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seven<00:12:02.799><c> rams,</c><00:12:03.580><c> the</c><00:12:03.820><c> same</c><00:12:04.019><c> he</c><00:12:04.240><c> be</c><00:12:04.360><c> a</c><00:12:04.639><c> priest</c><00:12:04.879><c> of</c><00:12:05.019><c> them</c><00:12:05.220><c> that</c><00:12:05.360><c> are</c>

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Levites<00:12:19.960><c> wait</c><00:12:20.259><c> upon</c><00:12:20.600><c> their</c><00:12:20.820><c> business.</c>

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incense.

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these<00:12:58.700><c> Levites?</c>

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Nobody<00:13:00.580><c> twisted</c><00:13:01.080><c> their</c><00:13:01.460><c> arms</c><00:13:01.759><c> to</c><00:13:01.940><c> come</c><00:13:02.139><c> down</c><00:13:02.399><c> to</c><00:13:02.580><c> the</c><00:13:02.759><c> south</c>

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Let's<00:13:12.480><c> say</c><00:13:12.700><c> you</c><00:13:12.860><c> had</c><00:13:13.139><c> a</c><00:13:13.340><c> comfortable</c><00:13:13.740><c> place</c><00:13:14.220><c> somewhere</c><00:13:14.659><c> up</c><00:13:14.860><c> in</c>

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Now<00:13:29.440><c> all</c><00:13:29.779><c> of</c><00:13:30.000><c> a</c><00:13:30.100><c> sudden,</c><00:13:31.200><c> Jeroboam</c><00:13:31.740><c> is</c><00:13:31.980><c> going</c><00:13:32.179><c> to</c><00:13:32.440><c> set</c><00:13:32.580><c> up</c><00:13:32.700><c> his</c>

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on<00:13:34.940><c> the</c><00:13:35.259><c> spot</c><00:13:35.539><c> as</c><00:13:35.799><c> a</c><00:13:35.980><c> Levite.</c>

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Will<00:13:41.480><c> you</c><00:13:41.580><c> go</c><00:13:41.720><c> down</c><00:13:41.960><c> to</c><00:13:42.139><c> the</c><00:13:42.320><c> south?</c>

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Where<00:13:43.960><c> will</c><00:13:44.139><c> be</c><00:13:44.320><c> the</c><00:13:44.519><c> call</c><00:13:44.679><c> of</c><00:13:44.980><c> loyalty?</c>

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who<00:13:51.059><c> stayed</c><00:13:51.360><c> and</c><00:13:51.779><c> accepted</c><00:13:52.100><c> the</c><00:13:52.399><c> inroads</c>

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priesthood<00:13:59.980><c> in</c><00:14:00.220><c> competition</c><00:14:00.759><c> with</c><00:14:01.019><c> you,</c><00:14:02.080><c> those</c><00:14:02.360><c> who</c><00:14:02.659><c> stayed,</c>

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for<00:14:03.440><c> the</c><00:14:03.580><c> most</c><00:14:03.820><c> part,</c><00:14:04.379><c> compromised.</c>

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It<00:14:06.240><c> was</c><00:14:06.480><c> a</c><00:14:06.820><c> call</c><00:14:07.159><c> for</c><00:14:07.659><c> loyalty.</c>

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and<00:14:21.000><c> leave</c><00:14:21.340><c> whatever</c><00:14:21.659><c> they</c><00:14:21.980><c> had</c><00:14:22.419><c> and</c><00:14:22.940><c> come</c><00:14:23.159><c> down</c><00:14:23.440><c> to</c><00:14:23.600><c> the</c><00:14:23.799><c> south</c><00:14:24.080><c> and</c>

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be<00:14:24.740><c> loyal</c><00:14:25.000><c> to</c><00:14:25.159><c> their</c><00:14:25.379><c> God.</c>

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God?

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Now<00:14:54.740><c> there</c><00:14:54.860><c> are</c><00:14:55.080><c> times</c><00:14:55.620><c> when</c><00:14:56.059><c> those</c><00:14:56.340><c> circumstances</c><00:14:56.980><c> are</c><00:14:57.360><c> inevitable.</c>

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it's<00:15:48.659><c> not</c><00:15:48.840><c> always</c><00:15:49.100><c> by</c><00:15:49.399><c> choice?</c>

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How<00:15:53.480><c> can</c><00:15:53.700><c> we</c><00:15:53.960><c> teach,</c><00:15:54.779><c> preach,</c><00:15:55.519><c> and</c><00:15:55.700><c> work</c><00:15:55.899><c> with</c><00:15:56.120><c> our</c><00:15:56.379><c> brethren,</c>

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strengthening<00:15:57.179><c> their</c><00:15:57.580><c> hands</c><00:15:58.080><c> in</c>

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ensuring<00:15:59.080><c> holiness</c><00:15:59.580><c> to</c><00:15:59.820><c> the</c><00:15:59.980><c> Lord</c><00:16:00.279><c> in</c><00:16:00.600><c> the</c><00:16:00.820><c> camp</c><00:16:01.000><c> of</c><00:16:01.200><c> Israel</c>

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if<00:16:02.360><c> we,</c><00:16:02.879><c> by</c><00:16:03.159><c> choice,</c><00:16:04.519><c> have</c><00:16:04.659><c> removed</c><00:16:05.080><c> ourselves</c>

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for<00:16:06.019><c> material</c><00:16:06.639><c> reasons</c><00:16:07.259><c> miles</c><00:16:08.100><c> away</c><00:16:08.700><c> from</c><00:16:09.340><c> any</c><00:16:09.799><c> closeness</c><00:16:10.200><c> to</c>

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our<00:16:10.519><c> brothers</c><00:16:10.720><c> and</c><00:16:10.960><c> sisters?</c>

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How<00:16:12.559><c> can</c><00:16:12.740><c> we</c><00:16:13.000><c> claim</c><00:16:13.179><c> to</c><00:16:13.320><c> be</c><00:16:13.519><c> working</c><00:16:13.779><c> with</c><00:16:14.000><c> the</c><00:16:14.220><c> sheep</c><00:16:14.460><c> if</c><00:16:14.779><c> we're</c><00:16:14.960><c> not</c>

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with<00:16:15.399><c> them</c><00:16:16.039><c> geographically</c><00:16:17.120><c> and</c>

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spiritually?

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If<00:16:20.039><c> we</c><00:16:20.240><c> are</c><00:16:20.460><c> priests</c><00:16:20.820><c> in</c><00:16:21.059><c> training</c><00:16:21.320><c> for</c><00:16:21.539><c> the</c><00:16:21.700><c> future</c><00:16:22.019><c> age,</c><00:16:22.639><c> how</c>

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can<00:16:23.000><c> we</c><00:16:23.179><c> be</c><00:16:23.460><c> equipped</c><00:16:23.720><c> to</c><00:16:23.960><c> work</c><00:16:24.100><c> with</c><00:16:24.320><c> people</c>

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Christ<00:16:28.779><c> returns</c><00:16:29.320><c> if</c><00:16:29.679><c> we</c><00:16:29.860><c> have</c><00:16:30.059><c> not</c>

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apprenticed<00:16:31.100><c> now?</c>

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If<00:16:33.159><c> we</c><00:16:33.360><c> have</c><00:16:33.559><c> not</c><00:16:33.899><c> apprenticed</c><00:16:34.899><c> now</c><00:16:35.559><c> by</c><00:16:36.419><c> working</c><00:16:36.879><c> with</c><00:16:37.159><c> real</c>

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people,<00:16:38.519><c> by</c><00:16:38.840><c> sharing</c><00:16:39.159><c> the</c><00:16:39.399><c> load</c><00:16:39.559><c> of</c><00:16:39.740><c> the</c>

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ecclesial<00:16:40.299><c> responsibilities?</c>

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Are<00:16:42.759><c> we</c><00:16:43.000><c> just</c><00:16:43.419><c> Sunday</c><00:16:43.740><c> morning</c><00:16:44.159><c> attenders,</c><00:16:45.740><c> rarely</c><00:16:46.039><c> at</c><00:16:46.279><c> Bible</c>

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class,<00:16:47.320><c> hardly</c><00:16:47.539><c> ever</c><00:16:47.899><c> at</c><00:16:48.179><c> study</c><00:16:48.419><c> days?</c>

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Are<00:16:49.399><c> you</c><00:16:49.639><c> a</c><00:16:49.840><c> member</c><00:16:50.080><c> of</c><00:16:50.279><c> the</c><00:16:50.440><c> ecclesia?</c>

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Your<00:16:51.200><c> name</c><00:16:51.440><c> is</c><00:16:51.659><c> in</c><00:16:51.759><c> the</c><00:16:51.919><c> book.</c>

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But<00:16:53.480><c> do</c><00:16:53.700><c> you</c><00:16:53.879><c> think</c><00:16:54.059><c> that</c><00:16:54.220><c> just</c><00:16:54.399><c> by</c><00:16:54.639><c> doing</c><00:16:54.840><c> the</c><00:16:55.039><c> readings</c><00:16:55.259><c> at</c>

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you're<00:17:00.179><c> helping</c><00:17:00.559><c> to</c><00:17:00.919><c> strengthen</c><00:17:01.200><c> the</c><00:17:01.460><c> body?</c>

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These<00:17:03.000><c> Levites</c><00:17:03.559><c> were</c><00:17:03.980><c> called</c><00:17:04.259><c> upon</c><00:17:04.779><c> to</c><00:17:05.259><c> make</c><00:17:05.460><c> a</c><00:17:05.759><c> decision.</c>

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Were<00:17:06.759><c> they</c><00:17:06.920><c> going</c><00:17:07.119><c> to</c><00:17:07.420><c> continue</c><00:17:07.740><c> in</c><00:17:07.920><c> their</c><00:17:08.220><c> calling,</c><00:17:09.140><c> working</c>

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with,<00:17:12.160><c> or</c><00:17:12.339><c> were</c><00:17:12.480><c> they</c><00:17:12.660><c> going</c><00:17:12.819><c> to</c><00:17:13.180><c> compromise</c><00:17:13.640><c> for</c><00:17:13.859><c> the</c><00:17:14.039><c> sake</c>

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of<00:17:14.359><c> their</c><00:17:14.539><c> own</c><00:17:14.759><c> material</c><00:17:15.160><c> gains?</c>

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Or<00:17:16.440><c> what</c><00:17:16.599><c> was</c><00:17:16.880><c> convenient,</c><00:17:18.579><c> they</c><00:17:18.759><c> had</c><00:17:18.960><c> to</c><00:17:19.119><c> make</c><00:17:19.259><c> a</c><00:17:19.460><c> decision,</c>

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I'd<00:17:29.880><c> like</c><00:17:29.960><c> now</c><00:17:30.160><c> to</c><00:17:30.279><c> go</c><00:17:30.400><c> to</c><00:17:30.599><c> 2</c><00:17:30.779><c> Chronicles</c><00:17:31.359><c> chapter</c><00:17:31.819><c> 17.</c>

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I'm<00:17:34.019><c> going</c><00:17:34.019><c> to</c><00:17:34.140><c> move</c><00:17:34.380><c> chronologically</c><00:17:35.220><c> here,</c><00:17:35.680><c> just</c><00:17:36.000><c> sampling</c>

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sections<00:17:40.059><c> in</c><00:17:40.440><c> the</c><00:17:40.720><c> kings</c><00:17:41.319><c> past</c><00:17:42.579><c> the</c><00:17:42.799><c> early</c>

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kingdom<00:17:43.559><c> period</c><00:17:44.180><c> that</c><00:17:45.339><c> highlight</c><00:17:46.200><c> the</c><00:17:46.779><c> theme</c><00:17:47.000><c> of</c><00:17:47.339><c> priesthood.</c>

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and<00:18:18.259><c> strengthened</c><00:18:18.720><c> himself</c><00:18:19.380><c> against</c><00:18:20.200><c> Israel.</c>

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He<00:18:30.759><c> is</c><00:18:31.019><c> the</c><00:18:31.180><c> successor,</c><00:18:32.720><c> a</c><00:18:32.960><c> successor</c><00:18:33.380><c> of</c><00:18:33.619><c> Jeroboam.</c>

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Asa,<00:18:53.279><c> his</c><00:18:53.519><c> father,</c><00:18:53.839><c> had</c><00:18:54.099><c> taken.</c>

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As<00:19:04.420><c> we</c><00:19:04.660><c> focus</c><00:19:05.019><c> on</c><00:19:05.240><c> Jehoshaphat,</c><00:19:06.279><c> we</c><00:19:06.319><c> will</c><00:19:06.640><c> find</c><00:19:07.099><c> that</c><00:19:07.460><c> he</c><00:19:07.539><c> is</c>

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Verse<00:19:16.299><c> 7,</c><00:19:17.359><c> also</c><00:19:17.700><c> in</c><00:19:17.900><c> the</c><00:19:18.099><c> third</c><00:19:18.359><c> year</c><00:19:18.599><c> of</c><00:19:18.759><c> his</c><00:19:19.000><c> reign,</c><00:19:19.440><c> he</c><00:19:19.740><c> sent</c>

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to<00:19:24.319><c> Obadiah</c><00:19:24.740><c> and</c><00:19:24.900><c> to</c><00:19:25.140><c> Zechariah</c><00:19:25.779><c> and</c><00:19:26.059><c> to</c><00:19:26.180><c> Nathanael</c><00:19:26.799><c> and</c><00:19:27.140><c> to</c>

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Micaiah,<00:19:28.160><c> to</c><00:19:28.460><c> teach</c><00:19:28.900><c> in</c><00:19:29.319><c> the</c><00:19:29.440><c> cities</c><00:19:29.819><c> of</c>

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Judah.

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Now,<00:19:31.619><c> there</c><00:19:32.099><c> is</c><00:19:32.740><c> a</c><00:19:32.920><c> remarkable</c><00:19:33.599><c> king.</c>

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We<00:19:35.599><c> don't</c><00:19:35.960><c> read</c><00:19:36.440><c> of</c><00:19:36.779><c> many</c><00:19:37.200><c> kings</c><00:19:37.799><c> who</c><00:19:38.859><c> at</c><00:19:39.140><c> any</c><00:19:39.500><c> stage</c><00:19:39.880><c> in</c><00:19:40.059><c> their</c>

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reign<00:19:40.799><c> send</c><00:19:42.400><c> out</c><00:19:43.279><c> princes</c><00:19:44.279><c> to</c><00:19:45.819><c> teach</c><00:19:46.359><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:46.920><c> cities</c><00:19:47.339><c> of</c><00:19:47.740><c> Judah.</c>

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Remember<00:19:50.700><c> the</c><00:19:51.019><c> times,</c><00:19:52.079><c> the</c><00:19:52.140><c> nations</c><00:19:52.619><c> deeply</c><00:19:53.160><c> divided,</c><00:19:54.559><c> ten</c>

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to<00:19:54.960><c> the</c><00:19:55.160><c> north,</c><00:19:55.559><c> two</c><00:19:55.900><c> to</c><00:19:56.059><c> the</c><00:19:56.299><c> south,</c><00:19:57.059><c> two</c><00:19:57.319><c> kings</c>

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reigning,<00:19:58.539><c> two</c><00:19:58.880><c> capitals,</c><00:20:00.619><c> and</c><00:20:00.779><c> the</c><00:20:00.980><c> Levites</c><00:20:01.599><c> have</c><00:20:01.980><c> left,</c><00:20:02.339><c> by</c>

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and<00:20:02.819><c> large,</c><00:20:03.940><c> the</c><00:20:04.119><c> northern</c><00:20:04.460><c> part</c><00:20:04.759><c> of</c><00:20:04.900><c> the</c>

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flock,<00:20:06.240><c> not</c><00:20:06.400><c> that</c><00:20:06.500><c> they</c><00:20:06.640><c> wanted</c><00:20:06.859><c> to.</c>

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Jehoshaphat<00:20:09.180><c> is</c><00:20:09.480><c> exceptional</c><00:20:10.119><c> as</c><00:20:10.440><c> a</c><00:20:10.599><c> reigning</c><00:20:10.839><c> monarch.</c>

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Come<00:20:12.420><c> now</c><00:20:12.660><c> to</c><00:20:12.799><c> verse</c><00:20:13.039><c> 8.</c>

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Notice<00:20:14.259><c> what</c><00:20:14.539><c> else</c><00:20:14.720><c> he</c><00:20:14.839><c> does.</c>

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Turning<00:20:16.660><c> not</c><00:20:16.960><c> only</c><00:20:17.160><c> to</c><00:20:17.339><c> the</c><00:20:17.559><c> princes</c><00:20:17.920><c> of</c><00:20:18.160><c> the</c><00:20:18.359><c> land,</c><00:20:19.180><c> as</c><00:20:19.400><c> educators,</c><00:20:21.019><c> he</c><00:20:21.160><c> turns</c><00:20:21.599><c> to</c>

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the<00:20:22.019><c> priesthood,</c>

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verse<00:20:22.980><c> 8.</c>

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And<00:20:24.460><c> with</c><00:20:25.000><c> them,</c><00:20:25.779><c> with</c><00:20:26.180><c> the</c><00:20:26.500><c> princes,</c><00:20:27.839><c> he</c><00:20:28.180><c> sent</c><00:20:28.420><c> Levites,</c><00:20:29.420><c> even</c><00:20:29.680><c> Shemaiah</c><00:20:30.380><c> and</c>

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Nathanael<00:20:31.519><c> and</c><00:20:32.200><c> Zebediah</c><00:20:33.140><c> and</c>

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Nassahel<00:20:34.460><c> and</c><00:20:34.980><c> Shemraimah</c><00:20:35.740><c> and</c><00:20:36.420><c> Johanan</c><00:20:37.180><c> and</c><00:20:37.680><c> Adonijah</c><00:20:38.339><c> and</c>

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Tobijah<00:20:39.920><c> and</c><00:20:40.480><c> Tabadonijah,</c><00:20:42.940><c> Levites,</c><00:20:44.619><c> and</c>

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with<00:20:45.579><c> them,</c><00:20:46.599><c> Elishama</c><00:20:47.559><c> and</c><00:20:47.839><c> Jehoram,</c><00:20:49.500><c> priests.</c>

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Now<00:20:51.539><c> watch,</c><00:20:51.940><c> brothers</c><00:20:52.259><c> and</c><00:20:52.559><c> sisters,</c><00:20:53.359><c> what</c><00:20:53.559><c> the</c><00:20:53.819><c> mandate</c><00:20:54.299><c> is.</c>

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Not<00:20:56.039><c> only</c><00:20:56.299><c> were</c><00:20:56.440><c> the</c><00:20:56.819><c> princes</c><00:20:57.220><c> to</c><00:20:57.519><c> go</c><00:20:57.799><c> forward</c><00:20:58.160><c> and</c><00:20:58.640><c> exert</c><00:20:58.940><c> their</c><00:20:59.380><c> royal</c><00:20:59.839><c> influence</c><00:21:00.460><c> as</c>

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teachers<00:21:01.339><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:02.759><c> nation,</c><00:21:03.160><c> that</c><00:21:03.420><c> is,</c><00:21:03.759><c> the</c><00:21:03.759><c> southern</c><00:21:04.079><c> tribes,</c><00:21:06.319><c> Jehoshaphat</c>

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mandates<00:21:08.099><c> both</c><00:21:08.640><c> Levites</c><00:21:09.259><c> and</c><00:21:09.599><c> priests,</c>

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verse<00:21:11.480><c> 9,</c><00:21:12.559><c> and</c><00:21:12.980><c> they</c><00:21:13.619><c> taught</c><00:21:14.059><c> in</c><00:21:14.500><c> Judah</c><00:21:14.920><c> and</c><00:21:15.519><c> had</c><00:21:15.819><c> the</c><00:21:16.079><c> book</c><00:21:16.299><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:16.740><c> law</c><00:21:16.980><c> of</c><00:21:17.240><c> the</c><00:21:17.480><c> Lord</c><00:21:17.740><c> with</c><00:21:18.059><c> them.</c>

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Do<00:21:19.579><c> you</c><00:21:19.579><c> ever</c><00:21:19.920><c> wonder</c><00:21:20.720><c> whether</c><00:21:21.599><c> in</c><00:21:21.779><c> Old</c><00:21:22.000><c> Testament</c><00:21:22.480><c> times</c><00:21:23.160><c> the</c>

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Bible<00:21:24.619><c> was</c><00:21:25.279><c> in</c><00:21:25.579><c> transit?</c>

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Do<00:21:27.140><c> you</c><00:21:27.220><c> ever</c><00:21:27.400><c> wonder</c><00:21:27.539><c> whether</c><00:21:27.740><c> the</c><00:21:28.140><c> scrolls</c><00:21:28.839><c> of</c><00:21:29.000><c> the</c><00:21:29.200><c> law</c><00:21:29.500><c> were</c><00:21:29.819><c> always</c><00:21:30.279><c> riveted</c><00:21:30.740><c> to</c>

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the<00:21:31.420><c> tables</c><00:21:31.700><c> of</c><00:21:31.880><c> the</c><00:21:32.039><c> temple?</c>

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Have<00:21:33.500><c> you</c><00:21:33.619><c> ever</c><00:21:33.839><c> wondered</c><00:21:34.180><c> whether</c><00:21:34.440><c> in</c><00:21:34.660><c> fact</c><00:21:34.859><c> the</c><00:21:35.200><c> scrolls</c><00:21:35.819><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:36.180><c> law</c><00:21:36.619><c> were</c><00:21:37.079><c> transported,</c><00:21:38.039><c> carried</c><00:21:38.500><c> around?</c>

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Here's<00:21:39.940><c> the</c><00:21:40.119><c> answer.</c>

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Jehoshaphat<00:21:43.279><c> says,</c><00:21:44.420><c> take</c><00:21:44.839><c> the</c><00:21:45.140><c> Bible,</c><00:21:46.440><c> the</c><00:21:46.700><c> law</c><00:21:47.039><c> of</c><00:21:47.339><c> God,</c><00:21:48.539><c> you're</c><00:21:48.839><c> the</c>

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princes,<00:21:50.000><c> you're</c><00:21:50.339><c> the</c><00:21:50.539><c> priests,</c>

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join<00:21:51.720><c> your</c><00:21:52.019><c> hands</c><00:21:52.480><c> together</c><00:21:53.059><c> and</c><00:21:53.680><c> educate</c><00:21:54.240><c> these</c><00:21:54.640><c> people</c><00:21:54.960><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:55.380><c> south.</c>

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And<00:21:58.059><c> we</c><00:21:58.319><c> shall</c><00:21:58.500><c> be</c><00:21:59.980><c> kings</c><00:22:00.660><c> and</c><00:22:01.460><c> priests.</c>

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Ha!

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Here<00:22:05.539><c> is</c><00:22:05.640><c> one</c><00:22:05.819><c> of</c><00:22:05.940><c> the</c><00:22:06.059><c> very</c><00:22:06.400><c> few</c><00:22:06.640><c> times,</c><00:22:08.859><c> if</c><00:22:09.059><c> not</c><00:22:09.440><c> entirely</c><00:22:10.019><c> unique</c><00:22:10.599><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:10.960><c> history</c><00:22:11.259><c> of</c><00:22:11.500><c> the</c><00:22:11.720><c> kings,</c>

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where<00:22:13.140><c> prince</c><00:22:13.799><c> and</c><00:22:14.400><c> priest</c><00:22:14.960><c> join</c><00:22:15.880><c> together</c><00:22:16.500><c> for</c><00:22:16.920><c> spiritual</c>

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education<00:22:18.240><c> of</c><00:22:18.740><c> the</c><00:22:18.880><c> nation.</c>

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It<00:22:21.779><c> is</c><00:22:22.059><c> a</c><00:22:22.319><c> figure</c><00:22:22.559><c> of</c><00:22:22.940><c> the</c><00:22:23.140><c> kingdom</c><00:22:23.440><c> in</c><00:22:23.720><c> a</c><00:22:24.099><c> small</c><00:22:24.440><c> cameo.</c>

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It<00:22:25.519><c> is</c><00:22:25.940><c> a</c><00:22:26.140><c> rare</c><00:22:26.380><c> occasion</c><00:22:27.160><c> when</c><00:22:28.059><c> the</c><00:22:28.420><c> ruling</c><00:22:28.700><c> monarch</c><00:22:29.160><c> of</c><00:22:29.380><c> Israel,</c><00:22:30.519><c> or</c><00:22:30.759><c> Judah,</c>

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sees<00:22:32.940><c> to</c><00:22:33.319><c> it</c><00:22:33.460><c> that</c><00:22:33.579><c> there's</c><00:22:33.880><c> a</c><00:22:34.200><c> spiritual</c><00:22:34.579><c> education</c><00:22:35.380><c> program</c>

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as<00:22:36.559><c> deliberate</c><00:22:37.019><c> as</c><00:22:37.279><c> this.</c>

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In<00:22:39.099><c> the</c><00:22:39.279><c> early</c><00:22:39.539><c> years</c><00:22:39.839><c> of</c><00:22:40.059><c> Jehoshaphat,</c><00:22:41.519><c> king</c><00:22:41.579><c> and</c><00:22:42.000><c> priest</c><00:22:42.400><c> were</c><00:22:42.740><c> shoulder</c><00:22:43.099><c> to</c><00:22:43.380><c> shoulder.</c>

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Prince<00:22:45.140><c> and</c><00:22:45.519><c> priest</c><00:22:46.000><c> worked</c><00:22:46.660><c> together</c><00:22:47.279><c> with</c><00:22:47.660><c> a</c><00:22:47.980><c> Bible</c><00:22:48.319><c> in</c><00:22:48.700><c> hand,</c>

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and<00:22:49.380><c> they</c><00:22:49.680><c> went</c><00:22:49.900><c> around</c><00:22:50.240><c> the</c><00:22:50.420><c> nation</c><00:22:50.880><c> to</c><00:22:51.259><c> the</c><00:22:51.460><c> south</c><00:22:51.759><c> in</c><00:22:52.380><c> their</c>

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own<00:22:52.880><c> parameters,</c>

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and<00:22:54.180><c> they</c><00:22:54.460><c> taught</c><00:22:54.720><c> the</c><00:22:54.980><c> people,</c><00:22:55.619><c> verse</c><00:22:55.960><c> 9.</c>

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And<00:22:56.859><c> then</c><00:22:56.980><c> what</c><00:22:57.160><c> happened?</c>

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Well,<00:22:58.440><c> obviously,</c><00:22:59.819><c> with</c><00:23:00.000><c> that</c><00:23:00.380><c> kind</c><00:23:00.660><c> of</c><00:23:00.819><c> a</c><00:23:01.000><c> mandate</c><00:23:01.339><c> and</c><00:23:01.559><c> that</c>

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kind<00:23:02.079><c> of</c><00:23:02.240><c> an</c><00:23:02.400><c> educational</c><00:23:02.839><c> program,</c>

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good<00:23:04.140><c> fruit</c><00:23:04.420><c> came</c><00:23:04.740><c> from</c><00:23:04.980><c> it.</c>

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For<00:23:06.140><c> in</c><00:23:06.359><c> verse</c><00:23:06.640><c> 10,</c><00:23:07.240><c> the</c><00:23:07.359><c> fear</c><00:23:07.680><c> of</c><00:23:07.859><c> the</c><00:23:08.019><c> Lord</c><00:23:08.240><c> fell</c><00:23:08.500><c> upon</c><00:23:08.880><c> the</c>

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kingdoms<00:23:09.480><c> of</c><00:23:09.700><c> the</c><00:23:09.900><c> land.</c>

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How<00:23:12.299><c> pleased</c><00:23:13.039><c> the</c><00:23:13.640><c> father</c><00:23:13.980><c> must</c><00:23:14.279><c> have</c><00:23:14.460><c> been</c><00:23:14.980><c> with</c><00:23:15.720><c> Jehoshaphat.</c>

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And<00:23:18.039><c> remember,</c><00:23:18.480><c> brothers</c><00:23:18.599><c> and</c><00:23:18.859><c> sisters,</c><00:23:19.299><c> as</c><00:23:19.539><c> we</c><00:23:19.740><c> read</c><00:23:19.920><c> those</c>

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words<00:23:20.680><c> concerning</c><00:23:21.180><c> his</c><00:23:21.500><c> mandate,</c>

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what<00:23:22.859><c> did</c><00:23:23.059><c> we</c><00:23:23.299><c> read</c><00:23:23.440><c> at</c><00:23:23.599><c> the</c><00:23:23.720><c> beginning</c><00:23:23.940><c> of</c><00:23:24.119><c> the</c><00:23:24.259><c> week?</c>

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We<00:23:25.440><c> just</c><00:23:25.740><c> flash</c><00:23:26.000><c> back</c><00:23:26.380><c> here</c><00:23:26.700><c> for</c><00:23:26.839><c> a</c><00:23:27.000><c> moment.</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:23:28.380><c> 33,</c><00:23:29.660><c> the</c><00:23:29.980><c> call</c><00:23:30.200><c> of</c><00:23:30.420><c> the</c><00:23:30.579><c> Levites.</c>

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Verse<00:23:32.619><c> 8</c><00:23:33.000><c> of</c><00:23:33.200><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:23:33.740><c> 33,</c><00:23:34.299><c> which</c><00:23:34.519><c> we</c><00:23:34.759><c> read</c><00:23:34.900><c> more</c><00:23:35.160><c> than</c>

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once<00:23:35.559><c> before.</c>

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And<00:23:36.720><c> of</c><00:23:37.000><c> Levi</c><00:23:37.380><c> he</c><00:23:37.759><c> said,</c><00:23:38.039><c> Let</c><00:23:38.240><c> thy</c><00:23:38.539><c> Thummim</c><00:23:38.880><c> and</c><00:23:39.019><c> thy</c><00:23:39.259><c> Urim</c><00:23:39.519><c> be</c>

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with<00:23:40.000><c> thy</c><00:23:40.200><c> Holy</c><00:23:40.500><c> One.</c>

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Verse<00:23:41.920><c> 9,</c><00:23:42.700><c> Who</c><00:23:42.900><c> said</c><00:23:43.119><c> unto</c><00:23:43.400><c> his</c><00:23:43.640><c> father</c><00:23:43.980><c> and</c><00:23:44.160><c> to</c><00:23:44.299><c> his</c><00:23:44.480><c> mother,</c>

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I<00:23:45.039><c> have</c><00:23:45.240><c> not</c><00:23:45.539><c> seen</c><00:23:45.759><c> him,</c>

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neither<00:23:46.859><c> did</c><00:23:47.039><c> he</c><00:23:47.240><c> acknowledge</c><00:23:47.700><c> his</c><00:23:48.039><c> brethren,</c><00:23:48.680><c> nor</c><00:23:48.839><c> knew</c><00:23:49.059><c> his</c>

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own<00:23:49.559><c> children,</c>

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for<00:23:50.519><c> they</c><00:23:50.740><c> have</c><00:23:50.900><c> observed</c><00:23:51.599><c> thy</c><00:23:52.240><c> word</c><00:23:52.759><c> and</c><00:23:53.220><c> kept</c><00:23:53.559><c> thy</c><00:23:53.920><c> covenant,</c>

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and<00:23:55.180><c> they</c><00:23:55.539><c> shall</c><00:23:55.859><c> teach</c><00:23:56.579><c> Jacob</c><00:23:57.079><c> thy</c><00:23:57.400><c> judgments</c><00:23:57.980><c> and</c><00:23:58.960><c> Israel</c>

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thy<00:24:00.480><c> law.</c>

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That<00:24:02.519><c> was</c><00:24:02.779><c> the</c><00:24:03.079><c> compliment</c><00:24:03.599><c> in</c><00:24:03.859><c> Deuteronomy.</c>

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Levi<00:24:06.160><c> was</c><00:24:06.519><c> rewarded</c><00:24:07.019><c> for</c><00:24:07.279><c> their</c><00:24:07.579><c> loyalty</c><00:24:08.119><c> at</c><00:24:08.440><c> the</c><00:24:08.599><c> golden</c><00:24:08.960><c> calf</c>

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and<00:24:10.259><c> the</c><00:24:10.599><c> loyalty</c><00:24:11.019><c> through</c><00:24:11.339><c> Phineas</c><00:24:11.839><c> in</c><00:24:12.000><c> Numbers</c><00:24:12.339><c> 25,</c><00:24:13.359><c> which</c>

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we've<00:24:13.740><c> already</c><00:24:13.980><c> looked</c><00:24:14.220><c> at.</c>

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And<00:24:16.180><c> as</c><00:24:16.380><c> a</c><00:24:16.500><c> result</c><00:24:16.740><c> of</c><00:24:16.960><c> that</c><00:24:17.220><c> loyalty,</c><00:24:18.059><c> they</c><00:24:18.500><c> were</c><00:24:18.799><c> to</c><00:24:18.980><c> go</c><00:24:19.240><c> out</c>

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and<00:24:19.960><c> teach</c><00:24:20.279><c> Jacob</c><00:24:20.680><c> thy</c><00:24:20.960><c> judgments.</c>

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But<00:24:22.420><c> remember,</c><00:24:23.640><c> in</c><00:24:23.839><c> verse</c><00:24:24.140><c> 9,</c><00:24:24.700><c> right</c><00:24:24.980><c> here,</c>

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the<00:24:27.440><c> reward</c><00:24:27.980><c> to</c><00:24:28.319><c> Levi</c><00:24:28.779><c> to</c><00:24:29.339><c> be</c><00:24:29.500><c> the</c><00:24:29.720><c> spiritual</c><00:24:30.259><c> educators</c><00:24:30.819><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:31.200><c> nation</c>

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was<00:24:32.779><c> because</c><00:24:33.559><c> they</c><00:24:34.160><c> were</c><00:24:34.579><c> loyal</c><00:24:35.160><c> to</c><00:24:35.700><c> God</c><00:24:36.180><c> at</c><00:24:36.420><c> the</c><00:24:36.599><c> golden</c><00:24:36.960><c> calf</c>

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and<00:24:38.019><c> through</c><00:24:38.240><c> Phineas</c><00:24:38.920><c> when</c><00:24:39.339><c> dealing</c><00:24:39.819><c> with</c><00:24:40.279><c> the</c><00:24:40.400><c> Midianites.</c>

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And<00:24:42.359><c> their</c><00:24:42.720><c> loyalty</c><00:24:43.619><c> was</c><00:24:45.380><c> in</c><00:24:45.740><c> part</c><00:24:46.099><c> the</c><00:24:46.599><c> fact</c><00:24:46.940><c> that</c><00:24:47.059><c> they</c><00:24:47.200><c> were</c>

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willing<00:24:47.900><c> to</c><00:24:48.380><c> depart</c><00:24:48.720><c> from</c><00:24:49.339><c> their</c><00:24:49.619><c> own</c><00:24:50.000><c> kin.</c>

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They<00:24:51.099><c> were</c><00:24:51.359><c> willing</c><00:24:51.680><c> to</c><00:24:52.019><c> leave</c><00:24:52.259><c> their</c><00:24:52.640><c> own</c><00:24:53.079><c> bloodline.</c>

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They<00:24:54.980><c> were</c><00:24:55.240><c> willing</c><00:24:55.480><c> to</c><00:24:55.819><c> sacrifice</c><00:24:56.400><c> family</c><00:24:56.960><c> ties,</c><00:24:57.559><c> if</c><00:24:57.819><c> necessary,</c><00:24:58.940><c> for</c><00:24:59.099><c> their</c><00:24:59.339><c> loyalty</c><00:24:59.740><c> to</c><00:24:59.940><c> God.</c>

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The<00:25:01.559><c> Levites</c><00:25:02.180><c> in</c><00:25:02.480><c> the</c><00:25:02.640><c> days</c><00:25:02.880><c> of</c><00:25:03.220><c> Rehoboam</c><00:25:03.740><c> had</c><00:25:04.059><c> done</c><00:25:04.359><c> something</c><00:25:04.740><c> like</c><00:25:05.079><c> that.</c>

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By<00:25:06.480><c> leaving</c><00:25:06.859><c> the</c><00:25:07.160><c> ten</c><00:25:07.359><c> tribes</c><00:25:07.819><c> to</c><00:25:08.059><c> the</c><00:25:08.220><c> north,</c>

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by<00:25:09.220><c> taking</c><00:25:09.559><c> their</c><00:25:09.900><c> stand</c><00:25:10.099><c> with</c><00:25:10.319><c> Rehoboam,</c><00:25:11.279><c> migrating</c><00:25:12.059><c> to</c><00:25:12.299><c> the</c><00:25:12.539><c> south,</c>

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these<00:25:13.779><c> Levites</c><00:25:14.859><c> had</c><00:25:15.539><c> probably,</c><00:25:16.279><c> some</c><00:25:16.579><c> of</c><00:25:16.660><c> them,</c><00:25:16.980><c> left</c><00:25:17.240><c> some</c><00:25:17.559><c> family.</c>

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They<00:25:18.779><c> may</c><00:25:19.000><c> have</c><00:25:19.160><c> left</c><00:25:19.420><c> some</c><00:25:19.740><c> brethren,</c><00:25:20.400><c> some</c><00:25:20.680><c> cousins</c><00:25:20.960><c> and</c><00:25:21.279><c> friends.</c>

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Other<00:25:22.079><c> Levites</c><00:25:22.579><c> may</c><00:25:22.779><c> have</c><00:25:23.039><c> stayed.</c>

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You<00:25:25.720><c> see,</c><00:25:26.240><c> by</c><00:25:26.539><c> following</c><00:25:26.880><c> the</c><00:25:27.119><c> right</c><00:25:27.359><c> principles</c><00:25:27.839><c> of</c><00:25:28.160><c> priesthood,</c><00:25:28.880><c> they</c>

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were<00:25:29.339><c> blessed</c>

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and<00:25:30.779><c> end</c><00:25:31.119><c> up</c><00:25:31.539><c> fulfilling</c><00:25:32.059><c> the</c><00:25:32.420><c> original</c><00:25:32.900><c> mandate</c><00:25:33.460><c> that</c><00:25:34.259><c> was</c>

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given<00:25:34.740><c> to</c><00:25:35.079><c> Levi</c>

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as<00:25:36.140><c> a</c><00:25:36.380><c> result</c><00:25:36.740><c> of</c><00:25:37.279><c> their</c><00:25:37.619><c> early</c><00:25:38.279><c> loyalty.</c>

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Now<00:25:40.980><c> let's</c><00:25:41.180><c> just</c><00:25:41.460><c> pause</c><00:25:41.799><c> for</c><00:25:42.019><c> a</c><00:25:42.099><c> moment</c><00:25:42.299><c> and</c><00:25:42.500><c> apply</c><00:25:42.799><c> this</c><00:25:43.000><c> to</c><00:25:43.220><c> ourselves.</c>

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If<00:25:45.740><c> we</c><00:25:46.279><c> intend</c><00:25:46.920><c> seriously</c><00:25:47.680><c> to</c><00:25:49.000><c> be</c><00:25:49.220><c> kings</c><00:25:49.519><c> and</c><00:25:49.839><c> priests</c><00:25:50.119><c> of</c><00:25:50.319><c> the</c>

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future<00:25:50.799><c> age,</c>

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if<00:25:52.279><c> we</c><00:25:52.519><c> take</c><00:25:52.920><c> seriously</c><00:25:53.940><c> the</c><00:25:54.599><c> call</c><00:25:54.839><c> of</c><00:25:55.019><c> the</c><00:25:55.180><c> Apostle</c><00:25:55.660><c> Peter</c><00:25:55.900><c> to</c>

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see<00:25:56.240><c> ourselves</c><00:25:56.740><c> now</c>

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as<00:25:58.440><c> a</c><00:25:58.819><c> royal</c><00:25:59.220><c> priesthood,</c><00:25:59.799><c> a</c><00:25:59.960><c> peculiar</c><00:26:00.500><c> people,</c>

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what<00:26:02.640><c> are</c><00:26:02.779><c> we</c><00:26:02.940><c> doing</c><00:26:03.220><c> about</c><00:26:04.059><c> that</c><00:26:04.599><c> particular</c><00:26:05.140><c> part</c><00:26:05.460><c> of</c><00:26:05.619><c> our</c><00:26:05.859><c> role?</c>

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That<00:26:07.339><c> is</c><00:26:07.819><c> this,</c><00:26:09.839><c> our</c><00:26:10.079><c> attitude</c><00:26:10.599><c> to</c><00:26:10.799><c> Bible</c><00:26:11.220><c> study.</c>

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Let's<00:26:13.660><c> just</c><00:26:13.859><c> take</c><00:26:14.019><c> a</c><00:26:14.079><c> look</c><00:26:14.180><c> at</c><00:26:14.339><c> a</c><00:26:14.400><c> couple</c><00:26:14.640><c> of</c><00:26:14.799><c> quotations</c><00:26:15.279><c> here.</c>

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John<00:26:17.960><c> Thomas</c><00:26:18.400><c> in</c><00:26:18.559><c> Elpis</c><00:26:18.900><c> Israel</c><00:26:20.519><c> struck</c><00:26:21.019><c> an</c><00:26:21.400><c> important</c><00:26:21.920><c> spirit</c><00:26:22.380><c> or</c><00:26:22.700><c> attitude</c>

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towards<00:26:24.559><c> Bible</c><00:26:25.019><c> study</c><00:26:25.299><c> when</c><00:26:25.480><c> he</c><00:26:25.640><c> said,</c>

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no<00:26:26.140><c> one</c><00:26:26.420><c> has</c><00:26:26.700><c> any</c><00:26:26.920><c> right</c><00:26:27.240><c> to</c><00:26:27.759><c> set</c><00:26:27.900><c> up</c><00:26:28.039><c> his</c><00:26:28.240><c> own</c><00:26:28.500><c> ignorance</c>

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as<00:26:30.240><c> the</c><00:26:30.440><c> limit</c><00:26:30.619><c> of</c><00:26:30.779><c> what</c><00:26:30.960><c> God</c><00:26:31.259><c> has</c><00:26:31.599><c> revealed.</c>

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We<00:26:34.160><c> must</c><00:26:34.380><c> be</c><00:26:34.720><c> continually</c><00:26:35.180><c> open</c><00:26:35.680><c> to</c><00:26:35.960><c> instruction,</c>

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constantly<00:26:38.200><c> guarding</c><00:26:38.700><c> ourselves</c><00:26:39.400><c> against</c><00:26:40.779><c> preconceptions,</c>

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letting<00:26:43.299><c> God's</c><00:26:43.839><c> Word</c><00:26:44.119><c> speak</c><00:26:44.519><c> to</c><00:26:44.740><c> us,</c>

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not<00:26:45.400><c> just</c><00:26:45.660><c> because</c><00:26:45.940><c> of</c><00:26:46.000><c> what</c><00:26:46.140><c> we</c><00:26:46.319><c> read</c><00:26:46.440><c> in</c><00:26:46.680><c> somebody's</c><00:26:47.099><c> book</c><00:26:47.400><c> or</c><00:26:47.759><c> exposition</c><00:26:48.380><c> or</c><00:26:48.539><c> in</c><00:26:48.700><c> a</c><00:26:48.880><c> commentary.</c>

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Constantly<00:26:50.839><c> aware</c><00:26:51.180><c> of</c><00:26:51.380><c> the</c><00:26:51.539><c> fact</c><00:26:51.799><c> that</c><00:26:52.059><c> we</c><00:26:52.299><c> are</c><00:26:52.440><c> the</c><00:26:52.559><c> ones</c><00:26:52.740><c> that</c><00:26:52.940><c> need</c><00:26:53.079><c> to</c>

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be<00:26:53.460><c> instructed</c>

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and<00:26:54.519><c> there</c><00:26:54.680><c> are</c><00:26:54.859><c> times</c><00:26:55.359><c> when</c><00:26:55.700><c> our</c><00:26:55.900><c> own</c><00:26:56.119><c> notions</c><00:26:56.519><c> might</c><00:26:56.759><c> get</c><00:26:56.960><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:57.180><c> way.</c>

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Another<00:27:02.119><c> good</c><00:27:02.480><c> description</c><00:27:03.019><c> of</c><00:27:03.339><c> the</c><00:27:03.460><c> Bible</c><00:27:03.839><c> student</c><00:27:04.180><c> from</c>

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enjoying<00:27:04.720><c> the</c><00:27:04.980><c> Bible.</c>

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Part<00:27:06.339><c> of</c><00:27:06.480><c> what</c><00:27:06.660><c> would</c><00:27:06.839><c> be</c><00:27:07.019><c> our</c><00:27:07.220><c> role?</c>

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No<00:27:08.900><c> matter</c><00:27:09.059><c> whether</c><00:27:09.299><c> we're</c><00:27:09.859><c> on</c><00:27:10.140><c> the</c><00:27:10.279><c> arranging</c><00:27:10.640><c> board,</c>

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whether<00:27:11.460><c> we</c><00:27:11.779><c> are</c><00:27:11.980><c> in</c><00:27:12.140><c> a</c><00:27:12.380><c> formal</c><00:27:12.660><c> role</c><00:27:12.920><c> of</c><00:27:13.180><c> instruction</c><00:27:13.500><c> in</c><00:27:13.700><c> the</c><00:27:13.839><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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we<00:27:14.740><c> are</c><00:27:15.039><c> all</c><00:27:15.420><c> called</c><00:27:15.720><c> to</c><00:27:15.920><c> be</c><00:27:16.079><c> kings</c><00:27:16.359><c> and</c><00:27:16.579><c> priests.</c>

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In<00:27:17.819><c> enjoying</c><00:27:18.059><c> the</c><00:27:18.279><c> Bible,</c><00:27:19.759><c> this</c><00:27:20.019><c> definition</c><00:27:20.579><c> is</c><00:27:21.000><c> offered</c><00:27:21.319><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:21.759><c> Bible</c><00:27:22.079><c> student,</c>

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and<00:27:23.339><c> I</c><00:27:23.420><c> think</c><00:27:23.519><c> it's</c><00:27:23.720><c> a</c><00:27:23.819><c> good</c><00:27:23.940><c> one,</c>

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the<00:27:25.339><c> observant</c><00:27:25.940><c> eye</c><00:27:26.220><c> for</c><00:27:26.579><c> detail,</c>

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the<00:27:29.000><c> ready</c><00:27:29.339><c> mental</c><00:27:29.740><c> association</c><00:27:30.539><c> of</c><00:27:30.900><c> similar</c><00:27:31.279><c> passages,</c>

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the<00:27:32.579><c> prompt</c><00:27:33.059><c> appreciation</c><00:27:33.900><c> of</c><00:27:34.140><c> a</c><00:27:34.319><c> vivid</c><00:27:34.559><c> phrase,</c>

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the<00:27:35.819><c> quick</c><00:27:36.240><c> recognition</c><00:27:36.920><c> of</c><00:27:37.160><c> an</c><00:27:37.400><c> allusion</c><00:27:37.880><c> to</c><00:27:38.220><c> an</c><00:27:38.400><c> earlier</c><00:27:38.740><c> writer,</c>

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the<00:27:40.220><c> dedication</c><00:27:40.880><c> which</c><00:27:41.160><c> thinks</c><00:27:41.519><c> nothing</c><00:27:42.000><c> of</c><00:27:42.500><c> a</c><00:27:42.759><c> painstaking</c><00:27:43.519><c> hour</c>

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pouring<00:27:44.619><c> over</c><00:27:44.980><c> the</c><00:27:45.220><c> pages</c><00:27:45.460><c> of</c><00:27:45.720><c> a</c><00:27:45.880><c> concordance,</c>

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the<00:27:47.440><c> humility</c><00:27:47.980><c> which</c><00:27:48.920><c> recognizes</c><00:27:49.660><c> the</c><00:27:50.000><c> limitations</c><00:27:50.700><c> and</c><00:27:51.359><c> shortcomings</c><00:27:52.019><c> of</c>

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work<00:27:52.519><c> done,</c>

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the<00:27:53.740><c> honesty</c><00:27:54.440><c> which</c><00:27:55.019><c> acknowledges</c><00:27:55.640><c> that</c><00:27:55.900><c> many</c><00:27:56.299><c> a</c><00:27:56.880><c> conclusion</c>

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not<00:27:58.339><c> proven</c><00:27:58.720><c> but</c><00:27:59.299><c> probable</c><00:27:59.720><c> or</c><00:28:00.079><c> possible.</c>

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only<00:28:05.440><c> to</c><00:28:05.700><c> be</c><00:28:05.940><c> acquired</c><00:28:06.559><c> by</c><00:28:07.619><c> unremitting</c><00:28:08.460><c> application</c><00:28:09.299><c> to</c><00:28:10.000><c> the</c>

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text<00:28:10.519><c> itself,</c>

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not<00:28:12.059><c> books</c><00:28:12.640><c> about</c><00:28:13.140><c> the</c><00:28:13.380><c> Bible.</c>

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have<00:28:18.500><c> open</c><00:28:18.759><c> hearts</c><00:28:19.140><c> and</c><00:28:19.359><c> minds,</c>

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let<00:28:20.359><c> God</c><00:28:20.700><c> speak</c><00:28:21.240><c> and</c><00:28:21.779><c> not</c><00:28:22.000><c> putting</c><00:28:22.180><c> upon</c><00:28:22.500><c> the</c><00:28:22.779><c> page</c><00:28:23.119><c> our</c><00:28:23.640><c> own</c>

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notions<00:28:24.259><c> and</c><00:28:24.599><c> biases,</c>

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and<00:28:26.019><c> from</c><00:28:26.240><c> enjoying</c><00:28:26.559><c> the</c><00:28:26.819><c> Bible,</c>

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the<00:28:27.880><c> healthy</c><00:28:28.359><c> attitude</c><00:28:29.279><c> of</c><00:28:30.839><c> an</c><00:28:31.240><c> alert,</c><00:28:32.400><c> active,</c><00:28:33.460><c> hungry</c>

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Bible<00:28:34.420><c> student,</c>

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claim<00:28:43.220><c> that</c><00:28:43.400><c> we</c><00:28:43.539><c> are</c><00:28:43.819><c> apprenticing</c><00:28:44.539><c> if</c><00:28:46.539><c> we</c><00:28:46.880><c> only</c><00:28:47.240><c> do</c><00:28:47.420><c> the</c><00:28:47.640><c> readings,</c>

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as<00:28:48.519><c> important</c><00:28:48.920><c> as</c><00:28:49.079><c> they</c><00:28:49.339><c> are,</c>

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for<00:28:52.940><c> deeper</c><00:28:53.200><c> understanding,</c>

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if<00:28:56.000><c> all</c><00:28:56.299><c> of</c><00:28:56.440><c> the</c><00:28:56.599><c> scriptural</c><00:28:57.000><c> input</c><00:28:57.380><c> we</c><00:28:57.599><c> ever</c><00:28:57.819><c> receive</c><00:28:58.220><c> is</c><00:28:58.400><c> only</c><00:28:58.579><c> at</c>

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meetings<00:28:59.180><c> when</c><00:28:59.420><c> we're</c><00:28:59.579><c> being</c><00:28:59.819><c> fed</c><00:29:00.039><c> by</c><00:29:00.339><c> others,</c>

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are<00:29:02.140><c> we</c><00:29:02.680><c> truly</c><00:29:03.380><c> helping</c><00:29:04.240><c> ourselves</c><00:29:05.059><c> with</c><00:29:05.339><c> God's</c><00:29:05.900><c> assistance</c>

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and<00:29:06.799><c> the</c><00:29:06.920><c> help</c><00:29:07.039><c> of</c><00:29:07.220><c> our</c><00:29:07.359><c> brothers</c><00:29:07.539><c> and</c><00:29:07.839><c> sisters</c><00:29:08.180><c> to</c><00:29:08.920><c> improve</c>

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our<00:29:10.000><c> Bible</c><00:29:10.519><c> reading,</c>

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doesn't<00:29:16.079><c> require</c><00:29:16.619><c> a</c><00:29:16.819><c> big</c><00:29:17.000><c> library,</c>

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doesn't<00:29:18.220><c> necessitate</c><00:29:18.920><c> knowing</c><00:29:19.220><c> the</c><00:29:19.380><c> language</c><00:29:19.720><c> of</c><00:29:19.960><c> Greek</c><00:29:20.119><c> and</c><00:29:20.359><c> Hebrew,</c>

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as<00:29:21.160><c> helpful</c><00:29:21.380><c> as</c><00:29:21.539><c> it</c><00:29:21.599><c> may</c><00:29:21.839><c> be,</c>

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it<00:29:23.099><c> requires</c><00:29:23.819><c> that</c><00:29:24.519><c> kind</c><00:29:24.799><c> of</c><00:29:25.019><c> attitude,</c>

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a<00:29:29.640><c> searching</c><00:29:30.000><c> attitude,</c>

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a<00:29:31.660><c> desire</c><00:29:32.079><c> to</c><00:29:32.539><c> learn</c><00:29:32.779><c> more,</c>

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a<00:29:33.960><c> hunger</c><00:29:34.259><c> and</c><00:29:34.460><c> a</c><00:29:34.740><c> thirst</c><00:29:35.079><c> for</c><00:29:35.940><c> the</c><00:29:36.140><c> knowledge</c><00:29:36.400><c> of</c><00:29:36.619><c> God,</c>

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how<00:29:37.839><c> can</c><00:29:38.079><c> we</c><00:29:38.359><c> claim</c><00:29:38.599><c> to</c><00:29:38.819><c> be</c><00:29:38.940><c> like</c><00:29:39.099><c> these</c><00:29:39.339><c> Levites,</c>

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to<00:29:40.240><c> go</c><00:29:40.440><c> out</c><00:29:40.640><c> and</c><00:29:40.859><c> help</c><00:29:41.059><c> teach</c><00:29:41.380><c> Jacob,</c>

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if<00:29:43.059><c> we</c><00:29:43.339><c> don't</c><00:29:43.700><c> have</c><00:29:44.240><c> a</c><00:29:44.660><c> hungry</c><00:29:45.039><c> attitude</c><00:29:45.519><c> ourselves,</c>

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we're<00:29:47.599><c> running</c><00:29:47.920><c> seminars,</c><00:29:48.640><c> we're</c><00:29:48.779><c> bringing</c><00:29:49.019><c> people</c><00:29:49.460><c> in,</c>

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we're<00:29:50.599><c> helping</c><00:29:50.880><c> people</c><00:29:51.359><c> in</c><00:29:51.599><c> the</c><00:29:51.900><c> seminars</c><00:29:52.299><c> to</c><00:29:52.960><c> recognize</c><00:29:53.680><c> that</c><00:29:54.400><c> Bible</c><00:29:54.819><c> reading</c><00:29:55.079><c> is</c>

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not<00:29:55.500><c> all</c><00:29:55.680><c> that</c><00:29:55.960><c> difficult,</c>

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we<00:29:57.339><c> encourage</c><00:29:57.839><c> them</c><00:29:58.019><c> to</c><00:29:58.200><c> listen</c><00:29:58.460><c> to</c><00:29:58.680><c> Bible</c><00:29:59.019><c> echoes,</c>

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are<00:30:00.420><c> you</c><00:30:00.619><c> listening</c><00:30:00.900><c> for</c><00:30:01.160><c> Bible</c><00:30:01.440><c> echoes,</c><00:30:02.099><c> am</c><00:30:02.279><c> I,</c><00:30:02.920><c> when</c><00:30:03.039><c> we</c><00:30:03.200><c> do</c>

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the<00:30:03.480><c> readings,</c>

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are<00:30:04.480><c> you</c><00:30:04.720><c> discovering</c><00:30:05.099><c> things</c><00:30:05.539><c> new</c><00:30:05.980><c> each</c><00:30:06.799><c> day,</c><00:30:07.619><c> we</c><00:30:08.079><c> should,</c>

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are<00:30:09.519><c> you</c><00:30:09.640><c> looking</c><00:30:09.799><c> at</c><00:30:10.000><c> your</c><00:30:10.180><c> margin,</c><00:30:10.779><c> checking</c><00:30:10.960><c> the</c><00:30:11.240><c> footnotes,</c>

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reaching<00:30:12.839><c> for</c><00:30:13.079><c> whatever</c><00:30:13.359><c> resource</c><00:30:13.819><c> you</c><00:30:14.119><c> can</c><00:30:14.420><c> to</c><00:30:14.700><c> help</c><00:30:14.900><c> you</c>

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learn<00:30:15.339><c> more,</c>

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into<00:30:18.220><c> the</c><00:30:18.420><c> seminar,</c>

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are<00:30:20.680><c> we</c><00:30:20.960><c> practicing</c><00:30:21.359><c> what</c><00:30:21.579><c> we're</c><00:30:21.740><c> preaching,</c>

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do<00:30:23.539><c> we</c><00:30:23.759><c> have</c><00:30:23.940><c> the</c><00:30:24.140><c> same</c><00:30:24.359><c> attitude</c><00:30:24.759><c> that</c><00:30:25.119><c> we're</c><00:30:25.359><c> trying</c><00:30:25.619><c> to</c><00:30:25.920><c> inculcate</c><00:30:26.579><c> in</c><00:30:26.839><c> others,</c>

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now<00:30:29.940><c> brothers</c><00:30:30.099><c> and</c><00:30:30.380><c> sisters,</c>

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that's<00:30:31.839><c> an</c><00:30:32.140><c> important</c><00:30:32.420><c> lesson</c><00:30:32.819><c> from</c><00:30:33.039><c> the</c><00:30:33.240><c> days</c><00:30:33.460><c> of</c><00:30:33.660><c> Jehoshaphat,</c>

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he<00:30:36.039><c> was</c><00:30:36.500><c> well</c><00:30:37.180><c> blessed</c><00:30:37.599><c> brothers</c><00:30:37.940><c> and</c><00:30:38.200><c> sisters</c><00:30:38.519><c> for</c><00:30:38.759><c> his</c><00:30:39.039><c> attitude,</c>

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let's<00:30:40.319><c> switch</c><00:30:40.640><c> over</c><00:30:41.240><c> to</c><00:30:42.579><c> 2</c><00:30:42.799><c> Chronicles</c><00:30:43.420><c> chapter</c><00:30:43.960><c> 20,</c>

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in<00:30:51.980><c> 2</c><00:30:52.259><c> Chronicles</c><00:30:52.859><c> chapter</c><00:30:53.220><c> 20,</c><00:30:53.799><c> we're</c><00:30:53.980><c> still</c><00:30:54.240><c> in</c><00:30:54.420><c> the</c><00:30:54.480><c> days</c>

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of<00:30:54.920><c> Jehoshaphat,</c>

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there<00:31:01.619><c> comes</c><00:31:01.940><c> a</c><00:31:02.259><c> time</c><00:31:02.619><c> in</c><00:31:02.960><c> Jehoshaphat's</c><00:31:04.240><c> life</c><00:31:04.539><c> when</c>

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he<00:31:06.680><c> is</c><00:31:06.900><c> confronted</c><00:31:07.440><c> with</c><00:31:07.940><c> aggression</c>

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and<00:31:10.059><c> he</c><00:31:10.279><c> meets</c><00:31:10.559><c> it</c><00:31:11.079><c> in</c><00:31:11.400><c> a</c><00:31:11.539><c> way</c><00:31:11.759><c> that</c><00:31:12.700><c> at</c><00:31:13.640><c> first</c><00:31:13.980><c> is</c><00:31:14.220><c> very</c><00:31:14.579><c> commendable,</c>

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notice<00:31:16.480><c> how</c><00:31:16.720><c> he</c><00:31:17.039><c> involves</c><00:31:17.700><c> the</c><00:31:18.480><c> Levites</c><00:31:19.019><c> and</c><00:31:19.259><c> the</c><00:31:19.500><c> priests</c><00:31:19.819><c> as</c>

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part<00:31:20.539><c> of</c><00:31:20.799><c> his</c><00:31:21.000><c> army,</c>

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2<00:31:22.539><c> Chronicles</c><00:31:23.140><c> chapter</c><00:31:23.559><c> 20,</c>

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we<00:31:24.740><c> come</c><00:31:24.900><c> down</c><00:31:25.160><c> to</c><00:31:25.319><c> verse</c><00:31:25.519><c> 14,</c>

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this<00:31:28.480><c> is</c><00:31:28.720><c> in</c><00:31:28.940><c> preparation</c><00:31:29.480><c> for</c><00:31:29.740><c> the</c><00:31:29.940><c> battle</c><00:31:30.220><c> scene,</c>

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verse<00:31:31.819><c> 14</c><00:31:32.279><c> of</c><00:31:32.539><c> 2</c><00:31:32.720><c> Chronicles</c><00:31:33.259><c> 20,</c>

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then<00:31:34.640><c> upon</c><00:31:35.299><c> Jehaziel,</c>

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the<00:31:36.839><c> son</c><00:31:37.019><c> of</c><00:31:37.200><c> Zechariah,</c><00:31:37.980><c> the</c><00:31:38.039><c> son</c><00:31:38.259><c> of</c><00:31:38.440><c> Baniah,</c><00:31:38.940><c> the</c><00:31:39.079><c> son</c><00:31:39.259><c> of</c><00:31:39.779><c> Jeel,</c>

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the<00:31:40.940><c> son</c><00:31:41.160><c> of</c><00:31:41.359><c> Mataniah,</c>

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a<00:31:43.400><c> Levite</c><00:31:44.000><c> of</c><00:31:44.240><c> the</c><00:31:44.460><c> sons</c><00:31:44.759><c> of</c><00:31:45.059><c> Asaph,</c>

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came<00:31:46.599><c> the</c><00:31:46.980><c> spirit</c><00:31:47.200><c> of</c><00:31:47.420><c> the</c><00:31:47.559><c> Lord</c><00:31:47.779><c> in</c><00:31:47.980><c> the</c><00:31:48.079><c> midst</c><00:31:48.240><c> of</c><00:31:48.440><c> the</c><00:31:48.660><c> congregation,</c>

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and<00:31:50.319><c> he</c><00:31:50.519><c> said,</c><00:31:50.980><c> Harken</c><00:31:51.220><c> ye</c><00:31:51.519><c> all</c><00:31:51.839><c> Judah,</c>

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and<00:31:52.579><c> ye</c><00:31:52.740><c> inhabitants</c><00:31:53.220><c> of</c><00:31:53.480><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:56.339
and<00:31:54.519><c> thou</c><00:31:54.700><c> king</c><00:31:55.160><c> Jehoshaphat,</c>

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:58.660
thus<00:31:56.880><c> saith</c><00:31:57.180><c> the</c><00:31:57.400><c> Lord</c><00:31:57.640><c> unto</c><00:31:57.900><c> you,</c>

00:31:58.940 --> 00:32:03.019
be<00:31:59.119><c> not</c><00:31:59.400><c> afraid,</c><00:32:00.299><c> nor</c><00:32:00.579><c> dismayed</c><00:32:01.180><c> by</c><00:32:01.420><c> reason</c><00:32:01.740><c> of</c><00:32:01.900><c> this</c><00:32:02.119><c> great</c><00:32:02.400><c> multitude,</c>

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:07.519
for<00:32:03.480><c> the</c><00:32:03.740><c> battle</c><00:32:04.079><c> is</c><00:32:04.380><c> not</c><00:32:04.619><c> yours,</c><00:32:05.460><c> but</c><00:32:05.759><c> God's.</c>

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:12.519
Jehoshaphat<00:32:10.400><c> now</c><00:32:11.140><c> harvests</c>

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:16.359
the<00:32:13.500><c> goodness</c><00:32:14.119><c> and</c><00:32:14.940><c> the</c><00:32:15.319><c> soundness</c>

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:20.099
of<00:32:16.799><c> the</c><00:32:17.079><c> Levites</c><00:32:17.740><c> whom</c><00:32:18.099><c> he</c><00:32:18.299><c> has</c><00:32:18.640><c> treated</c><00:32:18.920><c> well.</c>

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:23.000
God<00:32:20.619><c> now</c><00:32:21.000><c> is</c><00:32:21.259><c> going</c><00:32:21.440><c> to</c><00:32:21.819><c> direct</c><00:32:22.059><c> Jehoshaphat</c>

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:24.539
at<00:32:23.160><c> the</c><00:32:23.339><c> beginning</c><00:32:23.559><c> of</c><00:32:23.759><c> the</c><00:32:23.960><c> battle</c>

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:28.059
through<00:32:25.420><c> one</c><00:32:25.740><c> of</c><00:32:25.900><c> the</c><00:32:26.099><c> sons</c><00:32:26.440><c> of</c><00:32:26.740><c> Asaph.</c>

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:30.880
He's<00:32:28.980><c> going</c><00:32:29.119><c> to</c><00:32:29.500><c> speak</c><00:32:29.720><c> to</c><00:32:29.920><c> Jehoshaphat</c>

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:32.359
through<00:32:31.140><c> one</c><00:32:31.440><c> of</c><00:32:31.640><c> the</c><00:32:31.759><c> Levites</c>

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:35.220
that<00:32:32.640><c> he's</c><00:32:32.920><c> encouraged</c><00:32:33.519><c> to</c><00:32:33.920><c> be</c><00:32:34.119><c> a</c><00:32:34.319><c> teacher.</c>

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:38.549
And<00:32:35.599><c> the</c><00:32:35.900><c> spirit</c><00:32:36.160><c> of</c><00:32:36.420><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:36.960><c> comes</c><00:32:37.539><c> to</c><00:32:37.779><c> Jehoshaphat</c>

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:43.539
through<00:32:39.119><c> the</c><00:32:39.359><c> medium</c><00:32:39.819><c> of</c><00:32:40.720><c> one</c><00:32:41.119><c> of</c><00:32:41.259><c> the</c><00:32:41.460><c> sons</c><00:32:42.000><c> of</c><00:32:42.359><c> Asaph.</c>

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:45.680
And<00:32:43.740><c> the</c><00:32:43.960><c> message</c><00:32:44.160><c> is</c><00:32:44.380><c> a</c><00:32:44.460><c> good</c><00:32:44.599><c> one.</c>

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:49.819
Come<00:32:46.619><c> down</c><00:32:46.799><c> just</c><00:32:47.000><c> a</c><00:32:47.099><c> little</c><00:32:47.259><c> further</c><00:32:47.579><c> in</c><00:32:47.740><c> that</c><00:32:48.000><c> text,</c><00:32:48.359><c> if</c><00:32:48.460><c> you</c><00:32:48.660><c> would.</c>

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:57.160
After<00:32:55.079><c> the</c><00:32:55.359><c> assuring</c><00:32:55.700><c> message</c><00:32:56.160><c> in</c><00:32:56.339><c> verse</c><00:32:56.640><c> 15,</c>

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:58.880
not<00:32:57.500><c> to</c><00:32:57.700><c> be</c><00:32:57.920><c> afraid</c><00:32:58.119><c> or</c><00:32:58.359><c> dismayed,</c>

00:32:58.880 --> 00:33:03.420
come<00:32:59.920><c> down</c><00:33:00.259><c> to,</c><00:33:00.559><c> in</c><00:33:00.660><c> the</c><00:33:00.839><c> same</c><00:33:01.059><c> passage,</c><00:33:01.859><c> verse</c><00:33:02.099><c> 19,</c>

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:06.019
where<00:33:04.819><c> we</c><00:33:05.019><c> read</c><00:33:05.180><c> about</c><00:33:05.359><c> the</c><00:33:05.579><c> Levites</c>

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:09.359
and<00:33:06.220><c> their</c><00:33:06.460><c> expanded</c><00:33:06.980><c> involvement</c><00:33:07.559><c> in</c><00:33:07.819><c> this</c><00:33:08.059><c> campaign.</c>

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:14.619
And<00:33:10.319><c> the</c><00:33:10.480><c> Levites</c><00:33:11.240><c> of</c><00:33:11.960><c> the</c><00:33:12.339><c> children</c><00:33:12.940><c> of</c><00:33:13.420><c> the</c><00:33:13.799><c> Kohathites</c>

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:17.799
and<00:33:15.339><c> of</c><00:33:15.519><c> the</c><00:33:15.779><c> children</c><00:33:16.160><c> of</c><00:33:16.799><c> the</c><00:33:17.119><c> Korites,</c>

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:20.579
the<00:33:18.200><c> sons</c><00:33:18.420><c> of</c><00:33:18.660><c> Korah</c><00:33:19.359><c> that</c><00:33:19.599><c> we</c><00:33:19.779><c> talked</c><00:33:19.980><c> about</c><00:33:20.160><c> yesterday,</c>

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:23.279
the<00:33:21.180><c> relatives</c><00:33:21.720><c> of</c><00:33:22.339><c> Phineas,</c>

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:25.359
children<00:33:23.960><c> of</c><00:33:24.400><c> the</c><00:33:24.640><c> Kohathites,</c>

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:27.900
children<00:33:26.119><c> of</c><00:33:26.539><c> the</c><00:33:26.839><c> Korites,</c>

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:30.759
stood<00:33:28.440><c> up</c><00:33:28.759><c> to</c><00:33:29.019><c> praise</c><00:33:29.380><c> the</c><00:33:29.680><c> Lord</c><00:33:29.920><c> God</c><00:33:30.119><c> of</c><00:33:30.279><c> Israel</c>

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:33.720
with<00:33:31.220><c> a</c><00:33:31.500><c> loud</c><00:33:31.819><c> voice</c><00:33:32.319><c> on</c><00:33:32.740><c> high.</c>

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:35.859
Come<00:33:34.099><c> down</c><00:33:34.279><c> to</c><00:33:34.400><c> verse</c><00:33:34.599><c> 21.</c>

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:38.000
And<00:33:36.359><c> when</c><00:33:36.480><c> he</c><00:33:36.640><c> had</c><00:33:36.839><c> consulted</c><00:33:37.299><c> with</c><00:33:37.539><c> the</c><00:33:37.720><c> people,</c>

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:39.819
he<00:33:38.259><c> appointed</c><00:33:38.640><c> singers</c><00:33:39.119><c> unto</c><00:33:39.359><c> the</c><00:33:39.599><c> Lord.</c>

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:42.339
This<00:33:40.240><c> is</c><00:33:40.440><c> all</c><00:33:40.579><c> getting</c><00:33:40.779><c> ready</c><00:33:41.059><c> for</c><00:33:41.299><c> a</c><00:33:41.480><c> battle.</c>

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:44.519
It's<00:33:42.779><c> an</c><00:33:42.980><c> interesting</c><00:33:43.460><c> interlude.</c>

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:46.240
He<00:33:45.039><c> consulted</c><00:33:45.500><c> with</c><00:33:45.720><c> the</c><00:33:45.920><c> people,</c>

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:48.740
he<00:33:46.599><c> appointed</c><00:33:46.960><c> singers</c><00:33:47.359><c> unto</c><00:33:47.579><c> the</c><00:33:47.859><c> Lord,</c>

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:52.259
and<00:33:49.480><c> that</c><00:33:49.839><c> should</c><00:33:50.200><c> praise</c><00:33:50.940><c> the</c><00:33:51.279><c> beauty</c><00:33:51.539><c> of</c><00:33:51.880><c> holiness</c>

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:54.579
as<00:33:52.839><c> they</c><00:33:53.160><c> went</c><00:33:53.299><c> out</c><00:33:53.579><c> before</c><00:33:53.900><c> the</c><00:33:54.240><c> army</c>

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:57.000
and<00:33:55.099><c> to</c><00:33:55.339><c> say,</c><00:33:56.299><c> praise</c><00:33:56.299><c> the</c><00:33:56.640><c> Lord,</c>

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:59.980
for<00:33:57.460><c> his</c><00:33:57.779><c> mercy</c><00:33:58.279><c> endureth</c><00:33:58.920><c> forever.</c>

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:02.019
And<00:34:00.559><c> when</c><00:34:00.779><c> they</c><00:34:01.019><c> began</c><00:34:01.380><c> to</c><00:34:01.700><c> sing,</c>

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:05.339
verse<00:34:02.420><c> 22,</c><00:34:03.440><c> and</c><00:34:03.640><c> to</c><00:34:03.880><c> praise</c><00:34:04.160><c> the</c><00:34:04.420><c> Lord,</c>

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:09.539
and<00:34:06.220><c> to</c><00:34:06.500><c> praise,</c><00:34:07.220><c> the</c><00:34:07.519><c> Lord</c><00:34:08.139><c> set</c><00:34:08.599><c> ambushments</c>

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:12.679
against<00:34:10.000><c> the</c><00:34:10.260><c> children</c><00:34:10.500><c> of</c><00:34:10.760><c> Ammon,</c><00:34:11.480><c> Moab</c><00:34:11.800><c> and</c><00:34:11.880><c> Mount</c><00:34:12.280><c> Seir,</c>

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:14.239
which<00:34:13.059><c> were</c><00:34:13.320><c> come</c><00:34:13.519><c> against</c><00:34:13.860><c> Judah,</c>

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:16.480
and<00:34:14.780><c> they</c><00:34:14.960><c> were</c><00:34:15.199><c> smitten.</c>

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:20.719
Isn't<00:34:18.840><c> that</c><00:34:19.460><c> amazing</c>

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:25.179
that<00:34:22.400><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:34:23.159><c> continues</c><00:34:24.019><c> to</c><00:34:24.440><c> incorporate</c>

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:28.920
the<00:34:25.940><c> participation</c><00:34:26.699><c> and</c><00:34:27.380><c> the</c><00:34:27.739><c> spiritual</c><00:34:28.300><c> help</c>

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:30.260
of<00:34:29.519><c> the</c><00:34:29.699><c> Levites?</c>

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.960
He<00:34:30.840><c> starts</c><00:34:31.179><c> that</c><00:34:31.539><c> way</c>

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:36.000
when<00:34:32.519><c> he</c><00:34:32.800><c> sends</c><00:34:32.960><c> them</c><00:34:33.239><c> out</c><00:34:33.579><c> as</c><00:34:34.039><c> educators</c><00:34:34.500><c> with</c><00:34:34.760><c> the</c><00:34:34.980><c> princes,</c>

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:39.639
and<00:34:37.039><c> now,</c><00:34:37.599><c> on</c><00:34:37.780><c> the</c><00:34:38.079><c> plane</c><00:34:38.239><c> of</c><00:34:38.619><c> battle,</c>

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:42.980
when<00:34:40.179><c> most</c><00:34:40.599><c> kings</c><00:34:41.019><c> would</c><00:34:41.219><c> be</c><00:34:41.480><c> thinking</c><00:34:41.739><c> politically,</c>

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:45.400
and<00:34:43.460><c> in</c><00:34:43.599><c> terms</c><00:34:43.900><c> of</c><00:34:44.300><c> strategy,</c>

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:48.119
and<00:34:46.000><c> how</c><00:34:46.219><c> many</c><00:34:46.500><c> swords</c><00:34:46.840><c> and</c><00:34:47.159><c> spears</c><00:34:47.500><c> do</c><00:34:47.699><c> we</c><00:34:47.900><c> have,</c>

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:50.480
and<00:34:48.400><c> where</c><00:34:48.719><c> are</c><00:34:48.840><c> the</c><00:34:49.079><c> slingers?</c>

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:52.599
Instead<00:34:51.119><c> of</c><00:34:51.280><c> thinking</c><00:34:51.559><c> that</c><00:34:51.920><c> way,</c>

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:56.179
Jehoshaphat<00:34:53.519><c> is</c><00:34:53.780><c> thinking</c><00:34:54.159><c> in</c><00:34:54.679><c> terms</c><00:34:54.900><c> of</c><00:34:55.059><c> the</c><00:34:55.199><c> truth.</c>

00:34:56.780 --> 00:35:00.059
He's<00:34:57.179><c> plugging</c><00:34:57.460><c> in</c><00:34:58.219><c> to</c><00:34:58.539><c> the</c><00:34:58.679><c> will</c><00:34:58.800><c> of</c><00:34:59.079><c> God.</c>

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.619
He's<00:35:00.800><c> seeking</c><00:35:01.119><c> advice.</c>

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:04.480
God<00:35:02.260><c> answers</c><00:35:02.840><c> him</c><00:35:03.460><c> through</c><00:35:03.860><c> Asaph,</c>

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:06.699
one<00:35:04.780><c> of</c><00:35:04.900><c> the</c><00:35:05.019><c> sons</c><00:35:05.260><c> of</c><00:35:05.500><c> Asaph.</c>

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:09.400
Jehoshaphat<00:35:08.019><c> continues</c><00:35:08.659><c> to</c><00:35:09.079><c> incorporate</c>

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:11.980
the<00:35:10.320><c> presence</c><00:35:10.619><c> of</c><00:35:10.840><c> the</c><00:35:11.079><c> priests,</c>

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:15.559
and<00:35:13.079><c> you</c><00:35:13.400><c> see,</c><00:35:14.280><c> we</c><00:35:14.400><c> have</c><00:35:14.539><c> another</c><00:35:14.800><c> flashback</c>

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:18.500
to<00:35:15.980><c> one</c><00:35:16.119><c> of</c><00:35:16.239><c> the</c><00:35:16.420><c> early</c><00:35:16.719><c> foundational</c><00:35:17.400><c> principles</c>

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:21.739
at<00:35:18.739><c> the</c><00:35:18.920><c> beginning</c><00:35:19.139><c> of</c><00:35:19.340><c> our</c><00:35:19.599><c> study</c><00:35:19.900><c> on</c><00:35:20.360><c> Monday</c><00:35:20.619><c> and</c><00:35:20.780><c> Tuesday.</c>

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.300
Do<00:35:21.960><c> you</c><00:35:21.960><c> remember?</c>

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:24.920
One<00:35:22.579><c> of</c><00:35:22.679><c> the</c><00:35:22.900><c> passages</c><00:35:23.179><c> we</c><00:35:23.440><c> went</c><00:35:23.599><c> to</c><00:35:23.780><c> in</c><00:35:23.940><c> Deuteronomy</c>

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:27.679
showed<00:35:25.659><c> that</c><00:35:26.579><c> ideally,</c>

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:29.940
when<00:35:28.099><c> they</c><00:35:28.280><c> go</c><00:35:28.440><c> out</c><00:35:28.619><c> to</c><00:35:28.820><c> battle</c><00:35:29.019><c> against</c><00:35:29.440><c> the</c><00:35:29.699><c> enemy,</c>

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:33.579
the<00:35:30.460><c> priest</c><00:35:30.980><c> was</c><00:35:31.320><c> to</c><00:35:31.519><c> come</c><00:35:31.699><c> out</c><00:35:32.000><c> in</c><00:35:32.260><c> front</c><00:35:32.360><c> of</c><00:35:32.559><c> the</c><00:35:32.760><c> army,</c>

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:36.699
and<00:35:34.059><c> he</c><00:35:34.179><c> was</c><00:35:34.380><c> to</c><00:35:34.679><c> call</c><00:35:35.059><c> the</c><00:35:35.460><c> troops</c><00:35:35.780><c> of</c><00:35:36.119><c> Israel</c>

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:41.260
to<00:35:37.159><c> remembrance</c><00:35:37.800><c> that</c><00:35:38.219><c> God</c><00:35:38.579><c> was</c><00:35:38.860><c> going</c><00:35:39.019><c> to</c><00:35:39.260><c> fight</c><00:35:39.460><c> their</c><00:35:39.719><c> battles</c><00:35:40.000><c> for</c><00:35:40.360><c> them.</c>

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:44.840
The<00:35:42.300><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:35:42.980><c> passage</c><00:35:43.500><c> that</c><00:35:43.679><c> we</c><00:35:43.980><c> looked</c><00:35:44.179><c> at</c>

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:47.059
stressed<00:35:45.239><c> the</c><00:35:45.539><c> importance</c><00:35:46.000><c> of</c><00:35:46.480><c> the</c><00:35:46.760><c> priest</c>

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:49.079
taking<00:35:47.619><c> on</c><00:35:47.960><c> that</c><00:35:48.280><c> commanding</c><00:35:48.840><c> role</c>

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:52.699
in<00:35:49.719><c> front</c><00:35:49.900><c> of</c><00:35:50.079><c> the</c><00:35:50.300><c> troops</c><00:35:50.599><c> before</c><00:35:51.199><c> they</c><00:35:51.360><c> went</c><00:35:51.539><c> to</c><00:35:51.780><c> war,</c>

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:54.139
and<00:35:52.840><c> the</c><00:35:53.039><c> priest</c><00:35:53.219><c> was</c><00:35:53.400><c> to</c><00:35:53.619><c> remind</c><00:35:53.860><c> them</c>

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:55.539
that<00:35:54.340><c> they</c><00:35:54.480><c> were</c><00:35:54.699><c> a</c><00:35:54.840><c> holy</c><00:35:55.099><c> people,</c>

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:58.219
they<00:35:55.980><c> were</c><00:35:56.159><c> to</c><00:35:56.320><c> behave</c><00:35:56.820><c> in</c><00:35:57.000><c> a</c><00:35:57.239><c> sanctified</c><00:35:57.800><c> way</c>

00:35:58.219 --> 00:36:00.500
as<00:35:58.860><c> they</c><00:35:59.099><c> went</c><00:35:59.239><c> to</c><00:35:59.519><c> battle.</c>

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:03.619
Here<00:36:01.460><c> what</c><00:36:01.599><c> we</c><00:36:01.860><c> have</c><00:36:02.440><c> then</c><00:36:02.840><c> is</c>

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:06.900
the<00:36:04.000><c> application</c><00:36:04.679><c> of</c><00:36:05.059><c> that</c><00:36:05.360><c> truth</c><00:36:05.679><c> and</c><00:36:06.039><c> principle.</c>

00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:09.820
How<00:36:08.139><c> do</c><00:36:08.320><c> we</c><00:36:08.480><c> fight</c><00:36:08.679><c> our</c><00:36:08.960><c> battles?</c>

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:13.440
The<00:36:12.019><c> problems</c><00:36:12.380><c> at</c><00:36:12.659><c> work,</c><00:36:12.940><c> I</c><00:36:13.000><c> mean.</c>

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:17.480
The<00:36:14.159><c> distress</c><00:36:14.619><c> in</c><00:36:14.840><c> the</c><00:36:15.059><c> office,</c><00:36:15.760><c> the</c><00:36:15.940><c> losing</c><00:36:16.179><c> of</c><00:36:16.380><c> a</c><00:36:16.579><c> job,</c>

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:20.739
the<00:36:18.460><c> nastiness</c><00:36:19.159><c> of</c><00:36:19.480><c> the</c><00:36:19.679><c> foreman.</c>

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:24.219
How<00:36:21.900><c> do</c><00:36:22.079><c> we</c><00:36:22.239><c> fight</c><00:36:22.639><c> our</c><00:36:23.239><c> battles?</c>

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:27.000
Do<00:36:24.559><c> we</c><00:36:24.800><c> think</c><00:36:25.059><c> in</c><00:36:25.219><c> terms</c><00:36:25.500><c> of</c><00:36:25.659><c> our</c><00:36:25.800><c> own</c><00:36:26.139><c> strategy?</c>

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:31.059
Do<00:36:27.460><c> we</c><00:36:27.679><c> simply</c><00:36:28.019><c> muster</c><00:36:28.519><c> our</c><00:36:28.800><c> own</c><00:36:29.400><c> ingenuity</c><00:36:29.980><c> and</c><00:36:30.320><c> thinking?</c>

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:34.780
Do<00:36:31.639><c> we</c><00:36:31.920><c> solve</c><00:36:32.280><c> our</c><00:36:32.699><c> daily</c><00:36:33.000><c> problems</c><00:36:33.519><c> and</c><00:36:33.800><c> fight</c><00:36:34.000><c> our</c><00:36:34.320><c> battles</c>

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:38.159
mostly<00:36:35.739><c> along</c><00:36:36.199><c> a</c><00:36:36.480><c> fleshly</c><00:36:36.880><c> line</c><00:36:37.099><c> of</c><00:36:37.400><c> thinking?</c>

00:36:39.300 --> 00:36:41.440
Or<00:36:39.420><c> do</c><00:36:39.599><c> we</c><00:36:39.760><c> pause</c><00:36:40.139><c> and</c><00:36:40.440><c> seek</c><00:36:40.619><c> God</c><00:36:40.900><c> in</c><00:36:41.179><c> prayer?</c>

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:45.519
Do<00:36:42.480><c> we</c><00:36:42.679><c> ask</c><00:36:42.940><c> him</c><00:36:43.099><c> to</c><00:36:43.360><c> help</c><00:36:43.480><c> us</c><00:36:43.760><c> employ</c><00:36:44.159><c> the</c><00:36:44.420><c> principles</c><00:36:44.840><c> of</c><00:36:45.059><c> the</c><00:36:45.260><c> truth</c>

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:50.659
as<00:36:46.139><c> hard</c><00:36:46.500><c> as</c><00:36:46.659><c> it</c><00:36:46.860><c> is,</c><00:36:47.280><c> as</c><00:36:47.559><c> contrary</c><00:36:48.039><c> to</c><00:36:48.360><c> our</c><00:36:48.619><c> own</c><00:36:49.239><c> carnal</c><00:36:49.639><c> thinking?</c>

00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:54.400
Jehoshaphat<00:36:52.280><c> could</c><00:36:52.519><c> have</c><00:36:52.800><c> swept</c><00:36:53.059><c> all</c><00:36:53.440><c> the</c><00:36:53.699><c> priests</c><00:36:53.940><c> aside.</c>

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:56.619
He<00:36:55.000><c> could</c><00:36:55.159><c> have</c><00:36:55.300><c> been</c><00:36:55.400><c> a</c><00:36:55.679><c> pure</c><00:36:55.940><c> politician.</c>

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:58.960
He<00:36:57.119><c> could</c><00:36:57.280><c> have</c><00:36:57.380><c> been</c><00:36:57.480><c> a</c><00:36:57.699><c> great</c><00:36:57.900><c> military</c><00:36:58.480><c> commander</c>

00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:00.840
from<00:36:59.480><c> the</c><00:36:59.739><c> flesh's</c><00:37:00.099><c> point</c><00:37:00.300><c> of</c><00:37:00.480><c> view.</c>

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:02.039
But<00:37:01.460><c> he</c><00:37:01.659><c> didn't.</c>

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:05.440
The<00:37:02.780><c> greatness</c><00:37:03.079><c> of</c><00:37:03.340><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:37:04.079><c> is</c><00:37:04.480><c> to</c><00:37:04.780><c> incorporate</c>

00:37:05.440 --> 00:37:07.059
the<00:37:06.019><c> presence</c><00:37:06.280><c> of</c><00:37:06.480><c> the</c><00:37:06.699><c> priests,</c>

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:11.340
to<00:37:08.119><c> bring</c><00:37:08.480><c> the</c><00:37:08.920><c> truth</c><00:37:09.159><c> into</c><00:37:09.440><c> the</c><00:37:09.699><c> practical</c><00:37:10.159><c> problems</c><00:37:10.619><c> of</c><00:37:10.840><c> life</c>

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:13.599
as<00:37:11.880><c> he</c><00:37:12.099><c> faced</c><00:37:12.360><c> the</c><00:37:12.639><c> enemy.</c>

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:18.659
How<00:37:14.219><c> much,</c><00:37:14.679><c> brothers</c><00:37:14.760><c> and</c><00:37:15.059><c> sisters,</c><00:37:15.719><c> we</c><00:37:16.059><c> need</c><00:37:16.519><c> the</c><00:37:16.920><c> Asaph</c><00:37:17.539><c> voice?</c>

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:22.780
How<00:37:19.320><c> much</c><00:37:19.519><c> we</c><00:37:19.760><c> need</c><00:37:19.880><c> the</c><00:37:20.179><c> direction</c><00:37:20.500><c> of</c><00:37:20.760><c> God</c><00:37:21.000><c> to</c><00:37:21.300><c> solve</c><00:37:21.460><c> our</c><00:37:21.800><c> problems?</c>

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:25.800
Only<00:37:23.599><c> if</c><00:37:23.980><c> we're</c><00:37:24.519><c> in</c><00:37:24.719><c> touch</c><00:37:24.940><c> with</c><00:37:25.199><c> God</c>

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:30.000
and<00:37:26.460><c> trying</c><00:37:26.739><c> to</c><00:37:27.019><c> incorporate</c><00:37:27.679><c> him</c><00:37:28.119><c> in</c><00:37:28.460><c> the</c><00:37:28.719><c> solution</c><00:37:29.059><c> of</c><00:37:29.260><c> our</c><00:37:29.559><c> problems</c>

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:33.380
will<00:37:30.340><c> he</c><00:37:30.539><c> speak</c><00:37:30.760><c> to</c><00:37:30.980><c> us,</c><00:37:31.639><c> as</c><00:37:31.760><c> he</c><00:37:31.880><c> did</c><00:37:32.019><c> to</c><00:37:32.199><c> Jehoshaphat.</c>

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:38.079
We<00:37:34.960><c> desperately,</c><00:37:35.679><c> at</c><00:37:35.960><c> school</c><00:37:36.320><c> as</c><00:37:36.559><c> young</c><00:37:36.820><c> people,</c>

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:42.219
need<00:37:38.920><c> to</c><00:37:39.239><c> let</c><00:37:39.500><c> God</c><00:37:39.880><c> speak</c><00:37:40.280><c> to</c><00:37:40.539><c> us</c><00:37:40.860><c> in</c><00:37:41.099><c> solving</c><00:37:41.380><c> our</c><00:37:41.719><c> problems,</c>

00:37:42.619 --> 00:37:43.980
deciding<00:37:42.960><c> on</c><00:37:43.239><c> our</c><00:37:43.440><c> careers,</c>

00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:45.960
thinking<00:37:44.599><c> about</c><00:37:44.840><c> where</c><00:37:45.039><c> we're</c><00:37:45.219><c> going</c><00:37:45.440><c> to</c><00:37:45.699><c> live,</c>

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:47.980
who<00:37:46.340><c> we're</c><00:37:46.559><c> going</c><00:37:46.780><c> to</c><00:37:47.019><c> marry.</c>

00:37:49.659 --> 00:37:52.059
Do<00:37:49.880><c> we</c><00:37:50.059><c> just</c><00:37:50.480><c> think</c><00:37:50.699><c> of</c><00:37:50.860><c> who</c><00:37:51.000><c> we</c><00:37:51.199><c> want</c><00:37:51.360><c> to</c><00:37:51.599><c> marry,</c>

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:54.619
strictly<00:37:52.699><c> in</c><00:37:52.940><c> terms</c><00:37:53.199><c> of</c><00:37:53.360><c> what</c><00:37:53.519><c> appeals</c><00:37:53.860><c> to</c><00:37:54.119><c> our</c><00:37:54.280><c> eyes,</c>

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:56.800
what<00:37:55.320><c> stirs</c><00:37:55.719><c> the</c><00:37:55.880><c> hormones?</c>

00:37:57.179 --> 00:38:02.179
Or<00:37:57.780><c> do</c><00:37:58.019><c> we</c><00:37:58.159><c> think</c><00:37:58.380><c> about</c><00:37:58.820><c> potentially</c><00:37:59.500><c> a</c><00:38:00.300><c> wife,</c><00:38:01.039><c> mother,</c>

00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:06.199
someone<00:38:03.519><c> who</c><00:38:03.780><c> will</c><00:38:03.920><c> be</c><00:38:04.460><c> a</c><00:38:04.760><c> mother</c><00:38:05.099><c> to</c><00:38:05.500><c> our</c><00:38:05.780><c> children,</c>

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:10.559
who<00:38:06.599><c> will</c><00:38:06.820><c> be</c><00:38:07.320><c> a</c><00:38:07.659><c> wife</c><00:38:07.920><c> to</c><00:38:08.179><c> me</c><00:38:08.519><c> as</c><00:38:08.679><c> a</c><00:38:08.900><c> husband</c><00:38:09.159><c> in</c><00:38:09.360><c> the</c><00:38:09.539><c> Ecclesia?</c>

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:12.139
Girls.

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:15.739
Do<00:38:12.679><c> we</c><00:38:12.900><c> think</c><00:38:13.059><c> just</c><00:38:13.340><c> about</c><00:38:13.659><c> how</c><00:38:14.280><c> his</c><00:38:14.579><c> muscles</c><00:38:14.900><c> look,</c>

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:17.840
how<00:38:16.000><c> good</c><00:38:16.280><c>-looking</c><00:38:16.539><c> he</c><00:38:16.699><c> is,</c>

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:19.960
how<00:38:18.159><c> much</c><00:38:18.340><c> in</c><00:38:18.619><c> shape</c><00:38:18.820><c> he</c><00:38:18.960><c> is?</c>

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:23.900
Or<00:38:21.039><c> do</c><00:38:21.239><c> we</c><00:38:21.420><c> think</c><00:38:21.739><c> about</c><00:38:22.179><c> this</c><00:38:22.559><c> is</c><00:38:22.760><c> a</c><00:38:23.000><c> potential</c><00:38:23.380><c> father</c>

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:26.980
for<00:38:24.400><c> my</c><00:38:24.659><c> children</c><00:38:25.099><c> to</c><00:38:25.599><c> raise</c><00:38:25.840><c> up</c><00:38:26.039><c> a</c><00:38:26.239><c> godly</c><00:38:26.699><c> seed?</c>

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:29.019
This<00:38:27.420><c> is</c><00:38:27.659><c> a</c><00:38:27.780><c> man</c><00:38:27.940><c> who</c><00:38:28.179><c> I'm</c><00:38:28.380><c> to</c><00:38:28.559><c> live</c><00:38:28.679><c> with</c>

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:31.940
until<00:38:29.559><c> the</c><00:38:29.820><c> Lord</c><00:38:30.000><c> returns</c><00:38:30.480><c> or</c><00:38:30.659><c> I</c><00:38:30.920><c> die.</c>

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:35.679
Is<00:38:32.400><c> he</c><00:38:32.579><c> going</c><00:38:32.679><c> to</c><00:38:32.920><c> provide</c><00:38:33.239><c> spiritual</c><00:38:33.960><c> leadership</c><00:38:34.420><c> to</c><00:38:34.679><c> me?</c>

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:38.320
Or<00:38:36.179><c> is</c><00:38:36.320><c> he</c><00:38:36.420><c> just</c><00:38:36.679><c> a</c><00:38:36.880><c> hunk?</c>

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:43.360
Has<00:38:40.360><c> he</c><00:38:40.500><c> got</c><00:38:40.679><c> something</c><00:38:41.000><c> in</c><00:38:41.179><c> his</c><00:38:41.440><c> head</c><00:38:42.219><c> spiritually?</c>

00:38:44.340 --> 00:38:46.559
Is<00:38:44.639><c> it</c><00:38:44.840><c> just</c><00:38:45.059><c> that</c><00:38:45.199><c> he's</c><00:38:45.440><c> got</c><00:38:45.500><c> his</c><00:38:45.800><c> master's</c><00:38:46.380><c> degree</c>

00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:47.800
and<00:38:46.639><c> he's</c><00:38:46.880><c> a</c><00:38:47.199><c> smart</c><00:38:47.440><c> lad</c>

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:49.519
and<00:38:48.260><c> it</c><00:38:48.380><c> looks</c><00:38:48.519><c> like</c><00:38:48.679><c> he's</c><00:38:48.920><c> got</c><00:38:49.019><c> the</c><00:38:49.280><c> bucks</c>

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:50.920
and<00:38:49.619><c> he's</c><00:38:49.840><c> going</c><00:38:49.920><c> to</c><00:38:50.019><c> give</c><00:38:50.079><c> me</c><00:38:50.239><c> a</c><00:38:50.300><c> nice</c><00:38:50.519><c> house</c>

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:52.400
and<00:38:51.519><c> carpet</c><00:38:51.820><c> on</c><00:38:52.019><c> the</c><00:38:52.199><c> floor?</c>

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:54.320
Is<00:38:52.780><c> that</c><00:38:53.119><c> the</c><00:38:53.300><c> criteria?</c>

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:59.099
Is<00:38:56.320><c> it</c><00:38:56.500><c> just</c><00:38:56.739><c> that</c><00:38:56.860><c> she's</c><00:38:57.119><c> got</c><00:38:57.219><c> a</c><00:38:57.400><c> beautiful</c><00:38:57.719><c>-looking</c><00:38:58.039><c> figure</c>

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:02.539
and<00:39:00.179><c> that</c><00:39:00.320><c> she</c><00:39:00.460><c> has</c><00:39:00.719><c> the</c><00:39:00.880><c> right</c><00:39:01.079><c> family</c><00:39:01.480><c> connections?</c>

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:05.159
You<00:39:03.920><c> see,</c><00:39:04.039><c> what's</c><00:39:04.380><c> needed</c><00:39:04.599><c> here</c>

00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:09.460
is<00:39:05.760><c> for</c><00:39:05.980><c> all</c><00:39:06.260><c> of</c><00:39:06.360><c> us</c><00:39:06.519><c> to</c><00:39:06.840><c> invest</c><00:39:07.340><c> spiritually</c><00:39:08.119><c> in</c><00:39:08.420><c> the</c><00:39:08.619><c> future,</c>

00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:13.360
to<00:39:09.980><c> invest</c><00:39:10.559><c> spiritually</c><00:39:11.360><c> in</c><00:39:11.599><c> the</c><00:39:11.800><c> future</c><00:39:12.039><c> for</c><00:39:12.320><c> ourselves.</c>

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:15.679
Jehoshaphat,<00:39:14.219><c> at</c><00:39:14.400><c> this</c><00:39:14.659><c> time</c><00:39:14.880><c> in</c><00:39:15.039><c> his</c><00:39:15.239><c> life,</c>

00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:19.579
realized<00:39:16.739><c> that</c><00:39:17.340><c> truth,</c><00:39:18.199><c> the</c><00:39:18.519><c> truth,</c>

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:21.860
and<00:39:19.960><c> the</c><00:39:20.199><c> practical</c><00:39:20.679><c> challenges</c><00:39:21.219><c> of</c><00:39:21.480><c> life</c>

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:25.219
and<00:39:22.119><c> the</c><00:39:22.300><c> decisions</c><00:39:22.800><c> of</c><00:39:23.019><c> each</c><00:39:23.320><c> day</c><00:39:23.659><c> needed</c><00:39:23.960><c> to</c><00:39:24.179><c> be</c><00:39:24.380><c> brought</c><00:39:24.579><c> together</c>

00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:27.800
before<00:39:25.900><c> he</c><00:39:26.239><c> faces</c><00:39:26.579><c> the</c><00:39:26.940><c> enemy</c>

00:39:27.639 --> 00:39:29.539
and<00:39:27.960><c> looks</c><00:39:28.219><c> over</c><00:39:28.579><c> at</c><00:39:28.800><c> the</c><00:39:28.980><c> horizon</c>

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:32.780
and<00:39:30.059><c> puts</c><00:39:30.400><c> swords</c><00:39:30.960><c> in</c><00:39:31.139><c> his</c><00:39:31.360><c> men's</c><00:39:31.780><c> hands.</c>

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:35.900
He<00:39:34.099><c> lets</c><00:39:34.340><c> the</c><00:39:34.699><c> priests</c><00:39:34.960><c> go</c><00:39:35.320><c> first</c>

00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:39.179
and<00:39:36.460><c> the</c><00:39:36.760><c> truth</c><00:39:37.039><c> is</c><00:39:37.420><c> set</c><00:39:37.579><c> in</c><00:39:37.820><c> front</c><00:39:37.940><c> of</c><00:39:38.099><c> the</c><00:39:38.280><c> army.</c>

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:41.159
The<00:39:39.539><c> soldiers</c><00:39:40.000><c> in</c><00:39:40.219><c> the</c><00:39:40.440><c> back</c><00:39:40.659><c> lines</c>

00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:43.039
would<00:39:41.480><c> have</c><00:39:41.659><c> seen</c><00:39:41.900><c> the</c><00:39:42.219><c> priests</c><00:39:42.480><c> up</c><00:39:42.820><c> front.</c>

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:46.099
What<00:39:43.719><c> could</c><00:39:43.920><c> they</c><00:39:44.119><c> have</c><00:39:44.340><c> possibly</c><00:39:44.820><c> interpreted</c><00:39:45.360><c> that</c><00:39:45.659><c> to</c><00:39:45.860><c> mean?</c>

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:49.599
The<00:39:46.840><c> truth</c><00:39:47.219><c> is</c><00:39:47.980><c> determining</c><00:39:48.380><c> this</c><00:39:48.739><c> battle.</c>

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:51.239
God<00:39:50.139><c> is</c><00:39:50.380><c> on</c><00:39:50.579><c> our</c><00:39:50.900><c> side.</c>

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:54.099
We<00:39:51.639><c> are</c><00:39:51.980><c> God</c><00:39:52.440><c>-conscious</c><00:39:52.980><c> as</c><00:39:53.280><c> we</c><00:39:53.739><c> fight</c>

00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:56.619
and<00:39:54.480><c> deal</c><00:39:54.719><c> with</c><00:39:54.900><c> this</c><00:39:55.119><c> practical</c><00:39:55.539><c> problem.</c>

00:39:56.820 --> 00:39:58.159
Are<00:39:57.079><c> we</c><00:39:57.300><c> God</c><00:39:57.579><c>-conscious</c>

00:39:58.159 --> 00:40:01.579
as<00:39:59.119><c> we</c><00:39:59.340><c> face</c><00:39:59.559><c> the</c><00:39:59.760><c> practical</c><00:40:00.199><c> problems</c><00:40:00.739><c> of</c><00:40:01.239><c> life</c>

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:05.480
and<00:40:01.960><c> the</c><00:40:02.219><c> battles</c><00:40:02.599><c> of</c><00:40:03.099><c> our</c><00:40:03.280><c> everyday</c><00:40:03.659><c> trials</c><00:40:04.199><c> and</c><00:40:04.460><c> difficulties?</c>

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:08.519
We<00:40:06.579><c> cannot</c><00:40:06.960><c> possibly</c><00:40:07.480><c> expect</c><00:40:07.920><c> victory</c>

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:11.639
unless<00:40:09.019><c> we</c><00:40:09.340><c> adopt</c><00:40:09.940><c> that</c><00:40:11.159><c> strength</c>

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:14.760
which<00:40:11.960><c> Jehoshaphat</c><00:40:12.719><c> exhibited</c><00:40:13.219><c> at</c><00:40:13.460><c> that</c><00:40:13.699><c> time.</c>

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:18.860
I'd<00:40:16.800><c> like</c><00:40:16.800><c> to</c><00:40:17.019><c> turn</c><00:40:17.219><c> now</c><00:40:17.539><c> to</c><00:40:17.760><c> our</c><00:40:17.920><c> friend</c><00:40:18.139><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:21.920
We're<00:40:19.800><c> just</c><00:40:20.320><c> parachuting</c><00:40:20.860><c> down</c>

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:24.920
into<00:40:22.900><c> different</c><00:40:23.260><c> sections</c><00:40:23.619><c> of</c><00:40:23.840><c> the</c><00:40:24.059><c> Kings</c>

00:40:26.599 --> 00:40:31.679
and<00:40:27.199><c> noticing</c><00:40:27.719><c> how</c><00:40:28.440><c> often</c><00:40:28.940><c> this</c><00:40:29.320><c> theme</c><00:40:29.599><c> of</c><00:40:30.059><c> priesthood</c><00:40:30.559><c> comes</c><00:40:30.900><c> up</c>

00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:34.719
in<00:40:32.519><c> sections</c><00:40:32.920><c> of</c><00:40:33.159><c> Scripture</c><00:40:33.460><c> that</c><00:40:33.699><c> perhaps</c><00:40:34.159><c> we</c><00:40:34.460><c> think</c>

00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:36.480
wouldn't<00:40:35.159><c> say</c><00:40:35.400><c> much</c><00:40:35.659><c> about</c><00:40:35.920><c> them.</c>

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:40.199
So<00:40:37.139><c> I</c><00:40:37.260><c> ask</c><00:40:37.460><c> you</c><00:40:37.659><c> now</c><00:40:38.000><c> to</c><00:40:38.219><c> turn</c><00:40:38.480><c> to</c><00:40:38.719><c> 2</c><00:40:38.900><c> Chronicles.</c>

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:42.400
You<00:40:40.500><c> notice</c><00:40:40.719><c> we're</c><00:40:40.900><c> in</c><00:40:41.139><c> Chronicles</c><00:40:41.579><c> rather</c><00:40:41.880><c> than</c><00:40:42.139><c> Kings.</c>

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:44.039
That's<00:40:42.699><c> not</c><00:40:42.900><c> coincidental.</c>

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:46.739
It's<00:40:44.920><c> the</c><00:40:45.039><c> Book</c><00:40:45.219><c> of</c><00:40:45.519><c> Chronicles,</c><00:40:46.019><c> by</c><00:40:46.300><c> the</c><00:40:46.440><c> way,</c>

00:40:46.739 --> 00:40:48.920
that<00:40:47.019><c> highlights</c><00:40:47.559><c> the</c><00:40:47.820><c> theme</c><00:40:48.000><c> of</c><00:40:48.300><c> priesthood</c>

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:52.400
that<00:40:49.579><c> we're</c><00:40:49.760><c> looking</c><00:40:50.019><c> at</c><00:40:50.599><c> this</c><00:40:50.920><c> morning</c><00:40:51.260><c> more</c><00:40:51.800><c> than</c><00:40:52.059><c> Kings.</c>

00:40:52.780 --> 00:40:54.940
If<00:40:52.900><c> you</c><00:40:53.019><c> want</c><00:40:53.159><c> to</c><00:40:53.280><c> know</c><00:40:53.619><c> and</c><00:40:53.960><c> you</c><00:40:54.099><c> want</c><00:40:54.219><c> to</c><00:40:54.940><c> find</c>

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:57.400
whatever<00:40:55.460><c> involvement</c><00:40:55.980><c> there</c><00:40:56.199><c> is</c><00:40:56.480><c> in</c><00:40:56.760><c> temple</c><00:40:57.000><c> worship</c>

00:40:57.400 --> 00:41:00.039
or<00:40:57.880><c> in</c><00:40:58.039><c> the</c><00:40:58.260><c> priesthood</c><00:40:58.719><c> in</c><00:40:59.039><c> the</c><00:40:59.199><c> days</c><00:40:59.360><c> of</c><00:40:59.559><c> the</c><00:40:59.719><c> Kings,</c>

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:01.539
check<00:41:00.500><c> Chronicles.</c>

00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:04.039
That's<00:41:02.159><c> the</c><00:41:02.320><c> record</c><00:41:02.579><c> that</c><00:41:02.800><c> has</c><00:41:03.039><c> most</c><00:41:03.320><c> of</c><00:41:03.480><c> the</c><00:41:03.639><c> emphasis</c>

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:05.960
rather<00:41:04.659><c> than</c><00:41:04.820><c> in</c><00:41:04.960><c> the</c><00:41:05.139><c> Kings.</c>

00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:07.219
And<00:41:06.320><c> there's</c><00:41:06.460><c> a</c><00:41:06.599><c> reason</c><00:41:06.800><c> for</c><00:41:07.039><c> that.</c>

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:08.679
We'll<00:41:07.360><c> talk</c><00:41:07.599><c> about</c><00:41:07.760><c> some</c><00:41:07.940><c> other</c><00:41:08.219><c> time.</c>

00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:14.320
Now<00:41:09.360><c> then,</c><00:41:10.320><c> we</c><00:41:10.519><c> come</c><00:41:10.639><c> to</c><00:41:11.059><c> 2</c><00:41:11.320><c> Chronicles,</c><00:41:12.440><c> Chapter</c><00:41:12.920><c> 29.</c>

00:41:16.739 --> 00:41:20.099
Our<00:41:17.280><c> dear</c><00:41:17.599><c> friend</c><00:41:17.980><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:28.699
Hezekiah.

00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:32.360
How<00:41:29.500><c> conscious</c><00:41:30.079><c> was</c><00:41:30.360><c> he</c><00:41:30.639><c> of</c><00:41:30.860><c> this</c><00:41:31.199><c> important</c><00:41:31.880><c> factor</c>

00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:33.659
of<00:41:32.599><c> involving</c><00:41:32.980><c> the</c><00:41:33.280><c> priests</c>

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:37.239
and<00:41:34.159><c> thereby</c><00:41:34.760><c> involving</c><00:41:35.400><c> the</c><00:41:35.639><c> principles</c><00:41:36.039><c> of</c><00:41:36.260><c> the</c><00:41:36.460><c> truth?</c>

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:40.780
Well,<00:41:38.460><c> verse</c><00:41:38.679><c> 1</c><00:41:39.000><c> of</c><00:41:39.219><c> 2</c><00:41:39.480><c> Chronicles</c><00:41:40.019><c> 29,</c>

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:44.559
Hezekiah<00:41:41.780><c> began</c><00:41:42.119><c> to</c><00:41:42.440><c> reign</c><00:41:42.559><c> when</c><00:41:42.699><c> he</c><00:41:42.820><c> was</c><00:41:43.000><c> 5</c><00:41:43.440><c> and</c><00:41:43.619><c> 20</c><00:41:43.880><c> years</c><00:41:44.260><c> old,</c>

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:47.820
and<00:41:44.840><c> he</c><00:41:45.059><c> reigned</c><00:41:45.260><c> 29</c><00:41:45.800><c> years</c><00:41:46.239><c> in</c><00:41:46.420><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:41:48.219 --> 00:41:50.780
Verse<00:41:48.320><c> 2,</c><00:41:49.400><c> and</c><00:41:49.559><c> he</c><00:41:49.679><c> did</c><00:41:49.880><c> that</c><00:41:50.119><c> which</c><00:41:50.260><c> was</c><00:41:50.519><c> right</c>

00:41:50.780 --> 00:41:51.920
in<00:41:50.980><c> the</c><00:41:51.159><c> sight</c><00:41:51.300><c> of</c><00:41:51.460><c> the</c><00:41:51.599><c> Lord,</c>

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:55.519
according<00:41:52.539><c> to</c><00:41:52.900><c> all</c><00:41:53.199><c> that</c><00:41:53.460><c> David</c><00:41:53.699><c> his</c><00:41:53.940><c> father</c><00:41:54.239><c> had</c><00:41:54.519><c> done.</c>

00:41:55.719 --> 00:42:00.199
Verse<00:41:55.960><c> 3,</c><00:41:58.099><c> now</c><00:41:58.219><c> read</c><00:41:58.500><c> this</c><00:41:58.960><c> very</c><00:41:59.639><c> carefully</c>

00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:04.880
and<00:42:01.059><c> think</c><00:42:01.340><c> of</c><00:42:01.579><c> the</c><00:42:01.760><c> Bible</c><00:42:02.219><c> echoes</c><00:42:02.760><c> that</c><00:42:03.739><c> should</c><00:42:03.920><c> take</c><00:42:04.179><c> us</c><00:42:04.400><c> back</c>

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:08.420
to<00:42:05.260><c> some</c><00:42:05.420><c> of</c><00:42:05.579><c> our</c><00:42:05.780><c> earlier</c><00:42:06.300><c> foundational</c><00:42:06.980><c> work</c><00:42:07.260><c> in</c><00:42:07.420><c> the</c><00:42:07.539><c> week.</c>

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:14.480
Verse<00:42:11.099><c> 3,</c><00:42:12.360><c> he</c><00:42:12.659><c> in</c><00:42:12.920><c> the</c><00:42:13.239><c> first</c><00:42:13.519><c> year</c><00:42:13.760><c> of</c><00:42:13.940><c> his</c><00:42:14.219><c> reign,</c>

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:16.300
in<00:42:14.699><c> the</c><00:42:14.860><c> first</c><00:42:15.119><c> month,</c>

00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:20.440
opened<00:42:17.420><c> the</c><00:42:17.800><c> doors</c><00:42:18.199><c> of</c><00:42:18.519><c> the</c><00:42:18.760><c> house</c><00:42:19.079><c> of</c><00:42:19.320><c> the</c><00:42:19.519><c> Lord,</c>

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:23.480
and<00:42:21.519><c> he</c><00:42:21.860><c> repaired</c><00:42:22.219><c> them.</c>

00:42:24.239 --> 00:42:26.199
Just<00:42:24.579><c> stop</c><00:42:24.820><c> there</c><00:42:25.079><c> for</c><00:42:25.260><c> a</c><00:42:25.380><c> moment.</c>

00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:29.340
That's<00:42:27.699><c> a</c><00:42:27.880><c> priestly</c><00:42:28.260><c> action.</c>

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:34.980
The<00:42:30.780><c> doorkeepers</c><00:42:31.760><c> of</c><00:42:32.559><c> Israel</c><00:42:33.119><c> were</c><00:42:33.360><c> to</c><00:42:33.559><c> be</c><00:42:34.199><c> Levites.</c>

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:37.639
That<00:42:35.559><c> was</c><00:42:35.780><c> a</c><00:42:35.960><c> Levitical</c><00:42:36.519><c> chore.</c>

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:40.099
The<00:42:38.539><c> Korites</c><00:42:39.179><c> that</c><00:42:39.320><c> we've</c><00:42:39.619><c> talked</c><00:42:39.840><c> about,</c>

00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:41.239
the<00:42:40.320><c> sons</c><00:42:40.559><c> of</c><00:42:40.880><c> Korah,</c>

00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:43.940
were<00:42:41.599><c> incorporated</c><00:42:42.239><c> in</c><00:42:42.480><c> that</c><00:42:42.820><c> task.</c>

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:48.599
And<00:42:45.760><c> now</c><00:42:46.320><c> we</c><00:42:47.059><c> think</c><00:42:47.300><c> of</c><00:42:47.639><c> Samuel.</c>

00:42:49.539 --> 00:42:53.539
The<00:42:49.719><c> very</c><00:42:50.159><c> first</c><00:42:50.559><c> thing</c><00:42:50.880><c> that</c><00:42:51.260><c> Samuel</c><00:42:51.679><c> did,</c><00:42:52.019><c> if</c><00:42:52.199><c> you</c><00:42:52.360><c> recall,</c>

00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:56.559
in<00:42:54.239><c> 1</c><00:42:54.480><c> Samuel</c><00:42:55.000><c> chapter</c><00:42:55.699><c> 3,</c>

00:42:56.960 --> 00:43:01.119
was<00:42:57.199><c> to</c><00:42:57.659><c> open</c><00:42:58.340><c> the</c><00:42:58.840><c> doors</c><00:42:59.300><c> of</c><00:42:59.800><c> the</c><00:43:00.000><c> tabernacle.</c>

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:04.440
The<00:43:02.039><c> very</c><00:43:02.519><c> first</c><00:43:02.860><c> thing</c><00:43:03.059><c> that</c><00:43:03.280><c> Hezekiah</c><00:43:04.000><c> does,</c>

00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:08.320
the<00:43:04.940><c> very</c><00:43:05.360><c> first</c><00:43:05.820><c> thing</c><00:43:06.039><c> recorded</c><00:43:06.679><c> of</c><00:43:06.960><c> his</c><00:43:07.300><c> reign,</c>

00:43:09.179 --> 00:43:12.079
is<00:43:09.260><c> that</c><00:43:09.400><c> he</c><00:43:09.639><c> opens</c><00:43:10.139><c> the</c><00:43:10.440><c> doors</c><00:43:10.699><c> of</c><00:43:10.940><c> the</c><00:43:11.139><c> house.</c>

00:43:12.699 --> 00:43:14.780
He's<00:43:13.000><c> a</c><00:43:13.159><c> doorkeeper</c><00:43:13.739><c> too.</c>

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:17.940
He's<00:43:15.099><c> not</c><00:43:15.300><c> a</c><00:43:15.440><c> Levite,</c><00:43:16.400><c> but</c><00:43:16.519><c> he's</c><00:43:16.760><c> a</c><00:43:16.840><c> doorkeeper.</c>

00:43:18.139 --> 00:43:21.500
He<00:43:18.440><c> is</c><00:43:18.780><c> concerned</c><00:43:19.420><c> about</c><00:43:19.739><c> the</c><00:43:20.059><c> doors</c><00:43:20.420><c> of</c><00:43:20.599><c> the</c><00:43:20.719><c> house</c><00:43:21.000><c> of</c><00:43:21.239><c> God.</c>

00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:24.440
And<00:43:21.940><c> like</c><00:43:22.179><c> Samuel</c><00:43:22.780><c> in</c><00:43:23.219><c> 1</c><00:43:23.460><c> Samuel</c><00:43:23.940><c> 3,</c>

00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:28.219
the<00:43:24.960><c> first</c><00:43:25.260><c> thing</c><00:43:25.500><c> Samuel</c><00:43:26.000><c> did</c><00:43:26.320><c> is</c><00:43:26.619><c> the</c><00:43:26.780><c> first</c><00:43:27.099><c> thing</c><00:43:27.320><c> Hezekiah</c><00:43:27.880><c> does.</c>

00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:30.340
See<00:43:28.820><c> how</c><00:43:29.019><c> they're</c><00:43:29.219><c> both</c><00:43:29.440><c> alike.</c>

00:43:30.420 --> 00:43:33.820
A<00:43:30.960><c> man</c><00:43:31.219><c> who</c><00:43:31.420><c> is</c><00:43:31.519><c> a</c><00:43:31.800><c> politician,</c><00:43:32.260><c> we</c><00:43:32.440><c> might</c><00:43:32.719><c> think,</c>

00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:35.840
is<00:43:34.139><c> in</c><00:43:34.360><c> truth</c><00:43:34.639><c> a</c><00:43:35.019><c> man</c><00:43:35.280><c> of</c><00:43:35.519><c> God.</c>

00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:38.019
He<00:43:36.260><c> may</c><00:43:36.500><c> not</c><00:43:36.679><c> be</c><00:43:36.840><c> from</c><00:43:37.039><c> the</c><00:43:37.260><c> tribe</c><00:43:37.460><c> of</c><00:43:37.699><c> Levi.</c>

00:43:38.260 --> 00:43:40.179
He<00:43:38.420><c> may</c><00:43:38.659><c> not</c><00:43:38.860><c> be</c><00:43:39.000><c> an</c><00:43:39.159><c> official</c><00:43:39.539><c> doorkeeper,</c>

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:43.900
but<00:43:40.659><c> he</c><00:43:40.920><c> is</c><00:43:41.360><c> a</c><00:43:41.539><c> doorkeeper</c><00:43:42.159><c> in</c><00:43:42.659><c> the</c><00:43:42.860><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:43.239><c> of</c><00:43:43.500><c> God.</c>

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:47.280
He<00:43:44.440><c> opens</c><00:43:44.800><c> the</c><00:43:45.059><c> doors</c><00:43:45.519><c> just</c><00:43:46.019><c> like</c><00:43:46.260><c> Samuel.</c>

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:50.079
And<00:43:48.360><c> he</c><00:43:48.639><c> repairs</c><00:43:49.000><c> them.</c>

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:53.199
They<00:43:50.760><c> had</c><00:43:51.019><c> fallen</c><00:43:51.260><c> into</c><00:43:51.559><c> disrepair.</c>

00:43:53.300 --> 00:43:53.940
Verse<00:43:53.579><c> 4,</c>

00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:55.920
He<00:43:54.139><c> brought</c><00:43:54.360><c> in</c><00:43:54.659><c> the</c><00:43:54.860><c> priests</c><00:43:55.119><c> and</c><00:43:55.300><c> the</c><00:43:55.500><c> Levites</c>

00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:59.579
and<00:43:56.400><c> gathered</c><00:43:56.659><c> them</c><00:43:56.960><c> together</c><00:43:57.579><c> in</c><00:43:57.920><c> the</c><00:43:58.139><c> east</c><00:43:58.460><c> street.</c>

00:44:01.019 --> 00:44:02.000
Verse<00:44:01.019><c> 5,</c>

00:44:14.099 --> 00:44:18.780
Hezekiah<00:44:14.780><c> immediately</c><00:44:15.460><c> focuses</c><00:44:16.760><c> on</c><00:44:17.500><c> the</c><00:44:17.800><c> priesthood.</c>

00:44:18.780 --> 00:44:23.139
He<00:44:19.960><c> encourages</c><00:44:20.699><c> them</c><00:44:21.000><c> in</c><00:44:21.159><c> verses</c><00:44:21.500><c> 5</c><00:44:22.099><c> and</c><00:44:22.340><c> 6</c>

00:44:23.139 --> 00:44:26.480
to<00:44:23.980><c> remove</c><00:44:24.500><c> the</c><00:44:24.840><c> filthiness</c><00:44:25.420><c> and</c><00:44:25.659><c> the</c><00:44:25.920><c> uncleanness</c>

00:44:26.480 --> 00:44:30.280
that<00:44:26.639><c> had</c><00:44:26.860><c> accumulated</c><00:44:27.420><c> in</c><00:44:27.900><c> the</c><00:44:28.059><c> house</c><00:44:28.260><c> of</c><00:44:28.480><c> God</c><00:44:28.780><c> through</c><00:44:29.019><c> neglect.</c>

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:32.840
Slip<00:44:30.960><c> down</c><00:44:31.179><c> to</c><00:44:31.320><c> verse</c><00:44:31.579><c> 11.</c>

00:44:33.139 --> 00:44:37.000
Listen<00:44:33.440><c> to</c><00:44:33.719><c> Hezekiah</c><00:44:34.639><c> speaking</c><00:44:35.340><c> with</c><00:44:35.579><c> his</c><00:44:35.920><c> fatherly</c><00:44:36.559><c> tone,</c>

00:44:37.139 --> 00:44:39.099
even<00:44:37.440><c> though</c><00:44:37.599><c> he's</c><00:44:37.780><c> still</c><00:44:38.019><c> a</c><00:44:38.079><c> very</c><00:44:38.360><c> young</c><00:44:38.579><c> man,</c>

00:44:39.460 --> 00:44:41.820
perhaps<00:44:39.820><c> younger</c><00:44:40.099><c> than</c><00:44:40.260><c> a</c><00:44:40.400><c> lot</c><00:44:40.480><c> of</c><00:44:40.619><c> the</c><00:44:40.820><c> priests,</c>

00:44:42.199 --> 00:44:45.780
speaking<00:44:42.559><c> in</c><00:44:42.739><c> a</c><00:44:42.880><c> very</c><00:44:43.260><c> fatherly</c><00:44:43.880><c> tone</c><00:44:44.400><c> to</c><00:44:45.079><c> these</c><00:44:45.320><c> Levites,</c>

00:44:45.780 --> 00:44:49.260
many<00:44:46.780><c> of</c><00:44:47.000><c> whom</c><00:44:47.099><c> might</c><00:44:47.320><c> have</c><00:44:47.500><c> been</c><00:44:47.639><c> his</c><00:44:47.900><c> senior.</c>

00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:51.019
Verse<00:44:49.599><c> 11,</c>

00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:53.719
My<00:44:52.119><c> sons,</c><00:44:53.039><c> says</c><00:44:53.199><c> Hezekiah,</c>

00:44:53.780 --> 00:44:55.480
he's<00:44:53.940><c> speaking</c><00:44:54.099><c> to</c><00:44:54.280><c> the</c><00:44:54.460><c> priests,</c>

00:44:56.440 --> 00:44:58.719
be<00:44:56.619><c> not</c><00:44:56.940><c> now</c><00:44:57.360><c> negligent,</c>

00:44:59.139 --> 00:45:01.380
for<00:44:59.320><c> the</c><00:44:59.579><c> Lord</c><00:44:59.860><c> hath</c><00:45:00.260><c> chosen</c><00:45:00.760><c> you,</c>

00:45:01.480 --> 00:45:03.760
and<00:45:01.719><c> here's</c><00:45:01.980><c> that</c><00:45:02.360><c> priestly</c><00:45:02.699><c> phrase</c>

00:45:03.639 --> 00:45:06.219
that<00:45:03.940><c> we</c><00:45:04.139><c> noticed</c><00:45:04.400><c> at</c><00:45:04.619><c> the</c><00:45:04.719><c> beginning</c><00:45:04.900><c> of</c><00:45:05.099><c> our</c><00:45:05.340><c> studies,</c>

00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:09.860
He<00:45:06.619><c> hath</c><00:45:06.840><c> chosen</c><00:45:07.280><c> you</c><00:45:07.739><c> to</c><00:45:08.260><c> stand</c><00:45:08.860><c> before</c><00:45:09.440><c> Him,</c>

00:45:10.139 --> 00:45:11.239
to<00:45:10.480><c> serve</c><00:45:10.780><c> Him,</c>

00:45:11.440 --> 00:45:13.840
and<00:45:11.679><c> that</c><00:45:11.800><c> you</c><00:45:12.059><c> should</c><00:45:12.440><c> minister</c><00:45:13.139><c> unto</c><00:45:13.440><c> Him</c>

00:45:13.840 --> 00:45:15.880
and<00:45:14.300><c> burn</c><00:45:14.699><c> incense.</c>

00:45:16.039 --> 00:45:17.659
Does<00:45:16.420><c> Hezekiah</c><00:45:17.119><c> know</c>

00:45:17.659 --> 00:45:21.179
what<00:45:18.159><c> the</c><00:45:18.380><c> job</c><00:45:18.639><c> of</c><00:45:18.880><c> the</c><00:45:19.079><c> priests</c><00:45:19.320><c> and</c><00:45:19.559><c> Levites</c><00:45:20.019><c> are?</c>

00:45:21.659 --> 00:45:24.460
He<00:45:21.860><c> continues</c><00:45:22.300><c> to</c><00:45:22.599><c> refer</c><00:45:23.000><c> to</c><00:45:23.179><c> the</c><00:45:23.500><c> offerings.</c>

00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:28.900
Come<00:45:25.500><c> down</c><00:45:25.920><c> now</c><00:45:26.659><c> to</c><00:45:27.159><c> verse</c><00:45:27.579><c> 34,</c>

00:45:29.079 --> 00:45:32.579
and<00:45:29.320><c> we</c><00:45:29.579><c> bump</c><00:45:29.719><c> into</c><00:45:30.059><c> something</c><00:45:30.480><c> that's</c><00:45:30.880><c> perhaps</c><00:45:31.219><c> not</c><00:45:31.559><c> expected.</c>

00:45:32.780 --> 00:45:34.920
It's<00:45:33.019><c> a</c><00:45:33.099><c> little</c><00:45:33.239><c> bit</c><00:45:33.440><c> of</c><00:45:33.599><c> a</c><00:45:33.679><c> jolt.</c>

00:45:35.440 --> 00:45:40.380
Verse<00:45:35.719><c> 34</c><00:45:36.739><c> of</c><00:45:37.860><c> 2</c><00:45:38.139><c> Chronicles</c><00:45:38.820><c> 29,</c>

00:45:40.440 --> 00:45:43.000
Having<00:45:40.820><c> exhorted</c><00:45:41.380><c> the</c><00:45:41.659><c> Levites,</c>

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:45.260
notice<00:45:44.119><c> this.</c>

00:45:47.179 --> 00:45:49.400
He<00:45:47.179><c> says</c><00:45:47.500><c> to</c><00:45:47.639><c> them</c><00:45:48.019><c> in</c><00:45:48.320><c> verse</c><00:45:48.780><c> 34,</c>

00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:52.420
or<00:45:49.760><c> rather</c><00:45:49.960><c> it</c><00:45:50.159><c> is</c><00:45:50.360><c> said</c><00:45:50.679><c> in</c><00:45:51.000><c> verse</c><00:45:51.260><c> 34,</c>

00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:55.139
but<00:45:52.619><c> the</c><00:45:52.840><c> priests</c><00:45:53.300><c> were</c><00:45:53.619><c> too</c><00:45:54.059><c> few,</c>

00:45:55.679 --> 00:45:59.559
so<00:45:55.840><c> that</c><00:45:56.000><c> they</c><00:45:56.280><c> could</c><00:45:56.599><c> not</c><00:45:56.920><c> flay</c><00:45:57.380><c> all</c><00:45:57.820><c> the</c><00:45:58.019><c> burnt</c><00:45:58.320><c> offerings,</c>

00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:03.420
wherefore<00:46:00.659><c> the</c><00:46:01.260><c> brethren,</c><00:46:02.159><c> their</c><00:46:02.460><c> brethren,</c>

00:46:03.480 --> 00:46:07.079
the<00:46:03.739><c> Levites</c><00:46:04.340><c> did</c><00:46:04.719><c> help</c><00:46:05.079><c> them,</c><00:46:05.519><c> help</c><00:46:05.780><c> the</c><00:46:06.079><c> priests,</c>

00:46:07.139 --> 00:46:08.360
till<00:46:07.300><c> the</c><00:46:07.519><c> work</c><00:46:07.699><c> was</c><00:46:08.059><c> ended.</c>

00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:11.119
This<00:46:08.659><c> is</c><00:46:08.800><c> getting</c><00:46:09.079><c> ready</c><00:46:09.320><c> for</c><00:46:09.559><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:46:10.380><c> great</c><00:46:10.639><c> Passover.</c>

00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:15.860
A<00:46:12.159><c> great</c><00:46:12.559><c> opportunity</c><00:46:13.260><c> to</c><00:46:13.599><c> weld</c><00:46:13.880><c> the</c><00:46:14.099><c> nation</c><00:46:14.400><c> together.</c>

00:46:16.239 --> 00:46:20.320
So,<00:46:17.820><c> the</c><00:46:18.059><c> priests</c><00:46:18.579><c> were</c><00:46:18.920><c> too</c><00:46:19.380><c> few.</c>

00:46:20.699 --> 00:46:23.219
Their<00:46:21.000><c> brethren,</c><00:46:21.519><c> the</c><00:46:21.719><c> Levites,</c><00:46:22.280><c> did</c><00:46:22.519><c> help</c><00:46:22.820><c> them,</c>

00:46:23.420 --> 00:46:24.659
till<00:46:23.519><c> the</c><00:46:23.800><c> work</c><00:46:24.000><c> was</c><00:46:24.340><c> ended,</c>

00:46:24.840 --> 00:46:27.940
and<00:46:25.039><c> until</c><00:46:25.400><c> the</c><00:46:25.699><c> other</c><00:46:26.019><c> priests</c><00:46:26.420><c> had</c><00:46:26.679><c> sanctified</c><00:46:27.300><c> themselves,</c>

00:46:28.159 --> 00:46:31.800
for<00:46:28.380><c> the</c><00:46:28.639><c> Levites</c><00:46:29.179><c> were</c><00:46:29.460><c> more</c><00:46:29.940><c> upright</c><00:46:30.420><c> in</c><00:46:30.840><c> heart</c>

00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:36.199
to<00:46:32.460><c> sanctify</c><00:46:33.139><c> themselves</c><00:46:34.059><c> than</c><00:46:35.039><c> the</c><00:46:35.579><c> priests.</c>

00:46:36.199 --> 00:46:39.119
Now,<00:46:37.260><c> what</c><00:46:37.360><c> do</c><00:46:37.519><c> you</c><00:46:37.519><c> make</c><00:46:37.739><c> of</c><00:46:37.920><c> that?</c>

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:45.059
The<00:46:42.320><c> Levites,</c><00:46:43.199><c> distinct</c><00:46:43.639><c> from</c><00:46:43.860><c> the</c><00:46:44.159><c> priests,</c>

00:46:45.559 --> 00:46:47.579
are<00:46:45.860><c> better</c><00:46:46.280><c> prepared</c><00:46:46.920><c> spiritually</c>

00:46:47.579 --> 00:46:50.679
for<00:46:48.460><c> this</c><00:46:48.639><c> occasion</c><00:46:49.300><c> to</c><00:46:49.679><c> help</c><00:46:49.960><c> Hezekiah</c>

00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:53.079
in<00:46:51.059><c> getting</c><00:46:51.260><c> the</c><00:46:51.639><c> animal</c><00:46:51.940><c> sacrifices</c><00:46:52.659><c> ready</c>

00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:54.320
for<00:46:53.380><c> the</c><00:46:53.579><c> great</c><00:46:53.840><c> Passover.</c>

00:46:54.659 --> 00:46:57.000
The<00:46:55.019><c> priests</c><00:46:55.460><c> are</c><00:46:55.860><c> not</c><00:46:56.199><c> well</c><00:46:56.500><c> prepared,</c>

00:46:57.300 --> 00:46:59.280
but<00:46:57.519><c> the</c><00:46:57.719><c> Levites</c><00:46:58.179><c> are.</c>

00:47:01.019 --> 00:47:03.260
Why<00:47:01.519><c> would</c><00:47:01.659><c> they</c><00:47:01.820><c> be</c><00:47:01.960><c> more</c><00:47:02.360><c> spiritually</c><00:47:02.699><c> prepared?</c>

00:47:03.260 --> 00:47:06.639
What<00:47:04.239><c> would</c><00:47:04.500><c> explain</c><00:47:05.159><c> why</c><00:47:05.760><c> the</c><00:47:06.019><c> Levites</c>

00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:09.360
were<00:47:07.219><c> on</c><00:47:07.679><c> track</c><00:47:07.980><c> and</c><00:47:08.380><c> ready</c><00:47:08.639><c> to</c><00:47:08.860><c> be</c><00:47:09.079><c> used</c>

00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:11.860
and<00:47:09.760><c> had</c><00:47:09.940><c> to</c><00:47:10.199><c> step</c><00:47:10.460><c> in</c><00:47:10.780><c> and</c><00:47:11.099><c> help</c><00:47:11.260><c> the</c><00:47:11.539><c> priests?</c>

00:47:12.219 --> 00:47:14.440
That's<00:47:12.579><c> a</c><00:47:12.699><c> challenging</c><00:47:13.179><c> question.</c>

00:47:15.320 --> 00:47:17.380
Is<00:47:15.400><c> the</c><00:47:15.639><c> answer,</c><00:47:16.719><c> brethren</c><00:47:16.860><c> and</c><00:47:17.139><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:22.400
in<00:47:17.619><c> chapter</c><00:47:17.980><c> 30</c><00:47:18.860><c> and</c><00:47:20.480><c> verse</c><00:47:21.059><c> 22?</c>

00:47:24.659 --> 00:47:28.199
If<00:47:24.980><c> it</c><00:47:25.219><c> is,</c><00:47:25.760><c> it's</c><00:47:26.139><c> a</c><00:47:26.280><c> profound</c><00:47:26.960><c> truth</c>

00:47:29.219 --> 00:47:31.440
that<00:47:29.860><c> we</c><00:47:30.039><c> might</c><00:47:30.239><c> use</c><00:47:30.579><c> as</c><00:47:30.780><c> the</c><00:47:31.139><c> conclusion</c>

00:47:31.440 --> 00:47:33.639
of<00:47:31.559><c> our</c><00:47:31.800><c> studies</c><00:47:32.099><c> this</c><00:47:32.380><c> morning.</c>

00:47:34.400 --> 00:47:36.960
Verse<00:47:34.579><c> 22</c><00:47:35.199><c> of</c><00:47:35.420><c> the</c><00:47:35.519><c> next</c><00:47:35.820><c> chapter,</c>

00:47:36.980 --> 00:47:39.679
Hezekiah<00:47:37.679><c> spake</c><00:47:38.119><c> comfortably,</c><00:47:38.860><c> notice,</c>

00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:42.079
unto<00:47:40.320><c> all</c><00:47:40.880><c> the</c><00:47:41.039><c> Levites</c>

00:47:42.440 --> 00:47:46.579
that<00:47:42.860><c> taught</c><00:47:43.539><c> the</c><00:47:43.980><c> good</c><00:47:44.599><c> knowledge</c><00:47:45.199><c> of</c><00:47:45.519><c> the</c><00:47:45.719><c> Lord.</c>

00:47:47.579 --> 00:47:49.119
Is<00:47:47.860><c> that</c><00:47:48.099><c> the</c><00:47:48.280><c> answer?</c>

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The<00:47:49.820><c> Levites</c><00:47:50.440><c> had</c><00:47:50.619><c> been</c><00:47:50.900><c> used</c><00:47:51.219><c> by</c><00:47:51.539><c> Jehoshaphat</c>

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many<00:47:53.639><c> years</c><00:47:53.960><c> before</c><00:47:54.380><c> Hezekiah</c><00:47:55.099><c> as</c><00:47:55.539><c> educators.</c>

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He<00:47:57.059><c> had</c><00:47:57.360><c> sent</c><00:47:57.559><c> them</c><00:47:57.780><c> through</c><00:47:58.059><c> Judah</c><00:47:58.420><c> and</c><00:47:58.739><c> Benjamin</c>

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to<00:47:59.480><c> educate</c><00:47:59.940><c> the</c><00:48:00.139><c> people.</c>

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They<00:48:01.599><c> were</c><00:48:01.840><c> people</c><00:48:02.239><c> of</c><00:48:02.500><c> the</c><00:48:02.679><c> book.</c>

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They<00:48:04.320><c> were</c><00:48:04.539><c> to</c><00:48:04.739><c> take</c><00:48:05.079><c> the</c><00:48:05.280><c> Bible</c><00:48:05.679><c> with</c><00:48:06.059><c> them,</c>

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Jehoshaphat<00:48:07.179><c> told</c><00:48:07.480><c> them.</c>

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Hezekiah<00:48:10.820><c> is</c><00:48:11.380><c> using</c><00:48:11.659><c> them</c><00:48:11.860><c> in</c><00:48:12.019><c> the</c><00:48:12.239><c> same</c><00:48:12.480><c> way,</c>

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and<00:48:13.679><c> they</c><00:48:13.920><c> are</c><00:48:14.199><c> prepared</c><00:48:14.900><c> perhaps</c>

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because<00:48:16.360><c> they</c><00:48:16.860><c> were</c><00:48:17.079><c> used</c><00:48:17.300><c> to</c><00:48:17.420><c> being</c><00:48:17.739><c> in</c><00:48:18.039><c> circuit.</c>

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They<00:48:19.179><c> were</c><00:48:19.420><c> used</c><00:48:19.599><c> to</c><00:48:19.699><c> being</c><00:48:19.960><c> the</c><00:48:20.139><c> itinerant</c>

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preachers<00:48:21.480><c> and</c><00:48:21.719><c> teachers,</c>

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the<00:48:22.960><c> priests</c><00:48:23.280><c> perhaps</c><00:48:23.880><c> less</c><00:48:24.119><c> so</c><00:48:24.380><c> then,</c>

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and<00:48:25.179><c> perhaps</c><00:48:25.460><c> a</c><00:48:25.579><c> little</c><00:48:25.719><c> more</c><00:48:26.059><c> stationary.</c>

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Could<00:48:27.679><c> it</c><00:48:27.880><c> be,</c><00:48:28.980><c> brothers</c><00:48:29.099><c> and</c><00:48:29.380><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:48:30.440><c> here</c><00:48:30.760><c> is</c><00:48:31.219><c> witness</c><00:48:31.699><c> to</c><00:48:31.920><c> the</c><00:48:32.179><c> fact</c>

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that<00:48:33.320><c> by</c><00:48:33.599><c> being</c><00:48:34.059><c> educated</c><00:48:34.679><c> in</c><00:48:34.880><c> the</c><00:48:35.099><c> Word</c>

00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:38.920
and<00:48:36.300><c> by</c><00:48:36.619><c> being</c><00:48:37.179><c> steeped</c><00:48:37.599><c> in</c><00:48:37.679><c> the</c><00:48:37.900><c> law</c><00:48:38.019><c> of</c><00:48:38.219><c> God</c>

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and<00:48:39.260><c> taking</c><00:48:39.539><c> upon</c><00:48:39.920><c> them</c><00:48:40.139><c> the</c><00:48:40.340><c> active</c><00:48:40.739><c> role</c>

00:48:41.239 --> 00:48:44.559
of<00:48:42.019><c> educators</c><00:48:42.559><c> of</c><00:48:42.760><c> the</c><00:48:42.960><c> Word</c><00:48:43.179><c> among</c><00:48:43.480><c> their</c><00:48:43.780><c> brethren,</c>

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when<00:48:44.880><c> the</c><00:48:45.199><c> necessity</c><00:48:45.619><c> came,</c>

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they<00:48:47.719><c> were</c><00:48:48.079><c> prepared,</c>

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and<00:48:49.539><c> the</c><00:48:49.880><c> priests</c><00:48:50.239><c> were</c><00:48:50.579><c> less</c><00:48:50.900><c> so,</c>

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and<00:48:52.000><c> they</c><00:48:52.079><c> had</c><00:48:52.260><c> to</c><00:48:52.400><c> help</c><00:48:52.619><c> them?</c>

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Brothers<00:48:54.659><c> and</c><00:48:54.940><c> sisters,</c>

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I<00:48:55.320><c> don't</c><00:48:55.599><c> think</c><00:48:56.079><c> we</c><00:48:56.559><c> could</c><00:48:56.800><c> finish</c>

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on<00:48:57.360><c> a</c><00:48:57.500><c> more</c><00:48:57.860><c> positive</c><00:48:58.300><c> and</c><00:48:58.559><c> exhortative</c><00:48:59.079><c> note</c>

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in<00:49:00.079><c> the</c><00:49:00.260><c> theme</c><00:49:00.420><c> of</c><00:49:00.699><c> priesthood</c>

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than<00:49:01.539><c> to</c><00:49:01.880><c> recognize</c><00:49:02.619><c> that</c><00:49:03.159><c> as</c><00:49:03.320><c> we</c><00:49:03.579><c> move</c><00:49:03.800><c> through</c><00:49:04.019><c> the</c><00:49:04.300><c> kings</c>

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and<00:49:05.099><c> come</c><00:49:05.400><c> to</c><00:49:05.559><c> this</c><00:49:05.800><c> rather</c><00:49:06.079><c> interesting</c><00:49:06.840><c> context</c>

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in<00:49:07.980><c> the</c><00:49:08.139><c> days</c><00:49:08.320><c> of</c><00:49:08.519><c> Hezekiah,</c>

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these<00:49:10.380><c> faithful</c><00:49:10.800><c> Levites</c><00:49:11.480><c> had</c><00:49:11.940><c> captured</c>

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the<00:49:12.719><c> spirit</c><00:49:12.900><c> of</c><00:49:13.159><c> priesthood</c><00:49:13.599><c> the</c><00:49:13.920><c> way</c><00:49:14.039><c> we</c><00:49:14.300><c> should.</c>

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And<00:49:17.139><c> because</c><00:49:17.780><c> they</c><00:49:18.159><c> were</c><00:49:18.360><c> people</c><00:49:18.699><c> of</c><00:49:18.940><c> the</c><00:49:19.079><c> book,</c>

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they<00:49:20.239><c> were</c><00:49:20.559><c> ready</c><00:49:21.000><c> for</c><00:49:21.599><c> the</c><00:49:21.719><c> day</c><00:49:21.880><c> of</c><00:49:22.159><c> crisis,</c>

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and<00:49:23.099><c> they</c><00:49:23.239><c> were</c><00:49:23.500><c> ready</c><00:49:23.940><c> for</c><00:49:24.519><c> the</c><00:49:24.880><c> importance</c><00:49:25.300><c> of</c><00:49:25.619><c> that</c><00:49:25.760><c> occasion,</c>

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and<00:49:27.019><c> the</c><00:49:27.159><c> other</c><00:49:27.420><c> priests</c><00:49:27.699><c> were</c><00:49:27.980><c> not.</c>

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Brethren<00:49:29.820><c> and</c><00:49:30.260><c> sisters</c><00:49:30.679><c> and</c><00:49:30.960><c> young</c><00:49:31.159><c> people,</c>

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may<00:49:32.079><c> we</c><00:49:32.280><c> accept</c><00:49:32.719><c> that</c><00:49:33.099><c> spirit.</c>

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The<00:49:34.820><c> rewards</c><00:49:35.380><c> come</c><00:49:35.880><c> as</c><00:49:36.300><c> a</c><00:49:36.340><c> result</c>

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of<00:49:37.099><c> investing</c><00:49:37.539><c> our</c><00:49:37.940><c> time</c><00:49:38.320><c> and</c><00:49:39.000><c> our</c><00:49:39.300><c> energy</c>

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in<00:49:40.539><c> that</c><00:49:40.820><c> book,</c><00:49:42.199><c> the</c><00:49:42.380><c> Bible.</c>

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And<00:49:44.480><c> thereby,</c><00:49:45.380><c> we</c><00:49:45.579><c> truly</c><00:49:45.900><c> will</c><00:49:46.139><c> be</c><00:49:46.440><c> prepared</c>

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for<00:49:46.800><c> the</c><00:49:46.940><c> future</c><00:49:47.219><c> age,</c><00:49:48.079><c> let</c><00:49:48.199><c> alone</c><00:49:48.440><c> now,</c>

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to<00:49:49.519><c> be</c><00:49:49.699><c> kings</c><00:49:50.139><c> and</c><00:49:50.539><c> priests</c><00:49:50.900><c> for</c><00:49:51.159><c> God.</c>

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Thank<00:49:52.480><c> you.</c>