460><c> the</c><01:02:56.719><c> solitude</c><01:02:57.039><c> of</c><01:02:57.300><c> Carmel.</c>

01:02:57.579 --> 01:02:59.280
And<01:02:57.719><c> I</c><01:02:57.780><c> can</c><01:02:57.960><c> imagine,</c><01:02:58.320><c> brothers</c><01:02:58.559><c> and</c><01:02:58.800><c> sisters,</c>

01:02:59.440 --> 01:03:00.440
sitting<01:02:59.619><c> up</c><01:02:59.820><c> on</c><01:02:59.960><c> that</c><01:03:00.159><c> mount,</c>

01:03:00.719 --> 01:03:03.800
where<01:03:01.000><c> he</c><01:03:01.179><c> was</c><01:03:01.420><c> found</c><01:03:01.619><c> quite</c><01:03:02.039><c> frequently,</c><01:03:02.539><c> by</c><01:03:02.780><c> the</c><01:03:02.940><c> way,</c>

01:03:04.079 --> 01:03:07.519
and<01:03:04.519><c> where</c><01:03:04.559><c> he</c><01:03:04.659><c> would</c><01:03:04.820><c> have</c><01:03:05.119><c> drawn</c><01:03:05.360><c> upon</c><01:03:05.679><c> a</c><01:03:06.039><c> strength</c><01:03:06.219><c> from</c><01:03:06.460><c> on</c><01:03:06.699><c> high,</c>

01:03:07.639 --> 01:03:11.300
and<01:03:07.679><c> remembered</c><01:03:08.139><c> the</c><01:03:08.579><c> sterling</c><01:03:09.079><c> example</c><01:03:09.559><c> of</c><01:03:09.719><c> his</c><01:03:09.860><c> master,</c><01:03:10.460><c> Elijah,</c>

01:03:11.380 --> 01:03:13.139
and<01:03:11.559><c> the</c><01:03:11.760><c> principles</c><01:03:12.079><c> for</c><01:03:12.280><c> which</c><01:03:12.440><c> he</c><01:03:12.800><c> stood,</c>

01:03:13.519 --> 01:03:14.780
and<01:03:13.599><c> would</c><01:03:13.739><c> have</c><01:03:14.000><c> refreshed</c><01:03:14.320><c> himself</c>

01:03:14.780 --> 01:03:17.500
in<01:03:15.159><c> the</c><01:03:15.340><c> wonders</c><01:03:15.559><c> of</c><01:03:15.780><c> the</c><01:03:15.960><c> power</c><01:03:16.179><c> of</c><01:03:16.360><c> the</c><01:03:16.400><c> Word</c><01:03:16.539><c> of</c><01:03:16.780><c> God.</c>

01:03:17.519 --> 01:03:19.280
And<01:03:17.639><c> then</c><01:03:17.679><c> he</c><01:03:17.880><c> returned</c><01:03:18.139><c> to</c><01:03:18.320><c> Samaria.</c>

01:03:19.760 --> 01:03:21.199
And<01:03:19.880><c> tomorrow</c><01:03:20.159><c> morning,</c><01:03:20.579><c> brothers</c><01:03:20.639><c> and</c><01:03:20.840><c> sisters,</c>

01:03:21.500 --> 01:03:22.719
we<01:03:21.659><c> hope</c><01:03:21.820><c> to</c><01:03:22.019><c> pick</c><01:03:22.099><c> him</c><01:03:22.219><c> up</c><01:03:22.400><c> again,</c>

01:03:22.960 --> 01:03:26.139
and<01:03:23.139><c> to</c><01:03:23.360><c> continue</c><01:03:23.519><c> our</c><01:03:23.800><c> story</c><01:03:24.019><c> of</c><01:03:24.159><c> this</c><01:03:24.340><c> wonderful</c><01:03:24.900><c> man</c><01:03:25.280><c> of</c><01:03:25.500><c> God.</c>