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cares,<00:12:08.320><c> disciplines,</c><00:12:10.080><c> guides,</c><00:12:12.279><c> makes</c><00:12:12.460><c> promises</c><00:12:13.279><c> to</c><00:12:14.480><c> people.</c>

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blessings<00:12:46.230><c> to</c><00:12:46.470><c> be</c><00:12:46.710><c> recognized,</c><00:12:49.049><c> and</c><00:12:49.309><c> happiness</c><00:12:49.870><c> to</c><00:12:51.450><c> be</c><00:12:51.649><c> shared.</c>

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then<00:16:17.330><c> when</c><00:16:17.549><c> the</c><00:16:17.750><c> people</c><00:16:18.129><c> repented</c>

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and<00:16:20.490><c> changed</c><00:16:20.850><c> their</c><00:16:21.149><c> hearts</c><00:16:21.470><c> and</c><00:16:21.690><c> cried</c><00:16:22.029><c> unto</c><00:16:22.250><c> the</c><00:16:22.450><c> Lord,</c><00:16:23.690><c> then</c><00:16:23.889><c> a</c>

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deliverer,<00:16:24.830><c> the</c><00:16:25.029><c> judge,</c><00:16:26.129><c> was</c><00:16:26.289><c> sent.</c>

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And<00:16:27.309><c> it's</c><00:16:27.470><c> followed</c><00:16:27.750><c> by</c><00:16:28.149><c> a</c><00:16:28.370><c> period</c><00:16:28.610><c> of</c><00:16:28.909><c> prosperity</c><00:16:29.529><c> in</c><00:16:30.330><c> the</c><00:16:30.549><c> obedience</c><00:16:30.889><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:31.269><c> people.</c><00:16:33.450><c> Now</c><00:16:33.730><c> it</c><00:16:33.750><c> was</c><00:16:33.870><c> at</c><00:16:34.070><c> that</c>

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sort<00:16:34.830><c> of</c><00:16:35.110><c> time</c><00:16:35.549><c> that</c><00:16:36.169><c> these</c><00:16:36.490><c> events</c><00:16:36.830><c> took</c><00:16:37.190><c> place.</c><00:16:38.190><c> It's</c><00:16:38.370><c> quite</c>

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fascinating<00:16:39.129><c> to</c><00:16:39.409><c> try</c><00:16:39.549><c> and</c><00:16:39.789><c> pinpoint</c>

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whereabouts<00:16:40.889><c> in</c><00:16:41.110><c> the</c><00:16:41.190><c> period</c><00:16:41.490><c> of</c><00:16:41.750><c> judges</c><00:16:42.110><c> this</c><00:16:42.730><c> occurs.</c><00:16:43.509><c> It</c>

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seems<00:16:44.149><c> to</c><00:16:44.370><c> me</c><00:16:45.210><c> that</c><00:16:45.950><c> it</c><00:16:46.049><c> will</c><00:16:46.230><c> be</c><00:16:46.610><c> most</c><00:16:46.950><c> likely</c><00:16:47.529><c> at</c><00:16:48.009><c> the</c>

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time<00:16:48.389><c> of,</c><00:16:49.049><c> immediately</c><00:16:49.570><c> after</c><00:16:49.929><c> Gideon,</c><00:16:50.549><c> but</c><00:16:50.690><c> we'll</c><00:16:51.289><c> see</c><00:16:51.610><c> some</c>

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reasons<00:16:52.190><c> for</c><00:16:52.409><c> that</c><00:16:52.950><c> in</c><00:16:53.169><c> a</c><00:16:53.289><c> moment</c><00:16:53.490><c> or</c><00:16:53.710><c> two.</c><00:16:54.149><c> At</c><00:16:54.389><c> least</c>

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in<00:16:55.889><c> the</c><00:16:56.029><c> book</c><00:16:56.169><c> of</c><00:16:56.370><c> judges,</c><00:16:57.330><c> that's</c><00:16:57.610><c> the</c><00:16:57.789><c> only</c><00:16:58.009><c> time</c><00:16:58.309><c> when</c><00:16:58.509><c> a</c><00:16:58.730><c> famine</c><00:16:58.950><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:59.350><c> land</c><00:16:59.590><c> is</c><00:17:00.090><c> specifically</c><00:17:00.529><c> mentioned,</c>

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and<00:17:01.549><c> that</c><00:17:01.710><c> is</c><00:17:01.830><c> one</c><00:17:01.929><c> of</c><00:17:02.070><c> the</c><00:17:02.250><c> clues</c><00:17:02.529><c> here</c><00:17:03.409><c> in</c><00:17:03.649><c> Ruth.</c><00:17:03.850><c> But</c><00:17:03.990><c> we'll</c>

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come<00:17:04.349><c> to</c><00:17:04.529><c> that.</c>

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At<00:17:07.309><c> no</c><00:17:07.650><c> time,</c><00:17:08.009><c> of</c><00:17:08.250><c> course,</c><00:17:08.529><c> was</c><00:17:08.690><c> any</c><00:17:09.009><c> one</c><00:17:09.269><c> judge</c><00:17:09.549><c> in</c><00:17:09.829><c> total</c><00:17:10.170><c> control</c><00:17:10.849><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:11.269><c> people</c><00:17:11.490><c> of</c><00:17:11.630><c> Israel</c><00:17:12.009><c> during</c><00:17:12.509><c> that</c><00:17:12.769><c> period.</c>

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The<00:17:13.849><c> most</c><00:17:14.130><c> tribes</c><00:17:14.450><c> involved</c><00:17:14.789><c> at</c><00:17:14.970><c> any</c><00:17:15.130><c> one</c><00:17:15.329><c> time</c><00:17:15.470><c> were</c><00:17:15.670><c> six,</c><00:17:16.869><c> and</c><00:17:17.049><c> that</c><00:17:17.210><c> was</c><00:17:17.450><c> on</c>

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the<00:17:17.750><c> Gideon.</c><00:17:19.210><c> So</c><00:17:19.390><c> it</c><00:17:19.549><c> was</c><00:17:20.369><c> an</c><00:17:20.650><c> unrelated</c>

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sort<00:17:21.890><c> of</c><00:17:23.309><c> confederation</c><00:17:24.309><c> of</c><00:17:25.890><c> tribes</c><00:17:26.390><c> that</c><00:17:27.230><c> constituted</c><00:17:27.809><c> Israel</c><00:17:28.390><c> at</c>

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this<00:17:29.250><c> time,</c><00:17:29.809><c> and</c><00:17:30.230><c> they</c><00:17:30.470><c> suffered</c><00:17:30.730><c> their</c>

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problems<00:17:31.390><c> in</c><00:17:31.569><c> different</c><00:17:31.950><c> parts</c><00:17:32.369><c> of</c><00:17:32.529><c> the</c><00:17:32.630><c> land.</c><00:17:33.509><c> But</c><00:17:33.569><c> here,</c><00:17:34.630><c> we're</c><00:17:34.890><c> specifically</c><00:17:35.329><c> drawn</c><00:17:35.890><c> to</c>

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the<00:17:37.130><c> fact</c><00:17:37.329><c> that</c><00:17:37.529><c> it</c><00:17:37.650><c> is</c><00:17:37.950><c> in</c>

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Bethlehem<00:17:39.930><c> Judah</c><00:17:40.490><c> that</c><00:17:41.849><c> we</c><00:17:42.109><c> are</c><00:17:42.769><c> concerned.</c><00:17:46.390><c> The</c><00:17:46.549><c> third</c><00:17:46.829><c> phrase</c><00:17:47.089><c> in</c><00:17:47.210><c> our</c><00:17:47.430><c> opening</c><00:17:47.710><c> verse</c><00:17:48.029><c> tells</c><00:17:48.289><c> us</c><00:17:48.470><c> there</c><00:17:48.609><c> was</c><00:17:48.950><c> a</c>

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famine<00:17:49.690><c> in</c><00:17:51.089><c> the</c><00:17:51.329><c> land.</c><00:17:54.430><c> Now</c><00:17:54.990><c> famines</c><00:17:55.269><c> can</c><00:17:55.450><c> be</c><00:17:55.609><c> of</c><00:17:55.730><c> two</c><00:17:55.950><c> kinds,</c>

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quite<00:17:56.710><c> clearly.</c><00:17:57.849><c> There</c><00:17:58.029><c> can</c><00:17:58.230><c> be</c><00:17:58.430><c> some</c><00:17:58.650><c> that</c><00:17:58.809><c> are</c>

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very<00:18:00.910><c> widespread.</c><00:18:02.190><c> It's</c><00:18:02.450><c> a</c><00:18:02.609><c> frequent</c><00:18:03.049><c> factor</c><00:18:03.509><c> in</c><00:18:03.950><c> the</c><00:18:04.130><c> lives</c>

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of<00:18:04.549><c> biblical</c><00:18:04.849><c> characters,</c><00:18:05.609><c> and</c><00:18:06.069><c> you</c><00:18:06.210><c> will</c><00:18:06.430><c> remember</c>

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the<00:18:07.470><c> events</c><00:18:07.769><c> associated</c><00:18:08.549><c> with</c><00:18:08.769><c> the</c><00:18:08.890><c> life</c><00:18:09.109><c> of</c><00:18:09.329><c> Joseph</c><00:18:09.849><c> when</c><00:18:11.109><c> the</c><00:18:11.349><c> famine</c><00:18:11.609><c> covered</c><00:18:11.930><c> not</c><00:18:12.130><c> only</c><00:18:12.650><c> the</c><00:18:12.849><c> land</c><00:18:13.049><c> of</c><00:18:13.349><c> Canaan,</c>

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where<00:18:14.289><c> his</c><00:18:14.470><c> family</c><00:18:14.750><c> was,</c><00:18:15.390><c> but</c><00:18:15.549><c> the</c><00:18:15.670><c> whole</c><00:18:15.869><c> land</c><00:18:16.069><c> of</c><00:18:16.269><c> Egypt.</c><00:18:16.869><c> And</c><00:18:17.029><c> it</c>

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was<00:18:17.190><c> only</c><00:18:17.430><c> because</c><00:18:17.750><c> of</c><00:18:17.970><c> those</c><00:18:18.210><c> special</c>

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arrangements<00:18:18.990><c> made</c><00:18:19.309><c> through</c><00:18:19.529><c> Joseph</c><00:18:20.049><c> that</c><00:18:20.789><c> Egypt</c><00:18:21.490><c> wasn't</c><00:18:21.990><c> affected</c><00:18:22.430><c> drastically</c><00:18:23.170><c> by</c>

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that<00:18:24.150><c> very</c><00:18:24.650><c> widespread</c>

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famine.<00:18:26.829><c> Seven</c><00:18:27.069><c> years</c><00:18:27.329><c> of</c><00:18:27.630><c> dearth</c><00:18:27.890><c> began</c><00:18:28.130><c> to</c><00:18:28.410><c> come,</c><00:18:28.630><c> according</c><00:18:28.890><c> as</c><00:18:29.150><c> Joseph</c><00:18:29.390><c> had</c><00:18:29.650><c> said,</c>

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and<00:18:30.390><c> the</c><00:18:30.650><c> dearth</c><00:18:31.029><c> was</c><00:18:31.349><c> on</c><00:18:31.750><c> all</c><00:18:32.230><c> lands.</c><00:18:33.549><c> Extremely</c><00:18:34.109><c> widespread</c>

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is<00:18:35.829><c> what</c><00:18:35.970><c> the</c><00:18:36.150><c> Scripture</c><00:18:36.329><c> is</c><00:18:36.569><c> telling</c><00:18:36.710><c> us.</c>

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And<00:18:38.450><c> all</c><00:18:38.650><c> countries</c><00:18:39.150><c> then</c><00:18:39.569><c> came</c><00:18:39.890><c> to</c><00:18:40.170><c> Egypt</c><00:18:40.630><c> because</c><00:18:41.269><c> of</c><00:18:41.450><c> the</c>

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preparation<00:18:42.250><c> that</c><00:18:42.869><c> Joseph</c><00:18:43.349><c> had</c><00:18:44.130><c> made.</c>

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But<00:18:45.609><c> many</c><00:18:45.750><c> years</c><00:18:46.009><c> later,</c><00:18:46.329><c> there</c><00:18:46.410><c> was</c><00:18:46.589><c> a</c><00:18:46.730><c> similar</c><00:18:46.930><c> arrangement</c>

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at<00:18:47.670><c> the</c><00:18:48.230><c> time</c><00:18:48.750><c> of</c><00:18:49.210><c> Ahab.</c><00:18:50.029><c> It</c><00:18:50.250><c> came</c><00:18:50.430><c> to</c>

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that<00:18:51.390><c> the</c><00:18:51.690><c> brook</c><00:18:52.190><c> dried</c><00:18:52.490><c> up</c><00:18:53.150><c> because</c><00:18:53.670><c> there'd</c><00:18:54.049><c> been</c><00:18:54.230><c> no</c><00:18:54.910><c> rain</c>

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in<00:18:56.390><c> the</c><00:18:56.569><c> land.</c><00:18:57.529><c> And</c><00:18:58.029><c> after</c><00:18:58.789><c> three</c><00:18:59.069><c> years</c><00:18:59.470><c> of</c><00:18:59.730><c> that,</c>

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the<00:19:01.349><c> king</c><00:19:01.509><c> himself</c><00:19:01.990><c> was</c><00:19:02.190><c> sending</c><00:19:02.430><c> out</c><00:19:02.849><c> scouts</c><00:19:03.289><c> all</c><00:19:03.589><c> over</c><00:19:03.750><c> the</c>

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countryside<00:19:04.410><c> to</c><00:19:05.190><c> find</c><00:19:05.410><c> where</c><00:19:05.589><c> there</c><00:19:05.750><c> might</c><00:19:06.049><c> be</c><00:19:06.410><c> a</c>

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single<00:19:07.170><c> spring</c><00:19:07.730><c> that</c><00:19:08.150><c> was</c><00:19:08.450><c> survived</c><00:19:08.869><c> such</c><00:19:09.650><c> a</c><00:19:09.869><c> drastic</c><00:19:11.369><c> weather</c><00:19:11.849><c> condition.</c><00:19:14.789><c> Now</c>

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not<00:19:15.089><c> all</c><00:19:16.150><c> famines,</c><00:19:16.569><c> however,</c>

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were<00:19:17.309><c> so</c><00:19:17.569><c> extensive.</c><00:19:19.029><c> Some</c><00:19:19.269><c> were</c><00:19:19.390><c> more</c><00:19:19.650><c> local.</c><00:19:21.029><c> And</c><00:19:21.349><c> you'll</c>

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find,<00:19:21.930><c> for</c><00:19:22.150><c> example,</c><00:19:22.930><c> the</c><00:19:23.450><c> Shunammite</c>

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avoided<00:19:25.190><c> the</c><00:19:25.589><c> effects</c><00:19:26.029><c> of</c><00:19:26.710><c> a</c><00:19:26.829><c> famine</c><00:19:27.009><c> by</c><00:19:27.509><c> just</c><00:19:27.829><c> going</c><00:19:28.029><c> into</c><00:19:28.309><c> Philistia,</c><00:19:29.809><c> just</c><00:19:30.069><c> on</c>

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the<00:19:30.450><c> coastline.</c>

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Abraham<00:19:32.849><c> went</c><00:19:33.069><c> to</c><00:19:33.250><c> the</c><00:19:33.369><c> borders</c><00:19:33.609><c> of</c><00:19:33.849><c> Egypt</c><00:19:34.349><c> for</c><00:19:34.750><c> the</c><00:19:34.869><c> same</c><00:19:35.069><c> reason.</c><00:19:36.609><c> And</c>

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Isaac<00:19:38.029><c> went</c><00:19:39.390><c> again</c><00:19:39.950><c> on</c><00:19:40.829><c> similar</c><00:19:41.150><c> route</c><00:19:41.470><c> to</c>

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one<00:19:41.910><c> followed</c><00:19:42.170><c> later</c><00:19:42.529><c> by</c><00:19:42.809><c> the</c><00:19:42.970><c> Shunammite</c><00:19:43.329><c> woman</c><00:19:44.109><c> to</c><00:19:44.650><c> Gevar</c>

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in<00:19:46.349><c> Philistine</c><00:19:47.609><c> territory.</c>

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So<00:19:50.690><c> there</c><00:19:50.990><c> was</c><00:19:51.930><c> a</c><00:19:52.230><c> famine</c><00:19:52.529><c> in</c><00:19:53.529><c> the</c><00:19:53.710><c> land.</c><00:19:54.609><c> And</c><00:19:54.730><c> isn't</c><00:19:54.869><c> it</c><00:19:55.089><c> ironic</c><00:19:55.769><c> that</c>

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the<00:19:56.829><c> next</c><00:19:57.029><c> little</c><00:19:57.230><c> bit</c><00:19:57.329><c> of</c><00:19:57.529><c> information</c>

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we're<00:19:58.390><c> given</c><00:19:58.829><c> is</c><00:19:59.490><c> that</c><00:19:59.650><c> a</c><00:19:59.970><c> certain</c><00:20:00.309><c> man</c><00:20:00.789><c> of</c><00:20:01.230><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:20:02.069><c> Judah,</c><00:20:03.529><c> went</c>

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to<00:20:03.950><c> sojourn</c><00:20:04.430><c> in</c><00:20:04.630><c> the</c><00:20:04.769><c> country</c><00:20:05.089><c> of</c><00:20:05.349><c> Moab</c>

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because<00:20:06.049><c> of</c><00:20:06.210><c> it.</c><00:20:07.750><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:20:09.109><c> the</c><00:20:09.250><c> house</c><00:20:09.569><c> of</c><00:20:09.890><c> bread.</c><00:20:11.509><c> Time</c><00:20:11.710><c> of</c>

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famine,<00:20:13.569><c> living</c><00:20:13.829><c> in</c><00:20:14.049><c> the</c><00:20:14.170><c> house</c><00:20:14.430><c> of</c><00:20:14.650><c> bread.</c>

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And<00:20:15.930><c> yet</c><00:20:16.089><c> he</c><00:20:16.170><c> had</c><00:20:16.390><c> no</c><00:20:17.049><c> further</c><00:20:17.609><c> sight</c><00:20:18.250><c> than</c><00:20:19.269><c> to</c><00:20:19.549><c> think</c><00:20:20.029><c> that</c><00:20:20.609><c> he</c>

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should<00:20:20.950><c> leave</c><00:20:21.410><c> that</c><00:20:22.849><c> focal</c><00:20:23.410><c> point</c><00:20:24.009><c> and</c><00:20:24.990><c> go</c><00:20:25.390><c> to</c><00:20:25.769><c> Moab</c>

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of<00:20:26.809><c> all</c><00:20:27.109><c> places</c><00:20:27.930><c> because</c><00:20:29.329><c> he'd</c><00:20:29.730><c> heard</c><00:20:30.630><c> that</c><00:20:31.549><c> there</c><00:20:31.730><c> was</c><00:20:31.970><c> bread</c><00:20:32.490><c> there.</c>

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Just<00:20:35.250><c> let's</c><00:20:36.369><c> notice</c><00:20:36.710><c> one</c><00:20:37.109><c> more</c><00:20:37.490><c> feature</c><00:20:37.849><c> about</c><00:20:38.210><c> him</c><00:20:38.470><c> before</c>

00:20:38.750 --> 00:20:41.450
we<00:20:39.390><c> take</c><00:20:39.609><c> up</c><00:20:39.769><c> the</c><00:20:39.950><c> point</c><00:20:40.170><c> about</c><00:20:40.529><c> Moab.</c>

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This<00:20:42.890><c> certain</c><00:20:43.289><c> man</c><00:20:44.049><c> is</c><00:20:45.269><c> described</c><00:20:45.750><c> not</c><00:20:46.130><c> only</c><00:20:46.450><c> as</c><00:20:46.630><c> being</c><00:20:46.910><c> of</c>

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Bethlehem,<00:20:48.089><c> Judah,</c>

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but<00:20:49.569><c> in</c><00:20:50.150><c> the</c><00:20:50.289><c> next</c><00:20:50.670><c> verse,</c><00:20:51.910><c> as</c><00:20:52.210><c> being</c><00:20:52.609><c> an</c><00:20:53.049><c> Ephrathite.</c><00:20:55.390><c> Now</c>

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originally<00:20:56.569><c> Bethlehem</c><00:20:57.029><c> was</c><00:20:57.250><c> called</c><00:20:57.549><c> Ephrath.</c>

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But<00:20:59.990><c> as</c><00:21:00.190><c> time</c><00:21:00.369><c> went</c><00:21:00.670><c> on,</c><00:21:01.730><c> the</c><00:21:01.970><c> district</c><00:21:02.430><c> roundabout</c><00:21:03.230><c> took</c><00:21:03.630><c> on</c>

00:21:03.890 --> 00:21:07.789
that<00:21:04.210><c> name.</c><00:21:04.769><c> So</c><00:21:05.230><c> Bethlehem</c><00:21:06.390><c> became</c><00:21:06.730><c> the</c><00:21:07.009><c> township</c>

00:21:07.789 --> 00:21:13.109
and<00:21:09.250><c> Ephrath</c><00:21:10.349><c> became</c><00:21:10.769><c> the</c><00:21:11.029><c> district</c><00:21:11.470><c> roundabout.</c><00:21:12.710><c> Now</c><00:21:12.950><c> that</c>

00:21:13.109 --> 00:21:15.369
tells<00:21:13.349><c> us</c><00:21:13.589><c> something</c><00:21:13.910><c> about</c><00:21:14.190><c> the</c><00:21:14.450><c> social</c><00:21:14.769><c> standing</c>

00:21:15.369 --> 00:21:20.730
of<00:21:16.470><c> the</c><00:21:17.009><c> man</c><00:21:17.450><c> who</c><00:21:17.890><c> left.</c><00:21:19.170><c> Because</c><00:21:19.529><c> he's</c><00:21:19.890><c> described</c><00:21:20.289><c> in</c><00:21:20.450><c> the</c>

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broader<00:21:20.990><c> term,</c>

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it<00:21:22.990><c> suggests</c><00:21:23.430><c> that</c><00:21:23.609><c> he</c><00:21:23.710><c> has</c><00:21:24.450><c> a</c><00:21:24.809><c> very</c><00:21:25.089><c> influential</c><00:21:25.589><c> position</c>

00:21:26.289 --> 00:21:30.359
in<00:21:27.690><c> the</c><00:21:28.130><c> countryside.</c><00:21:29.029><c> He's</c><00:21:29.269><c> not</c><00:21:29.410><c> just</c>

00:21:31.190 --> 00:21:37.170
a<00:21:32.089><c> citizen</c><00:21:32.730><c> of</c><00:21:33.369><c> that</c><00:21:33.650><c> particular</c><00:21:34.170><c> town.</c><00:21:35.750><c> He</c><00:21:36.210><c> is</c><00:21:36.670><c> influential</c>

00:21:37.170 --> 00:21:38.609
in<00:21:37.329><c> the</c><00:21:37.549><c> whole</c><00:21:37.890><c> district</c>

00:21:38.609 --> 00:21:44.630
and<00:21:39.369><c> his</c><00:21:39.509><c> family</c><00:21:39.930><c> aren't</c><00:21:40.470><c> well</c><00:21:40.849><c> known</c><00:21:41.450><c> as</c><00:21:41.970><c> a</c><00:21:42.029><c> result.</c><00:21:44.130><c> So</c><00:21:44.269><c> that</c>

00:21:44.630 --> 00:21:47.569
Elimelech,<00:21:45.329><c> Naomi,</c><00:21:46.430><c> their</c><00:21:46.549><c> two</c><00:21:46.789><c> sons,</c><00:21:47.309><c> Machlon</c>

00:21:47.569 --> 00:21:52.849
and<00:21:47.769><c> Chillion,</c><00:21:48.869><c> Ephrathites</c><00:21:49.349><c> of</c><00:21:49.549><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:21:50.289><c> Judah,</c><00:21:52.170><c> are</c><00:21:52.390><c> part</c><00:21:52.670><c> of</c>

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a<00:21:53.009><c> well</c><00:21:53.289><c>-known</c><00:21:53.509><c> family,</c>

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possibly<00:21:55.250><c> well</c><00:21:55.569><c>-to</c><00:21:55.750><c>-do</c><00:21:56.210><c> and</c><00:21:56.769><c> of</c><00:21:56.930><c> some</c><00:21:57.130><c> influence</c><00:21:57.710><c> in</c><00:21:58.269><c> the</c>

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whole<00:21:58.569><c> area.</c>

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Now<00:22:02.690><c> let's</c><00:22:02.930><c> think</c><00:22:03.190><c> about</c><00:22:03.490><c> that</c><00:22:04.349><c> determination</c><00:22:05.029><c> to</c><00:22:05.289><c> leave</c><00:22:05.730><c> Bethlehem</c><00:22:06.789><c> and</c>

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come<00:22:08.130><c> to</c><00:22:08.890><c> Moab.</c>

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Relationships<00:22:13.170><c> with</c><00:22:13.349><c> Moab</c><00:22:13.910><c> varied</c><00:22:14.329><c> from</c><00:22:14.650><c> time</c><00:22:14.910><c> to</c><00:22:15.130><c> time</c>

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throughout<00:22:15.750><c> Israel's</c><00:22:16.349><c> history.</c>

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Occasionally,<00:22:19.789><c> just</c><00:22:20.230><c> occasionally,</c><00:22:22.410><c> Moab</c><00:22:23.029><c> was</c><00:22:23.549><c> helpful</c><00:22:24.210><c> to</c>

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Israel.<00:22:26.470><c> And</c><00:22:26.769><c> you</c><00:22:26.910><c> remember</c><00:22:27.250><c> that</c><00:22:27.410><c> when</c><00:22:27.569><c> it</c><00:22:27.769><c> suited</c>

00:22:27.990 --> 00:22:32.049
David's<00:22:28.809><c> purposes,</c><00:22:30.089><c> he</c><00:22:30.309><c> turned</c><00:22:30.630><c> to</c><00:22:30.829><c> the</c><00:22:30.910><c> king</c><00:22:31.089><c> of</c><00:22:31.329><c> Moab</c><00:22:31.589><c> for</c>

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help.<00:22:33.069><c> Brought</c><00:22:33.269><c> him</c><00:22:33.430><c> some</c><00:22:33.670><c> trouble</c><00:22:33.869><c> in</c><00:22:34.089><c> the</c><00:22:34.269><c> process,</c>

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but<00:22:35.589><c> for</c><00:22:35.849><c> a</c><00:22:36.009><c> time</c><00:22:36.450><c> he'd</c><00:22:36.990><c> served</c><00:22:37.130><c> what</c><00:22:37.309><c> he</c><00:22:37.430><c> wanted</c><00:22:37.710><c> to</c><00:22:37.950><c> do.</c><00:22:40.190><c> And</c>

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David's<00:22:40.769><c> parents</c><00:22:41.230><c> were</c><00:22:41.670><c> cared</c><00:22:41.950><c> for</c><00:22:42.789><c> in</c><00:22:43.150><c> Moab.</c>

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But<00:22:44.089><c> generally</c><00:22:44.410><c> speaking,</c><00:22:46.869><c> I</c><00:22:46.890><c> think</c><00:22:47.289><c> there</c><00:22:48.049><c> are</c><00:22:48.190><c> three</c><00:22:48.450><c> passages</c><00:22:48.910><c> that</c>

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speak<00:22:49.450><c> of</c><00:22:49.670><c> Moab</c><00:22:49.950><c> in</c><00:22:50.230><c> good</c><00:22:50.529><c> terms.</c>

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But<00:22:51.750><c> when</c><00:22:51.930><c> we</c><00:22:52.109><c> look</c><00:22:52.369><c> at</c><00:22:52.630><c> others,</c><00:22:53.910><c> they're</c><00:22:54.150><c> all</c><00:22:54.809><c> a</c><00:22:54.890><c> foreboding</c>

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and<00:22:56.309><c> warning</c><00:22:56.650><c> to</c><00:22:56.950><c> the</c><00:22:57.130><c> people</c><00:22:57.309><c> of</c><00:22:57.509><c> Israel.</c>

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Remember<00:22:59.630><c> its</c><00:22:59.890><c> origin</c><00:23:00.210><c> from</c><00:23:00.410><c> Genesis</c><00:23:00.769><c> 19</c><00:23:01.390><c> verse</c><00:23:01.609><c> 17,</c><00:23:03.710><c> where</c>

00:23:03.869 --> 00:23:05.930
there<00:23:04.009><c> was</c><00:23:04.130><c> the</c><00:23:04.369><c> incestuous</c><00:23:04.890><c> relationship</c><00:23:05.630><c> with</c>

00:23:05.930 --> 00:23:10.950
Lot<00:23:06.250><c> that</c><00:23:07.109><c> resulted</c><00:23:07.529><c> in</c><00:23:07.890><c> Moab's</c><00:23:08.710><c> birth.</c><00:23:10.349><c> You</c><00:23:10.470><c> might</c><00:23:10.650><c> remember</c>

00:23:10.950 --> 00:23:13.970
Numbers<00:23:11.289><c> 25</c><00:23:11.910><c> verse</c><00:23:12.230><c> 1,</c><00:23:12.990><c> when</c><00:23:13.269><c> Israel</c><00:23:13.650><c> were</c>

00:23:13.970 --> 00:23:16.970
camped<00:23:14.329><c> in</c><00:23:14.549><c> the</c><00:23:15.069><c> Vale</c><00:23:15.369><c> of</c><00:23:15.670><c> Moab,</c><00:23:15.950><c> as</c><00:23:16.029><c> it</c><00:23:16.130><c> was</c><00:23:16.309><c> called,</c><00:23:16.690><c> before</c>

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crossing<00:23:17.329><c> the</c><00:23:17.589><c> Jordan.</c><00:23:19.210><c> And</c><00:23:19.609><c> they</c><00:23:19.829><c> became</c>

00:23:20.109 --> 00:23:23.269
involved<00:23:20.589><c> with</c><00:23:20.789><c> the</c><00:23:20.890><c> women</c><00:23:21.150><c> that</c><00:23:21.329><c> came</c><00:23:21.529><c> out</c><00:23:21.869><c> of</c><00:23:22.029><c> Moab,</c><00:23:22.250><c> deliberately</c><00:23:22.890><c> to</c><00:23:23.150><c> do</c>

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their<00:23:23.589><c> trade.</c>

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And<00:23:27.769><c> they</c><00:23:27.950><c> became</c><00:23:28.230><c> involved</c><00:23:29.109><c> with</c><00:23:29.950><c> the</c><00:23:30.109><c> devotees</c><00:23:30.609><c> of</c><00:23:30.970><c> a</c><00:23:31.170><c> fertility</c><00:23:31.670><c> cult,</c>

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which<00:23:33.650><c> brought</c><00:23:34.529><c> terrible</c><00:23:35.349><c> problems,</c>

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disease<00:23:36.549><c> and</c><00:23:36.789><c> destruction</c><00:23:37.609><c> into</c><00:23:38.390><c> Israel,</c><00:23:39.529><c> because</c><00:23:39.910><c> of</c><00:23:40.089><c> the</c>

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sexual<00:23:40.650><c> rights</c><00:23:41.029><c> involved.</c>

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Hosea<00:23:43.990><c> 9</c><00:23:44.509><c> verse</c><00:23:44.890><c> 10</c><00:23:45.930><c> passes</c><00:23:46.369><c> this</c><00:23:46.690><c> comment.</c>

00:23:47.970 --> 00:23:52.269
They<00:23:47.990><c> went</c><00:23:48.369><c> to</c><00:23:48.670><c> Baal</c><00:23:49.210><c> Peor</c><00:23:50.109><c> and</c><00:23:50.750><c> separated</c><00:23:51.250><c> themselves</c><00:23:51.849><c> to</c>

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that<00:23:52.690><c> shame,</c>

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and<00:23:55.049><c> their</c><00:23:55.410><c> abominations</c><00:23:56.670><c> were</c><00:23:57.509><c> according</c><00:23:58.130><c> as</c><00:23:58.910><c> they</c><00:23:59.650><c> loved.</c>

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The<00:24:02.130><c> prophet</c><00:24:02.349><c> Hosea</c><00:24:02.829><c> is</c><00:24:03.109><c> setting</c><00:24:03.410><c> an</c><00:24:03.690><c> absolutely</c>

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in<00:24:04.690><c> its</c><00:24:04.890><c> context,</c><00:24:06.150><c> leaving</c><00:24:06.230><c> no</c><00:24:06.569><c> doubts</c><00:24:06.849><c> whatever</c><00:24:07.410><c> about</c><00:24:08.150><c> what</c>

00:24:08.349 --> 00:24:11.730
the<00:24:08.549><c> sort</c><00:24:08.789><c> of</c><00:24:09.089><c> problems</c><00:24:09.769><c> were</c><00:24:10.529><c> that</c><00:24:11.529><c> were</c>

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on<00:24:12.150><c> Israel</c><00:24:12.930><c> at</c><00:24:13.930><c> that</c><00:24:14.150><c> time.</c><00:24:14.750><c> And</c><00:24:14.950><c> in</c><00:24:15.069><c> Judges</c><00:24:15.309><c> itself,</c><00:24:16.450><c> there</c><00:24:16.470><c> was</c><00:24:16.710><c> a</c>

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period<00:24:17.029><c> of</c><00:24:17.250><c> very</c><00:24:17.730><c> bitter</c><00:24:18.809><c> oppression</c>

00:24:21.130 --> 00:24:27.789
under<00:24:21.730><c> Eglon.</c><00:24:23.609><c> So</c><00:24:23.809><c> when</c><00:24:24.029><c> a</c><00:24:24.210><c> man</c><00:24:24.430><c> goes</c><00:24:24.750><c> out</c><00:24:25.289><c> of</c><00:24:25.529><c> Bethlehem</c><00:24:26.210><c> Judah</c><00:24:26.690><c> and</c>

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goes<00:24:28.069><c> to</c><00:24:28.369><c> Moab,</c>

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there's<00:24:30.390><c> no</c><00:24:30.630><c> doubt</c><00:24:30.849><c> what</c><00:24:31.170><c> direction</c><00:24:31.809><c> he's</c><00:24:32.109><c> going.</c><00:24:34.170><c> And</c><00:24:34.490><c> when</c>

00:24:34.589 --> 00:24:36.769
we<00:24:34.789><c> come</c><00:24:34.950><c> to</c><00:24:35.109><c> the</c><00:24:35.250><c> spiritual</c><00:24:35.730><c> analogy,</c>

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there<00:24:37.369><c> will</c><00:24:37.589><c> be</c><00:24:37.750><c> no</c><00:24:37.910><c> doubt</c><00:24:38.150><c> in</c><00:24:38.369><c> our</c><00:24:38.589><c> minds</c><00:24:39.069><c> that</c><00:24:39.710><c> that</c><00:24:40.029><c> sort</c><00:24:40.230><c> of</c>

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pattern<00:24:40.789><c> can</c><00:24:41.769><c> only</c><00:24:42.130><c> go</c><00:24:42.950><c> downwards</c>

00:24:44.329 --> 00:24:48.769
and<00:24:44.970><c> away</c><00:24:45.329><c> from</c><00:24:45.630><c> the</c><00:24:45.930><c> bread</c><00:24:46.269><c> of</c><00:24:46.609><c> life</c><00:24:47.410><c> that</c><00:24:47.950><c> feeds</c><00:24:48.210><c> the</c><00:24:48.529><c> people</c>

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of<00:24:48.970><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:24:55.809><c> let</c><00:24:55.950><c> me</c><00:24:56.109><c> turn</c><00:24:56.369><c> to</c><00:24:56.789><c> the</c><00:24:57.009><c> picture</c><00:24:57.289><c> of</c><00:24:57.470><c> the</c><00:24:57.650><c> family</c><00:24:58.190><c> that</c><00:24:59.009><c> now</c>

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follows.<00:25:00.250><c> Having</c><00:25:00.549><c> seen</c><00:25:00.809><c> the</c><00:25:01.329><c> broad</c><00:25:01.650><c> setting,</c>

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having<00:25:02.750><c> seen</c><00:25:02.990><c> the</c><00:25:03.190><c> immediate</c><00:25:03.609><c> setting,</c><00:25:04.490><c> we're</c><00:25:04.710><c> introduced</c>

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to<00:25:05.250><c> the</c><00:25:05.549><c> characters</c><00:25:06.089><c> by</c><00:25:06.789><c> this</c><00:25:07.130><c> first</c><00:25:07.950><c> chapter.</c>

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And<00:25:10.750><c> verse</c><00:25:11.410><c> 2</c><00:25:11.769><c> says</c><00:25:12.089><c> the</c><00:25:12.230><c> name</c><00:25:12.549><c> of</c><00:25:12.750><c> the</c><00:25:12.950><c> man</c><00:25:13.710><c> was</c><00:25:14.730><c> Elimelech,</c>

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and<00:25:17.329><c> the</c><00:25:17.450><c> name</c><00:25:17.609><c> of</c><00:25:17.769><c> his</c><00:25:17.890><c> wife</c><00:25:18.329><c> Naomi,</c>

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the<00:25:20.190><c> name</c><00:25:20.390><c> of</c><00:25:20.589><c> his</c><00:25:20.730><c> two</c><00:25:21.029><c> sons</c><00:25:21.789><c> Marlon</c><00:25:23.269><c> and</c><00:25:23.589><c> Chilian.</c><00:25:25.349><c> Now</c><00:25:25.849><c> what</c>

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picture<00:25:26.990><c> does</c><00:25:27.210><c> this</c><00:25:27.450><c> bring</c><00:25:28.009><c> to</c><00:25:28.789><c> our</c><00:25:29.049><c> minds?</c>

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I<00:25:32.650><c> believe</c><00:25:32.990><c> that</c><00:25:33.230><c> names</c><00:25:33.390><c> are</c><00:25:33.690><c> important,</c><00:25:34.390><c> and</c><00:25:34.390><c> I'm</c><00:25:34.609><c> sure</c><00:25:34.750><c> you</c>

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agree<00:25:35.210><c> with</c><00:25:35.430><c> me.</c><00:25:35.910><c> Names</c><00:25:36.150><c> are</c><00:25:36.490><c> important</c><00:25:36.910><c> in</c><00:25:37.589><c> Scripture.</c>

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Let's<00:25:41.269><c> think</c><00:25:41.589><c> first</c><00:25:42.130><c> about</c><00:25:43.730><c> Elimelech.</c><00:25:46.069><c> It's</c><00:25:46.329><c> clear</c><00:25:46.549><c> that</c><00:25:46.710><c> he</c>

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belonged<00:25:47.210><c> to</c><00:25:47.450><c> a</c><00:25:47.609><c> religious</c><00:25:47.910><c> family</c>

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because<00:25:49.410><c> his</c><00:25:49.769><c> name</c><00:25:50.069><c> means</c><00:25:50.769><c> God</c><00:25:51.470><c> is</c><00:25:51.930><c> my</c><00:25:52.329><c> King.</c><00:25:53.809><c> And</c><00:25:53.950><c> what</c><00:25:54.109><c> a</c><00:25:54.309><c> high</c><00:25:55.730><c> ideal</c><00:25:56.509><c> his</c>

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parents<00:25:58.069><c> set</c><00:25:58.470><c> before</c><00:25:58.890><c> him</c><00:25:59.069><c> in</c><00:25:59.250><c> giving</c>

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him<00:25:59.829><c> that</c><00:26:00.250><c> kind</c><00:26:00.650><c> of</c><00:26:00.829><c> name.</c><00:26:01.849><c> God</c><00:26:02.190><c> is</c><00:26:02.630><c> my</c><00:26:03.049><c> King.</c><00:26:07.150><c> Naomi</c><00:26:07.549><c> is</c><00:26:08.410><c> a</c><00:26:08.509><c> name</c><00:26:08.650><c> which</c><00:26:08.869><c> means</c><00:26:09.190><c> delightful</c><00:26:09.910><c> or</c>

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lovely<00:26:10.910><c> or</c><00:26:11.690><c> pleasant.</c>

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And<00:26:13.289><c> you</c><00:26:13.390><c> remember</c><00:26:13.690><c> that</c><00:26:13.950><c> later</c><00:26:14.230><c> on</c><00:26:14.549><c> she's</c><00:26:15.009><c> to</c><00:26:15.549><c> rather</c><00:26:16.809><c> sadly,</c>

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wistfully,<00:26:19.690><c> reflect</c><00:26:20.190><c> on</c><00:26:20.369><c> that</c><00:26:20.630><c> and</c><00:26:20.730><c> say,</c>

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don't<00:26:21.589><c> call</c><00:26:21.849><c> me</c><00:26:21.990><c> that</c><00:26:22.130><c> anymore.</c><00:26:23.329><c> Call</c><00:26:23.569><c> me</c><00:26:23.849><c> Mara,</c><00:26:25.109><c> bitter,</c><00:26:25.990><c> because</c><00:26:26.210><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:26:26.750><c> dealt</c><00:26:26.950><c> bitterly</c><00:26:27.410><c> with</c><00:26:27.609><c> me.</c>

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But<00:26:28.869><c> her</c><00:26:29.009><c> real</c><00:26:29.210><c> name</c><00:26:29.470><c> is</c><00:26:30.950><c> pleasantness</c><00:26:31.630><c> or</c><00:26:32.529><c> loveliness</c><00:26:33.309><c> or</c><00:26:34.029><c> a</c>

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delight.<00:26:35.670><c> And</c><00:26:35.789><c> it,</c><00:26:36.190><c> for</c><00:26:36.289><c> me</c><00:26:36.569><c> anyway,</c><00:26:37.210><c> creates</c><00:26:37.490><c> a</c>

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picture<00:26:38.170><c> in</c><00:26:38.769><c> the</c><00:26:38.970><c> mind</c><00:26:39.190><c> straight</c><00:26:39.569><c> away</c><00:26:40.049><c> that</c><00:26:40.829><c> was</c><00:26:41.170><c> there</c><00:26:41.430><c> in</c>

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that<00:26:41.890><c> family</c><00:26:42.289><c> in</c><00:26:42.769><c> the</c><00:26:42.910><c> early</c><00:26:43.150><c> days</c><00:26:43.789><c> under</c><00:26:44.410><c> the</c><00:26:44.730><c> influence</c>

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of<00:26:45.269><c> a</c><00:26:45.450><c> God</c><00:26:45.809><c>-fearing</c><00:26:47.269><c> parent.</c><00:26:51.309><c> Now</c><00:26:51.990><c> when</c><00:26:52.569><c> we</c><00:26:52.769><c> come</c><00:26:52.950><c> to</c><00:26:53.049><c> look</c><00:26:53.150><c> at</c>

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the<00:26:53.470><c> children</c><00:26:53.849><c> Marlon</c><00:26:54.269><c> and</c><00:26:54.549><c> Chilian,</c>

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it's<00:26:56.089><c> a</c><00:26:56.250><c> rather</c><00:26:56.450><c> different</c><00:26:56.869><c> picture.</c><00:26:58.769><c> Marlon,</c><00:26:59.049><c> you</c><00:26:59.049><c> probably</c>

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know,<00:26:59.730><c> means</c><00:26:59.829><c> weak</c><00:27:00.109><c> and</c><00:27:00.390><c> sickly,</c><00:27:01.529><c> wasting</c><00:27:01.849><c> away.</c>

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And<00:27:04.289><c> Chilian</c><00:27:04.529><c> means</c><00:27:04.890><c> fading</c><00:27:05.329><c> and</c><00:27:05.710><c> pining.</c><00:27:06.650><c> And</c><00:27:06.809><c> I</c><00:27:06.910><c> wonder</c><00:27:07.009><c> how</c>

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many<00:27:07.369><c> of</c><00:27:07.529><c> you</c><00:27:07.589><c> would</c><00:27:07.730><c> have</c><00:27:07.890><c> called</c><00:27:08.029><c> your</c><00:27:08.289><c> children</c>

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that?<00:27:10.210><c> Would</c><00:27:10.349><c> you</c><00:27:10.509><c> like</c><00:27:10.650><c> to</c><00:27:10.849><c> call</c><00:27:10.950><c> your</c><00:27:11.230><c> children</c><00:27:11.470><c> weak</c><00:27:11.750><c> and</c>

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sickly?<00:27:13.549><c> That</c><00:27:13.569><c> they</c><00:27:13.829><c> carry</c><00:27:14.029><c> through</c><00:27:14.390><c> life,</c><00:27:14.789><c> carry</c>

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that<00:27:15.190><c> through</c><00:27:15.410><c> life</c><00:27:15.730><c> with</c><00:27:15.950><c> them?</c><00:27:16.990><c> And</c><00:27:17.250><c> everybody</c><00:27:17.589><c> will</c><00:27:17.750><c> be</c><00:27:17.990><c> referring</c><00:27:18.369><c> to</c>

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them<00:27:18.710><c> in</c><00:27:18.910><c> those</c><00:27:19.190><c> terms.</c><00:27:20.089><c> Would</c><00:27:20.230><c> you</c><00:27:20.410><c> like</c>

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to<00:27:20.869><c> call</c><00:27:20.890><c> your</c><00:27:21.190><c> child</c><00:27:21.910><c> pining</c><00:27:22.670><c> away?</c><00:27:24.390><c> I</c><00:27:24.509><c> don't</c><00:27:24.549><c> think</c><00:27:24.690><c> you</c><00:27:24.869><c> would,</c><00:27:25.049><c> would</c><00:27:25.170><c> you?</c><00:27:26.150><c> So</c>

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why<00:27:26.630><c> was</c><00:27:26.869><c> it?</c><00:27:27.970><c> Why</c><00:27:28.269><c> was</c><00:27:28.430><c> it</c><00:27:28.710><c> done?</c>

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Well,<00:27:31.150><c> I</c><00:27:31.250><c> think</c><00:27:31.730><c> I</c><00:27:32.670><c> found</c><00:27:32.930><c> out</c><00:27:33.230><c> anyway</c><00:27:33.569><c> by</c><00:27:34.069><c> referring</c><00:27:34.490><c> to</c><00:27:34.750><c> archaeological</c><00:27:35.390><c> things</c><00:27:36.009><c> that</c>

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these<00:27:36.750><c> two</c><00:27:36.930><c> names</c><00:27:37.150><c> were</c>

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very<00:27:38.089><c> common</c><00:27:38.410><c> indeed.</c><00:27:39.109><c> In</c><00:27:39.369><c> fact,</c><00:27:40.890><c> at</c><00:27:41.049><c> Ugarit,</c><00:27:42.509><c> it's</c><00:27:42.750><c> quite</c>

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clear<00:27:43.269><c> that</c><00:27:43.450><c> these</c><00:27:43.690><c> were</c><00:27:43.950><c> very</c><00:27:44.329><c> common</c><00:27:44.910><c> Canaanite</c><00:27:45.670><c> names</c>

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at<00:27:46.609><c> this</c><00:27:46.970><c> time.</c><00:27:49.450><c> Shouldn't</c><00:27:50.009><c> we</c><00:27:50.230><c> stop?</c><00:27:51.450><c> Do</c><00:27:51.589><c> you</c><00:27:51.609><c> hear</c><00:27:51.690><c> what</c><00:27:51.849><c> I</c><00:27:52.069><c> said?</c>

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They<00:27:54.549><c> were</c><00:27:54.730><c> very</c><00:27:55.210><c> common</c><00:27:56.670><c> Canaanite</c><00:27:58.490><c> names.</c><00:28:00.250><c> That</c><00:28:00.430><c> isn't</c><00:28:00.630><c> what</c><00:28:00.809><c> I</c>

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said<00:28:01.569><c> about</c><00:28:02.529><c> Limilech,</c><00:28:04.109><c> his</c><00:28:04.430><c> father</c><00:28:04.809><c> and</c><00:28:05.049><c> mother,</c>

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but<00:28:06.569><c> is</c><00:28:06.789><c> that</c><00:28:07.150><c> just</c><00:28:07.450><c> a</c><00:28:07.549><c> little</c><00:28:07.869><c> pointer</c><00:28:08.329><c> in</c><00:28:09.130><c> what's</c><00:28:09.630><c> beginning</c>

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to<00:28:10.430><c> happen?</c><00:28:11.650><c> All</c><00:28:11.849><c> right,</c><00:28:11.950><c> they</c><00:28:12.029><c> were</c><00:28:12.210><c> very</c>

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common<00:28:13.410><c> Canaanite</c><00:28:14.009><c> names</c><00:28:14.289><c> at</c><00:28:14.470><c> the</c><00:28:14.609><c> time</c><00:28:14.869><c> and</c><00:28:15.210><c> they</c><00:28:15.430><c> occur</c><00:28:15.730><c> many,</c><00:28:16.130><c> many</c><00:28:16.349><c> times</c><00:28:16.789><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:17.670><c> finds</c><00:28:18.109><c> at</c><00:28:18.529><c> Ugarit.</c>

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I<00:28:20.829><c> suggest</c><00:28:21.269><c> that</c><00:28:22.130><c> the</c><00:28:23.750><c> reason</c><00:28:24.130><c> these</c><00:28:24.390><c> names</c><00:28:24.589><c> were</c><00:28:24.869><c> given</c><00:28:25.089><c> was</c>

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because<00:28:25.769><c> of</c><00:28:25.970><c> those</c><00:28:26.130><c> very</c><00:28:26.349><c> circumstances</c>

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we've<00:28:27.329><c> been</c><00:28:27.369><c> talking</c><00:28:27.589><c> about.</c><00:28:27.869><c> Times</c><00:28:28.049><c> were</c><00:28:28.210><c> difficult.</c><00:28:29.490><c> The</c>

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famines<00:28:30.130><c> were</c><00:28:30.369><c> there</c><00:28:30.970><c> and</c><00:28:32.309><c> inevitably</c><00:28:33.509><c> young</c>

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children<00:28:34.430><c> were</c><00:28:34.650><c> the</c><00:28:34.750><c> victims</c><00:28:35.410><c> of</c><00:28:36.190><c> that</c><00:28:36.410><c> circumstance.</c><00:28:36.869><c> Very</c>

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often<00:28:37.349><c> for</c><00:28:37.609><c> the</c><00:28:37.730><c> old</c><00:28:37.849><c> people,</c><00:28:39.390><c> they</c><00:28:39.609><c> suffered</c>

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and<00:28:41.289><c> died</c><00:28:41.769><c> first.</c><00:28:45.130><c> Now,</c><00:28:47.410><c> the</c><00:28:47.490><c> two</c><00:28:47.710><c> names</c><00:28:48.069><c> with</c><00:28:48.269><c> the</c><00:28:48.930><c> given</c><00:28:49.109><c> to</c>

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the<00:28:49.490><c> children</c><00:28:49.650><c> may</c><00:28:49.930><c> therefore</c>

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not<00:28:50.990><c> be</c><00:28:51.349><c> as</c><00:28:52.230><c> callous</c><00:28:53.029><c> as</c><00:28:53.230><c> at</c><00:28:53.250><c> first</c><00:28:53.529><c> they</c><00:28:53.970><c> seem.</c><00:28:54.630><c> Fancy</c><00:28:55.150><c> calling</c><00:28:55.470><c> a</c><00:28:55.769><c> child.</c>

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Until<00:29:10.650><c> we</c><00:29:10.869><c> actually</c><00:29:11.089><c> bring</c><00:29:11.289><c> them</c><00:29:11.430><c> into</c><00:29:11.650><c> the</c><00:29:11.970><c> story.</c>

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Let's<00:29:16.450><c> think</c><00:29:16.670><c> about</c><00:29:16.950><c> why</c><00:29:17.809><c> Ilimilech</c><00:29:18.670><c> moved.</c><00:29:20.490><c> Why</c><00:29:20.730><c> do</c><00:29:20.950><c> you</c><00:29:21.089><c> think</c><00:29:21.650><c> Ilimilech</c><00:29:23.109><c> left</c><00:29:23.549><c> when</c><00:29:24.150><c> he</c>

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was<00:29:24.529><c> such</c><00:29:24.730><c> an</c><00:29:25.069><c> important</c>

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person<00:29:26.390><c> in</c><00:29:27.769><c> the</c><00:29:28.130><c> situation</c><00:29:28.670><c> that</c><00:29:29.910><c> Bethlehem</c><00:29:31.130><c> Judah?</c><00:29:32.930><c> You</c><00:29:33.109><c> know,</c><00:29:33.210><c> it</c>

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may<00:29:33.509><c> be</c><00:29:34.109><c> that</c><00:29:34.609><c> he</c><00:29:34.769><c> was</c>

00:29:35.970 --> 00:29:38.789
doing<00:29:36.369><c> what</c><00:29:36.529><c> he</c><00:29:36.769><c> thought</c><00:29:36.890><c> was</c><00:29:37.069><c> best</c><00:29:37.329><c> for</c><00:29:37.490><c> his</c><00:29:37.670><c> family.</c>

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One<00:29:40.829><c> of</c><00:29:40.950><c> the</c><00:29:41.089><c> things</c><00:29:41.250><c> in</c><00:29:41.410><c> this</c><00:29:41.710><c> chapter</c><00:29:42.109><c> that</c><00:29:42.289><c> comes</c><00:29:42.549><c> out</c><00:29:43.170><c> more</c>

00:29:43.569 --> 00:29:45.589
powerfully<00:29:44.009><c> than</c><00:29:44.210><c> anything</c><00:29:44.529><c> else</c>

00:29:45.650 --> 00:29:49.549
is<00:29:45.990><c> the</c><00:29:46.309><c> issue</c><00:29:46.710><c> of</c><00:29:47.210><c> choices.</c><00:29:48.250><c> We've</c><00:29:48.470><c> already</c><00:29:48.789><c> seen</c><00:29:49.049><c> it</c><00:29:49.250><c> hinted</c>

00:29:49.549 --> 00:29:53.690
at<00:29:50.049><c> and</c><00:29:50.549><c> it's</c><00:29:50.809><c> here</c><00:29:50.950><c> again.</c><00:29:52.410><c> Now,</c><00:29:53.230><c> what</c>

00:29:53.690 --> 00:29:58.490
Ilimilech<00:29:54.450><c> might</c><00:29:54.910><c> have</c><00:29:55.150><c> been</c><00:29:55.410><c> doing</c><00:29:55.789><c> was</c><00:29:56.930><c> making</c><00:29:57.750><c> a</c><00:29:58.049><c> choice</c>

00:29:58.490 --> 00:30:00.509
for<00:29:59.210><c> the</c><00:29:59.490><c> good</c><00:29:59.609><c> of</c><00:29:59.829><c> his</c><00:30:00.049><c> family.</c>

00:30:00.509 --> 00:30:04.849
You<00:30:01.230><c> can</c><00:30:01.490><c> hear</c><00:30:01.630><c> the</c><00:30:01.829><c> sort</c><00:30:01.950><c> of</c><00:30:02.190><c> argument</c><00:30:02.490><c> he</c><00:30:02.650><c> would</c><00:30:03.210><c> present</c><00:30:03.789><c> to</c>

00:30:04.849 --> 00:30:06.269
the<00:30:04.970><c> children</c><00:30:05.190><c> a</c><00:30:05.410><c> week.</c>

00:30:07.470 --> 00:30:11.589
They're<00:30:08.009><c> struggling</c><00:30:08.549><c> and</c><00:30:09.650><c> conditions</c><00:30:10.289><c> are</c><00:30:10.690><c> hard.</c><00:30:11.450><c> There</c>

00:30:11.589 --> 00:30:13.309
isn't<00:30:11.869><c> much</c><00:30:12.210><c> food,</c><00:30:12.470><c> although</c><00:30:12.730><c> being</c><00:30:13.049><c> richer</c>

00:30:13.309 --> 00:30:18.329
than<00:30:13.509><c> most</c><00:30:13.750><c> people,</c><00:30:14.589><c> they</c><00:30:14.769><c> probably</c><00:30:15.130><c> would</c><00:30:15.490><c> be</c><00:30:15.750><c> able</c><00:30:15.930><c> to</c><00:30:16.829><c> survive.</c><00:30:18.069><c> But</c>

00:30:18.329 --> 00:30:21.369
it<00:30:18.390><c> was</c><00:30:18.630><c> so</c><00:30:18.869><c> much</c><00:30:19.109><c> easier,</c><00:30:20.230><c> they</c><00:30:20.450><c> heard,</c>

00:30:21.829 --> 00:30:28.190
in<00:30:22.049><c> Moab.</c><00:30:24.009><c> And</c><00:30:24.430><c> perhaps</c><00:30:25.549><c> for</c><00:30:25.750><c> the</c><00:30:25.890><c> good</c><00:30:25.990><c> of</c><00:30:26.150><c> the</c><00:30:26.369><c> children</c><00:30:26.950><c> it</c>

00:30:28.190 --> 00:30:30.150
would<00:30:28.410><c> be</c><00:30:28.609><c> better</c><00:30:28.849><c> to</c><00:30:29.130><c> go</c><00:30:29.349><c> where</c><00:30:29.690><c> there</c><00:30:29.890><c> was</c>

00:30:30.150 --> 00:30:35.549
the<00:30:30.609><c> need</c><00:30:30.930><c> for</c><00:30:31.170><c> this</c><00:30:31.450><c> daily</c><00:30:31.809><c> struggle</c><00:30:32.390><c> to</c><00:30:33.230><c> keep</c><00:30:33.430><c> ends</c><00:30:33.670><c> together.</c><00:30:35.269><c> You</c><00:30:35.309><c> can</c>

00:30:35.549 --> 00:30:37.720
hear<00:30:35.710><c> the</c><00:30:35.950><c> reasoning,</c><00:30:36.829><c> can't</c><00:30:36.869><c> you?</c>

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Perhaps<00:30:40.630><c> when</c><00:30:41.329><c> they</c><00:30:41.529><c> heard</c><00:30:41.750><c> about</c><00:30:42.089><c> Moab</c><00:30:42.490><c> and</c><00:30:42.670><c> there</c><00:30:42.869><c> was</c><00:30:43.210><c> a</c>

00:30:44.230 --> 00:30:47.569
regular<00:30:45.029><c> contact</c><00:30:46.069><c> between</c><00:30:46.430><c> the</c><00:30:46.609><c> two</c><00:30:46.809><c> countries</c><00:30:47.190><c> through</c>

00:30:47.569 --> 00:30:50.670
the<00:30:48.329><c> caravan</c><00:30:48.829><c> trains</c><00:30:49.109><c> I'll</c><00:30:49.369><c> be</c><00:30:49.529><c> talking</c><00:30:49.750><c> about</c><00:30:50.029><c> later</c><00:30:50.329><c> on</c><00:30:50.509><c> in</c>

00:30:50.670 --> 00:30:56.349
the<00:30:50.789><c> week.</c><00:30:52.109><c> But</c><00:30:52.809><c> it's</c><00:30:53.670><c> relatively</c><00:30:54.289><c> easy</c><00:30:55.369><c> to</c><00:30:56.049><c> travel</c>

00:30:56.349 --> 00:30:59.670
between<00:30:57.230><c> Bethlehem</c><00:30:58.230><c> through</c><00:30:58.589><c> Jerusalem</c><00:30:59.130><c> where</c><00:30:59.329><c> they</c><00:30:59.470><c> could</c>

00:30:59.670 --> 00:31:02.650
join<00:31:00.049><c> one</c><00:31:00.410><c> of</c><00:31:00.529><c> the</c><00:31:00.730><c> main</c><00:31:00.970><c> trains,</c><00:31:01.869><c> go</c><00:31:02.150><c> down</c><00:31:02.430><c> to</c>

00:31:02.650 --> 00:31:06.730
Jericho<00:31:03.109><c> and</c><00:31:03.589><c> then</c><00:31:03.829><c> be</c><00:31:03.930><c> on</c><00:31:04.069><c> the</c><00:31:04.250><c> highway</c><00:31:04.609><c> into</c><00:31:04.950><c> Moab.</c><00:31:05.569><c> Relatively</c><00:31:06.089><c> easy</c>

00:31:06.730 --> 00:31:08.269
even<00:31:07.210><c> though</c><00:31:07.410><c> the</c><00:31:07.589><c> children</c><00:31:07.809><c> weren't</c>

00:31:08.269 --> 00:31:12.490
too<00:31:08.569><c> robust.</c><00:31:10.349><c> Perhaps</c><00:31:10.670><c> it</c><00:31:10.849><c> would</c><00:31:10.970><c> be</c><00:31:11.109><c> a</c><00:31:11.230><c> good</c><00:31:11.410><c> thing</c><00:31:11.750><c> to</c><00:31:12.349><c> make</c>

00:31:12.490 --> 00:31:15.849
that<00:31:12.750><c> journey</c><00:31:13.210><c> just</c><00:31:14.210><c> for</c><00:31:14.589><c> a</c><00:31:14.730><c> while,</c>

00:31:16.470 --> 00:31:20.970
just<00:31:17.069><c> for</c><00:31:17.470><c> a</c><00:31:17.609><c> while,</c><00:31:18.609><c> until</c><00:31:18.950><c> the</c><00:31:19.230><c> difficulty</c><00:31:19.630><c> was</c><00:31:19.990><c> passed</c><00:31:20.390><c> and</c>

00:31:20.970 --> 00:31:23.369
then<00:31:21.190><c> of</c><00:31:21.369><c> course</c><00:31:21.769><c> they</c><00:31:22.210><c> can</c><00:31:22.410><c> come</c><00:31:22.589><c> back</c><00:31:22.829><c> home</c><00:31:23.069><c> again</c>

00:31:23.369 --> 00:31:28.369
and<00:31:23.569><c> take</c><00:31:23.789><c> up</c><00:31:23.970><c> where</c><00:31:24.170><c> they</c><00:31:24.369><c> were</c><00:31:24.950><c> before.</c><00:31:27.109><c> Now</c><00:31:27.250><c> as</c><00:31:27.369><c> it</c><00:31:27.589><c> transpired,</c><00:31:28.069><c> as</c><00:31:28.230><c> you</c>

00:31:28.369 --> 00:31:29.069
well<00:31:28.569><c> know,</c>

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things<00:31:29.690><c> didn't</c><00:31:30.029><c> work</c><00:31:30.390><c> out</c><00:31:30.589><c> as</c><00:31:30.750><c> they</c><00:31:30.970><c> anticipated.</c><00:31:33.170><c> Look</c><00:31:33.329><c> at</c>

00:31:33.509 --> 00:31:36.589
three<00:31:33.849><c> words</c><00:31:34.410><c> in</c><00:31:35.049><c> these</c><00:31:35.269><c> opening</c><00:31:35.650><c> four</c><00:31:36.049><c> verses</c><00:31:36.390><c> of</c>

00:31:36.589 --> 00:31:41.829
the<00:31:36.690><c> book</c><00:31:36.849><c> of</c><00:31:37.049><c> Ruth.</c><00:31:38.529><c> Verse</c><00:31:38.750><c> one,</c><00:31:40.069><c> halfway</c><00:31:40.289><c> through</c><00:31:40.549><c> the</c><00:31:40.730><c> verse,</c><00:31:40.990><c> a</c><00:31:41.069><c> certain</c><00:31:41.369><c> man</c><00:31:41.630><c> of</c>

00:31:41.829 --> 00:31:42.930
Bethlehem<00:31:42.470><c> Judah</c>

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went<00:31:43.529><c> to</c><00:31:44.009><c> Sojourn</c><00:31:44.490><c> in</c><00:31:44.650><c> the</c><00:31:44.849><c> country</c><00:31:45.230><c> of</c><00:31:45.549><c> Moab.</c><00:31:46.609><c> He</c><00:31:46.670><c> and</c><00:31:46.809><c> his</c><00:31:47.029><c> wife</c><00:31:47.390><c> and</c><00:31:47.589><c> his</c><00:31:47.849><c> two</c><00:31:48.069><c> sons</c><00:31:48.710><c> went</c><00:31:50.250><c> to</c><00:31:51.509><c> Sojourn.</c>

00:31:54.069 --> 00:31:58.730
The<00:31:54.789><c> word</c><00:31:55.069><c> means</c><00:31:55.490><c> to</c><00:31:55.849><c> stay</c><00:31:56.250><c> for</c><00:31:56.589><c> a</c><00:31:56.710><c> while.</c><00:31:57.289><c> It's</c><00:31:58.009><c> the</c><00:31:58.130><c> word</c><00:31:58.210><c> that's</c><00:31:58.410><c> picked</c><00:31:58.589><c> up</c>

00:31:58.730 --> 00:32:00.690
by<00:31:59.029><c> Peter</c><00:31:59.450><c> and</c><00:32:00.049><c> he</c><00:32:00.349><c> describes</c>

00:32:00.690 --> 00:32:03.990
those<00:32:00.990><c> as</c><00:32:01.289><c> strangers</c><00:32:01.589><c> and</c><00:32:01.950><c> pilgrims</c><00:32:02.430><c> who</c><00:32:02.690><c> lodge</c><00:32:03.009><c> for</c><00:32:03.369><c> a</c><00:32:03.509><c> while</c>

00:32:03.990 --> 00:32:08.750
in<00:32:04.950><c> a</c><00:32:05.170><c> foreign</c><00:32:05.690><c> environment</c><00:32:06.730><c> and</c><00:32:08.130><c> that's</c><00:32:08.490><c> the</c>

00:32:08.750 --> 00:32:16.809
intention<00:32:09.349><c> behind</c><00:32:10.950><c> Elimelech's</c><00:32:11.990><c> departure</c><00:32:12.829><c> for</c><00:32:13.569><c> Moab.</c><00:32:15.109><c> He</c><00:32:15.289><c> went</c><00:32:15.650><c> to</c><00:32:16.009><c> lodge</c><00:32:16.289><c> for</c><00:32:16.670><c> a</c>

00:32:16.809 --> 00:32:23.349
while<00:32:17.190><c> but</c><00:32:18.190><c> by</c><00:32:18.450><c> the</c><00:32:18.609><c> time</c><00:32:18.730><c> you</c>

00:32:23.349 --> 00:32:30.309
and<00:32:24.109><c> continued</c><00:32:24.950><c> there.</c><00:32:27.750><c> The</c><00:32:27.890><c> news</c><00:32:28.029><c> from</c><00:32:28.269><c> home</c><00:32:28.549><c> wasn't</c><00:32:29.250><c> just</c>

00:32:30.309 --> 00:32:32.609
as<00:32:30.529><c> they'd</c><00:32:30.990><c> expected</c><00:32:31.309><c> it</c><00:32:31.549><c> to</c><00:32:31.690><c> be.</c>

00:32:33.470 --> 00:32:38.609
The<00:32:33.890><c> famine</c><00:32:34.430><c> continued</c><00:32:35.170><c> a</c><00:32:35.289><c> bit</c><00:32:35.470><c> longer.</c><00:32:36.470><c> They'd</c><00:32:36.730><c> now</c><00:32:36.910><c> got</c><00:32:37.109><c> some</c><00:32:37.349><c> roots</c><00:32:37.650><c> going</c><00:32:37.970><c> down</c><00:32:38.349><c> in</c>

00:32:38.609 --> 00:32:41.390
Moab.<00:32:39.650><c> Business</c><00:32:39.990><c> started</c><00:32:40.450><c> up.</c>

00:32:41.450 --> 00:32:43.809
It<00:32:41.589><c> wasn't</c><00:32:41.730><c> going</c><00:32:41.869><c> to</c><00:32:41.930><c> be</c><00:32:42.069><c> easy</c><00:32:42.309><c> to</c><00:32:42.529><c> pull</c><00:32:42.710><c> up</c><00:32:42.849><c> those</c><00:32:43.089><c> roots</c><00:32:43.390><c> and</c>

00:32:43.809 --> 00:32:45.490
go<00:32:44.049><c> back.</c><00:32:44.170><c> Perhaps</c><00:32:44.430><c> we</c><00:32:44.569><c> should</c><00:32:44.750><c> wait</c><00:32:44.990><c> a</c><00:32:45.069><c> little</c><00:32:45.289><c> bit</c>

00:32:45.490 --> 00:32:51.529
longer<00:32:46.130><c> and</c><00:32:47.529><c> then</c><00:32:47.710><c> we</c><00:32:47.849><c> can</c><00:32:48.069><c> make</c><00:32:48.230><c> the</c><00:32:48.390><c> journey</c><00:32:48.670><c> back.</c><00:32:51.190><c> And</c><00:32:51.329><c> then</c><00:32:51.450><c> we</c>

00:32:51.529 --> 00:32:55.269
get<00:32:51.750><c> to</c><00:32:51.910><c> verse</c><00:32:52.130><c> four.</c><00:32:53.569><c> They</c><00:32:53.569><c> took</c><00:32:53.809><c> them</c><00:32:54.170><c> wives</c>

00:32:55.549 --> 00:32:59.069
of<00:32:55.990><c> the</c><00:32:56.130><c> women</c><00:32:56.410><c> of</c><00:32:56.670><c> Moab.</c><00:32:58.150><c> The</c><00:32:58.210><c> name</c><00:32:58.309><c> of</c><00:32:58.430><c> one</c><00:32:58.549><c> was</c><00:32:58.769><c> Orpah,</c><00:32:59.009><c> the</c>

00:32:59.069 --> 00:33:03.269
name<00:32:59.230><c> of</c><00:32:59.369><c> the</c><00:32:59.430><c> other</c><00:32:59.589><c> Ruth</c><00:32:59.849><c> and</c><00:33:00.690><c> they</c><00:33:01.829><c> dwelled</c><00:33:02.470><c> there</c>

00:33:04.750 --> 00:33:08.490
ten<00:33:05.190><c> years.</c><00:33:06.549><c> And</c><00:33:06.670><c> you</c><00:33:06.869><c> see</c><00:33:07.009><c> from</c><00:33:07.289><c> the</c><00:33:07.529><c> intention</c><00:33:07.849><c> of</c><00:33:08.009><c> going</c><00:33:08.150><c> for</c><00:33:08.390><c> a</c>

00:33:08.490 --> 00:33:10.589
little<00:33:08.710><c> while</c><00:33:09.029><c> and</c><00:33:09.230><c> coming</c><00:33:09.470><c> back</c>

00:33:10.809 --> 00:33:14.730
to<00:33:11.210><c> settling</c><00:33:11.509><c> down</c><00:33:11.930><c> and</c><00:33:12.190><c> taking</c><00:33:12.450><c> roots</c><00:33:13.009><c> and</c><00:33:14.049><c> then</c><00:33:14.369><c> finally</c>

00:33:14.730 --> 00:33:18.049
getting<00:33:14.990><c> committed</c><00:33:15.650><c> and</c><00:33:16.589><c> living</c><00:33:17.049><c> there,</c>

00:33:18.430 --> 00:33:23.630
part<00:33:18.630><c> of</c><00:33:18.769><c> the</c><00:33:18.890><c> whole</c><00:33:19.109><c> setup.</c><00:33:20.670><c> That's</c><00:33:21.029><c> the</c><00:33:21.230><c> picture</c><00:33:21.730><c> that</c><00:33:22.210><c> those</c><00:33:22.529><c> three</c><00:33:22.849><c> words</c><00:33:23.190><c> bring</c><00:33:23.450><c> to</c>

00:33:23.630 --> 00:33:24.849
us<00:33:23.789><c> so</c><00:33:24.130><c> powerfully</c>

00:33:24.849 --> 00:33:30.690
in<00:33:25.410><c> those</c><00:33:25.670><c> opening</c><00:33:26.089><c> verses.</c><00:33:28.210><c> And</c><00:33:28.410><c> they</c><00:33:28.650><c> stayed</c><00:33:28.930><c> there</c><00:33:30.109><c> ten</c>

00:33:30.690 --> 00:33:35.210
years.<00:33:32.430><c> Well,</c><00:33:32.670><c> they</c><00:33:32.910><c> found</c><00:33:33.190><c> their</c><00:33:33.990><c> wives</c><00:33:34.349><c> there.</c>

00:33:38.990 --> 00:33:44.650
Orpah<00:33:39.390><c> is</c><00:33:39.789><c> a</c><00:33:39.950><c> Moabite</c><00:33:40.410><c> name</c><00:33:40.970><c> that</c><00:33:41.210><c> means</c><00:33:42.029><c> possibly</c><00:33:42.529><c> one</c><00:33:42.730><c> of</c><00:33:42.809><c> two</c><00:33:43.089><c> things.</c><00:33:44.529><c> A</c>

00:33:44.650 --> 00:33:46.089
hind<00:33:44.890><c> or</c><00:33:45.109><c> a</c><00:33:45.309><c> gazelle,</c>

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which<00:33:46.990><c> always</c><00:33:47.410><c> when</c><00:33:47.589><c> it's</c><00:33:47.809><c> used</c><00:33:48.029><c> means</c><00:33:48.369><c> something</c><00:33:48.750><c> of</c><00:33:49.029><c> beauty</c>

00:33:49.529 --> 00:33:53.089
and<00:33:50.029><c> grace.</c><00:33:51.930><c> Alternatively,</c><00:33:52.549><c> it</c><00:33:52.569><c> could</c><00:33:52.849><c> have</c>

00:33:53.089 --> 00:33:56.309
something<00:33:53.309><c> to</c><00:33:53.430><c> do</c><00:33:53.470><c> with</c><00:33:53.670><c> the</c><00:33:53.789><c> neck.</c><00:33:54.029><c> I'm</c><00:33:54.109><c> not</c><00:33:54.230><c> going</c><00:33:54.430><c> to</c><00:33:54.470><c> go</c><00:33:54.549><c> into</c><00:33:54.670><c> the</c><00:33:54.869><c> reasons</c><00:33:55.009><c> for</c><00:33:55.210><c> the</c><00:33:55.410><c> alternatives</c><00:33:55.769><c> except</c><00:33:56.130><c> to</c>

00:33:56.309 --> 00:33:58.549
say<00:33:56.369><c> it's</c><00:33:56.569><c> to</c><00:33:56.670><c> do</c><00:33:56.730><c> with</c><00:33:56.869><c> the</c><00:33:57.049><c> roots</c><00:33:57.230><c> from</c><00:33:57.390><c> which</c><00:33:57.529><c> they</c><00:33:57.730><c> come</c><00:33:57.869><c> and</c><00:33:57.950><c> you</c><00:33:58.049><c> can</c><00:33:58.210><c> never</c><00:33:58.329><c> be</c>

00:33:58.549 --> 00:33:59.869
absolutely<00:33:58.990><c> sure.</c>

00:34:01.069 --> 00:34:03.549
And<00:34:01.569><c> it's</c><00:34:02.069><c> something</c><00:34:02.289><c> to</c><00:34:02.470><c> do</c><00:34:02.529><c> with</c><00:34:02.730><c> the</c><00:34:02.869><c> neck.</c><00:34:03.170><c> And</c><00:34:03.250><c> you</c><00:34:03.349><c> will</c>

00:34:03.549 --> 00:34:05.869
know<00:34:03.730><c> that,</c><00:34:04.329><c> for</c><00:34:04.809><c> example,</c><00:34:05.170><c> from</c><00:34:05.369><c> the</c><00:34:05.490><c> Song</c><00:34:05.650><c> of</c>

00:34:05.869 --> 00:34:09.230
Songs,<00:34:06.670><c> how</c><00:34:06.970><c> the</c><00:34:07.250><c> neck</c><00:34:07.410><c> is</c><00:34:07.630><c> a</c><00:34:07.730><c> thing</c><00:34:07.829><c> of</c><00:34:08.090><c> grace</c><00:34:08.349><c> and</c><00:34:08.590><c> beauty</c><00:34:08.929><c> in</c>

00:34:09.230 --> 00:34:11.550
the<00:34:09.289><c> East.</c><00:34:10.269><c> But</c><00:34:10.389><c> there</c><00:34:10.550><c> is</c><00:34:10.710><c> another</c><00:34:10.889><c> application</c><00:34:11.389><c> of</c>

00:34:11.550 --> 00:34:14.750
that<00:34:11.670><c> in</c><00:34:11.909><c> scripture,</c><00:34:12.269><c> isn't</c><00:34:12.369><c> there?</c><00:34:13.030><c> And</c><00:34:13.230><c> people</c><00:34:13.409><c> can</c><00:34:13.610><c> be</c><00:34:13.849><c> stiff</c><00:34:14.170><c>-necked</c><00:34:14.489><c> and</c>

00:34:14.750 --> 00:34:17.869
stubborn.<00:34:16.090><c> And</c><00:34:16.570><c> it's</c><00:34:17.030><c> not</c><00:34:17.309><c> easy</c><00:34:17.610><c> to</c>

00:34:17.869 --> 00:34:22.429
see<00:34:18.030><c> which</c><00:34:18.329><c> of</c><00:34:18.530><c> these</c><00:34:18.690><c> is</c><00:34:19.010><c> applied</c><00:34:19.369><c> if</c><00:34:19.989><c> we</c><00:34:20.250><c> take</c><00:34:20.389><c> this</c><00:34:20.670><c> derivation</c><00:34:21.550><c> for</c><00:34:22.190><c> the</c>

00:34:22.429 --> 00:34:28.090
meaning<00:34:23.050><c> of</c><00:34:23.570><c> Orpah.</c><00:34:27.090><c> Ruth,</c>

00:34:28.429 --> 00:34:34.250
well,<00:34:29.429><c> suggestions</c><00:34:29.610><c> vary</c><00:34:30.010><c> from</c><00:34:30.309><c> beauty</c><00:34:30.949><c> through</c><00:34:32.090><c> female</c><00:34:32.809><c> friend</c><00:34:33.170><c> to</c><00:34:33.409><c> friendship.</c>

00:34:35.250 --> 00:34:37.829
And<00:34:35.309><c> the</c><00:34:35.389><c> latter</c><00:34:35.530><c> is</c><00:34:35.769><c> based</c><00:34:36.030><c> on</c><00:34:36.389><c> the</c><00:34:36.650><c> root</c><00:34:36.809><c> meaning</c><00:34:37.150><c> of</c><00:34:37.389><c> a</c><00:34:37.530><c> word</c>

00:34:37.829 --> 00:34:41.869
for<00:34:38.769><c> tender</c><00:34:39.170><c> care</c><00:34:39.630><c> as</c><00:34:40.550><c> a</c><00:34:40.750><c> shepherd.</c><00:34:41.590><c> It</c><00:34:41.769><c> might</c>

00:34:41.869 --> 00:34:45.250
interest<00:34:42.210><c> you</c><00:34:42.789><c> to</c><00:34:43.010><c> know</c><00:34:43.130><c> that</c><00:34:43.329><c> as</c><00:34:43.489><c> I</c><00:34:43.590><c> was</c><00:34:44.650><c> reading</c><00:34:44.989><c> through</c>

00:34:45.250 --> 00:34:48.429
some<00:34:45.469><c> old</c><00:34:45.690><c> English</c><00:34:46.210><c> for</c><00:34:47.789><c> another</c><00:34:48.050><c> purpose</c>

00:34:48.429 --> 00:34:55.190
altogether,<00:34:49.630><c> I</c><00:34:49.789><c> came</c><00:34:50.010><c> across</c><00:34:50.309><c> this</c><00:34:50.570><c> in</c><00:34:50.769><c> the</c><00:34:50.829><c> John</c><00:34:51.170><c> Wycliffe</c><00:34:51.670><c> version</c><00:34:52.150><c> of</c><00:34:52.449><c> 1380</c><00:34:53.710><c> AD.</c><00:34:54.989><c> I</c>

00:34:55.190 --> 00:34:55.710
assure<00:34:55.369><c> you</c><00:34:55.510><c> it's</c>

00:34:55.710 --> 00:35:00.190
English.<00:34:56.630><c> I'll</c><00:34:56.969><c> read</c><00:34:57.050><c> a</c><00:34:57.150><c> little</c><00:34:57.349><c> bit</c><00:34:57.530><c> of</c><00:34:57.650><c> it</c><00:34:57.809><c> to</c><00:34:57.989><c> you.</c><00:34:59.349><c> It's</c><00:34:59.829><c> out</c><00:35:00.070><c> of</c>

00:35:00.190 --> 00:35:02.429
the<00:35:00.329><c> middle</c><00:35:00.630><c> of</c><00:35:01.369><c> the</c><00:35:01.570><c> parable</c><00:35:01.849><c> of</c><00:35:02.190><c> the</c>

00:35:02.429 --> 00:35:13.269
good<00:35:02.630><c> Samaritan.</c><00:35:04.289><c> It</c><00:35:04.369><c> says,</c><00:35:05.909><c> but</c><00:35:05.909><c> a</c><00:35:06.110><c> Samaritan</c><00:35:06.710><c> going</c><00:35:07.190><c> the</c><00:35:07.750><c> way</c><00:35:08.530><c> can</c><00:35:08.929><c> besiddeth</c><00:35:09.530><c> him</c><00:35:10.170><c> and</c><00:35:11.070><c> say</c><00:35:11.369><c> him</c><00:35:11.969><c> and</c><00:35:12.690><c> had</c><00:35:12.869><c> a</c>

00:35:13.269 --> 00:35:19.409
ruse<00:35:13.849><c> on</c><00:35:14.989><c> him</c><00:35:15.489><c> and</c><00:35:17.010><c> come</c><00:35:17.210><c> to</c><00:35:17.429><c> him</c><00:35:17.610><c> and</c><00:35:17.829><c> boon</c><00:35:18.050><c> together</c><00:35:18.469><c> his</c><00:35:18.809><c> wound</c><00:35:19.090><c> is</c>

00:35:19.409 --> 00:35:21.690
and<00:35:19.789><c> so</c><00:35:20.010><c> on.</c><00:35:20.489><c> You</c><00:35:20.650><c> can</c><00:35:20.869><c> recognize</c><00:35:21.190><c> the</c><00:35:21.449><c> story,</c>

00:35:21.690 --> 00:35:26.570
can't<00:35:21.989><c> you,</c><00:35:22.409><c> despite</c><00:35:22.489><c> what</c><00:35:22.670><c> I'm</c><00:35:22.949><c> saying</c><00:35:23.130><c> in</c><00:35:24.550><c> the</c><00:35:24.889><c> Middle</c><00:35:25.409><c> English.</c><00:35:26.349><c> But</c>

00:35:26.570 --> 00:35:28.789
what<00:35:26.789><c> struck</c><00:35:27.010><c> me</c><00:35:27.210><c> as</c><00:35:27.349><c> being</c><00:35:27.550><c> so</c><00:35:28.250><c> interesting</c>

00:35:28.789 --> 00:35:34.530
was<00:35:29.070><c> that</c><00:35:29.369><c> phrase</c><00:35:29.570><c> in</c><00:35:29.750><c> the</c><00:35:29.889><c> middle,</c><00:35:30.730><c> and</c><00:35:30.949><c> had</c><00:35:31.989><c> ruse</c><00:35:32.610><c> on</c><00:35:33.809><c> him,</c>

00:35:34.889 --> 00:35:38.769
compassion.<00:35:36.389><c> And</c><00:35:36.650><c> that</c><00:35:36.869><c> tells</c><00:35:37.230><c> you</c><00:35:37.909><c> what</c><00:35:38.309><c> the</c><00:35:38.510><c> meaning</c>

00:35:38.769 --> 00:35:42.389
of<00:35:39.070><c> ruse</c><00:35:39.309><c> is.</c><00:35:39.570><c> And</c><00:35:39.769><c> it's</c><00:35:39.989><c> there,</c><00:35:40.769><c> right</c><00:35:40.969><c> in</c><00:35:41.190><c> the</c><00:35:41.329><c> middle</c><00:35:41.690><c> of</c><00:35:42.110><c> a</c>

00:35:42.389 --> 00:35:46.730
parable<00:35:42.750><c> about</c><00:35:43.829><c> compassion.</c><00:35:45.570><c> The</c><00:35:45.809><c> name</c><00:35:46.090><c> of</c><00:35:46.289><c> Ruth,</c>

00:35:46.730 --> 00:35:51.769
and<00:35:47.250><c> it</c><00:35:47.489><c> so</c><00:35:47.809><c> delightfully</c><00:35:48.429><c> illustrates</c><00:35:49.010><c> what</c><00:35:49.610><c> her</c><00:35:49.869><c> name</c><00:35:50.150><c> comes</c><00:35:50.630><c> to</c><00:35:50.929><c> mean.</c>

00:35:52.989 --> 00:35:57.889
Right<00:35:53.329><c> now,</c><00:35:54.590><c> let</c><00:35:54.809><c> me</c><00:35:55.650><c> try</c><00:35:56.210><c> draw</c><00:35:56.389><c> together</c><00:35:56.789><c> some</c><00:35:57.090><c> of</c><00:35:57.250><c> the</c><00:35:57.369><c> things</c><00:35:57.530><c> we've</c>

00:35:57.889 --> 00:35:59.929
looked<00:35:58.210><c> at</c><00:35:58.550><c> and</c><00:35:58.929><c> put</c><00:35:59.110><c> them</c><00:35:59.409><c> into</c><00:35:59.710><c> the</c>

00:35:59.929 --> 00:36:04.289
context<00:36:00.409><c> of</c><00:36:01.090><c> exhortation.</c><00:36:02.650><c> That's</c><00:36:02.750><c> what</c><00:36:02.869><c> I</c><00:36:03.090><c> want</c><00:36:03.250><c> to</c><00:36:03.829><c> try</c><00:36:04.070><c> to</c>

00:36:04.289 --> 00:36:09.869
do<00:36:04.889><c> each</c><00:36:05.650><c> day.</c><00:36:07.090><c> What</c><00:36:07.349><c> we</c><00:36:07.690><c> find</c><00:36:07.989><c> is</c><00:36:08.210><c> that</c><00:36:08.369><c> after</c><00:36:08.630><c> all</c><00:36:09.030><c> this,</c>

00:36:10.889 --> 00:36:17.530
the<00:36:11.829><c> family</c><00:36:12.210><c> uprooted,</c><00:36:14.010><c> taken</c><00:36:14.309><c> away,</c><00:36:15.150><c> and</c><00:36:15.250><c> then</c><00:36:15.550><c> 10</c><00:36:15.789><c> years,</c>

00:36:17.670 --> 00:36:21.670
the<00:36:17.690><c> weak</c><00:36:18.190><c> sons</c><00:36:18.809><c> dying,</c><00:36:20.250><c> limelight</c><00:36:20.730><c> dying,</c>

00:36:21.849 --> 00:36:29.309
what<00:36:22.010><c> has</c><00:36:23.630><c> Naomi</c><00:36:24.170><c> left?</c><00:36:26.590><c> The</c><00:36:26.730><c> answer</c><00:36:26.989><c> is</c><00:36:27.210><c> nothing,</c><00:36:28.949><c> nothing</c>

00:36:29.309 --> 00:36:34.510
whatever.<00:36:32.769><c> And</c><00:36:32.909><c> that</c><00:36:33.170><c> tragic</c><00:36:33.489><c> verse</c><00:36:33.829><c> five</c><00:36:34.210><c> says,</c>

00:36:34.510 --> 00:36:39.050
Marlon<00:36:34.989><c> and</c><00:36:35.230><c> Chilean</c><00:36:35.630><c> died</c><00:36:36.190><c> also,</c><00:36:36.969><c> both</c><00:36:37.309><c> of</c><00:36:37.530><c> them,</c><00:36:38.710><c> and</c><00:36:38.889><c> the</c>

00:36:39.050 --> 00:36:45.070
woman<00:36:39.590><c> was</c><00:36:40.690><c> left</c><00:36:41.289><c> of</c><00:36:42.030><c> her</c><00:36:42.429><c> two</c><00:36:42.730><c> sons</c><00:36:43.210><c> and</c><00:36:43.849><c> her</c><00:36:44.090><c> husband.</c>

00:36:45.389 --> 00:36:51.329
It's<00:36:45.690><c> a</c><00:36:45.849><c> very</c><00:36:46.170><c> graphic</c><00:36:46.610><c> word.</c><00:36:47.429><c> She's</c><00:36:47.849><c> nothing</c><00:36:48.250><c> whatever</c><00:36:49.030><c> left.</c><00:36:51.130><c> The</c>

00:36:51.329 --> 00:36:55.349
sum<00:36:51.630><c> total</c><00:36:52.130><c> of</c><00:36:52.650><c> all</c><00:36:53.130><c> that</c><00:36:53.750><c> thinking</c><00:36:54.269><c> and</c>

00:36:55.349 --> 00:36:59.389
planning<00:36:55.769><c> in</c><00:36:56.449><c> the</c><00:36:56.590><c> way</c><00:36:56.769><c> that</c><00:36:57.010><c> family</c><00:36:57.309><c> were</c><00:36:57.530><c> doing</c><00:36:57.769><c> it</c><00:36:58.869><c> brought</c>

00:36:59.389 --> 00:37:01.869
them<00:36:59.670><c> to</c><00:37:00.030><c> nothing.</c><00:37:01.170><c> That's</c><00:37:01.389><c> what</c><00:37:01.489><c> it's</c><00:37:01.750><c> saying</c>

00:37:01.869 --> 00:37:05.650
to<00:37:02.010><c> us.</c><00:37:03.949><c> Now,</c><00:37:04.190><c> whatever</c><00:37:04.489><c> the</c><00:37:04.730><c> reasons,</c><00:37:05.110><c> then,</c><00:37:05.230><c> Elimelech's</c>

00:37:05.650 --> 00:37:07.889
decision<00:37:06.070><c> to</c><00:37:06.289><c> take</c><00:37:06.469><c> the</c><00:37:06.690><c> family</c><00:37:06.989><c> to</c><00:37:07.250><c> the</c><00:37:07.409><c> land</c>

00:37:07.889 --> 00:37:16.550
of<00:37:08.750><c> Moab</c><00:37:09.309><c> from</c><00:37:10.929><c> Bethlehem</c><00:37:12.190><c> Judah</c><00:37:12.550><c> was</c><00:37:13.369><c> a</c><00:37:13.630><c> bad</c><00:37:13.829><c> one.</c><00:37:14.969><c> No</c><00:37:15.170><c> ifs</c><00:37:15.449><c> about</c><00:37:15.769><c> it.</c><00:37:16.409><c> It</c>

00:37:16.550 --> 00:37:18.269
was<00:37:16.849><c> a</c><00:37:17.010><c> bad</c><00:37:17.230><c> decision.</c>

00:37:19.269 --> 00:37:22.190
He<00:37:19.469><c> chose</c><00:37:19.769><c> an</c><00:37:20.030><c> environment</c><00:37:20.510><c> that</c><00:37:20.750><c> was</c><00:37:21.030><c> naturally</c><00:37:21.530><c> satisfying</c>

00:37:22.190 --> 00:37:24.530
but<00:37:22.550><c> spiritually</c><00:37:23.170><c> dangerous,</c>

00:37:24.989 --> 00:37:32.789
and<00:37:25.590><c> he</c><00:37:25.789><c> did</c><00:37:26.010><c> it</c><00:37:26.369><c> quite</c><00:37:26.690><c> deliberately,</c><00:37:27.670><c> arguing</c><00:37:28.929><c> himself</c><00:37:29.710><c> into</c><00:37:30.769><c> that</c><00:37:31.030><c> position.</c><00:37:32.570><c> But</c>

00:37:32.789 --> 00:37:33.429
in<00:37:33.010><c> so</c><00:37:33.210><c> doing,</c>

00:37:33.530 --> 00:37:42.269
he<00:37:33.610><c> took</c><00:37:33.769><c> his</c><00:37:34.010><c> whole</c><00:37:34.269><c> family</c><00:37:34.949><c> into</c><00:37:36.550><c> a</c><00:37:36.829><c> very</c><00:37:37.150><c> precipitous</c><00:37:37.750><c> situation.</c><00:37:40.590><c> He</c><00:37:40.849><c> only</c><00:37:41.150><c> intended</c><00:37:41.489><c> to</c><00:37:41.630><c> go</c><00:37:41.809><c> for</c><00:37:41.989><c> a</c><00:37:42.070><c> little</c>

00:37:42.269 --> 00:37:46.929
while<00:37:42.630><c> and</c><00:37:42.829><c> then</c><00:37:43.690><c> to</c><00:37:44.110><c> come</c><00:37:44.269><c> back</c><00:37:44.469><c> again,</c><00:37:45.969><c> and</c><00:37:46.130><c> yet</c><00:37:46.230><c> his</c><00:37:46.429><c> whole</c>

00:37:46.929 --> 00:37:52.250
lifestyle<00:37:47.690><c> changed</c><00:37:49.070><c> subtly,</c><00:37:51.489><c> bit</c><00:37:51.730><c> by</c><00:37:52.110><c> bit,</c>

00:37:52.250 --> 00:37:59.949
little<00:37:52.510><c> by</c><00:37:52.789><c> little,</c><00:37:54.869><c> so</c><00:37:55.070><c> that</c><00:37:55.230><c> he</c><00:37:55.289><c> went</c><00:37:55.510><c> for</c><00:37:55.730><c> a</c><00:37:55.909><c> while.</c><00:37:57.789><c> He</c><00:37:57.929><c> continued</c><00:37:58.650><c> and</c>

00:37:59.949 --> 00:38:03.389
he<00:38:00.250><c> settled,</c><00:38:01.570><c> bit</c><00:38:01.869><c> by</c><00:38:02.289><c> bit.</c>

00:38:04.849 --> 00:38:07.070
The<00:38:05.030><c> role</c><00:38:05.309><c> of</c><00:38:05.570><c> Naomi,</c><00:38:05.929><c> and</c><00:38:06.030><c> this</c><00:38:06.130><c> is</c><00:38:06.289><c> something</c><00:38:06.489><c> we</c><00:38:06.610><c> shall</c><00:38:06.750><c> have</c><00:38:06.869><c> to</c>

00:38:07.070 --> 00:38:08.469
investigate<00:38:07.570><c> later</c><00:38:07.909><c> on,</c>

00:38:08.809 --> 00:38:11.789
I<00:38:08.969><c> think</c><00:38:09.050><c> there's</c><00:38:09.269><c> a</c><00:38:09.389><c> lot</c><00:38:09.570><c> of</c><00:38:09.869><c> comment</c><00:38:10.190><c> on</c><00:38:10.570><c> Naomi's</c><00:38:11.010><c> situation</c>

00:38:11.789 --> 00:38:14.829
in<00:38:12.449><c> this</c><00:38:12.889><c> difficult</c><00:38:13.510><c> period,</c><00:38:14.489><c> and</c><00:38:14.650><c> we</c><00:38:14.730><c> shall</c>

00:38:14.829 --> 00:38:20.730
come<00:38:15.090><c> back</c><00:38:15.289><c> to</c><00:38:15.369><c> that</c><00:38:15.929><c> later</c><00:38:16.329><c> through</c><00:38:16.590><c> the</c><00:38:16.769><c> epistle.</c><00:38:18.030><c> But</c><00:38:18.289><c> I</c><00:38:18.530><c> believe,</c><00:38:19.570><c> and</c><00:38:20.150><c> again</c><00:38:20.510><c> I</c>

00:38:20.730 --> 00:38:21.469
shall<00:38:20.829><c> say</c><00:38:21.070><c> to</c><00:38:21.230><c> you,</c>

00:38:21.469 --> 00:38:24.050
I<00:38:21.610><c> have</c><00:38:21.889><c> absolute</c><00:38:22.489><c> evidence</c><00:38:23.030><c> of</c><00:38:23.210><c> this,</c><00:38:23.449><c> which</c><00:38:23.570><c> I'll</c><00:38:23.789><c> have</c><00:38:23.929><c> to</c>

00:38:24.050 --> 00:38:26.670
ask<00:38:24.230><c> you</c><00:38:24.409><c> to</c><00:38:24.530><c> wait</c><00:38:24.750><c> for</c><00:38:24.949><c> until</c><00:38:25.250><c> talk</c><00:38:25.489><c> five,</c>

00:38:27.250 --> 00:38:31.050
there's<00:38:27.489><c> absolute</c><00:38:27.929><c> evidence</c><00:38:28.369><c> that</c><00:38:28.670><c> Elimelech</c><00:38:29.829><c> betrayed</c><00:38:30.610><c> his</c>

00:38:31.050 --> 00:38:34.090
name,<00:38:32.309><c> God</c><00:38:32.630><c> is</c><00:38:32.889><c> my</c><00:38:33.190><c> King,</c>

00:38:34.369 --> 00:38:39.329
and<00:38:34.670><c> he</c><00:38:35.010><c> betrayed</c><00:38:35.269><c> it</c><00:38:35.789><c> totally</c><00:38:36.349><c> in</c><00:38:37.250><c> what</c><00:38:37.429><c> he</c><00:38:37.670><c> did,</c><00:38:38.909><c> and</c><00:38:39.090><c> the</c>

00:38:39.329 --> 00:38:42.429
consequences<00:38:40.070><c> were</c><00:38:41.170><c> disastrous.</c>

00:38:44.650 --> 00:38:49.030
Now,<00:38:44.829><c> God</c><00:38:45.030><c> makes</c><00:38:45.309><c> provision</c><00:38:45.650><c> for</c><00:38:45.949><c> our</c><00:38:46.150><c> salvation,</c><00:38:47.670><c> and</c><00:38:47.829><c> to</c><00:38:48.409><c> present</c><00:38:48.789><c> us</c>

00:38:49.030 --> 00:38:51.250
wholly<00:38:49.489><c> and</c><00:38:49.809><c> unblameable</c><00:38:50.389><c> in</c><00:38:50.570><c> his</c><00:38:50.869><c> sight,</c>

00:38:51.469 --> 00:38:58.449
if<00:38:52.150><c> we</c><00:38:52.690><c> continue</c><00:38:53.650><c> in</c><00:38:54.269><c> the</c><00:38:54.489><c> faith,</c><00:38:55.369><c> grounded,</c><00:38:57.070><c> settled,</c><00:38:58.289><c> and</c>

00:38:58.449 --> 00:39:01.630
be<00:38:58.670><c> not</c><00:38:58.949><c> moved</c><00:38:59.329><c> away</c><00:39:00.090><c> from</c><00:39:00.489><c> the</c><00:39:00.690><c> hope</c><00:39:00.849><c> of</c><00:39:01.010><c> the</c><00:39:01.170><c> Gospel</c>

00:39:01.630 --> 00:39:06.070
which<00:39:02.389><c> you've</c><00:39:02.809><c> heard.</c><00:39:04.670><c> Now,</c><00:39:04.949><c> Elimelech</c><00:39:05.170><c> took</c><00:39:05.409><c> himself</c><00:39:05.849><c> into</c>

00:39:06.070 --> 00:39:09.289
that<00:39:06.750><c> foreign</c><00:39:07.130><c> environment</c><00:39:07.949><c> that</c><00:39:08.329><c> was</c><00:39:08.530><c> unsympathetic,</c>

00:39:09.309 --> 00:39:16.789
that<00:39:09.409><c> was</c><00:39:09.650><c> alien,</c><00:39:11.150><c> where</c><00:39:11.449><c> friends</c><00:39:12.110><c> inevitably</c><00:39:13.510><c> would</c><00:39:14.650><c> be</c><00:39:14.909><c> unsympathetic</c><00:39:16.409><c> to</c>

00:39:16.789 --> 00:39:18.230
their<00:39:17.010><c> religious</c><00:39:17.550><c> outlook</c>

00:39:18.730 --> 00:39:22.369
if<00:39:19.170><c> they</c><00:39:19.449><c> lived</c><00:39:19.670><c> up</c><00:39:19.969><c> to</c><00:39:20.130><c> the</c><00:39:20.289><c> name</c><00:39:20.449><c> that</c><00:39:20.650><c> their</c><00:39:20.789><c> family</c><00:39:21.150><c> bore,</c>

00:39:23.170 --> 00:39:25.929
yet<00:39:23.269><c> he</c><00:39:23.409><c> took</c><00:39:23.590><c> his</c><00:39:23.769><c> family</c><00:39:24.070><c> into</c><00:39:24.269><c> that</c><00:39:24.630><c> situation,</c>

00:39:26.230 --> 00:39:29.550
and<00:39:26.389><c> it's</c><00:39:26.630><c> the</c><00:39:26.809><c> same</c><00:39:27.050><c> today,</c><00:39:27.710><c> brethren</c><00:39:27.809><c> and</c><00:39:28.030><c> sisters,</c><00:39:29.030><c> if</c><00:39:29.230><c> we</c>

00:39:29.550 --> 00:39:34.750
choose,<00:39:30.789><c> here</c><00:39:30.989><c> it</c><00:39:31.190><c> is,</c><00:39:32.010><c> if</c><00:39:32.170><c> we</c><00:39:32.550><c> choose</c><00:39:33.010><c> to</c><00:39:33.250><c> take</c><00:39:33.489><c> a</c><00:39:33.670><c> job</c>

00:39:35.070 --> 00:39:39.809
when<00:39:35.510><c> we're</c><00:39:35.769><c> in</c><00:39:35.989><c> total</c><00:39:36.309><c> isolation,</c><00:39:38.909><c> aren't</c><00:39:39.150><c> we</c><00:39:39.369><c> doing</c><00:39:39.590><c> what</c>

00:39:39.809 --> 00:39:43.510
Elimelech<00:39:40.369><c> did?</c><00:39:41.650><c> We</c><00:39:41.949><c> can</c><00:39:42.289><c> argue</c><00:39:42.710><c> ourselves</c><00:39:43.230><c> into</c>

00:39:43.510 --> 00:39:46.469
that<00:39:43.750><c> position,</c><00:39:45.170><c> we've</c><00:39:45.429><c> got</c><00:39:45.510><c> to</c><00:39:45.630><c> have</c><00:39:45.750><c> a</c><00:39:45.889><c> job,</c><00:39:46.150><c> we've</c><00:39:46.289><c> got</c><00:39:46.349><c> to</c>

00:39:46.469 --> 00:39:47.809
have<00:39:46.530><c> the</c><00:39:46.690><c> money,</c><00:39:46.949><c> we've</c><00:39:47.110><c> got</c><00:39:47.190><c> to</c><00:39:47.250><c> look</c><00:39:47.389><c> after</c><00:39:47.590><c> the</c>

00:39:47.809 --> 00:39:55.630
family,<00:39:48.710><c> but</c><00:39:50.389><c> aren't</c><00:39:50.710><c> we</c><00:39:51.010><c> doing</c><00:39:51.269><c> just</c><00:39:51.650><c> the</c><00:39:51.809><c> same</c><00:39:52.110><c> thing?</c><00:39:53.210><c> Quite</c><00:39:53.510><c> deliberately</c><00:39:54.050><c> taking</c><00:39:54.530><c> ourselves</c><00:39:55.090><c> into</c><00:39:55.369><c> a</c>

00:39:55.630 --> 00:40:00.369
situation<00:39:56.329><c> that</c><00:39:56.869><c> can</c><00:39:57.190><c> be</c><00:39:57.750><c> precipitous</c><00:39:58.389><c> in</c><00:39:58.590><c> the</c><00:39:58.789><c> extreme</c><00:39:59.369><c> for</c>

00:40:00.369 --> 00:40:02.909
those<00:40:00.690><c> who</c><00:40:00.849><c> are</c><00:40:01.090><c> dependent</c><00:40:01.449><c> upon</c><00:40:01.789><c> us</c><00:40:02.230><c> and</c><00:40:02.670><c> our</c>

00:40:02.909 --> 00:40:06.849
leadership,<00:40:03.730><c> if</c><00:40:03.869><c> we</c><00:40:04.010><c> are</c><00:40:04.090><c> brethren,</c><00:40:05.590><c> or</c><00:40:05.750><c> as</c><00:40:05.969><c> parents</c><00:40:06.409><c> working</c>

00:40:06.849 --> 00:40:12.210
together<00:40:07.710><c> for</c><00:40:08.829><c> our</c><00:40:09.050><c> children.</c><00:40:11.389><c> Beware</c><00:40:11.809><c> the</c>

00:40:12.210 --> 00:40:17.869
compromise<00:40:13.170><c> is</c><00:40:14.369><c> what</c><00:40:14.489><c> this</c><00:40:14.750><c> is</c><00:40:14.969><c> saying</c><00:40:15.170><c> to</c><00:40:15.389><c> us</c><00:40:15.630><c> today.</c><00:40:16.969><c> So</c><00:40:17.250><c> easy</c><00:40:17.610><c> to</c>

00:40:17.869 --> 00:40:21.179
do,<00:40:18.610><c> so</c><00:40:18.809><c> easy</c><00:40:19.010><c> to</c><00:40:19.269><c> reason</c><00:40:19.670><c> your</c><00:40:19.909><c> way</c><00:40:20.070><c> into</c><00:40:20.369><c> it,</c>

00:40:22.389 --> 00:40:27.969
and<00:40:22.590><c> yet</c><00:40:22.730><c> it's</c><00:40:23.110><c> danger</c><00:40:23.750><c> for</c><00:40:24.630><c> the</c><00:40:24.869><c> people</c><00:40:25.150><c> of</c><00:40:25.409><c> God.</c><00:40:27.429><c> What</c><00:40:27.670><c> about</c>

00:40:27.969 --> 00:40:32.510
the<00:40:28.489><c> famine?</c><00:40:30.329><c> Well,</c><00:40:31.130><c> Amos</c><00:40:31.349><c> reminds</c><00:40:31.829><c> us</c><00:40:32.110><c> very,</c>

00:40:32.510 --> 00:40:36.409
very<00:40:33.130><c> strongly</c><00:40:33.550><c> about</c><00:40:34.869><c> the</c><00:40:35.150><c> sort</c><00:40:35.349><c> of</c><00:40:35.570><c> famine</c><00:40:35.809><c> that</c><00:40:36.030><c> we</c><00:40:36.230><c> should</c>

00:40:36.409 --> 00:40:42.329
be<00:40:37.130><c> worrying</c><00:40:37.409><c> about.</c><00:40:39.010><c> Amos</c><00:40:39.409><c> 8</c><00:40:39.929><c> and</c><00:40:40.349><c> verse</c><00:40:41.190><c> 11</c>

00:40:44.070 --> 00:40:47.710
The<00:40:44.530><c> days</c><00:40:44.869><c> come,</c><00:40:45.389><c> saith</c><00:40:45.449><c> the</c><00:40:45.690><c> Lord,</c><00:40:46.469><c> that</c><00:40:46.650><c> I</c><00:40:46.789><c> will</c><00:40:46.929><c> send</c><00:40:47.170><c> a</c><00:40:47.349><c> famine</c><00:40:47.530><c> in</c>

00:40:47.710 --> 00:40:50.170
the<00:40:47.889><c> land,</c><00:40:48.269><c> not</c><00:40:48.610><c> a</c><00:40:48.849><c> famine</c><00:40:49.030><c> of</c><00:40:49.329><c> bread,</c>

00:40:50.349 --> 00:40:58.269
nor<00:40:50.530><c> a</c><00:40:50.750><c> thirst</c><00:40:50.929><c> for</c><00:40:51.170><c> water,</c><00:40:52.429><c> but</c><00:40:52.630><c> of</c><00:40:52.909><c> hearing</c><00:40:53.230><c> the</c><00:40:53.489><c> word</c><00:40:54.070><c> of</c><00:40:54.809><c> the</c><00:40:55.010><c> Lord.</c><00:40:56.429><c> And</c><00:40:56.670><c> they</c><00:40:56.829><c> shall</c><00:40:57.030><c> wander</c><00:40:57.329><c> from</c><00:40:57.670><c> sea</c><00:40:57.869><c> to</c><00:40:58.070><c> sea,</c>

00:40:58.289 --> 00:41:00.949
and<00:40:58.429><c> from</c><00:40:58.570><c> the</c><00:40:58.789><c> north</c><00:40:59.010><c> even</c><00:40:59.250><c> to</c><00:40:59.429><c> the</c><00:40:59.610><c> east,</c><00:41:00.190><c> they</c><00:41:00.389><c> shall</c><00:41:00.590><c> run</c>

00:41:00.949 --> 00:41:02.769
to<00:41:01.190><c> and</c><00:41:01.429><c> fro</c><00:41:01.550><c> to</c><00:41:01.769><c> seek</c><00:41:01.909><c> the</c><00:41:02.070><c> word</c><00:41:02.269><c> of</c><00:41:02.409><c> the</c><00:41:02.550><c> Lord,</c>

00:41:02.789 --> 00:41:08.030
and<00:41:02.949><c> shall</c><00:41:03.170><c> not</c><00:41:03.550><c> find</c><00:41:03.989><c> it.</c><00:41:05.210><c> In</c><00:41:05.389><c> that</c><00:41:05.690><c> day</c><00:41:06.530><c> shall</c><00:41:06.909><c> the</c><00:41:07.170><c> fair</c><00:41:07.349><c> virgins</c><00:41:07.849><c> and</c>

00:41:08.030 --> 00:41:09.989
the<00:41:08.190><c> young</c><00:41:08.409><c> men</c><00:41:08.750><c> faint</c><00:41:09.170><c> for</c><00:41:09.570><c> thirst.</c>

00:41:09.989 --> 00:41:14.429
And<00:41:10.690><c> what</c><00:41:10.849><c> I'm</c><00:41:11.030><c> saying</c><00:41:11.469><c> to</c><00:41:11.829><c> you</c><00:41:12.050><c> brethren</c><00:41:12.329><c> and</c><00:41:12.610><c> sisters,</c><00:41:13.050><c> particularly</c><00:41:13.469><c> those</c><00:41:13.750><c> of</c><00:41:13.929><c> you</c>

00:41:14.429 --> 00:41:20.650
who<00:41:14.690><c> have</c><00:41:14.849><c> families,</c><00:41:16.050><c> is</c><00:41:16.250><c> that</c><00:41:16.550><c> what</c><00:41:16.730><c> you're</c><00:41:17.050><c> doing</c><00:41:17.570><c> to</c><00:41:19.110><c> your</c><00:41:19.429><c> children?</c>

00:41:22.409 --> 00:41:25.590
Are<00:41:22.809><c> you</c><00:41:23.070><c> taking</c><00:41:23.309><c> them</c><00:41:23.469><c> into</c><00:41:23.690><c> a</c><00:41:23.829><c> situation</c><00:41:24.570><c> where</c><00:41:25.329><c> there</c><00:41:25.469><c> will</c>

00:41:25.590 --> 00:41:28.750
be<00:41:25.769><c> a</c><00:41:25.949><c> famine</c><00:41:26.369><c> of</c><00:41:27.130><c> the</c><00:41:27.309><c> word</c><00:41:27.469><c> of</c><00:41:27.630><c> the</c><00:41:27.769><c> Lord</c>

00:41:29.190 --> 00:41:34.050
and<00:41:29.829><c> making</c><00:41:30.170><c> them</c><00:41:30.570><c> virgins</c><00:41:31.050><c> who</c><00:41:31.349><c> have</c><00:41:31.650><c> hunger</c><00:41:32.170><c> and</c><00:41:33.030><c> thirst?</c>

00:41:34.849 --> 00:41:36.449
That's<00:41:35.429><c> the</c><00:41:35.570><c> danger.</c>

00:41:40.570 --> 00:41:45.289
I<00:41:41.170><c> wonder</c><00:41:41.269><c> if</c><00:41:41.369><c> you</c><00:41:41.550><c> notice</c><00:41:41.789><c> that</c><00:41:42.030><c> expression,</c><00:41:42.489><c> run</c><00:41:42.849><c> to</c><00:41:43.110><c> and</c><00:41:43.389><c> fro.</c><00:41:44.909><c> I've</c><00:41:45.110><c> got</c><00:41:45.190><c> a</c>

00:41:45.289 --> 00:41:46.769
long<00:41:45.449><c> section</c><00:41:45.750><c> on</c><00:41:45.969><c> this,</c>

00:41:47.630 --> 00:41:53.389
equally<00:41:48.230><c> not</c><00:41:48.829><c> able</c><00:41:49.050><c> to</c><00:41:49.230><c> do</c><00:41:49.349><c> it</c><00:41:49.530><c> for</c><00:41:49.789><c> you.</c><00:41:50.769><c> I'll</c><00:41:50.869><c> write</c><00:41:50.989><c> some</c><00:41:51.250><c> homework</c><00:41:51.570><c> for</c><00:41:51.889><c> you.</c><00:41:52.670><c> Would</c><00:41:52.809><c> you</c><00:41:52.969><c> like</c><00:41:53.110><c> to</c>

00:41:53.389 --> 00:41:54.269
follow<00:41:53.590><c> up</c>

00:41:54.269 --> 00:42:02.130
running<00:41:54.590><c> to</c><00:41:54.909><c> and</c><00:41:55.250><c> fro?</c><00:41:56.389><c> Because</c><00:41:56.969><c> it</c><00:41:57.269><c> is</c><00:41:57.710><c> always,</c><00:41:59.489><c> always,</c><00:42:00.110><c> without</c><00:42:00.389><c> exception,</c><00:42:01.949><c> to</c>

00:42:02.130 --> 00:42:04.510
do<00:42:02.349><c> with</c><00:42:02.670><c> looking</c><00:42:03.010><c> for</c><00:42:03.849><c> the</c><00:42:04.250><c> word</c>

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of<00:42:04.590><c> God.</c><00:42:06.289><c> It</c><00:42:06.489><c> was</c><00:42:06.750><c> used</c><00:42:07.269><c> of</c><00:42:07.750><c> the</c><00:42:08.010><c> prophets,</c><00:42:08.349><c> for</c><00:42:08.550><c> example.</c>

00:42:12.130 --> 00:42:15.329
The<00:42:12.150><c> Lord</c><00:42:12.510><c> answered</c><00:42:12.909><c> me</c><00:42:13.130><c> and</c><00:42:13.349><c> said,</c><00:42:13.929><c> write</c><00:42:14.210><c> to</c><00:42:14.409><c> the</c><00:42:14.550><c> vision</c><00:42:14.730><c> and</c><00:42:14.929><c> make</c><00:42:15.090><c> it</c>

00:42:15.329 --> 00:42:16.630
plain<00:42:15.449><c> upon</c><00:42:15.789><c> tables</c><00:42:16.289><c> that</c>

00:42:16.969 --> 00:42:24.570
he<00:42:17.530><c> may</c><00:42:17.750><c> run</c><00:42:18.309><c> that</c><00:42:19.090><c> readeth.</c><00:42:21.530><c> It</c><00:42:21.750><c> talks</c><00:42:22.030><c> about,</c><00:42:23.050><c> I</c><00:42:23.590><c> have</c><00:42:23.969><c> not</c>

00:42:24.570 --> 00:42:26.909
sent<00:42:24.909><c> these</c><00:42:25.269><c> prophets,</c><00:42:25.769><c> yet</c><00:42:25.989><c> they</c><00:42:26.469><c> ran.</c>

00:42:26.909 --> 00:42:32.949
I<00:42:27.690><c> have</c><00:42:27.909><c> not</c><00:42:28.210><c> spoken</c><00:42:28.570><c> to</c><00:42:28.730><c> them,</c><00:42:29.530><c> yet</c><00:42:29.710><c> they</c><00:42:30.150><c> prophesied.</c><00:42:32.690><c> They</c>

00:42:32.949 --> 00:42:34.869
shall<00:42:33.150><c> run</c><00:42:33.469><c> to</c><00:42:33.710><c> and</c><00:42:33.929><c> fro</c><00:42:34.030><c> and</c><00:42:34.309><c> seek</c><00:42:34.429><c> the</c><00:42:34.610><c> word</c><00:42:34.730><c> of</c>

00:42:34.869 --> 00:42:38.710
the<00:42:34.989><c> Lord</c><00:42:35.150><c> and</c><00:42:35.289><c> not</c><00:42:35.570><c> find</c><00:42:35.909><c> it,</c><00:42:36.070><c> is</c><00:42:36.190><c> what</c><00:42:36.389><c> Amos</c><00:42:36.690><c> said</c><00:42:37.030><c> to</c><00:42:37.309><c> us.</c><00:42:37.650><c> There</c><00:42:37.789><c> are</c><00:42:37.869><c> many</c><00:42:38.130><c> passages</c><00:42:38.489><c> of</c>

00:42:38.710 --> 00:42:39.309
that<00:42:39.010><c> kind,</c>

00:42:39.550 --> 00:42:44.570
and<00:42:39.650><c> whether</c><00:42:39.849><c> it's</c><00:42:40.429><c> looking</c><00:42:40.889><c> for</c><00:42:41.829><c> the</c><00:42:43.489><c> teaching</c><00:42:43.809><c> about</c><00:42:44.150><c> God</c>

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through<00:42:45.210><c> false</c><00:42:45.750><c> or</c><00:42:46.269><c> true</c><00:42:46.610><c> prophets,</c>

00:42:47.849 --> 00:42:55.190
the<00:42:48.289><c> sense</c><00:42:48.590><c> is</c><00:42:48.809><c> the</c><00:42:48.989><c> same.</c><00:42:50.349><c> And</c><00:42:50.510><c> when</c><00:42:50.630><c> you</c><00:42:50.789><c> come</c><00:42:51.010><c> to</c><00:42:51.269><c> Daniel</c><00:42:51.909><c> and</c><00:42:52.590><c> the</c><00:42:52.730><c> 11th</c><00:42:53.190><c> chapter,</c><00:42:53.630><c> don't</c><00:42:54.329><c> please</c><00:42:54.690><c> take</c><00:42:54.969><c> it</c>

00:42:55.190 --> 00:42:55.530
out<00:42:55.389><c> of</c>

00:42:55.530 --> 00:42:59.590
whole<00:42:56.090><c> context</c><00:42:56.849><c> of</c><00:42:57.530><c> every</c><00:42:57.849><c> other</c><00:42:58.090><c> passage</c><00:42:58.349><c> in</c><00:42:58.570><c> the</c><00:42:58.750><c> Bible</c><00:42:59.030><c> and</c>

00:42:59.590 --> 00:43:02.010
make<00:42:59.769><c> it</c><00:43:00.050><c> apply</c><00:43:00.309><c> to</c><00:43:00.510><c> modern</c><00:43:00.809><c> science.</c>

00:43:02.489 --> 00:43:06.050
It<00:43:02.710><c> doesn't.</c><00:43:03.809><c> It's</c><00:43:04.190><c> still</c><00:43:04.510><c> the</c><00:43:04.789><c> same</c><00:43:04.989><c> in</c><00:43:05.130><c> the</c><00:43:05.250><c> book</c><00:43:05.409><c> of</c><00:43:05.650><c> Daniel</c>

00:43:06.050 --> 00:43:08.309
and<00:43:06.690><c> where</c><00:43:06.849><c> they're</c><00:43:07.110><c> running</c><00:43:07.429><c> to</c><00:43:07.690><c> and</c><00:43:08.030><c> fro</c><00:43:08.150><c> in</c>

00:43:08.309 --> 00:43:13.730
the<00:43:08.590><c> earth.</c><00:43:09.869><c> It's</c><00:43:10.269><c> looking</c><00:43:10.650><c> at</c><00:43:10.949><c> that</c><00:43:11.349><c> time</c><00:43:11.809><c> for</c><00:43:12.429><c> the</c><00:43:12.769><c> significance</c><00:43:13.210><c> of</c><00:43:13.469><c> that</c>

00:43:13.730 --> 00:43:15.269
message.<00:43:14.530><c> That's</c><00:43:14.769><c> what</c><00:43:14.909><c> it's</c>

00:43:15.269 --> 00:43:18.489
about<00:43:15.469><c> in</c><00:43:15.730><c> Daniel.</c><00:43:16.690><c> If</c><00:43:16.809><c> you</c><00:43:16.969><c> haven't</c><00:43:17.130><c> seen</c><00:43:17.329><c> it</c><00:43:17.469><c> that</c><00:43:17.670><c> way,</c><00:43:17.929><c> please</c><00:43:18.190><c> look</c><00:43:18.389><c> at</c>

00:43:18.489 --> 00:43:20.670
it<00:43:18.670><c> again</c><00:43:19.050><c> in</c><00:43:19.710><c> this</c><00:43:19.949><c> context.</c>

00:43:20.670 --> 00:43:24.750
Running<00:43:21.369><c> to</c><00:43:21.630><c> and</c><00:43:21.829><c> fro</c><00:43:22.050><c> in</c><00:43:22.309><c> the</c><00:43:22.590><c> earth</c><00:43:22.789><c> is</c><00:43:23.110><c> always</c><00:43:23.710><c> about</c><00:43:24.130><c> seeking</c><00:43:24.510><c> the</c>

00:43:24.750 --> 00:43:27.050
will<00:43:24.869><c> of</c><00:43:25.090><c> God</c><00:43:25.489><c> and</c><00:43:25.969><c> has</c><00:43:26.170><c> nothing</c><00:43:26.429><c> to</c><00:43:26.710><c> do</c>

00:43:27.050 --> 00:43:30.469
with<00:43:27.949><c> the</c><00:43:28.250><c> will</c><00:43:28.369><c> of</c><00:43:28.610><c> man.</c><00:43:28.909><c> Even</c><00:43:29.130><c> Paul</c><00:43:29.409><c> uses</c><00:43:29.730><c> it</c><00:43:29.989><c> in</c><00:43:30.190><c> the</c><00:43:30.269><c> same</c>

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way<00:43:30.650><c> and</c><00:43:30.849><c> talks</c><00:43:31.130><c> about</c>

00:43:31.769 --> 00:43:36.489
him<00:43:32.170><c> not</c><00:43:32.449><c> wishing</c><00:43:33.150><c> to</c><00:43:33.630><c> run</c><00:43:34.190><c> in</c><00:43:34.809><c> vain.</c><00:43:35.550><c> It's</c><00:43:35.730><c> in</c><00:43:35.969><c> the</c><00:43:36.070><c> context</c>

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of<00:43:36.690><c> his</c><00:43:37.489><c> preaching.</c>

00:43:42.170 --> 00:43:53.750
Well,<00:43:44.030><c> now,</c><00:43:47.550><c> finally,</c><00:43:47.989><c> let</c><00:43:48.269><c> me</c><00:43:48.650><c> use</c><00:43:48.989><c> that</c><00:43:50.269><c> name</c><00:43:50.929><c> of</c><00:43:51.329><c> Elimelech.</c><00:43:53.269><c> We</c><00:43:53.550><c> talked</c>

00:43:53.750 --> 00:43:54.989
about<00:43:53.989><c> him</c><00:43:54.250><c> betraying</c><00:43:54.869><c> the</c>

00:43:54.989 --> 00:44:01.050
name<00:43:55.150><c> he'd</c><00:43:55.329><c> been</c><00:43:55.630><c> given.</c><00:43:56.769><c> I</c><00:43:57.010><c> can</c><00:43:57.170><c> be</c><00:43:57.269><c> a</c><00:43:57.329><c> bit</c><00:43:57.469><c> personal</c><00:43:57.849><c> about</c><00:43:58.130><c> this</c><00:43:58.710><c> because</c><00:43:59.250><c> if</c><00:43:59.510><c> ever</c><00:44:00.210><c> anybody</c><00:44:00.610><c> had</c><00:44:00.829><c> a</c>

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challenge<00:44:01.349><c> in</c>

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they<00:44:01.869><c> were</c><00:44:02.269><c> given,</c><00:44:02.889><c> I</c><00:44:02.889><c> have.</c><00:44:04.829><c> My</c><00:44:05.090><c> initials</c><00:44:05.550><c> are</c><00:44:05.789><c> JR.</c><00:44:07.210><c> That</c><00:44:07.429><c> has</c>

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associations<00:44:08.190><c> in</c><00:44:08.429><c> America,</c><00:44:08.829><c> doesn't</c><00:44:08.929><c> it?</c>

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But<00:44:11.110><c> then</c><00:44:11.550><c> they're</c><00:44:11.969><c> not</c><00:44:12.230><c> those,</c><00:44:12.510><c> I</c><00:44:12.789><c> hope.</c><00:44:14.610><c> My</c><00:44:15.289><c> initials</c><00:44:15.710><c> are</c>

00:44:15.929 --> 00:44:31.510
JR<00:44:16.730><c> and</c><00:44:17.289><c> they</c><00:44:17.570><c> stand</c><00:44:17.829><c> for</c><00:44:18.070><c> Joel</c><00:44:18.590><c> Roy.</c><00:44:31.510><c> Now,</c>

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it's<00:44:32.130><c> not</c><00:44:32.250><c> the</c><00:44:33.590><c> European</c><00:44:35.030><c> sense,</c><00:44:35.949><c> Roy,</c><00:44:36.670><c> associated</c><00:44:37.289><c> with</c>

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royal,<00:44:38.769><c> though</c><00:44:38.869><c> that's</c><00:44:39.230><c> challenging</c><00:44:39.510><c> enough.</c>

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It's<00:44:40.829><c> Roi,</c><00:44:42.010><c> which</c><00:44:42.269><c> is</c><00:44:42.449><c> one</c><00:44:42.590><c> of</c><00:44:42.730><c> the</c><00:44:42.969><c> titles</c><00:44:43.369><c> of</c><00:44:43.630><c> God</c><00:44:43.969><c> from</c><00:44:44.869><c> Psalm</c><00:44:45.250><c> 23</c>

00:44:45.869 --> 00:44:49.969
verse<00:44:46.309><c> 1.</c><00:44:47.369><c> The</c><00:44:47.409><c> Lord</c><00:44:47.829><c> is</c><00:44:48.369><c> my</c><00:44:49.030><c> shepherd.</c>

00:44:51.349 --> 00:44:57.989
So<00:44:51.909><c> the</c><00:44:52.130><c> name</c><00:44:52.489><c> my</c><00:44:54.190><c> parents</c><00:44:54.650><c> saw</c><00:44:54.929><c> to</c><00:44:55.050><c> give</c><00:44:55.190><c> me</c><00:44:56.030><c> was</c><00:44:56.570><c> a</c><00:44:56.750><c> gift</c><00:44:56.949><c> of</c><00:44:57.210><c> God,</c>

00:44:58.570 --> 00:45:04.550
shepherd.<00:45:01.289><c> And</c><00:45:01.449><c> what</c><00:45:01.650><c> a</c><00:45:01.829><c> title</c><00:45:02.030><c> that</c><00:45:02.230><c> is</c><00:45:02.389><c> to</c><00:45:02.489><c> live</c><00:45:02.650><c> up</c><00:45:02.869><c> to.</c><00:45:04.409><c> But</c>

00:45:04.550 --> 00:45:07.530
you<00:45:04.710><c> see,</c><00:45:04.889><c> we're</c><00:45:05.130><c> all</c><00:45:05.610><c> given</c><00:45:06.130><c> a</c><00:45:06.610><c> name,</c><00:45:06.909><c> aren't</c><00:45:07.130><c> we?</c>

00:45:07.809 --> 00:45:15.349
We've<00:45:08.170><c> all</c><00:45:08.369><c> taken</c><00:45:08.690><c> on</c><00:45:08.929><c> ourselves</c><00:45:09.590><c> the</c><00:45:10.170><c> name</c><00:45:10.489><c> of</c><00:45:10.730><c> Christ</c><00:45:11.429><c> in</c><00:45:13.050><c> our</c><00:45:13.469><c> baptism</c><00:45:13.889><c> into</c><00:45:14.250><c> him.</c><00:45:15.170><c> We're</c><00:45:15.250><c> of</c>

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his<00:45:15.630><c> family.</c>

00:45:16.090 --> 00:45:22.250
We've<00:45:16.889><c> taken</c><00:45:17.070><c> on</c><00:45:17.289><c> ourselves</c><00:45:18.010><c> his</c><00:45:18.690><c> name.</c><00:45:20.889><c> And</c><00:45:20.969><c> what</c><00:45:21.190><c> we</c><00:45:21.429><c> are</c><00:45:21.670><c> saying</c><00:45:21.949><c> to</c>

00:45:22.250 --> 00:45:23.530
you<00:45:22.530><c> is,</c>

00:45:23.849 --> 00:45:27.949
let<00:45:23.869><c> him</c><00:45:24.250><c> that</c><00:45:24.650><c> nameth</c><00:45:25.070><c> the</c><00:45:25.349><c> name</c><00:45:25.570><c> of</c><00:45:25.829><c> Christ</c><00:45:26.869><c> depart</c><00:45:27.630><c> from</c>

00:45:27.949 --> 00:45:30.550
iniquity<00:45:29.010><c> with</c><00:45:29.469><c> Paul.</c>

00:45:31.429 --> 00:45:35.030
Christians<00:45:31.650><c> at</c><00:45:31.909><c> Antioch</c><00:45:32.369><c> were</c><00:45:32.829><c> called</c><00:45:33.130><c> Christians</c><00:45:33.530><c> first</c><00:45:33.909><c> there.</c><00:45:34.510><c> Not,</c><00:45:35.030><c> I</c>

00:45:35.030 --> 00:45:37.190
believe,<00:45:35.550><c> because</c><00:45:35.750><c> of</c><00:45:35.929><c> any</c><00:45:36.889><c> clever</c>

00:45:37.190 --> 00:45:41.369
dick<00:45:37.389><c> who</c><00:45:37.690><c> was</c><00:45:39.070><c> adept</c><00:45:39.510><c> at</c><00:45:39.710><c> making</c><00:45:39.969><c> up</c><00:45:40.250><c> nicknames,</c><00:45:40.989><c> though</c><00:45:41.150><c> no</c>

00:45:41.369 --> 00:45:43.030
doubt<00:45:41.590><c> nicknames</c><00:45:42.070><c> were</c><00:45:42.329><c> flung</c><00:45:42.590><c> about,</c>

00:45:43.030 --> 00:45:46.309
the<00:45:43.969><c> similarity,</c><00:45:44.250><c> the</c><00:45:44.429><c> slight</c><00:45:44.630><c> similarity</c><00:45:45.210><c> between</c><00:45:45.590><c> the</c><00:45:45.829><c> words</c><00:45:46.010><c> is</c>

00:45:46.309 --> 00:45:48.889
there.<00:45:47.670><c> It's</c><00:45:47.889><c> because</c><00:45:48.250><c> the</c><00:45:48.550><c> Christians</c>

00:45:48.889 --> 00:45:52.489
were<00:45:49.130><c> always</c><00:45:49.389><c> talking</c><00:45:49.829><c> about</c><00:45:50.210><c> Christ.</c><00:45:51.570><c> Christ</c><00:45:51.909><c> was</c><00:45:52.070><c> on</c><00:45:52.230><c> their</c>

00:45:52.489 --> 00:45:55.929
lips<00:45:53.110><c> all</c><00:45:53.670><c> the</c><00:45:53.929><c> time</c><00:45:54.489><c> and</c><00:45:55.130><c> it</c><00:45:55.369><c> became</c><00:45:55.650><c> the</c>

00:45:55.929 --> 00:45:59.010
natural<00:45:56.210><c> thing</c><00:45:56.429><c> by</c><00:45:56.710><c> which</c><00:45:56.989><c> to</c><00:45:57.829><c> refer</c><00:45:58.230><c> to</c><00:45:58.389><c> them,</c><00:45:58.650><c> to</c><00:45:58.789><c> those</c>

00:45:59.010 --> 00:46:04.110
round<00:45:59.309><c> about.</c><00:46:01.389><c> Christians,</c><00:46:02.989><c> they're</c><00:46:03.210><c> Christians.</c>

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They're<00:46:04.429><c> always</c><00:46:04.570><c> on</c><00:46:04.710><c> about</c><00:46:04.969><c> this</c><00:46:05.230><c> Christ.</c><00:46:06.929><c> And</c><00:46:07.170><c> we</c><00:46:07.309><c> who've</c><00:46:07.650><c> taken</c><00:46:07.789><c> his</c><00:46:08.010><c> name</c><00:46:08.230><c> on</c><00:46:08.389><c> ourselves</c>

00:46:10.210 --> 00:46:16.070
have<00:46:10.809><c> to</c><00:46:11.130><c> live</c><00:46:12.389><c> honourable</c><00:46:13.590><c> and</c><00:46:14.210><c> faithful</c><00:46:14.630><c> to</c><00:46:14.869><c> that</c><00:46:15.090><c> word</c><00:46:15.449><c> and</c>

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that<00:46:16.309><c> name.</c>

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They<00:46:17.329><c> that</c><00:46:17.630><c> fear</c><00:46:17.789><c> the</c><00:46:18.010><c> Lord</c><00:46:18.250><c> spake</c><00:46:18.630><c> often</c><00:46:18.849><c> one</c><00:46:19.110><c> to</c><00:46:19.269><c> another.</c>

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The<00:46:20.309><c> Lord</c><00:46:20.570><c> heard</c><00:46:20.809><c> it</c><00:46:21.050><c> and</c><00:46:21.289><c> hearkened,</c>

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and<00:46:22.250><c> a</c><00:46:22.349><c> book</c><00:46:22.489><c> of</c><00:46:22.769><c> remembrance</c><00:46:23.090><c> was</c><00:46:23.329><c> written</c><00:46:23.610><c> before</c><00:46:24.070><c> him</c><00:46:24.590><c> for</c>

00:46:24.889 --> 00:46:28.889
them<00:46:25.250><c> that</c><00:46:25.630><c> feared</c><00:46:25.889><c> the</c><00:46:26.170><c> Lord</c><00:46:26.750><c> and</c><00:46:27.510><c> thought</c><00:46:27.969><c> upon</c>

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his<00:46:29.269><c> name.</c><00:46:30.730><c> They</c><00:46:31.010><c> shall</c><00:46:31.250><c> be</c><00:46:31.570><c> mine,</c><00:46:32.869><c> saith</c><00:46:33.110><c> the</c><00:46:33.489><c> Lord</c><00:46:33.769><c> of</c><00:46:33.989><c> hosts.</c><00:46:34.929><c> And</c>

00:46:35.110 --> 00:46:37.349
in<00:46:35.269><c> the</c><00:46:35.369><c> same</c><00:46:35.610><c> sort</c><00:46:35.829><c> of</c><00:46:36.010><c> way,</c><00:46:36.929><c> we</c><00:46:37.130><c> have</c>

00:46:37.349 --> 00:46:41.590
the<00:46:37.590><c> name</c><00:46:37.630><c> of</c><00:46:37.849><c> Christ</c><00:46:38.349><c> named</c><00:46:38.829><c> on</c><00:46:39.070><c> us</c><00:46:39.650><c> and</c><00:46:40.610><c> must</c><00:46:40.769><c> be</c><00:46:41.050><c> faithful</c>

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in<00:46:42.289><c> our</c><00:46:42.570><c> everyday</c><00:46:42.989><c> choices,</c><00:46:44.170><c> in</c><00:46:44.230><c> our</c><00:46:44.429><c> everyday</c>

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decisions,<00:46:46.769><c> to</c><00:46:46.869><c> the</c><00:46:47.110><c> principles</c><00:46:47.789><c> and</c><00:46:49.230><c> the</c><00:46:49.489><c> challenge</c><00:46:50.210><c> that</c>

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that<00:46:50.829><c> name</c><00:46:50.989><c> brings</c><00:46:51.329><c> to</c><00:46:51.610><c> us.</c><00:46:53.309><c> And</c><00:46:53.550><c> so,</c><00:46:54.530><c> so</c><00:46:54.889><c> much</c><00:46:55.070><c> the</c>

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more<00:46:55.769><c> as</c><00:46:56.510><c> we</c><00:46:56.809><c> see</c><00:46:56.989><c> the</c><00:46:57.190><c> day</c><00:46:57.369><c> approaching,</c><00:46:58.929><c> the</c><00:46:59.010><c> Apostle</c><00:46:59.329><c> says,</c>

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set<00:47:01.190><c> your</c><00:47:02.070><c> mind</c><00:47:02.769><c> on</c><00:47:03.969><c> things</c><00:47:04.289><c> above</c><00:47:04.989><c> with</c><00:47:06.510><c> Christ</c>

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who<00:47:08.170><c> sits</c><00:47:08.489><c> at</c><00:47:08.690><c> the</c><00:47:08.829><c> right</c><00:47:09.030><c> hand</c><00:47:09.530><c> of</c><00:47:10.230><c> God.</c><00:47:11.469><c> And</c><00:47:11.650><c> then</c><00:47:11.849><c> when</c><00:47:12.090><c> Christ</c><00:47:12.469><c> who</c>

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is<00:47:12.789><c> our</c><00:47:13.010><c> life</c><00:47:13.210><c> shall</c><00:47:13.489><c> appear,</c>

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then<00:47:15.349><c> shall</c><00:47:15.650><c> we</c><00:47:16.010><c> appear</c><00:47:16.289><c> with</c><00:47:16.610><c> him</c><00:47:17.050><c> in</c><00:47:18.230><c> glory.</c><00:47:19.889><c> There's</c><00:47:20.289><c> no</c><00:47:20.769><c> way</c><00:47:21.449><c> that</c><00:47:22.789><c> we</c>

00:47:23.130 --> 00:47:26.869
will<00:47:23.369><c> go</c><00:47:23.730><c> from</c><00:47:24.110><c> the</c><00:47:24.409><c> house</c><00:47:25.010><c> of</c><00:47:25.929><c> bread</c>

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to<00:47:28.170><c> the</c><00:47:28.389><c> temple</c><00:47:29.269><c> of</c><00:47:30.369><c> an</c><00:47:30.630><c> idol</c><00:47:31.090><c> that</c><00:47:32.030><c> brings</c><00:47:32.329><c> destruction</c><00:47:33.030><c> to</c><00:47:33.329><c> ourselves</c>

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and<00:47:35.230><c> the</c><00:47:35.389><c> family.</c><00:47:36.469><c> Here</c><00:47:36.969><c> is</c><00:47:37.650><c> our</c><00:47:37.869><c> life</c><00:47:38.489><c> and</c><00:47:40.090><c> in</c><00:47:40.289><c> the</c><00:47:40.489><c> name</c><00:47:40.909><c> that</c>

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grace<00:47:42.090><c> is</c><00:47:42.329><c> given</c><00:47:42.469><c> to</c><00:47:42.789><c> us.</c>