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sin</c> 00:19:24.680 --> 00:19:27.759 and<00:19:24.880><c> just</c><00:19:25.500><c> rubbed</c><00:19:25.839><c> out</c><00:19:26.059><c> the</c><00:19:26.319><c> image</c><00:19:26.519><c> of</c><00:19:26.759><c> the</c><00:19:26.960><c> carabim,</c><00:19:27.460><c> rubbed</c> 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:30.900 out<00:19:28.039><c> the</c><00:19:28.200><c> way</c><00:19:28.359><c> of</c><00:19:28.519><c> the</c><00:19:28.660><c> tree</c><00:19:28.779><c> of</c><00:19:29.039><c> life,</c><00:19:29.740><c> and</c><00:19:29.920><c> replaced</c> 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:35.519 it<00:19:31.940><c> with</c><00:19:32.440><c> all</c><00:19:32.759><c> these</c><00:19:33.079><c> abominable</c><00:19:33.700><c> things,</c><00:19:34.180><c> these</c><00:19:34.839><c> creatures</c> 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:39.069 that<00:19:35.880><c> represented</c><00:19:36.839><c> the</c><00:19:37.279><c> idolatry</c><00:19:37.920><c> of</c><00:19:38.319><c> the</c> 00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:42.380 pagan<00:19:39.839><c> 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of</c><00:19:51.420><c> them</c> 00:19:51.670 --> 00:19:57.130 stood<00:19:52.569><c> Jeazeniah,</c><00:19:53.529><c> the</c><00:19:53.710><c> son</c><00:19:53.869><c> of</c><00:19:54.170><c> Shafan,</c><00:19:55.490><c> with</c><00:19:55.690><c> every</c><00:19:56.009><c> man</c><00:19:56.250><c> his</c><00:19:56.609><c> censer</c><00:19:56.990><c> in</c> 00:19:57.130 --> 00:19:59.390 his<00:19:57.369><c> hand,</c><00:19:58.130><c> and</c><00:19:58.369><c> a</c><00:19:58.650><c> thick</c><00:19:58.970><c> cloud</c> 00:19:59.390 --> 00:20:04.009 of<00:19:59.710><c> incense</c><00:19:59.990><c> went</c><00:20:00.250><c> up.</c><00:20:02.250><c> Nothing</c><00:20:02.549><c> to</c><00:20:02.769><c> do</c><00:20:02.849><c> with</c><00:20:03.049><c> the</c><00:20:03.309><c> incense</c><00:20:03.650><c> that</c><00:20:03.849><c> is</c> 00:20:04.009 --> 00:20:05.589 the<00:20:04.269><c> prayers</c><00:20:04.529><c> of</c><00:20:04.730><c> the</c><00:20:04.950><c> saints</c><00:20:05.210><c> here,</c> 00:20:05.589 --> 00:20:09.910 is<00:20:05.809><c> there?</c><00:20:07.789><c> Because</c><00:20:08.029><c> in</c><00:20:08.210><c> verse</c><00:20:08.490><c> 12,</c><00:20:08.869><c> then</c><00:20:09.150><c> said</c><00:20:09.390><c> he</c><00:20:09.490><c> unto</c><00:20:09.670><c> me,</c> 00:20:09.910 --> 00:20:13.210 son<00:20:10.130><c> of</c><00:20:10.349><c> man,</c><00:20:10.730><c> hast</c><00:20:10.829><c> thou</c><00:20:11.109><c> seen</c><00:20:11.789><c> what</c><00:20:12.430><c> the</c><00:20:12.869><c> ancients</c> 00:20:13.210 --> 00:20:18.609 do,<00:20:13.890><c> the</c><00:20:14.109><c> ancients</c><00:20:14.410><c> of</c><00:20:14.569><c> the</c><00:20:14.750><c> house</c><00:20:14.950><c> of</c><00:20:15.069><c> Israel</c><00:20:15.410><c> do</c><00:20:15.849><c> in</c><00:20:16.309><c> the</c><00:20:16.589><c> dark,</c><00:20:18.049><c> every</c><00:20:18.369><c> man</c> 00:20:18.609 --> 00:20:20.069 in<00:20:18.730><c> the</c><00:20:18.950><c> 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happens</c><00:20:36.049><c> in</c> 00:20:36.210 --> 00:20:45.069 the<00:20:36.430><c> dark,</c><00:20:37.930><c> we</c><00:20:39.049><c> just</c><00:20:39.710><c> assume</c><00:20:40.609><c> that</c><00:20:41.690><c> God</c><00:20:41.950><c> can't.</c><00:20:44.490><c> Well,</c><00:20:44.829><c> that's</c> 00:20:45.069 --> 00:20:47.809 the<00:20:45.230><c> position</c><00:20:45.509><c> of</c><00:20:45.750><c> Israel.</c><00:20:47.309><c> And</c><00:20:47.549><c> he</c><00:20:47.630><c> says,</c> 00:20:47.809 --> 00:20:51.769 it<00:20:48.029><c> gets</c><00:20:48.269><c> worse</c><00:20:48.609><c> than</c><00:20:48.769><c> this,</c><00:20:49.269><c> Ezekiel.</c><00:20:50.849><c> Just</c><00:20:51.089><c> look</c><00:20:51.390><c> further</c> 00:20:51.769 --> 00:20:53.509 at<00:20:51.890><c> what's</c><00:20:52.170><c> going</c><00:20:52.390><c> on.</c><00:20:52.730><c> In</c><00:20:52.730><c> verse</c><00:20:52.990><c> 14,</c> 00:20:53.509 --> 00:20:56.349 he<00:20:53.609><c> brought</c><00:20:53.890><c> me</c><00:20:54.069><c> to</c><00:20:54.190><c> the</c><00:20:54.390><c> door</c><00:20:54.589><c> of</c><00:20:54.789><c> the</c><00:20:54.990><c> gate</c><00:20:55.329><c> of</c><00:20:55.869><c> the</c><00:20:56.029><c> Lord's</c> 00:20:56.349 --> 00:20:58.369 house,<00:20:56.589><c> which</c><00:20:56.730><c> was</c><00:20:56.970><c> toward</c><00:20:57.210><c> the</c><00:20:57.450><c> north,</c> 00:20:58.829 --> 00:21:04.529 and<00:20:58.970><c> behold,</c><00:20:59.529><c> there</c><00:20:59.670><c> sat</c><00:21:00.069><c> women</c><00:21:00.890><c> weeping</c><00:21:01.910><c> for</c><00:21:02.470><c> Tamas.</c><00:21:04.250><c> Well,</c> 00:21:04.529 --> 00:21:08.069 Tamas<00:21:05.089><c> is</c><00:21:05.549><c> the</c><00:21:05.789><c> Babylonian</c><00:21:06.890><c> god</c><00:21:07.230><c> of</c><00:21:07.410><c> the</c><00:21:07.670><c> underworld,</c> 00:21:08.130 --> 00:21:12.950 of<00:21:08.329><c> the</c><00:21:08.470><c> netherworld.</c><00:21:10.029><c> And</c><00:21:10.250><c> it's</c><00:21:10.410><c> a</c><00:21:10.569><c> kind</c><00:21:10.710><c> of</c><00:21:11.190><c> nature</c><00:21:11.509><c> cult</c><00:21:11.869><c> that</c><00:21:11.990><c> they</c><00:21:12.150><c> were</c><00:21:12.329><c> involved</c><00:21:12.710><c> in</c> 00:21:12.950 --> 00:21:13.410 here,<00:21:13.230><c> brethren</c> 00:21:13.410 --> 00:21:17.509 sisters,<00:21:14.490><c> because</c><00:21:14.890><c> the</c><00:21:15.410><c> belief</c><00:21:15.710><c> was</c><00:21:16.049><c> that</c><00:21:16.309><c> every</c><00:21:16.630><c> year</c><00:21:17.009><c> Tamas</c> 00:21:17.509 --> 00:21:21.089 died<00:21:18.250><c> and</c><00:21:19.069><c> went</c><00:21:19.250><c> down</c><00:21:19.569><c> into</c><00:21:19.829><c> the</c><00:21:20.349><c> nether</c><00:21:20.690><c> regions</c> 00:21:21.089 --> 00:21:24.049 of<00:21:21.289><c> the</c><00:21:21.450><c> earth.</c><00:21:21.690><c> And</c><00:21:21.769><c> the</c><00:21:21.869><c> earth</c><00:21:22.049><c> would</c><00:21:22.349><c> languish</c><00:21:22.829><c> at</c><00:21:22.970><c> this</c><00:21:23.190><c> time.</c><00:21:23.950><c> It</c> 00:21:24.049 --> 00:21:25.529 would<00:21:24.210><c> be</c><00:21:24.470><c> wintertime.</c><00:21:25.069><c> Everything</c><00:21:25.289><c> would</c> 00:21:25.529 --> 00:21:30.369 appear<00:21:25.769><c> to</c><00:21:26.029><c> die.</c><00:21:28.690><c> And</c><00:21:28.849><c> the</c><00:21:29.009><c> belief</c><00:21:29.190><c> was</c><00:21:29.410><c> that</c><00:21:29.589><c> if</c><00:21:29.930><c> the</c><00:21:30.109><c> women</c> 00:21:30.369 --> 00:21:35.069 wept<00:21:30.869><c> for</c><00:21:31.150><c> this,</c><00:21:32.710><c> that</c><00:21:33.210><c> Tamas</c><00:21:33.509><c> would</c><00:21:33.710><c> be</c><00:21:34.089><c> recovered,</c> 00:21:35.170 --> 00:21:38.829 brought<00:21:35.329><c> back</c><00:21:35.650><c> to</c><00:21:35.869><c> life</c><00:21:36.089><c> again.</c><00:21:37.410><c> And</c><00:21:37.970><c> the</c><00:21:38.109><c> earth</c><00:21:38.289><c> would</c><00:21:38.529><c> again</c> 00:21:38.829 --> 00:21:40.390 spring<00:21:39.150><c> to</c><00:21:39.390><c> life.</c><00:21:39.650><c> In</c><00:21:39.730><c> the</c><00:21:40.029><c> springtime,</c> 00:21:40.390 --> 00:21:43.569 kind<00:21:40.609><c> of</c><00:21:40.750><c> a</c><00:21:40.970><c> nature</c><00:21:41.349><c> myth</c><00:21:41.609><c> or</c><00:21:41.829><c> a</c><00:21:41.930><c> nature</c><00:21:42.549><c> cult</c><00:21:42.890><c> was</c><00:21:43.170><c> involved</c> 00:21:43.569 --> 00:21:46.990 in<00:21:43.789><c> this.</c><00:21:45.829><c> And</c><00:21:46.009><c> the</c><00:21:46.170><c> women</c><00:21:46.410><c> of</c><00:21:46.609><c> Israel,</c> 00:21:47.130 --> 00:21:52.549 God's<00:21:47.690><c> people,</c><00:21:49.450><c> had</c><00:21:50.369><c> entered</c><00:21:50.849><c> right</c><00:21:51.150><c> into</c><00:21:51.390><c> 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the</c><00:28:49.630><c> Almighty</c><00:28:50.109><c> God</c><00:28:50.809><c> in</c><00:28:51.549><c> the</c><00:28:51.730><c> kingdom</c><00:28:52.390><c> when</c> 00:28:53.250 --> 00:28:54.950 Christ<00:28:53.690><c> shall</c><00:28:54.009><c> reign.</c> 00:28:59.390 --> 00:29:03.170 The<00:28:59.630><c> glory</c><00:28:59.910><c> is</c><00:29:00.369><c> God's</c><00:29:02.089><c> presence.</c> 00:29:04.490 --> 00:29:08.470 That<00:29:05.369><c> glory</c><00:29:05.809><c> departed</c><00:29:06.609><c> from</c><00:29:07.269><c> Solomon's</c><00:29:07.809><c> temple,</c><00:29:08.190><c> brothers</c> 00:29:08.470 --> 00:29:09.609 and<00:29:08.670><c> sisters.</c> 00:29:10.450 --> 00:29:14.450 That<00:29:10.690><c> house</c><00:29:11.009><c> was</c><00:29:11.309><c> destroyed.</c><00:29:13.069><c> Those</c><00:29:13.390><c> people</c><00:29:13.750><c> went</c><00:29:14.009><c> captive</c> 00:29:14.450 --> 00:29:17.990 for<00:29:15.150><c> 70</c><00:29:15.690><c> years</c><00:29:16.049><c> as</c><00:29:16.210><c> Jeremiah</c><00:29:16.730><c> had</c><00:29:17.049><c> said,</c> 00:29:25.269 --> 00:29:27.410 but<00:29:25.710><c> they</c><00:29:25.890><c> would</c><00:29:26.089><c> return.</c> 00:29:28.650 --> 00:29:36.230 In<00:29:29.130><c> the</c><00:29:29.250><c> days</c><00:29:29.490><c> of</c><00:29:30.750><c> Ezra,</c><00:29:31.769><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:29:33.089><c> Zerubbabel,</c><00:29:34.230><c> they</c><00:29:34.930><c> would</c><00:29:35.150><c> return.</c> 00:29:37.730 --> 00:29:41.730 Let's<00:29:38.109><c> think</c><00:29:38.309><c> about</c><00:29:38.529><c> the</c><00:29:38.670><c> days</c><00:29:38.950><c> of</c><00:29:39.150><c> Nehemiah</c><00:29:39.730><c> now.</c><00:29:41.250><c> Nehemiah</c> 00:29:41.730 --> 00:29:43.509 and<00:29:41.869><c> Malachi</c><00:29:42.390><c> actually,</c><00:29:42.910><c> brothers</c><00:29:43.089><c> and</c><00:29:43.269><c> sisters,</c> 00:29:43.589 --> 00:29:49.089 because<00:29:43.869><c> the</c><00:29:44.130><c> setting</c><00:29:44.529><c> of</c><00:29:45.049><c> the</c><00:29:45.309><c> prophecy</c><00:29:45.690><c> of</c><00:29:45.869><c> Malachi</c><00:29:46.650><c> historically,</c><00:29:48.430><c> I</c><00:29:48.609><c> believe,</c><00:29:48.990><c> is</c> 00:29:49.089 --> 00:29:50.509 the<00:29:49.309><c> 13th</c><00:29:49.990><c> chapter</c><00:29:50.349><c> of</c> 00:29:50.509 --> 00:29:52.549 Nehemiah.<00:29:51.309><c> We'll</c><00:29:51.529><c> take</c><00:29:51.670><c> a</c><00:29:51.730><c> look</c><00:29:51.869><c> at</c><00:29:51.990><c> that</c><00:29:52.190><c> and</c><00:29:52.269><c> we'll</c><00:29:52.390><c> just</c> 00:29:52.549 --> 00:29:54.690 see<00:29:52.650><c> how</c><00:29:52.829><c> they</c><00:29:53.029><c> just</c><00:29:53.650><c> connect</c><00:29:53.970><c> and</c><00:29:54.130><c> how</c><00:29:54.210><c> they</c><00:29:54.450><c> blend</c> 00:29:54.690 --> 00:29:59.089 together<00:29:55.109><c> and</c><00:29:55.210><c> I</c><00:29:55.289><c> think</c><00:29:55.450><c> you'll</c><00:29:55.690><c> feel</c><00:29:55.930><c> the</c><00:29:56.130><c> same</c><00:29:56.369><c> way.</c><00:29:58.869><c> I'll</c> 00:29:59.089 --> 00:30:01.829 just<00:29:59.250><c> turn</c><00:29:59.390><c> to</c><00:29:59.589><c> the</c><00:30:00.269><c> book</c><00:30:00.690><c> of</c><00:30:00.910><c> Nehemiah.</c> 00:30:09.509 --> 00:30:16.230 This<00:30:10.089><c> is</c><00:30:10.289><c> the</c><00:30:10.390><c> man</c><00:30:10.609><c> in</c><00:30:11.990><c> Shushan,</c><00:30:13.910><c> the</c><00:30:14.109><c> capital</c><00:30:14.430><c> city,</c><00:30:14.869><c> the</c><00:30:15.130><c> royal</c><00:30:15.470><c> residence</c><00:30:15.970><c> of</c> 00:30:16.230 --> 00:30:18.609 the<00:30:16.890><c> Persian</c><00:30:17.329><c> Empire.</c> 00:30:19.670 --> 00:30:23.509 And<00:30:20.230><c> there</c><00:30:20.650><c> in</c><00:30:21.109><c> Shushan,</c><00:30:22.009><c> he</c><00:30:22.009><c> is</c><00:30:22.210><c> going</c><00:30:22.390><c> to</c><00:30:22.549><c> have</c><00:30:22.690><c> a</c><00:30:22.950><c> visit,</c> 00:30:23.690 --> 00:30:30.289 Nehemiah<00:30:24.210><c> is,</c><00:30:25.329><c> from</c><00:30:25.529><c> brother</c><00:30:25.849><c> Hanani,</c><00:30:26.589><c> from</c><00:30:27.250><c> Judah</c><00:30:27.890><c> and</c><00:30:29.069><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:30:33.950 --> 00:30:37.470 Brother<00:30:34.150><c> Hanani</c><00:30:34.670><c> is</c><00:30:34.869><c> going</c><00:30:35.009><c> to</c><00:30:35.210><c> tell</c><00:30:35.710><c> Nehemiah</c><00:30:36.369><c> about</c><00:30:36.529><c> the</c><00:30:36.710><c> condition</c><00:30:37.210><c> of</c> 00:30:37.470 --> 00:30:39.390 Jerusalem<00:30:38.009><c> and</c><00:30:38.829><c> the</c><00:30:39.009><c> things</c><00:30:39.150><c> that</c> 00:30:39.390 --> 00:30:41.910 are<00:30:39.390><c> taking</c><00:30:39.630><c> place</c><00:30:40.069><c> there.</c><00:30:40.730><c> And</c><00:30:40.910><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:30:41.390><c> when</c><00:30:41.490><c> he</c><00:30:41.690><c> hears</c> 00:30:41.910 --> 00:30:44.910 these<00:30:42.289><c> things,</c><00:30:43.829><c> my</c><00:30:43.990><c> dear</c><00:30:44.130><c> brethren</c><00:30:44.410><c> and</c><00:30:44.609><c> sisters,</c> 00:30:44.910 --> 00:30:48.589 is<00:30:45.210><c> crushed.</c><00:30:46.710><c> He</c><00:30:46.710><c> is</c><00:30:47.069><c> crushed.</c><00:30:47.470><c> We</c><00:30:47.549><c> see</c><00:30:47.829><c> a</c><00:30:48.029><c> brother,</c><00:30:48.190><c> what</c><00:30:48.369><c> a</c> 00:30:48.589 --> 00:30:50.250 brother<00:30:48.809><c> Nehemiah</c><00:30:49.250><c> is,</c> 00:30:50.529 --> 00:30:58.190 what<00:30:50.809><c> feelings</c><00:30:51.269><c> for</c><00:30:51.470><c> the</c><00:30:51.650><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:52.029><c> Nehemiah</c><00:30:52.650><c> has.</c><00:30:54.789><c> The</c><00:30:54.930><c> first</c><00:30:55.150><c> chapter,</c><00:30:57.950><c> just</c> 00:30:58.190 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of</c><00:31:13.549><c> the</c><00:31:13.769><c> captivity</c><00:31:14.269><c> there</c><00:31:15.170><c> in</c> 00:31:15.329 --> 00:31:21.250 the<00:31:15.549><c> province</c><00:31:15.910><c> are</c><00:31:16.130><c> in</c><00:31:16.470><c> great</c><00:31:16.670><c> affliction</c><00:31:17.730><c> and</c><00:31:18.269><c> reproach.</c><00:31:20.509><c> The</c><00:31:20.670><c> wall</c><00:31:20.950><c> of</c> 00:31:21.250 --> 00:31:24.609 Jerusalem<00:31:21.730><c> also</c><00:31:22.210><c> is</c><00:31:22.529><c> broken</c><00:31:22.809><c> down</c><00:31:23.490><c> and</c><00:31:24.369><c> the</c> 00:31:24.609 --> 00:31:28.130 gates<00:31:24.869><c> thereof</c><00:31:25.250><c> are</c><00:31:25.529><c> burned</c><00:31:25.789><c> with</c><00:31:26.109><c> fire.</c><00:31:27.670><c> And</c><00:31:27.849><c> look</c><00:31:27.930><c> at</c><00:31:28.009><c> what</c> 00:31:28.130 --> 00:31:32.369 Nehemiah<00:31:28.630><c> did,</c><00:31:28.990><c> what</c><00:31:29.890><c> feeling</c><00:31:30.549><c> for</c><00:31:31.690><c> the</c><00:31:31.910><c> brotherhood</c> 00:31:32.369 --> 00:31:37.049 Nehemiah<00:31:32.990><c> had.</c><00:31:34.890><c> And</c><00:31:35.170><c> it</c><00:31:35.250><c> came</c><00:31:35.470><c> to</c><00:31:35.769><c> pass</c><00:31:35.970><c> when</c><00:31:36.170><c> I</c><00:31:36.329><c> heard</c><00:31:36.630><c> these</c> 00:31:37.049 --> 00:31:43.329 words,<00:31:38.710><c> that</c><00:31:38.910><c> I</c><00:31:39.089><c> sat</c><00:31:39.410><c> down</c><00:31:40.250><c> and</c><00:31:40.769><c> wept</c><00:31:41.329><c> and</c><00:31:42.670><c> mourned</c> 00:31:43.329 --> 00:31:50.730 certain<00:31:43.710><c> days</c><00:31:44.349><c> and</c><00:31:45.710><c> fasted</c><00:31:46.670><c> and</c><00:31:47.950><c> prayed</c><00:31:48.609><c> before</c><00:31:50.049><c> the</c><00:31:50.289><c> God</c><00:31:50.549><c> of</c> 00:31:50.730 --> 00:31:57.769 heaven.<00:31:55.250><c> There's</c><00:31:55.650><c> the</c><00:31:55.769><c> mind</c><00:31:56.029><c> of</c><00:31:56.170><c> a</c><00:31:56.329><c> man</c><00:31:56.509><c> of</c><00:31:56.750><c> God.</c> 00:31:58.809 --> 00:32:04.089 And<00:31:59.289><c> that's</c><00:31:59.549><c> the</c><00:31:59.750><c> spirit</c><00:32:00.130><c> of</c><00:32:00.369><c> a</c><00:32:00.849><c> real</c><00:32:01.450><c> brother</c><00:32:02.349><c> with</c><00:32:03.470><c> the</c><00:32:03.650><c> feeling</c><00:32:03.910><c> for</c> 00:32:04.089 --> 00:32:05.609 the<00:32:04.230><c> Ecclesia</c><00:32:04.589><c> that</c><00:32:04.750><c> we</c><00:32:04.990><c> should</c><00:32:05.210><c> show,</c> 00:32:05.750 --> 00:32:12.890 my<00:32:05.849><c> dear</c><00:32:05.990><c> brothers</c><00:32:06.269><c> and</c><00:32:06.509><c> sisters.</c><00:32:08.950><c> We</c><00:32:09.269><c> have</c><00:32:09.650><c> sinned,</c><00:32:09.970><c> he</c><00:32:10.089><c> said.</c><00:32:11.390><c> We</c><00:32:11.690><c> have</c><00:32:12.049><c> sinned,</c><00:32:12.309><c> but</c><00:32:12.410><c> he</c><00:32:12.509><c> was</c><00:32:12.670><c> a</c> 00:32:12.890 --> 00:32:13.369 long<00:32:13.130><c> way</c> 00:32:13.369 --> 00:32:17.930 from<00:32:13.549><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:32:16.170><c> I</c><00:32:16.349><c> guess</c><00:32:16.549><c> on</c><00:32:16.730><c> a</c><00:32:16.990><c> line,</c><00:32:17.309><c> if</c><00:32:17.369><c> you</c><00:32:17.529><c> were</c><00:32:17.670><c> to</c><00:32:17.829><c> go</c> 00:32:17.930 --> 00:32:21.730 from<00:32:18.089><c> Jerusalem</c><00:32:18.890><c> to</c><00:32:20.210><c> Shushan,</c><00:32:21.089><c> it</c><00:32:21.109><c> would</c><00:32:21.309><c> be</c><00:32:21.430><c> about</c> 00:32:21.730 --> 00:32:27.009 800<00:32:22.130><c> to</c><00:32:22.329><c> 1000</c><00:32:22.789><c> miles</c><00:32:23.309><c> and</c><00:32:23.589><c> you</c><00:32:23.650><c> couldn't</c><00:32:23.829><c> go</c><00:32:24.069><c> on</c><00:32:24.170><c> a</c><00:32:24.390><c> straight</c><00:32:24.569><c> line.</c><00:32:26.089><c> So</c><00:32:26.210><c> Nehemiah</c><00:32:26.569><c> was</c><00:32:26.730><c> a</c> 00:32:27.009 --> 00:32:27.769 long<00:32:27.289><c> way</c><00:32:27.569><c> from</c> 00:32:27.769 --> 00:32:30.329 the<00:32:27.990><c> things</c><00:32:28.130><c> that</c><00:32:28.250><c> were</c><00:32:28.410><c> taking</c><00:32:28.609><c> place</c><00:32:29.029><c> and</c><00:32:29.130><c> were</c><00:32:29.329><c> being</c><00:32:29.809><c> opened</c><00:32:30.089><c> out</c> 00:32:30.329 --> 00:32:32.329 to<00:32:30.470><c> him.</c><00:32:30.690><c> And</c><00:32:30.789><c> he</c><00:32:30.849><c> says,</c><00:32:31.170><c> we</c><00:32:31.250><c> have</c><00:32:31.589><c> sinned</c> 00:32:33.289 --> 00:32:37.670 because<00:32:33.529><c> the</c><00:32:33.769><c> Ecclesia</c><00:32:34.230><c> is</c><00:32:34.509><c> part</c><00:32:34.789><c> of</c><00:32:34.930><c> his</c><00:32:35.210><c> life</c><00:32:35.710><c> and</c><00:32:36.910><c> he</c><00:32:37.250><c> feels</c> 00:32:37.670 --> 00:32:40.569 for<00:32:38.029><c> it</c><00:32:38.210><c> in</c><00:32:38.269><c> every</c><00:32:38.589><c> aspect</c><00:32:39.069><c> and</c><00:32:39.230><c> every</c><00:32:39.509><c> detail.</c> 00:32:40.950 --> 00:32:46.650 It<00:32:41.069><c> is</c><00:32:41.349><c> his</c><00:32:41.609><c> life,</c><00:32:43.869><c> not</c><00:32:44.130><c> part</c><00:32:44.470><c> of</c><00:32:44.589><c> his</c><00:32:44.769><c> life.</c><00:32:45.029><c> It</c><00:32:45.109><c> is</c><00:32:45.369><c> his</c><00:32:45.630><c> life.</c> 00:32:46.789 --> 00:32:48.289 We're<00:32:46.990><c> all</c><00:32:47.210><c> in</c><00:32:47.289><c> this</c><00:32:47.490><c> together.</c><00:32:47.950><c> Both</c> 00:32:48.289 --> 00:32:54.809 I<00:32:48.869><c> and</c><00:32:48.950><c> my</c><00:32:49.349><c> father's</c><00:32:49.829><c> house</c><00:32:50.569><c> have</c><00:32:51.210><c> sinned,</c><00:32:51.609><c> he</c><00:32:51.730><c> says.</c><00:32:54.430><c> You'll</c> 00:32:54.809 --> 00:32:56.750 remember<00:32:55.049><c> about</c><00:32:55.390><c> Nehemiah</c><00:32:55.910><c> being</c><00:32:56.190><c> the</c><00:32:56.490><c> cup</c> 00:32:56.750 --> 00:33:01.589 bearer<00:32:57.049><c> of</c><00:32:57.690><c> this</c><00:32:58.170><c> great</c><00:32:58.809><c> monarch,</c><00:32:59.569><c> Artaxerxes,</c><00:33:00.190><c> the</c><00:33:00.269><c> most</c><00:33:00.549><c> powerful</c><00:33:00.990><c> monarch</c><00:33:01.390><c> of</c> 00:33:01.589 --> 00:33:02.650 the<00:33:01.750><c> day.</c> 00:33:03.990 --> 00:33:10.250 And<00:33:04.170><c> he</c><00:33:04.230><c> comes</c><00:33:04.730><c> sad</c><00:33:05.269><c> before</c><00:33:05.609><c> the</c><00:33:05.809><c> king,</c><00:33:06.150><c> doesn't</c><00:33:06.329><c> he?</c><00:33:08.009><c> And</c><00:33:08.509><c> Artaxerxes</c><00:33:09.130><c> with</c><00:33:09.930><c> an</c> 00:33:10.250 --> 00:33:12.410 obvious<00:33:10.650><c> sensitivity</c><00:33:11.430><c> to</c><00:33:12.190><c> the</c> 00:33:12.410 --> 00:33:17.569 man<00:33:12.630><c> that</c><00:33:12.690><c> was</c><00:33:12.970><c> his</c><00:33:13.250><c> cup</c><00:33:13.490><c> bearer</c><00:33:13.849><c> says,</c><00:33:14.509><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:33:14.809><c> I</c><00:33:14.869><c> know</c><00:33:15.049><c> you're</c><00:33:15.210><c> not</c><00:33:15.509><c> sick,</c><00:33:17.170><c> so</c> 00:33:17.569 --> 00:33:19.069 you<00:33:17.670><c> must</c><00:33:17.829><c> be</c><00:33:18.150><c> sad.</c> 00:33:20.329 --> 00:33:23.710 What<00:33:20.529><c> is</c><00:33:20.750><c> it?</c><00:33:21.730><c> Just</c><00:33:22.289><c> tell</c><00:33:22.490><c> me</c><00:33:22.630><c> what</c><00:33:22.769><c> the</c><00:33:22.970><c> problem</c><00:33:23.289><c> is.</c><00:33:23.490><c> And</c><00:33:23.569><c> he</c> 00:33:23.710 --> 00:33:27.069 does<00:33:23.970><c> this</c><00:33:24.210><c> with</c><00:33:24.849><c> this</c><00:33:25.170><c> great</c><00:33:25.529><c> monarch</c><00:33:25.970><c> in</c><00:33:26.289><c> Persia.</c> 00:33:28.190 --> 00:33:32.170 He's<00:33:28.509><c> allowed</c><00:33:28.750><c> to</c><00:33:28.869><c> go</c><00:33:29.150><c> back</c><00:33:29.430><c> to</c><00:33:29.710><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:33:31.630><c> Imagine</c><00:33:31.950><c> if</c><00:33:32.049><c> you</c> 00:33:32.170 --> 00:33:35.369 had<00:33:32.289><c> to</c><00:33:32.509><c> go</c><00:33:32.710><c> and</c><00:33:32.849><c> just</c><00:33:33.289><c> explain</c><00:33:33.569><c> this</c><00:33:33.890><c> to</c><00:33:35.250><c> the</c> 00:33:35.369 --> 00:33:38.650 leader<00:33:35.730><c> of</c><00:33:35.930><c> the</c><00:33:36.150><c> land,</c><00:33:36.829><c> just</c><00:33:37.029><c> your</c><00:33:37.309><c> feelings</c><00:33:37.789><c> about</c><00:33:38.130><c> things,</c> 00:33:38.950 --> 00:33:41.109 to<00:33:39.089><c> get</c><00:33:39.250><c> permission</c><00:33:39.750><c> to</c><00:33:40.230><c> go</c><00:33:40.549><c> to</c><00:33:40.690><c> one</c><00:33:40.890><c> place</c> 00:33:41.109 --> 00:33:45.410 or<00:33:41.250><c> another,</c><00:33:41.690><c> as</c><00:33:41.890><c> Nehemiah</c><00:33:42.390><c> did.</c><00:33:43.210><c> What</c><00:33:43.390><c> would</c><00:33:43.509><c> you</c><00:33:43.650><c> do,</c><00:33:44.049><c> brothers</c><00:33:44.150><c> and</c><00:33:44.390><c> sisters?</c> 00:33:46.230 --> 00:33:51.470 What<00:33:46.470><c> Nehemiah</c><00:33:47.029><c> did,</c><00:33:47.369><c> very</c><00:33:47.670><c> simply</c><00:33:47.950><c> put,</c><00:33:48.589><c> is</c><00:33:48.809><c> he</c><00:33:49.049><c> prayed</c><00:33:49.609><c> and</c> 00:33:51.470 --> 00:33:53.049 then<00:33:51.650><c> he</c><00:33:51.829><c> said</c><00:33:51.970><c> to</c><00:33:52.130><c> the</c><00:33:52.309><c> king,</c> 00:33:54.109 --> 00:33:58.130 as<00:33:54.230><c> though</c><00:33:54.410><c> he's</c><00:33:54.569><c> on</c><00:33:54.789><c> his</c><00:33:54.990><c> way.</c><00:33:55.170><c> He's</c><00:33:55.470><c> walking</c><00:33:55.829><c> to</c><00:33:56.089><c> see</c><00:33:56.250><c> the</c><00:33:56.450><c> king</c><00:33:56.769><c> and</c><00:33:57.069><c> he's</c><00:33:57.369><c> praying</c><00:33:57.750><c> and</c><00:33:57.990><c> he</c> 00:33:58.130 --> 00:33:59.150 gets<00:33:58.329><c> before</c><00:33:58.670><c> the</c><00:33:58.930><c> king</c> 00:33:59.150 --> 00:34:03.289 and<00:33:59.410><c> he</c><00:33:59.490><c> just</c><00:33:59.769><c> speaks.</c><00:34:02.029><c> And</c><00:34:02.170><c> he</c><00:34:02.230><c> goes</c><00:34:02.390><c> from</c><00:34:02.569><c> the</c><00:34:02.849><c> prayer</c><00:34:03.029><c> right</c> 00:34:03.289 --> 00:34:05.690 into<00:34:03.569><c> the</c><00:34:03.910><c> pouring</c><00:34:04.170><c> out</c><00:34:04.430><c> of</c><00:34:04.549><c> his</c><00:34:04.829><c> need</c> 00:34:05.750 --> 00:34:07.829 and<00:34:05.990><c> his</c><00:34:06.269><c> heart</c><00:34:06.490><c> before</c><00:34:06.829><c> that</c><00:34:07.109><c> man.</c> 00:34:10.510 --> 00:34:14.869 And<00:34:10.949><c> he's</c><00:34:11.110><c> allowed</c><00:34:11.289><c> to</c><00:34:11.469><c> go</c><00:34:11.590><c> to</c><00:34:11.769><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:34:12.210><c> isn't</c><00:34:12.469><c> he?</c><00:34:13.030><c> He's</c><00:34:13.269><c> going</c><00:34:13.389><c> to</c><00:34:13.510><c> go</c><00:34:13.730><c> there</c><00:34:13.929><c> and</c><00:34:14.010><c> he's</c><00:34:14.130><c> going</c><00:34:14.289><c> to</c><00:34:14.429><c> make</c><00:34:14.570><c> a</c><00:34:14.690><c> kind</c> 00:34:14.869 --> 00:34:19.010 of<00:34:15.110><c> analysis</c><00:34:15.550><c> of</c><00:34:15.849><c> the</c><00:34:16.070><c> city.</c><00:34:16.590><c> And</c><00:34:16.750><c> he</c><00:34:16.829><c> goes</c><00:34:17.130><c> and</c><00:34:17.269><c> he</c><00:34:17.610><c> settles</c><00:34:17.889><c> in</c><00:34:18.210><c> for</c><00:34:18.750><c> a</c> 00:34:19.010 --> 00:34:20.949 period<00:34:19.210><c> of</c><00:34:19.389><c> about</c><00:34:19.590><c> three</c><00:34:19.889><c> days.</c> 00:34:21.449 --> 00:34:24.030 And<00:34:21.570><c> then</c><00:34:21.670><c> we're</c><00:34:21.829><c> told</c><00:34:21.969><c> he</c><00:34:22.070><c> gets</c><00:34:22.230><c> up</c><00:34:22.429><c> in</c><00:34:22.570><c> the</c><00:34:22.710><c> night</c><00:34:23.309><c> and</c><00:34:23.909><c> he</c> 00:34:24.030 --> 00:34:26.670 takes<00:34:24.230><c> his</c><00:34:24.650><c> beast,</c><00:34:25.349><c> not</c><00:34:25.590><c> told</c><00:34:25.730><c> what</c><00:34:25.869><c> that</c><00:34:26.150><c> beast</c><00:34:26.429><c> is,</c> 00:34:26.670 --> 00:34:31.110 but<00:34:26.789><c> he</c><00:34:26.949><c> takes</c><00:34:27.130><c> that</c><00:34:27.510><c> beast</c><00:34:27.750><c> and</c><00:34:27.969><c> he</c><00:34:28.329><c> attempts</c><00:34:28.610><c> to</c><00:34:29.010><c> ride</c><00:34:29.269><c> it</c><00:34:29.489><c> around</c><00:34:29.769><c> the</c><00:34:30.030><c> city</c><00:34:30.730><c> of</c> 00:34:31.110 --> 00:34:32.889 Jerusalem<00:34:31.769><c> with</c><00:34:32.389><c> some</c><00:34:32.590><c> of</c><00:34:32.730><c> the</c> 00:34:32.889 --> 00:34:36.369 elders.<00:34:33.250><c> And</c><00:34:33.250><c> it's</c><00:34:33.449><c> impossible</c><00:34:34.030><c> to</c><00:34:34.250><c> do</c><00:34:34.429><c> so.</c><00:34:35.650><c> You</c><00:34:35.769><c> just</c><00:34:36.070><c> can't</c> 00:34:36.369 --> 00:34:38.170 go<00:34:36.670><c> around</c><00:34:36.929><c> the</c><00:34:37.190><c> city</c><00:34:37.369><c> and</c><00:34:37.510><c> the</c><00:34:37.650><c> condition</c><00:34:37.989><c> that</c> 00:34:38.170 --> 00:34:42.289 it<00:34:38.210><c> was</c><00:34:38.469><c> in,</c><00:34:40.210><c> because</c><00:34:40.409><c> the</c><00:34:40.570><c> condition</c><00:34:40.989><c> was</c><00:34:41.269><c> Jerusalem</c><00:34:41.809><c> lieth</c> 00:34:42.289 --> 00:34:47.130 waste.<00:34:44.050><c> The</c><00:34:44.269><c> walls</c><00:34:44.630><c> are</c><00:34:44.889><c> in</c><00:34:45.110><c> rubble.</c><00:34:46.309><c> The</c><00:34:46.550><c> gates</c><00:34:46.829><c> are</c> 00:34:47.130 --> 00:34:54.289 burned.<00:34:50.170><c> Obviously,</c><00:34:50.750><c> this</c><00:34:50.869><c> man</c><00:34:51.070><c> would</c><00:34:51.250><c> be</c><00:34:51.489><c> discouraged,</c><00:34:53.150><c> but</c> 00:34:54.289 --> 00:34:56.130 it<00:34:54.389><c> didn't</c><00:34:54.630><c> stop</c><00:34:54.949><c> with</c><00:34:55.150><c> that,</c><00:34:55.369><c> as</c><00:34:55.489><c> it</c><00:34:55.690><c> sometimes</c> 00:34:56.130 --> 00:35:01.409 does<00:34:56.329><c> with</c><00:34:56.510><c> us.</c><00:34:58.469><c> He</c><00:34:58.650><c> strengthened</c><00:34:59.329><c> the</c><00:34:59.590><c> hand</c><00:34:59.909><c> of</c><00:35:00.110><c> the</c><00:35:00.230><c> people.</c> 00:35:02.050 --> 00:35:04.690 The<00:35:02.289><c> motto</c><00:35:02.650><c> of</c><00:35:02.929><c> the</c><00:35:02.949><c> book</c><00:35:03.369><c> of</c><00:35:03.730><c> Nehemiah</c><00:35:04.269><c> is</c><00:35:04.449><c> a</c> 00:35:04.690 --> 00:35:09.989 motto<00:35:05.070><c> for</c><00:35:05.590><c> any</c><00:35:05.909><c> ecclesia</c><00:35:06.329><c> at</c><00:35:06.489><c> any</c><00:35:06.769><c> period</c><00:35:07.090><c> of</c><00:35:07.349><c> time.</c><00:35:08.909><c> And</c><00:35:09.030><c> that</c><00:35:09.210><c> motto</c><00:35:09.530><c> is,</c> 00:35:10.429 --> 00:35:14.210 let<00:35:10.550><c> us</c><00:35:11.869><c> rise</c><00:35:12.570><c> up</c><00:35:12.889><c> and</c><00:35:13.230><c> build.</c> 00:35:15.349 --> 00:35:19.010 And<00:35:15.530><c> that</c><00:35:15.630><c> was</c><00:35:15.829><c> the</c><00:35:15.989><c> principle</c><00:35:16.349><c> for</c><00:35:17.070><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:35:17.869><c> my</c><00:35:17.969><c> dear</c><00:35:18.130><c> brothers</c><00:35:18.369><c> and</c><00:35:18.590><c> sisters,</c> 00:35:19.010 --> 00:35:23.769 strengthening<00:35:19.989><c> the</c><00:35:20.269><c> hand</c><00:35:20.429><c> of</c><00:35:20.610><c> the</c><00:35:20.769><c> people.</c><00:35:21.590><c> And</c><00:35:21.690><c> in</c><00:35:21.909><c> 52</c><00:35:22.369><c> days,</c> 00:35:24.050 --> 00:35:26.610 the<00:35:24.170><c> walls</c><00:35:24.630><c> and</c><00:35:25.530><c> the</c><00:35:25.769><c> gates</c><00:35:25.969><c> of</c><00:35:26.170><c> that</c><00:35:26.409><c> city</c> 00:35:26.610 --> 00:35:32.829 had<00:35:26.789><c> been</c><00:35:27.170><c> completed.</c><00:35:28.070><c> That's</c><00:35:28.289><c> an</c><00:35:28.510><c> amazing</c><00:35:29.329><c> feat,</c><00:35:30.429><c> an</c><00:35:30.690><c> amazing</c><00:35:31.090><c> accomplishment,</c><00:35:32.269><c> because</c><00:35:32.449><c> there</c><00:35:32.590><c> was</c> 00:35:32.829 --> 00:35:39.050 constant<00:35:33.429><c> opposition.</c><00:35:35.889><c> There</c><00:35:36.030><c> was</c><00:35:36.289><c> Sanballet,</c><00:35:37.030><c> the</c><00:35:37.250><c> Horonite.</c><00:35:38.949><c> There</c> 00:35:39.050 --> 00:35:40.949 was<00:35:39.289><c> Tobiah,</c><00:35:39.809><c> the</c><00:35:40.090><c> Ammonite.</c><00:35:40.869><c> There</c> 00:35:40.949 --> 00:35:44.650 was<00:35:41.269><c> Gesham,</c><00:35:41.730><c> the</c><00:35:41.929><c> Arabian.</c><00:35:43.610><c> And</c><00:35:43.849><c> they</c><00:35:43.989><c> came</c><00:35:44.250><c> and</c><00:35:44.369><c> when</c><00:35:44.469><c> they</c> 00:35:44.650 --> 00:35:46.750 saw<00:35:44.889><c> the</c><00:35:45.130><c> work,</c><00:35:45.869><c> the</c><00:35:46.030><c> record</c><00:35:46.230><c> says</c><00:35:46.429><c> they</c> 00:35:46.750 --> 00:35:49.590 laughed<00:35:47.289><c> us</c><00:35:47.590><c> to</c><00:35:47.889><c> scorn,</c><00:35:48.489><c> but</c><00:35:48.590><c> laughter</c><00:35:48.849><c> doesn't</c><00:35:49.110><c> continue</c> 00:35:49.590 --> 00:35:52.269 that<00:35:49.789><c> way,</c><00:35:50.050><c> does</c><00:35:50.190><c> it?</c><00:35:51.250><c> When</c><00:35:51.409><c> the</c><00:35:51.610><c> work</c><00:35:51.769><c> goes</c><00:35:52.030><c> on,</c> 00:35:52.369 --> 00:35:56.469 the<00:35:52.550><c> laughter</c><00:35:52.829><c> begins</c><00:35:53.190><c> to</c><00:35:53.530><c> cease.</c><00:35:55.070><c> And</c><00:35:55.190><c> they</c><00:35:55.269><c> got</c><00:35:55.429><c> very</c><00:35:55.889><c> serious</c><00:35:56.230><c> about</c> 00:35:56.469 --> 00:35:58.289 the<00:35:56.730><c> task</c><00:35:56.929><c> before</c><00:35:57.349><c> them.</c> 00:35:58.909 --> 00:36:03.750 They<00:35:59.110><c> began</c><00:35:59.349><c> to</c><00:35:59.530><c> do</c><00:35:59.710><c> everything</c><00:36:00.090><c> in</c><00:36:00.230><c> their</c><00:36:00.550><c> power</c><00:36:00.789><c> to</c><00:36:01.070><c> undermine</c><00:36:01.429><c> the</c><00:36:01.710><c> work.</c><00:36:02.389><c> They</c><00:36:02.809><c> conspired,</c><00:36:03.409><c> all</c> 00:36:03.750 --> 00:36:04.010 of<00:36:03.869><c> them</c> 00:36:04.010 --> 00:36:07.309 together,<00:36:05.170><c> to</c><00:36:05.309><c> come</c><00:36:05.570><c> and</c><00:36:05.909><c> fight</c><00:36:06.110><c> against</c><00:36:06.429><c> Jerusalem</c><00:36:06.949><c> and</c><00:36:07.110><c> to</c> 00:36:07.309 --> 00:36:15.789 hinder<00:36:07.590><c> it.</c><00:36:09.289><c> Chapter</c><00:36:09.590><c> 4</c><00:36:09.949><c> verse</c><00:36:10.190><c> 8.</c><00:36:11.389><c> And</c><00:36:11.489><c> what</c><00:36:11.570><c> was</c> 00:36:15.789 --> 00:36:18.969 just<00:36:16.449><c> the</c><00:36:16.730><c> same</c><00:36:16.969><c> thing,</c><00:36:17.389><c> brothers</c><00:36:17.469><c> and</c><00:36:17.670><c> sisters.</c><00:36:18.329><c> He</c><00:36:18.429><c> made</c><00:36:18.610><c> a</c> 00:36:18.969 --> 00:36:22.289 prayer<00:36:19.190><c> unto</c><00:36:19.469><c> our</c><00:36:19.889><c> God</c><00:36:20.269><c> and</c><00:36:20.809><c> set</c><00:36:20.989><c> a</c><00:36:21.250><c> watch</c><00:36:21.449><c> against</c><00:36:21.869><c> them</c> 00:36:22.289 --> 00:36:30.070 day<00:36:22.690><c> and</c><00:36:22.969><c> night.</c><00:36:23.909><c> The</c><00:36:24.190><c> work</c><00:36:24.329><c> goes</c><00:36:24.650><c> on.</c><00:36:28.869><c> But</c><00:36:29.070><c> you</c><00:36:29.170><c> know,</c><00:36:29.329><c> the</c><00:36:29.429><c> condition</c><00:36:29.849><c> of</c> 00:36:30.070 --> 00:36:31.210 the<00:36:30.309><c> people,</c> 00:36:32.510 --> 00:36:36.670 the<00:36:32.909><c> condition</c><00:36:33.250><c> of</c><00:36:33.449><c> the</c><00:36:33.730><c> people</c><00:36:34.210><c> was</c><00:36:35.369><c> much</c><00:36:35.730><c> worse</c><00:36:36.210><c> than</c><00:36:36.510><c> the</c> 00:36:36.670 --> 00:36:38.889 condition<00:36:37.269><c> of</c><00:36:37.650><c> the</c><00:36:37.909><c> walls.</c> 00:36:40.110 --> 00:36:45.710 It<00:36:40.829><c> took</c><00:36:41.110><c> 52</c><00:36:41.710><c> days</c><00:36:42.849><c> to</c><00:36:43.750><c> rebuild</c><00:36:44.110><c> the</c><00:36:44.349><c> walls</c><00:36:44.630><c> and</c><00:36:44.809><c> the</c><00:36:45.010><c> gates,</c> 00:36:46.110 --> 00:36:49.449 but<00:36:47.050><c> it</c><00:36:47.170><c> took</c><00:36:47.590><c> 12</c><00:36:48.449><c> years</c> 00:36:50.309 --> 00:36:54.650 to<00:36:51.030><c> build</c><00:36:51.250><c> up</c><00:36:51.489><c> the</c><00:36:51.670><c> people</c><00:36:51.969><c> spiritually,</c><00:36:53.489><c> to</c><00:36:53.969><c> bring</c><00:36:54.389><c> into</c> 00:36:54.650 --> 00:36:58.010 effect<00:36:55.590><c> certain</c><00:36:56.409><c> reforms</c><00:36:57.150><c> that</c> 00:36:58.250 --> 00:37:01.349 Nehemiah<00:36:58.829><c> would</c><00:36:59.130><c> feel,</c><00:36:59.849><c> these</c><00:37:00.030><c> are</c><00:37:00.329><c> sufficient</c><00:37:00.789><c> that</c><00:37:00.969><c> I</c><00:37:01.070><c> can</c> 00:37:01.349 --> 00:37:05.750 now<00:37:01.769><c> draw</c><00:37:02.090><c> back.</c><00:37:03.750><c> There</c><00:37:03.869><c> was</c><00:37:04.090><c> a</c><00:37:04.329><c> reform,</c><00:37:04.769><c> a</c><00:37:04.889><c> covenant</c> 00:37:06.309 --> 00:37:09.449 in<00:37:06.730><c> these</c><00:37:07.030><c> reforms.</c><00:37:07.449><c> This</c><00:37:07.630><c> is</c><00:37:07.750><c> what</c><00:37:07.889><c> it</c><00:37:07.989><c> was.</c><00:37:08.269><c> It</c><00:37:08.309><c> was</c><00:37:09.010><c> signed,</c> 00:37:09.610 --> 00:37:12.309 sealed,<00:37:09.929><c> and</c><00:37:10.210><c> delivered.</c><00:37:11.929><c> That's</c><00:37:12.170><c> the</c><00:37:12.210><c> way</c> 00:37:12.309 --> 00:37:14.670 it's<00:37:12.510><c> presented</c><00:37:12.789><c> to</c><00:37:12.989><c> us.</c><00:37:13.130><c> At</c><00:37:13.250><c> the</c><00:37:13.349><c> end</c><00:37:13.489><c> of</c><00:37:13.730><c> the</c><00:37:13.889><c> 9th</c><00:37:14.289><c> chapter</c> 00:37:14.670 --> 00:37:17.369 of<00:37:14.829><c> Nehemiah</c><00:37:15.510><c> and</c><00:37:15.789><c> in</c><00:37:16.050><c> chapter</c><00:37:16.369><c> 10,</c><00:37:16.710><c> we're</c><00:37:16.789><c> not</c><00:37:16.949><c> going</c><00:37:17.110><c> to</c> 00:37:17.369 --> 00:37:20.550 try<00:37:17.530><c> to</c><00:37:17.690><c> read</c><00:37:17.889><c> these</c><00:37:18.210><c> things,</c><00:37:18.730><c> but</c><00:37:18.829><c> it</c><00:37:18.929><c> was</c><00:37:19.110><c> a</c><00:37:19.269><c> covenant,</c><00:37:19.650><c> a</c><00:37:19.829><c> promise,</c><00:37:20.469><c> a</c> 00:37:20.550 --> 00:37:22.869 binding<00:37:20.949><c> agreement</c><00:37:21.590><c> to</c><00:37:22.090><c> be</c><00:37:22.269><c> consistent</c> 00:37:22.869 --> 00:37:26.909 with<00:37:23.050><c> the</c><00:37:23.269><c> reforms</c><00:37:23.610><c> that</c><00:37:23.769><c> had</c><00:37:23.889><c> been</c><00:37:24.070><c> established.</c><00:37:26.429><c> The</c><00:37:26.590><c> NIV</c> 00:37:26.909 --> 00:37:30.750 says<00:37:27.210><c> they</c><00:37:27.929><c> put</c><00:37:28.150><c> it</c><00:37:28.309><c> in</c><00:37:28.489><c> writing</c><00:37:28.849><c> and</c><00:37:30.090><c> our</c><00:37:30.369><c> leaders,</c> 00:37:30.750 --> 00:37:34.210 our<00:37:31.130><c> Levites,</c><00:37:31.789><c> our</c><00:37:32.010><c> priests</c><00:37:32.389><c> are</c><00:37:32.730><c> affixing</c><00:37:33.250><c> their</c><00:37:33.590><c> seals</c><00:37:33.929><c> to</c> 00:37:34.210 --> 00:37:37.530 it.<00:37:34.769><c> So</c><00:37:34.949><c> it</c><00:37:35.010><c> was</c><00:37:35.230><c> signed,</c><00:37:36.050><c> sealed,</c><00:37:36.429><c> and</c><00:37:36.710><c> delivered.</c> 00:37:37.989 --> 00:37:44.010 And<00:37:38.210><c> Nehemiah</c><00:37:38.550><c> goes</c><00:37:38.710><c> back</c><00:37:38.989><c> to</c><00:37:39.250><c> Persia</c><00:37:39.510><c> and</c><00:37:39.590><c> that's</c><00:37:39.789><c> all</c><00:37:39.989><c> it</c><00:37:40.190><c> took.</c><00:37:42.510><c> Out</c><00:37:42.809><c> of</c><00:37:43.170><c> sight,</c> 00:37:45.670 --> 00:37:52.510 out<00:37:45.909><c> of</c><00:37:46.150><c> mind,</c><00:37:46.969><c> as</c><00:37:47.090><c> the</c><00:37:47.329><c> saying</c><00:37:47.510><c> goes.</c><00:37:48.849><c> The</c><00:37:49.469><c> covenant</c><00:37:49.730><c> is</c><00:37:49.989><c> forgotten,</c><00:37:52.190><c> the</c> 00:37:52.510 --> 00:37:54.980 promise<00:37:52.690><c> that</c><00:37:52.889><c> they</c><00:37:53.070><c> had</c><00:37:53.829><c> agreed</c><00:37:54.170><c> to,</c> 00:37:55.679 --> 00:38:00.019 the<00:37:56.260><c> covenant</c><00:37:56.840><c> that</c><00:37:57.039><c> they</c><00:37:57.179><c> had</c><00:37:57.559><c> signed,</c><00:37:57.900><c> the</c><00:37:58.159><c> oath</c><00:37:58.380><c> before</c><00:37:58.780><c> God</c><00:37:59.280><c> of</c> 00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:03.579 separation<00:38:00.760><c> and</c><00:38:02.199><c> of</c><00:38:02.500><c> dedication.</c> 00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:07.460 This<00:38:04.239><c> is</c><00:38:04.420><c> our</c><00:38:04.639><c> covenant,</c><00:38:05.099><c> isn't</c><00:38:05.239><c> it?</c><00:38:06.119><c> We</c><00:38:06.340><c> enter</c><00:38:06.559><c> into</c><00:38:06.780><c> a</c><00:38:06.940><c> covenant</c><00:38:07.159><c> like</c> 00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:09.300 this<00:38:07.619><c> when</c><00:38:07.739><c> we're</c><00:38:07.960><c> baptized</c><00:38:08.440><c> into</c><00:38:08.699><c> Christ,</c> 00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:16.760 brothers<00:38:09.659><c> and</c><00:38:09.900><c> sisters,</c><00:38:12.139><c> and</c><00:38:12.260><c> Nehemiah</c><00:38:12.659><c> has</c><00:38:12.860><c> to</c><00:38:12.980><c> go</c><00:38:13.260><c> back.</c><00:38:16.159><c> It's</c><00:38:16.559><c> a</c> 00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:18.099 second<00:38:17.079><c> coming.</c> 00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:25.219 And<00:38:19.639><c> this</c><00:38:19.639><c> is</c><00:38:19.760><c> what</c><00:38:19.940><c> it</c><00:38:19.980><c> is,</c><00:38:20.380><c> brothers</c><00:38:20.460><c> and</c><00:38:20.699><c> sisters,</c><00:38:21.980><c> a</c><00:38:22.199><c> second</c><00:38:22.880><c> coming</c><00:38:23.539><c> of</c><00:38:24.219><c> Nehemiah.</c> 00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:27.980 And<00:38:25.980><c> I'm</c><00:38:26.119><c> sure</c><00:38:26.360><c> your</c><00:38:26.599><c> minds</c><00:38:26.880><c> can</c><00:38:27.099><c> make</c><00:38:27.280><c> the</c><00:38:27.539><c> connection</c><00:38:27.840><c> with</c> 00:38:27.980 --> 00:38:29.360 what<00:38:28.139><c> I'm</c><00:38:28.320><c> thinking</c><00:38:28.559><c> about.</c> 00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:33.960 Well,<00:38:30.699><c> when</c><00:38:30.840><c> the</c><00:38:31.179><c> second</c><00:38:31.500><c> coming</c><00:38:31.820><c> of</c><00:38:32.019><c> Nehemiah</c><00:38:32.500><c> takes</c><00:38:32.820><c> place,</c> 00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:37.099 he<00:38:34.320><c> finds</c><00:38:34.800><c> the</c><00:38:35.179><c> prophecy</c><00:38:35.639><c> of</c><00:38:35.980><c> Malachi</c> 00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:40.480 right<00:38:38.239><c> in</c><00:38:38.579><c> effect.</c><00:38:38.860><c> The</c><00:38:38.980><c> things</c><00:38:39.159><c> that</c><00:38:39.420><c> Malachi</c><00:38:39.920><c> is</c><00:38:40.199><c> saying</c> 00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:44.460 are<00:38:40.880><c> the</c><00:38:41.119><c> things</c><00:38:41.320><c> that</c><00:38:41.619><c> now</c><00:38:41.940><c> exist</c><00:38:42.900><c> amongst</c><00:38:43.539><c> God's</c><00:38:44.119><c> people.</c> 00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:49.360 An<00:38:44.960><c> absolute</c><00:38:45.539><c> parallel.</c><00:38:47.860><c> We</c><00:38:47.940><c> say</c><00:38:48.059><c> the</c><00:38:48.239><c> prophecy</c><00:38:48.619><c> of</c><00:38:48.840><c> Malachi,</c> 00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:51.079 the<00:38:49.739><c> setting</c><00:38:49.980><c> for</c><00:38:50.199><c> that</c><00:38:50.420><c> is</c><00:38:50.599><c> Nehemiah</c> 00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:55.519 chapter<00:38:51.460><c> 13.</c><00:38:52.500><c> We'll</c><00:38:52.639><c> just</c><00:38:53.199><c> tie</c><00:38:53.679><c> these</c><00:38:54.280><c> two</c><00:38:54.699><c> places</c><00:38:55.039><c> together</c> 00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:58.380 here.<00:38:56.059><c> You</c><00:38:56.159><c> might</c><00:38:56.320><c> want</c><00:38:56.480><c> to</c><00:38:56.679><c> mark</c><00:38:56.920><c> both</c><00:38:57.280><c> of</c><00:38:57.480><c> these.</c> 00:38:58.739 --> 00:39:04.239 But<00:38:58.880><c> the</c><00:38:59.159><c> priesthood</c><00:38:59.519><c> is</c><00:38:59.800><c> profaned,</c><00:39:00.780><c> it's</c><00:39:01.019><c> defiled,</c><00:39:01.579><c> it's</c><00:39:01.940><c> materialistic.</c><00:39:03.480><c> The</c><00:39:03.820><c> Sabbath</c><00:39:04.079><c> is</c> 00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:04.960 being<00:39:04.539><c> totally</c> 00:39:04.960 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saying</c><00:39:20.380><c> that</c><00:39:20.860><c> runs</c><00:39:21.280><c> through</c><00:39:21.539><c> scripture</c><00:39:21.860><c> for</c> 00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:24.420 this<00:39:22.360><c> is.</c><00:39:22.960><c> They</c><00:39:23.440><c> could</c><00:39:23.659><c> care</c><00:39:23.920><c> less</c><00:39:24.139><c> about</c> 00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:30.619 the<00:39:24.699><c> tithing</c><00:39:26.480><c> and</c><00:39:27.780><c> what</c><00:39:28.000><c> happened</c><00:39:28.239><c> to</c><00:39:28.400><c> the</c><00:39:28.579><c> promise,</c><00:39:29.739><c> what</c><00:39:30.119><c> happened</c><00:39:30.420><c> to</c> 00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:32.639 the<00:39:30.840><c> covenant,</c><00:39:31.320><c> brothers</c><00:39:31.400><c> and</c><00:39:31.659><c> sisters.</c> 00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:36.099 We'll<00:39:33.800><c> turn</c><00:39:34.000><c> to</c><00:39:34.239><c> Malachi,</c><00:39:34.699><c> if</c><00:39:34.820><c> you</c><00:39:35.059><c> 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right</c><00:40:24.519><c> and</c><00:40:25.079><c> true</c><00:40:25.420><c> and</c><00:40:25.880><c> must</c><00:40:26.179><c> be</c> 00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:28.219 the<00:40:26.519><c> desire</c><00:40:26.840><c> of</c><00:40:27.119><c> our</c><00:40:27.300><c> hearts.</c> 00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:32.840 But<00:40:30.639><c> this</c><00:40:30.800><c> is</c><00:40:30.940><c> the</c><00:40:31.019><c> picture</c><00:40:31.260><c> of</c><00:40:31.440><c> God's</c><00:40:31.820><c> people</c><00:40:32.019><c> then.</c> 00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:38.760 There's<00:40:34.780><c> a</c><00:40:35.019><c> parallel</c><00:40:35.400><c> here.</c><00:40:36.960><c> The</c><00:40:37.059><c> people</c><00:40:37.440><c> of</c><00:40:37.679><c> God,</c><00:40:38.559><c> and</c><00:40:38.679><c> you</c> 00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:39.599 notice<00:40:39.019><c> verse</c><00:40:39.320><c> one,</c> 00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:43.280 Behold,<00:40:40.119><c> I</c><00:40:40.159><c> will</c><00:40:40.380><c> send</c><00:40:40.659><c> my</c><00:40:41.000><c> messenger,</c><00:40:42.199><c> and</c><00:40:42.219><c> he</c><00:40:42.380><c> shall</c><00:40:42.539><c> prepare</c><00:40:43.039><c> the</c> 00:40:43.280 --> 00:40:44.199 way<00:40:43.480><c> before</c><00:40:43.920><c> me.</c> 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:49.420 And<00:40:44.480><c> the</c><00:40:44.679><c> Lord,</c><00:40:45.539><c> whom</c><00:40:45.820><c> ye</c><00:40:46.360><c> seek,</c><00:40:48.079><c> shall</c><00:40:48.380><c> suddenly</c><00:40:48.940><c> come</c><00:40:49.239><c> to</c> 00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:50.539 his<00:40:49.599><c> temple.</c> 00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:55.039 Even<00:40:50.920><c> the</c><00:40:51.239><c> messenger</c><00:40:51.579><c> of</c><00:40:51.739><c> the</c><00:40:52.039><c> covenant,</c><00:40:52.880><c> whom</c><00:40:53.179><c> ye</c><00:40:53.739><c> delight</c><00:40:54.239><c> in,</c> 00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:59.360 Behold,<00:40:55.960><c> he</c><00:40:55.980><c> shall</c><00:40:56.340><c> come,</c><00:40:57.739><c> saith</c><00:40:57.880><c> the</c><00:40:58.019><c> Lord</c><00:40:58.320><c> of</c><00:40:58.480><c> hosts.</c> 00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:05.739 And<00:41:01.880><c> he</c><00:41:02.019><c> comes</c><00:41:02.260><c> suddenly.</c><00:41:04.179><c> And</c><00:41:04.340><c> who</c><00:41:04.599><c> will</c><00:41:04.860><c> abide</c><00:41:05.219><c> the</c><00:41:05.400><c> day</c><00:41:05.659><c> of</c> 00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:08.780 his<00:41:06.000><c> coming,</c><00:41:06.420><c> Malachi</c><00:41:06.800><c> says,</c><00:41:07.099><c> the</c><00:41:07.239><c> day</c><00:41:07.460><c> of</c><00:41:08.039><c> purifying,</c> 00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:12.760 the<00:41:08.940><c> day</c><00:41:09.159><c> of</c><00:41:09.440><c> purging.</c><00:41:10.699><c> Because</c><00:41:10.900><c> as</c><00:41:11.079><c> you</c><00:41:11.239><c> read</c><00:41:11.440><c> further</c><00:41:11.760><c> in</c><00:41:11.880><c> this</c><00:41:12.099><c> chapter,</c><00:41:12.440><c> 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and</c><00:41:39.719><c> chapter</c><00:41:40.019><c> 10?</c> 00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:45.820 And<00:41:42.300><c> Nehemiah</c><00:41:42.780><c> comes</c><00:41:43.119><c> a</c><00:41:43.519><c> second</c><00:41:43.780><c> time,</c><00:41:44.280><c> doesn't</c><00:41:44.460><c> he?</c><00:41:45.440><c> And</c><00:41:45.639><c> he</c> 00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:47.579 comes<00:41:46.079><c> suddenly,</c><00:41:46.960><c> brothers</c><00:41:47.079><c> and</c><00:41:47.320><c> sisters.</c> 00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:53.179 And<00:41:47.880><c> what</c><00:41:48.039><c> does</c><00:41:48.199><c> he</c><00:41:48.280><c> find?</c><00:41:49.820><c> What</c><00:41:50.000><c> does</c><00:41:50.239><c> he</c><00:41:50.360><c> find?</c><00:41:52.039><c> Or</c><00:41:52.179><c> just</c><00:41:52.320><c> keep</c><00:41:52.519><c> this</c><00:41:52.840><c> place</c><00:41:53.059><c> and</c> 00:41:53.179 --> 00:41:54.940 go<00:41:53.320><c> back</c><00:41:53.619><c> into</c><00:41:53.860><c> Nehemiah.</c> 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people.</c> 00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:27.440 At<00:42:22.659><c> verse</c><00:42:23.159><c> 7,</c><00:42:24.980><c> and</c><00:42:25.219><c> I</c><00:42:25.260><c> came</c><00:42:25.659><c> to</c><00:42:25.880><c> Jerusalem</c><00:42:26.440><c> and</c><00:42:26.739><c> understood</c><00:42:27.239><c> of</c> 00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:30.119 the<00:42:27.739><c> evil</c><00:42:27.920><c> that</c><00:42:28.199><c> Eliashib</c><00:42:28.820><c> did</c><00:42:29.099><c> for</c><00:42:29.420><c> Tobiah</c> 00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:33.519 in<00:42:30.980><c> preparing</c><00:42:31.480><c> him</c><00:42:31.900><c> a</c><00:42:32.139><c> chamber</c><00:42:32.440><c> in</c><00:42:32.619><c> the</c><00:42:32.840><c> courts</c><00:42:33.019><c> of</c><00:42:33.199><c> the</c><00:42:33.340><c> house</c> 00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:35.519 of<00:42:33.800><c> God.</c><00:42:34.340><c> You</c><00:42:34.480><c> know</c><00:42:34.519><c> who</c><00:42:34.719><c> Eliashib</c><00:42:35.280><c> is,</c> 00:42:35.659 --> 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chapter</c><00:42:50.400><c> in</c><00:42:50.599><c> Nehemiah</c><00:42:51.380><c> speak</c><00:42:52.039><c> about</c><00:42:52.260><c> the</c> 00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:53.980 fact<00:42:52.699><c> that</c><00:42:52.920><c> the</c><00:42:53.139><c> Moabite</c><00:42:53.539><c> and</c><00:42:53.719><c> the</c> 00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:58.579 Ammonite<00:42:54.539><c> were</c><00:42:54.739><c> to</c><00:42:55.059><c> never</c><00:42:55.400><c> come</c><00:42:55.980><c> into</c><00:42:56.619><c> the</c><00:42:56.840><c> house</c><00:42:57.019><c> of</c><00:42:57.320><c> God.</c><00:42:57.880><c> They</c><00:42:57.980><c> had</c><00:42:58.219><c> no</c> 00:42:58.579 --> 00:43:01.179 place<00:42:58.940><c> in</c><00:42:59.179><c> it.</c><00:42:59.679><c> The</c><00:43:00.079><c> congregation</c><00:43:00.619><c> of</c><00:43:00.900><c> God</c> 00:43:01.179 --> 00:43:07.260 was<00:43:01.760><c> off</c><00:43:02.119><c> limits</c><00:43:02.420><c> for</c><00:43:02.659><c> them.</c><00:43:04.019><c> Well,</c><00:43:04.179><c> not</c><00:43:04.340><c> only</c><00:43:04.500><c> was</c><00:43:04.619><c> the</c><00:43:04.900><c> congregation</c><00:43:05.639><c> receiving</c><00:43:06.880><c> them,</c> 00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:08.760 the<00:43:07.920><c> temple</c><00:43:08.199><c> itself</c> 00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:15.119 had<00:43:08.960><c> its</c><00:43:09.519><c> nice</c><00:43:10.019><c> little</c><00:43:10.280><c> apartment</c><00:43:10.800><c> built</c><00:43:11.179><c> for</c><00:43:11.900><c> Tobiah</c><00:43:12.360><c> the</c><00:43:12.619><c> Ammonite</c><00:43:14.519><c> right</c><00:43:14.940><c> in</c> 00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:16.260 the<00:43:15.280><c> temple.</c> 00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:22.900 And<00:43:17.719><c> Eliashib</c><00:43:18.139><c> is</c><00:43:18.300><c> the</c><00:43:18.480><c> high</c><00:43:18.860><c> priest.</c><00:43:20.880><c> And</c><00:43:21.019><c> look</c><00:43:21.119><c> at</c><00:43:21.239><c> verse</c><00:43:21.460><c> 28.</c><00:43:22.559><c> One</c><00:43:22.760><c> of</c> 00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:24.320 the<00:43:23.079><c> sons</c><00:43:23.420><c> of</c><00:43:23.719><c> Joyadah,</c> 00:43:24.679 --> 00:43:31.000 the<00:43:24.960><c> son</c><00:43:25.260><c> of</c><00:43:25.460><c> Eliashib,</c><00:43:26.440><c> the</c><00:43:27.179><c> high</c><00:43:27.559><c> priest.</c><00:43:27.860><c> There</c><00:43:28.059><c> it</c><00:43:28.219><c> is.</c><00:43:28.460><c> You</c><00:43:28.579><c> see</c><00:43:28.699><c> Eliashib</c><00:43:29.260><c> the</c><00:43:29.380><c> high</c><00:43:29.659><c> priest.</c><00:43:30.139><c> What</c><00:43:30.480><c> is</c><00:43:30.719><c> his</c> 00:43:31.460 --> 00:43:37.699 son<00:43:31.940><c> doing</c><00:43:32.300><c> or</c><00:43:32.460><c> his</c><00:43:32.739><c> grandson?</c><00:43:34.360><c> Son</c><00:43:34.579><c>-in</c><00:43:34.820><c>-law</c><00:43:34.900><c> to</c><00:43:35.179><c> Sanballet</c><00:43:36.000><c> the</c><00:43:36.340><c> Horonite,</c><00:43:37.260><c> another</c><00:43:37.460><c> one</c><00:43:37.579><c> of</c> 00:43:37.699 --> 00:43:39.239 the<00:43:37.960><c> adversaries.</c> 00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:45.460 A<00:43:41.519><c> total</c><00:43:41.780><c> disregard</c><00:43:42.380><c> for</c><00:43:42.599><c> the</c><00:43:42.780><c> things</c><00:43:43.079><c> of</c><00:43:43.619><c> the</c><00:43:43.840><c> word,</c><00:43:44.539><c> the</c><00:43:44.800><c> reforms</c><00:43:45.179><c> that</c><00:43:45.320><c> had</c> 00:43:45.460 --> 00:43:46.559 been<00:43:45.699><c> instituted,</c> 00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:49.440 and<00:43:47.159><c> Nehemiah</c><00:43:47.599><c> comes</c><00:43:47.900><c> suddenly</c><00:43:48.340><c> to</c><00:43:48.639><c> this.</c> 00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:54.380 You<00:43:52.139><c> know</c><00:43:52.219><c> who</c><00:43:52.460><c> suffers,</c><00:43:53.260><c> my</c><00:43:53.440><c> dear</c><00:43:53.599><c> brothers</c><00:43:53.840><c> and</c><00:43:54.079><c> sisters,</c> 00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:57.380 when<00:43:54.619><c> we</c><00:43:55.460><c> depart</c><00:43:55.960><c> from</c><00:43:56.280><c> the</c><00:43:56.880><c> principles</c> 00:43:57.380 --> 00:44:03.019 and<00:43:57.559><c> the</c><00:43:57.860><c> standards</c><00:43:58.139><c> of</c><00:43:58.320><c> the</c><00:43:58.579><c> truth?</c><00:43:59.840><c> Not</c><00:44:00.440><c> only</c><00:44:00.739><c> us.</c><00:44:02.559><c> Not</c><00:44:02.760><c> only</c> 00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:07.000 us.<00:44:05.119><c> How</c><00:44:05.599><c> about</c><00:44:05.760><c> the</c><00:44:06.019><c> children?</c> 00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:13.800 Because<00:44:09.119><c> there's</c><00:44:09.320><c> a</c><00:44:09.460><c> picture</c><00:44:09.659><c> of</c><00:44:09.820><c> the</c><00:44:10.039><c> children</c><00:44:10.280><c> here</c><00:44:10.559><c> as</c><00:44:10.780><c> well,</c><00:44:11.079><c> isn't</c><00:44:11.239><c> there?</c><00:44:12.940><c> Verse</c><00:44:13.199><c> 23</c> 00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:15.360 of<00:44:14.059><c> the</c><00:44:14.380><c> 13th</c><00:44:14.940><c> chapter</c> 00:44:15.360 --> 00:44:19.840 of<00:44:15.539><c> Nehemiah.</c><00:44:16.820><c> In</c><00:44:16.880><c> those</c><00:44:17.320><c> days</c><00:44:17.659><c> also</c><00:44:18.099><c> I</c><00:44:18.420><c> saw</c><00:44:18.880><c> I</c><00:44:19.239><c> Jews</c><00:44:19.460><c> that</c><00:44:19.659><c> had</c> 00:44:19.840 --> 00:44:22.900 married<00:44:20.280><c> wives</c><00:44:20.900><c> of</c><00:44:21.179><c> Ashdod,</c><00:44:21.679><c> of</c><00:44:21.940><c> Ammon</c><00:44:22.179><c> and</c><00:44:22.300><c> of</c><00:44:22.619><c> Moab,</c> 00:44:23.179 --> 00:44:26.920 and<00:44:23.340><c> their</c><00:44:23.659><c> children</c><00:44:24.119><c> spake</c><00:44:24.820><c> half</c><00:44:25.280><c> in</c><00:44:25.480><c> the</c><00:44:25.719><c> speech</c><00:44:25.900><c> of</c><00:44:26.179><c> Ashdod</c> 00:44:26.920 --> 00:44:29.619 and<00:44:27.500><c> could</c><00:44:27.760><c> not</c><00:44:28.179><c> speak</c><00:44:28.440><c> in</c><00:44:28.619><c> the</c><00:44:28.760><c> Jews'</c><00:44:28.980><c> language,</c> 00:44:30.000 --> 00:44:34.260 but<00:44:30.199><c> according</c><00:44:30.539><c> to</c><00:44:30.719><c> the</c><00:44:30.940><c> language</c><00:44:31.300><c> of</c><00:44:31.559><c> each</c><00:44:31.980><c> people.</c><00:44:33.860><c> What</c><00:44:34.059><c> a</c> 00:44:34.260 --> 00:44:37.000 picture.<00:44:35.300><c> And</c><00:44:35.440><c> the</c><00:44:35.619><c> children</c><00:44:35.840><c> are</c><00:44:36.099><c> suffering.</c> 00:44:40.739 --> 00:44:45.920 Well,<00:44:41.260><c> back</c><00:44:41.500><c> in</c><00:44:41.719><c> Malachi,</c><00:44:43.920><c> going</c><00:44:44.159><c> back</c><00:44:44.500><c> and</c><00:44:44.739><c> forth</c><00:44:44.940><c> here</c><00:44:45.179><c> between</c><00:44:45.460><c> these</c><00:44:45.719><c> two</c> 00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:48.199 areas<00:44:46.179><c> because</c><00:44:46.480><c> they're</c><00:44:46.820><c> so</c><00:44:47.420><c> linked</c> 00:44:48.599 --> 00:44:54.579 together.<00:44:52.179><c> Reminded</c><00:44:52.699><c> of</c><00:44:52.840><c> the</c><00:44:53.000><c> messenger</c><00:44:53.360><c> of</c><00:44:53.539><c> the</c><00:44:53.780><c> covenant.</c> 00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:57.820 Of<00:44:55.340><c> course</c><00:44:55.639><c> it's</c><00:44:55.900><c> the</c><00:44:56.019><c> Lord</c><00:44:56.219><c> Jesus</c><00:44:56.639><c> Christ,</c><00:44:57.239><c> isn't</c><00:44:57.280><c> it?</c> 00:44:58.320 --> 00:45:03.519 But<00:44:58.840><c> next</c><00:44:59.159><c> it's</c><00:44:59.420><c> the</c><00:44:59.559><c> Lord</c><00:44:59.760><c> Jesus</c><00:45:00.179><c> in</c><00:45:00.340><c> His</c><00:45:00.659><c> first</c><00:45:01.059><c> coming.</c><00:45:02.960><c> Remember</c><00:45:03.199><c> when</c><00:45:03.320><c> He</c> 00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:05.039 came<00:45:03.739><c> early</c><00:45:04.159><c> on</c><00:45:04.360><c> in</c><00:45:04.480><c> His</c><00:45:04.719><c> ministry,</c> 00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:08.260 came<00:45:05.280><c> into</c><00:45:05.480><c> the</c><00:45:05.679><c> temple?</c><00:45:06.880><c> What</c><00:45:07.059><c> does</c><00:45:07.380><c> He</c><00:45:07.380><c> find</c><00:45:07.639><c> on</c><00:45:07.800><c> that</c><00:45:08.019><c> first</c> 00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:10.179 occasion,<00:45:08.760><c> brothers</c><00:45:09.000><c> and</c><00:45:09.219><c> sisters?</c> 00:45:10.659 --> 00:45:14.960 My<00:45:11.139><c> Father's</c><00:45:11.619><c> house</c><00:45:11.980><c> is</c><00:45:12.179><c> a</c><00:45:12.300><c> house</c><00:45:12.579><c> of</c><00:45:12.840><c> merchandise.</c><00:45:14.579><c> And</c><00:45:14.820><c> He</c> 00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:16.840 purges<00:45:15.320><c> that</c><00:45:15.579><c> house,</c><00:45:15.860><c> doesn't</c><00:45:16.099><c> He?</c> 00:45:18.619 --> 00:45:20.739 But<00:45:18.840><c> the</c><00:45:18.940><c> 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00:45:40.820 And<00:45:34.920><c> the</c><00:45:35.159><c> glory</c><00:45:35.480><c> departs,</c><00:45:36.300><c> doesn't</c><00:45:36.460><c> it?</c><00:45:37.579><c> The</c><00:45:37.820><c> name</c><00:45:38.059><c> is</c><00:45:38.280><c> removed,</c><00:45:40.139><c> and</c><00:45:40.219><c> that</c><00:45:40.460><c> place</c><00:45:40.659><c> is</c> 00:45:40.820 --> 00:45:42.400 to<00:45:40.900><c> be</c><00:45:41.059><c> destroyed.</c> 00:45:44.800 --> 00:45:47.360 But<00:45:45.000><c> perhaps</c><00:45:45.199><c> most</c><00:45:45.519><c> important</c><00:45:46.000><c> of</c><00:45:46.239><c> all,</c><00:45:46.639><c> it</c><00:45:46.679><c> has</c><00:45:46.940><c> to</c><00:45:47.139><c> do</c><00:45:47.179><c> with</c> 00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:50.179 the<00:45:47.500><c> Lord</c><00:45:47.699><c> Jesus</c><00:45:48.119><c> in</c><00:45:48.340><c> His</c><00:45:48.719><c> second</c><00:45:49.099><c> coming.</c> 00:45:50.460 --> 00:45:56.280 To<00:45:50.840><c> His</c><00:45:51.199><c> house.</c><00:45:52.179><c> Whose</c><00:45:52.500><c> house</c><00:45:52.980><c> are</c><00:45:53.260><c> we?</c><00:45:53.400><c> That's</c><00:45:53.599><c> not</c><00:45:53.780><c> a</c><00:45:54.000><c> question.</c><00:45:55.920><c> That's</c> 00:45:56.280 --> 00:45:57.360 a<00:45:56.420><c> statement</c> 00:45:57.579 --> 00:46:00.380 from<00:45:58.059><c> the</c><00:45:58.219><c> apostle</c><00:45:58.500><c> Paul</c><00:45:58.800><c> to</c><00:45:58.960><c> the</c><00:45:59.119><c> Hebrews</c><00:45:59.420><c> in</c><00:45:59.599><c> the</c><00:45:59.679><c> third</c><00:45:59.900><c> chapter</c><00:46:00.239><c> and</c> 00:46:00.380 --> 00:46:01.079 the<00:46:00.519><c> sixth</c><00:46:00.760><c> verse.</c> 00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:05.119 Whose<00:46:01.480><c> house</c><00:46:01.900><c> are</c><00:46:02.179><c> we?</c><00:46:02.980><c> It's</c><00:46:03.159><c> like</c><00:46:03.280><c> saying,</c><00:46:03.539><c> We</c><00:46:03.780><c> 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comfortable</c><00:46:42.420><c> with?</c> 00:46:47.119 --> 00:46:52.300 As<00:46:47.579><c> I</c><00:46:47.780><c> read</c><00:46:48.000><c> these</c><00:46:48.400><c> three</c><00:46:50.219><c> ways</c><00:46:50.940><c> in</c><00:46:51.119><c> which</c><00:46:51.340><c> this</c><00:46:51.679><c> prophecy</c><00:46:52.059><c> can</c> 00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:53.679 be<00:46:52.539><c> directed,</c> 00:46:54.039 --> 00:46:59.320 it<00:46:54.679><c> appears</c><00:46:55.079><c> to</c><00:46:55.300><c> me</c><00:46:55.920><c> that</c><00:46:56.159><c> the</c><00:46:56.320><c> conclusion</c><00:46:56.840><c> in</c><00:46:57.179><c> every</c><00:46:57.559><c> case</c><00:46:58.179><c> is</c> 00:46:59.320 --> 00:47:01.599 that<00:46:59.500><c> the</c><00:46:59.719><c> household</c><00:47:00.239><c> is</c><00:47:00.539><c> in</c><00:47:00.739><c> disarray</c> 00:47:02.059 --> 00:47:07.820 because<00:47:02.619><c> the</c><00:47:02.940><c> standards</c><00:47:03.239><c> have</c><00:47:03.539><c> 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with</c><00:47:40.059><c> the</c><00:47:40.340><c> word</c><00:47:40.699><c> curse,</c><00:47:41.460><c> I</c> 00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:44.840 should<00:47:42.340><c> say.</c><00:47:42.500><c> It's</c><00:47:42.639><c> the</c><00:47:42.739><c> last</c><00:47:43.159><c> word</c><00:47:43.440><c> of</c><00:47:43.679><c> the</c><00:47:43.860><c> Bible,</c> 00:47:45.239 --> 00:47:51.440 the<00:47:45.619><c> Hebrew</c><00:47:46.039><c> word</c><00:47:46.480><c> karam,</c><00:47:49.019><c> right</c><00:47:49.159><c> out</c><00:47:49.420><c> of</c><00:47:49.500><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:47:50.079><c> 28.</c> 00:47:51.480 --> 00:47:53.300 All<00:47:51.840><c> the</c><00:47:52.099><c> curses,</c><00:47:52.980><c> therefore,</c> 00:47:53.679 --> 00:47:59.079 disobedience<00:47:54.519><c> to</c><00:47:54.679><c> the</c><00:47:54.820><c> principles</c><00:47:55.219><c> of</c><00:47:55.480><c> God.</c><00:47:58.300><c> It</c><00:47:58.440><c> comes</c><00:47:58.719><c> as</c><00:47:58.920><c> a</c> 00:47:59.079 --> 00:48:00.320 result<00:47:59.260><c> of</c><00:47:59.480><c> disobedience,</c> 00:48:00.739 --> 00:48:06.780 neglect,<00:48:01.860><c> disregard</c><00:48:02.340><c> of</c><00:48:02.980><c> the</c><00:48:03.380><c> word</c><00:48:03.599><c> of</c><00:48:03.860><c> God.</c><00:48:04.820><c> And</c><00:48:05.079><c> Malachi</c><00:48:05.659><c> just,</c><00:48:06.500><c> as</c> 00:48:06.780 --> 00:48:09.280 it<00:48:06.980><c> were,</c><00:48:07.300><c> just</c><00:48:07.659><c> brings</c><00:48:07.940><c> the</c><00:48:08.340><c> curtain</c><00:48:08.639><c> down</c><00:48:09.099><c> on</c> 00:48:09.280 --> 00:48:14.280 the<00:48:09.679><c> Old</c><00:48:09.679><c> Testament,</c><00:48:10.239><c> brothers</c><00:48:10.460><c> and</c><00:48:10.679><c> sisters,</c><00:48:13.480><c> like</c><00:48:13.719><c> a</c><00:48:13.960><c> final</c> 00:48:14.280 --> 00:48:19.019 reminder<00:48:14.920><c> that</c><00:48:16.300><c> sin</c><00:48:17.000><c> must</c><00:48:17.679><c> 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people</c><00:49:29.820><c> to</c><00:49:30.099><c> warm</c><00:49:30.539><c> and</c><00:49:30.760><c> to</c><00:49:31.179><c> revive</c><00:49:31.619><c> and</c> 00:49:31.860 --> 00:49:34.480 to<00:49:32.380><c> bring</c><00:49:32.820><c> to</c><00:49:33.019><c> life</c><00:49:33.280><c> again</c> 00:49:36.719 --> 00:49:41.039 with<00:49:37.280><c> healing</c><00:49:37.639><c> in</c><00:49:37.780><c> His</c><00:49:38.000><c> wings.</c><00:49:39.860><c> The</c><00:49:40.139><c> Hebrew</c><00:49:40.340><c> is</c><00:49:40.539><c> a</c><00:49:40.679><c> word</c><00:49:40.900><c> that</c> 00:49:41.039 --> 00:49:43.579 means<00:49:41.320><c> the</c><00:49:41.639><c> edge</c><00:49:42.000><c> or</c><00:49:42.260><c> the</c><00:49:42.679><c> extremity.</c> 00:49:44.059 --> 00:49:47.119 It<00:49:44.099><c> makes</c><00:49:44.280><c> us</c><00:49:44.519><c> think</c><00:49:44.659><c> of</c><00:49:44.820><c> the</c><00:49:45.039><c> wings</c><00:49:45.340><c> of</c><00:49:45.519><c> 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healing</c><00:50:15.559><c> that</c><00:50:15.719><c> we're</c> 00:50:15.860 --> 00:50:18.400 thinking<00:50:16.119><c> about</c><00:50:16.440><c> here,</c><00:50:16.639><c> my</c><00:50:16.800><c> dear</c><00:50:16.980><c> brothers</c><00:50:17.199><c> and</c><00:50:17.420><c> sisters.</c> 00:50:19.880 --> 00:50:25.480 And<00:50:20.360><c> it's</c><00:50:20.500><c> not</c><00:50:20.639><c> for</c><00:50:20.900><c> everyone.</c><00:50:23.619><c> We're</c><00:50:23.760><c> in</c><00:50:23.900><c> Malachi,</c><00:50:24.500><c> Chapter</c><00:50:24.739><c> 4.</c> 00:50:31.440 --> 00:50:33.159 It's<00:50:31.980><c> not</c><00:50:32.099><c> for</c><00:50:32.340><c> everyone.</c> 00:50:35.960 --> 00:50:39.500 For<00:50:36.039><c> behold,</c><00:50:36.579><c> the</c><00:50:36.659><c> day</c><00:50:36.940><c> cometh</c><00:50:37.280><c> that</c><00:50:37.440><c> shall</c><00:50:37.719><c> burn</c><00:50:38.059><c> as</c><00:50:38.280><c> an</c><00:50:38.519><c> oven,</c> 00:50:40.000 --> 00:50:44.280 and<00:50:40.139><c> all</c><00:50:40.460><c> the</c><00:50:40.780><c> proud,</c><00:50:41.960><c> yea,</c><00:50:42.179><c> and</c><00:50:42.340><c> all</c><00:50:42.559><c> that</c><00:50:42.739><c> do</c><00:50:42.920><c> wickedly</c><00:50:43.420><c> shall</c><00:50:43.780><c> be</c> 00:50:44.280 --> 00:50:46.719 stubble.<00:50:45.219><c> And</c><00:50:45.519><c> the</c><00:50:45.719><c> day</c><00:50:45.920><c> that</c><00:50:46.199><c> cometh</c><00:50:46.420><c> shall</c> 00:50:46.719 --> 00:50:49.159 burn<00:50:47.039><c> them</c><00:50:47.260><c> up,</c><00:50:47.739><c> saith</c><00:50:47.840><c> the</c><00:50:48.019><c> Lord</c><00:50:48.280><c> of</c><00:50:48.480><c> hosts,</c><00:50:48.739><c> that</c><00:50:48.840><c> it</c><00:50:49.019><c> shall</c> 00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:52.420 leave<00:50:49.440><c> them</c><00:50:49.639><c> neither</c><00:50:49.940><c> root</c><00:50:50.619><c> nor</c><00:50:51.280><c> branch.</c> 00:50:53.340 --> 00:50:55.159 But<00:50:54.019><c> unto</c><00:50:54.320><c> you,</c> 00:50:55.659 --> 00:51:01.820 that<00:50:56.059><c> fear</c><00:50:56.659><c> my</c><00:50:57.460><c> name,</c><00:50:59.199><c> shall</c><00:50:59.360><c> the</c><00:50:59.539><c> Son</c><00:50:59.760><c> of</c><00:50:59.940><c> righteousness</c><00:51:00.440><c> arise</c><00:51:00.960><c> with</c><00:51:01.239><c> healing</c><00:51:01.659><c> in</c> 00:51:01.820 --> 00:51:02.719 His<00:51:02.039><c> wings,</c> 00:51:03.019 --> 00:51:07.820 and<00:51:03.300><c> ye</c><00:51:03.599><c> shall</c><00:51:03.820><c> go</c><00:51:04.159><c> forth</c><00:51:04.639><c> and</c><00:51:05.380><c> grow</c><00:51:05.579><c> up</c><00:51:05.780><c> as</c><00:51:06.059><c> calves</c><00:51:06.380><c> of</c><00:51:06.599><c> the</c><00:51:06.860><c> storm.</c> 00:51:10.460 --> 00:51:15.320 Unto<00:51:10.760><c> you,</c><00:51:11.139><c> that</c><00:51:11.400><c> fear</c><00:51:11.639><c> my</c><00:51:11.980><c> name,</c><00:51:13.519><c> that</c><00:51:13.739><c> have</c><00:51:13.860><c> that</c><00:51:14.380><c> deep</c><00:51:14.860><c> and</c> 00:51:15.320 --> 00:51:18.239 reverential<00:51:16.300><c> awe</c><00:51:16.739><c> and</c><00:51:17.179><c> fear</c> 00:51:18.300 --> 00:51:24.119 for<00:51:18.599><c> the</c><00:51:18.760><c> Lord</c><00:51:19.079><c> of</c><00:51:19.300><c> hosts.</c><00:51:20.139><c> How</c><00:51:20.420><c> do</c><00:51:20.639><c> we</c><00:51:20.820><c> survive</c><00:51:21.659><c> a</c><00:51:23.500><c> day</c><00:51:23.820><c> that</c> 00:51:24.119 --> 00:51:25.559 burns<00:51:24.420><c> as</c><00:51:24.639><c> an</c><00:51:24.780><c> oven?</c> 00:51:26.780 --> 00:51:29.739 That's<00:51:27.079><c> the</c><00:51:27.260><c> picture,</c><00:51:27.679><c> isn't</c><00:51:27.800><c> it?</c><00:51:28.440><c> How</c><00:51:28.719><c> do</c><00:51:28.940><c> we</c><00:51:29.079><c> survive</c><00:51:29.559><c> it,</c> 00:51:29.840 --> 00:51:31.239 brothers<00:51:29.940><c> and</c><00:51:30.199><c> sisters?</c> 00:51:32.519 --> 00:51:35.440 And<00:51:32.739><c> I</c><00:51:32.780><c> can</c><00:51:32.920><c> only</c><00:51:33.199><c> tell</c><00:51:33.380><c> you</c><00:51:33.539><c> that</c><00:51:33.639><c> if</c><00:51:34.239><c> the</c><00:51:34.579><c> things</c><00:51:34.880><c> of</c><00:51:35.139><c> this</c> 00:51:35.440 --> 00:51:37.780 week<00:51:35.699><c> have</c><00:51:36.019><c> touched</c><00:51:36.380><c> your</c><00:51:36.780><c> heart,</c> 00:51:38.159 --> 00:51:43.639 then<00:51:38.340><c> don't</c><00:51:38.579><c> let</c><00:51:38.760><c> them</c><00:51:38.960><c> grow</c><00:51:39.260><c> cold.</c><00:51:40.940><c> Extend</c><00:51:41.500><c> the</c><00:51:42.000><c> spirit</c><00:51:42.519><c> of</c> 00:51:43.639 --> 00:51:46.380 the<00:51:43.880><c> Bible</c><00:51:44.260><c> school</c><00:51:44.519><c> into</c><00:51:44.760><c> your</c><00:51:45.500><c> everyday</c><00:51:45.980><c> life.</c> 00:51:46.380 --> 00:51:52.239 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before<00:52:00.900><c> Him.</c><00:52:01.920><c> For</c><00:52:02.159><c> them</c><00:52:02.519><c> that</c><00:52:02.880><c> feared</c><00:52:03.099><c> the</c><00:52:03.340><c> Lord</c><00:52:04.000><c> and</c><00:52:04.840><c> that</c><00:52:05.260><c> fought</c><00:52:05.420><c> upon</c><00:52:05.880><c> His</c><00:52:06.340><c> name,</c><00:52:08.480><c> the</c><00:52:08.699><c> Lord</c><00:52:08.880><c> is</c><00:52:09.099><c> listening.</c> 00:52:11.159 --> 00:52:14.579 Every<00:52:11.659><c> aspect</c><00:52:12.260><c> of</c><00:52:12.480><c> our</c><00:52:12.760><c> life</c><00:52:13.079><c> the</c><00:52:13.239><c> Lord</c><00:52:13.500><c> is</c><00:52:13.880><c> watching</c><00:52:14.280><c> and</c><00:52:14.460><c> the</c> 00:52:14.579 --> 00:52:16.099 Lord<00:52:14.800><c> is</c><00:52:15.119><c> listening.</c> 00:52:16.500 --> 00:52:23.699 And<00:52:17.219><c> there</c><00:52:17.360><c> is</c><00:52:17.639><c> fear,</c><00:52:20.260><c> and</c><00:52:20.280><c> there</c><00:52:20.460><c> is</c><00:52:20.719><c> fellowship,</c><00:52:22.000><c> and</c><00:52:23.559><c> there</c> 00:52:23.699 --> 00:52:28.239 is<00:52:23.940><c> forgiveness,</c><00:52:24.960><c> and</c><00:52:26.900><c> it</c><00:52:27.019><c> is</c><00:52:27.239><c> forever.</c> 00:52:29.880 --> 00:52:34.320 And<00:52:30.059><c> the</c><00:52:30.159><c> words</c><00:52:30.320><c> of</c><00:52:30.480><c> verse</c><00:52:30.699><c> 17</c><00:52:31.360><c> surely</c><00:52:32.039><c> are</c><00:52:32.320><c> among</c><00:52:33.000><c> the</c><00:52:33.960><c> most</c> 00:52:34.320 --> 00:52:37.760 beautiful<00:52:34.800><c> words</c><00:52:35.199><c> in</c><00:52:35.480><c> all</c><00:52:35.800><c> the</c><00:52:36.019><c> scripture</c><00:52:36.340><c> of</c><00:52:36.699><c> truth.</c> 00:52:40.480 --> 00:52:47.460 And<00:52:41.260><c> they</c><00:52:41.519><c> shall</c><00:52:41.800><c> be</c><00:52:42.119><c> mine,</c><00:52:43.059><c> saith</c><00:52:43.199><c> the</c><00:52:43.380><c> Lord</c><00:52:43.639><c> of</c><00:52:43.820><c> hosts.</c><00:52:45.400><c> In</c><00:52:46.179><c> that</c><00:52:46.519><c> day,</c><00:52:47.079><c> when</c><00:52:47.280><c> I</c> 00:52:47.460 --> 00:52:51.079 make<00:52:47.760><c> up</c><00:52:48.019><c> my</c><00:52:48.739><c> special</c><00:52:49.719><c> treasure,</c> 00:52:52.099 --> 00:52:58.139 and<00:52:52.880><c> I</c><00:52:52.980><c> will</c><00:52:53.239><c> spare</c><00:52:53.480><c> them,</c><00:52:55.179><c> as</c><00:52:55.360><c> a</c><00:52:55.519><c> man</c><00:52:55.920><c> spareth</c><00:52:56.400><c> his</c><00:52:57.059><c> own</c><00:52:57.559><c> Son</c> 00:52:58.139 --> 00:53:01.260 that<00:52:59.480><c> serveth</c><00:52:59.820><c> Him.</c>