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tore<00:13:18.080><c> their</c><00:13:18.340><c> garments</c><00:13:18.820><c> is</c><00:13:19.480><c> now</c><00:13:19.840><c> here</c><00:13:20.259><c> vigorously</c>

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throwing<00:13:21.639><c> out</c><00:13:22.179><c> of</c><00:13:22.720><c> the</c><00:13:22.919><c> house</c><00:13:23.179><c> of</c><00:13:23.379><c> the</c><00:13:23.539><c> Lord</c><00:13:23.759><c> all</c><00:13:24.440><c> the</c><00:13:24.740><c> stuff</c>

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that<00:13:25.480><c> belongs</c><00:13:26.000><c> to</c><00:13:26.419><c> Tobiah,</c><00:13:27.559><c> the</c><00:13:27.919><c> Ammonite</c><00:13:28.360><c> way</c><00:13:28.600><c> of</c><00:13:28.820><c> life.</c>

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mind<00:13:40.519><c> and</c><00:13:40.820><c> his</c><00:13:41.200><c> time</c><00:13:41.460><c> and</c><00:13:41.620><c> his</c><00:13:41.820><c> energy</c><00:13:42.360><c> and</c><00:13:42.700><c> all</c>

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It's<00:13:51.659><c> like</c><00:13:51.779><c> the</c><00:13:51.980><c> rubble,</c><00:13:53.919><c> like</c><00:13:54.120><c> the</c><00:13:54.340><c> weeds.</c><00:13:55.820><c> It</c><00:13:55.940><c> is</c><00:13:56.159><c> just</c><00:13:56.379><c> something</c><00:13:56.740><c> which</c><00:13:57.000><c> is</c>

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in<00:13:57.240><c> the</c><00:13:57.419><c> wrong</c><00:13:57.659><c> place.</c>

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they<00:14:05.039><c> could</c><00:14:05.200><c> be</c><00:14:05.419><c> used</c><00:14:05.779><c> for</c><00:14:06.100><c> the</c><00:14:06.220><c> building</c><00:14:06.440><c> of</c><00:14:06.639><c> the</c><00:14:06.820><c> wall.</c><00:14:07.779><c> And</c>

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whilst<00:14:08.080><c> they</c><00:14:08.240><c> were</c><00:14:08.440><c> just</c><00:14:08.720><c> scattered</c><00:14:08.940><c> about,</c><00:14:09.360><c> they</c>

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were<00:14:09.779><c> in</c><00:14:10.000><c> the</c><00:14:10.159><c> way.</c><00:14:11.600><c> And</c><00:14:11.840><c> so</c><00:14:12.080><c> this</c><00:14:12.419><c> household</c><00:14:12.960><c> stuff</c><00:14:13.460><c> is</c><00:14:13.919><c> always</c><00:14:14.639><c> useful</c><00:14:15.379><c> stuff.</c><00:14:17.340><c> The</c>

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kind<00:14:17.600><c> of</c><00:14:17.759><c> things</c><00:14:17.919><c> that</c>

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clutter<00:14:18.480><c> our</c><00:14:18.860><c> attics</c><00:14:19.159><c> and</c><00:14:19.379><c> our</c><00:14:19.639><c> rooms</c><00:14:19.940><c> and</c><00:14:20.100><c> we</c><00:14:20.240><c> can't</c><00:14:20.500><c> move</c><00:14:20.740><c> because</c><00:14:21.039><c> of</c>

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them.<00:14:21.899><c> The</c><00:14:22.120><c> kind</c><00:14:22.279><c> of</c><00:14:22.419><c> things</c><00:14:22.559><c> which</c><00:14:22.799><c> make</c><00:14:23.000><c> our</c>

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housework<00:14:24.399><c> so</c><00:14:24.899><c> much</c><00:14:25.059><c> more</c><00:14:25.320><c> difficult</c><00:14:25.879><c> because</c><00:14:26.399><c> we</c><00:14:26.539><c> have</c><00:14:26.720><c> to</c>

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work<00:14:27.120><c> around</c><00:14:27.440><c> them</c><00:14:27.580><c> and</c><00:14:27.679><c> to</c><00:14:27.860><c> move</c><00:14:28.039><c> them.</c>

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Valuable<00:14:30.200><c> things</c><00:14:30.480><c> that</c><00:14:30.620><c> we</c><00:14:30.740><c> never</c><00:14:31.019><c> use.</c><00:14:32.299><c> If</c><00:14:32.440><c> we</c><00:14:32.600><c> didn't</c><00:14:32.820><c> have</c>

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them,<00:14:33.399><c> life</c><00:14:33.440><c> would</c><00:14:33.620><c> be</c><00:14:33.779><c> so</c><00:14:33.879><c> much</c><00:14:34.200><c> simpler</c><00:14:34.700><c> and</c><00:14:35.279><c> it</c>

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would<00:14:35.519><c> be</c><00:14:35.659><c> so</c><00:14:35.759><c> much</c><00:14:35.919><c> easier</c><00:14:36.220><c> to</c><00:14:36.500><c> concentrate</c><00:14:36.980><c> upon</c><00:14:37.220><c> the</c><00:14:37.419><c> right</c>

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things.<00:14:39.299><c> The</c><00:14:39.419><c> word</c><00:14:39.580><c> stuff</c><00:14:39.860><c> stands</c><00:14:40.179><c> for</c><00:14:40.340><c> all</c><00:14:40.600><c> that</c>

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and<00:14:42.220><c> we</c><00:14:42.379><c> need</c><00:14:42.559><c> to</c><00:14:42.860><c> clean</c><00:14:43.080><c> our,</c><00:14:43.779><c> cleanse</c><00:14:43.940><c> our</c><00:14:44.340><c> lives</c><00:14:44.679><c> by</c><00:14:45.179><c> casting</c><00:14:45.659><c> out</c><00:14:46.039><c> these</c><00:14:46.320><c> things</c><00:14:46.799><c> that</c><00:14:47.059><c> we</c>

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and<00:14:48.879><c> with</c><00:14:49.179><c> singleness</c><00:14:49.600><c> of</c><00:14:50.179><c> motive</c><00:14:50.500><c> and</c><00:14:50.799><c> eye.</c>

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fumigates<00:15:04.639><c> the</c><00:15:04.840><c> house</c><00:15:05.080><c> of</c><00:15:05.259><c> God.</c>

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He<00:15:07.159><c> makes</c><00:15:07.480><c> absolutely</c><00:15:08.159><c> certain</c><00:15:08.679><c> that</c><00:15:08.879><c> there</c><00:15:09.120><c> are</c><00:15:09.399><c> no</c><00:15:10.019><c> things</c>

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left<00:15:10.879><c> behind</c><00:15:11.639><c> that</c><00:15:12.320><c> belong</c><00:15:12.620><c> to</c><00:15:12.799><c> the</c><00:15:13.100><c> Ammonite</c><00:15:13.539><c>-ish</c>

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use<00:15:22.000><c> because</c><00:15:23.159><c> during</c><00:15:23.539><c> this</c><00:15:23.700><c> time</c><00:15:23.980><c> the</c><00:15:24.179><c> Levites</c><00:15:24.779><c> had</c><00:15:26.059><c> been</c><00:15:26.279><c> pushed</c><00:15:26.419><c> out</c>

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receiving<00:15:29.340><c> that</c><00:15:29.919><c> part</c><00:15:30.399><c> that</c><00:15:31.600><c> God</c><00:15:31.860><c> had</c><00:15:32.080><c> said</c><00:15:32.220><c> they</c><00:15:32.399><c> should</c><00:15:32.580><c> receive</c><00:15:32.940><c> from</c><00:15:33.120><c> the</c>

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reinstate<00:15:41.279><c> the</c><00:15:41.600><c> priests</c><00:15:42.019><c> so</c><00:15:42.559><c> that</c><00:15:42.679><c> they</c>

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can<00:15:42.899><c> do</c><00:15:43.159><c> their</c><00:15:43.379><c> work.</c><00:15:44.320><c> But</c><00:15:44.419><c> you</c><00:15:44.539><c> notice</c><00:15:44.799><c> in</c><00:15:45.000><c> verse</c><00:15:45.220><c> 11</c><00:15:45.860><c> that</c><00:15:46.740><c> Nehemiah</c><00:15:47.259><c> does</c><00:15:47.539><c> not</c><00:15:47.840><c> contend</c><00:15:48.399><c> so</c>

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Eliashib.<00:15:50.120><c> He</c><00:15:50.299><c> has</c><00:15:50.779><c> condemned</c><00:15:51.340><c> Eliashib</c><00:15:51.980><c> for</c><00:15:52.100><c> what</c><00:15:52.220><c> he</c><00:15:52.379><c> has</c>

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says,<00:15:57.039><c> why</c><00:15:57.399><c> is</c><00:15:57.820><c> the</c><00:15:58.019><c> house</c><00:15:58.360><c> of</c><00:15:58.539><c> God</c><00:15:58.860><c> forsaken?</c><00:16:01.299><c> You</c><00:16:01.759><c> may</c><00:16:01.940><c> have</c>

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destroy<00:16:05.100><c> the</c><00:16:05.399><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:06.100><c> if</c><00:16:06.679><c> the</c><00:16:06.960><c> arranging</c><00:16:07.399><c> brethren</c><00:16:07.740><c> are</c><00:16:08.159><c> sound.</c><00:16:10.840><c> It</c>

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ecclesia<00:16:13.480><c> which</c><00:16:13.679><c> is</c><00:16:13.879><c> responsible</c><00:16:14.639><c> and</c><00:16:17.220><c> so</c><00:16:17.440><c> Nehemiah</c><00:16:17.919><c> held</c><00:16:18.500><c> the</c><00:16:19.179><c> rulers</c><00:16:19.679><c> responsible</c><00:16:21.879><c> for</c><00:16:22.279><c> this</c><00:16:22.580><c> breach</c><00:16:22.919><c> of</c>

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discipline.<00:16:25.159><c> And</c><00:16:25.299><c> you'll</c><00:16:25.500><c> notice</c><00:16:25.679><c> also</c><00:16:26.080><c> it</c><00:16:26.320><c> was</c><00:16:26.539><c> because</c><00:16:26.860><c> the</c>

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have<00:16:44.039><c> happened.</c><00:16:45.799><c> So</c><00:16:46.039><c> brethren</c><00:16:46.419><c> and</c><00:16:46.720><c> sisters,</c>

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room<00:17:00.639><c> for</c><00:17:01.340><c> the</c><00:17:01.679><c> intrusion</c><00:17:02.139><c> of</c><00:17:02.519><c> the</c><00:17:02.639><c> wrong</c><00:17:02.840><c> things.</c>

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That<00:17:04.319><c> is</c><00:17:04.460><c> what</c><00:17:04.700><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:05.140><c> is</c><00:17:05.400><c> saying</c><00:17:05.559><c> here.</c>

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the<00:17:12.799><c> Sabbath.</c>

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We'd<00:17:15.079><c> like</c><00:17:15.099><c> to</c><00:17:15.220><c> look</c><00:17:15.339><c> at</c><00:17:15.420><c> that</c><00:17:15.619><c> more</c><00:17:15.839><c> fully</c><00:17:16.000><c> but</c><00:17:16.160><c> we</c><00:17:16.299><c> haven't</c>

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got<00:17:16.680><c> the</c><00:17:16.880><c> time.</c>

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He<00:17:20.660><c> says</c><00:17:20.920><c> in</c><00:17:21.099><c> verse</c><00:17:21.240><c> 23,</c>

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In<00:17:23.440><c> those</c><00:17:23.839><c> days</c><00:17:24.220><c> also</c><00:17:24.839><c> saw</c><00:17:25.259><c> I</c><00:17:25.619><c> Jews</c><00:17:26.000><c> that</c><00:17:26.319><c> had</c><00:17:26.599><c> married</c><00:17:27.079><c> wives</c>

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of<00:17:28.099><c> Ashdod</c><00:17:28.799><c> and</c><00:17:29.279><c> Ammon</c><00:17:29.640><c> and</c><00:17:30.019><c> of</c><00:17:30.259><c> Moab,</c>

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the<00:17:33.359><c> influence</c><00:17:33.759><c> of</c><00:17:33.980><c> the</c><00:17:34.220><c> doctrine</c><00:17:34.740><c> of</c><00:17:35.099><c> Balaam.</c>

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And<00:17:37.700><c> their</c><00:17:37.960><c> children</c><00:17:38.559><c> spoke</c><00:17:39.019><c> half</c><00:17:39.640><c> in</c><00:17:40.000><c> the</c><00:17:40.220><c> speech</c><00:17:40.539><c> of</c><00:17:40.839><c> Ashdod</c>

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and<00:17:43.480><c> could</c><00:17:43.819><c> not</c><00:17:44.180><c> speak</c><00:17:44.619><c> in</c><00:17:44.960><c> the</c><00:17:45.099><c> Jews</c><00:17:45.359><c> language.</c>

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What<00:17:47.740><c> a</c><00:17:48.019><c> tragedy</c><00:17:48.359><c> that</c><00:17:48.619><c> is</c><00:17:49.400><c> and</c><00:17:50.900><c> how</c><00:17:51.180><c> true</c><00:17:51.319><c> it</c><00:17:51.559><c> is</c><00:17:52.460><c> that</c><00:17:53.200><c> when</c>

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we<00:17:54.299><c> marry</c><00:17:54.599><c> out</c><00:17:54.960><c> of</c><00:17:55.099><c> the</c><00:17:55.380><c> truth</c><00:17:55.859><c> it</c><00:17:56.799><c> is</c><00:17:57.039><c> the</c><00:17:57.380><c> influence</c>

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of<00:17:58.460><c> the</c><00:17:58.839><c> worldly</c><00:17:59.339><c> partner</c><00:18:00.180><c> which</c><00:18:00.839><c> tells</c><00:18:01.160><c> in</c><00:18:01.400><c> the</c><00:18:01.599><c> lives</c><00:18:01.880><c> of</c><00:18:02.079><c> our</c><00:18:02.299><c> children</c><00:18:02.759><c> and</c><00:18:05.079><c> they</c><00:18:05.299><c> can</c><00:18:05.539><c> no</c>

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longer<00:18:06.059><c> speak</c><00:18:06.500><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:06.880><c> language</c><00:18:07.440><c> of</c><00:18:08.519><c> the</c><00:18:08.720><c> truth.</c><00:18:11.279><c> It</c><00:18:11.400><c> is</c><00:18:11.579><c> a</c><00:18:11.680><c> dreadful</c><00:18:11.960><c> thing</c><00:18:12.220><c> that</c><00:18:12.460><c> Balaam</c><00:18:12.720><c> introduced</c><00:18:13.339><c> and</c>

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the<00:18:14.880><c> influence</c><00:18:15.339><c> of</c><00:18:15.599><c> that</c>

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doctrine<00:18:16.140><c> is</c><00:18:16.460><c> still</c><00:18:16.700><c> felt</c><00:18:16.960><c> amongst</c><00:18:17.279><c> us</c><00:18:17.539><c> today</c><00:18:18.240><c> and</c><00:18:21.339><c> so</c><00:18:21.579><c> Nehemiah</c><00:18:22.140><c> contended.</c><00:18:23.839><c> Again</c>

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he<00:18:24.359><c> becomes</c><00:18:24.740><c> vigorous.</c>

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I<00:18:27.259><c> contended</c><00:18:27.799><c> with</c><00:18:28.019><c> them</c><00:18:28.160><c> and</c><00:18:28.319><c> I</c><00:18:28.579><c> cursed</c><00:18:28.839><c> them</c><00:18:29.079><c> and</c><00:18:29.259><c> I</c><00:18:29.619><c> smoked</c>

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certain<00:18:30.119><c> of</c><00:18:30.299><c> them</c><00:18:30.480><c> and</c><00:18:30.779><c> plucked</c><00:18:31.059><c> off</c><00:18:31.200><c> their</c><00:18:31.460><c> hair</c>

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and<00:18:32.279><c> made</c><00:18:32.480><c> them</c><00:18:32.700><c> swear</c><00:18:32.980><c> by</c><00:18:33.240><c> God</c><00:18:33.480><c> saying</c><00:18:33.920><c> ye</c><00:18:34.380><c> shall</c><00:18:34.660><c> not</c><00:18:34.920><c> give</c>

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your<00:18:35.460><c> daughters</c><00:18:35.940><c> unto</c><00:18:36.319><c> their</c><00:18:36.579><c> sons</c><00:18:36.940><c> nor</c><00:18:37.200><c> take</c>

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their<00:18:38.039><c> daughters</c><00:18:38.539><c> unto</c><00:18:39.019><c> your</c><00:18:39.299><c> sons</c><00:18:39.819><c> or</c><00:18:40.140><c> for</c><00:18:40.279><c> yourselves.</c>

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He<00:18:43.460><c> points</c><00:18:43.759><c> out</c><00:18:44.940><c> the</c><00:18:45.259><c> mistake</c><00:18:45.539><c> of</c><00:18:45.759><c> Solomon.</c>

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There<00:18:48.180><c> was</c><00:18:48.339><c> no</c><00:18:48.579><c> king</c><00:18:48.940><c> like</c><00:18:49.220><c> Solomon,</c><00:18:50.859><c> verse</c><00:18:51.099><c> 26.</c><00:18:52.960><c> He</c><00:18:53.119><c> was</c><00:18:53.339><c> a</c><00:18:53.519><c> great</c><00:18:53.740><c> king</c><00:18:54.339><c> and</c><00:18:55.680><c> he</c>

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was<00:18:56.359><c> beloved</c><00:18:56.779><c> of</c><00:18:57.160><c> God.</c>

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God<00:18:59.980><c> made</c><00:19:00.259><c> him</c><00:19:00.480><c> king</c><00:19:00.700><c> over</c><00:19:00.960><c> all</c><00:19:01.200><c> Israel.</c><00:19:03.400><c> Nevertheless</c><00:19:03.799><c> we</c>

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are<00:19:04.220><c> told</c>

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that<00:19:07.700><c> outlandish</c><00:19:08.500><c> women</c><00:19:09.220><c> caused</c><00:19:10.700><c> him</c><00:19:11.160><c> to</c><00:19:11.619><c> sin.</c><00:19:13.640><c> I</c><00:19:14.000><c> believe</c><00:19:14.319><c> it</c>

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was<00:19:15.319><c> Solomon</c>

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who<00:19:17.660><c> was</c><00:19:18.039><c> responsible</c><00:19:18.819><c> for</c><00:19:20.220><c> the</c><00:19:20.460><c> division</c><00:19:20.799><c> of</c><00:19:20.980><c> the</c><00:19:21.180><c> ten</c><00:19:21.400><c> tribes</c><00:19:21.880><c> from</c>

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It<00:19:25.279><c> was</c><00:19:25.480><c> Solomon</c><00:19:25.839><c> because</c><00:19:26.279><c> of</c><00:19:26.500><c> his</c><00:19:26.920><c> inter</c><00:19:27.279><c>-marriage.</c>

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It<00:19:30.859><c> wasn't</c><00:19:31.200><c> his</c><00:19:31.740><c> heir</c><00:19:32.000><c> and</c><00:19:33.119><c> of</c><00:19:33.299><c> an</c><00:19:33.480><c> Ammonite</c><00:19:33.799><c>-ish</c><00:19:33.920><c> woman.</c>

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of<00:19:45.299><c> the</c><00:19:45.460><c> ten</c><00:19:45.640><c> tribes</c><00:19:46.200><c> and</c><00:19:47.680><c> that</c><00:19:47.839><c> he</c><00:19:48.099><c> has</c><00:19:48.380><c> an</c><00:19:48.700><c> awful</c><00:19:48.940><c> lot</c><00:19:49.140><c> to</c>

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answer<00:19:49.740><c> for.</c><00:19:51.180><c> Beginning</c><00:19:51.579><c> from</c><00:19:51.940><c> this</c><00:19:52.279><c> high</c><00:19:52.700><c> position</c>

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of<00:19:53.500><c> man</c><00:19:53.680><c> beloved</c><00:19:54.059><c> of</c><00:19:54.240><c> God.</c><00:19:55.400><c> What</c><00:19:55.539><c> his</c><00:19:55.720><c> ultimate</c><00:19:56.140><c> end</c><00:19:56.380><c> will</c><00:19:56.599><c> be</c>

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we<00:19:56.980><c> do</c><00:19:57.259><c> not</c><00:19:57.500><c> know.</c><00:19:57.819><c> We</c><00:19:57.960><c> leave</c><00:19:58.180><c> that</c><00:19:58.420><c> in</c><00:19:58.640><c> God's</c><00:19:59.059><c> hands.</c>

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But<00:20:01.440><c> he</c><00:20:01.579><c> did</c><00:20:01.759><c> some</c><00:20:02.000><c> dreadful</c><00:20:02.359><c> things.</c>

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But<00:20:05.079><c> what</c><00:20:05.319><c> Nehemiah</c><00:20:05.799><c> is</c><00:20:06.019><c> saying</c><00:20:06.200><c> is</c><00:20:06.640><c> if</c><00:20:07.000><c> he,</c><00:20:08.200><c> Solomon,</c><00:20:09.599><c> so</c><00:20:09.880><c> strong</c><00:20:10.559><c> beloved</c><00:20:11.180><c> of</c><00:20:11.440><c> God,</c>

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could<00:20:12.539><c> be</c><00:20:12.960><c> brought</c><00:20:13.240><c> down</c><00:20:13.900><c> by</c><00:20:14.440><c> inter</c><00:20:14.799><c>-marrying</c><00:20:15.359><c> with</c><00:20:15.680><c> the</c><00:20:15.920><c> world,</c><00:20:17.160><c> how</c>

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much<00:20:17.660><c> more</c><00:20:18.000><c> shall</c><00:20:18.279><c> we?</c>

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There<00:20:20.279><c> is</c><00:20:20.619><c> no</c><00:20:21.059><c> justification</c><00:20:21.880><c> for</c><00:20:22.980><c> marriage</c><00:20:23.680><c> out</c><00:20:24.380><c> of</c><00:20:24.519><c> the</c><00:20:24.720><c> truth.</c>

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At<00:20:28.240><c> best</c><00:20:28.500><c> it</c><00:20:28.640><c> makes</c><00:20:28.900><c> life</c><00:20:29.500><c> very</c><00:20:30.079><c> very</c><00:20:30.519><c> difficult.</c><00:20:32.500><c> At</c><00:20:32.859><c> worst</c>

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it<00:20:33.720><c> makes</c><00:20:33.980><c> life</c><00:20:34.259><c> in</c><00:20:34.460><c> the</c><00:20:34.640><c> truth</c><00:20:35.220><c> impossible.</c>

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Young<00:20:39.660><c> sisters</c><00:20:40.160><c> or</c><00:20:40.420><c> brethren</c><00:20:40.700><c> who</c><00:20:40.880><c> might</c><00:20:41.079><c> be</c><00:20:41.420><c> contemplating</c><00:20:42.000><c> this</c>

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do<00:20:43.880><c> well</c><00:20:44.200><c> to</c><00:20:44.339><c> go</c><00:20:44.500><c> and</c><00:20:44.759><c> speak</c><00:20:44.960><c> to</c><00:20:45.240><c> someone</c><00:20:45.759><c> much</c><00:20:46.240><c> older</c><00:20:46.720><c> who</c><00:20:47.400><c> has</c>

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already<00:20:48.319><c> done</c><00:20:48.660><c> this</c>

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and<00:20:50.240><c> that</c><00:20:50.460><c> person</c><00:20:50.779><c> will</c><00:20:51.039><c> tell</c><00:20:51.279><c> you</c><00:20:51.619><c> that</c><00:20:51.880><c> they</c><00:20:52.099><c> made</c><00:20:52.299><c> a</c><00:20:52.559><c> great</c><00:20:52.779><c> mistake.</c>

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There's<00:20:56.980><c> so</c><00:20:57.059><c> much</c><00:20:57.160><c> more</c><00:20:57.339><c> we</c><00:20:57.440><c> would</c><00:20:57.559><c> like</c><00:20:57.660><c> to</c><00:20:57.819><c> talk</c><00:20:57.980><c> about</c><00:20:58.220><c> there</c><00:20:58.420><c> but</c>

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we<00:20:58.980><c> haven't</c><00:20:59.200><c> got</c><00:20:59.359><c> the</c><00:20:59.559><c> time.</c>

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Let<00:21:01.519><c> us</c><00:21:01.619><c> go</c><00:21:01.759><c> now</c><00:21:01.900><c> to</c><00:21:02.059><c> chapter</c><00:21:02.220><c> seven.</c>

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Here<00:21:08.789><c> in</c><00:21:09.509><c> chapter</c><00:21:09.849><c> seven</c><00:21:10.329><c> we</c><00:21:10.549><c> have</c><00:21:10.890><c> a</c><00:21:10.950><c> little</c><00:21:11.210><c> reference</c><00:21:11.589><c> to</c>

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Urim<00:21:12.250><c> and</c><00:21:12.490><c> Thummim</c>

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which<00:21:14.650><c> I</c><00:21:14.910><c> consider</c><00:21:15.269><c> to</c><00:21:15.609><c> be</c><00:21:16.529><c> vital</c><00:21:16.930><c> in</c><00:21:17.150><c> our</c><00:21:17.450><c> understanding</c><00:21:18.049><c> of</c>

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what<00:21:18.690><c> Urim</c><00:21:19.069><c> and</c><00:21:19.190><c> Thummim</c><00:21:19.690><c> were.</c>

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Verse<00:21:23.970><c> 65.</c>

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And<00:21:27.470><c> the</c><00:21:27.970><c> Tershartha</c><00:21:28.690><c> said</c><00:21:29.009><c> unto</c><00:21:29.289><c> them</c><00:21:29.890><c> that</c><00:21:30.650><c> they</c><00:21:30.789><c> should</c><00:21:31.009><c> not</c><00:21:31.250><c> eat</c><00:21:31.630><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:32.029><c> most</c><00:21:32.309><c> holy</c><00:21:32.730><c> things,</c>

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that<00:21:34.509><c> is</c><00:21:34.650><c> those</c><00:21:34.869><c> who</c><00:21:34.990><c> were</c><00:21:35.250><c> claiming</c><00:21:35.509><c> to</c><00:21:35.789><c> be</c><00:21:36.069><c> of</c><00:21:36.369><c> priestly</c><00:21:36.750><c> descent</c><00:21:37.289><c> but</c>

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could<00:21:38.089><c> not</c><00:21:38.490><c> produce</c><00:21:38.910><c> their</c><00:21:39.130><c> genealogy.</c>

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They<00:21:41.230><c> should</c><00:21:41.450><c> not</c><00:21:41.730><c> eat</c><00:21:42.170><c> of</c><00:21:42.410><c> the</c><00:21:42.569><c> most</c><00:21:42.849><c> holy</c><00:21:43.109><c> things</c><00:21:43.750><c> till</c><00:21:44.369><c> there</c><00:21:44.890><c> stood</c><00:21:45.190><c> up</c><00:21:45.589><c> a</c>

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priest<00:21:46.430><c> with</c><00:21:47.349><c> Urim</c><00:21:47.769><c> and</c><00:21:48.670><c> Thummim.</c>

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that<00:22:08.769><c> were</c><00:22:09.089><c> true</c>

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then<00:22:12.170><c> I</c><00:22:12.430><c> am</c><00:22:12.650><c> sure</c><00:22:13.009><c> Nehemiah</c><00:22:13.569><c> would</c><00:22:13.789><c> have</c><00:22:13.910><c> made</c><00:22:14.150><c> a</c><00:22:14.410><c> patch,</c><00:22:15.269><c> I</c>

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would<00:22:15.809><c> have</c><00:22:15.990><c> provided</c><00:22:16.349><c> two</c><00:22:16.670><c> stones.</c>

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The<00:22:21.509><c> indication</c><00:22:22.250><c> from</c><00:22:22.690><c> verse</c><00:22:22.930><c> 65</c><00:22:23.569><c> is</c><00:22:24.230><c> that</c><00:22:24.569><c> Urim</c><00:22:24.950><c> and</c><00:22:25.329><c> Thummim</c>

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were<00:22:26.009><c> something</c>

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God<00:22:33.049><c> and</c><00:22:33.470><c> only</c><00:22:33.990><c> God</c><00:22:34.410><c> could</c>

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cause<00:22:35.490><c> Urim</c><00:22:36.069><c> and</c><00:22:36.230><c> Thummim</c><00:22:36.630><c> to</c><00:22:37.049><c> work,</c><00:22:37.230><c> whatever</c><00:22:37.529><c> they</c><00:22:37.829><c> were.</c>

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And<00:22:40.609><c> so</c><00:22:40.809><c> far</c><00:22:40.910><c> the</c><00:22:41.069><c> presence</c><00:22:41.329><c> of</c><00:22:41.569><c> God</c><00:22:41.730><c> was</c><00:22:41.910><c> not</c><00:22:42.089><c> with</c><00:22:42.269><c> them</c><00:22:42.410><c> in</c>

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this<00:22:42.730><c> sense.</c>

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Let's<00:22:46.490><c> think</c><00:22:46.670><c> for</c><00:22:46.809><c> a</c><00:22:46.910><c> moment</c><00:22:47.130><c> of</c><00:22:47.410><c> the</c><00:22:47.950><c> three</c><00:22:48.430><c> methods</c><00:22:48.970><c> of</c>

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divine<00:22:49.890><c> communication.</c>

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First<00:22:54.950><c> of</c><00:22:55.089><c> all</c><00:22:55.190><c> there</c><00:22:55.349><c> were</c><00:22:55.549><c> dreams</c><00:22:56.269><c> and</c><00:22:57.589><c> visions</c>

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and<00:23:01.109><c> when</c><00:23:01.289><c> a</c><00:23:01.430><c> man</c><00:23:01.549><c> received</c><00:23:01.849><c> a</c><00:23:02.049><c> dream</c><00:23:02.349><c> there</c><00:23:02.690><c> was</c><00:23:02.990><c> no</c><00:23:03.309><c> doubt</c>

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the<00:23:03.990><c> dream</c><00:23:04.230><c> had</c><00:23:04.450><c> come</c><00:23:04.650><c> from</c><00:23:04.849><c> God.</c>

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He<00:23:06.849><c> was</c><00:23:07.009><c> not</c><00:23:07.230><c> left</c><00:23:07.450><c> wondering</c><00:23:07.769><c> whether</c><00:23:07.990><c> he'd</c><00:23:08.230><c> had</c><00:23:08.349><c> too</c><00:23:08.569><c> much</c>

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supper<00:23:08.990><c> the</c><00:23:09.210><c> previous</c><00:23:09.589><c> day</c>

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or<00:23:11.849><c> whether</c><00:23:12.029><c> he</c><00:23:12.190><c> was</c><00:23:12.470><c> worried</c><00:23:12.670><c> about</c><00:23:12.970><c> business</c><00:23:13.329><c> and</c><00:23:13.529><c> therefore</c><00:23:13.650><c> was</c><00:23:13.950><c> caused</c><00:23:14.190><c> to</c><00:23:14.390><c> dream.</c>

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When<00:23:16.150><c> the</c><00:23:16.430><c> dream</c><00:23:16.609><c> or</c><00:23:16.809><c> the</c><00:23:17.009><c> vision</c><00:23:17.190><c> came</c><00:23:17.490><c> to</c><00:23:17.690><c> him</c><00:23:18.009><c> and</c><00:23:18.289><c> sometimes</c><00:23:18.789><c> in</c><00:23:19.470><c> broad</c><00:23:19.750><c> daylight</c>

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he<00:23:21.650><c> was</c><00:23:21.910><c> left</c><00:23:22.069><c> in</c><00:23:22.309><c> no</c><00:23:22.589><c> doubt</c><00:23:22.769><c> at</c><00:23:23.029><c> all</c><00:23:23.289><c> that</c><00:23:23.609><c> God</c><00:23:23.950><c> was</c><00:23:24.470><c> speaking</c>

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to<00:23:25.509><c> and</c><00:23:25.869><c> through</c><00:23:26.109><c> him.</c><00:23:27.089><c> It</c><00:23:27.329><c> was</c><00:23:27.549><c> a</c><00:23:27.630><c> means</c><00:23:27.809><c> of</c><00:23:28.049><c> divine</c><00:23:28.269><c> communication.</c>

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doubt<00:23:36.250><c> that</c><00:23:36.490><c> God</c><00:23:36.789><c> was</c><00:23:37.230><c> using</c><00:23:37.690><c> the</c><00:23:38.049><c> prophets</c>

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they<00:23:41.589><c> spoke</c><00:23:41.869><c> came</c><00:23:42.130><c> to</c><00:23:42.390><c> pass.</c>

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But<00:23:45.089><c> thirdly</c><00:23:45.809><c> God</c><00:23:46.369><c> spoke</c><00:23:46.890><c> to</c><00:23:47.089><c> the</c><00:23:47.329><c> people</c><00:23:47.750><c> from</c><00:23:48.369><c> the</c><00:23:48.730><c> mercy</c><00:23:49.029><c> seat.</c><00:23:50.730><c> Remember</c><00:23:51.089><c> the</c><00:23:51.289><c> glory</c><00:23:51.509><c> of</c>

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dwelled<00:23:53.490><c> between</c><00:23:54.029><c> the</c><00:23:54.349><c> cherubim</c><00:23:54.849><c> on</c><00:23:55.190><c> the</c><00:23:55.390><c> mercy</c><00:23:55.670><c> seat</c><00:23:55.930><c> and</c><00:23:56.349><c> it</c>

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was<00:23:56.630><c> there</c><00:23:56.849><c> that</c><00:23:57.029><c> God</c><00:23:57.430><c> communed</c><00:23:58.430><c> with</c><00:23:58.710><c> his</c><00:23:58.970><c> people</c>

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whole<00:24:02.950><c> nation.</c>

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find<00:24:08.269><c> in</c><00:24:08.609><c> the</c><00:24:08.789><c> Old</c><00:24:09.029><c> Testament</c><00:24:09.450><c> scripture</c>

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and<00:24:10.950><c> all</c><00:24:11.250><c> three</c><00:24:11.430><c> methods</c><00:24:11.950><c> were</c><00:24:12.769><c> used</c><00:24:13.269><c> by</c><00:24:13.750><c> Saul</c><00:24:14.109><c> in</c><00:24:14.450><c> 1st</c><00:24:15.390><c> Samuel</c>

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chapter<00:24:19.210><c> 28.</c>

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Do<00:24:22.410><c> you</c><00:24:22.410><c> remember</c><00:24:22.809><c> that</c><00:24:22.990><c> he</c><00:24:23.950><c> is</c><00:24:24.589><c> in</c><00:24:24.750><c> a</c><00:24:24.930><c> desperate</c><00:24:25.250><c> situation?</c>

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He<00:24:31.730><c> needs</c><00:24:32.049><c> advice</c><00:24:32.529><c> and</c><00:24:32.829><c> counsel</c><00:24:33.230><c> from</c><00:24:33.509><c> God</c><00:24:33.750><c> but</c><00:24:33.890><c> it</c><00:24:34.069><c> is</c><00:24:34.190><c> too</c>

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late.<00:24:35.890><c> The</c><00:24:36.029><c> man</c><00:24:36.190><c> has</c><00:24:36.450><c> gone</c><00:24:36.670><c> too</c><00:24:37.130><c> far</c><00:24:37.470><c> down</c><00:24:37.730><c> the</c><00:24:37.910><c> wrong</c><00:24:38.190><c> way</c>

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and<00:24:39.509><c> God</c><00:24:39.809><c> will</c><00:24:40.049><c> not</c><00:24:40.309><c> answer</c><00:24:40.609><c> him.</c><00:24:41.029><c> Verse</c><00:24:41.170><c> 6</c><00:24:41.569><c> of</c><00:24:41.750><c> 1st</c><00:24:42.109><c> Samuel</c><00:24:42.309><c> 28,</c><00:24:44.730><c> neither</c><00:24:44.849><c> by</c><00:24:45.109><c> dreams</c>

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nor<00:24:47.910><c> by</c><00:24:48.230><c> euron</c><00:24:49.349><c> nor</c><00:24:50.410><c> by</c><00:24:50.730><c> prophets.</c><00:24:52.890><c> You</c><00:24:53.109><c> will</c><00:24:53.230><c> notice</c><00:24:53.710><c> that</c><00:24:54.329><c> the</c><00:24:54.549><c> mercy</c><00:24:54.750><c> seat</c><00:24:54.950><c> is</c>

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not<00:24:55.349><c> mentioned</c>

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but<00:24:56.150><c> Urim</c><00:24:56.450><c> is</c><00:24:57.049><c> and</c><00:24:59.410><c> so</c><00:24:59.630><c> we</c><00:24:59.809><c> have</c><00:25:00.029><c> Urim</c><00:25:00.450><c> and</c><00:25:00.890><c> the</c><00:25:01.130><c> mercy</c><00:25:01.329><c> seat</c><00:25:02.029><c> brought</c><00:25:03.130><c> together.</c><00:25:05.170><c> God's</c><00:25:05.589><c> method</c><00:25:05.950><c> of</c><00:25:06.309><c> communication</c>

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from<00:25:07.210><c> the</c><00:25:07.470><c> mercy</c><00:25:07.789><c> seat</c><00:25:08.089><c> is</c><00:25:08.650><c> somehow</c><00:25:09.170><c> tied</c><00:25:09.630><c> up</c><00:25:10.390><c> with</c><00:25:10.990><c> Urim</c><00:25:11.470><c> and</c>

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Thummim.<00:25:13.410><c> You</c><00:25:13.509><c> will</c><00:25:13.650><c> notice</c><00:25:13.789><c> also</c><00:25:14.309><c> that</c><00:25:14.569><c> Urim</c>

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stands<00:25:15.190><c> alone</c><00:25:15.750><c> not</c><00:25:16.329><c> Urim</c><00:25:16.670><c> and</c><00:25:16.869><c> Thummim.</c><00:25:18.210><c> If</c><00:25:18.390><c> they</c><00:25:18.589><c> were</c><00:25:18.809><c> lottery</c><00:25:19.289><c> stones</c><00:25:19.950><c> then</c>

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they<00:25:21.089><c> would</c><00:25:21.289><c> not</c><00:25:21.710><c> be</c><00:25:22.009><c> referred</c><00:25:22.289><c> to</c>

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under<00:25:23.130><c> just</c><00:25:23.450><c> one</c><00:25:23.829><c> name,</c><00:25:24.349><c> Urim.</c><00:25:25.230><c> It</c><00:25:25.410><c> would</c><00:25:25.630><c> be</c><00:25:26.329><c> by</c><00:25:26.829><c> Urim</c><00:25:27.410><c> and</c><00:25:27.970><c> Thummim</c><00:25:28.349><c> and</c><00:25:30.450><c> so</c>

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we<00:25:30.769><c> have</c><00:25:30.869><c> this</c><00:25:31.109><c> indication.</c>

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the<00:25:39.269><c> mercy</c><00:25:39.650><c> seat</c><00:25:39.930><c> and</c><00:25:40.529><c> connected</c><00:25:40.950><c> with</c>

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the<00:25:41.349><c> mercy</c><00:25:41.650><c> seat</c><00:25:42.130><c> there</c><00:25:42.589><c> is</c><00:25:43.430><c> or</c><00:25:43.670><c> there</c><00:25:43.910><c> are</c><00:25:44.549><c> Urim</c><00:25:44.930><c> and</c><00:25:45.490><c> Thummim</c>

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and<00:25:48.789><c> through</c><00:25:49.089><c> each</c><00:25:49.390><c> of</c><00:25:49.549><c> those</c><00:25:49.750><c> methods</c><00:25:50.509><c> God</c>

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made<00:25:51.609><c> it</c><00:25:52.049><c> abundantly</c><00:25:52.789><c> clear</c><00:25:53.309><c> that</c><00:25:54.470><c> he</c><00:25:54.630><c> was</c><00:25:54.849><c> speaking</c><00:25:55.069><c> to</c><00:25:55.250><c> the</c><00:25:55.390><c> people.</c>

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Now<00:25:58.829><c> a</c><00:25:58.910><c> quick</c><00:25:59.029><c> resume</c><00:25:59.490><c> of</c><00:25:59.930><c> the</c><00:26:00.150><c> glory</c><00:26:00.349><c> of</c><00:26:00.589><c> God</c><00:26:00.990><c> throughout</c><00:26:01.569><c> scripture</c>

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and<00:26:05.190><c> I</c><00:26:05.269><c> don't</c><00:26:05.410><c> want</c><00:26:05.529><c> to</c><00:26:05.670><c> touch</c><00:26:05.789><c> upon</c><00:26:06.069><c> any</c><00:26:06.289><c> of</c><00:26:06.430><c> the</c><00:26:06.549><c> points</c><00:26:06.789><c> which</c><00:26:07.049><c> were</c>

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so<00:26:08.349><c> beautifully</c><00:26:08.710><c> brought</c><00:26:09.069><c> out</c>

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by<00:26:10.150><c> brother</c><00:26:10.390><c> Harry</c><00:26:10.789><c> earlier</c><00:26:11.410><c> in</c><00:26:11.730><c> this</c><00:26:11.910><c> Bible</c><00:26:12.170><c> school.</c>

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There<00:26:14.650><c> is</c><00:26:14.750><c> an</c><00:26:14.950><c> aspect</c><00:26:15.490><c> of</c><00:26:15.890><c> this</c><00:26:16.250><c> glory</c><00:26:16.569><c> of</c><00:26:16.869><c> God</c><00:26:17.049><c> which</c><00:26:17.289><c> is</c><00:26:17.650><c> relevant</c><00:26:18.109><c> to</c><00:26:18.410><c> Urim</c><00:26:18.650><c> and</c><00:26:18.849><c> Thummim</c><00:26:19.069><c> which</c><00:26:19.289><c> I</c>

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want<00:26:19.670><c> to</c>

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line.<00:26:23.150><c> You</c><00:26:23.509><c> remember</c><00:26:23.849><c> that</c><00:26:24.089><c> brother</c><00:26:24.210><c> Harry</c><00:26:24.390><c> did</c><00:26:24.609><c> say</c><00:26:25.009><c> that</c><00:26:25.470><c> glory,</c><00:26:26.869><c> the</c><00:26:26.990><c> original</c><00:26:27.329><c> word,</c><00:26:28.069><c> carried</c><00:26:28.329><c> with</c><00:26:28.569><c> it</c>

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the<00:26:28.869><c> meaning</c><00:26:29.150><c> of</c><00:26:29.630><c> weight.</c><00:26:32.910><c> That</c><00:26:33.049><c> it</c><00:26:33.150><c> was</c><00:26:33.289><c> not</c><00:26:33.549><c> just</c><00:26:33.809><c> a</c><00:26:34.029><c> blaze</c>

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of<00:26:34.650><c> light</c><00:26:34.970><c> which</c><00:26:35.190><c> was</c><00:26:35.369><c> being</c><00:26:35.710><c> indicated</c><00:26:36.269><c> by</c><00:26:36.630><c> the</c>

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word<00:26:36.990><c> glory</c><00:26:37.430><c> but</c><00:26:38.150><c> there</c><00:26:38.390><c> was</c><00:26:38.809><c> substance,</c><00:26:39.609><c> there</c><00:26:39.650><c> was</c><00:26:40.049><c> character,</c><00:26:41.130><c> there</c><00:26:41.210><c> was</c><00:26:41.509><c> purpose</c><00:26:42.089><c> and</c><00:26:43.950><c> so</c><00:26:44.190><c> there</c><00:26:44.410><c> was</c><00:26:44.769><c> a</c>

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shop<00:26:48.650><c> window.</c><00:26:50.250><c> Inside</c><00:26:50.750><c> the</c><00:26:50.970><c> shop</c><00:26:51.269><c> was</c><00:26:51.529><c> the</c><00:26:51.890><c> character,</c><00:26:52.869><c> the</c>

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purpose,<00:26:54.509><c> the</c><00:26:54.910><c> weight</c><00:26:55.349><c> of</c><00:26:55.970><c> the</c><00:26:56.210><c> communication</c>

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which<00:26:58.029><c> that</c><00:26:58.289><c> glory</c><00:26:58.549><c> of</c><00:26:58.670><c> God</c><00:26:58.849><c> represented.</c>

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If<00:27:02.609><c> we</c><00:27:02.650><c> go</c><00:27:02.829><c> back</c><00:27:03.049><c> into</c><00:27:03.250><c> Genesis</c><00:27:03.630><c> chapter</c><00:27:04.009><c> 3</c><00:27:04.369><c> verse</c><00:27:04.589><c> 24</c><00:27:05.170><c> we</c><00:27:05.430><c> find</c>

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that<00:27:06.630><c> the</c><00:27:06.829><c> cherubim</c><00:27:07.589><c> are</c><00:27:08.049><c> placed</c><00:27:08.369><c> at</c><00:27:08.569><c> the</c><00:27:08.750><c> entrance</c>

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to<00:27:09.109><c> the</c><00:27:09.210><c> garden</c><00:27:09.470><c> of</c><00:27:10.490><c> Eden,</c><00:27:11.609><c> cherubim</c><00:27:12.150><c> and</c><00:27:12.730><c> a</c><00:27:13.049><c> flaming</c><00:27:13.490><c> sword.</c>

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That<00:27:17.390><c> word</c><00:27:17.569><c> flaming</c><00:27:17.970><c> sword</c><00:27:18.369><c> is</c><00:27:18.750><c> a</c><00:27:18.970><c> difficult</c><00:27:19.269><c> one</c><00:27:19.569><c> I</c><00:27:19.809><c> understand</c><00:27:20.309><c> to</c><00:27:20.829><c> translate.</c>

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Parker<00:27:23.630><c> describes</c><00:27:24.210><c> it</c><00:27:24.470><c> as</c><00:27:25.190><c> a</c><00:27:25.529><c> fire</c><00:27:25.869><c> enfolding</c><00:27:26.730><c> or</c><00:27:26.990><c> turning</c>

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upon<00:27:27.690><c> itself</c>

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and<00:27:32.670><c> it</c><00:27:32.750><c> was</c><00:27:32.890><c> because</c><00:27:33.410><c> judgment</c><00:27:34.230><c> was</c><00:27:34.569><c> usually</c><00:27:35.089><c> carried</c><00:27:35.369><c> out</c><00:27:35.710><c> by</c><00:27:35.990><c> means</c><00:27:36.170><c> of</c><00:27:36.369><c> a</c><00:27:36.609><c> sword</c>

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that<00:27:37.549><c> the</c><00:27:37.829><c> translators</c><00:27:38.349><c> used</c><00:27:38.910><c> this</c><00:27:39.309><c> word</c><00:27:39.650><c> sword</c><00:27:40.069><c> way</c><00:27:40.410><c> back</c><00:27:40.630><c> in</c><00:27:40.869><c> Genesis.</c>

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Of<00:27:43.109><c> course</c><00:27:43.329><c> a</c><00:27:43.569><c> sword</c><00:27:43.730><c> would</c><00:27:43.890><c> have</c><00:27:44.029><c> had</c><00:27:44.089><c> no</c><00:27:44.349><c> significance</c><00:27:44.849><c> to</c>

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Adam<00:27:45.309><c> and</c><00:27:45.509><c> Eve,</c><00:27:45.670><c> they</c><00:27:45.750><c> would</c><00:27:45.910><c> not</c><00:27:46.029><c> have</c><00:27:46.190><c> seen</c><00:27:46.349><c> one</c>

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and<00:27:48.009><c> so</c><00:27:48.150><c> a</c><00:27:48.349><c> fiery</c><00:27:48.509><c> sword</c><00:27:48.769><c> would</c><00:27:48.930><c> be</c><00:27:49.269><c> meaningless</c><00:27:49.650><c> to</c><00:27:49.829><c> them.</c><00:27:51.410><c> But</c><00:27:51.549><c> if</c>

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we<00:27:51.950><c> imagine</c><00:27:52.349><c> the</c><00:27:52.630><c> cherubim</c><00:27:53.369><c> and</c><00:27:53.910><c> we</c><00:27:54.210><c> imagine</c><00:27:54.630><c> a</c>

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fire<00:27:55.289><c> which</c><00:27:55.549><c> was</c><00:27:55.910><c> enfolding,</c><00:27:56.670><c> which</c><00:27:56.789><c> was</c><00:27:57.329><c> darting</c><00:27:57.809><c> out</c><00:27:58.009><c> in</c><00:27:58.250><c> all</c><00:27:58.490><c> directions</c><00:27:59.049><c> to</c>

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guard<00:27:59.910><c> the</c><00:28:00.109><c> way</c><00:28:00.269><c> of</c><00:28:00.450><c> the</c><00:28:00.589><c> tree</c><00:28:00.730><c> of</c>

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life,<00:28:01.529><c> then</c><00:28:01.789><c> we</c><00:28:01.970><c> can</c><00:28:02.190><c> see</c><00:28:02.529><c> that</c><00:28:02.650><c> there</c><00:28:02.829><c> would</c><00:28:03.029><c> be</c><00:28:03.289><c> some</c><00:28:03.609><c> purpose</c><00:28:03.950><c> in</c><00:28:04.170><c> that.</c><00:28:06.809><c> We</c>

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also<00:28:07.829><c> see</c><00:28:08.130><c> the</c><00:28:08.390><c> glory</c><00:28:08.630><c> of</c><00:28:08.930><c> God</c>

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represented<00:28:11.910><c> by</c><00:28:12.230><c> this</c><00:28:12.630><c> flame</c><00:28:13.109><c> of</c><00:28:13.690><c> fire.</c>

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But<00:28:16.990><c> more</c><00:28:17.190><c> than</c><00:28:17.369><c> that</c><00:28:17.650><c> in</c><00:28:17.869><c> addition</c><00:28:18.150><c> to</c><00:28:18.329><c> the</c><00:28:18.549><c> light</c><00:28:19.049><c> there</c><00:28:20.670><c> is</c>

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a<00:28:20.970><c> voice</c>

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and<00:28:23.609><c> the</c><00:28:23.829><c> voice</c><00:28:24.109><c> makes</c><00:28:24.369><c> a</c><00:28:24.609><c> covenant</c><00:28:25.109><c> with</c><00:28:26.309><c> Adam</c><00:28:26.569><c> and</c><00:28:26.730><c> Eve</c><00:28:27.289><c> about</c><00:28:27.890><c> the</c><00:28:28.150><c> seed.</c>

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And<00:28:31.490><c> so</c><00:28:31.609><c> the</c><00:28:31.750><c> first</c><00:28:31.890><c> thing</c><00:28:32.029><c> we</c><00:28:32.269><c> notice</c><00:28:32.549><c> in</c><00:28:32.769><c> this</c><00:28:33.109><c> first</c><00:28:33.609><c> revelation</c><00:28:34.210><c> of</c><00:28:34.450><c> the</c>

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glory<00:28:34.869><c> of</c><00:28:35.130><c> God</c><00:28:35.329><c> is</c><00:28:35.710><c> that</c>

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connected<00:28:36.769><c> with</c><00:28:37.029><c> the</c><00:28:37.250><c> blaze</c><00:28:37.529><c> of</c><00:28:37.750><c> light</c><00:28:38.369><c> there</c><00:28:39.589><c> is</c><00:28:39.730><c> the</c><00:28:40.009><c> word,</c>

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the<00:28:41.990><c> word</c><00:28:42.309><c> which</c><00:28:42.930><c> conveys</c><00:28:43.670><c> God's</c><00:28:44.329><c> purpose</c>

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and<00:28:46.410><c> through</c><00:28:46.630><c> which</c><00:28:46.849><c> a</c><00:28:47.210><c> covenant</c><00:28:47.569><c> is</c><00:28:48.170><c> made</c><00:28:48.490><c> with</c><00:28:48.809><c> the</c><00:28:48.990><c> people.</c>

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Secondly<00:28:53.089><c> in</c><00:28:53.349><c> Genesis</c><00:28:53.829><c> 15</c><00:28:54.390><c> where</c><00:28:54.549><c> we</c><00:28:54.769><c> have</c><00:28:54.970><c> the</c>

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smoking<00:28:58.390><c> furnace</c><00:28:58.950><c> and</c><00:28:59.150><c> the</c><00:28:59.369><c> burning</c><00:28:59.650><c> lamp,</c><00:29:01.329><c> a</c><00:29:01.630><c> wonderful</c><00:29:02.009><c> chapter</c><00:29:02.390><c> in</c>

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which<00:29:03.309><c> Abraham</c><00:29:03.869><c> receives</c><00:29:04.509><c> again</c><00:29:04.930><c> a</c><00:29:05.289><c> covenant</c>

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where<00:29:07.789><c> Abraham</c><00:29:08.230><c> is</c><00:29:08.509><c> commanded</c><00:29:08.890><c> by</c><00:29:09.230><c> God</c><00:29:09.470><c> to</c><00:29:09.829><c> slay</c><00:29:10.269><c> an</c><00:29:10.529><c> animal</c>

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and<00:29:12.289><c> to</c><00:29:12.690><c> separate</c><00:29:13.069><c> the</c><00:29:13.309><c> pieces</c><00:29:13.630><c> and</c><00:29:13.849><c> to</c><00:29:14.009><c> lay</c><00:29:14.150><c> them</c>

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side<00:29:15.210><c> by</c><00:29:15.450><c> side</c><00:29:16.009><c> and</c><00:29:17.289><c> where</c><00:29:17.690><c> a</c><00:29:18.210><c> smoking</c><00:29:18.710><c> lamp</c><00:29:19.269><c> passes</c><00:29:19.769><c> between</c>

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the<00:29:20.849><c> pieces.</c>

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I<00:29:23.450><c> think</c><00:29:23.809><c> it's</c><00:29:23.990><c> in</c><00:29:24.130><c> Jeremiah</c><00:29:24.569><c> which</c><00:29:25.349><c> reference</c><00:29:25.569><c> is</c><00:29:25.769><c> made</c><00:29:25.930><c> to</c>

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this<00:29:26.329><c> kind</c><00:29:26.529><c> of</c><00:29:26.710><c> thing</c><00:29:27.109><c> where</c><00:29:27.390><c> God</c><00:29:27.609><c> says</c><00:29:27.910><c> you</c><00:29:28.069><c> did</c><00:29:28.329><c> not</c>

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keep<00:29:28.890><c> the</c><00:29:29.170><c> oath</c><00:29:29.650><c> when</c><00:29:30.390><c> you</c><00:29:30.769><c> slew</c><00:29:31.029><c> the</c><00:29:31.349><c> calf</c><00:29:31.609><c> and</c><00:29:31.950><c> passed</c><00:29:32.230><c> between</c><00:29:32.569><c> the</c>

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pieces<00:29:33.109><c> thereof.</c>

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What<00:29:35.890><c> happened</c><00:29:36.089><c> was</c><00:29:36.349><c> in</c><00:29:36.529><c> actual</c><00:29:36.789><c> fact</c><00:29:37.009><c> that</c><00:29:37.190><c> when</c><00:29:37.450><c> people</c><00:29:37.849><c> made</c><00:29:38.190><c> a</c>

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covenant<00:29:38.829><c> they</c><00:29:39.849><c> slew</c><00:29:40.250><c> an</c><00:29:40.529><c> animal</c>

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and<00:29:41.730><c> they</c><00:29:42.349><c> set</c><00:29:42.630><c> apart</c><00:29:43.130><c> the</c><00:29:43.430><c> pieces</c><00:29:43.630><c> of</c><00:29:43.809><c> the</c><00:29:44.029><c> animal</c><00:29:44.349><c> and</c><00:29:44.789><c> they</c>

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passed<00:29:45.349><c> between</c><00:29:46.049><c> the</c><00:29:46.369><c> pieces</c><00:29:46.549><c> of</c><00:29:46.710><c> the</c><00:29:46.930><c> animal</c>

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as<00:29:47.789><c> if</c><00:29:47.990><c> they</c><00:29:48.130><c> were</c><00:29:48.410><c> inside</c><00:29:49.049><c> the</c><00:29:49.329><c> sacrifice</c><00:29:49.970><c> and</c><00:29:50.650><c> they</c><00:29:50.789><c> would</c><00:29:50.990><c> shake</c><00:29:51.190><c> hands</c><00:29:51.490><c> and</c><00:29:51.630><c> they</c><00:29:51.730><c> would</c><00:29:51.809><c> make</c><00:29:51.990><c> a</c><00:29:52.190><c> covenant</c>

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and<00:29:53.170><c> that</c><00:29:53.410><c> covenant</c><00:29:53.690><c> was</c><00:29:54.069><c> as</c><00:29:54.230><c> itself</c><00:29:54.650><c> within</c><00:29:55.450><c> the</c><00:29:55.750><c> sacrifice.</c>

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The<00:30:00.509><c> theme</c><00:30:00.509><c> to</c><00:30:01.130><c> Abraham</c><00:30:01.609><c> is</c><00:30:02.210><c> that</c><00:30:02.630><c> he</c><00:30:02.990><c> is</c><00:30:03.430><c> making</c><00:30:03.869><c> a</c><00:30:04.430><c> covenant</c>

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with<00:30:05.269><c> him</c><00:30:05.869><c> within</c><00:30:06.569><c> this</c><00:30:07.269><c> sacrifice</c>

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but<00:30:09.569><c> you</c><00:30:09.730><c> will</c><00:30:09.930><c> notice</c><00:30:10.269><c> that</c><00:30:10.490><c> there</c><00:30:10.690><c> is</c><00:30:11.750><c> a</c><00:30:12.150><c> smoking</c><00:30:12.690><c> lamp,</c><00:30:15.150><c> a</c>

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burning<00:30:15.690><c> fire</c><00:30:16.329><c> which</c><00:30:16.650><c> passes</c><00:30:16.970><c> between</c><00:30:17.470><c> the</c><00:30:17.730><c> pieces</c>

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and<00:30:19.990><c> you</c><00:30:20.130><c> will</c><00:30:20.269><c> notice</c><00:30:20.470><c> again</c><00:30:21.150><c> there</c><00:30:21.690><c> is</c><00:30:21.890><c> a</c><00:30:22.049><c> voice,</c><00:30:23.329><c> there</c><00:30:23.470><c> is</c>

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the<00:30:23.890><c> word,</c><00:30:25.589><c> there</c><00:30:25.690><c> is</c><00:30:25.930><c> the</c><00:30:26.230><c> weight</c><00:30:26.609><c> of</c><00:30:27.390><c> the</c><00:30:27.630><c> glory,</c>

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the<00:30:28.230><c> purpose</c><00:30:28.670><c> of</c><00:30:28.970><c> the</c><00:30:29.210><c> glory</c><00:30:29.549><c> which</c><00:30:29.990><c> is</c><00:30:30.250><c> revealed.</c><00:30:32.970><c> In</c><00:30:33.269><c> Exodus</c>

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chapter<00:30:33.869><c> 3</c><00:30:34.390><c> we</c><00:30:34.710><c> have</c><00:30:34.869><c> the</c><00:30:35.029><c> burning</c><00:30:35.269><c> bush,</c>

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again<00:30:36.529><c> a</c><00:30:36.910><c> bush</c><00:30:37.009><c> which</c><00:30:37.230><c> didn't</c><00:30:37.490><c> burn</c><00:30:37.970><c> but</c><00:30:38.269><c> a</c><00:30:38.410><c> fire</c><00:30:38.670><c> burning</c><00:30:39.049><c> within</c><00:30:39.450><c> the</c><00:30:39.670><c> bush.</c>

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The<00:30:41.369><c> fire</c><00:30:41.769><c> the</c><00:30:41.990><c> glory</c><00:30:42.269><c> of</c><00:30:42.450><c> God</c><00:30:42.650><c> is</c><00:30:42.950><c> seen</c><00:30:43.150><c> once</c><00:30:43.569><c> more</c><00:30:44.269><c> but</c><00:30:45.430><c> the</c>

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glory<00:30:45.789><c> is</c><00:30:45.970><c> not</c><00:30:46.210><c> in</c><00:30:46.490><c> the</c><00:30:46.650><c> blaze</c><00:30:46.910><c> of</c><00:30:47.069><c> light</c>

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that<00:30:48.930><c> is</c><00:30:49.170><c> the</c><00:30:49.490><c> pictorial</c><00:30:50.250><c> representation</c><00:30:51.390><c> the</c><00:30:51.950><c> glory</c><00:30:52.309><c> is</c><00:30:52.670><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:53.269><c> voice</c><00:30:53.710><c> which</c><00:30:54.109><c> speaks</c>

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and<00:30:55.589><c> the</c><00:30:55.809><c> covenant</c><00:30:56.109><c> which</c><00:30:56.289><c> is</c><00:30:56.529><c> made</c><00:30:56.710><c> with</c><00:30:56.970><c> Moses.</c><00:30:58.490><c> I</c><00:30:59.130><c> have</c><00:30:59.569><c> seen</c><00:31:00.109><c> the</c>

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affliction<00:31:00.950><c> of</c><00:31:01.210><c> my</c><00:31:01.450><c> people,</c>

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I've<00:31:04.029><c> heard</c><00:31:04.390><c> their</c><00:31:04.809><c> cry,</c><00:31:05.529><c> I</c><00:31:05.970><c> know</c><00:31:06.349><c> their</c><00:31:06.650><c> sorrows,</c><00:31:07.430><c> I</c><00:31:07.609><c> am</c><00:31:07.809><c> come</c>

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down<00:31:08.490><c> to</c><00:31:08.769><c> deliver</c>

00:31:10.170 --> 00:31:14.190
and<00:31:10.809><c> in</c><00:31:10.990><c> that</c><00:31:11.289><c> first</c><00:31:11.529><c> deliverance</c><00:31:11.950><c> of</c><00:31:12.109><c> the</c><00:31:12.250><c> children</c><00:31:12.410><c> of</c><00:31:12.650><c> Israel</c><00:31:12.930><c> there</c><00:31:13.230><c> is</c>

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prophesied<00:31:14.730><c> the</c><00:31:15.029><c> greater</c><00:31:15.470><c> deliverance</c>

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when<00:31:16.269><c> God</c><00:31:16.650><c> would</c><00:31:17.049><c> see</c><00:31:17.710><c> the</c><00:31:18.130><c> travel</c><00:31:18.470><c> of</c><00:31:18.769><c> his</c><00:31:18.990><c> people</c><00:31:19.470><c> and</c><00:31:20.069><c> come</c>

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down<00:31:20.630><c> to</c><00:31:20.950><c> deliver</c><00:31:21.230><c> in</c><00:31:21.670><c> the</c><00:31:21.890><c> person</c><00:31:22.170><c> of</c><00:31:22.390><c> the</c><00:31:22.529><c> Lord</c><00:31:22.829><c> Jesus</c><00:31:23.269><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:27.490 --> 00:31:32.609
Then<00:31:28.230><c> this</c><00:31:28.849><c> fire</c><00:31:29.589><c> enfolding</c><00:31:30.490><c> this</c><00:31:30.869><c> smoking</c><00:31:31.369><c> lamp</c>

00:31:33.470 --> 00:31:38.890
goes<00:31:34.210><c> before</c><00:31:34.710><c> the</c><00:31:34.910><c> children</c><00:31:35.109><c> of</c><00:31:35.349><c> Israel</c><00:31:35.869><c> as</c><00:31:36.630><c> a</c><00:31:36.869><c> pillar</c><00:31:37.089><c> of</c><00:31:37.450><c> fire</c><00:31:38.049><c> to</c>

00:31:38.890 --> 00:31:41.529
lead<00:31:39.089><c> them</c><00:31:39.390><c> in</c><00:31:39.589><c> the</c><00:31:39.710><c> way</c><00:31:39.869><c> that</c><00:31:40.029><c> they</c><00:31:40.170><c> should</c><00:31:40.390><c> go.</c>

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It<00:31:43.029><c> is</c><00:31:43.269><c> seen</c><00:31:43.430><c> most</c><00:31:43.710><c> dramatically</c><00:31:44.289><c> to</c><00:31:44.589><c> come</c><00:31:44.789><c> and</c><00:31:45.029><c> descend</c><00:31:45.390><c> upon</c>

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Mount<00:31:46.210><c> Sinai</c><00:31:46.650><c> when</c><00:31:47.130><c> the</c><00:31:47.349><c> whole</c>

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earth<00:31:47.829><c> trembled</c><00:31:48.490><c> and</c><00:31:48.750><c> shook</c><00:31:49.309><c> when</c><00:31:50.470><c> once</c><00:31:50.869><c> more</c><00:31:51.150><c> the</c><00:31:51.390><c> voice,</c>

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the<00:31:52.529><c> word</c><00:31:53.069><c> was</c><00:31:53.650><c> heard.</c>

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And<00:31:55.410><c> the</c><00:31:55.650><c> purpose</c><00:31:56.309><c> of</c><00:31:57.130><c> God</c><00:31:57.390><c> was</c><00:31:57.630><c> revealed</c><00:31:58.190><c> to</c><00:31:58.670><c> the</c><00:31:58.849><c> people</c><00:31:59.450><c> in</c>

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his<00:32:00.089><c> law</c><00:32:00.809><c> and</c><00:32:02.269><c> ultimately</c>

00:32:04.130 --> 00:32:10.630
that<00:32:04.990><c> fire</c><00:32:05.450><c> that</c><00:32:05.869><c> glory</c><00:32:06.369><c> came</c><00:32:06.789><c> to</c><00:32:07.390><c> sit</c><00:32:07.849><c> to</c><00:32:08.910><c> rest</c><00:32:09.390><c> upon</c><00:32:10.390><c> the</c>

00:32:10.630 --> 00:32:11.849
mercy<00:32:10.910><c> seat.</c>

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And<00:32:13.430><c> it</c><00:32:13.529><c> was</c><00:32:13.710><c> Solomon</c><00:32:14.089><c> you</c><00:32:14.690><c> will</c><00:32:14.890><c> remember</c><00:32:15.190><c> who</c><00:32:15.470><c> said</c><00:32:16.089><c> will</c><00:32:16.809><c> God</c><00:32:17.210><c> in</c>

00:32:17.390 --> 00:32:19.829
very<00:32:17.789><c> deed</c><00:32:18.150><c> dwell</c><00:32:18.509><c> with</c><00:32:18.769><c> men</c>

00:32:20.289 --> 00:32:25.210
the<00:32:20.829><c> great</c><00:32:21.150><c> God</c><00:32:21.529><c> of</c><00:32:21.670><c> this</c><00:32:21.869><c> universe</c><00:32:22.569><c> he</c><00:32:23.789><c> who</c><00:32:24.029><c> had</c><00:32:24.369><c> created</c><00:32:24.750><c> all</c>

00:32:25.210 --> 00:32:27.750
things<00:32:25.529><c> in</c><00:32:25.950><c> the</c><00:32:26.329><c> hollow</c><00:32:26.509><c> of</c><00:32:26.670><c> whose</c><00:32:26.869><c> hand</c>

00:32:28.569 --> 00:32:33.170
nations<00:32:29.329><c> were</c><00:32:29.849><c> held</c><00:32:30.049><c> and</c><00:32:30.309><c> governed</c><00:32:30.769><c> will</c><00:32:32.009><c> he</c><00:32:32.369><c> in</c><00:32:32.650><c> very</c><00:32:32.910><c> deed</c>

00:32:33.170 --> 00:32:35.289
come<00:32:33.490><c> and</c><00:32:33.769><c> dwell</c><00:32:33.970><c> with</c><00:32:34.309><c> men</c>

00:32:36.730 --> 00:32:44.150
and<00:32:37.490><c> he</c><00:32:37.890><c> rested</c><00:32:38.390><c> upon</c><00:32:38.809><c> the</c><00:32:39.210><c> mercy</c><00:32:39.410><c> seat</c><00:32:40.069><c> between</c><00:32:41.109><c> the</c><00:32:41.710><c> cherubim</c><00:32:42.829><c> and</c><00:32:43.890><c> it</c>

00:32:44.150 --> 00:32:47.049
was<00:32:44.410><c> from</c><00:32:44.750><c> there</c><00:32:45.109><c> that</c><00:32:45.529><c> the</c><00:32:45.970><c> word</c>

00:32:47.190 --> 00:32:53.390
was<00:32:47.710><c> spoken</c><00:32:48.450><c> and</c><00:32:49.470><c> the</c><00:32:49.710><c> counsel</c><00:32:50.170><c> of</c><00:32:50.470><c> God</c><00:32:51.390><c> given</c><00:32:52.009><c> to</c><00:32:52.390><c> the</c><00:32:52.549><c> people.</c>

00:32:55.410 --> 00:32:58.130
And<00:32:55.509><c> so</c><00:32:55.650><c> all</c><00:32:55.910><c> the</c><00:32:56.029><c> way</c><00:32:56.170><c> through</c><00:32:56.410><c> this</c><00:32:56.710><c> great</c><00:32:57.109><c> history</c><00:32:57.569><c> of</c><00:32:57.829><c> the</c>

00:32:58.130 --> 00:33:01.809
glory<00:32:58.369><c> of</c><00:32:58.630><c> God</c><00:32:58.910><c> there</c><00:32:59.650><c> is</c><00:32:59.950><c> always</c><00:33:00.450><c> this</c><00:33:00.910><c> blaze</c><00:33:01.450><c> of</c>

00:33:01.809 --> 00:33:05.789
light<00:33:02.109><c> this</c><00:33:02.410><c> blaze</c><00:33:02.970><c> of</c><00:33:03.309><c> fire</c><00:33:03.690><c> and</c><00:33:04.549><c> whenever</c><00:33:04.869><c> it</c><00:33:05.089><c> is</c><00:33:05.329><c> mentioned</c>

00:33:05.789 --> 00:33:07.730
one<00:33:06.089><c> always</c><00:33:06.589><c> gets</c><00:33:06.869><c> the</c><00:33:07.230><c> impression</c>

00:33:07.730 --> 00:33:13.450
the<00:33:08.549><c> one</c><00:33:08.829><c> who</c><00:33:08.970><c> is</c><00:33:09.210><c> writing</c><00:33:09.490><c> about</c><00:33:09.890><c> it</c><00:33:10.410><c> is</c><00:33:11.369><c> feeling</c><00:33:11.849><c> after</c><00:33:12.450><c> words</c><00:33:12.750><c> which</c><00:33:13.029><c> are</c>

00:33:13.450 --> 00:33:15.549
great<00:33:13.690><c> enough</c><00:33:13.890><c> to</c><00:33:14.150><c> describe</c><00:33:14.609><c> it.</c>

00:33:16.569 --> 00:33:23.190
A<00:33:17.430><c> smoking</c><00:33:17.849><c> furnace,</c><00:33:19.730><c> a</c><00:33:19.890><c> burning</c><00:33:20.250><c> lamp,</c><00:33:21.609><c> a</c><00:33:21.769><c> fire</c><00:33:22.069><c> enfolding</c>

00:33:23.190 --> 00:33:27.440
all<00:33:23.670><c> the</c><00:33:24.049><c> intricacies</c><00:33:24.650><c> of</c><00:33:25.490><c> Ezekiel</c><00:33:26.069><c> chapter</c><00:33:26.509><c> one</c>

00:33:29.509 --> 00:33:36.839
but<00:33:30.369><c> in</c><00:33:30.569><c> addition</c><00:33:30.849><c> to</c><00:33:31.089><c> that</c><00:33:31.690><c> light</c><00:33:32.170><c> there</c><00:33:33.289><c> is</c><00:33:33.549><c> always</c><00:33:33.910><c> the</c><00:33:34.230><c> word</c><00:33:34.849><c> which</c><00:33:35.710><c> is</c><00:33:35.910><c> spoken.</c>

00:33:39.369 --> 00:33:44.150
And<00:33:39.470><c> what</c><00:33:39.690><c> part</c><00:33:40.130><c> can</c><00:33:40.589><c> Urim</c><00:33:40.910><c> and</c><00:33:41.210><c> Thummim</c><00:33:41.569><c> play</c><00:33:42.069><c> in</c><00:33:42.930><c> such</c><00:33:43.210><c> a</c><00:33:43.490><c> revelation</c><00:33:43.930><c> of</c>

00:33:44.150 --> 00:33:45.569
the<00:33:44.309><c> glory</c><00:33:44.549><c> of</c><00:33:44.809><c> God?</c>

00:33:48.049 --> 00:33:52.990
Whenever<00:33:48.809><c> God</c><00:33:49.190><c> spoke</c><00:33:49.569><c> with</c><00:33:49.789><c> men</c><00:33:50.230><c> he</c><00:33:50.450><c> made</c><00:33:50.890><c> absolutely</c><00:33:52.150><c> certain</c><00:33:52.650><c> that</c>

00:33:52.990 --> 00:33:55.829
they<00:33:53.349><c> knew</c><00:33:53.730><c> he</c><00:33:54.230><c> had</c><00:33:54.630><c> spoken.</c>

00:33:58.930 --> 00:34:05.289
God<00:33:59.430><c> dwelt</c><00:34:00.049><c> on</c><00:34:01.170><c> the</c><00:34:01.349><c> mercy</c><00:34:01.569><c> seat.</c><00:34:02.750><c> His</c><00:34:02.970><c> glory</c><00:34:03.309><c> rested</c><00:34:03.730><c> upon</c><00:34:03.990><c> the</c><00:34:04.269><c> mercy</c><00:34:04.509><c> seat</c><00:34:04.869><c> in</c>

00:34:05.289 --> 00:34:07.089
the<00:34:05.430><c> most</c><00:34:05.630><c> holy</c><00:34:05.930><c> place</c>

00:34:07.549 --> 00:34:14.309
and<00:34:08.309><c> it</c><00:34:08.449><c> is</c><00:34:08.510><c> only</c><00:34:08.889><c> once</c><00:34:09.369><c> a</c><00:34:09.750><c> year</c><00:34:10.269><c> and</c><00:34:11.769><c> only</c><00:34:12.130><c> one</c><00:34:12.590><c> man</c><00:34:12.829><c> the</c><00:34:12.969><c> high</c><00:34:13.269><c> priest</c>

00:34:14.750 --> 00:34:17.849
who<00:34:15.150><c> went</c><00:34:15.429><c> into</c><00:34:15.949><c> that</c><00:34:16.309><c> most</c><00:34:16.630><c> holy</c><00:34:16.949><c> place.</c>

00:34:19.650 --> 00:34:23.789
And<00:34:19.750><c> so</c><00:34:19.869><c> any</c><00:34:20.170><c> communication</c><00:34:20.969><c> with</c><00:34:21.289><c> God</c><00:34:21.710><c> must</c><00:34:22.030><c> have</c><00:34:22.250><c> been</c><00:34:22.929><c> from</c>

00:34:23.789 --> 00:34:27.190
outside<00:34:24.710><c> the</c><00:34:25.750><c> holy</c><00:34:26.010><c> place</c>

00:34:28.449 --> 00:34:31.429
where<00:34:29.250><c> the</c><00:34:29.469><c> mercy</c><00:34:29.650><c> seat</c><00:34:29.829><c> could</c><00:34:30.050><c> not</c><00:34:30.190><c> be</c><00:34:30.389><c> seen.</c>

00:34:33.630 --> 00:34:39.050
How<00:34:34.070><c> could</c><00:34:34.530><c> the</c><00:34:34.789><c> high</c><00:34:35.090><c> priest</c><00:34:35.449><c> therefore</c><00:34:36.030><c> be</c><00:34:36.590><c> certain</c><00:34:37.269><c> that</c>

00:34:39.050 --> 00:34:41.730
God<00:34:39.449><c> was</c><00:34:39.789><c> communicating</c><00:34:40.510><c> with</c><00:34:40.829><c> him?</c>

00:34:43.809 --> 00:34:48.710
And<00:34:44.170><c> furthermore,</c><00:34:44.889><c> and</c><00:34:44.989><c> this</c><00:34:45.190><c> is</c><00:34:45.369><c> more</c><00:34:45.570><c> important</c><00:34:46.150><c> still,</c><00:34:47.010><c> how</c><00:34:47.329><c> could</c><00:34:47.630><c> the</c><00:34:47.909><c> people</c><00:34:48.269><c> be</c>

00:34:48.710 --> 00:34:50.150
certain<00:34:49.130><c> that</c><00:34:49.590><c> when</c><00:34:49.849><c> the</c>

00:34:50.150 --> 00:34:55.250
priest<00:34:50.349><c> went</c><00:34:50.710><c> to</c><00:34:51.010><c> them</c><00:34:51.230><c> with</c><00:34:51.590><c> God's</c><00:34:52.269><c> answers</c><00:34:52.630><c> that</c><00:34:54.869><c> they</c><00:34:55.090><c> were</c>

00:34:55.250 --> 00:34:57.030
in<00:34:55.369><c> fact</c><00:34:55.530><c> God's</c><00:34:55.929><c> answers?</c>

00:34:58.550 --> 00:35:02.110
And<00:34:58.710><c> so</c><00:34:58.829><c> we</c><00:34:59.010><c> come</c><00:34:59.190><c> to</c><00:34:59.510><c> Urim</c><00:34:59.809><c> and</c><00:35:00.030><c> Thummim</c><00:35:00.349><c> which</c><00:35:00.630><c> were</c><00:35:01.170><c> used</c><00:35:01.710><c> by</c>

00:35:02.110 --> 00:35:05.210
God<00:35:02.409><c> in</c><00:35:02.730><c> this</c><00:35:03.070><c> means</c><00:35:03.409><c> of</c><00:35:03.769><c> communication</c>

00:35:05.250 --> 00:35:10.110
so<00:35:05.590><c> that</c><00:35:05.769><c> there</c><00:35:05.929><c> could</c><00:35:06.150><c> be</c><00:35:06.530><c> no</c><00:35:06.969><c> doubt</c><00:35:07.409><c> at</c><00:35:07.750><c> all</c><00:35:07.949><c> that</c><00:35:08.210><c> God</c><00:35:08.570><c> had</c><00:35:09.070><c> spoken.</c>

00:35:12.809 --> 00:35:17.250
And<00:35:13.489><c> you</c><00:35:13.650><c> will</c><00:35:13.769><c> notice</c><00:35:14.389><c> that</c><00:35:15.170><c> in</c><00:35:15.409><c> the</c><00:35:15.610><c> glory</c><00:35:15.789><c> of</c><00:35:16.050><c> God</c><00:35:16.369><c> there</c>

00:35:17.250 --> 00:35:19.590
were<00:35:17.510><c> always</c><00:35:18.010><c> two</c><00:35:18.309><c> aspects,</c><00:35:19.050><c> the</c><00:35:19.289><c> lights,</c>

00:35:19.750 --> 00:35:24.510
the<00:35:19.929><c> blaze</c><00:35:20.250><c> of</c><00:35:20.469><c> light,</c><00:35:20.849><c> the</c><00:35:21.050><c> glory</c><00:35:21.449><c> and</c><00:35:22.849><c> the</c><00:35:23.130><c> word,</c><00:35:23.489><c> the</c><00:35:23.730><c> spoken</c><00:35:24.030><c> word</c>

00:35:24.510 --> 00:35:26.829
which<00:35:24.969><c> gave</c><00:35:25.449><c> the</c><00:35:25.989><c> covenant.</c>

00:35:28.730 --> 00:35:35.650
Now<00:35:29.210><c> Urim</c><00:35:29.530><c> is</c><00:35:30.409><c> a</c><00:35:30.869><c> plural</c><00:35:31.230><c> word</c><00:35:31.769><c> which</c><00:35:32.190><c> means</c><00:35:32.949><c> light</c><00:35:33.610><c> or</c><00:35:34.909><c> lights</c>

00:35:35.650 --> 00:35:38.090
or<00:35:36.909><c> fire.</c>

00:35:40.670 --> 00:35:45.829
Quite<00:35:41.409><c> often</c><00:35:41.710><c> in</c><00:35:41.889><c> the</c><00:35:42.050><c> Hebrew</c><00:35:42.230><c> we</c><00:35:42.409><c> find</c><00:35:42.789><c> that</c><00:35:44.190><c> nouns</c><00:35:44.530><c> are</c><00:35:45.030><c> expressed</c><00:35:45.469><c> in</c>

00:35:45.829 --> 00:35:48.150
the<00:35:46.070><c> plural</c><00:35:46.329><c> form</c><00:35:46.849><c> and</c><00:35:47.269><c> very</c><00:35:47.550><c> often</c><00:35:47.769><c> verbs</c>

00:35:48.150 --> 00:35:55.710
too,<00:35:50.070><c> to</c><00:35:50.250><c> express</c><00:35:50.670><c> the</c><00:35:51.050><c> greatness</c><00:35:51.570><c> of</c><00:35:52.010><c> something.</c><00:35:54.610><c> And</c><00:35:54.730><c> so</c><00:35:54.849><c> here</c><00:35:55.190><c> in</c>

00:35:55.710 --> 00:35:58.530
Urim<00:35:56.050><c> we</c><00:35:56.409><c> have</c><00:35:57.030><c> the</c><00:35:57.570><c> plural</c><00:35:57.829><c> form</c><00:35:58.230><c> which</c>

00:35:58.530 --> 00:36:04.690
represents<00:35:58.969><c> the</c><00:35:59.349><c> greatness</c><00:35:59.769><c> of</c><00:36:00.329><c> light</c><00:36:00.889><c> or</c><00:36:01.849><c> fire</c><00:36:02.389><c> or</c><00:36:03.210><c> the</c><00:36:03.489><c> first</c><00:36:03.809><c> aspect</c><00:36:04.469><c> of</c>

00:36:04.690 --> 00:36:06.369
the<00:36:04.949><c> glory</c><00:36:05.210><c> of</c><00:36:05.510><c> God</c><00:36:05.710><c> which</c><00:36:05.949><c> we</c><00:36:06.150><c> have</c>

00:36:06.369 --> 00:36:10.329
seen<00:36:06.750><c> in</c><00:36:07.309><c> all</c><00:36:07.570><c> its</c><00:36:07.949><c> manifestations</c><00:36:08.710><c> in</c><00:36:09.409><c> its</c><00:36:09.710><c> great</c><00:36:09.949><c> history</c>

00:36:10.329 --> 00:36:12.969
in<00:36:10.570><c> the</c><00:36:10.710><c> Old</c><00:36:10.929><c> Testament</c><00:36:11.409><c> scripture.</c>

00:36:14.769 --> 00:36:18.489
Thummim<00:36:15.070><c> is</c><00:36:16.110><c> again</c><00:36:16.449><c> in</c><00:36:16.670><c> the</c><00:36:16.829><c> plural</c><00:36:17.050><c> form</c><00:36:17.550><c> and</c><00:36:17.949><c> its</c><00:36:18.150><c> meaning</c>

00:36:18.489 --> 00:36:24.409
is<00:36:19.829><c> perfection</c><00:36:20.769><c> or</c><00:36:22.869><c> completeness.</c>

00:36:27.670 --> 00:36:30.710
And<00:36:27.789><c> it</c><00:36:27.929><c> seems</c><00:36:28.130><c> to</c><00:36:28.429><c> represent</c><00:36:28.869><c> that</c><00:36:29.230><c> aspect</c><00:36:29.789><c> of</c><00:36:29.989><c> the</c><00:36:30.190><c> glory</c><00:36:30.409><c> of</c>

00:36:30.710 --> 00:36:31.949
God<00:36:30.869><c> in</c><00:36:31.070><c> which</c><00:36:31.250><c> there</c><00:36:31.610><c> is</c>

00:36:31.949 --> 00:36:38.929
weight,<00:36:33.489><c> in</c><00:36:33.630><c> which</c><00:36:33.809><c> there</c><00:36:34.090><c> is</c><00:36:34.429><c> purpose,</c><00:36:36.949><c> the</c><00:36:37.889><c> spoken</c><00:36:38.369><c> word,</c>

00:36:39.010 --> 00:36:43.349
the<00:36:39.469><c> covenant,</c><00:36:41.289><c> the</c><00:36:41.369><c> most</c><00:36:41.610><c> important</c><00:36:42.369><c> part,</c>

00:36:43.489 --> 00:36:48.989
the<00:36:43.570><c> most</c><00:36:43.789><c> important</c><00:36:44.309><c> aspect</c><00:36:44.809><c> of</c><00:36:45.010><c> the</c><00:36:45.190><c> glory</c><00:36:45.409><c> of</c><00:36:45.670><c> God.</c><00:36:48.769><c> And</c><00:36:48.869><c> so</c>

00:36:48.989 --> 00:36:52.090
brought<00:36:49.170><c> together</c><00:36:49.590><c> we</c><00:36:49.909><c> have</c><00:36:51.030><c> light</c>

00:36:53.150 --> 00:36:55.289
and<00:36:53.590><c> we</c><00:36:53.769><c> have</c><00:36:54.010><c> counsel.</c>

00:36:56.949 --> 00:37:02.949
And<00:36:57.469><c> in</c><00:36:57.670><c> this</c><00:36:57.869><c> dual</c><00:36:58.230><c> representation</c><00:36:59.210><c> we</c><00:37:00.530><c> see</c><00:37:00.769><c> the</c><00:37:01.010><c> glory</c><00:37:01.250><c> of</c><00:37:01.530><c> God.</c>

00:37:03.909 --> 00:37:07.849
Now<00:37:04.090><c> Moses</c><00:37:04.409><c> was</c><00:37:04.730><c> told</c><00:37:05.110><c> to</c><00:37:05.610><c> make</c><00:37:06.110><c> the</c><00:37:06.530><c> breastplate.</c>

00:37:09.230 --> 00:37:14.150
One<00:37:09.429><c> record</c><00:37:09.829><c> says</c><00:37:10.090><c> he</c><00:37:10.230><c> was</c><00:37:10.489><c> told</c><00:37:10.690><c> to</c><00:37:10.869><c> put</c><00:37:11.050><c> into</c><00:37:11.349><c> the</c><00:37:11.570><c> breastplate</c><00:37:12.309><c> the</c><00:37:13.030><c> stones</c>

00:37:14.909 --> 00:37:20.150
marked<00:37:15.429><c> with</c><00:37:15.630><c> the</c><00:37:15.769><c> names</c><00:37:16.030><c> of</c><00:37:16.230><c> the</c><00:37:16.369><c> tribes</c><00:37:16.570><c> of</c><00:37:16.769><c> Israel.</c><00:37:18.849><c> Another</c><00:37:19.110><c> parallel</c><00:37:19.530><c> reference</c><00:37:19.969><c> says</c>

00:37:20.150 --> 00:37:21.090
he<00:37:20.250><c> was</c><00:37:20.429><c> to</c><00:37:20.590><c> put</c><00:37:20.789><c> in</c>

00:37:21.090 --> 00:37:27.389
Urim<00:37:21.389><c> and</c><00:37:21.550><c> Thummim.</c><00:37:25.449><c> And</c><00:37:25.590><c> since</c><00:37:25.710><c> there</c><00:37:25.909><c> is</c><00:37:26.090><c> no</c><00:37:26.429><c> mention</c><00:37:26.690><c> at</c><00:37:26.949><c> all</c><00:37:27.150><c> of</c>

00:37:27.389 --> 00:37:29.329
anything<00:37:27.670><c> else</c><00:37:27.989><c> other</c><00:37:28.269><c> than</c><00:37:28.530><c> stones</c><00:37:28.889><c> in</c><00:37:29.150><c> the</c>

00:37:29.329 --> 00:37:33.889
breastplate,<00:37:30.409><c> Urim</c><00:37:30.630><c> and</c><00:37:30.769><c> Thummim</c><00:37:31.130><c> must</c><00:37:31.409><c> in</c><00:37:31.670><c> some</c><00:37:31.849><c> way</c><00:37:31.969><c> be</c><00:37:32.269><c> connected</c><00:37:32.750><c> with</c><00:37:33.630><c> the</c>

00:37:33.889 --> 00:37:35.329
stones<00:37:34.190><c> themselves.</c>

00:37:36.849 --> 00:37:40.130
Now<00:37:36.989><c> it</c><00:37:37.090><c> is</c><00:37:37.190><c> true</c><00:37:37.469><c> that</c><00:37:37.710><c> the</c><00:37:38.469><c> material</c><00:37:38.969><c> upon</c><00:37:39.210><c> which</c><00:37:39.409><c> the</c><00:37:39.630><c> stones</c><00:37:39.849><c> were</c>

00:37:40.130 --> 00:37:42.030
fastened<00:37:40.610><c> was</c><00:37:41.030><c> doubled.</c>

00:37:43.269 --> 00:37:45.869
But<00:37:43.349><c> that</c><00:37:43.570><c> doubling</c><00:37:43.829><c> I</c><00:37:44.110><c> believe</c><00:37:44.369><c> was</c><00:37:44.570><c> not</c><00:37:44.849><c> to</c><00:37:45.090><c> form</c><00:37:45.250><c> a</c><00:37:45.530><c> pocket</c>

00:37:45.869 --> 00:37:49.570
but<00:37:46.869><c> to</c><00:37:47.050><c> form</c><00:37:47.230><c> strength</c><00:37:47.889><c> to</c><00:37:48.929><c> carry</c><00:37:49.150><c> the</c><00:37:49.389><c> weight</c>

00:37:49.570 --> 00:37:57.369
of<00:37:49.710><c> the</c><00:37:49.929><c> stones.</c><00:37:53.429><c> And</c><00:37:53.530><c> in</c><00:37:53.730><c> any</c><00:37:53.889><c> case</c><00:37:54.269><c> the</c><00:37:55.449><c> four</c><00:37:55.829><c> corners</c><00:37:56.409><c> were</c>

00:37:57.369 --> 00:38:00.190
joined<00:37:57.610><c> together</c><00:37:57.969><c> and</c><00:37:58.150><c> held</c><00:37:58.349><c> together</c><00:37:58.769><c> by</c><00:37:59.170><c> rings</c>

00:38:00.389 --> 00:38:05.090
and<00:38:00.869><c> it</c><00:38:01.110><c> was</c><00:38:01.230><c> through</c><00:38:01.449><c> the</c><00:38:01.610><c> rings</c><00:38:01.829><c> that</c><00:38:02.010><c> the</c><00:38:02.190><c> cords</c><00:38:02.409><c> passed</c><00:38:02.989><c> which</c><00:38:04.210><c> were</c><00:38:04.409><c> then</c><00:38:04.610><c> used</c><00:38:04.849><c> to</c>

00:38:05.090 --> 00:38:05.469
fasten<00:38:05.230><c> the</c>

00:38:05.469 --> 00:38:11.010
breastplate<00:38:05.989><c> upon</c><00:38:06.389><c> the</c><00:38:06.590><c> high</c><00:38:06.829><c> priest.</c><00:38:09.829><c> Now</c><00:38:09.969><c> we're</c><00:38:10.130><c> not</c><00:38:10.329><c> told</c>

00:38:11.010 --> 00:38:14.030
specifically<00:38:11.849><c> what</c><00:38:12.590><c> Urim</c><00:38:12.909><c> and</c><00:38:13.150><c> Thummim</c><00:38:13.409><c> were</c><00:38:13.829><c> but</c>

00:38:14.030 --> 00:38:18.469
by<00:38:14.489><c> gathering</c><00:38:14.909><c> together</c><00:38:15.570><c> all</c><00:38:16.090><c> the</c><00:38:16.309><c> information</c><00:38:16.889><c> from</c><00:38:17.630><c> the</c><00:38:17.989><c> verses</c><00:38:18.250><c> in</c>

00:38:18.469 --> 00:38:19.969
which<00:38:18.610><c> they</c><00:38:18.889><c> occur,</c>

00:38:20.349 --> 00:38:26.309
it<00:38:20.650><c> seems</c><00:38:20.989><c> very</c><00:38:21.429><c> clear</c><00:38:21.989><c> that</c><00:38:23.010><c> the</c><00:38:24.130><c> blaze</c><00:38:24.690><c> of</c><00:38:25.110><c> glory</c><00:38:25.610><c> from</c><00:38:26.010><c> the</c>

00:38:26.309 --> 00:38:27.590
mercy<00:38:26.690><c> seat</c>

00:38:30.190 --> 00:38:34.369
illuminated<00:38:30.989><c> the</c><00:38:31.789><c> stones</c><00:38:32.190><c> upon</c><00:38:32.469><c> the</c><00:38:32.690><c> breast</c><00:38:32.889><c> of</c><00:38:33.090><c> the</c><00:38:33.170><c> high</c><00:38:33.429><c> priest.</c>

00:38:34.889 --> 00:38:40.829
Hence<00:38:35.289><c> Urim</c><00:38:35.949><c> meaning</c><00:38:36.690><c> light</c><00:38:37.269><c> or</c><00:38:37.710><c> fire.</c><00:38:38.989><c> So</c><00:38:39.269><c> that</c><00:38:39.369><c> when</c><00:38:39.570><c> the</c><00:38:39.769><c> high</c><00:38:39.969><c> priest</c><00:38:40.210><c> went</c><00:38:40.489><c> to</c>

00:38:40.829 --> 00:38:42.429
communicate<00:38:41.530><c> with</c><00:38:41.849><c> God,</c>

00:38:42.429 --> 00:38:47.010
whom<00:38:42.869><c> he</c><00:38:43.030><c> could</c><00:38:43.210><c> not</c><00:38:43.510><c> see,</c><00:38:44.809><c> nor</c><00:38:44.949><c> could</c><00:38:45.110><c> he</c><00:38:45.289><c> see</c><00:38:45.389><c> the</c><00:38:45.670><c> representation</c><00:38:46.349><c> upon</c><00:38:46.690><c> the</c>

00:38:47.010 --> 00:38:48.389
mercy<00:38:47.210><c> seat</c><00:38:47.530><c> being</c><00:38:48.030><c> only</c>

00:38:48.389 --> 00:38:54.269
in<00:38:48.650><c> the</c><00:38:49.030><c> holy</c><00:38:49.369><c> place.</c><00:38:51.309><c> That</c><00:38:51.489><c> when</c><00:38:51.789><c> he</c><00:38:52.130><c> communed</c><00:38:52.409><c> with</c><00:38:52.650><c> God,</c><00:38:53.550><c> the</c><00:38:53.769><c> glory</c><00:38:54.030><c> of</c>

00:38:54.269 --> 00:38:55.949
God<00:38:54.409><c> from</c><00:38:54.610><c> the</c><00:38:54.829><c> mercy</c><00:38:55.010><c> seat</c><00:38:55.210><c> would</c><00:38:55.530><c> flash</c>

00:38:55.949 --> 00:39:01.809
into<00:38:56.929><c> the</c><00:38:57.489><c> stones</c><00:38:57.949><c> and</c><00:38:58.590><c> illuminate</c><00:38:59.190><c> the</c><00:38:59.429><c> stones</c><00:38:59.690><c> just</c><00:39:00.090><c> as</c><00:39:00.389><c> Moses'</c><00:39:00.929><c> face</c><00:39:01.429><c> had</c>

00:39:01.809 --> 00:39:03.769
been<00:39:02.170><c> illuminated</c><00:39:02.869><c> when</c><00:39:03.389><c> he</c>

00:39:03.769 --> 00:39:07.309
communicated<00:39:04.289><c> with</c><00:39:04.570><c> God.</c><00:39:05.590><c> Not</c><00:39:05.889><c> to</c><00:39:06.190><c> flash</c><00:39:06.369><c> out</c><00:39:06.630><c> some</c><00:39:06.869><c> kind</c><00:39:07.170><c> of</c>

00:39:07.309 --> 00:39:09.789
Morse<00:39:07.650><c> code</c><00:39:07.789><c> message</c><00:39:08.230><c> as</c><00:39:08.409><c> some</c><00:39:08.590><c> have</c><00:39:08.829><c> suggested</c>

00:39:09.929 --> 00:39:15.710
but<00:39:10.230><c> rather</c><00:39:10.610><c> to</c><00:39:11.210><c> demonstrate</c><00:39:12.010><c> to</c><00:39:12.250><c> the</c><00:39:12.389><c> high</c><00:39:12.670><c> priest</c><00:39:13.130><c> a</c><00:39:13.730><c> miracle</c><00:39:14.210><c> to</c><00:39:14.949><c> show</c><00:39:15.170><c> that</c><00:39:15.429><c> God</c>

00:39:15.710 --> 00:39:17.789
was<00:39:16.210><c> indeed</c><00:39:16.750><c> present.</c>

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First<00:41:09.610><c> of</c><00:41:09.789><c> all</c><00:41:09.889><c> we</c><00:41:10.110><c> take</c><00:41:10.429><c> out</c><00:41:10.690><c> the</c><00:41:10.989><c> capitals</c><00:41:11.510><c> from</c><00:41:13.030><c> verse</c><00:41:13.449><c> 1</c><00:41:13.909><c> word</c><00:41:14.570><c> and</c><00:41:15.769><c> light</c><00:41:16.110><c> in</c>

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interpretations<00:41:26.409><c> put</c><00:41:26.909><c> in</c>

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word<00:42:03.389><c> that</c><00:42:03.829><c> was</c><00:42:04.369><c> spoken.</c>

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00:42:12.190 --> 00:42:16.909
description<00:42:12.630><c> of</c><00:42:12.849><c> God.</c><00:42:14.630><c> All</c><00:42:14.949><c> we</c><00:42:15.269><c> are</c><00:42:15.590><c> presented</c><00:42:16.130><c> with</c><00:42:16.469><c> is</c><00:42:16.690><c> the</c>

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word<00:42:17.170><c> of</c><00:42:17.409><c> God.</c><00:42:18.510><c> God</c><00:42:18.989><c> said,</c><00:42:20.010><c> God</c><00:42:20.489><c> spake.</c><00:42:21.429><c> It</c><00:42:21.550><c> was</c><00:42:21.789><c> by</c>

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the<00:42:22.510><c> word</c><00:42:22.510><c> of</c><00:42:22.690><c> the</c><00:42:22.829><c> Lord</c><00:42:22.989><c> that</c><00:42:23.190><c> the</c><00:42:23.349><c> heavens</c><00:42:23.690><c> were</c><00:42:24.010><c> made.</c><00:42:24.530><c> We</c><00:42:24.789><c> are</c><00:42:24.969><c> introduced</c><00:42:25.550><c> to</c><00:42:26.050><c> a</c>

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blaze<00:42:38.010><c> of</c><00:42:38.289><c> glory</c><00:42:38.789><c> so</c><00:42:39.429><c> the</c><00:42:39.929><c> importance</c><00:42:40.449><c> of</c><00:42:41.050><c> the</c><00:42:41.710><c> presence</c><00:42:42.010><c> of</c>

00:42:42.269 --> 00:42:46.409
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manufactured<00:42:47.130><c> or</c><00:42:47.429><c> created.</c><00:42:50.110><c> The</c><00:42:50.329><c> same</c><00:42:50.610><c> was</c><00:42:50.909><c> in</c><00:42:51.090><c> the</c><00:42:51.269><c> beginning</c><00:42:51.550><c> with</c><00:42:51.869><c> God</c>

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all<00:42:52.590><c> things</c><00:42:52.849><c> were</c><00:42:53.090><c> made</c><00:42:53.289><c> by</c><00:42:53.630><c> him</c>

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and<00:42:54.289><c> without</c><00:42:54.630><c> him</c><00:42:54.829><c> was</c><00:42:54.949><c> not</c><00:42:55.150><c> anything</c><00:42:55.510><c> made</c><00:42:55.889><c> that</c><00:42:56.150><c> was</c><00:42:56.409><c> made.</c>

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light<00:43:11.929><c> and</c><00:43:13.309><c> his</c><00:43:13.590><c> word.</c>

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00:43:25.730 --> 00:43:27.989
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And<00:43:29.530><c> the</c><00:43:29.610><c> whole</c><00:43:29.789><c> purpose</c><00:43:30.090><c> of</c><00:43:30.329><c> God</c><00:43:30.489><c> revealing</c><00:43:31.050><c> himself</c><00:43:31.550><c> in</c><00:43:31.969><c> glory</c><00:43:32.349><c> right</c><00:43:32.889><c> the</c>

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we<00:43:34.809><c> saw</c><00:43:35.090><c> right</c><00:43:35.670><c> the</c><00:43:35.849><c> way</c><00:43:36.050><c> through</c><00:43:36.250><c> to</c><00:43:36.429><c> the</c><00:43:36.610><c> time</c><00:43:36.730><c> when</c><00:43:36.869><c> he</c><00:43:37.030><c> dwelt</c><00:43:37.230><c> upon</c>

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00:44:55.010 --> 00:44:58.550
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00:45:41.809 --> 00:45:44.210
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00:45:44.210 --> 00:45:53.070
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Wasn't<00:45:57.929><c> his</c><00:45:58.110><c> own</c><00:45:58.389><c> voice.</c><00:45:59.750><c> God</c><00:46:00.090><c> was</c><00:46:00.429><c> speaking</c><00:46:00.809><c> through</c><00:46:01.429><c> John</c>

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as<00:46:10.710><c> well</c><00:46:10.969><c> as</c><00:46:11.070><c> being</c><00:46:11.309><c> described</c>

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verse<00:46:44.469><c> four.</c>

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authority.<00:47:10.789><c> He</c><00:47:10.889><c> gave</c><00:47:11.110><c> authority</c><00:47:11.650><c> to</c><00:47:11.949><c> become</c><00:47:12.369><c> his</c><00:47:12.849><c> sons</c><00:47:13.190><c> and</c>

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00:47:23.969 --> 00:47:28.530
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And<00:47:37.869><c> the</c><00:47:38.050><c> term</c><00:47:38.170><c> is</c><00:47:38.429><c> carried</c><00:47:38.630><c> over</c><00:47:38.889><c> into</c><00:47:39.110><c> the</c><00:47:39.250><c> New</c><00:47:39.409><c> Testament</c>

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of<00:47:40.050><c> all</c><00:47:40.289><c> who</c><00:47:40.869><c> seek</c><00:47:41.070><c> to</c><00:47:41.289><c> serve</c><00:47:41.489><c> God</c><00:47:41.789><c> faithfully</c>

00:47:42.570 --> 00:47:45.690
and<00:47:43.030><c> who</c><00:47:43.230><c> are</c><00:47:43.530><c> begotten</c><00:47:43.929><c> again</c><00:47:44.289><c> by</c><00:47:44.489><c> the</c><00:47:44.750><c> power</c><00:47:44.909><c> of</c><00:47:45.110><c> the</c><00:47:45.289><c> word</c>

00:47:45.690 --> 00:47:48.989
they<00:47:46.269><c> become</c><00:47:46.670><c> his</c><00:47:47.130><c> sons</c><00:47:47.469><c> and</c><00:47:47.829><c> his</c><00:47:48.050><c> daughters.</c>

00:47:50.269 --> 00:47:53.730
And<00:47:50.429><c> so</c><00:47:50.769><c> right</c><00:47:51.230><c> up</c><00:47:51.449><c> to</c><00:47:51.610><c> the</c><00:47:51.809><c> end</c><00:47:52.130><c> of</c><00:47:52.449><c> verse</c><00:47:52.690><c> 13</c>

00:47:55.550 --> 00:48:02.150
we<00:47:56.190><c> have</c><00:47:56.829><c> God's</c><00:47:57.610><c> history</c><00:47:58.030><c> of</c><00:47:58.269><c> his</c><00:47:58.489><c> revelation</c><00:47:59.130><c> of</c><00:47:59.349><c> himself</c><00:47:59.750><c> amongst</c><00:48:00.130><c> mankind.</c><00:48:01.210><c> Right</c><00:48:01.849><c> up</c>

00:48:02.150 --> 00:48:03.449
to<00:48:02.309><c> the</c><00:48:02.570><c> threshold</c><00:48:03.010><c> of</c><00:48:03.269><c> the</c>

00:48:03.449 --> 00:48:08.670
birth<00:48:03.650><c> of</c><00:48:03.849><c> the</c><00:48:03.929><c> Lord</c><00:48:04.110><c> Jesus</c><00:48:04.489><c> Christ.</c><00:48:07.130><c> But</c><00:48:07.269><c> it</c><00:48:07.369><c> is</c><00:48:07.550><c> in</c><00:48:07.690><c> verse</c><00:48:07.889><c> 14</c>

00:48:08.670 --> 00:48:16.010
that<00:48:09.710><c> Jesus</c><00:48:10.050><c> now</c><00:48:10.429><c> appears.</c><00:48:12.289><c> The</c><00:48:12.469><c> word</c><00:48:13.150><c> was</c><00:48:13.889><c> made</c><00:48:14.789><c> flesh</c>

00:48:17.070 --> 00:48:22.670
and<00:48:17.710><c> dwelt</c><00:48:18.090><c> amongst</c><00:48:18.469><c> us.</c><00:48:21.050><c> Whereas</c><00:48:21.289><c> people</c><00:48:21.610><c> had</c><00:48:21.829><c> seen</c><00:48:21.989><c> the</c><00:48:22.230><c> glory</c><00:48:22.429><c> of</c>

00:48:22.670 --> 00:48:23.210
God<00:48:22.849><c> as</c><00:48:23.030><c> a</c><00:48:23.130><c> mere</c>

00:48:23.210 --> 00:48:30.769
blaze<00:48:23.829><c> of</c><00:48:24.050><c> light</c><00:48:24.429><c> or</c><00:48:25.869><c> had</c><00:48:26.349><c> heard</c><00:48:26.730><c> only</c><00:48:27.329><c> a</c><00:48:27.710><c> spoken</c><00:48:28.010><c> word.</c><00:48:29.710><c> Sometimes</c><00:48:30.369><c> very</c>

00:48:30.769 --> 00:48:32.449
rarely<00:48:30.989><c> as</c><00:48:31.210><c> God</c><00:48:31.429><c> spoke</c><00:48:31.789><c> for</c><00:48:31.989><c> himself</c>

00:48:32.909 --> 00:48:37.789
as<00:48:33.469><c> for</c><00:48:33.610><c> Mount</c><00:48:33.909><c> Sinai</c><00:48:34.929><c> more</c><00:48:35.389><c> often</c><00:48:35.670><c> as</c><00:48:35.849><c> he</c><00:48:36.050><c> spoke</c><00:48:36.250><c> through</c><00:48:36.449><c> the</c><00:48:36.710><c> prophets.</c>

00:48:39.289 --> 00:48:45.489
Now<00:48:39.710><c> they</c><00:48:40.170><c> had</c><00:48:40.489><c> a</c><00:48:41.130><c> living</c><00:48:42.090><c> representation</c><00:48:43.449><c> of</c><00:48:44.190><c> what</c><00:48:44.449><c> God</c><00:48:45.010><c> was</c>

00:48:45.489 --> 00:48:50.230
like.<00:48:46.769><c> The</c><00:48:47.070><c> word</c><00:48:47.610><c> was</c><00:48:48.269><c> made</c><00:48:49.050><c> flesh</c>

00:48:50.630 --> 00:48:58.289
and<00:48:51.190><c> dwelt</c><00:48:51.670><c> amongst</c><00:48:52.190><c> us.</c><00:48:55.010><c> And</c><00:48:55.269><c> Jesus</c><00:48:55.769><c> lived</c><00:48:56.349><c> and</c><00:48:56.969><c> behaved</c><00:48:57.449><c> amongst</c><00:48:57.889><c> men</c>

00:48:58.289 --> 00:49:01.769
as<00:48:58.869><c> God</c><00:48:59.269><c> would</c><00:48:59.489><c> have</c><00:48:59.769><c> lived</c><00:49:00.010><c> and</c><00:49:00.289><c> behaved</c><00:49:00.630><c> amongst</c><00:49:01.030><c> men</c><00:49:01.469><c> had</c>

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he<00:49:01.869><c> been</c><00:49:02.050><c> there</c><00:49:02.329><c> with</c><00:49:02.530><c> them.</c>

00:49:05.690 --> 00:49:10.090
And<00:49:05.869><c> Jesus</c><00:49:06.150><c> could</c><00:49:06.389><c> say</c><00:49:06.869><c> the</c><00:49:07.650><c> words</c><00:49:07.889><c> I</c><00:49:08.150><c> speak</c><00:49:08.349><c> are</c><00:49:08.489><c> not</c><00:49:08.710><c> mine</c><00:49:08.909><c> they're</c><00:49:09.070><c> my</c><00:49:09.309><c> father's.</c>

00:49:11.210 --> 00:49:14.909
The<00:49:11.329><c> works</c><00:49:11.510><c> I</c><00:49:11.809><c> do</c><00:49:12.010><c> are</c><00:49:12.170><c> not</c><00:49:12.409><c> mine</c><00:49:12.630><c> they're</c><00:49:12.809><c> my</c><00:49:13.070><c> father's.</c><00:49:14.550><c> I've</c>

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come<00:49:15.070><c> to</c><00:49:15.250><c> do</c><00:49:15.349><c> my</c><00:49:15.650><c> father's</c><00:49:16.210><c> will.</c>

00:49:17.550 --> 00:49:21.010
Prophetically<00:49:18.349><c> he</c><00:49:18.489><c> was</c><00:49:18.789><c> called</c><00:49:19.230><c> Immanuel</c><00:49:20.030><c> meaning</c><00:49:20.449><c> God</c><00:49:20.809><c> with</c>

00:49:21.010 --> 00:49:24.750
us.<00:49:22.389><c> He</c><00:49:22.570><c> came</c><00:49:22.809><c> we</c><00:49:23.030><c> are</c><00:49:23.110><c> told</c><00:49:23.329><c> by</c><00:49:23.590><c> Paul</c><00:49:23.869><c> in</c><00:49:24.110><c> the</c><00:49:24.389><c> image</c>

00:49:24.750 --> 00:49:37.989
of<00:49:25.090><c> God.</c><00:49:28.050><c> He</c><00:49:28.289><c> was</c><00:49:28.710><c> a</c><00:49:29.769><c> living</c><00:49:30.530><c> representation</c><00:49:32.190><c> of</c><00:49:33.090><c> God.</c><00:49:34.829><c> And</c><00:49:35.010><c> note</c><00:49:35.150><c> what</c><00:49:35.409><c> John</c><00:49:35.650><c> says</c><00:49:36.250><c> we</c>

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beheld<00:49:38.849><c> his</c><00:49:40.650><c> glory.</c>

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Now<00:49:43.849><c> the</c><00:49:43.949><c> remarkable</c><00:49:44.329><c> thing</c><00:49:44.670><c> about</c><00:49:44.949><c> this</c><00:49:45.230><c> is</c><00:49:45.570><c> that</c><00:49:45.750><c> when</c><00:49:46.730><c> John</c>

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who<00:49:47.909><c> is</c><00:49:48.889><c> captivated</c><00:49:49.809><c> I</c><00:49:50.030><c> can</c><00:49:50.250><c> use</c><00:49:50.530><c> the</c><00:49:50.690><c> word</c><00:49:50.889><c> obsessed</c>

00:49:51.650 --> 00:49:59.250
in<00:49:52.250><c> its</c><00:49:52.630><c> better</c><00:49:52.969><c> sense</c><00:49:53.369><c> of</c><00:49:53.670><c> John</c><00:49:54.050><c> by</c><00:49:54.949><c> this</c><00:49:55.449><c> miraculous</c><00:49:56.230><c> representation</c><00:49:57.309><c> because</c><00:49:58.030><c> it</c><00:49:58.449><c> pervades</c><00:49:58.809><c> all</c>

00:49:59.250 --> 00:49:59.510
the<00:49:59.389><c> way</c>

00:49:59.510 --> 00:50:03.630
through<00:49:59.730><c> his</c><00:49:59.969><c> gospel</c><00:50:00.389><c> and</c><00:50:01.050><c> through</c><00:50:01.289><c> his</c><00:50:01.530><c> epistles.</c><00:50:03.010><c> He</c><00:50:03.230><c> can't</c>

00:50:03.630 --> 00:50:06.289
really<00:50:03.949><c> understand</c><00:50:04.590><c> how</c><00:50:04.869><c> God</c><00:50:05.170><c> should</c><00:50:05.389><c> be</c>

00:50:06.289 --> 00:50:11.869
so<00:50:06.710><c> wonderful</c><00:50:07.329><c> and</c><00:50:07.650><c> gracious</c><00:50:08.150><c> as</c><00:50:08.670><c> to</c><00:50:08.869><c> reveal</c><00:50:09.349><c> himself</c><00:50:09.949><c> to</c><00:50:10.750><c> mankind.</c>

00:50:14.429 --> 00:50:15.809
And<00:50:14.510><c> when</c><00:50:14.650><c> he</c><00:50:14.789><c> does</c>

00:50:18.610 --> 00:50:23.349
John<00:50:19.130><c> describes</c><00:50:19.769><c> his</c><00:50:20.130><c> glory</c><00:50:20.650><c> in</c><00:50:22.170><c> two</c><00:50:22.329><c> things.</c>

00:50:25.530 --> 00:50:28.730
Grace<00:50:26.610><c> and</c><00:50:27.690><c> truth.</c>

00:50:31.750 --> 00:50:38.150
And<00:50:31.849><c> in</c><00:50:32.050><c> the</c><00:50:32.329><c> final</c><00:50:32.769><c> analysis</c><00:50:33.670><c> that</c><00:50:35.949><c> is</c><00:50:36.389><c> what</c><00:50:36.869><c> glory</c><00:50:37.230><c> the</c><00:50:37.469><c> glory</c><00:50:37.849><c> of</c>

00:50:38.150 --> 00:50:39.369
God<00:50:38.329><c> is.</c>

00:50:40.429 --> 00:50:46.429
It<00:50:40.570><c> is</c><00:50:40.769><c> God's</c><00:50:41.590><c> marriage</c><00:50:42.349><c> of</c><00:50:43.590><c> grace</c><00:50:44.130><c> and</c><00:50:45.289><c> truth.</c>

00:50:48.429 --> 00:50:52.480
Bringing<00:50:49.610><c> together</c><00:50:50.250><c> an</c><00:50:50.650><c> infinite</c><00:50:51.389><c> love.</c>

00:50:54.489 --> 00:50:59.789
An<00:50:54.750><c> endless</c><00:50:55.309><c> compassion</c><00:50:56.349><c> without</c><00:50:58.349><c> which</c><00:50:58.750><c> mankind</c><00:50:59.210><c> could</c><00:50:59.590><c> not</c>

00:50:59.789 --> 00:51:01.010
be<00:51:00.030><c> saved.</c>

00:51:02.269 --> 00:51:07.969
But<00:51:02.469><c> at</c><00:51:02.590><c> the</c><00:51:02.730><c> same</c><00:51:02.989><c> time</c><00:51:04.050><c> upholding</c><00:51:05.170><c> his</c><00:51:05.550><c> truth</c><00:51:06.170><c> without</c><00:51:07.150><c> compromise.</c>

00:51:07.969 --> 00:51:17.050
And<00:51:09.809><c> there</c><00:51:10.090><c> is</c><00:51:10.469><c> a</c><00:51:10.889><c> miraculous</c><00:51:11.590><c> marriage</c><00:51:12.510><c> of</c><00:51:14.210><c> those</c><00:51:14.590><c> two</c><00:51:15.269><c> fundamentals</c><00:51:16.130><c> and</c>

00:51:17.050 --> 00:51:19.230
basic<00:51:17.590><c> principles</c><00:51:18.150><c> of</c><00:51:18.389><c> our</c><00:51:18.610><c> salvation</c>

00:51:19.230 --> 00:51:23.349
in<00:51:20.289><c> the</c><00:51:20.530><c> person</c><00:51:20.769><c> of</c><00:51:20.969><c> the</c><00:51:21.090><c> Lord</c><00:51:21.269><c> Jesus</c><00:51:21.650><c> Christ.</c>

00:51:24.849 --> 00:51:30.789
He<00:51:25.289><c> fearlessly</c><00:51:26.050><c> and</c><00:51:27.650><c> purely</c><00:51:28.210><c> presents</c><00:51:29.110><c> the</c><00:51:29.690><c> truth.</c>

00:51:31.409 --> 00:51:35.369
The<00:51:31.769><c> weight</c><00:51:32.289><c> of</c><00:51:33.610><c> the</c><00:51:33.829><c> glory</c><00:51:34.110><c> of</c><00:51:34.429><c> God.</c>

00:51:36.010 --> 00:51:40.670
By<00:51:36.670><c> his</c><00:51:36.929><c> way</c><00:51:37.030><c> of</c><00:51:37.210><c> life</c><00:51:37.789><c> and</c><00:51:39.289><c> by</c><00:51:39.449><c> his</c><00:51:39.670><c> preaching.</c>

00:51:41.630 --> 00:51:44.610
But<00:51:41.710><c> the</c><00:51:41.889><c> other</c><00:51:42.050><c> aspect</c><00:51:42.449><c> is</c><00:51:42.789><c> that</c><00:51:42.929><c> he</c><00:51:43.150><c> also</c><00:51:43.650><c> shows</c><00:51:43.969><c> God</c><00:51:44.289><c> to</c><00:51:44.489><c> be</c>

00:51:44.610 --> 00:51:47.710
a<00:51:44.730><c> God</c><00:51:44.929><c> of</c><00:51:45.170><c> love</c><00:51:45.489><c> and</c><00:51:45.730><c> a</c><00:51:45.809><c> God</c><00:51:46.090><c> of</c><00:51:46.449><c> compassion.</c>

00:51:50.590 --> 00:51:57.300
A<00:51:50.750><c> God</c><00:51:51.030><c> for</c><00:51:51.349><c> whom</c><00:51:51.610><c> no</c><00:51:52.130><c> sin,</c><00:51:53.030><c> no</c><00:51:53.489><c> sin</c><00:51:54.030><c> provides</c><00:51:54.750><c> too</c><00:51:55.230><c> big</c><00:51:55.530><c> a</c><00:51:55.829><c> barrier</c><00:51:56.210><c> for</c><00:51:56.469><c> him.</c>

00:51:58.710 --> 00:52:01.769
He<00:51:59.230><c> will</c><00:51:59.750><c> save</c><00:52:00.230><c> unto</c><00:52:00.570><c> the</c><00:52:00.929><c> uttermost.</c>

00:52:03.650 --> 00:52:10.449
Those<00:52:04.210><c> who</c><00:52:04.550><c> believe</c><00:52:04.869><c> in</c><00:52:05.110><c> him</c><00:52:05.909><c> and</c><00:52:07.150><c> who</c><00:52:07.530><c> accept</c><00:52:08.190><c> his</c><00:52:08.730><c> means</c><00:52:09.010><c> of</c><00:52:09.269><c> salvation.</c>

00:52:13.389 --> 00:52:17.469
And<00:52:13.449><c> so</c><00:52:13.570><c> as</c><00:52:13.690><c> we</c><00:52:13.949><c> prepare</c><00:52:14.190><c> to</c><00:52:14.449><c> leave</c><00:52:14.769><c> this</c><00:52:15.269><c> school</c><00:52:15.670><c> this</c><00:52:16.409><c> day.</c>

00:52:18.570 --> 00:52:22.269
We<00:52:18.670><c> shall</c><00:52:18.989><c> take</c><00:52:19.269><c> with</c><00:52:19.449><c> us</c><00:52:19.670><c> the</c><00:52:19.889><c> word</c><00:52:20.030><c> of</c><00:52:20.309><c> God</c><00:52:20.530><c> but</c><00:52:20.730><c> we</c><00:52:20.889><c> shall</c><00:52:21.010><c> remember</c><00:52:21.489><c> that</c><00:52:21.690><c> the</c><00:52:21.829><c> word</c><00:52:22.010><c> of</c>

00:52:22.269 --> 00:52:25.690
God<00:52:22.409><c> is</c><00:52:22.630><c> much</c><00:52:22.909><c> more</c><00:52:23.190><c> than</c><00:52:23.369><c> a</c><00:52:23.610><c> written</c><00:52:23.809><c> or</c><00:52:24.110><c> printed</c><00:52:24.510><c> page.</c>

00:52:28.429 --> 00:52:33.489
The<00:52:29.050><c> word</c><00:52:29.269><c> of</c><00:52:29.449><c> God</c><00:52:29.630><c> is</c><00:52:29.809><c> much</c><00:52:30.110><c> more</c><00:52:30.570><c> than</c><00:52:30.889><c> even</c><00:52:31.389><c> the</c><00:52:31.550><c> Lord</c><00:52:31.789><c> Jesus</c><00:52:32.210><c> Christ.</c>

00:52:35.869 --> 00:52:39.909
The<00:52:35.909><c> word</c><00:52:36.130><c> of</c><00:52:36.329><c> God</c><00:52:36.570><c> is</c><00:52:36.929><c> a</c><00:52:37.170><c> part</c><00:52:37.789><c> of</c><00:52:38.449><c> the</c><00:52:38.730><c> glory</c><00:52:39.170><c> of</c><00:52:39.449><c> God</c><00:52:39.690><c> which</c>

00:52:39.909 --> 00:52:43.519
he<00:52:40.190><c> has</c><00:52:40.469><c> chosen</c><00:52:40.829><c> to</c><00:52:41.130><c> reveal</c><00:52:41.449><c> himself</c><00:52:42.030><c> to</c><00:52:42.710><c> us.</c>

00:52:45.409 --> 00:52:48.380
And<00:52:45.550><c> day</c><00:52:45.710><c> by</c><00:52:45.889><c> day</c><00:52:46.070><c> as</c><00:52:46.289><c> we</c><00:52:46.550><c> assimilate</c><00:52:47.230><c> his</c><00:52:47.570><c> word.</c>

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Thinking<00:52:49.329><c> not</c><00:52:49.650><c> so</c><00:52:49.849><c> much</c><00:52:50.070><c> of</c><00:52:50.269><c> the</c><00:52:50.489><c> miraculous</c><00:52:51.110><c> manifestations</c>

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as<00:52:52.349><c> the</c><00:52:53.030><c> weight</c><00:52:53.349><c> of</c><00:52:53.829><c> glory.</c>

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The<00:52:54.949><c> purposefulness</c><00:52:56.010><c> of</c><00:52:56.429><c> that</c><00:52:56.769><c> glory</c><00:52:57.170><c> we</c><00:52:58.090><c> shall</c><00:52:58.349><c> be</c><00:52:58.769><c> purged</c>

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by<00:52:59.750><c> it</c><00:53:00.289><c> and</c><00:53:00.730><c> prepared</c><00:53:01.210><c> for</c><00:53:01.789><c> his</c><00:53:02.050><c> kingdom.</c>

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May<00:53:04.590><c> it</c><00:53:04.690><c> be</c><00:53:04.809><c> that</c><00:53:04.949><c> in</c><00:53:05.210><c> his</c><00:53:05.469><c> mercy</c><00:53:05.909><c> we</c><00:53:06.949><c> shall</c><00:53:07.090><c> be</c><00:53:07.269><c> there.</c>