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how</c><00:12:04.419><c> there</c><00:12:04.559><c> would</c><00:12:04.700><c> be</c><00:12:04.860><c> a</c><00:12:05.100><c> discussion</c><00:12:05.379><c> in</c><00:12:05.639><c> heaven.</c> 00:12:06.440 --> 00:12:10.120 God<00:12:06.779><c> and</c><00:12:06.940><c> his</c><00:12:07.139><c> angels</c><00:12:07.639><c> having</c><00:12:08.039><c> a</c><00:12:08.840><c> discussion</c><00:12:09.320><c> about,</c><00:12:09.740><c> here's</c> 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:10.720 the<00:12:10.340><c> problem.</c> 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:15.059 And<00:12:11.299><c> it's</c><00:12:11.860><c> like</c><00:12:12.139><c> ecclesial</c><00:12:12.539><c> decisions</c><00:12:12.940><c> that</c><00:12:13.100><c> we</c><00:12:13.279><c> make</c><00:12:13.419><c> or</c><00:12:13.600><c> family</c><00:12:13.980><c> decisions</c><00:12:14.379><c> with</c><00:12:14.559><c> husbands</c><00:12:14.860><c> and</c> 00:12:15.059 --> 00:12:15.340 wives. 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:16.879 We<00:12:15.879><c> 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tell</c><00:12:26.899><c> them</c><00:12:27.179><c> everything</c><00:12:27.559><c> to</c><00:12:27.799><c> do.</c> 00:12:28.379 --> 00:12:30.620 He<00:12:28.700><c> discusses</c><00:12:29.120><c> with</c><00:12:29.259><c> them</c><00:12:29.580><c> about</c><00:12:30.019><c> the</c><00:12:30.279><c> problem.</c> 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:34.379 They<00:12:31.419><c> suggest</c><00:12:31.899><c> solutions</c><00:12:32.500><c> as</c><00:12:32.740><c> you</c><00:12:32.960><c> find</c><00:12:33.240><c> in</c><00:12:33.500><c> Micaiah's</c><00:12:34.120><c> speech.</c> 00:12:34.659 --> 00:12:37.399 And<00:12:34.899><c> then</c><00:12:35.080><c> God</c><00:12:35.299><c> says,</c><00:12:35.720><c> all</c><00:12:35.879><c> right,</c><00:12:36.320><c> well</c><00:12:36.480><c> then</c><00:12:36.740><c> you</c><00:12:37.019><c> take</c><00:12:37.200><c> care</c> 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:37.779 of<00:12:37.539><c> that.</c> 00:12:37.779 --> 00:12:38.600 And<00:12:37.940><c> they</c><00:12:38.059><c> 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there</c><00:12:47.179><c> that</c><00:12:47.419><c> says,</c><00:12:47.799><c> the</c><00:12:48.120><c> Lord</c><00:12:48.340><c> confused</c><00:12:48.700><c> the</c><00:12:48.919><c> language</c><00:12:49.240><c> of</c> 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:50.539 all<00:12:49.679><c> the</c><00:12:49.820><c> earth.</c> 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:52.120 And<00:12:50.740><c> so</c><00:12:50.840><c> we</c><00:12:50.960><c> just</c><00:12:51.120><c> say,</c><00:12:51.279><c> well,</c><00:12:51.460><c> God</c><00:12:51.620><c> did</c><00:12:51.799><c> that.</c> 00:12:52.399 --> 00:12:53.440 And<00:12:52.559><c> he</c><00:12:52.720><c> did</c><00:12:52.919><c> do</c><00:12:53.159><c> that.</c> 00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:58.159 God<00:12:54.179><c> is</c><00:12:54.440><c> the</c><00:12:54.620><c> one</c><00:12:54.779><c> who</c><00:12:54.980><c> has</c><00:12:55.200><c> the</c><00:12:55.600><c> overriding</c><00:12:56.220><c> control</c><00:12:56.720><c> of</c><00:12:56.960><c> everything</c><00:12:57.320><c> 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positions</c><00:16:26.720><c> that</c><00:16:26.860><c> he</c><00:16:26.980><c> has</c><00:16:27.399><c> as</c> 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:28.620 son<00:16:28.139><c> of</c><00:16:28.340><c> God.</c> 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:31.500 And<00:16:29.240><c> it</c><00:16:29.480><c> also</c><00:16:29.860><c> shows</c><00:16:30.120><c> you</c><00:16:30.299><c> why</c><00:16:30.519><c> the</c><00:16:30.840><c> angels</c><00:16:31.019><c> were</c><00:16:31.240><c> so</c> 00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:34.759 interested<00:16:31.840><c> in</c><00:16:32.039><c> looking</c><00:16:32.259><c> into</c><00:16:32.700><c> the</c><00:16:33.000><c> position</c><00:16:33.379><c> of</c><00:16:33.539><c> Jesus</c><00:16:33.840><c> Christ.</c> 00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:38.299 You<00:16:35.440><c> find</c><00:16:35.700><c> the</c><00:16:35.899><c> same</c><00:16:36.139><c> kind</c><00:16:36.379><c> of</c><00:16:36.539><c> thing</c><00:16:36.679><c> in</c><00:16:36.840><c> 1</c><00:16:37.059><c> Peter</c><00:16:37.259><c> 3,</c><00:16:37.639><c> verse</c><00:16:37.840><c> 22.</c> 00:16:38.460 --> 00:16:40.200 And<00:16:38.639><c> again,</c><00:16:38.779><c> these</c><00:16:38.960><c> are</c><00:16:39.139><c> all</c><00:16:39.279><c> familiar</c><00:16:39.620><c> passages.</c> 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:43.720 That<00:16:40.759><c> he's</c><00:16:40.960><c> gone</c><00:16:41.259><c> into</c><00:16:41.500><c> heaven,</c><00:16:42.159><c> he's</c><00:16:42.419><c> at</c><00:16:42.639><c> the</c><00:16:42.759><c> right</c><00:16:42.980><c> hand</c><00:16:43.139><c> of</c><00:16:43.340><c> God.</c> 00:16:44.179 --> 00:16:47.340 Angels,<00:16:44.960><c> authorities,</c><00:16:45.879><c> powers,</c><00:16:46.500><c> having</c><00:16:46.620><c> been</c><00:16:46.840><c> made</c><00:16:47.080><c> subject</c> 00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:47.740 to<00:16:47.519><c> him.</c> 00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:51.100 So<00:16:48.240><c> there's</c><00:16:48.539><c> no</c><00:16:48.820><c> doubt</c><00:16:49.059><c> now</c><00:16:49.460><c> that</c><00:16:49.679><c> because</c><00:16:50.059><c> of</c><00:16:50.220><c> what</c><00:16:50.419><c> Christ</c><00:16:50.720><c> did,</c> 00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:53.919 as<00:16:51.500><c> Paul</c><00:16:51.759><c> says</c><00:16:52.039><c> in</c><00:16:52.220><c> Hebrews</c><00:16:52.440><c> 2,</c><00:16:52.840><c> that</c><00:16:52.840><c> he</c><00:16:52.940><c> was</c><00:16:53.120><c> made</c><00:16:53.419><c> a</c><00:16:53.639><c> little</c> 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:55.240 lower<00:16:54.299><c> than</c><00:16:54.539><c> the</c><00:16:54.799><c> angels</c><00:16:55.019><c> for</c> 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:56.159 the<00:16:55.419><c> suffering</c><00:16:55.679><c> of</c><00:16:55.919><c> death.</c> 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:59.740 He<00:16:56.820><c> now</c><00:16:57.179><c> definitely</c><00:16:57.720><c> has</c><00:16:58.019><c> a</c><00:16:58.120><c> position</c><00:16:58.539><c> that</c><00:16:58.740><c> is</c><00:16:59.019><c> far</c><00:16:59.440><c> above</c> 00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:00.379 the<00:17:00.100><c> angels.</c> 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:03.600 And<00:17:00.899><c> he</c><00:17:01.159><c> now</c><00:17:01.460><c> has</c><00:17:01.759><c> taken</c><00:17:01.960><c> over,</c><00:17:02.620><c> in</c><00:17:02.779><c> a</c><00:17:03.039><c> direct</c><00:17:03.240><c> way,</c> 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:06.019 the<00:17:03.879><c> position</c><00:17:04.240><c> of</c><00:17:04.460><c> working</c><00:17:04.660><c> with</c><00:17:04.880><c> those</c><00:17:05.140><c> angels.</c> 00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:09.819 In<00:17:07.240><c> fact,</c><00:17:07.500><c> there's</c><00:17:07.880><c> a</c><00:17:08.039><c> fun</c><00:17:08.279><c> passage</c><00:17:08.640><c> that</c><00:17:08.759><c> you</c><00:17:08.859><c> look</c><00:17:09.059><c> at</c><00:17:09.299><c> in</c><00:17:09.619><c> 2</c> 00:17:09.819 --> 00:17:11.279 Thessalonians<00:17:10.500><c> chapter</c><00:17:10.859><c> 1.</c> 00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:14.299 We<00:17:11.960><c> 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angels</c><00:18:48.359><c> that</c><00:18:48.640><c> long</c><00:18:48.779><c> to</c> 00:18:48.900 --> 00:18:49.319 look<00:18:49.099><c> into.</c> 00:18:49.420 --> 00:18:52.180 They<00:18:49.579><c> didn't</c><00:18:49.859><c> know</c><00:18:50.200><c> everything</c><00:18:50.599><c> that</c><00:18:50.759><c> was</c><00:18:50.940><c> happening</c><00:18:51.220><c> in</c><00:18:51.380><c> relation</c><00:18:51.660><c> to</c><00:18:51.859><c> Christ.</c> 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:54.980 They<00:18:52.839><c> knew</c><00:18:53.059><c> what</c><00:18:53.240><c> a</c><00:18:53.500><c> great</c><00:18:53.640><c> event</c><00:18:53.859><c> it</c><00:18:54.019><c> was,</c><00:18:54.160><c> they</c><00:18:54.380><c> rejoiced</c><00:18:54.859><c> at</c> 00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.420 his<00:18:55.180><c> birth.</c> 00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:58.539 But<00:18:55.900><c> you</c><00:18:56.019><c> can</c><00:18:56.220><c> imagine</c><00:18:56.619><c> the</c><00:18:56.920><c> anticipation</c><00:18:57.460><c> that</c><00:18:57.619><c> they</c><00:18:57.740><c> had</c><00:18:57.900><c> about</c><00:18:58.099><c> how</c><00:18:58.440><c> is</c> 00:18:58.539 --> 00:18:59.019 this<00:18:58.720><c> man</c><00:18:58.839><c> ever</c> 00:18:59.019 --> 00:18:59.619 gonna<00:18:59.160><c> make</c><00:18:59.400><c> it?</c> 00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:02.799 How<00:18:59.960><c> is</c><00:19:00.180><c> God</c><00:19:00.319><c> ever</c><00:19:00.519><c> gonna</c><00:19:00.759><c> keep,</c><00:19:00.880><c> we</c><00:19:01.160><c> worked</c><00:19:01.359><c> for</c><00:19:01.680><c> 4</c><00:19:01.880><c>,000</c><00:19:02.259><c> years</c><00:19:02.559><c> and</c> 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:04.539 hadn't<00:19:02.980><c> been</c><00:19:03.140><c> able</c><00:19:03.319><c> to</c><00:19:03.500><c> bring</c><00:19:03.619><c> somebody</c><00:19:04.000><c> sinless</c><00:19:04.359><c> through</c> 00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:05.019 this<00:19:04.799><c> world.</c> 00:19:05.339 --> 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finally</c><00:19:32.160><c> managed</c><00:19:32.779><c> to</c><00:19:32.960><c> bring</c><00:19:33.079><c> somebody</c><00:19:33.380><c> through.</c> 00:19:34.380 --> 00:19:36.539 That<00:19:34.779><c> would</c><00:19:34.940><c> have</c><00:19:35.119><c> been</c><00:19:35.400><c> quite</c><00:19:35.599><c> an</c><00:19:35.819><c> event.</c> 00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:40.099 You<00:19:37.299><c> look</c><00:19:37.440><c> at</c><00:19:37.539><c> the</c><00:19:37.720><c> passage</c><00:19:38.000><c> in</c><00:19:38.220><c> Peter</c><00:19:38.559><c> when</c><00:19:39.460><c> he</c><00:19:39.640><c> talks</c><00:19:39.859><c> about</c> 00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:40.799 the<00:19:40.359><c> prophets.</c> 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:44.160 The<00:19:41.680><c> prophets</c><00:19:42.000><c> of</c><00:19:42.140><c> the</c><00:19:42.279><c> Old</c><00:19:42.480><c> Testament,</c><00:19:43.200><c> the</c><00:19:43.480><c> prophets</c><00:19:43.880><c> who</c> 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:45.279 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wrote</c><00:19:56.819><c> in</c><00:19:57.000><c> the</c><00:19:57.180><c> Psalms.</c> 00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:59.460 And<00:19:58.019><c> he</c><00:19:58.140><c> wrote</c><00:19:58.299><c> about</c><00:19:58.480><c> the</c><00:19:58.640><c> mind</c><00:19:58.839><c> of</c><00:19:59.039><c> Christ.</c> 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:01.420 And<00:19:59.960><c> he</c><00:20:00.059><c> wrote</c><00:20:00.180><c> about</c><00:20:00.380><c> things</c><00:20:00.619><c> that</c><00:20:00.700><c> were</c><00:20:00.839><c> gonna</c><00:20:00.960><c> happen</c><00:20:01.259><c> at</c> 00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:02.559 the<00:20:01.559><c> crucifixion</c><00:20:02.059><c> of</c><00:20:02.160><c> Christ.</c> 00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:05.380 He<00:20:03.140><c> wrote</c><00:20:03.299><c> about</c><00:20:03.519><c> things,</c><00:20:03.960><c> how</c><00:20:04.180><c> Jesus</c><00:20:04.559><c> was</c><00:20:04.720><c> gonna</c><00:20:04.799><c> be</c><00:20:05.099><c> treated.</c> 00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:08.980 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neat</c><00:21:49.960><c> to</c><00:21:50.259><c> see</c><00:21:50.440><c> that</c><00:21:50.799><c> side</c><00:21:51.059><c> of</c><00:21:51.259><c> the</c><00:21:51.460><c> angels.</c> 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:54.759 Now,<00:21:53.099><c> Zechariah</c><00:21:53.460><c> chapter</c><00:21:53.779><c> one,</c><00:21:54.039><c> that</c><00:21:54.180><c> one's</c><00:21:54.420><c> probably</c><00:21:54.559><c> worth</c> 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.400 looking<00:21:54.960><c> up.</c> 00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:57.920 Zechariah<00:21:56.220><c> one,</c><00:21:56.460><c> because</c><00:21:56.740><c> if</c><00:21:56.900><c> you're</c><00:21:56.980><c> ever</c><00:21:57.119><c> gonna</c><00:21:57.259><c> do</c><00:21:57.440><c> a</c><00:21:57.640><c> study</c><00:21:57.779><c> of</c> 00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:58.339 the<00:21:58.119><c> angels,</c> 00:21:58.480 --> 00:22:01.099 you<00:21:58.680><c> have</c><00:21:58.940><c> to</c><00:21:59.160><c> open</c><00:21:59.359><c> up</c><00:21:59.539><c> Zechariah</c><00:22:00.000><c> one</c><00:22:00.220><c> and</c><00:22:00.380><c> two.</c> 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:03.200 Don't<00:22:02.119><c> leave</c><00:22:02.319><c> that</c><00:22:02.519><c> one</c><00:22:02.599><c> off</c><00:22:02.779><c> your</c><00:22:02.960><c> list.</c> 00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:05.220 Those<00:22:03.559><c> of</c><00:22:03.680><c> you</c><00:22:03.819><c> that</c><00:22:03.920><c> are</c><00:22:04.039><c> having</c><00:22:04.279><c> angels</c><00:22:04.599><c> Bible</c><00:22:04.920><c> studies</c> 00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.759 right<00:22:05.460><c> now,</c> 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:08.059 make<00:22:06.220><c> sure</c><00:22:06.400><c> you</c><00:22:06.500><c> put</c><00:22:06.640><c> Zechariah</c><00:22:07.119><c> one</c><00:22:07.279><c> and</c><00:22:07.440><c> two</c><00:22:07.519><c> on</c><00:22:07.680><c> your</c><00:22:07.900><c> list.</c> 00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:12.180 Because<00:22:08.519><c> it's</c><00:22:09.359><c> one</c><00:22:09.559><c> of</c><00:22:09.640><c> these</c><00:22:09.900><c> neat</c><00:22:10.140><c> stories</c><00:22:10.599><c> that</c><00:22:11.099><c> shows</c><00:22:11.339><c> you</c><00:22:11.640><c> interactions</c> 00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:13.700 amongst<00:22:12.640><c> the</c><00:22:12.960><c> angels.</c> 00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:16.099 In<00:22:13.980><c> fact,</c><00:22:14.240><c> I</c><00:22:14.640><c> read</c><00:22:14.819><c> it</c><00:22:15.019><c> over</c><00:22:15.180><c> and</c><00:22:15.220><c> over</c><00:22:15.460><c> and</c><00:22:15.539><c> over</c><00:22:15.720><c> just</c><00:22:15.900><c> trying</c> 00:22:16.099 --> 00:22:17.460 to<00:22:16.279><c> figure</c><00:22:16.420><c> out</c><00:22:16.859><c> which</c><00:22:17.079><c> angel's</c> 00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:19.680 talking<00:22:17.720><c> and</c><00:22:18.000><c> who's</c><00:22:18.400><c> talking</c><00:22:18.599><c> to</c><00:22:18.759><c> which</c><00:22:18.940><c> angel</c><00:22:19.279><c> and</c> 00:22:19.680 --> 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and</c><00:22:42.700><c> their</c><00:22:42.940><c> work</c><00:22:43.140><c> in</c><00:22:43.440><c> Zechariah</c><00:22:43.880><c> chapter</c><00:22:44.160><c> one.</c> 00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:47.480 So<00:22:45.380><c> you</c><00:22:45.599><c> find</c><00:22:45.799><c> in</c><00:22:45.940><c> verse</c><00:22:46.119><c> seven,</c><00:22:46.559><c> on</c><00:22:46.559><c> the</c><00:22:46.720><c> 24th</c><00:22:47.160><c> day</c><00:22:47.319><c> of</c><00:22:47.400><c> the</c> 00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.099 11th<00:22:47.839><c> month,</c> 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:50.799 which<00:22:48.420><c> is</c><00:22:48.660><c> the</c><00:22:48.779><c> month</c><00:22:48.900><c> she</c><00:22:49.119><c> had</c><00:22:49.240><c> in</c><00:22:49.400><c> the</c><00:22:49.519><c> second</c><00:22:49.680><c> year</c><00:22:49.859><c> of</c><00:22:50.039><c> Darius.</c> 00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:53.660 Now,<00:22:51.180><c> this</c><00:22:51.440><c> is</c><00:22:51.680><c> the</c><00:22:51.839><c> Darius</c><00:22:52.220><c> that</c><00:22:52.440><c> we're</c><00:22:52.680><c> involved</c><00:22:53.019><c> right</c><00:22:53.279><c> now</c> 00:22:53.660 --> 00:22:55.339 in<00:22:53.779><c> Zechariah</c><00:22:54.180><c> chapter</c><00:22:54.500><c> one.</c> 00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:57.980 You're<00:22:55.859><c> at</c><00:22:55.960><c> this</c><00:22:56.200><c> period</c><00:22:56.559><c> where</c><00:22:56.859><c> the</c><00:22:57.079><c> people</c><00:22:57.240><c> were</c><00:22:57.460><c> coming</c><00:22:57.640><c> back.</c> 00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:59.579 The<00:22:58.400><c> Babylonian</c><00:22:58.759><c> captivity</c><00:22:59.140><c> is</c><00:22:59.339><c> over.</c> 00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:00.559 They're<00:23:00.039><c> coming</c><00:23:00.240><c> back.</c> 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:03.400 And<00:23:00.799><c> remember,</c><00:23:01.400><c> it</c><00:23:01.480><c> was</c><00:23:01.680><c> the</c><00:23:01.859><c> mission</c><00:23:02.059><c> of</c><00:23:02.339><c> Zechariah</c><00:23:02.740><c> and</c><00:23:02.920><c> Haggai</c><00:23:03.180><c> to</c> 00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.759 stir<00:23:03.720><c> the</c><00:23:03.960><c> people</c><00:23:04.200><c> back</c><00:23:04.579><c> up</c> 00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:06.259 and<00:23:05.140><c> get</c><00:23:05.339><c> them</c><00:23:05.599><c> building</c><00:23:05.880><c> again.</c> 00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:08.359 They<00:23:06.680><c> had</c><00:23:06.839><c> to</c><00:23:06.880><c> get</c><00:23:07.059><c> building</c><00:23:07.299><c> on</c><00:23:07.460><c> the</c><00:23:07.619><c> temple</c><00:23:07.819><c> because</c><00:23:08.079><c> they'd</c> 00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:09.119 sort<00:23:08.519><c> of</c><00:23:08.700><c> given</c><00:23:08.819><c> up.</c> 00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:11.740 The<00:23:09.759><c> king</c><00:23:10.000><c> had</c><00:23:10.119><c> come</c><00:23:10.319><c> along,</c><00:23:10.680><c> would</c><00:23:10.819><c> stop</c><00:23:11.160><c> the</c><00:23:11.440><c> work,</c> 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:13.900 and<00:23:12.240><c> that</c><00:23:12.559><c> pseudo</c><00:23:12.839><c>-smirdest</c><00:23:13.259><c> fellow</c><00:23:13.380><c> had</c><00:23:13.500><c> come</c><00:23:13.680><c> along.</c> 00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:16.960 And<00:23:14.059><c> they</c><00:23:14.720><c> had</c><00:23:15.140><c> decided</c><00:23:15.660><c> that</c><00:23:15.839><c> it</c><00:23:15.960><c> was</c><00:23:16.119><c> not</c><00:23:16.319><c> the</c><00:23:16.400><c> right</c><00:23:16.640><c> time.</c> 00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:18.619 And<00:23:17.119><c> the</c><00:23:17.220><c> brothers</c><00:23:17.400><c> and</c><00:23:17.579><c> sisters</c><00:23:17.799><c> got</c><00:23:18.000><c> into</c><00:23:18.160><c> building</c><00:23:18.400><c> their</c> 00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:19.240 own<00:23:18.799><c> houses.</c> 00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.759 And<00:23:19.700><c> they</c><00:23:19.859><c> got</c><00:23:20.119><c> sidetracked.</c> 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:23.160 It<00:23:20.859><c> was</c><00:23:21.079><c> the</c><00:23:21.220><c> job</c><00:23:21.480><c> of</c><00:23:21.680><c> Zechariah</c><00:23:22.119><c> to</c><00:23:22.240><c> get</c><00:23:22.339><c> them</c><00:23:22.539><c> back</c><00:23:22.680><c> on</c><00:23:22.980><c> track.</c> 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:26.880 But<00:23:23.900><c> look</c><00:23:24.180><c> at</c><00:23:24.319><c> what</c><00:23:24.500><c> happens</c><00:23:24.799><c> in</c><00:23:25.019><c> Zechariah</c><00:23:25.460><c> one</c><00:23:25.619><c> with</c><00:23:25.779><c> these</c><00:23:26.079><c> angels.</c> 00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:30.819 You<00:23:27.079><c> find</c><00:23:27.380><c> that</c><00:23:27.559><c> in</c><00:23:27.680><c> verse</c><00:23:27.940><c> 12,</c><00:23:29.779><c> actually,</c><00:23:30.220><c> we</c><00:23:30.279><c> should</c><00:23:30.380><c> start</c><00:23:30.599><c> early.</c> 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:33.359 You<00:23:31.019><c> see</c><00:23:31.200><c> in</c><00:23:31.339><c> verse</c><00:23:31.559><c> eight,</c><00:23:32.559><c> you</c><00:23:32.619><c> saw</c><00:23:32.839><c> by</c><00:23:33.140><c> night,</c> 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:35.740 and<00:23:33.579><c> a</c><00:23:33.779><c> man</c><00:23:34.000><c> comes</c><00:23:34.359><c> riding</c><00:23:34.660><c> in</c><00:23:34.819><c> on</c><00:23:35.039><c> a</c><00:23:35.059><c> red</c><00:23:35.279><c> horse.</c> 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:38.480 And<00:23:36.319><c> it</c><00:23:36.640><c> stands</c><00:23:36.920><c> among</c><00:23:37.220><c> the</c><00:23:37.400><c> myrtle</c><00:23:37.619><c> trees</c><00:23:37.920><c> in</c><00:23:38.079><c> the</c><00:23:38.240><c> hollow.</c> 00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:41.500 And<00:23:39.059><c> behind</c><00:23:39.319><c> him</c><00:23:39.460><c> were</c><00:23:39.640><c> red,</c><00:23:40.420><c> sorrel,</c><00:23:40.839><c> white</c><00:23:41.079><c> horses.</c> 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:43.220 So<00:23:42.160><c> here</c><00:23:42.359><c> you've</c><00:23:42.599><c> got</c><00:23:42.619><c> to</c><00:23:42.759><c> picture</c><00:23:42.960><c> this.</c> 00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:45.359 And<00:23:43.599><c> you've</c><00:23:43.700><c> got</c><00:23:43.839><c> to</c><00:23:44.000><c> use</c><00:23:44.119><c> the</c><00:23:44.339><c> blackboard</c><00:23:44.680><c> of</c><00:23:44.839><c> your</c><00:23:45.019><c> mind</c><00:23:45.180><c> here.</c> 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:47.160 And<00:23:45.539><c> you</c><00:23:45.599><c> see</c><00:23:45.740><c> this</c><00:23:45.940><c> man</c><00:23:46.160><c> coming</c><00:23:46.400><c> in</c><00:23:46.539><c> on</c><00:23:46.660><c> the</c><00:23:46.799><c> horses.</c> 00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:49.299 And<00:23:47.759><c> he's</c><00:23:48.240><c> by</c><00:23:48.460><c> the</c><00:23:48.619><c> myrtle</c><00:23:48.960><c> trees.</c> 00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:52.359 And<00:23:49.779><c> behind</c><00:23:50.160><c> him,</c><00:23:50.400><c> there's</c><00:23:50.619><c> more</c><00:23:50.880><c> horses</c><00:23:51.299><c> and</c><00:23:51.500><c> people</c><00:23:51.720><c> on</c><00:23:51.960><c> them.</c> 00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:54.680 And<00:23:53.140><c> you</c><00:23:53.259><c> find</c><00:23:53.519><c> out</c><00:23:53.680><c> what</c><00:23:53.799><c> these</c><00:23:54.059><c> fellows</c><00:23:54.240><c> are</c><00:23:54.440><c> doing.</c> 00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:58.660 In<00:23:54.920><c> verse</c><00:23:55.160><c> nine,</c><00:23:55.619><c> I</c><00:23:55.940><c> said,</c><00:23:56.299><c> my</c><00:23:56.420><c> lord,</c><00:23:57.440><c> what</c><00:23:57.579><c> are</c><00:23:57.759><c> these?</c> 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:01.119 So<00:23:59.420><c> the</c><00:23:59.660><c> angel</c><00:23:59.980><c> who</c><00:24:00.319><c> talked</c><00:24:00.579><c> with</c><00:24:00.819><c> me.</c> 00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:03.839 Now,<00:24:01.440><c> there's</c><00:24:01.740><c> this</c><00:24:02.039><c> angel</c><00:24:02.480><c> who's</c><00:24:02.940><c> having</c><00:24:03.140><c> a</c><00:24:03.380><c> discussion</c> 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.680 with<00:24:04.059><c> Zechariah.</c> 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:06.460 And<00:24:05.200><c> he</c><00:24:05.400><c> stays</c><00:24:05.619><c> with</c><00:24:05.859><c> Zechariah.</c> 00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:09.220 This<00:24:06.799><c> angel</c><00:24:07.019><c> that</c><00:24:07.259><c> talks</c><00:24:07.420><c> to</c><00:24:07.579><c> him,</c><00:24:08.140><c> those</c><00:24:08.339><c> of</c><00:24:08.460><c> you</c><00:24:08.539><c> that</c><00:24:08.660><c> Bible</c><00:24:08.900><c> color,</c> 00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:10.940 you<00:24:09.420><c> can</c><00:24:09.640><c> see</c><00:24:09.779><c> all</c><00:24:10.019><c> the</c><00:24:10.099><c> way</c><00:24:10.200><c> through</c><00:24:10.400><c> chapter</c><00:24:10.680><c> one,</c> 00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:12.740 the<00:24:11.140><c> angel</c><00:24:11.319><c> that</c><00:24:11.559><c> talked</c><00:24:11.680><c> with</c><00:24:11.859><c> me</c><00:24:12.000><c> keeps</c><00:24:12.220><c> coming</c><00:24:12.480><c> up.</c> 00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.920 It's<00:24:13.160><c> in</c><00:24:13.339><c> chapter</c><00:24:13.579><c> two.</c> 00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:15.140 It's<00:24:14.119><c> in</c><00:24:14.339><c> chapter</c><00:24:14.599><c> four.</c> 00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:17.019 All<00:24:15.799><c> over</c><00:24:15.960><c> in</c><00:24:16.140><c> Zechariah</c><00:24:16.440><c> at</c><00:24:16.619><c> the</c><00:24:16.720><c> beginning,</c> 00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:19.720 you<00:24:17.279><c> see</c><00:24:17.420><c> this</c><00:24:17.640><c> angel</c><00:24:17.819><c> that</c><00:24:18.059><c> talked</c><00:24:18.180><c> with</c><00:24:18.359><c> me,</c><00:24:18.500><c> the</c><00:24:18.720><c> angel</c><00:24:18.880><c> that's</c><00:24:19.180><c> talked</c><00:24:19.279><c> with</c><00:24:19.500><c> me.</c> 00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:22.359 So<00:24:20.200><c> he's</c><00:24:20.579><c> probably</c><00:24:20.839><c> not</c><00:24:21.059><c> the</c><00:24:21.200><c> same</c><00:24:21.380><c> man</c><00:24:21.700><c> as</c><00:24:21.900><c> the</c><00:24:22.019><c> fellow</c><00:24:22.160><c> who</c> 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:23.599 rode<00:24:22.500><c> in</c><00:24:22.599><c> on</c><00:24:22.740><c> the</c><00:24:22.880><c> horse.</c> 00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:26.579 So<00:24:24.440><c> the</c><00:24:24.920><c> angel</c><00:24:25.099><c> that</c><00:24:25.339><c> talked</c><00:24:25.460><c> with</c><00:24:25.579><c> him</c><00:24:25.740><c> says,</c><00:24:26.019><c> I'll</c><00:24:26.180><c> show</c><00:24:26.420><c> you</c> 00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.779 what<00:24:26.720><c> they</c><00:24:26.960><c> are.</c> 00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:30.599 And<00:24:27.900><c> in</c><00:24:28.000><c> verse</c><00:24:28.240><c> 10,</c><00:24:28.740><c> the</c><00:24:28.839><c> man</c><00:24:29.180><c> who</c><00:24:29.519><c> stood</c><00:24:29.660><c> among</c><00:24:29.920><c> the</c><00:24:30.059><c> myrtle</c><00:24:30.319><c> trees.</c> 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:33.319 So<00:24:30.839><c> here's</c><00:24:31.180><c> this</c><00:24:31.740><c> man</c><00:24:31.980><c> who</c><00:24:32.119><c> had</c><00:24:32.220><c> been</c><00:24:32.259><c> on</c><00:24:32.400><c> the</c><00:24:32.579><c> horse.</c> 00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:36.200 He<00:24:33.579><c> answered</c><00:24:33.900><c> and</c><00:24:34.220><c> said,</c><00:24:34.700><c> these</c><00:24:34.759><c> are</c><00:24:35.019><c> the</c><00:24:35.140><c> ones</c><00:24:35.460><c> to</c><00:24:35.660><c> whom</c><00:24:35.759><c> the</c><00:24:36.000><c> lord</c> 00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:39.119 has<00:24:36.539><c> sent</c><00:24:36.700><c> to</c><00:24:36.980><c> walk</c><00:24:37.220><c> to</c><00:24:37.500><c> and</c><00:24:37.660><c> fro</c><00:24:37.839><c> throughout</c><00:24:38.160><c> the</c><00:24:38.400><c> earth.</c> 00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:40.960 Now,<00:24:39.680><c> you</c><00:24:39.859><c> realize</c><00:24:40.119><c> what's</c><00:24:40.420><c> going</c><00:24:40.619><c> on</c><00:24:40.839><c> there.</c> 00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:42.640 There's<00:24:41.259><c> this</c><00:24:41.460><c> angel</c><00:24:41.720><c> that</c><00:24:41.980><c> talks</c><00:24:42.180><c> with</c><00:24:42.359><c> him.</c> 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:45.240 There's<00:24:43.240><c> this</c><00:24:43.440><c> man</c><00:24:43.579><c> that</c><00:24:43.779><c> comes</c><00:24:43.940><c> in</c><00:24:44.059><c> on</c><00:24:44.200><c> the</c><00:24:44.380><c> horse.</c> 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:47.960 And<00:24:45.700><c> Zechariah</c><00:24:46.099><c> is</c><00:24:46.220><c> talking</c><00:24:46.559><c> with</c><00:24:46.740><c> the</c><00:24:46.940><c> angel</c><00:24:47.079><c> that</c><00:24:47.279><c> talks</c><00:24:47.519><c> to</c><00:24:47.720><c> him.</c> 00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:50.059 And<00:24:48.160><c> he</c><00:24:48.240><c> asks</c><00:24:48.460><c> him</c><00:24:48.640><c> a</c><00:24:48.720><c> question,</c><00:24:49.380><c> and</c><00:24:49.460><c> the</c><00:24:49.500><c> man</c><00:24:49.660><c> who</c><00:24:49.819><c> rode</c><00:24:49.960><c> in</c> 00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:51.539 on<00:24:50.200><c> the</c><00:24:50.240><c> horse</c><00:24:50.380><c> answers</c><00:24:50.740><c> it.</c> 00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:54.220 Because<00:24:52.039><c> these</c><00:24:52.500><c> angels,</c><00:24:52.980><c> they're</c><00:24:53.039><c> all</c><00:24:53.240><c> working</c><00:24:53.579><c> together.</c> 00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:57.400 They're<00:24:55.099><c> not</c><00:24:55.460><c> like</c><00:24:56.039><c> separate</c><00:24:56.319><c> people</c><00:24:56.720><c> in</c><00:24:56.880><c> an</c><00:24:57.000><c> ecclesiast.</c> 00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:59.140 They're<00:24:57.559><c> all</c><00:24:57.799><c> doing</c><00:24:58.019><c> different</c><00:24:58.319><c> jobs</c><00:24:58.680><c> and</c><00:24:58.779><c> they're</c><00:24:58.960><c> not</c> 00:24:59.140 --> 00:25:00.019 coordinating<00:24:59.599><c> properly.</c> 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:04.799 These<00:25:00.700><c> fellows</c><00:25:01.019><c> are</c><00:25:01.319><c> all</c><00:25:01.660><c> trying</c><00:25:02.819><c> to</c><00:25:03.200><c> accomplish</c><00:25:03.579><c> the</c><00:25:03.799><c> same</c><00:25:03.980><c> goal.</c> 00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:07.180 And<00:25:05.079><c> so</c><00:25:05.380><c> when</c><00:25:05.539><c> we</c><00:25:05.700><c> ask</c><00:25:05.900><c> one</c><00:25:06.059><c> a</c><00:25:06.259><c> question,</c><00:25:06.619><c> another</c><00:25:06.839><c> one</c><00:25:07.019><c> may</c> 00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:08.720 actually<00:25:07.460><c> answer</c><00:25:07.700><c> the</c><00:25:07.920><c> question.</c> 00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:10.779 So<00:25:09.039><c> you</c><00:25:09.160><c> find</c><00:25:09.400><c> in</c><00:25:09.539><c> verse</c><00:25:09.759><c> 10,</c><00:25:10.059><c> he</c><00:25:10.059><c> said,</c><00:25:10.380><c> these</c><00:25:10.380><c> are</c><00:25:10.559><c> the</c><00:25:10.660><c> ones</c> 00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:12.839 that<00:25:10.960><c> the</c><00:25:11.099><c> lord</c><00:25:11.200><c> has</c><00:25:11.420><c> sent</c><00:25:11.519><c> to</c><00:25:11.759><c> and</c><00:25:11.980><c> fro</c><00:25:12.099><c> throughout</c><00:25:12.460><c> the</c><00:25:12.700><c> earth.</c> 00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:15.700 So<00:25:13.039><c> these</c><00:25:13.259><c> were</c><00:25:13.539><c> angels</c><00:25:14.099><c> that</c><00:25:14.579><c> had</c><00:25:14.779><c> gone</c><00:25:15.000><c> out,</c><00:25:15.240><c> and</c><00:25:15.400><c> he</c><00:25:15.539><c> sees</c> 00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.779 them<00:25:15.859><c> coming</c><00:25:16.059><c> in</c><00:25:16.220><c> on</c><00:25:16.380><c> horses.</c> 00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:18.720 And<00:25:17.079><c> they'd</c><00:25:17.299><c> been</c><00:25:17.380><c> out</c><00:25:17.640><c> patrolling</c><00:25:18.019><c> the</c><00:25:18.259><c> earth,</c><00:25:18.480><c> and</c><00:25:18.579><c> what</c> 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.839 they<00:25:18.880><c> had</c><00:25:19.099><c> done?</c> 00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:21.619 All<00:25:20.160><c> the</c><00:25:20.299><c> earth</c><00:25:20.460><c> was</c><00:25:20.660><c> at</c><00:25:20.839><c> rest.</c> 00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:26.299 Their<00:25:22.400><c> mission</c><00:25:22.880><c> had</c><00:25:23.299><c> been</c><00:25:23.720><c> to</c><00:25:24.200><c> put</c><00:25:24.480><c> all</c><00:25:24.940><c> the</c><00:25:25.099><c> nations</c><00:25:25.480><c> at</c><00:25:25.799><c> peace</c> 00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:30.619 so<00:25:26.880><c> that</c><00:25:27.339><c> Israel,</c><00:25:27.960><c> God's</c><00:25:28.519><c> people,</c><00:25:28.839><c> would</c><00:25:29.059><c> now</c><00:25:29.339><c> have</c><00:25:29.539><c> an</c><00:25:29.700><c> opportunity</c><00:25:30.299><c> to</c> 00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:32.500 finish<00:25:31.119><c> the</c><00:25:31.720><c> temple.</c> 00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.460 That<00:25:32.660><c> was</c><00:25:32.880><c> their</c><00:25:33.099><c> job.</c> 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:36.259 And<00:25:33.960><c> you</c><00:25:34.039><c> can</c><00:25:34.200><c> imagine</c><00:25:34.559><c> how</c><00:25:34.839><c> God</c><00:25:35.099><c> had</c><00:25:35.299><c> assigned</c><00:25:35.599><c> them</c><00:25:35.779><c> that</c><00:25:36.039><c> job.</c> 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:39.259 They<00:25:36.400><c> had</c><00:25:36.619><c> gone</c><00:25:36.799><c> out,</c><00:25:37.019><c> and</c><00:25:37.140><c> it</c><00:25:37.180><c> was</c><00:25:37.380><c> their</c><00:25:37.700><c> job</c><00:25:37.940><c> to</c><00:25:38.059><c> put</c><00:25:38.220><c> the</c><00:25:38.559><c> nations</c><00:25:38.740><c> at</c><00:25:38.980><c> ease.</c> 00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:41.779 And<00:25:39.740><c> they</c><00:25:39.859><c> had</c><00:25:40.099><c> done</c><00:25:40.240><c> their</c><00:25:40.519><c> work,</c><00:25:40.900><c> and</c><00:25:41.099><c> they</c><00:25:41.299><c> come</c><00:25:41.539><c> back.</c> 00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:44.359 So<00:25:41.900><c> they</c><00:25:42.119><c> answered</c><00:25:42.420><c> in</c><00:25:42.579><c> verse</c><00:25:42.799><c> 11,</c><00:25:43.180><c> the</c><00:25:43.259><c> angel</c><00:25:43.539><c> who</c><00:25:43.779><c> stood</c><00:25:43.980><c> among</c><00:25:44.220><c> the</c> 00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:44.839 myrtle<00:25:44.559><c> trees,</c> 00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:46.839 and<00:25:44.900><c> they</c><00:25:45.119><c> said,</c><00:25:45.640><c> here</c><00:25:45.900><c> they</c><00:25:46.079><c> are</c><00:25:46.200><c> reporting</c><00:25:46.599><c> in.</c> 00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:49.900 They<00:25:47.059><c> said,</c><00:25:47.980><c> we</c><00:25:48.079><c> have</c><00:25:48.359><c> walked</c><00:25:48.579><c> to</c><00:25:48.839><c> and</c><00:25:49.039><c> fro</c><00:25:49.160><c> throughout</c><00:25:49.500><c> the</c><00:25:49.740><c> earth,</c> 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:52.400 and<00:25:50.099><c> behold,</c><00:25:50.759><c> the</c><00:25:50.920><c> earth</c><00:25:51.200><c> is</c><00:25:51.519><c> resting</c><00:25:51.859><c> quietly.</c> 00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:54.779 They<00:25:52.759><c> had</c><00:25:53.099><c> accomplished</c><00:25:53.680><c> their</c><00:25:53.960><c> mission.</c> 00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:57.880 So<00:25:55.339><c> now</c><00:25:55.539><c> in</c><00:25:55.660><c> verse</c><00:25:55.839><c> 12,</c><00:25:56.299><c> the</c><00:25:56.440><c> angel</c><00:25:56.640><c> of</c><00:25:56.779><c> the</c><00:25:56.880><c> lord</c><00:25:57.000><c> answers</c><00:25:57.380><c> and</c><00:25:57.720><c> said,</c> 00:25:58.200 --> 00:26:00.480 so<00:25:58.339><c> you</c><00:25:58.420><c> can</c><00:25:58.599><c> imagine</c><00:25:58.900><c> now,</c><00:25:59.200><c> this</c><00:25:59.380><c> is</c><00:25:59.599><c> the</c><00:25:59.759><c> angel</c><00:26:00.000><c> of</c><00:26:00.180><c> the</c><00:26:00.319><c> lord</c> 00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:02.619 who's<00:26:00.759><c> by</c><00:26:00.839><c> the</c><00:26:01.019><c> myrtle</c><00:26:01.299><c> trees,</c><00:26:01.660><c> the</c><00:26:01.779><c> fellow</c><00:26:02.019><c> who</c><00:26:02.200><c> first</c><00:26:02.420><c> rode</c> 00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.220 in<00:26:02.759><c> on</c><00:26:02.880><c> a</c><00:26:03.019><c> horse.</c> 00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:07.460 He<00:26:03.839><c> now</c><00:26:04.160><c> says,</c><00:26:05.140><c> oh,</c><00:26:05.380><c> lord</c><00:26:05.500><c> of</c><00:26:05.720><c> hosts,</c><00:26:06.240><c> how</c><00:26:06.720><c> long</c><00:26:07.019><c> will</c><00:26:07.180><c> you</c><00:26:07.339><c> not</c> 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.500 have<00:26:07.599><c> mercy</c><00:26:07.920><c> on</c><00:26:08.099><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:10.680 and<00:26:08.680><c> the</c><00:26:08.799><c> cities</c><00:26:09.059><c> of</c><00:26:09.299><c> Judah</c><00:26:09.500><c> against</c><00:26:09.859><c> which</c><00:26:10.119><c> you</c><00:26:10.240><c> are</c><00:26:10.400><c> angry</c> 00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.779 these<00:26:10.940><c> 70</c><00:26:11.220><c> years?</c> 00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:13.220 The<00:26:12.339><c> 70</c><00:26:12.519><c> years</c><00:26:12.720><c> captivity.</c> 00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:16.160 So<00:26:14.019><c> now</c><00:26:14.440><c> that</c><00:26:14.640><c> the</c><00:26:14.900><c> angels</c><00:26:15.000><c> have</c><00:26:15.240><c> reported</c><00:26:15.579><c> in,</c><00:26:15.799><c> they've</c><00:26:16.000><c> done</c> 00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:16.720 their<00:26:16.400><c> job.</c> 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:20.000 Now<00:26:17.259><c> this</c><00:26:17.539><c> angel</c><00:26:17.799><c> appeals</c><00:26:18.180><c> to</c><00:26:18.380><c> God</c><00:26:18.519><c> and</c><00:26:18.700><c> says,</c><00:26:19.000><c> look,</c><00:26:19.579><c> the</c><00:26:19.779><c> 70</c> 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.720 -year<00:26:20.180><c> captivity,</c> 00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.640 it<00:26:20.960><c> should</c><00:26:21.099><c> be</c><00:26:21.380><c> over.</c> 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:24.460 How<00:26:22.299><c> long</c><00:26:22.519><c> is</c><00:26:22.640><c> it</c><00:26:22.720><c> going</c><00:26:22.799><c> to</c><00:26:22.900><c> be</c><00:26:23.019><c> before</c><00:26:23.240><c> you</c><00:26:23.359><c> have</c><00:26:23.500><c> mercy</c><00:26:23.819><c> on</c><00:26:24.059><c> Jerusalem?</c> 00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.380 We've<00:26:24.819><c> done</c><00:26:25.000><c> the</c><00:26:25.220><c> job.</c> 00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.480 The<00:26:25.660><c> nations</c><00:26:25.940><c> are</c><00:26:26.119><c> at</c><00:26:26.259><c> rest.</c> 00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:28.980 We're<00:26:26.960><c> ready</c><00:26:27.259><c> to</c><00:26:27.579><c> finish</c><00:26:27.859><c> the</c><00:26:28.160><c> temple.</c> 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:32.460 It's<00:26:30.119><c> neat</c><00:26:30.299><c> to</c><00:26:30.640><c> see</c><00:26:30.799><c> that</c><00:26:31.099><c> about</c><00:26:31.359><c> the</c><00:26:31.720><c> angels.</c> 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:35.180 What<00:26:32.839><c> we're</c><00:26:33.160><c> getting</c><00:26:33.359><c> in</c><00:26:33.539><c> this</c><00:26:33.819><c> vision</c><00:26:34.079><c> is</c><00:26:34.359><c> an</c><00:26:34.599><c> insight</c><00:26:34.980><c> into</c> 00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:36.519 how<00:26:35.359><c> they</c><00:26:35.539><c> operate.</c> 00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:38.119 There<00:26:36.700><c> are</c><00:26:36.940><c> angels</c><00:26:37.079><c> that</c><00:26:37.259><c> have</c><00:26:37.400><c> different</c><00:26:37.640><c> authority.</c> 00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:39.740 They<00:26:38.519><c> report</c><00:26:38.880><c> in</c><00:26:39.000><c> to</c><00:26:39.119><c> another</c><00:26:39.359><c> angel.</c> 00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:41.960 They<00:26:40.180><c> go</c><00:26:40.400><c> out,</c><00:26:40.660><c> and</c><00:26:40.779><c> they</c><00:26:41.000><c> accomplish</c><00:26:41.400><c> their</c><00:26:41.700><c> mission.</c> 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:43.480 They<00:26:42.119><c> come</c><00:26:42.380><c> back,</c><00:26:42.720><c> they</c><00:26:42.859><c> report</c><00:26:43.220><c> in.</c> 00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:45.920 This<00:26:44.039><c> angel</c><00:26:44.259><c> then</c><00:26:44.500><c> reports</c><00:26:44.799><c> back</c><00:26:45.059><c> to</c><00:26:45.240><c> God</c><00:26:45.380><c> and</c><00:26:45.519><c> says,</c><00:26:45.839><c> look,</c> 00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:47.920 we've<00:26:46.319><c> accomplished</c><00:26:46.680><c> this</c><00:26:46.980><c> mission</c><00:26:47.180><c> that</c><00:26:47.319><c> we</c><00:26:47.460><c> were</c><00:26:47.640><c> supposed</c> 00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.319 to<00:26:48.119><c> do.</c> 00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:51.099 How<00:26:48.839><c> long</c><00:26:49.019><c> is</c><00:26:49.160><c> it</c><00:26:49.259><c> going</c><00:26:49.359><c> to</c><00:26:49.460><c> be</c><00:26:49.640><c> before</c><00:26:49.960><c> you</c><00:26:50.539><c> finally</c><00:26:50.839><c> make</c> 00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:52.000 the<00:26:51.299><c> next</c><00:26:51.619><c> move?</c> 00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:55.700 Because<00:26:52.759><c> God</c><00:26:53.160><c> is</c><00:26:53.380><c> the</c><00:26:53.539><c> one</c><00:26:53.720><c> who</c><00:26:53.900><c> is</c><00:26:54.099><c> in</c><00:26:54.259><c> control</c><00:26:54.640><c> of</c><00:26:54.819><c> the</c><00:26:55.079><c> big</c> 00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.259 game<00:26:56.059><c> plan</c> 00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:58.140 of<00:26:56.519><c> when</c><00:26:56.920><c> things</c><00:26:57.160><c> are</c><00:26:57.380><c> actually</c><00:26:57.579><c> going</c><00:26:57.740><c> to</c><00:26:57.940><c> happen,</c> 00:26:58.180 --> 00:27:00.640 and<00:26:58.339><c> they're</c><00:26:58.559><c> all</c><00:26:58.819><c> doing</c><00:26:59.019><c> pieces</c><00:26:59.460><c> of</c><00:26:59.660><c> his</c><00:26:59.900><c> work.</c> 00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:05.119 In<00:27:02.460><c> Zechariah</c><00:27:02.859><c> chapter</c><00:27:03.160><c> 1,</c><00:27:03.359><c> it</c><00:27:03.519><c> comes</c><00:27:03.700><c> out</c><00:27:03.880><c> pretty</c><00:27:04.119><c> good</c><00:27:04.299><c> about</c><00:27:04.480><c> what's</c><00:27:04.740><c> going</c><00:27:04.920><c> on.</c> 00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:07.940 You<00:27:05.480><c> see</c><00:27:05.740><c> in</c><00:27:05.799><c> verse</c><00:27:06.000><c> 13,</c><00:27:06.900><c> the</c><00:27:07.079><c> angel</c><00:27:07.279><c> talks</c><00:27:07.619><c> with</c><00:27:07.819><c> him,</c> 00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:09.740 and<00:27:08.039><c> he</c><00:27:08.119><c> gave</c><00:27:08.200><c> him</c><00:27:08.319><c> good</c><00:27:08.480><c> and</c><00:27:08.660><c> comforting</c><00:27:08.839><c> words.</c> 00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:12.779 You'll<00:27:10.400><c> see</c><00:27:10.500><c> a</c><00:27:10.539><c> lot</c><00:27:10.799><c> of</c><00:27:10.960><c> interaction</c><00:27:11.339><c> there</c><00:27:11.619><c> in</c><00:27:11.819><c> Zechariah</c><00:27:12.220><c> chapter</c><00:27:12.559><c> 1.</c> 00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:15.319 For<00:27:13.220><c> those</c><00:27:13.500><c> of</c><00:27:13.619><c> you</c><00:27:13.779><c> that</c><00:27:13.900><c> are</c><00:27:14.019><c> going</c><00:27:14.160><c> to</c><00:27:14.339><c> work</c><00:27:14.660><c> on</c><00:27:14.980><c> angels,</c> 00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:18.460 I<00:27:15.619><c> would</c><00:27:15.819><c> highly</c><00:27:16.079><c> suggest</c><00:27:16.680><c> you</c><00:27:17.240><c> add</c><00:27:17.480><c> Zechariah</c><00:27:18.019><c> 1</c><00:27:18.200><c> and</c><00:27:18.380><c> 2</c> 00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:21.170 to<00:27:18.680><c> your</c><00:27:19.220><c> list</c><00:27:19.440><c> of</c><00:27:19.740><c> passages</c><00:27:20.000><c> to</c><00:27:20.200><c> look</c><00:27:20.400><c> at.</c> 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:26.500 Matthew<00:27:23.099><c> 26</c><00:27:23.640><c> is</c><00:27:24.000><c> another</c><00:27:24.200><c> one</c><00:27:24.359><c> to</c><00:27:24.539><c> keep</c><00:27:24.680><c> in</c><00:27:24.839><c> mind</c><00:27:25.140><c> about</c><00:27:25.420><c> the</c><00:27:25.660><c> angels.</c> 00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:30.640 What's<00:27:27.740><c> interesting</c><00:27:28.099><c> about</c><00:27:28.359><c> Matthew</c><00:27:28.740><c> 26</c><00:27:29.519><c> is</c><00:27:29.759><c> this</c><00:27:29.940><c> is</c><00:27:30.220><c> the</c><00:27:30.420><c> story</c> 00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:33.140 where<00:27:30.859><c> Jesus</c><00:27:31.259><c> was</c><00:27:31.700><c> going</c><00:27:31.880><c> to</c><00:27:32.039><c> be</c><00:27:32.240><c> taken.</c> 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:36.920 Peter<00:27:33.799><c> cuts</c><00:27:34.119><c> off</c><00:27:34.460><c> the</c><00:27:34.700><c> ear</c><00:27:35.039><c> of</c><00:27:35.440><c> the</c><00:27:35.599><c> high</c><00:27:35.880><c> priest's</c><00:27:36.579><c> servant,</c> 00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:38.000 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legions</c><00:27:48.759><c> of</c><00:27:49.019><c> angels?</c> 00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:54.160 Now,<00:27:50.519><c> that</c><00:27:50.799><c> was</c><00:27:51.140><c> like,</c><00:27:52.059><c> don't</c><00:27:52.240><c> you</c><00:27:52.480><c> realize</c><00:27:52.960><c> that</c><00:27:53.180><c> on</c><00:27:53.440><c> the</c><00:27:53.779><c> spot,</c> 00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:57.259 right<00:27:54.619><c> now,</c><00:27:55.660><c> I</c><00:27:55.799><c> could</c><00:27:56.019><c> ask</c><00:27:56.400><c> my</c><00:27:56.720><c> father,</c> 00:27:57.599 --> 00:28:02.400 and<00:27:57.720><c> he</c><00:27:57.839><c> would</c><00:27:58.140><c> send</c><00:27:58.359><c> me</c><00:27:58.660><c> at</c><00:27:58.859><c> least</c><00:27:59.559><c> 60</c><00:28:00.140><c>,000</c><00:28:00.900><c> angels</c><00:28:01.559><c> right</c> 00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:03.640 here,<00:28:03.059><c> right</c><00:28:03.319><c> now.</c> 00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:07.140 That's<00:28:04.559><c> the</c><00:28:04.740><c> kind</c><00:28:04.920><c> of</c><00:28:05.200><c> power</c><00:28:05.480><c> that</c><00:28:05.660><c> he</c><00:28:05.819><c> had</c><00:28:05.940><c> at</c><00:28:06.079><c> his</c><00:28:06.299><c> disposal.</c> 00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:10.119 60<00:28:07.779><c>,000</c><00:28:08.259><c> angels,</c><00:28:08.680><c> just</c><00:28:09.019><c> like</c><00:28:09.240><c> that,</c><00:28:09.559><c> could</c><00:28:09.640><c> have</c><00:28:09.859><c> come</c> 00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:12.559 and<00:28:10.619><c> rescued</c><00:28:10.980><c> Christ</c><00:28:11.359><c> out</c><00:28:11.579><c> of</c><00:28:11.799><c> any</c><00:28:12.180><c> problem</c> 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:14.000 that<00:28:12.700><c> he</c><00:28:12.819><c> had</c><00:28:13.000><c> ever</c><00:28:13.420><c> gotten</c><00:28:13.640><c> into,</c> 00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:17.039 and<00:28:14.799><c> that</c><00:28:14.960><c> was</c><00:28:15.200><c> just</c><00:28:15.539><c> like</c><00:28:15.859><c> right</c><00:28:16.039><c> now</c><00:28:16.319><c> on</c><00:28:16.500><c> the</c><00:28:16.720><c> spot,</c> 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.960 and<00:28:17.440><c> it</c><00:28:17.579><c> gives</c><00:28:17.720><c> you</c><00:28:17.920><c> a</c><00:28:18.000><c> bit</c><00:28:18.079><c> of</c><00:28:18.319><c> a</c><00:28:18.420><c> feeling</c><00:28:18.579><c> at</c><00:28:18.759><c> least</c> 00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:21.599 as<00:28:19.240><c> to</c><00:28:19.420><c> how</c><00:28:19.599><c> many</c><00:28:19.900><c> angels</c><00:28:20.259><c> there</c><00:28:20.480><c> really</c><00:28:20.819><c> are.</c> 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:25.480 Daniel<00:28:22.700><c> chapter</c><00:28:23.160><c> 7</c><00:28:23.460><c> is</c><00:28:23.700><c> the</c><00:28:23.880><c> one</c><00:28:24.019><c> where</c><00:28:24.160><c> you</c><00:28:24.319><c> really</c><00:28:24.619><c> get,</c> 00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:27.900 I<00:28:25.880><c> got</c><00:28:26.079><c> impressed</c><00:28:26.420><c> at</c><00:28:26.599><c> least</c><00:28:26.819><c> at</c><00:28:27.099><c> the</c><00:28:27.259><c> number</c><00:28:27.380><c> of</c><00:28:27.660><c> angels.</c> 00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:32.319 In<00:28:28.519><c> Daniel</c><00:28:28.819><c> 7,</c><00:28:29.259><c> at</c><00:28:29.460><c> the</c><00:28:29.519><c> end</c><00:28:29.700><c> of</c><00:28:30.440><c> the</c><00:28:31.460><c> story</c><00:28:31.579><c> about</c><00:28:31.819><c> the</c><00:28:32.039><c> beast,</c> 00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:35.819 when<00:28:32.819><c> he</c><00:28:32.960><c> finally</c><00:28:33.279><c> sees</c><00:28:33.619><c> the</c><00:28:33.940><c> throne</c><00:28:34.220><c> set</c><00:28:34.700><c> in</c><00:28:35.059><c> Daniel</c><00:28:35.359><c> 7,</c> 00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:37.960 and<00:28:36.200><c> he</c><00:28:36.299><c> sees</c><00:28:36.700><c> what</c><00:28:37.240><c> it's</c><00:28:37.460><c> gonna</c><00:28:37.539><c> be</c><00:28:37.759><c> like</c> 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:39.900 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Daniel</c><00:28:50.960><c> 7</c><00:28:51.500><c> here,</c> 00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:53.960 there's<00:28:52.099><c> a</c><00:28:52.240><c> group</c><00:28:52.339><c> of</c><00:28:52.619><c> people</c><00:28:52.839><c> that</c><00:28:53.000><c> are</c><00:28:53.319><c> ministering</c> 00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:55.019 to<00:28:54.140><c> the</c><00:28:54.240><c> one</c><00:28:54.339><c> on</c><00:28:54.559><c> the</c><00:28:54.720><c> throne,</c> 00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:56.740 and<00:28:55.579><c> then</c><00:28:55.700><c> there's</c><00:28:55.920><c> all</c><00:28:56.160><c> these</c><00:28:56.420><c> people</c> 00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:58.259 that<00:28:56.920><c> are</c><00:28:57.099><c> sitting</c><00:28:57.259><c> out</c><00:28:57.539><c> in</c><00:28:57.680><c> front</c><00:28:57.779><c> of</c><00:28:57.980><c> him,</c> 00:28:58.599 --> 00:29:01.079 and<00:28:58.740><c> the</c><00:28:58.920><c> courts</c><00:28:59.220><c> are</c><00:28:59.640><c> seated,</c><00:28:59.980><c> the</c><00:29:00.160><c> books</c><00:29:00.480><c> are</c><00:29:00.779><c> open,</c> 00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:03.039 and<00:29:01.660><c> the</c><00:29:01.900><c> judgment</c><00:29:02.220><c> seat</c><00:29:02.460><c> begins.</c> 00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:06.660 Now,<00:29:04.440><c> I</c><00:29:04.700><c> would</c><00:29:04.859><c> have</c><00:29:05.019><c> thought</c><00:29:05.299><c> that</c><00:29:05.500><c> those</c><00:29:05.720><c> who</c><00:29:05.980><c> minister</c><00:29:06.319><c> to</c><00:29:06.480><c> him</c> 00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.519 would<00:29:06.819><c> have</c><00:29:06.900><c> been</c><00:29:06.980><c> his</c><00:29:07.259><c> angels</c> 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:09.180 that<00:29:07.839><c> Christ</c><00:29:08.119><c> will</c><00:29:08.380><c> send</c><00:29:08.539><c> out</c><00:29:08.779><c> in</c><00:29:08.940><c> the</c><00:29:09.059><c> end</c> 00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.380 and<00:29:09.420><c> gather</c><00:29:09.759><c> the</c><00:29:10.039><c> elect,</c> 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That's<00:29:22.019><c> plenty</c><00:29:22.259><c> of</c><00:29:22.500><c> angels</c><00:29:22.720><c> to</c><00:29:22.920><c> go</c><00:29:23.099><c> around</c> 00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:24.980 for<00:29:23.559><c> Christadelphians</c><00:29:24.140><c> today.</c> 00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:26.180 That's<00:29:25.420><c> plenty</c><00:29:25.680><c> of</c><00:29:25.940><c> angels.</c> 00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:28.839 Maybe<00:29:26.680><c> you</c><00:29:26.859><c> have</c><00:29:27.039><c> two</c><00:29:27.259><c> or</c><00:29:27.359><c> three</c><00:29:27.579><c> at</c><00:29:27.700><c> your</c><00:29:27.859><c> house.</c> 00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:32.039 Some<00:29:30.539><c> of</c><00:29:30.759><c> us,</c><00:29:31.039><c> we</c><00:29:31.200><c> get</c><00:29:31.299><c> into</c><00:29:31.539><c> enough</c><00:29:31.759><c> trouble</c> 00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:35.700 we<00:29:32.119><c> need</c><00:29:32.359><c> two</c><00:29:32.599><c> or</c><00:29:32.740><c> three,</c><00:29:33.299><c> as</c><00:29:34.460><c> you</c><00:29:34.900><c> see</c><00:29:35.099><c> with</c><00:29:35.319><c> Daniel</c> 00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:39.240 when<00:29:36.579><c> the</c><00:29:36.740><c> Prince</c><00:29:36.920><c> of</c><00:29:37.000><c> Persia</c><00:29:37.359><c> withstood</c><00:29:38.240><c> that</c><00:29:38.920><c> Gabriel,</c> 00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:40.279 and<00:29:39.440><c> he</c><00:29:39.539><c> couldn't</c><00:29:39.680><c> even</c><00:29:40.000><c> leave.</c> 00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:42.660 I<00:29:40.500><c> mean,</c><00:29:40.900><c> we</c><00:29:41.380><c> can</c><00:29:41.660><c> frustrate</c><00:29:42.140><c> our</c><00:29:42.400><c> angels.</c> 00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:44.539 We<00:29:43.400><c> can</c><00:29:43.579><c> get</c><00:29:43.700><c> them</c><00:29:43.880><c> very</c><00:29:44.220><c> frustrated,</c> 00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:46.819 but<00:29:44.759><c> there's</c><00:29:45.079><c> a</c><00:29:45.220><c> million,</c><00:29:45.940><c> a</c><00:29:46.200><c> million</c><00:29:46.480><c> angels</c> 00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:48.619 are<00:29:46.960><c> gonna</c><00:29:47.059><c> be</c><00:29:47.299><c> there</c><00:29:47.440><c> at</c><00:29:47.579><c> the</c><00:29:47.759><c> resurrection</c><00:29:48.099><c> and</c><00:29:48.319><c> judgment,</c> 00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:50.819 and<00:29:49.140><c> then</c><00:29:49.279><c> you've</c><00:29:49.500><c> got</c><00:29:49.759><c> a</c><00:29:49.900><c> hundred</c><00:29:50.140><c> million</c><00:29:50.380><c> people,</c> 00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:52.759 according<00:29:51.119><c> to</c><00:29:51.339><c> Daniel</c><00:29:51.559><c> 7,</c><00:29:51.900><c> that</c><00:29:52.019><c> are</c><00:29:52.160><c> sitting</c><00:29:52.299><c> there</c> 00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:54.599 when<00:29:52.980><c> the</c><00:29:53.160><c> books</c><00:29:53.319><c> are</c><00:29:53.519><c> actually</c><00:29:53.799><c> open.</c> 00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.740 There's<00:29:55.720><c> one</c><00:29:55.880><c> other</c><00:29:56.039><c> one</c><00:29:56.200><c> about</c><00:29:56.420><c> angels</c> 00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:58.720 when<00:29:56.880><c> you</c><00:29:57.019><c> look</c><00:29:57.200><c> at,</c><00:29:57.759><c> besides</c><00:29:58.059><c> Zachariah,</c> 00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.980 that<00:29:58.920><c> gives</c><00:29:59.039><c> you</c><00:29:59.240><c> this</c><00:29:59.440><c> impression</c> 00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:02.700 that<00:30:00.640><c> there</c><00:30:00.920><c> are</c><00:30:01.500><c> hierarchies</c><00:30:01.920><c> amongst</c><00:30:02.180><c> the</c><00:30:02.480><c> angels,</c> 00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:07.000 that<00:30:03.220><c> not</c><00:30:03.519><c> all</c><00:30:03.819><c> the</c><00:30:04.160><c> angels</c><00:30:04.559><c> have</c><00:30:05.039><c> equal</c><00:30:05.460><c> authority</c><00:30:05.940><c> and</c><00:30:06.180><c> power.</c> 00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:09.279 And<00:30:07.240><c> we</c><00:30:07.380><c> see</c><00:30:07.799><c> that</c><00:30:08.099><c> in</c><00:30:08.519><c> the</c><00:30:08.960><c> parables</c> 00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:10.900 that<00:30:09.420><c> are</c><00:30:09.539><c> given</c><00:30:09.759><c> about</c><00:30:10.099><c> in</c><00:30:10.279><c> the</c><00:30:10.380><c> kingdom</c><00:30:10.599><c> age.</c> 00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.799 I<00:30:11.440><c> think</c><00:30:11.619><c> most</c><00:30:11.880><c> of</c><00:30:12.039><c> us</c><00:30:12.200><c> accept</c><00:30:12.539><c> that,</c> 00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.680 that<00:30:12.920><c> in</c><00:30:13.059><c> the</c><00:30:13.220><c> kingdom</c><00:30:13.440><c> age,</c> 00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:16.559 we<00:30:13.839><c> don't</c><00:30:14.039><c> all</c><00:30:14.240><c> expect</c><00:30:14.579><c> to</c><00:30:14.720><c> be</c><00:30:14.819><c> the</c><00:30:15.059><c> top</c><00:30:15.619><c> person</c><00:30:15.960><c> in</c><00:30:16.119><c> the</c><00:30:16.279><c> kingdom.</c> 00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:19.140 We<00:30:17.180><c> realize</c><00:30:17.599><c> that</c><00:30:17.819><c> God's</c><00:30:18.200><c> faithful</c><00:30:18.480><c> for</c><00:30:18.759><c> years</c> 00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:21.160 are<00:30:19.339><c> gonna</c><00:30:19.460><c> be</c><00:30:19.740><c> resurrected</c><00:30:20.160><c> and</c><00:30:20.559><c> found</c><00:30:20.759><c> worthy,</c> 00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:23.799 and<00:30:21.779><c> we're</c><00:30:22.319><c> hoping</c><00:30:22.539><c> to</c><00:30:22.700><c> be</c><00:30:22.859><c> a</c><00:30:22.980><c> part</c><00:30:23.180><c> of</c><00:30:23.339><c> that</c><00:30:23.559><c> kingdom,</c> 00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:25.740 but<00:30:23.960><c> we're</c><00:30:24.140><c> not</c><00:30:24.339><c> expecting</c><00:30:24.619><c> to</c><00:30:24.839><c> have</c><00:30:24.940><c> the</c><00:30:25.180><c> highest</c><00:30:25.440><c> seats</c> 00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:29.480 in<00:30:25.900><c> the</c><00:30:26.039><c> kingdom,</c><00:30:27.019><c> sort</c><00:30:27.220><c> of</c><00:30:27.359><c> like</c><00:30:27.680><c> James</c><00:30:28.099><c> and</c><00:30:28.319><c> John</c><00:30:28.480><c> had</c><00:30:28.700><c> wanted</c> 00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:32.440 when<00:30:31.240><c> Mom</c><00:30:31.539><c> had</c><00:30:31.779><c> asked</c><00:30:31.960><c> for</c><00:30:32.140><c> the</c><00:30:32.279><c> sons</c> 00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:34.259 to<00:30:32.640><c> sit</c><00:30:32.779><c> on</c><00:30:32.880><c> his</c><00:30:33.039><c> right</c><00:30:33.220><c> and</c><00:30:33.299><c> left</c><00:30:33.440><c> hand.</c> 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:36.180 But<00:30:34.579><c> in</c><00:30:34.759><c> Joshua</c><00:30:35.039><c> chapter</c><00:30:35.519><c> five,</c> 00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:39.000 when<00:30:36.920><c> Joshua's</c><00:30:37.420><c> ready</c><00:30:37.660><c> to</c><00:30:37.799><c> go</c><00:30:37.980><c> in</c><00:30:38.119><c> and</c><00:30:38.220><c> take</c><00:30:38.420><c> the</c><00:30:38.640><c> land,</c> 00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:41.339 and<00:30:39.740><c> he</c><00:30:39.839><c> sees,</c><00:30:40.380><c> he</c><00:30:40.539><c> runs</c><00:30:40.759><c> into</c><00:30:41.019><c> the</c><00:30:41.200><c> man</c> 00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:43.059 who's<00:30:41.579><c> standing</c><00:30:41.759><c> there</c><00:30:41.920><c> with</c><00:30:42.079><c> the</c><00:30:42.259><c> sword,</c> 00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:44.900 and<00:30:43.359><c> the</c><00:30:43.460><c> angel</c><00:30:43.579><c> tells</c><00:30:43.839><c> him</c><00:30:44.059><c> to</c><00:30:44.299><c> remove</c><00:30:44.519><c> his</c><00:30:44.740><c> shoes</c> 00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:46.660 because<00:30:45.079><c> he's</c><00:30:45.259><c> standing</c><00:30:45.420><c> on</c><00:30:45.619><c> holy</c><00:30:45.799><c> ground,</c> 00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:48.259 and<00:30:47.019><c> Joshua</c><00:30:47.359><c> sees</c><00:30:47.680><c> him</c><00:30:47.819><c> and</c><00:30:47.980><c> he</c><00:30:48.099><c> says,</c> 00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.119 he<00:30:48.579><c> sees</c><00:30:48.740><c> this</c><00:30:48.980><c> man,</c> 00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:50.819 you<00:30:49.619><c> can</c><00:30:49.740><c> imagine</c><00:30:49.960><c> saying</c><00:30:50.200><c> this</c><00:30:50.380><c> to</c><00:30:50.500><c> an</c><00:30:50.640><c> angel,</c> 00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:53.180 are<00:30:51.460><c> you</c><00:30:51.579><c> on</c><00:30:51.700><c> our</c><00:30:51.940><c> side</c><00:30:52.059><c> or</c><00:30:52.140><c> their</c><00:30:52.359><c> side?</c> 00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:55.500 When<00:30:54.259><c> you</c><00:30:54.420><c> read</c><00:30:54.519><c> that</c><00:30:54.799><c> story</c><00:30:55.000><c> and</c><00:30:55.180><c> realize,</c> 00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:58.599 it<00:30:56.079><c> shows</c><00:30:56.359><c> you</c><00:30:56.980><c> how,</c><00:30:57.380><c> when</c><00:30:57.500><c> these</c><00:30:57.759><c> angels</c><00:30:58.000><c> show</c><00:30:58.339><c> up,</c> 00:30:58.599 --> 00:31:00.359 you<00:30:58.700><c> really</c><00:30:59.140><c> don't</c><00:30:59.460><c> know</c><00:30:59.640><c> who</c><00:30:59.819><c> they</c><00:31:00.059><c> are.</c> 00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:03.700 This<00:31:01.140><c> man</c><00:31:01.420><c> comes</c><00:31:01.779><c> in,</c><00:31:02.420><c> this</c><00:31:02.680><c> is</c><00:31:02.940><c> the</c><00:31:03.200><c> angel</c> 00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:06.579 who's<00:31:04.339><c> gonna</c><00:31:04.579><c> command</c><00:31:05.299><c> the</c><00:31:05.680><c> angelic</c><00:31:06.160><c> army</c> 00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:08.980 that<00:31:07.299><c> takes</c><00:31:07.559><c> over</c><00:31:07.859><c> the</c><00:31:08.039><c> whole</c><00:31:08.200><c> land</c><00:31:08.380><c> of</c><00:31:08.619><c> Canaan,</c> 00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:11.599 and<00:31:09.460><c> Joshua</c><00:31:09.799><c> meets</c><00:31:10.160><c> this</c><00:31:10.539><c> man</c><00:31:10.839><c> and</c><00:31:11.039><c> he</c><00:31:11.259><c> says,</c> 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:13.500 are<00:31:11.759><c> you</c><00:31:11.859><c> on</c><00:31:11.960><c> our</c><00:31:12.180><c> side</c><00:31:12.319><c> or</c><00:31:12.380><c> their</c><00:31:12.660><c> side?</c> 00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:16.480 And<00:31:13.720><c> it</c><00:31:15.019><c> brings</c><00:31:15.339><c> us</c><00:31:15.539><c> down</c><00:31:15.740><c> to</c><00:31:15.880><c> a</c><00:31:16.019><c> human</c><00:31:16.200><c> level</c> 00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:19.119 of<00:31:16.660><c> helping</c><00:31:16.839><c> us</c><00:31:17.119><c> realize</c><00:31:17.480><c> how</c><00:31:17.900><c> much</c><00:31:18.220><c> these</c><00:31:18.519><c> people</c> 00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:20.359 looked<00:31:19.559><c> like</c><00:31:20.019><c> humans.</c> 00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:23.539 They<00:31:21.000><c> appeared</c><00:31:21.359><c> like</c><00:31:21.640><c> people,</c><00:31:22.079><c> they</c><00:31:22.599><c> held</c><00:31:22.880><c> their</c><00:31:23.200><c> glory.</c> 00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:26.940 And<00:31:24.240><c> so</c><00:31:24.519><c> he</c><00:31:25.200><c> says</c><00:31:25.400><c> to</c><00:31:25.579><c> Joshua,</c><00:31:26.460><c> no,</c> 00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:30.039 but<00:31:27.400><c> as</c><00:31:27.920><c> commander</c><00:31:28.460><c> of</c><00:31:28.720><c> the</c><00:31:28.960><c> army</c><00:31:29.240><c> of</c><00:31:29.500><c> the</c><00:31:29.720><c> Lord,</c> 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:31.519 I<00:31:30.319><c> have</c><00:31:30.500><c> now</c><00:31:30.779><c> come.</c> 00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:34.859 And<00:31:31.920><c> if</c><00:31:32.200><c> he's</c><00:31:32.559><c> the</c><00:31:32.819><c> commander</c><00:31:33.480><c> of</c><00:31:33.839><c> the</c><00:31:34.059><c> army</c><00:31:34.259><c> of</c><00:31:34.420><c> the</c><00:31:34.579><c> Lord,</c> 00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.839 and<00:31:35.420><c> all</c><00:31:35.720><c> those</c><00:31:35.980><c> other</c><00:31:36.460><c> angels,</c> 00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:39.400 like<00:31:37.160><c> we</c><00:31:37.359><c> saw</c><00:31:37.700><c> with</c><00:31:38.099><c> Elisha,</c> 00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.599 are<00:31:39.640><c> the</c><00:31:39.819><c> chariots</c><00:31:40.140><c> of</c><00:31:40.299><c> God,</c> 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:42.420 and<00:31:40.839><c> they're</c><00:31:41.039><c> all</c><00:31:41.339><c> surrounding</c><00:31:41.759><c> Elisha,</c> 00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:43.859 there<00:31:42.880><c> are</c><00:31:43.180><c> some</c><00:31:43.519><c> angels</c> 00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:45.599 who<00:31:44.099><c> have</c><00:31:44.299><c> higher</c><00:31:44.599><c> positions</c><00:31:45.099><c> than</c><00:31:45.319><c> others,</c> 00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.859 and<00:31:45.819><c> this</c><00:31:46.079><c> angel</c><00:31:46.279><c> happened</c><00:31:46.599><c> to</c><00:31:46.720><c> be</c> 00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:48.500 the<00:31:47.039><c> commander</c><00:31:47.380><c> of</c><00:31:47.579><c> that</c><00:31:47.799><c> army.</c> 00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.980 So<00:31:48.880><c> I</c><00:31:49.079><c> think</c><00:31:49.319><c> that's</c><00:31:49.680><c> a</c><00:31:49.799><c> story,</c> 00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:51.660 you'll<00:31:50.440><c> see</c><00:31:50.519><c> that</c><00:31:50.720><c> come</c><00:31:50.859><c> out</c><00:31:51.019><c> pretty</c><00:31:51.380><c> clearly</c> 00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.759 in<00:31:51.880><c> the</c><00:31:52.039><c> study</c><00:31:52.200><c> of</c><00:31:52.359><c> the</c><00:31:52.559><c> angels.</c> 00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:56.160 Some<00:31:53.480><c> angels</c><00:31:53.859><c> have</c><00:31:54.079><c> more</c><00:31:54.359><c> power</c><00:31:55.259><c> and</c><00:31:55.480><c> more</c><00:31:55.740><c> authority</c> 00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:58.220 than<00:31:56.440><c> other</c><00:31:57.119><c> angels</c><00:31:57.339><c> have.</c> 00:31:58.299 --> 00:32:00.779 And<00:31:58.519><c> that's</c><00:31:58.900><c> all</c><00:31:59.039><c> right,</c><00:32:00.019><c> that's</c><00:32:00.519><c> good,</c> 00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:02.619 because<00:32:01.339><c> some</c><00:32:01.680><c> of</c><00:32:01.799><c> them</c><00:32:01.900><c> are</c><00:32:02.039><c> more</c><00:32:02.319><c> capable</c> 00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:03.680 of<00:32:02.819><c> making</c><00:32:03.039><c> those</c><00:32:03.299><c> decisions</c> 00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.660 and<00:32:03.779><c> they</c><00:32:03.960><c> have</c><00:32:04.079><c> those</c><00:32:04.279><c> positions</c> 00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:06.400 of<00:32:04.859><c> authority</c><00:32:05.160><c> and</c><00:32:05.380><c> responsibility.</c> 00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:09.960 All<00:32:07.980><c> right,</c><00:32:08.099><c> I</c><00:32:08.240><c> wanna</c><00:32:08.440><c> just</c><00:32:08.680><c> take</c><00:32:08.980><c> one</c><00:32:09.339><c> quick</c><00:32:09.559><c> minute</c><00:32:09.759><c> here</c> 00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:11.619 and<00:32:10.039><c> look</c><00:32:10.220><c> at,</c><00:32:10.539><c> I've</c><00:32:10.799><c> been</c><00:32:10.920><c> referring</c><00:32:11.180><c> to</c><00:32:11.440><c> angels</c> 00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.539 in<00:32:11.779><c> the</c><00:32:11.859><c> Old</c><00:32:11.980><c> Testament</c><00:32:12.279><c> a</c><00:32:12.440><c> bit,</c> 00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:13.720 somebody<00:32:12.779><c> asked</c><00:32:13.039><c> me</c><00:32:13.160><c> during</c><00:32:13.319><c> break</c><00:32:13.559><c> time,</c> 00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:15.140 how<00:32:13.880><c> do</c><00:32:14.019><c> we</c><00:32:14.059><c> know</c><00:32:14.220><c> whether</c><00:32:14.420><c> these</c><00:32:14.900><c> times</c> 00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:16.660 that<00:32:15.299><c> says</c><00:32:15.480><c> the</c><00:32:15.640><c> Lord</c><00:32:15.859><c> God,</c><00:32:16.119><c> the</c><00:32:16.200><c> Lord</c><00:32:16.400><c> God,</c> 00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:18.460 how<00:32:16.859><c> do</c><00:32:16.980><c> we</c><00:32:17.019><c> know</c><00:32:17.180><c> whether</c><00:32:17.279><c> these</c><00:32:17.420><c> are</c><00:32:17.579><c> angels</c><00:32:17.779><c> or</c><00:32:17.900><c> not</c><00:32:18.160><c> angels?</c> 00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:20.720 How<00:32:18.940><c> do</c><00:32:19.059><c> we</c><00:32:19.140><c> know</c><00:32:19.279><c> they're</c><00:32:19.500><c> angels</c><00:32:19.700><c> at</c><00:32:19.900><c> all?</c> 00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:22.079 There<00:32:21.000><c> are</c><00:32:21.099><c> little</c><00:32:21.319><c> hints</c><00:32:21.599><c> sometimes,</c> 00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:23.559 like<00:32:22.299><c> with</c><00:32:22.539><c> Samson's</c><00:32:23.279><c> parents,</c> 00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:25.299 where<00:32:23.880><c> it</c><00:32:24.079><c> talks</c><00:32:24.319><c> about</c><00:32:24.539><c> the</c><00:32:24.740><c> Lord</c><00:32:24.980><c> said,</c> 00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:26.940 or<00:32:25.799><c> in</c><00:32:26.000><c> Exodus</c><00:32:26.240><c> three</c><00:32:26.559><c> 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in</c><00:32:34.619><c> Psalm</c><00:32:34.799><c> eight,</c><00:32:35.420><c> verses</c><00:32:35.619><c> four</c><00:32:35.920><c> and</c><00:32:35.980><c> five,</c> 00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:39.700 this<00:32:37.259><c> is</c><00:32:37.579><c> another</c><00:32:38.180><c> passage</c><00:32:38.619><c> that's</c><00:32:38.819><c> really</c><00:32:39.000><c> familiar</c><00:32:39.299><c> to</c><00:32:39.500><c> us,</c> 00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.960 quoted<00:32:39.960><c> in</c><00:32:40.180><c> Hebrews.</c> 00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.420 In<00:32:41.339><c> Psalm</c><00:32:41.559><c> eight,</c><00:32:41.779><c> four</c><00:32:41.940><c> and</c><00:32:42.099><c> five,</c> 00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:45.259 we've<00:32:42.779><c> got</c><00:32:42.920><c> the</c><00:32:43.119><c> fact</c><00:32:43.319><c> that</c><00:32:43.579><c> God</c><00:32:43.859><c> says</c><00:32:44.180><c> about,</c> 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:47.339 the<00:32:45.799><c> writer</c><00:32:46.039><c> of</c><00:32:46.200><c> 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of</c><00:33:43.140><c> using</c><00:33:43.380><c> theos</c><00:33:44.039><c> in</c><00:33:44.299><c> Greek,</c> 00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:47.420 which<00:33:44.720><c> he</c><00:33:44.839><c> could</c><00:33:45.000><c> have</c><00:33:45.160><c> used,</c><00:33:45.799><c> or</c><00:33:46.079><c> using</c><00:33:46.440><c> angelos,</c> 00:33:47.619 --> 00:33:50.279 Paul<00:33:48.019><c> chooses</c><00:33:48.420><c> to</c><00:33:48.779><c> use</c><00:33:48.940><c> the</c><00:33:49.140><c> word</c><00:33:49.279><c> angelos</c><00:33:49.779><c> in</c><00:33:49.900><c> the</c><00:33:50.079><c> Greek,</c> 00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:51.559 and<00:33:50.640><c> he</c><00:33:50.880><c> wrote</c><00:33:51.099><c> it</c><00:33:51.299><c> as,</c> 00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:53.460 you<00:33:51.720><c> have</c><00:33:51.859><c> made</c><00:33:52.000><c> him</c><00:33:52.160><c> a</c><00:33:52.240><c> little</c><00:33:52.359><c> lower</c><00:33:52.599><c> than</c><00:33:52.799><c> the</c><00:33:53.059><c> 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because<00:34:26.519><c> many</c><00:34:26.920><c> of</c><00:34:27.059><c> the</c><00:34:27.199><c> times,</c> 00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:29.639 it's<00:34:28.159><c> not</c><00:34:28.340><c> translated</c><00:34:28.760><c> angels.</c> 00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:32.300 There's<00:34:30.039><c> another</c><00:34:30.260><c> place</c><00:34:30.659><c> where</c><00:34:30.940><c> Paul</c><00:34:31.119><c> does</c><00:34:31.300><c> the</c><00:34:31.500><c> same</c><00:34:31.679><c> thing,</c> 00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:34.139 as<00:34:32.880><c> best</c><00:34:33.139><c> anybody</c><00:34:33.480><c> can</c><00:34:33.739><c> figure</c><00:34:33.920><c> out,</c> 00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:35.420 Hebrews<00:34:34.400><c> chapter</c><00:34:34.800><c> one,</c> 00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:37.260 when<00:34:35.820><c> he</c><00:34:36.059><c> quotes</c><00:34:36.280><c> that</c><00:34:36.599><c> verse</c><00:34:36.840><c> and</c><00:34:37.039><c> says,</c> 00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:39.480 let<00:34:37.480><c> all</c><00:34:37.780><c> the</c><00:34:38.019><c> angels</c><00:34:38.239><c> of</c><00:34:38.440><c> God</c><00:34:38.639><c> worship</c><00:34:38.980><c> him,</c> 00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:40.579 out<00:34:39.880><c> of</c><00:34:40.059><c> Hebrews</c><00:34:40.239><c> one,</c> 00:34:40.699 --> 00:34:42.579 when<00:34:40.820><c> he</c><00:34:41.019><c> again</c><00:34:41.199><c> brings</c><00:34:41.440><c> his</c><00:34:41.659><c> firstborn</c><00:34:41.980><c> into</c><00:34:42.139><c> the</c><00:34:42.340><c> world.</c> 00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:44.440 The<00:34:43.360><c> best</c><00:34:43.500><c> they</c><00:34:43.639><c> can</c><00:34:43.780><c> come</c><00:34:43.980><c> up</c><00:34:44.159><c> with</c><00:34:44.280><c> is,</c> 00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:46.500 that's<00:34:44.659><c> coming</c><00:34:44.780><c> out</c><00:34:44.960><c> of</c><00:34:45.099><c> Psalm</c><00:34:45.260><c> 97,</c> 00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:47.360 where<00:34:46.960><c> it</c><00:34:47.199><c> says,</c> 00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:49.320 worship<00:34:47.739><c> him,</c><00:34:48.099><c> all</c><00:34:48.199><c> you</c><00:34:48.360><c> gods,</c> 00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.679 in<00:34:50.159><c> our</c><00:34:50.380><c> versions.</c> 00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:52.400 And<00:34:50.840><c> that's</c><00:34:51.079><c> really</c><00:34:51.360><c> the</c><00:34:51.460><c> word</c><00:34:51.619><c> Elohim</c><00:34:51.880><c> that's</c><00:34:52.079><c> there.</c> 00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.639 But<00:34:52.860><c> really</c><00:34:53.139><c> what</c><00:34:53.280><c> it</c><00:34:53.440><c> is,</c> 00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:55.320 is<00:34:53.820><c> it's</c><00:34:53.980><c> worship</c><00:34:54.159><c> him,</c><00:34:54.460><c> all</c><00:34:54.619><c> you</c><00:34:54.800><c> angels,</c> 00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:57.300 because<00:34:55.800><c> it's</c><00:34:56.039><c> actually</c><00:34:56.360><c> the</c><00:34:56.619><c> angels.</c> 00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:59.420 Now,<00:34:58.019><c> I</c><00:34:58.139><c> only</c><00:34:58.340><c> point</c><00:34:58.559><c> that</c><00:34:58.760><c> out</c><00:34:58.880><c> to</c><00:34:58.980><c> those</c><00:34:59.179><c> of</c><00:34:59.320><c> you</c> 00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.860 that<00:34:59.519><c> have</c><00:34:59.599><c> never</c><00:34:59.820><c> done</c><00:34:59.920><c> an</c><00:35:00.119><c> angel</c><00:35:00.280><c> study</c><00:35:00.519><c> at</c><00:35:00.719><c> all,</c> 00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:02.699 you've<00:35:01.039><c> never</c><00:35:01.260><c> looked</c><00:35:01.460><c> into</c><00:35:01.639><c> these</c><00:35:01.880><c> words.</c> 00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:05.400 That<00:35:03.059><c> Hebrew</c><00:35:03.360><c> word</c><00:35:03.599><c> that's</c><00:35:03.960><c> translated</c><00:35:04.320><c> Elohim,</c> 00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:08.400 is<00:35:05.639><c> used</c><00:35:06.099><c> extensively</c><00:35:06.780><c> in</c><00:35:07.059><c> the</c><00:35:07.199><c> Old</c><00:35:07.360><c> Testament</c><00:35:07.760><c> for</c><00:35:08.039><c> angels,</c> 00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.679 all<00:35:09.159><c> over</c><00:35:09.320><c> the</c><00:35:09.519><c> place.</c> 00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.480 It's<00:35:09.880><c> used</c><00:35:09.980><c> for</c><00:35:10.159><c> angels.</c> 00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:12.519 And<00:35:10.960><c> we</c><00:35:11.099><c> have</c><00:35:11.239><c> to</c><00:35:11.380><c> be</c><00:35:11.519><c> good,</c><00:35:11.739><c> careful</c><00:35:12.019><c> readers</c> 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:15.340 to<00:35:12.880><c> try</c><00:35:13.039><c> and</c><00:35:13.139><c> distinguish</c><00:35:13.599><c> between</c><00:35:14.039><c> when</c><00:35:14.179><c> it</c><00:35:14.400><c> refers</c><00:35:14.639><c> to</c><00:35:14.780><c> an</c><00:35:14.980><c> angel,</c> 00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:19.639 and<00:35:15.820><c> when</c><00:35:15.960><c> it</c><00:35:16.199><c> refers</c><00:35:16.619><c> to</c><00:35:17.400><c> God</c><00:35:17.940><c> himself,</c><00:35:18.639><c> the</c><00:35:18.860><c> Father.</c> 00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:22.000 You<00:35:20.320><c> see</c><00:35:20.559><c> that</c><00:35:20.780><c> in</c><00:35:20.980><c> Exodus</c><00:35:21.239><c> chapter</c><00:35:21.639><c> 3.</c> 00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:24.219 And<00:35:22.380><c> see,</c><00:35:22.659><c> now</c><00:35:22.780><c> if</c><00:35:22.920><c> you</c><00:35:23.079><c> have</c><00:35:23.199><c> a</c><00:35:23.219><c> little</c><00:35:23.460><c> pencil</c><00:35:23.760><c> or</c><00:35:23.960><c> a</c><00:35:24.099><c> pen,</c> 00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:26.420 you<00:35:24.380><c> can</c><00:35:24.719><c> like</c><00:35:25.280><c> draw</c><00:35:25.420><c> lines</c><00:35:25.780><c> between</c><00:35:26.099><c> things,</c> 00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:29.159 and<00:35:26.559><c> you</c><00:35:26.679><c> can</c><00:35:26.880><c> make</c><00:35:27.039><c> those</c><00:35:27.260><c> connections</c><00:35:27.719><c> in</c><00:35:27.960><c> Exodus</c><00:35:28.260><c> chapter</c><00:35:28.579><c> 3.</c> 00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:32.019 Because<00:35:29.780><c> Exodus</c><00:35:30.159><c> 3,</c><00:35:30.820><c> we</c><00:35:31.139><c> don't</c><00:35:31.280><c> want</c><00:35:31.360><c> to</c><00:35:31.440><c> miss</c><00:35:31.579><c> the</c><00:35:31.760><c> point,</c> 00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:33.139 it<00:35:32.519><c> spells</c><00:35:32.719><c> out,</c> 00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:36.320 the<00:35:33.679><c> angel</c><00:35:34.199><c> of</c><00:35:34.460><c> the</c><00:35:34.599><c> Lord</c><00:35:34.820><c> appeared</c><00:35:35.159><c> to</c><00:35:35.320><c> him</c><00:35:35.519><c> in</c><00:35:35.639><c> a</c><00:35:35.780><c> flame</c><00:35:35.920><c> of</c><00:35:36.139><c> fire.</c> 00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:37.719 So<00:35:36.559><c> we</c><00:35:36.679><c> can't</c><00:35:36.940><c> miss</c><00:35:37.139><c> that</c><00:35:37.400><c> one.</c> 00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.760 That's<00:35:38.519><c> nice.</c> 00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:42.199 It<00:35:38.980><c> actually</c><00:35:39.320><c> spells</c><00:35:39.559><c> out</c><00:35:39.739><c> it</c><00:35:39.840><c> was</c><00:35:39.960><c> an</c><00:35:40.139><c> angel</c><00:35:40.400><c> in</c><00:35:41.079><c> Exodus</c><00:35:41.440><c> chapter</c><00:35:41.739><c> 3.</c> 00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.980 You<00:35:42.900><c> read</c><00:35:43.139><c> on</c><00:35:43.320><c> down</c><00:35:43.500><c> the</c><00:35:43.619><c> line</c><00:35:43.780><c> there,</c> 00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:45.519 you<00:35:44.159><c> see</c><00:35:44.539><c> in</c><00:35:44.679><c> verse</c><00:35:44.940><c> 4,</c> 00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:51.659 So<00:35:45.960><c> when</c><00:35:46.539><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:47.400><c> saw</c><00:35:48.119><c> that</c><00:35:49.760><c> he</c><00:35:50.000><c> turned</c><00:35:50.219><c> aside</c><00:35:50.639><c> to</c><00:35:50.920><c> look,</c> 00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:55.059 Elohim<00:35:52.639><c> called</c><00:35:53.000><c> to</c><00:35:53.219><c> him</c><00:35:53.480><c> from</c><00:35:53.719><c> the</c><00:35:53.840><c> midst</c><00:35:54.000><c> of</c><00:35:54.159><c> the</c><00:35:54.280><c> bush.</c> 00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:56.420 Now,<00:35:55.420><c> isn't</c><00:35:55.599><c> that</c><00:35:55.940><c> interesting?</c> 00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:58.860 We<00:35:56.719><c> have</c><00:35:57.139><c> the</c><00:35:57.380><c> angel</c><00:35:57.619><c> of</c><00:35:57.800><c> the</c><00:35:57.920><c> Lord</c><00:35:58.139><c> who's</c><00:35:58.300><c> in</c><00:35:58.440><c> the</c><00:35:58.579><c> bush,</c> 00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:02.480 we<00:35:59.539><c> have</c><00:36:00.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:00.639><c> seeing</c><00:36:01.099><c> that</c><00:36:01.360><c> Moses</c><00:36:01.659><c> turned</c><00:36:01.980><c> aside,</c> 00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:05.900 and<00:36:03.059><c> we</c><00:36:03.260><c> have</c><00:36:03.480><c> Elohim</c><00:36:04.039><c> calls</c><00:36:04.480><c> to</c><00:36:04.659><c> him</c><00:36:04.860><c> from</c><00:36:05.059><c> the</c><00:36:05.219><c> bush</c><00:36:05.400><c> and</c><00:36:05.599><c> says,</c> 00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:07.239 Moses,<00:36:06.380><c> Moses.</c> 00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:09.920 Now,<00:36:07.900><c> if</c><00:36:08.119><c> God</c><00:36:08.320><c> isn't</c><00:36:08.559><c> trying</c><00:36:08.820><c> to</c><00:36:09.019><c> tell</c><00:36:09.139><c> us</c><00:36:09.300><c> something</c><00:36:09.420><c> there,</c> 00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:12.880 I<00:36:10.719><c> think</c><00:36:10.920><c> we'll</c><00:36:11.059><c> miss</c><00:36:11.260><c> it</c><00:36:11.380><c> if</c><00:36:11.480><c> we</c><00:36:11.619><c> don't</c><00:36:11.840><c> see</c><00:36:12.079><c> that</c><00:36:12.300><c> fact</c><00:36:12.500><c> that,</c> 00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:16.840 you<00:36:13.119><c> see</c><00:36:13.360><c> those</c><00:36:13.579><c> words,</c><00:36:14.079><c> Yahweh,</c><00:36:15.059><c> Elohim,</c><00:36:15.960><c> angel,</c> 00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:18.659 they're<00:36:17.059><c> all</c><00:36:17.480><c> the</c><00:36:17.679><c> same</c><00:36:17.860><c> fella.</c> 00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.780 And<00:36:18.960><c> what</c><00:36:19.380><c> this</c><00:36:19.639><c> is,</c> 00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:22.780 this<00:36:19.940><c> is</c><00:36:20.159><c> all</c><00:36:20.420><c> about</c><00:36:20.780><c> the</c><00:36:21.139><c> power</c><00:36:21.519><c> and</c><00:36:21.719><c> the</c><00:36:21.960><c> authority</c><00:36:22.199><c> of</c><00:36:22.460><c> angels.</c> 00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:25.659 When<00:36:23.380><c> an</c><00:36:23.719><c> angel</c><00:36:23.900><c> shows</c><00:36:24.199><c> up</c><00:36:24.420><c> on</c><00:36:24.619><c> the</c><00:36:24.820><c> scene</c><00:36:24.960><c> like</c><00:36:25.280><c> this,</c> 00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:27.280 and<00:36:26.039><c> he</c><00:36:26.320><c> speaks</c><00:36:26.579><c> for</c><00:36:26.860><c> God,</c> 00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:30.800 he<00:36:27.880><c> says,</c><00:36:28.300><c> I</c><00:36:28.599><c> am</c><00:36:29.139><c> the</c><00:36:29.360><c> God</c><00:36:29.559><c> of</c><00:36:29.699><c> your</c><00:36:29.880><c> fathers.</c> 00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:32.500 And<00:36:31.260><c> what</c><00:36:31.460><c> is</c><00:36:31.579><c> Moses</c><00:36:31.840><c> looking</c><00:36:32.179><c> at?</c> 00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:34.519 He's<00:36:33.219><c> looking</c><00:36:33.400><c> at</c><00:36:33.559><c> an</c><00:36:33.760><c> angel.</c> 00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:37.380 But<00:36:34.840><c> the</c><00:36:35.139><c> angel</c><00:36:35.340><c> has</c><00:36:35.559><c> been</c><00:36:35.900><c> invested</c><00:36:36.320><c> with</c><00:36:36.599><c> the</c><00:36:36.880><c> power</c><00:36:37.159><c> and</c> 00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:37.980 the<00:36:37.659><c> authority</c> 00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:40.980 to<00:36:38.400><c> talk</c><00:36:38.739><c> for</c><00:36:39.019><c> God,</c><00:36:39.639><c> to</c><00:36:39.860><c> speak</c><00:36:40.079><c> for</c><00:36:40.219><c> him</c><00:36:40.400><c> here</c><00:36:40.599><c> on</c><00:36:40.760><c> earth.</c> 00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:44.119 And<00:36:41.679><c> that's</c><00:36:42.159><c> what</c><00:36:42.300><c> you're</c><00:36:42.519><c> seeing</c><00:36:42.780><c> all</c><00:36:43.219><c> through</c><00:36:43.400><c> the</c><00:36:43.539><c> Old</c><00:36:43.719><c> Testament.</c> 00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.480 Time<00:36:44.860><c> and</c><00:36:45.019><c> time</c><00:36:45.199><c> again,</c> 00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:47.400 it<00:36:45.719><c> started</c><00:36:46.000><c> with</c><00:36:46.219><c> Adam</c><00:36:46.440><c> and</c><00:36:46.559><c> Eve</c><00:36:46.639><c> in</c><00:36:46.760><c> the</c><00:36:46.880><c> Garden</c><00:36:47.059><c> of</c><00:36:47.219><c> Eden,</c> 00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:49.519 and<00:36:47.780><c> it</c><00:36:47.800><c> went</c><00:36:47.980><c> right</c><00:36:48.320><c> through</c><00:36:48.519><c> the</c><00:36:48.619><c> entire</c><00:36:48.940><c> Old</c><00:36:49.139><c> Testament.</c> 00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:52.619 And<00:36:50.019><c> it's</c><00:36:50.260><c> no</c><00:36:50.440><c> wonder</c><00:36:50.619><c> when</c><00:36:50.900><c> Jesus</c><00:36:51.500><c> showed</c><00:36:51.920><c> up,</c> 00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:54.320 and<00:36:52.880><c> he</c><00:36:53.099><c> talked</c><00:36:53.320><c> to</c><00:36:53.480><c> those</c><00:36:53.840><c> Jews,</c> 00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:57.079 and<00:36:54.719><c> they</c><00:36:55.059><c> called</c><00:36:55.320><c> him</c><00:36:55.639><c> Blasphemous</c><00:36:56.239><c> in</c><00:36:56.420><c> John</c><00:36:56.739><c> 10</c> 00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:58.860 for<00:36:57.320><c> claiming</c><00:36:57.659><c> that</c><00:36:57.840><c> he</c><00:36:57.900><c> was</c><00:36:58.119><c> the</c><00:36:58.260><c> Son</c><00:36:58.380><c> of</c><00:36:58.519><c> God.</c> 00:36:59.059 --> 00:37:00.260 And<00:36:59.300><c> he</c><00:36:59.400><c> looked</c><00:36:59.619><c> at</c><00:36:59.780><c> them</c><00:36:59.860><c> and</c><00:36:59.980><c> he</c><00:37:00.099><c> said,</c> 00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:02.980 how<00:37:00.699><c> in</c><00:37:00.900><c> the</c><00:37:01.179><c> world</c><00:37:01.500><c> can</c><00:37:01.699><c> you</c><00:37:01.880><c> think</c><00:37:02.059><c> that's</c><00:37:02.500><c> blasphemy</c> 00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:05.280 when<00:37:03.460><c> you</c><00:37:03.739><c> read</c><00:37:03.920><c> your</c><00:37:04.119><c> Old</c><00:37:04.400><c> Testament</c><00:37:04.800><c> Bibles?</c> 00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:07.800 And<00:37:05.760><c> didn't</c><00:37:05.920><c> you</c><00:37:06.159><c> realize</c><00:37:06.460><c> if</c><00:37:06.619><c> he</c><00:37:06.960><c> called</c><00:37:07.119><c> them</c><00:37:07.420><c> God</c> 00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:09.280 to<00:37:07.980><c> whom</c><00:37:08.139><c> the</c><00:37:08.340><c> Word</c><00:37:08.460><c> of</c><00:37:08.659><c> God</c><00:37:08.840><c> came,</c> 00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:10.699 and<00:37:09.420><c> Scripture</c><00:37:09.820><c> can't</c><00:37:10.119><c> be</c><00:37:10.400><c> broken,</c> 00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:13.179 how<00:37:11.420><c> in</c><00:37:11.619><c> the</c><00:37:11.780><c> world</c><00:37:11.920><c> can</c><00:37:12.119><c> you</c><00:37:12.260><c> think</c><00:37:12.400><c> I'm</c><00:37:12.679><c> blasphemous</c> 00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:14.980 for<00:37:13.400><c> claiming</c><00:37:13.579><c> to</c><00:37:13.719><c> be</c><00:37:13.840><c> the</c><00:37:13.960><c> Son</c><00:37:14.079><c> of</c><00:37:14.239><c> God?</c> 00:37:15.260 --> 00:37:18.300 Because<00:37:15.699><c> God</c><00:37:16.019><c> had</c><00:37:16.280><c> appeared</c><00:37:16.639><c> through</c><00:37:16.940><c> person</c><00:37:17.400><c> after</c><00:37:17.800><c> person,</c> 00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:20.699 through<00:37:18.519><c> the</c><00:37:18.760><c> angels,</c><00:37:19.519><c> through</c><00:37:19.719><c> one</c><00:37:19.940><c> after</c><00:37:20.300><c> the</c><00:37:20.519><c> us,</c> 00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:22.840 even<00:37:21.320><c> as</c><00:37:21.420><c> users</c><00:37:21.639><c> of</c><00:37:21.920><c> the</c><00:37:22.059><c> judges</c><00:37:22.280><c> of</c><00:37:22.460><c> Israel.</c> 00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:26.159 There<00:37:23.320><c> had</c><00:37:23.559><c> been</c><00:37:23.980><c> representatives</c><00:37:24.760><c> of</c><00:37:25.099><c> God</c><00:37:25.300><c> on</c><00:37:25.519><c> earth</c><00:37:25.659><c> before.</c> 00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:28.179 So<00:37:26.840><c> why</c><00:37:27.119><c> are</c><00:37:27.119><c> you</c><00:37:27.380><c> so</c><00:37:27.579><c> upset</c><00:37:27.840><c> at</c><00:37:28.019><c> me</c> 00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:29.480 for<00:37:28.380><c> claiming</c><00:37:28.599><c> to</c><00:37:28.719><c> be</c><00:37:28.840><c> the</c><00:37:28.980><c> Son</c><00:37:29.079><c> of</c><00:37:29.280><c> God?</c> 00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:31.179 Didn't<00:37:29.820><c> you</c><00:37:29.980><c> read</c><00:37:30.139><c> your</c><00:37:30.320><c> Bibles?</c> 00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:33.900 And<00:37:31.579><c> that's</c><00:37:32.119><c> all</c><00:37:32.320><c> part</c><00:37:32.460><c> of</c><00:37:32.599><c> this</c><00:37:32.840><c> story</c><00:37:33.000><c> of</c><00:37:33.119><c> God</c><00:37:33.320><c> manifestation.</c> 00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:35.320 When<00:37:34.199><c> you</c><00:37:34.539><c> look</c><00:37:34.679><c> at</c><00:37:34.840><c> the</c><00:37:35.019><c> story,</c> 00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:37.800 all<00:37:36.019><c> Jesus</c><00:37:36.340><c> was</c><00:37:36.539><c> claiming</c><00:37:36.780><c> to</c><00:37:37.059><c> be</c><00:37:37.300><c> now</c> 00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:40.780 was<00:37:38.360><c> the</c><00:37:39.400><c> manifestation</c><00:37:39.980><c> of</c><00:37:40.239><c> the</c><00:37:40.400><c> Father</c> 00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:45.900 on<00:37:41.360><c> earth</c><00:37:41.699><c> right</c><00:37:42.079><c> now</c><00:37:42.500><c> in</c><00:37:42.940><c> a</c><00:37:43.300><c> human</c><00:37:43.719><c> who</c><00:37:44.659><c> was</c><00:37:44.940><c> not</c><00:37:45.119><c> immortal</c><00:37:45.500><c> yet</c> 00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:48.559 and<00:37:46.280><c> who</c><00:37:46.440><c> was</c><00:37:46.699><c> still</c><00:37:47.079><c> fighting</c><00:37:47.420><c> with</c><00:37:47.699><c> the</c><00:37:47.820><c> devil.</c> 00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:50.039 That's<00:37:49.280><c> the</c><00:37:49.460><c> wonder</c><00:37:49.659><c> of</c><00:37:49.860><c> that.</c> 00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:52.039 They'd<00:37:50.619><c> never</c><00:37:50.739><c> encountered</c><00:37:51.059><c> that</c><00:37:51.320><c> one</c><00:37:51.460><c> before</c><00:37:51.739><c> maybe,</c> 00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:54.960 but<00:37:52.239><c> that</c><00:37:52.760><c> was</c><00:37:53.360><c> the</c><00:37:53.519><c> beauty</c><00:37:53.699><c> of</c><00:37:53.800><c> what</c><00:37:53.940><c> he</c><00:37:54.059><c> was</c><00:37:54.219><c> doing.</c> 00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:58.320 I<00:37:55.659><c> think</c><00:37:55.820><c> that's</c><00:37:56.059><c> powerful</c><00:37:56.519><c> to</c><00:37:56.719><c> read</c><00:37:56.840><c> in</c><00:37:57.039><c> Exodus</c><00:37:57.340><c> chapter</c><00:37:57.659><c> 3</c> 00:37:58.320 --> 00:38:00.619 that<00:37:58.679><c> this</c><00:37:59.019><c> angel</c><00:37:59.300><c> who</c><00:37:59.559><c> called</c><00:37:59.780><c> to</c><00:37:59.900><c> him</c><00:37:59.980><c> out</c><00:38:00.119><c> of</c><00:38:00.199><c> the</c><00:38:00.380><c> bush,</c> 00:38:00.780 --> 00:38:02.159 in<00:38:00.920><c> fact,</c><00:38:01.019><c> Stephen</c><00:38:01.340><c> says</c><00:38:01.599><c> it</c><00:38:01.739><c> was</c><00:38:01.860><c> the</c><00:38:02.039><c> angel</c> 00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:03.159 that<00:38:02.360><c> called</c><00:38:02.500><c> to</c><00:38:02.599><c> him</c><00:38:02.699><c> out</c><00:38:02.780><c> of</c><00:38:02.800><c> the</c><00:38:02.960><c> bush,</c> 00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:05.920 he<00:38:03.739><c> said,</c><00:38:04.239><c> I</c><00:38:04.300><c> am</c><00:38:04.880><c> the</c><00:38:05.099><c> God</c><00:38:05.280><c> of</c><00:38:05.420><c> your</c><00:38:05.559><c> father.</c> 00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:07.420 And<00:38:06.460><c> you</c><00:38:06.599><c> look</c><00:38:06.820><c> at</c><00:38:06.980><c> Moses.</c> 00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:09.179 Moses,<00:38:08.199><c> he</c><00:38:08.199><c> says</c><00:38:08.340><c> there</c><00:38:08.579><c> in</c><00:38:08.820><c> the</c><00:38:08.940><c> reading,</c> 00:38:09.320 --> 00:38:10.639 he<00:38:09.360><c> was</c><00:38:09.559><c> afraid</c><00:38:09.780><c> to</c><00:38:09.900><c> look</c><00:38:10.059><c> upon</c><00:38:10.300><c> God.</c> 00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:12.300 I<00:38:11.079><c> remember</c><00:38:11.420><c> reading</c><00:38:11.679><c> that</c><00:38:11.840><c> as</c><00:38:12.019><c> a</c><00:38:12.139><c> child.</c> 00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:13.480 I<00:38:12.500><c> really</c><00:38:12.780><c> thought</c><00:38:12.940><c> that</c><00:38:13.039><c> was</c><00:38:13.219><c> God.</c> 00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:14.860 That's<00:38:13.880><c> the</c><00:38:13.980><c> way</c><00:38:14.079><c> I</c><00:38:14.340><c> read</c><00:38:14.500><c> the</c><00:38:14.679><c> Bible.</c> 00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:16.219 I<00:38:15.099><c> just</c><00:38:15.340><c> thought,</c><00:38:15.699><c> it</c><00:38:15.699><c> says</c><00:38:15.820><c> he's</c><00:38:16.039><c> God.</c> 00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:18.039 I<00:38:16.360><c> just</c><00:38:16.639><c> figured</c><00:38:16.840><c> God</c><00:38:17.139><c> the</c><00:38:17.260><c> Father</c><00:38:17.480><c> had</c><00:38:17.619><c> come</c><00:38:17.820><c> down.</c> 00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:19.539 He<00:38:18.139><c> was</c><00:38:18.820><c> in</c><00:38:19.000><c> there</c><00:38:19.159><c> in</c><00:38:19.239><c> 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into</c><00:38:29.280><c> in</c><00:38:29.480><c> Eureka</c><00:38:29.760><c> 1</c> 00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:33.539 about<00:38:30.639><c> how</c><00:38:30.980><c> often</c><00:38:31.320><c> God</c><00:38:31.639><c> had</c><00:38:31.960><c> revealed</c><00:38:32.260><c> himself</c><00:38:32.780><c> through</c><00:38:33.119><c> angels.</c> 00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:35.199 And<00:38:34.239><c> that's</c><00:38:34.480><c> one</c><00:38:34.639><c> of</c><00:38:34.699><c> the</c><00:38:34.800><c> neat</c><00:38:34.960><c> things</c> 00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:36.519 that<00:38:35.400><c> John</c><00:38:35.619><c> Thomas</c><00:38:35.900><c> understood</c> 00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:37.619 that<00:38:37.079><c> when</c><00:38:37.199><c> you</c><00:38:37.280><c> go</c><00:38:37.440><c> back</c> 00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:39.960 and<00:38:37.760><c> you</c><00:38:37.880><c> read</c><00:38:38.000><c> John</c><00:38:38.300><c> Thomas's</c><00:38:38.800><c> writings</c><00:38:39.019><c> today,</c> 00:38:40.000 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00:38:51.019 And<00:38:50.039><c> it's</c><00:38:50.400><c> fun</c><00:38:50.579><c> to</c><00:38:50.659><c> go</c><00:38:50.800><c> back</c> 00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:52.760 and<00:38:51.179><c> search</c><00:38:51.340><c> for</c><00:38:51.500><c> those</c><00:38:51.659><c> things</c><00:38:51.820><c> yourself.</c> 00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:54.400 You<00:38:53.420><c> see</c><00:38:53.559><c> in</c><00:38:53.679><c> verse</c><00:38:53.880><c> 7</c><00:38:54.139><c> here</c> 00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:56.320 when<00:38:54.519><c> you</c><00:38:54.699><c> start</c><00:38:55.039><c> looking</c><00:38:55.420><c> for</c><00:38:55.679><c> a</c><00:38:55.760><c> little</c><00:38:55.860><c> phrases,</c> 00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:59.280 the<00:38:56.920><c> Lord</c><00:38:57.219><c> said,</c><00:38:58.000><c> now</c><00:38:58.219><c> this</c><00:38:58.340><c> is</c><00:38:58.559><c> the</c><00:38:58.699><c> angel</c><00:38:58.880><c> speaking,</c> 00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:00.940 but<00:38:59.519><c> 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gonna</c><00:39:13.579><c> stick</c><00:39:14.059><c> with</c><00:39:14.380><c> Moses</c> 00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:17.840 throughout<00:39:15.659><c> the</c><00:39:15.960><c> entire</c><00:39:16.800><c> Exodus.</c> 00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:20.039 So<00:39:18.480><c> verse</c><00:39:18.760><c> 8,</c><00:39:19.159><c> look</c><00:39:19.340><c> at</c><00:39:19.500><c> verse</c><00:39:19.719><c> 8.</c> 00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:24.179 So<00:39:20.579><c> I</c><00:39:21.099><c> have</c><00:39:21.480><c> come</c><00:39:21.900><c> down</c><00:39:22.480><c> to</c><00:39:23.059><c> deliver</c><00:39:23.360><c> them.</c> 00:39:24.260 --> 00:39:25.559 Now<00:39:24.420><c> that's</c><00:39:24.719><c> not</c><00:39:24.900><c> God</c><00:39:25.139><c> the</c><00:39:25.300><c> Father.</c> 00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:29.340 This<00:39:26.199><c> is</c><00:39:26.519><c> the</c><00:39:26.659><c> angelic</c><00:39:27.579><c> representative</c><00:39:28.260><c> of</c><00:39:28.599><c> God</c><00:39:28.820><c> the</c><00:39:29.019><c> Father</c> 00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:31.000 who<00:39:29.739><c> comes</c><00:39:30.099><c> in</c><00:39:30.280><c> on</c><00:39:30.460><c> the</c><00:39:30.719><c> scene</c> 00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:34.219 speaking<00:39:31.699><c> as</c><00:39:31.960><c> though</c><00:39:32.139><c> he</c><00:39:32.460><c> is</c><00:39:33.199><c> God</c><00:39:33.639><c> the</c><00:39:33.840><c> Father.</c> 00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:41.260 He<00:39:34.460><c> is</c><00:39:34.780><c> the</c><00:39:35.579><c> God</c><00:39:35.960><c> of</c><00:39:39.880><c> Abraham,</c><00:39:40.360><c> Isaac,</c><00:39:40.760><c> and</c><00:39:40.980><c> Jacob.</c> 00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:43.440 I've<00:39:42.039><c> come</c><00:39:42.320><c> down</c><00:39:42.619><c> to</c><00:39:42.940><c> deliver</c><00:39:43.139><c> them</c> 00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:44.599 because<00:39:43.800><c> what</c><00:39:44.099><c> did</c><00:39:44.219><c> it</c><00:39:44.440><c> matter?</c> 00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:46.760 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does</c> 00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:57.400 because<00:39:56.280><c> my</c><00:39:56.599><c> name</c><00:39:56.739><c> is</c><00:39:56.940><c> in</c><00:39:57.059><c> him</c> 00:39:57.400 --> 00:40:00.519 and<00:39:57.880><c> he's</c><00:39:58.059><c> got</c><00:39:58.219><c> the</c><00:39:58.420><c> power</c><00:39:58.659><c> to</c><00:39:58.920><c> retain</c><00:39:59.619><c> and</c><00:39:59.820><c> withhold</c><00:40:00.119><c> sins.</c> 00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:02.519 This<00:40:01.380><c> angel</c><00:40:01.599><c> was</c><00:40:01.820><c> full</c><00:40:02.000><c> of</c><00:40:02.239><c> authority.</c> 00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:06.239 This<00:40:03.320><c> angel</c><00:40:03.719><c> was</c><00:40:04.039><c> extremely</c><00:40:04.699><c> high</c><00:40:05.059><c> up</c><00:40:05.360><c> on,</c> 00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:10.039 I<00:40:06.659><c> think</c><00:40:06.920><c> Brother</c><00:40:07.340><c> Cowie</c><00:40:07.639><c> calls</c><00:40:07.920><c> him</c><00:40:08.199><c> the</c><00:40:08.719><c> Yahweh</c><00:40:09.139><c> angel.</c> 00:40:10.059 --> 00:40:11.880 And<00:40:10.260><c> if</c><00:40:10.360><c> you</c><00:40:10.460><c> ever</c><00:40:10.619><c> listen</c><00:40:10.840><c> to</c><00:40:10.980><c> Brother</c><00:40:11.199><c> Cowie's</c><00:40:11.739><c> tapes,</c> 00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:13.659 he<00:40:12.139><c> suggests</c><00:40:12.619><c> that</c><00:40:12.840><c> this</c><00:40:13.039><c> one</c><00:40:13.280><c> angel,</c> 00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:16.440 he<00:40:14.119><c> thinks</c><00:40:14.280><c> there</c><00:40:14.440><c> was</c><00:40:14.559><c> only</c><00:40:14.820><c> one</c><00:40:15.079><c> angel</c><00:40:15.280><c> called</c><00:40:15.559><c> the</c><00:40:15.739><c> Yahweh</c><00:40:16.039><c> angel</c> 00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:19.019 and<00:40:16.800><c> that</c><00:40:16.940><c> this</c><00:40:17.179><c> was</c><00:40:17.420><c> always</c><00:40:17.739><c> the</c><00:40:17.920><c> same</c><00:40:18.139><c> angel</c><00:40:18.400><c> every</c><00:40:18.760><c> time.</c> 00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:21.000 I<00:40:19.760><c> haven't</c><00:40:19.900><c> been</c><00:40:20.059><c> convinced</c><00:40:20.340><c> of</c><00:40:20.440><c> that</c><00:40:20.519><c> myself,</c> 00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:22.860 but<00:40:21.260><c> you</c><00:40:21.420><c> can</c><00:40:21.559><c> look</c><00:40:21.739><c> for</c><00:40:21.880><c> that</c><00:40:22.039><c> as</c><00:40:22.159><c> you're</c><00:40:22.300><c> doing</c><00:40:22.400><c> your</c><00:40:22.619><c> readings</c> 00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:24.420 as<00:40:23.099><c> to</c><00:40:23.219><c> whether</c><00:40:23.380><c> or</c><00:40:23.480><c> not</c><00:40:23.579><c> there's</c><00:40:23.719><c> only</c><00:40:23.960><c> one</c><00:40:24.219><c> angel</c> 00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:25.940 that's<00:40:24.719><c> referred</c><00:40:24.980><c> to</c><00:40:25.139><c> as</c><00:40:25.260><c> the</c><00:40:25.420><c> Yahweh</c><00:40:25.679><c> angel</c> 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finally</c><00:40:38.059><c> come</c><00:40:38.260><c> out</c> 00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:40.699 after<00:40:38.800><c> all</c><00:40:39.019><c> the</c><00:40:39.239><c> plagues</c><00:40:39.519><c> that</c><00:40:39.719><c> the</c><00:40:39.940><c> angels</c><00:40:40.260><c> had</c><00:40:40.539><c> brought,</c> 00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:42.199 which<00:40:40.980><c> they</c><00:40:41.219><c> did,</c><00:40:41.400><c> the</c><00:40:41.599><c> angels</c><00:40:41.800><c> were</c><00:40:41.980><c> the</c><00:40:42.079><c> ones</c> 00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:43.599 who<00:40:42.340><c> brought</c><00:40:42.460><c> the</c><00:40:42.699><c> plagues.</c> 00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:45.360 And<00:40:44.380><c> that's</c><00:40:44.760><c> neat</c><00:40:44.900><c> to</c><00:40:45.139><c> see.</c> 00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:47.179 Those<00:40:45.920><c> of</c><00:40:46.099><c> you</c><00:40:46.219><c> that</c><00:40:46.360><c> are</c><00:40:46.539><c> hoping</c><00:40:46.739><c> to</c><00:40:46.900><c> be</c><00:40:47.000><c> part</c> 00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:48.239 of<00:40:47.320><c> the</c><00:40:47.380><c> next</c><00:40:47.679><c> kingdom</c><00:40:47.960><c> age</c> 00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:49.380 and<00:40:48.360><c> you're</c><00:40:48.480><c> working</c><00:40:48.699><c> with</c><00:40:48.920><c> the</c><00:40:49.059><c> mortals,</c> 00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:50.599 when<00:40:49.579><c> you're</c><00:40:49.760><c> reading</c><00:40:50.000><c> those</c><00:40:50.340><c> plagues</c> 00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:51.699 and<00:40:50.739><c> you</c><00:40:50.900><c> watch</c><00:40:51.099><c> what</c><00:40:51.380><c> happened,</c> 00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:54.619 you<00:40:52.139><c> can</c><00:40:52.340><c> imagine</c><00:40:52.699><c> the</c><00:40:53.019><c> angels</c><00:40:53.280><c> discussing</c><00:40:53.840><c> with</c><00:40:54.099><c> one</c><00:40:54.300><c> another</c> 00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:56.539 how<00:40:55.159><c> they</c><00:40:55.360><c> were</c><00:40:55.480><c> gonna</c><00:40:55.579><c> run</c><00:40:55.719><c> those</c><00:40:55.980><c> plagues</c> 00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:59.039 how<00:40:56.940><c> many</c><00:40:57.920><c> frogs</c><00:40:58.260><c> are</c><00:40:58.400><c> we</c><00:40:58.480><c> gonna</c><00:40:58.599><c> bring</c><00:40:58.820><c> up</c> 00:40:59.039 --> 00:41:00.159 and<00:40:59.340><c> what</c><00:40:59.539><c> are</c><00:40:59.659><c> we</c><00:40:59.739><c> gonna</c><00:40:59.900><c> do</c> 00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:01.440 and<00:41:00.380><c> all</c><00:41:00.739><c> these</c><00:41:00.980><c> different</c><00:41:01.179><c> things</c> 00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:02.739 that<00:41:01.579><c> they</c><00:41:01.699><c> were</c><00:41:01.880><c> trying</c><00:41:02.039><c> to</c><00:41:02.320><c> accomplish.</c> 00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:05.500 And<00:41:03.400><c> you</c><00:41:03.480><c> look</c><00:41:03.639><c> at</c><00:41:03.820><c> that</c><00:41:03.980><c> and</c><00:41:04.280><c> you</c><00:41:04.340><c> try</c><00:41:04.519><c> to</c><00:41:04.739><c> figure</c><00:41:04.860><c> out</c><00:41:05.019><c> the</c><00:41:05.239><c> pieces</c> 00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:07.699 of<00:41:05.760><c> how</c><00:41:06.099><c> are</c><00:41:06.300><c> we</c><00:41:06.460><c> gonna</c><00:41:06.579><c> get</c><00:41:06.840><c> these</c><00:41:07.260><c> people</c> 00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:10.179 an<00:41:07.960><c> opportunity</c><00:41:08.480><c> to</c><00:41:08.659><c> be</c><00:41:08.920><c> circumcised?</c> 00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:11.559 That<00:41:10.739><c> would</c><00:41:10.900><c> have</c><00:41:11.000><c> been</c><00:41:11.119><c> challenging.</c> 00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:13.280 These<00:41:12.119><c> are</c><00:41:12.280><c> supposed</c><00:41:12.579><c> to</c><00:41:12.699><c> be</c><00:41:12.860><c> slaves.</c> 00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:15.139 They're<00:41:13.599><c> supposed</c><00:41:13.800><c> to</c><00:41:13.920><c> be</c><00:41:14.019><c> making</c><00:41:14.179><c> bricks.</c> 00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:18.239 How<00:41:15.460><c> are</c><00:41:15.599><c> we</c><00:41:15.719><c> ever</c><00:41:15.860><c> gonna</c><00:41:16.000><c> buy</c><00:41:16.219><c> them</c><00:41:16.440><c> time</c><00:41:16.679><c> to</c><00:41:16.820><c> be</c><00:41:17.039><c> circumcised?</c> 00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:20.159 And<00:41:18.480><c> you</c><00:41:18.559><c> can</c><00:41:18.719><c> imagine</c><00:41:19.039><c> the</c><00:41:19.300><c> discussions</c><00:41:19.659><c> that</c><00:41:19.840><c> went</c><00:41:19.980><c> on.</c> 00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:21.119 Well,<00:41:20.340><c> how</c><00:41:20.400><c> are</c><00:41:20.500><c> we</c><00:41:20.559><c> gonna</c><00:41:20.659><c> do</c><00:41:20.880><c> that?</c> 00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:22.380 They're<00:41:21.599><c> gonna</c><00:41:21.760><c> need</c><00:41:21.960><c> time.</c> 00:41:22.699 --> 00:41:23.820 They're<00:41:22.880><c> gonna</c><00:41:23.000><c> need</c><00:41:23.139><c> healing</c><00:41:23.460><c> time.</c> 00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:25.480 They're<00:41:24.039><c> gonna</c><00:41:24.179><c> still</c><00:41:24.360><c> have</c><00:41:24.480><c> to</c><00:41:24.599><c> be</c><00:41:24.619><c> able</c><00:41:24.800><c> to</c><00:41:24.920><c> walk</c><00:41:25.059><c> out</c><00:41:25.239><c> in</c> 00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:25.719 the<00:41:25.539><c> end.</c> 00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:28.179 And<00:41:26.159><c> you</c><00:41:26.260><c> can</c><00:41:26.460><c> imagine</c><00:41:26.820><c> somebody</c><00:41:27.159><c> coming</c><00:41:27.400><c> up</c><00:41:27.579><c> with</c><00:41:27.719><c> the</c><00:41:27.920><c> idea,</c> 00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:31.039 ah,<00:41:29.639><c> plague</c><00:41:29.920><c> of</c><00:41:30.139><c> darkness.</c> 00:41:31.219 --> 00:41:32.579 And<00:41:31.360><c> we'll</c><00:41:31.460><c> bring</c><00:41:31.599><c> darkness</c><00:41:31.960><c> over</c><00:41:32.219><c> the</c><00:41:32.380><c> land.</c> 00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:33.900 The<00:41:32.820><c> Egyptians</c><00:41:33.059><c> won't</c><00:41:33.219><c> be</c><00:41:33.380><c> able</c><00:41:33.500><c> to</c><00:41:33.679><c> see.</c> 00:41:34.340 --> 00:41:35.519 They're<00:41:34.500><c> not</c><00:41:34.599><c> gonna</c><00:41:34.719><c> be</c><00:41:34.760><c> able</c><00:41:34.920><c> to</c><00:41:34.980><c> make</c><00:41:35.079><c> any</c><00:41:35.280><c> bricks.</c> 00:41:35.639 --> 00:41:37.340 We're<00:41:35.780><c> gonna</c><00:41:35.880><c> put</c><00:41:36.019><c> them</c><00:41:36.119><c> all</c><00:41:36.239><c> in</c><00:41:36.420><c> darkness.</c> 00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:38.280 And<00:41:37.559><c> you</c><00:41:37.699><c> watch</c><00:41:38.079><c> the,</c> 00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:40.360 this<00:41:38.900><c> would</c><00:41:39.079><c> have</c><00:41:39.179><c> been</c><00:41:39.300><c> the</c><00:41:39.480><c> kind</c><00:41:39.639><c> of</c><00:41:39.760><c> thing</c><00:41:39.980><c> angels</c> 00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:42.159 would<00:41:40.559><c> have</c><00:41:40.780><c> discussed</c><00:41:41.280><c> and</c><00:41:41.599><c> figured</c><00:41:41.780><c> out</c> 00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:43.699 about<00:41:42.559><c> how</c><00:41:42.800><c> they</c><00:41:42.960><c> were</c><00:41:43.079><c> gonna</c><00:41:43.320><c> accomplish</c> 00:41:43.699 --> 00:41:46.900 the<00:41:44.300><c> whole</c><00:41:44.780><c> thing</c><00:41:45.260><c> of</c><00:41:45.440><c> the</c><00:41:45.619><c> Exodus</c><00:41:45.960><c> with</c><00:41:46.440><c> each</c><00:41:46.719><c> other</c> 00:41:46.900 --> 00:41:49.000 and<00:41:47.099><c> making</c><00:41:47.280><c> decisions</c><00:41:47.679><c> about</c><00:41:47.920><c> how</c><00:41:48.059><c> that</c><00:41:48.199><c> was</c><00:41:48.340><c> gonna</c><00:41:48.460><c> go</c><00:41:48.699><c> about.</c> 00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:51.360 And<00:41:49.699><c> they</c><00:41:49.900><c> figured</c><00:41:50.099><c> out</c><00:41:50.320><c> ways</c><00:41:50.440><c> to</c><00:41:50.619><c> do</c><00:41:50.739><c> it.</c> 00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:53.579 So<00:41:51.780><c> in</c><00:41:52.000><c> Exodus</c><00:41:52.239><c> 19,</c><00:41:52.699><c> when</c><00:41:52.800><c> they</c><00:41:53.000><c> finally</c><00:41:53.239><c> come</c><00:41:53.440><c> out,</c> 00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:54.679 they<00:41:53.739><c> come</c><00:41:53.900><c> up</c><00:41:54.039><c> to</c><00:41:54.159><c> Mount</c><00:41:54.360><c> Sinai</c> 00:41:54.679 --> 00:41:55.980 and<00:41:54.980><c> here</c><00:41:55.059><c> they</c><00:41:55.260><c> are</c><00:41:55.380><c> at</c><00:41:55.460><c> Mount</c><00:41:55.699><c> Sinai</c> 00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:57.780 and<00:41:56.099><c> they're</c><00:41:56.260><c> gonna</c><00:41:56.360><c> meet</c><00:41:56.539><c> with</c><00:41:56.760><c> God</c><00:41:57.039><c> on</c><00:41:57.219><c> Mount</c><00:41:57.440><c> Sinai.</c> 00:41:57.800 --> 00:41:59.219 That's<00:41:58.059><c> where</c><00:41:58.199><c> we're</c><00:41:58.280><c> at</c><00:41:58.380><c> in</c><00:41:58.500><c> Exodus</c><00:41:58.739><c> 19.</c> 00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:01.579 So<00:41:59.840><c> Moses</c><00:42:00.119><c> brings</c><00:42:00.440><c> the</c><00:42:00.699><c> people</c><00:42:00.900><c> out</c><00:42:01.079><c> of</c><00:42:01.179><c> the</c><00:42:01.400><c> camp</c> 00:42:01.579 --> 00:42:04.199 after<00:42:01.860><c> the</c><00:42:02.119><c> three</c><00:42:02.260><c> days</c><00:42:02.579><c> where</c><00:42:02.719><c> they</c><00:42:02.920><c> had</c><00:42:03.139><c> made</c><00:42:03.440><c> themselves</c><00:42:03.820><c> clean.</c> 00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:07.079 Here<00:42:04.780><c> they</c><00:42:04.920><c> are,</c><00:42:05.099><c> they're</c><00:42:05.139><c> gonna</c><00:42:05.219><c> meet</c><00:42:05.420><c> with</c><00:42:05.639><c> God</c><00:42:05.980><c> in</c><00:42:06.320><c> verse</c><00:42:06.519><c> 17.</c> 00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:08.679 They<00:42:07.559><c> stand</c><00:42:07.880><c> at</c><00:42:08.059><c> the</c><00:42:08.139><c> foot</c><00:42:08.239><c> of</c><00:42:08.360><c> the</c><00:42:08.519><c> mountain.</c> 00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:10.920 Mount<00:42:09.000><c> Sinai</c><00:42:09.320><c> is</c><00:42:09.519><c> completely</c><00:42:09.980><c> covered</c><00:42:10.260><c> in</c><00:42:10.539><c> smoke</c> 00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:13.639 because<00:42:11.599><c> the</c><00:42:11.940><c> Lord</c><00:42:12.239><c> descended</c><00:42:12.699><c> upon</c><00:42:13.039><c> it</c><00:42:13.239><c> in</c><00:42:13.380><c> fire</c> 00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:16.380 and<00:42:14.039><c> the</c><00:42:14.360><c> smoke</c><00:42:14.559><c> ascended</c><00:42:14.920><c> out</c><00:42:15.219><c> like</c><00:42:15.440><c> the</c><00:42:15.699><c> smoke</c><00:42:15.840><c> of</c><00:42:16.019><c> a</c><00:42:16.159><c> furnace</c> 00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:18.739 and<00:42:16.539><c> the</c><00:42:16.679><c> whole</c><00:42:16.820><c> mountain</c><00:42:17.159><c> quaked</c><00:42:17.860><c> greatly.</c> 00:42:18.800 --> 00:42:20.440 And<00:42:18.920><c> I</c><00:42:19.159><c> can</c><00:42:19.360><c> remember</c><00:42:19.679><c> reading</c><00:42:19.940><c> that</c><00:42:20.139><c> thinking,</c> 00:42:20.460 --> 00:42:22.639 well,<00:42:20.780><c> God</c><00:42:21.019><c> himself</c><00:42:21.599><c> descended</c><00:42:22.119><c> from</c><00:42:22.400><c> heaven</c> 00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:24.219 and<00:42:22.820><c> he</c><00:42:23.099><c> stood</c><00:42:23.239><c> on</c><00:42:23.440><c> the</c><00:42:23.599><c> mountain</c><00:42:23.780><c> that</c><00:42:24.039><c> day.</c> 00:42:24.679 --> 00:42:27.260 And<00:42:25.079><c> really,</c><00:42:26.159><c> it's</c><00:42:26.320><c> an</c><00:42:26.519><c> angel.</c> 00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:29.179 It<00:42:27.619><c> was</c><00:42:27.880><c> a</c><00:42:28.039><c> manifestation</c><00:42:28.619><c> of</c><00:42:28.920><c> God.</c> 00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:31.300 This<00:42:29.519><c> angel</c><00:42:29.760><c> would</c><00:42:29.940><c> have</c><00:42:30.059><c> been</c><00:42:30.239><c> one</c><00:42:30.360><c> with</c><00:42:30.539><c> a</c><00:42:30.619><c> lot</c><00:42:30.800><c> of</c><00:42:31.039><c> power</c> 00:42:31.300 --> 00:42:34.260 and<00:42:31.480><c> a</c><00:42:31.500><c> lot</c><00:42:31.699><c> of</c><00:42:31.940><c> authority,</c><00:42:32.659><c> but</c><00:42:32.760><c> we</c><00:42:33.039><c> find</c><00:42:33.260><c> out</c><00:42:33.500><c> in</c><00:42:33.579><c> other</c><00:42:33.760><c> passages</c> 00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:37.019 that<00:42:34.539><c> it</c><00:42:34.780><c> says</c><00:42:34.960><c> that</c><00:42:35.159><c> the</c><00:42:35.400><c> angel</c><00:42:35.639><c> talked</c><00:42:35.940><c> with</c><00:42:36.159><c> Moses</c><00:42:36.480><c> on</c><00:42:36.679><c> the</c><00:42:36.880><c> mount,</c> 00:42:37.099 --> 00:42:38.900 the<00:42:37.280><c> angel</c><00:42:37.639><c> delivered</c><00:42:38.039><c> the</c><00:42:38.260><c> 10</c><00:42:38.440><c> commandments.</c> 00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:41.820 This<00:42:39.500><c> was</c><00:42:39.699><c> an</c><00:42:39.960><c> angel</c><00:42:40.400><c> who</c><00:42:40.599><c> was</c><00:42:40.860><c> appearing</c><00:42:41.219><c> in</c><00:42:41.460><c> the</c><00:42:41.639><c> presence</c> 00:42:41.820 --> 00:42:42.360 of<00:42:42.059><c> God</c> 00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:45.019 and<00:42:42.800><c> he</c><00:42:42.960><c> had</c><00:42:43.079><c> the</c><00:42:43.380><c> authority</c><00:42:43.699><c> of</c><00:42:43.900><c> God</c><00:42:44.199><c> to</c><00:42:44.380><c> make</c><00:42:44.539><c> decisions.</c> 00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:46.880 And<00:42:45.199><c> he</c><00:42:45.320><c> came</c><00:42:45.559><c> down</c><00:42:45.820><c> and</c><00:42:45.980><c> he</c><00:42:46.380><c> revealed</c> 00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:48.719 the<00:42:47.260><c> character</c><00:42:47.559><c> of</c><00:42:47.760><c> God</c><00:42:47.960><c> to</c><00:42:48.139><c> these</c><00:42:48.380><c> people.</c> 00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:51.139 And<00:42:49.219><c> when</c><00:42:49.360><c> Moses</c><00:42:49.659><c> heard</c><00:42:49.940><c> about</c><00:42:50.179><c> the</c><00:42:50.420><c> character</c><00:42:50.699><c> of</c><00:42:50.920><c> God</c> 00:42:51.139 --> 00:42:53.059 and<00:42:51.539><c> he</c><00:42:51.760><c> found</c><00:42:51.900><c> out</c><00:42:52.059><c> what</c><00:42:52.260><c> Yahweh</c><00:42:52.559><c> was</c><00:42:52.840><c> like,</c> 00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:56.280 who's<00:42:53.320><c> a</c><00:42:53.420><c> God</c><00:42:53.559><c> who's</c><00:42:53.880><c> merciful</c><00:42:54.260><c> and</c><00:42:54.619><c> gracious</c><00:42:55.019><c> and</c><00:42:55.619><c> understanding</c> 00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:58.260 and<00:42:56.519><c> he</c><00:42:56.940><c> extends</c><00:42:57.159><c> mercy</c><00:42:57.599><c> to</c><00:42:57.880><c> thousands,</c> 00:42:58.420 --> 00:43:01.000 but<00:42:58.480><c> at</c><00:42:58.659><c> the</c><00:42:58.780><c> same</c><00:42:59.039><c> time,</c><00:42:59.260><c> he's</c><00:42:59.440><c> not</c><00:42:59.579><c> going</c><00:42:59.719><c> to</c><00:42:59.860><c> clear</c><00:42:59.940><c> the</c><00:43:00.159><c> guilty.</c> 00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:04.039 And<00:43:01.400><c> Moses,</c><00:43:02.380><c> all</c><00:43:02.559><c> he</c><00:43:02.699><c> could</c><00:43:02.860><c> see</c><00:43:03.000><c> was</c><00:43:03.139><c> the</c><00:43:03.340><c> backside</c><00:43:03.699><c> of</c><00:43:03.880><c> that.</c> 00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:06.460 That<00:43:04.400><c> was</c><00:43:04.539><c> an</c><00:43:04.739><c> angel</c><00:43:04.980><c> that</c><00:43:05.139><c> he</c><00:43:05.239><c> was</c><00:43:05.380><c> looking</c><00:43:05.619><c> at</c><00:43:05.860><c> at</c><00:43:06.019><c> that</c><00:43:06.219><c> time.</c> 00:43:06.780 --> 00:43:09.219 And<00:43:06.960><c> these</c><00:43:07.179><c> angels</c><00:43:07.539><c> had</c><00:43:07.820><c> appeared</c><00:43:08.159><c> with</c><00:43:08.440><c> this</c><00:43:08.679><c> kind</c><00:43:08.840><c> of</c><00:43:09.019><c> power</c> 00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:12.860 and<00:43:09.460><c> authority</c><00:43:09.800><c> that</c><00:43:10.280><c> they</c><00:43:10.460><c> had</c><00:43:10.679><c> received</c><00:43:11.119><c> as</c><00:43:11.480><c> messengers</c><00:43:11.840><c> of</c><00:43:12.019><c> God.</c> 00:43:13.860 --> 00:43:16.639 You<00:43:14.019><c> find</c><00:43:14.380><c> in</c><00:43:15.300><c> Exodus</c><00:43:15.639><c> 20,</c><00:43:16.099><c> verse</c><00:43:16.320><c> 2,</c> 00:43:16.659 --> 00:43:18.300 when<00:43:16.840><c> the</c><00:43:17.000><c> 10</c><00:43:17.179><c> commandments</c><00:43:17.599><c> were</c><00:43:17.880><c> spoken,</c> 00:43:18.760 --> 00:43:20.360 you<00:43:18.980><c> look</c><00:43:19.199><c> in</c><00:43:19.320><c> your</c><00:43:19.480><c> Bible</c><00:43:19.719><c> and</c><00:43:19.880><c> it</c><00:43:20.000><c> just</c><00:43:20.199><c> says,</c> 00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:21.960 God<00:43:20.599><c> spoke</c><00:43:20.920><c> all</c><00:43:21.119><c> these</c><00:43:21.320><c> words</c><00:43:21.579><c> saying,</c> 00:43:22.320 --> 00:43:24.019 I<00:43:22.500><c> am</c><00:43:22.679><c> Yahweh</c><00:43:23.019><c> your</c><00:43:23.199><c> God,</c><00:43:23.539><c> your</c><00:43:23.739><c> Elohim,</c> 00:43:24.079 --> 00:43:25.559 who<00:43:24.219><c> brought</c><00:43:24.340><c> you</c><00:43:24.500><c> up</c><00:43:24.659><c> out</c><00:43:24.780><c> of</c><00:43:24.860><c> the</c><00:43:24.940><c> land</c><00:43:25.099><c> of</c><00:43:25.280><c> Egypt.</c> 00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:29.059 And<00:43:26.199><c> yet</c><00:43:26.320><c> you</c><00:43:26.460><c> read</c><00:43:26.679><c> carefully</c><00:43:27.239><c> and</c><00:43:27.579><c> you</c><00:43:27.719><c> make</c><00:43:27.880><c> a</c><00:43:28.059><c> note</c><00:43:28.179><c> in</c><00:43:28.380><c> Acts</c><00:43:28.599><c> 7</c> 00:43:29.059 --> 00:43:31.800 and<00:43:29.500><c> you</c><00:43:29.699><c> find</c><00:43:29.940><c> out</c><00:43:30.239><c> that</c><00:43:30.579><c> Stephen</c><00:43:30.800><c> says,</c> 00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:36.239 this<00:43:32.039><c> was</c><00:43:32.400><c> he</c><00:43:32.940><c> who</c><00:43:33.639><c> was</c><00:43:33.860><c> in</c><00:43:34.019><c> the</c><00:43:34.199><c> congregation</c><00:43:34.800><c> in</c><00:43:35.099><c> the</c><00:43:35.239><c> wilderness</c> 00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:40.039 with<00:43:37.079><c> the</c><00:43:37.559><c> angel</c><00:43:37.920><c> who</c><00:43:38.320><c> spoke</c><00:43:38.639><c> to</c><00:43:38.820><c> him</c><00:43:39.099><c> on</c><00:43:39.340><c> Mount</c><00:43:39.619><c> Sinai</c> 00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:41.059 and<00:43:40.199><c> with</c><00:43:40.440><c> our</c><00:43:40.659><c> fathers,</c> 00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:43.840 the<00:43:41.599><c> one</c><00:43:41.719><c> who</c><00:43:41.960><c> received</c><00:43:42.119><c> the</c><00:43:42.280><c> living</c><00:43:42.460><c> oracles</c><00:43:42.800><c> with</c><00:43:42.980><c> us.</c> 00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:47.099 So<00:43:44.320><c> Stephen</c><00:43:44.719><c> understood</c><00:43:45.539><c> that</c><00:43:46.019><c> all</c><00:43:46.380><c> these</c><00:43:46.760><c> places</c> 00:43:47.099 --> 00:43:49.400 in<00:43:47.320><c> the</c><00:43:47.480><c> Old</c><00:43:47.699><c> Testament</c><00:43:48.219><c> that</c><00:43:48.719><c> appear</c><00:43:49.000><c> to</c><00:43:49.219><c> us</c> 00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:51.679 though<00:43:49.699><c> God</c><00:43:50.139><c> himself</c><00:43:50.579><c> has</c><00:43:50.739><c> come</c><00:43:50.940><c> down</c><00:43:51.119><c> out</c><00:43:51.320><c> of</c><00:43:51.420><c> heaven,</c> 00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:54.699 that<00:43:52.280><c> God</c><00:43:52.539><c> himself</c><00:43:53.059><c> has</c><00:43:53.320><c> left</c><00:43:53.559><c> his</c><00:43:53.980><c> presence</c><00:43:54.280><c> in</c><00:43:54.519><c> heaven</c> 00:43:54.699 --> 00:43:56.500 and<00:43:54.940><c> he's</c><00:43:55.199><c> doing</c><00:43:55.400><c> all</c><00:43:55.619><c> these</c><00:43:55.860><c> things</c><00:43:56.019><c> on</c><00:43:56.260><c> earth.</c> 00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:59.179 Really<00:43:57.159><c> what's</c><00:43:57.460><c> happening</c><00:43:57.719><c> is</c><00:43:57.880><c> these</c><00:43:58.039><c> are</c><00:43:58.239><c> angels.</c> 00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:02.559 I'll<00:44:00.679><c> tell</c><00:44:00.800><c> you</c><00:44:00.940><c> the</c><00:44:01.219><c> fun</c><00:44:01.539><c> part</c><00:44:01.820><c> about</c><00:44:02.079><c> this</c><00:44:02.380><c> is,</c> 00:44:02.619 --> 00:44:04.480 this<00:44:02.860><c> is</c><00:44:03.059><c> what</c><00:44:03.280><c> God</c><00:44:03.619><c> offers</c><00:44:04.039><c> us.</c> 00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:06.639 He<00:44:05.139><c> offers</c><00:44:05.480><c> us</c><00:44:05.780><c> the</c><00:44:06.039><c> opportunity.</c> 00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:09.199 He's<00:44:07.340><c> made</c><00:44:07.539><c> that</c><00:44:07.780><c> offer</c><00:44:07.980><c> to</c><00:44:08.239><c> everyone</c><00:44:08.500><c> here</c><00:44:08.820><c> today</c> 00:44:09.199 --> 00:44:11.539 that<00:44:09.679><c> if</c><00:44:09.880><c> you</c><00:44:10.079><c> will</c><00:44:10.260><c> live</c><00:44:10.380><c> a</c><00:44:10.519><c> life</c><00:44:10.679><c> of</c><00:44:11.019><c> faithfulness,</c> 00:44:11.780 --> 00:44:13.719 he's<00:44:12.099><c> incorporating</c><00:44:12.679><c> you</c><00:44:12.960><c> into</c><00:44:13.079><c> his</c><00:44:13.380><c> family.</c> 00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:15.900 He<00:44:14.119><c> will</c><00:44:14.360><c> entrust</c><00:44:14.800><c> you</c><00:44:14.980><c> with</c><00:44:15.199><c> immortality</c> 00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:18.800 and<00:44:16.219><c> you'll</c><00:44:16.480><c> have</c><00:44:16.599><c> the</c><00:44:16.860><c> privilege</c><00:44:17.179><c> of</c><00:44:17.559><c> revealing</c><00:44:17.860><c> his</c><00:44:18.260><c> character,</c> 00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:20.800 his<00:44:19.500><c> power,</c><00:44:20.219><c> his</c><00:44:20.320><c> authority,</c> 00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:24.639 making<00:44:21.400><c> decisions</c><00:44:22.079><c> like</c><00:44:22.460><c> him</c><00:44:22.840><c> with</c><00:44:23.400><c> people</c><00:44:23.800><c> in</c><00:44:24.019><c> the</c><00:44:24.159><c> kingdom</c><00:44:24.340><c> age,</c> 00:44:24.739 --> 00:44:26.300 with<00:44:24.920><c> the</c><00:44:25.019><c> mortals</c><00:44:25.300><c> that</c><00:44:25.380><c> are</c><00:44:25.539><c> alive</c><00:44:25.739><c> on</c><00:44:25.940><c> this</c><00:44:26.119><c> earth.</c> 00:44:26.699 --> 00:44:28.500 You<00:44:26.920><c> talk</c><00:44:27.179><c> about</c><00:44:27.380><c> a</c><00:44:27.559><c> challenging</c><00:44:28.039><c> job,</c> 00:44:28.719 --> 00:44:30.000 one<00:44:28.880><c> that</c><00:44:29.000><c> will</c><00:44:29.159><c> be</c><00:44:29.360><c> fun</c><00:44:29.539><c> to</c><00:44:29.760><c> do,</c> 00:44:30.179 --> 00:44:32.239 one<00:44:30.380><c> that's</c><00:44:30.559><c> full</c><00:44:30.800><c> of</c><00:44:31.059><c> interaction</c><00:44:31.500><c> with</c><00:44:31.699><c> other</c><00:44:31.960><c> people,</c> 00:44:32.380 --> 00:44:33.800 with<00:44:32.480><c> brothers</c><00:44:32.699><c> and</c><00:44:32.960><c> sisters</c><00:44:33.199><c> in</c><00:44:33.380><c> Ecclesia,</c> 00:44:34.119 --> 00:44:35.780 with<00:44:34.260><c> the</c><00:44:34.500><c> whole</c><00:44:34.920><c> family</c><00:44:35.340><c> of</c><00:44:35.599><c> God,</c> 00:44:35.860 --> 00:44:37.239 no<00:44:35.960><c> matter</c><00:44:36.159><c> where</c><00:44:36.460><c> you've</c><00:44:36.719><c> come</c><00:44:36.960><c> from,</c> 00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:39.000 what<00:44:37.719><c> time</c><00:44:38.019><c> period</c><00:44:38.300><c> you've</c><00:44:38.599><c> lived</c><00:44:38.780><c> in,</c> 00:44:39.219 --> 00:44:41.119 all<00:44:39.500><c> these</c><00:44:39.739><c> people</c><00:44:40.000><c> are</c><00:44:40.119><c> going</c><00:44:40.199><c> to</c><00:44:40.280><c> be</c><00:44:40.440><c> working</c><00:44:40.679><c> together</c> 00:44:41.119 --> 00:44:43.139 in<00:44:41.300><c> a</c><00:44:41.460><c> way</c><00:44:41.599><c> that</c><00:44:41.800><c> you</c><00:44:42.059><c> can</c><00:44:42.300><c> hardly</c><00:44:42.500><c> imagine</c><00:44:42.920><c> it.</c> 00:44:43.460 --> 00:44:45.739 It<00:44:43.619><c> just,</c><00:44:43.840><c> it</c><00:44:44.099><c> would</c><00:44:44.260><c> be</c><00:44:44.480><c> a</c><00:44:44.719><c> fantastic</c><00:44:45.360><c> time</c> 00:44:45.739 --> 00:44:47.179 to<00:44:45.940><c> be</c><00:44:46.099><c> a</c><00:44:46.199><c> part</c><00:44:46.360><c> of</c><00:44:46.519><c> that</c><00:44:46.679><c> kingdom</c><00:44:46.900><c> age.</c> 00:44:47.179 --> 00:44:50.179 And<00:44:47.920><c> it</c><00:44:48.019><c> really</c><00:44:48.280><c> does</c><00:44:48.500><c> make</c><00:44:48.699><c> the</c><00:44:48.900><c> kingdom</c><00:44:49.079><c> come</c><00:44:49.360><c> to</c><00:44:49.480><c> life.</c> 00:44:51.019 --> 00:44:53.980 You<00:44:51.420><c> look</c><00:44:51.559><c> at</c><00:44:51.719><c> another</c><00:44:51.920><c> one</c><00:44:52.199><c> where</c><00:44:52.400><c> it</c><00:44:52.539><c> spells</c><00:44:52.800><c> it</c><00:44:53.000><c> out.</c> 00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:57.199 Treat<00:44:56.320><c> us</c><00:44:56.500><c> as</c><00:44:56.659><c> his</c><00:44:56.860><c> children.</c> 00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:59.360 And<00:44:57.639><c> he</c><00:44:57.780><c> wants</c><00:44:58.000><c> us</c><00:44:58.219><c> to</c><00:44:58.320><c> be</c><00:44:58.460><c> part</c><00:44:58.619><c> of</c><00:44:58.739><c> his</c><00:44:58.940><c> family.</c> 00:44:59.659 --> 00:45:01.000 And<00:44:59.820><c> he</c><00:44:59.860><c> doesn't</c><00:45:00.079><c> want</c><00:45:00.260><c> us</c><00:45:00.460><c> to</c><00:45:00.599><c> look</c><00:45:00.739><c> at</c><00:45:00.820><c> him</c> 00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:02.219 as<00:45:01.159><c> a</c><00:45:01.280><c> God</c><00:45:01.440><c> who's</c><00:45:01.659><c> afar</c><00:45:01.960><c> off.</c> 00:45:02.300 --> 00:45:03.739 He<00:45:02.380><c> wants</c><00:45:02.619><c> to</c><00:45:02.800><c> be</c><00:45:02.900><c> a</c><00:45:02.980><c> God</c><00:45:03.159><c> who's</c><00:45:03.440><c> near,</c> 00:45:04.079 --> 00:45:06.159 one<00:45:04.239><c> who</c><00:45:04.380><c> can</c><00:45:04.559><c> actually</c><00:45:04.860><c> touch</c><00:45:05.119><c> our</c><00:45:05.380><c> hearts.</c> 00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:12.760 Chapter<00:45:10.059><c> three,</c><00:45:11.539><c> if</c><00:45:11.719><c> you</c><00:45:11.719><c> just</c><00:45:11.800><c> go</c><00:45:12.000><c> back</c><00:45:12.179><c> there</c><00:45:12.340><c> for</c><00:45:12.500><c> a</c><00:45:12.599><c> minute,</c> 00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:14.420 I've<00:45:13.260><c> referred</c><00:45:13.480><c> to</c><00:45:13.619><c> this</c><00:45:13.760><c> a</c><00:45:13.880><c> couple</c><00:45:14.039><c> of</c><00:45:14.219><c> times,</c> 00:45:14.440 --> 00:45:15.579 but<00:45:14.579><c> it's</c><00:45:14.780><c> another</c><00:45:15.019><c> Bible</c><00:45:15.320><c> verse</c> 00:45:15.579 --> 00:45:17.460 to<00:45:15.780><c> put</c><00:45:15.860><c> in</c><00:45:15.960><c> your</c><00:45:16.139><c> list</c><00:45:16.340><c> of</c><00:45:16.599><c> angels.</c> 00:45:17.599 --> 00:45:20.039 About<00:45:18.119><c> the</c><00:45:18.380><c> Lord</c><00:45:18.599><c> God</c><00:45:18.880><c> in</c><00:45:19.079><c> the</c><00:45:19.239><c> garden.</c> 00:45:21.239 --> 00:45:24.539 And<00:45:21.760><c> another</c><00:45:22.280><c> one</c><00:45:22.579><c> I</c><00:45:22.719><c> can</c><00:45:22.920><c> remember</c><00:45:23.280><c> as</c><00:45:23.539><c> a</c><00:45:23.719><c> child</c><00:45:23.960><c> reading</c><00:45:24.219><c> this,</c> 00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:26.340 and<00:45:25.019><c> it's</c><00:45:25.179><c> probably</c><00:45:25.460><c> even</c><00:45:25.659><c> as</c><00:45:25.900><c> a</c><00:45:26.000><c> teenager</c> 00:45:26.340 --> 00:45:28.260 reading<00:45:26.639><c> this</c><00:45:26.920><c> passage</c><00:45:27.239><c> and</c><00:45:27.480><c> thinking,</c> 00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:29.559 in<00:45:28.480><c> Genesis</c><00:45:28.820><c> chapter</c><00:45:29.179><c> three,</c> 00:45:29.559 --> 00:45:31.320 I<00:45:29.719><c> can</c><00:45:29.880><c> remember</c><00:45:30.139><c> thinking</c><00:45:30.500><c> that</c><00:45:31.019><c> all</c><00:45:31.159><c> those,</c> 00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:32.199 it's<00:45:31.500><c> the</c><00:45:31.599><c> Lord</c><00:45:31.780><c> God,</c> 00:45:32.559 --> 00:45:33.820 Yahweh<00:45:32.880><c> Elohim,</c><00:45:33.219><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:33.559><c> Elohim,</c> 00:45:33.900 --> 00:45:35.679 that<00:45:34.000><c> that</c><00:45:34.099><c> was</c><00:45:34.260><c> God</c><00:45:34.400><c> himself</c><00:45:34.780><c> all</c><00:45:35.039><c> the</c><00:45:35.119><c> way</c><00:45:35.239><c> through</c><00:45:35.420><c> there.</c> 00:45:36.159 --> 00:45:37.800 And<00:45:36.400><c> it's</c><00:45:36.579><c> not</c><00:45:36.800><c> like</c><00:45:36.940><c> he's</c><00:45:37.219><c> not</c><00:45:37.420><c> involved.</c> 00:45:37.980 --> 00:45:40.079 It's<00:45:38.059><c> just</c><00:45:38.179><c> that</c><00:45:38.460><c> it's</c><00:45:38.800><c> a</c><00:45:38.940><c> bigger</c><00:45:39.119><c> picture</c><00:45:39.519><c> than</c><00:45:39.800><c> that.</c> 00:45:40.400 --> 00:45:42.519 It's<00:45:40.719><c> God</c><00:45:40.940><c> himself</c><00:45:41.480><c> and</c><00:45:41.880><c> his</c><00:45:42.199><c> angels</c> 00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:44.059 working<00:45:42.920><c> cooperatively</c><00:45:43.639><c> together.</c> 00:45:44.280 --> 00:45:45.760 And<00:45:44.519><c> they're</c><00:45:44.719><c> all</c><00:45:45.099><c> working</c><00:45:45.380><c> together</c> 00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:48.039 to<00:45:45.760><c> accomplish</c><00:45:46.340><c> the</c><00:45:46.619><c> same</c><00:45:46.820><c> goal</c><00:45:47.019><c> of</c><00:45:47.239><c> creation.</c> 00:45:48.219 --> 00:45:49.260 But<00:45:48.380><c> in</c><00:45:48.559><c> Genesis</c><00:45:48.840><c> three,</c> 00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:50.960 when<00:45:49.420><c> you</c><00:45:49.679><c> hear</c><00:45:50.039><c> in</c><00:45:50.260><c> verse</c><00:45:50.579><c> eight</c> 00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:52.420 that<00:45:51.079><c> they</c><00:45:51.340><c> heard</c><00:45:51.639><c> the</c><00:45:52.059><c> sound</c> 00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:54.400 of<00:45:52.639><c> the</c><00:45:52.820><c> Lord</c><00:45:53.000><c> God</c><00:45:53.280><c> walking</c><00:45:53.679><c> in</c><00:45:53.920><c> the</c><00:45:54.099><c> garden</c> 00:45:54.400 --> 00:45:56.199 after<00:45:55.059><c> they</c><00:45:55.239><c> had</c><00:45:55.440><c> eaten</c><00:45:55.619><c> of</c><00:45:55.800><c> the</c><00:45:56.019><c> fruit,</c> 00:45:56.579 --> 00:45:58.699 they<00:45:56.840><c> heard</c><00:45:57.159><c> the</c><00:45:57.480><c> sound</c><00:45:57.780><c> of</c><00:45:58.000><c> the</c><00:45:58.119><c> Lord</c><00:45:58.300><c> God</c> 00:45:58.699 --> 00:46:00.460 walking<00:45:59.159><c> in</c><00:45:59.519><c> the</c><00:45:59.699><c> garden.</c> 00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:02.440 That's<00:46:01.239><c> not</c><00:46:01.460><c> the</c><00:46:01.619><c> father</c><00:46:01.900><c> himself</c> 00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:03.500 walking<00:46:02.820><c> through</c><00:46:03.079><c> the</c><00:46:03.260><c> garden.</c> 00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:06.139 That's<00:46:04.320><c> the</c><00:46:04.519><c> angel</c><00:46:04.840><c> that</c><00:46:05.099><c> they</c><00:46:05.300><c> had</c><00:46:05.400><c> been</c><00:46:05.619><c> dealing</c><00:46:05.860><c> with.</c> 00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:08.019 Probably<00:46:06.760><c> the</c><00:46:07.079><c> angels</c><00:46:07.239><c> that</c><00:46:07.420><c> had</c><00:46:07.539><c> been</c><00:46:07.760><c> involved</c> 00:46:08.019 --> 00:46:10.940 in<00:46:08.280><c> creating</c><00:46:08.679><c> Eve</c><00:46:09.039><c> when</c><00:46:09.300><c> the</c><00:46:09.559><c> angels</c><00:46:09.760><c> had</c><00:46:10.159><c> opened</c><00:46:10.440><c> up</c><00:46:10.739><c> Eve</c> 00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:13.300 and<00:46:11.099><c> had</c><00:46:11.320><c> opened</c><00:46:12.239><c> up</c><00:46:12.500><c> Adam</c><00:46:12.659><c> and</c><00:46:12.840><c> made</c><00:46:13.000><c> Eve.</c> 00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:14.619 And<00:46:13.920><c> so</c><00:46:14.019><c> look</c><00:46:14.179><c> what</c><00:46:14.280><c> they</c><00:46:14.480><c> do.</c> 00:46:14.619 --> 00:46:17.219 They<00:46:14.619><c> hide</c><00:46:15.199><c> themselves</c><00:46:15.900><c> from</c><00:46:16.159><c> the</c><00:46:16.300><c> presence</c><00:46:16.519><c> of</c><00:46:16.719><c> the</c><00:46:16.820><c> Lord</c><00:46:17.000><c> God</c> 00:46:17.219 --> 00:46:18.840 among<00:46:17.440><c> the</c><00:46:17.659><c> trees</c><00:46:17.780><c> of</c><00:46:17.940><c> the</c><00:46:18.079><c> garden.</c> 00:46:18.860 --> 00:46:20.639 And<00:46:19.000><c> God</c><00:46:19.139><c> calls</c><00:46:19.579><c> to</c><00:46:19.900><c> Adam</c><00:46:20.139><c> and</c><00:46:20.440><c> said,</c> 00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:22.079 and<00:46:21.079><c> you'll</c><00:46:21.340><c> see</c><00:46:21.460><c> what</c><00:46:21.579><c> it</c><00:46:21.719><c> says</c><00:46:21.860><c> there.</c> 00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:24.960 That's<00:46:22.579><c> Yahweh</c><00:46:23.159><c> Elohim</c><00:46:23.780><c> called</c><00:46:24.340><c> to</c><00:46:24.659><c> Adam</c> 00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:26.579 and<00:46:25.300><c> said</c><00:46:25.440><c> to</c><00:46:25.559><c> him,</c><00:46:25.840><c> where</c><00:46:26.019><c> are</c><00:46:26.260><c> you?</c> 00:46:27.079 --> 00:46:28.840 So<00:46:27.239><c> he</c><00:46:27.340><c> said,</c><00:46:27.500><c> I</c><00:46:27.599><c> heard</c><00:46:27.800><c> your</c><00:46:28.019><c> voice</c><00:46:28.280><c> in</c><00:46:28.460><c> the</c><00:46:28.619><c> garden.</c> 00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:30.880 He<00:46:29.500><c> heard</c><00:46:29.880><c> the</c><00:46:30.179><c> angel</c><00:46:30.400><c> talking.</c> 00:46:31.260 --> 00:46:33.500 And<00:46:31.480><c> the</c><00:46:31.719><c> angel</c><00:46:31.940><c> then</c><00:46:32.219><c> has</c><00:46:32.519><c> a</c><00:46:32.639><c> discussion</c><00:46:33.059><c> with</c><00:46:33.280><c> God.</c> 00:46:33.579 --> 00:46:34.159 Where<00:46:33.699><c> are</c><00:46:33.940><c> you?</c> 00:46:34.619 --> 00:46:37.139 Now,<00:46:35.760><c> one</c><00:46:35.940><c> of</c><00:46:36.059><c> the</c><00:46:36.219><c> things</c><00:46:36.360><c> that</c><00:46:36.519><c> we</c><00:46:36.679><c> learned</c><00:46:36.800><c> today,</c> 00:46:37.320 --> 00:46:38.860 brothers<00:46:37.440><c> and</c><00:46:37.619><c> sisters,</c><00:46:37.920><c> for</c><00:46:38.039><c> ourselves</c><00:46:38.440><c> at</c><00:46:38.639><c> least,</c> 00:46:38.980 --> 00:46:41.800 is<00:46:39.139><c> that</c><00:46:39.340><c> this</c><00:46:39.539><c> is</c><00:46:39.760><c> what</c><00:46:40.019><c> sin</c><00:46:40.380><c> does</c><00:46:40.719><c> to</c><00:46:40.960><c> us.</c> 00:46:42.260 --> 00:46:43.280 And<00:46:42.420><c> you</c><00:46:42.500><c> look</c><00:46:42.619><c> at</c><00:46:42.760><c> this</c><00:46:43.000><c> story.</c> 00:46:43.280 --> 00:46:45.380 This<00:46:43.739><c> is</c><00:46:44.039><c> where</c><00:46:44.280><c> sin</c><00:46:44.539><c> drives</c><00:46:44.900><c> us.</c> 00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:47.920 When<00:46:45.980><c> we</c><00:46:46.179><c> get</c><00:46:46.340><c> ourselves</c><00:46:46.880><c> into</c><00:46:47.119><c> a</c><00:46:47.280><c> life</c><00:46:47.420><c> of</c><00:46:47.719><c> sin,</c> 00:46:48.119 --> 00:46:49.380 having<00:46:48.219><c> made</c><00:46:48.519><c> bad</c><00:46:48.820><c> choices,</c> 00:46:49.880 --> 00:46:51.900 whether<00:46:50.159><c> it's</c><00:46:50.420><c> in</c><00:46:50.539><c> our</c><00:46:50.780><c> family,</c><00:46:51.320><c> our</c><00:46:51.519><c> ekklesia,</c> 00:46:52.099 --> 00:46:54.519 our<00:46:52.360><c> personal</c><00:46:52.719><c> lives,</c><00:46:53.199><c> things</c><00:46:53.420><c> that</c><00:46:53.599><c> we</c><00:46:53.699><c> do</c><00:46:53.840><c> with</c><00:46:54.039><c> one</c><00:46:54.199><c> another,</c> 00:46:54.940 --> 00:46:57.960 when<00:46:55.119><c> we</c><00:46:55.440><c> make</c><00:46:55.639><c> bad</c><00:46:55.960><c> choices</c><00:46:56.420><c> and</c><00:46:56.579><c> we</c><00:46:56.860><c> move</c><00:46:57.099><c> into</c><00:46:57.380><c> the</c><00:46:57.679><c> arena</c> 00:46:57.960 --> 00:46:59.219 of<00:46:58.340><c> sin,</c> 00:46:59.360 --> 00:47:03.440 when<00:46:59.860><c> the</c><00:47:00.280><c> presence</c><00:47:00.599><c> of</c><00:47:00.860><c> the</c><00:47:01.079><c> angels</c><00:47:01.420><c> is</c><00:47:01.739><c> very</c><00:47:02.199><c> visible</c><00:47:02.639><c> and</c><00:47:03.059><c> clear,</c> 00:47:03.920 --> 00:47:05.460 we<00:47:04.199><c> want</c><00:47:04.380><c> to</c><00:47:04.539><c> hide.</c> 00:47:06.019 --> 00:47:07.280 Isn't<00:47:06.219><c> that</c><00:47:06.440><c> true?</c> 00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:08.940 I<00:47:07.619><c> mean,</c><00:47:07.900><c> everybody's</c><00:47:08.360><c> like</c><00:47:08.500><c> that</c><00:47:08.719><c> a</c><00:47:08.860><c> bit.</c> 00:47:09.039 --> 00:47:10.400 Aren't<00:47:09.219><c> there</c><00:47:09.420><c> times</c><00:47:09.780><c> in</c><00:47:09.940><c> your</c><00:47:10.179><c> life</c> 00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:13.480 where<00:47:10.559><c> you</c><00:47:10.719><c> just</c><00:47:10.980><c> wish</c><00:47:11.139><c> you</c><00:47:11.300><c> could</c><00:47:11.579><c> hide</c><00:47:12.219><c> from</c><00:47:12.579><c> God?</c> 00:47:13.699 --> 00:47:16.099 Because<00:47:14.099><c> we're</c><00:47:14.500><c> not</c><00:47:14.579><c> happy</c><00:47:14.940><c> with</c><00:47:15.059><c> what</c><00:47:15.179><c> we're</c><00:47:15.360><c> doing.</c> 00:47:16.340 --> 00:47:18.280 We're<00:47:16.739><c> sad</c><00:47:17.059><c> about</c><00:47:17.300><c> something</c><00:47:17.539><c> we've</c><00:47:17.980><c> said,</c> 00:47:18.659 --> 00:47:21.039 the<00:47:18.699><c> way</c><00:47:18.820><c> we</c><00:47:19.019><c> maybe</c><00:47:19.280><c> acted</c><00:47:19.619><c> in</c><00:47:19.840><c> a</c><00:47:20.000><c> collegial</c><00:47:20.300><c> business</c><00:47:20.679><c> meeting,</c> 00:47:21.380 --> 00:47:24.260 or<00:47:21.519><c> what</c><00:47:21.659><c> we</c><00:47:21.940><c> said</c><00:47:22.079><c> to</c><00:47:22.280><c> our</c><00:47:22.400><c> husband</c><00:47:22.760><c> or</c><00:47:22.960><c> our</c><00:47:23.219><c> wife</c><00:47:23.500><c> or</c><00:47:23.619><c> our</c><00:47:23.880><c> children</c> 00:47:24.260 --> 00:47:25.619 or<00:47:24.440><c> to</c><00:47:24.659><c> our</c><00:47:24.820><c> mom</c><00:47:25.000><c> and</c><00:47:25.119><c> our</c><00:47:25.320><c> dad.</c> 00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:27.880 And<00:47:26.000><c> there's</c><00:47:26.199><c> times</c><00:47:26.420><c> where</c><00:47:26.579><c> we</c><00:47:26.639><c> just</c><00:47:26.880><c> want</c><00:47:26.980><c> to</c><00:47:27.119><c> go</c><00:47:27.260><c> in</c><00:47:27.360><c> a</c><00:47:27.679><c> bedroom</c> 00:47:27.880 --> 00:47:29.780 or<00:47:28.079><c> a</c><00:47:28.300><c> bathroom</c><00:47:28.539><c> at</c><00:47:28.760><c> home</c><00:47:28.880><c> and</c><00:47:29.079><c> close</c><00:47:29.280><c> the</c><00:47:29.500><c> door.</c> 00:47:30.139 --> 00:47:31.739 And<00:47:30.199><c> we</c><00:47:30.239><c> just</c><00:47:30.480><c> don't</c><00:47:30.739><c> want</c><00:47:30.860><c> anybody</c><00:47:31.139><c> to</c><00:47:31.300><c> see</c><00:47:31.480><c> us</c> 00:47:31.739 --> 00:47:32.960 because<00:47:32.099><c> of</c><00:47:32.260><c> what</c><00:47:32.420><c> we've</c><00:47:32.679><c> done.</c> 00:47:33.219 --> 00:47:35.440 And<00:47:33.400><c> our</c><00:47:33.579><c> tendency</c><00:47:33.880><c> is</c><00:47:34.079><c> to</c><00:47:34.199><c> want</c><00:47:34.320><c> to</c><00:47:34.559><c> hide</c><00:47:34.880><c> from</c><00:47:35.079><c> the</c><00:47:35.260><c> presence</c> 00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:36.400 of<00:47:35.699><c> God.</c> 00:47:36.440 --> 00:47:38.539 But<00:47:36.679><c> you</c><00:47:36.920><c> can't</c><00:47:37.099><c> hide</c><00:47:37.340><c> from</c><00:47:37.519><c> these</c><00:47:37.760><c> angels.</c> 00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:39.880 We<00:47:39.000><c> can't</c><00:47:39.199><c> hide</c><00:47:39.420><c> 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they</c><00:47:47.440><c> influence</c><00:47:47.800><c> things</c><00:47:48.019><c> that</c><00:47:48.219><c> we</c><00:47:48.420><c> read.</c> 00:47:49.019 --> 00:47:51.579 They<00:47:49.280><c> influence</c><00:47:49.639><c> people</c><00:47:50.039><c> that</c><00:47:50.219><c> we</c><00:47:50.500><c> meet</c><00:47:50.679><c> here</c><00:47:50.920><c> this</c><00:47:51.199><c> weekend.</c> 00:47:51.960 --> 00:47:53.820 Look<00:47:52.219><c> at</c><00:47:52.360><c> all</c><00:47:52.619><c> of</c><00:47:52.719><c> us</c><00:47:52.840><c> that</c><00:47:52.940><c> have</c><00:47:53.119><c> been</c><00:47:53.219><c> brought</c><00:47:53.420><c> together</c> 00:47:53.820 --> 00:47:56.199 from<00:47:54.099><c> different</c><00:47:54.519><c> avenues</c><00:47:54.940><c> of</c><00:47:55.340><c> different</c><00:47:55.679><c> areas.</c> 00:47:56.619 --> 00:47:58.820 And<00:47:56.760><c> the</c><00:47:56.940><c> angels</c><00:47:57.159><c> were</c><00:47:57.400><c> a</c><00:47:57.519><c> part</c><00:47:57.659><c> of</c><00:47:57.800><c> who's</c><00:47:58.099><c> here</c><00:47:58.280><c> this</c><00:47:58.500><c> weekend,</c> 00:47:58.920 --> 00:48:00.579 who<00:47:59.059><c> you're</c><00:47:59.199><c> going</c><00:47:59.280><c> to</c><00:47:59.500><c> talk</c><00:47:59.679><c> to</c><00:47:59.860><c> when</c><00:48:00.019><c> you</c><00:48:00.360><c> get</c><00:48:00.400><c> out</c> 00:48:00.579 --> 00:48:02.239 and<00:48:00.579><c> talk</c><00:48:00.780><c> to</c><00:48:00.900><c> people</c><00:48:01.219><c> and</c><00:48:01.579><c> their</c><00:48:01.780><c> backgrounds.</c> 00:48:02.260 --> 00:48:04.659 And<00:48:02.380><c> they're</c><00:48:02.500><c> going</c><00:48:02.599><c> to</c><00:48:02.719><c> help</c><00:48:02.860><c> us</c><00:48:03.099><c> all</c><00:48:03.280><c> through</c><00:48:03.739><c> personal</c><00:48:04.219><c> problems</c> 00:48:04.659 --> 00:48:06.880 that<00:48:04.840><c> we</c><00:48:05.119><c> experience</c><00:48:05.460><c> or</c><00:48:05.659><c> make</c><00:48:05.860><c> suggestions</c><00:48:06.480><c> to</c><00:48:06.679><c> us</c> 00:48:06.880 --> 00:48:09.960 about<00:48:07.179><c> what</c><00:48:07.539><c> we</c><00:48:07.719><c> can</c><00:48:07.820><c> do</c><00:48:08.019><c> better</c><00:48:08.300><c> in</c><00:48:08.719><c> the</c><00:48:08.760><c> days</c><00:48:09.000><c> to</c><00:48:09.260><c> come.</c> 00:48:10.099 --> 00:48:11.519 This<00:48:10.380><c> is</c><00:48:10.679><c> the</c><00:48:10.920><c> beauty</c><00:48:11.159><c> of</c><00:48:11.360><c> it.</c> 00:48:11.519 --> 00:48:14.460 We<00:48:11.840><c> can't</c><00:48:12.320><c> run</c><00:48:12.739><c> and</c><00:48:13.079><c> hide</c><00:48:13.340><c> like</c><00:48:13.579><c> Adam</c><00:48:13.860><c> and</c><00:48:13.980><c> Eve</c><00:48:14.039><c> wanted</c><00:48:14.280><c> to</c><00:48:14.420><c> do.</c> 00:48:14.480 --> 00:48:15.639 That's<00:48:14.760><c> our</c><00:48:14.920><c> natural</c><00:48:15.239><c> reaction.</c> 00:48:15.739 --> 00:48:18.159 And<00:48:15.860><c> this</c><00:48:15.960><c> is</c><00:48:16.159><c> their</c><00:48:16.340><c> reaction</c><00:48:16.659><c> after</c><00:48:16.880><c> they'd</c><00:48:17.219><c> first</c><00:48:17.440><c> sinned.</c> 00:48:18.219 --> 00:48:20.800 But<00:48:18.380><c> what</c><00:48:18.599><c> we</c><00:48:18.860><c> learn</c><00:48:19.039><c> to</c><00:48:19.260><c> do</c><00:48:19.420><c> when</c><00:48:19.559><c> we've</c><00:48:19.780><c> made</c><00:48:19.900><c> those</c><00:48:20.159><c> kind</c><00:48:20.280><c> of</c><00:48:20.460><c> mistakes</c> 00:48:20.800 --> 00:48:23.559 is<00:48:21.420><c> we</c><00:48:21.639><c> do</c><00:48:21.780><c> what</c><00:48:21.900><c> David</c><00:48:22.199><c> did</c><00:48:22.400><c> finally</c><00:48:22.679><c> and</c><00:48:22.760><c> we</c><00:48:22.860><c> go</c><00:48:23.000><c> back</c><00:48:23.179><c> to</c><00:48:23.360><c> God.</c> 00:48:23.619 --> 00:48:25.059 And<00:48:23.699><c> 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in</c><00:48:33.380><c> our</c><00:48:33.619><c> lives</c><00:48:34.199><c> through</c><00:48:34.519><c> each</c><00:48:34.760><c> other</c> 00:48:35.119 --> 00:48:37.320 and<00:48:35.480><c> the</c><00:48:35.659><c> times</c><00:48:35.880><c> that</c><00:48:36.039><c> we</c><00:48:36.139><c> have</c><00:48:36.300><c> together.</c> 00:48:38.639 --> 00:48:40.440 There's<00:48:39.079><c> a</c><00:48:39.300><c> good</c><00:48:39.519><c> case</c><00:48:39.800><c> of</c><00:48:40.019><c> that,</c> 00:48:40.440 --> 00:48:42.239 just<00:48:40.619><c> so</c><00:48:40.840><c> you</c><00:48:40.960><c> can</c><00:48:41.199><c> see</c><00:48:41.340><c> with</c><00:48:41.539><c> David's</c><00:48:41.980><c> life</c> 00:48:42.239 --> 00:48:43.739 in<00:48:42.480><c> 1</c><00:48:42.639><c> Chronicles</c><00:48:43.179><c> 21.</c> 00:48:44.159 --> 00:48:45.400 I<00:48:44.420><c> think</c><00:48:44.559><c> we'll</c><00:48:44.739><c> probably</c><00:48:44.880><c> look</c><00:48:45.079><c> at</c><00:48:45.239><c> that</c> 00:48:45.400 --> 00:48:46.980 and<00:48:45.599><c> close</c><00:48:45.739><c> up</c><00:48:45.940><c> there</c><00:48:46.099><c> today.</c> 00:48:47.039 --> 00:48:48.780 In<00:48:47.199><c> 1</c><00:48:47.420><c> Chronicles</c><00:48:47.820><c> 21,</c> 00:48:52.539 --> 00:48:53.900 you<00:48:53.019><c> remember</c><00:48:53.320><c> this</c><00:48:53.619><c> story.</c> 00:48:54.219 --> 00:48:55.840 David<00:48:54.480><c> had</c><00:48:54.679><c> made</c><00:48:54.780><c> a</c><00:48:54.960><c> mistake.</c> 00:48:55.920 --> 00:48:58.539 He<00:48:56.159><c> made</c><00:48:56.239><c> a</c><00:48:56.519><c> big</c><00:48:56.699><c> mistake</c><00:48:57.079><c> in</c><00:48:57.219><c> a</c><00:48:57.380><c> collegial</c><00:48:57.619><c> life.</c> 00:48:58.679 --> 00:49:00.179 He<00:48:58.820><c> numbered</c><00:48:59.099><c> the</c><00:48:59.340><c> people.</c> 00:49:00.460 --> 00:49:02.559 Now,<00:49:00.800><c> I</c><00:49:01.099><c> personally</c><00:49:01.380><c> think</c><00:49:01.599><c> that</c><00:49:01.739><c> what</c><00:49:01.840><c> David</c><00:49:02.099><c> did</c><00:49:02.280><c> there</c> 00:49:02.559 --> 00:49:05.179 is<00:49:02.719><c> he</c><00:49:02.820><c> made</c><00:49:02.980><c> a</c><00:49:03.199><c> mistake</c><00:49:03.440><c> that</c><00:49:03.599><c> he</c><00:49:03.739><c> was</c><00:49:04.039><c> so</c><00:49:04.400><c> into</c> 00:49:05.239 --> 00:49:06.860 getting<00:49:05.719><c> the</c><00:49:06.119><c> temple</c><00:49:06.400><c> built</c> 00:49:06.860 --> 00:49:10.019 and<00:49:07.420><c> trying</c><00:49:07.699><c> to</c><00:49:07.980><c> get</c><00:49:08.159><c> all</c><00:49:08.539><c> the</c><00:49:08.739><c> things</c><00:49:08.960><c> ready</c><00:49:09.300><c> for</c><00:49:09.500><c> the</c><00:49:09.679><c> temple.</c> 00:49:10.440 --> 00:49:12.900 That<00:49:10.820><c> he</c><00:49:10.980><c> was</c><00:49:11.239><c> thinking</c><00:49:11.539><c> that</c><00:49:11.760><c> he</c><00:49:11.840><c> had</c><00:49:12.039><c> to</c><00:49:12.099><c> come</c><00:49:12.280><c> up</c><00:49:12.400><c> with</c><00:49:12.539><c> a</c><00:49:12.719><c> plan</c> 00:49:12.900 --> 00:49:16.059 to<00:49:13.079><c> get</c><00:49:13.260><c> a</c><00:49:13.420><c> lot</c><00:49:13.679><c> of</c><00:49:14.079><c> extra</c><00:49:14.420><c> money</c><00:49:14.800><c> to</c><00:49:15.320><c> build</c><00:49:15.480><c> this</c><00:49:15.699><c> temple.</c> 00:49:16.539 --> 00:49:18.659 And<00:49:16.760><c> that</c><00:49:16.920><c> what</c><00:49:17.059><c> he</c><00:49:17.320><c> did</c><00:49:17.619><c> is</c><00:49:17.840><c> he</c><00:49:17.920><c> made</c><00:49:18.119><c> a</c><00:49:18.320><c> mistake</c> 00:49:18.659 --> 00:49:23.179 of<00:49:18.900><c> numbering</c><00:49:19.639><c> everybody</c><00:49:20.480><c> in</c><00:49:20.820><c> the</c><00:49:20.980><c> country</c><00:49:21.500><c> against</c><00:49:22.619><c> the</c><00:49:22.860><c> rules.</c> 00:49:23.360 --> 00:49:24.960 God<00:49:23.579><c> said,</c><00:49:23.980><c> don't</c><00:49:24.000><c> do</c><00:49:24.219><c> that.</c> 00:49:25.019 --> 00:49:29.400 You<00:49:25.079><c> only</c><00:49:25.360><c> number</c><00:49:25.679><c> those</c><00:49:26.460><c> people</c><00:49:26.800><c> from</c><00:49:27.619><c> 20</c><00:49:27.940><c> years</c><00:49:28.260><c> old</c><00:49:28.440><c> and</c><00:49:28.599><c> upward.</c> 00:49:29.519 --> 00:49:31.380 And<00:49:29.539><c> you</c><00:49:29.760><c> look</c><00:49:30.059><c> at</c><00:49:30.179><c> later</c><00:49:30.480><c> on</c><00:49:30.719><c> in</c><00:49:30.840><c> the</c><00:49:31.000><c> Chronicles,</c> 00:49:31.420 --> 00:49:33.579 it<00:49:31.539><c> actually</c><00:49:31.920><c> says</c><00:49:32.380><c> that</c><00:49:32.920><c> this</c><00:49:33.280><c> time,</c> 00:49:33.699 --> 00:49:35.119 when<00:49:33.699><c> they</c><00:49:33.920><c> numbered</c><00:49:34.139><c> them</c><00:49:34.280><c> the</c><00:49:34.440><c> second</c><00:49:34.760><c> time,</c> 00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:37.159 they<00:49:35.619><c> did</c><00:49:35.860><c> it</c><00:49:36.019><c> the</c><00:49:36.139><c> way</c><00:49:36.260><c> they</c><00:49:36.420><c> were</c><00:49:36.599><c> supposed</c><00:49:36.940><c> to.</c> 00:49:37.179 --> 00:49:39.079 And<00:49:37.320><c> they</c><00:49:37.480><c> numbered</c><00:49:37.639><c> those</c><00:49:37.920><c> who</c><00:49:38.000><c> were</c><00:49:38.139><c> 20</c><00:49:38.360><c> years</c><00:49:38.599><c> old</c><00:49:38.719><c> and</c><00:49:38.900><c> older.</c> 00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:41.760 And<00:49:39.599><c> it</c><00:49:39.699><c> makes</c><00:49:39.960><c> sense</c><00:49:40.239><c> within</c><00:49:40.420><c> the</c><00:49:40.679><c> context</c><00:49:41.039><c> of</c><00:49:41.219><c> what</c><00:49:41.440><c> David,</c> 00:49:41.980 --> 00:49:43.340 he<00:49:42.179><c> wasn't</c><00:49:42.420><c> a</c><00:49:42.659><c> bad</c><00:49:42.920><c> man,</c> 00:49:43.599 --> 00:49:46.440 but<00:49:43.760><c> he</c><00:49:43.940><c> had</c><00:49:44.119><c> made</c><00:49:44.260><c> a</c><00:49:44.480><c> mistake</c><00:49:44.900><c> of</c><00:49:45.219><c> numbering</c><00:49:45.760><c> everybody</c><00:49:46.280><c> in</c> 00:49:46.440 --> 00:49:46.800 the<00:49:46.599><c> land,</c> 00:49:46.880 --> 00:49:48.920 collecting<00:49:47.179><c> the</c><00:49:47.500><c> half</c><00:49:47.719><c>-shuckle</c><00:49:47.960><c> tax</c><00:49:48.280><c> and</c><00:49:48.420><c> getting</c><00:49:48.599><c> together</c> 00:49:48.920 --> 00:49:50.519 all<00:49:49.179><c> the</c><00:49:49.320><c> money</c><00:49:49.420><c> he</c><00:49:49.559><c> could</c><00:49:49.780><c> possibly</c><00:49:50.179><c> do.</c> 00:49:50.820 --> 00:49:52.380 And<00:49:51.000><c> the</c><00:49:51.199><c> mistake</c><00:49:51.500><c> was</c><00:49:51.780><c> that</c><00:49:51.960><c> God</c><00:49:52.119><c> said,</c> 00:49:52.639 --> 00:49:54.239 don't<00:49:52.820><c> worry</c><00:49:53.119><c> about</c><00:49:53.320><c> the</c><00:49:53.519><c> next</c><00:49:53.739><c> generation.</c> 00:49:54.320 --> 00:49:55.460 I'll<00:49:54.679><c> take</c><00:49:54.900><c> care</c><00:49:55.039><c> of</c><00:49:55.239><c> them.</c> 00:49:55.880 --> 00:49:57.039 Don't<00:49:56.059><c> you</c><00:49:56.260><c> number</c><00:49:56.440><c> those</c><00:49:56.699><c> people.</c> 00:49:57.179 --> 00:49:59.139 That<00:49:57.400><c> was</c><00:49:57.579><c> God's</c><00:49:57.960><c> job,</c><00:49:58.159><c> not</c><00:49:58.360><c> his.</c> 00:49:59.460 --> 00:50:02.079 So<00:49:59.739><c> anyway,</c><00:49:59.960><c> he</c><00:50:00.079><c> gets</c><00:50:00.239><c> the</c><00:50:00.500><c> choice</c><00:50:00.840><c> in</c><00:50:01.039><c> 1</c><00:50:01.219><c> Chronicles</c><00:50:01.599><c> 21.</c> 00:50:02.239 --> 00:50:03.519 And<00:50:02.420><c> God</c><00:50:02.619><c> says</c><00:50:02.880><c> to</c><00:50:03.019><c> him,</c><00:50:03.280><c> look,</c> 00:50:03.619 --> 00:50:05.519 you<00:50:03.780><c> can</c><00:50:03.980><c> imagine</c><00:50:04.159><c> an</c><00:50:04.340><c> angel</c><00:50:04.480><c> talking</c><00:50:04.780><c> to</c><00:50:04.940><c> him</c><00:50:05.000><c> at</c><00:50:05.119><c> this</c><00:50:05.340><c> point.</c> 00:50:05.860 --> 00:50:07.199 Look,<00:50:06.019><c> you</c><00:50:06.139><c> get</c><00:50:06.300><c> three</c><00:50:06.539><c> years</c><00:50:06.760><c> of</c><00:50:06.980><c> famine,</c> 00:50:07.199 --> 00:50:09.579 three<00:50:07.579><c> months</c><00:50:07.860><c> to</c><00:50:08.019><c> be</c><00:50:08.139><c> defeated</c><00:50:08.440><c> by</c><00:50:08.659><c> your</c><00:50:08.900><c> foes,</c> 00:50:09.639 --> 00:50:11.420 or<00:50:09.840><c> else</c><00:50:10.019><c> three</c><00:50:10.260><c> days</c><00:50:10.519><c> with</c><00:50:10.719><c> the</c><00:50:10.880><c> sword</c><00:50:11.000><c> of</c><00:50:11.119><c> the</c><00:50:11.239><c> Lord</c> 00:50:11.420 --> 00:50:14.179 plaguing<00:50:11.780><c> the</c><00:50:11.960><c> land</c><00:50:12.300><c> with</c><00:50:12.800><c> the</c><00:50:13.079><c> angel</c><00:50:13.420><c> of</c><00:50:13.659><c> the</c><00:50:13.840><c> Lord</c> 00:50:14.179 --> 00:50:16.960 destroying<00:50:14.880><c> throughout</c><00:50:15.320><c> all</c><00:50:15.719><c> the</c><00:50:15.980><c> territory</c><00:50:16.380><c> of</c><00:50:16.519><c> Israel.</c> 00:50:17.380 --> 00:50:18.940 Now<00:50:17.639><c> consider</c><00:50:18.000><c> what</c><00:50:18.179><c> your</c><00:50:18.360><c> answer</c><00:50:18.539><c> is</c><00:50:18.579><c> gonna</c><00:50:18.780><c> be</c> 00:50:18.940 --> 00:50:20.980 and<00:50:19.039><c> I'll</c><00:50:19.199><c> take</c><00:50:19.340><c> it</c><00:50:19.480><c> back</c><00:50:19.599><c> to</c><00:50:19.699><c> him</c><00:50:19.840><c> who</c><00:50:20.019><c> sent</c><00:50:20.119><c> me.</c> 00:50:21.219 --> 00:50:22.800 So<00:50:21.659><c> the</c><00:50:22.099><c> prophet,</c><00:50:22.679><c> actually,</c> 00:50:22.860 --> 00:50:24.340 Gad<00:50:22.960><c> was</c><00:50:23.119><c> talking</c><00:50:23.400><c> to</c><00:50:23.599><c> David</c><00:50:23.739><c> at</c><00:50:23.940><c> this</c><00:50:24.139><c> point</c> 00:50:24.340 --> 00:50:25.840 and<00:50:24.619><c> the</c><00:50:24.920><c> angel</c><00:50:25.079><c> had</c><00:50:25.260><c> talked</c><00:50:25.440><c> with</c><00:50:25.599><c> him.</c> 00:50:26.159 --> 00:50:28.840 Now<00:50:26.599><c> imagine</c><00:50:26.920><c> that,</c><00:50:27.400><c> you're</c><00:50:28.099><c> given</c><00:50:28.260><c> a</c><00:50:28.539><c> choice.</c> 00:50:29.199 --> 00:50:30.599 You<00:50:29.380><c> want</c><00:50:29.639><c> three</c><00:50:29.920><c> years</c><00:50:30.119><c> of</c><00:50:30.300><c> famine,</c> 00:50:31.019 --> 00:50:33.019 three<00:50:31.239><c> months</c><00:50:31.480><c> to</c><00:50:31.639><c> be</c><00:50:31.760><c> defeated</c><00:50:32.000><c> by</c><00:50:32.219><c> your</c><00:50:32.440><c> foes,</c> 00:50:33.119 --> 00:50:35.119 or<00:50:33.340><c> three</c><00:50:33.659><c> days</c><00:50:34.039><c> with</c><00:50:34.239><c> the</c><00:50:34.500><c> sword</c><00:50:34.639><c> of</c><00:50:34.820><c> the</c><00:50:34.960><c> Lord</c> 00:50:35.119 --> 00:50:37.619 with<00:50:35.219><c> an</c><00:50:35.480><c> angel</c><00:50:35.900><c> going</c><00:50:36.199><c> through</c><00:50:36.599><c> your</c><00:50:36.940><c> country</c> 00:50:37.619 --> 00:50:40.039 killing<00:50:38.300><c> people</c><00:50:38.760><c> in</c><00:50:38.960><c> your</c><00:50:39.159><c> land.</c> 00:50:40.619 --> 00:50:42.840 You<00:50:40.619><c> know,</c><00:50:40.980><c> David</c><00:50:41.219><c> had</c><00:50:41.480><c> the</c><00:50:41.760><c> kind</c><00:50:41.940><c> of</c><00:50:42.219><c> relationship</c> 00:50:42.840 --> 00:50:45.179 like<00:50:43.579><c> Moses</c><00:50:43.940><c> would</c><00:50:44.119><c> have</c><00:50:44.260><c> had</c><00:50:44.400><c> with</c><00:50:44.579><c> that</c><00:50:44.820><c> angel</c> 00:50:45.179 --> 00:50:49.059 that<00:50:45.820><c> he</c><00:50:46.059><c> said,</c><00:50:46.440><c> look,</c><00:50:47.219><c> I'm</c><00:50:47.619><c> in</c><00:50:47.780><c> great</c><00:50:47.980><c> distress,</c> 00:50:49.119 --> 00:50:51.900 but<00:50:49.480><c> please</c><00:50:50.079><c> let</c><00:50:50.340><c> me</c><00:50:50.519><c> fall</c><00:50:50.780><c> into</c><00:50:51.000><c> the</c><00:50:51.139><c> hand</c><00:50:51.280><c> of</c><00:50:51.440><c> the</c><00:50:51.579><c> Lord</c> 00:50:51.900 --> 00:50:53.860 because<00:50:52.760><c> his</c><00:50:53.059><c> mercies</c><00:50:53.380><c> are</c><00:50:53.639><c> great.</c> 00:50:53.900 --> 00:50:56.000 Don't<00:50:54.099><c> let</c><00:50:54.239><c> me</c><00:50:54.420><c> fall</c><00:50:54.599><c> into</c><00:50:54.780><c> the</c><00:50:54.920><c> hand</c><00:50:55.000><c> of</c><00:50:55.199><c> man.</c> 00:50:56.059 --> 00:50:58.500 Can<00:50:56.260><c> you</c><00:50:56.480><c> imagine</c><00:50:56.820><c> having</c><00:50:57.179><c> that</c><00:50:57.539><c> kind</c><00:50:57.719><c> of</c><00:50:57.900><c> a</c><00:50:58.079><c> relationship</c> 00:50:58.500 --> 00:51:01.280 with<00:50:58.699><c> your</c><00:50:58.940><c> angel</c><00:50:59.360><c> that</c><00:50:59.820><c> when</c><00:51:00.019><c> it</c><00:51:00.199><c> came</c><00:51:00.380><c> time</c><00:51:00.599><c> to</c><00:51:00.760><c> these</c><00:51:00.980><c> angels</c> 00:51:01.280 --> 00:51:03.199 that<00:51:01.460><c> have</c><00:51:01.639><c> all</c><00:51:01.960><c> this</c><00:51:02.139><c> power</c><00:51:02.500><c> and</c><00:51:02.800><c> authority</c> 00:51:03.199 --> 00:51:06.639 that<00:51:03.579><c> they</c><00:51:03.719><c> can</c><00:51:04.099><c> strike</c><00:51:04.420><c> 186</c><00:51:05.619><c>,000</c><00:51:05.980><c> in</c><00:51:06.079><c> one</c><00:51:06.460><c> night</c> 00:51:06.639 --> 00:51:09.019 in<00:51:06.800><c> the</c><00:51:06.940><c> Assyrian</c><00:51:07.280><c> army</c><00:51:07.559><c> and</c><00:51:07.699><c> just</c><00:51:07.920><c> wipe</c><00:51:08.039><c> them</c><00:51:08.199><c> all</c><00:51:08.340><c> out</c><00:51:08.480><c> like</c><00:51:08.739><c> that,</c> 00:51:09.500 --> 00:51:12.099 that<00:51:09.760><c> this</c><00:51:10.039><c> man</c><00:51:10.320><c> chose</c><00:51:10.820><c> to</c><00:51:11.000><c> let</c><00:51:11.219><c> those</c><00:51:11.579><c> angels</c> 00:51:12.099 --> 00:51:14.539 be<00:51:12.880><c> the</c><00:51:13.099><c> ones</c><00:51:13.420><c> who</c><00:51:13.559><c> went</c><00:51:13.719><c> through</c><00:51:13.880><c> his</c><00:51:14.179><c> land</c> 00:51:14.539 --> 00:51:16.320 and<00:51:15.159><c> killed</c><00:51:15.380><c> off</c><00:51:15.619><c> his</c><00:51:15.900><c> people</c> 00:51:16.320 --> 00:51:19.119 because<00:51:16.980><c> he</c><00:51:17.280><c> knew</c><00:51:17.619><c> those</c><00:51:18.239><c> angels</c><00:51:18.559><c> cared.</c> 00:51:19.559 --> 00:51:20.920 They<00:51:19.900><c> cared</c><00:51:20.079><c> about</c><00:51:20.300><c> those</c><00:51:20.579><c> people.</c> 00:51:21.280 --> 00:51:23.239 And<00:51:21.420><c> when</c><00:51:21.559><c> it</c><00:51:21.679><c> came</c><00:51:21.860><c> time</c><00:51:22.039><c> to</c><00:51:22.199><c> appeal</c><00:51:22.519><c> to</c><00:51:22.699><c> those</c><00:51:22.940><c> angels</c> 00:51:23.239 --> 00:51:24.579 and<00:51:23.559><c> appeal</c><00:51:23.820><c> to</c><00:51:24.019><c> God</c><00:51:24.139><c> and</c><00:51:24.320><c> say,</c> 00:51:24.900 --> 00:51:26.639 look,<00:51:25.380><c> you</c><00:51:25.760><c> know,</c><00:51:25.780><c> you</c><00:51:25.860><c> gotta</c><00:51:25.960><c> stop</c><00:51:26.380><c> this,</c> 00:51:26.840 --> 00:51:29.719 he<00:51:27.079><c> knew</c><00:51:27.320><c> that</c><00:51:27.699><c> those</c><00:51:28.099><c> people</c><00:51:28.420><c> would</c><00:51:28.639><c> respond.</c> 00:51:29.760 --> 00:51:31.019 They're<00:51:29.940><c> so</c><00:51:30.159><c> different</c><00:51:30.420><c> than</c><00:51:30.619><c> people.</c> 00:51:31.019 --> 00:51:33.179 People,<00:51:31.960><c> they</c><00:51:32.280><c> get</c><00:51:32.440><c> a</c><00:51:32.599><c> job</c><00:51:32.739><c> like</c><00:51:33.019><c> that.</c> 00:51:33.239 --> 00:51:34.480 You<00:51:33.400><c> give</c><00:51:33.559><c> that</c><00:51:33.760><c> job</c><00:51:33.940><c> to</c><00:51:34.219><c> Jehu.</c> 00:51:34.840 --> 00:51:36.320 Jehu<00:51:35.219><c> would</c><00:51:35.360><c> just</c><00:51:35.519><c> grab</c><00:51:35.739><c> that</c><00:51:36.079><c> sword</c> 00:51:36.320 --> 00:51:38.500 and<00:51:36.480><c> Jehu</c><00:51:36.820><c> would</c><00:51:37.039><c> have</c><00:51:37.179><c> just</c><00:51:37.380><c> said,</c><00:51:37.639><c> let</c><00:51:37.880><c> me</c><00:51:38.059><c> at</c><00:51:38.239><c> him</c> 00:51:38.500 --> 00:51:39.579 and<00:51:38.739><c> away</c><00:51:38.960><c> he</c><00:51:39.119><c> would</c><00:51:39.280><c> go.</c> 00:51:39.940 --> 00:51:42.239 And<00:51:40.119><c> Jehu</c><00:51:40.519><c> loved</c><00:51:40.920><c> killing</c><00:51:41.280><c> people.</c> 00:51:42.280 --> 00:51:44.199 Throw<00:51:42.480><c> those</c><00:51:42.739><c> heads</c><00:51:42.980><c> out</c><00:51:43.219><c> over</c><00:51:43.699><c> the</c><00:51:43.880><c> wall.</c> 00:51:44.340 --> 00:51:45.500 You<00:51:44.340><c> know,</c><00:51:44.500><c> to</c><00:51:44.639><c> him,</c><00:51:44.840><c> that</c><00:51:44.980><c> was</c><00:51:45.239><c> nothing.</c> 00:51:45.900 --> 00:51:47.960 There<00:51:46.059><c> was</c><00:51:46.260><c> no</c><00:51:46.599><c> feelings</c><00:51:47.039><c> about</c><00:51:47.360><c> those</c><00:51:47.619><c> people.</c> 00:51:48.400 --> 00:51:50.579 But<00:51:48.800><c> David</c><00:51:49.099><c> had</c><00:51:49.340><c> a</c><00:51:49.559><c> relationship</c><00:51:50.059><c> with</c><00:51:50.300><c> God</c> 00:51:50.579 --> 00:51:52.599 that<00:51:50.760><c> he</c><00:51:51.000><c> realized</c><00:51:51.360><c> those</c><00:51:51.679><c> angels</c><00:51:51.940><c> would</c><00:51:52.239><c> care.</c> 00:51:52.980 --> 00:51:54.380 They<00:51:53.139><c> weren't</c><00:51:53.320><c> just</c><00:51:53.579><c> gonna</c><00:51:53.699><c> go</c><00:51:53.920><c> through</c><00:51:54.139><c> that</c> 00:51:54.380 --> 00:51:56.400 and<00:51:54.519><c> do</c><00:51:54.679><c> that</c><00:51:54.860><c> in</c><00:51:54.980><c> such</c><00:51:55.119><c> a</c><00:51:55.260><c> way</c><00:51:55.360><c> that</c><00:51:55.519><c> it</c><00:51:55.699><c> didn't</c><00:51:55.880><c> affect</c><00:51:56.179><c> them.</c> 00:51:56.739 --> 00:51:58.579 These<00:51:56.940><c> were</c><00:51:57.199><c> people</c><00:51:57.460><c> they</c><00:51:57.619><c> had</c><00:51:57.780><c> been</c><00:51:58.000><c> working</c><00:51:58.320><c> with</c> 00:51:58.579 --> 00:51:59.420 and<00:51:58.800><c> trying</c><00:51:58.960><c> to</c><00:51:59.260><c> save.</c> 00:51:59.420 --> 00:52:01.639 And<00:51:59.519><c> now</c><00:51:59.739><c> their</c><00:51:59.920><c> mission</c><00:52:00.159><c> is</c><00:52:00.360><c> to</c><00:52:00.440><c> go</c><00:52:00.579><c> out</c><00:52:00.780><c> and</c><00:52:01.000><c> destroy</c><00:52:01.239><c> them.</c> 00:52:02.019 --> 00:52:04.019 And<00:52:02.219><c> so</c><00:52:02.340><c> he</c><00:52:02.519><c> pleads</c><00:52:02.840><c> with</c><00:52:03.099><c> God</c><00:52:03.360><c> to</c><00:52:03.659><c> fall</c> 00:52:04.019 --> 00:52:05.880 and<00:52:04.260><c> the</c><00:52:04.440><c> plague</c><00:52:04.559><c> comes</c><00:52:04.800><c> on</c><00:52:04.980><c> Israel.</c> 00:52:06.039 --> 00:52:07.500 He<00:52:06.239><c> chooses</c><00:52:06.519><c> the</c><00:52:06.820><c> plague.</c> 00:52:07.559 --> 00:52:09.179 But<00:52:07.699><c> as</c><00:52:07.880><c> that</c><00:52:08.119><c> story</c><00:52:08.380><c> goes</c><00:52:08.659><c> on</c> 00:52:09.179 --> 00:52:11.719 and<00:52:09.559><c> you</c><00:52:09.699><c> look</c><00:52:09.860><c> at</c><00:52:09.960><c> what</c><00:52:10.179><c> happens</c><00:52:10.679><c> in</c><00:52:10.920><c> verse</c><00:52:11.119><c> 15,</c> 00:52:12.219 --> 00:52:15.320 God<00:52:12.599><c> sent</c><00:52:13.000><c> an</c><00:52:13.340><c> angel</c><00:52:13.760><c> to</c><00:52:14.099><c> Jerusalem</c><00:52:14.619><c> to</c><00:52:14.840><c> destroy</c><00:52:15.199><c> it.</c> 00:52:15.340 --> 00:52:17.539 It<00:52:15.719><c> clearly</c><00:52:16.039><c> says</c><00:52:16.360><c> that,</c><00:52:16.599><c> that</c><00:52:16.760><c> he</c><00:52:16.940><c> sent</c><00:52:17.079><c> an</c><00:52:17.340><c> angel.</c> 00:52:17.920 --> 00:52:19.800 So<00:52:18.199><c> although</c><00:52:18.440><c> God</c><00:52:18.760><c> is</c><00:52:18.980><c> the</c><00:52:19.099><c> one</c><00:52:19.280><c> doing</c><00:52:19.539><c> it</c> 00:52:19.800 --> 00:52:21.480 and<00:52:19.900><c> he's</c><00:52:20.099><c> falling</c><00:52:20.380><c> into</c><00:52:20.579><c> the</c><00:52:20.739><c> hand</c><00:52:20.940><c> of</c><00:52:21.179><c> God,</c> 00:52:21.920 --> 00:52:23.500 the<00:52:22.119><c> angels</c><00:52:22.360><c> are</c><00:52:22.539><c> actually</c><00:52:22.820><c> doing</c><00:52:23.099><c> the</c><00:52:23.300><c> work</c> 00:52:23.500 --> 00:52:25.539 and<00:52:23.599><c> they're</c><00:52:23.800><c> the</c><00:52:23.920><c> ones</c><00:52:24.039><c> that</c><00:52:24.280><c> are</c><00:52:24.280><c> doing</c><00:52:24.480><c> the</c><00:52:24.780><c> destroying.</c> 00:52:25.920 --> 00:52:27.900 And<00:52:26.179><c> as</c><00:52:26.360><c> he</c><00:52:26.480><c> was</c><00:52:26.699><c> destroying,</c> 00:52:28.380 --> 00:52:31.099 Yahweh<00:52:28.820><c> looked</c><00:52:29.179><c> and</c><00:52:29.420><c> he</c><00:52:29.619><c> relented</c><00:52:29.900><c> the</c><00:52:30.119><c> disaster,</c> 00:52:31.119 --> 00:52:32.659 just<00:52:31.340><c> what</c><00:52:31.539><c> David</c><00:52:31.780><c> was</c><00:52:31.960><c> hoping</c><00:52:32.239><c> for.</c> 00:52:32.980 --> 00:52:34.920 And<00:52:33.199><c> he</c><00:52:33.380><c> says</c><00:52:33.659><c> to</c><00:52:33.860><c> the</c><00:52:34.079><c> angel</c><00:52:34.280><c> who</c><00:52:34.440><c> was</c><00:52:34.559><c> destroying,</c> 00:52:35.039 --> 00:52:36.940 he<00:52:35.099><c> says,</c><00:52:35.460><c> look,</c><00:52:35.699><c> it's</c><00:52:35.980><c> enough.</c> 00:52:36.980 --> 00:52:37.960 Put<00:52:37.139><c> back</c><00:52:37.380><c> your</c><00:52:37.599><c> hand.</c> 00:52:38.440 --> 00:52:39.820 Hold<00:52:38.599><c> up,</c><00:52:38.780><c> hold</c><00:52:39.019><c> up.</c> 00:52:40.159 --> 00:52:42.559 Now,<00:52:40.519><c> you</c><00:52:40.739><c> gotta</c><00:52:40.840><c> realize</c><00:52:41.219><c> with</c><00:52:41.400><c> these</c><00:52:41.679><c> angels,</c> 00:52:42.739 --> 00:52:45.420 one<00:52:42.900><c> of</c><00:52:43.059><c> those</c><00:52:43.380><c> angels</c><00:52:43.860><c> who</c><00:52:44.159><c> had</c><00:52:44.300><c> that</c><00:52:44.579><c> sword</c><00:52:44.760><c> in</c><00:52:44.900><c> his</c><00:52:45.119><c> hand,</c> 00:52:45.739 --> 00:52:48.900 he<00:52:46.019><c> had</c><00:52:46.219><c> been</c><00:52:46.519><c> told</c><00:52:46.800><c> to</c><00:52:46.940><c> go</c><00:52:47.159><c> through</c><00:52:47.360><c> the</c><00:52:47.559><c> land</c><00:52:47.800><c> and</c><00:52:48.000><c> destroy.</c> 00:52:49.099 --> 00:52:50.260 And<00:52:49.239><c> he</c><00:52:49.340><c> was</c><00:52:49.519><c> doing</c><00:52:49.679><c> his</c><00:52:49.940><c> job,</c> 00:52:50.280 --> 00:52:51.539 going<00:52:50.500><c> through</c><00:52:50.719><c> the</c><00:52:50.860><c> land</c><00:52:51.000><c> and</c><00:52:51.300><c> destroying.</c> 00:52:51.940 --> 00:52:53.059 He<00:52:52.079><c> comes</c><00:52:52.360><c> to</c><00:52:52.559><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:52:53.059 --> 00:52:54.900 and<00:52:53.440><c> he's</c><00:52:53.639><c> ready</c><00:52:53.860><c> to</c><00:52:54.159><c> destroy</c><00:52:54.360><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:52:54.900 --> 00:52:59.079 And<00:52:55.519><c> that</c><00:52:55.800><c> angel</c><00:52:56.159><c> didn't</c><00:52:56.619><c> know</c><00:52:57.579><c> where</c><00:52:58.039><c> to</c><00:52:58.260><c> stop.</c> 00:53:00.039 --> 00:53:01.480 Isn't<00:53:00.219><c> that</c><00:53:00.420><c> fascinating</c><00:53:00.900><c> about</c><00:53:01.139><c> angels?</c> 00:53:01.599 --> 00:53:03.820 He<00:53:01.699><c> had</c><00:53:01.860><c> a</c><00:53:01.960><c> mission</c><00:53:02.280><c> and</c><00:53:02.519><c> he</c><00:53:02.619><c> was</c><00:53:02.840><c> carrying</c><00:53:03.039><c> out</c><00:53:03.219><c> his</c><00:53:03.420><c> mission,</c> 00:53:04.139 --> 00:53:06.699 but<00:53:04.280><c> that</c><00:53:04.579><c> angel's</c><00:53:04.860><c> there</c><00:53:05.119><c> with</c><00:53:05.679><c> his</c><00:53:05.880><c> sword</c><00:53:06.139><c> lifted</c><00:53:06.480><c> up</c> 00:53:06.699 --> 00:53:08.579 and<00:53:06.780><c> he's</c><00:53:07.000><c> ready</c><00:53:07.219><c> to</c><00:53:07.440><c> touch</c><00:53:07.599><c> the</c><00:53:07.760><c> city</c><00:53:07.980><c> of</c><00:53:08.159><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:53:08.579 --> 00:53:12.019 and<00:53:09.159><c> he</c><00:53:09.599><c> doesn't</c><00:53:10.000><c> know</c><00:53:10.679><c> when</c><00:53:10.920><c> to</c><00:53:11.179><c> stop.</c> 00:53:12.139 --> 00:53:13.860 And<00:53:12.320><c> the</c><00:53:12.460><c> other</c><00:53:12.699><c> angel</c><00:53:13.059><c> has</c><00:53:13.320><c> to</c><00:53:13.500><c> tell</c><00:53:13.639><c> him</c> 00:53:13.860 --> 00:53:15.659 and<00:53:14.099><c> God</c><00:53:14.400><c> says</c><00:53:14.659><c> to</c><00:53:14.760><c> him,</c><00:53:15.019><c> he</c><00:53:15.019><c> says,</c><00:53:15.320><c> look,</c> 00:53:15.800 --> 00:53:17.960 it's<00:53:16.099><c> enough</c><00:53:16.300><c> now,</c><00:53:16.780><c> restrain</c><00:53:16.980><c> your</c><00:53:17.219><c> hand.</c> 00:53:18.260 --> 00:53:20.019 And<00:53:18.579><c> it</c><00:53:18.760><c> allows</c><00:53:18.940><c> you</c><00:53:19.119><c> to</c><00:53:19.219><c> get</c><00:53:19.340><c> an</c><00:53:19.559><c> insight</c> 00:53:20.019 --> 00:53:21.820 into<00:53:20.320><c> realizing</c><00:53:20.699><c> how</c><00:53:21.000><c> these</c><00:53:21.199><c> people</c><00:53:21.480><c> work,</c> 00:53:21.920 --> 00:53:23.679 how<00:53:22.059><c> these</c><00:53:22.340><c> angelic</c><00:53:22.920><c> ministers</c><00:53:23.260><c> work.</c> 00:53:23.679 --> 00:53:25.820 They<00:53:24.059><c> have</c><00:53:24.300><c> jobs</c><00:53:24.719><c> that</c><00:53:24.880><c> they're</c><00:53:25.059><c> sent</c><00:53:25.280><c> out</c><00:53:25.420><c> to</c><00:53:25.639><c> do.</c> 00:53:26.099 --> 00:53:27.420 They<00:53:26.300><c> carry</c><00:53:26.639><c> out</c><00:53:26.880><c> their</c><00:53:27.159><c> job.</c> 00:53:27.739 --> 00:53:29.860 They<00:53:27.880><c> don't</c><00:53:28.179><c> have</c><00:53:28.400><c> the</c><00:53:28.699><c> whole</c><00:53:29.179><c> story</c><00:53:29.559><c> involved</c> 00:53:29.860 --> 00:53:31.940 and<00:53:29.980><c> they</c><00:53:30.239><c> make</c><00:53:30.460><c> decisions</c><00:53:30.960><c> on</c><00:53:31.239><c> the</c><00:53:31.639><c> spot</c> 00:53:31.940 --> 00:53:33.300 as<00:53:32.239><c> to</c><00:53:32.380><c> how</c><00:53:32.460><c> they're</c><00:53:32.659><c> gonna</c><00:53:32.760><c> respond.</c> 00:53:33.780 --> 00:53:35.800 And<00:53:33.940><c> they</c><00:53:34.019><c> have</c><00:53:34.139><c> the</c><00:53:34.340><c> authority</c><00:53:34.619><c> to</c><00:53:34.820><c> do</c><00:53:34.960><c> those</c><00:53:35.179><c> kind</c><00:53:35.340><c> of</c><00:53:35.460><c> things.</c> 00:53:36.280 --> 00:53:39.099 And<00:53:36.380><c> in</c><00:53:36.500><c> this</c><00:53:36.760><c> case,</c><00:53:37.480><c> he</c><00:53:37.639><c> says,</c><00:53:37.900><c> look,</c><00:53:37.980><c> that's</c><00:53:38.239><c> enough,</c><00:53:38.699><c> stop.</c> 00:53:39.460 --> 00:53:40.360 And<00:53:39.579><c> an</c><00:53:39.699><c> angel</c><00:53:39.840><c> then</c><00:53:40.139><c> stops</c> 00:53:40.360 --> 00:53:42.219 and<00:53:40.639><c> he</c><00:53:40.820><c> quits</c><00:53:41.039><c> the</c><00:53:41.320><c> destruction</c><00:53:41.579><c> at</c><00:53:41.780><c> that</c><00:53:41.980><c> point.</c> 00:53:42.619 --> 00:53:44.780 And<00:53:42.820><c> then</c><00:53:43.019><c> David</c><00:53:43.199><c> realizes</c><00:53:43.659><c> this</c><00:53:44.000><c> is</c><00:53:44.159><c> where</c><00:53:44.280><c> it's</c><00:53:44.460><c> gonna</c><00:53:44.579><c> be</c> 00:53:44.780 --> 00:53:46.719 and<00:53:44.940><c> it's</c><00:53:45.099><c> the</c><00:53:45.340><c> whole</c><00:53:45.760><c> incident</c><00:53:46.079><c> in</c><00:53:46.199><c> David's</c><00:53:46.539><c> life</c> 00:53:46.719 --> 00:53:47.760 about<00:53:47.039><c> building</c><00:53:47.300><c> the</c><00:53:47.539><c> temple.</c> 00:53:48.119 --> 00:53:49.199 This<00:53:48.300><c> is</c><00:53:48.500><c> where</c><00:53:48.619><c> it's</c><00:53:48.800><c> gonna</c><00:53:48.900><c> be</c><00:53:49.119><c> at.</c> 00:53:49.300 --> 00:53:51.300 All<00:53:49.599><c> this</c><00:53:49.780><c> comes</c><00:53:50.019><c> out</c><00:53:50.199><c> of</c><00:53:50.300><c> this</c><00:53:50.500><c> incident</c><00:53:50.780><c> right</c><00:53:51.039><c> here.</c> 00:53:51.579 --> 00:53:53.179 You<00:53:51.760><c> talk</c><00:53:51.920><c> about</c><00:53:52.159><c> bringing</c><00:53:52.420><c> good</c><00:53:52.599><c> out</c><00:53:52.760><c> of</c><00:53:52.920><c> bad.</c> 00:53:53.179 --> 00:53:55.599 It's<00:53:53.739><c> a</c><00:53:53.860><c> fascinating</c><00:53:54.400><c> story</c><00:53:54.780><c> in</c><00:53:54.980><c> David's</c><00:53:55.340><c> life.</c> 00:53:56.019 --> 00:53:57.679 But<00:53:56.179><c> that</c><00:53:56.400><c> little</c><00:53:56.659><c> piece</c><00:53:56.900><c> about</c><00:53:57.139><c> the</c><00:53:57.519><c> angels</c> 00:53:57.679 --> 00:53:59.760 of<00:53:57.940><c> realizing</c><00:53:58.340><c> that</c><00:53:58.719><c> although</c><00:53:58.900><c> they</c><00:53:59.079><c> had</c><00:53:59.219><c> a</c><00:53:59.440><c> mission,</c> 00:54:00.119 --> 00:54:02.320 they<00:54:00.260><c> didn't</c><00:54:00.519><c> know</c><00:54:00.739><c> how</c><00:54:01.059><c> far</c><00:54:01.179><c> the</c><00:54:01.380><c> mission</c><00:54:01.579><c> was</c><00:54:01.760><c> gonna</c><00:54:01.940><c> go.</c> 00:54:02.659 --> 00:54:04.320 And<00:54:02.880><c> I</c><00:54:02.980><c> think</c><00:54:03.119><c> it's</c><00:54:03.340><c> fun</c><00:54:03.539><c> to</c><00:54:03.739><c> watch</c><00:54:03.960><c> the</c><00:54:04.159><c> fact</c> 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If<00:54:15.079><c> we</c><00:54:15.440><c> pray</c><00:54:15.699><c> about</c><00:54:16.000><c> it</c><00:54:16.500><c> and</c><00:54:16.699><c> we</c><00:54:17.019><c> change</c><00:54:17.300><c> our</c><00:54:17.599><c> lives</c> 00:54:18.000 --> 00:54:20.619 and<00:54:18.440><c> we're</c><00:54:18.599><c> willing,</c><00:54:18.860><c> they</c><00:54:19.119><c> will</c><00:54:19.380><c> respond</c><00:54:19.960><c> to</c><00:54:20.219><c> that.</c> 00:54:20.940 --> 00:54:22.699 And<00:54:21.139><c> that's</c><00:54:21.420><c> fun</c><00:54:21.579><c> to</c><00:54:21.820><c> see</c><00:54:21.960><c> about</c><00:54:22.179><c> the</c><00:54:22.519><c> angels</c> 00:54:22.699 --> 00:54:26.179 that<00:54:22.880><c> they</c><00:54:23.000><c> have</c><00:54:23.199><c> that</c><00:54:23.500><c> kind</c><00:54:23.739><c> of</c><00:54:24.460><c> emotional</c><00:54:24.920><c> attachment</c><00:54:25.539><c> with</c><00:54:25.739><c> people</c> 00:54:26.179 --> 00:54:28.380 that<00:54:26.840><c> they</c><00:54:27.079><c> actually</c><00:54:27.400><c> appeal</c><00:54:27.820><c> to</c><00:54:28.000><c> them</c> 00:54:28.380 --> 00:54:30.119 that<00:54:28.820><c> we're</c><00:54:29.000><c> willing</c><00:54:29.199><c> to</c><00:54:29.400><c> make</c><00:54:29.519><c> some</c><00:54:29.719><c> changes</c> 00:54:30.119 --> 00:54:31.840 and<00:54:30.699><c> they're</c><00:54:30.960><c> willing</c><00:54:31.199><c> to</c><00:54:31.420><c> do</c><00:54:31.579><c> that.</c> 00:54:32.239 --> 00:54:33.679 You'll<00:54:32.519><c> see</c><00:54:32.639><c> that</c><00:54:32.860><c> again</c><00:54:33.099><c> with</c><00:54:33.380><c> Lot</c> 00:54:34.119 --> 00:54:36.559 when<00:54:34.519><c> they</c><00:54:34.760><c> pull</c><00:54:34.920><c> Lot</c><00:54:35.199><c> out</c><00:54:35.599><c> of</c><00:54:35.900><c> Sodom</c><00:54:36.139><c> and</c><00:54:36.219><c> Gomorrah</c> 00:54:36.559 --> 00:54:37.780 in<00:54:37.099><c> the</c><00:54:37.119><c> next</c><00:54:37.400><c> class.</c> 00:54:38.260 --> 00:54:40.840 So<00:54:38.400><c> the</c><00:54:38.599><c> angel</c><00:54:38.820><c> of</c><00:54:39.019><c> the</c><00:54:39.179><c> Lord</c><00:54:39.380><c> commanded</c><00:54:39.860><c> Gad</c><00:54:40.119><c> to</c><00:54:40.280><c> say</c><00:54:40.440><c> to</c><00:54:40.639><c> David</c> 00:54:40.840 --> 00:54:43.000 and<00:54:41.300><c> you'll</c><00:54:41.559><c> notice</c><00:54:41.780><c> that</c><00:54:42.039><c> at</c><00:54:42.219><c> this</c><00:54:42.420><c> point</c><00:54:42.599><c> in</c><00:54:42.800><c> time,</c> 00:54:43.059 --> 00:54:44.579 the<00:54:43.260><c> angel</c><00:54:43.400><c> wasn't</c><00:54:43.599><c> even</c><00:54:43.880><c> talking</c><00:54:44.139><c> to</c><00:54:44.360><c> David.</c> 00:54:45.059 --> 00:54:47.159 As<00:54:45.260><c> much</c><00:54:45.440><c> as</c><00:54:45.659><c> David</c><00:54:45.860><c> had</c><00:54:46.039><c> wanted</c><00:54:46.260><c> to</c><00:54:46.519><c> fall</c><00:54:46.659><c> into</c><00:54:46.860><c> the</c><00:54:47.039><c> hand</c> 00:54:47.159 --> 00:54:48.159 of<00:54:47.300><c> the</c><00:54:47.480><c> angel</c><00:54:47.639><c> of</c><00:54:47.800><c> the</c><00:54:47.900><c> Lord,</c> 00:54:48.500 --> 00:54:50.139 the<00:54:48.679><c> angel</c><00:54:48.800><c> won't</c><00:54:48.980><c> even</c><00:54:49.139><c> respond</c><00:54:49.460><c> directly</c><00:54:49.820><c> to</c><00:54:50.000><c> him</c> 00:54:50.139 --> 00:54:51.480 because<00:54:50.380><c> of</c><00:54:50.519><c> the</c><00:54:50.699><c> mistake</c><00:54:50.920><c> that</c><00:54:51.059><c> had</c><00:54:51.159><c> been</c><00:54:51.320><c> made.</c> 00:54:51.480 --> 00:54:53.780 There<00:54:51.719><c> is</c><00:54:52.079><c> this</c><00:54:52.360><c> difference</c><00:54:52.780><c> that's</c><00:54:53.159><c> set</c><00:54:53.300><c> out</c><00:54:53.500><c> there</c> 00:54:53.780 --> 00:54:56.039 and<00:54:53.980><c> clearly</c><00:54:54.500><c> that</c><00:54:54.880><c> sin</c><00:54:55.059><c> puts</c><00:54:55.400><c> that</c><00:54:55.679><c> there,</c> 00:54:56.539 --> 00:54:59.119 but<00:54:56.679><c> the</c><00:54:56.880><c> angel</c><00:54:57.119><c> of</c><00:54:57.219><c> the</c><00:54:57.219><c> Lord</c><00:54:57.420><c> commands</c><00:54:57.980><c> Gad</c><00:54:58.400><c> to</c><00:54:58.519><c> say</c><00:54:58.719><c> to</c><00:54:58.900><c> David</c> 00:54:59.119 --> 00:55:01.559 that<00:54:59.639><c> he</c><00:54:59.780><c> should</c><00:54:59.920><c> go</c><00:55:00.199><c> and</c><00:55:00.380><c> erect</c><00:55:00.539><c> the</c><00:55:00.760><c> altar</c><00:55:00.960><c> and</c><00:55:01.119><c> he</c><00:55:01.260><c> does</c> 00:55:01.559 --> 00:55:03.320 and<00:55:01.760><c> he</c><00:55:02.519><c> makes</c><00:55:02.739><c> his</c><00:55:02.960><c> offering</c> 00:55:03.320 --> 00:55:05.880 and<00:55:03.780><c> the</c><00:55:04.059><c> Lord</c><00:55:04.219><c> commanded</c><00:55:04.619><c> the</c><00:55:04.860><c> angel</c><00:55:05.039><c> in</c><00:55:05.199><c> verse</c><00:55:05.380><c> 27</c> 00:55:05.880 --> 00:55:07.699 and<00:55:06.019><c> he</c><00:55:06.179><c> returned</c><00:55:06.440><c> the</c><00:55:06.619><c> sword</c><00:55:06.739><c> to</c><00:55:06.900><c> his</c><00:55:07.039><c> chief.</c> 00:55:08.320 --> 00:55:10.260 So<00:55:08.699><c> I</c><00:55:08.739><c> think</c><00:55:08.900><c> we'll</c><00:55:09.000><c> leave</c><00:55:09.119><c> it</c><00:55:09.260><c> there</c><00:55:09.500><c> for</c><00:55:09.719><c> the</c><00:55:09.780><c> first</c><00:55:09.920><c> class.</c> 00:55:10.380 --> 00:55:11.179 Thank<00:55:10.599><c> you</c><00:55:10.699><c> very</c><00:55:10.940><c> much.</c> 00:55:11.300 --> 00:55:12.539 They<00:55:11.440><c> got</c><00:55:11.659><c> lunch</c><00:55:11.880><c> on</c><00:55:12.039><c> the</c><00:55:12.199><c> table</c> 00:55:12.539 --> 00:55:15.559 and<00:55:13.099><c> hopefully</c><00:55:13.440><c> that'll</c><00:55:13.760><c> give</c><00:55:13.860><c> us</c><00:55:14.099><c> some</c><00:55:14.340><c> food</c><00:55:14.460><c> for</c><00:55:14.679><c> thought.</c> 00:55:22.559 --> 00:55:23.119 Thank<00:55:22.599><c> you.</c>