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one<00:14:29.000><c> that</c><00:14:29.220><c> I</c><00:14:29.460><c> wrote</c><00:14:29.639><c> which</c><00:14:29.899><c> is</c><00:14:30.279><c> the</c><00:14:30.639><c> basis</c><00:14:31.000><c> of</c><00:14:31.240><c> this</c><00:14:32.480><c> study.</c><00:14:34.100><c> This</c><00:14:34.259><c> all</c><00:14:34.419><c> began</c><00:14:34.779><c> with</c><00:14:35.240><c> a</c>

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I'm<00:15:10.940><c> quoting</c><00:15:11.440><c> from</c><00:15:13.200><c> a</c><00:15:13.960><c> book</c>

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and<00:15:16.820><c> this</c><00:15:17.580><c> key</c><00:15:18.080><c> battle</c><00:15:18.720><c> that</c><00:15:19.259><c> established</c><00:15:19.919><c> that</c><00:15:20.480><c> the</c><00:15:20.840><c> Greek,</c>

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conquer<00:15:24.360><c> Greece</c><00:15:24.860><c> but</c><00:15:25.240><c> the</c><00:15:25.460><c> Greece</c><00:15:25.600><c> would</c><00:15:25.779><c> be</c><00:15:25.919><c> left</c><00:15:26.120><c> alone</c><00:15:26.440><c> and</c>

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troops<00:15:43.320><c> and</c><00:15:44.220><c> then</c><00:15:44.679><c> a</c><00:15:45.000><c> storm</c><00:15:45.240><c> arose</c><00:15:45.759><c> and</c><00:15:46.340><c> destroyed</c><00:15:47.000><c> many</c><00:15:47.679><c> of</c><00:15:48.240><c> the</c><00:15:48.639><c> Persian</c><00:15:49.139><c> vessels</c><00:15:50.000><c> whereas</c><00:15:50.379><c> the</c><00:15:50.600><c> Greek</c><00:15:50.779><c> ones</c><00:15:51.000><c> I</c>

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think,<00:16:29.379><c> put</c><00:16:30.480><c> ourselves</c><00:16:30.840><c> into</c><00:16:31.059><c> the</c><00:16:31.200><c> minds</c><00:16:31.460><c> of</c><00:16:31.620><c> people</c><00:16:31.919><c> in</c>

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battle<00:16:40.259><c> well</c>

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nobody's<00:16:41.980><c> going</c><00:16:42.080><c> to</c><00:16:42.220><c> take</c><00:16:42.340><c> much</c><00:16:42.600><c> notice</c><00:16:42.899><c> of</c><00:16:43.039><c> it</c><00:16:43.100><c> they'll</c><00:16:43.320><c> say</c>

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oh<00:16:43.659><c> well</c><00:16:43.799><c> it's</c><00:16:44.100><c> just</c><00:16:44.279><c> one</c><00:16:44.419><c> of</c><00:16:44.480><c> those</c><00:16:44.779><c> chance</c><00:16:45.159><c> things.</c>

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badly<00:16:59.019><c> affected.</c><00:17:00.980><c> You</c><00:17:01.019><c> thought</c><00:17:01.220><c> the</c><00:17:01.419><c> gods</c><00:17:01.600><c> are</c><00:17:01.779><c> not</c>

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and<00:17:05.819><c> everybody</c><00:17:06.220><c> was</c><00:17:06.619><c> demoralized</c><00:17:07.500><c> so</c><00:17:07.940><c> we've</c><00:17:08.099><c> got</c><00:17:08.140><c> to</c>

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at<00:17:21.660><c> the</c><00:17:21.920><c> time</c><00:17:22.480><c> was</c><00:17:22.900><c> a</c><00:17:23.059><c> book</c><00:17:23.299><c> called</c><00:17:23.980><c> Decisive</c><00:17:25.099><c> Battles</c><00:17:25.660><c> in</c><00:17:25.940><c> the</c>

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Western<00:17:26.440><c> World</c><00:17:26.839><c> written</c><00:17:27.200><c> by</c><00:17:27.880><c> a</c><00:17:28.039><c> former</c><00:17:28.299><c> general</c>

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and<00:17:30.220><c> he</c><00:17:30.500><c> selects</c><00:17:30.819><c> this</c><00:17:30.940><c> as</c><00:17:31.079><c> one</c><00:17:31.240><c> of</c><00:17:31.339><c> the</c><00:17:31.619><c> decisive</c><00:17:32.059><c> battles</c><00:17:32.480><c> that</c><00:17:32.819><c> changed</c><00:17:33.200><c> the</c><00:17:33.480><c> course</c><00:17:33.779><c> of</c><00:17:34.000><c> history</c>

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but<00:17:34.819><c> notice</c><00:17:35.380><c> how</c><00:17:36.720><c> the</c><00:17:38.059><c> weather</c><00:17:38.259><c> and</c><00:17:38.640><c> earthquakes</c><00:17:39.140><c> were</c><00:17:40.220><c> very</c>

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significant<00:17:41.180><c> in</c><00:17:41.380><c> it.</c><00:17:41.880><c> A</c><00:17:42.099><c> heavy</c><00:17:42.240><c> rainstorm,</c>

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a<00:17:45.039><c> storm</c><00:17:45.319><c> of</c><00:17:45.559><c> wind</c><00:17:45.920><c> and</c><00:17:46.559><c> an</c><00:17:46.779><c> earthquake</c><00:17:47.279><c> apparently</c><00:17:48.119><c> all</c><00:17:49.079><c> involved</c><00:17:49.759><c> in</c>

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turning<00:17:50.680><c> back</c><00:17:51.640><c> the</c><00:17:52.019><c> Persians</c><00:17:52.440><c> from</c>

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conquering<00:17:53.259><c> Greece</c><00:17:53.960><c> and</c><00:17:55.799><c> this</c><00:17:56.799><c> military</c><00:17:57.480><c> historian</c><00:17:58.200><c> does</c>

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bring<00:17:59.319><c> out</c><00:17:59.839><c> how</c><00:18:00.579><c> these</c><00:18:01.059><c> battles</c><00:18:01.519><c> were</c><00:18:02.339><c> decisive,</c>

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how<00:18:03.119><c> they</c><00:18:03.380><c> changed</c><00:18:04.180><c> the</c><00:18:04.640><c> course</c><00:18:04.839><c> of</c><00:18:05.099><c> events.</c><00:18:08.420><c> It's</c><00:18:09.240><c> very</c><00:18:09.420><c> interesting</c><00:18:09.740><c> to</c>

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me<00:18:10.059><c> actually</c><00:18:10.400><c> that</c>

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how<00:18:14.009><c> view</c><00:18:14.490><c> seems</c><00:18:14.789><c> to</c><00:18:14.930><c> have</c><00:18:15.130><c> changed</c><00:18:15.549><c> over</c><00:18:15.849><c> the</c><00:18:16.069><c> 20</c><00:18:16.349><c> years</c><00:18:17.049><c> since</c><00:18:17.849><c> I</c>

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originally<00:18:18.890><c> investigated</c><00:18:19.609><c> this.</c><00:18:19.869><c> You</c><00:18:19.890><c> could</c>

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find<00:18:20.329><c> examples</c><00:18:20.990><c> then</c><00:18:21.609><c> of</c><00:18:22.150><c> how</c><00:18:23.410><c> battles</c><00:18:25.109><c> were</c><00:18:25.690><c> influenced</c><00:18:26.450><c> by</c>

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the<00:18:28.269><c> weather</c><00:18:28.630><c> but</c><00:18:29.930><c> not</c><00:18:30.470><c> anything</c><00:18:31.109><c> much</c><00:18:31.630><c> more</c><00:18:32.289><c> long</c><00:18:32.690><c> term.</c>

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There<00:18:35.289><c> was</c><00:18:35.490><c> an</c><00:18:35.750><c> American</c><00:18:36.089><c> historian</c><00:18:36.670><c> in</c><00:18:36.990><c> the</c><00:18:37.170><c> first</c><00:18:37.430><c> half</c><00:18:37.710><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:38.029><c> 20th</c><00:18:38.430><c> century</c><00:18:38.710><c> called</c><00:18:38.990><c> Ellsworth</c><00:18:39.569><c> Huntington</c>

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influencing<00:18:46.150><c> history</c><00:18:46.650><c> not</c><00:18:47.069><c> as</c><00:18:47.329><c> far</c><00:18:47.450><c> as</c><00:18:47.549><c> I</c><00:18:47.630><c> could</c><00:18:47.869><c> see</c><00:18:48.529><c> from</c><00:18:49.650><c> the</c><00:18:50.170><c> point</c><00:18:50.369><c> of</c>

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thought<00:18:53.990><c> that</c><00:18:54.250><c> more</c><00:18:54.450><c> attention</c><00:18:54.849><c> ought</c><00:18:55.069><c> to</c><00:18:55.250><c> be</c><00:18:55.670><c> paid</c><00:18:55.950><c> to</c><00:18:56.150><c> that</c>

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one<00:18:59.329><c> of</c><00:18:59.529><c> two</c><00:18:59.769><c> theories.</c><00:19:00.750><c> Firstly</c><00:19:01.029><c> that</c><00:19:01.250><c> history</c><00:19:01.569><c> was</c><00:19:01.869><c> controlled</c><00:19:02.309><c> by</c><00:19:02.630><c> great</c><00:19:02.890><c> men</c>

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and<00:19:04.950><c> then</c><00:19:05.250><c> communism</c><00:19:05.650><c> came</c>

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along<00:19:06.430><c> and</c><00:19:06.750><c> they</c><00:19:06.970><c> said</c><00:19:07.130><c> no</c><00:19:07.789><c> it's</c><00:19:09.250><c> done</c><00:19:09.529><c> by</c><00:19:09.829><c> economic</c><00:19:10.529><c> forces</c>

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and<00:19:11.690><c> the</c><00:19:12.250><c> the</c><00:19:12.410><c> uprise</c><00:19:12.789><c> of</c><00:19:13.109><c> the</c><00:19:13.549><c> masses</c><00:19:13.829><c> and</c><00:19:14.130><c> this</c>

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kind<00:19:14.650><c> of</c><00:19:14.849><c> thing</c><00:19:15.309><c> but</c><00:19:16.430><c> everybody</c><00:19:16.809><c> has</c><00:19:16.990><c> seemed</c><00:19:17.109><c> to</c><00:19:17.410><c> assume</c><00:19:17.690><c> that</c>

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the<00:19:18.250><c> environment</c><00:19:18.789><c> was</c><00:19:19.109><c> just</c><00:19:19.410><c> constant</c><00:19:19.890><c> or</c>

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if<00:19:22.690><c> there</c><00:19:22.890><c> was</c><00:19:23.069><c> bad</c><00:19:23.329><c> weather</c><00:19:23.569><c> well</c><00:19:23.789><c> that</c><00:19:23.950><c> just</c><00:19:24.230><c> it</c><00:19:24.630><c> was</c><00:19:24.789><c> just</c><00:19:24.950><c> a</c>

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matter<00:19:25.190><c> of</c><00:19:25.470><c> chance</c><00:19:25.910><c> and</c><00:19:26.670><c> it's</c>

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sometimes<00:19:29.829><c> worked</c><00:19:30.109><c> in</c><00:19:30.349><c> favor</c><00:19:30.529><c> of</c><00:19:30.730><c> one</c><00:19:30.849><c> and</c><00:19:31.069><c> sometimes</c><00:19:31.490><c> worked</c>

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in<00:19:32.190><c> favor</c><00:19:32.390><c> of</c><00:19:32.569><c> another</c><00:19:32.789><c> and</c><00:19:32.930><c> there</c><00:19:33.069><c> was</c><00:19:33.250><c> no</c>

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pattern<00:19:34.130><c> to</c><00:19:34.430><c> it</c><00:19:34.650><c> but</c><00:19:35.029><c> since</c><00:19:35.349><c> that</c><00:19:35.630><c> time</c><00:19:35.869><c> there</c><00:19:36.049><c> seems</c><00:19:36.309><c> to</c><00:19:36.509><c> have</c>

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emerged<00:19:36.970><c> quite</c><00:19:37.269><c> a</c><00:19:38.289><c> lot</c><00:19:38.650><c> about</c><00:19:39.269><c> in</c><00:19:39.450><c> fact</c><00:19:39.609><c> the</c>

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decisive<00:19:40.710><c> effect</c><00:19:41.009><c> that</c><00:19:41.210><c> the</c><00:19:41.410><c> weather</c><00:19:41.670><c> or</c><00:19:42.269><c> the</c><00:19:42.509><c> climate</c><00:19:42.769><c> in</c><00:19:42.970><c> the</c><00:19:43.130><c> longer</c><00:19:43.430><c> term</c><00:19:43.710><c> can</c><00:19:43.910><c> have</c><00:19:44.089><c> an</c><00:19:44.329><c> effect.</c>

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There<00:19:45.890><c> have</c><00:19:46.170><c> been</c><00:19:46.450><c> books</c><00:19:46.730><c> written</c><00:19:47.009><c> about</c><00:19:47.369><c> it,</c><00:19:48.529><c> television</c>

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programmes,<00:19:49.730><c> radio</c><00:19:50.210><c> programmes,</c>

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one<00:19:51.490><c> or</c><00:19:51.589><c> two</c><00:19:51.670><c> have</c><00:19:51.789><c> been</c><00:19:51.950><c> mentioned</c><00:19:52.190><c> to</c><00:19:52.410><c> me</c><00:19:53.029><c> this</c><00:19:53.309><c> week</c><00:19:53.609><c> already.</c><00:19:55.990><c> Actually</c><00:19:56.190><c> at</c><00:19:56.690><c> our</c>

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local<00:19:57.309><c> university,</c><00:20:00.769><c> the</c>

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I'd<00:20:04.609><c> like</c><00:20:04.710><c> to</c><00:20:06.130><c> record</c><00:20:06.650><c> the</c><00:20:07.269><c> words</c><00:20:07.529><c> of</c><00:20:07.710><c> one</c><00:20:07.829><c> of</c><00:20:07.910><c> the</c><00:20:08.150><c> pioneers</c>

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of<00:20:08.690><c> this</c><00:20:08.910><c> research,</c><00:20:09.589><c> he's</c><00:20:09.869><c> now</c><00:20:10.170><c> dead,</c>

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a<00:20:11.349><c> professor</c><00:20:11.650><c> Hubert</c><00:20:12.089><c> Lamb.</c><00:20:13.930><c> In</c><00:20:14.089><c> general</c><00:20:14.710><c> he</c><00:20:15.009><c> says</c><00:20:15.369><c> it</c><00:20:15.789><c> seems</c>

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helpful<00:20:16.650><c> to</c><00:20:16.990><c> think</c><00:20:17.289><c> of</c><00:20:17.710><c> climate</c><00:20:18.170><c> as</c><00:20:18.890><c> a</c><00:20:19.210><c> catalyst</c>

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or<00:20:20.069><c> at</c><00:20:20.210><c> least</c><00:20:20.509><c> a</c><00:20:20.869><c> trigger</c><00:20:21.109><c> of</c><00:20:21.549><c> change.</c><00:20:23.009><c> In</c><00:20:23.190><c> the</c><00:20:23.410><c> major</c><00:20:23.750><c> breakdowns</c><00:20:24.450><c> of</c><00:20:24.630><c> societies</c><00:20:25.109><c> and</c><00:20:25.450><c> civilizations</c>

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climatic<00:20:27.430><c> shifts</c><00:20:28.049><c> may</c><00:20:28.430><c> often</c><00:20:28.730><c> be</c><00:20:28.990><c> found</c><00:20:29.210><c> to</c><00:20:29.430><c> have</c><00:20:29.650><c> played</c><00:20:29.890><c> the</c>

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role<00:20:30.450><c> of</c><00:20:30.670><c> a</c><00:20:30.869><c> trigger.</c>

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they<00:20:40.890><c> say</c><00:20:41.349><c> evolution</c><00:20:42.269><c> designed</c><00:20:42.869><c> this</c><00:20:43.170><c> or</c><00:20:43.849><c> mother</c><00:20:44.130><c> nature</c>

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themselves,<00:20:47.930><c> you've</c><00:20:48.089><c> got</c><00:20:48.170><c> to</c><00:20:48.309><c> have</c><00:20:48.509><c> a</c><00:20:48.809><c> designer</c><00:20:49.150><c> and</c><00:20:50.849><c> it's</c><00:20:51.309><c> the</c><00:20:51.470><c> same</c><00:20:51.630><c> here.</c><00:20:53.730><c> If</c>

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climatic<00:20:54.910><c> change,</c><00:20:55.490><c> the</c><00:20:55.630><c> weather</c>

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is<00:20:57.210><c> a</c><00:20:57.650><c> trigger</c><00:20:58.009><c> of</c><00:20:58.730><c> major</c><00:20:59.069><c> events</c><00:20:59.430><c> in</c><00:20:59.710><c> world</c><00:20:59.930><c> history,</c><00:21:00.450><c> major</c>

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changes,<00:21:01.809><c> then</c><00:21:01.950><c> my</c><00:21:02.230><c> question</c><00:21:02.490><c> is</c><00:21:02.690><c> who</c><00:21:02.970><c> pulls</c>

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the<00:21:03.829><c> trigger</c><00:21:04.069><c> and</c><00:21:04.630><c> it</c><00:21:04.809><c> is</c><00:21:05.089><c> obviously</c><00:21:05.549><c> God</c><00:21:05.910><c> working</c><00:21:06.710><c> through</c>

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the<00:21:07.230><c> angels.</c><00:21:07.809><c> It's</c><00:21:08.190><c> an</c><00:21:08.369><c> interesting</c><00:21:08.650><c> example</c><00:21:09.390><c> of</c><00:21:09.849><c> how</c>

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people<00:21:11.849><c> who</c><00:21:12.029><c> do</c><00:21:12.150><c> not</c><00:21:12.349><c> believe</c><00:21:12.609><c> in</c><00:21:12.809><c> God</c><00:21:13.029><c> are</c><00:21:13.609><c> forced</c><00:21:14.089><c> to</c><00:21:14.329><c> use</c><00:21:14.529><c> the</c><00:21:14.670><c> sort</c><00:21:14.849><c> of</c>

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language<00:21:15.609><c> that</c><00:21:17.069><c> indicates</c><00:21:17.650><c> that</c><00:21:17.869><c> there</c>

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must<00:21:18.150><c> be</c><00:21:19.049><c> a</c><00:21:20.150><c> great</c><00:21:20.750><c> divine</c><00:21:21.650><c> power</c><00:21:22.190><c> behind</c><00:21:22.549><c> all</c><00:21:22.809><c> these</c><00:21:23.109><c> things,</c>

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whether<00:21:24.029><c> it</c><00:21:24.250><c> be</c><00:21:24.490><c> the</c><00:21:24.950><c> wonderful</c><00:21:25.650><c> creation</c>

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around<00:21:27.150><c> us</c><00:21:27.569><c> or</c><00:21:27.789><c> whether</c><00:21:28.049><c> it</c><00:21:28.309><c> be</c><00:21:29.150><c> the</c><00:21:31.549><c> events</c><00:21:31.970><c> of</c><00:21:32.630><c> history.</c><00:21:33.549><c> We're</c><00:21:33.609><c> very</c><00:21:33.910><c> conscious</c><00:21:34.250><c> of</c>

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course<00:21:34.750><c> as</c><00:21:35.029><c> believers</c><00:21:35.450><c> in</c><00:21:35.670><c> a</c>

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divine<00:21:36.109><c> creator</c><00:21:36.769><c> that</c><00:21:39.029><c> God</c><00:21:39.369><c> created</c><00:21:39.809><c> all</c><00:21:40.109><c> things</c><00:21:40.289><c> and</c><00:21:40.569><c> of</c><00:21:40.789><c> the</c>

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wonders<00:21:41.130><c> of</c><00:21:41.309><c> his</c><00:21:41.509><c> creation,</c><00:21:42.269><c> we</c><00:21:42.450><c> have</c><00:21:42.670><c> perhaps</c><00:21:43.009><c> been</c>

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less<00:21:44.369><c> aware</c><00:21:44.769><c> of</c><00:21:45.029><c> him</c><00:21:45.470><c> as</c><00:21:46.049><c> the</c><00:21:46.329><c> controlling</c><00:21:46.849><c> force</c><00:21:47.349><c> in</c><00:21:48.130><c> history.</c><00:21:49.930><c> Well</c><00:21:49.930><c> that's</c><00:21:50.990><c> by</c>

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the<00:21:51.609><c> way,</c><00:21:52.109><c> having</c><00:21:52.430><c> given</c>

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you<00:21:52.789><c> that</c><00:21:52.970><c> example</c><00:21:53.509><c> from</c><00:21:54.750><c> Daniel,</c><00:21:57.710><c> I'd</c><00:21:58.250><c> like</c><00:21:58.329><c> to</c><00:21:58.430><c> look</c><00:21:58.630><c> at</c><00:21:58.970><c> a</c><00:21:59.009><c> little</c><00:21:59.170><c> more</c><00:21:59.430><c> detail</c><00:21:59.829><c> at</c><00:22:00.049><c> a</c>

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section<00:22:00.710><c> in</c><00:22:00.990><c> the</c>

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book<00:22:01.869><c> of</c><00:22:02.109><c> Revelation</c><00:22:02.630><c> but</c><00:22:02.890><c> I</c><00:22:03.029><c> think</c><00:22:03.150><c> first</c><00:22:03.470><c> of</c><00:22:03.650><c> all</c><00:22:03.809><c> I'd</c><00:22:04.069><c> like</c>

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us<00:22:04.430><c> to</c><00:22:04.569><c> go</c><00:22:04.849><c> back</c><00:22:05.130><c> to</c>

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Judges,<00:22:06.829><c> the</c><00:22:06.829><c> book</c><00:22:07.049><c> of</c><00:22:07.190><c> Judges</c><00:22:08.269><c> and</c><00:22:08.829><c> chapters</c><00:22:09.250><c> 5</c><00:22:10.670><c> and</c><00:22:10.869><c> 6.</c>

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We<00:22:18.670><c> looked</c><00:22:19.029><c> at</c><00:22:19.130><c> Judges</c><00:22:19.609><c> 4</c><00:22:19.970><c> and</c><00:22:20.150><c> 5</c><00:22:20.529><c> yesterday</c>

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and<00:22:25.730><c> this</c><00:22:26.029><c> will</c><00:22:26.349><c> provide</c><00:22:26.690><c> a</c><00:22:26.829><c> useful</c><00:22:27.269><c> background</c><00:22:27.769><c> to</c><00:22:27.890><c> one</c><00:22:28.089><c> or</c>

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two<00:22:28.289><c> things</c><00:22:28.569><c> that</c><00:22:28.690><c> we're</c><00:22:28.869><c> going</c><00:22:29.029><c> to</c><00:22:29.289><c> say</c>

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regarding<00:22:30.089><c> the</c><00:22:30.829><c> book</c><00:22:31.049><c> of</c><00:22:31.269><c> Revelation.</c><00:22:31.809><c> In</c><00:22:31.890><c> chapter</c><00:22:32.230><c> 6</c><00:22:32.589><c> we</c><00:22:32.730><c> have</c><00:22:32.970><c> the</c><00:22:33.150><c> next</c>

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invading<00:22:37.130><c> nations</c><00:22:37.809><c> that</c><00:22:37.990><c> oppressed</c><00:22:38.630><c> Israel</c><00:22:39.690><c> when</c><00:22:39.829><c> they</c><00:22:40.109><c> turned</c><00:22:40.349><c> against</c><00:22:40.730><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:22:42.650><c> the</c><00:22:42.809><c> forces</c><00:22:43.150><c> of</c><00:22:43.349><c> the</c><00:22:43.490><c> Midianites</c><00:22:44.069><c> and</c><00:22:44.210><c> the</c><00:22:44.349><c> Amalekites</c>

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and<00:22:45.089><c> the</c><00:22:45.369><c> children</c><00:22:45.650><c> of</c><00:22:45.869><c> the</c><00:22:46.029><c> East,</c><00:22:46.529><c> verse</c><00:22:46.809><c> 3.</c>

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The<00:22:51.210><c> more</c><00:22:51.549><c> nomadic</c><00:22:52.130><c> peoples</c><00:22:52.670><c> that</c><00:22:53.289><c> lived</c><00:22:53.990><c> in</c><00:22:54.890><c> the</c><00:22:55.069><c> wilderness</c>

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areas<00:22:55.990><c> to</c><00:22:56.349><c> the</c><00:22:56.569><c> east</c><00:22:56.950><c> of</c><00:22:57.309><c> the</c><00:22:57.470><c> land</c><00:22:57.769><c> of</c><00:22:58.029><c> Israel.</c>

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We're<00:23:01.809><c> told</c><00:23:01.950><c> in</c><00:23:02.089><c> verse</c><00:23:02.329><c> 5</c><00:23:02.690><c> they</c><00:23:02.910><c> came</c><00:23:03.230><c> up</c><00:23:03.450><c> with</c><00:23:03.569><c> their</c><00:23:03.950><c> cattle</c>

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and<00:23:04.589><c> their</c><00:23:04.990><c> tents</c><00:23:05.349><c> and</c><00:23:05.549><c> they</c><00:23:05.829><c> came</c><00:23:06.069><c> as</c><00:23:06.490><c> grasshoppers</c>

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for<00:23:07.450><c> multitude</c><00:23:08.109><c> or</c><00:23:08.769><c> revised</c><00:23:09.130><c> version</c><00:23:09.529><c> locusts.</c><00:23:11.529><c> Both</c><00:23:11.750><c> they</c>

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and<00:23:12.130><c> their</c><00:23:12.430><c> camels</c><00:23:12.690><c> were</c><00:23:12.890><c> without</c><00:23:13.230><c> number</c><00:23:13.589><c> and</c>

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they<00:23:14.329><c> entered</c><00:23:14.490><c> into</c><00:23:14.750><c> the</c><00:23:14.970><c> land</c><00:23:15.170><c> to</c><00:23:15.430><c> destroy</c><00:23:15.829><c> it.</c><00:23:18.289><c> One</c><00:23:18.470><c> of</c><00:23:18.670><c> the</c>

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forces,<00:23:20.869><c> great</c><00:23:21.029><c> forces</c><00:23:21.410><c> of</c><00:23:21.690><c> history</c><00:23:22.029><c> has</c><00:23:22.269><c> been</c><00:23:22.569><c> the</c>

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invading<00:23:24.309><c> of</c><00:23:25.230><c> settled</c><00:23:25.789><c> cultivated</c><00:23:26.529><c> areas</c><00:23:27.049><c> by</c><00:23:27.390><c> nomadic</c><00:23:27.950><c> peoples</c><00:23:28.369><c> and</c><00:23:28.750><c> I</c>

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think<00:23:28.970><c> I</c><00:23:29.509><c> mentioned</c><00:23:29.630><c> already</c><00:23:30.269><c> that</c>

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what<00:23:32.789><c> seems</c><00:23:33.269><c> to</c><00:23:33.589><c> happen</c><00:23:33.890><c> is</c><00:23:35.089><c> favorable</c><00:23:35.470><c> weather,</c><00:23:35.950><c> more</c><00:23:36.190><c> rain</c>

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enables<00:23:37.329><c> these</c><00:23:37.730><c> nomadic</c><00:23:38.210><c> peoples</c><00:23:38.750><c> to</c><00:23:39.430><c> prosper</c>

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and<00:23:40.430><c> flourish</c><00:23:40.869><c> and</c><00:23:41.630><c> to</c><00:23:42.670><c> grow</c><00:23:42.930><c> in</c><00:23:43.170><c> number</c><00:23:43.529><c> and</c><00:23:46.609><c> then</c><00:23:47.250><c> we</c><00:23:47.509><c> find</c>

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the<00:23:49.549><c> times</c><00:23:49.809><c> of</c><00:23:50.130><c> famine</c><00:23:50.509><c> come,</c><00:23:51.329><c> times</c><00:23:51.650><c> of</c><00:23:51.890><c> poor</c><00:23:52.049><c> weather</c>

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bringing<00:23:52.670><c> famine</c><00:23:53.289><c> and</c><00:23:53.410><c> they</c><00:23:53.869><c> migrate</c><00:23:54.349><c> into</c><00:23:55.170><c> their</c><00:23:55.990><c> the</c><00:23:56.369><c> adjacent</c><00:23:56.769><c> lands.</c><00:23:58.769><c> Now</c>

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we<00:23:59.789><c> connect</c><00:24:00.089><c> this</c><00:24:00.349><c> with</c><00:24:00.589><c> chapter</c>

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5<00:24:01.690><c> and</c><00:24:02.109><c> verse</c><00:24:02.470><c> 20</c><00:24:03.150><c> and</c><00:24:03.289><c> 21</c><00:24:03.869><c> which</c><00:24:04.150><c> we</c><00:24:04.349><c> mentioned</c><00:24:04.589><c> yesterday</c><00:24:05.210><c> regarding</c><00:24:06.450><c> the</c><00:24:07.930><c> overthrow</c><00:24:08.349><c> of</c><00:24:08.650><c> Sisera.</c>

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They<00:24:10.230><c> fought</c><00:24:10.569><c> from</c><00:24:10.829><c> heaven</c><00:24:11.130><c> the</c><00:24:11.390><c> stars</c><00:24:11.710><c> in</c><00:24:11.910><c> their</c><00:24:12.210><c> courses</c><00:24:12.609><c> fought</c><00:24:12.950><c> against</c><00:24:13.430><c> Sisera.</c><00:24:14.150><c> The</c><00:24:14.269><c> river</c><00:24:14.569><c> of</c>

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Kaishon<00:24:15.309><c> swept</c>

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them<00:24:15.750><c> away,</c><00:24:16.190><c> that</c><00:24:16.289><c> ancient</c><00:24:16.650><c> river,</c><00:24:17.130><c> the</c><00:24:17.269><c> river</c><00:24:17.529><c> Kaishon.</c><00:24:19.089><c> An</c>

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extreme<00:24:19.809><c> storm</c><00:24:20.250><c> of</c><00:24:20.450><c> rain</c><00:24:21.009><c> came</c><00:24:22.049><c> and</c><00:24:22.829><c> swept</c><00:24:23.109><c> away</c>

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Sisera<00:24:24.630><c> and</c><00:24:24.769><c> his</c><00:24:25.029><c> forces.</c><00:24:28.230><c> Now</c><00:24:28.410><c> Sister</c><00:24:28.630><c> Yesterdi</c><00:24:29.009><c> gave</c><00:24:29.230><c> me</c><00:24:29.589><c> an</c>

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interesting<00:24:30.450><c> comment</c><00:24:31.230><c> on</c><00:24:31.450><c> verse</c><00:24:31.690><c> 20</c><00:24:32.069><c> which</c><00:24:32.230><c> I'll</c><00:24:32.490><c> read</c>

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to<00:24:33.049><c> you.</c><00:24:34.970><c> Clouds</c><00:24:35.589><c> are</c><00:24:35.750><c> caused</c><00:24:36.210><c> by</c><00:24:36.710><c> exploding</c><00:24:37.309><c> stars</c><00:24:37.930><c> spreading</c><00:24:38.269><c> their</c><00:24:38.509><c> dust</c><00:24:38.750><c> into</c><00:24:39.069><c> space.</c><00:24:39.470><c> Some</c><00:24:39.829><c> dust</c><00:24:40.170><c> is</c>

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in<00:24:40.809><c> the</c><00:24:41.049><c> earth's</c><00:24:41.470><c> atmosphere.</c><00:24:42.390><c> Each</c><00:24:42.390><c> particle</c><00:24:43.089><c> ionised</c><00:24:43.950><c> by</c>

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the<00:24:44.390><c> sun's</c><00:24:44.769><c> radiation</c><00:24:45.369><c> forms</c><00:24:45.789><c> an</c><00:24:46.049><c> invisible</c><00:24:46.430><c> nucleus</c>

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on<00:24:47.509><c> which</c><00:24:47.769><c> water</c><00:24:48.130><c> vapour</c><00:24:48.509><c> condenses.</c><00:24:49.950><c> The</c><00:24:50.109><c> gas</c><00:24:50.750><c> water</c><00:24:51.049><c> vapour</c>

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now<00:24:51.569><c> becomes</c><00:24:51.990><c> liquid</c><00:24:52.390><c> water.</c><00:24:53.230><c> Without</c><00:24:53.549><c> the</c>

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ionised<00:24:54.329><c> particle</c><00:24:54.809><c> from</c><00:24:55.029><c> the</c><00:24:55.269><c> star</c><00:24:55.650><c> on</c><00:24:56.210><c> which</c><00:24:56.390><c> to</c><00:24:56.650><c> condense</c>

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the<00:24:57.490><c> vapour</c><00:24:57.910><c> will</c><00:24:58.150><c> not</c><00:24:58.750><c> become</c><00:24:59.130><c> water.</c>

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So<00:25:00.589><c> in</c><00:25:00.690><c> other</c><00:25:00.869><c> words</c><00:25:01.230><c> a</c><00:25:01.589><c> chain</c><00:25:01.890><c> effect</c><00:25:02.349><c> beginning</c><00:25:02.890><c> with</c><00:25:03.230><c> the</c>

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stars<00:25:04.109><c> and</c><00:25:04.369><c> resulting</c><00:25:04.750><c> in</c><00:25:05.390><c> rain</c><00:25:05.609><c> upon</c><00:25:05.910><c> the</c><00:25:06.130><c> earth.</c>

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Well<00:25:06.630><c> I'm</c><00:25:07.029><c> no</c><00:25:07.329><c> scientist</c><00:25:07.730><c> so</c><00:25:07.890><c> I</c><00:25:07.990><c> can't</c><00:25:08.349><c> comment</c><00:25:08.710><c> upon</c><00:25:09.230><c> the</c><00:25:09.349><c> validity</c><00:25:09.809><c> of</c>

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that<00:25:10.529><c> idea</c><00:25:11.130><c> but</c><00:25:11.210><c> it</c><00:25:11.369><c> is</c><00:25:11.549><c> an</c><00:25:11.710><c> explanation</c>

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flourished<00:25:35.009><c> their</c><00:25:35.250><c> flocks</c><00:25:35.609><c> and</c><00:25:35.849><c> herds</c><00:25:36.150><c> grew</c><00:25:36.390><c> in</c><00:25:36.609><c> number</c><00:25:37.009><c> and</c>

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then<00:25:38.109><c> came</c><00:25:38.410><c> the</c><00:25:38.609><c> drought</c><00:25:38.910><c> and</c><00:25:40.289><c> so</c><00:25:40.690><c> they</c><00:25:41.230><c> had</c><00:25:41.470><c> to</c><00:25:41.630><c> move</c>

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settled<00:25:45.910><c> areas.</c><00:25:47.789><c> Notice</c><00:25:47.809><c> the</c><00:25:48.029><c> first</c><00:25:48.289><c> five</c><00:25:48.470><c> they</c>

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came<00:25:49.029><c> up</c><00:25:49.230><c> with</c><00:25:49.410><c> their</c><00:25:49.730><c> cattle</c><00:25:50.150><c> and</c><00:25:50.990><c> their</c><00:25:51.269><c> tents.</c><00:25:52.390><c> This</c><00:25:52.490><c> is</c><00:25:52.650><c> not</c><00:25:52.809><c> just</c><00:25:53.150><c> an</c>

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invading<00:25:54.089><c> army</c><00:25:54.670><c> they're</c><00:25:54.930><c> coming</c><00:25:55.130><c> with</c>

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their<00:25:55.589><c> cattle</c><00:25:55.910><c> because</c><00:25:56.789><c> they</c><00:25:57.069><c> had</c><00:25:57.250><c> no</c><00:25:57.549><c> pasture</c><00:25:57.990><c> to</c><00:25:58.509><c> feed</c><00:25:58.710><c> their</c><00:25:59.009><c> cattle</c><00:25:59.269><c> on</c>

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into<00:26:00.430><c> the</c><00:26:00.690><c> more</c><00:26:01.250><c> settled</c><00:26:01.549><c> areas</c><00:26:01.950><c> looking</c>

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for<00:26:02.789><c> pasture.</c><00:26:03.450><c> So</c><00:26:03.450><c> we</c><00:26:03.529><c> can</c><00:26:03.910><c> see</c><00:26:04.150><c> here</c><00:26:04.309><c> we</c><00:26:04.369><c> do</c><00:26:04.529><c> have</c><00:26:04.690><c> a</c><00:26:04.869><c> scriptural</c><00:26:05.250><c> example</c>

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it<00:26:06.130><c> would</c><00:26:06.410><c> seem</c><00:26:06.750><c> we</c><00:26:07.190><c> can</c><00:26:07.349><c> work</c>

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out<00:26:07.869><c> from</c><00:26:08.029><c> the</c><00:26:08.250><c> text</c><00:26:08.589><c> as</c><00:26:09.309><c> to</c><00:26:09.490><c> how</c><00:26:10.130><c> God</c><00:26:10.430><c> works</c><00:26:10.849><c> in</c><00:26:11.049><c> this</c><00:26:11.250><c> way</c><00:26:11.670><c> and</c>

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this<00:26:13.190><c> I</c><00:26:13.390><c> believe</c><00:26:13.609><c> is</c><00:26:14.329><c> significant</c><00:26:14.869><c> when</c><00:26:15.069><c> we</c><00:26:15.309><c> come</c><00:26:15.509><c> to</c>

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look<00:26:16.529><c> at</c><00:26:16.769><c> the</c><00:26:16.910><c> book</c><00:26:17.069><c> of</c><00:26:17.289><c> Revelation.</c><00:26:18.329><c> Now</c><00:26:18.589><c> I</c><00:26:18.690><c> know</c><00:26:18.869><c> the</c><00:26:19.009><c> book</c><00:26:19.109><c> of</c><00:26:19.329><c> Revelation</c><00:26:19.670><c> is</c><00:26:19.890><c> a</c>

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big<00:26:20.150><c> subject</c><00:26:20.569><c> and</c><00:26:21.329><c> ideas</c><00:26:22.250><c> vary</c>

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anyway.<00:26:23.809><c> I</c><00:26:24.529><c> intend</c><00:26:24.849><c> to</c><00:26:24.970><c> look</c><00:26:25.210><c> specifically</c><00:26:26.069><c> at</c><00:26:27.069><c> the</c><00:26:27.789><c> Trumpets</c>

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9.<00:26:35.730><c> Just</c><00:26:35.990><c> a</c><00:26:36.170><c> quick</c><00:26:36.349><c> resume</c><00:26:36.829><c> of</c><00:26:37.109><c> where</c><00:26:37.630><c> we</c><00:26:38.289><c> are</c><00:26:38.569><c> in</c><00:26:38.730><c> the</c><00:26:38.809><c> book</c><00:26:38.970><c> of</c>

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Revelation<00:26:39.569><c> at</c><00:26:39.809><c> that</c><00:26:40.410><c> point.</c>

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The<00:26:43.349><c> book</c><00:26:43.569><c> opens</c><00:26:43.970><c> with</c><00:26:44.230><c> the</c><00:26:44.430><c> statement</c><00:26:44.769><c> that</c><00:26:45.049><c> the</c><00:26:45.170><c> book</c><00:26:45.390><c> is</c><00:26:45.670><c> given</c><00:26:45.970><c> to</c>

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reveal<00:26:46.609><c> unto</c><00:26:46.910><c> God's</c><00:26:47.430><c> servants</c><00:26:47.730><c> the</c><00:26:48.109><c> things</c>

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which<00:26:49.029><c> must</c><00:26:49.769><c> shortly</c><00:26:50.490><c> come</c><00:26:50.829><c> to</c><00:26:51.109><c> pass.</c><00:26:51.569><c> That</c><00:26:51.750><c> to</c><00:26:51.990><c> me</c><00:26:52.170><c> indicates</c>

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that<00:26:52.849><c> the</c><00:26:53.069><c> fulfilment</c><00:26:53.609><c> of</c><00:26:53.769><c> the</c><00:26:53.990><c> prophecies</c>

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must<00:26:55.109><c> have</c><00:26:56.049><c> started</c><00:26:56.869><c> soon</c><00:26:58.529><c> after</c><00:26:59.529><c> John's</c><00:27:00.369><c> day.</c><00:27:02.410><c> Yet</c><00:27:02.609><c> we</c><00:27:02.829><c> quite</c>

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clearly<00:27:03.470><c> towards</c><00:27:03.890><c> the</c><00:27:04.049><c> end</c><00:27:04.150><c> of</c><00:27:04.269><c> the</c><00:27:04.349><c> book</c><00:27:04.529><c> have</c>

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prophecies<00:27:05.309><c> that</c><00:27:05.569><c> apply</c><00:27:05.829><c> to</c><00:27:06.069><c> the</c><00:27:06.329><c> return</c><00:27:06.569><c> of</c><00:27:06.769><c> Christ</c><00:27:07.150><c> and</c><00:27:07.410><c> the</c>

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establishment<00:27:08.789><c> of</c><00:27:09.769><c> the</c><00:27:09.970><c> kingdom</c><00:27:10.349><c> and</c><00:27:11.390><c> I</c><00:27:11.609><c> believe</c>

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this<00:27:11.829><c> indicates</c><00:27:12.430><c> to</c><00:27:12.789><c> us</c><00:27:13.170><c> that</c><00:27:13.789><c> the</c><00:27:14.190><c> book</c><00:27:14.410><c> of</c><00:27:14.589><c> Revelation</c><00:27:15.049><c> concerns</c><00:27:15.829><c> is</c>

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prophetic<00:27:17.390><c> of</c><00:27:17.869><c> the</c><00:27:18.109><c> events</c><00:27:18.369><c> down</c><00:27:18.690><c> the</c><00:27:18.910><c> ages</c>

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from<00:27:19.509><c> John's</c><00:27:20.130><c> time</c><00:27:20.609><c> through</c><00:27:21.329><c> to</c><00:27:21.910><c> our</c><00:27:22.150><c> own</c><00:27:22.430><c> time</c><00:27:22.789><c> and</c><00:27:23.410><c> beyond</c>

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so<00:27:23.930><c> that</c><00:27:24.130><c> the</c><00:27:24.329><c> servants</c><00:27:24.569><c> of</c><00:27:24.829><c> God</c><00:27:24.990><c> at</c><00:27:25.170><c> whatever</c><00:27:25.490><c> time</c>

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in<00:27:26.869><c> history</c><00:27:27.329><c> there</c><00:27:27.789><c> have</c><00:27:27.970><c> been</c><00:27:28.289><c> prophecies</c><00:27:28.730><c> relevant</c><00:27:29.170><c> to</c><00:27:29.369><c> their</c><00:27:29.630><c> time.</c><00:27:31.170><c> Now</c>

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in<00:27:32.349><c> the</c><00:27:32.470><c> book</c><00:27:32.589><c> of</c><00:27:32.789><c> Revelation</c><00:27:33.170><c> we</c><00:27:33.410><c> have</c>

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the<00:27:34.630><c> seal</c><00:27:35.549><c> period</c><00:27:36.609><c> which</c><00:27:38.490><c> is</c><00:27:38.849><c> conventionally</c><00:27:39.509><c> interpreted</c><00:27:40.210><c> and</c><00:27:40.930><c> I</c>

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fully<00:27:42.549><c> agree</c><00:27:42.890><c> with</c><00:27:43.029><c> this</c>

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to<00:27:44.309><c> do</c><00:27:44.509><c> with</c><00:27:44.890><c> the</c><00:27:45.569><c> fall</c><00:27:46.009><c> of</c><00:27:47.630><c> pagan</c><00:27:48.250><c> Rome</c><00:27:49.230><c> and</c><00:27:50.069><c> then</c><00:27:50.430><c> the</c><00:27:51.130><c> trumpet</c><00:27:51.490><c> period</c>

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of<00:27:52.089><c> chapters</c><00:27:52.329><c> 8</c><00:27:52.630><c> and</c><00:27:52.730><c> 9</c><00:27:53.190><c> is</c><00:27:53.470><c> the</c>

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judgments<00:27:53.970><c> of</c><00:27:54.190><c> God</c><00:27:54.809><c> upon</c><00:27:55.650><c> what</c><00:27:56.210><c> we</c><00:27:56.390><c> might</c><00:27:56.529><c> call</c><00:27:56.769><c> Christian</c>

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Rome,<00:27:57.970><c> false</c><00:27:58.549><c> Christian</c><00:27:59.230><c> Rome</c><00:27:59.630><c> which</c><00:27:59.930><c> divided</c><00:28:00.490><c> into</c><00:28:00.750><c> the</c>

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West<00:28:01.829><c> and</c><00:28:02.289><c> in</c><00:28:02.430><c> chapter</c><00:28:02.710><c> 8</c><00:28:02.990><c> we</c><00:28:03.069><c> have</c><00:28:03.289><c> the</c><00:28:03.410><c> judgments</c><00:28:03.849><c> upon</c><00:28:04.529><c> the</c>

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West<00:28:05.349><c> and</c><00:28:06.210><c> in</c><00:28:06.490><c> chapter</c><00:28:06.730><c> 9</c><00:28:07.210><c> the</c><00:28:07.589><c> judgments</c>

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upon<00:28:09.150><c> the</c><00:28:09.569><c> East.</c><00:28:09.869><c> That's</c><00:28:10.369><c> a</c><00:28:10.509><c> very</c><00:28:10.849><c> brief</c><00:28:11.450><c> outline</c><00:28:12.069><c> and</c><00:28:12.150><c> this</c>

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of<00:28:12.509><c> course</c><00:28:12.650><c> is</c><00:28:13.009><c> the</c><00:28:13.150><c> conventional</c><00:28:13.690><c> way</c>

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Brother<00:28:15.049><c> Thomas</c><00:28:15.430><c> and</c><00:28:15.730><c> others</c><00:28:16.109><c> have</c><00:28:16.849><c> interpreted</c><00:28:17.589><c> this</c><00:28:18.529><c> prophecy.</c>

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I'll<00:28:23.869><c> put</c><00:28:24.049><c> up</c><00:28:25.009><c> an</c><00:28:25.970><c> overhead</c><00:28:26.289><c> for</c><00:28:26.609><c> you</c>

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The<00:28:35.569><c> trumpet</c><00:28:36.630><c> judgments</c><00:28:37.089><c> of</c><00:28:37.369><c> chapter</c><00:28:37.730><c> 8</c><00:28:38.690><c> apply</c><00:28:40.250><c> essentially</c>

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I<00:28:40.970><c> believe</c><00:28:41.690><c> to</c><00:28:43.289><c> just</c><00:28:43.470><c> pull</c><00:28:43.970><c> that</c><00:28:44.250><c> down</c><00:28:44.509><c> slightly</c>

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to<00:28:48.529><c> the</c><00:28:48.829><c> successive</c><00:28:49.450><c> invasions</c><00:28:50.529><c> of</c><00:28:51.049><c> the</c><00:28:51.349><c> barbarian</c><00:28:52.289><c> nations</c>

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from<00:28:53.450><c> further</c><00:28:53.990><c> East</c><00:28:54.509><c> and</c><00:28:55.829><c> you</c><00:28:55.970><c> can</c>

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see<00:28:59.849><c> over</c><00:28:59.849><c> here</c><00:29:00.710><c> in</c><00:29:02.630><c> the</c><00:29:02.789><c> Great</c><00:29:03.069><c> Plains</c><00:29:03.470><c> of</c><00:29:03.869><c> Russia</c>

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an<00:29:07.309><c> area</c><00:29:07.670><c> where</c><00:29:08.150><c> climate</c><00:29:08.569><c> is</c><00:29:09.329><c> very</c><00:29:09.829><c> important.</c><00:29:11.069><c> It's</c><00:29:11.609><c> a</c><00:29:11.769><c> fairly</c><00:29:12.029><c> dry</c>

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area,<00:29:13.410><c> if</c><00:29:13.569><c> you</c><00:29:13.769><c> get</c><00:29:14.250><c> good</c><00:29:14.569><c> rainfall</c><00:29:15.230><c> then</c><00:29:16.089><c> you</c>

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get<00:29:17.329><c> prosperity,</c><00:29:19.430><c> growth</c><00:29:19.690><c> in</c><00:29:19.910><c> population,</c><00:29:20.970><c> you</c><00:29:20.970><c> get</c><00:29:21.789><c> poor</c><00:29:22.170><c> weather,</c><00:29:23.069><c> drought</c><00:29:23.450><c> and</c><00:29:24.230><c> they</c><00:29:24.369><c> have</c><00:29:24.549><c> to</c>

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go<00:29:24.849><c> somewhere</c>

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and<00:29:25.490><c> so</c><00:29:25.609><c> they</c><00:29:25.910><c> move</c><00:29:26.130><c> and</c><00:29:26.309><c> this</c><00:29:26.769><c> American</c><00:29:27.309><c> historian</c><00:29:27.750><c> that</c><00:29:27.950><c> I</c>

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mentioned<00:29:28.390><c> Ellsworth</c><00:29:28.950><c> Huntington</c><00:29:29.910><c> claimed</c><00:29:30.690><c> that</c><00:29:31.029><c> this</c>

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explains<00:29:32.150><c> the</c><00:29:32.990><c> invasions</c><00:29:33.470><c> of</c><00:29:33.650><c> these</c><00:29:33.890><c> peoples</c><00:29:34.269><c> that</c><00:29:34.910><c> put</c><00:29:35.250><c> to</c>

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an<00:29:35.589><c> end</c><00:29:35.769><c> the</c><00:29:35.970><c> Roman</c><00:29:36.289><c> Empire</c><00:29:38.569><c> in</c><00:29:39.210><c> the</c><00:29:39.309><c> East</c><00:29:39.730><c> and</c><00:29:40.210><c> ended</c><00:29:40.410><c> up</c>

00:29:41.269 --> 00:29:45.630
being<00:29:41.730><c> split</c><00:29:41.990><c> into</c><00:29:42.230><c> these</c><00:29:42.789><c> into</c><00:29:43.609><c> these</c><00:29:43.930><c> various</c><00:29:44.509><c> kingdoms.</c>

00:29:45.890 --> 00:29:47.910
So<00:29:45.890><c> the</c><00:29:46.109><c> weather</c><00:29:46.490><c> or</c><00:29:47.250><c> the</c><00:29:47.509><c> climate,</c>

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climate<00:29:48.589><c> of</c><00:29:48.769><c> course</c><00:29:48.910><c> is</c><00:29:49.069><c> the</c><00:29:49.210><c> weather</c><00:29:49.369><c> in</c><00:29:49.549><c> the</c><00:29:49.690><c> longer</c><00:29:49.970><c> term,</c>

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climate<00:29:51.069><c> had</c><00:29:51.349><c> a</c><00:29:51.529><c> significant</c><00:29:52.390><c> effect</c><00:29:53.630><c> on</c><00:29:54.529><c> this.</c>

00:29:57.849 --> 00:30:05.890
I<00:29:58.549><c> want</c><00:29:58.950><c> to</c><00:29:58.990><c> spend</c><00:29:59.170><c> a</c><00:29:59.250><c> little</c><00:29:59.430><c> more</c><00:29:59.670><c> time</c><00:30:00.430><c> on</c><00:30:01.829><c> Revelation</c><00:30:02.349><c> chapters</c><00:30:02.890><c> 8</c><00:30:03.190><c> and</c><00:30:03.589><c> sorry</c><00:30:03.809><c> Revelation</c><00:30:04.250><c> chapter</c><00:30:04.730><c> 9</c><00:30:05.309><c> the</c>

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fifth<00:30:06.289><c> and</c><00:30:06.589><c> the</c><00:30:06.769><c> sixth</c><00:30:07.069><c> trumpet</c><00:30:07.670><c> which</c><00:30:09.210><c> are</c><00:30:09.589><c> to</c><00:30:09.750><c> do</c><00:30:09.910><c> with</c><00:30:10.690><c> the</c>

00:30:11.349 --> 00:30:14.349
what<00:30:11.450><c> was</c><00:30:11.690><c> left</c><00:30:11.890><c> here</c><00:30:12.170><c> the</c><00:30:12.410><c> Eastern</c><00:30:13.210><c> Roman</c><00:30:13.789><c> Empire</c>

00:30:14.349 --> 00:30:18.150
which<00:30:15.230><c> in</c><00:30:15.410><c> fact</c><00:30:15.630><c> spread</c><00:30:16.029><c> right</c><00:30:17.069><c> around</c><00:30:17.369><c> the</c><00:30:17.630><c> Mediterranean</c>

00:30:18.150 --> 00:30:20.230
and<00:30:18.569><c> right</c><00:30:18.809><c> around</c><00:30:19.009><c> to</c><00:30:19.190><c> here.</c><00:30:19.390><c> It</c><00:30:19.710><c> covered</c>

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quite<00:30:20.690><c> a</c><00:30:21.009><c> large</c><00:30:21.210><c> area</c><00:30:21.509><c> including</c><00:30:21.970><c> of</c><00:30:22.109><c> course</c><00:30:22.390><c> the</c><00:30:23.150><c> land</c><00:30:23.430><c> of</c><00:30:23.650><c> Israel</c><00:30:23.970><c> at</c>

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a<00:30:24.490><c> time</c><00:30:24.650><c> when</c><00:30:24.829><c> the</c><00:30:24.970><c> Roman</c><00:30:25.210><c> Empire</c><00:30:25.650><c> in</c><00:30:25.809><c> the</c><00:30:25.930><c> West</c>

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had<00:30:26.609><c> gone</c><00:30:27.049><c> it</c><00:30:27.789><c> was</c><00:30:28.049><c> replaced</c><00:30:28.529><c> by</c><00:30:29.089><c> these</c><00:30:30.150><c> kingdoms</c><00:30:30.569><c> over</c><00:30:30.930><c> here</c>

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which<00:30:32.410><c> eventually</c><00:30:32.769><c> became</c><00:30:33.390><c> somewhat</c><00:30:33.829><c> more</c>

00:30:34.250 --> 00:30:39.710
united<00:30:34.690><c> under</c><00:30:35.009><c> the</c><00:30:35.170><c> Roman</c><00:30:35.430><c> Catholic</c><00:30:35.809><c> Church.</c><00:30:36.450><c> There</c><00:30:36.450><c> were</c><00:30:37.150><c> separate</c><00:30:37.490><c> kingdoms</c><00:30:38.049><c> but</c><00:30:38.670><c> there</c><00:30:38.869><c> was</c><00:30:39.089><c> an</c><00:30:39.230><c> essential</c>

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unity<00:30:40.630><c> about</c><00:30:41.750><c> it</c><00:30:41.910><c> which</c><00:30:42.089><c> I</c><00:30:42.369><c> believe</c><00:30:42.690><c> and</c><00:30:43.690><c> again</c><00:30:44.250><c> in</c><00:30:44.490><c> accordance</c><00:30:44.890><c> with</c><00:30:45.410><c> Brother</c><00:30:45.609><c> Thomas</c><00:30:45.869><c> and</c>

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others<00:30:46.309><c> that</c>

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this<00:30:47.390><c> represents</c><00:30:47.950><c> the</c><00:30:48.190><c> situation</c><00:30:48.869><c> depicted</c><00:30:49.410><c> in</c><00:30:49.630><c> Revelation</c>

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13<00:30:50.730><c> the</c>

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beast<00:30:52.170><c> prophecies</c><00:30:52.990><c> but</c><00:30:53.269><c> we're</c><00:30:53.410><c> not</c><00:30:53.529><c> going</c><00:30:53.630><c> to</c><00:30:53.750><c> go</c><00:30:53.809><c> into</c><00:30:53.990><c> detail</c><00:30:54.630><c> on</c><00:30:55.269><c> that.</c><00:30:57.049><c> Let's</c><00:30:57.569><c> consider</c><00:30:58.269><c> a</c>

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little<00:30:59.289><c> more</c>

00:30:59.769 --> 00:31:08.329
about<00:31:00.710><c> what</c><00:31:01.230><c> came</c><00:31:01.589><c> upon</c><00:31:01.930><c> the</c><00:31:04.029><c> Eastern</c><00:31:04.930><c> Roman</c><00:31:05.509><c> Empire</c><00:31:06.130><c> in</c><00:31:08.069><c> the</c>

00:31:08.329 --> 00:31:11.210
fifth<00:31:08.589><c> and</c><00:31:08.930><c> the</c><00:31:09.170><c> sixth</c><00:31:09.710><c> trumpet</c><00:31:10.089><c> periods</c>

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and<00:31:11.630><c> the</c><00:31:11.690><c> fifth</c><00:31:11.910><c> trumpet</c><00:31:12.250><c> period</c>

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applied<00:31:16.569><c> to</c><00:31:17.089><c> the</c><00:31:17.609><c> invasion</c><00:31:18.089><c> of</c><00:31:18.509><c> the</c><00:31:18.970><c> Arabs</c><00:31:19.349><c> which</c><00:31:20.890><c> partly</c><00:31:21.630><c> took</c><00:31:21.869><c> away</c><00:31:22.109><c> the</c>

00:31:22.309 --> 00:31:23.309
Eastern<00:31:22.549><c> Roman</c><00:31:22.849><c> Empire.</c>

00:31:23.529 --> 00:31:30.349
The<00:31:23.650><c> sixth</c><00:31:23.930><c> trumpet</c><00:31:24.369><c> period</c><00:31:24.869><c> the</c><00:31:25.990><c> invasion</c><00:31:26.509><c> of</c><00:31:26.950><c> the</c><00:31:27.309><c> Turks</c><00:31:27.769><c> which</c><00:31:29.390><c> finally</c><00:31:29.930><c> put</c><00:31:30.170><c> an</c>

00:31:30.349 --> 00:31:32.029
end<00:31:30.809><c> to</c><00:31:31.470><c> that</c><00:31:31.670><c> Eastern</c>

00:31:32.029 --> 00:31:39.970
Roman<00:31:32.309><c> Empire</c><00:31:33.109><c> when</c><00:31:34.190><c> Constantinople</c><00:31:35.349><c> now</c><00:31:35.769><c> Istanbul</c><00:31:36.710><c> just</c><00:31:37.289><c> situated</c><00:31:37.670><c> just</c><00:31:37.990><c> there</c><00:31:38.289><c> was</c><00:31:39.029><c> taken</c><00:31:39.410><c> in</c>

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the<00:31:40.109><c> year</c><00:31:40.509><c> 1453.</c>

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Let's<00:31:45.470><c> think</c><00:31:45.650><c> first</c><00:31:45.930><c> of</c><00:31:46.089><c> all</c><00:31:46.470><c> of</c><00:31:46.769><c> the</c><00:31:48.230><c> fifth</c><00:31:48.509><c> trumpet.</c>

00:31:52.650 --> 00:31:56.289
I'll<00:31:52.769><c> put</c><00:31:52.890><c> an</c><00:31:53.150><c> overhead</c><00:31:53.410><c> here</c><00:31:54.190><c> for</c><00:31:54.430><c> you</c><00:31:54.609><c> of</c><00:31:54.829><c> the</c><00:31:55.170><c> Middle</c><00:31:55.410><c> East.</c>

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It<00:32:01.769><c> is</c><00:32:02.069><c> a</c><00:32:02.890><c> map</c><00:32:03.130><c> of</c><00:32:03.309><c> the</c><00:32:03.529><c> modern</c><00:32:03.789><c> situation</c><00:32:04.329><c> but</c><00:32:04.470><c> it</c><00:32:04.609><c> illustrates</c><00:32:05.029><c> the</c><00:32:05.470><c> the</c><00:32:05.710><c> area</c><00:32:05.869><c> which</c><00:32:06.109><c> is</c>

00:32:06.690 --> 00:32:07.190
all<00:32:06.890><c> that's</c>

00:32:07.190 --> 00:32:10.430
important<00:32:07.509><c> of</c><00:32:07.750><c> course.</c><00:32:08.410><c> At</c><00:32:08.549><c> that</c><00:32:08.869><c> time</c><00:32:09.190><c> the</c><00:32:09.750><c> Eastern</c><00:32:10.109><c> Roman</c>

00:32:10.430 --> 00:32:12.390
Empire<00:32:10.849><c> would</c><00:32:11.009><c> have</c><00:32:11.150><c> come</c><00:32:11.329><c> right</c><00:32:11.549><c> around</c><00:32:11.829><c> here</c>

00:32:12.390 --> 00:32:15.730
incorporated<00:32:13.009><c> these</c><00:32:13.390><c> areas,</c><00:32:14.349><c> incorporated</c><00:32:15.009><c> a</c><00:32:15.230><c> lot</c><00:32:15.329><c> of</c><00:32:15.549><c> North</c>

00:32:15.730 --> 00:32:19.269
Africa<00:32:16.230><c> as</c><00:32:16.890><c> well.</c><00:32:17.349><c> Here</c><00:32:17.769><c> in</c><00:32:18.230><c> Saudi</c><00:32:18.609><c> Arabia</c><00:32:18.990><c> you</c>

00:32:19.269 --> 00:32:24.609
have<00:32:19.410><c> this</c><00:32:19.990><c> vast</c><00:32:20.809><c> wilderness</c><00:32:21.509><c> area.</c><00:32:23.869><c> Approximately</c><00:32:24.329><c> in</c><00:32:24.470><c> that</c>

00:32:24.609 --> 00:32:28.269
sort<00:32:24.750><c> of</c><00:32:24.950><c> area</c><00:32:25.190><c> you</c><00:32:25.410><c> have</c><00:32:26.109><c> the</c><00:32:26.849><c> two</c><00:32:27.029><c> cities</c><00:32:27.349><c> of</c><00:32:27.730><c> Mecca</c>

00:32:28.269 --> 00:32:33.829
and<00:32:29.109><c> Medina.</c><00:32:30.369><c> Mecca</c><00:32:30.730><c> where</c><00:32:31.430><c> Muhammad</c><00:32:31.869><c> was</c><00:32:32.230><c> born,</c><00:32:33.150><c> Medina</c><00:32:33.609><c> to</c>

00:32:33.829 --> 00:32:35.730
which<00:32:33.990><c> he</c><00:32:34.349><c> fled</c><00:32:34.650><c> and</c><00:32:34.849><c> where</c><00:32:34.970><c> he</c><00:32:35.170><c> grew</c><00:32:35.329><c> up</c>

00:32:35.730 --> 00:32:41.450
and<00:32:36.289><c> he</c><00:32:36.710><c> established</c><00:32:37.230><c> this</c><00:32:38.069><c> new</c><00:32:38.549><c> religion</c><00:32:38.990><c> of</c><00:32:39.269><c> Islam</c><00:32:39.789><c> and</c><00:32:40.809><c> following</c><00:32:41.109><c> his</c>

00:32:41.450 --> 00:32:44.609
death<00:32:41.809><c> the</c><00:32:42.609><c> armies</c><00:32:43.009><c> of</c><00:32:43.390><c> the</c><00:32:43.710><c> Arabs</c>

00:32:44.829 --> 00:32:49.710
swept<00:32:45.329><c> here</c><00:32:45.670><c> into</c><00:32:46.210><c> the</c><00:32:46.309><c> into</c><00:32:46.309><c> the</c><00:32:46.430><c> Middle</c><00:32:46.670><c> East</c><00:32:47.369><c> and</c><00:32:48.789><c> took</c><00:32:49.269><c> away</c><00:32:49.509><c> all</c>

00:32:49.710 --> 00:32:51.390
that<00:32:49.970><c> area</c><00:32:50.349><c> from</c><00:32:50.650><c> the</c><00:32:50.930><c> Eastern</c>

00:32:51.390 --> 00:32:55.970
Roman<00:32:52.170><c> Empire.</c><00:32:53.190><c> Why</c><00:32:53.430><c> did</c><00:32:53.710><c> they</c><00:32:54.049><c> emerge</c><00:32:54.549><c> from</c><00:32:55.109><c> Saudi</c><00:32:55.470><c> Arabia</c>

00:32:55.970 --> 00:33:00.369
in<00:32:56.789><c> this</c><00:32:57.109><c> way?</c><00:32:57.930><c> Again</c><00:32:58.430><c> it</c><00:32:59.410><c> is</c><00:32:59.630><c> stated</c><00:32:59.930><c> that</c>

00:33:00.369 --> 00:33:04.710
the<00:33:00.930><c> long</c><00:33:01.910><c>-term</c><00:33:02.349><c> climatic</c><00:33:02.950><c> changes</c><00:33:03.450><c> were</c><00:33:03.950><c> responsible</c><00:33:04.490><c> for</c>

00:33:04.710 --> 00:33:06.470
this.<00:33:04.930><c> Again</c><00:33:05.250><c> more</c><00:33:05.549><c> favourable</c>

00:33:06.470 --> 00:33:09.950
conditions<00:33:06.990><c> enabling</c><00:33:07.410><c> the</c><00:33:07.710><c> population</c><00:33:08.150><c> to</c><00:33:08.410><c> build</c><00:33:08.589><c> up</c><00:33:09.009><c> and</c>

00:33:09.950 --> 00:33:13.150
then<00:33:10.410><c> less</c><00:33:10.829><c> favourable</c><00:33:11.309><c> conditions</c><00:33:11.990><c> forcing</c><00:33:12.750><c> them</c>

00:33:13.150 --> 00:33:15.970
to<00:33:13.549><c> move</c><00:33:13.809><c> into</c><00:33:14.009><c> the</c><00:33:14.190><c> more</c><00:33:14.410><c> cultivated</c><00:33:15.049><c> areas.</c>

00:33:20.410 --> 00:33:25.190
Mention<00:33:20.650><c> also</c><00:33:21.009><c> earthquakes.</c><00:33:22.009><c> There</c><00:33:22.009><c> was</c><00:33:22.650><c> in</c><00:33:23.250><c> this</c><00:33:24.369><c> area</c><00:33:24.930><c> more</c>

00:33:25.190 --> 00:33:27.369
to<00:33:25.349><c> the</c><00:33:25.549><c> south</c><00:33:25.789><c> here</c><00:33:26.430><c> an</c><00:33:26.890><c> enormous</c>

00:33:27.369 --> 00:33:31.269
dam<00:33:28.009><c> which</c><00:33:28.269><c> enabled</c><00:33:28.750><c> them</c><00:33:29.089><c> to</c><00:33:29.430><c> cultivate</c><00:33:30.130><c> large</c><00:33:30.730><c> tracts</c><00:33:31.069><c> of</c>

00:33:31.269 --> 00:33:33.690
land<00:33:31.650><c> and</c><00:33:32.069><c> this</c><00:33:32.289><c> is</c><00:33:32.529><c> known</c><00:33:32.670><c> to</c><00:33:32.890><c> have</c><00:33:33.170><c> collapsed</c>

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in<00:33:34.430><c> that</c><00:33:34.769><c> time</c><00:33:35.190><c> and</c><00:33:36.009><c> brought</c><00:33:36.210><c> great</c><00:33:36.670><c> economic</c><00:33:37.230><c> problems</c><00:33:37.769><c> to</c>

00:33:38.369 --> 00:33:40.710
the<00:33:38.609><c> area</c><00:33:38.789><c> and</c><00:33:38.950><c> the</c><00:33:39.190><c> collapse</c><00:33:39.369><c> is</c><00:33:39.670><c> believed</c><00:33:39.869><c> to</c><00:33:40.089><c> have</c>

00:33:40.710 --> 00:33:46.849
been<00:33:41.170><c> caused</c><00:33:41.730><c> firstly</c><00:33:42.170><c> by</c><00:33:42.890><c> excessive</c><00:33:43.730><c> rain,</c><00:33:46.549><c> particularly</c>

00:33:46.849 --> 00:33:48.990
heavy<00:33:47.170><c> storm</c><00:33:47.730><c> and</c><00:33:48.410><c> then</c><00:33:48.650><c> by</c><00:33:48.829><c> an</c>

00:33:48.990 --> 00:33:53.309
earthquake<00:33:49.289><c> so</c><00:33:49.529><c> the</c><00:33:49.609><c> whole</c><00:33:49.809><c> thing</c><00:33:49.970><c> was</c><00:33:50.170><c> weakened</c><00:33:50.490><c> and</c><00:33:50.869><c> collapsed.</c><00:33:52.029><c> Another</c><00:33:52.390><c> way</c><00:33:52.990><c> in</c>

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which<00:33:53.509><c> God</c><00:33:53.750><c> can</c><00:33:54.829><c> of</c><00:33:55.089><c> course</c>

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work.<00:34:00.769><c> But</c><00:34:00.910><c> of</c><00:34:01.089><c> course</c><00:34:01.589><c> why</c><00:34:02.329><c> wasn't</c><00:34:02.769><c> the</c><00:34:03.190><c> Eastern</c><00:34:03.549><c> Roman</c><00:34:03.910><c> Empire</c><00:34:04.450><c> able</c>

00:34:04.890 --> 00:34:07.269
to<00:34:05.309><c> resist</c><00:34:05.690><c> this</c><00:34:06.289><c> invasion?</c><00:34:06.890><c> Well</c><00:34:07.049><c> here</c>

00:34:07.269 --> 00:34:11.969
we<00:34:07.369><c> have</c><00:34:07.529><c> another</c><00:34:07.990><c> interesting</c><00:34:08.809><c> aspect</c><00:34:09.389><c> and</c><00:34:09.949><c> there</c><00:34:10.389><c> was</c><00:34:10.809><c> a</c><00:34:11.329><c> book</c><00:34:11.530><c> written</c><00:34:11.809><c> a</c>

00:34:11.969 --> 00:34:13.210
couple<00:34:12.130><c> of</c><00:34:12.269><c> years</c><00:34:12.449><c> or</c><00:34:12.570><c> so</c><00:34:12.769><c> ago</c>

00:34:13.210 --> 00:34:17.889
specifically<00:34:13.829><c> on</c><00:34:14.110><c> this</c><00:34:14.570><c> and</c><00:34:15.070><c> I</c><00:34:15.190><c> think</c><00:34:15.309><c> it</c><00:34:15.429><c> was</c><00:34:15.650><c> also</c><00:34:16.429><c> the</c><00:34:17.070><c> basis</c><00:34:17.429><c> of</c>

00:34:17.889 --> 00:34:19.989
at<00:34:18.050><c> least</c><00:34:18.190><c> one</c><00:34:18.469><c> television</c><00:34:19.030><c> programme</c>

00:34:19.989 --> 00:34:23.309
regarding<00:34:20.610><c> the</c><00:34:21.050><c> weakening</c><00:34:21.550><c> of</c><00:34:21.829><c> the</c><00:34:22.070><c> Eastern</c><00:34:22.489><c> Roman</c><00:34:22.909><c> Empire.</c>

00:34:23.489 --> 00:34:27.929
This<00:34:23.630><c> is</c><00:34:23.849><c> again</c><00:34:24.010><c> attributed</c><00:34:24.789><c> to</c><00:34:26.909><c> climatic</c>

00:34:27.929 --> 00:34:31.710
causes<00:34:28.530><c> to</c><00:34:29.170><c> in</c><00:34:29.250><c> fact</c><00:34:29.349><c> a</c><00:34:29.570><c> whole</c><00:34:29.849><c> chain</c><00:34:30.210><c> of</c><00:34:30.469><c> events</c><00:34:30.750><c> which</c><00:34:31.090><c> runs</c>

00:34:31.710 --> 00:34:36.570
something<00:34:32.389><c> like</c><00:34:33.190><c> as</c><00:34:33.489><c> follows.</c><00:34:35.409><c> Over</c><00:34:35.769><c> in</c><00:34:36.130><c> the</c>

00:34:36.570 --> 00:34:41.590
East<00:34:36.829><c> Indies</c><00:34:37.570><c> which</c><00:34:37.989><c> is</c><00:34:38.170><c> a</c><00:34:38.289><c> very</c><00:34:38.889><c> volcanic</c><00:34:39.429><c> area</c><00:34:40.150><c> there</c><00:34:41.489><c> was</c>

00:34:41.590 --> 00:34:44.809
an<00:34:41.829><c> enormous</c><00:34:42.530><c> volcanic</c><00:34:43.429><c> eruption</c><00:34:44.130><c> and</c><00:34:44.429><c> volcanic</c>

00:34:44.809 --> 00:34:48.610
eruptions<00:34:45.389><c> of</c><00:34:45.530><c> course</c><00:34:45.750><c> send</c><00:34:46.250><c> vast</c><00:34:46.650><c> amounts</c><00:34:46.969><c> of</c><00:34:47.210><c> material</c><00:34:47.769><c> into</c><00:34:48.309><c> the</c>

00:34:48.610 --> 00:34:52.110
sky.<00:34:49.750><c> It</c><00:34:49.989><c> tends</c><00:34:50.349><c> to</c><00:34:51.050><c> block</c><00:34:51.230><c> out</c><00:34:51.489><c> the</c><00:34:51.670><c> light</c><00:34:51.909><c> of</c>

00:34:52.110 --> 00:34:57.869
the<00:34:52.329><c> sun.</c><00:34:53.449><c> It</c><00:34:53.469><c> tends</c><00:34:53.929><c> to</c><00:34:55.389><c> bring</c><00:34:56.469><c> if</c><00:34:56.849><c> it's</c><00:34:57.050><c> big</c><00:34:57.250><c> enough</c><00:34:57.449><c> it</c><00:34:57.570><c> can</c>

00:34:57.869 --> 00:35:01.309
all<00:34:58.110><c> over</c><00:34:58.329><c> the</c><00:34:58.530><c> world</c><00:34:58.809><c> it</c><00:34:59.030><c> can</c><00:35:00.030><c> affect</c><00:35:00.570><c> the</c><00:35:01.110><c> weather</c>

00:35:01.309 --> 00:35:04.570
for<00:35:01.489><c> a</c><00:35:01.710><c> year</c><00:35:01.889><c> or</c><00:35:02.110><c> two,</c><00:35:02.429><c> make</c><00:35:02.489><c> things</c><00:35:02.730><c> much</c><00:35:03.070><c> colder,</c><00:35:04.230><c> probably</c>

00:35:04.570 --> 00:35:10.130
much<00:35:04.929><c> wetter</c><00:35:05.389><c> as</c><00:35:05.590><c> well.</c><00:35:07.710><c> This</c><00:35:08.329><c> made</c><00:35:09.690><c> it</c><00:35:09.829><c> difficult</c>

00:35:10.130 --> 00:35:13.110
to<00:35:10.389><c> grow</c><00:35:10.590><c> crops,</c><00:35:11.070><c> to</c><00:35:11.210><c> ripen</c><00:35:11.630><c> crops</c><00:35:11.989><c> in</c><00:35:12.409><c> the</c><00:35:12.590><c> more</c><00:35:12.789><c> northern</c>

00:35:13.110 --> 00:35:16.690
areas<00:35:13.570><c> and</c><00:35:14.130><c> affected</c><00:35:14.510><c> the</c><00:35:15.409><c> Eastern</c><00:35:15.730><c> Roman</c><00:35:16.030><c> Empire</c><00:35:16.389><c> like</c>

00:35:16.690 --> 00:35:24.210
that.<00:35:19.230><c> But</c><00:35:19.670><c> this</c><00:35:19.849><c> man</c><00:35:19.949><c> also</c><00:35:20.369><c> suggested</c><00:35:20.889><c> that</c><00:35:22.230><c> in</c><00:35:23.150><c> Africa</c><00:35:23.710><c> it</c>

00:35:24.210 --> 00:35:27.409
brought<00:35:24.389><c> about</c><00:35:24.710><c> much</c><00:35:24.989><c> more</c><00:35:25.409><c> favourable</c><00:35:26.010><c> conditions</c>

00:35:27.789 --> 00:35:31.929
as<00:35:28.130><c> the</c><00:35:28.250><c> result</c><00:35:28.610><c> of</c><00:35:28.889><c> which</c><00:35:29.150><c> there</c><00:35:29.409><c> was</c><00:35:29.730><c> a</c><00:35:29.969><c> plague</c><00:35:30.329><c> of</c><00:35:30.989><c> rodents</c>

00:35:31.929 --> 00:35:35.530
who<00:35:32.650><c> developed,</c><00:35:33.630><c> who</c><00:35:34.010><c> carried</c><00:35:34.329><c> with</c><00:35:34.590><c> them</c>

00:35:36.769 --> 00:35:44.750
the<00:35:37.429><c> black</c><00:35:37.769><c> death,</c><00:35:38.190><c> the</c><00:35:38.449><c> plague</c><00:35:38.869><c> and</c><00:35:40.250><c> this</c><00:35:40.469><c> was</c><00:35:40.730><c> spread</c><00:35:40.889><c> to</c><00:35:41.150><c> rats,</c><00:35:42.130><c> the</c><00:35:42.269><c> black</c><00:35:42.510><c> rats.</c><00:35:43.610><c> The</c><00:35:43.929><c> black</c><00:35:44.150><c> rats</c><00:35:44.389><c> got</c><00:35:44.570><c> on</c>

00:35:44.750 --> 00:35:49.590
to<00:35:44.949><c> ships</c><00:35:45.469><c> and</c><00:35:46.090><c> at</c><00:35:46.929><c> that</c><00:35:47.190><c> time</c><00:35:47.389><c> there</c><00:35:47.550><c> was</c><00:35:47.849><c> trade</c><00:35:48.210><c> between</c><00:35:48.570><c> Africa</c><00:35:49.090><c> and</c>

00:35:49.590 --> 00:35:52.119
the<00:35:49.710><c> Middle</c><00:35:49.969><c> East.</c><00:35:50.809><c> The</c><00:35:51.030><c> plague</c><00:35:51.349><c> spread</c><00:35:51.789><c> to</c>

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:54.239
the<00:35:52.119><c> Middle</c><00:35:52.340><c> East.</c><00:35:53.039><c> It</c><00:35:53.039><c> spread</c><00:35:53.280><c> right</c><00:35:53.639><c> through</c><00:35:53.820><c> the</c><00:35:53.940><c> Eastern</c>

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:56.840
Roman<00:35:54.579><c> Empire</c><00:35:55.099><c> and</c><00:35:55.780><c> decimated</c><00:35:56.260><c> the</c><00:35:56.519><c> population.</c>

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:59.579
You've<00:35:57.059><c> probably</c><00:35:57.320><c> heard</c><00:35:57.519><c> of</c><00:35:57.619><c> the</c><00:35:57.800><c> black</c><00:35:57.980><c> death</c><00:35:58.280><c> in</c><00:35:58.440><c> the</c><00:35:58.579><c> Middle</c><00:35:58.800><c> Ages.</c>

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:02.340
That<00:36:00.320><c> was</c><00:36:00.519><c> the</c><00:36:00.699><c> worst</c><00:36:01.159><c> of</c><00:36:01.579><c> such</c><00:36:01.860><c> outbreaks</c>

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:05.420
in<00:36:02.579><c> history.</c><00:36:03.099><c> This</c><00:36:03.380><c> apparently</c><00:36:03.739><c> was</c><00:36:04.000><c> the</c><00:36:04.199><c> second</c><00:36:04.500><c> worst</c><00:36:04.920><c> and</c>

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:09.860
severely<00:36:06.260><c> affected</c><00:36:07.219><c> the</c><00:36:08.199><c> East</c><00:36:09.059><c> Roman</c><00:36:09.360><c> Empire.</c><00:36:09.719><c> The</c>

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:13.619
fact<00:36:09.980><c> that</c><00:36:10.179><c> this</c><00:36:10.420><c> plague</c><00:36:10.739><c> severely</c><00:36:11.559><c> affected</c><00:36:12.039><c> the</c><00:36:12.280><c> Eastern</c><00:36:12.500><c> Roman</c><00:36:12.800><c> Empire</c><00:36:13.179><c> is</c><00:36:13.460><c> a</c>

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:21.699
well<00:36:13.840><c>-known</c><00:36:14.059><c> fact</c><00:36:14.440><c> of</c><00:36:15.159><c> history.</c><00:36:21.139><c> It's</c>

00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:26.539
this<00:36:22.139><c> to</c><00:36:22.900><c> a</c><00:36:23.079><c> volcanic</c><00:36:23.539><c> eruption,</c><00:36:24.440><c> to</c><00:36:24.500><c> climatic</c><00:36:25.059><c> changes</c><00:36:25.599><c> is</c>

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:31.880
something<00:36:27.000><c> very</c><00:36:28.519><c> new</c><00:36:29.000><c> and</c><00:36:30.340><c> was</c><00:36:30.780><c> in</c><00:36:31.320><c> fact</c><00:36:31.539><c> this</c><00:36:31.699><c> book</c>

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:36.739
in<00:36:31.960><c> fact</c><00:36:32.119><c> was</c><00:36:32.340><c> written</c><00:36:32.820><c> by</c><00:36:34.119><c> the</c><00:36:35.000><c> environment</c><00:36:35.780><c> correspondent</c>

00:36:36.739 --> 00:36:41.599
of<00:36:37.159><c> one</c><00:36:37.340><c> of</c><00:36:37.480><c> our</c><00:36:37.659><c> major</c><00:36:38.280><c> UK</c><00:36:39.360><c> newspapers.</c><00:36:40.639><c> Not</c><00:36:40.920><c> written</c><00:36:41.199><c> at</c>

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:47.719
all<00:36:41.940><c> from</c><00:36:42.219><c> the</c><00:36:42.420><c> point</c><00:36:42.619><c> of</c><00:36:42.840><c> view</c><00:36:43.559><c> of</c><00:36:45.619><c> belief</c><00:36:46.159><c> in</c><00:36:46.340><c> the</c><00:36:46.460><c> Bible</c><00:36:46.760><c> but</c>

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:51.019
fits<00:36:48.159><c> very</c><00:36:48.519><c> well</c><00:36:48.639><c> I</c><00:36:48.760><c> think</c><00:36:48.920><c> with</c><00:36:49.260><c> the</c><00:36:49.539><c> theme</c><00:36:49.679><c> that</c>

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:55.840
fulfilment<00:36:52.280><c> of</c><00:36:53.500><c> prophecy,</c><00:36:53.940><c> how</c><00:36:54.119><c> God</c><00:36:54.320><c> actually</c><00:36:54.760><c> fulfills</c>

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:58.099
these<00:36:56.780><c> prophecies.</c>

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:09.719
But<00:37:01.179><c> the</c><00:37:02.739><c> Arab</c><00:37:03.639><c> Empire</c><00:37:04.480><c> swept</c><00:37:06.079><c> through</c><00:37:06.440><c> the</c><00:37:06.539><c> Middle</c><00:37:06.820><c> East</c><00:37:07.639><c> but</c>

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:14.400
it<00:37:11.900><c> was</c><00:37:12.099><c> in</c><00:37:12.320><c> the</c><00:37:12.519><c> end</c><00:37:12.960><c> limited.</c>

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:22.840
And<00:37:17.699><c> I'd</c><00:37:18.019><c> like</c><00:37:18.039><c> to</c><00:37:18.719><c> give</c><00:37:19.000><c> you</c><00:37:19.159><c> an</c><00:37:19.340><c> example</c><00:37:19.780><c> now</c><00:37:20.440><c> of</c><00:37:22.039><c> how</c><00:37:22.460><c> its</c>

00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:24.699
extent<00:37:23.159><c> was</c><00:37:23.400><c> limited.</c>

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:27.639
Okay<00:37:25.679><c> don't</c><00:37:25.840><c> take</c><00:37:26.079><c> any</c><00:37:26.199><c> notice</c><00:37:26.500><c> of</c><00:37:26.699><c> the</c><00:37:26.920><c> date</c><00:37:27.119><c> on</c><00:37:27.300><c> there.</c><00:37:27.639><c> I'm</c>

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:32.440
just<00:37:28.260><c> using</c><00:37:28.760><c> material</c><00:37:29.420><c> that's</c><00:37:30.800><c> available</c><00:37:31.320><c> to</c><00:37:31.679><c> me</c>

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:35.960
already.<00:37:33.420><c> That</c><00:37:33.719><c> shows</c><00:37:34.000><c> the</c><00:37:34.260><c> situation</c><00:37:34.679><c> in</c><00:37:34.920><c> 1071</c><00:37:35.659><c> and</c><00:37:35.820><c> we're</c>

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:37.420
looking<00:37:36.119><c> at</c><00:37:36.260><c> the</c><00:37:36.420><c> situation</c><00:37:36.880><c> rather</c>

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:43.960
earlier<00:37:37.960><c> than</c><00:37:38.199><c> that</c><00:37:38.420><c> but</c><00:37:38.659><c> you'll</c><00:37:38.960><c> see</c><00:37:39.400><c> how</c><00:37:40.039><c> by</c><00:37:40.440><c> 1071</c><00:37:41.460><c> the</c><00:37:42.940><c> Byzantine</c><00:37:43.480><c> Empire,</c><00:37:43.900><c> the</c>

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:44.599
East<00:37:44.119><c> Roman</c><00:37:44.300><c> Empire</c>

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:47.619
has<00:37:44.719><c> been</c><00:37:44.900><c> reduced.</c><00:37:45.800><c> It's</c><00:37:45.920><c> no</c><00:37:46.099><c> longer</c><00:37:46.320><c> in</c><00:37:46.519><c> all</c><00:37:46.639><c> this</c><00:37:46.820><c> area.</c><00:37:47.159><c> That's</c><00:37:47.460><c> as</c>

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:49.059
a<00:37:47.679><c> result</c><00:37:47.920><c> of</c><00:37:48.119><c> the</c><00:37:48.280><c> fifth</c><00:37:48.519><c> trumpet</c>

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:54.179
judgments<00:37:49.780><c> by</c><00:37:50.119><c> the</c><00:37:50.440><c> Arabs</c><00:37:50.699><c> and</c><00:37:51.619><c> that's</c><00:37:51.920><c> the</c><00:37:52.059><c> situation</c><00:37:52.760><c> as</c><00:37:53.900><c> it</c>

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:58.079
stood<00:37:54.320><c> when</c><00:37:56.260><c> the</c><00:37:56.579><c> Turkish</c><00:37:56.940><c> invasions</c><00:37:57.559><c> under</c><00:37:57.800><c> the</c>

00:37:58.079 --> 00:38:11.340
trumpet<00:37:58.760><c> began.</c><00:38:02.940><c> But</c><00:38:03.159><c> the</c><00:38:04.260><c> Arabs</c><00:38:04.679><c> attempted</c><00:38:05.400><c> to</c><00:38:06.880><c> move</c><00:38:07.559><c> and</c><00:38:08.119><c> conquer</c><00:38:08.420><c> more</c><00:38:08.980><c> and</c><00:38:09.460><c> more</c><00:38:09.820><c> areas.</c><00:38:10.260><c> In</c><00:38:10.360><c> fact</c>

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:16.019
they<00:38:11.760><c> moved</c><00:38:12.179><c> right</c><00:38:12.579><c> up</c><00:38:12.880><c> through</c><00:38:13.099><c> here</c><00:38:14.059><c> and</c><00:38:15.159><c> into</c><00:38:15.420><c> France</c><00:38:15.800><c> at</c>

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:18.440
one<00:38:16.260><c> point</c><00:38:16.539><c> before</c><00:38:16.840><c> they</c><00:38:17.000><c> were</c><00:38:17.139><c> beaten</c><00:38:17.360><c> back</c><00:38:17.619><c> and</c><00:38:17.800><c> they</c>

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:22.260
ruled<00:38:18.659><c> over</c><00:38:19.019><c> Spain</c><00:38:19.320><c> for</c><00:38:19.500><c> quite</c><00:38:19.659><c> a</c><00:38:19.760><c> lot</c><00:38:19.880><c> of</c><00:38:20.059><c> time.</c><00:38:21.619><c> This</c><00:38:21.900><c> area</c>

00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:25.119
here<00:38:22.639><c> is</c><00:38:22.940><c> in</c><00:38:23.079><c> fact</c><00:38:23.159><c> where</c><00:38:23.320><c> they</c><00:38:23.579><c> ruled</c><00:38:23.920><c> but</c><00:38:24.539><c> they</c><00:38:24.820><c> came</c>

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:33.380
against<00:38:26.559><c> the</c><00:38:27.480><c> Byzantine</c><00:38:28.019><c> Empire.</c><00:38:28.380><c> They</c><00:38:28.539><c> developed</c><00:38:29.340><c> fleets</c><00:38:30.039><c> of</c><00:38:30.280><c> ships</c><00:38:30.820><c> and</c><00:38:32.159><c> there</c><00:38:32.360><c> was</c><00:38:32.960><c> a</c>

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:34.820
key<00:38:34.159><c> battle</c>

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:41.460
in<00:38:35.300><c> the</c><00:38:35.960><c> time</c><00:38:36.559><c> 717</c><00:38:37.500><c> to</c><00:38:37.719><c> 718</c><00:38:38.440><c> AD.</c><00:38:39.360><c> Over</c><00:38:40.300><c> 300</c><00:38:40.619><c> years</c><00:38:40.880><c> before</c><00:38:41.300><c> this</c>

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:42.880
and<00:38:41.599><c> about</c><00:38:41.840><c> 100</c><00:38:42.159><c> years</c>

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:48.760
after<00:38:43.920><c> the</c><00:38:44.199><c> time</c><00:38:44.440><c> that</c><00:38:44.639><c> they</c><00:38:45.119><c> took</c><00:38:45.820><c> all</c><00:38:46.380><c> this</c><00:38:46.599><c> territory</c><00:38:47.059><c> here.</c><00:38:48.539><c> But</c>

00:38:48.760 --> 00:38:51.239
they<00:38:49.000><c> were</c><00:38:49.719><c> repulsed</c><00:38:50.480><c> and</c><00:38:50.639><c> the</c><00:38:50.800><c> main</c><00:38:50.980><c> reason</c>

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:55.559
they<00:38:51.500><c> were</c><00:38:51.800><c> repulsed</c><00:38:52.760><c> was</c><00:38:53.619><c> an</c><00:38:54.360><c> exceptionally</c><00:38:54.760><c> cold</c><00:38:55.239><c> winter</c>

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:58.500
in<00:38:55.780><c> that</c><00:38:56.000><c> area.</c><00:38:57.420><c> They</c><00:38:57.539><c> were</c><00:38:57.699><c> not</c><00:38:57.860><c> used</c><00:38:58.099><c> to</c><00:38:58.320><c> cold</c>

00:38:58.500 --> 00:39:08.900
weather<00:38:58.980><c> and</c><00:38:59.619><c> so</c><00:38:59.780><c> it</c><00:39:00.019><c> drove</c><00:39:00.199><c> them</c><00:39:00.420><c> back.</c><00:39:04.360><c> The</c><00:39:04.960><c> same</c><00:39:05.659><c> man</c><00:39:08.659><c> that</c>

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:10.900
commented<00:39:09.099><c> on</c><00:39:09.260><c> this</c><00:39:09.440><c> battle</c><00:39:09.739><c> of</c><00:39:09.960><c> Salamis,</c>

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:14.860
he<00:39:12.239><c> commented</c><00:39:12.559><c> on</c><00:39:12.880><c> what</c><00:39:13.099><c> a</c><00:39:13.440><c> decisive</c><00:39:13.880><c> battle</c><00:39:14.260><c> this</c><00:39:14.480><c> was.</c><00:39:14.739><c> He</c>

00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:18.239
said<00:39:15.000><c> the</c><00:39:15.119><c> whole</c><00:39:15.639><c> face</c><00:39:16.340><c> of</c><00:39:17.360><c> Europe</c><00:39:17.599><c> would</c><00:39:17.800><c> have</c><00:39:17.940><c> been</c>

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:23.539
changed,<00:39:18.820><c> had</c><00:39:18.940><c> they</c><00:39:19.179><c> won.</c><00:39:21.099><c> Europe</c><00:39:21.500><c> would</c><00:39:21.900><c> have</c><00:39:22.380><c> become</c><00:39:22.800><c> under</c>

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:26.179
Arab<00:39:23.860><c> domination,</c><00:39:25.159><c> the</c><00:39:25.380><c> Islam</c><00:39:25.739><c> would</c><00:39:25.920><c> have</c>

00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:33.239
triumphed<00:39:26.920><c> and</c><00:39:27.099><c> not</c><00:39:27.280><c> Christianity.</c><00:39:29.219><c> As</c><00:39:29.380><c> I've</c><00:39:32.880><c> pointed</c><00:39:33.039><c> out</c>

00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:36.340
already<00:39:33.500><c> they'd</c><00:39:34.639><c> already</c><00:39:34.940><c> moved</c><00:39:35.280><c> up</c><00:39:35.639><c> here</c><00:39:35.920><c> and</c><00:39:36.219><c> if</c>

00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:38.099
they<00:39:36.500><c> could</c><00:39:36.659><c> have</c><00:39:36.840><c> conquered</c><00:39:37.139><c> and</c><00:39:37.280><c> gone</c><00:39:37.440><c> that</c><00:39:37.699><c> way</c><00:39:37.840><c> they</c><00:39:37.960><c> would</c><00:39:38.079><c> have</c>

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:39.519
gone<00:39:38.260><c> right</c><00:39:38.539><c> round,</c><00:39:38.780><c> met</c><00:39:38.960><c> each</c><00:39:39.239><c> other,</c>

00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:43.159
conquered<00:39:39.960><c> the</c><00:39:40.099><c> whole</c><00:39:40.300><c> of</c><00:39:40.480><c> Europe.</c><00:39:42.119><c> The</c><00:39:42.360><c> Roman</c><00:39:42.719><c> Catholic</c>

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:45.139
beast<00:39:43.420><c> system</c><00:39:43.780><c> would</c><00:39:43.960><c> never</c><00:39:44.139><c> have</c><00:39:44.360><c> arisen.</c>

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:51.039
This<00:39:46.139><c> was</c><00:39:46.619><c> about</c><00:39:47.539><c> 80</c><00:39:48.380><c> years</c><00:39:48.739><c> before</c><00:39:49.119><c> the</c><00:39:49.179><c> time</c><00:39:49.539><c> of</c><00:39:50.059><c> Charlemagne</c><00:39:50.639><c> you</c><00:39:50.800><c> may</c>

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:52.179
have<00:39:51.239><c> heard</c>

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:58.659
who<00:39:53.699><c> established</c><00:39:54.579><c> the</c><00:39:55.079><c> Holy</c><00:39:55.300><c> Roman</c><00:39:55.639><c> Empire</c><00:39:56.280><c> in</c><00:39:56.739><c> Europe.</c><00:39:58.579><c> The</c>

00:39:58.659 --> 00:40:01.619
whole<00:39:59.199><c> course</c><00:39:59.500><c> of</c><00:39:59.760><c> world</c><00:40:00.000><c> history</c><00:40:00.539><c> would</c><00:40:01.099><c> have</c>

00:40:01.619 --> 00:40:07.619
changed.<00:40:04.380><c> It's</c><00:40:04.460><c> not</c><00:40:04.699><c> too</c><00:40:04.920><c> much</c><00:40:05.219><c> to</c><00:40:05.619><c> suggest</c><00:40:06.139><c> that</c><00:40:06.920><c> we</c><00:40:07.440><c> would</c>

00:40:07.619 --> 00:40:10.400
have<00:40:07.739><c> been</c><00:40:07.900><c> meeting</c><00:40:08.199><c> here</c><00:40:08.639><c> studying</c><00:40:09.139><c> the</c><00:40:09.480><c> Quran</c>

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:15.300
if<00:40:12.219><c> this</c><00:40:12.820><c> battle</c><00:40:13.500><c> hadn't</c><00:40:13.780><c> have</c><00:40:13.980><c> happened.</c><00:40:14.440><c> That's</c><00:40:15.039><c> the</c><00:40:15.099><c> way</c>

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:16.980
things<00:40:15.599><c> can</c><00:40:15.900><c> work</c><00:40:16.179><c> out.</c>

00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:26.659
Just<00:40:20.940><c> a</c><00:40:21.420><c> few</c><00:40:21.619><c> minutes</c><00:40:21.880><c> in</c><00:40:22.059><c> conclusion</c><00:40:22.500><c> about</c><00:40:22.860><c> the</c><00:40:23.099><c> sixth</c><00:40:23.579><c> trumpet</c><00:40:24.320><c> period</c><00:40:24.960><c> which</c><00:40:26.300><c> is</c>

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:28.340
the<00:40:26.800><c> coming</c><00:40:27.019><c> of</c><00:40:27.760><c> the</c><00:40:27.980><c> Turks,</c>

00:40:28.639 --> 00:40:32.000
several<00:40:29.039><c> waves</c><00:40:29.599><c> of</c><00:40:29.840><c> Turks.</c><00:40:30.699><c> You</c><00:40:30.739><c> see</c><00:40:30.940><c> here</c><00:40:31.139><c> it</c><00:40:31.139><c> says</c><00:40:31.420><c> Seljuk.</c>

00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:34.820
They<00:40:32.280><c> were</c><00:40:32.440><c> the</c><00:40:32.619><c> first</c><00:40:32.960><c> main</c><00:40:33.340><c> wave</c><00:40:33.659><c> of</c><00:40:33.940><c> Turks.</c>

00:40:34.880 --> 00:40:39.420
Later<00:40:35.300><c> on</c><00:40:35.559><c> there</c><00:40:35.800><c> came</c><00:40:36.099><c> the</c><00:40:36.659><c> Ottoman</c><00:40:37.159><c> Turks</c><00:40:38.059><c> and</c><00:40:38.980><c> it</c><00:40:39.139><c> is</c><00:40:39.320><c> the</c>

00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:41.380
descendants<00:40:39.739><c> of</c><00:40:39.980><c> those</c><00:40:40.360><c> that</c><00:40:40.639><c> are</c><00:40:40.840><c> now</c>

00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:46.920
to<00:40:41.619><c> be</c><00:40:41.860><c> found</c><00:40:42.119><c> in</c><00:40:42.699><c> Turkey,</c><00:40:44.539><c> the</c><00:40:44.840><c> remnants</c><00:40:45.159><c> of</c><00:40:45.380><c> the</c><00:40:45.559><c> great</c><00:40:45.780><c> empire</c><00:40:46.260><c> that</c>

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:48.980
they<00:40:47.719><c> built</c><00:40:48.000><c> up.</c>

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:54.480
As<00:40:49.800><c> I've</c><00:40:49.960><c> already</c><00:40:50.159><c> mentioned</c><00:40:50.760><c> they</c><00:40:52.559><c> came</c><00:40:53.300><c> steadily</c><00:40:53.900><c> against</c>

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:57.019
the<00:40:55.539><c> Byzantine</c><00:40:56.219><c> Empire</c>

00:40:57.019 --> 00:41:01.940
till<00:40:57.340><c> it</c><00:40:57.539><c> diminished</c><00:40:57.920><c> to</c><00:40:58.159><c> just</c><00:40:58.380><c> the</c><00:40:59.099><c> the</c><00:40:59.300><c> city</c><00:40:59.639><c> of</c><00:41:00.280><c> Constantinople</c><00:41:01.119><c> there</c><00:41:01.579><c> and</c>

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:03.440
eventually<00:41:02.320><c> that</c><00:41:02.639><c> was</c>

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:08.300
taken.<00:41:06.400><c> There</c><00:41:06.500><c> is</c><00:41:06.760><c> a</c><00:41:07.079><c> prophecy</c><00:41:07.280><c> I've</c><00:41:07.539><c> not</c><00:41:07.659><c> actually</c><00:41:07.940><c> quoted</c>

00:41:08.300 --> 00:41:10.260
any<00:41:08.719><c> scripture</c><00:41:09.099><c> at</c><00:41:09.260><c> the</c><00:41:09.400><c> moment</c>

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:13.460
but<00:41:11.280><c> if</c><00:41:11.420><c> you'd</c><00:41:11.619><c> just</c><00:41:11.800><c> like</c><00:41:11.960><c> to</c><00:41:12.219><c> turn</c><00:41:12.360><c> with</c><00:41:12.500><c> me</c><00:41:12.659><c> to</c><00:41:12.920><c> Revelation</c>

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:14.670
chapter<00:41:13.880><c> 9</c>

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:17.579
I<00:41:15.659><c> think</c><00:41:15.860><c> there's</c><00:41:16.019><c> one</c><00:41:16.179><c> very</c><00:41:16.519><c> interesting</c><00:41:16.820><c> point</c><00:41:17.159><c> that</c><00:41:17.360><c> comes</c>

00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:18.809
out<00:41:17.820><c> of</c><00:41:18.019><c> this.</c>

00:41:21.670 --> 00:41:26.590
It's<00:41:22.309><c> in</c><00:41:22.550><c> the</c><00:41:22.650><c> 15th</c><00:41:23.409><c> verse.</c><00:41:24.110><c> It's</c><00:41:24.130><c> in</c><00:41:24.369><c> the</c><00:41:25.090><c> sixth</c><00:41:25.550><c> trumpet.</c>

00:41:28.289 --> 00:41:31.769
It<00:41:28.929><c> speaks</c><00:41:29.329><c> here</c><00:41:29.650><c> in</c><00:41:29.909><c> symbolic</c><00:41:30.329><c> terms</c><00:41:30.710><c> of</c><00:41:30.849><c> the</c><00:41:31.110><c> four</c><00:41:31.429><c> angels</c>

00:41:31.769 --> 00:41:33.989
being<00:41:32.150><c> loosed</c><00:41:32.510><c> which</c><00:41:32.730><c> were</c><00:41:32.949><c> prepared</c><00:41:33.409><c> for</c><00:41:33.690><c> an</c>

00:41:33.989 --> 00:41:42.110
hour<00:41:34.349><c> and</c><00:41:34.710><c> a</c><00:41:34.949><c> day</c><00:41:35.230><c> and</c><00:41:35.449><c> a</c><00:41:35.670><c> month</c><00:41:35.949><c> and</c><00:41:36.250><c> a</c><00:41:36.510><c> year</c><00:41:36.869><c> and</c><00:41:37.929><c> it's</c><00:41:38.110><c> been</c><00:41:38.389><c> calculated</c><00:41:38.949><c> that</c><00:41:39.630><c> this</c><00:41:40.429><c> on</c><00:41:41.190><c> the</c><00:41:41.369><c> day</c><00:41:41.570><c> for</c><00:41:41.829><c> a</c><00:41:41.949><c> year</c>

00:41:42.110 --> 00:41:49.429
that<00:41:42.650><c> interpreting</c><00:41:44.289><c> these</c><00:41:45.469><c> passages</c><00:41:45.809><c> that</c><00:41:46.489><c> we</c><00:41:46.730><c> arrive</c><00:41:47.150><c> at</c><00:41:47.650><c> the</c><00:41:47.889><c> precise</c><00:41:48.289><c> day</c><00:41:48.769><c> in</c>

00:41:49.429 --> 00:41:52.070
1453<00:41:50.409><c> when</c><00:41:51.230><c> the</c><00:41:51.449><c> city</c><00:41:51.670><c> fell</c>

00:41:52.070 --> 00:41:55.550
or<00:41:52.530><c> perhaps</c><00:41:52.889><c> the</c><00:41:53.130><c> revised</c><00:41:53.449><c> version</c><00:41:53.809><c> is</c><00:41:54.150><c> more</c><00:41:54.449><c> correct</c><00:41:54.869><c> for</c>

00:41:55.550 --> 00:41:59.250
the<00:41:56.110><c> hour</c><00:41:56.449><c> and</c><00:41:56.949><c> day</c><00:41:57.230><c> and</c><00:41:57.610><c> month</c><00:41:57.929><c> and</c><00:41:58.389><c> year.</c>

00:42:00.110 --> 00:42:03.869
There<00:42:00.670><c> was</c><00:42:00.809><c> a</c><00:42:00.929><c> specific</c><00:42:01.309><c> day,</c><00:42:01.889><c> hour,</c><00:42:02.210><c> month</c><00:42:02.570><c> and</c><00:42:02.929><c> year</c><00:42:03.329><c> when</c>

00:42:03.869 --> 00:42:06.650
the<00:42:04.130><c> East</c><00:42:04.369><c> Roman</c><00:42:04.630><c> Empire</c><00:42:05.010><c> would</c><00:42:05.329><c> finally</c><00:42:05.750><c> come</c>

00:42:06.650 --> 00:42:11.590
to<00:42:07.070><c> an</c><00:42:07.289><c> end.</c><00:42:08.369><c> Now</c><00:42:08.449><c> the</c><00:42:08.530><c> city</c><00:42:09.190><c> of</c><00:42:09.869><c> Constantinople</c><00:42:10.489><c> did</c><00:42:10.789><c> not</c><00:42:11.050><c> have</c><00:42:11.349><c> to</c>

00:42:11.590 --> 00:42:15.710
fall.<00:42:12.989><c> There</c><00:42:13.050><c> were</c><00:42:14.070><c> nations</c><00:42:14.489><c> over</c><00:42:14.869><c> here</c><00:42:15.090><c> in</c><00:42:15.570><c> the</c>

00:42:15.710 --> 00:42:19.030
West<00:42:15.989><c> in</c><00:42:16.210><c> Europe</c><00:42:16.530><c> that</c><00:42:16.889><c> didn't</c><00:42:17.150><c> want</c><00:42:17.389><c> it</c><00:42:17.590><c> to</c><00:42:17.829><c> fall</c><00:42:18.090><c> and</c><00:42:18.369><c> they</c><00:42:18.590><c> sent</c><00:42:18.769><c> a</c>

00:42:19.030 --> 00:42:22.250
fleet<00:42:19.369><c> to</c><00:42:20.610><c> try</c><00:42:20.829><c> and</c><00:42:21.050><c> save</c><00:42:21.250><c> the</c><00:42:21.429><c> city</c>

00:42:22.869 --> 00:42:27.590
but<00:42:23.389><c> one</c><00:42:23.610><c> book</c><00:42:23.809><c> I</c><00:42:23.989><c> read</c><00:42:24.210><c> pointed</c><00:42:24.530><c> out</c><00:42:24.809><c> that</c><00:42:24.949><c> there</c><00:42:25.210><c> was</c><00:42:25.929><c> a</c><00:42:26.309><c> great</c><00:42:26.769><c> calm.</c><00:42:27.309><c> These</c><00:42:27.449><c> of</c>

00:42:27.590 --> 00:42:28.610
course<00:42:27.690><c> were</c><00:42:27.949><c> sailing</c><00:42:28.230><c> boats.</c>

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If<00:42:28.869><c> you</c><00:42:28.969><c> didn't</c><00:42:29.150><c> have</c><00:42:29.349><c> the</c><00:42:29.489><c> wind</c><00:42:29.650><c> you</c><00:42:29.789><c> could</c><00:42:29.989><c> do</c><00:42:30.170><c> nothing.</c><00:42:30.829><c> They</c><00:42:30.989><c> would</c><00:42:31.150><c> be</c>

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calmed<00:42:31.670><c> in</c><00:42:31.849><c> this</c><00:42:32.030><c> area</c><00:42:32.349><c> here.</c><00:42:32.809><c> They</c><00:42:33.030><c> could</c>

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reach<00:42:33.769><c> the</c><00:42:33.989><c> city.</c><00:42:36.210><c> Stormy</c><00:42:36.630><c> winds</c><00:42:36.949><c> fulfill</c><00:42:37.829><c> God's</c><00:42:38.369><c> word,</c><00:42:38.730><c> yes,</c>

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but<00:42:39.510><c> sometimes</c><00:42:40.010><c> the</c><00:42:40.269><c> absence</c><00:42:40.889><c> of</c><00:42:41.769><c> a</c><00:42:41.949><c> wind</c><00:42:42.210><c> can</c>

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fulfill<00:42:42.909><c> God's</c><00:42:43.409><c> word.</c><00:42:44.849><c> A</c><00:42:45.110><c> calm</c><00:42:45.530><c> that</c><00:42:46.130><c> becalmed</c><00:42:46.510><c> these</c><00:42:47.210><c> ships</c>

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for<00:42:48.769><c> many</c><00:42:49.050><c> days</c><00:42:49.849><c> enabled</c><00:42:50.610><c> the</c><00:42:50.829><c> city</c><00:42:51.329><c> to</c><00:42:52.130><c> fall.</c>

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Again<00:42:57.489><c> the</c><00:42:58.329><c> Ottoman</c><00:42:59.210><c> Empire</c><00:42:59.909><c> expanded</c><00:43:00.789><c> into</c><00:43:01.150><c> the</c><00:43:01.269><c> Middle</c><00:43:01.510><c> East</c><00:43:01.730><c> and</c>

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there<00:43:02.030><c> was</c><00:43:02.230><c> another</c>

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threat<00:43:03.550><c> to</c><00:43:04.329><c> Europe</c><00:43:04.869><c> from</c><00:43:06.750><c> a</c><00:43:10.190><c> Muslim</c><00:43:10.570><c> and</c><00:43:10.750><c> Islamic</c><00:43:11.170><c> Empire.</c><00:43:13.170><c> On</c>

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two<00:43:13.510><c> occasions</c><00:43:14.050><c> they</c><00:43:14.389><c> reached</c><00:43:14.849><c> as</c><00:43:15.309><c> far</c><00:43:15.590><c> as</c><00:43:15.969><c> Vienna</c>

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which<00:43:16.550><c> is</c><00:43:16.710><c> about</c><00:43:16.989><c> here,</c><00:43:18.710><c> conquered</c><00:43:18.789><c> all</c><00:43:19.010><c> this</c><00:43:19.230><c> area.</c><00:43:23.110><c> The</c><00:43:23.750><c> first</c><00:43:24.010><c> of</c>

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these<00:43:24.389><c> occurred</c><00:43:24.949><c> in</c><00:43:25.670><c> the</c><00:43:25.829><c> 16th</c><00:43:26.929><c> century,</c>

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approximately<00:43:29.829><c> the</c><00:43:30.210><c> time</c><00:43:30.590><c> of</c><00:43:31.190><c> Henry</c><00:43:31.510><c> VIII</c><00:43:32.309><c> in</c><00:43:32.949><c> the</c><00:43:34.929><c> ruling</c><00:43:35.110><c> on</c>

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the<00:43:35.550><c> throne</c><00:43:35.969><c> of</c><00:43:36.769><c> England.</c>

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But<00:43:39.489><c> again</c><00:43:40.530><c> the</c><00:43:40.750><c> forces</c><00:43:41.050><c> of</c><00:43:41.289><c> the</c><00:43:41.409><c> weather</c><00:43:41.650><c> intervened.</c><00:43:44.730><c> Excessive</c><00:43:45.409><c> rains</c>

00:43:45.789 --> 00:43:47.670
came<00:43:46.230><c> and</c><00:43:46.429><c> cold</c><00:43:46.769><c> weather</c><00:43:47.090><c> and</c><00:43:47.510><c> they</c>

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were<00:43:47.889><c> unable</c><00:43:48.269><c> to</c><00:43:48.809><c> conquer</c><00:43:49.070><c> the</c><00:43:49.250><c> city</c><00:43:49.530><c> of</c><00:43:49.789><c> Vienna.</c><00:43:50.289><c> Again</c><00:43:50.570><c> the</c>

00:43:50.789 --> 00:43:52.570
history<00:43:50.949><c> books</c><00:43:51.170><c> tell</c><00:43:51.409><c> us</c><00:43:51.809><c> the</c><00:43:52.150><c> course</c>

00:43:52.570 --> 00:43:56.550
of<00:43:53.030><c> world</c><00:43:53.409><c> history</c><00:43:53.730><c> would</c><00:43:53.909><c> have</c><00:43:54.070><c> been</c><00:43:54.409><c> changed</c><00:43:54.929><c> had</c><00:43:55.570><c> they</c><00:43:55.889><c> not</c>

00:43:56.550 --> 00:43:59.170
been<00:43:57.690><c> repulsed.</c><00:43:58.269><c> They</c><00:43:58.409><c> would</c><00:43:58.590><c> have</c><00:43:58.789><c> moved</c>

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into<00:43:59.750><c> the</c><00:44:00.050><c> whole</c><00:44:00.230><c> of</c><00:44:00.550><c> Europe.</c><00:44:01.389><c> But</c><00:44:01.530><c> it</c><00:44:01.610><c> wasn't</c><00:44:01.849><c> in</c><00:44:02.050><c> the</c><00:44:02.190><c> purpose</c><00:44:02.409><c> of</c><00:44:02.650><c> God</c>

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that<00:44:02.969><c> they</c><00:44:03.170><c> should</c>

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take<00:44:04.289><c> over</c><00:44:04.610><c> Europe.</c><00:44:05.269><c> Europe</c><00:44:05.849><c> in</c><00:44:06.329><c> prophecy</c><00:44:06.789><c> was</c><00:44:08.070><c> to</c><00:44:08.289><c> be</c><00:44:08.429><c> under</c>

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the<00:44:09.389><c> domination</c><00:44:09.889><c> for</c><00:44:10.449><c> many,</c><00:44:10.710><c> many</c><00:44:10.889><c> hundreds</c><00:44:11.190><c> of</c>

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years<00:44:11.769><c> of</c><00:44:12.289><c> the</c><00:44:12.409><c> Roman</c><00:44:12.730><c> Catholic</c><00:44:13.110><c> system,</c><00:44:13.590><c> not</c><00:44:13.750><c> of</c><00:44:14.010><c> Islam.</c><00:44:14.409><c> Islam</c><00:44:14.849><c> played</c><00:44:15.210><c> its</c>

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purpose<00:44:16.110><c> over</c><00:44:16.710><c> here</c><00:44:16.989><c> in</c><00:44:17.190><c> the</c><00:44:17.329><c> East</c><00:44:17.489><c> in</c>

00:44:17.789 --> 00:44:22.190
rid<00:44:18.070><c> of</c><00:44:18.230><c> the</c><00:44:18.349><c> Eastern</c><00:44:18.670><c> Roman</c><00:44:19.250><c> Empire</c><00:44:19.690><c> but</c><00:44:19.829><c> it</c><00:44:19.929><c> was</c><00:44:20.150><c> not</c><00:44:20.710><c> to</c><00:44:21.730><c> carry</c><00:44:21.969><c> out</c>

00:44:22.190 --> 00:44:26.250
its<00:44:22.389><c> purpose</c><00:44:22.929><c> any</c><00:44:24.070><c> more</c><00:44:24.510><c> and</c><00:44:25.389><c> so</c><00:44:25.769><c> God</c><00:44:26.010><c> did</c>

00:44:26.250 --> 00:44:30.469
not<00:44:26.429><c> allow</c><00:44:26.730><c> them</c><00:44:27.190><c> to</c><00:44:27.550><c> expand</c><00:44:28.090><c> any</c><00:44:28.750><c> further.</c><00:44:30.070><c> Well</c><00:44:30.250><c> there's</c><00:44:30.369><c> a</c>

00:44:30.469 --> 00:44:32.809
lot<00:44:30.550><c> more</c><00:44:30.710><c> can</c><00:44:30.869><c> be</c><00:44:31.050><c> said</c><00:44:31.130><c> on</c><00:44:31.309><c> this</c><00:44:31.969><c> subject</c><00:44:32.329><c> but</c><00:44:32.550><c> our</c>

00:44:32.809 --> 00:44:36.449
time<00:44:33.070><c> is</c><00:44:33.289><c> up.</c><00:44:33.869><c> Someone</c><00:44:34.130><c> said</c><00:44:34.309><c> to</c><00:44:34.429><c> me</c><00:44:34.510><c> was</c><00:44:34.650><c> I</c><00:44:34.789><c> going</c><00:44:34.869><c> to</c><00:44:35.090><c> talk</c><00:44:35.210><c> about</c><00:44:35.650><c> the</c><00:44:36.030><c> time</c><00:44:36.289><c> of</c>

00:44:36.449 --> 00:44:37.730
the<00:44:36.590><c> Second</c><00:44:36.809><c> World</c><00:44:37.190><c> War?</c><00:44:37.409><c> Well</c><00:44:37.550><c> it's</c>

00:44:37.730 --> 00:44:42.309
in<00:44:37.909><c> my</c><00:44:38.150><c> notes</c><00:44:38.570><c> but</c><00:44:39.170><c> we</c><00:44:39.329><c> haven't</c><00:44:39.449><c> got</c><00:44:39.670><c> time</c><00:44:39.929><c> for</c><00:44:40.130><c> it.</c><00:44:41.449><c> But</c><00:44:41.630><c> it</c><00:44:41.949><c> seemed</c><00:44:42.130><c> to</c>

00:44:42.309 --> 00:44:44.250
me<00:44:42.449><c> that</c><00:44:42.730><c> perhaps</c><00:44:42.969><c> the</c><00:44:43.190><c> material</c><00:44:43.590><c> I</c><00:44:43.829><c> had</c><00:44:43.929><c> for</c>

00:44:44.250 --> 00:44:47.989
tomorrow's<00:44:44.949><c> subject</c><00:44:45.309><c> was</c><00:44:46.090><c> if</c><00:44:46.190><c> anything</c><00:44:46.550><c> a</c><00:44:46.670><c> little</c><00:44:46.809><c> on</c><00:44:47.050><c> the</c><00:44:47.170><c> thin</c><00:44:47.349><c> side</c><00:44:47.730><c> so</c>

00:44:47.989 --> 00:44:50.070
we'll<00:44:48.369><c> begin</c><00:44:48.630><c> with</c><00:44:48.869><c> that</c><00:44:49.650><c> tomorrow</c>

00:44:50.070 --> 00:44:55.250
and<00:44:50.210><c> look</c><00:44:50.449><c> at</c><00:44:51.690><c> events</c><00:44:52.250><c> to</c><00:44:52.510><c> do</c><00:44:52.869><c> with</c><00:44:54.309><c> Britain,</c><00:44:54.710><c> how</c><00:44:54.869><c> the</c><00:44:55.050><c> hand</c>

00:44:55.250 --> 00:45:00.110
of<00:44:55.449><c> God</c><00:44:55.750><c> has</c><00:44:56.329><c> been</c><00:44:56.550><c> at</c><00:44:56.769><c> work</c><00:44:56.969><c> in</c><00:44:57.130><c> the</c><00:44:57.289><c> history</c><00:44:58.050><c> of</c><00:44:59.130><c> Britain.</c>

00:45:10.670 --> 00:45:16.170
Thank<00:45:11.110><c> you,</c><00:45:11.369><c> brother</c><00:45:11.510><c> Tony.</c><00:45:12.510><c> The</c><00:45:12.710><c> next</c><00:45:12.989><c> class,</c><00:45:13.389><c> the</c><00:45:13.650><c> second</c><00:45:13.929><c> class,</c><00:45:14.289><c> will</c><00:45:14.510><c> begin</c><00:45:14.809><c> promptly</c><00:45:15.349><c> at</c><00:45:15.610><c> 10</c><00:45:15.809><c> o</c><00:45:16.030><c>'clock.</c>

00:45:16.269 --> 00:45:19.730
We<00:45:16.389><c> have</c><00:45:16.610><c> approximately</c><00:45:17.190><c> 15</c><00:45:17.750><c> minutes.</c><00:45:18.750><c> 10</c><00:45:18.989><c> o</c><00:45:19.190><c>'clock,</c><00:45:19.510><c> be</c><00:45:19.610><c> in</c>

00:45:19.730 --> 00:45:21.070
your<00:45:19.929><c> seats</c><00:45:20.110><c> please.</c>

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Thank<00:45:35.269><c> you.</c>