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words<00:17:30.180><c> that</c><00:17:30.460><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:30.880><c> wrote</c><00:17:31.140><c> were</c><00:17:31.400><c> of</c><00:17:31.660><c> God.</c>

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Yeah?<00:17:35.200><c> Hang</c><00:17:35.400><c> on</c><00:17:35.579><c> to</c><00:17:35.740><c> that</c><00:17:35.920><c> because</c><00:17:36.380><c> it</c><00:17:37.400><c> gets</c><00:17:37.740><c> a</c><00:17:37.880><c> bit</c><00:17:38.140><c> trickier.</c>

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Brother<00:17:40.759><c> Thomas</c><00:17:41.160><c> wrote</c><00:17:41.400><c> in</c><00:17:41.579><c> 1858</c><00:17:42.319><c> in</c><00:17:42.539><c> the</c><00:17:42.660><c> Herald</c><00:17:42.799><c> of</c><00:17:42.940><c> the</c><00:17:43.019><c> King</c><00:17:43.140><c> of</c>

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that<00:17:44.960><c> the</c><00:17:45.339><c> denial</c><00:17:45.680><c> of</c><00:17:45.980><c> verbal</c><00:17:46.160><c> inspiration</c><00:17:46.839><c> may</c><00:17:47.140><c> facilitate</c>

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the<00:17:47.960><c> rationalist</c><00:17:48.400><c> in</c><00:17:49.259><c> evading</c><00:17:49.980><c> all</c><00:17:50.839><c> that</c><00:17:51.140><c> he</c><00:17:51.380><c> is</c><00:17:51.559><c> not</c><00:17:51.779><c> inclined</c><00:17:52.079><c> to</c><00:17:52.380><c> believe.</c>

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And<00:17:53.480><c> may</c><00:17:53.799><c> free</c><00:17:54.099><c> him</c><00:17:54.579><c> from</c><00:17:55.140><c> certain</c><00:17:55.539><c> trammels</c><00:17:56.099><c> which</c><00:17:56.440><c> are</c><00:17:56.599><c> felt</c>

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to<00:17:56.900><c> be</c><00:17:57.039><c> irksome</c><00:17:57.339><c> and</c><00:17:57.519><c> oppressive.</c>

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But<00:17:59.039><c> found</c><00:17:59.380><c> it</c><00:17:59.640><c> as</c><00:17:59.819><c> it</c><00:18:00.000><c> is</c><00:18:00.140><c> on</c><00:18:00.299><c> the</c><00:18:00.480><c> assumption</c><00:18:00.839><c> of</c><00:18:01.299><c> inaccuracy</c>

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in<00:18:02.420><c> word</c><00:18:02.759><c> and</c><00:18:03.180><c> opinion,</c>

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it<00:18:04.519><c> can</c><00:18:04.799><c> only</c><00:18:05.079><c> lead</c><00:18:05.339><c> to</c><00:18:05.559><c> an</c><00:18:05.819><c> utter</c><00:18:06.079><c> denial</c><00:18:06.599><c> of</c><00:18:07.000><c> the</c><00:18:07.220><c> whole</c><00:18:07.599><c> book</c><00:18:08.079><c> itself.</c>

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So<00:18:09.799><c> from</c><00:18:09.980><c> the</c><00:18:10.079><c> very</c><00:18:10.339><c> outset,</c><00:18:10.940><c> Brother</c><00:18:11.000><c> Thomas</c><00:18:11.339><c> understood</c><00:18:11.960><c> that</c><00:18:12.240><c> the</c><00:18:12.559><c> denial</c><00:18:12.819><c> of</c>

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verbal<00:18:13.299><c> inspiration</c><00:18:14.119><c> could</c><00:18:14.859><c> only</c><00:18:15.259><c> lead</c><00:18:15.480><c> to</c><00:18:15.680><c> the</c><00:18:16.019><c> denial</c><00:18:16.400><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:16.960><c> whole</c><00:18:17.160><c> book</c><00:18:17.400><c> itself.</c>

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Just<00:18:18.799><c> say,</c><00:18:18.960><c> oh</c><00:18:19.119><c> no,</c><00:18:19.180><c> I</c><00:18:19.400><c> believe</c><00:18:19.579><c> the</c><00:18:19.779><c> Bible</c><00:18:20.039><c> is</c><00:18:20.440><c> wholly</c><00:18:20.740><c> inspired</c><00:18:21.319><c> that</c>

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the<00:18:21.839><c> ideas</c><00:18:22.500><c> that</c><00:18:23.640><c> the</c><00:18:23.880><c> prophets</c><00:18:24.200><c> were</c><00:18:24.500><c> given</c><00:18:24.740><c> were</c><00:18:24.940><c> of</c><00:18:25.160><c> God</c><00:18:25.740><c> is</c>

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not<00:18:26.940><c> enough.</c>

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It's<00:18:28.539><c> verbal</c><00:18:28.960><c> inspiration</c><00:18:29.740><c> which</c><00:18:30.359><c> is</c><00:18:30.640><c> going</c><00:18:30.779><c> to</c><00:18:30.940><c> make</c><00:18:31.059><c> all</c>

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the<00:18:31.440><c> difference.</c>

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It's<00:18:33.180><c> because</c><00:18:33.599><c> of</c><00:18:33.880><c> verbal</c><00:18:34.160><c> inspiration</c><00:18:34.740><c> we</c><00:18:34.960><c> can</c><00:18:35.160><c> do</c><00:18:35.299><c> those</c>

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word<00:18:35.799><c> studies.</c>

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Who<00:18:37.559><c> would</c><00:18:37.839><c> think</c><00:18:38.039><c> of</c><00:18:38.299><c> linking</c><00:18:38.680><c> the</c><00:18:39.079><c> words</c><00:18:39.859><c> of</c><00:18:41.720><c> a</c><00:18:44.140><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:44.660><c> prophet</c><00:18:45.740><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem<00:18:48.019><c> 700</c><00:18:49.880><c> years</c><00:18:50.400><c> BC</c>

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with<00:18:52.480><c> the</c><00:18:52.799><c> words</c><00:18:53.519><c> of</c><00:18:54.579><c> a</c><00:18:54.839><c> Greek</c><00:18:55.200><c> gentile</c><00:18:56.759><c> in</c><00:18:57.680><c> 60</c><00:18:58.740><c> AD?</c>

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Who<00:19:00.720><c> would</c><00:19:00.839><c> think</c><00:19:00.940><c> of</c><00:19:01.059><c> doing</c><00:19:01.240><c> that</c><00:19:01.519><c> and</c><00:19:01.779><c> assume</c><00:19:02.519><c> that</c><00:19:03.900><c> you</c><00:19:04.059><c> could</c><00:19:04.200><c> go</c>

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from<00:19:04.680><c> one</c><00:19:04.859><c> to</c><00:19:05.099><c> the</c><00:19:05.299><c> other</c><00:19:05.579><c> without</c><00:19:06.059><c> a</c><00:19:06.720><c> problem?</c>

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Without<00:19:09.799><c> having</c><00:19:10.160><c> to</c><00:19:10.740><c> unravel</c><00:19:11.299><c> the</c><00:19:12.980><c> cultural</c><00:19:14.460><c> milieu</c><00:19:15.660><c> of</c><00:19:16.319><c> the</c><00:19:16.539><c> writers?</c>

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We<00:19:19.119><c> do</c><00:19:19.299><c> that,</c><00:19:19.460><c> don't</c><00:19:19.660><c> we?</c><00:19:19.839><c> We</c><00:19:19.960><c> turn</c><00:19:20.119><c> up</c><00:19:20.359><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:20.539><c> and</c><00:19:20.740><c> say,</c><00:19:20.859><c> oh,</c>

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Luke's<00:19:21.539><c> referring</c><00:19:21.779><c> to</c><00:19:22.000><c> Isaiah.</c>

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And<00:19:23.940><c> we</c><00:19:24.099><c> do</c><00:19:24.279><c> that</c><00:19:24.460><c> without</c><00:19:24.799><c> saying,</c><00:19:25.460><c> oh,</c><00:19:25.640><c> that's</c><00:19:25.900><c> not</c><00:19:26.140><c> possible</c><00:19:26.559><c> without</c>

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an<00:19:27.180><c> awful</c><00:19:27.380><c> lot</c><00:19:27.640><c> of</c><00:19:28.380><c> in</c><00:19:29.059><c> between.</c>

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We<00:19:29.759><c> do</c><00:19:29.940><c> it</c><00:19:30.180><c> because</c><00:19:30.579><c> we</c><00:19:30.859><c> understand</c><00:19:31.279><c> that</c><00:19:31.480><c> the</c><00:19:31.660><c> author</c><00:19:31.880><c> is</c><00:19:32.140><c> God.</c>

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That<00:19:33.640><c> the</c><00:19:33.819><c> words</c><00:19:34.000><c> Luke</c><00:19:34.319><c> wrote</c><00:19:34.680><c> are</c><00:19:34.859><c> the</c><00:19:35.000><c> words</c><00:19:35.160><c> God</c><00:19:35.380><c> wanted</c><00:19:35.640><c> him</c><00:19:35.839><c> to</c>

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write,<00:19:36.220><c> the</c><00:19:36.380><c> words</c><00:19:36.559><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:37.000><c> wrote</c><00:19:37.240><c> are</c><00:19:37.400><c> the</c><00:19:37.539><c> words</c><00:19:37.720><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:38.119><c> wanted.</c>

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There's<00:19:38.940><c> a</c><00:19:39.099><c> greater</c><00:19:39.319><c> mind</c><00:19:39.640><c> behind</c><00:19:39.960><c> those</c><00:19:40.279><c> words</c><00:19:40.500><c> that</c><00:19:40.700><c> when</c>

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one<00:19:42.039><c> passage</c><00:19:42.420><c> refers</c><00:19:42.900><c> to</c><00:19:43.140><c> another,</c>

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it's<00:19:43.759><c> simply</c><00:19:43.859><c> that</c><00:19:44.180><c> God</c><00:19:44.559><c> is</c><00:19:45.160><c> referring</c><00:19:45.480><c> us</c><00:19:45.819><c> to</c><00:19:46.059><c> his</c><00:19:46.400><c> word</c>

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earlier<00:19:47.240><c> spoken.</c>

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If<00:19:49.480><c> we</c><00:19:49.680><c> don't</c><00:19:49.900><c> believe</c><00:19:50.160><c> in</c><00:19:50.440><c> verbal</c><00:19:50.680><c> inspiration,</c><00:19:51.799><c> there's</c><00:19:52.119><c> no</c>

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basis<00:19:52.759><c> for</c><00:19:53.000><c> us</c><00:19:53.859><c> to</c><00:19:54.319><c> do</c><00:19:54.559><c> that.</c>

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Can<00:19:57.740><c> I</c><00:19:57.859><c> move</c><00:19:58.039><c> on?</c><00:19:58.599><c> So</c><00:19:58.940><c> this</c><00:20:00.039><c> is</c><00:20:00.240><c> why</c><00:20:00.440><c> we</c><00:20:00.700><c> believe</c><00:20:01.000><c> that.</c>

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Second<00:20:01.519><c> Timothy</c><00:20:01.839><c> chapter</c><00:20:02.140><c> 3</c><00:20:02.359><c> verse</c><00:20:02.519><c> 6.</c><00:20:02.759><c> Do</c><00:20:02.839><c> you</c><00:20:02.839><c> want</c><00:20:02.960><c> to</c><00:20:03.140><c> turn</c>

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that<00:20:03.500><c> up?</c><00:20:03.839><c> Second</c><00:20:04.099><c> Timothy</c><00:20:04.500><c> chapter</c><00:20:04.740><c> 3</c><00:20:05.019><c> verse</c><00:20:05.140><c> 16.</c>

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It's<00:20:05.799><c> very,</c><00:20:06.099><c> very</c><00:20:06.460><c> well</c><00:20:06.660><c> known.</c><00:20:07.079><c> You</c><00:20:07.099><c> can</c><00:20:07.359><c> recite</c><00:20:07.660><c> it</c><00:20:07.900><c> no</c><00:20:08.039><c> doubt.</c>

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But<00:20:08.980><c> let's</c><00:20:09.619><c> just</c><00:20:10.019><c> notice</c><00:20:10.420><c> the</c><00:20:12.319><c> accuracy</c><00:20:12.819><c> of</c><00:20:13.000><c> what</c><00:20:13.200><c> it's</c><00:20:15.039><c> saying.</c>

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Context<00:20:16.880><c> is</c><00:20:17.240><c> clear</c><00:20:17.440><c> that</c><00:20:17.720><c> Timothy</c><00:20:18.160><c> has</c><00:20:18.440><c> been</c><00:20:19.019><c> reminded</c><00:20:19.480><c> of</c>

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how<00:20:20.920><c> he'd</c><00:20:21.380><c> learned</c><00:20:21.819><c> the</c><00:20:22.819><c> truth</c><00:20:23.019><c> from</c><00:20:23.259><c> his</c><00:20:24.079><c> mother</c><00:20:24.500><c> and</c><00:20:24.859><c> grandmother</c>

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and<00:20:26.079><c> that</c><00:20:26.420><c> he</c><00:20:26.720><c> had</c><00:20:27.940><c> been</c><00:20:28.500><c> taught</c><00:20:28.819><c> the</c><00:20:29.059><c> Holy</c><00:20:29.279><c> Scriptures</c><00:20:29.759><c> from</c>

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a<00:20:30.539><c> child.</c>

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That<00:20:31.720><c> those</c><00:20:32.099><c> scriptures</c><00:20:32.640><c> are</c><00:20:33.240><c> able</c><00:20:33.920><c> to</c><00:20:34.920><c> make</c><00:20:35.079><c> the</c><00:20:35.400><c> wise</c><00:20:35.740><c> unto</c>

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salvation<00:20:36.839><c> through</c><00:20:37.559><c> faith</c><00:20:37.880><c> which</c><00:20:38.140><c> is</c><00:20:38.180><c> in</c><00:20:38.420><c> Christ</c><00:20:38.819><c> Jesus.</c>

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The<00:20:40.420><c> scriptures</c><00:20:40.960><c> and</c><00:20:41.859><c> the</c><00:20:41.960><c> word</c><00:20:42.119><c> scriptures</c><00:20:42.599><c> refers</c><00:20:43.380><c> to</c><00:20:43.559><c> the</c><00:20:43.799><c> writing.</c>

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Notice<00:20:46.000><c> what's</c><00:20:46.420><c> happening.</c><00:20:46.700><c> Two</c><00:20:47.140><c> concepts</c><00:20:47.640><c> are</c><00:20:47.880><c> brought</c><00:20:48.019><c> together.</c>

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All<00:20:49.200><c> scripture,</c><00:20:49.779><c> all</c><00:20:50.099><c> writing</c><00:20:50.779><c> is</c><00:20:52.819><c> God</c><00:20:53.500><c> breathed.</c>

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The<00:20:56.920><c> inspiration</c><00:20:57.299><c> of</c><00:20:57.519><c> God</c><00:20:57.720><c> is</c><00:20:57.900><c> one</c><00:20:58.079><c> Greek</c><00:20:58.359><c> word,</c><00:20:59.240><c> theonustos.</c>

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I<00:20:59.920><c> just</c><00:21:00.180><c> separated</c><00:21:00.480><c> out</c><00:21:00.779><c> there</c><00:21:00.980><c> to</c><00:21:01.099><c> see</c><00:21:01.319><c> that</c><00:21:01.500><c> the</c><00:21:01.660><c> two</c><00:21:01.859><c> parts,</c>

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theonustos<00:21:02.539><c> is</c><00:21:03.380><c> breath</c><00:21:03.640><c> or</c><00:21:03.900><c> spirit.</c>

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Scripture<00:21:12.619><c> is</c><00:21:12.900><c> God</c><00:21:13.180><c> breathed.</c><00:21:13.599><c> They're</c><00:21:13.700><c> God's</c><00:21:14.200><c> words.</c>

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But<00:21:15.440><c> a</c><00:21:15.700><c> word</c><00:21:15.839><c> is</c><00:21:16.079><c> a</c><00:21:16.200><c> word</c><00:21:16.480><c> spoken.</c><00:21:17.480><c> But</c><00:21:17.599><c> what</c><00:21:17.720><c> it's</c><00:21:17.980><c> saying,</c><00:21:18.339><c> all</c><00:21:18.519><c> the</c><00:21:18.799><c> writing</c><00:21:19.299><c> is</c>

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comes<00:21:25.920><c> from</c><00:21:26.339><c> God's</c><00:21:27.119><c> spoken</c><00:21:27.440><c> word</c>

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which<00:21:29.099><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:29.720><c> and</c><00:21:30.019><c> Jeremiah</c><00:21:30.539><c> understood</c><00:21:31.180><c> in</c><00:21:31.420><c> their</c><00:21:31.640><c> own</c><00:21:31.900><c> particular</c><00:21:32.319><c> way</c>

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It's<00:21:36.759><c> not</c><00:21:37.059><c> saying</c><00:21:37.259><c> that</c><00:21:37.500><c> at</c><00:21:37.740><c> all.</c><00:21:38.220><c> It's</c><00:21:38.339><c> saying</c><00:21:38.420><c> something</c>

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fundamentally<00:21:39.500><c> different.</c>

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It's<00:21:40.299><c> saying</c><00:21:40.619><c> that</c><00:21:41.099><c> what</c><00:21:41.299><c> is</c><00:21:41.640><c> written</c><00:21:42.000><c> is</c><00:21:42.599><c> God's</c><00:21:43.200><c> word</c><00:21:43.440><c> breathed</c><00:21:43.940><c> out.</c>

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There's<00:21:45.140><c> no</c><00:21:45.400><c> gap.</c><00:21:45.900><c> There's</c><00:21:46.039><c> nothing</c><00:21:46.319><c> to</c><00:21:47.079><c> insert</c><00:21:47.660><c> between</c><00:21:48.099><c> God</c>

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speaking<00:21:48.960><c> and</c><00:21:49.420><c> the</c><00:21:49.640><c> writing</c><00:21:49.920><c> of</c><00:21:50.240><c> scripture.</c>

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I<00:21:54.680><c> think</c><00:21:55.279><c> that's</c><00:21:55.579><c> really</c><00:21:55.940><c> important.</c>

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That<00:21:57.900><c> what</c><00:21:58.079><c> we're</c><00:21:58.359><c> reading</c><00:21:58.799><c> is</c><00:21:59.019><c> God's</c><00:21:59.380><c> words</c><00:21:59.500><c> to</c><00:21:59.720><c> say,</c><00:22:00.019><c> or</c><00:22:00.180><c> you're</c><00:22:00.400><c> reading</c><00:22:00.819><c> Isaiah's</c><00:22:02.000><c> concept</c><00:22:02.460><c> of</c><00:22:02.700><c> God.</c>

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Or<00:22:04.220><c> you're</c><00:22:04.400><c> reading</c><00:22:04.680><c> Matthew's</c><00:22:05.420><c> concept</c><00:22:05.779><c> of</c><00:22:05.960><c> Jesus</c><00:22:06.359><c> or</c><00:22:06.660><c> John's</c><00:22:07.380><c> concept</c><00:22:07.700><c> of</c><00:22:07.940><c> Jesus.</c>

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What<00:22:10.740><c> we're</c><00:22:11.039><c> saying</c><00:22:11.299><c> is</c><00:22:11.599><c> we're</c><00:22:12.099><c> reading</c><00:22:12.500><c> God's</c><00:22:13.140><c> words.</c>

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That's<00:22:15.119><c> what</c><00:22:15.240><c> the</c><00:22:15.500><c> writing</c><00:22:15.779><c> is.</c><00:22:16.079><c> It's</c><00:22:16.279><c> God's</c><00:22:16.799><c> words</c><00:22:17.059><c> written</c><00:22:17.359><c> down.</c>

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I<00:22:19.980><c> stress</c><00:22:20.539><c> that</c><00:22:20.779><c> because</c><00:22:21.519><c> it's</c><00:22:22.200><c> a</c><00:22:22.500><c> common</c><00:22:22.720><c> view</c><00:22:22.940><c> in</c><00:22:23.079><c> the</c><00:22:23.259><c> Brotherhood</c>

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and<00:22:24.460><c> may</c><00:22:24.700><c> even</c><00:22:24.859><c> be</c><00:22:25.019><c> the</c><00:22:25.220><c> majority</c><00:22:25.819><c> view</c><00:22:26.019><c> in</c><00:22:26.160><c> the</c><00:22:26.319><c> Brotherhood,</c>

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but<00:22:26.799><c> I</c><00:22:26.960><c> don't</c><00:22:27.119><c> agree</c><00:22:27.380><c> with</c><00:22:27.519><c> it.</c>

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That<00:22:29.240><c> the</c><00:22:30.400><c> style</c><00:22:30.900><c> of</c><00:22:31.299><c> the</c><00:22:31.579><c> writer</c><00:22:32.079><c> is</c><00:22:34.319><c> a</c><00:22:34.720><c> mediating</c><00:22:35.539><c> factor</c><00:22:36.140><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:37.400><c> transmission</c><00:22:37.980><c> of</c><00:22:38.400><c> God's</c><00:22:38.880><c> word</c><00:22:39.059><c> to</c><00:22:39.240><c> the</c><00:22:39.440><c> pages</c><00:22:39.660><c> of</c><00:22:39.920><c> scripture.</c>

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That<00:22:42.160><c> you</c><00:22:42.420><c> will</c><00:22:42.819><c> read</c><00:22:43.079><c> Matthew's</c><00:22:43.859><c> style,</c><00:22:44.140><c> Mark's</c><00:22:44.700><c> style,</c><00:22:45.019><c> Luke's</c><00:22:45.559><c> style,</c><00:22:45.779><c> John's</c><00:22:46.359><c> style,</c><00:22:46.660><c> Paul's</c><00:22:47.180><c> style,</c><00:22:47.440><c> Peter's</c><00:22:47.940><c> style</c><00:22:48.240><c> in</c><00:22:49.700><c> scripture.</c>

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Yet<00:22:51.799><c> it's</c><00:22:52.059><c> not</c><00:22:52.400><c> saying</c><00:22:52.660><c> that.</c><00:22:53.160><c> Of</c><00:22:53.400><c> course</c><00:22:53.500><c> this</c><00:22:53.700><c> is</c><00:22:53.819><c> talking</c>

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about<00:22:54.039><c> Old</c><00:22:54.240><c> Testament</c><00:22:54.519><c> scripture.</c>

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But<00:22:55.519><c> I</c><00:22:55.660><c> don't</c><00:22:55.880><c> think</c><00:22:56.059><c> it's</c><00:22:56.319><c> giving</c><00:22:56.500><c> us</c><00:22:56.759><c> any</c><00:22:57.099><c> place</c><00:22:57.339><c> for</c><00:22:57.599><c> Isaiah's</c><00:22:58.480><c> style.</c>

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If<00:22:59.700><c> by</c><00:22:59.960><c> that</c><00:23:00.220><c> you</c><00:23:00.519><c> mean</c><00:23:01.099><c> Isaiah's</c><00:23:02.539><c> personality</c><00:23:03.240><c> being</c><00:23:04.099><c> a</c><00:23:04.339><c> mediating</c><00:23:05.000><c> influence</c><00:23:05.599><c> in</c>

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how<00:23:06.440><c> God's</c><00:23:07.019><c> word</c><00:23:07.359><c> comes</c><00:23:07.660><c> to</c><00:23:07.880><c> be</c><00:23:08.180><c> recorded</c><00:23:08.480><c> as</c><00:23:08.819><c> scripture.</c>

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Or<00:23:09.700><c> that</c><00:23:10.000><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:23:11.380><c> predilections,</c><00:23:12.420><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:23:13.039><c> choice</c>

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of<00:23:13.640><c> events</c><00:23:14.099><c> is</c><00:23:15.059><c> reflected</c><00:23:15.700><c> in</c><00:23:15.940><c> what's</c><00:23:16.279><c> in</c><00:23:16.400><c> the</c><00:23:16.519><c> book</c><00:23:16.660><c> of</c><00:23:16.960><c> Jeremiah.</c>

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See<00:23:20.460><c> where</c><00:23:20.519><c> I'm</c><00:23:20.680><c> going?</c><00:23:21.039><c> What</c><00:23:21.180><c> it's</c><00:23:21.460><c> saying</c><00:23:21.700><c> is</c><00:23:22.480><c> that</c><00:23:22.900><c> all</c><00:23:23.259><c> scripture,</c><00:23:24.599><c> all</c>

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the<00:23:25.059><c> writing</c><00:23:25.539><c> is</c><00:23:26.359><c> God's</c><00:23:26.920><c> word,</c><00:23:28.440><c> breathed</c><00:23:28.799><c> out.</c>

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But<00:23:36.660><c> that</c><00:23:36.980><c> doesn't</c><00:23:37.220><c> mean</c><00:23:37.400><c> to</c><00:23:37.680><c> say</c><00:23:38.019><c> there</c><00:23:38.500><c> aren't</c><00:23:38.799><c> things</c><00:23:39.200><c> in</c>

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it<00:23:45.160><c> doesn't</c><00:23:45.380><c> mean</c><00:23:45.519><c> to</c><00:23:45.700><c> say</c><00:23:45.859><c> that</c><00:23:46.099><c> there</c><00:23:46.240><c> aren't</c><00:23:46.400><c> things</c><00:23:46.599><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:46.940><c> Bible</c><00:23:47.240><c> which</c><00:23:47.660><c> are</c><00:23:47.920><c> men's</c><00:23:48.380><c> words.</c>

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And<00:23:51.839><c> we</c><00:23:51.960><c> have</c><00:23:52.099><c> to</c><00:23:52.200><c> make</c><00:23:52.339><c> a</c><00:23:52.640><c> distinction</c><00:23:53.279><c> between</c><00:23:53.700><c> the</c><00:23:54.039><c> record</c>

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of<00:23:57.799><c> men's</c><00:23:58.359><c> words</c><00:23:58.799><c> and</c><00:23:59.400><c> men's</c><00:23:59.859><c> words.</c>

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Or<00:24:01.740><c> to</c><00:24:01.960><c> put</c><00:24:02.099><c> it</c><00:24:02.180><c> this</c><00:24:02.420><c> way,</c><00:24:02.819><c> the</c><00:24:03.019><c> serpent's</c><00:24:03.599><c> lie</c><00:24:04.000><c> is</c><00:24:04.480><c> in</c><00:24:04.640><c> the</c><00:24:04.799><c> Bible.</c>

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The<00:24:06.099><c> Bible</c><00:24:06.440><c> contains</c><00:24:07.059><c> a</c><00:24:07.380><c> lie,</c><00:24:09.299><c> but</c><00:24:10.319><c> the</c><00:24:10.819><c> scripture</c><00:24:11.039><c> can</c><00:24:11.279><c> only</c>

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speak<00:24:11.920><c> truth.</c>

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It's<00:24:13.660><c> a</c><00:24:13.859><c> true</c><00:24:14.079><c> record</c><00:24:14.440><c> of</c><00:24:14.619><c> the</c><00:24:14.839><c> serpent's</c><00:24:15.319><c> lie.</c>

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The<00:24:17.000><c> book</c><00:24:17.200><c> of</c><00:24:17.759><c> Job</c><00:24:18.059><c> contains</c><00:24:19.319><c> much</c><00:24:20.140><c> wrong</c><00:24:20.799><c> thinking.</c>

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Because<00:24:22.920><c> the</c><00:24:23.099><c> book</c><00:24:23.259><c> of</c><00:24:23.579><c> Job</c><00:24:23.859><c> contains</c><00:24:24.400><c> a</c><00:24:24.700><c> true</c><00:24:24.940><c> account</c><00:24:25.440><c> of</c><00:24:25.960><c> the</c><00:24:26.259><c> wrong</c><00:24:26.539><c> thinking</c><00:24:27.079><c> of</c>

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Job's<00:24:28.000><c> friends.</c>

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We<00:24:30.039><c> know</c><00:24:30.180><c> they're</c><00:24:30.420><c> wrong</c><00:24:30.640><c> because</c><00:24:30.960><c> they're</c><00:24:31.339><c> rebuked</c><00:24:32.119><c> for</c><00:24:32.319><c> not</c>

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speaking<00:24:32.900><c> that</c><00:24:33.140><c> which</c><00:24:33.319><c> is</c><00:24:33.599><c> right</c><00:24:33.779><c> concerning</c><00:24:34.279><c> God.</c>

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See<00:24:36.319><c> the</c><00:24:36.559><c> distinction</c><00:24:36.980><c> there?</c>

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I<00:24:39.079><c> think</c><00:24:39.220><c> it's</c><00:24:39.359><c> just</c><00:24:39.619><c> a</c><00:24:39.720><c> good</c><00:24:39.859><c> illustration.</c>

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I've<00:24:40.779><c> done</c><00:24:40.880><c> a</c><00:24:41.099><c> study</c><00:24:41.240><c> on</c><00:24:41.420><c> Ezra</c><00:24:41.619><c> Nehemiah</c><00:24:42.039><c> recently,</c><00:24:43.720><c> recent</c><00:24:44.099><c> times,</c>

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and<00:24:45.480><c> it</c><00:24:45.859><c> turns</c><00:24:46.140><c> out</c><00:24:46.400><c> that</c><00:24:46.559><c> about</c><00:24:46.779><c> 80</c><00:24:47.220><c>%</c><00:24:47.480><c> of</c><00:24:48.660><c> the</c><00:24:48.940><c> book</c><00:24:49.119><c> of</c><00:24:49.299><c> Ezra</c>

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is<00:24:50.460><c> official</c><00:24:50.819><c> documents</c><00:24:51.480><c> from</c><00:24:51.740><c> the</c><00:24:52.039><c> court</c><00:24:52.359><c> of</c><00:24:52.559><c> the</c><00:24:52.660><c> king</c><00:24:52.779><c> of</c><00:24:53.019><c> Persia.</c>

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They<00:24:55.539><c> may</c><00:24:55.680><c> not</c><00:24:55.839><c> easily</c><00:24:56.140><c> read</c><00:24:56.400><c> like</c><00:24:56.680><c> that,</c><00:24:56.839><c> but</c><00:24:56.960><c> when</c><00:24:57.099><c> you</c><00:24:57.200><c> look</c>

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at<00:24:57.460><c> it</c><00:24:57.640><c> carefully,</c><00:24:57.920><c> that's</c><00:24:58.200><c> what</c><00:24:58.220><c> they</c><00:24:58.460><c> are.</c>

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They<00:24:59.140><c> are</c><00:24:59.240><c> copies</c><00:24:59.559><c> of</c><00:24:59.799><c> letters</c><00:25:00.099><c> and</c><00:25:00.339><c> edicts</c><00:25:00.980><c> to</c><00:25:01.160><c> and</c><00:25:01.359><c> from</c><00:25:01.519><c> the</c><00:25:01.700><c> king.</c>

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So<00:25:06.240><c> most</c><00:25:06.960><c> of</c><00:25:07.680><c> Ezra</c><00:25:08.299><c> is</c><00:25:08.759><c> not</c><00:25:09.000><c> inspired</c><00:25:09.960><c> words</c><00:25:11.859><c> of</c><00:25:13.380><c> God</c><00:25:14.000><c> in</c><00:25:16.059><c> that</c>

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sense<00:25:16.660><c> that</c><00:25:16.920><c> it's</c><00:25:17.859><c> recording</c><00:25:18.519><c> those</c><00:25:20.440><c> official</c><00:25:22.420><c> documents.</c>

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You<00:25:23.259><c> may</c><00:25:23.380><c> say,</c><00:25:23.680><c> oh,</c><00:25:23.680><c> but</c><00:25:23.779><c> those</c><00:25:24.039><c> official</c><00:25:24.380><c> documents</c><00:25:24.779><c> were</c><00:25:25.160><c> providentially</c><00:25:25.839><c> written,</c><00:25:26.180><c> and</c><00:25:26.359><c> I</c>

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don't<00:25:26.960><c> deny</c><00:25:27.259><c> that</c><00:25:27.480><c> at</c><00:25:27.660><c> all.</c>

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But<00:25:29.059><c> what</c><00:25:29.279><c> is</c><00:25:29.619><c> inspired</c><00:25:30.220><c> is</c><00:25:30.640><c> the</c><00:25:30.900><c> choice</c><00:25:31.119><c> to</c><00:25:31.359><c> put</c><00:25:31.480><c> them</c><00:25:31.720><c> in</c><00:25:32.400><c> and</c>

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the<00:25:33.279><c> accuracy</c><00:25:33.680><c> of</c><00:25:33.980><c> putting</c><00:25:34.160><c> them</c><00:25:34.440><c> in.</c>

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And<00:25:37.420><c> then</c><00:25:37.559><c> you</c><00:25:37.660><c> have</c><00:25:37.819><c> to</c><00:25:37.940><c> ask</c><00:25:38.059><c> yourself,</c><00:25:38.599><c> so</c><00:25:38.599><c> why</c><00:25:39.059><c> would</c><00:25:40.700><c> the</c><00:25:41.200><c> Almighty</c><00:25:41.779><c> cause</c><00:25:43.660><c> Ezra</c><00:25:44.319><c> to</c><00:25:45.279><c> write</c><00:25:45.640><c> down</c><00:25:46.880><c> official</c><00:25:47.579><c> documents</c><00:25:48.299><c> in</c><00:25:48.640><c> a</c>

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scroll<00:25:49.220><c> which</c><00:25:49.460><c> would</c><00:25:49.720><c> become</c><00:25:50.039><c> scripture?</c>

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So<00:25:54.380><c> that's</c><00:25:54.779><c> the</c><00:25:54.960><c> question.</c>

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The<00:25:56.119><c> question</c><00:25:56.519><c> isn't</c><00:25:56.960><c> whether</c><00:25:57.819><c> Ezra</c><00:25:59.099><c> 4,</c><00:25:59.759><c> verse</c><00:25:59.960><c> 7</c><00:26:00.220><c> to</c><00:26:00.319><c> 16</c><00:26:00.759><c> is</c>

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truly<00:26:02.059><c> God's</c><00:26:02.559><c> word.</c>

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The<00:26:04.339><c> scroll</c><00:26:04.700><c> is</c><00:26:04.900><c> God's</c><00:26:05.400><c> word.</c>

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But<00:26:07.339><c> God</c><00:26:07.480><c> has</c><00:26:07.779><c> caused</c><00:26:08.099><c> Ezra,</c><00:26:09.079><c> God</c><00:26:09.259><c> has</c><00:26:09.519><c> told</c><00:26:09.700><c> Ezra</c><00:26:09.980><c> in</c><00:26:10.200><c> some</c><00:26:10.319><c> way,</c><00:26:10.859><c> put</c><00:26:11.039><c> that</c><00:26:11.359><c> in</c>

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there<00:26:12.440><c> accurately.</c>

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This<00:26:18.359><c> is</c><00:26:18.619><c> what</c><00:26:19.220><c> one</c><00:26:19.680><c> writer</c><00:26:19.980><c> says,</c><00:26:21.059><c> a</c><00:26:21.059><c> writer</c><00:26:21.500><c> who</c><00:26:21.740><c> specialized</c><00:26:22.200><c> in</c><00:26:22.460><c> Ezra</c><00:26:22.880><c> Nehemiah,</c>

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and<00:26:23.519><c> this</c><00:26:23.700><c> is</c><00:26:23.779><c> what</c><00:26:23.880><c> she</c><00:26:24.140><c> says</c><00:26:24.299><c> in</c><00:26:24.500><c> the</c><00:26:24.660><c> Oxford</c><00:26:24.880><c> Encyclopedia</c>

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of<00:26:25.660><c> Books</c><00:26:25.880><c> of</c><00:26:26.059><c> the</c><00:26:26.220><c> Bible.</c>

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She<00:26:27.799><c> says,</c><00:26:28.099><c> Ezra</c><00:26:28.420><c> Nehemiah</c><00:26:29.000><c> advocates</c><00:26:29.599><c> the</c><00:26:30.099><c> primacy</c><00:26:30.599><c> of</c><00:26:30.799><c> the</c>

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written<00:26:31.160><c> word,</c><00:26:33.000><c> showing</c><00:26:33.140><c> the</c><00:26:33.500><c> power</c><00:26:33.740><c> of</c><00:26:34.059><c> documents</c><00:26:34.619><c> to</c><00:26:35.220><c> generate</c><00:26:35.619><c> events</c><00:26:36.059><c> and</c>

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shape<00:26:36.500><c> history.</c>

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This<00:26:37.480><c> writer</c><00:26:37.700><c> I</c><00:26:37.880><c> don't</c><00:26:38.160><c> think</c><00:26:38.319><c> is</c><00:26:38.539><c> an</c><00:26:38.700><c> active</c><00:26:39.660><c> believer.</c>

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I<00:26:40.200><c> don't</c><00:26:40.400><c> know.</c><00:26:40.500><c> She's</c><00:26:40.740><c> an</c><00:26:40.960><c> academic.</c><00:26:41.359><c> She's</c><00:26:41.599><c> not</c><00:26:41.759><c> writing</c><00:26:42.119><c> as</c>

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a<00:26:42.960><c> religious</c><00:26:43.380><c> person.</c>

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She's<00:26:44.140><c> writing</c><00:26:44.440><c> as</c><00:26:44.920><c> a</c><00:26:45.200><c> student</c><00:26:45.519><c> of</c><00:26:45.759><c> ancient</c><00:26:46.039><c> literature.</c>

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And<00:26:47.079><c> she</c><00:26:47.380><c> says</c><00:26:47.660><c> that</c><00:26:47.920><c> Ezra</c><00:26:48.359><c> Nehemiah</c><00:26:48.859><c> is</c><00:26:49.259><c> unique</c><00:26:49.819><c> in</c><00:26:50.279><c> antiquity,</c><00:26:51.460><c> which</c><00:26:51.619><c> is</c>

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interesting,<00:26:52.420><c> isn't</c><00:26:52.420><c> it?</c>

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That<00:26:53.519><c> what</c><00:26:54.119><c> God</c><00:26:54.380><c> has</c><00:26:54.619><c> caused</c><00:26:54.819><c> Ezra</c><00:26:55.119><c> to</c><00:26:55.339><c> do</c><00:26:55.680><c> was</c><00:26:56.380><c> not</c><00:26:56.819><c> known</c><00:26:57.160><c> about.</c>

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It<00:26:57.799><c> wasn't</c><00:26:58.240><c> the</c><00:26:58.500><c> concept</c><00:26:58.960><c> that</c><00:26:59.559><c> was</c><00:26:59.940><c> picked</c><00:27:00.259><c> up</c><00:27:00.480><c> from</c><00:27:00.700><c> the</c>

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culture<00:27:01.220><c> around.</c>

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God<00:27:02.279><c> says</c><00:27:02.559><c> to</c><00:27:02.740><c> Ezra,</c><00:27:03.480><c> include</c><00:27:03.859><c> these</c><00:27:04.180><c> documents.</c>

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And<00:27:05.420><c> I</c><00:27:05.539><c> think</c><00:27:05.640><c> she's</c><00:27:05.940><c> probably</c><00:27:06.160><c> right.</c><00:27:06.880><c> Why?</c>

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To<00:27:07.799><c> show</c><00:27:08.079><c> the</c><00:27:08.420><c> power</c><00:27:08.740><c> of</c><00:27:09.119><c> documents</c><00:27:09.559><c> to</c><00:27:09.859><c> generate</c><00:27:10.299><c> events</c><00:27:10.700><c> and</c>

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shape<00:27:11.099><c> history.</c>

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This<00:27:12.140><c> is</c><00:27:12.339><c> how</c><00:27:12.500><c> God</c><00:27:12.680><c> works.</c>

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He<00:27:13.519><c> works</c><00:27:13.880><c> through</c><00:27:14.559><c> the</c><00:27:15.099><c> kingdoms</c><00:27:15.460><c> of</c><00:27:15.799><c> men,</c><00:27:16.099><c> through</c><00:27:16.259><c> their</c>

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policies<00:27:17.059><c> and</c><00:27:17.319><c> their</c><00:27:17.579><c> strategies</c><00:27:18.059><c> to</c><00:27:18.500><c> bring</c><00:27:18.700><c> about</c><00:27:18.940><c> His</c><00:27:19.160><c> purpose.</c>

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Ezra,<00:27:20.160><c> put</c><00:27:20.400><c> that</c><00:27:20.720><c> in</c><00:27:20.960><c> this</c><00:27:21.299><c> scroll</c><00:27:21.619><c> so</c><00:27:22.359><c> forever</c><00:27:22.740><c> after</c><00:27:23.180><c> people</c>

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may<00:27:23.779><c> realize</c><00:27:24.240><c> how</c><00:27:24.559><c> I</c><00:27:24.900><c> work</c><00:27:25.079><c> and</c><00:27:25.220><c> how</c><00:27:25.400><c> I</c><00:27:25.680><c> shape</c><00:27:25.859><c> history</c><00:27:26.440><c> and</c><00:27:27.700><c> realize</c><00:27:28.059><c> the</c><00:27:28.319><c> power</c><00:27:28.599><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:28.940><c> written</c><00:27:29.160><c> word.</c>

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Ezra<00:27:30.500><c> is</c><00:27:30.920><c> credited</c><00:27:31.339><c> by</c><00:27:32.559><c> Judaism</c><00:27:33.079><c> for</c><00:27:33.359><c> having</c><00:27:33.599><c> compiled</c><00:27:34.319><c> the</c>

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canon<00:27:35.059><c> of</c><00:27:35.279><c> the</c><00:27:35.359><c> Old</c><00:27:35.500><c> Testament.</c>

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Ezra<00:27:38.640><c> shows</c><00:27:38.900><c> us</c><00:27:39.079><c> the</c><00:27:39.339><c> power</c><00:27:39.640><c> of</c><00:27:39.900><c> the</c><00:27:40.019><c> written</c><00:27:40.200><c> word,</c><00:27:40.559><c> the</c><00:27:40.720><c> power</c><00:27:40.940><c> of</c>

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documents<00:27:41.779><c> to</c><00:27:43.000><c> shape</c><00:27:43.200><c> history.</c>

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And<00:27:44.180><c> the</c><00:27:44.319><c> Bible</c><00:27:44.539><c> has</c><00:27:44.819><c> shaped</c><00:27:45.099><c> history.</c><00:27:45.819><c> It's</c><00:27:46.140><c> an</c><00:27:46.140><c> interesting</c><00:27:46.599><c> point.</c>

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But<00:27:48.539><c> 85</c><00:27:49.019><c>%</c><00:27:49.400><c> of</c><00:27:49.559><c> the</c><00:27:49.740><c> book</c><00:27:50.019><c> is</c><00:27:50.460><c> an</c><00:27:50.640><c> amalgamation</c><00:27:51.319><c> of</c><00:27:51.859><c> documents.</c>

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So<00:27:52.839><c> what</c><00:27:53.019><c> are</c><00:27:53.140><c> we</c><00:27:53.339><c> saying?</c><00:27:53.640><c> What</c><00:27:53.779><c> we're</c><00:27:53.980><c> saying</c><00:27:54.119><c> is</c><00:27:54.380><c> this.</c>

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Distinguish<00:27:56.000><c> between</c><00:27:56.299><c> the</c><00:27:56.660><c> event</c><00:27:56.880><c> and</c><00:27:57.059><c> the</c><00:27:57.279><c> record</c><00:27:57.500><c> of</c><00:27:57.740><c> the</c><00:27:57.940><c> event.</c>

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The<00:27:59.440><c> Bible</c><00:27:59.880><c> writes</c><00:28:01.059><c> events,</c><00:28:02.319><c> describes</c><00:28:02.700><c> events,</c><00:28:05.119><c> but</c><00:28:05.380><c> it's</c>

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the<00:28:05.819><c> record</c><00:28:06.119><c> of</c><00:28:06.440><c> the</c><00:28:06.660><c> event</c><00:28:07.099><c> that</c><00:28:07.480><c> the</c><00:28:07.680><c> Bible</c><00:28:08.240><c> is</c><00:28:09.039><c> inspired.</c>

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That's<00:28:10.380><c> the</c><00:28:10.579><c> difference.</c>

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So<00:28:12.460><c> when</c><00:28:12.660><c> we</c><00:28:12.880><c> read</c><00:28:13.000><c> in</c><00:28:13.240><c> Scripture,</c><00:28:15.039><c> we</c><00:28:15.500><c> read</c><00:28:15.819><c> it</c><00:28:16.000><c> with</c><00:28:16.200><c> intelligence.</c>

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We<00:28:17.619><c> don't</c><00:28:17.900><c> read</c><00:28:18.180><c> it</c><00:28:18.339><c> like</c><00:28:18.559><c> the</c><00:28:18.900><c> Pilgrim</c><00:28:19.259><c> Fathers</c><00:28:19.660><c> read</c><00:28:19.960><c> the</c><00:28:20.119><c> Old</c><00:28:20.339><c> Testament</c><00:28:20.720><c> and</c><00:28:20.980><c> applied</c><00:28:21.299><c> it</c>

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to<00:28:21.680><c> America.</c>

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Or<00:28:24.119><c> before</c><00:28:24.720><c> then</c><00:28:24.920><c> to</c><00:28:25.099><c> Britain.</c>

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They<00:28:28.339><c> thought</c><00:28:28.579><c> the</c><00:28:28.880><c> blessings</c><00:28:29.279><c> that</c><00:28:29.500><c> would</c><00:28:29.680><c> come</c><00:28:29.839><c> on</c><00:28:29.940><c> Israel</c>

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nationally<00:28:30.920><c> would</c><00:28:31.500><c> come</c><00:28:31.720><c> upon</c><00:28:32.019><c> them</c><00:28:32.380><c> nationally.</c>

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They<00:28:34.839><c> took</c><00:28:35.039><c> things</c><00:28:35.279><c> out</c><00:28:35.500><c> of</c><00:28:35.720><c> context.</c>

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They<00:28:36.380><c> didn't</c><00:28:36.759><c> ask</c><00:28:37.240><c> what</c><00:28:37.500><c> the</c><00:28:37.880><c> message</c><00:28:38.160><c> of</c><00:28:38.359><c> that</c><00:28:38.539><c> passage</c><00:28:38.920><c> was.</c>

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They<00:28:39.799><c> took</c><00:28:40.039><c> bits</c><00:28:40.359><c> of</c><00:28:40.579><c> it</c><00:28:40.720><c> and</c><00:28:40.920><c> said,</c><00:28:41.380><c> that's</c><00:28:41.740><c> us.</c>

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We<00:28:43.220><c> can</c><00:28:43.799><c> claim</c><00:28:44.160><c> that.</c>

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1<00:28:50.000><c> Corinthians</c><00:28:50.299><c> 10,</c><00:28:50.880><c> verse</c><00:28:51.079><c> 11.</c>

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Now<00:28:51.619><c> all</c><00:28:51.819><c> these</c><00:28:52.079><c> things</c><00:28:52.380><c> happened</c><00:28:53.220><c> unto</c><00:28:54.059><c> them.</c><00:28:54.319><c> That's</c><00:28:54.619><c> the</c><00:28:54.839><c> event.</c>

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They<00:28:55.940><c> are</c><00:28:56.180><c> written</c><00:28:56.500><c> for</c><00:28:56.880><c> our</c><00:28:57.359><c> admonition.</c>

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Notice<00:28:58.759><c> that.</c>

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They're<00:29:00.980><c> written</c><00:29:01.220><c> for</c><00:29:01.619><c> our</c><00:29:01.980><c> admonition.</c>

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They<00:29:03.740><c> happen</c><00:29:04.019><c> to</c><00:29:04.319><c> them.</c><00:29:04.740><c> They're</c><00:29:05.059><c> written</c><00:29:05.220><c> for</c><00:29:05.480><c> us.</c>

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So<00:29:06.400><c> the</c><00:29:07.039><c> writing</c><00:29:07.380><c> isn't</c><00:29:07.799><c> simply,</c><00:29:08.619><c> as</c><00:29:08.900><c> sometimes</c><00:29:09.059><c> we</c><00:29:09.299><c> might</c><00:29:09.440><c> assume,</c><00:29:10.519><c> a</c>

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record<00:29:11.000><c> of</c><00:29:11.839><c> the</c><00:29:12.140><c> events</c><00:29:12.400><c> of</c><00:29:12.619><c> the</c><00:29:12.839><c> time.</c>

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Written<00:29:13.500><c> at</c><00:29:13.740><c> the</c><00:29:13.960><c> time,</c><00:29:14.599><c> for</c><00:29:14.799><c> the</c><00:29:15.079><c> time.</c>

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Well,<00:29:16.079><c> we</c><00:29:16.279><c> can</c><00:29:16.460><c> derive</c><00:29:16.799><c> some</c><00:29:17.079><c> benefit</c><00:29:17.460><c> from</c><00:29:17.720><c> it.</c><00:29:17.900><c> Not</c><00:29:18.160><c> at</c><00:29:18.420><c> all.</c>

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What<00:29:20.140><c> happened</c><00:29:20.420><c> to</c><00:29:20.660><c> them</c><00:29:21.059><c> happened</c><00:29:21.680><c> in</c><00:29:21.880><c> much</c><00:29:22.160><c> more</c><00:29:22.400><c> detail</c>

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than<00:29:22.819><c> we're</c><00:29:23.079><c> given.</c>

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Much<00:29:25.500><c> more</c><00:29:25.819><c> detail.</c>

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There's<00:29:26.660><c> 38</c><00:29:27.279><c> years</c><00:29:27.819><c> in</c><00:29:28.039><c> the</c><00:29:28.240><c> wilderness</c><00:29:28.619><c> we're</c><00:29:28.900><c> not</c><00:29:29.119><c> told</c><00:29:29.359><c> about.</c><00:29:30.039><c> 38</c><00:29:30.519><c> years.</c>

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We<00:29:34.380><c> know</c><00:29:34.759><c> the</c><00:29:35.099><c> names</c><00:29:35.319><c> of</c><00:29:35.519><c> the</c><00:29:35.680><c> places</c><00:29:35.920><c> they</c><00:29:36.220><c> went</c><00:29:36.400><c> to,</c><00:29:36.579><c> but</c><00:29:36.740><c> we</c>

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:38.599
don't<00:29:37.059><c> know</c><00:29:37.160><c> what</c><00:29:37.400><c> happened</c><00:29:37.599><c> there.</c>

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:42.480
If<00:29:40.279><c> you</c><00:29:40.440><c> ask</c><00:29:40.599><c> for</c><00:29:40.740><c> the</c><00:29:40.880><c> lane</c><00:29:41.000><c> where</c><00:29:41.420><c> they</c><00:29:41.839><c> happened,</c><00:29:42.140><c> he</c><00:29:42.319><c> says</c>

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:44.160
nobody<00:29:42.799><c> knows</c><00:29:43.079><c> where</c><00:29:43.220><c> these</c><00:29:43.480><c> places</c><00:29:43.759><c> are.</c>

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:46.720
You<00:29:44.599><c> can't</c><00:29:45.279><c> plot</c><00:29:45.480><c> them</c><00:29:45.680><c> on</c><00:29:45.859><c> the</c><00:29:46.000><c> map.</c>

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:50.400
The<00:29:47.140><c> 38</c><00:29:47.400><c> years</c><00:29:47.619><c> is</c><00:29:47.859><c> gone.</c><00:29:48.440><c> A</c><00:29:48.500><c> tale</c><00:29:48.839><c> is</c><00:29:49.059><c> told</c><00:29:49.380><c> and</c><00:29:49.599><c> forgotten.</c>

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:54.539
But<00:29:51.940><c> what</c><00:29:52.240><c> is</c><00:29:52.700><c> written</c><00:29:53.059><c> is</c><00:29:53.519><c> written</c><00:29:53.759><c> for</c><00:29:54.039><c> us.</c>

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:57.400
So<00:29:55.099><c> that's</c><00:29:55.440><c> what</c><00:29:55.579><c> we</c><00:29:55.720><c> have</c><00:29:55.880><c> to</c><00:29:56.039><c> realize</c><00:29:56.180><c> when</c><00:29:56.359><c> we</c><00:29:56.559><c> read</c><00:29:56.740><c> these</c><00:29:57.079><c> things.</c>

00:29:57.400 --> 00:30:00.579
We<00:29:57.599><c> have</c><00:29:57.720><c> to</c><00:29:57.859><c> ask</c><00:29:58.079><c> ourselves,</c><00:29:58.779><c> why</c><00:29:58.779><c> is</c><00:29:59.799><c> the</c><00:29:59.880><c> Lord</c><00:30:00.019><c> revealing</c>

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:04.400
these<00:30:01.000><c> things</c><00:30:01.200><c> in</c><00:30:01.440><c> this</c><00:30:01.740><c> way</c><00:30:02.200><c> to</c><00:30:02.740><c> us</c><00:30:03.079><c> to</c><00:30:03.220><c> be</c><00:30:03.480><c> understood?</c>

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:09.400
It's<00:30:05.220><c> not</c><00:30:05.440><c> about</c><00:30:05.740><c> trying</c><00:30:05.980><c> to</c><00:30:06.259><c> recreate</c><00:30:06.900><c> simply</c><00:30:08.119><c> those</c><00:30:09.039><c> events</c>

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:12.680
in<00:30:09.579><c> the</c><00:30:09.799><c> past</c><00:30:10.619><c> using</c><00:30:11.220><c> our</c><00:30:11.539><c> imagination.</c>

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:17.259
It<00:30:12.980><c> is</c><00:30:13.299><c> about</c><00:30:13.819><c> looking</c><00:30:14.299><c> at</c><00:30:14.500><c> what</c><00:30:14.640><c> we've</c><00:30:14.720><c> been</c><00:30:14.940><c> given</c><00:30:15.299><c> and</c><00:30:15.819><c> analyzing,</c><00:30:16.460><c> thinking</c><00:30:16.779><c> about</c><00:30:17.019><c> what</c>

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:20.859
we've<00:30:17.500><c> been</c><00:30:17.680><c> given</c><00:30:18.079><c> and</c><00:30:18.539><c> hearing</c><00:30:19.019><c> what</c><00:30:19.319><c> the</c><00:30:19.599><c> message</c><00:30:19.839><c> is.</c>

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:29.059
So,<00:30:25.539><c> yes,</c><00:30:25.859><c> error</c><00:30:26.039><c> may</c><00:30:26.299><c> be</c><00:30:26.539><c> included,</c><00:30:27.559><c> but</c><00:30:27.779><c> only</c><00:30:28.180><c> in</c><00:30:28.380><c> the</c><00:30:28.599><c> sense</c>

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:33.359
of<00:30:29.779><c> the</c><00:30:30.480><c> inclusion</c><00:30:30.859><c> of</c><00:30:31.180><c> a</c><00:30:31.440><c> record</c><00:30:31.900><c> of</c><00:30:32.480><c> error.</c>

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:40.240
So,<00:30:38.180><c> this</c><00:30:38.319><c> is</c><00:30:38.359><c> my</c><00:30:38.500><c> suggestion,</c><00:30:39.180><c> the</c><00:30:39.380><c> implications</c><00:30:39.819><c> of</c><00:30:40.059><c> verbal</c>

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:42.220
inspiration<00:30:40.799><c> for</c><00:30:41.000><c> Bible</c><00:30:41.380><c> study.</c>

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:46.579
First<00:30:42.880><c> of</c><00:30:43.039><c> all,</c><00:30:43.359><c> Bible</c><00:30:43.519><c> study</c><00:30:43.839><c> is</c><00:30:45.140><c> discovery,</c><00:30:45.980><c> not</c><00:30:46.140><c> invention.</c>

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:49.099
Bible<00:30:47.019><c> study</c><00:30:47.299><c> is</c><00:30:47.480><c> a</c><00:30:47.559><c> treasure</c><00:30:47.880><c> hunt.</c>

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:55.579
Bible<00:30:49.880><c> study</c><00:30:50.180><c> is</c><00:30:50.359><c> digging</c><00:30:50.500><c> for</c><00:30:50.779><c> gold</c><00:30:51.240><c> or</c><00:30:53.900><c> panning</c><00:30:54.480><c> for</c><00:30:54.700><c> gold.</c>

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:59.420
We<00:30:56.380><c> went</c><00:30:56.539><c> panning</c><00:30:56.960><c> for</c><00:30:57.160><c> gold</c><00:30:57.279><c> in</c><00:30:57.500><c> California</c><00:30:58.059><c> for</c><00:30:58.299><c> an</c><00:30:58.480><c> hour</c><00:30:58.660><c> or</c><00:30:58.819><c> two.</c>

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:05.920
It's<00:31:00.220><c> not</c><00:31:00.400><c> about</c><00:31:00.640><c> inventing</c><00:31:02.660><c> messages</c><00:31:03.140><c> and</c><00:31:03.579><c> lessons</c><00:31:04.119><c> and</c><00:31:04.900><c> thoughts.</c>

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:09.559
It's<00:31:06.519><c> about</c><00:31:06.660><c> discovering</c><00:31:07.380><c> what's</c><00:31:07.880><c> there,</c><00:31:08.680><c> hearing</c><00:31:09.160><c> what's</c>

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:11.539
there,<00:31:09.819><c> seeing</c><00:31:10.180><c> what's</c><00:31:10.619><c> there.</c>

00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:14.160
That's<00:31:12.420><c> why</c><00:31:12.519><c> we</c><00:31:12.740><c> dig.</c><00:31:12.940><c> That's</c><00:31:13.180><c> why</c><00:31:13.299><c> we</c><00:31:13.400><c> use</c><00:31:13.500><c> the</c><00:31:13.779><c> concordance.</c>

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:17.920
We're<00:31:14.420><c> trying</c><00:31:14.720><c> to</c><00:31:15.279><c> find</c><00:31:15.720><c> out</c><00:31:16.279><c> what's</c><00:31:16.779><c> there.</c>

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:22.480
It's<00:31:19.859><c> inspiration</c><00:31:20.279><c> of</c><00:31:20.559><c> words,</c><00:31:20.940><c> not</c><00:31:21.039><c> just</c><00:31:21.339><c> ideas.</c>

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:26.720
Consequently,<00:31:25.000><c> every</c><00:31:25.440><c> word</c><00:31:25.720><c> matters.</c>

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:28.259
No<00:31:27.019><c> word</c><00:31:27.240><c> is</c><00:31:27.519><c> superfluous.</c>

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I<00:31:28.619><c> mean,</c><00:31:28.680><c> there's</c><00:31:28.940><c> so</c><00:31:29.140><c> few</c><00:31:29.339><c> words</c><00:31:30.019><c> in</c><00:31:30.599><c> Scripture,</c><00:31:31.200><c> really,</c>

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:33.559
given<00:31:31.680><c> the</c><00:31:32.279><c> incidents</c><00:31:32.579><c> that</c><00:31:32.859><c> they're</c><00:31:33.200><c> recording.</c>

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:38.759
You<00:31:33.880><c> have</c><00:31:34.099><c> to</c><00:31:34.319><c> say</c><00:31:34.519><c> that</c><00:31:35.079><c> that's</c><00:31:35.480><c> been</c><00:31:35.759><c> chosen</c><00:31:36.339><c> and</c><00:31:37.319><c> put</c><00:31:37.519><c> in</c><00:31:37.700><c> that</c><00:31:37.960><c> way</c><00:31:38.279><c> for</c><00:31:38.480><c> a</c>

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.539
particular<00:31:39.059><c> purpose.</c>

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:41.519
What<00:31:40.099><c> is</c><00:31:40.380><c> the</c><00:31:40.579><c> purpose?</c>

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:48.299
We<00:31:43.440><c> don't</c><00:31:43.980><c> say,</c><00:31:44.359><c> oh,</c><00:31:44.740><c> yes,</c><00:31:44.960><c> it</c><00:31:45.000><c> just</c><00:31:45.380><c> means,</c><00:31:46.500><c> you</c><00:31:46.500><c> know,</c><00:31:47.440><c> nothing</c><00:31:47.720><c> just</c>

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:49.539
means<00:31:48.680><c> anything.</c>

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:54.119
We<00:31:50.480><c> may</c><00:31:50.660><c> understand</c><00:31:51.299><c> why,</c><00:31:51.900><c> but</c><00:31:51.980><c> let's</c><00:31:52.299><c> not</c><00:31:52.579><c> dismiss</c><00:31:52.980><c> it</c><00:31:53.799><c> as</c>

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:56.789
containing<00:31:54.779><c> valuable</c><00:31:55.920><c> lessons.</c>

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:02.700
And<00:32:00.259><c> ultimately,</c><00:32:00.700><c> the</c><00:32:00.859><c> Bible</c><00:32:01.220><c> is</c><00:32:01.640><c> literature.</c>

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:10.660
It<00:32:04.079><c> is</c><00:32:04.339><c> a</c><00:32:04.640><c> selection,</c><00:32:06.759><c> carefully</c><00:32:07.079><c> selected</c><00:32:08.140><c> set</c><00:32:10.059><c> of</c><00:32:10.319><c> events</c>

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:14.680
and<00:32:11.039><c> narratives</c><00:32:11.579><c> and</c><00:32:12.640><c> dialogue</c><00:32:13.259><c> and</c><00:32:13.720><c> so</c><00:32:13.960><c> on</c>

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:19.619
that<00:32:15.519><c> has</c><00:32:16.259><c> shape</c><00:32:16.599><c> and</c><00:32:16.980><c> structure,</c><00:32:18.359><c> which</c><00:32:18.579><c> is</c><00:32:18.839><c> as</c><00:32:19.019><c> much</c><00:32:19.319><c> part</c>

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:25.339
of<00:32:19.799><c> the</c><00:32:20.059><c> inspired</c><00:32:20.539><c> word</c><00:32:21.180><c> as</c><00:32:22.119><c> are</c><00:32:23.000><c> the</c><00:32:23.500><c> thoughts</c><00:32:23.960><c> in</c><00:32:24.339><c> the</c><00:32:24.519><c> words</c><00:32:24.720><c> themselves.</c>

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:29.599
So<00:32:26.259><c> if</c><00:32:26.460><c> we</c><00:32:26.700><c> find</c><00:32:26.940><c> there</c><00:32:27.039><c> are</c><00:32:27.319><c> patterns</c><00:32:27.779><c> of</c><00:32:28.119><c> thought</c><00:32:28.319><c> in</c><00:32:28.559><c> Scripture,</c><00:32:29.240><c> those</c>

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:32.559
patterns<00:32:30.160><c> are</c><00:32:30.480><c> a</c><00:32:30.480><c> revelation</c><00:32:31.079><c> of</c><00:32:31.299><c> the</c><00:32:31.460><c> mind</c><00:32:31.619><c> of</c><00:32:31.839><c> God.</c>

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:36.180
They're<00:32:33.259><c> not</c><00:32:33.420><c> to</c><00:32:33.579><c> be</c><00:32:33.819><c> treated</c><00:32:34.039><c> as,</c><00:32:34.819><c> oh,</c><00:32:34.819><c> that's</c><00:32:35.200><c> interesting,</c>

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:39.440
you<00:32:36.480><c> know,</c><00:32:36.859><c> or</c><00:32:37.119><c> that's</c><00:32:37.980><c> that</c><00:32:37.980><c> small</c><00:32:38.299><c> print</c><00:32:38.579><c> or,</c><00:32:38.940><c> oh,</c><00:32:39.220><c> yeah,</c>

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:40.640
that's<00:32:39.779><c> curious.</c>

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:42.720
We<00:32:41.079><c> should</c><00:32:41.180><c> say,</c><00:32:41.380><c> hang</c><00:32:41.519><c> on,</c><00:32:41.660><c> this</c><00:32:41.839><c> is</c><00:32:42.039><c> the</c><00:32:42.119><c> word</c><00:32:42.240><c> of</c><00:32:42.480><c> God.</c>

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:45.279
If<00:32:43.140><c> it's</c><00:32:43.400><c> really</c><00:32:43.660><c> there,</c><00:32:44.200><c> it's</c><00:32:44.440><c> there</c><00:32:44.599><c> for</c><00:32:44.819><c> a</c><00:32:44.960><c> purpose.</c>

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:48.019
We<00:32:45.519><c> need</c><00:32:45.619><c> to</c><00:32:45.859><c> find</c><00:32:46.000><c> out</c><00:32:46.160><c> what</c><00:32:46.359><c> it's</c><00:32:47.000><c> there</c><00:32:47.220><c> for.</c>

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:53.359
Consequently,<00:32:50.900><c> I</c><00:32:51.039><c> would</c><00:32:51.299><c> press</c><00:32:51.579><c> this</c><00:32:51.920><c> point</c><00:32:52.039><c> that</c><00:32:52.200><c> the</c><00:32:52.420><c> meaning</c><00:32:52.640><c> of</c><00:32:52.980><c> Scripture</c><00:32:53.180><c> is</c>

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:56.859
what<00:32:53.539><c> God</c><00:32:53.799><c> intended,</c><00:32:55.140><c> not</c><00:32:55.440><c> what</c><00:32:55.740><c> readers</c><00:32:56.079><c> can</c><00:32:56.400><c> make</c><00:32:56.619><c> of</c><00:32:56.740><c> it.</c>

00:32:56.940 --> 00:33:00.359
Nowadays,<00:32:57.700><c> in</c><00:32:57.920><c> a</c><00:32:58.200><c> postmodern</c><00:32:58.799><c> world,</c><00:32:59.299><c> people</c><00:32:59.500><c> are</c><00:32:59.720><c> taught</c><00:33:00.019><c> in</c>

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:05.400
universities<00:33:00.839><c> and</c><00:33:01.079><c> colleges</c><00:33:01.400><c> to</c><00:33:02.299><c> read</c><00:33:02.740><c> literature</c><00:33:03.220><c> where</c><00:33:03.700><c> the</c><00:33:04.039><c> reader</c><00:33:04.359><c> brings</c><00:33:04.819><c> meaning</c><00:33:05.180><c> to</c>

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:06.460
the<00:33:05.579><c> passage.</c>

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.599
Come<00:33:06.779><c> across</c><00:33:07.039><c> that</c><00:33:07.220><c> concept?</c>

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:12.579
That<00:33:08.160><c> is</c><00:33:08.500><c> the</c><00:33:09.500><c> reader</c><00:33:09.900><c>-writer</c><00:33:10.299><c> interaction</c><00:33:11.259><c> out</c><00:33:11.740><c> of</c><00:33:11.940><c> which</c>

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:14.359
meaning<00:33:13.240><c> comes.</c>

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:18.140
So<00:33:15.339><c> you're</c><00:33:15.859><c> a</c><00:33:16.000><c> different</c><00:33:16.160><c> reader</c><00:33:16.500><c> from</c><00:33:17.579><c> the</c><00:33:17.700><c> person</c><00:33:17.880><c> sitting</c>

00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:18.720
next<00:33:18.460><c> to</c><00:33:18.539><c> you.</c>

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:21.140
You<00:33:19.039><c> get</c><00:33:19.299><c> different</c><00:33:19.700><c> meaning</c><00:33:20.079><c> from</c><00:33:20.279><c> this</c><00:33:20.559><c> passage</c><00:33:20.859><c> because</c>

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:24.140
you're<00:33:21.519><c> bringing</c><00:33:21.819><c> your</c><00:33:22.420><c> own</c><00:33:22.759><c> mind</c><00:33:22.980><c> to</c><00:33:23.119><c> it</c><00:33:23.299><c> and</c><00:33:23.500><c> the</c><00:33:23.740><c> meaning</c>

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:28.200
is<00:33:24.740><c> created</c><00:33:25.259><c> out</c><00:33:25.559><c> of</c><00:33:25.799><c> your</c><00:33:26.240><c> interaction</c><00:33:26.900><c> with</c><00:33:27.140><c> the</c><00:33:27.359><c> literature.</c>

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I<00:33:29.640><c> don't</c><00:33:29.859><c> think</c><00:33:29.960><c> we</c><00:33:30.119><c> could</c><00:33:30.279><c> say</c><00:33:30.579><c> that.</c>

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:34.700
Of<00:33:31.000><c> course,</c><00:33:31.420><c> different</c><00:33:31.599><c> people</c><00:33:31.940><c> will</c><00:33:32.279><c> pick</c><00:33:32.519><c> up</c><00:33:32.700><c> different</c><00:33:32.960><c> points,</c><00:33:33.259><c> but</c><00:33:33.500><c> surely</c><00:33:33.759><c> what</c><00:33:33.980><c> we're</c><00:33:34.259><c> trying</c><00:33:34.420><c> to</c>

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:39.420
find<00:33:34.940><c> out</c><00:33:35.099><c> is</c><00:33:35.599><c> always</c><00:33:36.019><c> what</c><00:33:36.319><c> in</c><00:33:36.539><c> God</c><00:33:36.700><c> intended,</c><00:33:38.039><c> not</c><00:33:38.460><c> what</c><00:33:39.019><c> we</c>

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:40.200
make<00:33:39.660><c> of</c><00:33:39.839><c> it.</c>

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:44.279
So<00:33:40.700><c> we</c><00:33:40.880><c> would</c><00:33:41.140><c> avoid</c><00:33:41.500><c> saying,</c><00:33:42.640><c> you</c><00:33:42.640><c> know,</c><00:33:42.640><c> I</c><00:33:42.839><c> like</c><00:33:43.319><c> the</c><00:33:44.099><c> point</c>

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:49.440
I<00:33:44.460><c> like</c><00:33:44.619><c> best</c><00:33:44.980><c> about</c><00:33:45.259><c> this</c><00:33:45.599><c> chapter</c><00:33:45.940><c> is</c><00:33:46.539><c> what</c><00:33:47.680><c> you</c><00:33:47.839><c> are</c><00:33:48.000><c> inclined</c><00:33:48.279><c> to</c><00:33:48.559><c> say,</c><00:33:48.700><c> aren't</c><00:33:48.940><c> we?</c>

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:53.539
Well,<00:33:49.900><c> what</c><00:33:50.619><c> I</c><00:33:50.960><c> take</c><00:33:51.180><c> from</c><00:33:51.440><c> this</c><00:33:51.759><c> psalm</c><00:33:52.140><c> is,</c><00:33:52.980><c> right?</c>

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:58.220
Now,<00:33:54.900><c> I'm</c><00:33:55.099><c> not</c><00:33:55.240><c> going</c><00:33:55.380><c> to</c><00:33:55.519><c> make</c><00:33:55.660><c> a</c><00:33:55.799><c> man</c><00:33:55.940><c> an</c><00:33:56.140><c> offender</c><00:33:56.460><c> for</c><00:33:56.680><c> a</c><00:33:56.859><c> word,</c><00:33:57.019><c> but</c><00:33:57.579><c> what</c><00:33:58.039><c> I</c>

00:33:58.220 --> 00:34:01.420
think<00:33:58.299><c> we</c><00:33:58.839><c> really</c><00:33:59.099><c> ought</c><00:33:59.240><c> to</c><00:33:59.339><c> be</c><00:33:59.519><c> saying</c><00:33:59.640><c> is</c><00:33:59.859><c> what</c><00:34:00.059><c> is</c><00:34:00.380><c> the</c><00:34:00.539><c> Lord</c><00:34:00.640><c> teaching</c><00:34:01.019><c> us</c><00:34:01.299><c> here?</c>

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:05.140
Now,<00:34:01.779><c> there</c><00:34:01.880><c> may</c><00:34:02.180><c> be</c><00:34:02.539><c> in</c><00:34:02.680><c> that</c><00:34:02.900><c> teaching</c><00:34:03.200><c> a</c><00:34:03.519><c> point</c><00:34:03.660><c> that</c><00:34:03.819><c> is</c><00:34:04.119><c> particularly</c><00:34:04.440><c> pertinent</c><00:34:04.940><c> to</c>

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.880
my<00:34:05.339><c> situation.</c>

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:07.119
That's<00:34:06.420><c> a</c><00:34:06.559><c> different</c><00:34:06.720><c> question.</c>

00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:08.820
That's<00:34:07.660><c> a</c><00:34:07.819><c> different</c><00:34:07.960><c> matter.</c>

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:10.139
What<00:34:09.659><c> is</c><00:34:09.940><c> this?</c>

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:12.300
What<00:34:10.559><c> is</c><00:34:10.760><c> the</c><00:34:10.900><c> Lord</c><00:34:11.000><c> teaching</c><00:34:11.380><c> us?</c>

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:14.360
What<00:34:12.500><c> does</c><00:34:12.639><c> he</c><00:34:12.900><c> intend</c><00:34:13.139><c> us</c><00:34:13.320><c> to</c><00:34:13.579><c> take?</c>

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:17.820
And<00:34:15.239><c> these</c><00:34:15.440><c> new</c><00:34:15.679><c> meanings</c><00:34:16.059><c> are</c><00:34:16.400><c> not</c><00:34:16.659><c> added</c><00:34:17.000><c> retrospectively.</c>

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:21.019
If<00:34:18.639><c> you</c><00:34:18.840><c> read</c><00:34:19.059><c> New</c><00:34:19.280><c> Testament</c><00:34:19.780><c> writers,</c><00:34:20.340><c> they</c><00:34:20.519><c> will</c><00:34:20.679><c> say</c><00:34:20.820><c> that</c>

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:24.860
the<00:34:21.159><c> Apostle</c><00:34:21.579><c> Paul</c><00:34:22.059><c> gives</c><00:34:22.440><c> new</c><00:34:22.800><c> meaning</c><00:34:23.260><c> to</c><00:34:23.800><c> the</c><00:34:24.000><c> prophecy</c><00:34:24.280><c> of</c><00:34:24.539><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:28.579
Now,<00:34:25.320><c> what</c><00:34:25.440><c> they're</c><00:34:25.659><c> saying</c><00:34:25.880><c> is</c><00:34:26.119><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:26.760><c> never</c><00:34:27.360><c> intended</c><00:34:28.099><c> the</c>

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:31.460
passages<00:34:29.019><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:29.619><c> wrote</c><00:34:29.960><c> to</c><00:34:30.320><c> be</c><00:34:30.559><c> interpreted</c><00:34:30.920><c> in</c><00:34:31.099><c> this</c><00:34:31.280><c> way.</c>

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:34.019
But<00:34:31.780><c> the</c><00:34:31.880><c> Apostle</c><00:34:32.219><c> Paul</c><00:34:32.420><c> has</c><00:34:32.599><c> come</c><00:34:32.820><c> along</c><00:34:33.059><c> with</c><00:34:33.380><c> a</c><00:34:33.539><c> new</c><00:34:33.659><c> way</c><00:34:33.840><c> of</c>

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:37.599
thinking,<00:34:34.239><c> and</c><00:34:34.619><c> he's</c><00:34:35.179><c> reinterpreted</c><00:34:36.119><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:36.599><c> and</c><00:34:37.000><c> given</c><00:34:37.159><c> a</c>

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:38.739
new<00:34:37.820><c> meaning.</c>

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:46.019
We<00:34:41.500><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:41.880><c> couldn't</c><00:34:42.179><c> possibly</c><00:34:43.179><c> mean</c><00:34:44.599><c> that,</c><00:34:44.960><c> could</c><00:34:45.000><c> we?</c>

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:50.800
What<00:34:48.139><c> we</c><00:34:48.360><c> do</c><00:34:48.579><c> mean</c><00:34:48.760><c> is</c><00:34:48.940><c> that</c><00:34:49.139><c> scripture</c><00:34:49.400><c> interprets</c><00:34:49.980><c> scripture</c><00:34:50.300><c> because</c>

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:56.860
it's<00:34:51.380><c> always</c><00:34:51.900><c> the</c><00:34:53.099><c> verbal</c><00:34:54.079><c> word</c><00:34:54.840><c> of</c><00:34:55.119><c> God</c><00:34:55.480><c> that</c><00:34:56.440><c> the</c><00:34:56.659><c> meaning</c>

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:58.800
is<00:34:57.199><c> defined</c><00:34:57.420><c> by</c><00:34:57.679><c> its</c><00:34:57.920><c> use.</c>

00:34:59.179 --> 00:35:03.739
It's<00:34:59.460><c> not</c><00:34:59.639><c> limited</c><00:35:00.019><c> by</c><00:35:00.300><c> culture,</c><00:35:01.019><c> audience,</c><00:35:01.599><c> or</c><00:35:01.760><c> penman,</c><00:35:03.539><c> as</c>

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:07.619
the<00:35:04.099><c> meaning</c><00:35:04.340><c> of</c><00:35:04.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:04.880><c> is</c><00:35:05.099><c> not</c><00:35:05.340><c> limited</c><00:35:05.920><c> by</c><00:35:06.900><c> the</c><00:35:07.260><c> fact</c><00:35:07.400><c> that</c>

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:10.599
Isaiah<00:35:07.960><c> lived</c><00:35:08.199><c> 700</c><00:35:08.619><c> years</c><00:35:08.980><c> BC</c><00:35:09.300><c> in</c><00:35:09.539><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:16.179
His<00:35:12.639><c> conception</c><00:35:13.159><c> isn't</c><00:35:13.920><c> what</c><00:35:14.239><c> limits</c><00:35:14.840><c> how</c><00:35:15.300><c> to</c><00:35:15.639><c> interpret</c><00:35:15.960><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:20.460
You<00:35:16.739><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:17.039><c> say,</c><00:35:17.579><c> look,</c><00:35:18.780><c> these</c><00:35:18.960><c> prophecies</c><00:35:19.380><c> couldn't</c><00:35:19.679><c> possibly</c><00:35:20.159><c> be</c>

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:22.340
speaking<00:35:20.639><c> about</c><00:35:20.840><c> the</c><00:35:20.940><c> Lord</c><00:35:21.099><c> Jesus</c><00:35:21.440><c> Christ</c><00:35:21.719><c> because</c><00:35:21.920><c> Isaiah</c>

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:23.300
wouldn't<00:35:22.639><c> have</c><00:35:22.860><c> known</c><00:35:23.039><c> that.</c>

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:25.579
Isaiah<00:35:23.619><c> was</c><00:35:23.880><c> a</c><00:35:24.019><c> Jew</c><00:35:24.159><c> living</c><00:35:24.440><c> amongst</c><00:35:24.800><c> Jews,</c><00:35:25.059><c> and</c><00:35:25.199><c> he's</c><00:35:25.360><c> just</c>

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.460
speaking<00:35:25.840><c> about</c><00:35:26.099><c> Israel.</c>

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.559
That's<00:35:26.719><c> who</c><00:35:26.800><c> he's</c><00:35:26.980><c> talking</c><00:35:27.300><c> about.</c>

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:29.199
That's<00:35:28.159><c> all</c><00:35:28.340><c> he</c><00:35:28.559><c> would</c><00:35:28.699><c> have</c><00:35:28.860><c> understood.</c>

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:31.019
That's<00:35:29.519><c> all</c><00:35:29.639><c> the</c><00:35:29.800><c> people</c><00:35:29.920><c> at</c><00:35:30.079><c> the</c><00:35:30.280><c> time</c><00:35:30.400><c> would</c><00:35:30.519><c> have</c><00:35:30.699><c> understood.</c>

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:35.119
He<00:35:31.480><c> can't</c><00:35:31.800><c> possibly</c><00:35:32.119><c> be</c><00:35:32.480><c> reading</c><00:35:32.800><c> about</c><00:35:33.360><c> writing</c><00:35:33.840><c> about</c><00:35:34.139><c> Messiah.</c>

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:38.219
The<00:35:35.579><c> New</c><00:35:35.760><c> Testament</c><00:35:36.460><c> applies</c><00:35:37.159><c> this</c><00:35:37.460><c> to</c><00:35:37.739><c> Messiah.</c>

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:41.219
They<00:35:38.460><c> interpret</c><00:35:39.539><c> it</c><00:35:40.320><c> in</c><00:35:40.760><c> that</c><00:35:40.960><c> way.</c>

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:44.219
But<00:35:41.639><c> we</c><00:35:41.719><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:41.960><c> say</c><00:35:42.219><c> that</c><00:35:42.480><c> because</c><00:35:42.800><c> we</c><00:35:42.960><c> say,</c><00:35:43.719><c> no,</c><00:35:43.900><c> whether</c>

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:47.000
Isaiah<00:35:44.659><c> understood</c><00:35:45.159><c> it</c><00:35:45.360><c> or</c><00:35:45.480><c> not</c><00:35:45.639><c> is</c><00:35:45.880><c> immaterial.</c>

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:51.539
He<00:35:48.260><c> was</c><00:35:48.440><c> writing</c><00:35:48.639><c> by</c><00:35:48.860><c> the</c><00:35:49.039><c> power</c><00:35:49.119><c> of</c><00:35:49.360><c> the</c><00:35:49.380><c> Holy</c><00:35:49.559><c> Spirit</c><00:35:49.880><c> upon</c><00:35:50.139><c> him.</c>

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:54.920
Yes,<00:35:53.260><c> he</c><00:35:53.380><c> was</c><00:35:53.539><c> speaking</c><00:35:53.820><c> about</c><00:35:54.460><c> Messiah.</c>

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:57.539
How<00:35:55.119><c> do</c><00:35:55.260><c> you</c><00:35:55.320><c> know</c><00:35:55.420><c> what</c><00:35:55.579><c> the</c><00:35:55.659><c> New</c><00:35:55.800><c> Testament</c><00:35:56.099><c> tells</c><00:35:56.400><c> us</c><00:35:56.599><c> he</c><00:35:56.800><c> was?</c>

00:35:57.940 --> 00:36:00.599
Israel<00:35:58.119><c> was</c><00:35:58.360><c> supposed</c><00:35:58.619><c> to</c><00:35:58.880><c> hear</c><00:35:59.079><c> that</c><00:35:59.639><c> the</c><00:35:59.880><c> things</c><00:36:00.039><c> of</c><00:36:00.260><c> Isaiah</c>

00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:03.760
were<00:36:01.219><c> about</c><00:36:01.619><c> the</c><00:36:02.059><c> one</c><00:36:02.219><c> to</c><00:36:02.519><c> come.</c>

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:08.179
That's<00:36:06.500><c> what</c><00:36:06.639><c> we</c><00:36:06.860><c> would</c><00:36:07.019><c> believe,</c><00:36:07.400><c> surely.</c>

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:11.119
So<00:36:10.000><c> let</c><00:36:10.139><c> me</c><00:36:10.280><c> just</c><00:36:10.659><c> put</c><00:36:10.960><c> this.</c>

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:14.420
Is<00:36:11.260><c> there</c><00:36:11.440><c> any,</c><00:36:12.219><c> anybody</c><00:36:12.639><c> wants</c><00:36:12.900><c> to</c><00:36:13.059><c> ask</c><00:36:13.219><c> any</c><00:36:13.800><c> questions</c><00:36:14.239><c> or</c>

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:17.239
make<00:36:14.539><c> any</c><00:36:14.800><c> points</c><00:36:15.199><c> on</c><00:36:15.800><c> what</c><00:36:16.000><c> I've</c><00:36:16.300><c> said</c><00:36:16.420><c> there?</c>

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:20.159
Is<00:36:17.659><c> that</c><00:36:18.340><c> pretty</c><00:36:19.260><c> clear?</c>