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days,<00:10:04.639><c> I</c><00:10:04.759><c> would</c><00:10:04.940><c> assume.</c>

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Where's<00:10:26.500><c> God</c><00:10:26.779><c> through</c><00:10:27.059><c> all</c><00:10:27.299><c> this?</c>

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And<00:11:03.440><c> Joseph</c><00:11:03.779><c> comes,</c><00:11:05.320><c> cleaned</c><00:11:05.580><c> and</c><00:11:05.919><c> shaven</c><00:11:06.200><c> before</c><00:11:06.600><c> the</c><00:11:06.899><c> Pharaoh.</c>

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Can<00:11:09.039><c> you</c><00:11:09.279><c> interpret</c><00:11:09.740><c> dreams?</c>

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Tell<00:11:17.440><c> me</c><00:11:17.580><c> what</c><00:11:17.779><c> I</c><00:11:18.039><c> dreamed.</c>

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nation<00:11:26.759><c> of</c><00:11:29.179><c> Egypt.</c>

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But<00:11:43.600><c> it</c><00:11:43.720><c> wasn't</c><00:11:43.980><c> done</c><00:11:44.259><c> there,</c><00:11:44.639><c> was</c><00:11:44.799><c> it?</c><00:11:45.820><c> No.</c><00:11:46.860><c> There</c><00:11:47.039><c> was</c><00:11:47.279><c> a</c><00:11:47.440><c> reason.</c>

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Joseph<00:11:59.679><c> is</c><00:12:00.019><c> exalted.</c><00:12:01.179><c> He's</c><00:12:01.480><c> allowed</c><00:12:01.779><c> to</c><00:12:02.039><c> bring</c><00:12:02.159><c> his</c><00:12:02.539><c> father</c>

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and<00:12:03.019><c> his</c><00:12:03.320><c> family</c><00:12:03.720><c> back</c><00:12:04.100><c> up</c><00:12:04.279><c> into</c><00:12:04.740><c> Egypt</c><00:12:05.220><c> to</c><00:12:05.480><c> survive</c><00:12:05.919><c> the</c><00:12:06.139><c> great</c><00:12:06.539><c> famine</c><00:12:06.899><c> in</c><00:12:07.240><c> Canaan.</c>

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there<00:12:18.019><c> arises</c><00:12:18.460><c> a</c><00:12:18.779><c> Pharaoh</c><00:12:19.179><c> who</c><00:12:19.799><c> doesn't</c><00:12:20.080><c> know</c><00:12:20.600><c> Joseph.</c>

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Do<00:12:26.700><c> we</c><00:12:26.899><c> know</c><00:12:27.559><c> even</c><00:12:28.080><c> the</c><00:12:28.299><c> life</c><00:12:28.480><c> within</c><00:12:28.720><c> our</c><00:12:29.000><c> own</c><00:12:29.200><c> Ecclesia</c><00:12:29.580><c> 100</c>

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years<00:12:30.279><c> ago?</c>

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Look<00:12:53.860><c> at</c><00:12:54.039><c> Moses.</c><00:12:56.519><c> Adopted</c><00:12:57.139><c> son</c><00:12:57.360><c> of</c><00:12:57.679><c> Pharaoh.</c><00:12:58.480><c> Could</c><00:12:58.700><c> have</c><00:12:58.899><c> had</c><00:12:59.100><c> everything.</c>

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He<00:13:01.879><c> ends</c><00:13:02.120><c> up</c><00:13:02.360><c> a</c><00:13:02.620><c> fugitive</c><00:13:03.179><c> in</c><00:13:03.360><c> Egypt.</c><00:13:05.279><c> He</c><00:13:05.600><c> escapes.</c>

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God<00:13:13.480><c> before</c><00:13:13.899><c> Pharaoh.</c>

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face<00:13:22.259><c> Pharaoh.</c>

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why<00:14:00.980><c> did</c><00:14:01.120><c> we</c><00:14:01.220><c> get</c><00:14:01.460><c> brought</c><00:14:01.620><c> out</c><00:14:01.919><c> here</c><00:14:02.100><c> to</c><00:14:02.379><c> die?</c>

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And<00:14:09.799><c> he</c><00:14:10.200><c> clears</c><00:14:10.460><c> the</c><00:14:10.779><c> way</c><00:14:10.960><c> in</c><00:14:11.139><c> the</c><00:14:11.299><c> Dead</c><00:14:11.620><c> Sea</c><00:14:11.860><c> on</c><00:14:12.799><c> dry</c><00:14:13.139><c> land.</c>

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Not<00:14:14.539><c> on</c><00:14:14.840><c> wet,</c><00:14:15.220><c> mushy</c><00:14:15.480><c> land,</c><00:14:15.840><c> as</c><00:14:16.019><c> you</c><00:14:16.159><c> might</c><00:14:16.360><c> expect.</c>

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It<00:14:17.659><c> wasn't</c><00:14:18.000><c> low</c><00:14:18.340><c> tide.</c><00:14:19.960><c> They</c><00:14:20.419><c> passed</c><00:14:20.899><c> on</c><00:14:21.399><c> dry</c><00:14:21.840><c> land</c><00:14:22.320><c> because</c>

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the<00:14:23.019><c> breath</c><00:14:23.179><c> of</c><00:14:23.440><c> the</c><00:14:23.639><c> Lord</c><00:14:23.960><c> dried</c><00:14:24.600><c> the</c><00:14:25.159><c> land</c><00:14:25.519><c> and</c><00:14:25.940><c> they</c><00:14:26.320><c> passed</c><00:14:26.700><c> across.</c>

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Until<00:14:28.860><c> the</c><00:14:29.179><c> armies</c><00:14:29.419><c> of</c><00:14:29.639><c> Egypt</c><00:14:29.919><c> followed</c><00:14:30.639><c> and</c><00:14:31.679><c> were</c><00:14:31.940><c> destroyed.</c>

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And<00:14:36.899><c> what</c><00:14:37.019><c> of</c><00:14:37.299><c> Rahab?</c>

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We<00:14:40.080><c> read</c><00:14:40.299><c> in</c><00:14:40.539><c> Joshua</c><00:14:41.419><c> that</c><00:14:43.500><c> they</c><00:14:43.820><c> are</c><00:14:44.240><c> instructed,</c><00:14:45.379><c> as</c><00:14:45.639><c> we</c><00:14:45.960><c> spoke</c><00:14:46.200><c> earlier,</c><00:14:47.080><c> to</c>

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go<00:14:47.659><c> in</c><00:14:48.379><c> and</c><00:14:48.679><c> destroy</c><00:14:49.480><c> the</c><00:14:49.860><c> city.</c>

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You<00:14:53.419><c> don't</c><00:14:53.740><c> just</c><00:14:54.080><c> kill</c><00:14:54.320><c> the</c><00:14:54.600><c> soldiers.</c>

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Every<00:14:56.419><c> man,</c><00:14:57.299><c> woman,</c><00:14:58.299><c> child,</c><00:14:59.320><c> beast,</c><00:15:00.419><c> annihilated,</c><00:15:01.460><c> wiped</c>

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out,<00:15:02.600><c> destroyed.</c>

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Everything.<00:15:07.679><c> Except</c><00:15:08.259><c> one.</c>

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Rahab<00:15:10.600><c> and</c><00:15:10.940><c> her</c><00:15:11.279><c> family.</c>

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Because<00:15:12.960><c> she</c><00:15:13.519><c> hid</c><00:15:13.779><c> the</c><00:15:14.179><c> spies</c><00:15:14.679><c> when</c><00:15:16.019><c> they</c><00:15:16.299><c> came</c><00:15:16.580><c> into</c><00:15:16.879><c> the</c><00:15:17.159><c> city.</c>

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So<00:15:20.419><c> God</c><00:15:20.899><c> saved</c><00:15:21.320><c> them.</c>

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And<00:15:22.259><c> as</c><00:15:22.460><c> we</c><00:15:22.639><c> know,</c><00:15:24.000><c> Rahab</c><00:15:24.399><c> will</c><00:15:24.740><c> become</c><00:15:25.340><c> the</c><00:15:26.139><c> multi</c><00:15:26.559><c>-great</c><00:15:26.820><c>-grandmother</c><00:15:27.620><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:15:28.720><c> Christ.</c>

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Oh,<00:15:30.259><c> how</c><00:15:30.519><c> God</c><00:15:30.879><c> works</c><00:15:31.299><c> in</c><00:15:31.460><c> his</c><00:15:31.759><c> creation.</c>

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These<00:15:33.860><c> things</c><00:15:34.120><c> do</c><00:15:34.399><c> not</c><00:15:34.639><c> happen</c><00:15:34.879><c> by</c><00:15:35.200><c> accident.</c>

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But<00:15:37.159><c> they</c><00:15:37.480><c> are</c><00:15:37.720><c> helped,</c><00:15:38.000><c> but</c><00:15:38.159><c> they</c><00:15:38.519><c> certainly</c><00:15:38.840><c> do</c><00:15:39.179><c> happen</c><00:15:39.620><c> by</c><00:15:40.039><c> design.</c>

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Jericho<00:15:42.620><c> is</c><00:15:42.899><c> destroyed.</c>

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The<00:15:44.740><c> walls</c><00:15:45.019><c> fall</c><00:15:45.419><c> down.</c>

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Not<00:15:46.179><c> crumble</c><00:15:46.639><c> down,</c><00:15:47.519><c> they</c><00:15:47.840><c> fall</c><00:15:48.200><c> in.</c>

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And<00:15:50.580><c> the</c><00:15:50.779><c> children</c><00:15:51.000><c> of</c><00:15:51.200><c> Israel</c><00:15:51.899><c> come</c><00:15:53.480><c> into</c><00:15:53.720><c> the</c><00:15:53.980><c> city</c><00:15:54.460><c> and</c><00:15:55.159><c> fulfill</c><00:15:55.539><c> the</c>

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commandment<00:15:56.299><c> of</c><00:15:56.539><c> God.</c>

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And<00:16:00.440><c> here</c><00:16:00.580><c> in</c><00:16:00.740><c> the</c><00:16:00.899><c> ninth</c><00:16:01.240><c> chapter</c><00:16:02.120><c> of</c><00:16:02.580><c> Joshua,</c><00:16:04.539><c> we</c><00:16:05.279><c> read</c><00:16:05.740><c> how</c>

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the<00:16:06.539><c> children</c><00:16:06.899><c> of</c><00:16:07.220><c> Israel</c><00:16:07.899><c> are</c><00:16:08.620><c> duped.</c>

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They<00:16:11.860><c> believe</c><00:16:12.460><c> the</c><00:16:12.879><c> story</c><00:16:13.259><c> of</c><00:16:13.500><c> the</c><00:16:13.799><c> travelers.</c>

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They<00:16:16.139><c> make</c><00:16:16.379><c> a</c><00:16:16.580><c> covenant</c><00:16:16.779><c> with</c><00:16:17.039><c> them.</c>

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And<00:16:19.179><c> then</c><00:16:19.399><c> discover</c><00:16:20.259><c> that</c><00:16:21.460><c> these</c><00:16:21.799><c> people</c><00:16:22.419><c> are</c><00:16:22.899><c> not</c><00:16:23.100><c> who</c><00:16:23.279><c> they</c>

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say<00:16:23.799><c> they</c><00:16:24.100><c> were.</c>

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But<00:16:24.759><c> because</c><00:16:25.139><c> they</c><00:16:25.360><c> had</c><00:16:25.539><c> made</c><00:16:25.740><c> a</c><00:16:25.980><c> pledge,</c><00:16:28.120><c> they</c><00:16:28.379><c> had</c><00:16:28.580><c> to</c><00:16:28.779><c> keep</c>

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their<00:16:29.200><c> word.</c>

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But<00:16:32.679><c> if</c><00:16:32.860><c> they</c><00:16:33.100><c> had</c><00:16:33.399><c> just</c><00:16:33.940><c> taken</c><00:16:34.419><c> counsel</c><00:16:34.940><c> with</c><00:16:35.200><c> the</c><00:16:35.399><c> Lord</c><00:16:35.720><c> and</c>

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asked<00:16:36.580><c> for</c><00:16:36.799><c> his</c><00:16:37.080><c> advice,</c>

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it<00:16:39.019><c> would</c><00:16:39.220><c> have</c><00:16:39.340><c> been</c><00:16:39.539><c> a</c><00:16:39.820><c> completely</c><00:16:40.279><c> total</c><00:16:41.620><c> different</c><00:16:43.100><c> story.</c>

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Brothers<00:16:46.559><c> and</c><00:16:46.860><c> sisters,</c><00:16:47.240><c> we</c><00:16:47.519><c> don't</c><00:16:47.860><c> want</c><00:16:48.139><c> the</c><00:16:48.500><c> story</c><00:16:48.799><c> of</c><00:16:49.100><c> our</c>

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lives<00:16:49.919><c> to</c><00:16:50.419><c> change</c><00:16:51.120><c> for</c><00:16:51.620><c> the</c><00:16:51.860><c> bad.</c>

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We<00:16:53.919><c> want</c><00:16:54.179><c> to</c><00:16:54.519><c> continue</c><00:16:55.000><c> on</c><00:16:55.500><c> that</c><00:16:55.759><c> path</c><00:16:56.159><c> that</c><00:16:56.419><c> leads</c><00:16:56.820><c> to</c><00:16:57.120><c> everlasting</c><00:16:57.679><c> life.</c>

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To<00:16:58.779><c> do</c><00:16:59.039><c> so,</c><00:16:59.600><c> we</c><00:16:59.620><c> must</c><00:17:00.100><c> take</c><00:17:00.539><c> counsel</c><00:17:00.960><c> with</c><00:17:01.320><c> the</c><00:17:01.519><c> Lord.</c>

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We<00:17:02.259><c> must</c><00:17:02.539><c> seek</c><00:17:02.860><c> him</c><00:17:03.100><c> in</c><00:17:03.379><c> prayer.</c>

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We<00:17:04.500><c> must</c><00:17:04.759><c> accept</c><00:17:05.220><c> his</c><00:17:05.559><c> judgments.</c>

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Times<00:17:07.279><c> may</c><00:17:07.599><c> be</c><00:17:07.799><c> good,</c><00:17:08.059><c> times</c><00:17:08.400><c> may</c><00:17:08.680><c> not</c><00:17:08.880><c> be</c><00:17:09.079><c> so</c><00:17:09.380><c> good.</c>

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But<00:17:10.339><c> we</c><00:17:10.500><c> have</c><00:17:10.759><c> to</c><00:17:11.019><c> understand</c><00:17:11.519><c> that</c><00:17:11.740><c> in</c><00:17:11.940><c> the</c><00:17:12.180><c> end,</c><00:17:12.619><c> we</c><00:17:12.859><c> have</c><00:17:13.160><c> a</c>

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hope<00:17:13.539><c> of</c><00:17:13.839><c> life.</c>

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Why?<00:17:15.700><c> Because</c><00:17:16.299><c> Jesus</c><00:17:16.920><c> died</c><00:17:17.440><c> for</c><00:17:17.700><c> us.</c>

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And<00:17:19.000><c> he</c><00:17:19.160><c> doesn't</c><00:17:19.500><c> ask</c><00:17:19.819><c> much</c><00:17:20.079><c> in</c><00:17:20.319><c> return.</c>

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You<00:17:22.900><c> go</c><00:17:23.359><c> into</c><00:17:23.619><c> Christ</c><00:17:24.099><c> through</c><00:17:24.359><c> baptism.</c>

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That's<00:17:25.380><c> how</c><00:17:25.559><c> you</c><00:17:25.759><c> put</c><00:17:25.980><c> on</c><00:17:26.259><c> his</c><00:17:26.619><c> name.</c>

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You<00:17:29.480><c> stay</c><00:17:29.740><c> in</c><00:17:30.039><c> Christ</c><00:17:30.619><c> by</c><00:17:31.700><c> keeping</c><00:17:32.039><c> his</c><00:17:32.319><c> commandments.</c>

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If<00:17:35.680><c> you're</c><00:17:35.900><c> not</c><00:17:36.079><c> willing</c><00:17:36.299><c> to</c><00:17:36.599><c> keep</c><00:17:36.819><c> God's</c><00:17:37.400><c> commandments,</c><00:17:38.920><c> then</c><00:17:39.039><c> the</c>

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love<00:17:39.299><c> of</c><00:17:39.500><c> God</c><00:17:39.680><c> is</c><00:17:39.960><c> not</c><00:17:40.119><c> in</c><00:17:40.299><c> you.</c>

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We're<00:17:42.880><c> going</c><00:17:43.000><c> to</c><00:17:43.160><c> make</c><00:17:43.339><c> mistakes.</c>

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That's<00:17:44.980><c> not</c><00:17:45.279><c> the</c><00:17:45.579><c> issue.</c>

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The<00:17:47.359><c> issue</c><00:17:47.779><c> is</c><00:17:48.799><c> seeking</c><00:17:49.240><c> his</c><00:17:51.160><c> counsel</c><00:17:51.660><c> in</c><00:17:52.000><c> prayer</c><00:17:52.339><c> and</c><00:17:53.460><c> following</c><00:17:53.940><c> his</c><00:17:54.440><c> commandments.</c>

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Jesus'<00:17:57.720><c> request</c><00:17:58.319><c> was</c><00:17:58.759><c> simple.</c>

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Remember<00:18:01.000><c> me.</c>

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Remember<00:18:02.740><c> me</c><00:18:03.140><c> by</c><00:18:03.440><c> as</c><00:18:03.640><c> often</c><00:18:03.920><c> as</c><00:18:04.119><c> you</c><00:18:04.259><c> come</c><00:18:04.500><c> together.</c>

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Eat<00:18:06.180><c> of</c><00:18:06.319><c> the</c><00:18:06.559><c> bread</c><00:18:07.000><c> that</c><00:18:07.660><c> represents</c><00:18:08.160><c> my</c><00:18:08.519><c> body.</c>

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Drink<00:18:10.220><c> of</c><00:18:10.400><c> the</c><00:18:10.660><c> cup</c><00:18:11.259><c> that</c><00:18:11.680><c> represents</c><00:18:12.180><c> my</c><00:18:12.519><c> blood.</c>

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And<00:18:13.720><c> don't</c><00:18:14.119><c> forget</c><00:18:14.700><c> what</c><00:18:15.039><c> I</c><00:18:15.460><c> did</c><00:18:15.740><c> for</c><00:18:16.079><c> you.</c>

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So<00:18:19.059><c> brothers</c><00:18:19.279><c> and</c><00:18:19.599><c> sisters,</c><00:18:21.819><c> we</c><00:18:22.319><c> read</c><00:18:23.059><c> the</c><00:18:23.279><c> words</c><00:18:23.440><c> of</c><00:18:23.759><c> Joshua,</c>

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words<00:18:26.099><c> that</c><00:18:26.440><c> speak</c><00:18:26.599><c> of</c><00:18:26.859><c> war</c><00:18:27.140><c> and</c><00:18:27.380><c> death</c><00:18:27.660><c> of</c><00:18:28.160><c> an</c><00:18:28.299><c> annihilation.</c>

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Probably<00:18:32.079><c> not</c><00:18:32.380><c> an</c><00:18:32.519><c> unfit</c><00:18:33.279><c> reading</c><00:18:33.660><c> for</c><00:18:33.920><c> Memorial</c><00:18:34.380><c> Day.</c>

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Because<00:18:36.160><c> we</c><00:18:36.440><c> know</c><00:18:36.680><c> throughout</c><00:18:37.019><c> this</c><00:18:37.420><c> world</c><00:18:37.779><c> that</c><00:18:38.220><c> death</c><00:18:38.519><c> and</c>

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war<00:18:39.019><c> and</c><00:18:39.259><c> annihilation</c><00:18:39.960><c> have</c><00:18:40.220><c> taken</c><00:18:40.480><c> place</c><00:18:40.920><c> time</c><00:18:41.380><c> after</c><00:18:41.799><c> time</c>

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after<00:18:42.640><c> time.</c>

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I'm<00:18:55.880><c> not</c><00:18:56.079><c> old</c><00:18:56.259><c> enough</c><00:18:56.500><c> to</c><00:18:56.700><c> remember</c><00:18:57.000><c> World</c><00:18:57.380><c> War</c><00:18:57.579><c> II,</c><00:18:57.819><c> but</c><00:18:57.980><c> I</c><00:18:58.140><c> am</c>

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old<00:18:58.519><c> enough</c><00:18:58.680><c> to</c><00:18:58.900><c> remember</c><00:18:59.180><c> Vietnam.</c>

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War<00:19:01.779><c> is</c><00:19:02.380><c> a</c><00:19:02.720><c> horrible</c><00:19:03.000><c> thing.</c>

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Young<00:19:05.279><c> men</c><00:19:05.619><c> die.</c>

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Families<00:19:07.319><c> are</c><00:19:07.579><c> destroyed.</c>

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It's<00:19:10.619><c> dirty.</c>

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It's<00:19:11.960><c> horrible.</c>

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And<00:19:16.480><c> yet</c><00:19:17.279><c> millions</c><00:19:19.740><c> of</c><00:19:21.099><c> Jews,</c><00:19:22.279><c> descendants</c><00:19:22.619><c> of</c><00:19:22.920><c> Abraham,</c><00:19:23.680><c> died</c><00:19:23.700><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:24.099><c> Second</c><00:19:24.299><c> World</c><00:19:24.700><c> War.</c>

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And<00:19:25.380><c> you</c><00:19:25.599><c> say,</c><00:19:26.019><c> why</c><00:19:26.180><c> would</c><00:19:26.440><c> God</c><00:19:26.779><c> ever</c><00:19:27.180><c> allow</c><00:19:27.460><c> a</c><00:19:27.680><c> man</c><00:19:27.859><c> like</c><00:19:28.200><c> Hitler</c><00:19:28.500><c> to</c>

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come<00:19:28.819><c> to</c><00:19:29.119><c> power?</c>

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And<00:19:33.079><c> yet</c><00:19:33.559><c> when</c><00:19:34.000><c> it</c><00:19:34.160><c> was</c><00:19:34.359><c> all</c><00:19:34.680><c> over</c><00:19:35.079><c> and</c><00:19:36.019><c> the</c><00:19:36.259><c> war</c><00:19:36.400><c> had</c><00:19:36.720><c> finished,</c><00:19:37.140><c> where</c><00:19:37.420><c> did</c><00:19:37.559><c> the</c><00:19:37.759><c> children</c><00:19:38.039><c> of</c>

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of<00:19:42.299><c> the</c><00:19:42.440><c> Romans?</c>

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and<00:19:47.400><c> establish</c><00:19:48.079><c> the</c><00:19:48.380><c> nation</c><00:19:48.839><c> of</c><00:19:49.099><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:19:58.680><c> the</c><00:19:58.940><c> Jews</c><00:19:59.220><c> today,</c><00:20:00.700><c> as</c><00:20:00.839><c> the</c><00:20:01.319><c> result</c><00:20:01.720><c> of</c><00:20:01.920><c> the</c><00:20:02.079><c> annihilation</c>

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of<00:20:02.920><c> many,</c><00:20:04.160><c> land</c><00:20:04.259><c> in</c><00:20:04.420><c> the</c><00:20:04.660><c> promised</c><00:20:05.019><c> land.</c>

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Well,<00:20:06.140><c> why</c><00:20:06.339><c> did</c><00:20:06.480><c> all</c><00:20:06.720><c> that</c><00:20:06.920><c> have</c><00:20:07.119><c> to</c><00:20:07.339><c> happen</c><00:20:07.519><c> in</c><00:20:07.680><c> the</c><00:20:07.839><c> first</c><00:20:08.140><c> place?</c>

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Well,<00:20:08.539><c> it</c><00:20:08.539><c> goes</c><00:20:08.819><c> right</c><00:20:09.200><c> back</c><00:20:09.480><c> to</c><00:20:09.759><c> Abraham.</c>

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Abraham,<00:20:11.500><c> I'm</c><00:20:11.740><c> going</c><00:20:11.859><c> to</c><00:20:12.000><c> give</c><00:20:12.099><c> you</c><00:20:12.299><c> a</c><00:20:12.519><c> son.</c>

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But<00:20:14.240><c> oh,</c><00:20:14.900><c> Sarah</c><00:20:15.059><c> says</c><00:20:15.319><c> we're</c><00:20:15.539><c> waiting</c><00:20:15.839><c> and</c><00:20:16.119><c> waiting</c><00:20:16.339><c> and</c><00:20:16.599><c> waiting.</c>

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I'm<00:20:17.000><c> 90</c><00:20:17.259><c> years</c><00:20:17.599><c> old</c><00:20:17.799><c> and</c><00:20:18.000><c> barren.</c>

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I<00:20:18.339><c> can't</c><00:20:18.640><c> have</c><00:20:18.819><c> children</c><00:20:19.339><c> going</c><00:20:19.640><c> on</c><00:20:19.980><c> and</c><00:20:20.119><c> on.</c>

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So<00:20:20.980><c> I</c><00:20:21.119><c> got</c><00:20:21.319><c> an</c><00:20:21.539><c> idea.</c>

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Abraham,<00:20:23.740><c> you</c><00:20:24.000><c> take</c><00:20:24.259><c> my</c><00:20:24.619><c> handmaid</c><00:20:25.680><c> and</c><00:20:26.099><c> you</c><00:20:26.240><c> have</c><00:20:26.400><c> a</c><00:20:26.579><c> child</c><00:20:26.880><c> with</c><00:20:27.119><c> her</c><00:20:27.579><c> and</c><00:20:27.900><c> that</c><00:20:28.180><c> must</c><00:20:28.380><c> be</c>

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the<00:20:28.779><c> answer</c><00:20:29.099><c> to</c><00:20:29.299><c> it.</c>

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No.

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entire<00:20:37.559><c> Arab</c><00:20:37.960><c> community.</c>

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And<00:20:39.960><c> as</c><00:20:40.319><c> we're</c><00:20:40.640><c> probably</c><00:20:41.039><c> well</c><00:20:41.319><c> aware,</c><00:20:42.140><c> to</c><00:20:42.319><c> this</c><00:20:42.599><c> very</c><00:20:42.900><c> day</c>

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the<00:20:43.720><c> Jews</c><00:20:44.160><c> and</c><00:20:44.440><c> the</c><00:20:44.799><c> Arabs,</c>

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all<00:20:46.259><c> descendants</c><00:20:46.779><c> of</c><00:20:47.059><c> Abraham</c><00:20:47.559><c> are</c><00:20:48.539><c> still</c><00:20:48.799><c> in</c><00:20:49.140><c> conflict.</c>

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The<00:20:51.079><c> conflict</c><00:20:51.500><c> wouldn't</c><00:20:51.920><c> exist</c><00:20:52.640><c> if</c><00:20:54.380><c> Abraham</c><00:20:54.859><c> and</c><00:20:55.240><c> Sarah</c><00:20:55.599><c> had</c>

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just<00:20:56.180><c> put</c><00:20:56.359><c> their</c><00:20:56.579><c> complete</c><00:20:57.000><c> and</c><00:20:57.240><c> total</c><00:20:57.500><c> faith</c><00:20:57.819><c> in</c><00:20:58.099><c> God.</c>

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The<00:21:01.440><c> conflicts</c><00:21:01.799><c> exist</c><00:21:02.200><c> to</c><00:21:02.380><c> this</c><00:21:02.660><c> day.</c>

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The<00:21:04.359><c> conflicts</c><00:21:04.720><c> exist</c><00:21:05.119><c> here</c><00:21:05.339><c> in</c><00:21:05.579><c> Joshua.</c>

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But<00:21:06.099><c> that's</c><00:21:06.359><c> where</c><00:21:06.559><c> all</c><00:21:06.740><c> these</c><00:21:06.960><c> people</c><00:21:07.200><c> are</c><00:21:07.420><c> descendants</c><00:21:07.859><c> of.</c>

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All<00:21:10.279><c> these</c><00:21:10.460><c> people</c><00:21:10.660><c> that</c><00:21:10.859><c> are</c><00:21:11.000><c> living</c><00:21:11.200><c> in</c><00:21:11.480><c> the</c><00:21:11.660><c> land</c><00:21:11.839><c> where</c>

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God<00:21:12.339><c> sends</c><00:21:12.660><c> them.</c>

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They're<00:21:14.279><c> all</c><00:21:14.480><c> descendants</c><00:21:14.859><c> of</c><00:21:15.140><c> Abraham.</c>

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Because<00:21:19.400><c> man</c><00:21:19.960><c> couldn't</c><00:21:20.759><c> do</c><00:21:21.220><c> what</c><00:21:21.500><c> he</c><00:21:21.759><c> was</c><00:21:22.079><c> told.</c>

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Brothers<00:21:24.400><c> and</c><00:21:24.720><c> sisters,</c><00:21:25.240><c> we</c><00:21:25.279><c> have</c><00:21:25.519><c> to</c><00:21:26.440><c> look</c><00:21:26.740><c> at</c><00:21:26.920><c> this</c><00:21:27.119><c> example</c>

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and<00:21:27.779><c> we</c><00:21:28.000><c> have</c><00:21:28.279><c> to</c><00:21:28.480><c> remember</c><00:21:28.819><c> to</c><00:21:29.119><c> do</c><00:21:29.259><c> what</c><00:21:29.480><c> we</c><00:21:29.740><c> have</c><00:21:29.880><c> been</c><00:21:30.220><c> told.</c>

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To<00:21:31.680><c> take</c><00:21:32.160><c> of</c><00:21:32.319><c> this</c><00:21:32.599><c> bread,</c><00:21:34.039><c> drink</c><00:21:34.440><c> of</c><00:21:34.619><c> this</c><00:21:34.920><c> cup,</c><00:21:36.099><c> to</c><00:21:36.339><c> examine</c><00:21:36.759><c> ourselves.</c>

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That<00:21:39.339><c> we</c><00:21:39.680><c> may</c><00:21:39.920><c> look</c><00:21:40.200><c> forward</c><00:21:40.500><c> as</c><00:21:40.799><c> a</c><00:21:41.000><c> body</c><00:21:41.680><c> to</c><00:21:42.880><c> a</c><00:21:43.119><c> place</c><00:21:43.299><c> in</c><00:21:43.519><c> that</c>

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kingdom<00:21:44.160><c> when</c><00:21:44.680><c> God</c><00:21:44.960><c> returns</c><00:21:45.440><c> to</c><00:21:45.700><c> this</c><00:21:45.920><c> earth.</c>

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To<00:21:47.140><c> establish</c><00:21:47.599><c> his</c><00:21:47.880><c> kingdom</c><00:21:48.339><c> when</c><00:21:49.099><c> the</c><00:21:49.400><c> promises</c><00:21:49.799><c> shall</c><00:21:50.200><c> be</c>

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fulfilled<00:21:51.079><c> and</c><00:21:52.359><c> the</c><00:21:52.579><c> Lord</c><00:21:52.839><c> Jesus</c><00:21:53.259><c> shall</c><00:21:53.599><c> sit</c><00:21:53.799><c> on</c><00:21:54.019><c> his</c><00:21:54.339><c> throne.</c>

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Until<00:21:55.940><c> that</c><00:21:56.279><c> day,</c><00:21:56.740><c> may</c><00:21:56.799><c> his</c><00:21:57.059><c> blessing</c><00:21:57.380><c> be</c><00:21:57.640><c> upon</c><00:21:57.900><c> us,</c><00:21:58.920><c> guide</c><00:21:59.059><c> us</c>

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and<00:21:59.500><c> direct</c><00:21:59.720><c> us</c><00:22:00.000><c> in</c><00:22:00.180><c> all</c><00:22:00.460><c> things</c><00:22:01.000><c> as</c><00:22:01.700><c> we</c><00:22:01.920><c> await</c><00:22:02.099><c> his</c><00:22:02.380><c> coming.</c><00:22:03.180><c> Amen.</c>