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Well,<00:12:29.860><c> of</c><00:12:29.960><c> course,</c><00:12:30.039><c> he</c><00:12:30.100><c> had</c><00:12:30.240><c> to</c><00:12:30.419><c> get</c><00:12:30.860><c> to</c><00:12:31.279><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Now,<00:12:33.919><c> interestingly</c><00:12:34.200><c> enough,</c><00:12:34.580><c> we</c><00:12:34.679><c> are</c><00:12:34.759><c> not</c><00:12:34.960><c> told</c><00:12:35.139><c> anywhere</c>

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in<00:12:35.960><c> the</c><00:12:36.080><c> book</c><00:12:36.320><c> of</c><00:12:36.659><c> Nehemiah</c><00:12:37.320><c> how</c><00:12:37.779><c> long</c>

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it<00:12:38.340><c> took</c><00:12:38.639><c> Nehemiah</c><00:12:39.600><c> to</c><00:12:39.840><c> arrive</c><00:12:40.279><c> in</c><00:12:40.519><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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If<00:12:42.200><c> you</c><00:12:42.379><c> turn</c><00:12:42.600><c> back</c><00:12:42.840><c> into</c><00:12:43.139><c> Ezra</c><00:12:43.399><c> chapter</c><00:12:43.759><c> seven,</c><00:12:45.299><c> you</c><00:12:47.879><c> will</c><00:12:48.120><c> find</c><00:12:48.240><c> that</c><00:12:48.419><c> Ezra</c><00:12:48.820><c> did</c><00:12:49.220><c> a</c>

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similar<00:12:50.080><c> journey</c>

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and<00:12:52.019><c> we</c><00:12:52.299><c> are</c><00:12:52.639><c> told</c><00:12:52.980><c> precisely</c><00:12:53.740><c> how</c><00:12:54.059><c> long</c><00:12:54.340><c> it</c><00:12:54.580><c> took.</c>

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Ezra<00:12:57.740><c> chapter</c><00:12:57.960><c> seven</c><00:12:58.340><c> and</c><00:12:58.580><c> verse</c><00:12:58.759><c> nine,</c><00:12:59.399><c> and</c><00:12:59.559><c> strangely</c><00:12:59.820><c> enough,</c><00:13:01.000><c> beginning</c><00:13:01.320><c> two,</c>

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in<00:13:02.519><c> the</c><00:13:02.700><c> first</c><00:13:02.899><c> day</c><00:13:03.120><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:03.419><c> first</c><00:13:03.639><c> month,</c><00:13:05.899><c> Ezra</c><00:13:06.179><c> seven</c><00:13:06.440><c> verse</c><00:13:06.639><c> nine,</c><00:13:07.179><c> upon</c><00:13:07.340><c> the</c><00:13:07.659><c> first</c><00:13:07.940><c> day</c>

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of<00:13:08.419><c> the</c><00:13:08.580><c> first</c><00:13:08.840><c> month</c><00:13:09.159><c> began</c><00:13:09.519><c> he</c>

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to<00:13:09.960><c> go</c><00:13:09.960><c> up</c><00:13:10.379><c> from</c><00:13:10.740><c> Babylon,</c><00:13:12.840><c> and</c><00:13:12.940><c> on</c><00:13:13.100><c> the</c><00:13:13.360><c> first</c><00:13:13.659><c> day</c><00:13:14.059><c> of</c><00:13:14.379><c> the</c><00:13:14.659><c> fifth</c><00:13:15.200><c> month</c><00:13:15.740><c> he</c>

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came<00:13:16.659><c> to</c><00:13:16.820><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Exactly<00:13:22.379><c> one</c><00:13:22.519><c> hundred</c><00:13:22.940><c> and</c><00:13:23.059><c> twenty</c><00:13:23.279><c> days.</c>

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If<00:13:26.159><c> we</c><00:13:26.299><c> add</c><00:13:26.480><c> together</c><00:13:26.840><c> then</c><00:13:27.059><c> one</c><00:13:27.200><c> hundred</c><00:13:27.399><c> and</c><00:13:27.519><c> twenty</c><00:13:27.759><c> days,</c>

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three<00:13:28.340><c> days</c><00:13:28.559><c> and</c><00:13:28.679><c> fifty</c><00:13:29.019><c>-two</c><00:13:29.179><c> days,</c><00:13:29.399><c> we</c><00:13:29.480><c> have</c>

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one<00:13:29.759><c> hundred</c><00:13:30.019><c> and</c><00:13:30.139><c> seventy</c><00:13:30.480><c>-five</c><00:13:30.720><c> days.</c>

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So<00:13:31.799><c> the</c><00:13:32.299><c> date</c><00:13:32.539><c> given</c><00:13:32.779><c> to</c><00:13:32.980><c> us</c><00:13:33.240><c> in</c><00:13:33.860><c> chapter</c><00:13:34.059><c> six,</c><00:13:34.480><c> verse</c><00:13:34.559><c> fifteen,</c><00:13:35.679><c> is</c><00:13:36.159><c> confirmed,</c><00:13:37.320><c> and</c>

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it's<00:13:37.679><c> confirmed</c>

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by<00:13:38.159><c> these</c><00:13:38.399><c> various</c><00:13:39.399><c> observations.</c>

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Of<00:13:42.419><c> course,</c><00:13:42.620><c> you</c><00:13:42.679><c> would</c><00:13:42.860><c> say</c><00:13:43.399><c> Nehemiah</c><00:13:44.019><c> didn't</c><00:13:44.620><c> leave</c><00:13:45.259><c> on</c><00:13:45.879><c> the</c>

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first<00:13:46.379><c> day</c><00:13:46.679><c> of</c><00:13:47.019><c> the</c><00:13:47.179><c> month</c><00:13:47.519><c> because</c><00:13:48.480><c> he</c><00:13:48.620><c> had</c>

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to<00:13:48.879><c> go</c><00:13:49.059><c> to</c><00:13:49.200><c> the</c><00:13:49.360><c> king,</c><00:13:49.580><c> which</c><00:13:49.700><c> he</c><00:13:49.899><c> did,</c><00:13:50.360><c> and</c><00:13:50.500><c> he</c><00:13:50.580><c> had</c><00:13:50.720><c> to</c><00:13:50.919><c> make</c><00:13:51.139><c> preparations.</c>

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Well,<00:13:52.919><c> that</c><00:13:52.980><c> is</c><00:13:53.159><c> true.</c>

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Now,<00:13:54.460><c> Ezra,</c><00:13:55.639><c> although</c><00:13:55.820><c> it</c><00:13:56.019><c> says</c><00:13:56.139><c> in</c><00:13:56.299><c> the</c><00:13:56.419><c> reference</c><00:13:56.580><c> we've</c><00:13:56.779><c> looked</c><00:13:57.000><c> at</c>

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that<00:13:57.639><c> he</c><00:13:57.899><c> began</c><00:13:58.320><c> on</c><00:13:58.559><c> the</c><00:13:58.740><c> first</c>

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day,<00:13:59.679><c> he</c><00:13:59.980><c> did</c><00:14:00.240><c> not</c><00:14:00.659><c> start</c><00:14:00.919><c> his</c><00:14:01.259><c> journey</c><00:14:01.500><c> until</c><00:14:01.779><c> the</c><00:14:02.039><c> twelfth</c><00:14:02.440><c> day.</c>

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That,<00:14:04.980><c> I</c><00:14:04.980><c> think,</c><00:14:05.059><c> we</c><00:14:05.279><c> find</c><00:14:05.519><c> in</c><00:14:05.759><c> chapter</c><00:14:06.080><c> eight,</c><00:14:06.700><c> roundabout</c>

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verse<00:14:07.120><c> thirty</c><00:14:07.539><c>-one.</c>

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So<00:14:08.940><c> he</c><00:14:09.240><c> too</c><00:14:09.399><c> had</c><00:14:09.659><c> preparation.</c>

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Furthermore,<00:14:12.379><c> even</c><00:14:12.759><c> if</c><00:14:13.179><c> Nehemiah</c><00:14:13.720><c> left</c><00:14:14.000><c> later</c><00:14:14.419><c> than</c><00:14:14.679><c> that,</c><00:14:15.539><c> there</c><00:14:15.659><c> is</c><00:14:15.820><c> a</c>

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further<00:14:16.200><c> confirmation</c><00:14:16.720><c> of</c><00:14:17.019><c> truth</c>

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here<00:14:17.500><c> because</c><00:14:17.840><c> we</c><00:14:18.059><c> are</c><00:14:18.200><c> told</c><00:14:18.740><c> that</c><00:14:19.360><c> Ezra</c><00:14:19.820><c> was</c><00:14:20.340><c> laden,</c><00:14:21.480><c> laden</c>

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with<00:14:22.039><c> silver</c><00:14:22.480><c> and</c><00:14:22.960><c> gold</c><00:14:23.320><c> and</c><00:14:23.679><c> the</c><00:14:23.820><c> vessels</c>

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for<00:14:24.340><c> the</c><00:14:24.500><c> temple.</c>

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In<00:14:25.759><c> fact,</c><00:14:26.000><c> Josephus</c><00:14:26.480><c> tells</c><00:14:26.720><c> us</c><00:14:26.940><c> that</c><00:14:27.320><c> Ezra</c><00:14:27.879><c> took</c><00:14:28.379><c> eight</c><00:14:29.100><c> tons</c>

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of<00:14:30.580><c> gold</c><00:14:31.039><c> alone.</c>

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Eight<00:14:32.659><c> tons</c><00:14:33.059><c> of</c><00:14:33.360><c> gold</c><00:14:33.720><c> alone.</c>

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Imagine<00:14:35.639><c> the</c><00:14:35.860><c> problems</c><00:14:36.200><c> of</c><00:14:36.539><c> security.</c>

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Imagine<00:14:38.419><c> the</c><00:14:38.620><c> problems</c><00:14:39.039><c> of</c><00:14:39.399><c> carting</c><00:14:39.820><c> all</c><00:14:40.179><c> this</c><00:14:40.480><c> weight.</c>

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There<00:14:41.120><c> would</c><00:14:41.220><c> be</c><00:14:41.419><c> silver,</c><00:14:41.899><c> there</c><00:14:41.899><c> would</c><00:14:42.120><c> be</c><00:14:42.299><c> brass,</c><00:14:42.600><c> there</c><00:14:42.639><c> would</c><00:14:42.799><c> be</c>

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other<00:14:43.179><c> metals</c><00:14:43.460><c> as</c><00:14:43.720><c> well,</c><00:14:44.419><c> which</c>

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Ezra<00:14:44.960><c> took.</c>

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And<00:14:46.480><c> so</c><00:14:46.659><c> he</c><00:14:46.779><c> would</c><00:14:47.019><c> take</c><00:14:47.299><c> possibly</c><00:14:47.740><c> a</c><00:14:47.879><c> little</c><00:14:48.059><c> longer</c><00:14:48.460><c> than</c><00:14:48.840><c> did</c><00:14:49.120><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:14:50.139><c> bearing</c><00:14:50.240><c> in</c>

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mind<00:14:50.700><c> too</c><00:14:50.899><c> that</c>

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Nehemiah<00:14:51.539><c> was</c><00:14:51.799><c> energetic</c><00:14:52.340><c> and</c><00:14:52.600><c> wanted</c><00:14:52.799><c> to</c><00:14:52.940><c> get</c><00:14:53.000><c> on</c><00:14:53.159><c> with</c><00:14:53.360><c> the</c><00:14:53.539><c> job.</c>

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He<00:14:54.860><c> certainly</c><00:14:55.279><c> would</c><00:14:55.759><c> make</c><00:14:55.940><c> short</c><00:14:56.240><c> work</c><00:14:56.480><c> of</c><00:14:56.659><c> the</c><00:14:56.840><c> journey.</c>

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So<00:14:57.679><c> adding</c><00:14:57.879><c> all</c><00:14:58.139><c> these</c><00:14:58.299><c> things</c><00:14:58.500><c> together,</c><00:14:58.960><c> we</c><00:14:59.320><c> come</c><00:14:59.620><c> to</c><00:14:59.759><c> the</c>

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conclusion<00:15:00.480><c> that</c><00:15:01.440><c> the</c><00:15:02.399><c> date</c><00:15:02.559><c> given</c><00:15:02.779><c> to</c><00:15:02.960><c> us</c>

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in<00:15:03.240><c> chapter</c><00:15:03.460><c> six</c><00:15:03.919><c> is</c><00:15:04.720><c> obviously</c><00:15:05.279><c> right.</c>

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Now<00:15:07.460><c> look</c><00:15:07.580><c> at</c><00:15:07.639><c> chapter</c><00:15:07.879><c> two</c><00:15:08.120><c> of</c><00:15:08.500><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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And<00:15:18.059><c> the</c><00:15:18.179><c> king</c><00:15:18.460><c> said</c><00:15:18.679><c> unto</c><00:15:18.860><c> me,</c><00:15:21.320><c> the</c><00:15:21.460><c> queen</c><00:15:21.679><c> also</c><00:15:22.059><c> sitting</c><00:15:22.259><c> by</c>

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him,<00:15:24.700><c> for</c><00:15:24.919><c> how</c><00:15:25.220><c> long</c><00:15:25.519><c> shall</c><00:15:25.840><c> thy</c><00:15:26.000><c> journey</c>

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be,<00:15:26.679><c> and</c><00:15:27.059><c> when</c><00:15:27.200><c> wilt</c><00:15:27.360><c> thou</c><00:15:27.519><c> return?</c>

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So<00:15:30.059><c> it</c><00:15:30.220><c> pleased</c><00:15:30.399><c> the</c><00:15:30.620><c> king</c><00:15:31.279><c> to</c><00:15:31.860><c> send</c><00:15:32.039><c> me,</c><00:15:33.159><c> and</c><00:15:33.919><c> I</c><00:15:34.500><c> set</c><00:15:34.820><c> him</c><00:15:35.279><c> a</c><00:15:35.580><c> time.</c>

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There<00:15:38.879><c> are</c><00:15:38.879><c> two</c><00:15:39.039><c> things</c><00:15:39.299><c> we</c><00:15:39.440><c> must</c><00:15:39.860><c> just</c><00:15:40.500><c> ask</c><00:15:40.700><c> ourselves</c><00:15:41.080><c> here</c>

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and<00:15:41.860><c> remind</c><00:15:42.259><c> ourselves</c><00:15:42.580><c> of.</c>

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The<00:15:44.039><c> first</c><00:15:44.220><c> is</c><00:15:45.120><c> how</c><00:15:45.820><c> Nehemiah</c><00:15:46.559><c> dared</c><00:15:46.919><c> to</c><00:15:47.279><c> ask</c><00:15:47.600><c> the</c><00:15:47.879><c> king</c><00:15:48.159><c> this</c>

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blessing,<00:15:49.379><c> this</c><00:15:49.580><c> privilege</c><00:15:50.039><c> of</c><00:15:50.460><c> going</c>

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back<00:15:51.379><c> to</c><00:15:51.879><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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We<00:15:53.360><c> must</c><00:15:53.460><c> remember</c><00:15:53.799><c> that</c><00:15:53.940><c> they</c><00:15:54.080><c> were</c><00:15:54.279><c> captives</c><00:15:54.659><c> in</c><00:15:54.840><c> the</c><00:15:55.000><c> land,</c>

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that<00:15:56.100><c> although</c><00:15:56.259><c> he</c><00:15:56.480><c> had</c><00:15:56.659><c> a</c><00:15:56.779><c> very</c><00:15:57.100><c> privileged</c>

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position<00:15:57.860><c> being</c><00:15:58.100><c> the</c><00:15:58.299><c> king's</c><00:15:58.620><c> cup</c><00:15:58.840><c> bearer,</c><00:15:59.860><c> they</c><00:16:00.080><c> were</c><00:16:00.259><c> nevertheless</c><00:16:00.759><c> captives</c><00:16:01.639><c> and</c>

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could<00:16:02.860><c> so</c><00:16:03.179><c> easily</c>

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have<00:16:03.820><c> lost</c><00:16:04.000><c> their</c><00:16:04.240><c> heads</c><00:16:04.899><c> by</c><00:16:05.639><c> stepping</c><00:16:05.879><c> out</c><00:16:06.220><c> of</c><00:16:06.559><c> place.</c>

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Well<00:16:08.519><c> first</c><00:16:08.720><c> and</c><00:16:08.919><c> foremost,</c><00:16:09.440><c> of</c><00:16:09.440><c> course,</c><00:16:09.740><c> Nehemiah</c><00:16:10.299><c> knew</c><00:16:10.700><c> that</c><00:16:11.039><c> he</c>

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was<00:16:11.340><c> working</c><00:16:11.659><c> on</c><00:16:11.899><c> God's</c><00:16:12.220><c> behalf.</c>

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He<00:16:13.179><c> knew</c><00:16:13.519><c> that</c><00:16:13.820><c> the</c><00:16:14.000><c> great</c><00:16:14.200><c> God</c><00:16:14.460><c> of</c><00:16:14.639><c> Israel</c><00:16:14.980><c> was</c><00:16:15.200><c> with</c><00:16:15.379><c> him.</c>

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He<00:16:16.120><c> was</c><00:16:16.440><c> fearless</c><00:16:16.860><c> therefore</c><00:16:17.500><c> before</c><00:16:18.320><c> this</c><00:16:19.820><c> king</c><00:16:20.080><c> who</c><00:16:21.440><c> ruled.</c>

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But<00:16:23.399><c> secondly,</c><00:16:24.679><c> there</c><00:16:24.740><c> was</c><00:16:24.919><c> the</c><00:16:25.159><c> precedent</c><00:16:25.580><c> that</c><00:16:26.019><c> the</c><00:16:26.259><c> king</c>

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had<00:16:27.019><c> already</c><00:16:27.580><c> sent</c><00:16:27.940><c> Ezra</c><00:16:28.399><c> back.</c>

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The<00:16:31.179><c> king</c><00:16:31.419><c> had</c><00:16:31.659><c> already</c><00:16:32.039><c> told</c><00:16:32.440><c> Ezra</c><00:16:32.799><c> to</c><00:16:33.000><c> go</c><00:16:33.240><c> back</c><00:16:33.500><c> and</c><00:16:33.820><c> given</c>

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him<00:16:34.240><c> men,</c><00:16:34.500><c> money</c><00:16:34.759><c> and</c><00:16:35.019><c> materials</c><00:16:35.639><c> to</c>

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establish<00:16:36.620><c> the</c><00:16:36.879><c> people</c><00:16:37.100><c> in</c><00:16:37.340><c> the</c><00:16:37.480><c> land.</c>

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So<00:16:39.659><c> Nehemiah</c><00:16:40.120><c> now</c><00:16:40.440><c> had</c><00:16:40.799><c> learned</c><00:16:41.440><c> from</c><00:16:42.279><c> his</c><00:16:42.639><c> brother</c><00:16:43.039><c> in</c><00:16:43.299><c> verse</c>

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two<00:16:43.740><c> of</c><00:16:43.879><c> chapter</c><00:16:44.139><c> one</c><00:16:44.620><c> that</c><00:16:44.840><c> things</c><00:16:45.080><c> were</c>

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not<00:16:45.299><c> well</c><00:16:45.700><c> in</c><00:16:45.919><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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He<00:16:47.919><c> had</c><00:16:48.059><c> every</c><00:16:48.379><c> reason</c><00:16:48.679><c> therefore</c><00:16:48.960><c> to</c><00:16:49.059><c> go</c><00:16:49.259><c> to</c><00:16:49.419><c> the</c><00:16:49.580><c> king</c><00:16:49.779><c> and</c>

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to<00:16:50.159><c> say,</c><00:16:50.539><c> look</c><00:16:50.779><c> you</c><00:16:50.960><c> have</c><00:16:51.320><c> sent</c><00:16:51.580><c> Ezra</c><00:16:51.960><c> back,</c>

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things<00:16:52.700><c> are</c><00:16:52.940><c> not</c><00:16:53.220><c> working</c><00:16:53.539><c> out,</c><00:16:54.299><c> therefore</c><00:16:54.580><c> send</c><00:16:54.980><c> me.</c>

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And<00:16:57.899><c> secondly,</c><00:16:58.080><c> as</c><00:16:58.320><c> I've</c><00:16:58.559><c> mentioned,</c><00:17:00.100><c> the</c><00:17:00.259><c> previous</c><00:17:00.600><c> king</c>

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had<00:17:02.159><c> benefited</c><00:17:02.700><c> greatly</c><00:17:03.480><c> from</c><00:17:04.359><c> Mordecai</c><00:17:05.140><c> and</c>

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his<00:17:05.980><c> cooperation</c><00:17:06.779><c> in</c><00:17:08.980><c> stemming</c><00:17:09.700><c> the</c><00:17:09.940><c> possibilities</c><00:17:10.579><c> of</c><00:17:10.980><c> a</c><00:17:11.119><c> rebellion.</c>

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The<00:17:13.299><c> king</c><00:17:13.519><c> was</c><00:17:13.759><c> therefore</c><00:17:14.200><c> kindly</c><00:17:14.640><c> disposed</c><00:17:15.319><c> towards</c><00:17:15.720><c> his</c><00:17:15.940><c> people.</c>

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And<00:17:17.019><c> so</c><00:17:17.099><c> what</c><00:17:17.339><c> may</c><00:17:17.559><c> be</c><00:17:17.859><c> strange</c><00:17:18.279><c> in</c><00:17:18.480><c> chapter</c><00:17:18.779><c> two</c><00:17:19.019><c> is</c><00:17:19.259><c> really</c>

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quite<00:17:19.880><c> natural.</c>

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But<00:17:22.420><c> when</c><00:17:22.579><c> we</c><00:17:22.900><c> look</c><00:17:23.119><c> at</c><00:17:23.339><c> the</c><00:17:23.480><c> latter</c><00:17:23.680><c> part</c><00:17:24.000><c> of</c><00:17:24.180><c> the</c><00:17:24.319><c> verse,</c><00:17:24.799><c> and</c>

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I<00:17:25.380><c> set</c><00:17:25.559><c> him</c><00:17:25.839><c> a</c><00:17:26.140><c> time,</c><00:17:27.859><c> we</c><00:17:28.039><c> ask</c><00:17:28.259><c> ourselves</c>

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how<00:17:29.079><c> long</c><00:17:29.539><c> was</c><00:17:30.019><c> that</c><00:17:30.500><c> time?</c>

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Some<00:17:34.299><c> say</c><00:17:34.519><c> it</c><00:17:34.680><c> was</c><00:17:35.059><c> 12</c><00:17:35.619><c> years,</c><00:17:36.099><c> chapter</c><00:17:36.319><c> five</c><00:17:36.720><c> for</c><00:17:36.960><c> example,</c>

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verse<00:17:37.599><c> 14,</c><00:17:39.440><c> moreover</c><00:17:39.839><c> from</c><00:17:39.980><c> the</c><00:17:40.259><c> time</c>

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that<00:17:40.619><c> I</c><00:17:40.819><c> was</c><00:17:41.039><c> appointed</c><00:17:41.420><c> to</c><00:17:41.660><c> be</c><00:17:41.819><c> their</c><00:17:42.059><c> governor</c><00:17:42.420><c> in</c><00:17:42.660><c> the</c><00:17:42.819><c> land</c>

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of<00:17:43.299><c> Judah</c><00:17:43.619><c> from</c><00:17:44.339><c> the</c><00:17:44.640><c> 20th</c><00:17:45.220><c> year</c><00:17:45.420><c> even</c>

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until<00:17:46.019><c> the</c><00:17:46.299><c> two</c><00:17:46.460><c> and</c><00:17:46.819><c> 30th</c><00:17:47.279><c> year</c><00:17:47.440><c> of</c><00:17:47.640><c> Artaxerxes</c><00:17:48.319><c> the</c><00:17:48.539><c> king,</c><00:17:49.339><c> that</c><00:17:49.440><c> is</c><00:17:49.559><c> 12</c><00:17:49.779><c> years,</c><00:17:50.559><c> I</c>

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and<00:17:50.839><c> my</c><00:17:51.019><c> brethren</c>

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have<00:17:51.420><c> not</c><00:17:51.680><c> eaten</c><00:17:52.019><c> the</c><00:17:52.380><c> bread</c><00:17:52.539><c> of</c><00:17:52.799><c> the</c><00:17:52.960><c> governor.</c>

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But<00:17:55.460><c> we</c><00:17:55.619><c> must</c><00:17:55.799><c> not</c><00:17:56.140><c> think</c><00:17:56.680><c> that</c><00:17:57.140><c> because</c><00:17:57.839><c> Nehemiah</c><00:17:58.500><c> was</c><00:17:58.940><c> governor</c><00:17:59.480><c> for</c>

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12<00:18:00.359><c> years</c><00:18:00.880><c> that</c><00:18:01.299><c> he</c><00:18:01.500><c> was</c><00:18:02.000><c> there</c>

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all<00:18:02.700><c> the</c><00:18:02.920><c> time.</c>

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As<00:18:04.039><c> a</c><00:18:04.079><c> matter</c><00:18:04.200><c> of</c><00:18:04.400><c> fact,</c><00:18:04.599><c> we</c><00:18:04.759><c> are</c><00:18:04.960><c> told</c><00:18:05.180><c> in</c><00:18:06.000><c> the</c><00:18:06.140><c> latter</c><00:18:06.339><c> part</c>

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of<00:18:06.920><c> Nehemiah</c><00:18:07.500><c> that</c><00:18:07.819><c> this</c><00:18:08.000><c> is</c><00:18:08.200><c> not</c><00:18:08.400><c> the</c><00:18:08.579><c> case.</c>

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When<00:18:11.240><c> we</c><00:18:11.480><c> look</c><00:18:11.819><c> in</c><00:18:12.160><c> chapter</c><00:18:13.380><c> 13,</c><00:18:16.519><c> we</c><00:18:18.380><c> read</c><00:18:18.759><c> that</c><00:18:19.039><c> Nehemiah</c><00:18:19.740><c> was</c>

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not<00:18:20.660><c> in</c><00:18:21.640><c> the</c><00:18:22.019><c> city</c><00:18:22.339><c> all</c><00:18:22.839><c> this</c><00:18:23.119><c> time,</c><00:18:23.400><c> verse</c>

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six,<00:18:24.500><c> but</c><00:18:24.680><c> in</c><00:18:24.859><c> all</c><00:18:25.099><c> this</c><00:18:25.339><c> time</c><00:18:25.599><c> was</c><00:18:25.779><c> not</c><00:18:26.059><c> I</c><00:18:26.299><c> at</c><00:18:26.619><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:18:28.960><c> in</c><00:18:29.160><c> the</c><00:18:29.460><c> two</c><00:18:29.640><c> and</c><00:18:29.920><c> 30th</c><00:18:30.359><c> year</c><00:18:30.579><c> of</c><00:18:30.819><c> Artaxerxes</c><00:18:31.539><c> he</c><00:18:32.140><c> asked</c>

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permission<00:18:32.839><c> to</c><00:18:33.099><c> return.</c>

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So<00:18:35.819><c> at</c><00:18:36.019><c> least</c><00:18:36.460><c> on</c><00:18:37.000><c> one</c><00:18:37.180><c> occasion</c><00:18:38.240><c> Nehemiah</c><00:18:38.799><c> has</c><00:18:38.980><c> gone</c><00:18:39.279><c> back</c><00:18:39.819><c> to</c>

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the<00:18:40.299><c> king's</c><00:18:40.640><c> palace</c><00:18:40.980><c> and</c><00:18:41.680><c> now</c><00:18:41.859><c> has</c><00:18:42.099><c> returned</c>

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to<00:18:42.720><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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There<00:18:44.279><c> are</c><00:18:44.460><c> possibilities</c><00:18:44.960><c> that</c><00:18:45.160><c> he</c><00:18:45.640><c> even</c><00:18:45.960><c> returned</c><00:18:46.420><c> more</c>

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than<00:18:46.900><c> once.</c>

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But<00:18:48.740><c> what</c><00:18:49.059><c> was</c><00:18:49.220><c> the</c><00:18:49.519><c> time</c><00:18:49.940><c> that</c><00:18:51.180><c> Nehemiah</c><00:18:51.900><c> set?</c>

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The<00:18:55.859><c> war</c><00:18:56.039><c> was</c><00:18:56.299><c> finished</c><00:18:56.980><c> in</c><00:18:58.619><c> the</c><00:18:58.940><c> sixth</c><00:18:59.539><c> month</c><00:19:00.160><c> of</c><00:19:01.119><c> the</c><00:19:01.299><c> Jewish</c>

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religious<00:19:02.859><c> year.</c>

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That<00:19:05.640><c> was</c><00:19:06.019><c> in</c><00:19:06.299><c> the</c><00:19:06.619><c> twelfth</c><00:19:07.240><c> month</c><00:19:08.039><c> of</c><00:19:08.660><c> the</c><00:19:08.799><c> civil</c><00:19:09.059><c> year.</c>

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Is<00:19:12.759><c> it</c><00:19:12.940><c> possible</c><00:19:13.319><c> that</c><00:19:13.579><c> Nehemiah</c><00:19:14.079><c> said</c><00:19:14.299><c> to</c><00:19:14.460><c> the</c><00:19:14.640><c> king,</c><00:19:16.759><c> give</c>

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me<00:19:17.000><c> to</c><00:19:17.140><c> the</c><00:19:17.299><c> end</c><00:19:17.460><c> of</c><00:19:17.619><c> the</c><00:19:17.819><c> year</c><00:19:18.720><c> and</c><00:19:20.460><c> I'll</c><00:19:20.619><c> come</c>

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back<00:19:20.980><c> to</c><00:19:21.000><c> you.</c>

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Now<00:19:23.960><c> there</c><00:19:24.119><c> are</c><00:19:25.140><c> lines</c><00:19:25.339><c> of</c><00:19:25.579><c> evidence</c><00:19:25.839><c> which</c><00:19:26.039><c> seem</c><00:19:26.180><c> to</c><00:19:26.420><c> support</c><00:19:26.640><c> this.</c>

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Turn<00:19:28.779><c> to</c><00:19:29.319><c> chapter</c><00:19:29.839><c> seven.</c>

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You<00:19:43.019><c> remember</c><00:19:43.420><c> in</c><00:19:43.779><c> verse</c><00:19:44.180><c> 15</c><00:19:44.740><c> of</c><00:19:45.000><c> chapter</c><00:19:45.359><c> six,</c><00:19:45.819><c> the</c><00:19:46.019><c> war</c><00:19:46.240><c> was</c>

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finished<00:19:47.059><c> in</c><00:19:47.339><c> the</c><00:19:47.619><c> 25th</c><00:19:48.619><c> day</c><00:19:48.900><c> of</c><00:19:49.160><c> the</c><00:19:49.339><c> month</c>

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of<00:19:50.000><c> Elul.</c>

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We<00:19:54.160><c> come</c><00:19:54.380><c> into</c><00:19:54.559><c> chapter</c><00:19:54.920><c> seven</c><00:19:55.680><c> and</c><00:19:56.720><c> we</c><00:19:57.000><c> read</c><00:19:57.380><c> that</c><00:19:57.940><c> Nehemiah</c>

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gave<00:19:59.160><c> his</c><00:19:59.460><c> brother</c><00:20:00.240><c> Hanani</c><00:20:01.079><c> and</c><00:20:02.839><c> Hananiah</c>

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the<00:20:04.339><c> ruler</c><00:20:04.700><c> of</c><00:20:04.980><c> the</c><00:20:05.220><c> palace,</c><00:20:06.619><c> charge</c><00:20:06.980><c> over</c><00:20:07.299><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:20:08.839><c> for</c><00:20:08.940><c> he</c><00:20:09.099><c> was</c><00:20:09.359><c> a</c>

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faithful<00:20:09.880><c> man.</c>

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The<00:20:11.480><c> wording</c><00:20:11.680><c> of</c><00:20:11.900><c> verse</c><00:20:12.059><c> two</c><00:20:12.220><c> is</c><00:20:12.400><c> a</c><00:20:12.480><c> little</c><00:20:12.680><c> awkward</c><00:20:13.079><c> and</c><00:20:13.660><c> not</c>

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easy<00:20:14.039><c> to</c><00:20:14.299><c> follow.</c>

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Most<00:20:15.220><c> commentators</c><00:20:16.119><c> agree</c><00:20:16.680><c> that</c><00:20:16.859><c> there</c><00:20:17.000><c> are</c><00:20:17.220><c> two</c><00:20:17.559><c> offices</c>

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here,<00:20:18.500><c> one</c><00:20:18.759><c> for</c><00:20:19.299><c> Hanani</c><00:20:19.839><c> and</c><00:20:20.220><c> one</c><00:20:20.380><c> for</c><00:20:20.660><c> Hananiah,</c>

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governor<00:20:21.980><c> and</c><00:20:22.279><c> ruler.</c>

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This<00:20:23.660><c> comes</c><00:20:23.900><c> out</c><00:20:24.079><c> again</c><00:20:24.460><c> a</c><00:20:24.720><c> little</c><00:20:24.839><c> later</c><00:20:25.119><c> in</c><00:20:25.319><c> the</c><00:20:25.380><c> book</c><00:20:25.740><c> of</c><00:20:26.180><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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But<00:20:27.720><c> why</c><00:20:28.279><c> should</c><00:20:29.059><c> Nehemiah</c><00:20:29.920><c> be</c><00:20:30.480><c> giving</c><00:20:30.980><c> the</c><00:20:31.240><c> authority</c><00:20:31.799><c> for</c>

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the<00:20:32.119><c> city</c><00:20:32.299><c> of</c><00:20:32.539><c> Jerusalem</c><00:20:33.059><c> to</c><00:20:33.599><c> other</c><00:20:33.940><c> people</c>

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whilst<00:20:35.039><c> he</c><00:20:35.319><c> himself</c><00:20:35.700><c> was</c><00:20:36.160><c> the</c><00:20:36.400><c> governor?</c>

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end<00:20:47.240><c> of</c><00:20:47.539><c> the</c><00:20:47.720><c> civil</c><00:20:48.000><c> year.</c>

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to<00:20:54.079><c> go</c><00:20:54.400><c> back</c><00:20:55.059><c> to</c><00:20:55.339><c> his</c><00:20:55.619><c> duties</c>

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Jerusalem<00:21:02.759><c> and</c><00:21:03.259><c> of</c><00:21:03.519><c> course</c><00:21:03.660><c> for</c>

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other<00:21:04.180><c> things</c><00:21:04.460><c> too.</c>

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interesting<00:21:13.980><c> thing</c><00:21:14.140><c> happens.</c>

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point<00:21:20.279><c> has</c><00:21:20.559><c> been</c><00:21:20.740><c> in</c><00:21:20.900><c> the</c><00:21:21.200><c> first</c><00:21:21.619><c> person,</c>

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Nehemiah<00:21:23.180><c> narrating</c><00:21:23.640><c> the</c><00:21:23.940><c> story,</c><00:21:24.900><c> changes</c><00:21:25.259><c> into</c><00:21:25.559><c> the</c><00:21:25.799><c> third</c><00:21:26.019><c> person.</c>

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You'll<00:21:29.579><c> find</c><00:21:29.660><c> also</c><00:21:30.019><c> that</c><00:21:30.259><c> Ezra</c><00:21:30.579><c> is</c><00:21:30.759><c> the</c><00:21:30.859><c> man</c><00:21:31.039><c> who</c><00:21:31.140><c> is</c><00:21:31.420><c> important</c><00:21:31.759><c> here</c><00:21:32.440><c> and</c>

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that<00:21:33.880><c> the</c><00:21:34.019><c> people</c><00:21:34.240><c> who</c>

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wish<00:21:34.799><c> the</c><00:21:35.059><c> book</c><00:21:35.359><c> to</c><00:21:35.599><c> be</c><00:21:35.740><c> read</c><00:21:36.019><c> to</c><00:21:36.240><c> them,</c><00:21:36.400><c> the</c><00:21:36.500><c> book</c><00:21:36.660><c> of</c><00:21:36.799><c> the</c><00:21:36.940><c> law</c>

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to<00:21:37.240><c> be</c><00:21:37.319><c> read</c><00:21:37.500><c> to</c><00:21:37.720><c> them,</c><00:21:38.240><c> go</c><00:21:38.380><c> to</c><00:21:38.619><c> Ezra</c>

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and<00:21:39.759><c> there</c><00:21:40.019><c> seek</c><00:21:40.180><c> him.</c>

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Now<00:21:41.299><c> had</c><00:21:41.599><c> Nehemiah</c><00:21:42.079><c> been</c><00:21:42.299><c> present,</c><00:21:42.640><c> they</c><00:21:42.740><c> would</c><00:21:42.880><c> have</c><00:21:43.039><c> gone</c>

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to<00:21:43.299><c> Nehemiah</c><00:21:43.940><c> and</c><00:21:44.240><c> they</c><00:21:44.339><c> would</c><00:21:44.500><c> have</c>

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sought<00:21:44.839><c> his</c><00:21:45.099><c> help</c><00:21:45.299><c> despite</c><00:21:45.799><c> the</c><00:21:46.099><c> fact</c><00:21:46.299><c> that</c><00:21:46.759><c> he</c><00:21:46.880><c> was</c><00:21:47.099><c> not</c><00:21:47.380><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:47.799><c> line</c><00:21:47.920><c> of</c><00:21:48.099><c> the</c><00:21:48.240><c> priesthood.</c>

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And<00:21:50.079><c> so</c><00:21:50.240><c> we</c><00:21:50.460><c> have</c><00:21:50.660><c> the</c><00:21:51.960><c> narration</c><00:21:52.400><c> changing</c><00:21:52.920><c> into</c><00:21:53.119><c> the</c><00:21:53.420><c> third</c>

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person<00:21:54.799><c> from</c><00:21:55.460><c> chapter</c><00:21:55.779><c> eight</c><00:21:56.039><c> onwards</c>

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and<00:21:56.859><c> it</c><00:21:57.099><c> doesn't</c><00:21:57.279><c> return</c><00:21:57.680><c> to</c><00:21:57.839><c> the</c><00:21:58.059><c> first</c><00:21:58.299><c> person</c><00:21:58.839><c> until</c><00:21:59.140><c> we</c><00:21:59.380><c> come</c><00:21:59.539><c> towards</c><00:21:59.819><c> the</c><00:22:00.059><c> end</c><00:22:00.299><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:00.619><c> book</c>

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of<00:22:01.319><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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So<00:22:03.380><c> in</c><00:22:03.480><c> all</c><00:22:03.640><c> probability</c><00:22:04.180><c> when</c><00:22:04.519><c> the</c><00:22:04.720><c> king</c><00:22:04.859><c> said,</c><00:22:05.799><c> how</c><00:22:05.819><c> much</c><00:22:06.099><c> time</c><00:22:06.279><c> do</c>

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you<00:22:06.559><c> want,</c><00:22:08.619><c> Nehemiah</c><00:22:09.079><c> said</c><00:22:09.400><c> give</c>

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me<00:22:09.980><c> to</c><00:22:10.160><c> the</c><00:22:10.359><c> end</c><00:22:10.660><c> of</c><00:22:10.880><c> the</c><00:22:11.079><c> year</c><00:22:11.220><c> and</c><00:22:11.319><c> that</c><00:22:11.480><c> is</c><00:22:11.640><c> much</c><00:22:11.900><c> more</c><00:22:12.180><c> reasonable</c><00:22:12.559><c> than</c>

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saying<00:22:13.240><c> give</c><00:22:13.759><c> me</c><00:22:13.980><c> 12</c><00:22:14.220><c> years.</c>

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Can<00:22:15.640><c> you</c><00:22:15.779><c> imagine</c><00:22:16.079><c> the</c><00:22:16.279><c> king's</c><00:22:16.680><c> cupbearer</c><00:22:17.200><c> saying</c><00:22:17.380><c> I</c><00:22:17.839><c> want</c><00:22:18.000><c> a</c>

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holiday<00:22:18.400><c> for</c><00:22:18.640><c> 12</c><00:22:18.920><c> years,</c><00:22:19.940><c> I</c><00:22:20.279><c> want</c><00:22:20.480><c> to</c><00:22:20.660><c> go</c>

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to<00:22:20.980><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:22:21.940><c> I</c><00:22:22.740><c> want</c><00:22:22.940><c> men,</c><00:22:23.299><c> money</c><00:22:23.559><c> and</c><00:22:23.799><c> materials</c><00:22:24.400><c> and</c><00:22:25.460><c> I</c>

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want<00:22:25.680><c> you</c><00:22:25.799><c> to</c><00:22:26.099><c> provide</c><00:22:26.299><c> them</c><00:22:27.279><c> and</c><00:22:27.680><c> letters</c>

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of<00:22:28.099><c> authority</c><00:22:28.619><c> and</c><00:22:29.099><c> I</c><00:22:29.200><c> shall</c><00:22:29.299><c> be</c><00:22:29.440><c> absent</c><00:22:29.799><c> for</c><00:22:30.039><c> 12</c><00:22:30.299><c> years,</c><00:22:30.660><c> a</c><00:22:30.819><c> man</c><00:22:31.019><c> who</c><00:22:31.200><c> was</c><00:22:31.599><c> in</c>

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such<00:22:31.980><c> an</c><00:22:32.339><c> important</c>

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position,<00:22:33.839><c> it</c><00:22:34.079><c> doesn't</c><00:22:34.319><c> seem</c><00:22:34.519><c> logical</c><00:22:35.160><c> but</c><00:22:36.519><c> it</c><00:22:36.740><c> does</c><00:22:36.900><c> seem</c><00:22:37.119><c> very</c><00:22:37.380><c> logical</c><00:22:37.779><c> indeed</c><00:22:38.259><c> that</c><00:22:38.660><c> he</c>

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should<00:22:38.940><c> ask</c>

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just<00:22:40.039><c> for</c><00:22:40.220><c> the,</c><00:22:40.519><c> to</c><00:22:40.720><c> the</c><00:22:40.960><c> end</c><00:22:41.240><c> of</c><00:22:41.680><c> the</c><00:22:41.880><c> year.</c>

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Let's<00:22:47.200><c> go</c><00:22:47.339><c> back</c><00:22:47.539><c> now</c><00:22:47.700><c> to</c><00:22:47.839><c> the</c><00:22:47.960><c> beginning</c><00:22:48.160><c> of</c><00:22:48.319><c> the</c><00:22:48.420><c> book</c><00:22:48.559><c> of</c><00:22:48.759><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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Verse<00:23:05.519><c> one</c><00:23:05.799><c> of</c><00:23:05.940><c> chapter</c><00:23:06.200><c> one.</c>

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The<00:23:11.980><c> words</c><00:23:12.200><c> of</c><00:23:12.420><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:23:13.000><c> the</c><00:23:13.140><c> son</c><00:23:13.460><c> of</c><00:23:13.720><c> Hakeliah,</c><00:23:15.759><c> and</c><00:23:16.819><c> he</c><00:23:17.019><c> came</c><00:23:17.039><c> to</c>

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pass<00:23:17.519><c> in</c><00:23:17.759><c> the</c><00:23:17.880><c> month</c><00:23:18.140><c> Chisleu,</c>

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in<00:23:20.059><c> the</c><00:23:20.240><c> 20th</c><00:23:20.680><c> year</c><00:23:21.000><c> as</c><00:23:21.259><c> I</c><00:23:21.480><c> was</c><00:23:21.720><c> in</c><00:23:22.039><c> Shushan</c><00:23:22.440><c> at</c><00:23:22.599><c> the</c><00:23:22.819><c> palace,</c>

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that<00:23:25.240><c> Hanani,</c><00:23:26.859><c> one</c><00:23:27.039><c> of</c><00:23:27.200><c> my</c><00:23:27.359><c> brethren</c><00:23:27.759><c> came,</c>

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he<00:23:29.099><c> and</c><00:23:29.359><c> certain</c><00:23:29.599><c> men</c><00:23:29.859><c> of</c><00:23:30.119><c> Judah</c><00:23:30.420><c> and</c><00:23:31.279><c> I</c><00:23:31.480><c> asked</c><00:23:31.640><c> them</c><00:23:31.819><c> concerning</c><00:23:32.339><c> the</c><00:23:32.740><c> Jews</c>

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that<00:23:33.380><c> had</c><00:23:33.559><c> escaped</c><00:23:34.059><c> which</c>

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were<00:23:35.279><c> left</c><00:23:35.539><c> of</c><00:23:35.720><c> the</c><00:23:35.880><c> captivity</c><00:23:36.380><c> and</c><00:23:36.819><c> concerning</c><00:23:37.279><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Let's<00:23:40.740><c> just</c><00:23:40.880><c> pick</c><00:23:41.019><c> out</c><00:23:41.160><c> the</c><00:23:41.359><c> names</c><00:23:41.539><c> for</c><00:23:41.740><c> a</c><00:23:41.859><c> moment,</c><00:23:43.940><c> Hakeliah,</c>

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Hanani<00:23:47.019><c> and</c><00:23:47.420><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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It<00:23:50.859><c> so</c><00:23:51.079><c> often</c><00:23:51.299><c> happens</c><00:23:51.799><c> you</c><00:23:52.039><c> know</c><00:23:52.259><c> that</c><00:23:52.359><c> when</c><00:23:52.519><c> you</c><00:23:52.759><c> look</c><00:23:53.180><c> at</c>

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the<00:23:53.740><c> Old</c><00:23:54.039><c> Testament</c><00:23:54.539><c> books</c><00:23:55.519><c> that</c><00:23:57.779><c> contained</c>

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in<00:23:58.680><c> the</c><00:23:58.900><c> names</c><00:23:59.460><c> which</c><00:23:59.880><c> are</c><00:24:00.140><c> first</c><00:24:00.480><c> mentioned,</c><00:24:03.099><c> there</c><00:24:03.279><c> is</c><00:24:03.480><c> a</c><00:24:03.779><c> microcosm</c><00:24:05.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:05.700><c> whole</c><00:24:05.859><c> of</c><00:24:06.039><c> the</c><00:24:06.119><c> book.</c>

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Let's<00:24:07.960><c> slip</c><00:24:08.099><c> your</c><00:24:08.259><c> bookmark</c><00:24:08.559><c> for</c><00:24:08.740><c> a</c><00:24:08.839><c> moment</c><00:24:09.099><c> in</c><00:24:09.519><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:24:10.099><c> we'll</c><00:24:10.279><c> come</c><00:24:10.500><c> back</c><00:24:10.680><c> to</c>

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this<00:24:10.940><c> obviously,</c>

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and<00:24:12.200><c> turn</c><00:24:12.500><c> to</c><00:24:13.059><c> the</c><00:24:13.160><c> book</c><00:24:13.279><c> of</c><00:24:13.539><c> Hosea.</c>

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This<00:24:24.759><c> kind</c><00:24:25.119><c> of</c><00:24:25.259><c> thing</c><00:24:25.380><c> happens</c><00:24:25.799><c> so</c><00:24:26.160><c> often</c><00:24:26.579><c> but</c><00:24:26.980><c> it's</c><00:24:27.180><c> very</c><00:24:27.380><c> marked</c><00:24:27.700><c> in</c>

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Hosea<00:24:28.539><c> and</c><00:24:28.880><c> in</c><00:24:30.400><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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The<00:24:36.920><c> word</c><00:24:37.000><c> of</c><00:24:37.140><c> the</c><00:24:37.279><c> Lord</c><00:24:37.440><c> that</c><00:24:37.640><c> came</c><00:24:37.839><c> to</c><00:24:38.160><c> Hosea,</c><00:24:38.720><c> the</c><00:24:38.819><c> son</c><00:24:38.980><c> of</c>

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Beeri,<00:24:40.420><c> in</c><00:24:41.779><c> the</c><00:24:41.980><c> days</c><00:24:42.140><c> of</c><00:24:42.339><c> Uzziah,</c><00:24:43.059><c> Jotham,</c>

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Ahaz,<00:24:44.099><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:24:44.799><c> kings</c><00:24:44.960><c> of</c><00:24:45.299><c> Judah.</c>

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We<00:24:50.319><c> have</c><00:24:50.599><c> Hosea</c><00:24:51.220><c> whose</c><00:24:51.660><c> name</c><00:24:52.039><c> means</c><00:24:52.539><c> saviour,</c><00:24:55.200><c> Yah</c><00:24:55.480><c> is</c><00:24:55.940><c> saviour.</c>

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We<00:25:00.099><c> have</c><00:25:00.599><c> Beeri</c><00:25:01.220><c> who</c><00:25:01.480><c> means</c><00:25:03.180><c> welling</c><00:25:04.539><c> forth</c><00:25:05.059><c> and</c><00:25:07.680><c> just</c><00:25:07.920><c> as</c><00:25:08.140><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:25:08.519><c> Jesus</c><00:25:08.920><c> Christ</c><00:25:09.319><c> drank</c><00:25:09.700><c> deeply</c>

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from<00:25:10.660><c> the</c><00:25:10.900><c> waters</c><00:25:11.299><c> of</c><00:25:12.180><c> salvation</c><00:25:12.680><c> from</c><00:25:12.859><c> his</c><00:25:13.079><c> father</c><00:25:13.740><c> in</c><00:25:14.279><c> order</c>

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to<00:25:15.339><c> become</c><00:25:15.640><c> the</c><00:25:15.900><c> one</c><00:25:16.059><c> who</c><00:25:16.140><c> would</c><00:25:16.339><c> bring</c>

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salvation,<00:25:17.700><c> so</c><00:25:17.819><c> we</c><00:25:18.059><c> have</c><00:25:18.259><c> here</c><00:25:18.720><c> Hosea</c><00:25:19.359><c> the</c><00:25:19.660><c> son</c><00:25:20.039><c> of</c><00:25:20.619><c> Beeri.</c>

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You<00:25:22.759><c> will</c><00:25:22.980><c> find</c><00:25:23.119><c> also</c><00:25:23.440><c> that</c><00:25:23.680><c> all</c><00:25:24.019><c> the</c><00:25:24.200><c> kings'</c><00:25:24.759><c> names</c><00:25:24.779><c> here</c><00:25:25.200><c> of</c>

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Judah<00:25:26.160><c> carry</c><00:25:27.319><c> some</c><00:25:27.640><c> kind</c><00:25:27.839><c> of</c><00:25:27.980><c> meaning</c>

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like<00:25:28.500><c> God</c><00:25:28.839><c> is</c><00:25:29.119><c> strength,</c><00:25:31.900><c> whereas</c><00:25:32.039><c> the</c><00:25:32.599><c> only</c><00:25:32.980><c> name</c><00:25:33.359><c> of</c><00:25:33.759><c> a</c><00:25:33.920><c> king</c>

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from<00:25:34.759><c> Israel</c><00:25:35.180><c> which</c><00:25:35.359><c> is</c><00:25:35.519><c> given</c><00:25:35.819><c> Jeroboam</c>

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means<00:25:37.759><c> enlarger.</c>

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And<00:25:41.880><c> the</c><00:25:42.019><c> picture</c><00:25:42.259><c> is</c><00:25:42.579><c> that</c><00:25:42.819><c> the</c><00:25:43.519><c> ten</c><00:25:43.720><c> tribes</c><00:25:44.079><c> broke</c><00:25:44.440><c> away</c><00:25:44.799><c> from</c><00:25:44.940><c> the</c>

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twelfth<00:25:45.759><c> tribe,</c><00:25:46.000><c> from</c><00:25:46.160><c> the</c><00:25:46.279><c> other</c>

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two<00:25:46.740><c> tribes.</c>

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They<00:25:48.180><c> broke</c><00:25:48.440><c> away</c><00:25:48.759><c> from</c><00:25:48.940><c> the</c><00:25:49.160><c> kings</c><00:25:49.519><c> whose</c><00:25:49.900><c> names</c><00:25:50.279><c> mean</c><00:25:50.779><c> God</c>

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is<00:25:51.539><c> strength</c><00:25:52.099><c> and</c><00:25:53.759><c> they</c><00:25:54.019><c> followed</c><00:25:54.200><c> one</c>

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whose<00:25:54.680><c> name</c><00:25:55.019><c> meant</c><00:25:55.339><c> enlarger,</c><00:25:56.700><c> one</c><00:25:56.980><c> who</c><00:25:57.240><c> was</c><00:25:57.519><c> seeking</c><00:25:57.819><c> to</c>

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make<00:25:58.240><c> himself</c><00:25:59.079><c> great.</c>

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And<00:26:01.339><c> this</c><00:26:01.480><c> happened,</c><00:26:02.299><c> of</c><00:26:02.599><c> course,</c><00:26:03.880><c> and</c><00:26:04.039><c> it</c><00:26:04.240><c> caused</c><00:26:04.359><c> the</c><00:26:04.599><c> downfall</c><00:26:05.220><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:06.180><c> nation.</c>

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Come<00:26:08.420><c> back</c><00:26:08.579><c> into</c><00:26:09.339><c> Nehemiah</c><00:26:10.079><c> and</c><00:26:11.079><c> you</c><00:26:11.220><c> will</c><00:26:11.339><c> find</c><00:26:11.440><c> the</c><00:26:11.599><c> same</c><00:26:11.839><c> kind</c><00:26:12.079><c> of</c>

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thing<00:26:12.380><c> here.</c>

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The<00:26:21.460><c> words</c><00:26:21.799><c> of</c><00:26:22.140><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:26:22.960><c> the</c><00:26:23.079><c> son</c><00:26:23.400><c> of</c><00:26:23.839><c> Hakeliah.</c>

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So<00:26:25.859><c> Nehemiah's</c><00:26:26.660><c> father</c><00:26:27.380><c> was</c><00:26:29.119><c> called</c><00:26:29.660><c> Hakeliah</c><00:26:30.859><c> and</c><00:26:31.960><c> his</c><00:26:32.299><c> name</c>

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means<00:26:33.200><c> Yah</c><00:26:33.819><c> is</c><00:26:34.420><c> hidden.</c>

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And<00:26:39.160><c> he</c><00:26:39.259><c> was</c><00:26:39.420><c> part</c><00:26:39.700><c> of</c><00:26:39.839><c> that</c><00:26:40.019><c> generation</c><00:26:40.740><c> which</c><00:26:41.599><c> went</c><00:26:41.819><c> into</c>

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captivity<00:26:42.640><c> from</c><00:26:42.940><c> whom</c><00:26:43.200><c> God</c><00:26:43.480><c> was</c><00:26:43.720><c> hidden.</c>

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Remember<00:26:46.019><c> that</c><00:26:46.259><c> Zedekiah's</c><00:26:46.880><c> eyes</c><00:26:47.079><c> were</c><00:26:47.240><c> put</c><00:26:47.460><c> out</c><00:26:48.559><c> and</c><00:26:49.019><c> in</c><00:26:49.299><c> blindness</c><00:26:49.720><c> and</c>

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darkness<00:26:50.500><c> he</c><00:26:50.819><c> stumbled</c>

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down<00:26:51.559><c> into</c><00:26:51.799><c> captivity</c><00:26:52.319><c> there</c><00:26:52.599><c> to</c><00:26:52.859><c> die</c><00:26:53.279><c> and</c><00:26:54.180><c> he</c><00:26:54.420><c> as</c><00:26:54.680><c> a</c><00:26:54.819><c> king</c><00:26:55.039><c> was</c>

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typical<00:26:55.740><c> of</c><00:26:55.880><c> the</c><00:26:56.039><c> whole</c><00:26:56.259><c> nation</c><00:26:56.900><c> which</c>

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went<00:26:57.519><c> in</c><00:26:57.839><c> darkness</c><00:26:58.240><c> down</c><00:26:59.099><c> into</c><00:26:59.579><c> captivity</c><00:27:00.119><c> to</c><00:27:00.440><c> perish.</c>

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A<00:27:02.500><c> whole</c><00:27:02.660><c> generation</c><00:27:03.200><c> from</c><00:27:03.480><c> whom</c><00:27:03.700><c> God</c><00:27:04.059><c> was</c><00:27:04.319><c> hidden</c><00:27:04.920><c> and</c><00:27:06.099><c> that</c>

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is<00:27:06.380><c> in</c><00:27:06.700><c> the</c><00:27:06.900><c> name</c><00:27:07.779><c> Hakeliah.</c>

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Hanani,<00:27:11.559><c> who</c><00:27:11.640><c> was</c><00:27:11.900><c> the</c><00:27:12.240><c> brother</c><00:27:12.700><c> of</c><00:27:14.319><c> Nehemiah</c><00:27:14.880><c> and</c><00:27:15.140><c> therefore</c>

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belonged<00:27:15.779><c> to</c><00:27:16.019><c> the</c><00:27:16.140><c> next</c><00:27:16.640><c> generation,</c>

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means<00:27:19.359><c> gracious.</c>

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And<00:27:21.900><c> it</c><00:27:22.079><c> was</c><00:27:22.220><c> to</c><00:27:22.460><c> this</c><00:27:22.740><c> new</c><00:27:23.200><c> generation</c><00:27:23.799><c> that</c><00:27:24.000><c> God</c><00:27:24.299><c> was</c><00:27:24.579><c> to</c><00:27:24.740><c> be</c><00:27:24.960><c> gracious.</c>

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That<00:27:27.920><c> he</c><00:27:28.059><c> was</c><00:27:28.200><c> to</c><00:27:28.420><c> forgive</c><00:27:28.720><c> their</c><00:27:29.000><c> iniquity</c><00:27:29.440><c> and</c><00:27:29.599><c> take</c><00:27:29.799><c> them</c>

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back<00:27:30.279><c> into</c><00:27:30.460><c> the</c><00:27:30.660><c> land.</c>

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And<00:27:32.880><c> of</c><00:27:33.000><c> course</c><00:27:33.119><c> Nehemiah</c><00:27:33.680><c> means</c><00:27:34.079><c> Yah</c><00:27:34.579><c> is</c><00:27:35.039><c> comfort,</c><00:27:35.400><c> God</c><00:27:35.740><c> is</c><00:27:36.200><c> comfort.</c>

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And<00:27:37.279><c> it</c><00:27:37.400><c> was</c><00:27:37.619><c> through</c><00:27:38.539><c> Nehemiah</c><00:27:39.200><c> that</c><00:27:40.000><c> he</c><00:27:40.200><c> brought</c><00:27:40.440><c> comfort</c>

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unto<00:27:41.240><c> his</c><00:27:41.500><c> people.</c>

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You'll<00:27:42.759><c> notice</c><00:27:42.900><c> in</c><00:27:43.039><c> verse</c><00:27:43.259><c> 10</c><00:27:43.420><c> of</c><00:27:43.559><c> chapter</c><00:27:43.859><c> 2</c><00:27:44.559><c> even</c><00:27:44.900><c> the</c><00:27:45.240><c> enemies</c><00:27:45.640><c> of</c><00:27:45.980><c> Nehemiah</c><00:27:48.039><c> saw</c><00:27:48.420><c> in</c>

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Nehemiah<00:27:50.160><c> one</c>

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at<00:27:50.619><c> the</c><00:27:50.720><c> end</c><00:27:50.859><c> of</c><00:27:51.019><c> verse</c><00:27:51.180><c> 10,</c><00:27:52.000><c> one</c><00:27:52.259><c> who</c><00:27:52.420><c> had</c><00:27:52.619><c> come</c><00:27:52.819><c> to</c><00:27:53.099><c> seek</c><00:27:53.259><c> the</c>

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welfare<00:27:54.099><c> of</c><00:27:54.980><c> the</c><00:27:55.220><c> children</c><00:27:55.740><c> of</c><00:27:56.220><c> Israel.</c>

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Yah<00:27:59.400><c> is</c><00:27:59.700><c> comfort.</c>

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And<00:28:01.599><c> so</c><00:28:01.700><c> we</c><00:28:01.859><c> have</c><00:28:02.039><c> then</c><00:28:03.099><c> this</c><00:28:03.880><c> microcosm</c><00:28:05.160><c> of</c><00:28:05.599><c> the</c><00:28:05.720><c> whole</c><00:28:06.079><c> story</c>

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of<00:28:06.940><c> the</c><00:28:07.000><c> book</c><00:28:07.480><c> of</c><00:28:07.799><c> Nehemiah.</c>

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A<00:28:09.380><c> generation</c><00:28:09.940><c> which</c><00:28:10.380><c> perished</c><00:28:11.079><c> in</c><00:28:11.779><c> their</c><00:28:12.059><c> iniquity</c><00:28:12.759><c> in</c><00:28:13.140><c> captivity.</c>

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God<00:28:15.299><c> showing</c><00:28:15.619><c> his</c><00:28:15.900><c> grace</c><00:28:16.180><c> to</c><00:28:16.380><c> a</c><00:28:16.579><c> new</c><00:28:16.759><c> generation</c><00:28:17.519><c> that</c><00:28:17.920><c> they</c>

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might<00:28:18.339><c> go</c><00:28:18.680><c> back</c><00:28:18.880><c> but</c><00:28:19.099><c> unhappily</c><00:28:19.720><c> they</c>

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never<00:28:20.559><c> went</c><00:28:20.839><c> back</c><00:28:21.259><c> in</c><00:28:21.640><c> the</c><00:28:21.819><c> right</c><00:28:22.039><c> spirit.</c>

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They<00:28:23.319><c> never</c><00:28:23.619><c> went</c><00:28:23.859><c> back</c><00:28:24.200><c> in</c><00:28:24.500><c> humility.</c>

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They<00:28:26.019><c> never</c><00:28:26.339><c> sought</c><00:28:26.579><c> God</c><00:28:26.920><c> as</c><00:28:27.059><c> they</c><00:28:27.319><c> ought</c><00:28:27.539><c> to</c><00:28:27.700><c> have</c><00:28:27.859><c> done.</c>

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The<00:28:28.980><c> Shekinah</c><00:28:29.619><c> glory</c><00:28:30.000><c> never</c><00:28:30.440><c> came</c><00:28:30.759><c> back</c><00:28:31.059><c> to</c><00:28:32.200><c> dwell</c><00:28:32.539><c> between</c>

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the<00:28:33.700><c> cherubim.</c>

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And<00:28:35.240><c> as</c><00:28:35.339><c> we</c><00:28:35.420><c> shall</c><00:28:35.539><c> see</c><00:28:35.660><c> a</c><00:28:35.779><c> little</c><00:28:35.940><c> later</c><00:28:36.279><c> in</c><00:28:36.500><c> the</c><00:28:36.619><c> book</c><00:28:36.819><c> of</c><00:28:37.039><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:28:37.799><c> they</c><00:28:38.000><c> never</c><00:28:38.400><c> had</c>

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Urim<00:28:39.059><c> and</c>

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Thummim<00:28:39.799><c> in</c><00:28:40.099><c> their</c><00:28:40.279><c> midst</c><00:28:40.500><c> to</c><00:28:40.839><c> guide</c><00:28:41.019><c> them.</c>

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They<00:28:42.900><c> were</c><00:28:43.140><c> never</c><00:28:43.480><c> the</c><00:28:43.740><c> same</c><00:28:43.960><c> nation</c><00:28:44.319><c> as</c><00:28:44.759><c> they</c><00:28:44.900><c> had</c><00:28:45.099><c> been</c><00:28:45.380><c> previously.</c>

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Verse<00:28:46.539><c> 2,</c><00:28:51.660><c> chapter</c><00:28:51.960><c> 1,</c><00:28:54.859><c> verse</c><00:28:55.099><c> 3,</c><00:28:55.460><c> he</c><00:28:55.599><c> is</c><00:28:55.920><c> asking</c><00:28:56.299><c> about</c><00:28:57.240><c> the</c><00:28:57.720><c> remnant.</c>

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The<00:29:00.339><c> remnant</c><00:29:00.640><c> that</c><00:29:00.859><c> are</c><00:29:01.039><c> left</c><00:29:01.339><c> in</c><00:29:01.640><c> the</c><00:29:01.819><c> land.</c>

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:07.000
A<00:29:04.619><c> word</c><00:29:04.839><c> which</c><00:29:05.400><c> has</c><00:29:05.779><c> great</c><00:29:06.039><c> significance</c><00:29:06.579><c> to</c><00:29:06.799><c> us.</c>

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It<00:29:07.279><c> shows</c><00:29:07.519><c> first</c><00:29:07.799><c> of</c><00:29:07.980><c> all</c><00:29:08.160><c> the</c><00:29:08.559><c> severity</c><00:29:09.220><c> of</c><00:29:09.640><c> the</c><00:29:10.380><c> chastisement</c><00:29:11.160><c> of</c><00:29:11.400><c> God.</c>

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And<00:29:12.700><c> all</c><00:29:13.099><c> the</c><00:29:13.240><c> way</c><00:29:13.400><c> through</c><00:29:13.619><c> scripture</c><00:29:14.059><c> God</c><00:29:14.500><c> is</c><00:29:15.099><c> purging</c><00:29:15.619><c> his</c><00:29:15.940><c> people.</c>

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He<00:29:17.240><c> is</c><00:29:17.619><c> searching</c><00:29:18.180><c> and</c><00:29:18.619><c> seeking</c><00:29:19.079><c> a</c><00:29:19.859><c> remnant</c><00:29:20.339><c> only.</c>

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Now<00:29:23.460><c> this</c><00:29:23.660><c> must</c><00:29:23.920><c> have</c><00:29:24.140><c> a</c><00:29:24.220><c> very</c><00:29:24.740><c> sobering</c><00:29:25.200><c> effect</c><00:29:25.460><c> upon</c><00:29:25.720><c> ourselves.</c>

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Because<00:29:28.180><c> you</c><00:29:28.380><c> know</c><00:29:28.619><c> as</c><00:29:28.960><c> a</c><00:29:29.079><c> building</c><00:29:29.380><c> is</c><00:29:29.720><c> erected</c><00:29:30.160><c> and</c><00:29:30.299><c> we</c><00:29:30.460><c> have</c>

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:33.259
one<00:29:30.799><c> being</c><00:29:31.099><c> erected</c><00:29:31.539><c> out</c><00:29:31.839><c> to</c><00:29:32.079><c> our</c><00:29:32.279><c> right.</c>

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:36.160
There<00:29:33.900><c> is</c><00:29:34.079><c> always</c><00:29:34.380><c> a</c><00:29:34.500><c> lot</c><00:29:34.599><c> of</c><00:29:34.819><c> scaffolding</c><00:29:35.319><c> on</c><00:29:35.519><c> the</c><00:29:35.640><c> outside</c>

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and<00:29:36.720><c> on</c><00:29:36.859><c> the</c><00:29:37.000><c> inside.</c>

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The<00:29:38.279><c> scaffolding</c><00:29:38.839><c> is</c><00:29:39.039><c> used</c><00:29:39.339><c> until</c><00:29:39.680><c> the</c><00:29:39.880><c> building</c><00:29:40.140><c> is</c><00:29:40.420><c> completed.</c>

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The<00:29:41.440><c> scaffolding</c><00:29:41.880><c> is</c><00:29:42.099><c> then</c><00:29:42.380><c> removed.</c>

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:49.460
About<00:29:47.619><c> a</c><00:29:47.900><c> third</c><00:29:48.099><c> of</c><00:29:48.259><c> the</c><00:29:48.480><c> materials</c><00:29:48.779><c> which</c><00:29:48.960><c> are</c><00:29:49.099><c> brought</c><00:29:49.259><c> onto</c>

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the<00:29:49.740><c> site</c><00:29:49.900><c> are</c><00:29:50.200><c> wasted.</c>

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And<00:29:53.519><c> all</c><00:29:53.619><c> the</c><00:29:53.839><c> scaffold</c><00:29:54.140><c> and</c><00:29:54.339><c> the</c><00:29:54.539><c> wasted</c><00:29:54.680><c> material</c><00:29:55.220><c> is</c><00:29:55.619><c> then</c>

00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:58.119
removed<00:29:56.259><c> and</c><00:29:56.640><c> you</c><00:29:56.799><c> are</c><00:29:56.799><c> left</c><00:29:57.019><c> with</c><00:29:57.180><c> a</c><00:29:57.319><c> building.</c>

00:29:58.619 --> 00:30:02.279
And<00:29:58.839><c> that</c><00:29:59.039><c> seems</c><00:29:59.240><c> to</c><00:29:59.420><c> be</c><00:29:59.539><c> what</c><00:29:59.839><c> happens</c><00:30:00.319><c> in</c><00:30:00.779><c> the</c><00:30:00.980><c> purpose</c><00:30:01.180><c> of</c><00:30:01.420><c> God.</c>

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:07.839
That<00:30:03.519><c> a</c><00:30:03.640><c> lot</c><00:30:03.819><c> of</c><00:30:04.019><c> people</c><00:30:04.319><c> are</c><00:30:04.700><c> used</c><00:30:05.019><c> as</c><00:30:05.440><c> a</c><00:30:05.819><c> scaffold</c><00:30:06.279><c> so</c><00:30:07.660><c> that</c>

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:11.539
the<00:30:07.980><c> building</c><00:30:08.339><c> can</c><00:30:08.700><c> be</c><00:30:08.920><c> erected.</c>

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:15.660
Numbers<00:30:12.279><c> are</c><00:30:12.519><c> helpful.</c><00:30:14.019><c> Money</c><00:30:14.279><c> is</c><00:30:14.559><c> essential.</c>

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:19.299
But<00:30:17.440><c> let</c><00:30:17.559><c> us</c><00:30:17.720><c> make</c><00:30:17.920><c> sure</c><00:30:18.140><c> brethren</c><00:30:18.440><c> and</c><00:30:18.680><c> sisters</c><00:30:18.859><c> we</c><00:30:18.980><c> are</c><00:30:19.140><c> not</c>

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:21.779
just<00:30:19.539><c> part</c><00:30:19.740><c> of</c><00:30:19.880><c> the</c><00:30:20.079><c> scaffolding</c><00:30:20.579><c> which</c><00:30:20.779><c> will</c><00:30:21.039><c> be</c><00:30:21.380><c> discarded</c>

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:24.720
when<00:30:22.359><c> the</c><00:30:22.579><c> building</c><00:30:22.819><c> is</c><00:30:23.140><c> erected.</c>

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:31.640
And<00:30:27.059><c> so</c><00:30:27.240><c> the</c><00:30:27.380><c> word</c><00:30:27.480><c> remnant</c><00:30:27.779><c> first</c><00:30:28.059><c> of</c><00:30:28.240><c> all</c><00:30:29.400><c> means</c><00:30:29.859><c> to</c><00:30:30.059><c> us</c><00:30:30.759><c> the</c>

00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:37.079
sifting<00:30:32.240><c> process</c><00:30:32.880><c> of</c><00:30:33.240><c> God</c><00:30:33.559><c> in</c><00:30:33.960><c> his</c><00:30:34.640><c> selection</c><00:30:35.400><c> of</c><00:30:36.440><c> a</c><00:30:36.619><c> people</c>

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for<00:30:37.480><c> his</c><00:30:37.700><c> name.</c>

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Secondly<00:30:41.259><c> it</c><00:30:41.519><c> points</c><00:30:41.799><c> to</c><00:30:42.059><c> us</c><00:30:43.700><c> the</c><00:30:44.180><c> hope</c><00:30:44.279><c> of</c><00:30:44.440><c> the</c><00:30:44.599><c> promise.</c>

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:49.920
That<00:30:46.420><c> come</c><00:30:46.680><c> what</c><00:30:46.940><c> may</c><00:30:47.220><c> God</c><00:30:47.579><c> will</c><00:30:48.000><c> fulfil</c><00:30:48.539><c> his</c><00:30:48.859><c> promises.</c>

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:54.220
In<00:30:50.799><c> this</c><00:30:51.000><c> particular</c><00:30:51.420><c> case</c><00:30:51.740><c> the</c><00:30:51.900><c> city</c><00:30:52.519><c> would</c><00:30:53.079><c> be</c><00:30:53.339><c> rebuilt.</c>

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The<00:30:54.880><c> walls</c><00:30:55.240><c> would</c><00:30:55.660><c> be</c><00:30:55.960><c> repaired</c><00:30:56.279><c> and</c><00:30:56.700><c> re</c><00:30:57.019><c>-erected.</c>

00:30:58.259 --> 00:31:01.380
And<00:30:58.559><c> the</c><00:30:58.700><c> people</c><00:30:58.920><c> would</c><00:30:59.220><c> stand</c><00:30:59.579><c> once</c><00:30:59.960><c> more</c><00:31:00.140><c> as</c><00:31:00.380><c> a</c><00:31:00.500><c> nation.</c>

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So<00:31:01.940><c> far</c><00:31:02.039><c> as</c><00:31:02.119><c> we</c><00:31:02.279><c> are</c><00:31:02.420><c> concerned</c><00:31:03.099><c> the</c><00:31:04.200><c> purpose</c><00:31:04.480><c> of</c><00:31:04.740><c> God</c><00:31:04.960><c> will</c><00:31:05.259><c> be</c><00:31:05.539><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:09.000
The<00:31:06.200><c> Lord</c><00:31:06.380><c> Jesus</c><00:31:06.779><c> Christ</c><00:31:07.279><c> will</c><00:31:07.880><c> return.</c>

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:12.779
Turn<00:31:10.140><c> over</c><00:31:10.359><c> to</c><00:31:10.480><c> chapter</c><00:31:10.720><c> 9</c><00:31:11.200><c> of</c><00:31:11.660><c> Ezra.</c>

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:16.000
Chapter<00:31:13.779><c> 9</c><00:31:14.279><c> and</c><00:31:14.619><c> verse</c><00:31:14.799><c> 8.</c>

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:26.200
And<00:31:24.359><c> now</c><00:31:24.599><c> for</c><00:31:24.740><c> a</c><00:31:24.839><c> little</c><00:31:25.019><c> space.</c>

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:31.500
Grace<00:31:27.220><c> hath</c><00:31:27.559><c> been</c><00:31:28.000><c> shewed</c><00:31:28.420><c> from</c><00:31:28.660><c> the</c><00:31:28.900><c> Lord</c><00:31:29.140><c> our</c><00:31:29.480><c> God</c><00:31:29.980><c> to</c><00:31:31.279><c> leave</c>

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:38.299
us<00:31:32.339><c> a</c><00:31:32.619><c> remnant</c><00:31:33.140><c> to</c><00:31:34.259><c> escape</c><00:31:34.859><c> and</c><00:31:36.059><c> to</c><00:31:36.259><c> give</c><00:31:36.319><c> us</c><00:31:36.640><c> a</c><00:31:36.920><c> nail</c><00:31:37.240><c> in</c><00:31:37.900><c> his</c>

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holy<00:31:38.660><c> place.</c>

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:44.059
That<00:31:40.420><c> our</c><00:31:40.740><c> God</c><00:31:41.019><c> may</c><00:31:41.359><c> lighten</c><00:31:41.859><c> our</c><00:31:42.099><c> eye</c><00:31:42.319><c> and</c><00:31:42.559><c> give</c><00:31:42.740><c> us</c><00:31:43.779><c> little</c>

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:47.220
reviving<00:31:44.740><c> in</c><00:31:45.519><c> our</c><00:31:45.920><c> bondage.</c>

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:49.559
Notice<00:31:48.160><c> the</c><00:31:48.359><c> words</c><00:31:48.500><c> carefully.</c>

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:54.200
To<00:31:49.720><c> leave</c><00:31:49.920><c> us</c><00:31:50.339><c> a</c><00:31:50.640><c> remnant</c><00:31:51.279><c> and</c><00:31:52.319><c> to</c><00:31:52.599><c> give</c><00:31:52.759><c> us</c><00:31:53.140><c> a</c><00:31:53.359><c> nail.</c>

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:56.819
Turn<00:31:54.579><c> over</c><00:31:54.779><c> into</c><00:31:54.980><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:55.400><c> 22.</c>

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Verse<00:32:11.500><c> 20.</c>

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:54.140
Words<00:32:49.440><c> which</c><00:32:50.240><c> are</c><00:32:50.579><c> prophetic</c><00:32:51.319><c> of</c><00:32:52.299><c> the</c><00:32:52.440><c> Lord</c><00:32:52.640><c> Jesus</c><00:32:53.059><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:58.960
And<00:32:54.839><c> so</c><00:32:55.000><c> the</c><00:32:55.359><c> remnant</c><00:32:55.759><c> is</c><00:32:56.140><c> being</c><00:32:56.599><c> prepared,</c><00:32:57.900><c> preserved.</c>

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:02.279
The<00:32:59.539><c> Lord</c><00:32:59.779><c> Jesus</c><00:33:00.220><c> Christ</c><00:33:00.500><c> will</c><00:33:00.859><c> come</c><00:33:01.160><c> as</c><00:33:01.319><c> the</c><00:33:01.440><c> very</c><00:33:01.799><c> centre,</c>

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:06.039
the<00:33:02.880><c> very</c><00:33:03.400><c> nail</c><00:33:03.680><c> upon</c><00:33:03.900><c> which</c><00:33:04.160><c> all</c><00:33:04.559><c> things</c><00:33:04.900><c> will</c><00:33:05.119><c> be</c><00:33:05.319><c> fastened</c>

00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:07.900
in<00:33:06.519><c> God's</c><00:33:06.940><c> purpose.</c>

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:11.900
Come<00:33:08.900><c> back</c><00:33:09.099><c> now</c><00:33:09.359><c> into</c><00:33:10.420><c> chapter</c><00:33:10.819><c> 1.</c>

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:25.140
And<00:33:18.119><c> perhaps</c><00:33:18.259><c> we</c><00:33:18.420><c> can</c><00:33:18.599><c> now</c><00:33:18.779><c> just</c><00:33:19.759><c> lead</c><00:33:20.019><c> into</c><00:33:20.539><c> what</c><00:33:21.559><c> will</c><00:33:21.940><c> become</c><00:33:22.160><c> a</c><00:33:22.339><c> more</c><00:33:22.720><c> devotional</c><00:33:23.640><c> consideration</c><00:33:24.579><c> of</c>

00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:29.480
the<00:33:25.200><c> book</c><00:33:25.500><c> of</c><00:33:25.740><c> Nehemiah</c><00:33:26.480><c> from</c><00:33:27.240><c> these</c><00:33:27.660><c> first</c><00:33:28.059><c> few</c><00:33:28.279><c> verses.</c>

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:34.099
Verse<00:33:32.359><c> 3.</c>

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Remember<00:33:35.720><c> Nehemiah</c><00:33:36.299><c> is</c><00:33:36.680><c> asking</c><00:33:37.019><c> of</c><00:33:37.240><c> the</c><00:33:37.460><c> welfare</c><00:33:37.779><c> of</c><00:33:38.140><c> the</c><00:33:38.319><c> people</c><00:33:38.579><c> in</c>

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.940
the<00:33:39.000><c> city.</c>

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:43.920
He<00:33:40.940><c> has</c><00:33:41.240><c> every</c><00:33:41.660><c> reason</c><00:33:42.119><c> to</c><00:33:42.420><c> believe</c><00:33:42.819><c> that</c><00:33:43.140><c> things</c><00:33:43.400><c> are</c><00:33:43.720><c> going</c>

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:45.640
well<00:33:44.259><c> in</c><00:33:44.519><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:48.299
The<00:33:46.440><c> king</c><00:33:46.700><c> had</c><00:33:47.000><c> shown</c><00:33:47.259><c> favour.</c>

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:51.319
The<00:33:49.539><c> temple</c><00:33:49.819><c> had</c><00:33:50.019><c> been</c><00:33:50.299><c> rebuilt.</c>

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:55.880
Ezra<00:33:52.960><c> had</c><00:33:53.099><c> been</c><00:33:53.319><c> sent</c><00:33:53.579><c> back</c><00:33:54.140><c> with</c><00:33:54.839><c> the</c><00:33:55.039><c> king's</c><00:33:55.380><c> blessing</c><00:33:55.599><c> with</c>

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:57.380
men,<00:33:56.220><c> money</c><00:33:56.460><c> and</c><00:33:56.720><c> materials.</c>

00:33:57.380 --> 00:34:02.000
Nehemiah<00:33:58.720><c> had</c><00:33:58.920><c> every</c><00:33:59.400><c> reason</c><00:33:59.880><c> to</c><00:34:00.259><c> believe</c><00:34:00.819><c> that</c><00:34:01.380><c> things</c><00:34:01.680><c> were</c>

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:04.119
well<00:34:02.299><c> in</c><00:34:02.519><c> the</c><00:34:02.680><c> city.</c>

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:10.019
Imagine<00:34:05.839><c> the</c><00:34:06.319><c> feelings</c><00:34:06.599><c> of</c><00:34:06.799><c> Nehemiah</c><00:34:07.339><c> when</c><00:34:07.559><c> he</c><00:34:08.539><c> had</c><00:34:08.739><c> this</c><00:34:08.940><c> reply.</c>

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:14.059
And<00:34:11.880><c> he</c><00:34:11.980><c> said</c><00:34:12.079><c> unto</c><00:34:12.239><c> me,</c>

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:18.420
The<00:34:14.719><c> remnant</c><00:34:15.360><c> that</c><00:34:16.260><c> are</c><00:34:16.420><c> left</c><00:34:16.719><c> of</c><00:34:16.880><c> the</c><00:34:17.079><c> captivity</c><00:34:17.639><c> there</c><00:34:18.219><c> in</c>

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:24.480
the<00:34:18.619><c> province</c><00:34:19.420><c> are</c><00:34:21.019><c> in</c><00:34:21.400><c> great</c><00:34:21.659><c> affliction</c><00:34:22.699><c> and</c><00:34:23.400><c> reproach.</c>

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:29.139
The<00:34:25.360><c> wall</c><00:34:25.599><c> of</c><00:34:25.800><c> Jerusalem</c><00:34:26.239><c> also</c><00:34:26.619><c> is</c><00:34:26.800><c> broken</c><00:34:27.139><c> down</c><00:34:27.659><c> and</c><00:34:28.139><c> the</c><00:34:28.320><c> gates</c><00:34:28.539><c> thereof</c><00:34:28.860><c> are</c>

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:31.639
burned<00:34:29.460><c> with</c><00:34:29.739><c> fire.</c>

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:35.480
It<00:34:32.480><c> came</c><00:34:32.679><c> to</c><00:34:32.900><c> pass</c><00:34:33.039><c> when</c><00:34:33.219><c> I</c><00:34:33.380><c> heard</c><00:34:33.519><c> these</c><00:34:33.780><c> words</c><00:34:34.019><c> that</c><00:34:34.260><c> I</c><00:34:35.179><c> sat</c>

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:38.980
down<00:34:36.559><c> and</c><00:34:37.699><c> wept.</c>

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:47.559
Nehemiah<00:34:44.739><c> had</c><00:34:45.000><c> really</c><00:34:45.500><c> thought</c><00:34:46.019><c> that</c><00:34:46.659><c> things</c><00:34:46.880><c> were</c><00:34:47.119><c> well</c><00:34:47.360><c> in</c>

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:48.760
the<00:34:47.760><c> land.</c>

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:52.300
And<00:34:49.679><c> now</c><00:34:49.860><c> he</c><00:34:50.019><c> was</c><00:34:50.179><c> disillusioned.</c>

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:58.800
The<00:34:53.699><c> people</c><00:34:53.980><c> were</c><00:34:54.260><c> in</c><00:34:54.599><c> great</c><00:34:54.860><c> affliction</c><00:34:55.940><c> and</c><00:34:57.099><c> in</c><00:34:57.340><c> reproach.</c>

00:34:59.019 --> 00:35:01.940
The<00:34:59.360><c> wall</c><00:34:59.639><c> was</c><00:34:59.900><c> still</c><00:35:00.260><c> broken</c><00:35:00.639><c> down</c><00:35:01.019><c> and</c><00:35:01.179><c> the</c><00:35:01.380><c> gates</c><00:35:01.599><c> were</c>

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:03.860
still<00:35:02.340><c> burned</c><00:35:02.559><c> with</c><00:35:02.900><c> fire.</c>

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:06.719
And<00:35:04.159><c> Nehemiah</c><00:35:04.539><c> the</c><00:35:04.780><c> king's</c><00:35:05.119><c> cup</c><00:35:05.360><c> bearer</c><00:35:05.800><c> slumped</c><00:35:06.239><c> into</c><00:35:06.420><c> his</c>

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:10.659
seat<00:35:06.980><c> and</c><00:35:07.980><c> we</c><00:35:08.219><c> read</c><00:35:08.400><c> that</c><00:35:08.559><c> he</c><00:35:08.780><c> sat</c><00:35:09.059><c> down</c><00:35:09.380><c> and</c><00:35:09.559><c> he</c><00:35:09.780><c> wept.</c>

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:14.000
But<00:35:11.460><c> I</c><00:35:11.579><c> want</c><00:35:11.679><c> you</c><00:35:11.840><c> now</c><00:35:12.000><c> to</c><00:35:12.219><c> notice</c><00:35:12.440><c> carefully</c><00:35:12.880><c> the</c><00:35:13.440><c> key</c><00:35:13.719><c> words</c>

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:15.579
in<00:35:14.199><c> verse</c><00:35:14.420><c> 4.</c>

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:28.420
He<00:35:18.619><c> wept,</c><00:35:21.119><c> he</c><00:35:21.280><c> mourned,</c><00:35:24.400><c> he</c><00:35:24.699><c> fasted,</c><00:35:27.159><c> he</c><00:35:27.559><c> prayed.</c>

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:33.500
And<00:35:31.000><c> we</c><00:35:31.159><c> are</c><00:35:31.260><c> told,</c><00:35:31.519><c> and</c><00:35:31.719><c> the</c><00:35:31.940><c> word</c><00:35:32.139><c> is</c><00:35:32.380><c> in</c><00:35:32.579><c> italic,</c><00:35:33.239><c> so</c><00:35:33.380><c> it's</c>

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:36.940
not<00:35:33.719><c> really</c><00:35:34.000><c> in</c><00:35:34.139><c> the</c><00:35:34.260><c> original</c><00:35:34.519><c> at</c><00:35:34.800><c> all,</c><00:35:35.019><c> it's</c><00:35:35.179><c> just</c><00:35:35.840><c> implied,</c>

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:40.679
that<00:35:37.639><c> it</c><00:35:37.820><c> was</c><00:35:38.000><c> for</c><00:35:38.380><c> certain</c><00:35:39.159><c> days.</c>

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:47.760
What<00:35:45.260><c> in</c><00:35:45.400><c> actual</c><00:35:45.699><c> fact</c><00:35:45.880><c> for</c><00:35:46.039><c> about</c><00:35:46.320><c> three</c><00:35:46.539><c> months.</c>

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:58.840
He<00:35:51.519><c> wept,</c><00:35:53.380><c> he</c><00:35:53.699><c> mourned,</c><00:35:55.360><c> he</c><00:35:55.719><c> fasted,</c><00:35:57.440><c> he</c><00:35:57.679><c> prayed.</c>

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:03.980
Weeping<00:36:01.980><c> is</c><00:36:02.219><c> an</c><00:36:02.480><c> involuntary</c><00:36:03.039><c> act.</c>

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:11.579
When<00:36:05.619><c> we</c><00:36:05.900><c> are</c><00:36:06.079><c> hurt,</c><00:36:07.079><c> mentally</c><00:36:07.360><c> or</c><00:36:07.639><c> physically,</c><00:36:09.219><c> we</c><00:36:09.420><c> automatically</c><00:36:10.320><c> weep.</c>

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:15.340
We<00:36:12.000><c> don't</c><00:36:12.179><c> have</c><00:36:12.440><c> to</c><00:36:13.280><c> discipline</c><00:36:13.639><c> ourselves,</c><00:36:14.199><c> to</c><00:36:14.420><c> cause</c><00:36:14.639><c> ourselves</c><00:36:15.039><c> to</c><00:36:15.239><c> do</c>

00:36:15.340 --> 00:36:17.059
it,<00:36:15.599><c> it</c><00:36:15.760><c> just</c><00:36:15.980><c> happens.</c>

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:21.719
But<00:36:20.199><c> mourning</c><00:36:20.380><c> is</c><00:36:20.559><c> different.</c>

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:26.440
Mourning<00:36:23.599><c> is</c><00:36:23.760><c> our</c><00:36:24.019><c> own</c><00:36:24.340><c> personal</c><00:36:25.119><c> involvement.</c>

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:31.500
His<00:36:28.400><c> weeping,</c><00:36:28.780><c> which</c><00:36:29.079><c> was</c><00:36:29.280><c> an</c><00:36:29.539><c> involuntary</c><00:36:30.119><c> act,</c><00:36:30.980><c> now</c><00:36:31.199><c> turns</c>

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:33.699
to<00:36:31.760><c> a</c><00:36:32.079><c> voluntary</c><00:36:32.519><c> act.</c>

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:36.679
He<00:36:34.940><c> disciplines</c><00:36:35.519><c> himself.</c>

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:41.940
He<00:36:37.880><c> mourns</c><00:36:38.519><c> for</c><00:36:38.780><c> the</c><00:36:39.559><c> state</c><00:36:40.159><c> of</c><00:36:40.920><c> Israel.</c>

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:47.780
That<00:36:44.019><c> mourning</c><00:36:44.199><c> is</c><00:36:44.440><c> now</c><00:36:44.659><c> taken</c><00:36:44.980><c> a</c><00:36:45.139><c> stage</c><00:36:45.340><c> further</c><00:36:46.099><c> into</c><00:36:46.840><c> fasting.</c>

00:36:49.179 --> 00:36:50.940
He<00:36:50.059><c> fasts.</c>

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:57.440
This<00:36:52.099><c> voluntary</c><00:36:52.679><c> act</c><00:36:53.079><c> of</c><00:36:53.340><c> mourning</c><00:36:53.659><c> now</c><00:36:54.440><c> becomes</c><00:36:55.139><c> a</c><00:36:55.699><c> self</c><00:36:56.199><c>-discipline.</c>

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:02.519
And<00:36:59.619><c> ultimately</c><00:37:00.139><c> he</c><00:37:00.420><c> prays.</c>

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:08.239
And<00:37:03.000><c> so</c><00:37:03.099><c> the</c><00:37:03.260><c> man</c><00:37:03.500><c> is</c><00:37:04.039><c> lifted</c><00:37:04.280><c> up</c><00:37:04.579><c> from</c><00:37:05.460><c> involuntary</c><00:37:06.400><c> weeping,</c>

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:15.159
through<00:37:10.719><c> personal</c><00:37:11.260><c> discipline,</c><00:37:13.420><c> to</c><00:37:13.519><c> the</c><00:37:13.780><c> power</c><00:37:14.039><c> of</c><00:37:14.360><c> prayer.</c>

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:22.960
The<00:37:18.039><c> man</c><00:37:18.239><c> first</c><00:37:18.460><c> of</c><00:37:18.639><c> all</c><00:37:18.760><c> we</c><00:37:19.000><c> see</c><00:37:19.260><c> stumped</c><00:37:19.699><c> in</c><00:37:19.800><c> his</c><00:37:20.019><c> seat,</c><00:37:21.139><c> convulsed</c><00:37:21.480><c> with</c><00:37:21.699><c> tears.</c>

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:26.780
And<00:37:23.739><c> in</c><00:37:23.880><c> the</c><00:37:23.980><c> end</c><00:37:24.099><c> we</c><00:37:24.320><c> see</c><00:37:24.480><c> him</c><00:37:25.300><c> standing</c><00:37:25.780><c> in</c><00:37:26.000><c> the</c><00:37:26.280><c> strength</c><00:37:26.480><c> of</c>

00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:28.300
God<00:37:27.019><c> in</c><00:37:27.440><c> prayer.</c>

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:32.900
And<00:37:29.480><c> you</c><00:37:29.579><c> will</c><00:37:29.719><c> notice</c><00:37:29.960><c> at</c><00:37:30.139><c> the</c><00:37:30.260><c> end</c><00:37:30.440><c> of</c><00:37:30.599><c> his</c><00:37:30.800><c> prayer,</c><00:37:32.559><c> he</c><00:37:32.659><c> sees</c>

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:35.559
the<00:37:33.139><c> King</c><00:37:33.400><c> merely</c><00:37:33.760><c> as</c><00:37:34.119><c> this</c><00:37:34.440><c> man.</c>

00:37:36.780 --> 00:37:40.960
And<00:37:37.260><c> he</c><00:37:37.480><c> sees</c><00:37:37.619><c> himself,</c><00:37:38.380><c> though</c><00:37:38.519><c> the</c><00:37:38.659><c> King's</c><00:37:39.079><c> cup</c><00:37:39.260><c> bearer,</c><00:37:40.820><c> as</c>

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:42.579
the<00:37:41.179><c> servant</c><00:37:41.460><c> of</c><00:37:41.719><c> God.</c>

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:48.300
Now<00:37:45.579><c> we</c><00:37:45.760><c> begin</c><00:37:45.920><c> to</c><00:37:46.119><c> get</c><00:37:46.280><c> some</c><00:37:46.880><c> idea</c><00:37:47.380><c> of</c><00:37:47.619><c> the</c><00:37:47.820><c> greatness</c><00:37:48.059><c> of</c>

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:50.199
this<00:37:48.500><c> man,</c><00:37:48.800><c> Nehemiah,</c>

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:56.920
and<00:37:50.559><c> of</c><00:37:50.739><c> the</c><00:37:51.000><c> true</c><00:37:51.539><c> meaning</c><00:37:51.860><c> of</c><00:37:52.260><c> humility</c><00:37:52.800><c> when</c><00:37:53.139><c> we</c><00:37:54.739><c> contemplate</c><00:37:55.639><c> these</c><00:37:56.099><c> words</c><00:37:56.639><c> in</c>

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:58.599
verse<00:37:57.159><c> 4.</c>

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:02.280
That<00:38:00.119><c> although</c><00:38:00.320><c> he</c><00:38:00.480><c> was</c><00:38:00.659><c> very</c><00:38:01.019><c> comfortably</c><00:38:01.400><c> placed</c><00:38:01.880><c> in</c><00:38:02.079><c> the</c>

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:04.639
King's<00:38:02.619><c> palace</c><00:38:02.980><c> as</c><00:38:03.500><c> the</c><00:38:03.679><c> King's</c><00:38:04.019><c> cup</c><00:38:04.219><c> bearer,</c>

00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:08.320
and<00:38:05.039><c> we</c><00:38:05.199><c> read</c><00:38:05.380><c> a</c><00:38:05.519><c> little</c><00:38:05.679><c> later</c><00:38:05.960><c> on</c><00:38:06.099><c> in</c><00:38:06.239><c> the</c><00:38:06.280><c> book</c><00:38:06.440><c> of</c><00:38:06.579><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:38:07.940><c> how</c><00:38:08.119><c> many</c>

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:09.840
servants<00:38:08.599><c> he</c><00:38:08.880><c> had,</c>

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:12.659
and<00:38:10.800><c> what</c><00:38:10.900><c> it</c><00:38:11.139><c> cost</c><00:38:11.340><c> every</c><00:38:11.739><c> day</c><00:38:11.900><c> to</c><00:38:12.079><c> keep</c><00:38:12.280><c> them.</c>

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:17.699
He<00:38:13.340><c> was</c><00:38:13.500><c> a</c><00:38:13.559><c> very</c><00:38:13.860><c> wealthy</c><00:38:14.199><c> man,</c><00:38:16.139><c> but</c><00:38:16.659><c> he</c><00:38:16.739><c> was</c><00:38:16.940><c> concerned</c><00:38:17.440><c> about</c>

00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:19.900
the<00:38:17.900><c> city</c><00:38:18.079><c> of</c><00:38:18.219><c> his</c><00:38:18.380><c> father</c><00:38:18.679><c> Sepulchres.</c>

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:23.559
He<00:38:20.360><c> was</c><00:38:20.760><c> concerned</c><00:38:21.079><c> about</c><00:38:21.380><c> the</c><00:38:21.639><c> city</c><00:38:21.920><c> of</c><00:38:22.119><c> the</c><00:38:22.280><c> great</c><00:38:22.539><c> King.</c>

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:26.579
He<00:38:24.139><c> was</c><00:38:24.480><c> concerned</c><00:38:24.780><c> about</c><00:38:25.079><c> the</c><00:38:25.320><c> remnant</c><00:38:25.619><c> who</c><00:38:25.780><c> were</c><00:38:26.000><c> there</c><00:38:26.260><c> in</c>

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:28.360
great<00:38:26.739><c> affliction,</c>

00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:33.380
and<00:38:30.039><c> who</c><00:38:30.179><c> were</c><00:38:30.360><c> trodden</c><00:38:30.639><c> down</c><00:38:30.920><c> in</c><00:38:31.139><c> reproach.</c>

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:36.639
And<00:38:34.019><c> there</c><00:38:34.179><c> was</c><00:38:34.420><c> a</c><00:38:34.800><c> personal</c><00:38:35.480><c> involvement.</c>

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:41.639
The<00:38:39.139><c> wall</c><00:38:39.400><c> would</c><00:38:39.619><c> never</c><00:38:39.840><c> have</c><00:38:40.079><c> been</c><00:38:40.239><c> built</c><00:38:40.460><c> in</c><00:38:40.659><c> 52</c><00:38:41.059><c> days</c><00:38:41.460><c> had</c>

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:45.519
it<00:38:41.820><c> not</c><00:38:42.079><c> been</c><00:38:42.679><c> that</c><00:38:43.039><c> Nehemiah</c><00:38:43.519><c> was</c><00:38:43.699><c> this</c><00:38:43.960><c> kind</c><00:38:44.239><c> of</c><00:38:44.480><c> person,</c>

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:48.340
that<00:38:45.920><c> he</c><00:38:46.019><c> was</c><00:38:46.519><c> personally</c><00:38:47.139><c> involved.</c>

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:52.900
The<00:38:49.780><c> very</c><00:38:50.059><c> attitude</c><00:38:50.440><c> of</c><00:38:50.659><c> mind</c><00:38:50.820><c> we</c><00:38:51.059><c> have</c><00:38:51.179><c> here</c><00:38:51.420><c> in</c><00:38:51.639><c> verse</c><00:38:51.900><c> 4</c><00:38:52.360><c> is</c>

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:56.320
the<00:38:53.440><c> mind</c><00:38:53.840><c> which</c><00:38:54.059><c> was</c><00:38:54.380><c> behind</c><00:38:54.900><c> the</c><00:38:55.219><c> atonement.</c>

00:38:59.079 --> 00:39:01.880
This<00:38:59.380><c> was</c><00:38:59.559><c> the</c><00:38:59.739><c> mind</c><00:38:59.920><c> which</c><00:39:00.219><c> the</c><00:39:00.400><c> Apostle</c><00:39:00.719><c> Paul</c><00:39:00.940><c> said</c><00:39:01.380><c> was</c><00:39:01.739><c> in</c>

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:03.920
the<00:39:02.019><c> Lord</c><00:39:02.199><c> Jesus</c><00:39:02.579><c> Christ,</c>

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:10.519
and<00:39:05.460><c> which</c><00:39:05.679><c> he</c><00:39:06.079><c> prays</c><00:39:06.380><c> that</c><00:39:06.519><c> we</c><00:39:06.840><c> too</c><00:39:07.000><c> will</c><00:39:07.260><c> have</c><00:39:08.000><c> the</c><00:39:09.920><c> mind</c><00:39:10.159><c> of</c>

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:12.260
personal<00:39:11.119><c> involvement,</c>

00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:15.719
the<00:39:13.380><c> mind</c><00:39:13.639><c> of</c><00:39:13.880><c> seeing</c><00:39:14.039><c> the</c><00:39:14.320><c> predicament</c><00:39:14.739><c> of</c><00:39:14.980><c> other</c><00:39:15.199><c> people</c>

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:19.119
and<00:39:16.380><c> becoming</c><00:39:16.860><c> personally</c><00:39:17.760><c> involved.</c>

00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:25.179
And<00:39:21.820><c> we</c><00:39:21.980><c> think</c><00:39:22.139><c> of</c><00:39:22.300><c> God's</c><00:39:22.719><c> great</c><00:39:22.900><c> men</c><00:39:23.179><c> of</c><00:39:23.340><c> the</c><00:39:23.519><c> past,</c><00:39:24.880><c> starting</c>

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:26.519
with<00:39:25.400><c> the</c><00:39:25.519><c> Lord</c><00:39:25.699><c> Jesus</c><00:39:26.099><c> Christ,</c>

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:32.960
who<00:39:27.679><c> wept</c><00:39:28.119><c> and</c><00:39:28.599><c> prayed</c><00:39:28.860><c> with</c><00:39:29.280><c> strong</c><00:39:29.820><c> crying</c><00:39:30.219><c> and</c><00:39:30.619><c> tears</c><00:39:31.179><c> that</c>

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:34.679
he<00:39:33.079><c> might</c><00:39:33.280><c> be</c><00:39:33.559><c> saved</c><00:39:33.800><c> from</c><00:39:34.039><c> death,</c>

00:39:35.059 --> 00:39:38.280
that<00:39:35.679><c> he</c><00:39:35.840><c> might</c><00:39:36.039><c> become</c><00:39:36.300><c> the</c><00:39:36.599><c> author</c><00:39:36.920><c> of</c><00:39:37.219><c> eternal</c><00:39:37.599><c> salvation</c>

00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:40.400
unto<00:39:38.500><c> those</c><00:39:38.980><c> who</c><00:39:39.420><c> believe.</c>

00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:44.119
We<00:39:41.659><c> think</c><00:39:41.820><c> of</c><00:39:42.019><c> the</c><00:39:42.320><c> personal</c><00:39:42.800><c> involvement</c><00:39:43.559><c> of</c><00:39:43.780><c> the</c><00:39:43.940><c> Lord</c>

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:45.300
Jesus<00:39:44.519><c> Christ,</c>

00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:49.360
who<00:39:45.940><c> though</c><00:39:46.159><c> he</c><00:39:46.460><c> were</c><00:39:46.739><c> the</c><00:39:46.880><c> Son</c><00:39:47.000><c> of</c><00:39:47.300><c> God,</c>

00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:56.159
like<00:39:50.900><c> Nehemiah</c><00:39:51.380><c> became</c><00:39:51.780><c> personally</c><00:39:52.480><c> involved</c><00:39:53.300><c> with</c><00:39:54.400><c> the</c><00:39:54.619><c> problems</c><00:39:54.840><c> of</c><00:39:55.099><c> mankind.</c>

00:39:58.260 --> 00:40:02.000
And<00:39:58.679><c> this,</c><00:39:59.400><c> brethren</c><00:39:59.400><c> and</c><00:39:59.639><c> sisters,</c><00:40:00.019><c> is</c><00:40:00.260><c> the</c><00:40:00.460><c> very</c><00:40:01.099><c> essence</c>

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:05.079
of<00:40:03.960><c> our</c><00:40:04.139><c> lives.</c>

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:10.860
It<00:40:07.579><c> is</c><00:40:07.800><c> this</c><00:40:08.179><c> kind</c><00:40:08.460><c> of</c><00:40:08.800><c> feeling</c><00:40:09.159><c> and</c><00:40:10.019><c> in</c><00:40:10.179><c> the</c><00:40:10.280><c> use</c><00:40:10.440><c> of</c><00:40:10.639><c> these</c>

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:14.260
key<00:40:11.139><c> words</c><00:40:11.539><c> that</c><00:40:11.760><c> our</c><00:40:12.039><c> preaching</c><00:40:12.380><c> will</c><00:40:12.599><c> become</c><00:40:12.820><c> effective,</c>

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:19.519
unless<00:40:15.659><c> we</c><00:40:15.840><c> ourselves</c><00:40:16.300><c> can</c><00:40:16.579><c> see</c><00:40:16.719><c> the</c><00:40:17.119><c> predicament</c><00:40:17.719><c> of</c><00:40:17.880><c> other</c><00:40:18.099><c> people,</c>

00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:23.019
unless<00:40:20.199><c> we</c><00:40:20.380><c> can</c><00:40:20.619><c> learn</c><00:40:20.820><c> to</c><00:40:21.059><c> weep</c><00:40:21.320><c> and</c><00:40:21.440><c> to</c><00:40:21.679><c> mourn</c><00:40:21.900><c> for</c><00:40:22.139><c> other</c><00:40:22.400><c> people</c><00:40:22.679><c> in</c>

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:24.400
their<00:40:23.219><c> predicament,</c>

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:29.420
and<00:40:25.579><c> to</c><00:40:25.820><c> fast</c><00:40:26.119><c> for</c><00:40:26.360><c> them,</c><00:40:27.280><c> and</c><00:40:27.440><c> to</c><00:40:27.659><c> pray</c><00:40:27.860><c> for</c><00:40:28.079><c> them,</c>

00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:33.039
then<00:40:30.780><c> our</c><00:40:31.019><c> preaching</c><00:40:31.260><c> will</c><00:40:31.480><c> be</c><00:40:31.619><c> a</c><00:40:31.699><c> mere</c><00:40:31.880><c> facade.</c>

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:38.440
And<00:40:36.440><c> it</c><00:40:36.559><c> is</c><00:40:36.679><c> not</c><00:40:36.840><c> easy</c><00:40:37.099><c> when</c><00:40:37.260><c> we</c><00:40:37.400><c> look</c><00:40:37.539><c> into</c><00:40:37.719><c> the</c><00:40:37.920><c> world</c><00:40:38.119><c> around</c>

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:40.360
us<00:40:38.619><c> and</c><00:40:38.760><c> we</c><00:40:38.940><c> see</c><00:40:39.079><c> violence,</c>

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:45.260
and<00:40:41.719><c> we</c><00:40:41.860><c> see</c><00:40:42.019><c> the</c><00:40:42.199><c> dreadful</c><00:40:42.539><c> behaviour</c><00:40:42.980><c> of</c><00:40:43.159><c> men</c><00:40:43.460><c> with</c><00:40:43.659><c> men,</c><00:40:44.159><c> women.</c>

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:51.360
It<00:40:46.460><c> is</c><00:40:46.639><c> not</c><00:40:46.820><c> easy</c><00:40:47.239><c> to</c><00:40:47.500><c> weep</c><00:40:48.380><c> and</c><00:40:49.039><c> to</c><00:40:49.280><c> mourn</c><00:40:49.519><c> for</c><00:40:49.719><c> people</c><00:40:49.980><c> like</c><00:40:50.320><c> that.</c>

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:56.639
And<00:40:53.019><c> yet</c><00:40:53.159><c> it</c><00:40:53.380><c> was</c><00:40:53.800><c> whilst</c><00:40:54.159><c> we</c><00:40:54.500><c> were</c><00:40:54.739><c> yet</c><00:40:55.079><c> sinners</c><00:40:55.380><c> that</c><00:40:55.699><c> Christ</c>

00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:58.400
died<00:40:57.360><c> for</c><00:40:57.579><c> us.</c>

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:05.000
God<00:41:00.960><c> so</c><00:41:01.420><c> loved</c><00:41:01.699><c> the</c><00:41:02.079><c> world</c><00:41:02.320><c> that</c><00:41:02.480><c> he</c><00:41:02.659><c> gave</c><00:41:02.920><c> his</c><00:41:03.119><c> only</c><00:41:03.480><c> begotten</c><00:41:03.960><c> Son.</c>

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:11.860
And<00:41:06.900><c> as</c><00:41:07.079><c> we</c><00:41:07.199><c> shall</c><00:41:07.340><c> see</c><00:41:07.500><c> as</c><00:41:07.719><c> we</c><00:41:08.719><c> progress</c><00:41:09.059><c> in</c><00:41:09.260><c> our</c><00:41:09.440><c> studies,</c><00:41:11.239><c> sin</c><00:41:11.460><c> is</c>

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:14.639
not<00:41:12.199><c> what</c><00:41:12.559><c> we</c><00:41:12.960><c> do.</c>

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:22.260
Sin<00:41:16.800><c> is</c><00:41:17.099><c> the</c><00:41:17.260><c> fact</c><00:41:17.420><c> that</c><00:41:17.659><c> in</c><00:41:17.920><c> doing</c><00:41:18.139><c> it</c><00:41:18.760><c> we</c><00:41:19.380><c> break</c><00:41:20.199><c> the</c><00:41:20.840><c> commandment</c><00:41:21.320><c> of</c><00:41:21.460><c> God.</c>

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:26.519
So<00:41:24.300><c> there</c><00:41:24.480><c> are</c><00:41:24.699><c> no</c><00:41:24.960><c> grades</c><00:41:25.300><c> of</c><00:41:25.599><c> sin.</c>

00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:30.179
The<00:41:27.800><c> men</c><00:41:27.940><c> who</c><00:41:28.139><c> would</c><00:41:28.340><c> behave</c><00:41:28.579><c> abominably</c><00:41:29.300><c> in</c><00:41:29.480><c> the</c><00:41:29.699><c> world</c><00:41:29.880><c> like</c>

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:32.480
that<00:41:30.659><c> are</c><00:41:30.980><c> no</c><00:41:31.219><c> worse</c>

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:39.340
than<00:41:33.820><c> we</c><00:41:34.079><c> if</c><00:41:34.280><c> we</c><00:41:34.519><c> gossip</c><00:41:34.860><c> maliciously</c><00:41:36.420><c> or</c><00:41:37.920><c> break</c><00:41:38.219><c> the</c><00:41:38.539><c> commandment</c><00:41:38.920><c> of</c><00:41:39.139><c> God</c>

00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:41.579
in<00:41:39.559><c> some</c><00:41:39.719><c> other</c><00:41:40.000><c> way.</c>

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:46.380
Because<00:41:42.719><c> sin</c><00:41:43.079><c> is</c><00:41:43.480><c> the</c><00:41:43.739><c> transgression</c><00:41:44.420><c> of</c><00:41:44.739><c> the</c><00:41:45.000><c> law.</c>

00:41:47.400 --> 00:41:51.719
Not<00:41:47.780><c> what</c><00:41:48.059><c> we</c><00:41:48.400><c> do,</c><00:41:48.679><c> but</c><00:41:48.940><c> in</c><00:41:49.260><c> doing</c><00:41:49.460><c> it</c><00:41:49.719><c> we</c><00:41:49.840><c> are</c><00:41:50.179><c> breaking</c><00:41:50.579><c> his</c><00:41:50.900><c> commandment.</c>

00:41:52.659 --> 00:41:56.900
And<00:41:52.940><c> we</c><00:41:53.079><c> must</c><00:41:53.260><c> learn,</c><00:41:53.860><c> as</c><00:41:54.179><c> did</c><00:41:54.400><c> Nehemiah,</c><00:41:55.480><c> to</c><00:41:55.719><c> see</c><00:41:55.900><c> the</c><00:41:56.179><c> predicament</c><00:41:56.659><c> of</c>

00:41:56.900 --> 00:41:57.760
other<00:41:57.119><c> people</c>

00:41:57.760 --> 00:42:01.139
and<00:41:58.119><c> to</c><00:41:58.300><c> be</c><00:41:58.579><c> personally</c><00:41:59.179><c> involved</c><00:41:59.880><c> with</c><00:42:00.139><c> them.</c>

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:08.420
How<00:42:05.019><c> can</c><00:42:05.219><c> we</c><00:42:05.320><c> sit</c><00:42:05.500><c> back</c><00:42:05.760><c> in</c><00:42:06.019><c> apathy</c><00:42:06.500><c> when</c><00:42:07.800><c> there</c><00:42:07.960><c> is</c><00:42:08.079><c> so</c><00:42:08.219><c> much</c>

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:10.079
work<00:42:08.619><c> to</c><00:42:08.800><c> be</c><00:42:08.980><c> done?</c>

00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:14.420
How<00:42:11.619><c> can</c><00:42:11.780><c> we</c><00:42:11.880><c> be</c><00:42:12.099><c> so</c><00:42:12.380><c> unconcerned</c><00:42:13.539><c> when</c><00:42:13.679><c> there</c><00:42:13.860><c> are</c><00:42:13.980><c> so</c><00:42:14.159><c> many</c>

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:16.619
people<00:42:14.800><c> who</c><00:42:15.039><c> need</c><00:42:15.219><c> to</c><00:42:15.380><c> be</c><00:42:15.599><c> saved?</c>

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:21.719
How<00:42:18.760><c> can</c><00:42:18.920><c> we</c><00:42:19.019><c> be</c><00:42:19.260><c> so</c><00:42:19.500><c> self</c><00:42:19.760><c>-contained</c><00:42:20.280><c> when</c><00:42:20.480><c> we</c><00:42:20.800><c> have</c><00:42:20.960><c> the</c><00:42:21.460><c> key</c>

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:23.139
to<00:42:21.920><c> the</c><00:42:22.119><c> salvation,</c>

00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:29.460
when<00:42:23.900><c> they</c><00:42:24.199><c> live</c><00:42:24.440><c> in</c><00:42:24.760><c> darkness,</c><00:42:26.960><c> and</c><00:42:27.519><c> what</c><00:42:27.679><c> they</c><00:42:27.920><c> do,</c><00:42:29.099><c> they</c><00:42:29.280><c> do</c>

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:31.320
because<00:42:29.699><c> they</c><00:42:29.920><c> know</c><00:42:30.099><c> no</c><00:42:30.300><c> better?</c>

00:42:32.139 --> 00:42:36.440
It<00:42:32.679><c> is</c><00:42:32.880><c> a</c><00:42:33.000><c> far</c><00:42:33.280><c> worse</c><00:42:33.539><c> thing,</c><00:42:34.699><c> brethren</c><00:42:34.840><c> and</c><00:42:35.159><c> sisters,</c><00:42:36.360><c> that</c>

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:37.730
we<00:42:36.639><c> should</c><00:42:36.960><c> covet</c>

00:42:38.159 --> 00:42:42.280
what<00:42:38.699><c> the</c><00:42:38.960><c> world</c><00:42:39.179><c> has</c><00:42:40.139><c> having</c><00:42:40.960><c> been</c><00:42:41.400><c> called</c><00:42:41.679><c> to</c><00:42:41.880><c> the</c><00:42:42.039><c> things</c>

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:43.800
of<00:42:42.460><c> the</c><00:42:42.659><c> truth</c>

00:42:43.980 --> 00:42:50.880
than<00:42:44.320><c> it</c><00:42:44.500><c> is</c><00:42:44.639><c> for</c><00:42:44.840><c> those</c><00:42:45.179><c> who</c><00:42:45.460><c> know</c><00:42:45.699><c> no</c><00:42:45.960><c> better</c><00:42:46.539><c> to</c><00:42:48.159><c> live</c><00:42:48.360><c> in</c><00:42:48.579><c> the</c><00:42:48.739><c> filth</c><00:42:49.760><c> and</c><00:42:50.360><c> wickedness</c><00:42:50.699><c> of</c>

00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:52.039
their<00:42:51.059><c> lives.</c>

00:42:53.199 --> 00:42:57.860
And<00:42:53.559><c> so</c><00:42:53.699><c> let</c><00:42:53.860><c> us</c><00:42:54.260><c> come</c><00:42:54.559><c> back</c><00:42:54.739><c> to</c><00:42:54.900><c> this</c><00:42:55.079><c> third</c><00:42:55.340><c> verse,</c><00:42:57.639><c> this</c>

00:42:57.860 --> 00:42:58.440
fourth<00:42:58.119><c> verse,</c>

00:42:58.440 --> 00:43:07.949
and<00:42:58.699><c> make</c><00:42:58.840><c> sure</c><00:42:59.159><c> we</c><00:42:59.539><c> underline</c><00:43:00.780><c> that</c><00:43:03.219><c> he</c><00:43:03.539><c> sat</c><00:43:03.920><c> down,</c><00:43:06.760><c> he</c><00:43:07.099><c> wept,</c>

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:18.079
he<00:43:10.320><c> mourned,</c><00:43:12.920><c> he</c><00:43:13.219><c> fasted,</c><00:43:15.260><c> and</c><00:43:15.880><c> he</c><00:43:16.119><c> prayed</c><00:43:16.460><c> to</c><00:43:16.760><c> the</c><00:43:16.880><c> God</c><00:43:17.039><c> of</c><00:43:17.199><c> heaven.</c>

00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:24.760
You<00:43:19.360><c> will</c><00:43:19.559><c> find</c><00:43:19.719><c> that</c><00:43:20.079><c> very</c><00:43:20.380><c> often</c><00:43:21.539><c> Nehemiah</c><00:43:22.440><c> uses</c><00:43:22.780><c> that</c><00:43:23.019><c> expression,</c><00:43:24.619><c> the</c>

00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:26.219
God<00:43:24.960><c> of</c><00:43:25.139><c> heaven,</c>

00:43:26.739 --> 00:43:29.940
because<00:43:27.300><c> he</c><00:43:27.639><c> sees</c><00:43:27.940><c> the</c><00:43:28.280><c> greatness</c><00:43:28.579><c> of</c><00:43:28.820><c> the</c><00:43:29.000><c> one</c><00:43:29.260><c> for</c><00:43:29.539><c> whom</c><00:43:29.719><c> he</c>

00:43:29.940 --> 00:43:31.199
is<00:43:30.300><c> working,</c>

00:43:31.460 --> 00:43:34.780
and<00:43:32.019><c> he</c><00:43:32.199><c> sees</c><00:43:32.360><c> the</c><00:43:32.679><c> smallness</c><00:43:33.039><c> of</c><00:43:33.219><c> the</c><00:43:33.380><c> men</c><00:43:33.579><c> amongst</c><00:43:33.900><c> whom</c><00:43:34.360><c> he</c>

00:43:34.780 --> 00:43:36.519
is<00:43:35.280><c> in</c><00:43:35.360><c> fact</c><00:43:35.599><c> working.</c>

00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:41.300
Let<00:43:39.159><c> me</c><00:43:39.360><c> conclude</c><00:43:39.679><c> in</c><00:43:39.860><c> the</c><00:43:40.000><c> last</c><00:43:40.420><c> couple</c><00:43:40.659><c> of</c><00:43:40.800><c> minutes</c><00:43:40.940><c> that</c><00:43:41.059><c> we</c>

00:43:41.300 --> 00:43:44.300
have<00:43:41.559><c> by</c><00:43:41.900><c> taking</c><00:43:42.179><c> you</c><00:43:42.440><c> into</c><00:43:43.519><c> Philippians.</c>

00:43:49.019 --> 00:43:54.940
Just<00:43:50.139><c> to</c><00:43:51.260><c> tie</c><00:43:51.400><c> in</c><00:43:51.579><c> with</c><00:43:51.780><c> this</c><00:43:52.159><c> thought</c><00:43:52.440><c> of</c><00:43:52.719><c> Nehemiah</c><00:43:53.460><c> and</c><00:43:54.659><c> his</c>

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:59.679
own<00:43:55.340><c> personal</c><00:43:56.139><c> involvement</c><00:43:56.860><c> with</c><00:43:58.280><c> the</c><00:43:58.619><c> atonement,</c>

00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:07.679
Philippians<00:44:06.280><c> chapter</c><00:44:06.579><c> 2,</c>

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:15.840
If<00:44:11.599><c> there</c><00:44:11.800><c> be</c><00:44:12.019><c> therefore</c><00:44:12.320><c> any</c><00:44:12.659><c> consolation</c><00:44:13.159><c> in</c><00:44:13.440><c> Christ,</c><00:44:15.519><c> if</c>

00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:17.699
any<00:44:16.139><c> comfort</c><00:44:16.480><c> of</c><00:44:16.699><c> love,</c>

00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:23.780
if<00:44:19.239><c> any</c><00:44:19.539><c> fellowship</c><00:44:19.900><c> of</c><00:44:20.059><c> the</c><00:44:20.260><c> Spirit,</c><00:44:21.960><c> if</c><00:44:22.139><c> any</c><00:44:22.340><c> bowels</c><00:44:22.800><c> and</c><00:44:22.940><c> immerses,</c>

00:44:25.239 --> 00:44:30.860
fulfill<00:44:25.960><c> ye</c><00:44:26.199><c> my</c><00:44:26.619><c> joy</c><00:44:26.900><c> that</c><00:44:27.139><c> ye</c><00:44:27.380><c> be</c><00:44:28.199><c> like</c><00:44:29.280><c>-minded.</c>

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That<00:44:31.840><c> is</c><00:44:32.000><c> the</c><00:44:32.199><c> word</c><00:44:32.500><c> like</c><00:44:33.500><c>-minded,</c><00:44:34.219><c> of</c><00:44:34.420><c> the</c><00:44:34.719><c> same</c><00:44:35.119><c> mind.</c>

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What<00:44:37.820><c> mind</c><00:44:38.079><c> is</c><00:44:38.179><c> he</c><00:44:38.340><c> referring</c><00:44:38.659><c> to?</c><00:44:39.639><c> Verse</c><00:44:39.960><c> 5,</c>

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Let<00:44:42.719><c> this</c><00:44:43.719><c> mind</c><00:44:44.739><c> be</c><00:44:45.099><c> in</c><00:44:45.460><c> you</c><00:44:45.760><c> which</c><00:44:45.960><c> was</c><00:44:46.300><c> also</c><00:44:46.760><c> in</c><00:44:47.320><c> Christ</c><00:44:47.800><c> Jesus.</c>

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:54.000
What<00:44:51.639><c> mind</c><00:44:52.159><c> was</c><00:44:52.360><c> in</c><00:44:52.579><c> Christ</c><00:44:52.860><c> Jesus?</c>

00:44:55.579 --> 00:44:59.800
Jesus<00:44:55.840><c> said,</c><00:44:56.500><c> I</c><00:44:56.500><c> have</c><00:44:56.800><c> come</c><00:44:57.159><c> to</c><00:44:57.400><c> do</c><00:44:57.539><c> the</c><00:44:57.880><c> will</c><00:44:58.199><c> of</c><00:44:58.519><c> my</c><00:44:58.780><c> Father.</c>

00:45:00.780 --> 00:45:06.079
The<00:45:00.940><c> words</c><00:45:01.239><c> I</c><00:45:01.699><c> speak</c><00:45:02.039><c> are</c><00:45:02.460><c> his,</c><00:45:03.559><c> the</c><00:45:03.780><c> works</c><00:45:04.019><c> I</c><00:45:04.480><c> do</c><00:45:04.719><c> are</c><00:45:05.119><c> his.</c>

00:45:06.780 --> 00:45:10.920
He<00:45:07.119><c> was</c><00:45:07.400><c> of</c><00:45:07.699><c> one</c><00:45:08.039><c> mind</c><00:45:08.460><c> with</c><00:45:08.679><c> his</c><00:45:08.980><c> Father,</c><00:45:09.699><c> I</c><00:45:10.059><c> and</c><00:45:10.280><c> my</c><00:45:10.599><c> Father</c>

00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:12.219
are<00:45:11.280><c> one.</c>

00:45:12.820 --> 00:45:15.800
He<00:45:13.059><c> was</c><00:45:13.380><c> called</c><00:45:13.619><c> Immanuel,</c><00:45:14.280><c> which</c><00:45:14.519><c> means</c><00:45:14.800><c> God</c><00:45:15.159><c> with</c><00:45:15.360><c> us.</c>

00:45:15.800 --> 00:45:22.260
He<00:45:17.019><c> had</c><00:45:17.340><c> made</c><00:45:17.659><c> the</c><00:45:17.900><c> mind</c><00:45:18.119><c> of</c><00:45:18.340><c> God</c><00:45:18.559><c> so</c><00:45:18.960><c> much</c><00:45:19.199><c> his</c><00:45:19.480><c> own</c><00:45:20.059><c> that</c><00:45:20.480><c> he</c><00:45:20.719><c> was</c><00:45:21.039><c> a</c>

00:45:22.260 --> 00:45:27.619
perfect<00:45:22.800><c> and</c><00:45:24.199><c> personal</c><00:45:24.699><c> representation</c><00:45:25.739><c> of</c><00:45:26.079><c> God</c><00:45:26.360><c> amongst</c><00:45:26.760><c> men.</c>

00:45:28.780 --> 00:45:33.579
And<00:45:29.079><c> we</c><00:45:29.280><c> are</c><00:45:29.400><c> told</c><00:45:29.719><c> to</c><00:45:29.960><c> let</c><00:45:30.300><c> this</c><00:45:30.900><c> mind</c><00:45:31.639><c> be</c><00:45:32.440><c> in</c><00:45:32.719><c> us.</c>

00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:40.880
To<00:45:36.059><c> be</c><00:45:36.380><c> dominated</c><00:45:36.960><c> by</c><00:45:37.320><c> this</c><00:45:37.639><c> same</c><00:45:38.179><c> humility</c><00:45:39.019><c> that</c><00:45:40.239><c> we</c><00:45:40.539><c> submit</c>

00:45:40.880 --> 00:45:43.219
ourselves<00:45:41.480><c> to</c><00:45:41.719><c> him</c><00:45:42.139><c> completely.</c>

00:45:43.840 --> 00:45:47.880
Now<00:45:44.400><c> look</c><00:45:44.579><c> how</c><00:45:44.739><c> this</c><00:45:44.980><c> worked</c><00:45:45.239><c> in</c><00:45:45.420><c> the</c><00:45:45.539><c> case</c><00:45:45.719><c> of</c><00:45:45.900><c> Jesus.</c>

00:45:50.019 --> 00:45:53.920
Although<00:45:50.340><c> he</c><00:45:50.519><c> was</c><00:45:51.280><c> in</c><00:45:52.139><c> the</c><00:45:52.280><c> image</c><00:45:52.519><c> of</c><00:45:52.739><c> God,</c>

00:45:54.920 --> 00:45:59.980
he<00:45:55.480><c> thought</c><00:45:55.699><c> it</c><00:45:56.000><c> not</c><00:45:56.500><c> robbery</c><00:45:56.840><c> or</c><00:45:57.119><c> a</c><00:45:57.340><c> thing</c><00:45:57.579><c> to</c><00:45:57.840><c> be</c><00:45:58.199><c> grasped</c><00:45:58.780><c> at,</c>

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to<00:46:01.480><c> become</c><00:46:01.780><c> equal</c><00:46:02.159><c> with</c><00:46:02.420><c> God.</c>

00:46:04.500 --> 00:46:07.360
Although<00:46:04.679><c> he</c><00:46:04.840><c> began</c><00:46:05.260><c> by</c><00:46:05.519><c> being</c><00:46:05.800><c> the</c><00:46:06.000><c> Son</c><00:46:06.079><c> of</c><00:46:06.380><c> God</c><00:46:06.659><c> in</c><00:46:06.800><c> a</c><00:46:07.000><c> very</c>

00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:08.360
special<00:46:07.780><c> way,</c>

00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:12.139
he<00:46:09.000><c> did</c><00:46:09.239><c> not</c><00:46:09.539><c> trade</c><00:46:09.940><c> upon</c><00:46:10.199><c> that</c><00:46:10.460><c> relationship,</c>

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:17.280
nor<00:46:14.119><c> did</c><00:46:14.239><c> he</c><00:46:14.460><c> seek</c><00:46:14.579><c> to</c><00:46:14.840><c> compete</c><00:46:15.139><c> with</c><00:46:15.400><c> God</c><00:46:15.639><c> in</c><00:46:15.860><c> any</c><00:46:16.119><c> way,</c>

00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:22.019
but<00:46:18.320><c> he</c><00:46:18.539><c> made</c><00:46:18.719><c> himself</c><00:46:19.159><c> of</c><00:46:19.420><c> no</c><00:46:19.719><c> reputation</c><00:46:20.380><c> and</c><00:46:20.579><c> took</c><00:46:20.800><c> upon</c><00:46:21.059><c> him</c><00:46:21.260><c> the</c><00:46:21.559><c> form</c><00:46:21.739><c> of</c>

00:46:22.019 --> 00:46:23.019
a<00:46:22.159><c> servant,</c>

00:46:24.519 --> 00:46:27.239
and<00:46:25.039><c> was</c><00:46:25.239><c> made</c><00:46:25.400><c> in</c><00:46:25.559><c> the</c><00:46:25.679><c> likeness</c><00:46:26.000><c> of</c><00:46:26.219><c> men.</c>

00:46:28.019 --> 00:46:33.199
And<00:46:28.239><c> being</c><00:46:28.619><c> found</c><00:46:29.400><c> in</c><00:46:29.719><c> fashion</c><00:46:30.019><c> as</c><00:46:30.280><c> a</c><00:46:30.480><c> man</c><00:46:30.679><c> he</c><00:46:31.099><c> humbled</c><00:46:31.519><c> himself</c><00:46:32.119><c> and</c>

00:46:33.199 --> 00:46:35.039
became<00:46:33.480><c> obedient</c><00:46:33.980><c> unto</c><00:46:34.280><c> death,</c>

00:46:35.539 --> 00:46:37.500
even<00:46:35.820><c> the</c><00:46:36.039><c> death</c><00:46:36.159><c> of</c><00:46:36.340><c> the</c><00:46:36.559><c> cross.</c>

00:46:38.659 --> 00:46:44.000
As<00:46:39.420><c> with</c><00:46:39.719><c> Nehemiah</c><00:46:40.320><c> who</c><00:46:40.980><c> wept</c><00:46:41.559><c> and</c><00:46:42.000><c> mourned</c><00:46:42.440><c> and</c><00:46:42.900><c> fasted</c><00:46:43.579><c> and</c>

00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:46.139
prayed<00:46:44.440><c> for</c><00:46:45.039><c> the</c><00:46:45.260><c> people,</c>

00:46:46.659 --> 00:46:49.860
so<00:46:46.840><c> Jesus,</c><00:46:47.239><c> beginning</c><00:46:47.699><c> from</c><00:46:47.920><c> a</c><00:46:48.059><c> much</c><00:46:48.380><c> higher</c><00:46:48.820><c> level,</c>

00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:57.460
humbled<00:46:53.019><c> himself</c><00:46:53.639><c> to</c><00:46:53.900><c> a</c><00:46:54.039><c> much</c><00:46:54.360><c> lower</c><00:46:54.619><c> level</c><00:46:54.980><c> even</c><00:46:55.300><c> than</c><00:46:55.539><c> that.</c>

00:46:58.380 --> 00:47:02.400
Wherefore<00:46:58.800><c> God</c><00:46:59.119><c> hath</c><00:46:59.400><c> also</c><00:46:59.920><c> highly</c><00:47:00.320><c> exalted</c><00:47:00.739><c> him</c><00:47:01.440><c> and</c><00:47:02.179><c> given</c>

00:47:02.400 --> 00:47:04.559
him<00:47:02.699><c> a</c><00:47:02.840><c> name</c><00:47:03.039><c> which</c><00:47:03.139><c> is</c><00:47:03.199><c> above</c><00:47:03.440><c> every</c><00:47:03.920><c> name,</c>

00:47:05.019 --> 00:47:08.480
that<00:47:05.119><c> at</c><00:47:05.260><c> the</c><00:47:05.400><c> name</c><00:47:05.559><c> of</c><00:47:05.719><c> Jesus</c><00:47:06.219><c> every</c><00:47:07.179><c> knee</c><00:47:07.400><c> should</c><00:47:07.639><c> bow.</c>

00:47:09.199 --> 00:47:13.119
That<00:47:09.840><c> is</c><00:47:10.139><c> the</c><00:47:10.440><c> mind</c><00:47:10.840><c> behind</c><00:47:11.400><c> the</c><00:47:11.719><c> atonement.</c>

00:47:14.239 --> 00:47:17.219
That<00:47:14.360><c> is</c><00:47:14.599><c> the</c><00:47:14.940><c> power</c><00:47:15.239><c> which</c><00:47:15.559><c> drove</c><00:47:15.960><c> Nehemiah</c><00:47:16.519><c> on,</c>

00:47:17.460 --> 00:47:20.820
so<00:47:17.739><c> that</c><00:47:17.980><c> ultimately</c><00:47:18.659><c> the</c><00:47:18.960><c> city</c><00:47:19.159><c> will</c><00:47:19.400><c> be</c><00:47:19.599><c> given</c><00:47:19.840><c> respect</c>

00:47:20.820 --> 00:47:22.860
from<00:47:21.619><c> reproach.</c>

00:47:27.519 --> 00:47:31.960
And<00:47:27.940><c> it</c><00:47:28.059><c> is</c><00:47:28.179><c> that</c><00:47:28.380><c> mind</c><00:47:28.920><c> which</c><00:47:29.920><c> has</c><00:47:30.059><c> brought</c><00:47:30.239><c> about</c><00:47:30.559><c> our</c><00:47:30.760><c> own</c><00:47:30.960><c> salvation.</c>

00:47:32.780 --> 00:47:35.840
But<00:47:33.300><c> what</c><00:47:33.480><c> is</c><00:47:33.739><c> important,</c><00:47:34.420><c> brethren</c><00:47:34.619><c> and</c><00:47:34.880><c> sisters,</c><00:47:35.380><c> is</c><00:47:35.559><c> that</c>

00:47:35.840 --> 00:47:38.260
we<00:47:36.219><c> too</c><00:47:36.480><c> must</c><00:47:36.719><c> have</c><00:47:36.980><c> that</c><00:47:37.380><c> same</c><00:47:37.699><c> mind,</c>

00:47:38.760 --> 00:47:42.199
and<00:47:39.039><c> by</c><00:47:39.440><c> it</c><00:47:39.820><c> we</c><00:47:40.280><c> shall</c><00:47:40.559><c> put</c><00:47:40.880><c> power</c><00:47:41.260><c> in</c><00:47:41.559><c> our</c><00:47:41.780><c> preaching,</c>

00:47:42.659 --> 00:47:45.760
because<00:47:42.920><c> that</c><00:47:43.260><c> power</c><00:47:43.500><c> will</c><00:47:43.719><c> be</c><00:47:43.900><c> God</c><00:47:44.159><c> working</c><00:47:44.559><c> in</c><00:47:44.800><c> us.</c>

00:47:46.820 --> 00:47:49.900
We<00:47:47.280><c> shall</c><00:47:47.420><c> be</c><00:47:47.699><c> working</c><00:47:47.900><c> with</c><00:47:48.099><c> the</c><00:47:48.400><c> mind</c><00:47:48.599><c> of</c><00:47:48.780><c> God</c><00:47:49.039><c> not</c><00:47:49.199><c> the</c><00:47:49.460><c> mind</c>

00:47:49.900 --> 00:47:52.159
of<00:47:50.099><c> the</c><00:47:50.320><c> flesh,</c><00:47:50.539><c> the</c><00:47:50.659><c> mind</c><00:47:50.920><c> of</c><00:47:51.159><c> ourselves.</c>

00:47:52.539 --> 00:47:54.980
That<00:47:52.739><c> is</c><00:47:52.940><c> the</c><00:47:53.199><c> importance,</c><00:47:53.579><c> brethren</c><00:47:53.940><c> and</c><00:47:54.260><c> sisters.</c>

00:47:55.579 --> 00:47:58.880
And<00:47:55.719><c> so</c><00:47:55.840><c> right</c><00:47:55.980><c> at</c><00:47:56.139><c> the</c><00:47:56.199><c> very</c><00:47:56.440><c> beginning</c><00:47:56.880><c> of</c><00:47:57.139><c> our</c><00:47:57.360><c> study</c><00:47:57.739><c> we</c><00:47:58.519><c> come</c><00:47:58.719><c> to</c>

00:47:58.880 --> 00:48:00.139
the<00:47:59.119><c> heart</c><00:47:59.340><c> of</c><00:47:59.539><c> the</c><00:47:59.679><c> subject,</c>

00:48:00.139 --> 00:48:05.739
which<00:48:01.420><c> is</c><00:48:01.699><c> this</c><00:48:02.039><c> true</c><00:48:02.719><c> biblical</c><00:48:03.219><c> understanding</c><00:48:03.980><c> of</c><00:48:04.699><c> humility.</c>