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or<00:10:07.840><c> whether</c><00:10:08.059><c> we're</c><00:10:08.240><c> just</c><00:10:08.419><c> an</c><00:10:08.720><c> elder</c><00:10:08.940><c> in</c><00:10:09.100><c> the</c><00:10:09.340><c> CYC,</c>

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to<00:10:16.440><c> the</c><00:10:16.580><c> younger</c><00:10:16.759><c> kids</c><00:10:17.000><c> that</c><00:10:17.159><c> are</c><00:10:17.279><c> just</c><00:10:17.440><c> now</c><00:10:17.639><c> joining</c><00:10:17.879><c> for</c><00:10:18.100><c> the</c>

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not<00:10:22.700><c> from</c><00:10:22.879><c> an</c><00:10:23.019><c> egotistical</c><00:10:23.620><c> standpoint,</c>

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but<00:10:24.379><c> from</c><00:10:24.620><c> a</c><00:10:24.940><c> divine</c><00:10:25.500><c> responsibility</c><00:10:26.399><c> that</c><00:10:26.639><c> each</c><00:10:26.799><c> of</c><00:10:26.899><c> us</c><00:10:27.080><c> have.</c>

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There's<00:10:29.100><c> several</c><00:10:29.440><c> tremendous</c><00:10:30.080><c> principles</c><00:10:30.460><c> in</c><00:10:30.620><c> the</c><00:10:30.759><c> book</c>

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regarding<00:10:31.740><c> shepherds</c><00:10:32.779><c> and</c><00:10:33.159><c> spiritual</c><00:10:33.860><c> leadership.</c>

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Three<00:10:37.600><c> times</c><00:10:38.240><c> within</c><00:10:38.659><c> 40</c><00:10:39.000><c> years</c><00:10:40.039><c> Ezra</c><00:10:40.620><c> and</c><00:10:40.820><c> Nehemiah</c>

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to<00:10:52.019><c> intermarry</c><00:10:52.539><c> with</c><00:10:52.799><c> the</c><00:10:52.940><c> Gentiles.</c>

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It<00:10:54.039><c> happened</c><00:10:54.220><c> at</c><00:10:54.399><c> the</c><00:10:54.460><c> end</c><00:10:54.600><c> of</c><00:10:54.740><c> Ezra,</c>

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it<00:10:55.840><c> happens</c><00:10:56.100><c> in</c><00:10:56.320><c> the</c><00:10:56.379><c> middle</c><00:10:56.519><c> of</c><00:10:56.700><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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and<00:10:57.340><c> it</c><00:10:57.539><c> happens</c><00:10:57.720><c> at</c><00:10:57.899><c> the</c><00:10:58.000><c> end</c><00:10:58.139><c> of</c><00:10:58.320><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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when<00:10:59.340><c> he</c><00:10:59.460><c> has</c><00:10:59.679><c> gone</c><00:10:59.860><c> for</c><00:11:00.100><c> some</c><00:11:00.340><c> time</c><00:11:00.519><c> and</c><00:11:00.620><c> then</c><00:11:00.759><c> comes</c><00:11:00.879><c> back</c><00:11:01.120><c> to</c>

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the<00:11:01.399><c> land.</c>

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cunning<00:11:05.700><c> they</c><00:11:06.019><c> are.</c>

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They<00:11:06.740><c> start</c><00:11:07.000><c> out</c><00:11:07.200><c> and</c><00:11:07.340><c> they</c><00:11:07.519><c> just</c><00:11:08.019><c> want</c><00:11:08.240><c> to</c><00:11:08.340><c> be</c><00:11:08.539><c> friends.</c>

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And<00:11:10.059><c> by</c><00:11:10.259><c> the</c><00:11:10.379><c> time</c><00:11:10.519><c> they're</c><00:11:10.720><c> done,</c><00:11:11.019><c> they</c><00:11:11.220><c> are</c><00:11:11.440><c> ready</c><00:11:11.720><c> to</c><00:11:12.039><c> kill</c>

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because<00:11:15.879><c> that</c><00:11:16.320><c> pressure,</c><00:11:17.080><c> that</c><00:11:17.299><c> influence</c><00:11:17.759><c> will</c><00:11:18.940><c> be</c><00:11:19.259><c> escalating,</c>

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We'll<00:11:26.519><c> also</c><00:11:26.840><c> see,</c><00:11:27.340><c> in</c><00:11:27.779><c> the</c><00:11:27.919><c> last</c><00:11:28.159><c> class</c><00:11:28.399><c> this</c><00:11:28.659><c> morning,</c><00:11:29.139><c> all</c>

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We're<00:11:37.100><c> going</c><00:11:37.179><c> to</c><00:11:37.299><c> talk</c><00:11:37.460><c> about</c><00:11:37.620><c> how</c><00:11:37.740><c> this</c><00:11:37.980><c> Gentile</c><00:11:38.480><c> influence</c>

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affects<00:11:39.379><c> us.</c>

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And<00:11:40.379><c> one</c><00:11:40.480><c> of</c><00:11:40.559><c> the</c><00:11:40.659><c> ways</c><00:11:40.779><c> it</c><00:11:40.980><c> affects</c><00:11:41.320><c> us</c><00:11:41.899><c> is</c><00:11:42.179><c> we</c><00:11:42.379><c> begin</c><00:11:42.580><c> to</c><00:11:42.919><c> live,</c>

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we<00:11:43.700><c> begin</c><00:11:43.899><c> to</c><00:11:44.200><c> think,</c><00:11:44.879><c> and</c><00:11:45.000><c> we</c><00:11:45.100><c> begin</c><00:11:45.240><c> to</c><00:11:45.519><c> act</c><00:11:45.799><c> like</c><00:11:46.080><c> the</c><00:11:46.259><c> Gentiles.</c>

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There<00:11:47.600><c> are</c><00:11:47.740><c> actions</c><00:11:48.179><c> in</c><00:11:48.340><c> chapter</c><00:11:48.659><c> 6</c><00:11:48.919><c> of</c><00:11:49.059><c> Nehemiah</c><00:11:49.440><c> that</c><00:11:49.639><c> turn</c>

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affect<00:11:51.399><c> you?</c>

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Then<00:12:35.320><c> they</c><00:12:35.539><c> rebuilt</c><00:12:35.820><c> the</c><00:12:36.519><c> altar</c><00:12:36.899><c> and</c><00:12:37.679><c> the</c><00:12:37.879><c> temple,</c><00:12:38.919><c> and</c><00:12:39.139><c> reinstituted</c><00:12:39.600><c> the</c><00:12:39.779><c> worship.</c>

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And<00:12:47.259><c> then</c><00:12:47.559><c> Ezra</c><00:12:47.779><c> comes</c><00:12:48.039><c> on</c><00:12:48.279><c> the</c><00:12:48.440><c> scene</c><00:12:48.620><c> in</c><00:12:49.100><c> chapter</c><00:12:49.480><c> 7.</c>

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He<00:13:52.960><c> goes</c><00:13:53.200><c> back</c><00:13:53.460><c> to</c><00:13:53.639><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:13:54.080><c> if</c><00:13:54.240><c> you</c><00:13:54.320><c> notice</c><00:13:54.580><c> in</c><00:13:54.720><c> verse</c><00:13:54.960><c> 7,</c>

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so<00:14:00.500><c> we</c><00:14:00.620><c> don't</c><00:14:00.879><c> know</c><00:14:01.299><c> specifically</c><00:14:01.899><c> who</c><00:14:02.100><c> this</c><00:14:02.320><c> Artaxerxes</c><00:14:02.840><c> is.</c>

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that<00:14:09.059><c> this</c><00:14:09.299><c> is</c><00:14:09.519><c> the</c><00:14:09.779><c> same</c><00:14:10.299><c> king</c><00:14:11.039><c> as</c><00:14:11.480><c> who</c><00:14:11.600><c> was</c><00:14:11.700><c> on</c><00:14:11.879><c> the</c><00:14:12.100><c> throne</c>

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We<00:14:14.480><c> can't</c><00:14:14.799><c> be</c><00:14:15.039><c> certain,</c><00:14:15.440><c> but</c><00:14:15.559><c> when</c><00:14:15.700><c> you</c><00:14:15.799><c> put</c><00:14:15.919><c> the</c><00:14:16.059><c> Bible</c>

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evidence<00:14:16.700><c> together,</c>

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there's<00:14:17.379><c> a</c><00:14:17.539><c> pretty</c><00:14:17.759><c> strong</c><00:14:18.039><c> picture</c><00:14:18.539><c> that</c><00:14:19.139><c> the</c><00:14:19.340><c> king</c><00:14:19.600><c> in</c><00:14:19.899><c> Nehemiah</c><00:14:20.559><c> and</c>

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Ezra's<00:14:21.120><c> day</c>

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is<00:14:21.539><c> also</c><00:14:21.820><c> the</c><00:14:22.039><c> same</c><00:14:22.259><c> king</c><00:14:22.620><c> that</c><00:14:23.019><c> was</c><00:14:23.179><c> on</c><00:14:23.379><c> the</c><00:14:23.500><c> throne</c><00:14:23.679><c> with</c><00:14:23.919><c> Esther.</c>

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I<00:14:30.480><c> have</c><00:14:30.600><c> with</c><00:14:30.779><c> you</c><00:14:30.960><c> on</c><00:14:31.120><c> it.</c>

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The<00:14:32.039><c> remarkable</c><00:14:32.419><c> thing</c><00:14:32.639><c> in</c><00:14:32.799><c> Ezra</c><00:14:33.080><c> 7</c><00:14:33.779><c> is</c><00:14:34.700><c> that</c><00:14:35.080><c> he</c><00:14:35.299><c> is</c><00:14:35.519><c> decreed</c>

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And<00:14:41.639><c> the</c><00:14:41.799><c> king</c><00:14:41.980><c> gives</c><00:14:42.200><c> him</c><00:14:42.399><c> the</c><00:14:42.620><c> decree</c><00:14:42.879><c> saying</c><00:14:43.419><c> that</c><00:14:44.379><c> according</c><00:14:44.679><c> to</c><00:14:44.860><c> the</c>

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wisdom<00:14:45.220><c> of</c><00:14:45.399><c> your</c><00:14:45.580><c> God,</c>

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whether<00:15:09.039><c> for</c><00:15:09.360><c> death</c><00:15:09.639><c> or</c><00:15:09.899><c> for</c><00:15:10.120><c> banishment</c><00:15:10.519><c> or</c><00:15:10.740><c> for</c><00:15:11.039><c> confiscation</c><00:15:11.580><c> of</c><00:15:11.700><c> his</c><00:15:11.860><c> goods</c><00:15:12.179><c> or</c>

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live<00:15:34.820><c> the</c><00:15:35.039><c> truth?</c>

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the<00:16:27.620><c> time</c><00:16:27.879><c> of</c><00:16:28.480><c> Jeremiah,</c>

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Nebuchadnezzar,<00:16:31.019><c> the</c><00:16:31.179><c> time</c><00:16:31.340><c> of</c><00:16:31.559><c> Daniel</c><00:16:31.820><c> and</c><00:16:31.960><c> his</c><00:16:32.100><c> three</c><00:16:32.299><c> friends,</c>

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whether<00:16:33.360><c> it</c><00:16:33.519><c> be</c><00:16:33.620><c> the</c><00:16:33.759><c> Gentile</c><00:16:34.179><c> king</c><00:16:34.440><c> Cyrus</c><00:16:35.000><c> who</c><00:16:35.519><c> lived</c><00:16:35.679><c> in</c><00:16:35.840><c> the</c>

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time<00:16:36.200><c> of</c><00:16:36.720><c> Daniel</c><00:16:37.139><c> and</c><00:16:37.480><c> Jeshua</c><00:16:37.820><c> and</c><00:16:37.960><c> Zerubbabel,</c>

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or<00:16:39.220><c> Darius</c><00:16:39.679><c> who</c><00:16:40.460><c> was</c><00:16:40.940><c> king</c><00:16:41.120><c> during</c><00:16:41.399><c> the</c><00:16:41.519><c> time</c><00:16:41.740><c> of</c><00:16:41.919><c> Jeshua</c><00:16:42.179><c> and</c><00:16:42.259><c> Zerubbabel,</c>

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or<00:16:43.600><c> the</c><00:16:43.840><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:16:44.519><c> in</c><00:16:44.639><c> the</c><00:16:44.759><c> book</c><00:16:44.899><c> of</c><00:16:45.159><c> Esther,</c><00:16:45.480><c> or</c><00:16:45.620><c> the</c><00:16:45.740><c> Artaxerxes</c><00:16:47.000><c> in</c><00:16:47.159><c> the</c>

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book<00:16:47.480><c> of</c><00:16:47.820><c> Ezra</c><00:16:48.059><c> and</c><00:16:48.179><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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God<00:16:49.740><c> is</c><00:16:50.019><c> working</c><00:16:50.240><c> with</c><00:16:50.500><c> each</c><00:16:50.740><c> of</c><00:16:50.820><c> these</c><00:16:51.000><c> Gentile</c><00:16:51.460><c> kings.</c>

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He's<00:16:52.639><c> not</c><00:16:52.980><c> forcing</c><00:16:53.320><c> them</c><00:16:53.559><c> against</c><00:16:53.860><c> their</c><00:16:54.159><c> will.</c>

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The<00:16:54.960><c> story</c><00:16:55.139><c> of</c><00:16:55.299><c> Daniel</c><00:16:55.700><c> and</c><00:16:56.000><c> the</c><00:16:56.259><c> events</c><00:16:56.480><c> of</c><00:16:56.679><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c>

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are<00:16:58.059><c> clear</c><00:16:58.279><c> there.</c>

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He<00:16:58.720><c> is</c><00:16:58.940><c> revealing</c><00:16:59.259><c> himself</c><00:16:59.659><c> to</c><00:16:59.879><c> these</c><00:17:00.100><c> kings</c><00:17:00.440><c> and</c><00:17:00.919><c> they</c><00:17:01.100><c> are</c><00:17:01.299><c> acting</c><00:17:01.700><c> in</c><00:17:02.019><c> a</c><00:17:02.120><c> way</c>

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that<00:17:04.339><c> leaves</c><00:17:04.779><c> an</c><00:17:05.220><c> incredible</c><00:17:06.180><c> situation</c><00:17:07.160><c> for</c><00:17:07.900><c> the</c><00:17:08.160><c> remnant.</c>

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These<00:17:10.359><c> events</c><00:17:10.680><c> are</c><00:17:11.039><c> divinely</c><00:17:11.500><c> orchestrated</c><00:17:12.339><c> such</c><00:17:12.720><c> that</c><00:17:13.400><c> God's</c><00:17:14.039><c> people</c><00:17:14.339><c> are</c>

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provided<00:17:15.039><c> for.</c>

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So<00:17:16.440><c> it</c><00:17:16.480><c> doesn't</c><00:17:16.740><c> really</c><00:17:16.960><c> matter</c><00:17:17.200><c> who</c><00:17:17.480><c> the</c><00:17:17.640><c> king</c><00:17:17.799><c> is</c><00:17:18.339><c> in</c><00:17:18.640><c> the</c><00:17:18.720><c> book</c><00:17:18.880><c> of</c><00:17:19.039><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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We<00:17:19.680><c> do</c><00:17:19.960><c> know</c><00:17:20.119><c> that</c><00:17:20.319><c> the</c><00:17:20.480><c> king</c><00:17:20.900><c> is</c><00:17:21.220><c> under</c><00:17:21.599><c> the</c><00:17:22.480><c> power</c><00:17:22.960><c> and</c><00:17:23.380><c> the</c>

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influence<00:17:24.259><c> of</c><00:17:24.539><c> God</c><00:17:24.839><c> and</c><00:17:25.039><c> the</c><00:17:25.240><c> angels</c>

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and<00:17:26.180><c> he</c><00:17:26.299><c> is</c><00:17:26.619><c> operating</c><00:17:27.180><c> within</c><00:17:27.559><c> that</c><00:17:27.900><c> framework</c><00:17:28.359><c> so</c><00:17:29.180><c> that</c><00:17:29.539><c> the</c>

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people<00:17:30.119><c> of</c><00:17:30.380><c> God</c><00:17:30.660><c> the</c><00:17:30.920><c> remnant</c>

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will<00:17:32.299><c> be</c><00:17:32.660><c> properly</c><00:17:33.259><c> cared</c><00:17:33.680><c> for</c><00:17:34.339><c> as</c><00:17:34.839><c> God's</c><00:17:35.400><c> will</c><00:17:35.740><c> determines.</c>

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Now<00:17:36.660><c> that</c><00:17:36.740><c> doesn't</c><00:17:37.039><c> mean</c><00:17:37.380><c> they</c><00:17:37.519><c> will</c><00:17:37.740><c> have</c><00:17:37.920><c> an</c><00:17:38.299><c> easy</c><00:17:38.839><c> perfect</c>

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life<00:17:40.279><c> without</c><00:17:40.759><c> any</c><00:17:41.099><c> difficulties,</c>

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but<00:17:42.380><c> it</c><00:17:42.559><c> does</c><00:17:42.779><c> mean</c><00:17:43.059><c> that</c><00:17:43.299><c> the</c><00:17:43.559><c> angels</c><00:17:43.759><c> are</c><00:17:44.019><c> working</c><00:17:44.259><c> in</c><00:17:44.519><c> such</c>

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a<00:17:44.880><c> way</c><00:17:45.259><c> that</c><00:17:45.700><c> God</c><00:17:46.000><c> is</c><00:17:46.740><c> in</c><00:17:47.099><c> control</c><00:17:47.400><c> of</c><00:17:47.579><c> these</c><00:17:47.720><c> events.</c>

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Don't<00:17:51.140><c> miss</c><00:17:51.759><c> the</c><00:17:52.220><c> connecting</c><00:17:52.500><c> line</c><00:17:52.940><c> between</c><00:17:53.539><c> Jeremiah</c><00:17:54.240><c> and</c>

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Daniel<00:17:55.819><c> and</c><00:17:56.119><c> his</c><00:17:56.279><c> three</c><00:17:56.519><c> friends</c><00:17:57.019><c> and</c><00:17:57.359><c> Nehemiah</c>

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and<00:17:58.259><c> Ezra</c><00:17:58.640><c> and</c><00:17:58.980><c> Esther</c><00:17:59.319><c> and</c><00:17:59.559><c> Mordecai,</c><00:18:01.240><c> the</c><00:18:01.539><c> remnant</c><00:18:02.019><c> surrounded</c><00:18:02.819><c> by</c><00:18:03.160><c> Gentiles.</c>

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They<00:18:04.460><c> all</c><00:18:04.859><c> shared</c><00:18:05.000><c> a</c><00:18:05.259><c> common</c><00:18:05.500><c> characteristic</c><00:18:06.059><c> and</c><00:18:06.200><c> it's</c><00:18:06.380><c> an</c>

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important<00:18:06.920><c> common</c><00:18:07.259><c> characteristic</c><00:18:07.740><c> for</c><00:18:07.940><c> us</c><00:18:08.160><c> to</c><00:18:08.299><c> get</c><00:18:08.420><c> ahold</c><00:18:08.640><c> of.</c>

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They<00:18:11.640><c> separated</c><00:18:12.079><c> themselves</c><00:18:12.660><c> from</c><00:18:13.119><c> the</c><00:18:13.279><c> Gentile</c><00:18:13.700><c> influence</c>

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and<00:18:15.319><c> they</c><00:18:15.720><c> first</c><00:18:16.140><c> took</c><00:18:16.539><c> a</c><00:18:17.160><c> strong</c>

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public<00:18:20.319><c> stand</c><00:18:21.000><c> of</c><00:18:22.160><c> allegiance</c><00:18:22.700><c> to</c><00:18:23.279><c> their</c><00:18:23.460><c> God</c><00:18:23.799><c> and</c><00:18:25.599><c> once</c><00:18:26.000><c> they</c>

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did<00:18:26.500><c> that</c><00:18:27.059><c> God</c><00:18:27.460><c> was</c><00:18:27.759><c> able</c><00:18:28.059><c> to</c><00:18:28.359><c> work</c><00:18:28.660><c> marvelous</c><00:18:29.339><c> things</c><00:18:29.859><c> in</c>

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their<00:18:30.279><c> life.</c>

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in<00:18:36.980><c> what</c><00:18:37.140><c> he</c><00:18:37.299><c> could</c><00:18:37.500><c> do</c>

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and<00:18:38.779><c> you</c><00:18:38.980><c> see</c><00:18:39.140><c> the</c><00:18:39.380><c> connection</c><00:18:39.680><c> in</c><00:18:39.900><c> our</c><00:18:40.099><c> day.</c>

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We<00:18:41.799><c> need</c><00:18:42.420><c> to</c><00:18:42.740><c> take</c><00:18:43.200><c> strong</c><00:18:44.579><c> firm</c><00:18:46.180><c> public</c><00:18:47.380><c> stands</c><00:18:47.980><c> of</c><00:18:48.460><c> allegiance</c><00:18:48.980><c> for</c><00:18:49.539><c> our</c><00:18:49.819><c> God.</c>

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are<00:19:06.160><c> found</c><00:19:06.480><c> in</c><00:19:06.640><c> chapter</c><00:19:06.980><c> 9</c><00:19:07.420><c> of</c><00:19:07.680><c> Ezra.</c><00:19:09.519><c> We</c><00:19:09.619><c> could</c><00:19:09.799><c> have</c><00:19:09.859><c> left</c><00:19:10.019><c> the</c><00:19:10.220><c> slide</c><00:19:10.420><c> up.</c><00:19:10.720><c> There's</c><00:19:10.880><c> a</c>

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few<00:19:11.079><c> things</c><00:19:11.400><c> there.</c>

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In<00:19:17.119><c> verse</c><00:19:17.380><c> 1,</c><00:19:17.640><c> when</c><00:19:17.819><c> Ezra</c><00:19:18.000><c> returns</c><00:19:18.339><c> to</c><00:19:18.539><c> the</c><00:19:18.680><c> land,</c><00:19:21.099><c> he</c><00:19:21.299><c> finds</c><00:19:21.880><c> that</c><00:19:22.180><c> the</c><00:19:22.380><c> people</c><00:19:22.579><c> of</c><00:19:22.720><c> Israel,</c><00:19:23.180><c> in</c><00:19:23.319><c> Ezra</c><00:19:23.579><c> 9</c>

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and<00:19:23.920><c> verse</c><00:19:24.160><c> 1,</c>

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and<00:19:25.680><c> the</c><00:19:25.880><c> priests</c><00:19:26.299><c> and</c><00:19:26.619><c> the</c><00:19:26.799><c> Levites</c><00:19:27.299><c> have</c><00:19:27.680><c> separated</c><00:19:28.099><c> themselves</c><00:19:28.720><c> from</c>

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the<00:19:29.220><c> peoples</c><00:19:29.460><c> of</c><00:19:29.640><c> the</c><00:19:29.799><c> lands,</c>

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have<00:19:31.279><c> not</c><00:19:31.599><c> separated</c><00:19:31.920><c> themselves,</c><00:19:32.359><c> sorry,</c><00:19:32.640><c> from</c><00:19:32.779><c> the</c><00:19:32.920><c> peoples</c><00:19:33.079><c> of</c><00:19:33.240><c> the</c>

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lands<00:19:33.519><c> with</c><00:19:33.799><c> their</c><00:19:34.019><c> abominations,</c>

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from<00:19:35.000><c> the</c><00:19:35.160><c> Canaanites,</c><00:19:35.640><c> the</c><00:19:35.799><c> Hittites,</c><00:19:36.160><c> etc.</c><00:19:37.259><c> If</c><00:19:37.460><c> you</c><00:19:37.460><c> go</c><00:19:37.559><c> down</c><00:19:37.700><c> to</c>

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verse<00:19:38.039><c> 11,</c><00:19:38.819><c> more</c><00:19:39.119><c> on</c><00:19:39.400><c> the</c><00:19:39.680><c> spiritual</c><00:19:40.039><c> conditions.</c>

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Remember<00:19:40.819><c> this</c><00:19:40.980><c> is</c><00:19:41.200><c> just</c><00:19:41.460><c> 13</c><00:19:41.920><c> years</c><00:19:42.339><c> before</c><00:19:43.019><c> Nehemiah</c><00:19:43.640><c> shows</c>

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up<00:19:44.059><c> in</c><00:19:44.180><c> the</c><00:19:44.339><c> land.</c><00:19:45.299><c> The</c><00:19:45.500><c> spiritual</c><00:19:45.799><c> conditions</c>

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in<00:19:46.319><c> verse</c><00:19:46.559><c> 11</c><00:19:46.920><c> are</c><00:19:47.140><c> such</c><00:19:47.440><c> that,</c><00:19:48.039><c> picking</c><00:19:49.039><c> up</c><00:19:51.720><c> in</c><00:19:51.819><c> verse</c><00:19:52.000><c> 11,</c><00:19:52.359><c> which</c><00:19:52.460><c> thou</c><00:19:52.640><c> didst</c><00:19:52.960><c> command</c><00:19:53.200><c> by</c>

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thy<00:19:53.599><c> servants,</c>

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the<00:19:54.099><c> prophets</c><00:19:54.420><c> saying,</c><00:19:54.940><c> the</c><00:19:55.000><c> land</c><00:19:55.380><c> which</c><00:19:55.579><c> you</c><00:19:55.759><c> are</c><00:19:56.000><c> entering</c>

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to<00:19:56.420><c> take</c><00:19:56.619><c> possession</c><00:19:57.039><c> of</c><00:19:57.200><c> it</c><00:19:57.380><c> is</c><00:19:57.680><c> a</c><00:19:57.859><c> land</c>

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unclean<00:19:58.700><c> with</c><00:19:58.900><c> the</c><00:19:59.200><c> pollutions</c><00:19:59.599><c> of</c><00:19:59.859><c> the</c><00:20:00.039><c> peoples</c><00:20:00.339><c> of</c><00:20:00.599><c> the</c>

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lands,<00:20:01.339><c> with</c><00:20:01.460><c> their</c><00:20:01.740><c> abominations</c><00:20:02.480><c> which</c><00:20:02.680><c> have</c>

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filled<00:20:03.140><c> it</c><00:20:03.319><c> from</c><00:20:03.559><c> one</c><00:20:03.779><c> end</c><00:20:04.039><c> of</c><00:20:04.240><c> the</c><00:20:04.359><c> earth</c><00:20:04.539><c> to</c><00:20:04.859><c> the</c><00:20:05.039><c> other,</c><00:20:05.279><c> or</c>

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people,<00:20:10.099><c> look</c><00:20:10.359><c> the</c><00:20:10.619><c> land</c><00:20:10.859><c> is</c><00:20:11.140><c> filled</c><00:20:11.339><c> with</c><00:20:11.500><c> these</c>

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abominations,<00:20:13.059><c> abominations</c><00:20:13.680><c> which</c><00:20:13.880><c> they</c><00:20:14.119><c> had</c><00:20:14.339><c> now</c><00:20:14.799><c> allowed</c>

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Therefore,<00:20:18.680><c> Ezra</c><00:20:19.059><c> says,</c><00:20:19.559><c> give</c><00:20:19.759><c> not</c><00:20:19.980><c> your</c><00:20:20.180><c> daughters</c><00:20:20.460><c> to</c><00:20:20.660><c> their</c><00:20:20.900><c> sons,</c><00:20:21.440><c> neither</c><00:20:21.660><c> take</c>

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sons,<00:20:24.160><c> and</c><00:20:24.359><c> never</c><00:20:24.880><c> seek</c><00:20:25.339><c> their</c><00:20:25.680><c> peace</c><00:20:26.099><c> or</c><00:20:26.539><c> wealth</c><00:20:26.900><c> or</c><00:20:27.519><c> prosperity</c><00:20:28.019><c> as</c><00:20:28.200><c> it</c>

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So<00:20:37.000><c> you</c><00:20:37.079><c> see</c><00:20:37.140><c> what</c><00:20:37.279><c> was</c><00:20:37.539><c> happening</c><00:20:37.940><c> when</c><00:20:38.440><c> Ezra</c><00:20:38.779><c> returns</c><00:20:39.460><c> and</c><00:20:39.880><c> he</c><00:20:40.099><c> sees</c><00:20:40.220><c> what's</c><00:20:40.500><c> going</c><00:20:40.779><c> on</c><00:20:41.019><c> in</c><00:20:41.180><c> verse</c><00:20:41.460><c> 1</c>

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peoples<00:20:43.859><c> and</c><00:20:44.460><c> the</c><00:20:44.920><c> priests</c><00:20:45.299><c> and</c><00:20:45.619><c> the</c><00:20:45.759><c> Levites.</c><00:20:46.799><c> They</c><00:20:47.000><c> have</c>

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not<00:20:47.619><c> separated</c><00:20:48.019><c> themselves</c><00:20:48.500><c> from</c><00:20:48.740><c> the</c><00:20:48.900><c> gentile</c>

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influence.<00:20:50.200><c> In</c><00:20:50.380><c> verse</c><00:20:50.680><c> 3,</c><00:20:52.160><c> it</c><00:20:52.240><c> says</c><00:20:52.720><c> that</c><00:20:53.759><c> of</c><00:20:54.440><c> the</c><00:20:54.619><c> same</c><00:20:54.799><c> chapter,</c><00:20:56.559><c> sorry</c>

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verse<00:20:56.900><c> 2</c><00:20:57.079><c> for</c><00:20:57.240><c> connection,</c>

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so<00:21:01.299><c> that</c><00:21:01.500><c> the</c><00:21:01.700><c> holy</c><00:21:01.920><c> race</c><00:21:02.240><c> or</c><00:21:02.400><c> the</c><00:21:02.539><c> holy</c><00:21:02.759><c> seed</c><00:21:02.960><c> has</c><00:21:03.279><c> mixed</c><00:21:03.579><c> itself</c><00:21:04.000><c> with</c>

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And<00:21:05.680><c> in</c><00:21:05.880><c> this</c><00:21:06.440><c> faithlessness,</c><00:21:07.480><c> the</c><00:21:07.660><c> hand</c><00:21:07.839><c> of</c><00:21:08.079><c> the</c><00:21:08.220><c> officials</c>

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and<00:21:08.859><c> chief</c><00:21:09.059><c> men</c><00:21:09.420><c> has</c><00:21:09.799><c> been</c><00:21:10.079><c> foremost.</c>

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So<00:21:11.019><c> you</c><00:21:11.099><c> get</c><00:21:11.220><c> the</c><00:21:11.400><c> picture</c><00:21:11.599><c> of</c><00:21:11.720><c> what's</c><00:21:11.960><c> happening</c><00:21:12.259><c> in</c><00:21:12.440><c> the</c><00:21:12.579><c> days</c><00:21:12.740><c> of</c>

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Ezra.<00:21:13.859><c> When</c><00:21:14.079><c> I</c><00:21:14.259><c> heard</c><00:21:14.420><c> this,</c>

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Ezra's<00:21:15.339><c> reaction</c><00:21:15.759><c> is</c><00:21:16.160><c> he</c><00:21:16.339><c> rent</c><00:21:16.500><c> his</c><00:21:16.740><c> garments</c><00:21:17.059><c> and</c><00:21:17.240><c> his</c><00:21:17.420><c> mantle,</c><00:21:18.240><c> hold</c>

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the<00:21:18.500><c> hair</c><00:21:18.619><c> from</c><00:21:18.799><c> his</c><00:21:19.039><c> head</c><00:21:19.279><c> and</c><00:21:19.579><c> beard</c>

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and<00:21:20.119><c> sat</c><00:21:20.480><c> appalled.</c><00:21:21.640><c> So</c><00:21:21.980><c> here</c><00:21:22.339><c> are</c><00:21:22.539><c> the</c><00:21:22.680><c> conditions</c><00:21:23.339><c> that</c><00:21:23.759><c> exist</c><00:21:24.099><c> when</c><00:21:24.400><c> Ezra</c><00:21:24.779><c> returns</c><00:21:25.119><c> to</c>

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intermingling<00:21:35.140><c> and</c><00:21:35.460><c> this</c><00:21:35.880><c> intermarriage.</c><00:21:37.579><c> If</c><00:21:37.740><c> you</c><00:21:37.940><c> take</c>

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you<00:21:41.559><c> will</c><00:21:41.799><c> take</c><00:21:42.019><c> the</c><00:21:42.220><c> message,</c><00:21:42.920><c> all</c><00:21:43.140><c> being</c><00:21:43.339><c> well,</c><00:21:44.339><c> of</c><00:21:44.539><c> Ezra</c><00:21:44.859><c> and</c><00:21:45.059><c> Nehemiah</c><00:21:45.940><c> that</c><00:21:46.480><c> marriage</c><00:21:47.220><c> to</c>

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marriage<00:21:49.839><c> outside</c><00:21:50.619><c> of</c><00:21:50.920><c> the</c><00:21:51.099><c> household,</c><00:21:52.700><c> is</c><00:21:53.480><c> faithlessness</c>

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in<00:21:54.900><c> the</c><00:21:55.019><c> eyes</c><00:21:55.160><c> of</c><00:21:55.279><c> God.</c><00:21:56.480><c> And</c><00:21:56.640><c> that's</c>

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what<00:21:56.980><c> Ezra</c><00:21:57.279><c> calls</c><00:21:57.539><c> it.</c><00:21:57.920><c> That's</c><00:21:58.180><c> what</c><00:21:58.319><c> Nehemiah</c><00:21:58.740><c> calls</c><00:21:59.019><c> it.</c><00:22:00.039><c> Nehemiah</c><00:22:00.519><c> in</c>

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who<00:22:20.619><c> are</c><00:22:20.779><c> teaching</c><00:22:21.059><c> that</c><00:22:21.319><c> false</c><00:22:21.559><c> doctrine</c>

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this<00:22:26.240><c> would</c><00:22:26.440><c> lead.</c>

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abominations?<00:22:45.960><c> Wouldst</c><00:22:46.279><c> thou</c><00:22:46.400><c> not</c><00:22:46.640><c> be</c><00:22:46.920><c> angry</c><00:22:47.200><c> with</c><00:22:47.480><c> us</c><00:22:48.099><c> till</c>

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thou<00:22:48.720><c> wouldst</c><00:22:49.180><c> consume</c><00:22:49.599><c> us</c><00:22:49.880><c> so</c><00:22:50.079><c> that</c><00:22:50.180><c> there</c>

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should<00:22:50.539><c> be</c><00:22:50.799><c> no</c><00:22:51.079><c> remnant</c><00:22:51.619><c> nor</c><00:22:51.900><c> any</c><00:22:52.099><c> to</c><00:22:52.319><c> escape?</c><00:22:53.400><c> See</c><00:22:53.619><c> Ezra</c><00:22:53.839><c> comes</c><00:22:54.059><c> back</c>

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the<00:22:55.940><c> verge</c><00:22:56.200><c> of</c><00:22:56.559><c> losing</c><00:22:56.900><c> the</c><00:22:57.160><c> truth.</c><00:22:58.720><c> We've</c><00:22:58.900><c> gone</c><00:22:59.019><c> into</c><00:22:59.240><c> captivity</c><00:22:59.640><c> for</c><00:22:59.940><c> 70</c>

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years,<00:23:01.000><c> God</c><00:23:01.200><c> has</c><00:23:01.420><c> brought</c><00:23:01.559><c> us</c><00:23:01.779><c> back,</c>

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we've<00:23:02.299><c> now</c><00:23:02.500><c> rebuilt</c><00:23:02.819><c> the</c><00:23:03.079><c> temple,</c><00:23:03.740><c> and</c><00:23:04.019><c> here</c><00:23:04.240><c> we</c><00:23:04.500><c> are,</c><00:23:05.400><c> and</c><00:23:05.859><c> we're</c><00:23:06.160><c> on</c>

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we're<00:23:08.559><c> going</c><00:23:08.799><c> back</c><00:23:09.079><c> to</c><00:23:09.319><c> live</c><00:23:09.480><c> just</c><00:23:09.859><c> like</c><00:23:10.059><c> the</c><00:23:10.259><c> Gentiles.</c><00:23:11.920><c> Now</c>

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you<00:23:12.319><c> see</c><00:23:12.440><c> why</c><00:23:12.599><c> he</c><00:23:12.779><c> sat</c><00:23:13.000><c> appalled.</c><00:23:14.660><c> Chapter</c><00:23:14.960><c> 10,</c><00:23:15.680><c> he</c>

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now<00:23:16.180><c> compels</c><00:23:16.839><c> the</c><00:23:17.099><c> nation,</c><00:23:17.599><c> which</c><00:23:17.859><c> they</c><00:23:18.160><c> agree</c><00:23:18.380><c> to</c><00:23:18.599><c> do,</c><00:23:18.900><c> to</c><00:23:19.180><c> separate,</c><00:23:20.299><c> and</c><00:23:20.700><c> that</c><00:23:20.920><c> is</c>

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where<00:23:21.240><c> you</c><00:23:21.380><c> have</c><00:23:21.579><c> the</c><00:23:22.619><c> great</c>

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scene<00:23:23.259><c> of</c><00:23:23.420><c> the</c><00:23:23.559><c> ecclesial</c><00:23:23.880><c> business</c><00:23:24.259><c> meeting</c><00:23:24.480><c> in</c><00:23:24.619><c> the</c><00:23:24.779><c> downpour,</c><00:23:25.680><c> and</c><00:23:25.880><c> they</c><00:23:26.039><c> make</c><00:23:26.180><c> a</c>

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covenant<00:23:26.579><c> that</c><00:23:26.880><c> day</c><00:23:27.099><c> that</c>

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they<00:23:27.339><c> will</c><00:23:27.599><c> separate</c><00:23:27.880><c> themselves</c><00:23:28.279><c> from</c><00:23:28.480><c> this</c><00:23:28.680><c> Gentile</c><00:23:29.140><c> influence</c><00:23:29.500><c> and</c>

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from<00:23:29.839><c> their</c><00:23:29.980><c> Gentile</c><00:23:30.400><c> spouses,</c><00:23:31.359><c> and</c><00:23:31.599><c> it</c>

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takes<00:23:31.859><c> them</c><00:23:32.059><c> several</c><00:23:32.359><c> weeks</c><00:23:32.700><c> to</c><00:23:32.900><c> accomplish</c><00:23:33.220><c> that</c><00:23:33.440><c> because</c>

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it's<00:23:34.059><c> so</c><00:23:34.380><c> ingrained</c><00:23:34.680><c> in</c><00:23:34.819><c> the</c><00:23:35.000><c> community.</c>

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It's<00:23:36.200><c> a</c><00:23:36.400><c> great</c><00:23:36.599><c> scene,</c><00:23:36.940><c> but</c><00:23:37.119><c> it's</c><00:23:37.500><c> taking</c><00:23:37.779><c> place</c><00:23:38.460><c> in</c><00:23:38.960><c> the</c><00:23:39.160><c> days</c>

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of<00:23:40.039><c> Ezra,</c><00:23:40.859><c> 13</c><00:23:41.359><c> days</c><00:23:41.960><c> prior</c><00:23:42.400><c> to</c><00:23:43.500><c> the</c><00:23:43.700><c> arrival</c><00:23:43.980><c> of</c>

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Nehemiah<00:23:44.680><c> in</c><00:23:44.880><c> the</c><00:23:45.059><c> land.</c><00:23:46.599><c> The</c><00:23:46.759><c> implication</c><00:23:47.279><c> from</c><00:23:47.500><c> this,</c><00:23:47.880><c> of</c>

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course,<00:23:48.440><c> for</c><00:23:48.619><c> us</c><00:23:48.900><c> is</c><00:23:49.059><c> that</c><00:23:49.259><c> God</c><00:23:49.460><c> doesn't</c><00:23:49.859><c> clear</c><00:23:50.119><c> out</c>

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the<00:23:50.539><c> Gentile</c><00:23:51.019><c> influence</c><00:23:51.380><c> from</c><00:23:51.579><c> our</c><00:23:51.779><c> life.</c><00:23:52.740><c> He</c><00:23:53.000><c> doesn't</c><00:23:53.299><c> build</c>

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a<00:23:53.880><c> small</c><00:23:54.180><c> force</c><00:23:54.420><c> field</c><00:23:54.619><c> around</c><00:23:54.900><c> us,</c><00:23:55.079><c> so</c><00:23:55.240><c> wherever</c>

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we<00:23:55.839><c> go,</c><00:23:56.180><c> the</c><00:23:56.339><c> Gentile</c><00:23:56.759><c> influence</c><00:23:57.079><c> is</c><00:23:57.259><c> always</c><00:23:57.480><c> kept</c><00:23:57.680><c> at</c><00:23:57.900><c> bay.</c>

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The<00:24:00.059><c> Gentile</c><00:24:00.480><c> influence</c><00:24:00.799><c> is</c><00:24:01.119><c> right</c><00:24:01.440><c> there</c><00:24:01.700><c> at</c><00:24:01.859><c> our</c>

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front<00:24:02.279><c> door,</c><00:24:03.480><c> and</c><00:24:03.700><c> it's</c><00:24:03.859><c> right</c><00:24:04.180><c> there</c><00:24:04.380><c> at</c><00:24:04.539><c> our</c><00:24:04.720><c> back</c><00:24:05.000><c> door,</c><00:24:06.099><c> and</c><00:24:07.660><c> it's</c><00:24:07.819><c> right</c><00:24:08.119><c> there</c><00:24:08.339><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:08.619><c> electrical</c><00:24:09.039><c> box,</c>

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and<00:24:10.019><c> it's</c><00:24:10.140><c> right</c><00:24:10.420><c> there</c><00:24:10.640><c> at</c><00:24:10.799><c> the</c><00:24:10.880><c> end</c><00:24:11.000><c> of</c><00:24:11.119><c> the</c><00:24:11.279><c> modem.</c><00:24:12.039><c> It's</c><00:24:12.480><c> all</c><00:24:12.740><c> over.</c><00:24:14.640><c> We</c>

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choose<00:24:15.160><c> to</c><00:24:15.400><c> bring</c><00:24:15.500><c> it</c><00:24:15.640><c> into</c><00:24:15.779><c> our</c>

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house.<00:24:16.400><c> We</c><00:24:16.539><c> choose</c><00:24:16.700><c> to</c><00:24:16.880><c> bring</c><00:24:16.960><c> it</c><00:24:17.059><c> into</c><00:24:17.259><c> our</c><00:24:17.440><c> families,</c><00:24:17.980><c> bring</c>

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it<00:24:18.240><c> into</c><00:24:18.460><c> our</c><00:24:18.660><c> ecclesias.</c><00:24:20.220><c> God</c><00:24:20.440><c> isn't</c><00:24:20.660><c> going</c><00:24:20.859><c> to</c>

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keep<00:24:21.160><c> it</c><00:24:21.380><c> at</c><00:24:21.599><c> bay.</c><00:24:22.559><c> That's</c><00:24:22.920><c> a</c><00:24:23.000><c> decision.</c><00:24:23.339><c> He's</c><00:24:23.599><c> looking</c><00:24:23.859><c> for</c>

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the<00:24:24.359><c> remnant</c><00:24:24.880><c> living</c><00:24:25.339><c> in</c><00:24:25.619><c> Gentile</c><00:24:26.140><c> times</c><00:24:26.579><c> to</c><00:24:26.920><c> make</c>

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decision<00:24:27.500><c> themselves.</c><00:24:33.440><c> Difficult</c><00:24:34.000><c> situation</c><00:24:34.799><c> in</c><00:24:36.500><c> the</c><00:24:36.700><c> household.</c><00:24:38.700><c> Almost</c><00:24:39.079><c> can't</c>

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believe<00:24:39.619><c> it.</c>

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Who<00:24:41.519><c> are</c><00:24:41.740><c> the</c><00:24:41.839><c> good</c><00:24:42.039><c> guys</c><00:24:42.460><c> and</c><00:24:42.720><c> who</c><00:24:42.859><c> are</c><00:24:43.039><c> the</c><00:24:43.180><c> bad</c><00:24:43.359><c> guys?</c>

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Many<00:24:46.819><c> of</c><00:24:47.079><c> the</c><00:24:47.259><c> Jews</c><00:24:47.619><c> in</c><00:24:47.980><c> the</c><00:24:48.200><c> land</c><00:24:48.400><c> are</c><00:24:48.599><c> going</c><00:24:48.700><c> to</c><00:24:48.779><c> have</c><00:24:49.019><c> trouble</c><00:24:49.400><c> with</c>

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that<00:24:50.039><c> thought</c>

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right<00:24:51.140><c> through</c><00:24:51.359><c> the</c><00:24:51.500><c> book.</c><00:24:53.579><c> They're</c><00:24:53.880><c> going</c><00:24:53.960><c> to</c><00:24:54.039><c> see</c><00:24:54.180><c> these</c>

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Gentiles<00:24:55.220><c> who</c><00:24:55.660><c> they're</c><00:24:55.920><c> good</c><00:24:56.119><c> friends</c><00:24:56.400><c> with</c>

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who<00:24:57.519><c> they've</c><00:24:57.819><c> intermarried</c><00:24:58.259><c> with,</c><00:24:58.859><c> and</c><00:24:58.940><c> they're</c><00:24:59.099><c> going</c><00:24:59.240><c> to</c>

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keep<00:24:59.539><c> coming</c><00:24:59.819><c> back</c><00:25:00.140><c> to</c><00:25:00.319><c> Nehemiah</c><00:25:00.759><c> saying,</c>

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no,<00:25:01.839><c> no,</c><00:25:02.140><c> he's</c><00:25:02.539><c> a</c><00:25:02.660><c> good</c><00:25:02.819><c> guy.</c><00:25:05.019><c> Tobiah</c><00:25:05.539><c> will</c><00:25:06.119><c> try</c><00:25:06.400><c> to</c><00:25:06.759><c> publicly</c>

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shame<00:25:07.619><c> and</c><00:25:07.859><c> discredit</c><00:25:08.380><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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and<00:25:10.500><c> the</c><00:25:10.619><c> response</c><00:25:11.000><c> of</c><00:25:11.180><c> some</c><00:25:11.319><c> in</c><00:25:11.460><c> the</c><00:25:11.579><c> community,</c><00:25:12.680><c> they're</c><00:25:12.900><c> right</c><00:25:13.140><c> back</c><00:25:13.400><c> to</c>

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Nehemiah<00:25:13.880><c> saying,</c><00:25:14.259><c> no,</c><00:25:14.460><c> no,</c>

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he's<00:25:15.480><c> a</c><00:25:15.599><c> good</c><00:25:15.740><c> guy,</c><00:25:17.019><c> because</c><00:25:17.259><c> they</c><00:25:17.400><c> were</c><00:25:17.559><c> afraid</c><00:25:17.779><c> of</c><00:25:17.920><c> him,</c><00:25:18.880><c> because</c><00:25:19.140><c> they</c><00:25:19.319><c> wanted</c><00:25:19.480><c> to</c>

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live<00:25:19.859><c> like</c><00:25:20.059><c> he</c><00:25:20.299><c> lived,</c>

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because<00:25:21.039><c> they</c><00:25:21.220><c> were</c><00:25:21.420><c> attracted</c><00:25:21.839><c> by</c><00:25:22.099><c> the</c><00:25:22.380><c> influences</c><00:25:22.799><c> and</c><00:25:23.519><c> the</c>

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way<00:25:23.839><c> of</c><00:25:24.000><c> life</c><00:25:24.160><c> that</c><00:25:24.339><c> Tobiah</c><00:25:24.680><c> represented.</c>

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So<00:25:26.180><c> it's</c><00:25:26.579><c> a</c><00:25:26.819><c> pretty</c><00:25:27.140><c> simple</c><00:25:27.740><c> slide,</c><00:25:28.859><c> but</c><00:25:29.059><c> this</c><00:25:29.259><c> is</c><00:25:29.380><c> the</c><00:25:29.460><c> one</c><00:25:29.539><c> I</c>

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would<00:25:29.779><c> call</c><00:25:29.940><c> the</c><00:25:30.099><c> good</c><00:25:30.259><c> guy</c><00:25:30.400><c> and</c><00:25:30.500><c> the</c><00:25:30.640><c> bad</c><00:25:30.779><c> guy.</c>

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Some<00:25:32.240><c> of</c><00:25:32.380><c> our</c><00:25:32.519><c> Sunday</c><00:25:32.700><c> school</c><00:25:32.940><c> scholars</c><00:25:33.299><c> could</c><00:25:33.680><c> make</c><00:25:33.940><c> a</c><00:25:35.339><c> better</c><00:25:35.380><c> understanding</c><00:25:36.059><c> of</c>

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who<00:25:36.359><c> the</c><00:25:36.500><c> good</c><00:25:36.640><c> guys</c><00:25:36.819><c> and</c>

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the<00:25:37.079><c> bad</c><00:25:37.220><c> guys</c><00:25:37.400><c> are</c><00:25:37.619><c> than</c><00:25:37.759><c> some</c><00:25:37.960><c> of</c><00:25:38.079><c> the</c><00:25:38.180><c> Jews</c><00:25:38.339><c> living</c><00:25:38.579><c> in</c><00:25:38.779><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:25:39.240><c> day.</c>

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Some<00:25:40.259><c> of</c><00:25:40.400><c> these</c><00:25:40.619><c> Gentiles</c><00:25:41.160><c> will</c><00:25:41.519><c> act</c>

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in<00:25:41.960><c> such</c><00:25:42.099><c> a</c><00:25:42.240><c> way</c><00:25:42.339><c> where</c><00:25:42.500><c> it</c><00:25:42.599><c> makes</c><00:25:42.720><c> it</c><00:25:42.920><c> absolutely</c><00:25:43.339><c> clear</c><00:25:43.940><c> what</c>

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side<00:25:44.559><c> they</c><00:25:44.839><c> stand</c><00:25:45.059><c> on,</c><00:25:45.720><c> but</c><00:25:45.920><c> it's</c><00:25:46.180><c> a</c><00:25:46.380><c> confusing</c>

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situation<00:25:47.900><c> for</c><00:25:48.920><c> many</c><00:25:49.440><c> of</c><00:25:49.660><c> the</c><00:25:49.839><c> Jews</c><00:25:50.099><c> in</c><00:25:50.420><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:25:50.960><c> day.</c><00:25:52.779><c> So</c>

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:56.059
we<00:25:53.079><c> have</c><00:25:53.940><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:25:54.779><c> Ezra,</c><00:25:55.259><c> Eliashiv,</c><00:25:55.700><c> the</c><00:25:55.799><c> high</c>

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priest.<00:25:57.220><c> He's</c><00:25:57.480><c> a</c><00:25:57.660><c> Jew,</c><00:25:58.160><c> but</c><00:25:58.259><c> he's</c><00:25:58.500><c> in</c><00:25:58.700><c> league</c><00:25:58.940><c> with</c><00:25:59.220><c> the</c><00:25:59.359><c> Gentiles.</c><00:26:00.779><c> Sanballet</c><00:26:01.420><c> and</c>

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Tobiah<00:26:02.579><c> join</c><00:26:02.960><c> up</c><00:26:03.299><c> in</c><00:26:03.500><c> forces</c>

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with<00:26:04.500><c> Gishim</c><00:26:04.940><c> to</c><00:26:05.119><c> try</c><00:26:05.400><c> and</c><00:26:06.299><c> undermine</c><00:26:06.900><c> the</c><00:26:08.279><c> role</c><00:26:08.559><c> of</c><00:26:08.920><c> the</c><00:26:09.400><c> rebuilding</c><00:26:09.839><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:10.299><c> wall.</c><00:26:12.140><c> Nehemiah</c><00:26:12.700><c> is</c><00:26:12.900><c> cut</c><00:26:13.119><c> out</c><00:26:13.259><c> of</c><00:26:13.380><c> the</c>

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righteous<00:26:17.640><c> concern</c><00:26:18.079><c> for</c><00:26:18.259><c> the</c><00:26:18.380><c> nation</c><00:26:18.759><c> as</c><00:26:19.359><c> Ezra</c><00:26:19.559><c> did.</c><00:26:19.779><c> Now</c><00:26:19.960><c> Ezra</c><00:26:20.099><c> was</c>

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a<00:26:20.519><c> scribe,</c><00:26:20.839><c> a</c><00:26:21.039><c> priest,</c><00:26:21.519><c> who</c><00:26:21.619><c> had</c><00:26:21.740><c> set</c><00:26:22.079><c> his</c>

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:25.039
heart<00:26:22.380><c> to</c><00:26:22.579><c> study</c><00:26:22.799><c> the</c><00:26:22.960><c> law.</c><00:26:23.799><c> Nehemiah</c><00:26:24.160><c> is</c><00:26:24.359><c> not</c><00:26:24.539><c> a</c><00:26:24.720><c> scribe</c><00:26:24.940><c> and</c>

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he's<00:26:25.160><c> not</c><00:26:25.339><c> a</c><00:26:25.519><c> priest.</c><00:26:26.619><c> He's</c><00:26:26.839><c> the</c><00:26:27.019><c> cup</c><00:26:27.220><c> bearer,</c>

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as<00:26:27.720><c> we</c><00:26:27.920><c> remember.</c><00:26:28.180><c> So</c><00:26:28.299><c> he's</c><00:26:28.500><c> got</c><00:26:28.599><c> no</c><00:26:28.839><c> religious,</c><00:26:29.619><c> formal</c><00:26:29.839><c> religious</c><00:26:30.259><c> upbringing</c><00:26:30.660><c> or</c>

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background<00:26:31.480><c> in</c><00:26:31.640><c> terms</c><00:26:31.920><c> of</c>

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being<00:26:32.500><c> a</c><00:26:33.240><c> priest</c><00:26:33.519><c> in</c><00:26:33.680><c> the</c><00:26:33.819><c> community,</c><00:26:34.579><c> but</c><00:26:34.799><c> he</c><00:26:34.900><c> is</c><00:26:35.099><c> a</c><00:26:35.220><c> brother</c>

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who<00:26:35.500><c> is</c><00:26:35.680><c> very</c><00:26:35.980><c> concerned</c><00:26:36.400><c> about</c><00:26:37.259><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia,<00:26:37.839><c> about</c><00:26:38.039><c> the</c><00:26:38.220><c> community</c><00:26:38.539><c> of</c><00:26:38.720><c> which</c><00:26:38.859><c> he's</c><00:26:39.079><c> a</c><00:26:39.119><c> member.</c>

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We'll<00:26:40.420><c> see</c><00:26:40.579><c> him</c><00:26:40.799><c> work</c><00:26:41.019><c> among</c><00:26:41.259><c> the</c><00:26:41.460><c> Ecclesia</c>

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in<00:26:41.960><c> a</c><00:26:42.099><c> wide</c><00:26:42.480><c> range</c><00:26:43.000><c> of</c><00:26:43.759><c> conditions</c><00:26:44.200><c> and</c><00:26:44.440><c> situations.</c><00:26:45.599><c> He</c><00:26:45.740><c> will</c>

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:48.059
bring<00:26:46.059><c> the</c><00:26:46.259><c> community</c><00:26:46.700><c> to</c><00:26:46.920><c> where</c><00:26:47.039><c> they</c><00:26:47.240><c> can</c><00:26:47.539><c> rally</c>

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together<00:26:48.900><c> in</c><00:26:49.579><c> agreeing</c><00:26:49.900><c> to</c><00:26:50.119><c> build</c><00:26:50.319><c> the</c><00:26:50.539><c> wall.</c><00:26:51.619><c> Some</c><00:26:51.819><c> in</c><00:26:51.960><c> the</c><00:26:52.079><c> Ecclesia</c><00:26:52.339><c> will</c><00:26:52.559><c> only</c><00:26:52.779><c> give</c><00:26:52.940><c> a</c>

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half<00:26:53.660><c>-hearted</c><00:26:53.900><c> effort</c>

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when<00:26:54.539><c> they're</c><00:26:54.759><c> out</c><00:26:54.980><c> there</c><00:26:55.140><c> building</c><00:26:55.400><c> the</c><00:26:55.619><c> wall,</c><00:26:55.839><c> and</c><00:26:56.099><c> we'll</c>

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see<00:26:56.440><c> how</c><00:26:56.680><c> he</c><00:26:57.400><c> deals</c><00:26:57.599><c> with</c><00:26:57.839><c> that.</c><00:26:58.119><c> Some</c><00:26:58.359><c> will</c><00:26:58.660><c> openly</c>

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betray<00:26:59.480><c> him.</c><00:27:00.920><c> Imagine</c><00:27:01.279><c> that</c><00:27:01.500><c> in</c><00:27:01.640><c> the</c><00:27:01.740><c> midst</c><00:27:01.880><c> of</c><00:27:02.039><c> this</c><00:27:02.259><c> great</c>

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:05.480
spiritual<00:27:03.019><c> rejuvenation.</c><00:27:04.400><c> Some</c><00:27:04.660><c> in</c><00:27:04.839><c> the</c><00:27:04.980><c> Ecclesia</c><00:27:05.259><c> will</c>

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:11.079
openly<00:27:06.140><c> rebel</c><00:27:06.779><c> and</c><00:27:07.319><c> openly</c><00:27:07.980><c> betray</c><00:27:09.180><c> him</c><00:27:09.640><c> to</c><00:27:09.920><c> the</c><00:27:10.019><c> Gentiles.</c>

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In<00:27:11.480><c> some</c><00:27:11.660><c> cases,</c><00:27:11.980><c> we're</c><00:27:12.099><c> going</c><00:27:12.220><c> to</c><00:27:12.299><c> see</c>

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Nehemiah<00:27:12.960><c> sternly</c><00:27:13.599><c> rebuke</c><00:27:14.799><c> those</c><00:27:15.220><c> who</c><00:27:15.400><c> are</c><00:27:15.539><c> wrong.</c><00:27:16.779><c> In</c><00:27:16.940><c> some</c>

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:19.559
cases,<00:27:17.500><c> his</c><00:27:17.700><c> focus</c><00:27:18.039><c> is</c><00:27:18.359><c> just</c><00:27:18.720><c> on</c><00:27:18.980><c> the</c><00:27:19.160><c> building,</c>

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:23.960
so<00:27:20.539><c> it's</c><00:27:20.960><c> not</c><00:27:21.160><c> a</c><00:27:21.400><c> time</c><00:27:21.660><c> to</c><00:27:21.900><c> be</c><00:27:22.539><c> upset.</c><00:27:23.000><c> It's</c><00:27:23.180><c> not</c><00:27:23.359><c> a</c><00:27:23.519><c> time</c><00:27:23.640><c> to</c><00:27:23.779><c> be</c>

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:25.920
placing<00:27:24.200><c> blame.</c><00:27:24.599><c> It's</c><00:27:24.779><c> a</c><00:27:24.900><c> time</c><00:27:25.019><c> to</c><00:27:25.140><c> be</c><00:27:25.279><c> going</c><00:27:25.460><c> forward</c>

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:32.180
and<00:27:26.299><c> moving</c><00:27:26.500><c> in</c><00:27:26.640><c> a</c><00:27:26.720><c> positive</c><00:27:27.079><c> direction.</c><00:27:28.859><c> We'll</c><00:27:29.099><c> also</c><00:27:29.259><c> see</c><00:27:29.440><c> how</c><00:27:29.619><c> Nehemiah</c><00:27:30.039><c> upholds</c><00:27:30.680><c> standards</c><00:27:30.960><c> and</c><00:27:31.240><c> how</c><00:27:31.380><c> he</c>

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:36.420
defends<00:27:32.500><c> all</c><00:27:32.680><c> the</c><00:27:32.859><c> false</c><00:27:33.140><c> doctrine</c><00:27:33.619><c> that's</c><00:27:34.160><c> taking</c><00:27:34.460><c> place</c><00:27:34.779><c> around</c><00:27:35.039><c> him.</c><00:27:36.299><c> He</c>

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takes<00:27:36.720><c> steps</c><00:27:37.380><c> when</c><00:27:37.799><c> the</c><00:27:37.940><c> Gentile</c>

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influence<00:27:38.779><c> becomes</c><00:27:39.480><c> escalated</c><00:27:40.480><c> and</c><00:27:41.019><c> the</c><00:27:41.259><c> opposition</c><00:27:41.759><c> intensifies</c><00:27:42.759><c> its</c><00:27:43.180><c> pressure.</c><00:27:44.180><c> He</c>

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takes<00:27:44.559><c> specific</c><00:27:45.079><c> steps</c>

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as<00:27:45.839><c> a</c><00:27:46.000><c> leader</c><00:27:46.339><c> to</c><00:27:47.319><c> bring</c><00:27:47.579><c> the</c><00:27:47.759><c> nation</c><00:27:48.000><c> through</c><00:27:48.279><c> this.</c><00:27:51.599><c> His</c><00:27:51.940><c> life</c><00:27:52.440><c> for</c>

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:57.180
the<00:27:52.900><c> nation.</c><00:27:54.279><c> At</c><00:27:54.440><c> one</c><00:27:54.759><c> point,</c><00:27:55.980><c> his</c><00:27:56.799><c> enemies</c>

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have<00:27:57.480><c> him</c><00:27:57.740><c> boxed</c><00:27:58.200><c> in,</c><00:27:59.059><c> where</c><00:27:59.160><c> if</c><00:27:59.279><c> he</c><00:27:59.339><c> goes</c><00:27:59.579><c> this</c><00:27:59.980><c> way,</c><00:28:00.819><c> they've</c>

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:03.559
got<00:28:01.220><c> him</c><00:28:01.660><c> labeled</c><00:28:01.980><c> as</c><00:28:02.480><c> a</c><00:28:02.640><c> liar</c><00:28:02.980><c> and</c><00:28:03.220><c> a</c><00:28:03.380><c> cheat,</c>

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:06.779
and<00:28:04.059><c> if</c><00:28:04.180><c> he</c><00:28:04.279><c> goes</c><00:28:04.539><c> this</c><00:28:04.960><c> way,</c><00:28:05.539><c> they've</c><00:28:05.779><c> got</c><00:28:05.819><c> him</c><00:28:05.980><c> labeled</c><00:28:06.319><c> as</c><00:28:06.559><c> a</c>

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liar<00:28:07.039><c> and</c><00:28:07.299><c> a</c><00:28:07.440><c> cheat,</c><00:28:07.940><c> and</c><00:28:08.279><c> he's</c><00:28:08.480><c> got</c><00:28:08.839><c> nowhere</c><00:28:09.099><c> to</c><00:28:09.359><c> turn.</c>

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:16.839
An<00:28:11.559><c> incredible</c><00:28:12.180><c> plot</c><00:28:12.640><c> that</c><00:28:12.980><c> they</c><00:28:14.180><c> hatch</c><00:28:14.380><c> against</c><00:28:14.740><c> him,</c><00:28:15.700><c> and</c><00:28:16.039><c> how</c><00:28:16.339><c> does</c><00:28:16.579><c> a</c>

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:18.359
faithful<00:28:17.279><c> brother</c><00:28:17.700><c> or</c><00:28:18.000><c> sister</c>

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respond<00:28:19.180><c> to</c><00:28:19.400><c> that</c><00:28:19.640><c> situation?</c><00:28:20.880><c> We're</c><00:28:21.200><c> going</c><00:28:21.299><c> to</c><00:28:21.380><c> see</c><00:28:21.500><c> that</c>

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later<00:28:21.900><c> this</c><00:28:22.160><c> morning.</c>

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In<00:28:24.539><c> verses</c><00:28:24.839><c> 1</c><00:28:25.119><c> to</c><00:28:25.180><c> 3</c><00:28:25.900><c> of</c><00:28:26.220><c> Nehemiah</c><00:28:26.599><c> chapter</c><00:28:26.960><c> 1,</c>

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:34.980
we<00:28:29.839><c> find</c><00:28:30.420><c> Nehemiah</c><00:28:31.200><c> in</c><00:28:31.380><c> Shushan.</c><00:28:32.799><c> He</c><00:28:32.960><c> hears</c><00:28:33.519><c> the</c><00:28:34.140><c> conditions</c>

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:41.660
from<00:28:36.380><c> Hanani</c><00:28:37.180><c> regarding</c><00:28:39.380><c> those</c><00:28:40.700><c> who</c><00:28:40.900><c> had</c><00:28:41.079><c> escaped</c>

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:45.759
and<00:28:42.279><c> survived</c><00:28:42.640><c> the</c><00:28:42.839><c> captivity.</c><00:28:44.380><c> The</c><00:28:44.559><c> report</c><00:28:44.859><c> comes</c><00:28:45.140><c> in</c><00:28:45.380><c> as</c><00:28:45.519><c> we</c>

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:50.579
read<00:28:46.519><c> in</c><00:28:47.880><c> verse</c><00:28:48.119><c> 2,</c><00:28:49.259><c> Hanani,</c><00:28:49.880><c> one</c><00:28:50.019><c> of</c><00:28:50.160><c> my</c><00:28:50.359><c> brethren,</c>

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:52.900
came<00:28:50.819><c> with</c><00:28:51.079><c> certain</c><00:28:51.319><c> men</c><00:28:51.500><c> out</c><00:28:51.700><c> of</c><00:28:51.880><c> Judah,</c><00:28:52.119><c> and</c><00:28:52.240><c> I</c><00:28:52.440><c> asked</c><00:28:52.680><c> them</c>

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concerning<00:28:53.339><c> the</c><00:28:53.680><c> Jews</c><00:28:54.019><c> that</c><00:28:54.779><c> had</c><00:28:55.019><c> survived,</c>

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:58.619
or<00:28:56.119><c> had</c><00:28:56.380><c> escaped</c><00:28:56.680><c> as</c><00:28:56.859><c> it</c><00:28:56.980><c> is</c><00:28:57.099><c> in</c><00:28:57.200><c> the</c><00:28:57.339><c> authorized</c><00:28:57.660><c> version,</c>

00:28:58.660 --> 00:29:01.099
who<00:28:58.819><c> had</c><00:28:59.099><c> survived</c><00:28:59.460><c> captivity</c><00:29:00.180><c> and</c><00:29:00.579><c> concerning</c>

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Jerusalem.<00:29:02.339><c> Now</c><00:29:02.559><c> these</c><00:29:02.700><c> are</c><00:29:02.920><c> not</c><00:29:03.200><c> the</c><00:29:03.480><c> Jews</c><00:29:03.779><c> who</c><00:29:04.039><c> had</c><00:29:04.240><c> escaped</c>

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:08.660
out<00:29:05.519><c> of</c><00:29:05.700><c> anywhere.</c><00:29:07.640><c> These</c><00:29:07.839><c> are</c><00:29:08.019><c> not</c><00:29:08.180><c> political</c>

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:12.339
prisoners<00:29:09.059><c> who</c><00:29:09.259><c> got</c><00:29:09.440><c> away.</c><00:29:11.059><c> They</c><00:29:11.259><c> had</c><00:29:11.480><c> not</c><00:29:11.660><c> escaped</c><00:29:11.940><c> back</c><00:29:12.200><c> to</c>

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:14.339
the<00:29:12.480><c> land.</c><00:29:12.660><c> Remember,</c><00:29:12.960><c> under</c><00:29:13.200><c> the</c><00:29:13.420><c> decrees</c><00:29:13.640><c> of</c><00:29:13.940><c> Cyrus</c>

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:18.960
and<00:29:14.559><c> Artaxerxes</c><00:29:15.339><c> with</c><00:29:17.519><c> Jeshua</c><00:29:18.059><c> and</c><00:29:18.140><c> Zerubbabel,</c><00:29:18.720><c> and</c><00:29:18.859><c> then</c>

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:21.380
with<00:29:19.200><c> Ezra,</c><00:29:19.640><c> they</c><00:29:19.819><c> were</c><00:29:20.059><c> permitted</c><00:29:20.559><c> to</c><00:29:21.019><c> go</c><00:29:21.200><c> back</c>

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:27.339
to<00:29:21.519><c> the</c><00:29:21.660><c> land.</c><00:29:23.299><c> These</c><00:29:23.460><c> are</c><00:29:24.559><c> the</c><00:29:24.779><c> remnant</c><00:29:25.279><c> who</c><00:29:25.799><c> were</c><00:29:26.099><c> descendants</c><00:29:26.740><c> of</c><00:29:27.039><c> those</c>

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.799
who<00:29:27.500><c> had</c><00:29:27.660><c> escaped,</c>

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:32.440
who<00:29:29.079><c> had</c><00:29:29.400><c> survived</c><00:29:29.940><c> the</c><00:29:30.220><c> earlier</c><00:29:30.599><c> Gentile</c><00:29:31.180><c> invasions.</c><00:29:32.220><c> We've</c>

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:34.839
given<00:29:32.599><c> a</c><00:29:32.759><c> couple</c><00:29:33.059><c> references</c><00:29:34.240><c> there</c><00:29:34.519><c> if</c><00:29:34.619><c> you</c><00:29:34.759><c> want</c>

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:37.180
to<00:29:34.920><c> go</c><00:29:35.059><c> back</c><00:29:35.220><c> and</c><00:29:35.299><c> look</c><00:29:35.440><c> at</c><00:29:35.519><c> those</c><00:29:35.740><c> two</c><00:29:35.960><c> strong</c><00:29:36.160><c> numbers.</c><00:29:37.000><c> They</c>

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:40.240
show<00:29:37.319><c> up</c><00:29:37.460><c> in</c><00:29:37.619><c> 2</c><00:29:37.779><c> Chronicles</c><00:29:38.259><c> 30</c><00:29:39.019><c> when</c><00:29:39.500><c> Hezekiah</c><00:29:40.000><c> was</c>

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:43.440
told<00:29:40.640><c> that</c><00:29:40.859><c> there</c><00:29:41.039><c> would</c><00:29:41.240><c> be</c><00:29:41.400><c> this</c><00:29:41.700><c> remnant</c><00:29:42.079><c> that</c><00:29:42.220><c> would</c><00:29:42.400><c> escape,</c><00:29:43.339><c> and</c>

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:46.059
it<00:29:43.539><c> shows</c><00:29:43.700><c> up</c><00:29:43.920><c> again</c><00:29:44.140><c> in</c><00:29:44.779><c> 2</c><00:29:45.039><c> Kings</c><00:29:45.339><c> 19,</c>

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:49.220
14<00:29:46.519><c> years</c><00:29:46.900><c> later.</c><00:29:47.660><c> He's</c><00:29:47.859><c> given</c><00:29:48.039><c> the</c><00:29:48.259><c> assurance</c><00:29:48.559><c> by</c><00:29:48.799><c> Isaiah</c>

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that<00:29:49.400><c> the</c><00:29:49.680><c> remnant</c><00:29:49.900><c> would</c><00:29:50.160><c> survive.</c>

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These<00:29:51.700><c> are</c><00:29:51.859><c> the</c><00:29:51.960><c> good</c><00:29:52.200><c> figs</c><00:29:53.119><c> of</c><00:29:53.259><c> Jeremiah</c><00:29:53.640><c> 24.</c><00:29:55.140><c> These</c><00:29:55.480><c> are</c><00:29:55.640><c> the</c>

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ones<00:29:55.839><c> that</c><00:29:55.940><c> were</c><00:29:56.119><c> taken</c><00:29:56.279><c> out</c><00:29:56.559><c> of</c><00:29:56.680><c> the</c><00:29:56.859><c> land,</c>

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because<00:29:57.819><c> the</c><00:29:58.059><c> bad</c><00:29:58.259><c> figs</c><00:29:58.599><c> being</c><00:29:58.779><c> left</c><00:29:59.039><c> in</c><00:29:59.319><c> the</c><00:29:59.559><c> land</c><00:29:59.900><c> needed</c><00:30:00.680><c> to</c>

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be<00:30:01.700><c> destroyed</c><00:30:02.299><c> and</c><00:30:02.599><c> taken</c><00:30:02.880><c> out</c><00:30:03.180><c> of</c><00:30:03.319><c> the</c><00:30:03.440><c> way,</c>

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:06.240
and<00:30:04.279><c> then</c><00:30:04.400><c> the</c><00:30:04.539><c> land</c><00:30:04.680><c> would</c><00:30:04.880><c> be</c><00:30:05.079><c> cleansed</c><00:30:05.279><c> for</c><00:30:05.519><c> 70</c><00:30:05.759><c> years,</c><00:30:06.099><c> and</c>

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.480
then<00:30:06.460><c> the</c><00:30:06.599><c> descendants</c><00:30:06.960><c> of</c><00:30:07.140><c> the</c><00:30:07.259><c> good</c>

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:11.480
figs<00:30:07.660><c> would</c><00:30:07.799><c> be</c><00:30:08.019><c> brought</c><00:30:08.200><c> back,</c><00:30:09.079><c> and</c><00:30:09.160><c> there</c><00:30:09.240><c> would</c><00:30:09.400><c> be</c><00:30:09.539><c> a</c><00:30:09.700><c> spiritual</c><00:30:10.200><c> rejuvenation</c><00:30:11.279><c> in</c>

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.480
the<00:30:11.660><c> land.</c>

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:16.200
So<00:30:13.079><c> these</c><00:30:13.259><c> are</c><00:30:13.460><c> descendants</c><00:30:13.900><c> of</c><00:30:14.119><c> those</c><00:30:14.319><c> good</c><00:30:14.559><c> figs,</c><00:30:15.720><c> and</c><00:30:15.920><c> we're</c><00:30:16.039><c> going</c><00:30:16.119><c> to</c>

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:17.759
see<00:30:16.319><c> on</c><00:30:16.700><c> several</c><00:30:17.000><c> occasions</c><00:30:17.500><c> in</c>

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:20.680
Nehemiah<00:30:18.279><c> references</c><00:30:18.740><c> to</c><00:30:18.980><c> the</c><00:30:19.140><c> fact</c><00:30:19.279><c> that</c><00:30:19.400><c> they</c><00:30:19.619><c> are</c><00:30:19.779><c> now</c><00:30:20.019><c> looking</c><00:30:20.339><c> and</c>

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:22.940
turning<00:30:20.960><c> out</c><00:30:21.259><c> to</c><00:30:21.740><c> become</c><00:30:22.200><c> an</c><00:30:22.539><c> awful</c><00:30:22.700><c> lot</c>

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:28.059
like<00:30:23.140><c> the</c><00:30:23.319><c> bad</c><00:30:23.519><c> figs.</c><00:30:25.000><c> So</c><00:30:25.319><c> all</c><00:30:25.740><c> of</c><00:30:25.880><c> this</c><00:30:26.579><c> captivity</c><00:30:27.180><c> and</c><00:30:27.519><c> everything</c><00:30:27.839><c> that</c>

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:29.660
the<00:30:28.240><c> nation</c><00:30:28.480><c> suffered</c><00:30:28.920><c> under</c><00:30:29.220><c> that</c>

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:32.759
is<00:30:30.039><c> now</c><00:30:30.259><c> being</c><00:30:30.680><c> undone,</c><00:30:31.480><c> because</c><00:30:31.799><c> the</c><00:30:32.079><c> descendants</c><00:30:32.380><c> of</c><00:30:32.640><c> the</c>

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:35.480
good<00:30:32.980><c> figs</c><00:30:33.759><c> are</c><00:30:33.940><c> now</c><00:30:34.099><c> beginning</c><00:30:34.359><c> to</c><00:30:34.640><c> act</c><00:30:34.920><c> and</c><00:30:35.220><c> think</c>

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:38.920
and<00:30:35.839><c> talk</c><00:30:36.019><c> and</c><00:30:36.279><c> look</c><00:30:36.619><c> like</c><00:30:36.880><c> the</c><00:30:37.059><c> bad</c><00:30:37.279><c> figs.</c><00:30:38.359><c> They're</c><00:30:38.460><c> the</c><00:30:38.640><c> same</c>

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:41.500
remnant<00:30:39.240><c> that</c><00:30:39.480><c> Ezra</c><00:30:39.680><c> prayed</c><00:30:39.960><c> for</c><00:30:40.500><c> 13</c><00:30:40.940><c> years</c><00:30:41.200><c> earlier.</c>

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:45.140
Again,<00:30:41.839><c> if</c><00:30:41.980><c> you</c><00:30:42.039><c> go</c><00:30:42.200><c> back</c><00:30:42.420><c> and</c><00:30:42.599><c> check</c><00:30:42.799><c> the</c><00:30:43.559><c> two</c><00:30:43.839><c> words,</c><00:30:44.680><c> there's</c><00:30:44.819><c> four</c>

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:47.700
references<00:30:45.640><c> back</c><00:30:46.799><c> in</c><00:30:46.980><c> Ezra</c><00:30:47.140><c> chapter</c><00:30:47.440><c> 9.</c>

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:50.740
This<00:30:47.859><c> is</c><00:30:48.019><c> who</c><00:30:48.220><c> Ezra</c><00:30:48.539><c> was</c><00:30:48.779><c> praying</c><00:30:49.079><c> for,</c><00:30:49.880><c> and</c><00:30:50.039><c> now</c><00:30:50.319><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:53.480
receives<00:30:51.160><c> word</c><00:30:51.680><c> about</c><00:30:52.180><c> those</c><00:30:52.559><c> who</c><00:30:52.740><c> had</c><00:30:52.920><c> survived,</c>

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:57.039
those<00:30:54.119><c> who</c><00:30:54.240><c> had</c><00:30:54.380><c> escaped</c><00:30:54.900><c> and</c><00:30:55.500><c> survived</c><00:30:55.920><c> the</c><00:30:56.119><c> captivity.</c><00:30:56.579><c> It's</c><00:30:56.740><c> the</c>

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:58.200
remnant.<00:30:57.539><c> Nehemiah</c><00:30:57.940><c> is</c><00:30:58.079><c> saying,</c>

00:30:58.299 --> 00:31:02.400
how<00:30:58.559><c> is</c><00:30:58.859><c> the</c><00:30:59.140><c> remnant</c><00:30:59.579><c> doing?</c><00:31:00.559><c> This</c><00:31:00.859><c> precious</c><00:31:01.500><c> remnant</c><00:31:02.220><c> that</c>

00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:03.559
has<00:31:02.539><c> been</c><00:31:02.799><c> brought</c><00:31:03.079><c> through,</c>

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:06.140
and<00:31:04.259><c> the</c><00:31:04.460><c> report</c><00:31:04.779><c> is</c><00:31:05.019><c> not</c><00:31:05.279><c> good,</c>

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:11.900
because<00:31:08.859><c> the</c><00:31:09.119><c> report</c><00:31:09.519><c> indicates</c><00:31:10.240><c> that</c><00:31:10.799><c> the</c><00:31:11.079><c> remnant</c><00:31:11.380><c> is</c><00:31:11.660><c> in</c><00:31:11.740><c> a</c>

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:13.519
great<00:31:12.119><c> deal</c><00:31:12.420><c> of</c><00:31:12.660><c> danger.</c>

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:17.339
It's<00:31:14.960><c> critical</c><00:31:15.339><c> to</c><00:31:15.619><c> recognize</c><00:31:16.099><c> at</c><00:31:16.279><c> the</c><00:31:16.440><c> outset</c><00:31:16.799><c> that</c><00:31:17.019><c> we</c><00:31:17.180><c> are</c>

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:21.279
not<00:31:17.539><c> talking</c><00:31:17.920><c> about</c><00:31:18.359><c> political</c><00:31:19.660><c> activities.</c>

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:30.099
We<00:31:25.920><c> are</c><00:31:26.180><c> talking</c><00:31:26.579><c> about</c><00:31:27.160><c> spiritual</c><00:31:27.960><c> activities,</c><00:31:29.720><c> spiritual</c>

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:33.759
events.<00:31:31.420><c> Nehemiah</c><00:31:31.920><c> is</c><00:31:32.279><c> not</c><00:31:32.660><c> a</c><00:31:32.900><c> general.</c>

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:37.500
Don't<00:31:34.400><c> view</c><00:31:34.640><c> the</c><00:31:34.759><c> book</c><00:31:34.960><c> of</c><00:31:35.099><c> Nehemiah</c><00:31:35.480><c> from</c><00:31:35.740><c> a</c><00:31:35.759><c> military</c><00:31:36.339><c> perspective.</c><00:31:36.920><c> He</c><00:31:37.019><c> doesn't</c><00:31:37.220><c> go</c>

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.339
back<00:31:37.700><c> to</c><00:31:37.880><c> build</c><00:31:38.059><c> some</c>

00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:43.740
strong<00:31:38.720><c> wall</c><00:31:39.160><c> so</c><00:31:39.779><c> he</c><00:31:39.880><c> can</c><00:31:40.119><c> develop</c><00:31:40.400><c> a</c><00:31:40.720><c> strong</c><00:31:41.240><c> political</c><00:31:42.240><c> Jewish</c><00:31:42.920><c> influence</c><00:31:43.480><c> in</c>

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.740
the<00:31:43.920><c> land.</c>

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:47.880
That's<00:31:45.599><c> exactly</c><00:31:46.019><c> what</c><00:31:46.180><c> he</c><00:31:46.359><c> is</c><00:31:46.539><c> falsely</c><00:31:46.920><c> accused</c><00:31:47.259><c> of</c><00:31:47.440><c> later</c><00:31:47.680><c> on</c>

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:49.519
in<00:31:48.039><c> chapter</c><00:31:48.279><c> 6.</c>

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:54.079
Building<00:31:50.059><c> the</c><00:31:50.319><c> wall</c><00:31:50.500><c> is</c><00:31:50.799><c> not</c><00:31:51.019><c> about</c><00:31:51.299><c> a</c><00:31:51.500><c> political</c><00:31:52.160><c> accomplishment.</c><00:31:53.759><c> He</c><00:31:53.880><c> doesn't</c>

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.980
go<00:31:54.299><c> back</c><00:31:54.500><c> to</c><00:31:54.660><c> the</c><00:31:54.819><c> land</c>

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:59.859
as<00:31:55.380><c> some</c><00:31:55.680><c> general</c><00:31:56.059><c> that's</c><00:31:56.299><c> going</c><00:31:56.460><c> to</c><00:31:56.480><c> lead</c><00:31:56.759><c> the</c><00:31:57.039><c> Jews</c><00:31:57.339><c> like</c><00:31:57.619><c> King</c><00:31:57.920><c> David</c><00:31:58.339><c> into</c><00:31:58.680><c> some</c><00:31:59.359><c> conquering</c><00:31:59.720><c> of</c>

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.819
the<00:32:00.000><c> land.</c>

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:05.700
He<00:32:01.640><c> goes</c><00:32:01.880><c> back</c><00:32:02.259><c> for</c><00:32:02.640><c> spiritual</c><00:32:03.259><c> reasons</c><00:32:04.079><c> to</c><00:32:04.779><c> work</c><00:32:05.099><c> with</c><00:32:05.420><c> the</c>

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:07.440
remnant<00:32:06.039><c> that</c><00:32:06.279><c> is</c><00:32:06.519><c> surrounded</c><00:32:06.940><c> by</c><00:32:07.220><c> this</c>

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:12.960
Gentile<00:32:07.980><c> influence</c><00:32:08.400><c> to</c><00:32:08.759><c> teach</c><00:32:09.140><c> them</c><00:32:09.460><c> how</c><00:32:09.740><c> to</c><00:32:09.980><c> live</c><00:32:10.240><c> faithfully</c><00:32:11.079><c> in</c><00:32:11.700><c> the</c><00:32:11.880><c> midst</c><00:32:12.339><c> of</c>

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:14.539
a<00:32:13.079><c> Gentile</c><00:32:13.539><c> world.</c>

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:21.740
There<00:32:18.119><c> is</c><00:32:18.319><c> no</c><00:32:18.559><c> threat</c><00:32:18.880><c> of</c><00:32:19.119><c> an</c><00:32:19.339><c> invasion</c><00:32:19.680><c> from</c><00:32:20.119><c> an</c><00:32:20.299><c> army.</c><00:32:21.480><c> The</c>

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:23.500
law<00:32:22.019><c> is</c><00:32:22.259><c> on</c><00:32:22.420><c> the</c><00:32:22.640><c> side</c><00:32:22.839><c> of</c><00:32:23.019><c> the</c><00:32:23.180><c> Jews.</c>

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:26.880
They<00:32:23.980><c> have</c><00:32:24.200><c> the</c><00:32:24.500><c> decrees</c><00:32:24.839><c> of</c><00:32:25.099><c> our</c><00:32:25.200><c> exerxes.</c><00:32:25.779><c> They</c><00:32:26.039><c> can</c><00:32:26.279><c> be</c><00:32:26.559><c> there.</c><00:32:26.740><c> In</c>

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:28.180
fact,<00:32:27.039><c> it's</c><00:32:27.319><c> against</c><00:32:27.700><c> the</c><00:32:27.920><c> law</c>

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:33.440
not<00:32:28.819><c> the</c><00:32:29.099><c> practice,</c><00:32:29.559><c> the</c><00:32:29.640><c> law</c><00:32:29.799><c> of</c><00:32:29.940><c> Moses.</c><00:32:32.559><c> The</c><00:32:32.799><c> broken</c><00:32:33.119><c> down</c>

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:36.940
wall<00:32:33.940><c> is</c><00:32:34.660><c> representative</c><00:32:35.359><c> of</c><00:32:35.859><c> the</c><00:32:36.099><c> broken</c><00:32:36.460><c> down</c>

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:41.440
ecclesia,<00:32:38.180><c> the</c><00:32:38.440><c> broken</c><00:32:38.759><c> down</c><00:32:39.079><c> community.</c><00:32:40.240><c> Because</c><00:32:40.579><c> that</c><00:32:40.900><c> wall</c><00:32:41.200><c> had</c>

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:43.220
so<00:32:41.680><c> many</c><00:32:41.859><c> holes</c><00:32:42.200><c> in</c><00:32:42.400><c> it,</c>

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:47.079
the<00:32:43.619><c> Gentile</c><00:32:44.180><c> influence</c><00:32:44.599><c> was</c><00:32:44.900><c> just</c><00:32:45.539><c> seeping</c><00:32:45.880><c> right</c><00:32:46.380><c> through</c>

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:50.299
and<00:32:47.559><c> into</c><00:32:47.700><c> the</c><00:32:47.920><c> community.</c><00:32:48.839><c> As</c><00:32:49.259><c> we</c><00:32:49.519><c> see,</c>

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:52.839
there's<00:32:51.460><c> another</c><00:32:51.680><c> slide</c><00:32:51.900><c> in</c><00:32:52.079><c> the</c><00:32:52.160><c> package</c><00:32:52.339><c> we'll</c><00:32:52.480><c> get</c><00:32:52.640><c> to</c><00:32:52.740><c> in</c>

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:54.680
just<00:32:53.000><c> a</c><00:32:53.119><c> minute,</c><00:32:53.339><c> the</c><00:32:53.519><c> spiritual</c><00:32:54.059><c> decay</c>

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:59.339
of<00:32:54.819><c> the</c><00:32:54.960><c> community</c><00:32:55.400><c> at</c><00:32:55.619><c> the</c><00:32:55.740><c> time</c><00:32:56.059><c> Nehemiah</c><00:32:56.539><c> arrives</c><00:32:57.099><c> is</c><00:32:57.720><c> astonishing.</c><00:32:59.220><c> No</c>

00:32:59.339 --> 00:33:00.960
one's<00:32:59.619><c> physical</c><00:32:59.960><c> life</c><00:33:00.259><c> is</c><00:33:00.460><c> in</c><00:33:00.599><c> danger.</c>

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:04.500
When<00:33:01.400><c> Nehemiah</c><00:33:01.819><c> shows</c><00:33:02.119><c> up,</c><00:33:02.339><c> they</c><00:33:02.480><c> do</c><00:33:02.660><c> not</c><00:33:02.819><c> tell</c><00:33:03.019><c> him</c><00:33:03.220><c> that</c><00:33:03.839><c> we're</c><00:33:04.119><c> about</c><00:33:04.339><c> to</c>

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:06.220
be<00:33:04.680><c> attacked</c><00:33:04.980><c> here</c><00:33:05.240><c> by</c><00:33:05.400><c> these</c><00:33:05.700><c> Gentiles</c>

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:09.019
or<00:33:06.339><c> these</c><00:33:06.579><c> Gentiles</c><00:33:07.019><c> are</c><00:33:07.240><c> putting</c><00:33:07.380><c> us</c><00:33:07.599><c> in</c><00:33:07.779><c> prison</c><00:33:08.240><c> or</c><00:33:08.660><c> they're</c>

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:11.380
developing<00:33:09.579><c> programs</c><00:33:10.180><c> or</c><00:33:10.319><c> any</c><00:33:10.480><c> of</c><00:33:10.599><c> that.</c>

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:17.380
Life<00:33:13.559><c> in</c><00:33:13.839><c> Jerusalem</c><00:33:14.279><c> is</c><00:33:14.660><c> really</c><00:33:14.940><c> not</c><00:33:15.160><c> too</c><00:33:15.380><c> bad</c><00:33:15.539><c> from</c><00:33:15.700><c> the</c><00:33:15.859><c> world's</c><00:33:16.220><c> perspective.</c><00:33:17.279><c> In</c>

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:18.259
fact,<00:33:17.579><c> things</c><00:33:17.880><c> are</c>

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:22.619
looking<00:33:18.539><c> up</c><00:33:18.819><c> from</c><00:33:19.119><c> a</c><00:33:19.980><c> Gentile</c><00:33:20.359><c> perspective,</c><00:33:20.839><c> but</c><00:33:21.059><c> the</c><00:33:21.299><c> ecclesia</c><00:33:21.640><c> is</c><00:33:21.799><c> being</c><00:33:22.140><c> swallowed</c><00:33:22.400><c> up</c>

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by<00:33:22.799><c> the</c><00:33:22.940><c> Gentile</c>

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influence.<00:33:24.319><c> To</c><00:33:24.480><c> remove</c><00:33:24.740><c> the</c><00:33:24.900><c> reproach,</c><00:33:25.480><c> they</c><00:33:25.559><c> must</c><00:33:25.799><c> learn</c><00:33:26.140><c> to</c>

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walk<00:33:26.759><c> in</c><00:33:27.079><c> the</c><00:33:27.380><c> fear</c><00:33:27.640><c> of</c><00:33:27.940><c> Yahweh,</c><00:33:28.400><c> which</c><00:33:28.519><c> is</c>

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Nehemiah's<00:33:29.319><c> prayer</c><00:33:29.759><c> in</c><00:33:30.279><c> chapter</c><00:33:30.640><c> one.</c><00:33:31.700><c> So</c><00:33:31.859><c> that</c><00:33:32.000><c> the</c><00:33:32.119><c> real</c><00:33:32.319><c> problem</c><00:33:32.559><c> is</c>

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not<00:33:32.900><c> a</c><00:33:32.960><c> lack</c><00:33:33.220><c> of</c><00:33:33.400><c> the</c><00:33:33.619><c> wall,</c><00:33:34.359><c> but</c><00:33:34.519><c> a</c><00:33:34.759><c> failure</c>

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of<00:33:35.359><c> the</c><00:33:35.519><c> remnant</c><00:33:35.799><c> to</c><00:33:36.079><c> know</c><00:33:36.440><c> and</c><00:33:36.740><c> to</c><00:33:36.960><c> live</c><00:33:37.319><c> the</c><00:33:37.579><c> truth.</c><00:33:39.180><c> The</c>

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:43.500
Gentiles<00:33:39.880><c> have</c><00:33:40.160><c> easy</c><00:33:40.519><c> access</c><00:33:41.220><c> into</c><00:33:41.880><c> their</c><00:33:42.099><c> personal</c><00:33:42.440><c> lives.</c>

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:48.759
The<00:33:43.960><c> Gentiles</c><00:33:44.359><c> have</c><00:33:44.700><c> easy</c><00:33:45.079><c> access</c><00:33:45.539><c> into</c><00:33:45.799><c> the</c><00:33:45.980><c> ecclesia.</c><00:33:47.359><c> Imagine</c><00:33:47.960><c> the</c>

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:50.099
arranging<00:33:49.119><c> brethren</c><00:33:49.400><c> of</c><00:33:49.559><c> your</c><00:33:49.779><c> ecclesia</c>

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:54.839
getting<00:33:50.319><c> together</c><00:33:51.220><c> this</c><00:33:51.700><c> Thursday</c><00:33:52.079><c> night</c><00:33:52.359><c> for</c><00:33:52.460><c> their</c><00:33:52.619><c> monthly</c><00:33:52.940><c> meeting</c><00:33:53.500><c> and</c><00:33:54.400><c> having</c><00:33:54.660><c> a</c>

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few<00:33:54.980><c> Gentiles</c><00:33:55.819><c> come</c>

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in<00:33:56.319><c> and</c><00:33:56.420><c> sit</c><00:33:56.579><c> in</c><00:33:56.720><c> on</c><00:33:56.839><c> the</c><00:33:56.980><c> meeting</c><00:33:57.259><c> and</c><00:33:58.079><c> you</c><00:33:58.420><c> know</c><00:33:58.779><c> what</c><00:33:59.359><c> are</c><00:33:59.480><c> we</c>

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:02.289
going<00:33:59.660><c> to</c><00:33:59.779><c> talk</c><00:33:59.980><c> about</c><00:34:00.299><c> and</c><00:34:00.740><c> what</c><00:34:00.920><c> can</c><00:34:01.119><c> we</c><00:34:01.279><c> do</c><00:34:01.539><c> to</c>

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:05.599
you<00:34:02.640><c> know</c><00:34:02.779><c> make</c><00:34:02.980><c> life</c><00:34:03.339><c> a</c><00:34:03.500><c> little</c><00:34:03.619><c> better</c><00:34:04.000><c> and</c><00:34:04.400><c> what</c><00:34:04.640><c> joint</c><00:34:04.940><c> projects</c><00:34:05.400><c> can</c>

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we<00:34:05.839><c> have.</c>

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This<00:34:06.859><c> is</c><00:34:07.079><c> the</c><00:34:07.220><c> kind</c><00:34:07.359><c> of</c><00:34:07.599><c> influence</c><00:34:07.920><c> that</c><00:34:08.199><c> had</c><00:34:08.539><c> existed</c><00:34:09.139><c> in</c><00:34:09.500><c> the</c>

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:11.900
community<00:34:10.139><c> in</c><00:34:10.400><c> the</c><00:34:10.559><c> days</c><00:34:10.719><c> that</c><00:34:10.940><c> Nehemiah</c><00:34:11.360><c> shows</c><00:34:11.659><c> up</c>

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:21.639
in<00:34:12.039><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:34:16.800><c> The</c><00:34:17.179><c> report</c><00:34:17.820><c> of</c><00:34:18.039><c> Hanani</c><00:34:18.579><c> in</c><00:34:19.440><c> verse</c><00:34:19.679><c> three</c><00:34:20.320><c> is</c>

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equally<00:34:22.179><c> spiritual.</c><00:34:23.480><c> Again,</c><00:34:23.679><c> this</c><00:34:23.840><c> is</c><00:34:24.039><c> not</c><00:34:24.199><c> a</c><00:34:24.420><c> physical</c>

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:28.519
condition.<00:34:26.139><c> They</c><00:34:26.280><c> are</c><00:34:26.500><c> suffering</c><00:34:27.000><c> great</c><00:34:27.619><c> affliction</c><00:34:28.239><c> and</c>

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:32.179
reproach.<00:34:30.579><c> It's</c><00:34:30.780><c> worth</c><00:34:31.000><c> taking</c><00:34:31.280><c> those</c><00:34:31.519><c> two</c><00:34:31.780><c> words</c>

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:35.280
and<00:34:32.460><c> tracing</c><00:34:32.679><c> them</c><00:34:32.900><c> through</c><00:34:33.079><c> because</c><00:34:33.219><c> they</c><00:34:33.340><c> will</c><00:34:33.519><c> show</c><00:34:33.739><c> up</c><00:34:33.980><c> again</c><00:34:34.519><c> later</c><00:34:35.039><c> on</c>

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:37.119
in<00:34:35.440><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:34:35.940><c> We've</c><00:34:36.159><c> given</c><00:34:36.300><c> you</c><00:34:36.739><c> a</c><00:34:36.920><c> couple</c>

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:41.219
references.<00:34:38.380><c> For</c><00:34:38.480><c> those</c><00:34:38.639><c> of</c><00:34:38.780><c> you</c><00:34:38.880><c> that</c><00:34:39.079><c> like</c><00:34:39.239><c> to</c><00:34:40.380><c> trace</c><00:34:40.699><c> through</c><00:34:40.980><c> the</c>

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:43.460
Strong's<00:34:41.500><c> Numbers</c><00:34:41.820><c> with</c><00:34:42.039><c> your</c><00:34:42.900><c> Englishmen,</c>

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:47.440
you<00:34:44.059><c> will</c><00:34:44.340><c> be</c><00:34:44.780><c> rewarded</c><00:34:45.300><c> in</c><00:34:45.840><c> the</c><00:34:45.960><c> book</c><00:34:46.099><c> of</c><00:34:46.340><c> Nehemiah</c><00:34:46.980><c> because</c>

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:49.500
this<00:34:47.800><c> paints</c><00:34:48.079><c> the</c><00:34:48.360><c> picture</c><00:34:48.739><c> of</c><00:34:49.099><c> the</c><00:34:49.300><c> true</c>

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:55.840
condition<00:34:50.199><c> of</c><00:34:51.280><c> the</c><00:34:51.480><c> community</c><00:34:51.920><c> in</c><00:34:52.199><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:34:52.780><c> day.</c><00:34:53.760><c> It's</c><00:34:53.900><c> the</c><00:34:54.000><c> same</c><00:34:54.199><c> two</c><00:34:54.460><c> words</c><00:34:54.820><c> that</c><00:34:55.000><c> are</c><00:34:55.139><c> used</c><00:34:55.260><c> to</c><00:34:55.559><c> describe</c>

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:59.800
Sam<00:34:56.199><c> Ballett</c><00:34:56.440><c> and</c><00:34:56.639><c> Fabiah's</c><00:34:57.179><c> reaction</c><00:34:57.659><c> to</c><00:34:57.860><c> when</c><00:34:58.019><c> Nehemiah</c><00:34:58.440><c> shows</c><00:34:58.699><c> up.</c><00:34:59.599><c> It</c>

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:02.320
says<00:34:59.920><c> they</c><00:35:00.079><c> were</c><00:35:00.360><c> greatly</c><00:35:01.000><c> distressed.</c>

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:09.940
So<00:35:03.079><c> the</c><00:35:03.500><c> way</c><00:35:03.719><c> Hanani</c><00:35:04.099><c> describes</c><00:35:04.619><c> the</c><00:35:04.780><c> community</c><00:35:06.059><c> to</c><00:35:06.800><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:35:08.260><c> our</c><00:35:08.699><c> brethren</c><00:35:09.039><c> and</c><00:35:09.380><c> sisters</c>

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:14.739
are<00:35:10.480><c> in</c><00:35:10.719><c> great</c><00:35:11.099><c> affliction.</c><00:35:13.599><c> It's</c><00:35:13.739><c> the</c><00:35:13.880><c> same</c><00:35:14.039><c> words</c><00:35:14.239><c> used</c><00:35:14.500><c> to</c>

00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:16.219
describe<00:35:14.960><c> Tobiah</c><00:35:15.400><c> and</c><00:35:15.599><c> Sam</c><00:35:15.860><c> Ballett</c><00:35:16.039><c> when</c>

00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:20.099
Nehemiah<00:35:16.639><c> shows</c><00:35:16.900><c> up.</c><00:35:17.239><c> They</c><00:35:17.519><c> become</c><00:35:17.860><c> in</c><00:35:18.260><c> great</c><00:35:18.579><c> affliction</c><00:35:19.219><c> when</c><00:35:19.840><c> one</c><00:35:20.019><c> of</c>

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:22.260
the<00:35:20.239><c> good</c><00:35:20.400><c> guys</c><00:35:20.760><c> shows</c><00:35:21.059><c> up</c><00:35:21.260><c> on</c><00:35:21.380><c> the</c><00:35:21.539><c> scene.</c>

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:26.639
In<00:35:22.760><c> chapter</c><00:35:23.019><c> 13</c><00:35:23.420><c> and</c><00:35:23.539><c> verse</c><00:35:23.739><c> 27,</c><00:35:24.300><c> it</c><00:35:24.420><c> reveals</c><00:35:24.719><c> a</c><00:35:24.900><c> spiritual</c><00:35:25.260><c> connotation</c><00:35:25.880><c> because</c><00:35:26.219><c> some</c><00:35:26.500><c> in</c>

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the<00:35:26.820><c> community,</c>

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:31.239
as<00:35:27.739><c> we</c><00:35:27.900><c> mentioned,</c><00:35:28.320><c> were</c><00:35:28.500><c> advocating</c><00:35:29.019><c> the</c><00:35:30.559><c> false</c><00:35:30.840><c> doctrine</c>

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:34.679
of<00:35:31.599><c> marrying</c><00:35:32.079><c> the</c><00:35:32.500><c> Gentile</c><00:35:33.860><c> and</c><00:35:34.179><c> Nehemiah</c>

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:38.960
calls<00:35:35.059><c> this</c><00:35:35.440><c> a</c><00:35:35.900><c> great</c><00:35:36.280><c> evil.</c><00:35:37.579><c> Same</c><00:35:37.739><c> two</c><00:35:37.940><c> words</c><00:35:38.380><c> because</c><00:35:38.780><c> they</c>

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:41.360
were<00:35:39.099><c> trying</c><00:35:39.320><c> to</c><00:35:39.420><c> take</c><00:35:39.599><c> the</c><00:35:39.800><c> community</c><00:35:40.119><c> right</c><00:35:40.719><c> back</c>

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:46.480
to<00:35:41.719><c> chapter</c><00:35:42.039><c> 1</c><00:35:42.300><c> verse</c><00:35:42.539><c> 3</c><00:35:43.579><c> and</c><00:35:44.320><c> advocating</c><00:35:44.679><c> that</c><00:35:44.960><c> false</c><00:35:45.219><c> doctrine.</c><00:35:46.320><c> The</c>

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:48.199
reproach<00:35:46.980><c> that</c><00:35:47.159><c> Hanani</c><00:35:47.460><c> spoke</c><00:35:47.820><c> of,</c>

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:51.360
again<00:35:48.639><c> it's</c><00:35:48.800><c> worth</c><00:35:49.019><c> taking</c><00:35:49.340><c> a</c><00:35:49.460><c> look</c><00:35:49.579><c> at</c><00:35:49.659><c> that</c><00:35:49.920><c> one.</c><00:35:50.440><c> It's</c><00:35:50.559><c> typical</c><00:35:51.000><c> or</c>

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:54.099
it's<00:35:51.800><c> the</c><00:35:51.960><c> same</c><00:35:52.159><c> word</c><00:35:52.539><c> that's</c><00:35:53.659><c> used</c><00:35:53.820><c> to</c>

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:59.420
describe<00:35:54.420><c> Goliath's</c><00:35:54.940><c> daily</c><00:35:55.139><c> taunts</c><00:35:55.440><c> against</c><00:35:55.800><c> the</c><00:35:55.960><c> nation.</c><00:35:56.800><c> 80</c><00:35:57.019><c> times</c><00:35:57.400><c> when</c><00:35:57.539><c> he</c><00:35:57.639><c> went</c><00:35:57.719><c> out</c><00:35:57.940><c> there,</c><00:35:58.099><c> twice</c><00:35:58.360><c> a</c><00:35:58.579><c> day.</c>

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:02.300
In<00:36:00.139><c> chapter</c><00:36:00.440><c> 4</c><00:36:00.699><c> verse</c><00:36:00.940><c> 4,</c><00:36:01.239><c> it's</c><00:36:01.400><c> the</c><00:36:01.519><c> same</c><00:36:01.679><c> word</c><00:36:01.860><c> that</c><00:36:02.059><c> shows</c>

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:06.239
the<00:36:02.440><c> Gentiles'</c><00:36:03.239><c> reproach</c><00:36:03.519><c> for</c><00:36:04.820><c> being</c><00:36:05.320><c> the</c><00:36:05.820><c> reproach</c>

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:08.940
that<00:36:06.360><c> was</c><00:36:06.500><c> now</c><00:36:06.639><c> being</c><00:36:06.860><c> publicly</c><00:36:07.260><c> displayed</c><00:36:07.840><c> against</c><00:36:08.239><c> the</c><00:36:08.440><c> nation</c><00:36:08.679><c> as</c>

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:11.619
the<00:36:09.159><c> wall</c><00:36:09.280><c> was</c><00:36:09.460><c> going</c><00:36:09.679><c> up.</c><00:36:10.699><c> Chapter</c><00:36:10.980><c> 5</c><00:36:11.340><c> we'll</c>

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:17.539
see<00:36:11.840><c> brethren</c><00:36:12.199><c> are</c><00:36:12.440><c> mistreating</c><00:36:12.900><c> brethren.</c><00:36:14.139><c> They</c><00:36:14.300><c> are</c><00:36:14.500><c> bringing</c><00:36:14.860><c> reproach,</c><00:36:16.179><c> spiritual</c><00:36:16.500><c> reproach,</c><00:36:17.000><c> not</c><00:36:17.179><c> physical,</c>

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:21.940
spiritual<00:36:18.159><c> reproach</c><00:36:18.659><c> upon</c><00:36:18.860><c> the</c><00:36:19.079><c> community</c><00:36:19.500><c> because</c><00:36:20.119><c> of</c><00:36:20.260><c> their</c><00:36:20.420><c> mistreatment.</c><00:36:21.639><c> How</c>

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:24.019
do<00:36:22.079><c> you</c><00:36:22.320><c> remove</c><00:36:22.539><c> the</c><00:36:22.780><c> reproach?</c>

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:28.480
The<00:36:24.460><c> answer</c><00:36:24.920><c> is</c><00:36:26.280><c> to</c><00:36:26.480><c> walk</c><00:36:26.760><c> in</c><00:36:26.940><c> the</c><00:36:27.079><c> fear</c><00:36:27.219><c> of</c><00:36:27.320><c> God</c><00:36:27.760><c> as</c><00:36:28.000><c> we'll</c><00:36:28.239><c> see</c>

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:32.579
in<00:36:28.619><c> chapter</c><00:36:28.920><c> 5.</c><00:36:30.500><c> So</c><00:36:30.659><c> Hanani</c><00:36:31.059><c> is</c><00:36:31.420><c> describing</c><00:36:32.019><c> a</c>

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:39.719
spiritual<00:36:33.179><c> bondage,</c><00:36:34.380><c> not</c><00:36:34.659><c> a</c><00:36:35.019><c> physical</c><00:36:35.320><c> one.</c><00:36:37.179><c> We'll</c><00:36:37.340><c> see</c><00:36:37.619><c> the</c>

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:42.960
same<00:36:40.039><c> concept</c><00:36:40.460><c> again</c><00:36:40.780><c> show</c><00:36:41.019><c> up</c><00:36:41.199><c> in</c><00:36:41.360><c> chapter</c><00:36:41.679><c> 6</c>

00:36:43.199 --> 00:36:47.599
when<00:36:43.760><c> Nehemiah</c><00:36:44.320><c> is</c><00:36:44.579><c> put</c><00:36:44.780><c> in</c><00:36:44.960><c> that</c><00:36:45.199><c> box</c><00:36:45.800><c> where</c><00:36:46.860><c> he</c><00:36:46.960><c> can't</c><00:36:47.280><c> turn</c>

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:49.860
one<00:36:47.820><c> way</c><00:36:48.079><c> or</c><00:36:48.199><c> the</c><00:36:48.420><c> other.</c><00:36:48.719><c> What</c><00:36:48.920><c> they</c><00:36:49.139><c> try</c><00:36:49.340><c> to</c><00:36:49.519><c> do</c><00:36:49.679><c> is</c>

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:54.960
put<00:36:50.000><c> them</c><00:36:50.380><c> right</c><00:36:50.699><c> back</c><00:36:51.159><c> to</c><00:36:51.340><c> chapter</c><00:36:51.619><c> 1</c><00:36:51.840><c> verse</c><00:36:52.059><c> 3.</c><00:36:53.199><c> So</c><00:36:53.559><c> it's</c><00:36:53.860><c> worth</c><00:36:54.139><c> noting</c><00:36:54.460><c> those</c><00:36:54.739><c> two</c>

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.599
words<00:36:55.139><c> because</c><00:36:55.440><c> they</c>

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will<00:36:55.760><c> show</c><00:36:55.900><c> up</c><00:36:56.099><c> again</c><00:36:56.320><c> several</c><00:36:56.619><c> more</c><00:36:56.880><c> times.</c><00:36:59.159><c> The</c><00:36:59.380><c> lesson</c><00:36:59.860><c> to</c>

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:02.440
the<00:37:00.559><c> remnant</c><00:37:00.780><c> living</c><00:37:01.159><c> in</c><00:37:01.460><c> Gentile</c><00:37:01.960><c> times</c>

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:09.059
is<00:37:03.019><c> that</c><00:37:03.239><c> the</c><00:37:03.460><c> Gentiles</c><00:37:04.159><c> can</c><00:37:04.519><c> only</c><00:37:05.059><c> shame</c><00:37:05.360><c> us</c><00:37:06.219><c> if</c><00:37:07.559><c> they</c><00:37:07.860><c> convince</c><00:37:08.380><c> us</c><00:37:08.760><c> to</c>

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turn<00:37:09.420><c> to</c><00:37:09.739><c> sin.</c>

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:14.380
The<00:37:11.719><c> reason</c><00:37:12.179><c> the</c><00:37:12.539><c> nation</c><00:37:12.840><c> was</c><00:37:13.059><c> under</c><00:37:13.340><c> great</c><00:37:13.619><c> affliction</c><00:37:14.119><c> and</c>

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:16.699
reproach,<00:37:15.219><c> the</c><00:37:15.420><c> reason</c><00:37:15.679><c> they</c><00:37:15.840><c> were</c><00:37:16.079><c> under</c><00:37:16.380><c> shame</c>

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:20.960
was<00:37:16.900><c> because</c><00:37:17.219><c> of</c><00:37:17.380><c> the</c><00:37:17.500><c> way</c><00:37:17.739><c> they</c><00:37:17.880><c> were</c><00:37:18.099><c> living.</c><00:37:19.960><c> The</c><00:37:20.179><c> Gentiles</c>

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:26.900
cannot<00:37:22.659><c> shame</c><00:37:23.159><c> us</c><00:37:23.920><c> without</c><00:37:25.119><c> our</c><00:37:25.739><c> participation.</c>

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:30.519
They<00:37:27.920><c> can</c><00:37:28.179><c> ridicule</c><00:37:28.599><c> us,</c><00:37:29.280><c> they</c><00:37:29.360><c> can</c><00:37:29.519><c> ridicule</c><00:37:29.900><c> the</c><00:37:30.079><c> decisions</c>

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:31.860
they<00:37:30.780><c> make</c><00:37:30.980><c> that</c><00:37:31.119><c> we</c><00:37:31.340><c> make,</c><00:37:31.599><c> they</c><00:37:31.659><c> can</c>

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:34.619
ridicule<00:37:32.260><c> what</c><00:37:32.420><c> we</c><00:37:32.579><c> do</c><00:37:32.679><c> with</c><00:37:32.900><c> our</c><00:37:33.099><c> life,</c><00:37:33.420><c> they</c><00:37:33.500><c> can</c><00:37:33.679><c> ridicule</c>

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:37.679
our<00:37:35.019><c> careers,</c><00:37:36.300><c> they</c><00:37:36.539><c> can</c><00:37:36.739><c> ridicule</c><00:37:37.119><c> how</c><00:37:37.340><c> we</c>

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:40.539
we<00:37:37.800><c> raise</c><00:37:37.920><c> our</c><00:37:38.219><c> children,</c><00:37:38.820><c> but</c><00:37:39.280><c> they</c><00:37:39.500><c> can't</c><00:37:39.780><c> bring</c><00:37:40.039><c> reproach</c>

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:43.559
upon<00:37:40.800><c> us.</c><00:37:41.039><c> They</c><00:37:41.199><c> can't</c><00:37:41.619><c> shame</c><00:37:41.800><c> us</c><00:37:42.880><c> spiritually</c>

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:47.539
unless<00:37:44.199><c> we</c><00:37:44.579><c> agree</c><00:37:44.780><c> to</c><00:37:45.099><c> participate</c><00:37:45.820><c> in</c><00:37:46.199><c> the</c><00:37:46.340><c> way</c><00:37:46.440><c> they</c><00:37:46.699><c> live.</c>

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:53.280
The<00:37:50.800><c> later</c><00:37:51.139><c> chapters</c><00:37:51.619><c> as</c><00:37:51.820><c> we</c><00:37:52.039><c> mentioned</c><00:37:52.340><c> of</c><00:37:52.519><c> Nehemiah</c><00:37:52.980><c> will</c>

00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:55.920
reveal<00:37:53.679><c> just</c><00:37:54.039><c> how</c><00:37:54.340><c> bad</c><00:37:54.559><c> the</c><00:37:54.760><c> conditions</c><00:37:55.119><c> are.</c>

00:37:58.820 --> 00:38:02.139
Intermarrying<00:37:59.320><c> has</c><00:37:59.579><c> taken</c><00:37:59.820><c> place</c><00:38:00.219><c> at</c><00:38:00.400><c> a</c><00:38:00.619><c> very</c><00:38:00.900><c> high</c><00:38:01.099><c> level.</c>

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:04.539
Leading<00:38:02.539><c> brethren</c><00:38:02.880><c> in</c><00:38:03.059><c> the</c><00:38:03.239><c> community,</c>

00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:07.719
including<00:38:05.539><c> the</c><00:38:05.780><c> high</c><00:38:06.000><c> priest,</c><00:38:06.519><c> are</c><00:38:06.760><c> closely</c><00:38:07.199><c> allied</c><00:38:07.500><c> with</c>

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:11.019
the<00:38:07.860><c> Gentiles.</c><00:38:09.519><c> The</c><00:38:09.800><c> nobles</c><00:38:10.019><c> are</c><00:38:10.260><c> badly</c><00:38:10.539><c> mistreating</c>

00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:14.639
the<00:38:11.119><c> poor</c><00:38:11.380><c> brethren</c><00:38:11.739><c> in</c><00:38:11.920><c> chapter</c><00:38:12.239><c> five.</c><00:38:13.860><c> The</c><00:38:14.000><c> Gentiles</c><00:38:14.460><c> have</c>

00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:16.480
the<00:38:14.880><c> free</c><00:38:15.019><c> reign</c><00:38:15.239><c> and</c><00:38:15.440><c> access</c><00:38:15.800><c> to</c><00:38:15.980><c> the</c><00:38:16.159><c> city</c><00:38:16.300><c> and</c>

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the<00:38:16.639><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:38:17.000><c> as</c><00:38:17.099><c> we</c><00:38:17.239><c> noted.</c><00:38:18.039><c> The</c><00:38:18.179><c> law</c><00:38:18.360><c> of</c><00:38:18.559><c> Moses</c><00:38:18.780><c> is</c><00:38:19.019><c> not</c>

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:21.579
known.<00:38:20.420><c> You</c><00:38:20.420><c> know</c><00:38:20.579><c> tomorrow</c><00:38:20.840><c> morning</c><00:38:21.199><c> in</c>

00:38:21.579 --> 00:38:24.420
tomorrow<00:38:21.840><c> morning</c><00:38:22.119><c> Sunday</c><00:38:22.340><c> school's</c><00:38:22.739><c> class,</c><00:38:23.360><c> Lord</c><00:38:23.639><c> willing,</c>

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:27.179
beautiful<00:38:24.860><c> story.</c><00:38:26.380><c> They</c><00:38:26.639><c> actually</c><00:38:26.920><c> have</c><00:38:27.059><c> to</c>

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:29.500
get<00:38:27.300><c> the</c><00:38:27.480><c> Bible</c><00:38:27.679><c> out</c><00:38:27.920><c> and</c><00:38:28.079><c> bring</c><00:38:28.159><c> it</c><00:38:28.380><c> back</c><00:38:28.579><c> because</c><00:38:28.880><c> they</c><00:38:29.079><c> don't</c><00:38:29.300><c> know</c>

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what<00:38:29.619><c> it</c><00:38:29.800><c> teaches</c><00:38:30.099><c> and</c><00:38:30.679><c> then</c><00:38:30.840><c> when</c><00:38:30.880><c> they</c><00:38:31.099><c> find</c>

00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:33.000
out<00:38:31.380><c> what</c><00:38:31.480><c> it</c><00:38:31.679><c> teaches</c><00:38:31.920><c> they</c><00:38:32.119><c> say</c><00:38:32.199><c> we</c><00:38:32.360><c> better</c><00:38:32.519><c> do</c><00:38:32.739><c> something</c>

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:36.880
about<00:38:33.300><c> this.</c><00:38:34.880><c> That's</c><00:38:35.239><c> how</c><00:38:35.460><c> far</c><00:38:35.960><c> the</c><00:38:36.159><c> law</c><00:38:36.320><c> of</c><00:38:36.519><c> Moses</c><00:38:36.699><c> had</c>

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:39.920
been<00:38:37.039><c> removed</c><00:38:37.559><c> from</c><00:38:37.940><c> the</c><00:38:38.099><c> community.</c><00:38:39.219><c> There's</c><00:38:39.320><c> little</c><00:38:39.599><c> unity</c>

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:41.880
existing<00:38:40.400><c> in</c><00:38:40.599><c> the</c><00:38:40.800><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:38:41.139><c> There's</c><00:38:41.340><c> a</c><00:38:41.519><c> widespread</c>

00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:46.059
apathy.<00:38:43.059><c> The</c><00:38:43.539><c> temple</c><00:38:43.880><c> has</c><00:38:44.159><c> been</c><00:38:44.519><c> forsaken</c><00:38:45.360><c> and</c><00:38:45.659><c> the</c><00:38:45.800><c> temple</c>

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:48.300
worship,<00:38:46.940><c> that</c><00:38:47.179><c> which</c><00:38:47.340><c> they</c><00:38:47.539><c> were</c><00:38:47.699><c> so</c><00:38:48.039><c> pleased</c>

00:38:48.300 --> 00:38:52.619
to<00:38:48.579><c> have</c><00:38:49.659><c> been</c><00:38:50.119><c> able</c><00:38:50.340><c> to</c><00:38:50.639><c> build</c><00:38:51.019><c> back</c><00:38:51.420><c> in</c><00:38:51.619><c> the</c><00:38:51.719><c> days</c><00:38:51.880><c> of</c><00:38:52.099><c> Jeshua</c>

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:55.480
and<00:38:52.880><c> Zerubbabel,</c><00:38:53.639><c> not</c><00:38:53.940><c> too</c><00:38:54.139><c> many</c><00:38:54.300><c> years</c><00:38:54.579><c> earlier.</c>

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:58.059
The<00:38:56.119><c> key</c><00:38:56.320><c> point</c><00:38:56.539><c> from</c><00:38:56.699><c> this</c><00:38:56.860><c> is</c><00:38:57.000><c> to</c><00:38:57.199><c> recognize</c><00:38:57.599><c> that</c><00:38:57.820><c> building</c>

00:38:58.059 --> 00:39:03.099
the<00:38:58.340><c> wall</c><00:38:58.699><c> is</c><00:39:01.980><c> not</c><00:39:02.280><c> going</c><00:39:02.460><c> to</c><00:39:02.699><c> take</c><00:39:02.860><c> away</c>

00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:08.099
the<00:39:03.559><c> reproach</c><00:39:04.679><c> of</c><00:39:05.000><c> the</c><00:39:05.159><c> nation</c><00:39:05.519><c> or</c><00:39:05.820><c> the</c><00:39:05.940><c> reproach</c><00:39:06.460><c> of</c><00:39:06.599><c> the</c><00:39:06.760><c> people.</c><00:39:07.639><c> What</c><00:39:07.840><c> the</c>

00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:09.860
wall<00:39:08.219><c> will</c><00:39:08.480><c> do</c><00:39:08.699><c> will</c><00:39:08.860><c> be</c><00:39:09.059><c> a</c><00:39:09.280><c> first</c>

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:13.920
step<00:39:10.639><c> in</c><00:39:11.239><c> forming</c><00:39:11.480><c> a</c><00:39:11.760><c> line</c><00:39:11.940><c> of</c><00:39:12.260><c> separation</c><00:39:12.820><c> so</c><00:39:13.099><c> that</c><00:39:13.260><c> the</c><00:39:13.420><c> community</c><00:39:13.739><c> can</c>

00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:16.880
get<00:39:14.260><c> back</c><00:39:14.599><c> to</c><00:39:15.300><c> living</c><00:39:15.619><c> the</c><00:39:16.039><c> truth.</c>

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:20.139
So<00:39:17.400><c> the</c><00:39:17.559><c> solution</c><00:39:18.000><c> to</c><00:39:18.219><c> the</c><00:39:18.460><c> problem</c><00:39:18.760><c> that</c><00:39:19.000><c> exists</c><00:39:19.260><c> in</c><00:39:19.420><c> the</c><00:39:19.599><c> land</c><00:39:19.820><c> is</c>

00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:22.940
not<00:39:20.500><c> about,</c><00:39:20.900><c> is</c><00:39:21.039><c> not</c><00:39:21.320><c> building</c><00:39:21.639><c> the</c><00:39:21.920><c> wall.</c><00:39:22.760><c> That</c>

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:27.360
is<00:39:23.260><c> merely</c><00:39:23.679><c> the</c><00:39:24.079><c> first</c><00:39:24.360><c> step.</c><00:39:25.380><c> The</c><00:39:25.619><c> proof</c><00:39:25.800><c> of</c><00:39:25.940><c> that</c><00:39:26.139><c> is</c><00:39:26.280><c> in</c><00:39:26.420><c> chapter</c><00:39:26.719><c> 13,</c>

00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:29.619
which<00:39:27.539><c> we</c><00:39:27.699><c> just</c><00:39:27.940><c> read</c><00:39:28.739><c> two</c><00:39:29.119><c> or</c><00:39:29.239><c> three</c><00:39:29.460><c> days</c>

00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:34.300
ago<00:39:29.860><c> now.</c><00:39:31.159><c> The</c><00:39:31.380><c> wall</c><00:39:31.599><c> is</c><00:39:31.880><c> built.</c><00:39:32.599><c> The</c><00:39:32.760><c> gates</c><00:39:32.980><c> are</c><00:39:33.300><c> hung.</c><00:39:34.219><c> It's</c>

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:38.159
a<00:39:34.420><c> nice</c><00:39:35.019><c> fortress</c><00:39:35.639><c> and</c><00:39:36.840><c> the</c><00:39:37.019><c> Gentile</c><00:39:37.500><c> influence</c><00:39:37.900><c> is</c>

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:41.519
as<00:39:38.519><c> strong</c><00:39:38.739><c> in</c><00:39:38.920><c> the</c><00:39:39.059><c> community</c><00:39:39.320><c> in</c><00:39:39.500><c> chapter</c><00:39:39.800><c> 13</c><00:39:40.320><c> as</c><00:39:40.599><c> it</c><00:39:40.820><c> was</c><00:39:41.059><c> back</c><00:39:41.340><c> in</c>

00:39:41.519 --> 00:39:44.059
chapter<00:39:41.760><c> 1.</c><00:39:42.619><c> So</c><00:39:42.840><c> the</c><00:39:43.000><c> solution</c><00:39:43.380><c> is</c><00:39:43.679><c> not</c><00:39:43.820><c> a</c>

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:49.320
strong<00:39:44.320><c> wall.</c><00:39:45.179><c> The</c><00:39:45.440><c> solution</c><00:39:45.920><c> is</c><00:39:46.260><c> a</c><00:39:46.679><c> strong</c><00:39:47.360><c> Ecclesia</c><00:39:48.039><c> inside</c>

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:52.519
that<00:39:49.699><c> wall.</c><00:39:50.400><c> But</c><00:39:50.599><c> the</c><00:39:50.860><c> wall</c><00:39:51.239><c> is</c><00:39:51.559><c> a</c><00:39:51.739><c> critical</c><00:39:52.039><c> step</c>

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:57.079
because<00:39:53.099><c> the</c><00:39:53.460><c> physical</c><00:39:53.900><c> separation</c><00:39:54.559><c> has</c><00:39:55.159><c> to</c><00:39:55.400><c> take</c><00:39:55.619><c> place</c><00:39:56.280><c> before</c><00:39:56.780><c> the</c>

00:39:57.079 --> 00:40:00.659
Ecclesia<00:39:57.539><c> can</c><00:39:57.940><c> return</c><00:39:58.699><c> to</c><00:39:59.619><c> the</c><00:39:59.980><c> ways</c><00:40:00.239><c> of</c><00:40:00.460><c> the</c>

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:05.039
truth.<00:40:03.099><c> So</c><00:40:03.239><c> the</c><00:40:03.400><c> state</c><00:40:03.559><c> of</c><00:40:03.719><c> the</c><00:40:03.860><c> union</c><00:40:04.079><c> when</c><00:40:04.280><c> Nehemiah</c><00:40:04.780><c> shows</c>

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:07.559
up<00:40:05.260><c> on</c><00:40:05.380><c> the</c><00:40:05.559><c> scene</c><00:40:05.940><c> is</c><00:40:06.619><c> that</c><00:40:06.820><c> truth</c><00:40:07.099><c> has</c><00:40:07.320><c> been</c>

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replaced<00:40:07.920><c> by</c><00:40:08.199><c> apostasy</c><00:40:09.059><c> and</c><00:40:09.579><c> the</c><00:40:09.820><c> remnant</c><00:40:10.139><c> is</c><00:40:10.400><c> now</c><00:40:10.579><c> living</c><00:40:10.780><c> like</c><00:40:11.059><c> the</c><00:40:11.199><c> Gentiles.</c><00:40:12.780><c> This</c><00:40:13.039><c> is</c>

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why<00:40:13.460><c> the</c><00:40:13.639><c> nation</c><00:40:13.940><c> is</c><00:40:14.239><c> facing</c>

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the<00:40:14.780><c> disgrace</c><00:40:15.119><c> it</c><00:40:15.340><c> is</c><00:40:15.579><c> and</c><00:40:15.880><c> the</c><00:40:16.059><c> great</c><00:40:16.199><c> affliction</c><00:40:16.639><c> and</c><00:40:16.840><c> the</c>

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:19.400
spiritual<00:40:17.320><c> distress.</c><00:40:18.280><c> There's</c><00:40:18.539><c> no</c><00:40:18.780><c> threat</c><00:40:18.940><c> of</c><00:40:19.059><c> physical</c>

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:23.659
bondage,<00:40:20.500><c> only</c><00:40:20.940><c> spiritual.</c><00:40:21.599><c> From</c><00:40:22.019><c> the</c><00:40:22.199><c> world's</c><00:40:22.639><c> perspective,</c><00:40:23.179><c> things</c><00:40:23.420><c> are</c>

00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:25.360
going<00:40:23.840><c> well</c><00:40:24.219><c> in</c><00:40:24.400><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:29.639
There's<00:40:25.880><c> a</c><00:40:26.059><c> strong</c><00:40:26.260><c> economy.</c><00:40:28.000><c> There's</c><00:40:28.619><c> an</c><00:40:28.760><c> emerging</c><00:40:29.239><c> wealthy</c>

00:40:29.639 --> 00:40:32.840
class.<00:40:30.840><c> They</c><00:40:31.019><c> have</c><00:40:31.340><c> strong</c><00:40:31.840><c> ties</c><00:40:32.380><c> with</c><00:40:32.679><c> the</c>

00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:38.139
Gentiles.<00:40:33.519><c> Business</c><00:40:33.960><c> prospects</c><00:40:34.619><c> are</c><00:40:35.119><c> looking</c><00:40:35.420><c> good.</c><00:40:37.139><c> So</c><00:40:37.360><c> from</c><00:40:37.840><c> the</c>

00:40:38.139 --> 00:40:40.260
Gentile<00:40:38.699><c> perspective,</c><00:40:39.360><c> things</c><00:40:39.619><c> are</c><00:40:39.980><c> going</c>

00:40:40.260 --> 00:40:45.840
well<00:40:40.719><c> in</c><00:40:40.980><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:40:42.179><c> Not</c><00:40:42.579><c> so</c><00:40:43.039><c> from</c><00:40:43.320><c> the</c><00:40:43.599><c> spiritual</c><00:40:44.059><c> perspective.</c><00:40:45.420><c> In</c><00:40:45.579><c> verse</c>

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:47.460
4,<00:40:46.280><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:40:46.780><c> reaction</c><00:40:47.199><c> to</c>

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:52.659
report<00:40:47.960><c> of</c><00:40:48.260><c> Hanani</c><00:40:48.679><c> is,</c><00:40:51.119><c> I</c><00:40:51.119><c> heard</c><00:40:51.340><c> these</c><00:40:51.599><c> words</c><00:40:51.920><c> I</c><00:40:52.159><c> sat</c><00:40:52.340><c> down</c>

00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:55.880
and<00:40:52.860><c> wept</c><00:40:53.079><c> and</c><00:40:53.380><c> mourned</c><00:40:53.639><c> for</c><00:40:53.920><c> days</c><00:40:54.420><c> and</c><00:40:55.300><c> was</c><00:40:55.519><c> fasting</c>

00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:59.639
and<00:40:56.179><c> praying</c><00:40:56.320><c> before</c><00:40:56.619><c> the</c><00:40:56.760><c> God</c><00:40:56.880><c> of</c><00:40:57.039><c> heaven.</c><00:40:59.039><c> So</c><00:40:59.199><c> Nehemiah's</c>

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:04.019
reaction<00:41:00.280><c> parallels</c><00:41:01.019><c> Ezra's</c><00:41:02.179><c> because</c><00:41:02.760><c> spiritual</c><00:41:03.559><c> men</c><00:41:03.780><c> and</c>

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:09.579
women<00:41:04.420><c> react</c><00:41:05.139><c> to</c><00:41:05.380><c> the</c><00:41:05.579><c> same</c><00:41:05.780><c> situation</c><00:41:06.440><c> in</c><00:41:06.780><c> the</c><00:41:06.960><c> same</c><00:41:07.199><c> way.</c><00:41:08.460><c> Utter</c><00:41:08.940><c> remorse</c><00:41:09.420><c> on</c>

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:12.179
the<00:41:09.760><c> part</c><00:41:09.880><c> of</c><00:41:10.039><c> Nehemiah</c><00:41:10.920><c> over</c><00:41:11.400><c> the</c>

00:41:12.179 --> 00:41:16.940
spiritual<00:41:12.500><c> conditions</c><00:41:13.099><c> in</c><00:41:13.360><c> the</c><00:41:13.539><c> land.</c><00:41:15.820><c> If</c><00:41:15.980><c> you</c><00:41:16.079><c> look</c><00:41:16.280><c> back</c><00:41:16.579><c> at</c>

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:20.019
Jeremiah<00:41:17.280><c> 24</c><00:41:17.840><c> verse</c><00:41:18.079><c> 9,</c><00:41:18.380><c> which</c><00:41:18.500><c> we</c><00:41:18.739><c> won't</c><00:41:18.940><c> do,</c>

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:25.739
they<00:41:20.539><c> were</c><00:41:20.780><c> intended</c><00:41:21.320><c> to</c><00:41:21.559><c> go</c><00:41:21.780><c> into</c><00:41:22.119><c> captivity</c><00:41:22.820><c> for</c><00:41:23.980><c> their</c><00:41:24.260><c> hurt</c><00:41:24.679><c> and</c>

00:41:25.739 --> 00:41:27.480
so<00:41:25.900><c> they</c><00:41:26.059><c> would</c><00:41:26.260><c> be</c><00:41:26.420><c> a</c><00:41:26.559><c> reproach.</c>

00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:31.880
The<00:41:28.079><c> same</c><00:41:28.219><c> two</c><00:41:28.420><c> words</c><00:41:28.599><c> of</c><00:41:28.780><c> chapter</c><00:41:29.059><c> 1</c><00:41:29.280><c> verse</c><00:41:29.519><c> 3,</c><00:41:29.960><c> so</c><00:41:30.039><c> the</c><00:41:31.260><c> community</c><00:41:31.639><c> would</c>

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:34.019
be<00:41:32.159><c> cleansed</c><00:41:32.579><c> of</c><00:41:32.699><c> these</c><00:41:32.980><c> things.</c>

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:37.199
Now<00:41:34.699><c> they're</c><00:41:34.880><c> brought</c><00:41:35.139><c> back</c><00:41:35.539><c> and</c><00:41:35.760><c> they</c><00:41:35.920><c> are</c><00:41:36.619><c> exhibiting</c><00:41:37.000><c> the</c>

00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:38.599
same<00:41:37.480><c> characteristics.</c>

00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:41.960
If<00:41:39.159><c> the</c><00:41:39.400><c> conditions</c><00:41:39.780><c> do</c><00:41:40.079><c> not</c><00:41:40.260><c> change,</c><00:41:41.139><c> Nehemiah</c><00:41:41.440><c> knows</c><00:41:41.739><c> the</c>

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:43.000
same<00:41:42.119><c> thing</c><00:41:42.320><c> that</c><00:41:42.519><c> Ezra</c><00:41:42.699><c> did.</c>

00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:45.860
Ezra<00:41:43.659><c> did</c><00:41:43.840><c> back</c><00:41:44.039><c> in</c><00:41:44.179><c> chapter</c><00:41:44.420><c> 10.</c><00:41:44.699><c> If</c><00:41:44.760><c> the</c><00:41:45.059><c> conditions</c><00:41:45.360><c> do</c><00:41:45.619><c> not</c>

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:48.460
change,<00:41:46.320><c> the</c><00:41:46.519><c> remnant</c><00:41:46.780><c> is</c><00:41:47.000><c> going</c><00:41:47.139><c> to</c><00:41:47.260><c> be</c><00:41:47.420><c> consumed.</c>

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:54.820
Nehemiah<00:41:50.519><c> resultingly</c><00:41:51.039><c> is</c><00:41:51.340><c> heart</c><00:41:51.699><c>-stricken</c><00:41:52.179><c> over</c><00:41:52.619><c> the</c><00:41:52.860><c> plight</c><00:41:53.099><c> of</c><00:41:53.280><c> the</c><00:41:53.440><c> remnant.</c><00:41:53.820><c> But</c><00:41:53.940><c> you</c><00:41:54.059><c> notice</c><00:41:54.280><c> in</c><00:41:54.460><c> chapter</c>

00:41:54.820 --> 00:41:59.739
1,<00:41:55.239><c> it</c><00:41:55.320><c> wasn't</c><00:41:55.800><c> rage</c><00:41:56.559><c> that</c><00:41:57.519><c> filled</c><00:41:57.719><c> the</c><00:41:57.980><c> heart</c><00:41:58.340><c> of</c><00:41:58.539><c> Nehemiah.</c>

00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:04.059
It<00:42:01.059><c> was</c><00:42:01.539><c> tears</c><00:42:02.239><c> that</c><00:42:02.699><c> filled</c><00:42:02.840><c> his</c><00:42:03.099><c> eyes.</c>

00:42:05.260 --> 00:42:10.059
Get<00:42:06.139><c> a</c><00:42:06.460><c> hold</c><00:42:06.639><c> of</c><00:42:06.860><c> how</c><00:42:07.099><c> Nehemiah</c><00:42:07.559><c> responds</c><00:42:08.260><c> to</c><00:42:08.500><c> this</c><00:42:08.739><c> bad</c><00:42:09.039><c> news.</c>

00:42:10.159 --> 00:42:14.599
He's<00:42:10.480><c> not</c><00:42:10.820><c> angry.</c><00:42:12.840><c> The</c><00:42:13.119><c> situation</c><00:42:13.760><c> doesn't</c><00:42:14.159><c> need</c>

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:21.739
an<00:42:15.019><c> angry</c><00:42:15.639><c> brother.</c><00:42:18.000><c> The</c><00:42:18.280><c> situation</c><00:42:18.780><c> needs</c><00:42:19.219><c> a</c><00:42:19.599><c> brother</c><00:42:20.000><c> who</c>

00:42:21.739 --> 00:42:25.739
understands<00:42:22.739><c> the</c><00:42:23.480><c> plight</c><00:42:23.920><c> of</c><00:42:24.300><c> the</c><00:42:24.500><c> people</c><00:42:25.079><c> because</c>

00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:30.389
Nehemiah<00:42:26.579><c> will</c><00:42:26.860><c> devote</c><00:42:27.159><c> himself</c><00:42:27.880><c> to</c><00:42:28.179><c> leading</c><00:42:28.440><c> the</c><00:42:28.679><c> nation</c><00:42:29.099><c> out</c><00:42:29.539><c> of</c>

00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:38.260
the<00:42:33.039><c> gentile</c><00:42:33.699><c> influence</c><00:42:34.219><c> that</c><00:42:34.400><c> they</c><00:42:34.619><c> have</c><00:42:34.800><c> allowed</c><00:42:35.019><c> themselves</c><00:42:35.739><c> to</c><00:42:36.260><c> be</c><00:42:36.440><c> mired</c><00:42:36.639><c> in.</c><00:42:38.119><c> He</c>

00:42:38.260 --> 00:42:39.199
sat<00:42:38.519><c> down</c><00:42:38.920><c> and</c>

00:42:39.199 --> 00:42:43.659
wept<00:42:39.579><c> and</c><00:42:39.860><c> mourned</c><00:42:40.280><c> for</c><00:42:40.599><c> days,</c><00:42:41.579><c> fasted</c><00:42:42.079><c> and</c><00:42:42.340><c> prayed,</c><00:42:43.079><c> a</c><00:42:43.380><c> deep</c>

00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:46.699
inner<00:42:44.059><c> concern</c><00:42:44.719><c> for</c><00:42:45.260><c> the</c><00:42:45.480><c> spiritual</c><00:42:45.980><c> well</c><00:42:46.300><c>-being</c>

00:42:46.699 --> 00:42:56.900
of<00:42:47.059><c> the</c><00:42:47.280><c> Jews.</c><00:42:49.760><c> Arranging</c><00:42:50.099><c> brethren,</c><00:42:52.539><c> CYC</c><00:42:53.079><c> leaders,</c><00:42:55.159><c> when</c><00:42:55.380><c> was</c><00:42:55.639><c> the</c><00:42:55.860><c> last</c><00:42:56.219><c> time</c><00:42:56.599><c> we</c>

00:42:56.900 --> 00:42:59.219
sat<00:42:57.179><c> down</c><00:42:57.719><c> and</c><00:42:58.199><c> wept</c>

00:42:59.579 --> 00:43:07.420
over<00:43:00.340><c> any</c><00:43:00.880><c> condition</c><00:43:01.619><c> in</c><00:43:02.420><c> our</c><00:43:02.579><c> Ecclesia</c><00:43:03.280><c> or</c><00:43:03.960><c> in</c><00:43:04.119><c> our</c><00:43:04.320><c> CYC?</c><00:43:06.380><c> Even</c><00:43:06.820><c> though</c><00:43:07.139><c> we</c>

00:43:07.420 --> 00:43:09.179
know,<00:43:07.920><c> as</c><00:43:08.179><c> we</c><00:43:08.380><c> sit</c><00:43:08.500><c> here</c><00:43:08.719><c> today,</c>

00:43:09.639 --> 00:43:12.760
that<00:43:09.860><c> the</c><00:43:10.099><c> same</c><00:43:10.380><c> conditions</c><00:43:10.980><c> that</c><00:43:11.320><c> Hanani</c><00:43:11.780><c> was</c><00:43:12.079><c> reporting</c><00:43:12.519><c> to</c>

00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:15.219
Nehemiah,<00:43:13.679><c> the</c><00:43:13.920><c> same</c><00:43:14.360><c> conditions</c><00:43:14.840><c> are</c>

00:43:15.219 --> 00:43:18.739
existing<00:43:15.539><c> in</c><00:43:15.820><c> our</c><00:43:16.019><c> community,</c><00:43:17.159><c> in</c><00:43:17.380><c> our</c><00:43:17.659><c> Ecclesias,</c><00:43:18.360><c> in</c><00:43:18.539><c> our</c>

00:43:18.739 --> 00:43:23.179
CYCs.<00:43:20.239><c> The</c><00:43:20.480><c> gentile</c><00:43:21.039><c> influence</c><00:43:21.519><c> is</c><00:43:22.119><c> swallowing</c><00:43:22.719><c> people</c>

00:43:23.179 --> 00:43:32.539
up,<00:43:26.480><c> our</c><00:43:26.860><c> people.</c><00:43:29.239><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:43:29.739><c> reaction</c><00:43:30.159><c> was</c><00:43:30.519><c> to</c><00:43:30.760><c> weep</c><00:43:31.840><c> and</c>

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:35.719
to<00:43:32.800><c> pray</c><00:43:33.059><c> and</c><00:43:33.280><c> to</c><00:43:33.480><c> fast</c><00:43:33.960><c> because</c><00:43:34.699><c> he</c><00:43:34.880><c> was</c><00:43:35.059><c> going</c><00:43:35.280><c> to</c>

00:43:35.719 --> 00:43:40.280
himself<00:43:36.460><c> to</c><00:43:37.159><c> reclaiming</c><00:43:37.960><c> the</c><00:43:38.139><c> remnant.</c><00:43:39.340><c> You</c><00:43:39.400><c> see,</c><00:43:40.039><c> spiritual</c>

00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:46.920
leaders<00:43:40.900><c> weep</c><00:43:42.820><c> over</c><00:43:43.519><c> spiritual</c><00:43:44.940><c> deterioration</c>

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:49.900
because<00:43:47.480><c> it</c><00:43:47.820><c> strikes</c><00:43:48.119><c> at</c><00:43:48.400><c> the</c><00:43:48.579><c> heart</c><00:43:48.800><c> of</c><00:43:48.940><c> God's</c><00:43:49.300><c> very</c><00:43:49.480><c> purpose</c>

00:43:49.900 --> 00:43:52.119
and<00:43:50.079><c> we</c><00:43:50.280><c> need</c><00:43:50.579><c> shepherds</c><00:43:51.059><c> today.</c>

00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:54.820
We<00:43:52.579><c> need</c><00:43:52.800><c> leaders</c><00:43:53.139><c> in</c><00:43:53.360><c> our</c><00:43:53.539><c> Ecclesias.</c><00:43:54.059><c> We</c><00:43:54.159><c> need</c><00:43:54.340><c> leaders</c><00:43:54.659><c> in</c>

00:43:54.820 --> 00:43:58.880
our<00:43:55.039><c> CYCs.</c><00:43:56.420><c> We</c><00:43:56.619><c> need</c><00:43:56.860><c> leaders</c><00:43:57.219><c> among</c><00:43:57.460><c> our</c><00:43:57.800><c> sisters</c>

00:43:59.159 --> 00:44:02.719
who<00:43:59.500><c> have</c><00:43:59.719><c> this</c><00:44:00.119><c> kind</c><00:44:00.340><c> of</c><00:44:00.539><c> outlook</c><00:44:00.780><c> and</c><00:44:01.059><c> this</c><00:44:01.239><c> kind</c><00:44:01.460><c> of</c><00:44:01.659><c> concern</c><00:44:02.139><c> for</c>

00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:05.079
the<00:44:02.920><c> remnant.</c><00:44:03.980><c> Ezra</c><00:44:04.179><c> and</c><00:44:04.340><c> Nehemiah</c><00:44:04.780><c> are</c>

00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:08.440
come<00:44:05.280><c> with</c><00:44:05.599><c> grief</c><00:44:06.139><c> at</c><00:44:06.920><c> the</c><00:44:07.139><c> prospect</c><00:44:07.539><c> that</c><00:44:07.719><c> this</c><00:44:07.980><c> lampstand</c>

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:10.619
is<00:44:08.699><c> about</c><00:44:08.960><c> to</c><00:44:09.099><c> go</c><00:44:09.340><c> out</c><00:44:09.679><c> and</c><00:44:10.059><c> they</c><00:44:10.179><c> will</c><00:44:10.400><c> devote</c>

00:44:10.619 --> 00:44:14.960
their<00:44:10.880><c> lives</c><00:44:11.239><c> to</c><00:44:11.480><c> preserving</c><00:44:11.760><c> it.</c><00:44:12.539><c> They</c><00:44:12.679><c> are</c><00:44:12.900><c> not</c><00:44:13.199><c> fanatics,</c>

00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:16.619
Ezra<00:44:15.199><c> and</c><00:44:15.199><c> Nehemiah</c><00:44:15.460><c> are</c><00:44:15.679><c> not.</c><00:44:16.119><c> They</c><00:44:16.280><c> are</c>

00:44:16.619 --> 00:44:21.139
spiritual<00:44:17.119><c> men</c><00:44:17.500><c> who</c><00:44:17.960><c> recognize</c><00:44:18.460><c> that</c><00:44:18.679><c> the</c><00:44:18.900><c> remnant</c><00:44:19.159><c> was</c><00:44:19.519><c> dangerously</c><00:44:20.219><c> close</c><00:44:20.639><c> to</c>

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:22.460
losing<00:44:21.380><c> the</c><00:44:21.619><c> truth.</c>

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Nehemiah's<00:44:24.900><c> prayer</c><00:44:25.420><c> acknowledges</c><00:44:26.719><c> the</c><00:44:28.380><c> righteousness</c><00:44:28.780><c> of</c>

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his<00:44:36.460><c> prayer</c><00:44:36.679><c> he</c><00:44:36.820><c> will</c><00:44:37.059><c> quote</c><00:44:37.219><c> extensively</c>

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verse<00:44:58.019><c> six?</c>

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in<00:45:22.719><c> the</c><00:45:23.059><c> sin</c><00:45:23.219><c> of</c><00:45:23.500><c> the</c><00:45:23.659><c> people.</c><00:45:25.239><c> Why?</c><00:45:26.900><c> Because</c><00:45:27.460><c> spiritual</c><00:45:28.460><c> leaders</c>

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unite<00:45:31.780><c> themselves</c><00:45:32.860><c> to</c><00:45:34.380><c> the</c><00:45:34.719><c> sins</c><00:45:35.099><c> of</c><00:45:35.500><c> their</c><00:45:35.760><c> people.</c><00:45:37.300><c> They</c>

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don't<00:45:38.659><c> separate</c><00:45:39.039><c> themselves.</c>

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this<00:45:54.019><c> slide</c><00:45:54.400><c> in</c><00:45:54.539><c> your</c><00:45:54.780><c> package</c>

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when<00:45:58.500><c> the</c><00:45:58.860><c> ecclesia</c><00:45:59.440><c> or</c><00:46:01.119><c> when</c><00:46:01.280><c> a</c><00:46:01.480><c> family</c><00:46:02.019><c> or</c><00:46:02.780><c> when</c><00:46:02.900><c> a</c><00:46:03.019><c> community</c><00:46:03.539><c> is</c><00:46:04.199><c> in</c><00:46:04.360><c> the</c><00:46:04.440><c> midst</c><00:46:04.659><c> in</c>

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this<00:46:05.000><c> case</c><00:46:05.219><c> in</c><00:46:05.380><c> Nehemiah</c>

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spiritual<00:46:10.320><c> leaders</c><00:46:10.800><c> to</c><00:46:11.699><c> separate</c><00:46:12.159><c> themselves</c>

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from<00:46:13.659><c> the</c><00:46:13.880><c> ecclesia</c><00:46:14.280><c> or</c><00:46:14.519><c> from</c><00:46:14.739><c> the</c><00:46:14.940><c> community.</c><00:46:16.739><c> What</c><00:46:16.760><c> they</c><00:46:17.000><c> do</c>

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what<00:46:18.059><c> spiritual</c><00:46:18.460><c> leaders</c><00:46:18.760><c> do</c><00:46:19.099><c> is</c><00:46:19.360><c> they</c><00:46:19.699><c> seek</c>

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to<00:46:20.039><c> be</c><00:46:20.199><c> closer</c><00:46:20.980><c> to</c><00:46:22.260><c> their</c><00:46:22.519><c> brethren</c><00:46:22.800><c> and</c><00:46:23.119><c> sisters</c><00:46:23.559><c> because</c><00:46:24.840><c> their</c><00:46:25.159><c> motivation</c><00:46:25.840><c> is</c>

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to<00:46:26.559><c> save</c><00:46:27.019><c> their</c>

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brethren<00:46:27.619><c> and</c><00:46:27.840><c> sisters</c><00:46:28.460><c> not</c><00:46:30.400><c> to</c><00:46:30.719><c> distance</c><00:46:31.099><c> themselves.</c><00:46:32.000><c> Nehemiah</c><00:46:32.199><c> does</c>

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lumps<00:46:39.860><c> himself</c><00:46:40.420><c> right</c><00:46:40.860><c> in</c><00:46:41.079><c> with</c><00:46:41.300><c> the</c>

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community<00:46:41.900><c> because</c><00:46:42.320><c> that's</c><00:46:42.619><c> what</c><00:46:42.780><c> a</c><00:46:43.039><c> spiritual</c><00:46:43.500><c> leader</c><00:46:43.800><c> does</c>

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when<00:46:46.679><c> they</c><00:46:46.860><c> are</c><00:46:47.019><c> faced</c><00:46:47.320><c> with</c><00:46:47.579><c> a</c><00:46:47.760><c> situation</c><00:46:48.360><c> in</c><00:46:49.340><c> which</c>

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the<00:46:49.800><c> community</c><00:46:50.340><c> is</c><00:46:50.619><c> being</c><00:46:51.000><c> overwhelmed</c><00:46:51.679><c> by</c><00:46:52.079><c> sin.</c><00:46:58.760><c> It's</c><00:46:58.960><c> not</c><00:46:59.460><c> a</c>

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false<00:47:00.440><c> pretense</c><00:47:01.219><c> that</c><00:47:02.039><c> drives</c><00:47:02.460><c> their</c><00:47:02.780><c> uniting</c>

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we<00:47:12.039><c> are</c><00:47:12.380><c> all</c><00:47:12.760><c> sinners</c><00:47:13.099><c> before</c><00:47:13.539><c> God.</c><00:47:14.019><c> Yes</c><00:47:14.320><c> in</c><00:47:14.480><c> this</c><00:47:14.719><c> case</c><00:47:14.960><c> the</c>

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each<00:47:24.280><c> other</c><00:47:24.539><c> are</c><00:47:24.900><c> publicly</c>

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private<00:47:40.219><c> domain</c>

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our<00:47:53.119><c> help</c><00:47:53.260><c> into</c><00:47:53.420><c> the</c><00:47:53.599><c> situation</c><00:47:54.079><c> is</c><00:47:54.300><c> he</c><00:47:54.420><c> makes</c><00:47:54.619><c> us</c><00:47:55.099><c> aware</c><00:47:55.699><c> of</c>

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spiritual<00:48:12.659><c> condition.</c><00:48:13.579><c> That</c><00:48:13.860><c> problem</c><00:48:14.199><c> has</c><00:48:14.380><c> been</c><00:48:14.579><c> going</c><00:48:14.840><c> on</c><00:48:15.079><c> for</c><00:48:15.320><c> many</c><00:48:15.599><c> years</c><00:48:16.079><c> and</c><00:48:17.219><c> when</c><00:48:17.420><c> we</c><00:48:17.739><c> first</c><00:48:18.179><c> learn</c><00:48:18.780><c> of</c><00:48:19.059><c> a</c>

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working<00:48:23.900><c> with</c><00:48:24.139><c> them</c><00:48:24.900><c> albeit</c><00:48:25.460><c> unsuccessfully</c><00:48:26.460><c> because</c><00:48:26.719><c> they</c>

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haven't<00:48:27.099><c> properly</c><00:48:27.579><c> responded</c><00:48:28.079><c> and</c><00:48:28.260><c> now</c><00:48:28.500><c> what</c><00:48:28.679><c> God</c>

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is<00:48:29.099><c> saying</c><00:48:29.300><c> is</c><00:48:29.500><c> I</c><00:48:29.579><c> need</c><00:48:29.800><c> more</c><00:48:30.079><c> people.</c><00:48:31.239><c> I</c><00:48:31.719><c> need</c><00:48:31.880><c> the</c><00:48:32.159><c> love</c><00:48:32.420><c> of</c>

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more<00:48:32.860><c> brethren</c><00:48:33.099><c> and</c><00:48:33.340><c> sisters</c><00:48:33.659><c> involved</c><00:48:34.119><c> in</c><00:48:34.280><c> this</c>

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situation.<00:48:36.699><c> You</c><00:48:37.000><c> notice</c><00:48:37.239><c> how</c><00:48:37.440><c> Nehemiah</c><00:48:37.840><c> linked</c><00:48:38.219><c> love</c><00:48:38.659><c> and</c><00:48:38.900><c> obedience</c><00:48:39.360><c> in</c>

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his<00:48:39.800><c> prayer.</c>

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something.<00:48:48.139><c> The</c><00:48:48.440><c> love</c>

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of<00:48:48.920><c> the</c><00:48:49.079><c> Bible</c><00:48:49.460><c> is</c><00:48:49.980><c> when</c><00:48:50.199><c> we</c><00:48:50.559><c> obey</c><00:48:51.179><c> God.</c><00:48:53.179><c> John</c><00:48:53.400><c> 14,</c><00:48:54.460><c> 1</c><00:48:54.679><c> John</c><00:48:55.000><c> 1,</c>

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2,<00:48:55.739><c> 3,</c><00:48:55.920><c> 4,</c><00:48:56.199><c> and</c><00:48:56.360><c> 5.</c><00:48:58.320><c> The</c><00:48:58.579><c> love</c><00:48:58.820><c> of</c><00:48:59.019><c> the</c><00:48:59.199><c> Bible</c><00:48:59.480><c> is</c><00:48:59.780><c> based</c>

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on<00:49:00.440><c> obedience</c><00:49:00.820><c> to</c><00:49:01.059><c> God.</c><00:49:01.599><c> That's</c><00:49:01.820><c> how</c><00:49:02.019><c> we</c><00:49:02.199><c> love</c><00:49:02.380><c> God</c><00:49:02.699><c> when</c><00:49:02.860><c> we</c>

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obey<00:49:03.260><c> him.</c><00:49:03.840><c> We</c><00:49:04.000><c> can</c><00:49:04.239><c> have</c><00:49:04.460><c> all</c><00:49:04.800><c> the</c><00:49:04.980><c> great</c><00:49:05.179><c> feelings</c>

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for<00:49:05.699><c> him</c><00:49:05.920><c> and</c><00:49:06.059><c> the</c><00:49:06.300><c> strongest</c><00:49:06.599><c> emotion</c><00:49:07.199><c> and</c><00:49:08.039><c> tell</c><00:49:08.199><c> the</c><00:49:08.340><c> whole</c>

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world<00:49:08.800><c> that</c><00:49:08.940><c> we</c><00:49:09.079><c> really</c><00:49:09.320><c> love</c><00:49:09.500><c> God</c><00:49:09.739><c> but</c><00:49:09.860><c> if</c><00:49:10.000><c> we</c>

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don't<00:49:10.199><c> go</c><00:49:10.340><c> out</c><00:49:10.500><c> and</c><00:49:10.579><c> obey</c><00:49:10.820><c> him</c><00:49:11.019><c> that</c><00:49:11.179><c> is</c><00:49:11.400><c> not</c><00:49:11.679><c> the</c><00:49:11.860><c> love</c><00:49:12.079><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:49:12.500><c> talks</c><00:49:12.840><c> about.</c><00:49:13.679><c> And</c><00:49:13.780><c> brethren</c><00:49:14.000><c> and</c><00:49:14.179><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:49:14.619><c> love</c><00:49:14.820><c> each</c><00:49:15.079><c> other</c><00:49:15.300><c> on</c><00:49:15.519><c> a</c><00:49:15.760><c> very</c><00:49:16.079><c> very</c><00:49:16.639><c> same</c><00:49:16.820><c> basis.</c><00:49:19.360><c> I</c><00:49:19.599><c> am</c><00:49:19.780><c> not</c><00:49:20.039><c> showing</c><00:49:20.260><c> my</c>

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love<00:49:20.719><c> to</c><00:49:20.980><c> you</c><00:49:21.659><c> by</c><00:49:22.360><c> finding</c><00:49:22.699><c> out</c><00:49:22.980><c> there</c>

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is<00:49:23.280><c> a</c><00:49:23.420><c> situation</c><00:49:23.860><c> going</c><00:49:24.139><c> on</c><00:49:24.300><c> in</c><00:49:24.440><c> your</c><00:49:24.659><c> life</c><00:49:24.940><c> and</c><00:49:25.420><c> just</c><00:49:25.599><c> turning</c>

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a<00:49:26.079><c> blind</c><00:49:26.280><c> eye</c><00:49:26.500><c> and</c><00:49:26.599><c> pretending</c><00:49:26.860><c> it's</c><00:49:27.139><c> not</c>

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because<00:49:28.019><c> I</c><00:49:28.159><c> have</c><00:49:28.380><c> such</c><00:49:28.599><c> a</c><00:49:28.719><c> strong</c><00:49:29.019><c> and</c><00:49:29.239><c> warm</c><00:49:29.400><c> feeling</c><00:49:29.679><c> towards</c>

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you.<00:49:31.440><c> You</c><00:49:31.500><c> see</c><00:49:31.659><c> spiritual</c><00:49:32.199><c> leaders</c><00:49:32.579><c> are</c><00:49:32.860><c> not</c>

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afraid<00:49:33.380><c> to</c><00:49:33.659><c> unite</c><00:49:33.920><c> themselves</c><00:49:34.639><c> to</c><00:49:34.960><c> the</c><00:49:35.159><c> people</c><00:49:35.679><c> because</c><00:49:36.940><c> what</c>

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spiritual<00:49:37.599><c> leaders</c><00:49:37.860><c> do</c><00:49:38.119><c> is</c><00:49:38.300><c> they</c><00:49:38.539><c> bring</c><00:49:38.719><c> the</c><00:49:38.900><c> word</c>

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those<00:49:45.559><c> who</c><00:49:45.739><c> have</c><00:49:45.900><c> been</c><00:49:46.139><c> overwhelmed</c><00:49:46.579><c> by</c><00:49:46.960><c> sin</c><00:49:47.380><c> back</c>

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to<00:49:48.679><c> righteousness.</c><00:49:51.099><c> That's</c><00:49:51.539><c> what</c><00:49:51.659><c> we</c><00:49:51.820><c> need</c><00:49:51.920><c> to</c><00:49:52.059><c> be</c><00:49:52.239><c> doing</c><00:49:52.420><c> as</c>

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arranging<00:49:53.019><c> brethren.</c><00:49:53.960><c> That's</c><00:49:54.139><c> what</c><00:49:54.239><c> we</c><00:49:54.400><c> need</c><00:49:54.519><c> to</c><00:49:54.639><c> be</c>

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doing<00:49:54.900><c> young</c><00:49:55.199><c> people.</c><00:49:56.360><c> You</c><00:49:56.480><c> know</c><00:49:56.780><c> far</c><00:49:57.119><c> more</c><00:49:57.500><c> about</c><00:49:57.760><c> what</c><00:49:58.280><c> goes</c>

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on<00:49:58.719><c> in</c><00:49:58.800><c> each</c><00:49:58.980><c> other's</c><00:49:59.300><c> life</c><00:49:59.480><c> than</c><00:49:59.639><c> the</c><00:49:59.820><c> parents</c><00:50:00.159><c> of</c>

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the<00:50:00.559><c> kids</c><00:50:00.679><c> you're</c><00:50:00.880><c> sitting</c><00:50:01.099><c> next</c><00:50:01.400><c> to</c><00:50:01.599><c> or</c><00:50:01.880><c> the</c><00:50:02.000><c> young</c><00:50:02.179><c> people</c><00:50:02.360><c> you're</c><00:50:02.480><c> sitting</c><00:50:02.679><c> next</c><00:50:03.000><c> to.</c><00:50:03.539><c> You</c><00:50:03.699><c> have</c><00:50:03.900><c> a</c><00:50:04.039><c> spiritual</c>

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responsibility<00:50:05.260><c> to</c><00:50:05.820><c> your</c><00:50:06.079><c> friends</c><00:50:06.639><c> to</c><00:50:08.039><c> lead</c><00:50:08.300><c> them</c><00:50:08.639><c> back</c><00:50:08.980><c> to</c><00:50:09.239><c> righteousness</c><00:50:09.780><c> out</c><00:50:10.219><c> of</c><00:50:10.420><c> love,</c><00:50:11.739><c> out</c><00:50:11.920><c> of</c><00:50:12.039><c> a</c><00:50:12.380><c> commitment</c>

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obedience,<00:50:17.780><c> they</c><00:50:17.940><c> go</c><00:50:18.139><c> hand</c><00:50:18.420><c> in</c><00:50:18.599><c> hand.</c>

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spiritual<00:50:26.659><c> leaders</c><00:50:26.920><c> do.</c><00:50:27.179><c> That's</c><00:50:27.360><c> what</c><00:50:27.480><c> true</c><00:50:27.699><c> friends</c><00:50:28.000><c> do.</c><00:50:28.159><c> They</c><00:50:28.300><c> will</c><00:50:28.500><c> bring</c><00:50:28.639><c> the</c><00:50:28.780><c> word</c><00:50:28.880><c> of</c>

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God<00:50:29.199><c> to</c><00:50:29.440><c> the</c><00:50:29.599><c> situation,</c>

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firm<00:50:35.059><c> in</c><00:50:35.420><c> their</c><00:50:35.599><c> conviction</c><00:50:36.219><c> that</c><00:50:37.079><c> the</c><00:50:37.280><c> word</c><00:50:37.440><c> of</c>

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of<00:50:39.820><c> God</c><00:50:40.000><c> to</c><00:50:40.219><c> that</c><00:50:40.440><c> situation.</c><00:50:41.320><c> They</c><00:50:41.679><c> unite</c><00:50:42.039><c> themselves</c>

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with<00:50:43.059><c> the</c><00:50:43.360><c> sin</c><00:50:43.559><c> of</c><00:50:43.840><c> the</c><00:50:44.039><c> person</c><00:50:44.380><c> or</c><00:50:44.679><c> the</c><00:50:44.880><c> people.</c><00:50:45.139><c> It</c><00:50:45.280><c> doesn't</c>

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matter<00:50:45.739><c> if</c><00:50:45.880><c> it's</c><00:50:46.059><c> one</c><00:50:46.239><c> or</c><00:50:46.400><c> a</c><00:50:46.539><c> group</c><00:50:46.760><c> in</c><00:50:47.360><c> order</c>

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to<00:50:47.840><c> lead</c><00:50:48.000><c> them</c><00:50:48.300><c> back</c><00:50:48.840><c> because</c><00:50:49.539><c> their</c><00:50:49.820><c> commitment</c><00:50:50.340><c> and</c><00:50:50.619><c> their</c>

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conviction<00:50:51.320><c> matches</c><00:50:51.920><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:50:52.980><c> to</c><00:50:53.219><c> bring</c>

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righteousness<00:50:53.980><c> back</c><00:50:54.519><c> to</c><00:50:54.739><c> this</c><00:50:54.960><c> situation</c><00:50:55.639><c> that</c><00:50:56.119><c> has</c><00:50:56.380><c> temporarily</c><00:50:57.000><c> been</c><00:50:57.679><c> overcome</c><00:50:58.179><c> by</c>

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sin.<00:51:00.300><c> And</c><00:51:00.719><c> we'll</c><00:51:00.800><c> leave</c><00:51:00.880><c> it</c><00:51:01.059><c> there.</c>

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Thank<00:51:21.139><c> you.</c>