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proper<00:10:59.419><c> size.</c><00:11:01.779><c> We've</c><00:11:01.940><c> picked</c><00:11:02.059><c> up</c><00:11:02.200><c> something</c><00:11:02.480><c> else</c><00:11:02.759><c> that's</c><00:11:03.600><c> worth</c><00:11:03.820><c> far</c><00:11:04.139><c> more,</c><00:11:06.240><c> the</c><00:11:06.519><c> care</c><00:11:06.759><c> and</c><00:11:06.940><c> compassion</c><00:11:07.320><c> of</c>

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children,<00:11:13.320><c> for</c><00:11:13.379><c> that's</c><00:11:13.600><c> how</c><00:11:13.740><c> God</c><00:11:13.919><c> is</c><00:11:14.080><c> with</c><00:11:14.220><c> us.</c>

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regarded<00:11:21.279><c> himself</c><00:11:21.679><c> as</c><00:11:21.840><c> the</c>

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what<00:11:25.539><c> would</c><00:11:25.740><c> the</c><00:11:25.940><c> ten</c><00:11:26.120><c> tribes</c><00:11:26.500><c> do?</c>

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and<00:12:07.460><c> crosses</c><00:12:07.659><c> the</c><00:12:07.879><c> book</c><00:12:08.100><c> Kidron,</c><00:12:09.940><c> and</c><00:12:10.059><c> makes</c><00:12:10.320><c> his</c><00:12:10.519><c> way</c><00:12:10.700><c> to</c><00:12:10.919><c> Golgotha,</c>

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what<00:12:14.679><c> doest</c><00:12:15.059><c> thou</c><00:12:15.259><c> hear?</c>

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with<00:13:07.850><c> the</c><00:13:07.970><c> young</c><00:13:08.149><c> people</c><00:13:08.409><c> yesterday,</c><00:13:09.429><c> of</c><00:13:09.529><c> being</c><00:13:09.750><c> utterly</c><00:13:10.309><c> caught</c><00:13:10.690><c> up</c>

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in<00:13:11.230><c> the</c><00:13:11.509><c> purpose</c><00:13:11.750><c> of</c><00:13:12.009><c> God,</c>

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because<00:13:14.269><c> he</c><00:13:14.450><c> then</c><00:13:14.690><c> says,</c><00:13:15.070><c> but</c><00:13:15.090><c> no</c><00:13:15.309><c> man</c><00:13:15.529><c> taketh</c><00:13:15.789><c> it</c><00:13:16.009><c> from</c><00:13:16.230><c> me,</c><00:13:17.509><c> for</c><00:13:17.649><c> I</c>

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lay<00:13:18.029><c> it</c><00:13:18.250><c> down</c><00:13:18.429><c> for</c><00:13:18.529><c> myself.</c>

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Oh,<00:13:21.509><c> for</c><00:13:21.669><c> Elijah,</c><00:13:22.169><c> the</c><00:13:22.230><c> lesson</c><00:13:22.470><c> has</c><00:13:22.710><c> to</c><00:13:23.009><c> come,</c><00:13:24.250><c> and</c><00:13:24.350><c> God</c><00:13:24.570><c> speaks</c><00:13:24.889><c> to</c><00:13:25.049><c> him</c><00:13:25.169><c> and</c><00:13:25.269><c> says,</c><00:13:25.570><c> go</c><00:13:25.830><c> forth,</c>

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and<00:13:28.330><c> stand</c><00:13:28.769><c> upon</c><00:13:29.870><c> the</c><00:13:30.070><c> mount.</c><00:13:32.009><c> If</c><00:13:32.149><c> you</c><00:13:32.190><c> go</c><00:13:32.309><c> back</c><00:13:32.509><c> into</c><00:13:32.669><c> the</c><00:13:32.789><c> Old</c>

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Testament,<00:13:33.809><c> and</c><00:13:33.809><c> Exodus</c><00:13:34.049><c> 24,</c><00:13:34.610><c> and</c><00:13:34.769><c> so</c><00:13:34.929><c> on,</c>

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you'll<00:13:35.289><c> see</c><00:13:35.590><c> that</c><00:13:35.909><c> this</c><00:13:36.090><c> had</c><00:13:36.269><c> taken</c><00:13:36.450><c> place</c><00:13:36.809><c> before.</c><00:13:39.029><c> And</c><00:13:39.250><c> now,</c>

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not<00:13:39.590><c> having</c><00:13:39.870><c> asked</c><00:13:40.250><c> to</c><00:13:40.490><c> see</c><00:13:40.809><c> the</c><00:13:41.029><c> glory</c><00:13:41.289><c> of</c><00:13:41.529><c> God,</c>

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as<00:13:43.950><c> Moses</c><00:13:44.370><c> had</c><00:13:44.649><c> asked,</c><00:13:47.149><c> merely</c><00:13:47.269><c> having</c><00:13:47.509><c> been</c><00:13:47.730><c> left</c><00:13:48.049><c> in</c><00:13:48.269><c> a</c><00:13:48.629><c> questioning</c><00:13:49.149><c> mood,</c><00:13:50.070><c> in</c><00:13:50.230><c> a</c>

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mood<00:13:50.549><c> of</c><00:13:50.830><c> desolation,</c>

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he<00:13:52.169><c> now</c><00:13:52.470><c> goes,</c><00:13:53.370><c> and</c><00:13:53.470><c> God</c><00:13:53.750><c> shows</c><00:13:54.070><c> him</c><00:13:54.309><c> something.</c><00:13:55.830><c> He</c><00:13:56.190><c> shows</c>

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him<00:13:57.269><c> characteristics</c><00:13:58.230><c> that</c><00:13:58.509><c> were</c><00:13:58.830><c> characteristics</c>

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of<00:13:59.769><c> Elijah,</c><00:14:02.570><c> and</c><00:14:03.230><c> to</c><00:14:03.490><c> realize</c><00:14:03.970><c> that</c><00:14:04.629><c> the</c><00:14:04.889><c> work</c><00:14:05.029><c> of</c><00:14:05.309><c> God</c><00:14:05.730><c> was</c><00:14:06.350><c> not</c><00:14:06.629><c> necessarily</c><00:14:07.269><c> in</c>

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the<00:14:07.769><c> mighty</c><00:14:08.029><c> things</c>

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Elijah<00:14:08.909><c> had</c><00:14:09.269><c> done</c><00:14:09.529><c> and</c><00:14:09.870><c> would</c><00:14:10.110><c> do,</c><00:14:10.950><c> not</c><00:14:11.190><c> in</c><00:14:11.429><c> those</c><00:14:12.070><c> outer</c><00:14:12.570><c> things</c><00:14:13.230><c> that</c>

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boomed<00:14:15.049><c> across</c><00:14:15.370><c> the</c><00:14:15.870><c> ten</c><00:14:16.190><c> tribes</c><00:14:16.690><c> in</c><00:14:16.889><c> the</c>

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north<00:14:17.450><c> through</c><00:14:17.889><c> the</c><00:14:18.129><c> voice</c><00:14:18.649><c> of</c><00:14:19.169><c> this</c><00:14:19.350><c> wild</c><00:14:19.710><c> man.</c><00:14:21.190><c> And</c><00:14:21.409><c> so</c><00:14:21.529><c> he</c><00:14:21.750><c> stands</c><00:14:22.210><c> there,</c><00:14:23.110><c> and</c><00:14:23.230><c> a</c>

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great<00:14:23.750><c> and</c><00:14:24.250><c> strong</c><00:14:24.509><c> wind</c>

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came<00:14:25.210><c> across</c><00:14:25.490><c> the</c><00:14:25.710><c> face</c><00:14:25.970><c> of</c><00:14:26.149><c> the</c><00:14:26.269><c> mount,</c><00:14:26.870><c> so</c><00:14:27.210><c> great</c><00:14:27.769><c> that</c><00:14:28.070><c> Elijah</c><00:14:28.529><c> stands,</c><00:14:29.070><c> and</c>

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he<00:14:29.210><c> must</c><00:14:29.370><c> have</c><00:14:29.529><c> been</c><00:14:29.889><c> pressed</c><00:14:30.230><c> by</c>

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the<00:14:30.690><c> wind</c><00:14:31.129><c> back</c><00:14:31.649><c> against</c><00:14:31.990><c> the</c><00:14:32.210><c> rock,</c><00:14:33.129><c> because</c><00:14:33.350><c> it</c><00:14:33.610><c> rent</c><00:14:33.750><c> the</c>

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mountains.<00:14:35.230><c> Notice</c><00:14:35.450><c> that,</c><00:14:36.269><c> breaking</c><00:14:36.590><c> pieces</c><00:14:36.970><c> of</c><00:14:37.110><c> the</c>

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rock,<00:14:38.730><c> Elijah</c><00:14:39.250><c> must</c><00:14:39.450><c> have</c><00:14:39.590><c> been</c><00:14:39.830><c> terrified</c><00:14:40.330><c> as</c><00:14:40.509><c> he</c><00:14:40.629><c> stood</c><00:14:40.789><c> there.</c><00:14:42.889><c> Indeed,</c><00:14:44.970><c> he</c>

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couldn't<00:14:45.330><c> have</c><00:14:45.649><c> stood</c>

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if<00:14:48.470><c> God</c><00:14:48.769><c> hadn't</c><00:14:49.029><c> made</c><00:14:49.250><c> him</c><00:14:49.570><c> stand.</c><00:14:52.809><c> The</c><00:14:53.029><c> rocks</c><00:14:53.529><c> were</c><00:14:54.809><c> rooted</c>

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to<00:14:55.289><c> earth.</c><00:14:56.889><c> The</c><00:14:57.129><c> mountain</c><00:14:57.529><c> itself</c><00:14:58.129><c> was,</c><00:14:58.549><c> as</c><00:14:58.710><c> it</c>

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were,<00:14:59.110><c> immovable,</c><00:15:00.330><c> but</c><00:15:00.370><c> by</c><00:15:00.629><c> this</c><00:15:00.809><c> very</c><00:15:01.090><c> wind</c><00:15:01.330><c> of</c><00:15:01.570><c> God,</c><00:15:01.769><c> it</c><00:15:01.809><c> was</c>

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opened,<00:15:03.029><c> prized</c><00:15:03.509><c> open,</c><00:15:04.289><c> rent,</c><00:15:05.889><c> and</c><00:15:06.009><c> the</c><00:15:06.129><c> great</c>

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rocks<00:15:06.669><c> were</c><00:15:07.049><c> sucked</c><00:15:07.289><c> out</c><00:15:07.490><c> of</c><00:15:07.590><c> its</c><00:15:07.830><c> surface</c><00:15:08.409><c> and</c><00:15:08.990><c> broken</c><00:15:09.190><c> in</c>

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pieces.<00:15:11.350><c> And</c><00:15:11.549><c> Elijah</c><00:15:11.789><c> must</c><00:15:11.950><c> have</c><00:15:12.309><c> experienced</c>

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in<00:15:13.509><c> that</c><00:15:13.830><c> moment</c><00:15:14.129><c> of</c><00:15:14.470><c> preservation</c><00:15:15.090><c> something</c><00:15:15.769><c> of</c><00:15:17.289><c> God's</c><00:15:17.690><c> care</c><00:15:17.850><c> for</c>

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him.<00:15:19.250><c> He</c><00:15:19.509><c> says</c><00:15:19.649><c> nothing,</c>

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but<00:15:21.909><c> God</c><00:15:22.090><c> wasn't</c><00:15:22.350><c> in</c><00:15:22.549><c> the</c><00:15:22.690><c> wind.</c><00:15:25.169><c> It</c><00:15:25.429><c> was</c><00:15:25.590><c> just</c><00:15:25.850><c> one</c><00:15:25.990><c> of</c><00:15:26.090><c> those</c>

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manifestations<00:15:27.129><c> of</c><00:15:27.389><c> his</c><00:15:27.610><c> power.</c>

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And<00:15:31.590><c> after</c><00:15:31.909><c> the</c><00:15:32.110><c> wind,</c><00:15:34.529><c> an</c><00:15:34.690><c> earthquake.</c><00:15:37.889><c> When</c><00:15:38.009><c> the</c><00:15:38.090><c> very</c><00:15:38.549><c> substrata</c><00:15:39.570><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:40.529><c> mountain</c><00:15:40.889><c> on</c><00:15:41.110><c> which</c><00:15:42.029><c> Elijah</c><00:15:42.549><c> stood</c>

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now<00:15:43.549><c> seemed</c><00:15:43.889><c> to</c><00:15:44.090><c> be</c><00:15:44.269><c> crumpling</c><00:15:44.649><c> and</c><00:15:44.950><c> turning</c><00:15:45.429><c> and</c><00:15:45.649><c> opening,</c>

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weaving,<00:15:48.490><c> vibrating,</c><00:15:50.830><c> so</c><00:15:50.850><c> did</c><00:15:51.029><c> Elijah's</c><00:15:51.470><c> very</c>

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life<00:15:52.610><c> itself</c><00:15:53.129><c> was</c><00:15:53.350><c> in</c><00:15:53.529><c> danger,</c><00:15:53.889><c> but</c><00:15:54.309><c> he</c><00:15:54.629><c> was</c><00:15:54.929><c> spared</c><00:15:55.129><c> the</c><00:15:55.350><c> earthquake.</c><00:15:56.850><c> And</c>

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the<00:15:57.370><c> earth</c><00:15:57.690><c> did</c><00:15:57.889><c> not</c><00:15:57.889><c> seem</c><00:15:57.889><c> to</c><00:15:57.889><c> be</c>

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opened<00:15:58.250><c> her</c><00:15:58.450><c> mouth</c><00:15:58.850><c> and</c><00:15:59.049><c> take</c><00:15:59.269><c> him</c><00:15:59.450><c> in,</c><00:16:01.970><c> but</c><00:16:02.070><c> the</c><00:16:02.210><c> Lord</c><00:16:02.370><c> was</c><00:16:02.590><c> not</c><00:16:02.750><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:03.090><c> earthquake.</c>

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And<00:16:05.710><c> then</c><00:16:05.870><c> that</c><00:16:06.009><c> most</c><00:16:06.409><c> terrible</c><00:16:07.450><c> of</c><00:16:08.110><c> all</c><00:16:08.629><c> phenomena,</c><00:16:10.370><c> the</c><00:16:10.610><c> devouring</c><00:16:11.090><c> fire.</c><00:16:12.769><c> It</c>

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says<00:16:12.970><c> little</c><00:16:13.210><c> about</c><00:16:13.470><c> it,</c>

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except<00:16:14.730><c> that</c><00:16:14.870><c> it</c><00:16:15.389><c> swept</c><00:16:15.710><c> by</c><00:16:16.269><c> with</c><00:16:16.570><c> that</c><00:16:17.309><c> great,</c><00:16:17.990><c> over</c><00:16:18.429><c>-leaping</c>

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power<00:16:19.330><c> that</c><00:16:19.629><c> fire</c><00:16:19.929><c> has,</c><00:16:21.090><c> as</c><00:16:21.309><c> you</c><00:16:21.470><c> well</c>

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know,<00:16:21.870><c> in</c><00:16:21.990><c> this</c><00:16:22.629><c> continent</c><00:16:23.009><c> of</c><00:16:23.230><c> yours,</c><00:16:25.629><c> an</c><00:16:25.769><c> irresistible,</c>

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devouring,<00:16:29.710><c> unquenchable</c><00:16:30.429><c> force,</c>

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a<00:16:32.629><c> fearful</c><00:16:33.009><c> master</c><00:16:33.490><c> of</c><00:16:33.690><c> man.</c><00:16:36.549><c> And</c><00:16:36.830><c> after</c><00:16:37.110><c> that,</c>

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upon<00:16:40.809><c> his</c><00:16:41.110><c> ears,</c><00:16:42.450><c> without</c><00:16:42.830><c> sight,</c><00:16:44.350><c> without</c><00:16:44.769><c> feeling,</c>

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without<00:16:48.509><c> sound,</c><00:16:50.350><c> because</c><00:16:50.549><c> although</c><00:16:51.029><c> it's</c><00:16:51.610><c> something</c><00:16:51.710><c> to</c><00:16:51.889><c> be</c>

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heard,<00:16:52.970><c> if</c><00:16:53.110><c> you</c><00:16:53.269><c> look</c><00:16:53.490><c> at</c><00:16:53.789><c> the</c><00:16:54.370><c> wording,</c><00:16:55.450><c> it's</c><00:16:55.990><c> a</c><00:16:56.210><c> still,</c>

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small<00:16:58.690><c> voice.</c><00:17:00.850><c> Margin</c><00:17:01.350><c> tries</c><00:17:01.690><c> to</c><00:17:01.870><c> get</c><00:17:01.990><c> hold</c><00:17:02.269><c> of</c><00:17:02.450><c> it.</c><00:17:02.909><c> It's</c><00:17:03.289><c> almost</c><00:17:03.570><c> like</c><00:17:03.830><c> the</c>

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very<00:17:04.289><c> breath</c><00:17:04.869><c> of</c><00:17:05.069><c> God.</c><00:17:07.150><c> It's</c>

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a<00:17:08.130><c> sound</c><00:17:08.470><c> of</c><00:17:08.910><c> gentle</c><00:17:09.549><c> stillness.</c><00:17:11.789><c> It</c><00:17:11.910><c> doesn't</c><00:17:12.049><c> say</c><00:17:12.250><c> anything.</c>

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There's<00:17:17.170><c> no</c><00:17:17.390><c> message</c><00:17:17.750><c> in</c><00:17:17.910><c> the</c><00:17:18.089><c> words</c><00:17:18.329><c> at</c><00:17:18.589><c> all.</c>

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But<00:17:21.890><c> Elijah,</c><00:17:22.230><c> who</c><00:17:22.410><c> had</c><00:17:22.549><c> been</c><00:17:22.710><c> driven</c><00:17:22.930><c> back</c>

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by<00:17:25.890><c> wind</c><00:17:26.269><c> and</c><00:17:26.529><c> earthquake</c><00:17:27.049><c> and</c><00:17:27.430><c> fire,</c><00:17:28.269><c> back,</c><00:17:28.670><c> back</c><00:17:29.069><c> into</c><00:17:29.329><c> the</c>

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recesses<00:17:29.970><c> of</c><00:17:30.109><c> the</c><00:17:30.349><c> cave</c><00:17:31.109><c> away</c><00:17:33.049><c> from</c><00:17:33.470><c> God,</c>

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now<00:17:36.450><c> finds</c><00:17:36.789><c> himself</c><00:17:37.170><c> coming</c><00:17:37.470><c> to</c><00:17:37.690><c> him.</c><00:17:38.809><c> And</c><00:17:39.069><c> it</c><00:17:39.230><c> was</c><00:17:39.490><c> so</c><00:17:40.250><c> when</c>

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Elijah<00:17:41.490><c> heard</c><00:17:41.750><c> it</c>

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that<00:17:44.369><c> he</c><00:17:44.569><c> wrapped</c><00:17:44.769><c> his</c><00:17:45.069><c> face</c><00:17:45.490><c> in</c><00:17:45.730><c> his</c><00:17:45.910><c> mantle</c><00:17:46.569><c> and</c><00:17:48.329><c> went</c><00:17:48.529><c> out</c>

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and<00:17:50.069><c> stood</c><00:17:50.369><c> in</c><00:17:50.650><c> the</c><00:17:50.869><c> entering</c><00:17:51.029><c> in</c><00:17:51.349><c> of</c><00:17:51.529><c> the</c><00:17:51.690><c> cave.</c>

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And<00:17:53.690><c> so</c><00:17:53.829><c> there,</c><00:17:55.650><c> with</c><00:17:55.769><c> nothing</c><00:17:55.950><c> to</c><00:17:56.250><c> see,</c><00:17:59.589><c> he</c><00:17:59.690><c> covers</c><00:17:59.970><c> his</c><00:18:00.289><c> face</c>

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against<00:18:00.750><c> the</c><00:18:00.970><c> glory</c><00:18:01.190><c> of</c><00:18:01.430><c> God.</c>

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The<00:18:04.730><c> word</c><00:18:04.990><c> of</c><00:18:05.190><c> God,</c><00:18:07.009><c> that's</c><00:18:07.750><c> what</c><00:18:07.750><c> he</c><00:18:07.910><c> does.</c><00:18:10.170><c> He's</c><00:18:10.450><c> come</c><00:18:10.769><c> now</c><00:18:11.109><c> to</c><00:18:11.289><c> a</c>

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moment<00:18:11.690><c> of</c><00:18:11.990><c> realization,</c>

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that<00:18:14.549><c> behind</c><00:18:15.029><c> all</c><00:18:15.549><c> the</c><00:18:15.710><c> things</c><00:18:15.809><c> that</c><00:18:15.990><c> he'd</c><00:18:16.150><c> done,</c><00:18:16.910><c> all</c><00:18:17.170><c> the</c><00:18:17.450><c> outward</c><00:18:17.849><c> signs</c><00:18:18.410><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:18.769><c> working</c><00:18:19.029><c> of</c><00:18:19.309><c> God,</c>

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there<00:18:20.650><c> was</c><00:18:20.829><c> another</c><00:18:21.170><c> force</c><00:18:21.430><c> at</c><00:18:21.670><c> work</c><00:18:21.890><c> in</c><00:18:22.029><c> the</c><00:18:22.190><c> ten</c><00:18:22.369><c> tribes</c><00:18:22.769><c> of</c>

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which<00:18:23.069><c> he</c><00:18:23.170><c> had</c><00:18:23.329><c> been</c><00:18:23.549><c> utterly</c><00:18:24.029><c> unaware.</c>

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Obadiah<00:18:26.609><c> had</c><00:18:26.829><c> given</c><00:18:26.970><c> him</c><00:18:27.150><c> a</c><00:18:27.289><c> hint</c><00:18:27.430><c> of</c><00:18:27.609><c> it</c><00:18:28.109><c> when</c><00:18:28.349><c> he'd</c><00:18:28.589><c> spoken</c>

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of<00:18:28.990><c> the</c><00:18:29.109><c> hundred</c><00:18:29.329><c> prophets,</c>

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and<00:18:29.970><c> he'd</c><00:18:30.049><c> not</c><00:18:30.269><c> fully</c><00:18:30.490><c> taken</c><00:18:30.769><c> hold,</c><00:18:31.990><c> perhaps,</c><00:18:32.589><c> of</c><00:18:32.650><c> that</c><00:18:32.950><c> which</c>

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Obadiah<00:18:34.210><c> was</c><00:18:34.490><c> imparting.</c><00:18:35.289><c> Indeed,</c>

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Obadiah<00:18:36.650><c> was</c><00:18:36.809><c> himself</c><00:18:37.430><c> but</c><00:18:38.130><c> just</c><00:18:38.549><c> a</c><00:18:38.849><c> part</c><00:18:39.089><c> of</c><00:18:39.269><c> a</c><00:18:39.410><c> great</c><00:18:39.650><c> movement,</c><00:18:40.369><c> and</c>

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that<00:18:42.470><c> God</c><00:18:42.970><c> didn't</c><00:18:44.170><c> need</c><00:18:44.430><c> Elijah.</c>

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I,<00:18:48.410><c> even</c><00:18:48.650><c> I,</c><00:18:49.089><c> only</c><00:18:49.089><c> am</c><00:18:49.210><c> left,</c><00:18:49.609><c> Lord.</c><00:18:49.730><c> And</c><00:18:49.869><c> then</c><00:18:50.150><c> when</c><00:18:50.390><c> I</c><00:18:50.549><c> am</c>

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gone,<00:18:50.849><c> Lord,</c><00:18:51.089><c> what</c><00:18:51.309><c> then?</c>

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Before<00:18:55.009><c> the</c><00:18:55.230><c> earth</c><00:18:55.410><c> was,</c><00:18:56.549><c> he</c><00:18:56.730><c> was</c><00:18:56.970><c> there.</c><00:18:58.009><c> He</c><00:18:58.170><c> has</c><00:18:58.349><c> no</c><00:18:58.630><c> need</c><00:18:58.990><c> of</c>

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man.<00:19:01.170><c> When</c><00:19:01.289><c> the</c><00:19:01.430><c> Lord</c><00:19:01.549><c> wishes</c><00:19:01.789><c> to</c><00:19:02.009><c> work</c><00:19:02.130><c> his</c><00:19:02.329><c> purpose,</c>

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we<00:19:02.809><c> shall</c><00:19:03.009><c> see</c><00:19:03.210><c> now</c><00:19:03.490><c> that</c><00:19:03.609><c> as</c><00:19:03.789><c> Elijah</c><00:19:04.069><c> comes</c><00:19:04.329><c> out</c><00:19:04.589><c> and</c><00:19:04.829><c> stands</c>

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at<00:19:05.750><c> the</c><00:19:05.970><c> entering</c><00:19:06.190><c> in</c><00:19:06.430><c> of</c><00:19:06.609><c> the</c><00:19:06.789><c> cave,</c>

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then<00:19:08.029><c> there</c><00:19:08.269><c> came</c><00:19:08.450><c> a</c><00:19:08.650><c> voice</c><00:19:08.910><c> to</c><00:19:09.049><c> him</c><00:19:09.349><c> and</c><00:19:09.609><c> said,</c><00:19:10.349><c> What</c><00:19:10.589><c> doest</c>

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thou<00:19:11.049><c> hear,</c><00:19:11.549><c> Elijah?</c>

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The<00:19:13.829><c> same</c><00:19:14.069><c> question?</c><00:19:14.950><c> No.</c><00:19:16.329><c> A</c><00:19:16.569><c> different</c><00:19:16.829><c> question.</c><00:19:17.349><c> It</c><00:19:17.450><c> would</c>

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produce<00:19:17.789><c> the</c><00:19:17.990><c> same</c><00:19:18.150><c> answer</c><00:19:18.470><c> for</c><00:19:18.650><c> the</c><00:19:18.789><c> time</c><00:19:19.029><c> being</c>

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because<00:19:19.710><c> Elijah</c><00:19:20.349><c> has</c><00:19:20.769><c> yet</c><00:19:21.109><c> in</c><00:19:21.529><c> himself,</c><00:19:22.609><c> by</c><00:19:22.730><c> experience</c><00:19:23.490><c> afterwards,</c><00:19:24.069><c> to</c>

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be<00:19:24.329><c> fully</c><00:19:24.650><c> purged</c><00:19:25.710><c> and</c><00:19:26.150><c> purified.</c>

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But<00:19:27.410><c> the</c><00:19:27.650><c> question</c><00:19:28.130><c> that</c><00:19:28.329><c> he</c><00:19:28.450><c> was</c><00:19:28.710><c> asked</c><00:19:28.990><c> was</c><00:19:29.170><c> in</c><00:19:29.309><c> a</c><00:19:29.369><c> different</c><00:19:29.650><c> circumstance.</c>

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The<00:19:32.470><c> other</c><00:19:32.630><c> was</c><00:19:32.710><c> when</c><00:19:32.809><c> he'd</c><00:19:33.170><c> arrived</c><00:19:33.490><c> on</c><00:19:33.690><c> the</c><00:19:33.869><c> mount</c><00:19:34.210><c> and</c><00:19:34.710><c> had</c>

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no<00:19:35.130><c> experience,</c><00:19:36.109><c> and</c><00:19:36.390><c> now</c><00:19:36.569><c> he'd</c><00:19:36.829><c> been</c><00:19:36.930><c> driven</c><00:19:37.130><c> back</c>

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into<00:19:37.630><c> the</c><00:19:37.849><c> cave</c><00:19:38.049><c> and</c><00:19:38.230><c> brought</c><00:19:38.410><c> out</c><00:19:39.109><c> to</c><00:19:39.789><c> the</c><00:19:40.029><c> still,</c><00:19:40.569><c> small</c><00:19:40.750><c> voice.</c><00:19:42.609><c> What</c><00:19:42.829><c> God</c>

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is<00:19:43.309><c> saying</c><00:19:43.450><c> to</c><00:19:43.710><c> Elijah</c>

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is<00:19:45.289><c> something</c><00:19:45.569><c> that</c><00:19:45.730><c> the</c><00:19:45.829><c> Lord</c><00:19:46.069><c> Jesus</c><00:19:46.509><c> Christ</c><00:19:46.809><c> himself</c><00:19:47.250><c> takes</c>

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up<00:19:47.769><c> later</c><00:19:48.009><c> on.</c>

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We<00:19:51.609><c> know</c><00:19:51.809><c> not</c><00:19:52.569><c> what</c><00:19:53.029><c> spirit</c><00:19:53.509><c> we</c><00:19:53.869><c> are</c><00:19:54.089><c> of.</c>

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There's<00:19:56.970><c> no</c><00:19:57.170><c> condemnation</c><00:19:57.690><c> for</c><00:19:57.849><c> what</c><00:19:57.990><c> Elijah</c><00:19:58.269><c> has</c><00:19:58.549><c> done</c><00:19:58.789><c> because</c><00:19:59.049><c> he's</c>

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done<00:19:59.329><c> it</c><00:19:59.529><c> according</c><00:19:59.809><c> to</c><00:19:59.990><c> the</c><00:20:00.130><c> word</c><00:20:00.250><c> of</c><00:20:00.430><c> the</c>

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Lord.<00:20:01.650><c> But</c><00:20:01.869><c> the</c><00:20:02.250><c> comprehension</c><00:20:02.990><c> of</c><00:20:03.269><c> Elijah</c><00:20:04.009><c> has</c><00:20:05.769><c> now</c><00:20:05.970><c> to</c><00:20:06.130><c> be</c>

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enlarged,<00:20:07.190><c> his</c><00:20:07.349><c> grasp</c><00:20:08.029><c> increased</c><00:20:08.930><c> of</c><00:20:09.210><c> things.</c>

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And<00:20:12.009><c> that</c><00:20:12.230><c> God,</c><00:20:12.670><c> as</c><00:20:12.930><c> God</c><00:20:13.170><c> is</c><00:20:13.349><c> going</c><00:20:13.450><c> to</c><00:20:13.650><c> say</c><00:20:13.750><c> to</c><00:20:13.890><c> him,</c><00:20:15.210><c> and</c><00:20:15.309><c> let's</c><00:20:15.529><c> look,</c><00:20:16.950><c> and</c>

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he<00:20:17.250><c> said,</c><00:20:17.390><c> I</c><00:20:17.390><c> have</c><00:20:17.549><c> been</c><00:20:17.630><c> very</c><00:20:17.950><c> jealous</c>

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for<00:20:18.470><c> the</c><00:20:18.630><c> Lord</c><00:20:18.809><c> of</c><00:20:19.049><c> hosts</c><00:20:19.490><c> because</c><00:20:20.549><c> the</c><00:20:20.869><c> children</c><00:20:21.089><c> of</c><00:20:21.230><c> Israel</c>

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have<00:20:21.890><c> forsaken</c><00:20:22.269><c> thy</c><00:20:22.490><c> covenant,</c><00:20:23.630><c> thrown</c><00:20:23.930><c> down</c>

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altars,<00:20:25.430><c> slain</c><00:20:25.769><c> thy</c><00:20:25.990><c> prophets</c><00:20:26.269><c> with</c><00:20:26.470><c> the</c><00:20:26.710><c> sword,</c><00:20:26.990><c> and</c><00:20:27.230><c> I,</c><00:20:27.390><c> even</c><00:20:27.529><c> I</c><00:20:27.789><c> only</c><00:20:28.029><c> am</c><00:20:28.190><c> left.</c><00:20:30.150><c> And</c><00:20:30.450><c> God</c><00:20:30.589><c> now</c><00:20:30.829><c> gives</c><00:20:30.970><c> him</c><00:20:31.150><c> a</c>

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commission,<00:20:32.069><c> a</c><00:20:32.190><c> kind</c><00:20:32.309><c> of</c><00:20:32.569><c> threefold</c><00:20:33.069><c> commission</c><00:20:33.509><c> that</c><00:20:33.670><c> seems</c>

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to<00:20:34.069><c> have</c><00:20:34.309><c> no</c><00:20:34.730><c> relevance</c><00:20:35.049><c> whatsoever</c>

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to<00:20:36.990><c> the</c><00:20:37.130><c> things</c><00:20:37.269><c> that</c><00:20:37.490><c> Elijah</c><00:20:37.910><c> has</c><00:20:38.490><c> been</c><00:20:38.869><c> experiencing.</c><00:20:41.750><c> But</c>

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it's<00:20:42.289><c> coupled</c><00:20:42.470><c> with</c><00:20:42.750><c> one</c><00:20:43.109><c> word</c><00:20:43.569><c> in</c><00:20:43.750><c> verse</c><00:20:44.009><c> 18,</c>

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yet.<00:20:51.470><c> Now</c><00:20:51.569><c> let's</c><00:20:51.710><c> look</c><00:20:51.869><c> for</c><00:20:52.029><c> a</c><00:20:52.150><c> moment.</c>

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Jehu,<00:20:54.849><c> the</c><00:20:54.910><c> son</c><00:20:55.049><c> of</c><00:20:55.210><c> Nimshai,</c><00:20:55.809><c> verse</c><00:20:55.970><c> 16,</c><00:20:56.569><c> shalt</c><00:20:56.690><c> thou</c><00:20:56.910><c> anoint</c>

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to<00:20:57.289><c> be</c><00:20:57.430><c> king</c><00:20:57.650><c> over</c><00:20:57.910><c> Israel.</c>

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Elisha,<00:20:59.730><c> the</c><00:20:59.829><c> son</c><00:21:00.029><c> of</c><00:21:00.250><c> Shaphat,</c><00:21:01.269><c> of</c><00:21:01.430><c> Abel,</c><00:21:01.809><c> Meholah,</c><00:21:02.849><c> shalt</c>

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thou<00:21:03.170><c> anoint</c><00:21:03.450><c> to</c><00:21:03.589><c> be</c><00:21:03.769><c> prophet</c><00:21:03.990><c> in</c><00:21:04.150><c> thy</c><00:21:04.369><c> room.</c>

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You<00:21:05.849><c> shall</c><00:21:05.950><c> come</c><00:21:06.089><c> to</c><00:21:06.269><c> pass,</c><00:21:07.809><c> that</c><00:21:07.890><c> him</c><00:21:08.069><c> that</c><00:21:08.289><c> escapeth</c><00:21:08.650><c> the</c><00:21:08.890><c> sword</c><00:21:09.109><c> of</c>

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Hazael<00:21:09.849><c> shall</c><00:21:10.109><c> Jehu</c><00:21:10.549><c> slay,</c>

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and<00:21:11.829><c> him</c><00:21:12.029><c> that</c><00:21:12.289><c> escapeth</c><00:21:12.569><c> from</c><00:21:12.730><c> the</c><00:21:12.950><c> sword</c><00:21:13.089><c> of</c><00:21:13.329><c> Jehu</c><00:21:13.630><c> shall</c>

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Elisha<00:21:14.349><c> slay.</c>

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And<00:21:15.869><c> so</c><00:21:15.970><c> the</c><00:21:16.190><c> idea</c><00:21:16.750><c> of</c><00:21:17.289><c> what's</c><00:21:17.589><c> gone</c><00:21:17.750><c> across</c><00:21:17.970><c> the</c><00:21:18.250><c> face</c><00:21:18.450><c> of</c><00:21:18.650><c> the</c>

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mount<00:21:19.230><c> that</c><00:21:19.769><c> Elijah</c><00:21:20.230><c> has</c><00:21:20.450><c> just</c><00:21:20.750><c> experienced,</c>

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a<00:21:21.910><c> great</c><00:21:22.289><c> scourge</c><00:21:22.990><c> across</c><00:21:23.309><c> the</c><00:21:23.490><c> nation</c><00:21:23.710><c> of</c><00:21:23.930><c> Israel,</c><00:21:25.250><c> as</c><00:21:25.410><c> they</c>

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were<00:21:25.670><c> to</c><00:21:25.849><c> destroy</c><00:21:26.349><c> them,</c><00:21:26.710><c> to</c><00:21:26.890><c> rend</c><00:21:27.089><c> them</c><00:21:27.289><c> in</c><00:21:27.549><c> pieces,</c>

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to<00:21:28.450><c> devour</c><00:21:28.730><c> them</c><00:21:28.869><c> in</c><00:21:29.170><c> fire,</c><00:21:29.430><c> to</c><00:21:29.650><c> shake</c><00:21:29.869><c> them</c><00:21:30.009><c> by</c><00:21:30.210><c> earthquake,</c>

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will<00:21:32.990><c> yet,</c><00:21:33.309><c> God</c><00:21:33.750><c> says</c><00:21:34.349><c> in</c><00:21:34.730><c> verse</c><00:21:35.009><c> 18,</c>

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leave<00:21:37.269><c> seven</c><00:21:37.750><c> thousand</c><00:21:38.369><c> in</c><00:21:40.009><c> Israel.</c><00:21:42.430><c> Men</c><00:21:42.970><c> who</c><00:21:43.369><c> have</c><00:21:43.609><c> listened</c>

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to<00:21:44.950><c> the</c><00:21:45.430><c> still</c><00:21:46.009><c> small</c><00:21:46.670><c> voice.</c>

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That<00:21:47.829><c> expression,</c><00:21:48.269><c> by</c><00:21:48.509><c> the</c><00:21:48.650><c> way,</c><00:21:48.910><c> is</c><00:21:48.970><c> not</c><00:21:49.230><c> I</c><00:21:49.490><c> have</c><00:21:49.730><c> left</c><00:21:50.069><c> me</c><00:21:51.049><c> seven</c><00:21:51.430><c> thousand</c><00:21:51.809><c> in</c>

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Israel.<00:21:53.470><c> That</c><00:21:53.730><c> may</c><00:21:53.890><c> have</c><00:21:54.029><c> been</c>

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true,<00:21:55.230><c> but</c><00:21:55.250><c> that</c><00:21:55.390><c> was</c><00:21:55.529><c> in</c><00:21:56.009><c> the</c><00:21:56.250><c> past.</c><00:21:56.569><c> That's</c><00:21:56.869><c> not</c><00:21:57.009><c> what</c><00:21:57.069><c> he's</c>

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saying<00:21:57.450><c> now.</c><00:21:58.970><c> If</c><00:21:59.069><c> you've</c><00:21:59.190><c> got</c><00:21:59.250><c> any</c><00:21:59.509><c> other</c><00:21:59.710><c> version</c>

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there,<00:22:00.289><c> you'll</c><00:22:00.470><c> notice</c><00:22:01.309><c> revised</c><00:22:02.089><c> version,</c><00:22:03.670><c> revised</c><00:22:03.829><c> standard</c><00:22:04.230><c> version.</c><00:22:04.569><c> The</c><00:22:04.670><c> New</c>

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English<00:22:05.069><c> Bible,</c><00:22:05.410><c> I'm</c>

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quite<00:22:05.890><c> sure,</c><00:22:06.750><c> will</c><00:22:06.950><c> give</c><00:22:07.210><c> this</c><00:22:07.630><c> meaning,</c><00:22:07.990><c> yet</c><00:22:08.349><c> will</c><00:22:08.710><c> I</c><00:22:09.029><c> leave</c>

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seven<00:22:10.890><c> thousand</c><00:22:11.250><c> in</c><00:22:11.430><c> Israel.</c><00:22:13.789><c> It</c><00:22:13.890><c> is</c><00:22:13.990><c> God's</c>

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promise.<00:22:15.470><c> Elijah,</c><00:22:15.809><c> you're</c><00:22:16.009><c> going</c><00:22:16.130><c> to</c><00:22:16.329><c> go.</c><00:22:18.750><c> Hazael</c><00:22:19.029><c> is</c><00:22:19.210><c> going</c>

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to<00:22:19.549><c> come,</c><00:22:20.150><c> a</c><00:22:20.390><c> cruel</c><00:22:20.589><c> man,</c><00:22:21.089><c> Jehu,</c><00:22:21.950><c> to</c><00:22:22.190><c> drive</c><00:22:22.470><c> through</c>

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the<00:22:22.930><c> land</c><00:22:23.130><c> with</c><00:22:23.470><c> fury.</c><00:22:24.569><c> Elijah</c><00:22:25.130><c> is</c><00:22:25.569><c> himself</c><00:22:26.069><c> going</c><00:22:26.250><c> to</c><00:22:26.349><c> be</c><00:22:26.509><c> a</c>

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scourge.<00:22:27.390><c> But</c><00:22:27.730><c> through</c><00:22:27.970><c> all</c><00:22:28.250><c> this,</c><00:22:29.410><c> I'll</c><00:22:29.589><c> preserve</c>

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my<00:22:30.029><c> people.</c><00:22:31.430><c> And</c><00:22:31.609><c> you'll</c><00:22:31.849><c> find</c><00:22:31.950><c> this</c><00:22:32.210><c> expression</c><00:22:32.549><c> runs</c><00:22:32.890><c> through</c><00:22:33.130><c> the</c>

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prophets,<00:22:34.150><c> especially</c><00:22:34.509><c> the</c><00:22:34.809><c> prophets</c>

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concerning<00:22:35.750><c> the</c><00:22:36.390><c> last</c><00:22:36.789><c> days,</c><00:22:38.089><c> where</c><00:22:38.190><c> it</c><00:22:38.289><c> looks</c><00:22:38.509><c> as</c><00:22:38.690><c> though</c><00:22:38.829><c> God</c><00:22:39.109><c> is</c>

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to<00:22:39.410><c> send</c><00:22:39.509><c> earthquake,</c><00:22:41.250><c> or</c><00:22:41.390><c> wind,</c><00:22:42.430><c> earthquake,</c>

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fire,<00:22:44.049><c> and</c><00:22:44.349><c> yet</c><00:22:44.490><c> God</c><00:22:44.769><c> says</c><00:22:45.269><c> that</c><00:22:45.569><c> those</c><00:22:45.750><c> who</c><00:22:45.930><c> trust</c><00:22:46.150><c> him</c><00:22:46.710><c> will</c>

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be<00:22:47.309><c> cared</c><00:22:47.509><c> for</c><00:22:47.710><c> by</c><00:22:47.990><c> him.</c><00:22:48.150><c> And</c><00:22:48.309><c> so</c><00:22:48.549><c> seven</c><00:22:48.809><c> thousand,</c>

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whether<00:22:50.329><c> this</c><00:22:50.569><c> is</c><00:22:50.769><c> a</c><00:22:50.890><c> literal</c><00:22:51.289><c> seven</c><00:22:51.690><c> thousand</c><00:22:52.049><c> or</c><00:22:52.410><c> a</c><00:22:52.730><c> typical</c>

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seven<00:22:53.809><c> thousand,</c>

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that<00:22:56.630><c> amongst</c><00:22:56.869><c> all</c><00:22:57.289><c> those</c><00:22:57.569><c> people</c><00:22:57.829><c> that</c><00:22:58.029><c> stood</c><00:22:58.170><c> on</c><00:22:58.509><c> Carmel,</c>

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amongst<00:23:00.190><c> those</c><00:23:00.470><c> who</c><00:23:00.569><c> were</c><00:23:00.730><c> like</c><00:23:00.849><c> the</c><00:23:01.130><c> sand</c><00:23:01.349><c> upon</c><00:23:01.569><c> the</c>

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seashore<00:23:02.390><c> in</c><00:23:02.509><c> the</c><00:23:02.650><c> ten</c><00:23:02.809><c> tribes,</c><00:23:03.430><c> seven</c><00:23:03.589><c> thousand</c><00:23:03.910><c> would</c><00:23:04.109><c> emerge,</c><00:23:05.950><c> whose</c><00:23:06.089><c> knees</c><00:23:06.470><c> had</c>

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not<00:23:06.970><c> bowed</c><00:23:07.210><c> to</c><00:23:07.390><c> Baal.</c>

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They<00:23:10.450><c> must</c><00:23:10.690><c> have</c><00:23:10.849><c> led</c><00:23:10.970><c> a</c><00:23:11.190><c> quiet</c><00:23:11.390><c> life.</c><00:23:15.009><c> You</c><00:23:15.130><c> couldn't,</c><00:23:15.950><c> you</c><00:23:16.369><c> couldn't</c><00:23:16.670><c> lead</c><00:23:16.910><c> that</c><00:23:17.309><c> kind</c><00:23:17.529><c> of</c>

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life<00:23:17.990><c> openly.</c>

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No,<00:23:21.089><c> but</c><00:23:21.250><c> their</c><00:23:21.410><c> knees</c><00:23:21.869><c> would</c><00:23:22.250><c> not</c><00:23:22.470><c> bend.</c><00:23:23.569><c> Even</c><00:23:23.849><c> in</c><00:23:23.990><c> the</c><00:23:24.049><c> most</c>

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pressing<00:23:24.670><c> times,</c><00:23:25.329><c> their</c><00:23:25.450><c> knees</c><00:23:25.730><c> would</c><00:23:25.990><c> not</c><00:23:26.250><c> bend</c>

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to<00:23:26.730><c> Baal.</c><00:23:27.910><c> And</c><00:23:28.190><c> Elijah,</c><00:23:29.809><c> make</c><00:23:30.069><c> a</c><00:23:30.309><c> note</c><00:23:30.450><c> of</c><00:23:30.630><c> this,</c><00:23:30.769><c> and</c><00:23:30.910><c> this</c><00:23:31.089><c> is</c>

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the<00:23:31.410><c> point,</c><00:23:31.849><c> what</c><00:23:32.130><c> you</c><00:23:32.410><c> have</c><00:23:32.609><c> been</c><00:23:32.990><c> doing,</c>

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your<00:23:34.490><c> work,</c><00:23:34.809><c> unbeknown</c><00:23:35.309><c> to</c><00:23:35.509><c> you,</c><00:23:36.309><c> will</c><00:23:36.490><c> bear</c><00:23:36.690><c> fruit</c><00:23:37.089><c> after</c><00:23:37.509><c> you're</c><00:23:37.829><c> gone.</c><00:23:40.670><c> And</c><00:23:40.910><c> this</c><00:23:41.089><c> is</c><00:23:41.190><c> something,</c>

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brethren<00:23:41.789><c> and</c><00:23:42.009><c> sisters,</c><00:23:42.309><c> that</c><00:23:42.789><c> we</c><00:23:43.250><c> ought</c><00:23:43.390><c> to</c><00:23:43.549><c> take</c><00:23:43.710><c> note</c><00:23:43.890><c> of.</c>

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We<00:23:46.190><c> have</c><00:23:46.369><c> our</c><00:23:46.849><c> special</c><00:23:47.210><c> efforts</c><00:23:47.630><c> in</c><00:23:47.950><c> preaching</c><00:23:48.230><c> the</c>

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gospel.<00:23:49.490><c> We</c><00:23:49.730><c> go</c><00:23:49.970><c> around</c><00:23:50.210><c> with</c><00:23:50.509><c> ask,</c><00:23:51.130><c> and</c><00:23:51.230><c> we</c><00:23:52.490><c> make</c><00:23:52.970><c> contact,</c>

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and<00:23:54.369><c> sometimes</c><00:23:54.809><c> it</c><00:23:54.930><c> looks</c><00:23:55.170><c> as</c><00:23:55.309><c> though</c>

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everything<00:23:55.630><c> has</c><00:23:55.849><c> dried</c><00:23:56.029><c> up,</c><00:23:57.170><c> that</c><00:23:57.509><c> nothing</c><00:23:57.869><c> has</c><00:23:58.049><c> happened</c><00:23:58.329><c> at</c>

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all.<00:24:00.150><c> Until</c><00:24:00.509><c> a</c><00:24:00.650><c> little</c><00:24:00.769><c> later</c><00:24:01.029><c> on,</c>

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somebody<00:24:02.829><c> says,</c><00:24:04.769><c> do</c><00:24:05.069><c> you</c><00:24:05.269><c> remember</c><00:24:06.250><c> when</c><00:24:07.069><c> you</c><00:24:07.329><c> spoke</c><00:24:07.569><c> to</c><00:24:07.789><c> me?</c>

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And<00:24:10.269><c> you</c><00:24:10.450><c> say,</c><00:24:11.390><c> when</c><00:24:11.509><c> was</c><00:24:11.710><c> that?</c><00:24:12.869><c> They</c><00:24:13.210><c> say,</c>

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fifteen<00:24:15.109><c> years</c><00:24:15.509><c> ago.</c><00:24:17.829><c> Now,</c><00:24:18.430><c> I</c><00:24:18.470><c> had</c><00:24:18.609><c> an</c><00:24:18.809><c> experience</c><00:24:19.190><c> exactly</c>

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of<00:24:19.990><c> this,</c>

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and<00:24:21.849><c> Brother</c><00:24:22.049><c> Ron</c><00:24:22.269><c> Hill</c><00:24:22.390><c> will</c><00:24:23.190><c> understand</c><00:24:23.789><c> this</c><00:24:24.130><c> very</c><00:24:24.430><c> well.</c>

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A<00:24:27.089><c> sister</c><00:24:27.309><c> came</c><00:24:27.509><c> to</c><00:24:27.710><c> me</c><00:24:28.170><c> when</c><00:24:28.490><c> I</c><00:24:28.609><c> was</c><00:24:28.730><c> in</c><00:24:28.869><c> New</c>

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Zealand<00:24:29.390><c> and</c><00:24:29.650><c> said,</c><00:24:30.609><c> you</c><00:24:30.750><c> won't</c><00:24:30.990><c> know</c><00:24:31.210><c> me.</c><00:24:33.009><c> I</c><00:24:33.210><c> said,</c><00:24:33.410><c> no.</c><00:24:35.549><c> She</c>

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said,<00:24:36.670><c> do</c><00:24:36.950><c> you</c><00:24:37.210><c> remember</c><00:24:37.710><c> the</c><00:24:38.410><c> campaign</c><00:24:38.869><c> in</c><00:24:39.130><c> Carl</c>

00:24:39.390 --> 00:24:47.490
Alton?<00:24:41.349><c> I</c><00:24:42.029><c> said,</c><00:24:42.710><c> yes.</c><00:24:43.430><c> I</c><00:24:43.569><c> was</c><00:24:43.769><c> nineteen,</c><00:24:44.250><c> I</c><00:24:44.269><c> think,</c><00:24:44.470><c> or</c><00:24:44.609><c> twenty</c><00:24:44.869><c> at</c><00:24:45.029><c> the</c><00:24:45.190><c> time.</c><00:24:46.769><c> She</c><00:24:47.069><c> said,</c><00:24:47.250><c> do</c>

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you<00:24:47.630><c> remember</c>

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when<00:24:48.769><c> you</c><00:24:50.329><c> sat</c><00:24:50.829><c> on</c><00:24:51.150><c> the</c><00:24:51.369><c> edge</c><00:24:51.990><c> of</c><00:24:52.990><c> the</c><00:24:53.250><c> sidewalk</c><00:24:53.730><c> and</c><00:24:56.029><c> talked</c><00:24:56.549><c> to</c><00:24:57.130><c> those</c><00:24:57.450><c> children?</c><00:24:58.950><c> I</c>

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said,<00:24:59.750><c> yes.</c><00:25:01.690><c> She</c><00:25:01.990><c> said,</c>

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I<00:25:02.349><c> was</c><00:25:02.430><c> one</c><00:25:02.630><c> of</c><00:25:02.769><c> those.</c><00:25:07.470><c> Now,</c><00:25:08.309><c> Ron</c><00:25:08.509><c> remembers</c><00:25:09.329><c> this</c><00:25:09.930><c> occasion</c>

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very<00:25:10.750><c> well.</c><00:25:12.289><c> We</c><00:25:12.450><c> felt</c><00:25:12.609><c> pretty</c><00:25:12.910><c> hopeless</c>

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on<00:25:13.450><c> this</c><00:25:13.670><c> campaign</c><00:25:14.109><c> because</c><00:25:14.430><c> we</c><00:25:14.609><c> were</c><00:25:14.750><c> not</c><00:25:14.950><c> making</c><00:25:15.430><c> contact</c>

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with<00:25:16.690><c> the</c><00:25:16.930><c> people.</c><00:25:17.829><c> But</c><00:25:18.009><c> we</c><00:25:18.170><c> made</c><00:25:18.349><c> contact</c>

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with<00:25:19.029><c> children,</c><00:25:20.190><c> and</c><00:25:20.349><c> we</c><00:25:20.529><c> had</c><00:25:21.829><c> sidewalk</c><00:25:22.430><c> Sunday</c><00:25:22.769><c> schools</c><00:25:23.130><c> during</c><00:25:23.410><c> that</c><00:25:23.690><c> campaign.</c><00:25:25.750><c> And</c>

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it<00:25:25.890><c> took</c><00:25:25.970><c> a</c><00:25:26.089><c> long</c><00:25:26.289><c> time.</c>

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A<00:25:27.049><c> lot</c><00:25:27.190><c> of</c><00:25:27.369><c> those</c><00:25:27.529><c> children,</c><00:25:27.849><c> as</c><00:25:28.029><c> a</c><00:25:28.109><c> matter</c><00:25:28.309><c> of</c><00:25:28.509><c> fact,</c><00:25:29.490><c> were,</c>

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contact<00:25:29.890><c> was</c><00:25:30.170><c> kept</c><00:25:30.289><c> with</c><00:25:30.509><c> them</c><00:25:30.890><c> right</c><00:25:31.309><c> through,</c>

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right<00:25:31.869><c> until</c><00:25:32.109><c> the</c><00:25:32.230><c> time</c><00:25:32.329><c> of</c><00:25:32.490><c> the</c><00:25:32.670><c> Blitz</c><00:25:32.970><c> in</c><00:25:33.089><c> London.</c><00:25:33.569><c> Contact</c>

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was<00:25:34.109><c> kept</c><00:25:34.329><c> with</c><00:25:34.509><c> them,</c><00:25:34.950><c> and</c><00:25:35.089><c> one</c><00:25:35.210><c> or</c><00:25:35.289><c> two</c><00:25:35.470><c> of</c>

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them<00:25:35.690><c> grew</c><00:25:35.970><c> up</c><00:25:36.569><c> and</c><00:25:36.750><c> were</c><00:25:36.970><c> baptized.</c><00:25:38.069><c> And</c><00:25:38.230><c> amongst</c><00:25:38.450><c> them,</c><00:25:38.690><c> quite</c><00:25:38.930><c> unbeknown</c><00:25:39.390><c> to</c>

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me,<00:25:40.549><c> was</c><00:25:40.630><c> this</c><00:25:41.450><c> woman</c>

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who,<00:25:43.630><c> after</c><00:25:44.049><c> so</c><00:25:44.470><c> many</c><00:25:44.730><c> years,</c><00:25:45.769><c> in</c><00:25:46.009><c> such</c><00:25:46.170><c> a</c><00:25:46.450><c> distant</c><00:25:46.809><c> part</c><00:25:47.109><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:47.430><c> land,</c><00:25:49.009><c> 12</c><00:25:49.190><c>,000</c><00:25:49.490><c> miles</c><00:25:49.750><c> away</c><00:25:49.970><c> from</c><00:25:50.170><c> home,</c>

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came<00:25:52.190><c> and</c><00:25:52.390><c> spoke</c><00:25:52.569><c> to</c><00:25:52.750><c> me</c><00:25:52.910><c> and</c><00:25:53.069><c> said,</c><00:25:53.730><c> well,</c><00:25:54.529><c> that's</c><00:25:54.849><c> where</c><00:25:54.990><c> it</c>

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began.<00:25:56.509><c> So</c><00:25:56.670><c> you</c><00:25:56.769><c> never</c><00:25:57.049><c> know,</c><00:25:58.190><c> Elijah.</c>

00:25:59.190 --> 00:26:03.890
You<00:25:59.450><c> never</c><00:25:59.730><c> know</c><00:26:00.049><c> that</c><00:26:00.309><c> word</c><00:26:00.589><c> you</c><00:26:00.869><c> dropped,</c><00:26:01.470><c> that</c><00:26:01.589><c> leaflet</c><00:26:01.970><c> that</c><00:26:02.130><c> you</c><00:26:02.349><c> left,</c><00:26:03.470><c> wherever</c><00:26:03.690><c> it</c>

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was<00:26:04.029><c> you</c><00:26:04.170><c> left</c><00:26:04.450><c> it,</c>

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may<00:26:06.670><c> bear</c><00:26:06.950><c> fruit</c><00:26:07.210><c> in</c><00:26:07.470><c> due</c><00:26:07.670><c> time.</c><00:26:08.549><c> Not</c><00:26:08.930><c> because</c><00:26:09.529><c> you</c><00:26:09.990><c> thought</c>

00:26:10.190 --> 00:26:12.150
you<00:26:10.329><c> were</c><00:26:10.509><c> going</c><00:26:10.630><c> to</c><00:26:10.829><c> do</c><00:26:10.930><c> it</c><00:26:11.069><c> by</c><00:26:11.289><c> the</c><00:26:11.549><c> earthquake,</c>

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and<00:26:12.690><c> the</c><00:26:12.970><c> fire,</c><00:26:13.289><c> and</c><00:26:13.470><c> the</c><00:26:13.710><c> wind.</c><00:26:15.650><c> Elijah,</c><00:26:15.809><c> you</c><00:26:15.990><c> thought</c><00:26:16.210><c> you</c>

00:26:16.349 --> 00:26:20.630
were<00:26:16.509><c> going</c><00:26:16.650><c> to</c><00:26:16.829><c> do</c><00:26:16.970><c> it.</c><00:26:18.390><c> I,</c><00:26:18.730><c> even</c><00:26:18.869><c> I,</c><00:26:19.170><c> only</c><00:26:19.470><c> am</c><00:26:19.650><c> left.</c>

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And<00:26:22.289><c> God</c><00:26:22.509><c> said</c><00:26:22.710><c> to</c><00:26:22.890><c> Elijah,</c><00:26:25.609><c> and</c><00:26:25.789><c> me,</c><00:26:28.430><c> and</c><00:26:28.549><c> that's</c><00:26:28.750><c> what</c><00:26:28.849><c> Elijah</c><00:26:29.230><c> had</c><00:26:29.470><c> forgotten,</c>

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because<00:26:32.809><c> God</c><00:26:33.009><c> was</c><00:26:33.230><c> only</c><00:26:33.410><c> a</c><00:26:33.609><c> still</c><00:26:33.829><c> small</c><00:26:34.130><c> voice.</c>

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And<00:26:38.130><c> so</c><00:26:38.250><c> it</c><00:26:38.289><c> is</c><00:26:38.470><c> out</c><00:26:38.670><c> of</c><00:26:38.809><c> this</c><00:26:39.049><c> now,</c><00:26:39.329><c> as</c><00:26:39.490><c> we</c><00:26:39.609><c> come</c><00:26:39.730><c> to</c><00:26:39.890><c> the</c><00:26:39.950><c> end</c>

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of<00:26:40.210><c> this</c><00:26:40.349><c> 19th</c><00:26:40.849><c> chapter</c><00:26:41.170><c> of</c><00:26:42.089><c> Kings,</c>

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that<00:26:44.390><c> there's</c><00:26:44.869><c> something</c><00:26:45.089><c> disappointing.</c><00:26:46.529><c> It</c><00:26:46.809><c> almost</c><00:26:47.130><c> looks</c>

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now<00:26:47.849><c> as</c><00:26:48.049><c> though</c><00:26:48.450><c> Elijah's</c><00:26:49.130><c> reached</c><00:26:49.430><c> the</c><00:26:49.690><c> crest</c>

00:26:49.930 --> 00:26:54.910
and<00:26:50.049><c> is</c><00:26:50.109><c> going</c><00:26:50.289><c> to</c><00:26:50.369><c> go</c><00:26:50.549><c> right</c><00:26:50.950><c> down</c><00:26:51.170><c> into</c><00:26:51.329><c> the</c><00:26:51.609><c> trough.</c><00:26:54.470><c> I'm</c><00:26:54.569><c> sure</c><00:26:54.750><c> if</c>

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I'd<00:26:54.990><c> been</c><00:26:55.170><c> Elijah</c><00:26:55.589><c> and</c><00:26:55.710><c> if</c><00:26:55.849><c> you</c><00:26:56.049><c> had,</c>

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because<00:26:56.730><c> God</c><00:26:56.910><c> doesn't</c><00:26:57.210><c> resolve</c><00:26:57.690><c> this</c><00:26:58.029><c> wholly</c><00:26:58.269><c> for</c><00:26:58.569><c> him</c><00:26:58.769><c> here,</c>

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have<00:26:59.109><c> you</c><00:26:59.150><c> noticed</c><00:26:59.390><c> that?</c>

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There<00:27:01.529><c> are</c><00:27:01.589><c> things</c><00:27:01.789><c> that</c><00:27:01.970><c> God</c><00:27:02.230><c> doesn't</c><00:27:02.549><c> resolve</c><00:27:03.109><c> wholly</c><00:27:03.450><c> right</c><00:27:03.809><c> away.</c><00:27:05.569><c> We've</c><00:27:05.710><c> been</c>

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talking<00:27:05.950><c> to</c><00:27:06.109><c> the</c><00:27:06.230><c> young</c><00:27:06.390><c> people</c>

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here,<00:27:07.049><c> or</c><00:27:07.150><c> they've</c><00:27:07.369><c> been</c><00:27:07.490><c> talking</c><00:27:07.950><c> to</c><00:27:08.289><c> us</c><00:27:08.789><c> about</c><00:27:09.710><c> predestination,</c><00:27:10.710><c> you</c><00:27:10.950><c> know,</c>

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and<00:27:11.769><c> all</c><00:27:11.910><c> that's</c><00:27:12.250><c> involved</c>

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in<00:27:12.829><c> it.</c><00:27:14.049><c> And</c><00:27:14.170><c> we</c><00:27:14.309><c> always,</c><00:27:14.630><c> when</c><00:27:14.789><c> we</c><00:27:14.990><c> discuss</c><00:27:15.390><c> this,</c><00:27:15.869><c> imagine</c>

00:27:16.230 --> 00:27:18.549
we<00:27:16.349><c> can</c><00:27:16.470><c> get</c><00:27:16.549><c> it</c><00:27:16.769><c> all</c><00:27:17.029><c> worked</c><00:27:17.329><c> out.</c><00:27:17.650><c> And</c><00:27:17.789><c> we</c><00:27:17.869><c> never</c><00:27:18.109><c> do</c><00:27:18.349><c> get</c>

00:27:18.549 --> 00:27:21.049
worked<00:27:18.950><c> out.</c><00:27:19.190><c> And</c><00:27:19.289><c> when</c><00:27:19.470><c> Paul</c><00:27:19.690><c> deals</c><00:27:19.970><c> with</c><00:27:20.150><c> it</c><00:27:20.309><c> in</c><00:27:20.369><c> Romans,</c><00:27:20.890><c> he</c>

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doesn't<00:27:21.390><c> answer</c><00:27:21.829><c> the</c><00:27:22.190><c> basic</c><00:27:22.529><c> questions.</c>

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He<00:27:24.430><c> still</c><00:27:24.930><c> has</c><00:27:25.250><c> the</c><00:27:25.470><c> two</c><00:27:25.670><c> things</c><00:27:25.970><c> alongside</c><00:27:26.589><c> each</c><00:27:26.970><c> other,</c><00:27:27.589><c> that</c><00:27:27.849><c> of</c>

00:27:28.210 --> 00:27:30.930
complete<00:27:28.609><c> freedom</c><00:27:28.950><c> of</c><00:27:29.210><c> choice</c><00:27:29.710><c> and</c><00:27:30.069><c> that</c><00:27:30.349><c> of</c>

00:27:30.930 --> 00:27:34.950
the<00:27:31.250><c> potter</c><00:27:31.490><c> with</c><00:27:31.670><c> the</c><00:27:31.930><c> clay.</c><00:27:33.049><c> And</c><00:27:33.289><c> he</c><00:27:33.390><c> doesn't</c><00:27:34.029><c> resolve</c><00:27:34.609><c> the</c>

00:27:34.950 --> 00:27:37.950
incompatibility<00:27:35.809><c> that</c><00:27:36.049><c> lies</c><00:27:36.309><c> between</c><00:27:36.670><c> these</c><00:27:37.009><c> two,</c>

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the<00:27:38.349><c> kind</c><00:27:38.470><c> of</c><00:27:38.650><c> incongruity</c><00:27:39.250><c> of</c><00:27:39.509><c> thought</c><00:27:39.670><c> that</c><00:27:39.829><c> there</c><00:27:39.990><c> is</c><00:27:40.089><c> when</c>

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you<00:27:40.410><c> bring</c><00:27:40.509><c> them</c><00:27:40.670><c> together.</c>

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They<00:27:42.009><c> can't</c><00:27:42.369><c> be</c><00:27:42.650><c> resolved</c><00:27:42.990><c> because</c><00:27:43.549><c> one</c><00:27:43.970><c> of</c><00:27:44.089><c> them</c><00:27:44.190><c> is</c><00:27:44.470><c> divine</c>

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and<00:27:45.029><c> the</c><00:27:45.170><c> other</c><00:27:45.329><c> is</c><00:27:45.609><c> human.</c>

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And<00:27:47.410><c> you</c><00:27:47.569><c> can't</c><00:27:48.049><c> understand</c><00:27:48.710><c> both</c><00:27:49.029><c> of</c><00:27:49.269><c> these</c><00:27:49.450><c> unless</c><00:27:49.670><c> you</c><00:27:49.829><c> have</c><00:27:49.990><c> a</c>

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divine<00:27:50.390><c> mind.</c>

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All<00:27:52.769><c> that</c><00:27:52.890><c> one</c><00:27:52.970><c> has</c><00:27:53.170><c> to</c><00:27:53.289><c> do</c><00:27:53.369><c> is</c><00:27:53.509><c> to</c><00:27:53.630><c> accept</c><00:27:54.049><c> that</c><00:27:54.230><c> the</c><00:27:54.349><c> two</c><00:27:54.490><c> things</c><00:27:54.950><c> go</c>

00:27:55.430 --> 00:27:57.930
on.<00:27:56.130><c> We</c><00:27:56.369><c> can</c><00:27:56.549><c> be</c><00:27:56.769><c> aware</c><00:27:57.049><c> of</c><00:27:57.309><c> choice,</c>

00:27:58.309 --> 00:28:02.650
and<00:27:58.450><c> that</c><00:27:58.549><c> we</c><00:27:58.809><c> are.</c><00:27:59.250><c> And</c><00:27:59.490><c> we</c><00:27:59.589><c> can</c><00:27:59.750><c> be</c><00:28:00.049><c> aware</c><00:28:00.529><c> of</c><00:28:01.170><c> the</c><00:28:01.569><c> predetermined</c><00:28:02.329><c> purpose</c>

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of<00:28:02.869><c> God</c><00:28:03.049><c> that</c><00:28:03.230><c> works</c><00:28:03.450><c> itself</c>

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out.<00:28:04.450><c> And</c><00:28:04.730><c> we</c><00:28:04.890><c> are</c><00:28:05.190><c> aware</c><00:28:05.410><c> of</c><00:28:05.549><c> it.</c><00:28:06.109><c> And</c><00:28:06.329><c> we</c><00:28:06.450><c> take</c><00:28:06.670><c> the</c><00:28:06.829><c> two</c><00:28:06.950><c> things</c><00:28:07.170><c> together.</c><00:28:08.269><c> And</c>

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so<00:28:08.549><c> that</c><00:28:08.650><c> when</c><00:28:09.210><c> God</c><00:28:09.630><c> offers</c><00:28:09.950><c> to</c>

00:28:10.130 --> 00:28:14.549
us<00:28:10.269><c> the</c><00:28:10.529><c> choice</c><00:28:10.789><c> and</c><00:28:10.990><c> says,</c><00:28:11.250><c> choose</c><00:28:11.549><c> ye</c><00:28:11.950><c> this</c><00:28:12.230><c> day</c><00:28:12.730><c> whom</c><00:28:12.970><c> you</c><00:28:13.150><c> will</c><00:28:13.430><c> serve,</c><00:28:14.049><c> it's</c><00:28:14.390><c> a</c>

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true<00:28:14.710><c> choice</c><00:28:15.369><c> for</c><00:28:16.450><c> that</c>

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individual.<00:28:17.269><c> And</c><00:28:17.410><c> he</c><00:28:17.450><c> can</c><00:28:17.630><c> make</c><00:28:17.869><c> his</c><00:28:18.069><c> choice.</c><00:28:19.049><c> But</c><00:28:19.230><c> let</c><00:28:19.390><c> him</c>

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know<00:28:19.690><c> this,</c><00:28:20.250><c> when</c><00:28:20.369><c> he's</c><00:28:20.609><c> made</c><00:28:20.930><c> his</c><00:28:21.250><c> choice,</c>

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he's<00:28:22.049><c> in</c><00:28:22.210><c> a</c><00:28:22.369><c> predetermined</c><00:28:22.950><c> path.</c><00:28:23.769><c> For</c><00:28:24.029><c> everybody</c><00:28:24.630><c> who</c><00:28:24.970><c> refuses</c><00:28:25.390><c> and</c>

00:28:25.890 --> 00:28:28.690
continues<00:28:26.410><c> to</c><00:28:26.750><c> refuse</c><00:28:27.069><c> will</c><00:28:27.349><c> be</c><00:28:27.589><c> destroyed.</c>

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And<00:28:29.450><c> everyone</c><00:28:29.710><c> who</c><00:28:29.970><c> accepts</c><00:28:30.549><c> and</c><00:28:31.109><c> continues</c><00:28:31.569><c> to</c><00:28:31.809><c> be</c><00:28:32.049><c> obedient</c>

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will<00:28:33.450><c> receive</c><00:28:33.769><c> eternal</c><00:28:34.089><c> life.</c><00:28:35.609><c> And</c><00:28:35.910><c> so</c><00:28:36.009><c> we</c>

00:28:36.109 --> 00:28:39.670
can<00:28:36.250><c> then</c><00:28:36.549><c> be</c><00:28:36.750><c> caught</c><00:28:36.890><c> up</c><00:28:37.069><c> in</c><00:28:37.190><c> the</c><00:28:37.410><c> predetermination</c><00:28:38.329><c> of</c><00:28:38.650><c> God,</c>

00:28:40.710 --> 00:28:42.410
those<00:28:40.990><c> who</c><00:28:41.150><c> are</c><00:28:41.309><c> known</c><00:28:41.490><c> from</c><00:28:41.670><c> the</c><00:28:41.809><c> foundation</c><00:28:42.230><c> of</c>

00:28:42.410 --> 00:28:46.069
the<00:28:42.589><c> world.</c><00:28:43.289><c> But</c><00:28:43.589><c> this</c><00:28:43.910><c> is</c><00:28:44.589><c> just</c><00:28:44.930><c> an</c><00:28:45.109><c> aside</c><00:28:45.430><c> for</c><00:28:45.630><c> the</c><00:28:45.809><c> moment.</c>

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And<00:28:46.349><c> so</c><00:28:46.430><c> for</c><00:28:46.630><c> Elijah,</c><00:28:47.269><c> he</c><00:28:47.390><c> doesn't</c><00:28:47.670><c> get</c><00:28:48.009><c> resolved</c>

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from<00:28:48.750><c> everything.</c><00:28:49.990><c> He</c><00:28:50.109><c> comes</c><00:28:50.369><c> down</c><00:28:50.750><c> now</c><00:28:50.970><c> from</c><00:28:51.089><c> this</c><00:28:51.390><c> place</c><00:28:51.630><c> and</c><00:28:52.130><c> travels</c><00:28:52.509><c> by</c>

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the<00:28:52.970><c> way</c><00:28:53.190><c> of</c><00:28:53.369><c> the</c><00:28:53.509><c> wilderness</c>

00:28:55.710 --> 00:28:59.650
of<00:28:56.250><c> Damascus.</c><00:28:57.470><c> Precisely</c><00:28:58.009><c> what</c><00:28:58.190><c> this</c><00:28:58.589><c> journey</c><00:28:58.869><c> is,</c><00:28:59.109><c> is</c><00:28:59.250><c> not</c>

00:28:59.650 --> 00:29:03.089
altogether<00:29:00.089><c> clear.</c><00:29:00.549><c> It</c><00:29:00.809><c> may</c><00:29:01.130><c> mean</c><00:29:01.390><c> return</c><00:29:02.109><c> to</c><00:29:02.369><c> Damascus</c>

00:29:03.089 --> 00:29:06.410
by<00:29:03.289><c> the</c><00:29:03.549><c> way</c><00:29:03.769><c> of</c><00:29:03.930><c> the</c><00:29:04.069><c> wilderness.</c><00:29:05.750><c> In</c><00:29:05.890><c> other</c><00:29:05.970><c> words,</c><00:29:06.130><c> to</c><00:29:06.309><c> make</c>

00:29:06.410 --> 00:29:10.589
the<00:29:06.690><c> full</c><00:29:08.009><c> journey</c><00:29:08.589><c> through</c><00:29:08.970><c> the</c><00:29:09.150><c> land</c><00:29:09.490><c> to</c><00:29:09.650><c> Damascus</c>

00:29:10.589 --> 00:29:16.849
because<00:29:11.470><c> after</c><00:29:11.829><c> all,</c><00:29:12.869><c> Hazael</c><00:29:13.250><c> is</c><00:29:13.470><c> going</c><00:29:13.589><c> to</c><00:29:13.710><c> be</c><00:29:13.970><c> king</c><00:29:14.170><c> over</c><00:29:14.890><c> Syria.</c><00:29:16.730><c> I</c>

00:29:16.849 --> 00:29:18.230
won't<00:29:17.009><c> go</c><00:29:17.130><c> into</c><00:29:17.289><c> certain</c><00:29:17.529><c> details</c><00:29:17.970><c> here,</c>

00:29:18.230 --> 00:29:22.630
but<00:29:18.349><c> just</c><00:29:18.549><c> to</c><00:29:18.690><c> say</c><00:29:18.809><c> this,</c><00:29:19.509><c> that</c><00:29:19.650><c> he</c><00:29:19.750><c> doesn't</c><00:29:20.269><c> anoint</c><00:29:21.109><c> this</c><00:29:22.289><c> man</c>

00:29:22.630 --> 00:29:27.230
king.<00:29:24.329><c> And</c><00:29:24.829><c> he</c><00:29:25.009><c> doesn't</c><00:29:25.549><c> anoint</c><00:29:26.089><c> Jehu.</c>

00:29:27.869 --> 00:29:31.509
And<00:29:28.390><c> there</c><00:29:28.509><c> is</c><00:29:28.670><c> no</c><00:29:29.089><c> real</c><00:29:29.430><c> record</c><00:29:29.849><c> of</c><00:29:30.029><c> his</c><00:29:30.250><c> anointing</c><00:29:30.769><c> Elisha.</c>

00:29:31.890 --> 00:29:34.650
He<00:29:32.109><c> carries</c><00:29:32.450><c> out</c><00:29:32.849><c> all</c><00:29:33.190><c> these</c><00:29:33.490><c> things,</c>

00:29:35.170 --> 00:29:37.490
but<00:29:35.690><c> it</c><00:29:35.970><c> doesn't</c><00:29:36.190><c> mean</c><00:29:36.430><c> that</c><00:29:36.549><c> they</c><00:29:36.670><c> were</c><00:29:36.809><c> actually</c><00:29:37.309><c> carried</c>

00:29:37.490 --> 00:29:41.190
out<00:29:37.750><c> by</c><00:29:38.009><c> his</c><00:29:38.230><c> own</c><00:29:38.630><c> personal</c><00:29:39.130><c> hand.</c><00:29:40.690><c> It</c><00:29:40.910><c> might</c>

00:29:41.190 --> 00:29:43.490
help<00:29:41.569><c> in</c><00:29:41.809><c> the</c><00:29:42.009><c> explanation</c><00:29:42.410><c> of</c><00:29:42.630><c> other</c><00:29:42.769><c> parts</c><00:29:43.029><c> of</c><00:29:43.230><c> Scripture</c>

00:29:43.490 --> 00:29:47.309
from<00:29:43.750><c> time</c><00:29:44.009><c> to</c><00:29:44.210><c> time.</c><00:29:45.809><c> That</c><00:29:46.210><c> which</c><00:29:46.509><c> he</c><00:29:46.750><c> did</c><00:29:47.009><c> was,</c>

00:29:47.309 --> 00:29:51.529
well,<00:29:48.630><c> as</c><00:29:48.730><c> we</c><00:29:48.849><c> can</c><00:29:48.990><c> see,</c><00:29:49.450><c> worked</c><00:29:49.609><c> out</c><00:29:50.009><c> step</c><00:29:50.349><c> by</c><00:29:50.650><c> step.</c><00:29:51.089><c> And</c><00:29:51.250><c> part</c><00:29:51.410><c> of</c>

00:29:51.529 --> 00:29:54.769
it<00:29:51.670><c> is</c><00:29:51.789><c> for</c><00:29:51.910><c> him,</c><00:29:52.190><c> and</c><00:29:52.369><c> part</c><00:29:52.569><c> of</c><00:29:52.710><c> it</c><00:29:53.109><c> is</c><00:29:53.269><c> for</c><00:29:53.430><c> Elisha.</c>

00:29:54.769 --> 00:29:58.309
The<00:29:55.250><c> great</c><00:29:55.450><c> man</c><00:29:55.710><c> Jehu</c><00:29:55.990><c> is</c><00:29:56.170><c> to</c><00:29:56.289><c> come</c><00:29:56.430><c> along</c><00:29:56.630><c> a</c><00:29:56.750><c> little</c><00:29:56.869><c> later</c><00:29:57.190><c> on.</c>

00:30:02.170 --> 00:30:04.609
He<00:30:02.650><c> comes</c><00:30:02.869><c> down</c><00:30:03.190><c> from</c><00:30:03.329><c> the</c><00:30:03.490><c> mount</c><00:30:03.650><c> and</c><00:30:03.789><c> he</c><00:30:03.950><c> makes</c><00:30:04.089><c> his</c><00:30:04.329><c> journey</c>

00:30:04.609 --> 00:30:05.809
in<00:30:04.750><c> verse</c><00:30:04.970><c> 19.</c>

00:30:06.029 --> 00:30:10.309
So<00:30:06.109><c> he</c><00:30:06.269><c> departed</c><00:30:06.690><c> thence</c><00:30:07.089><c> and</c><00:30:07.190><c> found</c><00:30:07.529><c> Elisha,</c><00:30:08.970><c> the</c><00:30:09.049><c> son</c><00:30:09.250><c> of</c><00:30:09.529><c> Shaphat.</c>

00:30:12.609 --> 00:30:20.289
And<00:30:13.089><c> Elisha,</c><00:30:14.049><c> his</c><00:30:14.190><c> name</c><00:30:14.430><c> means</c><00:30:14.990><c> God</c><00:30:15.910><c> is</c><00:30:17.250><c> Saviour.</c><00:30:19.809><c> And</c><00:30:20.089><c> these</c>

00:30:20.289 --> 00:30:22.710
two<00:30:20.450><c> go</c><00:30:20.630><c> together,</c><00:30:21.329><c> Elijah</c><00:30:21.730><c> and</c><00:30:22.069><c> Elisha.</c>

00:30:22.710 --> 00:30:24.890
As<00:30:23.009><c> you</c><00:30:23.130><c> can</c><00:30:23.410><c> see,</c><00:30:23.690><c> we're</c><00:30:23.730><c> not</c><00:30:23.910><c> going</c><00:30:24.089><c> to</c><00:30:24.190><c> have</c><00:30:24.390><c> time</c><00:30:24.670><c> to</c><00:30:24.809><c> go</c>

00:30:24.890 --> 00:30:27.529
into<00:30:25.130><c> great</c><00:30:25.569><c> detail</c><00:30:25.970><c> with</c><00:30:26.210><c> Elisha</c><00:30:26.809><c> himself,</c>

00:30:27.869 --> 00:30:31.190
just<00:30:28.089><c> as</c><00:30:28.230><c> it</c><00:30:28.369><c> were</c><00:30:28.470><c> to</c><00:30:28.690><c> usher</c><00:30:29.210><c> him</c><00:30:29.569><c> in</c><00:30:29.890><c> during</c><00:30:30.130><c> this</c><00:30:30.430><c> week.</c><00:30:31.109><c> If</c>

00:30:31.190 --> 00:30:32.509
you'd<00:30:31.410><c> like</c><00:30:31.490><c> to</c><00:30:31.730><c> stay</c><00:30:31.829><c> for</c><00:30:32.009><c> another</c><00:30:32.230><c> week,</c>

00:30:32.609 --> 00:30:38.210
then<00:30:32.690><c> we</c><00:30:32.789><c> can</c><00:30:32.950><c> do</c><00:30:33.109><c> Elisha</c><00:30:33.549><c> as</c><00:30:33.789><c> well.</c><00:30:34.809><c> But</c><00:30:35.009><c> this</c><00:30:37.109><c> is</c><00:30:37.269><c> how</c><00:30:37.349><c> it's</c><00:30:37.609><c> worked</c><00:30:37.789><c> out.</c><00:30:38.109><c> And</c><00:30:38.170><c> I</c>

00:30:38.210 --> 00:30:38.950
think<00:30:38.309><c> this</c><00:30:38.450><c> is</c><00:30:38.609><c> probably</c><00:30:38.789><c> the</c>

00:30:38.950 --> 00:30:43.509
better<00:30:39.109><c> way.</c><00:30:40.069><c> We</c><00:30:40.230><c> could</c><00:30:40.390><c> have</c><00:30:41.009><c> done</c><00:30:41.210><c> a</c><00:30:41.349><c> very</c><00:30:41.630><c> superficial</c><00:30:42.549><c> journey</c><00:30:43.029><c> through</c><00:30:43.289><c> the</c>

00:30:43.509 --> 00:30:44.690
two.<00:30:43.630><c> I've</c><00:30:43.849><c> got</c><00:30:43.970><c> the</c><00:30:44.150><c> notes</c><00:30:44.390><c> here</c>

00:30:44.690 --> 00:30:48.450
for<00:30:44.970><c> Elisha</c><00:30:45.269><c> as</c><00:30:45.549><c> well,</c><00:30:46.349><c> but</c><00:30:46.349><c> well,</c><00:30:47.289><c> that's</c><00:30:47.829><c> had</c><00:30:47.890><c> to</c><00:30:48.069><c> be</c><00:30:48.210><c> stored</c>

00:30:48.450 --> 00:30:54.630
up.<00:30:51.829><c> He</c><00:30:52.390><c> sees</c><00:30:52.670><c> Elisha,</c><00:30:53.509><c> God</c><00:30:53.569><c> is</c><00:30:53.769><c> Saviour,</c>

00:30:55.150 --> 00:30:59.369
like<00:30:55.430><c> John</c><00:30:55.670><c> the</c><00:30:55.829><c> Baptist</c><00:30:56.170><c> and</c><00:30:56.390><c> Jesus.</c><00:30:57.490><c> That's</c><00:30:57.710><c> what</c><00:30:57.849><c> they</c><00:30:58.089><c> are.</c><00:30:58.890><c> They're</c><00:30:59.130><c> the</c>

00:30:59.369 --> 00:31:00.930
twin<00:30:59.589><c> things.</c>

00:31:01.990 --> 00:31:07.849
And<00:31:02.210><c> maybe</c><00:31:02.730><c> this</c><00:31:03.049><c> explains</c><00:31:03.589><c> something.</c><00:31:05.970><c> Apart</c><00:31:06.410><c> from</c><00:31:06.609><c> the</c><00:31:06.950><c> departure</c><00:31:07.549><c> of</c>

00:31:07.849 --> 00:31:09.349
Elijah,<00:31:08.609><c> which</c><00:31:08.789><c> is</c><00:31:08.970><c> going</c><00:31:09.029><c> to</c><00:31:09.190><c> be</c>

00:31:09.349 --> 00:31:14.829
dramatic<00:31:09.690><c> enough,</c><00:31:10.730><c> he</c><00:31:11.089><c> now</c><00:31:11.369><c> seems</c><00:31:11.730><c> to</c><00:31:12.890><c> go</c><00:31:13.289><c> into</c><00:31:13.589><c> a</c><00:31:13.789><c> decline.</c>

00:31:15.890 --> 00:31:18.529
But<00:31:16.049><c> that's</c><00:31:16.630><c> what</c><00:31:16.789><c> was</c><00:31:16.970><c> said</c><00:31:17.130><c> of</c><00:31:17.289><c> John</c><00:31:17.430><c> the</c><00:31:17.589><c> Baptist.</c>

00:31:18.710 --> 00:31:25.690
He<00:31:18.910><c> must</c><00:31:19.170><c> increase</c><00:31:20.089><c> and</c><00:31:21.410><c> I</c><00:31:21.589><c> must</c><00:31:21.769><c> decrease.</c><00:31:24.130><c> And</c><00:31:24.349><c> in</c><00:31:24.529><c> some</c><00:31:24.690><c> measure,</c><00:31:25.170><c> Elijah</c><00:31:25.490><c> has</c>

00:31:25.690 --> 00:31:27.309
to<00:31:25.910><c> become</c><00:31:26.069><c> a</c><00:31:26.269><c> still</c><00:31:26.490><c> small</c><00:31:26.809><c> voice</c>

00:31:27.309 --> 00:31:33.490
himself.<00:31:30.369><c> And</c><00:31:30.890><c> in</c><00:31:30.990><c> the</c><00:31:31.069><c> end,</c><00:31:31.289><c> God</c><00:31:31.430><c> will</c><00:31:31.630><c> take</c><00:31:31.750><c> him</c><00:31:31.930><c> away,</c><00:31:32.190><c> having</c><00:31:32.490><c> accomplished</c><00:31:32.869><c> his</c><00:31:33.109><c> purpose.</c>

00:31:33.490 --> 00:31:39.849
It<00:31:34.089><c> looks</c><00:31:34.390><c> as</c><00:31:34.589><c> though</c><00:31:34.750><c> Elisha</c><00:31:35.329><c> is</c><00:31:35.630><c> a</c><00:31:36.470><c> son</c><00:31:36.849><c> of</c><00:31:37.049><c> a</c><00:31:37.170><c> rich</c><00:31:37.369><c> man.</c><00:31:39.210><c> You</c>

00:31:39.849 --> 00:31:42.269
don't<00:31:40.150><c> plough</c><00:31:40.430><c> with</c><00:31:40.710><c> 12</c><00:31:41.029><c> yoke</c><00:31:41.269><c> of</c><00:31:41.450><c> oxen</c>

00:31:42.470 --> 00:31:49.950
in<00:31:43.049><c> a</c><00:31:43.230><c> poor</c><00:31:43.369><c> family.</c><00:31:47.130><c> And</c><00:31:47.309><c> there</c><00:31:47.450><c> he</c><00:31:47.630><c> is</c><00:31:48.950><c> ploughing.</c><00:31:49.630><c> And</c><00:31:49.730><c> this</c>

00:31:49.950 --> 00:31:51.410
word<00:31:50.289><c> here,</c>

00:31:51.670 --> 00:32:00.529
passed<00:31:51.849><c> by</c><00:31:52.630><c> him,</c><00:31:54.150><c> for</c><00:31:54.349><c> Elijah</c><00:31:54.789><c> in</c><00:31:55.109><c> verse</c><00:31:55.369><c> 19,</c><00:31:56.170><c> is</c><00:31:56.490><c> not</c><00:31:56.930><c> just</c><00:31:57.369><c> passed</c><00:31:57.829><c> by.</c><00:31:59.990><c> Because</c><00:32:00.289><c> if</c>

00:32:00.529 --> 00:32:01.150
that's<00:32:00.990><c> so,</c>

00:32:01.150 --> 00:32:04.430
the<00:32:01.650><c> question</c><00:32:02.089><c> that</c><00:32:02.269><c> comes</c><00:32:02.509><c> up</c><00:32:02.809><c> later</c><00:32:03.109><c> on,</c><00:32:03.970><c> what</c><00:32:04.009><c> have</c><00:32:04.150><c> I</c><00:32:04.269><c> done</c>

00:32:04.430 --> 00:32:07.769
to<00:32:04.710><c> thee,</c><00:32:06.049><c> can't</c><00:32:06.369><c> be</c><00:32:06.589><c> understood.</c>

00:32:07.789 --> 00:32:14.269
But<00:32:08.109><c> it</c><00:32:08.390><c> says,</c><00:32:09.569><c> and</c><00:32:09.589><c> Elijah</c><00:32:10.230><c> passed</c><00:32:10.930><c> over</c><00:32:11.829><c> to</c><00:32:12.309><c> him.</c><00:32:13.809><c> You've</c><00:32:13.930><c> got</c><00:32:14.009><c> any</c><00:32:14.190><c> of</c>

00:32:14.269 --> 00:32:15.589
the<00:32:14.430><c> other</c><00:32:14.589><c> versions</c><00:32:14.849><c> there?</c>

00:32:16.029 --> 00:32:18.589
And<00:32:16.210><c> you'll</c><00:32:16.410><c> see</c><00:32:16.529><c> that.</c><00:32:16.769><c> Anybody</c><00:32:17.049><c> got</c><00:32:17.250><c> that</c><00:32:17.470><c> in</c><00:32:17.609><c> their</c><00:32:17.789><c> Bible?</c>

00:32:19.230 --> 00:32:20.250
If<00:32:19.369><c> you've</c><00:32:19.490><c> got</c><00:32:19.589><c> any</c><00:32:19.789><c> other</c><00:32:20.029><c> version,</c>

00:32:20.289 --> 00:32:22.289
you'll<00:32:20.529><c> see</c><00:32:20.789><c> that</c><00:32:20.990><c> it's</c><00:32:21.170><c> there.</c><00:32:21.430><c> But</c><00:32:21.569><c> I'd</c><00:32:21.730><c> like</c><00:32:21.730><c> to</c><00:32:21.890><c> make</c><00:32:22.009><c> that</c>

00:32:22.289 --> 00:32:25.410
note.<00:32:22.910><c> It's</c><00:32:23.170><c> not</c><00:32:23.410><c> passed</c><00:32:23.750><c> by,</c><00:32:24.049><c> it's</c><00:32:24.329><c> passed</c><00:32:24.650><c> over</c>

00:32:26.289 --> 00:32:38.470
to<00:32:26.930><c> Elijah.</c><00:32:31.190><c> And</c><00:32:31.670><c> when</c><00:32:31.730><c> he</c><00:32:31.809><c> gets</c><00:32:32.029><c> that</c><00:32:32.369><c> far,</c><00:32:34.450><c> he</c><00:32:34.569><c> takes</c><00:32:34.829><c> his</c><00:32:35.049><c> mantle</c><00:32:35.410><c> and</c><00:32:36.849><c> casts</c><00:32:37.170><c> it</c>

00:32:38.470 --> 00:32:41.329
upon<00:32:39.230><c> Elisha.</c><00:32:40.609><c> That</c><00:32:40.990><c> mantle,</c>

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perhaps<00:32:41.690><c> of</c><00:32:41.890><c> goat's</c><00:32:42.309><c> hair</c><00:32:42.509><c> or</c><00:32:42.670><c> whatever</c><00:32:42.910><c> it</c><00:32:43.150><c> was</c><00:32:43.349><c> that</c><00:32:43.529><c> he</c><00:32:43.710><c> wore,</c><00:32:44.630><c> that</c><00:32:45.069><c> distinctive</c><00:32:45.930><c> garment</c><00:32:46.569><c> that</c><00:32:46.950><c> was</c><00:32:47.569><c> Elijah,</c>

00:32:49.089 --> 00:32:53.150
the<00:32:49.269><c> thing</c><00:32:49.430><c> by</c><00:32:49.650><c> which</c><00:32:49.750><c> he</c><00:32:49.869><c> was</c><00:32:50.150><c> recognized</c><00:32:50.690><c> as</c><00:32:50.930><c> well</c><00:32:51.150><c> as</c><00:32:51.250><c> by</c><00:32:51.450><c> his</c><00:32:51.609><c> own</c><00:32:51.869><c> person,</c><00:32:52.930><c> he</c>

00:32:53.150 --> 00:32:54.890
takes<00:32:53.450><c> this</c><00:32:53.809><c> and</c><00:32:54.009><c> casts</c><00:32:54.349><c> it</c>

00:32:54.890 --> 00:33:00.430
over<00:32:55.809><c> Elisha's</c><00:32:56.509><c> shoulders.</c><00:32:58.589><c> And</c><00:32:58.730><c> as</c><00:32:58.829><c> soon</c><00:32:58.930><c> as</c><00:32:58.950><c> it</c><00:32:59.069><c> happens,</c>

00:33:00.710 --> 00:33:03.890
it's<00:33:00.869><c> just</c><00:33:01.170><c> as</c><00:33:01.430><c> though</c><00:33:02.250><c> some</c><00:33:02.690><c> shock</c><00:33:03.269><c> runs</c>

00:33:03.890 --> 00:33:10.710
through<00:33:04.150><c> the</c><00:33:04.309><c> system</c><00:33:04.690><c> of</c><00:33:05.150><c> Elisha</c><00:33:05.829><c> and</c><00:33:05.930><c> he</c><00:33:06.109><c> runs</c><00:33:06.349><c> to</c><00:33:06.609><c> Elijah.</c><00:33:09.869><c> Let</c><00:33:10.309><c> me,</c><00:33:10.549><c> I</c>

00:33:10.710 --> 00:33:13.650
pray<00:33:10.930><c> thee,</c><00:33:11.509><c> kiss</c><00:33:11.730><c> my</c><00:33:12.009><c> father</c><00:33:12.250><c> or</c><00:33:12.410><c> my</c><00:33:12.569><c> mother,</c>

00:33:14.029 --> 00:33:18.650
and<00:33:14.190><c> then</c><00:33:14.369><c> I</c><00:33:14.470><c> will</c><00:33:14.670><c> follow</c><00:33:14.890><c> thee.</c><00:33:16.650><c> Now,</c><00:33:17.150><c> that</c><00:33:17.730><c> might</c><00:33:18.150><c> ring</c><00:33:18.490><c> a</c>

00:33:18.650 --> 00:33:20.150
bell<00:33:18.809><c> for</c><00:33:19.029><c> you.</c><00:33:19.309><c> And</c><00:33:19.509><c> I'd</c><00:33:19.690><c> like</c><00:33:19.750><c> you</c><00:33:19.890><c> to</c><00:33:20.049><c> keep</c>

00:33:20.150 --> 00:33:23.109
your<00:33:20.230><c> finger</c><00:33:20.609><c> in</c><00:33:20.930><c> first</c><00:33:21.309><c> Kings</c><00:33:21.609><c> and</c><00:33:21.769><c> come</c><00:33:21.950><c> to</c><00:33:22.150><c> Luke,</c><00:33:22.849><c> yes,</c>

00:33:23.289 --> 00:33:24.730
Luke<00:33:23.549><c> chapter</c><00:33:23.890><c> nine.</c>

00:33:30.329 --> 00:33:32.730
This<00:33:30.369><c> is</c><00:33:30.569><c> one</c><00:33:30.730><c> of</c><00:33:30.869><c> those</c><00:33:31.349><c> remarkable</c>

00:33:35.690 --> 00:33:42.309
conjunction<00:33:36.309><c> of</c><00:33:36.930><c> circumstances</c><00:33:37.970><c> which</c><00:33:39.809><c> come</c><00:33:39.990><c> in</c><00:33:40.150><c> the</c><00:33:40.289><c> gospels.</c><00:33:42.250><c> You</c>

00:33:42.309 --> 00:33:44.089
know,<00:33:42.869><c> there's</c><00:33:43.349><c> almost</c>

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:50.029
a<00:33:44.630><c> miraculous</c><00:33:45.509><c> power</c><00:33:46.130><c> about</c><00:33:46.490><c> the</c><00:33:46.670><c> way</c><00:33:46.910><c> in</c><00:33:47.049><c> which</c><00:33:47.269><c> things</c><00:33:47.549><c> happen</c><00:33:47.910><c> around</c><00:33:48.490><c> Jesus.</c><00:33:49.849><c> In</c>

00:33:50.029 --> 00:33:50.829
speaking<00:33:50.250><c> to</c><00:33:50.450><c> the</c><00:33:50.670><c> young</c>

00:33:50.829 --> 00:33:54.069
people<00:33:51.170><c> the</c><00:33:51.369><c> day</c><00:33:51.529><c> before</c><00:33:51.789><c> yesterday,</c><00:33:52.789><c> I</c><00:33:53.170><c> made</c><00:33:53.410><c> the</c><00:33:53.690><c> point</c><00:33:53.890><c> to</c>

00:33:54.069 --> 00:33:57.650
them<00:33:54.410><c> that</c><00:33:54.829><c> in</c><00:33:55.130><c> fact,</c><00:33:56.309><c> in</c><00:33:56.410><c> the</c><00:33:56.569><c> last</c><00:33:56.910><c> week</c><00:33:57.170><c> of</c><00:33:57.349><c> the</c><00:33:57.450><c> Lord</c>

00:33:57.650 --> 00:34:02.470
Jesus<00:33:58.049><c> Christ,</c><00:33:58.410><c> when</c><00:33:58.529><c> he's</c><00:33:58.690><c> coming</c><00:33:58.910><c> to</c><00:33:59.089><c> his</c><00:33:59.349><c> death,</c><00:34:00.509><c> he</c><00:34:00.710><c> is</c><00:34:01.049><c> the</c><00:34:01.430><c> master</c><00:34:01.990><c> of</c>

00:34:02.470 --> 00:34:05.240
every<00:34:03.130><c> step</c><00:34:03.769><c> of</c><00:34:04.250><c> the</c><00:34:04.450><c> way.</c>

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:13.739
He's<00:34:07.799><c> not</c><00:34:08.199><c> herded</c><00:34:09.179><c> on</c><00:34:09.960><c> by</c><00:34:10.659><c> the</c><00:34:11.159><c> press</c><00:34:11.400><c> of</c><00:34:11.780><c> circumstance.</c><00:34:13.179><c> He</c>

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:17.360
strides<00:34:14.320><c> on</c><00:34:14.639><c> ahead,</c><00:34:15.440><c> as</c><00:34:15.539><c> Luke</c><00:34:15.840><c> says,</c><00:34:16.820><c> leading</c>

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:21.960
circumstance.<00:34:19.039><c> And</c><00:34:19.239><c> finally,</c><00:34:19.539><c> all</c><00:34:20.000><c> the</c><00:34:20.199><c> people</c><00:34:20.719><c> and</c><00:34:21.360><c> every</c>

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:26.679
part<00:34:22.539><c> of</c><00:34:23.400><c> Jewry</c><00:34:23.940><c> is</c><00:34:24.619><c> at</c><00:34:24.960><c> his</c><00:34:25.239><c> hand.</c><00:34:26.099><c> The</c><00:34:26.260><c> Pharisees,</c>

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:28.880
the<00:34:26.920><c> scribes,</c><00:34:27.280><c> the</c><00:34:27.440><c> Herodians,</c><00:34:27.960><c> the</c><00:34:28.119><c> lawyers,</c><00:34:28.500><c> they're</c><00:34:28.639><c> all</c>

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:31.980
there.<00:34:30.079><c> And</c><00:34:30.260><c> each</c><00:34:30.480><c> of</c><00:34:30.599><c> them</c><00:34:30.960><c> can't</c><00:34:31.380><c> resist</c><00:34:31.699><c> coming</c>

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:36.360
to<00:34:32.079><c> him,</c><00:34:32.420><c> in</c><00:34:32.639><c> turn,</c><00:34:33.420><c> drawing</c><00:34:33.659><c> near</c><00:34:33.900><c> to</c><00:34:34.039><c> him.</c><00:34:34.599><c> And</c><00:34:34.800><c> he</c><00:34:35.039><c> dismisses</c><00:34:35.579><c> them</c><00:34:35.719><c> with</c><00:34:35.940><c> the</c>

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:37.460
marvelous<00:34:36.840><c> Word</c><00:34:37.099><c> of</c><00:34:37.260><c> God,</c>

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:43.360
one<00:34:37.760><c> by</c><00:34:38.079><c> one.</c><00:34:39.000><c> And</c><00:34:39.199><c> all</c><00:34:39.400><c> the</c><00:34:39.559><c> people</c><00:34:39.739><c> are</c><00:34:39.960><c> lined</c><00:34:40.079><c> up,</c><00:34:40.440><c> Annas</c><00:34:40.679><c> and</c><00:34:40.860><c> Caiaphas</c><00:34:41.320><c> and</c><00:34:41.639><c> Pilate.</c><00:34:42.519><c> Herod</c><00:34:42.679><c> himself</c><00:34:43.139><c> is</c>

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:48.280
brought<00:34:43.619><c> in.</c><00:34:44.519><c> All</c><00:34:44.679><c> at</c><00:34:44.780><c> this</c><00:34:44.920><c> very</c><00:34:45.239><c> last</c><00:34:45.639><c> moment,</c><00:34:46.619><c> this</c><00:34:47.099><c> pressure</c><00:34:47.719><c> that</c>

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:49.579
seems<00:34:48.579><c> to</c><00:34:48.760><c> come</c><00:34:48.860><c> in</c><00:34:48.960><c> is</c><00:34:49.059><c> no</c><00:34:49.300><c> pressure</c>

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:53.340
at<00:34:49.860><c> all.</c><00:34:50.219><c> It's</c><00:34:50.460><c> the</c><00:34:50.760><c> magnetism</c><00:34:51.199><c> of</c><00:34:51.440><c> circumstance</c><00:34:52.159><c> in</c><00:34:52.900><c> Jesus.</c>

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:56.880
And<00:34:54.019><c> so,</c><00:34:54.599><c> when</c><00:34:54.699><c> he</c><00:34:54.860><c> says</c><00:34:55.000><c> here</c><00:34:55.219><c> in</c><00:34:55.380><c> verse</c><00:34:55.639><c> 59,</c>

00:34:58.920 --> 00:35:02.539
to<00:34:59.360><c> the</c><00:34:59.480><c> man</c><00:34:59.800><c> who</c><00:35:00.000><c> comes</c><00:35:00.219><c> to</c><00:35:00.420><c> him</c><00:35:00.559><c> and</c><00:35:00.639><c> wants</c><00:35:00.860><c> to</c><00:35:01.099><c> follow</c><00:35:01.280><c> him,</c>

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.599
and<00:35:02.880><c> says,</c>

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Jesus<00:35:08.480><c> says</c><00:35:08.699><c> to</c><00:35:08.880><c> another</c><00:35:09.119><c> one,</c><00:35:09.420><c> follow</c><00:35:09.639><c> me.</c><00:35:10.699><c> But</c><00:35:10.860><c> he</c><00:35:11.019><c> said,</c><00:35:11.260><c> Lord,</c><00:35:11.679><c> suffer</c><00:35:11.800><c> me</c>

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:15.480
first<00:35:12.719><c> to</c><00:35:13.260><c> go</c><00:35:13.699><c> and</c><00:35:14.039><c> bury</c><00:35:14.179><c> my</c><00:35:14.480><c> father.</c>

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:20.880
But<00:35:16.780><c> he</c><00:35:16.900><c> said</c><00:35:16.980><c> unto</c><00:35:17.159><c> him,</c><00:35:17.300><c> let</c><00:35:17.440><c> the</c><00:35:17.619><c> dead</c><00:35:17.739><c> bury</c><00:35:17.960><c> their</c><00:35:18.199><c> own</c><00:35:18.420><c> dead.</c><00:35:20.659><c> And</c>

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:22.940
that<00:35:21.239><c> own</c><00:35:21.519><c> dead</c><00:35:21.719><c> is</c><00:35:21.880><c> in</c><00:35:22.039><c> the</c><00:35:22.179><c> Revised</c>

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:30.420
Person.<00:35:24.300><c> Go</c><00:35:24.300><c> thou</c><00:35:24.599><c> and</c><00:35:24.880><c> preach,</c><00:35:25.460><c> publish</c><00:35:25.900><c> abroad,</c><00:35:27.780><c> the</c><00:35:27.880><c> kingdom</c><00:35:28.119><c> of</c><00:35:28.300><c> God.</c><00:35:29.119><c> Now,</c><00:35:29.460><c> there's</c><00:35:30.000><c> an</c><00:35:30.219><c> echo,</c>

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:37.420
obviously,<00:35:31.019><c> of</c><00:35:31.079><c> that</c><00:35:31.300><c> which</c><00:35:31.460><c> we</c><00:35:31.619><c> have</c><00:35:31.840><c> read</c><00:35:32.360><c> concerning</c><00:35:33.460><c> Elisha,</c><00:35:34.599><c> isn't</c><00:35:34.840><c> there?</c><00:35:35.800><c> Quite</c><00:35:36.099><c> clearly</c><00:35:36.380><c> an</c><00:35:36.539><c> echo.</c>

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:41.659
But<00:35:37.679><c> the</c><00:35:37.800><c> most</c><00:35:37.920><c> remarkable</c><00:35:38.599><c> thing</c><00:35:38.920><c> is</c><00:35:39.360><c> that</c><00:35:39.679><c> quite</c><00:35:40.159><c> separately</c><00:35:40.579><c> from</c><00:35:40.840><c> this,</c><00:35:41.360><c> in</c>

00:35:41.659 --> 00:35:43.539
the<00:35:41.900><c> Gospel</c><00:35:42.400><c> record,</c>

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:47.780
in<00:35:43.860><c> the</c><00:35:44.119><c> village</c><00:35:44.420><c> before</c><00:35:44.880><c> this</c><00:35:45.199><c> happened,</c><00:35:46.360><c> in</c><00:35:46.599><c> verse</c><00:35:46.860><c> 54</c><00:35:47.500><c> we</c>

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:49.719
read,<00:35:48.500><c> and</c><00:35:48.780><c> when</c><00:35:49.019><c> his</c><00:35:49.239><c> disciples,</c>

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:53.480
James<00:35:50.139><c> and</c><00:35:50.380><c> John,</c><00:35:51.000><c> saw</c><00:35:51.000><c> this,</c><00:35:52.119><c> that</c><00:35:52.119><c> the</c><00:35:52.440><c> village</c><00:35:52.800><c> of</c><00:35:53.019><c> Samaria</c>

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:56.440
would<00:35:53.739><c> not</c><00:35:54.000><c> receive</c><00:35:54.760><c> Jesus,</c><00:35:55.340><c> they</c><00:35:55.539><c> said,</c><00:35:55.940><c> Lord,</c>

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:59.599
wilt<00:35:56.760><c> thou</c><00:35:56.940><c> that</c><00:35:57.059><c> we</c><00:35:57.199><c> command</c><00:35:57.460><c> fire</c><00:35:57.860><c> to</c><00:35:58.039><c> come</c><00:35:58.219><c> down</c><00:35:58.380><c> from</c><00:35:58.539><c> heaven</c><00:35:58.920><c> and</c>

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:01.960
consume<00:36:00.019><c> them,</c><00:36:00.179><c> even</c><00:36:00.380><c> as</c><00:36:00.599><c> Elijah</c><00:36:00.920><c> did?</c>

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:06.039
And<00:36:02.699><c> he</c><00:36:02.840><c> turned</c><00:36:03.019><c> and</c><00:36:03.159><c> rebuked</c><00:36:03.440><c> them.</c><00:36:04.300><c> And</c><00:36:04.420><c> so,</c><00:36:05.619><c> wonderfully,</c>

00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:09.019
as<00:36:06.300><c> it</c><00:36:06.619><c> brought</c><00:36:06.820><c> together,</c><00:36:07.619><c> almost</c><00:36:08.000><c> as</c><00:36:08.260><c> though</c>

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:12.559
unrelated<00:36:10.179><c> and</c><00:36:10.360><c> yet</c><00:36:10.579><c> so</c><00:36:10.900><c> directly</c><00:36:11.539><c> related,</c><00:36:12.039><c> we</c><00:36:12.159><c> have</c><00:36:12.320><c> these</c>

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:14.780
circumstances<00:36:13.119><c> of</c><00:36:13.340><c> Elijah</c><00:36:13.739><c> and</c><00:36:14.000><c> Elisha.</c>

00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:19.059
I<00:36:15.360><c> think</c><00:36:15.800><c> it's</c><00:36:17.300><c> just</c><00:36:17.739><c> one</c><00:36:17.860><c> of</c><00:36:17.880><c> those</c><00:36:18.099><c> wonders</c><00:36:18.420><c> of</c><00:36:18.659><c> Scripture.</c>

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:21.840
You<00:36:19.480><c> couldn't</c><00:36:19.739><c> invent</c><00:36:20.139><c> this</c><00:36:20.420><c> kind</c><00:36:20.639><c> of</c><00:36:20.840><c> thing.</c>

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:25.099
It's<00:36:22.440><c> too</c><00:36:22.679><c> great</c><00:36:22.880><c> for</c><00:36:23.059><c> invention.</c><00:36:24.000><c> You've</c><00:36:24.099><c> just</c><00:36:24.260><c> got</c><00:36:24.380><c> to</c><00:36:24.599><c> discover</c><00:36:24.940><c> it.</c>

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:27.360
It's<00:36:25.300><c> God</c><00:36:25.679><c> who</c><00:36:26.199><c> has</c><00:36:26.440><c> invented,</c><00:36:27.019><c> designed</c>

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:31.239
it.<00:36:27.880><c> And</c><00:36:28.179><c> there</c><00:36:28.539><c> are</c><00:36:28.780><c> these</c><00:36:29.000><c> words.</c><00:36:29.380><c> But</c><00:36:29.500><c> now,</c><00:36:29.860><c> looking</c><00:36:30.079><c> at</c><00:36:30.239><c> that</c><00:36:30.420><c> 59th</c><00:36:30.900><c> verse</c><00:36:31.059><c> of</c>

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:33.139
Luke,<00:36:31.519><c> is</c><00:36:31.760><c> this</c><00:36:32.139><c> true</c><00:36:32.420><c> of</c><00:36:32.659><c> Elisha?</c>

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:37.360
Because<00:36:33.559><c> I</c><00:36:33.659><c> don't</c><00:36:33.780><c> think</c><00:36:33.880><c> it</c><00:36:34.059><c> is.</c><00:36:36.460><c> He's</c><00:36:36.739><c> not</c><00:36:36.900><c> wanting</c><00:36:37.039><c> to</c><00:36:37.199><c> stay</c>

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:39.639
at<00:36:37.500><c> home</c><00:36:37.599><c> until</c><00:36:37.760><c> his</c><00:36:37.920><c> father</c><00:36:38.159><c> dies,</c><00:36:38.920><c> because</c><00:36:39.519><c> I</c>

00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:41.960
think<00:36:39.780><c> that's</c><00:36:39.960><c> what</c><00:36:40.119><c> this</c><00:36:40.420><c> verse</c><00:36:40.639><c> means</c><00:36:41.139><c> here.</c><00:36:41.440><c> I</c><00:36:41.539><c> don't</c><00:36:41.699><c> think</c><00:36:41.800><c> this</c>

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:43.860
man's<00:36:42.280><c> father</c><00:36:42.480><c> was</c><00:36:42.739><c> dead.</c>

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:50.480
He<00:36:45.539><c> was</c><00:36:45.840><c> deferring</c><00:36:46.679><c> the</c><00:36:46.980><c> following,</c><00:36:49.619><c> putting</c><00:36:49.739><c> it</c><00:36:49.980><c> off</c><00:36:50.260><c> until</c>

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.880
his<00:36:50.719><c> father</c><00:36:50.960><c> was</c><00:36:51.239><c> dead.</c><00:36:51.440><c> And</c><00:36:51.579><c> then</c><00:36:51.699><c> he</c><00:36:51.739><c> says,</c>

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:56.480
I'll<00:36:52.019><c> come</c><00:36:52.219><c> and</c><00:36:52.400><c> follow</c><00:36:52.539><c> you.</c><00:36:55.159><c> You</c><00:36:55.280><c> see,</c><00:36:55.380><c> in</c><00:36:55.500><c> a</c><00:36:55.599><c> Jewish</c><00:36:55.840><c> home,</c>

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:59.300
a<00:36:57.099><c> burial</c><00:36:57.340><c> takes</c><00:36:57.599><c> place</c><00:36:57.880><c> the</c><00:36:58.039><c> same</c><00:36:58.199><c> day.</c>

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:06.960
It's<00:37:00.199><c> all</c><00:37:00.420><c> over.</c><00:37:02.179><c> You</c><00:37:02.380><c> die</c><00:37:02.820><c> and</c><00:37:03.099><c> are</c><00:37:03.260><c> buried.</c><00:37:04.400><c> There's</c><00:37:04.619><c> no</c><00:37:05.300><c> kind</c><00:37:05.659><c> of</c><00:37:05.960><c> ceremony,</c>

00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:11.760
no<00:37:07.960><c> long</c><00:37:08.599><c> drawn</c><00:37:08.940><c> out</c><00:37:09.219><c> agony,</c><00:37:09.920><c> which</c><00:37:09.960><c> is</c><00:37:10.320><c> invented</c><00:37:10.719><c> by</c><00:37:11.400><c> the</c>

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:13.400
commercial<00:37:12.239><c> Western</c><00:37:12.679><c> mind</c>

00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:17.699
and<00:37:14.199><c> is</c><00:37:14.659><c> exploited</c><00:37:14.960><c> terribly,</c><00:37:15.440><c> I</c><00:37:15.659><c> know,</c><00:37:15.840><c> in</c><00:37:15.960><c> your</c><00:37:16.139><c> own</c><00:37:16.340><c> country.</c><00:37:17.599><c> It's</c>

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:19.260
just<00:37:17.880><c> the</c><00:37:18.280><c> exploitation</c><00:37:18.679><c> of</c><00:37:19.019><c> sorrow.</c>

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:23.280
It's<00:37:19.480><c> got</c><00:37:19.699><c> nothing</c><00:37:19.980><c> at</c><00:37:20.099><c> all</c><00:37:20.260><c> to</c><00:37:20.500><c> do</c><00:37:20.639><c> with</c><00:37:20.800><c> any</c><00:37:21.260><c> religious</c><00:37:21.900><c> or</c>

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:27.920
any<00:37:24.400><c> maternal,</c><00:37:25.280><c> paternal</c><00:37:26.059><c> or</c><00:37:26.440><c> dear</c><00:37:26.760><c> feelings.</c>

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:33.079
It's<00:37:28.380><c> just</c><00:37:28.559><c> something</c><00:37:28.860><c> that</c><00:37:29.019><c> has</c><00:37:29.280><c> grown</c><00:37:29.539><c> and</c><00:37:29.719><c> by</c><00:37:30.000><c> exploitation,</c><00:37:31.000><c> you</c><00:37:31.139><c> have</c><00:37:31.300><c> been</c><00:37:31.619><c> gripped</c><00:37:31.920><c> by</c><00:37:32.320><c> circumstance</c>

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:36.760
until<00:37:33.780><c> I</c><00:37:34.079><c> know,</c><00:37:34.639><c> in</c><00:37:34.739><c> this</c><00:37:34.920><c> country,</c><00:37:35.440><c> people</c><00:37:35.539><c> are</c><00:37:35.780><c> reduced</c><00:37:36.300><c> to</c>

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:40.119
penury<00:37:37.380><c> to</c><00:37:38.380><c> do</c><00:37:38.599><c> something</c><00:37:38.900><c> for</c><00:37:39.119><c> the</c><00:37:39.360><c> dead</c><00:37:39.579><c> who</c><00:37:39.800><c> don't</c>

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:43.260
know<00:37:40.260><c> it's</c><00:37:40.440><c> being</c><00:37:40.739><c> done.</c><00:37:42.199><c> There</c><00:37:42.199><c> is</c><00:37:42.420><c> a</c><00:37:42.460><c> way</c><00:37:42.619><c> of</c><00:37:42.800><c> doing</c><00:37:42.940><c> things</c>

00:37:43.260 --> 00:37:46.460
decently<00:37:43.739><c> and</c><00:37:44.019><c> in</c><00:37:44.239><c> order,</c><00:37:44.960><c> but</c><00:37:45.239><c> it</c><00:37:45.380><c> is</c><00:37:45.559><c> not</c><00:37:45.739><c> this</c>

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:50.920
drawing<00:37:47.039><c> out</c><00:37:47.340><c> of</c><00:37:47.559><c> agony,</c><00:37:48.420><c> which</c><00:37:48.639><c> is</c><00:37:49.659><c> done,</c><00:37:50.000><c> as</c><00:37:50.179><c> I</c><00:37:50.320><c> say,</c><00:37:50.460><c> by</c><00:37:50.659><c> the</c>

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:52.380
commercial.<00:37:51.119><c> If</c><00:37:51.219><c> it's</c><00:37:51.460><c> drawn</c><00:37:51.599><c> out,</c><00:37:52.019><c> as</c><00:37:52.079><c> it</c><00:37:52.239><c> might</c>

00:37:52.380 --> 00:37:55.719
have<00:37:52.500><c> been</c><00:37:52.599><c> in</c><00:37:52.780><c> the</c><00:37:52.860><c> case</c><00:37:53.019><c> of</c><00:37:53.340><c> the</c><00:37:53.480><c> burial</c><00:37:53.679><c> of</c><00:37:53.880><c> Jacob,</c><00:37:55.360><c> by</c><00:37:55.559><c> the</c>

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:57.260
feelings<00:37:55.940><c> of</c><00:37:56.159><c> children,</c><00:37:56.500><c> it's</c><00:37:56.679><c> a</c><00:37:56.679><c> different</c><00:37:56.800><c> matter.</c>

00:37:57.260 --> 00:38:01.199
But<00:37:57.719><c> here,</c><00:37:58.119><c> this</c><00:37:58.260><c> is</c><00:37:58.360><c> only</c><00:37:58.579><c> for</c><00:37:58.760><c> a</c><00:37:58.920><c> day.</c><00:38:00.239><c> And</c><00:38:00.380><c> so,</c><00:38:00.719><c> if</c><00:38:00.960><c> the</c><00:38:01.079><c> man</c>

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:03.780
had<00:38:01.320><c> wanted</c><00:38:01.460><c> to</c><00:38:01.679><c> bury</c><00:38:01.820><c> his</c><00:38:02.079><c> father</c><00:38:02.820><c> that</c><00:38:03.260><c> day,</c>

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:06.719
there'd<00:38:04.320><c> be</c><00:38:04.460><c> no</c><00:38:04.739><c> delay</c><00:38:05.059><c> in</c><00:38:05.320><c> following</c><00:38:05.539><c> Jesus.</c><00:38:06.260><c> But</c><00:38:06.400><c> what</c><00:38:06.519><c> he</c>

00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:08.539
wanted<00:38:06.920><c> to</c><00:38:07.119><c> do</c><00:38:07.199><c> was</c><00:38:07.380><c> to</c><00:38:07.539><c> delay</c><00:38:07.699><c> it</c><00:38:07.920><c> beyond</c><00:38:08.139><c> that.</c>

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:11.159
Now<00:38:09.159><c> go</c><00:38:09.340><c> back</c><00:38:09.539><c> and</c><00:38:09.639><c> look</c><00:38:09.760><c> at</c><00:38:09.940><c> Elisha</c><00:38:10.380><c> and</c><00:38:10.500><c> you</c><00:38:10.599><c> will</c><00:38:10.760><c> see</c><00:38:10.840><c> the</c>

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:12.400
circumstances<00:38:11.599><c> different.</c>

00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:22.059
He<00:38:18.320><c> doesn't</c><00:38:18.579><c> say</c><00:38:18.780><c> he</c><00:38:18.900><c> wants</c><00:38:19.199><c> to</c><00:38:19.420><c> go</c><00:38:19.820><c> and</c><00:38:20.119><c> wait</c><00:38:20.460><c> until</c><00:38:20.739><c> his</c><00:38:21.039><c> parents</c><00:38:21.679><c> have</c>

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:23.780
died.<00:38:23.340><c> He</c><00:38:23.619><c> says,</c>

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:29.360
I<00:38:23.920><c> just</c><00:38:24.239><c> want</c><00:38:24.420><c> to</c><00:38:24.679><c> say</c><00:38:25.159><c> farewell</c><00:38:25.739><c> to</c><00:38:26.019><c> them</c><00:38:26.460><c> in</c><00:38:27.139><c> a</c><00:38:27.280><c> decent</c><00:38:27.519><c> manner</c><00:38:28.059><c> and</c><00:38:29.139><c> then</c><00:38:29.260><c> I</c>

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:30.519
will<00:38:29.519><c> follow</c><00:38:29.760><c> them.</c>

00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:35.579
And<00:38:33.900><c> the</c><00:38:34.019><c> most</c><00:38:34.199><c> interesting</c><00:38:34.440><c> thing</c><00:38:34.639><c> about</c><00:38:34.900><c> this</c><00:38:35.079><c> is</c><00:38:35.260><c> Elisha</c>

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:37.420
hasn't<00:38:35.820><c> asked</c><00:38:36.019><c> him</c><00:38:36.159><c> to</c><00:38:36.340><c> follow.</c>

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:43.179
Never<00:38:40.800><c> said</c><00:38:40.940><c> a</c><00:38:41.119><c> word</c><00:38:41.280><c> to</c><00:38:42.679><c> him.</c>

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:49.539
All<00:38:44.760><c> that</c><00:38:45.000><c> Elisha</c><00:38:45.340><c> has</c><00:38:45.599><c> felt</c><00:38:45.780><c> is</c><00:38:46.099><c> the</c><00:38:46.440><c> mantle</c><00:38:46.760><c> on</c><00:38:46.940><c> his</c><00:38:47.159><c> shoulders.</c><00:38:48.420><c> That's</c><00:38:48.780><c> all.</c>

00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:58.199
And<00:38:51.739><c> he</c><00:38:51.900><c> perceived</c><00:38:52.380><c> that</c><00:38:52.659><c> virtue</c><00:38:53.079><c> had</c><00:38:54.019><c> entered</c><00:38:54.159><c> into</c><00:38:54.400><c> him.</c><00:38:56.739><c> The</c><00:38:56.860><c> mantle</c><00:38:57.039><c> was</c><00:38:57.239><c> the</c><00:38:57.340><c> mantle</c><00:38:57.559><c> of</c><00:38:57.800><c> succession.</c>

00:38:58.380 --> 00:39:01.019
It's<00:38:58.480><c> come</c><00:38:58.719><c> down</c><00:38:58.920><c> in</c><00:38:59.099><c> our</c><00:38:59.239><c> language,</c><00:38:59.659><c> hasn't</c><00:38:59.840><c> it?</c><00:39:00.559><c> Right</c><00:39:00.840><c> from</c>

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:02.360
this<00:39:01.300><c> time.</c>

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:08.880
But<00:39:04.380><c> strangely,</c><00:39:05.239><c> Elijah</c><00:39:05.320><c> says,</c><00:39:05.659><c> go</c><00:39:05.679><c> back.</c><00:39:08.199><c> What</c><00:39:08.380><c> have</c><00:39:08.539><c> I</c><00:39:08.699><c> done</c>

00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:10.099
to<00:39:09.079><c> thee?</c>

00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:15.519
What<00:39:13.159><c> had</c><00:39:13.280><c> he</c><00:39:13.440><c> done?</c><00:39:13.699><c> He'd</c><00:39:13.920><c> anointed</c><00:39:14.139><c> Elisha.</c>

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:23.659
He'd<00:39:17.739><c> anointed?</c><00:39:18.659><c> No,</c><00:39:18.960><c> God</c><00:39:19.179><c> had</c><00:39:19.380><c> touched</c><00:39:19.579><c> him.</c><00:39:23.039><c> Elijah</c><00:39:23.320><c> hadn't</c>

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:26.199
spoken.<00:39:24.179><c> Who</c><00:39:24.420><c> had</c><00:39:24.679><c> spoken</c><00:39:25.039><c> then?</c>

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:33.000
Oh,<00:39:26.800><c> the</c><00:39:26.940><c> still</c><00:39:27.139><c> small</c><00:39:27.440><c> voice</c><00:39:28.159><c> had</c><00:39:29.940><c> spoken</c><00:39:30.280><c> to</c><00:39:30.480><c> Elisha.</c><00:39:32.559><c> And</c>

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:35.900
he<00:39:33.099><c> knew,</c><00:39:34.159><c> and</c><00:39:34.219><c> he</c><00:39:34.360><c> must</c><00:39:34.500><c> respond.</c>

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:41.380
And<00:39:37.179><c> he</c><00:39:37.360><c> left</c><00:39:37.559><c> his</c><00:39:37.820><c> riches</c><00:39:38.320><c> and</c><00:39:39.500><c> the</c><00:39:39.699><c> wealth</c><00:39:39.860><c> of</c><00:39:40.039><c> his</c><00:39:40.239><c> home</c><00:39:40.780><c> and</c>

00:39:41.380 --> 00:39:43.659
the<00:39:41.619><c> comfort</c><00:39:41.880><c> of</c><00:39:42.239><c> parenthood.</c>

00:39:43.710 --> 00:39:48.219
It<00:39:43.980><c> was</c><00:39:44.159><c> about</c><00:39:44.440><c> him.</c><00:39:45.659><c> And</c><00:39:45.820><c> he</c><00:39:45.880><c> takes</c><00:39:46.400><c> his</c><00:39:46.800><c> plow</c><00:39:47.159><c> and</c><00:39:47.300><c> his</c><00:39:47.519><c> oxen</c>

00:39:48.219 --> 00:39:50.639
and<00:39:48.440><c> he</c><00:39:48.599><c> makes</c><00:39:48.739><c> a</c><00:39:49.059><c> feast.</c><00:39:49.699><c> It's</c><00:39:50.039><c> not</c><00:39:50.280><c> merely</c>

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:54.139
just<00:39:50.840><c> an</c><00:39:51.019><c> offering</c><00:39:51.199><c> of</c><00:39:51.519><c> sacrifice.</c><00:39:52.019><c> It's</c><00:39:52.280><c> a</c><00:39:52.440><c> feast</c><00:39:52.659><c> of</c><00:39:52.980><c> farewell.</c><00:39:53.860><c> It's</c>

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:56.460
very<00:39:54.400><c> much</c><00:39:54.559><c> like</c><00:39:54.840><c> Matthew's</c><00:39:55.460><c> feast.</c>

00:39:57.739 --> 00:40:00.599
When<00:39:58.039><c> on</c><00:39:58.500><c> that</c><00:39:58.820><c> day,</c><00:39:59.039><c> you</c><00:39:59.300><c> remember,</c><00:39:59.539><c> when</c><00:39:59.719><c> he</c><00:39:59.940><c> came</c><00:40:00.239><c> and</c><00:40:00.400><c> was</c>

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:03.739
converted<00:40:01.360><c> truly</c><00:40:02.179><c> and</c><00:40:02.699><c> that</c><00:40:02.820><c> his</c><00:40:03.019><c> heart</c><00:40:03.179><c> was</c><00:40:03.480><c> wholly</c>

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:06.460
changed,<00:40:04.300><c> he</c><00:40:04.559><c> made</c><00:40:04.679><c> a</c><00:40:04.960><c> great</c><00:40:05.239><c> feast</c><00:40:05.500><c> and</c><00:40:05.699><c> invited</c><00:40:05.980><c> everybody</c>

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:09.000
in.<00:40:07.559><c> And</c><00:40:08.099><c> some</c><00:40:08.320><c> people</c><00:40:08.579><c> have</c><00:40:08.800><c> thought</c>

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:15.699
that<00:40:09.239><c> what</c><00:40:09.579><c> Matthew</c><00:40:09.860><c> was</c><00:40:10.099><c> doing</c><00:40:10.440><c> was</c><00:40:10.980><c> to</c><00:40:11.139><c> have</c><00:40:11.219><c> a</c><00:40:11.500><c> very</c><00:40:11.900><c> good</c><00:40:12.360><c> final</c><00:40:13.280><c> party,</c><00:40:15.539><c> a</c>

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:17.440
kind<00:40:15.900><c> of</c><00:40:16.340><c> stag</c><00:40:16.820><c> party,</c>

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:20.119
if<00:40:17.579><c> you</c><00:40:17.699><c> understand</c><00:40:18.059><c> what</c><00:40:18.219><c> I</c><00:40:18.440><c> mean,</c><00:40:18.940><c> a</c><00:40:19.119><c> farewell</c><00:40:19.500><c> to</c><00:40:19.739><c> an</c><00:40:19.900><c> old</c>

00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:23.019
life.<00:40:20.840><c> And</c><00:40:21.019><c> nothing</c><00:40:21.219><c> could</c><00:40:21.400><c> be</c><00:40:21.559><c> more</c><00:40:21.800><c> untrue.</c>

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:26.420
What<00:40:23.500><c> Matthew</c><00:40:23.840><c> was</c><00:40:24.099><c> doing</c><00:40:24.420><c> was</c><00:40:24.699><c> to</c><00:40:24.940><c> celebrate</c><00:40:25.320><c> the</c><00:40:25.579><c> new.</c><00:40:26.179><c> Come</c>

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:27.880
and<00:40:26.599><c> meet</c><00:40:26.699><c> the</c><00:40:26.900><c> man</c><00:40:27.079><c> who's</c><00:40:27.280><c> made</c><00:40:27.440><c> all</c><00:40:27.659><c> this</c>

00:40:27.880 --> 00:40:32.960
difference<00:40:28.280><c> to</c><00:40:28.639><c> me.</c><00:40:29.920><c> And</c><00:40:30.199><c> here,</c><00:40:31.000><c> Elisha</c><00:40:31.340><c> is</c><00:40:31.539><c> doing</c><00:40:31.719><c> the</c><00:40:31.980><c> same.</c>

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:34.840
He<00:40:33.820><c> calls</c><00:40:34.000><c> all</c><00:40:34.260><c> the</c><00:40:34.420><c> people</c><00:40:34.579><c> together,</c>

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:38.079
all<00:40:35.079><c> the</c><00:40:35.400><c> servants,</c><00:40:36.280><c> no</c><00:40:36.460><c> doubt,</c><00:40:37.380><c> because</c><00:40:37.500><c> it</c><00:40:37.699><c> says</c><00:40:37.860><c> so.</c><00:40:38.079><c> He</c>

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:40.340
gave<00:40:38.300><c> unto</c><00:40:38.480><c> the</c><00:40:38.699><c> people</c><00:40:38.960><c> and</c><00:40:39.039><c> they</c><00:40:39.199><c> did</c><00:40:39.320><c> eat.</c>

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:46.139
And<00:40:40.699><c> then</c><00:40:40.820><c> he</c><00:40:40.980><c> arose</c><00:40:41.500><c> and</c><00:40:42.519><c> went</c><00:40:42.699><c> after</c><00:40:42.980><c> Elijah</c><00:40:43.440><c> and</c><00:40:44.539><c> ministered</c><00:40:44.960><c> to</c><00:40:45.079><c> him.</c>

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:48.659
So<00:40:46.340><c> he</c><00:40:46.420><c> now</c><00:40:46.639><c> becomes</c><00:40:47.219><c> the</c><00:40:47.920><c> hand</c>

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:55.079
servant<00:40:51.460><c> of</c><00:40:51.940><c> Elijah.</c><00:40:53.260><c> He</c><00:40:53.440><c> doesn't</c><00:40:53.639><c> say</c><00:40:53.760><c> what</c><00:40:53.860><c> he</c><00:40:54.099><c> does</c><00:40:54.480><c> for</c><00:40:54.760><c> quite</c><00:40:54.920><c> a</c>

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:56.820
number<00:40:55.239><c> of</c><00:40:55.480><c> chapters.</c><00:40:56.500><c> In</c><00:40:56.659><c> fact,</c>

00:40:57.039 --> 00:41:01.019
as<00:40:57.460><c> it</c><00:40:57.659><c> were,</c><00:40:58.400><c> he</c><00:40:58.400><c> doesn't</c><00:40:58.739><c> feature</c><00:40:59.139><c> in</c><00:40:59.260><c> the</c><00:40:59.420><c> record</c><00:40:59.639><c> at</c><00:40:59.920><c> all</c><00:41:00.079><c> now</c><00:41:00.599><c> for</c><00:41:00.920><c> a</c>

00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:04.099
little<00:41:01.179><c> time.</c><00:41:02.500><c> But</c><00:41:02.719><c> he's</c><00:41:02.960><c> there</c><00:41:03.360><c> as</c>

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:08.840
the<00:41:04.920><c> servant.</c><00:41:06.199><c> As</c><00:41:06.219><c> a</c><00:41:06.260><c> matter</c><00:41:06.380><c> of</c><00:41:06.519><c> fact,</c><00:41:06.679><c> he's</c><00:41:06.880><c> the</c><00:41:07.000><c> one</c><00:41:07.239><c> who</c><00:41:07.619><c> pours</c><00:41:08.139><c> water,</c><00:41:08.599><c> it</c>

00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:09.860
said<00:41:09.159><c> later</c><00:41:09.500><c> on,</c>

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:17.239
over<00:41:10.460><c> the</c><00:41:10.760><c> hands</c><00:41:11.159><c> of</c><00:41:11.420><c> Elijah.</c><00:41:12.679><c> That</c><00:41:12.860><c> was</c><00:41:13.039><c> an</c><00:41:13.280><c> act</c><00:41:13.579><c> of,</c><00:41:15.920><c> a</c><00:41:15.920><c> menial</c><00:41:16.260><c> act,</c>

00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:19.139
the<00:41:17.760><c> kind</c><00:41:18.000><c> of</c><00:41:18.159><c> act</c><00:41:18.420><c> that</c><00:41:18.639><c> Jesus</c><00:41:18.960><c> would</c>

00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:23.539
have<00:41:19.300><c> undertaken</c><00:41:19.760><c> for</c><00:41:20.139><c> Elijah.</c><00:41:22.179><c> He</c><00:41:22.400><c> undertook</c><00:41:22.639><c> it</c><00:41:22.800><c> for</c><00:41:23.000><c> Judas,</c><00:41:23.400><c> and</c>

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:26.300
Judas<00:41:23.760><c> didn't</c><00:41:24.059><c> know</c><00:41:24.639><c> when</c><00:41:25.659><c> he</c><00:41:25.860><c> washed</c><00:41:26.019><c> his</c>

00:41:26.300 --> 00:41:32.420
feet.<00:41:27.960><c> The</c><00:41:28.059><c> first</c><00:41:28.320><c> Kings</c><00:41:28.659><c> chapter</c><00:41:29.019><c> 20,</c><00:41:29.599><c> well,</c><00:41:30.320><c> there's</c><00:41:30.539><c> little</c><00:41:30.780><c> in</c><00:41:30.980><c> that</c><00:41:31.519><c> that</c><00:41:32.019><c> has</c><00:41:32.219><c> to</c>

00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:33.300
do<00:41:32.659><c> with</c><00:41:32.900><c> Elijah.</c>

00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:37.460
You<00:41:33.840><c> know,</c><00:41:33.880><c> there's</c><00:41:33.960><c> a</c><00:41:34.079><c> great</c><00:41:34.219><c> deal</c><00:41:34.440><c> to</c><00:41:34.639><c> do</c><00:41:34.739><c> with</c><00:41:35.659><c> an</c><00:41:36.099><c> exhortation</c><00:41:36.480><c> I</c><00:41:36.619><c> once</c><00:41:36.860><c> gave</c><00:41:37.079><c> you,</c><00:41:37.280><c> I</c>

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:38.659
remember.<00:41:38.380><c> But</c>

00:41:38.659 --> 00:41:43.480
I<00:41:39.119><c> won't</c><00:41:39.300><c> give</c><00:41:39.460><c> that</c><00:41:39.699><c> exhortation</c><00:41:40.219><c> again.</c><00:41:41.639><c> The</c><00:41:41.800><c> God</c><00:41:42.019><c> of</c><00:41:42.420><c> the</c>

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:46.460
hills<00:41:43.780><c> and</c><00:41:44.059><c> valleys.</c><00:41:45.159><c> And</c><00:41:45.340><c> I'm</c><00:41:45.440><c> quite</c><00:41:45.699><c> sure</c>

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:51.980
that<00:41:47.500><c> you'll</c><00:41:48.019><c> remember</c><00:41:48.500><c> at</c><00:41:48.760><c> least</c><00:41:48.980><c> a</c><00:41:49.139><c> little</c><00:41:49.420><c> of</c><00:41:49.659><c> that</c><00:41:49.920><c> exhortation.</c><00:41:51.300><c> I</c><00:41:51.639><c> still</c><00:41:51.840><c> give</c>

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:53.219
it<00:41:52.099><c> to</c><00:41:52.239><c> myself</c><00:41:52.659><c> from</c><00:41:53.000><c> time</c>

00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:58.280
to<00:41:53.280><c> time.</c><00:41:55.000><c> It's</c><00:41:55.039><c> one</c><00:41:55.179><c> of</c><00:41:55.260><c> those</c><00:41:55.480><c> exhortations</c><00:41:56.059><c> which,</c><00:41:58.179><c> having</c>

00:41:58.280 --> 00:42:00.260
been<00:41:58.539><c> prepared,</c><00:41:59.079><c> doesn't</c><00:41:59.219><c> ever</c><00:41:59.659><c> seem</c><00:41:59.880><c> to</c><00:42:00.000><c> be</c>

00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:04.280
part<00:42:00.539><c> of</c><00:42:00.739><c> oneself.</c><00:42:01.880><c> It's</c><00:42:01.980><c> been</c><00:42:02.219><c> injected</c><00:42:02.719><c> by</c><00:42:03.280><c> the</c><00:42:03.420><c> Word</c><00:42:03.539><c> of</c><00:42:03.780><c> God,</c><00:42:03.960><c> and</c><00:42:04.119><c> is</c>

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:05.679
as<00:42:04.400><c> much</c><00:42:04.539><c> an</c><00:42:04.739><c> exhortation</c><00:42:05.119><c> to</c><00:42:05.260><c> me</c>

00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:08.880
every<00:42:06.079><c> time</c><00:42:06.260><c> I</c><00:42:06.400><c> come</c><00:42:06.579><c> across</c><00:42:06.860><c> it</c><00:42:07.599><c> as</c><00:42:07.940><c> when</c><00:42:08.099><c> I</c><00:42:08.320><c> first</c><00:42:08.599><c> prepared</c>

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:11.079
it.<00:42:09.699><c> And</c><00:42:09.840><c> I</c><00:42:09.920><c> think</c><00:42:10.099><c> if</c><00:42:10.360><c> I</c><00:42:10.500><c> remember</c><00:42:10.780><c> rightly,</c>

00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:15.920
I<00:42:11.320><c> told</c><00:42:11.639><c> you</c><00:42:11.820><c> that</c><00:42:11.940><c> when</c><00:42:12.099><c> I</c><00:42:12.840><c> prepared</c><00:42:13.159><c> that</c><00:42:13.420><c> exhortation</c><00:42:14.019><c> on</c><00:42:14.500><c> hills</c><00:42:14.760><c> and</c><00:42:14.940><c> valleys,</c><00:42:15.260><c> I</c>

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:17.739
did<00:42:16.059><c> it</c><00:42:16.219><c> for</c><00:42:16.500><c> a</c><00:42:16.880><c> small</c><00:42:17.300><c> Scottish</c>

00:42:17.739 --> 00:42:24.099
village.<00:42:19.619><c> And</c><00:42:19.760><c> from</c><00:42:20.760><c> then</c><00:42:21.019><c> it</c><00:42:21.280><c> grew</c><00:42:21.519><c> and</c><00:42:21.780><c> has</c><00:42:23.360><c> found</c><00:42:23.619><c> lodgment</c>

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:26.199
in<00:42:24.400><c> different</c><00:42:24.619><c> parts</c><00:42:24.920><c> of</c><00:42:25.119><c> the</c><00:42:25.239><c> world.</c>

00:42:29.260 --> 00:42:34.980
But<00:42:29.860><c> Ahab</c><00:42:30.460><c> hasn't</c><00:42:30.739><c> been</c><00:42:31.039><c> sleeping.</c><00:42:33.320><c> The</c><00:42:33.500><c> fact</c><00:42:33.639><c> now</c><00:42:33.940><c> that</c><00:42:34.139><c> Elijah</c><00:42:34.539><c> seems</c><00:42:34.840><c> to</c>

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:36.219
have<00:42:35.099><c> been</c><00:42:35.260><c> taken</c><00:42:35.480><c> from</c><00:42:35.699><c> the</c><00:42:35.980><c> scene</c>

00:42:36.219 --> 00:42:43.820
and<00:42:36.820><c> has</c><00:42:37.039><c> escaped</c><00:42:37.559><c> the</c><00:42:37.780><c> clutches</c><00:42:38.079><c> of</c><00:42:38.360><c> Jezebel,</c><00:42:39.860><c> she's</c><00:42:40.219><c> increased</c><00:42:40.820><c> her</c><00:42:41.280><c> hold.</c><00:42:42.380><c> And</c><00:42:42.639><c> this</c><00:42:43.159><c> man</c><00:42:43.539><c> in</c>

00:42:43.820 --> 00:42:46.440
1<00:42:44.239><c> Kings</c><00:42:44.760><c> 21</c>

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:54.739
now<00:42:47.460><c> casts</c><00:42:48.039><c> covetous</c><00:42:48.739><c> eyes</c><00:42:50.159><c> upon</c><00:42:52.119><c> the</c><00:42:52.380><c> vineyard</c><00:42:53.320><c> of</c><00:42:54.019><c> Naboth</c>

00:42:54.739 --> 00:42:56.619
the<00:42:55.059><c> Jezreelite.</c>

00:42:57.280 --> 00:43:02.219
He<00:42:57.860><c> had</c><00:42:58.079><c> a</c><00:42:58.320><c> vineyard</c><00:42:58.900><c> that</c><00:42:59.059><c> was</c><00:42:59.280><c> in</c><00:42:59.500><c> Jezreel,</c><00:43:01.260><c> hired</c><00:43:01.679><c> by</c><00:43:02.019><c> the</c>

00:43:02.219 --> 00:43:04.579
palace<00:43:02.599><c> of</c><00:43:02.840><c> Ahab,</c><00:43:03.380><c> king</c><00:43:03.519><c> of</c><00:43:03.739><c> Samaria.</c>

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:10.739
Right?<00:43:06.380><c> So</c><00:43:06.739><c> Naboth</c><00:43:08.199><c> knew</c><00:43:08.380><c> all</c><00:43:08.739><c> about</c><00:43:09.019><c> the</c><00:43:09.300><c> idolatry</c><00:43:10.159><c> of</c><00:43:10.440><c> Ahab,</c>

00:43:10.840 --> 00:43:13.059
knew<00:43:10.940><c> his</c><00:43:11.119><c> way</c><00:43:11.260><c> of</c><00:43:11.519><c> life,</c><00:43:11.880><c> lived</c><00:43:12.019><c> next</c><00:43:12.380><c> door</c><00:43:12.659><c> to</c><00:43:12.780><c> him,</c>

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:18.719
keep<00:43:13.460><c> thy</c><00:43:13.940><c> jowl</c><00:43:15.500><c> where</c><00:43:15.659><c> they</c><00:43:15.900><c> have</c><00:43:16.059><c> the</c><00:43:16.300><c> king.</c><00:43:17.739><c> And</c><00:43:18.340><c> this</c><00:43:18.480><c> man</c>

00:43:18.719 --> 00:43:20.480
with<00:43:18.980><c> all</c><00:43:19.320><c> his</c><00:43:19.519><c> riches,</c>

00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:26.659
with<00:43:21.420><c> his</c><00:43:21.739><c> palace</c><00:43:22.099><c> in</c><00:43:22.360><c> Samaria,</c><00:43:24.000><c> which</c><00:43:24.199><c> as</c><00:43:24.320><c> it</c><00:43:24.519><c> says</c><00:43:24.719><c> here,</c><00:43:26.420><c> a</c>

00:43:26.659 --> 00:43:30.639
marvelous<00:43:27.099><c> place,</c><00:43:28.679><c> wanted</c><00:43:28.920><c> that</c><00:43:29.219><c> little</c><00:43:29.539><c> extra.</c>

00:43:31.739 --> 00:43:38.500
The<00:43:31.960><c> covetous</c><00:43:32.840><c> are</c><00:43:34.199><c> never</c><00:43:34.500><c> satisfied.</c><00:43:37.099><c> It's</c><00:43:37.780><c> like</c><00:43:37.940><c> the</c><00:43:38.179><c> horse</c>

00:43:38.500 --> 00:43:41.400
leech<00:43:39.380><c> that</c><00:43:39.760><c> never</c><00:43:40.039><c> has</c><00:43:40.280><c> enough.</c>

00:43:42.559 --> 00:43:45.380
And<00:43:43.079><c> if</c><00:43:43.199><c> you've</c><00:43:43.380><c> noticed</c><00:43:43.639><c> this,</c><00:43:43.980><c> if</c><00:43:44.059><c> you've</c><00:43:44.380><c> embarked</c><00:43:44.980><c> on</c><00:43:45.119><c> the</c>

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:49.840
path<00:43:45.679><c> of</c><00:43:45.900><c> covetousness,</c><00:43:47.900><c> of</c><00:43:48.099><c> desiring</c><00:43:48.679><c> riches,</c>

00:43:51.179 --> 00:43:55.820
sister,<00:43:51.460><c> if</c><00:43:51.639><c> you've</c><00:43:52.039><c> entered</c><00:43:52.260><c> into</c><00:43:52.639><c> that</c><00:43:54.039><c> race</c><00:43:54.800><c> that</c><00:43:55.260><c> so</c><00:43:55.559><c> many</c>

00:43:55.820 --> 00:43:57.820
American<00:43:56.239><c> women</c><00:43:56.639><c> have</c><00:43:56.920><c> entered,</c>

00:43:58.780 --> 00:44:00.980
that<00:43:58.880><c> you</c><00:43:59.000><c> must</c><00:43:59.239><c> have</c><00:43:59.500><c> this</c><00:43:59.800><c> and</c><00:43:59.940><c> you</c><00:44:00.039><c> must</c><00:44:00.280><c> have</c><00:44:00.519><c> that</c><00:44:00.840><c> and</c>

00:44:00.980 --> 00:44:02.820
you<00:44:01.059><c> must</c><00:44:01.320><c> have</c><00:44:01.519><c> this</c><00:44:01.820><c> and</c><00:44:01.940><c> you</c><00:44:02.059><c> must</c><00:44:02.300><c> have</c><00:44:02.539><c> that,</c>

00:44:02.820 --> 00:44:06.179
because<00:44:03.139><c> somebody</c><00:44:03.480><c> else</c><00:44:03.639><c> has</c><00:44:03.760><c> got</c><00:44:03.940><c> this.</c><00:44:04.699><c> I</c><00:44:04.880><c> can</c><00:44:05.059><c> remember</c><00:44:05.500><c> how</c><00:44:06.000><c> it</c>

00:44:06.179 --> 00:44:08.619
all<00:44:06.760><c> seems</c><00:44:07.059><c> strange</c><00:44:07.559><c> to</c><00:44:07.739><c> me</c><00:44:07.800><c> when</c><00:44:07.900><c> I</c><00:44:08.119><c> first</c><00:44:08.380><c> came</c>

00:44:08.619 --> 00:44:12.320
here.<00:44:08.860><c> It's</c><00:44:09.019><c> no</c><00:44:09.199><c> longer</c><00:44:09.460><c> strange.</c><00:44:09.940><c> It's</c><00:44:10.039><c> now</c><00:44:10.199><c> in</c><00:44:10.360><c> Britain.</c><00:44:11.460><c> We're</c><00:44:11.579><c> just</c><00:44:11.739><c> those</c><00:44:12.000><c> two</c><00:44:12.199><c> or</c>

00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:13.559
three<00:44:12.500><c> steps</c><00:44:12.800><c> behind</c><00:44:13.260><c> you</c><00:44:13.420><c> in</c>

00:44:13.559 --> 00:44:18.400
many<00:44:13.760><c> ways.</c><00:44:15.019><c> When</c><00:44:15.179><c> I</c><00:44:15.420><c> first</c><00:44:15.760><c> came,</c><00:44:16.940><c> I</c><00:44:17.039><c> was</c><00:44:17.260><c> amazed</c><00:44:17.639><c> to</c><00:44:17.880><c> see</c><00:44:18.019><c> that</c><00:44:18.199><c> the</c>

00:44:18.400 --> 00:44:21.139
people<00:44:18.599><c> were</c><00:44:19.300><c> towing</c><00:44:19.659><c> behind</c><00:44:20.059><c> them</c><00:44:20.260><c> these</c><00:44:20.500><c> long</c>

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:27.539
trailers.<00:44:23.699><c> Almost</c><00:44:23.940><c> forgotten</c><00:44:24.260><c> them,</c><00:44:24.440><c> haven't</c><00:44:24.559><c> we?</c><00:44:25.800><c> And</c><00:44:26.099><c> I</c><00:44:26.820><c> thought,</c><00:44:27.000><c> what</c><00:44:27.139><c> a</c>

00:44:27.539 --> 00:44:29.199
strange<00:44:27.840><c> thing.</c><00:44:28.440><c> Like</c><00:44:28.780><c> a</c><00:44:28.980><c> snail</c>

00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:32.119
dragging<00:44:29.500><c> its</c><00:44:29.760><c> house</c><00:44:30.059><c> behind</c><00:44:30.440><c> it,</c><00:44:30.599><c> you</c><00:44:30.760><c> know.</c><00:44:31.639><c> And</c><00:44:31.820><c> there</c><00:44:31.920><c> it</c>

00:44:32.119 --> 00:44:35.780
is,<00:44:33.039><c> so</c><00:44:33.619><c> long.</c><00:44:34.800><c> And</c><00:44:34.940><c> when</c><00:44:35.019><c> you</c><00:44:35.119><c> think</c><00:44:35.260><c> about</c><00:44:35.480><c> it,</c><00:44:35.639><c> what</c>

00:44:35.780 --> 00:44:38.260
an<00:44:36.219><c> impediment</c><00:44:36.440><c> that</c><00:44:36.599><c> is</c><00:44:36.820><c> to</c><00:44:37.000><c> life</c><00:44:37.260><c> when</c><00:44:37.500><c> you</c><00:44:37.659><c> hang</c><00:44:37.860><c> this</c><00:44:38.039><c> onto</c>

00:44:38.260 --> 00:44:40.699
your<00:44:38.599><c> tail,</c><00:44:39.280><c> when</c><00:44:39.380><c> you</c><00:44:39.440><c> go</c><00:44:39.639><c> about</c><00:44:39.880><c> with</c><00:44:40.000><c> it.</c>

00:44:41.519 --> 00:44:44.659
Almost<00:44:41.780><c> got</c><00:44:42.059><c> to</c><00:44:42.460><c> maneuver</c><00:44:42.960><c> by</c><00:44:43.300><c> electronics</c><00:44:44.000><c> to</c><00:44:44.260><c> get</c><00:44:44.320><c> it</c><00:44:44.500><c> round</c>

00:44:44.659 --> 00:44:47.260
the<00:44:44.840><c> corners.</c><00:44:46.400><c> Well,</c><00:44:46.500><c> the</c><00:44:46.579><c> next</c><00:44:46.800><c> time</c><00:44:46.980><c> I</c><00:44:47.079><c> came,</c>

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:50.860
the<00:44:47.480><c> trailer</c><00:44:47.679><c> had</c><00:44:47.880><c> gone.</c><00:44:48.119><c> I</c><00:44:48.260><c> thought,</c><00:44:48.460><c> that's</c><00:44:48.739><c> a</c><00:44:48.880><c> strange</c><00:44:49.079><c> thing,</c><00:44:49.340><c> isn't</c><00:44:49.440><c> it?</c>

00:44:51.099 --> 00:44:52.420
And<00:44:51.300><c> I</c><00:44:51.380><c> now</c><00:44:51.539><c> discovered</c><00:44:51.800><c> the</c><00:44:52.000><c> reason.</c>

00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:58.000
It<00:44:53.099><c> was</c><00:44:53.320><c> a</c><00:44:53.460><c> boat</c><00:44:53.679><c> behind.</c><00:44:56.739><c> And</c><00:44:57.019><c> the</c><00:44:57.239><c> trailer</c><00:44:57.420><c> had</c><00:44:57.599><c> become</c><00:44:57.780><c> part</c>

00:44:58.000 --> 00:44:59.280
of<00:44:58.139><c> the</c><00:44:58.300><c> car.</c><00:44:58.500><c> You've</c><00:44:58.719><c> seen</c><00:44:58.860><c> it,</c>

00:44:59.420 --> 00:45:02.619
where<00:44:59.739><c> everything's</c><00:45:00.179><c> inside</c><00:45:00.460><c> the</c><00:45:00.860><c> truck</c><00:45:01.119><c> or</c><00:45:01.280><c> whatever</c><00:45:01.460><c> it</c><00:45:01.639><c> is.</c><00:45:02.219><c> I</c>

00:45:02.619 --> 00:45:03.679
don't<00:45:02.920><c> know</c><00:45:02.980><c> what</c><00:45:03.079><c> will</c><00:45:03.119><c> be</c><00:45:03.260><c> next,</c>

00:45:03.679 --> 00:45:06.480
but<00:45:04.079><c> if</c><00:45:04.199><c> there's</c><00:45:04.260><c> something</c><00:45:04.460><c> else,</c><00:45:04.880><c> there'll</c><00:45:05.059><c> be</c><00:45:05.119><c> a</c><00:45:05.300><c> launching</c><00:45:05.639><c> pad</c><00:45:06.099><c> on</c>

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:07.440
the<00:45:06.639><c> back.</c>

00:45:13.840 --> 00:45:17.460
Well,<00:45:14.920><c> you</c><00:45:15.239><c> know,</c><00:45:15.880><c> we're</c><00:45:16.119><c> caught</c><00:45:16.300><c> up</c><00:45:16.440><c> in</c><00:45:16.559><c> the</c><00:45:16.739><c> race.</c><00:45:17.340><c> Have</c><00:45:17.340><c> you</c>

00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:19.860
noticed?<00:45:18.000><c> We're</c><00:45:18.420><c> caught</c><00:45:18.699><c> up</c><00:45:18.880><c> in</c><00:45:18.980><c> it.</c><00:45:19.519><c> Oh,</c>

00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:23.659
beware<00:45:20.380><c> of</c><00:45:20.559><c> it.</c><00:45:21.559><c> If</c><00:45:21.920><c> we're</c><00:45:22.199><c> caught</c><00:45:22.380><c> up</c><00:45:22.599><c> in</c><00:45:22.679><c> it</c><00:45:22.880><c> and</c><00:45:22.960><c> we</c><00:45:23.159><c> just</c><00:45:23.380><c> go</c>

00:45:23.659 --> 00:45:26.300
along<00:45:24.159><c> because</c><00:45:24.500><c> life</c><00:45:24.880><c> is</c><00:45:25.139><c> like</c><00:45:25.500><c> that</c><00:45:25.800><c> and</c><00:45:25.920><c> it</c><00:45:26.079><c> becomes</c>

00:45:26.300 --> 00:45:29.480
just<00:45:26.659><c> an</c><00:45:26.880><c> ordinary</c><00:45:27.239><c> part,</c><00:45:27.900><c> but</c><00:45:28.059><c> if</c><00:45:28.159><c> we</c><00:45:28.320><c> are</c><00:45:28.579><c> avaricious</c><00:45:29.099><c> and</c>

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:32.539
seeking<00:45:29.780><c> it,</c><00:45:30.159><c> beware,</c><00:45:31.579><c> you'll</c><00:45:31.760><c> be</c><00:45:31.940><c> like</c><00:45:32.179><c> Ahab,</c>

00:45:32.539 --> 00:45:41.840
you'll<00:45:32.860><c> never</c><00:45:33.119><c> be</c><00:45:33.400><c> satisfied.</c><00:45:39.159><c> You</c><00:45:39.780><c> remember</c><00:45:39.980><c> I</c><00:45:40.199><c> told</c><00:45:40.659><c> you</c><00:45:40.860><c> two</c><00:45:41.079><c> short</c><00:45:41.340><c> lines,</c><00:45:41.679><c> I</c>

00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:44.260
think,<00:45:42.539><c> on</c><00:45:42.760><c> one</c><00:45:42.940><c> other</c><00:45:43.139><c> occasion.</c>

00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:55.539
Remember<00:45:45.420><c> them.</c><00:45:48.039><c> I</c><00:45:48.400><c> complained</c><00:45:49.199><c> because</c><00:45:50.920><c> I</c><00:45:51.139><c> had</c><00:45:51.340><c> no</c><00:45:51.599><c> shoes</c><00:45:52.360><c> until</c><00:45:55.300><c> I</c>

00:45:55.539 --> 00:45:57.820
saw<00:45:55.840><c> a</c><00:45:56.019><c> man</c><00:45:56.179><c> who</c><00:45:56.360><c> had</c><00:45:56.519><c> no</c><00:45:56.840><c> feet.</c>

00:46:00.619 --> 00:46:06.519
Now,<00:46:01.559><c> remember</c><00:46:01.559><c> it</c><00:46:02.539><c> and</c><00:46:03.059><c> let</c><00:46:03.139><c> it</c><00:46:03.260><c> go</c><00:46:03.519><c> deep</c><00:46:03.860><c> down</c><00:46:05.440><c> for</c><00:46:05.920><c> half</c><00:46:06.320><c> of</c>

00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:09.039
our<00:46:06.760><c> covetousness</c><00:46:07.340><c> is</c><00:46:07.539><c> only</c><00:46:07.820><c> to</c><00:46:08.099><c> satisfy</c><00:46:08.480><c> our</c><00:46:08.840><c> flesh,</c>

00:46:09.059 --> 00:46:13.840
that's<00:46:09.360><c> all,</c><00:46:10.239><c> and</c><00:46:10.440><c> our</c><00:46:10.619><c> vanity.</c><00:46:12.760><c> And</c><00:46:12.900><c> that's</c><00:46:13.340><c> what</c><00:46:13.480><c> happened</c>

00:46:13.840 --> 00:46:17.059
to<00:46:14.199><c> Ahab</c><00:46:14.679><c> when</c><00:46:15.119><c> he</c><00:46:15.340><c> looked</c><00:46:15.760><c> upon</c><00:46:16.500><c> this</c><00:46:16.760><c> little</c>

00:46:17.059 --> 00:46:21.300
vineyard.<00:46:18.519><c> Oh,</c><00:46:18.719><c> and</c><00:46:18.840><c> in</c><00:46:18.980><c> this</c><00:46:19.199><c> chapter,</c><00:46:19.699><c> brethren</c><00:46:19.880><c> and</c><00:46:20.099><c> sisters,</c><00:46:20.340><c> as</c><00:46:20.500><c> we</c>

00:46:21.300 --> 00:46:22.920
come<00:46:21.539><c> to</c><00:46:21.719><c> it</c><00:46:21.820><c> and</c><00:46:22.079><c> see</c><00:46:22.380><c> what</c><00:46:22.639><c> happens</c>

00:46:22.920 --> 00:46:28.019
in<00:46:22.980><c> it.</c><00:46:23.900><c> Shall</c><00:46:24.000><c> we</c><00:46:24.079><c> just</c><00:46:24.320><c> begin?</c><00:46:24.920><c> We</c><00:46:25.000><c> shan't</c><00:46:25.179><c> be</c><00:46:25.380><c> able</c><00:46:25.539><c> to</c><00:46:26.880><c> complete</c><00:46:27.579><c> it.</c>

00:46:28.260 --> 00:46:29.800
I'd<00:46:28.679><c> like</c><00:46:28.780><c> just</c><00:46:29.039><c> to</c><00:46:29.219><c> begin</c><00:46:29.380><c> a</c><00:46:29.579><c> record</c>

00:46:29.800 --> 00:46:33.159
so<00:46:29.960><c> that</c><00:46:30.039><c> you</c><00:46:30.059><c> can</c><00:46:30.280><c> think</c><00:46:30.400><c> it</c><00:46:30.659><c> over</c><00:46:31.059><c> by</c><00:46:31.440><c> tomorrow.</c><00:46:32.559><c> Just</c><00:46:32.800><c> go</c><00:46:33.000><c> in</c>

00:46:33.159 --> 00:46:36.280
at<00:46:33.300><c> the</c><00:46:33.480><c> beginning</c><00:46:33.679><c> then.</c><00:46:35.139><c> Ahab</c><00:46:35.320><c> spake</c><00:46:35.659><c> unto</c><00:46:35.880><c> Naboth</c>

00:46:36.280 --> 00:46:41.820
saying,<00:46:38.579><c> give</c><00:46:38.699><c> me</c><00:46:39.000><c> thy</c><00:46:39.239><c> vineyard.</c><00:46:41.119><c> He</c><00:46:41.239><c> actually</c><00:46:41.460><c> seems</c><00:46:41.659><c> to</c><00:46:41.760><c> do</c>

00:46:41.820 --> 00:46:46.440
it<00:46:41.920><c> himself,</c><00:46:42.960><c> Ahab,</c><00:46:45.420><c> the</c><00:46:45.539><c> neighbour</c><00:46:45.820><c> leaning</c><00:46:46.119><c> over</c>

00:46:46.440 --> 00:46:50.159
the<00:46:46.679><c> wall</c><00:46:46.920><c> and</c><00:46:47.219><c> talking</c><00:46:47.440><c> to</c><00:46:47.639><c> his</c><00:46:47.820><c> neighbour.</c><00:46:48.820><c> Give</c><00:46:49.019><c> me</c><00:46:49.280><c> thy</c><00:46:49.480><c> vineyard</c><00:46:49.860><c> that</c><00:46:50.019><c> I</c>

00:46:50.159 --> 00:46:51.760
may<00:46:50.260><c> have</c><00:46:50.400><c> it</c><00:46:50.539><c> for</c><00:46:50.719><c> a</c><00:46:50.920><c> garden</c><00:46:51.300><c> of</c><00:46:51.619><c> herbs,</c>

00:46:51.760 --> 00:46:57.260
that's<00:46:52.059><c> all,</c><00:46:53.579><c> because</c><00:46:53.719><c> it's</c><00:46:53.920><c> near</c><00:46:54.099><c> to</c><00:46:54.280><c> my</c><00:46:54.500><c> house.</c><00:46:56.440><c> And</c><00:46:56.880><c> I</c><00:46:57.059><c> will</c>

00:46:57.260 --> 00:47:00.280
give<00:46:57.440><c> thee</c><00:46:57.659><c> for</c><00:46:57.840><c> it</c><00:46:57.940><c> a</c><00:46:58.139><c> better</c><00:46:58.400><c> vineyard</c><00:46:59.159><c> than</c><00:46:59.559><c> it.</c>

00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:06.159
Brackets,<00:47:01.940><c> who</c><00:47:02.139><c> said</c><00:47:02.300><c> it</c><00:47:02.440><c> was</c><00:47:02.619><c> better?</c><00:47:03.579><c> Ahab.</c><00:47:05.440><c> Or</c><00:47:05.539><c> if</c><00:47:05.659><c> it</c><00:47:05.840><c> seemed</c><00:47:05.980><c> good</c>

00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:08.059
to<00:47:06.360><c> thee,</c><00:47:06.659><c> I</c><00:47:06.860><c> will</c><00:47:07.099><c> give</c><00:47:07.300><c> thee</c><00:47:07.679><c> the</c><00:47:07.900><c> worth</c>

00:47:08.059 --> 00:47:12.920
of<00:47:08.219><c> it</c><00:47:08.360><c> in</c><00:47:08.519><c> money.</c><00:47:09.659><c> And</c><00:47:10.099><c> I'm</c><00:47:10.340><c> quite</c><00:47:10.719><c> sure</c><00:47:11.219><c> that</c><00:47:11.579><c> Ahab</c><00:47:12.000><c> meant</c><00:47:12.360><c> both</c><00:47:12.739><c> of</c>

00:47:12.920 --> 00:47:15.780
those<00:47:13.139><c> things.</c><00:47:14.219><c> He</c><00:47:14.579><c> would</c><00:47:14.900><c> have</c><00:47:15.119><c> provided</c><00:47:15.559><c> a</c>

00:47:15.780 --> 00:47:21.800
better<00:47:16.260><c> vineyard</c><00:47:16.679><c> for</c><00:47:16.960><c> Naboth,</c><00:47:17.800><c> or</c><00:47:18.039><c> he</c><00:47:18.260><c> would</c><00:47:18.500><c> have</c><00:47:18.679><c> given</c><00:47:18.900><c> him</c><00:47:19.480><c> due</c><00:47:19.820><c> compensation</c><00:47:20.639><c> in</c><00:47:20.840><c> money,</c>

00:47:22.079 --> 00:47:30.699
but<00:47:22.440><c> he</c><00:47:22.820><c> missed</c><00:47:23.199><c> the</c><00:47:23.440><c> whole</c><00:47:23.719><c> point.</c><00:47:25.760><c> And</c><00:47:26.000><c> Naboth</c><00:47:26.239><c> said</c><00:47:26.500><c> unto</c><00:47:26.800><c> Ahab,</c><00:47:28.699><c> the</c><00:47:28.960><c> Lord</c><00:47:29.480><c> forbid</c><00:47:29.920><c> it</c><00:47:30.099><c> me</c><00:47:30.260><c> that</c><00:47:30.400><c> I</c><00:47:30.559><c> should</c>

00:47:30.699 --> 00:47:34.199
give<00:47:30.960><c> the</c><00:47:31.119><c> inheritance</c><00:47:31.480><c> of</c><00:47:31.699><c> my</c><00:47:31.940><c> fathers</c><00:47:32.260><c> unto</c><00:47:32.539><c> thee.</c><00:47:33.920><c> And</c><00:47:34.179><c> he</c>

00:47:34.199 --> 00:47:36.820
went<00:47:34.340><c> right</c><00:47:34.659><c> back</c><00:47:34.900><c> to</c><00:47:35.039><c> the</c><00:47:35.199><c> root</c><00:47:35.440><c> in</c><00:47:35.639><c> Moses,</c>

00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:42.260
to<00:47:37.119><c> the</c><00:47:37.260><c> original</c><00:47:37.579><c> allocation</c><00:47:38.059><c> of</c><00:47:38.239><c> the</c><00:47:38.420><c> land.</c><00:47:41.260><c> And</c><00:47:41.820><c> Ahab</c><00:47:42.059><c> did</c>

00:47:42.260 --> 00:47:45.360
disturb<00:47:42.679><c> that.</c><00:47:44.280><c> The</c><00:47:44.579><c> inheritance</c><00:47:44.920><c> of</c><00:47:45.119><c> my</c>

00:47:45.360 --> 00:47:50.059
fathers,<00:47:46.800><c> but</c><00:47:47.059><c> the</c><00:47:47.420><c> trading</c><00:47:47.659><c> of</c><00:47:47.880><c> the</c><00:47:48.019><c> inheritance</c><00:47:48.340><c> of</c><00:47:48.559><c> our</c><00:47:48.760><c> fathers,</c><00:47:49.300><c> brethren</c><00:47:49.440><c> and</c><00:47:49.639><c> sisters,</c><00:47:49.920><c> is</c>

00:47:50.059 --> 00:47:51.300
easy<00:47:50.300><c> enough.</c>

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:56.900
Those<00:47:53.239><c> first</c><00:47:53.579><c> people</c><00:47:53.940><c> who</c><00:47:54.159><c> preached</c><00:47:54.360><c> the</c><00:47:54.539><c> gospel</c><00:47:54.820><c> in</c><00:47:54.980><c> this</c><00:47:55.219><c> country,</c><00:47:56.119><c> the</c><00:47:56.400><c> truth</c><00:47:56.699><c> in</c>

00:47:56.900 --> 00:47:57.599
this<00:47:57.119><c> country,</c>

00:47:57.960 --> 00:48:01.159
have<00:47:58.079><c> we</c><00:47:58.420><c> traded</c><00:47:58.659><c> away</c><00:47:59.039><c> the</c><00:47:59.239><c> inheritance</c><00:47:59.579><c> of</c><00:47:59.800><c> our</c><00:48:00.000><c> fathers?</c>

00:48:02.199 --> 00:48:03.820
Letting<00:48:02.440><c> it</c><00:48:02.559><c> go</c><00:48:02.840><c> for</c><00:48:03.039><c> something</c><00:48:03.300><c> else.</c>

00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:07.099
Haven't<00:48:04.300><c> got</c><00:48:04.440><c> the</c><00:48:04.659><c> conviction</c><00:48:05.119><c> that</c><00:48:05.300><c> they</c><00:48:05.519><c> had,</c><00:48:06.139><c> the</c><00:48:06.460><c> assurance</c><00:48:06.900><c> that</c>

00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:08.860
they<00:48:07.340><c> had,</c><00:48:07.780><c> the</c><00:48:08.099><c> involvement</c><00:48:08.659><c> that</c>

00:48:08.860 --> 00:48:12.900
they<00:48:09.099><c> had,</c><00:48:09.619><c> the</c><00:48:09.960><c> commitment</c><00:48:10.519><c> that</c><00:48:10.760><c> they</c><00:48:11.039><c> had.</c><00:48:12.260><c> And</c><00:48:12.440><c> they</c><00:48:12.559><c> hadn't</c><00:48:12.699><c> got</c>

00:48:12.900 --> 00:48:15.099
our<00:48:13.059><c> education,</c><00:48:14.059><c> these</c><00:48:14.280><c> first</c><00:48:14.579><c> men</c><00:48:14.739><c> who</c><00:48:14.920><c> came</c>

00:48:15.099 --> 00:48:20.880
here.<00:48:16.019><c> You</c><00:48:16.559><c> talk</c><00:48:16.900><c> to</c><00:48:17.800><c> brethren</c><00:48:18.119><c> here</c><00:48:18.400><c> whose</c><00:48:18.619><c> fathers</c><00:48:19.079><c> came</c><00:48:19.519><c> with</c><00:48:19.960><c> the</c><00:48:20.159><c> truth,</c><00:48:20.420><c> first</c><00:48:20.659><c> of</c>

00:48:20.880 --> 00:48:22.920
all.<00:48:22.480><c> The</c><00:48:22.719><c> sister</c>

00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:27.239
who<00:48:23.059><c> couldn't</c><00:48:23.619><c> read</c><00:48:24.019><c> or</c><00:48:24.320><c> write</c><00:48:24.760><c> and</c><00:48:25.820><c> converted</c><00:48:26.199><c> one</c><00:48:26.500><c> after</c><00:48:26.739><c> the</c><00:48:26.940><c> other</c><00:48:27.099><c> to</c>

00:48:27.239 --> 00:48:29.619
the<00:48:27.480><c> truth</c><00:48:27.820><c> by</c><00:48:28.219><c> her</c><00:48:28.440><c> word</c><00:48:28.559><c> of</c><00:48:28.760><c> mouth.</c>

00:48:30.119 --> 00:48:34.320
And<00:48:30.280><c> the</c><00:48:30.340><c> men</c><00:48:30.480><c> who</c><00:48:30.699><c> came</c><00:48:30.920><c> and</c><00:48:31.199><c> worked</c><00:48:31.440><c> in</c><00:48:31.880><c> hard</c><00:48:32.460><c> jobs</c><00:48:33.260><c> hadn't</c>

00:48:34.320 --> 00:48:36.880
got<00:48:34.519><c> the</c><00:48:34.760><c> wealth</c><00:48:35.099><c> and</c><00:48:35.360><c> ease</c><00:48:35.659><c> that</c><00:48:35.840><c> we</c><00:48:36.059><c> now</c><00:48:36.340><c> have,</c>

00:48:37.199 --> 00:48:41.440
but<00:48:37.900><c> they</c><00:48:38.159><c> had</c><00:48:38.400><c> about</c><00:48:38.679><c> the</c><00:48:39.039><c> truth</c><00:48:39.639><c> and</c><00:48:40.019><c> inheritance</c><00:48:40.400><c> from</c><00:48:40.639><c> their</c><00:48:40.880><c> fathers</c><00:48:41.320><c> and</c>

00:48:41.440 --> 00:48:42.599
they<00:48:41.599><c> were</c><00:48:41.719><c> sure</c><00:48:41.920><c> of</c><00:48:42.079><c> it.</c>

00:48:42.599 --> 00:48:47.639
And<00:48:43.099><c> well,</c><00:48:44.119><c> this</c><00:48:44.239><c> is</c><00:48:44.340><c> what</c><00:48:44.500><c> Naboth</c><00:48:44.940><c> had</c><00:48:45.460><c> and</c><00:48:46.059><c> we'll</c><00:48:46.260><c> talk</c><00:48:46.480><c> about</c><00:48:46.719><c> that,</c><00:48:47.440><c> God</c>

00:48:47.639 --> 00:48:49.880
willing,<00:48:48.760><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:48:51.059 --> 00:48:57.219
Now<00:48:51.260><c> will</c><00:48:51.400><c> you</c><00:48:51.579><c> sing</c><00:48:51.699><c> with</c><00:48:51.860><c> me,</c><00:48:53.699><c> hymn</c><00:48:53.820><c> 87.</c><00:48:56.420><c> Now</c><00:48:56.719><c> you</c><00:48:56.840><c> know</c><00:48:57.039><c> this</c>

00:48:57.219 --> 00:48:58.380
hymn<00:48:57.360><c> well</c><00:48:57.639><c> enough.</c>

00:49:02.219 --> 00:49:05.500
It's<00:49:02.699><c> the</c><00:49:02.840><c> kind</c><00:49:02.980><c> of</c><00:49:03.119><c> hymn</c><00:49:03.239><c> that's</c><00:49:03.599><c> easily</c><00:49:03.960><c> misinterpreted.</c>

00:49:06.719 --> 00:49:10.840
Dear<00:49:06.860><c> Lord</c><00:49:07.179><c> and</c><00:49:07.400><c> father</c><00:49:07.699><c> of</c><00:49:07.940><c> mankind,</c><00:49:09.960><c> you</c><00:49:10.099><c> know,</c><00:49:10.320><c> and</c><00:49:10.360><c> we</c><00:49:10.500><c> begin</c><00:49:10.639><c> to</c>

00:49:10.840 --> 00:49:12.480
get<00:49:11.000><c> our</c><00:49:11.360><c> theological</c><00:49:11.980><c> hat</c><00:49:12.239><c> on</c>

00:49:12.480 --> 00:49:15.739
and<00:49:12.679><c> say,</c><00:49:13.179><c> well,</c><00:49:13.679><c> God</c><00:49:13.840><c> isn't</c><00:49:14.119><c> the</c><00:49:14.280><c> father</c><00:49:14.559><c> of</c><00:49:14.780><c> mankind.</c><00:49:15.579><c> Well,</c>

00:49:15.739 --> 00:49:17.179
that's<00:49:15.840><c> only</c><00:49:15.980><c> because</c><00:49:16.239><c> you</c><00:49:16.500><c> imagine</c><00:49:16.820><c> that</c><00:49:16.980><c> he's</c>

00:49:17.179 --> 00:49:20.920
the<00:49:17.280><c> father</c><00:49:17.500><c> of</c><00:49:17.679><c> all</c><00:49:17.840><c> mankind,</c><00:49:18.360><c> necessarily.</c><00:49:20.360><c> The</c><00:49:20.559><c> miracle</c>

00:49:20.920 --> 00:49:23.420
lies<00:49:21.360><c> in</c><00:49:21.840><c> that</c><00:49:22.159><c> God</c><00:49:22.420><c> is</c><00:49:22.619><c> the</c><00:49:22.780><c> Lord</c><00:49:22.960><c> and</c><00:49:23.179><c> father</c>

00:49:23.420 --> 00:49:32.039
of<00:49:23.659><c> any</c><00:49:23.880><c> man,</c><00:49:24.820><c> of</c><00:49:25.159><c> mankind,</c><00:49:27.360><c> is</c><00:49:27.420><c> the</c><00:49:27.539><c> idea.</c><00:49:28.000><c> But</c><00:49:28.179><c> more</c><00:49:28.380><c> than</c><00:49:28.579><c> that,</c><00:49:29.260><c> this</c><00:49:30.400><c> was</c><00:49:31.340><c> written,</c><00:49:31.780><c> as</c>

00:49:32.039 --> 00:49:32.960
you<00:49:32.219><c> know,</c>

00:49:34.260 --> 00:49:37.880
by<00:49:34.460><c> a</c><00:49:34.639><c> man</c><00:49:34.840><c> who</c><00:49:35.079><c> had</c><00:49:35.340><c> periodic</c><00:49:35.920><c> bouts</c><00:49:36.320><c> of</c><00:49:36.579><c> insanity.</c>

00:49:40.619 --> 00:49:48.079
And<00:49:41.199><c> when</c><00:49:41.360><c> he</c><00:49:41.500><c> came</c><00:49:41.739><c> to</c><00:49:41.920><c> himself,</c><00:49:44.320><c> he</c><00:49:44.400><c> wrote</c><00:49:44.940><c> what</c><00:49:46.840><c> he</c><00:49:47.340><c> experienced</c><00:49:47.800><c> as</c><00:49:47.960><c> he</c>

00:49:48.079 --> 00:49:50.119
came<00:49:48.340><c> back</c><00:49:48.659><c> to</c><00:49:48.840><c> his</c><00:49:49.059><c> normal</c><00:49:49.400><c> mind</c>

00:49:50.119 --> 00:49:54.159
and<00:49:50.900><c> he</c><00:49:51.019><c> takes</c><00:49:51.219><c> up</c><00:49:51.420><c> the</c><00:49:51.619><c> words</c><00:49:51.920><c> that</c><00:49:52.199><c> occur</c><00:49:52.320><c> in</c><00:49:52.440><c> the</c><00:49:52.559><c> Gospel</c><00:49:52.860><c> of</c><00:49:53.059><c> Luke</c>

00:49:54.579 --> 00:50:00.760
about<00:49:55.159><c> Legion,</c><00:49:55.760><c> who</c><00:49:55.900><c> was</c><00:49:56.119><c> finally</c><00:49:57.139><c> clothed</c><00:49:57.659><c> in</c><00:49:57.800><c> his</c><00:49:58.039><c> right</c><00:49:58.300><c> mind.</c><00:49:59.380><c> Now,</c><00:50:00.300><c> just</c><00:50:00.559><c> a</c>

00:50:00.760 --> 00:50:02.360
point<00:50:00.900><c> about</c><00:50:01.239><c> singing</c><00:50:01.599><c> it.</c>

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The<00:50:02.800><c> first</c><00:50:03.320><c> verse</c><00:50:03.639><c> is</c><00:50:03.880><c> all</c><00:50:04.059><c> right,</c><00:50:04.519><c> just</c><00:50:04.860><c> our</c><00:50:05.099><c> average</c><00:50:06.059><c> tone</c>

00:50:06.619 --> 00:50:07.780
of<00:50:06.960><c> singing.</c>

00:50:08.159 --> 00:50:12.340
The<00:50:08.579><c> second</c><00:50:09.019><c> would</c><00:50:09.519><c> end</c><00:50:10.139><c> somewhat</c><00:50:10.539><c> triumphantly,</c><00:50:11.400><c> rise</c><00:50:11.559><c> up</c>

00:50:12.340 --> 00:50:14.280
and<00:50:12.719><c> follow</c><00:50:13.079><c> thee.</c><00:50:13.679><c> And</c><00:50:13.800><c> then,</c>

00:50:14.619 --> 00:50:18.719
and<00:50:14.900><c> we</c><00:50:15.059><c> haven't</c><00:50:15.239><c> learned</c><00:50:15.500><c> yet</c><00:50:15.820><c> here,</c><00:50:16.300><c> you</c><00:50:16.300><c> know,</c><00:50:17.420><c> quietly,</c><00:50:18.280><c> O</c>

00:50:18.719 --> 00:50:23.820
Sabbath<00:50:19.239><c> rest,</c><00:50:21.420><c> O</c><00:50:21.800><c> calm</c><00:50:22.280><c> of</c><00:50:22.559><c> hills</c><00:50:22.840><c> above,</c>

00:50:24.400 --> 00:50:32.659
the<00:50:24.860><c> silence</c><00:50:25.500><c> of</c><00:50:25.800><c> eternity,</c><00:50:26.199><c> we've</c><00:50:26.519><c> caught</c><00:50:26.639><c> it</c><00:50:26.820><c> this</c><00:50:27.019><c> morning,</c><00:50:28.380><c> drop</c><00:50:28.860><c> thy</c><00:50:29.760><c> still</c><00:50:30.719><c> dews</c><00:50:31.260><c> of</c><00:50:31.739><c> quietness,</c>

00:50:32.800 --> 00:50:38.559
till<00:50:33.139><c> all</c><00:50:33.400><c> our</c><00:50:33.820><c> strivings</c><00:50:34.599><c> cease.</c><00:50:37.119><c> Let</c><00:50:37.300><c> our</c><00:50:37.840><c> ordered</c><00:50:38.179><c> lives</c>

00:50:38.559 --> 00:50:42.360
confess<00:50:38.980><c> the</c><00:50:39.340><c> beauty</c><00:50:39.820><c> of</c><00:50:40.139><c> thy</c><00:50:40.360><c> peace.</c><00:50:42.019><c> Right?</c>

00:50:42.739 --> 00:50:48.420
And<00:50:42.880><c> then</c><00:50:43.019><c> the</c><00:50:43.079><c> next</c><00:50:43.260><c> begins</c><00:50:43.739><c> with</c><00:50:44.059><c> the</c><00:50:44.940><c> wind</c><00:50:45.340><c> and</c><00:50:45.519><c> the</c><00:50:45.739><c> earthquake</c><00:50:46.139><c> and</c><00:50:46.519><c> fire,</c><00:50:46.960><c> breathe</c><00:50:47.519><c> through</c><00:50:47.820><c> the</c><00:50:47.980><c> heats</c><00:50:48.199><c> of</c>

00:50:48.420 --> 00:50:51.820
our<00:50:48.599><c> desire,</c><00:50:49.179><c> thy</c><00:50:49.400><c> coolness</c><00:50:49.900><c> and</c><00:50:50.059><c> thy</c><00:50:50.300><c> balm,</c><00:50:50.980><c> let</c><00:50:51.179><c> sense</c><00:50:51.519><c> be</c>

00:50:51.820 --> 00:51:02.139
dumb,<00:50:52.219><c> let</c><00:50:52.659><c> flesh</c><00:50:53.019><c> retire,</c><00:50:54.119><c> speak</c><00:50:54.420><c> through</c><00:50:54.639><c> the</c>

00:51:02.139 --> 00:51:03.440
darkness.<00:51:02.460><c> Right?</c>

00:51:32.139 --> 00:51:39.659
We<00:51:33.420><c> know</c><00:51:34.360><c> of</c><00:51:35.139><c> sin,</c><00:51:36.199><c> our</c><00:51:36.780><c> God</c><00:51:37.219><c> is</c><00:51:37.760><c> all</c><00:51:38.219><c>-mighty,</c>

00:51:40.039 --> 00:51:44.800
The<00:51:40.400><c> Lord</c><00:51:40.960><c> our</c><00:51:41.639><c> God,</c><00:51:42.440><c> our</c><00:51:42.739><c> servant's</c><00:51:44.500><c> son,</c>

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Within<00:51:46.099><c> his</c><00:51:47.039><c> barren</c><00:51:47.920><c> preference</c><00:51:49.420><c> reigns,</c>

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Beneath<00:51:54.139><c> the</c><00:51:55.079><c> rest</c><00:51:57.119><c> reigns.</c>

00:51:59.079 --> 00:52:05.840
To<00:52:00.980><c> him</c><00:52:01.739><c> and</c><00:52:02.139><c> to</c><00:52:02.420><c> us</c><00:52:03.239><c> I</c><00:52:04.340><c> bear,</c>

00:52:05.940 --> 00:52:12.420
To<00:52:06.119><c> earth,</c><00:52:06.719><c> beside</c><00:52:08.159><c> us,</c><00:52:10.000><c> live</c><00:52:10.280><c> and</c><00:52:10.920><c> see,</c>

00:52:13.059 --> 00:52:19.199
The<00:52:14.119><c> praise</c><00:52:15.119><c> and</c><00:52:15.920><c> glory</c><00:52:16.760><c> of</c><00:52:17.780><c> our</c><00:52:18.559><c> Lord,</c>

00:52:19.659 --> 00:52:25.280
Their<00:52:20.179><c> love</c><00:52:21.059><c> to</c><00:52:21.519><c> him</c><00:52:22.260><c> without</c><00:52:23.719><c> a</c><00:52:24.880><c> word,</c>

00:52:25.280 --> 00:52:32.539
By<00:52:26.380><c> love</c><00:52:27.420><c> and</c><00:52:28.699><c> following</c><00:52:30.440><c> him,</c>

00:52:32.599 --> 00:52:41.239
By<00:52:33.880><c> love</c><00:52:35.059><c> and</c><00:52:37.000><c> following</c><00:52:38.760><c> him.</c>

00:52:41.239 --> 00:52:49.500
On<00:52:42.280><c> the</c><00:52:43.199><c> sand</c><00:52:44.059><c> of</c><00:52:44.820><c> the</c><00:52:45.340><c> star</c><00:52:45.920><c>-gallantly,</c>

00:52:49.659 --> 00:52:56.019
Oh,<00:52:50.260><c> how</c><00:52:51.280><c> our</c><00:52:51.960><c> wills</c><00:52:53.579><c> are</c><00:52:54.699><c> far,</c>

00:52:56.320 --> 00:53:02.960
Where<00:52:57.119><c> he</c><00:52:57.860><c> is</c><00:52:58.639><c> unbound</c><00:52:59.659><c> to</c><00:53:00.519><c> the</c><00:53:01.300><c> air</c><00:53:01.599><c> really,</c>

00:53:03.000 --> 00:53:10.000
The<00:53:04.139><c> silence</c><00:53:05.679><c> of</c><00:53:06.739><c> his</c><00:53:07.579><c> breath</c><00:53:08.480><c> in</c><00:53:09.340><c> the</c><00:53:09.539><c> deep,</c>

00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:17.940
In<00:53:11.800><c> the</c><00:53:12.539><c> present,</c><00:53:16.000><c> my</c><00:53:16.000><c> love,</c>

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In<00:53:19.619><c> the</c><00:53:20.900><c> present,</c><00:53:23.820><c> my</c><00:53:24.940><c> love.</c>

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Am<00:53:28.739><c> I</c><00:53:29.900><c> the</c><00:53:30.699><c> rose</c><00:53:31.280><c> of</c><00:53:32.679><c> quietness,</c>

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To<00:53:35.900><c> all</c><00:53:36.760><c> our</c><00:53:37.760><c> silent</c><00:53:39.099><c> sleep?</c>

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Make<00:53:42.699><c> the</c><00:53:43.659><c> rise</c><00:53:44.199><c> of</c><00:53:44.920><c> the</c><00:53:45.679><c> strain</c><00:53:46.659><c> and</c><00:53:47.500><c> stress,</c>

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And<00:53:49.420><c> let</c><00:53:50.480><c> the</c><00:53:51.400><c> water,</c><00:53:52.579><c> light,</c><00:53:53.980><c> darken,</c>

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The<00:53:56.719><c> beauty</c><00:53:58.579><c> of</c><00:53:59.820><c> the</c><00:54:00.559><c> deep.</c>

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The<00:54:05.079><c> beauty</c><00:54:06.480><c> of</c><00:54:08.599><c> the</c><00:54:09.679><c> deep.</c>

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We<00:54:13.380><c> know</c><00:54:14.219><c> of</c><00:54:14.599><c> the</c><00:54:15.059><c> needs</c><00:54:15.820><c> of</c><00:54:16.960><c> our</c><00:54:17.820><c> desire,</c>

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Like<00:54:19.860><c> the</c><00:54:20.559><c> world</c><00:54:21.139><c> and</c><00:54:21.880><c> life</c><00:54:22.820><c> of</c><00:54:24.280><c> us,</c>

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Let's<00:54:26.619><c> dance,</c><00:54:26.880><c> we</c><00:54:27.539><c> love,</c><00:54:28.099><c> and</c><00:54:28.559><c> let</c><00:54:29.159><c> the</c><00:54:29.960><c> fire,</c>

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See<00:54:31.500><c> through</c><00:54:32.579><c> the</c><00:54:33.119><c> earth,</c><00:54:34.099><c> wave,</c><00:54:34.800><c> wind,</c><00:54:36.360><c> and</c><00:54:36.380><c> tide,</c>

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Oh,<00:54:38.440><c> still</c><00:54:39.079><c> the</c><00:54:39.239><c> small</c><00:54:40.300><c> voice</c><00:54:41.500><c> of</c><00:54:42.420><c> God,</c>

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Oh,<00:54:47.139><c> still</c><00:54:47.659><c> the</c><00:54:48.360><c> small</c><00:54:49.000><c> voice</c><00:54:50.820><c> of</c><00:54:52.380><c> God.</c>

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And<00:54:59.179><c> now,</c><00:54:59.699><c> O</c><00:54:59.880><c> Lord,</c><00:55:00.219><c> dismiss</c><00:55:00.400><c> us</c><00:55:00.659><c> that</c><00:55:00.780><c> with</c><00:55:01.000><c> thy</c><00:55:01.159><c> blessing</c>

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from<00:55:01.760><c> this,</c>

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Our<00:55:02.960><c> meditation</c><00:55:03.500><c> upon</c><00:55:03.760><c> thy</c><00:55:04.000><c> servant</c><00:55:04.360><c> Elijah,</c>

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Whose<00:55:06.579><c> greatness</c><00:55:07.480><c> causes</c><00:55:08.039><c> us</c><00:55:08.320><c> to</c><00:55:08.519><c> marvel,</c>

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And<00:55:08.960><c> yet</c><00:55:09.460><c> we</c><00:55:10.059><c> know</c><00:55:10.300><c> that</c><00:55:10.460><c> he</c><00:55:10.539><c> was</c><00:55:10.719><c> a</c><00:55:10.860><c> man</c><00:55:11.000><c> of</c><00:55:11.219><c> like</c><00:55:11.400><c> passions,</c>

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Upon<00:55:13.900><c> whom</c><00:55:14.219><c> thou</c><00:55:14.360><c> didst</c><00:55:14.659><c> have</c><00:55:14.800><c> mercy,</c>

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And<00:55:16.639><c> in</c><00:55:16.800><c> thy</c><00:55:16.940><c> goodness</c><00:55:17.940><c> did</c><00:55:19.039><c> reveal</c><00:55:19.340><c> unto</c><00:55:19.539><c> him</c><00:55:19.760><c> thy</c><00:55:19.940><c> way</c><00:55:20.119><c> of</c><00:55:20.420><c> truth,</c>

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Showing<00:55:22.679><c> him</c><00:55:23.079><c> thine</c><00:55:23.300><c> unseen</c><00:55:23.800><c> hand</c><00:55:24.179><c> amongst</c><00:55:24.460><c> thy</c><00:55:24.699><c> people.</c>

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And<00:55:26.800><c> we</c><00:55:27.019><c> pray</c><00:55:27.159><c> of</c><00:55:27.380><c> thee</c><00:55:27.539><c> that</c><00:55:27.659><c> thou</c><00:55:27.900><c> would</c><00:55:27.980><c> keep</c><00:55:28.400><c> our</c><00:55:28.679><c> knee</c><00:55:29.139><c> from</c><00:55:30.119><c> bowing</c><00:55:30.500><c> to</c><00:55:30.699><c> Baal,</c>

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That<00:55:32.719><c> in</c><00:55:32.840><c> the</c><00:55:32.980><c> day</c><00:55:33.139><c> when</c><00:55:33.340><c> every</c><00:55:33.559><c> knee</c><00:55:33.699><c> shall</c><00:55:33.940><c> bow</c><00:55:34.960><c> unto</c><00:55:35.380><c> thee</c>

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and<00:55:35.860><c> unto</c><00:55:36.099><c> thy</c><00:55:36.360><c> son,</c>

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We<00:55:37.699><c> may</c><00:55:37.920><c> be</c><00:55:38.099><c> amongst</c><00:55:38.340><c> those</c><00:55:38.739><c> who</c><00:55:38.920><c> shall</c><00:55:39.139><c> honor</c><00:55:39.320><c> thee</c><00:55:40.159><c> for</c><00:55:40.619><c> ever</c>

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and<00:55:41.079><c> ever,</c>

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For<00:55:43.119><c> Christ's</c><00:55:43.719><c> sake.</c><00:55:45.320><c> Amen.</c>