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5</c><00:19:57.119><c>,500,</c><00:19:57.579><c> somewhere</c><00:19:57.859><c> over</c><00:19:58.359><c> a</c> 00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:59.819 mile<00:19:58.799><c> square.</c> 00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:03.079 Now<00:20:01.019><c> that's</c><00:20:01.640><c> if</c><00:20:01.819><c> we</c><00:20:02.119><c> use</c><00:20:02.359><c> reeds.</c> 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:07.319 Now<00:20:03.859><c> the</c><00:20:03.920><c> thing</c><00:20:04.059><c> we</c><00:20:04.140><c> should</c><00:20:04.279><c> be</c><00:20:04.539><c> aware</c><00:20:04.839><c> of</c><00:20:05.079><c> is</c><00:20:05.299><c> that</c><00:20:05.559><c> in</c><00:20:05.779><c> the</c><00:20:05.940><c> Hebrew,</c><00:20:06.940><c> most</c><00:20:07.220><c> of</c> 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:10.180 these<00:20:07.539><c> places</c><00:20:07.839><c> where</c><00:20:08.099><c> the</c><00:20:08.299><c> word</c><00:20:08.539><c> reed</c><00:20:08.880><c> occurs,</c><00:20:09.920><c> there</c><00:20:10.039><c> isn't</c> 00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:11.759 any<00:20:10.400><c> word</c><00:20:10.579><c> at</c><00:20:10.799><c> all.</c> 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:13.339 It's<00:20:12.400><c> 500.</c> 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:18.500 And<00:20:15.000><c> so</c><00:20:15.420><c> the</c><00:20:16.119><c> other</c><00:20:16.579><c> option</c><00:20:17.000><c> is,</c><00:20:17.380><c> there's</c><00:20:17.539><c> only</c><00:20:17.779><c> one</c><00:20:17.920><c> other</c><00:20:18.099><c> unit</c><00:20:18.259><c> of</c> 00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.359 measure,<00:20:18.859><c> isn't</c><00:20:18.980><c> there?</c> 00:20:19.819 --> 00:20:21.779 Well,<00:20:20.000><c> I</c><00:20:20.019><c> mean,</c><00:20:20.299><c> well,</c><00:20:20.539><c> there's</c><00:20:20.819><c> really</c><00:20:21.059><c> a</c><00:20:21.339><c> third</c><00:20:21.559><c> one,</c><00:20:21.660><c> but</c> 00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:23.359 it's<00:20:21.980><c> so</c><00:20:22.160><c> silly,</c><00:20:22.420><c> I'll</c><00:20:22.619><c> mention</c><00:20:22.799><c> it</c><00:20:23.119><c> anyway.</c> 00:20:23.619 --> 00:20:25.019 It<00:20:23.779><c> could</c><00:20:23.880><c> be</c><00:20:24.039><c> a</c><00:20:24.279><c> span.</c> 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:28.140 Well,<00:20:25.819><c> a</c><00:20:26.000><c> span</c><00:20:26.119><c> is</c><00:20:26.299><c> four</c><00:20:26.460><c> or</c><00:20:26.519><c> five</c><00:20:26.759><c> inches.</c><00:20:27.319><c> 500</c><00:20:27.660><c> times</c><00:20:27.900><c> four</c> 00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:29.420 or<00:20:28.220><c> five</c><00:20:28.359><c> inches</c><00:20:28.519><c> is</c><00:20:28.660><c> not</c><00:20:28.779><c> worth</c><00:20:28.940><c> talking</c><00:20:29.220><c> about.</c> 00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:31.480 That<00:20:29.660><c> certainly</c><00:20:29.880><c> is</c><00:20:30.019><c> not</c><00:20:30.119><c> going</c><00:20:30.240><c> to</c><00:20:30.319><c> look</c><00:20:30.400><c> like</c><00:20:30.619><c> a</c><00:20:30.740><c> city.</c> 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:35.720 500<00:20:33.079><c> cubits</c><00:20:33.519><c> would</c><00:20:33.799><c> be</c><00:20:34.000><c> 1</c><00:20:34.140><c>,000</c><00:20:34.500><c> feet,</c><00:20:34.740><c> a</c><00:20:34.819><c> fifth</c><00:20:34.960><c> of</c><00:20:35.140><c> a</c><00:20:35.259><c> mile</c><00:20:35.460><c> square.</c> 00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:38.920 That<00:20:35.980><c> could</c><00:20:36.119><c> be</c><00:20:36.259><c> a</c><00:20:36.440><c> small</c><00:20:36.599><c> city.</c><00:20:37.240><c> There</c><00:20:37.339><c> were</c><00:20:37.440><c> cities</c><00:20:37.680><c> that</c><00:20:37.940><c> size.</c> 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:43.359 So<00:20:40.599><c> the</c><00:20:40.720><c> question</c><00:20:41.039><c> is</c><00:20:41.299><c> how</c><00:20:41.500><c> big</c><00:20:41.720><c> is</c><00:20:42.019><c> great</c><00:20:42.180><c> in</c><00:20:42.359><c> your</c><00:20:42.579><c> mind</c><00:20:42.940><c> when</c> 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:47.220 you<00:20:43.519><c> don't</c><00:20:43.740><c> have</c><00:20:43.920><c> any</c><00:20:44.160><c> unit</c><00:20:44.420><c> there,</c><00:20:45.279><c> 500</c><00:20:45.880><c> small</c><00:20:46.859><c> or</c><00:20:47.059><c> large.</c> 00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:49.740 It<00:20:47.720><c> differs</c><00:20:47.859><c> by</c><00:20:48.099><c> a</c><00:20:48.259><c> factor</c><00:20:48.519><c> of</c><00:20:48.839><c> six.</c> 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:54.480 Now<00:20:52.440><c> that's</c><00:20:52.880><c> the</c><00:20:53.059><c> main</c><00:20:53.279><c> thing</c><00:20:53.480><c> to</c><00:20:53.680><c> understand.</c> 00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:58.579 The<00:20:55.099><c> frame</c><00:20:55.380><c> of</c><00:20:55.599><c> a</c><00:20:55.779><c> city,</c><00:20:56.039><c> to</c><00:20:56.220><c> my</c><00:20:56.400><c> way</c><00:20:56.599><c> of</c><00:20:56.759><c> thinking,</c><00:20:57.559><c> much</c><00:20:57.740><c> better</c><00:20:58.319><c> fits</c> 00:20:58.579 --> 00:21:01.440 the<00:20:58.900><c> larger</c><00:20:59.200><c> picture</c><00:20:59.700><c> than</c><00:21:00.039><c> the</c><00:21:00.259><c> smaller</c><00:21:00.559><c> one.</c> 00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:04.900 Now<00:21:02.039><c> it's</c><00:21:02.259><c> interesting</c><00:21:02.559><c> that</c><00:21:02.700><c> one</c><00:21:02.859><c> of</c><00:21:02.980><c> the</c><00:21:03.079><c> objections</c><00:21:03.400><c> I</c><00:21:03.700><c> found</c><00:21:04.039><c> that</c><00:21:04.339><c> was</c> 00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:08.079 recorded<00:21:05.299><c> from</c><00:21:05.559><c> a</c><00:21:05.660><c> long</c><00:21:05.880><c> time</c><00:21:06.099><c> back</c><00:21:06.480><c> against</c><00:21:07.039><c> the</c><00:21:07.359><c> large</c><00:21:07.579><c> city,</c> 00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:11.500 the<00:21:08.839><c> large</c><00:21:09.599><c> size</c><00:21:09.839><c> of</c><00:21:09.960><c> the</c><00:21:10.099><c> temple,</c><00:21:10.759><c> was</c><00:21:10.900><c> the</c><00:21:11.059><c> fact</c><00:21:11.160><c> that</c><00:21:11.299><c> the</c> 00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:13.480 temple<00:21:11.680><c> mount</c><00:21:11.839><c> isn't</c><00:21:12.019><c> big</c><00:21:12.240><c> enough</c><00:21:12.460><c> for</c><00:21:12.640><c> it.</c> 00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:16.599 And<00:21:14.099><c> it</c><00:21:14.180><c> goes</c><00:21:14.279><c> back</c><00:21:14.519><c> and</c><00:21:14.700><c> cites</c><00:21:14.839><c> some</c><00:21:15.180><c> reference</c><00:21:15.480><c> in</c><00:21:16.019><c> Josephus</c> 00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:19.319 about<00:21:17.059><c> the</c><00:21:17.420><c> circumference</c><00:21:17.819><c> of</c><00:21:17.960><c> the</c><00:21:18.119><c> mount</c><00:21:18.319><c> being</c><00:21:18.700><c> too</c><00:21:18.980><c> small.</c> 00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:22.519 The<00:21:19.759><c> big</c><00:21:20.039><c> city,</c><00:21:20.460><c> the</c><00:21:20.640><c> big</c><00:21:20.940><c> temple,</c><00:21:21.599><c> would</c><00:21:21.740><c> simply</c><00:21:22.039><c> fit</c><00:21:22.319><c> right</c> 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:26.460 over<00:21:22.700><c> it</c><00:21:22.779><c> like</c><00:21:22.920><c> a</c><00:21:23.119><c> large</c><00:21:23.420><c> square</c><00:21:23.759><c> over</c><00:21:24.079><c> a</c><00:21:24.440><c> relatively</c><00:21:24.859><c> smaller</c><00:21:25.599><c> peg.</c> 00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:30.960 Well,<00:21:27.079><c> of</c><00:21:27.220><c> course,</c><00:21:28.059><c> that's</c><00:21:29.339><c> not</c><00:21:29.500><c> much</c><00:21:29.680><c> of</c><00:21:29.839><c> an</c><00:21:29.980><c> objection,</c><00:21:30.400><c> is</c><00:21:30.539><c> it?</c> 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:34.980 That<00:21:31.579><c> was</c><00:21:31.839><c> then,</c><00:21:33.140><c> and</c><00:21:33.400><c> this</c><00:21:33.599><c> is</c><00:21:33.740><c> in</c><00:21:33.900><c> the</c><00:21:33.960><c> future.</c> 00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:40.279 And<00:21:35.279><c> we</c><00:21:35.440><c> well</c><00:21:35.599><c> remember</c><00:21:36.160><c> the</c><00:21:36.500><c> passage</c><00:21:36.819><c> in</c><00:21:37.500><c> Zechariah</c><00:21:38.099><c> where</c><00:21:38.380><c> the</c><00:21:38.740><c> Mount</c><00:21:38.880><c> of</c><00:21:39.019><c> Olives</c><00:21:39.180><c> will</c><00:21:39.400><c> split</c><00:21:39.599><c> in</c><00:21:39.839><c> two</c><00:21:39.980><c> and</c><00:21:40.140><c> a</c> 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:41.359 great<00:21:40.480><c> valley</c><00:21:40.759><c> will</c><00:21:40.980><c> appear.</c> 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:44.539 And<00:21:41.720><c> there</c><00:21:41.799><c> will</c><00:21:41.940><c> be</c><00:21:42.140><c> earth</c><00:21:42.519><c> and</c><00:21:42.759><c> geophysical</c><00:21:43.400><c> changes</c><00:21:43.859><c> taking</c><00:21:44.119><c> place</c> 00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.220 and<00:21:44.700><c> earth</c><00:21:44.839><c> moving.</c> 00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:47.799 And<00:21:45.740><c> who</c><00:21:45.920><c> knows</c><00:21:46.259><c> what</c><00:21:46.559><c> the</c><00:21:46.799><c> temple</c><00:21:46.980><c> mount</c><00:21:47.160><c> will</c><00:21:47.339><c> look</c><00:21:47.559><c> like?</c> 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:51.359 We've<00:21:48.160><c> read</c><00:21:48.339><c> the</c><00:21:48.539><c> references</c><00:21:48.859><c> in</c><00:21:49.920><c> Isaiah.</c><00:21:50.720><c> They're</c><00:21:50.920><c> also</c><00:21:51.119><c> the</c> 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:53.700 same<00:21:51.559><c> in</c><00:21:52.920><c> Micah.</c> 00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:58.619 And<00:21:54.660><c> the</c><00:21:54.799><c> nation's</c><00:21:55.200><c> going</c><00:21:55.380><c> up.</c><00:21:56.400><c> Well,</c><00:21:56.619><c> you</c><00:21:56.779><c> go</c><00:21:56.940><c> up</c><00:21:57.039><c> to</c><00:21:57.200><c> Jerusalem</c><00:21:57.460><c> now</c><00:21:57.799><c> because</c><00:21:58.079><c> physically</c><00:21:58.480><c> it</c> 00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.700 is<00:21:58.839><c> up.</c> 00:22:00.140 --> 00:22:05.539 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have</c><00:22:13.420><c> said</c><00:22:13.539><c> it</c><00:22:13.619><c> just</c><00:22:13.779><c> seems</c><00:22:13.940><c> like</c><00:22:14.059><c> it's</c><00:22:14.180><c> too</c><00:22:14.339><c> big</c> 00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:14.900 a<00:22:14.619><c> building.</c> 00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:18.039 Well,<00:22:15.720><c> we've</c><00:22:15.819><c> got</c><00:22:15.920><c> a</c><00:22:16.000><c> government</c><00:22:16.359><c> building</c><00:22:16.640><c> down</c><00:22:16.900><c> here</c><00:22:17.079><c> in</c><00:22:17.140><c> Washington,</c><00:22:17.759><c> up</c> 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.759 there<00:22:18.259><c> I</c><00:22:18.319><c> guess</c><00:22:18.500><c> from</c><00:22:18.640><c> here.</c> 00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:22.859 We're<00:22:18.940><c> down,</c><00:22:19.319><c> aren't</c><00:22:19.319><c> we?</c><00:22:19.420><c> That's</c><00:22:19.640><c> up.</c><00:22:20.180><c> In</c><00:22:20.319><c> Washington,</c><00:22:21.019><c> that's</c><00:22:21.420><c> almost</c><00:22:21.819><c> that</c><00:22:22.180><c> big.</c> 00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:25.420 The<00:22:23.519><c> Pentagon's</c><00:22:23.980><c> a</c><00:22:24.000><c> pretty</c><00:22:24.180><c> big</c><00:22:24.400><c> place.</c> 00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:29.039 And<00:22:26.200><c> there</c><00:22:26.319><c> have</c><00:22:26.420><c> been</c><00:22:26.539><c> some</c><00:22:26.799><c> bigger</c><00:22:26.980><c> buildings</c><00:22:27.359><c> under</c><00:22:27.720><c> contemplation.</c> 00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:33.220 It's<00:22:29.920><c> not</c><00:22:30.200><c> terribly</c><00:22:30.700><c> beyond</c><00:22:31.359><c> the</c><00:22:31.559><c> realm</c><00:22:31.740><c> of</c><00:22:32.119><c> feasibility,</c> 00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:37.640 certainly<00:22:33.480><c> not</c><00:22:33.740><c> beyond</c><00:22:34.160><c> the</c><00:22:35.519><c> appropriate</c><00:22:36.039><c> scope</c><00:22:36.460><c> for</c><00:22:36.640><c> something</c><00:22:36.920><c> that</c><00:22:37.140><c> 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to</c><00:23:09.900><c> consider.</c> 00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:14.779 And<00:23:11.180><c> we</c><00:23:11.579><c> get</c><00:23:11.839><c> then</c><00:23:12.160><c> to</c><00:23:12.359><c> a</c><00:23:12.579><c> situation,</c><00:23:13.460><c> which</c><00:23:13.779><c> we'll</c><00:23:14.339><c> say</c><00:23:14.559><c> a</c><00:23:14.680><c> few</c> 00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.440 words<00:23:15.059><c> about,</c> 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:19.099 that<00:23:16.039><c> the</c><00:23:16.259><c> other</c><00:23:16.819><c> problem</c><00:23:17.180><c> that</c><00:23:17.380><c> some</c><00:23:17.559><c> see</c><00:23:17.940><c> is</c><00:23:18.279><c> the</c><00:23:18.640><c> apparent</c> 00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:21.359 reversion<00:23:19.940><c> to</c><00:23:20.180><c> the</c><00:23:20.400><c> ordinances</c><00:23:20.799><c> of</c><00:23:21.039><c> the</c><00:23:21.160><c> law</c> 00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:23.599 and<00:23:21.559><c> what</c><00:23:21.740><c> to</c><00:23:21.940><c> do</c><00:23:22.119><c> about</c><00:23:22.480><c> this.</c><00:23:22.799><c> It</c><00:23:22.980><c> seems</c><00:23:23.160><c> like</c><00:23:23.339><c> we're</c> 00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:24.619 sliding<00:23:23.940><c> backwards,</c> 00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:27.420 that<00:23:25.099><c> we've</c><00:23:25.359><c> come</c><00:23:25.539><c> away</c><00:23:25.859><c> from</c><00:23:26.240><c> law</c><00:23:26.660><c> and</c><00:23:26.940><c> we've</c><00:23:27.119><c> come</c><00:23:27.220><c> away</c> 00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:28.380 from<00:23:27.680><c> killing</c><00:23:27.900><c> animals</c> 00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:31.319 and<00:23:28.779><c> all</c><00:23:29.000><c> sorts</c><00:23:29.160><c> of</c><00:23:29.380><c> symbolic</c><00:23:29.779><c> things</c><00:23:30.119><c> to</c><00:23:30.480><c> the</c><00:23:30.720><c> realities</c><00:23:31.019><c> which</c><00:23:31.200><c> are</c> 00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.980 the<00:23:31.400><c> Lord</c><00:23:31.539><c> Jesus</c><00:23:31.940><c> Christ</c><00:23:32.319><c> and</c><00:23:32.460><c> his</c><00:23:32.660><c> work.</c> 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:35.579 And<00:23:33.539><c> all</c><00:23:33.660><c> these</c><00:23:33.779><c> things</c><00:23:33.920><c> were</c><00:23:34.039><c> to</c><00:23:34.220><c> point</c><00:23:34.380><c> to</c><00:23:34.579><c> that.</c><00:23:35.240><c> And</c><00:23:35.440><c> now</c> 00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:37.160 we're<00:23:35.660><c> going</c><00:23:35.880><c> back</c><00:23:36.180><c> to</c><00:23:36.359><c> something.</c> 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:40.519 Isn't<00:23:38.119><c> this</c><00:23:38.299><c> one</c><00:23:38.460><c> of</c><00:23:38.519><c> the</c><00:23:38.720><c> primary</c><00:23:39.180><c> difficulties</c><00:23:39.720><c> we</c><00:23:39.920><c> have</c><00:23:40.119><c> trying</c><00:23:40.380><c> to</c> 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.660 put<00:23:40.680><c> this</c><00:23:40.839><c> all</c><00:23:40.960><c> together</c> 00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:44.380 and<00:23:42.220><c> 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training</c><00:25:10.299><c> was</c><00:25:10.500><c> in</c><00:25:10.779><c> architecture.</c> 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:14.000 And<00:25:11.779><c> so</c><00:25:12.039><c> there</c><00:25:12.400><c> are</c><00:25:12.400><c> some</c><00:25:12.559><c> that</c><00:25:12.839><c> can</c><00:25:13.099><c> make</c><00:25:13.319><c> more</c><00:25:13.559><c> sense</c><00:25:13.779><c> out</c><00:25:13.900><c> of</c> 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:15.619 these<00:25:14.220><c> descriptions</c><00:25:14.599><c> perhaps</c><00:25:14.980><c> than</c><00:25:15.180><c> others</c><00:25:15.400><c> can.</c> 00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:18.460 But<00:25:15.839><c> when</c><00:25:16.640><c> you</c><00:25:16.740><c> go</c><00:25:16.920><c> around</c><00:25:17.079><c> and</c><00:25:17.259><c> describe</c><00:25:17.579><c> even</c><00:25:17.779><c> the</c><00:25:18.039><c> room</c><00:25:18.200><c> as</c> 00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.339 simple<00:25:18.680><c> as</c><00:25:18.920><c> this,</c> 00:25:19.660 --> 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that</c><00:25:29.119><c> look</c><00:25:29.279><c> like</c><00:25:29.400><c> they're</c> 00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:30.220 really<00:25:29.819><c> important?</c> 00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:31.759 Where<00:25:30.519><c> are</c><00:25:30.640><c> the</c><00:25:30.880><c> spiritual</c><00:25:31.339><c> lessons?</c> 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:35.519 Where<00:25:32.160><c> are</c><00:25:32.380><c> the</c><00:25:33.339><c> spiritual</c><00:25:33.819><c> imperatives</c><00:25:34.460><c> that</c><00:25:34.720><c> are</c><00:25:35.079><c> part</c><00:25:35.319><c> of</c> 00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:36.140 this<00:25:35.759><c> description?</c> 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:38.940 It's<00:25:36.359><c> not</c><00:25:36.539><c> just</c><00:25:36.819><c> a</c><00:25:36.920><c> lot</c><00:25:37.599><c> of</c><00:25:37.980><c> dimensions.</c> 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:40.740 There<00:25:39.099><c> are</c><00:25:39.240><c> some</c><00:25:39.420><c> other</c><00:25:39.640><c> things</c><00:25:39.880><c> said</c><00:25:40.119><c> as</c><00:25:40.400><c> well.</c> 00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:45.440 Chapter<00:25:41.400><c> 43</c><00:25:42.059><c> has</c><00:25:42.500><c> quite</c><00:25:43.579><c> a</c><00:25:43.900><c> concentration</c><00:25:44.400><c> of</c><00:25:44.619><c> them.</c> 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:49.059 The<00:25:45.880><c> opening</c><00:25:46.140><c> verses</c><00:25:46.500><c> in</c><00:25:46.700><c> chapter</c><00:25:47.019><c> 43,</c><00:25:48.279><c> Ezekiel</c><00:25:48.619><c> is</c><00:25:48.819><c> brought</c> 00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:51.339 to<00:25:49.339><c> the</c><00:25:50.099><c> gate</c><00:25:50.259><c> that</c><00:25:50.400><c> looks</c><00:25:50.660><c> toward</c><00:25:50.980><c> the</c><00:25:51.160><c> east</c> 00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:54.519 and<00:25:51.480><c> he</c><00:25:51.640><c> watches</c><00:25:52.019><c> and</c><00:25:52.299><c> he</c><00:25:52.579><c> sees,</c><00:25:53.279><c> behold,</c><00:25:53.740><c> he</c><00:25:53.740><c> says,</c><00:25:54.000><c> the</c><00:25:54.119><c> glory</c><00:25:54.359><c> of</c> 00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.160 the<00:25:54.680><c> God</c><00:25:54.799><c> of</c><00:25:54.940><c> Israel,</c> 00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:58.420 the<00:25:55.460><c> Elohim</c><00:25:55.859><c> of</c><00:25:56.039><c> Israel,</c><00:25:56.339><c> the</c><00:25:56.500><c> mighty</c><00:25:56.779><c> ones</c><00:25:57.039><c> of</c><00:25:57.180><c> Israel</c><00:25:57.539><c> coming</c><00:25:58.140><c> from</c> 00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.279 the<00:25:58.579><c> way</c><00:25:58.700><c> of</c><00:25:58.839><c> the</c><00:25:59.019><c> east,</c> 00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:01.559 the<00:25:59.759><c> sound</c><00:25:59.920><c> of</c><00:26:00.099><c> a</c><00:26:00.259><c> great</c><00:26:00.519><c> noise</c><00:26:00.819><c> of</c><00:26:01.059><c> many</c><00:26:01.259><c> waters.</c> 00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:03.079 It's<00:26:02.140><c> the</c><00:26:02.160><c> sound</c><00:26:02.380><c> 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with</c><00:26:13.440><c> his</c><00:26:13.740><c> glory,</c><00:26:14.019><c> it</c><00:26:14.279><c> says,</c> 00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:16.619 and<00:26:14.680><c> it</c><00:26:14.759><c> was</c><00:26:14.920><c> according</c><00:26:15.259><c> to</c><00:26:15.599><c> the</c><00:26:15.859><c> appearance</c><00:26:16.140><c> of</c><00:26:16.319><c> the</c><00:26:16.460><c> vision</c> 00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:17.359 which<00:26:16.779><c> I</c><00:26:17.059><c> saw,</c> 00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:20.119 even<00:26:18.059><c> according</c><00:26:18.400><c> to</c><00:26:18.539><c> the</c><00:26:18.700><c> vision</c><00:26:18.819><c> which</c><00:26:19.019><c> I</c><00:26:19.200><c> saw</c><00:26:19.339><c> when</c><00:26:19.480><c> I</c><00:26:19.680><c> came</c> 00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:21.180 to<00:26:20.339><c> destroy</c><00:26:20.680><c> the</c><00:26:20.900><c> city.</c> 00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:23.619 The<00:26:21.779><c> visions</c><00:26:21.940><c> were</c><00:26:22.180><c> 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immensity</c><00:27:07.779><c> and</c><00:27:07.940><c> the</c><00:27:08.140><c> majesty</c><00:27:08.440><c> of</c><00:27:08.599><c> God</c> 00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:13.099 and<00:27:08.940><c> how</c><00:27:09.420><c> small</c><00:27:10.039><c> by</c><00:27:10.279><c> comparison</c><00:27:10.900><c> was</c><00:27:11.319><c> this</c><00:27:11.859><c> best</c><00:27:12.200><c> of</c><00:27:12.400><c> man's</c><00:27:12.779><c> efforts</c> 00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:15.779 to<00:27:13.720><c> make</c><00:27:13.900><c> an</c><00:27:14.119><c> appropriate</c><00:27:14.500><c> place.</c> 00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:20.759 And<00:27:16.900><c> therefore</c><00:27:17.240><c> how</c><00:27:17.720><c> gracious</c><00:27:18.299><c> it</c><00:27:19.299><c> was</c><00:27:19.539><c> that</c><00:27:19.720><c> the</c><00:27:19.900><c> Lord</c><00:27:20.079><c> would</c> 00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:22.460 inhabit<00:27:21.180><c> that</c><00:27:21.440><c> house.</c> 00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:26.519 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doesn't</c><00:27:36.240><c> this</c><00:27:36.440><c> begin</c><00:27:36.720><c> to</c><00:27:36.980><c> ring</c><00:27:37.119><c> a</c><00:27:37.720><c> kind</c><00:27:37.859><c> of</c><00:27:38.119><c> bell?</c> 00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:42.259 I<00:27:39.279><c> mean,</c><00:27:40.039><c> what</c><00:27:40.180><c> is</c><00:27:40.359><c> the</c><00:27:40.599><c> preparation</c><00:27:41.140><c> that</c><00:27:41.319><c> each</c><00:27:41.500><c> of</c><00:27:41.660><c> us</c><00:27:41.920><c> has</c> 00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.259 to<00:27:42.480><c> make?</c> 00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:45.460 It's<00:27:43.759><c> our</c><00:27:44.000><c> own,</c><00:27:44.259><c> isn't</c><00:27:44.380><c> it?</c> 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:48.440 There's<00:27:45.940><c> a</c><00:27:46.119><c> body</c><00:27:46.339><c> prepared</c><00:27:46.839><c> for</c><00:27:47.079><c> us</c><00:27:47.319><c> that</c><00:27:47.460><c> will</c><00:27:47.660><c> be</c><00:27:47.880><c> appropriate</c> 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:52.240 for<00:27:48.900><c> the</c><00:27:49.200><c> characters</c><00:27:49.680><c> that</c><00:27:51.059><c> we</c><00:27:51.319><c> develop.</c> 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:55.480 If<00:27:52.940><c> we</c><00:27:53.160><c> develop</c><00:27:53.480><c> characters</c><00:27:53.920><c> that</c><00:27:54.079><c> are</c><00:27:54.160><c> after</c><00:27:54.319><c> the</c><00:27:54.619><c> flesh,</c> 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:57.859 there's<00:27:55.940><c> a</c><00:27:56.079><c> body</c><00:27:56.279><c> appropriate</c><00:27:56.740><c> for</c><00:27:56.960><c> it.</c> 00:27:57.960 --> 00:28:00.339 It's<00:27:58.299><c> a</c><00:27:58.420><c> fleshly</c><00:27:58.700><c> body.</c><00:27:58.819><c> We'll</c><00:27:59.000><c> have</c><00:27:59.039><c> some</c><00:27:59.180><c> more</c><00:27:59.279><c> to</c><00:27:59.420><c> say</c><00:27:59.599><c> about</c><00:27:59.779><c> that</c><00:28:00.059><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:02.640 I<00:28:00.440><c> don't</c><00:28:00.579><c> want</c><00:28:00.700><c> to</c><00:28:00.859><c> say</c><00:28:01.000><c> anything</c><00:28:01.220><c> tomorrow</c><00:28:01.680><c> today.</c> 00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:07.740 But<00:28:04.480><c> at</c><00:28:04.640><c> the</c><00:28:04.759><c> same</c><00:28:05.000><c> time,</c><00:28:05.180><c> for</c><00:28:05.339><c> those</c><00:28:05.599><c> who</c><00:28:05.839><c> have</c><00:28:06.039><c> prepared</c><00:28:06.539><c> a</c><00:28:07.480><c> character</c> 00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:09.480 which<00:28:07.900><c> is</c><00:28:08.099><c> after</c><00:28:08.319><c> the</c><00:28:08.640><c> spirit,</c> 00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:12.359 there<00:28:10.180><c> will</c><00:28:10.279><c> be</c><00:28:10.400><c> a</c><00:28:10.519><c> body</c><00:28:10.720><c> one</c><00:28:10.980><c> day</c><00:28:11.160><c> united,</c> 00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:14.079 that<00:28:13.019><c> will</c><00:28:13.140><c> be</c><00:28:13.299><c> fitting,</c> 00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:18.259 a<00:28:14.799><c> body</c><00:28:15.019><c> of</c><00:28:15.160><c> the</c><00:28:15.420><c> spirit,</c><00:28:16.220><c> eternal,</c><00:28:17.339><c> immortal,</c> 00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:21.140 well,<00:28:18.500><c> not</c><00:28:18.500><c> immortal,</c><00:28:20.119><c> glorious,</c> 00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:25.119 powered<00:28:21.900><c> and</c><00:28:22.160><c> energized</c><00:28:22.559><c> in</c><00:28:22.779><c> some</c><00:28:23.019><c> way</c><00:28:23.140><c> that</c><00:28:23.259><c> we</c><00:28:23.359><c> can't</c><00:28:23.920><c> really</c><00:28:24.180><c> describe</c><00:28:24.559><c> at</c><00:28:24.799><c> all</c> 00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:27.059 by<00:28:25.460><c> the</c><00:28:25.660><c> power</c><00:28:25.880><c> of</c><00:28:26.079><c> God.</c> 00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:30.640 Able<00:28:28.500><c> to</c><00:28:28.660><c> do,</c><00:28:28.839><c> we</c><00:28:29.019><c> think,</c><00:28:29.180><c> the</c><00:28:29.359><c> things</c><00:28:29.579><c> that</c><00:28:29.779><c> the</c><00:28:30.019><c> angels</c><00:28:30.279><c> do,</c> 00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:35.299 come<00:28:31.019><c> and</c><00:28:31.220><c> go</c><00:28:31.440><c> and</c><00:28:32.279><c> appear</c><00:28:32.640><c> and</c><00:28:32.900><c> disappear</c><00:28:33.339><c> and</c><00:28:33.920><c> observe</c><00:28:34.339><c> without</c><00:28:34.640><c> being</c><00:28:34.980><c> seen</c> 00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:38.319 and<00:28:35.619><c> have</c><00:28:35.759><c> power</c><00:28:36.039><c> to</c><00:28:36.220><c> cause</c><00:28:36.420><c> things</c><00:28:36.660><c> to</c><00:28:36.880><c> happen</c><00:28:37.279><c> as</c><00:28:37.859><c> the</c><00:28:38.019><c> Lord</c><00:28:38.140><c> did,</c> 00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:42.319 to<00:28:38.519><c> heal</c><00:28:38.700><c> people</c><00:28:39.079><c> and</c><00:28:39.339><c> to</c><00:28:39.940><c> affect</c><00:28:40.420><c> material</c><00:28:41.119><c> things.</c> 00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:47.880 And<00:28:43.779><c> so</c><00:28:44.440><c> that</c><00:28:45.880><c> preparation,</c><00:28:46.839><c> however,</c> 00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:51.940 part<00:28:49.019><c> of</c><00:28:49.140><c> that</c><00:28:49.259><c> is</c><00:28:49.480><c> ours</c><00:28:50.019><c> and</c><00:28:50.559><c> part</c><00:28:50.740><c> of</c><00:28:50.839><c> that's</c><00:28:51.119><c> God's.</c> 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:55.119 We<00:28:52.400><c> saw</c><00:28:52.599><c> yesterday</c><00:28:52.960><c> that</c><00:28:53.319><c> Solomon</c><00:28:53.680><c> had</c><00:28:54.400><c> a</c><00:28:54.640><c> plan</c><00:28:54.799><c> that</c><00:28:54.920><c> he</c><00:28:54.980><c> had</c> 00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:56.119 to<00:28:55.339><c> follow.</c> 00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:59.299 The<00:28:56.539><c> materials</c><00:28:56.900><c> were</c><00:28:57.160><c> prepared</c><00:28:57.740><c> and</c><00:28:58.220><c> they</c><00:28:58.339><c> were</c><00:28:58.440><c> put</c><00:28:58.619><c> together</c> 00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:04.480 in<00:29:00.019><c> the</c><00:29:00.299><c> quietest</c><00:29:00.740><c> and</c><00:29:00.900><c> most</c><00:29:01.900><c> gentle</c><00:29:02.640><c> way</c><00:29:03.140><c> in</c><00:29:03.640><c> the</c><00:29:04.200><c> temple</c> 00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.920 area<00:29:04.779><c> itself,</c> 00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:08.359 as<00:29:06.140><c> if</c><00:29:06.359><c> the</c><00:29:06.579><c> temple</c><00:29:06.900><c> itself</c><00:29:07.400><c> was</c><00:29:07.619><c> not</c><00:29:07.740><c> to</c><00:29:07.900><c> be</c><00:29:08.079><c> desecrated</c> 00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:12.240 by<00:29:09.200><c> this</c><00:29:09.480><c> hammering</c><00:29:09.839><c> and</c><00:29:10.000><c> banging</c><00:29:10.240><c> that's</c><00:29:11.119><c> common</c><00:29:11.299><c> to</c><00:29:11.539><c> our</c><00:29:11.720><c> methods</c><00:29:11.960><c> of</c> 00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:13.000 construction<00:29:12.640><c> today,</c> 00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:15.599 where<00:29:13.299><c> things</c><00:29:13.579><c> are</c><00:29:14.059><c> brought</c><00:29:14.220><c> in</c><00:29:14.700><c> improperly</c><00:29:15.380><c> fitted,</c> 00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:18.700 only<00:29:16.220><c> partially</c><00:29:16.640><c> finished,</c><00:29:17.339><c> built</c><00:29:17.559><c> to</c><00:29:17.700><c> the</c><00:29:17.839><c> wrong</c><00:29:18.059><c> specifications</c> 00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:20.980 with<00:29:18.960><c> errors</c><00:29:19.240><c> and</c><00:29:19.500><c> mistakes,</c><00:29:20.099><c> and</c><00:29:20.299><c> then</c><00:29:20.420><c> they're</c><00:29:20.700><c> corrected,</c> 00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.819 as<00:29:21.359><c> we</c><00:29:21.619><c> say,</c> 00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:24.619 hammered<00:29:22.599><c> to</c><00:29:22.859><c> fit</c><00:29:23.039><c> and</c><00:29:23.460><c> painted</c><00:29:23.640><c> to</c><00:29:23.900><c> match.</c> 00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:29.200 Just<00:29:26.019><c> some</c><00:29:26.500><c> kind</c><00:29:26.680><c> of</c><00:29:27.220><c> lots</c><00:29:27.500><c> of</c><00:29:27.940><c> wood</c><00:29:28.140><c> filler</c><00:29:28.400><c> and</c><00:29:28.660><c> sandpaper</c> 00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:32.079 and<00:29:29.420><c> things</c><00:29:29.579><c> of</c><00:29:29.759><c> that</c><00:29:29.980><c> sort,</c><00:29:30.859><c> whereas</c><00:29:31.079><c> these</c><00:29:31.460><c> have</c><00:29:31.660><c> a</c><00:29:31.839><c> picture</c> 00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:35.200 of<00:29:32.299><c> being</c><00:29:32.700><c> prepared</c><00:29:33.359><c> firsthand</c><00:29:34.140><c> completely</c><00:29:34.619><c> and</c><00:29:34.859><c> perfectly</c> 00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:38.220 and<00:29:35.740><c> assembled</c><00:29:36.200><c> piece</c><00:29:36.880><c> by</c><00:29:37.140><c> piece,</c> 00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:41.099 and<00:29:38.579><c> the</c><00:29:38.700><c> whole</c><00:29:38.819><c> building</c><00:29:39.140><c> grows</c><00:29:39.500><c> into</c><00:29:39.759><c> a</c><00:29:39.859><c> holy</c><00:29:40.039><c> temple.</c> 00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:46.960 So<00:29:44.420><c> Ezekiel</c><00:29:44.779><c> sees</c><00:29:45.059><c> the</c><00:29:45.259><c> house</c><00:29:45.640><c> filled</c><00:29:46.000><c> with</c><00:29:46.319><c> the</c><00:29:46.579><c> glory</c><00:29:46.779><c> of</c> 00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.299 the<00:29:47.079><c> Lord,</c> 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:49.819 and<00:29:47.599><c> he</c><00:29:47.740><c> heard</c><00:29:47.980><c> someone</c><00:29:48.319><c> speaking</c><00:29:48.819><c> to</c><00:29:49.099><c> him</c><00:29:49.240><c> out</c><00:29:49.380><c> of</c><00:29:49.500><c> the</c><00:29:49.660><c> house.</c> 00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:52.200 So<00:29:50.019><c> we</c><00:29:50.079><c> have</c><00:29:50.259><c> again</c><00:29:50.480><c> the</c><00:29:50.660><c> picture,</c><00:29:50.940><c> don't</c><00:29:51.160><c> we,</c><00:29:51.339><c> of</c><00:29:51.460><c> Moses</c> 00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:55.180 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of</c><00:30:06.920><c> visions</c><00:30:07.220><c> here.</c> 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:11.380 Son<00:30:08.240><c> of</c><00:30:08.400><c> man,</c><00:30:09.440><c> the</c><00:30:09.660><c> place</c><00:30:09.940><c> of</c><00:30:10.160><c> my</c><00:30:10.440><c> throne,</c> 00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:14.380 and<00:30:11.960><c> the</c><00:30:12.200><c> place</c><00:30:12.380><c> of</c><00:30:12.539><c> the</c><00:30:12.779><c> souls</c><00:30:12.980><c> of</c><00:30:13.220><c> my</c><00:30:13.559><c> feet,</c> 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:16.220 where<00:30:14.519><c> I</c><00:30:14.660><c> will</c><00:30:14.799><c> dwell</c><00:30:15.000><c> in</c><00:30:15.240><c> the</c><00:30:15.319><c> midst</c><00:30:15.500><c> of</c><00:30:15.680><c> the</c><00:30:15.839><c> children</c><00:30:16.079><c> of</c> 00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.980 Israel<00:30:16.519><c> forever,</c> 00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:21.440 and<00:30:17.640><c> my</c><00:30:17.880><c> holy</c><00:30:18.119><c> name</c><00:30:18.380><c> shall</c><00:30:18.539><c> the</c><00:30:18.680><c> house</c><00:30:18.940><c> of</c><00:30:19.099><c> Israel</c><00:30:19.400><c> no</c><00:30:19.819><c> more</c><00:30:20.160><c> defile,</c> 00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:24.140 neither<00:30:22.380><c> they</c><00:30:22.779><c> nor</c><00:30:22.880><c> their</c><00:30:23.160><c> kings,</c><00:30:23.480><c> by</c><00:30:23.640><c> their</c><00:30:23.859><c> whoredom,</c> 00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:27.259 nor<00:30:24.339><c> by</c><00:30:24.559><c> their</c><00:30:24.819><c> carcasses</c><00:30:25.220><c> of</c><00:30:25.359><c> their</c><00:30:25.559><c> kings</c><00:30:25.779><c> in</c><00:30:25.920><c> their</c><00:30:26.099><c> high</c><00:30:26.319><c> places,</c> 00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:29.799 in<00:30:27.599><c> their</c><00:30:27.839><c> setting</c><00:30:28.019><c> of</c><00:30:28.200><c> their</c><00:30:28.480><c> threshold</c><00:30:28.819><c> by</c><00:30:29.039><c> my</c><00:30:29.359><c> thresholds,</c> 00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:33.240 in<00:30:29.880><c> their</c><00:30:30.039><c> post</c><00:30:30.279><c> by</c><00:30:30.480><c> my</c><00:30:30.779><c> posts,</c><00:30:31.440><c> and</c><00:30:31.740><c> a</c><00:30:31.940><c> wall</c><00:30:32.059><c> between</c><00:30:32.460><c> me</c><00:30:32.700><c> and</c><00:30:32.799><c> them,</c> 00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:36.079 they<00:30:33.660><c> have</c><00:30:33.740><c> even</c><00:30:34.059><c> defiled</c><00:30:34.519><c> my</c><00:30:34.759><c> holy</c><00:30:35.039><c> name</c> 00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:39.240 by<00:30:37.460><c> their</c><00:30:37.720><c> abominations</c><00:30:38.279><c> that</c><00:30:38.420><c> they</c><00:30:38.519><c> have</c><00:30:38.700><c> committed,</c> 00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:43.039 wherefore<00:30:40.160><c> I</c><00:30:40.319><c> have</c><00:30:40.559><c> consumed</c><00:30:40.960><c> them</c><00:30:41.519><c> in</c><00:30:41.819><c> mine</c><00:30:41.940><c> anger.</c> 00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:46.559 We've<00:30:45.359><c> already</c><00:30:45.579><c> looked</c><00:30:45.819><c> at</c><00:30:46.119><c> once,</c> 00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:48.680 but<00:30:46.799><c> we</c><00:30:46.900><c> go</c><00:30:47.019><c> back</c><00:30:47.259><c> and</c><00:30:47.359><c> look</c><00:30:47.519><c> at</c><00:30:47.619><c> it</c><00:30:47.720><c> for</c><00:30:47.859><c> something</c><00:30:48.140><c> else.</c> 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:53.740 2<00:30:49.539><c> Kings</c><00:30:49.839><c> 23,</c><00:30:51.339><c> verses</c><00:30:51.619><c> 6</c><00:30:51.980><c> and</c><00:30:52.180><c> 7.</c> 00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:58.680 And<00:30:54.740><c> I</c><00:30:54.900><c> think</c><00:30:55.099><c> this</c><00:30:55.420><c> may</c><00:30:55.660><c> have</c><00:30:55.880><c> a</c><00:30:56.019><c> little</c><00:30:56.220><c> bit</c><00:30:56.400><c> to</c><00:30:56.579><c> do</c><00:30:56.759><c> with</c><00:30:57.160><c> why</c> 00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:04.079 we<00:31:00.400><c> are</c><00:31:00.960><c> fifty</c><00:31:01.420><c> years</c><00:31:01.779><c> at</c><00:31:02.019><c> time</c><00:31:02.240><c> of</c><00:31:02.480><c> Jubilee,</c><00:31:02.880><c> shall</c><00:31:03.019><c> we</c><00:31:03.220><c> say,</c> 00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:09.539 away<00:31:04.500><c> from</c><00:31:06.000><c> the</c><00:31:07.019><c> work</c><00:31:07.859><c> of</c><00:31:08.079><c> Josiah</c><00:31:08.599><c> in</c><00:31:08.880><c> cleansing</c><00:31:09.140><c> the</c><00:31:09.339><c> temple</c> 00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:12.059 for<00:31:09.740><c> the</c><00:31:09.900><c> last</c><00:31:10.220><c> time</c><00:31:10.480><c> before</c><00:31:10.759><c> it</c><00:31:10.880><c> was</c><00:31:11.039><c> destroyed.</c> 00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:15.819 Look<00:31:12.599><c> at</c><00:31:12.759><c> the</c><00:31:12.980><c> things</c><00:31:13.200><c> that</c><00:31:13.420><c> Josiah</c><00:31:14.019><c> had</c><00:31:14.359><c> to</c><00:31:14.619><c> do</c><00:31:15.059><c> to</c><00:31:15.599><c> cleanse</c> 00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.420 the<00:31:16.079><c> temple.</c> 00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:20.619 And<00:31:17.099><c> I</c><00:31:17.259><c> believe</c><00:31:17.500><c> we</c><00:31:17.660><c> understand</c><00:31:18.500><c> the</c><00:31:18.920><c> sense</c><00:31:19.319><c> of</c><00:31:19.759><c> this</c><00:31:20.160><c> admonition</c> 00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:22.839 to<00:31:20.880><c> Ezekiel</c><00:31:21.440><c> by</c><00:31:21.680><c> the</c><00:31:21.880><c> Lord.</c> 00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:25.400 Verses<00:31:23.519><c> 6</c><00:31:23.900><c> and</c><00:31:24.079><c> 7.</c> 00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:27.900 Well,<00:31:25.900><c> let's</c><00:31:26.279><c> go</c><00:31:26.779><c> back</c><00:31:27.019><c> to</c><00:31:27.160><c> verse</c><00:31:27.359><c> 5.</c> 00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:31.720 This<00:31:28.380><c> is</c><00:31:28.579><c> Josiah,</c><00:31:29.500><c> and</c><00:31:29.660><c> he</c><00:31:29.759><c> put</c><00:31:29.980><c> down</c><00:31:30.279><c> the</c><00:31:30.539><c> idolatrous</c><00:31:31.160><c> priests</c> 00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:34.240 whom<00:31:31.960><c> the</c><00:31:32.140><c> kings</c><00:31:32.400><c> of</c><00:31:32.700><c> Judah</c><00:31:32.880><c> had</c><00:31:33.119><c> ordained</c><00:31:33.519><c> to</c><00:31:33.720><c> burn</c><00:31:33.880><c> incense</c> 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:36.119 in<00:31:34.440><c> the</c><00:31:34.579><c> high</c><00:31:34.799><c> places</c><00:31:35.099><c> in</c><00:31:35.279><c> the</c><00:31:35.420><c> cities</c><00:31:35.599><c> of</c><00:31:35.859><c> Judah,</c> 00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:38.880 in<00:31:36.740><c> the</c><00:31:36.920><c> places</c><00:31:37.180><c> round</c><00:31:37.500><c> about</c><00:31:37.779><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:41.220 them<00:31:39.279><c> also</c><00:31:39.579><c> that</c><00:31:39.799><c> burned</c><00:31:39.960><c> incense</c><00:31:40.299><c> unto</c><00:31:40.539><c> Baal,</c> 00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:44.720 to<00:31:41.539><c> the</c><00:31:41.779><c> sun,</c><00:31:42.420><c> to</c><00:31:42.519><c> the</c><00:31:42.680><c> moon,</c><00:31:43.519><c> and</c><00:31:43.660><c> the</c><00:31:44.359><c> planets,</c> 00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:46.680 and<00:31:44.839><c> to</c><00:31:44.960><c> all</c><00:31:45.180><c> the</c><00:31:45.299><c> hosts</c><00:31:45.539><c> of</c><00:31:45.720><c> heaven.</c> 00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:49.559 And<00:31:46.819><c> he</c><00:31:47.039><c> brought</c><00:31:47.220><c> out</c><00:31:47.500><c> of</c><00:31:47.579><c> the</c><00:31:47.839><c> grove,</c><00:31:48.140><c> he</c><00:31:48.299><c> brought</c><00:31:48.519><c> out,</c> 00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:51.440 I<00:31:49.920><c> almost</c><00:31:50.299><c> found</c><00:31:50.799><c> myself</c><00:31:51.119><c> reading</c><00:31:51.319><c> it,</c> 00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:52.680 he<00:31:51.559><c> brought</c><00:31:51.720><c> out</c><00:31:51.900><c> of</c><00:31:52.019><c> the</c><00:31:52.220><c> grove.</c> 00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:55.900 He<00:31:53.539><c> brought</c><00:31:53.779><c> out</c><00:31:54.099><c> the</c><00:31:54.259><c> grove,</c><00:31:54.759><c> or</c><00:31:54.900><c> the</c><00:31:55.279><c> Asherah,</c> 00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:58.579 from<00:31:56.640><c> the</c><00:31:57.019><c> house</c><00:31:57.339><c> of</c><00:31:57.539><c> the</c><00:31:57.720><c> Lord.</c> 00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:02.960 Asherah<00:32:00.000><c> relates</c><00:32:00.480><c> to</c><00:32:00.740><c> the</c><00:32:01.440><c> worship</c><00:32:01.720><c> of</c><00:32:01.980><c> Ashtaret,</c> 00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:05.099 the<00:32:03.279><c> fertility</c><00:32:03.720><c> gods,</c><00:32:04.519><c> the</c><00:32:04.680><c> fertility</c><00:32:04.920><c> rights,</c> 00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:06.900 in<00:32:05.359><c> the</c><00:32:05.460><c> house</c><00:32:05.720><c> of</c><00:32:05.900><c> the</c><00:32:06.019><c> Lord.</c> 00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:10.619 He<00:32:09.440><c> brought</c><00:32:09.500><c> them</c><00:32:09.640><c> out</c><00:32:09.799><c> from</c><00:32:09.980><c> the</c><00:32:10.059><c> house</c><00:32:10.299><c> of</c><00:32:10.380><c> the</c><00:32:10.460><c> Lord,</c> 00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:12.440 outside<00:32:11.099><c> of</c><00:32:11.380><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:32:11.759><c> without</c><00:32:12.000><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:15.299 unto<00:32:12.440><c> the</c><00:32:12.980><c> brook</c><00:32:13.220><c> Kidron</c><00:32:13.460><c> and</c><00:32:13.680><c> burned</c><00:32:13.900><c> it</c><00:32:14.059><c> at</c><00:32:14.160><c> the</c><00:32:14.339><c> brook</c><00:32:14.579><c> Kidron,</c> 00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:18.400 stamped<00:32:15.779><c> it</c><00:32:15.920><c> into</c><00:32:16.140><c> small</c><00:32:16.519><c> powder</c><00:32:16.759><c> and</c><00:32:16.980><c> cast</c><00:32:17.200><c> the</c><00:32:17.440><c> powder</c><00:32:17.640><c> thereof</c> 00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:20.819 upon<00:32:18.680><c> the</c><00:32:19.019><c> graves</c><00:32:19.299><c> of</c><00:32:19.480><c> the</c><00:32:19.619><c> children</c><00:32:19.839><c> of</c><00:32:20.000><c> the</c><00:32:20.160><c> people.</c> 00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:24.000 And<00:32:21.380><c> he</c><00:32:21.559><c> break</c><00:32:21.799><c> down</c><00:32:22.039><c> the</c><00:32:22.200><c> houses</c><00:32:22.559><c> of</c><00:32:22.740><c> the</c><00:32:22.940><c> Sodomites,</c> 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:26.539 that<00:32:24.359><c> were</c><00:32:24.559><c> by</c><00:32:24.839><c> the</c><00:32:25.000><c> house</c><00:32:25.279><c> of</c><00:32:25.440><c> the</c><00:32:25.599><c> Lord,</c> 00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:30.039 where<00:32:27.339><c> the</c><00:32:27.500><c> woman</c><00:32:27.720><c> wove</c><00:32:28.079><c> hangings</c><00:32:28.539><c> for</c><00:32:28.779><c> the</c><00:32:29.000><c> grove.</c> 00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:33.420 These<00:32:30.579><c> are</c><00:32:30.680><c> little</c><00:32:31.119><c> curtains</c><00:32:31.440><c> for</c><00:32:31.759><c> privacy</c><00:32:32.119><c> in</c><00:32:32.339><c> these</c><00:32:32.559><c> matters.</c> 00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:37.720 And<00:32:35.579><c> he</c><00:32:35.740><c> brought</c><00:32:35.900><c> out</c><00:32:36.140><c> the</c><00:32:36.380><c> priests</c><00:32:36.700><c> out</c><00:32:36.920><c> of</c><00:32:37.039><c> the</c><00:32:37.200><c> cities</c><00:32:37.359><c> of</c><00:32:37.579><c> Judah</c> 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:39.680 and<00:32:37.920><c> defiled</c><00:32:38.380><c> the</c><00:32:38.559><c> high</c><00:32:38.740><c> places</c><00:32:38.980><c> where</c><00:32:39.160><c> the</c><00:32:39.319><c> priests</c><00:32:39.500><c> had</c> 00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.200 burned<00:32:39.839><c> incense</c> 00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:41.680 from<00:32:40.460><c> Giba</c><00:32:40.740><c> to</c><00:32:40.920><c> Beersheba,</c> 00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:43.500 and<00:32:42.180><c> break</c><00:32:42.299><c> down</c><00:32:42.500><c> the</c><00:32:42.660><c> high</c><00:32:42.839><c> places</c><00:32:43.059><c> of</c><00:32:43.240><c> the</c><00:32:43.359><c> gates</c> 00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:46.759 that<00:32:43.700><c> were</c><00:32:43.859><c> in</c><00:32:44.059><c> the</c><00:32:44.059><c> entering</c><00:32:44.259><c> of</c><00:32:44.400><c> the</c><00:32:44.579><c> city</c><00:32:45.259><c> of</c><00:32:46.180><c> Joshua,</c> 00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.819 the<00:32:47.220><c> governor</c><00:32:47.400><c> of</c><00:32:47.559><c> the</c><00:32:47.660><c> city,</c> 00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:51.559 which<00:32:48.059><c> were</c><00:32:48.220><c> on</c><00:32:48.400><c> a</c><00:32:48.579><c> man's</c><00:32:48.920><c> left</c><00:32:49.240><c> hand</c><00:32:49.559><c> at</c><00:32:50.119><c> the</c><00:32:50.259><c> gate</c><00:32:50.400><c> of</c><00:32:50.579><c> the</c><00:32:50.720><c> city.</c> 00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:55.140 Well,<00:32:52.980><c> we</c><00:32:53.220><c> only</c><00:32:53.440><c> have</c><00:32:53.579><c> to</c><00:32:53.799><c> reflect</c><00:32:54.099><c> upon</c><00:32:54.500><c> these</c><00:32:54.900><c> things</c> 00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:56.259 that<00:32:55.299><c> are</c><00:32:55.440><c> just</c><00:32:55.700><c> mentioned</c><00:32:56.019><c> there,</c> 00:32:56.259 --> 00:33:00.920 and<00:32:56.359><c> that's</c><00:32:56.539><c> just</c><00:32:56.960><c> the</c><00:32:57.740><c> most</c><00:32:58.299><c> blatant</c><00:32:58.900><c> of</c><00:32:59.180><c> the</c><00:33:00.380><c> excesses</c> 00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:04.319 and<00:33:01.259><c> the</c><00:33:01.859><c> defilements</c><00:33:02.400><c> that</c><00:33:02.619><c> were</c><00:33:03.119><c> corrected</c><00:33:03.500><c> by</c><00:33:03.819><c> Josiah,</c> 00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:06.079 were<00:33:04.640><c> attempted</c><00:33:04.900><c> to</c><00:33:05.079><c> be</c><00:33:05.339><c> corrected.</c> 00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:10.299 We<00:33:06.859><c> have</c><00:33:07.140><c> some</c><00:33:07.420><c> appreciation</c><00:33:08.160><c> for</c><00:33:08.980><c> this</c><00:33:09.420><c> phrase</c> 00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:13.759 that<00:33:11.240><c> they</c><00:33:11.720><c> set</c><00:33:11.940><c> their</c><00:33:12.240><c> thresholds</c><00:33:12.859><c> by</c><00:33:13.000><c> my</c><00:33:13.259><c> thresholds</c> 00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.920 and<00:33:13.799><c> their</c><00:33:14.019><c> post</c><00:33:14.220><c> by</c><00:33:14.420><c> my</c><00:33:14.700><c> post.</c> 00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:17.019 We<00:33:15.279><c> only</c><00:33:15.420><c> have</c><00:33:15.539><c> to</c><00:33:15.660><c> think</c><00:33:15.819><c> also</c><00:33:16.099><c> that</c><00:33:16.279><c> Solomon</c><00:33:16.579><c> built</c><00:33:16.779><c> two</c> 00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:18.140 more<00:33:17.160><c> houses,</c> 00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:20.839 not<00:33:18.819><c> far,</c><00:33:19.019><c> his</c><00:33:19.259><c> palace</c><00:33:19.519><c> was</c><00:33:19.700><c> right</c><00:33:19.940><c> nearby,</c> 00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:25.619 and<00:33:22.299><c> the</c><00:33:22.480><c> king</c><00:33:22.640><c> could</c><00:33:23.059><c> conveniently</c><00:33:23.500><c> march</c><00:33:23.859><c> over</c><00:33:24.279><c> to</c><00:33:24.579><c> the</c><00:33:24.700><c> temple.</c> 00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:29.000 And<00:33:26.579><c> so</c><00:33:26.720><c> when</c><00:33:26.859><c> we</c><00:33:27.099><c> come</c><00:33:27.400><c> to</c><00:33:27.779><c> the</c><00:33:28.119><c> verse</c><00:33:28.400><c> 12,</c> 00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:31.420 this<00:33:29.400><c> is</c><00:33:29.579><c> the</c><00:33:29.700><c> law</c><00:33:29.859><c> of</c><00:33:29.980><c> the</c><00:33:30.119><c> house</c><00:33:30.299><c> upon</c><00:33:30.559><c> the</c><00:33:30.759><c> top</c><00:33:30.900><c> of</c><00:33:31.119><c> the</c><00:33:31.220><c> mountain,</c> 00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:33.559 the<00:33:31.599><c> whole</c><00:33:31.779><c> limit</c><00:33:32.019><c> round</c><00:33:32.339><c> about</c><00:33:32.579><c> shall</c><00:33:32.720><c> be</c><00:33:32.920><c> most</c><00:33:33.299><c> holy.</c> 00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:35.799 This<00:33:33.980><c> is</c><00:33:34.240><c> the</c><00:33:34.339><c> law</c><00:33:34.480><c> of</c><00:33:34.640><c> the</c><00:33:34.799><c> house.</c> 00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:38.980 I<00:33:36.220><c> infer</c><00:33:36.519><c> from</c><00:33:36.740><c> this</c><00:33:36.960><c> that</c><00:33:37.319><c> one</c><00:33:37.539><c> of</c><00:33:37.660><c> the</c><00:33:37.880><c> essential</c><00:33:38.259><c> points</c> 00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:43.140 of<00:33:39.819><c> this</c><00:33:40.140><c> temple</c><00:33:40.480><c> is</c><00:33:40.720><c> to</c><00:33:41.039><c> reestablish</c><00:33:42.119><c> once</c><00:33:42.420><c> and</c><00:33:42.640><c> for</c><00:33:42.859><c> all</c> 00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:45.880 that<00:33:44.059><c> the</c><00:33:44.259><c> Lord</c><00:33:44.460><c> is</c><00:33:44.640><c> most</c><00:33:44.980><c> holy,</c> 00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:48.519 and<00:33:46.200><c> you</c><00:33:46.319><c> don't</c><00:33:46.640><c> casually</c><00:33:47.720><c> sidle</c><00:33:48.119><c> up</c><00:33:48.299><c> to</c><00:33:48.420><c> him</c> 00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:51.039 and<00:33:48.599><c> build</c><00:33:48.740><c> your</c><00:33:48.900><c> house</c><00:33:49.259><c> right</c><00:33:49.480><c> adjacent</c><00:33:49.799><c> to</c><00:33:49.940><c> his</c><00:33:50.119><c> property.</c> 00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:54.480 And<00:33:51.539><c> so</c><00:33:51.619><c> when</c><00:33:51.720><c> we</c><00:33:51.980><c> come</c><00:33:52.180><c> to</c><00:33:52.519><c> the</c><00:33:53.420><c> description</c><00:33:53.819><c> of</c><00:33:54.000><c> the</c><00:33:54.220><c> land,</c> 00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:57.059 there's<00:33:54.779><c> an</c><00:33:54.920><c> oblation,</c><00:33:55.660><c> there's</c><00:33:56.539><c> a</c><00:33:56.660><c> set</c><00:33:56.700><c>-apart,</c> 00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:58.900 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brought</c><00:34:24.059><c> in.</c> 00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:27.380 They<00:34:24.880><c> filled</c><00:34:25.159><c> the</c><00:34:25.360><c> temple</c><00:34:25.599><c> with</c><00:34:25.940><c> their</c><00:34:27.019><c> works.</c> 00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:29.760 They<00:34:27.880><c> had</c><00:34:28.139><c> their</c><00:34:28.679><c> special</c><00:34:28.960><c> little</c><00:34:29.320><c> booths</c> 00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:33.260 for<00:34:29.960><c> all</c><00:34:30.079><c> these</c><00:34:30.380><c> licentious</c><00:34:30.960><c> sexual</c><00:34:31.380><c> practices</c><00:34:31.860><c> done</c><00:34:32.119><c> outside.</c> 00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:37.539 And<00:34:35.079><c> you</c><00:34:35.159><c> just</c><00:34:35.340><c> imagine,</c><00:34:35.960><c> who</c><00:34:36.119><c> would</c><00:34:36.320><c> worship</c><00:34:36.619><c> there?</c> 00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:41.079 It's<00:34:37.860><c> no</c><00:34:38.099><c> wonder</c><00:34:38.400><c> that</c><00:34:38.739><c> the</c><00:34:39.019><c> people</c><00:34:39.260><c> had</c><00:34:39.820><c> fallen</c><00:34:40.039><c> away.</c> 00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:45.360 And<00:34:42.440><c> it's</c><00:34:42.800><c> amazing,</c><00:34:43.340><c> isn't</c><00:34:43.440><c> it,</c><00:34:43.559><c> what</c><00:34:43.760><c> Josiah</c><00:34:44.260><c> had</c><00:34:44.519><c> to</c><00:34:44.780><c> do</c> 00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:48.719 to<00:34:45.920><c> even</c><00:34:46.219><c> make</c><00:34:46.480><c> an</c><00:34:46.739><c> attempt</c><00:34:47.079><c> to</c><00:34:47.619><c> have</c><00:34:47.780><c> a</c><00:34:48.019><c> Passover</c><00:34:48.400><c> feast</c> 00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:50.880 that<00:34:48.880><c> was</c><00:34:49.139><c> worthy</c><00:34:49.380><c> of</c><00:34:49.519><c> God's</c><00:34:50.079><c> notice.</c> 00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:55.300 And<00:34:52.059><c> so</c><00:34:52.400><c> this</c><00:34:53.099><c> is</c><00:34:53.320><c> the</c><00:34:53.440><c> kind</c><00:34:53.579><c> of</c><00:34:53.800><c> thing</c><00:34:53.980><c> that</c><00:34:54.539><c> I</c><00:34:55.000><c> believe,</c> 00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:57.820 first<00:34:55.780><c> and</c><00:34:56.019><c> foremost,</c><00:34:56.440><c> is</c><00:34:56.619><c> the</c><00:34:56.860><c> intent</c><00:34:57.059><c> of</c><00:34:57.260><c> this</c><00:34:57.539><c> vision</c> 00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:59.840 to<00:34:58.199><c> emphasize</c><00:34:58.619><c> upon</c><00:34:59.059><c> those</c><00:34:59.360><c> in</c><00:34:59.519><c> Israel</c> 00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:02.659 who<00:35:00.159><c> were</c><00:35:00.400><c> still</c><00:35:00.639><c> struggling</c><00:35:01.039><c> with</c><00:35:01.360><c> why</c><00:35:01.619><c> they</c><00:35:01.800><c> were</c><00:35:02.039><c> in</c><00:35:02.320><c> captivity</c> 00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.579 in<00:35:02.820><c> the</c><00:35:02.960><c> first</c><00:35:03.179><c> place.</c> 00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:05.920 You<00:35:04.099><c> remember,</c><00:35:04.360><c> 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here</c><00:35:15.260><c> because</c><00:35:15.739><c> our</c><00:35:16.079><c> fathers</c><00:35:16.360><c> did</c><00:35:16.559><c> something.</c> 00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:18.119 Well,<00:35:17.039><c> not</c><00:35:17.239><c> because</c><00:35:17.559><c> of</c><00:35:17.780><c> us.</c> 00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:21.139 That's<00:35:18.719><c> what</c><00:35:18.920><c> the</c><00:35:19.099><c> people</c><00:35:19.300><c> in</c><00:35:19.699><c> Babylon</c><00:35:20.019><c> were</c><00:35:20.280><c> saying.</c> 00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:25.000 And<00:35:21.900><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:35:22.579><c> charge</c><00:35:22.980><c> was</c><00:35:23.460><c> to</c><00:35:23.579><c> go</c><00:35:23.739><c> to</c><00:35:23.820><c> that</c><00:35:23.960><c> rebellious</c><00:35:24.480><c> house</c> 00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:29.039 and<00:35:25.739><c> to</c><00:35:26.000><c> bend</c><00:35:26.239><c> their</c><00:35:26.739><c> will</c><00:35:27.000><c> and</c><00:35:27.199><c> their</c><00:35:27.519><c> spirits</c><00:35:27.980><c> to</c><00:35:28.599><c> conform</c> 00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:30.440 to<00:35:29.300><c> God's.</c> 00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:33.219 Now,<00:35:30.739><c> we</c><00:35:30.880><c> know</c><00:35:31.480><c> that</c><00:35:31.880><c> they</c><00:35:32.059><c> were,</c><00:35:32.260><c> to</c><00:35:32.420><c> some</c><00:35:32.599><c> measure,</c><00:35:32.920><c> successful</c> 00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:35.199 because<00:35:33.860><c> when</c><00:35:34.000><c> they</c><00:35:34.119><c> come</c><00:35:34.380><c> back,</c> 00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:39.599 never<00:35:35.699><c> again</c><00:35:36.219><c> is</c><00:35:36.559><c> there</c><00:35:36.699><c> in</c><00:35:36.719><c> Israel</c><00:35:37.139><c> a</c><00:35:37.460><c> problem</c><00:35:37.800><c> with</c><00:35:38.079><c> idolatry,</c><00:35:38.699><c> is</c><00:35:38.820><c> there?</c> 00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:42.119 Shall<00:35:40.340><c> we</c><00:35:40.460><c> say</c><00:35:40.579><c> the</c><00:35:40.760><c> overt</c><00:35:41.079><c> sense?</c> 00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:45.840 The<00:35:43.519><c> belief</c><00:35:43.719><c> in</c><00:35:43.900><c> different</c><00:35:44.219><c> gods</c><00:35:44.559><c> and</c><00:35:44.760><c> the</c><00:35:44.920><c> Baals</c><00:35:45.239><c> is</c><00:35:45.559><c> gone</c> 00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:47.000 once<00:35:46.119><c> and</c><00:35:46.300><c> for</c><00:35:46.519><c> all.</c> 00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:49.780 And<00:35:47.400><c> it's</c><00:35:47.659><c> defended</c><00:35:48.000><c> now</c><00:35:48.480><c> with</c><00:35:48.800><c> heroic</c><00:35:49.159><c> measures</c> 00:35:49.780 --> 00:35:53.800 against<00:35:50.699><c> the</c><00:35:51.019><c> onslaught</c><00:35:51.519><c> of</c><00:35:51.699><c> the</c><00:35:52.880><c> practices</c><00:35:53.179><c> of</c><00:35:53.440><c> idolatry</c> 00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:55.980 and<00:35:53.800><c> that</c><00:35:53.900><c> the</c><00:35:54.139><c> Greeks</c><00:35:54.280><c> 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world</c><00:37:51.139><c> may</c><00:37:51.360><c> become</c><00:37:51.619><c> guilty</c><00:37:51.960><c> before</c><00:37:52.360><c> God.</c> 00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:55.559 Therefore,<00:37:54.239><c> by</c><00:37:54.579><c> the</c><00:37:54.840><c> deeds</c><00:37:55.039><c> of</c><00:37:55.239><c> the</c><00:37:55.380><c> law</c> 00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:57.840 shall<00:37:55.840><c> no</c><00:37:56.199><c> flesh</c><00:37:56.400><c> be</c><00:37:56.619><c> justified</c><00:37:57.099><c> in</c><00:37:57.320><c> his</c><00:37:57.579><c> sight,</c> 00:37:58.000 --> 00:38:01.300 for<00:37:58.380><c> by</c><00:37:58.719><c> the</c><00:37:58.900><c> law</c><00:37:59.179><c> is</c><00:37:59.559><c> the</c><00:37:59.780><c> knowledge</c><00:38:00.099><c> of</c><00:38:00.440><c> sin.</c> 00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:05.019 Now<00:38:02.639><c> that</c><00:38:02.960><c> point</c><00:38:03.340><c> only</c><00:38:03.719><c> really</c><00:38:04.059><c> makes</c><00:38:04.400><c> sense</c> 00:38:05.019 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00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:50.719 But<00:38:48.159><c> you</c><00:38:48.619><c> would</c><00:38:48.840><c> have</c><00:38:49.039><c> to</c><00:38:49.280><c> kind</c><00:38:49.440><c> of</c><00:38:49.800><c> step</c><00:38:50.039><c> back</c><00:38:50.320><c> a</c><00:38:50.420><c> little</c><00:38:50.559><c> bit</c> 00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:52.239 to<00:38:50.880><c> see</c><00:38:51.099><c> that.</c> 00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:53.719 Verses<00:38:52.800><c> 21</c><00:38:53.199><c>-22.</c> 00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:57.460 But<00:38:53.940><c> now</c><00:38:54.400><c> the</c><00:38:54.760><c> righteousness</c><00:38:55.119><c> of</c><00:38:55.440><c> God</c><00:38:55.760><c> without</c><00:38:56.380><c> the</c><00:38:56.679><c> law,</c> 00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:59.559 apart<00:38:58.099><c> from</c><00:38:58.320><c> the</c><00:38:58.460><c> law,</c><00:38:58.800><c> outside</c><00:38:59.219><c> of</c><00:38:59.380><c> the</c><00:38:59.440><c> law,</c> 00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:01.880 that's<00:39:00.300><c> outside</c><00:39:00.619><c> the</c><00:39:00.699><c> law</c><00:39:00.860><c> of</c><00:39:00.980><c> Moses,</c> 00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:05.420 is<00:39:02.360><c> manifested</c><00:39:03.039><c> being</c><00:39:03.420><c> witnessed</c><00:39:03.820><c> by</c><00:39:04.179><c> the</c><00:39:04.420><c> law</c><00:39:04.719><c> and</c><00:39:04.980><c> the</c><00:39:05.219><c> prophets.</c> 00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:07.239 Even<00:39:05.880><c> the</c><00:39:06.400><c> righteousness</c><00:39:06.719><c> of</c><00:39:06.980><c> God,</c> 00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:09.920 which<00:39:07.380><c> is</c><00:39:07.579><c> by</c><00:39:07.820><c> faith</c><00:39:08.159><c> of</c><00:39:08.420><c> Jesus</c><00:39:08.860><c> Christ</c><00:39:09.219><c> unto</c><00:39:09.460><c> all</c> 00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:11.739 and<00:39:10.239><c> upon</c><00:39:10.519><c> all</c><00:39:11.019><c> them</c><00:39:11.179><c> that</c><00:39:11.500><c> believe,</c> 00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.840 for<00:39:11.980><c> there</c><00:39:12.159><c> is</c><00:39:12.320><c> no</c><00:39:12.480><c> difference,</c> 00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:15.599 for<00:39:13.199><c> all</c><00:39:13.460><c> have</c><00:39:13.739><c> sinned</c><00:39:14.380><c> and</c><00:39:14.579><c> have</c><00:39:14.739><c> come</c><00:39:14.940><c> short</c><00:39:15.159><c> of</c><00:39:15.300><c> the</c><00:39:15.440><c> glory</c> 00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:16.639 of<00:39:15.800><c> God.</c> 00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:18.639 So<00:39:17.460><c> this</c><00:39:17.579><c> little</c><00:39:17.840><c> passage</c><00:39:18.199><c> in</c><00:39:18.440><c> here,</c> 00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:20.900 the<00:39:18.880><c> apostle</c><00:39:19.280><c> is</c><00:39:19.500><c> at</c><00:39:19.659><c> pains</c><00:39:19.940><c> to</c><00:39:20.199><c> bring</c><00:39:20.380><c> together,</c> 00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:23.059 Jew<00:39:21.119><c> and</c><00:39:21.300><c> Gentile,</c><00:39:22.300><c> they're</c><00:39:22.460><c> all</c><00:39:22.739><c> of</c><00:39:22.980><c> sin.</c> 00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:26.420 There's<00:39:23.239><c> no</c><00:39:23.460><c> difference</c><00:39:23.800><c> whatsoever</c><00:39:24.420><c> in</c><00:39:24.699><c> their</c><00:39:24.880><c> moral</c><00:39:25.219><c> characteristics.</c> 00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:30.400 And<00:39:27.360><c> therefore</c><00:39:27.780><c> the</c><00:39:28.139><c> deeds</c><00:39:28.380><c> of</c><00:39:28.679><c> law</c><00:39:29.159><c> only</c><00:39:29.719><c> convict</c><00:39:30.179><c> us</c> 00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:34.159 because<00:39:30.820><c> we</c><00:39:31.099><c> don't</c><00:39:31.500><c> do</c><00:39:31.980><c> what</c><00:39:32.260><c> we're</c><00:39:32.480><c> told</c><00:39:32.679><c> to</c><00:39:32.860><c> do.</c> 00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:36.340 Point<00:39:35.159><c> number</c><00:39:35.500><c> one.</c> 00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:38.179 Chapter<00:39:36.920><c> seven.</c> 00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:41.579 So<00:39:39.340><c> is</c><00:39:39.539><c> there</c><00:39:39.659><c> something</c><00:39:39.960><c> to</c><00:39:40.159><c> matter</c><00:39:40.340><c> with</c><00:39:40.599><c> the</c><00:39:40.760><c> law?</c> 00:39:42.760 --> 00:39:45.860 If<00:39:42.920><c> we</c><00:39:43.099><c> have</c><00:39:43.280><c> machinery</c><00:39:43.739><c> that</c><00:39:43.960><c> doesn't</c><00:39:44.239><c> work</c><00:39:44.619><c> the</c><00:39:44.840><c> way</c><00:39:45.320><c> it's</c> 00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:46.500 supposed<00:39:46.139><c> to,</c> 00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:49.340 there's<00:39:47.179><c> a</c><00:39:47.360><c> couple</c><00:39:47.519><c> possible</c><00:39:48.059><c> interpretations.</c> 00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:51.699 Sometimes<00:39:50.460><c> we</c><00:39:50.860><c> call</c><00:39:51.039><c> for</c><00:39:51.199><c> the</c><00:39:51.400><c> serviceman</c> 00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:53.980 and<00:39:51.820><c> he</c><00:39:51.920><c> tells</c><00:39:52.159><c> us,</c><00:39:52.440><c> well,</c><00:39:52.460><c> you're</c><00:39:52.519><c> not</c><00:39:52.719><c> using</c><00:39:52.940><c> it</c><00:39:53.179><c> right.</c> 00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:55.320 Didn't<00:39:54.420><c> you</c><00:39:54.579><c> read</c><00:39:54.679><c> the</c><00:39:54.940><c> instructions?</c> 00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:57.539 And<00:39:56.219><c> sometimes</c><00:39:56.619><c> we</c><00:39:56.820><c> didn't</c><00:39:56.980><c> read</c><00:39:57.159><c> the</c><00:39:57.360><c> instructions.</c> 00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:59.739 The<00:39:57.760><c> first</c><00:39:57.860><c> thing</c><00:39:58.000><c> I</c><00:39:58.199><c> find,</c><00:39:58.480><c> at</c><00:39:58.599><c> least</c><00:39:58.760><c> in</c><00:39:59.139><c> my</c><00:39:59.380><c> experience,</c> 00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:01.860 is<00:39:59.940><c> that</c><00:40:00.219><c> when</c><00:40:00.380><c> we</c><00:40:00.579><c> get</c><00:40:00.659><c> a</c><00:40:00.739><c> new</c><00:40:00.880><c> piece</c><00:40:01.000><c> of</c><00:40:01.199><c> equipment</c><00:40:01.480><c> in,</c> 00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:04.079 the<00:40:02.579><c> staff</c><00:40:02.800><c> wants</c><00:40:03.000><c> to</c><00:40:03.139><c> throw</c><00:40:03.219><c> away</c><00:40:03.340><c> the</c><00:40:03.519><c> instruction</c><00:40:03.780><c> booklet</c> 00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:06.380 with<00:40:04.980><c> the</c><00:40:05.079><c> packing</c><00:40:05.380><c> materials.</c> 00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:09.400 And<00:40:07.320><c> then</c><00:40:07.760><c> try</c><00:40:07.920><c> to</c><00:40:08.079><c> figure</c><00:40:08.199><c> out</c><00:40:08.300><c> how</c><00:40:08.440><c> to</c><00:40:08.559><c> use</c><00:40:08.679><c> it.</c> 00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:12.880 Well,<00:40:11.420><c> was</c><00:40:11.659><c> the</c><00:40:11.940><c> instruction</c><00:40:12.300><c> correct?</c> 00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:14.719 Sometimes<00:40:13.539><c> there's</c><00:40:13.820><c> errors</c><00:40:14.079><c> in</c><00:40:14.400><c> instructions</c> 00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:16.440 and<00:40:14.860><c> it</c><00:40:15.019><c> tells</c><00:40:15.139><c> you</c><00:40:15.300><c> to</c><00:40:15.420><c> do</c><00:40:15.519><c> something</c><00:40:15.820><c> that</c><00:40:16.000><c> makes</c><00:40:16.219><c> the</c> 00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:18.119 machine<00:40:16.900><c> malfunction.</c> 00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:19.699 So<00:40:18.960><c> it's</c><00:40:19.119><c> a</c><00:40:19.219><c> fair</c><00:40:19.340><c> question.</c> 00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:21.940 If<00:40:19.820><c> we've</c><00:40:20.039><c> been</c><00:40:20.139><c> given</c><00:40:20.380><c> all</c><00:40:20.599><c> this</c><00:40:20.820><c> law</c><00:40:21.079><c> and</c><00:40:21.219><c> we</c><00:40:21.360><c> can't</c><00:40:21.599><c> obey</c><00:40:21.820><c> it,</c> 00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:23.960 is<00:40:22.039><c> there</c><00:40:22.159><c> something</c><00:40:22.400><c> to</c><00:40:22.599><c> matter</c><00:40:22.760><c> with</c><00:40:23.000><c> the</c><00:40:23.199><c> law?</c> 00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:27.099 Maybe<00:40:24.760><c> it's,</c><00:40:25.320><c> well,</c><00:40:25.500><c> that</c><00:40:25.639><c> doesn't</c><00:40:25.820><c> sound</c><00:40:26.119><c> right,</c><00:40:26.460><c> does</c><00:40:26.500><c> it?</c> 00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:29.539 I<00:40:27.519><c> mean,</c><00:40:28.400><c> we</c><00:40:28.719><c> say</c><00:40:28.860><c> this</c><00:40:29.119><c> advisedly.</c> 00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:31.440 It's<00:40:29.800><c> a</c><00:40:29.940><c> rhetorical</c><00:40:30.360><c> kind</c><00:40:30.599><c> of</c><00:40:31.099><c> comment.</c> 00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:35.380 Chapter<00:40:32.199><c> 7</c><00:40:32.579><c> of</c><00:40:32.699><c> Romans,</c><00:40:33.159><c> verse</c><00:40:33.239><c> 12.</c> 00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:39.559 Wherefore,<00:40:38.139><c> the</c><00:40:38.179><c> law</c><00:40:38.440><c> is</c><00:40:38.639><c> holy,</c> 00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:43.260 and<00:40:39.860><c> the</c><00:40:40.019><c> commandment</c><00:40:40.519><c> holy,</c><00:40:40.880><c> and</c><00:40:41.019><c> just</c><00:40:41.500><c> and</c><00:40:42.340><c> good.</c> 00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:47.079 The<00:40:44.480><c> law</c><00:40:44.699><c> is</c><00:40:44.880><c> holy,</c><00:40:45.539><c> the</c><00:40:45.699><c> commandment's</c><00:40:46.280><c> holy,</c> 00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:49.219 and<00:40:47.360><c> just</c><00:40:47.860><c> and</c><00:40:48.360><c> good.</c> 00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:52.739 Was<00:40:50.239><c> then</c><00:40:50.539><c> that</c><00:40:50.800><c> which</c><00:40:50.980><c> is</c><00:40:51.280><c> good</c><00:40:51.460><c> made</c><00:40:51.800><c> death</c><00:40:52.039><c> unto</c><00:40:52.239><c> me?</c> 00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:54.260 God<00:40:53.320><c> forbid.</c> 00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:57.840 But<00:40:54.920><c> sin,</c><00:40:55.280><c> that</c><00:40:55.340><c> it</c><00:40:55.559><c> might</c><00:40:55.719><c> appear</c><00:40:56.079><c> sin,</c><00:40:56.440><c> working</c><00:40:56.679><c> death</c><00:40:57.119><c> in</c><00:40:57.360><c> me,</c> 00:40:57.980 --> 00:40:59.139 by<00:40:58.159><c> that</c><00:40:58.400><c> which</c><00:40:58.579><c> is</c><00:40:58.840><c> good,</c> 00:40:59.139 --> 00:41:03.559 that<00:40:59.679><c> sin</c><00:41:00.119><c> by</c><00:41:00.380><c> the</c><00:41:00.659><c> commandment</c><00:41:01.039><c> might</c><00:41:01.260><c> become</c><00:41:01.920><c> exceeding</c><00:41:02.639><c> sinful.</c> 00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:05.639 For<00:41:03.880><c> we</c><00:41:04.079><c> know</c><00:41:04.420><c> that</c><00:41:04.599><c> the</c><00:41:04.820><c> law</c><00:41:05.019><c> is</c><00:41:05.239><c> spiritual,</c> 00:41:05.699 --> 00:41:07.760 but<00:41:05.860><c> I</c><00:41:06.059><c> am</c><00:41:06.260><c> carnal,</c><00:41:06.980><c> sold</c><00:41:07.099><c> under</c><00:41:07.460><c> sin.</c> 00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:10.199 And<00:41:08.139><c> the</c><00:41:08.239><c> apostle</c><00:41:08.460><c> goes</c><00:41:08.679><c> on</c><00:41:08.900><c> to</c><00:41:09.139><c> describe</c><00:41:09.440><c> this</c><00:41:09.760><c> challenge</c> 00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:12.619 that<00:41:10.599><c> we</c><00:41:10.780><c> all</c><00:41:11.019><c> have</c><00:41:11.239><c> every</c><00:41:11.679><c> moment</c><00:41:11.960><c> of</c><00:41:12.119><c> our</c><00:41:12.300><c> day,</c> 00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:15.699 where<00:41:13.019><c> we</c><00:41:13.119><c> would</c><00:41:13.320><c> do</c><00:41:13.539><c> good</c><00:41:13.840><c> and</c><00:41:14.199><c> evil</c><00:41:14.400><c> is</c><00:41:14.699><c> present.</c> 00:41:16.320 --> 00:41:20.159 Galatians<00:41:16.719><c> chapter</c><00:41:17.099><c> 2,</c><00:41:17.820><c> verse</c><00:41:18.139><c> 16.</c> 00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:32.980 The<00:41:28.440><c> apostle</c><00:41:28.780><c> Paul,</c><00:41:29.940><c> speaking</c><00:41:30.380><c> to</c><00:41:30.639><c> Peter,</c><00:41:31.260><c> of</c><00:41:31.320><c> all</c><00:41:31.539><c> people,</c><00:41:32.639><c> says,</c> 00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:36.519 Knowing<00:41:33.739><c> that</c><00:41:33.920><c> a</c><00:41:34.079><c> man</c><00:41:34.219><c> is</c><00:41:34.480><c> not</c><00:41:34.760><c> justified</c><00:41:35.360><c> by</c><00:41:35.739><c> the</c><00:41:36.159><c> works</c><00:41:36.360><c> of</c> 00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:36.980 the<00:41:36.699><c> law,</c> 00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:38.880 but<00:41:37.440><c> by</c><00:41:37.659><c> the</c><00:41:37.880><c> faith</c><00:41:38.039><c> of</c><00:41:38.199><c> Jesus</c><00:41:38.539><c> Christ,</c> 00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:40.940 even<00:41:39.159><c> we</c><00:41:39.440><c> have</c><00:41:39.639><c> believed</c><00:41:39.940><c> in</c><00:41:40.099><c> Jesus</c><00:41:40.480><c> Christ,</c> 00:41:41.260 --> 00:41:43.699 that<00:41:41.300><c> we</c><00:41:41.400><c> might</c><00:41:41.599><c> be</c><00:41:41.920><c> justified</c><00:41:42.380><c> by</c><00:41:42.579><c> the</c><00:41:42.820><c> faith</c><00:41:43.039><c> of</c><00:41:43.239><c> Christ,</c> 00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:45.219 and<00:41:44.039><c> not</c><00:41:44.199><c> by</c><00:41:44.400><c> the</c><00:41:44.559><c> works</c><00:41:44.739><c> of</c><00:41:44.900><c> the</c><00:41:45.019><c> law.</c> 00:41:45.219 --> 00:41:50.139 For<00:41:45.360><c> by</c><00:41:45.820><c> the</c><00:41:46.119><c> works</c><00:41:46.400><c> of</c><00:41:46.639><c> the</c><00:41:46.840><c> law</c><00:41:47.239><c> shall</c><00:41:47.960><c> no</c><00:41:48.320><c> flesh</c><00:41:48.579><c> be</c><00:41:48.840><c> justified.</c> 00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:57.280 Galatians<00:41:53.400><c> chapter</c><00:41:53.800><c> 3,</c><00:41:54.639><c> verses</c><00:41:54.780><c> 10</c><00:41:55.079><c> and</c><00:41:55.219><c> 12,</c><00:41:55.880><c> more</c><00:41:56.119><c> of</c><00:41:56.280><c> the</c><00:41:56.420><c> same.</c> 00:41:57.400 --> 00:42:01.280 For<00:41:57.539><c> as</c><00:41:57.840><c> many</c><00:41:58.079><c> as</c><00:41:58.360><c> are</c><00:41:58.539><c> of</c><00:41:58.820><c> the</c><00:41:59.019><c> works</c><00:41:59.260><c> of</c><00:41:59.420><c> the</c><00:41:59.599><c> law</c><00:42:00.039><c> are</c><00:42:00.860><c> under</c> 00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:02.500 the<00:42:01.559><c> curse.</c> 00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:03.440 For<00:42:02.760><c> it</c><00:42:02.840><c> is</c><00:42:03.019><c> written,</c> 00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:06.320 Cursed<00:42:04.099><c> it</c><00:42:04.239><c> is</c><00:42:04.400><c> everyone</c><00:42:04.699><c> that</c><00:42:04.900><c> continueth</c><00:42:05.380><c> not</c><00:42:05.599><c> in</c><00:42:05.780><c> all</c><00:42:06.079><c> things</c> 00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:08.960 which<00:42:06.460><c> are</c><00:42:06.659><c> written</c><00:42:06.800><c> in</c><00:42:06.940><c> the</c><00:42:07.039><c> book</c><00:42:07.219><c> of</c><00:42:07.380><c> the</c><00:42:07.480><c> law</c><00:42:07.659><c> to</c><00:42:07.900><c> do</c><00:42:08.139><c> them.</c> 00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:12.059 But<00:42:09.619><c> that</c><00:42:09.880><c> no</c><00:42:10.099><c> man</c><00:42:10.260><c> is</c><00:42:10.480><c> justified</c><00:42:11.039><c> by</c><00:42:11.280><c> the</c><00:42:11.480><c> law</c><00:42:11.659><c> in</c><00:42:11.780><c> the</c><00:42:11.960><c> sight</c> 00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:12.340 of<00:42:12.159><c> God,</c> 00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:13.500 and<00:42:12.340><c> it</c><00:42:12.400><c> is</c><00:42:12.639><c> evident.</c> 00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:16.519 For<00:42:13.780><c> the</c><00:42:14.159><c> just</c><00:42:14.460><c> shall</c><00:42:14.760><c> live</c><00:42:15.000><c> by</c><00:42:15.340><c> faith.</c> 00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:24.500 And<00:42:19.619><c> finally,</c><00:42:20.239><c> Galatians</c><00:42:20.519><c> chapter</c><00:42:21.000><c> 3,</c><00:42:22.360><c> verses</c><00:42:22.519><c> 21</c><00:42:23.000><c> and</c><00:42:23.199><c> 22.</c> 00:42:26.280 --> 00:42:29.320 Is<00:42:26.380><c> the</c><00:42:26.659><c> law</c><00:42:26.840><c> then</c><00:42:27.239><c> against</c><00:42:27.659><c> the</c><00:42:28.000><c> promises</c><00:42:28.280><c> of</c><00:42:28.559><c> God?</c> 00:42:29.739 --> 00:42:31.079 God<00:42:30.099><c> forbid.</c> 00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:33.559 For<00:42:31.619><c> if</c><00:42:31.719><c> there</c><00:42:31.840><c> had</c><00:42:31.940><c> been</c><00:42:32.099><c> a</c><00:42:32.260><c> law</c><00:42:32.539><c> given</c><00:42:32.860><c> which</c><00:42:33.099><c> could</c><00:42:33.320><c> have</c> 00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:34.539 given<00:42:33.800><c> life,</c> 00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:37.599 verily<00:42:35.199><c> righteousness</c><00:42:35.679><c> should</c><00:42:35.980><c> have</c><00:42:36.159><c> been</c><00:42:36.340><c> by</c><00:42:37.119><c> the</c><00:42:37.440><c> law.</c> 00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:39.579 And<00:42:37.739><c> I</c><00:42:37.760><c> think</c><00:42:37.960><c> if</c><00:42:38.079><c> 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conviction</c><00:43:14.440><c> of</c><00:43:14.599><c> things</c><00:43:14.820><c> not</c><00:43:15.179><c> seen.</c> 00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:16.920 What's<00:43:15.659><c> the</c><00:43:15.760><c> second</c><00:43:15.980><c> verse?</c> 00:43:17.380 --> 00:43:20.460 For<00:43:17.579><c> by</c><00:43:17.940><c> it</c><00:43:18.460><c> the</c><00:43:19.059><c> elders</c><00:43:19.320><c> obtain</c><00:43:19.659><c> a</c><00:43:19.820><c> good</c><00:43:19.940><c> report.</c> 00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:25.059 And<00:43:21.079><c> then</c><00:43:21.219><c> the</c><00:43:21.380><c> elders</c><00:43:21.659><c> that</c><00:43:21.960><c> are</c><00:43:22.320><c> the</c><00:43:22.460><c> object</c><00:43:22.719><c> of</c><00:43:22.900><c> the</c><00:43:23.039><c> apostles'</c><00:43:23.360><c> attention</c><00:43:23.719><c> are</c><00:43:23.960><c> identified.</c> 00:43:25.280 --> 00:43:27.599 He<00:43:25.400><c> that</c><00:43:25.559><c> cometh</c><00:43:25.820><c> to</c><00:43:26.000><c> 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as</c><00:44:14.639><c> believing.</c> 00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:19.480 The<00:44:16.639><c> list</c><00:44:16.860><c> identifies</c><00:44:17.480><c> the</c><00:44:17.739><c> things</c><00:44:17.880><c> we</c><00:44:18.059><c> should</c><00:44:18.260><c> believe</c><00:44:18.880><c> in</c><00:44:19.360><c> a</c> 00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:20.960 concise<00:44:19.880><c> way.</c> 00:44:21.960 --> 00:44:24.039 But<00:44:22.239><c> believing</c><00:44:22.480><c> it</c><00:44:22.639><c> or</c><00:44:22.739><c> not</c><00:44:22.960><c> believing,</c><00:44:23.239><c> it's</c><00:44:23.380><c> your</c><00:44:23.559><c> choice.</c> 00:44:24.239 --> 00:44:28.400 And<00:44:24.480><c> everyone</c><00:44:24.739><c> has</c><00:44:25.019><c> a</c><00:44:25.199><c> chance</c><00:44:25.340><c> to</c><00:44:25.579><c> believe</c><00:44:25.780><c> either</c><00:44:25.980><c> in</c><00:44:26.139><c> himself,</c><00:44:26.619><c> in</c><00:44:26.760><c> somebody</c><00:44:27.119><c> else,</c><00:44:28.300><c> or</c> 00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:29.539 in<00:44:28.539><c> God</c><00:44:28.719><c> Almighty.</c> 00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:32.480 And<00:44:30.719><c> that's</c><00:44:30.920><c> the</c><00:44:31.079><c> thing</c><00:44:31.179><c> which</c><00:44:31.440><c> saves</c><00:44:31.760><c> us.</c> 00:44:32.579 --> 00:44:35.739 And<00:44:32.699><c> it</c><00:44:32.739><c> looks</c><00:44:32.860><c> like</c><00:44:32.980><c> we're</c><00:44:33.139><c> going</c><00:44:33.260><c> to</c><00:44:34.760><c> be</c><00:44:34.820><c> cut</c><00:44:35.159><c> down</c><00:44:35.340><c> by</c><00:44:35.519><c> the</c> 00:44:35.739 --> 00:44:36.360 clock<00:44:35.900><c> here.</c> 00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:38.880 So<00:44:36.719><c> perhaps</c><00:44:37.099><c> tomorrow</c><00:44:37.559><c> morning,</c><00:44:37.780><c> very</c><00:44:38.079><c> briefly,</c><00:44:38.539><c> we'll</c><00:44:38.639><c> pick</c> 00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:41.519 up<00:44:39.000><c> this</c><00:44:39.199><c> little</c><00:44:39.440><c> 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existed</c> 00:44:53.679 --> 00:44:57.300 and<00:44:53.860><c> always</c><00:44:54.059><c> been</c><00:44:54.260><c> a</c><00:44:54.460><c> consistent</c><00:44:54.900><c> teaching</c><00:44:55.860><c> when</c><00:44:56.679><c> we</c><00:44:57.059><c> step</c> 00:44:57.300 --> 00:44:59.159 back<00:44:57.579><c> and</c><00:44:57.840><c> see</c><00:44:58.039><c> the</c><00:44:58.320><c> outline.</c> 00:44:59.440 --> 00:45:01.360 So<00:44:59.579><c> the</c><00:44:59.699><c> question</c><00:44:59.980><c> then</c><00:45:00.280><c> before</c><00:45:00.579><c> is</c><00:45:00.780><c> to</c><00:45:00.920><c> think</c><00:45:01.079><c> about</c><00:45:01.280><c> it,</c> 00:45:01.360 --> 00:45:03.280 and<00:45:01.460><c> we'll</c><00:45:01.559><c> pick</c><00:45:01.699><c> it</c><00:45:01.800><c> up</c><00:45:01.960><c> very</c><00:45:02.159><c> first</c><00:45:02.400><c> thing</c><00:45:02.559><c> tomorrow</c><00:45:02.880><c> morning,</c> 00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:07.880 is<00:45:03.920><c> then</c><00:45:04.539><c> what</c><00:45:04.940><c> is</c><00:45:05.119><c> it</c><00:45:05.219><c> that's</c><00:45:05.440><c> going</c><00:45:05.659><c> on</c><00:45:05.960><c> when</c><00:45:06.079><c> we</c><00:45:06.239><c> go</c><00:45:06.500><c> back</c><00:45:06.739><c> to</c> 00:45:07.880 --> 00:45:09.780 ceremonial<00:45:08.480><c> type</c><00:45:08.699><c> activities?</c>