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of<00:22:42.400><c> the</c><00:22:42.519><c> Lord</c><00:22:42.700><c> Jesus</c><00:22:43.160><c> Christ.</c><00:22:43.559><c> Two</c><00:22:43.859><c> aspects</c><00:22:44.420><c> of</c><00:22:44.680><c> the</c><00:22:44.920><c> work</c><00:22:45.160><c> of</c>

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choosing<00:22:45.759><c> the</c><00:22:46.019><c> bride,</c><00:22:46.680><c> both</c><00:22:47.000><c> associated</c>

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with<00:22:47.920><c> Jesus,</c><00:22:48.700><c> both</c><00:22:49.220><c> here</c><00:22:50.019><c> in</c><00:22:50.740><c> this</c><00:22:51.339><c> text.</c><00:22:53.839><c> And</c><00:22:54.000><c> of</c><00:22:54.119><c> course</c><00:22:54.220><c> there</c><00:22:54.380><c> are</c>

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the<00:22:54.720><c> practical</c><00:22:55.339><c> lessons,</c><00:22:55.980><c> aren't</c>

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there?<00:22:56.359><c> Thou</c><00:22:56.559><c> shalt</c><00:22:56.960><c> not</c><00:22:57.720><c> take</c><00:22:58.299><c> a</c><00:22:58.779><c> wife</c><00:22:59.160><c> unto</c><00:22:59.460><c> my</c><00:22:59.900><c> son</c><00:23:00.119><c> of</c><00:23:00.279><c> the</c>

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daughters<00:23:00.740><c> of</c><00:23:00.940><c> the</c><00:23:01.140><c> Canaanites.</c><00:23:02.819><c> No</c>

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way<00:23:04.319><c> would</c><00:23:04.619><c> Abraham</c><00:23:05.059><c> permit</c><00:23:05.539><c> this</c><00:23:05.960><c> young</c><00:23:06.339><c> man</c><00:23:06.599><c> to</c><00:23:06.779><c> go</c><00:23:07.140><c> back</c><00:23:07.480><c> to</c>

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where<00:23:07.960><c> he</c><00:23:08.380><c> came</c><00:23:08.859><c> forth</c><00:23:09.400><c> from,</c><00:23:10.039><c> to</c><00:23:10.220><c> be</c>

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associated<00:23:11.180><c> again</c><00:23:11.559><c> with</c><00:23:11.819><c> those</c><00:23:12.140><c> things</c><00:23:12.460><c> which</c><00:23:12.700><c> he</c><00:23:12.859><c> had</c><00:23:13.119><c> left</c>

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that<00:23:14.180><c> could</c><00:23:14.660><c> not</c><00:23:15.180><c> be.</c><00:23:16.380><c> We</c><00:23:16.779><c> who</c><00:23:17.059><c> have</c><00:23:17.559><c> set</c>

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out<00:23:17.980><c> upon</c><00:23:18.319><c> our</c><00:23:18.720><c> journey,</c><00:23:19.240><c> brethren</c><00:23:19.440><c> and</c><00:23:19.720><c> sisters,</c><00:23:20.859><c> we</c><00:23:21.000><c> who</c><00:23:21.200><c> are</c><00:23:21.359><c> on</c>

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our<00:23:21.960><c> wilderness</c><00:23:22.380><c> journey</c><00:23:22.859><c> must</c>

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never<00:23:23.500><c> as</c><00:23:23.660><c> did</c><00:23:23.839><c> the</c><00:23:24.000><c> Israelites</c><00:23:24.319><c> of</c><00:23:24.559><c> old</c><00:23:24.680><c> look</c><00:23:24.880><c> back</c><00:23:25.160><c> and</c><00:23:25.380><c> imagine</c><00:23:25.940><c> that</c>

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Egypt<00:23:26.619><c> was</c><00:23:26.940><c> better.</c><00:23:27.559><c> It</c><00:23:27.599><c> never</c>

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was.<00:23:29.480><c> Canaan</c><00:23:29.799><c> was</c><00:23:30.240><c> never</c><00:23:30.599><c> better.</c><00:23:32.140><c> Abraham</c><00:23:32.619><c> lived</c><00:23:33.160><c> the</c><00:23:33.299><c> life</c>

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of<00:23:33.759><c> a</c><00:23:33.980><c> pilgrim</c><00:23:34.380><c> and</c><00:23:34.579><c> a</c><00:23:34.880><c> sojourner.</c><00:23:36.039><c> There</c>

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were<00:23:36.740><c> times</c><00:23:37.140><c> when</c><00:23:37.319><c> he</c><00:23:37.440><c> must</c><00:23:37.680><c> have</c><00:23:37.859><c> been</c><00:23:38.299><c> very</c><00:23:38.660><c> emotionally</c><00:23:39.180><c> disturbed</c><00:23:39.880><c> at</c>

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the<00:23:40.220><c> things</c><00:23:40.380><c> that</c><00:23:40.460><c> were</c><00:23:40.700><c> happening</c>

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in<00:23:41.200><c> his</c><00:23:41.460><c> life,</c><00:23:41.700><c> but</c><00:23:42.460><c> he</c><00:23:42.980><c> was</c><00:23:43.380><c> prepared</c><00:23:43.839><c> to</c><00:23:44.099><c> cope</c><00:23:44.400><c> with</c><00:23:44.660><c> them</c><00:23:44.799><c> and</c><00:23:44.940><c> to</c>

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deal<00:23:45.339><c> with</c><00:23:45.559><c> them</c><00:23:45.700><c> and</c><00:23:45.819><c> to</c><00:23:46.099><c> bring</c><00:23:46.240><c> them</c>

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to<00:23:46.519><c> the</c><00:23:46.640><c> father</c><00:23:47.059><c> so</c><00:23:47.339><c> that</c><00:23:47.579><c> here</c><00:23:47.779><c> in</c><00:23:47.980><c> old</c><00:23:48.220><c> age</c><00:23:48.460><c> he</c><00:23:48.619><c> could</c><00:23:48.920><c> truly</c>

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say<00:23:49.660><c> that</c><00:23:49.920><c> throughout</c><00:23:50.400><c> all</c><00:23:51.099><c> his</c><00:23:51.380><c> life</c><00:23:51.740><c> God</c>

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had<00:23:52.880><c> blessed</c><00:23:53.339><c> him</c><00:23:54.259><c> and</c><00:23:54.700><c> been</c><00:23:54.940><c> with</c><00:23:55.200><c> him.</c><00:23:56.200><c> And</c><00:23:56.519><c> so,</c><00:23:57.420><c> wonderfully</c><00:23:57.980><c> so,</c><00:23:58.900><c> it</c><00:23:59.220><c> can</c>

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be<00:23:59.980><c> with</c><00:24:00.400><c> ourselves.</c>

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who<00:24:06.400><c> are</c><00:24:06.599><c> in</c><00:24:07.019><c> Christ</c><00:24:07.660><c> deliberately</c><00:24:08.500><c> going</c>

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forth<00:24:09.380><c> to</c><00:24:09.700><c> seek</c><00:24:09.980><c> for</c><00:24:10.259><c> a</c><00:24:10.460><c> wife</c><00:24:10.700><c> or</c><00:24:10.859><c> for</c><00:24:11.059><c> a</c><00:24:11.180><c> husband</c><00:24:11.480><c> those</c><00:24:11.880><c> who</c>

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are<00:24:12.519><c> in</c><00:24:12.819><c> Canaan.</c><00:24:13.480><c> And</c><00:24:13.759><c> it</c><00:24:14.859><c> doesn't</c><00:24:15.440><c> work,</c>

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does<00:24:16.079><c> it?</c><00:24:16.279><c> It</c><00:24:16.460><c> doesn't</c><00:24:16.880><c> work,</c><00:24:17.400><c> brethren</c><00:24:17.740><c> and</c><00:24:18.019><c> sisters.</c><00:24:20.400><c> The</c>

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concept<00:24:21.240><c> of</c><00:24:21.619><c> truth</c><00:24:22.180><c> is</c><00:24:22.880><c> something</c><00:24:23.279><c> which</c><00:24:24.400><c> ideally</c>

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where<00:24:26.680><c> possible</c><00:24:27.240><c> we</c><00:24:27.440><c> must</c><00:24:27.700><c> choose</c><00:24:28.019><c> to</c><00:24:28.579><c> share</c><00:24:29.480><c> and</c><00:24:30.079><c> should</c><00:24:30.740><c> never</c><00:24:31.880><c> be</c>

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a<00:24:32.339><c> cause</c><00:24:32.539><c> of</c><00:24:32.980><c> conflict</c><00:24:33.480><c> and</c><00:24:33.940><c> confrontation</c>

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in<00:24:34.960><c> a</c><00:24:35.099><c> marriage.</c><00:24:37.240><c> And</c><00:24:37.660><c> that's</c><00:24:37.920><c> the</c><00:24:38.099><c> ideal</c><00:24:38.539><c> and</c><00:24:38.680><c> we</c><00:24:38.859><c> all</c><00:24:39.259><c> fail.</c>

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I<00:24:39.819><c> know</c><00:24:40.099><c> we</c><00:24:40.400><c> all</c><00:24:40.779><c> fail</c><00:24:41.400><c> in</c><00:24:42.640><c> different</c>

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ways<00:24:43.500><c> and</c><00:24:43.700><c> at</c><00:24:43.880><c> different</c><00:24:44.240><c> times</c><00:24:44.960><c> and</c><00:24:45.140><c> there</c><00:24:45.279><c> are</c><00:24:45.380><c> those</c><00:24:46.200><c> for</c>

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whom<00:24:47.779><c> that</c><00:24:48.079><c> is</c><00:24:48.299><c> the</c><00:24:48.400><c> way</c><00:24:48.579><c> in</c><00:24:48.700><c> which</c><00:24:48.839><c> they</c>

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fail.<00:24:49.980><c> And</c><00:24:50.279><c> as</c><00:24:50.579><c> with</c><00:24:50.759><c> so</c><00:24:51.059><c> many</c><00:24:51.339><c> who</c><00:24:51.680><c> fail,</c><00:24:51.980><c> we</c><00:24:52.160><c> all</c><00:24:52.480><c> fail</c><00:24:53.160><c> in</c><00:24:53.500><c> circumstances</c><00:24:54.220><c> in</c>

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which<00:24:54.640><c> we</c><00:24:54.779><c> shall</c><00:24:54.960><c> find</c>

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life<00:24:55.740><c> difficult</c><00:24:56.500><c> and</c><00:24:56.660><c> we</c><00:24:56.799><c> shall</c><00:24:56.980><c> need</c><00:24:57.259><c> to</c><00:24:57.500><c> lay</c><00:24:57.660><c> these</c><00:24:57.960><c> things</c>

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before<00:24:58.559><c> the</c><00:24:58.859><c> Father</c><00:24:59.200><c> that</c><00:24:59.380><c> he</c><00:24:59.559><c> might</c><00:24:59.799><c> help</c>

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us<00:25:00.859><c> through</c><00:25:01.539><c> the</c><00:25:02.039><c> Lord</c><00:25:02.519><c> Jesus</c><00:25:03.140><c> Christ.</c><00:25:04.539><c> Now,</c><00:25:06.839><c> the</c><00:25:07.299><c> bride</c><00:25:07.680><c> then</c>

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is<00:25:08.099><c> to</c><00:25:08.220><c> be</c><00:25:08.400><c> chosen</c><00:25:08.880><c> and</c><00:25:09.460><c> is</c>

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to<00:25:10.240><c> be</c><00:25:10.240><c> discovered</c><00:25:11.099><c> here</c><00:25:12.000><c> by</c><00:25:12.420><c> the</c><00:25:12.700><c> servant.</c><00:25:13.440><c> He</c><00:25:13.599><c> has</c><00:25:13.799><c> some</c><00:25:14.099><c> questions.</c><00:25:16.299><c> Verse</c><00:25:16.700><c> four,</c><00:25:17.720><c> just</c><00:25:17.960><c> to</c><00:25:18.220><c> conclude</c>

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Abraham's<00:25:19.180><c> comments</c><00:25:19.900><c> and</c><00:25:20.559><c> summarise</c><00:25:21.019><c> what</c><00:25:21.160><c> we</c><00:25:21.380><c> just</c><00:25:21.599><c> said,</c>

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thou<00:25:22.519><c> shalt</c><00:25:22.920><c> go</c><00:25:23.299><c> unto</c><00:25:23.599><c> my</c><00:25:24.160><c> country,</c><00:25:25.500><c> to</c><00:25:25.819><c> my</c>

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kindred<00:25:27.240><c> and</c><00:25:28.039><c> take</c><00:25:28.799><c> a</c><00:25:29.039><c> wife</c><00:25:29.359><c> unto</c><00:25:29.619><c> my</c><00:25:29.920><c> son</c><00:25:30.119><c> Isaac.</c><00:25:31.039><c> And</c><00:25:31.339><c> the</c>

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servant<00:25:31.740><c> said</c><00:25:32.099><c> unto</c><00:25:32.259><c> him,</c><00:25:32.579><c> Peradventure</c>

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the<00:25:33.119><c> woman</c><00:25:33.319><c> will</c><00:25:33.460><c> not</c><00:25:33.619><c> be</c><00:25:33.759><c> willing</c><00:25:33.920><c> to</c><00:25:34.220><c> follow</c><00:25:34.500><c> me</c><00:25:34.799><c> unto</c><00:25:35.019><c> this</c>

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land.<00:25:35.740><c> Must</c><00:25:35.819><c> I</c><00:25:36.019><c> need</c><00:25:36.180><c> to</c><00:25:36.319><c> bring</c><00:25:36.480><c> thy</c>

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son<00:25:36.720><c> again</c><00:25:37.140><c> unto</c><00:25:37.339><c> the</c><00:25:37.500><c> land</c><00:25:37.640><c> from</c><00:25:37.799><c> whence</c><00:25:38.019><c> thou</c><00:25:38.160><c> camest?</c><00:25:38.559><c> And</c>

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Abraham<00:25:39.099><c> said,</c><00:25:40.119><c> Beware</c><00:25:40.680><c> that</c><00:25:40.920><c> thou</c><00:25:41.180><c> bring</c><00:25:41.579><c> not</c>

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my<00:25:42.319><c> son</c><00:25:42.740><c> thither</c><00:25:43.000><c> again.</c><00:25:44.359><c> You</c><00:25:44.920><c> see,</c><00:25:45.420><c> it</c><00:25:45.480><c> was</c><00:25:45.740><c> to</c><00:25:45.880><c> be</c><00:25:46.059><c> a</c><00:25:46.140><c> matter</c>

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of<00:25:46.680><c> free</c><00:25:46.900><c> will,</c><00:25:47.200><c> wasn't</c><00:25:47.480><c> it?</c><00:25:48.319><c> Just</c><00:25:48.660><c> glance</c>

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lower<00:25:49.539><c> down</c><00:25:49.859><c> the</c><00:25:49.980><c> chapter</c><00:25:50.339><c> to</c><00:25:50.559><c> verse</c><00:25:51.200><c> forty</c><00:25:51.740><c>-nine.</c><00:25:52.180><c> I'm</c><00:25:52.400><c> sure</c>

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we're<00:25:52.880><c> familiar</c><00:25:53.380><c> with</c><00:25:53.599><c> the</c><00:25:53.900><c> account.</c>

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We<00:25:54.420><c> don't</c><00:25:54.640><c> need</c><00:25:54.859><c> to</c><00:25:55.099><c> read</c><00:25:55.240><c> it</c><00:25:55.940><c> verse</c><00:25:56.220><c> by</c><00:25:56.579><c> verse.</c><00:26:00.440><c> Verse</c><00:26:00.799><c> forty</c>

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-eight<00:26:01.339><c> for</c><00:26:01.579><c> connection,</c><00:26:02.720><c> I</c><00:26:03.160><c> bowed</c><00:26:03.740><c> my</c><00:26:04.079><c> head</c>

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and<00:26:04.539><c> worshipped</c><00:26:05.000><c> the</c><00:26:05.160><c> Lord</c><00:26:05.460><c> and</c><00:26:05.740><c> blessed</c><00:26:06.059><c> the</c><00:26:06.279><c> Lord</c><00:26:06.500><c> God</c><00:26:06.700><c> of</c>

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my<00:26:07.039><c> master</c><00:26:07.400><c> Abraham,</c><00:26:07.819><c> which</c><00:26:07.900><c> had</c><00:26:08.079><c> led</c><00:26:08.180><c> me</c>

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in<00:26:08.460><c> the</c><00:26:08.619><c> right</c><00:26:09.000><c> way</c><00:26:09.500><c> to</c><00:26:10.119><c> take</c><00:26:10.400><c> my</c><00:26:10.660><c> master's</c><00:26:11.279><c> brother's</c><00:26:11.680><c> daughter</c><00:26:11.980><c> unto</c>

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his<00:26:12.480><c> son</c><00:26:12.680><c> now.</c><00:26:13.859><c> If</c><00:26:14.200><c> ye</c><00:26:14.440><c> will</c><00:26:14.660><c> deal</c>

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kindly<00:26:15.380><c> and</c><00:26:15.720><c> truly</c><00:26:15.960><c> with</c><00:26:16.220><c> my</c><00:26:16.440><c> master,</c><00:26:16.980><c> tell</c><00:26:17.079><c> me.</c><00:26:17.980><c> If</c><00:26:18.339><c> not,</c><00:26:18.819><c> tell</c><00:26:18.940><c> me</c>

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that<00:26:19.759><c> I</c><00:26:20.039><c> may</c><00:26:20.220><c> turn</c><00:26:20.539><c> to</c><00:26:20.759><c> the</c><00:26:20.900><c> right</c>

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hand<00:26:21.460><c> or</c><00:26:22.660><c> to</c><00:26:22.859><c> the</c><00:26:23.000><c> left.</c><00:26:23.680><c> Then</c><00:26:24.200><c> Laban</c><00:26:24.680><c> and</c><00:26:24.900><c> Bethuel</c><00:26:25.339><c> answered</c>

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and<00:26:25.900><c> said,</c><00:26:26.099><c> The</c><00:26:26.299><c> thing</c><00:26:26.740><c> proceedeth</c><00:26:27.480><c> from</c>

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Yahweh.<00:26:29.279><c> They</c><00:26:29.579><c> knew</c><00:26:29.940><c> the</c><00:26:30.079><c> name</c><00:26:30.359><c> of</c><00:26:30.599><c> God.</c><00:26:31.500><c> There's</c><00:26:32.059><c> sometimes,</c>

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incidentally,<00:26:34.119><c> a</c><00:26:34.319><c> confusion</c><00:26:34.880><c> about</c>

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well,<00:26:35.279><c> did</c><00:26:35.380><c> it</c><00:26:35.579><c> really</c><00:26:35.859><c> matter</c><00:26:36.259><c> whether</c><00:26:36.460><c> he</c><00:26:36.599><c> went</c><00:26:36.819><c> to</c><00:26:37.380><c> Bethuel's</c><00:26:38.039><c> household</c><00:26:38.380><c> or</c><00:26:38.700><c> to</c>

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Canaan?<00:26:39.299><c> It</c><00:26:39.619><c> mattered</c>

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immensely.<00:26:41.759><c> These</c><00:26:42.180><c> people</c><00:26:42.640><c> knew</c><00:26:43.019><c> the</c><00:26:43.200><c> name</c><00:26:43.460><c> of</c><00:26:43.740><c> Yahweh.</c><00:26:44.380><c> They</c>

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knew,<00:26:45.500><c> as</c><00:26:45.720><c> this</c><00:26:45.940><c> chapter</c><00:26:46.299><c> shows,</c><00:26:46.819><c> the</c><00:26:47.039><c> blessings</c>

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that<00:26:47.720><c> were</c><00:26:47.880><c> to</c><00:26:48.000><c> be</c><00:26:48.240><c> afforded</c><00:26:48.700><c> through</c><00:26:48.980><c> the</c><00:26:49.259><c> union</c><00:26:49.539><c> of</c><00:26:49.779><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:26:50.299><c> Sarah.</c><00:26:51.039><c> They</c><00:26:51.299><c> had</c><00:26:51.519><c> an</c><00:26:51.779><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:26:52.920><c> these</c><00:26:53.279><c> things</c><00:26:53.920><c> and</c><00:26:54.859><c> it</c><00:26:55.000><c> was</c><00:26:55.180><c> from</c><00:26:55.400><c> those</c><00:26:55.619><c> who</c><00:26:55.759><c> had</c><00:26:55.900><c> an</c><00:26:56.099><c> understanding</c><00:26:56.740><c> of</c>

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these<00:26:57.339><c> things</c><00:26:57.599><c> that</c>

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the<00:26:57.980><c> bride</c><00:26:58.339><c> was</c><00:26:59.099><c> to</c><00:26:59.299><c> be</c><00:26:59.500><c> chosen</c><00:26:59.880><c> for</c><00:27:00.700><c> Isaac.</c><00:27:04.039><c> Verse</c><00:27:04.079><c> fifty</c><00:27:04.539><c>-one,</c><00:27:04.819><c> behold,</c><00:27:05.599><c> Rebecca</c><00:27:05.940><c> is</c>

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before<00:27:06.539><c> thee.</c>

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Take<00:27:07.200><c> her</c><00:27:07.480><c> and</c><00:27:07.660><c> go</c><00:27:07.880><c> and</c><00:27:07.980><c> let</c><00:27:08.200><c> her</c><00:27:08.380><c> be</c><00:27:08.680><c> thy</c><00:27:09.019><c> master's</c><00:27:09.960><c> son,</c><00:27:10.720><c> son's</c><00:27:11.079><c> wife,</c><00:27:11.440><c> as</c>

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the<00:27:11.920><c> Lord</c><00:27:12.200><c> hath</c><00:27:12.759><c> spoken.</c>

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Verse<00:27:15.500><c> fifty</c><00:27:16.000><c>-seven,</c><00:27:16.359><c> they</c><00:27:16.480><c> said,</c><00:27:16.740><c> We'll</c><00:27:16.920><c> call</c><00:27:17.220><c> the</c><00:27:17.400><c> damsel</c>

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and<00:27:17.819><c> inquire</c><00:27:18.240><c> at</c><00:27:18.380><c> her</c><00:27:18.539><c> mouth.</c><00:27:21.420><c> They</c><00:27:21.940><c> called</c>

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her.<00:27:23.599><c> She</c><00:27:24.059><c> had</c><00:27:24.299><c> free</c><00:27:24.619><c> will.</c><00:27:25.200><c> She</c><00:27:25.380><c> had</c><00:27:25.559><c> a</c><00:27:25.799><c> choice.</c><00:27:26.460><c> And</c><00:27:26.599><c> then</c><00:27:26.740><c> asking</c><00:27:27.119><c> her,</c><00:27:27.839><c> are</c><00:27:27.920><c> you</c><00:27:28.039><c> going</c><00:27:28.200><c> to</c><00:27:28.500><c> travel</c>

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with<00:27:28.920><c> this</c><00:27:29.240><c> servant</c><00:27:29.559><c> on</c><00:27:29.799><c> this</c><00:27:30.059><c> journey</c><00:27:30.460><c> and</c><00:27:30.759><c> see</c><00:27:30.940><c> what</c><00:27:31.119><c> happens</c><00:27:31.400><c> when</c>

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you<00:27:31.720><c> get</c><00:27:31.920><c> there?</c><00:27:33.099><c> The</c><00:27:33.359><c> implication</c>

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of<00:27:34.059><c> the</c><00:27:34.240><c> text</c><00:27:34.480><c> here</c><00:27:34.779><c> is,</c><00:27:34.980><c> will</c><00:27:35.180><c> you</c><00:27:35.480><c> have</c><00:27:35.700><c> this</c><00:27:36.119><c> man,</c><00:27:36.400><c> not</c><00:27:36.700><c> Eliezer,</c><00:27:37.279><c> will</c>

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you<00:27:37.700><c> have</c><00:27:38.019><c> Isaac</c><00:27:38.759><c> as</c><00:27:39.619><c> your</c><00:27:39.859><c> husband?</c>

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I've<00:27:41.079><c> seen</c><00:27:41.420><c> him</c><00:27:41.660><c> yet.</c><00:27:42.839><c> Will</c><00:27:43.059><c> you</c><00:27:43.279><c> have</c><00:27:43.440><c> Isaac</c><00:27:43.799><c> as</c><00:27:44.039><c> your</c><00:27:44.220><c> husband?</c><00:27:44.599><c> And</c><00:27:44.799><c> she</c><00:27:45.039><c> says,</c><00:27:46.180><c> I</c>

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will.<00:27:48.420><c> And</c><00:27:48.559><c> we</c>

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who<00:27:49.220><c> have</c><00:27:49.720><c> not</c><00:27:50.420><c> seen</c><00:27:50.819><c> and</c><00:27:51.019><c> yet</c><00:27:51.160><c> have</c><00:27:51.400><c> come</c><00:27:51.559><c> to</c><00:27:51.839><c> wonderfully</c><00:27:52.359><c> know</c><00:27:53.079><c> in</c>

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anticipation<00:27:54.200><c> the</c><00:27:54.500><c> Lord</c><00:27:54.700><c> Jesus</c><00:27:55.119><c> Christ,</c>

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brethren<00:27:55.720><c> and</c><00:27:56.019><c> sisters,</c><00:27:57.140><c> have</c><00:27:57.299><c> exercised</c><00:27:57.980><c> our</c><00:27:58.400><c> free</c><00:27:58.740><c> will.</c>

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And<00:28:00.039><c> we</c><00:28:00.240><c> are</c><00:28:00.900><c> willing,</c><00:28:01.579><c> yet</c><00:28:01.579><c> excited</c>

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at<00:28:02.680><c> the</c><00:28:02.880><c> prospect</c><00:28:03.359><c> of</c><00:28:03.619><c> becoming</c><00:28:03.960><c> part</c><00:28:04.759><c> of</c><00:28:05.420><c> the</c><00:28:06.279><c> marriage</c><00:28:06.660><c> supper</c><00:28:07.019><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:07.420><c> Lamb,</c><00:28:07.700><c> to</c><00:28:07.859><c> be</c><00:28:08.240><c> married</c><00:28:08.759><c> to</c><00:28:09.539><c> the</c><00:28:09.819><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:28:11.259><c> Christ.</c><00:28:12.880><c> Let's</c><00:28:13.019><c> go</c><00:28:13.200><c> back</c><00:28:13.559><c> a</c><00:28:13.640><c> little</c><00:28:13.839><c> earlier</c><00:28:14.180><c> into</c><00:28:14.440><c> the</c>

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chapter.<00:28:17.579><c> Abraham</c><00:28:17.940><c> is</c><00:28:18.259><c> speaking</c><00:28:18.559><c> still</c>

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in<00:28:19.119><c> verse</c><00:28:19.319><c> seven.</c><00:28:21.099><c> The</c><00:28:21.119><c> Lord</c><00:28:21.119><c> God</c><00:28:22.000><c> of</c><00:28:22.140><c> heaven,</c><00:28:22.720><c> which</c><00:28:22.720><c> took</c><00:28:22.920><c> me</c>

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from<00:28:23.339><c> my</c><00:28:23.660><c> father's</c><00:28:24.160><c> house</c><00:28:24.380><c> and</c><00:28:24.539><c> from</c><00:28:24.720><c> the</c>

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land<00:28:25.019><c> of</c><00:28:25.240><c> my</c><00:28:25.460><c> kindred,</c><00:28:25.859><c> and</c><00:28:25.960><c> which</c><00:28:26.299><c> spake</c><00:28:26.559><c> unto</c><00:28:26.740><c> me,</c><00:28:27.000><c> and</c><00:28:27.079><c> that</c>

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swear<00:28:27.599><c> unto</c><00:28:27.859><c> me,</c><00:28:28.440><c> saying,</c><00:28:28.839><c> Unto</c><00:28:29.180><c> thy</c>

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seed<00:28:30.160><c> will</c><00:28:30.359><c> I</c><00:28:30.500><c> give</c><00:28:30.660><c> this</c><00:28:30.940><c> land.</c><00:28:31.440><c> He</c><00:28:31.640><c> shall</c><00:28:31.819><c> send</c><00:28:32.059><c> his</c><00:28:32.240><c> angel</c>

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before<00:28:32.960><c> thee,</c><00:28:33.140><c> and</c><00:28:33.240><c> thou</c><00:28:33.460><c> shalt</c><00:28:33.779><c> take</c>

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a<00:28:34.240><c> wife</c><00:28:34.980><c> unto</c><00:28:36.039><c> my</c><00:28:36.420><c> son</c><00:28:36.779><c> from</c><00:28:38.079><c> thence.</c><00:28:39.480><c> The</c><00:28:40.000><c> seed.</c><00:28:40.539><c> How</c><00:28:41.039><c> early</c>

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in<00:28:42.059><c> the</c><00:28:42.339><c> narrative</c><00:28:42.799><c> the</c><00:28:43.480><c> seed</c><00:28:43.980><c> becomes</c>

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involved.<00:28:45.900><c> The</c><00:28:46.039><c> seed</c><00:28:46.420><c> which</c><00:28:46.740><c> started</c><00:28:47.200><c> in</c><00:28:47.440><c> Genesis</c><00:28:47.839><c> chapter</c>

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three.<00:28:49.299><c> The</c><00:28:49.740><c> seed</c><00:28:50.180><c> which</c><00:28:50.420><c> was</c><00:28:50.680><c> so</c><00:28:50.980><c> much</c>

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the<00:28:51.460><c> focal</c><00:28:51.700><c> point</c><00:28:52.019><c> of</c><00:28:52.200><c> the</c><00:28:52.400><c> promise</c><00:28:52.579><c> to</c><00:28:52.819><c> Abraham.</c><00:28:53.680><c> The</c><00:28:54.079><c> seed</c>

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which<00:28:54.799><c> Paul</c><00:28:55.099><c> talks</c><00:28:55.440><c> to</c><00:28:55.660><c> us</c><00:28:55.819><c> saying,</c><00:28:56.720><c> he</c>

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says,<00:28:57.500><c> not</c><00:28:57.579><c> as</c><00:28:57.819><c> of</c><00:28:58.000><c> many</c><00:28:58.220><c> but</c><00:28:58.420><c> as</c><00:28:58.700><c> of</c><00:28:58.960><c> one,</c><00:28:59.259><c> and</c><00:28:59.380><c> to</c><00:28:59.519><c> thy</c><00:28:59.819><c> seed</c>

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which<00:29:00.299><c> is</c><00:29:00.539><c> Christ.</c><00:29:01.299><c> The</c><00:29:01.680><c> multitudinous</c>

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concept<00:29:03.220><c> of</c><00:29:03.519><c> the</c><00:29:03.779><c> seed</c><00:29:04.000><c> promised</c><00:29:04.319><c> to</c><00:29:04.599><c> Abraham</c><00:29:04.920><c> is</c><00:29:05.119><c> not</c><00:29:05.299><c> the</c>

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natural<00:29:05.900><c> seed,</c><00:29:06.140><c> it's</c><00:29:06.339><c> the</c><00:29:06.660><c> spiritual</c><00:29:07.140><c> seed.</c>

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It's<00:29:08.940><c> the</c><00:29:09.079><c> multitudinous</c><00:29:10.039><c> Christ.</c><00:29:12.019><c> And</c><00:29:12.220><c> here</c><00:29:12.700><c> the</c><00:29:13.099><c> multitudinous</c><00:29:14.099><c> Christ</c><00:29:14.599><c> is</c>

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the<00:29:15.140><c> bride,</c><00:29:15.640><c> isn't</c>

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it?<00:29:15.980><c> The</c><00:29:16.279><c> bride</c><00:29:16.680><c> of</c><00:29:16.859><c> the</c><00:29:16.980><c> Lord</c><00:29:17.180><c> Jesus</c><00:29:17.599><c> Christ.</c><00:29:17.960><c> The</c><00:29:18.220><c> association</c><00:29:19.039><c> is</c><00:29:19.279><c> with</c>

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the<00:29:20.000><c> seed.</c><00:29:20.900><c> The</c><00:29:21.259><c> single</c><00:29:21.700><c> seed</c>

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which<00:29:22.279><c> was</c><00:29:22.480><c> to</c><00:29:22.720><c> become</c><00:29:23.059><c> a</c><00:29:23.880><c> multitude.</c><00:29:25.440><c> And</c><00:29:25.740><c> the</c><00:29:26.079><c> angel</c><00:29:26.539><c> of</c><00:29:26.880><c> God</c>

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was<00:29:27.400><c> to</c><00:29:27.579><c> go</c><00:29:27.720><c> on</c><00:29:27.920><c> the</c><00:29:28.099><c> journey.</c><00:29:29.440><c> The</c><00:29:29.720><c> angel</c>

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of<00:29:30.380><c> God.</c><00:29:30.599><c> We're</c><00:29:30.799><c> going</c><00:29:30.859><c> to</c><00:29:31.059><c> see,</c><00:29:31.579><c> God</c><00:29:31.779><c> willing</c><00:29:32.000><c> on</c><00:29:32.259><c> Thursday,</c>

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the<00:29:32.920><c> work</c><00:29:33.180><c> of</c><00:29:33.339><c> an</c><00:29:33.579><c> angel</c><00:29:33.900><c> of</c><00:29:34.119><c> God</c><00:29:34.259><c> in</c><00:29:34.440><c> the</c>

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angel<00:29:36.920><c> of</c><00:29:37.140><c> God.</c><00:29:38.140><c> You</c><00:29:38.240><c> have</c><00:29:38.460><c> the</c><00:29:38.619><c> privilege</c><00:29:38.880><c> of</c><00:29:39.079><c> listening</c><00:29:39.559><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:40.940><c> later</c><00:29:41.259><c> session</c><00:29:41.599><c> about</c><00:29:42.180><c> the</c><00:29:42.579><c> angels</c><00:29:43.079><c> of</c><00:29:43.440><c> God.</c>

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I've<00:29:43.859><c> not</c><00:29:44.039><c> yet</c><00:29:44.240><c> been</c><00:29:44.359><c> able</c><00:29:44.579><c> to</c><00:29:44.740><c> hear</c><00:29:44.900><c> it</c><00:29:45.119><c> because</c><00:29:45.380><c> I</c><00:29:45.619><c> have</c><00:29:45.779><c> the</c>

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equal<00:29:47.000><c> privilege</c><00:29:47.420><c> of</c><00:29:48.059><c> teaching</c><00:29:48.519><c> and</c>

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looking<00:29:49.359><c> after</c><00:29:49.680><c> these</c><00:29:50.740><c> teens</c><00:29:51.180><c> who</c><00:29:51.359><c> are</c><00:29:51.619><c> so</c><00:29:52.200><c> keen</c><00:29:52.559><c> to</c><00:29:52.839><c> listen</c>

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and<00:29:53.519><c> interested</c><00:29:54.019><c> in</c><00:29:54.240><c> the</c><00:29:54.420><c> things</c><00:29:54.599><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:55.019><c> truth.</c><00:29:55.319><c> And</c><00:29:55.420><c> isn't</c><00:29:55.500><c> that</c><00:29:55.779><c> wonderful?</c><00:29:57.240><c> But</c><00:29:57.579><c> you</c><00:29:57.839><c> see</c><00:29:58.019><c> the</c>

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angel,<00:29:59.019><c> brethren</c><00:29:59.119><c> and</c><00:29:59.420><c> sisters,</c><00:29:59.839><c> the</c><00:29:59.980><c> angel</c>

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accompanies<00:30:01.920><c> us</c><00:30:02.099><c> on</c><00:30:02.279><c> our</c><00:30:02.500><c> journey.</c><00:30:03.400><c> We're</c><00:30:03.859><c> never</c><00:30:04.240><c> alone.</c><00:30:05.880><c> Jacob,</c><00:30:06.259><c> as</c>

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we<00:30:06.579><c> shall</c><00:30:06.779><c> see,</c><00:30:07.519><c> as</c><00:30:07.680><c> the</c><00:30:07.839><c> week</c>

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proceeds,<00:30:08.539><c> thought</c><00:30:08.839><c> he</c><00:30:09.000><c> was</c><00:30:09.240><c> alone.</c><00:30:10.240><c> He</c><00:30:10.720><c> went</c><00:30:10.960><c> to</c><00:30:11.240><c> sleep</c><00:30:11.440><c> in</c>

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Luz,<00:30:11.839><c> but</c><00:30:11.960><c> he</c><00:30:12.059><c> woke</c><00:30:12.240><c> up</c><00:30:12.460><c> in</c><00:30:12.660><c> Bethel,</c><00:30:13.339><c> the</c>

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house<00:30:13.740><c> of</c><00:30:14.019><c> God.</c><00:30:14.779><c> Marvelous,</c><00:30:15.359><c> isn't</c><00:30:15.519><c> it?</c><00:30:15.859><c> He</c><00:30:16.059><c> was</c><00:30:16.339><c> never</c><00:30:16.720><c> alone.</c><00:30:17.740><c> And</c>

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:19.460
so<00:30:18.180><c> it</c><00:30:18.339><c> was</c><00:30:18.579><c> on</c><00:30:18.839><c> this</c><00:30:19.059><c> journey.</c>

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The<00:30:20.160><c> angels</c><00:30:20.640><c> of</c><00:30:20.940><c> God</c><00:30:21.400><c> accompanied</c><00:30:22.380><c> him.</c><00:30:23.819><c> And</c><00:30:24.119><c> verse</c><00:30:24.339><c> 11,</c><00:30:28.559><c> he</c>

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made<00:30:29.119><c> his</c><00:30:29.660><c> camels</c><00:30:30.359><c> to</c><00:30:30.920><c> kneel</c><00:30:30.980><c> on</c><00:30:30.980><c> the</c><00:30:30.980><c> ground</c>

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down<00:30:31.359><c> within</c><00:30:31.640><c> the</c><00:30:31.859><c> city</c><00:30:32.480><c> by</c><00:30:33.660><c> a</c><00:30:33.839><c> well</c><00:30:33.920><c> of</c><00:30:34.160><c> water.</c><00:30:35.799><c> I'm</c><00:30:36.039><c> not</c><00:30:36.259><c> going</c><00:30:36.420><c> to</c>

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take<00:30:36.859><c> the</c><00:30:37.140><c> time</c><00:30:37.359><c> now</c><00:30:37.619><c> to</c><00:30:37.740><c> go</c><00:30:37.940><c> to</c><00:30:38.099><c> John</c>

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Chapter<00:30:38.720><c> 4</c><00:30:39.220><c> and</c><00:30:39.440><c> to</c><00:30:39.579><c> look</c><00:30:39.720><c> at</c><00:30:39.900><c> the</c><00:30:40.039><c> lessons</c><00:30:40.339><c> of</c><00:30:40.539><c> the</c><00:30:40.660><c> well</c><00:30:40.799><c> of</c>

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water.<00:30:41.880><c> All</c><00:30:41.960><c> Isaiah,</c><00:30:42.640><c> how</c><00:30:42.819><c> ye</c><00:30:42.980><c> that</c><00:30:43.279><c> first</c>

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:46.579
approach<00:30:44.160><c> this</c><00:30:44.700><c> spring</c><00:30:45.099><c> of</c><00:30:45.359><c> living</c><00:30:45.500><c> water.</c><00:30:45.839><c> We're</c><00:30:45.980><c> not</c><00:30:46.240><c> going</c>

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there<00:30:46.819><c> now</c><00:30:47.039><c> in</c><00:30:47.240><c> our</c><00:30:47.460><c> text,</c><00:30:47.720><c> but</c><00:30:47.900><c> we've</c>

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:50.980
probably<00:30:48.440><c> already</c><00:30:48.759><c> gone</c><00:30:49.000><c> there</c><00:30:49.220><c> in</c><00:30:49.440><c> our</c><00:30:49.660><c> mind.</c><00:30:50.299><c> The</c><00:30:50.619><c> journey</c>

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for<00:30:52.259><c> the</c><00:30:53.039><c> taking</c><00:30:53.339><c> of</c><00:30:53.640><c> the</c><00:30:53.880><c> bride,</c><00:30:54.339><c> the</c><00:30:54.599><c> bringing</c>

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of<00:30:55.019><c> the</c><00:30:55.259><c> bride,</c><00:30:55.640><c> the</c><00:30:55.880><c> suitable</c><00:30:56.339><c> one</c><00:30:56.619><c> to</c><00:30:56.740><c> be</c><00:30:57.059><c> married</c><00:30:57.359><c> to</c><00:30:57.599><c> the</c>

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heir<00:30:57.900><c> of</c><00:30:58.019><c> all</c><00:30:58.279><c> things,</c><00:30:59.519><c> involves,</c><00:31:00.279><c> mightily</c>

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involves,<00:31:02.539><c> journeying</c><00:31:02.940><c> via</c><00:31:03.460><c> the</c><00:31:03.900><c> well</c><00:31:04.200><c> of</c><00:31:04.599><c> water.</c><00:31:05.779><c> And</c><00:31:06.019><c> then</c>

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verse<00:31:06.700><c> 12,</c><00:31:07.400><c> he</c><00:31:07.660><c> said,</c><00:31:08.140><c> the</c><00:31:08.279><c> servant</c><00:31:08.579><c> said,</c>

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O<00:31:09.339><c> Lord</c><00:31:09.799><c> God</c><00:31:10.160><c> of</c><00:31:10.380><c> my</c><00:31:10.660><c> master</c><00:31:11.160><c> Abraham,</c><00:31:12.180><c> I</c><00:31:12.799><c> pray</c><00:31:13.259><c> thee,</c><00:31:13.519><c> send</c><00:31:13.859><c> me</c>

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good<00:31:14.380><c> speed</c><00:31:14.700><c> this</c><00:31:15.000><c> day</c><00:31:15.200><c> and</c><00:31:15.400><c> show</c><00:31:15.619><c> kindness</c>

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unto<00:31:16.319><c> my</c><00:31:16.559><c> master</c><00:31:16.940><c> Abraham.</c><00:31:17.660><c> Behold,</c><00:31:17.980><c> I</c><00:31:18.220><c> stand</c><00:31:18.380><c> here</c><00:31:18.579><c> by</c><00:31:18.740><c> the</c>

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well<00:31:19.019><c> of</c><00:31:19.200><c> water</c><00:31:19.400><c> and</c><00:31:19.539><c> the</c><00:31:19.720><c> daughters</c><00:31:19.940><c> of</c>

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:22.940
the<00:31:20.220><c> city</c><00:31:20.359><c> come</c><00:31:20.640><c> out</c><00:31:20.859><c> to</c><00:31:21.019><c> draw</c><00:31:21.180><c> water.</c><00:31:22.099><c> Let</c><00:31:22.200><c> it</c><00:31:22.359><c> come</c><00:31:22.539><c> to</c><00:31:22.779><c> pass,</c>

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the<00:31:23.220><c> damsel</c><00:31:23.519><c> to</c><00:31:23.720><c> whom</c><00:31:23.859><c> I</c><00:31:24.019><c> shall</c><00:31:24.160><c> say,</c><00:31:24.859><c> let</c>

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down<00:31:25.279><c> thy</c><00:31:25.579><c> pitcher,</c><00:31:25.980><c> I</c><00:31:26.180><c> pray</c><00:31:26.380><c> thee,</c><00:31:26.500><c> that</c><00:31:26.619><c> I</c><00:31:26.779><c> may</c><00:31:26.920><c> drink.</c><00:31:27.259><c> And</c>

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:29.539
she<00:31:27.799><c> shall</c><00:31:28.099><c> say,</c><00:31:28.960><c> drink,</c><00:31:29.180><c> and</c><00:31:29.339><c> I</c><00:31:29.380><c> will</c>

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give<00:31:29.700><c> thy</c><00:31:29.839><c> camel's</c><00:31:30.240><c> drink</c><00:31:30.359><c> also.</c><00:31:30.940><c> Let</c><00:31:31.180><c> the</c><00:31:31.480><c> same</c><00:31:31.640><c> be</c><00:31:31.880><c> she</c><00:31:32.000><c> that</c>

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thou<00:31:32.299><c> hast</c><00:31:32.500><c> appointed</c><00:31:32.839><c> for</c><00:31:33.039><c> thy</c><00:31:33.279><c> servant</c>

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Isaac.<00:31:34.400><c> Thereby</c><00:31:34.859><c> shall</c><00:31:35.039><c> I</c><00:31:35.380><c> know</c><00:31:35.779><c> that</c><00:31:36.160><c> thou</c><00:31:36.460><c> hast</c><00:31:36.799><c> showed</c><00:31:37.059><c> kindness</c><00:31:37.500><c> unto</c><00:31:37.740><c> my</c>

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master.<00:31:38.859><c> It</c><00:31:39.319><c> was</c><00:31:39.700><c> prayer.</c>

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Prayer<00:31:42.480><c> was</c><00:31:42.839><c> involved</c><00:31:43.299><c> in</c><00:31:43.500><c> the</c><00:31:43.720><c> choosing</c><00:31:43.960><c> of</c><00:31:44.180><c> the</c><00:31:44.359><c> bride.</c><00:31:46.640><c> And</c>

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:48.400
as<00:31:47.339><c> you</c><00:31:47.480><c> read</c><00:31:47.680><c> through</c><00:31:47.920><c> the</c><00:31:48.079><c> Gospel</c>

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:51.720
records,<00:31:48.799><c> you</c><00:31:49.119><c> agonize</c><00:31:49.859><c> with</c><00:31:50.079><c> the</c><00:31:50.220><c> Lord</c><00:31:50.420><c> Jesus</c><00:31:50.880><c> Christ</c><00:31:51.200><c> as</c><00:31:51.380><c> he</c>

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prays,<00:31:52.299><c> brethren</c><00:31:52.519><c> and</c><00:31:52.779><c> sisters,</c><00:31:53.099><c> for</c><00:31:53.259><c> the</c>

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:57.859
work<00:31:54.039><c> that</c><00:31:54.579><c> was</c><00:31:54.779><c> to</c><00:31:54.980><c> fulfill</c><00:31:55.400><c> the</c><00:31:55.579><c> purpose</c><00:31:56.000><c> of</c><00:31:56.299><c> God.</c><00:31:57.660><c> And</c><00:31:57.759><c> you</c>

00:31:57.859 --> 00:32:00.460
saw<00:31:58.079><c> him,</c><00:31:58.880><c> you</c><00:31:59.180><c> saw</c><00:31:59.440><c> him,</c><00:31:59.920><c> you've</c><00:32:00.319><c> seen</c>

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:04.079
him<00:32:00.700><c> so</c><00:32:00.940><c> many</c><00:32:01.220><c> times</c><00:32:01.619><c> in</c><00:32:02.220><c> the</c><00:32:02.440><c> record</c><00:32:02.640><c> of</c><00:32:02.819><c> John</c><00:32:03.119><c> 17,</c><00:32:03.799><c> praying</c>

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for<00:32:04.259><c> those</c><00:32:04.519><c> who</c><00:32:05.160><c> shall</c><00:32:05.599><c> believe</c><00:32:06.119><c> through</c>

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:11.220
their<00:32:06.839><c> word,</c><00:32:07.140><c> he's</c><00:32:07.380><c> praying</c><00:32:07.559><c> for</c><00:32:07.819><c> us.</c><00:32:09.079><c> You've</c><00:32:09.339><c> seen</c><00:32:09.440><c> him</c><00:32:09.700><c> agonizing,</c><00:32:10.559><c> prostrate</c><00:32:11.019><c> on</c>

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:11.880
the<00:32:11.440><c> ground</c><00:32:11.700><c> in</c>

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the<00:32:12.039><c> Garden</c><00:32:12.279><c> of</c><00:32:12.480><c> Gethsemane,</c><00:32:13.480><c> praying</c><00:32:14.140><c> that</c><00:32:14.819><c> he</c><00:32:15.000><c> might</c><00:32:15.200><c> be</c>

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strengthened<00:32:15.920><c> and</c><00:32:16.220><c> helped.</c><00:32:17.440><c> The</c><00:32:17.819><c> prayer,</c>

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brethren<00:32:18.480><c> and</c><00:32:18.799><c> sisters,</c><00:32:19.279><c> without</c><00:32:19.559><c> which</c><00:32:19.900><c> these</c><00:32:21.259><c> things</c><00:32:21.539><c> could</c><00:32:21.799><c> not</c>

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have<00:32:22.160><c> been</c><00:32:22.380><c> accomplished,</c><00:32:23.140><c> the</c>

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prayer.<00:32:25.380><c> You</c><00:32:25.619><c> can</c><00:32:25.839><c> never</c><00:32:26.039><c> do</c><00:32:26.279><c> anything</c><00:32:26.720><c> without</c><00:32:27.359><c> prayer.</c><00:32:28.380><c> We</c>

00:32:28.380 --> 00:32:30.319
have,<00:32:29.119><c> for</c><00:32:29.299><c> the</c><00:32:29.460><c> day</c><00:32:29.559><c> of</c><00:32:29.859><c> exhorting</c>

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:34.339
us<00:32:30.420><c> on</c><00:32:30.599><c> that</c><00:32:30.759><c> last</c><00:32:31.019><c> night,</c><00:32:31.440><c> so</c><00:32:31.680><c> very</c><00:32:32.140><c> effectively,</c><00:32:33.099><c> prayer.</c>

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:40.220
And<00:32:35.359><c> this</c><00:32:36.839><c> to</c><00:32:37.039><c> me,</c><00:32:38.400><c> this</c><00:32:38.619><c> verse</c><00:32:38.900><c> 15</c><00:32:39.559><c> is</c><00:32:39.839><c> something</c>

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:47.859
we<00:32:40.440><c> miss</c><00:32:40.779><c> so</c><00:32:41.220><c> often.</c><00:32:43.400><c> It</c><00:32:43.619><c> came</c><00:32:44.099><c> to</c><00:32:44.420><c> pass</c><00:32:44.880><c> before</c><00:32:46.000><c> he</c><00:32:46.759><c> had</c><00:32:47.400><c> done</c>

00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:51.279
speaking.<00:32:50.140><c> God</c><00:32:50.359><c> didn't</c><00:32:50.619><c> wait</c><00:32:50.960><c> till</c><00:32:51.160><c> the</c>

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end<00:32:51.440><c> of</c><00:32:51.599><c> the</c><00:32:51.819><c> prayer.</c><00:32:52.220><c> God</c><00:32:52.420><c> had</c><00:32:52.700><c> arranged</c><00:32:53.039><c> it</c><00:32:53.279><c> because</c><00:32:53.460><c> he</c><00:32:53.640><c> knew</c><00:32:53.859><c> what</c><00:32:54.019><c> he</c>

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:55.519
was<00:32:54.279><c> going</c><00:32:54.460><c> to</c><00:32:54.720><c> pray.</c><00:32:55.099><c> The</c><00:32:55.299><c> living</c>

00:32:55.519 --> 00:33:00.359
God<00:32:55.720><c> was</c><00:32:55.940><c> already</c><00:32:56.279><c> working</c><00:32:56.799><c> to</c><00:32:57.079><c> bring</c><00:32:57.240><c> about</c><00:32:57.640><c> the</c><00:32:57.920><c> fulfillment</c><00:32:58.440><c> of</c><00:32:58.700><c> his</c><00:32:58.940><c> prayer.</c><00:32:59.380><c> That's</c><00:32:59.900><c> our</c><00:33:00.039><c> God,</c>

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brethren<00:33:00.759><c> and</c><00:33:01.039><c> sisters.</c><00:33:02.220><c> That's</c><00:33:02.660><c> our</c><00:33:02.859><c> God.</c><00:33:05.099><c> It's</c><00:33:05.619><c> still</c><00:33:05.980><c> the</c>

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same<00:33:06.380><c> God.</c><00:33:08.140><c> And</c><00:33:08.400><c> he</c><00:33:08.539><c> still</c><00:33:08.740><c> listens</c><00:33:09.039><c> to</c>

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us<00:33:09.920><c> in</c><00:33:09.920><c> the</c><00:33:09.920><c> same</c><00:33:10.099><c> way</c><00:33:11.160><c> before</c><00:33:13.519><c> he</c><00:33:14.019><c> had</c><00:33:14.420><c> done</c><00:33:14.759><c> speaking.</c><00:33:15.940><c> There's</c><00:33:16.539><c> an</c><00:33:16.740><c> enormous</c><00:33:17.660><c> sense</c><00:33:18.079><c> of</c><00:33:18.380><c> encouragement</c>

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:22.660
in<00:33:18.980><c> that,</c><00:33:19.339><c> isn't</c><00:33:19.400><c> there?</c><00:33:19.700><c> Before</c><00:33:20.119><c> he</c><00:33:20.460><c> had</c><00:33:20.779><c> done</c><00:33:21.160><c> speaking,</c>

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:25.859
this<00:33:23.720><c> damsel</c><00:33:24.160><c> came.</c><00:33:25.599><c> And</c><00:33:25.720><c> look</c><00:33:25.859><c> what</c>

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:33.039
he<00:33:26.000><c> did</c><00:33:26.200><c> for</c><00:33:26.440><c> a</c><00:33:28.720><c> verse</c><00:33:28.980><c> 22.</c><00:33:31.660><c> Came</c><00:33:31.920><c> to</c><00:33:32.160><c> pass</c><00:33:32.319><c> as</c><00:33:32.460><c> the</c><00:33:32.660><c> camels</c><00:33:32.859><c> had</c>

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:38.880
done<00:33:33.180><c> drinking,</c><00:33:33.660><c> the</c><00:33:33.799><c> man</c><00:33:34.660><c> took</c><00:33:35.059><c> a</c><00:33:38.880><c> golden</c>

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:45.059
hand<00:33:39.180><c> of</c><00:33:39.339><c> ten</c><00:33:39.740><c> shekels,</c><00:33:40.259><c> weight</c><00:33:40.519><c> of</c><00:33:40.720><c> gold.</c><00:33:41.740><c> He</c><00:33:42.099><c> began</c><00:33:42.519><c> to</c><00:33:42.880><c> adorn</c><00:33:43.279><c> her.</c>

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:48.180
Prior<00:33:45.960><c> to</c><00:33:46.440><c> the</c><00:33:46.759><c> contract</c><00:33:47.460><c> being</c>

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:54.480
fulfilled,<00:33:49.440><c> she</c><00:33:49.660><c> began</c><00:33:50.259><c> to</c><00:33:50.539><c> be</c><00:33:50.859><c> adorned.</c><00:33:53.259><c> She</c><00:33:53.539><c> began</c><00:33:54.000><c> to,</c><00:33:54.279><c> as</c>

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:58.039
it<00:33:54.720><c> were,</c><00:33:55.420><c> wear</c><00:33:55.559><c> the</c><00:33:55.819><c> garment</c><00:33:56.220><c> of</c><00:33:56.539><c> the</c><00:33:56.819><c> betrothal.</c>

00:33:58.420 --> 00:34:03.980
She<00:33:58.680><c> began</c><00:33:59.039><c> to</c><00:33:59.380><c> show</c><00:33:59.700><c> from</c><00:34:00.660><c> the</c><00:34:00.940><c> earliest</c><00:34:01.500><c> stages</c><00:34:02.339><c> that</c><00:34:03.740><c> she</c>

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:07.299
was<00:34:04.240><c> to</c><00:34:04.359><c> be</c><00:34:04.640><c> covered</c><00:34:05.099><c> by</c><00:34:05.819><c> that</c><00:34:06.140><c> which</c><00:34:06.480><c> the</c>

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:11.199
heir<00:34:07.599><c> of</c><00:34:07.779><c> all</c><00:34:08.119><c> things</c><00:34:08.599><c> and</c><00:34:08.820><c> the</c><00:34:09.039><c> father</c><00:34:09.659><c> could</c><00:34:10.199><c> provide.</c><00:34:11.019><c> But</c>

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:13.639
it<00:34:11.280><c> gets</c><00:34:11.440><c> better</c><00:34:11.760><c> than</c><00:34:12.019><c> that,</c><00:34:12.860><c> as</c><00:34:13.019><c> if</c><00:34:13.199><c> it</c><00:34:13.340><c> could.</c>

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:22.900
But<00:34:14.099><c> it</c><00:34:14.179><c> gets</c><00:34:14.420><c> better</c><00:34:14.739><c> than</c><00:34:14.980><c> that.</c><00:34:15.480><c> Verse</c><00:34:15.739><c> 53.</c><00:34:21.500><c> The</c><00:34:22.099><c> servant</c>

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:25.219
brought<00:34:23.380><c> forth</c><00:34:23.860><c> jewels</c><00:34:24.280><c> of</c><00:34:24.579><c> silver</c><00:34:24.960><c> and</c>

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:29.780
jewels<00:34:25.559><c> of</c><00:34:25.820><c> gold</c><00:34:26.179><c> and</c><00:34:26.559><c> raiment</c><00:34:26.980><c> and</c><00:34:28.019><c> gave</c><00:34:28.400><c> them</c><00:34:28.679><c> to</c><00:34:28.960><c> Rebekah.</c>

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:32.559
And<00:34:30.460><c> he</c><00:34:30.760><c> gave</c><00:34:31.159><c> to</c><00:34:31.380><c> her</c><00:34:31.679><c> brother</c><00:34:32.079><c> and</c><00:34:32.340><c> to</c>

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:39.739
her<00:34:32.820><c> mother</c><00:34:33.380><c> precious</c><00:34:33.920><c> things.</c><00:34:37.059><c> And</c><00:34:37.500><c> that's</c><00:34:37.659><c> how</c><00:34:38.699><c> God</c><00:34:39.139><c> looks</c>

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:44.539
on<00:34:40.139><c> the</c><00:34:40.719><c> choosing</c><00:34:41.019><c> of</c><00:34:41.239><c> the</c><00:34:41.440><c> bride.</c><00:34:44.179><c> There's</c>

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:50.460
a<00:34:44.679><c> remarkable</c><00:34:45.719><c> verse</c><00:34:46.539><c> in</c><00:34:47.000><c> the</c><00:34:47.360><c> Book</c><00:34:47.559><c> of</c><00:34:47.820><c> Malachi.</c><00:34:49.460><c> And</c><00:34:49.639><c> I</c><00:34:49.699><c> remember</c><00:34:49.960><c> as</c><00:34:50.199><c> a</c>

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:52.400
teenager<00:34:50.900><c> myself</c><00:34:51.539><c> in</c><00:34:51.780><c> a</c><00:34:52.039><c> similar</c>

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:55.559
sort<00:34:52.639><c> of</c><00:34:52.880><c> cluster,</c><00:34:53.199><c> the</c><00:34:53.320><c> one</c><00:34:53.460><c> that's</c><00:34:53.679><c> being</c><00:34:53.900><c> held</c><00:34:54.119><c> over</c><00:34:54.420><c> there,</c><00:34:55.300><c> being</c>

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.380
asked<00:34:55.820><c> for</c><00:34:56.019><c> the</c><00:34:56.139><c> following</c>

00:34:56.380 --> 00:35:01.119
day<00:34:56.679><c> to</c><00:34:56.880><c> produce</c><00:34:57.340><c> my</c><00:34:57.800><c> favorite</c><00:34:58.280><c> verse</c><00:34:58.619><c> of</c><00:34:58.820><c> scripture.</c><00:35:00.079><c> Oh,</c><00:35:00.260><c> I've</c><00:35:00.460><c> been</c><00:35:00.579><c> told</c><00:35:00.780><c> since</c><00:35:01.019><c> I</c>

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.559
shouldn't<00:35:01.400><c> have</c>

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:05.739
heard<00:35:02.000><c> my</c><00:35:02.000><c> favorite</c><00:35:02.000><c> verse</c><00:35:02.320><c> of</c><00:35:02.519><c> scripture,</c><00:35:03.320><c> but</c><00:35:03.320><c> we</c><00:35:04.000><c> do,</c><00:35:04.380><c> don't</c><00:35:04.440><c> we?</c>

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:08.039
And<00:35:06.260><c> I</c><00:35:06.460><c> remember</c><00:35:06.840><c> coming</c><00:35:07.159><c> back</c>

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:11.159
with,<00:35:08.940><c> then</c><00:35:09.099><c> they</c><00:35:09.420><c> that</c><00:35:09.659><c> feared</c><00:35:09.820><c> the</c><00:35:10.059><c> Lord</c><00:35:10.260><c> spake</c><00:35:10.699><c> often</c><00:35:10.940><c> one</c>

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:12.460
to<00:35:11.360><c> another.</c><00:35:11.619><c> And</c><00:35:11.699><c> the</c><00:35:11.820><c> Lord</c><00:35:12.019><c> hearkened</c>

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:14.440
and<00:35:12.619><c> heard</c><00:35:12.800><c> it.</c><00:35:12.960><c> And</c><00:35:13.079><c> a</c><00:35:13.179><c> Book</c><00:35:13.300><c> of</c><00:35:13.559><c> Remembrance</c><00:35:13.980><c> was</c><00:35:14.199><c> written,</c>

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:16.019
for<00:35:14.639><c> they</c><00:35:14.860><c> who</c><00:35:15.119><c> feared</c><00:35:15.400><c> the</c><00:35:15.639><c> Lord</c><00:35:15.840><c> and</c>

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:19.079
had<00:35:16.239><c> thought</c><00:35:16.460><c> upon</c><00:35:16.739><c> his</c><00:35:17.019><c> name,</c><00:35:17.239><c> and</c><00:35:17.380><c> they</c><00:35:17.539><c> shall</c><00:35:17.639><c> be</c><00:35:17.900><c> mine,</c><00:35:18.460><c> said</c><00:35:18.480><c> the</c><00:35:18.659><c> Lord</c><00:35:18.880><c> of</c>

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:20.400
hosts,<00:35:19.780><c> in</c><00:35:19.960><c> that</c><00:35:20.219><c> day</c>

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:26.920
when<00:35:20.579><c> I</c><00:35:20.800><c> make</c><00:35:21.019><c> up</c><00:35:21.260><c> my</c><00:35:21.579><c> jewels.</c><00:35:23.639><c> Mine</c><00:35:24.119><c> when</c><00:35:24.639><c> I</c><00:35:24.880><c> make</c><00:35:25.119><c> up</c><00:35:25.340><c> my</c><00:35:25.579><c> jewels.</c><00:35:26.440><c> He</c>

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:29.980
adorns<00:35:27.760><c> the</c><00:35:28.400><c> bride.</c><00:35:29.480><c> She</c><00:35:29.739><c> is</c>

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:37.420
in<00:35:30.039><c> his</c><00:35:30.340><c> sight,</c><00:35:31.219><c> bejeweled.</c><00:35:34.139><c> And</c><00:35:34.280><c> he's</c><00:35:34.739><c> bought</c><00:35:35.059><c> her.</c><00:35:37.000><c> Bought</c>

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:39.579
her<00:35:37.659><c> with</c><00:35:37.920><c> precious</c><00:35:38.300><c> things.</c><00:35:39.039><c> Incidentally,</c>

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:42.960
when<00:35:39.780><c> you</c><00:35:39.960><c> read</c><00:35:40.199><c> that</c><00:35:40.460><c> verse</c><00:35:40.719><c> in</c><00:35:40.900><c> Malachi</c><00:35:41.340><c> chapter</c><00:35:41.739><c> 3,</c><00:35:42.480><c> don't</c>

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:47.619
stop<00:35:43.519><c> where</c><00:35:43.900><c> I</c><00:35:44.340><c> stopped.</c><00:35:46.820><c> I've</c><00:35:47.119><c> been</c><00:35:47.340><c> stopping</c>

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:52.559
there<00:35:47.980><c> for</c><00:35:49.019><c> about</c><00:35:49.659><c> 45</c><00:35:50.699><c> years,</c><00:35:51.239><c> I</c><00:35:51.420><c> suppose,</c><00:35:51.820><c> since</c><00:35:52.059><c> that</c><00:35:52.300><c> event</c>

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:55.880
occurred.<00:35:53.960><c> It</c><00:35:54.280><c> doesn't</c><00:35:54.519><c> stop</c><00:35:54.780><c> there.</c>

00:35:57.099 --> 00:36:03.699
It<00:35:57.679><c> says,</c><00:35:59.639><c> and</c><00:35:59.639><c> I</c><00:35:59.920><c> will</c><00:36:00.440><c> spare</c><00:36:00.780><c> them</c><00:36:01.260><c> as</c><00:36:02.320><c> a</c><00:36:02.539><c> man</c><00:36:02.900><c> spareth</c><00:36:03.420><c> his</c>

00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:06.960
own<00:36:04.099><c> son</c><00:36:04.340><c> that</c><00:36:04.619><c> serveth</c><00:36:04.980><c> him.</c><00:36:05.960><c> God</c><00:36:06.280><c> says,</c><00:36:06.820><c> for</c>

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:10.980
you<00:36:07.239><c> to</c><00:36:07.440><c> be</c><00:36:07.679><c> bejeweled,</c><00:36:08.599><c> the</c><00:36:08.880><c> bride</c><00:36:09.179><c> of</c><00:36:09.360><c> the</c><00:36:09.440><c> Lord</c><00:36:09.639><c> Jesus</c><00:36:10.079><c> Christ,</c><00:36:10.579><c> my</c>

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:13.639
treasure,<00:36:11.780><c> my</c><00:36:12.239><c> loved</c><00:36:12.599><c> ones,</c>

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:17.400
I've<00:36:14.599><c> got</c><00:36:14.780><c> to</c><00:36:15.059><c> spare</c><00:36:15.219><c> you</c><00:36:15.539><c> as</c><00:36:15.739><c> a</c><00:36:15.900><c> man</c><00:36:16.059><c> would</c><00:36:16.420><c> spare</c><00:36:16.679><c> a</c><00:36:17.019><c> son</c><00:36:17.239><c> whom</c>

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:19.880
he<00:36:17.559><c> loves.</c><00:36:18.940><c> And</c><00:36:19.159><c> we</c><00:36:19.199><c> saw</c><00:36:19.420><c> yesterday</c>

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:23.260
the<00:36:20.039><c> only</c><00:36:20.300><c> way</c><00:36:20.500><c> of</c><00:36:20.679><c> doing</c><00:36:20.960><c> that</c><00:36:21.360><c> was</c><00:36:21.760><c> for</c><00:36:22.000><c> God</c><00:36:22.260><c> not</c><00:36:22.800><c> to</c><00:36:23.099><c> spare</c>

00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:27.440
the<00:36:23.539><c> son</c><00:36:23.780><c> whom</c><00:36:24.059><c> he</c><00:36:24.480><c> loved.</c><00:36:26.920><c> No,</c><00:36:27.139><c> don't</c>

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:35.719
stop<00:36:27.840><c> at</c><00:36:28.059><c> the</c><00:36:28.159><c> end</c><00:36:28.380><c> of</c><00:36:28.539><c> verse</c><00:36:28.719><c> 15.</c><00:36:32.960><c> And</c><00:36:33.280><c> here</c><00:36:33.460><c> we</c><00:36:33.639><c> are,</c><00:36:35.539><c> in</c><00:36:35.679><c> the</c>

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:37.980
end<00:36:35.920><c> of</c><00:36:36.039><c> verse</c><00:36:36.239><c> 53,</c><00:36:36.940><c> he</c><00:36:37.019><c> gave</c><00:36:37.320><c> to</c><00:36:37.480><c> her</c><00:36:37.719><c> brother</c>

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:44.340
and<00:36:38.199><c> to</c><00:36:38.320><c> her</c><00:36:38.539><c> mother</c><00:36:38.840><c> precious</c><00:36:39.300><c> things.</c><00:36:40.380><c> He</c><00:36:40.519><c> bought,</c><00:36:42.280><c> he</c><00:36:42.639><c> bought</c><00:36:43.099><c> her,</c>

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:48.659
he<00:36:45.159><c> purchased</c><00:36:45.940><c> her</c><00:36:47.159><c> with</c><00:36:48.119><c> precious</c>

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:54.340
things.<00:36:51.219><c> And</c><00:36:51.699><c> you</c><00:36:51.880><c> read</c><00:36:52.099><c> in</c><00:36:52.260><c> your</c><00:36:52.440><c> own</c><00:36:52.719><c> time</c><00:36:52.960><c> from</c><00:36:53.159><c> 1</c><00:36:53.420><c> Peter</c><00:36:53.699><c> chapter</c><00:36:54.079><c> 2,</c>

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.579
and<00:36:54.579><c> see</c><00:36:54.760><c> Peter</c><00:36:55.059><c> picking</c><00:36:55.360><c> up</c>

00:36:55.579 --> 00:37:00.059
the<00:36:55.800><c> idea</c><00:36:56.099><c> there</c><00:36:56.699><c> of</c><00:36:57.920><c> purchasing</c><00:36:58.699><c> with</c><00:36:59.199><c> precious</c><00:36:59.639><c> things,</c>

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:04.619
not<00:37:00.599><c> gold</c><00:37:01.059><c> and</c><00:37:01.380><c> silver</c><00:37:01.800><c> now,</c><00:37:03.739><c> but</c><00:37:03.920><c> the</c><00:37:04.219><c> precious</c>

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:08.780
blood<00:37:05.079><c> of</c><00:37:05.280><c> the</c><00:37:05.420><c> Lord</c><00:37:05.639><c> Jesus</c><00:37:06.079><c> Christ.</c><00:37:07.840><c> That's</c><00:37:08.139><c> what</c><00:37:08.539><c> bought</c>

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:11.880
us,<00:37:09.079><c> brethren</c><00:37:09.280><c> and</c><00:37:09.539><c> sisters,</c><00:37:11.380><c> precious</c>

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:19.960
blood<00:37:12.320><c> of</c><00:37:12.539><c> the</c><00:37:12.679><c> Lord</c><00:37:13.360><c> Jesus</c><00:37:14.320><c> Christ.</c><00:37:16.920><c> Amazing</c><00:37:17.480><c> things.</c><00:37:19.860><c> And</c>

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:26.380
this<00:37:20.159><c> man,</c><00:37:22.679><c> this</c><00:37:23.059><c> man</c><00:37:23.340><c> went</c><00:37:23.699><c> on</c><00:37:25.199><c> his</c><00:37:25.420><c> journey</c>

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:31.340
and<00:37:27.980><c> he</c><00:37:28.159><c> took</c><00:37:28.300><c> Rebecca</c><00:37:28.659><c> with</c><00:37:28.900><c> him.</c><00:37:29.619><c> Rebecca</c><00:37:29.960><c> who</c><00:37:30.159><c> had</c><00:37:30.300><c> been</c><00:37:30.599><c> blessed,</c><00:37:30.960><c> just</c><00:37:31.139><c> to</c>

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:32.039
confirm<00:37:31.659><c> the</c><00:37:31.900><c> point</c>

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:36.579
made<00:37:32.280><c> earlier</c><00:37:32.619><c> in</c><00:37:32.800><c> verse</c><00:37:33.019><c> 60,</c><00:37:33.480><c> they</c><00:37:33.760><c> blessed</c><00:37:34.139><c> Rebecca</c><00:37:34.699><c> and</c><00:37:34.980><c> said,</c><00:37:35.320><c> thou</c><00:37:35.320><c> art</c><00:37:35.559><c> our</c><00:37:35.800><c> sister,</c><00:37:36.460><c> be</c>

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:36.880
thou<00:37:36.739><c> the</c>

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:40.699
brother<00:37:37.059><c> of</c><00:37:37.280><c> thousands</c><00:37:37.659><c> of</c><00:37:37.900><c> millions,</c><00:37:38.260><c> and</c><00:37:38.400><c> let</c><00:37:38.559><c> thy</c><00:37:38.900><c> seed</c><00:37:39.320><c> possess</c><00:37:39.980><c> the</c><00:37:40.320><c> gate</c><00:37:40.559><c> of</c>

00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:41.280
those<00:37:40.960><c> which</c>

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:45.360
hate<00:37:41.440><c> them.</c><00:37:43.159><c> He</c><00:37:43.340><c> knew</c><00:37:43.420><c> the</c><00:37:43.639><c> promise</c><00:37:43.940><c> and</c><00:37:44.199><c> accepted</c><00:37:44.599><c> Rebecca's</c>

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:49.340
part<00:37:45.739><c> in</c><00:37:45.920><c> it,</c><00:37:46.239><c> or</c><00:37:46.380><c> so</c><00:37:46.539><c> I</c><00:37:46.860><c> believe.</c><00:37:49.099><c> And</c>

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:53.079
then<00:37:50.539><c> the</c><00:37:51.119><c> servant</c><00:37:51.360><c> comes</c><00:37:51.800><c> to</c><00:37:52.039><c> Isaac,</c><00:37:52.380><c> and</c><00:37:52.519><c> here's</c><00:37:52.659><c> the</c><00:37:52.820><c> last</c>

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:56.619
verse,<00:37:53.400><c> look,</c><00:37:53.579><c> Isaac</c><00:37:54.340><c> brought</c><00:37:54.920><c> her</c><00:37:56.119><c> unto</c>

00:37:56.619 --> 00:38:02.360
his<00:37:56.920><c> mother,</c><00:37:57.780><c> Sarah's</c><00:37:58.380><c> tens,</c><00:37:59.699><c> and</c><00:37:59.980><c> he</c><00:38:00.079><c> took</c><00:38:00.280><c> Rebecca</c><00:38:00.840><c> and</c><00:38:02.119><c> she</c>

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:06.820
became<00:38:02.699><c> his</c><00:38:03.000><c> wife,</c><00:38:04.719><c> and</c><00:38:05.420><c> he</c><00:38:05.659><c> loved</c><00:38:05.900><c> her.</c>

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:12.440
And<00:38:07.880><c> Isaac</c><00:38:08.260><c> was</c><00:38:08.599><c> comforted</c><00:38:09.119><c> after</c><00:38:09.380><c> his</c><00:38:09.599><c> mother's</c><00:38:10.019><c> death.</c><00:38:10.639><c> Now,</c><00:38:12.119><c> he</c>

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.860
saw<00:38:12.639><c> the</c><00:38:12.940><c> travel</c><00:38:13.219><c> of</c><00:38:13.440><c> his</c><00:38:13.699><c> soul</c>

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:21.960
and<00:38:13.940><c> was</c><00:38:14.179><c> satisfied,</c><00:38:17.980><c> and</c><00:38:18.159><c> took</c><00:38:18.420><c> her</c><00:38:19.139><c> to</c><00:38:20.079><c> his</c><00:38:20.380><c> mother's</c><00:38:21.079><c> tent.</c>

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:30.780
It<00:38:23.179><c> was</c><00:38:23.380><c> very</c><00:38:23.659><c> unusual.</c><00:38:26.880><c> Very</c><00:38:27.360><c> unusual.</c><00:38:30.219><c> We've</c>

00:38:30.780 --> 00:38:33.639
no<00:38:31.039><c> longer</c><00:38:31.420><c> time,</c><00:38:31.800><c> I</c><00:38:32.039><c> don't</c><00:38:32.320><c> think</c><00:38:32.579><c> we've</c><00:38:32.820><c> got</c><00:38:32.940><c> time</c><00:38:33.159><c> to</c><00:38:33.320><c> go</c><00:38:33.460><c> to</c>

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:35.159
Psalm<00:38:33.800><c> 45,</c><00:38:34.320><c> we'll</c><00:38:34.559><c> just</c><00:38:34.679><c> see</c><00:38:34.820><c> how</c><00:38:35.019><c> we</c>

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:38.599
go,<00:38:35.300><c> but</c><00:38:35.659><c> the</c><00:38:36.099><c> background</c><00:38:36.579><c> to</c><00:38:36.840><c> that</c><00:38:37.219><c> kind</c><00:38:37.559><c> of</c><00:38:37.820><c> situation</c><00:38:38.380><c> of</c>

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:41.659
the<00:38:38.920><c> bridal</c><00:38:39.519><c> Psalm</c><00:38:39.980><c> there,</c><00:38:40.719><c> the</c><00:38:40.880><c> king's</c><00:38:41.360><c> daughter</c>

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:45.420
all<00:38:41.980><c> glorious</c><00:38:42.400><c> within,</c><00:38:44.119><c> is</c><00:38:44.260><c> that</c><00:38:44.420><c> the</c><00:38:44.619><c> bridegroom</c><00:38:44.960><c> came</c><00:38:45.260><c> to</c>

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:47.059
fetch<00:38:45.619><c> his</c><00:38:45.900><c> bride</c><00:38:46.199><c> and</c><00:38:46.380><c> took</c><00:38:46.559><c> her</c><00:38:46.739><c> to</c><00:38:46.780><c> his</c>

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:57.079
father's<00:38:47.619><c> house.</c><00:38:50.980><c> Isaac,</c><00:38:52.539><c> Isaac</c><00:38:53.480><c> took</c><00:38:53.760><c> Rebecca</c><00:38:54.219><c> to</c><00:38:54.500><c> his</c><00:38:54.960><c> mother's</c><00:38:55.579><c> house,</c><00:38:56.900><c> to</c>

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:58.320
his<00:38:57.400><c> mother's</c><00:38:58.079><c> tent.</c>

00:38:58.739 --> 00:39:01.300
And<00:38:59.139><c> don't</c><00:38:59.400><c> tell</c><00:38:59.599><c> me</c><00:38:59.760><c> he</c><00:38:59.780><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:59.980><c> have</c><00:39:00.199><c> had</c><00:39:00.280><c> one</c><00:39:00.500><c> of</c><00:39:00.539><c> his</c><00:39:00.840><c> own,</c><00:39:01.179><c> or</c>

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:02.659
wouldn't<00:39:01.539><c> have</c><00:39:01.760><c> had</c><00:39:01.860><c> one</c><00:39:02.139><c> prepared</c>

00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:05.920
a<00:39:03.019><c> special</c><00:39:03.400><c> tent</c><00:39:03.659><c> for</c><00:39:03.920><c> his</c><00:39:04.159><c> wife,</c><00:39:04.619><c> his</c><00:39:04.840><c> bride</c><00:39:05.119><c> to</c><00:39:05.360><c> be,</c><00:39:05.719><c> because</c>

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:09.260
he<00:39:06.059><c> would</c><00:39:06.179><c> have</c><00:39:06.300><c> done.</c><00:39:08.420><c> But</c><00:39:08.780><c> he</c><00:39:08.960><c> took</c>

00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:16.619
her<00:39:10.099><c> to</c><00:39:11.420><c> his</c><00:39:11.699><c> mother's</c><00:39:12.360><c> tent,</c><00:39:14.619><c> the</c><00:39:14.800><c> one</c><00:39:14.960><c> in</c><00:39:15.219><c> whom</c><00:39:15.420><c> all</c><00:39:15.780><c> the</c><00:39:16.039><c> promises</c><00:39:16.380><c> had</c>

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.699
been<00:39:16.960><c> centered.</c><00:39:17.360><c> And</c><00:39:17.480><c> when</c>

00:39:17.699 --> 00:39:20.920
Abraham<00:39:18.099><c> mistakenly</c><00:39:18.940><c> thought</c><00:39:19.119><c> that</c><00:39:19.280><c> it</c><00:39:19.360><c> was</c><00:39:19.559><c> possible</c><00:39:19.980><c> to</c><00:39:20.219><c> go</c>

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:23.519
via<00:39:21.280><c> Hagar</c><00:39:21.880><c> and</c><00:39:22.619><c> Ishmael,</c><00:39:23.079><c> although</c><00:39:23.300><c> God</c>

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:28.380
said<00:39:23.719><c> nothing</c><00:39:24.019><c> for</c><00:39:24.280><c> thirteen</c><00:39:24.760><c> years,</c><00:39:25.539><c> ignored</c><00:39:25.840><c> it,</c><00:39:26.320><c> and</c><00:39:26.440><c> Abraham</c><00:39:26.780><c> brought</c><00:39:27.340><c> Ishmael</c><00:39:28.000><c> up</c>

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:29.039
as<00:39:28.699><c> the</c><00:39:28.920><c> son</c>

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:34.039
of<00:39:29.280><c> promise.</c><00:39:29.679><c> It</c><00:39:29.679><c> wasn't</c><00:39:30.119><c> to</c><00:39:30.380><c> be.</c><00:39:31.800><c> Sarah</c><00:39:32.139><c> was</c><00:39:32.400><c> the</c><00:39:32.599><c> one.</c><00:39:33.460><c> Sarah</c>

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:36.860
was<00:39:34.579><c> the</c><00:39:34.760><c> one.</c><00:39:35.699><c> And</c><00:39:35.980><c> here</c><00:39:36.119><c> is</c><00:39:36.360><c> Isaac</c>

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:40.460
acknowledging<00:39:37.840><c> that</c><00:39:38.260><c> which</c><00:39:38.679><c> stood</c><00:39:39.019><c> between</c><00:39:39.559><c> Abraham</c><00:39:40.019><c> and</c>

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:46.139
Sarah,<00:39:40.780><c> that</c><00:39:41.039><c> remarkable</c><00:39:42.539><c> wondrous</c><00:39:44.179><c> seed</c><00:39:44.599><c> promise</c>

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:51.079
of<00:39:46.800><c> which</c><00:39:46.960><c> he</c><00:39:47.139><c> was</c><00:39:47.420><c> part,</c><00:39:47.719><c> and</c><00:39:47.900><c> he</c><00:39:48.159><c> takes</c><00:39:48.579><c> the</c><00:39:48.880><c> bride</c><00:39:49.239><c> and</c><00:39:49.599><c> associates</c><00:39:50.219><c> her,</c>

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:53.280
associates<00:39:52.000><c> her</c><00:39:52.679><c> with</c><00:39:53.019><c> his</c>

00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:56.300
own<00:39:53.480><c> birth,</c><00:39:54.079><c> his</c><00:39:54.219><c> own</c><00:39:54.460><c> coming</c><00:39:54.780><c> into</c><00:39:55.179><c> being</c><00:39:55.460><c> as</c><00:39:55.719><c> the</c><00:39:55.880><c> son</c><00:39:56.039><c> of</c>

00:39:56.300 --> 00:40:00.960
promise.<00:39:59.380><c> Now</c><00:39:59.579><c> where</c><00:39:59.760><c> have</c><00:39:59.880><c> you</c><00:40:00.019><c> read</c><00:40:00.519><c> something</c>

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:06.940
like<00:40:01.440><c> that</c><00:40:02.380><c> elsewhere?</c><00:40:05.780><c> Where</c><00:40:06.039><c> have</c><00:40:06.219><c> you</c><00:40:06.320><c> read</c><00:40:06.539><c> something</c>

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:11.519
like<00:40:07.280><c> that</c><00:40:07.599><c> elsewhere?</c><00:40:09.840><c> Come</c><00:40:10.079><c> with</c><00:40:10.300><c> me,</c><00:40:11.139><c> this</c><00:40:11.400><c> will</c>

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:17.460
surprise<00:40:11.940><c> you,</c><00:40:12.280><c> to</c><00:40:12.440><c> the</c><00:40:12.579><c> Song</c><00:40:12.719><c> of</c><00:40:12.880><c> Solomon.</c><00:40:16.980><c> Well</c><00:40:17.139><c> perhaps</c><00:40:17.340><c> it</c>

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:22.260
won't<00:40:17.659><c> surprise</c><00:40:18.039><c> you.</c><00:40:21.239><c> But</c><00:40:21.760><c> it</c><00:40:21.880><c> isn't</c>

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:28.340
one<00:40:22.440><c> of</c><00:40:22.539><c> those</c><00:40:22.800><c> books</c><00:40:23.039><c> that</c><00:40:23.239><c> we</c><00:40:23.380><c> use</c><00:40:23.500><c> very</c><00:40:23.820><c> often,</c><00:40:24.159><c> is</c><00:40:24.219><c> it?</c><00:40:28.019><c> I'd</c>

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:31.760
like<00:40:28.340><c> to</c><00:40:28.599><c> spend</c><00:40:28.760><c> all</c><00:40:29.019><c> day</c><00:40:29.219><c> on</c><00:40:29.400><c> it.</c><00:40:31.340><c> Let's</c>

00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:36.860
go<00:40:32.000><c> into</c><00:40:32.239><c> the</c><00:40:32.380><c> Song</c><00:40:32.599><c> of</c><00:40:32.739><c> Solomon</c><00:40:33.099><c> and</c><00:40:34.099><c> be</c><00:40:35.139><c> very</c><00:40:35.860><c> strong</c><00:40:36.179><c> and</c><00:40:36.380><c> not</c><00:40:36.519><c> look</c><00:40:36.699><c> at</c>

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:38.980
chapter<00:40:37.099><c> two</c><00:40:37.780><c> and</c><00:40:38.539><c> have</c><00:40:38.719><c> a</c><00:40:38.800><c> look</c>

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:48.280
at<00:40:39.219><c> chapter</c><00:40:39.579><c> three.</c><00:40:46.219><c> It's</c><00:40:46.500><c> the</c><00:40:46.860><c> Song</c><00:40:47.179><c> of</c><00:40:47.400><c> the</c><00:40:47.599><c> Bride</c><00:40:47.920><c> and</c><00:40:48.099><c> the</c>

00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:52.239
Bridegroom,<00:40:48.940><c> the</c><00:40:49.159><c> betrothed</c><00:40:49.599><c> ones.</c><00:40:51.760><c> She'd</c>

00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:54.679
lost<00:40:52.440><c> sight</c><00:40:52.760><c> of</c><00:40:52.860><c> him</c><00:40:53.099><c> in</c><00:40:53.159><c> chapter</c><00:40:53.440><c> two.</c><00:40:53.719><c> No,</c><00:40:54.239><c> I</c><00:40:54.239><c> wasn't</c><00:40:54.480><c> going</c>

00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:58.739
to<00:40:54.840><c> chapter</c><00:40:55.019><c> two.</c><00:40:55.280><c> Chapter</c><00:40:55.519><c> three.</c><00:40:58.059><c> By</c><00:40:58.199><c> night,</c>

00:40:59.179 --> 00:41:05.000
on<00:40:59.460><c> my</c><00:40:59.760><c> bed,</c><00:41:00.940><c> I</c><00:41:01.280><c> sought</c><00:41:01.579><c> him</c><00:41:01.980><c> whom</c><00:41:02.260><c> my</c><00:41:02.679><c> soul</c><00:41:02.980><c> loveth.</c><00:41:04.400><c> I</c><00:41:04.699><c> sought</c>

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:08.940
him,<00:41:06.019><c> but</c><00:41:06.239><c> I</c><00:41:06.599><c> found</c><00:41:06.840><c> him</c><00:41:07.199><c> not.</c><00:41:08.519><c> She's</c><00:41:08.739><c> lost</c>

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:12.619
sight<00:41:09.179><c> of</c><00:41:09.280><c> him</c><00:41:09.440><c> again.</c><00:41:10.739><c> He's</c><00:41:11.239><c> showing</c><00:41:11.400><c> himself</c><00:41:11.800><c> actually</c><00:41:12.159><c> through</c><00:41:12.400><c> the</c>

00:41:12.619 --> 00:41:14.219
lattice.<00:41:12.880><c> I</c><00:41:13.119><c> will</c><00:41:13.400><c> talk</c><00:41:13.659><c> about</c><00:41:13.940><c> chapter</c>

00:41:14.219 --> 00:41:18.239
two.<00:41:14.659><c> He's</c><00:41:15.059><c> showing</c><00:41:15.400><c> himself</c><00:41:15.900><c> through</c><00:41:16.179><c> the</c><00:41:16.440><c> lattice.</c><00:41:17.320><c> He</c><00:41:17.500><c> isn't</c><00:41:17.739><c> there,</c><00:41:18.079><c> but</c>

00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:22.719
she<00:41:18.420><c> can</c><00:41:18.579><c> see</c><00:41:18.760><c> him.</c><00:41:21.199><c> The</c><00:41:21.760><c> absent</c>

00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:26.159
bridegroom<00:41:23.199><c> is</c><00:41:23.400><c> visible.</c><00:41:23.840><c> If</c><00:41:23.940><c> you</c><00:41:24.059><c> look</c><00:41:24.260><c> for</c><00:41:24.460><c> him,</c><00:41:25.780><c> there's</c><00:41:25.980><c> a</c>

00:41:26.159 --> 00:41:29.320
way<00:41:26.480><c> provided</c><00:41:27.119><c> whereby</c><00:41:27.519><c> he</c><00:41:27.659><c> can</c><00:41:27.820><c> be</c><00:41:28.079><c> seen.</c>

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:35.860
But<00:41:30.920><c> she's</c><00:41:31.159><c> lost</c><00:41:31.380><c> sight</c><00:41:31.639><c> of</c><00:41:31.820><c> him.</c><00:41:33.559><c> You</c><00:41:33.619><c> ever</c><00:41:33.780><c> done</c><00:41:34.000><c> that?</c><00:41:35.420><c> Oh</c>

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:40.519
yes,<00:41:36.340><c> of</c><00:41:36.699><c> course</c><00:41:36.900><c> you</c><00:41:37.219><c> have.</c><00:41:38.960><c> We</c><00:41:39.179><c> all</c><00:41:39.500><c> have</c>

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:45.099
to<00:41:41.340><c> lose</c><00:41:41.579><c> sight</c><00:41:41.860><c> of</c><00:41:42.019><c> the</c><00:41:42.199><c> bridegroom.</c><00:41:43.920><c> Here</c><00:41:44.199><c> she</c><00:41:44.440><c> is.</c><00:41:44.739><c> She</c><00:41:44.860><c> says,</c><00:41:45.099><c> I</c>

00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:46.780
will<00:41:45.360><c> arise</c><00:41:45.760><c> now</c><00:41:46.059><c> and</c><00:41:46.179><c> go</c><00:41:46.380><c> about</c><00:41:46.599><c> the</c>

00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:49.139
city<00:41:46.960><c> and</c><00:41:47.139><c> the</c><00:41:47.360><c> streets</c><00:41:47.559><c> and</c><00:41:47.739><c> in</c><00:41:47.880><c> the</c><00:41:48.019><c> broadways.</c><00:41:48.679><c> I'll</c><00:41:48.940><c> seek</c>

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:51.099
him<00:41:49.420><c> whom</c><00:41:49.599><c> my</c><00:41:50.000><c> soul</c><00:41:50.199><c> loveth.</c><00:41:50.619><c> I</c><00:41:50.880><c> sought</c>

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:52.840
him,<00:41:51.280><c> but</c><00:41:51.400><c> I</c><00:41:51.579><c> found</c><00:41:51.780><c> him</c><00:41:51.980><c> not.</c><00:41:52.179><c> Well,</c><00:41:52.340><c> she</c><00:41:52.380><c> wasn't</c><00:41:52.599><c> looking</c>

00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:56.920
the<00:41:52.980><c> right</c><00:41:53.199><c> way,</c><00:41:53.579><c> was</c><00:41:53.679><c> she?</c><00:41:56.159><c> Then</c><00:41:56.480><c> she</c><00:41:56.679><c> says,</c>

00:41:57.019 --> 00:42:00.840
the<00:41:57.139><c> watchmen</c><00:41:57.820><c> that</c><00:41:58.880><c> go</c><00:41:59.099><c> about</c><00:41:59.360><c> the</c><00:41:59.579><c> city</c><00:41:59.820><c> found</c><00:42:00.159><c> me,</c><00:42:00.480><c> to</c><00:42:00.619><c> whom</c>

00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:02.760
I<00:42:01.179><c> said,</c><00:42:01.480><c> saw</c><00:42:01.780><c> ye</c><00:42:02.000><c> him</c><00:42:02.179><c> whom</c><00:42:02.340><c> my</c><00:42:02.599><c> soul</c>

00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:04.840
loveth?<00:42:03.300><c> It</c><00:42:03.360><c> was</c><00:42:03.360><c> but</c><00:42:03.579><c> a</c><00:42:03.719><c> little</c><00:42:03.900><c> that</c><00:42:04.039><c> I</c><00:42:04.280><c> passed</c><00:42:04.480><c> from</c><00:42:04.719><c> them.</c>

00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:08.900
I<00:42:05.079><c> found</c><00:42:05.539><c> him.</c><00:42:06.960><c> The</c><00:42:07.260><c> watchmen.</c><00:42:08.639><c> She</c>

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:12.800
went<00:42:09.199><c> to</c><00:42:09.420><c> the</c><00:42:09.619><c> watchmen,</c><00:42:10.340><c> brethren</c><00:42:10.579><c> and</c><00:42:10.840><c> sisters.</c><00:42:11.179><c> The</c><00:42:11.480><c> watchmen.</c><00:42:12.519><c> The</c>

00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:14.320
watchmen<00:42:13.239><c> of</c><00:42:13.420><c> Israel,</c><00:42:14.019><c> the</c>

00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:23.760
prophets,<00:42:15.179><c> the</c><00:42:15.360><c> law,</c><00:42:16.159><c> the</c><00:42:16.360><c> psalms.</c><00:42:16.780><c> She</c><00:42:17.019><c> went</c><00:42:17.460><c> to</c><00:42:17.699><c> the</c><00:42:17.940><c> watchmen.</c><00:42:20.059><c> And</c><00:42:20.280><c> when</c><00:42:20.480><c> she</c><00:42:21.440><c> inquired</c><00:42:23.380><c> of</c><00:42:23.579><c> the</c>

00:42:23.760 --> 00:42:28.659
watchmen,<00:42:24.440><c> when</c><00:42:24.619><c> she</c><00:42:24.860><c> had</c><00:42:24.940><c> gone</c><00:42:25.139><c> to</c><00:42:25.320><c> the</c><00:42:25.539><c> word,</c><00:42:26.940><c> she</c><00:42:27.579><c> soon</c><00:42:28.019><c> found</c><00:42:28.400><c> the</c>

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:30.420
bridegroom.<00:42:29.679><c> It</c><00:42:29.679><c> was</c><00:42:29.860><c> but</c><00:42:30.059><c> a</c><00:42:30.239><c> little</c>

00:42:30.420 --> 00:42:34.239
that<00:42:30.539><c> I</c><00:42:30.719><c> passed</c><00:42:30.920><c> from</c><00:42:31.099><c> them</c><00:42:31.219><c> and</c><00:42:31.320><c> I</c><00:42:31.579><c> found</c><00:42:31.880><c> him.</c><00:42:32.739><c> Him</c><00:42:33.239><c> whom</c><00:42:33.780><c> my</c>

00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:36.900
soul<00:42:34.840><c> loveth.</c><00:42:35.460><c> I</c><00:42:35.900><c> held</c><00:42:36.199><c> him</c><00:42:36.340><c> and</c><00:42:36.460><c> I</c><00:42:36.579><c> wouldn't</c>

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:44.300
let<00:42:37.119><c> him</c><00:42:37.360><c> go</c><00:42:37.840><c> until</c><00:42:38.179><c> I</c><00:42:38.440><c> had</c><00:42:38.579><c> brought</c><00:42:38.840><c> him</c><00:42:40.139><c> into</c><00:42:41.639><c> my</c><00:42:42.900><c> mother's</c><00:42:43.719><c> house.</c><00:42:44.300><c> And</c><00:42:44.300><c> she</c><00:42:44.300><c> said,</c><00:42:44.300><c> I</c>

00:42:44.300 --> 00:42:44.800
will<00:42:44.300><c> arise</c>

00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:51.340
and<00:42:46.099><c> into</c><00:42:46.400><c> the</c><00:42:46.659><c> chamber</c><00:42:47.300><c> of</c><00:42:48.559><c> her</c><00:42:49.280><c> that</c><00:42:49.940><c> conceived</c><00:42:50.539><c> me.</c><00:42:50.980><c> Now</c>

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:54.260
isn't<00:42:51.800><c> that</c><00:42:52.139><c> lovely?</c><00:42:52.900><c> That's</c><00:42:53.340><c> the</c><00:42:53.579><c> absolute</c>

00:42:54.260 --> 00:42:57.300
antithesis<00:42:54.960><c> of</c><00:42:55.139><c> what</c><00:42:55.340><c> we</c><00:42:55.539><c> read</c><00:42:55.719><c> elsewhere</c><00:42:56.159><c> and</c><00:42:56.380><c> it's</c><00:42:56.739><c> just</c><00:42:57.039><c> as</c>

00:42:57.300 --> 00:43:00.500
wonderful.<00:42:57.980><c> Even</c><00:42:58.400><c> as</c><00:42:58.800><c> Isaac</c><00:42:59.679><c> brought</c>

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:07.300
the<00:43:01.280><c> bride</c><00:43:01.920><c> into</c><00:43:02.360><c> the</c><00:43:02.760><c> concept</c><00:43:03.380><c> of</c><00:43:03.719><c> the</c><00:43:03.960><c> seed</c><00:43:04.219><c> promise,</c><00:43:06.860><c> so</c><00:43:07.059><c> we</c>

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:10.719
acknowledge<00:43:07.940><c> our</c><00:43:08.500><c> spiritual</c><00:43:09.179><c> mother,</c><00:43:10.260><c> our</c>

00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:15.239
spiritual<00:43:11.260><c> background,</c><00:43:12.340><c> our</c><00:43:12.460><c> own</c><00:43:12.980><c> spiritual</c><00:43:13.559><c> descent</c><00:43:14.079><c> as</c><00:43:14.400><c> sons</c><00:43:14.860><c> of</c>

00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:19.239
Abraham.<00:43:16.920><c> And</c><00:43:17.219><c> we</c><00:43:18.300><c> bring</c><00:43:18.840><c> the</c><00:43:19.019><c> Lord</c>

00:43:19.239 --> 00:43:25.559
Jesus<00:43:19.679><c> Christ</c><00:43:20.079><c> into</c><00:43:20.519><c> that</c><00:43:21.320><c> basis</c><00:43:21.860><c> in</c><00:43:22.159><c> our</c><00:43:22.380><c> lives.</c><00:43:24.780><c> The</c><00:43:25.139><c> very</c>

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:27.340
basis<00:43:26.059><c> of</c><00:43:26.300><c> our</c><00:43:26.519><c> lives,</c><00:43:26.960><c> brethren</c><00:43:27.059><c> and</c>

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:32.179
sisters.<00:43:29.139><c> Into</c><00:43:29.380><c> the</c><00:43:29.679><c> chamber</c><00:43:30.059><c> of</c><00:43:30.340><c> her</c><00:43:30.539><c> that</c><00:43:31.159><c> conceived</c><00:43:31.920><c> me.</c>

00:43:32.199 --> 00:43:34.920
We<00:43:32.420><c> bring</c><00:43:32.719><c> Jesus</c><00:43:33.320><c> back.</c><00:43:34.059><c> We</c><00:43:34.219><c> bring</c><00:43:34.420><c> the</c><00:43:34.599><c> whole</c>

00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:47.260
concept<00:43:35.420><c> back</c><00:43:36.199><c> to</c><00:43:36.460><c> our</c><00:43:36.679><c> spiritual</c><00:43:37.480><c> birth.</c><00:43:39.619><c> Our</c><00:43:40.059><c> spiritual</c><00:43:41.179><c> birth.</c><00:43:46.980><c> I</c>

00:43:47.260 --> 00:43:48.880
had<00:43:47.440><c> lots</c><00:43:47.719><c> more</c><00:43:47.960><c> things</c><00:43:48.219><c> to</c><00:43:48.440><c> say</c><00:43:48.539><c> on</c><00:43:48.699><c> this</c>

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:53.800
subject.<00:43:49.659><c> We</c><00:43:49.820><c> must</c><00:43:50.119><c> content</c><00:43:50.500><c> ourselves</c><00:43:51.019><c> turning</c><00:43:51.519><c> finally</c><00:43:52.400><c> in</c>

00:43:53.800 --> 00:43:57.599
the<00:43:53.820><c> last,</c><00:43:54.519><c> oh</c><00:43:55.039><c> dear,</c><00:43:56.219><c> very</c><00:43:56.460><c> few</c><00:43:56.639><c> minutes</c>

00:43:57.699 --> 00:44:03.639
to<00:43:58.059><c> Revelation</c><00:43:58.679><c> because</c><00:44:00.039><c> we</c><00:44:00.940><c> must</c><00:44:01.239><c> at</c><00:44:01.440><c> least</c><00:44:01.800><c> tie</c><00:44:02.099><c> these</c><00:44:02.360><c> things</c><00:44:02.579><c> up.</c>

00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:04.900
We<00:44:04.400><c> did</c><00:44:04.500><c> after</c><00:44:04.679><c> all</c><00:44:04.860><c> have</c><00:44:04.900><c> to</c>

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:15.739
have<00:44:05.000><c> a</c><00:44:05.139><c> hymn</c><00:44:05.360><c> and</c><00:44:05.440><c> we</c><00:44:05.579><c> did</c><00:44:05.820><c> start</c><00:44:06.000><c> one</c><00:44:06.239><c> minute</c><00:44:06.420><c> late</c><00:44:06.739><c> so.</c><00:44:13.119><c> Revelation</c><00:44:13.239><c> chapter</c><00:44:13.699><c> 21.</c>

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What<00:44:17.340><c> an</c><00:44:17.579><c> invitation</c>

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comes<00:44:18.659><c> to</c><00:44:18.900><c> John.</c><00:44:24.960><c> Verse</c><00:44:25.219><c> 9</c><00:44:25.820><c> is</c><00:44:26.059><c> the</c><00:44:26.219><c> verse</c><00:44:26.579><c> that</c><00:44:26.800><c> I</c><00:44:26.940><c> want</c><00:44:27.119><c> to</c><00:44:27.300><c> just</c><00:44:27.500><c> look</c><00:44:27.679><c> at</c>

00:44:27.820 --> 00:44:29.719
for<00:44:27.980><c> a</c><00:44:28.079><c> minute.</c><00:44:29.380><c> There</c><00:44:29.460><c> came</c>

00:44:29.719 --> 00:44:32.019
unto<00:44:29.900><c> me</c><00:44:30.119><c> one</c><00:44:30.320><c> of</c><00:44:30.420><c> the</c><00:44:30.599><c> seven</c><00:44:30.820><c> angels</c><00:44:31.139><c> which</c><00:44:31.380><c> had</c><00:44:31.460><c> the</c><00:44:31.760><c> seven</c>

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:33.920
vials<00:44:32.360><c> full</c><00:44:32.579><c> of</c><00:44:32.699><c> the</c><00:44:32.900><c> seven</c><00:44:33.119><c> last</c><00:44:33.480><c> plagues</c>

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he's<00:44:34.179><c> involved</c><00:44:34.519><c> with</c><00:44:34.739><c> the</c><00:44:34.860><c> things</c><00:44:35.019><c> of</c><00:44:35.199><c> the</c><00:44:35.360><c> end</c><00:44:35.460><c> and</c><00:44:35.599><c> he</c><00:44:35.739><c> talked</c><00:44:36.139><c> with</c>

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:38.780
me<00:44:36.760><c> saying</c><00:44:37.139><c> come</c><00:44:37.619><c> hither</c><00:44:38.179><c> I'll</c>

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show<00:44:38.880><c> thee</c><00:44:39.000><c> the</c><00:44:39.139><c> bride,</c><00:44:39.500><c> the</c><00:44:39.619><c> lamb's</c><00:44:39.920><c> wife.</c><00:44:40.400><c> What</c><00:44:40.599><c> an</c><00:44:40.780><c> invitation.</c><00:44:42.219><c> Come</c>

00:44:42.460 --> 00:44:43.739
and<00:44:42.820><c> see</c><00:44:42.980><c> the</c><00:44:43.179><c> bride,</c><00:44:43.679><c> the</c>

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lamb's<00:44:44.159><c> wife.</c><00:44:44.780><c> And</c><00:44:44.920><c> John</c><00:44:45.099><c> turns</c><00:44:45.440><c> round</c><00:44:45.820><c> and</c><00:44:46.420><c> it</c><00:44:48.800><c> isn't</c><00:44:49.119><c> a</c><00:44:49.260><c> beautiful</c><00:44:49.739><c> woman</c><00:44:50.099><c> adorned</c><00:44:50.599><c> with</c>

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her<00:44:50.940><c> husband</c>

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at<00:44:51.500><c> all.</c><00:44:52.079><c> Well</c><00:44:52.579><c> it</c><00:44:53.059><c> is</c><00:44:53.380><c> but</c><00:44:53.539><c> not</c><00:44:53.780><c> as</c><00:44:53.960><c> he</c><00:44:54.099><c> thought.</c><00:44:54.579><c> It's</c><00:44:55.099><c> a</c><00:44:55.219><c> city.</c><00:44:57.039><c> He</c><00:44:57.260><c> sees</c><00:44:57.400><c> a</c>

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city.<00:44:58.119><c> He</c><00:44:58.139><c> sees</c><00:44:58.420><c> a</c><00:44:58.639><c> building.</c>

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Oh<00:45:00.219><c> now</c><00:45:00.800><c> isn't</c><00:45:01.139><c> that</c><00:45:01.400><c> what</c><00:45:01.539><c> he</c><00:45:01.719><c> should</c><00:45:01.860><c> have</c><00:45:02.059><c> expected</c><00:45:02.420><c> to</c><00:45:02.699><c> see</c>

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and<00:45:02.940><c> perhaps</c><00:45:03.179><c> he</c><00:45:03.400><c> did.</c><00:45:03.820><c> Just</c><00:45:04.059><c> me</c><00:45:04.260><c> that</c><00:45:04.420><c> wouldn't</c>

00:45:04.659 --> 00:45:09.840
have<00:45:04.860><c> done.</c><00:45:05.940><c> A</c><00:45:06.099><c> building.</c><00:45:06.719><c> That's</c><00:45:07.079><c> what</c><00:45:07.400><c> God</c><00:45:07.699><c> set</c><00:45:08.059><c> out</c><00:45:08.400><c> to</c><00:45:08.780><c> do.</c>

00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:13.380
He<00:45:11.159><c> builded</c><00:45:11.960><c> the</c><00:45:12.239><c> bride</c><00:45:12.679><c> in</c><00:45:13.000><c> Genesis</c>

00:45:13.380 --> 00:45:18.559
2<00:45:13.800><c> and</c><00:45:14.119><c> here's</c><00:45:14.679><c> John</c><00:45:15.000><c> seeing</c><00:45:15.420><c> the</c><00:45:15.800><c> finished</c><00:45:16.300><c> product.</c><00:45:18.099><c> The</c>

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building,<00:45:19.340><c> the</c><00:45:19.519><c> dwelling</c><00:45:19.840><c> place</c><00:45:20.300><c> for</c><00:45:20.599><c> God.</c>

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The<00:45:21.440><c> city</c><00:45:21.719><c> which</c><00:45:22.000><c> had</c><00:45:22.199><c> foundations</c><00:45:22.880><c> which</c><00:45:23.239><c> Abraham</c><00:45:23.760><c> could</c>

00:45:24.260 --> 00:45:29.159
see<00:45:24.880><c> because</c><00:45:26.159><c> God</c><00:45:27.500><c> preached</c><00:45:28.800><c> the</c><00:45:29.159><c> gospel</c>

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to<00:45:29.659><c> him.</c><00:45:31.800><c> Oh</c><00:45:32.159><c> these</c><00:45:32.400><c> are</c><00:45:32.880><c> marvellous</c><00:45:33.460><c> things</c><00:45:33.820><c> brethren.</c><00:45:34.519><c> Look</c>

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at<00:45:35.320><c> verse</c><00:45:35.559><c> 12.</c><00:45:36.099><c> It</c><00:45:36.179><c> had</c><00:45:36.360><c> a</c><00:45:36.559><c> wall</c><00:45:36.920><c> great</c><00:45:37.400><c> and</c>

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high<00:45:38.000><c> and</c><00:45:38.219><c> twelve</c><00:45:38.599><c> gates</c><00:45:39.099><c> and</c><00:45:40.079><c> at</c><00:45:40.420><c> the</c><00:45:40.579><c> gates</c><00:45:40.820><c> twelve</c><00:45:41.179><c> angels</c>

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and<00:45:41.940><c> names</c><00:45:42.239><c> written</c><00:45:42.579><c> on</c><00:45:42.719><c> them</c><00:45:42.860><c> which</c><00:45:42.900><c> said</c>

00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:45.780
names<00:45:43.280><c> of</c><00:45:43.400><c> the</c><00:45:43.579><c> twelve</c><00:45:43.780><c> tribes</c><00:45:44.099><c> of</c><00:45:44.280><c> the</c><00:45:44.400><c> children</c><00:45:44.679><c> of</c><00:45:44.820><c> Israel.</c>

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Twelve<00:45:46.719><c> tribes</c><00:45:47.039><c> of</c><00:45:47.219><c> the</c><00:45:47.360><c> children</c><00:45:47.500><c> of</c>

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Israel?<00:45:48.960><c> But</c><00:45:49.340><c> then</c><00:45:49.460><c> you've</c><00:45:49.579><c> got</c><00:45:49.659><c> to</c><00:45:49.780><c> decide</c><00:45:50.139><c> whether</c><00:45:50.619><c> it's</c><00:45:50.980><c> the</c><00:45:51.219><c> Ezekiel</c><00:45:51.780><c> reference</c><00:45:52.239><c> to</c>

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the<00:45:52.659><c> twelve</c><00:45:52.940><c> tribes</c>

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or<00:45:53.860><c> the</c><00:45:54.059><c> Revelation</c><00:45:54.460><c> 7</c><00:45:54.920><c> reference</c><00:45:55.320><c> to</c><00:45:55.619><c> the</c><00:45:55.820><c> twelve</c><00:45:56.159><c> tribes</c>

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because<00:45:56.719><c> they're</c><00:45:57.059><c> portrayed</c><00:45:57.360><c> differently.</c>

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One<00:45:58.639><c> has</c><00:45:59.019><c> Dan</c><00:45:59.340><c> and</c><00:45:59.519><c> the</c><00:45:59.679><c> other</c><00:45:59.860><c> doesn't.</c><00:46:01.820><c> Dan</c><00:46:01.900><c> which</c><00:46:02.119><c> is</c><00:46:02.280><c> judgment.</c><00:46:03.900><c> Dan</c>

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which<00:46:04.320><c> was</c><00:46:04.539><c> the</c><00:46:04.679><c> beginning</c><00:46:04.960><c> of</c>

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sin<00:46:05.380><c> to</c><00:46:05.559><c> Israel</c><00:46:05.840><c> is</c><00:46:06.039><c> still</c><00:46:06.340><c> there</c><00:46:06.539><c> in</c><00:46:06.739><c> Ezekiel</c><00:46:07.099><c> because</c><00:46:07.519><c> Israel</c><00:46:08.039><c> are</c>

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still<00:46:08.539><c> mortal</c><00:46:08.920><c> population</c><00:46:09.760><c> as</c><00:46:10.219><c> we</c><00:46:10.360><c> shall</c>

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see<00:46:10.920><c> tonight.</c><00:46:13.360><c> Multitude</c><00:46:13.920><c> from</c><00:46:14.139><c> all</c><00:46:14.639><c> the</c><00:46:14.920><c> nations</c><00:46:15.280><c> of</c><00:46:15.559><c> the</c><00:46:15.800><c> earth</c><00:46:16.059><c> over</c><00:46:16.639><c> all</c><00:46:16.920><c> the</c><00:46:17.260><c> centuries</c><00:46:17.659><c> of</c><00:46:17.920><c> the</c>

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:21.500
time<00:46:18.460><c> they</c><00:46:18.980><c> are</c><00:46:19.380><c> now</c><00:46:19.739><c> presented</c><00:46:20.280><c> to</c><00:46:20.500><c> the</c><00:46:20.639><c> Lord</c><00:46:20.800><c> Jesus</c><00:46:21.199><c> Christ</c>

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without<00:46:22.119><c> sin</c><00:46:22.780><c> because</c><00:46:24.320><c> their</c><00:46:24.679><c> sins</c><00:46:25.039><c> are</c>

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given<00:46:25.659><c> and</c><00:46:25.940><c> they</c><00:46:26.059><c> are</c><00:46:26.260><c> judged</c><00:46:26.599><c> and</c><00:46:26.960><c> made</c><00:46:27.260><c> white</c><00:46:27.639><c> in</c><00:46:27.860><c> the</c><00:46:28.019><c> blood</c>

00:46:28.159 --> 00:46:30.760
of<00:46:28.380><c> the</c><00:46:28.539><c> lamb</c><00:46:29.340><c> and</c><00:46:29.619><c> are</c><00:46:29.860><c> alive</c><00:46:30.320><c> forever</c>

00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:35.400
more.<00:46:32.280><c> Levi</c><00:46:32.440><c> is</c><00:46:32.619><c> there</c><00:46:32.960><c> in</c><00:46:33.139><c> both</c><00:46:33.420><c> of</c><00:46:33.579><c> them</c><00:46:33.679><c> because</c><00:46:34.139><c> this</c><00:46:34.659><c> community</c><00:46:35.199><c> have</c>

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a<00:46:35.699><c> spiritual</c><00:46:36.539><c> priestly</c><00:46:37.539><c> aspect</c>

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but<00:46:40.039><c> Dan</c><00:46:40.239><c> isn't</c><00:46:40.539><c> there.</c><00:46:42.300><c> This</c><00:46:42.619><c> is</c><00:46:42.860><c> the</c><00:46:43.139><c> bride</c><00:46:43.460><c> of</c><00:46:43.699><c> the</c><00:46:43.840><c> Lord</c><00:46:44.440><c> Jesus</c><00:46:45.340><c> Christ.</c><00:46:47.360><c> The</c><00:46:47.460><c> names</c><00:46:47.780><c> of</c>

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the<00:46:48.199><c> twelve</c>

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tribes<00:46:49.059><c> of</c><00:46:49.280><c> Israel</c><00:46:49.639><c> and</c><00:46:50.019><c> see</c><00:46:50.199><c> in</c><00:46:50.360><c> verse</c><00:46:50.579><c> 17</c><00:46:51.159><c> the</c><00:46:51.420><c> measured</c><00:46:51.820><c> are</c>

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:54.659
the<00:46:53.260><c> measured</c><00:46:53.440><c> with</c><00:46:53.679><c> the</c><00:46:53.860><c> measure</c><00:46:54.059><c> of</c><00:46:54.280><c> a</c><00:46:54.420><c> man</c>

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which<00:46:55.019><c> man?</c><00:46:56.699><c> Which</c><00:46:56.980><c> man?</c><00:46:59.159><c> Corinthians</c><00:46:59.679><c> says</c><00:47:00.019><c> they</c><00:47:00.659><c> measuring</c>

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themselves<00:47:01.659><c> by</c><00:47:02.000><c> themselves</c><00:47:02.480><c> are</c><00:47:02.699><c> not</c>

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wise.<00:47:05.659><c> The</c><00:47:05.780><c> same</c><00:47:05.940><c> apostle</c><00:47:06.599><c> exhorts</c><00:47:07.340><c> us</c><00:47:07.559><c> to</c><00:47:07.760><c> be</c><00:47:08.079><c> measured</c><00:47:08.320><c> to</c>

00:47:08.539 --> 00:47:10.980
the<00:47:08.780><c> fullness</c><00:47:09.059><c> of</c><00:47:09.420><c> the</c><00:47:09.639><c> statue</c><00:47:09.940><c> of</c><00:47:10.199><c> the</c><00:47:10.360><c> man</c><00:47:10.659><c> Christ</c>

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Jesus<00:47:11.360><c> and</c><00:47:11.639><c> by</c><00:47:11.860><c> God's</c><00:47:12.360><c> grace</c><00:47:12.599><c> in</c><00:47:12.840><c> this</c><00:47:13.099><c> age</c><00:47:13.639><c> that</c><00:47:14.420><c> is</c><00:47:14.800><c> exactly</c>

00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:18.900
what<00:47:16.000><c> has</c><00:47:16.260><c> happened.</c><00:47:18.059><c> He</c><00:47:18.300><c> has</c><00:47:18.639><c> measured</c>

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us<00:47:19.219><c> and</c><00:47:19.300><c> found</c><00:47:19.880><c> us</c><00:47:20.820><c> to</c><00:47:21.679><c> be</c><00:47:22.000><c> measured</c><00:47:22.260><c> according</c><00:47:22.739><c> to</c><00:47:22.980><c> the</c><00:47:23.159><c> measure</c><00:47:23.320><c> of</c>

00:47:23.500 --> 00:47:26.559
the<00:47:23.659><c> man</c><00:47:23.900><c> Christ</c><00:47:24.219><c> Jesus.</c><00:47:24.679><c> How</c><00:47:25.119><c> remarkable</c>

00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:32.980
how<00:47:27.539><c> amazing.</c><00:47:28.519><c> We</c><00:47:28.840><c> who</c><00:47:29.039><c> have</c><00:47:29.219><c> our</c><00:47:29.539><c> desperate</c><00:47:29.940><c> need</c><00:47:30.239><c> of</c><00:47:30.420><c> the</c><00:47:30.619><c> savior</c><00:47:31.039><c> are</c><00:47:32.699><c> by</c>

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the<00:47:33.260><c> grace</c><00:47:33.460><c> of</c><00:47:34.019><c> God</c><00:47:34.900><c> allowed</c>

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to<00:47:36.500><c> be</c><00:47:36.860><c> found</c><00:47:37.340><c> to</c><00:47:37.639><c> be</c><00:47:38.159><c> measured</c><00:47:38.579><c> according</c><00:47:39.719><c> to</c><00:47:39.980><c> the</c><00:47:40.199><c> statue</c><00:47:40.500><c> of</c>

00:47:40.719 --> 00:47:48.340
the<00:47:40.900><c> fullness</c><00:47:41.179><c> of</c><00:47:41.539><c> Christ.</c><00:47:47.420><c> That's</c><00:47:48.059><c> what</c>

00:47:48.340 --> 00:47:57.980
grace<00:47:49.000><c> will</c><00:47:49.920><c> do</c><00:47:50.639><c> for</c><00:47:51.139><c> us</c><00:47:51.960><c> by</c><00:47:52.880><c> the</c><00:47:54.619><c> work</c><00:47:54.920><c> of</c><00:47:55.159><c> the</c><00:47:55.260><c> Lord</c><00:47:55.460><c> Jesus</c><00:47:55.940><c> Christ</c><00:47:56.780><c> for</c><00:47:57.800><c> we</c>

00:47:57.980 --> 00:47:59.679
are<00:47:58.059><c> to</c><00:47:58.239><c> be</c><00:47:58.460><c> his</c><00:47:58.699><c> bride.</c>