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a</c><00:11:19.700><c> second,</c><00:11:19.879><c> because</c><00:11:19.980><c> she's</c> 00:11:20.259 --> 00:11:22.059 the<00:11:20.440><c> first.</c><00:11:20.940><c> But</c><00:11:21.080><c> the</c><00:11:21.220><c> word</c><00:11:21.559><c> prophet,</c> 00:11:22.419 --> 00:11:30.820 and<00:11:22.539><c> just</c><00:11:22.720><c> to</c><00:11:22.820><c> touch</c><00:11:23.100><c> on</c><00:11:23.320><c> this,</c><00:11:24.460><c> is</c><00:11:24.460><c> the</c><00:11:25.919><c> idea</c><00:11:26.480><c> of</c><00:11:26.700><c> a</c><00:11:26.980><c> prophet</c><00:11:27.179><c> was</c><00:11:27.500><c> to</c><00:11:28.139><c> bubble</c><00:11:28.480><c> forth</c><00:11:29.120><c> as</c><00:11:29.539><c> a</c><00:11:29.860><c> fountain.</c> 00:11:31.620 --> 00:11:36.879 It's<00:11:32.179><c> the</c><00:11:32.340><c> idea,</c><00:11:32.960><c> brethren</c><00:11:33.059><c> and</c><00:11:33.320><c> sisters,</c><00:11:33.759><c> of</c><00:11:34.039><c> being</c><00:11:34.740><c> 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Holder,</c> 00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:31.120 we've<00:13:26.860><c> got</c><00:13:27.460><c> Nodaia,</c><00:13:28.220><c> we've</c><00:13:28.399><c> got</c><00:13:28.519><c> Isaiah's</c><00:13:29.080><c> wife,</c><00:13:29.679><c> Anna,</c><00:13:30.320><c> and</c> 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:34.320 the<00:13:31.360><c> daughters</c><00:13:31.779><c> of</c><00:13:32.559><c> Philip,</c><00:13:32.860><c> and</c><00:13:33.019><c> there</c><00:13:33.179><c> were</c><00:13:33.700><c> four</c><00:13:34.080><c> of</c> 00:13:34.320 --> 00:13:38.559 those.<00:13:35.539><c> So</c><00:13:35.799><c> of</c><00:13:35.960><c> the</c><00:13:36.159><c> seven</c><00:13:36.440><c> occurrences,</c><00:13:37.299><c> brethren</c><00:13:37.399><c> and</c><00:13:37.659><c> sisters,</c><00:13:38.340><c> plus</c> 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:40.919 the<00:13:38.799><c> four,</c><00:13:40.000><c> there</c><00:13:40.120><c> are</c><00:13:40.259><c> a</c><00:13:40.340><c> number</c><00:13:40.519><c> of</c> 00:13:40.919 --> 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us</c><00:14:47.840><c> from</c><00:14:48.059><c> verse</c><00:14:48.320><c> two</c> 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:51.759 to<00:14:49.340><c> verse</c><00:14:49.840><c> five,</c><00:14:50.360><c> which</c><00:14:50.500><c> is</c><00:14:50.679><c> the</c><00:14:50.919><c> first</c><00:14:51.220><c> verse,</c> 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:56.220 and<00:14:52.419><c> then</c><00:14:52.940><c> the</c><00:14:53.179><c> women</c><00:14:53.500><c> would</c><00:14:54.019><c> have</c><00:14:54.379><c> sang</c><00:14:54.759><c> with</c><00:14:55.279><c> timbrels</c><00:14:55.919><c> and</c> 00:14:56.220 --> 00:14:59.379 dances.<00:14:57.539><c> This</c><00:14:57.759><c> chorus</c><00:14:58.240><c> line,</c> 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:02.919 sing<00:15:00.100><c> unto</c><00:15:00.320><c> Yahweh,</c><00:15:00.980><c> for</c><00:15:01.080><c> he</c><00:15:01.299><c> hath</c><00:15:01.639><c> triumphed</c><00:15:02.360><c> gloriously.</c> 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:05.940 The<00:15:03.500><c> 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and</c><00:15:14.799><c> Miriam</c><00:15:15.100><c> led</c><00:15:15.379><c> in</c> 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:17.179 this<00:15:15.840><c> work,</c><00:15:16.080><c> didn't</c><00:15:16.299><c> she?</c> 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:20.919 But<00:15:18.460><c> the</c><00:15:18.639><c> point</c><00:15:18.820><c> here,</c><00:15:19.259><c> brethren</c><00:15:19.379><c> and</c><00:15:19.559><c> sisters,</c><00:15:19.679><c> which</c><00:15:19.879><c> is</c><00:15:20.600><c> so</c> 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:23.320 important<00:15:21.559><c> for</c><00:15:21.700><c> us</c><00:15:21.879><c> to</c><00:15:22.139><c> understand,</c> 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:33.259 is<00:15:23.720><c> that</c><00:15:24.080><c> Miriam,</c><00:15:25.860><c> this</c><00:15:26.539><c> leader</c><00:15:26.919><c> of</c><00:15:27.299><c> the</c><00:15:27.940><c> women</c><00:15:28.360><c> aspect</c><00:15:29.059><c> of</c><00:15:29.360><c> Israel,</c><00:15:30.519><c> was</c><00:15:30.799><c> indeed</c><00:15:31.679><c> 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to</c><00:16:21.679><c> highlight</c><00:16:21.860><c> this</c><00:16:22.039><c> because</c><00:16:22.220><c> it's</c><00:16:22.480><c> the</c><00:16:22.720><c> role</c> 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:26.159 of<00:16:23.419><c> a</c><00:16:23.620><c> prophetess</c><00:16:24.019><c> which</c><00:16:24.159><c> we're</c><00:16:24.340><c> trying</c><00:16:24.539><c> to</c><00:16:25.120><c> highlight</c><00:16:25.519><c> from</c> 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:29.139 the<00:16:26.399><c> life</c><00:16:26.679><c> of</c><00:16:26.899><c> Miriam</c><00:16:27.240><c> and</c><00:16:27.659><c> Anna.</c><00:16:28.399><c> Judges</c><00:16:28.879><c> chapter</c> 00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:34.539 four<00:16:29.460><c> and</c><00:16:30.960><c> verse</c><00:16:31.919><c> eight,</c><00:16:32.879><c> we've</c><00:16:33.360><c> got</c><00:16:33.500><c> it</c><00:16:33.659><c> here,</c><00:16:34.100><c> and</c><00:16:34.200><c> Barak</c> 00:16:34.539 --> 00:16:36.080 said<00:16:34.759><c> unto</c><00:16:34.960><c> her,</c> 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and</c><00:16:46.440><c> Barak,</c> 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:52.000 but<00:16:47.320><c> the</c><00:16:48.080><c> principle</c><00:16:48.500><c> here</c><00:16:48.740><c> with</c><00:16:49.000><c> Deborah</c><00:16:49.539><c> was</c><00:16:50.220><c> that</c><00:16:50.799><c> if</c><00:16:51.740><c> they</c> 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:54.220 went<00:16:52.220><c> together,</c><00:16:52.600><c> they</c><00:16:53.000><c> worked</c><00:16:53.500><c> together.</c> 00:16:54.220 --> 00:17:00.440 But<00:16:55.059><c> the</c><00:16:55.840><c> principle</c><00:16:56.379><c> in</c><00:16:56.820><c> all</c><00:16:57.019><c> the</c><00:16:57.100><c> way</c><00:16:57.200><c> through</c><00:16:57.539><c> the</c><00:16:58.100><c> scriptures</c><00:16:58.480><c> is</c><00:16:58.980><c> that</c> 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:04.359 Miriam<00:17:01.039><c> and</c><00:17:02.279><c> the</c><00:17:02.919><c> daughters</c><00:17:03.500><c> of</c> 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:09.700 Miriam<00:17:05.039><c> sang</c><00:17:05.500><c> this</c><00:17:05.720><c> song,</c><00:17:06.019><c> just</c><00:17:06.259><c> like</c><00:17:06.500><c> Jephthah.</c><00:17:06.799><c> Do</c><00:17:06.940><c> you</c><00:17:06.940><c> remember</c><00:17:07.160><c> when</c><00:17:07.500><c> Jephthah</c><00:17:07.960><c> came</c><00:17:08.240><c> back</c><00:17:08.500><c> from</c><00:17:08.700><c> the</c><00:17:08.920><c> war?</c> 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:14.400 His<00:17:10.359><c> daughter</c><00:17:10.660><c> came</c><00:17:10.940><c> out</c><00:17:11.180><c> and</c><00:17:11.359><c> she</c><00:17:11.680><c> sang</c><00:17:12.140><c> with</c><00:17:12.859><c> timbrels.</c><00:17:14.059><c> She</c> 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:18.259 sang<00:17:14.900><c> with</c><00:17:15.859><c> the</c><00:17:16.140><c> chorus.</c><00:17:16.920><c> And</c><00:17:17.059><c> this</c><00:17:17.240><c> aspect,</c> 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:22.440 is<00:17:18.859><c> reflected</c><00:17:19.500><c> all</c><00:17:19.980><c> the</c><00:17:20.099><c> way</c><00:17:20.220><c> through</c><00:17:20.400><c> the</c><00:17:20.579><c> scriptures,</c><00:17:21.960><c> that</c> 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:26.380 the<00:17:23.440><c> bride</c><00:17:24.039><c> doesn't</c><00:17:25.000><c> go</c><00:17:25.259><c> to</c><00:17:25.500><c> war,</c> 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:30.880 the<00:17:27.099><c> prophetesses</c><00:17:27.559><c> didn't</c><00:17:28.099><c> go</c><00:17:28.420><c> to</c><00:17:28.680><c> war,</c><00:17:29.819><c> the</c><00:17:30.079><c> men</c><00:17:30.339><c> went</c><00:17:30.660><c> to</c> 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:35.099 war,<00:17:31.680><c> and</c><00:17:32.240><c> the</c><00:17:32.420><c> women</c><00:17:32.799><c> unified</c><00:17:33.640><c> with</c><00:17:34.000><c> that</c><00:17:34.380><c> salvation</c> 00:17:35.099 --> 00:17:41.099 and<00:17:35.680><c> that</c><00:17:35.960><c> victory.</c><00:17:37.180><c> And</c><00:17:37.380><c> that's</c><00:17:37.660><c> exactly</c><00:17:38.079><c> what</c><00:17:39.140><c> we</c><00:17:39.299><c> see</c><00:17:39.680><c> taking</c><00:17:40.039><c> place</c><00:17:40.819><c> in</c> 00:17:41.099 --> 00:17:42.440 the<00:17:41.220><c> life</c><00:17:41.700><c> of</c><00:17:41.980><c> Miriam.</c> 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:48.720 She<00:17:43.259><c> was</c><00:17:43.759><c> this</c><00:17:44.420><c> faithful</c><00:17:45.339><c> prophetess</c><00:17:46.380><c> that</c><00:17:47.039><c> did</c><00:17:47.359><c> this</c><00:17:47.740><c> work.</c> 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:53.119 And<00:17:49.720><c> we</c><00:17:50.779><c> see</c><00:17:51.220><c> these</c><00:17:51.539><c> things.</c><00:17:51.940><c> If</c><00:17:51.940><c> I</c><00:17:52.099><c> just</c><00:17:52.299><c> go</c><00:17:52.559><c> to</c> 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:57.240 Isaiah<00:17:53.960><c> chapter,</c><00:17:54.880><c> well</c><00:17:55.039><c> just</c><00:17:55.220><c> go</c><00:17:55.380><c> to</c><00:17:55.559><c> Psalm</c><00:17:55.900><c> 68,</c><00:17:56.819><c> brethren</c><00:17:56.839><c> and</c><00:17:57.059><c> sisters,</c><00:17:57.059><c> if</c> 00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:58.690 you<00:17:57.420><c> would.</c><00:17:57.880><c> There's</c><00:17:58.259><c> a</c><00:17:58.380><c> little</c> 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:02.900 caption<00:17:59.660><c> here.</c><00:18:00.079><c> We've</c><00:18:00.119><c> mentioned</c><00:18:00.440><c> Jephthah's</c><00:18:00.980><c> daughter.</c><00:18:01.220><c> Psalm</c><00:18:01.519><c> 68</c> 00:18:02.900 --> 00:18:05.819 and<00:18:04.539><c> verse</c><00:18:04.779><c> 25.</c> 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:16.740 Psalm<00:18:12.180><c> 68</c><00:18:13.039><c> verse</c><00:18:13.339><c> 25.</c><00:18:14.880><c> Notice</c><00:18:15.079><c> what's</c><00:18:15.339><c> happening</c><00:18:15.599><c> here.</c> 00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:22.400 The<00:18:18.039><c> singers</c><00:18:18.720><c> went</c><00:18:19.099><c> before,</c><00:18:20.720><c> the</c><00:18:20.980><c> players</c><00:18:21.420><c> on</c><00:18:21.859><c> instruments</c> 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:24.720 followed<00:18:22.839><c> after,</c><00:18:23.680><c> and</c><00:18:23.859><c> among</c><00:18:24.200><c> them</c> 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:29.279 the<00:18:25.200><c> damsels</c><00:18:25.740><c> playing</c><00:18:26.299><c> with</c><00:18:26.720><c> timbrels.</c><00:18:27.579><c> And</c><00:18:27.660><c> they</c><00:18:27.759><c> were</c><00:18:27.900><c> singing,</c><00:18:28.579><c> bless</c><00:18:28.799><c> ye</c> 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:31.099 the<00:18:29.539><c> Elohim</c><00:18:30.039><c> in</c><00:18:30.380><c> the</c><00:18:30.599><c> congregation,</c> 00:18:31.099 --> 00:18:35.200 even<00:18:31.700><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:32.359><c> from</c><00:18:32.839><c> the</c><00:18:33.019><c> foundation</c><00:18:33.480><c> of</c><00:18:33.660><c> Israel.</c><00:18:34.160><c> And</c><00:18:34.299><c> there's</c><00:18:34.500><c> a</c><00:18:34.720><c> pattern</c><00:18:34.900><c> all</c> 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:35.480 the<00:18:35.259><c> 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sisters,</c><00:18:46.039><c> to</c><00:18:46.240><c> Isaiah</c> 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:50.839 chapter<00:18:47.519><c> 30,</c><00:18:48.259><c> because</c><00:18:48.579><c> there's</c><00:18:48.799><c> a</c><00:18:49.059><c> future</c><00:18:49.380><c> connotation</c><00:18:50.339><c> for</c> 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:54.680 this<00:18:51.079><c> singing.</c><00:18:52.299><c> And</c><00:18:52.559><c> it's</c><00:18:52.920><c> spoken</c><00:18:53.099><c> of</c><00:18:53.319><c> in</c><00:18:53.880><c> Isaiah</c> 00:18:54.680 --> 00:19:02.859 chapter<00:18:55.099><c> 30</c><00:18:55.599><c> and</c><00:18:55.779><c> it's</c><00:18:56.440><c> prophetical</c><00:18:56.980><c> words</c><00:18:57.660><c> towards</c><00:18:59.799><c> the</c><00:19:00.119><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:19:01.359><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:01.599><c> chapter</c><00:19:01.920><c> 30.</c> 00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:08.319 If<00:19:05.440><c> you</c><00:19:05.500><c> look</c><00:19:05.599><c> at</c><00:19:05.740><c> verse</c><00:19:05.880><c> 27,</c><00:19:06.779><c> we</c><00:19:07.119><c> know</c><00:19:07.319><c> the</c><00:19:07.519><c> setting.</c><00:19:08.059><c> Behold</c> 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:10.200 the<00:19:08.500><c> name</c><00:19:08.839><c> of</c><00:19:09.079><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:09.319><c> cometh</c><00:19:09.619><c> from</c><00:19:09.859><c> afar,</c> 00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:14.819 burning<00:19:10.940><c> with</c><00:19:11.200><c> his</c><00:19:11.380><c> anger,</c><00:19:12.059><c> and</c><00:19:12.180><c> the</c><00:19:12.380><c> burning</c><00:19:12.619><c> thereof</c><00:19:13.039><c> is</c><00:19:13.259><c> heavy.</c><00:19:13.839><c> His</c><00:19:14.099><c> lips</c><00:19:14.319><c> are</c><00:19:14.539><c> full</c><00:19:14.619><c> of</c> 00:19:14.819 --> 00:19:24.660 indignation<00:19:24.660><c> and</c> 00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:27.660 shall<00:19:25.319><c> the</c><00:19:25.680><c> Assyrian</c><00:19:26.220><c> be</c><00:19:26.500><c> beaten</c><00:19:26.700><c> down.</c><00:19:26.920><c> You</c><00:19:27.000><c> see,</c><00:19:27.539><c> what</c> 00:19:27.660 --> 00:19:28.660 we're<00:19:27.900><c> seeing,</c> 00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:32.119 it's<00:19:29.359><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:29.779><c> the</c><00:19:30.059><c> victor.</c><00:19:31.240><c> Just</c><00:19:31.380><c> like</c><00:19:31.559><c> it</c><00:19:31.660><c> was</c><00:19:31.779><c> in</c><00:19:31.920><c> the</c><00:19:32.000><c> song</c> 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:35.460 of<00:19:32.319><c> Moses,</c><00:19:32.799><c> it</c><00:19:32.880><c> was</c><00:19:33.160><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:33.880><c> who</c><00:19:34.059><c> was</c><00:19:34.240><c> the</c><00:19:34.400><c> victor,</c> 00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:39.099 and<00:19:35.920><c> the</c><00:19:36.039><c> ecclesial</c><00:19:36.559><c> bride</c><00:19:37.279><c> joining</c><00:19:37.819><c> that</c><00:19:38.200><c> song.</c><00:19:38.740><c> And</c><00:19:38.940><c> you've</c> 00:19:39.099 --> 00:19:40.299 got<00:19:39.180><c> it</c><00:19:39.359><c> here</c><00:19:39.480><c> in</c><00:19:39.619><c> verse</c><00:19:39.839><c> 32.</c> 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:46.299 And<00:19:40.839><c> in</c><00:19:41.099><c> every</c><00:19:41.559><c> place</c><00:19:42.220><c> where</c><00:19:43.039><c> the</c><00:19:43.319><c> grounded</c><00:19:43.740><c> staff</c><00:19:44.079><c> shall</c><00:19:44.339><c> pass,</c><00:19:44.940><c> which</c><00:19:45.240><c> Yahweh</c><00:19:45.799><c> shall</c><00:19:46.079><c> lay</c> 00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:47.079 upon<00:19:46.619><c> him,</c> 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:52.680 it<00:19:47.640><c> shall</c><00:19:47.880><c> be</c><00:19:48.140><c> with</c><00:19:48.680><c> tablets</c><00:19:49.339><c> and</c><00:19:50.279><c> harps,</c><00:19:51.180><c> and</c><00:19:51.380><c> in</c><00:19:51.579><c> battles</c><00:19:52.059><c> of</c> 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:54.940 shaking<00:19:53.160><c> will</c><00:19:53.779><c> he</c><00:19:54.079><c> fight.</c> 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:59.160 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once</c><00:20:07.259><c> again</c><00:20:07.920><c> tablets</c><00:20:08.799><c> will</c><00:20:09.059><c> be</c><00:20:09.339><c> used</c><00:20:09.539><c> in</c><00:20:09.700><c> the</c><00:20:10.019><c> singing</c><00:20:10.539><c> when</c><00:20:11.180><c> the</c><00:20:11.519><c> multitudinous</c><00:20:12.099><c> bride</c><00:20:12.440><c> of</c><00:20:12.660><c> Christ</c> 00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:19.220 join<00:20:14.119><c> to</c><00:20:14.960><c> sing</c><00:20:15.079><c> in</c><00:20:15.200><c> that</c><00:20:15.380><c> role.</c><00:20:15.640><c> And</c><00:20:15.740><c> that's</c><00:20:15.960><c> the</c><00:20:16.140><c> role,</c><00:20:16.859><c> brethren</c><00:20:16.920><c> and</c><00:20:17.099><c> sisters,</c><00:20:17.220><c> that</c><00:20:17.500><c> Miriam</c><00:20:17.859><c> showed</c><00:20:18.299><c> as</c><00:20:18.980><c> a</c> 00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:25.839 prophetess,<00:20:19.880><c> and</c><00:20:20.259><c> the</c><00:20:20.400><c> work</c><00:20:20.579><c> that</c><00:20:21.259><c> Anna</c><00:20:21.480><c> shows</c><00:20:21.980><c> in</c><00:20:22.920><c> the</c><00:20:23.579><c> temple.</c><00:20:25.319><c> She's</c> 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:28.079 rejoicing<00:20:26.599><c> and</c><00:20:27.059><c> singing</c><00:20:27.480><c> in</c><00:20:27.839><c> the</c> 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:32.519 specific<00:20:28.420><c> ways</c><00:20:28.660><c> that</c><00:20:28.819><c> we'll</c><00:20:28.980><c> look</c><00:20:29.140><c> at</c><00:20:29.240><c> in</c><00:20:29.359><c> a</c><00:20:29.519><c> few</c><00:20:29.640><c> moments</c><00:20:30.299><c> regarding</c><00:20:31.519><c> the</c> 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:35.380 praise<00:20:32.819><c> that</c><00:20:33.180><c> a</c><00:20:33.619><c> bride,</c><00:20:34.539><c> a</c><00:20:34.880><c> sister,</c> 00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:39.420 should<00:20:35.980><c> offer.</c><00:20:37.400><c> And</c><00:20:37.819><c> so</c><00:20:38.000><c> what</c><00:20:38.200><c> we</c><00:20:38.380><c> see,</c><00:20:38.559><c> brethren</c><00:20:38.779><c> and</c><00:20:38.900><c> sisters,</c><00:20:39.039><c> in</c><00:20:39.200><c> all</c> 00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:41.779 of<00:20:39.880><c> the</c><00:20:40.500><c> prophetesses</c><00:20:41.119><c> is</c><00:20:41.579><c> a</c> 00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:45.460 progressive<00:20:42.220><c> stage.</c><00:20:43.059><c> Miriam</c><00:20:43.279><c> sung</c><00:20:43.539><c> a</c><00:20:43.680><c> new</c><00:20:43.839><c> song.</c><00:20:45.059><c> Deborah,</c> 00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:47.160 she<00:20:45.900><c> judged</c><00:20:46.059><c> the</c><00:20:46.279><c> people,</c><00:20:46.440><c> but</c><00:20:46.759><c> she</c><00:20:47.000><c> didn't</c> 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:51.819 go<00:20:47.420><c> out.</c><00:20:47.980><c> The</c><00:20:48.180><c> people</c><00:20:48.359><c> came</c><00:20:48.680><c> to</c><00:20:49.019><c> her.</c><00:20:50.359><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:50.579><c> did</c><00:20:51.000><c> speak</c><00:20:51.400><c> through</c><00:20:51.640><c> her,</c> 00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:53.839 of<00:20:52.039><c> course,</c><00:20:52.519><c> and</c><00:20:52.740><c> she</c><00:20:53.079><c> judged</c><00:20:53.359><c> the</c><00:20:53.619><c> people</c> 00:20:53.839 --> 00:21:00.559 according<00:20:54.200><c> to</c><00:20:54.740><c> his</c><00:20:55.099><c> truth,</c><00:20:55.619><c> but</c><00:20:55.839><c> she</c><00:20:56.279><c> never</c><00:20:56.839><c> usurped</c><00:20:57.579><c> the</c><00:20:57.880><c> authority.</c><00:20:59.599><c> Holder</c><00:20:59.940><c> spoke</c><00:21:00.220><c> with</c><00:21:00.400><c> the</c> 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.799 word<00:21:00.720><c> of</c><00:21:00.960><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:09.019 Nadia,<00:21:03.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:03.619><c> convenes,</c><00:21:04.519><c> put</c><00:21:04.839><c> faith</c><00:21:05.420><c> in</c><00:21:05.900><c> the</c><00:21:06.299><c> fear,</c><00:21:06.799><c> faithful</c><00:21:07.099><c> in</c><00:21:08.519><c> fear</c><00:21:08.799><c> to</c> 00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:10.160 the<00:21:09.160><c> people.</c> 00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:15.180 Isaiah's<00:21:11.160><c> wife</c><00:21:11.720><c> warned</c><00:21:12.539><c> the</c><00:21:12.859><c> ecclesia</c><00:21:13.180><c> of</c><00:21:13.460><c> the</c><00:21:14.039><c> coming</c><00:21:14.299><c> judgments,</c><00:21:14.960><c> and</c> 00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:16.779 Anna,<00:21:15.700><c> brethren</c><00:21:15.859><c> and</c><00:21:16.079><c> sisters,</c> 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:20.660 she<00:21:17.500><c> shows</c><00:21:17.680><c> that</c><00:21:18.079><c> waiting</c><00:21:18.380><c> ecclesia</c><00:21:18.819><c> in</c><00:21:19.319><c> the</c><00:21:19.579><c> temple,</c><00:21:20.160><c> in</c><00:21:20.420><c> the</c> 00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:23.039 house,<00:21:21.180><c> in</c><00:21:21.380><c> the</c><00:21:21.599><c> ecclesial</c><00:21:21.960><c> setting,</c><00:21:22.680><c> looking</c> 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:27.559 for<00:21:23.759><c> the</c><00:21:23.920><c> coming</c><00:21:24.299><c> of</c><00:21:24.559><c> the</c><00:21:24.660><c> Lord</c><00:21:24.799><c> Jesus</c><00:21:25.019><c> Christ.</c><00:21:27.079><c> Because</c><00:21:27.339><c> of</c> 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:29.619 time,<00:21:27.759><c> brethren</c><00:21:27.880><c> and</c><00:21:28.079><c> sisters,</c><00:21:28.180><c> let</c><00:21:28.339><c> me</c><00:21:28.500><c> just</c><00:21:29.220><c> go</c> 00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:33.960 quickly<00:21:30.000><c> to</c><00:21:30.240><c> that</c><00:21:30.720><c> one</c><00:21:31.140><c> false</c><00:21:31.420><c> prophet.</c><00:21:32.700><c> The</c><00:21:32.880><c> two,</c><00:21:33.559><c> the</c><00:21:33.660><c> daughters</c><00:21:33.799><c> of</c> 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:37.180 Israel,<00:21:34.680><c> were</c><00:21:35.680><c> Jezebel,</c><00:21:36.299><c> who</c><00:21:36.420><c> seduced,</c> 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:41.200 who<00:21:37.880><c> usurped</c><00:21:38.599><c> her</c><00:21:38.940><c> authority,</c><00:21:39.779><c> who</c><00:21:39.980><c> took</c><00:21:40.220><c> the</c><00:21:40.539><c> preeminence,</c> 00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:42.740 brethren<00:21:41.480><c> and</c><00:21:41.799><c> sisters,</c><00:21:42.240><c> and</c><00:21:42.400><c> we</c><00:21:42.539><c> know</c> 00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:47.140 the<00:21:43.019><c> consequences</c><00:21:43.559><c> she</c><00:21:44.099><c> faced</c><00:21:44.700><c> for</c><00:21:45.180><c> that</c><00:21:45.460><c> word.</c><00:21:46.440><c> She</c><00:21:46.720><c> called</c> 00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:51.319 herself<00:21:47.660><c> a</c><00:21:47.980><c> prophetess,</c><00:21:48.759><c> not</c><00:21:48.980><c> Yahweh.</c><00:21:50.680><c> She</c> 00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:56.319 seduced,<00:21:52.960><c> she</c><00:21:53.460><c> usurped,</c><00:21:54.339><c> and</c><00:21:54.920><c> there's</c><00:21:55.180><c> the</c><00:21:55.420><c> contrast,</c><00:21:55.799><c> brethren</c><00:21:56.099><c> and</c> 00:21:56.319 --> 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going</c><00:22:39.359><c> through</c><00:22:39.660><c> the</c><00:22:39.839><c> Lord</c><00:22:39.960><c> Jesus</c> 00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:44.740 Christ.<00:22:41.140><c> That</c><00:22:41.500><c> hierarchy,</c><00:22:42.619><c> that</c><00:22:42.839><c> divine</c><00:22:43.359><c> order</c><00:22:43.900><c> of</c><00:22:44.200><c> things</c> 00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:49.539 has<00:22:45.579><c> indeed</c><00:22:45.980><c> been</c><00:22:46.299><c> said.</c><00:22:47.480><c> So</c><00:22:47.680><c> let's</c><00:22:47.819><c> come</c><00:22:48.059><c> quickly</c><00:22:48.380><c> back</c><00:22:48.720><c> to</c> 00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:53.319 the<00:22:50.059><c> lady</c><00:22:50.319><c> that</c><00:22:50.460><c> we're</c><00:22:50.619><c> looking</c><00:22:50.940><c> at,</c><00:22:51.319><c> our</c><00:22:51.500><c> sister,</c><00:22:52.500><c> Anna,</c><00:22:52.859><c> in</c> 00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:55.920 Luke.<00:22:53.619><c> Now,</c><00:22:54.519><c> there's</c><00:22:54.940><c> 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deal</c><00:28:11.329><c> with</c><00:28:11.609><c> them.</c><00:28:13.130><c> Verse</c><00:28:13.230><c> 2,</c> 00:28:13.849 --> 00:28:15.190 the<00:28:14.069><c> elder</c><00:28:14.430><c> women</c><00:28:14.670><c> as</c><00:28:14.890><c> mothers,</c> 00:28:15.190 --> 00:28:18.549 the<00:28:15.490><c> younger</c><00:28:15.789><c> as</c><00:28:16.109><c> sisters,</c><00:28:16.710><c> with</c><00:28:16.930><c> all</c><00:28:17.210><c> purity,</c><00:28:17.849><c> but</c><00:28:18.109><c> honor.</c> 00:28:18.970 --> 00:28:20.269 That<00:28:19.109><c> word</c><00:28:19.329><c> honor</c><00:28:19.549><c> there,</c><00:28:19.869><c> brethren</c><00:28:19.930><c> and</c><00:28:20.049><c> sisters,</c> 00:28:20.369 --> 00:28:28.049 in<00:28:21.029><c> the</c><00:28:21.309><c> Greek</c><00:28:21.569><c> is</c><00:28:22.250><c> support.</c><00:28:24.930><c> Support</c><00:28:25.470><c> which</c><00:28:26.809><c> is</c><00:28:27.549><c> derived,</c> 00:28:28.089 --> 00:28:30.250 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support</c><00:29:24.809><c> them.</c><00:29:26.049><c> Because</c><00:29:26.349><c> to</c><00:29:26.670><c> show</c><00:29:26.990><c> piety,</c><00:29:27.529><c> and</c> 00:29:27.630 --> 00:29:28.490 that<00:29:27.789><c> word</c><00:29:27.990><c> piety,</c> 00:29:28.890 --> 00:29:35.470 is<00:29:29.029><c> Eusebia.</c><00:29:30.490><c> It's</c><00:29:30.809><c> from</c><00:29:31.369><c> words</c><00:29:31.849><c> to</c><00:29:32.230><c> act</c><00:29:32.990><c> reverentially</c><00:29:33.950><c> towards</c><00:29:34.509><c> God,</c> 00:29:35.630 --> 00:29:38.329 looking<00:29:35.849><c> after.</c><00:29:36.869><c> It's</c><00:29:37.210><c> a</c><00:29:37.369><c> God</c><00:29:37.650><c>-ordained</c> 00:29:38.329 --> 00:29:42.190 order,<00:29:38.690><c> brethren</c><00:29:38.970><c> and</c><00:29:39.210><c> sisters,</c><00:29:39.670><c> to</c><00:29:39.910><c> care</c><00:29:40.410><c> for</c><00:29:40.869><c> those</c><00:29:41.269><c> of</c><00:29:41.950><c> our</c> 00:29:42.190 --> 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supplications</c><00:29:55.589><c> and</c><00:29:55.869><c> prayers,</c><00:29:56.670><c> nights</c><00:29:56.890><c> and</c> 00:29:57.130 --> 00:30:00.569 day.<00:29:57.549><c> This</c><00:29:57.769><c> is</c><00:29:58.190><c> Anna,</c><00:29:58.490><c> brethren</c><00:29:58.829><c> and</c><00:29:59.049><c> sisters.</c><00:30:00.009><c> She's</c><00:30:00.329><c> going</c> 00:30:00.569 --> 00:30:02.309 through<00:30:00.769><c> this</c><00:30:01.009><c> process,</c><00:30:01.349><c> and</c><00:30:01.730><c> I</c><00:30:01.849><c> want</c><00:30:01.950><c> to</c><00:30:02.130><c> think</c> 00:30:02.309 --> 00:30:08.150 about<00:30:02.569><c> prayers</c><00:30:03.109><c> and</c><00:30:03.750><c> fasting</c><00:30:04.130><c> in</c><00:30:04.450><c> a</c><00:30:04.670><c> few</c><00:30:04.769><c> moments.</c><00:30:06.029><c> But</c><00:30:06.210><c> she</c><00:30:06.349><c> that</c><00:30:06.730><c> liveth</c><00:30:07.089><c> in</c><00:30:07.450><c> pleasure,</c><00:30:07.970><c> i</c> 00:30:08.150 --> 00:30:10.690 .e.<00:30:09.269><c> not</c><00:30:09.549><c> a</c><00:30:09.710><c> true</c><00:30:09.849><c> widow,</c> 00:30:11.450 --> 00:30:14.990 is<00:30:11.849><c> dead</c><00:30:12.089><c> while</c><00:30:12.349><c> she</c><00:30:12.569><c> lives.</c><00:30:13.750><c> And</c><00:30:13.930><c> we've</c><00:30:14.089><c> got</c><00:30:14.170><c> this</c><00:30:14.470><c> play,</c><00:30:14.730><c> haven't</c><00:30:14.849><c> we,</c> 00:30:15.069 --> 00:30:16.390 brethren<00:30:15.190><c> and</c><00:30:15.369><c> sisters,</c><00:30:15.529><c> between</c><00:30:15.970><c> the</c> 00:30:16.390 --> 00:30:22.750 things<00:30:16.589><c> we've</c><00:30:16.890><c> looked</c><00:30:17.069><c> at,</c><00:30:17.269><c> the</c><00:30:17.630><c> tribe</c><00:30:17.849><c> of</c><00:30:18.130><c> Asher</c><00:30:18.569><c> and</c><00:30:19.430><c> the</c><00:30:19.730><c> widows</c><00:30:20.029><c> that</c><00:30:20.490><c> aren't</c><00:30:20.849><c> widows</c><00:30:21.210><c> indeed.</c><00:30:22.150><c> And</c><00:30:22.390><c> it</c><00:30:22.529><c> goes</c> 00:30:22.750 --> 00:30:26.109 through<00:30:23.029><c> here</c><00:30:23.349><c> to</c><00:30:23.750><c> give</c><00:30:23.910><c> some</c><00:30:24.130><c> wonderful</c><00:30:24.490><c> things.</c><00:30:25.109><c> If</c><00:30:25.450><c> you</c><00:30:25.630><c> look</c><00:30:25.890><c> at</c> 00:30:26.109 --> 00:30:29.529 verse<00:30:26.630><c> 9,</c><00:30:27.750><c> let</c><00:30:27.890><c> not</c><00:30:28.089><c> a</c><00:30:28.329><c> widow</c><00:30:28.569><c> be</c><00:30:28.930><c> taken</c> 00:30:29.529 --> 00:30:35.549 unto<00:30:30.170><c> the</c><00:30:30.450><c> number.</c><00:30:31.369><c> You</c><00:30:31.569><c> see,</c><00:30:31.710><c> there's</c><00:30:31.890><c> a</c><00:30:32.089><c> register,</c><00:30:32.950><c> brethren</c><00:30:33.069><c> and</c><00:30:33.349><c> sisters.</c><00:30:34.250><c> This</c><00:30:34.450><c> idea</c><00:30:34.769><c> of</c><00:30:35.049><c> taking</c> 00:30:35.549 --> 00:30:40.109 unto<00:30:36.150><c> the</c><00:30:36.430><c> number</c><00:30:36.769><c> is</c><00:30:37.190><c> the</c><00:30:37.410><c> Greek</c><00:30:37.609><c> word,</c><00:30:38.329><c> catalego,</c><00:30:39.309><c> which</c><00:30:39.490><c> means</c><00:30:39.769><c> to</c> 00:30:40.109 --> 00:30:44.450 catalog.<00:30:41.589><c> So</c><00:30:41.829><c> a</c><00:30:42.089><c> widow</c><00:30:42.589><c> was</c><00:30:43.769><c> cataloged.</c><00:30:44.210><c> Her</c> 00:30:44.450 --> 00:30:47.589 name,<00:30:45.049><c> brethren</c><00:30:45.329><c> and</c><00:30:45.509><c> sisters,</c><00:30:45.730><c> was</c><00:30:45.829><c> put</c><00:30:45.970><c> in</c><00:30:46.130><c> a</c><00:30:46.269><c> book.</c><00:30:47.369><c> Think</c> 00:30:47.589 --> 00:30:49.650 about<00:30:47.869><c> the</c><00:30:48.089><c> parallel</c><00:30:48.309><c> of</c><00:30:48.509><c> that</c><00:30:48.670><c> to</c><00:30:48.970><c> the</c><00:30:49.150><c> book</c><00:30:49.349><c> of</c> 00:30:49.650 --> 00:30:52.569 life.<00:30:50.769><c> We,</c><00:30:51.109><c> brethren</c><00:30:51.289><c> and</c><00:30:51.490><c> sisters,</c><00:30:51.690><c> our</c><00:30:51.869><c> names</c><00:30:52.109><c> have</c><00:30:52.349><c> been</c> 00:30:52.569 --> 00:30:57.470 written<00:30:52.849><c> in</c><00:30:53.089><c> the</c><00:30:53.250><c> book</c><00:30:53.609><c> of</c><00:30:54.089><c> life.</c><00:30:55.829><c> Are</c><00:30:56.029><c> we</c><00:30:56.210><c> true</c><00:30:56.430><c> widows?</c> 00:30:57.569 --> 00:31:02.809 Are<00:30:57.869><c> we</c><00:30:58.190><c> waiting</c><00:30:58.730><c> for</c><00:31:00.049><c> the</c><00:31:00.390><c> coming</c><00:31:00.750><c> of</c><00:31:01.009><c> our</c><00:31:01.230><c> Lord?</c><00:31:02.150><c> Do</c><00:31:02.309><c> we</c><00:31:02.509><c> see</c> 00:31:02.809 --> 00:31:04.549 ourselves,<00:31:03.289><c> 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of</c><00:31:15.309><c> course,</c><00:31:15.589><c> there</c><00:31:15.849><c> are</c> 00:31:16.210 --> 00:31:19.809 practicalities<00:31:16.849><c> here,</c><00:31:17.109><c> but</c><00:31:17.390><c> that's</c><00:31:17.750><c> what's</c><00:31:18.309><c> taking</c><00:31:18.630><c> place.</c> 00:31:20.869 --> 00:31:22.569 You<00:31:20.890><c> know,</c><00:31:21.250><c> James</c><00:31:21.569><c> says,</c><00:31:21.809><c> doesn't</c><00:31:22.069><c> he,</c> 00:31:22.569 --> 00:31:27.529 pure<00:31:23.089><c> religion</c><00:31:23.950><c> and</c><00:31:24.789><c> undefiled</c><00:31:25.509><c> before</c><00:31:25.890><c> God</c><00:31:26.410><c> and</c><00:31:26.890><c> the</c><00:31:27.089><c> father</c> 00:31:27.529 --> 00:31:30.049 is<00:31:28.390><c> to</c><00:31:28.569><c> visit</c><00:31:28.750><c> the</c><00:31:29.029><c> fatherless,</c><00:31:29.529><c> the</c><00:31:29.670><c> widow</c><00:31:29.849><c> in</c> 00:31:30.049 --> 00:31:33.329 their<00:31:30.269><c> affliction,</c><00:31:31.769><c> to</c><00:31:31.890><c> keep</c><00:31:32.089><c> himself</c><00:31:32.589><c> from</c><00:31:32.869><c> spotted</c><00:31:33.089><c> from</c> 00:31:33.329 --> 00:31:35.670 the<00:31:33.549><c> world.</c><00:31:34.690><c> Are</c><00:31:34.829><c> these</c><00:31:35.009><c> the</c><00:31:35.210><c> things,</c><00:31:35.589><c> brethren</c> 00:31:35.670 --> 00:31:40.349 and<00:31:35.869><c> sisters,</c><00:31:35.970><c> that</c><00:31:36.130><c> we</c><00:31:36.390><c> strive</c><00:31:36.690><c> for?</c><00:31:38.269><c> Anna</c><00:31:38.490><c> did.</c><00:31:39.849><c> That's</c><00:31:40.190><c> the</c> 00:31:40.349 --> 00:31:43.490 little<00:31:40.529><c> aspects</c><00:31:40.970><c> we</c><00:31:41.269><c> get</c><00:31:41.430><c> from</c><00:31:42.289><c> the</c><00:31:42.670><c> widow.</c><00:31:43.369><c> But</c> 00:31:43.490 --> 00:31:45.529 what<00:31:43.650><c> about</c><00:31:43.769><c> this</c><00:31:43.930><c> idea,</c><00:31:44.349><c> brethren</c><00:31:44.450><c> and</c><00:31:44.650><c> sisters,</c><00:31:45.049><c> that</c><00:31:45.230><c> she</c> 00:31:45.529 --> 00:31:47.730 departed<00:31:46.069><c> not</c><00:31:46.390><c> from</c><00:31:46.589><c> the</c><00:31:46.789><c> temple?</c><00:31:47.170><c> Just</c><00:31:47.369><c> come</c><00:31:47.490><c> with</c><00:31:47.630><c> me</c> 00:31:47.730 --> 00:31:53.529 to<00:31:47.829><c> Psalms,</c><00:31:48.730><c> Psalm</c><00:31:49.230><c> 92,</c><00:31:51.269><c> some</c><00:31:51.509><c> wonderful</c><00:31:52.230><c> verses</c><00:31:52.769><c> we</c><00:31:52.930><c> could</c><00:31:53.150><c> turn</c><00:31:53.369><c> to.</c><00:31:53.529><c> I</c> 00:31:53.529 --> 00:31:55.170 haven't<00:31:53.710><c> got</c><00:31:53.930><c> time</c><00:31:54.450><c> to</c><00:31:54.750><c> go</c><00:31:54.890><c> to</c><00:31:55.009><c> them</c> 00:31:55.170 --> 00:31:56.990 all,<00:31:55.450><c> brethren</c><00:31:55.509><c> and</c><00:31:55.690><c> sisters,</c><00:31:55.809><c> but</c><00:31:55.869><c> look</c><00:31:56.009><c> at</c><00:31:56.210><c> Psalm,</c><00:31:56.670><c> Psalm</c> 00:31:56.990 --> 00:32:03.390 92<00:31:57.569><c> and</c><00:31:57.769><c> verse</c><00:31:58.029><c> 13,</c><00:31:59.690><c> Psalm</c><00:31:59.930><c> 92</c><00:32:00.589><c> and</c><00:32:01.250><c> verse</c><00:32:02.049><c> 13.</c> 00:32:06.690 --> 00:32:13.930 The<00:32:07.230><c> righteous</c><00:32:07.769><c> shall</c><00:32:09.190><c> flourish</c><00:32:09.869><c> like</c><00:32:10.990><c> the</c><00:32:11.329><c> palm</c><00:32:11.630><c> tree.</c><00:32:12.509><c> He</c><00:32:12.769><c> shall</c><00:32:12.970><c> grow</c><00:32:13.349><c> like</c><00:32:13.650><c> a</c> 00:32:13.930 --> 00:32:14.650 cedar<00:32:14.170><c> of</c><00:32:14.410><c> Lebanon.</c> 00:32:14.650 --> 00:32:21.410 Those<00:32:15.430><c> that</c><00:32:15.809><c> be</c><00:32:16.250><c> planted</c><00:32:16.809><c> in</c><00:32:17.430><c> the</c><00:32:17.869><c> house</c><00:32:18.349><c> of</c><00:32:18.730><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:19.609><c> shall</c><00:32:20.490><c> flourish</c><00:32:21.069><c> in</c> 00:32:21.410 --> 00:32:24.289 the<00:32:21.710><c> courts</c><00:32:22.309><c> of</c><00:32:23.089><c> our</c><00:32:23.309><c> God.</c> 00:32:24.529 --> 00:32:27.230 You<00:32:24.589><c> see,</c><00:32:24.890><c> brethren</c><00:32:24.950><c> and</c><00:32:25.150><c> sisters,</c><00:32:25.589><c> Anna</c><00:32:25.589><c> was</c><00:32:26.369><c> rooted</c><00:32:26.769><c> in</c><00:32:27.009><c> the</c> 00:32:27.230 --> 00:32:30.890 truth.<00:32:28.089><c> She</c><00:32:28.250><c> was</c><00:32:28.630><c> rooted</c><00:32:29.049><c> in</c><00:32:29.470><c> the</c><00:32:29.769><c> service</c><00:32:30.230><c> of</c><00:32:30.630><c> the</c> 00:32:30.890 --> 00:32:34.009 truth<00:32:31.230><c> and</c><00:32:32.009><c> that</c><00:32:32.589><c> rooting,</c><00:32:32.910><c> brethren</c><00:32:33.170><c> and</c><00:32:33.329><c> sisters,</c><00:32:33.829><c> brings</c> 00:32:34.009 --> 00:32:38.109 forth<00:32:34.430><c> a</c><00:32:34.809><c> flourishing.</c><00:32:35.849><c> Verse</c><00:32:36.109><c> 14,</c><00:32:37.009><c> they</c><00:32:37.710><c> shall</c> 00:32:38.109 --> 00:32:42.869 still<00:32:38.609><c> bring</c><00:32:38.910><c> forth</c><00:32:39.450><c> fruit</c><00:32:39.809><c> in</c><00:32:40.190><c> old</c><00:32:40.589><c> age.</c><00:32:41.829><c> She</c><00:32:41.990><c> was</c><00:32:42.369><c> still,</c> 00:32:42.990 --> 00:32:45.589 brethren<00:32:43.190><c> and</c><00:32:43.490><c> sisters,</c><00:32:44.210><c> bringing</c><00:32:44.529><c> forth</c><00:32:45.329><c> fruit.</c> 00:32:45.829 --> 00:32:48.250 She<00:32:46.049><c> didn't</c><00:32:46.250><c> say,</c><00:32:46.670><c> oh,</c><00:32:46.990><c> I've</c><00:32:47.170><c> got</c><00:32:47.269><c> to</c><00:32:47.430><c> 70,</c><00:32:47.650><c> I've</c><00:32:47.789><c> got</c><00:32:47.809><c> to</c><00:32:48.069><c> stop</c> 00:32:48.250 --> 00:32:50.130 now.<00:32:49.029><c> I'm</c><00:32:49.170><c> not</c><00:32:49.390><c> talking</c><00:32:49.569><c> about</c><00:32:49.730><c> anybody,</c> 00:32:50.230 --> 00:32:51.930 brethren<00:32:50.369><c> and</c><00:32:50.529><c> sisters,</c><00:32:50.690><c> here,</c><00:32:50.869><c> by</c><00:32:50.970><c> the</c><00:32:51.109><c> way.</c><00:32:51.670><c> I'm</c><00:32:51.730><c> talking</c> 00:32:51.930 --> 00:32:56.150 about<00:32:52.230><c> Anna,</c><00:32:53.730><c> the</c><00:32:54.089><c> faithful</c><00:32:54.630><c> act</c><00:32:55.069><c> she</c><00:32:55.369><c> did.</c> 00:32:56.650 --> 00:33:00.329 If<00:32:56.869><c> we're</c><00:32:57.250><c> planted</c><00:32:57.529><c> in</c><00:32:57.750><c> the</c><00:32:58.009><c> truth,</c><00:32:58.509><c> in</c><00:32:58.670><c> the</c><00:32:58.910><c> temple</c><00:32:59.190><c> of</c><00:32:59.430><c> Yahweh,</c><00:32:59.849><c> brethren</c><00:32:59.970><c> and</c><00:33:00.150><c> sisters,</c> 00:33:00.650 --> 00:33:02.869 we<00:33:00.950><c> will</c><00:33:01.109><c> be</c><00:33:01.250><c> able</c><00:33:01.349><c> to</c><00:33:01.630><c> bring</c><00:33:01.809><c> forth</c><00:33:02.069><c> fruit,</c><00:33:02.289><c> no</c><00:33:02.410><c> matter</c><00:33:02.670><c> what</c> 00:33:02.869 --> 00:33:04.970 it<00:33:03.069><c> is,</c><00:33:03.509><c> and</c><00:33:03.690><c> we'll</c><00:33:03.789><c> look</c><00:33:03.970><c> at</c><00:33:04.069><c> those</c><00:33:04.349><c> types</c><00:33:04.650><c> of</c><00:33:04.869><c> fruit</c> 00:33:04.970 --> 00:33:09.269 in<00:33:05.049><c> a</c><00:33:05.150><c> second,</c><00:33:05.769><c> and</c><00:33:05.910><c> she'll</c><00:33:06.230><c> be</c><00:33:06.789><c> fat</c><00:33:07.130><c> and</c><00:33:07.589><c> flourishing.</c><00:33:08.789><c> I</c><00:33:08.930><c> haven't</c><00:33:09.089><c> got</c> 00:33:09.269 --> 00:33:11.269 time<00:33:09.509><c> to</c><00:33:09.609><c> go</c><00:33:09.869><c> to,</c><00:33:10.230><c> oh,</c><00:33:10.490><c> well,</c><00:33:10.730><c> Psalm</c><00:33:10.829><c> 27.</c> 00:33:11.269 --> 00:33:13.170 Let's<00:33:11.509><c> just</c><00:33:11.690><c> do</c><00:33:11.809><c> it,</c><00:33:12.009><c> brethren</c><00:33:12.069><c> and</c><00:33:12.230><c> sisters.</c><00:33:12.730><c> I'm</c><00:33:12.950><c> going</c><00:33:13.049><c> to</c> 00:33:13.170 --> 00:33:15.630 try<00:33:13.289><c> and</c><00:33:13.430><c> finish</c><00:33:13.589><c> on</c><00:33:13.869><c> time,</c><00:33:14.109><c> otherwise</c><00:33:14.569><c> I'll</c><00:33:15.329><c> be</c><00:33:15.450><c> in</c> 00:33:15.630 --> 00:33:21.349 trouble<00:33:15.930><c> again,</c><00:33:17.710><c> which</c><00:33:18.289><c> is</c><00:33:19.309><c> a</c><00:33:19.349><c> habit</c><00:33:19.509><c> for</c><00:33:19.690><c> me.</c><00:33:19.849><c> Psalm</c><00:33:20.009><c> 27,</c><00:33:20.630><c> verse</c><00:33:20.869><c> 4,</c> 00:33:21.470 --> 00:33:23.150 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00:33:33.190 --> 00:33:35.670 dwell<00:33:33.589><c> in</c><00:33:34.230><c> the</c><00:33:34.430><c> house</c><00:33:34.630><c> of</c><00:33:34.869><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:35.089><c> all</c><00:33:35.250><c> the</c><00:33:35.450><c> days</c> 00:33:35.670 --> 00:33:40.509 of<00:33:35.890><c> my</c><00:33:36.130><c> life</c><00:33:36.410><c> to</c><00:33:36.809><c> behold</c><00:33:37.349><c> the</c><00:33:37.690><c> beauty</c><00:33:38.190><c> of</c><00:33:38.650><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:39.049><c> and</c><00:33:39.529><c> to</c><00:33:39.750><c> inquire</c><00:33:40.329><c> in</c> 00:33:40.509 --> 00:33:43.250 his<00:33:40.730><c> temple.</c><00:33:42.049><c> And</c><00:33:42.349><c> if</c><00:33:42.509><c> you</c><00:33:42.670><c> just</c><00:33:42.970><c> quickly</c> 00:33:43.250 --> 00:33:45.410 link<00:33:43.509><c> that,</c><00:33:43.910><c> brethren</c><00:33:43.970><c> and</c><00:33:44.170><c> sisters,</c><00:33:44.329><c> with</c><00:33:44.490><c> 1</c><00:33:44.769><c> Corinthians</c> 00:33:45.410 --> 00:33:49.009 chapter<00:33:46.049><c> 3,</c><00:33:46.829><c> we</c><00:33:46.990><c> know</c><00:33:47.230><c> these</c><00:33:47.450><c> words</c><00:33:47.710><c> very</c><00:33:48.049><c> well.</c><00:33:48.529><c> We</c> 00:33:49.009 --> 00:33:53.349 are<00:33:49.910><c> that</c><00:33:50.369><c> temple,</c><00:33:50.769><c> aren't</c><00:33:51.029><c> we?</c><00:33:51.589><c> That's</c><00:33:52.069><c> exactly</c><00:33:52.650><c> what</c><00:33:53.150><c> we're</c> 00:33:53.349 --> 00:33:55.210 being<00:33:53.650><c> called</c><00:33:53.869><c> to.</c><00:33:53.970><c> We</c><00:33:54.109><c> don't</c><00:33:54.309><c> have</c><00:33:54.450><c> a</c><00:33:54.710><c> physical</c> 00:33:55.210 --> 00:33:58.490 temple.<00:33:55.809><c> It's</c><00:33:55.950><c> not</c><00:33:56.109><c> that</c><00:33:56.250><c> we</c><00:33:56.369><c> have</c><00:33:56.569><c> to</c><00:33:56.730><c> be</c><00:33:57.349><c> shackled</c><00:33:57.910><c> to</c><00:33:58.269><c> our</c> 00:33:58.490 --> 00:34:00.650 ecclesia<00:33:59.230><c> physically,</c><00:34:00.230><c> brethren</c><00:34:00.329><c> and</c><00:34:00.549><c> sisters,</c> 00:34:01.069 --> 00:34:03.210 and<00:34:01.190><c> walk</c><00:34:01.349><c> up</c><00:34:01.529><c> and</c><00:34:01.730><c> down</c><00:34:01.849><c> the</c><00:34:02.089><c> corridors</c><00:34:02.430><c> of</c><00:34:02.690><c> that.</c><00:34:02.869><c> That's</c> 00:34:03.210 --> 00:34:04.970 not<00:34:03.410><c> what</c><00:34:03.589><c> the</c><00:34:03.829><c> scriptures</c><00:34:04.210><c> are</c><00:34:04.710><c> saying.</c> 00:34:05.269 --> 00:34:10.809 If<00:34:05.430><c> you</c><00:34:05.589><c> come</c><00:34:05.789><c> to</c><00:34:05.930><c> 1</c><00:34:06.150><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:06.789><c> and</c><00:34:07.250><c> chapter</c><00:34:07.529><c> 3,</c><00:34:08.190><c> this</c><00:34:08.329><c> is</c><00:34:08.429><c> what</c><00:34:08.530><c> Paul</c><00:34:08.769><c> says,</c><00:34:09.070><c> isn't</c><00:34:09.230><c> it?</c><00:34:09.690><c> He</c><00:34:09.829><c> says</c><00:34:10.070><c> in</c><00:34:10.150><c> 1</c><00:34:10.389><c> Corinthians</c> 00:34:10.809 --> 00:34:19.449 3,<00:34:11.929><c> verse</c><00:34:11.989><c> 16,</c><00:34:14.570><c> no</c><00:34:14.889><c> ye</c><00:34:15.030><c> not,</c><00:34:16.510><c> that</c><00:34:16.889><c> ye</c><00:34:17.389><c> are</c><00:34:17.690><c> the</c><00:34:17.829><c> temple</c><00:34:18.130><c> of</c><00:34:18.289><c> God,</c><00:34:19.230><c> and</c> 00:34:19.449 --> 00:34:23.469 that<00:34:19.610><c> the</c><00:34:20.190><c> spirit</c><00:34:20.690><c> of</c><00:34:21.050><c> God</c><00:34:21.809><c> dwelleth</c><00:34:22.489><c> in</c><00:34:23.050><c> you.</c> 00:34:23.469 --> 00:34:28.690 And<00:34:23.750><c> if</c><00:34:23.989><c> any</c><00:34:24.289><c> man</c><00:34:24.489><c> defile</c><00:34:25.090><c> the</c><00:34:25.250><c> temple</c><00:34:25.510><c> of</c><00:34:25.630><c> God,</c><00:34:26.230><c> him</c><00:34:26.369><c> shall</c><00:34:26.610><c> God</c><00:34:26.829><c> destroy.</c><00:34:27.989><c> For</c><00:34:28.110><c> the</c><00:34:28.329><c> temple</c><00:34:28.550><c> of</c> 00:34:28.690 --> 00:34:29.210 God<00:34:28.869><c> is</c> 00:34:29.210 --> 00:34:34.110 holy.<00:34:29.829><c> Which</c><00:34:30.190><c> temple</c><00:34:30.869><c> are</c><00:34:31.550><c> ye?</c><00:34:32.550><c> You</c><00:34:32.710><c> see,</c><00:34:32.969><c> brethren</c><00:34:33.070><c> and</c><00:34:33.269><c> sisters,</c><00:34:33.769><c> we've</c><00:34:33.989><c> got</c> 00:34:34.110 --> 00:34:36.429 to<00:34:34.329><c> abide</c><00:34:35.030><c> in</c><00:34:35.250><c> that</c><00:34:35.590><c> temple,</c> 00:34:36.769 --> 00:34:40.969 in<00:34:37.010><c> that</c><00:34:37.269><c> state,</c><00:34:37.789><c> brethren</c><00:34:38.130><c> and</c><00:34:38.429><c> sisters,</c><00:34:38.849><c> not</c><00:34:39.070><c> defiling</c><00:34:39.409><c> ourself</c><00:34:39.750><c> with</c><00:34:39.889><c> the</c><00:34:40.130><c> world,</c> 00:34:41.230 --> 00:34:45.389 not<00:34:41.789><c> coercing</c><00:34:42.349><c> and</c><00:34:42.670><c> joining</c><00:34:42.989><c> with</c><00:34:43.250><c> the</c><00:34:43.469><c> world,</c><00:34:44.750><c> but</c><00:34:45.010><c> to</c><00:34:45.250><c> take</c> 00:34:45.389 --> 00:34:48.269 the<00:34:45.670><c> example</c><00:34:46.030><c> of</c><00:34:46.409><c> Anna</c><00:34:46.809><c> and</c><00:34:47.570><c> to</c><00:34:47.849><c> live</c> 00:34:48.269 --> 00:34:55.849 those<00:34:48.789><c> godly,</c><00:34:50.590><c> revered</c><00:34:51.969><c> qualities</c><00:34:52.449><c> in</c><00:34:52.809><c> the</c><00:34:53.010><c> way</c><00:34:53.230><c> that</c><00:34:53.469><c> we</c><00:34:53.769><c> live.</c><00:34:55.570><c> And</c> 00:34:55.849 --> 00:34:57.329 she<00:34:56.050><c> served</c><00:34:56.309><c> your</c><00:34:56.550><c> way.</c> 00:34:57.349 --> 00:35:00.530 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at</c><00:35:09.809><c> it</c><00:35:09.989><c> in</c><00:35:10.090><c> verse</c><00:35:10.449><c> 37,</c> 00:35:12.510 --> 00:35:16.429 she<00:35:12.650><c> was</c><00:35:12.849><c> a</c><00:35:12.989><c> widow</c><00:35:13.190><c> of</c><00:35:13.469><c> four</c><00:35:13.829><c> score</c><00:35:14.090><c> and</c><00:35:14.389><c> four</c><00:35:14.690><c> years.</c><00:35:15.230><c> She</c><00:35:15.449><c> never</c><00:35:15.670><c> departed</c><00:35:16.050><c> from</c><00:35:16.250><c> the</c> 00:35:16.429 --> 00:35:18.750 temple,<00:35:16.650><c> but</c><00:35:17.070><c> she</c><00:35:17.690><c> served</c> 00:35:19.590 --> 00:35:23.269 Yahweh<00:35:20.070><c> with</c><00:35:20.550><c> fastings</c><00:35:21.150><c> and</c><00:35:21.329><c> prayers.</c><00:35:21.969><c> That</c><00:35:22.150><c> word</c><00:35:22.369><c> serve,</c><00:35:22.750><c> brethren</c><00:35:22.889><c> and</c><00:35:22.989><c> sisters,</c><00:35:23.110><c> is</c> 00:35:23.269 --> 00:35:24.550 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Through</c><00:35:53.170><c> fastings</c> 00:35:55.090 --> 00:36:00.969 and<00:35:55.610><c> through</c><00:35:56.130><c> prayers.</c><00:35:57.550><c> That</c><00:35:57.670><c> idea</c><00:35:57.969><c> of</c><00:35:58.230><c> fasting,</c><00:35:58.670><c> brethren</c><00:35:58.889><c> and</c><00:35:59.070><c> sisters,</c><00:36:00.170><c> and</c><00:36:00.250><c> a</c> 00:36:00.969 --> 00:36:02.849 study<00:36:01.210><c> all</c><00:36:01.530><c> in</c><00:36:01.690><c> itself</c><00:36:02.130><c> is</c> 00:36:02.849 --> 00:36:08.070 to<00:36:03.050><c> give</c><00:36:03.190><c> up,</c><00:36:03.530><c> isn't</c><00:36:03.530><c> it?</c><00:36:04.469><c> To</c><00:36:04.650><c> go</c><00:36:04.809><c> without.</c><00:36:06.750><c> You</c><00:36:06.909><c> see,</c><00:36:07.090><c> brethren</c><00:36:07.210><c> and</c><00:36:07.389><c> sisters,</c><00:36:07.869><c> we</c> 00:36:08.070 --> 00:36:11.469 are<00:36:08.710><c> full</c><00:36:09.469><c> of</c><00:36:10.369><c> 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00:36:27.309 --> 00:36:31.130 study,<00:36:27.590><c> brethren</c><00:36:27.710><c> and</c><00:36:27.889><c> sisters,</c><00:36:28.489><c> is</c><00:36:28.670><c> to</c><00:36:28.929><c> think</c><00:36:29.070><c> about</c><00:36:29.329><c> what</c><00:36:29.690><c> things</c><00:36:30.329><c> could</c><00:36:30.849><c> I</c> 00:36:31.130 --> 00:36:33.510 go<00:36:31.369><c> without?</c><00:36:32.389><c> Because</c><00:36:32.969><c> that</c> 00:36:33.510 --> 00:36:37.489 idea<00:36:33.750><c> of</c><00:36:34.070><c> fasting,</c><00:36:34.389><c> if</c><00:36:34.510><c> you</c><00:36:34.610><c> look</c><00:36:34.730><c> it</c><00:36:34.809><c> up</c><00:36:34.869><c> in</c><00:36:35.010><c> the</c><00:36:35.190><c> Concordance,</c><00:36:35.909><c> it</c><00:36:36.190><c> says</c><00:36:36.550><c> to</c> 00:36:37.489 --> 00:36:40.530 go<00:36:37.829><c> without</c><00:36:38.510><c> food</c><00:36:39.250><c> as</c><00:36:40.170><c> a</c> 00:36:40.530 --> 00:36:46.070 religious<00:36:40.949><c> exercise.</c><00:36:42.489><c> Think</c><00:36:42.690><c> about</c><00:36:42.949><c> that.</c><00:36:43.989><c> To</c><00:36:44.170><c> go</c><00:36:44.369><c> without</c><00:36:44.789><c> something</c><00:36:45.329><c> as</c><00:36:45.949><c> a</c> 00:36:46.070 --> 00:36:48.409 way<00:36:46.210><c> of</c><00:36:46.650><c> our</c><00:36:47.030><c> daily</c><00:36:47.449><c> exercise</c> 00:36:48.409 --> 00:36:54.349 in<00:36:49.010><c> our</c><00:36:49.349><c> service</c><00:36:49.650><c> to</c><00:36:49.889><c> God.</c><00:36:51.730><c> You</c><00:36:51.730><c> know,</c><00:36:52.469><c> link</c><00:36:52.570><c> that,</c><00:36:52.849><c> if</c><00:36:52.969><c> you</c><00:36:53.150><c> would,</c><00:36:53.369><c> that</c><00:36:53.550><c> verse</c><00:36:53.929><c> to</c> 00:36:54.349 --> 00:36:56.070 Matthew<00:36:54.630><c> chapter</c><00:36:54.969><c> 17.</c> 00:36:56.190 --> 00:36:59.269 Because<00:36:56.449><c> the</c><00:36:56.590><c> 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you</c><00:37:08.829><c> remember</c><00:37:08.969><c> the</c><00:37:09.230><c> occasion</c><00:37:09.570><c> when</c><00:37:10.349><c> the</c><00:37:10.690><c> disciples</c> 00:37:11.050 --> 00:37:16.369 were<00:37:11.809><c> struggling</c><00:37:12.389><c> to</c><00:37:13.849><c> remove</c><00:37:14.409><c> an</c><00:37:15.269><c> adversary,</c> 00:37:16.530 --> 00:37:25.489 a<00:37:16.769><c> Satan,</c><00:37:18.329><c> and</c><00:37:18.789><c> heal</c><00:37:19.050><c> somebody?</c><00:37:20.110><c> And</c><00:37:20.250><c> you've</c><00:37:20.369><c> got</c><00:37:20.449><c> it</c><00:37:20.590><c> in</c><00:37:20.670><c> verse</c><00:37:21.030><c> 21</c> 00:37:25.489 --> 00:37:27.750 of<00:37:26.190><c> Matthew</c><00:37:26.570><c> 17.</c> 00:37:28.389 --> 00:37:32.110 You've<00:37:28.750><c> got</c><00:37:28.889><c> this</c><00:37:29.369><c> position</c><00:37:30.070><c> that</c><00:37:30.570><c> from</c><00:37:30.789><c> that</c><00:37:30.969><c> time</c><00:37:31.130><c> forth</c><00:37:31.269><c> Jesus</c><00:37:31.550><c> began</c><00:37:31.829><c> to</c> 00:37:32.110 --> 00:37:33.150 show<00:37:32.230><c> unto</c><00:37:32.429><c> his</c><00:37:32.610><c> disciples</c> 00:37:33.150 --> 00:37:37.610 how<00:37:33.570><c> he</c><00:37:33.730><c> must</c><00:37:33.909><c> go</c><00:37:34.090><c> into</c><00:37:34.250><c> Jerusalem</c><00:37:34.710><c> and</c><00:37:35.250><c> suffer.</c><00:37:36.909><c> And</c><00:37:37.190><c> Peter</c> 00:37:37.610 --> 00:37:38.889 took<00:37:38.130><c> him</c><00:37:38.369><c> and</c><00:37:38.690><c> saying,</c> 00:37:39.130 --> 00:37:42.070 be<00:37:39.130><c> it</c><00:37:39.349><c> far</c><00:37:39.469><c> from</c><00:37:39.670><c> thee,</c><00:37:39.789><c> thy</c><00:37:39.989><c> Lord.</c><00:37:40.530><c> I'm</c><00:37:40.769><c> in</c><00:37:40.909><c> the</c><00:37:41.010><c> wrong</c><00:37:41.130><c> chapter.</c><00:37:41.510><c> Matthew</c><00:37:41.630><c> 17,</c> 00:37:42.190 --> 00:37:43.150 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verse</c><00:38:39.230><c> that</c><00:38:39.389><c> we</c><00:38:39.530><c> remember,</c><00:38:39.730><c> having</c><00:38:40.030><c> faith</c><00:38:40.309><c> as</c><00:38:40.469><c> a</c> 00:38:40.590 --> 00:38:43.110 grain<00:38:40.710><c> of</c><00:38:40.929><c> mustard</c><00:38:41.190><c> seed,</c><00:38:41.949><c> is</c><00:38:42.090><c> the</c><00:38:42.429><c> demonstration</c> 00:38:43.110 --> 00:38:48.210 of<00:38:43.650><c> works,</c><00:38:45.050><c> of</c><00:38:45.150><c> fasting,</c><00:38:45.769><c> of</c><00:38:45.889><c> giving</c><00:38:46.070><c> things</c><00:38:46.389><c> up</c><00:38:46.590><c> and</c><00:38:46.929><c> continual</c><00:38:47.730><c> praying</c> 00:38:48.210 --> 00:38:51.309 to<00:38:48.869><c> God.</c><00:38:49.750><c> And</c><00:38:49.889><c> that</c><00:38:50.030><c> idea</c><00:38:50.349><c> of</c><00:38:50.869><c> praying,</c> 00:38:51.489 --> 00:38:56.849 brethren<00:38:51.570><c> and</c><00:38:51.730><c> sisters,</c><00:38:52.309><c> is</c><00:38:52.369><c> by</c><00:38:52.949><c> petition</c><00:38:53.590><c> to</c><00:38:55.010><c> pray,</c><00:38:56.070><c> to</c><00:38:56.309><c> ask,</c> 00:38:57.170 --> 00:39:01.809 to<00:38:57.530><c> entreat.</c><00:38:59.949><c> And</c><00:39:00.190><c> Anna</c><00:39:00.289><c> did</c><00:39:00.449><c> it</c><00:39:00.590><c> day</c><00:39:00.809><c> and</c><00:39:00.949><c> night.</c> 00:39:01.929 --> 00:39:07.070 The<00:39:02.050><c> Lord</c><00:39:02.190><c> Jesus</c><00:39:02.570><c> Christ</c><00:39:03.269><c> did</c><00:39:03.690><c> it</c><00:39:04.150><c> day</c><00:39:04.710><c> and</c><00:39:05.070><c> night,</c><00:39:05.349><c> didn't</c><00:39:05.590><c> he?</c><00:39:06.429><c> Just</c><00:39:06.670><c> come</c><00:39:06.829><c> with</c><00:39:06.949><c> me</c> 00:39:07.070 --> 00:39:08.590 to<00:39:07.269><c> Psalm</c><00:39:07.630><c> chapter</c><00:39:08.110><c> 1.</c> 00:39:08.590 --> 00:39:13.030 We<00:39:09.030><c> think</c><00:39:09.269><c> about</c><00:39:09.510><c> this</c><00:39:10.170><c> as</c><00:39:10.349><c> a</c><00:39:10.530><c> wonderful,</c><00:39:10.849><c> as</c><00:39:10.909><c> we</c><00:39:11.090><c> bring</c><00:39:11.230><c> our</c><00:39:11.789><c> thoughts</c><00:39:12.050><c> towards</c><00:39:12.429><c> a</c><00:39:12.750><c> conclusion,</c> 00:39:13.230 --> 00:39:16.670 brethren<00:39:13.329><c> and</c><00:39:13.550><c> sisters,</c><00:39:14.130><c> of</c><00:39:14.309><c> the</c><00:39:14.630><c> faithfulness</c><00:39:15.289><c> of</c><00:39:15.690><c> Anna,</c> 00:39:17.449 --> 00:39:20.469 praying,<00:39:18.710><c> fasting,</c><00:39:19.710><c> going</c><00:39:19.989><c> without,</c> 00:39:20.889 --> 00:39:24.650 always<00:39:21.389><c> abiding</c><00:39:21.889><c> in</c><00:39:22.869><c> the</c><00:39:23.070><c> house</c><00:39:23.550><c> of</c><00:39:23.869><c> Yahweh.</c><00:39:24.130><c> And</c><00:39:24.210><c> we</c><00:39:24.309><c> come</c><00:39:24.429><c> to</c> 00:39:24.650 --> 00:39:26.969 Psalm<00:39:25.030><c> 1</c><00:39:25.690><c> and</c><00:39:25.889><c> verse</c><00:39:26.190><c> 1.</c> 00:39:28.130 --> 00:39:32.170 Blessed<00:39:28.409><c> is</c><00:39:28.610><c> the</c><00:39:28.809><c> man</c><00:39:29.510><c> that</c><00:39:30.550><c> walketh</c><00:39:31.010><c> not</c><00:39:31.309><c> in</c><00:39:31.510><c> the</c><00:39:31.710><c> counsel</c><00:39:31.989><c> of</c> 00:39:32.170 --> 00:39:35.170 the<00:39:32.309><c> ungodly,</c><00:39:33.110><c> nor</c><00:39:33.389><c> standeth</c><00:39:34.010><c> in</c><00:39:34.510><c> the</c><00:39:34.670><c> way</c><00:39:34.829><c> of</c><00:39:35.030><c> sinners,</c> 00:39:35.170 --> 00:39:40.789 nor<00:39:35.510><c> sitteth</c><00:39:35.849><c> in</c><00:39:35.989><c> the</c><00:39:36.130><c> seat</c><00:39:36.230><c> of</c><00:39:36.429><c> the</c><00:39:36.869><c> scornful.</c><00:39:38.389><c> But</c><00:39:38.750><c> his</c><00:39:39.030><c> delight</c><00:39:39.570><c> is</c> 00:39:40.789 --> 00:39:42.389 in<00:39:40.969><c> the</c><00:39:41.130><c> law</c><00:39:41.289><c> of</c><00:39:41.530><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:39:42.829 --> 00:39:46.869 And<00:39:43.110><c> in</c><00:39:43.329><c> his</c><00:39:43.630><c> law</c><00:39:43.889><c> doth</c><00:39:44.030><c> he</c><00:39:44.269><c> meditate</c><00:39:44.750><c> day</c><00:39:45.510><c> and</c><00:39:45.929><c> night.</c><00:39:46.389><c> And</c><00:39:46.610><c> he</c> 00:39:46.869 --> 00:39:49.530 shall<00:39:47.010><c> be</c><00:39:47.269><c> like</c><00:39:47.530><c> a</c><00:39:47.809><c> tree</c><00:39:48.289><c> planted</c><00:39:48.969><c> by</c><00:39:49.230><c> the</c><00:39:49.389><c> rivers</c> 00:39:49.530 --> 00:39:52.849 of<00:39:49.809><c> water,</c><00:39:50.610><c> that</c><00:39:50.750><c> bringeth</c><00:39:51.170><c> forth</c><00:39:51.449><c> fruit</c><00:39:51.849><c> in</c><00:39:52.170><c> his</c><00:39:52.489><c> season.</c> 00:39:53.210 --> 00:39:55.190 His<00:39:53.530><c> leaf</c><00:39:53.849><c> also</c><00:39:54.349><c> shall</c><00:39:54.590><c> not</c><00:39:54.789><c> wither,</c> 00:39:55.349 --> 00:39:59.230 and<00:39:55.489><c> whatsoever</c><00:39:55.869><c> he</c><00:39:56.170><c> doeth</c><00:39:56.449><c> shall</c><00:39:56.849><c> prosper.</c><00:39:57.809><c> The</c><00:39:57.989><c> same</c><00:39:58.550><c> lightning</c><00:39:59.010><c> to</c> 00:39:59.230 --> 00:40:00.510 that<00:39:59.369><c> we've</c><00:39:59.710><c> seen</c> 00:40:00.570 --> 00:40:05.090 earlier<00:40:01.090><c> in</c><00:40:01.309><c> the</c><00:40:01.489><c> Psalms</c><00:40:01.789><c> and</c><00:40:01.949><c> through</c><00:40:02.130><c> the</c><00:40:02.329><c> life</c><00:40:03.030><c> of</c><00:40:03.969><c> Anna.</c> 00:40:05.369 --> 00:40:07.329 And<00:40:05.570><c> if</c><00:40:05.710><c> you</c><00:40:05.849><c> just</c><00:40:06.030><c> quickly</c><00:40:06.250><c> come</c><00:40:06.510><c> back</c><00:40:06.769><c> to</c> 00:40:07.329 --> 00:40:09.809 Luke<00:40:07.489><c> chapter</c><00:40:07.769><c> 2,</c><00:40:08.090><c> brethren</c><00:40:08.190><c> and</c><00:40:08.349><c> sisters,</c><00:40:08.969><c> to</c><00:40:09.090><c> conclude</c><00:40:09.469><c> our</c> 00:40:09.809 --> 00:40:12.809 thoughts,<00:40:11.130><c> there's</c><00:40:11.269><c> a</c><00:40:11.389><c> wonderful</c><00:40:11.889><c> principle</c><00:40:12.630><c> here</c> 00:40:12.809 --> 00:40:19.889 in<00:40:12.989><c> verse</c><00:40:13.269><c> 38</c><00:40:13.750><c> of</c><00:40:13.949><c> Luke</c><00:40:14.170><c> 2</c><00:40:14.389><c> that</c><00:40:14.550><c> I</c><00:40:15.050><c> just</c><00:40:15.309><c> didn't</c><00:40:15.489><c> want</c><00:40:15.750><c> to</c><00:40:16.369><c> leave</c><00:40:16.630><c> without,</c><00:40:17.409><c> conclude</c><00:40:18.150><c> without</c><00:40:18.650><c> bringing</c><00:40:19.289><c> your</c><00:40:19.610><c> minds</c> 00:40:19.889 --> 00:40:32.949 to.<00:40:20.889><c> Verse</c><00:40:21.230><c> 38.</c><00:40:23.909><c> And</c><00:40:23.909><c> she</c><00:40:24.230><c> coming</c><00:40:24.809><c> in</c><00:40:26.250><c> that</c><00:40:26.650><c> instant</c><00:40:27.570><c> gave</c><00:40:28.929><c> thanks</c><00:40:29.690><c> likewise</c><00:40:30.670><c> unto</c><00:40:31.849><c> the</c><00:40:32.090><c> Lord.</c> 00:40:33.590 --> 00:40:37.909 Now,<00:40:34.269><c> we</c><00:40:34.849><c> haven't</c><00:40:35.050><c> had</c><00:40:35.250><c> chance</c><00:40:35.489><c> to</c><00:40:35.690><c> look</c><00:40:35.869><c> at</c><00:40:36.150><c> Simeon,</c><00:40:36.530><c> brethren</c><00:40:36.650><c> and</c><00:40:36.889><c> sisters,</c><00:40:37.670><c> but</c> 00:40:37.909 --> 00:40:41.269 in<00:40:38.309><c> verse</c><00:40:39.110><c> 25</c><00:40:40.750><c> and</c><00:40:40.929><c> verse</c> 00:40:41.269 --> 00:40:47.230 26<00:40:41.949><c> and</c><00:40:42.969><c> verse</c><00:40:43.150><c> 27,</c><00:40:44.349><c> Simeon</c><00:40:44.570><c> is</c><00:40:45.010><c> led</c><00:40:45.349><c> by</c><00:40:45.650><c> the</c><00:40:45.949><c> Spirit</c><00:40:46.329><c> to</c><00:40:47.010><c> the</c> 00:40:47.230 --> 00:40:50.530 temple<00:40:47.610><c> at</c><00:40:47.969><c> the</c><00:40:48.210><c> precise</c><00:40:48.909><c> time</c><00:40:49.730><c> of</c><00:40:50.070><c> the</c><00:40:50.230><c> coming</c><00:40:50.369><c> of</c> 00:40:50.530 --> 00:40:53.949 the<00:40:50.610><c> Lord</c><00:40:50.769><c> Jesus</c><00:40:51.030><c> Christ.</c><00:40:52.570><c> And</c><00:40:52.889><c> we</c><00:40:53.090><c> would</c><00:40:53.309><c> suggest,</c><00:40:53.849><c> brethren</c> 00:40:53.949 --> 00:40:56.670 and<00:40:54.190><c> sisters,</c><00:40:54.849><c> that</c><00:40:55.530><c> that</c><00:40:55.849><c> aspect</c><00:40:56.190><c> of</c><00:40:56.389><c> being</c> 00:40:56.670 --> 00:41:00.349 moved<00:40:57.090><c> by</c><00:40:57.349><c> the</c><00:40:57.670><c> Spirit</c><00:40:58.010><c> is</c><00:40:58.869><c> what</c><00:40:59.050><c> is</c><00:40:59.329><c> happening</c><00:40:59.650><c> with</c><00:40:59.969><c> Anna.</c> 00:41:00.809 --> 00:41:03.670 She<00:41:01.130><c> was</c><00:41:01.610><c> moved</c><00:41:02.050><c> by</c><00:41:02.329><c> the</c><00:41:02.530><c> Spirit.</c><00:41:02.789><c> She</c><00:41:02.949><c> was</c><00:41:03.150><c> full</c><00:41:03.329><c> of</c><00:41:03.469><c> the</c> 00:41:03.670 --> 00:41:07.889 Spirit.<00:41:04.610><c> She</c><00:41:04.949><c> lived</c><00:41:05.210><c> the</c><00:41:05.429><c> truth.</c><00:41:05.610><c> She</c><00:41:05.889><c> knew</c><00:41:06.369><c> the</c><00:41:06.750><c> signs</c><00:41:07.170><c> that</c> 00:41:07.889 --> 00:41:10.289 this<00:41:08.289><c> time</c><00:41:08.610><c> in</c><00:41:08.789><c> which</c><00:41:08.909><c> she</c><00:41:09.150><c> lived</c><00:41:09.289><c> was</c><00:41:09.750><c> a</c><00:41:09.889><c> great</c> 00:41:10.289 --> 00:41:16.989 age<00:41:10.829><c> of</c><00:41:11.090><c> hope.</c><00:41:12.469><c> 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the</c><00:41:30.590><c> hour.</c><00:41:31.309><c> It's</c><00:41:31.630><c> the</c><00:41:31.809><c> same</c><00:41:32.050><c> word</c><00:41:32.550><c> that</c><00:41:32.889><c> we</c> 00:41:33.349 --> 00:41:35.010 quote<00:41:33.570><c> time</c><00:41:33.949><c> and</c><00:41:34.050><c> time</c><00:41:34.230><c> again</c><00:41:34.530><c> for</c> 00:41:35.010 --> 00:41:41.170 Thou<00:41:35.530><c> knowest</c><00:41:35.869><c> not</c><00:41:36.130><c> the</c><00:41:36.329><c> day</c><00:41:36.809><c> or</c><00:41:37.050><c> the</c><00:41:37.530><c> hour</c><00:41:38.010><c> in</c><00:41:38.469><c> which</c><00:41:38.789><c> thy</c><00:41:39.010><c> Lord</c><00:41:39.469><c> will</c><00:41:40.010><c> come.</c><00:41:40.869><c> And</c> 00:41:41.170 --> 00:41:42.449 she<00:41:41.269><c> was</c><00:41:41.489><c> there.</c> 00:41:42.590 --> 00:41:45.590 It<00:41:42.710><c> wasn't</c><00:41:42.929><c> by</c><00:41:43.230><c> chance.</c><00:41:44.349><c> It</c><00:41:44.449><c> 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means</c><00:41:59.670><c> to</c><00:42:01.190><c> stand.</c> 00:42:02.289 --> 00:42:04.710 She<00:42:02.530><c> stood</c><00:42:02.730><c> in</c><00:42:02.969><c> the</c><00:42:03.050><c> place.</c><00:42:03.889><c> She</c><00:42:04.110><c> was</c><00:42:04.369><c> ready.</c> 00:42:05.010 --> 00:42:09.050 She<00:42:05.610><c> stood</c><00:42:06.070><c> in</c><00:42:06.530><c> the</c><00:42:06.869><c> hour</c><00:42:07.230><c> when</c><00:42:07.570><c> the</c><00:42:07.750><c> Lord</c><00:42:07.949><c> Jesus</c><00:42:08.289><c> Christ</c><00:42:08.650><c> and</c> 00:42:09.050 --> 00:42:11.829 gave<00:42:09.329><c> thanks</c><00:42:09.869><c> likewise</c><00:42:10.369><c> unto</c><00:42:10.590><c> Yahweh</c><00:42:11.070><c> and</c><00:42:11.530><c> spake</c> 00:42:11.829 --> 00:42:17.070 unto<00:42:12.070><c> all</c><00:42:12.469><c> them</c><00:42:12.849><c> that</c><00:42:13.250><c> looked</c><00:42:13.530><c> for</c><00:42:13.829><c> the</c><00:42:14.010><c> redemption,</c><00:42:15.190><c> the</c><00:42:15.510><c> deliverance</c><00:42:16.489><c> in</c> 00:42:17.070 --> 00:42:19.929 Israel.<00:42:18.369><c> And</c><00:42:18.630><c> here</c><00:42:18.829><c> we</c><00:42:19.070><c> have</c><00:42:19.409><c> the</c> 00:42:19.929 --> 00:42:22.769 completed<00:42:20.150><c> picture,</c><00:42:20.670><c> brethren</c><00:42:20.789><c> and</c><00:42:21.010><c> sisters,</c><00:42:21.730><c> that</c><00:42:22.050><c> the</c><00:42:22.329><c> coming</c><00:42:22.570><c> of</c> 00:42:22.769 --> 00:42:25.690 the<00:42:22.869><c> Lord</c><00:42:23.030><c> Jesus</c><00:42:23.369><c> Christ</c><00:42:23.849><c> was</c><00:42:24.469><c> for</c><00:42:24.789><c> all</c><00:42:25.150><c> Israel,</c> 00:42:25.690 --> 00:42:32.389 both<00:42:26.329><c> Jew</c><00:42:26.650><c> and</c><00:42:27.309><c> Gentile.</c><00:42:28.230><c> That's</c><00:42:28.590><c> us.</c><00:42:29.730><c> Are</c><00:42:29.949><c> we</c><00:42:30.190><c> ready?</c><00:42:31.570><c> Are</c><00:42:31.829><c> we</c> 00:42:32.389 --> 00:42:36.269 waiting?<00:42:33.630><c> Are</c><00:42:33.869><c> we</c><00:42:34.349><c> serving</c><00:42:34.750><c> in</c><00:42:35.190><c> the</c><00:42:35.409><c> temple</c><00:42:35.730><c> day</c><00:42:36.090><c> and</c> 00:42:36.269 --> 00:42:41.869 night,<00:42:37.170><c> fasting</c><00:42:37.630><c> and</c><00:42:38.050><c> praying?</c><00:42:40.309><c> Not</c><00:42:40.530><c> out</c><00:42:40.789><c> of</c><00:42:41.030><c> ritualistic</c> 00:42:41.869 --> 00:42:44.110 approach<00:42:42.309><c> like</c><00:42:42.530><c> the</c><00:42:42.769><c> scribes</c><00:42:43.130><c> and</c><00:42:43.250><c> the</c><00:42:43.469><c> Pharisees</c><00:42:43.849><c> did</c> 00:42:44.110 --> 00:42:50.090 who<00:42:44.429><c> did</c><00:42:44.630><c> much</c><00:42:44.889><c> prayer</c><00:42:45.210><c> and</c><00:42:45.409><c> must</c><00:42:45.630><c> fasting,</c><00:42:46.989><c> but</c><00:42:47.269><c> in</c><00:42:47.590><c> truth</c><00:42:48.010><c> and</c><00:42:48.610><c> sincerity.</c><00:42:49.969><c> I</c> 00:42:50.090 --> 00:42:50.690 want<00:42:50.170><c> to</c><00:42:50.309><c> finish,</c><00:42:50.630><c> brethren</c> 00:42:50.690 --> 00:42:53.889 and<00:42:50.909><c> sisters,</c><00:42:51.469><c> in</c><00:42:51.469><c> Revelation,</c><00:42:52.130><c> if</c><00:42:52.250><c> you</c><00:42:52.389><c> wouldn't</c><00:42:52.590><c> mind,</c><00:42:53.730><c> and</c> 00:42:53.889 --> 00:42:57.750 chapter<00:42:54.250><c> three.</c><00:42:56.429><c> Revelation</c><00:42:56.849><c> three</c> 00:42:58.030 --> 00:43:03.170 and<00:42:58.590><c> verse</c><00:42:58.809><c> seven.</c><00:42:59.289><c> Here's</c><00:42:59.929><c> our</c><00:43:00.130><c> hope.</c><00:43:00.889><c> This</c><00:43:01.110><c> is</c><00:43:01.670><c> the</c><00:43:01.929><c> call</c><00:43:02.110><c> for</c><00:43:02.369><c> us</c> 00:43:03.170 --> 00:43:05.469 to<00:43:03.769><c> wait</c><00:43:04.210><c> 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is</c><00:43:18.429><c> holy</c><00:43:18.670><c> and</c><00:43:18.889><c> he</c><00:43:19.070><c> that</c><00:43:19.170><c> is</c><00:43:19.389><c> true,</c><00:43:20.409><c> that</c><00:43:20.530><c> hath</c> 00:43:20.730 --> 00:43:23.710 the<00:43:20.909><c> key</c><00:43:21.250><c> of</c><00:43:21.469><c> David,</c><00:43:22.289><c> he</c><00:43:22.389><c> that</c><00:43:22.650><c> openeth</c><00:43:23.130><c> and</c><00:43:23.309><c> no</c><00:43:23.510><c> man</c> 00:43:23.710 --> 00:43:27.210 shutteth<00:43:24.170><c> and</c><00:43:24.570><c> shutteth</c><00:43:24.909><c> and</c><00:43:25.010><c> no</c><00:43:25.210><c> man</c><00:43:25.369><c> openeth.</c><00:43:26.610><c> I</c><00:43:26.849><c> know</c><00:43:27.010><c> thy</c> 00:43:27.210 --> 00:43:30.230 works.<00:43:28.329><c> Behold,</c><00:43:28.489><c> I've</c><00:43:28.809><c> set</c><00:43:28.929><c> before</c><00:43:29.309><c> thee</c><00:43:29.550><c> an</c><00:43:29.889><c> open</c> 00:43:30.230 --> 00:43:33.389 door.<00:43:30.849><c> There's</c><00:43:31.070><c> a</c><00:43:31.210><c> door</c><00:43:31.329><c> of</c><00:43:31.610><c> hope.</c><00:43:31.889><c> We</c><00:43:32.030><c> looked</c><00:43:32.250><c> at</c><00:43:32.530><c> Rahab,</c><00:43:32.989><c> didn't</c><00:43:33.090><c> we?</c> 00:43:33.590 --> 00:43:36.010 And<00:43:33.869><c> no</c><00:43:34.050><c> man</c><00:43:34.190><c> can</c><00:43:34.489><c> shut</c><00:43:34.690><c> it,</c><00:43:35.170><c> for</c><00:43:35.289><c> thou</c><00:43:35.489><c> hast</c><00:43:35.750><c> a</c> 00:43:36.010 --> 00:43:41.829 little<00:43:36.250><c> strength</c><00:43:36.769><c> and</c><00:43:37.510><c> has</c><00:43:37.690><c> kept</c><00:43:37.809><c> my</c><00:43:38.110><c> word</c><00:43:38.630><c> and</c><00:43:39.210><c> has</c><00:43:39.510><c> not</c><00:43:39.750><c> denied</c><00:43:40.070><c> my</c><00:43:40.369><c> name.</c><00:43:41.369><c> Behold,</c><00:43:41.710><c> I</c> 00:43:41.829 --> 00:43:43.030 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that</c><00:43:53.670><c> I</c><00:43:53.829><c> have</c><00:43:54.090><c> loved</c><00:43:54.349><c> thee</c><00:43:54.789><c> because</c> 00:43:55.210 --> 00:44:01.190 thou<00:43:55.409><c> hast</c><00:43:55.730><c> kept</c><00:43:56.409><c> the</c><00:43:56.949><c> word</c><00:43:57.250><c> of</c><00:43:57.489><c> my</c><00:43:57.769><c> patience</c><00:43:58.329><c> and</c><00:43:58.750><c> I</c><00:43:58.989><c> also</c><00:43:59.309><c> will</c><00:43:59.530><c> keep</c><00:43:59.809><c> thee</c><00:44:00.289><c> as</c> 00:44:01.190 --> 00:44:03.369 Anna<00:44:01.570><c> was</c><00:44:01.849><c> kept</c><00:44:02.269><c> to</c><00:44:02.769><c> that</c><00:44:03.090><c> time,</c> 00:44:03.449 --> 00:44:07.070 just<00:44:03.690><c> like</c><00:44:04.210><c> Simeon,</c><00:44:04.949><c> who</c><00:44:05.269><c> prayed</c><00:44:05.550><c> not</c><00:44:05.809><c> to</c><00:44:06.050><c> die</c><00:44:06.269><c> until</c><00:44:06.610><c> he</c><00:44:06.889><c> saw</c> 00:44:07.070 --> 00:44:09.909 the<00:44:07.269><c> coming</c><00:44:07.429><c> of</c><00:44:07.590><c> the</c><00:44:07.769><c> Lord</c><00:44:08.170><c> from</c><00:44:09.190><c> the</c><00:44:09.469><c> hour</c><00:44:09.710><c> of</c> 00:44:09.909 --> 00:44:13.630 presentation,<00:44:11.369><c> which</c><00:44:11.489><c> shall</c><00:44:11.710><c> come</c><00:44:11.949><c> upon</c><00:44:12.230><c> all</c><00:44:12.570><c> the</c><00:44:12.769><c> world</c><00:44:13.130><c> to</c> 00:44:13.630 --> 00:44:17.409 try<00:44:13.929><c> them</c><00:44:14.389><c> that</c><00:44:14.849><c> dwell</c><00:44:15.030><c> upon</c><00:44:15.289><c> the</c><00:44:15.530><c> earth.</c><00:44:16.849><c> Behold,</c> 00:44:17.789 --> 00:44:23.530 I<00:44:18.030><c> come</c><00:44:18.250><c> quickly.</c><00:44:19.849><c> Hold</c><00:44:20.409><c> that</c><00:44:21.030><c> fast</c><00:44:21.550><c> which</c><00:44:22.409><c> thou</c><00:44:22.690><c> hast,</c><00:44:23.389><c> that</c> 00:44:23.530 --> 00:44:26.849 no<00:44:23.750><c> man</c><00:44:23.909><c> take</c><00:44:24.190><c> thy</c><00:44:24.429><c> crown.</c><00:44:25.269><c> Him</c><00:44:25.530><c> that</c><00:44:25.909><c> overcomeeth</c> 00:44:26.849 --> 00:44:31.969 will<00:44:27.309><c> I</c><00:44:27.510><c> make</c><00:44:27.670><c> a</c><00:44:28.050><c> pillar</c><00:44:28.250><c> in</c><00:44:28.630><c> the</c><00:44:28.909><c> temple</c><00:44:29.250><c> of</c><00:44:29.469><c> my</c><00:44:29.690><c> God,</c><00:44:30.090><c> a</c><00:44:30.409><c> permanent</c><00:44:30.869><c> abiding,</c><00:44:31.650><c> brethren</c><00:44:31.789><c> and</c> 00:44:31.969 --> 00:44:32.349 sisters.<00:44:32.210><c> And</c> 00:44:32.349 --> 00:44:35.570 that's<00:44:32.630><c> our</c><00:44:32.789><c> hope.</c><00:44:33.590><c> Our</c><00:44:33.909><c> hope,</c><00:44:34.170><c> isn't</c><00:44:34.309><c> it,</c><00:44:34.469><c> brethren</c><00:44:34.690><c> and</c><00:44:34.869><c> sisters,</c><00:44:35.369><c> is</c> 00:44:35.570 --> 00:44:38.789 that<00:44:35.710><c> we</c><00:44:35.889><c> might</c><00:44:36.289><c> abide</c><00:44:36.889><c> in</c><00:44:37.969><c> that</c><00:44:38.190><c> temple</c> 00:44:38.789 --> 00:44:42.610 day<00:44:39.409><c> and</c><00:44:39.610><c> night,</c><00:44:40.829><c> serving</c><00:44:40.829><c> our</c><00:44:41.110><c> Lord</c><00:44:41.349><c> throughout</c><00:44:41.710><c> the</c><00:44:42.090><c> ages</c> 00:44:42.610 --> 00:44:46.269 of<00:44:43.650><c> eternity.</c><00:44:45.090><c> And</c><00:44:45.210><c> so</c><00:44:45.429><c> Anna,</c> 00:44:46.750 --> 00:44:53.050 this<00:44:47.010><c> faithful</c><00:44:47.710><c> old</c><00:44:48.710><c> sister,</c><00:44:50.369><c> in</c><00:44:50.510><c> fasting</c><00:44:51.070><c> and</c><00:44:51.869><c> prayer</c><00:44:52.369><c> and</c> 00:44:53.050 --> 00:44:55.570 service<00:44:53.429><c> to</c><00:44:53.809><c> Yahweh,</c><00:44:54.349><c> brethren</c><00:44:54.510><c> and</c><00:44:54.730><c> sisters,</c> 00:44:56.030 --> 00:44:59.250 waited<00:44:56.309><c> for</c><00:44:56.550><c> the</c><00:44:56.690><c> coming</c><00:44:56.869><c> of</c><00:44:57.090><c> Messiah.</c><00:44:58.369><c> Let</c><00:44:58.530><c> us</c><00:44:58.750><c> follow</c><00:44:59.010><c> that</c> 00:44:59.250 --> 00:45:01.809 example<00:44:59.730><c> and</c><00:45:00.530><c> let</c><00:45:00.630><c> us</c><00:45:00.849><c> lift</c><00:45:01.030><c> up</c><00:45:01.230><c> our</c><00:45:01.409><c> heads</c> 00:45:01.809 --> 00:45:08.610 for<00:45:02.809><c> our</c><00:45:03.070><c> redemption</c><00:45:03.710><c> draweth</c><00:45:05.250><c> me.</c><00:45:06.090><c> Even</c><00:45:06.389><c> so,</c><00:45:07.389><c> come</c><00:45:07.570><c> quickly,</c> 00:45:08.710 --> 00:45:10.469 Lord<00:45:08.829><c> Jesus.</c><00:45:09.969><c> Amen.</c>