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but<00:11:33.899><c> let's</c><00:11:34.139><c> just</c><00:11:34.320><c> read</c><00:11:34.419><c> them</c><00:11:34.600><c> again</c><00:11:35.080><c> in</c><00:11:35.559><c> verse</c><00:11:36.220><c> 12.</c>

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That<00:11:45.340><c> our</c><00:11:45.799><c> sons</c><00:11:46.200><c> may</c><00:11:46.460><c> be</c><00:11:46.639><c> as</c><00:11:47.019><c> plants</c><00:11:47.480><c> grown</c><00:11:48.019><c> up</c><00:11:48.340><c> in</c><00:11:48.580><c> their</c><00:11:48.820><c> youth,</c>

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polished<00:11:56.840><c> after</c><00:11:57.399><c> the</c><00:11:58.120><c> similitude</c><00:11:59.019><c> of</c><00:11:59.360><c> a</c><00:11:59.600><c> palace.</c>

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Literally,<00:12:00.279><c> that</c><00:12:00.419><c> means</c><00:12:00.740><c> polished</c><00:12:01.519><c> like</c><00:12:02.159><c> the</c><00:12:02.580><c> model</c><00:12:02.919><c> of</c><00:12:03.200><c> a</c><00:12:03.399><c> palace.</c>

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She<00:12:04.580><c> was</c><00:12:04.759><c> like</c><00:12:05.039><c> a</c><00:12:05.639><c> miniature</c><00:12:06.000><c> palace</c><00:12:06.620><c> herself,</c><00:12:07.419><c> brothers</c><00:12:07.539><c> and</c><00:12:07.759><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:12:08.919><c> that's</c><00:12:09.019><c> what</c><00:12:09.139><c> we</c><00:12:09.299><c> want</c><00:12:09.399><c> to</c><00:12:09.600><c> be,</c><00:12:09.759><c> don't</c><00:12:10.019><c> we?</c>

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We<00:12:10.759><c> want</c><00:12:10.940><c> to</c><00:12:11.080><c> be</c><00:12:11.440><c> polished</c><00:12:12.320><c> like</c><00:12:12.899><c> a</c><00:12:13.220><c> palace.</c>

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And<00:12:13.960><c> so</c><00:12:14.019><c> when</c><00:12:14.179><c> our</c><00:12:14.399><c> Lord</c><00:12:14.600><c> Jesus</c><00:12:15.000><c> Christ</c><00:12:15.340><c> returns</c><00:12:15.960><c> as</c><00:12:17.259><c> king</c><00:12:17.519><c> of</c>

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and<00:12:19.220><c> on</c><00:12:19.360><c> his</c><00:12:19.679><c> throne,</c><00:12:20.019><c> he</c><00:12:20.220><c> looks</c><00:12:20.519><c> up</c><00:12:21.019><c> and</c><00:12:21.379><c> down</c><00:12:21.600><c> the</c><00:12:22.100><c> long</c><00:12:22.700><c> colonnade</c><00:12:23.220><c> of</c>

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What<00:12:26.139><c> do</c><00:12:26.580><c> we</c><00:12:26.679><c> want</c><00:12:26.899><c> him</c><00:12:27.039><c> to</c><00:12:27.259><c> see,</c><00:12:27.580><c> brothers</c><00:12:27.679><c> and</c><00:12:27.919><c> sisters?</c>

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We<00:12:28.320><c> want</c><00:12:28.559><c> him</c><00:12:28.779><c> to</c><00:12:28.980><c> see</c><00:12:29.419><c> a</c><00:12:30.960><c> miniature</c><00:12:31.360><c> palace</c><00:12:32.000><c> in</c><00:12:32.299><c> which</c><00:12:32.539><c> he</c><00:12:32.740><c> can</c>

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We<00:12:34.940><c> want</c><00:12:35.059><c> to</c><00:12:35.179><c> be</c><00:12:35.360><c> miniature</c><00:12:35.820><c> palaces</c><00:12:36.299><c> of</c><00:12:36.559><c> his</c><00:12:37.000><c> reflecting</c><00:12:37.860><c> the</c>

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And<00:12:42.019><c> you</c><00:12:42.059><c> know,</c><00:12:42.279><c> brothers</c><00:12:42.399><c> and</c><00:12:42.620><c> sisters,</c><00:12:43.360><c> when</c><00:12:43.360><c> John,</c><00:12:43.740><c> the</c><00:12:43.940><c> apostle,</c>

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saw<00:12:45.799><c> the</c><00:12:46.320><c> vision</c><00:12:46.519><c> of</c><00:12:46.779><c> New</c><00:12:46.960><c> Jerusalem</c><00:12:47.460><c> in</c><00:12:47.700><c> Revelation</c><00:12:48.120><c> 21</c><00:12:48.620><c> in</c>

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verse<00:12:49.059><c> 2,</c>

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he<00:12:50.259><c> said</c><00:12:50.379><c> that</c><00:12:50.539><c> she</c><00:12:50.679><c> was</c><00:12:50.820><c> like</c><00:12:51.039><c> a</c><00:12:51.340><c> bride</c><00:12:51.840><c> adorned</c><00:12:53.120><c> for</c><00:12:53.559><c> her</c><00:12:53.879><c> husband.</c>

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But<00:12:56.360><c> you</c><00:12:56.480><c> know</c><00:12:56.519><c> what</c><00:12:56.620><c> he</c><00:12:56.820><c> actually</c><00:12:57.279><c> saw</c><00:12:58.039><c> coming</c><00:12:59.639><c> out</c><00:12:59.879><c> of</c><00:13:00.059><c> heaven?</c>

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He<00:13:01.299><c> saw</c><00:13:01.519><c> a</c><00:13:01.779><c> city.</c>

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He<00:13:03.379><c> saw</c><00:13:03.659><c> a</c><00:13:04.080><c> palace,</c><00:13:05.419><c> a</c><00:13:05.580><c> palace</c><00:13:05.980><c> coming</c><00:13:06.360><c> down</c><00:13:06.740><c> out</c><00:13:06.980><c> of</c><00:13:07.139><c> heaven,</c>

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because<00:13:07.860><c> the</c><00:13:08.179><c> palace</c><00:13:08.860><c> was</c><00:13:09.419><c> the</c><00:13:09.720><c> bride</c><00:13:10.120><c> and</c><00:13:10.899><c> the</c><00:13:11.139><c> bride</c><00:13:11.500><c> was</c>

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The<00:13:14.080><c> bride</c><00:13:14.320><c> of</c><00:13:14.559><c> Christ</c><00:13:14.860><c> was</c><00:13:15.299><c> polished</c><00:13:15.879><c> after</c><00:13:16.539><c> the</c><00:13:16.899><c> model</c><00:13:17.159><c> of</c><00:13:17.460><c> a</c><00:13:17.639><c> palace.</c>

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And<00:13:17.980><c> when</c><00:13:18.240><c> Esther</c><00:13:18.460><c> came</c><00:13:18.740><c> before</c><00:13:19.039><c> the</c><00:13:19.259><c> king,</c><00:13:20.460><c> she</c><00:13:20.580><c> was</c><00:13:20.840><c> the</c>

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She<00:13:31.159><c> was</c><00:13:31.740><c> the</c><00:13:31.940><c> very</c><00:13:32.419><c> antithesis</c><00:13:33.360><c> of</c><00:13:34.000><c> Vashti.</c>

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and<00:13:45.179><c> that's</c><00:13:46.019><c> exactly</c><00:13:46.639><c> what</c><00:13:47.039><c> Esther,</c><00:13:47.340><c> chapter</c><00:13:47.539><c> 5,</c><00:13:47.980><c> in</c><00:13:48.100><c> verse</c><00:13:48.360><c> 1,</c>

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And<00:13:58.240><c> Esther</c><00:13:58.480><c> is</c><00:13:58.840><c> dressed</c><00:13:59.240><c> in</c><00:14:00.379><c> royalty</c><00:14:01.059><c> to</c><00:14:01.860><c> reflect</c><00:14:02.320><c> the</c><00:14:02.580><c> king.</c>

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You<00:14:03.919><c> know,</c><00:14:03.919><c> she</c><00:14:04.080><c> came,</c><00:14:04.460><c> brothers</c><00:14:04.600><c> and</c><00:14:04.779><c> sisters,</c><00:14:05.059><c> in</c><00:14:05.159><c> the</c><00:14:05.279><c> words</c><00:14:05.559><c> of</c>

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Hebrews<00:14:06.419><c> 10,</c>

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drawing<00:14:14.179><c> near</c><00:14:14.600><c> with</c><00:14:14.840><c> a</c><00:14:15.159><c> true</c><00:14:15.399><c> heart</c><00:14:15.799><c> and</c><00:14:16.120><c> full</c><00:14:16.360><c> assurance</c><00:14:16.779><c> of</c><00:14:17.100><c> faith</c>

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And<00:14:23.460><c> so</c><00:14:23.539><c> at</c><00:14:23.919><c> the</c><00:14:24.059><c> end</c><00:14:24.480><c> of</c><00:14:24.820><c> the</c><00:14:25.240><c> splendid</c><00:14:25.700><c> colonnade</c><00:14:26.320><c> of</c><00:14:26.539><c> pillars</c>

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that<00:14:27.120><c> lined</c><00:14:27.419><c> the</c><00:14:27.720><c> long</c><00:14:28.000><c> hallway</c><00:14:28.419><c> leading</c><00:14:29.320><c> to</c><00:14:29.539><c> the</c><00:14:29.679><c> king's</c>

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throne<00:14:30.279><c> room,</c>

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when<00:14:31.919><c> Esther</c><00:14:32.240><c> appeared,</c><00:14:33.059><c> brothers</c><00:14:33.179><c> and</c><00:14:33.419><c> sisters,</c><00:14:33.679><c> in</c><00:14:33.940><c> all</c>

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her<00:14:34.580><c> royal</c><00:14:34.820><c> glory,</c>

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the<00:14:36.259><c> king</c><00:14:38.080><c> saw</c><00:14:38.720><c> himself.</c>

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Could<00:14:40.500><c> he</c><00:14:40.639><c> do</c><00:14:40.820><c> anything</c><00:14:41.220><c> but</c><00:14:41.940><c> extend</c><00:14:42.779><c> to</c><00:14:43.000><c> her</c><00:14:43.600><c> the</c><00:14:44.220><c> sceptre</c><00:14:44.659><c> of</c><00:14:44.960><c> favour?</c>

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And<00:14:45.399><c> we</c><00:14:45.500><c> read</c><00:14:45.679><c> in</c><00:14:45.820><c> verse</c><00:14:46.039><c> 2,</c>

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And<00:14:46.720><c> it</c><00:14:46.720><c> was</c><00:14:46.960><c> so</c><00:14:47.240><c> when</c><00:14:47.419><c> the</c><00:14:47.580><c> king</c><00:14:47.779><c> saw</c><00:14:48.379><c> Esther</c><00:14:48.740><c> the</c><00:14:48.919><c> queen</c><00:14:49.259><c> standing</c><00:14:49.740><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:50.120><c> court</c>

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that<00:14:51.059><c> she</c><00:14:51.340><c> obtained</c><00:14:51.879><c> favour</c><00:14:52.419><c> in</c><00:14:52.659><c> his</c><00:14:52.980><c> sight.</c>

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And<00:14:54.320><c> the</c><00:14:54.419><c> king</c><00:14:54.960><c> held</c><00:14:55.440><c> out</c><00:14:55.799><c> to</c><00:14:56.019><c> Esther</c><00:14:56.200><c> the</c><00:14:56.399><c> golden</c><00:14:56.919><c> sceptre</c><00:14:57.200><c> that</c><00:14:57.299><c> was</c><00:14:57.440><c> in</c>

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his<00:14:57.740><c> hand.</c>

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So<00:14:58.860><c> Esther</c><00:14:59.179><c> drew</c><00:14:59.440><c> near</c><00:14:59.740><c> and</c><00:15:00.000><c> touched</c><00:15:00.480><c> the</c><00:15:01.000><c> top</c><00:15:01.399><c> of</c><00:15:02.279><c> the</c><00:15:02.559><c> sceptre.</c>

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The<00:15:03.240><c> king</c><00:15:03.460><c> was</c><00:15:03.940><c> instantly</c><00:15:04.519><c> delighted</c><00:15:05.299><c> by</c><00:15:06.279><c> the</c><00:15:06.620><c> unexpected</c><00:15:07.159><c> appearance</c>

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of<00:15:07.659><c> his</c><00:15:08.100><c> beautiful</c><00:15:08.679><c> wife.</c>

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And<00:15:09.240><c> he</c><00:15:09.399><c> knew</c><00:15:10.080><c> that</c><00:15:11.059><c> whatever</c><00:15:11.559><c> the</c><00:15:11.899><c> issue</c><00:15:12.080><c> was,</c>

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that<00:15:14.059><c> woman</c><00:15:14.299><c> had</c><00:15:14.639><c> walked</c><00:15:14.899><c> into</c><00:15:15.279><c> that</c><00:15:15.639><c> court</c><00:15:16.120><c> risking</c><00:15:17.100><c> her</c><00:15:17.419><c> life.</c>

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And<00:15:19.960><c> so</c><00:15:20.059><c> he</c><00:15:20.159><c> holds</c><00:15:20.419><c> out</c><00:15:20.679><c> to</c><00:15:20.740><c> her</c><00:15:20.879><c> the</c><00:15:21.039><c> golden</c><00:15:22.019><c> sceptre.</c>

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And<00:15:22.559><c> what</c><00:15:22.679><c> a</c><00:15:22.919><c> wonderful</c><00:15:23.500><c> symbol</c><00:15:24.139><c> the</c><00:15:24.340><c> golden</c><00:15:24.740><c> sceptre</c><00:15:25.100><c> is.</c>

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Here<00:15:25.500><c> we</c><00:15:25.679><c> have</c><00:15:26.240><c> the</c><00:15:26.759><c> references</c><00:15:27.139><c> about</c><00:15:27.500><c> the</c><00:15:27.899><c> sceptre</c><00:15:28.500><c> in</c><00:15:28.740><c> the</c><00:15:28.940><c> Bible.</c>

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And<00:15:31.500><c> it's</c><00:15:31.980><c> a</c><00:15:32.179><c> marvellous,</c><00:15:32.860><c> marvellous</c><00:15:33.600><c> symbol.</c>

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It<00:15:34.840><c> first</c><00:15:34.960><c> occurs</c><00:15:35.279><c> in</c><00:15:35.679><c> Genesis</c><00:15:35.980><c> 49</c><00:15:36.620><c> in</c><00:15:36.919><c> verse</c><00:15:37.220><c> 10.</c>

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It's<00:15:37.840><c> a</c><00:15:38.019><c> symbol</c><00:15:38.200><c> of</c><00:15:38.799><c> kingship</c><00:15:39.559><c> and</c><00:15:40.580><c> rulership.</c>

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The<00:15:41.860><c> sceptre</c><00:15:42.139><c> shall</c><00:15:42.480><c> not</c><00:15:42.700><c> depart</c><00:15:43.120><c> from</c><00:15:43.419><c> Judah,</c><00:15:44.720><c> said</c><00:15:44.879><c> Jacob.</c>

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It<00:15:46.000><c> was</c><00:15:46.179><c> to</c><00:15:46.340><c> be</c><00:15:46.480><c> the</c><00:15:46.980><c> kingly</c><00:15:47.440><c> tribe,</c><00:15:48.019><c> a</c><00:15:48.179><c> symbol</c><00:15:48.360><c> of</c><00:15:48.600><c> kingship</c>

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and<00:15:49.220><c> rulership.</c>

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In<00:15:50.539><c> Numbers</c><00:15:50.860><c> 24</c><00:15:51.460><c> in</c><00:15:51.679><c> verse</c><00:15:51.919><c> 17,</c><00:15:52.740><c> it</c><00:15:52.919><c> was</c><00:15:53.120><c> the</c><00:15:53.360><c> symbol</c><00:15:53.559><c> of</c><00:15:53.899><c> power</c>

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and<00:15:55.419><c> justice.</c>

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I<00:15:56.919><c> see</c><00:15:57.179><c> a</c><00:15:57.440><c> star</c><00:15:58.000><c> out</c><00:15:58.320><c> of</c><00:15:58.519><c> Jacob.</c>

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A<00:15:59.620><c> sceptre</c><00:16:00.200><c> shall</c><00:16:00.480><c> rise</c><00:16:00.919><c> out</c><00:16:01.100><c> of</c><00:16:01.320><c> Israel</c><00:16:01.559><c> and</c><00:16:01.899><c> shall</c><00:16:02.200><c> smite</c><00:16:02.879><c> the</c><00:16:03.179><c> corners</c><00:16:03.440><c> of</c><00:16:03.740><c> Moab.</c>

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It<00:16:05.039><c> was</c><00:16:05.279><c> the</c><00:16:05.419><c> symbol</c><00:16:05.600><c> of</c><00:16:05.799><c> power</c><00:16:06.600><c> and</c><00:16:07.360><c> justice.</c>

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Psalm<00:16:10.059><c> 45</c><00:16:10.740><c> in</c><00:16:10.940><c> verse</c><00:16:11.179><c> 6</c><00:16:11.820><c> quoted,</c><00:16:12.200><c> of</c><00:16:12.360><c> course,</c><00:16:12.720><c> in</c><00:16:12.799><c> Hebrews</c><00:16:13.100><c> 1</c>

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verse<00:16:13.539><c> 8,</c>

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where<00:16:15.139><c> Paul</c><00:16:15.659><c> says,</c><00:16:16.340><c> thy</c><00:16:16.340><c> throne,</c><00:16:17.059><c> O</c><00:16:17.299><c> God,</c><00:16:17.740><c> is</c><00:16:18.000><c> for</c><00:16:18.360><c> ever</c><00:16:18.860><c> and</c><00:16:19.220><c> ever.</c>

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A<00:16:20.600><c> sceptre</c><00:16:20.860><c> of</c><00:16:21.159><c> righteousness</c><00:16:21.639><c> is</c><00:16:22.059><c> the</c><00:16:22.360><c> sceptre</c><00:16:22.779><c> of</c><00:16:23.059><c> thy</c><00:16:23.279><c> kingdom.</c>

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It's<00:16:24.179><c> a</c><00:16:24.279><c> symbol</c><00:16:24.460><c> of</c><00:16:24.759><c> righteousness</c><00:16:25.279><c> and</c><00:16:26.139><c> permanence</c><00:16:26.600><c> for</c><00:16:26.860><c> ever</c><00:16:27.100><c> and</c><00:16:27.240><c> ever.</c>

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You<00:16:29.659><c> know,</c><00:16:29.779><c> often</c><00:16:30.039><c> we</c><00:16:30.240><c> read</c><00:16:30.419><c> in</c><00:16:30.679><c> the</c><00:16:30.840><c> Bible,</c><00:16:31.179><c> don't</c><00:16:31.279><c> we,</c><00:16:31.500><c> brothers</c><00:16:31.639><c> and</c><00:16:31.820><c> sisters,</c>

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of<00:16:32.419><c> the</c><00:16:33.019><c> outstretched</c><00:16:33.980><c> arm</c><00:16:34.620><c> of</c><00:16:35.440><c> God.</c>

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And<00:16:36.019><c> all</c><00:16:36.179><c> these</c><00:16:36.419><c> references</c><00:16:36.740><c> that</c><00:16:36.980><c> we</c><00:16:37.139><c> have</c><00:16:37.240><c> here</c><00:16:37.379><c> on</c><00:16:37.519><c> the</c><00:16:37.700><c> screen</c><00:16:37.899><c> are</c>

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just<00:16:38.419><c> a</c><00:16:38.600><c> few</c><00:16:38.720><c> of</c><00:16:38.940><c> those</c>

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references<00:16:40.039><c> in</c><00:16:40.259><c> the</c><00:16:40.379><c> Bible</c><00:16:40.559><c> where</c><00:16:40.799><c> God's</c><00:16:41.379><c> arm</c><00:16:41.679><c> is</c><00:16:42.059><c> outstretched</c>

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and<00:16:43.519><c> the</c><00:16:43.779><c> sceptre</c><00:16:44.120><c> that</c><00:16:44.279><c> he</c><00:16:44.440><c> holds</c><00:16:44.799><c> in</c><00:16:44.980><c> his</c><00:16:45.200><c> hand</c><00:16:45.500><c> is</c><00:16:46.200><c> merely</c>

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an<00:16:47.559><c> extension</c><00:16:48.399><c> of</c><00:16:49.340><c> his</c><00:16:49.659><c> arm.</c>

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It<00:16:50.100><c> became</c><00:16:50.399><c> a</c><00:16:50.879><c> symbol</c><00:16:51.139><c> of</c><00:16:51.419><c> who</c><00:16:51.639><c> the</c><00:16:51.820><c> king</c><00:16:51.940><c> was,</c><00:16:52.879><c> his</c><00:16:53.279><c> kingship</c>

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and<00:16:54.039><c> rulership,</c>

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his<00:16:54.759><c> power</c><00:16:55.100><c> and</c><00:16:55.340><c> justice,</c><00:16:56.299><c> his</c><00:16:56.620><c> righteousness</c><00:16:57.179><c> and</c><00:16:58.200><c> permanence</c><00:16:58.720><c> of</c><00:16:58.879><c> his</c><00:16:59.179><c> throne.</c>

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And<00:17:00.139><c> everything</c><00:17:00.480><c> that</c><00:17:00.679><c> the</c><00:17:00.820><c> king</c><00:17:01.019><c> stood</c><00:17:01.379><c> for,</c><00:17:02.460><c> everything</c><00:17:02.899><c> that</c><00:17:03.259><c> he</c><00:17:03.559><c> was,</c>

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he<00:17:04.779><c> now</c><00:17:05.119><c> extends</c><00:17:06.039><c> to</c><00:17:06.980><c> Esther.</c>

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He<00:17:07.680><c> wants</c><00:17:08.000><c> to</c><00:17:08.500><c> share</c><00:17:08.940><c> with</c><00:17:09.279><c> her</c><00:17:09.480><c> the</c><00:17:09.700><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:17:11.279><c> Esther</c><00:17:11.700><c> drew</c><00:17:12.059><c> near,</c><00:17:12.599><c> it</c><00:17:12.799><c> says,</c><00:17:13.279><c> she</c><00:17:14.079><c> drew</c><00:17:14.420><c> near</c><00:17:14.859><c> and</c><00:17:15.359><c> touched</c><00:17:15.799><c> the</c>

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top<00:17:16.140><c> of</c><00:17:16.339><c> his</c><00:17:16.640><c> sceptre.</c>

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You<00:17:17.480><c> know,</c><00:17:17.559><c> in</c><00:17:17.680><c> the</c><00:17:17.799><c> Hebrew,</c><00:17:18.220><c> that</c><00:17:18.359><c> word,</c><00:17:19.240><c> the</c><00:17:19.480><c> top</c><00:17:19.799><c> means,</c>

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what's<00:17:21.019><c> the</c><00:17:21.160><c> Hebrew</c><00:17:21.319><c> word?</c>

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Rosh.<00:17:22.220><c> It</c><00:17:22.420><c> means</c><00:17:22.720><c> the</c><00:17:23.059><c> head</c><00:17:23.400><c> of</c><00:17:23.980><c> the</c><00:17:24.200><c> sceptre.</c>

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She<00:17:25.259><c> associated</c><00:17:25.920><c> with</c><00:17:26.180><c> him</c><00:17:27.160><c> the</c><00:17:27.799><c> lordship</c><00:17:28.359><c> of</c><00:17:28.640><c> her</c><00:17:28.900><c> house.</c>

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He<00:17:29.700><c> was</c><00:17:29.920><c> the</c><00:17:30.140><c> head</c><00:17:30.460><c> over</c><00:17:31.039><c> that</c><00:17:31.319><c> kingdom.</c>

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She<00:17:32.319><c> was</c><00:17:32.519><c> the</c><00:17:32.720><c> lamb's</c><00:17:33.119><c> wife</c><00:17:33.519><c> who</c><00:17:34.519><c> had</c><00:17:34.799><c> washed</c><00:17:35.079><c> herself</c><00:17:35.619><c> and</c>

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made<00:17:36.140><c> herself</c><00:17:36.619><c> ready.</c>

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She's<00:17:38.079><c> sanctified,</c><00:17:38.720><c> isn't</c><00:17:38.940><c> she,</c><00:17:39.559><c> by</c><00:17:39.779><c> the</c><00:17:40.160><c> fast</c><00:17:40.500><c> of</c><00:17:41.140><c> Mordecai.</c>

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And<00:17:42.359><c> you</c><00:17:42.480><c> remember</c><00:17:42.680><c> that</c><00:17:42.920><c> when</c><00:17:43.079><c> God,</c><00:17:43.740><c> when</c><00:17:44.000><c> God,</c><00:17:45.119><c> what</c><00:17:45.460><c> God</c><00:17:45.799><c> said,</c>

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when<00:17:46.819><c> Nadab</c><00:17:47.160><c> and</c><00:17:47.279><c> Abai,</c><00:17:47.539><c> who</c><00:17:47.779><c> came</c><00:17:48.099><c> before</c><00:17:48.440><c> him</c><00:17:48.799><c> uninvited,</c>

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remember<00:17:50.180><c> he</c><00:17:50.400><c> said</c><00:17:50.519><c> back</c><00:17:50.779><c> in</c><00:17:50.980><c> Leviticus</c><00:17:51.359><c> 10,</c>

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I<00:17:52.519><c> will</c><00:17:52.779><c> be</c><00:17:53.119><c> sanctified,</c><00:17:55.119><c> sanctified</c><00:17:55.859><c> in</c><00:17:56.039><c> those</c><00:17:56.440><c> that</c><00:17:56.960><c> draw</c>

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nigh<00:17:59.039><c> me.</c>

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Leviticus<00:18:00.519><c> 10</c><00:18:01.099><c> and</c><00:18:01.299><c> verse</c><00:18:01.579><c> 3.</c>

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And<00:18:02.279><c> there</c><00:18:02.420><c> she</c><00:18:02.579><c> is,</c><00:18:02.880><c> she</c><00:18:03.160><c> drew</c><00:18:03.839><c> near</c><00:18:04.660><c> and</c><00:18:04.940><c> she</c><00:18:05.279><c> was</c><00:18:05.680><c> sanctified,</c>

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washed<00:18:07.279><c> and</c><00:18:07.660><c> cleaned</c><00:18:07.839><c> by</c><00:18:08.559><c> Mordecai's</c><00:18:09.400><c> fast.</c>

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And<00:18:09.799><c> he</c><00:18:09.859><c> could</c><00:18:09.960><c> do</c><00:18:10.160><c> nothing</c><00:18:10.400><c> else,</c><00:18:10.799><c> could</c><00:18:10.960><c> he,</c><00:18:11.500><c> brothers</c><00:18:11.640><c> and</c><00:18:11.880><c> sisters,</c>

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except<00:18:12.700><c> extend</c><00:18:13.660><c> to</c><00:18:13.900><c> her</c><00:18:14.559><c> the</c><00:18:15.099><c> symbol</c><00:18:15.559><c> of</c><00:18:15.920><c> everything</c><00:18:16.240><c> that</c><00:18:16.460><c> he</c><00:18:16.700><c> was,</c>

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the<00:18:17.900><c> symbol</c><00:18:18.119><c> of</c><00:18:18.319><c> the</c><00:18:18.480><c> kingdom,</c><00:18:19.880><c> the</c><00:18:19.960><c> symbol</c><00:18:20.319><c> of</c><00:18:20.740><c> everlasting</c><00:18:21.519><c> righteousness.</c>

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And,<00:18:24.140><c> you</c><00:18:24.160><c> know,</c><00:18:24.359><c> brothers</c><00:18:24.500><c> and</c><00:18:24.660><c> sisters,</c><00:18:24.859><c> it</c><00:18:24.900><c> was</c><00:18:25.059><c> only</c><00:18:25.279><c> just</c>

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a<00:18:25.680><c> few</c><00:18:25.779><c> days</c><00:18:26.019><c> ago</c>

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that<00:18:26.420><c> I</c><00:18:27.259><c> even</c><00:18:27.579><c> noticed</c><00:18:28.240><c> that</c><00:18:29.339><c> by</c><00:18:29.759><c> the</c><00:18:29.960><c> time</c><00:18:30.119><c> we've</c><00:18:30.380><c> read</c><00:18:30.579><c> verses</c><00:18:30.900><c> 1</c><00:18:31.180><c> and</c><00:18:31.339><c> 2,</c>

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that<00:18:33.200><c> not</c><00:18:33.400><c> a</c><00:18:33.740><c> single</c><00:18:34.200><c> word</c><00:18:34.759><c> has</c><00:18:35.539><c> passed</c><00:18:36.019><c> between</c><00:18:36.400><c> the</c><00:18:36.700><c> king</c>

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and<00:18:37.079><c> his</c><00:18:37.339><c> bride.</c>

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Can<00:18:39.099><c> you</c><00:18:39.319><c> imagine</c><00:18:39.599><c> the</c><00:18:39.920><c> tension</c><00:18:40.220><c> of</c><00:18:40.420><c> that</c><00:18:40.700><c> scene</c><00:18:40.859><c> as</c><00:18:41.539><c> Esther</c><00:18:41.859><c> came</c>

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and<00:18:42.480><c> walked</c><00:18:43.039><c> slowly</c><00:18:44.160><c> down</c><00:18:45.299><c> the</c><00:18:46.079><c> hallway</c><00:18:46.480><c> of</c><00:18:46.900><c> the</c><00:18:47.140><c> king's</c><00:18:47.599><c> throne</c><00:18:47.819><c> room</c>

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and<00:18:49.039><c> finally</c><00:18:49.460><c> touched</c><00:18:50.440><c> the</c><00:18:51.420><c> head</c><00:18:51.660><c> of</c><00:18:51.920><c> the</c><00:18:52.119><c> scepter.</c>

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And<00:18:53.839><c> not</c><00:18:54.000><c> a</c><00:18:54.180><c> word</c><00:18:54.359><c> has</c><00:18:54.660><c> passed</c><00:18:54.880><c> between</c><00:18:55.279><c> them,</c>

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but<00:18:56.859><c> just</c><00:18:57.140><c> looks</c><00:18:57.400><c> of</c><00:18:57.759><c> understanding</c><00:18:58.420><c> and</c><00:18:59.259><c> looks</c><00:18:59.460><c> of</c><00:18:59.759><c> love.</c>

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Here<00:19:00.460><c> is</c><00:19:00.720><c> a</c><00:19:00.880><c> deep,</c><00:19:01.819><c> true</c><00:19:02.019><c> relationship,</c><00:19:02.880><c> isn't</c><00:19:03.019><c> it,</c><00:19:03.160><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:19:03.619><c> sisters?</c>

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What<00:19:14.339><c> wilt</c><00:19:14.740><c> thou,</c><00:19:15.059><c> Queen</c><00:19:15.519><c> Esther?</c><00:19:17.000><c> And</c><00:19:17.119><c> what</c><00:19:17.279><c> is</c><00:19:17.440><c> thy</c><00:19:17.579><c> request?</c>

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It<00:19:19.400><c> shall</c><00:19:19.680><c> be</c><00:19:19.940><c> given</c><00:19:20.160><c> thee</c><00:19:20.599><c> to</c><00:19:20.799><c> the</c><00:19:21.160><c> half</c><00:19:21.599><c> of</c><00:19:22.579><c> the</c><00:19:22.779><c> kingdom.</c>

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Literally<00:19:24.400><c> the</c><00:19:24.559><c> words</c><00:19:24.779><c> mean,</c><00:19:25.460><c> what</c><00:19:25.680><c> aileth</c><00:19:26.220><c> thee?</c>

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And<00:19:27.599><c> probably</c><00:19:28.200><c> Esther,</c><00:19:29.119><c> a</c><00:19:29.220><c> bit</c><00:19:29.380><c> like</c><00:19:30.160><c> Nehemiah</c><00:19:30.700><c> in</c><00:19:30.839><c> Nehemiah</c>

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chapter<00:19:31.799><c> 2,</c>

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you<00:19:32.220><c> remember,</c><00:19:33.099><c> he</c><00:19:33.380><c> looked</c><00:19:33.920><c> remarkably</c><00:19:35.059><c> queasy</c><00:19:35.660><c> and</c><00:19:36.640><c> awfully</c>

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sick<00:19:37.420><c>-looking</c><00:19:37.680><c> and</c><00:19:37.880><c> upset.</c>

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She's<00:19:51.839><c> just</c><00:19:52.279><c> risked</c><00:19:52.579><c> her</c><00:19:52.799><c> life.</c>

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She<00:19:53.339><c> probably</c><00:19:53.579><c> looked</c><00:19:53.960><c> quite</c><00:19:54.440><c> visibly</c><00:19:54.880><c> shaken.</c>

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And<00:19:55.460><c> the</c><00:19:55.539><c> king</c><00:19:55.680><c> says,</c><00:19:56.279><c> What's</c><00:19:56.720><c> wrong,</c><00:19:57.240><c> Esther?</c>

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He's<00:19:58.980><c> moved</c><00:19:59.220><c> with</c><00:19:59.539><c> compassion</c><00:20:00.140><c> and</c><00:20:00.420><c> sympathy</c><00:20:00.880><c> for</c><00:20:01.400><c> the</c><00:20:01.539><c> woman</c>

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that<00:20:02.500><c> he</c><00:20:02.759><c> loves.</c>

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What<00:20:04.079><c> is</c><00:20:04.200><c> thy</c><00:20:04.339><c> request?</c>

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It<00:20:05.819><c> shall</c><00:20:05.980><c> be</c><00:20:06.119><c> given</c><00:20:06.319><c> thee</c><00:20:06.680><c> even</c><00:20:06.859><c> unto</c><00:20:07.059><c> the</c><00:20:07.380><c> half</c><00:20:07.660><c> of</c><00:20:07.859><c> the</c><00:20:08.019><c> kingdom.</c>

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You<00:20:09.160><c> know,</c><00:20:09.440><c> that</c><00:20:09.819><c> little</c><00:20:10.160><c> phrase</c><00:20:10.380><c> is</c><00:20:10.640><c> repeated</c><00:20:10.960><c> three</c><00:20:11.380><c> times</c>

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for<00:20:12.039><c> us</c><00:20:12.299><c> in</c><00:20:12.920><c> the</c><00:20:13.240><c> story.</c>

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It's<00:20:14.240><c> there</c><00:20:14.420><c> in</c><00:20:14.579><c> verse</c><00:20:14.799><c> 3.</c>

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It's<00:20:16.039><c> there</c><00:20:16.220><c> again</c><00:20:16.559><c> in</c><00:20:16.700><c> verse</c><00:20:16.980><c> 6.</c>

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And<00:20:17.819><c> it's</c><00:20:18.180><c> there</c><00:20:18.380><c> again</c><00:20:18.680><c> as</c><00:20:18.839><c> we</c><00:20:19.019><c> come</c><00:20:19.180><c> to</c><00:20:19.339><c> chapter</c><00:20:19.579><c> 7</c><00:20:20.440><c> and</c><00:20:20.859><c> verse</c><00:20:21.220><c> 2.</c>

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The<00:20:22.839><c> king</c><00:20:23.400><c> is</c><00:20:24.059><c> anxious,</c><00:20:25.180><c> brothers</c><00:20:25.339><c> and</c><00:20:25.579><c> sisters,</c><00:20:25.880><c> to</c><00:20:26.279><c> share</c>

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with<00:20:27.480><c> us</c><00:20:27.740><c> the</c><00:20:27.960><c> kingdom.</c>

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I'll<00:20:29.339><c> give</c><00:20:29.420><c> you</c><00:20:29.599><c> half</c><00:20:29.819><c> of</c><00:20:29.920><c> the</c><00:20:30.079><c> kingdom.</c><00:20:30.420><c> What</c><00:20:30.599><c> is</c><00:20:30.819><c> it?</c>

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We<00:20:33.220><c> are</c><00:20:33.720><c> joint</c><00:20:34.059><c> heirs</c><00:20:34.839><c> of</c><00:20:35.460><c> the</c><00:20:35.700><c> kingdom</c><00:20:35.960><c> of</c><00:20:36.180><c> God</c><00:20:36.400><c> with</c><00:20:36.900><c> our</c>

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brothers<00:20:38.299><c> and</c><00:20:38.500><c> sisters,</c><00:20:38.700><c> and</c><00:20:38.880><c> he</c><00:20:39.059><c> is</c><00:20:39.160><c> going</c><00:20:39.339><c> to</c><00:20:39.599><c> share</c><00:20:39.960><c> that</c>

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kingdom<00:20:41.019><c> with</c><00:20:41.720><c> us.</c>

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You<00:20:43.059><c> know,</c><00:20:43.460><c> this</c><00:20:43.619><c> little</c><00:20:43.819><c> phrase,</c><00:20:44.559><c> what</c><00:20:44.779><c> is</c><00:20:45.000><c> it?</c>

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I'll<00:20:45.319><c> give</c><00:20:45.420><c> it</c><00:20:45.619><c> to</c><00:20:45.720><c> you,</c><00:20:45.880><c> even</c><00:20:46.019><c> the</c><00:20:46.220><c> half</c><00:20:46.339><c> of</c><00:20:46.500><c> the</c><00:20:46.619><c> kingdom</c><00:20:46.799><c> is</c><00:20:47.000><c> really,</c>

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I<00:20:47.819><c> guess,</c><00:20:48.099><c> like</c><00:20:48.359><c> a</c><00:20:48.579><c> colloquial</c><00:20:49.079><c> expression.</c>

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It's<00:20:50.319><c> really</c><00:20:50.579><c> saying,</c><00:20:51.359><c> well,</c><00:20:51.740><c> look,</c><00:20:52.319><c> if</c><00:20:52.660><c> what</c><00:20:53.000><c> you're</c><00:20:53.380><c> after</c>

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is<00:20:54.119><c> really</c><00:20:54.559><c> reasonable,</c>

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then<00:20:55.839><c> I'm</c><00:20:55.960><c> not</c><00:20:56.140><c> going</c><00:20:56.319><c> to</c><00:20:56.779><c> actually</c><00:20:57.079><c> withhold</c><00:20:57.480><c> anything</c><00:20:57.900><c> from</c><00:20:58.220><c> you.</c>

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I'll<00:20:59.019><c> give</c><00:20:59.099><c> you</c><00:20:59.359><c> anything</c><00:20:59.660><c> that</c><00:20:59.880><c> you</c><00:21:00.180><c> desire.</c>

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If<00:21:02.779><c> we</c><00:21:03.039><c> are</c><00:21:03.420><c> reflecting</c><00:21:03.920><c> the</c><00:21:04.619><c> king's</c><00:21:05.079><c> glory,</c><00:21:06.539><c> and</c><00:21:06.539><c> you</c><00:21:06.559><c> know</c>

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Whatsoever<00:21:10.700><c> ye</c><00:21:11.480><c> shall</c><00:21:11.680><c> ask</c><00:21:12.180><c> of</c><00:21:12.440><c> my</c><00:21:12.700><c> father</c><00:21:13.079><c> in</c><00:21:13.319><c> my</c><00:21:13.640><c> name,</c><00:21:14.079><c> he</c>

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will<00:21:15.180><c> give</c><00:21:15.920><c> it</c><00:21:16.359><c> to</c><00:21:16.660><c> you.</c>

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Our<00:21:20.500><c> Lord</c><00:21:20.680><c> Jesus</c><00:21:21.019><c> Christ</c><00:21:21.480><c> is</c><00:21:21.880><c> keen</c><00:21:22.140><c> to</c><00:21:22.380><c> give</c><00:21:22.480><c> us</c><00:21:22.759><c> the</c><00:21:22.980><c> whole</c><00:21:23.259><c> kingdom.</c>

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He's<00:21:24.660><c> keen</c><00:21:24.900><c> to</c><00:21:25.380><c> abundantly</c><00:21:26.259><c> give</c><00:21:26.579><c> us</c><00:21:26.839><c> an</c><00:21:27.099><c> entrance</c><00:21:27.400><c> into</c><00:21:27.740><c> the</c><00:21:27.920><c> kingdom.</c>

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Fear<00:21:28.819><c> not,</c><00:21:29.180><c> little</c><00:21:29.339><c> flock,</c><00:21:29.960><c> it</c><00:21:30.079><c> is</c><00:21:30.240><c> your</c><00:21:30.480><c> father's</c><00:21:31.000><c> good</c><00:21:31.339><c> pleasure</c><00:21:31.839><c> to</c>

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give<00:21:32.599><c> you</c><00:21:32.839><c> the</c><00:21:33.000><c> kingdom.</c>

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You<00:21:37.279><c> know,</c><00:21:37.420><c> brothers</c><00:21:37.579><c> and</c><00:21:37.700><c> sisters,</c><00:21:37.900><c> the</c><00:21:38.160><c> only</c><00:21:38.559><c> other</c><00:21:39.000><c> time</c>

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where<00:21:39.559><c> that</c><00:21:39.980><c> phrase,</c>

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that<00:21:41.940><c> phrase,</c><00:21:42.460><c> that</c><00:21:42.759><c> expression</c><00:21:43.180><c> is</c><00:21:43.440><c> used,</c><00:21:43.700><c> I'll</c><00:21:44.079><c> give</c><00:21:44.200><c> it</c><00:21:44.420><c> to</c>

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where<00:21:54.079><c> Herod</c><00:21:54.599><c> says</c><00:21:54.839><c> to</c><00:21:55.099><c> Herodias'</c><00:21:55.779><c> daughter,</c><00:21:56.380><c> dancing</c><00:21:56.880><c> before</c><00:21:57.279><c> him,</c>

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whatever<00:21:58.259><c> you</c><00:21:58.579><c> ask</c><00:21:58.960><c> of</c><00:21:59.119><c> me,</c><00:21:59.339><c> I</c><00:21:59.440><c> will</c><00:21:59.720><c> give</c><00:21:59.900><c> it</c><00:22:00.180><c> to</c><00:22:00.420><c> you</c><00:22:00.440><c> even</c><00:22:01.059><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:01.940><c> half</c><00:22:02.099><c> of</c><00:22:02.359><c> my</c><00:22:02.559><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:22:03.000><c> we</c><00:22:03.079><c> can</c><00:22:03.299><c> just</c><00:22:03.740><c> imagine,</c><00:22:04.500><c> can't</c><00:22:04.680><c> we,</c><00:22:04.920><c> brothers</c><00:22:05.079><c> and</c><00:22:05.299><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:22:05.799><c> lovely,</c><00:22:07.339><c> gracious</c><00:22:07.859><c> Queen</c><00:22:08.759><c> Esther</c><00:22:09.160><c> choking</c><00:22:09.740><c> back</c><00:22:10.140><c> the</c><00:22:10.380><c> words</c><00:22:10.799><c> that</c><00:22:11.299><c> she</c><00:22:11.579><c> desperately</c><00:22:12.039><c> wants</c><00:22:12.400><c> to</c><00:22:12.720><c> say,</c>

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But<00:22:19.400><c> now</c><00:22:20.079><c> is</c><00:22:20.720><c> not</c><00:22:20.940><c> the</c><00:22:21.140><c> time</c><00:22:21.279><c> for</c><00:22:21.500><c> that</c><00:22:21.839><c> quite</c><00:22:22.220><c> yet.</c>

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If<00:22:29.380><c> it</c><00:22:30.019><c> seemed</c><00:22:30.420><c> good</c><00:22:30.880><c> unto</c><00:22:31.200><c> the</c><00:22:31.440><c> king,</c><00:22:32.940><c> let</c><00:22:33.160><c> the</c><00:22:33.380><c> king</c><00:22:33.720><c> and</c><00:22:34.000><c> Haman</c><00:22:34.259><c> come</c><00:22:35.140><c> this</c><00:22:35.920><c> day</c>

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unto<00:22:37.700><c> the</c><00:22:38.039><c> banquet</c><00:22:38.519><c> that</c><00:22:39.380><c> I</c><00:22:39.680><c> have</c><00:22:39.960><c> prepared</c><00:22:40.619><c> for</c><00:22:41.720><c> him.</c>

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Can<00:22:42.220><c> you</c><00:22:42.420><c> imagine,</c><00:22:43.019><c> can</c><00:22:43.240><c> you</c><00:22:43.500><c> imagine</c><00:22:43.819><c> the</c><00:22:44.059><c> tension,</c><00:22:44.619><c> brothers</c><00:22:44.619><c> and</c><00:22:44.779><c> sisters?</c>

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The<00:22:45.799><c> beautiful</c><00:22:46.200><c> Queen</c><00:22:46.539><c> of</c><00:22:46.799><c> all</c><00:22:47.079><c> the</c><00:22:47.319><c> world</c><00:22:47.680><c> has</c><00:22:48.200><c> obviously</c>

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risked<00:22:49.400><c> her</c><00:22:49.799><c> life</c>

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to<00:22:51.400><c> come</c><00:22:51.779><c> in</c><00:22:52.180><c> before</c><00:22:52.480><c> the</c><00:22:52.720><c> king</c><00:22:52.940><c> uninvited.</c>

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And<00:22:55.240><c> as</c><00:22:55.420><c> she</c><00:22:55.720><c> walks</c><00:22:56.119><c> down</c><00:22:56.740><c> the</c><00:22:57.140><c> hallway</c><00:22:57.420><c> and</c><00:22:57.859><c> finally</c><00:22:58.299><c> touches</c>

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the<00:22:59.099><c> head</c><00:22:59.200><c> of</c><00:22:59.440><c> the</c><00:22:59.539><c> scepter,</c>

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the<00:23:01.220><c> king's</c><00:23:01.539><c> so</c><00:23:01.819><c> anxious</c><00:23:02.220><c> to</c><00:23:02.480><c> find</c><00:23:02.720><c> out</c><00:23:03.019><c> why</c><00:23:03.299><c> she'd</c><00:23:03.660><c> risked</c>

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her<00:23:04.079><c> life.</c>

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And<00:23:06.220><c> she</c><00:23:06.400><c> says,</c><00:23:07.920><c> I</c><00:23:08.140><c> want</c><00:23:08.319><c> you</c><00:23:08.480><c> to</c><00:23:08.660><c> come</c><00:23:08.839><c> over</c><00:23:09.180><c> for</c><00:23:09.460><c> dinner.</c>

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Can<00:23:12.400><c> you</c><00:23:12.640><c> imagine</c><00:23:12.940><c> the</c><00:23:13.240><c> tension,</c><00:23:13.559><c> brothers</c><00:23:13.859><c> and</c><00:23:14.119><c> sisters?</c>

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Can<00:23:17.220><c> you</c><00:23:17.420><c> imagine</c><00:23:17.740><c> how</c><00:23:17.960><c> that</c><00:23:18.160><c> would</c><00:23:18.319><c> have</c><00:23:18.640><c> immediately</c><00:23:19.400><c> grasped</c><00:23:20.279><c> the</c>

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attention<00:23:21.019><c> of</c><00:23:21.420><c> the</c><00:23:21.660><c> king?</c>

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Come<00:23:23.119><c> today</c><00:23:23.819><c> to</c><00:23:24.599><c> a</c><00:23:24.859><c> feast.</c>

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Now<00:23:25.960><c> what</c><00:23:26.200><c> day</c><00:23:26.619><c> was</c><00:23:27.079><c> today?</c>

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And<00:23:28.599><c> the</c><00:23:28.700><c> answer</c><00:23:28.980><c> is,</c><00:23:29.700><c> well,</c><00:23:30.819><c> this</c><00:23:31.000><c> is</c><00:23:31.460><c> the</c><00:23:31.779><c> third</c><00:23:32.119><c> day</c><00:23:32.559><c> since</c>

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the<00:23:33.319><c> Passover</c><00:23:33.759><c> day.</c>

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This<00:23:35.200><c> is,</c><00:23:36.559><c> well,</c><00:23:36.940><c> it's</c><00:23:37.180><c> the</c><00:23:37.440><c> time</c><00:23:37.660><c> of</c><00:23:38.240><c> unleavened</c><00:23:38.980><c> bread,</c>

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time<00:23:40.319><c> of</c><00:23:40.480><c> the</c><00:23:40.740><c> feast</c><00:23:40.980><c> of</c><00:23:41.359><c> unleavened</c><00:23:42.079><c> bread.</c>

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So<00:23:42.740><c> we're</c><00:23:42.839><c> now</c><00:23:43.059><c> going</c><00:23:43.200><c> to</c><00:23:43.299><c> have</c><00:23:43.539><c> a</c><00:23:44.200><c> feast</c><00:23:44.720><c> during</c><00:23:45.720><c> the</c><00:23:46.039><c> feast</c>

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of<00:23:46.799><c> unleavened</c><00:23:47.259><c> bread.</c>

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And<00:23:47.619><c> what</c><00:23:47.720><c> would</c><00:23:47.920><c> you</c><00:23:48.200><c> do</c><00:23:48.619><c> during</c><00:23:49.160><c> the</c><00:23:49.420><c> feast</c><00:23:49.599><c> of</c><00:23:49.779><c> unleavened</c><00:23:50.220><c> bread?</c>

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Well,<00:23:51.099><c> you</c><00:23:51.200><c> would</c><00:23:51.480><c> search</c><00:23:51.740><c> at</c><00:23:51.859><c> your</c><00:23:52.019><c> house</c><00:23:52.220><c> for</c><00:23:52.519><c> leaven.</c>

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It's<00:23:53.740><c> what</c><00:23:53.940><c> Paul</c><00:23:54.359><c> calls</c><00:23:54.720><c> in</c><00:23:54.920><c> 1</c><00:23:55.119><c> Corinthians</c><00:23:55.480><c> 5</c><00:23:55.819><c> verse</c><00:23:56.019><c> 8,</c>

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the<00:23:56.940><c> leaven</c><00:23:57.160><c> of</c><00:23:57.599><c> malice</c><00:23:58.000><c> and</c><00:23:58.200><c> wickedness.</c>

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And<00:23:59.259><c> Esther</c><00:23:59.460><c> is</c><00:23:59.680><c> going</c><00:23:59.859><c> to</c><00:24:00.059><c> invite</c><00:24:00.259><c> the</c><00:24:00.500><c> king</c><00:24:00.619><c> to</c><00:24:00.819><c> a</c><00:24:01.039><c> feast</c>

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and<00:24:02.539><c> reveal</c><00:24:03.019><c> to</c><00:24:03.220><c> him</c><00:24:04.440><c> the</c><00:24:05.619><c> malice</c><00:24:06.660><c> and</c><00:24:07.200><c> the</c><00:24:07.440><c> wickedness</c><00:24:07.839><c> of</c><00:24:08.059><c> Haman</c>

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that's<00:24:08.720><c> hiding</c><00:24:08.839><c> right</c><00:24:09.240><c> under</c><00:24:09.519><c> his</c><00:24:09.759><c> nose.</c>

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Now<00:24:12.039><c> is</c><00:24:12.519><c> the</c><00:24:12.759><c> time</c><00:24:12.980><c> of</c><00:24:13.259><c> the</c><00:24:13.480><c> feast</c><00:24:13.720><c> of</c><00:24:14.500><c> unleavened</c><00:24:15.420><c> bread.</c>

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It's<00:24:17.440><c> an</c><00:24:17.579><c> amazing</c><00:24:17.839><c> type,</c><00:24:18.240><c> isn't</c><00:24:18.319><c> it,</c><00:24:18.500><c> brothers</c><00:24:18.660><c> and</c><00:24:18.880><c> sisters,</c>

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of<00:24:20.500><c> the</c><00:24:20.880><c> death</c><00:24:21.259><c> and</c><00:24:21.960><c> burial</c><00:24:22.359><c> of</c><00:24:22.880><c> our</c><00:24:23.079><c> Lord</c><00:24:23.259><c> Jesus</c><00:24:23.579><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:24:25.279><c> we</c><00:24:25.380><c> read</c><00:24:25.480><c> in</c><00:24:25.619><c> verse</c><00:24:25.799><c> 5,</c><00:24:26.220><c> the</c><00:24:26.220><c> king</c><00:24:26.440><c> said,</c>

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Cause<00:24:27.500><c> Haman</c><00:24:27.779><c> to</c><00:24:28.019><c> make</c><00:24:28.220><c> haste,</c><00:24:29.059><c> that</c><00:24:29.180><c> he</c><00:24:29.319><c> may</c><00:24:29.500><c> do</c><00:24:29.700><c> as</c><00:24:29.920><c> Esther</c>

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hath<00:24:30.480><c> said.</c>

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The<00:24:30.980><c> king</c><00:24:31.279><c> takes</c><00:24:31.880><c> absolute</c><00:24:32.440><c> control.</c>

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And<00:24:34.200><c> so</c><00:24:34.279><c> the</c><00:24:34.420><c> king</c><00:24:34.559><c> and</c><00:24:34.740><c> Haman</c><00:24:34.980><c> came</c><00:24:35.380><c> to</c><00:24:35.539><c> the</c><00:24:35.720><c> banquet</c><00:24:35.960><c> that</c>

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Esther<00:24:37.000><c> had</c><00:24:37.599><c> prepared.</c>

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And<00:24:38.299><c> from</c><00:24:38.720><c> this</c><00:24:38.980><c> moment</c><00:24:39.220><c> on,</c><00:24:39.599><c> brothers</c><00:24:39.660><c> and</c><00:24:39.859><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:24:40.299><c> king</c><00:24:40.539><c> is</c><00:24:40.720><c> going</c><00:24:40.960><c> to</c><00:24:41.240><c> haste</c><00:24:42.099><c> Haman.</c>

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He's<00:24:43.319><c> going</c><00:24:43.480><c> to</c><00:24:43.640><c> hasten</c><00:24:43.980><c> the</c><00:24:44.160><c> demise</c><00:24:44.700><c> of</c><00:24:45.160><c> the</c><00:24:45.440><c> Agate,</c><00:24:45.940><c> the</c>

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Jews'<00:24:46.519><c> enemy.</c>

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He's<00:24:47.380><c> not</c><00:24:47.559><c> going</c><00:24:47.700><c> to</c><00:24:47.799><c> let</c><00:24:47.960><c> him</c><00:24:48.160><c> to</c><00:24:48.400><c> settle.</c>

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Make<00:24:48.920><c> haste.</c><00:24:50.000><c> Make</c><00:24:50.200><c> haste.</c>

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So<00:24:52.220><c> in</c><00:24:52.319><c> verse</c><00:24:52.519><c> 6</c><00:24:52.799><c> to</c><00:24:52.900><c> 8,</c><00:24:53.160><c> we</c><00:24:53.180><c> have</c><00:24:53.680><c> Queen</c><00:24:54.039><c> Esther's</c><00:24:54.700><c> first</c><00:24:55.880><c> banquet</c><00:24:56.579><c> of</c><00:24:56.900><c> wine.</c>

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You<00:24:58.339><c> know,</c><00:24:58.400><c> we're</c><00:24:58.579><c> told</c><00:24:58.819><c> time</c><00:24:59.160><c> and</c><00:24:59.319><c> time</c><00:24:59.480><c> again</c><00:24:59.799><c> in</c><00:24:59.980><c> this</c><00:25:00.640><c> story</c>

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that<00:25:01.640><c> it</c><00:25:01.819><c> was</c><00:25:02.000><c> a</c><00:25:02.140><c> banquet</c><00:25:02.420><c> of</c><00:25:02.700><c> wine.</c>

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It<00:25:04.180><c> says</c><00:25:04.400><c> that</c><00:25:04.579><c> in</c><00:25:04.700><c> verse</c><00:25:04.920><c> 6.</c>

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The<00:25:05.700><c> king</c><00:25:05.940><c> said</c><00:25:06.160><c> unto</c><00:25:06.980><c> Esther</c><00:25:07.240><c> at</c><00:25:07.440><c> the</c><00:25:07.599><c> banquet</c><00:25:07.839><c> of</c><00:25:08.119><c> wine.</c>

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Why<00:25:08.920><c> are</c><00:25:09.339><c> we</c><00:25:09.599><c> told</c><00:25:09.839><c> that</c><00:25:10.099><c> over</c><00:25:10.220><c> and</c><00:25:10.359><c> over</c><00:25:10.460><c> that</c><00:25:10.539><c> it</c><00:25:10.660><c> was</c><00:25:10.839><c> a</c><00:25:11.000><c> banquet</c><00:25:11.240><c> of</c><00:25:11.519><c> wine?</c>

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Well,<00:25:13.000><c> I</c><00:25:13.019><c> want</c><00:25:13.119><c> you</c><00:25:13.279><c> to</c><00:25:13.420><c> come</c><00:25:13.779><c> to</c><00:25:14.200><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:14.660><c> 51.</c>

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Because<00:25:17.279><c> wine</c><00:25:17.460><c> can</c><00:25:17.720><c> symbolise,</c>

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if<00:25:18.799><c> you've</c><00:25:19.000><c> ever</c><00:25:19.279><c> studied</c><00:25:19.619><c> the</c><00:25:19.900><c> subject</c><00:25:20.180><c> of</c><00:25:20.420><c> the</c><00:25:20.599><c> bread</c><00:25:20.720><c> and</c>

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the<00:25:21.039><c> wine,</c>

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a<00:25:21.960><c> number</c><00:25:22.299><c> of</c><00:25:22.660><c> things.</c>

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But<00:25:24.279><c> this</c><00:25:24.400><c> is</c><00:25:24.519><c> what</c><00:25:24.619><c> I</c><00:25:24.680><c> think</c><00:25:25.059><c> it's</c><00:25:26.160><c> clearly</c><00:25:26.519><c> representing</c>

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at<00:25:28.019><c> this</c><00:25:28.339><c> particular</c><00:25:28.819><c> time.</c>

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A<00:25:30.339><c> banquet</c><00:25:30.640><c> of</c><00:25:30.960><c> wine.</c>

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And<00:25:32.359><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:32.680><c> 51</c><00:25:33.339><c> says</c><00:25:33.720><c> in</c><00:25:34.000><c> the</c><00:25:34.160><c> last</c><00:25:34.599><c> two</c><00:25:34.920><c> verses,</c><00:25:35.799><c> verses</c><00:25:35.960><c> 22</c>

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and<00:25:36.680><c> 23,</c><00:25:37.140><c> these</c><00:25:37.380><c> words.</c>

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But<00:26:02.220><c> I</c><00:26:02.440><c> will</c><00:26:02.740><c> put</c><00:26:03.099><c> it</c><00:26:03.519><c> into</c><00:26:03.980><c> the</c><00:26:04.259><c> hand</c><00:26:04.460><c> of</c><00:26:04.700><c> them</c><00:26:04.980><c> that</c><00:26:05.200><c> afflict</c><00:26:05.460><c> thee,</c>

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which<00:26:06.339><c> have</c><00:26:06.599><c> said</c><00:26:06.799><c> to</c><00:26:06.980><c> thy</c><00:26:07.180><c> soul,</c>

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Bow<00:26:08.099><c> down,</c><00:26:10.920><c> that</c><00:26:11.000><c> we</c><00:26:11.240><c> may</c><00:26:11.400><c> go</c><00:26:11.720><c> over.</c>

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And<00:26:13.180><c> thou</c><00:26:13.400><c> hast</c><00:26:13.660><c> laid</c><00:26:14.039><c> thy</c><00:26:14.299><c> body</c><00:26:14.559><c> on</c><00:26:14.759><c> the</c><00:26:15.000><c> ground,</c>

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and<00:26:16.000><c> as</c><00:26:16.200><c> the</c><00:26:16.599><c> street</c><00:26:16.839><c> to</c><00:26:17.220><c> them</c><00:26:17.579><c> that</c><00:26:17.940><c> went</c><00:26:18.259><c> over.</c>

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And<00:26:19.440><c> the</c><00:26:19.640><c> banquet</c><00:26:19.880><c> of</c><00:26:20.200><c> wine,</c><00:26:20.579><c> brothers</c><00:26:20.720><c> and</c><00:26:20.940><c> sisters,</c>

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was<00:26:21.980><c> a</c><00:26:22.160><c> banquet</c><00:26:22.460><c> of</c><00:26:23.039><c> bitter</c><00:26:23.440><c> wine,</c><00:26:24.279><c> the</c><00:26:24.519><c> symbol</c><00:26:24.759><c> of</c><00:26:24.960><c> God's</c><00:26:25.680><c> fury.</c>

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And<00:26:26.440><c> now</c><00:26:26.660><c> the</c><00:26:26.819><c> cup</c><00:26:26.980><c> of</c><00:26:27.299><c> trembling</c><00:26:27.660><c> is</c><00:26:28.359><c> going</c><00:26:28.460><c> to</c><00:26:28.579><c> be</c><00:26:28.819><c> taken</c><00:26:29.259><c> from</c><00:26:29.900><c> the</c><00:26:30.220><c> Jews</c>

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they<00:26:31.220><c> had</c><00:26:31.460><c> experienced</c><00:26:32.000><c> God's</c><00:26:32.539><c> punishments</c><00:26:32.980><c> and</c><00:26:33.240><c> wrath,</c>

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and<00:26:33.980><c> now</c><00:26:34.259><c> God</c><00:26:34.420><c> is</c><00:26:34.599><c> going</c><00:26:34.720><c> to</c><00:26:34.859><c> say,</c><00:26:35.579><c> give</c><00:26:35.579><c> that</c><00:26:35.799><c> to</c><00:26:36.039><c> me.</c>

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:41.700
And<00:26:37.960><c> he's</c><00:26:38.119><c> going</c><00:26:38.240><c> to</c><00:26:38.359><c> hand</c><00:26:38.619><c> that</c><00:26:39.240><c> to</c><00:26:39.920><c> Haman</c><00:26:40.240><c> the</c><00:26:40.579><c> Agagite,</c>

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:44.480
the<00:26:42.480><c> wine</c><00:26:42.740><c> of</c><00:26:42.880><c> God's</c><00:26:43.519><c> wrath.</c>

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:49.200
He's<00:26:45.039><c> going</c><00:26:45.140><c> to</c><00:26:45.299><c> take</c><00:26:45.460><c> that</c><00:26:46.599><c> cup,</c><00:26:47.579><c> the</c><00:26:47.859><c> drigs</c><00:26:48.299><c> of</c><00:26:48.619><c> the</c><00:26:48.819><c> cup</c><00:26:49.000><c> of</c>

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my<00:26:49.460><c> fury,</c>

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:54.000
and<00:26:50.779><c> put</c><00:26:50.960><c> it</c><00:26:51.160><c> in</c><00:26:51.299><c> the</c><00:26:51.500><c> hand</c><00:26:51.680><c> of</c><00:26:51.859><c> the</c><00:26:52.019><c> man</c><00:26:52.200><c> who</c><00:26:52.380><c> had</c><00:26:52.680><c> said</c><00:26:52.839><c> to</c><00:26:53.240><c> all</c>

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:55.220
of<00:26:54.359><c> the</c><00:26:54.539><c> Persian</c><00:26:54.839><c> empire,</c>

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:57.339
Bow<00:26:55.740><c> down</c><00:26:56.059><c> to</c><00:26:56.339><c> me.</c>

00:26:57.420 --> 00:27:00.400
And<00:26:57.940><c> walked,</c><00:26:58.559><c> tried</c><00:26:58.819><c> to</c><00:26:59.160><c> walk</c><00:26:59.380><c> over</c><00:26:59.619><c> the</c><00:26:59.720><c> nation</c><00:26:59.980><c> of</c><00:27:00.140><c> Israel,</c>

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:04.059
and<00:27:00.559><c> God</c><00:27:00.759><c> said,</c><00:27:01.299><c> now</c><00:27:01.299><c> is</c><00:27:01.519><c> the</c><00:27:01.700><c> time</c><00:27:02.160><c> for</c><00:27:02.440><c> that</c><00:27:02.660><c> man</c><00:27:03.160><c> to</c><00:27:03.740><c> drink</c>

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:06.279
of<00:27:04.380><c> the</c><00:27:04.720><c> fury</c><00:27:04.940><c> of</c><00:27:05.160><c> my</c><00:27:05.380><c> wrath.</c>

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:08.420
You<00:27:06.900><c> know,</c><00:27:06.960><c> we</c><00:27:07.000><c> don't</c><00:27:07.180><c> want</c><00:27:07.259><c> to</c><00:27:07.380><c> be</c><00:27:07.440><c> on</c><00:27:07.579><c> the</c><00:27:07.779><c> receiving</c><00:27:08.039><c> end</c><00:27:08.259><c> of</c>

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:08.980
that<00:27:08.680><c> cup,</c>

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:10.759
do<00:27:09.240><c> we,</c><00:27:09.400><c> brothers</c><00:27:09.619><c> and</c><00:27:09.859><c> sisters?</c>

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:14.660
We<00:27:10.980><c> read</c><00:27:11.140><c> of</c><00:27:11.259><c> that</c><00:27:11.500><c> cup</c><00:27:11.680><c> in</c><00:27:11.880><c> Revelation,</c><00:27:13.359><c> Revelation</c><00:27:13.900><c> 14</c><00:27:14.460><c> in</c>

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.339
verse<00:27:14.940><c> 10,</c>

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:17.779
the<00:27:15.779><c> wine</c><00:27:16.059><c> of</c><00:27:16.200><c> God's</c><00:27:16.759><c> wrath,</c>

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:23.619
which<00:27:17.980><c> is</c><00:27:18.359><c> poured</c><00:27:18.759><c> out</c><00:27:19.220><c> without</c><00:27:19.640><c> mixture</c><00:27:20.240><c> into</c><00:27:20.740><c> the</c><00:27:21.079><c> cup</c><00:27:21.440><c> of</c><00:27:22.299><c> indignation.</c>

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:28.200
It<00:27:24.140><c> speaks</c><00:27:24.500><c> of</c><00:27:24.660><c> a</c><00:27:25.000><c> terrible,</c><00:27:25.500><c> terrible</c><00:27:25.980><c> time,</c><00:27:26.539><c> awful</c><00:27:26.960><c> judgments.</c>

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:32.319
Revelation<00:27:29.059><c> 16</c><00:27:29.599><c> in</c><00:27:29.759><c> verse</c><00:27:30.000><c> 19</c><00:27:30.400><c> talks</c><00:27:30.680><c> of</c><00:27:30.839><c> it</c><00:27:31.240><c> as</c><00:27:31.500><c> the</c><00:27:31.700><c> cup</c><00:27:32.059><c> of</c>

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:35.900
the<00:27:32.579><c> wine</c><00:27:32.839><c> of</c><00:27:33.059><c> the</c><00:27:33.460><c> fierceness</c><00:27:34.500><c> of</c><00:27:34.680><c> his</c><00:27:34.940><c> wrath.</c>

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:40.299
And<00:27:36.940><c> now</c><00:27:37.119><c> the</c><00:27:37.299><c> time</c><00:27:37.420><c> has</c><00:27:37.660><c> come</c><00:27:37.859><c> to</c><00:27:38.079><c> give</c><00:27:38.359><c> that</c><00:27:38.680><c> cup</c><00:27:39.079><c> at</c><00:27:39.559><c> the</c><00:27:39.779><c> banquet</c><00:27:40.000><c> of</c>

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.160
bitter<00:27:40.579><c> wine</c>

00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:44.500
into<00:27:41.920><c> the</c><00:27:42.140><c> hand</c><00:27:42.359><c> of</c><00:27:42.720><c> Haman</c><00:27:43.019><c> the</c><00:27:43.359><c> Agagite.</c>

00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:48.420
And<00:27:45.519><c> so</c><00:27:45.759><c> at</c><00:27:45.960><c> this</c><00:27:46.180><c> banquet</c><00:27:46.400><c> of</c><00:27:46.660><c> bitter</c><00:27:46.859><c> wine</c><00:27:47.079><c> in</c><00:27:47.299><c> verse</c><00:27:47.680><c> 6,</c>

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:52.299
the<00:27:48.960><c> king</c><00:27:49.160><c> is</c><00:27:49.319><c> now</c><00:27:49.619><c> greatly</c><00:27:49.960><c> interested</c><00:27:50.559><c> as</c><00:27:50.839><c> to</c><00:27:50.940><c> why</c><00:27:51.400><c> the</c><00:27:51.660><c> queen</c><00:27:51.880><c> would</c><00:27:52.079><c> risk</c>

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.720
her<00:27:52.500><c> life.</c>

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:55.740
He's<00:27:52.960><c> burning</c><00:27:53.339><c> with</c><00:27:53.579><c> curiosity,</c><00:27:54.680><c> and</c><00:27:54.859><c> he</c><00:27:54.940><c> asks</c><00:27:55.220><c> her</c><00:27:55.420><c> again,</c>

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.319
verse<00:27:55.980><c> 6,</c>

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What<00:27:56.559><c> is</c><00:27:56.740><c> thy</c><00:27:56.859><c> petition?</c><00:27:57.740><c> And</c><00:27:57.839><c> it</c><00:27:57.960><c> shall</c><00:27:58.059><c> be</c><00:27:58.299><c> granted</c><00:27:58.579><c> thee.</c>

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:02.200
What<00:27:59.519><c> is</c><00:27:59.779><c> thy</c><00:27:59.920><c> request?</c><00:28:00.859><c> Even</c><00:28:01.019><c> to</c><00:28:01.200><c> the</c><00:28:01.440><c> heart</c><00:28:01.559><c> of</c><00:28:01.759><c> the</c><00:28:01.900><c> kingdom</c>

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:04.420
it<00:28:02.680><c> shall</c><00:28:02.940><c> be</c><00:28:03.299><c> performed.</c>

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:10.339
But<00:28:06.339><c> Esther</c><00:28:06.460><c> is</c><00:28:06.680><c> not</c><00:28:06.920><c> ready</c><00:28:07.319><c> to</c><00:28:07.799><c> tell</c><00:28:08.019><c> the</c><00:28:08.279><c> king</c><00:28:08.619><c> just</c><00:28:09.500><c> yet.</c>

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:12.279
And<00:28:10.619><c> so</c><00:28:10.700><c> she</c><00:28:10.880><c> says</c><00:28:11.059><c> in</c><00:28:11.259><c> verses</c><00:28:11.500><c> 7</c><00:28:11.799><c> and</c><00:28:11.900><c> 8,</c>

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:15.500
My<00:28:12.640><c> petition</c><00:28:13.099><c> and</c><00:28:13.640><c> my</c><00:28:13.920><c> request</c><00:28:14.339><c> is,</c>

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:19.160
If<00:28:15.940><c> I</c><00:28:16.400><c> have</c><00:28:16.680><c> found</c><00:28:16.980><c> favour</c><00:28:17.359><c> in</c><00:28:17.599><c> the</c><00:28:17.839><c> sight</c><00:28:17.960><c> of</c><00:28:18.140><c> the</c><00:28:18.279><c> king,</c>

00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:21.900
and<00:28:19.339><c> if</c><00:28:19.460><c> it</c><00:28:19.640><c> please</c><00:28:20.039><c> the</c><00:28:20.339><c> king</c><00:28:20.559><c> to</c><00:28:20.900><c> grant</c><00:28:21.140><c> my</c><00:28:21.420><c> petition,</c>

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:25.039
and<00:28:22.700><c> to</c><00:28:23.039><c> perform</c><00:28:23.400><c> my</c><00:28:23.660><c> request,</c>

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:29.460
let<00:28:25.700><c> the</c><00:28:25.940><c> king</c><00:28:26.079><c> and</c><00:28:26.299><c> Haman</c><00:28:26.500><c> come</c><00:28:26.799><c> to</c><00:28:26.940><c> the</c><00:28:27.119><c> banquet</c><00:28:27.319><c> that</c><00:28:27.559><c> I</c><00:28:27.880><c> shall</c><00:28:28.220><c> prepare</c><00:28:28.779><c> for</c><00:28:29.099><c> them.</c>

00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:32.160
And<00:28:29.839><c> I</c><00:28:29.940><c> will</c><00:28:30.140><c> do</c><00:28:30.359><c> tomorrow</c><00:28:30.720><c> as</c><00:28:30.960><c> the</c><00:28:31.160><c> king</c><00:28:31.460><c> hath</c><00:28:31.740><c> said.</c>

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:34.359
Now<00:28:32.839><c> you</c><00:28:32.920><c> have</c><00:28:33.119><c> to</c><00:28:33.180><c> ask</c><00:28:33.480><c> yourself,</c><00:28:33.960><c> brothers</c><00:28:34.019><c> and</c><00:28:34.180><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:36.140
why<00:28:34.779><c> is</c><00:28:35.140><c> this?</c>

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:39.099
The<00:28:36.660><c> king</c><00:28:36.799><c> has</c><00:28:37.019><c> asked</c><00:28:37.200><c> her</c><00:28:37.380><c> the</c><00:28:37.539><c> same</c><00:28:37.759><c> question</c><00:28:38.099><c> in</c><00:28:38.279><c> verse</c><00:28:38.519><c> 3,</c>

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:43.039
again<00:28:39.799><c> now</c><00:28:40.119><c> in</c><00:28:40.339><c> verse</c><00:28:40.559><c> 6,</c><00:28:40.920><c> and</c><00:28:41.079><c> she</c><00:28:41.359><c> still</c><00:28:41.880><c> hasn't</c><00:28:42.180><c> answered</c><00:28:42.519><c> him.</c>

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:45.619
Why<00:28:43.519><c> does</c><00:28:43.720><c> Esther</c><00:28:44.039><c> ask</c><00:28:44.740><c> them</c><00:28:44.900><c> to</c><00:28:45.079><c> a</c><00:28:45.299><c> banquet</c>

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:49.799
and<00:28:46.539><c> then</c><00:28:47.200><c> postpone</c><00:28:47.799><c> everything</c><00:28:48.200><c> to</c><00:28:48.759><c> the</c><00:28:48.960><c> very</c><00:28:49.180><c> next</c><00:28:49.539><c> day?</c>

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:52.859
It<00:28:49.900><c> seems</c><00:28:50.180><c> ludicrous,</c><00:28:50.619><c> doesn't</c><00:28:50.819><c> it,</c><00:28:50.960><c> that</c><00:28:51.099><c> she</c><00:28:51.220><c> would</c><00:28:51.380><c> do</c><00:28:51.559><c> such</c><00:28:51.799><c> a</c><00:28:51.980><c> thing.</c>

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:55.339
And<00:28:53.500><c> I</c><00:28:53.599><c> think</c><00:28:53.700><c> the</c><00:28:53.880><c> answer</c><00:28:54.099><c> is</c><00:28:54.319><c> this.</c>

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:59.940
The<00:28:56.359><c> first</c><00:28:56.940><c> feast,</c><00:28:57.500><c> the</c><00:28:57.720><c> first</c><00:28:58.059><c> banquet</c><00:28:58.359><c> of</c><00:28:58.640><c> wine</c><00:28:58.859><c> here</c><00:28:59.180><c> in</c><00:28:59.400><c> verses</c><00:28:59.559><c> 6</c>

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:01.039
to<00:29:00.059><c> 8,</c>

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:07.480
was<00:29:02.599><c> never,</c><00:29:04.099><c> ever</c><00:29:04.660><c> going</c><00:29:05.160><c> to</c><00:29:05.359><c> be</c><00:29:05.519><c> the</c><00:29:05.680><c> time</c><00:29:05.940><c> that</c><00:29:06.559><c> Esther</c><00:29:06.960><c> was</c>

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:09.119
going<00:29:07.660><c> to</c><00:29:07.920><c> expose</c><00:29:08.180><c> Haman.</c>

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:14.720
That<00:29:11.319><c> was</c><00:29:11.660><c> always</c><00:29:12.119><c> going</c><00:29:12.319><c> to</c><00:29:12.579><c> be</c><00:29:13.039><c> on</c><00:29:13.519><c> the</c><00:29:13.859><c> following</c><00:29:14.220><c> day.</c>

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:17.720
This<00:29:15.500><c> first</c><00:29:15.859><c> feast</c><00:29:16.059><c> was</c><00:29:16.259><c> for</c><00:29:16.460><c> quite</c><00:29:16.700><c> a</c><00:29:17.059><c> different</c><00:29:17.240><c> reason.</c>

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:22.680
It<00:29:18.420><c> was</c><00:29:18.819><c> to</c><00:29:18.960><c> discover</c><00:29:19.599><c> the</c><00:29:20.200><c> mood</c><00:29:20.619><c> and</c><00:29:21.019><c> the</c><00:29:21.279><c> emotions</c><00:29:21.799><c> of</c><00:29:22.160><c> the</c><00:29:22.380><c> king,</c>

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:27.940
to<00:29:23.180><c> see</c><00:29:23.319><c> if</c><00:29:23.440><c> he</c><00:29:23.599><c> was</c><00:29:23.839><c> truly</c><00:29:24.119><c> prepared</c><00:29:24.799><c> to</c><00:29:25.539><c> listen,</c><00:29:26.720><c> to</c><00:29:26.960><c> trust</c><00:29:27.299><c> her.</c>

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:30.599
Remember,<00:29:28.339><c> she</c><00:29:28.460><c> hasn't</c><00:29:28.740><c> seen</c><00:29:29.039><c> him</c><00:29:29.299><c> for</c><00:29:29.579><c> 30</c><00:29:29.900><c> days,</c>

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:34.500
and<00:29:30.880><c> she's</c><00:29:31.099><c> going</c><00:29:31.220><c> to</c><00:29:31.380><c> find</c><00:29:31.599><c> out</c><00:29:32.119><c> if</c><00:29:32.380><c> she</c><00:29:33.039><c> had</c><00:29:33.440><c> found</c><00:29:33.940><c> favour</c>

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:36.720
in<00:29:35.140><c> the</c><00:29:35.400><c> sight</c><00:29:35.559><c> of</c><00:29:35.759><c> the</c><00:29:35.940><c> king.</c>

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:39.299
She<00:29:37.000><c> was</c><00:29:37.200><c> uncertain</c><00:29:37.720><c> as</c><00:29:37.900><c> to</c><00:29:38.000><c> how</c><00:29:38.140><c> the</c><00:29:38.299><c> king</c><00:29:38.400><c> would</c><00:29:38.680><c> respond</c>

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:43.259
to<00:29:40.180><c> revealing</c><00:29:40.720><c> that</c><00:29:41.519><c> Haman</c><00:29:41.819><c> is</c><00:29:42.200><c> the</c><00:29:42.420><c> king's</c><00:29:42.880><c> enemy.</c>

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:47.279
And<00:29:44.079><c> she</c><00:29:44.200><c> wants</c><00:29:44.400><c> to</c><00:29:44.700><c> ascertain</c><00:29:45.019><c> beforehand</c><00:29:45.619><c> how</c><00:29:46.660><c> is</c><00:29:46.940><c> the</c><00:29:47.140><c> king</c>

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:48.240
going<00:29:47.539><c> to</c><00:29:47.819><c> react.</c>

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:51.480
This<00:29:48.859><c> was</c><00:29:49.200><c> never,</c><00:29:49.519><c> ever</c><00:29:49.920><c> going</c><00:29:50.220><c> to</c><00:29:50.420><c> be</c><00:29:50.579><c> the</c><00:29:50.740><c> time</c><00:29:50.920><c> that</c><00:29:51.099><c> she</c>

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.579
exposed<00:29:52.099><c> Haman</c>

00:29:52.579 --> 00:29:54.539
for<00:29:52.819><c> the</c><00:29:53.019><c> vagabond</c><00:29:53.400><c> he</c><00:29:53.539><c> was.</c>

00:29:54.599 --> 00:29:56.859
And<00:29:54.819><c> here's</c><00:29:54.980><c> how</c><00:29:55.220><c> I</c><00:29:55.279><c> know</c><00:29:55.460><c> that</c><00:29:55.599><c> that's</c><00:29:55.819><c> true.</c>

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:59.380
See,<00:29:57.640><c> back</c><00:29:57.779><c> in</c><00:29:57.920><c> chapter</c><00:29:58.099><c> 4</c><00:29:58.380><c> in</c><00:29:58.519><c> verse</c><00:29:58.700><c> 16,</c>

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:03.859
Esther<00:29:59.900><c> had</c><00:30:00.119><c> asked</c><00:30:00.339><c> Mordecai</c><00:30:00.819><c> to</c><00:30:01.099><c> fast</c><00:30:01.420><c> three</c><00:30:02.099><c> days,</c><00:30:03.480><c> night</c>

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:05.359
and<00:30:04.400><c> day,</c>

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.880
the<00:30:05.900><c> day</c><00:30:06.079><c> of</c><00:30:06.259><c> the</c><00:30:06.460><c> Passover.</c>

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:08.759
That's<00:30:07.680><c> when</c><00:30:07.819><c> the</c><00:30:08.000><c> fast</c><00:30:08.180><c> started.</c>

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:11.819
And<00:30:09.400><c> in</c><00:30:09.759><c> chapter</c><00:30:09.940><c> 5,</c><00:30:10.220><c> verse</c><00:30:10.400><c> 1,</c><00:30:10.599><c> Esther</c><00:30:10.779><c> came</c><00:30:11.099><c> in</c><00:30:11.299><c> before</c><00:30:11.519><c> the</c><00:30:11.680><c> king</c>

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:14.460
on<00:30:11.940><c> the</c><00:30:12.319><c> third</c><00:30:13.039><c> day.</c>

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:17.000
And<00:30:15.319><c> I</c><00:30:15.920><c> think,</c><00:30:16.400><c> brothers</c><00:30:16.400><c> and</c><00:30:16.579><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:22.299
that<00:30:17.799><c> clearly</c><00:30:18.299><c> this</c><00:30:19.279><c> is</c><00:30:19.799><c> before</c><00:30:20.420><c> the</c><00:30:20.819><c> end</c><00:30:21.140><c> of</c><00:30:21.519><c> the</c><00:30:21.740><c> fast.</c>

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:25.319
This<00:30:22.700><c> is</c><00:30:22.980><c> the</c><00:30:23.119><c> last</c><00:30:23.539><c> day</c><00:30:23.940><c> of</c><00:30:24.259><c> Mordecai's</c><00:30:24.940><c> fast.</c>

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:30.019
The<00:30:25.839><c> city</c><00:30:26.099><c> and</c><00:30:26.640><c> Mordecai</c><00:30:27.279><c> are</c><00:30:27.680><c> still</c><00:30:28.559><c> fasting</c><00:30:29.079><c> for</c><00:30:29.559><c> her.</c>

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:32.920
And<00:30:30.579><c> she</c><00:30:30.740><c> invites</c><00:30:31.059><c> the</c><00:30:31.299><c> king</c><00:30:31.440><c> and</c><00:30:31.619><c> Haman</c><00:30:31.799><c> to</c><00:30:32.000><c> a</c><00:30:32.180><c> banquet,</c>

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:37.599
but<00:30:33.759><c> notice</c><00:30:34.339><c> that</c><00:30:34.519><c> it</c><00:30:34.720><c> never</c><00:30:34.880><c> says</c><00:30:35.119><c> that</c><00:30:35.440><c> she</c><00:30:35.759><c> ate</c><00:30:36.039><c> or</c><00:30:36.299><c> drank</c><00:30:36.599><c> anything.</c>

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:40.619
And<00:30:37.900><c> that's</c><00:30:38.119><c> because,</c><00:30:38.400><c> brothers</c><00:30:38.619><c> and</c><00:30:38.859><c> sisters,</c><00:30:39.599><c> she</c><00:30:39.880><c> didn't.</c>

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:42.519
She<00:30:40.980><c> was</c><00:30:41.180><c> still</c><00:30:41.480><c> fasting.</c>

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:44.180
The<00:30:42.819><c> banquet</c><00:30:43.059><c> was</c><00:30:43.480><c> not</c><00:30:43.680><c> for</c><00:30:43.839><c> her.</c>

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:46.940
It<00:30:44.700><c> was</c><00:30:44.980><c> for</c><00:30:45.240><c> the</c><00:30:45.519><c> king</c><00:30:45.839><c> and</c><00:30:46.180><c> Haman.</c>

00:30:47.619 --> 00:30:49.619
And<00:30:47.799><c> you</c><00:30:47.839><c> can</c><00:30:47.960><c> just</c><00:30:48.099><c> imagine</c><00:30:48.420><c> the</c><00:30:48.720><c> curiosity</c><00:30:49.160><c> of</c><00:30:49.319><c> the</c><00:30:49.500><c> king</c>

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:53.299
as<00:30:49.759><c> he</c><00:30:49.960><c> came</c><00:30:50.299><c> to</c><00:30:50.700><c> this</c><00:30:51.299><c> banquet</c><00:30:51.720><c> that</c><00:30:52.660><c> same</c><00:30:53.039><c> day.</c>

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:57.359
And<00:30:53.460><c> there's</c><00:30:54.920><c> only</c><00:30:55.119><c> two</c><00:30:55.660><c> placemats,</c><00:30:56.220><c> one</c><00:30:56.579><c> for</c><00:30:56.839><c> me</c><00:30:57.099><c> and</c><00:30:57.180><c> one</c>

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:57.920
for<00:30:57.599><c> Haman.</c>

00:30:58.200 --> 00:31:00.700
You<00:30:58.319><c> can</c><00:30:58.420><c> just</c><00:30:58.619><c> imagine</c><00:30:58.900><c> the</c><00:30:59.200><c> curiosity</c><00:30:59.680><c> when</c><00:31:00.079><c> he</c><00:31:00.279><c> found</c><00:31:00.440><c> out</c>

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:02.920
that<00:31:00.980><c> Esther</c><00:31:01.079><c> was</c><00:31:01.339><c> not</c><00:31:01.579><c> eating</c><00:31:01.799><c> or</c><00:31:02.059><c> drinking.</c>

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:05.019
Now<00:31:03.759><c> what</c><00:31:03.839><c> does</c><00:31:03.960><c> that</c><00:31:04.259><c> mean,</c><00:31:04.559><c> brothers</c><00:31:04.660><c> and</c><00:31:04.819><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:07.619
if<00:31:05.339><c> it's</c><00:31:05.980><c> on</c><00:31:06.240><c> the</c><00:31:06.460><c> last</c><00:31:06.819><c> day</c><00:31:07.019><c> of</c><00:31:07.160><c> the</c><00:31:07.380><c> fast?</c>

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:14.559
Well,<00:31:07.900><c> it</c><00:31:07.960><c> means</c><00:31:08.960><c> that</c><00:31:10.160><c> symbolically</c><00:31:11.640><c> Mordecai</c><00:31:12.599><c> is</c><00:31:13.059><c> still</c><00:31:13.480><c> dead.</c>

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:18.319
Symbolically,<00:31:16.059><c> Mordecai</c><00:31:16.619><c> is</c><00:31:17.000><c> still</c><00:31:17.480><c> in</c><00:31:17.740><c> the</c><00:31:18.039><c> grave.</c>

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:22.019
He's<00:31:18.599><c> still</c><00:31:18.839><c> on</c><00:31:19.019><c> the</c><00:31:19.240><c> last</c><00:31:19.579><c> day</c><00:31:20.000><c> of</c><00:31:20.259><c> his</c><00:31:20.900><c> fast.</c>

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:25.400
Now<00:31:23.180><c> look</c><00:31:23.400><c> at</c><00:31:23.559><c> verse</c><00:31:24.079><c> 9.</c>

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:27.819
Haman<00:31:25.900><c> comes</c><00:31:26.220><c> out</c><00:31:26.420><c> of</c><00:31:26.519><c> the</c><00:31:26.680><c> first</c><00:31:26.920><c> banquet</c><00:31:27.180><c> of</c><00:31:27.460><c> wine,</c>

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:30.400
and<00:31:28.319><c> we</c><00:31:28.539><c> read</c><00:31:28.720><c> that</c><00:31:28.880><c> he</c><00:31:29.000><c> went</c><00:31:29.319><c> forth</c><00:31:29.720><c> that</c><00:31:29.980><c> day,</c>

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:32.019
joyful<00:31:30.880><c> and</c><00:31:31.019><c> with</c><00:31:31.180><c> a</c><00:31:31.380><c> glad</c><00:31:31.559><c> heart.</c>

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:35.380
But<00:31:32.480><c> when</c><00:31:32.759><c> Haman</c><00:31:33.240><c> saw</c><00:31:33.660><c> Mordecai</c><00:31:34.599><c> in</c><00:31:34.759><c> the</c><00:31:34.920><c> king's</c><00:31:35.259><c> gate,</c>

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:39.839
that<00:31:35.539><c> he</c><00:31:35.799><c> stood</c><00:31:36.660><c> not</c><00:31:37.259><c> up</c><00:31:37.900><c> nor</c><00:31:38.480><c> moved</c><00:31:39.079><c> for</c><00:31:39.500><c> him,</c>

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:44.740
he<00:31:40.440><c> was</c><00:31:40.819><c> full</c><00:31:41.240><c> of</c><00:31:41.599><c> indignation</c><00:31:42.339><c> against</c><00:31:43.420><c> Mordecai.</c>

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:48.880
And<00:31:45.140><c> Haman</c><00:31:45.279><c> came</c><00:31:45.599><c> out</c><00:31:45.779><c> of</c><00:31:45.900><c> the</c><00:31:46.099><c> banquet</c><00:31:46.359><c> full</c><00:31:46.779><c> of</c><00:31:47.039><c> joy</c><00:31:47.339><c> and</c><00:31:47.700><c> gladness.</c>

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:50.700
And<00:31:49.220><c> this</c><00:31:49.440><c> time,</c><00:31:49.880><c> brothers</c><00:31:49.900><c> and</c><00:31:50.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:54.799
Mordecai<00:31:51.759><c> doesn't</c><00:31:52.079><c> just</c><00:31:52.880><c> not</c><00:31:53.440><c> bow</c><00:31:53.740><c> down.</c>

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:59.119
He<00:31:55.220><c> doesn't</c><00:31:55.900><c> just</c><00:31:56.940><c> not</c><00:31:57.640><c> stand</c><00:31:58.039><c> up.</c>

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:03.960
Mordecai<00:32:01.680><c> doesn't</c><00:32:02.339><c> move</c><00:32:02.680><c> a</c><00:32:02.980><c> muscle.</c>

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:09.380
Literally,<00:32:05.500><c> it</c><00:32:05.819><c> means</c><00:32:06.220><c> he</c><00:32:06.559><c> didn't</c><00:32:07.059><c> even</c><00:32:08.000><c> tremble.</c>

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:11.859
He<00:32:09.500><c> didn't</c><00:32:09.720><c> even</c><00:32:10.099><c> twitch,</c><00:32:11.000><c> brothers</c><00:32:11.279><c> and</c><00:32:11.480><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:16.079
Now<00:32:12.480><c> why</c><00:32:12.660><c> does</c><00:32:12.859><c> it</c><00:32:12.980><c> say</c><00:32:13.200><c> that</c><00:32:13.420><c> Mordecai</c><00:32:13.859><c> didn't</c><00:32:14.319><c> even</c><00:32:14.839><c> move?</c>

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:22.339
If<00:32:17.000><c> it</c><00:32:17.079><c> is</c><00:32:17.279><c> not</c><00:32:17.460><c> to</c><00:32:17.680><c> tell</c><00:32:17.799><c> us</c><00:32:19.039><c> that</c><00:32:19.759><c> symbolically</c><00:32:20.740><c> Mordecai</c><00:32:22.140><c> is</c>

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.059
still<00:32:22.680><c> dead.</c>

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:28.420
And<00:32:24.019><c> as</c><00:32:24.420><c> we</c><00:32:24.599><c> well</c><00:32:24.819><c> know,</c><00:32:25.319><c> dead</c><00:32:25.460><c> people,</c><00:32:26.180><c> they</c><00:32:26.900><c> don't</c><00:32:27.180><c> move.</c>

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:34.660
And<00:32:29.940><c> Mordecai</c><00:32:30.660><c> is</c><00:32:31.460><c> still</c><00:32:32.240><c> symbolically</c><00:32:33.019><c> in</c><00:32:33.299><c> the</c><00:32:33.599><c> grave.</c>

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:38.960
He<00:32:35.099><c> hasn't</c><00:32:35.539><c> yet</c><00:32:36.859><c> stood</c><00:32:37.440><c> up,</c><00:32:38.259><c> verse</c><00:32:38.579><c> 9.</c>

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:42.140
That's<00:32:39.579><c> clear</c><00:32:39.920><c> language</c><00:32:40.619><c> of</c><00:32:40.940><c> the</c><00:32:41.160><c> resurrection.</c>

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:44.599
He<00:32:42.380><c> hasn't</c><00:32:43.359><c> stood</c><00:32:43.900><c> up</c><00:32:44.279><c> yet.</c>

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:47.319
He's<00:32:45.359><c> still</c><00:32:45.799><c> in</c><00:32:46.079><c> the</c><00:32:46.339><c> grave.</c>

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:49.839
And<00:32:47.859><c> so</c><00:32:47.960><c> it's</c><00:32:48.119><c> clear</c><00:32:48.339><c> that</c><00:32:48.539><c> Esther</c><00:32:48.720><c> has</c><00:32:48.980><c> come</c><00:32:49.240><c> before</c><00:32:49.500><c> the</c><00:32:49.660><c> king</c>

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:52.180
while<00:32:50.279><c> Mordecai</c><00:32:51.079><c> is</c><00:32:51.339><c> still</c><00:32:51.720><c> fasting,</c>

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:55.119
while<00:32:52.579><c> symbolically</c><00:32:53.759><c> he</c><00:32:54.160><c> is</c><00:32:54.460><c> still</c><00:32:54.759><c> dead.</c>

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:58.740
And<00:32:55.859><c> in</c><00:32:56.059><c> verse</c><00:32:56.259><c> 9,</c><00:32:56.539><c> you</c><00:32:56.619><c> couldn't</c><00:32:57.039><c> really</c><00:32:57.559><c> get</c><00:32:57.779><c> a</c><00:32:58.099><c> better</c><00:32:58.359><c> symbol,</c>

00:32:58.819 --> 00:33:01.980
could<00:32:59.000><c> you,</c><00:32:59.220><c> of</c><00:32:59.339><c> someone</c><00:32:59.559><c> who's</c><00:33:00.240><c> still</c><00:33:00.880><c> dead</c><00:33:01.299><c> to</c><00:33:01.500><c> the</c><00:33:01.759><c> power</c>

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.980
and<00:33:02.200><c> influence</c><00:33:02.519><c> of</c><00:33:02.799><c> sin</c>

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:07.059
than<00:33:03.240><c> Mordecai</c><00:33:03.799><c> who</c><00:33:04.480><c> doesn't</c><00:33:05.279><c> move</c><00:33:05.859><c> a</c><00:33:06.180><c> muscle.</c>

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:11.200
God<00:33:08.019><c> has</c><00:33:08.240><c> granted</c><00:33:08.539><c> king</c><00:33:08.859><c> sin</c><00:33:09.240><c> authority</c><00:33:09.980><c> and</c><00:33:10.339><c> dominion</c><00:33:10.819><c> over</c>

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:12.440
every<00:33:11.740><c> living</c><00:33:12.039><c> soul</c>

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:16.420
except<00:33:12.940><c> over</c><00:33:13.779><c> this</c><00:33:14.119><c> one</c><00:33:14.359><c> man,</c><00:33:15.299><c> our</c><00:33:15.440><c> Lord</c><00:33:15.660><c> Jesus</c><00:33:16.019><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:19.819
And<00:33:17.039><c> he's</c><00:33:17.319><c> not</c><00:33:17.500><c> only</c><00:33:17.880><c> now</c><00:33:18.339><c> not</c><00:33:18.559><c> going</c><00:33:18.779><c> to</c><00:33:18.920><c> bow</c><00:33:19.079><c> down</c><00:33:19.319><c> to</c><00:33:19.599><c> sin,</c>

00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:23.440
but<00:33:20.500><c> now</c><00:33:20.920><c> he's</c><00:33:21.180><c> not</c><00:33:21.400><c> even</c><00:33:21.660><c> going</c><00:33:21.880><c> to</c><00:33:22.099><c> twitch</c><00:33:22.299><c> so</c><00:33:22.660><c> much</c><00:33:22.839><c> as</c><00:33:23.059><c> an</c>

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:26.039
eyelash<00:33:24.259><c> in</c><00:33:24.579><c> Haman's</c><00:33:25.059><c> direction.</c>

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:30.339
And<00:33:27.119><c> we're</c><00:33:27.259><c> going</c><00:33:27.339><c> to</c><00:33:27.559><c> discover</c><00:33:27.880><c> an</c><00:33:28.640><c> impeccable</c><00:33:29.299><c> timetable</c><00:33:29.900><c> here</c>

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:32.500
as<00:33:30.779><c> we</c><00:33:30.940><c> go</c><00:33:31.140><c> through</c><00:33:31.339><c> these</c><00:33:31.599><c> chapters.</c>

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:37.900
This<00:33:32.819><c> is</c><00:33:33.019><c> the</c><00:33:33.180><c> perfect</c><00:33:33.740><c> prefigurement</c><00:33:34.480><c> of</c><00:33:35.220><c> the</c><00:33:35.539><c> last</c><00:33:37.380><c> day</c><00:33:37.660><c> of</c>

00:33:37.900 --> 00:33:39.799
Mordecai's<00:33:38.759><c> fast.</c>

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:43.259
And<00:33:40.160><c> so</c><00:33:40.240><c> Mordecai</c><00:33:40.680><c> didn't</c><00:33:40.900><c> raise</c><00:33:41.160><c> an</c><00:33:41.359><c> eyebrow</c><00:33:41.680><c> as</c><00:33:41.880><c> Haman</c><00:33:42.440><c> went</c><00:33:42.839><c> past.</c>

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:45.339
He<00:33:43.700><c> showed</c><00:33:43.900><c> him</c><00:33:44.140><c> absolute</c><00:33:44.720><c> contempt.</c>

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:48.500
And<00:33:46.119><c> if</c><00:33:46.279><c> there</c><00:33:46.400><c> was</c><00:33:46.559><c> one</c><00:33:46.920><c> thing,</c><00:33:47.500><c> brothers</c><00:33:47.640><c> and</c><00:33:47.819><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:53.059
that<00:33:48.940><c> was</c><00:33:49.240><c> greater</c><00:33:49.619><c> than</c><00:33:49.900><c> Haman's</c><00:33:50.440><c> pride,</c><00:33:51.640><c> greater</c><00:33:51.900><c> than</c><00:33:52.180><c> his</c><00:33:52.400><c> ambition,</c>

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.759
greater<00:33:53.779><c> than</c><00:33:53.960><c> his</c><00:33:54.180><c> own</c><00:33:54.440><c> vanity,</c>

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:58.559
it<00:33:54.960><c> was</c><00:33:55.619><c> his</c><00:33:56.180><c> growing</c><00:33:56.519><c> hatred</c><00:33:57.099><c> for</c><00:33:57.440><c> Mordecai.</c>

00:33:58.759 --> 00:34:01.839
And<00:33:58.859><c> he</c><00:33:59.000><c> was</c><00:33:59.339><c> full</c><00:33:59.859><c> of</c><00:34:00.319><c> indignation.</c>

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:06.589
And<00:34:02.460><c> now</c><00:34:02.640><c> the</c><00:34:02.819><c> wrath</c><00:34:03.059><c> of</c><00:34:03.599><c> chapter</c><00:34:03.819><c> 3</c><00:34:04.099><c> verse</c><00:34:04.359><c> 5</c><00:34:05.240><c> gives</c><00:34:05.619><c> way</c><00:34:05.859><c> to</c><00:34:06.259><c> indignation.</c>

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:09.739
He<00:34:07.079><c> now</c><00:34:07.500><c> hates</c><00:34:07.839><c> Mordecai's</c><00:34:08.840><c> shadow.</c>

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:15.639
But<00:34:10.820><c> verse</c><00:34:11.280><c> 10</c><00:34:11.880><c> tells</c><00:34:12.260><c> us</c><00:34:12.940><c> that</c><00:34:13.260><c> nevertheless</c><00:34:14.460><c> Haman</c>

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:17.460
refrained<00:34:16.780><c> himself.</c>

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:22.739
Here<00:34:17.840><c> is</c><00:34:18.099><c> the</c><00:34:18.699><c> perfectly</c><00:34:19.280><c> drilled</c><00:34:20.039><c> consummate</c><00:34:20.940><c> public</c><00:34:21.579><c> servant,</c>

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:28.400
not<00:34:22.900><c> a</c><00:34:23.179><c> hair</c><00:34:23.519><c> out</c><00:34:23.840><c> of</c><00:34:24.099><c> place,</c><00:34:25.400><c> but</c><00:34:25.780><c> seething</c><00:34:26.500><c> on</c><00:34:26.900><c> the</c><00:34:27.139><c> inside.</c>

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:32.159
And<00:34:28.900><c> so</c><00:34:29.000><c> he</c><00:34:29.199><c> bit</c><00:34:29.380><c> back</c><00:34:29.800><c> his</c><00:34:30.159><c> inward</c><00:34:30.500><c> rage</c><00:34:31.059><c> and</c><00:34:31.219><c> he</c><00:34:31.420><c> decided</c><00:34:31.719><c> to</c>

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:34.539
bide<00:34:32.460><c> his</c><00:34:32.679><c> own</c><00:34:33.119><c> sweet</c><00:34:33.440><c> time.</c>

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:38.940
Revenge<00:34:35.420><c> is</c><00:34:35.699><c> a</c><00:34:35.800><c> dish</c><00:34:36.199><c> best</c><00:34:36.820><c> served</c><00:34:37.239><c> cold,</c><00:34:37.659><c> he</c><00:34:37.840><c> said</c><00:34:38.019><c> to</c><00:34:38.159><c> himself</c><00:34:38.539><c> as</c><00:34:38.739><c> he</c>

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:40.119
walked<00:34:39.079><c> home.</c>

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:46.159
And<00:34:42.199><c> Mordecai</c><00:34:42.679><c> is</c><00:34:43.000><c> due</c><00:34:43.159><c> for</c><00:34:43.440><c> double</c><00:34:43.800><c> helpings</c><00:34:44.360><c> come</c><00:34:44.639><c> the</c><00:34:44.900><c> 12th</c><00:34:45.239><c> month.</c>

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:51.420
I<00:34:47.360><c> don't</c><00:34:47.579><c> have</c><00:34:47.820><c> long</c><00:34:48.059><c> to</c><00:34:48.360><c> wait,</c><00:34:49.179><c> he</c><00:34:49.440><c> said</c><00:34:49.619><c> to</c><00:34:49.760><c> himself</c><00:34:50.300><c> as</c><00:34:51.179><c> he</c>

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:51.940
trotted<00:34:51.619><c> home.</c>

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:54.800
And<00:34:52.119><c> so</c><00:34:52.199><c> a</c><00:34:52.480><c> secret</c><00:34:52.840><c> battle</c><00:34:53.260><c> for</c><00:34:53.619><c> supremacy</c><00:34:54.099><c> was</c><00:34:54.420><c> joined.</c>

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:56.659
And<00:34:55.300><c> just</c><00:34:55.480><c> imagine</c><00:34:55.780><c> the</c><00:34:55.980><c> scene,</c><00:34:56.059><c> it's</c><00:34:56.320><c> classic.</c>

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:59.440
There's<00:34:57.239><c> two</c><00:34:57.519><c> men</c><00:34:58.179><c> facing</c><00:34:58.739><c> off.</c>

00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:03.079
Haman<00:35:00.260><c> was</c><00:35:00.780><c> convinced</c><00:35:01.440><c> that</c><00:35:01.719><c> his</c><00:35:01.980><c> decree</c><00:35:02.380><c> would</c><00:35:02.639><c> ultimately</c>

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:05.380
ensure<00:35:03.639><c> success</c><00:35:04.079><c> for</c><00:35:04.300><c> himself,</c>

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:08.820
so<00:35:06.659><c> he</c><00:35:06.880><c> remained</c><00:35:07.260><c> silent.</c>

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:13.960
And<00:35:09.659><c> Mordecai,</c><00:35:11.119><c> and</c><00:35:11.679><c> he's</c><00:35:12.519><c> typically</c><00:35:12.860><c> still</c><00:35:13.260><c> in</c><00:35:13.420><c> the</c><00:35:13.679><c> grave,</c>

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:17.860
his<00:35:14.420><c> death</c><00:35:14.719><c> and</c><00:35:15.000><c> resurrection</c><00:35:15.440><c> he</c><00:35:15.840><c> knew</c><00:35:16.039><c> had</c><00:35:16.719><c> sealed</c><00:35:17.119><c> victory</c>

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:21.179
while<00:35:19.039><c> he</c><00:35:19.360><c> remains</c><00:35:19.639><c> motionless.</c>

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:26.059
The<00:35:21.480><c> two</c><00:35:21.679><c> men</c><00:35:21.940><c> faced</c><00:35:22.320><c> off,</c><00:35:23.000><c> our</c><00:35:23.179><c> Lord</c><00:35:23.360><c> Jesus</c><00:35:23.739><c> Christ</c><00:35:24.440><c> and</c><00:35:25.320><c> King</c><00:35:25.679><c> Sin.</c>

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:30.960
One<00:35:26.780><c> refused</c><00:35:27.199><c> to</c><00:35:27.519><c> talk</c><00:35:27.780><c> and</c><00:35:29.039><c> one</c><00:35:29.280><c> refused</c><00:35:29.659><c> to</c><00:35:29.940><c> move.</c>

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.760
And<00:35:31.559><c> the</c><00:35:31.719><c> battle</c><00:35:31.900><c> has</c><00:35:32.119><c> been</c><00:35:32.440><c> joined.</c>

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:34.199
Who<00:35:33.119><c> will</c><00:35:33.380><c> win?</c>

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:37.019
Well,<00:35:35.119><c> Haman</c><00:35:35.199><c> got</c><00:35:35.420><c> home</c><00:35:35.639><c> in</c><00:35:35.780><c> verse</c><00:35:35.980><c> 10</c><00:35:36.159><c> and</c><00:35:36.260><c> he</c><00:35:36.360><c> got</c><00:35:36.500><c> all</c><00:35:36.739><c> his</c>

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:38.099
friends<00:35:37.480><c> together.</c>

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:40.400
And<00:35:38.559><c> this</c><00:35:38.699><c> is</c><00:35:38.920><c> a</c><00:35:38.960><c> classic</c><00:35:39.260><c> part</c><00:35:39.500><c> of</c><00:35:39.699><c> the</c><00:35:39.820><c> story,</c><00:35:40.039><c> is</c><00:35:40.159><c> it</c><00:35:40.300><c> not?</c>

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:43.199
Haman<00:35:40.719><c> was</c><00:35:40.920><c> a</c><00:35:41.039><c> man</c><00:35:41.139><c> with</c><00:35:41.320><c> a</c><00:35:41.460><c> big</c><00:35:41.599><c> mouth</c><00:35:41.900><c> and</c><00:35:42.320><c> he</c><00:35:42.599><c> loved</c><00:35:42.760><c> to</c><00:35:43.000><c> have</c>

00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:45.239
friends<00:35:43.519><c> with</c><00:35:43.800><c> big</c><00:35:44.039><c> ears.</c>

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:47.980
And<00:35:45.860><c> so</c><00:35:45.960><c> he</c><00:35:46.059><c> gathered</c><00:35:46.199><c> around</c><00:35:46.480><c> himself</c><00:35:46.860><c> all</c><00:35:47.219><c> those</c><00:35:47.480><c> who</c><00:35:47.639><c> were</c>

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:49.820
sympathetic<00:35:48.579><c> to</c><00:35:48.980><c> sin.</c>

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:53.820
You<00:35:50.380><c> know,</c><00:35:50.719><c> Zeresh</c><00:35:50.980><c> is</c><00:35:51.159><c> a</c><00:35:51.320><c> Persian</c><00:35:51.619><c> name</c><00:35:51.940><c> and</c><00:35:52.460><c> it</c><00:35:52.659><c> means</c><00:35:53.059><c> gold.</c>

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:58.500
And<00:35:54.199><c> that</c><00:35:54.400><c> perfectly</c><00:35:54.820><c> describes</c><00:35:55.619><c> this</c><00:35:56.059><c> woman</c><00:35:56.320><c> whose</c><00:35:56.900><c> ambition</c><00:35:57.639><c> it</c><00:35:58.119><c> was</c>

00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:02.219
to<00:35:58.940><c> love</c><00:35:59.320><c> the</c><00:35:59.880><c> wages</c><00:36:00.239><c> of</c><00:36:00.599><c> unrighteousness.</c>

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:06.300
We<00:36:02.739><c> know</c><00:36:02.920><c> from</c><00:36:03.119><c> chapter</c><00:36:03.320><c> 6</c><00:36:03.679><c> in</c><00:36:03.840><c> verse</c><00:36:04.059><c> 13</c><00:36:04.539><c> that</c><00:36:05.300><c> Haman</c><00:36:05.659><c> has</c><00:36:05.940><c> his</c>

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:07.559
own<00:36:06.699><c> wise</c><00:36:07.099><c> men.</c>

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:10.679
He's<00:36:08.219><c> got</c><00:36:08.320><c> his</c><00:36:08.460><c> own</c><00:36:08.760><c> counselors</c><00:36:09.260><c> and</c><00:36:10.079><c> advisors.</c>

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:13.920
And<00:36:11.199><c> now</c><00:36:11.340><c> he's</c><00:36:11.519><c> going</c><00:36:11.679><c> to</c><00:36:11.980><c> be</c><00:36:12.139><c> a</c><00:36:12.239><c> bit</c><00:36:12.460><c> like</c><00:36:12.739><c> Lamech,</c><00:36:13.519><c> boasting</c>

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.639
to<00:36:14.139><c> his</c><00:36:14.380><c> wives,</c>

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:17.239
look<00:36:14.920><c> how</c><00:36:15.260><c> great</c><00:36:15.739><c> I</c><00:36:16.199><c> am.</c>

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:21.619
And<00:36:18.260><c> so</c><00:36:18.440><c> King</c><00:36:18.659><c> Sin</c><00:36:18.920><c> gets</c><00:36:19.360><c> all</c><00:36:19.559><c> his</c><00:36:19.840><c> royal</c><00:36:20.159><c> advisors</c><00:36:21.019><c> around</c><00:36:21.360><c> him</c><00:36:21.460><c> and</c><00:36:21.539><c> he</c>

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:23.340
wants<00:36:21.800><c> to</c><00:36:22.440><c> boast</c><00:36:22.679><c> about</c><00:36:22.900><c> his</c><00:36:23.119><c> greatness</c>

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:26.960
and<00:36:23.840><c> ask</c><00:36:24.679><c> advice</c><00:36:25.360><c> about</c><00:36:25.699><c> what</c><00:36:25.840><c> he's</c><00:36:26.039><c> going</c><00:36:26.179><c> to</c><00:36:26.300><c> do</c><00:36:26.440><c> about</c><00:36:26.659><c> this</c>

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:29.860
Richard<00:36:27.320><c> Mordecai</c><00:36:27.900><c> who's</c><00:36:28.320><c> cursing</c><00:36:28.699><c> his</c><00:36:28.940><c> life.</c>

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:34.000
And<00:36:30.480><c> verse</c><00:36:31.099><c> 11</c><00:36:31.579><c> to</c><00:36:31.739><c> 13</c><00:36:32.159><c> really</c><00:36:32.480><c> reads</c><00:36:32.739><c> like</c><00:36:33.059><c> a</c><00:36:33.440><c> comedy</c><00:36:33.719><c> act,</c>

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.599
doesn't<00:36:34.280><c> it?</c>

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:37.679
If<00:36:34.960><c> you</c><00:36:35.099><c> were</c><00:36:35.219><c> writing</c><00:36:35.500><c> a</c><00:36:35.780><c> play</c><00:36:35.940><c> about</c><00:36:36.460><c> pride,</c><00:36:37.139><c> brothers</c><00:36:37.219><c> and</c><00:36:37.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:41.099
well,<00:36:38.119><c> you</c><00:36:38.239><c> couldn't</c><00:36:38.480><c> really</c><00:36:38.900><c> draft</c><00:36:39.219><c> up</c><00:36:39.519><c> a</c><00:36:39.679><c> more</c><00:36:39.960><c> ridiculous</c><00:36:40.639><c> scene.</c>

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:44.360
There<00:36:41.320><c> isn't</c><00:36:42.099><c> probably</c><00:36:42.559><c> a</c><00:36:42.900><c> bigger</c><00:36:43.199><c> ego</c><00:36:43.619><c> in</c><00:36:43.780><c> the</c><00:36:43.960><c> Bible</c><00:36:44.179><c> than</c>

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:45.460
this<00:36:44.699><c> man,</c><00:36:45.340><c> Haman.</c>

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:49.500
And<00:36:46.059><c> we</c><00:36:46.159><c> read</c><00:36:46.300><c> in</c><00:36:46.440><c> verse</c><00:36:46.599><c> 11,</c><00:36:47.280><c> and</c><00:36:47.380><c> Haman</c><00:36:47.860><c> told</c><00:36:48.239><c> them</c><00:36:48.579><c> of</c><00:36:49.039><c> the</c>

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:51.139
glory<00:36:50.219><c> of</c><00:36:50.460><c> his</c><00:36:50.699><c> riches</c>

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:55.460
and<00:36:51.920><c> the</c><00:36:52.159><c> multitude</c><00:36:52.679><c> of</c><00:36:52.940><c> his</c><00:36:53.219><c> children</c><00:36:53.760><c> and</c><00:36:54.539><c> all</c><00:36:55.039><c> the</c><00:36:55.239><c> things</c>

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:57.940
wherein<00:36:55.860><c> the</c><00:36:56.400><c> king</c><00:36:56.599><c> had</c><00:36:56.960><c> promoted</c><00:36:57.480><c> him</c>

00:36:57.940 --> 00:37:03.619
and<00:36:58.699><c> how</c><00:36:58.920><c> he</c><00:36:59.079><c> had</c><00:36:59.500><c> advanced</c><00:37:00.099><c> him</c><00:37:00.619><c> above</c><00:37:01.119><c> the</c><00:37:01.440><c> princes</c><00:37:01.860><c> and</c><00:37:02.739><c> servants</c><00:37:03.199><c> of</c>

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:04.760
the<00:37:03.880><c> king.</c>

00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:08.780
Here<00:37:05.260><c> is</c><00:37:05.679><c> the</c><00:37:06.360><c> unquenchable</c><00:37:07.400><c> pride</c><00:37:07.920><c> of</c><00:37:08.280><c> King</c><00:37:08.599><c> Sin.</c>

00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:12.519
He<00:37:09.079><c> thought,</c><00:37:09.880><c> didn't</c><00:37:09.900><c> he,</c><00:37:10.059><c> that</c><00:37:10.139><c> he</c><00:37:10.320><c> was</c><00:37:10.719><c> rocketing</c><00:37:11.219><c> to</c><00:37:11.659><c> stardom.</c>

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:16.420
If<00:37:12.820><c> it</c><00:37:12.980><c> wasn't</c><00:37:13.500><c> good</c><00:37:13.860><c> before</c><00:37:14.579><c> with</c><00:37:15.119><c> everybody</c><00:37:15.519><c> bowing</c><00:37:16.059><c> down,</c>

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:20.820
now,<00:37:17.800><c> well,</c><00:37:18.179><c> I've</c><00:37:18.980><c> really</c><00:37:19.440><c> hit</c><00:37:19.699><c> the</c><00:37:19.960><c> top.</c>

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:27.320
I'm<00:37:21.900><c> the</c><00:37:22.099><c> only</c><00:37:22.480><c> person</c><00:37:23.400><c> in</c><00:37:24.440><c> with</c><00:37:25.480><c> the</c><00:37:25.780><c> king</c><00:37:25.980><c> and</c><00:37:26.219><c> the</c><00:37:26.460><c> queen.</c>

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:31.440
You<00:37:27.500><c> know,</c><00:37:27.619><c> that</c><00:37:27.760><c> word</c><00:37:27.980><c> told</c><00:37:28.420><c> literally</c><00:37:28.900><c> means</c><00:37:29.400><c> to</c><00:37:30.219><c> recount.</c>

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:33.679
And<00:37:31.679><c> we</c><00:37:31.760><c> can</c><00:37:31.880><c> just</c><00:37:32.059><c> imagine</c><00:37:32.380><c> that</c><00:37:32.739><c> probably</c><00:37:33.039><c> he</c><00:37:33.239><c> did</c><00:37:33.360><c> this</c>

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.920
every<00:37:34.059><c> night.</c>

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:38.760
Every<00:37:35.800><c> night</c><00:37:36.000><c> he'd</c><00:37:36.159><c> come</c><00:37:36.340><c> home</c><00:37:36.659><c> and</c><00:37:37.039><c> recount</c><00:37:37.519><c> the</c><00:37:37.880><c> glory</c><00:37:38.340><c> of</c>

00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:40.300
himself<00:37:39.280><c> and</c><00:37:39.460><c> his</c><00:37:39.599><c> own</c><00:37:39.880><c> promotions</c>

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:44.159
and<00:37:40.780><c> the</c><00:37:41.059><c> dates</c><00:37:41.320><c> of</c><00:37:41.500><c> his</c><00:37:41.739><c> promotions</c><00:37:42.300><c> and</c><00:37:43.079><c> the</c><00:37:43.300><c> dates</c><00:37:43.679><c> in</c><00:37:43.860><c> which</c><00:37:44.019><c> he</c>

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:45.440
was<00:37:44.340><c> advanced</c><00:37:44.800><c> by</c><00:37:45.059><c> the</c><00:37:45.280><c> king</c>

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:50.820
and<00:37:45.440><c> were</c><00:37:45.619><c> committed</c><00:37:46.019><c> meticulously</c><00:37:46.699><c> to</c><00:37:46.900><c> memory,</c><00:37:47.300><c> and</c><00:37:47.340><c> now</c><00:37:47.559><c> he's</c><00:37:47.920><c> spouted</c><00:37:48.199><c> them</c><00:37:48.360><c> off</c><00:37:48.539><c> one</c><00:37:48.739><c> by</c><00:37:48.980><c> one.</c>

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:54.280
Proverbs<00:37:51.219><c> chapter</c><00:37:51.599><c> 20</c><00:37:52.000><c> in</c><00:37:52.539><c> verse</c><00:37:52.860><c> 6</c><00:37:53.320><c> says,</c>

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:59.840
Most<00:37:54.739><c> men</c><00:37:55.440><c> will</c><00:37:56.320><c> proclaim</c><00:37:56.960><c> everyone</c><00:37:57.760><c> his</c><00:37:58.380><c> own</c><00:37:58.800><c> goodness.</c>

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:03.699
And<00:38:00.079><c> Haman</c><00:38:00.300><c> is</c><00:38:00.980><c> a</c><00:38:01.199><c> classic</c><00:38:01.480><c> example</c><00:38:02.039><c> of</c><00:38:02.199><c> that</c><00:38:02.860><c> small</c><00:38:03.260><c> proverb.</c>

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:06.000
Proverbs<00:38:04.460><c> 20</c><00:38:04.880><c> in</c><00:38:05.159><c> verse</c><00:38:05.400><c> 6.</c>

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:07.760
You<00:38:06.500><c> know,</c><00:38:06.699><c> brothers</c><00:38:06.840><c> and</c><00:38:07.019><c> sisters,</c><00:38:07.199><c> look</c><00:38:07.420><c> at</c><00:38:07.579><c> this.</c>

00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:11.920
When<00:38:08.460><c> I</c><00:38:08.840><c> put</c><00:38:08.980><c> this</c><00:38:09.199><c> together,</c><00:38:09.539><c> I</c><00:38:10.199><c> was</c><00:38:10.559><c> surprised</c><00:38:11.360><c> at</c><00:38:11.599><c> how</c><00:38:11.760><c> good</c>

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.800
this<00:38:12.179><c> turned</c><00:38:12.380><c> out.</c>

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:16.440
This<00:38:13.159><c> is</c><00:38:13.420><c> the</c><00:38:13.619><c> hallmarks</c><00:38:14.360><c> of</c><00:38:15.420><c> pride.</c>

00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:22.099
And<00:38:16.840><c> look</c><00:38:16.900><c> as</c><00:38:17.059><c> we</c><00:38:17.219><c> read</c><00:38:17.460><c> through</c><00:38:17.980><c> these</c><00:38:18.260><c> verses,</c><00:38:19.460><c> see</c><00:38:20.099><c> the</c><00:38:20.519><c> hallmarks</c><00:38:21.260><c> of</c><00:38:21.739><c> pride.</c>

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:26.920
The<00:38:22.460><c> first</c><00:38:22.719><c> hallmark</c><00:38:23.119><c> of</c><00:38:23.380><c> pride</c><00:38:23.599><c> is</c><00:38:23.980><c> that</c><00:38:24.579><c> it</c><00:38:24.820><c> is</c><00:38:25.300><c> absolutely</c><00:38:26.039><c> selfish.</c>

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:28.760
It<00:38:27.599><c> focuses</c><00:38:28.039><c> on</c><00:38:28.320><c> itself.</c>

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:30.039
Listen<00:38:29.099><c> to</c><00:38:29.280><c> these</c><00:38:29.460><c> words</c><00:38:29.719><c> again.</c>

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:34.539
And<00:38:30.280><c> Haman</c><00:38:30.780><c> told</c><00:38:31.260><c> them</c><00:38:31.420><c> of</c><00:38:31.619><c> the</c><00:38:31.960><c> glory</c><00:38:32.300><c> of</c><00:38:32.599><c> his</c><00:38:33.300><c> riches,</c><00:38:34.360><c> the</c>

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:36.400
multitude<00:38:34.980><c> of</c><00:38:35.260><c> his</c><00:38:35.800><c> children,</c>

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:39.719
and<00:38:37.059><c> all</c><00:38:37.340><c> the</c><00:38:37.519><c> things</c><00:38:37.739><c> wherein</c><00:38:37.980><c> the</c><00:38:38.239><c> king</c><00:38:38.440><c> had</c><00:38:38.699><c> promoted</c><00:38:39.159><c> him</c>

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:44.300
and<00:38:40.360><c> how</c><00:38:40.739><c> he</c><00:38:41.000><c> had</c><00:38:41.239><c> advanced</c><00:38:41.780><c> him</c><00:38:42.480><c> above</c><00:38:42.920><c> the</c><00:38:43.179><c> princes</c><00:38:43.480><c> and</c><00:38:43.840><c> servants</c><00:38:44.099><c> of</c>

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:44.960
the<00:38:44.460><c> king.</c>

00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:48.519
Haman<00:38:45.420><c> said,</c><00:38:45.659><c> Moreover,</c><00:38:46.179><c> yes,</c><00:38:46.380><c> to</c><00:38:46.599><c> the</c><00:38:46.760><c> queen</c><00:38:46.980><c> did</c><00:38:47.159><c> let</c><00:38:47.480><c> no</c><00:38:47.980><c> man</c><00:38:48.179><c> come</c><00:38:48.400><c> in</c>

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:49.219
with<00:38:48.699><c> the</c><00:38:48.880><c> king</c>

00:38:49.219 --> 00:38:53.119
unto<00:38:49.579><c> the</c><00:38:49.780><c> banquet</c><00:38:50.000><c> that</c><00:38:50.199><c> she</c><00:38:50.340><c> had</c><00:38:50.559><c> prepared,</c><00:38:51.280><c> but</c><00:38:51.920><c> myself.</c>

00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:58.699
And<00:38:54.340><c> tomorrow</c><00:38:54.719><c> am</c><00:38:55.539><c> I</c><00:38:56.360><c> invited</c><00:38:57.000><c> unto</c><00:38:57.360><c> her</c><00:38:57.579><c> also</c><00:38:57.960><c> with</c><00:38:58.179><c> the</c><00:38:58.320><c> king.</c>

00:38:58.940 --> 00:39:02.079
Yet<00:38:59.039><c> all</c><00:38:59.260><c> this</c><00:38:59.500><c> avails</c><00:38:59.920><c> me,</c><00:39:00.340><c> me,</c><00:39:01.199><c> nothing.</c>

00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:06.739
So<00:39:02.440><c> long</c><00:39:02.639><c> as</c><00:39:03.179><c> I</c><00:39:04.260><c> see</c><00:39:04.960><c> Mordecai</c><00:39:05.699><c> the</c><00:39:05.980><c> Jew</c><00:39:06.179><c> sitting</c><00:39:06.420><c> at</c><00:39:06.579><c> the</c>

00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:07.159
king's<00:39:07.039><c> gate.</c>

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:10.840
And<00:39:07.320><c> pride</c><00:39:07.780><c> is</c><00:39:08.820><c> absolutely</c><00:39:09.519><c> selfish.</c>

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:12.760
You<00:39:10.880><c> know,</c><00:39:11.139><c> brothers</c><00:39:11.219><c> and</c><00:39:11.380><c> sisters,</c><00:39:11.519><c> if</c><00:39:11.679><c> you</c><00:39:11.860><c> want</c><00:39:12.079><c> a</c><00:39:12.440><c> perfect</c>

00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:14.340
description<00:39:13.239><c> of</c><00:39:13.480><c> Haman,</c>

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:19.079
just<00:39:14.719><c> recite</c><00:39:15.340><c> the</c><00:39:16.119><c> opposite</c><00:39:16.519><c> of</c><00:39:16.960><c> 1</c><00:39:17.179><c> Corinthians</c><00:39:17.719><c> 13.</c>

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:21.579
Haman<00:39:19.860><c> vaunts</c><00:39:20.440><c> himself.</c>

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:23.860
He<00:39:22.159><c> gets</c><00:39:22.500><c> puffed</c><00:39:22.980><c> up.</c>

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:27.159
He<00:39:24.519><c> behaves</c><00:39:25.000><c> himself</c><00:39:25.639><c> unseemly.</c>

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:29.139
He<00:39:27.619><c> seeks</c><00:39:27.940><c> nothing</c><00:39:28.340><c> but</c><00:39:28.639><c> his</c><00:39:28.900><c> own.</c>

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:31.940
It's<00:39:29.780><c> all</c><00:39:29.960><c> there</c><00:39:30.179><c> in</c><00:39:30.400><c> 1</c><00:39:30.679><c> Corinthians</c><00:39:31.199><c> 13.</c>

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:34.059
The<00:39:32.519><c> opposite</c><00:39:32.880><c> of</c><00:39:33.179><c> it</c><00:39:33.420><c> is</c><00:39:33.699><c> Haman.</c>

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:37.840
Now,<00:39:35.000><c> the</c><00:39:35.119><c> second</c><00:39:35.380><c> hallmark</c><00:39:35.699><c> of</c><00:39:35.900><c> pride</c><00:39:36.159><c> is</c><00:39:36.880><c> that,</c><00:39:37.280><c> and</c><00:39:37.519><c> you've</c>

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.639
probably<00:39:38.099><c> noticed</c><00:39:38.420><c> this</c>

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:40.860
because<00:39:38.860><c> most</c><00:39:39.099><c> of</c><00:39:39.219><c> you</c><00:39:39.340><c> are</c><00:39:39.539><c> older</c><00:39:39.760><c> and</c><00:39:39.960><c> more</c><00:39:40.179><c> experienced</c><00:39:40.619><c> in</c>

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:42.159
life<00:39:41.059><c> than</c><00:39:41.219><c> me,</c>

00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:46.960
but<00:39:42.619><c> pride</c><00:39:43.059><c> rejoices</c><00:39:43.679><c> not</c><00:39:43.960><c> so</c><00:39:44.219><c> much</c><00:39:44.519><c> in</c><00:39:44.780><c> the</c><00:39:45.199><c> inclusion</c><00:39:45.739><c> of</c><00:39:46.139><c> self,</c>

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:50.920
but<00:39:47.400><c> the</c><00:39:47.940><c> exclusion</c><00:39:48.840><c> of</c><00:39:49.900><c> others.</c>

00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:54.860
Haman's<00:39:51.539><c> delighted</c><00:39:52.099><c> not</c><00:39:52.940><c> just</c><00:39:53.260><c> that</c><00:39:53.420><c> he</c><00:39:53.599><c> was</c><00:39:53.820><c> invited,</c>

00:39:55.300 --> 00:39:58.559
but<00:39:55.460><c> that</c><00:39:55.679><c> no</c><00:39:55.800><c> one</c><00:39:55.920><c> else</c><00:39:56.239><c> was,</c><00:39:57.139><c> that</c><00:39:57.360><c> everybody</c><00:39:57.820><c> else</c><00:39:58.340><c> has</c>

00:39:58.559 --> 00:40:00.119
been<00:39:58.760><c> left</c><00:39:59.119><c> out.</c>

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:03.239
That's<00:40:00.980><c> what</c><00:40:01.159><c> pride</c><00:40:01.599><c> does</c><00:40:02.059><c> to</c><00:40:02.340><c> us,</c><00:40:02.679><c> brothers</c><00:40:02.780><c> and</c><00:40:03.000><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:08.000
We<00:40:03.460><c> delight</c><00:40:04.019><c> when</c><00:40:04.679><c> other</c><00:40:05.179><c> people</c><00:40:06.000><c> are</c><00:40:06.519><c> left</c><00:40:06.840><c> out.</c>

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:12.559
You<00:40:08.559><c> know,</c><00:40:09.199><c> if</c><00:40:10.019><c> that</c><00:40:10.199><c> was</c><00:40:10.380><c> verse</c><00:40:10.559><c> 11</c><00:40:10.980><c> and</c><00:40:11.360><c> then</c><00:40:11.599><c> verse</c><00:40:11.820><c> 12,</c>

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:17.159
verse<00:40:13.320><c> 13</c><00:40:13.840><c> tells</c><00:40:14.139><c> us</c><00:40:14.900><c> that</c><00:40:15.199><c> pride</c><00:40:15.659><c> can</c><00:40:16.059><c> never</c><00:40:16.300><c> make</c><00:40:16.559><c> you</c><00:40:16.840><c> happy,</c>

00:40:17.239 --> 00:40:21.019
yet<00:40:17.599><c> all</c><00:40:18.380><c> this</c><00:40:18.880><c> avails</c><00:40:19.480><c> me</c><00:40:19.880><c> nothing,</c>

00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:25.420
while<00:40:22.320><c> Mordecai</c><00:40:22.920><c> the</c><00:40:23.260><c> Jew</c><00:40:23.780><c> sits</c><00:40:24.320><c> in</c><00:40:24.539><c> the</c><00:40:24.719><c> king's</c><00:40:25.079><c> gate.</c>

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:28.420
And<00:40:26.059><c> brothers</c><00:40:26.219><c> and</c><00:40:26.460><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:34.099
King<00:40:29.960><c> Sin</c><00:40:30.519><c> is</c><00:40:31.320><c> not</c><00:40:31.619><c> going</c><00:40:31.840><c> to</c><00:40:32.000><c> be</c><00:40:32.199><c> happy</c><00:40:32.440><c> until</c><00:40:32.880><c> every</c><00:40:33.599><c> subject</c>

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:36.039
is<00:40:34.840><c> under</c><00:40:35.199><c> his</c><00:40:35.519><c> control.</c>

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:37.699
You<00:40:36.559><c> know,</c><00:40:36.619><c> if</c><00:40:36.719><c> you're</c><00:40:36.820><c> taking</c><00:40:37.000><c> notes,</c><00:40:37.260><c> you</c><00:40:37.340><c> might</c><00:40:37.480><c> want</c><00:40:37.619><c> to</c>

00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:39.260
put<00:40:37.800><c> alongside</c><00:40:38.219><c> this</c><00:40:38.480><c> particular</c><00:40:38.900><c> point,</c>

00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:43.739
Malachi<00:40:39.960><c> 3</c><00:40:40.360><c> in</c><00:40:40.559><c> verse</c><00:40:40.820><c> 15,</c><00:40:41.300><c> because</c><00:40:41.500><c> the</c><00:40:41.719><c> prophet</c><00:40:41.880><c> is</c><00:40:42.159><c> sarcastic</c><00:40:42.659><c> and</c><00:40:42.780><c> he</c><00:40:43.000><c> says,</c>

00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:46.780
and<00:40:44.300><c> now</c><00:40:44.719><c> we</c><00:40:45.039><c> call</c><00:40:45.219><c> the</c><00:40:45.739><c> proud</c><00:40:46.139><c> happy.</c>

00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:49.059
Those<00:40:47.360><c> two</c><00:40:47.539><c> things</c><00:40:47.699><c> don't</c><00:40:47.920><c> go</c><00:40:48.159><c> together.</c>

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:52.579
People<00:40:49.480><c> who</c><00:40:49.679><c> are</c><00:40:50.119><c> proud</c><00:40:50.599><c> aren't</c><00:40:51.559><c> usually</c><00:40:52.099><c> happy.</c>

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:57.800
And<00:40:53.579><c> lastly,</c><00:40:54.599><c> pride</c><00:40:54.860><c> inevitably</c><00:40:55.639><c> ends</c><00:40:56.280><c> in</c><00:40:56.960><c> hate.</c>

00:40:58.340 --> 00:41:00.320
He<00:40:58.460><c> wants</c><00:40:58.880><c> to</c><00:40:59.320><c> hang</c><00:40:59.639><c> Mordecai.</c>

00:41:00.820 --> 00:41:03.440
And<00:41:00.980><c> after</c><00:41:01.280><c> all</c><00:41:01.619><c> the</c><00:41:01.820><c> things</c><00:41:02.000><c> that</c><00:41:02.199><c> the</c><00:41:02.400><c> king</c><00:41:02.639><c> has</c><00:41:03.239><c> heaped</c>

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:03.840
upon<00:41:03.699><c> him,</c>

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:05.940
the<00:41:04.159><c> honour,</c><00:41:04.500><c> the</c><00:41:04.719><c> advancements,</c><00:41:05.360><c> the</c><00:41:05.500><c> promotions,</c>

00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:08.360
the<00:41:06.579><c> greatest</c><00:41:06.940><c> thing</c><00:41:07.179><c> in</c><00:41:07.260><c> his</c><00:41:07.519><c> life,</c><00:41:07.860><c> brothers</c><00:41:07.980><c> and</c><00:41:08.159><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:09.739
is<00:41:08.800><c> hate.</c>

00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:13.940
That's<00:41:10.800><c> where</c><00:41:10.980><c> pride</c><00:41:11.599><c> inevitably</c><00:41:12.440><c> leads</c><00:41:13.380><c> us.</c>

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:15.980
It's<00:41:14.539><c> so</c><00:41:14.739><c> dangerous,</c><00:41:15.099><c> isn't</c><00:41:15.260><c> it,</c><00:41:15.340><c> brothers</c><00:41:15.559><c> and</c><00:41:15.780><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:19.179
this<00:41:16.539><c> insidious</c><00:41:17.139><c> disease</c><00:41:17.579><c> that</c><00:41:17.780><c> we</c><00:41:17.940><c> all</c><00:41:18.199><c> have.</c>

00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:25.360
Well,<00:41:20.280><c> Zeresh</c><00:41:20.500><c> and</c><00:41:22.460><c> Haman's</c><00:41:23.539><c> friends</c><00:41:23.960><c> had</c><00:41:24.460><c> some</c><00:41:24.679><c> good</c><00:41:24.880><c> ideas,</c>

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:27.099
verse<00:41:25.719><c> 14.</c>

00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:30.579
Zeresh<00:41:28.619><c> and</c><00:41:29.179><c> his</c><00:41:29.699><c> friends</c><00:41:29.960><c> said</c><00:41:30.139><c> unto</c><00:41:30.360><c> him,</c>

00:41:30.739 --> 00:41:33.360
Let<00:41:30.840><c> a</c><00:41:31.039><c> gallows</c><00:41:31.500><c> be</c><00:41:31.900><c> made</c><00:41:32.119><c> of</c><00:41:32.300><c> fifty</c><00:41:32.619><c> cubits</c><00:41:32.960><c> high,</c>

00:41:33.760 --> 00:41:36.599
and<00:41:33.960><c> tomorrow</c><00:41:34.579><c> speak</c><00:41:35.219><c> thou</c><00:41:35.380><c> unto</c><00:41:35.539><c> the</c><00:41:35.760><c> king</c><00:41:35.960><c> that</c><00:41:36.179><c> Mordecai</c>

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:37.840
may<00:41:36.860><c> be</c><00:41:37.079><c> hanged</c><00:41:37.400><c> thereon.</c>

00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:41.179
Then<00:41:38.280><c> you</c><00:41:38.440><c> can</c><00:41:38.559><c> go</c><00:41:38.739><c> in</c><00:41:39.019><c> merrily</c><00:41:39.820><c> unto</c><00:41:40.179><c> the</c><00:41:40.340><c> king's</c><00:41:40.800><c> banquet.</c>

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:45.659
And<00:41:41.739><c> the</c><00:41:41.880><c> thing</c><00:41:42.139><c> pleased</c><00:41:42.659><c> Haman,</c><00:41:43.139><c> and</c><00:41:43.139><c> he</c><00:41:43.400><c> caused</c><00:41:43.780><c> the</c><00:41:44.059><c> gallows</c><00:41:44.500><c> to</c><00:41:44.980><c> be</c><00:41:45.260><c> made.</c>

00:41:45.659 --> 00:41:49.539
They<00:41:46.599><c> say,</c><00:41:47.699><c> don't</c><00:41:47.699><c> feel</c><00:41:48.119><c> like</c><00:41:48.519><c> that,</c><00:41:48.880><c> Haman.</c>

00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:51.880
Don't<00:41:49.980><c> be</c><00:41:50.179><c> so</c><00:41:50.440><c> down</c><00:41:50.639><c> in</c><00:41:50.800><c> the</c><00:41:51.000><c> mouth.</c>

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:56.039
Look,<00:41:52.300><c> if</c><00:41:52.440><c> you</c><00:41:52.780><c> really</c><00:41:53.159><c> have</c><00:41:53.699><c> all</c><00:41:54.139><c> that</c><00:41:54.440><c> influence</c><00:41:54.880><c> with</c><00:41:55.099><c> the</c><00:41:55.380><c> king,</c>

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:58.099
then<00:41:56.579><c> just</c><00:41:56.920><c> hang</c><00:41:57.119><c> him.</c>

00:41:58.960 --> 00:42:00.940
Just<00:41:59.360><c> deal</c><00:41:59.719><c> with</c><00:41:59.980><c> him</c><00:42:00.480><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:03.980
Use<00:42:01.380><c> your</c><00:42:01.739><c> authority</c><00:42:02.260><c> to</c><00:42:02.559><c> expedite</c><00:42:03.079><c> matters.</c>

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:05.500
Make<00:42:04.539><c> an</c><00:42:04.800><c> example</c><00:42:05.159><c> of</c><00:42:05.300><c> him.</c>

00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:08.380
I<00:42:05.639><c> mean,</c><00:42:05.800><c> if</c><00:42:06.000><c> the</c><00:42:06.139><c> king</c><00:42:06.300><c> is</c><00:42:06.699><c> willing</c><00:42:06.900><c> to</c><00:42:07.219><c> massacre</c><00:42:07.559><c> all</c><00:42:07.940><c> the</c><00:42:08.099><c> Jews</c><00:42:08.239><c> in</c>

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:09.199
just<00:42:08.579><c> a</c><00:42:08.719><c> few</c><00:42:08.800><c> months,</c>

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:11.619
he's<00:42:09.880><c> certainly</c><00:42:10.280><c> not</c><00:42:10.480><c> going</c><00:42:10.659><c> to</c><00:42:10.780><c> object</c><00:42:11.000><c> to</c><00:42:11.179><c> getting</c><00:42:11.300><c> rid</c><00:42:11.500><c> of</c>

00:42:11.619 --> 00:42:13.579
one<00:42:11.760><c> of</c><00:42:11.860><c> them</c><00:42:12.119><c> a</c><00:42:12.320><c> little</c><00:42:12.500><c> bit</c><00:42:12.699><c> early.</c>

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:17.280
Listen<00:42:15.239><c> to</c><00:42:15.400><c> those</c><00:42:15.599><c> words,</c><00:42:15.860><c> brothers</c><00:42:16.099><c> and</c><00:42:16.280><c> sisters.</c>

00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:21.239
Tomorrow<00:42:18.199><c> speak</c><00:42:19.659><c> to</c><00:42:19.840><c> the</c><00:42:20.000><c> king.</c>

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:25.719
Then<00:42:21.659><c> go</c><00:42:21.980><c> in</c><00:42:22.980><c> merrily</c><00:42:24.199><c> unto</c><00:42:24.639><c> the</c><00:42:24.840><c> banquet.</c>

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:30.360
And<00:42:27.480><c> Haman</c><00:42:27.820><c> was</c><00:42:29.760><c> pleased.</c>

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:33.079
He<00:42:30.539><c> was</c><00:42:30.840><c> the</c><00:42:31.099><c> ultimate</c><00:42:31.860><c> fool.</c>

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:40.179
He<00:42:34.360><c> said,</c><00:42:35.320><c> I</c><00:42:35.500><c> will</c><00:42:35.739><c> eat,</c><00:42:37.460><c> I</c><00:42:37.559><c> will</c><00:42:37.840><c> drink,</c><00:42:38.960><c> and</c><00:42:39.199><c> be</c><00:42:39.440><c> merry.</c>

00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:44.920
For<00:42:41.059><c> tomorrow</c><00:42:42.480><c> Mordecai</c><00:42:43.460><c> will</c><00:42:43.780><c> die.</c>

00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:49.820
And<00:42:45.840><c> those</c><00:42:45.980><c> words</c><00:42:46.300><c> tomorrow</c><00:42:46.880><c> and</c><00:42:47.199><c> merry</c><00:42:47.559><c> give</c><00:42:48.099><c> us</c><00:42:48.420><c> that</c><00:42:48.659><c> connection</c><00:42:49.159><c> with</c>

00:42:49.820 --> 00:42:52.079
that<00:42:50.159><c> particular</c><00:42:50.920><c> parable.</c>

00:42:53.300 --> 00:42:54.260
What<00:42:53.420><c> a</c><00:42:53.619><c> fool</c><00:42:53.719><c> he</c><00:42:54.000><c> was.</c>

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:56.179
And<00:42:54.440><c> so</c><00:42:54.519><c> he</c><00:42:54.719><c> caused</c><00:42:54.920><c> the</c><00:42:55.179><c> gallows</c><00:42:55.460><c> to</c><00:42:55.659><c> be</c><00:42:55.880><c> made.</c>

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:58.239
You<00:42:56.619><c> know,</c><00:42:56.679><c> the</c><00:42:56.800><c> gallows</c><00:42:57.059><c> really,</c><00:42:57.360><c> we</c><00:42:57.539><c> learned</c><00:42:57.699><c> from</c><00:42:57.980><c> chapter</c>

00:42:58.239 --> 00:42:59.119
7<00:42:58.519><c> and</c><00:42:58.679><c> verse</c><00:42:58.860><c> 9,</c>

00:42:59.139 --> 00:43:01.300
was<00:42:59.300><c> really</c><00:42:59.559><c> a</c><00:42:59.780><c> tree</c><00:42:59.880><c> in</c><00:43:00.019><c> his</c><00:43:00.139><c> own</c><00:43:00.340><c> backyard.</c>

00:43:01.619 --> 00:43:05.500
The<00:43:02.000><c> margin,</c><00:43:02.400><c> in</c><00:43:02.559><c> fact,</c><00:43:02.719><c> has</c><00:43:03.079><c> tree</c><00:43:04.019><c> as</c><00:43:04.639><c> its</c><00:43:04.920><c> translation.</c>

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:11.179
And<00:43:06.119><c> the</c><00:43:06.340><c> same</c><00:43:06.599><c> word</c><00:43:07.039><c> here</c><00:43:08.260><c> in</c><00:43:08.579><c> the</c><00:43:08.860><c> Septuagint</c><00:43:09.380><c> is</c><00:43:09.679><c> used</c><00:43:10.000><c> in</c><00:43:10.280><c> Acts</c><00:43:10.500><c> chapter</c><00:43:10.800><c> 5</c>

00:43:11.179 --> 00:43:12.199
and<00:43:11.360><c> verse</c><00:43:11.780><c> 30</c>

00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:15.860
to<00:43:12.440><c> describe</c><00:43:12.880><c> the</c><00:43:13.139><c> cross</c><00:43:13.440><c> of</c><00:43:13.780><c> Christ,</c><00:43:14.440><c> whom</c><00:43:14.519><c> he</c><00:43:14.820><c> slew</c><00:43:15.159><c> and</c><00:43:15.400><c> hanged</c><00:43:15.679><c> on</c>

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:16.420
a<00:43:16.159><c> tree.</c>

00:43:16.880 --> 00:43:21.340
So<00:43:17.099><c> clearly</c><00:43:17.280><c> it's</c><00:43:17.480><c> not</c><00:43:17.860><c> really</c><00:43:18.639><c> a</c><00:43:18.880><c> gallows,</c><00:43:19.480><c> it's</c><00:43:20.179><c> a</c><00:43:20.440><c> tree.</c>

00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:26.679
It's<00:43:21.980><c> 50</c><00:43:22.300><c> cubits</c><00:43:22.659><c> high</c><00:43:22.960><c> or</c><00:43:23.480><c> 75</c><00:43:23.960><c> feet</c><00:43:24.500><c> or</c><00:43:24.739><c> 23</c><00:43:25.420><c> meters.</c>

00:43:27.199 --> 00:43:30.460
And<00:43:27.300><c> so</c><00:43:27.679><c> Haman</c><00:43:27.880><c> went</c><00:43:28.059><c> to</c><00:43:28.280><c> sleep</c><00:43:28.380><c> that</c><00:43:28.619><c> night,</c><00:43:28.840><c> a</c><00:43:29.099><c> happy</c><00:43:29.360><c> fool,</c>

00:43:30.639 --> 00:43:34.340
dreaming<00:43:30.900><c> of</c><00:43:31.099><c> how</c><00:43:31.320><c> merrily</c><00:43:31.659><c> he</c><00:43:31.800><c> would</c><00:43:32.219><c> go</c><00:43:32.559><c> into</c><00:43:32.780><c> the</c><00:43:32.940><c> banquet</c><00:43:33.199><c> tomorrow,</c>

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:37.159
dreaming<00:43:35.079><c> of</c><00:43:35.420><c> Mordecai</c><00:43:36.079><c> swinging</c><00:43:36.480><c> in</c><00:43:36.699><c> the</c><00:43:36.840><c> breeze,</c>

00:43:37.239 --> 00:43:42.179
not<00:43:37.579><c> knowing,</c><00:43:37.820><c> of</c><00:43:38.039><c> course,</c><00:43:39.639><c> that</c><00:43:39.639><c> tomorrow</c><00:43:40.360><c> his</c><00:43:41.300><c> life</c><00:43:41.619><c> was</c><00:43:41.880><c> going</c><00:43:42.019><c> to</c>

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:44.280
be<00:43:42.440><c> required</c><00:43:42.980><c> of</c><00:43:43.360><c> him.</c>

00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:46.579
And<00:43:44.920><c> so</c><00:43:45.019><c> now</c><00:43:45.139><c> we</c><00:43:45.260><c> come</c><00:43:45.420><c> to</c><00:43:45.559><c> chapter</c><00:43:45.780><c> 6.</c>

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:50.719
And<00:43:46.980><c> as</c><00:43:47.400><c> Haman</c><00:43:47.900><c> gets</c><00:43:48.420><c> a</c><00:43:48.920><c> peaceful</c><00:43:49.280><c> early</c><00:43:49.579><c> night,</c><00:43:50.079><c> the</c><00:43:50.159><c> king</c><00:43:50.400><c> is</c>

00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:51.519
greatly<00:43:51.119><c> troubled</c>

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:54.199
because<00:43:51.880><c> he</c><00:43:52.340><c> still</c><00:43:52.519><c> doesn't</c><00:43:52.820><c> know,</c><00:43:53.079><c> does</c><00:43:53.239><c> he,</c><00:43:53.440><c> why</c><00:43:53.840><c> Esther</c>

00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:55.599
had<00:43:54.579><c> risked</c><00:43:54.880><c> her</c><00:43:55.179><c> life.</c>

00:43:55.679 --> 00:43:57.199
And<00:43:55.840><c> it's</c><00:43:56.079><c> worrying</c><00:43:56.320><c> him</c><00:43:56.599><c> greatly.</c>

00:43:57.699 --> 00:44:01.039
We<00:43:57.780><c> read</c><00:43:57.880><c> in</c><00:43:58.000><c> verse</c><00:43:58.199><c> 1,</c><00:43:58.800><c> On</c><00:43:59.079><c> that</c><00:43:59.300><c> night</c><00:43:59.719><c> could</c><00:44:00.079><c> not</c><00:44:00.260><c> the</c><00:44:00.420><c> king</c><00:44:00.579><c> sleep,</c>

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:04.300
and<00:44:01.760><c> he</c><00:44:01.920><c> commanded</c><00:44:02.400><c> to</c><00:44:02.659><c> bring</c><00:44:02.800><c> the</c><00:44:03.039><c> book</c><00:44:03.260><c> of</c><00:44:03.460><c> the</c><00:44:03.719><c> records</c><00:44:04.079><c> of</c>

00:44:04.300 --> 00:44:05.039
the<00:44:04.500><c> chronicles,</c>

00:44:05.320 --> 00:44:07.739
and<00:44:05.579><c> they</c><00:44:05.739><c> were</c><00:44:05.920><c> read</c><00:44:06.139><c> before</c><00:44:06.500><c> the</c><00:44:06.760><c> king.</c>

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:11.019
On<00:44:09.480><c> that</c><00:44:10.000><c> night.</c>

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:14.440
See<00:44:11.519><c> how</c><00:44:11.739><c> the</c><00:44:12.000><c> record</c><00:44:12.260><c> is</c><00:44:12.420><c> very</c><00:44:12.659><c> specific</c><00:44:13.059><c> about</c><00:44:13.320><c> where</c><00:44:13.519><c> we</c><00:44:13.659><c> are</c><00:44:13.800><c> in</c><00:44:14.039><c> time.</c>

00:44:14.739 --> 00:44:18.940
This<00:44:14.840><c> is</c><00:44:15.119><c> the</c><00:44:15.320><c> last</c><00:44:15.699><c> night</c><00:44:15.940><c> of</c><00:44:16.199><c> Mordecai's</c><00:44:17.639><c> three</c><00:44:18.019><c> day,</c><00:44:18.579><c> three</c>

00:44:18.940 --> 00:44:20.519
night<00:44:19.260><c> fast.</c>

00:44:21.260 --> 00:44:22.860
And<00:44:21.380><c> you</c><00:44:21.420><c> know,</c><00:44:21.599><c> brothers</c><00:44:21.760><c> and</c><00:44:21.940><c> sisters,</c><00:44:22.079><c> there</c><00:44:22.300><c> was</c><00:44:22.619><c> someone</c>

00:44:22.860 --> 00:44:25.300
else<00:44:23.159><c> who</c><00:44:23.360><c> couldn't</c><00:44:23.900><c> sleep</c><00:44:24.460><c> that</c><00:44:24.940><c> night.</c>

00:44:25.659 --> 00:44:26.639
God<00:44:25.980><c> himself.</c>

00:44:26.639 --> 00:44:31.139
He<00:44:27.519><c> calls</c><00:44:28.000><c> himself,</c><00:44:28.420><c> doesn't</c><00:44:28.619><c> he,</c><00:44:28.960><c> in</c><00:44:29.079><c> Psalm</c><00:44:29.460><c> 121</c><00:44:30.400><c> verse</c><00:44:30.639><c> 4,</c>

00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:35.599
the<00:44:31.480><c> God</c><00:44:31.840><c> of</c><00:44:32.039><c> Israel,</c><00:44:32.599><c> who</c><00:44:32.820><c> slumbers</c><00:44:33.480><c> not,</c><00:44:34.320><c> nor</c><00:44:34.340><c> sleeps.</c>

00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:41.099
And<00:44:37.059><c> the</c><00:44:37.280><c> king,</c><00:44:38.260><c> our</c><00:44:38.420><c> Heavenly</c><00:44:38.760><c> Father,</c><00:44:40.000><c> cannot</c><00:44:40.179><c> sleep.</c>

00:44:41.480 --> 00:44:43.719
The<00:44:41.739><c> angels</c><00:44:41.900><c> are</c><00:44:42.079><c> working</c><00:44:42.340><c> to</c><00:44:42.539><c> a</c><00:44:42.739><c> meticulous</c><00:44:43.179><c> timetable.</c>

00:44:43.820 --> 00:44:47.039
Here<00:44:43.940><c> is</c><00:44:44.559><c> Providence</c><00:44:44.940><c> at</c><00:44:45.159><c> work,</c><00:44:45.420><c> a</c><00:44:45.480><c> most</c><00:44:45.900><c> incredible</c><00:44:46.519><c> story.</c>

00:44:47.539 --> 00:44:51.340
Can<00:44:47.659><c> you</c><00:44:47.820><c> imagine,</c><00:44:48.159><c> brothers</c><00:44:48.260><c> and</c><00:44:48.380><c> sisters,</c><00:44:48.639><c> being</c><00:44:49.320><c> the</c><00:44:49.679><c> angel</c><00:44:50.300><c> in</c><00:44:51.039><c> charge</c>

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:57.239
of<00:44:51.559><c> making</c><00:44:52.260><c> Ahasuerus'</c><00:44:53.360><c> mattress</c><00:44:53.960><c> and</c><00:44:54.440><c> pillow</c><00:44:54.940><c> being</c><00:44:56.280><c> very</c>

00:44:57.239 --> 00:44:59.139
uncomfortable<00:44:57.980><c> and</c><00:44:58.260><c> lumpy</c><00:44:58.539><c> that</c><00:44:58.780><c> night?</c>

00:44:59.519 --> 00:45:01.260
Can<00:44:59.639><c> you</c><00:44:59.780><c> imagine</c><00:44:59.920><c> having</c><00:45:00.119><c> that</c><00:45:00.380><c> job?</c>

00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:05.039
Because<00:45:01.860><c> literally</c><00:45:02.239><c> it</c><00:45:02.500><c> means</c><00:45:03.000><c> sleep</c><00:45:03.800><c> fled</c><00:45:04.139><c> away</c><00:45:04.500><c> from</c><00:45:04.659><c> him.</c>

00:45:05.300 --> 00:45:08.340
He<00:45:05.460><c> obviously</c><00:45:05.739><c> was</c><00:45:05.960><c> having</c><00:45:06.219><c> a</c><00:45:06.659><c> terribly</c><00:45:06.940><c> rough</c><00:45:07.219><c> time.</c>

00:45:08.880 --> 00:45:13.420
King<00:45:09.139><c> Sin</c><00:45:09.340><c> was</c><00:45:09.960><c> tucked</c><00:45:10.239><c> up</c><00:45:10.739><c> at</c><00:45:11.159><c> home</c><00:45:11.480><c> in</c><00:45:11.760><c> bed,</c><00:45:12.199><c> absolutely</c><00:45:12.659><c> confident</c><00:45:13.079><c> that</c><00:45:13.260><c> the</c>

00:45:13.420 --> 00:45:14.280
morning<00:45:13.579><c> would</c><00:45:13.800><c> see</c>

00:45:14.280 --> 00:45:19.400
the<00:45:14.639><c> crucifixion</c><00:45:15.260><c> of</c><00:45:15.480><c> Mordecai,</c><00:45:16.420><c> but</c><00:45:16.739><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:45:17.940><c> cannot</c><00:45:18.360><c> sleep.</c>

00:45:19.780 --> 00:45:23.820
God<00:45:20.460><c> could</c><00:45:21.139><c> not</c><00:45:21.400><c> rest,</c><00:45:22.019><c> brothers</c><00:45:22.079><c> and</c><00:45:22.320><c> sisters,</c><00:45:23.280><c> because,</c><00:45:23.639><c> well,</c><00:45:23.639><c> he's</c><00:45:23.760><c> a</c>

00:45:23.820 --> 00:45:26.880
bit<00:45:23.940><c> like</c><00:45:24.179><c> Darius</c><00:45:24.860><c> in</c><00:45:25.360><c> Daniel</c><00:45:25.719><c> 6</c><00:45:26.059><c> in</c><00:45:26.219><c> verse</c><00:45:26.420><c> 18.</c>

00:45:27.139 --> 00:45:28.639
His<00:45:27.179><c> sleep</c><00:45:27.639><c> went</c><00:45:27.940><c> from</c><00:45:28.219><c> him.</c>

00:45:28.880 --> 00:45:34.559
His<00:45:29.219><c> only</c><00:45:29.800><c> begotten</c><00:45:30.380><c> son,</c><00:45:31.559><c> Mordecai</c><00:45:32.139><c> in</c><00:45:32.460><c> type,</c><00:45:32.900><c> is</c><00:45:33.260><c> still</c><00:45:33.960><c> in</c>

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:35.760
the<00:45:34.800><c> grave.</c>

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:39.519
And<00:45:36.099><c> the</c><00:45:36.420><c> stone</c><00:45:36.920><c> is</c><00:45:37.760><c> still</c><00:45:38.119><c> rolled</c><00:45:38.400><c> over</c><00:45:38.719><c> the</c><00:45:38.940><c> entrance</c><00:45:39.300><c> to</c>

00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:43.059
the<00:45:39.719><c> tomb,</c><00:45:40.380><c> and</c><00:45:40.619><c> sleep</c><00:45:41.059><c> fled</c><00:45:41.639><c> from</c><00:45:41.920><c> the</c><00:45:42.159><c> king.</c>

00:45:43.199 --> 00:45:48.099
And<00:45:43.760><c> so</c><00:45:43.920><c> he</c><00:45:44.079><c> called</c><00:45:44.360><c> for</c><00:45:44.599><c> the</c><00:45:45.199><c> history</c><00:45:45.559><c> books,</c><00:45:46.679><c> as</c><00:45:46.800><c> you</c><00:45:46.960><c> do</c><00:45:47.119><c> when</c><00:45:47.940><c> you</c>

00:45:48.099 --> 00:45:49.679
desperately<00:45:48.460><c> want</c><00:45:49.039><c> to</c><00:45:49.179><c> get</c><00:45:49.280><c> to</c><00:45:49.539><c> sleep.</c>

00:45:49.699 --> 00:45:53.579
You<00:45:49.860><c> pick</c><00:45:50.019><c> up</c><00:45:50.119><c> your</c><00:45:50.280><c> old</c><00:45:50.579><c> history</c><00:45:51.000><c> books,</c><00:45:51.679><c> and</c><00:45:51.840><c> just</c><00:45:52.340><c> like</c><00:45:52.659><c> that,</c><00:45:53.159><c> you're</c><00:45:53.420><c> out</c>

00:45:53.579 --> 00:45:54.800
to<00:45:53.780><c> it.</c>

00:45:55.420 --> 00:46:04.639
And<00:45:55.800><c> the</c><00:45:55.980><c> angel</c><00:45:56.420><c> opens</c><00:45:56.980><c> the</c><00:45:57.360><c> history</c><00:45:57.599><c> book</c><00:45:58.320><c> just</c><00:45:59.940><c> there,</c><00:46:03.940><c> right</c><00:46:04.320><c> on</c>

00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:06.360
the<00:46:04.800><c> right</c><00:46:05.059><c> page.</c>

00:46:06.820 --> 00:46:09.639
Because<00:46:07.000><c> you</c><00:46:07.099><c> know,</c><00:46:07.320><c> brothers</c><00:46:07.440><c> and</c><00:46:07.619><c> sisters,</c><00:46:08.699><c> God</c><00:46:09.079><c> keeps</c><00:46:09.420><c> a</c>

00:46:09.639 --> 00:46:11.099
history<00:46:09.860><c> book</c><00:46:10.079><c> too,</c><00:46:10.519><c> doesn't</c><00:46:10.739><c> He?</c>

00:46:11.099 --> 00:46:17.739
Psalm<00:46:12.039><c> 139</c><00:46:13.039><c> in</c><00:46:13.199><c> verse</c><00:46:14.039><c> 16,</c><00:46:15.739><c> a</c><00:46:15.820><c> record</c><00:46:16.219><c> of</c><00:46:16.519><c> all</c><00:46:16.900><c> the</c><00:46:17.099><c> actions</c><00:46:17.500><c> of</c>

00:46:17.739 --> 00:46:19.940
all<00:46:17.920><c> of</c><00:46:18.000><c> us</c><00:46:18.159><c> down</c><00:46:18.400><c> through</c><00:46:18.719><c> time.</c>

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:26.400
And<00:46:20.500><c> tonight,</c><00:46:21.179><c> brothers</c><00:46:21.219><c> and</c><00:46:21.500><c> sisters,</c><00:46:22.659><c> tonight</c><00:46:23.079><c> was</c><00:46:23.519><c> the</c><00:46:24.400><c> most</c><00:46:25.099><c> special</c><00:46:25.639><c> night</c><00:46:26.059><c> in</c>

00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:28.139
the<00:46:26.579><c> history</c><00:46:26.840><c> of</c><00:46:27.019><c> the</c><00:46:27.219><c> world.</c>

00:46:28.579 --> 00:46:33.260
God<00:46:28.880><c> cannot</c><00:46:29.280><c> sleep,</c><00:46:30.239><c> and</c><00:46:30.460><c> there</c><00:46:30.679><c> is</c><00:46:31.099><c> absolutely</c><00:46:31.719><c> no</c><00:46:32.159><c> way,</c><00:46:32.619><c> brothers</c><00:46:32.739><c> and</c><00:46:33.000><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:39.699
that<00:46:33.460><c> he</c><00:46:33.659><c> was</c><00:46:33.900><c> going</c><00:46:34.099><c> to</c><00:46:34.460><c> forget</c><00:46:35.039><c> the</c><00:46:35.659><c> marvelous</c><00:46:36.139><c> works</c><00:46:36.480><c> of</c><00:46:36.719><c> Christ</c><00:46:37.260><c> that</c><00:46:37.860><c> had</c><00:46:38.099><c> been</c><00:46:38.400><c> recorded</c><00:46:38.900><c> of</c><00:46:39.260><c> him.</c>

00:46:39.699 --> 00:46:44.260
And<00:46:40.239><c> the</c><00:46:40.300><c> king</c><00:46:40.460><c> is</c><00:46:40.679><c> now</c><00:46:40.900><c> going</c><00:46:41.119><c> to</c><00:46:41.519><c> drag</c><00:46:41.980><c> him</c><00:46:42.820><c> out</c><00:46:43.219><c> of</c><00:46:43.460><c> obscurity.</c>

00:46:44.699 --> 00:46:48.239
He's<00:46:44.880><c> going</c><00:46:44.980><c> to</c><00:46:45.260><c> drag</c><00:46:45.519><c> Mordecai,</c><00:46:46.719><c> or</c><00:46:46.820><c> our</c><00:46:46.980><c> Lord</c><00:46:47.139><c> Jesus</c><00:46:47.460><c> Christ,</c><00:46:47.940><c> as</c><00:46:48.000><c> it</c>

00:46:48.239 --> 00:46:50.480
were,<00:46:48.559><c> out</c><00:46:48.659><c> of</c><00:46:48.820><c> the</c><00:46:49.099><c> blackness</c><00:46:49.539><c> of</c><00:46:49.840><c> the</c><00:46:50.119><c> grave,</c>

00:46:50.840 --> 00:46:52.760
and<00:46:51.219><c> give</c><00:46:51.480><c> him</c><00:46:52.059><c> immortality.</c>

00:46:52.780 --> 00:46:56.139
This<00:46:52.940><c> is</c><00:46:53.179><c> a</c><00:46:53.360><c> marvelous</c><00:46:53.719><c> story</c><00:46:54.219><c> of</c><00:46:54.860><c> the</c><00:46:55.119><c> resurrection</c><00:46:55.719><c> morning.</c>

00:46:56.500 --> 00:47:01.159
Just<00:46:56.699><c> imagine</c><00:46:56.980><c> it,</c><00:46:57.159><c> brothers</c><00:46:57.360><c> and</c><00:46:57.519><c> sisters,</c><00:46:58.320><c> how</c><00:46:58.579><c> God</c><00:46:58.840><c> is</c><00:46:59.440><c> so</c><00:46:59.940><c> excited.</c>

00:47:01.639 --> 00:47:03.159
He<00:47:01.920><c> can't</c><00:47:02.300><c> sleep.</c>

00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:07.079
He's<00:47:03.639><c> been</c><00:47:03.860><c> waiting</c><00:47:04.139><c> for</c><00:47:04.380><c> this</c><00:47:04.599><c> moment</c><00:47:05.019><c> for</c><00:47:05.780><c> thousands</c><00:47:06.320><c> of</c><00:47:06.659><c> years.</c>

00:47:07.079 --> 00:47:12.059
It's<00:47:08.099><c> now</c><00:47:08.440><c> the</c><00:47:08.719><c> time</c><00:47:09.280><c> to</c><00:47:09.960><c> raise</c><00:47:10.380><c> our</c><00:47:10.679><c> Lord</c><00:47:10.880><c> Jesus</c><00:47:11.260><c> Christ</c><00:47:11.719><c> from</c>

00:47:12.059 --> 00:47:13.280
the<00:47:12.239><c> dead.</c>

00:47:13.480 --> 00:47:16.000
And<00:47:13.539><c> it</c><00:47:13.599><c> was</c><00:47:13.860><c> found,</c><00:47:14.159><c> written</c><00:47:14.300><c> verse</c><00:47:14.619><c> 2,</c><00:47:14.820><c> the</c><00:47:15.079><c> faithful</c><00:47:15.539><c> acts</c>

00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:18.860
of<00:47:16.239><c> Mordecai,</c><00:47:16.840><c> how</c><00:47:16.980><c> he</c><00:47:17.159><c> had</c><00:47:17.340><c> preserved</c><00:47:17.800><c> the</c><00:47:18.079><c> king.</c>

00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:21.940
And<00:47:19.079><c> so</c><00:47:19.179><c> we</c><00:47:19.340><c> read</c><00:47:19.480><c> in</c><00:47:19.599><c> verse</c><00:47:19.840><c> 3,</c><00:47:20.639><c> and</c><00:47:20.639><c> the</c><00:47:20.679><c> king</c><00:47:20.980><c> said,</c>

00:47:22.340 --> 00:47:26.699
What<00:47:22.679><c> honour</c><00:47:23.360><c> and</c><00:47:24.019><c> dignity</c><00:47:24.559><c> hath</c><00:47:25.260><c> been</c><00:47:25.559><c> done</c><00:47:25.920><c> to</c><00:47:26.179><c> Mordecai</c>

00:47:26.699 --> 00:47:28.059
for<00:47:26.920><c> this?</c>

00:47:28.800 --> 00:47:31.480
Then<00:47:29.039><c> said</c><00:47:29.199><c> the</c><00:47:29.380><c> king's</c><00:47:29.760><c> servants</c><00:47:29.960><c> that</c><00:47:30.300><c> ministered</c><00:47:30.639><c> unto</c><00:47:30.780><c> him,</c><00:47:31.139><c> there</c><00:47:31.199><c> is</c>

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:32.739
nothing<00:47:31.719><c> done</c><00:47:32.039><c> for</c><00:47:32.280><c> him.</c>

00:47:32.739 --> 00:47:34.659
It's<00:47:33.679><c> an</c><00:47:33.800><c> amazing</c><00:47:34.059><c> type,</c><00:47:34.480><c> isn't</c><00:47:34.519><c> it?</c>

00:47:34.739 --> 00:47:38.440
All<00:47:35.159><c> our</c><00:47:35.480><c> actions</c><00:47:35.940><c> are</c><00:47:36.559><c> recorded</c><00:47:36.940><c> by</c><00:47:37.199><c> God</c><00:47:37.440><c> in</c><00:47:37.579><c> the</c><00:47:37.739><c> Book</c><00:47:37.920><c> of</c><00:47:38.119><c> Lives,</c>

00:47:38.500 --> 00:47:43.179
but<00:47:38.739><c> we</c><00:47:38.940><c> don't</c><00:47:39.760><c> receive</c><00:47:40.360><c> a</c><00:47:40.659><c> reward</c><00:47:41.179><c> right</c><00:47:41.760><c> then,</c><00:47:42.159><c> do</c><00:47:42.300><c> we?</c>

00:47:43.539 --> 00:47:48.500
It<00:47:43.699><c> always</c><00:47:44.139><c> comes</c><00:47:44.599><c> later,</c><00:47:45.320><c> at</c><00:47:45.519><c> a</c><00:47:45.760><c> time</c><00:47:46.000><c> determined</c><00:47:46.679><c> by</c><00:47:47.380><c> the</c><00:47:47.619><c> king.</c>

00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:52.139
And<00:47:49.559><c> quick</c><00:47:49.659><c> as</c><00:47:49.820><c> a</c><00:47:50.019><c> flash,</c><00:47:50.559><c> just</c><00:47:50.820><c> like</c><00:47:51.119><c> that,</c><00:47:51.400><c> the</c><00:47:51.579><c> angels</c><00:47:51.860><c> know</c>

00:47:52.139 --> 00:47:52.619
the<00:47:52.380><c> answer.</c>

00:47:52.659 --> 00:47:56.800
They<00:47:52.800><c> don't</c><00:47:52.960><c> need</c><00:47:53.179><c> to</c><00:47:53.719><c> say</c><00:47:54.019><c> to</c><00:47:54.199><c> the</c><00:47:54.300><c> king,</c><00:47:54.539><c> well,</c><00:47:55.199><c> I'm</c><00:47:55.539><c> not</c><00:47:55.820><c> sure.</c>

00:47:57.519 --> 00:47:59.280
To<00:47:57.719><c> be</c><00:47:57.880><c> honest,</c><00:47:58.139><c> I</c><00:47:58.139><c> can't</c><00:47:58.960><c> remember.</c>

00:47:59.280 --> 00:48:00.659
Let<00:47:59.420><c> me</c><00:47:59.539><c> go</c><00:47:59.719><c> and</c><00:47:59.880><c> check</c><00:48:00.019><c> very</c><00:48:00.380><c> quickly.</c>

00:48:00.920 --> 00:48:02.500
And<00:48:00.980><c> they</c><00:48:01.179><c> consult</c><00:48:01.500><c> the</c><00:48:01.739><c> history</c><00:48:01.960><c> book?</c><00:48:02.239><c> No.</c>

00:48:02.719 --> 00:48:03.840
None<00:48:02.860><c> of</c><00:48:03.039><c> that.</c>

00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:07.460
The<00:48:04.139><c> angels</c><00:48:04.460><c> know</c><00:48:04.820><c> immediately</c><00:48:05.500><c> nothing's</c><00:48:06.099><c> been</c><00:48:06.400><c> done.</c>

00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:11.039
They<00:48:09.059><c> knew</c><00:48:09.619><c> instantly.</c>

00:48:11.980 --> 00:48:15.139
And<00:48:12.059><c> so</c><00:48:12.139><c> in</c><00:48:12.260><c> verse</c><00:48:12.460><c> 4,</c><00:48:13.480><c> it's</c><00:48:13.800><c> now</c><00:48:14.280><c> early</c><00:48:14.820><c> morning,</c>

00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:19.739
and<00:48:15.320><c> the</c><00:48:15.460><c> king</c><00:48:15.599><c> decides</c><00:48:16.139><c> to</c><00:48:16.539><c> get</c><00:48:16.699><c> this</c><00:48:17.219><c> oversight</c><00:48:17.760><c> sorted</c><00:48:18.159><c> out</c><00:48:18.579><c> immediately.</c>

00:48:20.460 --> 00:48:25.719
It's<00:48:20.840><c> early</c><00:48:21.300><c> morning</c><00:48:21.920><c> on</c><00:48:22.820><c> the</c><00:48:23.219><c> 17th</c><00:48:24.019><c> day</c><00:48:24.460><c> of</c><00:48:24.920><c> Abib,</c>

00:48:25.719 --> 00:48:33.760
and<00:48:26.420><c> Mordecai</c><00:48:27.139><c> is</c><00:48:27.760><c> right</c><00:48:29.380><c> at</c><00:48:29.980><c> the</c><00:48:30.159><c> end</c><00:48:30.679><c> of</c><00:48:31.239><c> his</c><00:48:31.639><c> three</c><00:48:31.980><c>-day</c><00:48:32.480><c> fast.</c>

00:48:34.139 --> 00:48:38.699
And<00:48:34.239><c> verse</c><00:48:34.480><c> 4</c><00:48:34.760><c> says,</c><00:48:37.320><c> Who's</c><00:48:37.440><c> in</c><00:48:37.559><c> the</c><00:48:37.760><c> court?</c>

00:48:41.039 --> 00:48:42.179
Who's<00:48:41.519><c> in</c><00:48:41.619><c> the</c><00:48:41.820><c> court?</c>

00:48:42.480 --> 00:48:45.099
Now<00:48:43.179><c> Haman</c><00:48:43.360><c> was</c><00:48:43.639><c> coming</c><00:48:43.780><c> to</c><00:48:43.960><c> the</c><00:48:44.179><c> outward</c><00:48:44.539><c> court</c><00:48:44.820><c> of</c><00:48:44.980><c> the</c>

00:48:45.099 --> 00:48:45.519
king's<00:48:45.380><c> house</c>

00:48:45.519 --> 00:48:50.519
to<00:48:45.780><c> speak</c><00:48:46.280><c> unto</c><00:48:47.139><c> the</c><00:48:47.380><c> king</c><00:48:47.739><c> to</c><00:48:48.260><c> hang</c><00:48:48.800><c> Mordecai</c><00:48:49.519><c> on</c><00:48:49.699><c> the</c><00:48:49.960><c> gallows</c><00:48:50.320><c> that</c>

00:48:50.519 --> 00:48:52.679
he<00:48:50.739><c> had</c><00:48:50.920><c> prepared</c><00:48:51.360><c> for</c><00:48:51.659><c> him.</c>

00:48:52.739 --> 00:48:55.460
And<00:48:53.300><c> the</c><00:48:53.440><c> king</c><00:48:53.659><c> says,</c><00:48:54.599><c> Who</c><00:48:54.639><c> is</c><00:48:54.840><c> in</c><00:48:54.940><c> the</c><00:48:55.139><c> court?</c>

00:48:55.860 --> 00:48:59.679
The<00:48:56.059><c> morning</c><00:48:56.320><c> of</c><00:48:56.559><c> the</c><00:48:56.679><c> 17th</c><00:48:57.199><c> of</c><00:48:57.400><c> Abib,</c><00:48:58.199><c> and</c><00:48:58.599><c> 500</c><00:48:58.980><c> years</c><00:48:59.360><c> later,</c>

00:48:59.860 --> 00:49:00.559
brothers<00:48:59.900><c> and</c><00:49:00.139><c> sisters,</c>

00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:05.480
on<00:49:01.159><c> the</c><00:49:01.440><c> resurrection</c><00:49:01.980><c> morning,</c><00:49:03.159><c> the</c><00:49:03.440><c> women</c><00:49:03.780><c> came</c><00:49:04.099><c> to</c><00:49:04.300><c> the</c><00:49:04.579><c> tomb.</c>

00:49:05.599 --> 00:49:10.880
John<00:49:05.880><c> chapter</c><00:49:06.139><c> 20</c><00:49:06.539><c> verse</c><00:49:06.800><c> 1</c><00:49:07.099><c> says,</c><00:49:08.599><c> While</c><00:49:08.820><c> it</c><00:49:08.940><c> was</c><00:49:09.219><c> still</c><00:49:09.579><c> dark.</c>

00:49:11.179 --> 00:49:15.519
Luke<00:49:11.440><c> chapter</c><00:49:11.739><c> 24</c><00:49:12.239><c> in</c><00:49:12.400><c> verse</c><00:49:12.579><c> 1</c><00:49:12.840><c> says,</c><00:49:13.519><c> They</c><00:49:13.559><c> came</c><00:49:14.179><c> very</c><00:49:15.079><c> early</c>

00:49:15.519 --> 00:49:16.880
in<00:49:15.820><c> the</c><00:49:15.980><c> morning.</c>

00:49:17.199 --> 00:49:20.400
Mark<00:49:17.420><c> chapter</c><00:49:17.659><c> 16</c><00:49:18.079><c> verse</c><00:49:18.360><c> 2</c><00:49:18.599><c> says,</c><00:49:18.820><c> They</c><00:49:18.980><c> came</c><00:49:19.360><c> at</c><00:49:19.800><c> the</c><00:49:20.079><c> rising</c>

00:49:20.400 --> 00:49:21.159
of<00:49:20.639><c> the</c><00:49:20.880><c> sun,</c>

00:49:21.159 --> 00:49:24.500
and<00:49:21.460><c> they</c><00:49:21.639><c> asked</c><00:49:21.880><c> the</c><00:49:22.139><c> same</c><00:49:22.460><c> question,</c><00:49:23.239><c> Who</c><00:49:23.579><c> will</c><00:49:23.900><c> roll</c><00:49:24.159><c> away</c>

00:49:24.500 --> 00:49:25.800
the<00:49:24.800><c> stone</c><00:49:25.059><c> for</c><00:49:25.360><c> us?</c>

00:49:26.099 --> 00:49:30.539
Who<00:49:26.219><c> is</c><00:49:26.400><c> in</c><00:49:26.539><c> the</c><00:49:26.699><c> court</c><00:49:26.960><c> that</c><00:49:27.480><c> can</c><00:49:27.820><c> reveal</c><00:49:28.739><c> to</c><00:49:29.340><c> all</c><00:49:29.820><c> the</c><00:49:30.099><c> world</c>

00:49:30.539 --> 00:49:34.519
the<00:49:30.980><c> greatness</c><00:49:31.320><c> of</c><00:49:31.559><c> Mordecai</c><00:49:32.019><c> now</c><00:49:32.599><c> resurrected</c><00:49:33.139><c> from</c><00:49:33.440><c> the</c><00:49:33.579><c> dead</c><00:49:33.920><c> in</c><00:49:34.320><c> type?</c>

00:49:34.900 --> 00:49:37.659
Who<00:49:35.139><c> is</c><00:49:35.500><c> in</c><00:49:35.719><c> the</c><00:49:35.920><c> court</c><00:49:36.199><c> who</c><00:49:36.460><c> can</c><00:49:36.599><c> do</c><00:49:36.820><c> that?</c>

00:49:37.780 --> 00:49:41.500
Who's<00:49:38.159><c> prepared</c><00:49:38.519><c> to</c><00:49:38.900><c> unveil</c><00:49:39.800><c> our</c><00:49:40.159><c> Lord</c><00:49:40.320><c> Jesus</c><00:49:40.679><c> Christ</c><00:49:41.199><c> from</c>

00:49:41.500 --> 00:49:42.059
the<00:49:41.820><c> grave</c>

00:49:42.059 --> 00:49:46.480
where<00:49:42.239><c> he's</c><00:49:42.440><c> been</c><00:49:42.840><c> fasting</c><00:49:43.360><c> three</c><00:49:43.719><c> days</c><00:49:44.300><c> and</c><00:49:45.059><c> three</c><00:49:45.320><c> nights?</c>

00:49:46.960 --> 00:49:49.119
Well,<00:49:47.800><c> Haman</c><00:49:47.860><c> was</c><00:49:48.059><c> in</c><00:49:48.179><c> the</c><00:49:48.360><c> court.</c>

00:49:49.280 --> 00:49:51.760
What's<00:49:49.519><c> he</c><00:49:49.599><c> doing</c><00:49:49.739><c> there</c><00:49:49.940><c> so</c><00:49:50.159><c> early,</c><00:49:50.619><c> brothers</c><00:49:50.739><c> and</c><00:49:50.900><c> sisters?</c>

00:49:51.960 --> 00:49:54.820
Before<00:49:52.260><c> it's</c><00:49:52.719><c> almost</c><00:49:53.139><c> first</c><00:49:53.559><c> light,</c><00:49:53.980><c> Haman's</c><00:49:54.380><c> there.</c>

00:49:55.239 --> 00:49:58.699
He<00:49:55.559><c> can't</c><00:49:55.960><c> wait</c><00:49:56.360><c> to</c><00:49:56.880><c> get</c><00:49:57.079><c> Mordecai</c><00:49:57.639><c> hung.</c>

00:49:59.940 --> 00:50:03.639
He<00:50:00.400><c> can't</c><00:50:00.739><c> wait</c><00:50:01.039><c> to</c><00:50:01.400><c> gloat</c><00:50:01.840><c> over</c><00:50:02.079><c> the</c><00:50:02.340><c> complete</c><00:50:02.840><c> destruction</c>

00:50:03.639 --> 00:50:05.280
of<00:50:04.460><c> Mordecai.</c>

00:50:05.699 --> 00:50:09.539
And<00:50:05.820><c> so</c><00:50:06.139><c> the</c><00:50:06.480><c> king</c><00:50:06.760><c> can't</c><00:50:07.260><c> sleep</c><00:50:07.539><c> because</c><00:50:08.239><c> God</c><00:50:08.739><c> is</c><00:50:09.079><c> desperate</c>

00:50:09.539 --> 00:50:11.539
to<00:50:10.039><c> raise</c><00:50:10.340><c> his</c><00:50:10.599><c> son</c><00:50:10.780><c> from</c><00:50:11.000><c> the</c><00:50:11.179><c> dead,</c>

00:50:11.539 --> 00:50:15.840
and<00:50:12.579><c> Haman's</c><00:50:13.199><c> in</c><00:50:13.539><c> early</c><00:50:13.820><c> at</c><00:50:14.000><c> the</c><00:50:14.159><c> court</c><00:50:14.280><c> because</c><00:50:14.800><c> Kingston</c><00:50:15.239><c> wants</c><00:50:15.599><c> to</c>

00:50:15.840 --> 00:50:16.739
be<00:50:16.039><c> there,</c><00:50:16.380><c> doesn't</c><00:50:16.500><c> he?</c>

00:50:16.940 --> 00:50:20.940
Kingston<00:50:17.260><c> wants</c><00:50:17.619><c> to</c><00:50:17.860><c> be</c><00:50:18.059><c> there</c><00:50:18.179><c> when</c><00:50:18.980><c> the</c><00:50:19.599><c> clock</c><00:50:19.880><c> ticks</c><00:50:20.360><c> over</c>

00:50:20.940 --> 00:50:23.800
and<00:50:21.559><c> the</c><00:50:21.820><c> Holy</c><00:50:22.159><c> One</c><00:50:22.320><c> of</c><00:50:22.599><c> God</c><00:50:22.860><c> sees</c><00:50:23.320><c> corruption.</c>

00:50:23.940 --> 00:50:25.340
He's<00:50:24.119><c> desperate</c><00:50:24.480><c> to</c><00:50:24.699><c> see</c><00:50:24.840><c> that</c><00:50:25.079><c> moment.</c>

00:50:25.460 --> 00:50:29.699
Haman<00:50:25.659><c> doesn't</c><00:50:25.920><c> want</c><00:50:26.099><c> to</c><00:50:26.239><c> miss</c><00:50:26.380><c> that</c><00:50:26.719><c> time</c><00:50:27.119><c> when</c><00:50:28.780><c> it</c><00:50:29.340><c> clicks</c>

00:50:29.699 --> 00:50:31.559
over,<00:50:30.320><c> if</c><00:50:30.519><c> you</c><00:50:30.760><c> like,</c>

00:50:31.619 --> 00:50:35.300
into<00:50:31.860><c> the</c><00:50:32.159><c> fourth</c><00:50:32.440><c> day</c><00:50:33.039><c> and</c><00:50:33.500><c> Christ</c><00:50:34.039><c> will</c><00:50:34.320><c> be</c><00:50:34.559><c> forgotten</c><00:50:35.039><c> in</c>

00:50:35.300 --> 00:50:35.900
the<00:50:35.559><c> grave,</c>

00:50:36.099 --> 00:50:38.840
no<00:50:36.300><c> longer</c><00:50:36.679><c> Messiah,</c><00:50:37.579><c> and</c><00:50:37.739><c> Haman</c><00:50:37.980><c> wants</c><00:50:38.239><c> to</c><00:50:38.400><c> be</c><00:50:38.539><c> there</c><00:50:38.659><c> to</c>

00:50:38.840 --> 00:50:39.159
make<00:50:39.000><c> sure</c>

00:50:39.159 --> 00:50:44.739
that<00:50:39.420><c> that</c><00:50:39.579><c> absolutely</c><00:50:40.460><c> happens,</c><00:50:41.019><c> to</c><00:50:41.260><c> rejoice</c><00:50:41.719><c> over</c><00:50:42.400><c> the</c><00:50:42.619><c> forgotten</c><00:50:43.119><c> body</c><00:50:43.500><c> of</c><00:50:43.699><c> Christ.</c>

00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:47.619
And<00:50:45.059><c> look</c><00:50:45.239><c> how</c><00:50:45.440><c> marvellously</c><00:50:45.900><c> God</c><00:50:46.280><c> orchestrates</c><00:50:47.079><c> the</c><00:50:47.380><c> events.</c>

00:50:47.619 --> 00:50:51.000
And<00:50:48.320><c> the</c><00:50:48.480><c> king's</c><00:50:48.940><c> servant</c><00:50:49.119><c> said</c><00:50:49.320><c> unto</c><00:50:49.539><c> him,</c><00:50:50.320><c> Behold,</c><00:50:50.880><c> Haman</c>

00:50:51.000 --> 00:50:52.619
stands<00:50:51.400><c> in</c><00:50:51.599><c> the</c><00:50:51.780><c> court.</c>

00:50:52.699 --> 00:50:56.059
And<00:50:53.000><c> the</c><00:50:53.199><c> king</c><00:50:53.340><c> said,</c><00:50:54.219><c> Let</c><00:50:54.420><c> him</c><00:50:54.559><c> come</c><00:50:54.780><c> in.</c>

00:50:56.199 --> 00:50:58.239
So<00:50:56.460><c> Haman</c><00:50:56.780><c> came</c><00:50:57.059><c> in.</c>

00:50:58.659 --> 00:51:01.079
And<00:50:58.880><c> the</c><00:50:59.039><c> king</c><00:50:59.159><c> said</c><00:50:59.300><c> unto</c><00:50:59.519><c> him,</c><00:51:00.099><c> What</c><00:51:00.300><c> shall</c><00:51:00.500><c> be</c><00:51:00.699><c> done</c><00:51:00.840><c> unto</c>

00:51:01.079 --> 00:51:04.420
the<00:51:01.239><c> man</c><00:51:01.440><c> whom</c><00:51:01.639><c> the</c><00:51:01.820><c> king</c><00:51:02.400><c> delights</c><00:51:03.019><c> to</c><00:51:03.500><c> honour?</c>

00:51:05.219 --> 00:51:07.340
Now,<00:51:05.539><c> did</c><00:51:05.739><c> you</c><00:51:05.840><c> notice,</c><00:51:06.199><c> brothers,</c><00:51:06.320><c> this</c><00:51:06.480><c> is</c><00:51:06.619><c> how</c><00:51:06.739><c> the</c><00:51:07.019><c> record</c>

00:51:07.340 --> 00:51:10.119
just<00:51:07.719><c> suddenly</c><00:51:08.179><c> slowed</c><00:51:08.760><c> right</c><00:51:09.199><c> down?</c>

00:51:10.539 --> 00:51:11.880
It<00:51:10.860><c> slowed</c><00:51:11.059><c> right</c><00:51:11.519><c> down.</c>

00:51:12.000 --> 00:51:15.380
The<00:51:12.159><c> king's</c><00:51:12.559><c> servant</c><00:51:12.699><c> said,</c><00:51:13.659><c> Haman</c><00:51:14.000><c> stands</c><00:51:14.480><c> in</c><00:51:14.780><c> the</c><00:51:15.019><c> court.</c>

00:51:15.380 --> 00:51:19.079
And<00:51:16.179><c> the</c><00:51:16.380><c> king</c><00:51:16.659><c> said,</c><00:51:17.719><c> Let</c><00:51:17.860><c> him</c><00:51:18.039><c> come</c><00:51:18.300><c> in.</c>

00:51:19.420 --> 00:51:21.559
And<00:51:19.460><c> so</c><00:51:20.019><c> Haman</c><00:51:20.460><c> came</c><00:51:20.860><c> in.</c>

00:51:21.860 --> 00:51:25.000
He's<00:51:21.920><c> telling</c><00:51:22.039><c> us,</c><00:51:23.199><c> Don't</c><00:51:23.420><c> miss</c><00:51:23.679><c> anything</c><00:51:23.980><c> here.</c>

00:51:25.659 --> 00:51:29.599
The<00:51:25.880><c> record</c><00:51:26.219><c> slows</c><00:51:26.659><c> right</c><00:51:27.059><c> down</c><00:51:27.340><c> so</c><00:51:27.519><c> that</c><00:51:27.639><c> we</c><00:51:27.719><c> can</c><00:51:28.179><c> savour</c><00:51:28.940><c> the</c><00:51:29.300><c> drama.</c>

00:51:30.059 --> 00:51:31.619
Now<00:51:30.179><c> you'd</c><00:51:30.420><c> think,</c><00:51:30.579><c> wouldn't</c><00:51:30.699><c> you,</c><00:51:30.960><c> that</c><00:51:31.079><c> the</c><00:51:31.179><c> king</c><00:51:31.380><c> would</c>

00:51:31.619 --> 00:51:33.400
usually<00:51:31.900><c> say,</c><00:51:32.219><c> Morning,</c><00:51:32.460><c> Haman.</c>

00:51:34.179 --> 00:51:38.579
Oh,<00:51:35.179><c> now,</c><00:51:35.900><c> why</c><00:51:36.460><c> are</c><00:51:36.639><c> you</c><00:51:36.880><c> here</c><00:51:37.340><c> so</c><00:51:37.800><c> early</c><00:51:38.019><c> into</c><00:51:38.199><c> the</c><00:51:38.400><c> office</c>

00:51:38.579 --> 00:51:39.139
this<00:51:38.840><c> morning?</c>

00:51:39.599 --> 00:51:42.519
And<00:51:39.840><c> Haman</c><00:51:40.000><c> would</c><00:51:40.219><c> immediately</c><00:51:40.699><c> spring</c><00:51:40.980><c> into</c><00:51:41.280><c> his</c><00:51:41.900><c> spiel</c><00:51:42.099><c> about,</c>

00:51:42.519 --> 00:51:45.780
Well,<00:51:42.960><c> I'm</c><00:51:43.159><c> here</c><00:51:43.340><c> because</c><00:51:43.519><c> I</c><00:51:43.659><c> want</c><00:51:43.840><c> to</c><00:51:44.340><c> hang</c><00:51:44.639><c> more</c><00:51:44.880><c> to</c><00:51:45.099><c> KI</c><00:51:45.280><c> because</c><00:51:45.599><c> of</c>

00:51:45.780 --> 00:51:46.940
this<00:51:45.920><c> and</c><00:51:46.099><c> that.</c>

00:51:47.079 --> 00:51:51.119
And<00:51:47.280><c> the</c><00:51:47.500><c> story,</c><00:51:48.179><c> if</c><00:51:48.440><c> that</c><00:51:48.699><c> happened,</c><00:51:49.420><c> could</c><00:51:49.500><c> have</c><00:51:49.619><c> been</c><00:51:49.739><c> quite</c><00:51:50.099><c> different,</c><00:51:50.760><c> couldn't</c><00:51:50.960><c> it,</c>

00:51:51.159 --> 00:51:52.079
brothers<00:51:51.300><c> and</c><00:51:51.460><c> sisters?</c>

00:51:52.119 --> 00:51:54.800
If<00:51:52.380><c> the</c><00:51:52.599><c> king</c><00:51:53.059><c> let</c><00:51:53.500><c> Haman</c><00:51:53.840><c> speak</c><00:51:54.260><c> first.</c>

00:51:54.940 --> 00:51:56.659
But<00:51:55.119><c> nothing</c><00:51:55.380><c> like</c><00:51:55.559><c> that</c><00:51:55.860><c> happened.</c>

00:51:56.900 --> 00:51:59.480
The<00:51:57.079><c> king</c><00:51:57.239><c> here</c><00:51:57.440><c> in</c><00:51:57.599><c> verse</c><00:51:57.760><c> 6</c><00:51:58.000><c> doesn't</c><00:51:58.380><c> give</c><00:51:58.559><c> him</c><00:51:58.719><c> a</c><00:51:58.980><c> chance</c><00:51:59.280><c> to</c>

00:51:59.480 --> 00:52:01.920
even<00:51:59.760><c> breathe</c><00:52:00.239><c> before</c><00:52:00.519><c> he</c><00:52:00.699><c> puts</c><00:52:00.840><c> the</c><00:52:01.119><c> problem</c><00:52:01.400><c> to</c><00:52:01.599><c> Haman.</c>

00:52:02.199 --> 00:52:05.980
Haman<00:52:02.480><c> came</c><00:52:02.780><c> in</c><00:52:02.940><c> and</c><00:52:03.039><c> the</c><00:52:03.179><c> king</c><00:52:03.340><c> said,</c><00:52:03.780><c> What</c><00:52:04.139><c> shall</c><00:52:04.460><c> I</c><00:52:04.699><c> do</c><00:52:05.179><c> to</c>

00:52:05.980 --> 00:52:09.059
the<00:52:06.199><c> man</c><00:52:06.940><c> whom</c><00:52:07.159><c> the</c><00:52:07.380><c> king</c><00:52:07.679><c> delights</c><00:52:08.320><c> to</c><00:52:08.800><c> honour?</c>

00:52:09.059 --> 00:52:13.559
You<00:52:09.980><c> see,</c><00:52:10.440><c> God's</c><00:52:10.699><c> working</c><00:52:11.000><c> to</c><00:52:11.239><c> a</c><00:52:11.519><c> split</c><00:52:11.840><c> second</c><00:52:12.539><c> script.</c>

00:52:13.920 --> 00:52:18.840
And<00:52:14.019><c> if</c><00:52:14.159><c> Haman</c><00:52:14.280><c> gets</c><00:52:14.500><c> a</c><00:52:14.699><c> few</c><00:52:14.820><c> words</c><00:52:15.099><c> in</c><00:52:15.380><c> first,</c><00:52:16.239><c> the</c><00:52:16.380><c> whole</c><00:52:16.760><c> story</c><00:52:17.260><c> might</c><00:52:17.619><c> be</c><00:52:17.920><c> over.</c>

00:52:19.199 --> 00:52:22.480
But<00:52:19.400><c> before</c><00:52:19.699><c> Haman</c><00:52:19.900><c> can</c><00:52:20.159><c> explain</c><00:52:20.420><c> himself,</c><00:52:21.699><c> the</c><00:52:21.860><c> king</c><00:52:22.119><c> gets</c>

00:52:22.480 --> 00:52:23.679
this<00:52:22.860><c> question</c><00:52:23.159><c> in.</c>

00:52:24.019 --> 00:52:28.519
What<00:52:24.199><c> shall</c><00:52:24.380><c> be</c><00:52:24.539><c> done</c><00:52:24.880><c> to</c><00:52:25.159><c> the</c><00:52:25.420><c> man</c><00:52:26.059><c> in</c><00:52:26.719><c> whose</c><00:52:27.000><c> honour</c><00:52:27.320><c> the</c><00:52:27.559><c> king</c><00:52:27.820><c> delights</c><00:52:28.380><c> as</c>

00:52:28.519 --> 00:52:29.920
it<00:52:28.719><c> should</c><00:52:28.900><c> be?</c>

00:52:30.099 --> 00:52:32.099
And<00:52:30.300><c> the</c><00:52:30.460><c> man</c><00:52:30.579><c> is</c><00:52:30.880><c> unnamed.</c>

00:52:32.219 --> 00:52:33.900
God<00:52:32.559><c> is</c><00:52:32.920><c> holding</c><00:52:33.159><c> back</c><00:52:33.440><c> the</c><00:52:33.639><c> name.</c>

00:52:34.119 --> 00:52:36.440
He<00:52:34.320><c> doesn't</c><00:52:34.719><c> say</c><00:52:35.039><c> that</c><00:52:35.179><c> it's</c><00:52:35.420><c> more</c><00:52:35.539><c> to</c><00:52:35.719><c> KI.</c>

00:52:36.599 --> 00:52:40.239
And<00:52:37.199><c> look</c><00:52:37.340><c> what</c><00:52:37.500><c> happens</c><00:52:37.739><c> at</c><00:52:37.920><c> the</c><00:52:38.059><c> last</c><00:52:38.340><c> half</c><00:52:38.599><c> of</c><00:52:39.219><c> verse</c><00:52:39.639><c> 6.</c>

00:52:40.360 --> 00:52:44.239
Now,<00:52:40.699><c> Haman</c><00:52:40.820><c> thought</c><00:52:41.099><c> in</c><00:52:41.260><c> his</c><00:52:41.460><c> heart,</c><00:52:42.159><c> To</c><00:52:42.380><c> whom</c><00:52:42.599><c> would</c><00:52:42.860><c> the</c><00:52:43.059><c> king</c><00:52:43.239><c> delight</c><00:52:43.719><c> to</c>

00:52:44.239 --> 00:52:47.940
do<00:52:44.480><c> honour</c><00:52:44.940><c> more</c><00:52:45.820><c> than</c><00:52:46.480><c> to</c><00:52:47.119><c> myself?</c>

00:52:48.260 --> 00:52:53.079
Haman<00:52:48.659><c> thought</c><00:52:49.039><c> in</c><00:52:49.280><c> his</c><00:52:49.619><c> heart</c><00:52:49.880><c> the</c><00:52:50.119><c> seat</c><00:52:50.340><c> of</c><00:52:50.699><c> all</c><00:52:51.559><c> desperately</c><00:52:52.159><c> wicked</c><00:52:52.579><c> emotions.</c>

00:52:53.219 --> 00:52:56.380
Jeremiah<00:52:53.679><c> 17</c><00:52:54.320><c> in</c><00:52:54.539><c> verse</c><00:52:55.199><c> 9.</c>

00:52:57.019 --> 00:53:01.039
And<00:52:57.139><c> the</c><00:52:57.239><c> king's</c><00:52:57.599><c> question</c><00:52:58.300><c> drove</c><00:52:59.320><c> all</c><00:53:00.159><c> thoughts</c><00:53:00.460><c> of</c><00:53:00.699><c> more</c><00:53:00.820><c> to</c>

00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:02.599
KI<00:53:01.239><c> from</c><00:53:02.000><c> his</c><00:53:02.360><c> mind.</c>

00:53:02.599 --> 00:53:05.780
Because<00:53:02.820><c> if</c><00:53:02.980><c> there</c><00:53:03.099><c> was</c><00:53:03.280><c> one</c><00:53:03.519><c> thing</c><00:53:03.679><c> that</c><00:53:03.900><c> meant</c><00:53:04.420><c> more</c><00:53:05.159><c> to</c><00:53:05.519><c> him</c>

00:53:05.780 --> 00:53:09.739
than<00:53:06.039><c> more</c><00:53:06.219><c> to</c><00:53:06.400><c> KI's</c><00:53:06.780><c> destruction,</c><00:53:07.780><c> it</c><00:53:07.960><c> was</c><00:53:08.139><c> his</c><00:53:08.360><c> own</c><00:53:08.679><c> elevation.</c>

00:53:10.039 --> 00:53:14.599
And<00:53:10.179><c> Haman</c><00:53:10.320><c> thinks</c><00:53:10.579><c> to</c><00:53:10.760><c> himself,</c><00:53:11.559><c> Well,</c><00:53:12.179><c> there</c><00:53:12.659><c> isn't</c><00:53:12.920><c> anybody</c><00:53:13.360><c> else.</c>

00:53:15.400 --> 00:53:20.440
I<00:53:15.480><c> mean,</c><00:53:15.760><c> who</c><00:53:15.880><c> else</c><00:53:16.219><c> could</c><00:53:16.460><c> he</c><00:53:16.960><c> mean</c><00:53:17.320><c> other</c><00:53:18.260><c> than,</c><00:53:19.380><c> No,</c><00:53:20.280><c> it's</c>

00:53:20.440 --> 00:53:22.219
got<00:53:21.019><c> to</c><00:53:21.179><c> be</c><00:53:21.400><c> me.</c>

00:53:22.679 --> 00:53:27.139
There<00:53:22.920><c> isn't</c><00:53:23.139><c> really</c><00:53:24.139><c> anyone</c><00:53:24.639><c> like</c><00:53:25.500><c> me</c><00:53:26.099><c> at</c><00:53:26.300><c> all</c><00:53:26.440><c> that</c><00:53:26.619><c> it</c><00:53:26.940><c> even</c>

00:53:27.139 --> 00:53:28.380
could<00:53:27.360><c> be.</c>

00:53:29.360 --> 00:53:34.039
This<00:53:30.039><c> is</c><00:53:30.340><c> the</c><00:53:31.420><c> hate</c><00:53:31.880><c> that</c><00:53:32.159><c> God</c><00:53:32.380><c> has</c><00:53:33.179><c> to</c><00:53:33.619><c> pride.</c>

00:53:34.380 --> 00:53:36.360
Proverbs<00:53:34.559><c> 6</c><00:53:34.880><c> verse</c><00:53:35.179><c> 16</c><00:53:35.679><c> to</c><00:53:35.840><c> 17.</c>

00:53:36.559 --> 00:53:40.800
These<00:53:36.739><c> six</c><00:53:37.699><c> things</c><00:53:38.099><c> doth</c><00:53:38.340><c> Yahweh</c><00:53:38.679><c> hate,</c><00:53:38.980><c> Yea,</c><00:53:39.239><c> seven</c><00:53:39.679><c> are</c><00:53:40.519><c> an</c>

00:53:40.800 --> 00:53:41.960
abomination<00:53:41.320><c> unto</c><00:53:41.599><c> him.</c>

00:53:42.380 --> 00:53:45.099
A<00:53:42.679><c> proud</c><00:53:42.920><c> look,</c><00:53:44.219><c> a</c><00:53:44.420><c> lying</c><00:53:44.679><c> tongue.</c>

00:53:45.519 --> 00:53:47.039
Proverbs<00:53:45.800><c> 16</c><00:53:46.239><c> verse</c><00:53:46.500><c> 5.</c>

00:53:47.380 --> 00:53:51.340
Everyone<00:53:47.639><c> that</c><00:53:47.860><c> is</c><00:53:48.199><c> proud</c><00:53:48.579><c> is</c><00:53:48.920><c> an</c><00:53:49.199><c> abomination</c><00:53:49.860><c> to</c><00:53:50.219><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:53:51.519 --> 00:53:53.480
Proverbs<00:53:51.860><c> 16</c><00:53:52.480><c> and</c><00:53:52.679><c> verse</c><00:53:52.980><c> 18.</c>

00:53:53.480 --> 00:53:58.280
Pride<00:53:54.000><c> goes</c><00:53:54.420><c> before</c><00:53:54.800><c> destruction</c><00:53:55.480><c> and</c><00:53:56.159><c> in</c><00:53:56.440><c> haughty</c><00:53:56.920><c> spirit</c><00:53:57.300><c> before</c><00:53:57.780><c> a</c><00:53:58.019><c> fall.</c>

00:53:58.380 --> 00:54:01.380
Now,<00:53:58.739><c> you</c><00:53:58.800><c> may</c><00:53:59.000><c> not</c><00:53:59.199><c> know,</c><00:53:59.400><c> but</c><00:53:59.440><c> that</c><00:53:59.619><c> is</c><00:54:00.159><c> the</c><00:54:00.239><c> exact</c><00:54:00.679><c> middle</c>

00:54:01.380 --> 00:54:05.480
verse<00:54:01.940><c> in</c><00:54:02.400><c> all</c><00:54:02.619><c> of</c><00:54:02.780><c> the</c><00:54:02.860><c> book</c><00:54:03.019><c> of</c><00:54:03.320><c> Proverbs</c><00:54:03.500><c> and</c><00:54:03.679><c> how</c><00:54:04.480><c> appropriate</c><00:54:04.960><c> that</c><00:54:05.139><c> is</c>

00:54:05.480 --> 00:54:07.460
to<00:54:05.699><c> the</c><00:54:06.000><c> story</c><00:54:06.280><c> of</c><00:54:06.539><c> Haman.</c>

00:54:07.920 --> 00:54:09.840
Proverbs<00:54:08.219><c> 29</c><00:54:08.679><c> verse</c><00:54:09.340><c> 23.</c>

00:54:10.059 --> 00:54:11.719
A<00:54:10.059><c> man's</c><00:54:10.480><c> pride</c><00:54:10.900><c> shall</c><00:54:11.079><c> bring</c><00:54:11.300><c> him</c><00:54:11.539><c> low.</c>

00:54:11.860 --> 00:54:15.079
And<00:54:12.000><c> now</c><00:54:12.980><c> Haman</c><00:54:13.519><c> is</c><00:54:14.260><c> an</c><00:54:14.539><c> abomination.</c>

00:54:15.179 --> 00:54:17.440
God<00:54:15.440><c> hates</c><00:54:15.900><c> this</c><00:54:16.179><c> kind</c><00:54:16.400><c> of</c><00:54:16.579><c> attitude.</c>

00:54:17.639 --> 00:54:19.519
We're<00:54:17.840><c> all</c><00:54:18.039><c> guilty,</c><00:54:18.559><c> brothers</c><00:54:18.739><c> and</c><00:54:18.920><c> sisters,</c><00:54:19.159><c> aren't</c><00:54:19.260><c> we,</c><00:54:19.400><c> of</c>

00:54:19.519 --> 00:54:22.940
thinking<00:54:19.800><c> that</c><00:54:19.980><c> we</c><00:54:20.079><c> are</c><00:54:20.440><c> a</c><00:54:20.539><c> little</c><00:54:20.760><c> bit</c><00:54:21.000><c> better</c><00:54:21.159><c> than</c><00:54:21.360><c> we</c><00:54:21.960><c> actually</c><00:54:22.460><c> are.</c>

00:54:22.940 --> 00:54:24.980
Pride<00:54:23.340><c> comes</c><00:54:23.340><c> native</c><00:54:23.760><c> to</c><00:54:24.000><c> us.</c>

00:54:25.019 --> 00:54:27.960
And<00:54:25.099><c> so</c><00:54:25.199><c> we</c><00:54:25.300><c> have</c><00:54:25.500><c> Haman's</c><00:54:25.980><c> answer</c><00:54:26.139><c> in</c><00:54:26.380><c> verses</c><00:54:26.639><c> 7</c><00:54:27.179><c> to</c><00:54:27.679><c> 9.</c>

00:54:27.980 --> 00:54:31.539
And<00:54:28.079><c> what</c><00:54:28.340><c> a</c><00:54:28.539><c> greasy</c><00:54:29.039><c> slimeball</c><00:54:29.699><c> he</c><00:54:29.860><c> was,</c><00:54:30.340><c> brothers</c><00:54:30.400><c> and</c><00:54:30.619><c> sisters.</c>

00:54:31.599 --> 00:54:36.360
We<00:54:31.739><c> can</c><00:54:32.019><c> hear,</c><00:54:32.519><c> can't</c><00:54:32.519><c> we,</c><00:54:32.719><c> his</c><00:54:33.619><c> supercilious</c><00:54:34.579><c> tone</c><00:54:35.219><c> and</c><00:54:35.920><c> his</c>

00:54:36.360 --> 00:54:39.679
veneer<00:54:36.920><c> of</c><00:54:37.199><c> false</c><00:54:37.579><c> humility</c><00:54:38.119><c> echoing</c><00:54:38.699><c> down</c><00:54:38.980><c> the</c><00:54:39.239><c> centuries.</c>

00:54:40.179 --> 00:54:42.780
The<00:54:40.340><c> king</c><00:54:40.539><c> answered</c><00:54:40.840><c> the</c><00:54:41.079><c> king,</c><00:54:41.659><c> or</c><00:54:41.820><c> Haman</c><00:54:42.039><c> answered</c><00:54:42.320><c> the</c><00:54:42.500><c> king.</c>

00:54:43.079 --> 00:54:46.860
For<00:54:43.159><c> the</c><00:54:43.380><c> man</c><00:54:43.880><c> whom</c><00:54:44.219><c> the</c><00:54:44.460><c> king</c><00:54:44.739><c> delights</c><00:54:45.199><c> to</c><00:54:45.539><c> honour,</c><00:54:45.980><c> let</c><00:54:46.179><c> the</c>

00:54:46.860 --> 00:54:50.480
royal<00:54:47.159><c> apparel</c><00:54:47.699><c> be</c><00:54:48.039><c> brought</c><00:54:48.340><c> which</c><00:54:48.639><c> the</c><00:54:48.880><c> king</c><00:54:49.579><c> useth</c><00:54:49.900><c> to</c><00:54:50.199><c> wear.</c>

00:54:50.480 --> 00:54:53.440
And<00:54:50.940><c> the</c><00:54:51.139><c> horse</c><00:54:51.420><c> which</c><00:54:51.719><c> the</c><00:54:51.960><c> king</c><00:54:52.139><c> rides</c><00:54:52.440><c> on,</c><00:54:52.840><c> and</c><00:54:52.900><c> the</c><00:54:53.159><c> crown</c>

00:54:53.440 --> 00:54:54.780
royal<00:54:53.739><c> which</c><00:54:53.920><c> is</c><00:54:54.079><c> set</c><00:54:54.179><c> upon</c><00:54:54.340><c> his</c><00:54:54.559><c> head.</c>

00:54:55.239 --> 00:54:58.460
And<00:54:55.360><c> let</c><00:54:55.480><c> this</c><00:54:55.699><c> apparel</c><00:54:56.119><c> and</c><00:54:56.380><c> horse</c><00:54:56.679><c> be</c><00:54:57.280><c> delivered</c><00:54:57.719><c> to</c><00:54:57.960><c> the</c><00:54:58.119><c> hand</c><00:54:58.280><c> of</c>

00:54:58.460 --> 00:55:00.940
one<00:54:58.599><c> of</c><00:54:58.719><c> the</c><00:54:58.860><c> king's</c><00:54:59.159><c> most</c><00:54:59.480><c> noble</c><00:54:59.900><c> princes.</c>

00:55:01.000 --> 00:55:04.780
That<00:55:01.139><c> they</c><00:55:01.340><c> may</c><00:55:01.559><c> array</c><00:55:01.880><c> the</c><00:55:02.079><c> man</c><00:55:02.260><c> with</c><00:55:02.500><c> all</c><00:55:02.820><c> whom</c><00:55:03.019><c> the</c><00:55:03.199><c> king</c><00:55:03.340><c> delights</c><00:55:03.699><c> to</c><00:55:04.019><c> honour.</c>

00:55:04.960 --> 00:55:07.199
And<00:55:05.239><c> bring</c><00:55:05.440><c> him</c><00:55:05.639><c> on</c><00:55:05.900><c> horseback</c><00:55:06.300><c> through</c><00:55:06.579><c> the</c><00:55:06.800><c> street</c><00:55:06.900><c> of</c><00:55:07.079><c> the</c>

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city,<00:55:07.780><c> and</c><00:55:07.940><c> proclaim</c><00:55:08.320><c> before</c><00:55:08.659><c> him,</c>

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Thus<00:55:09.219><c> shall</c><00:55:09.460><c> it</c><00:55:09.599><c> be</c><00:55:09.719><c> done</c><00:55:10.139><c> to</c><00:55:10.360><c> the</c><00:55:10.519><c> man</c><00:55:11.159><c> whom</c><00:55:11.480><c> the</c><00:55:11.780><c> king</c><00:55:12.079><c> delights</c><00:55:12.980><c> to</c><00:55:13.500><c> honour.</c>

00:55:15.159 --> 00:55:19.079
The<00:55:15.659><c> transparency</c><00:55:16.159><c> of</c><00:55:16.420><c> Haman's</c><00:55:16.880><c> ambition</c><00:55:17.380><c> is</c><00:55:18.440><c> so</c><00:55:18.840><c> clear.</c>

00:55:19.079 --> 00:55:22.659
We<00:55:19.199><c> might</c><00:55:19.460><c> call</c><00:55:19.679><c> this</c><00:55:20.440><c> a</c><00:55:20.860><c> Freudian</c><00:55:21.500><c> revelation.</c>

00:55:23.000 --> 00:55:26.880
I<00:55:23.099><c> want</c><00:55:23.260><c> the</c><00:55:23.500><c> king's</c><00:55:23.960><c> royal</c><00:55:24.139><c> clothes,</c><00:55:24.980><c> the</c><00:55:25.119><c> king's</c><00:55:25.719><c> royal</c><00:55:25.920><c> horse,</c><00:55:26.719><c> the</c>

00:55:26.880 --> 00:55:29.980
king's<00:55:27.440><c> royal</c><00:55:27.619><c> crown,</c><00:55:28.320><c> the</c><00:55:28.460><c> king's</c><00:55:29.159><c> royal</c><00:55:29.500><c> herald.</c>

00:55:30.440 --> 00:55:32.199
Haman<00:55:30.659><c> sees</c><00:55:31.039><c> himself</c><00:55:31.519><c> as</c><00:55:31.920><c> a</c><00:55:32.079><c> king.</c>

00:55:32.239 --> 00:55:35.619
He<00:55:32.519><c> desperately</c><00:55:32.960><c> wants</c><00:55:33.440><c> to</c><00:55:33.739><c> be</c><00:55:34.280><c> the</c><00:55:34.639><c> king.</c>

00:55:35.659 --> 00:55:38.719
And<00:55:35.800><c> of</c><00:55:35.920><c> course,</c><00:55:36.119><c> as</c><00:55:36.280><c> we've</c><00:55:36.519><c> said,</c><00:55:37.400><c> he</c><00:55:37.639><c> clearly</c><00:55:37.780><c> is</c><00:55:38.019><c> a</c><00:55:38.159><c> type</c><00:55:38.360><c> of</c>

00:55:38.719 --> 00:55:39.059
king's<00:55:39.059><c> sin.</c>

00:55:39.179 --> 00:55:43.039
But<00:55:39.300><c> what</c><00:55:40.099><c> an</c><00:55:40.559><c> extraordinary</c><00:55:41.079><c> request</c><00:55:41.619><c> this</c><00:55:42.000><c> was.</c>

00:55:43.280 --> 00:55:45.500
Normally,<00:55:43.780><c> if</c><00:55:43.940><c> you</c><00:55:44.099><c> did</c><00:55:44.239><c> this,</c><00:55:44.579><c> brothers</c><00:55:44.719><c> and</c><00:55:44.860><c> sisters,</c><00:55:45.199><c> this</c>

00:55:45.500 --> 00:55:48.400
was<00:55:45.800><c> a</c><00:55:46.239><c> clear</c><00:55:46.820><c> capital</c><00:55:47.619><c> offence.</c>

00:55:48.400 --> 00:55:55.000
If<00:55:49.119><c> you</c><00:55:49.860><c> hopped</c><00:55:50.320><c> on</c><00:55:50.440><c> the</c><00:55:50.599><c> king's</c><00:55:50.920><c> horse</c><00:55:51.260><c> and</c><00:55:51.599><c> rode</c><00:55:51.780><c> through</c><00:55:52.059><c> the</c><00:55:52.219><c> city,</c><00:55:53.179><c> you</c><00:55:53.300><c> were</c><00:55:53.559><c> saying</c><00:55:53.780><c> to</c><00:55:54.079><c> everybody,</c>

00:55:55.260 --> 00:55:57.820
I<00:55:55.619><c> am</c><00:55:56.400><c> the</c><00:55:56.760><c> new</c><00:55:57.380><c> king.</c>

00:55:58.179 --> 00:56:01.900
That's<00:55:58.360><c> what</c><00:55:58.519><c> happened</c><00:55:58.679><c> in</c><00:55:58.880><c> 1</c><00:55:59.059><c> Kings</c><00:55:59.420><c> 1</c><00:55:59.800><c> and</c><00:55:59.920><c> verse</c><00:56:00.659><c> 33.</c>

00:56:02.280 --> 00:56:05.360
It<00:56:02.420><c> was</c><00:56:02.619><c> an</c><00:56:02.880><c> indication</c><00:56:03.280><c> that</c><00:56:03.440><c> you</c><00:56:03.559><c> were</c><00:56:03.719><c> taking</c><00:56:03.980><c> over</c><00:56:04.280><c> as</c><00:56:04.480><c> king.</c>

00:56:05.719 --> 00:56:08.239
And<00:56:05.920><c> Haman</c><00:56:06.139><c> is</c><00:56:06.599><c> trying</c><00:56:06.820><c> to</c><00:56:07.139><c> usurp</c><00:56:07.639><c> the</c><00:56:07.960><c> throne.</c>

00:56:08.619 --> 00:56:10.699
It's<00:56:08.820><c> an</c><00:56:09.059><c> astounding</c><00:56:09.559><c> request.</c>

00:56:10.760 --> 00:56:14.860
It's<00:56:11.000><c> amazing</c><00:56:11.420><c> how</c><00:56:11.880><c> blatant</c><00:56:12.539><c> and</c><00:56:12.920><c> brazen</c><00:56:13.500><c> Haman</c><00:56:13.960><c> is.</c>

00:56:15.300 --> 00:56:17.679
It's<00:56:15.679><c> shameless</c><00:56:16.079><c> audacity</c><00:56:16.860><c> at</c><00:56:17.139><c> its</c><00:56:17.400><c> best.</c>

00:56:17.679 --> 00:56:21.440
King's<00:56:18.460><c> sin</c><00:56:18.559><c> is</c><00:56:18.719><c> now</c><00:56:18.980><c> making</c><00:56:19.300><c> a</c><00:56:19.639><c> title</c><00:56:19.980><c> bid</c><00:56:20.300><c> against</c><00:56:21.159><c> God.</c>

00:56:21.519 --> 00:56:23.400
It's<00:56:21.659><c> like</c><00:56:21.800><c> an</c><00:56:22.019><c> attempted</c><00:56:22.260><c> coup.</c>

00:56:23.820 --> 00:56:27.199
He's<00:56:24.159><c> trying</c><00:56:24.360><c> to</c><00:56:24.679><c> topple</c><00:56:25.019><c> God</c><00:56:25.420><c> off</c><00:56:25.840><c> his</c><00:56:26.300><c> throne.</c>

00:56:27.340 --> 00:56:30.019
And<00:56:27.500><c> look</c><00:56:27.659><c> where</c><00:56:27.760><c> he</c><00:56:27.820><c> wants</c><00:56:28.019><c> to</c><00:56:28.199><c> be</c><00:56:28.340><c> led,</c><00:56:28.599><c> verse</c><00:56:28.820><c> 9.</c>

00:56:30.679 --> 00:56:34.159
He<00:56:30.800><c> wants</c><00:56:31.059><c> to</c><00:56:31.239><c> be</c><00:56:31.340><c> led</c><00:56:31.780><c> through</c><00:56:32.320><c> the</c><00:56:32.719><c> street</c><00:56:32.860><c> of</c><00:56:33.059><c> the</c><00:56:33.260><c> city.</c>

00:56:34.219 --> 00:56:38.360
Haman<00:56:34.460><c> says,</c><00:56:35.199><c> look,</c><00:56:35.380><c> I</c><00:56:35.400><c> think</c><00:56:35.679><c> the</c><00:56:36.280><c> noble</c><00:56:36.659><c> prince</c><00:56:37.099><c> should</c><00:56:37.820><c> lead</c><00:56:38.079><c> me,</c>

00:56:38.360 --> 00:56:39.219
I<00:56:38.440><c> mean,</c>

00:56:39.480 --> 00:56:43.019
the<00:56:39.480><c> man</c><00:56:39.739><c> whom</c><00:56:39.940><c> the</c><00:56:40.119><c> king</c><00:56:40.280><c> delights</c><00:56:40.639><c> to</c><00:56:40.960><c> honor,</c><00:56:42.260><c> through</c><00:56:42.539><c> the</c>

00:56:43.019 --> 00:56:44.360
street<00:56:43.199><c> of</c><00:56:43.460><c> the</c><00:56:43.840><c> city.</c>

00:56:44.360 --> 00:56:50.039
Let's<00:56:45.400><c> say</c><00:56:45.840><c> right</c><00:56:46.980><c> where</c><00:56:47.360><c> Mordecai</c><00:56:48.079><c> the</c><00:56:48.440><c> Jew</c><00:56:48.639><c> sits,</c>

00:56:50.460 --> 00:56:53.940
because<00:56:51.059><c> that's</c><00:56:51.340><c> exactly</c><00:56:51.639><c> where</c><00:56:51.800><c> he</c><00:56:51.980><c> was</c><00:56:52.539><c> back</c><00:56:53.179><c> in</c><00:56:53.360><c> chapter</c><00:56:53.619><c> 4</c>

00:56:53.940 --> 00:56:56.079
and<00:56:54.119><c> verse</c><00:56:54.679><c> 6.</c>

00:56:56.340 --> 00:56:59.059
He's<00:56:56.639><c> absolutely</c><00:56:57.300><c> transparent,</c><00:56:58.059><c> isn't</c><00:56:58.179><c> he,</c><00:56:58.280><c> brothers</c><00:56:58.460><c> and</c><00:56:58.679><c> sisters?</c>

00:56:59.460 --> 00:57:03.199
The<00:56:59.800><c> deceitfulness</c><00:57:00.340><c> of</c><00:57:00.679><c> pride</c><00:57:01.239><c> and</c><00:57:02.119><c> arrogance.</c>

00:57:04.099 --> 00:57:06.840
And<00:57:04.219><c> so</c><00:57:04.300><c> we</c><00:57:04.460><c> come,</c><00:57:04.639><c> verse</c><00:57:04.920><c> 10,</c><00:57:05.260><c> to</c><00:57:05.420><c> the</c><00:57:05.659><c> king's</c><00:57:06.579><c> answer.</c>

00:57:06.860 --> 00:57:09.900
This<00:57:07.019><c> is</c><00:57:07.199><c> one</c><00:57:07.320><c> of</c><00:57:07.380><c> the</c><00:57:07.460><c> most</c><00:57:07.900><c> priceless</c><00:57:08.219><c> moments</c><00:57:08.800><c> in</c><00:57:09.280><c> the</c><00:57:09.480><c> whole</c><00:57:09.679><c> of</c>

00:57:09.900 --> 00:57:10.619
the<00:57:09.980><c> Old</c><00:57:10.159><c> Testament.</c>

00:57:10.619 --> 00:57:14.780
Then<00:57:11.460><c> the</c><00:57:11.679><c> king</c><00:57:11.920><c> said</c><00:57:12.280><c> to</c><00:57:12.539><c> Haman,</c><00:57:13.300><c> make</c><00:57:13.380><c> haste.</c>

00:57:14.800 --> 00:57:18.940
Take<00:57:15.139><c> the</c><00:57:15.400><c> apparel</c><00:57:15.679><c> and</c><00:57:15.840><c> the</c><00:57:16.019><c> horse,</c><00:57:16.900><c> as</c><00:57:17.119><c> thou</c><00:57:17.360><c> hast</c><00:57:17.800><c> said,</c>

00:57:19.079 --> 00:57:25.840
and<00:57:19.460><c> do</c><00:57:20.059><c> even</c><00:57:22.000><c> to</c><00:57:23.360><c> Mordecai</c><00:57:24.019><c> the</c><00:57:24.400><c> Jew</c><00:57:24.780><c> that</c><00:57:25.320><c> sits</c><00:57:25.579><c> at</c><00:57:25.719><c> the</c>

00:57:25.840 --> 00:57:26.280
king's<00:57:26.139><c> gate.</c>

00:57:26.440 --> 00:57:29.659
Let<00:57:26.659><c> nothing</c><00:57:27.099><c> fail</c><00:57:27.500><c> of</c><00:57:27.780><c> all</c><00:57:28.099><c> that</c><00:57:28.260><c> thou</c><00:57:28.460><c> hast</c><00:57:28.739><c> spoken.</c>

00:57:29.780 --> 00:57:33.739
We<00:57:29.940><c> can</c><00:57:30.039><c> just</c><00:57:30.219><c> imagine</c><00:57:30.559><c> the</c><00:57:31.000><c> flicker</c><00:57:31.559><c> of</c><00:57:32.099><c> complete</c><00:57:32.539><c> astonishment</c>

00:57:33.739 --> 00:57:36.500
and<00:57:34.380><c> mortification</c><00:57:35.179><c> that</c><00:57:35.380><c> would</c><00:57:35.500><c> have</c><00:57:35.900><c> flickered</c><00:57:36.179><c> across</c>

00:57:36.500 --> 00:57:37.679
Haman's<00:57:36.940><c> face</c><00:57:37.079><c> before.</c>

00:57:37.679 --> 00:57:45.400
That<00:57:38.719><c> would</c><00:57:39.000><c> come</c><00:57:39.239><c> the</c><00:57:39.480><c> perfect</c><00:57:40.539><c> suave</c><00:57:41.860><c> face</c><00:57:42.300><c> of</c><00:57:43.519><c> the</c><00:57:43.900><c> public</c><00:57:44.320><c> servant.</c>

00:57:47.460 --> 00:57:48.739
Wouldn't<00:57:47.599><c> you</c><00:57:47.820><c> love,</c><00:57:48.159><c> brothers</c><00:57:48.320><c> and</c><00:57:48.739><c> sisters,</c>

00:57:48.840 --> 00:57:52.840
to<00:57:48.980><c> be</c><00:57:49.400><c> a</c><00:57:49.599><c> Persian</c><00:57:50.179><c> fly</c><00:57:50.559><c> on</c><00:57:50.719><c> the</c><00:57:50.920><c> wall</c><00:57:51.059><c> at</c><00:57:51.219><c> that</c><00:57:51.440><c> particular</c><00:57:51.900><c> moment?</c>

00:57:53.539 --> 00:57:56.059
You<00:57:53.639><c> couldn't</c><00:57:53.880><c> have</c><00:57:54.199><c> scripted</c><00:57:54.619><c> a</c><00:57:54.820><c> better</c><00:57:55.019><c> scene,</c><00:57:55.460><c> could</c><00:57:55.679><c> you?</c>

00:57:56.500 --> 00:58:00.840
Do<00:57:56.679><c> it</c><00:57:56.940><c> to</c><00:57:57.139><c> Mordecai</c><00:57:57.820><c> the</c><00:57:58.460><c> Jew</c><00:57:58.980><c> who</c><00:57:59.519><c> sits</c><00:57:59.760><c> at</c><00:57:59.960><c> the</c><00:58:00.159><c> king's</c><00:58:00.539><c> gate.</c>

00:58:01.260 --> 00:58:03.019
Horror<00:58:01.559><c> of</c><00:58:01.880><c> horrors!</c>

00:58:03.079 --> 00:58:05.800
The<00:58:03.300><c> one</c><00:58:03.619><c> man</c><00:58:03.860><c> he</c><00:58:04.119><c> thought</c><00:58:04.320><c> who</c><00:58:04.519><c> was</c><00:58:04.719><c> going</c><00:58:04.800><c> to</c><00:58:04.940><c> be</c><00:58:05.179><c> dead</c><00:58:05.480><c> by</c>

00:58:05.800 --> 00:58:06.980
mid<00:58:06.099><c>-morning,</c>

00:58:06.980 --> 00:58:10.300
the<00:58:07.420><c> one</c><00:58:07.659><c> man</c><00:58:07.920><c> he</c><00:58:08.179><c> hates</c><00:58:08.400><c> for</c><00:58:08.619><c> both</c><00:58:08.860><c> being</c><00:58:09.219><c> a</c><00:58:09.420><c> Jew</c><00:58:09.559><c> and</c><00:58:10.039><c> sitting</c>

00:58:10.300 --> 00:58:11.219
at<00:58:10.460><c> the</c><00:58:10.639><c> king's</c><00:58:11.000><c> gate</c>

00:58:11.219 --> 00:58:14.500
is<00:58:11.739><c> now</c><00:58:12.039><c> going</c><00:58:12.159><c> to</c><00:58:12.280><c> be</c><00:58:12.500><c> paraded</c><00:58:12.860><c> in</c><00:58:13.159><c> regal</c><00:58:13.579><c> splendour</c><00:58:14.239><c> through</c>

00:58:14.500 --> 00:58:14.880
the<00:58:14.699><c> city.</c>

00:58:15.139 --> 00:58:18.199
The<00:58:15.340><c> shame,</c><00:58:16.119><c> the</c><00:58:16.440><c> ignominy</c><00:58:16.820><c> of</c><00:58:17.039><c> it,</c><00:58:17.159><c> that</c><00:58:17.280><c> it</c><00:58:17.400><c> would</c><00:58:17.619><c> not</c><00:58:17.800><c> be</c><00:58:18.099><c> Haman.</c>

00:58:18.320 --> 00:58:19.960
Could<00:58:18.460><c> it</c><00:58:18.599><c> get</c><00:58:18.760><c> any</c><00:58:19.019><c> worse?</c>

00:58:20.860 --> 00:58:22.300
Well,<00:58:21.119><c> yes</c><00:58:21.280><c> it</c><00:58:21.380><c> could.</c>

00:58:23.820 --> 00:58:26.019
Haman,<00:58:24.300><c> you</c><00:58:24.780><c> do</c><00:58:25.400><c> it</c><00:58:25.579><c> to</c><00:58:25.739><c> him.</c>

00:58:26.199 --> 00:58:27.780
You<00:58:26.639><c> be</c><00:58:27.019><c> the</c><00:58:27.219><c> noble</c><00:58:27.460><c> prince.</c>

00:58:27.880 --> 00:58:29.780
You've<00:58:28.159><c> volunteered</c><00:58:28.559><c> yourself.</c>

00:58:30.219 --> 00:58:31.260
You<00:58:30.539><c> do</c><00:58:30.739><c> it.</c>

00:58:31.559 --> 00:58:34.960
And<00:58:31.699><c> it</c><00:58:31.739><c> would</c><00:58:31.880><c> be</c><00:58:32.039><c> a</c><00:58:32.119><c> very</c><00:58:32.559><c> downcast</c><00:58:33.739><c> Haman,</c><00:58:34.559><c> would</c><00:58:34.639><c> it</c><00:58:34.800><c> not,</c>

00:58:34.960 --> 00:58:38.900
who<00:58:35.159><c> went</c><00:58:35.380><c> and</c><00:58:35.599><c> found</c><00:58:35.880><c> Mordecai</c><00:58:37.019><c> mourning</c><00:58:37.599><c> outside</c><00:58:38.079><c> the</c><00:58:38.300><c> king's</c><00:58:38.659><c> gate</c>

00:58:38.900 --> 00:58:45.320
and<00:58:39.139><c> said,</c><00:58:40.659><c> come</c><00:58:40.719><c> with</c><00:58:40.940><c> me,</c><00:58:43.260><c> and</c><00:58:43.460><c> paraded</c><00:58:43.739><c> him</c><00:58:43.980><c> through</c><00:58:44.199><c> the</c><00:58:44.400><c> city.</c>

00:58:46.260 --> 00:58:47.219
And<00:58:46.340><c> we</c><00:58:46.500><c> read</c><00:58:46.639><c> in</c><00:58:46.780><c> verse</c><00:58:46.960><c> 11,</c>

00:58:47.320 --> 00:58:50.840
Then<00:58:47.500><c> took</c><00:58:47.820><c> Haman</c><00:58:48.159><c> the</c><00:58:48.719><c> apparel</c><00:58:49.059><c> and</c><00:58:49.239><c> horse</c><00:58:49.460><c> and</c><00:58:49.639><c> arrayed</c><00:58:50.000><c> Mordecai</c>

00:58:50.840 --> 00:58:53.639
and<00:58:51.360><c> brought</c><00:58:51.739><c> him</c><00:58:52.139><c> on</c><00:58:52.519><c> horseback</c><00:58:52.940><c> through</c><00:58:53.179><c> the</c><00:58:53.340><c> street</c><00:58:53.480><c> of</c>

00:58:53.639 --> 00:58:53.920
the<00:58:53.760><c> city</c>

00:58:53.920 --> 00:58:58.460
and<00:58:54.139><c> proclaimed,</c><00:58:55.179><c> thus</c><00:58:55.440><c> shall</c><00:58:55.659><c> it</c><00:58:55.800><c> be</c><00:58:55.940><c> done</c><00:58:56.079><c> unto</c><00:58:56.300><c> the</c><00:58:56.480><c> man</c><00:58:56.719><c> whom</c><00:58:56.900><c> the</c><00:58:57.119><c> king</c><00:58:57.420><c> delights</c><00:58:57.900><c> to</c><00:58:58.239><c> honour.</c>

00:58:58.860 --> 00:59:01.440
You<00:58:58.960><c> know,</c><00:58:59.159><c> brothers</c><00:58:59.280><c> and</c><00:58:59.420><c> sisters,</c><00:59:00.239><c> that</c><00:59:00.659><c> right</c><00:59:01.119><c> there</c><00:59:01.260><c> in</c>

00:59:01.440 --> 00:59:01.940
verse<00:59:01.659><c> 11</c>

00:59:01.940 --> 00:59:06.400
is<00:59:02.239><c> the</c><00:59:02.719><c> chief</c><00:59:02.980><c> difference</c><00:59:03.420><c> between</c><00:59:03.880><c> Haman</c><00:59:04.260><c> and</c><00:59:05.039><c> Mordecai.</c>

00:59:06.579 --> 00:59:09.400
Mordecai<00:59:07.099><c> would</c><00:59:07.380><c> rather</c><00:59:07.679><c> have</c><00:59:08.239><c> died</c>

00:59:09.940 --> 00:59:14.119
than<00:59:10.460><c> parade</c><00:59:10.980><c> Haman</c><00:59:11.639><c> and</c><00:59:12.119><c> his</c><00:59:12.400><c> virtues</c><00:59:12.739><c> through</c><00:59:13.039><c> the</c><00:59:13.219><c> city.</c>

00:59:14.599 --> 00:59:15.940
But<00:59:14.739><c> Haman</c><00:59:14.900><c> is</c><00:59:15.139><c> unscrupulous.</c>

00:59:16.280 --> 00:59:18.739
There's<00:59:16.519><c> no</c><00:59:16.780><c> level</c><00:59:17.019><c> that</c><00:59:17.239><c> Haman</c><00:59:17.519><c> would</c><00:59:17.719><c> not</c><00:59:17.920><c> be</c><00:59:18.079><c> prepared</c><00:59:18.420><c> to</c>

00:59:18.739 --> 00:59:19.380
stoop<00:59:19.000><c> to</c>

00:59:19.380 --> 00:59:22.179
to<00:59:20.219><c> ingratiate</c><00:59:20.980><c> himself</c><00:59:21.460><c> with</c><00:59:21.699><c> the</c><00:59:21.920><c> king.</c>

00:59:22.579 --> 00:59:25.320
And<00:59:22.719><c> there's</c><00:59:22.940><c> a</c><00:59:23.139><c> stark</c><00:59:23.360><c> contrast</c><00:59:23.960><c> right</c><00:59:24.260><c> there,</c><00:59:24.539><c> isn't</c><00:59:24.659><c> there,</c>

00:59:25.800 --> 00:59:28.480
between<00:59:26.059><c> the</c><00:59:26.340><c> little</c><00:59:26.579><c> man</c><00:59:27.039><c> and</c><00:59:27.679><c> the</c><00:59:27.920><c> big</c><00:59:28.119><c> man.</c>

00:59:28.739 --> 00:59:30.960
It<00:59:28.920><c> was</c><00:59:29.019><c> just</c><00:59:29.219><c> a</c><00:59:29.380><c> shadow</c><00:59:29.559><c> of</c><00:59:29.719><c> what</c><00:59:29.880><c> was</c><00:59:30.099><c> to</c><00:59:30.320><c> come.</c>

00:59:31.059 --> 00:59:34.380
The<00:59:31.539><c> ultimate,</c><00:59:31.539><c> the</c><00:59:31.840><c> ultimate</c><00:59:32.340><c> overthrow</c><00:59:32.780><c> of</c><00:59:33.059><c> king's</c><00:59:33.559><c> sin.</c>

00:59:34.880 --> 00:59:37.099
And<00:59:34.920><c> you</c><00:59:34.920><c> know,</c><00:59:35.199><c> Mordecai</c><00:59:35.559><c> wouldn't</c><00:59:35.780><c> have</c><00:59:36.000><c> missed</c><00:59:36.219><c> the</c><00:59:36.460><c> significance</c><00:59:36.880><c> of</c>

00:59:37.099 --> 00:59:37.780
that,<00:59:37.320><c> would</c><00:59:37.460><c> he?</c>

00:59:37.960 --> 00:59:40.380
You<00:59:38.079><c> can</c><00:59:38.199><c> just</c><00:59:38.380><c> imagine</c><00:59:38.659><c> him</c><00:59:38.860><c> sitting</c><00:59:39.099><c> forlorn</c><00:59:39.599><c> in</c><00:59:39.780><c> the</c><00:59:39.920><c> king's</c><00:59:40.239><c> gate</c>

00:59:40.380 --> 00:59:43.320
and<00:59:40.579><c> Haman</c><00:59:40.760><c> comes,</c><00:59:41.559><c> rouses</c><00:59:41.920><c> him</c><00:59:42.139><c> from</c><00:59:42.300><c> his</c><00:59:42.519><c> mourning,</c>

00:59:43.440 --> 00:59:45.659
openly<00:59:43.780><c> parades</c><00:59:44.340><c> and</c><00:59:44.599><c> lords</c><00:59:44.840><c> him</c><00:59:45.039><c> through</c><00:59:45.260><c> the</c><00:59:45.440><c> city.</c>

00:59:46.079 --> 00:59:49.820
Haman<00:59:46.300><c> the</c><00:59:46.539><c> Agagite,</c><00:59:47.019><c> the</c><00:59:47.199><c> Jew's</c><00:59:47.639><c> diabolos,</c><00:59:48.980><c> out</c><00:59:49.159><c> of</c><00:59:49.380><c> nowhere.</c>

00:59:50.099 --> 00:59:52.360
It<00:59:50.179><c> seemed</c><00:59:50.559><c> deliverance</c><00:59:51.300><c> had</c><00:59:51.539><c> come.</c>

00:59:52.679 --> 00:59:56.139
Just<00:59:52.880><c> imagine</c><00:59:53.239><c> how</c><00:59:53.519><c> encouraging</c><00:59:54.039><c> that</c><00:59:54.239><c> would</c><00:59:54.380><c> have</c><00:59:54.539><c> been</c><00:59:54.679><c> for</c><00:59:54.920><c> Mordecai.</c>

00:59:56.440 --> 00:59:58.800
As<00:59:56.639><c> Isaiah</c><00:59:57.039><c> 61</c><00:59:57.639><c> verses</c><00:59:57.980><c> 2</c><00:59:58.219><c> and</c><00:59:58.300><c> 3</c><00:59:58.539><c> says,</c>

00:59:58.800 --> 01:00:01.219
his<00:59:59.079><c> ashes</c><00:59:59.500><c> were</c><00:59:59.800><c> turned</c><00:59:59.960><c> to</c><01:00:00.219><c> beauty,</c>

01:00:01.739 --> 01:00:03.900
his<01:00:02.079><c> mourning</c><01:00:02.480><c> into</c><01:00:02.820><c> joy,</c>

01:00:04.280 --> 01:00:05.980
his<01:00:04.619><c> heaviness</c><01:00:05.139><c> into</c><01:00:05.559><c> praise.</c>

01:00:06.199 --> 01:00:09.119
God<01:00:06.619><c> was</c><01:00:07.280><c> good,</c><01:00:07.800><c> brothers</c><01:00:07.880><c> and</c><01:00:08.139><c> sisters.</c>

01:00:09.820 --> 01:00:13.800
And<01:00:09.980><c> you</c><01:00:10.099><c> know,</c><01:00:10.599><c> this</c><01:00:10.860><c> story</c><01:00:11.099><c> is</c><01:00:11.460><c> absolutely</c><01:00:11.860><c> amazing</c><01:00:12.360><c> because</c>

01:00:13.800 --> 01:00:16.619
remember<01:00:14.599><c> we</c><01:00:14.800><c> looked</c><01:00:15.000><c> in</c><01:00:15.300><c> chapter</c><01:00:15.539><c> 1</c><01:00:15.760><c> and</c><01:00:15.920><c> verse</c><01:00:16.119><c> 14</c>

01:00:16.619 --> 01:00:20.900
about<01:00:16.940><c> the</c><01:00:17.260><c> seven</c><01:00:17.599><c> princes</c><01:00:18.099><c> who</c><01:00:18.739><c> saw</c><01:00:19.239><c> the</c><01:00:19.460><c> king's</c><01:00:19.900><c> face.</c>

01:00:21.039 --> 01:00:21.900
Remember<01:00:21.179><c> we</c><01:00:21.380><c> saw</c><01:00:21.559><c> that?</c>

01:00:22.219 --> 01:00:24.699
The<01:00:22.440><c> seven</c><01:00:22.699><c> princes</c><01:00:23.119><c> who</c><01:00:23.559><c> saw</c><01:00:23.900><c> the</c><01:00:24.079><c> king's</c><01:00:24.480><c> face.</c>

01:00:24.880 --> 01:00:26.440
And<01:00:25.119><c> if</c><01:00:25.219><c> it</c><01:00:25.340><c> is</c><01:00:25.639><c> literally</c><01:00:26.000><c> true</c>

01:00:26.440 --> 01:00:30.539
that<01:00:26.739><c> only</c><01:00:27.860><c> the</c><01:00:28.099><c> seven</c><01:00:28.360><c> princes</c><01:00:28.780><c> had</c><01:00:29.239><c> seen</c><01:00:29.679><c> the</c><01:00:29.900><c> king's</c><01:00:30.300><c> face,</c>

01:00:30.840 --> 01:00:32.320
then<01:00:31.099><c> think</c><01:00:31.300><c> about</c><01:00:31.599><c> this</c><01:00:31.920><c> story</c>

01:00:32.320 --> 01:00:37.280
as<01:00:33.380><c> Mordecai</c><01:00:34.159><c> emerged</c><01:00:35.119><c> from</c><01:00:35.519><c> the</c><01:00:36.019><c> king's</c><01:00:36.800><c> gate</c>

01:00:37.280 --> 01:00:40.440
on<01:00:38.599><c> the</c><01:00:39.000><c> king's</c><01:00:39.840><c> horse</c>

01:00:40.440 --> 01:00:43.420
with<01:00:41.280><c> the</c><01:00:41.619><c> king's</c><01:00:42.420><c> crown</c>

01:00:43.440 --> 01:00:45.880
dressed<01:00:43.980><c> in</c><01:00:44.239><c> the</c><01:00:44.400><c> king's</c><01:00:45.059><c> clothes</c>

01:00:45.880 --> 01:00:48.480
paraded<01:00:46.800><c> by</c><01:00:47.159><c> the</c><01:00:47.480><c> king's</c><01:00:48.099><c> herald.</c>

01:00:48.920 --> 01:00:51.079
What<01:00:49.239><c> would</c><01:00:49.719><c> all</c><01:00:50.119><c> the</c><01:00:50.300><c> city</c><01:00:50.519><c> think</c>

01:00:51.079 --> 01:00:53.739
who<01:00:52.059><c> hadn't</c><01:00:52.400><c> seen</c><01:00:52.719><c> the</c><01:00:52.900><c> king's</c><01:00:53.320><c> face?</c>

01:00:54.000 --> 01:00:55.940
And<01:00:54.280><c> the</c><01:00:54.420><c> answer</c><01:00:54.739><c> is</c>

01:00:55.940 --> 01:01:00.320
absolutely<01:00:56.760><c> they</c><01:00:57.599><c> would</c><01:00:57.900><c> think</c><01:00:58.219><c> that</c><01:00:58.940><c> is</c><01:00:59.239><c> the</c><01:00:59.400><c> king.</c>

01:01:00.559 --> 01:01:02.119
Now<01:01:00.679><c> can</c><01:01:00.780><c> you</c><01:01:00.960><c> see</c><01:01:01.159><c> the</c><01:01:01.420><c> type,</c><01:01:01.820><c> brothers</c><01:01:01.820><c> and</c><01:01:01.980><c> sisters?</c>

01:01:02.280 --> 01:01:05.619
Now<01:01:02.519><c> we</c><01:01:02.760><c> have</c><01:01:03.340><c> Mordecai</c><01:01:04.159><c> raised</c><01:01:04.980><c> from</c><01:01:05.280><c> the</c><01:01:05.480><c> dead</c>

01:01:05.619 --> 01:01:08.800
and<01:01:05.780><c> now</c><01:01:06.119><c> he</c><01:01:06.300><c> is</c><01:01:06.460><c> going</c><01:01:06.559><c> to</c><01:01:06.699><c> be</c><01:01:06.880><c> paraded</c><01:01:07.219><c> before</c><01:01:07.639><c> all</c><01:01:08.019><c> the</c><01:01:08.300><c> world</c>

01:01:08.800 --> 01:01:13.780
as<01:01:09.820><c> the</c><01:01:10.539><c> perfect</c><01:01:11.219><c> manifestation</c><01:01:12.059><c> of</c><01:01:12.360><c> God</c><01:01:12.619><c> himself.</c>

01:01:13.960 --> 01:01:16.260
He<01:01:14.139><c> is</c><01:01:14.500><c> now</c><01:01:14.960><c> the</c><01:01:15.280><c> king.</c>

01:01:16.880 --> 01:01:20.019
Mordecai<01:01:17.559><c> is</c><01:01:18.000><c> now</c><01:01:18.780><c> the</c><01:01:19.159><c> king</c>

01:01:20.440 --> 01:01:24.639
immortalized<01:01:21.119><c> as</c><01:01:21.599><c> the</c><01:01:22.000><c> perfect</c><01:01:22.519><c> manifestation</c><01:01:23.320><c> of</c><01:01:23.840><c> God</c><01:01:24.119><c> himself.</c>

01:01:24.639 --> 01:01:26.460
How<01:01:24.860><c> marvelous</c><01:01:25.480><c> the</c><01:01:25.880><c> story</c><01:01:26.119><c> is.</c>

01:01:26.780 --> 01:01:27.699
It<01:01:26.820><c> couldn't</c><01:01:26.980><c> be</c><01:01:27.179><c> any</c><01:01:27.500><c> clearer,</c>

01:01:27.960 --> 01:01:29.460
could<01:01:27.960><c> it,</c><01:01:28.199><c> brothers</c><01:01:28.320><c> and</c><01:01:28.559><c> sisters?</c>

01:01:29.639 --> 01:01:33.380
The<01:01:29.820><c> reward</c><01:01:30.260><c> of</c><01:01:30.900><c> humility</c><01:01:31.400><c> and</c><01:01:31.679><c> the</c><01:01:32.420><c> end</c><01:01:32.659><c> of</c><01:01:33.139><c> pride.</c>

01:01:33.539 --> 01:01:36.280
And<01:01:33.800><c> pride</c><01:01:34.159><c> is</c><01:01:35.039><c> the</c><01:01:35.199><c> lesson</c><01:01:35.380><c> that</c><01:01:35.539><c> we</c><01:01:35.639><c> want</c><01:01:35.760><c> to</c><01:01:35.960><c> dwell</c><01:01:36.079><c> on</c>

01:01:36.280 --> 01:01:38.340
as<01:01:36.440><c> we</c><01:01:36.659><c> finish</c><01:01:36.880><c> right</c><01:01:37.260><c> here.</c>

01:01:39.800 --> 01:01:42.519
Because<01:01:40.059><c> it</c><01:01:40.219><c> doesn't</c><01:01:40.420><c> come</c><01:01:40.820><c> more</c><01:01:41.280><c> graphically</c><01:01:41.960><c> highlighted</c>

01:01:42.519 --> 01:01:43.280
for<01:01:42.760><c> us</c>

01:01:43.280 --> 01:01:45.860
than<01:01:43.619><c> in</c><01:01:43.880><c> the</c><01:01:44.159><c> story</c><01:01:44.440><c> of</c><01:01:45.079><c> Haman.</c>

01:01:46.099 --> 01:01:49.179
Look<01:01:46.300><c> at</c><01:01:46.420><c> these</c><01:01:46.619><c> just</c><01:01:46.960><c> two</c><01:01:47.420><c> final</c><01:01:47.699><c> references</c><01:01:48.079><c> before</c><01:01:48.460><c> we</c><01:01:48.739><c> close.</c>

01:01:49.659 --> 01:01:53.400
Daniel<01:01:50.019><c> 4</c><01:01:50.519><c> and</c><01:01:50.699><c> verse</c><01:01:51.219><c> 37,</c><01:01:51.860><c> the</c><01:01:52.000><c> words</c><01:01:52.139><c> of</c><01:01:52.360><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

01:01:53.400 --> 01:01:57.260
Now<01:01:54.099><c> I,</c><01:01:54.500><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><01:01:55.119><c> praise</c><01:01:55.639><c> and</c><01:01:55.880><c> extol</c><01:01:56.460><c> the</c><01:01:56.659><c> honor</c>

01:01:57.260 --> 01:01:58.480
and<01:01:57.519><c> honor</c><01:01:57.699><c> the</c><01:01:57.860><c> king</c><01:01:58.019><c> of</c><01:01:58.219><c> heaven,</c>

01:01:58.760 --> 01:02:01.039
all<01:01:58.980><c> whose</c><01:01:59.199><c> works</c><01:01:59.480><c> are</c><01:01:59.780><c> truth</c><01:01:59.980><c> and</c><01:02:00.139><c> his</c><01:02:00.380><c> ways</c><01:02:00.559><c> judgment,</c>

01:02:01.380 --> 01:02:06.900
and<01:02:01.760><c> those</c><01:02:02.159><c> that</c><01:02:02.559><c> walk</c><01:02:02.820><c> in</c><01:02:03.300><c> pride</c><01:02:03.579><c> he</c><01:02:04.079><c> is</c><01:02:04.980><c> able</c><01:02:05.519><c> to</c><01:02:05.860><c> abase.</c>

01:02:07.239 --> 01:02:09.159
And<01:02:07.380><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><01:02:07.920><c> learnt</c><01:02:08.119><c> that</c><01:02:08.400><c> lesson.</c>

01:02:09.619 --> 01:02:12.599
Isaiah<01:02:09.880><c> 2</c><01:02:10.320><c> and</c><01:02:10.500><c> verse</c><01:02:11.119><c> 11</c><01:02:11.739><c> to</c><01:02:12.000><c> 12,</c>

01:02:13.019 --> 01:02:15.679
the<01:02:13.320><c> lofty</c><01:02:13.840><c> looks</c><01:02:14.059><c> of</c><01:02:14.360><c> man</c><01:02:14.659><c> shall</c><01:02:14.880><c> be</c><01:02:15.199><c> humbled</c>

01:02:15.679 --> 01:02:19.320
and<01:02:16.199><c> the</c><01:02:16.440><c> haughtiness</c><01:02:16.820><c> of</c><01:02:17.119><c> man</c><01:02:17.679><c> shall</c><01:02:18.159><c> be</c><01:02:18.480><c> bowed</c><01:02:18.820><c> down.</c>

01:02:19.320 --> 01:02:23.539
Everyone<01:02:20.159><c> that</c><01:02:20.400><c> is</c><01:02:20.780><c> proud</c><01:02:21.260><c> and</c><01:02:21.659><c> lofty</c><01:02:22.239><c> shall</c><01:02:22.559><c> be</c><01:02:22.800><c> brought</c><01:02:23.019><c> down</c>

01:02:23.539 --> 01:02:29.000
and<01:02:24.179><c> Yahweh</c><01:02:25.179><c> alone</c><01:02:25.880><c> shall</c><01:02:26.239><c> be</c><01:02:26.559><c> exalted</c><01:02:27.099><c> in</c><01:02:27.760><c> that</c><01:02:28.059><c> day.</c>

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You<01:02:29.079><c> know,</c><01:02:29.300><c> brothers</c><01:02:29.440><c> and</c><01:02:29.659><c> sisters,</c>

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we<01:02:29.880><c> want</c><01:02:30.039><c> to</c><01:02:30.139><c> make</c><01:02:30.340><c> sure,</c><01:02:30.579><c> don't</c><01:02:30.719><c> we,</c><01:02:30.860><c> that</c><01:02:30.980><c> we</c><01:02:31.099><c> don't</c><01:02:31.860><c> contract</c><01:02:32.900><c> Haman's</c><01:02:33.780><c> disease.</c>

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Because<01:02:35.760><c> to</c><01:02:36.559><c> God,</c><01:02:37.239><c> the</c><01:02:37.500><c> proud</c><01:02:37.840><c> are</c><01:02:38.300><c> an</c><01:02:38.619><c> abomination.</c>

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And<01:02:39.619><c> proud</c><01:02:39.880><c> Haman</c><01:02:40.380><c> is</c><01:02:41.039><c> going</c><01:02:41.260><c> to</c><01:02:41.559><c> prove</c><01:02:41.840><c> absolutely</c><01:02:43.000><c> dispensable</c>

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in<01:02:45.179><c> our</c><01:02:45.360><c> next</c><01:02:45.920><c> session.</c>

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So<01:02:47.519><c> let's</c><01:02:47.860><c> concentrate,</c><01:02:48.440><c> brothers</c><01:02:48.539><c> and</c><01:02:48.800><c> sisters,</c>

01:02:49.000 --> 01:02:51.619
on<01:02:49.019><c> being</c><01:02:49.340><c> like</c><01:02:50.059><c> Mordecai</c><01:02:50.900><c> and</c><01:02:51.340><c> Esther,</c>

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reflecting<01:02:52.559><c> the</c><01:02:53.420><c> king's</c><01:02:54.059><c> glory</c>

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and<01:02:55.139><c> hoping</c><01:02:55.480><c> that</c><01:02:55.760><c> when</c><01:02:56.079><c> he</c><01:02:56.360><c> comes,</c>

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that<01:02:57.780><c> he</c><01:02:58.079><c> will</c><01:02:59.300><c> be</c><01:03:00.000><c> pleased</c><01:03:00.400><c> in</c><01:03:00.679><c> us.</c>

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That<01:03:01.619><c> when</c><01:03:01.760><c> he</c><01:03:01.940><c> comes</c><01:03:02.139><c> and</c><01:03:02.340><c> opens</c><01:03:02.599><c> the</c><01:03:02.880><c> history</c><01:03:03.079><c> books</c>

01:03:03.400 --> 01:03:07.059
and<01:03:03.820><c> sees</c><01:03:04.059><c> what</c><01:03:04.219><c> we</c><01:03:04.440><c> have</c><01:03:04.599><c> done</c><01:03:04.920><c> for</c><01:03:05.159><c> the</c><01:03:05.760><c> furthering</c><01:03:06.119><c> of</c><01:03:06.280><c> his</c><01:03:06.460><c> purpose</c>

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and<01:03:07.719><c> the</c><01:03:08.039><c> glory</c><01:03:08.300><c> of</c><01:03:08.539><c> his</c><01:03:08.760><c> name,</c><01:03:09.119><c> that</c><01:03:09.219><c> he</c><01:03:09.280><c> might</c><01:03:09.559><c> see</c><01:03:09.820><c> in</c><01:03:09.960><c> us</c>

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a<01:03:11.079><c> reflection</c><01:03:11.480><c> not</c><01:03:11.840><c> of</c><01:03:11.980><c> us,</c><01:03:13.719><c> but</c><01:03:13.860><c> of</c><01:03:14.039><c> himself.</c>