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But<00:10:44.139><c> Lot</c><00:10:44.419><c> doesn't</c><00:10:44.879><c> reciprocate.</c>

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He<00:10:46.000><c> doesn't</c><00:10:46.259><c> say</c><00:10:46.500><c> to</c><00:10:46.700><c> Abraham</c><00:10:47.039><c> that</c><00:10:47.480><c> he</c><00:10:47.600><c> should</c><00:10:47.779><c> have</c><00:10:47.940><c> done.</c>

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No<00:10:48.659><c> you</c><00:10:49.139><c> choose.</c>

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Instead<00:10:51.259><c> in</c><00:10:51.600><c> verse</c><00:10:51.960><c> 10</c><00:10:52.480><c> he</c><00:10:53.100><c> lifted</c><00:10:53.500><c> up</c><00:10:53.759><c> his</c><00:10:54.000><c> eyes</c>

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and<00:10:55.220><c> beheld</c><00:10:55.639><c> all</c><00:10:56.039><c> the</c><00:10:56.299><c> plain</c><00:10:56.460><c> of</c><00:10:56.720><c> Jordan</c>

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that<00:10:57.200><c> it</c><00:10:57.960><c> was</c><00:10:58.220><c> well</c><00:10:58.559><c> watered</c><00:10:59.080><c> everywhere</c>

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before<00:11:00.559><c> the</c><00:11:00.779><c> Lord</c><00:11:00.980><c> destroyed</c><00:11:01.600><c> Sodom</c><00:11:02.000><c> and</c><00:11:02.120><c> Gomorrah</c>

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even<00:11:02.899><c> as</c><00:11:03.100><c> the</c><00:11:03.279><c> garden</c><00:11:03.500><c> of</c><00:11:03.700><c> the</c><00:11:03.860><c> Lord</c>

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like<00:11:04.860><c> the</c><00:11:05.039><c> land</c><00:11:05.200><c> of</c><00:11:05.419><c> Egypt</c><00:11:05.960><c> as</c><00:11:06.580><c> thou</c><00:11:06.840><c> comest</c><00:11:07.179><c> under</c><00:11:07.759><c> Zohar.</c>

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So<00:11:09.220><c> he</c><00:11:09.440><c> lifted</c><00:11:09.700><c> up</c><00:11:09.919><c> his</c><00:11:10.139><c> eyes</c><00:11:10.519><c> and</c><00:11:10.899><c> he</c><00:11:11.159><c> saw</c><00:11:11.320><c> this</c><00:11:11.639><c> well</c><00:11:11.940><c> watered</c><00:11:12.519><c> plain.</c>

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The<00:11:14.519><c> historian</c><00:11:14.940><c> Arthur</c><00:11:15.460><c> Stanley</c><00:11:15.980><c> in</c><00:11:16.580><c> his</c><00:11:17.000><c> History</c><00:11:17.299><c> of</c><00:11:17.460><c> the</c>

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Jewish<00:11:17.879><c> Church</c>

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makes<00:11:19.000><c> this</c><00:11:19.259><c> rather</c><00:11:19.559><c> interesting</c><00:11:20.100><c> comment</c><00:11:20.539><c> about</c><00:11:20.879><c> verse</c><00:11:21.179><c> 10.</c>

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He<00:11:21.740><c> says,</c>

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which<00:11:27.919><c> had</c><00:11:28.200><c> grown</c><00:11:28.460><c> up</c><00:11:28.679><c> in</c><00:11:28.840><c> the</c><00:11:29.080><c> rank</c><00:11:29.340><c> climate</c><00:11:29.919><c> of</c><00:11:30.100><c> that</c><00:11:30.379><c> deep</c><00:11:30.659><c> descent</c>

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and<00:11:31.980><c> left</c><00:11:32.200><c> to</c><00:11:32.500><c> Abraham</c><00:11:32.879><c> the</c><00:11:33.200><c> hardship,</c><00:11:34.399><c> the</c><00:11:34.600><c> glory</c>

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and<00:11:35.759><c> the</c><00:11:36.019><c> virtues</c><00:11:36.480><c> of</c><00:11:36.740><c> the</c><00:11:36.899><c> rugged</c><00:11:37.100><c> hills,</c><00:11:38.100><c> the</c><00:11:38.340><c> sea</c><00:11:38.600><c> breezes</c>

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and<00:11:39.779><c> the</c><00:11:40.039><c> inexhaustible</c><00:11:40.840><c> future</c><00:11:41.460><c> of</c><00:11:42.100><c> western</c><00:11:42.340><c> Palestine.</c>

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So<00:11:44.960><c> Lot</c><00:11:45.159><c> lifted</c><00:11:45.620><c> up</c><00:11:45.799><c> his</c><00:11:46.019><c> eyes</c><00:11:46.279><c> and</c><00:11:46.440><c> he</c><00:11:46.679><c> saw</c><00:11:46.879><c> the</c><00:11:47.159><c> lush</c><00:11:47.559><c> land</c><00:11:47.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:11:48.299><c> Jordan</c><00:11:48.580><c> plain.</c>

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It<00:11:49.539><c> was</c><00:11:49.720><c> well</c><00:11:50.039><c> watered</c><00:11:50.500><c> and</c><00:11:50.620><c> so</c><00:11:50.799><c> on.</c>

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And<00:11:51.399><c> from</c><00:11:51.559><c> a</c><00:11:51.759><c> human</c><00:11:52.000><c> point</c><00:11:52.340><c> of</c><00:11:52.500><c> view</c><00:11:52.639><c> it</c><00:11:52.759><c> was</c><00:11:53.019><c> a</c><00:11:53.179><c> really</c><00:11:53.500><c> tempting</c><00:11:53.940><c> place</c>

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to<00:11:54.679><c> go.</c>

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There<00:11:55.620><c> were</c><00:11:55.860><c> already</c><00:11:56.240><c> cities</c><00:11:56.539><c> there</c><00:11:57.000><c> as</c><00:11:57.220><c> well</c>

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but<00:11:58.539><c> they</c><00:11:58.740><c> were</c><00:11:58.940><c> cities</c><00:11:59.419><c> that</c><00:11:59.659><c> did</c><00:11:59.960><c> not</c><00:12:00.220><c> have</c><00:12:00.480><c> foundations</c>

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and<00:12:02.059><c> they</c><00:12:02.179><c> were</c><00:12:02.360><c> soon</c><00:12:02.519><c> going</c><00:12:02.720><c> to</c><00:12:02.840><c> be</c><00:12:02.980><c> overthrown</c><00:12:03.340><c> by</c><00:12:03.679><c> God.</c>

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And<00:12:04.639><c> Lot</c><00:12:04.820><c> in</c><00:12:05.039><c> making</c><00:12:05.340><c> his</c><00:12:05.679><c> choice</c><00:12:06.080><c> ignored</c><00:12:06.600><c> the</c><00:12:06.720><c> most</c><00:12:07.039><c> important</c><00:12:07.620><c> factor</c>

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of<00:12:08.240><c> all</c>

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which<00:12:09.120><c> is</c><00:12:09.320><c> given</c><00:12:09.460><c> to</c><00:12:09.720><c> us</c><00:12:09.960><c> in</c><00:12:10.139><c> verse</c><00:12:10.399><c> 13.</c>

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And<00:12:12.059><c> again</c><00:12:12.600><c> notice</c><00:12:13.159><c> the</c><00:12:13.460><c> emphasis</c><00:12:13.980><c> in</c><00:12:14.200><c> the</c><00:12:14.419><c> verse.</c>

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The<00:12:15.500><c> men</c><00:12:15.720><c> of</c><00:12:16.000><c> Sodom</c><00:12:16.320><c> were</c><00:12:16.679><c> wicked</c>

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and<00:12:18.799><c> sinners</c><00:12:19.179><c> before</c><00:12:19.639><c> the</c><00:12:19.860><c> Lord</c><00:12:20.580><c> exceedingly.</c>

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We've<00:12:22.580><c> got</c><00:12:22.679><c> a</c><00:12:22.879><c> three</c><00:12:23.100><c>-fold</c><00:12:23.340><c> emphasis</c><00:12:23.860><c> in</c><00:12:24.080><c> that</c><00:12:24.360><c> verse.</c>

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Wicked,<00:12:26.440><c> sinners,</c><00:12:27.059><c> exceedingly.</c>

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And<00:12:29.000><c> there</c><00:12:29.159><c> the</c><00:12:29.379><c> writer</c><00:12:29.659><c> is</c><00:12:30.019><c> telling</c><00:12:30.259><c> us</c><00:12:30.620><c> quite</c><00:12:30.940><c> clearly</c>

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that<00:12:31.500><c> that</c><00:12:31.679><c> is</c><00:12:31.899><c> the</c><00:12:32.080><c> thing</c><00:12:32.279><c> that</c><00:12:32.600><c> Lot</c><00:12:32.639><c> ought</c><00:12:33.000><c> to</c><00:12:33.120><c> have</c><00:12:33.340><c> considered.</c>

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But<00:12:35.159><c> he</c><00:12:35.340><c> didn't.</c>

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It<00:12:37.100><c> emphasizes</c><00:12:37.360><c> a</c><00:12:37.500><c> lot</c><00:12:37.580><c> of</c><00:12:37.740><c> the</c><00:12:37.860><c> step</c><00:12:38.139><c> that</c><00:12:38.320><c> he</c><00:12:38.399><c> was</c><00:12:38.639><c> taking.</c>

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Now<00:12:40.820><c> the</c><00:12:40.940><c> process</c><00:12:41.379><c> of</c><00:12:41.620><c> Lot's</c><00:12:41.940><c> temptation</c><00:12:42.600><c> has</c><00:12:42.919><c> often</c><00:12:43.200><c> been</c><00:12:43.519><c> noted</c>

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but<00:12:44.519><c> it's</c><00:12:44.940><c> appropriate</c><00:12:45.480><c> for</c><00:12:45.679><c> us</c><00:12:45.820><c> to</c><00:12:45.980><c> just</c><00:12:46.240><c> go</c><00:12:46.419><c> over</c><00:12:46.600><c> it</c><00:12:46.820><c> again.</c>

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You<00:12:47.919><c> start</c><00:12:48.159><c> off</c><00:12:48.379><c> here</c><00:12:48.600><c> in</c><00:12:48.840><c> verse</c><00:12:49.139><c> 10.</c>

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He<00:12:50.360><c> lifted</c><00:12:50.720><c> up</c><00:12:50.940><c> his</c><00:12:51.159><c> eyes.</c>

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He<00:12:52.379><c> saw</c><00:12:52.740><c> something</c><00:12:53.240><c> present</c><00:12:53.740><c> and</c><00:12:54.139><c> transient</c><00:12:54.539><c> and</c><00:12:54.860><c> he</c><00:12:54.980><c> was</c><00:12:55.259><c> tempted.</c>

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And<00:12:56.879><c> the</c><00:12:57.000><c> danger</c><00:12:57.259><c> for</c><00:12:57.440><c> us,</c><00:12:57.720><c> brethren</c><00:12:57.940><c> and</c><00:12:58.139><c> sisters</c>

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is<00:12:58.539><c> that</c><00:12:58.659><c> we</c><00:12:58.799><c> might</c><00:12:59.019><c> be</c><00:12:59.240><c> tempted</c><00:12:59.419><c> to</c><00:12:59.600><c> do</c><00:12:59.700><c> the</c><00:12:59.899><c> same</c><00:13:00.159><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:13:01.659><c> the</c><00:13:01.899><c> longer</c><00:13:02.179><c> you</c><00:13:02.460><c> look</c><00:13:02.720><c> at</c><00:13:03.100><c> something</c>

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that<00:13:04.419><c> you</c><00:13:04.720><c> can't</c><00:13:05.120><c> or</c><00:13:05.299><c> shouldn't</c><00:13:05.620><c> have</c>

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often<00:13:06.860><c> the</c><00:13:07.019><c> more</c><00:13:07.299><c> desirable</c><00:13:07.659><c> it</c><00:13:07.940><c> becomes.</c>

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And<00:13:09.460><c> that's</c><00:13:09.600><c> what</c><00:13:09.759><c> Lot</c><00:13:09.879><c> did</c><00:13:10.120><c> here.</c>

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He<00:13:11.240><c> lifted</c><00:13:11.500><c> up</c><00:13:11.740><c> his</c><00:13:11.960><c> eyes</c><00:13:12.179><c> and</c><00:13:12.379><c> he</c><00:13:12.740><c> feasted</c><00:13:13.299><c> them</c>

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It's<00:13:16.500><c> much</c><00:13:16.779><c> better</c><00:13:16.980><c> to</c><00:13:17.259><c> turn</c><00:13:17.460><c> round</c><00:13:17.759><c> and</c><00:13:17.919><c> look</c><00:13:18.159><c> the</c><00:13:18.360><c> other</c><00:13:18.580><c> way.</c>

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You<00:13:22.559><c> remember</c><00:13:22.720><c> when</c><00:13:22.879><c> he</c><00:13:23.080><c> was</c><00:13:23.320><c> tempted</c><00:13:23.559><c> in</c><00:13:23.779><c> the</c><00:13:23.919><c> wilderness</c>

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and<00:13:25.279><c> he</c><00:13:25.419><c> was</c><00:13:25.659><c> shown</c><00:13:25.759><c> all</c><00:13:26.019><c> the</c><00:13:26.220><c> kingdoms</c><00:13:26.460><c> of</c><00:13:26.639><c> the</c><00:13:26.840><c> world</c>

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and<00:13:27.639><c> the</c><00:13:27.820><c> temptation</c><00:13:28.419><c> was</c><00:13:28.759><c> for</c><00:13:28.879><c> him</c><00:13:29.039><c> to</c><00:13:29.360><c> take</c><00:13:29.580><c> the</c><00:13:29.860><c> kingdoms</c>

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there<00:13:30.639><c> and</c><00:13:30.940><c> then</c><00:13:31.179><c> with</c><00:13:31.460><c> the</c><00:13:31.759><c> power</c><00:13:31.940><c> he</c><00:13:32.240><c> had</c>

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and<00:13:33.120><c> to</c><00:13:33.399><c> reign</c><00:13:33.620><c> as</c><00:13:33.820><c> a</c><00:13:34.039><c> mighty</c><00:13:34.620><c> but</c><00:13:35.100><c> a</c><00:13:35.340><c> mortal</c><00:13:35.659><c> king.</c>

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But<00:13:37.320><c> he</c><00:13:37.460><c> knew</c><00:13:37.559><c> that</c><00:13:37.720><c> wasn't</c><00:13:37.980><c> his</c><00:13:38.240><c> father's</c><00:13:38.740><c> will.</c>

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And<00:13:39.799><c> he</c><00:13:40.100><c> responded</c><00:13:40.399><c> to</c><00:13:40.580><c> the</c><00:13:40.779><c> temptation</c><00:13:41.299><c> by</c><00:13:41.639><c> saying</c><00:13:41.860><c> immediately</c>

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get<00:13:43.399><c> behind</c><00:13:44.179><c> me</c><00:13:44.700><c> Satan.</c>

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He<00:13:46.139><c> sought</c><00:13:46.500><c> to</c><00:13:46.720><c> put</c><00:13:46.879><c> the</c><00:13:47.120><c> temptation</c><00:13:47.600><c> out</c><00:13:47.860><c> of</c><00:13:48.000><c> his</c><00:13:48.299><c> sight</c>

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And<00:13:51.860><c> then</c><00:13:52.059><c> later</c><00:13:52.340><c> on</c><00:13:52.539><c> in</c><00:13:52.600><c> Matthew</c><00:13:52.980><c> chapter</c><00:13:53.320><c> 16</c><00:13:53.840><c> when</c><00:13:54.379><c> Peter</c>

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having<00:13:55.860><c> just</c><00:13:56.240><c> heard</c><00:13:56.440><c> that</c><00:13:56.620><c> the</c><00:13:56.779><c> Lord</c><00:13:56.960><c> was</c><00:13:57.220><c> going</c><00:13:57.480><c> to</c>

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go<00:13:58.139><c> up</c><00:13:58.299><c> to</c><00:13:58.519><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:13:59.460><c> be</c><00:13:59.659><c> killed</c><00:13:59.919><c> and</c><00:14:00.059><c> be</c><00:14:00.259><c> raised</c><00:14:00.500><c> again</c>

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he<00:14:01.299><c> said</c><00:14:01.539><c> this</c><00:14:02.120><c> shall</c><00:14:02.340><c> not</c><00:14:02.580><c> be</c><00:14:02.720><c> unto</c><00:14:02.919><c> thee</c><00:14:03.179><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:14:04.580><c> Jesus</c><00:14:04.840><c> said</c><00:14:05.360><c> to</c><00:14:05.980><c> Peter</c>

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get<00:14:07.399><c> thee</c><00:14:07.639><c> behind</c><00:14:08.019><c> me</c><00:14:08.340><c> Satan.</c>

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Because<00:14:09.279><c> Peter</c><00:14:09.580><c> was</c><00:14:09.879><c> standing</c><00:14:10.200><c> in</c><00:14:10.500><c> front</c><00:14:10.659><c> of</c><00:14:10.840><c> the</c><00:14:11.000><c> Lord</c>

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acting<00:14:11.519><c> as</c><00:14:11.779><c> a</c><00:14:11.879><c> source</c><00:14:12.039><c> of</c><00:14:12.279><c> temptation.</c>

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And<00:14:14.120><c> Jesus</c><00:14:14.399><c> said</c><00:14:14.860><c> get</c><00:14:15.620><c> behind.</c>

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It's<00:14:17.539><c> always</c><00:14:17.940><c> better</c><00:14:18.360><c> to</c><00:14:18.620><c> put</c><00:14:18.840><c> temptation</c>

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out<00:14:20.299><c> of</c><00:14:20.480><c> the</c><00:14:20.659><c> way.</c>

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And<00:14:22.539><c> by</c><00:14:22.799><c> contrast</c><00:14:23.320><c> of</c><00:14:23.600><c> course</c>

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here<00:14:24.700><c> in</c><00:14:25.000><c> verse</c><00:14:25.679><c> 14</c>

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Lot<00:14:27.860><c> didn't</c><00:14:28.360><c> look</c><00:14:28.580><c> the</c><00:14:28.759><c> other</c><00:14:29.000><c> way.</c>

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He<00:14:29.559><c> lifted</c><00:14:29.840><c> up</c><00:14:30.039><c> his</c><00:14:30.259><c> eyes</c><00:14:30.460><c> and</c><00:14:30.620><c> he</c><00:14:30.799><c> saw</c><00:14:30.960><c> the</c><00:14:31.159><c> cities</c><00:14:31.299><c> of</c><00:14:31.480><c> the</c><00:14:31.720><c> plain.</c>

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In<00:14:32.740><c> verse</c><00:14:33.039><c> 14</c><00:14:33.600><c> you</c><00:14:33.779><c> get</c><00:14:33.960><c> an</c><00:14:34.299><c> echo</c><00:14:34.700><c> of</c><00:14:35.059><c> the</c><00:14:35.220><c> words</c>

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of<00:14:35.620><c> verse</c><00:14:35.860><c> 10</c><00:14:36.179><c> when</c><00:14:36.360><c> the</c><00:14:36.580><c> Lord</c><00:14:36.779><c> said</c><00:14:37.000><c> to</c><00:14:37.259><c> Abraham</c>

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after<00:14:38.340><c> that</c><00:14:38.580><c> Lot</c><00:14:38.659><c> was</c><00:14:38.960><c> separated</c><00:14:39.340><c> from</c><00:14:39.700><c> him</c>

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Lift<00:14:40.639><c> up</c><00:14:40.980><c> now</c><00:14:41.639><c> thine</c><00:14:42.320><c> eyes</c>

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and<00:14:43.919><c> he</c><00:14:44.100><c> was</c><00:14:44.340><c> shown</c><00:14:44.559><c> by</c><00:14:44.860><c> God</c>

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that<00:14:46.000><c> which</c><00:14:46.220><c> was</c><00:14:46.559><c> promised</c><00:14:46.879><c> to</c><00:14:47.200><c> him.</c>

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And<00:14:48.240><c> look</c><00:14:48.360><c> from</c><00:14:48.539><c> the</c><00:14:48.759><c> place</c><00:14:48.960><c> where</c><00:14:49.200><c> thou</c><00:14:49.379><c> art</c>

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northward<00:14:50.360><c> and</c><00:14:50.659><c> southward,</c><00:14:51.179><c> eastward</c><00:14:51.379><c> and</c><00:14:51.519><c> westward</c>

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for<00:14:52.360><c> all</c><00:14:52.639><c> the</c><00:14:52.759><c> land</c><00:14:52.899><c> which</c><00:14:53.100><c> thou</c><00:14:53.299><c> seest</c><00:14:53.639><c> to</c><00:14:53.860><c> thee</c><00:14:54.000><c> will</c><00:14:54.200><c> I</c><00:14:54.340><c> give</c><00:14:54.480><c> it</c>

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and<00:14:55.299><c> to</c><00:14:55.440><c> thy</c><00:14:55.659><c> seed</c><00:14:56.360><c> forever.</c>

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And<00:14:58.659><c> it's</c><00:14:58.820><c> true</c><00:14:59.059><c> isn't</c><00:14:59.240><c> it</c><00:14:59.440><c> brethren</c><00:14:59.720><c> and</c><00:14:59.940><c> sisters</c><00:15:00.220><c> that</c><00:15:00.419><c> to</c>

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this<00:15:00.899><c> day</c>

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we<00:15:01.899><c> each</c><00:15:02.240><c> have</c><00:15:02.440><c> the</c><00:15:02.740><c> same</c><00:15:03.059><c> basic</c><00:15:03.539><c> choice</c><00:15:03.940><c> before</c><00:15:04.379><c> us.</c>

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We<00:15:05.039><c> can</c><00:15:05.220><c> either</c><00:15:05.480><c> choose</c><00:15:05.919><c> a</c><00:15:06.259><c> temporary</c>

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present<00:15:07.440><c> possession</c><00:15:08.139><c> or</c><00:15:09.460><c> like</c><00:15:09.940><c> Abraham</c>

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an<00:15:11.139><c> eternal</c><00:15:11.539><c> inheritance.</c>

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So<00:15:14.879><c> Lot</c><00:15:15.000><c> began</c><00:15:15.379><c> in</c><00:15:15.600><c> verse</c><00:15:15.799><c> 10</c>

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by<00:15:16.399><c> lifting</c><00:15:16.679><c> up</c><00:15:16.899><c> his</c><00:15:17.120><c> eyes.</c>

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Then<00:15:18.320><c> in</c><00:15:18.539><c> verse</c><00:15:18.820><c> 12</c><00:15:19.679><c> we</c><00:15:20.539><c> read</c><00:15:20.820><c> in</c><00:15:20.980><c> the</c><00:15:21.179><c> second</c><00:15:21.360><c> half</c><00:15:21.600><c> of</c><00:15:21.779><c> that</c><00:15:22.039><c> verse</c>

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he<00:15:23.019><c> dwelled</c><00:15:23.379><c> in</c><00:15:23.559><c> the</c><00:15:23.740><c> cities</c><00:15:23.919><c> of</c><00:15:24.100><c> the</c><00:15:24.340><c> plain</c>

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and<00:15:24.940><c> pitched</c><00:15:25.220><c> his</c><00:15:25.600><c> tent</c><00:15:26.059><c> toward</c><00:15:26.960><c> Sodom</c>

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as<00:15:28.320><c> far</c><00:15:28.580><c> as</c><00:15:28.860><c> Sodom.</c><00:15:29.379><c> So</c><00:15:29.539><c> he</c><00:15:29.779><c> starts</c><00:15:30.059><c> off</c><00:15:30.340><c> by</c><00:15:30.879><c> seeing</c>

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then<00:15:32.080><c> he</c><00:15:32.320><c> takes</c><00:15:32.539><c> his</c><00:15:32.860><c> tent</c><00:15:33.039><c> down</c><00:15:33.440><c> towards</c><00:15:33.860><c> Sodom</c>

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He's<00:15:34.539><c> not</c><00:15:34.759><c> actually</c><00:15:35.139><c> inside</c><00:15:35.580><c> yet</c><00:15:35.799><c> but</c><00:15:35.879><c> he's</c><00:15:36.059><c> getting</c><00:15:36.340><c> close.</c>

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Chapter<00:15:38.980><c> 14</c><00:15:39.539><c> and</c><00:15:39.740><c> verse</c><00:15:40.039><c> 12</c>

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Kedor,<00:15:42.039><c> Leomah</c><00:15:42.379><c> and</c><00:15:42.519><c> his</c><00:15:42.779><c> men</c>

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took<00:15:44.000><c> Lot,</c><00:15:45.120><c> Abraham's</c><00:15:45.500><c> brother's</c><00:15:46.019><c> son</c>

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who<00:15:46.919><c> dwelt</c><00:15:47.659><c> in</c><00:15:48.139><c> Sodom.</c>

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So<00:15:49.399><c> by</c><00:15:49.620><c> this</c><00:15:49.919><c> stage</c><00:15:50.259><c> he'd</c><00:15:50.779><c> actually</c><00:15:51.100><c> got</c><00:15:51.379><c> inside</c><00:15:52.100><c> Sodom.</c>

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And<00:15:52.960><c> the</c><00:15:53.100><c> amazing</c><00:15:53.460><c> thing</c><00:15:53.779><c> is</c><00:15:54.059><c> that</c><00:15:54.200><c> he</c><00:15:54.299><c> was</c><00:15:54.559><c> taken</c><00:15:54.879><c> captive</c>

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and<00:15:56.279><c> surely</c><00:15:56.559><c> brethren</c><00:15:56.899><c> and</c><00:15:57.100><c> sisters</c><00:15:57.299><c> his</c><00:15:57.620><c> captivity</c>

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all<00:15:59.159><c> given</c><00:15:59.279><c> him</c><00:15:59.480><c> an</c><00:15:59.620><c> opportunity</c><00:16:00.059><c> to</c><00:16:00.419><c> think</c><00:16:00.639><c> about</c><00:16:00.960><c> where</c><00:16:01.220><c> he</c><00:16:01.480><c> was.</c>

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There<00:16:03.340><c> he</c><00:16:03.480><c> had</c><00:16:03.679><c> the</c><00:16:03.840><c> opportunity</c><00:16:04.379><c> when</c><00:16:04.559><c> he'd</c><00:16:04.799><c> been</c><00:16:04.960><c> rescued</c>

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by<00:16:05.600><c> Abraham</c>

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to<00:16:06.480><c> leave</c><00:16:06.960><c> Sodom</c><00:16:07.500><c> while</c><00:16:07.840><c> he</c><00:16:08.139><c> could</c>

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with<00:16:08.700><c> his</c><00:16:09.000><c> household</c><00:16:09.500><c> and</c><00:16:09.840><c> his</c><00:16:10.139><c> goods</c><00:16:10.419><c> which</c><00:16:10.620><c> were</c><00:16:10.840><c> rescued.</c>

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But<00:16:12.419><c> he</c><00:16:12.559><c> didn't</c><00:16:12.799><c> take</c><00:16:13.059><c> the</c><00:16:13.240><c> opportunity</c>

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and<00:16:14.600><c> he</c><00:16:14.820><c> went</c><00:16:15.039><c> straight</c><00:16:15.539><c> back</c><00:16:16.139><c> into</c><00:16:16.480><c> Sodom</c><00:16:16.820><c> again.</c>

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When<00:16:18.720><c> you</c><00:16:18.860><c> come</c><00:16:18.960><c> into</c><00:16:19.120><c> chapter</c><00:16:19.440><c> 15</c><00:16:19.899><c> in</c><00:16:20.100><c> verse</c><00:16:20.399><c> 3</c>

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and<00:16:21.960><c> Abraham</c><00:16:22.200><c> is</c><00:16:22.460><c> pondering</c><00:16:22.860><c> the</c><00:16:23.100><c> fact</c>

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that<00:16:23.899><c> he</c><00:16:24.080><c> doesn't</c><00:16:24.379><c> have</c><00:16:24.860><c> a</c><00:16:25.200><c> son</c>

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and<00:16:26.220><c> he's</c><00:16:26.519><c> made</c><00:16:26.919><c> this</c><00:16:27.740><c> servant</c>

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of<00:16:29.159><c> his</c><00:16:29.360><c> own</c><00:16:29.639><c> house,</c><00:16:30.299><c> his</c><00:16:30.539><c> heir</c>

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what<00:16:32.600><c> was</c><00:16:32.779><c> wrong</c><00:16:32.899><c> with</c><00:16:33.039><c> his</c><00:16:33.200><c> nephew?</c>

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He<00:16:34.919><c> had</c><00:16:35.120><c> a</c><00:16:35.220><c> nephew,</c><00:16:35.559><c> why</c><00:16:35.720><c> didn't</c><00:16:35.899><c> he</c><00:16:36.039><c> make</c><00:16:36.179><c> him</c><00:16:36.419><c> his</c><00:16:36.659><c> heir?</c>

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But<00:16:37.580><c> you</c><00:16:37.659><c> see</c><00:16:37.799><c> Lot</c><00:16:38.000><c> was</c><00:16:38.200><c> out</c><00:16:38.500><c> of</c><00:16:38.639><c> the</c><00:16:38.779><c> running</c><00:16:38.960><c> altogether.</c>

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He<00:16:40.059><c> wasn't</c><00:16:40.340><c> even</c><00:16:40.679><c> considered</c><00:16:41.240><c> because</c><00:16:41.879><c> he</c><00:16:42.059><c> was</c><00:16:42.259><c> down</c><00:16:42.500><c> in</c><00:16:42.779><c> Sodom.</c>

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And<00:16:44.700><c> then</c><00:16:44.799><c> we</c><00:16:45.000><c> come</c><00:16:45.159><c> over</c><00:16:45.500><c> to</c><00:16:45.879><c> chapter</c><00:16:46.220><c> 19</c>

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in<00:16:47.120><c> verse</c><00:16:47.399><c> 1</c><00:16:47.720><c> and</c><00:16:47.820><c> as</c><00:16:48.059><c> we</c><00:16:48.240><c> know</c>

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when<00:16:49.059><c> the</c><00:16:49.240><c> two</c><00:16:49.419><c> angels</c><00:16:49.840><c> arrive</c><00:16:50.279><c> at</c><00:16:50.580><c> Sodom</c>

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is<00:16:51.440><c> sitting</c><00:16:51.860><c> in</c><00:16:52.139><c> the</c><00:16:52.379><c> gate</c><00:16:52.679><c> of</c><00:16:52.899><c> that</c><00:16:53.220><c> city.</c>

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And<00:16:54.480><c> the</c><00:16:54.559><c> gate</c><00:16:54.799><c> of</c><00:16:55.000><c> the</c><00:16:55.139><c> city</c><00:16:55.340><c> in</c><00:16:55.500><c> these</c><00:16:55.779><c> days</c>

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was<00:16:56.179><c> always</c><00:16:56.440><c> the</c><00:16:56.519><c> most</c><00:16:56.840><c> important</c><00:16:57.379><c> place.</c>

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It<00:16:57.860><c> was</c><00:16:58.039><c> there</c><00:16:58.299><c> that</c><00:16:58.480><c> the</c><00:16:58.659><c> rulers</c><00:16:59.019><c> and</c><00:16:59.600><c> the</c><00:16:59.840><c> judges</c><00:17:00.220><c> sat.</c>

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And<00:17:02.820><c> later</c><00:17:03.179><c> on</c><00:17:03.600><c> when</c><00:17:03.980><c> the</c><00:17:04.259><c> wicked</c><00:17:04.660><c> men</c><00:17:05.079><c> of</c><00:17:05.380><c> Sodom</c>

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surround<00:17:06.319><c> Lot's</c><00:17:06.740><c> house</c>

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they<00:17:08.119><c> complain</c><00:17:08.640><c> about</c><00:17:09.019><c> him</c><00:17:09.460><c> in</c><00:17:09.859><c> verse</c><00:17:10.140><c> 9.</c>

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They<00:17:11.619><c> said,</c><00:17:12.500><c> stand</c><00:17:12.500><c> back</c>

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and<00:17:14.079><c> they</c><00:17:14.319><c> said</c><00:17:14.480><c> again,</c><00:17:15.039><c> this</c><00:17:15.299><c> one</c><00:17:15.740><c> fellow</c><00:17:16.059><c> came</c><00:17:16.380><c> into</c><00:17:16.700><c> Sodom</c>

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and<00:17:17.839><c> he</c><00:17:18.059><c> will</c><00:17:18.299><c> needs</c><00:17:18.740><c> be</c><00:17:19.339><c> a</c><00:17:19.619><c> judge.</c>

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Now<00:17:21.259><c> will</c><00:17:21.539><c> we</c><00:17:21.700><c> deal</c><00:17:21.900><c> worse</c><00:17:22.220><c> with</c><00:17:22.480><c> thee</c><00:17:22.940><c> than</c><00:17:23.339><c> with</c><00:17:23.599><c> them.</c>

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He<00:17:24.799><c> will</c><00:17:25.099><c> needs</c><00:17:25.380><c> be</c><00:17:25.680><c> a</c><00:17:25.920><c> judge.</c>

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Apparently<00:17:27.299><c> the</c><00:17:27.559><c> Hebrew</c><00:17:27.859><c> there</c><00:17:28.180><c> literally</c><00:17:28.640><c> means</c>

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he<00:17:30.019><c> is</c><00:17:30.640><c> ever</c><00:17:31.140><c> acting</c><00:17:31.819><c> as</c><00:17:32.359><c> a</c><00:17:32.559><c> judge.</c>

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So<00:17:34.220><c> this</c><00:17:34.480><c> man</c><00:17:34.740><c> came</c><00:17:35.000><c> in</c><00:17:35.160><c> to</c><00:17:35.240><c> live</c><00:17:35.400><c> amongst</c><00:17:35.779><c> us</c>

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and<00:17:36.299><c> he's</c><00:17:36.579><c> ever</c><00:17:36.920><c> acting</c><00:17:37.259><c> as</c><00:17:37.460><c> a</c><00:17:37.660><c> judge</c><00:17:37.859><c> they</c><00:17:38.220><c> said.</c>

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Now<00:17:39.619><c> that</c><00:17:39.819><c> suggests</c><00:17:40.359><c> that</c><00:17:40.759><c> in</c><00:17:41.119><c> his</c><00:17:41.359><c> position</c>

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of<00:17:42.019><c> authority</c><00:17:42.440><c> in</c><00:17:42.759><c> Sodom</c>

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Lot<00:17:43.940><c> had</c><00:17:44.160><c> often</c><00:17:44.500><c> rebuked</c><00:17:45.460><c> these</c><00:17:45.799><c> people</c>

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for<00:17:46.220><c> their</c><00:17:46.480><c> wicked</c><00:17:46.720><c> behaviour</c><00:17:47.220><c> in</c><00:17:47.420><c> the</c><00:17:47.579><c> past.</c>

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He's<00:17:48.180><c> ever</c><00:17:48.380><c> acting</c><00:17:48.599><c> as</c><00:17:48.740><c> a</c><00:17:48.960><c> judge</c><00:17:49.140><c> they</c><00:17:49.400><c> complained</c>

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but<00:17:50.619><c> he</c><00:17:50.740><c> was</c><00:17:51.019><c> absolutely</c><00:17:51.640><c> powerless</c>

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to<00:17:52.500><c> render</c><00:17:52.720><c> the</c><00:17:52.960><c> city</c><00:17:53.500><c> less</c><00:17:54.259><c> evil.</c>

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Now<00:17:57.240><c> the</c><00:17:57.339><c> apostle</c><00:17:57.700><c> Peter</c><00:17:58.319><c> in</c><00:17:58.839><c> his</c><00:17:59.099><c> second</c><00:17:59.359><c> epistle</c>

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informs<00:18:00.559><c> us</c><00:18:01.079><c> that</c><00:18:01.720><c> in</c><00:18:01.900><c> fact</c>

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Lot<00:18:02.880><c> vexed</c><00:18:03.720><c> his</c><00:18:04.059><c> righteous</c><00:18:04.460><c> soul</c><00:18:04.980><c> from</c><00:18:05.339><c> day</c><00:18:05.640><c> to</c><00:18:05.880><c> day</c>

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with<00:18:06.980><c> their</c><00:18:07.319><c> unlawful</c><00:18:07.940><c> deeds.</c>

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He<00:18:09.420><c> made</c><00:18:09.660><c> a</c><00:18:09.960><c> serious</c><00:18:10.279><c> error</c><00:18:10.559><c> of</c><00:18:10.839><c> judgement</c>

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in<00:18:11.480><c> going</c><00:18:11.640><c> down</c><00:18:11.940><c> to</c><00:18:12.220><c> Sodom</c><00:18:12.420><c> in</c><00:18:12.559><c> the</c><00:18:12.759><c> first</c><00:18:13.039><c> place.</c>

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But<00:18:14.200><c> remarkably</c><00:18:14.720><c> he</c><00:18:14.880><c> is</c><00:18:15.140><c> described</c><00:18:15.660><c> by</c><00:18:15.940><c> the</c><00:18:16.079><c> apostle</c><00:18:16.400><c> Peter</c>

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as<00:18:17.319><c> being</c><00:18:17.559><c> a</c><00:18:17.819><c> faithful</c><00:18:18.119><c> man.</c>

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He<00:18:19.119><c> maintained</c><00:18:19.759><c> his</c><00:18:20.180><c> faith</c><00:18:20.380><c> in</c><00:18:20.660><c> God</c><00:18:21.000><c> despite</c><00:18:21.680><c> being</c>

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in<00:18:22.220><c> such</c><00:18:22.420><c> a</c><00:18:22.579><c> wicked</c><00:18:22.819><c> place.</c>

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And<00:18:24.200><c> so</c><00:18:24.279><c> when</c><00:18:24.440><c> the</c><00:18:24.640><c> time</c><00:18:24.819><c> came</c><00:18:25.119><c> eventually</c><00:18:25.559><c> for</c><00:18:25.819><c> Sodom</c><00:18:26.000><c> to</c><00:18:26.160><c> be</c><00:18:26.319><c> destroyed</c>

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righteous<00:18:27.859><c> Lot</c><00:18:28.200><c> was</c><00:18:28.799><c> delivered.</c>

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The<00:18:30.539><c> details</c><00:18:30.779><c> of</c><00:18:30.940><c> the</c><00:18:31.160><c> destruction</c><00:18:31.480><c> of</c><00:18:31.720><c> course</c><00:18:31.880><c> are</c><00:18:32.059><c> given</c><00:18:32.220><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:18:32.680><c> 19.</c>

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Just<00:18:33.859><c> come</c><00:18:34.000><c> over</c><00:18:34.180><c> to</c><00:18:34.339><c> verse</c><00:18:34.539><c> 27</c><00:18:35.200><c> for</c><00:18:35.420><c> a</c><00:18:35.579><c> moment.</c>

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We<00:18:36.759><c> won't</c><00:18:36.960><c> look</c><00:18:37.160><c> at</c><00:18:37.220><c> all</c><00:18:37.420><c> the</c><00:18:37.680><c> details,</c><00:18:38.119><c> many</c><00:18:38.380><c> of</c><00:18:38.480><c> them</c><00:18:38.619><c> are</c><00:18:38.839><c> familiar</c>

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but<00:18:39.400><c> just</c><00:18:39.660><c> one</c><00:18:39.799><c> or</c><00:18:39.900><c> two</c><00:18:40.180><c> points.</c>

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On<00:18:43.420><c> that</c><00:18:43.720><c> day</c><00:18:44.019><c> that</c><00:18:44.279><c> Sodom</c><00:18:44.460><c> was</c><00:18:44.720><c> destroyed</c>

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in<00:18:45.700><c> verse</c><00:18:45.960><c> 27</c><00:18:46.660><c> Abraham</c><00:18:47.259><c> got</c><00:18:47.619><c> up</c><00:18:47.859><c> early</c><00:18:48.180><c> in</c><00:18:48.339><c> the</c><00:18:48.460><c> morning</c>

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to<00:18:49.380><c> the</c><00:18:49.619><c> place</c><00:18:49.900><c> where</c><00:18:50.119><c> he</c><00:18:50.380><c> stood</c><00:18:50.619><c> before</c><00:18:50.980><c> the</c><00:18:51.180><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:18:52.380><c> he</c><00:18:52.599><c> looked</c><00:18:52.799><c> toward</c><00:18:53.160><c> Sodom</c><00:18:53.579><c> and</c><00:18:53.720><c> Gomorrah</c>

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and<00:18:54.779><c> toward</c><00:18:54.960><c> all</c><00:18:55.279><c> the</c><00:18:55.440><c> land</c><00:18:55.579><c> of</c><00:18:55.740><c> the</c><00:18:56.000><c> plain</c>

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and<00:18:57.180><c> beheld</c><00:18:58.000><c> and</c><00:18:58.500><c> lo</c><00:18:58.680><c> the</c><00:18:59.000><c> smoke</c><00:18:59.420><c> of</c><00:18:59.579><c> the</c><00:18:59.799><c> country</c>

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went<00:19:00.480><c> up</c><00:19:00.940><c> as</c><00:19:01.339><c> the</c><00:19:01.640><c> smoke</c><00:19:01.880><c> of</c><00:19:02.180><c> a</c><00:19:02.339><c> furnace.</c>

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Now<00:19:04.740><c> we</c><00:19:05.259><c> just</c><00:19:05.599><c> read</c><00:19:05.799><c> those</c><00:19:06.099><c> verses</c><00:19:06.380><c> of</c><00:19:06.640><c> course</c>

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they're<00:19:07.480><c> a</c><00:19:07.519><c> description</c><00:19:07.900><c> of</c><00:19:08.039><c> what</c><00:19:08.319><c> happened.</c>

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But<00:19:09.519><c> those</c><00:19:09.839><c> two</c><00:19:10.160><c> verses</c><00:19:10.460><c> actually</c><00:19:10.940><c> illustrate</c><00:19:11.539><c> the</c><00:19:11.880><c> minute</c><00:19:12.359><c> accuracy</c>

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of<00:19:13.920><c> the</c><00:19:14.160><c> historical</c><00:19:14.599><c> record</c><00:19:15.019><c> of</c><00:19:15.299><c> scripture.</c>

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All<00:19:17.000><c> Abraham</c><00:19:17.480><c> could</c><00:19:17.819><c> see</c><00:19:18.059><c> it</c><00:19:18.400><c> says</c>

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was<00:19:18.839><c> not</c><00:19:19.220><c> the</c><00:19:19.539><c> actual</c><00:19:19.980><c> fire</c><00:19:20.319><c> and</c><00:19:20.559><c> brimstone</c><00:19:21.079><c> destroying</c><00:19:21.599><c> Sodom.</c>

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All<00:19:22.779><c> he</c><00:19:22.960><c> could</c><00:19:23.119><c> see</c><00:19:23.339><c> was</c><00:19:23.500><c> the</c><00:19:23.900><c> smoke</c><00:19:24.240><c> rising</c><00:19:24.720><c> from</c><00:19:24.940><c> the</c><00:19:25.220><c> burning.</c>

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And<00:19:26.640><c> that</c><00:19:26.779><c> is</c><00:19:26.940><c> all</c><00:19:27.119><c> we</c><00:19:27.259><c> would</c><00:19:27.640><c> have</c><00:19:27.859><c> expected</c><00:19:28.420><c> him</c><00:19:28.660><c> to</c><00:19:28.839><c> be</c><00:19:28.980><c> able</c>

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to<00:19:29.500><c> see</c>

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because<00:19:30.460><c> when</c><00:19:30.740><c> he</c><00:19:31.039><c> stood</c><00:19:31.180><c> looking</c><00:19:31.579><c> toward</c><00:19:31.960><c> Sodom</c>

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on<00:19:32.480><c> that</c><00:19:32.720><c> morning</c><00:19:33.259><c> he</c><00:19:33.619><c> was</c><00:19:33.839><c> actually</c><00:19:34.259><c> some</c><00:19:34.619><c> 30</c><00:19:35.019><c> miles</c><00:19:35.480><c> away</c>

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in<00:19:36.240><c> Hebron</c><00:19:36.819><c> and</c><00:19:37.259><c> there</c><00:19:37.380><c> were</c><00:19:37.619><c> several</c><00:19:37.980><c> mountain</c><00:19:38.480><c> ranges</c>

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between<00:19:39.740><c> Abraham</c><00:19:40.339><c> and</c><00:19:41.079><c> Sodom.</c>

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So<00:19:42.039><c> he</c><00:19:42.180><c> couldn't</c><00:19:42.500><c> actually</c><00:19:43.000><c> see</c><00:19:43.220><c> the</c><00:19:43.420><c> destruction</c><00:19:43.880><c> of</c><00:19:44.059><c> the</c><00:19:44.240><c> cities.</c>

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All<00:19:45.579><c> he</c><00:19:45.740><c> could</c><00:19:46.019><c> see</c><00:19:46.460><c> as</c><00:19:46.900><c> it</c><00:19:47.140><c> quite</c><00:19:47.299><c> rightly</c><00:19:47.660><c> says</c>

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was<00:19:48.539><c> the</c><00:19:48.720><c> rising</c><00:19:49.119><c> cloud</c><00:19:49.500><c> of</c><00:19:49.779><c> sulfurous</c><00:19:50.400><c> smoke</c>

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and<00:19:51.220><c> a</c><00:19:51.400><c> glow</c><00:19:51.539><c> in</c><00:19:51.740><c> the</c><00:19:52.000><c> sky</c><00:19:52.720><c> as</c><00:19:53.079><c> from</c><00:19:53.319><c> the</c><00:19:53.480><c> glow</c><00:19:53.640><c> of</c><00:19:53.859><c> a</c><00:19:54.019><c> furnace.</c>

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So<00:19:55.579><c> even</c><00:19:55.799><c> down</c><00:19:56.000><c> to</c><00:19:56.160><c> this</c><00:19:56.420><c> minute</c><00:19:56.900><c> detail</c>

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the<00:19:58.160><c> historical</c><00:19:58.579><c> record</c><00:19:58.940><c> of</c><00:19:59.180><c> scripture</c><00:19:59.380><c> is</c><00:19:59.819><c> absolutely</c><00:20:00.519><c> right.</c>

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That's<00:20:01.420><c> all</c><00:20:01.779><c> Abraham</c><00:20:02.180><c> could</c><00:20:02.519><c> possibly</c><00:20:02.940><c> have</c><00:20:03.220><c> seen</c>

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from<00:20:04.019><c> where</c><00:20:04.200><c> he</c><00:20:04.339><c> was</c><00:20:04.640><c> standing.</c>

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And<00:20:06.900><c> the</c><00:20:07.079><c> manner</c><00:20:07.319><c> of</c><00:20:07.579><c> these</c><00:20:07.779><c> cities'</c><00:20:08.299><c> destruction</c><00:20:08.759><c> seems</c><00:20:09.119><c> to</c><00:20:09.299><c> be</c>

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very<00:20:09.660><c> appropriate</c><00:20:10.319><c> in</c><00:20:10.819><c> view</c><00:20:10.960><c> of</c><00:20:11.059><c> what</c><00:20:11.180><c> we</c><00:20:11.420><c> know</c><00:20:11.579><c> of</c><00:20:11.720><c> the</c><00:20:12.000><c> area.</c>

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It's<00:20:13.619><c> thought</c><00:20:13.819><c> that</c><00:20:14.019><c> the</c><00:20:14.099><c> cities</c><00:20:14.339><c> of</c><00:20:14.559><c> Sodom</c><00:20:14.839><c> and</c><00:20:14.960><c> Gomorrah</c>

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are<00:20:15.700><c> situated</c><00:20:16.200><c> somewhere</c><00:20:16.700><c> underneath</c><00:20:17.220><c> the</c><00:20:17.519><c> southern</c><00:20:17.720><c> end</c><00:20:18.039><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:18.339><c> Dead</c><00:20:18.660><c> Sea.</c>

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They<00:20:19.740><c> were</c><00:20:20.019><c> destroyed</c><00:20:20.380><c> by</c><00:20:20.700><c> fire</c><00:20:20.980><c> and</c><00:20:21.180><c> brimstone</c>

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here<00:20:21.940><c> in</c><00:20:22.119><c> Genesis</c><00:20:22.460><c> 19.</c>

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Geologists<00:20:25.039><c> in</c><00:20:25.299><c> modern</c><00:20:25.660><c> times</c><00:20:26.099><c> have</c><00:20:26.339><c> actually</c><00:20:26.779><c> studied</c>

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the<00:20:27.339><c> structure</c><00:20:27.680><c> of</c><00:20:27.900><c> the</c><00:20:28.099><c> earth</c><00:20:28.440><c> in</c><00:20:28.740><c> that</c><00:20:28.960><c> area.</c>

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And<00:20:30.079><c> they</c><00:20:30.299><c> found</c><00:20:30.500><c> materials</c><00:20:31.140><c> in</c><00:20:31.359><c> the</c><00:20:31.539><c> rock</c><00:20:31.859><c> strata</c>

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such<00:20:32.980><c> as</c><00:20:33.200><c> bitumen,</c><00:20:34.259><c> petroleum,</c><00:20:35.460><c> brimstone,</c>

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sulfur<00:20:36.980><c> and</c><00:20:37.759><c> huge</c><00:20:38.400><c> layers</c><00:20:38.920><c> of</c><00:20:39.319><c> salt.</c>

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It<00:20:41.220><c> has</c><00:20:41.440><c> been</c><00:20:41.619><c> suggested</c><00:20:42.119><c> that</c><00:20:42.319><c> what</c><00:20:42.480><c> might</c><00:20:42.779><c> have</c><00:20:43.039><c> happened</c>

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under<00:20:44.119><c> the</c><00:20:44.359><c> hand</c><00:20:44.519><c> of</c><00:20:44.819><c> God</c><00:20:45.119><c> is</c><00:20:45.519><c> this.</c>

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That<00:20:46.920><c> first</c><00:20:47.220><c> of</c><00:20:47.400><c> all</c><00:20:47.559><c> there</c><00:20:47.740><c> could</c><00:20:47.940><c> well</c><00:20:48.140><c> have</c><00:20:48.259><c> been</c><00:20:48.380><c> an</c><00:20:48.579><c> earthquake</c>

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especially<00:20:49.779><c> since</c><00:20:50.200><c> that</c><00:20:50.579><c> area</c><00:20:51.059><c> of</c><00:20:51.259><c> the</c><00:20:51.400><c> Jordan</c><00:20:51.680><c> Valley</c>

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is<00:20:52.779><c> a</c><00:20:52.900><c> rift</c><00:20:53.140><c> valley,</c><00:20:53.539><c> it</c><00:20:53.759><c> is</c><00:20:53.940><c> an</c><00:20:54.160><c> earthquake</c><00:20:54.640><c> zone.</c>

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If<00:20:55.700><c> there</c><00:20:55.839><c> was</c><00:20:55.980><c> an</c><00:20:56.140><c> earthquake</c><00:20:56.720><c> oil</c><00:20:57.119><c> and</c><00:20:57.359><c> gas</c><00:20:57.740><c> might</c><00:20:58.039><c> well</c><00:20:58.259><c> have</c>

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then<00:20:58.619><c> been</c><00:20:58.819><c> released</c><00:20:59.140><c> from</c><00:20:59.380><c> underground.</c>

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This<00:21:00.980><c> fits</c><00:21:01.259><c> in</c><00:21:01.460><c> with</c><00:21:01.599><c> Genesis</c><00:21:01.940><c> 14</c><00:21:02.519><c> and</c><00:21:02.759><c> verse</c><00:21:03.059><c> 10</c>

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which<00:21:04.119><c> speaks</c><00:21:04.519><c> of</c><00:21:04.680><c> there</c><00:21:04.900><c> being</c><00:21:05.160><c> slime</c><00:21:05.720><c> pits,</c>

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bitumen<00:21:06.900><c> or</c><00:21:07.140><c> asphalt</c><00:21:07.680><c> pits</c><00:21:08.000><c> in</c><00:21:08.220><c> the</c><00:21:08.400><c> area.</c>

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So<00:21:09.480><c> it's</c><00:21:09.680><c> almost</c><00:21:10.019><c> certain</c><00:21:10.180><c> that</c><00:21:10.359><c> there</c><00:21:10.519><c> was</c><00:21:10.700><c> oil</c><00:21:10.940><c> there.</c>

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It<00:21:12.480><c> would</c><00:21:12.640><c> only</c><00:21:12.839><c> have</c><00:21:13.019><c> needed</c><00:21:13.279><c> a</c><00:21:13.960><c> spark</c><00:21:14.460><c> to</c><00:21:14.819><c> ignite</c><00:21:15.339><c> the</c><00:21:15.759><c> oil</c>

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and<00:21:16.339><c> the</c><00:21:16.539><c> gas</c><00:21:16.900><c> and</c><00:21:17.400><c> the</c><00:21:17.839><c> explosion</c><00:21:18.259><c> resulting</c><00:21:18.740><c> from</c><00:21:19.099><c> that</c>

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would<00:21:19.819><c> then</c><00:21:20.140><c> cover</c><00:21:20.299><c> the</c><00:21:20.519><c> cities</c><00:21:20.680><c> of</c><00:21:20.839><c> the</c><00:21:21.079><c> plain</c><00:21:21.279><c> with</c><00:21:21.519><c> fire</c>

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and<00:21:21.960><c> brimstone,</c><00:21:23.119><c> cover</c><00:21:23.420><c> Lot's</c><00:21:23.819><c> wife</c><00:21:24.039><c> with</c><00:21:24.339><c> salt</c>

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and<00:21:25.519><c> send</c><00:21:25.740><c> up</c><00:21:25.880><c> the</c><00:21:26.059><c> great</c><00:21:26.359><c> cloud</c><00:21:26.559><c> that</c><00:21:26.819><c> Abraham</c><00:21:27.200><c> saw.</c>

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Now<00:21:29.579><c> just</c><00:21:29.799><c> consider,</c>

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Lot<00:21:31.019><c> had</c><00:21:31.200><c> been</c><00:21:31.339><c> a</c><00:21:31.519><c> man</c><00:21:31.619><c> of</c><00:21:31.920><c> great</c><00:21:32.259><c> substance.</c>

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That's<00:21:33.140><c> what</c><00:21:33.259><c> we</c><00:21:33.480><c> began</c><00:21:33.759><c> by</c><00:21:34.079><c> reading</c><00:21:34.339><c> back</c><00:21:34.640><c> in</c><00:21:35.180><c> Genesis</c><00:21:35.460><c> 13</c>

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just<00:21:37.240><c> like</c><00:21:37.599><c> Abraham.</c>

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Now<00:21:39.779><c> in</c><00:21:40.099><c> chapter</c><00:21:40.480><c> 14</c><00:21:41.039><c> of</c><00:21:41.259><c> Genesis</c>

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when<00:21:42.319><c> Abraham</c><00:21:42.720><c> went</c><00:21:42.960><c> to</c><00:21:43.200><c> get</c><00:21:43.420><c> Lot</c><00:21:43.720><c> back</c>

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he<00:21:44.559><c> was</c><00:21:44.779><c> able</c><00:21:45.000><c> to</c><00:21:45.180><c> muster</c><00:21:45.619><c> 318</c><00:21:46.599><c> fighting</c><00:21:47.200><c> men</c><00:21:47.599><c> of</c><00:21:47.819><c> his</c><00:21:48.000><c> own</c><00:21:48.240><c> household.</c>

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So<00:21:49.680><c> Abraham's</c><00:21:50.259><c> household</c><00:21:50.779><c> must</c><00:21:51.039><c> have</c><00:21:51.160><c> got</c><00:21:51.299><c> up</c><00:21:51.480><c> to</c><00:21:51.619><c> about</c><00:21:51.880><c> a</c><00:21:52.000><c> thousand</c>

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and<00:21:53.640><c> Lot</c><00:21:53.839><c> also</c><00:21:54.559><c> was</c><00:21:54.920><c> a</c><00:21:55.079><c> man</c><00:21:55.200><c> of</c><00:21:55.460><c> great</c><00:21:55.720><c> substance.</c>

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Now<00:21:57.700><c> just</c><00:21:57.960><c> think,</c><00:21:58.299><c> he</c><00:21:58.500><c> must</c><00:21:58.740><c> have</c><00:21:58.980><c> taken</c>

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an<00:21:59.619><c> ecclesia</c><00:22:00.359><c> of</c><00:22:01.339><c> hundreds</c><00:22:01.960><c> of</c><00:22:02.279><c> people</c>

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maybe<00:22:03.380><c> even</c><00:22:03.619><c> as</c><00:22:03.799><c> many</c><00:22:03.920><c> as</c><00:22:04.079><c> a</c><00:22:04.319><c> thousand</c>

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down<00:22:05.660><c> into</c><00:22:06.240><c> Sodom.</c>

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But<00:22:08.519><c> the</c><00:22:08.839><c> evil</c><00:22:09.059><c> effects</c><00:22:09.420><c> of</c><00:22:09.599><c> that</c><00:22:09.900><c> city</c>

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had<00:22:10.680><c> a</c><00:22:10.920><c> corrupting</c><00:22:11.400><c> effect</c><00:22:11.900><c> and</c><00:22:12.420><c> he</c><00:22:12.640><c> certainly</c>

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didn't<00:22:13.099><c> bring</c><00:22:13.279><c> anything</c><00:22:13.619><c> like</c><00:22:13.960><c> a</c><00:22:14.180><c> thousand</c><00:22:14.460><c> out,</c><00:22:14.960><c> did</c><00:22:14.960><c> he?</c>

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Lot,<00:22:16.700><c> his</c><00:22:16.819><c> wife,</c><00:22:17.680><c> and</c><00:22:17.900><c> Tervy's</c><00:22:18.299><c> daughters.</c>

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Well<00:22:20.180><c> come</c><00:22:20.339><c> to</c><00:22:20.480><c> chapter</c><00:22:20.779><c> 18</c><00:22:21.160><c> of</c><00:22:21.359><c> Genesis</c>

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where<00:22:22.079><c> the</c><00:22:22.339><c> angels</c><00:22:22.880><c> go</c><00:22:24.000><c> to</c><00:22:24.339><c> speak</c><00:22:24.519><c> to</c><00:22:24.740><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:22:25.380><c> announce</c><00:22:25.740><c> the</c><00:22:25.980><c> fact</c><00:22:26.099><c> that</c><00:22:26.240><c> they're</c><00:22:26.420><c> going</c><00:22:26.660><c> down</c><00:22:27.200><c> to</c><00:22:27.759><c> Sodom.</c>

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In<00:22:29.839><c> Genesis</c><00:22:30.119><c> chapter</c><00:22:30.460><c> 18</c>

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and<00:22:31.240><c> verse</c><00:22:31.460><c> 16</c>

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the<00:22:33.180><c> men</c><00:22:33.460><c> rose</c><00:22:33.740><c> up</c><00:22:33.980><c> from</c><00:22:34.279><c> vents</c><00:22:34.519><c> and</c><00:22:34.740><c> looked</c><00:22:34.980><c> towards</c><00:22:35.359><c> Sodom</c>

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and<00:22:36.220><c> Abraham</c><00:22:36.619><c> went</c><00:22:36.880><c> with</c><00:22:37.140><c> them</c><00:22:37.279><c> to</c><00:22:37.480><c> bring</c><00:22:37.619><c> them</c><00:22:37.740><c> on</c><00:22:37.920><c> the</c><00:22:38.099><c> way.</c>

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And<00:22:39.220><c> the</c><00:22:39.319><c> Lord</c><00:22:39.579><c> said,</c><00:22:40.220><c> shall</c><00:22:40.299><c> I</c><00:22:40.599><c> hide</c><00:22:40.940><c> from</c><00:22:41.160><c> Abraham</c>

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that<00:22:42.279><c> thing</c><00:22:42.680><c> which</c><00:22:42.980><c> I</c><00:22:43.319><c> do</c>

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seeing<00:22:44.700><c> that</c><00:22:44.960><c> Abraham</c><00:22:45.299><c> shall</c><00:22:45.559><c> surely</c><00:22:45.880><c> become</c><00:22:46.180><c> a</c><00:22:46.480><c> great</c><00:22:46.640><c> and</c>

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mighty<00:22:47.099><c> nation</c>

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and<00:22:47.980><c> all</c><00:22:48.180><c> the</c><00:22:48.319><c> nations</c><00:22:48.539><c> of</c><00:22:48.720><c> the</c><00:22:48.859><c> earth</c><00:22:49.039><c> shall</c><00:22:49.220><c> be</c><00:22:49.460><c> blessed</c><00:22:49.720><c> in</c><00:22:49.960><c> him.</c>

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Shall<00:22:51.539><c> I</c><00:22:51.819><c> hide</c><00:22:52.099><c> from</c><00:22:52.359><c> Abraham,</c><00:22:52.960><c> says</c><00:22:53.019><c> the</c><00:22:53.259><c> angel</c>

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what<00:22:54.359><c> I'm</c><00:22:54.720><c> going</c><00:22:54.940><c> to</c><00:22:55.240><c> do?</c>

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Now<00:22:57.180><c> here</c><00:22:57.579><c> in</c><00:22:57.839><c> these</c><00:22:58.160><c> verses</c>

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Abraham<00:22:59.299><c> is</c><00:22:59.539><c> being</c><00:22:59.839><c> treated</c><00:23:00.359><c> as</c><00:23:00.740><c> the</c><00:23:01.000><c> friend</c><00:23:01.200><c> of</c><00:23:01.440><c> God.</c>

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He<00:23:03.319><c> is</c><00:23:03.579><c> called</c><00:23:03.720><c> the</c><00:23:03.900><c> friend</c><00:23:04.079><c> of</c><00:23:04.279><c> God</c><00:23:04.380><c> in</c><00:23:04.619><c> Scripture,</c><00:23:04.940><c> isn't</c><00:23:05.160><c> he?</c>

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For<00:23:06.339><c> example</c><00:23:06.799><c> in</c><00:23:07.539><c> 2</c><00:23:07.759><c> Chronicles</c><00:23:08.279><c> 20</c>

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and<00:23:09.079><c> verse</c><00:23:09.079><c> 7</c><00:23:09.859><c> King</c><00:23:10.259><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:23:10.960><c> says</c>

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And<00:23:22.519><c> again</c><00:23:22.839><c> Isaiah</c><00:23:23.220><c> 41</c>

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And<00:23:30.519><c> James</c><00:23:31.319><c> chapter</c><00:23:31.700><c> 2</c><00:23:32.180><c> also</c><00:23:32.660><c> speaks</c><00:23:32.980><c> about</c><00:23:33.240><c> Abraham</c>

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as<00:23:33.799><c> the</c><00:23:33.960><c> friend</c><00:23:34.160><c> of</c><00:23:34.359><c> God.</c>

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But<00:23:36.380><c> remarkably</c><00:23:36.940><c> he</c><00:23:37.559><c> is</c><00:23:38.000><c> never</c><00:23:38.319><c> explicitly</c><00:23:39.200><c> called</c>

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the<00:23:39.779><c> friend</c><00:23:39.980><c> of</c><00:23:40.240><c> God</c><00:23:40.500><c> in</c><00:23:40.920><c> the</c><00:23:41.019><c> book</c><00:23:41.200><c> of</c><00:23:41.420><c> Genesis.</c>

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Only<00:23:43.380><c> afterwards</c><00:23:44.000><c> are</c><00:23:44.160><c> we</c><00:23:44.380><c> told</c>

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that<00:23:45.119><c> he</c><00:23:45.299><c> was</c><00:23:45.819><c> the</c><00:23:46.119><c> friend</c><00:23:46.359><c> of</c><00:23:46.619><c> God.</c>

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But<00:23:47.940><c> we</c><00:23:48.200><c> can</c><00:23:48.579><c> find</c><00:23:48.940><c> occasions</c><00:23:49.400><c> in</c><00:23:49.619><c> his</c><00:23:49.839><c> life</c><00:23:50.160><c> here</c><00:23:50.440><c> in</c><00:23:50.660><c> Genesis</c>

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where<00:23:51.619><c> he</c><00:23:51.799><c> is</c><00:23:52.140><c> shown</c><00:23:52.359><c> to</c><00:23:52.680><c> be</c><00:23:53.039><c> the</c><00:23:53.319><c> friend</c><00:23:53.539><c> of</c><00:23:53.819><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:54.339><c> this</c><00:23:54.460><c> is</c><00:23:54.619><c> one</c><00:23:54.799><c> of</c><00:23:54.940><c> them</c><00:23:55.039><c> here</c><00:23:55.519><c> in</c><00:23:55.779><c> Genesis</c><00:23:56.079><c> 18.</c>

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But<00:23:57.420><c> before</c><00:23:57.640><c> we</c><00:23:57.839><c> pursue</c><00:23:58.119><c> that</c><00:23:58.299><c> any</c><00:23:58.579><c> further</c>

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there<00:23:59.440><c> are</c><00:23:59.599><c> one</c><00:23:59.740><c> or</c><00:23:59.859><c> two</c><00:24:00.119><c> points</c><00:24:00.500><c> about</c><00:24:00.880><c> friendship</c>

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which<00:24:01.859><c> the</c><00:24:02.019><c> Lord</c><00:24:02.180><c> Jesus</c><00:24:02.599><c> Christ</c><00:24:02.920><c> brings</c><00:24:03.259><c> out</c>

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that<00:24:03.980><c> it's</c><00:24:04.160><c> worth</c><00:24:04.440><c> noting</c><00:24:04.960><c> and</c><00:24:05.519><c> it</c><00:24:05.759><c> takes</c><00:24:05.920><c> us</c><00:24:06.099><c> on</c><00:24:06.200><c> into</c>

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John's<00:24:06.839><c> Gospel</c><00:24:07.319><c> and</c><00:24:07.619><c> verse</c><00:24:07.940><c> 15.</c>

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In<00:24:11.339><c> John</c><00:24:11.579><c> chapter</c><00:24:11.900><c> 15</c>

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Jesus<00:24:14.500><c> and</c><00:24:14.640><c> his</c><00:24:14.880><c> disciples</c><00:24:15.380><c> are</c><00:24:15.759><c> en</c><00:24:16.019><c> route</c>

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to<00:24:16.579><c> the</c><00:24:16.759><c> Garden</c><00:24:17.039><c> of</c><00:24:17.259><c> Gethsemane.</c>

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Chapter<00:24:19.640><c> 14</c><00:24:20.180><c> concludes</c><00:24:20.859><c> with</c><00:24:21.539><c> the</c><00:24:21.720><c> words</c>

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arise<00:24:22.859><c> let</c><00:24:23.099><c> us</c><00:24:23.299><c> go</c><00:24:23.599><c> hence.</c>

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So<00:24:24.480><c> they</c><00:24:24.640><c> leave</c><00:24:24.859><c> the</c><00:24:25.059><c> upper</c><00:24:25.339><c> room</c><00:24:25.640><c> and</c><00:24:26.059><c> they're</c><00:24:26.259><c> going</c><00:24:26.519><c> out</c><00:24:26.819><c> now</c>

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towards<00:24:27.440><c> the</c><00:24:27.599><c> Garden</c><00:24:27.880><c> of</c><00:24:28.079><c> Gethsemane</c><00:24:28.779><c> and</c><00:24:29.240><c> Jesus</c><00:24:29.579><c> speaks</c>

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to<00:24:30.059><c> his</c><00:24:30.240><c> disciples</c><00:24:30.759><c> about</c><00:24:31.440><c> friendship.</c>

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It's<00:24:34.579><c> chapter</c><00:24:34.819><c> 15</c><00:24:35.220><c> of</c><00:24:35.440><c> John</c><00:24:35.700><c> and</c><00:24:35.920><c> verse</c><00:24:36.420><c> 13.</c>

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I<00:24:58.599><c> have</c><00:24:58.720><c> made</c><00:24:59.140><c> known</c><00:24:59.559><c> unto</c><00:25:00.319><c> you.</c>

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Now<00:25:03.519><c> I</c><00:25:03.900><c> call</c><00:25:04.180><c> you</c><00:25:04.359><c> not</c><00:25:04.660><c> servants</c>

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but<00:25:06.500><c> they</c><00:25:06.740><c> were</c><00:25:07.059><c> servants</c><00:25:07.480><c> of</c><00:25:07.759><c> course</c>

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and<00:25:08.519><c> he</c><00:25:08.740><c> just</c><00:25:09.119><c> emphasised</c><00:25:09.819><c> that</c><00:25:10.119><c> to</c><00:25:10.420><c> them</c>

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in<00:25:10.880><c> the</c><00:25:11.059><c> upper</c><00:25:11.339><c> room.</c>

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But<00:25:12.660><c> now</c><00:25:13.140><c> he</c><00:25:13.339><c> was</c><00:25:13.599><c> drawing</c><00:25:13.880><c> them</c><00:25:14.279><c> closer</c>

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calling<00:25:15.660><c> them</c><00:25:15.980><c> also</c><00:25:16.720><c> his</c><00:25:17.240><c> friends.</c>

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Now<00:25:18.720><c> you</c><00:25:18.779><c> see</c><00:25:18.839><c> the</c><00:25:19.000><c> point</c><00:25:19.180><c> he</c><00:25:19.400><c> makes</c><00:25:19.599><c> in</c><00:25:19.819><c> these</c><00:25:20.059><c> verses</c><00:25:20.359><c> is</c>

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that<00:25:21.339><c> a</c><00:25:21.519><c> man</c><00:25:21.700><c> who</c><00:25:21.880><c> is</c><00:25:22.099><c> a</c><00:25:22.200><c> mere</c><00:25:22.480><c> servant</c><00:25:22.980><c> doesn't</c><00:25:23.460><c> know</c>

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his<00:25:23.960><c> Lord's</c><00:25:24.440><c> intentions.</c>

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His<00:25:25.980><c> Lord</c><00:25:26.160><c> has</c><00:25:26.420><c> no</c><00:25:26.640><c> obligation</c><00:25:27.279><c> to</c><00:25:27.579><c> make</c><00:25:27.740><c> known</c><00:25:27.900><c> his</c><00:25:28.140><c> intentions</c>

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to<00:25:29.319><c> a</c><00:25:29.539><c> mere</c><00:25:29.779><c> servant.</c>

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But<00:25:31.519><c> you</c><00:25:31.619><c> don't</c><00:25:31.880><c> treat</c><00:25:32.099><c> a</c><00:25:32.380><c> friend</c><00:25:32.640><c> like</c><00:25:33.039><c> that.</c>

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And<00:25:34.299><c> so</c><00:25:34.440><c> he</c><00:25:34.619><c> says</c><00:25:34.759><c> in</c><00:25:34.980><c> verse</c><00:25:35.240><c> 15</c>

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all<00:25:36.759><c> things</c><00:25:37.119><c> that</c><00:25:37.319><c> I</c><00:25:37.420><c> have</c><00:25:37.579><c> heard</c><00:25:37.740><c> of</c><00:25:37.900><c> my</c><00:25:38.180><c> Father</c><00:25:38.460><c> I</c><00:25:38.740><c> have</c><00:25:38.980><c> made</c>

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known<00:25:39.380><c> unto</c><00:25:39.599><c> you</c>

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not<00:25:41.119><c> only</c><00:25:41.339><c> my</c><00:25:41.680><c> servants</c><00:25:42.220><c> but</c><00:25:42.980><c> my</c><00:25:43.279><c> friends.</c>

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Christ<00:25:45.059><c> has</c><00:25:45.299><c> revealed</c><00:25:45.660><c> his</c><00:25:45.940><c> intentions</c><00:25:46.460><c> his</c><00:25:46.720><c> will</c><00:25:46.900><c> to</c><00:25:47.079><c> his</c><00:25:47.339><c> friends</c>

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and<00:25:48.339><c> they</c><00:25:48.579><c> for</c><00:25:48.839><c> their</c><00:25:49.180><c> part</c><00:25:49.440><c> as</c><00:25:49.599><c> he</c><00:25:49.779><c> says</c><00:25:49.880><c> in</c><00:25:50.099><c> verse</c><00:25:50.319><c> 14</c>

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have<00:25:51.619><c> to</c><00:25:51.799><c> obey</c><00:25:52.079><c> his</c><00:25:52.380><c> commandments.</c>

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Now<00:25:54.240><c> when</c><00:25:54.339><c> you</c><00:25:54.480><c> come</c><00:25:54.700><c> back</c><00:25:54.900><c> to</c><00:25:55.059><c> Genesis</c><00:25:55.339><c> chapter</c><00:25:55.720><c> 18</c>

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this<00:25:56.799><c> is</c><00:25:57.039><c> exactly</c><00:25:57.420><c> what</c><00:25:57.619><c> we're</c><00:25:57.920><c> seeing</c><00:25:58.240><c> in</c><00:25:58.480><c> the</c><00:25:58.640><c> life</c><00:25:58.779><c> of</c><00:25:59.059><c> Abraham.</c>

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The<00:26:01.059><c> principle</c><00:26:01.480><c> of</c><00:26:01.740><c> friendship.</c>

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Because<00:26:02.980><c> in</c><00:26:03.420><c> Genesis</c><00:26:03.779><c> 18</c><00:26:04.440><c> and</c><00:26:04.799><c> verse</c><00:26:05.039><c> 17</c>

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God<00:26:06.099><c> says</c><00:26:06.559><c> shall</c><00:26:07.180><c> I</c><00:26:07.500><c> hide</c><00:26:07.859><c> from</c><00:26:08.119><c> Abraham</c>

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what<00:26:08.940><c> I'm</c><00:26:09.220><c> going</c><00:26:09.380><c> to</c><00:26:09.599><c> do?</c>

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And<00:26:10.759><c> the</c><00:26:10.839><c> answer</c><00:26:11.140><c> is</c><00:26:11.420><c> no</c><00:26:12.240><c> because</c><00:26:13.140><c> he's</c><00:26:13.420><c> the</c><00:26:13.599><c> friend</c><00:26:13.759><c> of</c><00:26:14.000><c> God.</c>

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And<00:26:15.259><c> God</c><00:26:15.440><c> reveals</c><00:26:15.859><c> to</c><00:26:16.180><c> Abraham</c><00:26:16.640><c> what</c><00:26:17.200><c> he's</c><00:26:17.500><c> going</c><00:26:17.599><c> to</c><00:26:17.880><c> do.</c>

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And<00:26:19.059><c> then</c><00:26:19.259><c> in</c><00:26:19.420><c> verse</c><00:26:19.660><c> 19</c><00:26:20.380><c> we</c><00:26:20.660><c> read</c>

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for<00:26:21.380><c> I</c><00:26:21.619><c> know</c><00:26:21.940><c> him</c><00:26:22.220><c> that</c><00:26:22.460><c> he</c><00:26:22.720><c> will</c>

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command<00:26:24.119><c> his</c><00:26:24.440><c> children</c><00:26:24.779><c> and</c><00:26:24.980><c> his</c><00:26:25.259><c> household</c><00:26:25.680><c> after</c><00:26:26.119><c> him</c>

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and<00:26:26.960><c> they</c><00:26:27.240><c> shall</c><00:26:27.440><c> keep</c><00:26:28.000><c> the</c><00:26:28.299><c> way</c><00:26:28.619><c> of</c><00:26:28.839><c> the</c><00:26:29.000><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:26:30.180><c> that's</c><00:26:30.380><c> the</c><00:26:30.500><c> other</c><00:26:30.680><c> principle</c><00:26:31.079><c> of</c><00:26:31.339><c> friendship</c><00:26:31.640><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:26:32.079><c> spoke</c><00:26:32.440><c> about.</c>

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Abraham<00:26:33.460><c> was</c><00:26:33.759><c> obedient</c><00:26:34.380><c> to</c><00:26:34.839><c> God's</c><00:26:35.299><c> commands.</c>

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He<00:26:36.700><c> had</c><00:26:36.900><c> obeyed</c><00:26:37.140><c> God's</c><00:26:37.640><c> command</c><00:26:37.859><c> to</c><00:26:38.039><c> leave</c><00:26:38.220><c> her</c><00:26:38.319><c> of</c><00:26:38.440><c> the</c><00:26:38.640><c> cold</c><00:26:38.900><c> ease.</c>

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Later<00:26:40.319><c> although</c><00:26:40.559><c> it</c><00:26:40.920><c> grieved</c><00:26:41.240><c> him</c><00:26:41.440><c> to</c><00:26:41.779><c> cast</c><00:26:42.039><c> out</c>

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this<00:26:43.119><c> bond</c><00:26:43.420><c> woman</c><00:26:43.619><c> and</c><00:26:43.819><c> her</c><00:26:44.119><c> son</c>

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yet<00:26:44.900><c> in</c><00:26:45.079><c> response</c><00:26:45.500><c> to</c><00:26:45.640><c> God's</c><00:26:46.019><c> command</c><00:26:46.299><c> that's</c><00:26:46.539><c> what</c><00:26:46.660><c> he</c><00:26:46.779><c> was</c>

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prepared<00:26:47.259><c> to</c><00:26:47.500><c> do.</c>

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He<00:26:48.140><c> sent</c><00:26:48.339><c> them</c><00:26:48.500><c> on</c><00:26:48.700><c> their</c><00:26:48.900><c> way.</c>

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In<00:26:50.200><c> Genesis</c><00:26:50.579><c> 22</c><00:26:51.460><c> although</c><00:26:52.259><c> it</c><00:26:52.420><c> must</c><00:26:52.619><c> have</c><00:26:52.759><c> been</c><00:26:52.900><c> very</c><00:26:53.359><c> hard</c>

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for<00:26:53.779><c> him</c>

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he<00:26:54.200><c> rose</c><00:26:54.579><c> up</c><00:26:55.180><c> in</c><00:26:55.400><c> obedience</c><00:26:55.819><c> to</c><00:26:56.039><c> God's</c><00:26:56.420><c> command</c>

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and<00:26:56.839><c> went</c><00:26:57.059><c> forth</c><00:26:57.359><c> to</c><00:26:57.599><c> slay</c><00:26:57.779><c> his</c><00:26:58.059><c> son.</c>

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And<00:26:59.660><c> Jesus</c><00:26:59.980><c> said</c><00:27:00.579><c> ye</c><00:27:01.119><c> are</c><00:27:01.460><c> my</c><00:27:01.779><c> friends</c><00:27:02.160><c> if</c><00:27:02.420><c> ye</c><00:27:02.660><c> do</c>

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whatsoever<00:27:04.019><c> I</c><00:27:04.460><c> command</c><00:27:04.819><c> you.</c>

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So<00:27:06.900><c> Abraham</c><00:27:07.220><c> then</c><00:27:07.480><c> was</c><00:27:07.660><c> the</c><00:27:07.880><c> friend</c><00:27:08.039><c> of</c><00:27:08.299><c> God.</c>

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And<00:27:09.839><c> the</c><00:27:09.960><c> Lord</c><00:27:10.160><c> says</c><00:27:10.420><c> to</c><00:27:10.579><c> him</c><00:27:10.799><c> in</c><00:27:10.960><c> chapter</c><00:27:11.259><c> 18</c>

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and<00:27:11.900><c> verse</c><00:27:11.980><c> 20</c>

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because<00:27:14.200><c> the</c><00:27:14.460><c> cry</c><00:27:14.759><c> of</c><00:27:15.059><c> Sodom</c><00:27:15.339><c> and</c><00:27:15.519><c> Gomorrah</c><00:27:15.779><c> is</c><00:27:16.059><c> great</c>

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and<00:27:17.140><c> because</c><00:27:17.420><c> their</c><00:27:17.700><c> sin</c><00:27:17.799><c> is</c><00:27:18.000><c> very</c><00:27:18.359><c> grievous</c><00:27:18.680><c> I</c><00:27:18.880><c> will</c><00:27:19.099><c> now</c><00:27:19.319><c> go</c><00:27:19.579><c> down</c>

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and<00:27:20.099><c> see</c><00:27:20.259><c> whether</c><00:27:20.500><c> they</c><00:27:20.680><c> have</c><00:27:20.859><c> done</c><00:27:21.039><c> altogether</c><00:27:21.740><c> according</c>

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to<00:27:22.839><c> the</c><00:27:23.079><c> cry</c><00:27:23.380><c> of</c><00:27:23.640><c> it.</c>

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Their<00:27:25.220><c> sin</c><00:27:25.359><c> is</c><00:27:25.579><c> very</c><00:27:26.019><c> grievous</c>

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and<00:27:26.700><c> here</c><00:27:26.900><c> God</c><00:27:27.140><c> speaks</c><00:27:27.500><c> about</c><00:27:27.779><c> the</c><00:27:28.180><c> cry</c><00:27:28.759><c> of</c><00:27:29.200><c> Sodom</c><00:27:29.500><c> and</c><00:27:29.640><c> Gomorrah.</c>

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I<00:27:31.240><c> wonder</c><00:27:31.319><c> what</c><00:27:31.440><c> that</c><00:27:31.720><c> means.</c>

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Was<00:27:33.059><c> it</c><00:27:33.279><c> perhaps</c><00:27:33.480><c> the</c><00:27:33.819><c> cry</c><00:27:34.059><c> of</c><00:27:34.279><c> their</c><00:27:34.500><c> victims</c>

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or<00:27:35.880><c> simply</c><00:27:36.240><c> emphasising</c><00:27:36.859><c> the</c><00:27:37.140><c> grievousness</c><00:27:37.619><c> of</c><00:27:37.819><c> their</c><00:27:38.099><c> sin?</c>

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There<00:27:40.119><c> is</c><00:27:40.339><c> a</c><00:27:40.480><c> divine</c><00:27:40.859><c> comment</c><00:27:41.259><c> on</c><00:27:41.460><c> this</c>

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in<00:27:41.859><c> Ezekiel</c><00:27:42.259><c> chapter</c><00:27:42.640><c> 16</c><00:27:43.279><c> where</c><00:27:44.059><c> we</c><00:27:44.460><c> are</c><00:27:44.559><c> told</c>

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behold<00:27:45.599><c> this</c><00:27:45.880><c> was</c><00:27:46.140><c> the</c><00:27:46.319><c> iniquity</c><00:27:46.779><c> of</c><00:27:46.920><c> thy</c><00:27:47.140><c> sister</c><00:27:47.519><c> Sodom.</c>

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Pride,<00:27:49.779><c> fullness</c><00:27:50.119><c> of</c><00:27:50.500><c> bread</c>

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and<00:27:51.319><c> abundance</c><00:27:51.799><c> of</c><00:27:52.099><c> idleness</c><00:27:52.420><c> was</c><00:27:52.680><c> in</c><00:27:52.880><c> her</c>

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and<00:27:53.720><c> in</c><00:27:53.880><c> her</c><00:27:54.099><c> daughters.</c><00:27:55.319><c> Neither</c><00:27:55.539><c> did</c><00:27:55.740><c> she</c><00:27:56.019><c> strengthen</c>

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the<00:27:56.660><c> hand</c><00:27:56.799><c> of</c><00:27:57.000><c> the</c><00:27:57.200><c> poor</c><00:27:57.400><c> and</c><00:27:57.660><c> needy</c><00:27:58.200><c> and</c><00:27:58.500><c> they</c><00:27:58.619><c> were</c><00:27:58.900><c> haughty</c>

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and<00:27:59.559><c> committed</c><00:27:59.920><c> abomination</c><00:28:00.720><c> before</c><00:28:01.180><c> me.</c>

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Therefore<00:28:02.740><c> said</c><00:28:02.940><c> God</c><00:28:03.359><c> I</c><00:28:03.799><c> took</c><00:28:04.019><c> them</c><00:28:04.240><c> away</c><00:28:04.720><c> as</c><00:28:05.259><c> I</c><00:28:05.480><c> saw</c><00:28:05.740><c> good.</c>

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And<00:28:07.319><c> in</c><00:28:07.500><c> the</c><00:28:07.640><c> verses</c><00:28:07.880><c> that</c><00:28:08.200><c> follow</c><00:28:08.400><c> here</c><00:28:08.700><c> in</c><00:28:08.880><c> Genesis</c><00:28:09.220><c> 18</c>

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Abraham<00:28:10.680><c> pleads</c><00:28:11.299><c> with</c><00:28:11.519><c> the</c><00:28:11.759><c> angel</c><00:28:12.079><c> for</c><00:28:12.299><c> the</c><00:28:12.500><c> righteous</c><00:28:12.839><c> in</c><00:28:13.240><c> Sodom</c>

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and<00:28:14.299><c> clearly</c><00:28:14.559><c> he</c><00:28:14.720><c> was</c><00:28:14.940><c> thinking</c><00:28:15.220><c> about</c><00:28:15.660><c> Lot</c>

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and<00:28:16.339><c> his</c><00:28:16.539><c> household.</c>

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You<00:28:18.140><c> notice</c><00:28:18.460><c> that</c><00:28:18.980><c> Abraham</c><00:28:19.440><c> makes</c><00:28:19.759><c> no</c><00:28:20.079><c> mention</c><00:28:20.359><c> of</c><00:28:20.599><c> Gomorrah</c><00:28:20.940><c> here</c>

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:23.000
or<00:28:21.759><c> any</c><00:28:21.960><c> other</c><00:28:22.160><c> city</c><00:28:22.380><c> of</c><00:28:22.539><c> the</c><00:28:22.720><c> plain.</c>

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:26.200
He<00:28:23.640><c> only</c><00:28:24.059><c> pleads</c><00:28:24.359><c> for</c><00:28:24.519><c> the</c><00:28:24.740><c> righteous</c><00:28:25.059><c> in</c><00:28:25.400><c> Sodom.</c>

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:28.660
He<00:28:26.480><c> doesn't</c><00:28:26.759><c> plead</c><00:28:27.019><c> for</c><00:28:27.240><c> Gomorrah</c><00:28:27.700><c> or</c><00:28:27.880><c> any</c><00:28:28.079><c> other</c><00:28:28.339><c> city</c>

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:30.539
because<00:28:28.980><c> they</c><00:28:29.180><c> were</c><00:28:29.440><c> unreservedly</c><00:28:30.180><c> wicked.</c>

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:33.920
The<00:28:31.299><c> nature</c><00:28:31.640><c> of</c><00:28:31.859><c> those</c><00:28:32.039><c> cities</c><00:28:32.359><c> was</c><00:28:32.619><c> quite</c><00:28:33.079><c> plain.</c>

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:37.440
But<00:28:34.400><c> he</c><00:28:34.519><c> thinks</c><00:28:34.779><c> about</c><00:28:35.140><c> Sodom</c><00:28:35.559><c> and</c><00:28:35.740><c> he</c><00:28:35.799><c> thinks</c><00:28:36.140><c> about</c><00:28:36.559><c> Lot.</c>

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:39.900
And<00:28:37.720><c> in</c><00:28:37.880><c> verse</c><00:28:38.079><c> 24</c><00:28:38.599><c> he</c><00:28:38.740><c> says</c><00:28:39.000><c> to</c><00:28:39.140><c> the</c><00:28:39.359><c> angel</c>

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:43.519
peradventure<00:28:41.259><c> there</c><00:28:41.420><c> be</c><00:28:41.619><c> fifty</c><00:28:42.039><c> righteous</c><00:28:42.480><c> within</c><00:28:42.740><c> the</c><00:28:43.000><c> city</c>

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:46.680
will<00:28:44.220><c> thou</c><00:28:44.420><c> also</c><00:28:44.799><c> destroy</c><00:28:45.259><c> and</c><00:28:45.460><c> not</c><00:28:45.740><c> spare</c><00:28:45.940><c> the</c><00:28:46.220><c> place</c>

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:50.140
for<00:28:47.079><c> the</c><00:28:47.279><c> fifty</c><00:28:47.579><c> righteous</c><00:28:48.220><c> that</c><00:28:48.680><c> are</c><00:28:48.920><c> therein.</c>

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:53.359
Now<00:28:51.759><c> it's</c><00:28:52.259><c> amazing</c><00:28:52.779><c> really</c>

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:57.099
that<00:28:53.619><c> Abraham</c><00:28:54.119><c> starts</c><00:28:54.700><c> with</c><00:28:55.039><c> such</c><00:28:55.299><c> a</c><00:28:55.660><c> low</c><00:28:56.019><c> figure.</c>

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.880
Fifty.

00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:01.279
Lot<00:28:59.680><c> was</c><00:28:59.900><c> a</c><00:28:59.980><c> man</c><00:29:00.180><c> of</c><00:29:00.339><c> great</c><00:29:00.619><c> substance.</c>

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:04.339
He'd<00:29:01.799><c> taken</c><00:29:02.059><c> a</c><00:29:02.220><c> household</c><00:29:02.700><c> of</c><00:29:03.039><c> hundreds</c><00:29:03.519><c> down</c><00:29:03.859><c> into</c><00:29:04.099><c> Sodom</c>

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:07.640
maybe<00:29:04.640><c> even</c><00:29:05.039><c> a</c><00:29:05.140><c> thousand</c><00:29:05.720><c> and</c><00:29:06.740><c> Abraham</c><00:29:07.059><c> says</c>

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:10.839
well<00:29:08.539><c> if</c><00:29:08.660><c> there</c><00:29:08.779><c> are</c><00:29:08.940><c> fifty</c><00:29:09.259><c> will</c><00:29:09.440><c> you</c><00:29:09.599><c> save</c><00:29:09.819><c> the</c><00:29:10.039><c> city?</c>

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:13.700
I<00:29:11.819><c> think</c><00:29:11.980><c> he</c><00:29:12.119><c> must</c><00:29:12.359><c> have</c><00:29:12.539><c> known</c><00:29:13.059><c> that</c><00:29:13.339><c> there</c><00:29:13.519><c> had</c><00:29:13.579><c> been</c>

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:16.460
a<00:29:13.920><c> large</c><00:29:14.200><c> scale</c><00:29:14.500><c> falling</c><00:29:14.880><c> away</c><00:29:15.319><c> of</c><00:29:15.500><c> Lot's</c><00:29:15.839><c> household</c>

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:18.839
in<00:29:17.119><c> the</c><00:29:17.279><c> intervening</c><00:29:17.839><c> period.</c>

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:21.319
And<00:29:18.920><c> so</c><00:29:19.059><c> Abraham</c><00:29:19.380><c> says</c><00:29:19.599><c> well</c><00:29:20.140><c> suppose</c><00:29:20.500><c> there</c><00:29:20.660><c> are</c><00:29:20.900><c> fifty</c>

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:22.839
righteous<00:29:21.819><c> left.</c>

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:25.680
Will<00:29:23.200><c> you</c><00:29:23.440><c> save</c><00:29:23.599><c> the</c><00:29:23.839><c> city</c><00:29:24.200><c> if</c><00:29:24.440><c> there</c><00:29:24.599><c> are</c><00:29:24.759><c> fifty?</c>

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:30.359
And<00:29:28.779><c> then</c><00:29:29.079><c> thirty</c><00:29:29.539><c> and</c><00:29:29.759><c> twenty</c>

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:33.519
and<00:29:31.279><c> he</c><00:29:31.500><c> finishes</c><00:29:31.779><c> off</c><00:29:32.200><c> on</c><00:29:32.680><c> the</c><00:29:32.819><c> number</c><00:29:33.140><c> ten.</c>

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:35.900
And<00:29:33.839><c> he's</c><00:29:34.119><c> assured</c><00:29:34.420><c> that</c><00:29:34.599><c> the</c><00:29:34.759><c> city</c><00:29:34.940><c> will</c><00:29:35.180><c> not</c><00:29:35.319><c> be</c><00:29:35.500><c> destroyed</c>

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:39.759
if<00:29:36.059><c> there</c><00:29:36.279><c> are</c><00:29:36.440><c> just</c><00:29:36.740><c> ten</c><00:29:37.440><c> righteous</c><00:29:37.940><c> people</c><00:29:38.480><c> in</c><00:29:38.740><c> it.</c>

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:43.000
Why<00:29:40.559><c> did</c><00:29:40.799><c> Abraham</c><00:29:41.140><c> finish</c><00:29:41.519><c> with</c><00:29:41.700><c> the</c><00:29:41.839><c> number</c><00:29:42.099><c> ten?</c>

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:45.839
Well<00:29:43.420><c> perhaps</c><00:29:43.640><c> he</c><00:29:43.900><c> felt</c><00:29:44.079><c> that</c><00:29:44.259><c> was</c><00:29:44.480><c> a</c><00:29:44.720><c> safe</c><00:29:44.880><c> number.</c>

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:47.759
Perhaps<00:29:46.220><c> he'd</c><00:29:46.500><c> reason</c><00:29:46.619><c> it</c><00:29:46.819><c> through</c><00:29:46.980><c> like</c><00:29:47.279><c> this.</c>

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:50.619
There<00:29:48.299><c> would</c><00:29:48.519><c> be</c><00:29:48.720><c> Lot,</c><00:29:49.859><c> his</c><00:29:50.039><c> wife</c>

00:29:50.619 --> 00:29:52.960
and<00:29:51.259><c> his</c><00:29:51.579><c> two</c><00:29:51.819><c> unmarried</c><00:29:52.400><c> daughters.</c>

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:57.220
They're<00:29:53.240><c> referred</c><00:29:53.619><c> to</c><00:29:53.819><c> in</c><00:29:54.000><c> Genesis</c><00:29:54.339><c> 19</c><00:29:55.299><c> and</c><00:29:56.279><c> verse</c><00:29:56.579><c> 8.</c>

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:59.599
So<00:29:57.640><c> that's</c><00:29:58.000><c> four</c><00:29:58.359><c> people.</c>

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:03.299
There<00:30:00.900><c> is</c><00:30:01.099><c> a</c><00:30:01.299><c> suggestion</c><00:30:01.660><c> also</c><00:30:02.039><c> in</c><00:30:02.259><c> Genesis</c><00:30:02.579><c> 19</c>

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:05.079
that<00:30:03.539><c> Lot</c><00:30:03.740><c> had</c><00:30:04.039><c> other</c><00:30:04.400><c> daughters.</c>

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:07.839
We<00:30:05.519><c> don't</c><00:30:05.720><c> know</c><00:30:05.839><c> how</c><00:30:06.119><c> many</c><00:30:06.519><c> who</c><00:30:06.799><c> had</c><00:30:06.980><c> already</c><00:30:07.339><c> married</c>

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:09.440
men<00:30:08.240><c> of</c><00:30:08.539><c> Sodom.</c>

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:14.859
The<00:30:09.779><c> evidence</c><00:30:10.119><c> for</c><00:30:10.400><c> this</c><00:30:10.759><c> is</c><00:30:11.059><c> in</c><00:30:11.319><c> verse</c><00:30:11.700><c> 14</c><00:30:12.440><c> of</c><00:30:12.759><c> Genesis</c><00:30:13.160><c> chapter</c><00:30:13.539><c> 19.</c>

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.940
Where<00:30:15.940><c> Lot</c><00:30:16.220><c> went</c><00:30:16.579><c> out</c>

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:19.420
and<00:30:17.240><c> spake</c><00:30:17.480><c> unto</c><00:30:17.680><c> his</c><00:30:18.079><c> sons</c><00:30:18.500><c>-in</c><00:30:18.960><c>-law</c>

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:21.559
which<00:30:20.019><c> married</c><00:30:20.539><c> his</c><00:30:20.880><c> daughters</c>

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:24.299
and<00:30:22.240><c> said</c><00:30:22.640><c> get</c><00:30:23.160><c> you</c><00:30:23.440><c> out</c><00:30:23.660><c> of</c><00:30:23.720><c> this</c><00:30:23.980><c> place</c>

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:25.819
for<00:30:24.460><c> the</c><00:30:24.539><c> Lord</c><00:30:24.700><c> will</c><00:30:24.880><c> destroy</c><00:30:25.200><c> this</c><00:30:25.420><c> city.</c>

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:27.400
But<00:30:26.299><c> they</c><00:30:26.460><c> just</c><00:30:26.640><c> thought</c><00:30:26.700><c> he</c><00:30:26.839><c> was</c><00:30:27.019><c> joking.</c>

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:30.420
They<00:30:27.920><c> didn't</c><00:30:28.099><c> take</c><00:30:28.299><c> him</c><00:30:28.500><c> seriously</c><00:30:28.980><c> at</c><00:30:29.220><c> all.</c>

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:33.220
Now<00:30:31.000><c> there's</c><00:30:31.240><c> a</c><00:30:31.400><c> problem</c><00:30:31.779><c> with</c><00:30:32.000><c> this</c><00:30:32.299><c> word</c><00:30:32.579><c> married</c>

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:37.700
because<00:30:34.200><c> literally</c><00:30:34.859><c> the</c><00:30:35.140><c> Hebrew</c><00:30:35.640><c> is</c><00:30:36.380><c> a</c><00:30:36.640><c> present</c><00:30:36.940><c> participle</c>

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:41.140
which<00:30:37.940><c> means</c><00:30:38.460><c> the</c><00:30:38.900><c> takers</c><00:30:39.440><c> of</c><00:30:39.720><c> his</c><00:30:40.019><c> daughters.</c>

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:44.079
So<00:30:42.079><c> sometimes</c><00:30:42.619><c> it's</c><00:30:43.119><c> translated</c><00:30:43.559><c> as</c>

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:46.099
He<00:30:44.500><c> spoke</c><00:30:44.819><c> to</c><00:30:44.980><c> his</c><00:30:45.259><c> sons</c><00:30:45.500><c>-in</c><00:30:45.839><c>-law</c>

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:48.859
who<00:30:46.579><c> were</c><00:30:46.980><c> to</c><00:30:47.200><c> marry</c><00:30:47.440><c> his</c><00:30:47.740><c> daughters.</c>

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:51.240
And<00:30:49.440><c> therefore</c><00:30:49.640><c> it's</c><00:30:49.859><c> a</c><00:30:50.000><c> reference</c><00:30:50.220><c> to</c><00:30:50.440><c> the</c><00:30:50.559><c> two</c><00:30:50.779><c> unmarried</c>

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:53.140
daughters<00:30:51.660><c> of</c><00:30:51.880><c> verse</c><00:30:52.180><c> 8.</c>

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:56.720
But<00:30:53.559><c> the</c><00:30:53.759><c> authorised</c><00:30:54.299><c> version</c><00:30:54.680><c> translation</c><00:30:55.259><c> is</c><00:30:55.579><c> perfectly</c><00:30:55.920><c> legitimate.</c>

00:30:57.339 --> 00:31:00.059
And<00:30:57.579><c> it's</c><00:30:57.980><c> probably</c><00:30:58.380><c> more</c><00:30:58.759><c> likely</c><00:30:59.099><c> to</c><00:30:59.319><c> be</c><00:30:59.579><c> correct</c>

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:02.559
that<00:31:00.380><c> these</c><00:31:00.599><c> were</c><00:31:00.799><c> other</c><00:31:01.079><c> daughters</c><00:31:01.460><c> who'd</c><00:31:01.720><c> already</c><00:31:02.059><c> married</c>

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:05.900
men<00:31:02.900><c> of</c><00:31:03.200><c> Sodom</c><00:31:03.519><c> because</c><00:31:04.019><c> of</c><00:31:04.200><c> what</c><00:31:04.339><c> is</c><00:31:04.579><c> said</c><00:31:04.740><c> in</c><00:31:04.920><c> verse</c><00:31:05.240><c> 12.</c>

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.759
When<00:31:06.400><c> the</c><00:31:06.579><c> angel</c><00:31:06.880><c> tells</c><00:31:07.400><c> Lot</c>

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:10.619
have<00:31:08.900><c> you</c><00:31:09.059><c> got</c><00:31:09.200><c> any</c><00:31:09.400><c> other</c><00:31:09.579><c> here</c><00:31:09.819><c> besides</c>

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:14.180
son<00:31:11.140><c>-in</c><00:31:11.400><c>-law</c><00:31:11.700><c> and</c><00:31:12.079><c> sons</c><00:31:12.500><c> and</c><00:31:12.740><c> daughters</c><00:31:13.319><c> and</c><00:31:13.559><c> so</c><00:31:13.880><c> on.</c>

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:16.720
And<00:31:14.440><c> that</c><00:31:14.539><c> would</c><00:31:14.759><c> seem</c><00:31:14.900><c> to</c><00:31:15.220><c> imply</c><00:31:15.500><c> that</c><00:31:15.680><c> there</c><00:31:15.900><c> were</c><00:31:16.240><c> others</c>

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:20.299
apart<00:31:17.660><c> from</c><00:31:17.880><c> the</c><00:31:18.059><c> two</c><00:31:18.259><c> daughters</c><00:31:18.700><c> who</c><00:31:18.880><c> were</c><00:31:19.200><c> unmarried.</c>

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:22.619
So<00:31:21.079><c> let's</c><00:31:21.319><c> say</c><00:31:21.539><c> for</c><00:31:21.740><c> the</c><00:31:21.900><c> sake</c><00:31:22.039><c> of</c><00:31:22.259><c> argument</c>

00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:25.519
there<00:31:22.799><c> were</c><00:31:23.119><c> three</c><00:31:23.740><c> married</c><00:31:24.200><c> daughters</c><00:31:24.700><c> that</c><00:31:24.859><c> he'd</c><00:31:25.240><c> got.</c>

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:28.339
And<00:31:26.099><c> they'd</c><00:31:26.359><c> got</c><00:31:26.640><c> obviously</c><00:31:27.259><c> three</c><00:31:27.700><c> daughters</c><00:31:27.960><c> and</c><00:31:28.140><c> they'd</c>

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:28.960
got<00:31:28.460><c> husbands.</c>

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:31.019
That<00:31:29.380><c> makes</c><00:31:29.640><c> another</c><00:31:29.880><c> six.</c>

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:33.720
So<00:31:31.319><c> there</c><00:31:31.500><c> you've</c><00:31:31.740><c> got</c><00:31:31.920><c> ten</c><00:31:32.200><c> people</c><00:31:32.519><c> altogether.</c>

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:36.619
Lot,<00:31:34.420><c> his</c><00:31:34.680><c> wife,</c><00:31:35.099><c> his</c><00:31:35.319><c> two</c><00:31:35.519><c> unmarried</c><00:31:35.920><c> daughters</c>

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:39.579
say<00:31:37.339><c> three</c><00:31:37.779><c> married</c><00:31:38.099><c> daughters</c><00:31:38.559><c> makes</c><00:31:38.859><c> up</c><00:31:39.140><c> ten.</c>

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:42.140
And<00:31:40.240><c> maybe</c><00:31:40.400><c> that's</c><00:31:40.700><c> the</c><00:31:40.759><c> way</c><00:31:40.960><c> Abraham</c><00:31:41.359><c> reasoned</c><00:31:41.799><c> it</c><00:31:42.000><c> through</c>

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:47.380
and<00:31:42.400><c> felt</c><00:31:42.640><c> that</c><00:31:43.400><c> there</c><00:31:43.700><c> must</c><00:31:44.019><c> at</c><00:31:44.240><c> least</c><00:31:44.460><c> be</c><00:31:44.740><c> ten</c><00:31:45.079><c> righteous</c><00:31:45.640><c> in</c><00:31:45.980><c> Sodom.</c>

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:50.519
Of<00:31:47.799><c> course</c><00:31:47.980><c> there</c><00:31:48.180><c> weren't</c><00:31:48.900><c> even</c><00:31:49.380><c> ten</c><00:31:49.920><c> righteous.</c>

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:52.339
As<00:31:51.099><c> Abraham</c><00:31:51.440><c> must</c><00:31:51.720><c> have</c><00:31:51.900><c> realised</c>

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:54.400
when<00:31:52.519><c> he</c><00:31:52.759><c> saw</c><00:31:52.920><c> from</c><00:31:53.099><c> a</c><00:31:53.299><c> distance</c><00:31:53.660><c> that</c><00:31:53.960><c> morning</c>

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:57.519
the<00:31:55.000><c> smoke</c><00:31:55.279><c> of</c><00:31:56.039><c> the</c><00:31:56.279><c> cities</c><00:31:56.599><c> ascending</c>

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:59.720
as<00:31:57.920><c> the</c><00:31:58.200><c> smoke</c><00:31:58.380><c> of</c><00:31:58.619><c> a</c><00:31:58.759><c> furnace.</c>

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:04.019
Only<00:32:00.079><c> Lot</c><00:32:00.279><c> himself,</c><00:32:01.400><c> his</c><00:32:01.619><c> wife</c><00:32:01.940><c> and</c><00:32:02.079><c> two</c><00:32:02.339><c> daughters</c><00:32:02.680><c> were</c><00:32:02.859><c> let</c><00:32:03.079><c> out.</c>

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:07.000
And<00:32:04.539><c> in</c><00:32:04.700><c> verse</c><00:32:04.900><c> 17</c><00:32:05.440><c> of</c><00:32:05.599><c> Genesis</c><00:32:06.000><c> 19</c>

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:10.420
Lot<00:32:07.359><c> was</c><00:32:07.619><c> told</c><00:32:07.920><c> by</c><00:32:08.160><c> the</c><00:32:08.339><c> angel</c><00:32:08.579><c> to</c><00:32:08.779><c> escape</c><00:32:09.140><c> to</c><00:32:09.319><c> the</c><00:32:09.460><c> mountain.</c>

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:13.000
But<00:32:10.740><c> he</c><00:32:10.799><c> doesn't</c><00:32:11.059><c> want</c><00:32:11.220><c> to</c><00:32:11.380><c> do</c><00:32:11.559><c> that</c><00:32:11.700><c> and</c><00:32:11.859><c> he</c><00:32:12.119><c> pleads</c><00:32:12.339><c> to</c><00:32:12.539><c> be</c><00:32:12.680><c> allowed</c>

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:16.259
to<00:32:13.160><c> go</c><00:32:13.339><c> to</c><00:32:13.519><c> the</c><00:32:13.599><c> city</c><00:32:13.880><c> of</c><00:32:14.160><c> Zohar</c><00:32:14.720><c> which</c><00:32:15.079><c> is</c><00:32:15.359><c> agreed.</c>

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:18.960
But<00:32:16.980><c> then</c><00:32:17.140><c> in</c><00:32:17.299><c> verse</c><00:32:17.539><c> 30</c><00:32:17.940><c> of</c><00:32:18.099><c> the</c><00:32:18.299><c> chapter</c>

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:21.559
Lot<00:32:19.539><c> went</c><00:32:19.859><c> up</c><00:32:20.059><c> out</c><00:32:20.299><c> of</c><00:32:20.480><c> Zohar</c>

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:25.099
and<00:32:22.000><c> dwelt</c><00:32:22.259><c> in</c><00:32:22.440><c> the</c><00:32:22.660><c> mountain</c><00:32:23.160><c> and</c><00:32:23.759><c> his</c><00:32:23.940><c> two</c><00:32:24.200><c> daughters</c><00:32:24.539><c> with</c><00:32:24.759><c> him</c>

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:27.220
for<00:32:25.319><c> he</c><00:32:25.700><c> feared</c><00:32:25.900><c> to</c><00:32:26.160><c> dwell</c><00:32:26.299><c> in</c><00:32:26.500><c> Zohar</c>

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:31.859
and<00:32:27.579><c> he</c><00:32:27.799><c> dwelt</c><00:32:27.960><c> in</c><00:32:28.119><c> a</c><00:32:28.380><c> cave,</c><00:32:29.220><c> he</c><00:32:29.579><c> and</c><00:32:29.799><c> his</c><00:32:30.079><c> two</c><00:32:30.799><c> daughters.</c>

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:34.119
So<00:32:32.480><c> he</c><00:32:32.599><c> ended</c><00:32:32.859><c> up</c><00:32:33.140><c> there,</c><00:32:33.440><c> brethren</c><00:32:33.720><c> and</c><00:32:33.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:38.079
doing<00:32:34.819><c> exactly</c><00:32:35.440><c> what</c><00:32:35.599><c> he'd</c><00:32:35.740><c> been</c><00:32:36.000><c> told</c><00:32:36.259><c> to</c><00:32:36.500><c> do</c><00:32:36.599><c> by</c><00:32:36.819><c> the</c><00:32:37.000><c> angel</c><00:32:37.319><c> originally.</c>

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:41.980
Why<00:32:39.380><c> did</c><00:32:39.559><c> he</c><00:32:39.720><c> come</c><00:32:39.960><c> to</c><00:32:40.220><c> fear</c><00:32:40.460><c> living</c><00:32:40.740><c> in</c><00:32:41.099><c> Zohar?</c>

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:44.059
Well<00:32:42.559><c> perhaps</c><00:32:42.759><c> his</c><00:32:43.019><c> mind</c><00:32:43.220><c> was</c><00:32:43.579><c> changed</c>

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:46.859
when<00:32:44.220><c> he</c><00:32:44.440><c> actually</c><00:32:44.839><c> witnessed</c><00:32:45.299><c> the</c><00:32:45.700><c> great</c><00:32:46.099><c> cataclysm</c>

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:50.099
that<00:32:47.440><c> came</c><00:32:47.700><c> on</c><00:32:47.920><c> the</c><00:32:48.099><c> cities</c><00:32:48.359><c> of</c><00:32:48.900><c> Sodom</c><00:32:49.200><c> and</c><00:32:49.359><c> Gomorrah.</c>

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:53.420
And<00:32:50.680><c> perhaps</c><00:32:50.920><c> because</c><00:32:51.279><c> Zohar</c><00:32:51.839><c> was</c><00:32:52.039><c> very</c><00:32:52.480><c> close</c><00:32:52.700><c> to</c><00:32:52.880><c> those</c><00:32:53.160><c> cities</c>

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:56.579
he<00:32:53.619><c> was</c><00:32:53.920><c> afraid</c><00:32:54.200><c> that</c><00:32:54.559><c> it</c><00:32:54.940><c> too</c><00:32:55.420><c> might</c><00:32:55.799><c> be</c><00:32:56.079><c> destroyed.</c>

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:58.779
And<00:32:57.119><c> if</c><00:32:57.240><c> that's</c><00:32:57.480><c> how</c><00:32:57.660><c> he</c><00:32:57.880><c> reasoned</c><00:32:58.140><c> it</c><00:32:58.400><c> through</c>

00:32:58.779 --> 00:33:00.640
then<00:32:59.180><c> it</c><00:32:59.259><c> was</c><00:32:59.460><c> really</c><00:32:59.720><c> a</c><00:32:59.779><c> lack</c><00:32:59.960><c> of</c><00:33:00.279><c> faith</c>

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:04.240
because<00:33:01.200><c> the</c><00:33:01.440><c> angel</c><00:33:01.740><c> had</c><00:33:02.539><c> explained</c><00:33:03.000><c> him</c><00:33:03.240><c> in</c><00:33:03.299><c> verse</c><00:33:03.579><c> 21</c>

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:08.519
that<00:33:04.660><c> Zohar</c><00:33:05.160><c> would</c><00:33:05.519><c> be</c><00:33:06.019><c> spared</c><00:33:06.519><c> for</c><00:33:07.039><c> Lot's</c><00:33:07.579><c> sake.</c>

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:10.500
Perhaps<00:33:09.740><c> on</c><00:33:09.920><c> the</c><00:33:10.039><c> other</c><00:33:10.259><c> hand</c>

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:13.460
Lot<00:33:10.799><c> reflected</c><00:33:11.440><c> on</c><00:33:11.660><c> the</c><00:33:11.880><c> original</c><00:33:12.279><c> command</c><00:33:12.619><c> he'd</c><00:33:12.819><c> been</c><00:33:13.119><c> given</c>

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:16.259
and<00:33:13.940><c> eventually</c><00:33:14.559><c> summoned</c><00:33:14.779><c> up</c><00:33:15.019><c> the</c><00:33:15.259><c> courage</c><00:33:15.559><c> to</c><00:33:15.839><c> go</c>

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:18.180
and<00:33:16.700><c> live</c><00:33:16.799><c> in</c><00:33:16.980><c> the</c><00:33:17.160><c> mountain.</c>

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:22.339
But<00:33:19.240><c> the</c><00:33:19.420><c> result</c><00:33:19.660><c> of</c><00:33:19.839><c> all</c><00:33:20.019><c> of</c><00:33:20.200><c> this</c><00:33:20.599><c> was</c><00:33:21.039><c> that</c><00:33:21.240><c> in</c><00:33:21.420><c> verse</c><00:33:21.700><c> 30</c>

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:24.500
he<00:33:22.900><c> dwelt</c><00:33:23.200><c> in</c><00:33:23.380><c> a</c><00:33:23.619><c> cave.</c>

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:27.619
So<00:33:25.200><c> when</c><00:33:25.359><c> you</c><00:33:25.500><c> think</c><00:33:25.720><c> about</c><00:33:26.079><c> it,</c><00:33:26.539><c> Lot</c><00:33:26.680><c> started</c><00:33:27.339><c> off</c>

00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:31.359
with<00:33:27.839><c> Abraham</c><00:33:28.380><c> in</c><00:33:28.740><c> chapter</c><00:33:29.059><c> 13</c><00:33:29.700><c> dwelling</c><00:33:30.099><c> in</c><00:33:30.359><c> a</c><00:33:30.519><c> tent.</c>

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.740
That's<00:33:31.839><c> where</c><00:33:32.000><c> he</c><00:33:32.200><c> should</c><00:33:32.440><c> have</c><00:33:32.619><c> been.</c>

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:37.460
He<00:33:32.839><c> was</c><00:33:33.119><c> a</c><00:33:33.259><c> sojourner</c><00:33:34.220><c> waiting</c><00:33:34.880><c> for</c><00:33:35.200><c> the</c><00:33:35.380><c> city</c><00:33:35.660><c> which</c><00:33:35.880><c> hath</c><00:33:36.079><c> foundations.</c>

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:39.259
But<00:33:37.819><c> then</c><00:33:37.960><c> he</c><00:33:38.119><c> drifts</c><00:33:38.400><c> away</c><00:33:38.720><c> from</c><00:33:38.900><c> the</c><00:33:39.119><c> tent</c>

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:42.819
and<00:33:39.400><c> he</c><00:33:39.519><c> goes</c><00:33:39.720><c> down</c><00:33:39.980><c> to</c><00:33:40.119><c> live</c><00:33:40.220><c> in</c><00:33:40.400><c> a</c><00:33:40.559><c> house</c><00:33:41.119><c> in</c><00:33:41.559><c> Sodom.</c>

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:46.180
And<00:33:43.299><c> then</c><00:33:43.440><c> he</c><00:33:43.519><c> ends</c><00:33:43.700><c> up</c><00:33:43.920><c> here</c><00:33:44.039><c> in</c><00:33:44.200><c> verse</c><00:33:44.440><c> 30</c><00:33:44.759><c> living</c><00:33:44.960><c> in</c><00:33:45.160><c> a</c><00:33:45.359><c> cave.</c>

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:48.720
That<00:33:47.259><c> was</c><00:33:47.500><c> the</c><00:33:47.779><c> scale</c><00:33:47.960><c> of</c><00:33:48.140><c> the</c><00:33:48.359><c> disaster</c>

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:50.000
that<00:33:49.039><c> befell</c><00:33:49.339><c> this</c><00:33:49.640><c> man.</c>

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:52.960
He<00:33:50.740><c> lost</c><00:33:51.259><c> everything</c><00:33:52.000><c> really</c>

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:54.980
apart<00:33:53.380><c> from</c><00:33:53.559><c> his</c><00:33:53.759><c> own</c><00:33:54.000><c> life.</c>

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:58.980
And<00:33:55.940><c> Lot</c><00:33:56.039><c> really</c><00:33:56.779><c> is</c><00:33:57.160><c> the</c><00:33:57.400><c> outstanding</c><00:33:58.160><c> example</c>

00:33:58.980 --> 00:34:01.380
of<00:33:59.339><c> those</c><00:33:59.619><c> words</c><00:33:59.940><c> of</c><00:34:00.140><c> the</c><00:34:00.279><c> Apostle</c><00:34:00.680><c> Paul</c>

00:34:01.380 --> 00:34:05.400
in<00:34:01.779><c> 1</c><00:34:02.000><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:03.700><c> 3</c><00:34:04.380><c> verse</c><00:34:04.980><c> 15</c>

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:07.759
when<00:34:06.220><c> Paul</c><00:34:06.539><c> writes</c>

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:10.559
If<00:34:08.059><c> any</c><00:34:08.400><c> man's</c><00:34:08.960><c> work</c><00:34:09.440><c> shall</c><00:34:09.739><c> be</c><00:34:10.099><c> burned</c>

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:13.199
he<00:34:11.280><c> shall</c><00:34:11.559><c> suffer</c><00:34:11.960><c> loss.</c>

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:14.980
And<00:34:13.639><c> Lot</c><00:34:13.800><c> certainly</c><00:34:14.219><c> did</c><00:34:14.480><c> that.</c>

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:17.579
But<00:34:15.320><c> he</c><00:34:15.539><c> himself</c><00:34:16.280><c> shall</c><00:34:16.599><c> be</c><00:34:16.900><c> saved</c>

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:20.099
yet<00:34:18.360><c> so</c><00:34:18.639><c> as</c><00:34:18.820><c> by</c><00:34:19.179><c> fire.</c>

00:34:21.300 --> 00:34:23.039
And<00:34:21.460><c> Lot</c><00:34:21.500><c> is</c><00:34:21.800><c> the</c><00:34:22.000><c> outstanding</c><00:34:22.579><c> example</c>

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:25.619
of<00:34:23.199><c> those</c><00:34:23.420><c> words</c><00:34:23.679><c> of</c><00:34:23.900><c> Paul,</c><00:34:24.139><c> isn't</c><00:34:24.380><c> he?</c><00:34:24.739><c> He</c><00:34:24.900><c> lost</c><00:34:25.179><c> everything.</c>

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:29.579
Even<00:34:26.239><c> his</c><00:34:26.539><c> two</c><00:34:26.800><c> surviving</c><00:34:27.300><c> daughters</c><00:34:28.000><c> are</c><00:34:28.400><c> shown</c><00:34:28.539><c> in</c><00:34:28.699><c> chapter</c><00:34:29.000><c> 19</c>

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:31.440
to<00:34:29.800><c> have</c><00:34:30.000><c> been</c><00:34:30.199><c> depraved.</c>

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:34.900
But<00:34:32.179><c> he</c><00:34:32.380><c> himself</c><00:34:33.000><c> was</c><00:34:33.440><c> a</c><00:34:33.619><c> righteous</c><00:34:33.940><c> man.</c>

00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:38.039
In<00:34:36.500><c> verse</c><00:34:36.719><c> 26</c><00:34:37.260><c> of</c><00:34:37.420><c> this</c><00:34:37.659><c> chapter</c>

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:40.199
we<00:34:38.300><c> read</c><00:34:38.559><c> about</c><00:34:38.880><c> Lot's</c><00:34:39.320><c> wife.</c>

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:43.260
She<00:34:41.199><c> looked</c><00:34:41.500><c> back</c><00:34:42.000><c> from</c><00:34:42.380><c> behind</c><00:34:42.820><c> him</c>

00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:45.840
and<00:34:43.619><c> she</c><00:34:43.880><c> became</c><00:34:44.139><c> a</c><00:34:44.400><c> pillar</c><00:34:44.619><c> of</c><00:34:45.019><c> salt.</c>

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:49.639
Now,<00:34:48.099><c> in</c><00:34:48.619><c> the</c><00:34:48.780><c> first</c><00:34:48.940><c> session</c><00:34:49.199><c> this</c><00:34:49.480><c> morning</c>

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:52.820
I<00:34:49.760><c> was</c><00:34:49.960><c> talking</c><00:34:50.199><c> to</c><00:34:50.480><c> the</c><00:34:50.800><c> teenagers</c><00:34:51.260><c> about</c><00:34:51.960><c> this</c><00:34:52.440><c> verse</c>

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:55.480
and<00:34:53.420><c> the</c><00:34:53.699><c> idea</c><00:34:54.119><c> that</c><00:34:54.440><c> many</c><00:34:54.760><c> people</c><00:34:55.179><c> have</c>

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:58.400
is<00:34:55.699><c> that</c><00:34:56.059><c> Lot's</c><00:34:56.199><c> wife</c><00:34:56.639><c> came</c><00:34:57.179><c> with</c><00:34:57.440><c> Lot</c><00:34:57.599><c> out</c><00:34:57.940><c> of</c><00:34:58.179><c> Sodom</c>

00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:00.960
and<00:34:58.559><c> was</c><00:34:58.619><c> led</c><00:34:58.780><c> away.</c><00:34:59.059><c> She</c><00:34:59.340><c> glanced</c><00:34:59.739><c> over</c><00:34:59.980><c> her</c><00:35:00.300><c> shoulder</c>

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:03.340
when<00:35:01.619><c> she'd</c><00:35:01.780><c> been</c><00:35:01.980><c> told</c><00:35:02.219><c> not</c><00:35:02.440><c> to</c><00:35:02.519><c> look</c><00:35:02.780><c> back</c>

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:07.159
and<00:35:03.679><c> she</c><00:35:03.900><c> was</c><00:35:04.239><c> immediately</c><00:35:04.659><c> killed,</c><00:35:05.480><c> became</c><00:35:05.679><c> a</c><00:35:05.880><c> pillar</c><00:35:06.019><c> of</c><00:35:06.320><c> salt.</c>

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:10.599
But<00:35:08.039><c> that's</c><00:35:08.239><c> not</c><00:35:08.480><c> actually</c><00:35:08.800><c> what</c><00:35:08.980><c> the</c><00:35:09.199><c> record</c><00:35:09.480><c> says.</c>

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:12.920
And<00:35:11.280><c> I</c><00:35:11.340><c> would</c><00:35:11.559><c> suggest</c><00:35:11.860><c> to</c><00:35:12.000><c> you</c><00:35:12.099><c> that</c><00:35:12.260><c> isn't</c><00:35:12.460><c> what</c><00:35:12.739><c> happened</c>

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:14.079
at<00:35:13.199><c> all.</c>

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:16.159
If<00:35:14.699><c> you</c><00:35:14.800><c> look</c><00:35:14.920><c> again</c><00:35:15.159><c> at</c><00:35:15.280><c> verse</c><00:35:15.500><c> 26</c>

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:21.719
it<00:35:16.380><c> says</c><00:35:16.940><c> she</c><00:35:17.539><c> looked</c><00:35:17.900><c> back</c><00:35:18.679><c> from</c><00:35:19.460><c> behind</c><00:35:20.539><c> him.</c>

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.340
So<00:35:22.679><c> to</c><00:35:22.860><c> start</c><00:35:23.159><c> with</c>

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:24.780
she<00:35:23.460><c> wasn't</c><00:35:23.739><c> keeping</c><00:35:24.039><c> up</c><00:35:24.280><c> with</c><00:35:24.420><c> the</c><00:35:24.559><c> others.</c>

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:26.760
She<00:35:25.480><c> was</c><00:35:25.760><c> lingering</c><00:35:26.159><c> behind.</c>

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:29.820
She<00:35:27.219><c> didn't</c><00:35:27.460><c> want</c><00:35:27.760><c> to</c><00:35:27.920><c> go</c><00:35:28.039><c> out</c><00:35:28.280><c> of</c><00:35:28.460><c> Sodom</c><00:35:28.659><c> anyway.</c>

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:32.380
Probably<00:35:30.239><c> she'd</c><00:35:30.500><c> got</c><00:35:30.639><c> other</c><00:35:30.860><c> daughters</c><00:35:31.199><c> there</c><00:35:31.760><c> married</c><00:35:32.219><c> to</c>

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:32.920
men<00:35:32.559><c> of</c><00:35:32.739><c> Sodom.</c>

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:36.599
But<00:35:32.920><c> she</c><00:35:33.019><c> didn't</c><00:35:33.219><c> want</c><00:35:33.420><c> to</c><00:35:33.599><c> leave.</c><00:35:34.519><c> She</c><00:35:34.719><c> was</c><00:35:34.980><c> lingering</c><00:35:35.340><c> behind.</c>

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:38.860
And<00:35:37.679><c> that</c><00:35:37.960><c> word</c><00:35:38.340><c> looked</c>

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:41.579
she<00:35:39.460><c> looked</c><00:35:39.920><c> back</c><00:35:40.300><c> is</c><00:35:40.460><c> an</c><00:35:40.719><c> interesting</c><00:35:41.099><c> word.</c>

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:45.519
It<00:35:42.119><c> occurs</c><00:35:42.420><c> again</c><00:35:42.860><c> in</c><00:35:43.239><c> Psalm</c><00:35:43.480><c> 119.</c>

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:49.000
Twice,<00:35:46.880><c> in</c><00:35:47.159><c> fact,</c><00:35:47.340><c> it</c><00:35:47.559><c> occurs</c><00:35:47.880><c> in</c><00:35:48.179><c> this</c><00:35:48.539><c> Psalm.</c>

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:51.900
It's<00:35:49.699><c> Psalm</c><00:35:49.940><c> 119</c>

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:56.219
and<00:35:54.239><c> verse</c><00:35:54.659><c> 6.</c>

00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:00.619
The<00:35:59.760><c> Psalmist</c><00:36:00.059><c> says</c>

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:03.699
then<00:36:01.760><c> shall</c><00:36:02.179><c> I</c><00:36:02.460><c> not</c><00:36:02.639><c> be</c><00:36:03.039><c> ashamed</c>

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:06.960
when<00:36:04.579><c> I</c><00:36:05.539><c> have</c><00:36:05.940><c> respect</c>

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:09.199
and<00:36:07.599><c> that's</c><00:36:07.900><c> the</c><00:36:08.019><c> word</c><00:36:08.260><c> translated</c><00:36:08.840><c> looked</c>

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:11.440
in<00:36:09.440><c> Genesis</c><00:36:09.760><c> 19</c><00:36:10.380><c> verse</c><00:36:10.679><c> 26.</c>

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:14.400
When<00:36:11.840><c> I</c><00:36:12.099><c> have</c><00:36:12.280><c> respect</c><00:36:12.880><c> unto</c><00:36:13.119><c> all</c><00:36:13.460><c> thy</c><00:36:13.679><c> commandments</c>

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:17.360
and<00:36:15.260><c> again</c><00:36:15.480><c> in</c><00:36:15.739><c> verse</c><00:36:15.960><c> 15,</c><00:36:16.579><c> same</c><00:36:16.900><c> word</c>

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:21.579
I<00:36:17.719><c> will</c><00:36:17.980><c> meditate</c><00:36:18.480><c> in</c><00:36:18.699><c> thy</c><00:36:18.900><c> precepts</c><00:36:19.739><c> and</c><00:36:20.119><c> have</c><00:36:20.559><c> respect</c>

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:23.900
unto<00:36:22.380><c> thy</c><00:36:22.800><c> ways.</c>

00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:26.460
And<00:36:24.559><c> that</c><00:36:24.699><c> was</c><00:36:24.880><c> the</c><00:36:25.139><c> problem</c><00:36:25.440><c> for</c><00:36:25.659><c> Lot's</c><00:36:26.059><c> wife.</c>

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:29.900
She<00:36:27.219><c> had</c><00:36:27.619><c> respect</c><00:36:28.300><c> for</c><00:36:28.519><c> the</c><00:36:28.659><c> ways</c><00:36:28.860><c> of</c><00:36:29.179><c> Sodom.</c>

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:32.219
She<00:36:30.340><c> looked</c><00:36:30.659><c> back.</c><00:36:30.980><c> She</c><00:36:31.099><c> was</c><00:36:31.360><c> lingering</c><00:36:31.639><c> behind.</c>

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:35.119
She<00:36:32.760><c> did</c><00:36:33.059><c> not</c><00:36:33.340><c> want</c><00:36:33.519><c> to</c><00:36:33.760><c> leave</c><00:36:33.960><c> the</c><00:36:34.219><c> city.</c>

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:38.739
And<00:36:35.340><c> as</c><00:36:35.519><c> a</c><00:36:35.719><c> result,</c><00:36:36.340><c> she</c><00:36:36.539><c> was</c><00:36:36.780><c> engulfed</c><00:36:37.380><c> in</c><00:36:37.500><c> the</c><00:36:37.780><c> destruction.</c>

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:42.420
Now<00:36:40.760><c> in</c><00:36:40.900><c> a</c><00:36:41.119><c> little</c><00:36:41.320><c> incidental</c><00:36:42.059><c> reference</c>

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:44.739
the<00:36:42.639><c> Lord</c><00:36:42.900><c> Jesus</c><00:36:43.360><c> Christ</c><00:36:43.840><c> tells</c><00:36:44.219><c> us</c>

00:36:44.739 --> 00:36:47.699
that<00:36:45.159><c> that</c><00:36:45.420><c> understanding</c><00:36:46.260><c> of</c><00:36:46.760><c> Genesis</c><00:36:47.079><c> 19</c>

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:49.219
is<00:36:48.099><c> absolutely</c><00:36:48.699><c> correct.</c>

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:53.820
He<00:36:50.039><c> comments</c><00:36:50.320><c> on</c><00:36:50.619><c> Lot's</c><00:36:51.000><c> wife</c><00:36:51.380><c> in</c><00:36:51.800><c> Luke</c><00:36:52.079><c> chapter</c><00:36:52.460><c> 17.</c>

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:58.079
Luke<00:36:56.320><c> chapter</c><00:36:56.739><c> 17</c>

00:36:58.380 --> 00:37:00.719
where<00:36:58.940><c> he</c><00:36:59.179><c> is</c><00:36:59.519><c> speaking</c><00:36:59.780><c> in</c><00:36:59.960><c> the</c><00:37:00.159><c> first</c><00:37:00.440><c> place</c>

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:03.119
of<00:37:00.860><c> the</c><00:37:01.039><c> great</c><00:37:01.239><c> destruction</c><00:37:02.000><c> that</c><00:37:02.420><c> was</c><00:37:02.619><c> going</c><00:37:02.780><c> to</c><00:37:02.980><c> come</c>

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:05.940
on<00:37:03.260><c> the</c><00:37:03.380><c> city</c><00:37:03.579><c> of</c><00:37:03.800><c> Jerusalem</c><00:37:04.380><c> in</c><00:37:04.900><c> AD</c><00:37:05.159><c> 70.</c>

00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:09.420
But<00:37:07.960><c> of</c><00:37:08.119><c> course</c><00:37:08.400><c> the</c><00:37:08.699><c> lesson</c><00:37:09.079><c> here</c>

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:12.500
is<00:37:10.039><c> still</c><00:37:10.380><c> important</c><00:37:10.880><c> for</c><00:37:11.059><c> us</c><00:37:11.340><c> today.</c>

00:37:12.820 --> 00:37:16.800
Luke<00:37:13.099><c> chapter</c><00:37:13.440><c> 17</c><00:37:14.139><c> and</c><00:37:14.539><c> verse</c><00:37:15.440><c> 31.</c>

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:19.079
In<00:37:18.260><c> that</c><00:37:18.639><c> day</c>

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:20.719
and<00:37:19.400><c> he's</c><00:37:19.659><c> speaking</c><00:37:19.940><c> there</c><00:37:20.179><c> of</c><00:37:20.300><c> the</c><00:37:20.460><c> day</c>

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:22.639
when<00:37:20.880><c> the</c><00:37:21.139><c> Romans</c><00:37:21.420><c> would</c><00:37:21.659><c> come</c><00:37:21.860><c> against</c><00:37:22.159><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:24.280
and<00:37:22.980><c> lay</c><00:37:23.199><c> siege</c><00:37:23.480><c> to</c><00:37:23.719><c> it.</c>

00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:27.679
He<00:37:24.940><c> which</c><00:37:25.219><c> shall</c><00:37:25.360><c> be</c><00:37:25.559><c> on</c><00:37:25.679><c> the</c><00:37:25.920><c> housetop</c><00:37:26.719><c> and</c><00:37:27.059><c> his</c><00:37:27.380><c> stuff</c><00:37:27.500><c> in</c>

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:28.260
the<00:37:27.900><c> house</c>

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:31.380
let<00:37:28.880><c> him</c><00:37:29.119><c> not</c><00:37:29.340><c> come</c><00:37:29.659><c> down</c><00:37:29.900><c> to</c><00:37:30.119><c> take</c><00:37:30.280><c> it</c><00:37:30.500><c> away.</c>

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:35.039
So<00:37:32.739><c> when</c><00:37:33.219><c> the</c><00:37:33.440><c> Romans</c><00:37:33.800><c> came</c><00:37:34.059><c> against</c><00:37:34.380><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:36.719
if<00:37:35.260><c> you're</c><00:37:35.440><c> on</c><00:37:35.579><c> the</c><00:37:35.719><c> roof</c><00:37:35.840><c> of</c><00:37:36.019><c> your</c><00:37:36.139><c> house</c>

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:41.260
don't<00:37:37.579><c> go</c><00:37:37.860><c> down</c><00:37:38.340><c> into</c><00:37:38.579><c> the</c><00:37:38.820><c> house.</c><00:37:39.519><c> And</c><00:37:39.719><c> what's</c><00:37:39.920><c> the</c><00:37:40.059><c> point</c><00:37:40.239><c> of</c><00:37:40.440><c> that?</c>

00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:44.260
The<00:37:41.539><c> houses</c><00:37:41.860><c> were</c><00:37:42.280><c> built</c><00:37:42.579><c> in</c><00:37:42.840><c> long</c><00:37:43.039><c> lines</c><00:37:43.420><c> in</c><00:37:43.639><c> those</c><00:37:43.900><c> days</c>

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:46.260
and<00:37:44.780><c> in</c><00:37:44.980><c> time</c><00:37:45.159><c> of</c><00:37:45.400><c> danger</c><00:37:45.639><c> you</c><00:37:45.780><c> could</c><00:37:45.960><c> literally</c>

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:48.099
run<00:37:46.440><c> along</c><00:37:46.760><c> the</c><00:37:46.960><c> line</c><00:37:47.340><c> of</c><00:37:47.539><c> the</c><00:37:47.699><c> roofs</c>

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:51.159
until<00:37:48.639><c> you</c><00:37:48.780><c> came</c><00:37:49.000><c> to</c><00:37:49.199><c> a</c><00:37:49.340><c> point</c><00:37:49.539><c> near</c><00:37:50.119><c> the</c><00:37:50.380><c> wall</c><00:37:50.559><c> or</c><00:37:50.760><c> a</c><00:37:50.880><c> gate</c><00:37:51.000><c> of</c>

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:51.539
the<00:37:51.280><c> city</c>

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:54.179
and<00:37:51.780><c> make</c><00:37:51.940><c> your</c><00:37:52.099><c> escape.</c><00:37:53.119><c> And</c><00:37:53.219><c> that's</c><00:37:53.280><c> what</c><00:37:53.460><c> Jesus</c><00:37:53.659><c> is</c><00:37:53.920><c> saying.</c>

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:57.539
When<00:37:54.739><c> you</c><00:37:55.019><c> see</c><00:37:55.219><c> this</c><00:37:55.480><c> happening</c><00:37:55.820><c> then</c><00:37:56.099><c> make</c><00:37:56.320><c> your</c><00:37:56.519><c> escape.</c>

00:37:57.619 --> 00:38:00.400
And<00:37:57.739><c> then</c><00:37:57.840><c> he</c><00:37:57.900><c> goes</c><00:37:58.039><c> on</c><00:37:58.239><c> to</c><00:37:58.420><c> say</c><00:37:58.500><c> if</c><00:37:58.699><c> you're</c><00:37:58.920><c> in</c><00:37:59.059><c> the</c><00:37:59.320><c> field</c>

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:04.760
don't<00:38:01.079><c> return</c><00:38:01.519><c> back.</c><00:38:03.059><c> Remember</c><00:38:03.500><c> Lot's</c><00:38:04.000><c> wife.</c>

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:06.559
And<00:38:05.320><c> he</c><00:38:05.539><c> links</c><00:38:05.760><c> those</c><00:38:06.119><c> words</c>

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:09.500
returning<00:38:07.219><c> back</c><00:38:07.900><c> with</c><00:38:08.300><c> Lot's</c><00:38:08.739><c> wife.</c>

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:12.280
And<00:38:10.239><c> so</c><00:38:10.420><c> there</c><00:38:10.599><c> the</c><00:38:10.699><c> Lord</c><00:38:10.940><c> Jesus</c><00:38:11.280><c> Christ</c><00:38:11.500><c> is</c><00:38:11.639><c> making</c><00:38:11.880><c> it</c><00:38:12.139><c> plain.</c>

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:15.699
And<00:38:12.380><c> that's</c><00:38:12.639><c> what</c><00:38:12.840><c> she</c><00:38:13.059><c> was</c><00:38:13.260><c> doing.</c><00:38:14.239><c> She</c><00:38:14.400><c> was</c><00:38:14.679><c> lingering</c><00:38:15.000><c> behind.</c>

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:17.519
She<00:38:16.139><c> had</c><00:38:16.360><c> respect</c><00:38:16.860><c> to</c><00:38:17.139><c> Sodom.</c>

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:21.800
She<00:38:17.980><c> was,</c><00:38:18.639><c> in</c><00:38:19.039><c> effect,</c><00:38:20.199><c> returning</c><00:38:20.539><c> back.</c>

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:25.159
And<00:38:22.159><c> that's</c><00:38:22.360><c> why</c><00:38:22.559><c> she</c><00:38:22.760><c> was</c><00:38:23.019><c> engulfed</c><00:38:23.780><c> in</c><00:38:23.980><c> the</c><00:38:24.199><c> judgment.</c>

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:30.019
Now<00:38:27.300><c> when</c><00:38:27.559><c> the</c><00:38:27.679><c> Lord</c><00:38:27.880><c> Jesus</c><00:38:28.219><c> Christ</c><00:38:28.480><c> returns,</c><00:38:29.179><c> brothers</c><00:38:29.280><c> and</c><00:38:29.480><c> sisters</c>

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:33.679
God's<00:38:30.860><c> power</c><00:38:31.440><c> in</c><00:38:31.780><c> the</c><00:38:32.039><c> same</c><00:38:32.539><c> spectacular</c><00:38:33.260><c> form</c>

00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:36.380
is<00:38:33.900><c> going</c><00:38:34.059><c> to</c><00:38:34.219><c> be</c><00:38:34.440><c> seen</c><00:38:34.639><c> in</c><00:38:34.880><c> the</c><00:38:35.059><c> earth</c><00:38:35.320><c> again.</c>

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:38.960
The<00:38:36.760><c> order</c><00:38:37.019><c> of</c><00:38:37.219><c> things</c><00:38:37.420><c> that</c><00:38:37.599><c> we</c><00:38:37.780><c> see</c><00:38:37.960><c> round</c><00:38:38.219><c> about</c><00:38:38.519><c> us</c><00:38:38.719><c> now</c>

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:40.579
is<00:38:39.039><c> going</c><00:38:39.280><c> to</c><00:38:39.599><c> go.</c>

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:43.639
And<00:38:41.079><c> the</c><00:38:41.179><c> Lord</c><00:38:41.400><c> said</c><00:38:41.619><c> very</c><00:38:42.079><c> pointedly</c><00:38:42.559><c> to</c><00:38:42.679><c> his</c><00:38:42.920><c> disciples</c>

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:47.320
no<00:38:44.659><c> man</c><00:38:45.300><c> having</c><00:38:45.840><c> put</c><00:38:46.079><c> his</c><00:38:46.300><c> hand</c><00:38:46.460><c> to</c><00:38:46.679><c> the</c><00:38:46.920><c> plough</c>

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:52.139
and<00:38:47.619><c> looking</c><00:38:48.099><c> back</c><00:38:48.900><c> is</c><00:38:50.159><c> fit</c><00:38:50.380><c> for</c><00:38:50.599><c> the</c><00:38:50.760><c> kingdom</c><00:38:51.019><c> of</c><00:38:51.300><c> God.</c>

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:54.280
So<00:38:52.579><c> if</c><00:38:52.719><c> we're</c><00:38:52.980><c> claiming</c><00:38:53.260><c> to</c><00:38:53.559><c> follow</c><00:38:53.800><c> Christ</c>

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:56.780
but<00:38:54.480><c> all</c><00:38:54.820><c> the</c><00:38:55.119><c> time</c><00:38:55.760><c> looking</c><00:38:56.219><c> back</c>

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:59.760
lingering<00:38:57.199><c> behind,</c><00:38:58.519><c> hankering</c><00:38:58.820><c> after</c><00:38:59.159><c> all</c><00:38:59.420><c> the</c><00:38:59.599><c> things</c>

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:02.599
of<00:38:59.960><c> this</c><00:39:00.280><c> world,</c><00:39:00.960><c> if</c><00:39:01.099><c> that's</c><00:39:01.320><c> where</c><00:39:01.539><c> our</c><00:39:01.840><c> heart</c><00:39:02.099><c> is</c>

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:05.119
then<00:39:03.320><c> Jesus</c><00:39:03.659><c> says</c><00:39:04.000><c> we</c><00:39:04.199><c> are</c><00:39:04.400><c> not</c><00:39:04.719><c> fit</c>

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:07.059
for<00:39:05.639><c> God's</c><00:39:06.079><c> kingdom.</c>

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:10.559
So<00:39:07.380><c> we</c><00:39:07.500><c> need</c><00:39:07.659><c> to</c><00:39:07.940><c> walk</c><00:39:08.139><c> then</c><00:39:08.360><c> with</c><00:39:08.559><c> our</c><00:39:08.780><c> eyes</c><00:39:09.139><c> fixed</c><00:39:09.559><c> firmly</c><00:39:10.000><c> forwards</c>

00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:14.539
looking<00:39:11.119><c> to</c><00:39:11.320><c> the</c><00:39:11.559><c> time</c><00:39:11.699><c> of</c><00:39:11.860><c> the</c><00:39:12.019><c> fulfilment</c><00:39:12.519><c> of</c><00:39:12.679><c> all</c><00:39:12.940><c> God's</c><00:39:13.699><c> promises</c><00:39:13.699><c> of</c><00:39:13.940><c> old</c>

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:18.079
towards<00:39:15.019><c> the</c><00:39:15.280><c> kingdom</c><00:39:15.539><c> and</c><00:39:15.719><c> the</c><00:39:15.920><c> glory</c><00:39:16.440><c> to</c><00:39:16.840><c> be</c><00:39:17.059><c> revealed.</c>

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:22.659
Now<00:39:20.260><c> in</c><00:39:20.380><c> Genesis</c><00:39:20.679><c> chapter</c><00:39:21.019><c> 19,</c><00:39:21.900><c> as</c><00:39:22.099><c> we've</c><00:39:22.320><c> read</c>

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:26.239
the<00:39:23.039><c> cities</c><00:39:23.340><c> of</c><00:39:23.579><c> Sodom</c><00:39:23.860><c> and</c><00:39:24.000><c> Gomorrah</c><00:39:24.400><c> were</c><00:39:24.880><c> destroyed.</c>

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:28.599
They<00:39:27.079><c> became</c><00:39:27.420><c> desolate.</c>

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:32.139
They<00:39:28.760><c> were</c><00:39:29.119><c> overthrown,</c><00:39:30.340><c> Lamentation</c><00:39:30.980><c> chapter</c><00:39:31.340><c> 4</c><00:39:31.780><c> says</c>

00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:35.880
as<00:39:32.599><c> in</c><00:39:32.760><c> a</c><00:39:32.980><c> moment</c><00:39:33.440><c> and</c><00:39:34.400><c> Peter</c><00:39:34.800><c> in</c><00:39:34.960><c> his</c><00:39:35.219><c> second</c><00:39:35.480><c> epistle</c>

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:38.099
says<00:39:36.260><c> they</c><00:39:36.420><c> were</c><00:39:36.699><c> turned</c><00:39:36.860><c> into</c><00:39:37.119><c> ashes.</c>

00:39:38.300 --> 00:39:41.400
That's<00:39:38.480><c> what</c><00:39:38.699><c> happened</c><00:39:38.880><c> in</c><00:39:39.019><c> Genesis</c><00:39:39.320><c> 19.</c><00:39:40.280><c> The</c><00:39:40.320><c> cities</c><00:39:40.599><c> of</c><00:39:40.760><c> Sodom</c><00:39:41.019><c> and</c><00:39:41.119><c> Gomorrah</c>

00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:44.320
were<00:39:41.760><c> overthrown</c><00:39:42.199><c> as</c><00:39:42.460><c> in</c><00:39:42.639><c> a</c><00:39:42.760><c> moment</c><00:39:42.940><c> by</c><00:39:43.199><c> fire</c><00:39:43.480><c> and</c><00:39:43.659><c> brimstone</c>

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:46.539
and<00:39:44.800><c> they</c><00:39:45.039><c> became</c><00:39:45.320><c> ashes.</c>

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:50.500
But<00:39:48.480><c> the</c><00:39:48.960><c> burned</c><00:39:49.219><c> up</c><00:39:49.460><c> and</c><00:39:49.679><c> infertile</c>

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:54.139
ruins<00:39:51.099><c> of</c><00:39:51.559><c> those</c><00:39:51.860><c> cities</c><00:39:52.340><c> appear</c><00:39:52.780><c> to</c><00:39:52.960><c> have</c><00:39:53.139><c> been</c><00:39:53.400><c> visible</c>

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:56.679
throughout<00:39:54.960><c> Old</c><00:39:55.380><c> Testament</c><00:39:55.880><c> times.</c>

00:39:57.440 --> 00:39:59.719
Submersion<00:39:58.039><c> came</c><00:39:58.639><c> rather</c><00:39:59.139><c> later.</c>

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:04.159
And<00:40:00.719><c> many</c><00:40:00.980><c> years</c><00:40:01.320><c> later</c><00:40:01.760><c> when</c><00:40:02.099><c> Jonah</c><00:40:02.420><c> was</c><00:40:02.659><c> sent</c><00:40:02.920><c> to</c><00:40:03.119><c> Nineveh</c>

00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:05.719
in<00:40:04.420><c> Jonah</c><00:40:04.760><c> chapter</c><00:40:05.099><c> 3</c>

00:40:05.719 --> 00:40:09.340
he<00:40:06.219><c> went</c><00:40:06.639><c> with</c><00:40:07.519><c> this</c><00:40:07.840><c> message</c><00:40:08.199><c> to</c><00:40:08.360><c> the</c><00:40:08.500><c> Ninevites</c>

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yet<00:40:10.659><c> 40</c><00:40:11.340><c> days</c>

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and<00:40:12.860><c> Nineveh</c><00:40:13.280><c> shall</c><00:40:13.480><c> be</c><00:40:13.900><c> overthrown.</c>

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:18.039
And<00:40:15.760><c> in</c><00:40:15.920><c> that</c><00:40:16.199><c> word</c><00:40:16.559><c> overthrown</c><00:40:17.460><c> he</c><00:40:17.659><c> used</c>

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:21.659
the<00:40:18.380><c> very</c><00:40:18.800><c> word</c><00:40:19.380><c> that</c><00:40:19.639><c> is</c><00:40:19.860><c> used</c><00:40:20.179><c> in</c><00:40:20.420><c> Genesis</c><00:40:20.780><c> 19</c>

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:25.639
and<00:40:22.179><c> verse</c><00:40:22.440><c> 25</c><00:40:23.260><c> about</c><00:40:24.039><c> Sodom</c><00:40:24.380><c> and</c><00:40:24.480><c> Gomorrah.</c>

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:27.619
And<00:40:26.159><c> so</c><00:40:26.300><c> when</c><00:40:26.619><c> Jonah</c><00:40:26.860><c> went</c><00:40:27.099><c> to</c><00:40:27.260><c> Nineveh</c>

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:30.000
he<00:40:27.739><c> was</c><00:40:27.980><c> saying</c><00:40:28.219><c> to</c><00:40:28.380><c> the</c><00:40:28.519><c> Ninevites</c><00:40:28.920><c> you</c><00:40:29.099><c> remember</c><00:40:29.599><c> what</c><00:40:29.800><c> God</c>

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:32.860
did<00:40:30.280><c> to</c><00:40:30.460><c> Sodom</c><00:40:30.719><c> and</c><00:40:30.840><c> Gomorrah.</c><00:40:31.539><c> It</c><00:40:31.619><c> was</c><00:40:31.840><c> a</c><00:40:31.960><c> powerful</c><00:40:32.360><c> message</c>

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:36.500
because<00:40:33.320><c> here</c><00:40:33.579><c> in</c><00:40:33.780><c> verse</c><00:40:33.980><c> 25</c><00:40:34.619><c> of</c><00:40:34.820><c> Genesis</c><00:40:35.179><c> 19</c>

00:40:36.389 --> 00:40:38.900
God<00:40:36.659><c> overthrew</c><00:40:37.539><c> those</c><00:40:37.900><c> cities</c><00:40:38.179><c> of</c><00:40:38.340><c> the</c><00:40:38.579><c> plain</c>

00:40:38.900 --> 00:40:42.260
and<00:40:39.320><c> all</c><00:40:39.480><c> the</c><00:40:39.719><c> inhabitants.</c><00:40:41.159><c> And</c><00:40:41.300><c> Jonah</c><00:40:41.440><c> used</c><00:40:41.659><c> the</c><00:40:41.960><c> same</c>

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:45.280
word<00:40:42.539><c> when</c><00:40:42.679><c> he</c><00:40:42.920><c> preached</c><00:40:43.079><c> to</c><00:40:43.219><c> the</c><00:40:43.300><c> Ninevites</c><00:40:43.860><c> 40</c><00:40:44.559><c> days.</c>

00:40:45.739 --> 00:40:48.639
There's<00:40:45.940><c> no</c><00:40:46.139><c> repentance.</c><00:40:47.420><c> Nineveh</c><00:40:47.780><c> shall</c><00:40:48.000><c> be</c>

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overthrown.

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So<00:40:51.340><c> the</c><00:40:51.639><c> burned</c><00:40:51.860><c> up</c><00:40:52.059><c> and</c><00:40:52.260><c> infertile</c><00:40:52.960><c> ruins</c><00:40:53.360><c> were</c><00:40:53.860><c> visible</c>

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:56.719
throughout<00:40:54.719><c> Old</c><00:40:55.059><c> Testament</c><00:40:55.440><c> times</c><00:40:55.820><c> and</c><00:40:56.039><c> they</c><00:40:56.159><c> were</c><00:40:56.360><c> held</c><00:40:56.559><c> up</c>

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as<00:40:56.960><c> a</c><00:40:57.159><c> warning.</c>

00:40:58.519 --> 00:41:00.860
Those<00:40:58.820><c> inhabitants</c><00:40:59.280><c> of</c><00:40:59.440><c> Nineveh</c><00:40:59.780><c> would</c><00:41:00.079><c> certainly</c><00:41:00.400><c> have</c><00:41:00.599><c> known</c>

00:41:00.860 --> 00:41:03.699
what<00:41:01.079><c> God</c><00:41:01.280><c> had</c><00:41:01.500><c> earlier</c><00:41:01.780><c> done</c><00:41:02.159><c> to</c><00:41:02.559><c> Sodom</c><00:41:02.800><c> and</c><00:41:02.940><c> Gomorrah.</c>

00:41:04.099 --> 00:41:06.699
Submergence<00:41:04.719><c> only</c><00:41:05.099><c> came</c><00:41:05.300><c> later</c><00:41:05.860><c> once</c><00:41:06.260><c> the</c><00:41:06.559><c> sea</c>

00:41:06.699 --> 00:41:09.559
extended.<00:41:08.460><c> The</c><00:41:08.699><c> Jewish</c><00:41:09.059><c> historian</c>

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:12.760
Josephus<00:41:10.500><c> and</c><00:41:11.039><c> the</c><00:41:11.159><c> Roman</c><00:41:11.559><c> historian</c><00:41:12.059><c> Tacitus</c>

00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:15.179
who<00:41:13.059><c> were</c><00:41:13.260><c> living</c><00:41:13.400><c> in</c><00:41:13.619><c> the</c><00:41:13.739><c> first</c><00:41:14.039><c> century</c><00:41:14.480><c> AD</c>

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:18.780
both<00:41:15.940><c> tell</c><00:41:16.219><c> us</c><00:41:16.420><c> that</c><00:41:16.780><c> the</c><00:41:17.199><c> ruins</c><00:41:17.500><c> of</c><00:41:17.739><c> Sodom</c><00:41:18.059><c> and</c><00:41:18.179><c> Gomorrah</c>

00:41:18.780 --> 00:41:21.800
were<00:41:19.099><c> still</c><00:41:19.380><c> visible</c><00:41:19.860><c> in</c><00:41:20.179><c> their</c><00:41:20.480><c> own</c><00:41:20.840><c> day.</c>

00:41:22.179 --> 00:41:24.380
And<00:41:22.800><c> Jude</c><00:41:23.000><c> tells</c><00:41:23.380><c> us</c>

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:27.159
those<00:41:24.579><c> cities</c><00:41:24.960><c> are</c><00:41:25.239><c> set</c><00:41:25.440><c> forth</c><00:41:25.739><c> as</c><00:41:25.900><c> an</c><00:41:26.199><c> example</c><00:41:26.659><c> suffering</c>

00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:30.320
the<00:41:27.440><c> vengeance</c><00:41:27.739><c> of</c><00:41:28.000><c> eternal</c><00:41:28.400><c> fire.</c><00:41:29.559><c> The</c><00:41:29.659><c> event</c><00:41:29.940><c> of</c><00:41:30.139><c> their</c>

00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:33.480
destruction<00:41:30.800><c> was</c><00:41:31.059><c> short</c><00:41:31.300><c> and</c><00:41:31.599><c> salutary</c><00:41:32.380><c> but</c><00:41:32.820><c> the</c><00:41:33.079><c> effect</c>

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:36.360
truly<00:41:34.460><c> eternal.</c><00:41:35.639><c> And</c><00:41:35.820><c> over</c><00:41:36.000><c> the</c><00:41:36.139><c> last</c>

00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:39.260
2000<00:41:36.900><c> years</c><00:41:37.300><c> the</c><00:41:37.500><c> Dead</c><00:41:37.760><c> Sea</c><00:41:37.900><c> has</c><00:41:38.300><c> extended</c>

00:41:39.269 --> 00:41:41.780
and<00:41:39.579><c> completely</c><00:41:40.000><c> covered</c><00:41:40.219><c> up</c><00:41:40.500><c> those</c><00:41:40.800><c> ruins.</c>

00:41:42.559 --> 00:41:45.320
No<00:41:42.800><c> doubt</c><00:41:43.139><c> Sodom</c><00:41:43.539><c> and</c><00:41:43.679><c> Gomorrah</c><00:41:44.059><c> seem</c><00:41:44.320><c> to</c><00:41:44.519><c> be</c><00:41:44.679><c> very</c><00:41:45.039><c> well</c>

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:48.659
founded<00:41:45.639><c> cities</c><00:41:46.179><c> in</c><00:41:46.559><c> their</c><00:41:46.880><c> day.</c><00:41:48.000><c> Just</c><00:41:48.300><c> like</c>

00:41:48.659 --> 00:41:52.500
Babylon,<00:41:49.719><c> another</c><00:41:50.179><c> city</c><00:41:50.800><c> of</c><00:41:51.119><c> which</c><00:41:51.340><c> Abraham</c><00:41:51.679><c> would</c><00:41:51.860><c> have</c><00:41:52.079><c> known</c>

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:54.880
and<00:41:53.139><c> which</c><00:41:53.360><c> by</c><00:41:53.599><c> God's</c><00:41:54.019><c> decree</c><00:41:54.239><c> was</c><00:41:54.460><c> also</c>

00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:57.699
overthrown.<00:41:56.000><c> Just</c><00:41:56.280><c> come</c><00:41:56.480><c> now</c><00:41:56.699><c> to</c><00:41:56.880><c> Jeremiah</c><00:41:57.280><c> chapter</c>

00:41:57.699 --> 00:41:59.059
51.

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:03.760
We'll<00:42:02.440><c> notice</c><00:42:02.800><c> just</c><00:42:03.019><c> as</c><00:42:03.159><c> we</c><00:42:03.380><c> follow</c><00:42:03.500><c> this</c>

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:06.139
through<00:42:03.960><c> briefly</c><00:42:04.360><c> in</c><00:42:04.579><c> our</c><00:42:04.699><c> last</c><00:42:05.019><c> five</c><00:42:05.300><c> minutes</c><00:42:05.599><c> the</c><00:42:05.800><c> way</c><00:42:05.980><c> in</c>

00:42:06.139 --> 00:42:06.900
which<00:42:06.280><c> the</c><00:42:06.559><c> language</c>

00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:09.900
of<00:42:07.079><c> the</c><00:42:07.199><c> destruction</c><00:42:07.639><c> of</c><00:42:07.900><c> Sodom</c><00:42:08.159><c> and</c><00:42:08.300><c> Gomorrah</c><00:42:08.800><c> is</c><00:42:09.199><c> picked</c><00:42:09.460><c> up</c>

00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:11.539
later<00:42:10.199><c> on</c><00:42:10.340><c> in</c><00:42:10.619><c> scripture.</c>

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:15.880
Now<00:42:12.900><c> this</c><00:42:13.059><c> is</c><00:42:13.340><c> Babylon,</c><00:42:14.480><c> another</c><00:42:14.719><c> great</c><00:42:15.019><c> city</c><00:42:15.300><c> of</c><00:42:15.480><c> the</c><00:42:15.659><c> past</c>

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:18.800
known<00:42:16.199><c> to</c><00:42:16.460><c> Abraham</c><00:42:16.980><c> which</c><00:42:17.639><c> God</c><00:42:17.980><c> said</c><00:42:18.280><c> would</c><00:42:18.500><c> be</c>

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destroyed.<00:42:21.079><c> Chapter</c><00:42:21.219><c> 51</c><00:42:21.679><c> of</c>

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Jeremiah<00:42:22.440><c> and</c><00:42:22.719><c> verse</c><00:42:23.260><c> 58.</c>

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51

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and<00:42:28.639><c> verse</c><00:42:29.099><c> 58.</c>

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Thus<00:42:30.800><c> saith</c><00:42:31.079><c> the</c><00:42:31.239><c> Lord</c><00:42:31.480><c> of</c><00:42:31.659><c> hosts,</c><00:42:32.599><c> the</c><00:42:32.780><c> broad</c><00:42:33.179><c> walls</c><00:42:33.519><c> of</c>

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Babylon<00:42:34.159><c> shall</c><00:42:34.460><c> be</c><00:42:34.739><c> utterly</c><00:42:35.139><c> broken</c><00:42:35.719><c> and</c><00:42:36.440><c> her</c>

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high<00:42:37.159><c> places</c><00:42:37.579><c> shall</c><00:42:37.820><c> be</c><00:42:38.159><c> burned</c><00:42:38.559><c> with</c><00:42:39.179><c> fire.</c>

00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:43.019
And<00:42:40.559><c> back</c><00:42:40.719><c> in</c><00:42:40.900><c> verse</c><00:42:41.119><c> 37</c><00:42:41.760><c> God</c><00:42:42.019><c> had</c><00:42:42.280><c> said</c><00:42:42.360><c> it</c><00:42:42.460><c> would</c><00:42:42.719><c> become</c>

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heaps.<00:42:43.880><c> He</c><00:42:44.059><c> was</c><00:42:44.280><c> going</c><00:42:44.440><c> to</c><00:42:44.679><c> destroy</c><00:42:45.099><c> this</c><00:42:45.400><c> wicked</c><00:42:45.699><c> city</c><00:42:46.019><c> of</c><00:42:46.280><c> Babylon</c>

00:42:46.659 --> 00:42:49.199
just<00:42:47.480><c> as</c><00:42:47.619><c> he</c><00:42:47.780><c> destroyed</c><00:42:48.199><c> Sodom</c><00:42:48.579><c> and</c><00:42:48.679><c> Gomorrah</c>

00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:51.980
in<00:42:49.539><c> the</c><00:42:49.719><c> past.</c><00:42:51.300><c> But</c><00:42:51.460><c> then</c><00:42:51.599><c> at</c><00:42:51.780><c> verse</c>

00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:55.440
25<00:42:52.900><c> of</c><00:42:53.139><c> Jeremiah</c><00:42:53.579><c> 51</c><00:42:54.579><c> God</c><00:42:55.019><c> puts</c>

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his<00:42:55.780><c> judgment</c><00:42:56.179><c> in</c><00:42:56.820><c> these</c><00:42:57.119><c> words.</c>

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Behold<00:42:59.000><c> I</c><00:42:59.199><c> am</c><00:42:59.300><c> against</c><00:42:59.739><c> thee</c><00:43:00.000><c> O</c><00:43:00.239><c> destroying</c><00:43:00.659><c> mountain</c>

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saith<00:43:01.440><c> the</c><00:43:01.659><c> Lord</c><00:43:02.000><c> which</c><00:43:02.400><c> destroyest</c><00:43:03.000><c> all</c><00:43:03.179><c> the</c><00:43:03.440><c> earth</c>

00:43:03.820 --> 00:43:06.780
and<00:43:04.219><c> I</c><00:43:04.380><c> will</c><00:43:04.659><c> stretch</c><00:43:05.019><c> out</c><00:43:05.280><c> mine</c><00:43:05.400><c> hand</c><00:43:05.739><c> upon</c><00:43:06.079><c> thee</c><00:43:06.260><c> and</c><00:43:06.559><c> roll</c>

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thee<00:43:06.940><c> down</c>

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:10.340
from<00:43:07.400><c> the</c><00:43:07.599><c> rocks</c><00:43:07.960><c> and</c><00:43:08.420><c> will</c><00:43:08.639><c> make</c><00:43:08.860><c> thee</c><00:43:09.119><c> a</c><00:43:09.340><c> burnt</c><00:43:09.619><c> mountain</c>

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:14.019
and<00:43:11.500><c> they</c><00:43:11.719><c> shall</c><00:43:11.900><c> not</c><00:43:12.219><c> take</c><00:43:12.480><c> of</c><00:43:12.780><c> thee</c><00:43:13.280><c> a</c><00:43:13.780><c> stone</c>

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:16.579
for<00:43:14.280><c> a</c><00:43:14.500><c> corner</c><00:43:15.000><c> nor</c><00:43:15.820><c> a</c><00:43:16.099><c> stone</c><00:43:16.300><c> for</c>

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:20.079
foundations<00:43:17.360><c> but</c><00:43:18.239><c> thou</c><00:43:18.460><c> shalt</c><00:43:18.699><c> be</c><00:43:18.940><c> desolate</c><00:43:19.280><c> forever</c>

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saith<00:43:20.639><c> the</c><00:43:20.860><c> Lord.</c><00:43:21.920><c> And</c><00:43:22.139><c> you</c><00:43:22.260><c> notice</c><00:43:22.559><c> there</c>

00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:25.699
that<00:43:22.900><c> the</c><00:43:23.099><c> prophet</c><00:43:23.400><c> picks</c><00:43:23.780><c> up</c><00:43:24.119><c> the</c><00:43:24.619><c> prophecies</c><00:43:25.219><c> concerning</c>

00:43:25.699 --> 00:43:28.420
the<00:43:25.940><c> Lord</c><00:43:26.119><c> Jesus</c><00:43:26.500><c> Christ</c><00:43:26.980><c> as</c><00:43:27.239><c> the</c><00:43:27.480><c> stone</c><00:43:27.719><c> of</c><00:43:27.960><c> Israel</c>

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:32.280
and<00:43:29.119><c> he</c><00:43:29.380><c> says</c><00:43:29.940><c> Christ</c><00:43:30.980><c> is</c><00:43:31.420><c> not</c><00:43:31.679><c> going</c><00:43:31.840><c> to</c><00:43:32.019><c> be</c>

00:43:32.280 --> 00:43:34.880
taken<00:43:32.760><c> from</c><00:43:33.179><c> Babylon's</c><00:43:33.940><c> mountain.</c>

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That's<00:43:35.500><c> going</c><00:43:35.599><c> to</c><00:43:35.699><c> be</c><00:43:36.000><c> destroyed</c><00:43:36.639><c> but</c><00:43:37.280><c> he</c><00:43:37.480><c> is</c>

00:43:37.820 --> 00:43:40.440
not<00:43:37.820><c> going</c><00:43:37.960><c> to</c><00:43:38.139><c> be</c><00:43:38.320><c> taken</c><00:43:38.639><c> from</c><00:43:38.860><c> the</c><00:43:38.940><c> mountain</c><00:43:39.300><c> of</c><00:43:39.639><c> Zion</c>

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because<00:43:40.880><c> as</c><00:43:41.219><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:41.619><c> later</c><00:43:42.039><c> tells</c><00:43:42.340><c> us</c>

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:46.840
Christ<00:43:43.699><c> is</c><00:43:43.960><c> a</c><00:43:44.179><c> foundation</c><00:43:44.780><c> stone</c><00:43:45.280><c> of</c><00:43:45.460><c> the</c><00:43:45.659><c> building</c><00:43:45.900><c> to</c><00:43:46.099><c> be</c><00:43:46.280><c> made</c>

00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:49.699
and<00:43:47.639><c> the</c><00:43:47.860><c> psalmist</c><00:43:48.159><c> tells</c><00:43:48.440><c> us</c><00:43:48.599><c> he's</c><00:43:48.719><c> also</c><00:43:49.099><c> the</c><00:43:49.340><c> chief</c>

00:43:49.699 --> 00:43:52.480
cornerstone.<00:43:51.739><c> So</c><00:43:51.980><c> here</c>

00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:55.179
in<00:43:52.880><c> the</c><00:43:53.159><c> condemnation</c><00:43:53.659><c> of</c><00:43:53.920><c> Babylon</c><00:43:54.159><c> we're</c><00:43:54.400><c> being</c><00:43:54.659><c> reminded</c>

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of<00:43:55.380><c> these</c>

00:43:55.579 --> 00:43:58.699
prophecies<00:43:56.079><c> concerning</c><00:43:56.559><c> Christ.</c><00:43:57.300><c> He</c><00:43:57.539><c> would</c><00:43:57.820><c> not</c><00:43:57.980><c> be</c><00:43:58.260><c> taken</c><00:43:58.440><c> from</c>

00:43:58.699 --> 00:44:01.760
Babylon<00:43:59.139><c> that</c><00:43:59.639><c> would</c><00:43:59.860><c> be</c><00:44:00.039><c> destroyed</c><00:44:00.800><c> but</c><00:44:01.380><c> he</c><00:44:01.539><c> would</c>

00:44:01.760 --> 00:44:05.019
come<00:44:02.000><c> eventually</c><00:44:02.659><c> from</c><00:44:03.599><c> Zion.</c>

00:44:06.199 --> 00:44:08.860
Babylon<00:44:06.800><c> was</c><00:44:07.260><c> then</c><00:44:07.599><c> destroyed</c><00:44:08.119><c> by</c><00:44:08.380><c> God's</c>

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decree<00:44:09.300><c> but</c><00:44:10.019><c> the</c><00:44:10.280><c> system</c><00:44:10.599><c> associated</c><00:44:11.380><c> with</c><00:44:11.659><c> it</c>

00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:14.940
still<00:44:12.579><c> lives</c><00:44:12.860><c> on</c><00:44:13.460><c> and</c><00:44:13.780><c> when</c><00:44:14.039><c> Christ</c><00:44:14.400><c> returns</c>

00:44:14.940 --> 00:44:17.300
to<00:44:15.219><c> establish</c><00:44:15.599><c> his</c><00:44:15.920><c> father's</c><00:44:16.300><c> kingdom</c><00:44:16.460><c> on</c><00:44:16.679><c> the</c><00:44:16.920><c> earth</c>

00:44:17.300 --> 00:44:20.260
to<00:44:18.219><c> remove</c><00:44:18.739><c> the</c><00:44:18.980><c> kingdom</c><00:44:19.199><c> of</c><00:44:19.380><c> men</c><00:44:19.619><c> altogether</c>

00:44:20.260 --> 00:44:23.599
to<00:44:21.420><c> set</c><00:44:21.619><c> up</c><00:44:21.840><c> the</c><00:44:22.079><c> city</c><00:44:22.300><c> of</c><00:44:22.500><c> the</c><00:44:22.639><c> great</c><00:44:22.900><c> king</c><00:44:23.300><c> Jerusalem</c>

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he<00:44:24.699><c> will</c><00:44:25.039><c> finally</c><00:44:25.500><c> overthrow</c>

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antitypical<00:44:27.300><c> Babylon.</c><00:44:28.159><c> And</c><00:44:28.320><c> this</c><00:44:28.500><c> takes</c><00:44:28.780><c> us</c><00:44:29.019><c> last</c><00:44:29.260><c> of</c><00:44:29.420><c> all</c>

00:44:29.539 --> 00:44:31.500
to<00:44:29.679><c> the</c><00:44:29.820><c> book</c><00:44:29.920><c> of</c><00:44:30.159><c> Revelation</c>

00:44:32.219 --> 00:44:35.179
where<00:44:33.059><c> in</c><00:44:33.360><c> the</c><00:44:33.619><c> apocalypse</c><00:44:34.239><c> Rome</c><00:44:34.900><c> is</c>

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actually<00:44:35.679><c> likened</c><00:44:36.159><c> unto</c><00:44:36.559><c> Sodom.</c><00:44:38.219><c> Rome</c>

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antitypical<00:44:39.579><c> Babylon</c><00:44:40.159><c> is</c><00:44:40.860><c> to</c><00:44:41.019><c> be</c>

00:44:41.179 --> 00:44:44.239
destroyed<00:44:41.860><c> and</c><00:44:42.280><c> her</c><00:44:42.579><c> end</c><00:44:42.780><c> is</c><00:44:43.199><c> described</c><00:44:43.579><c> using</c><00:44:43.940><c> much</c>

00:44:44.239 --> 00:44:47.280
the<00:44:44.519><c> same</c><00:44:44.699><c> language</c><00:44:45.239><c> as</c><00:44:45.599><c> the</c><00:44:45.699><c> destruction</c><00:44:46.159><c> of</c><00:44:46.480><c> Sodom</c><00:44:46.860><c> in</c><00:44:47.079><c> the</c>

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past.<00:44:48.559><c> So</c><00:44:48.760><c> for</c><00:44:49.000><c> example</c><00:44:49.619><c> Revelation</c>

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chapter<00:44:50.719><c> 14</c><00:44:51.420><c> and</c><00:44:52.019><c> verse</c><00:44:52.659><c> 10.</c>

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The<00:44:58.980><c> same</c>

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shall<00:44:59.739><c> drink</c><00:45:00.039><c> of</c><00:45:00.199><c> the</c><00:45:00.400><c> wine</c><00:45:00.599><c> of</c><00:45:00.780><c> the</c><00:45:00.920><c> wrath</c>

00:45:01.079 --> 00:45:03.940
of<00:45:01.300><c> God</c><00:45:01.579><c> which</c><00:45:01.820><c> is</c><00:45:02.159><c> poured</c><00:45:02.340><c> out</c><00:45:02.639><c> without</c><00:45:02.960><c> mixture</c><00:45:03.340><c> into</c><00:45:03.579><c> the</c><00:45:03.800><c> cup</c>

00:45:03.940 --> 00:45:06.579
of<00:45:04.079><c> his</c><00:45:04.280><c> indignation</c><00:45:05.039><c> and</c><00:45:05.340><c> he</c><00:45:05.579><c> shall</c><00:45:05.679><c> be</c><00:45:05.980><c> tormented</c>

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with<00:45:06.940><c> fire</c><00:45:07.260><c> and</c><00:45:07.539><c> brimstone</c><00:45:08.039><c> in</c><00:45:08.260><c> the</c><00:45:08.440><c> presence</c><00:45:08.659><c> of</c><00:45:08.840><c> the</c><00:45:09.019><c> holy</c>

00:45:09.260 --> 00:45:12.480
angels<00:45:09.840><c> and</c><00:45:10.219><c> in</c><00:45:10.360><c> the</c><00:45:10.539><c> presence</c><00:45:10.739><c> of</c><00:45:10.940><c> the</c><00:45:11.139><c> lamb</c><00:45:11.380><c> and</c><00:45:11.760><c> the</c><00:45:12.239><c> smoke</c>

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of<00:45:12.659><c> their</c><00:45:12.980><c> torment</c><00:45:13.400><c> ascendeth</c><00:45:14.000><c> up</c><00:45:14.619><c> forever</c>

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and<00:45:15.480><c> ever.</c><00:45:16.380><c> And</c><00:45:16.539><c> it's</c><00:45:17.199><c> the</c><00:45:17.340><c> language</c><00:45:17.659><c> of</c>

00:45:17.880 --> 00:45:20.679
Genesis<00:45:18.159><c> 19</c><00:45:18.739><c> isn't</c><00:45:18.960><c> it</c><00:45:19.440><c> when</c><00:45:19.679><c> it's</c><00:45:19.940><c> talking</c><00:45:20.219><c> about</c>

00:45:20.679 --> 00:45:23.780
the<00:45:20.960><c> destruction</c><00:45:21.480><c> of</c><00:45:21.760><c> Rome.</c><00:45:23.320><c> And</c><00:45:23.539><c> again</c>

00:45:23.780 --> 00:45:27.460
in<00:45:24.039><c> Revelation</c><00:45:24.599><c> chapter</c><00:45:25.019><c> 18</c><00:45:25.679><c> and</c><00:45:26.039><c> verse</c><00:45:26.280><c> 9</c>

00:45:28.860 --> 00:45:31.679
the<00:45:29.579><c> kings</c><00:45:29.900><c> of</c><00:45:30.099><c> the</c><00:45:30.280><c> earth</c><00:45:30.699><c> who</c><00:45:31.059><c> have</c><00:45:31.219><c> committed</c>

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fornication<00:45:32.599><c> and</c><00:45:32.840><c> live</c><00:45:33.019><c> deliciously</c><00:45:33.719><c> with</c><00:45:33.880><c> her</c>

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shall<00:45:34.880><c> bewail</c><00:45:35.380><c> her</c><00:45:35.659><c> and</c><00:45:35.920><c> lament</c><00:45:36.280><c> for</c><00:45:36.619><c> her</c>

00:45:37.360 --> 00:45:40.940
when<00:45:37.699><c> they</c><00:45:37.960><c> shall</c><00:45:38.099><c> see</c><00:45:38.300><c> the</c><00:45:38.699><c> smoke</c><00:45:39.139><c> of</c><00:45:39.559><c> her</c><00:45:39.920><c> burning.</c>

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And<00:45:41.559><c> again</c><00:45:41.719><c> in</c><00:45:41.940><c> verse</c><00:45:42.179><c> 18</c>

00:45:43.500 --> 00:45:46.460
they<00:45:43.860><c> cried</c><00:45:44.380><c> when</c><00:45:44.599><c> they</c><00:45:44.860><c> saw</c><00:45:45.000><c> the</c><00:45:45.380><c> smoke</c><00:45:45.619><c> of</c><00:45:45.860><c> her</c><00:45:46.079><c> burning</c>

00:45:46.460 --> 00:45:49.960
saying<00:45:46.920><c> what</c><00:45:47.679><c> city</c><00:45:48.059><c> is</c><00:45:48.280><c> like</c><00:45:48.480><c> unto</c><00:45:48.719><c> this</c><00:45:49.360><c> great</c>

00:45:49.960 --> 00:45:52.659
city.<00:45:51.679><c> So</c><00:45:52.019><c> the</c><00:45:52.219><c> end</c>

00:45:52.659 --> 00:45:55.980
for<00:45:53.739><c> antitypical</c><00:45:54.500><c> Babylon</c><00:45:55.000><c> Rome</c><00:45:55.519><c> in</c><00:45:55.780><c> the</c>

00:45:55.980 --> 00:45:58.519
apocalypse<00:45:56.420><c> is</c><00:45:56.820><c> described</c><00:45:57.179><c> in</c><00:45:57.380><c> much</c><00:45:57.579><c> the</c><00:45:57.820><c> same</c><00:45:57.980><c> language</c>

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as<00:45:59.199><c> a</c><00:45:59.480><c> destruction</c><00:45:59.840><c> of</c><00:46:00.139><c> Sodom.</c><00:46:01.360><c> But</c><00:46:01.559><c> by</c>

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contrast<00:46:02.719><c> Abraham</c><00:46:03.300><c> as</c><00:46:03.519><c> we</c><00:46:03.760><c> saw</c><00:46:03.920><c> at</c><00:46:04.139><c> the</c><00:46:04.280><c> outset</c><00:46:04.619><c> this</c>

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morning<00:46:05.360><c> looked</c><00:46:06.000><c> for</c><00:46:06.559><c> the</c><00:46:06.940><c> city</c>

00:46:07.820 --> 00:46:11.440
the<00:46:08.159><c> only</c><00:46:08.659><c> one</c><00:46:09.039><c> city</c><00:46:09.380><c> which</c><00:46:09.719><c> truly</c><00:46:10.039><c> has</c><00:46:10.380><c> the</c><00:46:10.679><c> foundations</c>

00:46:11.440 --> 00:46:13.920
for<00:46:12.340><c> which</c><00:46:12.519><c> God</c><00:46:12.820><c> is</c><00:46:13.000><c> the</c><00:46:13.360><c> architect</c>

00:46:13.920 --> 00:46:16.940
and<00:46:14.519><c> maker.</c><00:46:15.980><c> But</c><00:46:16.199><c> that</c><00:46:16.480><c> doesn't</c><00:46:16.639><c> just</c>

00:46:16.940 --> 00:46:20.219
mean<00:46:17.239><c> a</c><00:46:17.559><c> city</c><00:46:17.780><c> of</c><00:46:18.059><c> buildings</c><00:46:18.539><c> that</c><00:46:18.800><c> Abraham</c><00:46:19.119><c> was</c><00:46:19.340><c> looking</c><00:46:19.639><c> towards</c>

00:46:20.219 --> 00:46:23.300
just<00:46:20.960><c> come</c><00:46:21.199><c> over</c><00:46:21.480><c> to</c><00:46:21.800><c> Revelation</c><00:46:22.340><c> 21</c>

00:46:23.300 --> 00:46:26.219
when<00:46:23.980><c> it</c><00:46:24.260><c> says</c><00:46:24.400><c> that</c><00:46:24.659><c> Abraham</c><00:46:25.000><c> looked</c><00:46:25.260><c> for</c><00:46:25.519><c> the</c><00:46:25.840><c> city</c>

00:46:26.219 --> 00:46:29.199
with<00:46:26.539><c> foundations</c><00:46:27.460><c> it</c><00:46:28.039><c> wasn't</c><00:46:28.280><c> just</c><00:46:28.559><c> the</c><00:46:28.719><c> city</c><00:46:28.900><c> of</c>

00:46:29.199 --> 00:46:32.019
buildings<00:46:29.539><c> he</c><00:46:29.760><c> was</c><00:46:29.940><c> looking</c><00:46:30.219><c> towards</c><00:46:30.840><c> but</c><00:46:31.300><c> a</c><00:46:31.579><c> divine</c>

00:46:32.019 --> 00:46:34.260
corporation<00:46:32.900><c> of</c><00:46:33.519><c> men</c><00:46:33.719><c> and</c><00:46:33.920><c> women.</c>

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:38.280
And<00:46:35.199><c> the</c><00:46:35.519><c> spiritual</c><00:46:35.920><c> aspect</c><00:46:36.360><c> of</c><00:46:36.619><c> Jerusalem</c><00:46:37.079><c> the</c><00:46:37.360><c> holy</c><00:46:37.679><c> city</c>

00:46:38.280 --> 00:46:41.239
was<00:46:38.820><c> seen</c><00:46:39.059><c> by</c><00:46:39.380><c> John</c><00:46:39.659><c> here</c><00:46:39.860><c> in</c><00:46:39.980><c> the</c><00:46:40.159><c> 21st</c><00:46:40.719><c> chapter</c>

00:46:41.239 --> 00:46:43.639
and<00:46:41.940><c> in</c><00:46:42.139><c> the</c><00:46:42.239><c> ninth</c><00:46:42.480><c> verse</c>

00:46:43.780 --> 00:46:46.400
there<00:46:44.380><c> came</c><00:46:44.780><c> unto</c><00:46:45.059><c> me</c><00:46:45.300><c> one</c><00:46:45.519><c> of</c><00:46:45.619><c> the</c><00:46:45.820><c> seven</c><00:46:46.039><c> angels</c>

00:46:46.400 --> 00:46:49.079
which<00:46:46.619><c> had</c><00:46:46.760><c> the</c><00:46:47.059><c> seven</c><00:46:47.340><c> vials</c><00:46:47.820><c> full</c><00:46:48.239><c> of</c><00:46:48.380><c> the</c><00:46:48.579><c> seven</c><00:46:48.780><c> last</c>

00:46:49.079 --> 00:46:52.159
plagues<00:46:49.519><c> and</c><00:46:49.840><c> talked</c><00:46:50.000><c> with</c><00:46:50.179><c> me</c><00:46:50.400><c> saying</c><00:46:50.800><c> come</c><00:46:51.619><c> hither</c>

00:46:52.159 --> 00:46:55.539
I<00:46:52.679><c> will</c><00:46:52.900><c> show</c><00:46:53.159><c> thee</c><00:46:53.320><c> the</c><00:46:53.619><c> bride</c><00:46:54.119><c> the</c><00:46:54.820><c> lamb's</c>

00:46:55.539 --> 00:46:58.500
wife.<00:46:56.780><c> And</c><00:46:57.059><c> he</c><00:46:57.360><c> carried</c><00:46:57.599><c> me</c><00:46:57.880><c> away</c><00:46:58.079><c> in</c><00:46:58.239><c> the</c>

00:46:58.500 --> 00:47:01.400
spirit<00:46:58.679><c> to</c><00:46:58.900><c> a</c><00:46:59.139><c> great</c><00:46:59.320><c> and</c><00:46:59.559><c> high</c><00:46:59.760><c> mountain</c><00:47:00.320><c> and</c><00:47:01.119><c> showed</c>

00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:04.360
me<00:47:01.679><c> that</c><00:47:02.000><c> great</c><00:47:02.360><c> city</c><00:47:02.900><c> the</c><00:47:03.480><c> holy</c><00:47:03.780><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:47:04.360 --> 00:47:07.260
descending<00:47:04.900><c> out</c><00:47:05.199><c> of</c><00:47:05.380><c> heaven</c><00:47:05.739><c> from</c><00:47:06.340><c> God.</c>

00:47:07.820 --> 00:47:10.400
So<00:47:08.139><c> then</c><00:47:08.380><c> this</c><00:47:08.900><c> perfect</c><00:47:09.440><c> city</c><00:47:09.820><c> shown</c><00:47:10.099><c> to</c>

00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:14.340
John<00:47:11.019><c> was</c><00:47:12.380><c> a</c><00:47:12.619><c> representation</c><00:47:13.440><c> of</c><00:47:13.659><c> the</c><00:47:13.840><c> bride</c>

00:47:14.340 --> 00:47:17.800
the<00:47:14.940><c> lamb's</c><00:47:15.460><c> wife</c><00:47:15.800><c> in</c><00:47:16.300><c> the</c><00:47:16.519><c> company</c><00:47:16.780><c> of</c><00:47:16.980><c> the</c><00:47:17.219><c> redeemed</c>

00:47:17.800 --> 00:47:20.179
in<00:47:18.139><c> the</c><00:47:18.280><c> age</c><00:47:18.500><c> to</c><00:47:18.739><c> come.</c><00:47:19.119><c> It's</c><00:47:19.380><c> Abraham's</c><00:47:20.059><c> seed</c>

00:47:20.179 --> 00:47:23.280
again<00:47:20.980><c> consisting</c><00:47:21.599><c> of</c><00:47:21.840><c> a</c><00:47:22.139><c> multitude</c><00:47:22.639><c> of</c><00:47:22.920><c> redeemed</c>

00:47:23.280 --> 00:47:26.340
men<00:47:23.500><c> and</c><00:47:23.659><c> women</c><00:47:24.519><c> headed</c><00:47:24.880><c> up</c><00:47:25.360><c> by</c><00:47:25.599><c> the</c><00:47:25.739><c> Lord</c><00:47:25.940><c> Jesus</c>

00:47:26.340 --> 00:47:29.280
Christ.<00:47:28.219><c> And</c><00:47:28.320><c> once</c><00:47:28.619><c> more</c><00:47:28.780><c> this</c><00:47:29.039><c> morning</c>

00:47:29.280 --> 00:47:32.400
then<00:47:29.480><c> we</c><00:47:29.719><c> find</c><00:47:30.500><c> our</c><00:47:31.280><c> remarks</c><00:47:31.699><c> concluded</c>

00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:35.039
by<00:47:33.059><c> a</c><00:47:33.239><c> glorious</c><00:47:33.539><c> vision</c><00:47:33.840><c> of</c><00:47:34.019><c> the</c><00:47:34.199><c> kingdom.</c>

00:47:51.239 --> 00:47:53.019
Further<00:47:51.880><c> announcements.</c>

00:47:54.639 --> 00:47:56.380
Please<00:47:54.980><c> place</c><00:47:55.260><c> your</c><00:47:55.539><c> tape.</c>

00:47:57.800 --> 00:48:00.039
Our<00:47:58.019><c> gracious</c><00:47:58.320><c> heavenly</c><00:47:58.659><c> father</c>

00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:03.320
hallowed<00:48:01.199><c> be</c><00:48:01.400><c> thy</c><00:48:01.599><c> great</c><00:48:01.880><c> and</c><00:48:02.000><c> holy</c><00:48:02.159><c> name.</c>

00:48:04.079 --> 00:48:05.619
We<00:48:04.320><c> a</c><00:48:04.420><c> few</c><00:48:04.519><c> of</c><00:48:04.679><c> thy</c><00:48:04.780><c> humble</c><00:48:05.119><c> servants</c>

00:48:05.619 --> 00:48:09.039
dare<00:48:06.000><c> approach</c><00:48:06.320><c> into</c><00:48:06.559><c> thy</c><00:48:06.780><c> august</c><00:48:07.159><c> throne</c><00:48:07.440><c> thanking</c><00:48:07.800><c> thee.</c>

00:48:09.380 --> 00:48:10.380
For<00:48:09.699><c> this</c><00:48:09.940><c> another</c><00:48:10.320><c> great</c>

00:48:10.380 --> 00:48:13.539
opportunity<00:48:11.139><c> of</c>

00:48:13.539 --> 00:48:16.260
leaping<00:48:13.940><c> through</c><00:48:14.159><c> thy</c><00:48:14.420><c> wondrous</c><00:48:14.860><c> word.</c>

00:48:16.860 --> 00:48:18.940
You<00:48:17.099><c> find</c><00:48:17.440><c> those</c><00:48:17.860><c> gems</c>

00:48:19.659 --> 00:48:22.860
that<00:48:20.500><c> so</c><00:48:20.760><c> bolster</c><00:48:21.480><c> our</c><00:48:21.820><c> faith</c>

00:48:23.619 --> 00:48:26.380
in<00:48:24.460><c> the</c><00:48:24.780><c> hope</c><00:48:24.900><c> of</c><00:48:25.119><c> thy</c><00:48:25.260><c> kingdom.</c>

00:48:27.159 --> 00:48:28.880
Hope<00:48:27.239><c> of</c><00:48:27.400><c> the</c><00:48:27.559><c> time</c><00:48:27.760><c> when</c>

00:48:29.559 --> 00:48:31.960
men<00:48:30.400><c> will</c><00:48:31.239><c> worship</c><00:48:31.519><c> thee</c>

00:48:31.960 --> 00:48:33.980
of<00:48:32.420><c> all</c><00:48:32.840><c> nations.</c>

00:48:35.159 --> 00:48:37.860
When<00:48:35.400><c> all</c><00:48:35.719><c> flesh</c><00:48:36.199><c> will</c><00:48:36.559><c> bow</c><00:48:36.760><c> to</c><00:48:36.920><c> thee</c>

00:48:38.019 --> 00:48:40.119
and<00:48:38.460><c> all</c><00:48:38.619><c> men</c><00:48:38.900><c> will</c><00:48:39.739><c> know</c><00:48:39.880><c> thee</c>

00:48:40.119 --> 00:48:41.840
from<00:48:40.320><c> the</c><00:48:40.460><c> least</c><00:48:40.639><c> to</c><00:48:40.780><c> the</c><00:48:40.880><c> greatest.</c>

00:48:43.400 --> 00:48:45.619
We<00:48:43.659><c> thank</c><00:48:43.880><c> thee</c><00:48:44.099><c> for</c><00:48:44.239><c> this</c><00:48:44.460><c> great</c><00:48:44.739><c> hope.</c>

00:48:46.400 --> 00:48:48.860
We<00:48:46.460><c> would</c><00:48:46.679><c> ask</c><00:48:46.880><c> thee</c><00:48:47.099><c> to</c><00:48:48.119><c> be</c><00:48:48.360><c> with</c><00:48:48.579><c> us</c>

00:48:48.860 --> 00:48:51.760
guard,<00:48:49.360><c> guide</c><00:48:49.539><c> and</c><00:48:49.719><c> protect</c><00:48:50.079><c> us</c><00:48:50.280><c> and</c><00:48:50.440><c> help</c><00:48:50.639><c> us</c>

00:48:51.760 --> 00:48:53.920
until<00:48:52.320><c> that</c><00:48:52.579><c> great</c><00:48:52.880><c> time.</c>

00:48:54.559 --> 00:48:57.239
And<00:48:54.719><c> now</c><00:48:54.920><c> we</c><00:48:55.159><c> thank</c><00:48:55.320><c> thee</c><00:48:55.579><c> for</c><00:48:56.059><c> the</c><00:48:56.400><c> food</c><00:48:56.539><c> that</c><00:48:56.699><c> we</c><00:48:56.920><c> are</c><00:48:57.039><c> about</c>

00:48:57.239 --> 00:48:59.159
to<00:48:57.440><c> partake.</c>

00:48:59.280 --> 00:49:01.179
May<00:48:59.360><c> it</c><00:48:59.500><c> be</c><00:48:59.679><c> to</c><00:48:59.840><c> our</c><00:49:00.099><c> good</c>

00:49:01.159 --> 00:49:02.960
may<00:49:01.380><c> we</c><00:49:01.659><c> be</c><00:49:01.880><c> to</c><00:49:02.119><c> thy</c><00:49:02.300><c> service.</c>

00:49:02.960 --> 00:49:06.000
We<00:49:04.340><c> thank</c><00:49:04.619><c> thee</c><00:49:04.780><c> for</c><00:49:04.960><c> all</c><00:49:05.179><c> things</c>

00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:09.179
with<00:49:06.539><c> the</c><00:49:06.699><c> remission</c><00:49:07.039><c> of</c><00:49:07.420><c> our</c><00:49:07.760><c> sins</c><00:49:08.059><c> and</c><00:49:08.400><c> transgressions</c>

00:49:09.179 --> 00:49:11.679
and<00:49:09.440><c> forgetfulness</c><00:49:09.920><c> of</c><00:49:10.219><c> thee</c>

00:49:12.900 --> 00:49:15.320
through<00:49:13.659><c> the</c><00:49:14.420><c> son</c><00:49:14.599><c> of</c><00:49:14.780><c> thy</c><00:49:14.940><c> love</c>

00:49:15.320 --> 00:49:18.019
Christ<00:49:15.780><c> Jesus.</c><00:49:17.099><c> Amen.</c>

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Amen.