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vessels<00:11:41.980><c> of</c><00:11:42.179><c> the</c><00:11:42.320><c> house</c><00:11:42.500><c> of</c><00:11:42.659><c> the</c><00:11:42.799><c> Lord.</c>

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accomplished<00:11:58.200><c> at</c><00:11:58.460><c> Babylon,</c>

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in<00:12:04.120><c> causing</c><00:12:04.399><c> you</c><00:12:04.679><c> to</c><00:12:04.879><c> return</c><00:12:05.220><c> to</c><00:12:05.399><c> this</c><00:12:05.679><c> place.</c>

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soon<00:12:13.179><c> as</c><00:12:13.620><c> Babylon</c><00:12:14.059><c> was</c><00:12:14.460><c> overthrown,</c>

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Daniel,<00:12:33.360><c> we</c><00:12:33.879><c> have</c><00:12:34.019><c> it</c><00:12:34.139><c> on</c><00:12:34.259><c> the</c><00:12:34.460><c> sheet,</c>

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I,<00:12:40.340><c> Daniel,</c><00:12:40.940><c> understood</c><00:12:41.299><c> by</c><00:12:41.600><c> books</c><00:12:41.940><c> the</c>

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fulfilled.<00:13:12.720><c> We'll</c><00:13:12.919><c> have</c><00:13:13.059><c> a</c><00:13:13.100><c> look</c><00:13:13.279><c> at</c><00:13:13.799><c> Ezra</c><00:13:14.320><c> chapter</c><00:13:14.720><c> 1</c><00:13:15.399><c> to</c><00:13:15.820><c> pick</c><00:13:15.940><c> it</c>

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Cyrus<00:15:03.120><c> the</c><00:15:03.299><c> king,</c>

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this<00:15:04.019><c> is</c><00:15:04.240><c> Ezra</c><00:15:04.440><c> 6,</c><00:15:04.779><c> verse</c><00:15:04.940><c> 3.</c><00:15:05.960><c> He</c><00:15:06.039><c> made</c><00:15:06.240><c> a</c><00:15:06.460><c> decree</c><00:15:06.659><c> concerning</c>

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Let<00:15:08.879><c> the</c><00:15:09.139><c> house</c><00:15:09.440><c> be</c><00:15:09.720><c> builded,</c><00:15:11.899><c> the</c><00:15:12.100><c> place</c><00:15:12.440><c> where</c><00:15:12.600><c> they</c><00:15:12.820><c> offered</c><00:15:13.100><c> sacrifices,</c><00:15:13.919><c> and</c>

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let<00:15:14.220><c> the</c><00:15:14.460><c> foundations</c>

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thereof<00:15:15.399><c> be</c><00:15:15.679><c> strongly</c><00:15:16.080><c> laid.</c><00:15:16.379><c> And</c><00:15:16.460><c> he</c><00:15:16.539><c> goes</c><00:15:16.740><c> on</c><00:15:16.980><c> about</c><00:15:17.460><c> the</c><00:15:17.700><c> foundations.</c><00:15:18.399><c> He</c>

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says<00:15:18.820><c> first</c><00:15:19.080><c> of</c><00:15:19.220><c> all</c><00:15:19.320><c> the</c><00:15:19.419><c> height</c><00:15:19.639><c> of</c><00:15:19.840><c> the</c>

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structure<00:15:20.759><c> should</c><00:15:20.980><c> be</c><00:15:21.159><c> three</c><00:15:21.399><c> square</c><00:15:21.600><c> cubits,</c><00:15:22.080><c> the</c><00:15:22.179><c> breadth</c>

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three<00:15:22.659><c> square</c><00:15:22.860><c> cubits,</c><00:15:23.840><c> with</c><00:15:24.080><c> three</c><00:15:24.500><c> rows</c><00:15:24.840><c> of</c>

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great<00:15:25.340><c> stones</c><00:15:25.840><c> and</c><00:15:26.019><c> a</c><00:15:26.179><c> row</c><00:15:26.299><c> of</c><00:15:26.519><c> new</c><00:15:26.720><c> timber.</c><00:15:27.879><c> And</c><00:15:28.200><c> let</c><00:15:28.379><c> the</c><00:15:28.720><c> expenses</c><00:15:29.100><c> be</c>

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given<00:15:29.500><c> out</c><00:15:29.679><c> of</c><00:15:29.799><c> the</c><00:15:29.919><c> king's</c><00:15:30.200><c> house.</c>

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And<00:15:31.399><c> also</c><00:15:31.799><c> let</c><00:15:32.000><c> the</c><00:15:32.200><c> golden</c><00:15:32.600><c> and</c><00:15:32.779><c> silver</c><00:15:33.039><c> vessels</c><00:15:33.440><c> of</c><00:15:33.620><c> the</c><00:15:33.740><c> house</c><00:15:33.940><c> of</c>

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God,<00:15:34.919><c> which</c><00:15:35.120><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:15:35.720><c> took</c><00:15:35.940><c> forth</c><00:15:36.240><c> out</c>

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of<00:15:36.559><c> the</c><00:15:36.700><c> temple</c><00:15:36.919><c> which</c><00:15:37.120><c> is</c><00:15:37.259><c> at</c><00:15:37.460><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:15:37.779><c> let</c><00:15:37.940><c> them</c><00:15:38.159><c> be</c><00:15:38.639><c> restored</c><00:15:39.039><c> and</c>

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brought<00:15:39.419><c> again</c><00:15:39.779><c> to</c><00:15:39.940><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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70<00:15:49.799><c> years</c><00:15:50.059><c> servitude</c><00:15:50.659><c> to</c>

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Babylon<00:15:51.240><c> is</c><00:15:51.539><c> over.</c><00:15:52.480><c> Once</c><00:15:52.720><c> that</c><00:15:52.960><c> is</c><00:15:53.200><c> done,</c><00:15:54.360><c> Cyrus</c><00:15:54.620><c> issues</c><00:15:55.340><c> a</c>

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proclamation<00:15:56.120><c> that</c><00:15:56.399><c> the</c><00:15:56.580><c> Jews</c><00:15:56.720><c> should</c><00:15:56.940><c> return,</c>

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they<00:15:58.220><c> should</c><00:15:58.399><c> rebuild</c><00:15:58.840><c> the</c><00:15:59.080><c> temple,</c><00:15:59.879><c> and</c><00:16:00.220><c> it's</c><00:16:00.519><c> interesting</c>

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that<00:16:01.240><c> he</c><00:16:01.740><c> supplies</c><00:16:02.220><c> for</c><00:16:02.440><c> them</c><00:16:03.059><c> adequate</c>

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resources<00:16:04.659><c> to</c><00:16:05.740><c> do</c><00:16:06.299><c> the</c><00:16:06.539><c> job.</c><00:16:06.960><c> He's</c><00:16:07.200><c> going</c><00:16:07.360><c> to</c><00:16:07.480><c> pay</c><00:16:07.620><c> the</c><00:16:07.860><c> expenses</c><00:16:08.460><c> of</c><00:16:09.980><c> rebuilding</c><00:16:10.440><c> the</c><00:16:10.720><c> temple.</c>

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They<00:16:13.460><c> have</c><00:16:13.759><c> additional</c><00:16:14.240><c> resources</c><00:16:14.799><c> as</c><00:16:15.120><c> well.</c><00:16:16.440><c> They</c><00:16:16.639><c> go</c><00:16:16.879><c> back,</c>

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if<00:16:17.419><c> you</c><00:16:18.059><c> just</c><00:16:18.299><c> have</c><00:16:18.419><c> a</c><00:16:18.500><c> look</c><00:16:18.679><c> over</c><00:16:18.960><c> at</c><00:16:19.399><c> chapter</c>

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1<00:16:20.159><c> verse</c><00:16:20.399><c> 6,</c><00:16:21.840><c> they</c><00:16:22.039><c> go</c><00:16:22.360><c> back</c><00:16:22.779><c> of</c><00:16:23.019><c> Ezra,</c><00:16:23.419><c> Ezra</c><00:16:23.740><c> 1</c><00:16:23.960><c> verse</c><00:16:24.179><c> 6.</c><00:16:25.100><c> They</c>

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go<00:16:25.460><c> back</c><00:16:25.779><c> not</c><00:16:26.059><c> only</c><00:16:26.320><c> with</c><00:16:26.500><c> the</c><00:16:26.720><c> assurance</c><00:16:27.059><c> that</c>

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the<00:16:27.600><c> Persians</c><00:16:28.059><c> are</c><00:16:28.379><c> going</c><00:16:28.519><c> to</c><00:16:28.700><c> pay</c><00:16:28.940><c> for</c><00:16:29.299><c> the</c><00:16:29.740><c> temple</c><00:16:30.039><c> expenses,</c><00:16:31.659><c> but</c><00:16:31.799><c> they</c>

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are<00:16:32.220><c> greatly</c><00:16:32.600><c> strengthened</c><00:16:33.080><c> by</c>

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others<00:16:35.279><c> of</c><00:16:35.679><c> their</c><00:16:36.259><c> compatriots</c><00:16:36.799><c> in</c><00:16:36.960><c> the</c><00:16:37.139><c> Dysporia,</c><00:16:38.679><c> the</c><00:16:39.259><c> diaspora</c><00:16:39.860><c> who</c>

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do<00:16:40.600><c> not</c><00:16:40.840><c> return.</c><00:16:41.440><c> There's</c><00:16:41.580><c> only</c><00:16:41.820><c> about</c>

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43<00:16:42.460><c>,000</c><00:16:42.919><c> men</c><00:16:43.399><c> along</c><00:16:43.899><c> with</c><00:16:44.120><c> women</c><00:16:44.320><c> and</c><00:16:44.480><c> children</c><00:16:44.720><c> who</c><00:16:44.860><c> go</c><00:16:45.039><c> back.</c>

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There's<00:16:46.159><c> a</c><00:16:46.259><c> lot</c><00:16:46.399><c> of</c><00:16:46.580><c> the</c><00:16:46.799><c> diaspora</c><00:16:47.139><c> which</c><00:16:47.360><c> do</c><00:16:47.580><c> not,</c>

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but<00:16:48.360><c> they</c><00:16:48.700><c> contribute</c><00:16:49.399><c> to</c><00:16:50.639><c> the</c><00:16:51.700><c> financial</c><00:16:52.220><c> needs</c><00:16:52.620><c> of</c><00:16:52.799><c> those</c>

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who<00:16:53.120><c> do</c><00:16:53.279><c> return.</c><00:16:54.399><c> All</c><00:16:54.720><c> they</c><00:16:54.980><c> that</c><00:16:55.159><c> were</c><00:16:55.460><c> about</c>

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them<00:16:56.100><c> strengthened</c><00:16:56.659><c> their</c><00:16:57.000><c> hands</c><00:16:57.299><c> with</c><00:16:57.580><c> vessels</c><00:16:57.919><c> of</c><00:16:58.200><c> silver,</c>

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and<00:17:01.159><c> with</c><00:17:01.399><c> precious</c><00:17:01.679><c> things</c><00:17:02.080><c> besides</c><00:17:02.799><c> all</c><00:17:03.259><c> that</c><00:17:03.419><c> was</c><00:17:03.659><c> willingly</c><00:17:03.980><c> offered.</c><00:17:05.079><c> So</c><00:17:05.440><c> they</c>

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go<00:17:05.779><c> back</c><00:17:06.140><c> with</c><00:17:06.720><c> fully</c>

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adequate<00:17:07.619><c> provisions</c><00:17:08.400><c> to</c><00:17:09.839><c> take</c><00:17:10.160><c> the</c><00:17:10.420><c> time</c><00:17:10.759><c> to</c><00:17:11.259><c> rebuild</c><00:17:11.640><c> the</c>

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rebuild<00:17:17.779><c> the</c><00:17:18.059><c> altar,</c><00:17:18.619><c> and</c><00:17:19.680><c> they</c><00:17:19.980><c> come</c><00:17:20.299><c> back</c><00:17:20.839><c> with</c><00:17:21.799><c> that</c><00:17:22.000><c> objective</c><00:17:22.380><c> in</c>

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mind.<00:17:23.619><c> They've</c><00:17:23.900><c> got</c><00:17:24.039><c> the</c><00:17:24.259><c> resources,</c>

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they've<00:17:25.480><c> got</c><00:17:25.599><c> enough</c><00:17:25.819><c> people,</c><00:17:26.599><c> and</c><00:17:26.819><c> they</c><00:17:26.960><c> come</c><00:17:27.200><c> back</c><00:17:27.519><c> and</c><00:17:27.619><c> they</c><00:17:27.940><c> start</c><00:17:28.140><c> off</c>

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and<00:17:28.680><c> they</c><00:17:28.980><c> build</c><00:17:29.240><c> the</c><00:17:29.539><c> altar</c>

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and<00:17:30.579><c> lay</c><00:17:30.880><c> the</c><00:17:31.039><c> foundation</c><00:17:31.559><c> of</c><00:17:31.720><c> the</c><00:17:31.880><c> temple.</c><00:17:33.079><c> It's</c><00:17:33.599><c> in</c><00:17:33.759><c> Ezra</c><00:17:34.039><c> 3</c>

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It's<00:17:39.700><c> the</c><00:17:39.759><c> first</c><00:17:39.940><c> thing</c><00:17:40.099><c> they</c><00:17:40.299><c> do</c><00:17:41.299><c> where</c><00:17:43.000><c> it</c><00:17:43.180><c> speaks</c><00:17:43.400><c> about</c><00:17:43.680><c> how</c><00:17:43.880><c> Joshua</c><00:17:44.279><c> the</c><00:17:44.420><c> son</c><00:17:44.599><c> of</c>

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his<00:17:48.220><c> brethren,</c><00:17:48.880><c> they</c><00:17:49.160><c> builded</c><00:17:49.619><c> the</c><00:17:49.819><c> altar</c>

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thing<00:17:53.460><c> they</c><00:17:53.660><c> do</c><00:17:54.019><c> is</c><00:17:54.539><c> they</c><00:17:54.960><c> build</c><00:17:55.299><c> the</c><00:17:55.579><c> altar.</c>

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foundation<00:18:02.759><c> of</c><00:18:03.059><c> the</c><00:18:03.240><c> temple.</c><00:18:04.240><c> They</c><00:18:04.660><c> don't</c><00:18:04.900><c> build</c>

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foundation<00:18:08.119><c> was</c>

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to<00:18:08.440><c> consist</c><00:18:08.779><c> of</c><00:18:08.940><c> three</c><00:18:09.200><c> rows</c><00:18:09.480><c> of</c><00:18:09.700><c> great</c><00:18:09.900><c> stones</c><00:18:10.240><c> and</c><00:18:10.680><c> timbers</c>

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and<00:18:25.359><c> praise.</c><00:18:26.420><c> Verse</c><00:18:26.759><c> 11,</c><00:18:27.160><c> they</c><00:18:27.380><c> sang</c><00:18:27.599><c> together</c><00:18:28.000><c> by</c>

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course<00:18:28.579><c> and</c><00:18:28.940><c> praising</c><00:18:29.220><c> and</c><00:18:29.460><c> giving</c><00:18:29.660><c> thanks</c><00:18:30.019><c> unto</c><00:18:30.200><c> God.</c><00:18:30.839><c> There</c>

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was<00:18:31.180><c> a</c><00:18:31.359><c> time</c><00:18:31.539><c> of</c><00:18:31.940><c> great</c><00:18:32.380><c> joy</c><00:18:32.980><c> at</c><00:18:33.680><c> the</c><00:18:34.799><c> laying</c><00:18:35.059><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:35.420><c> first</c><00:18:36.059><c> row</c><00:18:36.440><c> of</c><00:18:36.740><c> foundation</c><00:18:37.200><c> stones</c><00:18:37.519><c> for</c><00:18:37.700><c> the</c><00:18:37.880><c> temple.</c><00:18:38.839><c> So</c>

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this<00:18:39.500><c> is</c><00:18:39.859><c> the</c><00:18:41.720><c> basic</c><00:18:42.119><c> history</c><00:18:42.680><c> of</c><00:18:43.200><c> the</c><00:18:43.420><c> period</c>

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which<00:18:43.839><c> brings</c><00:18:44.160><c> us</c><00:18:44.440><c> up</c><00:18:44.660><c> to</c><00:18:45.720><c> the</c><00:18:46.599><c> point</c><00:18:46.859><c> of</c><00:18:47.240><c> the</c><00:18:47.700><c> prophecy</c><00:18:48.099><c> of</c><00:18:48.859><c> Haggai.</c><00:18:50.279><c> Oh</c>

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yes,<00:18:50.740><c> there</c><00:18:50.960><c> is</c><00:18:51.160><c> something</c><00:18:51.359><c> else</c><00:18:51.660><c> we</c><00:18:51.839><c> do</c>

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need<00:18:52.160><c> to</c><00:18:52.319><c> fill</c><00:18:52.440><c> in</c><00:18:52.920><c> in</c><00:18:53.079><c> regard</c><00:18:53.319><c> to</c><00:18:53.440><c> the</c><00:18:53.579><c> history.</c><00:18:55.359><c> Opposition</c>

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occurred<00:18:56.440><c> in</c><00:18:57.960><c> connection</c><00:18:58.359><c> with</c><00:18:58.839><c> the</c>

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rebuilding<00:18:59.500><c> of</c><00:18:59.740><c> the</c><00:18:59.880><c> temple.</c><00:19:01.460><c> Those</c><00:19:01.880><c> who</c><00:19:02.160><c> were</c><00:19:02.700><c> around</c><00:19:03.059><c> about</c>

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them,<00:19:03.920><c> if</c><00:19:04.099><c> you</c><00:19:04.119><c> look</c><00:19:04.279><c> at</c><00:19:04.440><c> Ezra</c><00:19:04.700><c> 4,</c><00:19:05.039><c> verse</c><00:19:05.299><c> 1,</c>

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the<00:19:06.460><c> adversaries</c><00:19:07.119><c> of</c><00:19:07.299><c> Judah</c><00:19:07.519><c> and</c><00:19:07.680><c> Benjamin,</c><00:19:08.339><c> they</c><00:19:08.339><c> heard</c><00:19:08.640><c> that</c><00:19:08.819><c> the</c>

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children<00:19:09.160><c> of</c><00:19:09.299><c> the</c><00:19:09.480><c> captivity</c>

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building<00:19:10.160><c> the</c><00:19:10.339><c> temple.</c><00:19:11.019><c> They</c><00:19:11.539><c> come</c><00:19:11.759><c> up</c><00:19:11.940><c> to</c><00:19:12.039><c> them</c><00:19:12.420><c> and</c><00:19:12.859><c> they</c><00:19:13.059><c> say,</c><00:19:13.200><c> let</c><00:19:13.319><c> us</c>

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build<00:19:13.759><c> with</c><00:19:14.019><c> you.</c><00:19:14.819><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:19:15.279><c> and</c>

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Joshua<00:19:16.000><c> know</c><00:19:17.099><c> better</c><00:19:17.359><c> than</c><00:19:17.519><c> to</c><00:19:17.640><c> get</c><00:19:17.799><c> involved</c><00:19:18.140><c> with</c><00:19:18.359><c> that.</c><00:19:19.279><c> And</c><00:19:19.460><c> so</c>

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what<00:19:19.880><c> happens</c><00:19:20.279><c> is,</c><00:19:21.140><c> verse</c><00:19:21.359><c> 4,</c><00:19:21.779><c> the</c><00:19:21.880><c> people</c><00:19:22.140><c> of</c><00:19:22.279><c> the</c>

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land<00:19:22.619><c> begin</c><00:19:22.900><c> to</c><00:19:23.119><c> contrive</c><00:19:23.559><c> to</c><00:19:23.839><c> weaken</c><00:19:24.119><c> the</c><00:19:24.400><c> hands</c><00:19:24.660><c> of</c><00:19:24.819><c> the</c><00:19:24.960><c> people</c><00:19:25.180><c> of</c>

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Judah<00:19:25.539><c> and</c><00:19:25.900><c> they</c><00:19:26.160><c> trouble</c><00:19:26.420><c> them</c><00:19:26.579><c> in</c><00:19:26.720><c> their</c>

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building.<00:19:28.619><c> Now</c><00:19:28.839><c> what's</c><00:19:29.140><c> interesting</c><00:19:29.579><c> is</c><00:19:30.240><c> this</c><00:19:31.380><c> goes</c><00:19:31.680><c> on</c><00:19:32.079><c> for</c>

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years<00:19:33.319><c> because</c><00:19:34.519><c> if</c><00:19:34.700><c> you</c><00:19:34.799><c> have</c><00:19:34.940><c> a</c><00:19:35.059><c> look</c><00:19:35.380><c> at</c><00:19:36.640><c> the</c>

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handout,<00:19:38.680><c> you'll</c><00:19:39.359><c> see</c><00:19:39.539><c> that</c><00:19:40.180><c> the</c><00:19:40.500><c> opposition</c><00:19:41.240><c> to</c><00:19:41.579><c> the</c><00:19:41.779><c> work</c>

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of<00:19:43.180><c> the</c><00:19:43.319><c> building</c><00:19:43.500><c> of</c><00:19:43.660><c> the</c><00:19:43.799><c> temple</c><00:19:44.420><c> starts</c><00:19:45.279><c> in</c><00:19:45.579><c> 535.</c>

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And<00:19:48.000><c> it</c><00:19:48.079><c> isn't</c><00:19:48.339><c> until</c><00:19:48.759><c> 522</c><00:19:49.900><c> that</c><00:19:50.440><c> there</c><00:19:50.759><c> is</c><00:19:51.019><c> an</c><00:19:51.420><c> edict</c><00:19:51.980><c> written</c>

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to<00:19:54.019><c> stop</c><00:19:54.460><c> work</c><00:19:55.099><c> on</c><00:19:55.420><c> the</c><00:19:55.579><c> temple.</c>

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And<00:19:57.900><c> that</c><00:19:58.539><c> happens</c><00:19:58.960><c> over</c><00:19:59.319><c> in</c><00:19:59.640><c> Ezra</c><00:19:59.940><c> 4</c><00:20:00.839><c> and</c><00:20:01.599><c> verse</c><00:20:01.819><c> 24,</c><00:20:02.640><c> verse</c>

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17,<00:20:04.160><c> where</c><00:20:04.440><c> the</c><00:20:04.960><c> enemies</c><00:20:05.279><c> make</c><00:20:05.539><c> an</c><00:20:05.779><c> appeal</c><00:20:06.140><c> to</c>

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the<00:20:07.640><c> king.</c><00:20:07.640><c> The</c><00:20:08.000><c> king</c><00:20:08.359><c> searches</c><00:20:10.420><c> the</c><00:20:10.700><c> royal</c><00:20:10.980><c> records</c><00:20:11.460><c> and</c><00:20:12.740><c> his</c>

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edict<00:20:13.700><c> is</c><00:20:14.720><c> that</c><00:20:15.299><c> they</c><00:20:15.720><c> should</c><00:20:16.519><c> stop</c><00:20:17.220><c> the</c><00:20:17.500><c> Jews</c><00:20:17.779><c> from</c>

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their<00:20:18.299><c> work.</c><00:20:19.920><c> And</c><00:20:20.059><c> in</c><00:20:20.200><c> verse</c><00:20:20.400><c> 24,</c><00:20:21.799><c> they</c><00:20:22.000><c> stop</c><00:20:22.559><c> work</c><00:20:23.180><c> on</c><00:20:23.599><c> the</c><00:20:23.799><c> temple.</c><00:20:26.140><c> The</c><00:20:26.359><c> reason</c><00:20:26.579><c> why</c><00:20:26.720><c> I</c>

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point<00:20:27.019><c> out</c><00:20:27.200><c> to</c><00:20:27.259><c> you</c><00:20:27.420><c> that</c>

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there's<00:20:27.759><c> an</c><00:20:27.980><c> extended</c><00:20:28.319><c> period</c><00:20:28.680><c> of</c><00:20:28.940><c> years</c><00:20:29.559><c> before</c><00:20:30.299><c> the</c><00:20:30.539><c> work</c>

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on<00:20:30.819><c> the</c><00:20:30.980><c> temple</c><00:20:31.180><c> actually</c><00:20:31.700><c> stops</c><00:20:32.160><c> is</c><00:20:32.700><c> that</c><00:20:32.859><c> when</c><00:20:33.019><c> we</c>

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look<00:20:36.539><c> at</c><00:20:36.539><c> Haggai</c><00:20:36.539><c> 2,</c><00:20:36.539><c> we</c><00:20:36.539><c> find</c><00:20:36.539><c> that</c><00:20:36.539><c> they</c><00:20:36.539><c> got</c><00:20:36.619><c> anything</c><00:20:36.940><c> done.</c><00:20:38.440><c> Over</c>

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a<00:20:38.779><c> period</c><00:20:39.079><c> of</c><00:20:39.259><c> 15</c><00:20:39.640><c> years,</c><00:20:41.339><c> all</c><00:20:41.500><c> they</c><00:20:41.660><c> got</c><00:20:41.920><c> done</c>

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was<00:20:42.660><c> the</c><00:20:42.819><c> laying</c><00:20:43.259><c> of</c><00:20:44.880><c> one</c><00:20:45.099><c> of</c><00:20:45.220><c> the</c><00:20:45.480><c> rows</c><00:20:46.000><c> of</c><00:20:46.559><c> the</c><00:20:46.779><c> stones</c><00:20:47.079><c> for</c>

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the<00:20:47.460><c> foundation,</c><00:20:48.279><c> or</c><00:20:48.440><c> perhaps</c><00:20:48.819><c> two</c><00:20:49.079><c> of</c><00:20:49.200><c> them.</c><00:20:49.759><c> Have</c>

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a<00:20:50.059><c> look</c><00:20:50.200><c> at</c><00:20:50.299><c> Haggai</c><00:20:50.660><c> 2,</c><00:20:50.900><c> verse</c><00:20:51.039><c> 15.</c><00:20:54.119><c> They</c><00:20:54.539><c> had</c><00:20:54.940><c> started</c><00:20:55.119><c> out</c><00:20:55.519><c> with</c><00:20:55.779><c> such</c><00:20:56.099><c> joy</c><00:20:56.460><c> and</c><00:20:56.700><c> determination,</c><00:20:58.240><c> but</c><00:20:59.039><c> we</c>

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find<00:20:59.779><c> that</c>

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they<00:21:01.079><c> really</c><00:21:01.319><c> didn't</c><00:21:01.440><c> get</c><00:21:01.579><c> very</c><00:21:01.779><c> much</c><00:21:02.000><c> done.</c><00:21:04.000><c> Verse</c><00:21:04.380><c> 15</c><00:21:05.099><c> of</c><00:21:05.759><c> Haggai</c><00:21:06.119><c> 2.</c>

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Now<00:21:07.059><c> you'll</c><00:21:07.359><c> notice</c><00:21:07.559><c> where</c><00:21:07.819><c> Haggai</c><00:21:08.259><c> comes</c>

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in,<00:21:08.700><c> if</c><00:21:08.799><c> you</c><00:21:08.940><c> just</c><00:21:09.400><c> turn</c><00:21:09.559><c> over</c><00:21:09.740><c> the</c><00:21:09.920><c> sheet,</c><00:21:10.380><c> comes</c><00:21:10.599><c> in</c><00:21:10.740><c> at</c><00:21:10.920><c> 520.</c>

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Now<00:21:11.619><c> they</c><00:21:11.720><c> had</c><00:21:11.900><c> gone</c><00:21:12.099><c> back</c><00:21:12.519><c> in</c><00:21:12.799><c> 536,</c><00:21:13.839><c> 16</c><00:21:14.259><c> years</c><00:21:14.660><c> earlier.</c>

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It<00:21:16.299><c> took</c><00:21:16.480><c> them</c><00:21:16.700><c> a</c><00:21:16.819><c> while</c><00:21:17.000><c> to</c><00:21:17.119><c> get</c><00:21:17.420><c> started,</c><00:21:17.680><c> to</c><00:21:17.759><c> get</c><00:21:17.960><c> organized,</c><00:21:18.420><c> so</c><00:21:19.039><c> we</c><00:21:19.980><c> could</c><00:21:20.160><c> imagine</c><00:21:20.519><c> it</c>

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was<00:21:20.759><c> about</c><00:21:21.140><c> 535</c>

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before<00:21:22.359><c> they</c><00:21:22.599><c> had</c><00:21:22.799><c> the</c><00:21:23.259><c> first</c><00:21:23.559><c> row</c><00:21:23.859><c> of</c><00:21:24.099><c> stones</c><00:21:24.400><c> down</c><00:21:24.700><c> for</c><00:21:24.880><c> the</c>

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foundation<00:21:25.420><c> of</c><00:21:25.559><c> the</c><00:21:25.700><c> temple.</c><00:21:26.980><c> And</c><00:21:27.099><c> they</c><00:21:27.200><c> had</c><00:21:27.339><c> this</c>

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meeting<00:21:27.900><c> of</c><00:21:28.160><c> praise</c><00:21:28.460><c> and</c><00:21:28.619><c> of</c><00:21:28.839><c> joy.</c><00:21:29.359><c> Then</c><00:21:29.519><c> the</c><00:21:29.759><c> opposition</c><00:21:30.220><c> started,</c><00:21:32.880><c> and</c>

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15<00:21:33.579><c> years</c><00:21:34.059><c> later,</c><00:21:34.440><c> look</c><00:21:34.599><c> what</c><00:21:34.720><c> they</c><00:21:34.880><c> have</c><00:21:35.099><c> to</c><00:21:35.259><c> do.</c>

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Now<00:21:36.980><c> I</c><00:21:37.559><c> pray</c><00:21:37.940><c> you,</c><00:21:38.220><c> consider</c><00:21:38.660><c> from</c><00:21:38.920><c> this</c><00:21:39.180><c> day</c><00:21:39.339><c> and</c><00:21:39.500><c> upward,</c><00:21:40.279><c> from</c><00:21:40.480><c> before</c><00:21:41.059><c> a</c>

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stone<00:21:41.880><c> was</c><00:21:42.359><c> laid</c><00:21:42.519><c> upon</c><00:21:42.880><c> a</c><00:21:43.140><c> stone</c><00:21:43.359><c> in</c><00:21:43.559><c> the</c>

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temple<00:21:43.920><c> of</c><00:21:44.119><c> the</c><00:21:44.259><c> Lord,</c><00:21:46.619><c> they</c><00:21:46.980><c> haven't</c><00:21:47.140><c> got</c><00:21:47.299><c> the</c><00:21:47.500><c> second</c><00:21:47.660><c> row</c>

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done<00:21:48.039><c> yet.</c><00:21:49.960><c> And</c><00:21:50.180><c> Haggai</c><00:21:50.420><c> goes</c><00:21:50.640><c> on</c><00:21:50.900><c> to</c><00:21:51.059><c> say</c><00:21:51.200><c> that</c><00:21:51.400><c> now,</c>

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before<00:21:53.019><c> you</c><00:21:53.460><c> even</c><00:21:54.319><c> get</c><00:21:54.880><c> going</c><00:21:55.259><c> and</c><00:21:55.779><c> renewing</c><00:21:56.359><c> your</c><00:21:56.539><c> effort</c><00:21:56.740><c> in</c>

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building,<00:21:58.819><c> God</c><00:21:59.099><c> is</c><00:21:59.279><c> going</c><00:21:59.380><c> to</c><00:21:59.559><c> bless</c><00:21:59.720><c> you.</c>

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But<00:22:01.180><c> that</c><00:22:01.299><c> gives</c><00:22:01.440><c> you</c><00:22:01.640><c> an</c><00:22:01.779><c> idea</c><00:22:02.140><c> of</c><00:22:02.539><c> how</c><00:22:02.920><c> little</c><00:22:03.380><c> they</c><00:22:03.819><c> had</c><00:22:04.039><c> actually</c><00:22:04.519><c> accomplished</c><00:22:05.099><c> in</c>

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terms<00:22:05.619><c> of</c><00:22:07.000><c> the</c>

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building<00:22:07.700><c> work</c><00:22:07.960><c> on</c><00:22:08.140><c> the</c><00:22:08.299><c> temple.</c><00:22:10.140><c> And</c><00:22:10.339><c> one</c><00:22:10.460><c> of</c><00:22:10.539><c> the</c><00:22:10.640><c> questions</c>

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that<00:22:11.180><c> comes</c><00:22:11.440><c> to</c><00:22:11.660><c> mind</c><00:22:11.900><c> is,</c>

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what<00:22:14.359><c> had</c><00:22:14.599><c> happened</c><00:22:14.859><c> to</c><00:22:15.079><c> all</c><00:22:15.240><c> the</c><00:22:15.380><c> money?</c><00:22:17.299><c> The</c><00:22:17.819><c> Persians</c><00:22:18.160><c> had</c>

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given<00:22:18.480><c> them</c><00:22:18.700><c> enough</c><00:22:18.920><c> money</c><00:22:19.180><c> to</c><00:22:19.279><c> get</c><00:22:19.579><c> started</c><00:22:19.859><c> on</c>

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building<00:22:20.359><c> work</c><00:22:20.619><c> and</c><00:22:20.720><c> they</c><00:22:20.819><c> were</c><00:22:20.960><c> going</c><00:22:21.079><c> to</c><00:22:21.220><c> supply</c><00:22:21.460><c> funds</c><00:22:21.799><c> as</c>

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needed<00:22:22.220><c> as</c><00:22:22.380><c> they</c><00:22:22.519><c> went</c><00:22:22.680><c> along.</c><00:22:23.799><c> Where</c><00:22:23.960><c> was</c><00:22:24.119><c> all</c><00:22:24.299><c> this</c>

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money<00:22:24.660><c> going?</c><00:22:25.779><c> What</c><00:22:26.000><c> about</c><00:22:26.220><c> all</c><00:22:26.420><c> those</c><00:22:26.640><c> contributions</c><00:22:27.180><c> that</c>

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they<00:22:27.500><c> had</c><00:22:27.680><c> received</c><00:22:27.960><c> from</c><00:22:28.140><c> their</c><00:22:28.339><c> fellow</c><00:22:28.579><c> Jews</c>

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when<00:22:28.960><c> they</c><00:22:29.079><c> went</c><00:22:29.240><c> back</c><00:22:29.480><c> to</c><00:22:29.599><c> the</c><00:22:29.759><c> land?</c><00:22:31.599><c> What</c><00:22:31.740><c> had</c><00:22:31.920><c> happened</c><00:22:32.079><c> to</c>

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all<00:22:32.440><c> that?</c><00:22:33.759><c> Well,</c><00:22:34.519><c> look</c><00:22:34.720><c> at</c><00:22:34.859><c> Haggai</c><00:22:35.200><c> 1,</c><00:22:37.720><c> verse</c><00:22:38.180><c> 4.</c>

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Now<00:22:41.079><c> remember,</c><00:22:41.920><c> these</c><00:22:42.200><c> were</c><00:22:42.559><c> captives.</c><00:22:44.359><c> They</c><00:22:44.619><c> were</c><00:22:44.799><c> not</c><00:22:45.000><c> wealthy</c><00:22:45.359><c> people.</c><00:22:46.420><c> They</c>

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were<00:22:46.900><c> captives</c><00:22:47.460><c> who</c>

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were<00:22:48.480><c> exiles</c><00:22:48.920><c> returning</c><00:22:49.420><c> for</c><00:22:49.740><c> a</c><00:22:49.980><c> specific</c><00:22:50.359><c> task.</c><00:22:52.319><c> And</c><00:22:52.960><c> they</c>

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had<00:22:53.299><c> built</c><00:22:53.460><c> for</c><00:22:53.660><c> themselves</c><00:22:54.279><c> sealed</c><00:22:55.420><c> houses.</c><00:22:56.819><c> Is</c>

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it<00:22:57.299><c> time</c><00:22:57.559><c> for</c><00:22:57.880><c> you,</c><00:22:58.200><c> oh</c><00:22:58.500><c> you,</c><00:22:59.140><c> to</c><00:22:59.259><c> dwell</c><00:22:59.519><c> in</c><00:22:59.740><c> your</c><00:23:00.059><c> sealed</c><00:23:00.500><c> houses?</c><00:23:02.079><c> And</c>

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this<00:23:02.420><c> house</c><00:23:02.740><c> lie</c><00:23:02.980><c> waste.</c><00:23:04.140><c> Sealed</c><00:23:04.579><c> houses</c><00:23:05.079><c> were</c>

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richly<00:23:07.220><c> paneled</c><00:23:07.859><c> houses.</c><00:23:08.539><c> This</c><00:23:08.759><c> was</c><00:23:08.920><c> not</c><00:23:09.059><c> the</c><00:23:09.180><c> bare</c><00:23:09.279><c> necessity</c><00:23:09.759><c> of</c><00:23:09.940><c> dwelling</c><00:23:10.140><c> places.</c><00:23:11.279><c> Sure,</c>

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they<00:23:11.660><c> had</c><00:23:11.819><c> to</c>

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have<00:23:12.299><c> some</c><00:23:12.660><c> structures</c><00:23:12.980><c> in</c><00:23:13.140><c> which</c><00:23:13.259><c> they</c><00:23:13.440><c> could</c><00:23:13.579><c> live</c><00:23:14.180><c> while</c>

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they<00:23:15.200><c> were</c><00:23:15.720><c> rebuilding</c><00:23:16.140><c> the</c><00:23:16.359><c> temple</c><00:23:16.660><c> and</c><00:23:17.059><c> rebuilding</c>

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Jerusalem.<00:23:19.759><c> But</c><00:23:19.920><c> that</c><00:23:20.019><c> isn't</c><00:23:20.180><c> what</c><00:23:20.319><c> they</c><00:23:20.440><c> were</c><00:23:20.559><c> living</c><00:23:20.779><c> in.</c>

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They<00:23:21.259><c> weren't</c><00:23:21.420><c> living</c><00:23:21.619><c> in</c><00:23:21.779><c> the</c><00:23:21.960><c> basics.</c><00:23:23.160><c> They</c><00:23:23.319><c> were</c>

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living<00:23:23.640><c> in</c><00:23:23.819><c> luxury.</c><00:23:25.920><c> Where</c><00:23:26.079><c> did</c><00:23:26.140><c> the</c><00:23:26.240><c> money</c><00:23:26.400><c> come</c><00:23:26.680><c> from</c><00:23:26.839><c> for</c>

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that?<00:23:29.019><c> It</c><00:23:29.180><c> was</c><00:23:29.339><c> all</c><00:23:29.559><c> this</c><00:23:29.759><c> money</c><00:23:30.039><c> that</c><00:23:30.220><c> had</c><00:23:30.440><c> been</c>

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given<00:23:30.839><c> to</c><00:23:31.019><c> them</c><00:23:31.180><c> so</c><00:23:31.400><c> that</c><00:23:31.500><c> they</c><00:23:31.660><c> could</c><00:23:31.839><c> be</c><00:23:31.980><c> about</c><00:23:32.200><c> the</c><00:23:32.380><c> work</c><00:23:32.519><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:32.839><c> Lord.</c><00:23:33.799><c> They</c><00:23:34.140><c> had</c><00:23:34.400><c> taken</c><00:23:34.579><c> the</c><00:23:34.839><c> Lord's</c><00:23:35.220><c> money</c>

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and<00:23:36.579><c> used</c><00:23:36.980><c> it</c><00:23:37.880><c> in</c><00:23:38.240><c> building</c><00:23:38.480><c> up</c><00:23:38.720><c> their</c><00:23:38.920><c> own</c><00:23:39.099><c> houses.</c><00:23:42.279><c> And</c><00:23:42.579><c> that's</c><00:23:42.819><c> the</c>

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situation<00:23:43.440><c> in</c><00:23:43.619><c> which</c><00:23:43.819><c> Haggai</c><00:23:44.200><c> comes.</c>

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You<00:23:46.720><c> know,</c><00:23:46.960><c> there's</c><00:23:47.359><c> a</c><00:23:47.859><c> certain</c><00:23:48.079><c> familiar</c><00:23:48.500><c> ring</c><00:23:48.920><c> when</c><00:23:49.680><c> you</c><00:23:50.059><c> just</c><00:23:50.259><c> think</c><00:23:50.660><c> over</c><00:23:51.079><c> this</c><00:23:51.420><c> sequence</c><00:23:51.799><c> of</c><00:23:52.119><c> circumstances</c>

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that<00:23:52.859><c> had</c><00:23:53.019><c> occurred.</c><00:23:54.119><c> They</c><00:23:54.440><c> start</c><00:23:54.740><c> out</c><00:23:55.319><c> with</c><00:23:55.759><c> an</c><00:23:56.099><c> initial</c><00:23:56.440><c> determination</c><00:23:57.240><c> to</c>

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do<00:23:57.720><c> the</c><00:23:57.880><c> work</c><00:23:58.000><c> of</c><00:23:58.160><c> the</c><00:23:58.339><c> truth.</c>

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They're<00:23:59.099><c> all</c><00:23:59.619><c> fired</c><00:23:59.980><c> up</c><00:24:00.200><c> with</c><00:24:00.359><c> it.</c><00:24:01.660><c> But</c><00:24:02.200><c> this</c><00:24:02.400><c> is</c><00:24:02.539><c> not</c><00:24:02.680><c> a</c><00:24:02.819><c> quick</c>

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job.<00:24:04.740><c> You've</c><00:24:05.279><c> got</c><00:24:05.279><c> to</c><00:24:05.480><c> clear</c><00:24:05.599><c> away</c><00:24:05.839><c> the</c><00:24:06.079><c> rubble.</c>

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You've<00:24:06.980><c> got</c><00:24:07.079><c> to</c><00:24:07.259><c> organize</c><00:24:07.819><c> the</c><00:24:08.220><c> working</c><00:24:08.619><c> crews.</c><00:24:09.000><c> You've</c><00:24:09.200><c> got</c>

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to<00:24:09.400><c> get</c><00:24:09.559><c> the</c><00:24:10.339><c> tools</c><00:24:10.720><c> and</c><00:24:10.920><c> the</c><00:24:11.079><c> equipment</c><00:24:11.299><c> ready</c><00:24:11.539><c> to</c><00:24:11.740><c> go.</c>

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You<00:24:12.359><c> have</c><00:24:12.960><c> to</c><00:24:13.140><c> start</c><00:24:13.440><c> quarrying</c><00:24:13.859><c> the</c><00:24:14.099><c> stones,</c><00:24:14.400><c> sorting</c><00:24:14.660><c> out</c>

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some<00:24:15.119><c> of</c><00:24:15.200><c> the</c><00:24:15.319><c> stones</c><00:24:15.539><c> that</c><00:24:15.680><c> had</c><00:24:15.859><c> fallen</c><00:24:16.019><c> down,</c>

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could<00:24:16.519><c> still</c><00:24:16.720><c> be</c><00:24:16.980><c> reusable.</c><00:24:18.220><c> This</c><00:24:18.420><c> is</c><00:24:18.559><c> a</c><00:24:18.619><c> long</c><00:24:18.900><c>-term</c><00:24:19.140><c> job.</c><00:24:20.660><c> And</c>

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it<00:24:20.960><c> starts</c><00:24:21.220><c> to</c><00:24:21.480><c> drag</c><00:24:21.700><c> on</c><00:24:22.039><c> after</c><00:24:22.400><c> a</c><00:24:22.599><c> while.</c>

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And<00:24:24.539><c> they</c><00:24:24.660><c> had</c><00:24:24.839><c> to</c><00:24:25.000><c> make</c><00:24:25.180><c> a</c><00:24:25.339><c> living.</c><00:24:27.559><c> And</c><00:24:27.720><c> the</c><00:24:27.900><c> care</c><00:24:28.119><c> of</c><00:24:28.319><c> this</c>

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world<00:24:29.279><c> and</c><00:24:30.279><c> the</c><00:24:30.480><c> deceitfulness</c><00:24:30.980><c> of</c><00:24:31.279><c> riches</c>

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began<00:24:33.579><c> to</c><00:24:34.099><c> choke</c><00:24:34.460><c> the</c><00:24:34.839><c> word</c><00:24:35.220><c> that</c><00:24:36.119><c> it</c><00:24:36.299><c> became</c><00:24:36.579><c> unfruitful.</c>

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They<00:24:40.640><c> looked</c><00:24:40.839><c> at</c><00:24:41.019><c> the</c><00:24:41.200><c> progress</c><00:24:41.460><c> they</c><00:24:41.599><c> were</c><00:24:41.779><c> making</c><00:24:42.019><c> and</c><00:24:42.180><c> they</c><00:24:42.400><c> said,</c>

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we<00:24:44.599><c> need</c><00:24:44.759><c> an</c><00:24:45.039><c> excuse.</c><00:24:46.420><c> And</c><00:24:46.680><c> so</c><00:24:46.799><c> they</c><00:24:46.940><c> had</c><00:24:47.180><c> one.</c><00:24:48.680><c> Verse</c><00:24:48.920><c> two,</c>

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Then<00:24:50.359><c> speaketh</c><00:24:50.940><c> of</c><00:24:51.180><c> Haggai</c><00:24:51.579><c> one,</c><00:24:51.759><c> Then</c><00:24:51.980><c> speaketh</c><00:24:52.339><c> the</c><00:24:52.460><c> Lord</c>

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of<00:24:52.819><c> hosts,</c><00:24:53.019><c> saying,</c><00:24:53.339><c> This</c><00:24:53.519><c> people</c><00:24:53.859><c> say,</c>

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Ah,<00:24:55.640><c> the</c><00:24:55.839><c> time</c><00:24:56.019><c> isn't</c><00:24:56.319><c> come,</c><00:24:57.339><c> the</c><00:24:57.680><c> time</c><00:24:57.960><c> that</c><00:24:58.279><c> the</c><00:24:58.740><c> Lord's</c><00:24:59.180><c> house</c><00:24:59.440><c> should</c><00:24:59.660><c> be</c><00:24:59.920><c> built.</c>

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The<00:25:01.980><c> 70</c><00:25:02.279><c>-year</c><00:25:02.480><c> prophecy</c><00:25:02.940><c> isn't</c><00:25:03.200><c> fulfilled</c><00:25:03.700><c> yet.</c>

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Well,<00:25:06.220><c> how</c><00:25:06.579><c> could</c><00:25:06.740><c> they</c><00:25:06.960><c> say</c><00:25:07.220><c> that?</c><00:25:08.099><c> I</c><00:25:08.259><c> mean,</c><00:25:08.400><c> we've</c><00:25:08.640><c> just</c><00:25:08.839><c> went</c><00:25:09.019><c> through</c><00:25:09.339><c> and</c>

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saw<00:25:09.660><c> how</c><00:25:09.859><c> it</c><00:25:09.960><c> was</c><00:25:10.839><c> 70</c><00:25:11.200><c> years</c><00:25:11.640><c> and</c><00:25:11.759><c> how</c>

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Daniel<00:25:12.319><c> had</c><00:25:12.559><c> taken</c><00:25:12.720><c> it</c><00:25:12.880><c> from</c><00:25:13.079><c> the</c><00:25:13.240><c> beginning</c><00:25:13.799><c> of</c><00:25:14.799><c> the</c><00:25:14.980><c> time</c>

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when<00:25:15.480><c> Babylon</c><00:25:15.940><c> first</c><00:25:16.819><c> took</c><00:25:17.039><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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But<00:25:19.079><c> who's</c><00:25:19.380><c> to</c><00:25:19.519><c> say</c><00:25:19.779><c> that's</c><00:25:20.140><c> right?</c><00:25:20.640><c> Maybe</c><00:25:20.799><c> it</c><00:25:20.960><c> should</c><00:25:21.119><c> have</c>

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been<00:25:21.339><c> from</c><00:25:21.579><c> the</c><00:25:21.839><c> third</c><00:25:22.720><c> siege</c><00:25:23.240><c> of</c><00:25:23.519><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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20<00:25:24.200><c> years</c><00:25:24.500><c> later.</c><00:25:25.640><c> And</c><00:25:25.819><c> furthermore,</c><00:25:26.400><c> when</c><00:25:26.579><c> you</c><00:25:26.900><c> really</c><00:25:27.220><c> look</c>

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carefully<00:25:28.339><c> at</c><00:25:29.559><c> Cyrus'</c><00:25:30.140><c> edict,</c>

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the<00:25:31.119><c> prophecy</c><00:25:31.640><c> said,</c><00:25:32.319><c> Cyrus</c><00:25:32.559><c> was</c><00:25:32.819><c> going</c><00:25:32.960><c> to</c><00:25:33.200><c> say,</c><00:25:34.960><c> let</c><00:25:35.000><c> Jerusalem</c><00:25:35.759><c> be</c><00:25:36.099><c> built.</c>

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And<00:25:37.119><c> when</c><00:25:37.240><c> you</c><00:25:37.339><c> look</c><00:25:37.579><c> at</c><00:25:37.740><c> what</c><00:25:37.900><c> he</c><00:25:38.140><c> says</c><00:25:38.420><c> in</c><00:25:38.579><c> his</c><00:25:38.799><c> proclamation,</c><00:25:39.599><c> he</c><00:25:39.779><c> doesn't</c>

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use<00:25:40.559><c> those</c><00:25:40.900><c> exact</c><00:25:41.299><c> words.</c>

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Oh,<00:25:43.140><c> he</c><00:25:43.180><c> says</c><00:25:43.740><c> the</c><00:25:44.039><c> foundation</c><00:25:44.500><c> should</c><00:25:44.680><c> be</c><00:25:44.819><c> laid</c><00:25:44.920><c> at</c><00:25:45.059><c> the</c><00:25:45.200><c> temple.</c><00:25:45.799><c> But</c>

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:49.220
the<00:25:46.960><c> business</c><00:25:47.240><c> of</c><00:25:47.460><c> Jerusalem</c><00:25:47.799><c> being</c><00:25:48.039><c> built</c><00:25:48.240><c> was</c><00:25:48.480><c> implied.</c>

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It<00:25:50.119><c> wasn't</c><00:25:50.319><c> specifically</c><00:25:50.960><c> stated.</c>

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Furthermore,<00:25:53.819><c> when</c><00:25:53.960><c> you</c><00:25:54.140><c> take</c><00:25:54.319><c> a</c><00:25:54.480><c> careful</c><00:25:54.700><c> look</c><00:25:54.940><c> at</c><00:25:55.180><c> these</c><00:25:55.640><c> treasures</c><00:25:56.299><c> that</c><00:25:57.400><c> were</c><00:25:57.579><c> to</c>

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be<00:25:57.900><c> brought</c><00:25:58.079><c> back,</c>

00:25:58.359 --> 00:26:02.279
the<00:25:58.720><c> prophecy</c><00:25:59.119><c> said</c><00:25:59.640><c> that</c><00:26:00.619><c> the</c><00:26:00.839><c> treasures</c><00:26:01.200><c> of</c><00:26:01.460><c> the</c><00:26:01.839><c> house</c><00:26:02.099><c> of</c>

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:04.839
the<00:26:02.420><c> Lord</c><00:26:02.700><c> and</c><00:26:03.440><c> of</c><00:26:03.740><c> the</c><00:26:03.900><c> king's</c><00:26:04.200><c> house</c>

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:08.720
were<00:26:05.420><c> to</c><00:26:05.599><c> be</c><00:26:05.900><c> returned</c><00:26:06.259><c> to</c><00:26:06.680><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:26:07.779><c> And</c><00:26:08.019><c> all</c><00:26:08.140><c> there's</c><00:26:08.380><c> record</c><00:26:08.599><c> of</c>

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:10.839
them<00:26:08.920><c> bringing</c><00:26:09.180><c> back</c><00:26:09.740><c> are</c><00:26:10.259><c> the</c><00:26:10.519><c> treasures</c>

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:13.420
of<00:26:11.039><c> the</c><00:26:11.180><c> house</c><00:26:11.319><c> of</c><00:26:11.480><c> the</c><00:26:11.619><c> Lord,</c><00:26:11.859><c> not</c><00:26:11.980><c> of</c><00:26:12.119><c> the</c><00:26:12.200><c> king's</c><00:26:12.500><c> house.</c>

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Ah,<00:26:13.799><c> there</c><00:26:13.980><c> are</c><00:26:14.099><c> some</c><00:26:14.299><c> details</c><00:26:14.779><c> here</c><00:26:15.000><c> that</c><00:26:15.140><c> are</c><00:26:15.259><c> not</c><00:26:15.500><c> fitting</c><00:26:15.740><c> right.</c>

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:22.839
So<00:26:17.740><c> it</c><00:26:17.839><c> must</c><00:26:18.119><c> be</c><00:26:18.480><c> that,</c><00:26:18.859><c> well,</c><00:26:20.519><c> the</c><00:26:20.880><c> time</c><00:26:21.039><c> isn't</c><00:26:21.559><c> right</c><00:26:21.920><c> yet.</c>

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:28.279
That's<00:26:24.640><c> typical,</c><00:26:25.079><c> isn't</c><00:26:25.299><c> it?</c><00:26:25.940><c> Excuses</c><00:26:26.460><c> for</c><00:26:26.779><c> lack</c><00:26:27.079><c> of</c><00:26:27.339><c> performance.</c>

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:31.099
I<00:26:28.519><c> know</c><00:26:28.859><c> thee</c><00:26:29.140><c> that</c><00:26:29.319><c> thou</c><00:26:29.579><c> art</c><00:26:29.680><c> a</c><00:26:29.819><c> hard</c><00:26:30.119><c> man.</c><00:26:30.480><c> That's</c><00:26:30.700><c> why</c><00:26:30.880><c> I've</c>

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taken<00:26:31.319><c> this</c><00:26:31.599><c> talent</c><00:26:31.920><c> and</c><00:26:32.460><c> put</c><00:26:32.700><c> it</c><00:26:32.819><c> into</c><00:26:32.960><c> the</c><00:26:33.200><c> ground.</c>

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:39.900
Where<00:26:35.440><c> did</c><00:26:35.599><c> we</c><00:26:35.880><c> see</c><00:26:36.039><c> you,</c><00:26:36.859><c> naked</c><00:26:37.220><c> and</c><00:26:37.480><c> in</c><00:26:37.680><c> prison,</c><00:26:38.380><c> didn't</c><00:26:38.599><c> take</c><00:26:38.819><c> care</c><00:26:38.960><c> of</c><00:26:39.140><c> you?</c>

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:45.359
So<00:26:41.559><c> this</c><00:26:41.700><c> has</c><00:26:41.940><c> a</c><00:26:42.079><c> familiar</c><00:26:42.380><c> ring</c><00:26:42.619><c> to</c><00:26:42.819><c> it.</c><00:26:44.099><c> Was</c><00:26:44.380><c> their</c><00:26:44.599><c> excuse</c><00:26:45.000><c> valid?</c>

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Well,<00:26:46.559><c> you</c><00:26:46.579><c> could</c><00:26:47.500><c> have</c><00:26:47.680><c> some</c><00:26:47.920><c> arguments</c><00:26:48.359><c> that</c><00:26:48.700><c> said,</c><00:26:48.900><c> yes,</c>

00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:51.779
there<00:26:49.579><c> was</c><00:26:49.759><c> some</c><00:26:50.000><c> validity</c><00:26:50.339><c> to</c><00:26:50.559><c> it</c><00:26:50.680><c> because</c><00:26:50.940><c> of</c><00:26:51.140><c> these</c><00:26:51.319><c> details</c>

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:57.759
that<00:26:52.140><c> weren't</c><00:26:52.400><c> fulfilled.</c><00:26:54.759><c> But</c><00:26:55.079><c> on</c><00:26:55.779><c> the</c><00:26:55.880><c> other</c><00:26:56.079><c> hand,</c><00:26:57.180><c> there's</c><00:26:57.440><c> only</c>

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:59.339
one<00:26:58.180><c> time</c><00:26:58.420><c> period</c><00:26:58.759><c> mentioned.</c>

00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:03.200
And<00:27:00.059><c> that's</c><00:27:00.319><c> the</c><00:27:00.539><c> 70</c><00:27:00.940><c> years</c><00:27:01.380><c> which</c><00:27:01.579><c> was</c><00:27:01.819><c> to</c><00:27:02.079><c> end</c><00:27:02.279><c> when</c><00:27:02.640><c> Babylon</c>

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was<00:27:04.220><c> desolated</c><00:27:04.759><c> and</c><00:27:04.900><c> when</c><00:27:05.079><c> their</c><00:27:05.339><c> servitude</c><00:27:05.980><c> to</c><00:27:06.559><c> Babylon</c><00:27:07.119><c> ended.</c>

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:16.440
So<00:27:08.400><c> the</c><00:27:09.500><c> broad</c><00:27:10.420><c> prophecy</c><00:27:11.259><c> was</c><00:27:11.640><c> fulfilled</c><00:27:12.180><c> when</c><00:27:12.519><c> Cyrus</c><00:27:13.039><c> declared</c><00:27:13.859><c> liberation</c><00:27:14.619><c> from</c><00:27:15.480><c> Babylon.</c>

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:21.720
And<00:27:17.299><c> when</c><00:27:17.440><c> he</c><00:27:18.400><c> offered</c><00:27:18.640><c> to</c><00:27:18.900><c> support</c><00:27:19.640><c> the</c><00:27:20.220><c> Jews</c><00:27:20.539><c> and</c><00:27:20.880><c> their</c><00:27:21.180><c> return</c><00:27:21.539><c> to</c>

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the<00:27:21.880><c> land</c><00:27:22.180><c> and</c><00:27:22.380><c> then</c><00:27:22.539><c> their</c><00:27:22.920><c> building</c><00:27:23.299><c> work.</c>

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:26.519
The<00:27:24.279><c> great</c><00:27:24.619><c> prophecies</c><00:27:25.180><c> were</c><00:27:25.420><c> in</c><00:27:25.640><c> place</c><00:27:25.839><c> in</c><00:27:26.019><c> something</c><00:27:26.240><c> like</c>

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:30.339
today.<00:27:27.779><c> We</c><00:27:27.940><c> can</c><00:27:28.099><c> look</c><00:27:28.279><c> at</c><00:27:28.480><c> certain</c><00:27:28.720><c> details</c><00:27:29.339><c> of</c><00:27:29.559><c> the</c><00:27:29.680><c> prophecies</c>

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:32.500
and<00:27:30.480><c> say,</c><00:27:30.799><c> well,</c><00:27:30.819><c> I'm</c><00:27:30.980><c> not</c><00:27:31.180><c> quite</c><00:27:31.359><c> sure</c><00:27:31.539><c> whether</c><00:27:31.720><c> they're</c><00:27:32.019><c> fulfilled</c><00:27:32.339><c> or</c>

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whether<00:27:32.640><c> they</c><00:27:32.880><c> aren't.</c>

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I<00:27:33.720><c> mean,</c><00:27:33.779><c> we</c><00:27:33.900><c> aren't</c><00:27:34.079><c> as</c><00:27:34.299><c> close</c><00:27:34.440><c> to</c><00:27:34.579><c> the</c><00:27:34.740><c> time</c><00:27:34.859><c> of</c><00:27:35.000><c> the</c><00:27:35.099><c> end</c><00:27:35.200><c> as</c>

00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:36.799
we<00:27:35.500><c> think</c><00:27:35.640><c> we</c><00:27:35.880><c> are.</c>

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But<00:27:37.140><c> the</c><00:27:37.519><c> great</c><00:27:37.960><c> prophecy</c><00:27:38.460><c> of</c><00:27:38.819><c> the</c><00:27:39.299><c> return</c><00:27:39.640><c> of</c><00:27:39.819><c> the</c><00:27:39.960><c> Jews</c><00:27:40.160><c> to</c>

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:42.240
the<00:27:40.539><c> land</c><00:27:40.819><c> and</c><00:27:40.940><c> of</c><00:27:41.119><c> their</c><00:27:41.279><c> condition,</c>

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:44.839
the<00:27:42.839><c> great</c><00:27:43.279><c> prophecies</c><00:27:43.759><c> in</c><00:27:43.920><c> connection</c><00:27:44.240><c> with</c><00:27:44.420><c> the</c><00:27:44.519><c> general</c>

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:47.079
condition<00:27:45.200><c> of</c><00:27:45.339><c> the</c><00:27:45.480><c> world,</c><00:27:45.619><c> they</c><00:27:45.799><c> are</c><00:27:46.039><c> fulfilled.</c>

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So<00:27:48.099><c> we</c><00:27:48.240><c> need</c><00:27:48.339><c> to</c><00:27:48.640><c> recognize</c><00:27:49.079><c> that</c><00:27:49.319><c> the</c><00:27:49.539><c> great</c><00:27:49.759><c> ones,</c><00:27:50.160><c> the</c><00:27:50.299><c> great</c><00:27:50.539><c> prophecies</c><00:27:50.960><c> are</c>

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fulfilled<00:27:51.660><c> and</c><00:27:51.779><c> we</c><00:27:51.940><c> are</c><00:27:52.160><c> very</c><00:27:52.519><c> close</c><00:27:52.740><c> to</c><00:27:52.920><c> the</c><00:27:53.140><c> time.</c>

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And<00:27:55.619><c> there</c><00:27:55.700><c> was</c><00:27:55.859><c> another</c><00:27:56.099><c> excuse</c><00:27:56.500><c> they</c><00:27:56.779><c> had</c><00:27:56.900><c> as</c><00:27:57.160><c> well.</c><00:27:57.980><c> The</c><00:27:58.220><c> excuse</c><00:27:58.579><c> of</c>

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opposition<00:27:59.500><c> to</c><00:27:59.759><c> the</c><00:27:59.960><c> work</c><00:28:00.299><c> that</c><00:28:00.559><c> they</c><00:28:00.720><c> were</c><00:28:00.940><c> about.</c>

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Well,<00:28:04.019><c> you</c><00:28:04.160><c> know</c><00:28:04.240><c> how</c><00:28:04.440><c> it</c><00:28:04.539><c> is.</c><00:28:04.799><c> When</c><00:28:04.940><c> opposition</c><00:28:05.380><c> arises</c><00:28:05.900><c> because</c><00:28:06.279><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:06.559><c> word</c><00:28:06.700><c> of</c><00:28:06.819><c> God,</c>

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when<00:28:07.420><c> tribulation</c><00:28:08.000><c> or</c><00:28:08.220><c> persecution</c><00:28:08.779><c> arises</c><00:28:09.259><c> because</c><00:28:09.619><c> of</c><00:28:09.779><c> the</c>

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word,<00:28:11.079><c> by</c><00:28:11.279><c> and</c><00:28:11.519><c> by</c><00:28:12.059><c> we</c><00:28:13.039><c> tend</c><00:28:13.319><c> to</c><00:28:13.720><c> figure,</c>

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:18.099
well,<00:28:14.380><c> we're</c><00:28:14.539><c> going</c><00:28:14.799><c> on</c><00:28:14.900><c> the</c><00:28:15.059><c> wrong</c><00:28:15.279><c> course</c><00:28:15.740><c> and</c><00:28:16.400><c> we're</c><00:28:16.799><c> caused</c><00:28:17.059><c> to</c><00:28:17.319><c> sin.</c>

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:21.279
But<00:28:19.180><c> there's</c><00:28:19.640><c> always</c><00:28:20.039><c> going</c><00:28:20.220><c> to</c><00:28:20.319><c> be</c><00:28:20.519><c> problems</c><00:28:20.900><c> with</c><00:28:21.119><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:28:21.640><c> work.</c>

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This<00:28:22.720><c> isn't</c><00:28:22.960><c> the</c><00:28:23.180><c> kingdom.</c><00:28:24.980><c> You</c><00:28:25.500><c> know</c><00:28:25.740><c> that</c><00:28:26.000><c> from</c><00:28:26.700><c> organizing</c>

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.319
this<00:28:28.579><c> Bible</c><00:28:28.960><c> school.</c>

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I<00:28:29.799><c> can</c><00:28:30.019><c> remember</c><00:28:30.259><c> being</c><00:28:30.539><c> at</c><00:28:30.680><c> the</c><00:28:30.859><c> first</c><00:28:31.140><c> one</c><00:28:31.359><c> and</c><00:28:31.740><c> there</c><00:28:32.059><c> were</c>

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:35.880
problems<00:28:32.779><c> and</c><00:28:33.099><c> that</c><00:28:34.279><c> the</c><00:28:34.519><c> site</c><00:28:34.660><c> could</c><00:28:34.900><c> not</c><00:28:35.059><c> be</c><00:28:35.259><c> retained</c><00:28:35.599><c> for</c>

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another<00:28:36.059><c> year.</c>

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There's<00:28:37.480><c> always</c><00:28:37.779><c> problems</c><00:28:38.240><c> in</c><00:28:38.420><c> ecclesial</c><00:28:38.839><c> life.</c>

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:46.839
The<00:28:40.519><c> great</c><00:28:40.779><c> thing</c><00:28:41.059><c> is</c><00:28:41.319><c> that</c><00:28:41.500><c> these</c><00:28:41.700><c> people,</c><00:28:42.799><c> they</c><00:28:42.799><c> had</c><00:28:43.000><c> the</c><00:28:43.240><c> resources</c><00:28:43.740><c> and</c><00:28:43.960><c> they</c><00:28:44.119><c> had</c><00:28:44.359><c> the</c><00:28:44.599><c> opportunity</c><00:28:45.319><c> to</c>

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.460
do<00:28:47.079><c> the</c><00:28:47.279><c> work.</c>

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If<00:28:47.619><c> they</c><00:28:47.759><c> had</c><00:28:47.920><c> been</c><00:28:48.460><c> a</c><00:28:48.619><c> poverty</c><00:28:48.920><c>-stricken</c><00:28:49.299><c> captives</c><00:28:49.740><c> with</c><00:28:49.920><c> no</c>

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:52.740
support<00:28:50.460><c> and</c><00:28:50.619><c> they</c><00:28:50.740><c> had</c><00:28:50.819><c> just</c><00:28:51.000><c> gone</c><00:28:51.160><c> back</c><00:28:51.619><c> to</c><00:28:52.299><c> the</c><00:28:52.460><c> land</c><00:28:52.579><c> of</c>

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utter<00:28:52.880><c> poverty,</c>

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:55.059
well,<00:28:53.559><c> then</c><00:28:53.740><c> it</c><00:28:53.940><c> would</c><00:28:54.079><c> have</c><00:28:54.180><c> been</c><00:28:54.279><c> a</c><00:28:54.380><c> different</c><00:28:54.619><c> story.</c>

00:28:55.059 --> 00:29:00.799
But<00:28:55.559><c> they</c><00:28:55.799><c> had</c><00:28:56.140><c> the</c><00:28:56.400><c> resources</c><00:28:57.019><c> and</c><00:28:59.200><c> this</c><00:28:59.420><c> was</c><00:28:59.579><c> a</c><00:28:59.680><c> good</c><00:28:59.859><c> work.</c>

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Whatever<00:29:01.279><c> little</c><00:29:01.640><c> trivial</c><00:29:01.900><c> excuses</c><00:29:02.460><c> there</c><00:29:02.640><c> might</c><00:29:02.839><c> have</c><00:29:03.019><c> been,</c><00:29:03.700><c> whatever</c><00:29:03.980><c> opposition</c><00:29:04.660><c> there</c><00:29:04.839><c> might</c><00:29:05.059><c> have</c><00:29:05.220><c> been,</c>

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there<00:29:05.779><c> was</c><00:29:05.980><c> no</c><00:29:06.279><c> question</c><00:29:06.660><c> that</c><00:29:07.000><c> this</c><00:29:07.359><c> was</c><00:29:07.619><c> a</c><00:29:07.859><c> good</c><00:29:08.279><c> work.</c><00:29:09.099><c> Let</c>

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.500
them<00:29:09.440><c> get</c><00:29:09.660><c> on</c><00:29:09.859><c> with</c><00:29:10.039><c> it.</c>

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:13.539
Don't<00:29:11.079><c> just</c><00:29:11.539><c> quit</c><00:29:11.819><c> because</c><00:29:12.180><c> of</c><00:29:12.339><c> the</c><00:29:12.519><c> difficulties.</c>

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:16.480
Same<00:29:14.279><c> thing</c><00:29:14.500><c> is</c><00:29:14.640><c> true</c><00:29:14.799><c> in</c><00:29:14.960><c> our</c><00:29:15.180><c> preaching</c><00:29:15.359><c> of</c><00:29:15.559><c> the</c><00:29:15.680><c> truth.</c><00:29:15.859><c> Sure,</c><00:29:16.140><c> there's</c><00:29:16.279><c> going</c><00:29:16.400><c> to</c>

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.160
be<00:29:16.660><c> opposition.</c>

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:19.119
There's<00:29:17.759><c> going</c><00:29:17.880><c> to</c><00:29:17.960><c> be</c><00:29:18.200><c> difficulties</c><00:29:18.539><c> and</c><00:29:18.740><c> there's</c><00:29:18.940><c> going</c><00:29:19.039><c> to</c>

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:22.640
be<00:29:19.279><c> problems,</c><00:29:19.640><c> but</c><00:29:19.819><c> we</c><00:29:20.220><c> know</c><00:29:20.799><c> that</c><00:29:21.400><c> preaching</c><00:29:21.779><c> the</c><00:29:22.140><c> truth</c><00:29:22.359><c> is</c>

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.940
a<00:29:22.900><c> good</c><00:29:23.359><c> work.</c>

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:27.220
And<00:29:24.819><c> so</c><00:29:24.980><c> in</c><00:29:25.240><c> spite</c><00:29:25.420><c> of</c><00:29:25.579><c> the</c><00:29:25.759><c> oppositions,</c><00:29:26.599><c> in</c><00:29:26.779><c> spite</c><00:29:26.940><c> of</c><00:29:27.099><c> the</c>

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:29.839
problems,<00:29:27.640><c> we</c><00:29:27.740><c> need</c><00:29:27.920><c> to</c><00:29:28.039><c> get</c><00:29:28.160><c> on</c><00:29:28.380><c> with</c><00:29:28.539><c> it.</c>

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:36.180
This<00:29:31.940><c> setting</c><00:29:32.299><c> that</c><00:29:33.200><c> God</c><00:29:33.759><c> spoke</c><00:29:34.099><c> through</c><00:29:34.359><c> Haggai</c><00:29:34.839><c> and</c><00:29:35.039><c> Zechariah</c><00:29:35.640><c> to</c><00:29:35.859><c> stir</c><00:29:36.039><c> up</c>

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.819
the<00:29:36.380><c> people,</c>

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:39.299
that<00:29:37.220><c> they</c><00:29:37.380><c> should</c><00:29:37.579><c> resume</c><00:29:37.920><c> the</c><00:29:38.180><c> work</c><00:29:38.319><c> in</c><00:29:38.480><c> the</c><00:29:38.599><c> house</c><00:29:38.759><c> of</c><00:29:39.000><c> God.</c>

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:45.240
And<00:29:40.000><c> there</c><00:29:40.180><c> are</c><00:29:40.480><c> four</c><00:29:40.880><c> absolutely</c><00:29:41.460><c> marvelous</c><00:29:42.200><c> lessons</c><00:29:42.839><c> in</c><00:29:43.900><c> now</c><00:29:44.200><c> what</c><00:29:44.460><c> follows</c><00:29:44.900><c> in</c>

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.880
the<00:29:45.539><c> word</c><00:29:45.720><c> of</c><00:29:45.900><c> the</c><00:29:46.059><c> prophets.</c>

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:53.500
The<00:29:48.519><c> first</c><00:29:48.839><c> one</c><00:29:49.140><c> in</c><00:29:49.339><c> Haggai</c><00:29:49.720><c> chapter</c><00:29:50.039><c> 1</c><00:29:50.279><c> verse</c><00:29:50.559><c> 8,</c><00:29:52.299><c> after</c><00:29:52.480><c> saying,</c>

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:56.019
thus<00:29:53.559><c> saith</c><00:29:53.740><c> the</c><00:29:53.900><c> Lord</c><00:29:54.099><c> of</c><00:29:54.240><c> hosts,</c><00:29:54.500><c> consider</c><00:29:54.779><c> your</c><00:29:55.000><c> ways,</c>

00:29:56.700 --> 00:30:02.799
go<00:29:56.839><c> up</c><00:29:57.099><c> to</c><00:29:57.279><c> the</c><00:29:57.440><c> mountain</c><00:29:57.880><c> and</c><00:29:58.880><c> bring</c><00:29:59.339><c> wood</c><00:29:59.779><c> and</c><00:30:00.900><c> build</c><00:30:01.420><c> the</c><00:30:01.680><c> house.</c>

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:07.799
Now,<00:30:04.400><c> wait</c><00:30:04.559><c> a</c><00:30:04.680><c> minute.</c><00:30:05.640><c> That's</c><00:30:06.099><c> not</c><00:30:06.240><c> a</c><00:30:06.279><c> very</c><00:30:06.519><c> glamorous</c><00:30:06.900><c> work.</c>

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:11.339
You've<00:30:08.740><c> all</c><00:30:08.880><c> seen</c><00:30:09.019><c> pictures</c><00:30:09.319><c> of</c><00:30:09.480><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:30:10.599><c> It's</c><00:30:11.039><c> a</c><00:30:11.119><c> fairly</c>

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:12.740
steep<00:30:11.619><c> climb</c><00:30:11.900><c> going</c><00:30:12.140><c> up</c><00:30:12.359><c> there.</c>

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:19.279
You<00:30:13.859><c> mean</c><00:30:14.140><c> we're</c><00:30:14.380><c> supposed</c><00:30:14.720><c> to</c><00:30:14.819><c> go</c><00:30:14.960><c> out</c><00:30:15.480><c> and</c><00:30:15.700><c> cut</c><00:30:15.900><c> down</c><00:30:17.240><c> the</c><00:30:17.400><c> wood</c><00:30:17.500><c> and</c><00:30:18.240><c> then</c><00:30:18.500><c> start</c><00:30:18.779><c> hauling</c><00:30:19.140><c> it</c>

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:22.480
up<00:30:19.859><c> on</c><00:30:20.599><c> our</c><00:30:20.819><c> shoulders</c><00:30:21.200><c> up</c><00:30:21.420><c> the</c><00:30:21.599><c> mountain.</c>

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:27.559
That's<00:30:24.380><c> not</c><00:30:24.619><c> a</c><00:30:24.759><c> prominent</c><00:30:25.259><c> administrative</c><00:30:25.940><c> job.</c><00:30:27.119><c> That's</c>

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:30.500
just<00:30:28.000><c> simple,</c><00:30:28.839><c> hard</c><00:30:29.380><c> work.</c>

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:33.759
That's<00:30:32.000><c> all</c><00:30:32.319><c> that</c><00:30:32.779><c> God</c><00:30:32.980><c> wants</c><00:30:33.220><c> us</c><00:30:33.420><c> to</c><00:30:33.539><c> do?</c>

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:38.359
Well,<00:30:34.380><c> what</c><00:30:34.539><c> about</c><00:30:34.799><c> a</c><00:30:35.779><c> great</c><00:30:35.960><c> ritual</c><00:30:36.519><c> of</c><00:30:37.019><c> offerings</c><00:30:37.460><c> and</c><00:30:37.740><c> lambs</c><00:30:38.160><c> in</c>

00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:41.200
abundance<00:30:38.740><c> and</c><00:30:39.059><c> bullock</c><00:30:39.319><c> by</c><00:30:39.480><c> number?</c><00:30:39.740><c> What</c><00:30:39.920><c> about</c><00:30:40.180><c> that?</c>

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:44.420
No,<00:30:42.339><c> that's</c><00:30:42.579><c> not</c><00:30:42.759><c> what</c><00:30:42.859><c> you're</c><00:30:42.980><c> being</c><00:30:43.220><c> asked</c><00:30:43.460><c> to</c><00:30:43.619><c> do.</c>

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:49.759
What<00:30:45.559><c> you're</c><00:30:45.880><c> asked</c><00:30:46.140><c> to</c><00:30:46.500><c> do</c><00:30:46.880><c> is</c><00:30:47.519><c> not</c><00:30:47.740><c> a</c><00:30:47.960><c> notable</c><00:30:48.299><c> work.</c><00:30:49.599><c> It's</c>

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:51.480
not<00:30:49.920><c> something</c><00:30:50.180><c> just</c><00:30:50.380><c> for</c><00:30:50.539><c> the</c><00:30:50.720><c> priest</c><00:30:50.920><c> to</c><00:30:51.119><c> do.</c>

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:56.339
It's<00:30:52.259><c> to</c><00:30:52.420><c> put</c><00:30:52.579><c> your</c><00:30:53.400><c> own</c><00:30:53.859><c> hand</c><00:30:54.079><c> to</c><00:30:54.279><c> the</c><00:30:54.440><c> work</c><00:30:54.619><c> and</c><00:30:54.819><c> do</c><00:30:55.059><c> it</c><00:30:55.200><c> yourself.</c>

00:30:57.720 --> 00:31:02.660
Well,<00:30:58.160><c> we</c><00:30:58.599><c> can</c><00:30:58.799><c> take</c><00:30:59.000><c> from</c><00:30:59.180><c> that</c><00:30:59.420><c> message</c><00:30:59.720><c> a</c><00:31:00.019><c> powerful</c><00:31:00.519><c> exhortation</c><00:31:01.259><c> to</c><00:31:01.519><c> ourselves.</c>

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:06.579
We<00:31:03.279><c> can</c><00:31:03.460><c> take</c><00:31:03.579><c> a</c><00:31:03.680><c> look</c><00:31:03.799><c> at</c><00:31:03.960><c> our</c><00:31:04.099><c> own</c><00:31:04.299><c> ecclesias</c><00:31:04.779><c> and</c><00:31:04.880><c> we</c><00:31:05.059><c> can</c><00:31:05.220><c> say</c><00:31:05.400><c> to</c><00:31:05.579><c> ourselves,</c>

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:09.119
You<00:31:07.039><c> know,</c><00:31:07.180><c> there's</c><00:31:07.400><c> a</c><00:31:07.539><c> problem</c><00:31:07.839><c> in</c><00:31:08.019><c> my</c><00:31:08.200><c> ecclesia.</c><00:31:08.940><c> There's</c><00:31:09.059><c> a</c>

00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:10.599
lack<00:31:09.319><c> of</c><00:31:09.640><c> hospitality.</c>

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:13.779
Well,<00:31:11.859><c> we</c><00:31:11.960><c> can</c><00:31:12.079><c> do</c><00:31:12.180><c> a</c><00:31:12.180><c> lot</c><00:31:12.420><c> of</c><00:31:12.599><c> complaining</c><00:31:13.279><c> about</c><00:31:13.640><c> it</c><00:31:13.720><c> and</c><00:31:13.779><c> a</c>

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:15.180
lot<00:31:13.980><c> of</c><00:31:14.160><c> preaching</c><00:31:14.380><c> about</c><00:31:14.680><c> it.</c>

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:19.839
But<00:31:15.539><c> what</c><00:31:15.740><c> God</c><00:31:16.000><c> wants</c><00:31:16.319><c> us</c><00:31:16.519><c> to</c><00:31:16.700><c> do</c><00:31:17.180><c> is</c><00:31:18.019><c> show</c><00:31:18.339><c> hospitality</c><00:31:19.000><c> ourselves.</c><00:31:19.680><c> Get</c>

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:22.519
on<00:31:20.039><c> with</c><00:31:20.220><c> the</c><00:31:20.420><c> work</c><00:31:21.059><c> ourselves.</c>

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:25.960
We<00:31:23.160><c> can</c><00:31:23.339><c> say,</c><00:31:23.539><c> we've</c><00:31:23.819><c> got</c><00:31:23.900><c> a</c><00:31:24.099><c> problem.</c><00:31:24.539><c> The</c><00:31:24.740><c> sick</c><00:31:24.940><c> are</c><00:31:25.039><c> neglected.</c>

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:29.460
But<00:31:26.640><c> what</c><00:31:26.759><c> we</c><00:31:26.920><c> need</c><00:31:27.099><c> to</c><00:31:27.279><c> do</c><00:31:27.420><c> is</c><00:31:27.619><c> send</c><00:31:27.819><c> out</c><00:31:28.099><c> cards</c><00:31:28.519><c> ourselves</c>

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:30.160
and<00:31:29.680><c> pay</c><00:31:29.900><c> visits.</c>

00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:34.000
Get<00:31:30.519><c> on</c><00:31:30.799><c> with</c><00:31:31.019><c> the</c><00:31:31.299><c> drudgery</c><00:31:31.680><c> of</c><00:31:31.839><c> the</c><00:31:32.019><c> work</c><00:31:32.140><c> of</c><00:31:32.319><c> the</c><00:31:32.519><c> truth</c><00:31:33.119><c> ourselves.</c>

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:38.380
We<00:31:34.819><c> can</c><00:31:35.000><c> say,</c><00:31:35.200><c> oh,</c><00:31:35.460><c> the</c><00:31:35.680><c> attendance</c><00:31:35.980><c> is</c><00:31:36.180><c> very</c><00:31:36.579><c> poor</c><00:31:36.759><c> at</c><00:31:36.920><c> midweek</c><00:31:37.240><c> class.</c>

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:42.079
The<00:31:39.119><c> thing</c><00:31:39.240><c> for</c><00:31:39.400><c> us</c><00:31:39.559><c> to</c><00:31:39.700><c> do</c><00:31:39.779><c> is</c><00:31:39.960><c> get</c><00:31:40.200><c> there</c><00:31:40.579><c> ourselves.</c>

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:45.660
We<00:31:42.980><c> can</c><00:31:43.160><c> say</c><00:31:43.279><c> in</c><00:31:43.440><c> this</c><00:31:43.660><c> ecclesia,</c><00:31:44.400><c> the</c><00:31:44.619><c> children</c><00:31:44.839><c> are</c><00:31:45.019><c> very</c><00:31:45.380><c> weak</c><00:31:45.519><c> in</c>

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.500
their<00:31:45.819><c> scripture</c><00:31:46.119><c> knowledge</c>

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:49.539
and<00:31:46.720><c> we</c><00:31:46.880><c> keep</c><00:31:47.119><c> on</c><00:31:47.400><c> losing</c><00:31:47.660><c> our</c><00:31:47.920><c> young</c><00:31:48.059><c> people</c><00:31:48.319><c> to</c><00:31:48.480><c> the</c><00:31:48.680><c> world.</c>

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:52.220
The<00:31:50.279><c> thing</c><00:31:50.400><c> for</c><00:31:50.579><c> us</c><00:31:50.759><c> to</c><00:31:50.900><c> do</c><00:31:50.980><c> is</c><00:31:51.140><c> to</c><00:31:51.240><c> get</c><00:31:51.359><c> on</c><00:31:51.519><c> with</c><00:31:51.759><c> training</c><00:31:51.940><c> our</c>

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:54.700
own<00:31:52.440><c> children</c><00:31:52.799><c> and</c><00:31:53.160><c> our</c><00:31:53.319><c> own</c><00:31:53.619><c> grandchildren.</c>

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:58.500
We<00:31:55.619><c> can</c><00:31:55.799><c> say</c><00:31:55.960><c> the</c><00:31:56.180><c> preaching</c><00:31:56.460><c> effort</c><00:31:56.720><c> around</c><00:31:57.019><c> here</c><00:31:57.220><c> is</c><00:31:57.500><c> really</c><00:31:57.759><c> deteriorated.</c>

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:02.500
The<00:31:59.599><c> thing</c><00:31:59.759><c> we</c><00:31:59.940><c> are</c><00:32:00.039><c> to</c><00:32:00.180><c> do</c><00:32:00.299><c> is</c><00:32:00.460><c> get</c><00:32:00.640><c> on</c><00:32:00.920><c> with</c><00:32:01.160><c> the</c><00:32:01.339><c> work</c><00:32:01.619><c> ourselves.</c>

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:09.700
The<00:32:03.640><c> work</c><00:32:04.099><c> may</c><00:32:04.619><c> not</c><00:32:05.039><c> look</c><00:32:05.539><c> significant,</c><00:32:06.920><c> but</c><00:32:09.339><c> that</c><00:32:09.519><c> doesn't</c>

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:11.279
make<00:32:09.859><c> any</c><00:32:10.019><c> difference</c><00:32:10.259><c> to</c><00:32:10.440><c> God.</c>

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:16.359
Look<00:32:11.500><c> what</c><00:32:12.380><c> the</c><00:32:12.500><c> verse</c><00:32:12.700><c> goes</c><00:32:12.900><c> on</c><00:32:13.099><c> to</c><00:32:13.279><c> say</c><00:32:13.480><c> in</c><00:32:14.059><c> verse</c><00:32:14.420><c> 8</c><00:32:14.740><c> of</c><00:32:15.140><c> Haggai</c><00:32:15.460><c> 1.</c>

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:21.019
Here<00:32:17.079><c> they</c><00:32:17.339><c> are</c><00:32:17.799><c> being</c><00:32:18.420><c> told</c><00:32:18.900><c> to</c><00:32:19.339><c> put</c><00:32:19.559><c> the</c><00:32:19.799><c> wood</c><00:32:19.880><c> on</c><00:32:20.019><c> their</c><00:32:20.240><c> shoulders</c><00:32:20.660><c> and</c>

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.819
get<00:32:21.279><c> up</c><00:32:21.480><c> the</c><00:32:21.619><c> mountain</c>

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:27.140
of<00:32:22.039><c> all</c><00:32:22.319><c> the</c><00:32:23.019><c> humble</c><00:32:24.079><c> jobs</c><00:32:24.640><c> that</c><00:32:24.880><c> are</c><00:32:25.079><c> jobs</c><00:32:25.400><c> of</c><00:32:26.000><c> a</c><00:32:26.180><c> drudgery</c><00:32:26.640><c> nature.</c>

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:35.539
And<00:32:28.160><c> God</c><00:32:28.619><c> says,</c><00:32:29.980><c> I</c><00:32:30.460><c> will</c><00:32:30.920><c> take</c><00:32:31.299><c> pleasure</c><00:32:31.920><c> in</c><00:32:32.220><c> it</c><00:32:32.660><c> and</c><00:32:34.559><c> I</c><00:32:35.240><c> will</c>

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:37.500
be<00:32:36.039><c> glorified.</c>

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:42.420
He<00:32:38.700><c> isn't</c><00:32:38.900><c> glorified</c><00:32:39.680><c> by</c><00:32:40.000><c> the</c><00:32:40.799><c> vault</c><00:32:41.079><c> of</c><00:32:41.319><c> a</c><00:32:41.480><c> great</c><00:32:41.720><c> cathedral</c>

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:46.779
or<00:32:42.779><c> the</c><00:32:43.339><c> magnificent</c><00:32:44.059><c> sounds</c><00:32:44.559><c> of</c><00:32:44.799><c> a</c><00:32:45.000><c> wonderful</c><00:32:45.599><c> pipe</c><00:32:45.940><c> organ.</c>

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:51.339
He's<00:32:47.619><c> glorified</c><00:32:48.200><c> by</c><00:32:48.480><c> those</c><00:32:48.759><c> people</c><00:32:49.059><c> with</c><00:32:49.259><c> those</c><00:32:49.559><c> logs</c><00:32:49.740><c> on</c><00:32:49.859><c> their</c><00:32:50.119><c> shoulders</c><00:32:50.460><c> sweating</c><00:32:50.819><c> away</c><00:32:51.140><c> up</c>

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:52.039
that<00:32:51.579><c> hill.</c>

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:57.359
And<00:32:53.039><c> he's</c><00:32:53.319><c> glorified</c><00:32:53.819><c> by</c><00:32:54.099><c> us</c><00:32:54.380><c> getting</c><00:32:54.599><c> on</c><00:32:54.920><c> with</c><00:32:55.140><c> the</c><00:32:56.859><c> humble</c>

00:32:57.359 --> 00:33:02.180
work,<00:32:58.539><c> the</c><00:32:58.839><c> hard</c><00:32:59.220><c> drudgery</c><00:32:59.839><c> of</c><00:33:00.619><c> life</c><00:33:00.940><c> and</c><00:33:01.099><c> the</c><00:33:01.299><c> truth.</c>

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:04.359
So<00:33:02.660><c> that's</c><00:33:02.920><c> one</c><00:33:03.140><c> great</c><00:33:03.380><c> lesson.</c>

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:08.880
The<00:33:04.799><c> kind</c><00:33:05.319><c> of</c><00:33:05.819><c> work</c><00:33:06.380><c> that</c><00:33:07.200><c> glorifies</c><00:33:07.859><c> God.</c>

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:13.839
Personal<00:33:09.759><c> involvement</c><00:33:10.759><c> in</c><00:33:12.019><c> the</c><00:33:12.279><c> small</c><00:33:12.720><c> things</c><00:33:13.279><c> of</c><00:33:13.559><c> service</c>

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.779
to<00:33:14.059><c> him.</c>

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:19.079
Then<00:33:16.019><c> there's</c><00:33:16.339><c> a</c><00:33:16.680><c> second</c><00:33:17.019><c> lesson</c><00:33:17.400><c> that</c><00:33:17.559><c> comes</c><00:33:17.779><c> across</c><00:33:18.140><c> here.</c>

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:23.759
There's<00:33:20.039><c> only</c><00:33:20.440><c> 38</c><00:33:21.140><c> verses</c><00:33:22.000><c> in</c><00:33:22.440><c> Haggai.</c>

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:28.119
And<00:33:24.240><c> four</c><00:33:24.740><c> of</c><00:33:24.900><c> them</c><00:33:25.000><c> are</c><00:33:25.359><c> basically</c><00:33:26.359><c> duplicates</c><00:33:26.900><c> of</c><00:33:27.039><c> each</c><00:33:27.240><c> other.</c>

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:30.660
Four<00:33:29.079><c> out</c><00:33:29.380><c> of</c><00:33:29.579><c> 38.</c>

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:34.740
Verse<00:33:32.180><c> 12,</c><00:33:33.839><c> that's</c><00:33:34.220><c> one</c><00:33:34.400><c> of</c><00:33:34.500><c> them.</c>

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:38.119
Then<00:33:35.140><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:33:35.720><c> the</c><00:33:35.859><c> son</c><00:33:36.099><c> of</c><00:33:36.279><c> Shaltiel</c><00:33:36.819><c> and</c><00:33:37.099><c> Joshua</c><00:33:37.579><c> the</c><00:33:37.740><c> son</c><00:33:37.940><c> of</c>

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:39.900
Josadak<00:33:38.519><c> the</c><00:33:38.680><c> high</c><00:33:38.980><c> priest,</c>

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:43.000
with<00:33:40.200><c> all</c><00:33:40.519><c> the</c><00:33:40.759><c> remnant</c><00:33:41.079><c> of</c><00:33:41.380><c> the</c><00:33:41.559><c> people,</c><00:33:42.220><c> obeyed</c><00:33:42.619><c> the</c><00:33:42.720><c> voice</c>

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:44.599
of<00:33:43.160><c> their</c><00:33:43.299><c> Lord</c><00:33:43.480><c> their</c><00:33:43.740><c> God.</c>

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:47.339
And<00:33:46.180><c> look</c><00:33:46.380><c> at</c><00:33:46.500><c> verse</c><00:33:46.680><c> 14.</c>

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:50.299
The<00:33:47.779><c> Lord</c><00:33:48.200><c> stirred</c><00:33:48.500><c> up</c><00:33:48.779><c> the</c><00:33:49.000><c> spirit</c><00:33:49.279><c> of</c><00:33:49.460><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:33:49.920><c> the</c><00:33:50.059><c> son</c>

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:51.720
of<00:33:50.460><c> Shaltiel,</c><00:33:51.000><c> governor</c><00:33:51.339><c> of</c><00:33:51.559><c> Judah,</c>

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:54.400
and<00:33:51.900><c> the</c><00:33:52.119><c> spirit</c><00:33:52.319><c> of</c><00:33:52.460><c> Joshua</c><00:33:52.819><c> the</c><00:33:52.940><c> son</c><00:33:53.160><c> of</c><00:33:53.339><c> Josadak</c><00:33:53.740><c> the</c><00:33:53.859><c> high</c><00:33:54.140><c> priest,</c>

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:57.059
and<00:33:54.839><c> the</c><00:33:55.119><c> spirit</c><00:33:55.339><c> of</c><00:33:55.539><c> all</c><00:33:55.779><c> the</c><00:33:55.960><c> remnant</c><00:33:56.180><c> of</c><00:33:56.339><c> the</c><00:33:56.500><c> people.</c>

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:59.500
And<00:33:57.640><c> they</c><00:33:57.779><c> came</c><00:33:58.039><c> and</c><00:33:58.119><c> did</c><00:33:58.339><c> work.</c>

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:01.839
Verse<00:34:00.339><c> 2,</c><00:34:00.839><c> of</c><00:34:00.980><c> chapter</c><00:34:01.240><c> 2.</c>

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:04.599
Speak<00:34:02.279><c> now</c><00:34:02.579><c> to</c><00:34:02.740><c> Zerubbabel</c><00:34:03.240><c> the</c><00:34:03.420><c> son</c><00:34:03.599><c> of</c><00:34:03.700><c> Shaltiel,</c><00:34:04.299><c> governor</c>

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:04.960
of<00:34:04.799><c> Judah,</c>

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:07.579
and<00:34:05.140><c> to</c><00:34:05.359><c> Joshua</c><00:34:05.660><c> the</c><00:34:05.799><c> son</c><00:34:06.000><c> of</c><00:34:06.180><c> Josadak</c><00:34:06.619><c> the</c><00:34:06.700><c> high</c><00:34:06.940><c> priest,</c><00:34:07.480><c> and</c>

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.719
to<00:34:07.720><c> the</c><00:34:07.920><c> residue</c><00:34:08.159><c> of</c><00:34:08.320><c> the</c><00:34:08.480><c> people.</c>

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:11.840
Say,<00:34:10.280><c> verse</c><00:34:10.579><c> 4.</c>

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:14.320
Yet<00:34:12.079><c> now</c><00:34:12.480><c> be</c><00:34:12.760><c> strong,</c><00:34:13.199><c> O</c><00:34:13.280><c> Zerubbabel,</c><00:34:13.780><c> saith</c><00:34:13.940><c> the</c><00:34:14.159><c> Lord,</c>

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:16.900
and<00:34:14.460><c> be</c><00:34:14.719><c> strong,</c><00:34:14.960><c> O</c><00:34:15.159><c> Joshua</c><00:34:15.500><c> the</c><00:34:15.659><c> son</c><00:34:15.840><c> of</c><00:34:16.019><c> Josadak</c><00:34:16.400><c> the</c><00:34:16.519><c> high</c><00:34:16.739><c> priest,</c>

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:18.599
and<00:34:17.000><c> be</c><00:34:17.260><c> strong,</c><00:34:17.579><c> all</c><00:34:17.739><c> ye</c><00:34:17.840><c> people</c><00:34:18.099><c> of</c><00:34:18.239><c> the</c><00:34:18.400><c> land.</c>

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:20.300
You<00:34:19.000><c> see</c><00:34:19.059><c> what's</c><00:34:19.179><c> being</c><00:34:19.420><c> repeated.</c>

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:24.380
Zerubbabel,<00:34:21.880><c> Joshua,</c><00:34:22.719><c> all</c><00:34:22.860><c> the</c><00:34:23.039><c> people</c><00:34:23.219><c> of</c><00:34:23.380><c> the</c><00:34:23.539><c> land.</c>

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:30.280
He<00:34:25.760><c> wants</c><00:34:26.480><c> everybody</c><00:34:27.840><c> involved.</c>

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:34.119
Not<00:34:30.599><c> just</c><00:34:30.940><c> Joshua,</c><00:34:31.940><c> not</c><00:34:32.219><c> just</c><00:34:32.460><c> Zerubbabel,</c><00:34:33.360><c> not</c><00:34:33.619><c> just</c><00:34:33.860><c> a</c><00:34:33.980><c> few</c>

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.699
of<00:34:34.300><c> the</c><00:34:34.420><c> leaders.</c>

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:40.159
He<00:34:35.699><c> wanted</c><00:34:36.760><c> everybody</c><00:34:37.780><c> to</c><00:34:38.159><c> be</c><00:34:38.340><c> involved</c><00:34:38.719><c> in</c><00:34:38.860><c> this</c><00:34:39.159><c> work.</c>

00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:45.880
We<00:34:43.000><c> may</c><00:34:43.320><c> not</c><00:34:43.619><c> be</c><00:34:44.300><c> spiritual</c><00:34:44.840><c> giants.</c>

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:47.820
We're<00:34:46.380><c> no</c><00:34:46.639><c> Abrahams.</c>

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.940
We're<00:34:48.280><c> no</c><00:34:48.559><c> Moses.</c>

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:50.460
We're<00:34:49.179><c> no</c><00:34:49.500><c> Paul.</c>

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:54.460
But<00:34:51.079><c> as</c><00:34:51.519><c> we</c><00:34:51.719><c> saw</c><00:34:51.860><c> when</c><00:34:52.039><c> we</c><00:34:52.179><c> looked</c><00:34:52.340><c> at</c><00:34:52.619><c> the</c><00:34:52.860><c> figure</c><00:34:53.199><c> of</c><00:34:53.840><c> the</c><00:34:54.059><c> temple,</c>

00:34:54.500 --> 00:35:00.820
of<00:34:54.880><c> the</c><00:34:55.119><c> temple</c><00:34:55.340><c> stones,</c><00:34:56.159><c> we</c><00:34:56.440><c> are</c><00:34:56.960><c> all</c><00:34:58.000><c> precious</c><00:34:58.820><c> to</c><00:34:59.860><c> God.</c>

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:07.420
He<00:35:01.840><c> wants</c><00:35:02.440><c> the</c><00:35:03.139><c> individual</c><00:35:03.860><c> efforts</c><00:35:04.400><c> of</c><00:35:05.320><c> every</c><00:35:05.940><c> one</c><00:35:06.340><c> of</c><00:35:06.539><c> us.</c>

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:11.079
Now,<00:35:09.139><c> our</c><00:35:09.360><c> work</c><00:35:09.539><c> may</c><00:35:09.760><c> not</c><00:35:09.920><c> be</c><00:35:10.179><c> prominent.</c>

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:14.079
We<00:35:12.000><c> may</c><00:35:12.219><c> not</c><00:35:12.420><c> achieve</c><00:35:12.679><c> great</c><00:35:12.920><c> results,</c>

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:18.239
but<00:35:14.880><c> if</c><00:35:15.219><c> we</c><00:35:15.659><c> diligently</c><00:35:16.179><c> serve</c><00:35:17.119><c> him,</c>

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:22.420
we<00:35:18.699><c> will</c><00:35:18.920><c> give</c><00:35:19.059><c> him</c><00:35:19.380><c> pleasure</c><00:35:19.820><c> and</c><00:35:21.019><c> glorify</c><00:35:21.599><c> him.</c>

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:27.099
Now<00:35:23.119><c> that</c><00:35:23.219><c> is</c><00:35:23.519><c> a</c><00:35:23.800><c> very</c><00:35:24.440><c> encouraging</c><00:35:25.139><c> message</c><00:35:25.599><c> to</c><00:35:25.860><c> all</c><00:35:26.039><c> of</c><00:35:26.179><c> us.</c>

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:32.199
There<00:35:28.199><c> are</c><00:35:28.559><c> brethren</c><00:35:29.000><c> who</c><00:35:29.900><c> would</c><00:35:30.320><c> love</c><00:35:30.980><c> to</c><00:35:31.179><c> be</c><00:35:31.340><c> able</c><00:35:31.539><c> to</c><00:35:31.719><c> do</c><00:35:31.840><c> a</c>

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:34.059
lot<00:35:32.519><c> of</c><00:35:32.820><c> preaching</c><00:35:33.099><c> work,</c>

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:38.179
but<00:35:35.219><c> all</c><00:35:35.719><c> they're</c><00:35:35.900><c> able</c><00:35:36.099><c> to</c><00:35:36.320><c> do</c><00:35:36.559><c> is</c><00:35:36.960><c> preach</c><00:35:37.280><c> by</c><00:35:37.639><c> practicing</c>

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:39.840
integrity<00:35:38.940><c> and</c><00:35:39.380><c> justice</c>

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:41.659
and<00:35:40.119><c> holiness</c><00:35:40.460><c> at</c><00:35:40.760><c> work.</c>

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:46.280
There<00:35:43.539><c> are</c><00:35:43.780><c> sisters</c><00:35:44.199><c> who</c><00:35:44.780><c> feel</c><00:35:45.119><c> limited</c><00:35:45.619><c> in</c><00:35:45.780><c> their</c><00:35:46.039><c> service</c>

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:46.780
and<00:35:46.420><c> the</c><00:35:46.599><c> truth</c>

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:50.679
by<00:35:47.739><c> their</c><00:35:48.000><c> womanhood</c><00:35:48.840><c> and</c><00:35:49.039><c> feel</c><00:35:49.239><c> that</c><00:35:49.739><c> all</c><00:35:49.940><c> they</c><00:35:50.179><c> have</c><00:35:50.300><c> is</c><00:35:50.460><c> a</c>

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:52.780
background<00:35:51.099><c> role</c><00:35:51.340><c> in</c><00:35:51.500><c> the</c><00:35:51.679><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:58.559
but<00:35:53.880><c> they</c><00:35:54.019><c> can</c><00:35:54.300><c> save</c><00:35:54.699><c> their</c><00:35:55.000><c> children</c><00:35:55.539><c> and</c><00:35:57.179><c> their</c><00:35:57.460><c> grandchildren.</c>

00:35:59.059 --> 00:36:01.820
There<00:35:59.199><c> are</c><00:35:59.420><c> young</c><00:35:59.679><c> couples</c><00:36:00.179><c> who</c><00:36:00.340><c> would</c><00:36:00.579><c> like</c><00:36:00.719><c> to</c><00:36:00.940><c> do</c><00:36:01.059><c> mission</c><00:36:01.340><c> work,</c>

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:04.940
but<00:36:02.199><c> they're</c><00:36:02.420><c> prevented</c><00:36:02.760><c> from</c><00:36:03.039><c> doing</c><00:36:03.280><c> so</c><00:36:03.539><c> by</c><00:36:03.840><c> family</c><00:36:04.380><c> care</c><00:36:04.719><c> or</c>

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:06.260
physical<00:36:05.380><c> infirmity,</c>

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:09.860
and<00:36:06.699><c> instead</c><00:36:07.000><c> they</c><00:36:07.179><c> have</c><00:36:07.380><c> to</c><00:36:07.760><c> minister</c><00:36:08.079><c> in</c><00:36:08.280><c> obscurity</c><00:36:08.940><c> in</c><00:36:09.739><c> a</c>

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:11.199
local<00:36:10.179><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:36:11.210 --> 00:36:14.199
and<00:36:11.500><c> just</c><00:36:11.760><c> simply</c><00:36:12.039><c> raise</c><00:36:12.360><c> their</c><00:36:12.619><c> family</c><00:36:12.940><c> in</c><00:36:13.179><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:16.699
But<00:36:14.619><c> that's</c><00:36:15.039><c> important</c><00:36:15.440><c> to</c><00:36:15.679><c> God.</c>

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:21.840
There<00:36:18.739><c> is</c><00:36:18.980><c> a</c><00:36:19.179><c> sickly</c><00:36:19.500><c> brother</c><00:36:19.760><c> who</c><00:36:20.300><c> would</c><00:36:20.679><c> do</c><00:36:20.900><c> far</c><00:36:21.380><c> more</c><00:36:21.699><c> than</c>

00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:23.280
his<00:36:22.159><c> health</c><00:36:22.380><c> permits,</c>

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:26.920
and<00:36:23.380><c> all</c><00:36:23.659><c> he</c><00:36:23.780><c> can</c><00:36:24.000><c> really</c><00:36:24.320><c> do</c><00:36:24.539><c> is</c><00:36:24.679><c> be</c><00:36:24.860><c> an</c><00:36:25.079><c> example</c><00:36:25.519><c> of</c><00:36:25.800><c> faith</c><00:36:26.119><c> and</c><00:36:26.420><c> courage</c><00:36:26.739><c> in</c>

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:28.659
his<00:36:27.079><c> declining</c><00:36:27.539><c> years,</c>

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:30.260
but<00:36:29.199><c> God</c><00:36:29.460><c> wants</c><00:36:29.820><c> that.</c>

00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:35.639
He<00:36:30.920><c> wants</c><00:36:31.440><c> everybody</c><00:36:32.300><c> involved</c><00:36:33.260><c> doing</c><00:36:34.199><c> what</c><00:36:34.820><c> they</c><00:36:35.260><c> can,</c>

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:41.179
and<00:36:36.139><c> even</c><00:36:36.400><c> though</c><00:36:36.599><c> it</c><00:36:36.800><c> may</c><00:36:37.079><c> seem</c><00:36:37.320><c> to</c><00:36:37.480><c> be</c><00:36:37.820><c> a</c><00:36:38.079><c> very</c><00:36:38.820><c> humble</c><00:36:39.900><c> work,</c>

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:45.079
it<00:36:41.719><c> pleases</c><00:36:42.239><c> him</c><00:36:42.760><c> and</c><00:36:43.260><c> glorifies</c><00:36:43.980><c> him.</c>

00:36:45.260 --> 00:36:47.239
So<00:36:45.940><c> that's</c><00:36:46.239><c> the</c><00:36:46.420><c> second</c><00:36:46.659><c> great</c><00:36:46.880><c> point.</c>

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:50.679
The<00:36:47.699><c> first</c><00:36:47.900><c> one</c><00:36:48.320><c> is</c><00:36:48.980><c> the</c><00:36:49.159><c> nature</c><00:36:49.420><c> of</c><00:36:49.599><c> the</c><00:36:49.739><c> work.</c>

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:56.840
Get<00:36:51.099><c> on</c><00:36:51.440><c> with</c><00:36:51.780><c> the</c><00:36:53.139><c> detailed</c><00:36:54.480><c> activities</c><00:36:55.559><c> of</c><00:36:56.059><c> living</c><00:36:56.280><c> the</c><00:36:56.539><c> truth.</c>

00:36:57.320 --> 00:37:00.820
The<00:36:57.579><c> second</c><00:36:57.960><c> is</c><00:36:58.139><c> he</c><00:36:58.260><c> wants</c><00:36:58.659><c> everybody</c><00:36:59.579><c> involved.</c>

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:05.940
And<00:37:01.380><c> the</c><00:37:01.579><c> third</c><00:37:02.159><c> relates</c><00:37:02.840><c> to</c><00:37:03.260><c> the</c><00:37:03.659><c> results</c><00:37:04.380><c> of</c><00:37:04.920><c> our</c><00:37:05.139><c> efforts.</c>

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:10.400
God<00:37:06.320><c> doesn't</c><00:37:06.760><c> care</c><00:37:07.280><c> if</c><00:37:07.639><c> our</c><00:37:07.900><c> results</c><00:37:08.440><c> are</c><00:37:08.880><c> superior</c><00:37:09.539><c> or</c><00:37:10.199><c> not.</c>

00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:12.940
Look<00:37:11.079><c> at</c><00:37:11.260><c> this</c><00:37:11.579><c> in</c><00:37:12.039><c> Haggai</c><00:37:12.400><c> 2</c><00:37:12.579><c> verse</c><00:37:12.840><c> 3.</c>

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:14.300
Here<00:37:13.079><c> he</c><00:37:13.260><c> is.</c>

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:15.340
Here<00:37:14.659><c> are</c><00:37:14.860><c> these</c><00:37:15.079><c> people.</c>

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:18.900
They've<00:37:15.760><c> been</c><00:37:15.960><c> dragging</c><00:37:16.320><c> their</c><00:37:16.639><c> heels</c><00:37:16.900><c> for</c><00:37:17.159><c> 15</c><00:37:17.659><c> years.</c>

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:21.420
Now<00:37:20.119><c> they're</c><00:37:20.500><c> getting</c><00:37:20.780><c> revived,</c>

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:24.380
and<00:37:22.000><c> they've</c><00:37:22.300><c> decided</c><00:37:22.679><c> they're</c><00:37:23.440><c> going</c><00:37:23.579><c> to</c><00:37:23.719><c> put</c><00:37:23.900><c> themselves</c>

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:24.880
to<00:37:24.579><c> the</c><00:37:24.739><c> work.</c>

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:27.539
They're<00:37:25.159><c> obeying</c><00:37:25.559><c> the</c><00:37:25.699><c> voice</c><00:37:25.920><c> of</c><00:37:26.099><c> God</c><00:37:26.320><c> through</c><00:37:26.519><c> the</c><00:37:26.719><c> prophets.</c>

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:29.760
And<00:37:28.119><c> what</c><00:37:28.320><c> does</c><00:37:28.480><c> he</c><00:37:28.639><c> say</c><00:37:28.820><c> to</c><00:37:28.980><c> them?</c>

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:32.579
Verse<00:37:30.940><c> 3</c><00:37:31.559><c> of</c><00:37:31.900><c> chapter</c><00:37:32.219><c> 2.</c>

00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:35.239
Who<00:37:32.780><c> is</c><00:37:33.079><c> left</c><00:37:33.320><c> among</c><00:37:33.579><c> you</c><00:37:33.800><c> that</c><00:37:33.980><c> saw</c><00:37:34.280><c> this</c><00:37:34.539><c> house</c><00:37:34.860><c> in</c><00:37:35.019><c> her</c>

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:36.440
first<00:37:35.519><c> glory?</c>

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:40.280
Some<00:37:38.460><c> of</c><00:37:38.559><c> them</c><00:37:38.679><c> were</c><00:37:38.900><c> old</c><00:37:39.059><c> enough</c><00:37:39.239><c> to</c><00:37:39.440><c> remember</c><00:37:39.739><c> it.</c>

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:44.019
The<00:37:40.659><c> wonderful</c><00:37:41.239><c> splendor,</c><00:37:41.840><c> not</c><00:37:42.079><c> only</c><00:37:42.380><c> of</c><00:37:42.900><c> the</c><00:37:43.079><c> temple</c><00:37:43.440><c> itself,</c>

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:47.119
but<00:37:44.519><c> of</c><00:37:44.639><c> the</c><00:37:44.840><c> great</c><00:37:45.179><c> complex</c><00:37:45.699><c> of</c><00:37:46.019><c> buildings</c><00:37:46.460><c> that</c><00:37:46.699><c> went</c><00:37:46.820><c> along</c>

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:48.300
with<00:37:47.360><c> it.</c>

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:50.679
The<00:37:48.480><c> House</c><00:37:48.679><c> of</c><00:37:48.840><c> the</c><00:37:49.019><c> Forest</c><00:37:49.239><c> of</c><00:37:49.480><c> Lebanon,</c><00:37:49.880><c> the</c><00:37:50.039><c> King's</c><00:37:50.480><c> Palace,</c>

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:54.380
the<00:37:50.940><c> Queen's</c><00:37:51.480><c> Palace,</c><00:37:52.599><c> the</c><00:37:53.260><c> administrative</c><00:37:53.900><c> buildings.</c>

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:56.960
He<00:37:55.039><c> says</c><00:37:55.199><c> to</c><00:37:55.360><c> them,</c><00:37:56.460><c> here</c><00:37:56.659><c> you</c><00:37:56.860><c> are.</c>

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.699
You're<00:37:57.099><c> working</c><00:37:57.340><c> on</c><00:37:57.559><c> this.</c>

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:59.800
And<00:37:58.199><c> all</c><00:37:58.260><c> we're</c><00:37:58.480><c> talking</c><00:37:58.800><c> about</c><00:37:58.960><c> is</c><00:37:59.119><c> a</c><00:37:59.280><c> foundation</c>

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:02.400
that<00:38:00.059><c> is</c><00:38:00.300><c> going</c><00:38:00.380><c> to</c><00:38:00.500><c> be</c><00:38:00.679><c> for</c><00:38:01.239><c> really</c><00:38:01.619><c> a</c><00:38:01.760><c> small</c><00:38:02.079><c> building.</c>

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:04.880
We're<00:38:02.599><c> talking</c><00:38:02.820><c> about</c><00:38:03.079><c> 60</c><00:38:03.420><c> by</c><00:38:03.659><c> 90</c><00:38:03.980><c> feet.</c>

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:07.639
Who<00:38:05.420><c> is</c><00:38:05.679><c> left</c><00:38:05.880><c> among</c><00:38:06.119><c> you</c><00:38:06.340><c> that</c><00:38:06.500><c> saw</c><00:38:06.739><c> this</c><00:38:06.980><c> house</c><00:38:07.239><c> in</c><00:38:07.440><c> her</c>

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:08.800
first<00:38:07.920><c> glory?</c>

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:11.699
And<00:38:10.920><c> look</c><00:38:11.039><c> at</c><00:38:11.139><c> it</c><00:38:11.340><c> now.</c>

00:38:12.199 --> 00:38:13.780
How<00:38:12.400><c> do</c><00:38:12.500><c> you</c><00:38:12.579><c> see</c><00:38:12.739><c> it</c><00:38:12.920><c> now?</c>

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:18.019
Is<00:38:15.320><c> it</c><00:38:15.460><c> not</c><00:38:15.539><c> in</c><00:38:15.719><c> your</c><00:38:15.960><c> eyes</c><00:38:16.300><c> by</c><00:38:16.599><c> comparison</c><00:38:17.019><c> as</c><00:38:17.280><c> nothing?</c>

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:21.460
What<00:38:19.980><c> a</c><00:38:20.219><c> way</c><00:38:20.300><c> to</c><00:38:20.579><c> encourage</c><00:38:20.940><c> people</c>

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:23.599
that<00:38:22.320><c> you</c><00:38:22.519><c> want</c><00:38:22.639><c> to</c><00:38:22.739><c> get</c><00:38:22.860><c> on</c><00:38:23.039><c> with</c><00:38:23.199><c> the</c><00:38:23.380><c> work.</c>

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:25.539
Why<00:38:24.219><c> say</c><00:38:24.519><c> this</c><00:38:24.780><c> to</c><00:38:24.980><c> these</c><00:38:25.219><c> people</c>

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:27.840
just<00:38:25.920><c> when</c><00:38:26.059><c> they're</c><00:38:26.239><c> about</c><00:38:26.460><c> getting</c><00:38:26.719><c> started?</c>

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:30.019
It's<00:38:29.000><c> to</c><00:38:29.119><c> make</c><00:38:29.260><c> the</c><00:38:29.519><c> point</c>

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:34.739
that<00:38:30.780><c> no</c><00:38:31.039><c> matter</c><00:38:31.440><c> if</c><00:38:31.840><c> the</c><00:38:32.179><c> results</c><00:38:32.780><c> are</c><00:38:33.460><c> inferior,</c>

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:38.000
God<00:38:35.400><c> is</c><00:38:35.920><c> pleased</c><00:38:36.519><c> with</c><00:38:36.840><c> the</c><00:38:37.119><c> effort.</c>

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:40.440
Look<00:38:39.559><c> at</c><00:38:39.639><c> what</c><00:38:39.760><c> we</c><00:38:40.019><c> accomplish.</c>

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.920
What<00:38:40.699><c> do</c><00:38:40.860><c> we</c><00:38:41.039><c> accomplish</c><00:38:41.519><c> in</c><00:38:41.659><c> the</c><00:38:41.820><c> truth?</c>

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:45.099
All<00:38:42.340><c> we</c><00:38:42.500><c> have</c><00:38:42.639><c> to</c><00:38:42.780><c> do</c><00:38:42.860><c> is</c><00:38:43.059><c> compare</c><00:38:43.280><c> ourselves</c><00:38:43.739><c> to</c><00:38:43.920><c> the</c><00:38:44.119><c> pioneers.</c>

00:38:45.179 --> 00:38:47.920
We<00:38:45.380><c> don't</c><00:38:45.519><c> have</c><00:38:45.739><c> to</c><00:38:45.800><c> go</c><00:38:46.059><c> back</c><00:38:46.280><c> as</c><00:38:46.539><c> far</c><00:38:46.699><c> as</c><00:38:46.840><c> the</c><00:38:47.000><c> apostles.</c>

00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:51.159
All<00:38:49.460><c> we</c><00:38:49.559><c> have</c><00:38:49.699><c> to</c><00:38:49.820><c> do</c><00:38:49.900><c> is</c><00:38:49.980><c> look</c><00:38:50.179><c> around</c><00:38:50.599><c> us</c>

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:55.179
at<00:38:51.619><c> what</c><00:38:51.840><c> some</c><00:38:52.179><c> brethren</c><00:38:52.539><c> now</c><00:38:53.019><c> accomplish</c><00:38:53.519><c> in</c><00:38:53.699><c> ecclesial</c><00:38:54.139><c> life.</c>

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:58.519
And<00:38:56.000><c> we</c><00:38:56.139><c> can</c><00:38:56.360><c> very</c><00:38:56.760><c> easily</c><00:38:57.400><c> be</c><00:38:57.840><c> discouraged,</c>

00:38:58.519 --> 00:39:05.300
but<00:38:59.739><c> superior</c><00:39:00.860><c> results</c><00:39:01.800><c> are</c><00:39:02.579><c> not</c><00:39:03.280><c> critical</c><00:39:03.860><c> to</c><00:39:04.400><c> God.</c>

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:10.280
What<00:39:06.179><c> he</c><00:39:06.400><c> wants</c><00:39:06.860><c> is</c><00:39:07.699><c> the</c><00:39:08.039><c> heart</c><00:39:08.599><c> and</c><00:39:09.599><c> the</c><00:39:09.900><c> effort</c>

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:15.880
that<00:39:11.340><c> pleases</c><00:39:12.840><c> and</c><00:39:14.239><c> glorifies</c><00:39:14.960><c> him.</c>

00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:18.260
That's<00:39:16.920><c> a</c><00:39:17.039><c> tremendous</c><00:39:17.699><c> exhortation.</c>

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:21.239
Your<00:39:18.519><c> initial</c><00:39:18.840><c> reaction</c><00:39:19.219><c> to</c><00:39:19.400><c> that</c><00:39:19.619><c> verse</c><00:39:19.800><c> is</c><00:39:20.380><c> why</c><00:39:20.840><c> would</c><00:39:21.019><c> he</c>

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:22.440
say<00:39:21.519><c> that?</c>

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:24.320
But<00:39:23.139><c> it</c><00:39:23.440><c> stresses</c><00:39:23.719><c> the</c><00:39:24.000><c> point</c>

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:28.480
that<00:39:25.119><c> superior</c><00:39:25.119><c> results</c><00:39:25.900><c> are</c><00:39:27.320><c> not</c><00:39:27.579><c> necessary.</c>

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:32.599
And<00:39:30.239><c> then</c><00:39:30.360><c> there</c><00:39:30.539><c> is</c><00:39:30.820><c> a</c><00:39:31.480><c> fourth</c><00:39:31.699><c> point.</c>

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:37.239
You<00:39:33.920><c> can</c><00:39:34.119><c> see</c><00:39:34.280><c> it</c><00:39:34.840><c> coming</c><00:39:35.059><c> across</c><00:39:35.739><c> where</c><00:39:36.440><c> God</c><00:39:36.840><c> says</c>

00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:39.599
at<00:39:37.539><c> the</c><00:39:37.619><c> end</c><00:39:37.780><c> of</c><00:39:37.900><c> verse</c><00:39:38.079><c> 13</c><00:39:38.659><c> of</c><00:39:38.860><c> chapter</c><00:39:39.159><c> 1,</c>

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:42.039
I<00:39:40.059><c> am</c><00:39:40.320><c> with</c><00:39:40.599><c> you,</c><00:39:40.920><c> saith</c><00:39:41.019><c> the</c><00:39:41.219><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:43.639
They<00:39:42.239><c> haven't</c><00:39:42.400><c> done</c><00:39:42.579><c> anything</c><00:39:42.820><c> yet.</c>

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:45.699
All<00:39:44.179><c> they've</c><00:39:44.360><c> done</c><00:39:44.519><c> is</c><00:39:44.739><c> shown</c><00:39:44.940><c> up</c><00:39:45.159><c> and</c><00:39:45.340><c> said</c><00:39:45.420><c> they're</c><00:39:45.599><c> going</c>

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:46.860
to<00:39:45.840><c> work.</c>

00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:50.219
And<00:39:47.880><c> at</c><00:39:48.079><c> the</c><00:39:48.159><c> end</c><00:39:48.300><c> of</c><00:39:48.440><c> verse</c><00:39:48.619><c> 4</c><00:39:49.099><c> of</c><00:39:49.340><c> chapter</c><00:39:49.619><c> 2,</c>

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:51.300
you<00:39:50.820><c> see</c><00:39:51.000><c> this?</c>

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:53.019
You<00:39:51.559><c> see</c><00:39:51.699><c> what</c><00:39:52.119><c> you're</c><00:39:52.519><c> going</c><00:39:52.579><c> to</c><00:39:52.639><c> accomplish.</c>

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:53.940
It's<00:39:53.179><c> not</c><00:39:53.320><c> a</c><00:39:53.480><c> great</c><00:39:53.639><c> work.</c>

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:56.019
Well,<00:39:54.460><c> we'll</c><00:39:54.619><c> read</c><00:39:54.760><c> all</c><00:39:54.940><c> of</c><00:39:55.099><c> verse</c><00:39:55.300><c> 4.</c>

00:39:56.260 --> 00:39:57.260
Chapter<00:39:56.500><c> 2</c><00:39:56.739><c> of</c><00:39:56.840><c> verse</c><00:39:57.000><c> 4.</c>

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:59.760
Yet<00:39:57.420><c> now</c><00:39:57.920><c> be</c><00:39:58.260><c> strong,</c><00:39:58.679><c> O</c><00:39:58.760><c> Zerubbabel,</c><00:39:59.340><c> saith</c><00:39:59.460><c> the</c><00:39:59.639><c> Lord,</c>

00:39:59.780 --> 00:40:02.679
and<00:39:59.920><c> be</c><00:40:00.159><c> strong,</c><00:40:00.500><c> O</c><00:40:00.719><c> Joshua,</c><00:40:01.119><c> the</c><00:40:01.300><c> son</c><00:40:01.460><c> of</c><00:40:01.619><c> Josadach</c><00:40:02.039><c> the</c><00:40:02.139><c> high</c><00:40:02.440><c> priest,</c>

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:05.460
and<00:40:03.099><c> be</c><00:40:03.440><c> strong,</c><00:40:03.900><c> all</c><00:40:04.000><c> ye</c><00:40:04.099><c> people</c><00:40:04.400><c> of</c><00:40:04.539><c> the</c><00:40:04.719><c> land,</c><00:40:05.039><c> saith</c><00:40:05.139><c> the</c><00:40:05.320><c> Lord,</c>

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:09.820
and<00:40:05.699><c> work,</c><00:40:06.219><c> for</c><00:40:06.400><c> I</c><00:40:06.699><c> am</c><00:40:06.920><c> with</c><00:40:07.219><c> you</c><00:40:08.440><c> according</c><00:40:09.280><c> to</c><00:40:09.500><c> the</c><00:40:09.639><c> word</c>

00:40:09.820 --> 00:40:13.000
that<00:40:10.000><c> I</c><00:40:10.239><c> covenanted</c><00:40:10.539><c> with</c><00:40:10.780><c> you</c><00:40:11.300><c> when</c><00:40:11.539><c> you</c><00:40:12.219><c> came</c><00:40:12.420><c> out</c><00:40:12.619><c> of</c><00:40:12.760><c> Egypt.</c>

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:16.500
So<00:40:13.239><c> my</c><00:40:13.639><c> spirit</c><00:40:14.059><c> remaineth</c><00:40:14.679><c> among</c><00:40:15.000><c> you,</c><00:40:15.800><c> fear</c><00:40:16.039><c> ye</c><00:40:16.260><c> not.</c>

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:19.300
He's<00:40:16.960><c> giving</c><00:40:17.079><c> them</c><00:40:17.380><c> all</c><00:40:17.719><c> these</c><00:40:17.980><c> assurances.</c>

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:21.800
And<00:40:20.039><c> then</c><00:40:20.199><c> look</c><00:40:20.380><c> what</c><00:40:20.659><c> happens.</c>

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:24.300
I'll<00:40:22.500><c> go</c><00:40:22.659><c> back</c><00:40:22.900><c> over</c><00:40:23.099><c> to</c><00:40:23.340><c> Ezra.</c>

00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:27.300
Opposition<00:40:25.860><c> comes</c><00:40:26.119><c> again.</c>

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:32.659
And<00:40:28.940><c> they,</c><00:40:29.440><c> once</c><00:40:29.679><c> again,</c><00:40:30.159><c> they</c><00:40:30.380><c> send</c><00:40:30.539><c> off</c><00:40:30.800><c> a</c><00:40:30.860><c> message</c><00:40:31.219><c> to</c><00:40:31.400><c> the</c><00:40:31.579><c> king.</c>

00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:35.719
Ezra<00:40:33.320><c> 5,</c><00:40:33.659><c> verse</c><00:40:33.860><c> 4.</c>

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:40.360
The<00:40:37.039><c> opposition</c><00:40:37.539><c> comes,</c><00:40:38.320><c> and</c><00:40:38.519><c> this</c><00:40:39.659><c> is</c><00:40:39.920><c> the</c><00:40:40.139><c> letter</c>

00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:43.019
that<00:40:40.659><c> Tattani,</c><00:40:41.159><c> governor</c><00:40:41.440><c> of</c><00:40:41.619><c> the</c><00:40:41.780><c> side</c><00:40:41.940><c> of</c><00:40:42.039><c> the</c><00:40:42.179><c> river,</c>

00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:45.679
wrote<00:40:43.360><c> to</c><00:40:44.559><c> Darius.</c>

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:49.800
And<00:40:47.019><c> this</c><00:40:47.519><c> is</c><00:40:47.760><c> quoting</c><00:40:47.940><c> from</c><00:40:48.159><c> the</c><00:40:48.300><c> letter</c><00:40:48.500><c> in</c><00:40:48.639><c> verse</c><00:40:48.860><c> 4</c><00:40:49.099><c> of</c><00:40:49.239><c> Ezra</c><00:40:49.519><c> 5.</c>

00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:52.300
And<00:40:49.800><c> then</c><00:40:50.079><c> said</c><00:40:50.260><c> we</c><00:40:50.440><c> unto</c><00:40:50.639><c> them</c><00:40:50.880><c> after</c><00:40:51.139><c> this</c><00:40:51.440><c> manner.</c>

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:54.500
What<00:40:52.699><c> are</c><00:40:52.840><c> the</c><00:40:52.900><c> names</c><00:40:53.139><c> of</c><00:40:53.320><c> the</c><00:40:53.460><c> men</c><00:40:53.639><c> that</c><00:40:53.760><c> make</c><00:40:53.980><c> this</c><00:40:54.219><c> building?</c>

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:56.440
And<00:40:54.639><c> the</c><00:40:54.800><c> letter</c><00:40:54.940><c> continues</c><00:40:55.480><c> on.</c>

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:58.900
And<00:40:57.019><c> he</c><00:40:57.380><c> levels</c><00:40:57.599><c> this</c><00:40:57.900><c> complaint.</c>

00:40:59.340 --> 00:41:02.360
And<00:40:59.579><c> they're</c><00:40:59.820><c> writing</c><00:41:00.199><c> Darius,</c><00:41:00.860><c> and</c><00:41:01.000><c> you</c><00:41:01.099><c> can</c><00:41:01.360><c> see</c><00:41:01.539><c> they,</c><00:41:01.900><c> verse</c><00:41:02.059><c> 7,</c>

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:05.019
they<00:41:02.559><c> sent</c><00:41:02.780><c> the</c><00:41:03.000><c> letter</c><00:41:03.179><c> unto</c><00:41:03.420><c> him</c><00:41:03.920><c> wherein</c><00:41:04.280><c> was</c><00:41:04.519><c> written</c><00:41:04.780><c> thus,</c>

00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:06.800
unto<00:41:05.260><c> Darius</c><00:41:05.719><c> the</c><00:41:05.940><c> king.</c>

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:10.119
And<00:41:07.599><c> it</c><00:41:07.699><c> goes</c><00:41:07.860><c> on</c><00:41:08.079><c> about</c><00:41:08.400><c> the</c><00:41:09.179><c> additional</c><00:41:09.579><c> information</c>

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:10.780
about<00:41:10.360><c> the</c><00:41:10.599><c> letter.</c>

00:41:11.199 --> 00:41:13.659
So<00:41:11.380><c> Darius,</c><00:41:12.260><c> he</c><00:41:12.260><c> gets</c><00:41:12.480><c> the</c><00:41:12.719><c> letter,</c>

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:15.760
and<00:41:14.179><c> he</c><00:41:14.699><c> searches</c><00:41:15.000><c> through</c><00:41:15.300><c> the</c><00:41:15.500><c> records,</c>

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:17.679
and<00:41:16.139><c> he</c><00:41:16.539><c> discovers</c><00:41:16.860><c> the</c><00:41:17.119><c> old</c><00:41:17.360><c> records.</c>

00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:22.019
And<00:41:17.860><c> in</c><00:41:17.960><c> chapter</c><00:41:18.360><c> 6,</c><00:41:20.420><c> this</c><00:41:20.659><c> information</c><00:41:21.400><c> that</c><00:41:21.599><c> we</c><00:41:21.800><c> had</c>

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:24.159
about<00:41:22.360><c> Cyrus'</c><00:41:22.980><c> decree</c><00:41:23.219><c> actually,</c>

00:41:24.219 --> 00:41:28.679
it<00:41:24.699><c> comes</c><00:41:24.960><c> as</c><00:41:25.239><c> a</c><00:41:25.420><c> result</c><00:41:25.639><c> of</c><00:41:25.880><c> Darius</c><00:41:26.139><c> digging</c><00:41:26.480><c> up</c><00:41:26.780><c> the</c><00:41:27.320><c> royal</c><00:41:27.699><c> records.</c>

00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:30.940
And<00:41:29.059><c> he</c><00:41:29.239><c> reads</c><00:41:29.599><c> this</c><00:41:29.960><c> decree.</c>

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:32.920
And<00:41:31.380><c> he</c><00:41:31.460><c> says,</c><00:41:31.780><c> well,</c><00:41:31.980><c> he</c><00:41:32.079><c> says,</c>

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:37.099
this<00:41:33.579><c> royal</c><00:41:33.940><c> decree</c><00:41:34.260><c> gave</c><00:41:34.539><c> them</c><00:41:34.800><c> permission</c><00:41:35.480><c> to</c><00:41:36.340><c> build</c><00:41:36.699><c> the</c><00:41:36.940><c> temple.</c>

00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:38.500
Leave<00:41:37.360><c> them</c><00:41:37.579><c> alone.</c>

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:42.320
Look<00:41:39.699><c> at</c><00:41:39.820><c> verse</c><00:41:40.000><c> 7</c><00:41:41.019><c> of</c><00:41:41.800><c> chapter</c><00:41:42.039><c> 6.</c>

00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:45.159
Let<00:41:42.599><c> the</c><00:41:42.840><c> work</c><00:41:43.059><c> of</c><00:41:43.260><c> this</c><00:41:43.440><c> house</c><00:41:43.719><c> of</c><00:41:43.880><c> God</c><00:41:44.179><c> alone.</c>

00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:46.599
Let<00:41:45.699><c> the</c><00:41:45.900><c> governor</c><00:41:46.099><c> of</c><00:41:46.239><c> the</c><00:41:46.420><c> Jews</c>

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:47.539
and<00:41:46.639><c> the</c><00:41:46.820><c> elders</c><00:41:47.039><c> of</c><00:41:47.239><c> the</c><00:41:47.380><c> Jews</c>

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:51.420
build<00:41:47.880><c> this</c><00:41:48.659><c> house</c><00:41:49.340><c> of</c><00:41:49.539><c> God</c><00:41:49.800><c> in</c><00:41:49.980><c> his</c><00:41:50.239><c> place.</c>

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:53.860
Moreover,<00:41:52.159><c> I</c><00:41:52.360><c> make</c><00:41:52.579><c> a</c><00:41:52.719><c> decree</c><00:41:53.039><c> what</c><00:41:53.280><c> ye</c><00:41:53.519><c> shall</c><00:41:53.659><c> do</c>

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:55.280
to<00:41:54.019><c> the</c><00:41:54.199><c> elders</c><00:41:54.400><c> of</c><00:41:54.619><c> these</c><00:41:54.920><c> Jews</c>

00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:58.000
for<00:41:55.760><c> the</c><00:41:55.960><c> building</c><00:41:56.199><c> of</c><00:41:56.420><c> this</c><00:41:56.559><c> house</c><00:41:56.820><c> of</c><00:41:57.019><c> God,</c>

00:41:58.179 --> 00:41:59.239
that<00:41:58.280><c> of</c><00:41:58.440><c> the</c><00:41:58.619><c> king's</c><00:41:59.019><c> goods,</c>

00:41:59.320 --> 00:42:01.960
even<00:41:59.500><c> of</c><00:41:59.659><c> the</c><00:41:59.840><c> tribute</c><00:42:00.059><c> beyond</c><00:42:00.360><c> the</c><00:42:00.559><c> river,</c><00:42:01.300><c> forthwith,</c>

00:42:02.300 --> 00:42:03.519
expenses<00:42:02.659><c> be</c><00:42:02.900><c> given</c><00:42:03.079><c> unto</c><00:42:03.320><c> them,</c>

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:05.260
that<00:42:03.659><c> they</c><00:42:03.840><c> be</c><00:42:04.019><c> not</c><00:42:04.219><c> hindered.</c>

00:42:05.300 --> 00:42:06.559
Wait<00:42:05.679><c> a</c><00:42:05.800><c> minute.</c>

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:08.000
What's<00:42:07.119><c> he</c><00:42:07.219><c> doing?</c>

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:10.719
He's<00:42:09.219><c> paying</c><00:42:09.420><c> for</c><00:42:09.659><c> it</c><00:42:09.840><c> again.</c>

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:15.199
The<00:42:12.539><c> Persians</c><00:42:12.820><c> have</c><00:42:13.019><c> already</c><00:42:13.280><c> paid</c><00:42:13.539><c> for</c><00:42:13.719><c> this</c><00:42:13.900><c> house</c><00:42:14.179><c> once.</c>

00:42:15.380 --> 00:42:18.639
They've<00:42:15.860><c> already</c><00:42:16.179><c> allocated</c><00:42:16.679><c> expenses</c><00:42:17.260><c> for</c><00:42:17.619><c> it.</c>

00:42:19.659 --> 00:42:21.059
Here<00:42:19.760><c> is</c><00:42:19.960><c> the</c><00:42:20.159><c> hand</c><00:42:20.360><c> of</c><00:42:20.599><c> God.</c>

00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:24.139
He<00:42:21.559><c> said</c><00:42:21.860><c> to</c><00:42:22.000><c> the</c><00:42:22.179><c> people,</c><00:42:22.519><c> I</c><00:42:22.679><c> am</c><00:42:22.920><c> with</c><00:42:23.179><c> you.</c>

00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:25.219
Fear<00:42:24.579><c> ye</c><00:42:24.820><c> not.</c>

00:42:25.699 --> 00:42:27.360
And<00:42:26.000><c> here</c><00:42:26.219><c> he</c><00:42:26.400><c> is.</c>

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:31.699
He's<00:42:28.000><c> paying</c><00:42:28.340><c> for</c><00:42:28.679><c> the</c><00:42:29.000><c> temple</c><00:42:29.400><c> a</c><00:42:30.159><c> second</c><00:42:30.579><c> time.</c>

00:42:32.280 --> 00:42:34.039
He<00:42:32.480><c> had</c><00:42:32.619><c> already</c><00:42:32.980><c> moved</c><00:42:33.519><c> Cyrus</c>

00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:35.679
to<00:42:34.280><c> pay</c><00:42:34.480><c> for</c><00:42:34.639><c> the</c><00:42:34.800><c> temple</c><00:42:35.000><c> the</c><00:42:35.199><c> first</c><00:42:35.480><c> time.</c>

00:42:35.900 --> 00:42:37.039
There<00:42:36.000><c> was</c><00:42:36.159><c> nothing</c><00:42:36.380><c> in</c><00:42:36.539><c> the</c><00:42:36.739><c> prophecy</c>

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:39.420
that<00:42:37.300><c> said</c><00:42:37.420><c> Cyrus</c><00:42:37.739><c> had</c><00:42:37.920><c> to</c><00:42:38.119><c> pay</c><00:42:38.300><c> for</c><00:42:38.480><c> the</c><00:42:38.679><c> temple.</c>

00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:41.659
It<00:42:39.860><c> was</c><00:42:40.059><c> just</c><00:42:40.199><c> that</c><00:42:40.340><c> he</c><00:42:40.400><c> would</c><00:42:40.599><c> give</c><00:42:40.780><c> permission</c><00:42:41.260><c> for</c><00:42:41.500><c> it</c><00:42:41.579><c> to</c>

00:42:41.659 --> 00:42:42.139
be<00:42:41.880><c> built.</c>

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:44.800
But<00:42:42.599><c> God</c><00:42:42.960><c> moved</c><00:42:43.260><c> him</c><00:42:43.400><c> to</c><00:42:43.599><c> pay</c><00:42:43.820><c> for</c><00:42:44.000><c> it</c><00:42:44.119><c> the</c><00:42:44.239><c> first</c><00:42:44.500><c> time.</c>

00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:45.860
And<00:42:45.119><c> the</c><00:42:45.159><c> money</c><00:42:45.360><c> they</c><00:42:45.559><c> took,</c>

00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:48.039
and<00:42:46.380><c> they</c><00:42:47.179><c> squandered</c><00:42:47.679><c> the</c><00:42:47.860><c> money</c>

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:49.659
and<00:42:48.199><c> used</c><00:42:48.380><c> it</c><00:42:48.519><c> on</c><00:42:48.639><c> themselves.</c>

00:42:50.139 --> 00:42:53.480
The<00:42:50.380><c> second</c><00:42:50.699><c> time,</c><00:42:51.039><c> God</c><00:42:51.320><c> could</c><00:42:51.619><c> very</c><00:42:52.059><c> easily</c><00:42:52.420><c> have</c><00:42:52.679><c> said,</c>

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:54.719
I've<00:42:53.860><c> paid</c><00:42:53.980><c> for</c><00:42:54.179><c> this</c><00:42:54.420><c> once.</c>

00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:57.400
This<00:42:55.059><c> time</c><00:42:55.280><c> you</c><00:42:55.500><c> donate</c><00:42:55.840><c> your</c><00:42:56.179><c> own</c><00:42:56.440><c> time</c><00:42:56.639><c> and</c><00:42:56.880><c> resources,</c>

00:42:57.719 --> 00:43:00.280
and<00:42:57.900><c> then</c><00:42:58.039><c> maybe</c><00:42:58.199><c> you'll</c><00:42:58.480><c> appreciate</c><00:42:58.960><c> what</c><00:42:59.139><c> you've</c><00:42:59.480><c> got.</c>

00:43:00.460 --> 00:43:02.239
But<00:43:00.679><c> he</c><00:43:00.780><c> doesn't</c><00:43:01.039><c> do</c><00:43:01.300><c> that.</c>

00:43:02.320 --> 00:43:04.880
He<00:43:02.619><c> causes</c><00:43:03.119><c> this</c><00:43:04.000><c> Persian</c><00:43:04.420><c> king</c>

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:08.719
to<00:43:05.860><c> pay</c><00:43:06.099><c> the</c><00:43:06.380><c> expenses</c><00:43:06.900><c> a</c><00:43:07.199><c> second</c><00:43:07.599><c> time.</c>

00:43:09.940 --> 00:43:12.960
How<00:43:10.420><c> can</c><00:43:10.639><c> you</c><00:43:10.820><c> explain</c><00:43:11.179><c> a</c><00:43:11.400><c> God</c><00:43:11.559><c> who</c><00:43:11.719><c> does</c><00:43:11.940><c> that?</c>

00:43:13.739 --> 00:43:16.559
Well,<00:43:14.179><c> it's</c><00:43:14.500><c> because</c><00:43:14.780><c> he</c><00:43:14.920><c> loves</c><00:43:15.219><c> to</c><00:43:15.460><c> show</c><00:43:15.599><c> mercy.</c>

00:43:17.340 --> 00:43:18.539
All<00:43:17.519><c> you've</c><00:43:17.880><c> got</c><00:43:17.980><c> to</c><00:43:18.179><c> do</c>

00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:21.360
is<00:43:19.079><c> give</c><00:43:19.380><c> him</c><00:43:19.579><c> an</c><00:43:19.780><c> opportunity</c><00:43:20.360><c> to</c><00:43:20.679><c> show</c><00:43:20.900><c> mercy,</c>

00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:23.480
and<00:43:21.800><c> he</c><00:43:22.059><c> delights</c><00:43:22.739><c> to</c><00:43:23.059><c> show</c><00:43:23.239><c> it.</c>

00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:25.380
And<00:43:23.800><c> that's</c><00:43:23.980><c> what</c><00:43:24.119><c> the</c><00:43:24.300><c> people</c><00:43:24.460><c> did.</c>

00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:27.400
Because<00:43:26.000><c> you</c><00:43:26.139><c> see,</c><00:43:26.539><c> this</c><00:43:26.940><c> time,</c>

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:28.980
when<00:43:27.960><c> the</c><00:43:28.219><c> opposition</c><00:43:28.639><c> occurred,</c>

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:31.679
you<00:43:29.119><c> look</c><00:43:29.280><c> back</c><00:43:29.539><c> at</c><00:43:29.699><c> Ezra</c><00:43:29.920><c> 5</c><00:43:30.239><c> and</c><00:43:30.360><c> verse</c><00:43:30.619><c> 5,</c>

00:43:32.300 --> 00:43:35.300
the<00:43:32.480><c> eye</c><00:43:32.800><c> of</c><00:43:32.980><c> their</c><00:43:33.219><c> God</c><00:43:33.539><c> was</c><00:43:33.800><c> upon</c><00:43:34.119><c> the</c><00:43:34.360><c> elders</c><00:43:34.599><c> of</c><00:43:34.800><c> the</c><00:43:34.980><c> Jews</c>

00:43:35.300 --> 00:43:39.619
that<00:43:35.739><c> they</c><00:43:36.460><c> could</c><00:43:37.420><c> not</c><00:43:37.940><c> cause</c><00:43:38.300><c> them</c><00:43:38.539><c> to</c><00:43:38.780><c> cease.</c>

00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:42.420
The<00:43:40.119><c> opponents</c><00:43:40.539><c> couldn't</c><00:43:40.900><c> get</c><00:43:41.139><c> them</c><00:43:41.340><c> to</c><00:43:41.559><c> stop</c>

00:43:42.619 --> 00:43:44.179
before<00:43:43.219><c> they</c><00:43:43.500><c> slowed</c><00:43:43.800><c> down</c>

00:43:44.179 --> 00:43:46.079
and<00:43:44.400><c> dragged</c><00:43:44.599><c> their</c><00:43:44.840><c> heels</c><00:43:45.019><c> and</c><00:43:45.320><c> quit.</c>

00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:47.800
But<00:43:46.360><c> they</c><00:43:46.559><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:46.860><c> quit</c><00:43:47.179><c> this</c><00:43:47.519><c> time.</c>

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:50.860
They<00:43:48.300><c> responded</c><00:43:48.820><c> to</c><00:43:49.079><c> the</c><00:43:49.239><c> urging</c><00:43:49.519><c> of</c><00:43:49.780><c> Haggai</c><00:43:50.119><c> and</c><00:43:50.320><c> Zechariah.</c>

00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:53.559
They<00:43:51.300><c> gave</c><00:43:51.699><c> God</c><00:43:52.019><c> an</c><00:43:52.239><c> opportunity</c><00:43:52.719><c> to</c><00:43:53.000><c> bless</c><00:43:53.199><c> them,</c>

00:43:53.659 --> 00:43:55.800
and<00:43:53.800><c> he</c><00:43:54.099><c> blessed</c><00:43:54.239><c> them</c><00:43:54.639><c> richly</c>

00:43:56.440 --> 00:43:59.760
by<00:43:56.900><c> paying</c><00:43:57.260><c> for</c><00:43:57.639><c> the</c><00:43:58.639><c> temple</c><00:43:58.920><c> a</c><00:43:59.179><c> second</c><00:43:59.420><c> time.</c>

00:44:00.039 --> 00:44:02.179
God<00:44:00.420><c> is</c><00:44:00.739><c> remarkably</c><00:44:01.559><c> generous.</c>

00:44:02.179 --> 00:44:06.619
Well,<00:44:03.099><c> those</c><00:44:03.360><c> are</c><00:44:04.239><c> four</c><00:44:04.719><c> wonderful</c><00:44:05.619><c> exhortations</c>

00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:09.139
that<00:44:07.139><c> we</c><00:44:07.320><c> can</c><00:44:07.559><c> draw</c><00:44:07.900><c> out</c><00:44:08.159><c> of</c><00:44:08.340><c> the</c><00:44:08.679><c> experience</c>

00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:13.059
of<00:44:09.960><c> these</c><00:44:10.380><c> captives</c><00:44:10.980><c> who</c><00:44:11.739><c> have</c><00:44:11.980><c> returned</c>

00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:16.039
to<00:44:13.800><c> rebuild</c><00:44:14.340><c> the</c><00:44:14.599><c> temple</c><00:44:14.840><c> of</c><00:44:15.019><c> the</c><00:44:15.179><c> Lord.</c>

00:44:16.780 --> 00:44:19.579
The<00:44:16.980><c> lesson</c><00:44:17.280><c> that</c><00:44:18.079><c> the</c><00:44:18.559><c> work</c><00:44:18.800><c> we're</c><00:44:19.079><c> called</c><00:44:19.280><c> to</c><00:44:19.480><c> do</c>

00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:21.619
is<00:44:19.780><c> not</c><00:44:19.940><c> a</c><00:44:20.119><c> glamorous</c><00:44:20.519><c> work.</c>

00:44:21.820 --> 00:44:24.360
It's<00:44:22.159><c> the</c><00:44:22.380><c> basic</c><00:44:22.860><c> task</c><00:44:23.420><c> of</c><00:44:23.780><c> serving</c><00:44:24.019><c> God</c>

00:44:24.360 --> 00:44:26.440
in<00:44:24.519><c> the</c><00:44:24.679><c> course</c><00:44:24.820><c> of</c><00:44:25.000><c> our</c><00:44:25.139><c> daily</c><00:44:25.380><c> lives.</c>

00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:29.539
The<00:44:28.019><c> second</c><00:44:28.300><c> exhortation</c><00:44:28.940><c> is</c><00:44:29.119><c> that</c><00:44:29.260><c> God</c>

00:44:29.539 --> 00:44:32.059
wants<00:44:29.920><c> everybody</c><00:44:30.440><c> involved,</c><00:44:31.300><c> all</c><00:44:31.599><c> of</c><00:44:31.719><c> us,</c>

00:44:32.059 --> 00:44:34.920
to<00:44:32.320><c> do</c><00:44:32.539><c> that</c><00:44:32.880><c> which</c><00:44:33.099><c> we</c><00:44:33.699><c> can</c><00:44:33.900><c> do.</c>

00:44:35.079 --> 00:44:36.079
And<00:44:35.239><c> when</c><00:44:35.380><c> we</c><00:44:35.699><c> do</c><00:44:35.860><c> it,</c>

00:44:36.199 --> 00:44:39.039
we<00:44:36.559><c> glorify</c><00:44:37.139><c> the</c><00:44:37.480><c> God</c><00:44:37.679><c> of</c><00:44:37.860><c> heaven</c><00:44:38.019><c> and</c><00:44:38.219><c> earth.</c>

00:44:39.260 --> 00:44:42.099
He's<00:44:39.519><c> not</c><00:44:39.739><c> concerned</c><00:44:40.119><c> about</c><00:44:40.440><c> superior</c><00:44:40.980><c> results.</c>

00:44:43.719 --> 00:44:46.300
He<00:44:43.960><c> knows</c><00:44:44.460><c> that</c><00:44:45.019><c> what</c><00:44:45.360><c> we're</c><00:44:45.559><c> going</c><00:44:45.679><c> to</c><00:44:45.940><c> accomplish</c>

00:44:46.300 --> 00:44:47.679
is<00:44:46.519><c> very</c><00:44:46.800><c> limited.</c>

00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:52.159
What<00:44:48.659><c> glorifies</c><00:44:49.420><c> him</c><00:44:49.679><c> is</c><00:44:49.940><c> the</c><00:44:50.420><c> heart</c><00:44:50.880><c> and</c><00:44:51.079><c> the</c><00:44:51.380><c> effort,</c>

00:44:52.599 --> 00:44:56.420
and<00:44:53.239><c> he</c><00:44:53.440><c> is</c><00:44:53.960><c> remarkably</c><00:44:54.920><c> generous.</c>

00:44:57.300 --> 00:45:00.679
And<00:44:57.880><c> we</c><00:44:58.380><c> stand</c><00:44:58.880><c> in</c><00:44:59.159><c> a</c><00:44:59.280><c> position</c><00:44:59.679><c> to</c><00:45:00.420><c> be</c>

00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:03.840
the<00:45:01.079><c> full</c><00:45:01.400><c> recipients</c><00:45:02.179><c> of</c><00:45:02.420><c> that</c><00:45:02.659><c> generosity,</c>

00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:07.480
the<00:45:04.380><c> exceeding</c><00:45:05.119><c> riches</c><00:45:05.460><c> of</c><00:45:05.780><c> the</c><00:45:05.980><c> grace</c><00:45:06.219><c> of</c><00:45:06.500><c> God</c>

00:45:07.679 --> 00:45:10.059
and<00:45:08.239><c> being</c><00:45:08.460><c> given</c><00:45:09.019><c> immortality.</c>

00:45:10.380 --> 00:45:13.920
And<00:45:10.659><c> we</c><00:45:10.840><c> will</c><00:45:11.099><c> be</c><00:45:11.519><c> if</c><00:45:12.280><c> we</c><00:45:12.539><c> continue</c><00:45:13.000><c> to</c><00:45:13.219><c> give</c><00:45:13.340><c> ourselves</c>

00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:18.480
to<00:45:14.099><c> his</c><00:45:14.440><c> work</c><00:45:15.179><c> personally</c><00:45:16.139><c> and</c><00:45:17.159><c> persistently.</c>

00:45:19.440 --> 00:45:24.320
If<00:45:19.840><c> we</c><00:45:20.079><c> do</c><00:45:20.300><c> that,</c><00:45:21.500><c> the</c><00:45:21.820><c> mighty</c><00:45:22.360><c> God</c><00:45:22.960><c> of</c><00:45:23.280><c> heaven</c><00:45:23.579><c> and</c><00:45:23.820><c> earth</c>

00:45:24.320 --> 00:45:28.360
will<00:45:25.199><c> be</c><00:45:25.579><c> pleased</c><00:45:26.320><c> and</c><00:45:27.400><c> glorified,</c>

00:45:28.360 --> 00:45:33.440
and<00:45:29.079><c> he</c><00:45:29.260><c> will</c><00:45:29.679><c> bless</c><00:45:29.980><c> us</c><00:45:30.280><c> forever</c><00:45:30.940><c> in</c><00:45:31.559><c> the</c><00:45:31.719><c> age</c><00:45:31.920><c> to</c><00:45:32.159><c> come.</c>

00:46:03.139 --> 00:46:05.039
Thank<00:46:04.539><c> you.</c>