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them.</c><00:13:53.409><c> And</c><00:13:53.409><c> in</c><00:13:53.970><c> Mark</c><00:13:54.289><c> chapter</c><00:13:54.649><c> 16</c><00:13:55.350><c> and</c> 00:13:55.850 --> 00:13:57.250 the<00:13:56.009><c> first</c><00:13:56.289><c> verse,</c> 00:13:57.389 --> 00:14:00.889 again,<00:13:57.690><c> this</c><00:13:57.889><c> is</c><00:13:58.049><c> one</c><00:13:58.230><c> of</c><00:13:58.350><c> those</c><00:13:58.610><c> things,</c><00:13:58.870><c> it's</c><00:13:59.090><c> very</c><00:13:59.330><c> easy</c><00:13:59.590><c> to</c> 00:14:00.889 --> 00:14:04.110 overlook.<00:14:01.970><c> That</c><00:14:02.169><c> is</c><00:14:02.370><c> Mark</c><00:14:02.889><c> chapter</c><00:14:03.230><c> 16</c> 00:14:04.110 --> 00:14:08.789 and<00:14:04.850><c> the</c><00:14:05.110><c> opening</c><00:14:05.330><c> verse.</c><00:14:06.909><c> And</c><00:14:06.909><c> when</c><00:14:07.129><c> the</c><00:14:07.409><c> Sabbath</c><00:14:07.610><c> was</c><00:14:07.990><c> 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this</c><00:16:07.269><c> was</c><00:16:07.490><c> an</c><00:16:07.669><c> aftershock</c><00:16:08.210><c> or</c><00:16:08.509><c> a</c><00:16:08.889><c> separate</c><00:16:09.129><c> earthquake,</c><00:16:09.830><c> I'm</c><00:16:10.250><c> inclined</c><00:16:10.549><c> to</c> 00:16:10.789 --> 00:16:11.950 think<00:16:11.070><c> that</c><00:16:11.409><c> they</c><00:16:11.629><c> are</c> 00:16:11.950 --> 00:16:16.389 two<00:16:12.450><c> distinct,</c><00:16:13.370><c> separate</c><00:16:14.190><c> events.</c><00:16:15.169><c> But</c><00:16:15.370><c> it's</c><00:16:15.610><c> only</c><00:16:15.909><c> Matthew</c> 00:16:16.389 --> 00:16:19.610 who<00:16:17.049><c> tells</c><00:16:17.330><c> us</c><00:16:17.990><c> about</c><00:16:18.269><c> it.</c> 00:16:22.370 --> 00:16:26.549 So<00:16:22.970><c> the</c><00:16:23.309><c> many</c><00:16:23.629><c> people</c><00:16:24.129><c> who</c><00:16:24.370><c> were</c><00:16:24.629><c> there</c><00:16:24.950><c> at</c><00:16:25.169><c> the</c><00:16:25.409><c> Passover</c><00:16:25.850><c> feast</c><00:16:26.309><c> in</c> 00:16:26.549 --> 00:16:29.850 the<00:16:26.750><c> holy</c><00:16:26.970><c> city,</c><00:16:27.710><c> at</c><00:16:27.750><c> that</c><00:16:28.049><c> Passover</c><00:16:28.570><c> weekend,</c> 00:16:33.490 --> 00:16:38.509 I've<00:16:34.090><c> got</c><00:16:34.210><c> to</c><00:16:34.450><c> think</c><00:16:34.649><c> about</c><00:16:34.950><c> the</c><00:16:35.230><c> word</c><00:16:35.649><c> weekend.</c><00:16:36.649><c> This</c><00:16:36.870><c> is</c><00:16:37.210><c> purely</c><00:16:37.549><c> personal</c><00:16:38.210><c> and</c> 00:16:38.509 --> 00:16:40.009 you<00:16:38.649><c> may</c><00:16:38.870><c> think</c><00:16:39.149><c> he's</c><00:16:39.570><c> just</c><00:16:39.870><c> a</c> 00:16:40.009 --> 00:16:45.149 funny<00:16:40.210><c> Englishman,</c><00:16:40.870><c> but</c><00:16:40.990><c> I've</c><00:16:41.929><c> got</c><00:16:42.009><c> to</c><00:16:42.230><c> think</c><00:16:42.389><c> about</c><00:16:42.730><c> the</c><00:16:43.070><c> weekend.</c><00:16:44.909><c> Men</c> 00:16:45.149 --> 00:16:48.110 and<00:16:45.350><c> women</c><00:16:45.590><c> of</c><00:16:45.789><c> the</c><00:16:46.090><c> world</c><00:16:46.769><c> live</c><00:16:47.409><c> for</c> 00:16:48.110 --> 00:16:53.809 the<00:16:48.529><c> weekend.</c><00:16:49.250><c> What</c><00:16:49.429><c> are</c><00:16:49.570><c> you</c><00:16:49.690><c> doing</c><00:16:49.909><c> this</c><00:16:50.309><c> weekend,</c><00:16:51.129><c> you</c><00:16:51.389><c> know?</c><00:16:53.409><c> Now</c> 00:16:53.809 --> 00:16:55.690 it's<00:16:54.169><c> not</c><00:16:54.389><c> a</c><00:16:54.570><c> weekend</c><00:16:54.909><c> for</c><00:16:55.129><c> us.</c> 00:16:56.129 --> 00:17:00.389 It<00:16:56.289><c> is</c><00:16:56.570><c> a</c><00:16:56.750><c> week</c><00:16:57.230><c> beginning</c><00:16:57.970><c> and</c><00:16:58.950><c> it</c><00:16:59.190><c> begins</c><00:16:59.549><c> around</c><00:16:59.909><c> the</c><00:17:00.149><c> table</c> 00:17:00.389 --> 00:17:03.269 of<00:17:00.590><c> the</c><00:17:00.769><c> Lord</c><00:17:01.070><c> on</c><00:17:01.570><c> the</c><00:17:01.789><c> first</c><00:17:02.029><c> day</c><00:17:02.230><c> of</c><00:17:02.350><c> the</c><00:17:02.429><c> week.</c> 00:17:03.490 --> 00:17:08.369 And<00:17:03.750><c> this</c><00:17:03.909><c> of</c><00:17:04.130><c> course</c><00:17:04.329><c> was</c><00:17:04.549><c> the</c><00:17:04.730><c> very</c><00:17:05.130><c> first</c><00:17:06.670><c> week</c><00:17:07.490><c> beginning</c> 00:17:08.369 --> 00:17:11.529 because<00:17:09.410><c> at</c><00:17:10.089><c> the</c><00:17:10.309><c> beginning</c><00:17:10.609><c> of</c><00:17:10.829><c> this</c><00:17:11.089><c> week</c> 00:17:11.529 --> 00:17:16.549 the<00:17:12.029><c> Lord</c><00:17:12.349><c> rose</c><00:17:12.730><c> from</c><00:17:12.990><c> the</c><00:17:13.170><c> dead.</c><00:17:13.789><c> It's</c><00:17:14.190><c> just</c><00:17:14.869><c> one</c><00:17:15.109><c> of</c><00:17:15.289><c> my</c><00:17:15.589><c> quirks,</c><00:17:16.170><c> but</c> 00:17:16.549 --> 00:17:18.089 I<00:17:16.690><c> think</c><00:17:16.869><c> it's</c><00:17:17.089><c> worth</c><00:17:17.289><c> thinking</c><00:17:17.650><c> about</c> 00:17:18.089 --> 00:17:24.349 it.<00:17:20.710><c> Well,</c><00:17:22.670><c> those</c><00:17:22.690><c> people</c><00:17:23.109><c> who</c><00:17:23.250><c> were</c><00:17:23.450><c> gathered</c><00:17:23.670><c> in</c><00:17:23.950><c> the</c><00:17:24.029><c> city</c> 00:17:24.349 --> 00:17:26.869 of<00:17:24.569><c> Jerusalem</c><00:17:24.990><c> would</c><00:17:25.390><c> certainly</c><00:17:26.029><c> have</c><00:17:26.529><c> wondered</c> 00:17:26.869 --> 00:17:31.529 what<00:17:27.130><c> on</c><00:17:27.329><c> earth</c><00:17:27.490><c> was</c><00:17:27.730><c> going</c><00:17:28.029><c> on.</c><00:17:30.150><c> Again,</c><00:17:30.529><c> I</c><00:17:30.710><c> may</c><00:17:30.930><c> be</c><00:17:31.130><c> wrong</c><00:17:31.329><c> and</c> 00:17:31.529 --> 00:17:33.950 I<00:17:31.609><c> may</c><00:17:31.849><c> be</c><00:17:32.089><c> being</c><00:17:32.410><c> over</c><00:17:32.710><c> imaginative,</c><00:17:33.369><c> but</c><00:17:33.490><c> I</c><00:17:33.710><c> think</c> 00:17:33.950 --> 00:17:38.430 that<00:17:34.230><c> when</c><00:17:34.349><c> it</c><00:17:34.670><c> says,</c><00:17:36.529><c> and</c><00:17:36.529><c> the</c><00:17:36.650><c> graves</c><00:17:36.930><c> were</c><00:17:37.150><c> opened</c><00:17:37.470><c> and</c><00:17:37.630><c> many</c><00:17:37.930><c> bodies</c><00:17:38.210><c> of</c> 00:17:38.430 --> 00:17:40.609 the<00:17:38.630><c> saints</c><00:17:38.849><c> which</c><00:17:39.190><c> slept</c><00:17:39.470><c> arose,</c> 00:17:40.710 --> 00:17:43.690 in<00:17:40.890><c> order</c><00:17:41.150><c> for</c><00:17:41.390><c> the</c><00:17:41.549><c> impact</c><00:17:41.930><c> to</c><00:17:42.150><c> be</c><00:17:42.369><c> as</c><00:17:42.710><c> full</c><00:17:42.890><c> as</c><00:17:43.230><c> possible,</c> 00:17:44.190 --> 00:17:46.990 those<00:17:44.609><c> men</c><00:17:44.829><c> and</c><00:17:45.029><c> women</c><00:17:45.269><c> who</c><00:17:45.549><c> rose</c><00:17:45.829><c> from</c><00:17:46.049><c> the</c><00:17:46.269><c> dead</c><00:17:46.490><c> would</c> 00:17:46.990 --> 00:17:53.869 have<00:17:47.150><c> had</c><00:17:47.329><c> to</c><00:17:47.589><c> have</c><00:17:47.809><c> been</c><00:17:48.250><c> recognised</c><00:17:49.430><c> by</c><00:17:51.029><c> those</c><00:17:51.390><c> who</c><00:17:51.650><c> dwelt</c><00:17:51.869><c> in</c><00:17:52.109><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:17:53.009><c> There</c><00:17:53.230><c> would</c><00:17:53.490><c> in</c><00:17:53.670><c> a</c> 00:17:53.869 --> 00:17:54.369 sense<00:17:54.109><c> be</c> 00:17:54.369 --> 00:17:58.150 absolutely<00:17:54.950><c> no</c><00:17:55.369><c> point</c><00:17:55.769><c> in</c><00:17:56.150><c> raising</c><00:17:56.589><c> Abraham</c><00:17:57.170><c> because</c><00:17:57.809><c> nobody</c> 00:17:58.150 --> 00:18:00.309 knew<00:17:58.369><c> what</c><00:17:58.529><c> he</c><00:17:58.690><c> looked</c><00:17:58.869><c> like.</c><00:17:59.450><c> The</c><00:17:59.710><c> impact</c><00:18:00.029><c> would</c> 00:18:00.309 --> 00:18:09.609 not<00:18:00.529><c> have</c><00:18:00.750><c> been</c><00:18:01.190><c> as</c><00:18:01.650><c> great</c><00:18:01.869><c> as</c><00:18:01.990><c> I'm</c><00:18:02.289><c> sure</c><00:18:02.569><c> it</c><00:18:02.890><c> was.</c><00:18:05.650><c> I</c><00:18:05.789><c> mean,</c><00:18:07.710><c> how</c><00:18:07.869><c> would</c><00:18:08.490><c> we</c> 00:18:09.609 --> 00:18:13.170 feel<00:18:10.069><c> if</c><00:18:10.269><c> someone</c><00:18:10.690><c> who</c><00:18:11.750><c> we</c><00:18:12.289><c> loved</c> 00:18:13.430 --> 00:18:17.529 and<00:18:13.990><c> had</c><00:18:14.309><c> recently</c><00:18:14.890><c> fallen</c><00:18:15.250><c> asleep,</c><00:18:16.170><c> we</c><00:18:16.690><c> suddenly</c><00:18:17.049><c> saw</c><00:18:17.309><c> them</c> 00:18:17.529 --> 00:18:19.369 about<00:18:17.809><c> in</c><00:18:18.029><c> the</c><00:18:18.250><c> town?</c><00:18:18.490><c> I</c><00:18:18.549><c> mean,</c><00:18:18.849><c> my</c><00:18:19.029><c> immediate</c> 00:18:19.369 --> 00:18:22.049 reaction<00:18:19.730><c> was</c><00:18:19.990><c> the</c><00:18:20.210><c> Lord</c><00:18:20.509><c> must</c><00:18:20.769><c> have</c><00:18:20.990><c> come.</c><00:18:21.230><c> I</c><00:18:21.329><c> mean,</c><00:18:21.549><c> it</c><00:18:21.670><c> can't</c><00:18:21.849><c> be</c> 00:18:22.049 --> 00:18:24.849 any<00:18:22.210><c> other.</c><00:18:23.029><c> And</c><00:18:23.269><c> it</c><00:18:23.450><c> may</c><00:18:23.569><c> be</c><00:18:23.750><c> that</c><00:18:24.049><c> very</c><00:18:24.390><c> one</c> 00:18:24.849 --> 00:18:29.549 whom<00:18:25.230><c> we</c><00:18:25.549><c> knew</c><00:18:25.769><c> who</c><00:18:26.029><c> might</c><00:18:26.269><c> call</c><00:18:26.529><c> us</c><00:18:27.190><c> to</c><00:18:27.609><c> go</c><00:18:27.789><c> with</c><00:18:28.009><c> the</c><00:18:28.170><c> Lord.</c><00:18:29.269><c> I</c> 00:18:29.549 --> 00:18:33.569 was<00:18:29.829><c> recounting</c><00:18:30.369><c> a</c><00:18:30.730><c> story</c><00:18:31.410><c> earlier</c><00:18:32.289><c> this</c><00:18:32.569><c> morning.</c> 00:18:34.029 --> 00:18:38.789 Before<00:18:34.589><c> we</c><00:18:34.730><c> had</c><00:18:34.930><c> any</c><00:18:35.130><c> children,</c><00:18:36.410><c> my</c><00:18:36.670><c> wife</c><00:18:36.950><c> had</c><00:18:37.210><c> a</c><00:18:37.490><c> most</c><00:18:37.809><c> dramatic</c><00:18:38.309><c> dream,</c> 00:18:39.130 --> 00:18:40.990 not<00:18:39.430><c> as</c><00:18:39.670><c> dramatic</c><00:18:40.049><c> as</c><00:18:40.269><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c> 00:18:40.990 --> 00:18:47.529 and<00:18:41.569><c> certainly</c><00:18:43.470><c> not</c><00:18:43.890><c> God</c><00:18:44.150><c> given,</c><00:18:44.390><c> but</c><00:18:44.670><c> very</c><00:18:45.009><c> salutary.</c><00:18:46.930><c> We</c><00:18:47.109><c> lived</c><00:18:47.269><c> in</c> 00:18:47.529 --> 00:18:50.789 Plymouth<00:18:47.750><c> at</c><00:18:47.970><c> the</c><00:18:48.130><c> time</c><00:18:48.869><c> and</c><00:18:50.089><c> Val</c><00:18:50.269><c> was</c><00:18:50.490><c> busy</c> 00:18:50.789 --> 00:18:54.309 in<00:18:50.970><c> the</c><00:18:51.089><c> kitchen,</c><00:18:51.809><c> as</c><00:18:52.009><c> she</c><00:18:52.349><c> so</c><00:18:52.730><c> often</c><00:18:52.930><c> is,</c><00:18:53.710><c> and</c><00:18:53.829><c> she</c><00:18:54.009><c> heard</c><00:18:54.150><c> a</c> 00:18:54.309 --> 00:18:58.390 knock<00:18:54.410><c> at</c><00:18:54.569><c> the</c><00:18:54.730><c> door</c><00:18:55.329><c> and</c><00:18:56.630><c> she</c><00:18:56.849><c> opened</c><00:18:57.049><c> 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in</c><00:19:31.069><c> the</c><00:19:31.230><c> morning,</c><00:19:31.529><c> it</c> 00:19:31.589 --> 00:19:34.509 was<00:19:31.690><c> about</c><00:19:31.930><c> three</c><00:19:32.250><c> o</c><00:19:32.390><c>'clock</c><00:19:32.470><c> in</c><00:19:32.630><c> the</c><00:19:32.769><c> morning.</c><00:19:33.970><c> I'm</c><00:19:34.369><c> not</c> 00:19:34.509 --> 00:19:38.549 too<00:19:34.769><c> good</c><00:19:34.990><c> at</c><00:19:35.170><c> that</c><00:19:35.329><c> time.</c><00:19:35.869><c> I</c><00:19:35.869><c> don't</c><00:19:36.009><c> know</c><00:19:36.150><c> about</c><00:19:36.230><c> you,</c><00:19:36.569><c> but</c><00:19:36.730><c> she</c><00:19:38.069><c> woke</c><00:19:38.349><c> me</c> 00:19:38.549 --> 00:19:40.109 up<00:19:38.690><c> and</c><00:19:38.789><c> said,</c><00:19:39.170><c> Pritch,</c><00:19:39.390><c> I've</c><00:19:39.609><c> had</c><00:19:39.730><c> the</c> 00:19:40.109 --> 00:19:43.309 most<00:19:40.569><c> frightening</c><00:19:40.970><c> dream.</c><00:19:41.410><c> And</c><00:19:41.609><c> it</c><00:19:41.849><c> left</c><00:19:42.069><c> her</c><00:19:42.329><c> with</c><00:19:42.509><c> the</c><00:19:42.730><c> most</c> 00:19:43.309 --> 00:19:47.549 sinking<00:19:43.769><c> feeling</c><00:19:44.349><c> that</c><00:19:46.390><c> the</c><00:19:46.650><c> Lord</c><00:19:46.869><c> had</c><00:19:47.150><c> come.</c><00:19:47.430><c> And</c> 00:19:47.549 --> 00:19:52.869 by<00:19:47.890><c> some</c><00:19:48.130><c> means</c><00:19:48.309><c> she'd</c><00:19:48.589><c> been</c><00:19:48.829><c> called</c><00:19:49.450><c> and</c><00:19:50.130><c> she'd</c><00:19:50.509><c> not</c><00:19:50.690><c> responded,</c><00:19:52.049><c> snap,</c> 00:19:54.150 --> 00:19:56.269 just<00:19:54.690><c> like</c><00:19:54.930><c> that.</c><00:19:55.529><c> She</c><00:19:55.710><c> said,</c><00:19:55.890><c> well,</c> 00:19:56.289 --> 00:20:00.109 you<00:19:56.549><c> know,</c><00:19:56.809><c> take</c><00:19:56.930><c> me</c><00:19:57.089><c> apron</c><00:19:57.269><c> off</c><00:19:57.490><c> and</c><00:19:58.509><c> he'd</c><00:19:59.069><c> gone.</c><00:19:59.630><c> And</c><00:19:59.829><c> she</c> 00:20:00.109 --> 00:20:03.509 felt<00:20:00.549><c> empty</c><00:20:01.230><c> because</c><00:20:01.789><c> her</c><00:20:02.509><c> opportunity</c><00:20:03.109><c> had</c><00:20:03.289><c> been</c> 00:20:03.509 --> 00:20:09.470 missed.<00:20:03.910><c> That</c><00:20:04.089><c> was</c><00:20:04.890><c> the</c><00:20:04.990><c> impact</c><00:20:05.450><c> of</c><00:20:05.630><c> the</c><00:20:05.829><c> dream</c><00:20:06.009><c> upon</c><00:20:06.309><c> her.</c><00:20:06.950><c> Now</c><00:20:07.269><c> that's,</c><00:20:07.809><c> what,</c><00:20:09.029><c> 35</c> 00:20:09.470 --> 00:20:12.109 years<00:20:09.869><c> ago</c><00:20:10.250><c> and</c><00:20:11.349><c> we</c><00:20:11.769><c> both</c> 00:20:12.109 --> 00:20:17.069 remember<00:20:12.569><c> it</c><00:20:12.849><c> well.</c><00:20:15.329><c> And</c><00:20:15.529><c> I</c><00:20:15.769><c> wonder,</c><00:20:16.470><c> brethren</c><00:20:16.470><c> and</c><00:20:16.690><c> sisters,</c> 00:20:17.410 --> 00:20:20.069 what<00:20:17.670><c> the</c><00:20:17.910><c> people</c><00:20:18.190><c> in</c><00:20:18.450><c> Jerusalem</c><00:20:18.990><c> thought.</c> 00:20:22.450 --> 00:20:27.849 I<00:20:22.849><c> wonder</c><00:20:23.029><c> what</c><00:20:23.269><c> the</c><00:20:23.589><c> Pharisees</c><00:20:24.210><c> thought,</c><00:20:25.970><c> the</c><00:20:26.329><c> Sadducees,</c> 00:20:28.549 --> 00:20:32.029 those<00:20:29.190><c> who</c><00:20:29.509><c> had</c><00:20:29.849><c> engineered</c><00:20:30.450><c> the</c><00:20:30.750><c> death</c><00:20:31.009><c> of</c><00:20:31.250><c> the</c><00:20:31.390><c> Lord</c><00:20:31.589><c> Jesus</c> 00:20:32.029 --> 00:20:35.150 Christ.<00:20:32.690><c> Well,</c><00:20:33.750><c> we</c><00:20:34.029><c> get</c><00:20:34.190><c> a</c><00:20:34.289><c> 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Peter's</c><00:20:52.069><c> been</c><00:20:52.349><c> imprisoned.</c> 00:20:52.890 --> 00:20:57.630 Peter's<00:20:53.710><c> been</c><00:20:53.930><c> released.</c><00:20:55.250><c> Stephen</c><00:20:55.470><c> has</c><00:20:55.730><c> been</c><00:20:56.009><c> captured.</c><00:20:57.390><c> But</c> 00:20:57.630 --> 00:21:01.150 then<00:20:58.130><c> when</c><00:20:58.710><c> we</c><00:20:58.849><c> get</c><00:20:59.009><c> as</c><00:20:59.269><c> far</c><00:20:59.450><c> as</c><00:20:59.690><c> Acts</c><00:20:59.970><c> chapter</c><00:21:00.349><c> six</c> 00:21:01.349 --> 00:21:07.809 and<00:21:01.950><c> verse</c><00:21:02.210><c> seven,</c><00:21:02.569><c> we</c><00:21:02.730><c> read</c><00:21:02.970><c> this.</c><00:21:04.910><c> And</c><00:21:05.069><c> the</c><00:21:05.210><c> word</c><00:21:05.470><c> of</c><00:21:05.589><c> God</c><00:21:05.809><c> increased</c><00:21:06.569><c> and</c><00:21:07.230><c> the</c><00:21:07.390><c> number</c><00:21:07.589><c> of</c> 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John.</c><00:26:11.670><c> Have</c><00:26:11.829><c> you</c><00:26:11.990><c> had</c><00:26:12.170><c> anything</c> 00:26:12.509 --> 00:26:20.430 to<00:26:12.730><c> do</c><00:26:12.769><c> with</c><00:26:12.970><c> it?</c><00:26:15.309><c> Well,</c><00:26:16.109><c> in</c><00:26:16.210><c> Mark</c><00:26:16.549><c> chapter</c><00:26:16.930><c> 16,</c><00:26:18.950><c> we</c><00:26:19.069><c> read</c><00:26:19.289><c> as</c><00:26:19.529><c> follows.</c> 00:26:22.730 --> 00:26:27.349 And<00:26:22.869><c> entering</c><00:26:23.130><c> into</c><00:26:23.569><c> the</c><00:26:23.769><c> sepulchre,</c><00:26:25.269><c> they</c><00:26:25.470><c> saw</c><00:26:25.869><c> a</c><00:26:26.170><c> young</c><00:26:26.390><c> man</c> 00:26:27.349 --> 00:26:29.809 sitting<00:26:27.869><c> on</c><00:26:28.150><c> the</c><00:26:28.289><c> right</c><00:26:28.650><c> side,</c> 00:26:29.910 --> 00:26:35.670 clothed<00:26:30.210><c> in</c><00:26:30.369><c> a</c><00:26:30.609><c> long</c><00:26:31.009><c> white</c><00:26:31.430><c> garment,</c><00:26:32.750><c> and</c><00:26:33.089><c> they</c><00:26:33.349><c> were</c><00:26:33.569><c> affrighted.</c><00:26:34.970><c> And</c><00:26:35.430><c> he</c> 00:26:35.670 --> 00:26:36.690 said<00:26:35.829><c> unto</c><00:26:36.029><c> them,</c> 00:26:36.690 --> 00:26:40.750 and<00:26:37.230><c> this</c><00:26:37.410><c> is</c><00:26:37.609><c> when</c><00:26:37.750><c> the</c><00:26:37.970><c> other</c><00:26:38.109><c> women</c><00:26:38.369><c> have</c><00:26:38.609><c> arrived,</c><00:26:39.009><c> I</c><00:26:39.250><c> believe.</c><00:26:40.710><c> Be</c> 00:26:40.750 --> 00:26:43.769 not<00:26:40.990><c> affrighted.</c><00:26:42.670><c> You</c><00:26:42.869><c> seek</c><00:26:43.029><c> Jesus</c><00:26:43.509><c> of</c> 00:26:43.769 --> 00:26:49.450 Nazareth,<00:26:44.890><c> which</c><00:26:45.170><c> was</c><00:26:45.589><c> crucified.</c><00:26:46.690><c> He</c><00:26:47.210><c> is</c><00:26:47.750><c> risen.</c><00:26:48.390><c> He</c><00:26:48.750><c> is</c><00:26:49.150><c> not</c> 00:26:49.450 --> 00:26:54.890 here.<00:26:50.609><c> Behold</c><00:26:51.289><c> the</c><00:26:51.829><c> place</c><00:26:52.589><c> where</c><00:26:53.390><c> they</c><00:26:53.630><c> laid</c><00:26:53.829><c> him.</c> 00:26:55.210 --> 00:27:00.750 He's<00:26:55.609><c> gone.</c><00:26:57.150><c> He's</c><00:26:57.589><c> no</c><00:26:57.769><c> longer</c><00:26:58.009><c> here.</c><00:26:59.089><c> And</c><00:26:59.349><c> the</c><00:26:59.490><c> women</c><00:26:59.710><c> were</c><00:27:00.049><c> charged</c><00:27:00.369><c> with</c><00:27:00.569><c> a</c> 00:27:00.750 --> 00:27:02.369 message.<00:27:01.750><c> And</c><00:27:01.990><c> of</c><00:27:02.170><c> course,</c> 00:27:02.369 --> 00:27:07.990 there<00:27:02.490><c> is</c><00:27:02.710><c> that</c><00:27:03.250><c> lovely</c><00:27:03.589><c> touch</c><00:27:03.990><c> that</c><00:27:04.549><c> the</c><00:27:05.210><c> message</c><00:27:05.589><c> was</c><00:27:05.869><c> to</c><00:27:06.190><c> include</c><00:27:06.750><c> Peter,</c><00:27:07.849><c> as</c> 00:27:07.990 --> 00:27:10.529 is<00:27:08.230><c> mentioned</c><00:27:08.589><c> in</c><00:27:08.789><c> verse</c><00:27:09.450><c> 7.</c> 00:27:11.230 --> 00:27:13.910 But<00:27:11.410><c> of</c><00:27:11.529><c> course,</c><00:27:11.930><c> Mary</c><00:27:12.009><c> Magdalene</c><00:27:12.509><c> had</c><00:27:12.730><c> already</c><00:27:13.190><c> found</c><00:27:13.549><c> Peter</c> 00:27:13.910 --> 00:27:16.190 and<00:27:14.150><c> John.</c><00:27:14.609><c> I</c><00:27:14.789><c> think</c><00:27:15.009><c> she'd</c><00:27:15.250><c> gone</c><00:27:15.470><c> to</c><00:27:15.670><c> the</c><00:27:15.869><c> tomb,</c> 00:27:16.569 --> 00:27:20.130 seen<00:27:16.750><c> it</c><00:27:17.009><c> empty,</c><00:27:17.670><c> come</c><00:27:17.930><c> back,</c><00:27:18.549><c> met</c><00:27:18.769><c> Peter</c><00:27:19.150><c> and</c><00:27:19.369><c> John,</c><00:27:19.849><c> then</c> 00:27:20.130 --> 00:27:21.869 the<00:27:20.329><c> other</c><00:27:20.529><c> women</c><00:27:20.769><c> joined</c><00:27:21.130><c> her.</c> 00:27:22.069 --> 00:27:24.369 And<00:27:22.309><c> they</c><00:27:22.410><c> were</c><00:27:22.589><c> on</c><00:27:22.809><c> their</c><00:27:22.990><c> way</c><00:27:23.150><c> to</c><00:27:23.369><c> the</c><00:27:23.509><c> sepulchre</c><00:27:23.910><c> then.</c><00:27:24.210><c> And</c> 00:27:24.369 --> 00:27:26.269 by<00:27:24.630><c> the</c><00:27:24.789><c> time</c><00:27:24.970><c> they'd</c><00:27:25.329><c> arrived,</c><00:27:25.650><c> the</c><00:27:25.829><c> angels</c><00:27:26.029><c> had</c> 00:27:26.269 --> 00:27:32.130 gone.<00:27:27.150><c> Or</c><00:27:27.289><c> the</c><00:27:27.529><c> angels</c><00:27:28.029><c> had</c><00:27:28.809><c> gone.</c><00:27:29.890><c> Peter</c><00:27:30.130><c> went</c><00:27:30.369><c> in</c><00:27:30.730><c> first</c><00:27:31.170><c> and</c> 00:27:32.130 --> 00:27:34.769 saw<00:27:32.430><c> the</c><00:27:32.690><c> grave</c><00:27:32.930><c> clothes</c><00:27:33.309><c> lying</c><00:27:33.730><c> and</c><00:27:34.069><c> the</c><00:27:34.309><c> napkin</c> 00:27:34.769 --> 00:27:40.430 separately.<00:27:35.869><c> You</c><00:27:36.049><c> see,</c><00:27:36.670><c> Joseph</c><00:27:37.049><c> of</c><00:27:37.309><c> Arimathea</c><00:27:38.009><c> and</c><00:27:38.950><c> Nicodemus,</c><00:27:40.109><c> because</c> 00:27:40.430 --> 00:27:41.990 they<00:27:40.609><c> were</c><00:27:40.910><c> so</c><00:27:41.250><c> short</c><00:27:41.450><c> of</c><00:27:41.730><c> time,</c> 00:27:42.309 --> 00:27:49.210 desperately<00:27:42.589><c> short</c><00:27:42.950><c> of</c><00:27:43.170><c> time,</c><00:27:43.730><c> they</c><00:27:43.930><c> had</c><00:27:43.990><c> not</c><00:27:44.190><c> had</c><00:27:44.410><c> time</c><00:27:44.730><c> to</c><00:27:44.990><c> embalm</c><00:27:45.329><c> the</c><00:27:45.490><c> head.</c><00:27:46.069><c> And</c><00:27:46.309><c> that</c><00:27:46.569><c> is</c><00:27:47.250><c> why</c><00:27:48.549><c> I</c><00:27:48.930><c> see</c> 00:27:49.210 --> 00:27:53.349 the<00:27:49.710><c> napkin</c><00:27:50.269><c> laid</c><00:27:50.609><c> in</c><00:27:50.829><c> a</c><00:27:50.970><c> place</c><00:27:51.210><c> by</c><00:27:51.470><c> itself.</c><00:27:52.769><c> They'd</c><00:27:53.009><c> not</c><00:27:53.150><c> had</c> 00:27:53.349 --> 00:27:55.950 time<00:27:53.609><c> to</c><00:27:53.789><c> do</c><00:27:53.970><c> that.</c><00:27:54.430><c> They</c><00:27:54.670><c> were</c><00:27:54.890><c> so</c><00:27:55.109><c> rushed.</c> 00:27:58.210 --> 00:28:01.829 So<00:27:58.829><c> it</c><00:27:58.970><c> was</c><00:27:59.250><c> like,</c><00:27:59.690><c> that's</c><00:28:00.710><c> of</c><00:28:00.809><c> course,</c><00:28:01.029><c> we're</c><00:28:01.269><c> told</c><00:28:01.410><c> that</c><00:28:01.630><c> in</c> 00:28:01.829 --> 00:28:04.059 John<00:28:02.069><c> chapter</c><00:28:02.369><c> 20</c><00:28:02.730><c> and</c><00:28:02.849><c> at</c><00:28:03.009><c> verse</c><00:28:03.250><c> 7.</c> 00:28:07.329 --> 00:28:14.990 So<00:28:07.950><c> Mary</c><00:28:08.569><c> is</c><00:28:09.150><c> quite</c><00:28:09.930><c> distraught.</c><00:28:11.910><c> She</c><00:28:12.230><c> wants</c><00:28:12.569><c> to</c><00:28:12.890><c> know.</c><00:28:14.609><c> And</c> 00:28:14.990 --> 00:28:17.450 in<00:28:15.309><c> the</c><00:28:15.710><c> early</c><00:28:16.049><c> morning</c><00:28:16.410><c> light,</c><00:28:16.769><c> because</c><00:28:17.049><c> she</c><00:28:17.289><c> went</c> 00:28:17.450 --> 00:28:23.569 initially<00:28:17.849><c> while</c><00:28:18.250><c> it</c><00:28:18.430><c> was</c><00:28:18.650><c> still</c><00:28:18.930><c> dark,</c><00:28:20.549><c> she</c><00:28:20.869><c> wandered</c><00:28:21.250><c> off</c><00:28:21.450><c> in</c><00:28:21.630><c> the</c><00:28:21.849><c> half</c><00:28:22.109><c> light,</c><00:28:23.089><c> as</c><00:28:23.309><c> I</c> 00:28:23.569 --> 00:28:25.690 say,<00:28:23.869><c> totally</c><00:28:24.349><c> distraught,</c> 00:28:25.890 --> 00:28:34.029 not<00:28:26.250><c> knowing</c><00:28:26.769><c> what</c><00:28:27.710><c> to</c><00:28:27.950><c> do.</c><00:28:30.890><c> Peter</c><00:28:31.150><c> and</c><00:28:31.390><c> John</c><00:28:31.769><c> had</c><00:28:32.569><c> returned</c><00:28:32.970><c> home.</c> 00:28:35.549 --> 00:28:39.269 The<00:28:35.750><c> eighth</c><00:28:36.009><c> verse</c><00:28:36.349><c> of</c><00:28:36.509><c> John</c><00:28:36.750><c> chapter</c><00:28:37.089><c> 20</c><00:28:37.450><c> does</c><00:28:37.789><c> tell</c><00:28:37.970><c> us</c><00:28:38.450><c> that</c> 00:28:39.269 --> 00:28:41.630 Peter,<00:28:40.089><c> that</c><00:28:40.329><c> John</c><00:28:40.569><c> believed,</c> 00:28:42.490 --> 00:28:46.650 but<00:28:42.990><c> they</c><00:28:43.210><c> did</c><00:28:43.450><c> not</c><00:28:43.750><c> yet</c><00:28:44.130><c> recall</c><00:28:44.910><c> the</c><00:28:45.250><c> scriptures</c><00:28:45.730><c> that</c><00:28:46.309><c> told</c> 00:28:46.650 --> 00:28:49.650 them<00:28:46.930><c> of</c><00:28:47.130><c> all</c><00:28:47.390><c> these</c><00:28:47.690><c> things.</c><00:28:48.849><c> That's</c><00:28:49.250><c> in</c><00:28:49.430><c> verse</c> 00:28:49.650 --> 00:28:54.130 9<00:28:50.089><c> of</c><00:28:50.390><c> John</c><00:28:50.750><c> 20.</c><00:28:52.589><c> They</c><00:28:52.750><c> might</c><00:28:52.990><c> have</c><00:28:53.130><c> known</c><00:28:53.410><c> such</c><00:28:53.710><c> passages,</c> 00:28:54.250 --> 00:28:56.789 but<00:28:54.390><c> the</c><00:28:54.670><c> full</c><00:28:54.829><c> impact</c><00:28:55.289><c> had</c><00:28:55.470><c> not</c><00:28:55.750><c> yet</c><00:28:55.990><c> struck</c> 00:28:56.829 --> 00:29:04.250 either<00:28:57.410><c> of</c><00:28:57.650><c> them.</c><00:28:59.730><c> Well,</c><00:29:01.289><c> it's</c><00:29:01.789><c> Luke</c><00:29:02.089><c> now</c><00:29:02.549><c> who</c><00:29:02.930><c> tells</c><00:29:03.230><c> us</c><00:29:03.869><c> what</c> 00:29:04.250 --> 00:29:09.250 happens.<00:29:05.369><c> Luke</c><00:29:05.710><c> chapter</c><00:29:06.049><c> 24</c><00:29:06.849><c> and</c><00:29:07.349><c> going</c><00:29:07.529><c> in</c><00:29:07.710><c> at</c><00:29:07.869><c> verse</c><00:29:08.109><c> 9.</c> 00:29:10.750 --> 00:29:13.329 The<00:29:10.869><c> mother</c><00:29:11.130><c> of</c><00:29:11.349><c> James</c><00:29:11.809><c> and</c><00:29:12.390><c> the</c><00:29:12.589><c> other</c><00:29:12.730><c> women</c><00:29:13.009><c> that</c><00:29:13.210><c> were</c> 00:29:13.329 --> 00:29:15.609 with<00:29:13.569><c> them,</c><00:29:14.109><c> which</c><00:29:14.369><c> told</c><00:29:14.609><c> these</c><00:29:14.950><c> things</c><00:29:15.369><c> unto</c> 00:29:15.609 --> 00:29:18.750 the<00:29:15.710><c> apostles,</c><00:29:16.490><c> and</c><00:29:16.569><c> their</c><00:29:16.910><c> words</c><00:29:17.269><c> seemed</c><00:29:17.650><c> to</c><00:29:17.750><c> them</c><00:29:17.970><c> as</c><00:29:18.390><c> idle</c> 00:29:18.750 --> 00:29:22.650 tales,<00:29:19.349><c> and</c><00:29:20.170><c> they</c><00:29:20.470><c> believed</c><00:29:20.809><c> them</c><00:29:21.549><c> not.</c> 00:29:24.329 --> 00:29:30.089 Yes,<00:29:26.150><c> these</c><00:29:26.450><c> poor</c><00:29:26.730><c> women</c><00:29:27.250><c> were</c><00:29:27.809><c> very</c><00:29:28.150><c> upset</c><00:29:28.750><c> and</c><00:29:29.650><c> they</c><00:29:29.829><c> didn't</c> 00:29:30.089 --> 00:29:32.319 know<00:29:30.750><c> what</c><00:29:31.210><c> to</c><00:29:31.470><c> do.</c> 00:29:33.589 --> 00:29:36.490 Back<00:29:33.910><c> in</c><00:29:34.049><c> the</c><00:29:34.190><c> gospel</c><00:29:34.490><c> of</c><00:29:34.670><c> John,</c><00:29:35.109><c> we</c><00:29:35.130><c> read,</c><00:29:35.470><c> but</c><00:29:35.589><c> Mary</c><00:29:35.990><c> 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00:37:36.889 --> 00:37:40.070 God<00:37:37.730><c> and</c><00:37:38.429><c> your</c><00:37:38.909><c> God.</c> 00:37:42.449 --> 00:37:50.809 It's<00:37:43.230><c> that</c><00:37:43.570><c> verse</c><00:37:44.130><c> which,</c><00:37:45.510><c> with</c><00:37:45.789><c> proper</c><00:37:46.130><c> respect,</c><00:37:46.989><c> I</c><00:37:47.329><c> use</c><00:37:47.989><c> when</c><00:37:48.730><c> speaking</c><00:37:49.190><c> to</c><00:37:49.449><c> Trinitarians.</c> 00:37:51.289 --> 00:37:55.550 They<00:37:51.530><c> are</c><00:37:51.829><c> in</c><00:37:52.070><c> serious</c><00:37:52.530><c> trouble</c><00:37:52.909><c> over</c><00:37:53.210><c> that</c><00:37:53.530><c> verse</c><00:37:54.170><c> because</c> 00:37:55.550 --> 00:37:58.809 it<00:37:55.849><c> is</c><00:37:56.110><c> the</c><00:37:56.250><c> Lord</c><00:37:56.469><c> Jesus</c><00:37:56.949><c> Christ</c><00:37:57.429><c> himself</c> 00:37:59.369 --> 00:38:06.409 who<00:37:59.989><c> addresses</c><00:38:00.610><c> 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that</c><00:38:19.070><c> because</c><00:38:19.489><c> our</c><00:38:19.829><c> Lord</c><00:38:20.550><c> died</c><00:38:22.230><c> and</c> 00:38:23.829 --> 00:38:27.969 rose<00:38:24.250><c> again,</c><00:38:24.909><c> the</c><00:38:25.309><c> tomb</c><00:38:25.889><c> is</c><00:38:26.829><c> empty.</c> 00:38:28.690 --> 00:38:33.329 Professor<00:38:29.230><c> Kerslop</c><00:38:29.989><c> Lake</c><00:38:30.389><c> or</c><00:38:31.150><c> any</c><00:38:31.429><c> other</c><00:38:31.710><c> professor</c><00:38:32.210><c> or</c><00:38:32.570><c> doctor</c><00:38:33.010><c> or</c> 00:38:33.329 --> 00:38:34.829 whatever<00:38:33.670><c> you'd</c><00:38:34.030><c> like</c><00:38:34.130><c> to</c><00:38:34.389><c> call</c><00:38:34.590><c> him,</c> 00:38:34.889 --> 00:38:41.849 they<00:38:35.150><c> can</c><00:38:35.409><c> say</c><00:38:35.670><c> what</c><00:38:35.909><c> they</c><00:38:36.269><c> like.</c><00:38:37.610><c> The</c><00:38:37.949><c> tomb</c><00:38:38.670><c> was</c><00:38:39.429><c> empty.</c><00:38:41.349><c> The</c> 00:38:41.849 --> 00:38:45.130 Lord<00:38:42.690><c> came</c><00:38:43.329><c> from</c><00:38:43.670><c> that</c><00:38:44.050><c> tomb</c> 00:38:45.349 --> 00:38:54.530 and<00:38:46.010><c> is</c><00:38:46.929><c> alive</c><00:38:48.030><c> forevermore.</c><00:38:50.769><c> How</c><00:38:51.489><c> does</c><00:38:51.730><c> the</c><00:38:51.949><c> apostle</c><00:38:52.429><c> express</c><00:38:53.409><c> it</c><00:38:54.110><c> in</c> 00:38:54.530 --> 00:38:59.329 those<00:38:55.849><c> gloriously</c><00:38:57.110><c> exultant</c><00:38:58.250><c> words?</c> 00:38:59.769 --> 00:39:05.030 But<00:39:00.050><c> now</c><00:39:00.610><c> is</c><00:39:01.070><c> Christ</c><00:39:01.510><c> risen</c><00:39:02.170><c> from</c><00:39:02.670><c> the</c><00:39:02.889><c> dead</c><00:39:03.369><c> and</c><00:39:04.309><c> become</c><00:39:04.690><c> the</c> 00:39:05.030 --> 00:39:07.170 firstfruits<00:39:05.570><c> of</c><00:39:05.809><c> them</c><00:39:06.010><c> that</c><00:39:06.349><c> slept.</c> 00:39:07.309 --> 00:39:11.889 For<00:39:07.489><c> since</c><00:39:07.929><c> by</c><00:39:08.230><c> man</c><00:39:08.489><c> came</c><00:39:08.849><c> death,</c><00:39:09.510><c> by</c><00:39:09.789><c> man</c><00:39:10.090><c> came</c><00:39:10.329><c> also</c><00:39:10.769><c> the</c><00:39:11.030><c> resurrection</c><00:39:11.590><c> of</c> 00:39:11.889 --> 00:39:14.409 the<00:39:12.090><c> dead.</c><00:39:12.750><c> For</c><00:39:13.030><c> as</c><00:39:13.289><c> in</c><00:39:13.469><c> Adam</c><00:39:13.690><c> all</c><00:39:13.989><c> die,</c> 00:39:14.409 --> 00:39:18.989 even<00:39:15.090><c> so</c><00:39:15.469><c> in</c><00:39:15.789><c> Christ</c><00:39:16.329><c> shall</c><00:39:16.809><c> all</c><00:39:17.289><c> be</c><00:39:17.510><c> made</c><00:39:17.730><c> alive.</c><00:39:18.449><c> But</c><00:39:18.630><c> every</c> 00:39:18.989 --> 00:39:23.090 man<00:39:19.269><c> in</c><00:39:19.469><c> his</c><00:39:19.750><c> own</c><00:39:19.989><c> order,</c><00:39:20.690><c> Christ</c><00:39:21.269><c> the</c><00:39:21.909><c> firstfruits,</c> 00:39:23.170 --> 00:39:27.070 afterward<00:39:23.750><c> they</c><00:39:24.530><c> that</c><00:39:24.789><c> are</c><00:39:25.090><c> Christ's</c><00:39:26.150><c> at</c><00:39:26.289><c> his</c><00:39:26.570><c> coming.</c><00:39:26.809><c> There</c> 00:39:27.070 --> 00:39:31.090 will<00:39:27.309><c> be</c><00:39:27.530><c> that</c><00:39:28.230><c> great</c><00:39:28.929><c> harvest</c><00:39:29.550><c> of</c><00:39:29.829><c> the</c><00:39:30.130><c> dead,</c> 00:39:31.250 --> 00:39:37.449 those<00:39:31.650><c> who</c><00:39:32.050><c> are</c><00:39:32.449><c> buried</c><00:39:33.150><c> in,</c><00:39:33.849><c> as</c><00:39:34.170><c> the</c><00:39:34.909><c> apostle</c><00:39:35.210><c> John</c><00:39:35.550><c> says,</c><00:39:36.409><c> and</c><00:39:36.489><c> I</c> 00:39:37.449 --> 00:39:39.969 feel<00:39:37.670><c> I</c><00:39:38.030><c> must</c><00:39:38.289><c> turn</c><00:39:38.570><c> to</c><00:39:38.750><c> that</c><00:39:38.949><c> verse</c><00:39:39.230><c> in</c><00:39:39.429><c> John</c> 00:39:39.969 --> 00:39:44.409 chapter<00:39:40.409><c> 5</c><00:39:41.090><c> when</c><00:39:41.449><c> he</c><00:39:41.670><c> says,</c><00:39:42.630><c> Marvel</c><00:39:42.730><c> not</c><00:39:43.110><c> at</c><00:39:43.369><c> this,</c><00:39:44.050><c> for</c><00:39:44.150><c> the</c> 00:39:44.409 --> 00:39:46.750 hour<00:39:44.570><c> is</c><00:39:44.809><c> coming</c><00:39:45.010><c> in</c><00:39:45.230><c> which</c><00:39:45.429><c> all</c><00:39:45.849><c> that</c><00:39:46.050><c> are</c><00:39:46.170><c> in</c><00:39:46.349><c> the</c> 00:39:46.750 --> 00:39:51.469 graves,<00:39:47.489><c> and</c><00:39:47.690><c> that</c><00:39:47.909><c> word</c><00:39:48.110><c> means</c><00:39:48.489><c> remembered</c><00:39:49.250><c> places,</c><00:39:51.250><c> shall</c> 00:39:51.469 --> 00:39:53.849 hear<00:39:51.869><c> his</c><00:39:52.230><c> voice</c><00:39:52.550><c> and</c><00:39:52.849><c> shall</c><00:39:53.070><c> come</c><00:39:53.429><c> forth,</c> 00:39:54.309 --> 00:40:00.309 they<00:39:54.469><c> that</c><00:39:54.630><c> have</c><00:39:54.769><c> done</c><00:39:55.050><c> good</c><00:39:55.449><c> unto</c><00:39:55.730><c> the</c><00:39:55.929><c> resurrection</c><00:39:56.349><c> of</c><00:39:56.610><c> life,</c><00:39:57.349><c> they</c><00:39:57.610><c> that</c><00:39:57.809><c> have</c><00:39:58.010><c> done</c><00:39:58.230><c> evil,</c><00:39:59.010><c> that</c><00:39:59.170><c> is</c><00:39:59.610><c> practiced</c> 00:40:00.309 --> 00:40:05.849 evil<00:40:00.889><c> unto</c><00:40:01.710><c> the</c><00:40:01.949><c> resurrection</c><00:40:02.590><c> of</c><00:40:03.309><c> damnation.</c><00:40:05.510><c> Brethren</c><00:40:05.670><c> and</c> 00:40:05.849 --> 00:40:08.750 sisters,<00:40:07.070><c> how</c><00:40:07.429><c> grateful</c><00:40:07.849><c> we</c><00:40:08.110><c> should</c><00:40:08.289><c> be</c> 00:40:09.190 --> 00:40:15.809 to<00:40:09.929><c> our</c><00:40:10.070><c> Heavenly</c><00:40:10.469><c> Father</c><00:40:11.190><c> that</c><00:40:12.710><c> we</c><00:40:12.929><c> have</c><00:40:13.090><c> been</c><00:40:13.489><c> called</c><00:40:13.929><c> to</c><00:40:14.690><c> share</c><00:40:15.110><c> in</c> 00:40:15.809 --> 00:40:17.150 that<00:40:16.030><c> resurrection</c> 00:40:17.510 --> 00:40:24.269 and<00:40:17.969><c> to</c><00:40:18.250><c> stand</c><00:40:18.710><c> before</c><00:40:19.610><c> the</c><00:40:19.789><c> Son</c><00:40:20.010><c> of</c><00:40:20.210><c> Man,</c><00:40:21.650><c> our</c><00:40:21.869><c> glorious</c><00:40:22.329><c> King,</c><00:40:24.150><c> the</c> 00:40:24.269 --> 00:40:26.110 Lord<00:40:24.449><c> Jesus</c><00:40:24.869><c> Christ.</c> 00:40:27.130 --> 00:40:29.389 Thank<00:40:27.610><c> you</c><00:40:27.710><c> for</c><00:40:27.829><c> listening.</c> 00:40:39.409 --> 00:40:43.110 We<00:40:39.449><c> have</c><00:40:39.730><c> about</c><00:40:39.989><c> 20</c><00:40:40.369><c> minutes</c><00:40:40.809><c> to</c><00:40:41.889><c> take</c><00:40:42.389><c> care</c><00:40:42.590><c> of</c><00:40:42.769><c> ourselves</c> 00:40:43.110 --> 00:40:46.690 and<00:40:43.449><c> be</c><00:40:43.690><c> back</c><00:40:43.869><c> in</c><00:40:44.010><c> our</c><00:40:44.170><c> seats</c><00:40:44.309><c> to</c><00:40:44.550><c> begin</c><00:40:44.730><c> at</c><00:40:44.889><c> 10</c><00:40:45.090><c> o</c><00:40:45.230><c>'clock.</c><00:40:45.690><c> Thank</c><00:40:45.929><c> you.</c> 00:40:58.349 --> 00:41:00.269 Thank<00:40:59.750><c> you.</c>