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immorality<00:12:22.720><c> was</c><00:12:23.120><c> part</c><00:12:23.620><c> of</c><00:12:24.159><c> that</c><00:12:24.399><c> culture,</c><00:12:25.159><c> and</c><00:12:25.480><c> God</c><00:12:25.740><c> was</c><00:12:26.059><c> addressing</c><00:12:26.419><c> it</c><00:12:26.860><c> in</c><00:12:27.299><c> a</c>

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that,<00:12:42.440><c> in</c><00:12:42.519><c> fact,</c><00:12:42.799><c> uses</c><00:12:43.139><c> language</c>

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that<00:12:44.879><c> seems</c><00:12:45.279><c> to</c><00:12:45.779><c> come</c><00:12:46.019><c> from</c><00:12:46.220><c> this</c><00:12:46.480><c> kind</c><00:12:46.740><c> of</c><00:12:46.980><c> source</c><00:12:47.259><c> in</c><00:12:47.440><c> the</c>

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where<00:12:49.980><c> Paul</c><00:12:50.299><c> says,</c><00:12:51.500><c> in</c><00:12:51.539><c> 2</c><00:12:51.840><c> Corinthians</c><00:12:52.419><c> chapter</c><00:12:52.980><c> 6,</c><00:12:53.740><c> using</c><00:12:53.980><c> the</c><00:12:54.320><c> N</c>

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can<00:12:57.639><c> Christ,</c><00:12:58.340><c> says</c><00:12:58.759><c> Paul,</c><00:13:00.059><c> can</c><00:13:00.299><c> Christ</c><00:13:00.940><c> agree</c><00:13:01.500><c> with</c><00:13:01.840><c> Belial,</c>

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or<00:13:03.740><c> a</c><00:13:04.019><c> believer</c><00:13:04.299><c> join</c><00:13:04.679><c> hands</c><00:13:05.179><c> with</c><00:13:05.419><c> an</c><00:13:05.620><c> unbeliever?</c>

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Can<00:13:07.220><c> there</c><00:13:07.379><c> be</c><00:13:07.580><c> a</c><00:13:07.840><c> compact</c><00:13:08.519><c> between</c><00:13:09.519><c> the</c><00:13:10.059><c> temple</c><00:13:10.360><c> of</c><00:13:10.700><c> God</c><00:13:11.179><c> and</c>

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the<00:13:12.039><c> idols</c><00:13:12.340><c> of</c><00:13:12.580><c> the</c><00:13:12.720><c> heathen,</c>

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and<00:13:13.620><c> that</c><00:13:13.799><c> key</c><00:13:14.080><c> phrase,</c><00:13:15.120><c> can</c><00:13:15.519><c> Christ</c><00:13:16.100><c> agree</c><00:13:16.620><c> with</c><00:13:16.860><c> Belial?</c>

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That's<00:13:17.799><c> an</c><00:13:18.019><c> Old</c><00:13:18.360><c> Testament</c><00:13:18.799><c> term</c><00:13:19.379><c> for</c><00:13:20.179><c> the</c><00:13:20.460><c> kind</c><00:13:20.799><c> of</c><00:13:21.139><c> practices</c><00:13:21.580><c> we're</c>

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the<00:13:32.220><c> Lord.</c>

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He's<00:13:39.980><c> talking</c><00:13:40.320><c> in</c><00:13:40.700><c> Corinth</c><00:13:41.059><c> about</c><00:13:41.440><c> a</c><00:13:41.679><c> condition</c><00:13:42.059><c> that</c><00:13:42.179><c> was</c><00:13:42.519><c> parallel</c><00:13:42.919><c> to</c>

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to<00:13:44.919><c> the</c><00:13:45.019><c> days</c><00:13:45.279><c> of</c><00:13:45.580><c> Samuel.</c><00:13:47.100><c> The</c><00:13:47.320><c> worship</c><00:13:47.559><c> in</c><00:13:47.919><c> Corinth</c><00:13:48.220><c> was</c><00:13:48.500><c> similar,</c><00:13:48.919><c> in</c>

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fact,<00:13:49.779><c> to</c><00:13:49.879><c> the</c><00:13:50.080><c> kind</c><00:13:50.299><c> of</c><00:13:50.500><c> worship</c>

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the<00:14:02.899><c> language</c><00:14:03.440><c> of</c><00:14:03.659><c> Samuel</c><00:14:04.080><c> 2</c><00:14:04.360><c> and</c><00:14:04.519><c> 12,</c><00:14:05.639><c> in</c><00:14:05.779><c> fact,</c><00:14:06.100><c> is</c><00:14:06.240><c> employed</c>

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God's<00:14:18.519><c> people</c><00:14:18.879><c> were</c><00:14:19.139><c> being</c><00:14:19.600><c> called</c><00:14:20.120><c> in</c><00:14:20.620><c> Corinth</c><00:14:20.820><c> out</c><00:14:21.419><c> of</c><00:14:21.779><c> the</c>

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darkness<00:14:22.500><c> of</c><00:14:22.960><c> the</c><00:14:23.139><c> Corinthian</c><00:14:23.700><c> culture.</c>

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were<00:14:30.559><c> to</c><00:14:30.779><c> remove</c><00:14:31.019><c> themselves</c><00:14:31.679><c> from</c><00:14:31.879><c> the</c><00:14:32.100><c> temple</c><00:14:32.360><c> of</c><00:14:32.600><c> Dagon.</c>

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we<00:14:53.440><c> in</c><00:14:53.580><c> fact</c><00:14:53.820><c> discover</c><00:14:54.779><c> that</c><00:14:56.059><c> Samuel</c><00:14:56.740><c> was</c><00:14:57.500><c> a</c><00:14:57.720><c> mediator</c><00:14:58.500><c> between</c><00:14:59.059><c> two</c><00:14:59.940><c> major</c><00:15:00.519><c> epochs</c><00:15:01.460><c> or</c>

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Just<00:15:10.679><c> by</c><00:15:10.960><c> way</c><00:15:11.139><c> of</c><00:15:11.399><c> review</c><00:15:11.600><c> again,</c><00:15:13.200><c> he</c><00:15:13.259><c> was</c><00:15:13.539><c> the</c><00:15:13.820><c> last</c><00:15:14.179><c> of</c><00:15:14.340><c> the</c><00:15:14.559><c> judges.</c><00:15:15.779><c> 1</c>

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that.<00:15:19.899><c> But</c><00:15:20.059><c> he</c><00:15:20.279><c> also</c><00:15:21.299><c> introduced</c><00:15:22.240><c> and</c><00:15:22.659><c> anointed</c><00:15:23.080><c> the</c><00:15:23.360><c> first</c><00:15:23.700><c> king,</c><00:15:24.759><c> 1</c>

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Samuel<00:15:25.500><c> 10</c><00:15:26.059><c> verse</c><00:15:26.419><c> 1.</c>

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Samuel<00:15:47.559><c> 10</c><00:15:47.879><c> verse</c><00:15:48.120><c> 5.</c>

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one<00:15:56.179><c> in</c><00:15:56.360><c> Jeremiah</c><00:15:57.000><c> and</c><00:15:57.279><c> one</c><00:15:57.460><c> in</c><00:15:57.700><c> Psalm</c><00:15:57.860><c> 99,</c><00:15:59.240><c> both</c><00:15:59.659><c> times</c><00:16:00.399><c> when</c>

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Samuel's<00:16:01.480><c> mentioned</c><00:16:01.820><c> outside</c><00:16:02.480><c> the</c><00:16:02.639><c> book</c><00:16:02.820><c> of</c><00:16:03.120><c> Samuel</c>

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it<00:16:18.899><c> is</c><00:16:19.240><c> elevating,</c><00:16:19.980><c> if</c><00:16:20.139><c> you</c><00:16:20.279><c> put</c><00:16:20.440><c> it</c><00:16:20.580><c> that</c><00:16:20.799><c> way,</c><00:16:21.659><c> the</c><00:16:21.879><c> role,</c><00:16:22.659><c> the</c><00:16:23.019><c> importance,</c><00:16:24.139><c> the</c><00:16:24.320><c> kind</c><00:16:24.539><c> of</c><00:16:24.860><c> character,</c>

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the<00:16:25.779><c> spirit</c><00:16:26.379><c> of</c><00:16:26.759><c> Samuel</c><00:16:27.200><c> as</c><00:16:27.740><c> having</c><00:16:28.059><c> some</c><00:16:28.500><c> parallel</c><00:16:29.139><c> in</c><00:16:29.980><c> company</c><00:16:30.340><c> with</c>

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Moses,<00:16:31.860><c> the</c><00:16:32.120><c> mediator</c><00:16:32.519><c> of</c><00:16:32.700><c> the</c><00:16:32.879><c> Old</c>

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Testament<00:16:33.659><c> covenant,</c><00:16:35.120><c> one</c><00:16:35.320><c> who</c><00:16:35.580><c> was</c><00:16:35.980><c> priestly</c><00:16:36.700><c> in</c><00:16:37.139><c> pleading</c>

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for<00:16:37.659><c> his</c><00:16:37.940><c> people,</c><00:16:38.679><c> one</c><00:16:38.879><c> who</c><00:16:39.159><c> ministered</c><00:16:39.720><c> to</c>

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his<00:16:40.080><c> people,</c><00:16:40.539><c> one</c><00:16:40.759><c> who</c><00:16:40.919><c> was</c><00:16:41.120><c> a</c><00:16:41.360><c> shepherd,</c><00:16:42.080><c> one</c><00:16:42.320><c> also</c><00:16:42.700><c> who</c><00:16:42.840><c> in</c><00:16:43.059><c> a</c>

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sense<00:16:43.360><c> was</c><00:16:43.620><c> also</c><00:16:43.980><c> a</c><00:16:44.240><c> prophet</c><00:16:44.580><c> at</c><00:16:45.000><c> times</c><00:16:45.379><c> in</c><00:16:45.860><c> the</c><00:16:46.059><c> words</c>

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that<00:16:46.440><c> God</c><00:16:46.759><c> spake</c><00:16:47.200><c> through</c><00:16:47.500><c> him.</c><00:16:48.779><c> Samuel</c><00:16:49.220><c> is</c><00:16:49.600><c> put</c><00:16:49.799><c> in</c><00:16:50.000><c> Moses's</c>

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company,<00:16:51.399><c> which</c><00:16:51.700><c> shows</c><00:16:52.179><c> you</c><00:16:52.500><c> how</c><00:16:52.919><c> important</c>

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Samuel<00:16:54.179><c> was,</c><00:16:55.360><c> and</c><00:16:55.679><c> their</c><00:16:56.159><c> times</c><00:16:56.620><c> were</c><00:16:56.940><c> similar.</c><00:16:57.740><c> Moses,</c><00:16:59.019><c> the</c>

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leader<00:16:59.419><c> who</c><00:16:59.679><c> brought</c><00:16:59.940><c> the</c><00:17:00.179><c> people</c><00:17:00.460><c> of</c><00:17:00.639><c> Israel</c><00:17:01.100><c> out</c><00:17:01.419><c> of</c>

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sinful<00:17:02.139><c> bondage</c><00:17:02.860><c> from</c><00:17:03.299><c> the</c><00:17:03.679><c> idolatry</c><00:17:04.279><c> of</c><00:17:04.579><c> Egypt,</c><00:17:05.440><c> who</c><00:17:05.559><c> had</c><00:17:05.759><c> to</c>

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wrestle<00:17:06.400><c> with</c><00:17:06.579><c> their</c><00:17:06.920><c> tendency</c><00:17:07.299><c> to</c><00:17:07.440><c> go</c><00:17:07.680><c> back</c><00:17:07.920><c> to</c>

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idolatry,<00:17:09.180><c> witnessed</c><00:17:09.400><c> the</c><00:17:09.619><c> golden</c><00:17:09.980><c> calf.</c><00:17:11.140><c> Samuel,</c><00:17:12.119><c> who</c><00:17:12.259><c> is</c>

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trying<00:17:12.779><c> through</c><00:17:13.099><c> God's</c><00:17:13.680><c> inspired</c><00:17:14.119><c> word</c><00:17:14.559><c> to</c><00:17:15.259><c> reform</c>

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Israel<00:17:16.640><c> and</c><00:17:16.880><c> set</c><00:17:17.099><c> the</c><00:17:17.440><c> stage</c><00:17:17.700><c> for</c><00:17:17.920><c> a</c><00:17:18.019><c> new</c><00:17:18.180><c> period</c><00:17:18.660><c> to</c><00:17:19.220><c> prepare</c>

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the<00:17:19.819><c> way</c><00:17:20.000><c> for</c><00:17:20.279><c> David,</c>

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similar<00:17:22.480><c> challenges,</c><00:17:23.640><c> similar</c><00:17:23.980><c> times.</c><00:17:25.339><c> The</c><00:17:25.640><c> fourth</c><00:17:25.859><c> point</c>

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on<00:17:26.500><c> the</c><00:17:26.759><c> overhead,</c>

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Samuel<00:17:30.079><c> lives</c><00:17:30.599><c> at</c><00:17:30.880><c> a</c><00:17:31.099><c> time,</c><00:17:32.059><c> 1</c><00:17:32.200><c> Samuel</c><00:17:32.680><c> 2</c><00:17:33.099><c> verse</c><00:17:33.380><c> 35,</c><00:17:34.759><c> that</c><00:17:35.000><c> didn't</c><00:17:35.420><c> establish,</c><00:17:36.500><c> but</c>

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it<00:17:38.299><c> witnessed</c><00:17:39.000><c> to</c><00:17:39.299><c> the</c><00:17:39.539><c> fact</c>

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that<00:17:40.000><c> a</c><00:17:40.240><c> new</c><00:17:40.740><c> priesthood</c><00:17:41.559><c> was</c><00:17:41.980><c> going</c><00:17:42.180><c> to</c><00:17:42.380><c> be</c><00:17:42.660><c> brought</c><00:17:43.019><c> in</c><00:17:43.400><c> that</c>

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would<00:17:44.279><c> supersede</c><00:17:45.259><c> the</c><00:17:45.720><c> priesthood</c><00:17:46.200><c> that</c><00:17:46.480><c> Eli</c>

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and<00:17:47.180><c> his</c><00:17:47.460><c> sons</c><00:17:47.779><c> were</c><00:17:48.180><c> related</c><00:17:48.500><c> to.</c><00:17:50.160><c> In</c><00:17:50.259><c> 1</c><00:17:50.480><c> Samuel</c><00:17:50.900><c> 2</c><00:17:51.299><c> verse</c><00:17:51.599><c> 35,</c>

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that<00:17:52.940><c> new</c><00:17:53.400><c> priesthood</c><00:17:54.019><c> is</c><00:17:54.480><c> prophesied</c>

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by<00:17:56.160><c> a</c><00:17:56.619><c> seer,</c><00:17:57.740><c> who</c><00:17:58.099><c> realizing</c><00:17:58.940><c> the</c><00:17:59.279><c> inadequacy</c><00:18:00.099><c> and</c><00:18:00.279><c> the</c><00:18:00.519><c> bad</c>

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example<00:18:01.140><c> of</c><00:18:01.400><c> Eli</c><00:18:01.720><c> and</c><00:18:01.900><c> his</c><00:18:02.220><c> sons</c>

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on<00:18:03.480><c> God's</c><00:18:04.059><c> behalf</c><00:18:04.819><c> challenges</c><00:18:06.059><c> their</c><00:18:06.440><c> corruption,</c><00:18:07.559><c> and</c><00:18:07.559><c> at</c><00:18:07.640><c> the</c><00:18:07.940><c> same</c><00:18:08.259><c> time</c><00:18:08.640><c> prophesies</c><00:18:09.579><c> of</c><00:18:09.960><c> a</c>

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new<00:18:10.319><c> priesthood.</c>

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Later<00:18:11.500><c> on</c><00:18:11.759><c> in</c><00:18:11.880><c> the</c><00:18:12.000><c> book</c><00:18:12.160><c> of</c><00:18:12.380><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:18:12.819><c> in</c><00:18:12.980><c> the</c><00:18:13.119><c> section</c><00:18:13.400><c> dealing</c><00:18:13.700><c> with</c>

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the<00:18:14.119><c> temple,</c>

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this<00:18:15.480><c> particular</c><00:18:16.119><c> passage</c><00:18:16.579><c> in</c><00:18:16.960><c> Samuel</c><00:18:17.319><c> is</c><00:18:17.740><c> alluded</c><00:18:18.099><c> to</c><00:18:18.640><c> when</c>

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the<00:18:19.359><c> priesthood</c><00:18:19.859><c> of</c><00:18:20.180><c> the</c><00:18:20.319><c> new</c><00:18:20.559><c> age</c><00:18:20.880><c> is</c><00:18:21.319><c> referred</c>

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to<00:18:21.859><c> in</c><00:18:22.000><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:18:22.599><c> temple</c><00:18:22.880><c> section.</c><00:18:23.839><c> So</c><00:18:24.079><c> it</c><00:18:24.339><c> reinforces</c><00:18:25.180><c> the</c>

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fact<00:18:25.619><c> that</c><00:18:25.839><c> it</c><00:18:26.099><c> was,</c><00:18:26.599><c> not</c><00:18:26.920><c> just</c><00:18:27.140><c> speaking</c><00:18:27.420><c> about</c><00:18:27.660><c> a</c>

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new<00:18:28.180><c> priesthood</c><00:18:28.460><c> in</c><00:18:28.599><c> the</c><00:18:28.740><c> days</c><00:18:28.880><c> of</c><00:18:29.220><c> Samuel,</c><00:18:30.339><c> but</c><00:18:30.759><c> a</c><00:18:31.160><c> long</c><00:18:31.619><c>-range</c><00:18:32.099><c> forecast</c><00:18:32.880><c> of</c><00:18:33.259><c> a</c>

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much<00:18:33.720><c> greater</c><00:18:34.079><c> priesthood.</c>

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But<00:18:35.279><c> again,</c><00:18:35.940><c> it's</c><00:18:36.259><c> given</c><00:18:36.660><c> and</c><00:18:37.380><c> revealed</c><00:18:37.940><c> in</c><00:18:38.440><c> the</c><00:18:38.640><c> days</c><00:18:38.839><c> of</c><00:18:39.180><c> Samuel.</c><00:18:40.299><c> And</c>

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then<00:18:40.859><c> finally</c><00:18:41.099><c> on</c><00:18:41.380><c> our</c><00:18:41.599><c> list,</c>

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in<00:18:44.420><c> the</c><00:18:44.599><c> days</c><00:18:44.799><c> of</c><00:18:45.180><c> Samuel,</c><00:18:46.400><c> the</c><00:18:46.599><c> capital</c><00:18:47.140><c> in</c><00:18:47.500><c> a</c><00:18:47.700><c> sense,</c><00:18:48.460><c> Shiloh,</c><00:18:49.420><c> the</c><00:18:49.680><c> place</c><00:18:49.900><c> of</c>

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worship<00:18:50.579><c> where</c><00:18:51.019><c> the</c><00:18:51.319><c> tabernacle</c>

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was<00:18:52.059><c> housed</c><00:18:52.619><c> after</c><00:18:53.059><c> the</c><00:18:53.259><c> wilderness</c><00:18:53.680><c> wanderings,</c><00:18:54.740><c> where</c><00:18:54.940><c> the</c>

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ark<00:18:55.500><c> was,</c><00:18:56.019><c> where</c><00:18:56.220><c> the</c><00:18:56.519><c> priests</c><00:18:56.819><c> worked,</c>

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Shiloh<00:18:58.519><c> was</c><00:18:58.799><c> ultimately</c><00:18:59.400><c> destroyed</c><00:19:00.140><c> in</c><00:19:00.359><c> the</c><00:19:00.519><c> days</c><00:19:00.720><c> of</c><00:19:01.019><c> Samuel.</c><00:19:01.819><c> The</c><00:19:02.160><c> ark</c><00:19:02.500><c> was</c><00:19:02.819><c> set</c><00:19:03.019><c> on</c>

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a<00:19:03.420><c> long</c><00:19:03.680><c> journey,</c>

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displaced<00:19:05.440><c> from</c><00:19:06.000><c> the</c><00:19:06.220><c> tribe</c><00:19:06.500><c> of</c><00:19:06.799><c> Ephraim,</c><00:19:07.619><c> which</c><00:19:07.900><c> housed</c><00:19:08.380><c> the</c>

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ark<00:19:09.160><c> in</c><00:19:09.700><c> which</c><00:19:09.940><c> the</c><00:19:10.200><c> town</c><00:19:10.579><c> of</c><00:19:10.900><c> Shiloh</c><00:19:11.200><c> was</c><00:19:11.420><c> located.</c>

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So<00:19:12.799><c> Ephraim</c><00:19:13.279><c> as</c><00:19:13.519><c> a</c><00:19:13.759><c> tribe,</c><00:19:14.420><c> Shiloh</c><00:19:14.759><c> as</c><00:19:14.980><c> a</c><00:19:15.200><c> city,</c><00:19:16.119><c> lose</c><00:19:16.599><c> the</c><00:19:16.920><c> privilege</c><00:19:17.400><c> of</c>

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that<00:19:18.140><c> ark,</c><00:19:18.839><c> of</c><00:19:19.000><c> that</c><00:19:19.259><c> presence</c><00:19:19.539><c> of</c><00:19:19.740><c> God,</c>

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and<00:19:20.640><c> then</c><00:19:20.819><c> at</c><00:19:21.019><c> the</c><00:19:21.160><c> end</c><00:19:21.339><c> of</c><00:19:21.500><c> its</c><00:19:21.740><c> course</c><00:19:22.000><c> of</c><00:19:22.299><c> wandering,</c><00:19:23.000><c> it</c><00:19:23.019><c> ends</c><00:19:23.359><c> up,</c><00:19:23.839><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:24.220><c> end,</c><00:19:24.579><c> in</c><00:19:24.700><c> the</c><00:19:24.920><c> tribe</c><00:19:25.119><c> of</c><00:19:25.380><c> Judah,</c>

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and<00:19:26.619><c> it</c><00:19:26.819><c> ends</c><00:19:27.039><c> up</c><00:19:27.420><c> located</c><00:19:27.960><c> in</c><00:19:28.420><c> Zion,</c><00:19:29.099><c> near</c><00:19:29.299><c> Moriah.</c><00:19:30.960><c> Psalm</c><00:19:31.220><c> 78</c>

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verses<00:19:33.019><c> 60</c><00:19:33.519><c> and</c><00:19:33.740><c> 68,</c><00:19:34.839><c> in</c><00:19:34.980><c> fact,</c><00:19:35.779><c> stress</c><00:19:35.839><c> the</c>

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importance<00:19:36.759><c> of</c><00:19:36.980><c> that</c><00:19:37.279><c> transition.</c><00:19:38.660><c> In</c><00:19:38.839><c> your</c><00:19:39.079><c> spare</c><00:19:39.319><c> time,</c><00:19:39.680><c> Psalm</c><00:19:40.039><c> 78</c>

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and<00:19:41.019><c> 60</c><00:19:41.380><c> and</c><00:19:41.579><c> 68</c><00:19:42.119><c> are</c><00:19:42.980><c> really</c><00:19:43.359><c> worth</c><00:19:43.559><c> looking</c>

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at<00:19:44.259><c> because</c><00:19:44.680><c> of</c><00:19:44.960><c> the</c><00:19:45.299><c> importance</c><00:19:45.619><c> they</c><00:19:45.960><c> give</c><00:19:46.380><c> to</c><00:19:46.779><c> this</c><00:19:47.019><c> transition.</c><00:19:48.819><c> So</c><00:19:48.980><c> then</c><00:19:49.500><c> Samuel,</c><00:19:50.599><c> we</c>

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say<00:19:51.500><c> in</c><00:19:52.039><c> a</c><00:19:52.279><c> sense,</c>

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mediated<00:19:54.420><c> two</c><00:19:54.980><c> important</c><00:19:55.720><c> periods.</c><00:19:57.660><c> The</c><00:19:57.980><c> judges</c><00:19:58.319><c> come</c><00:19:58.720><c> to</c><00:19:58.960><c> an</c>

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end,<00:19:59.480><c> a</c><00:19:59.759><c> kind</c><00:19:59.980><c> of</c><00:20:00.339><c> commonwealth,</c>

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and<00:20:01.660><c> the</c><00:20:01.940><c> monarchy</c><00:20:02.319><c> begins.</c><00:20:03.319><c> A</c><00:20:03.579><c> new</c><00:20:03.839><c> priesthood</c><00:20:04.460><c> is</c><00:20:04.880><c> prophesied.</c><00:20:06.440><c> The</c><00:20:06.680><c> order</c><00:20:06.880><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:07.259><c> prophets</c>

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is<00:20:08.500><c> brought</c><00:20:08.859><c> in.</c><00:20:09.960><c> Prophetic</c><00:20:10.200><c> ministry</c><00:20:10.859><c> is</c><00:20:11.539><c> upped</c><00:20:11.819><c> in</c><00:20:12.019><c> terms</c>

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Samuel,<00:20:16.759><c> the</c><00:20:17.059><c> last</c><00:20:17.380><c> of</c><00:20:17.559><c> the</c><00:20:17.779><c> judges,</c><00:20:18.759><c> stands</c><00:20:19.160><c> almost</c><00:20:19.839><c> shoulder</c><00:20:20.160><c> to</c><00:20:20.400><c> shoulder,</c><00:20:20.779><c> it</c>

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apostle<00:21:01.680><c> finishes</c><00:21:02.380><c> his</c><00:21:02.900><c> list,</c>

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Samuel,<00:21:29.980><c> and</c><00:21:30.119><c> of</c><00:21:30.420><c> the</c><00:21:30.720><c> prophets.</c>

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fact<00:21:45.359><c> in</c><00:21:45.640><c> time</c><00:21:46.039><c> Barak</c><00:21:46.839><c> preceded</c><00:21:47.740><c> Gideon.</c>

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Samson<00:21:49.660><c> is</c><00:21:49.839><c> mentioned</c><00:21:50.220><c> before</c><00:21:50.720><c> Jephthah,</c><00:21:51.680><c> where</c><00:21:51.880><c> in</c><00:21:52.019><c> fact</c>

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Jephthah<00:21:52.900><c> comes</c><00:21:53.220><c> before</c><00:21:53.799><c> Samson</c><00:21:54.440><c> chronologically.</c>

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David<00:21:57.400><c> is</c><00:21:57.680><c> totally</c><00:21:58.140><c> displaced,</c><00:21:59.680><c> and</c><00:22:00.180><c> then</c><00:22:00.539><c> finally</c><00:22:00.880><c> we</c><00:22:01.240><c> end</c>

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Samuel<00:22:06.740><c> comes</c><00:22:07.099><c> after</c><00:22:07.700><c> Samson,</c><00:22:09.019><c> Jephthah</c><00:22:09.519><c> comes</c><00:22:09.839><c> before</c><00:22:10.259><c> Samuel.</c><00:22:11.920><c> Samuel</c><00:22:12.539><c> is</c>

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note,<00:22:15.839><c> Samuel's</c><00:22:16.299><c> the</c><00:22:16.640><c> last</c><00:22:17.400><c> of</c><00:22:17.700><c> the</c><00:22:18.019><c> faithful</c><00:22:18.460><c> listed</c><00:22:18.920><c> in</c><00:22:19.140><c> Hebrews</c><00:22:19.480><c> 11.</c>

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Secondly,<00:22:43.160><c> we</c><00:22:43.220><c> observe</c><00:22:43.779><c> Samuel</c><00:22:44.519><c> here,</c><00:22:45.400><c> priestly</c><00:22:45.759><c> as</c><00:22:46.160><c> he</c><00:22:46.500><c> was</c>

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associated<00:22:51.119><c> with</c><00:22:51.440><c> the</c><00:22:51.759><c> prophets.</c><00:22:53.220><c> He</c><00:22:53.420><c> deserves</c><00:22:53.779><c> that</c><00:22:54.059><c> association</c><00:22:54.640><c> as</c><00:22:54.940><c> well,</c><00:22:55.700><c> Samuel</c><00:22:56.220><c> and</c>

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faithfulness.<00:23:05.640><c> Many</c><00:23:06.019><c> prophets</c>

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could<00:23:06.599><c> be</c><00:23:06.859><c> listed,</c><00:23:07.539><c> but</c><00:23:07.940><c> Samuel</c><00:23:08.420><c> and</c><00:23:08.579><c> the</c><00:23:08.819><c> prophets</c><00:23:09.160><c> does</c><00:23:09.500><c> it</c>

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it's<00:23:12.839><c> out</c><00:23:13.059><c> of</c><00:23:13.339><c> order,</c><00:23:14.119><c> it's</c><00:23:14.420><c> rather</c><00:23:14.680><c> striking</c><00:23:15.200><c> that</c><00:23:15.579><c> Hebrews</c>

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11<00:23:16.799><c> ends</c><00:23:17.700><c> with</c><00:23:18.579><c> reference</c><00:23:19.299><c> to</c><00:23:20.180><c> faithful</c><00:23:20.720><c> Samuel.</c>

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Again,<00:23:22.940><c> it</c><00:23:23.839><c> is</c><00:23:24.140><c> stressing</c><00:23:24.480><c> something</c><00:23:24.960><c> in</c><00:23:25.200><c> terms</c><00:23:25.480><c> of</c><00:23:25.660><c> the</c><00:23:25.960><c> importance</c><00:23:26.299><c> of</c>

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Hannah.<00:23:49.019><c> Now</c><00:23:49.119><c> that</c><00:23:49.299><c> takes</c><00:23:49.599><c> us</c><00:23:49.799><c> to</c><00:23:50.039><c> Hannah.</c><00:23:52.380><c> Just</c><00:23:52.779><c> as</c><00:23:53.259><c> we</c><00:23:53.460><c> look</c>

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chapters<00:23:56.660><c> of</c><00:23:56.859><c> Samuel,</c><00:23:58.799><c> let's</c><00:23:59.640><c> just</c><00:23:59.880><c> do</c><00:24:00.140><c> a</c><00:24:00.619><c> quick</c><00:24:01.019><c> overview</c><00:24:01.799><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:03.000><c> life</c><00:24:03.259><c> of</c><00:24:03.599><c> Samuel.</c><00:24:05.480><c> We're</c><00:24:05.500><c> not</c><00:24:05.740><c> hitting</c><00:24:05.940><c> on</c><00:24:06.220><c> all</c>

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the<00:24:06.640><c> points</c><00:24:06.880><c> of</c><00:24:07.039><c> his</c><00:24:07.240><c> life</c><00:24:07.500><c> here,</c><00:24:07.779><c> but</c><00:24:07.940><c> just</c><00:24:08.180><c> a</c><00:24:08.319><c> quick</c><00:24:08.519><c> overview.</c><00:24:11.259><c> Samuel's</c><00:24:11.799><c> childhood</c><00:24:12.500><c> is</c><00:24:13.539><c> dealt</c><00:24:13.799><c> with</c><00:24:14.019><c> as</c>

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you<00:24:14.319><c> look</c><00:24:14.480><c> on</c><00:24:14.640><c> the</c><00:24:14.859><c> overhead</c><00:24:15.220><c> from</c><00:24:15.680><c> chapters</c><00:24:16.119><c> one</c><00:24:16.440><c> to</c><00:24:16.640><c> four.</c>

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victory<00:24:25.799><c> is</c><00:24:26.079><c> achieved.</c>

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Samuel<00:24:32.220><c> chapter</c><00:24:32.779><c> six,</c><00:24:33.579><c> after</c><00:24:33.900><c> wandering</c>

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among<00:24:34.579><c> the</c><00:24:34.839><c> five</c><00:24:35.059><c> cities</c><00:24:35.359><c> of</c><00:24:35.559><c> the</c><00:24:35.740><c> Philistines.</c><00:24:37.359><c> Then</c><00:24:37.599><c> we</c><00:24:37.839><c> come</c><00:24:38.059><c> to</c>

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1<00:24:38.460><c> Samuel</c><00:24:39.059><c> chapter</c><00:24:39.779><c> seven,</c>

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which<00:24:41.500><c> is</c><00:24:41.980><c> a</c><00:24:42.200><c> kind</c><00:24:42.380><c> of</c><00:24:42.720><c> watershed,</c><00:24:43.359><c> as</c><00:24:43.619><c> it</c><00:24:43.759><c> were,</c><00:24:43.900><c> in</c><00:24:44.160><c> Samuel's</c>

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life<00:24:45.099><c> because</c><00:24:45.819><c> it's</c><00:24:46.140><c> there</c><00:24:46.539><c> that</c><00:24:46.680><c> he</c><00:24:46.920><c> begins</c>

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to<00:24:47.599><c> receive</c><00:24:48.059><c> the</c><00:24:48.400><c> focus</c><00:24:48.900><c> of</c><00:24:49.160><c> his</c><00:24:49.339><c> leadership</c><00:24:49.880><c> and</c><00:24:50.500><c> the</c><00:24:50.640><c> main</c>

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part<00:24:51.259><c> of</c><00:24:51.420><c> his</c><00:24:51.700><c> ministry</c><00:24:52.079><c> begins</c><00:24:52.640><c> to</c><00:24:52.900><c> Israel.</c>

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1<00:24:54.279><c> Samuel</c><00:24:54.799><c> chapter</c><00:24:55.420><c> seven</c><00:24:55.900><c> marks</c><00:24:56.380><c> that</c><00:24:56.740><c> point.</c><00:24:58.079><c> Then,</c><00:24:59.000><c> 1</c><00:24:59.259><c> Samuel</c><00:24:59.759><c> chapter</c><00:25:00.180><c> eight,</c><00:25:00.920><c> we</c>

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have<00:25:01.299><c> Samuel</c><00:25:01.839><c> crowning</c>

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Saul.<00:25:04.099><c> He</c><00:25:04.380><c> is</c><00:25:04.640><c> given</c><00:25:04.859><c> a</c><00:25:05.099><c> very</c><00:25:05.480><c> extended</c><00:25:06.099><c> attention</c><00:25:06.680><c> in</c><00:25:06.880><c> 1</c><00:25:07.119><c> Samuel</c><00:25:07.660><c> 12</c>

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as<00:25:08.859><c> he</c><00:25:09.319><c> exhorts</c><00:25:09.799><c> Israel</c><00:25:10.440><c> to</c><00:25:11.359><c> faithfulness,</c>

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to<00:25:12.880><c> restoration,</c><00:25:14.240><c> to</c><00:25:14.359><c> remove</c><00:25:14.779><c> the</c><00:25:15.099><c> influences</c><00:25:15.519><c> of</c><00:25:15.859><c> apostasy,</c>

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to<00:25:16.980><c> be</c><00:25:17.220><c> faithful</c><00:25:17.660><c> people.</c>

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1<00:25:19.339><c> Samuel</c><00:25:19.740><c> 13</c><00:25:20.420><c> to</c><00:25:20.579><c> 15,</c><00:25:21.579><c> the</c><00:25:21.779><c> period</c><00:25:22.000><c> of</c><00:25:22.299><c> Saul's</c><00:25:22.720><c> reproof</c><00:25:23.220><c> and</c><00:25:23.380><c> decline.</c><00:25:24.880><c> We</c><00:25:25.119><c> come</c><00:25:25.259><c> to</c><00:25:25.400><c> 1</c>

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Samuel<00:25:26.119><c> 16</c><00:25:26.799><c> to</c><00:25:26.980><c> 18,</c>

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it<00:25:28.079><c> concerns</c><00:25:28.660><c> Samuel</c><00:25:29.400><c> and</c><00:25:29.640><c> David,</c><00:25:30.500><c> the</c><00:25:30.799><c> identification,</c><00:25:32.099><c> the</c>

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appointment,<00:25:33.039><c> and</c><00:25:33.180><c> the</c><00:25:33.380><c> crowning</c><00:25:33.779><c> of</c><00:25:33.980><c> David.</c>

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1<00:25:35.500><c> Samuel</c><00:25:35.960><c> 19,</c><00:25:36.599><c> we</c><00:25:36.839><c> find</c><00:25:37.180><c> Samuel</c><00:25:37.740><c> ministering</c><00:25:38.319><c> to</c><00:25:38.579><c> David.</c><00:25:40.140><c> 1</c><00:25:40.279><c> Samuel</c><00:25:40.799><c> chapter</c><00:25:41.240><c> 9,</c><00:25:41.779><c> coming</c><00:25:42.019><c> back</c><00:25:42.380><c> a</c>

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step<00:25:42.720><c> in</c><00:25:42.880><c> verse</c>

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22,<00:25:44.380><c> actually</c><00:25:44.839><c> tells</c><00:25:45.240><c> us</c><00:25:45.839><c> out</c><00:25:46.079><c> of</c><00:25:46.319><c> order</c><00:25:46.740><c> that</c><00:25:47.920><c> Samuel</c><00:25:48.720><c> received</c><00:25:49.299><c> details</c><00:25:49.940><c> of</c><00:25:50.220><c> the</c>

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temple's<00:25:50.920><c> instruction,</c>

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which<00:25:51.859><c> he</c><00:25:52.180><c> shared</c><00:25:52.400><c> with</c><00:25:52.680><c> David</c><00:25:52.940><c> under</c><00:25:53.240><c> inspiration.</c><00:25:54.880><c> So</c><00:25:55.160><c> at</c>

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some<00:25:55.599><c> point</c><00:25:55.819><c> along</c><00:25:56.059><c> that</c><00:25:56.380><c> path,</c><00:25:56.940><c> he</c><00:25:57.140><c> receives</c><00:25:57.579><c> that</c>

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vision<00:25:58.380><c> from</c><00:25:58.740><c> God,</c><00:25:59.539><c> a</c><00:25:59.660><c> very</c><00:25:59.920><c> important,</c><00:26:01.019><c> a</c><00:26:01.299><c> very</c><00:26:01.779><c> important</c>

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package<00:26:02.599><c> of</c><00:26:02.900><c> information,</c>

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details<00:26:04.279><c> about</c><00:26:04.599><c> the</c><00:26:04.819><c> temple.</c><00:26:05.920><c> And</c><00:26:06.160><c> finally,</c><00:26:07.019><c> coming</c><00:26:07.279><c> forward</c>

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to<00:26:07.859><c> 1</c><00:26:08.019><c> Samuel</c><00:26:08.539><c> 28,</c><00:26:09.460><c> we</c><00:26:09.660><c> have</c><00:26:09.839><c> the</c><00:26:10.019><c> death</c><00:26:10.220><c> of</c>

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Samuel.<00:26:11.759><c> Well,</c><00:26:11.920><c> that's</c><00:26:12.180><c> an</c><00:26:12.339><c> overview,</c><00:26:14.200><c> but</c><00:26:14.519><c> now</c><00:26:14.759><c> let's</c><00:26:14.980><c> step</c>

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back.<00:26:16.599><c> Our</c><00:26:16.779><c> focus</c><00:26:17.440><c> mainly</c><00:26:18.079><c> in</c><00:26:18.279><c> this</c><00:26:18.539><c> class</c><00:26:18.839><c> is</c><00:26:19.059><c> to</c>

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take<00:26:19.380><c> a</c><00:26:19.480><c> look</c><00:26:19.619><c> at</c><00:26:19.940><c> Hannah.</c><00:26:20.880><c> She</c><00:26:21.259><c> appears</c><00:26:21.900><c> in</c><00:26:22.299><c> the</c><00:26:22.480><c> beginning</c>

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of<00:26:23.099><c> that</c><00:26:23.380><c> list,</c><00:26:24.140><c> in</c><00:26:24.359><c> the</c><00:26:24.779><c> first</c><00:26:25.279><c> four</c><00:26:26.059><c> chapters.</c><00:26:27.559><c> Now,</c>

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it<00:26:28.079><c> may</c><00:26:28.160><c> seem</c><00:26:28.599><c> strange,</c><00:26:29.259><c> brothers</c><00:26:29.359><c> and</c><00:26:29.640><c> sisters,</c><00:26:30.319><c> that</c><00:26:30.440><c> in</c><00:26:30.680><c> a</c>

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study<00:26:31.420><c> of</c><00:26:32.160><c> Samuel,</c><00:26:33.779><c> having</c><00:26:34.259><c> gone</c><00:26:34.880><c> through</c><00:26:35.099><c> the</c>

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background<00:26:35.839><c> as</c><00:26:36.099><c> we</c><00:26:36.319><c> have</c><00:26:36.579><c> in</c><00:26:36.720><c> the</c><00:26:36.940><c> first</c><00:26:37.160><c> class</c><00:26:37.539><c> and</c><00:26:37.799><c> partly</c>

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into<00:26:38.299><c> this</c><00:26:38.619><c> one,</c><00:26:39.539><c> having</c><00:26:39.759><c> gone</c><00:26:40.000><c> through</c><00:26:40.200><c> the</c>

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background<00:26:40.839><c> of</c><00:26:41.099><c> Samuel</c><00:26:41.400><c> and</c><00:26:41.559><c> his</c><00:26:41.779><c> times,</c><00:26:42.380><c> it</c><00:26:42.539><c> may</c><00:26:42.779><c> seem</c><00:26:42.980><c> a</c><00:26:43.119><c> little</c><00:26:43.319><c> peculiar</c><00:26:44.000><c> not</c>

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to<00:26:44.880><c> launch</c><00:26:45.240><c> directly</c><00:26:45.960><c> into</c><00:26:46.259><c> Samuel,</c>

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but<00:26:47.680><c> rather</c><00:26:47.980><c> to</c><00:26:48.319><c> digress</c><00:26:48.940><c> now</c><00:26:49.400><c> and</c><00:26:50.279><c> give</c><00:26:50.539><c> some</c><00:26:50.779><c> attention</c><00:26:51.240><c> to</c>

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Hannah.<00:26:52.400><c> Why</c><00:26:52.960><c> would</c><00:26:53.299><c> we</c><00:26:53.680><c> do</c><00:26:53.940><c> that?</c>

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Well,<00:26:55.480><c> we</c><00:26:55.660><c> believe,</c><00:26:56.160><c> brothers</c><00:26:56.279><c> and</c><00:26:56.519><c> sisters,</c><00:26:56.779><c> that's</c><00:26:57.079><c> a</c><00:26:57.220><c> very</c>

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valid<00:26:57.779><c> thing</c><00:26:58.019><c> to</c><00:26:58.240><c> do.</c>

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May<00:26:59.480><c> we</c><00:26:59.640><c> just</c><00:27:00.079><c> suggest</c><00:27:00.559><c> to</c><00:27:00.819><c> you</c><00:27:01.380><c> that</c><00:27:02.039><c> Hannah</c><00:27:02.420><c> is</c><00:27:02.900><c> a</c><00:27:03.220><c> key</c><00:27:03.660><c> in</c><00:27:04.480><c> understanding</c><00:27:05.299><c> the</c><00:27:05.579><c> whole</c><00:27:06.019><c> story</c><00:27:06.400><c> of</c><00:27:06.680><c> Samuel</c>

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and<00:27:08.019><c> his</c><00:27:08.259><c> ministry.</c><00:27:09.960><c> That</c><00:27:10.720><c> Hannah,</c><00:27:11.640><c> not</c><00:27:11.920><c> only</c><00:27:12.160><c> by</c><00:27:12.460><c> personal</c>

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example<00:27:13.500><c> of</c><00:27:13.839><c> character,</c><00:27:14.900><c> but</c><00:27:15.019><c> in</c><00:27:15.279><c> particular</c>

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her<00:27:16.259><c> prayer,</c><00:27:16.680><c> which</c><00:27:16.900><c> is</c><00:27:17.220><c> prophetic</c><00:27:17.660><c> and</c><00:27:18.240><c> inspired,</c><00:27:20.160><c> in</c><00:27:20.200><c> fact</c>

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summarizes<00:27:21.460><c> the</c><00:27:22.000><c> meaning</c><00:27:22.359><c> and</c><00:27:22.839><c> the</c><00:27:23.220><c> importance</c>

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and<00:27:24.460><c> the</c><00:27:24.720><c> challenges</c><00:27:25.440><c> of</c><00:27:26.059><c> Samuel's</c><00:27:26.759><c> whole</c><00:27:26.960><c> ministry.</c>

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That,<00:27:30.619><c> brothers</c><00:27:30.720><c> and</c><00:27:31.000><c> sisters,</c><00:27:31.519><c> needs</c><00:27:31.799><c> a</c><00:27:31.940><c> little</c><00:27:32.400><c> careful</c><00:27:33.000><c> examination.</c><00:27:34.980><c> First,</c><00:27:36.039><c> on</c>

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that<00:27:36.640><c> note,</c>

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let's<00:27:37.440><c> just</c><00:27:37.740><c> take</c><00:27:37.940><c> a</c><00:27:38.059><c> look.</c><00:27:39.279><c> In</c><00:27:39.500><c> those</c><00:27:39.799><c> first</c><00:27:40.240><c> four</c><00:27:40.559><c> chapters,</c>

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which<00:27:42.819><c> give</c><00:27:43.059><c> attention</c><00:27:43.500><c> to</c><00:27:44.019><c> Samuel's</c>

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childhood<00:27:45.240><c> and</c><00:27:45.660><c> sets</c><00:27:45.940><c> the</c><00:27:46.240><c> stage</c><00:27:46.480><c> for</c><00:27:46.700><c> his</c><00:27:46.960><c> times,</c><00:27:48.559><c> we</c><00:27:48.759><c> are</c><00:27:49.079><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:27:49.640><c> one</c><00:27:50.539><c> immediately</c><00:27:51.359><c> introduced</c><00:27:52.000><c> to</c><00:27:52.359><c> Hannah,</c>

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and<00:27:53.359><c> we</c><00:27:53.579><c> receive</c><00:27:54.259><c> a</c><00:27:54.700><c> snapshot</c><00:27:55.240><c> of</c><00:27:55.640><c> her</c><00:27:55.960><c> character.</c><00:27:58.880><c> What</c><00:27:59.000><c> do</c>

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we<00:27:59.279><c> find</c><00:27:59.559><c> about</c><00:27:59.839><c> her</c><00:28:00.180><c> character?</c>

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Would<00:28:02.279><c> you</c><00:28:02.400><c> open</c><00:28:02.660><c> your</c><00:28:02.880><c> Bibles</c><00:28:03.220><c> to</c><00:28:03.599><c> 1</c><00:28:03.759><c> Samuel</c><00:28:04.319><c> chapter</c><00:28:05.599><c> one?</c>

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Just<00:28:07.160><c> quickly</c><00:28:07.500><c> travel</c><00:28:07.960><c> with</c><00:28:08.180><c> me</c><00:28:08.640><c> over</c><00:28:09.000><c> the</c><00:28:09.240><c> early</c>

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chapters<00:28:09.960><c> here,</c><00:28:11.059><c> first</c><00:28:11.319><c> four,</c><00:28:12.680><c> and</c><00:28:12.980><c> just</c><00:28:13.339><c> note</c><00:28:13.599><c> the</c><00:28:13.920><c> progression</c><00:28:14.500><c> that's</c>

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within<00:28:15.200><c> these</c><00:28:15.700><c> early</c><00:28:16.539><c> childhood</c>

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chapters,<00:28:18.440><c> we</c><00:28:18.700><c> might</c><00:28:18.920><c> say,</c><00:28:19.680><c> of</c><00:28:19.859><c> Samuel's</c><00:28:20.500><c> ministry.</c><00:28:22.500><c> Just</c>

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make<00:28:23.039><c> the</c><00:28:23.220><c> following</c><00:28:23.579><c> observations.</c>

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What<00:28:26.140><c> are</c><00:28:26.599><c> these</c><00:28:26.940><c> chapters</c><00:28:27.559><c> primarily</c><00:28:28.319><c> about?</c><00:28:29.099><c> Well,</c><00:28:29.900><c> at</c><00:28:30.079><c> least</c><00:28:30.380><c> the</c>

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first<00:28:30.960><c> two</c><00:28:31.279><c> chapters</c><00:28:31.900><c> could</c><00:28:32.640><c> be</c><00:28:32.940><c> summarized</c>

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in<00:28:33.680><c> this</c><00:28:33.920><c> way.</c><00:28:35.240><c> First</c><00:28:35.519><c> to</c><00:28:35.660><c> Samuel</c><00:28:36.119><c> chapter</c><00:28:36.660><c> one,</c><00:28:37.420><c> we</c><00:28:37.559><c> have</c><00:28:37.819><c> Hannah</c><00:28:38.259><c> and</c>

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the<00:28:39.140><c> birth</c><00:28:39.400><c> of</c><00:28:39.779><c> Samuel,</c><00:28:40.559><c> and</c><00:28:40.960><c> we</c><00:28:41.140><c> have</c><00:28:41.319><c> a</c>

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chapter<00:28:45.880><c> that</c><00:28:45.880><c> influences</c><00:28:46.920><c> Samuel.</c><00:28:48.500><c> When</c><00:28:48.779><c> you</c><00:28:48.980><c> turn</c><00:28:49.299><c> the</c><00:28:49.519><c> page</c><00:28:49.839><c> to</c>

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it's<00:28:55.180><c> a</c><00:28:55.380><c> chapter</c><00:28:55.660><c> that</c><00:28:56.000><c> contains</c><00:28:56.940><c> Hannah's</c><00:28:58.180><c> prayer,</c><00:28:58.900><c> which</c><00:28:59.119><c> we're</c><00:28:59.440><c> suggesting</c><00:29:00.019><c> is</c><00:29:00.579><c> a</c>

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master<00:29:01.160><c> key</c><00:29:01.400><c> to</c>

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understanding<00:29:02.299><c> the</c><00:29:02.720><c> meaning</c><00:29:03.019><c> of</c><00:29:03.380><c> Samuel's</c><00:29:03.960><c> ministry.</c><00:29:05.000><c> Now,</c>

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:07.339
can<00:29:05.640><c> we</c><00:29:05.740><c> just</c><00:29:05.980><c> suggest</c><00:29:06.500><c> that</c>

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first<00:29:07.980><c> to</c><00:29:08.180><c> Samuel</c><00:29:08.519><c> two</c><00:29:08.940><c> can</c><00:29:09.160><c> be</c><00:29:09.440><c> broken</c><00:29:09.700><c> down</c><00:29:10.380><c> roughly</c><00:29:10.859><c> in</c>

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this<00:29:11.400><c> way?</c>

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In<00:29:13.680><c> the</c><00:29:14.059><c> first</c><00:29:14.339><c> part</c><00:29:14.880><c> of</c><00:29:15.220><c> first</c><00:29:15.460><c> to</c><00:29:15.700><c> Samuel</c><00:29:16.079><c> two,</c><00:29:16.799><c> we</c><00:29:16.819><c> have</c><00:29:17.099><c> Hannah's</c><00:29:17.700><c> prayer</c><00:29:18.019><c> that</c><00:29:18.619><c> takes</c><00:29:18.859><c> us</c>

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roughly<00:29:19.480><c> to</c><00:29:19.740><c> verse</c><00:29:20.059><c> 10.</c>

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Then<00:29:22.779><c> the</c><00:29:23.160><c> second</c><00:29:23.480><c> part</c><00:29:24.079><c> of</c><00:29:24.960><c> first</c><00:29:25.200><c> to</c><00:29:25.460><c> Samuel</c><00:29:25.799><c> two</c><00:29:26.660><c> goes</c><00:29:27.059><c> on</c>

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:31.079
to<00:29:27.720><c> describe</c><00:29:28.119><c> the</c><00:29:28.480><c> apostasy</c><00:29:29.140><c> of</c><00:29:29.460><c> Eli's</c><00:29:30.200><c> sons.</c>

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Then<00:29:32.980><c> the</c><00:29:33.720><c> next</c><00:29:34.099><c> part</c><00:29:34.500><c> of</c><00:29:34.720><c> first</c><00:29:34.960><c> to</c><00:29:35.180><c> Samuel</c><00:29:35.500><c> two</c><00:29:36.339><c> turns</c><00:29:36.779><c> its</c>

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attention<00:29:37.519><c> again</c><00:29:37.920><c> to</c><00:29:38.279><c> Samuel's</c><00:29:39.279><c> spiritual</c><00:29:39.799><c> development,</c>

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like<00:29:41.359><c> in</c><00:29:41.539><c> verse</c><00:29:41.759><c> 18</c><00:29:42.599><c> of</c><00:29:43.019><c> first</c><00:29:43.220><c> to</c><00:29:43.460><c> Samuel</c><00:29:43.759><c> two.</c><00:29:45.599><c> Then</c><00:29:45.980><c> again,</c>

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:50.920
in<00:29:47.220><c> verse</c><00:29:47.519><c> 22</c><00:29:48.559><c> of</c><00:29:49.859><c> first</c><00:29:50.119><c> to</c><00:29:50.319><c> Samuel</c><00:29:50.619><c> two,</c>

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:55.599
we<00:29:51.140><c> return</c><00:29:51.599><c> to</c><00:29:51.819><c> a</c><00:29:52.079><c> description</c><00:29:52.579><c> of</c><00:29:53.180><c> the</c><00:29:53.440><c> apostasy</c><00:29:54.220><c> of</c><00:29:54.599><c> Eli</c><00:29:55.099><c> and</c>

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:59.960
his<00:29:55.920><c> sons.</c><00:29:57.559><c> Now</c><00:29:58.000><c> we</c><00:29:58.180><c> come</c><00:29:58.359><c> down</c><00:29:58.559><c> to</c><00:29:58.720><c> verse</c><00:29:58.940><c> 26,</c>

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a<00:30:00.480><c> fifth</c><00:30:00.759><c> part</c><00:30:01.200><c> of</c><00:30:01.500><c> the</c><00:30:01.720><c> chapter,</c><00:30:02.339><c> and</c><00:30:02.680><c> again</c><00:30:02.980><c> we</c><00:30:03.319><c> return</c><00:30:03.740><c> with</c>

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:09.339
a<00:30:04.700><c> focus</c><00:30:04.960><c> on</c><00:30:05.339><c> Samuel</c><00:30:05.839><c> personally</c><00:30:06.660><c> again.</c><00:30:08.359><c> Then</c><00:30:08.880><c> in</c>

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:17.660
verse<00:30:09.619><c> 27,</c><00:30:10.420><c> we</c><00:30:10.740><c> flip</c><00:30:10.980><c> again</c><00:30:11.380><c> for</c><00:30:11.599><c> the</c><00:30:11.839><c> final</c><00:30:12.180><c> time</c><00:30:12.779><c> to</c><00:30:13.559><c> a</c><00:30:13.839><c> description</c><00:30:14.200><c> of</c><00:30:14.799><c> Eli</c><00:30:15.359><c> and</c><00:30:15.799><c> his</c><00:30:16.059><c> corruption</c><00:30:16.720><c> and</c><00:30:17.359><c> a</c>

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:20.920
prophecy<00:30:18.059><c> of</c><00:30:18.440><c> the</c><00:30:18.680><c> priesthood</c><00:30:19.180><c> changing,</c><00:30:20.140><c> which</c><00:30:20.359><c> takes</c><00:30:20.700><c> us</c>

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to<00:30:21.099><c> the</c><00:30:21.359><c> end</c><00:30:21.619><c> of</c><00:30:21.799><c> first</c><00:30:22.059><c> to</c><00:30:22.259><c> Samuel</c><00:30:22.640><c> chapter</c><00:30:23.200><c> two.</c>

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We<00:30:23.869><c> look</c><00:30:24.410><c> at</c><00:30:24.549><c> verse</c><00:30:24.809><c> 35,</c>

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Thus<00:30:46.430><c> ends</c><00:30:47.230><c> first</c><00:30:48.349><c> to</c><00:30:48.509><c> Samuel</c><00:30:48.829><c> chapter</c><00:30:49.230><c> two.</c>

00:30:49.630 --> 00:30:53.869
Now<00:30:50.309><c> just</c><00:30:50.750><c> stand</c><00:30:51.130><c> back</c><00:30:51.410><c> for</c><00:30:51.589><c> a</c><00:30:51.690><c> moment.</c><00:30:53.190><c> The</c><00:30:53.269><c> first</c><00:30:53.509><c> part</c><00:30:53.750><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:54.049><c> chapter</c><00:30:54.490><c> focuses</c><00:30:55.049><c> on</c><00:30:55.410><c> Hannah,</c>

00:30:57.289 --> 00:31:01.029
then<00:30:57.650><c> and</c><00:30:58.190><c> her</c><00:30:58.430><c> prayer.</c><00:30:59.470><c> Then</c><00:30:59.650><c> we</c><00:30:59.869><c> deal</c><00:31:00.069><c> with</c><00:31:00.250><c> the</c><00:31:00.470><c> apostasy</c>

00:31:01.029 --> 00:31:03.490
of<00:31:01.250><c> Eli's</c><00:31:01.789><c> sons.</c><00:31:02.490><c> Then</c><00:31:02.730><c> we</c><00:31:02.890><c> come</c><00:31:03.089><c> back</c><00:31:03.329><c> in</c>

00:31:03.490 --> 00:31:07.309
verse<00:31:03.730><c> 18</c><00:31:04.170><c> to</c><00:31:04.430><c> Samuel's</c><00:31:05.130><c> spiritual</c><00:31:05.450><c> development.</c><00:31:06.609><c> Verse</c><00:31:06.789><c> 22,</c>

00:31:07.349 --> 00:31:09.329
we<00:31:07.630><c> return</c><00:31:07.970><c> to</c><00:31:08.130><c> the</c><00:31:08.349><c> apostasy</c><00:31:08.990><c> theme</c>

00:31:09.329 --> 00:31:14.410
of<00:31:09.829><c> Eli</c><00:31:10.210><c> and</c><00:31:10.349><c> his</c><00:31:10.569><c> sons.</c><00:31:11.390><c> Back</c><00:31:11.589><c> in</c><00:31:11.769><c> verse</c><00:31:11.970><c> 26</c><00:31:12.589><c> to</c><00:31:12.829><c> Samuel</c><00:31:13.309><c> again,</c><00:31:14.130><c> and</c>

00:31:14.410 --> 00:31:16.009
then<00:31:14.690><c> finally</c><00:31:14.950><c> from</c><00:31:15.230><c> chapter</c>

00:31:16.490 --> 00:31:21.410
two<00:31:17.089><c> and</c><00:31:17.690><c> verse</c><00:31:17.990><c> 27</c><00:31:18.750><c> to</c><00:31:18.970><c> the</c><00:31:19.190><c> end,</c><00:31:19.849><c> we're</c><00:31:19.950><c> focusing</c><00:31:20.349><c> on</c><00:31:20.609><c> the</c><00:31:20.789><c> theme</c><00:31:20.970><c> of</c>

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Eli<00:31:21.630><c> once</c><00:31:22.009><c> again</c><00:31:22.450><c> and</c><00:31:22.829><c> the</c><00:31:23.109><c> corruption</c>

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of<00:31:23.609><c> the</c><00:31:23.789><c> priesthood</c><00:31:24.210><c> and</c><00:31:24.470><c> a</c><00:31:24.730><c> change</c><00:31:24.970><c> of</c><00:31:25.230><c> priesthood.</c><00:31:27.289><c> Now</c><00:31:27.450><c> when</c><00:31:27.549><c> you</c>

00:31:27.730 --> 00:31:29.069
stand<00:31:27.950><c> back</c><00:31:28.250><c> and</c><00:31:28.430><c> look</c><00:31:28.589><c> at</c><00:31:28.710><c> those</c>

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approximately<00:31:29.690><c> six</c><00:31:30.329><c> internal</c><00:31:30.829><c> parts</c><00:31:31.430><c> of</c><00:31:32.009><c> chapter</c><00:31:32.410><c> two,</c><00:31:33.369><c> you</c>

00:31:33.549 --> 00:31:36.470
can't<00:31:33.890><c> help</c><00:31:34.130><c> but</c><00:31:34.390><c> notice</c><00:31:34.869><c> that</c><00:31:35.289><c> we're</c><00:31:35.549><c> moving</c><00:31:36.009><c> back</c>

00:31:36.470 --> 00:31:46.029
and<00:31:36.769><c> forth</c><00:31:37.309><c> from</c><00:31:38.769><c> Hannah</c><00:31:39.589><c> to</c><00:31:40.529><c> Eli</c><00:31:41.150><c> to</c><00:31:41.829><c> Samuel</c><00:31:42.529><c> to</c><00:31:43.470><c> Eli</c><00:31:44.210><c> to</c><00:31:44.769><c> Samuel</c><00:31:45.569><c> to</c>

00:31:46.029 --> 00:31:49.869
Eli<00:31:46.670><c> to</c><00:31:47.269><c> Samuel</c><00:31:47.869><c> to</c><00:31:48.170><c> Eli.</c><00:31:49.109><c> In</c><00:31:49.269><c> other</c><00:31:49.470><c> words,</c>

00:31:50.170 --> 00:31:54.509
there's<00:31:50.369><c> a</c><00:31:50.630><c> contrast</c><00:31:51.289><c> that's</c><00:31:51.630><c> being</c><00:31:51.910><c> set</c><00:31:52.210><c> up.</c><00:31:52.849><c> The</c><00:31:53.190><c> faithfulness</c><00:31:53.829><c> of</c><00:31:54.150><c> Hannah</c>

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has<00:31:55.309><c> been</c><00:31:55.549><c> set</c><00:31:55.809><c> forward</c>

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in<00:31:56.329><c> chapter</c><00:31:56.730><c> one.</c><00:31:57.269><c> We</c><00:31:57.549><c> come</c><00:31:57.730><c> to</c><00:31:57.910><c> chapter</c><00:31:58.250><c> two</c><00:31:58.490><c> and</c><00:31:58.650><c> receive</c><00:31:59.009><c> her</c><00:31:59.309><c> faithful</c><00:31:59.650><c> prayer,</c><00:32:00.529><c> which</c><00:32:00.650><c> is</c>

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undoubtedly<00:32:01.289><c> an</c>

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inspired<00:32:02.069><c> prophecy.</c><00:32:03.549><c> We'll</c><00:32:03.609><c> look</c><00:32:03.769><c> at</c><00:32:03.910><c> the</c><00:32:04.089><c> contents</c><00:32:04.470><c> of</c><00:32:04.630><c> that</c>

00:32:04.950 --> 00:32:08.130
momentarily.<00:32:06.670><c> Then</c><00:32:06.869><c> following</c><00:32:07.250><c> her</c><00:32:07.690><c> prayer,</c>

00:32:08.589 --> 00:32:12.950
the<00:32:08.730><c> focus</c><00:32:09.089><c> is</c><00:32:09.410><c> put</c><00:32:09.670><c> on</c><00:32:10.130><c> the</c><00:32:10.369><c> apostasy</c><00:32:11.170><c> of</c><00:32:11.450><c> Eli,</c><00:32:12.150><c> then</c><00:32:12.390><c> back</c><00:32:12.650><c> to</c>

00:32:12.950 --> 00:32:15.710
Samuel,<00:32:13.569><c> then</c><00:32:13.829><c> to</c><00:32:14.009><c> the</c><00:32:14.230><c> apostasy</c><00:32:14.990><c> of</c><00:32:15.329><c> Eli,</c>

00:32:15.950 --> 00:32:20.049
then<00:32:16.109><c> back</c><00:32:16.410><c> to</c><00:32:16.690><c> Samuel,</c><00:32:17.369><c> then</c><00:32:17.609><c> finally</c><00:32:18.130><c> back</c><00:32:18.609><c> to</c><00:32:18.750><c> the</c><00:32:18.990><c> apostasy</c><00:32:19.549><c> of</c><00:32:19.789><c> Eli</c>

00:32:20.049 --> 00:32:22.029
again,<00:32:20.750><c> and</c><00:32:21.029><c> a</c><00:32:21.269><c> positive</c><00:32:21.650><c> note,</c>

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a<00:32:22.589><c> better</c><00:32:22.930><c> priesthood</c><00:32:23.369><c> will</c><00:32:23.609><c> finally</c><00:32:23.910><c> be</c><00:32:24.250><c> established</c><00:32:24.809><c> and</c><00:32:25.109><c> a</c>

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better<00:32:25.470><c> house.</c>

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You<00:32:27.789><c> see,</c><00:32:28.170><c> brothers</c><00:32:28.269><c> and</c><00:32:28.529><c> sisters,</c><00:32:29.269><c> her</c><00:32:29.549><c> character</c><00:32:30.009><c> comes</c><00:32:30.470><c> first,</c><00:32:31.250><c> her</c><00:32:31.529><c> prayer</c><00:32:31.970><c> comes</c><00:32:32.529><c> second</c><00:32:33.109><c> as</c>

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a<00:32:33.650><c> prophecy,</c>

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and<00:32:34.890><c> then</c><00:32:35.109><c> the</c><00:32:35.170><c> rest</c><00:32:35.430><c> of</c><00:32:35.670><c> chapter</c><00:32:36.049><c> two</c><00:32:36.670><c> has</c><00:32:37.069><c> us</c><00:32:37.349><c> juggling</c><00:32:37.769><c> back</c>

00:32:38.230 --> 00:32:40.089
and<00:32:38.490><c> forth</c><00:32:38.809><c> between</c><00:32:39.170><c> the</c><00:32:39.450><c> contrast</c>

00:32:40.089 --> 00:32:46.369
of<00:32:40.569><c> the</c><00:32:41.009><c> faithlessness</c><00:32:41.829><c> of</c><00:32:42.410><c> Eli</c><00:32:42.869><c> as</c><00:32:43.309><c> a</c><00:32:43.569><c> priest,</c><00:32:44.789><c> the</c><00:32:45.130><c> faithlessness</c><00:32:45.769><c> of</c><00:32:46.089><c> his</c>

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house,<00:32:47.150><c> the</c><00:32:47.509><c> faithlessness</c>

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of<00:32:48.589><c> the</c><00:32:48.829><c> leadership</c><00:32:49.410><c> current</c><00:32:49.890><c> in</c><00:32:50.210><c> Israel,</c><00:32:51.390><c> as</c><00:32:51.849><c> opposed</c><00:32:52.130><c> to</c>

00:32:52.329 --> 00:32:56.009
the<00:32:52.730><c> faithfulness</c><00:32:54.009><c> and</c><00:32:54.450><c> the</c><00:32:54.890><c> spiritual</c><00:32:55.589><c> progress</c>

00:32:56.009 --> 00:33:01.309
and<00:32:56.470><c> development</c><00:32:57.109><c> of</c><00:32:57.470><c> Samuel,</c><00:32:58.430><c> and</c><00:32:58.710><c> the</c><00:32:58.910><c> two</c><00:32:59.170><c> go</c><00:32:59.490><c> back</c><00:32:59.869><c> and</c><00:33:00.130><c> forth,</c><00:33:00.450><c> one</c><00:33:00.730><c> being</c><00:33:00.990><c> a</c>

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foil<00:33:01.609><c> or</c><00:33:02.130><c> a</c><00:33:02.430><c> contrast</c><00:33:02.990><c> to</c><00:33:03.390><c> the</c><00:33:03.569><c> other.</c>

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It's<00:33:04.710><c> the</c><00:33:04.730><c> way</c><00:33:04.890><c> Scripture</c><00:33:05.190><c> often</c><00:33:05.650><c> works,</c><00:33:06.029><c> isn't</c><00:33:06.130><c> it?</c><00:33:06.710><c> The</c><00:33:07.089><c> faithfulness</c><00:33:07.529><c> of</c>

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Samuel<00:33:08.289><c> is</c><00:33:08.930><c> put</c><00:33:09.150><c> in</c><00:33:09.430><c> bold</c><00:33:09.829><c> contrast</c>

00:33:10.650 --> 00:33:16.049
by<00:33:11.329><c> describing</c><00:33:11.970><c> the</c><00:33:12.309><c> corruption</c><00:33:12.710><c> of</c><00:33:12.950><c> Eli</c><00:33:13.349><c> and</c><00:33:13.789><c> his</c><00:33:14.049><c> sons,</c><00:33:15.529><c> all</c>

00:33:16.049 --> 00:33:18.309
of<00:33:16.289><c> which</c><00:33:16.529><c> has</c><00:33:16.890><c> a</c><00:33:17.190><c> preface,</c>

00:33:18.750 --> 00:33:24.410
that<00:33:19.410><c> preface</c><00:33:19.849><c> being</c><00:33:20.430><c> Hannah's</c><00:33:21.109><c> prayer.</c><00:33:23.130><c> Let's</c><00:33:23.329><c> just</c><00:33:23.630><c> look</c>

00:33:24.410 --> 00:33:29.750
quickly<00:33:25.049><c> at</c><00:33:26.789><c> the</c><00:33:27.069><c> details</c><00:33:27.569><c> of</c><00:33:28.109><c> parts</c><00:33:28.309><c> of</c><00:33:28.529><c> that</c><00:33:28.789><c> prayer.</c>

00:33:30.250 --> 00:33:33.079
First<00:33:30.390><c> to</c><00:33:30.630><c> Samuel</c><00:33:31.069><c> chapter</c><00:33:31.549><c> two,</c><00:33:31.990><c> once</c><00:33:32.250><c> again,</c>

00:33:34.410 --> 00:33:38.549
Hannah<00:33:34.650><c> prayed</c><00:33:34.990><c> and</c><00:33:35.289><c> said,</c><00:33:35.589><c> My</c><00:33:35.690><c> heart</c><00:33:36.089><c> rejoiceth</c><00:33:36.710><c> in</c><00:33:36.869><c> the</c><00:33:37.049><c> Lord,</c><00:33:37.730><c> mine</c><00:33:37.930><c> horn</c><00:33:38.250><c> is</c>

00:33:38.549 --> 00:33:39.589
exalted<00:33:38.970><c> in</c><00:33:39.150><c> the</c><00:33:39.349><c> Lord,</c>

00:33:39.849 --> 00:33:44.990
my<00:33:40.109><c> mouth</c><00:33:40.430><c> is</c><00:33:40.750><c> enlarged</c><00:33:41.329><c> over</c><00:33:41.809><c> mine</c><00:33:42.170><c> enemies,</c><00:33:43.690><c> because</c><00:33:44.009><c> I</c><00:33:44.329><c> rejoice</c><00:33:44.769><c> in</c>

00:33:44.990 --> 00:33:48.289
thy<00:33:45.210><c> salvation.</c><00:33:46.529><c> You</c><00:33:46.730><c> notice</c><00:33:46.990><c> immediately,</c>

00:33:49.069 --> 00:33:54.269
prophetically,<00:33:50.009><c> under</c><00:33:50.250><c> inspiration,</c><00:33:51.789><c> Hannah's</c><00:33:52.509><c> prayer</c><00:33:53.089><c> focuses,</c><00:33:54.069><c> as</c>

00:33:54.269 --> 00:33:56.130
we've<00:33:54.589><c> underlined</c><00:33:54.910><c> it</c><00:33:55.109><c> and</c><00:33:55.309><c> read,</c>

00:33:56.450 --> 00:34:02.609
on<00:33:56.690><c> the</c><00:33:56.970><c> theme</c><00:33:57.269><c> of</c><00:33:57.589><c> the</c><00:33:57.730><c> enemy,</c><00:33:58.910><c> the</c><00:33:59.450><c> enemy.</c><00:34:00.890><c> Why</c><00:34:01.250><c> have</c><00:34:01.450><c> we</c><00:34:01.670><c> spent</c><00:34:01.849><c> some</c><00:34:02.230><c> time</c><00:34:02.490><c> in</c>

00:34:02.609 --> 00:34:04.250
the<00:34:02.769><c> last</c><00:34:03.069><c> class</c><00:34:03.490><c> and</c><00:34:03.690><c> a</c><00:34:03.869><c> half</c>

00:34:04.250 --> 00:34:08.869
setting<00:34:04.769><c> the</c><00:34:05.150><c> stage</c><00:34:05.549><c> of</c><00:34:06.170><c> Samuel</c><00:34:06.509><c> and</c><00:34:06.650><c> his</c><00:34:06.869><c> times?</c><00:34:07.769><c> Because</c><00:34:08.389><c> by</c>

00:34:08.869 --> 00:34:11.510
setting<00:34:09.070><c> the</c><00:34:09.349><c> stage</c><00:34:09.590><c> that</c><00:34:09.969><c> way</c><00:34:10.369><c> and</c><00:34:10.969><c> highlighting</c>

00:34:11.510 --> 00:34:17.429
the<00:34:11.769><c> issues</c><00:34:12.250><c> of</c><00:34:12.650><c> Samuel's</c><00:34:13.309><c> times,</c><00:34:14.590><c> the</c><00:34:14.829><c> apostasy</c><00:34:15.469><c> within</c><00:34:15.730><c> Israel,</c><00:34:16.929><c> within</c><00:34:17.190><c> the</c>

00:34:17.429 --> 00:34:19.190
Ecclesia,<00:34:18.269><c> and</c><00:34:18.590><c> the</c><00:34:18.829><c> challenge</c>

00:34:19.190 --> 00:34:26.230
without<00:34:19.650><c> from</c><00:34:19.949><c> the</c><00:34:20.150><c> Philistine</c><00:34:20.570><c> culture</c><00:34:21.170><c> like</c><00:34:21.550><c> Dagon,</c><00:34:22.809><c> we</c><00:34:23.409><c> understand</c><00:34:24.250><c> why</c><00:34:24.750><c> Hannah,</c><00:34:25.909><c> in</c>

00:34:26.230 --> 00:34:27.610
the<00:34:26.449><c> very</c><00:34:26.949><c> first</c><00:34:27.309><c> few</c>

00:34:27.610 --> 00:34:31.449
words<00:34:28.050><c> of</c><00:34:28.329><c> her</c><00:34:28.570><c> prophetic</c><00:34:29.070><c> prayer,</c><00:34:30.469><c> would</c><00:34:30.670><c> speak</c><00:34:30.949><c> about</c><00:34:31.210><c> the</c>

00:34:31.449 --> 00:34:33.949
enemy,<00:34:32.429><c> because</c><00:34:32.750><c> the</c><00:34:32.989><c> enemy</c><00:34:33.150><c> is</c><00:34:33.429><c> within</c>

00:34:33.949 --> 00:34:39.269
and<00:34:34.530><c> the</c><00:34:34.710><c> enemy</c><00:34:35.030><c> is</c><00:34:35.289><c> without,</c><00:34:36.750><c> and</c><00:34:36.929><c> Israel's</c><00:34:38.050><c> spiritual</c><00:34:38.130><c> survival</c><00:34:38.829><c> is</c>

00:34:39.269 --> 00:34:42.150
at<00:34:39.730><c> stake</c><00:34:40.050><c> and</c><00:34:40.409><c> under</c><00:34:41.010><c> siege.</c>

00:34:43.510 --> 00:34:48.210
My<00:34:43.610><c> mouth</c><00:34:43.949><c> is</c><00:34:44.250><c> enlarged</c><00:34:44.989><c> over</c><00:34:45.489><c> my</c><00:34:45.869><c> enemies,</c><00:34:46.989><c> because</c><00:34:47.110><c> I</c><00:34:47.449><c> rejoice</c><00:34:47.969><c> in</c>

00:34:48.210 --> 00:34:49.750
thy<00:34:48.429><c> salvation.</c>

00:34:50.309 --> 00:34:54.449
Salvation,<00:34:51.489><c> the</c><00:34:51.769><c> positive</c><00:34:52.250><c> note</c><00:34:52.690><c> that,</c><00:34:53.469><c> of</c><00:34:53.630><c> course,</c><00:34:54.289><c> first</c>

00:34:54.449 --> 00:34:56.230
to<00:34:54.670><c> Samuel</c><00:34:54.969><c> is</c><00:34:55.210><c> going</c><00:34:55.369><c> to</c><00:34:55.610><c> end</c><00:34:55.849><c> on,</c>

00:34:56.590 --> 00:35:00.530
in<00:34:56.750><c> referring</c><00:34:57.130><c> to</c><00:34:57.369><c> the</c><00:34:57.570><c> coming</c><00:34:57.809><c> of</c><00:34:58.070><c> a</c><00:34:58.309><c> good</c><00:34:58.570><c> priesthood.</c><00:35:00.289><c> Look</c>

00:35:00.530 --> 00:35:02.349
at<00:35:00.650><c> verse</c><00:35:00.929><c> two</c><00:35:01.130><c> of</c><00:35:01.289><c> her</c><00:35:01.489><c> prayer.</c><00:35:01.730><c> There's</c><00:35:02.130><c> none</c>

00:35:02.349 --> 00:35:05.710
holy<00:35:02.690><c> as</c><00:35:02.929><c> the</c><00:35:03.170><c> Lord,</c><00:35:03.949><c> there's</c><00:35:04.130><c> none</c><00:35:04.349><c> beside</c><00:35:04.869><c> thee,</c><00:35:05.449><c> neither</c>

00:35:05.710 --> 00:35:09.050
is<00:35:05.909><c> there</c><00:35:06.050><c> any</c><00:35:06.349><c> rock</c><00:35:06.909><c> like</c><00:35:07.730><c> our</c><00:35:08.110><c> God.</c>

00:35:09.429 --> 00:35:15.869
That<00:35:09.849><c> word</c><00:35:10.150><c> rock,</c><00:35:10.809><c> that</c><00:35:11.090><c> phrase,</c><00:35:12.369><c> comes</c><00:35:12.610><c> largely</c><00:35:13.329><c> by</c><00:35:13.989><c> precedent</c><00:35:14.469><c> from</c><00:35:14.750><c> Deuteronomy,</c>

00:35:16.170 --> 00:35:20.170
where<00:35:16.289><c> in</c><00:35:16.409><c> one</c><00:35:16.530><c> of</c><00:35:16.630><c> those</c><00:35:16.889><c> chapters</c><00:35:17.369><c> at</c><00:35:17.610><c> the</c><00:35:17.730><c> end</c><00:35:17.889><c> of</c><00:35:18.050><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:35:19.230><c> the</c><00:35:19.409><c> father</c><00:35:19.789><c> is</c>

00:35:20.170 --> 00:35:21.190
pictured<00:35:20.449><c> again</c><00:35:20.949><c> and</c>

00:35:21.190 --> 00:35:26.429
again<00:35:21.550><c> as</c><00:35:21.889><c> the</c><00:35:22.170><c> great</c><00:35:22.429><c> rock.</c><00:35:23.949><c> Permanent,</c><00:35:24.969><c> unchanging.</c><00:35:26.030><c> Why</c>

00:35:26.429 --> 00:35:29.710
stress<00:35:26.849><c> that,</c><00:35:27.409><c> Hannah?</c><00:35:28.389><c> Well,</c><00:35:28.710><c> under</c><00:35:29.010><c> inspiration,</c>

00:35:29.710 --> 00:35:33.969
the<00:35:30.170><c> stress</c><00:35:30.530><c> is</c><00:35:31.030><c> Israel</c><00:35:31.469><c> is</c><00:35:31.769><c> changing.</c><00:35:32.489><c> God</c><00:35:32.730><c> is</c><00:35:32.949><c> a</c><00:35:33.070><c> rock.</c>

00:35:34.409 --> 00:35:38.369
Israel's<00:35:34.809><c> culture,</c><00:35:35.710><c> Israel's</c><00:35:36.750><c> faithlessness</c>

00:35:38.699 --> 00:35:43.409
is<00:35:39.050><c> the</c><00:35:39.369><c> result</c><00:35:39.650><c> of</c><00:35:39.949><c> their</c><00:35:40.170><c> ambivalence,</c><00:35:41.010><c> the</c><00:35:41.210><c> result</c><00:35:41.530><c> of</c><00:35:42.329><c> being</c><00:35:42.610><c> uncertain</c><00:35:43.210><c> as</c>

00:35:43.409 --> 00:35:44.349
to<00:35:43.510><c> where</c><00:35:43.630><c> they</c><00:35:43.949><c> stand,</c>

00:35:44.650 --> 00:35:47.630
being<00:35:44.849><c> under</c><00:35:45.090><c> the</c><00:35:45.289><c> influence</c><00:35:45.630><c> of</c><00:35:45.869><c> the</c><00:35:46.010><c> winds</c><00:35:46.210><c> of</c><00:35:46.590><c> change</c><00:35:47.110><c> in</c>

00:35:47.630 --> 00:35:51.090
the<00:35:47.809><c> wrong</c><00:35:48.070><c> direction.</c><00:35:49.449><c> The</c><00:35:49.949><c> permanence</c><00:35:50.449><c> and</c><00:35:50.750><c> the</c>

00:35:51.090 --> 00:35:56.489
unchangeability<00:35:51.989><c> of</c><00:35:52.269><c> God</c><00:35:52.670><c> is</c><00:35:53.309><c> immediately</c><00:35:53.849><c> stressed</c><00:35:54.429><c> in</c><00:35:55.150><c> contrast</c><00:35:55.690><c> to</c>

00:35:56.489 --> 00:35:59.369
this<00:35:56.969><c> unwanted</c><00:35:57.670><c> transition</c><00:35:58.550><c> for</c><00:35:58.829><c> the</c><00:35:59.070><c> bad</c>

00:35:59.710 --> 00:36:03.030
within<00:36:00.250><c> Eli's</c><00:36:01.070><c> priesthood</c><00:36:01.630><c> and</c><00:36:02.110><c> within</c><00:36:02.289><c> the</c><00:36:02.510><c> ranks</c><00:36:02.690><c> of</c><00:36:02.909><c> all</c>

00:36:03.030 --> 00:36:07.010
Israel.<00:36:04.809><c> Verse</c><00:36:04.929><c> three,</c><00:36:05.590><c> talk</c><00:36:05.690><c> no</c><00:36:05.929><c> more</c><00:36:06.170><c> so</c><00:36:06.429><c> exceeding</c>

00:36:07.010 --> 00:36:10.889
proudly.<00:36:07.730><c> Who</c><00:36:07.909><c> was</c><00:36:08.250><c> proud</c><00:36:08.670><c> in</c><00:36:09.289><c> the</c><00:36:09.489><c> days</c><00:36:09.769><c> of</c><00:36:10.090><c> Samuel</c><00:36:10.449><c> as</c><00:36:10.769><c> he</c>

00:36:10.889 --> 00:36:14.510
was<00:36:11.090><c> brought</c><00:36:11.329><c> up?</c><00:36:12.010><c> Who</c><00:36:12.230><c> was</c><00:36:12.590><c> arrogant?</c><00:36:13.789><c> Next</c><00:36:14.070><c> phrase,</c>

00:36:14.889 --> 00:36:18.309
let<00:36:15.030><c> not</c><00:36:15.429><c> arrogance</c><00:36:15.989><c> come</c><00:36:16.329><c> out</c><00:36:16.570><c> of</c><00:36:16.730><c> your</c><00:36:16.929><c> mouth,</c><00:36:17.510><c> for</c><00:36:17.670><c> the</c><00:36:17.889><c> Lord</c><00:36:18.130><c> is</c>

00:36:18.309 --> 00:36:20.230
a<00:36:18.489><c> God</c><00:36:18.650><c> of</c><00:36:18.909><c> knowledge,</c><00:36:19.309><c> and</c><00:36:19.469><c> by</c><00:36:19.630><c> him</c><00:36:19.809><c> actions</c>

00:36:20.230 --> 00:36:23.510
are<00:36:20.510><c> weighed.</c><00:36:21.090><c> Whose</c><00:36:21.329><c> actions</c><00:36:21.829><c> needed</c><00:36:22.110><c> to</c><00:36:22.329><c> be</c><00:36:22.530><c> weighed?</c><00:36:23.250><c> Who</c>

00:36:23.510 --> 00:36:27.170
was<00:36:23.849><c> proud?</c><00:36:24.349><c> Who</c><00:36:24.570><c> was</c><00:36:24.949><c> arrogant?</c><00:36:26.610><c> Contemporary.</c>

00:36:27.170 --> 00:36:35.670
Eli,<00:36:28.989><c> forgiving,</c><00:36:30.170><c> tolerant,</c><00:36:30.989><c> spiritually</c><00:36:31.349><c> blind,</c><00:36:31.989><c> let</c><00:36:32.150><c> alone</c><00:36:32.429><c> physically</c><00:36:32.889><c> blind.</c><00:36:33.949><c> Eli's</c><00:36:34.630><c> sons</c><00:36:35.070><c> committing</c>

00:36:35.670 --> 00:36:39.190
fornication<00:36:36.449><c> at</c><00:36:36.610><c> the</c><00:36:36.789><c> door</c><00:36:36.949><c> of</c><00:36:37.150><c> the</c><00:36:37.369><c> tabernacle.</c><00:36:38.510><c> Apostasy</c>

00:36:39.190 --> 00:36:43.710
was<00:36:39.530><c> rampant.</c><00:36:41.230><c> So</c><00:36:41.369><c> whose</c><00:36:41.650><c> actions</c><00:36:42.070><c> needed</c><00:36:42.349><c> to</c><00:36:42.550><c> be</c><00:36:42.769><c> raised</c>

00:36:43.730 --> 00:36:49.429
and<00:36:44.110><c> whose</c><00:36:44.369><c> actions</c><00:36:44.809><c> needed</c><00:36:45.030><c> to</c><00:36:45.230><c> be</c><00:36:45.489><c> changed?</c><00:36:46.190><c> Who</c><00:36:46.429><c> was</c><00:36:46.750><c> arrogant</c><00:36:47.170><c> by</c><00:36:47.550><c> grabbing</c><00:36:48.130><c> extra</c><00:36:48.650><c> flesh</c><00:36:48.969><c> in</c><00:36:49.170><c> the</c>

00:36:49.429 --> 00:36:53.110
sacrificial<00:36:49.949><c> pot?</c><00:36:50.769><c> Who</c><00:36:51.010><c> was</c><00:36:51.269><c> taking</c><00:36:51.550><c> to</c><00:36:51.750><c> themselves</c><00:36:52.230><c> greedily</c><00:36:52.829><c> more</c>

00:36:53.110 --> 00:36:55.130
than<00:36:53.210><c> they</c><00:36:53.469><c> needed?</c><00:36:54.230><c> Who</c><00:36:54.530><c> was</c><00:36:54.869><c> serving</c>

00:36:55.130 --> 00:36:58.150
themselves<00:36:55.730><c> as</c><00:36:56.050><c> priests</c><00:36:56.530><c> rather</c><00:36:57.070><c> than</c><00:36:57.329><c> serving</c><00:36:57.550><c> the</c><00:36:57.809><c> people?</c>

00:36:58.329 --> 00:37:01.690
And<00:36:58.489><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:58.929><c> first,</c><00:37:00.150><c> Eli</c><00:37:00.429><c> and</c><00:37:00.590><c> his</c><00:37:00.829><c> sons.</c>

00:37:02.269 --> 00:37:05.309
See<00:37:02.449><c> it's</c><00:37:02.630><c> very</c><00:37:02.909><c> relevant.</c><00:37:04.010><c> Verse</c><00:37:04.050><c> four,</c><00:37:04.570><c> the</c><00:37:04.630><c> bows</c><00:37:04.949><c> of</c><00:37:05.170><c> the</c>

00:37:05.309 --> 00:37:07.670
mighty<00:37:05.510><c> men</c><00:37:05.750><c> are</c><00:37:06.010><c> broken</c><00:37:06.369><c> and</c><00:37:06.849><c> they</c><00:37:07.090><c> that</c><00:37:07.349><c> stumbled</c>

00:37:07.670 --> 00:37:11.630
are<00:37:07.969><c> girded</c><00:37:08.250><c> with</c><00:37:08.489><c> strength.</c><00:37:09.170><c> Whose</c><00:37:09.489><c> bows</c><00:37:09.909><c> were</c><00:37:10.150><c> then</c><00:37:10.329><c> in</c><00:37:10.530><c> action?</c><00:37:11.369><c> Well</c><00:37:11.469><c> the</c>

00:37:11.630 --> 00:37:13.230
Philistines<00:37:12.170><c> especially.</c>

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There<00:37:13.530><c> was</c><00:37:13.710><c> that</c><00:37:14.070><c> enemy</c><00:37:14.389><c> besides</c><00:37:14.989><c> the</c><00:37:15.250><c> enemy</c><00:37:15.469><c> within.</c><00:37:16.789><c> Or</c><00:37:16.929><c> verse</c><00:37:17.269><c> five</c><00:37:17.809><c> of</c>

00:37:18.050 --> 00:37:20.610
her<00:37:18.289><c> prayer,</c><00:37:19.530><c> they</c><00:37:19.809><c> that</c><00:37:20.010><c> were</c><00:37:20.250><c> full</c>

00:37:20.610 --> 00:37:24.190
have<00:37:20.690><c> hired</c><00:37:21.110><c> out</c><00:37:21.449><c> themselves</c><00:37:21.949><c> for</c><00:37:22.309><c> bread.</c><00:37:22.769><c> Who</c><00:37:23.030><c> was</c><00:37:23.369><c> full?</c>

00:37:24.469 --> 00:37:27.090
Well<00:37:24.949><c> Eli</c><00:37:25.250><c> and</c><00:37:25.409><c> his</c><00:37:25.610><c> sons</c><00:37:25.769><c> were</c><00:37:25.989><c> taking</c><00:37:26.269><c> all</c><00:37:26.670><c> they</c><00:37:26.889><c> needed</c>

00:37:27.090 --> 00:37:32.309
first<00:37:27.769><c> using</c><00:37:28.710><c> the</c><00:37:28.989><c> hooks</c><00:37:29.170><c> of</c><00:37:29.409><c> the</c><00:37:30.329><c> flesh,</c><00:37:30.389><c> flesh</c><00:37:30.590><c> hooks,</c><00:37:31.369><c> taking</c><00:37:31.730><c> all</c>

00:37:32.309 --> 00:37:34.570
that<00:37:32.409><c> they</c><00:37:32.690><c> wanted</c><00:37:32.909><c> first</c><00:37:33.369><c> and</c><00:37:33.610><c> foremost</c>

00:37:34.769 --> 00:37:38.570
rather<00:37:35.190><c> than</c><00:37:35.469><c> thinking</c><00:37:35.710><c> of</c><00:37:35.929><c> God's</c><00:37:36.449><c> portion</c><00:37:36.750><c> first.</c><00:37:37.869><c> So</c><00:37:38.389><c> that</c>

00:37:38.570 --> 00:37:42.050
the<00:37:38.849><c> barren</c><00:37:39.170><c> hath</c><00:37:39.449><c> borne</c><00:37:39.789><c> seven.</c><00:37:40.329><c> Who</c><00:37:40.650><c> was</c><00:37:40.949><c> barren?</c>

00:37:42.190 --> 00:37:47.550
Hannah<00:37:42.469><c> was</c><00:37:42.730><c> barren.</c><00:37:43.389><c> She</c><00:37:43.710><c> prayed</c><00:37:43.989><c> for</c><00:37:44.289><c> a</c><00:37:44.409><c> son.</c><00:37:45.030><c> Who</c><00:37:45.230><c> was</c><00:37:45.510><c> answered?</c><00:37:46.050><c> Hannah.</c><00:37:47.349><c> And</c>

00:37:47.550 --> 00:37:48.809
in<00:37:47.750><c> fact</c><00:37:47.929><c> after</c><00:37:48.289><c> Samuel</c>

00:37:48.809 --> 00:37:52.210
she<00:37:49.050><c> bears</c><00:37:49.590><c> a</c><00:37:49.969><c> number</c><00:37:50.210><c> of</c><00:37:50.429><c> other</c><00:37:50.650><c> children.</c><00:37:51.650><c> Witness</c><00:37:51.929><c> that</c>

00:37:52.210 --> 00:37:55.230
very<00:37:52.469><c> chapter.</c><00:37:53.750><c> Verse</c><00:37:53.929><c> six,</c><00:37:54.409><c> the</c><00:37:54.409><c> Lord</c><00:37:54.750><c> killeth</c>

00:37:55.230 --> 00:37:58.010
and<00:37:55.389><c> maketh</c><00:37:55.670><c> alive.</c><00:37:56.469><c> He</c><00:37:56.630><c> bringeth</c><00:37:56.909><c> down</c><00:37:57.210><c> to</c><00:37:57.389><c> the</c><00:37:57.610><c> grave</c><00:37:57.769><c> and</c>

00:37:58.010 --> 00:38:02.309
bringeth<00:37:58.349><c> up.</c><00:37:59.809><c> Eli's</c><00:38:00.349><c> sons</c><00:38:00.769><c> were</c><00:38:01.269><c> killed</c><00:38:01.570><c> in</c><00:38:01.730><c> the</c><00:38:01.929><c> battle</c>

00:38:02.309 --> 00:38:05.429
when<00:38:02.650><c> Shiloh</c><00:38:03.070><c> was</c><00:38:03.329><c> destroyed</c><00:38:03.829><c> and</c><00:38:04.150><c> the</c><00:38:04.389><c> ark</c><00:38:04.550><c> was</c><00:38:04.869><c> seized</c><00:38:05.130><c> and</c>

00:38:05.429 --> 00:38:08.389
taken<00:38:05.590><c> by</c><00:38:05.809><c> the</c><00:38:06.010><c> Philistines.</c><00:38:07.190><c> Eli</c><00:38:07.530><c> fell</c><00:38:07.829><c> backward</c>

00:38:08.389 --> 00:38:14.489
and<00:38:08.730><c> died,</c><00:38:09.429><c> broke</c><00:38:09.690><c> his</c><00:38:09.949><c> neck.</c><00:38:11.610><c> Relevance</c><00:38:12.230><c> in</c><00:38:12.570><c> terms</c><00:38:12.889><c> of</c><00:38:13.269><c> current</c><00:38:13.489><c> events</c><00:38:13.969><c> but</c>

00:38:14.489 --> 00:38:16.789
no<00:38:14.789><c> doubt</c><00:38:15.090><c> long</c><00:38:15.730><c> term</c><00:38:16.070><c> also</c>

00:38:16.789 --> 00:38:20.289
prophetically.<00:38:18.170><c> Eternal</c><00:38:18.550><c> truths</c><00:38:19.090><c> not</c><00:38:19.489><c> just</c><00:38:19.769><c> contemporary</c>

00:38:20.289 --> 00:38:23.829
realities.<00:38:21.730><c> Verse</c><00:38:21.849><c> seven,</c><00:38:22.269><c> the</c><00:38:22.269><c> Lord</c><00:38:22.550><c> maketh</c><00:38:22.929><c> poor</c><00:38:23.329><c> and</c><00:38:23.630><c> he</c>

00:38:23.829 --> 00:38:27.050
maketh<00:38:24.090><c> rich.</c><00:38:24.750><c> He</c><00:38:24.869><c> bringeth</c><00:38:25.250><c> low</c><00:38:25.489><c> and</c><00:38:25.670><c> he</c><00:38:25.869><c> lifteth</c><00:38:26.210><c> up.</c><00:38:26.789><c> Who</c>

00:38:27.050 --> 00:38:30.369
was<00:38:27.349><c> lifted</c><00:38:27.570><c> up?</c><00:38:28.949><c> Hannah</c><00:38:29.250><c> was</c><00:38:29.530><c> blessed</c><00:38:29.829><c> finally</c><00:38:30.150><c> with</c>

00:38:30.369 --> 00:38:34.590
his<00:38:30.570><c> son</c><00:38:30.909><c> and</c><00:38:31.829><c> in</c><00:38:31.969><c> that</c><00:38:32.269><c> sense</c><00:38:32.530><c> her</c><00:38:32.829><c> spirit</c><00:38:33.269><c> and</c><00:38:33.690><c> her</c><00:38:33.929><c> life</c><00:38:34.250><c> was</c>

00:38:34.590 --> 00:38:36.969
lifted<00:38:34.809><c> up</c><00:38:35.389><c> bundled</c><00:38:35.809><c> in</c><00:38:35.969><c> the</c><00:38:36.090><c> life</c><00:38:36.289><c> of</c><00:38:36.469><c> that</c><00:38:36.690><c> young</c>

00:38:36.969 --> 00:38:41.070
child<00:38:37.369><c> who</c><00:38:37.510><c> was</c><00:38:37.730><c> going</c><00:38:37.869><c> to</c><00:38:38.070><c> be</c><00:38:38.349><c> a</c><00:38:38.750><c> great</c><00:38:38.949><c> leader</c><00:38:39.289><c> and</c><00:38:39.530><c> a</c><00:38:39.690><c> reformer.</c><00:38:40.849><c> Verse</c>

00:38:41.070 --> 00:38:42.690
eight,<00:38:41.389><c> he</c><00:38:41.590><c> raiseth</c><00:38:41.869><c> up</c><00:38:42.050><c> the</c><00:38:42.329><c> poor</c><00:38:42.530><c> out</c>

00:38:42.690 --> 00:38:45.809
the<00:38:42.869><c> dust.</c><00:38:43.710><c> He</c><00:38:43.889><c> lifteth</c><00:38:44.250><c> up</c><00:38:44.389><c> the</c><00:38:44.630><c> beggar</c><00:38:44.929><c> from</c><00:38:45.110><c> the</c><00:38:45.309><c> dunghill</c>

00:38:45.809 --> 00:38:47.929
to<00:38:46.230><c> set</c><00:38:46.489><c> them</c><00:38:46.670><c> among</c><00:38:46.949><c> princes</c><00:38:47.409><c> and</c><00:38:47.670><c> to</c><00:38:47.809><c> make</c>

00:38:47.929 --> 00:38:52.949
them<00:38:48.130><c> inherit</c><00:38:48.489><c> the</c><00:38:48.829><c> throne</c><00:38:48.989><c> of</c><00:38:49.289><c> glory.</c><00:38:50.510><c> A</c><00:38:50.969><c> kingdom</c><00:38:51.530><c> theme.</c><00:38:52.690><c> A</c>

00:38:52.949 --> 00:38:56.889
coming<00:38:53.289><c> king.</c><00:38:53.989><c> A</c><00:38:54.250><c> coming</c><00:38:54.510><c> throne.</c><00:38:55.369><c> Coming</c><00:38:55.710><c> glory.</c>

00:38:57.010 --> 00:39:04.449
For<00:38:57.150><c> the</c><00:38:57.409><c> pillars</c><00:38:57.690><c> of</c><00:38:57.929><c> the</c><00:38:58.150><c> earth</c><00:38:58.349><c> are</c><00:38:58.570><c> the</c><00:38:58.829><c> Lord's</c><00:38:59.369><c> and</c><00:39:00.289><c> he</c><00:39:00.590><c> hath</c><00:39:00.929><c> set</c><00:39:01.269><c> the</c><00:39:01.690><c> world</c><00:39:02.150><c> upon</c><00:39:02.670><c> them.</c><00:39:03.469><c> Words</c><00:39:03.869><c> actually</c><00:39:04.309><c> if</c>

00:39:04.449 --> 00:39:07.570
you<00:39:04.530><c> look</c><00:39:04.670><c> at</c><00:39:04.809><c> your</c><00:39:05.010><c> margin</c><00:39:05.510><c> that</c><00:39:05.909><c> echo</c><00:39:06.090><c> the</c><00:39:06.269><c> words</c><00:39:06.469><c> of</c><00:39:06.769><c> Job</c><00:39:07.050><c> at</c>

00:39:07.570 --> 00:39:10.190
the<00:39:07.750><c> end</c><00:39:07.869><c> of</c><00:39:08.010><c> the</c><00:39:08.090><c> book</c><00:39:08.250><c> of</c><00:39:08.449><c> Job</c><00:39:09.010><c> stressing</c><00:39:09.929><c> that</c>

00:39:10.190 --> 00:39:15.590
God<00:39:10.510><c> has</c><00:39:11.010><c> control</c><00:39:11.690><c> over</c><00:39:12.090><c> the</c><00:39:12.349><c> earth</c><00:39:12.670><c> and</c><00:39:13.010><c> over</c><00:39:13.309><c> all</c><00:39:13.710><c> of</c><00:39:13.829><c> its</c><00:39:14.030><c> elements.</c><00:39:15.269><c> Or</c>

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as<00:39:16.010><c> we</c><00:39:16.230><c> finish</c><00:39:16.489><c> her</c><00:39:16.730><c> prayer,</c>

00:39:17.449 --> 00:39:20.909
verse<00:39:17.730><c> nine,</c><00:39:18.289><c> brothers</c><00:39:18.429><c> and</c><00:39:18.710><c> sisters,</c><00:39:19.550><c> he</c><00:39:19.789><c> will</c><00:39:20.070><c> keep</c><00:39:20.329><c> the</c><00:39:20.610><c> feet</c><00:39:20.710><c> of</c>

00:39:20.909 --> 00:39:23.030
his<00:39:21.110><c> saints</c><00:39:21.469><c> and</c><00:39:22.010><c> the</c><00:39:22.210><c> wicked</c><00:39:22.469><c> shall</c><00:39:22.690><c> be</c>

00:39:23.030 --> 00:39:29.469
silent<00:39:23.449><c> in</c><00:39:23.730><c> darkness.</c><00:39:24.489><c> What</c><00:39:24.730><c> wicked?</c><00:39:25.989><c> Wicked</c><00:39:26.269><c> Eli,</c><00:39:27.670><c> wicked</c><00:39:27.889><c> sons</c><00:39:28.250><c> of</c><00:39:28.489><c> Eli,</c><00:39:29.329><c> a</c>

00:39:29.469 --> 00:39:31.210
wicked<00:39:29.789><c> priesthood</c><00:39:30.409><c> and</c><00:39:30.789><c> a</c><00:39:30.949><c> wicked</c>

00:39:31.210 --> 00:39:34.449
people<00:39:31.969><c> who</c><00:39:32.369><c> witnessed</c><00:39:32.630><c> the</c><00:39:32.809><c> book</c><00:39:32.989><c> of</c><00:39:33.230><c> Judges.</c><00:39:34.210><c> Where</c><00:39:34.289><c> every</c>

00:39:34.449 --> 00:39:36.389
man<00:39:34.590><c> did</c><00:39:34.730><c> that</c><00:39:34.929><c> which</c><00:39:35.050><c> was</c><00:39:35.389><c> right</c><00:39:35.690><c> in</c><00:39:35.909><c> their</c><00:39:36.170><c> own</c>

00:39:36.389 --> 00:39:39.610
minds.<00:39:37.510><c> The</c><00:39:37.769><c> wicked</c><00:39:38.010><c> of</c><00:39:38.230><c> the</c><00:39:38.389><c> Philistines,</c><00:39:39.110><c> the</c><00:39:39.190><c> wicked</c><00:39:39.389><c> of</c>

00:39:39.610 --> 00:39:41.610
the<00:39:39.789><c> Canaanites,</c><00:39:40.309><c> the</c><00:39:40.429><c> Hittites,</c><00:39:40.869><c> the</c><00:39:41.070><c> Amorites,</c>

00:39:41.949 --> 00:39:45.010
that<00:39:42.050><c> were</c><00:39:42.250><c> now</c><00:39:42.650><c> in</c><00:39:42.989><c> the</c><00:39:43.269><c> ascendancy</c><00:39:43.869><c> all</c><00:39:44.289><c> around</c><00:39:44.550><c> the</c><00:39:44.750><c> tribes</c>

00:39:45.010 --> 00:39:48.789
of<00:39:45.190><c> Israel.</c><00:39:46.710><c> But</c><00:39:47.170><c> long</c><00:39:47.590><c> term</c><00:39:47.869><c> also</c><00:39:48.369><c> in</c><00:39:48.570><c> the</c>

00:39:48.789 --> 00:39:53.530
intentions.<00:39:49.869><c> Look</c><00:39:50.030><c> at</c><00:39:50.130><c> verse</c><00:39:50.349><c> ten,</c><00:39:51.429><c> the</c><00:39:51.610><c> adversaries</c><00:39:52.670><c> of</c><00:39:53.289><c> the</c>

00:39:53.530 --> 00:39:56.989
Lord<00:39:53.929><c> shall</c><00:39:54.269><c> be</c><00:39:54.510><c> broken</c><00:39:54.849><c> to</c><00:39:55.130><c> pieces.</c><00:39:56.349><c> When</c><00:39:56.570><c> did</c><00:39:56.730><c> that</c>

00:39:56.989 --> 00:40:01.710
happen?<00:39:58.309><c> Well,</c><00:39:58.829><c> if</c><00:39:59.130><c> we</c><00:39:59.269><c> look</c><00:39:59.409><c> at</c><00:39:59.570><c> contemporary</c><00:40:00.010><c> events,</c><00:40:01.030><c> that's</c><00:40:01.309><c> very</c>

00:40:01.710 --> 00:40:06.869
relevant<00:40:02.110><c> brothers</c><00:40:02.429><c> and</c><00:40:02.710><c> sisters</c><00:40:03.050><c> to</c><00:40:03.269><c> the</c>

00:40:06.929 --> 00:40:10.269
arc<00:40:07.369><c> and</c><00:40:07.510><c> one</c><00:40:07.710><c> of</c><00:40:07.829><c> the</c><00:40:07.989><c> cities</c><00:40:08.210><c> of</c><00:40:08.449><c> the</c><00:40:08.650><c> Philistines,</c><00:40:10.090><c> Dagon</c>

00:40:10.269 --> 00:40:13.909
was<00:40:10.670><c> broken</c><00:40:11.090><c> to</c><00:40:11.389><c> pieces,</c><00:40:12.230><c> smashed</c><00:40:12.630><c> to</c><00:40:12.909><c> smithereens</c>

00:40:13.949 --> 00:40:18.869
before<00:40:14.590><c> the</c><00:40:15.150><c> arc.</c><00:40:15.530><c> So</c><00:40:15.730><c> that</c><00:40:15.989><c> happened</c><00:40:16.409><c> in</c><00:40:17.010><c> the</c><00:40:17.210><c> days</c><00:40:17.670><c> of</c><00:40:18.130><c> Hannah</c><00:40:18.369><c> and</c>

00:40:18.869 --> 00:40:21.309
Samuel.<00:40:19.949><c> But</c><00:40:20.309><c> furthermore,</c><00:40:20.849><c> it's</c><00:40:21.030><c> language</c>

00:40:21.309 --> 00:40:26.550
like<00:40:21.550><c> Daniel</c><00:40:22.010><c> too.</c><00:40:22.849><c> So</c><00:40:23.110><c> again,</c><00:40:23.449><c> it</c><00:40:23.570><c> has</c><00:40:23.769><c> a</c><00:40:24.110><c> long</c><00:40:24.550><c> term</c><00:40:24.929><c> universal</c><00:40:25.610><c> importance</c><00:40:26.329><c> in</c>

00:40:26.550 --> 00:40:28.369
God's<00:40:27.050><c> divine</c><00:40:27.349><c> plan.</c>

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And<00:40:28.889><c> then</c><00:40:29.050><c> notice,</c><00:40:29.730><c> as</c><00:40:30.030><c> she</c><00:40:30.289><c> began</c><00:40:30.789><c> Hannah</c><00:40:31.329><c> returns</c><00:40:32.010><c> to</c><00:40:32.250><c> the</c>

00:40:32.429 --> 00:40:35.250
subject<00:40:32.710><c> of</c><00:40:32.909><c> the</c><00:40:33.070><c> enemies.</c><00:40:34.150><c> She</c><00:40:34.409><c> began</c><00:40:34.809><c> referring</c>

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to<00:40:35.409><c> the</c><00:40:35.530><c> enemies</c><00:40:35.929><c> in</c><00:40:36.110><c> verse</c><00:40:36.409><c> one,</c><00:40:37.050><c> and</c><00:40:37.130><c> it</c><00:40:37.389><c> returns</c><00:40:37.769><c> in</c><00:40:38.010><c> the</c><00:40:38.210><c> prayer</c><00:40:38.429><c> in</c>

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verse<00:40:38.889><c> ten,</c><00:40:39.489><c> once</c><00:40:39.730><c> again</c><00:40:40.050><c> to</c><00:40:40.230><c> the</c><00:40:40.389><c> same</c>

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theme.<00:40:41.550><c> The</c><00:40:41.750><c> adversaries</c><00:40:42.429><c> of</c><00:40:42.670><c> Yahweh</c><00:40:43.030><c> shall</c><00:40:43.210><c> be</c><00:40:43.409><c> broken</c><00:40:43.690><c> to</c>

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pieces<00:40:44.329><c> out</c><00:40:44.789><c> of</c><00:40:44.989><c> heaven</c><00:40:45.369><c> shall</c><00:40:45.630><c> he</c><00:40:45.849><c> thunder</c><00:40:46.110><c> upon</c><00:40:46.550><c> them.</c>

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The<00:40:47.730><c> Lord</c><00:40:48.050><c> shall</c><00:40:48.369><c> judge</c><00:40:48.849><c> the</c><00:40:49.090><c> ends</c><00:40:49.309><c> of</c><00:40:49.510><c> the</c><00:40:49.650><c> earth.</c><00:40:50.010><c> Who</c><00:40:50.269><c> needed</c><00:40:50.510><c> to</c><00:40:50.710><c> be</c>

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judged?<00:40:51.730><c> Certainly</c><00:40:52.070><c> Eli</c><00:40:52.510><c> did,</c>

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and<00:40:53.389><c> his</c><00:40:53.550><c> sons</c><00:40:53.769><c> did,</c><00:40:54.329><c> and</c><00:40:54.489><c> Israel</c><00:40:54.849><c> did.</c><00:40:55.650><c> But</c><00:40:55.909><c> again,</c><00:40:56.650><c> long</c><00:40:56.949><c> term</c><00:40:57.170><c> in</c>

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its<00:40:57.530><c> importance.</c><00:40:58.610><c> The</c><00:40:58.809><c> Lord</c><00:40:59.090><c> shall</c><00:40:59.369><c> judge</c><00:40:59.670><c> the</c>

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ends<00:41:00.070><c> of</c><00:41:00.250><c> the</c><00:41:00.389><c> earth</c><00:41:00.650><c> and</c><00:41:00.809><c> he</c><00:41:00.969><c> shall</c><00:41:01.130><c> give</c><00:41:01.409><c> strength.</c><00:41:02.590><c> Oh,</c><00:41:03.730><c> he</c>

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shall<00:41:04.070><c> give</c><00:41:04.309><c> strength</c><00:41:04.630><c> unto</c><00:41:04.869><c> his</c><00:41:05.190><c> king.</c>

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Brothers<00:41:06.530><c> and</c><00:41:06.769><c> sisters,</c><00:41:07.110><c> there</c><00:41:07.250><c> was</c><00:41:07.469><c> no</c><00:41:07.809><c> king</c><00:41:08.289><c> in</c><00:41:08.869><c> the</c><00:41:09.090><c> days</c>

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that<00:41:09.670><c> Hannah</c><00:41:09.829><c> spoke</c><00:41:10.170><c> this</c><00:41:10.449><c> prayer.</c>

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This<00:41:11.969><c> is</c><00:41:12.210><c> before</c><00:41:12.570><c> Saul's</c><00:41:13.090><c> anointed.</c><00:41:13.710><c> This</c><00:41:13.869><c> is</c><00:41:14.090><c> before</c><00:41:14.429><c> David</c>

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becomes<00:41:15.289><c> king.</c><00:41:15.969><c> This</c><00:41:16.130><c> is</c><00:41:16.409><c> before</c><00:41:16.769><c> the</c><00:41:17.050><c> kings.</c>

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Again,<00:41:19.170><c> it's</c><00:41:19.489><c> prophetic.</c><00:41:21.429><c> It</c><00:41:21.730><c> anticipates</c><00:41:22.530><c> a</c><00:41:22.969><c> righteous</c>

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priesthood<00:41:24.210><c> that</c><00:41:24.409><c> will</c><00:41:24.710><c> come,</c>

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as<00:41:26.030><c> we</c><00:41:26.230><c> just</c><00:41:26.510><c> read</c><00:41:26.909><c> at</c><00:41:27.329><c> the</c><00:41:27.489><c> end</c><00:41:27.670><c> of</c><00:41:27.849><c> this</c><00:41:28.030><c> chapter.</c><00:41:29.110><c> But</c><00:41:29.289><c> it</c><00:41:29.570><c> also</c><00:41:30.010><c> anticipates</c><00:41:30.710><c> the</c><00:41:30.929><c> coming</c><00:41:31.130><c> of</c>

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a<00:41:31.550><c> king,</c>

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a<00:41:32.949><c> king</c><00:41:33.409><c> and</c><00:41:33.849><c> a</c><00:41:34.030><c> kingdom,</c><00:41:34.889><c> and</c><00:41:35.110><c> a</c><00:41:35.309><c> new</c><00:41:35.630><c> priesthood</c><00:41:36.250><c> and</c><00:41:36.449><c> a</c><00:41:36.630><c> better</c><00:41:36.789><c> house</c><00:41:37.150><c> of</c>

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priests.<00:41:38.949><c> Interesting.</c>

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And<00:41:40.389><c> Ezekiel</c><00:41:40.769><c> will</c><00:41:41.030><c> pick</c><00:41:41.170><c> this</c><00:41:41.369><c> up</c><00:41:41.610><c> in</c><00:41:41.769><c> the</c><00:41:41.969><c> temple</c><00:41:42.269><c> section</c>

00:41:42.789 --> 00:41:45.909
of<00:41:43.230><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:41:43.949><c> prophecy</c><00:41:44.329><c> and</c><00:41:44.949><c> quote</c><00:41:45.269><c> back</c><00:41:45.730><c> to</c>

00:41:45.909 --> 00:41:50.030
this<00:41:46.090><c> very</c><00:41:46.429><c> section</c><00:41:46.829><c> of</c><00:41:47.130><c> Samuel</c><00:41:47.530><c> when</c><00:41:48.010><c> it</c><00:41:48.250><c> refers</c><00:41:48.550><c> to</c><00:41:48.929><c> the</c><00:41:49.190><c> institution</c><00:41:49.789><c> of</c>

00:41:50.030 --> 00:41:51.929
the<00:41:50.210><c> priesthood</c><00:41:50.670><c> of</c><00:41:51.070><c> the</c><00:41:51.230><c> future</c><00:41:51.489><c> age.</c>

00:41:51.929 --> 00:41:56.309
Rather<00:41:52.590><c> interesting.</c><00:41:53.489><c> Priesthood</c><00:41:54.150><c> and</c><00:41:54.389><c> kingdom,</c><00:41:55.210><c> both</c><00:41:55.570><c> enfolded</c><00:41:56.210><c> in</c>

00:41:56.309 --> 00:41:56.929
this<00:41:56.590><c> prayer.</c>

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And<00:41:57.590><c> then</c><00:41:57.769><c> the</c><00:41:58.090><c> last</c><00:41:58.429><c> phrase,</c><00:41:59.489><c> God</c><00:41:59.750><c> will</c><00:42:00.070><c> exhort</c><00:42:00.369><c> the</c><00:42:00.750><c> horn</c><00:42:01.110><c> of</c>

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his<00:42:02.269><c> anointed.</c>

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Now<00:42:04.909><c> that's</c><00:42:05.449><c> Hannah's</c><00:42:05.929><c> prayer,</c><00:42:06.469><c> and</c><00:42:07.710><c> that</c><00:42:07.929><c> we</c><00:42:08.230><c> believe</c><00:42:08.389><c> is</c><00:42:08.570><c> a</c>

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master<00:42:09.309><c> key</c><00:42:09.650><c> to</c><00:42:09.969><c> understanding</c>

00:42:10.769 --> 00:42:14.530
the<00:42:11.489><c> calling</c><00:42:11.809><c> of</c><00:42:12.150><c> Samuel,</c><00:42:12.690><c> the</c><00:42:12.989><c> ministry</c><00:42:13.389><c> of</c><00:42:13.690><c> Samuel,</c><00:42:14.030><c> and</c>

00:42:14.530 --> 00:42:17.349
the<00:42:14.710><c> reason</c><00:42:15.030><c> why</c><00:42:15.389><c> many</c><00:42:15.690><c> years</c><00:42:16.050><c> later</c><00:42:16.469><c> the</c><00:42:17.030><c> mother</c>

00:42:17.349 --> 00:42:21.409
of<00:42:17.449><c> the</c><00:42:17.570><c> Lord</c><00:42:17.889><c> Jesus</c><00:42:18.429><c> Christ,</c><00:42:19.309><c> Mary,</c><00:42:20.269><c> would</c><00:42:20.530><c> quote</c><00:42:20.849><c> this</c><00:42:21.130><c> very</c>

00:42:21.409 --> 00:42:24.289
prayer.<00:42:22.010><c> Not</c><00:42:22.230><c> once,</c><00:42:23.150><c> but</c><00:42:23.329><c> either</c><00:42:23.570><c> quote</c><00:42:23.809><c> it</c><00:42:24.070><c> or</c>

00:42:24.289 --> 00:42:28.130
allude<00:42:24.590><c> to</c><00:42:24.829><c> its</c><00:42:25.030><c> language</c><00:42:25.409><c> about</c><00:42:25.690><c> five</c><00:42:25.989><c> or</c><00:42:26.070><c> six</c><00:42:26.349><c> times.</c><00:42:27.969><c> We'll</c>

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mention<00:42:28.389><c> that</c><00:42:29.130><c> in</c><00:42:29.429><c> a</c><00:42:29.570><c> moment.</c>

00:42:31.070 --> 00:42:35.570
Now<00:42:31.329><c> put</c><00:42:31.570><c> the</c><00:42:31.909><c> prayer</c><00:42:32.369><c> together</c><00:42:33.150><c> with</c><00:42:33.429><c> the</c><00:42:33.670><c> example.</c><00:42:35.250><c> What</c><00:42:35.469><c> do</c>

00:42:35.570 --> 00:42:37.750
we<00:42:35.690><c> learn</c><00:42:35.829><c> about</c><00:42:36.110><c> Hannah's</c><00:42:36.690><c> character?</c>

00:42:37.769 --> 00:42:43.969
Now<00:42:38.030><c> put</c><00:42:38.190><c> it</c><00:42:38.510><c> parallel</c><00:42:38.809><c> to</c><00:42:39.050><c> her</c><00:42:39.409><c> character</c><00:42:39.909><c> as</c><00:42:40.349><c> well</c><00:42:40.530><c> as</c><00:42:40.670><c> her</c><00:42:40.909><c> prayer.</c><00:42:42.650><c> We</c><00:42:42.969><c> know</c><00:42:43.409><c> from</c><00:42:43.670><c> 1</c>

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Samuel<00:42:44.469><c> chapter</c><00:42:45.090><c> 1</c>

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that<00:42:46.469><c> she</c><00:42:46.650><c> was</c><00:42:46.869><c> devoted</c><00:42:47.369><c> in</c><00:42:47.670><c> her</c><00:42:47.889><c> worship</c><00:42:48.230><c> as</c><00:42:48.409><c> she</c><00:42:48.590><c> went</c><00:42:48.730><c> up</c><00:42:48.949><c> with</c><00:42:49.289><c> Elkanah,</c><00:42:49.969><c> her</c><00:42:50.190><c> husband.</c><00:42:51.690><c> We</c>

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know<00:42:52.030><c> that</c><00:42:52.170><c> she</c><00:42:52.329><c> was</c><00:42:52.550><c> a</c>

00:42:52.889 --> 00:42:59.469
dedicated<00:42:53.429><c> mother</c><00:42:54.090><c> and</c><00:42:54.929><c> a</c><00:42:55.170><c> sister</c><00:42:55.510><c> in</c><00:42:55.710><c> Israel</c><00:42:56.110><c> to</c><00:42:56.329><c> the</c><00:42:56.449><c> purpose</c><00:42:56.809><c> of</c><00:42:57.070><c> raising</c><00:42:57.369><c> Samuel.</c><00:42:59.170><c> We</c>

00:42:59.469 --> 00:43:00.309
know<00:42:59.670><c> that</c><00:42:59.809><c> she</c><00:42:59.989><c> was</c>

00:43:00.309 --> 00:43:05.389
sacrificing<00:43:01.190><c> in</c><00:43:01.550><c> her</c><00:43:01.809><c> giving.</c><00:43:03.190><c> We</c><00:43:03.530><c> know</c><00:43:04.110><c> that</c><00:43:04.710><c> she</c><00:43:04.969><c> knew</c><00:43:05.130><c> her</c>

00:43:05.389 --> 00:43:09.130
Bible<00:43:05.730><c> by</c><00:43:06.190><c> heart</c><00:43:06.650><c> in</c><00:43:07.429><c> the</c><00:43:07.650><c> sense</c><00:43:07.909><c> that</c><00:43:08.289><c> as</c><00:43:08.670><c> you</c><00:43:08.869><c> take</c>

00:43:09.130 --> 00:43:13.750
a<00:43:09.250><c> look</c><00:43:09.369><c> at</c><00:43:09.610><c> that</c><00:43:09.889><c> prayer,</c><00:43:10.969><c> we</c><00:43:11.250><c> don't</c><00:43:11.449><c> know</c><00:43:11.710><c> exactly</c><00:43:12.130><c> how</c><00:43:12.469><c> inspiration</c><00:43:13.090><c> works,</c><00:43:13.530><c> but</c>

00:43:13.750 --> 00:43:15.449
it<00:43:13.969><c> often</c><00:43:14.289><c> does</c><00:43:14.670><c> put</c><00:43:14.869><c> in</c><00:43:15.050><c> new</c>

00:43:15.449 --> 00:43:19.570
understanding,<00:43:16.130><c> of</c><00:43:16.130><c> course,</c><00:43:16.909><c> prophetically</c><00:43:17.389><c> and</c><00:43:17.530><c> by</c><00:43:17.750><c> inspiration,</c><00:43:18.889><c> but</c><00:43:19.050><c> often</c><00:43:19.369><c> it</c>

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also<00:43:19.929><c> draws</c><00:43:20.230><c> upon</c><00:43:20.610><c> what's</c>

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already<00:43:21.269><c> there,</c><00:43:22.190><c> like</c><00:43:22.409><c> the</c><00:43:22.869><c> comforter</c><00:43:23.250><c> in</c><00:43:23.469><c> John</c><00:43:23.769><c> bringing</c><00:43:24.090><c> to</c>

00:43:24.429 --> 00:43:26.690
remembrance<00:43:24.909><c> things</c><00:43:25.449><c> that</c><00:43:25.630><c> you've</c><00:43:25.889><c> been</c><00:43:26.150><c> exposed</c><00:43:26.489><c> to</c>

00:43:26.690 --> 00:43:31.369
and<00:43:26.829><c> perhaps</c><00:43:27.190><c> have</c><00:43:27.429><c> forgotten,</c><00:43:28.349><c> speaking</c><00:43:28.570><c> in</c><00:43:28.769><c> John</c><00:43:29.050><c> 14</c><00:43:29.550><c> of</c><00:43:29.710><c> the</c><00:43:29.969><c> comforter's</c><00:43:30.409><c> work.</c><00:43:31.170><c> So</c>

00:43:31.369 --> 00:43:32.349
it<00:43:31.530><c> works</c><00:43:31.750><c> both</c><00:43:32.070><c> ways,</c>

00:43:32.469 --> 00:43:36.610
new<00:43:32.610><c> knowledge</c><00:43:32.989><c> and</c><00:43:33.230><c> also</c><00:43:33.590><c> bringing</c><00:43:33.869><c> to</c><00:43:34.289><c> remembrance.</c><00:43:35.369><c> In</c><00:43:35.570><c> the</c><00:43:35.809><c> case</c><00:43:36.170><c> of</c>

00:43:36.610 --> 00:43:38.949
her<00:43:36.889><c> prayer,</c><00:43:37.949><c> if</c><00:43:38.190><c> you</c><00:43:38.369><c> look</c><00:43:38.530><c> at</c><00:43:38.670><c> that</c>

00:43:38.949 --> 00:43:43.030
language,<00:43:39.369><c> you</c><00:43:39.489><c> can</c><00:43:39.789><c> see</c><00:43:39.949><c> not</c><00:43:40.150><c> only</c><00:43:40.389><c> Daniel</c><00:43:40.849><c> 2,</c><00:43:41.610><c> not</c><00:43:41.849><c> only</c><00:43:42.190><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:43:42.849><c> in</c>

00:43:43.030 --> 00:43:44.110
reference<00:43:43.409><c> to</c><00:43:43.590><c> the</c><00:43:43.809><c> Rock,</c>

00:43:44.110 --> 00:43:48.769
but<00:43:44.570><c> elsewhere</c><00:43:45.309><c> in</c><00:43:45.690><c> previous</c><00:43:46.170><c> revelation</c><00:43:46.869><c> of</c><00:43:47.530><c> the</c><00:43:47.670><c> Old</c><00:43:47.869><c> Testament.</c><00:43:48.610><c> Job,</c>

00:43:48.809 --> 00:43:50.469
for<00:43:49.010><c> example,</c><00:43:49.730><c> with</c><00:43:49.829><c> the</c><00:43:49.989><c> pillars</c><00:43:50.230><c> of</c>

00:43:50.469 --> 00:43:54.650
the<00:43:50.630><c> earth,</c><00:43:51.289><c> the</c><00:43:51.510><c> language</c><00:43:52.010><c> of</c><00:43:52.250><c> that</c><00:43:52.510><c> prayer</c><00:43:52.829><c> is</c><00:43:53.929><c> absolutely</c>

00:43:54.650 --> 00:43:58.210
filled<00:43:55.289><c> with</c><00:43:55.650><c> allusions</c><00:43:56.210><c> to</c><00:43:56.710><c> other</c><00:43:57.090><c> scriptural</c><00:43:57.630><c> passages</c>

00:43:58.210 --> 00:44:03.769
and<00:43:58.969><c> thoughts</c><00:43:59.349><c> and</c><00:43:59.909><c> themes</c><00:44:00.329><c> and</c><00:44:00.829><c> principles</c><00:44:01.250><c> in</c><00:44:01.750><c> the</c><00:44:01.889><c> Old</c><00:44:02.110><c> Testament</c><00:44:02.650><c> previous</c><00:44:03.469><c> to</c>

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Hannah.<00:44:04.670><c> It's</c><00:44:05.150><c> a</c><00:44:05.309><c> Bible</c><00:44:05.869><c>-based</c>

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prayer<00:44:06.949><c> in</c><00:44:07.289><c> that</c><00:44:07.570><c> sense.</c><00:44:09.650><c> She</c><00:44:09.809><c> was</c><00:44:10.010><c> a</c><00:44:10.250><c> woman</c><00:44:10.469><c> of</c><00:44:10.829><c> prayer.</c><00:44:12.409><c> She</c>

00:44:12.550 --> 00:44:15.769
was<00:44:12.730><c> one</c><00:44:12.969><c> who</c><00:44:13.309><c> showed</c><00:44:13.630><c> endurance</c><00:44:14.409><c> in</c><00:44:14.849><c> trial.</c>

00:44:16.150 --> 00:44:23.070
She<00:44:16.269><c> was</c><00:44:16.610><c> faithful</c><00:44:17.110><c> in</c><00:44:17.449><c> keeping</c><00:44:17.710><c> her</c><00:44:18.110><c> vow.</c><00:44:20.010><c> She</c><00:44:20.269><c> showed</c><00:44:20.590><c> tremendous</c><00:44:21.429><c> humility</c><00:44:22.170><c> before</c><00:44:22.630><c> God</c>

00:44:23.070 --> 00:44:23.670
and<00:44:23.329><c> man</c>

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in<00:44:24.030><c> the</c><00:44:24.170><c> way</c><00:44:24.309><c> she</c><00:44:24.630><c> describes</c><00:44:25.070><c> herself</c><00:44:25.750><c> and</c><00:44:26.150><c> abases</c><00:44:26.630><c> herself.</c>

00:44:28.789 --> 00:44:30.690
The<00:44:29.070><c> prayer,</c><00:44:29.690><c> now</c><00:44:30.010><c> think</c><00:44:30.230><c> of</c><00:44:30.369><c> it,</c>

00:44:30.690 --> 00:44:34.590
and<00:44:31.170><c> the</c><00:44:31.309><c> woman.</c><00:44:32.630><c> As</c><00:44:32.909><c> you</c><00:44:33.130><c> look</c><00:44:33.289><c> through</c><00:44:33.510><c> that</c><00:44:33.869><c> very</c><00:44:34.250><c> brief,</c>

00:44:34.730 --> 00:44:37.849
not<00:44:34.929><c> exhaustive,</c><00:44:35.690><c> summary</c><00:44:36.010><c> of</c><00:44:36.349><c> her</c><00:44:37.230><c> spiritual</c>

00:44:37.849 --> 00:44:41.889
characteristics,<00:44:39.170><c> what's</c><00:44:39.570><c> in</c><00:44:39.730><c> that</c><00:44:40.030><c> prayer</c><00:44:40.409><c> matches</c><00:44:41.070><c> the</c><00:44:41.449><c> character</c><00:44:41.710><c> of</c>

00:44:41.889 --> 00:44:44.090
this<00:44:42.050><c> woman.</c><00:44:43.329><c> The</c><00:44:43.650><c> prayer</c><00:44:43.829><c> looks</c>

00:44:44.090 --> 00:44:50.289
forward<00:44:44.409><c> to</c><00:44:44.590><c> a</c><00:44:44.789><c> time</c><00:44:44.969><c> of</c><00:44:45.230><c> a</c><00:44:45.329><c> coming</c><00:44:45.610><c> king,</c><00:44:46.650><c> of</c><00:44:46.869><c> a</c><00:44:46.989><c> righteous</c><00:44:47.369><c> king.</c><00:44:48.550><c> The</c><00:44:48.829><c> prayer</c><00:44:49.030><c> looks</c><00:44:49.309><c> forward</c><00:44:49.949><c> to</c>

00:44:50.289 --> 00:44:51.110
a<00:44:50.489><c> time</c><00:44:50.650><c> when</c><00:44:50.809><c> God</c>

00:44:51.110 --> 00:44:55.250
will<00:44:51.409><c> exalt</c><00:44:51.730><c> the</c><00:44:52.010><c> poor,</c><00:44:52.909><c> when</c><00:44:53.070><c> he</c><00:44:53.230><c> will</c><00:44:53.630><c> lift</c><00:44:53.949><c> up</c><00:44:54.369><c> the</c><00:44:54.590><c> beggar,</c>

00:44:55.469 --> 00:44:57.769
when<00:44:55.650><c> he</c><00:44:55.769><c> will</c><00:44:55.989><c> bless</c><00:44:56.309><c> the</c><00:44:56.570><c> meek</c><00:44:56.969><c> in</c><00:44:57.150><c> that</c><00:44:57.449><c> sense,</c>

00:44:57.769 --> 00:45:00.909
so<00:44:57.989><c> they</c><00:44:58.309><c> shall</c><00:44:58.550><c> inherit</c><00:44:59.030><c> the</c><00:44:59.289><c> earth.</c><00:45:00.110><c> It</c><00:45:00.230><c> looks</c><00:45:00.489><c> forward</c><00:45:00.750><c> to</c>

00:45:00.909 --> 00:45:03.469
a<00:45:01.110><c> time</c><00:45:01.269><c> when</c><00:45:01.429><c> the</c><00:45:01.710><c> enemies</c><00:45:01.989><c> of</c><00:45:02.250><c> God</c><00:45:02.510><c> will</c><00:45:02.690><c> be</c><00:45:02.849><c> put</c><00:45:03.110><c> down</c>

00:45:03.469 --> 00:45:08.750
and<00:45:03.769><c> the</c><00:45:03.969><c> wicked</c><00:45:04.170><c> will</c><00:45:04.429><c> come</c><00:45:04.670><c> to</c><00:45:04.889><c> an</c><00:45:05.070><c> end.</c><00:45:06.329><c> Her</c><00:45:06.789><c> personal</c><00:45:07.269><c> example</c><00:45:08.010><c> runs</c>

00:45:08.750 --> 00:45:10.530
through<00:45:09.130><c> like</c><00:45:09.329><c> a</c><00:45:09.610><c> golden</c><00:45:09.929><c> thread</c><00:45:10.289><c> through</c>

00:45:10.530 --> 00:45:14.369
that<00:45:10.829><c> prayer</c><00:45:11.070><c> because</c><00:45:11.889><c> the</c><00:45:12.210><c> kind</c><00:45:12.530><c> of</c><00:45:12.809><c> king</c><00:45:13.150><c> and</c><00:45:13.550><c> the</c><00:45:13.730><c> kind</c><00:45:13.989><c> of</c>

00:45:14.369 --> 00:45:16.530
priesthood<00:45:14.750><c> that's</c><00:45:15.010><c> being</c><00:45:15.250><c> anticipated</c>

00:45:16.570 --> 00:45:20.030
have<00:45:16.869><c> a</c><00:45:17.230><c> characteristic</c><00:45:17.849><c> divinely</c><00:45:18.630><c> that's</c><00:45:19.369><c> in</c><00:45:19.550><c> harmony</c><00:45:19.829><c> with</c>

00:45:20.030 --> 00:45:21.690
this<00:45:20.289><c> woman's</c><00:45:20.849><c> character.</c>

00:45:21.829 --> 00:45:24.989
She's<00:45:22.329><c> like</c><00:45:22.650><c> those</c><00:45:22.949><c> people</c><00:45:23.329><c> that</c><00:45:23.650><c> deserve</c><00:45:23.989><c> to</c><00:45:24.170><c> be</c><00:45:24.309><c> lifted</c><00:45:24.510><c> up,</c>

00:45:25.090 --> 00:45:29.389
and<00:45:25.409><c> her</c><00:45:25.690><c> prayer</c><00:45:25.909><c> refers</c><00:45:26.469><c> to</c><00:45:26.670><c> the</c><00:45:26.929><c> saints</c><00:45:27.369><c> of</c><00:45:27.769><c> which</c><00:45:27.929><c> she</c><00:45:28.170><c> is</c><00:45:28.369><c> one.</c>

00:45:33.610 --> 00:45:39.329
At<00:45:33.769><c> some</c><00:45:34.170><c> of</c><00:45:34.309><c> the</c><00:45:34.530><c> details</c><00:45:35.130><c> from</c><00:45:35.409><c> another</c><00:45:35.690><c> angle</c><00:45:36.250><c> of</c><00:45:36.550><c> this</c><00:45:36.869><c> prayer,</c><00:45:38.929><c> brothers</c><00:45:39.050><c> and</c>

00:45:39.329 --> 00:45:41.210
sisters,<00:45:39.849><c> in</c><00:45:40.110><c> passing,</c>

00:45:41.570 --> 00:45:46.070
we<00:45:41.750><c> would</c><00:45:41.949><c> be</c><00:45:42.190><c> amiss</c><00:45:42.670><c> not</c><00:45:43.030><c> to</c><00:45:43.389><c> stress</c><00:45:43.849><c> the</c><00:45:44.789><c> importance</c><00:45:45.250><c> of</c><00:45:45.710><c> a</c>

00:45:46.070 --> 00:45:49.110
sister's<00:45:46.889><c> example</c><00:45:47.289><c> here,</c><00:45:48.130><c> not</c><00:45:48.389><c> only</c><00:45:48.570><c> to</c><00:45:48.809><c> fellow</c>

00:45:49.110 --> 00:45:53.550
sisters,<00:45:49.610><c> but</c><00:45:49.750><c> to</c><00:45:49.989><c> fellow</c><00:45:50.269><c> brethren.</c><00:45:51.550><c> The</c><00:45:51.809><c> outstanding</c><00:45:52.389><c> example</c><00:45:53.090><c> of</c>

00:45:53.550 --> 00:45:56.369
Samuel's<00:45:54.170><c> mother,</c><00:45:55.210><c> the</c><00:45:55.530><c> choice</c><00:45:55.869><c> of</c><00:45:56.130><c> this</c>

00:45:56.369 --> 00:46:00.769
woman<00:45:56.809><c> who</c><00:45:57.869><c> had</c><00:45:58.070><c> all</c><00:45:58.349><c> of</c><00:45:58.550><c> those</c><00:45:59.110><c> spiritual</c><00:45:59.889><c> characteristics</c>

00:46:00.769 --> 00:46:04.929
is<00:46:01.349><c> a</c><00:46:01.710><c> practical,</c><00:46:02.789><c> outstanding</c><00:46:03.030><c> example</c><00:46:03.829><c> to</c><00:46:04.329><c> the</c><00:46:04.550><c> sisters</c>

00:46:04.929 --> 00:46:10.449
here<00:46:05.550><c> and</c><00:46:06.050><c> to</c><00:46:06.190><c> the</c><00:46:06.349><c> brethren</c><00:46:06.570><c> here.</c><00:46:08.210><c> It's</c><00:46:08.750><c> an</c><00:46:08.869><c> outstanding</c><00:46:09.409><c> example</c><00:46:10.050><c> of</c>

00:46:10.449 --> 00:46:12.050
a<00:46:10.730><c> sister</c><00:46:11.010><c> who</c><00:46:11.190><c> was</c><00:46:11.510><c> knowledgeable,</c>

00:46:12.050 --> 00:46:16.550
a<00:46:12.809><c> sister</c><00:46:13.070><c> who</c><00:46:13.250><c> knew</c><00:46:13.469><c> her</c><00:46:13.710><c> Bible,</c><00:46:14.829><c> a</c><00:46:14.969><c> sister</c><00:46:15.269><c> who</c><00:46:15.550><c> was</c><00:46:16.070><c> chosen</c>

00:46:16.550 --> 00:46:19.809
by<00:46:16.909><c> God</c><00:46:17.369><c> because</c><00:46:17.869><c> she</c><00:46:18.130><c> would</c><00:46:18.429><c> raise</c><00:46:18.869><c> up</c><00:46:19.369><c> children</c>

00:46:19.809 --> 00:46:23.989
in<00:46:20.110><c> the</c><00:46:20.309><c> way</c><00:46:20.429><c> of</c><00:46:20.650><c> the</c><00:46:20.809><c> Lord,</c><00:46:21.610><c> which</c><00:46:21.769><c> was</c><00:46:21.929><c> an</c><00:46:22.130><c> Abrahamic</c><00:46:22.630><c> principle.</c><00:46:23.309><c> I</c><00:46:23.769><c> know</c>

00:46:23.989 --> 00:46:25.630
Abraham<00:46:24.489><c> and</c><00:46:24.849><c> I</c><00:46:24.949><c> know</c><00:46:25.130><c> how</c><00:46:25.329><c> he</c><00:46:25.469><c> will</c>

00:46:25.630 --> 00:46:29.849
raise<00:46:25.869><c> his</c><00:46:26.130><c> children,</c><00:46:26.570><c> God</c><00:46:26.869><c> says.</c><00:46:28.369><c> She</c><00:46:28.650><c> was</c><00:46:28.869><c> a</c><00:46:29.170><c> parallel,</c><00:46:29.610><c> in</c>

00:46:29.849 --> 00:46:32.570
a<00:46:30.010><c> sense,</c><00:46:30.210><c> to</c><00:46:30.489><c> Mary,</c><00:46:31.110><c> who</c><00:46:31.289><c> many</c><00:46:31.570><c> years</c><00:46:31.889><c> later</c><00:46:32.230><c> at</c><00:46:32.369><c> the</c>

00:46:32.570 --> 00:46:37.969
birth<00:46:32.789><c> of</c><00:46:33.030><c> Jesus</c><00:46:33.369><c> Christ</c><00:46:34.030><c> would</c><00:46:35.130><c> quote</c><00:46:35.650><c> and</c><00:46:36.329><c> allude</c><00:46:36.670><c> to</c><00:46:37.150><c> Hannah's</c><00:46:37.750><c> very</c>

00:46:37.969 --> 00:46:39.800
prayer.<00:46:38.690><c> What</c><00:46:38.889><c> a</c><00:46:39.210><c> compliment</c><00:46:39.510><c> to</c>

00:46:39.800 --> 00:46:44.599
what<00:46:40.559><c> a</c><00:46:40.719><c> testimony.</c><00:46:42.380><c> So</c><00:46:42.559><c> although</c><00:46:42.800><c> it</c><00:46:42.860><c> was</c><00:46:43.179><c> inspiration,</c><00:46:44.099><c> first</c><00:46:44.380><c> and</c>

00:46:44.599 --> 00:46:46.039
foremost,<00:46:45.059><c> working</c><00:46:45.400><c> through</c><00:46:45.679><c> Hannah</c>

00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:51.079
and<00:46:46.800><c> the</c><00:46:46.920><c> way</c><00:46:47.079><c> inspiration</c><00:46:47.739><c> works</c><00:46:48.099><c> in</c><00:46:48.280><c> its</c><00:46:48.440><c> dual</c><00:46:48.719><c> way</c><00:46:49.260><c> of</c><00:46:50.380><c> providing</c><00:46:50.739><c> new</c>

00:46:51.079 --> 00:46:52.800
inspiration,<00:46:52.139><c> new</c><00:46:52.300><c> insights,</c>

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:55.460
new<00:46:53.199><c> understanding,</c><00:46:54.059><c> but</c><00:46:54.199><c> also</c><00:46:54.539><c> bringing</c><00:46:54.820><c> to</c><00:46:55.139><c> remembrance</c>

00:46:55.460 --> 00:46:57.719
what<00:46:55.699><c> the</c><00:46:55.920><c> individual</c><00:46:56.360><c> often</c><00:46:57.019><c> has</c><00:46:57.340><c> known</c>

00:46:57.719 --> 00:47:02.000
and<00:46:58.219><c> built</c><00:46:58.480><c> up</c><00:46:58.800><c> spiritually</c><00:46:59.340><c> previously</c><00:47:00.099><c> by</c><00:47:00.420><c> experience.</c><00:47:01.460><c> However</c><00:47:01.719><c> it</c>

00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:03.460
worked<00:47:02.179><c> in</c><00:47:02.519><c> tandem</c><00:47:02.800><c> with</c><00:47:03.119><c> Hannah,</c>

00:47:03.460 --> 00:47:08.860
it<00:47:04.079><c> is</c><00:47:04.320><c> still</c><00:47:04.559><c> a</c><00:47:04.880><c> testimony</c><00:47:05.340><c> to</c><00:47:06.000><c> a</c><00:47:06.420><c> spiritually</c><00:47:06.960><c> minded</c><00:47:07.579><c> sister.</c><00:47:08.659><c> And</c>

00:47:08.860 --> 00:47:10.639
how<00:47:09.079><c> important</c><00:47:09.619><c> it</c><00:47:09.860><c> is,</c><00:47:10.340><c> brothers</c><00:47:10.340><c> and</c>

00:47:10.639 --> 00:47:15.659
sisters,<00:47:10.980><c> to</c><00:47:11.179><c> encourage</c><00:47:12.039><c> our</c><00:47:12.719><c> young</c><00:47:13.039><c> girls,</c><00:47:14.300><c> our</c><00:47:14.880><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:15.980 --> 00:47:20.820
our<00:47:16.639><c> wives</c><00:47:17.300><c> in</c><00:47:18.039><c> our</c><00:47:18.360><c> community</c><00:47:18.980><c> to</c><00:47:19.440><c> be</c><00:47:19.699><c> Hannah's</c>

00:47:21.139 --> 00:47:26.360
and<00:47:21.639><c> to</c><00:47:21.900><c> have</c><00:47:22.079><c> husbands</c><00:47:22.719><c> and</c><00:47:23.420><c> brothers</c><00:47:23.940><c> and</c><00:47:24.400><c> young</c><00:47:24.619><c> men,</c><00:47:25.599><c> young</c><00:47:25.780><c> boys</c>

00:47:26.360 --> 00:47:28.679
that<00:47:26.760><c> are</c><00:47:27.059><c> Samuel's</c><00:47:27.900><c> in</c><00:47:28.059><c> that</c><00:47:28.340><c> sense.</c>

00:47:28.679 --> 00:47:32.780
The<00:47:29.420><c> story</c><00:47:29.820><c> of</c><00:47:30.119><c> Samuel</c><00:47:30.380><c> therefore</c><00:47:30.840><c> provides</c><00:47:31.280><c> a</c><00:47:31.519><c> perfect</c><00:47:31.860><c> compliment</c><00:47:32.420><c> and</c>

00:47:32.780 --> 00:47:34.099
exhortation<00:47:33.340><c> to</c><00:47:33.500><c> the</c><00:47:33.639><c> community.</c>

00:47:34.579 --> 00:47:38.119
The<00:47:34.840><c> example</c><00:47:35.260><c> of</c><00:47:35.559><c> Hannah</c><00:47:35.800><c> to</c><00:47:36.320><c> the</c><00:47:36.539><c> sisters</c><00:47:36.860><c> especially,</c><00:47:37.880><c> not</c>

00:47:38.119 --> 00:47:40.840
exclusively,<00:47:39.119><c> and</c><00:47:39.579><c> the</c><00:47:39.780><c> example</c><00:47:40.039><c> of</c><00:47:40.420><c> Samuel</c>

00:47:40.840 --> 00:47:43.800
especially<00:47:41.599><c> to</c><00:47:41.820><c> the</c><00:47:42.019><c> brethren</c><00:47:42.260><c> and</c><00:47:42.480><c> young</c><00:47:42.679><c> boys,</c><00:47:43.239><c> but</c><00:47:43.460><c> not</c>

00:47:43.800 --> 00:47:46.059
exclusively.<00:47:45.079><c> Putting</c><00:47:45.320><c> them</c><00:47:45.500><c> together,</c>

00:47:46.380 --> 00:47:49.139
it's<00:47:46.539><c> an</c><00:47:46.760><c> exhortation</c><00:47:47.400><c> that</c><00:47:47.539><c> in</c><00:47:47.760><c> a</c><00:47:47.900><c> degenerate</c><00:47:48.599><c> and</c><00:47:48.880><c> wicked</c>

00:47:49.139 --> 00:47:52.260
age,<00:47:49.960><c> which</c><00:47:50.139><c> we</c><00:47:50.340><c> are</c><00:47:50.460><c> living</c><00:47:50.659><c> in,</c><00:47:51.300><c> very</c><00:47:51.559><c> much</c><00:47:51.880><c> parallel</c>

00:47:52.260 --> 00:47:56.840
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godly<00:47:57.360><c> seed.</c><00:47:59.320><c> Now</c><00:47:59.559><c> just</c><00:47:59.699><c> as</c><00:47:59.860><c> we</c><00:48:00.099><c> close</c><00:48:00.320><c> this</c><00:48:00.659><c> class,</c>

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the<00:48:05.239><c> contents</c><00:48:05.659><c> more</c><00:48:06.579><c> finely</c><00:48:07.099><c> tuned</c><00:48:07.420><c> of</c><00:48:07.960><c> Hannah's</c>

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prayer.<00:48:12.960><c> In</c><00:48:13.179><c> 1st</c><00:48:13.500><c> Samuel</c><00:48:13.900><c> 2</c><00:48:14.539><c> verse</c><00:48:14.940><c> 10,</c><00:48:15.480><c> there's</c><00:48:15.739><c> the</c><00:48:16.119><c> first</c>

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to<00:48:20.079><c> the</c><00:48:20.300><c> anointed,</c><00:48:21.639><c> Hebrew</c><00:48:22.039><c> Messiah.</c><00:48:23.940><c> This</c><00:48:24.219><c> is</c><00:48:24.760><c> in</c><00:48:24.920><c> verse</c><00:48:25.260><c> 10</c>

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appears.<00:48:31.039><c> And</c><00:48:31.139><c> Brother</c><00:48:31.320><c> Michael</c><00:48:31.760><c> Ashton</c><00:48:32.260><c> in</c><00:48:32.539><c> his</c><00:48:33.019><c> book</c><00:48:33.280><c> that's</c><00:48:33.480><c> just</c>

00:48:33.699 --> 00:48:36.340
come<00:48:33.880><c> off</c><00:48:34.119><c> the</c><00:48:34.360><c> press,</c><00:48:35.559><c> Samuel</c><00:48:35.800><c> the</c><00:48:36.119><c> Seer</c>

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makes<00:48:36.559><c> a</c><00:48:36.840><c> point</c><00:48:37.059><c> of</c><00:48:37.340><c> stressing</c><00:48:37.639><c> this.</c><00:48:38.119><c> Many</c><00:48:38.320><c> other</c><00:48:38.739><c> commentaries</c><00:48:39.480><c> and</c><00:48:39.980><c> works</c>

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on<00:48:40.559><c> Samuel</c><00:48:40.860><c> will</c><00:48:41.079><c> do</c><00:48:41.239><c> the</c><00:48:41.500><c> same.</c>

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It<00:48:42.139><c> is</c><00:48:43.519><c> a</c><00:48:43.519><c> very</c><00:48:44.059><c> important</c><00:48:44.699><c> point</c><00:48:45.119><c> given</c><00:48:45.480><c> the</c><00:48:45.820><c> fact</c><00:48:46.039><c> that</c><00:48:46.380><c> Mary,</c><00:48:47.739><c> the</c>

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mother<00:48:48.139><c> of</c><00:48:48.380><c> our</c><00:48:48.659><c> Lord,</c><00:48:49.360><c> quotes</c><00:48:49.820><c> this</c><00:48:50.579><c> prayer</c>

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at<00:48:51.239><c> the</c><00:48:51.440><c> birth</c><00:48:51.659><c> of</c><00:48:51.980><c> Messiah.</c><00:48:53.059><c> She</c><00:48:53.380><c> quotes</c><00:48:53.760><c> a</c><00:48:54.280><c> prayer</c><00:48:54.760><c> that</c><00:48:55.420><c> contains</c><00:48:56.059><c> within</c><00:48:56.579><c> it</c>

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the<00:48:57.260><c> first</c><00:48:57.960><c> reference</c>

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to<00:48:59.699><c> Messiah</c><00:49:00.340><c> in</c><00:49:00.860><c> all</c><00:49:01.280><c> the</c><00:49:01.480><c> Old</c><00:49:01.719><c> Testament.</c><00:49:02.519><c> How</c><00:49:02.820><c> relevant</c><00:49:03.159><c> for</c>

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Mary<00:49:03.699><c> to</c><00:49:03.880><c> do</c><00:49:04.059><c> so.</c><00:49:05.860><c> So</c><00:49:06.099><c> then</c><00:49:06.219><c> it's</c><00:49:06.420><c> quoted</c><00:49:06.719><c> in</c><00:49:06.880><c> Luke</c><00:49:07.139><c> 1</c>

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verses<00:49:08.139><c> 46</c><00:49:08.780><c> to</c><00:49:08.980><c> 53</c><00:49:09.480><c> at</c><00:49:09.679><c> Christ's</c><00:49:10.099><c> birth.</c><00:49:11.679><c> The</c><00:49:12.019><c> prayer</c><00:49:12.400><c> of</c><00:49:12.679><c> Hannah</c><00:49:12.880><c> focuses</c><00:49:13.380><c> on</c>

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the<00:49:13.980><c> kingly</c><00:49:14.539><c> role</c><00:49:14.900><c> of</c><00:49:15.360><c> the</c><00:49:15.539><c> Messiah.</c>

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We<00:49:16.559><c> stressed</c><00:49:16.840><c> that</c><00:49:17.059><c> as</c><00:49:17.219><c> we</c><00:49:17.360><c> went</c><00:49:17.519><c> through</c><00:49:17.739><c> it.</c><00:49:18.219><c> Verse</c><00:49:18.400><c> 8</c><00:49:18.679><c> and</c>

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verse<00:49:19.099><c> 10</c><00:49:19.440><c> of</c><00:49:19.639><c> 1st</c><00:49:19.880><c> Samuel</c><00:49:20.260><c> 2.</c>

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Fourthly,<00:49:23.380><c> in</c><00:49:23.500><c> Hannah's</c><00:49:23.980><c> prayer</c><00:49:24.179><c> there's</c><00:49:24.420><c> an</c><00:49:24.679><c> emphasis</c><00:49:25.059><c> on</c>

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the<00:49:25.800><c> judgment</c><00:49:26.139><c> of</c><00:49:26.380><c> the</c><00:49:26.500><c> wicked</c><00:49:26.840><c> and</c><00:49:27.619><c> the</c><00:49:27.960><c> exaltation</c>

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of<00:49:28.760><c> the</c><00:49:28.780><c> poor</c><00:49:29.219><c> and</c><00:49:29.420><c> the</c><00:49:29.599><c> lowly.</c><00:49:30.880><c> 1st</c><00:49:31.039><c> Samuel</c><00:49:31.420><c> 2</c><00:49:32.119><c> verse</c><00:49:32.619><c> 1,</c><00:49:33.420><c> 4,</c>

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5,<00:49:35.079><c> 8,</c><00:49:35.760><c> 9,</c><00:49:36.300><c> 10,</c><00:49:36.980><c> almost</c><00:49:37.179><c> the</c><00:49:37.460><c> entire</c><00:49:37.820><c> prayer.</c>

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Next,<00:49:41.119><c> the</c><00:49:41.380><c> prayer</c><00:49:41.679><c> of</c><00:49:42.000><c> Hannah</c><00:49:42.260><c> contains</c><00:49:42.780><c> the</c><00:49:43.179><c> promise</c><00:49:43.500><c> of</c><00:49:43.840><c> fruitfulness</c><00:49:44.400><c> and</c><00:49:45.360><c> the</c><00:49:45.699><c> strength</c><00:49:46.079><c> being</c><00:49:46.380><c> given</c><00:49:46.739><c> to</c><00:49:47.000><c> the</c>

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saints.<00:49:47.800><c> Verse</c><00:49:48.059><c> 9</c><00:49:49.039><c> and</c><00:49:49.659><c> 1st</c><00:49:49.940><c> Samuel</c><00:49:50.340><c> 2</c><00:49:50.699><c> verses</c><00:49:51.039><c> 4</c><00:49:51.380><c> and</c><00:49:51.579><c> 5.</c><00:49:52.900><c> And</c>

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finally,<00:49:54.400><c> the</c><00:49:54.559><c> prayer</c><00:49:54.800><c> of</c><00:49:55.059><c> Hannah</c><00:49:55.280><c> combines</c>

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the<00:49:56.900><c> themes</c><00:49:57.380><c> of</c><00:49:57.659><c> the</c><00:49:57.880><c> hope</c><00:49:58.199><c> of</c><00:49:58.639><c> salvation,</c><00:50:00.599><c> resurrection,</c>

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and<00:50:02.280><c> the</c><00:50:02.539><c> coming</c><00:50:02.880><c> kingdom.</c>

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In<00:50:04.960><c> the</c><00:50:05.219><c> resurrection</c><00:50:05.719><c> regard,</c><00:50:06.860><c> just</c><00:50:07.039><c> notice</c><00:50:07.380><c> very</c><00:50:07.800><c> closely</c>

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in<00:50:08.820><c> 1st</c><00:50:09.139><c> Samuel</c><00:50:09.579><c> chapter</c><00:50:10.179><c> 2,</c>

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the<00:50:12.059><c> fact</c><00:50:12.280><c> that</c><00:50:12.460><c> it</c><00:50:12.619><c> contains</c><00:50:13.179><c> this</c><00:50:13.500><c> very,</c><00:50:14.199><c> very</c><00:50:14.920><c> important</c>

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promise<00:50:16.159><c> and</c><00:50:16.699><c> hope.</c><00:50:17.579><c> 1st</c><00:50:17.900><c> Samuel</c><00:50:18.440><c> chapter</c><00:50:19.239><c> 2,</c>

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look<00:50:21.400><c> closely</c><00:50:21.960><c> at</c><00:50:22.440><c> verse</c><00:50:22.699><c> 6.</c><00:50:23.320><c> The</c><00:50:23.320><c> Lord</c><00:50:23.639><c> killeth</c><00:50:24.099><c> and</c><00:50:24.300><c> maketh</c>

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alive.<00:50:25.460><c> He</c><00:50:25.739><c> bringeth</c><00:50:26.059><c> down</c><00:50:26.360><c> to</c><00:50:26.539><c> the</c><00:50:26.820><c> grave</c>

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and<00:50:27.559><c> he</c><00:50:27.840><c> bringeth</c><00:50:28.199><c> up.</c><00:50:29.860><c> He</c><00:50:30.400><c> bringeth</c><00:50:30.960><c> up</c><00:50:31.219><c> out</c><00:50:31.500><c> of</c><00:50:31.659><c> the</c><00:50:31.940><c> grave.</c>

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Verse<00:50:33.280><c> 7,</c><00:50:33.760><c> the</c><00:50:33.900><c> Lord</c><00:50:34.159><c> maketh</c><00:50:34.559><c> poor</c><00:50:34.860><c> and</c><00:50:35.079><c> maketh</c><00:50:35.380><c> rich.</c>

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He<00:50:35.940><c> bringeth</c><00:50:36.300><c> low</c><00:50:36.519><c> and</c><00:50:36.739><c> he</c><00:50:36.980><c> lifteth</c><00:50:37.300><c> up.</c><00:50:38.659><c> In</c><00:50:38.860><c> some</c><00:50:39.079><c> cases</c><00:50:39.420><c> it's</c>

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a<00:50:39.820><c> reference</c><00:50:40.039><c> to</c><00:50:40.320><c> exaltation,</c><00:50:41.079><c> but</c><00:50:41.579><c> clearly</c>

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the<00:50:42.579><c> reference</c><00:50:42.900><c> to</c><00:50:43.079><c> the</c><00:50:43.360><c> grave</c><00:50:43.639><c> in</c><00:50:43.860><c> verse</c><00:50:44.099><c> 6</c><00:50:44.320><c> is</c><00:50:44.519><c> a</c><00:50:44.679><c> resurrection.</c><00:50:46.199><c> Hannah's</c>

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prayer<00:50:46.940><c> combines</c><00:50:47.500><c> the</c><00:50:47.860><c> theme</c>

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of<00:50:48.260><c> a</c><00:50:48.480><c> hope</c><00:50:48.659><c> of</c><00:50:48.960><c> salvation,</c><00:50:49.980><c> the</c><00:50:50.199><c> hope</c><00:50:50.460><c> of</c><00:50:50.760><c> resurrection,</c><00:50:51.699><c> and</c>

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the<00:50:52.099><c> coming</c><00:50:52.420><c> kingdom.</c><00:50:53.460><c> What</c><00:50:53.920><c> a</c><00:50:54.280><c> prayer</c><00:50:54.519><c> that</c><00:50:54.760><c> would</c>

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combine<00:50:55.639><c> all</c><00:50:56.659><c> three</c><00:50:57.099><c> in</c><00:50:57.460><c> one</c><00:50:58.099><c> small</c><00:50:58.719><c> section</c><00:50:59.260><c> of</c><00:50:59.980><c> the</c><00:51:00.079><c> Old</c><00:51:00.280><c> Testament.</c><00:51:01.219><c> Stands</c><00:51:01.480><c> rather</c><00:51:01.719><c> unique.</c><00:51:03.599><c> And</c>

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then<00:51:04.019><c> finally,</c>

00:51:11.099 --> 00:51:17.840
when<00:51:11.699><c> Mary,</c><00:51:12.780><c> the</c><00:51:12.940><c> mother</c><00:51:13.119><c> of</c><00:51:13.380><c> our</c><00:51:13.599><c> Lord,</c><00:51:14.599><c> alludes</c><00:51:14.920><c> to</c><00:51:15.340><c> or</c><00:51:15.619><c> quotes</c><00:51:16.039><c> this</c><00:51:16.519><c> prayer,</c>

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notice<00:51:18.980><c> the</c><00:51:19.460><c> overlapping</c><00:51:20.139><c> themes,</c><00:51:20.820><c> and</c><00:51:21.119><c> we'll</c><00:51:21.280><c> just</c><00:51:21.559><c> finish</c>

00:51:21.800 --> 00:51:24.320
on<00:51:22.039><c> this</c><00:51:22.500><c> as</c><00:51:22.960><c> the</c><00:51:23.059><c> end</c><00:51:23.239><c> of</c><00:51:23.380><c> our</c><00:51:23.579><c> first</c><00:51:23.840><c> class.</c>

00:51:24.539 --> 00:51:28.420
It<00:51:24.960><c> testifies</c><00:51:25.619><c> to</c><00:51:25.820><c> the</c><00:51:26.119><c> importance</c><00:51:26.400><c> of</c><00:51:26.619><c> the</c><00:51:26.840><c> prayer,</c><00:51:27.480><c> the</c><00:51:27.780><c> importance</c><00:51:28.099><c> of</c>

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Samuel's<00:51:29.019><c> ministry,</c><00:51:29.340><c> and</c><00:51:29.619><c> the</c><00:51:29.840><c> links</c>

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with<00:51:30.300><c> the</c><00:51:30.519><c> Lord's</c><00:51:30.980><c> ministry.</c><00:51:32.440><c> For</c><00:51:32.500><c> example,</c><00:51:33.559><c> 1st</c><00:51:33.739><c> Samuel</c><00:51:34.119><c> 2</c>

00:51:34.559 --> 00:51:38.840
verse<00:51:34.860><c> 1,</c><00:51:35.800><c> God</c><00:51:36.139><c> is</c><00:51:36.460><c> magnified</c><00:51:37.159><c> in</c><00:51:37.300><c> the</c><00:51:37.460><c> words</c><00:51:37.639><c> of</c><00:51:37.920><c> Hannah.</c>

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Luke<00:51:39.340><c> chapter</c><00:51:39.760><c> 1,</c><00:51:40.139><c> in</c><00:51:40.199><c> the</c><00:51:40.320><c> words</c><00:51:40.519><c> of</c><00:51:40.760><c> Mary,</c><00:51:41.400><c> verse</c><00:51:41.679><c> 46,</c><00:51:42.639><c> my</c>

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soul<00:51:43.280><c> doth</c><00:51:43.500><c> magnify</c><00:51:44.320><c> the</c><00:51:44.539><c> Lord.</c><00:51:45.380><c> Same</c><00:51:45.639><c> principle.</c>

00:51:46.900 --> 00:51:51.519
Or<00:51:47.139><c> 1st</c><00:51:47.420><c> Samuel</c><00:51:47.840><c> 2</c><00:51:48.300><c> in</c><00:51:48.500><c> verse</c><00:51:48.780><c> 1,</c><00:51:49.739><c> salvation</c><00:51:50.280><c> is</c><00:51:50.960><c> the</c><00:51:51.139><c> subject</c>

00:51:51.519 --> 00:51:55.239
there.<00:51:52.639><c> And</c><00:51:52.860><c> in</c><00:51:53.199><c> Luke</c><00:51:53.460><c> chapter</c><00:51:53.860><c> 1</c><00:51:54.139><c> verse</c><00:51:54.500><c> 47,</c>

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a<00:51:55.639><c> Savior</c><00:51:56.179><c> comes.</c><00:51:57.840><c> Thirdly,</c><00:51:58.599><c> 1st</c><00:51:59.039><c> Samuel</c><00:51:59.179><c> 2</c><00:52:00.099><c> and</c><00:52:00.300><c> verse</c><00:52:00.559><c> 2,</c><00:52:01.119><c> the</c><00:52:01.360><c> holiness</c><00:52:01.739><c> of</c>

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God<00:52:02.360><c> is</c><00:52:02.739><c> stressed.</c>

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Mary<00:52:04.039><c> stresses</c><00:52:04.480><c> it</c><00:52:04.760><c> in</c><00:52:04.840><c> Luke</c><00:52:05.079><c> 1</c><00:52:05.380><c> verse</c><00:52:05.679><c> 49,</c><00:52:07.019><c> holy</c><00:52:07.179><c> is</c><00:52:07.420><c> his</c><00:52:07.639><c> name.</c><00:52:09.119><c> 1st</c>

00:52:09.380 --> 00:52:12.280
Samuel<00:52:09.800><c> 2</c><00:52:10.300><c> and</c><00:52:10.480><c> verse</c><00:52:10.760><c> 3,</c><00:52:11.880><c> Mary,</c>

00:52:12.400 --> 00:52:15.960
the<00:52:12.500><c> mother</c><00:52:12.679><c> of</c><00:52:12.900><c> the</c><00:52:13.039><c> Lord,</c><00:52:13.800><c> focuses</c><00:52:14.019><c> on</c><00:52:14.280><c> the</c><00:52:14.519><c> pride</c><00:52:14.780><c> of</c><00:52:15.039><c> men.</c>

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Whereas<00:52:16.760><c> in</c><00:52:16.940><c> Luke</c><00:52:17.179><c> chapter</c><00:52:17.559><c> 1</c><00:52:17.840><c> verse</c><00:52:18.119><c> 51,</c>

00:52:18.800 --> 00:52:24.800
the<00:52:19.480><c> proud</c><00:52:19.960><c> are</c><00:52:20.380><c> scattered.</c><00:52:22.420><c> In</c><00:52:22.480><c> Luke,</c><00:52:23.119><c> sorry,</c><00:52:23.380><c> in</c><00:52:23.500><c> 1st</c><00:52:23.739><c> Samuel</c><00:52:24.099><c> 2</c><00:52:24.599><c> and</c>

00:52:24.800 --> 00:52:27.460
verse<00:52:25.079><c> 4,</c><00:52:25.840><c> the</c><00:52:26.019><c> mighty</c><00:52:26.280><c> are</c><00:52:26.539><c> broken.</c>

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We<00:52:28.219><c> come</c><00:52:28.340><c> down</c><00:52:28.599><c> to</c><00:52:28.760><c> verse</c><00:52:29.019><c> 5</c><00:52:29.500><c> of</c><00:52:29.679><c> 1st</c><00:52:29.960><c> Samuel</c><00:52:30.420><c> 2.</c><00:52:31.440><c> There</c><00:52:31.619><c> is</c><00:52:31.840><c> the</c>

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theme<00:52:32.239><c> of</c><00:52:32.579><c> fullness</c><00:52:32.840><c> and</c><00:52:33.260><c> fruitfulness.</c>

00:52:34.699 --> 00:52:40.019
Luke<00:52:34.960><c> chapter</c><00:52:35.360><c> 1</c><00:52:35.940><c> verse</c><00:52:36.400><c> 52,</c><00:52:37.159><c> putting</c><00:52:37.380><c> those</c><00:52:37.679><c> points</c><00:52:37.960><c> together,</c><00:52:39.280><c> the</c><00:52:39.559><c> mighty</c><00:52:39.780><c> are</c>

00:52:40.019 --> 00:52:41.480
put<00:52:40.280><c> down</c><00:52:40.599><c> in</c><00:52:40.739><c> Luke</c><00:52:41.000><c> 1</c><00:52:41.300><c> and</c>

00:52:41.480 --> 00:52:50.659
verse<00:52:41.659><c> 52</c><00:52:42.260><c> in</c><00:52:42.480><c> Mary's</c><00:52:43.019><c> prayer.</c><00:52:43.699><c> And</c><00:52:43.739><c> in</c><00:52:43.880><c> verse</c><00:52:44.179><c> 53,</c><00:52:45.539><c> the</c><00:52:45.840><c> hungry</c><00:52:46.300><c> are</c><00:52:46.539><c> filled.</c><00:52:48.280><c> And</c><00:52:48.579><c> finally,</c><00:52:49.820><c> Luke</c><00:52:50.000><c> chapter</c><00:52:50.400><c> 1</c>

00:52:50.659 --> 00:52:58.260
verse<00:52:50.960><c> 52,</c><00:52:52.119><c> Mary</c><00:52:52.480><c> says</c><00:52:52.800><c> he</c><00:52:52.980><c> has</c><00:52:53.320><c> exalted</c><00:52:53.800><c> them</c><00:52:54.119><c> of</c><00:52:54.400><c> low</c><00:52:54.599><c> degree,</c><00:52:55.719><c> exactly</c><00:52:56.300><c> a</c><00:52:56.940><c> repeated</c><00:52:57.260><c> theme</c><00:52:57.699><c> in</c>

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the<00:52:58.460><c> words</c>

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of<00:52:59.199><c> Hannah.</c><00:53:00.679><c> Now</c><00:53:00.880><c> brothers</c><00:53:01.119><c> and</c><00:53:01.380><c> sisters</c><00:53:01.639><c> then,</c><00:53:01.940><c> and</c><00:53:02.159><c> by</c><00:53:02.320><c> way</c>

00:53:02.500 --> 00:53:05.460
of<00:53:02.820><c> conclusion</c><00:53:03.199><c> to</c><00:53:03.400><c> this</c><00:53:03.639><c> class,</c><00:53:04.539><c> let</c><00:53:04.679><c> us</c><00:53:04.920><c> appreciate</c>

00:53:05.460 --> 00:53:08.800
more<00:53:05.780><c> keenly</c><00:53:06.360><c> the</c><00:53:06.599><c> importance</c><00:53:07.059><c> of</c><00:53:07.239><c> this</c><00:53:07.460><c> great</c><00:53:07.760><c> example</c><00:53:08.260><c> as</c><00:53:08.539><c> a</c>

00:53:08.800 --> 00:53:11.780
sister<00:53:09.099><c> in</c><00:53:09.320><c> Israel</c><00:53:09.900><c> and</c><00:53:10.920><c> appreciate,</c><00:53:11.679><c> brothers</c>

00:53:11.780 --> 00:53:17.059
and<00:53:12.079><c> sisters,</c><00:53:12.940><c> that</c><00:53:13.320><c> the</c><00:53:13.719><c> theme</c><00:53:13.980><c> of</c><00:53:14.300><c> the</c><00:53:14.539><c> King</c><00:53:14.820><c> and</c><00:53:14.960><c> the</c><00:53:15.179><c> coming</c><00:53:15.539><c> priest</c><00:53:16.099><c> and</c>

00:53:17.059 --> 00:53:18.900
the<00:53:17.340><c> time</c><00:53:17.539><c> of</c><00:53:17.840><c> salvation</c><00:53:18.400><c> and</c><00:53:18.579><c> the</c>

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promised<00:53:19.179><c> anointed</c><00:53:19.619><c> one</c><00:53:19.940><c> or</c><00:53:20.179><c> Messiah</c><00:53:20.820><c> highlights</c><00:53:22.000><c> the</c><00:53:22.539><c> importance</c><00:53:22.940><c> of</c><00:53:23.179><c> this</c><00:53:23.400><c> whole</c><00:53:23.880><c> theme</c><00:53:24.260><c> in</c>

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the<00:53:25.460><c> ministry</c>

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of<00:53:26.119><c> Samuel.</c><00:53:27.619><c> In</c><00:53:27.760><c> the</c><00:53:27.940><c> words</c><00:53:28.219><c> of</c><00:53:29.300><c> Brother</c><00:53:29.500><c> Michael</c><00:53:29.900><c> Ashton</c><00:53:30.219><c> in</c>

00:53:30.360 --> 00:53:33.739
his<00:53:30.519><c> recent</c><00:53:30.880><c> book,</c><00:53:31.840><c> much</c><00:53:32.119><c> of</c><00:53:32.340><c> his</c><00:53:32.539><c> life,</c><00:53:33.119><c> Samuel,</c>

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was<00:53:34.460><c> spent</c><00:53:34.679><c> teaching</c><00:53:35.119><c> the</c><00:53:35.440><c> people</c><00:53:35.699><c> about</c><00:53:35.980><c> the</c><00:53:36.280><c> Kingdom</c><00:53:36.599><c> and</c>

00:53:36.980 --> 00:53:40.480
the<00:53:37.239><c> King.</c><00:53:38.280><c> To</c><00:53:38.420><c> read</c><00:53:38.639><c> about</c><00:53:38.940><c> Samuel,</c><00:53:39.780><c> writes</c><00:53:39.940><c> Michael,</c>

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therefore<00:53:41.519><c> is</c><00:53:41.800><c> to</c><00:53:42.019><c> prepare</c><00:53:42.440><c> for</c><00:53:42.760><c> the</c><00:53:42.960><c> King</c><00:53:43.420><c> who</c><00:53:43.860><c> is</c><00:53:44.059><c> to</c><00:53:44.280><c> come.</c>

00:53:45.400 --> 00:53:47.639
Samuel<00:53:45.639><c> prepared</c><00:53:46.059><c> the</c><00:53:46.280><c> way</c><00:53:46.579><c> his</c><00:53:46.900><c> work</c><00:53:47.219><c> remains</c>

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unfinished<00:53:48.239><c> until</c><00:53:49.320><c> he</c><00:53:49.920><c> whose</c><00:53:50.260><c> right</c><00:53:50.579><c> it</c><00:53:50.800><c> is</c><00:53:51.440><c> takes</c><00:53:51.920><c> the</c><00:53:52.199><c> Kingdom.</c>