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valley</c><00:12:07.090><c> shall</c><00:12:07.350><c> be</c> 00:12:07.590 --> 00:12:09.549 filled<00:12:07.769><c> with</c><00:12:07.970><c> water</c><00:12:08.470><c> that</c><00:12:08.769><c> ye</c><00:12:08.929><c> may</c><00:12:09.149><c> drink,</c> 00:12:09.610 --> 00:12:13.710 both<00:12:09.830><c> ye</c><00:12:10.090><c> and</c><00:12:10.129><c> your</c><00:12:10.429><c> cattle</c><00:12:10.710><c> and</c><00:12:10.909><c> your</c><00:12:11.570><c> beasts.</c><00:12:13.110><c> But</c><00:12:13.330><c> this</c><00:12:13.549><c> is</c> 00:12:13.710 --> 00:12:15.370 but<00:12:13.830><c> a</c><00:12:14.029><c> light</c><00:12:14.210><c> thing</c><00:12:14.429><c> in</c><00:12:14.649><c> the</c><00:12:14.789><c> sight</c><00:12:14.909><c> of</c><00:12:15.110><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:12:15.389 --> 00:12:19.470 He<00:12:16.029><c> will</c><00:12:16.350><c> deliver</c><00:12:16.750><c> the</c><00:12:16.970><c> Moabites</c><00:12:17.509><c> also</c><00:12:17.990><c> into</c><00:12:18.289><c> 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Why?<00:14:49.870><c> It's</c><00:14:50.169><c> an</c><00:14:50.289><c> act</c><00:14:50.509><c> of</c><00:14:50.750><c> mercy.</c><00:14:52.230><c> For</c><00:14:52.350><c> only</c><00:14:52.730><c> Jews?</c><00:14:54.549><c> No,</c><00:14:54.789><c> for</c><00:14:55.070><c> the</c> 00:14:55.250 --> 00:14:58.570 Edomites,<00:14:55.929><c> for</c><00:14:56.070><c> the</c><00:14:56.250><c> king</c><00:14:56.409><c> of</c><00:14:56.610><c> Edom</c><00:14:56.950><c> and</c><00:14:57.289><c> his</c><00:14:57.610><c> men.</c> 00:14:59.250 --> 00:15:03.570 God's<00:14:59.850><c> rain</c><00:15:00.149><c> here,</c><00:15:00.909><c> or</c><00:15:01.190><c> God's</c><00:15:01.629><c> water,</c><00:15:02.509><c> is</c><00:15:02.649><c> given</c><00:15:02.929><c> to</c><00:15:03.110><c> both</c><00:15:03.370><c> the</c> 00:15:03.570 --> 00:15:07.149 just<00:15:03.750><c> and</c><00:15:03.929><c> the</c><00:15:04.190><c> unjust.</c><00:15:05.730><c> Now,</c><00:15:06.110><c> as</c><00:15:06.309><c> I</c><00:15:06.450><c> lift</c><00:15:06.629><c> off</c><00:15:06.909><c> the</c> 00:15:07.149 --> 00:15:12.409 overhead,<00:15:08.110><c> do</c><00:15:08.389><c> you</c><00:15:08.690><c> see</c><00:15:09.190><c> what</c><00:15:09.730><c> has</c><00:15:10.129><c> happened</c><00:15:10.730><c> in</c><00:15:11.909><c> the</c><00:15:12.169><c> first</c> 00:15:12.409 --> 00:15:15.629 three<00:15:12.730><c> miracles</c><00:15:13.190><c> of</c><00:15:13.450><c> Elisha?</c><00:15:14.669><c> They,</c><00:15:15.129><c> brothers</c><00:15:15.309><c> and</c> 00:15:15.629 --> 00:15:20.269 sisters,<00:15:16.230><c> form</c><00:15:16.330><c> a</c><00:15:16.669><c> unit.</c><00:15:17.350><c> Just</c><00:15:17.610><c> watch</c><00:15:17.950><c> how</c><00:15:18.110><c> this</c><00:15:18.409><c> fleshes</c><00:15:18.690><c> out.</c><00:15:20.210><c> In</c> 00:15:20.269 --> 00:15:23.350 the<00:15:20.490><c> case</c><00:15:20.769><c> of</c><00:15:21.009><c> Jericho,</c><00:15:22.389><c> formerly</c><00:15:22.730><c> cursed,</c> 00:15:23.789 --> 00:15:34.370 a<00:15:23.990><c> Gentile</c><00:15:24.629><c> city,</c><00:15:25.610><c> water</c><00:15:25.929><c> was</c><00:15:26.210><c> given.</c><00:15:27.629><c> But</c><00:15:28.070><c> of</c><00:15:28.370><c> Bethel,</c><00:15:30.029><c> formerly</c><00:15:30.330><c> blessed,</c><00:15:31.710><c> a</c><00:15:31.889><c> place</c><00:15:32.149><c> that</c><00:15:32.389><c> meant</c><00:15:32.710><c> house</c><00:15:33.090><c> of</c><00:15:33.370><c> God,</c> 00:15:34.470 --> 00:15:41.250 where<00:15:34.830><c> Israelites</c><00:15:35.490><c> resided,</c><00:15:36.649><c> 42</c><00:15:37.090><c> were</c><00:15:37.450><c> cursed.</c><00:15:39.070><c> And</c><00:15:39.789><c> now</c><00:15:40.370><c> water</c><00:15:40.909><c> is</c> 00:15:41.250 --> 00:15:43.470 provided<00:15:41.669><c> for</c><00:15:41.929><c> three</c><00:15:42.309><c> kings.</c> 00:15:43.690 --> 00:15:50.929 Judah,<00:15:45.230><c> Israel,</c><00:15:46.830><c> and</c><00:15:47.149><c> those</c><00:15:47.509><c> not</c><00:15:47.889><c> in</c><00:15:48.210><c> covenant</c><00:15:48.429><c> relationship.</c><00:15:50.009><c> The</c><00:15:50.169><c> Edomites</c> 00:15:50.929 --> 00:15:52.590 benefit<00:15:51.789><c> from</c><00:15:52.370><c> the</c> 00:15:52.590 --> 00:15:57.970 blessing<00:15:53.049><c> because</c><00:15:54.289><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:15:55.629><c> still</c><00:15:56.169><c> had</c><00:15:56.389><c> a</c><00:15:56.610><c> heart</c><00:15:57.009><c> that</c> 00:15:57.970 --> 00:16:00.629 God<00:15:58.250><c> was</c><00:15:58.529><c> working</c><00:15:58.889><c> with,</c><00:15:59.470><c> still</c><00:15:59.830><c> had</c><00:16:00.090><c> not</c><00:16:00.309><c> turned</c> 00:16:00.629 --> 00:16:06.450 totally<00:16:01.070><c> against</c><00:16:01.590><c> Yahweh.</c><00:16:02.970><c> Because</c><00:16:03.470><c> of</c><00:16:03.690><c> that</c><00:16:03.909><c> man's</c><00:16:04.470><c> faithfulness,</c><00:16:06.009><c> the</c><00:16:06.129><c> king</c><00:16:06.289><c> of</c> 00:16:06.450 --> 00:16:07.389 Israel<00:16:06.830><c> was</c><00:16:07.110><c> blessed</c> 00:16:07.389 --> 00:16:11.169 and<00:16:07.590><c> his</c><00:16:07.769><c> men,</c><00:16:08.350><c> and</c><00:16:08.509><c> the</c><00:16:08.730><c> Edomites</c><00:16:09.129><c> were</c><00:16:09.350><c> blessed.</c><00:16:10.210><c> Now</c><00:16:10.450><c> we</c><00:16:10.710><c> have</c><00:16:10.929><c> a</c> 00:16:11.169 --> 00:16:12.610 picture<00:16:11.470><c> building.</c> 00:16:13.090 --> 00:16:18.909 For<00:16:13.269><c> Elisha</c><00:16:13.789><c> means</c><00:16:14.190><c> that</c><00:16:14.529><c> God</c><00:16:15.149><c> saves.</c><00:16:16.230><c> But</c><00:16:16.450><c> whom</c><00:16:16.750><c> does</c><00:16:16.970><c> he</c><00:16:17.230><c> save?</c><00:16:18.330><c> Only</c><00:16:18.690><c> the</c> 00:16:18.909 --> 00:16:22.789 Jews?<00:16:19.870><c> Not</c><00:16:20.230><c> so.</c><00:16:21.629><c> The</c><00:16:21.889><c> Gentiles</c><00:16:22.490><c> are</c> 00:16:22.789 --> 00:16:29.149 included.<00:16:24.129><c> In</c><00:16:24.450><c> fact,</c><00:16:25.809><c> the</c><00:16:25.929><c> house</c><00:16:26.210><c> of</c><00:16:26.529><c> God</c><00:16:26.850><c> is</c><00:16:27.210><c> now</c><00:16:27.610><c> cursed</c><00:16:28.110><c> because</c><00:16:28.990><c> of</c> 00:16:29.149 --> 00:16:31.549 their<00:16:29.409><c> disobedience.</c><00:16:30.549><c> But</c><00:16:30.830><c> Jericho,</c> 00:16:31.549 --> 00:16:37.029 formerly<00:16:32.269><c> cursed,</c><00:16:33.090><c> a</c><00:16:33.230><c> Gentile</c><00:16:33.809><c> city,</c><00:16:34.649><c> to</c><00:16:34.809><c> them</c><00:16:34.990><c> water</c><00:16:35.350><c> is</c><00:16:35.629><c> given.</c><00:16:36.710><c> And</c> 00:16:37.029 --> 00:16:38.509 if<00:16:37.169><c> we've</c><00:16:37.389><c> missed</c><00:16:37.629><c> the</c><00:16:37.950><c> point</c><00:16:38.190><c> between</c> 00:16:38.509 --> 00:16:46.049 those<00:16:38.809><c> first</c><00:16:39.070><c> two</c><00:16:39.330><c> miracles,</c><00:16:40.409><c> the</c><00:16:40.590><c> principles</c><00:16:41.230><c> focus</c><00:16:42.149><c> in</c><00:16:42.529><c> this</c><00:16:42.789><c> third</c><00:16:43.049><c> miracle,</c><00:16:44.830><c> where</c><00:16:45.429><c> Jews</c><00:16:45.850><c> to</c> 00:16:46.049 --> 00:16:46.549 the<00:16:46.230><c> north,</c> 00:16:46.809 --> 00:16:51.629 Jews<00:16:47.090><c> to</c><00:16:47.289><c> the</c><00:16:47.529><c> south,</c><00:16:48.049><c> and</c><00:16:48.649><c> those</c><00:16:48.970><c> not</c><00:16:49.230><c> in</c><00:16:49.529><c> covenant</c><00:16:49.730><c> relationship</c><00:16:50.549><c> are</c><00:16:51.230><c> all</c> 00:16:51.629 --> 00:16:54.049 incorporated<00:16:52.370><c> in</c><00:16:53.190><c> one</c><00:16:53.610><c> singular</c> 00:16:54.049 --> 00:16:57.490 blessing,<00:16:55.049><c> and</c><00:16:55.230><c> they're</c><00:16:55.470><c> given</c><00:16:55.669><c> the</c><00:16:55.929><c> water</c><00:16:56.090><c> of</c><00:16:56.350><c> life.</c><00:16:57.169><c> They</c> 00:16:57.490 --> 00:17:01.029 are<00:16:58.009><c> perishing</c><00:16:58.629><c> like</c><00:16:59.029><c> parched</c><00:16:59.549><c> dogs</c><00:17:00.090><c> to</c><00:17:00.570><c> the</c><00:17:00.809><c> south</c> 00:17:01.029 --> 00:17:05.049 of<00:17:01.230><c> the</c><00:17:01.230><c> Dead</c><00:17:01.669><c> Sea.</c><00:17:02.629><c> It's</c><00:17:02.870><c> a</c><00:17:03.169><c> waste</c><00:17:03.529><c> howling</c><00:17:04.190><c> wilderness</c><00:17:04.690><c> like</c> 00:17:05.049 --> 00:17:08.710 Sinai.<00:17:06.269><c> And</c><00:17:06.509><c> God</c><00:17:06.789><c> in</c><00:17:06.950><c> His</c><00:17:07.250><c> mercy</c><00:17:07.750><c> for</c><00:17:08.170><c> the</c><00:17:08.470><c> few</c> 00:17:08.710 --> 00:17:13.990 faithful<00:17:09.170><c> that</c><00:17:09.390><c> were</c><00:17:09.569><c> in</c><00:17:09.750><c> that</c><00:17:10.109><c> group,</c><00:17:11.450><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:17:12.109><c> in</c><00:17:12.349><c> particular,</c><00:17:13.250><c> Elisha,</c><00:17:13.710><c> of</c> 00:17:13.990 --> 00:17:17.230 course,<00:17:15.609><c> gives</c><00:17:15.890><c> water</c><00:17:16.650><c> to</c><00:17:16.970><c> all</c> 00:17:17.230 --> 00:17:22.990 of<00:17:17.349><c> them.</c><00:17:18.569><c> Is</c><00:17:19.289><c> that</c><00:17:19.509><c> a</c><00:17:19.690><c> hint</c><00:17:20.089><c> as</c><00:17:20.809><c> to</c><00:17:20.950><c> the</c><00:17:21.190><c> direction</c><00:17:21.549><c> that</c><00:17:21.769><c> Elisha's</c><00:17:22.450><c> ministry</c><00:17:22.750><c> is</c> 00:17:22.990 --> 00:17:24.509 going<00:17:23.150><c> to</c><00:17:23.329><c> go</c><00:17:23.509><c> in?</c> 00:17:25.869 --> 00:17:30.250 Possibly.<00:17:26.829><c> Let's</c><00:17:27.150><c> bear</c><00:17:27.309><c> that</c><00:17:27.549><c> in</c><00:17:27.730><c> mind</c><00:17:28.269><c> as</c><00:17:28.970><c> we</c><00:17:29.170><c> turn</c><00:17:29.410><c> now,</c><00:17:29.930><c> brothers</c><00:17:29.990><c> and</c> 00:17:30.250 --> 00:17:32.109 sisters,<00:17:30.529><c> to</c><00:17:30.769><c> 2</c><00:17:30.990><c> Kings</c><00:17:31.269><c> 4.</c> 00:17:33.910 --> 00:17:36.160 In<00:17:34.069><c> 2</c><00:17:34.390><c> Kings</c><00:17:34.789><c> chapter</c><00:17:35.390><c> 4,</c> 00:17:41.230 --> 00:17:42.809 verse<00:17:41.769><c> 1,</c> 00:17:44.650 --> 00:17:47.069 And<00:17:44.750><c> there</c><00:17:44.970><c> cried</c><00:17:45.250><c> a</c><00:17:45.509><c> certain</c><00:17:45.730><c> woman</c><00:17:46.069><c> of</c><00:17:46.210><c> the</c><00:17:46.410><c> wives</c><00:17:46.750><c> of</c><00:17:46.930><c> the</c> 00:17:47.069 --> 00:17:49.869 sons<00:17:47.309><c> of</c><00:17:47.450><c> the</c><00:17:47.650><c> prophets</c><00:17:47.990><c> unto</c><00:17:48.309><c> Elisha,</c><00:17:49.089><c> saying,</c> 00:17:49.930 --> 00:17:55.049 Thy<00:17:50.250><c> servant,</c><00:17:51.450><c> one</c><00:17:51.609><c> of</c><00:17:51.710><c> the</c><00:17:51.930><c> prophets,</c><00:17:52.710><c> my</c><00:17:52.930><c> husband,</c><00:17:53.730><c> is</c><00:17:53.869><c> dead.</c><00:17:54.829><c> And</c> 00:17:55.049 --> 00:17:56.809 thou<00:17:55.269><c> knowest</c><00:17:55.690><c> that</c><00:17:55.829><c> thy</c><00:17:56.130><c> servant</c><00:17:56.430><c> did</c> 00:17:56.809 --> 00:18:00.609 fear<00:17:57.130><c> the</c><00:17:57.369><c> Lord.</c><00:17:58.289><c> And</c><00:17:58.450><c> the</c><00:17:58.769><c> creditor</c><00:17:59.210><c> is</c><00:17:59.609><c> come</c><00:17:59.849><c> to</c><00:18:00.029><c> take</c><00:18:00.329><c> unto</c> 00:18:00.609 --> 00:18:03.829 him<00:18:00.890><c> my</c><00:18:01.250><c> two</c><00:18:01.630><c> sons,</c><00:18:02.309><c> to</c><00:18:02.529><c> be</c><00:18:02.769><c> bondmen.</c> 00:18:04.190 --> 00:18:06.990 And<00:18:04.509><c> Elisha</c><00:18:04.869><c> said</c><00:18:05.049><c> unto</c><00:18:05.309><c> her,</c><00:18:05.789><c> What</c><00:18:05.930><c> shall</c><00:18:06.109><c> I</c><00:18:06.250><c> do</c><00:18:06.369><c> for</c><00:18:06.569><c> thee?</c> 00:18:07.329 --> 00:18:09.730 Tell<00:18:07.589><c> me,</c><00:18:08.450><c> what</c><00:18:08.630><c> hast</c><00:18:08.910><c> thou</c><00:18:09.049><c> in</c><00:18:09.210><c> the</c><00:18:09.349><c> house?</c> 00:18:10.049 --> 00:18:13.710 And<00:18:10.349><c> she</c><00:18:10.509><c> said,</c><00:18:11.869><c> And</c><00:18:11.950><c> thine</c><00:18:12.130><c> handmaid</c><00:18:12.670><c> hath</c><00:18:12.890><c> not</c><00:18:13.170><c> anything</c><00:18:13.529><c> in</c> 00:18:13.710 --> 00:18:17.609 the<00:18:13.829><c> house,</c><00:18:15.329><c> save</c><00:18:15.670><c> a</c><00:18:16.009><c> pot</c><00:18:16.369><c> of</c><00:18:16.710><c> oil.</c> 00:18:17.910 --> 00:18:22.609 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shalt</c><00:18:32.190><c> pour</c><00:18:32.589><c> out</c><00:18:32.950><c> into</c><00:18:33.230><c> all</c><00:18:33.609><c> those</c><00:18:33.869><c> vessels,</c><00:18:34.730><c> and</c><00:18:34.890><c> thou</c> 00:18:35.069 --> 00:18:36.910 shalt<00:18:35.329><c> set</c><00:18:35.630><c> aside</c><00:18:36.009><c> that</c><00:18:36.230><c> which</c><00:18:36.349><c> is</c><00:18:36.569><c> full.</c> 00:18:37.369 --> 00:18:40.809 So<00:18:37.750><c> she</c><00:18:38.190><c> went</c><00:18:38.430><c> from</c><00:18:38.650><c> him</c><00:18:38.849><c> and</c><00:18:39.029><c> shut</c><00:18:39.190><c> the</c><00:18:39.390><c> door</c><00:18:39.670><c> upon</c><00:18:40.009><c> her,</c><00:18:40.589><c> and</c> 00:18:40.809 --> 00:18:43.730 upon<00:18:41.049><c> her</c><00:18:41.349><c> sons,</c><00:18:42.109><c> who</c><00:18:42.390><c> brought</c><00:18:42.630><c> the</c><00:18:42.849><c> vessels</c><00:18:43.170><c> to</c><00:18:43.450><c> her,</c> 00:18:43.730 --> 00:18:48.549 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oil</c><00:18:57.710><c> stayed.</c> 00:18:59.109 --> 00:19:01.730 Then<00:18:59.410><c> she</c><00:18:59.630><c> came</c><00:18:59.890><c> and</c><00:19:00.029><c> told</c><00:19:00.210><c> the</c><00:19:00.369><c> man</c><00:19:00.509><c> of</c><00:19:00.750><c> God,</c><00:19:00.950><c> And</c><00:19:01.089><c> he</c><00:19:01.309><c> said,</c> 00:19:01.869 --> 00:19:07.109 Go,<00:19:02.809><c> sell</c><00:19:03.029><c> the</c><00:19:03.250><c> oil,</c><00:19:04.710><c> and</c><00:19:05.150><c> pay</c><00:19:05.690><c> thy</c><00:19:05.990><c> debt,</c> 00:19:08.250 --> 00:19:14.730 and<00:19:08.849><c> live,</c><00:19:10.650><c> thou</c><00:19:11.109><c> and</c><00:19:11.990><c> thy</c><00:19:12.250><c> children</c><00:19:12.950><c> of</c><00:19:13.609><c> the</c><00:19:13.809><c> rest.</c> 00:19:17.029 --> 00:19:20.049 We're<00:19:17.490><c> trying</c><00:19:17.670><c> to</c><00:19:17.829><c> build</c><00:19:17.970><c> a</c><00:19:18.130><c> picture</c><00:19:18.309><c> here,</c><00:19:18.650><c> brothers</c><00:19:18.789><c> and</c><00:19:19.029><c> sisters.</c> 00:19:20.130 --> 00:19:24.809 Or<00:19:20.430><c> rather,</c><00:19:20.670><c> the</c><00:19:20.890><c> spirit</c><00:19:21.109><c> is</c><00:19:21.470><c> trying</c><00:19:21.769><c> to</c><00:19:22.009><c> build</c><00:19:22.130><c> a</c><00:19:22.329><c> picture</c><00:19:22.690><c> and</c><00:19:23.230><c> make</c><00:19:23.529><c> an</c><00:19:23.829><c> impression.</c> 00:19:28.970 --> 00:19:32.690 Think<00:19:29.190><c> of</c><00:19:29.329><c> the</c><00:19:29.490><c> details</c><00:19:30.029><c> and</c><00:19:30.470><c> stand</c><00:19:30.829><c> back</c><00:19:31.289><c> and</c><00:19:31.670><c> look</c><00:19:31.930><c> at</c><00:19:32.490><c> the</c> 00:19:32.690 --> 00:19:35.390 big<00:19:32.970><c> picture.</c><00:19:34.329><c> What's</c><00:19:34.849><c> happening</c><00:19:35.089><c> here,</c> 00:19:35.390 --> 00:19:40.869 bearing<00:19:36.329><c> in</c><00:19:36.569><c> mind</c><00:19:36.829><c> the</c><00:19:37.009><c> miracles</c><00:19:37.410><c> we've</c><00:19:37.730><c> seen</c><00:19:37.990><c> so</c><00:19:38.369><c> far,</c><00:19:39.130><c> bearing</c><00:19:39.329><c> in</c><00:19:39.569><c> mind</c><00:19:39.750><c> the</c><00:19:39.990><c> emphasis</c><00:19:40.549><c> of</c> 00:19:40.869 --> 00:19:42.630 Elisha's<00:19:41.430><c> ministry,</c> 00:19:43.170 --> 00:19:46.990 bearing<00:19:43.369><c> in</c><00:19:43.650><c> mind</c><00:19:43.769><c> the</c><00:19:44.009><c> principles</c><00:19:44.369><c> we've</c><00:19:44.730><c> already</c><00:19:45.009><c> extracted</c><00:19:45.569><c> in</c><00:19:45.789><c> the</c><00:19:46.009><c> introductions.</c> 00:19:47.630 --> 00:19:53.309 We<00:19:47.910><c> have</c><00:19:48.109><c> an</c><00:19:48.289><c> Israelite</c><00:19:48.769><c> in</c><00:19:48.890><c> this</c><00:19:49.130><c> case.</c><00:19:50.990><c> She's</c><00:19:51.369><c> in</c><00:19:51.569><c> debt.</c><00:19:52.890><c> There</c><00:19:53.049><c> is</c> 00:19:53.309 --> 00:19:56.930 bondage<00:19:54.150><c> threatened.</c><00:19:55.869><c> As</c><00:19:56.150><c> result</c><00:19:56.529><c> of</c><00:19:56.710><c> the</c> 00:19:56.930 --> 00:20:01.009 miracle,<00:19:57.930><c> freedom</c><00:19:58.410><c> is</c><00:19:58.849><c> given</c><00:19:59.150><c> to</c><00:19:59.450><c> both</c><00:19:59.730><c> her</c><00:20:00.170><c> and</c><00:20:00.329><c> her</c><00:20:00.650><c> sons,</c> 00:20:01.230 --> 00:20:02.789 who<00:20:01.410><c> would</c><00:20:01.609><c> have</c><00:20:01.769><c> been</c><00:20:01.869><c> put</c><00:20:02.029><c> into</c><00:20:02.289><c> bondage</c> 00:20:02.789 --> 00:20:07.609 permanently.<00:20:04.309><c> And</c><00:20:04.569><c> the</c><00:20:04.789><c> key</c><00:20:05.269><c> word</c><00:20:05.690><c> at</c><00:20:05.930><c> the</c><00:20:06.109><c> end</c><00:20:06.269><c> of</c><00:20:06.430><c> the</c><00:20:06.650><c> miracle</c><00:20:06.930><c> is,</c> 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God.</c><00:20:35.670><c> Here</c><00:20:35.990><c> truly</c><00:20:36.410><c> is</c> 00:20:36.630 --> 00:20:38.250 the<00:20:36.809><c> action</c><00:20:37.089><c> of</c><00:20:37.269><c> a</c><00:20:37.430><c> Savior.</c> 00:20:38.829 --> 00:20:43.130 There<00:20:38.990><c> are</c><00:20:39.309><c> echoes,</c><00:20:40.089><c> surely,</c><00:20:40.470><c> with</c><00:20:40.609><c> that</c><00:20:40.730><c> of</c><00:20:41.069><c> the</c><00:20:41.349><c> Lord</c><00:20:41.569><c> Jesus</c><00:20:41.970><c> Christ.</c> 00:20:43.589 --> 00:20:46.710 Consider,<00:20:44.210><c> we</c><00:20:44.349><c> won't</c><00:20:44.509><c> look</c><00:20:44.730><c> at</c><00:20:44.869><c> it</c><00:20:45.029><c> now,</c><00:20:45.710><c> but</c><00:20:45.849><c> just</c><00:20:46.130><c> jot</c><00:20:46.289><c> down</c> 00:20:46.710 --> 00:20:48.450 with<00:20:46.869><c> a</c><00:20:47.069><c> pencil</c><00:20:47.309><c> if</c><00:20:47.410><c> you</c><00:20:47.650><c> have,</c> 00:20:49.109 --> 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them</c><00:22:34.230><c> life.</c><00:22:36.470><c> Just</c><00:22:37.150><c> hold</c><00:22:37.450><c> your</c><00:22:37.829><c> finger</c><00:22:38.130><c> here</c><00:22:38.470><c> and</c><00:22:38.730><c> slip</c><00:22:38.950><c> back</c><00:22:39.269><c> to</c><00:22:39.470><c> 1</c> 00:22:39.630 --> 00:22:41.009 Kings<00:22:40.049><c> 21,</c> 00:22:41.009 --> 00:22:45.730 where<00:22:41.789><c> we</c><00:22:41.970><c> have</c><00:22:42.109><c> a</c><00:22:42.450><c> very</c><00:22:42.869><c> graphic</c><00:22:43.369><c> expression</c><00:22:44.170><c> that</c><00:22:44.789><c> the</c><00:22:45.029><c> apostle</c><00:22:45.369><c> Paul</c> 00:22:45.730 --> 00:22:49.019 quotes<00:22:46.089><c> from</c><00:22:46.650><c> in</c><00:22:47.329><c> Romans</c><00:22:47.650><c> chapter</c><00:22:48.130><c> 7.</c> 00:22:50.470 --> 00:22:59.789 1<00:22:50.509><c> Kings</c><00:22:50.930><c> chapter</c><00:22:51.470><c> 21</c><00:22:52.269><c> verse</c><00:22:52.869><c> 20.</c><00:22:55.269><c> This</c><00:22:55.470><c> is</c><00:22:55.690><c> a</c><00:22:55.890><c> graphic</c><00:22:56.329><c> expression</c><00:22:57.109><c> describing</c><00:22:57.890><c> the</c><00:22:58.250><c> bondage</c><00:22:58.670><c> of</c><00:22:58.930><c> sin</c> 00:23:00.309 --> 00:23:04.829 in<00:23:01.089><c> terms</c><00:23:01.690><c> that</c><00:23:02.410><c> must</c><00:23:02.710><c> relate,</c><00:23:03.130><c> we</c><00:23:03.390><c> believe,</c><00:23:03.930><c> to</c><00:23:03.970><c> what's</c><00:23:04.329><c> happening</c><00:23:04.529><c> here</c> 00:23:04.829 --> 00:23:06.369 with<00:23:04.990><c> the</c><00:23:05.150><c> widow's</c><00:23:05.509><c> oil.</c> 00:23:06.670 --> 00:23:14.450 Verse<00:23:07.029><c> 20</c><00:23:08.509><c> of</c><00:23:08.950><c> 1</c><00:23:09.150><c> Kings</c><00:23:09.430><c> 21.</c><00:23:11.329><c> And</c><00:23:11.490><c> Ahab</c><00:23:12.069><c> said</c><00:23:12.369><c> to</c><00:23:12.670><c> Elijah,</c><00:23:14.190><c> now</c> 00:23:14.450 --> 00:23:16.009 remember<00:23:14.670><c> this</c><00:23:14.829><c> is</c><00:23:15.009><c> at</c><00:23:15.130><c> the</c><00:23:15.289><c> same</c><00:23:15.549><c> time,</c> 00:23:16.250 --> 00:23:20.710 it's<00:23:16.450><c> the</c><00:23:16.609><c> ministry</c><00:23:16.930><c> of</c><00:23:17.170><c> Elijah</c><00:23:17.549><c> and</c><00:23:17.769><c> Elisha,</c><00:23:19.609><c> hast</c><00:23:19.910><c> thou</c><00:23:20.130><c> found</c><00:23:20.470><c> me,</c> 00:23:20.910 --> 00:23:24.150 O<00:23:20.910><c> mine</c><00:23:21.069><c> enemy?</c><00:23:22.609><c> And</c><00:23:23.269><c> he</c><00:23:23.670><c> answered,</c> 00:23:24.190 --> 00:23:28.349 now<00:23:24.430><c> these</c><00:23:24.609><c> are</c><00:23:24.750><c> the</c><00:23:24.829><c> words</c><00:23:25.029><c> of</c><00:23:25.250><c> Elijah,</c><00:23:26.650><c> I</c><00:23:27.130><c> have</c><00:23:27.470><c> found</c><00:23:27.849><c> thee</c> 00:23:28.349 --> 00:23:34.390 because<00:23:29.490><c> thou,</c><00:23:30.369><c> Ahab,</c><00:23:31.589><c> hast</c><00:23:31.890><c> sold</c><00:23:32.369><c> thyself</c><00:23:33.430><c> to</c><00:23:33.930><c> work</c> 00:23:34.390 --> 00:23:43.890 evil<00:23:34.970><c> in</c><00:23:35.549><c> the</c><00:23:35.849><c> sight</c><00:23:36.369><c> of</c><00:23:36.930><c> Yahweh.</c><00:23:38.769><c> Sold</c><00:23:39.170><c> thyself</c><00:23:40.150><c> to</c><00:23:40.670><c> work</c><00:23:41.329><c> evil.</c><00:23:42.569><c> Verse</c><00:23:42.789><c> 25.</c> 00:23:44.250 --> 00:23:46.369 But<00:23:44.410><c> there</c><00:23:44.609><c> was</c><00:23:44.849><c> none</c><00:23:45.130><c> like</c><00:23:45.430><c> unto</c><00:23:45.730><c> Ahab</c> 00:23:46.369 --> 00:23:53.670 which<00:23:47.029><c> did</c><00:23:47.569><c> sell</c><00:23:47.990><c> himself</c><00:23:48.829><c> to</c><00:23:49.430><c> work</c><00:23:50.130><c> wickedness.</c><00:23:52.569><c> Now,</c><00:23:53.109><c> if</c><00:23:53.289><c> you</c><00:23:53.430><c> go</c> 00:23:53.670 --> 00:23:57.049 back<00:23:53.970><c> to</c><00:23:54.150><c> verse</c><00:23:54.410><c> 20</c><00:23:55.170><c> and</c><00:23:55.970><c> you</c><00:23:56.210><c> have</c><00:23:56.369><c> an</c><00:23:56.609><c> A</c><00:23:56.789><c>.V.</c> 00:23:57.049 --> 00:24:01.769 Oxford<00:23:57.529><c> margin,</c><00:23:58.470><c> sold</c><00:23:58.630><c> thyself</c><00:23:59.390><c> in</c><00:23:59.650><c> the</c><00:23:59.890><c> margin,</c><00:24:01.069><c> directs</c><00:24:01.410><c> you</c><00:24:01.549><c> to</c> 00:24:01.769 --> 00:24:06.109 Romans<00:24:02.190><c> 7</c><00:24:02.750><c> verse</c><00:24:03.230><c> 14</c><00:24:03.970><c> where</c><00:24:04.650><c> Paul</c><00:24:05.009><c> says,</c> 00:24:06.430 --> 00:24:16.069 I<00:24:06.430><c> am</c><00:24:06.829><c> carnal</c><00:24:07.750><c> sold</c><00:24:08.609><c> under</c><00:24:09.730><c> sin.</c><00:24:11.809><c> I</c><00:24:12.490><c> am</c><00:24:12.950><c> carnal</c><00:24:13.690><c> sold</c><00:24:14.289><c> under</c><00:24:15.089><c> sin.</c><00:24:15.910><c> As</c> 00:24:16.069 --> 00:24:17.009 though<00:24:16.230><c> there's</c><00:24:16.470><c> a</c><00:24:16.670><c> burden,</c> 00:24:17.470 --> 00:24:21.670 as<00:24:17.609><c> though</c><00:24:17.769><c> there's</c><00:24:18.069><c> a</c><00:24:18.309><c> bondage</c><00:24:18.750><c> or</c><00:24:18.950><c> a</c><00:24:19.150><c> yoke</c><00:24:19.589><c> on</c><00:24:20.130><c> Paul,</c><00:24:20.990><c> as</c><00:24:21.210><c> with</c><00:24:21.390><c> all</c> 00:24:21.670 --> 00:24:24.569 of<00:24:21.789><c> us,</c><00:24:22.430><c> as</c><00:24:22.690><c> a</c><00:24:22.789><c> result</c><00:24:23.130><c> of</c><00:24:23.769><c> our</c><00:24:24.029><c> sin</c><00:24:24.289><c> prone</c> 00:24:24.569 --> 00:24:28.670 natures.<00:24:25.930><c> In</c><00:24:26.009><c> other</c><00:24:26.269><c> words,</c><00:24:26.549><c> it</c><00:24:26.569><c> would</c><00:24:26.869><c> seem</c><00:24:27.450><c> that</c><00:24:28.190><c> this</c><00:24:28.470><c> is</c> 00:24:28.670 --> 00:24:31.410 one<00:24:28.869><c> of</c><00:24:29.009><c> the</c><00:24:29.230><c> sources</c><00:24:29.690><c> in</c><00:24:29.869><c> the</c><00:24:30.029><c> Old</c><00:24:30.269><c> Testament</c><00:24:30.829><c> for</c> 00:24:31.410 --> 00:24:35.410 Paul's<00:24:31.930><c> quotation</c><00:24:32.569><c> about</c><00:24:33.569><c> the</c><00:24:33.890><c> bondage</c><00:24:34.369><c> of</c><00:24:34.650><c> sin</c><00:24:34.829><c> in</c><00:24:35.049><c> Romans</c> 00:24:35.410 --> 00:24:39.549 7.<00:24:37.069><c> This</c><00:24:37.309><c> is</c><00:24:37.650><c> all</c><00:24:37.970><c> said</c><00:24:38.170><c> and</c><00:24:38.450><c> done</c><00:24:38.710><c> before</c><00:24:39.230><c> we</c> 00:24:39.549 --> 00:24:44.930 come<00:24:39.750><c> to</c><00:24:39.950><c> the</c><00:24:40.109><c> widow's</c><00:24:40.490><c> oil,</c><00:24:41.730><c> to</c><00:24:41.849><c> an</c><00:24:42.069><c> enacted</c><00:24:42.470><c> parable,</c><00:24:44.509><c> to</c><00:24:44.710><c> a</c> 00:24:44.930 --> 00:24:48.849 pattern<00:24:45.269><c> of</c><00:24:45.549><c> redemption,</c><00:24:46.490><c> to</c><00:24:47.069><c> a</c><00:24:47.410><c> truth</c><00:24:47.769><c> that</c><00:24:48.549><c> links</c> 00:24:48.849 --> 00:24:54.950 with<00:24:49.009><c> the</c><00:24:49.210><c> whole</c><00:24:49.509><c> ministry</c><00:24:50.170><c> of</c><00:24:50.670><c> Elijah</c><00:24:51.130><c> and</c><00:24:51.670><c> Elisha</c><00:24:52.589><c> in</c><00:24:54.089><c> debt,</c> 00:24:55.250 --> 00:24:59.329 in<00:24:55.430><c> bondage,</c><00:24:56.890><c> freedom</c><00:24:57.210><c> as</c><00:24:57.670><c> a</c><00:24:57.809><c> result</c><00:24:58.029><c> of</c><00:24:58.230><c> a</c><00:24:58.390><c> miracle,</c> 00:24:59.890 --> 00:25:07.509 as<00:25:00.089><c> a</c><00:25:00.190><c> result</c><00:25:00.430><c> of</c><00:25:00.589><c> God's</c><00:25:00.970><c> compassion.</c><00:25:03.670><c> Let's</c><00:25:03.970><c> look</c><00:25:04.250><c> at</c><00:25:04.890><c> a</c><00:25:05.289><c> miracle</c><00:25:05.789><c> that</c><00:25:06.430><c> follows.</c> 00:25:07.890 --> 00:25:12.069 Second<00:25:08.210><c> Kings</c><00:25:08.470><c> chapter</c><00:25:08.950><c> 4.</c><00:25:10.950><c> I</c><00:25:11.150><c> know</c><00:25:11.289><c> we're</c><00:25:11.450><c> not</c><00:25:11.730><c> exhausting</c> 00:25:12.069 --> 00:25:15.049 all<00:25:12.349><c> the</c><00:25:12.609><c> details.</c><00:25:13.630><c> What</c><00:25:13.769><c> we're</c><00:25:13.930><c> looking</c><00:25:14.190><c> for</c> 00:25:15.190 --> 00:25:21.710 primarily<00:25:15.849><c> is</c><00:25:17.190><c> patterns.</c><00:25:18.869><c> We're</c><00:25:19.069><c> looking</c><00:25:19.309><c> for</c><00:25:19.650><c> patterns.</c><00:25:21.569><c> We</c> 00:25:21.710 --> 00:25:23.470 come<00:25:21.849><c> then</c><00:25:22.109><c> 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came</c><00:25:45.809><c> a</c><00:25:46.029><c> man</c><00:25:46.329><c> from</c><00:25:46.630><c> Baal</c><00:25:47.069><c>-shalisha</c><00:25:47.809><c> and</c><00:25:48.910><c> brought</c> 00:25:49.170 --> 00:25:52.750 the<00:25:49.390><c> man</c><00:25:49.549><c> of</c><00:25:49.809><c> God</c><00:25:50.369><c> bread</c><00:25:51.009><c> of</c><00:25:51.470><c> the</c><00:25:51.789><c> first</c><00:25:52.109><c> fruits,</c> 00:25:53.190 --> 00:25:58.410 twenty<00:25:53.589><c> loaves</c><00:25:54.069><c> of</c><00:25:54.430><c> barley</c><00:25:54.910><c> and</c><00:25:56.150><c> full</c><00:25:56.809><c> ears</c><00:25:57.269><c> of</c><00:25:57.609><c> corn</c><00:25:57.970><c> in</c><00:25:58.190><c> the</c> 00:25:58.410 --> 00:26:03.029 husk<00:25:58.809><c> thereof.</c><00:25:59.950><c> And</c><00:26:00.049><c> he</c><00:26:00.269><c> said,</c><00:26:01.650><c> Elisha</c><00:26:02.049><c> does,</c> 00:26:03.750 --> 00:26:08.190 give<00:26:03.829><c> unto</c><00:26:04.049><c> 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is</c><00:26:21.730><c> wrong.</c><00:26:23.069><c> And</c><00:26:23.269><c> he</c><00:26:23.390><c> said</c><00:26:23.549><c> again,</c><00:26:24.950><c> give</c> 00:26:25.369 --> 00:26:28.309 the<00:26:25.750><c> people</c><00:26:26.210><c> that</c><00:26:26.490><c> they</c><00:26:26.789><c> may</c><00:26:27.130><c> eat,</c> 00:26:29.049 --> 00:26:34.569 for<00:26:29.470><c> thus</c><00:26:29.869><c> saith</c><00:26:30.170><c> Yahweh,</c><00:26:31.170><c> they</c><00:26:31.529><c> shall</c><00:26:31.849><c> eat</c><00:26:32.490><c> and</c><00:26:33.470><c> shall</c><00:26:33.950><c> leave</c> 00:26:34.569 --> 00:26:38.609 thereof.<00:26:36.250><c> So</c><00:26:36.890><c> he</c><00:26:37.190><c> said</c><00:26:37.369><c> it</c><00:26:37.589><c> before</c><00:26:37.869><c> them</c><00:26:38.069><c> and</c><00:26:38.329><c> they</c> 00:26:38.609 --> 00:26:45.569 did<00:26:38.769><c> eat</c><00:26:39.230><c> and</c><00:26:39.809><c> left</c><00:26:40.170><c> thereof,</c><00:26:41.509><c> 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feeding</c><00:26:57.369><c> of</c><00:26:57.549><c> the</c><00:26:57.750><c> 4</c> 00:26:57.990 --> 00:27:01.730 ,000.<00:26:59.670><c> And</c><00:27:00.049><c> Jesus</c><00:27:00.529><c> prodded</c><00:27:00.950><c> them,</c><00:27:01.190><c> did</c><00:27:01.349><c> he</c><00:27:01.529><c> not,</c> 00:27:01.829 --> 00:27:05.210 after<00:27:02.130><c> one</c><00:27:02.309><c> of</c><00:27:02.410><c> those</c><00:27:02.609><c> miracles?</c><00:27:03.390><c> Don't</c><00:27:03.650><c> you</c><00:27:03.829><c> yet</c><00:27:04.069><c> understand?</c><00:27:04.650><c> He</c><00:27:04.789><c> said</c><00:27:04.950><c> when</c><00:27:05.049><c> he</c> 00:27:05.210 --> 00:27:05.690 was<00:27:05.349><c> in</c><00:27:05.430><c> the</c><00:27:05.589><c> boat</c> 00:27:05.690 --> 00:27:11.609 with<00:27:05.789><c> them,</c><00:27:06.589><c> how</c><00:27:06.730><c> many</c><00:27:07.109><c> loaves,</c><00:27:08.190><c> how</c><00:27:08.289><c> many</c><00:27:08.589><c> baskets</c><00:27:09.069><c> were</c><00:27:09.289><c> left</c><00:27:09.609><c> over?</c><00:27:11.410><c> And</c> 00:27:11.609 --> 00:27:13.730 they<00:27:11.730><c> said,</c><00:27:11.970><c> oh,</c><00:27:12.509><c> twelve.</c> 00:27:14.869 --> 00:27:17.890 There<00:27:15.150><c> was</c><00:27:15.450><c> bread</c><00:27:15.789><c> sufficient</c><00:27:16.470><c> and</c><00:27:16.930><c> there</c><00:27:17.049><c> was</c><00:27:17.289><c> bread</c><00:27:17.509><c> left</c> 00:27:17.890 --> 00:27:21.210 over.<00:27:19.130><c> What</c><00:27:19.289><c> an</c><00:27:19.569><c> expression,</c><00:27:20.089><c> not</c><00:27:20.250><c> only</c><00:27:20.509><c> of</c><00:27:20.710><c> God's</c> 00:27:21.210 --> 00:27:25.849 provision,<00:27:21.950><c> but</c><00:27:22.089><c> of</c><00:27:22.230><c> his</c><00:27:22.430><c> bounty.</c><00:27:24.309><c> For</c><00:27:24.670><c> Paul</c><00:27:25.089><c> picks</c><00:27:25.369><c> up</c><00:27:25.609><c> that</c> 00:27:25.849 --> 00:27:28.589 principle,<00:27:26.410><c> doesn't</c><00:27:26.630><c> he,</c><00:27:26.849><c> in</c><00:27:27.009><c> Romans,</c><00:27:27.809><c> when</c><00:27:27.970><c> he</c><00:27:28.230><c> says,</c> 00:27:28.589 --> 00:27:36.730 where<00:27:29.349><c> sin</c><00:27:29.829><c> abounded,</c><00:27:31.829><c> grace</c><00:27:32.430><c> did</c><00:27:33.529><c> much</c><00:27:34.450><c> more</c><00:27:35.170><c> abound.</c><00:27:36.670><c> It's</c> 00:27:36.730 --> 00:27:39.069 not<00:27:37.029><c> that</c><00:27:37.390><c> in</c><00:27:37.769><c> dealing</c><00:27:38.049><c> with</c><00:27:38.289><c> the</c><00:27:38.470><c> problem</c><00:27:38.809><c> of</c> 00:27:39.069 --> 00:27:46.789 sin<00:27:39.269><c> and</c><00:27:39.509><c> death</c><00:27:39.950><c> and</c><00:27:41.009><c> the</c><00:27:41.309><c> needs</c><00:27:41.589><c> of</c><00:27:41.890><c> mortality</c><00:27:42.490><c> that</c><00:27:42.769><c> God</c><00:27:43.150><c> just</c><00:27:43.650><c> provides</c><00:27:44.150><c> enough.</c><00:27:46.029><c> What</c><00:27:46.369><c> we</c> 00:27:46.789 --> 00:27:48.029 lose<00:27:47.230><c> and</c><00:27:47.529><c> what</c><00:27:47.730><c> we</c> 00:27:48.029 --> 00:27:52.690 gain<00:27:48.309><c> back</c><00:27:48.789><c> as</c><00:27:49.029><c> a</c><00:27:49.109><c> result</c><00:27:49.450><c> of</c><00:27:49.670><c> the</c><00:27:49.869><c> Father's</c><00:27:50.809><c> atoning</c><00:27:51.210><c> work</c><00:27:51.509><c> through</c><00:27:51.750><c> Christ</c><00:27:52.230><c> is</c> 00:27:52.690 --> 00:27:55.289 much<00:27:52.930><c> greater.</c><00:27:53.990><c> We</c><00:27:54.349><c> gain</c><00:27:54.670><c> back</c> 00:27:55.289 --> 00:27:59.970 more<00:27:56.049><c> than</c><00:27:56.230><c> we</c><00:27:56.349><c> have</c><00:27:56.650><c> lost.</c><00:27:57.970><c> What</c><00:27:58.109><c> do</c><00:27:58.210><c> we</c><00:27:58.269><c> mean</c><00:27:58.430><c> by</c><00:27:58.650><c> that?</c><00:27:59.809><c> What</c> 00:27:59.970 --> 00:28:02.269 have<00:28:00.170><c> we</c><00:28:00.390><c> lost</c><00:28:00.710><c> as</c><00:28:00.930><c> a</c><00:28:01.069><c> result</c><00:28:01.289><c> of</c><00:28:01.509><c> sin's</c><00:28:01.890><c> introduction</c> 00:28:02.269 --> 00:28:07.410 into<00:28:02.470><c> the</c><00:28:02.650><c> world?</c><00:28:03.849><c> We</c><00:28:04.069><c> have</c><00:28:04.289><c> lost</c><00:28:04.549><c> continuous</c><00:28:05.349><c> mortal</c><00:28:06.230><c> life.</c> 00:28:08.029 --> 00:28:10.369 Mortality<00:28:08.490><c> is</c><00:28:08.730><c> cut</c><00:28:08.930><c> short.</c><00:28:09.450><c> There</c><00:28:09.630><c> is</c><00:28:09.869><c> an</c><00:28:10.029><c> end.</c> 00:28:10.630 --> 00:28:14.690 Dying,<00:28:11.150><c> thou</c><00:28:11.289><c> shalt</c><00:28:11.589><c> die.</c><00:28:12.849><c> The</c><00:28:13.150><c> corrupting</c><00:28:13.670><c> principle</c><00:28:14.029><c> brings</c><00:28:14.349><c> us</c><00:28:14.569><c> to</c> 00:28:14.690 --> 00:28:18.529 the<00:28:14.910><c> grave.</c><00:28:15.450><c> We</c><00:28:15.730><c> lose</c><00:28:16.250><c> life</c><00:28:17.170><c> permanently.</c> 00:28:18.950 --> 00:28:24.569 What<00:28:19.329><c> do</c><00:28:19.890><c> we</c><00:28:20.029><c> gain</c><00:28:20.250><c> back?</c><00:28:21.769><c> A</c><00:28:22.230><c> long</c><00:28:22.509><c> period</c><00:28:22.890><c> of</c><00:28:23.109><c> mortality,</c><00:28:23.849><c> longer</c><00:28:24.170><c> than</c><00:28:24.369><c> we</c> 00:28:24.569 --> 00:28:28.109 lost.<00:28:25.869><c> We</c><00:28:26.049><c> gain</c><00:28:26.289><c> back</c><00:28:26.670><c> more</c><00:28:26.910><c> than</c><00:28:27.190><c> that,</c> 00:28:28.329 --> 00:28:32.970 eternal<00:28:28.769><c> life</c><00:28:29.150><c> forever.</c><00:28:30.849><c> Moreover,</c><00:28:32.150><c> we</c><00:28:32.250><c> are</c><00:28:32.450><c> participants</c> 00:28:32.970 --> 00:28:36.430 in<00:28:33.150><c> the</c><00:28:33.369><c> 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A</c><00:29:08.410><c> multiplication</c><00:29:08.829><c> of</c> 00:29:09.529 --> 00:29:10.690 bread<00:29:09.890><c> at</c><00:29:10.329><c> the</c> 00:29:10.690 --> 00:29:17.490 time<00:29:10.809><c> of</c><00:29:10.950><c> the</c><00:29:11.150><c> first</c><00:29:11.410><c> fruits,</c><00:29:12.329><c> Passover.</c><00:29:16.549><c> Why</c><00:29:17.029><c> would</c><00:29:17.190><c> it</c><00:29:17.349><c> tell</c> 00:29:17.490 --> 00:29:20.569 us<00:29:17.730><c> that</c><00:29:17.869><c> it's</c><00:29:18.170><c> the</c><00:29:18.369><c> first</c><00:29:18.609><c> fruits?</c><00:29:19.809><c> Why</c><00:29:20.150><c> would</c><00:29:20.349><c> it</c> 00:29:20.569 --> 00:29:27.190 tell<00:29:20.690><c> us</c><00:29:20.910><c> that</c><00:29:21.029><c> this</c><00:29:21.230><c> is</c><00:29:21.430><c> the</c><00:29:21.670><c> time</c><00:29:22.130><c> of</c><00:29:23.089><c> Passover?</c><00:29:25.309><c> Well,</c><00:29:25.509><c> we've</c><00:29:25.750><c> 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of</c><00:29:36.789><c> the</c> 00:29:36.970 --> 00:29:39.200 feeding<00:29:37.150><c> of</c><00:29:37.329><c> the</c><00:29:37.569><c> five</c><00:29:37.809><c> thousand</c><00:29:38.150><c> was</c><00:29:38.430><c> when?</c> 00:29:40.869 --> 00:29:48.029 Anyone<00:29:41.009><c> recall?</c><00:29:42.390><c> It</c><00:29:42.589><c> was</c><00:29:42.829><c> Passover.</c><00:29:45.670><c> It</c><00:29:45.970><c> was</c><00:29:46.470><c> Passover</c><00:29:47.309><c> when</c> 00:29:48.029 --> 00:29:49.809 we<00:29:48.250><c> have</c><00:29:48.369><c> the</c><00:29:48.589><c> feeding</c><00:29:48.750><c> of</c><00:29:48.930><c> the</c><00:29:49.130><c> five.</c> 00:29:53.289 --> 00:29:57.349 By<00:29:53.829><c> the</c><00:29:54.109><c> fact</c><00:29:54.269><c> that</c><00:29:54.410><c> we</c><00:29:54.589><c> have</c><00:29:54.789><c> first</c><00:29:55.130><c> fruits</c><00:29:55.430><c> and</c><00:29:55.670><c> we</c><00:29:55.730><c> have</c><00:29:55.990><c> 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place<00:33:52.609><c> his</c><00:33:52.849><c> name</c><00:33:53.109><c> there.</c> 00:33:54.450 --> 00:33:59.789 Now<00:33:54.890><c> this</c><00:33:55.289><c> basket,</c><00:33:56.529><c> verse</c><00:33:56.829><c> four,</c><00:33:57.730><c> the</c><00:33:57.890><c> priest</c><00:33:58.170><c> shall</c><00:33:58.369><c> take</c><00:33:58.670><c> the</c><00:33:58.930><c> basket</c><00:33:59.369><c> out</c><00:33:59.589><c> of</c> 00:33:59.789 --> 00:34:01.130 thine<00:33:59.970><c> hand</c><00:34:00.309><c> and</c><00:34:00.529><c> set</c><00:34:00.690><c> it</c><00:34:00.869><c> before</c> 00:34:01.130 --> 00:34:05.250 the<00:34:01.230><c> altar</c><00:34:01.650><c> of</c><00:34:02.109><c> the</c><00:34:02.250><c> Lord</c><00:34:02.430><c> thy</c><00:34:02.750><c> God.</c><00:34:04.329><c> And</c><00:34:04.390><c> thou</c><00:34:04.630><c> shalt</c><00:34:04.910><c> speak</c> 00:34:05.250 --> 00:34:07.730 and<00:34:05.490><c> say</c><00:34:05.710><c> before</c><00:34:06.009><c> the</c><00:34:06.190><c> Lord</c><00:34:06.369><c> thy</c><00:34:06.710><c> God,</c> 00:34:08.110 --> 00:34:12.110 a<00:34:08.389><c> Syrian</c><00:34:08.730><c> ready</c><00:34:09.070><c> to</c><00:34:09.389><c> perish</c><00:34:09.670><c> was</c><00:34:09.889><c> my</c><00:34:10.190><c> father.</c><00:34:11.349><c> And</c><00:34:11.789><c> he</c><00:34:11.929><c> went</c> 00:34:12.110 --> 00:34:14.130 down<00:34:12.389><c> into</c><00:34:12.590><c> Egypt</c><00:34:12.989><c> and</c><00:34:13.289><c> so</c><00:34:13.469><c> journeyed</c><00:34:13.710><c> there</c><00:34:13.929><c> with</c> 00:34:14.130 --> 00:34:17.250 a<00:34:14.329><c> few</c><00:34:14.610><c> and</c><00:34:15.090><c> became</c><00:34:15.409><c> there</c><00:34:15.670><c> a</c><00:34:15.849><c> nation,</c><00:34:16.389><c> great,</c><00:34:16.690><c> mighty,</c><00:34:17.070><c> and</c> 00:34:17.250 --> 00:34:21.449 populous,<00:34:17.789><c> and</c><00:34:18.369><c> so</c><00:34:18.650><c> on.</c><00:34:20.170><c> You</c><00:34:20.650><c> know</c><00:34:20.869><c> the</c><00:34:21.050><c> details,</c> 00:34:21.510 --> 00:34:23.829 perhaps.<00:34:21.969><c> And</c><00:34:22.130><c> if</c><00:34:22.170><c> you</c><00:34:22.389><c> don't,</c><00:34:22.730><c> we'd</c><00:34:23.010><c> suggest</c><00:34:23.289><c> you</c><00:34:23.550><c> survey</c> 00:34:23.829 --> 00:34:25.150 them<00:34:23.969><c> when</c><00:34:24.090><c> you</c><00:34:24.230><c> have</c><00:34:24.369><c> time.</c> 00:34:27.090 --> 00:34:33.309 First<00:34:27.750><c> fruits,</c><00:34:29.190><c> the</c><00:34:29.409><c> Passover,</c><00:34:31.030><c> an</c><00:34:31.269><c> annual</c><00:34:31.590><c> celebration,</c><00:34:33.070><c> an</c> 00:34:33.309 --> 00:34:37.130 annual<00:34:33.730><c> act,</c><00:34:34.769><c> and</c><00:34:34.929><c> an</c><00:34:35.110><c> acted</c><00:34:35.309><c> parable</c><00:34:36.090><c> in</c><00:34:36.590><c> which</c><00:34:36.809><c> the</c> 00:34:37.130 --> 00:34:41.170 Israelite<00:34:37.469><c> was</c><00:34:37.670><c> a</c><00:34:37.989><c> participant.</c><00:34:39.750><c> He</c><00:34:39.989><c> participated</c><00:34:40.670><c> in</c><00:34:40.929><c> this</c> 00:34:41.170 --> 00:34:45.530 and<00:34:41.429><c> said</c><00:34:41.590><c> aloud,</c><00:34:43.150><c> a</c><00:34:43.329><c> Syrian</c><00:34:43.809><c> ready</c><00:34:44.670><c> to</c><00:34:44.989><c> perish</c><00:34:45.289><c> was</c> 00:34:45.530 --> 00:34:55.289 my<00:34:45.670><c> father.</c><00:34:46.630><c> A</c><00:34:47.130><c> what?</c><00:34:49.489><c> A</c><00:34:50.050><c> Syrian</c><00:34:50.570><c> was</c><00:34:51.170><c> my</c><00:34:51.630><c> father.</c><00:34:53.809><c> The</c><00:34:54.210><c> Jew</c><00:34:54.670><c> was</c><00:34:55.010><c> to</c> 00:34:55.289 --> 00:34:59.349 confess<00:34:56.070><c> that</c><00:34:56.690><c> his</c><00:34:57.090><c> father</c><00:34:57.690><c> was</c><00:34:58.090><c> a</c><00:34:58.429><c> Syrian.</c> 00:35:01.750 --> 00:35:09.750 Isn't<00:35:02.190><c> that</c><00:35:02.429><c> interesting?</c><00:35:04.190><c> A</c><00:35:04.570><c> Syrian?</c><00:35:05.969><c> Why</c><00:35:06.309><c> a</c><00:35:06.590><c> Syrian?</c><00:35:08.190><c> Why</c><00:35:08.489><c> that</c><00:35:08.789><c> confession</c><00:35:09.349><c> from</c><00:35:09.610><c> a</c> 00:35:09.750 --> 00:35:11.210 Jew's<00:35:10.110><c> mouth</c><00:35:10.389><c> at</c><00:35:10.690><c> the</c><00:35:10.929><c> time</c> 00:35:11.210 --> 00:35:18.610 the<00:35:11.429><c> first</c><00:35:11.730><c> fruits?</c><00:35:12.630><c> Strange,</c><00:35:13.650><c> isn't</c><00:35:13.650><c> it?</c><00:35:15.130><c> What</c><00:35:15.409><c> was</c><00:35:15.550><c> he</c><00:35:15.809><c> confessing?</c><00:35:17.469><c> Everything</c><00:35:18.070><c> we've</c><00:35:18.409><c> been</c> 00:35:18.610 --> 00:35:19.110 covering<00:35:18.849><c> this</c> 00:35:19.110 --> 00:35:23.130 week<00:35:19.329><c> by</c><00:35:19.570><c> Brother</c><00:35:19.889><c> John</c><00:35:20.170><c> Allman</c><00:35:20.550><c> in</c><00:35:20.969><c> Acts</c><00:35:21.289><c> chapter</c><00:35:21.690><c> seven</c><00:35:22.230><c> focuses</c><00:35:22.869><c> on</c> 00:35:23.130 --> 00:35:27.550 that.<00:35:24.730><c> It</c><00:35:24.929><c> is</c><00:35:25.489><c> a</c><00:35:25.869><c> reminder</c><00:35:26.230><c> to</c><00:35:26.449><c> the</c><00:35:26.670><c> Jew</c> 00:35:27.929 --> 00:35:33.269 against<00:35:28.650><c> his</c><00:35:29.210><c> exclusiveness</c><00:35:29.909><c> for</c><00:35:31.449><c> who</c><00:35:32.050><c> was</c><00:35:32.329><c> the</c><00:35:32.610><c> Syrian</c><00:35:32.949><c> that</c> 00:35:33.269 --> 00:35:34.650 was<00:35:33.570><c> the</c><00:35:33.789><c> father.</c> 00:35:34.849 --> 00:35:39.949 Well,<00:35:35.610><c> the</c><00:35:35.650><c> most</c><00:35:35.969><c> obvious</c><00:35:36.289><c> would</c><00:35:36.510><c> be</c><00:35:36.670><c> Jacob,</c><00:35:38.309><c> who</c><00:35:38.489><c> labored</c><00:35:38.849><c> with</c><00:35:39.309><c> Laban</c><00:35:39.650><c> in</c> 00:35:39.949 --> 00:35:43.409 Haran,<00:35:40.989><c> Paddan</c><00:35:42.050><c> Aram.</c> 00:35:43.769 --> 00:35:47.210 Remember<00:35:44.010><c> we</c><00:35:44.230><c> said</c><00:35:44.389><c> Aram</c><00:35:44.769><c> is</c><00:35:44.929><c> the</c><00:35:45.070><c> word</c><00:35:45.190><c> for</c><00:35:45.510><c> Syria?</c><00:35:46.570><c> Paddan</c> 00:35:47.210 --> 00:35:50.210 Aram.<00:35:48.170><c> That's</c><00:35:48.730><c> where</c><00:35:48.969><c> Jacob</c><00:35:49.349><c> went</c><00:35:49.630><c> back</c><00:35:49.989><c> to</c> 00:35:50.210 --> 00:35:53.309 find<00:35:50.469><c> his</c><00:35:50.769><c> family</c><00:35:51.230><c> connections.</c><00:35:52.170><c> That's</c><00:35:52.530><c> where</c><00:35:52.670><c> he</c><00:35:52.889><c> drew</c><00:35:53.070><c> his</c> 00:35:53.309 --> 00:35:58.130 wife<00:35:53.610><c> from.</c><00:35:55.030><c> For</c><00:35:55.329><c> Laban</c><00:35:55.710><c> is</c><00:35:55.989><c> called</c><00:35:56.329><c> Laban</c><00:35:56.909><c> the</c><00:35:57.190><c> Syrian.</c> 00:35:58.849 --> 00:36:07.170 Abraham<00:35:59.489><c> himself</c><00:36:00.110><c> stopped</c><00:36:00.590><c> in</c><00:36:00.869><c> Haran.</c><00:36:02.010><c> There</c><00:36:02.150><c> were</c><00:36:02.369><c> family</c><00:36:02.769><c> connections</c><00:36:03.269><c> with</c><00:36:03.510><c> Abraham.</c><00:36:04.429><c> He</c><00:36:04.730><c> too</c><00:36:05.030><c> was</c><00:36:05.230><c> in</c><00:36:05.449><c> Syria</c><00:36:05.789><c> for</c><00:36:06.090><c> a</c><00:36:06.230><c> while.</c> 00:36:08.849 --> 00:36:12.369 So<00:36:09.489><c> here,</c><00:36:10.610><c> in</c><00:36:10.949><c> harmony</c><00:36:11.269><c> with</c><00:36:11.510><c> all</c><00:36:11.789><c> that</c><00:36:11.889><c> we've</c><00:36:12.030><c> been</c><00:36:12.210><c> looking</c> 00:36:12.369 --> 00:36:14.230 at<00:36:12.590><c> in</c><00:36:12.769><c> Acts</c><00:36:12.969><c> chapter</c><00:36:13.409><c> seven,</c> 00:36:15.349 --> 00:36:20.150 God<00:36:15.889><c> is</c><00:36:16.530><c> reminding</c><00:36:17.050><c> the</c><00:36:17.429><c> Jew</c><00:36:17.690><c> at</c><00:36:18.230><c> Passover,</c><00:36:19.349><c> at</c><00:36:19.530><c> the</c><00:36:19.769><c> time</c><00:36:19.969><c> of</c> 00:36:20.150 --> 00:36:22.469 the<00:36:20.309><c> first</c><00:36:20.590><c> fruits,</c><00:36:21.309><c> that</c><00:36:21.650><c> his</c> 00:36:23.510 --> 00:36:28.590 connections,<00:36:24.349><c> family</c><00:36:25.010><c>-wise,</c><00:36:26.010><c> go</c><00:36:26.190><c> back</c><00:36:26.550><c> to</c><00:36:26.769><c> a</c><00:36:27.010><c> father</c><00:36:27.469><c> who</c><00:36:27.909><c> was</c> 00:36:28.590 --> 00:36:33.050 a<00:36:29.610><c> Syrian.</c><00:36:31.869><c> Now,</c> 00:36:34.090 --> 00:36:40.630 the<00:36:34.429><c> groundwork</c><00:36:35.070><c> we</c><00:36:35.389><c> laid</c><00:36:35.610><c> in</c><00:36:35.829><c> our</c><00:36:36.050><c> first</c><00:36:36.329><c> two</c><00:36:36.670><c> classes</c><00:36:37.210><c> begins</c><00:36:37.750><c> to</c><00:36:38.090><c> have</c><00:36:38.289><c> some</c><00:36:38.650><c> sense.</c><00:36:40.190><c> We</c> 00:36:40.630 --> 00:36:42.530 said,<00:36:41.349><c> as</c><00:36:41.949><c> we</c><00:36:42.150><c> considered</c> 00:36:42.530 --> 00:36:46.289 our<00:36:42.869><c> introductory</c><00:36:43.309><c> comments,</c><00:36:44.110><c> that</c><00:36:44.389><c> Tyre</c><00:36:44.989><c> passes</c><00:36:45.670><c> from</c><00:36:46.010><c> the</c> 00:36:46.289 --> 00:36:49.269 scene<00:36:46.590><c> during</c><00:36:47.030><c> the</c><00:36:47.289><c> ministry</c><00:36:47.630><c> of</c><00:36:47.909><c> Elijah</c><00:36:48.309><c> and</c><00:36:48.849><c> who</c> 00:36:49.269 --> 00:36:53.489 or<00:36:49.530><c> what</c><00:36:49.889><c> power</c><00:36:50.690><c> becomes</c><00:36:51.250><c> the</c><00:36:51.610><c> national</c><00:36:52.110><c> problem</c><00:36:52.789><c> during</c><00:36:53.230><c> the</c> 00:36:53.489 --> 00:36:57.170 ministry<00:36:53.789><c> of</c><00:36:54.010><c> Elisha.</c><00:36:56.210><c> Syria.</c> 00:36:58.710 --> 00:37:04.349 Now,<00:36:59.570><c> go</c><00:36:59.809><c> back</c><00:37:00.429><c> with</c><00:37:00.769><c> that</c><00:37:00.969><c> in</c><00:37:01.190><c> mind</c><00:37:01.730><c> to</c><00:37:02.230><c> second</c><00:37:02.610><c> Kings</c><00:37:03.010><c> chapter</c><00:37:03.489><c> four.</c> 00:37:07.309 --> 00:37:09.650 We're<00:37:07.650><c> going</c><00:37:07.769><c> to</c><00:37:07.929><c> return</c><00:37:08.250><c> to</c><00:37:08.449><c> that</c><00:37:08.650><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:37:09.210><c> passage.</c> 00:37:09.769 --> 00:37:10.949 We're<00:37:09.849><c> not</c><00:37:10.070><c> finished.</c> 00:37:11.170 --> 00:37:14.150 So<00:37:11.630><c> perhaps</c><00:37:12.130><c> it's</c><00:37:12.329><c> already</c><00:37:12.590><c> too</c><00:37:12.849><c> late.</c><00:37:13.130><c> You</c><00:37:13.210><c> might</c><00:37:13.329><c> want</c><00:37:14.010><c> to</c> 00:37:14.150 --> 00:37:14.710 mark<00:37:14.349><c> it.</c> 00:37:14.710 --> 00:37:19.309 Probably<00:37:15.610><c> too</c><00:37:15.889><c> late.</c><00:37:17.010><c> Let's</c><00:37:17.070><c> go</c><00:37:17.230><c> back</c><00:37:17.429><c> to</c><00:37:17.610><c> second</c><00:37:17.889><c> Kings</c><00:37:18.130><c> chapter</c><00:37:18.610><c> four</c> 00:37:19.309 --> 00:37:22.110 and<00:37:20.670><c> consider</c><00:37:21.070><c> this</c> 00:37:22.530 --> 00:37:28.750 in<00:37:22.849><c> light</c><00:37:23.070><c> of</c><00:37:23.269><c> that</c><00:37:23.530><c> background.</c><00:37:24.449><c> What's</c><00:37:24.889><c> happening</c><00:37:25.110><c> then?</c><00:37:26.389><c> In</c><00:37:26.489><c> verse</c><00:37:26.809><c> 42,</c><00:37:28.409><c> at</c><00:37:28.469><c> a</c> 00:37:28.750 --> 00:37:30.170 time<00:37:28.989><c> of</c><00:37:29.349><c> drought,</c> 00:37:33.449 --> 00:37:39.269 verse<00:37:34.090><c> 42,</c><00:37:34.789><c> there</c><00:37:34.929><c> came</c><00:37:35.190><c> a</c><00:37:35.429><c> man</c><00:37:35.650><c> from</c><00:37:35.949><c> Baal</c><00:37:36.369><c> Shalisha</c><00:37:37.110><c> and</c><00:37:38.730><c> brought</c><00:37:39.030><c> the</c> 00:37:39.269 --> 00:37:40.550 man<00:37:39.429><c> of</c><00:37:39.630><c> God</c><00:37:39.949><c> bread</c> 00:37:40.550 --> 00:37:44.670 of<00:37:40.949><c> the</c><00:37:41.289><c> first</c><00:37:41.610><c> fruits,</c><00:37:42.130><c> twenty</c><00:37:42.590><c> loaves</c><00:37:42.989><c> of</c><00:37:43.289><c> barley</c><00:37:43.650><c> and</c><00:37:44.389><c> full</c> 00:37:44.670 --> 00:37:46.789 ears<00:37:45.030><c> of</c><00:37:45.329><c> corn</c><00:37:45.530><c> in</c><00:37:45.710><c> the</c><00:37:45.929><c> husk.</c> 00:37:47.329 --> 00:37:52.650 At<00:37:47.849><c> the</c><00:37:48.150><c> very</c><00:37:48.570><c> time</c><00:37:49.289><c> when</c><00:37:49.909><c> the</c><00:37:50.289><c> faithful</c><00:37:50.849><c> Jew</c><00:37:51.449><c> was</c><00:37:52.030><c> to</c><00:37:52.289><c> stand</c> 00:37:52.650 --> 00:37:55.769 with<00:37:52.889><c> his</c><00:37:53.190><c> basket</c><00:37:53.670><c> of</c><00:37:54.090><c> first</c><00:37:54.389><c> fruits</c><00:37:54.690><c> and</c><00:37:55.110><c> confess</c> 00:37:55.769 --> 00:37:59.929 that<00:37:56.309><c> he</c><00:37:56.829><c> was</c><00:37:57.250><c> a</c><00:37:57.570><c> Syrian,</c><00:37:58.369><c> or</c><00:37:58.570><c> rather</c><00:37:58.809><c> his</c><00:37:59.090><c> father</c><00:37:59.429><c> was</c><00:37:59.690><c> a</c> 00:37:59.929 --> 00:38:02.869 Syrian,<00:38:00.789><c> thereby</c><00:38:01.090><c> connecting</c><00:38:01.630><c> himself,</c> 00:38:03.070 --> 00:38:09.289 at<00:38:03.369><c> that</c><00:38:03.650><c> very</c><00:38:04.070><c> time</c><00:38:04.469><c> we</c><00:38:04.650><c> have</c><00:38:04.809><c> this</c><00:38:05.030><c> miracle.</c><00:38:07.110><c> The</c><00:38:07.489><c> first</c><00:38:07.809><c> fruits</c><00:38:08.090><c> brought</c><00:38:08.449><c> here,</c><00:38:09.070><c> the</c> 00:38:09.289 --> 00:38:09.989 twenty<00:38:09.590><c> loaves,</c> 00:38:09.989 --> 00:38:13.469 the<00:38:10.150><c> barley,</c><00:38:10.630><c> the</c><00:38:10.809><c> full</c><00:38:11.050><c> ears</c><00:38:11.230><c> of</c><00:38:11.469><c> corn,</c><00:38:12.389><c> might</c><00:38:12.570><c> in</c><00:38:12.849><c> fact</c><00:38:13.090><c> have</c> 00:38:13.469 --> 00:38:17.590 been<00:38:13.869><c> part</c><00:38:14.250><c> of</c><00:38:14.409><c> the</c><00:38:14.690><c> store</c><00:38:15.190><c> from</c><00:38:16.070><c> which</c><00:38:16.630><c> was</c><00:38:17.170><c> drawn</c> 00:38:17.590 --> 00:38:24.230 that<00:38:18.110><c> basket,</c><00:38:20.289><c> which</c><00:38:20.750><c> gave</c><00:38:21.349><c> rise</c><00:38:21.849><c> to</c><00:38:22.130><c> that</c><00:38:22.309><c> public</c><00:38:22.750><c> confession</c><00:38:23.409><c> that</c><00:38:23.829><c> my</c> 00:38:24.230 --> 00:38:27.690 father<00:38:24.889><c> is</c><00:38:25.530><c> indeed,</c><00:38:26.210><c> or</c><00:38:26.469><c> was</c><00:38:26.730><c> indeed,</c> 00:38:28.070 --> 00:38:33.789 a<00:38:28.210><c> Syrian.</c><00:38:30.070><c> How</c><00:38:30.730><c> interesting.</c><00:38:32.449><c> Now</c><00:38:32.730><c> come</c><00:38:33.050><c> to</c><00:38:33.170><c> chapter</c><00:38:33.469><c> five,</c> 00:38:33.889 --> 00:38:35.789 verse<00:38:34.030><c> one,</c><00:38:34.929><c> quick.</c> 00:38:35.849 --> 00:38:40.030 Naaman,<00:38:36.369><c> the</c><00:38:36.530><c> captain</c><00:38:36.829><c> of</c><00:38:36.989><c> the</c><00:38:37.150><c> host,</c><00:38:37.469><c> the</c><00:38:37.550><c> king</c><00:38:37.710><c> of</c><00:38:38.090><c> Syria,</c><00:38:39.630><c> was</c><00:38:39.750><c> a</c> 00:38:40.030 --> 00:38:42.969 great<00:38:40.250><c> man</c><00:38:40.510><c> with</c><00:38:40.690><c> his</c><00:38:40.889><c> master</c><00:38:41.409><c> and</c><00:38:41.889><c> honorable</c> 00:38:43.210 --> 00:38:47.849 because<00:38:43.750><c> by</c><00:38:44.269><c> him</c><00:38:44.510><c> the</c><00:38:44.750><c> Lord</c><00:38:44.989><c> had</c><00:38:45.250><c> given</c><00:38:45.489><c> deliverance</c><00:38:46.070><c> unto</c><00:38:46.349><c> Syria.</c><00:38:47.469><c> He</c> 00:38:47.849 --> 00:38:49.369 was<00:38:48.110><c> a</c><00:38:48.250><c> mighty</c><00:38:48.469><c> man</c><00:38:48.750><c> in</c><00:38:49.030><c> valor,</c> 00:38:49.550 --> 00:38:54.730 but<00:38:49.789><c> he</c><00:38:49.869><c> was</c><00:38:50.110><c> a</c><00:38:50.269><c> leper.</c><00:38:51.750><c> Now</c><00:38:52.030><c> in</c><00:38:52.190><c> the</c><00:38:52.489><c> story</c><00:38:52.750><c> of</c><00:38:53.010><c> Naaman,</c><00:38:54.349><c> who</c> 00:38:54.730 --> 00:38:56.449 is<00:38:55.469><c> saved?</c> 00:38:58.590 --> 00:39:06.030 Naaman<00:38:59.269><c> the</c><00:38:59.949><c> Syrian.</c><00:39:02.050><c> The</c><00:39:02.289><c> whole</c><00:39:02.789><c> chapter</c><00:39:03.469><c> that</c><00:39:04.210><c> follows</c><00:39:04.849><c> as</c> 00:39:06.030 --> 00:39:08.349 a<00:39:06.150><c> result</c><00:39:06.409><c> of</c><00:39:06.510><c> what</c><00:39:06.670><c> we</c><00:39:06.909><c> see</c><00:39:07.130><c> here</c><00:39:07.389><c> in</c><00:39:07.570><c> chapter</c><00:39:07.929><c> four</c> 00:39:08.349 --> 00:39:16.210 is<00:39:08.750><c> a</c><00:39:08.989><c> miracle</c><00:39:09.469><c> on</c><00:39:09.949><c> a</c><00:39:10.429><c> Syrian,</c><00:39:12.130><c> an</c><00:39:12.389><c> enemy,</c><00:39:12.989><c> a</c><00:39:13.190><c> Gentile,</c><00:39:13.969><c> repugnant,</c><00:39:16.070><c> the</c> 00:39:16.210 --> 00:39:18.250 ones<00:39:16.510><c> the</c><00:39:16.849><c> Jews</c><00:39:17.130><c> hated,</c> 00:39:18.769 --> 00:39:23.070 but<00:39:18.929><c> they</c><00:39:19.150><c> had</c><00:39:19.429><c> forgotten</c><00:39:20.090><c> that</c><00:39:20.690><c> when</c><00:39:20.929><c> they</c><00:39:21.250><c> took</c><00:39:21.409><c> that</c><00:39:21.730><c> basket</c><00:39:22.170><c> of</c><00:39:22.510><c> store</c><00:39:22.769><c> on</c> 00:39:23.070 --> 00:39:23.969 the<00:39:23.289><c> first</c><00:39:23.570><c> fruits,</c> 00:39:23.969 --> 00:39:31.250 they<00:39:24.789><c> publicly</c><00:39:25.489><c> were</c><00:39:25.769><c> to</c><00:39:25.989><c> confess</c><00:39:26.610><c> with</c><00:39:27.530><c> their</c><00:39:27.789><c> basket</c><00:39:28.269><c> passed</c><00:39:28.670><c> to</c><00:39:28.849><c> the</c><00:39:29.090><c> priest,</c><00:39:31.010><c> my</c> 00:39:31.250 --> 00:39:36.289 father<00:39:32.570><c> was</c><00:39:33.710><c> a</c><00:39:35.309><c> Syrian.</c> 00:39:37.469 --> 00:39:41.650 So<00:39:38.150><c> much</c><00:39:38.389><c> for</c><00:39:38.590><c> the</c><00:39:38.969><c> exclusiveness</c><00:39:39.409><c> of</c><00:39:39.690><c> the</c><00:39:39.909><c> Jew,</c><00:39:40.969><c> so</c><00:39:41.250><c> much</c><00:39:41.449><c> for</c> 00:39:41.650 --> 00:39:44.570 their<00:39:41.889><c> smugness.</c><00:39:43.530><c> Here</c><00:39:43.730><c> was</c><00:39:43.949><c> a</c><00:39:44.170><c> nation,</c> 00:39:44.650 --> 00:39:48.969 through<00:39:44.869><c> Jezebel's</c><00:39:45.690><c> influence,</c><00:39:46.429><c> that</c><00:39:46.469><c> were</c><00:39:46.829><c> seeped</c><00:39:47.090><c> in</c><00:39:47.329><c> apostasy,</c><00:39:48.309><c> and</c> 00:39:48.969 --> 00:39:51.250 now<00:39:49.510><c> God</c><00:39:49.869><c> is</c><00:39:50.110><c> about</c><00:39:50.309><c> to</c><00:39:50.670><c> show</c><00:39:50.849><c> this</c> 00:39:51.250 --> 00:39:58.969 exclusive,<00:39:52.349><c> smug,</c><00:39:53.210><c> apostate</c><00:39:53.849><c> nation</c><00:39:54.409><c> that</c><00:39:54.829><c> he</c><00:39:55.110><c> will</c><00:39:55.389><c> even</c><00:39:55.809><c> save</c><00:39:56.250><c> the</c><00:39:56.889><c> Syrian,</c><00:39:57.769><c> the</c><00:39:58.170><c> captain</c><00:39:58.610><c> of</c> 00:39:58.969 --> 00:39:59.690 the<00:39:59.309><c> host,</c> 00:40:00.150 --> 00:40:05.269 their<00:40:00.449><c> arch</c><00:40:00.769><c> enemy,</c><00:40:02.929><c> that</c><00:40:03.010><c> he</c><00:40:03.130><c> will</c><00:40:03.269><c> be</c><00:40:03.409><c> merciful</c><00:40:03.710><c> to</c><00:40:03.929><c> him,</c><00:40:05.050><c> that</c><00:40:05.150><c> he</c> 00:40:05.269 --> 00:40:07.210 will<00:40:05.449><c> cure</c><00:40:05.710><c> him</c><00:40:05.989><c> of</c><00:40:06.170><c> his</c><00:40:06.329><c> leprosy.</c> 00:40:08.269 --> 00:40:12.530 And<00:40:08.969><c> not</c><00:40:09.289><c> only</c><00:40:09.570><c> that,</c><00:40:10.849><c> following</c><00:40:11.329><c> the</c><00:40:11.570><c> miracle</c><00:40:12.010><c> of</c><00:40:12.250><c> Naaman,</c> 00:40:12.769 --> 00:40:18.130 who<00:40:13.130><c> gets</c><00:40:13.530><c> leprosy?</c><00:40:15.969><c> Gehazi</c><00:40:16.730><c> the</c><00:40:17.130><c> Jew.</c> 00:40:19.510 --> 00:40:24.309 So<00:40:20.030><c> leprosy</c><00:40:20.550><c> is</c><00:40:20.769><c> lifted</c><00:40:21.150><c> from</c><00:40:21.429><c> the</c><00:40:21.730><c> Syrian,</c><00:40:23.230><c> the</c><00:40:23.369><c> Gentile</c><00:40:24.070><c> is</c> 00:40:24.309 --> 00:40:26.389 given<00:40:24.510><c> mercy</c><00:40:24.969><c> and</c><00:40:25.349><c> forgiven,</c> 00:40:27.010 --> 00:40:30.090 his<00:40:27.289><c> flesh</c><00:40:27.550><c> is</c><00:40:27.809><c> made</c><00:40:28.050><c> clean</c><00:40:28.289><c> like</c><00:40:28.510><c> the</c><00:40:28.730><c> flesh</c><00:40:28.909><c> of</c><00:40:29.090><c> a</c><00:40:29.289><c> child,</c><00:40:29.849><c> he</c> 00:40:30.090 --> 00:40:32.730 washes<00:40:30.449><c> in</c><00:40:30.670><c> the</c><00:40:30.869><c> Jordan,</c><00:40:31.409><c> he</c><00:40:31.610><c> goes</c><00:40:31.949><c> his</c><00:40:32.090><c> way</c><00:40:32.289><c> back</c><00:40:32.550><c> to</c> 00:40:32.730 --> 00:40:36.550 his<00:40:32.969><c> land,</c><00:40:33.769><c> and</c><00:40:33.869><c> he's</c><00:40:34.050><c> been</c><00:40:34.289><c> redeemed</c><00:40:34.849><c> in</c><00:40:35.030><c> a</c><00:40:35.190><c> temporal</c><00:40:35.469><c> sense.</c> 00:40:36.809 --> 00:40:40.610 But<00:40:37.329><c> leprosy</c><00:40:37.949><c> is</c><00:40:38.150><c> then</c><00:40:38.510><c> conferred</c><00:40:39.230><c> on</c><00:40:39.530><c> the</c><00:40:39.769><c> Jew,</c> 00:40:40.750 --> 00:40:42.630 on<00:40:41.230><c> Gehazi.</c> 00:40:45.250 --> 00:40:53.030 And<00:40:45.929><c> the</c><00:40:46.369><c> Jew</c><00:40:46.989><c> yearly</c><00:40:47.750><c> was</c><00:40:48.190><c> to</c><00:40:48.409><c> confess,</c><00:40:49.650><c> my</c><00:40:49.829><c> father</c><00:40:50.510><c> was</c><00:40:51.570><c> a</c><00:40:52.170><c> Syrian.</c> 00:40:53.809 --> 00:40:58.610 You<00:40:54.449><c> see</c><00:40:54.630><c> the</c><00:40:54.869><c> point,</c><00:40:55.070><c> brothers</c><00:40:55.349><c> and</c><00:40:55.650><c> sisters,</c><00:40:56.449><c> go</c><00:40:56.650><c> back</c><00:40:56.889><c> to</c><00:40:57.030><c> that</c><00:40:57.250><c> overhead</c><00:40:57.550><c> we</c><00:40:57.789><c> just</c><00:40:58.030><c> considered</c><00:40:58.369><c> a</c> 00:40:58.610 --> 00:40:59.210 second<00:40:58.869><c> ago.</c> 00:40:59.550 --> 00:41:04.190 It<00:40:59.690><c> now</c><00:40:59.949><c> begins</c><00:41:00.210><c> to</c><00:41:00.489><c> come</c><00:41:00.610><c> into</c><00:41:00.789><c> focus.</c><00:41:01.750><c> This</c><00:41:02.130><c> is</c><00:41:02.750><c> the</c><00:41:03.070><c> point.</c> 00:41:04.769 --> 00:41:08.369 Jericho,<00:41:06.090><c> formerly</c><00:41:06.409><c> cursed,</c><00:41:07.309><c> a</c><00:41:07.530><c> Gentile</c><00:41:08.110><c> city</c> 00:41:08.369 --> 00:41:13.429 is<00:41:08.530><c> blessed,</c><00:41:10.230><c> but</c><00:41:10.269><c> the</c><00:41:10.550><c> people</c><00:41:10.829><c> of</c><00:41:11.110><c> God,</c><00:41:12.449><c> formerly</c><00:41:12.849><c> blessed,</c> 00:41:13.769 --> 00:41:15.610 the<00:41:13.989><c> Israelites,</c><00:41:14.570><c> the</c><00:41:14.690><c> house</c><00:41:14.989><c> of</c><00:41:15.190><c> God</c><00:41:15.369><c> is</c> 00:41:15.610 --> 00:41:21.449 cursed,<00:41:16.989><c> and</c><00:41:17.150><c> water</c><00:41:17.469><c> is</c><00:41:17.769><c> given</c><00:41:18.130><c> for</c><00:41:18.670><c> Judah,</c><00:41:19.869><c> for</c><00:41:20.110><c> Israel,</c><00:41:21.050><c> and</c> 00:41:21.449 --> 00:41:24.730 for<00:41:21.730><c> Edom.</c><00:41:23.130><c> And</c><00:41:23.349><c> now</c><00:41:23.630><c> in</c><00:41:23.789><c> the</c><00:41:23.889><c> case</c><00:41:24.170><c> of</c><00:41:24.389><c> Naaman,</c> 00:41:25.070 --> 00:41:31.130 the<00:41:25.349><c> Syrian,</c><00:41:27.230><c> mercy</c><00:41:27.530><c> is</c><00:41:27.809><c> given,</c><00:41:28.550><c> leprosy</c><00:41:29.030><c> is</c><00:41:29.309><c> cured,</c><00:41:30.250><c> and</c><00:41:30.989><c> the</c> 00:41:31.130 --> 00:41:34.789 man's<00:41:31.610><c> flesh</c><00:41:32.110><c> becomes</c><00:41:33.050><c> like</c><00:41:33.349><c> that</c><00:41:33.429><c> of</c><00:41:33.590><c> a</c><00:41:33.769><c> child.</c> 00:41:34.989 --> 00:41:40.610 But<00:41:35.349><c> Gehazi,</c><00:41:36.469><c> following</c><00:41:36.909><c> up,</c><00:41:37.889><c> is</c><00:41:38.110><c> cursed</c><00:41:38.489><c> with</c><00:41:38.849><c> leprosy</c><00:41:39.809><c> as</c><00:41:40.150><c> a</c> 00:41:40.610 --> 00:41:42.090 walking<00:41:41.010><c> sinner,</c> 00:41:42.550 --> 00:41:47.590 as<00:41:42.690><c> a</c><00:41:42.949><c> man</c><00:41:43.670><c> absolutely</c><00:41:44.710><c> consigned</c><00:41:45.489><c> to</c><00:41:45.789><c> death.</c><00:41:47.130><c> You</c><00:41:47.289><c> see</c><00:41:47.409><c> the</c> 00:41:47.590 --> 00:41:51.230 point<00:41:47.750><c> then,</c><00:41:47.949><c> don't</c><00:41:48.130><c> you?</c><00:41:49.610><c> Let</c><00:41:49.789><c> me</c><00:41:49.909><c> use</c><00:41:50.050><c> this</c><00:41:50.289><c> chart.</c> 00:41:52.610 --> 00:41:58.030 Let's<00:41:52.789><c> see</c><00:41:52.929><c> it</c><00:41:53.090><c> laid</c><00:41:53.190><c> out.</c><00:41:55.989><c> It</c><00:41:56.329><c> matches</c><00:41:56.969><c> that</c><00:41:57.409><c> other</c><00:41:57.630><c> chart</c><00:41:57.889><c> we</c> 00:41:58.030 --> 00:42:00.949 just<00:41:58.269><c> looked</c><00:41:58.489><c> at</c><00:41:58.969><c> with</c><00:41:59.369><c> the</c><00:41:59.570><c> three</c><00:41:59.750><c> components.</c> 00:42:02.190 --> 00:42:09.050 We<00:42:02.949><c> have</c><00:42:03.710><c> Naaman,</c><00:42:04.630><c> the</c><00:42:05.050><c> Gentile,</c><00:42:06.170><c> blessed.</c><00:42:07.750><c> We</c><00:42:07.909><c> have</c><00:42:08.250><c> Gehazi,</c> 00:42:09.369 --> 00:42:11.449 the<00:42:09.670><c> Jew,</c><00:42:10.510><c> cursed.</c> 00:42:12.449 --> 00:42:15.530 And<00:42:12.730><c> leprosy,</c><00:42:13.210><c> as</c><00:42:13.329><c> we</c><00:42:13.530><c> all</c><00:42:13.769><c> well</c><00:42:14.030><c> know,</c><00:42:14.710><c> is</c><00:42:14.849><c> none</c><00:42:15.050><c> other</c><00:42:15.329><c> than</c> 00:42:15.530 --> 00:42:18.369 a<00:42:15.869><c> parable</c><00:42:16.369><c> of</c><00:42:17.050><c> sin</c><00:42:17.250><c> and</c><00:42:17.489><c> death.</c> 00:42:19.369 --> 00:42:23.469 What's<00:42:19.869><c> happening</c><00:42:20.170><c> in</c><00:42:20.369><c> the</c><00:42:20.550><c> ministry</c><00:42:20.849><c> of</c><00:42:21.090><c> Elisha</c><00:42:21.670><c> as</c><00:42:22.070><c> we</c><00:42:22.389><c> build</c><00:42:22.929><c> the</c> 00:42:23.469 --> 00:42:26.769 picture?<00:42:24.869><c> This</c><00:42:25.269><c> is,</c><00:42:25.949><c> in</c><00:42:26.349><c> fact,</c> 00:42:26.769 --> 00:42:31.949 the<00:42:27.389><c> ministry</c><00:42:27.949><c> of</c><00:42:28.150><c> the</c><00:42:28.269><c> Lord</c><00:42:28.489><c> Jesus</c><00:42:28.929><c> Christ,</c><00:42:30.369><c> who</c><00:42:30.610><c> was</c><00:42:30.869><c> not</c><00:42:31.190><c> just</c><00:42:31.550><c> sent</c><00:42:31.769><c> to</c> 00:42:31.949 --> 00:42:33.670 the<00:42:32.130><c> lost</c><00:42:32.469><c> house</c><00:42:32.829><c> of</c><00:42:33.190><c> the</c><00:42:33.349><c> sheep</c><00:42:33.510><c> of</c> 00:42:33.670 --> 00:42:40.170 Israel.<00:42:34.409><c> He</c><00:42:34.929><c> was</c><00:42:35.210><c> also</c><00:42:35.650><c> sent</c><00:42:35.929><c> to</c><00:42:36.289><c> other</c><00:42:36.789><c> sheep</c><00:42:37.409><c> who</c><00:42:38.590><c> had</c><00:42:38.809><c> to</c><00:42:39.110><c> meet</c><00:42:39.389><c> with,</c><00:42:39.829><c> as</c> 00:42:40.170 --> 00:42:41.829 John<00:42:40.489><c> has</c><00:42:40.730><c> so</c><00:42:40.909><c> wonderfully</c><00:42:41.250><c> shown</c><00:42:41.530><c> us,</c> 00:42:42.150 --> 00:42:46.349 the<00:42:42.429><c> smugness</c><00:42:42.969><c> and</c><00:42:43.130><c> the</c><00:42:43.550><c> exclusiveness</c><00:42:43.989><c> of</c><00:42:44.269><c> the</c><00:42:44.469><c> Jew.</c><00:42:45.530><c> And</c><00:42:45.909><c> now</c><00:42:46.190><c> in</c> 00:42:46.349 --> 00:42:49.210 the<00:42:46.530><c> ministry</c><00:42:46.849><c> of</c><00:42:47.130><c> Elisha,</c><00:42:48.070><c> the</c><00:42:48.489><c> Syrian</c><00:42:48.889><c> is</c> 00:42:49.210 --> 00:42:55.389 to<00:42:49.510><c> receive</c><00:42:49.809><c> attention,</c><00:42:51.269><c> and</c><00:42:51.449><c> it</c><00:42:51.690><c> doesn't</c><00:42:52.309><c> just</c><00:42:53.070><c> stop</c><00:42:54.030><c> with</c> 00:42:55.389 --> 00:42:59.690 Naaman.<00:42:56.730><c> It</c><00:42:56.829><c> doesn't</c><00:42:57.329><c> just</c><00:42:57.710><c> stop</c><00:42:58.090><c> with</c><00:42:58.550><c> Naaman.</c> 00:42:59.889 --> 00:43:02.510 Go<00:43:00.090><c> back</c><00:43:00.349><c> to</c><00:43:00.550><c> 2</c><00:43:00.750><c> Kings</c><00:43:01.150><c> chapter</c><00:43:01.630><c> 6.</c> 00:43:06.869 --> 00:43:09.469 Following<00:43:07.269><c> the</c><00:43:07.530><c> miracle</c><00:43:07.969><c> with</c><00:43:08.269><c> Naaman</c> 00:43:10.789 --> 00:43:16.230 is<00:43:11.550><c> the</c><00:43:11.710><c> miracle</c><00:43:12.110><c> of</c><00:43:12.309><c> the</c><00:43:12.550><c> axe</c><00:43:12.789><c> head.</c><00:43:14.429><c> We're</c><00:43:14.769><c> going</c><00:43:14.809><c> to</c><00:43:14.809><c> look</c><00:43:14.989><c> at</c><00:43:15.110><c> these</c><00:43:15.329><c> details</c><00:43:15.889><c> a</c> 00:43:16.230 --> 00:43:17.090 little<00:43:16.369><c> more</c><00:43:16.670><c> tomorrow</c> 00:43:17.090 --> 00:43:20.869 with<00:43:17.269><c> the</c><00:43:17.530><c> axe</c><00:43:17.670><c> head</c><00:43:17.769><c> as</c><00:43:17.929><c> we</c><00:43:18.130><c> pick</c><00:43:18.250><c> it</c><00:43:18.429><c> up,</c><00:43:18.789><c> but</c><00:43:19.210><c> I</c><00:43:19.730><c> want</c><00:43:19.889><c> to</c><00:43:20.150><c> skirt</c><00:43:20.269><c> around</c><00:43:20.650><c> the</c> 00:43:20.869 --> 00:43:22.769 axe<00:43:21.170><c> head</c><00:43:21.329><c> for</c><00:43:21.530><c> a</c><00:43:21.670><c> moment</c><00:43:22.010><c> and</c><00:43:22.530><c> come</c> 00:43:22.769 --> 00:43:27.409 to<00:43:22.889><c> verse</c><00:43:23.110><c> 8</c><00:43:23.489><c> of</c><00:43:23.690><c> 2</c><00:43:23.949><c> Kings</c><00:43:24.210><c> 6.</c><00:43:25.989><c> Following</c><00:43:26.329><c> the</c><00:43:26.530><c> miracle</c><00:43:26.969><c> of</c><00:43:27.150><c> the</c> 00:43:27.409 --> 00:43:31.869 axe<00:43:27.730><c> head,</c><00:43:29.409><c> verse</c><00:43:29.750><c> 8,</c><00:43:30.190><c> we</c><00:43:30.489><c> have</c><00:43:30.710><c> a</c><00:43:31.030><c> connecting</c><00:43:31.369><c> word.</c> 00:43:32.030 --> 00:43:36.730 We<00:43:32.170><c> shouldn't</c><00:43:32.389><c> miss</c><00:43:32.630><c> it.</c><00:43:34.550><c> You've</c><00:43:34.829><c> got</c><00:43:35.030><c> Naaman</c><00:43:35.369><c> the</c><00:43:35.610><c> leper,</c><00:43:36.210><c> finishing</c><00:43:36.469><c> in</c> 00:43:36.730 --> 00:43:39.610 chapter<00:43:37.050><c> 5,</c><00:43:37.530><c> verse</c><00:43:37.789><c> 27.</c><00:43:38.989><c> You've</c><00:43:39.329><c> got</c><00:43:39.429><c> the</c> 00:43:39.610 --> 00:43:43.010 miracle<00:43:40.010><c> of</c><00:43:40.190><c> the</c><00:43:40.469><c> axe</c><00:43:40.789><c> head</c><00:43:41.010><c> at</c><00:43:41.190><c> the</c><00:43:41.429><c> Jordan</c><00:43:41.809><c> that</c><00:43:42.369><c> follows</c><00:43:42.730><c> in</c> 00:43:43.010 --> 00:43:47.090 chapter<00:43:43.289><c> 6,</c><00:43:43.789><c> verses</c><00:43:44.090><c> 1</c><00:43:44.369><c> to</c><00:43:44.489><c> 7,</c><00:43:45.530><c> sandwiched</c><00:43:45.869><c> in</c><00:43:46.050><c> between.</c> 00:43:47.590 --> 00:43:51.570 Then<00:43:48.030><c> in</c><00:43:48.230><c> verse</c><00:43:48.469><c> 8</c><00:43:48.670><c> is</c><00:43:48.869><c> the</c><00:43:49.050><c> word,</c><00:43:50.090><c> then</c><00:43:50.510><c> the</c><00:43:50.789><c> king</c><00:43:51.050><c> of</c><00:43:51.269><c> Syria</c> 00:43:51.570 --> 00:43:54.369 warred<00:43:51.889><c> against</c><00:43:52.150><c> Israel,</c><00:43:53.570><c> and</c><00:43:53.750><c> took</c><00:43:53.949><c> counsel</c> 00:43:54.369 --> 00:43:57.050 with<00:43:54.610><c> his</c><00:43:54.829><c> servants,</c><00:43:55.230><c> saying,</c><00:43:55.889><c> In</c><00:43:56.150><c> such</c><00:43:56.309><c> and</c><00:43:56.469><c> such</c><00:43:56.590><c> a</c><00:43:56.750><c> place</c> 00:43:57.050 --> 00:44:01.530 shall<00:43:57.329><c> be</c><00:43:57.550><c> my</c><00:43:57.789><c> camp.</c><00:43:59.750><c> Now</c><00:44:00.190><c> what</c><00:44:00.530><c> happens</c><00:44:00.929><c> to</c><00:44:01.150><c> this</c> 00:44:01.530 --> 00:44:07.489 Syrian<00:44:01.949><c> host?</c><00:44:03.469><c> Well,</c><00:44:03.630><c> we</c><00:44:03.750><c> know</c><00:44:03.909><c> what</c><00:44:04.190><c> happens.</c><00:44:05.829><c> Verse</c><00:44:05.989><c> 13,</c><00:44:07.329><c> he</c> 00:44:07.489 --> 00:44:09.929 said,<00:44:07.849><c> Go</c><00:44:08.010><c> and</c><00:44:08.329><c> spy</c><00:44:08.510><c> where</c><00:44:08.710><c> he</c><00:44:08.949><c> is,</c><00:44:09.190><c> that</c><00:44:09.309><c> I</c><00:44:09.489><c> may</c><00:44:09.650><c> send</c> 00:44:09.929 --> 00:44:13.150 and<00:44:10.190><c> fetch</c><00:44:10.349><c> him.</c><00:44:11.150><c> And</c><00:44:11.369><c> it</c><00:44:11.489><c> was</c><00:44:11.610><c> told</c><00:44:11.849><c> to</c><00:44:11.989><c> him,</c><00:44:12.210><c> saying,</c><00:44:12.429><c> Behold,</c><00:44:12.829><c> he</c><00:44:13.010><c> is</c> 00:44:13.150 --> 00:44:15.489 in<00:44:13.349><c> Dothan.</c><00:44:14.250><c> Now</c><00:44:14.449><c> the</c><00:44:14.610><c> king</c><00:44:14.829><c> of</c><00:44:15.070><c> Syria,</c> 00:44:15.489 --> 00:44:19.889 verse<00:44:15.849><c> 14,</c><00:44:16.690><c> follows</c><00:44:17.070><c> up.</c><00:44:18.110><c> Therefore</c><00:44:18.530><c> sent</c><00:44:19.090><c> he,</c><00:44:19.429><c> the</c><00:44:19.489><c> king</c><00:44:19.670><c> of</c> 00:44:19.889 --> 00:44:22.429 Syria,<00:44:20.690><c> thither</c><00:44:21.190><c> horses</c><00:44:21.769><c> and</c><00:44:22.050><c> chariots,</c> 00:44:22.449 --> 00:44:25.690 and<00:44:22.550><c> a</c><00:44:22.730><c> great</c><00:44:22.889><c> host.</c><00:44:23.789><c> And</c><00:44:23.869><c> they</c><00:44:24.050><c> came</c><00:44:24.250><c> by</c><00:44:24.550><c> night</c><00:44:24.769><c> and</c><00:44:25.010><c> compassed</c><00:44:25.369><c> the</c><00:44:25.469><c> city</c> 00:44:25.690 --> 00:44:30.210 about.<00:44:27.309><c> What</c><00:44:27.550><c> happens?</c><00:44:29.409><c> Well,</c> 00:44:31.510 --> 00:44:39.309 let's<00:44:31.909><c> go</c><00:44:32.530><c> down</c><00:44:33.650><c> to</c><00:44:34.570><c> verse</c><00:44:35.610><c> 18.</c><00:44:38.130><c> And</c><00:44:38.190><c> when</c><00:44:38.369><c> they</c><00:44:38.610><c> came</c><00:44:38.829><c> down</c><00:44:39.130><c> to</c> 00:44:39.309 --> 00:44:41.969 him,<00:44:40.150><c> Elisha</c><00:44:40.510><c> prayed</c><00:44:40.829><c> unto</c><00:44:41.070><c> the</c><00:44:41.309><c> Lord</c><00:44:41.550><c> and</c><00:44:41.789><c> said,</c> 00:44:41.969 --> 00:44:45.329 Smite<00:44:42.409><c> this</c><00:44:42.630><c> people.</c><00:44:43.449><c> I</c><00:44:43.449><c> pray</c><00:44:43.750><c> thee</c><00:44:43.889><c> with</c><00:44:44.150><c> blindness.</c><00:44:45.210><c> That's</c> 00:44:45.329 --> 00:44:47.550 the<00:44:45.489><c> Syrian</c><00:44:45.769><c> host.</c><00:44:46.710><c> And</c><00:44:46.710><c> he</c><00:44:46.949><c> smote</c><00:44:47.150><c> them</c><00:44:47.269><c> with</c> 00:44:47.550 --> 00:44:52.030 blindness<00:44:47.869><c> according</c><00:44:48.349><c> to</c><00:44:48.590><c> the</c><00:44:48.730><c> word</c><00:44:48.869><c> of</c><00:44:49.329><c> Elisha.</c><00:44:50.909><c> What</c><00:44:51.070><c> happens?</c><00:44:51.869><c> Verse</c> 00:44:52.030 --> 00:44:54.789 19,<00:44:53.250><c> Elisha</c><00:44:53.769><c> said</c><00:44:53.949><c> unto</c><00:44:54.150><c> the</c><00:44:54.449><c> Syrians,</c> 00:44:54.889 --> 00:44:57.849 This<00:44:55.050><c> is</c><00:44:55.269><c> not</c><00:44:55.530><c> the</c><00:44:55.710><c> way,</c><00:44:56.289><c> neither</c><00:44:56.550><c> is</c><00:44:56.809><c> this</c><00:44:57.010><c> the</c><00:44:57.170><c> city.</c><00:44:57.590><c> Follow</c> 00:44:57.849 --> 00:45:00.210 me,<00:44:58.590><c> and</c><00:44:58.829><c> I</c><00:44:58.989><c> will</c><00:44:59.130><c> bring</c><00:44:59.309><c> you</c><00:44:59.510><c> to</c><00:44:59.610><c> the</c><00:44:59.809><c> man</c><00:45:00.050><c> whom</c> 00:45:00.210 --> 00:45:03.710 ye<00:45:00.510><c> seek.</c><00:45:01.130><c> But</c><00:45:01.269><c> he</c><00:45:01.449><c> led</c><00:45:01.570><c> them</c><00:45:01.789><c> to</c><00:45:02.030><c> Samaria.</c><00:45:02.969><c> And</c><00:45:03.090><c> it</c><00:45:03.289><c> came</c><00:45:03.469><c> to</c> 00:45:03.710 --> 00:45:06.010 pass,<00:45:04.329><c> when</c><00:45:04.489><c> they</c><00:45:04.670><c> were</c><00:45:04.889><c> come</c><00:45:05.150><c> into</c><00:45:05.309><c> Samaria,</c> 00:45:06.010 --> 00:45:10.829 that<00:45:06.570><c> Elisha</c><00:45:07.110><c> said,</c><00:45:07.610><c> Yahweh,</c><00:45:08.869><c> open</c><00:45:09.369><c> the</c><00:45:09.550><c> eyes</c><00:45:09.849><c> of</c><00:45:10.010><c> these</c><00:45:10.230><c> men,</c> 00:45:11.130 --> 00:45:13.010 that<00:45:11.170><c> they</c><00:45:11.369><c> may</c><00:45:11.710><c> see</c><00:45:12.150><c> the</c><00:45:12.469><c> Syrians.</c> 00:45:13.309 --> 00:45:16.550 And<00:45:13.489><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:13.889><c> opened</c><00:45:14.190><c> their</c><00:45:14.469><c> eyes,</c><00:45:14.789><c> and</c><00:45:14.909><c> they</c><00:45:15.190><c> saw.</c><00:45:15.949><c> Behold,</c> 00:45:16.550 --> 00:45:18.530 they<00:45:16.670><c> were</c><00:45:16.809><c> in</c><00:45:16.949><c> the</c><00:45:16.969><c> midst</c><00:45:17.170><c> of</c><00:45:17.349><c> Samaria.</c> 00:45:19.309 --> 00:45:23.250 Now<00:45:19.909><c> watch</c><00:45:20.309><c> the</c><00:45:20.510><c> reaction</c><00:45:20.989><c> of</c><00:45:21.190><c> the</c><00:45:21.369><c> Jew.</c><00:45:22.590><c> And</c><00:45:22.650><c> the</c><00:45:22.809><c> king</c><00:45:23.110><c> of</c> 00:45:23.250 --> 00:45:25.889 Israel,<00:45:23.630><c> verse</c><00:45:23.929><c> 21,</c><00:45:24.769><c> said</c><00:45:24.889><c> unto</c><00:45:25.190><c> Elisha,</c> 00:45:25.989 --> 00:45:31.050 when<00:45:26.110><c> he</c><00:45:26.269><c> saw</c><00:45:26.530><c> them,</c><00:45:26.750><c> My</c><00:45:27.050><c> father,</c><00:45:28.210><c> shall</c><00:45:28.389><c> I</c><00:45:28.610><c> smite</c><00:45:28.849><c> them?</c><00:45:30.170><c> Shall</c><00:45:30.769><c> I</c> 00:45:31.050 --> 00:45:32.449 smite<00:45:31.409><c> them?</c> 00:45:33.449 --> 00:45:38.070 And<00:45:34.090><c> he</c><00:45:34.250><c> answered,</c><00:45:35.590><c> Thou</c><00:45:35.710><c> shalt</c><00:45:35.969><c> not</c><00:45:36.289><c> smite</c><00:45:36.550><c> them,</c><00:45:37.909><c> which</c> 00:45:38.070 --> 00:45:41.730 thou<00:45:38.449><c> smite</c><00:45:39.110><c> those</c><00:45:39.849><c> whom</c><00:45:40.269><c> thou</c><00:45:40.489><c> hast</c><00:45:40.730><c> taken</c><00:45:41.050><c> captive</c> 00:45:41.730 --> 00:45:47.170 with<00:45:42.190><c> thy</c><00:45:42.429><c> sword</c><00:45:42.750><c> and</c><00:45:42.849><c> with</c><00:45:43.050><c> thy</c><00:45:43.269><c> bow,</c><00:45:44.510><c> set</c><00:45:45.309><c> bread</c><00:45:46.150><c> and</c><00:45:46.710><c> water</c> 00:45:47.170 --> 00:45:49.809 before<00:45:47.590><c> them,</c><00:45:48.469><c> that</c><00:45:48.550><c> they</c><00:45:48.769><c> may</c><00:45:49.050><c> eat</c><00:45:49.349><c> and</c><00:45:49.510><c> drink</c> 00:45:49.809 --> 00:45:53.929 and<00:45:50.409><c> go</c><00:45:50.789><c> to</c><00:45:50.949><c> their</c><00:45:51.070><c> master.</c><00:45:52.329><c> And</c><00:45:52.590><c> he</c><00:45:52.849><c> prepared</c><00:45:53.190><c> them</c><00:45:53.610><c> great</c> 00:45:53.929 --> 00:45:56.369 provision.<00:45:55.050><c> And</c><00:45:55.110><c> when</c><00:45:55.269><c> they</c><00:45:55.389><c> had</c><00:45:55.550><c> eaten</c><00:45:55.730><c> and</c><00:45:56.010><c> drunk</c><00:45:56.210><c> and</c> 00:45:56.369 --> 00:46:00.590 sent<00:45:56.530><c> them</c><00:45:56.769><c> away,</c><00:45:57.309><c> they</c><00:45:57.409><c> went</c><00:45:57.630><c> to</c><00:45:57.730><c> their</c><00:45:57.869><c> master.</c><00:45:59.849><c> So</c><00:45:59.889><c> the</c><00:46:00.050><c> bends</c><00:46:00.409><c> of</c> 00:46:00.590 --> 00:46:02.570 Syria<00:46:01.010><c> came</c><00:46:01.369><c> no</c><00:46:01.690><c> more</c><00:46:01.949><c> into</c><00:46:02.130><c> the</c><00:46:02.230><c> land</c><00:46:02.429><c> of</c> 00:46:02.570 --> 00:46:09.789 Israel.<00:46:04.269><c> You</c><00:46:04.409><c> see</c><00:46:04.610><c> the</c><00:46:04.809><c> point?</c><00:46:07.630><c> Here</c><00:46:08.130><c> is</c><00:46:08.489><c> a</c><00:46:08.650><c> fulfillment</c><00:46:09.349><c> and</c> 00:46:09.789 --> 00:46:13.130 a<00:46:10.349><c> practical</c><00:46:10.869><c> application</c><00:46:11.670><c> of</c><00:46:12.110><c> what</c><00:46:12.349><c> Paul</c><00:46:12.710><c> says,</c> 00:46:13.429 --> 00:46:20.269 If<00:46:13.590><c> thine</c><00:46:13.929><c> enemy</c><00:46:14.289><c> hunger,</c><00:46:16.989><c> feed</c><00:46:17.170><c> him.</c><00:46:18.909><c> Bless</c><00:46:19.389><c> your</c><00:46:19.789><c> enemies,</c> 00:46:20.610 --> 00:46:23.769 said<00:46:20.769><c> Christ,</c><00:46:22.190><c> and</c><00:46:22.449><c> curse</c><00:46:22.769><c> not.</c> 00:46:23.909 --> 00:46:26.869 Here,<00:46:24.889><c> brothers</c><00:46:24.889><c> and</c><00:46:25.170><c> sisters,</c><00:46:25.590><c> is</c><00:46:25.690><c> a</c><00:46:25.889><c> host</c><00:46:26.090><c> of</c><00:46:26.289><c> the</c><00:46:26.510><c> Syrians.</c> 00:46:27.289 --> 00:46:30.730 They're<00:46:27.510><c> made</c><00:46:27.809><c> blind.</c><00:46:29.130><c> They're</c><00:46:29.429><c> given</c><00:46:29.710><c> sight.</c> 00:46:30.969 --> 00:46:37.500 And<00:46:31.250><c> the</c><00:46:31.429><c> reaction</c><00:46:31.869><c> of</c><00:46:32.110><c> the</c><00:46:32.269><c> exclusive</c><00:46:32.889><c> Jew</c><00:46:33.409><c> is,</c><00:46:35.150><c> Let</c><00:46:35.309><c> me</c><00:46:35.630><c> annihilate</c><00:46:36.389><c> these</c><00:46:36.690><c> men.</c> 00:46:37.889 --> 00:46:43.590 Stand<00:46:38.230><c> back,</c><00:46:38.869><c> Elisha,</c><00:46:39.110><c> and</c><00:46:39.289><c> I'll</c><00:46:39.570><c> wipe</c><00:46:39.789><c> them</c><00:46:40.030><c> out.</c><00:46:42.110><c> And</c><00:46:42.309><c> Elisha</c><00:46:42.710><c> says,</c> 00:46:44.170 --> 00:46:47.590 No,<00:46:44.389><c> you</c><00:46:44.570><c> won't.</c><00:46:45.989><c> You</c><00:46:46.230><c> will</c><00:46:46.630><c> not.</c> 00:46:47.980 --> 00:46:54.070 You<00:46:48.329><c> will</c><00:46:48.570><c> give</c><00:46:48.750><c> them</c><00:46:49.250><c> bread</c><00:46:49.690><c> and</c><00:46:50.110><c> water,</c><00:46:51.449><c> the</c><00:46:51.690><c> very</c><00:46:52.130><c> two</c><00:46:52.449><c> things</c><00:46:52.909><c> that</c><00:46:53.210><c> Elisha</c> 00:46:54.710 --> 00:46:58.809 knew<00:46:55.070><c> were</c><00:46:55.409><c> essential</c><00:46:55.809><c> for</c><00:46:56.170><c> life.</c><00:46:57.530><c> In</c><00:46:57.789><c> fact,</c><00:46:58.289><c> it</c><00:46:58.389><c> was</c><00:46:58.590><c> bread</c> 00:46:58.809 --> 00:47:02.090 and<00:46:59.070><c> water</c><00:46:59.570><c> that</c><00:47:00.010><c> Elijah</c><00:47:00.389><c> was</c><00:47:00.690><c> given</c><00:47:01.030><c> to</c><00:47:01.449><c> walk</c><00:47:01.789><c> on</c> 00:47:02.090 --> 00:47:10.409 in<00:47:02.329><c> the</c><00:47:02.590><c> strength</c><00:47:02.849><c> of</c><00:47:03.110><c> to</c><00:47:03.250><c> get</c><00:47:03.409><c> to</c><00:47:03.690><c> Horeb.</c><00:47:06.050><c> He</c><00:47:06.309><c> gives</c><00:47:07.070><c> his</c><00:47:08.389><c> enemies</c><00:47:08.929><c> the</c> 00:47:10.409 --> 00:47:13.949 staff<00:47:10.710><c> of</c><00:47:10.969><c> life</c><00:47:11.449><c> and</c><00:47:12.150><c> the</c><00:47:12.409><c> water</c><00:47:12.670><c> of</c><00:47:12.949><c> life.</c> 00:47:14.429 --> 00:47:24.449 And<00:47:15.230><c> these</c><00:47:15.889><c> were</c><00:47:16.190><c> Syrians.</c><00:47:17.250><c> And</c><00:47:17.590><c> so</c><00:47:17.789><c> was</c><00:47:17.989><c> Naaman.</c><00:47:20.250><c> And</c><00:47:20.530><c> at</c><00:47:20.750><c> first</c><00:47:20.969><c> fruits,</c><00:47:22.090><c> every</c><00:47:22.429><c> Jew,</c><00:47:23.449><c> every</c><00:47:23.989><c> Jew</c> 00:47:24.449 --> 00:47:26.230 was<00:47:24.949><c> to</c><00:47:25.230><c> remember</c> 00:47:26.570 --> 00:47:31.829 that<00:47:26.989><c> his</c><00:47:27.210><c> father</c><00:47:27.670><c> was</c><00:47:28.309><c> a</c><00:47:28.530><c> Syrian.</c><00:47:29.909><c> Here,</c><00:47:30.230><c> brothers</c><00:47:30.349><c> and</c><00:47:30.610><c> sisters,</c><00:47:31.429><c> is</c><00:47:31.590><c> a</c> 00:47:31.829 --> 00:47:34.449 great<00:47:32.030><c> parable</c><00:47:32.570><c> of</c><00:47:33.429><c> redemption.</c>