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so<00:34:21.599><c> this</c><00:34:21.840><c> is</c><00:34:22.059><c> John's</c><00:34:22.500><c> role</c><00:34:23.019><c> but</c><00:34:23.820><c> what</c><00:34:24.039><c> about</c><00:34:25.119><c> Elijah's</c><00:34:27.739><c> Malachi</c><00:34:28.159><c> stresses</c><00:34:28.599><c> that</c>

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Elijah<00:34:30.019><c> of</c><00:34:30.519><c> the</c><00:34:30.820><c> future</c>

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shall<00:34:32.139><c> I</c><00:34:32.519><c> quote</c><00:34:32.900><c> turn</c><00:34:33.880><c> the</c><00:34:34.239><c> hearts</c><00:34:34.579><c> of</c><00:34:34.780><c> the</c><00:34:35.019><c> fathers</c><00:34:35.440><c> to</c><00:34:35.719><c> the</c><00:34:35.920><c> children</c>

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related<00:34:41.599><c> to</c><00:34:41.860><c> Elijah</c>

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well<00:34:43.219><c> we</c><00:34:43.880><c> know</c><00:34:44.059><c> that</c><00:34:44.199><c> that's</c><00:34:44.440><c> related</c><00:34:44.679><c> to</c><00:34:44.940><c> Elijah</c><00:34:45.139><c> during</c><00:34:45.440><c> his</c>

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natural<00:34:46.059><c> life</c><00:34:46.400><c> come</c><00:34:46.719><c> back</c><00:34:46.940><c> to</c><00:34:47.079><c> one</c><00:34:47.320><c> king's</c><00:34:47.639><c> chapter</c>

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18<00:34:48.480><c> this</c><00:34:49.539><c> wonderful</c><00:34:49.920><c> episode</c><00:34:50.360><c> in</c><00:34:50.539><c> the</c><00:34:50.679><c> life</c><00:34:51.239><c> of</c><00:34:51.820><c> Elijah</c><00:34:52.280><c> and</c>

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here<00:34:53.119><c> we</c><00:34:53.500><c> have</c><00:34:53.659><c> him</c><00:34:54.239><c> standing</c><00:34:54.719><c> upon</c><00:34:55.460><c> Mount</c><00:34:56.280><c> Carmel</c>

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challenging<00:35:01.800><c> the</c><00:35:02.579><c> prophets</c><00:35:03.340><c> of</c><00:35:04.179><c> Baal</c><00:35:05.639><c> one</c><00:35:06.119><c> king's</c><00:35:06.579><c> then</c><00:35:07.099><c> chapter</c><00:35:07.699><c> 18</c>

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we'll<00:35:10.219><c> pick</c><00:35:10.360><c> up</c><00:35:10.519><c> the</c><00:35:10.699><c> narrative</c><00:35:11.039><c> here</c>

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in<00:35:11.980><c> verse</c><00:35:12.179><c> 36</c><00:35:14.059><c> and</c><00:35:15.679><c> it</c><00:35:15.780><c> came</c><00:35:16.079><c> to</c><00:35:16.340><c> pass</c><00:35:16.659><c> at</c><00:35:16.860><c> the</c><00:35:17.039><c> time</c><00:35:17.179><c> of</c><00:35:17.320><c> the</c><00:35:17.480><c> offering</c><00:35:17.760><c> of</c>

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the<00:35:18.199><c> evening</c><00:35:18.539><c> sacrifice</c>

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that<00:35:19.739><c> Elijah</c><00:35:20.159><c> the</c><00:35:20.380><c> prophet</c><00:35:20.599><c> came</c><00:35:20.920><c> near</c><00:35:21.219><c> and</c><00:35:21.599><c> said</c><00:35:21.980><c> remember</c>

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after<00:35:23.440><c> the</c><00:35:23.699><c> prophets</c><00:35:23.900><c> of</c><00:35:24.079><c> Baal</c><00:35:24.199><c> have</c><00:35:24.380><c> been</c>

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shouting<00:35:25.179><c> and</c><00:35:25.519><c> chanting</c><00:35:25.800><c> oh</c><00:35:26.159><c> Baal</c><00:35:26.460><c> hear</c><00:35:26.800><c> us</c><00:35:27.039><c> oh</c><00:35:27.260><c> Baal</c><00:35:27.559><c> hear</c><00:35:27.800><c> us</c>

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Lord<00:35:32.980><c> God</c><00:35:33.280><c> of</c><00:35:33.460><c> Abraham</c><00:35:33.900><c> Isaac</c><00:35:34.500><c> and</c><00:35:34.639><c> of</c><00:35:34.760><c> Israel</c><00:35:35.139><c> let</c><00:35:35.380><c> it</c><00:35:35.500><c> be</c><00:35:35.639><c> known</c><00:35:35.920><c> this</c><00:35:36.199><c> day</c>

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that<00:35:36.619><c> thou</c><00:35:36.860><c> art</c>

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God<00:35:38.340><c> in</c><00:35:38.480><c> Israel</c><00:35:39.000><c> and</c><00:35:39.300><c> that</c><00:35:39.500><c> I</c><00:35:39.619><c> am</c><00:35:39.739><c> thy</c><00:35:39.900><c> servant</c><00:35:40.500><c> and</c><00:35:40.960><c> that</c><00:35:41.139><c> I</c>

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have<00:35:41.420><c> done</c><00:35:41.519><c> all</c><00:35:41.739><c> these</c><00:35:41.940><c> things</c><00:35:42.280><c> that</c><00:35:42.480><c> thy</c><00:35:42.679><c> word</c>

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hear<00:35:43.599><c> me</c><00:35:44.199><c> oh</c><00:35:44.579><c> Lord</c><00:35:44.880><c> hear</c><00:35:45.360><c> me</c><00:35:45.820><c> that</c><00:35:46.139><c> this</c><00:35:46.420><c> people</c><00:35:46.780><c> may</c><00:35:47.119><c> know</c><00:35:47.460><c> that</c><00:35:47.900><c> thou</c><00:35:48.199><c> art</c>

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the<00:35:48.719><c> Lord</c><00:35:49.019><c> God</c><00:35:49.320><c> so</c>

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his<00:35:51.099><c> motivation</c><00:35:51.699><c> in</c><00:35:52.079><c> what</c><00:35:52.300><c> he</c><00:35:52.519><c> is</c><00:35:52.679><c> about</c><00:35:52.960><c> to</c><00:35:53.179><c> do</c><00:35:53.880><c> is</c><00:35:54.280><c> so</c><00:35:54.480><c> that</c>

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that<00:35:58.719><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:59.320><c> not</c><00:35:59.900><c> Baal</c><00:36:00.900><c> is</c><00:36:01.260><c> the</c><00:36:01.480><c> God</c><00:36:01.599><c> of</c><00:36:01.800><c> Israel</c><00:36:02.179><c> and</c><00:36:02.440><c> notice</c>

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at<00:36:02.860><c> the</c><00:36:02.920><c> end</c><00:36:03.099><c> of</c><00:36:03.239><c> verse</c><00:36:03.400><c> 37</c>

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and<00:36:04.619><c> thou</c><00:36:04.920><c> hast</c><00:36:05.500><c> turned</c><00:36:06.539><c> their</c><00:36:07.039><c> hearts</c><00:36:07.599><c> back</c><00:36:08.239><c> again</c><00:36:08.780><c> that's</c><00:36:09.480><c> the</c><00:36:09.559><c> language</c><00:36:09.880><c> of</c><00:36:10.099><c> Malachi</c><00:36:10.440><c> 4</c>

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isn't<00:36:10.900><c> it</c>

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that<00:36:11.780><c> was</c><00:36:12.219><c> the</c><00:36:12.619><c> original</c><00:36:13.000><c> intention</c><00:36:13.619><c> of</c><00:36:14.059><c> Elijah</c><00:36:14.659><c> on</c><00:36:15.659><c> Mount</c><00:36:16.320><c> Carmel</c><00:36:17.300><c> so</c>

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this<00:36:19.559><c> prayer</c><00:36:20.179><c> was</c><00:36:21.300><c> not</c><00:36:21.579><c> fulfilled</c><00:36:22.039><c> was</c><00:36:22.260><c> it</c>

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it<00:36:23.199><c> wasn't</c><00:36:23.539><c> fulfilled</c><00:36:24.260><c> have</c><00:36:25.340><c> a</c><00:36:25.420><c> look</c><00:36:25.480><c> at</c><00:36:25.619><c> verse</c><00:36:25.860><c> 19</c>

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now<00:36:31.079><c> therefore</c><00:36:31.699><c> he</c><00:36:32.079><c> says</c><00:36:32.800><c> concerning</c><00:36:33.480><c> Mount</c><00:36:33.800><c> Carmel</c><00:36:34.219><c> gather</c>

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to<00:36:34.840><c> me</c><00:36:34.960><c> all</c><00:36:35.119><c> Israel</c><00:36:35.539><c> unto</c><00:36:35.840><c> Mount</c><00:36:36.099><c> Carmel</c><00:36:36.460><c> so</c>

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when<00:36:37.820><c> he's</c><00:36:38.099><c> there</c><00:36:38.860><c> at</c><00:36:39.519><c> Carmel</c><00:36:40.480><c> he</c><00:36:41.119><c> prays</c><00:36:41.619><c> that</c><00:36:41.780><c> the</c><00:36:42.039><c> hearts</c><00:36:42.300><c> of</c>

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the<00:36:42.639><c> nation</c><00:36:43.039><c> will</c><00:36:43.300><c> be</c><00:36:43.539><c> turned</c><00:36:44.019><c> to</c><00:36:44.440><c> the</c><00:36:44.699><c> fathers</c><00:36:45.360><c> of</c>

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Abraham<00:36:46.219><c> Isaac</c><00:36:46.880><c> and</c><00:36:47.559><c> Jacob</c><00:36:48.099><c> but</c><00:36:48.760><c> here</c><00:36:48.960><c> notice</c><00:36:49.320><c> in</c><00:36:49.539><c> verse</c><00:36:49.739><c> 19</c>

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there's<00:36:50.739><c> another</c><00:36:51.059><c> desire</c><00:36:51.519><c> there's</c><00:36:51.820><c> another</c><00:36:52.059><c> request</c>

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of<00:36:52.539><c> Elijah</c><00:36:53.019><c> to</c><00:36:53.639><c> gather</c><00:36:53.960><c> me</c><00:36:54.219><c> all</c><00:36:54.380><c> Israel</c><00:36:54.900><c> unto</c><00:36:55.460><c> Mount</c><00:36:55.880><c> Carmel</c>

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the<00:36:56.639><c> gathering</c><00:36:57.260><c> that's</c><00:36:58.940><c> what</c><00:36:59.119><c> he</c><00:36:59.579><c> desired</c><00:37:00.019><c> to</c>

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to<00:37:05.559><c> gather</c><00:37:05.940><c> Israel</c><00:37:06.579><c> as</c><00:37:06.980><c> one</c><00:37:07.300><c> house</c><00:37:08.159><c> at</c><00:37:08.559><c> Mount</c>

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garden<00:37:16.599><c> a</c><00:37:17.300><c> park</c>

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it<00:37:19.039><c> comes</c><00:37:19.380><c> from</c><00:37:19.639><c> the</c><00:37:19.840><c> roots</c><00:37:20.059><c> to</c><00:37:20.380><c> be</c><00:37:20.619><c> fruitful</c><00:37:21.099><c> those</c><00:37:22.619><c> of</c><00:37:22.840><c> you</c><00:37:23.000><c> and</c><00:37:23.119><c> I</c>

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land<00:37:25.360><c> at</c><00:37:26.440><c> the</c><00:37:26.519><c> bottom</c><00:37:26.760><c> of</c><00:37:26.980><c> Mount</c><00:37:27.159><c> Carmel</c><00:37:27.460><c> is</c><00:37:27.679><c> the</c><00:37:27.860><c> valley</c><00:37:28.139><c> of</c>

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Jezreel<00:37:29.219><c> the</c><00:37:29.440><c> word</c><00:37:29.699><c> Jezreel</c><00:37:30.179><c> means</c><00:37:30.539><c> God</c><00:37:31.000><c> sows</c><00:37:31.579><c> so</c>

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this<00:37:32.119><c> is</c><00:37:32.340><c> a</c><00:37:32.659><c> lively</c><00:37:33.579><c> metaphor</c><00:37:34.360><c> with</c><00:37:35.780><c> Carmel</c><00:37:36.360><c> and</c><00:37:36.619><c> the</c><00:37:36.780><c> valley</c>

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of<00:37:37.159><c> Jezreel</c><00:37:38.219><c> the</c><00:37:38.780><c> picture</c><00:37:39.119><c> is</c><00:37:39.500><c> God</c><00:37:39.880><c> will</c><00:37:40.320><c> sow</c>

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his<00:37:40.800><c> word</c><00:37:41.639><c> into</c><00:37:42.699><c> their</c><00:37:43.119><c> hearts</c><00:37:43.679><c> and</c><00:37:44.519><c> plant</c><00:37:44.719><c> them</c><00:37:44.860><c> as</c><00:37:45.039><c> a</c><00:37:45.179><c> garden</c>

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so<00:37:45.739><c> that</c><00:37:45.900><c> they</c><00:37:46.079><c> become</c><00:37:46.380><c> fruitful</c>

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this<00:37:48.300><c> is</c><00:37:48.559><c> what</c><00:37:48.860><c> Elijah</c><00:37:49.440><c> wanted</c><00:37:49.780><c> to</c><00:37:50.059><c> do</c><00:37:50.280><c> to</c><00:37:50.639><c> gather</c><00:37:50.900><c> them</c><00:37:51.159><c> unto</c>

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Isaiah<00:37:54.760><c> 61</c><00:37:55.559><c> trees</c><00:37:56.239><c> of</c><00:37:56.639><c> righteousness</c><00:37:57.300><c> but</c><00:38:01.179><c> he</c><00:38:01.280><c> couldn't</c><00:38:01.519><c> turn</c>

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them<00:38:01.960><c> back</c><00:38:02.480><c> to</c><00:38:02.780><c> their</c><00:38:02.980><c> forefathers</c><00:38:03.679><c> but</c><00:38:05.059><c> this</c>

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metaphor<00:38:06.039><c> takes</c><00:38:06.500><c> on</c><00:38:06.840><c> even</c><00:38:07.280><c> more</c><00:38:07.739><c> life</c><00:38:08.360><c> let's</c><00:38:09.860><c> go</c><00:38:10.039><c> to</c><00:38:10.260><c> Jeremiah</c>

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chapter<00:38:11.699><c> 2</c><00:38:11.980><c> and</c><00:38:12.280><c> when</c><00:38:12.420><c> I</c><00:38:12.559><c> came</c><00:38:12.760><c> across</c><00:38:13.059><c> this</c>

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I<00:38:13.539><c> was</c><00:38:14.599><c> I</c><00:38:15.440><c> was</c><00:38:15.699><c> excited</c><00:38:16.579><c> Jeremiah</c><00:38:18.440><c> chapter</c><00:38:18.860><c> 2</c><00:38:19.920><c> we're</c><00:38:21.039><c> going</c><00:38:21.119><c> to</c>

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symbolic<00:38:24.679><c> of</c><00:38:24.960><c> another</c><00:38:25.239><c> location</c><00:38:26.099><c> let's</c><00:38:28.480><c> just</c><00:38:28.639><c> read</c><00:38:28.760><c> this</c><00:38:28.960><c> together</c><00:38:29.280><c> Jeremiah</c><00:38:29.800><c> chapter</c><00:38:30.340><c> 2</c><00:38:31.579><c> verse</c><00:38:32.280><c> 6</c>

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here<00:38:35.760><c> God</c><00:38:36.239><c> is</c><00:38:36.599><c> reminding</c><00:38:37.320><c> the</c><00:38:38.179><c> nation</c><00:38:38.440><c> of</c><00:38:38.559><c> Israel</c><00:38:38.820><c> how</c><00:38:39.019><c> he</c><00:38:39.219><c> delivered</c><00:38:39.460><c> them</c><00:38:39.639><c> how</c>

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he<00:38:40.239><c> saved</c><00:38:40.480><c> them</c><00:38:40.659><c> with</c><00:38:40.840><c> his</c><00:38:41.440><c> strong</c>

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stretched<00:38:42.179><c> out</c><00:38:42.420><c> arm</c><00:38:42.519><c> and</c><00:38:42.780><c> he</c><00:38:43.000><c> brought</c><00:38:43.079><c> them</c><00:38:43.239><c> out</c><00:38:43.480><c> of</c><00:38:43.659><c> Egypt</c><00:38:44.039><c> and</c><00:38:44.380><c> he</c>

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brought<00:38:45.059><c> them</c><00:38:45.239><c> into</c><00:38:45.480><c> his</c><00:38:45.739><c> land</c><00:38:46.280><c> so</c><00:38:47.199><c> there</c><00:38:47.360><c> we</c><00:38:47.599><c> read</c>

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in<00:38:48.099><c> in</c><00:38:48.199><c> verse</c><00:38:48.559><c> six</c><00:38:49.500><c> neither</c><00:38:50.960><c> said</c><00:38:51.300><c> they</c><00:38:51.699><c> where</c><00:38:52.000><c> is</c><00:38:52.199><c> the</c><00:38:52.420><c> Lord</c>

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that<00:38:53.039><c> brought</c><00:38:53.239><c> us</c><00:38:53.440><c> up</c><00:38:53.579><c> out</c><00:38:53.739><c> of</c><00:38:53.840><c> the</c><00:38:54.000><c> land</c><00:38:54.179><c> of</c><00:38:54.400><c> Egypt</c>

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that<00:38:55.500><c> led</c><00:38:55.619><c> us</c><00:38:55.840><c> through</c><00:38:56.019><c> the</c><00:38:56.260><c> wilderness</c><00:38:56.699><c> through</c><00:38:56.940><c> a</c><00:38:57.119><c> land</c><00:38:57.300><c> of</c>

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deserts<00:38:57.960><c> and</c><00:38:58.079><c> of</c><00:38:58.239><c> pits</c><00:38:58.820><c> through</c><00:38:59.159><c> a</c><00:38:59.300><c> land</c><00:38:59.480><c> of</c><00:38:59.840><c> droughts</c>

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and<00:39:00.679><c> of</c><00:39:00.800><c> the</c><00:39:01.059><c> shadow</c><00:39:01.300><c> of</c><00:39:01.559><c> death</c><00:39:02.139><c> through</c><00:39:02.440><c> a</c><00:39:02.619><c> land</c><00:39:02.780><c> that</c><00:39:03.039><c> no</c><00:39:03.300><c> man</c>

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passed<00:39:04.400><c> through</c><00:39:04.960><c> and</c><00:39:05.360><c> where</c><00:39:05.679><c> no</c><00:39:06.019><c> man</c><00:39:06.320><c> dwelt</c>

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verse<00:39:08.340><c> seven</c><00:39:08.920><c> and</c><00:39:09.579><c> I</c><00:39:09.739><c> brought</c><00:39:09.900><c> you</c><00:39:10.059><c> into</c><00:39:10.300><c> a</c><00:39:10.420><c> plentiful</c><00:39:10.760><c> country</c><00:39:11.280><c> to</c><00:39:11.579><c> eat</c>

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the<00:39:12.159><c> fruit</c><00:39:12.320><c> thereof</c><00:39:12.739><c> and</c><00:39:12.960><c> the</c><00:39:13.199><c> goodness</c>

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thereof<00:39:14.059><c> but</c><00:39:14.420><c> when</c><00:39:14.900><c> ye</c><00:39:15.219><c> entered</c><00:39:16.000><c> ye</c><00:39:16.719><c> defiled</c><00:39:17.199><c> my</c><00:39:17.480><c> land</c><00:39:17.900><c> and</c>

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mine<00:39:18.519><c> heritage</c><00:39:19.059><c> and</c><00:39:19.280><c> abomination</c>

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so<00:39:21.420><c> here</c><00:39:21.619><c> then</c><00:39:21.739><c> at</c><00:39:21.860><c> the</c><00:39:21.880><c> end</c><00:39:22.039><c> of</c><00:39:22.179><c> verse</c><00:39:22.360><c> seven</c><00:39:22.860><c> God</c><00:39:23.199><c> refers</c><00:39:23.719><c> to</c>

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that<00:39:24.420><c> location</c><00:39:24.900><c> as</c><00:39:25.139><c> my</c><00:39:25.300><c> land</c><00:39:25.400><c> it's</c><00:39:25.579><c> the</c><00:39:25.679><c> land</c><00:39:25.780><c> of</c><00:39:26.059><c> Israel</c>

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how<00:39:27.539><c> else</c><00:39:27.780><c> did</c><00:39:27.920><c> he</c><00:39:28.219><c> how</c><00:39:28.400><c> else</c><00:39:28.820><c> does</c><00:39:28.940><c> he</c><00:39:29.219><c> describe</c><00:39:29.519><c> the</c><00:39:29.760><c> land</c><00:39:30.260><c> well</c><00:39:31.900><c> the</c><00:39:32.099><c> beginning</c><00:39:32.340><c> of</c>

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verse<00:39:32.800><c> seven</c><00:39:33.059><c> I</c><00:39:33.320><c> brought</c>

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you<00:39:33.679><c> into</c><00:39:34.019><c> a</c><00:39:35.079><c> plentiful</c><00:39:35.500><c> country</c><00:39:35.820><c> have</c><00:39:35.980><c> a</c><00:39:36.039><c> look</c><00:39:36.099><c> in</c><00:39:36.219><c> your</c><00:39:36.440><c> margin</c><00:39:36.920><c> many</c>

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will<00:39:40.179><c> find</c><00:39:40.699><c> that</c><00:39:41.320><c> a</c><00:39:41.539><c> plentiful</c><00:39:41.900><c> country</c><00:39:42.460><c> can</c><00:39:42.800><c> be</c><00:39:43.059><c> rendered</c><00:39:43.559><c> the</c><00:39:44.280><c> land</c><00:39:45.019><c> of</c>

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caramel<00:39:46.280><c> so</c><00:39:48.139><c> then</c><00:39:48.519><c> in</c><00:39:49.079><c> symbol</c><00:39:49.699><c> when</c><00:39:50.360><c> Elijah</c>

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calls<00:39:51.659><c> for</c><00:39:51.940><c> all</c><00:39:52.179><c> of</c><00:39:52.420><c> Israel</c><00:39:52.639><c> to</c><00:39:52.980><c> gather</c><00:39:53.340><c> unto</c><00:39:53.940><c> caramel</c><00:39:54.480><c> he</c><00:39:55.000><c> is</c>

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in<00:39:55.440><c> other</c><00:39:55.679><c> words</c><00:39:55.880><c> saying</c><00:39:56.500><c> or</c><00:39:57.139><c> he's</c><00:39:57.460><c> preparing</c>

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himself<00:39:58.300><c> for</c><00:39:58.500><c> a</c><00:39:58.679><c> future</c><00:39:59.000><c> work</c><00:39:59.619><c> a</c><00:39:59.619><c> work</c><00:40:00.139><c> gather</c><00:40:00.599><c> to</c><00:40:00.880><c> me</c><00:40:01.539><c> the</c><00:40:02.059><c> nation</c><00:40:02.380><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:40:03.239><c> to</c><00:40:03.760><c> the</c><00:40:03.980><c> land</c><00:40:04.539><c> isn't</c><00:40:05.780><c> that</c><00:40:05.900><c> wonderful</c>

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and<00:40:08.980><c> that's</c><00:40:09.179><c> to</c><00:40:09.280><c> be</c><00:40:09.420><c> understood</c><00:40:09.719><c> isn't</c><00:40:09.900><c> it</c><00:40:10.079><c> because</c><00:40:10.980><c> it</c><00:40:11.599><c> was</c><00:40:11.820><c> mount</c><00:40:12.119><c> caramel</c><00:40:12.539><c> it</c><00:40:12.820><c> was</c><00:40:13.119><c> a</c>

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and<00:40:22.019><c> you</c><00:40:22.139><c> saw</c><00:40:22.440><c> the</c><00:40:22.559><c> valley</c><00:40:22.880><c> of</c><00:40:23.079><c> jezreel</c><00:40:23.480><c> at</c><00:40:23.579><c> its</c><00:40:23.760><c> base</c><00:40:24.079><c> it</c><00:40:24.760><c> would</c><00:40:24.940><c> have</c>

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reminded<00:40:25.559><c> you</c><00:40:25.820><c> of</c><00:40:25.920><c> the</c><00:40:26.119><c> land</c><00:40:26.360><c> flowing</c>

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caramel<00:40:30.719><c> is</c><00:40:31.300><c> the</c><00:40:31.500><c> land</c><00:40:31.940><c> of</c><00:40:32.780><c> Israel</c><00:40:33.159><c> it's</c>

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similarly<00:40:55.019><c> Elijah</c><00:40:55.619><c> when</c><00:40:56.300><c> christ</c><00:40:56.719><c> returns</c><00:40:57.460><c> will</c><00:40:57.699><c> do</c><00:40:57.880><c> the</c><00:40:58.039><c> very</c>

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Christ<00:41:05.539><c> as</c><00:41:06.519><c> their</c><00:41:06.800><c> king</c>

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