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everywhere<00:10:05.799><c> at</c><00:10:06.039><c> all</c><00:10:06.240><c> times.</c><00:10:07.320><c> So</c><00:10:07.460><c> the</c><00:10:07.620><c> indication</c><00:10:07.940><c> is</c><00:10:08.100><c> very</c><00:10:08.519><c> clear.</c><00:10:10.620><c> The</c><00:10:10.759><c> angel</c><00:10:10.960><c> had</c><00:10:11.159><c> a</c>

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report.<00:10:12.799><c> He</c><00:10:13.200><c> had</c><00:10:13.299><c> been</c>

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outcry<00:10:19.240><c> against</c><00:10:19.740><c> it</c><00:10:20.240><c> that</c><00:10:20.480><c> has</c><00:10:20.659><c> come</c><00:10:20.879><c> to</c><00:10:21.100><c> me.</c><00:10:21.740><c> And</c><00:10:21.899><c> if</c><00:10:22.059><c> not,</c><00:10:22.360><c> I</c>

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name.<00:10:47.120><c> The</c><00:10:47.299><c> men</c><00:10:47.580><c> turned</c><00:10:48.019><c> away</c><00:10:48.399><c> from</c><00:10:48.639><c> there</c><00:10:48.919><c> and</c><00:10:49.059><c> went</c>

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Abraham<00:10:59.820><c> stands</c><00:11:00.259><c> with</c><00:11:00.500><c> the</c><00:11:00.679><c> third</c><00:11:00.860><c> one</c><00:11:01.139><c> who</c><00:11:01.440><c> is</c><00:11:01.620><c> obviously</c><00:11:02.820><c> of</c>

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a<00:11:03.139><c> different</c><00:11:03.399><c> status,</c><00:11:03.879><c> a</c><00:11:03.980><c> higher</c><00:11:04.240><c> status,</c><00:11:05.399><c> and</c><00:11:05.580><c> who</c>

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bears<00:11:06.080><c> Yahweh's</c><00:11:06.539><c> name.</c><00:11:08.220><c> Yahweh</c><00:11:08.659><c> said,</c><00:11:08.980><c> if</c><00:11:09.039><c> I</c><00:11:09.320><c> find</c><00:11:09.559><c> in</c><00:11:09.879><c> Sodom</c>

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indeed<00:11:17.659><c> now</c><00:11:18.019><c> I</c><00:11:18.279><c> who</c><00:11:18.419><c> am</c><00:11:18.580><c> but</c><00:11:18.820><c> dust</c><00:11:19.100><c> and</c><00:11:19.360><c> ashes</c><00:11:19.679><c> have</c><00:11:19.940><c> taken</c><00:11:20.179><c> it</c>

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Abraham<00:11:29.460><c> pleads</c><00:11:29.960><c> very</c><00:11:30.580><c> deferentially</c><00:11:31.259><c> with</c><00:11:33.240><c> the</c><00:11:33.759><c> angel</c><00:11:34.240><c> until</c><00:11:35.320><c> he</c>

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like<00:11:39.580><c> Lot's</c><00:11:39.820><c> got</c><00:11:40.059><c> a</c><00:11:40.220><c> chance.</c><00:11:42.179><c> That's</c><00:11:42.440><c> what</c><00:11:42.580><c> he</c><00:11:42.740><c> was</c><00:11:42.899><c> doing.</c><00:11:43.259><c> He</c>

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was<00:11:43.740><c> pleading</c><00:11:44.120><c> for</c><00:11:44.360><c> the</c><00:11:44.539><c> life</c><00:11:44.820><c> of</c><00:11:45.000><c> his</c><00:11:45.200><c> nephew</c><00:11:45.620><c> Lot,</c>

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and<00:11:47.639><c> he</c><00:11:47.860><c> started</c><00:11:48.120><c> with</c><00:11:48.360><c> fifty,</c><00:11:48.820><c> and</c><00:11:48.980><c> the</c><00:11:49.120><c> angel</c><00:11:49.259><c> said,</c><00:11:49.740><c> I'll</c>

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spare<00:11:50.019><c> it</c><00:11:50.159><c> for</c><00:11:50.320><c> fifty,</c><00:11:50.779><c> and</c><00:11:50.899><c> forty</c><00:11:51.279><c>-five,</c><00:11:51.740><c> and</c><00:11:51.840><c> forty,</c>

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and<00:11:53.059><c> thirty,</c><00:11:53.519><c> and</c><00:11:53.720><c> ten,</c><00:11:54.460><c> down</c><00:11:54.659><c> to</c><00:11:54.820><c> ten.</c><00:11:57.899><c> Isn't</c><00:11:58.039><c> that</c><00:11:58.240><c> marvelous</c><00:11:58.659><c> the</c><00:11:58.799><c> way</c>

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him<00:12:05.139><c> as</c><00:12:05.320><c> being</c><00:12:06.080><c> all</c><00:12:06.419><c>-powerful</c><00:12:06.879><c> and</c><00:12:07.200><c> fixed,</c>

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knowing<00:12:07.960><c> exactly</c><00:12:08.700><c> it's</c><00:12:09.919><c> not</c><00:12:10.179><c> true.</c><00:12:11.200><c> Over</c><00:12:11.679><c> and</c><00:12:11.820><c> over</c><00:12:11.980><c> again</c><00:12:12.159><c> they</c><00:12:12.379><c> respond</c><00:12:13.500><c> depending</c><00:12:14.519><c> upon</c><00:12:14.899><c> how</c><00:12:15.200><c> we</c><00:12:15.539><c> react.</c>

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of<00:12:22.360><c> its</c><00:12:22.519><c> gross</c><00:12:22.860><c> wickedness</c><00:12:24.019><c> for</c><00:12:24.440><c> the</c><00:12:24.639><c> sake</c><00:12:24.799><c> of</c>

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ten.<00:12:26.480><c> All</c><00:12:26.779><c> things</c><00:12:27.120><c> are</c><00:12:27.360><c> for</c><00:12:27.460><c> the</c><00:12:27.580><c> sake</c><00:12:27.820><c> of</c><00:12:28.000><c> the</c><00:12:28.139><c> elect.</c><00:12:29.340><c> Everything</c><00:12:29.720><c> that's</c>

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very<00:12:56.620><c> clear</c><00:12:57.080><c> that</c><00:12:57.600><c> there</c><00:12:58.000><c> is</c><00:12:58.259><c> a</c><00:12:58.440><c> distinction</c><00:12:58.980><c> in</c><00:12:59.200><c> the</c><00:12:59.379><c> ranks</c>

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of<00:12:59.879><c> the</c><00:13:00.139><c> angels.</c><00:13:01.799><c> There</c><00:13:02.000><c> are</c><00:13:02.159><c> the</c><00:13:02.320><c> Gabriel's</c><00:13:06.580><c> and</c>

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the<00:13:09.440><c> mission</c><00:13:09.759><c> to</c><00:13:10.720><c> Sodom</c><00:13:10.960><c> and</c><00:13:11.080><c> Gomorrah.</c><00:13:11.960><c> And</c><00:13:12.159><c> again,</c><00:13:12.320><c> doesn't</c>

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that<00:13:12.759><c> make</c><00:13:13.340><c> reasonable</c><00:13:13.860><c> sense</c><00:13:14.179><c> to</c><00:13:14.379><c> us?</c><00:13:14.740><c> That's</c>

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exactly<00:13:15.659><c> what</c><00:13:15.840><c> we</c><00:13:16.019><c> would</c><00:13:16.200><c> expect</c><00:13:16.559><c> in</c><00:13:16.720><c> the</c><00:13:16.899><c> kingdom.</c><00:13:17.259><c> We're</c><00:13:17.419><c> not</c><00:13:17.620><c> all</c><00:13:17.799><c> going</c><00:13:17.919><c> to</c>

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be<00:13:18.759><c> of</c><00:13:19.019><c> equal</c><00:13:19.240><c> status.</c><00:13:19.700><c> We're</c><00:13:19.840><c> not</c>

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today.<00:13:22.240><c> The</c><00:13:22.500><c> point</c><00:13:22.679><c> is,</c><00:13:22.899><c> God</c><00:13:23.100><c> knows</c><00:13:23.360><c> how</c><00:13:23.659><c> to</c><00:13:24.500><c> exactly</c><00:13:25.279><c> fit</c><00:13:25.980><c> every</c><00:13:26.639><c> one</c>

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of<00:13:26.940><c> His</c><00:13:27.159><c> servants</c><00:13:27.679><c> to</c><00:13:28.500><c> match</c><00:13:29.220><c> their</c>

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capabilities<00:13:30.539><c> just</c><00:13:32.480><c> wonderfully,</c><00:13:33.200><c> marvelously,</c><00:13:33.759><c> so</c><00:13:34.000><c> that</c>

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all<00:13:35.039><c> are</c><00:13:36.019><c> just</c><00:13:36.639><c> perfectly</c><00:13:37.200><c> situated</c><00:13:38.340><c> for</c><00:13:38.639><c> the</c>

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that<00:13:39.360><c> they</c><00:13:39.820><c> are</c><00:13:40.039><c> given.</c><00:13:41.100><c> But</c><00:13:41.240><c> it</c><00:13:41.340><c> isn't,</c><00:13:41.759><c> you</c><00:13:41.960><c> know,</c><00:13:42.820><c> we're</c><00:13:43.000><c> not</c><00:13:43.159><c> going</c><00:13:43.320><c> to</c>

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be<00:13:43.620><c> David's</c><00:13:44.200><c> and</c><00:13:44.340><c> Abraham's</c><00:13:45.100><c> and</c><00:13:46.659><c> Isaiah's</c>

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and<00:13:47.480><c> so</c><00:13:47.740><c> on.</c><00:13:48.559><c> There</c><00:13:48.700><c> will</c><00:13:48.820><c> be</c><00:13:48.960><c> the</c><00:13:49.120><c> Lord</c><00:13:49.299><c> Jesus</c><00:13:49.639><c> Christ.</c><00:13:50.019><c> There</c>

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will<00:13:50.259><c> be</c><00:13:50.440><c> the</c><00:13:50.659><c> twelve</c><00:13:50.879><c> apostles</c><00:13:51.440><c> ruling</c><00:13:51.940><c> the</c><00:13:53.000><c> twelve</c>

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tribes.<00:13:53.879><c> And</c><00:13:54.080><c> there</c><00:13:54.179><c> will</c><00:13:54.340><c> be</c><00:13:54.600><c> the</c><00:13:54.919><c> Paul's</c><00:13:55.460><c> and</c><00:13:55.620><c> so</c><00:13:55.879><c> on.</c><00:13:57.039><c> And</c><00:13:57.340><c> there</c><00:13:57.460><c> will</c><00:13:57.659><c> be</c><00:13:57.940><c> just</c><00:13:58.240><c> a</c>

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very<00:13:59.019><c> lovely,</c><00:13:59.820><c> fitting,</c>

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perfectly<00:14:00.840><c> right</c><00:14:02.019><c> gradation</c><00:14:03.700><c> of</c><00:14:05.179><c> the</c><00:14:05.639><c> new</c><00:14:05.879><c> Elohim,</c><00:14:06.220><c> even</c><00:14:06.460><c> as</c>

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there<00:14:06.759><c> is</c><00:14:06.919><c> with</c><00:14:07.100><c> the</c><00:14:07.299><c> angels.</c><00:14:07.539><c> That's</c><00:14:07.759><c> exactly</c><00:14:08.100><c> what</c>

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we<00:14:08.379><c> would</c><00:14:08.580><c> expect</c><00:14:08.940><c> to</c><00:14:09.159><c> find.</c><00:14:16.139><c> What</c><00:14:16.419><c> comes</c><00:14:16.779><c> out</c><00:14:17.059><c> with</c><00:14:17.340><c> Lot</c><00:14:17.720><c> shows</c><00:14:18.460><c> so</c>

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beautifully<00:14:19.360><c> what</c><00:14:20.539><c> the</c><00:14:20.879><c> angels</c><00:14:21.120><c> do.</c><00:14:23.379><c> There's</c>

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nothing<00:14:23.820><c> cut</c><00:14:24.059><c> and</c><00:14:24.299><c> dried</c><00:14:24.419><c> about</c><00:14:24.759><c> it.</c><00:14:24.879><c> There's</c><00:14:25.139><c> nothing</c><00:14:25.399><c> fixed,</c><00:14:27.399><c> automatic,</c><00:14:29.039><c> unchangeable.</c><00:14:30.299><c> What</c>

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they<00:14:30.879><c> do</c>

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depends<00:14:31.539><c> upon</c><00:14:32.000><c> how</c><00:14:32.500><c> you</c><00:14:32.779><c> and</c><00:14:32.960><c> I</c><00:14:33.179><c> respond.</c><00:14:35.559><c> These</c><00:14:35.879><c> two</c><00:14:36.179><c> angels</c>

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came<00:14:36.740><c> to</c><00:14:37.059><c> Sodom</c><00:14:37.200><c> in</c><00:14:37.419><c> the</c><00:14:37.580><c> evening.</c><00:14:39.740><c> Lot</c><00:14:39.799><c> was</c>

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sitting<00:14:40.340><c> in</c><00:14:40.519><c> the</c><00:14:40.679><c> gate,</c><00:14:40.980><c> which</c><00:14:41.179><c> is</c><00:14:41.360><c> where</c><00:14:41.539><c> the</c><00:14:41.759><c> elders</c><00:14:41.960><c> of</c><00:14:42.179><c> the</c>

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city<00:14:42.519><c> would</c><00:14:42.820><c> sit.</c><00:14:44.860><c> You'd</c><00:14:45.299><c> call</c><00:14:45.419><c> him</c><00:14:45.580><c> one</c><00:14:45.759><c> of</c><00:14:45.860><c> the</c>

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rulers<00:14:46.379><c> of</c><00:14:46.720><c> Sodom.</c><00:14:50.139><c> Totally</c><00:14:50.480><c> different</c><00:14:50.899><c> than</c><00:14:51.059><c> the</c><00:14:51.200><c> rest</c><00:14:51.419><c> of</c>

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them.<00:14:53.139><c> When</c><00:14:53.440><c> Lot</c><00:14:53.679><c> saw</c><00:14:54.000><c> them,</c><00:14:54.240><c> he</c><00:14:54.340><c> rose</c><00:14:54.580><c> to</c><00:14:54.799><c> meet</c><00:14:55.000><c> them,</c>

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bowed<00:14:55.460><c> himself</c><00:14:55.840><c> with</c><00:14:56.019><c> his</c><00:14:56.220><c> face</c><00:14:56.440><c> toward</c><00:14:56.759><c> the</c><00:14:56.980><c> ground.</c><00:14:58.659><c> You</c><00:14:58.799><c> know,</c><00:14:58.879><c> I</c>

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think<00:14:59.100><c> it's</c><00:14:59.440><c> very</c><00:14:59.700><c> likely,</c><00:15:00.799><c> very</c><00:15:01.200><c> reasonable,</c>

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that<00:15:02.600><c> there</c><00:15:02.799><c> was</c><00:15:03.000><c> a</c><00:15:03.139><c> demeanor</c><00:15:03.580><c> about</c><00:15:03.899><c> these</c><00:15:04.259><c> men</c><00:15:04.820><c> that</c><00:15:06.019><c> would</c>

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be<00:15:06.480><c> striking,</c><00:15:07.879><c> that</c><00:15:07.980><c> would</c><00:15:08.200><c> cause</c><00:15:08.480><c> Abraham</c><00:15:09.000><c> to</c>

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recognize<00:15:09.899><c> them</c><00:15:10.179><c> as</c><00:15:11.220><c> certainly</c><00:15:11.940><c> not</c><00:15:12.299><c> just</c><00:15:13.139><c> wayfaring</c><00:15:13.879><c> people.</c><00:15:15.720><c> That</c>

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would<00:15:16.620><c> cause</c><00:15:17.279><c> Lot</c><00:15:17.580><c> to</c><00:15:17.779><c> recognize</c><00:15:18.440><c> them</c>

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as<00:15:19.200><c> very</c><00:15:19.860><c> special,</c><00:15:21.279><c> if</c><00:15:21.460><c> you</c><00:15:21.720><c> will.</c><00:15:23.600><c> We're</c><00:15:24.240><c> not</c><00:15:24.320><c> talking</c><00:15:24.799><c> about</c>

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the<00:15:26.139><c> splendor</c><00:15:26.559><c> of</c><00:15:26.720><c> their</c><00:15:27.000><c> unconcealed</c><00:15:27.539><c> glory,</c>

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that<00:15:28.120><c> type</c><00:15:28.340><c> of</c><00:15:28.539><c> thing.</c><00:15:29.120><c> They</c><00:15:29.440><c> look</c><00:15:29.659><c> like</c><00:15:30.000><c> men,</c><00:15:31.840><c> but</c><00:15:32.419><c> there</c><00:15:32.600><c> was</c>

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something<00:15:33.080><c> about</c><00:15:33.480><c> them</c><00:15:34.039><c> that</c><00:15:34.480><c> would</c><00:15:34.740><c> be</c><00:15:35.080><c> arresting,</c>

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that<00:15:35.740><c> would</c><00:15:35.940><c> cause</c><00:15:36.179><c> him</c><00:15:36.419><c> to</c><00:15:36.779><c> immediately</c><00:15:37.220><c> want</c><00:15:37.559><c> to</c><00:15:39.299><c> be</c><00:15:39.519><c> hospitable</c><00:15:40.000><c> to</c><00:15:40.259><c> them,</c><00:15:40.480><c> to</c>

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trust<00:15:40.940><c> them.</c><00:15:45.279><c> Because,</c>

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again,<00:15:46.759><c> Lot</c><00:15:47.580><c> bows</c><00:15:47.940><c> to</c><00:15:48.139><c> them.</c><00:15:49.360><c> Here</c><00:15:49.480><c> now,</c><00:15:49.820><c> my</c><00:15:49.940><c> lords,</c><00:15:50.360><c> turn</c><00:15:50.539><c> into</c><00:15:50.779><c> your</c><00:15:51.059><c> servant's</c><00:15:51.440><c> house,</c><00:15:51.700><c> spend</c><00:15:51.840><c> the</c><00:15:52.059><c> night,</c>

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wash<00:15:52.659><c> your</c><00:15:52.960><c> feet.</c><00:15:53.919><c> Then</c><00:15:54.080><c> you</c><00:15:54.159><c> may</c><00:15:54.360><c> rise</c><00:15:54.620><c> early</c><00:15:54.940><c> and</c><00:15:55.059><c> go</c><00:15:55.259><c> on</c><00:15:55.440><c> your</c><00:15:55.639><c> way.</c><00:15:57.519><c> They</c><00:15:57.779><c> said,</c><00:15:58.039><c> no,</c>

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we're<00:15:58.419><c> going</c><00:15:58.519><c> to</c><00:15:58.659><c> spend</c><00:15:58.799><c> the</c>

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night<00:15:59.080><c> out</c><00:15:59.279><c> in</c><00:15:59.419><c> the</c><00:15:59.860><c> open</c><00:16:00.159><c> square.</c><00:16:00.539><c> We</c><00:16:00.639><c> want</c><00:16:00.799><c> to</c><00:16:00.919><c> see</c><00:16:01.039><c> what's</c>

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going<00:16:01.519><c> on.</c><00:16:03.100><c> Lot</c><00:16:03.299><c> knows</c><00:16:03.620><c> what's</c><00:16:03.980><c> going</c><00:16:04.200><c> on.</c><00:16:04.559><c> He</c><00:16:04.759><c> insists</c>

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strongly.<00:16:07.360><c> You</c><00:16:07.519><c> can't</c><00:16:07.820><c> stay</c><00:16:08.059><c> out</c><00:16:08.299><c> there.</c><00:16:08.399><c> You've</c><00:16:08.740><c> got</c><00:16:08.759><c> to</c><00:16:08.879><c> come</c><00:16:09.120><c> in.</c>

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So<00:16:10.960><c> they</c><00:16:11.139><c> turned</c><00:16:11.399><c> into</c><00:16:11.679><c> him.</c><00:16:14.179><c> They</c><00:16:14.620><c> entered</c><00:16:14.840><c> his</c>

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house.<00:16:16.100><c> He</c><00:16:16.259><c> made</c><00:16:16.440><c> them</c><00:16:16.600><c> a</c><00:16:16.779><c> feast,</c><00:16:18.379><c> baked</c><00:16:18.539><c> unleavened</c><00:16:19.100><c> bread.</c>

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They<00:16:19.620><c> ate</c><00:16:20.159><c> before</c><00:16:21.480><c> they</c><00:16:21.740><c> lay</c><00:16:21.940><c> down.</c><00:16:23.259><c> They</c><00:16:23.440><c> didn't</c><00:16:23.559><c> need</c>

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to<00:16:23.899><c> lay</c><00:16:24.519><c> down,</c><00:16:25.740><c> immortal</c><00:16:26.159><c> strength,</c><00:16:27.600><c> but</c><00:16:27.960><c> they</c><00:16:28.299><c> accommodated</c>

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themselves<00:16:29.539><c> to</c><00:16:29.899><c> Lot's</c><00:16:30.320><c> situation.</c><00:16:32.500><c> He</c><00:16:32.779><c> still</c><00:16:32.980><c> doesn't</c>

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know<00:16:34.620><c> them</c><00:16:34.820><c> as</c><00:16:35.080><c> angels</c><00:16:35.320><c> at</c><00:16:35.539><c> that</c><00:16:35.720><c> moment.</c><00:16:38.539><c> The</c><00:16:38.980><c> men</c><00:16:39.220><c> of</c><00:16:39.480><c> Sodom,</c>

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old<00:16:40.340><c> and</c><00:16:40.639><c> young,</c><00:16:41.080><c> all</c><00:16:41.320><c> involved</c><00:16:41.919><c> in</c><00:16:42.200><c> this</c><00:16:42.820><c> gross</c>

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immorality,<00:16:44.659><c> from</c><00:16:44.860><c> every</c><00:16:45.279><c> quarter,</c><00:16:45.899><c> the</c><00:16:46.000><c> whole</c><00:16:46.279><c> city,</c><00:16:46.740><c> that's</c><00:16:47.220><c> what</c>

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it's<00:16:47.700><c> telling</c><00:16:47.860><c> us,</c><00:16:49.659><c> surround</c><00:16:49.960><c> the</c><00:16:50.240><c> house.</c>

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This<00:16:52.500><c> one</c><00:16:52.659><c> came</c><00:16:52.960><c> in</c><00:16:53.320><c> to</c><00:16:54.019><c> stay</c><00:16:54.600><c> with</c><00:16:54.840><c> us,</c><00:16:55.080><c> to</c><00:16:55.139><c> live</c><00:16:55.360><c> here,</c><00:16:55.879><c> this</c>

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outsider,<00:16:56.840><c> this</c><00:16:57.139><c> Lot.</c><00:16:57.399><c> He</c><00:16:57.580><c> keeps</c><00:16:57.799><c> acting</c><00:16:58.120><c> as</c><00:16:58.340><c> a</c><00:16:58.559><c> judge,</c>

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keeps<00:16:59.080><c> telling</c><00:16:59.340><c> us</c><00:16:59.600><c> that</c><00:17:00.460><c> he</c><00:17:00.919><c> doesn't</c><00:17:01.159><c> like</c><00:17:01.360><c> our</c><00:17:01.580><c> way</c><00:17:01.720><c> of</c><00:17:01.919><c> life.</c><00:17:03.360><c> We'll</c><00:17:03.779><c> deal</c>

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worse<00:17:04.299><c> with</c><00:17:04.500><c> you</c><00:17:04.779><c> than</c><00:17:04.920><c> with</c><00:17:05.160><c> them.</c>

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They<00:17:06.480><c> pressed</c><00:17:06.759><c> against</c><00:17:07.160><c> the</c><00:17:07.400><c> door</c><00:17:07.720><c> to</c><00:17:07.980><c> break</c><00:17:08.180><c> it</c><00:17:08.440><c> down.</c><00:17:09.819><c> At</c><00:17:10.019><c> that</c><00:17:10.299><c> point,</c><00:17:10.640><c> the</c><00:17:10.839><c> angels</c><00:17:11.019><c> made</c><00:17:11.259><c> it</c>

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very<00:17:11.720><c> clear</c><00:17:12.160><c> who</c>

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they<00:17:13.380><c> were,</c><00:17:15.759><c> because</c><00:17:16.119><c> they</c><00:17:16.259><c> have</c><00:17:16.960><c> God's</c><00:17:18.720><c> unlimited</c><00:17:19.299><c> power</c><00:17:20.039><c> in</c>

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that<00:17:20.440><c> situation.</c><00:17:21.400><c> I</c><00:17:21.480><c> don't</c><00:17:21.660><c> mean</c><00:17:21.819><c> unlimited</c>

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in<00:17:22.539><c> the</c><00:17:22.700><c> sense</c><00:17:22.940><c> of</c><00:17:24.319><c> his</c><00:17:24.779><c> total</c><00:17:25.460><c> power,</c><00:17:25.880><c> but</c><00:17:26.259><c> they</c><00:17:26.740><c> had</c><00:17:26.940><c> power</c>

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beyond<00:17:27.779><c> us</c><00:17:28.440><c> in</c><00:17:28.799><c> that</c><00:17:29.019><c> situation</c><00:17:29.640><c> when</c><00:17:29.819><c> they're</c>

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doing<00:17:30.240><c> his</c><00:17:30.539><c> work.</c><00:17:31.119><c> They</c><00:17:31.279><c> have</c><00:17:31.440><c> the</c><00:17:31.660><c> power</c><00:17:31.880><c> of</c><00:17:32.079><c> the</c><00:17:32.299><c> Spirit.</c>

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The<00:17:33.759><c> men</c><00:17:33.940><c> reached</c><00:17:34.240><c> out.</c><00:17:34.539><c> They</c><00:17:34.740><c> pulled</c><00:17:35.000><c> Lot</c><00:17:35.240><c> in.</c><00:17:42.579><c> They</c>

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I<00:17:43.220><c> was</c><00:17:43.319><c> trying</c><00:17:43.519><c> to</c><00:17:43.660><c> find</c><00:17:43.839><c> the</c><00:17:44.039><c> door.</c><00:17:46.160><c> Then</c><00:17:46.420><c> the</c><00:17:46.700><c> men,</c><00:17:47.319><c> the</c><00:17:47.559><c> two</c>

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angels,<00:17:48.200><c> said</c><00:17:48.420><c> to</c><00:17:48.640><c> Lot,</c><00:17:49.980><c> have</c><00:17:50.039><c> you</c><00:17:50.099><c> got</c><00:17:50.240><c> anybody</c><00:17:50.500><c> else</c>

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here,<00:17:51.400><c> son</c><00:17:51.599><c>-in</c><00:17:51.859><c>-law,</c><00:17:52.400><c> sons,</c><00:17:52.880><c> daughter,</c><00:17:53.319><c> whoever</c><00:17:53.619><c> you</c><00:17:53.819><c> have</c><00:17:53.920><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:54.240><c> city,</c><00:17:55.519><c> take</c><00:17:55.740><c> them</c><00:17:55.920><c> out</c><00:17:56.099><c> of</c><00:17:56.200><c> this</c><00:17:56.460><c> place,</c>

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for<00:17:57.059><c> we</c><00:17:57.220><c> will</c><00:17:57.440><c> destroy</c><00:17:57.839><c> it,</c><00:17:58.099><c> because</c><00:17:58.339><c> the</c><00:17:58.579><c> outcry</c><00:17:58.920><c> against</c><00:17:59.299><c> them</c><00:17:59.460><c> has</c><00:17:59.700><c> grown</c><00:18:00.000><c> great</c><00:18:00.619><c> before</c><00:18:01.579><c> the</c><00:18:01.880><c> face</c><00:18:02.180><c> of</c><00:18:02.480><c> Yahweh,</c>

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and<00:18:04.140><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:04.640><c> has</c><00:18:04.940><c> sent</c><00:18:05.180><c> us</c><00:18:05.740><c> to</c><00:18:06.019><c> destroy</c><00:18:06.339><c> it.</c><00:18:07.519><c> So</c><00:18:07.880><c> they</c><00:18:07.980><c> were</c><00:18:08.279><c> sent</c><00:18:08.480><c> on</c>

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a<00:18:08.880><c> mission</c><00:18:09.500><c> at</c><00:18:10.759><c> Yahweh's</c><00:18:11.380><c> bidding.</c><00:18:11.619><c> They</c><00:18:11.759><c> came</c>

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down<00:18:12.220><c> to</c><00:18:12.440><c> see</c><00:18:12.660><c> if</c><00:18:12.799><c> the</c><00:18:12.980><c> situation</c><00:18:13.539><c> was</c><00:18:13.779><c> as</c><00:18:14.019><c> bad</c><00:18:14.140><c> as</c><00:18:14.299><c> it</c><00:18:14.500><c> was,</c><00:18:16.859><c> and</c><00:18:17.559><c> they</c><00:18:17.779><c> had</c><00:18:17.960><c> leeway</c><00:18:18.400><c> as</c>

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to<00:18:18.740><c> how</c><00:18:18.900><c> they</c><00:18:19.079><c> handled</c>

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the<00:18:19.579><c> situation.</c><00:18:20.220><c> That's</c><00:18:20.700><c> all</c><00:18:21.059><c> the</c><00:18:22.339><c> marvelous</c><00:18:22.339><c> insights</c><00:18:23.099><c> that</c>

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are<00:18:23.400><c> coming</c><00:18:23.579><c> out</c><00:18:23.779><c> of</c><00:18:23.900><c> this.</c><00:18:26.180><c> They</c><00:18:26.339><c> didn't</c><00:18:26.480><c> just</c><00:18:26.759><c> come</c>

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down<00:18:27.319><c> and</c><00:18:27.519><c> destroy</c><00:18:27.799><c> the</c><00:18:28.059><c> city.</c><00:18:29.880><c> They</c><00:18:30.140><c> went</c><00:18:30.339><c> through</c><00:18:30.619><c> all</c><00:18:30.940><c> of</c>

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this<00:18:31.559><c> with</c><00:18:32.099><c> Lot</c><00:18:32.460><c> overnight.</c><00:18:36.680><c> Who</c><00:18:36.880><c> have</c><00:18:36.980><c> you</c><00:18:37.099><c> got</c><00:18:37.279><c> here?</c>

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Get<00:18:37.819><c> him</c><00:18:38.000><c> out</c><00:18:38.140><c> of</c><00:18:38.220><c> the</c><00:18:38.400><c> city.</c><00:18:41.160><c> Then</c><00:18:41.619><c> when</c><00:18:42.019><c> Lot</c><00:18:42.099><c> keeps</c><00:18:42.480><c> throwing</c>

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up<00:18:43.079><c> roadblocks,</c><00:18:43.900><c> it's</c><00:18:44.079><c> amazing</c><00:18:44.480><c> the</c><00:18:45.160><c> way</c>

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Lot<00:18:46.339><c> reacted.</c><00:18:47.839><c> He</c><00:18:47.859><c> knows</c><00:18:48.200><c> now</c><00:18:48.519><c> that</c><00:18:48.740><c> they're</c><00:18:49.819><c> not</c><00:18:50.059><c> mere</c><00:18:50.279><c> men.</c>

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They<00:18:50.680><c> had</c><00:18:50.799><c> the</c><00:18:51.000><c> power</c><00:18:51.359><c> of</c><00:18:52.980><c> striking</c><00:18:53.279><c> blindness.</c>

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They<00:18:55.640><c> saved</c><00:18:55.940><c> he</c><00:18:56.200><c> and</c><00:18:56.319><c> his</c><00:18:56.559><c> daughters</c><00:18:56.799><c> from</c><00:18:57.160><c> the</c><00:18:57.440><c> abuse.</c><00:18:59.539><c> When</c>

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the<00:18:59.839><c> morning</c><00:19:00.160><c> dawned,</c><00:19:00.640><c> the</c><00:19:00.880><c> angels</c><00:19:01.240><c> urged</c><00:19:02.000><c> Lot.</c>

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Hurry.<00:19:07.160><c> Arise.</c><00:19:07.700><c> Take</c><00:19:07.900><c> your</c><00:19:08.140><c> wife,</c><00:19:08.440><c> your</c><00:19:08.579><c> two</c><00:19:08.819><c> daughters,</c><00:19:09.519><c> lest</c><00:19:09.579><c> you</c>

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be<00:19:10.000><c> consumed</c><00:19:10.599><c> in</c><00:19:10.819><c> the</c><00:19:10.980><c> punishment</c><00:19:11.299><c> of</c><00:19:11.500><c> the</c>

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city.<00:19:12.619><c> See,</c><00:19:12.880><c> Lot</c><00:19:12.960><c> still</c><00:19:13.259><c> had</c><00:19:13.460><c> to</c><00:19:13.680><c> cooperate.</c><00:19:17.880><c> While</c><00:19:18.059><c> he</c><00:19:18.420><c> lingered,</c><00:19:20.680><c> the</c>

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men<00:19:21.039><c> took</c><00:19:21.319><c> hold</c><00:19:21.579><c> of</c><00:19:21.759><c> his</c><00:19:22.000><c> hand,</c>

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his<00:19:22.579><c> wife's</c><00:19:23.000><c> hand,</c><00:19:23.359><c> the</c><00:19:23.519><c> hands</c><00:19:23.740><c> of</c><00:19:23.900><c> his</c><00:19:24.079><c> two</c><00:19:24.359><c> daughters,</c><00:19:26.599><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:27.039><c> being</c><00:19:27.480><c> merciful</c><00:19:28.079><c> to</c>

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him.<00:19:30.700><c> One</c><00:19:31.119><c> of</c><00:19:31.240><c> the</c><00:19:31.279><c> newer</c>

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versions<00:19:31.920><c> says</c><00:19:32.279><c> the</c><00:19:32.500><c> compassion</c><00:19:33.200><c> of</c><00:19:33.579><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:33.980><c> was</c><00:19:34.279><c> upon</c><00:19:34.579><c> him.</c>

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They<00:19:38.099><c> brought</c><00:19:38.299><c> him</c><00:19:38.460><c> out</c><00:19:39.019><c> and</c><00:19:39.380><c> sent</c><00:19:39.460><c> him</c><00:19:39.720><c> outside</c><00:19:40.359><c> the</c>

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city.<00:19:43.259><c> Just</c><00:19:43.579><c> picture</c><00:19:43.920><c> that.</c><00:19:46.160><c> The</c><00:19:46.579><c> angels</c><00:19:46.900><c> are</c><00:19:47.200><c> there.</c><00:19:48.599><c> They've</c><00:19:48.839><c> made</c>

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it<00:19:49.140><c> very</c><00:19:49.440><c> clear</c><00:19:49.720><c> that</c><00:19:49.900><c> they</c><00:19:50.059><c> have</c><00:19:50.359><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:19:51.819><c> powers.</c><00:19:53.259><c> They're</c><00:19:53.460><c> urging</c><00:19:53.900><c> Lot.</c><00:19:56.599><c> He's</c><00:19:57.319><c> walking,</c><00:19:57.680><c> if</c>

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you<00:19:58.119><c> will.</c><00:20:03.599><c> What</c><00:20:03.859><c> I'm</c><00:20:04.160><c> struck</c><00:20:04.440><c> with</c><00:20:04.640><c> is</c><00:20:05.140><c> this</c><00:20:05.500><c> marvelous</c>

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compassion<00:20:06.880><c> and</c><00:20:07.720><c> patience</c><00:20:08.099><c> in</c><00:20:08.299><c> the</c><00:20:08.359><c> way</c><00:20:08.519><c> they</c><00:20:08.720><c> deal</c><00:20:08.940><c> with</c><00:20:09.180><c> us.</c>

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They<00:20:12.839><c> don't</c><00:20:13.140><c> remonstrate</c><00:20:13.880><c> with</c><00:20:14.079><c> him</c><00:20:14.200><c> at</c><00:20:14.359><c> this</c><00:20:14.660><c> point.</c>

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You<00:20:16.579><c> know,</c><00:20:16.980><c> where's</c><00:20:17.279><c> your</c><00:20:17.519><c> faith?</c><00:20:18.380><c> Don't</c><00:20:18.539><c> you</c><00:20:18.640><c> know</c><00:20:18.720><c> who</c><00:20:18.900><c> we</c><00:20:19.099><c> are?</c><00:20:22.940><c> It's</c><00:20:23.259><c> just</c><00:20:23.420><c> a</c>

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marvelous<00:20:23.859><c> insight</c><00:20:24.240><c> in</c><00:20:24.420><c> the</c><00:20:24.480><c> way</c>

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they<00:20:24.819><c> deal</c><00:20:25.039><c> with</c><00:20:25.259><c> you</c><00:20:25.440><c> and</c><00:20:25.559><c> I,</c><00:20:25.819><c> brothers</c><00:20:25.920><c> and</c><00:20:26.119><c> sisters.</c><00:20:29.420><c> Lot</c>

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continues<00:20:30.400><c> to</c><00:20:30.680><c> hold</c><00:20:30.920><c> back</c><00:20:31.460><c> and</c><00:20:31.700><c> to</c><00:20:31.900><c> raise</c><00:20:32.059><c> objections.</c>

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No,<00:20:34.619><c> my</c><00:20:34.759><c> lords,</c><00:20:35.119><c> I</c><00:20:35.279><c> don't</c><00:20:35.380><c> want</c><00:20:35.500><c> to</c><00:20:35.599><c> go</c><00:20:35.660><c> to</c><00:20:35.779><c> the</c><00:20:35.900><c> mountains.</c>

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It's<00:20:36.920><c> not</c><00:20:37.160><c> safe.</c>

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If<00:20:41.000><c> an</c><00:20:41.119><c> angel</c><00:20:41.259><c> told</c><00:20:41.539><c> you</c><00:20:41.740><c> and</c><00:20:41.859><c> I</c><00:20:41.960><c> to</c><00:20:42.039><c> go</c><00:20:42.180><c> to</c><00:20:42.279><c> the</c><00:20:42.440><c> mountains,</c>

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you<00:20:42.960><c> know,</c><00:20:43.079><c> the</c><00:20:43.180><c> first</c><00:20:43.380><c> thing</c><00:20:43.539><c> that</c><00:20:43.640><c> would</c><00:20:43.779><c> come</c><00:20:43.940><c> into</c>

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our<00:20:44.240><c> heads</c><00:20:44.500><c> is,</c><00:20:44.900><c> well,</c><00:20:44.900><c> they'll</c><00:20:45.279><c> obviously</c><00:20:45.680><c> take</c><00:20:45.960><c> care</c><00:20:46.160><c> of</c><00:20:46.279><c> us</c>

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or<00:20:46.500><c> they</c><00:20:46.579><c> wouldn't</c><00:20:46.819><c> have</c><00:20:47.019><c> sent</c><00:20:47.079><c> us</c><00:20:47.319><c> there</c>

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in<00:20:47.880><c> the</c><00:20:48.019><c> first</c><00:20:48.220><c> place.</c><00:20:50.440><c> Indeed,</c><00:20:51.099><c> now</c><00:20:51.200><c> your</c><00:20:51.460><c> servant</c><00:20:51.720><c> has</c><00:20:51.960><c> found</c><00:20:52.200><c> favor</c><00:20:52.539><c> in</c>

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your<00:20:53.019><c> sight.</c><00:20:53.220><c> You</c><00:20:53.359><c> have</c><00:20:53.559><c> increased</c>

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your<00:20:54.200><c> mercy,</c><00:20:54.640><c> which</c><00:20:54.759><c> you</c><00:20:54.920><c> have</c><00:20:55.119><c> shown</c><00:20:55.319><c> me,</c><00:20:55.539><c> by</c><00:20:55.759><c> saving</c><00:20:56.140><c> my</c><00:20:56.500><c> life.</c><00:20:58.480><c> I</c>

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cannot<00:20:59.299><c> escape</c><00:20:59.740><c> to</c><00:20:59.920><c> the</c><00:21:00.079><c> mountains,</c>

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lest<00:21:02.720><c> some</c><00:21:03.019><c> evil</c><00:21:03.339><c> overtake</c><00:21:03.880><c> me</c><00:21:04.079><c> and</c><00:21:04.180><c> I</c><00:21:04.440><c> die.</c>

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He<00:21:08.680><c> pleads</c><00:21:08.980><c> to</c><00:21:09.200><c> be</c><00:21:09.420><c> allowed</c><00:21:09.700><c> to</c><00:21:09.900><c> go</c><00:21:10.059><c> to</c><00:21:10.299><c> Zor,</c><00:21:11.019><c> this</c><00:21:11.259><c> little</c><00:21:11.599><c> city.</c>

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Yeah.<00:21:16.880><c> I</c><00:21:17.480><c> don't</c><00:21:17.900><c> think</c><00:21:18.259><c> this</c><00:21:18.519><c> is</c><00:21:18.759><c> the</c><00:21:18.900><c> way</c><00:21:19.079><c> we</c><00:21:19.319><c> would</c><00:21:19.519><c> have</c><00:21:19.819><c> thought</c><00:21:20.099><c> the</c>

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angels<00:21:20.700><c> would</c><00:21:21.000><c> operate,</c>

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but<00:21:23.160><c> here's</c><00:21:23.380><c> what</c><00:21:23.579><c> we're</c><00:21:23.740><c> being</c><00:21:24.039><c> shown.</c><00:21:25.720><c> What</c><00:21:26.220><c> they</c><00:21:26.539><c> do</c><00:21:27.279><c> depends</c><00:21:28.000><c> so</c><00:21:28.420><c> much</c><00:21:28.640><c> on</c>

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the<00:21:28.920><c> way</c><00:21:29.059><c> you</c><00:21:29.299><c> and</c><00:21:29.420><c> I</c><00:21:29.559><c> react.</c>

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It's<00:21:31.700><c> just</c><00:21:31.960><c> a</c><00:21:32.059><c> very</c><00:21:32.400><c> powerful</c><00:21:32.859><c> insight.</c><00:21:34.859><c> They</c><00:21:35.059><c> are</c><00:21:35.539><c> exceedingly</c><00:21:36.240><c> patient</c>

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with<00:21:37.079><c> our</c><00:21:37.359><c> weak</c><00:21:37.640><c> faith.</c>

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The<00:21:42.839><c> angel</c><00:21:43.119><c> said</c><00:21:43.400><c> to</c><00:21:43.539><c> him,</c><00:21:44.019><c> see,</c><00:21:44.380><c> I</c><00:21:44.640><c> have</c><00:21:44.980><c> favored</c><00:21:45.359><c> you</c><00:21:45.819><c> concerning</c><00:21:46.440><c> this</c>

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thing<00:21:47.279><c> also.</c>

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They<00:21:50.019><c> had</c><00:21:50.220><c> sent</c><00:21:50.299><c> him</c><00:21:50.420><c> to</c><00:21:50.579><c> the</c><00:21:50.740><c> mountains.</c><00:21:51.099><c> He</c><00:21:51.319><c> says,</c><00:21:51.460><c> I</c><00:21:51.619><c> should,</c><00:21:51.940><c> I</c><00:21:52.000><c> can't</c><00:21:52.200><c> go</c>

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there.<00:21:52.700><c> It's</c><00:21:52.960><c> too</c><00:21:53.140><c> dangerous.</c>

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They<00:21:54.740><c> said,</c><00:21:55.279><c> okay,</c><00:21:55.819><c> you</c><00:21:55.980><c> can</c><00:21:56.140><c> go</c><00:21:56.339><c> to</c><00:21:56.579><c> Zor.</c>

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I<00:22:00.660><c> will</c><00:22:00.940><c> not</c><00:22:01.220><c> overthrow</c><00:22:01.759><c> this</c><00:22:02.119><c> city</c><00:22:02.440><c> for</c><00:22:02.779><c> which</c><00:22:02.940><c> you</c><00:22:03.099><c> have</c><00:22:03.299><c> spoken.</c><00:22:03.960><c> Zor</c>

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was<00:22:04.519><c> scheduled</c><00:22:04.920><c> to</c><00:22:05.140><c> be</c><00:22:05.380><c> overthrown</c><00:22:05.880><c> too.</c>

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Hurry,<00:22:07.839><c> escape</c><00:22:08.339><c> there,</c><00:22:09.559><c> for</c><00:22:09.920><c> I</c><00:22:10.680><c> cannot</c><00:22:11.160><c> do</c><00:22:11.680><c> anything</c><00:22:12.359><c> until</c>

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you<00:22:14.160><c> arrive</c><00:22:14.519><c> there.</c>

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That's<00:22:16.619><c> the</c><00:22:16.759><c> constraint</c><00:22:17.160><c> that</c><00:22:17.380><c> they</c><00:22:17.539><c> were</c><00:22:17.720><c> operating</c><00:22:18.039><c> under.</c>

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These<00:22:19.680><c> powerful</c><00:22:20.819><c> agents</c><00:22:21.759><c> of</c><00:22:22.259><c> the</c><00:22:22.440><c> Lord</c><00:22:22.640><c> Yahweh</c>

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were<00:22:24.740><c> limited.</c><00:22:28.319><c> It's</c><00:22:28.680><c> just</c><00:22:28.900><c> a</c><00:22:29.019><c> marvelous</c><00:22:29.380><c> insight.</c><00:22:29.940><c> You</c><00:22:30.119><c> talk</c>

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about<00:22:30.680><c> God's</c><00:22:31.140><c> care</c><00:22:31.299><c> for</c><00:22:31.599><c> his</c><00:22:32.460><c> servants.</c>

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Unless<00:22:37.119><c> Peter</c><00:22:37.480><c> had</c><00:22:37.779><c> told</c><00:22:38.039><c> us,</c><00:22:42.440><c> righteous</c><00:22:42.579><c> Lot,</c><00:22:45.140><c> oppressed</c><00:22:45.380><c> by</c>

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the<00:22:45.799><c> filthy</c><00:22:46.079><c> conduct</c><00:22:46.680><c> of</c><00:22:47.460><c> the</c><00:22:47.599><c> wicked,</c>

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for<00:22:48.140><c> that</c><00:22:48.380><c> righteous</c><00:22:48.720><c> man</c><00:22:49.039><c> dwelling</c><00:22:49.319><c> among</c><00:22:49.700><c> them</c><00:22:49.920><c> tormented</c>

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his<00:22:50.640><c> righteous</c><00:22:51.019><c> soul</c><00:22:51.359><c> from</c><00:22:51.640><c> day</c><00:22:51.839><c> to</c><00:22:51.980><c> day</c>

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by<00:22:52.519><c> seeing</c><00:22:52.799><c> and</c><00:22:53.019><c> hearing</c><00:22:53.259><c> their</c><00:22:53.500><c> lawless</c><00:22:53.940><c> deed.</c><00:22:54.740><c> Without</c><00:22:55.079><c> Peter's</c><00:22:57.319><c> guidance,</c><00:22:58.140><c> I</c><00:22:58.799><c> don't</c><00:22:59.079><c> think</c><00:22:59.200><c> you</c><00:22:59.420><c> and</c><00:22:59.539><c> I</c><00:22:59.640><c> would</c>

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come<00:23:00.059><c> to</c><00:23:00.240><c> the</c><00:23:00.339><c> conclusion</c><00:23:01.559><c> about</c><00:23:03.220><c> Lot</c><00:23:03.480><c> in</c><00:23:03.759><c> quite</c><00:23:03.980><c> that</c><00:23:04.240><c> same</c>

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way.<00:23:06.500><c> But</c><00:23:06.759><c> the</c><00:23:07.859><c> lesson</c><00:23:08.240><c> for</c><00:23:08.559><c> us</c><00:23:09.259><c> is</c><00:23:10.240><c> that</c><00:23:10.480><c> Lot</c><00:23:10.720><c> had</c>

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a<00:23:12.039><c> measure</c><00:23:12.339><c> of</c><00:23:12.660><c> faith</c><00:23:13.059><c> and</c><00:23:14.900><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:15.279><c> responded</c><00:23:15.799><c> to</c><00:23:16.099><c> it.</c><00:23:17.599><c> I</c><00:23:17.779><c> think</c><00:23:18.000><c> most</c>

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of<00:23:18.559><c> us,</c><00:23:20.279><c> for</c><00:23:20.359><c> much</c><00:23:20.579><c> of</c><00:23:20.759><c> our</c><00:23:20.920><c> lives,</c>

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can<00:23:22.220><c> relate</c><00:23:22.559><c> to</c><00:23:22.819><c> Lot</c><00:23:23.599><c> with</c><00:23:24.440><c> his</c><00:23:25.200><c> limited</c><00:23:25.660><c> faith</c><00:23:26.319><c> than</c><00:23:27.119><c> we</c><00:23:27.299><c> can</c>

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to<00:23:27.779><c> Abraham</c><00:23:28.200><c> with</c><00:23:28.420><c> his</c><00:23:28.640><c> monumental</c><00:23:29.140><c> faith.</c>

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Whatever<00:23:31.799><c> God</c><00:23:32.059><c> told</c><00:23:32.339><c> Abraham</c><00:23:32.599><c> to</c><00:23:32.839><c> do,</c><00:23:33.039><c> he</c><00:23:33.119><c> did</c><00:23:33.339><c> it</c><00:23:33.539><c> immediately.</c><00:23:35.019><c> He</c><00:23:35.119><c> told</c><00:23:35.279><c> him</c><00:23:35.500><c> to</c>

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circumcise<00:23:36.119><c> his</c>

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household.<00:23:36.640><c> He</c><00:23:36.779><c> does</c><00:23:37.039><c> it.</c><00:23:37.180><c> The</c><00:23:37.339><c> whole</c><00:23:37.519><c> household,</c><00:23:38.079><c> 300</c><00:23:38.299><c> and</c>

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some<00:23:38.599><c> men,</c><00:23:39.500><c> immediately.</c><00:23:40.940><c> The</c><00:23:41.140><c> next</c><00:23:41.380><c> morning,</c>

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I<00:23:41.759><c> think</c><00:23:41.980><c> it</c><00:23:42.099><c> was,</c><00:23:42.259><c> or</c><00:23:42.400><c> the</c><00:23:42.519><c> same</c><00:23:42.700><c> day.</c><00:23:43.759><c> If</c><00:23:43.900><c> he</c><00:23:44.059><c> told</c><00:23:44.180><c> him</c><00:23:44.339><c> to</c>

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offer<00:23:45.079><c> Isaac</c><00:23:45.619><c> the</c><00:23:45.940><c> promised</c><00:23:46.200><c> seed</c><00:23:46.460><c> that</c><00:23:46.599><c> he'd</c><00:23:46.819><c> waited</c>

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25<00:23:47.759><c> years</c><00:23:48.140><c> for,</c><00:23:49.259><c> he</c><00:23:49.480><c> does</c><00:23:49.720><c> it,</c><00:23:50.579><c> believing</c><00:23:50.960><c> that</c><00:23:51.200><c> he'll</c><00:23:51.339><c> raise</c>

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him.<00:23:53.460><c> Lot</c><00:23:53.579><c> doesn't</c><00:23:53.940><c> begin</c><00:23:54.299><c> to</c><00:23:54.519><c> have</c><00:23:54.619><c> that</c><00:23:54.920><c> kind</c><00:23:55.119><c> of</c>

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fear<00:23:59.019><c> that</c><00:24:01.019><c> he</c><00:24:01.200><c> was</c><00:24:01.539><c> basically</c><00:24:02.500><c> in</c><00:24:02.920><c> the</c><00:24:03.140><c> path</c><00:24:03.460><c> of</c><00:24:04.039><c> practicing</c>

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righteousness.<00:24:07.059><c> The</c><00:24:07.579><c> intent</c><00:24:07.920><c> of</c><00:24:08.059><c> his</c><00:24:08.279><c> life,</c>

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his<00:24:10.380><c> desire,</c><00:24:11.259><c> his</c><00:24:11.720><c> abhorrence</c><00:24:12.220><c> of</c><00:24:12.400><c> the</c><00:24:12.559><c> evil</c><00:24:12.700><c> around</c><00:24:13.000><c> him,</c><00:24:15.380><c> and</c><00:24:15.519><c> God</c><00:24:15.660><c> responded</c><00:24:16.140><c> to</c>

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it.<00:24:16.940><c> That's</c><00:24:17.240><c> the</c><00:24:17.420><c> comfort</c><00:24:17.700><c> I</c>

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get<00:24:18.039><c> out</c><00:24:18.640><c> of</c><00:24:19.059><c> that</c><00:24:19.400><c> aspect</c><00:24:19.759><c> of</c><00:24:19.940><c> this</c><00:24:20.099><c> situation.</c><00:24:22.559><c> His</c><00:24:22.819><c> compassion</c><00:24:23.619><c> is</c><00:24:24.140><c> great.</c><00:24:25.420><c> The</c>

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elect<00:24:25.920><c> are</c><00:24:26.160><c> saved</c><00:24:26.599><c> out</c><00:24:26.880><c> of</c>

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despite<00:24:28.700><c> our</c><00:24:29.059><c> weak</c><00:24:29.220><c> faith.</c><00:24:31.539><c> Now,</c><00:24:31.799><c> these</c><00:24:32.759><c> visible</c><00:24:35.059><c> demonstrations</c><00:24:36.619><c> of</c><00:24:37.259><c> the</c>

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angels'<00:24:38.539><c> work,</c>

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the<00:24:41.539><c> visible</c><00:24:41.920><c> part</c><00:24:42.200><c> of</c><00:24:42.359><c> it,</c><00:24:42.779><c> the</c><00:24:43.019><c> insight</c><00:24:43.400><c> that</c><00:24:43.599><c> we're</c><00:24:43.839><c> shown,</c>

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are<00:24:45.700><c> rare</c><00:24:46.079><c> in</c><00:24:46.400><c> Scripture,</c><00:24:48.079><c> but</c><00:24:48.359><c> they</c><00:24:48.579><c> are</c><00:24:48.779><c> the</c>

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pattern<00:24:50.059><c> for</c><00:24:52.240><c> the</c><00:24:52.519><c> anxious</c><00:24:52.920><c> care</c><00:24:53.460><c> and</c><00:24:54.039><c> concern</c><00:24:54.640><c> and</c><00:24:55.160><c> ordering</c>

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of<00:24:55.900><c> events</c><00:24:56.420><c> in</c><00:24:57.500><c> the</c><00:24:57.660><c> lives</c><00:24:57.920><c> of</c><00:24:58.160><c> God's</c><00:24:58.859><c> servants.</c>

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That's<00:24:59.599><c> what</c><00:24:59.819><c> we're</c><00:25:00.000><c> being</c><00:25:00.279><c> told.</c><00:25:00.799><c> This</c><00:25:01.059><c> is</c><00:25:01.319><c> the</c><00:25:01.519><c> pattern</c><00:25:02.160><c> of</c>

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what<00:25:02.980><c> God</c><00:25:03.220><c> is</c><00:25:03.480><c> doing</c><00:25:03.700><c> for</c><00:25:03.980><c> all</c><00:25:04.220><c> of</c><00:25:04.319><c> his</c><00:25:04.480><c> servants.</c><00:25:04.839><c> He</c>

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doesn't<00:25:05.220><c> treat</c><00:25:06.079><c> Abraham</c><00:25:06.700><c> and</c><00:25:06.940><c> Lot</c><00:25:07.039><c> one</c><00:25:07.339><c> way,</c><00:25:07.640><c> and</c><00:25:07.799><c> you</c><00:25:07.940><c> and</c><00:25:08.079><c> I</c>

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a<00:25:08.380><c> different</c><00:25:08.579><c> way.</c><00:25:10.119><c> The</c><00:25:10.359><c> angels</c><00:25:10.480><c> are</c><00:25:10.720><c> as</c><00:25:10.880><c> concerned</c>

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about<00:25:11.859><c> God's</c><00:25:12.400><c> servants</c><00:25:12.619><c> today</c><00:25:13.359><c> as</c><00:25:13.960><c> much</c><00:25:14.160><c> so</c><00:25:14.500><c> as</c><00:25:14.640><c> they</c><00:25:14.799><c> were</c>

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about<00:25:15.279><c> life.</c><00:25:17.299><c> That's</c><00:25:17.799><c> the</c><00:25:17.940><c> insight</c><00:25:18.259><c> we're</c><00:25:18.440><c> being</c>

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shown,<00:25:19.180><c> and</c><00:25:19.400><c> the</c><00:25:19.500><c> way</c><00:25:19.700><c> that</c><00:25:19.920><c> the</c><00:25:20.119><c> angels</c><00:25:20.559><c> worked</c><00:25:21.460><c> with</c><00:25:22.220><c> Lot,</c>

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the<00:25:23.420><c> way</c><00:25:23.579><c> they</c><00:25:24.079><c> accepted</c><00:25:24.500><c> Abraham's</c><00:25:25.259><c> pleadings,</c>

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and<00:25:26.859><c> the</c><00:25:26.940><c> way</c><00:25:27.099><c> they</c><00:25:27.400><c> accommodated</c><00:25:27.980><c> Lot's</c><00:25:31.299><c> wanting</c><00:25:31.559><c> to</c><00:25:31.799><c> change</c>

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their<00:25:32.359><c> plans,</c><00:25:32.660><c> if</c><00:25:32.859><c> you</c><00:25:33.099><c> will.</c>

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Another<00:25:37.779><c> insight</c><00:25:38.279><c> with</c><00:25:38.519><c> Abraham,</c>

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is<00:25:42.799><c> there</c><00:25:42.799><c> were</c><00:25:43.059><c> twice</c><00:25:43.559><c> when</c><00:25:43.920><c> he</c><00:25:44.180><c> said</c><00:25:44.299><c> of</c><00:25:44.619><c> Sarah,</c>

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actually<00:25:48.079><c> he</c><00:25:48.539><c> had</c><00:25:48.700><c> Sarah</c><00:25:49.099><c> say,</c><00:25:50.000><c> he's</c><00:25:50.740><c> my</c><00:25:50.980><c> brother,</c><00:25:51.740><c> when</c><00:25:51.839><c> they</c>

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would<00:25:52.220><c> get</c><00:25:52.440><c> to,</c><00:25:53.680><c> I</c><00:25:53.740><c> think</c><00:25:53.900><c> the</c><00:25:54.059><c> first</c><00:25:54.299><c> time</c><00:25:54.460><c> was</c>

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in<00:25:54.819><c> Egypt,</c><00:25:55.079><c> and</c><00:25:55.279><c> the</c><00:25:55.440><c> second</c><00:25:55.660><c> time</c><00:25:55.980><c> was</c><00:25:57.380><c> with</c><00:25:57.940><c> Abimelech,</c><00:25:58.519><c> the</c>

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king<00:25:59.220><c> of</c><00:25:59.359><c> the</c><00:25:59.519><c> Philistines.</c>

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Sometimes<00:26:04.720><c> we're</c><00:26:05.019><c> inclined</c><00:26:05.279><c> to</c><00:26:05.779><c> judge</c><00:26:06.259><c> Abraham</c><00:26:07.059><c> a</c><00:26:07.259><c> bit</c><00:26:07.380><c> harshly.</c><00:26:07.799><c> Where</c>

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was<00:26:08.180><c> his</c><00:26:08.420><c> faith?</c>

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But<00:26:10.500><c> I</c><00:26:10.640><c> don't</c><00:26:11.299><c> see</c><00:26:11.539><c> it</c><00:26:11.680><c> that</c><00:26:11.900><c> way</c><00:26:12.039><c> at</c><00:26:12.240><c> this</c><00:26:12.500><c> point.</c><00:26:15.359><c> Both</c><00:26:15.640><c> times,</c><00:26:16.140><c> God</c>

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delivered<00:26:16.640><c> him.</c>

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The<00:26:20.920><c> incident</c><00:26:21.180><c> with</c><00:26:22.519><c> Abimelech,</c><00:26:23.039><c> he</c><00:26:23.259><c> actually</c><00:26:23.799><c> comes</c><00:26:24.079><c> to</c><00:26:24.259><c> him</c>

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in<00:26:24.480><c> a</c><00:26:24.660><c> dream</c><00:26:25.339><c> and</c><00:26:25.819><c> tells</c><00:26:26.059><c> him</c><00:26:26.240><c> not</c><00:26:26.460><c> to</c><00:26:26.680><c> touch</c><00:26:27.319><c> Sarah.</c>

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And<00:26:29.759><c> the</c><00:26:29.920><c> point</c><00:26:30.059><c> is,</c><00:26:30.240><c> she's</c><00:26:30.519><c> already</c><00:26:30.900><c> carrying</c><00:26:31.299><c> Isaac.</c>

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She<00:26:33.779><c> has</c><00:26:34.079><c> conceived</c><00:26:34.960><c> the</c><00:26:36.480><c> promised</c><00:26:36.779><c> seed,</c><00:26:38.660><c> and</c><00:26:38.759><c> she</c><00:26:39.099><c> now</c><00:26:39.660><c> appears</c><00:26:40.259><c> to</c><00:26:40.500><c> be</c><00:26:40.680><c> a</c>

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much<00:26:41.059><c> younger</c><00:26:41.359><c> woman.</c>

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When<00:26:42.799><c> God</c><00:26:43.059><c> restored</c><00:26:43.640><c> Abraham</c><00:26:44.079><c> and</c><00:26:44.259><c> Isaac</c><00:26:44.599><c> to</c><00:26:44.839><c> have</c><00:26:45.019><c> children,</c>

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it's<00:26:46.359><c> obvious</c><00:26:46.799><c> that</c><00:26:47.059><c> he</c><00:26:47.279><c> actually</c><00:26:47.660><c> restored</c>

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them<00:26:49.000><c> totally,</c><00:26:51.500><c> as</c><00:26:51.599><c> far</c><00:26:51.859><c> as</c><00:26:52.220><c> appearing</c><00:26:52.519><c> to</c><00:26:52.660><c> be</c><00:26:52.799><c> much</c><00:26:53.039><c> younger.</c>

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Abraham<00:26:54.460><c> goes</c><00:26:54.700><c> on</c><00:26:54.940><c> to</c><00:26:55.039><c> have</c><00:26:55.180><c> six</c><00:26:55.480><c> more</c><00:26:55.779><c> sons</c>

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with<00:26:56.440><c> Keturah</c><00:26:56.839><c> later</c><00:26:57.140><c> on.</c><00:26:58.900><c> So</c><00:26:59.200><c> Sarah</c><00:26:59.339><c> now</c><00:26:59.680><c> appears</c><00:27:00.000><c> to</c><00:27:00.220><c> be</c><00:27:00.400><c> a</c>

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beautiful<00:27:01.200><c> woman</c><00:27:01.500><c> again,</c><00:27:01.960><c> and</c><00:27:02.039><c> Abimelech</c>

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wants<00:27:03.039><c> to</c><00:27:03.240><c> take</c><00:27:03.380><c> her</c><00:27:04.160><c> to</c><00:27:04.539><c> be</c><00:27:04.720><c> his</c><00:27:05.220><c> wife.</c><00:27:10.500><c> The</c><00:27:10.740><c> point</c><00:27:10.920><c> is</c><00:27:11.299><c> that</c>

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Abraham<00:27:13.519><c> was</c><00:27:13.880><c> doing,</c>

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in<00:27:16.119><c> his</c><00:27:16.319><c> own</c><00:27:16.460><c> limited</c><00:27:16.759><c> way,</c><00:27:17.940><c> what</c><00:27:18.240><c> little</c><00:27:18.500><c> he</c><00:27:18.819><c> could</c><00:27:19.180><c> to</c><00:27:20.099><c> try</c>

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and<00:27:20.539><c> protect</c><00:27:20.799><c> Sarah,</c><00:27:22.240><c> because</c><00:27:22.599><c> they</c><00:27:22.799><c> had</c><00:27:22.940><c> this</c>

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code<00:27:24.039><c> of</c><00:27:24.319><c> honor</c><00:27:24.859><c> that</c><00:27:26.039><c> if</c><00:27:26.119><c> they</c><00:27:26.279><c> were</c><00:27:26.440><c> dealing</c><00:27:26.700><c> with</c><00:27:26.940><c> the</c><00:27:27.140><c> father</c><00:27:27.559><c> or</c><00:27:28.180><c> the</c><00:27:28.400><c> brother,</c><00:27:30.299><c> they</c><00:27:30.440><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:30.680><c> take</c><00:27:30.940><c> a</c><00:27:31.079><c> woman</c>

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until<00:27:32.240><c> they</c><00:27:32.400><c> had</c><00:27:32.759><c> been</c><00:27:33.859><c> able</c><00:27:34.079><c> to</c><00:27:34.339><c> satisfy</c><00:27:34.819><c> the,</c><00:27:35.880><c> you</c><00:27:36.539><c> know,</c>

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whatever<00:27:37.599><c> gift</c><00:27:38.200><c> was</c><00:27:38.539><c> required.</c>

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But<00:27:39.980><c> if</c><00:27:40.059><c> they</c><00:27:40.200><c> were</c><00:27:40.299><c> dealing</c><00:27:40.500><c> with</c><00:27:40.680><c> a</c><00:27:40.799><c> husband,</c><00:27:41.059><c> they</c><00:27:41.160><c> were</c><00:27:41.359><c> just</c><00:27:41.519><c> as</c>

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liable<00:27:41.799><c> to</c><00:27:41.859><c> put</c><00:27:42.000><c> him</c><00:27:42.180><c> to</c><00:27:42.339><c> death</c><00:27:42.500><c> and</c><00:27:42.640><c> take</c><00:27:42.859><c> the</c>

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woman.<00:27:45.160><c> So</c><00:27:45.440><c> Abraham,</c><00:27:45.880><c> in</c><00:27:46.039><c> his</c><00:27:46.259><c> own</c><00:27:46.519><c> way,</c><00:27:46.779><c> was</c><00:27:46.940><c> doing</c><00:27:47.160><c> what</c><00:27:47.420><c> little</c><00:27:47.599><c> he</c>

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could<00:27:47.920><c> to</c><00:27:48.140><c> protect</c><00:27:48.480><c> Sarah.</c><00:27:48.900><c> She</c><00:27:49.059><c> was</c><00:27:49.299><c> his</c>

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half<00:27:49.779><c>-sister.</c><00:27:51.900><c> So</c><00:27:52.160><c> it</c><00:27:52.200><c> isn't</c><00:27:52.460><c> an</c><00:27:52.640><c> act</c><00:27:52.880><c> of</c><00:27:53.299><c> no</c><00:27:53.579><c> faith.</c><00:27:53.819><c> There's</c>

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20<00:27:54.279><c> years</c><00:27:54.599><c> difference</c><00:27:54.960><c> between</c><00:27:55.319><c> the</c><00:27:55.500><c> two</c>

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incidents.<00:27:56.619><c> And</c><00:27:56.799><c> Abraham</c><00:27:57.140><c> says,</c><00:27:58.839><c> this</c><00:27:58.940><c> was</c><00:27:59.200><c> the</c><00:27:59.380><c> kindness</c><00:27:59.599><c> I</c>

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ask<00:28:00.119><c> of</c><00:28:00.440><c> Sarah</c><00:28:00.740><c> everywhere</c><00:28:01.579><c> we</c><00:28:01.980><c> went.</c><00:28:02.240><c> So</c><00:28:02.460><c> it</c><00:28:02.680><c> probably</c>

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happened<00:28:03.539><c> many</c><00:28:04.420><c> times.</c><00:28:05.319><c> But</c><00:28:05.619><c> the</c><00:28:06.000><c> point</c><00:28:06.160><c> for</c><00:28:06.400><c> you</c><00:28:06.559><c> and</c><00:28:06.720><c> I</c><00:28:06.880><c> is</c>

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that<00:28:07.259><c> there</c><00:28:07.440><c> are</c><00:28:07.740><c> so</c><00:28:07.940><c> many</c><00:28:08.180><c> times</c><00:28:09.099><c> when</c><00:28:10.519><c> there's</c><00:28:19.500><c> so</c>

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fleeting<00:28:20.059><c> with</c><00:28:20.240><c> him,</c><00:28:20.460><c> trusting</c><00:28:20.799><c> him.</c><00:28:22.000><c> You</c><00:28:22.160><c> can</c><00:28:22.339><c> imagine</c><00:28:22.700><c> the</c>

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:26.420
terror<00:28:23.500><c> of</c><00:28:23.980><c> Sarah,</c><00:28:24.299><c> who's</c><00:28:24.559><c> carrying</c><00:28:24.859><c> Isaac</c><00:28:25.400><c> for</c><00:28:26.240><c> the</c>

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weeks<00:28:26.599><c> that</c><00:28:26.779><c> she's</c><00:28:27.059><c> in</c><00:28:27.259><c> this</c><00:28:28.539><c> house</c><00:28:30.960><c> of</c><00:28:32.079><c> Abimelech.</c><00:28:33.759><c> Peter</c><00:28:34.019><c> picks</c><00:28:34.339><c> this</c><00:28:34.559><c> up</c>

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in<00:28:34.859><c> his</c><00:28:35.079><c> epistle,</c><00:28:36.279><c> and</c><00:28:36.519><c> he</c><00:28:37.079><c> urges</c><00:28:37.400><c> the</c>

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sisters<00:28:38.200><c> to</c><00:28:39.299><c> obey</c><00:28:39.579><c> their</c><00:28:39.839><c> husbands,</c><00:28:40.380><c> even</c><00:28:40.680><c> as</c><00:28:41.079><c> Sarah,</c><00:28:41.400><c> who</c><00:28:42.160><c> called</c><00:28:42.359><c> Abraham</c><00:28:42.920><c> Lord,</c><00:28:44.900><c> and</c><00:28:45.319><c> not</c><00:28:45.519><c> to</c>

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be<00:28:45.920><c> terrified.</c>

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And<00:28:47.859><c> this</c><00:28:48.039><c> is</c><00:28:48.180><c> what</c><00:28:48.259><c> he's</c><00:28:48.460><c> talking</c><00:28:48.700><c> about.</c><00:28:49.940><c> Sarah</c><00:28:50.259><c> follows</c><00:28:50.940><c> Abraham's</c><00:28:51.779><c> lead</c><00:28:52.160><c> and</c><00:28:53.200><c> ends</c><00:28:53.440><c> up</c>

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being<00:28:54.240><c> taken.</c>

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And<00:28:56.339><c> you</c><00:28:56.420><c> can</c><00:28:56.599><c> imagine</c><00:28:56.960><c> the</c><00:28:57.220><c> pleadings</c><00:28:57.480><c> that</c><00:28:57.720><c> went</c><00:28:57.859><c> on.</c>

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But<00:29:00.500><c> God</c><00:29:00.720><c> protected</c><00:29:01.160><c> him.</c><00:29:01.740><c> I</c><00:29:01.859><c> just</c><00:29:02.700><c> share</c><00:29:03.059><c> it</c><00:29:03.259><c> with</c><00:29:03.440><c> you</c><00:29:03.740><c> as</c><00:29:05.099><c> an</c>

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insight<00:29:05.700><c> in</c><00:29:05.839><c> what</c><00:29:06.019><c> it</c><00:29:06.240><c> means</c><00:29:06.440><c> to</c><00:29:06.640><c> live</c><00:29:06.799><c> by</c><00:29:07.180><c> faith</c>

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and<00:29:08.099><c> for</c><00:29:08.299><c> sisters</c><00:29:08.599><c> to</c><00:29:08.859><c> trust</c><00:29:09.079><c> their</c><00:29:09.319><c> husbands</c><00:29:09.900><c> on</c><00:29:11.740><c> these</c><00:29:12.019><c> major</c><00:29:12.440><c> kinds</c><00:29:12.819><c> of</c>

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spiritual<00:29:13.519><c> type</c><00:29:13.799><c> decisions.</c>

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Elohim<00:29:20.680><c> tested</c><00:29:21.359><c> Abraham,</c><00:29:24.119><c> and</c><00:29:24.420><c> his</c><00:29:24.660><c> faith</c><00:29:24.859><c> was</c><00:29:25.200><c> proven</c><00:29:25.779><c> and</c>

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verified.<00:29:27.539><c> That's</c><00:29:27.740><c> what</c><00:29:27.920><c> it's</c><00:29:28.039><c> all</c><00:29:28.279><c> about</c><00:29:28.500><c> with</c>

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Isaac.<00:29:30.460><c> We're</c><00:29:30.640><c> not</c><00:29:30.839><c> talking</c><00:29:31.119><c> about</c><00:29:31.859><c> heathen</c><00:29:32.259><c> pagan</c><00:29:32.720><c> sacrifices.</c><00:29:35.799><c> This</c><00:29:36.059><c> is</c>

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a<00:29:36.299><c> marvelous</c><00:29:36.819><c> parable</c><00:29:37.319><c> that</c>

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taught<00:29:37.779><c> Abraham</c><00:29:38.240><c> so</c><00:29:38.680><c> many</c><00:29:38.960><c> insights,</c><00:29:41.119><c> because</c><00:29:41.400><c> he</c><00:29:41.539><c> wouldn't</c>

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know,<00:29:43.259><c> is</c><00:29:43.400><c> this</c><00:29:43.740><c> Messiah?</c><00:29:44.339><c> Is</c><00:29:44.539><c> this</c><00:29:44.799><c> the</c><00:29:44.940><c> one</c>

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that's<00:29:45.220><c> going</c><00:29:45.400><c> to</c><00:29:45.579><c> bruise</c><00:29:45.980><c> the</c><00:29:46.220><c> serpent</c><00:29:46.799><c> in</c><00:29:48.460><c> the</c><00:29:48.599><c> head?</c><00:29:50.160><c> There</c>

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was<00:29:50.539><c> an</c><00:29:50.759><c> expectation</c><00:29:51.400><c> of</c><00:29:51.660><c> how</c><00:29:51.839><c> God</c><00:29:52.059><c> was</c><00:29:52.259><c> going</c><00:29:52.420><c> to</c>

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work<00:29:52.779><c> out</c><00:29:52.960><c> this</c><00:29:53.259><c> redemptive</c><00:29:53.759><c> plan.</c><00:29:54.900><c> Here</c><00:29:55.039><c> was</c><00:29:55.279><c> the</c><00:29:55.539><c> seed</c><00:29:55.779><c> that</c>

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had<00:29:56.160><c> been</c><00:29:56.460><c> born</c><00:29:57.380><c> out</c><00:29:57.799><c> of</c><00:29:57.940><c> the</c><00:29:58.119><c> ordinary,</c>

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directly<00:29:59.259><c> by</c><00:29:59.559><c> God's</c><00:30:00.039><c> intervention.</c><00:30:01.819><c> Now</c><00:30:02.019><c> God's</c><00:30:02.579><c> asking</c><00:30:02.720><c> him</c>

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to<00:30:03.160><c> offer</c><00:30:03.359><c> him.</c><00:30:05.140><c> And</c><00:30:05.319><c> out</c><00:30:05.420><c> of</c><00:30:05.539><c> it</c><00:30:05.680><c> comes</c><00:30:05.880><c> so</c><00:30:06.220><c> many</c>

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lessons,<00:30:07.799><c> ten</c><00:30:08.099><c> times</c><00:30:08.539><c> in</c><00:30:08.740><c> that</c><00:30:08.920><c> chapter</c><00:30:09.240><c> 22,</c><00:30:10.519><c> your</c><00:30:10.880><c> son,</c><00:30:11.299><c> your</c>

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beloved<00:30:11.920><c> son,</c><00:30:12.279><c> your</c><00:30:12.519><c> only</c><00:30:12.880><c> son.</c>

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God<00:30:15.019><c> was</c><00:30:15.259><c> teaching</c><00:30:15.559><c> him</c><00:30:15.779><c> that</c><00:30:15.880><c> it</c><00:30:16.039><c> was</c><00:30:16.220><c> going</c><00:30:16.359><c> to</c><00:30:16.519><c> be</c><00:30:16.660><c> an</c><00:30:16.799><c> only</c>

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son,<00:30:17.579><c> that</c><00:30:17.660><c> it</c><00:30:17.839><c> had</c><00:30:17.859><c> come</c><00:30:18.000><c> by</c><00:30:18.339><c> promise.</c>

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But<00:30:20.880><c> at</c><00:30:21.019><c> the</c><00:30:21.160><c> last</c><00:30:21.380><c> minute</c><00:30:21.579><c> he</c><00:30:21.880><c> spared.</c><00:30:22.299><c> But</c><00:30:22.339><c> for</c><00:30:22.579><c> three</c><00:30:22.779><c> days</c>

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:25.079
in<00:30:23.279><c> Abraham's</c><00:30:23.700><c> mind,</c><00:30:24.019><c> Isaac's</c><00:30:24.440><c> been</c><00:30:24.640><c> offered.</c>

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:30.380
That's<00:30:25.680><c> why</c><00:30:25.839><c> Paul</c><00:30:26.099><c> says</c><00:30:26.339><c> in</c><00:30:26.500><c> Hebrews,</c><00:30:27.220><c> by</c><00:30:27.420><c> faith</c><00:30:27.759><c> Abraham</c><00:30:28.359><c> offered</c><00:30:29.319><c> Isaac.</c><00:30:30.180><c> It</c>

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:31.599
was<00:30:30.559><c> done.</c>

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:36.380
But<00:30:33.160><c> that's</c><00:30:33.640><c> what</c><00:30:33.779><c> God</c><00:30:34.019><c> was</c><00:30:34.240><c> teaching</c><00:30:34.640><c> Abraham.</c><00:30:36.079><c> But</c><00:30:36.240><c> it's</c>

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:39.619
just<00:30:36.660><c> interesting</c><00:30:37.079><c> that</c><00:30:37.859><c> it's</c><00:30:38.180><c> the</c><00:30:38.400><c> angel,</c><00:30:39.200><c> Elohim,</c>

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:44.720
that<00:30:40.059><c> appears</c><00:30:40.380><c> to</c><00:30:40.660><c> him,</c><00:30:41.940><c> tells</c><00:30:42.119><c> him</c><00:30:42.299><c> where</c><00:30:42.519><c> to</c><00:30:42.680><c> go,</c><00:30:44.319><c> and</c><00:30:44.420><c> that</c>

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:50.980
after<00:30:46.519><c> Abraham</c><00:30:49.460><c> has</c><00:30:49.700><c> come</c><00:30:49.859><c> right</c><00:30:50.180><c> down</c><00:30:50.400><c> to</c><00:30:50.559><c> the</c><00:30:50.740><c> final</c>

00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:56.180
moment,<00:30:51.799><c> it's</c><00:30:51.980><c> the</c><00:30:52.180><c> angel</c><00:30:52.400><c> that</c><00:30:53.220><c> calls</c><00:30:54.740><c> to</c><00:30:54.940><c> him</c><00:30:55.039><c> from</c><00:30:55.259><c> heaven.</c>

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:58.619
And<00:30:56.700><c> we're</c><00:30:56.859><c> told</c><00:30:57.059><c> then</c><00:30:57.299><c> that</c><00:30:57.420><c> it's</c><00:30:57.619><c> the</c><00:30:57.740><c> angel</c><00:30:57.900><c> of</c>

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:05.559
Elway,<00:31:00.700><c> and</c><00:31:01.180><c> stops</c><00:31:01.720><c> him</c><00:31:01.920><c> in</c><00:31:02.039><c> the</c><00:31:02.160><c> process.</c><00:31:03.299><c> But</c><00:31:03.299><c> you</c><00:31:04.779><c> can</c><00:31:04.980><c> imagine</c><00:31:05.359><c> the</c>

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:07.220
lessons<00:31:05.859><c> that</c><00:31:06.079><c> came</c><00:31:06.220><c> out</c><00:31:06.440><c> of</c><00:31:06.539><c> that</c><00:31:06.740><c> for</c>

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:10.279
Isaac<00:31:07.599><c> and</c><00:31:07.839><c> Jacob</c><00:31:08.180><c> and</c><00:31:08.359><c> Joseph</c><00:31:08.779><c> and</c><00:31:08.980><c> Moses</c><00:31:09.299><c> and</c><00:31:09.480><c> all</c><00:31:09.700><c> the</c><00:31:09.839><c> faithful</c><00:31:10.059><c> from</c>

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:12.380
that<00:31:10.539><c> point</c><00:31:10.720><c> on.</c><00:31:11.059><c> They</c><00:31:11.059><c> were</c><00:31:11.200><c> being</c><00:31:11.579><c> taught</c>

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:17.900
that<00:31:12.880><c> the</c><00:31:13.259><c> promised</c><00:31:13.539><c> seed,</c><00:31:14.500><c> even</c><00:31:14.759><c> though</c><00:31:14.900><c> he</c><00:31:15.019><c> was</c><00:31:15.380><c> of</c><00:31:16.440><c> the</c><00:31:16.740><c> covenant</c><00:31:17.119><c> of</c>

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:19.839
promise,<00:31:18.319><c> that</c><00:31:18.519><c> was</c><00:31:18.720><c> not</c><00:31:18.960><c> enough.</c>

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:23.960
He<00:31:20.440><c> was</c><00:31:20.599><c> going</c><00:31:20.779><c> to</c><00:31:20.859><c> have</c><00:31:21.079><c> to</c><00:31:21.200><c> give</c><00:31:21.319><c> his</c><00:31:21.519><c> life</c><00:31:21.859><c> in</c><00:31:22.019><c> order</c><00:31:22.259><c> to</c><00:31:22.519><c> redeem</c><00:31:22.779><c> the</c><00:31:23.000><c> race.</c>

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:27.779
But<00:31:25.420><c> it</c><00:31:25.500><c> was</c><00:31:25.700><c> going</c><00:31:25.839><c> to</c><00:31:25.960><c> be</c><00:31:26.119><c> God</c><00:31:26.400><c> who</c><00:31:26.579><c> would</c><00:31:26.779><c> do</c><00:31:26.980><c> it,</c><00:31:27.200><c> who</c><00:31:27.359><c> would</c>

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:30.940
make<00:31:28.019><c> the</c><00:31:28.240><c> final</c><00:31:28.460><c> provision.</c><00:31:29.700><c> But</c><00:31:29.799><c> it's</c><00:31:30.680><c> another</c>

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:35.079
wonderful<00:31:31.319><c> insight</c><00:31:31.660><c> that</c><00:31:32.720><c> we're</c><00:31:33.259><c> given</c><00:31:33.519><c> the</c><00:31:33.720><c> name</c><00:31:34.039><c> Elohim,</c>

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:39.759
Yahweh,<00:31:37.140><c> angel</c><00:31:37.339><c> of</c><00:31:37.559><c> Yahweh.</c><00:31:37.960><c> In</c><00:31:38.140><c> this</c><00:31:38.720><c> incident,</c>

00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:46.180
these<00:31:40.220><c> terms</c><00:31:40.500><c> again</c><00:31:40.900><c> are</c><00:31:41.140><c> used</c><00:31:41.460><c> interchangeably.</c><00:31:43.240><c> The</c><00:31:43.400><c> Elohim</c><00:31:43.660><c> appears</c><00:31:44.099><c> to</c><00:31:45.160><c> Abraham,</c>

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:51.359
by<00:31:47.900><c> myself</c><00:31:48.420><c> if</c><00:31:48.660><c> I</c><00:31:48.839><c> sworn</c><00:31:49.119><c> says</c><00:31:49.339><c> Yahweh,</c><00:31:50.279><c> and</c><00:31:50.539><c> we're</c><00:31:50.779><c> told</c><00:31:50.960><c> very</c>

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:52.920
clearly<00:31:51.599><c> that</c><00:31:51.759><c> it</c><00:31:51.859><c> was</c><00:31:52.059><c> the</c><00:31:52.240><c> angel</c><00:31:52.380><c> of</c><00:31:52.599><c> God</c><00:31:52.759><c> that</c>

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:58.680
was<00:31:53.039><c> doing</c><00:31:53.299><c> it.</c><00:31:55.700><c> Another</c><00:31:56.079><c> marvelous</c><00:31:56.640><c> insight</c><00:31:57.059><c> in</c><00:31:58.140><c> Abraham's</c>

00:31:58.680 --> 00:32:01.640
life<00:31:59.000><c> is</c><00:31:59.240><c> that</c><00:31:59.339><c> when</c><00:31:59.440><c> he</c><00:31:59.539><c> needs</c><00:31:59.859><c> a</c><00:32:00.160><c> wife</c><00:32:00.420><c> for</c><00:32:00.700><c> Isaac,</c>

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:06.880
the<00:32:03.400><c> most</c><00:32:03.880><c> natural</c><00:32:04.420><c> thing</c><00:32:04.720><c> in</c><00:32:04.940><c> the</c><00:32:05.119><c> world</c><00:32:05.380><c> for</c><00:32:05.660><c> Abraham</c><00:32:06.059><c> to</c><00:32:06.339><c> say</c><00:32:06.559><c> to</c>

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:11.400
Eliezer<00:32:07.440><c> is</c><00:32:08.680><c> that</c><00:32:10.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:10.460><c> will</c><00:32:10.680><c> send</c><00:32:10.900><c> his</c><00:32:11.119><c> angel</c>

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:15.960
with<00:32:11.680><c> you</c><00:32:13.140><c> and</c><00:32:13.799><c> prosper</c><00:32:14.140><c> your</c><00:32:14.359><c> journey</c><00:32:15.019><c> when</c><00:32:15.460><c> he</c><00:32:15.539><c> sends</c><00:32:15.779><c> him</c>

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:22.220
back<00:32:16.319><c> to</c><00:32:17.240><c> Heron,</c><00:32:17.779><c> to</c><00:32:18.079><c> his</c><00:32:19.599><c> brother's</c><00:32:20.180><c> house.</c><00:32:21.640><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:30.779
before<00:32:22.680><c> whom</c><00:32:22.960><c> I</c><00:32:23.460><c> walk,</c><00:32:24.519><c> will</c><00:32:24.960><c> send</c><00:32:25.140><c> his</c><00:32:25.420><c> angel.</c><00:32:29.359><c> Eliezer,</c><00:32:30.539><c> in</c>

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:34.160
his<00:32:30.980><c> own</c><00:32:31.259><c> mind,</c><00:32:32.359><c> remember</c><00:32:32.720><c> he's</c><00:32:32.940><c> the</c><00:32:33.160><c> chief</c><00:32:33.380><c> of</c>

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:37.839
Abraham's<00:32:35.019><c> household,</c><00:32:36.500><c> the</c><00:32:36.680><c> one</c><00:32:36.859><c> whom</c><00:32:37.059><c> Abraham</c><00:32:37.420><c> was</c><00:32:37.619><c> ready</c>

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:41.279
to<00:32:38.019><c> make</c><00:32:38.180><c> his</c><00:32:38.359><c> heir</c><00:32:38.559><c> before</c><00:32:39.220><c> he'd</c><00:32:39.460><c> had</c><00:32:39.819><c> Ishmael</c><00:32:40.339><c> even.</c>

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:45.940
You<00:32:41.539><c> know</c><00:32:41.680><c> he</c><00:32:41.839><c> was</c><00:32:42.079><c> a</c><00:32:42.240><c> godly</c><00:32:42.559><c> man,</c><00:32:44.200><c> and</c><00:32:44.480><c> he</c><00:32:44.660><c> pleads</c><00:32:44.920><c> with</c><00:32:45.220><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:45.660><c> when</c>

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:48.880
he<00:32:46.059><c> gets</c><00:32:46.339><c> to</c><00:32:46.839><c> Heron</c><00:32:47.559><c> to</c><00:32:48.059><c> make</c><00:32:48.240><c> it</c><00:32:48.480><c> clear</c><00:32:48.599><c> to</c>

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:53.759
him<00:32:49.019><c> who</c><00:32:49.140><c> it</c><00:32:49.359><c> is,</c><00:32:50.279><c> sets</c><00:32:50.460><c> up</c><00:32:50.759><c> a</c><00:32:50.880><c> little</c><00:32:52.079><c> method</c><00:32:52.380><c> in</c><00:32:52.539><c> his</c><00:32:52.740><c> own</c><00:32:53.000><c> mind,</c><00:32:53.559><c> the</c>

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:56.299
woman<00:32:54.019><c> that</c><00:32:54.579><c> comes</c><00:32:54.859><c> and</c><00:32:55.220><c> pours</c><00:32:55.579><c> water</c><00:32:55.839><c> and</c><00:32:56.039><c> so</c>

00:32:56.299 --> 00:33:01.259
on.<00:32:58.140><c> Let</c><00:32:58.220><c> her</c><00:32:58.380><c> be</c><00:32:58.559><c> the</c><00:32:58.740><c> one</c><00:32:58.920><c> whom</c><00:32:59.119><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:59.539><c> has</c><00:32:59.799><c> appointed.</c><00:33:01.059><c> But</c>

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.920
for<00:33:01.460><c> us,</c><00:33:01.839><c> brothers,</c><00:33:02.119><c> sisters,</c><00:33:02.359><c> and</c><00:33:02.539><c> young</c><00:33:02.660><c> people,</c>

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:07.140
the<00:33:03.160><c> point</c><00:33:03.319><c> is</c><00:33:03.640><c> that</c><00:33:04.420><c> the</c><00:33:04.759><c> angels</c><00:33:05.200><c> were</c><00:33:05.859><c> so</c><00:33:06.180><c> much</c><00:33:06.440><c> a</c><00:33:06.619><c> part</c><00:33:06.880><c> of</c>

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:11.839
Abraham's<00:33:07.759><c> life</c><00:33:08.420><c> because</c><00:33:09.319><c> he</c><00:33:09.759><c> walked</c><00:33:10.859><c> faithfully</c>

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:17.140
before<00:33:12.200><c> them.</c><00:33:14.200><c> See,</c><00:33:14.480><c> if</c><00:33:14.599><c> our</c><00:33:14.779><c> lives</c><00:33:15.140><c> are</c><00:33:15.420><c> out</c><00:33:15.680><c> of</c><00:33:15.920><c> harmony</c><00:33:16.319><c> with</c><00:33:16.579><c> God,</c><00:33:16.940><c> out</c>

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:18.799
of<00:33:17.380><c> step</c><00:33:17.579><c> with</c><00:33:17.799><c> him,</c>

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:23.819
if<00:33:19.119><c> that's</c><00:33:19.359><c> the</c><00:33:19.640><c> main</c><00:33:20.700><c> flow</c><00:33:21.119><c> of</c><00:33:21.380><c> our</c><00:33:21.640><c> lives</c><00:33:22.220><c> from</c><00:33:23.460><c> Sunday</c>

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afternoon<00:33:24.440><c> until</c><00:33:25.079><c> Saturday</c><00:33:25.920><c> night,</c>

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:32.400
then<00:33:28.039><c> we're</c><00:33:28.200><c> not</c><00:33:28.420><c> going</c><00:33:28.599><c> to</c><00:33:28.759><c> feel</c><00:33:29.500><c> comfortable</c><00:33:30.220><c> at</c><00:33:30.519><c> all</c><00:33:31.420><c> about</c>

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:34.720
expecting<00:33:33.119><c> the</c><00:33:33.420><c> angels</c><00:33:33.599><c> to</c><00:33:33.940><c> direct</c><00:33:34.099><c> our</c><00:33:34.380><c> affairs.</c>

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:39.400
We're<00:33:35.460><c> going</c><00:33:35.559><c> to</c><00:33:35.640><c> be</c><00:33:35.759><c> very</c><00:33:36.079><c> uneasy</c><00:33:36.380><c> about</c><00:33:36.700><c> that.</c><00:33:38.920><c> You</c><00:33:39.119><c> get</c><00:33:39.240><c> a</c>

00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:41.579
totally<00:33:39.680><c> different</c><00:33:39.980><c> picture</c><00:33:40.299><c> with</c><00:33:40.539><c> Abraham.</c>

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:48.839
His<00:33:43.400><c> life</c><00:33:43.700><c> was</c><00:33:44.039><c> so</c><00:33:44.400><c> totally</c><00:33:44.720><c> in</c><00:33:44.960><c> harmony</c><00:33:45.299><c> with</c><00:33:46.200><c> Yahweh.</c><00:33:48.539><c> That's</c><00:33:48.680><c> why</c>

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:52.180
God<00:33:49.140><c> could</c><00:33:50.140><c> count</c><00:33:50.440><c> his</c><00:33:50.779><c> faith</c><00:33:51.000><c> as</c><00:33:51.279><c> righteousness</c>

00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:58.440
because<00:33:53.539><c> God</c><00:33:54.119><c> knew,</c><00:33:54.839><c> he</c><00:33:55.059><c> says,</c><00:33:55.400><c> I</c><00:33:55.759><c> know</c><00:33:56.180><c> Abraham</c><00:33:56.740><c> that</c><00:33:56.980><c> he</c><00:33:57.099><c> will</c><00:33:57.599><c> keep</c><00:33:58.200><c> my</c>

00:33:58.440 --> 00:34:01.380
command<00:33:58.740><c> so</c><00:33:59.000><c> that</c><00:33:59.140><c> I</c><00:33:59.279><c> can</c><00:33:59.619><c> do</c><00:33:59.839><c> what</c><00:34:00.019><c> I</c><00:34:00.359><c> promised</c><00:34:00.579><c> him.</c>

00:34:02.380 --> 00:34:07.759
James<00:34:02.720><c> says</c><00:34:03.019><c> that</c><00:34:03.180><c> when</c><00:34:03.339><c> he</c><00:34:03.839><c> had</c><00:34:04.240><c> offered</c><00:34:04.380><c> up</c><00:34:04.680><c> Isaac,</c><00:34:06.400><c> his</c><00:34:06.759><c> faith</c><00:34:07.220><c> was</c>

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:10.800
established<00:34:08.619><c> by</c><00:34:08.940><c> his</c><00:34:09.260><c> works</c><00:34:09.699><c> and</c><00:34:10.500><c> the</c>

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:16.239
scripture<00:34:11.260><c> was</c><00:34:11.619><c> fulfilled</c><00:34:12.559><c> which</c><00:34:13.659><c> said</c><00:34:14.139><c> Abraham</c><00:34:14.699><c> believed</c><00:34:15.079><c> God.</c><00:34:15.739><c> That</c><00:34:15.860><c> was</c><00:34:16.099><c> a</c>

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:19.400
promise.<00:34:18.480><c> Abraham</c><00:34:18.780><c> believed</c><00:34:19.059><c> God</c><00:34:19.280><c> and</c>

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:22.539
it<00:34:19.500><c> was</c><00:34:19.679><c> counted</c><00:34:19.900><c> as</c><00:34:20.119><c> righteousness</c><00:34:20.679><c> because</c><00:34:21.860><c> God</c><00:34:22.099><c> knew</c><00:34:22.280><c> his</c>

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:25.880
heart<00:34:23.039><c> and</c><00:34:23.920><c> he</c><00:34:24.039><c> knew</c><00:34:24.260><c> that</c><00:34:24.440><c> he</c><00:34:24.500><c> was</c><00:34:24.940><c> a</c><00:34:25.260><c> man</c><00:34:25.519><c> who</c><00:34:25.679><c> was</c>

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:33.300
going<00:34:26.000><c> to</c><00:34:26.119><c> be</c><00:34:26.300><c> faithful</c><00:34:26.559><c> to</c><00:34:26.840><c> his</c><00:34:27.019><c> command.</c><00:34:29.300><c> But</c><00:34:29.460><c> it's</c><00:34:29.800><c> just</c><00:34:30.019><c> another</c><00:34:30.480><c> wonderful</c><00:34:31.320><c> insight.</c><00:34:33.179><c> We</c>

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:34.559
can't<00:34:33.739><c> live</c><00:34:34.000><c> our</c><00:34:34.260><c> lives</c>

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:37.400
out<00:34:34.780><c> of</c><00:34:35.099><c> step</c><00:34:35.280><c> and</c><00:34:35.480><c> out</c><00:34:35.699><c> of</c><00:34:35.880><c> harmony</c><00:34:36.159><c> with</c><00:34:36.400><c> the</c><00:34:36.539><c> ways</c><00:34:36.719><c> of</c><00:34:36.980><c> God</c>

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:41.280
and<00:34:38.019><c> then</c><00:34:38.340><c> have</c><00:34:38.780><c> any</c><00:34:39.179><c> feeling</c><00:34:39.480><c> of</c><00:34:40.699><c> confidence</c>

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:46.800
that<00:34:42.019><c> when</c><00:34:42.139><c> we</c><00:34:42.300><c> need</c><00:34:42.460><c> him.</c><00:34:44.039><c> But</c><00:34:44.360><c> it's</c><00:34:45.079><c> a</c><00:34:45.199><c> beautiful</c><00:34:45.619><c> insight.</c>

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:49.340
Eliezer<00:34:48.159><c> says,</c>

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:54.820
before<00:34:51.599><c> I</c><00:34:51.840><c> had</c><00:34:52.039><c> finished</c><00:34:52.440><c> speaking</c><00:34:52.800><c> in</c><00:34:53.059><c> my</c><00:34:53.280><c> heart,</c><00:34:53.559><c> there</c><00:34:53.719><c> was</c><00:34:53.940><c> Rebekah.</c>

00:34:56.360 --> 00:35:01.320
He<00:34:56.880><c> bows</c><00:34:57.179><c> his</c><00:34:57.519><c> head,</c><00:34:57.820><c> he</c><00:34:57.960><c> worships</c><00:35:00.199><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:00.579><c> who</c><00:35:00.760><c> had</c><00:35:00.980><c> led</c><00:35:01.119><c> me</c>

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:02.820
in<00:35:01.440><c> the</c><00:35:01.539><c> way</c><00:35:01.679><c> of</c><00:35:01.980><c> truth.</c>

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:10.019
He<00:35:06.219><c> recites</c><00:35:06.639><c> all</c><00:35:06.900><c> of</c><00:35:07.059><c> this</c><00:35:07.260><c> to</c><00:35:07.860><c> Laban</c><00:35:08.199><c> and</c><00:35:08.420><c> Bethuel.</c><00:35:09.619><c> They</c><00:35:09.840><c> put</c>

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:14.500
the<00:35:10.219><c> question</c><00:35:10.480><c> to</c><00:35:10.699><c> Rebekah.</c><00:35:12.400><c> She</c><00:35:12.679><c> says,</c><00:35:13.139><c> I'll</c><00:35:13.320><c> go.</c>

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:17.460
Isn't<00:35:16.519><c> that</c><00:35:16.679><c> marvelous?</c>

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:28.440
Eliezer<00:35:23.599><c> never</c><00:35:23.880><c> saw</c><00:35:24.159><c> the</c><00:35:24.420><c> angel</c><00:35:24.760><c> nor</c><00:35:27.179><c> did</c><00:35:27.340><c> he</c><00:35:27.480><c> hear</c><00:35:27.619><c> his</c><00:35:27.860><c> voice</c>

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:33.199
and<00:35:29.659><c> yet</c><00:35:29.860><c> he</c><00:35:30.159><c> knew</c><00:35:30.659><c> that</c><00:35:30.960><c> the</c><00:35:31.219><c> angel</c><00:35:31.460><c> had</c><00:35:31.739><c> prospered</c><00:35:32.139><c> his</c><00:35:32.340><c> way.</c>

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:38.400
Brothers<00:35:35.719><c> and</c><00:35:35.880><c> sisters,</c><00:35:36.260><c> to</c><00:35:36.500><c> the</c><00:35:36.619><c> extent</c><00:35:36.980><c> that</c><00:35:37.139><c> we</c><00:35:37.260><c> can</c><00:35:37.539><c> develop</c><00:35:37.960><c> minds</c>

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:40.639
that<00:35:38.599><c> are</c><00:35:38.860><c> spiritually</c><00:35:39.320><c> oriented,</c>

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:44.559
minds<00:35:41.500><c> that</c><00:35:41.739><c> are</c><00:35:41.940><c> in</c><00:35:42.099><c> tune</c><00:35:42.340><c> with</c><00:35:42.539><c> the</c><00:35:42.739><c> ways</c><00:35:42.920><c> of</c><00:35:43.199><c> God,</c><00:35:43.659><c> lives</c><00:35:44.039><c> that</c><00:35:44.260><c> are</c><00:35:44.400><c> in</c>

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:47.659
harmony<00:35:45.019><c> seven</c><00:35:46.280><c> days</c><00:35:46.579><c> a</c><00:35:46.780><c> week,</c>

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:51.000
that's<00:35:48.420><c> the</c><00:35:48.639><c> kind</c><00:35:48.860><c> of</c><00:35:49.119><c> wonderful</c><00:35:49.500><c> help</c><00:35:49.820><c> that's</c><00:35:50.519><c> available.</c>

00:35:51.300 --> 00:35:54.239
It's<00:35:51.460><c> provided.</c><00:35:52.059><c> God</c><00:35:52.340><c> will</c><00:35:52.659><c> direct</c><00:35:53.039><c> our</c><00:35:53.360><c> steps.</c>

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:59.400
He<00:35:55.179><c> doesn't</c><00:35:55.480><c> mock</c><00:35:55.780><c> us.</c><00:35:56.920><c> He</c><00:35:57.079><c> didn't</c><00:35:57.260><c> give</c><00:35:57.440><c> us</c><00:35:57.699><c> human</c><00:35:57.920><c> nature</c><00:35:58.280><c> and</c><00:35:58.519><c> turn</c><00:35:58.619><c> us</c><00:35:58.880><c> loose.</c>

00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:04.159
You<00:36:00.340><c> know,</c><00:36:01.280><c> do</c><00:36:01.320><c> the</c><00:36:01.460><c> best</c><00:36:01.639><c> you</c><00:36:01.800><c> can.</c><00:36:02.719><c> None</c><00:36:02.920><c> of</c><00:36:03.119><c> that.</c>

00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:11.059
He<00:36:06.079><c> chose</c><00:36:06.519><c> to</c><00:36:06.800><c> work</c><00:36:06.960><c> through</c><00:36:07.239><c> human</c><00:36:07.559><c> nature.</c><00:36:09.300><c> It's</c><00:36:09.460><c> his</c><00:36:09.719><c> design</c><00:36:10.460><c> and</c>

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:13.659
he<00:36:11.199><c> has</c><00:36:11.380><c> given</c><00:36:11.539><c> us</c><00:36:11.800><c> the</c><00:36:12.039><c> means</c><00:36:12.300><c> and</c><00:36:12.500><c> the</c><00:36:12.719><c> power,</c>

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:18.260
the<00:36:15.219><c> word</c><00:36:15.679><c> generated</c><00:36:16.179><c> by</c><00:36:16.440><c> the</c><00:36:16.800><c> spirit</c><00:36:17.159><c> that</c><00:36:17.460><c> is</c><00:36:17.760><c> powerful,</c>

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:19.940
more<00:36:18.619><c> powerful</c><00:36:19.059><c> than</c><00:36:19.260><c> the</c><00:36:19.500><c> flesh.</c>

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:23.639
If<00:36:20.800><c> we'll</c><00:36:21.179><c> put</c><00:36:21.340><c> it</c><00:36:21.519><c> into</c><00:36:21.739><c> our</c><00:36:22.019><c> heads</c><00:36:22.280><c> and</c><00:36:22.539><c> crowd</c><00:36:22.820><c> out</c><00:36:23.079><c> all</c><00:36:23.639><c> the</c>

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:27.460
rest<00:36:23.940><c> of</c><00:36:24.119><c> it,</c><00:36:25.099><c> give</c><00:36:25.300><c> ourselves</c><00:36:25.739><c> holy</c><00:36:26.039><c> to</c><00:36:26.360><c> it</c>

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:31.159
so<00:36:28.139><c> that</c><00:36:28.400><c> the</c><00:36:28.639><c> angels</c><00:36:28.880><c> will</c><00:36:29.519><c> constantly,</c><00:36:30.500><c> day</c><00:36:30.579><c> in</c><00:36:30.820><c> and</c><00:36:30.920><c> day</c>

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:34.980
out,<00:36:32.360><c> guide</c><00:36:32.619><c> our</c><00:36:32.860><c> affairs.</c><00:36:34.440><c> That's</c><00:36:34.659><c> what</c><00:36:34.820><c> we're</c>

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:40.380
being<00:36:35.239><c> told</c><00:36:35.519><c> about</c><00:36:35.780><c> this</c><00:36:36.039><c> man,</c><00:36:36.440><c> Abraham,</c><00:36:37.420><c> who</c><00:36:37.599><c> was</c><00:36:37.900><c> able</c><00:36:38.340><c> to</c>

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:43.219
so<00:36:40.760><c> demonstrate</c><00:36:41.360><c> that</c><00:36:41.639><c> in</c><00:36:41.739><c> his</c><00:36:41.980><c> own</c><00:36:42.219><c> life</c><00:36:42.619><c> that</c><00:36:42.860><c> his</c>

00:36:43.219 --> 00:36:51.219
servants<00:36:43.760><c> were</c><00:36:44.400><c> drawn</c><00:36:44.659><c> to</c><00:36:44.900><c> be</c><00:36:45.099><c> the</c><00:36:45.260><c> same</c><00:36:45.539><c> kinds</c><00:36:45.860><c> of</c><00:36:46.159><c> godly</c><00:36:46.420><c> men.</c><00:36:50.699><c> Jacob</c><00:36:50.960><c> is</c>

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:53.199
another<00:36:51.519><c> marvelous</c><00:36:52.079><c> example.</c>

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:56.440
He's<00:36:54.000><c> given</c><00:36:54.260><c> this</c><00:36:54.559><c> wonderful</c><00:36:55.019><c> assurance</c><00:36:55.599><c> the</c><00:36:55.920><c> first</c><00:36:56.159><c> night</c>

00:36:56.440 --> 00:37:00.099
out.<00:36:58.059><c> He</c><00:36:58.059><c> has</c><00:36:58.219><c> to</c><00:36:58.400><c> leave</c><00:36:58.599><c> home</c><00:36:59.099><c> because</c><00:36:59.559><c> of</c>

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:05.260
having<00:37:00.360><c> obtained</c><00:37:00.880><c> the</c><00:37:02.559><c> birthright</c><00:37:03.019><c> and</c><00:37:03.199><c> the</c><00:37:03.440><c> promise</c><00:37:03.739><c> from</c>

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:07.739
his<00:37:06.139><c> brother</c><00:37:06.400><c> Esau.</c>

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:14.519
He<00:37:08.980><c> arrives</c><00:37:09.420><c> at</c><00:37:10.039><c> Bethel</c><00:37:10.820><c> and</c><00:37:11.500><c> he</c><00:37:11.639><c> has</c><00:37:11.840><c> this</c><00:37:12.139><c> dream</c><00:37:12.659><c> and</c><00:37:14.239><c> he's</c>

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:17.139
given<00:37:14.719><c> this</c><00:37:15.679><c> total</c><00:37:15.960><c> assurance</c>

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:21.940
that<00:37:17.840><c> the</c><00:37:18.079><c> angels</c><00:37:18.280><c> are</c><00:37:18.539><c> involved</c><00:37:18.880><c> in</c><00:37:18.980><c> his</c><00:37:19.280><c> life</c><00:37:19.739><c> and</c><00:37:20.960><c> that</c><00:37:21.119><c> he's</c><00:37:21.639><c> to</c>

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:24.480
be<00:37:22.119><c> the</c><00:37:22.300><c> recipient</c><00:37:22.679><c> of</c><00:37:22.880><c> the</c><00:37:23.039><c> Abrahamic</c><00:37:23.519><c> promises.</c>

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:29.380
You<00:37:26.360><c> know,</c><00:37:26.679><c> right</c><00:37:26.760><c> off</c><00:37:27.460><c> the</c><00:37:27.639><c> bat,</c><00:37:28.280><c> that's</c><00:37:28.619><c> the</c><00:37:28.739><c> grace</c><00:37:28.920><c> of</c><00:37:29.139><c> God</c>

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:31.599
to<00:37:29.579><c> which</c><00:37:29.739><c> all</c><00:37:29.920><c> of</c><00:37:30.039><c> us</c><00:37:30.159><c> have</c><00:37:30.300><c> been</c><00:37:30.519><c> called.</c>

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:36.380
It<00:37:32.360><c> is.</c><00:37:32.539><c> It's</c><00:37:32.780><c> identical.</c><00:37:34.480><c> That's</c><00:37:34.760><c> what</c><00:37:34.860><c> God's</c><00:37:35.219><c> grace</c><00:37:35.380><c> is</c><00:37:35.400><c> all</c><00:37:35.619><c> about.</c>

00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:42.219
Forgiveness<00:37:37.860><c> of</c><00:37:38.099><c> our</c><00:37:38.340><c> sins</c><00:37:38.820><c> and</c><00:37:39.380><c> the</c><00:37:39.539><c> promise</c><00:37:39.860><c> of</c><00:37:40.119><c> life.</c><00:37:41.599><c> That's</c><00:37:42.099><c> what</c>

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:43.340
baptism<00:37:42.659><c> brings</c><00:37:42.980><c> us.</c>

00:37:43.340 --> 00:37:49.179
That's<00:37:44.079><c> the</c><00:37:44.219><c> grace</c><00:37:44.460><c> of</c><00:37:44.639><c> God</c><00:37:45.000><c> freely</c><00:37:46.039><c> and</c><00:37:48.539><c> that's</c><00:37:48.820><c> the</c><00:37:48.880><c> promise</c>

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:50.639
that<00:37:49.900><c> Jacob's</c><00:37:50.460><c> got.</c>

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:56.639
I'll<00:37:51.300><c> be</c><00:37:51.480><c> with</c><00:37:51.699><c> you.</c><00:37:51.860><c> I'll</c><00:37:52.000><c> never</c><00:37:52.159><c> leave</c><00:37:52.440><c> you.</c><00:37:52.599><c> I'll</c><00:37:52.800><c> bring</c><00:37:52.880><c> you</c><00:37:53.099><c> back.</c><00:37:54.340><c> I'll</c><00:37:54.820><c> take</c><00:37:55.000><c> care</c><00:37:55.159><c> of</c><00:37:55.340><c> you</c>

00:37:56.760 --> 00:38:01.980
and<00:37:57.239><c> you'll</c><00:37:57.519><c> inherit</c><00:37:57.780><c> the</c><00:37:58.059><c> promises</c><00:37:58.360><c> of</c><00:37:58.599><c> Abraham</c><00:37:58.980><c> and</c><00:38:00.960><c> it</c><00:38:01.159><c> doesn't</c><00:38:01.480><c> mean</c><00:38:01.699><c> for</c>

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:02.980
one<00:38:02.239><c> minute</c><00:38:02.559><c> that</c><00:38:02.760><c> he</c>

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:05.000
isn't<00:38:03.179><c> going</c><00:38:03.360><c> to</c><00:38:03.519><c> have</c><00:38:03.679><c> to</c><00:38:03.860><c> learn</c><00:38:03.980><c> obedience</c><00:38:04.500><c> through</c><00:38:04.800><c> great</c>

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:08.119
affliction.<00:38:06.139><c> There</c><00:38:06.619><c> is</c><00:38:06.900><c> no</c><00:38:07.139><c> way</c><00:38:07.320><c> to</c><00:38:07.500><c> shortcut</c><00:38:07.820><c> the</c>

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:09.099
process.

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:23.460
Brother<00:38:17.699><c> Thomas</c><00:38:18.059><c> has</c><00:38:18.440><c> a</c><00:38:21.639><c> lovely</c><00:38:22.019><c> section</c><00:38:22.420><c> on</c><00:38:22.639><c> Jacob's</c><00:38:23.179><c> ladder</c>

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:25.039
in<00:38:23.860><c> the</c><00:38:23.920><c> Elpis.</c>

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:27.900
Upon<00:38:25.400><c> this</c><00:38:25.739><c> ladder</c><00:38:25.960><c> of</c><00:38:26.179><c> ages</c><00:38:26.460><c> and</c><00:38:26.760><c> generations</c><00:38:27.340><c> with</c><00:38:27.579><c> Jacob</c>

00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:31.780
at<00:38:28.099><c> the</c><00:38:28.280><c> bottom,</c><00:38:29.559><c> his</c><00:38:29.699><c> seed</c><00:38:29.920><c> shallow</c><00:38:30.300><c> at</c><00:38:30.539><c> the</c><00:38:30.780><c> top,</c>

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:35.639
the<00:38:32.039><c> angels</c><00:38:32.219><c> of</c><00:38:32.519><c> God</c><00:38:32.699><c> were</c><00:38:32.980><c> seen</c><00:38:33.440><c> ascending</c><00:38:34.260><c> and</c><00:38:34.559><c> descending,</c>

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:37.500
obviously<00:38:36.559><c> stationed</c><00:38:37.000><c> on</c><00:38:37.280><c> Earth.</c>

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:42.340
That's<00:38:38.000><c> the</c><00:38:38.119><c> import</c><00:38:38.440><c> of</c><00:38:38.679><c> that.</c><00:38:39.940><c> This</c><00:38:40.539><c> represented</c><00:38:41.099><c> to</c><00:38:41.360><c> him</c><00:38:41.519><c> that</c><00:38:41.699><c> the</c><00:38:41.880><c> affairs</c><00:38:42.159><c> of</c>

00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:43.739
his<00:38:42.619><c> posterity</c><00:38:43.219><c> natural</c>

00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:46.719
and<00:38:44.219><c> spiritual</c><00:38:44.679><c> in</c><00:38:44.900><c> all</c><00:38:45.159><c> their</c><00:38:45.380><c> relations</c><00:38:45.800><c> with</c><00:38:45.980><c> the</c><00:38:46.179><c> world</c>

00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:49.480
would<00:38:47.260><c> be</c><00:38:47.599><c> superintended</c><00:38:48.420><c> by</c><00:38:48.780><c> the</c><00:38:49.000><c> Elohim</c>

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:53.559
who<00:38:50.219><c> would</c><00:38:50.480><c> pass</c><00:38:50.840><c> to</c><00:38:51.119><c> and</c><00:38:51.360><c> fro</c><00:38:51.500><c> between</c><00:38:52.019><c> Earth</c><00:38:52.539><c> and</c><00:38:52.880><c> Heaven</c><00:38:53.260><c> in</c>

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:55.460
the<00:38:53.840><c> performance</c><00:38:54.179><c> of</c><00:38:54.420><c> their</c><00:38:54.599><c> work.</c>

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:59.400
The<00:38:56.760><c> apostle</c><00:38:57.159><c> styles</c><00:38:57.539><c> them</c><00:38:57.800><c> all</c><00:38:58.099><c> ministering</c><00:38:58.719><c> spirits</c><00:38:59.039><c> sent</c>

00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:01.539
forth<00:38:59.679><c> to</c><00:38:59.920><c> minister</c><00:39:00.219><c> for</c><00:39:00.400><c> them</c><00:39:00.659><c> who</c><00:39:00.880><c> shall</c><00:39:01.099><c> inherit</c>

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salvation.<00:39:03.239><c> Israel</c><00:39:03.840><c> and</c><00:39:04.039><c> the</c><00:39:04.199><c> nations</c><00:39:04.559><c> are</c><00:39:04.800><c> under</c><00:39:05.119><c> their</c><00:39:05.440><c> vice</c><00:39:05.739><c>-durancy</c><00:39:06.219><c> till</c><00:39:06.500><c> the</c>

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:08.420
Lord<00:39:06.860><c> Jesus</c><00:39:07.260><c> comes</c><00:39:07.739><c> to</c><00:39:08.039><c> assume</c>

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:11.280
the<00:39:08.679><c> sovereignty</c><00:39:09.099><c> of</c><00:39:09.360><c> the</c><00:39:09.480><c> world.</c><00:39:10.280><c> That's</c><00:39:10.559><c> what's</c><00:39:10.900><c> involved</c>

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in<00:39:11.699><c> that</c><00:39:11.940><c> marvelous</c><00:39:13.079><c> enacted</c><00:39:14.000><c> parable,</c>

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:22.739
if<00:39:14.699><c> you</c><00:39:14.920><c> will,</c><00:39:15.239><c> of</c><00:39:16.179><c> Jacob's</c><00:39:16.739><c> ladder.</c><00:39:20.139><c> But</c><00:39:20.420><c> Jacob,</c><00:39:22.320><c> with</c><00:39:22.559><c> all</c>

00:39:22.739 --> 00:39:23.800
his<00:39:22.920><c> cleverness,</c>

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:29.719
his<00:39:26.260><c> Assyrian</c><00:39:26.900><c> mind,</c><00:39:27.400><c> if</c><00:39:27.579><c> you</c><00:39:27.800><c> will,</c><00:39:28.099><c> that</c><00:39:28.219><c> had</c><00:39:28.360><c> come</c><00:39:28.559><c> through</c><00:39:28.820><c> Rebekah,</c>

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:37.639
his<00:39:32.719><c> schemes</c><00:39:33.019><c> with</c><00:39:33.320><c> Esau,</c><00:39:36.000><c> and</c><00:39:36.199><c> again</c><00:39:36.440><c> with</c><00:39:36.739><c> Laban.</c>

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:46.400
He'd<00:39:40.300><c> been</c><00:39:40.699><c> more</c><00:39:41.059><c> than</c><00:39:41.380><c> overmatched</c><00:39:42.000><c> by</c><00:39:42.300><c> Laban,</c><00:39:43.659><c> and</c><00:39:44.940><c> he</c><00:39:45.219><c> gradually</c><00:39:45.659><c> learned</c><00:39:46.079><c> to</c>

00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:47.980
cooperate<00:39:46.719><c> with</c><00:39:46.940><c> the</c><00:39:47.159><c> angel.</c>

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When<00:39:50.199><c> the</c><00:39:50.440><c> time</c><00:39:50.579><c> comes</c><00:39:50.880><c> to</c><00:39:51.099><c> leave</c><00:39:51.260><c> Laban's</c><00:39:51.860><c> house,</c><00:39:53.679><c> after</c><00:39:53.980><c> having</c><00:39:54.300><c> served</c><00:39:54.559><c> him</c>

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for<00:39:55.280><c> 20</c><00:39:55.559><c> years</c><00:39:56.000><c> or</c><00:39:56.480><c> perhaps</c><00:39:56.840><c> even</c>

00:39:57.139 --> 00:40:01.400
more,<00:39:58.300><c> he</c><00:39:58.440><c> says,</c><00:39:58.780><c> I</c><00:39:58.780><c> served</c><00:39:59.079><c> for</c><00:39:59.300><c> 14</c><00:39:59.699><c> years</c><00:40:00.059><c> for</c><00:40:00.219><c> your</c><00:40:00.420><c> two</c><00:40:00.639><c> daughters,</c><00:40:01.119><c> six</c>

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years<00:40:01.719><c> for</c><00:40:01.940><c> your</c><00:40:02.219><c> flocks.</c><00:40:02.579><c> You've</c>

00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:09.019
changed<00:40:03.059><c> my</c><00:40:03.400><c> wages</c><00:40:03.719><c> 10</c><00:40:04.119><c> times.</c><00:40:05.480><c> Unless</c><00:40:05.940><c> the</c><00:40:06.239><c> Elohim</c><00:40:06.480><c> of</c><00:40:06.739><c> my</c><00:40:06.960><c> father,</c><00:40:08.360><c> the</c><00:40:08.500><c> Elohim</c><00:40:08.780><c> of</c>

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:10.320
Abraham<00:40:09.500><c> and</c><00:40:09.719><c> the</c><00:40:09.860><c> fear</c><00:40:10.039><c> of</c>

00:40:10.320 --> 00:40:13.579
Isaac<00:40:10.539><c> had</c><00:40:10.719><c> been</c><00:40:10.900><c> with</c><00:40:11.099><c> me,</c><00:40:12.179><c> surely</c><00:40:12.440><c> now</c><00:40:12.760><c> you</c><00:40:12.880><c> would</c><00:40:13.059><c> have</c><00:40:13.239><c> sent</c><00:40:13.340><c> me</c>

00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:16.559
away<00:40:13.780><c> empty.</c><00:40:15.000><c> Elohim</c><00:40:15.280><c> has</c><00:40:15.599><c> seen</c><00:40:15.780><c> my</c><00:40:16.119><c> affliction</c>

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:19.940
and<00:40:16.760><c> the</c><00:40:16.880><c> labor</c><00:40:17.159><c> of</c><00:40:17.380><c> my</c><00:40:17.699><c> hands</c><00:40:18.039><c> and</c><00:40:18.320><c> rebuked</c><00:40:18.739><c> you.</c><00:40:19.539><c> The</c><00:40:19.760><c> angel</c>

00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:21.619
had<00:40:20.179><c> appeared</c><00:40:20.400><c> to</c><00:40:20.659><c> Laban</c><00:40:20.800><c> the</c><00:40:20.960><c> night</c><00:40:21.099><c> before</c><00:40:21.480><c> when</c>

00:40:21.619 --> 00:40:28.980
he<00:40:21.780><c> was</c><00:40:22.139><c> chasing</c><00:40:22.539><c> after</c><00:40:22.920><c> Jacob,</c><00:40:23.940><c> and</c><00:40:24.079><c> it</c><00:40:24.219><c> in</c><00:40:24.440><c> effect</c><00:40:24.659><c> said,</c><00:40:25.019><c> don't</c><00:40:25.119><c> you</c><00:40:25.340><c> touch</c><00:40:25.539><c> him.</c><00:40:27.980><c> But</c><00:40:28.219><c> the</c><00:40:28.460><c> point</c><00:40:28.639><c> is</c>

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:30.539
that<00:40:30.119><c> Jacob</c>

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had<00:40:30.900><c> learned</c><00:40:31.260><c> the</c><00:40:31.539><c> hard</c><00:40:31.760><c> way,</c><00:40:31.960><c> if</c><00:40:32.139><c> you</c><00:40:32.380><c> will,</c><00:40:33.639><c> that</c><00:40:33.739><c> it</c><00:40:33.880><c> was</c>

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:39.000
not<00:40:34.360><c> his</c><00:40:35.039><c> cleverness,</c><00:40:35.920><c> his</c><00:40:36.739><c> skillfulness,</c><00:40:37.559><c> his</c><00:40:37.920><c> schemes</c>

00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:44.599
that<00:40:39.619><c> had</c><00:40:39.840><c> acquired</c><00:40:40.179><c> all</c><00:40:40.440><c> the</c><00:40:40.619><c> livestock</c><00:40:41.039><c> of</c><00:40:43.380><c> Laban</c><00:40:43.820><c> and</c><00:40:44.340><c> his</c>

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:48.059
sons,<00:40:45.760><c> it</c><00:40:45.880><c> was</c><00:40:46.159><c> God</c><00:40:46.659><c> working</c><00:40:47.119><c> it</c><00:40:47.420><c> out</c><00:40:47.579><c> through</c><00:40:47.800><c> the</c>

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:53.440
angels,<00:40:48.900><c> and</c><00:40:49.440><c> he</c><00:40:49.599><c> had</c><00:40:49.739><c> come</c><00:40:49.860><c> to</c><00:40:50.099><c> recognize</c><00:40:50.539><c> that.</c><00:40:52.619><c> And</c><00:40:52.780><c> he</c><00:40:52.860><c> goes</c><00:40:53.179><c> on</c>

00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:56.519
his<00:40:53.760><c> way</c><00:40:54.300><c> in</c><00:40:54.639><c> Genesis</c><00:40:55.079><c> 32.</c>

00:40:58.519 --> 00:41:01.760
We're<00:40:58.739><c> told</c><00:40:59.039><c> in</c><00:40:59.360><c> verse</c><00:40:59.699><c> 1,</c><00:41:00.119><c> he's</c><00:41:00.280><c> now</c><00:41:00.480><c> coming</c><00:41:00.760><c> back,</c><00:41:01.539><c> he's</c>

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:05.280
left<00:41:02.179><c> Laban,</c><00:41:03.300><c> left</c><00:41:03.539><c> Teron,</c><00:41:03.940><c> he's</c><00:41:04.099><c> coming</c><00:41:04.280><c> back</c><00:41:04.659><c> through,</c>

00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:10.159
he<00:41:05.860><c> comes</c><00:41:06.119><c> down</c><00:41:06.500><c> on</c><00:41:07.159><c> the</c><00:41:07.400><c> east</c><00:41:07.679><c> side</c><00:41:07.920><c> of</c><00:41:08.059><c> the</c><00:41:08.219><c> Jordan,</c><00:41:09.800><c> he's</c><00:41:09.980><c> on</c>

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:14.179
his<00:41:10.300><c> way</c><00:41:10.519><c> home,</c><00:41:12.079><c> he</c><00:41:12.260><c> knows</c><00:41:12.579><c> he's</c><00:41:12.840><c> got</c><00:41:12.980><c> to</c><00:41:13.139><c> face</c><00:41:13.380><c> Esau.</c>

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:19.900
The<00:41:16.239><c> first</c><00:41:16.420><c> verse</c><00:41:16.739><c> of</c><00:41:17.159><c> Genesis</c><00:41:17.539><c> 32,</c><00:41:18.539><c> the</c><00:41:18.699><c> angels</c><00:41:19.219><c> of</c><00:41:19.579><c> Elohim</c>

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:20.940
met<00:41:20.159><c> him.</c>

00:41:22.900 --> 00:41:26.219
When<00:41:23.059><c> Jacob</c><00:41:23.360><c> saw</c><00:41:23.699><c> them,</c><00:41:23.920><c> he</c><00:41:24.099><c> called</c><00:41:24.380><c> this</c><00:41:24.860><c> Elohim's</c><00:41:25.599><c> camp,</c><00:41:26.099><c> or</c>

00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:28.260
Mahanaim,<00:41:26.900><c> two</c><00:41:27.119><c> camps.</c>

00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:32.780
And<00:41:29.880><c> then</c><00:41:30.199><c> he</c><00:41:30.500><c> hears</c><00:41:30.780><c> that</c><00:41:31.079><c> Jacob's</c><00:41:31.500><c> on</c><00:41:31.559><c> his</c><00:41:31.820><c> way</c><00:41:31.980><c> with</c><00:41:32.239><c> 400</c>

00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:38.960
men,<00:41:34.079><c> and</c><00:41:34.840><c> he's</c><00:41:35.159><c> greatly</c><00:41:35.860><c> afraid</c><00:41:36.639><c> and</c><00:41:37.079><c> distressed.</c>

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:44.019
Knew<00:41:40.139><c> he</c><00:41:40.380><c> could</c><00:41:40.719><c> not</c><00:41:40.980><c> protect</c><00:41:41.360><c> his</c><00:41:41.659><c> family,</c><00:41:43.000><c> he</c><00:41:43.239><c> could</c><00:41:43.500><c> not</c><00:41:43.699><c> go</c>

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:46.179
forward<00:41:44.440><c> in</c><00:41:44.719><c> his</c><00:41:44.940><c> own</c><00:41:45.199><c> strength.</c>

00:41:47.619 --> 00:41:51.440
He<00:41:47.960><c> had</c><00:41:48.219><c> reached</c><00:41:48.500><c> that</c><00:41:48.900><c> point</c><00:41:49.159><c> in</c><00:41:49.380><c> his</c><00:41:49.619><c> life,</c><00:41:50.699><c> if</c><00:41:51.000><c> you</c><00:41:51.239><c> will,</c>

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:53.619
God<00:41:51.739><c> had</c><00:41:51.980><c> brought</c><00:41:52.179><c> him</c><00:41:52.380><c> to</c><00:41:52.519><c> his</c><00:41:52.719><c> knees,</c>

00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:57.840
and<00:41:54.139><c> I</c><00:41:54.280><c> think</c><00:41:54.579><c> he</c><00:41:54.739><c> does</c><00:41:54.980><c> that</c><00:41:55.239><c> with</c><00:41:55.440><c> every</c><00:41:55.679><c> one</c><00:41:55.820><c> of</c><00:41:55.940><c> us.</c>

00:41:58.340 --> 00:42:03.760
He<00:41:58.880><c> finally</c><00:41:59.340><c> brings</c><00:41:59.739><c> us</c><00:42:00.000><c> through</c><00:42:00.239><c> the</c><00:42:00.380><c> combination</c><00:42:00.840><c> of</c><00:42:01.179><c> circumstances</c><00:42:01.719><c> to</c><00:42:02.000><c> the</c><00:42:02.119><c> point</c><00:42:02.300><c> where</c><00:42:02.579><c> we</c>

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:07.500
acknowledge<00:42:04.360><c> to</c><00:42:04.579><c> him</c><00:42:04.780><c> that</c><00:42:04.960><c> we</c><00:42:05.239><c> cannot</c><00:42:05.539><c> do</c><00:42:05.800><c> it</c><00:42:05.940><c> in</c><00:42:06.119><c> our</c><00:42:06.280><c> own</c><00:42:06.539><c> strength.</c>

00:42:08.280 --> 00:42:13.380
It<00:42:08.519><c> happens</c><00:42:08.860><c> in</c><00:42:09.800><c> all</c><00:42:10.119><c> different</c><00:42:10.679><c> ways</c><00:42:11.159><c> to</c><00:42:11.880><c> each</c><00:42:12.179><c> one</c><00:42:12.360><c> of</c><00:42:12.500><c> us,</c>

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:16.000
but<00:42:13.980><c> he</c><00:42:14.219><c> has</c><00:42:14.519><c> to</c><00:42:14.760><c> bring</c><00:42:14.860><c> us</c><00:42:15.079><c> to</c><00:42:15.199><c> that</c><00:42:15.460><c> point</c>

00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:19.139
before<00:42:16.800><c> we're</c><00:42:17.019><c> ready</c><00:42:17.280><c> to</c><00:42:17.619><c> totally</c><00:42:17.900><c> put</c><00:42:18.179><c> ourselves</c><00:42:18.599><c> into</c><00:42:18.800><c> his</c>

00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:22.980
hand,<00:42:19.940><c> pleading</c><00:42:20.260><c> for</c><00:42:20.980><c> his</c><00:42:21.260><c> help,</c><00:42:22.380><c> and</c><00:42:22.579><c> willing</c>

00:42:23.119 --> 00:42:28.940
to<00:42:23.880><c> accept</c><00:42:24.619><c> what</c><00:42:25.440><c> he</c><00:42:25.639><c> brings</c><00:42:25.940><c> into</c><00:42:26.219><c> our</c><00:42:26.500><c> lives</c><00:42:27.019><c> to</c><00:42:28.199><c> accomplish</c>

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:31.159
within<00:42:29.639><c> ourselves</c><00:42:30.380><c> and</c><00:42:30.679><c> within</c><00:42:30.880><c> our</c>

00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:37.019
families<00:42:31.599><c> what</c><00:42:32.599><c> we</c><00:42:32.920><c> haven't</c><00:42:33.139><c> been</c><00:42:33.380><c> able</c><00:42:33.599><c> to</c><00:42:33.780><c> do</c><00:42:33.980><c> of</c><00:42:34.159><c> ourselves.</c><00:42:35.559><c> That's</c><00:42:35.960><c> the</c><00:42:36.179><c> story</c><00:42:36.500><c> of</c><00:42:36.739><c> Jacob,</c>

00:42:37.099 --> 00:42:40.719
that's<00:42:37.400><c> what's</c><00:42:37.639><c> going</c><00:42:37.840><c> on</c><00:42:38.739><c> in</c><00:42:39.280><c> this</c><00:42:39.780><c> incident</c><00:42:40.239><c> of</c><00:42:40.420><c> wrestling</c>

00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:42.019
with<00:42:40.980><c> the</c><00:42:41.179><c> angel.</c>

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:48.920
Jacob<00:42:46.300><c> makes</c><00:42:46.699><c> this</c><00:42:47.099><c> eloquent</c><00:42:47.840><c> plea.</c>

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:56.079
Oh,<00:42:51.880><c> Elohim</c><00:42:52.199><c> of</c><00:42:52.400><c> my</c><00:42:52.599><c> father</c><00:42:52.980><c> Abraham</c><00:42:53.420><c> and</c><00:42:53.659><c> Elohim</c><00:42:53.940><c> of</c><00:42:54.099><c> my</c><00:42:54.239><c> father</c><00:42:54.559><c> Isaac,</c><00:42:55.519><c> Yahweh</c><00:42:55.820><c> who</c>

00:42:56.079 --> 00:42:56.659
said<00:42:56.280><c> to</c><00:42:56.480><c> me,</c>

00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:59.119
return<00:42:57.059><c> to</c><00:42:57.260><c> your</c><00:42:57.500><c> country</c><00:42:57.880><c> and</c><00:42:58.019><c> your</c><00:42:58.300><c> family,</c><00:42:58.679><c> and</c><00:42:58.780><c> I</c><00:42:58.900><c> will</c>

00:42:59.119 --> 00:43:00.710
deal<00:42:59.420><c> well</c><00:42:59.719><c> with</c><00:42:59.960><c> you.</c>

00:43:01.099 --> 00:43:04.559
The<00:43:01.340><c> angel</c><00:43:01.480><c> had</c><00:43:01.659><c> appeared</c><00:43:01.960><c> to</c><00:43:02.139><c> him</c><00:43:03.360><c> inherent</c><00:43:03.920><c> and</c><00:43:04.079><c> said</c><00:43:04.260><c> to</c><00:43:04.400><c> go</c>

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:05.940
home<00:43:04.820><c> and</c><00:43:04.940><c> I'll</c><00:43:05.079><c> take</c><00:43:05.300><c> care</c><00:43:05.500><c> of</c><00:43:05.639><c> you,</c>

00:43:06.099 --> 00:43:13.139
which<00:43:06.360><c> implied</c><00:43:06.719><c> that</c><00:43:06.920><c> he</c><00:43:06.980><c> would</c><00:43:07.219><c> also</c><00:43:07.920><c> hold</c><00:43:08.340><c> Esau</c><00:43:08.820><c> at</c><00:43:08.980><c> bay.</c><00:43:10.739><c> But</c><00:43:11.000><c> Jacob</c><00:43:11.280><c> says,</c><00:43:12.840><c> I</c>

00:43:13.139 --> 00:43:15.320
am<00:43:13.400><c> not</c><00:43:13.659><c> worthy</c><00:43:14.039><c> of</c><00:43:14.380><c> the</c><00:43:14.599><c> least</c><00:43:14.960><c> of</c>

00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:18.320
all<00:43:15.639><c> the</c><00:43:15.840><c> mercies</c><00:43:16.380><c> and</c><00:43:16.679><c> of</c><00:43:16.920><c> all</c><00:43:17.159><c> the</c><00:43:17.400><c> truth</c><00:43:17.679><c> which</c><00:43:17.940><c> you</c><00:43:18.119><c> have</c>

00:43:18.320 --> 00:43:19.760
shown<00:43:18.579><c> your</c><00:43:18.940><c> servant.</c>

00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:24.300
And<00:43:21.420><c> again,</c><00:43:21.780><c> brothers</c><00:43:21.940><c> and</c><00:43:22.219><c> sisters,</c><00:43:22.699><c> I</c><00:43:22.960><c> say</c><00:43:23.119><c> to</c><00:43:23.300><c> you</c><00:43:23.440><c> that</c><00:43:23.699><c> that</c><00:43:23.920><c> is</c>

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:26.380
the<00:43:24.539><c> frame</c><00:43:24.699><c> of</c><00:43:25.019><c> mind</c><00:43:25.260><c> to</c><00:43:25.519><c> which</c><00:43:25.719><c> God</c><00:43:26.039><c> must</c>

00:43:26.380 --> 00:43:29.440
bring<00:43:26.699><c> every</c><00:43:27.019><c> one</c><00:43:27.159><c> of</c><00:43:27.280><c> us.</c><00:43:27.480><c> It's</c><00:43:27.739><c> the</c><00:43:27.940><c> only</c><00:43:28.360><c> acceptable</c><00:43:29.119><c> frame</c>

00:43:29.440 --> 00:43:37.340
of<00:43:29.719><c> mind.</c><00:43:35.619><c> In</c><00:43:35.960><c> spite</c><00:43:36.179><c> of</c><00:43:36.360><c> his</c><00:43:36.519><c> wonderful</c><00:43:36.900><c> grace</c>

00:43:37.340 --> 00:43:43.280
and<00:43:37.639><c> kindness</c><00:43:38.019><c> and</c><00:43:38.300><c> mercy,</c><00:43:39.739><c> we</c><00:43:40.039><c> are</c><00:43:40.420><c> not</c><00:43:40.820><c> worthy</c><00:43:41.199><c> of</c><00:43:41.420><c> it.</c><00:43:43.099><c> And</c>

00:43:43.280 --> 00:43:44.719
Jacob<00:43:43.579><c> knows</c><00:43:43.940><c> it.</c>

00:43:46.739 --> 00:43:50.239
For<00:43:46.760><c> I</c><00:43:47.039><c> crossed</c><00:43:47.280><c> this</c><00:43:47.599><c> Jordan</c><00:43:47.840><c> with</c><00:43:48.079><c> my</c><00:43:48.460><c> staff</c><00:43:48.760><c> and</c><00:43:48.900><c> now</c><00:43:49.199><c> I</c><00:43:49.340><c> have</c><00:43:49.559><c> become</c><00:43:49.900><c> two</c>

00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:51.639
companies.<00:43:50.639><c> So</c><00:43:50.840><c> he's</c><00:43:51.239><c> got</c><00:43:51.460><c> the</c>

00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:54.760
evidence,<00:43:52.000><c> taste</c><00:43:52.280><c> and</c><00:43:52.539><c> see</c><00:43:52.739><c> that</c><00:43:52.940><c> the</c><00:43:53.119><c> Lord</c><00:43:53.300><c> is</c><00:43:53.659><c> good.</c><00:43:54.579><c> There</c>

00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:58.260
it<00:43:55.000><c> was</c><00:43:55.420><c> all</c><00:43:56.119><c> around</c><00:43:56.360><c> him</c><00:43:56.539><c> in</c><00:43:56.679><c> his</c><00:43:56.800><c> own</c><00:43:57.039><c> family</c><00:43:57.440><c> and</c>

00:43:58.260 --> 00:44:09.340
stocks.<00:44:00.760><c> But</c><00:44:01.280><c> he's</c><00:44:02.460><c> come</c><00:44:02.659><c> up</c><00:44:02.880><c> against</c><00:44:04.119><c> Esau,</c><00:44:06.079><c> deliver</c><00:44:06.300><c> me</c><00:44:06.559><c> I</c><00:44:06.820><c> pray</c><00:44:07.079><c> from</c><00:44:07.340><c> the</c><00:44:07.539><c> hand</c><00:44:07.699><c> of</c><00:44:07.880><c> my</c><00:44:08.119><c> brother.</c><00:44:09.260><c> I</c>

00:44:09.340 --> 00:44:10.059
fear<00:44:09.599><c> him</c>

00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:15.820
lest<00:44:10.360><c> he</c><00:44:10.539><c> come</c><00:44:10.719><c> and</c><00:44:10.980><c> attack</c><00:44:11.179><c> me</c><00:44:11.440><c> and</c><00:44:11.579><c> the</c><00:44:11.699><c> mother</c><00:44:11.860><c> with</c><00:44:12.059><c> the</c><00:44:12.239><c> children.</c><00:44:13.719><c> For</c><00:44:13.960><c> you</c><00:44:14.340><c> said,</c><00:44:15.559><c> I</c>

00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:16.679
will<00:44:16.119><c> surely</c><00:44:16.420><c> treat</c>

00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:19.139
you<00:44:16.960><c> well.</c><00:44:17.380><c> I'll</c><00:44:17.500><c> make</c><00:44:17.599><c> your</c><00:44:17.880><c> descendants</c><00:44:18.320><c> as</c><00:44:18.619><c> the</c><00:44:18.800><c> sand</c><00:44:18.940><c> of</c>

00:44:19.139 --> 00:44:21.000
the<00:44:19.320><c> sea,</c><00:44:19.519><c> which</c><00:44:19.719><c> cannot</c><00:44:19.960><c> be</c><00:44:20.199><c> numbered.</c>

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:25.980
You<00:44:21.480><c> know</c><00:44:21.880><c> Jacob</c><00:44:22.320><c> from</c><00:44:22.739><c> a</c><00:44:22.960><c> natural</c><00:44:23.380><c> standpoint</c><00:44:24.019><c> was</c><00:44:25.639><c> faced</c>

00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:27.719
with<00:44:26.159><c> being</c><00:44:26.420><c> wiped</c><00:44:26.699><c> out.</c>

00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:30.820
There<00:44:28.500><c> was</c><00:44:28.679><c> no</c><00:44:28.940><c> way</c><00:44:29.079><c> he</c><00:44:29.239><c> could</c><00:44:29.460><c> defend</c><00:44:29.719><c> himself</c><00:44:30.139><c> against</c><00:44:30.460><c> Esau</c>

00:44:30.820 --> 00:44:32.480
with<00:44:31.119><c> 400</c><00:44:31.440><c> men.</c>

00:44:33.860 --> 00:44:36.719
That's<00:44:34.239><c> the</c><00:44:34.400><c> position</c><00:44:34.800><c> that</c><00:44:35.059><c> God</c><00:44:35.199><c> had</c><00:44:35.440><c> brought</c><00:44:35.579><c> him</c><00:44:35.860><c> to.</c>

00:44:39.619 --> 00:44:42.460
In<00:44:40.139><c> his</c><00:44:40.420><c> own</c><00:44:40.699><c> way</c><00:44:40.920><c> of</c><00:44:41.079><c> dealing</c><00:44:41.280><c> with</c><00:44:41.500><c> each</c><00:44:41.760><c> one</c><00:44:41.880><c> of</c><00:44:41.980><c> us,</c><00:44:42.119><c> he's</c>

00:44:42.460 --> 00:44:44.039
got<00:44:42.659><c> to</c><00:44:42.880><c> bring</c><00:44:42.980><c> us</c><00:44:43.219><c> to</c><00:44:43.320><c> the</c><00:44:43.480><c> point</c><00:44:43.639><c> where</c><00:44:43.860><c> we</c>

00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:47.119
acknowledge<00:44:44.480><c> we</c><00:44:44.800><c> cannot</c><00:44:45.099><c> do</c><00:44:45.340><c> it</c><00:44:45.440><c> in</c><00:44:45.599><c> our</c><00:44:45.739><c> own</c><00:44:46.000><c> strength.</c><00:44:46.599><c> We're</c><00:44:46.900><c> going</c><00:44:46.980><c> to</c>

00:44:47.119 --> 00:44:49.579
be<00:44:47.320><c> overcome</c><00:44:47.880><c> by</c><00:44:48.119><c> the</c><00:44:48.300><c> forces</c><00:44:48.559><c> of</c><00:44:48.880><c> evil.</c>

00:44:51.780 --> 00:44:55.739
Jacob<00:44:52.300><c> does</c><00:44:52.619><c> what</c><00:44:52.820><c> he</c><00:44:53.000><c> can,</c><00:44:53.280><c> what</c><00:44:53.519><c> little</c><00:44:53.739><c> he</c><00:44:53.880><c> can.</c>

00:44:56.679 --> 00:45:00.900
He<00:44:57.079><c> sends</c><00:44:57.079><c> 500</c><00:44:57.960><c> animals</c><00:44:58.500><c> ahead</c><00:44:58.840><c> in</c><00:44:59.219><c> various</c><00:44:59.760><c> segments</c><00:45:00.460><c> to</c><00:45:00.760><c> try</c>

00:45:00.900 --> 00:45:02.440
and<00:45:01.019><c> appease</c><00:45:01.380><c> Esau.</c>

00:45:02.980 --> 00:45:07.199
See<00:45:03.219><c> the</c><00:45:03.300><c> point</c><00:45:03.519><c> is</c><00:45:03.699><c> he</c><00:45:03.780><c> doesn't</c><00:45:04.119><c> just</c><00:45:05.139><c> passively</c><00:45:05.920><c> say</c><00:45:06.460><c> there's</c><00:45:06.659><c> nothing</c><00:45:06.840><c> I</c><00:45:06.980><c> can</c>

00:45:07.199 --> 00:45:09.659
do.<00:45:08.440><c> I</c><00:45:08.559><c> can't</c><00:45:08.940><c> begin</c><00:45:09.239><c> to</c><00:45:09.460><c> fight</c>

00:45:09.659 --> 00:45:16.559
this<00:45:09.980><c> man.</c><00:45:11.460><c> I've</c><00:45:11.659><c> got</c><00:45:11.719><c> to</c><00:45:11.880><c> just</c><00:45:12.860><c> hope</c><00:45:13.079><c> for</c><00:45:13.300><c> the</c><00:45:13.440><c> best.</c><00:45:15.400><c> God</c><00:45:15.480><c> doesn't</c><00:45:15.760><c> want</c><00:45:16.039><c> that</c><00:45:16.320><c> in</c>

00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:18.360
the<00:45:16.659><c> lives</c><00:45:16.860><c> of</c><00:45:17.079><c> any</c><00:45:17.320><c> of</c><00:45:17.539><c> us.</c>

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:22.860
There<00:45:19.539><c> is</c><00:45:19.900><c> so</c><00:45:20.239><c> little</c><00:45:20.460><c> we</c><00:45:20.639><c> can</c><00:45:20.920><c> do</c><00:45:21.340><c> and</c><00:45:21.920><c> our</c><00:45:22.099><c> efforts</c><00:45:22.340><c> are</c><00:45:22.619><c> so</c>

00:45:22.860 --> 00:45:25.320
impotent<00:45:23.380><c> in</c><00:45:23.539><c> so</c><00:45:23.780><c> many</c><00:45:24.019><c> ways.</c>

00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:29.360
I'm<00:45:26.199><c> trying</c><00:45:26.400><c> to</c><00:45:26.539><c> bring</c><00:45:26.739><c> about</c><00:45:27.079><c> faithfulness</c><00:45:27.860><c> within</c><00:45:28.400><c> our</c><00:45:28.699><c> families,</c><00:45:29.099><c> for</c>

00:45:29.360 --> 00:45:30.900
example,<00:45:29.800><c> or</c><00:45:29.980><c> within</c><00:45:30.139><c> ourselves.</c>

00:45:31.840 --> 00:45:34.920
But<00:45:32.039><c> we've</c><00:45:32.400><c> got</c><00:45:32.639><c> to</c><00:45:32.880><c> make</c><00:45:33.079><c> the</c><00:45:33.300><c> effort.</c><00:45:33.599><c> We've</c><00:45:33.840><c> got</c><00:45:33.900><c> to</c><00:45:34.119><c> do</c><00:45:34.340><c> what</c><00:45:34.559><c> we</c>

00:45:34.920 --> 00:45:39.320
can<00:45:35.579><c> and</c><00:45:36.500><c> trust</c><00:45:36.920><c> him</c><00:45:37.280><c> to</c><00:45:37.480><c> do</c><00:45:37.599><c> the</c><00:45:37.780><c> big</c><00:45:38.079><c> parts.</c>

00:45:42.460 --> 00:45:47.480
And<00:45:43.059><c> after</c><00:45:43.360><c> he</c><00:45:43.519><c> sends</c><00:45:43.900><c> this</c><00:45:44.559><c> gift,</c><00:45:44.920><c> he</c><00:45:45.099><c> goes</c><00:45:45.440><c> back</c><00:45:45.880><c> alone.</c><00:45:47.159><c> He</c>

00:45:47.480 --> 00:45:49.860
sends<00:45:47.679><c> his</c><00:45:48.139><c> family</c><00:45:48.500><c> across</c><00:45:48.940><c> the</c><00:45:49.199><c> Jabbuk</c><00:45:49.539><c> River,</c>

00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:53.960
gets<00:45:50.159><c> everything</c><00:45:50.500><c> across,</c><00:45:51.699><c> and</c><00:45:52.079><c> then</c><00:45:52.199><c> he</c><00:45:52.320><c> goes</c><00:45:52.599><c> back.</c><00:45:53.559><c> And</c><00:45:53.780><c> I</c>

00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:56.039
think<00:45:54.119><c> he</c><00:45:54.280><c> went</c><00:45:54.480><c> back</c><00:45:54.920><c> looking</c><00:45:55.280><c> for</c><00:45:55.599><c> the</c><00:45:55.820><c> angels</c>

00:45:56.039 --> 00:46:01.400
who<00:45:56.239><c> had</c><00:45:56.400><c> met</c><00:45:56.480><c> him</c><00:45:56.659><c> earlier.</c><00:45:59.579><c> And</c><00:46:00.139><c> the</c><00:46:00.300><c> next</c><00:46:00.480><c> thing</c><00:46:00.639><c> we're</c><00:46:00.900><c> told</c><00:46:01.199><c> is</c>

00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:04.980
that<00:46:01.519><c> he's</c><00:46:01.780><c> wrestling</c><00:46:02.320><c> with</c><00:46:03.820><c> a</c><00:46:04.000><c> man.</c>

00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:13.760
And<00:46:10.039><c> it</c><00:46:10.199><c> means</c><00:46:10.539><c> to</c><00:46:10.760><c> wrestle,</c><00:46:11.719><c> to</c><00:46:11.920><c> grapple,</c><00:46:12.420><c> to</c><00:46:12.599><c> grasp,</c><00:46:13.539><c> and</c><00:46:13.639><c> it</c>

00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:15.780
goes<00:46:13.980><c> on</c><00:46:14.219><c> until</c><00:46:14.400><c> the</c><00:46:14.559><c> break</c><00:46:14.699><c> of</c><00:46:14.880><c> day.</c>

00:46:17.300 --> 00:46:20.400
And<00:46:17.400><c> when</c><00:46:17.559><c> the</c><00:46:17.739><c> angel</c><00:46:17.900><c> saw</c><00:46:18.219><c> he</c><00:46:18.340><c> did</c><00:46:18.599><c> not</c><00:46:18.780><c> prevail</c><00:46:19.159><c> because</c><00:46:19.619><c> Jacob</c><00:46:19.960><c> would</c><00:46:20.260><c> not</c>

00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:21.519
let<00:46:20.539><c> him</c><00:46:20.760><c> go,</c>

00:46:22.860 --> 00:46:25.000
you<00:46:23.039><c> know,</c><00:46:23.139><c> at</c><00:46:23.280><c> any</c><00:46:23.500><c> point</c><00:46:23.659><c> in</c><00:46:23.820><c> that</c><00:46:24.039><c> whole</c><00:46:24.360><c> wrestling</c><00:46:24.739><c> the</c>

00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:26.179
angel<00:46:25.199><c> could</c><00:46:25.420><c> have</c>

00:46:26.880 --> 00:46:32.820
done<00:46:27.400><c> anything</c><00:46:27.920><c> within</c><00:46:28.579><c> his</c><00:46:28.920><c> strength</c><00:46:29.159><c> to</c><00:46:30.320><c> have</c><00:46:30.820><c> made</c><00:46:32.420><c> Jacob</c>

00:46:32.820 --> 00:46:36.099
impotent.<00:46:34.300><c> But</c><00:46:34.519><c> I</c><00:46:34.920><c> think</c><00:46:35.119><c> the</c><00:46:35.380><c> whole</c><00:46:35.639><c> incident,</c>

00:46:36.099 --> 00:46:41.719
sisters,<00:46:36.880><c> is</c><00:46:36.960><c> that</c><00:46:37.139><c> the</c><00:46:37.400><c> angel</c><00:46:37.679><c> wrestled</c><00:46:38.760><c> until</c><00:46:39.599><c> Jacob</c><00:46:40.800><c> prevailed.</c>

00:46:49.400 --> 00:46:58.219
That's<00:46:49.699><c> the</c><00:46:49.860><c> insight</c><00:46:50.039><c> we</c><00:46:50.219><c> get</c><00:46:50.380><c> from</c><00:46:51.360><c> Hosea.</c><00:46:53.559><c> And</c><00:46:53.880><c> it's</c><00:46:54.139><c> the</c><00:46:54.239><c> same</c><00:46:54.380><c> with</c><00:46:54.579><c> us.</c><00:46:55.900><c> The</c><00:46:56.179><c> angel</c><00:46:56.539><c> wrestles</c><00:46:57.119><c> with</c><00:46:57.420><c> us</c>

00:46:59.260 --> 00:47:13.619
until,<00:46:59.900><c> if</c><00:47:00.320><c> you</c><00:47:00.599><c> will,</c><00:47:01.079><c> God's</c><00:47:02.079><c> ways,</c><00:47:02.780><c> God's</c><00:47:03.619><c> word,</c><00:47:05.320><c> God's</c><00:47:09.659><c> righteousness</c><00:47:10.360><c> prevails</c><00:47:11.780><c> within</c><00:47:12.119><c> us.</c>

00:47:15.039 --> 00:47:17.760
But<00:47:15.199><c> Jacob</c><00:47:15.400><c> wouldn't</c><00:47:15.599><c> let</c><00:47:15.780><c> him</c><00:47:15.940><c> go.</c><00:47:16.719><c> Unless</c><00:47:17.019><c> you</c><00:47:17.260><c> take</c><00:47:17.480><c> charge</c>

00:47:17.760 --> 00:47:21.280
of<00:47:17.920><c> this</c><00:47:18.119><c> family,</c><00:47:18.840><c> we're</c><00:47:19.099><c> not</c><00:47:19.340><c> going</c><00:47:19.539><c> to</c><00:47:19.659><c> make</c><00:47:19.840><c> it.</c>

00:47:30.260 --> 00:47:33.079
Hosea<00:47:31.579><c> tells</c><00:47:31.920><c> us</c>

00:47:34.300 --> 00:47:40.440
that<00:47:34.960><c> he</c><00:47:35.059><c> didn't</c><00:47:35.380><c> prevail</c><00:47:35.920><c> by</c><00:47:36.599><c> strength,</c><00:47:37.960><c> finesse,</c><00:47:39.539><c> power,</c>

00:47:40.880 --> 00:47:42.800
human<00:47:41.440><c> ingenuity.</c>

00:47:44.440 --> 00:47:49.780
Hosea<00:47:45.000><c> says</c><00:47:45.559><c> he</c><00:47:46.559><c> struggled</c><00:47:47.079><c> with</c><00:47:47.400><c> the</c><00:47:47.659><c> angel</c><00:47:48.079><c> and</c><00:47:48.519><c> prevailed.</c>

00:47:50.400 --> 00:47:51.780
He<00:47:50.619><c> wept</c>

00:47:53.699 --> 00:47:58.059
and<00:47:54.300><c> sought</c><00:47:54.619><c> favor,</c><00:47:56.059><c> strong</c><00:47:56.480><c> crying</c><00:47:56.900><c> and</c><00:47:57.260><c> tears.</c>

00:48:00.679 --> 00:48:05.119
Exactly<00:48:01.179><c> the</c><00:48:01.480><c> same</c><00:48:01.639><c> as</c><00:48:01.820><c> the</c><00:48:01.920><c> Lord</c><00:48:02.039><c> Jesus</c><00:48:02.400><c> Christ,</c><00:48:04.820><c> pleading</c>

00:48:05.119 --> 00:48:08.159
with<00:48:05.340><c> his</c><00:48:05.500><c> father</c><00:48:05.800><c> to</c><00:48:06.059><c> keep</c><00:48:06.239><c> him</c><00:48:06.480><c> from</c><00:48:06.659><c> the</c><00:48:06.820><c> power</c><00:48:07.059><c> of</c><00:48:07.420><c> sin,</c>

00:48:10.059 --> 00:48:13.139
to<00:48:10.260><c> continue</c><00:48:10.599><c> to</c><00:48:10.820><c> make</c><00:48:10.900><c> it</c><00:48:11.079><c> possible</c><00:48:11.599><c> for</c><00:48:11.860><c> him</c><00:48:12.000><c> to</c><00:48:12.400><c> combat</c><00:48:12.900><c> sin</c>

00:48:13.139 --> 00:48:14.679
in<00:48:13.320><c> his</c><00:48:13.480><c> own</c><00:48:13.719><c> life.</c>

00:48:15.619 --> 00:48:19.739
That's<00:48:16.139><c> where</c><00:48:16.340><c> Jacob</c><00:48:16.679><c> is,</c><00:48:17.659><c> pleading</c><00:48:18.019><c> with</c><00:48:18.940><c> Yahweh,</c><00:48:19.420><c> if</c><00:48:19.519><c> you</c>

00:48:19.739 --> 00:48:21.659
will,<00:48:20.579><c> represented</c><00:48:20.940><c> by</c><00:48:21.219><c> the</c><00:48:21.440><c> angel.</c>

00:48:21.880 --> 00:48:24.539
You've<00:48:22.340><c> got</c><00:48:22.559><c> to</c><00:48:22.760><c> help</c><00:48:23.039><c> me.</c><00:48:23.219><c> You've</c><00:48:23.500><c> got</c><00:48:23.719><c> to</c><00:48:23.920><c> take</c><00:48:24.099><c> charge</c><00:48:24.360><c> of</c>

00:48:24.539 --> 00:48:25.619
this<00:48:24.760><c> family.</c>

00:48:26.320 --> 00:48:29.820
See,<00:48:26.519><c> Jacob</c><00:48:26.820><c> knows</c><00:48:27.219><c> what's</c><00:48:27.519><c> going</c><00:48:27.820><c> on</c><00:48:27.960><c> in</c><00:48:28.139><c> that</c><00:48:28.340><c> family.</c><00:48:28.659><c> Those</c><00:48:28.940><c> characteristics</c><00:48:29.559><c> that</c>

00:48:29.820 --> 00:48:30.619
come<00:48:29.980><c> out</c><00:48:30.199><c> right</c><00:48:30.400><c> after</c>

00:48:30.619 --> 00:48:33.900
he<00:48:30.739><c> gets</c><00:48:30.940><c> back</c><00:48:31.219><c> to</c><00:48:31.400><c> the</c><00:48:31.599><c> land,</c><00:48:32.900><c> they've</c><00:48:33.320><c> got</c><00:48:33.360><c> to</c><00:48:33.500><c> be</c><00:48:33.659><c> evident</c>

00:48:33.900 --> 00:48:35.699
to<00:48:34.079><c> him.</c><00:48:34.159><c> You</c><00:48:34.320><c> know</c><00:48:34.519><c> your</c><00:48:34.760><c> children.</c>

00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:39.559
He<00:48:36.559><c> knows</c><00:48:36.980><c> what</c><00:48:37.320><c> Reuben</c><00:48:37.699><c> and</c><00:48:37.980><c> Simeon</c><00:48:38.400><c> and</c><00:48:38.659><c> Levi</c><00:48:39.000><c> and</c><00:48:39.340><c> Judah</c>

00:48:39.559 --> 00:48:44.659
are<00:48:39.820><c> like.</c><00:48:41.780><c> Reuben,</c><00:48:42.179><c> who</c><00:48:42.440><c> defiles</c><00:48:43.099><c> his</c><00:48:43.980><c> billows,</c>

00:48:45.840 --> 00:48:49.099
Simeon<00:48:46.579><c> and</c><00:48:46.760><c> Levi,</c><00:48:47.340><c> men</c><00:48:47.519><c> of</c><00:48:47.780><c> cruelty,</c><00:48:48.360><c> who</c><00:48:48.440><c> destroy</c><00:48:48.820><c> the</c><00:48:48.940><c> men</c>

00:48:49.099 --> 00:48:54.260
of<00:48:49.380><c> Shechem</c><00:48:49.739><c> by</c><00:48:50.619><c> deceit.</c><00:48:52.880><c> Judah,</c><00:48:53.460><c> who's</c><00:48:53.760><c> totally</c>

00:48:54.260 --> 00:48:58.059
given<00:48:54.539><c> over</c><00:48:54.900><c> to</c><00:48:55.119><c> the</c><00:48:55.260><c> ways</c><00:48:55.500><c> of</c><00:48:55.719><c> this</c><00:48:55.960><c> world</c><00:48:56.400><c> and</c><00:48:56.579><c> business</c><00:48:57.119><c> and</c>

00:48:58.059 --> 00:49:02.079
with<00:48:58.320><c> the</c><00:48:58.559><c> harlot</c><00:48:59.000><c> and</c><00:48:59.500><c> with</c><00:48:59.960><c> his</c><00:49:00.199><c> friend</c><00:49:00.440><c> Hiram.</c>

00:49:02.639 --> 00:49:08.300
Scripture<00:49:02.940><c> doesn't</c><00:49:03.320><c> place</c><00:49:03.579><c> Joseph</c><00:49:04.079><c> in</c><00:49:04.519><c> Genesis</c><00:49:04.920><c> 37</c><00:49:05.820><c> and</c><00:49:07.079><c> Judah</c><00:49:07.559><c> in</c>

00:49:08.300 --> 00:49:12.280
Genesis<00:49:08.760><c> 38</c><00:49:09.539><c> by</c><00:49:10.320><c> coincidence.</c><00:49:11.139><c> We're</c><00:49:11.340><c> being</c>

00:49:12.320 --> 00:49:13.300
shown.

00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:19.079
Joseph,<00:49:16.699><c> as</c><00:49:16.760><c> a</c><00:49:16.880><c> type</c><00:49:17.079><c> of</c><00:49:17.179><c> the</c><00:49:17.260><c> Lord</c><00:49:17.480><c> Jesus</c><00:49:17.880><c> Christ,</c><00:49:18.559><c> at</c><00:49:18.579><c> the</c><00:49:18.659><c> age</c><00:49:18.900><c> of</c>

00:49:19.079 --> 00:49:21.679
17,<00:49:19.960><c> with</c><00:49:20.079><c> this</c><00:49:20.320><c> monumental</c><00:49:20.980><c> faith</c><00:49:21.480><c> and</c>

00:49:21.679 --> 00:49:29.760
obedience,<00:49:23.360><c> Judah,</c><00:49:23.699><c> a</c><00:49:23.860><c> man</c><00:49:24.039><c> of</c><00:49:24.280><c> this</c><00:49:24.599><c> world,</c><00:49:25.119><c> is</c><00:49:25.199><c> totally</c><00:49:25.579><c> given</c><00:49:25.860><c> over.</c><00:49:29.340><c> He</c>

00:49:29.760 --> 00:49:31.380
completely<00:49:29.880><c> changed</c><00:49:30.280><c> man</c><00:49:30.619><c> 22</c><00:49:31.039><c> years</c>

00:49:31.380 --> 00:49:35.239
later<00:49:31.780><c> because</c><00:49:32.159><c> of</c><00:49:33.840><c> Joseph's</c><00:49:34.400><c> suffering</c><00:49:34.719><c> and</c><00:49:34.900><c> what</c><00:49:35.039><c> it</c><00:49:35.159><c> had</c>

00:49:35.239 --> 00:49:38.300
done<00:49:35.420><c> to</c><00:49:35.679><c> Jacob.</c><00:49:36.960><c> But</c><00:49:37.059><c> Jacob,</c><00:49:37.780><c> at</c><00:49:37.940><c> this</c><00:49:38.119><c> point,</c>

00:49:38.300 --> 00:49:42.599
knows<00:49:38.659><c> where</c><00:49:38.840><c> this</c><00:49:39.079><c> family's</c><00:49:39.539><c> going</c><00:49:39.880><c> and</c><00:49:40.699><c> he</c><00:49:40.860><c> knows,</c><00:49:41.619><c> you</c><00:49:41.760><c> know,</c><00:49:41.960><c> here's</c><00:49:42.480><c> the</c>

00:49:42.599 --> 00:49:45.079
new<00:49:42.800><c> nation,</c><00:49:44.940><c> the</c><00:49:45.079><c> new</c>

00:49:45.079 --> 00:49:47.539
ecclesia<00:49:45.619><c> of</c><00:49:45.860><c> the</c><00:49:45.980><c> Lord</c><00:49:46.159><c> Jesus</c><00:49:46.500><c> Christ,</c><00:49:46.840><c> if</c><00:49:47.019><c> you</c><00:49:47.179><c> will,</c><00:49:47.400><c> in</c>

00:49:47.539 --> 00:49:50.219
that<00:49:47.739><c> day</c><00:49:47.960><c> and</c><00:49:48.139><c> age</c><00:49:48.659><c> through</c><00:49:49.239><c> whom</c><00:49:49.380><c> the</c><00:49:49.639><c> promises</c><00:49:49.960><c> are</c>

00:49:50.219 --> 00:49:55.320
to<00:49:50.420><c> come.</c><00:49:50.960><c> And</c><00:49:51.179><c> he</c><00:49:51.280><c> knows</c><00:49:51.579><c> that</c><00:49:51.820><c> family's</c><00:49:52.320><c> going</c><00:49:52.500><c> nowhere.</c><00:49:54.400><c> They're</c><00:49:54.619><c> given</c><00:49:54.820><c> over</c><00:49:55.139><c> to</c>

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the<00:49:55.519><c> idolatry</c><00:49:56.099><c> of</c><00:49:56.760><c> the</c><00:49:56.960><c> Syrians.</c>

00:49:57.460 --> 00:50:00.800
They're<00:49:57.579><c> bringing</c><00:49:57.699><c> the</c><00:49:57.960><c> idols</c><00:49:58.179><c> with</c><00:49:58.460><c> them.</c><00:50:00.199><c> That's</c><00:50:00.579><c> what</c>

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Jacob's<00:50:01.380><c> pleading</c><00:50:01.659><c> for.</c>

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Not<00:50:04.320><c> just</c><00:50:04.800><c> to</c><00:50:05.139><c> deliver</c><00:50:05.320><c> me</c><00:50:05.559><c> from</c><00:50:05.840><c> Esau,</c><00:50:07.480><c> but</c><00:50:07.579><c> it's</c><00:50:07.840><c> all</c><00:50:08.000><c> become</c>

00:50:08.320 --> 00:50:10.380
so<00:50:08.699><c> clear</c><00:50:08.860><c> to</c><00:50:09.099><c> them.</c><00:50:09.320><c> Unless</c><00:50:09.559><c> God</c><00:50:09.820><c> takes</c><00:50:10.139><c> charge</c>

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of<00:50:10.559><c> that</c><00:50:10.699><c> family,</c><00:50:11.039><c> they're</c><00:50:11.239><c> not</c><00:50:11.460><c> going</c><00:50:11.619><c> to</c><00:50:11.739><c> make</c><00:50:11.940><c> it.</c><00:50:14.420><c> That's</c>

00:50:14.820 --> 00:50:17.019
the<00:50:14.940><c> wonderful</c><00:50:15.480><c> lesson</c><00:50:16.000><c> that</c><00:50:16.179><c> comes</c><00:50:16.440><c> out</c><00:50:16.719><c> of</c>

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Jacob's<00:50:17.539><c> life.</c><00:50:17.760><c> A</c><00:50:17.920><c> man</c><00:50:18.199><c> who</c><00:50:18.440><c> has</c><00:50:18.659><c> been</c><00:50:18.860><c> given</c><00:50:19.099><c> the</c><00:50:19.440><c> assurance</c>

00:50:19.960 --> 00:50:24.239
right<00:50:20.780><c> at</c><00:50:21.000><c> the</c><00:50:21.139><c> outset,</c><00:50:22.840><c> I'm</c><00:50:23.139><c> with</c><00:50:23.360><c> you</c>

00:50:24.239 --> 00:50:27.579
and<00:50:24.619><c> I'll</c><00:50:24.860><c> bring</c><00:50:25.019><c> you</c><00:50:25.340><c> through</c><00:50:25.980><c> and</c><00:50:26.659><c> you'll</c><00:50:26.960><c> inherit</c><00:50:27.280><c> the</c>

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Abrahamic<00:50:28.099><c> covenant.</c>

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And<00:50:31.019><c> I</c><00:50:31.280><c> say</c><00:50:31.440><c> to</c><00:50:31.659><c> us</c><00:50:31.860><c> all</c><00:50:32.019><c> again,</c><00:50:32.460><c> brother</c><00:50:32.559><c> and</c><00:50:32.739><c> sister,</c><00:50:32.960><c> it's</c>

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exactly<00:50:33.800><c> the</c><00:50:34.019><c> commitment</c><00:50:34.320><c> he</c><00:50:34.460><c> made</c><00:50:34.659><c> to</c><00:50:34.880><c> us</c><00:50:35.099><c> at</c><00:50:35.300><c> baptism.</c>

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I'll<00:50:37.039><c> never</c><00:50:37.320><c> leave</c><00:50:37.679><c> you.</c><00:50:38.780><c> Paul</c><00:50:39.099><c> quotes</c><00:50:39.559><c> that</c><00:50:40.219><c> in</c><00:50:41.039><c> Hebrews</c><00:50:41.420><c> 13.</c>

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I'll<00:50:43.280><c> never</c><00:50:43.559><c> leave</c><00:50:43.880><c> you</c><00:50:44.079><c> and</c><00:50:44.199><c> I'll</c><00:50:44.340><c> never</c>

00:50:44.599 --> 00:50:47.800
forsake<00:50:45.059><c> you</c><00:50:45.239><c> and</c><00:50:45.320><c> I'll</c><00:50:45.559><c> bring</c><00:50:45.699><c> you</c><00:50:45.960><c> through.</c><00:50:47.159><c> And</c><00:50:47.300><c> I</c><00:50:47.559><c> promise</c>

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to<00:50:48.000><c> give</c><00:50:48.139><c> you</c><00:50:48.300><c> life.</c>

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And<00:50:51.119><c> it</c><00:50:51.300><c> doesn't</c><00:50:51.500><c> mean</c><00:50:51.760><c> that</c><00:50:51.920><c> we're</c><00:50:52.139><c> going</c><00:50:52.260><c> to</c><00:50:52.420><c> be</c><00:50:52.719><c> exempted</c>

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from<00:50:53.500><c> any</c><00:50:54.260><c> of</c><00:50:55.199><c> the</c><00:50:55.420><c> essential</c><00:50:55.739><c> developments</c><00:50:56.340><c> that</c><00:50:56.559><c> must</c>

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occur.<00:51:01.599><c> James</c><00:51:02.199><c> tells</c><00:51:02.679><c> us,</c><00:51:03.119><c> if</c><00:51:03.260><c> any</c><00:51:03.500><c> one</c><00:51:03.659><c> of</c><00:51:03.800><c> us</c><00:51:04.000><c> lacks</c><00:51:04.579><c> wisdom</c>

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to<00:51:08.000><c> direct</c><00:51:08.320><c> our</c><00:51:08.619><c> lives,</c><00:51:11.019><c> to</c><00:51:11.260><c> overcome</c><00:51:11.679><c> sin</c>

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within<00:51:12.380><c> ourselves,</c><00:51:15.519><c> then</c><00:51:15.639><c> let</c><00:51:15.780><c> him</c><00:51:15.900><c> ask</c><00:51:16.179><c> of</c><00:51:16.400><c> God,</c><00:51:17.639><c> who</c><00:51:17.820><c> gives</c>

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liberally<00:51:19.400><c> and</c><00:51:20.679><c> without</c><00:51:21.039><c> chiding.</c><00:51:22.739><c> But</c>

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let<00:51:24.420><c> him</c><00:51:24.699><c> ask</c><00:51:25.420><c> in</c><00:51:26.179><c> faith.</c><00:51:29.059><c> And</c><00:51:29.519><c> what</c><00:51:29.619><c> he</c><00:51:29.760><c> means</c><00:51:29.940><c> by</c><00:51:30.219><c> that,</c><00:51:31.780><c> faith</c><00:51:32.179><c> in</c>

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Yahweh's<00:51:33.360><c> method.</c>

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A<00:51:36.719><c> willingness</c><00:51:37.099><c> to</c><00:51:37.519><c> accept</c><00:51:38.280><c> his</c><00:51:39.440><c> way,</c><00:51:40.280><c> his</c><00:51:40.800><c> method,</c><00:51:41.659><c> whatever</c>

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he<00:51:42.320><c> brings</c><00:51:42.599><c> into</c><00:51:42.940><c> our</c><00:51:43.300><c> lives</c><00:51:43.800><c> to</c><00:51:44.800><c> bring</c><00:51:45.079><c> about</c>

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the<00:51:46.699><c> holiness</c><00:51:47.239><c> and</c><00:51:49.380><c> the</c><00:51:49.619><c> purifying</c><00:51:50.699><c> that</c><00:51:52.019><c> you</c><00:51:52.199><c> and</c><00:51:52.340><c> I</c><00:51:52.500><c> can't</c>

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do<00:51:53.920><c> as</c><00:51:54.800><c> natural</c><00:51:55.179><c> men</c><00:51:55.440><c> and</c><00:51:55.579><c> women.</c>

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And<00:51:58.260><c> that's</c><00:51:58.519><c> what</c><00:51:58.699><c> was</c><00:51:58.900><c> going</c><00:51:59.139><c> on</c><00:51:59.300><c> with</c><00:51:59.480><c> Jacob.</c><00:52:01.920><c> He</c><00:52:02.199><c> had</c><00:52:02.420><c> reached</c><00:52:02.639><c> that</c><00:52:03.019><c> point</c>

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where<00:52:05.840><c> with</c><00:52:06.059><c> the</c><00:52:06.420><c> strong</c><00:52:06.760><c> crying</c><00:52:07.159><c> and</c><00:52:07.519><c> tears,</c><00:52:08.019><c> he's</c><00:52:08.219><c> pleading</c>

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with<00:52:08.760><c> God</c>

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to<00:52:11.239><c> do</c><00:52:11.539><c> for</c><00:52:11.900><c> him</c><00:52:12.960><c> what</c><00:52:13.360><c> he</c><00:52:13.539><c> can't</c><00:52:13.840><c> do</c><00:52:14.019><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:52:21.019><c> he</c><00:52:21.099><c> goes</c><00:52:21.440><c> forward,</c><00:52:22.039><c> limping</c><00:52:22.719><c> physically,</c><00:52:25.019><c> but</c><00:52:25.199><c> no</c><00:52:25.440><c> longer</c><00:52:25.679><c> afraid</c><00:52:26.059><c> of</c>

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the<00:52:26.420><c> ethos</c>

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and<00:52:29.380><c> confident.</c><00:52:31.940><c> It</c><00:52:32.039><c> doesn't</c><00:52:32.320><c> mean</c><00:52:32.539><c> he's</c><00:52:32.719><c> not</c><00:52:32.940><c> going</c><00:52:33.099><c> to</c><00:52:33.179><c> have</c>

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to<00:52:33.539><c> suffer</c><00:52:33.780><c> the</c><00:52:34.019><c> loss</c><00:52:34.219><c> of</c><00:52:34.699><c> Joseph</c><00:52:35.079><c> for</c><00:52:35.400><c> 20</c><00:52:35.679><c> years</c>

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or<00:52:37.079><c> he</c><00:52:38.179><c> isn't</c><00:52:38.360><c> going</c><00:52:38.519><c> to</c><00:52:38.599><c> have</c><00:52:38.780><c> to</c><00:52:38.960><c> watch</c><00:52:39.519><c> what</c><00:52:40.059><c> Reuben</c><00:52:40.320><c> does</c>

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and<00:52:41.199><c> Levi</c><00:52:41.500><c> and</c><00:52:41.840><c> Simeon.</c><00:52:43.679><c> None</c><00:52:43.860><c> of</c><00:52:44.059><c> that.</c><00:52:44.239><c> That's</c>

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all<00:52:44.800><c> part</c><00:52:44.980><c> of</c><00:52:45.119><c> what</c><00:52:45.300><c> God</c><00:52:45.559><c> brings</c><00:52:45.840><c> into</c><00:52:46.099><c> his</c><00:52:46.400><c> life</c><00:52:46.679><c> to</c><00:52:47.039><c> bring</c>

00:52:47.239 --> 00:52:51.659
about<00:52:48.000><c> the</c><00:52:50.159><c> final</c><00:52:50.440><c> result.</c>

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Maybe<00:52:59.559><c> we</c><00:52:59.699><c> should</c><00:52:59.880><c> leave</c><00:53:00.039><c> it</c><00:53:00.199><c> right</c><00:53:00.420><c> there.</c><00:53:00.739><c> Thank</c><00:53:01.039><c> you.</c>