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who<00:12:51.820><c> is</c><00:12:52.200><c> great</c><00:12:52.480><c> in</c><00:12:52.799><c> everything</c><00:12:53.240><c> that</c><00:12:53.539><c> men</c><00:12:53.960><c> call</c><00:12:54.360><c> greatness,</c>

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in<00:12:56.059><c> his</c><00:12:56.379><c> cruelty,</c><00:12:58.460><c> his</c><00:12:58.460><c> impiety,</c>

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his<00:13:01.059><c> materialistic</c><00:13:01.860><c> ways</c><00:13:02.240><c> in</c><00:13:02.360><c> which</c><00:13:02.480><c> he</c><00:13:02.679><c> built</c><00:13:02.840><c> that</c><00:13:03.100><c> temple,</c>

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and<00:13:04.220><c> in</c><00:13:04.500><c> following</c><00:13:04.779><c> the</c><00:13:05.200><c> fashion</c><00:13:05.580><c> of</c><00:13:05.840><c> having</c><00:13:06.179><c> 10</c><00:13:06.740><c> marriages,</c>

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he<00:13:08.039><c> was</c><00:13:08.399><c> great</c><00:13:08.700><c> in</c><00:13:09.100><c> everything</c><00:13:09.740><c> that</c><00:13:10.120><c> made</c><00:13:10.419><c> man</c><00:13:10.879><c> great.</c>

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And<00:13:12.279><c> down</c><00:13:12.539><c> there</c><00:13:12.759><c> was</c><00:13:12.960><c> one</c><00:13:13.179><c> who</c><00:13:13.320><c> was</c><00:13:13.620><c> great</c><00:13:14.120><c> in</c><00:13:14.700><c> the</c><00:13:15.039><c> sight</c><00:13:15.399><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:16.179><c> Lord.</c>

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was<00:13:23.500><c> his</c><00:13:23.759><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:13:26.080><c> he</c><00:13:26.159><c> was</c><00:13:26.419><c> the</c><00:13:26.679><c> son,</c><00:13:26.879><c> we</c><00:13:27.100><c> read,</c><00:13:27.399><c> of</c><00:13:27.500><c> a</c><00:13:27.720><c> certain</c><00:13:27.980><c> priest</c>

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named<00:13:28.799><c> Zacharias.</c>

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Now<00:13:32.120><c> very</c><00:13:32.320><c> interesting,</c><00:13:33.019><c> brothers</c><00:13:33.139><c> and</c><00:13:33.340><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:13:33.820><c> details</c><00:13:34.379><c> of</c><00:13:34.700><c> John</c><00:13:34.960><c> the</c><00:13:35.120><c> Baptist's</c><00:13:35.740><c> parents.</c>

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These<00:13:38.659><c> are</c><00:13:38.840><c> not</c><00:13:39.019><c> coincidental</c><00:13:39.639><c> things</c><00:13:39.899><c> I'm</c><00:13:40.080><c> going</c><00:13:40.220><c> to</c><00:13:40.340><c> mention</c><00:13:40.519><c> to</c><00:13:40.700><c> you</c><00:13:40.899><c> now.</c>

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They<00:13:43.220><c> are</c><00:13:43.399><c> wonderful</c><00:13:43.940><c> things.</c>

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You<00:13:44.580><c> see,</c><00:13:46.879><c> because</c><00:13:47.059><c> Zacharias'</c><00:13:48.080><c> name</c><00:13:48.360><c> means,</c>

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Yah<00:13:49.879><c> hath</c><00:13:50.279><c> remembered.</c>

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Yah<00:13:53.399><c> hath</c><00:13:53.879><c> remembered.</c>

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His<00:13:56.100><c> wife</c><00:13:56.580><c> Elizabeth,</c><00:13:58.100><c> her</c><00:13:58.340><c> name</c><00:13:58.620><c> means</c><00:13:58.919><c> the</c><00:13:59.240><c> oath</c><00:13:59.580><c> of</c><00:13:59.860><c> God.</c>

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And<00:14:02.879><c> John,</c><00:14:03.100><c> of</c><00:14:03.259><c> course,</c><00:14:03.740><c> means</c><00:14:03.779><c> the</c><00:14:04.120><c> grace</c><00:14:04.480><c> or,</c><00:14:04.820><c> if</c><00:14:04.980><c> you</c><00:14:05.139><c> like,</c>

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the<00:14:05.740><c> mercy</c><00:14:06.200><c> of</c><00:14:06.519><c> God.</c>

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And<00:14:07.620><c> later</c><00:14:07.799><c> on</c><00:14:08.039><c> in</c><00:14:08.200><c> chapter</c><00:14:08.500><c> 72</c><00:14:09.600><c> of</c><00:14:09.779><c> this</c><00:14:09.980><c> chapter,</c>

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and<00:14:11.539><c> into</c><00:14:11.799><c> 73,</c><00:14:12.480><c> there</c><00:14:12.820><c> is</c><00:14:13.100><c> an</c><00:14:13.460><c> obvious</c><00:14:13.980><c> play</c><00:14:14.360><c> upon</c><00:14:14.620><c> the</c><00:14:14.799><c> names</c>

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of<00:14:15.179><c> that</c><00:14:15.340><c> family.</c>

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When<00:14:17.519><c> in</c><00:14:17.679><c> the</c><00:14:17.799><c> great</c><00:14:18.139><c> eulogy,</c><00:14:19.460><c> the</c><00:14:19.639><c> great</c><00:14:19.879><c> prayer</c><00:14:20.279><c> of</c><00:14:20.539><c> Zacharias,</c>

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he<00:14:21.240><c> said</c><00:14:21.379><c> in</c><00:14:21.580><c> verse</c><00:14:21.820><c> 72</c><00:14:22.480><c> that</c><00:14:23.460><c> God</c><00:14:23.740><c> would</c><00:14:24.059><c> perform</c><00:14:24.360><c> the</c><00:14:24.840><c> mercy</c>

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promised<00:14:26.580><c> to</c><00:14:26.879><c> our</c><00:14:27.080><c> fathers</c><00:14:27.539><c> to</c><00:14:28.379><c> remember</c><00:14:29.759><c> his</c><00:14:30.220><c> holy</c><00:14:30.559><c> covenant,</c>

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the<00:14:32.059><c> oath</c><00:14:32.679><c> which</c><00:14:33.019><c> he</c><00:14:33.299><c> sware</c><00:14:33.460><c> to</c><00:14:33.659><c> our</c><00:14:33.820><c> father</c><00:14:34.159><c> Abraham.</c>

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Zacharias,<00:14:36.759><c> Yah</c><00:14:36.940><c> hath</c><00:14:37.120><c> remembered.</c>

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Elizabeth,<00:14:39.659><c> the</c><00:14:39.799><c> oath</c><00:14:40.159><c> of</c><00:14:40.580><c> ale.</c>

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John,<00:14:42.279><c> the</c><00:14:42.500><c> mercy</c><00:14:42.799><c> of</c><00:14:43.100><c> God.</c>

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And<00:14:44.460><c> whilst</c><00:14:44.620><c> there</c><00:14:44.779><c> are</c><00:14:44.940><c> times,</c><00:14:45.259><c> I</c><00:14:45.279><c> know,</c><00:14:45.679><c> brothers</c><00:14:45.679><c> and</c><00:14:45.700><c> sisters,</c>

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you<00:14:46.720><c> can</c><00:14:47.039><c> string</c><00:14:47.379><c> a</c><00:14:47.500><c> lot</c><00:14:47.639><c> of</c><00:14:47.799><c> names</c><00:14:47.940><c> together</c><00:14:48.220><c> and</c><00:14:48.320><c> make</c><00:14:48.519><c> a</c><00:14:48.679><c> sentence</c><00:14:48.940><c> out</c>

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of<00:14:49.120><c> them,</c>

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which<00:14:49.740><c> may</c><00:14:50.179><c> or</c><00:14:50.379><c> may</c><00:14:50.659><c> not</c><00:14:50.799><c> be</c><00:14:51.000><c> the</c><00:14:51.139><c> case,</c>

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that's<00:14:52.419><c> fairly</c><00:14:52.740><c> obvious,</c><00:14:53.159><c> isn't</c><00:14:53.340><c> it?</c>

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That<00:14:54.340><c> that</c><00:14:54.600><c> little</c><00:14:54.860><c> family</c><00:14:55.279><c> was</c><00:14:55.639><c> tied</c><00:14:56.000><c> together.</c>

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And<00:14:57.519><c> in</c><00:14:57.759><c> the</c><00:14:57.840><c> very</c><00:14:58.220><c> words</c><00:14:58.980><c> of</c><00:14:59.240><c> Zacharias,</c>

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there<00:15:00.240><c> is</c><00:15:00.500><c> a</c><00:15:00.740><c> deliberate</c><00:15:01.440><c> play</c><00:15:01.740><c> upon</c><00:15:02.019><c> the</c><00:15:02.240><c> names</c><00:15:02.440><c> of</c><00:15:03.200><c> that</c><00:15:03.360><c> family</c>

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of<00:15:04.320><c> mum</c><00:15:04.600><c> and</c><00:15:04.779><c> dad</c><00:15:05.120><c> and</c><00:15:05.519><c> of</c><00:15:05.700><c> the</c><00:15:05.840><c> boy</c><00:15:06.000><c> that</c><00:15:06.100><c> was</c><00:15:06.340><c> born</c><00:15:06.559><c> to</c><00:15:06.840><c> them.</c>

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We<00:15:09.179><c> learn</c><00:15:09.460><c> that</c><00:15:09.879><c> Zacharias</c><00:15:10.559><c> was</c><00:15:10.820><c> a</c><00:15:11.059><c> priest,</c>

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so<00:15:11.659><c> John</c><00:15:11.879><c> was</c><00:15:12.080><c> of</c><00:15:12.259><c> the</c><00:15:12.500><c> priestly</c><00:15:12.820><c> class.</c>

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How<00:15:14.000><c> unusual</c><00:15:14.480><c> it</c><00:15:14.600><c> was</c><00:15:14.840><c> then,</c><00:15:15.220><c> brothers</c><00:15:15.320><c> and</c><00:15:15.519><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:15:16.019><c> see</c><00:15:16.220><c> him</c><00:15:16.460><c> down</c><00:15:16.960><c> in</c><00:15:17.259><c> the</c><00:15:17.379><c> wilderness</c><00:15:17.679><c> of</c><00:15:17.940><c> Judea,</c>

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dressed<00:15:18.960><c> as</c><00:15:19.179><c> he</c><00:15:19.440><c> was,</c>

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when<00:15:21.519><c> he</c><00:15:21.600><c> had</c><00:15:21.740><c> all</c><00:15:21.960><c> the</c><00:15:22.259><c> qualifications,</c><00:15:23.720><c> according</c><00:15:24.039><c> to</c><00:15:24.240><c> Exodus</c><00:15:24.519><c> 28,</c>

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to<00:15:26.019><c> be</c><00:15:26.299><c> dressed</c><00:15:26.539><c> in</c><00:15:27.220><c> garments</c><00:15:27.580><c> of</c><00:15:28.059><c> glory</c><00:15:28.940><c> and</c><00:15:29.639><c> beauty.</c>

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that<00:15:35.340><c> had</c><00:15:35.559><c> no</c><00:15:35.840><c> connection</c><00:15:36.159><c> either</c><00:15:36.399><c> with</c><00:15:36.639><c> kingdom</c><00:15:37.000><c> or</c><00:15:37.480><c> priest.</c>

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He<00:15:38.159><c> was</c><00:15:38.480><c> a</c><00:15:38.860><c> priestly</c><00:15:39.299><c> class.</c>

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But<00:15:40.340><c> look</c><00:15:40.600><c> at</c><00:15:40.799><c> him.</c>

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He's<00:15:42.600><c> not</c><00:15:42.840><c> dressed</c><00:15:43.059><c> like</c><00:15:43.299><c> they</c><00:15:43.539><c> were</c><00:15:43.759><c> dressed.</c>

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And<00:15:45.000><c> yet</c><00:15:45.100><c> he</c><00:15:45.179><c> had</c><00:15:45.399><c> a</c><00:15:45.600><c> divine</c><00:15:45.919><c> right</c><00:15:46.460><c> to</c><00:15:47.019><c> dress</c><00:15:47.240><c> like</c><00:15:47.600><c> that,</c>

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in<00:15:48.720><c> garments</c><00:15:49.019><c> of</c><00:15:49.539><c> glory</c><00:15:49.960><c> and</c><00:15:50.340><c> beauty.</c>

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But<00:15:51.539><c> he</c><00:15:51.639><c> didn't</c><00:15:51.879><c> take</c><00:15:52.139><c> that</c><00:15:52.399><c> right.</c>

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We<00:15:54.899><c> learn</c><00:15:55.059><c> that</c><00:15:55.320><c> the</c><00:15:55.679><c> course</c><00:15:56.139><c> of</c><00:15:56.539><c> Zacharias</c><00:15:57.220><c> was</c><00:15:58.159><c> the</c><00:15:58.480><c> course</c>

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of<00:15:59.259><c> Abiah.</c>

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Abiah.

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And,<00:16:02.679><c> of</c><00:16:03.379><c> course,</c><00:16:03.539><c> you</c><00:16:03.659><c> may</c><00:16:03.919><c> recognise</c><00:16:04.519><c> in</c><00:16:04.700><c> that</c><00:16:04.940><c> name,</c>

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brothers<00:16:05.379><c> and</c><00:16:05.620><c> sisters,</c><00:16:06.340><c> the</c><00:16:06.480><c> two</c><00:16:06.779><c> Hebrew</c><00:16:07.159><c> names,</c>

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Abah,<00:16:09.259><c> father,</c><00:16:10.539><c> Abiah</c><00:16:11.139><c> or</c><00:16:11.519><c> Yah.</c>

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God<00:16:14.340><c> is</c><00:16:14.860><c> his</c><00:16:15.360><c> father.</c>

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And,<00:16:18.019><c> you</c><00:16:18.100><c> know,</c><00:16:18.379><c> had</c><00:16:18.519><c> it</c><00:16:18.700><c> not</c><00:16:18.879><c> been</c><00:16:19.000><c> for</c><00:16:19.340><c> the</c><00:16:19.559><c> divine</c><00:16:19.840><c> intervention</c>

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in<00:16:20.539><c> the</c><00:16:20.679><c> case</c><00:16:20.860><c> of</c><00:16:21.039><c> those</c><00:16:21.259><c> two</c><00:16:21.500><c> aged</c><00:16:21.700><c> people,</c>

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John<00:16:22.820><c> would</c><00:16:23.120><c> never</c><00:16:23.460><c> have</c><00:16:23.679><c> been</c><00:16:23.980><c> born.</c>

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so<00:16:29.919><c> important</c><00:16:30.659><c> is</c><00:16:30.960><c> that,</c><00:16:31.460><c> that</c><00:16:31.700><c> Luke</c><00:16:31.879><c> mentions</c><00:16:32.379><c> it,</c>

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that<00:16:33.580><c> when</c><00:16:33.740><c> we</c><00:16:33.919><c> go</c><00:16:34.139><c> back</c><00:16:34.460><c> to</c><00:16:34.659><c> I</c><00:16:34.980><c> Chronicles</c><00:16:35.500><c> 24</c>

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and<00:16:36.840><c> we</c><00:16:36.980><c> look</c><00:16:37.139><c> at</c><00:16:37.279><c> the</c><00:16:37.440><c> 24</c><00:16:37.960><c> courses</c><00:16:38.399><c> of</c><00:16:38.759><c> priesthood</c><00:16:39.100><c> that</c>

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David<00:16:39.720><c> organised</c>

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that<00:16:40.740><c> they</c><00:16:41.019><c> might</c><00:16:41.340><c> do</c><00:16:42.120><c> their</c><00:16:42.840><c> periodical</c><00:16:44.000><c> service</c><00:16:44.360><c> in</c><00:16:44.559><c> the</c><00:16:44.759><c> temple,</c>

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we<00:16:47.059><c> find</c><00:16:47.360><c> that</c><00:16:47.720><c> the</c><00:16:47.980><c> course</c><00:16:48.240><c> of</c><00:16:48.480><c> Abiah</c><00:16:49.779><c> happened</c><00:16:50.399><c> to</c><00:16:50.740><c> be</c><00:16:51.820><c> the</c>

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eighth<00:16:53.419><c> course.</c>

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And,<00:16:58.179><c> of</c><00:16:58.179><c> course,</c><00:16:58.379><c> we're</c><00:16:58.580><c> all</c><00:16:58.759><c> familiar,</c><00:16:59.240><c> or</c><00:16:59.440><c> should</c><00:16:59.720><c> be,</c>

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that<00:17:01.159><c> the</c><00:17:01.559><c> eighth</c><00:17:02.100><c> day</c><00:17:02.759><c> was</c><00:17:03.860><c> the</c><00:17:03.980><c> day</c><00:17:04.180><c> of</c><00:17:04.559><c> circumcision.</c>

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And<00:17:06.960><c> that</c><00:17:07.259><c> circumcision</c><00:17:07.819><c> was</c><00:17:08.059><c> given</c><00:17:08.319><c> to</c><00:17:08.640><c> Abraham</c><00:17:09.099><c> primarily</c>

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to<00:17:10.259><c> teach</c><00:17:10.559><c> him</c>

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that<00:17:12.319><c> children</c><00:17:12.759><c> born</c><00:17:13.039><c> of</c><00:17:13.240><c> him</c><00:17:13.440><c> would</c><00:17:13.660><c> not</c><00:17:13.839><c> be</c><00:17:14.140><c> born</c><00:17:14.359><c> by</c>

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natural<00:17:15.380><c> descent.</c>

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For<00:17:17.740><c> immediately</c><00:17:18.259><c> upon</c><00:17:18.579><c> his</c><00:17:18.839><c> circumcision,</c>

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Abraham<00:17:20.900><c> could</c><00:17:21.220><c> not</c><00:17:21.440><c> have</c><00:17:21.680><c> produced</c><00:17:22.079><c> a</c><00:17:22.339><c> child.</c>

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And<00:17:23.940><c> so</c><00:17:24.339><c> Stephen,</c><00:17:24.779><c> in</c><00:17:24.940><c> his</c><00:17:25.160><c> defence,</c>

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reported<00:17:26.380><c> again</c><00:17:26.680><c> by</c><00:17:26.900><c> that</c><00:17:27.079><c> brilliant</c><00:17:27.440><c> historian,</c><00:17:28.240><c> Luke,</c>

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puts<00:17:29.259><c> the</c><00:17:29.440><c> two</c><00:17:29.599><c> incidents</c><00:17:29.839><c> together.</c>

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He<00:17:31.400><c> gave</c><00:17:31.779><c> him</c><00:17:32.119><c> the</c><00:17:32.380><c> covenant</c><00:17:32.640><c> of</c><00:17:32.960><c> circumcision</c>

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and<00:17:34.400><c> so</c><00:17:35.220><c> Abraham</c><00:17:35.920><c> begat</c><00:17:36.539><c> Isaac.</c>

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Many<00:17:39.200><c> years</c><00:17:39.640><c> were,</c><00:17:39.880><c> of</c><00:17:40.019><c> course,</c><00:17:41.319><c> separating</c><00:17:41.700><c> those</c><00:17:42.119><c> two</c><00:17:42.380><c> incidents,</c>

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but<00:17:43.460><c> Luke</c><00:17:43.680><c> puts</c><00:17:43.880><c> them</c><00:17:44.079><c> together</c><00:17:44.319><c> to</c><00:17:44.579><c> teach</c><00:17:44.779><c> us</c><00:17:44.980><c> that</c><00:17:45.160><c> Isaac</c><00:17:45.539><c> also</c>

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was<00:17:46.920><c> a</c><00:17:47.180><c> child</c><00:17:47.359><c> of</c><00:17:47.539><c> the</c><00:17:47.759><c> spirit,</c><00:17:48.160><c> brothers</c><00:17:48.279><c> and</c><00:17:48.440><c> sisters,</c>

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not<00:17:49.740><c> as</c><00:17:49.839><c> Jesus</c><00:17:50.200><c> was,</c><00:17:51.259><c> not</c><00:17:51.420><c> born</c><00:17:51.599><c> of</c><00:17:51.779><c> a</c><00:17:51.900><c> virgin,</c>

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but<00:17:53.279><c> had</c><00:17:53.500><c> not</c><00:17:53.759><c> God</c><00:17:53.940><c> intervened,</c><00:17:54.339><c> in</c><00:17:54.420><c> his</c><00:17:54.720><c> case,</c>

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or<00:17:55.319><c> in</c><00:17:55.440><c> John</c><00:17:55.559><c> the</c><00:17:55.759><c> Baptist,</c><00:17:56.140><c> they'd</c><00:17:56.279><c> have</c><00:17:56.400><c> never</c><00:17:56.579><c> seen</c><00:17:56.779><c> the</c><00:17:56.960><c> light</c><00:17:57.099><c> of</c><00:17:57.279><c> day.</c>

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And<00:17:59.039><c> so</c><00:17:59.180><c> his</c><00:17:59.440><c> father</c><00:18:00.099><c> was</c><00:18:00.500><c> Yahweh,</c><00:18:01.079><c> and</c><00:18:01.180><c> the</c><00:18:01.500><c> eighth</c><00:18:01.799><c> course</c>

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spoke<00:18:03.019><c> of</c><00:18:03.200><c> that</c><00:18:03.539><c> day</c><00:18:03.900><c> of</c><00:18:04.160><c> circumcision</c><00:18:04.819><c> of</c><00:18:05.339><c> which</c><00:18:05.559><c> it</c><00:18:05.779><c> speaks</c>

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of<00:18:06.420><c> the</c><00:18:06.680><c> cutting</c><00:18:06.859><c> off</c><00:18:07.059><c> of</c><00:18:07.180><c> the</c><00:18:07.400><c> flesh,</c>

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that<00:18:08.359><c> the</c><00:18:08.680><c> seed</c><00:18:08.839><c> to</c><00:18:09.099><c> come</c><00:18:09.240><c> would</c><00:18:09.460><c> not</c><00:18:09.640><c> be</c><00:18:09.880><c> born</c><00:18:10.119><c> by</c><00:18:10.480><c> humankind.</c>

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It's<00:18:12.759><c> rather</c><00:18:13.119><c> interesting,</c><00:18:13.779><c> brothers</c><00:18:13.940><c> and</c><00:18:14.180><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:18:14.619><c> as</c><00:18:14.759><c> you</c><00:18:15.019><c> pass</c><00:18:15.400><c> between</c><00:18:15.759><c> the</c><00:18:15.980><c> pages</c><00:18:16.279><c> of</c><00:18:16.480><c> Malachi</c><00:18:16.859><c> to</c><00:18:17.019><c> Matthew,</c>

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the<00:18:18.740><c> eighth</c><00:18:19.140><c> day,</c><00:18:19.599><c> which</c><00:18:19.720><c> is</c><00:18:19.900><c> really</c><00:18:20.140><c> an</c><00:18:20.420><c> anomaly</c><00:18:20.740><c> in</c><00:18:20.920><c> the</c><00:18:21.039><c> Old</c><00:18:21.240><c> Testament</c>

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because<00:18:21.839><c> there's</c><00:18:22.059><c> no</c><00:18:22.259><c> such</c><00:18:22.519><c> thing,</c>

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there's<00:18:23.700><c> only</c><00:18:23.940><c> seven</c><00:18:24.180><c> days</c><00:18:24.440><c> in</c><00:18:24.619><c> the</c><00:18:24.740><c> week,</c>

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that<00:18:25.740><c> that</c><00:18:25.880><c> which</c><00:18:25.980><c> is</c><00:18:26.240><c> called</c><00:18:26.380><c> the</c><00:18:26.619><c> eighth</c><00:18:26.880><c> day,</c>

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which<00:18:27.279><c> was</c><00:18:27.500><c> a</c><00:18:27.819><c> peculiar</c><00:18:28.339><c> anomaly,</c>

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when<00:18:29.380><c> you</c><00:18:29.720><c> pass</c><00:18:30.079><c> the</c><00:18:30.220><c> division</c><00:18:30.480><c> of</c><00:18:30.799><c> testaments,</c>

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becomes<00:18:31.940><c> the</c><00:18:32.299><c> first</c><00:18:32.660><c> day</c><00:18:32.880><c> of</c><00:18:33.019><c> the</c><00:18:33.160><c> week</c><00:18:33.339><c> in</c><00:18:33.480><c> the</c><00:18:33.579><c> New</c><00:18:33.759><c> Testament,</c>

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because<00:18:35.119><c> there</c><00:18:35.420><c> it's</c><00:18:35.680><c> its</c><00:18:35.819><c> fulfilment,</c><00:18:36.880><c> its</c><00:18:37.200><c> proper</c><00:18:37.720><c> title.</c>

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And<00:18:39.599><c> our</c><00:18:39.779><c> Lord</c><00:18:40.140><c> was</c><00:18:40.960><c> born</c><00:18:41.519><c> of</c><00:18:42.079><c> God,</c>

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both<00:18:44.119><c> in</c><00:18:44.319><c> his</c><00:18:44.579><c> conception</c><00:18:44.980><c> of</c><00:18:45.259><c> Mary,</c>

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and<00:18:46.240><c> from</c><00:18:46.539><c> that</c><00:18:46.960><c> tomb,</c><00:18:48.059><c> on</c><00:18:48.220><c> that</c><00:18:48.539><c> first</c><00:18:48.900><c> day</c><00:18:49.180><c> of</c><00:18:49.380><c> the</c><00:18:49.440><c> week,</c>

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he<00:18:50.359><c> came</c><00:18:50.720><c> forth</c><00:18:51.140><c> a</c><00:18:51.700><c> product</c><00:18:52.140><c> of</c><00:18:52.400><c> divinity.</c>

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So<00:18:54.279><c> all</c><00:18:54.460><c> these</c><00:18:54.599><c> things</c><00:18:54.940><c> are</c><00:18:55.420><c> terribly</c><00:18:55.740><c> interesting.</c>

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Not<00:18:57.960><c> only</c><00:18:58.119><c> do</c><00:18:58.240><c> we</c><00:18:58.420><c> have</c><00:18:58.559><c> this</c><00:18:58.900><c> with</c><00:18:59.099><c> his</c><00:18:59.400><c> father,</c>

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but<00:19:01.420><c> here's</c><00:19:01.700><c> another</c><00:19:02.099><c> fascinating</c><00:19:02.960><c> thing.</c>

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Elizabeth,<00:19:05.200><c> brothers</c><00:19:05.819><c> and</c><00:19:06.059><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:19:07.400><c> the</c><00:19:07.920><c> Greek</c><00:19:08.240><c> equivalent</c><00:19:08.799><c> of</c><00:19:09.079><c> the</c><00:19:09.279><c> Hebrew</c><00:19:09.740><c> Elishiba.</c>

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And<00:19:12.799><c> as</c><00:19:12.940><c> we</c><00:19:13.160><c> pointed</c><00:19:13.299><c> out,</c><00:19:13.779><c> Elishiba</c><00:19:14.259><c> means</c><00:19:14.519><c> the</c><00:19:14.819><c> oath</c><00:19:15.079><c> of</c><00:19:15.599><c> ale,</c>

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ale<00:19:17.339><c>-shiba,</c><00:19:19.319><c> the</c><00:19:19.500><c> oath</c><00:19:19.819><c> of</c><00:19:20.240><c> ale,</c><00:19:20.559><c> the</c><00:19:20.700><c> oath</c><00:19:20.900><c> of</c><00:19:21.279><c> God.</c>

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But<00:19:23.000><c> the</c><00:19:23.299><c> fascinating</c><00:19:23.779><c> thing</c><00:19:24.099><c> about</c><00:19:24.460><c> that</c><00:19:24.680><c> is</c><00:19:24.920><c> this,</c>

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that<00:19:26.920><c> Elizabeth,</c><00:19:27.559><c> or</c><00:19:27.680><c> Elishiba,</c><00:19:28.579><c> was</c><00:19:28.819><c> the</c><00:19:29.160><c> wife</c><00:19:29.839><c> of</c><00:19:30.619><c> Aaron,</c>

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the<00:19:32.240><c> high</c><00:19:32.599><c> priest</c><00:19:32.880><c> of</c><00:19:33.099><c> Israel,</c><00:19:33.759><c> the</c><00:19:34.160><c> first</c><00:19:34.519><c> high</c><00:19:34.859><c> priest</c><00:19:35.099><c> of</c><00:19:35.279><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:19:36.380><c> here</c><00:19:36.599><c> is</c><00:19:36.819><c> a</c><00:19:37.059><c> new</c><00:19:37.259><c> beginning,</c><00:19:37.880><c> as</c><00:19:38.079><c> it</c><00:19:38.259><c> were.</c>

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God<00:19:39.359><c> has</c><00:19:39.720><c> remembered</c><00:19:40.420><c> his</c><00:19:40.700><c> people,</c>

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the<00:19:42.579><c> oath</c><00:19:42.759><c> which</c><00:19:42.980><c> he</c><00:19:43.200><c> swore</c><00:19:43.380><c> to</c><00:19:43.500><c> their</c><00:19:43.680><c> fathers,</c>

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and<00:19:45.200><c> the</c><00:19:45.380><c> boy</c><00:19:45.519><c> was</c><00:19:45.799><c> born</c><00:19:46.539><c> of</c><00:19:47.119><c> Elishiba,</c>

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the<00:19:49.099><c> very</c><00:19:49.440><c> name</c><00:19:50.299><c> of</c><00:19:50.779><c> Aaron's</c><00:19:51.420><c> wife.</c>

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Quite<00:19:53.140><c> incredible,</c><00:19:55.220><c> really.</c>

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We<00:19:56.900><c> learn,</c><00:19:57.319><c> brothers</c><00:19:57.559><c> and</c><00:19:57.740><c> sisters,</c><00:19:58.039><c> in</c><00:19:58.160><c> verse</c><00:19:58.400><c> 7,</c>

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had<00:19:58.839><c> no</c><00:19:59.160><c> child</c><00:19:59.599><c> because</c><00:20:00.119><c> Elizabeth</c><00:20:00.559><c> was</c><00:20:00.980><c> barren,</c>

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and<00:20:01.380><c> they</c><00:20:01.460><c> were</c><00:20:01.700><c> both</c><00:20:01.920><c> now</c><00:20:02.240><c> well</c><00:20:02.579><c> stricken</c><00:20:02.759><c> in</c><00:20:03.000><c> years.</c>

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And<00:20:03.539><c> you</c><00:20:03.640><c> know,</c><00:20:04.900><c> so</c><00:20:05.259><c> notorious</c><00:20:06.119><c> was</c><00:20:06.420><c> the</c><00:20:06.660><c> fact</c>

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that<00:20:07.579><c> Elizabeth</c><00:20:08.000><c> had</c><00:20:08.259><c> no</c><00:20:08.599><c> child,</c><00:20:09.259><c> that</c><00:20:09.359><c> she</c><00:20:09.519><c> became</c><00:20:10.019><c> called,</c>

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they<00:20:11.619><c> used</c><00:20:11.759><c> to</c><00:20:12.039><c> call</c><00:20:12.200><c> her</c><00:20:12.619><c> the</c><00:20:13.000><c> barren</c><00:20:13.440><c> one.</c>

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If<00:20:14.599><c> you</c><00:20:14.700><c> look</c><00:20:14.900><c> at</c><00:20:15.059><c> verse</c><00:20:15.859><c> 36</c><00:20:17.140><c> of</c><00:20:19.119><c> Luke</c><00:20:19.380><c> chapter</c><00:20:19.779><c> 1,</c>

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you<00:20:21.759><c> read</c><00:20:22.019><c> there,</c>

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And<00:20:24.960><c> behold</c><00:20:25.220><c> thy</c><00:20:25.480><c> cousin</c><00:20:25.799><c> Elizabeth,</c>

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she<00:20:26.500><c> hath</c><00:20:26.700><c> also</c><00:20:27.119><c> conceived</c><00:20:27.539><c> a</c><00:20:27.759><c> son</c><00:20:27.859><c> in</c><00:20:28.039><c> her</c><00:20:28.180><c> old</c><00:20:28.380><c> age,</c>

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and<00:20:29.680><c> this</c><00:20:29.839><c> is</c><00:20:30.039><c> the</c><00:20:30.220><c> sixth</c><00:20:30.440><c> month</c><00:20:30.779><c> with</c><00:20:31.140><c> her,</c>

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who<00:20:31.960><c> was</c><00:20:32.359><c> called</c><00:20:32.920><c> barren.</c>

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But<00:20:34.119><c> in</c><00:20:34.319><c> the</c><00:20:34.519><c> original</c><00:20:34.839><c> Greek,</c><00:20:35.279><c> as</c><00:20:35.400><c> amended</c><00:20:35.660><c> by</c><00:20:36.000><c> Rotherham's</c><00:20:36.740><c> translation,</c>

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it's<00:20:38.140><c> like</c><00:20:38.319><c> a</c><00:20:38.500><c> proper</c><00:20:38.700><c> name.</c>

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She<00:20:39.799><c> was</c><00:20:40.140><c> called</c><00:20:40.460><c> the</c><00:20:40.799><c> barren</c><00:20:41.420><c> one.</c>

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And<00:20:43.039><c> as</c><00:20:43.160><c> we</c><00:20:43.319><c> would</c><00:20:43.539><c> well</c><00:20:43.759><c> appreciate</c><00:20:44.359><c> sisters</c><00:20:45.019><c> particularly,</c>

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in<00:20:45.880><c> Israel</c><00:20:46.220><c> it</c><00:20:46.319><c> was</c><00:20:46.700><c> a</c><00:20:46.880><c> joy</c><00:20:47.119><c> to</c><00:20:47.339><c> have</c><00:20:47.500><c> children.</c>

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It<00:20:49.259><c> was</c><00:20:49.480><c> a</c><00:20:49.640><c> wonderful</c><00:20:50.099><c> joy</c><00:20:50.619><c> and</c><00:20:50.799><c> a</c><00:20:50.940><c> privilege</c><00:20:51.160><c> to</c><00:20:51.380><c> have</c><00:20:51.539><c> children,</c>

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because<00:20:52.420><c> they</c><00:20:52.619><c> all</c><00:20:52.839><c> wanted</c><00:20:53.039><c> to</c><00:20:53.359><c> bear,</c><00:20:53.559><c> did</c><00:20:53.660><c> they</c><00:20:53.940><c> not,</c>

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that<00:20:54.980><c> child</c><00:20:55.579><c> that</c><00:20:55.759><c> would</c><00:20:55.980><c> lead</c><00:20:56.359><c> to</c><00:20:56.819><c> the</c><00:20:57.000><c> line</c><00:20:57.160><c> of</c><00:20:57.380><c> Messiah.</c>

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And<00:20:59.079><c> they</c><00:20:59.220><c> all</c><00:20:59.440><c> wanted</c><00:20:59.640><c> to</c><00:21:00.059><c> experience</c><00:21:00.339><c> in</c><00:21:00.460><c> their</c><00:21:00.680><c> life</c><00:21:00.920><c> the</c>

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joy<00:21:01.460><c> of</c><00:21:01.680><c> that.</c>

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And<00:21:02.819><c> here's</c><00:21:03.200><c> a</c><00:21:03.440><c> poor</c><00:21:03.700><c> woman</c><00:21:04.019><c> who</c><00:21:04.180><c> goes</c><00:21:04.519><c> around</c><00:21:05.000><c> known</c><00:21:05.799><c> as</c><00:21:06.380><c> the</c>

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barren<00:21:07.299><c> one.</c>

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But<00:21:09.039><c> the</c><00:21:09.259><c> previous</c><00:21:09.700><c> verse</c><00:21:09.980><c> says</c><00:21:11.799><c> concerning</c><00:21:12.339><c> Mary</c><00:21:12.779><c> that</c><00:21:12.920><c> her</c><00:21:13.240><c> child,</c>

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the<00:21:13.940><c> latter</c><00:21:14.099><c> portion</c><00:21:14.380><c> of</c><00:21:14.519><c> that</c><00:21:14.700><c> verse,</c>

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therefore<00:21:15.759><c> that</c><00:21:16.019><c> holy</c><00:21:16.359><c> thing</c><00:21:16.640><c> which</c><00:21:16.839><c> shall</c><00:21:16.940><c> be</c><00:21:17.220><c> born</c><00:21:17.440><c> of</c><00:21:17.720><c> thee,</c>

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shall<00:21:18.359><c> be</c><00:21:18.799><c> called</c><00:21:19.460><c> the</c><00:21:20.240><c> Son</c><00:21:20.599><c> of</c><00:21:20.819><c> God.</c>

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And<00:21:21.859><c> so</c><00:21:22.039><c> here</c><00:21:22.240><c> is</c><00:21:22.460><c> that</c><00:21:22.740><c> poor</c><00:21:23.000><c> woman</c><00:21:23.200><c> with</c><00:21:23.440><c> her</c><00:21:23.779><c> title</c><00:21:24.000><c> of</c><00:21:24.339><c> the</c>

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barren<00:21:25.079><c> one,</c>

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and<00:21:25.799><c> the</c><00:21:25.960><c> one</c><00:21:26.140><c> that</c><00:21:26.299><c> was</c><00:21:26.500><c> coming</c><00:21:26.720><c> was</c><00:21:26.960><c> going</c><00:21:27.059><c> to</c><00:21:27.160><c> be</c><00:21:27.359><c> called</c><00:21:27.579><c> the</c><00:21:27.900><c> Son</c><00:21:28.200><c> of</c><00:21:28.539><c> God.</c>

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And<00:21:29.380><c> she</c><00:21:29.640><c> had</c><00:21:29.839><c> the</c><00:21:30.119><c> great</c><00:21:30.359><c> privilege,</c><00:21:30.920><c> brothers</c><00:21:31.019><c> and</c><00:21:31.299><c> sisters,</c>

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of<00:21:32.039><c> being</c><00:21:32.220><c> able</c><00:21:32.480><c> to</c><00:21:32.700><c> bear</c><00:21:32.880><c> that</c><00:21:33.259><c> boy</c><00:21:33.539><c> who</c><00:21:33.740><c> would</c><00:21:34.160><c> announce</c><00:21:34.480><c> his</c><00:21:34.839><c> coming.</c>

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So<00:21:37.240><c> there</c><00:21:37.380><c> is</c><00:21:37.559><c> a</c><00:21:37.640><c> great</c><00:21:37.900><c> joy</c><00:21:38.200><c> coming</c><00:21:38.460><c> for</c><00:21:38.680><c> Elizabeth,</c>

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which<00:21:39.299><c> of</c><00:21:39.400><c> course</c><00:21:40.019><c> she</c><00:21:40.339><c> at</c><00:21:40.500><c> this</c><00:21:40.740><c> stage</c><00:21:41.119><c> that</c><00:21:41.339><c> we're</c><00:21:41.440><c> reading</c>

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about<00:21:42.220><c> had</c><00:21:42.859><c> no</c><00:21:43.140><c> conception</c><00:21:43.539><c> of.</c>

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Now<00:21:45.700><c> another</c><00:21:45.940><c> thing</c><00:21:46.119><c> that's</c><00:21:46.279><c> very</c><00:21:46.480><c> interesting</c><00:21:46.880><c> in</c><00:21:47.079><c> that</c><00:21:47.319><c> first</c><00:21:47.559><c> chapter</c><00:21:47.819><c> of</c>

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Luke<00:21:48.160><c> in</c><00:21:48.339><c> verse</c><00:21:48.579><c> 8</c><00:21:48.960><c> is</c><00:21:49.519><c> this.</c>

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That<00:21:52.000><c> we</c><00:21:52.119><c> read,</c><00:21:52.380><c> and</c><00:21:52.380><c> it</c><00:21:52.579><c> came</c><00:21:52.779><c> to</c><00:21:53.000><c> pass</c><00:21:53.180><c> that</c><00:21:53.420><c> while</c><00:21:53.720><c> he</c><00:21:54.059><c> executed</c><00:21:54.440><c> the</c>

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priest's<00:21:55.180><c> office</c>

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before<00:21:55.920><c> God</c><00:21:56.180><c> in</c><00:21:56.359><c> the</c><00:21:56.579><c> order</c><00:21:56.779><c> of</c><00:21:56.980><c> his</c><00:21:57.279><c> course,</c>

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according<00:21:58.920><c> to</c><00:21:59.119><c> the</c><00:21:59.359><c> custom</c><00:21:59.619><c> of</c><00:21:59.799><c> the</c><00:22:00.000><c> priest's</c><00:22:00.400><c> office,</c>

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his<00:22:01.299><c> lot</c><00:22:01.680><c> was</c><00:22:03.640><c> to</c><00:22:04.000><c> burn</c><00:22:04.279><c> incense</c><00:22:04.799><c> when</c><00:22:05.259><c> he</c><00:22:05.420><c> went</c><00:22:05.640><c> into</c><00:22:05.920><c> the</c><00:22:06.079><c> temple</c><00:22:06.460><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:07.039><c> Lord.</c>

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Now<00:22:08.420><c> that's</c><00:22:08.640><c> very</c><00:22:08.880><c> interesting,</c><00:22:09.519><c> brothers</c><00:22:09.619><c> and</c><00:22:09.799><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:22:10.359><c> what</c><00:22:10.579><c> happened</c><00:22:10.900><c> was</c><00:22:11.180><c> this,</c>

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that<00:22:12.019><c> as</c><00:22:12.339><c> each</c><00:22:12.599><c> of</c><00:22:12.680><c> those</c><00:22:12.960><c> orders</c><00:22:13.299><c> of</c><00:22:13.619><c> priesthood</c><00:22:13.920><c> came</c><00:22:14.200><c> up</c><00:22:14.400><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:14.700><c> temple,</c>

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they<00:22:15.700><c> did</c><00:22:15.980><c> so</c><00:22:16.279><c> periodically</c><00:22:16.740><c> so</c><00:22:16.960><c> they</c><00:22:17.140><c> all</c><00:22:17.359><c> relieved</c><00:22:17.640><c> each</c><00:22:17.900><c> other</c><00:22:18.039><c> for</c><00:22:18.259><c> a</c>

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period<00:22:18.519><c> of</c><00:22:18.779><c> time,</c>

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and<00:22:19.119><c> then</c><00:22:19.259><c> that</c><00:22:19.400><c> course,</c><00:22:19.980><c> that</c><00:22:20.180><c> whole</c><00:22:20.440><c> course</c><00:22:20.640><c> would</c><00:22:20.779><c> go</c><00:22:21.019><c> home,</c>

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and<00:22:21.339><c> another</c><00:22:21.559><c> course</c><00:22:21.819><c> would</c><00:22:22.079><c> take</c><00:22:22.359><c> over.</c>

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But<00:22:23.339><c> when</c><00:22:23.500><c> they</c><00:22:23.740><c> came</c><00:22:24.019><c> up,</c><00:22:25.880><c> the</c><00:22:26.000><c> great</c><00:22:26.380><c> privilege,</c>

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everyone<00:22:27.640><c> considered</c><00:22:28.119><c> a</c><00:22:28.619><c> wonderful</c><00:22:29.240><c> privilege,</c>

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was<00:22:30.440><c> to</c><00:22:30.759><c> burn</c><00:22:31.079><c> incense</c><00:22:31.619><c> in</c><00:22:31.839><c> that</c><00:22:32.079><c> holy</c><00:22:32.380><c> place.</c>

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And<00:22:34.460><c> because</c><00:22:35.000><c> there</c><00:22:35.140><c> were</c><00:22:35.319><c> many</c><00:22:35.579><c> priests</c><00:22:35.960><c> who</c><00:22:36.299><c> sought</c><00:22:36.500><c> that</c><00:22:37.160><c> honor,</c>

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they<00:22:38.720><c> drew</c><00:22:39.059><c> lots</c><00:22:39.460><c> for</c><00:22:39.799><c> it.</c>

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And<00:22:41.720><c> in</c><00:22:41.880><c> his</c><00:22:42.140><c> book,</c><00:22:42.759><c> Edersheim's</c><00:22:43.380><c> book</c><00:22:43.539><c> on</c><00:22:43.819><c> the</c><00:22:44.059><c> temple</c><00:22:44.339><c> and</c>

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its<00:22:44.799><c> services</c><00:22:45.140><c> in</c><00:22:45.319><c> the</c><00:22:45.480><c> time</c><00:22:45.640><c> of</c><00:22:45.859><c> Christ,</c>

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a<00:22:47.180><c> remarkable</c><00:22:47.599><c> book,</c><00:22:48.039><c> Dr.</c><00:22:48.359><c> Edersheim</c><00:22:48.759><c> himself</c><00:22:49.380><c> was</c><00:22:50.019><c> a</c><00:22:50.160><c> Christian</c><00:22:50.420><c> who</c><00:22:50.559><c> was</c><00:22:50.779><c> originally</c><00:22:51.140><c> a</c><00:22:51.460><c> Jew,</c>

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I<00:22:51.799><c> used</c><00:22:52.039><c> the</c><00:22:52.119><c> term</c><00:22:52.339><c> Christian</c><00:22:52.720><c> in</c><00:22:52.940><c> inverted</c><00:22:53.220><c> commas,</c>

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but<00:22:54.240><c> he</c><00:22:54.400><c> was</c><00:22:54.599><c> a</c><00:22:54.740><c> Christian</c><00:22:55.019><c> who</c><00:22:55.220><c> used</c><00:22:55.420><c> to</c><00:22:55.500><c> be</c><00:22:55.680><c> a</c><00:22:55.859><c> Jew</c>

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and<00:22:56.440><c> a</c><00:22:56.500><c> very</c><00:22:56.819><c> Eurodyte</c><00:22:57.279><c> Jew,</c><00:22:57.720><c> and</c><00:22:57.720><c> he</c><00:22:57.839><c> wrote</c><00:22:58.059><c> very</c><00:22:58.500><c> wonderfully</c><00:22:58.880><c> of</c><00:22:59.240><c> Jewish</c><00:22:59.519><c> customs,</c>

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and<00:23:00.420><c> he</c><00:23:00.599><c> pointed</c><00:23:00.779><c> out,</c><00:23:01.059><c> brothers</c><00:23:01.259><c> and</c><00:23:01.420><c> sisters,</c><00:23:02.259><c> that</c><00:23:02.359><c> tradition</c><00:23:02.700><c> has</c><00:23:03.099><c> it,</c>

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:07.380
that<00:23:04.259><c> if</c><00:23:04.440><c> you</c><00:23:04.779><c> drew</c><00:23:05.019><c> a</c><00:23:05.279><c> lot</c><00:23:05.480><c> to</c><00:23:05.740><c> burn</c><00:23:05.960><c> incense</c><00:23:06.299><c> in</c><00:23:06.460><c> that</c><00:23:06.599><c> holy</c><00:23:06.859><c> place,</c>

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once<00:23:08.099><c> that</c><00:23:08.259><c> was</c><00:23:08.500><c> done,</c><00:23:08.859><c> you</c><00:23:09.119><c> never</c><00:23:09.480><c> got</c><00:23:09.759><c> that</c><00:23:09.900><c> opportunity</c><00:23:10.400><c> again,</c>

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because<00:23:11.579><c> it</c><00:23:11.680><c> was</c><00:23:11.880><c> so</c><00:23:12.160><c> much</c><00:23:12.279><c> of</c><00:23:12.519><c> a</c><00:23:12.599><c> privilege</c><00:23:12.960><c> that</c><00:23:13.480><c> your</c><00:23:13.720><c> name</c>

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was<00:23:14.119><c> then</c><00:23:14.380><c> taken</c><00:23:14.539><c> away,</c>

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and<00:23:15.059><c> when</c><00:23:15.200><c> they</c><00:23:15.440><c> drew</c><00:23:15.579><c> lots</c><00:23:15.819><c> again,</c><00:23:16.480><c> your</c><00:23:16.740><c> name</c><00:23:16.900><c> was</c><00:23:17.099><c> not</c><00:23:17.259><c> included,</c>

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because<00:23:18.059><c> you</c><00:23:18.319><c> had</c><00:23:18.579><c> your</c><00:23:18.839><c> privilege.</c>

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And<00:23:19.720><c> so</c><00:23:19.980><c> what</c><00:23:20.279><c> a</c><00:23:20.460><c> wonderful</c><00:23:20.819><c> coincidence</c><00:23:21.279><c> in</c><00:23:21.579><c> history</c><00:23:21.819><c> it</c><00:23:22.099><c> was,</c>

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that<00:23:22.960><c> on</c><00:23:23.339><c> the</c><00:23:23.700><c> only</c><00:23:24.339><c> time</c><00:23:24.960><c> ever</c><00:23:25.619><c> that</c><00:23:25.920><c> an</c><00:23:26.059><c> old</c><00:23:26.299><c> man</c><00:23:26.559><c> would</c><00:23:26.720><c> go</c>

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into<00:23:27.180><c> there</c><00:23:27.359><c> to</c><00:23:27.579><c> burn</c><00:23:27.819><c> incense,</c>

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there<00:23:29.259><c> was</c><00:23:29.539><c> Gabriel</c><00:23:30.000><c> standing</c><00:23:30.400><c> at</c><00:23:30.579><c> the</c><00:23:30.799><c> right</c><00:23:31.140><c> hand</c><00:23:31.660><c> of</c><00:23:32.259><c> that</c>

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altar<00:23:32.759><c> to</c><00:23:32.980><c> meet</c><00:23:33.160><c> him.</c>

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What<00:23:35.079><c> a</c><00:23:35.279><c> remarkable</c><00:23:35.680><c> thing</c><00:23:36.180><c> that</c><00:23:36.720><c> was.</c>

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And<00:23:38.460><c> we</c><00:23:38.599><c> learn</c><00:23:38.740><c> that</c><00:23:38.940><c> all</c><00:23:39.079><c> the</c><00:23:39.299><c> people</c><00:23:39.500><c> were</c><00:23:39.740><c> outside</c><00:23:40.299><c> praying</c>

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at<00:23:41.299><c> the</c><00:23:41.579><c> time</c><00:23:41.759><c> of</c><00:23:42.099><c> incense.</c>

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Now<00:23:43.440><c> they</c><00:23:43.619><c> burnt</c><00:23:43.839><c> the</c><00:23:44.160><c> incense,</c><00:23:44.420><c> of</c><00:23:44.660><c> course,</c><00:23:45.440><c> as</c><00:23:45.619><c> the</c><00:23:45.819><c> evening</c><00:23:46.079><c> deepened,</c>

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and<00:23:47.299><c> as</c><00:23:47.460><c> the</c><00:23:47.579><c> morning</c><00:23:48.099><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:48.759><c> was</c><00:23:49.000><c> coming</c><00:23:49.220><c> to</c><00:23:49.440><c> an</c><00:23:49.579><c> end,</c>

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and<00:23:50.039><c> as</c><00:23:50.039><c> it</c><00:23:50.319><c> ascended</c><00:23:50.599><c> up</c><00:23:50.819><c> to</c><00:23:50.960><c> God</c><00:23:51.240><c> in</c><00:23:51.420><c> its</c><00:23:51.720><c> last</c><00:23:52.380><c> stages,</c>

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when<00:23:53.519><c> the</c><00:23:53.700><c> whole</c><00:23:54.319><c> thing</c><00:23:54.680><c> was</c><00:23:54.960><c> consumed</c><00:23:55.359><c> as</c><00:23:55.559><c> a</c><00:23:55.680><c> whole</c><00:23:55.920><c> burnt</c><00:23:56.140><c> offering,</c>

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they<00:23:57.180><c> went</c><00:23:57.359><c> into</c><00:23:57.519><c> that</c><00:23:57.859><c> temple</c><00:23:58.279><c> or</c><00:23:58.559><c> tabernacle,</c><00:23:59.259><c> whatever</c>

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the<00:23:59.799><c> case</c><00:24:00.019><c> may</c><00:24:00.339><c> be,</c>

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and<00:24:01.079><c> they</c><00:24:01.299><c> offered</c><00:24:01.339><c> up</c><00:24:01.720><c> incense</c><00:24:01.960><c> to</c><00:24:02.180><c> God,</c><00:24:02.660><c> and</c><00:24:02.779><c> it</c><00:24:02.900><c> was</c><00:24:03.079><c> the</c><00:24:03.299><c> time</c><00:24:03.559><c> of</c><00:24:03.920><c> prayer.</c>

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And<00:24:05.640><c> David</c><00:24:05.880><c> says</c><00:24:06.160><c> in</c><00:24:06.319><c> the</c><00:24:06.440><c> 141st</c><00:24:07.400><c> Psalm</c><00:24:07.619><c> in</c><00:24:07.799><c> verse</c><00:24:08.079><c> 2,</c>

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Let<00:24:08.880><c> my</c><00:24:09.220><c> prayer,</c><00:24:09.500><c> he</c><00:24:09.700><c> says,</c><00:24:09.980><c> be</c><00:24:10.039><c> like</c><00:24:10.299><c> unto</c><00:24:10.539><c> incense,</c>

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and<00:24:11.099><c> the</c><00:24:11.220><c> lifting</c><00:24:11.400><c> up</c><00:24:11.599><c> of</c><00:24:11.779><c> my</c><00:24:12.000><c> hands</c><00:24:12.220><c> as</c><00:24:12.460><c> the</c><00:24:12.839><c> evening</c><00:24:13.259><c> sacrifice.</c>

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So<00:24:14.299><c> he</c><00:24:14.420><c> combined</c><00:24:14.740><c> the</c><00:24:14.900><c> two</c><00:24:15.039><c> together,</c><00:24:15.420><c> didn't</c><00:24:15.640><c> he?</c>

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His<00:24:16.799><c> prayer</c><00:24:17.119><c> went</c><00:24:17.259><c> up</c><00:24:17.420><c> as</c><00:24:17.619><c> incense,</c><00:24:18.779><c> and</c><00:24:18.799><c> the</c><00:24:18.940><c> lifting</c><00:24:19.119><c> up</c><00:24:19.319><c> of</c>

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his<00:24:19.619><c> hands</c>

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as<00:24:20.500><c> the</c><00:24:20.759><c> last</c><00:24:21.140><c> smoke</c><00:24:21.400><c> of</c><00:24:21.539><c> that</c><00:24:21.720><c> evening</c><00:24:22.000><c> sacrifice.</c>

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And<00:24:23.660><c> so</c><00:24:23.779><c> it</c><00:24:23.799><c> was</c><00:24:24.000><c> the</c><00:24:24.160><c> time</c><00:24:24.339><c> of</c><00:24:24.660><c> prayer</c><00:24:24.880><c> in</c><00:24:25.099><c> Israel,</c>

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and<00:24:26.180><c> they</c><00:24:26.400><c> were</c><00:24:26.440><c> all</c><00:24:26.619><c> out</c><00:24:26.799><c> there</c><00:24:27.039><c> praying,</c><00:24:27.940><c> I</c><00:24:28.299><c> believe,</c><00:24:28.859><c> for</c>

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both<00:24:29.319><c> Zacharias</c><00:24:29.980><c> and</c><00:24:30.779><c> Elizabeth.</c>

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And<00:24:32.619><c> of</c><00:24:32.799><c> course</c><00:24:33.039><c> the</c><00:24:33.420><c> startling</c><00:24:33.900><c> revelation</c><00:24:34.380><c> when</c><00:24:34.559><c> he</c><00:24:34.660><c> got</c><00:24:34.819><c> in</c>

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there<00:24:35.099><c> in</c><00:24:35.279><c> verse</c><00:24:35.480><c> 11,</c>

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and<00:24:36.599><c> there</c><00:24:36.799><c> appeared</c><00:24:37.039><c> unto</c><00:24:37.319><c> him</c><00:24:37.619><c> an</c><00:24:37.960><c> angel</c><00:24:38.259><c> of</c><00:24:38.420><c> the</c><00:24:38.559><c> Lord</c>

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standing<00:24:39.680><c> on</c><00:24:40.460><c> the</c><00:24:40.740><c> right</c><00:24:41.119><c> side</c><00:24:41.599><c> of</c><00:24:41.819><c> the</c><00:24:42.059><c> altar</c><00:24:42.400><c> of</c><00:24:42.839><c> incense.</c>

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Now<00:24:45.200><c> from</c><00:24:45.480><c> verse</c><00:24:45.839><c> 19,</c><00:24:46.740><c> brethren</c><00:24:46.900><c> and</c><00:24:47.220><c> sisters,</c>

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:51.299
we<00:24:48.440><c> learn</c><00:24:48.779><c> that</c><00:24:49.000><c> that</c><00:24:49.279><c> angel</c><00:24:49.599><c> was</c><00:24:49.920><c> Gabriel.</c>

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Gabriel.

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There<00:24:54.819><c> are</c><00:24:55.619><c> special</c><00:24:56.039><c> angels,</c><00:24:57.680><c> two</c><00:24:57.819><c> we</c><00:24:58.000><c> know</c><00:24:58.259><c> of.</c>

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Michael<00:25:00.460><c> the</c><00:25:00.759><c> Archangel</c><00:25:01.400><c> and</c><00:25:02.619><c> Gabriel.</c>

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Eil<00:25:04.920><c> Gibor,</c><00:25:06.660><c> his</c><00:25:06.839><c> Hebrew</c><00:25:07.119><c> name,</c><00:25:08.680><c> a</c><00:25:08.819><c> mighty</c><00:25:09.059><c> one</c><00:25:09.279><c> of</c><00:25:09.559><c> God.</c>

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And<00:25:11.940><c> how</c><00:25:12.259><c> fitting</c><00:25:12.440><c> it</c><00:25:12.759><c> was</c><00:25:13.000><c> that</c><00:25:13.299><c> Gabriel</c><00:25:13.680><c> should</c><00:25:13.880><c> be</c><00:25:14.079><c> the</c><00:25:14.259><c> one</c>

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to<00:25:15.039><c> come</c><00:25:15.259><c> to</c><00:25:15.480><c> both</c><00:25:15.640><c> to</c><00:25:15.920><c> announce</c><00:25:16.140><c> the</c><00:25:16.400><c> coming</c><00:25:16.579><c> of</c><00:25:16.740><c> John</c><00:25:16.960><c> the</c><00:25:17.160><c> Baptist</c>

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and<00:25:17.720><c> our</c><00:25:17.940><c> Lord</c><00:25:18.140><c> Jesus</c><00:25:18.599><c> Christ.</c>

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Because<00:25:21.680><c> some</c><00:25:22.200><c> 500</c><00:25:22.940><c> years</c><00:25:23.500><c> earlier,</c><00:25:24.220><c> brethren</c><00:25:24.359><c> and</c><00:25:24.619><c> sisters,</c>

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he<00:25:25.500><c> appeared</c><00:25:25.799><c> to</c><00:25:26.740><c> Daniel</c><00:25:27.140><c> to</c><00:25:27.640><c> give</c><00:25:27.839><c> him</c><00:25:28.079><c> these</c><00:25:28.319><c> very</c><00:25:28.700><c> details</c>

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of<00:25:30.599><c> the</c><00:25:30.839><c> prophecy</c><00:25:31.099><c> of</c><00:25:31.259><c> the</c><00:25:31.440><c> 70</c><00:25:31.740><c> weeks</c>

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when<00:25:33.680><c> Jesus</c><00:25:34.140><c> Christ,</c><00:25:34.579><c> the</c><00:25:34.700><c> Messiah,</c><00:25:35.079><c> would</c><00:25:35.259><c> be</c><00:25:35.480><c> born</c><00:25:35.619><c> into</c>

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the<00:25:35.980><c> world.</c>

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And<00:25:37.319><c> there</c><00:25:37.420><c> would</c><00:25:37.640><c> become</c><00:25:37.839><c> the</c><00:25:38.160><c> time</c><00:25:38.619><c> of</c><00:25:39.259><c> the</c><00:25:39.539><c> manifestation</c>

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of<00:25:40.240><c> the</c><00:25:40.400><c> end</c><00:25:40.519><c> of</c><00:25:40.700><c> all</c><00:25:40.900><c> things</c><00:25:41.160><c> as</c><00:25:41.420><c> far</c><00:25:41.539><c> as</c><00:25:41.640><c> the</c><00:25:41.839><c> law</c><00:25:42.000><c> was</c><00:25:42.279><c> concerned</c>

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and<00:25:43.380><c> the</c><00:25:43.619><c> setting</c><00:25:43.740><c> up</c><00:25:43.960><c> of</c><00:25:44.119><c> everlasting</c><00:25:44.680><c> righteousness.</c>

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How<00:25:46.859><c> fitting</c><00:25:47.059><c> that</c><00:25:47.299><c> that</c><00:25:47.599><c> angel</c><00:25:48.299><c> should</c><00:25:48.740><c> bridge</c><00:25:48.980><c> history</c>

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to<00:25:50.220><c> be</c><00:25:50.440><c> there</c><00:25:50.599><c> to</c><00:25:50.799><c> tell</c><00:25:50.920><c> Daniel</c><00:25:51.339><c> that</c><00:25:51.759><c> and</c><00:25:52.359><c> to</c><00:25:52.559><c> tell</c><00:25:52.700><c> Zacharias</c><00:25:53.279><c> this.</c>

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We<00:25:54.799><c> haven't</c><00:25:54.980><c> got</c><00:25:55.140><c> time,</c><00:25:55.579><c> brethren</c><00:25:55.660><c> and</c><00:25:55.940><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:25:56.299><c> turn</c><00:25:56.519><c> up</c><00:25:56.680><c> the</c><00:25:56.819><c> ninth</c><00:25:57.019><c> chapter</c><00:25:57.279><c> of</c><00:25:57.519><c> Daniel,</c>

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but<00:25:57.839><c> if</c><00:25:58.000><c> you</c><00:25:58.180><c> read</c><00:25:58.319><c> it</c><00:25:58.480><c> in</c><00:25:58.579><c> your</c><00:25:58.779><c> leisure,</c><00:25:59.019><c> this</c><00:25:59.160><c> is</c><00:25:59.299><c> what</c><00:25:59.440><c> you</c>

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will<00:25:59.900><c> find.</c>

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That<00:26:01.700><c> in</c><00:26:01.960><c> Daniel</c><00:26:02.160><c> chapter</c><00:26:02.440><c> 9</c><00:26:02.819><c> verses</c><00:26:03.140><c> 1</c><00:26:03.599><c> to</c><00:26:03.680><c> 3,</c>

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Daniel<00:26:04.859><c> prays</c><00:26:05.299><c> for</c><00:26:05.440><c> God</c><00:26:05.680><c> to</c><00:26:05.980><c> remember</c>

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that<00:26:07.720><c> the</c><00:26:07.920><c> 70</c><00:26:08.180><c> years</c><00:26:08.500><c> captivity</c><00:26:08.980><c> had</c><00:26:09.180><c> come</c><00:26:09.339><c> to</c><00:26:09.500><c> an</c><00:26:09.640><c> end.</c>

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In<00:26:11.539><c> verse</c><00:26:12.319><c> 4,</c><00:26:12.779><c> he</c><00:26:12.859><c> appealed</c><00:26:13.240><c> for</c><00:26:13.519><c> God's</c><00:26:14.319><c> mercy.</c>

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And<00:26:16.519><c> in</c><00:26:16.920><c> verse</c><00:26:17.240><c> 11,</c><00:26:17.900><c> he</c><00:26:18.059><c> acknowledged</c><00:26:18.839><c> that</c><00:26:20.160><c> Israel</c><00:26:20.460><c> was</c><00:26:20.799><c> suffering</c>

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because<00:26:21.440><c> they</c><00:26:21.700><c> did</c><00:26:21.980><c> not</c><00:26:22.240><c> understand</c><00:26:23.099><c> the</c><00:26:23.900><c> oath</c><00:26:24.460><c> of</c><00:26:24.819><c> the</c><00:26:25.019><c> law.</c>

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And<00:26:27.900><c> here</c><00:26:28.000><c> were</c><00:26:28.200><c> the</c><00:26:28.440><c> names</c><00:26:28.940><c> of</c><00:26:29.140><c> this</c><00:26:29.319><c> little</c><00:26:29.579><c> family</c>

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:33.259
to<00:26:31.200><c> whom</c><00:26:31.380><c> that</c><00:26:31.900><c> same</c><00:26:32.240><c> angel</c><00:26:32.519><c> appeared</c>

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that<00:26:34.099><c> epitomized</c><00:26:35.839><c> all</c><00:26:36.740><c> that</c><00:26:37.059><c> Daniel</c><00:26:37.480><c> was</c><00:26:37.880><c> praying</c><00:26:38.279><c> for.</c>

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It<00:26:40.759><c> took</c><00:26:41.119><c> 500</c><00:26:41.720><c> years</c><00:26:42.539><c> for</c><00:26:42.819><c> that</c><00:26:43.019><c> prayer</c><00:26:43.220><c> to</c><00:26:43.299><c> get</c><00:26:43.460><c> answered,</c>

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brethren<00:26:44.059><c> and</c><00:26:44.279><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:26:46.640><c> we've</c><00:26:46.819><c> got</c><00:26:46.839><c> to</c><00:26:46.960><c> learn</c><00:26:47.140><c> patience</c><00:26:47.779><c> when</c><00:26:48.880><c> we</c><00:26:49.059><c> pray</c><00:26:49.220><c> to</c><00:26:49.420><c> God.</c>

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500<00:26:52.319><c> years</c><00:26:53.039><c> God</c><00:26:53.980><c> hath</c><00:26:54.200><c> remembered</c><00:26:54.880><c> His</c><00:26:55.119><c> holy</c><00:26:55.380><c> covenant,</c>

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the<00:26:56.960><c> mercy</c><00:26:57.339><c> He</c><00:26:58.059><c> swore</c><00:26:58.319><c> to</c><00:26:58.500><c> our</c><00:26:58.700><c> fathers,</c><00:26:59.460><c> the</c><00:26:59.599><c> oath.</c>

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Here<00:27:01.099><c> it</c><00:27:01.259><c> all</c><00:27:01.440><c> is.</c>

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And<00:27:02.440><c> they</c><00:27:02.619><c> were</c><00:27:02.920><c> the</c><00:27:03.099><c> very</c><00:27:03.660><c> things</c><00:27:04.259><c> that</c><00:27:04.880><c> Daniel</c><00:27:05.099><c> was</c><00:27:05.420><c> praying</c><00:27:05.700><c> for</c>

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500<00:27:07.519><c> years</c><00:27:08.319><c> before</c><00:27:08.880><c> when</c><00:27:09.299><c> that</c><00:27:09.700><c> same</c><00:27:10.160><c> angel</c><00:27:10.500><c> came</c><00:27:10.819><c> to</c><00:27:11.000><c> him.</c>

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And<00:27:11.299><c> here</c><00:27:11.460><c> he</c><00:27:11.640><c> is.</c>

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What<00:27:13.480><c> a</c><00:27:13.660><c> remarkable</c><00:27:14.119><c> thing</c><00:27:14.519><c> that</c><00:27:14.819><c> is.</c>

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Now<00:27:17.640><c> the</c><00:27:17.720><c> fact</c><00:27:17.960><c> that</c><00:27:18.259><c> Gabriel</c><00:27:18.559><c> was</c><00:27:18.859><c> standing</c><00:27:19.200><c> on</c><00:27:19.440><c> the</c><00:27:19.660><c> right</c><00:27:20.140><c> side</c>

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:24.059
of<00:27:21.480><c> the</c><00:27:21.619><c> altar</c><00:27:21.779><c> of</c><00:27:22.079><c> insects</c><00:27:22.380><c> was</c><00:27:22.819><c> incredible.</c>

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Because<00:27:25.220><c> you</c><00:27:25.480><c> see,</c><00:27:26.259><c> it</c><00:27:26.400><c> matters</c><00:27:26.619><c> not</c><00:27:26.880><c> to</c><00:27:27.119><c> God,</c><00:27:27.559><c> brethren</c><00:27:27.740><c> and</c><00:27:27.980><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:31.019
as<00:27:29.140><c> far</c><00:27:29.400><c> as</c><00:27:29.579><c> lending</c><00:27:29.799><c> His</c><00:27:30.200><c> strength</c><00:27:30.420><c> is</c><00:27:30.680><c> concerned,</c>

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:33.240
be<00:27:31.240><c> it</c><00:27:31.339><c> on</c><00:27:31.420><c> the</c><00:27:31.579><c> right</c><00:27:31.799><c> hand</c><00:27:31.920><c> or</c><00:27:32.039><c> the</c><00:27:32.220><c> left.</c>

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:37.519
But<00:27:35.119><c> you</c><00:27:35.240><c> see,</c><00:27:35.420><c> the</c><00:27:35.539><c> right</c><00:27:35.859><c> hand,</c><00:27:36.140><c> if</c><00:27:36.259><c> you</c><00:27:36.359><c> look</c><00:27:36.460><c> through</c><00:27:36.640><c> the</c><00:27:36.940><c> Psalms,</c>

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:39.220
you'll<00:27:37.960><c> find</c><00:27:38.099><c> particularly</c><00:27:38.559><c> in</c><00:27:38.759><c> the</c><00:27:38.940><c> Psalms,</c>

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:42.400
the<00:27:39.599><c> use</c><00:27:39.819><c> of</c><00:27:39.980><c> the</c><00:27:40.119><c> right</c><00:27:40.420><c> hand</c><00:27:40.799><c> was</c><00:27:41.299><c> used</c><00:27:41.640><c> as</c><00:27:41.900><c> a</c><00:27:42.039><c> symbol</c>

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:46.900
of<00:27:42.819><c> that</c><00:27:43.039><c> which</c><00:27:43.240><c> is</c><00:27:43.440><c> the</c><00:27:43.579><c> most</c><00:27:43.920><c> dextrous</c><00:27:44.519><c> of</c><00:27:46.019><c> our</c><00:27:46.299><c> two</c><00:27:46.619><c> arms.</c>

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:50.059
We<00:27:47.359><c> may</c><00:27:47.579><c> be</c><00:27:47.779><c> left</c><00:27:48.099><c>-handed</c><00:27:48.279><c> like</c><00:27:48.599><c> the</c><00:27:49.180><c> Benjamites</c><00:27:49.660><c> were,</c>

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:53.519
whose<00:27:50.599><c> name</c><00:27:50.920><c> means</c><00:27:51.259><c> the</c><00:27:51.559><c> Son</c><00:27:51.740><c> of</c><00:27:51.859><c> God's</c><00:27:52.539><c> right</c><00:27:53.079><c> hand.</c>

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:55.279
They're<00:27:53.859><c> all</c><00:27:54.059><c> left</c><00:27:54.319><c>-handed.</c>

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:57.220
So<00:27:56.119><c> we</c><00:27:56.220><c> might</c><00:27:56.480><c> be</c><00:27:56.720><c> left</c><00:27:56.960><c>-handed,</c>

00:27:57.539 --> 00:28:00.299
but<00:27:57.940><c> most</c><00:27:58.259><c> of</c><00:27:58.359><c> us</c><00:27:58.480><c> would</c><00:27:58.640><c> be</c><00:27:58.980><c> right</c><00:27:59.420><c>-handed.</c>

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:02.619
And<00:28:00.759><c> the</c><00:28:00.900><c> fact</c><00:28:01.059><c> that</c><00:28:01.200><c> he</c><00:28:01.259><c> was</c><00:28:01.519><c> standing</c><00:28:01.779><c> on</c><00:28:02.000><c> that</c><00:28:02.240><c> right</c><00:28:02.500><c> hand</c>

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.619
of<00:28:02.799><c> the</c><00:28:02.940><c> altar,</c>

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:06.500
he<00:28:03.720><c> was</c><00:28:04.019><c> telling</c><00:28:04.380><c> Zacharias,</c><00:28:05.460><c> as</c><00:28:05.619><c> the</c><00:28:05.880><c> Psalms</c><00:28:06.140><c> said,</c>

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:09.500
his<00:28:06.940><c> right</c><00:28:07.359><c> arm</c><00:28:07.640><c> has</c><00:28:07.940><c> gotten</c><00:28:08.200><c> him</c><00:28:08.460><c> the</c><00:28:08.599><c> victory.</c>

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:12.960
There<00:28:10.980><c> is</c><00:28:11.140><c> strength</c><00:28:11.519><c> and</c><00:28:11.720><c> power</c><00:28:12.079><c> there.</c>

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:15.700
Now<00:28:13.559><c> let</c><00:28:13.740><c> me</c><00:28:13.859><c> tell</c><00:28:14.039><c> you</c><00:28:14.200><c> something</c><00:28:14.500><c> about</c><00:28:14.799><c> the</c><00:28:15.000><c> altar</c><00:28:15.180><c> of</c><00:28:15.400><c> insects,</c>

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:18.940
brethren<00:28:16.059><c> and</c><00:28:16.319><c> sisters,</c><00:28:16.480><c> that</c><00:28:16.599><c> is</c><00:28:16.839><c> also</c><00:28:17.160><c> intensely</c><00:28:17.839><c> interesting.</c>

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:23.400
You'll<00:28:20.119><c> pardon</c><00:28:20.400><c> me</c><00:28:20.839><c> if</c><00:28:21.019><c> we</c><00:28:21.160><c> don't</c><00:28:21.299><c> turn</c><00:28:21.500><c> all</c><00:28:21.700><c> these</c><00:28:21.900><c> references</c><00:28:22.220><c> up,</c>

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:25.180
because<00:28:23.660><c> of</c><00:28:23.799><c> the</c><00:28:24.000><c> time</c><00:28:24.259><c> factor.</c>

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:28.619
When<00:28:25.920><c> they</c><00:28:26.079><c> gave</c><00:28:26.420><c> the</c><00:28:26.660><c> details</c><00:28:27.059><c> for</c><00:28:27.240><c> the</c><00:28:27.400><c> building</c><00:28:27.579><c> of</c><00:28:27.759><c> the</c><00:28:27.880><c> altar</c><00:28:28.019><c> of</c><00:28:28.279><c> insects,</c>

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:31.319
that<00:28:29.140><c> small</c><00:28:29.480><c> altar</c><00:28:29.660><c> that</c><00:28:29.900><c> stood</c><00:28:30.039><c> before</c><00:28:30.339><c> the</c><00:28:30.579><c> veil</c><00:28:30.779><c> in</c><00:28:31.119><c> the</c>

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:32.500
holy<00:28:31.480><c> place,</c>

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:36.160
it<00:28:32.940><c> was</c><00:28:33.240><c> described</c><00:28:34.079><c> separately</c><00:28:34.660><c> from</c><00:28:35.140><c> all</c><00:28:35.500><c> the</c><00:28:35.700><c> other</c><00:28:35.859><c> pieces</c>

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.720
of<00:28:36.440><c> furniture</c>

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:38.839
in<00:28:36.960><c> the</c><00:28:37.180><c> tabernacle.</c>

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:41.359
And<00:28:39.460><c> when</c><00:28:39.559><c> it</c><00:28:39.680><c> was</c><00:28:39.920><c> described</c><00:28:40.319><c> in</c><00:28:40.500><c> Exodus</c><00:28:40.779><c> 30,</c>

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.740
if<00:28:41.680><c> you</c><00:28:41.799><c> look</c><00:28:41.940><c> at</c><00:28:42.019><c> that</c><00:28:42.160><c> in</c><00:28:42.259><c> your</c><00:28:42.500><c> leisure,</c>

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:45.299
you'll<00:28:43.420><c> read</c><00:28:43.559><c> that</c><00:28:43.720><c> when</c><00:28:43.880><c> it</c><00:28:44.119><c> talked</c><00:28:44.279><c> about</c><00:28:44.500><c> the</c><00:28:44.720><c> top</c><00:28:44.960><c> of</c><00:28:45.160><c> it</c>

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:46.339
and<00:28:45.480><c> the</c><00:28:45.740><c> sides</c><00:28:45.960><c> of</c><00:28:46.119><c> it,</c>

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:51.140
the<00:28:47.140><c> margin</c><00:28:47.759><c> gives</c><00:28:48.440><c> you</c><00:28:48.700><c> an</c><00:28:48.940><c> alternate</c><00:28:49.339><c> rendering</c><00:28:49.740><c> in</c><00:28:50.000><c> the</c><00:28:50.180><c> Hebrew.</c>

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:55.220
And<00:28:52.660><c> the</c><00:28:52.880><c> top</c><00:28:53.099><c> is</c><00:28:53.339><c> described</c><00:28:53.859><c> in</c><00:28:54.019><c> the</c><00:28:54.220><c> margin</c><00:28:54.539><c> in</c><00:28:54.740><c> the</c><00:28:54.920><c> Hebrew</c>

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:56.819
word<00:28:55.500><c> for</c><00:28:55.799><c> roof.</c>

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:59.720
And<00:28:57.559><c> the</c><00:28:57.839><c> side</c><00:28:58.019><c> of</c><00:28:58.240><c> the</c><00:28:58.359><c> altar</c><00:28:58.500><c> of</c><00:28:58.759><c> insects</c><00:28:58.940><c> is</c><00:28:59.200><c> described</c><00:28:59.559><c> in</c>

00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.660
the<00:28:59.900><c> margin</c><00:29:00.119><c> in</c><00:29:00.319><c> the</c><00:29:00.460><c> Hebrew</c>

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:02.500
as<00:29:00.980><c> the</c><00:29:01.380><c> walls.</c>

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:08.519
So<00:29:05.059><c> the</c><00:29:05.220><c> altar</c><00:29:05.440><c> of</c><00:29:05.740><c> insects</c><00:29:06.059><c> was</c><00:29:06.359><c> described</c><00:29:06.839><c> in</c><00:29:07.059><c> the</c><00:29:07.240><c> terms</c><00:29:07.759><c> of</c>

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:10.039
building<00:29:08.799><c> a</c><00:29:09.099><c> house.</c>

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:14.359
In<00:29:11.220><c> the</c><00:29:11.460><c> 22nd</c><00:29:12.099><c> chapter</c><00:29:12.480><c> of</c><00:29:12.640><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:29:13.099><c> and</c><00:29:13.220><c> at</c><00:29:13.380><c> verse</c><00:29:13.640><c> 8,</c>

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:17.500
Israel<00:29:14.960><c> were</c><00:29:15.240><c> told</c><00:29:15.460><c> that</c><00:29:15.740><c> every</c><00:29:16.220><c> home</c><00:29:16.559><c> they</c><00:29:16.859><c> built</c><00:29:17.019><c> had</c><00:29:17.240><c> to</c><00:29:17.380><c> be</c>

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:19.099
of<00:29:17.599><c> the</c><00:29:17.819><c> same</c><00:29:18.099><c> pattern.</c>

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:22.140
They<00:29:19.579><c> had</c><00:29:19.819><c> to</c><00:29:20.039><c> build</c><00:29:20.180><c> it</c><00:29:20.339><c> with</c><00:29:20.519><c> a</c><00:29:20.799><c> flat</c><00:29:21.119><c> roof.</c>

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:25.900
They<00:29:22.440><c> had</c><00:29:22.740><c> to</c><00:29:22.960><c> put</c><00:29:23.259><c> a</c><00:29:24.180><c> balustrade</c><00:29:24.759><c> around</c><00:29:25.180><c> the</c><00:29:25.400><c> roof</c><00:29:25.619><c> to</c>

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prevent<00:29:26.240><c> accidents,</c>

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:29.220
and<00:29:27.380><c> they</c><00:29:27.519><c> had</c><00:29:27.700><c> to</c><00:29:27.799><c> have</c><00:29:27.920><c> an</c><00:29:28.180><c> outside</c><00:29:28.539><c> staircase</c>

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:31.480
that<00:29:29.539><c> they</c><00:29:29.700><c> could</c><00:29:29.799><c> get</c><00:29:29.960><c> to</c><00:29:30.119><c> the</c><00:29:30.279><c> top</c><00:29:30.460><c> of</c><00:29:30.599><c> that,</c><00:29:30.900><c> brethren</c><00:29:31.019><c> and</c><00:29:31.259><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:34.140
without<00:29:32.140><c> interfering</c><00:29:32.980><c> with</c><00:29:33.259><c> the</c><00:29:33.380><c> domestic</c><00:29:33.799><c> circle,</c>

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.420
so<00:29:34.400><c> they</c><00:29:34.500><c> could</c><00:29:34.619><c> have</c><00:29:34.900><c> privacy.</c>

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.500
So<00:29:35.960><c> Jesus</c><00:29:36.259><c> said,</c>

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:39.119
let<00:29:36.660><c> him</c><00:29:36.900><c> that</c><00:29:37.000><c> is</c><00:29:37.119><c> upon</c><00:29:37.259><c> the</c><00:29:37.519><c> housetop</c><00:29:38.299><c> enter</c><00:29:38.599><c> not</c><00:29:38.759><c> into</c><00:29:38.940><c> the</c>

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:40.200
house<00:29:39.259><c> to</c><00:29:39.440><c> take</c><00:29:39.680><c> the</c><00:29:40.019><c> stuff.</c>

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:42.559
He<00:29:40.579><c> could</c><00:29:40.740><c> do</c><00:29:40.900><c> that</c><00:29:41.059><c> by</c><00:29:41.200><c> coming</c><00:29:41.400><c> down</c><00:29:41.599><c> the</c><00:29:41.700><c> outside</c><00:29:42.099><c> staircase</c>

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.880
and<00:29:42.819><c> going.</c>

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:47.539
And<00:29:45.099><c> the</c><00:29:45.220><c> altar</c><00:29:45.400><c> of</c><00:29:45.599><c> insects</c><00:29:45.880><c> having</c><00:29:46.240><c> its</c><00:29:46.539><c> walls</c><00:29:46.960><c> and</c><00:29:47.259><c> its</c>

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:49.619
roof,<00:29:48.319><c> flat</c><00:29:48.579><c> roof,</c>

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:53.519
also<00:29:50.460><c> had</c><00:29:50.720><c> around</c><00:29:51.019><c> about</c><00:29:51.319><c> it</c><00:29:51.480><c> a</c><00:29:51.720><c> crown</c><00:29:52.119><c> of</c><00:29:52.400><c> gold.</c>

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:58.240
And<00:29:54.859><c> what</c><00:29:55.220><c> God</c><00:29:55.480><c> was</c><00:29:55.839><c> saying,</c><00:29:56.519><c> brethren</c><00:29:56.720><c> and</c><00:29:57.059><c> sisters,</c><00:29:57.240><c> is</c><00:29:57.559><c> this,</c>

00:29:58.680 --> 00:30:02.380
that<00:29:59.140><c> every</c><00:29:59.940><c> house</c><00:30:00.460><c> in</c><00:30:00.819><c> that</c><00:30:01.000><c> ecclesia</c><00:30:01.539><c> in</c><00:30:01.759><c> the</c><00:30:01.920><c> wilderness</c>

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:05.299
or<00:30:03.319><c> in</c><00:30:03.539><c> the</c><00:30:03.720><c> land</c><00:30:04.240><c> or</c><00:30:04.980><c> now</c>

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:09.680
ought<00:30:06.019><c> to</c><00:30:06.319><c> be</c><00:30:07.380><c> a</c><00:30:07.700><c> house</c><00:30:08.039><c> of</c><00:30:08.279><c> prayer.</c>

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:14.119
And<00:30:10.720><c> standing</c><00:30:10.960><c> right</c><00:30:11.299><c> alongside</c><00:30:11.859><c> that</c><00:30:12.200><c> altar</c><00:30:12.519><c> was</c><00:30:13.559><c> Gabriel</c>

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:19.240
in<00:30:14.460><c> answer</c><00:30:14.740><c> to</c><00:30:15.000><c> a</c><00:30:15.160><c> man</c><00:30:15.339><c> and</c><00:30:15.460><c> a</c><00:30:15.619><c> woman</c><00:30:16.279><c> whose</c><00:30:16.740><c> house</c><00:30:17.420><c> was</c><00:30:17.859><c> exactly</c><00:30:18.660><c> like</c>

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:20.619
that<00:30:19.599><c> altar.</c>

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:27.259
That<00:30:23.019><c> is</c><00:30:23.299><c> a</c><00:30:23.500><c> wonderful</c><00:30:24.180><c> detail</c><00:30:24.779><c> of</c><00:30:25.759><c> the</c><00:30:25.920><c> law</c><00:30:26.059><c> of</c><00:30:26.240><c> Moses.</c>

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:31.500
And<00:30:29.279><c> so</c><00:30:29.460><c> the</c><00:30:29.579><c> chapter</c><00:30:29.880><c> went</c><00:30:30.099><c> on</c><00:30:30.299><c> to</c><00:30:30.539><c> describe</c><00:30:30.980><c> what</c><00:30:31.140><c> this</c><00:30:31.380><c> boy</c>

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.940
would<00:30:31.700><c> be</c><00:30:31.920><c> like.</c>

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First<00:30:33.880><c> of</c><00:30:34.059><c> all,</c><00:30:34.339><c> in</c><00:30:34.339><c> verse</c><00:30:34.539><c> 13,</c><00:30:35.140><c> that</c><00:30:35.240><c> Zacharias</c><00:30:35.700><c> is</c><00:30:35.900><c> reminded</c>

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:37.559
that<00:30:36.400><c> his</c><00:30:36.579><c> prayer</c><00:30:36.799><c> was</c><00:30:37.039><c> heard</c>

00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:40.220
and<00:30:38.220><c> that</c><00:30:38.380><c> Elizabeth</c><00:30:38.660><c> would</c><00:30:38.940><c> bear</c><00:30:39.119><c> a</c><00:30:39.319><c> son.</c>

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:42.079
Brethren<00:30:40.440><c> and</c><00:30:40.680><c> sisters,</c><00:30:40.839><c> we</c><00:30:41.019><c> read</c><00:30:41.200><c> that</c><00:30:41.380><c> very</c><00:30:41.720><c> quickly.</c>

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:44.859
You<00:30:42.640><c> know,</c><00:30:42.720><c> we</c><00:30:42.779><c> think,</c><00:30:42.960><c> well,</c><00:30:43.140><c> he's</c><00:30:43.380><c> a</c><00:30:43.440><c> man</c><00:30:43.579><c> of</c><00:30:43.799><c> great</c><00:30:44.039><c> faith.</c>

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:47.839
His<00:30:45.200><c> wife</c><00:30:45.500><c> was</c><00:30:45.819><c> barren</c><00:30:46.400><c> and</c><00:30:46.680><c> he</c><00:30:46.960><c> prayed</c><00:30:47.079><c> to</c><00:30:47.240><c> have</c><00:30:47.380><c> a</c><00:30:47.599><c> child.</c>

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:49.299
So<00:30:48.220><c> he's</c><00:30:48.440><c> got</c><00:30:48.640><c> great</c><00:30:48.940><c> faith.</c>

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:51.819
Well,<00:30:49.680><c> let's</c><00:30:49.839><c> just</c><00:30:50.119><c> add</c><00:30:50.400><c> to</c><00:30:50.579><c> that</c><00:30:50.799><c> somewhat,</c><00:30:51.259><c> brethren</c><00:30:51.380><c> and</c><00:30:51.640><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:54.960
and<00:30:52.019><c> think</c><00:30:52.220><c> of</c><00:30:52.400><c> this,</c><00:30:53.000><c> that</c><00:30:53.140><c> he</c><00:30:53.240><c> was</c><00:30:53.420><c> an</c><00:30:53.640><c> old</c><00:30:53.920><c> man.</c>

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:57.160
His<00:30:55.279><c> wife</c><00:30:55.599><c> was</c><00:30:55.799><c> an</c><00:30:55.980><c> old</c><00:30:56.240><c> lady.</c>

00:30:57.759 --> 00:31:00.339
She<00:30:58.019><c> would</c><00:30:58.180><c> have</c><00:30:58.339><c> got</c><00:30:58.539><c> past</c><00:30:58.920><c> the</c><00:30:59.119><c> age</c><00:30:59.279><c> of</c><00:30:59.579><c> childbearing.</c>

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:04.339
And<00:31:00.819><c> he's</c><00:31:01.500><c> still</c><00:31:02.180><c> praying</c><00:31:02.700><c> for</c><00:31:03.079><c> a</c><00:31:03.319><c> child.</c>

00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:08.220
So<00:31:06.319><c> it's</c><00:31:06.640><c> the</c><00:31:06.819><c> quality</c><00:31:07.160><c> of</c><00:31:07.339><c> that</c><00:31:07.579><c> faith</c><00:31:07.740><c> that</c><00:31:07.839><c> we've</c><00:31:08.000><c> got</c><00:31:08.099><c> to</c>

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:09.299
think<00:31:08.420><c> about.</c>

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:14.200
He's<00:31:10.119><c> still</c><00:31:10.599><c> praying</c><00:31:10.900><c> for</c><00:31:11.099><c> a</c><00:31:11.259><c> child</c><00:31:11.539><c> and</c><00:31:11.859><c> he</c><00:31:11.960><c> gets</c><00:31:12.160><c> the</c><00:31:12.420><c> promise</c><00:31:12.940><c> in</c><00:31:13.519><c> verse</c><00:31:13.779><c> 14</c>

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:17.099
that<00:31:14.420><c> they</c><00:31:14.779><c> would</c><00:31:14.940><c> have</c><00:31:15.240><c> joy</c><00:31:15.480><c> and</c><00:31:15.700><c> gladness</c><00:31:16.019><c> and</c><00:31:16.420><c> many</c><00:31:16.819><c> would</c>

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:18.200
rejoice<00:31:17.480><c> at</c><00:31:17.579><c> his</c><00:31:17.859><c> birth,</c>

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:20.039
which<00:31:18.660><c> they</c><00:31:18.900><c> did</c><00:31:19.059><c> in</c><00:31:19.240><c> verse</c><00:31:19.480><c> 58.</c>

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:23.019
The<00:31:20.460><c> neighbours</c><00:31:20.740><c> and</c><00:31:20.940><c> the</c><00:31:21.119><c> friends</c><00:31:21.319><c> came</c><00:31:21.619><c> there</c><00:31:21.880><c> and</c><00:31:22.119><c> they</c><00:31:22.460><c> rejoiced</c><00:31:22.900><c> in</c>

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:24.240
his<00:31:23.299><c> birth.</c>

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:27.059
And<00:31:24.940><c> in</c><00:31:25.099><c> verse</c><00:31:25.339><c> 15,</c><00:31:25.900><c> he</c><00:31:25.900><c> shall</c><00:31:26.039><c> be</c><00:31:26.279><c> great</c><00:31:26.480><c> in</c><00:31:26.660><c> the</c><00:31:26.819><c> sight</c><00:31:26.920><c> of</c>

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.359
the<00:31:27.160><c> Lord</c>

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:29.420
and<00:31:27.539><c> shall</c><00:31:27.660><c> drink</c><00:31:27.900><c> neither</c><00:31:28.200><c> wine</c><00:31:28.519><c> nor</c><00:31:28.779><c> strong</c><00:31:29.079><c> drink</c>

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:31.940
and<00:31:29.700><c> he</c><00:31:29.839><c> shall</c><00:31:29.960><c> be</c><00:31:30.240><c> filled</c><00:31:30.339><c> with</c><00:31:30.539><c> the</c><00:31:30.660><c> Holy</c><00:31:30.880><c> Spirit</c><00:31:31.319><c> even</c><00:31:31.759><c> from</c>

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.880
his<00:31:32.160><c> mother's</c><00:31:32.640><c> womb.</c>

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:34.980
In<00:31:33.259><c> other</c><00:31:33.440><c> words,</c><00:31:33.759><c> brethren</c><00:31:33.900><c> and</c><00:31:34.099><c> sisters,</c><00:31:34.299><c> he</c><00:31:34.420><c> would</c><00:31:34.559><c> be</c><00:31:34.779><c> a</c>

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:36.700
Nazarite<00:31:35.420><c> from</c><00:31:35.700><c> birth.</c>

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:40.160
Now<00:31:37.299><c> there's</c><00:31:37.420><c> something</c><00:31:37.740><c> very</c><00:31:38.099><c> remarkable</c><00:31:38.519><c> about</c><00:31:38.900><c> that.</c>

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:45.400
Very,<00:31:41.579><c> very</c><00:31:41.960><c> remarkable</c><00:31:42.480><c> about</c><00:31:42.859><c> John</c><00:31:43.099><c> the</c><00:31:43.259><c> Baptist</c><00:31:43.480><c> being</c><00:31:43.759><c> a</c><00:31:44.039><c> Nazarite.</c>

00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:48.880
And<00:31:46.339><c> this</c><00:31:46.500><c> was</c><00:31:46.700><c> what</c><00:31:46.759><c> was</c><00:31:47.019><c> remarkable</c><00:31:47.380><c> about</c><00:31:47.660><c> it.</c>

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:53.660
Because<00:31:49.299><c> the</c><00:31:49.539><c> Nazarite</c><00:31:50.059><c> vow</c><00:31:50.299><c> was</c><00:31:50.680><c> given</c><00:31:51.000><c> for</c><00:31:51.400><c> a</c><00:31:52.140><c> singular</c><00:31:52.599><c> reason.</c>

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:59.599
There<00:31:54.480><c> was</c><00:31:55.039><c> one</c><00:31:55.460><c> reason</c><00:31:56.920><c> why</c><00:31:57.200><c> the</c><00:31:57.359><c> Nazarite</c><00:31:57.779><c> vow</c><00:31:57.940><c> was</c><00:31:58.220><c> given.</c>

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:01.279
And<00:31:59.920><c> here's</c><00:32:00.099><c> your</c><00:32:00.380><c> reason.</c>

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:04.519
When<00:32:01.619><c> Israel</c><00:32:02.019><c> stood</c><00:32:02.500><c> at</c><00:32:02.759><c> the</c><00:32:02.920><c> foot</c><00:32:03.099><c> of</c><00:32:03.259><c> Mount</c><00:32:03.500><c> Sinai,</c>

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:06.039
God<00:32:05.000><c> said</c><00:32:05.259><c> to</c><00:32:05.319><c> them,</c>

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:13.039
Ye<00:32:06.759><c> shall</c><00:32:07.140><c> be</c><00:32:07.460><c> unto</c><00:32:07.900><c> me</c><00:32:09.000><c> a</c><00:32:09.660><c> kingdom</c><00:32:10.599><c> of</c><00:32:11.880><c> priests.</c>

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:18.140
And<00:32:14.539><c> he</c><00:32:14.640><c> gave</c><00:32:14.839><c> them</c><00:32:15.039><c> a</c><00:32:15.180><c> law</c><00:32:15.420><c> which</c><00:32:15.680><c> said</c><00:32:15.920><c> it</c><00:32:16.119><c> could</c><00:32:16.319><c> never</c><00:32:16.539><c> happen.</c>

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:24.559
Because<00:32:20.400><c> the</c><00:32:20.680><c> law</c><00:32:20.900><c> said</c><00:32:21.480><c> that</c><00:32:22.559><c> unless</c><00:32:22.819><c> you</c><00:32:23.119><c> were</c><00:32:23.380><c> from</c><00:32:23.579><c> the</c><00:32:23.779><c> family</c><00:32:24.079><c> of</c><00:32:24.359><c> Aaron,</c>

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:26.579
which<00:32:25.160><c> of</c><00:32:25.339><c> course</c><00:32:25.460><c> was</c><00:32:25.640><c> from</c><00:32:25.779><c> the</c><00:32:25.920><c> tribe</c><00:32:26.059><c> of</c><00:32:26.279><c> Levi,</c>

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:28.579
you<00:32:27.039><c> could</c><00:32:27.180><c> never</c><00:32:27.400><c> be</c><00:32:27.599><c> a</c><00:32:27.759><c> priest.</c>

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:32.140
And<00:32:30.059><c> previous</c><00:32:30.299><c> to</c><00:32:30.480><c> the</c><00:32:30.640><c> law</c><00:32:30.799><c> in</c><00:32:31.000><c> Genesis</c><00:32:31.359><c> 49,</c>

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:35.920
the<00:32:32.700><c> principle</c><00:32:33.000><c> was</c><00:32:33.240><c> laid</c><00:32:33.579><c> down</c><00:32:34.319><c> that</c><00:32:35.000><c> royalty</c><00:32:35.480><c> would</c><00:32:35.700><c> come</c>

00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:37.000
from<00:32:36.140><c> Judah.</c>

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:40.740
So<00:32:39.119><c> even</c><00:32:39.420><c> if</c><00:32:39.559><c> you</c><00:32:39.740><c> were</c><00:32:39.900><c> from</c><00:32:40.059><c> the</c><00:32:40.200><c> tribe</c><00:32:40.339><c> of</c><00:32:40.579><c> Judah,</c>

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:42.980
you<00:32:40.859><c> couldn't</c><00:32:41.079><c> be</c><00:32:41.299><c> a</c><00:32:41.420><c> priest</c><00:32:41.559><c> if</c><00:32:41.700><c> you</c><00:32:41.720><c> could</c><00:32:41.799><c> be</c><00:32:42.000><c> a</c><00:32:42.180><c> king.</c>

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:45.220
If<00:32:43.460><c> you</c><00:32:43.599><c> were</c><00:32:43.700><c> the</c><00:32:43.819><c> family</c><00:32:44.119><c> of</c><00:32:44.259><c> Aaron,</c><00:32:44.440><c> you</c><00:32:44.539><c> could</c><00:32:44.640><c> be</c><00:32:44.839><c> a</c><00:32:45.079><c> priest,</c>

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:46.259
but<00:32:45.380><c> you</c><00:32:45.480><c> couldn't</c><00:32:45.660><c> be</c><00:32:45.900><c> a</c><00:32:46.059><c> king.</c>

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:48.299
And<00:32:46.619><c> if</c><00:32:46.720><c> you</c><00:32:46.880><c> were</c><00:32:47.039><c> a</c><00:32:47.220><c> family</c><00:32:47.440><c> from</c><00:32:47.640><c> any</c><00:32:47.839><c> other</c><00:32:48.180><c> tribe,</c>

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.859
you<00:32:48.420><c> could</c><00:32:48.599><c> be</c><00:32:48.779><c> neither.</c>

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:56.460
But<00:32:51.940><c> you</c><00:32:52.160><c> shall</c><00:32:52.319><c> be</c><00:32:52.519><c> unto</c><00:32:52.720><c> me</c><00:32:53.259><c> a</c><00:32:54.180><c> kingdom</c><00:32:54.980><c> of</c><00:32:55.599><c> priests.</c>

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:58.460
What<00:32:56.880><c> God</c><00:32:57.119><c> was</c><00:32:57.319><c> telling</c><00:32:57.500><c> the</c><00:32:57.700><c> brethren</c><00:32:57.940><c> and</c><00:32:58.180><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:58.799 --> 00:33:01.700
as<00:32:59.079><c> long</c><00:32:59.559><c> as</c><00:32:59.920><c> that</c><00:33:00.220><c> law</c><00:33:00.500><c> was</c><00:33:00.859><c> in</c><00:33:01.180><c> existence,</c>

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:04.700
that<00:33:02.480><c> promise</c><00:33:02.819><c> could</c><00:33:03.200><c> never</c><00:33:03.619><c> be</c><00:33:04.039><c> fulfilled.</c>

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:08.579
And<00:33:05.180><c> so</c><00:33:05.440><c> Peter</c><00:33:05.700><c> in</c><00:33:06.000><c> writing</c><00:33:06.279><c> to</c><00:33:06.559><c> people</c><00:33:06.980><c> who</c><00:33:07.319><c> now</c><00:33:07.579><c> were</c><00:33:07.779><c> no</c><00:33:07.980><c> longer</c><00:33:08.220><c> under</c><00:33:08.400><c> the</c><00:33:08.519><c> law,</c>

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.599
but<00:33:08.720><c> under</c><00:33:09.039><c> grace</c><00:33:09.259><c> said,</c>

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:13.359
Ye<00:33:10.119><c> are</c><00:33:11.420><c> a</c><00:33:11.680><c> kingdom</c><00:33:11.940><c> of</c><00:33:12.259><c> priests</c><00:33:12.420><c> and</c><00:33:12.599><c> a</c><00:33:12.759><c> holy</c><00:33:12.920><c> nation.</c>

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:16.980
Not<00:33:14.579><c> only</c><00:33:14.980><c> futuristic,</c><00:33:15.700><c> brethren</c><00:33:15.839><c> and</c><00:33:16.059><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:20.220
but<00:33:17.259><c> we</c><00:33:17.339><c> are</c><00:33:17.619><c> at</c><00:33:17.779><c> present</c><00:33:18.319><c> kings</c><00:33:19.059><c> and</c><00:33:19.339><c> priests,</c>

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:24.400
in<00:33:20.440><c> the</c><00:33:20.640><c> sense</c><00:33:21.519><c> that</c><00:33:22.140><c> we</c><00:33:22.400><c> have</c><00:33:23.180><c> the</c><00:33:23.559><c> Word</c><00:33:23.859><c> of</c><00:33:24.039><c> God</c>

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:27.440
and<00:33:24.539><c> we</c><00:33:24.740><c> represent</c><00:33:25.359><c> God's</c><00:33:25.839><c> thinking</c><00:33:26.019><c> to</c><00:33:26.200><c> men</c><00:33:26.380><c> and</c><00:33:26.460><c> women.</c>

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:31.130
Now<00:33:28.240><c> John</c><00:33:28.700><c> was</c><00:33:29.480><c> of</c><00:33:29.720><c> the</c><00:33:29.960><c> priestly</c><00:33:30.299><c> line,</c>

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:33.400
yet<00:33:31.339><c> he</c><00:33:31.500><c> had</c><00:33:31.759><c> to</c><00:33:31.940><c> be</c><00:33:32.119><c> a</c><00:33:32.319><c> Nazarite.</c>

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:36.660
And<00:33:34.279><c> the</c><00:33:34.380><c> purpose</c><00:33:34.700><c> of</c><00:33:34.880><c> the</c><00:33:35.059><c> Nazarite</c><00:33:35.480><c> was</c><00:33:36.039><c> singular</c>

00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:42.599
in<00:33:36.960><c> that</c><00:33:37.160><c> God</c><00:33:37.460><c> gave</c><00:33:37.880><c> the</c><00:33:38.660><c> Nazarite</c><00:33:39.420><c> vow</c><00:33:39.900><c> for</c><00:33:40.660><c> no</c><00:33:41.220><c> other</c><00:33:41.720><c> reason</c>

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:45.799
than<00:33:43.099><c> that</c><00:33:43.400><c> men</c><00:33:43.799><c> and</c><00:33:44.440><c> women,</c>

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:51.920
when<00:33:46.619><c> either</c><00:33:47.019><c> man</c><00:33:47.519><c> or</c><00:33:48.200><c> woman</c><00:33:48.960><c> takes</c><00:33:50.400><c> upon</c><00:33:50.640><c> themselves</c><00:33:50.980><c> a</c><00:33:51.180><c> Nazarite</c><00:33:51.579><c> vow,</c>

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:56.819
the<00:33:52.420><c> purpose</c><00:33:52.759><c> was</c><00:33:53.400><c> that</c><00:33:53.680><c> they</c><00:33:53.920><c> might</c><00:33:54.420><c> imitate</c><00:33:55.420><c> the</c><00:33:56.039><c> high</c><00:33:56.339><c> priest</c>

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:59.900
for<00:33:57.460><c> any</c><00:33:57.799><c> period</c><00:33:58.220><c> of</c><00:33:58.440><c> their</c><00:33:58.640><c> own</c><00:33:58.839><c> designation.</c>

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:03.160
So<00:34:00.720><c> the</c><00:34:00.880><c> high</c><00:34:01.160><c> priest</c><00:34:01.480><c> was</c><00:34:01.839><c> never</c><00:34:02.059><c> to</c><00:34:02.259><c> uncover</c><00:34:02.579><c> his</c><00:34:02.900><c> head,</c>

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:05.259
so<00:34:03.700><c> they</c><00:34:03.880><c> grew</c><00:34:04.039><c> their</c><00:34:04.220><c> hair</c><00:34:04.380><c> long.</c>

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:08.119
The<00:34:05.740><c> high</c><00:34:06.019><c> priest</c><00:34:06.240><c> was</c><00:34:06.519><c> never</c><00:34:06.779><c> to</c><00:34:06.960><c> drink</c><00:34:07.079><c> wine</c><00:34:07.359><c> nor</c><00:34:07.599><c> strong</c><00:34:07.819><c> drink,</c>

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:10.360
so<00:34:08.559><c> they</c><00:34:08.800><c> weren't</c><00:34:08.960><c> permitted</c><00:34:09.199><c> to</c><00:34:09.400><c> drink</c><00:34:09.480><c> wine</c><00:34:09.699><c> or</c><00:34:09.920><c> strong</c><00:34:10.099><c> drink.</c>

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:13.239
The<00:34:10.920><c> high</c><00:34:11.219><c> priest</c><00:34:11.480><c> was</c><00:34:11.860><c> never</c><00:34:12.179><c> to</c><00:34:12.340><c> go</c><00:34:12.380><c> near</c><00:34:12.579><c> a</c><00:34:12.739><c> dead</c><00:34:12.920><c> body,</c>

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:16.059
so<00:34:13.699><c> they</c><00:34:13.960><c> weren't</c><00:34:14.159><c> permitted</c><00:34:14.400><c> to</c><00:34:14.579><c> go</c><00:34:14.659><c> near</c><00:34:14.860><c> a</c><00:34:14.980><c> dead</c><00:34:15.139><c> body.</c>

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:18.880
And<00:34:16.559><c> what</c><00:34:16.760><c> the</c><00:34:17.000><c> Nazarite</c><00:34:17.400><c> vow</c><00:34:17.619><c> was</c><00:34:17.880><c> doing,</c><00:34:18.300><c> brethren</c><00:34:18.440><c> and</c><00:34:18.679><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:21.340
was<00:34:19.199><c> offering</c><00:34:19.619><c> brothers</c><00:34:20.000><c> and</c><00:34:20.260><c> sisters</c><00:34:20.480><c> in</c><00:34:20.679><c> the</c><00:34:20.900><c> truth</c>

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:25.320
the<00:34:21.800><c> opportunity</c><00:34:22.340><c> during</c><00:34:22.679><c> the</c><00:34:22.840><c> course</c><00:34:23.019><c> of</c><00:34:23.239><c> this</c><00:34:23.440><c> life</c><00:34:23.880><c> of</c><00:34:24.300><c> their</c><00:34:24.599><c> own</c><00:34:24.920><c> choosing</c>

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:29.519
to<00:34:26.340><c> imitate</c><00:34:27.179><c> their</c><00:34:28.260><c> high</c><00:34:28.579><c> priest.</c>

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:32.360
And<00:34:30.420><c> we've</c><00:34:30.840><c> seized</c><00:34:31.059><c> that</c><00:34:31.239><c> opportunity</c>

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:36.400
and<00:34:33.360><c> we</c><00:34:33.559><c> come</c><00:34:33.679><c> every</c><00:34:33.980><c> Sunday</c><00:34:34.320><c> morning</c><00:34:34.820><c> to</c><00:34:35.480><c> renew</c><00:34:35.780><c> that</c><00:34:36.119><c> vow</c>

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:39.059
because<00:34:37.260><c> we</c><00:34:37.420><c> want</c><00:34:37.599><c> to</c><00:34:37.880><c> imitate</c><00:34:38.199><c> our</c><00:34:38.460><c> high</c><00:34:38.699><c> priest.</c>

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:41.860
John<00:34:39.679><c> had</c><00:34:40.039><c> no</c><00:34:40.539><c> need</c><00:34:40.860><c> of</c><00:34:41.300><c> that</c><00:34:41.599><c> vow</c>

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:45.320
because<00:34:42.539><c> he</c><00:34:42.739><c> was</c><00:34:43.119><c> born</c><00:34:43.639><c> in</c><00:34:43.860><c> the</c><00:34:44.079><c> priestly</c><00:34:44.340><c> life.</c>

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:49.400
But<00:34:45.940><c> brethren</c><00:34:46.219><c> and</c><00:34:46.500><c> sisters,</c><00:34:48.739><c> the</c><00:34:48.840><c> Nazarite,</c>

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:51.780
doing<00:34:49.659><c> what</c><00:34:49.900><c> he</c><00:34:50.139><c> did,</c><00:34:50.500><c> imitating</c><00:34:50.920><c> the</c><00:34:51.119><c> high</c><00:34:51.360><c> priest</c><00:34:51.519><c> under</c>

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.760
the<00:34:51.980><c> law,</c>

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:56.980
was<00:34:53.019><c> really,</c><00:34:53.840><c> in</c><00:34:54.099><c> a</c><00:34:54.400><c> sense,</c><00:34:55.619><c> greater</c><00:34:55.940><c> than</c><00:34:56.119><c> the</c><00:34:56.300><c> high</c><00:34:56.579><c> priest</c>

00:34:56.980 --> 00:35:01.679
because<00:34:57.579><c> the</c><00:34:57.820><c> high</c><00:34:58.079><c> priest</c><00:34:58.260><c> was</c><00:34:58.579><c> there</c><00:34:59.019><c> by</c><00:34:59.440><c> a</c><00:34:59.739><c> carnal</c><00:35:00.219><c> commandment,</c>

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:04.900
by<00:35:02.460><c> descent</c><00:35:03.059><c> of</c><00:35:03.880><c> flesh</c><00:35:04.119><c> and</c><00:35:04.440><c> blood.</c>

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:10.380
The<00:35:05.840><c> Nazarite</c><00:35:06.360><c> was</c><00:35:06.579><c> there</c><00:35:07.460><c> by</c><00:35:08.179><c> being</c><00:35:08.579><c> a</c><00:35:09.039><c> volunteer.</c>

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:16.320
And<00:35:11.739><c> even</c><00:35:11.940><c> though</c><00:35:12.239><c> John</c><00:35:12.599><c> had</c><00:35:13.539><c> the</c><00:35:14.000><c> authority</c><00:35:14.559><c> of</c><00:35:14.860><c> the</c><00:35:15.079><c> carnal</c><00:35:15.460><c> commandment,</c>

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:20.699
both<00:35:16.699><c> mother</c><00:35:17.000><c> and</c><00:35:17.360><c> father,</c><00:35:18.159><c> both</c><00:35:18.840><c> in</c><00:35:19.239><c> the</c><00:35:19.380><c> family</c><00:35:19.719><c> of</c><00:35:19.980><c> Aaron,</c>

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:25.360
he,<00:35:22.119><c> brethren</c><00:35:22.300><c> and</c><00:35:22.519><c> sisters,</c><00:35:23.159><c> chose</c><00:35:23.559><c> to</c><00:35:24.380><c> stand</c><00:35:24.659><c> out</c><00:35:24.980><c> there</c>

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:28.219
as<00:35:26.039><c> a</c><00:35:26.559><c> voluntary</c><00:35:27.199><c> priest.</c>

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:32.860
That<00:35:28.800><c> was</c><00:35:28.960><c> what</c><00:35:29.079><c> was</c><00:35:29.239><c> so</c><00:35:29.500><c> wonderful</c><00:35:29.780><c> about</c><00:35:30.139><c> that,</c><00:35:31.300><c> absolutely</c><00:35:31.820><c> wonderful.</c>

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:36.400
And<00:35:33.539><c> he</c><00:35:33.659><c> lived</c><00:35:33.920><c> out</c><00:35:34.199><c> the</c><00:35:34.420><c> terms</c><00:35:34.619><c> of</c><00:35:34.820><c> that</c><00:35:35.019><c> Nazarite</c><00:35:35.519><c> vow.</c>

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:39.179
Jesus<00:35:37.739><c> said</c><00:35:37.960><c> of</c><00:35:38.059><c> him</c><00:35:38.219><c> on</c><00:35:38.340><c> one</c><00:35:38.460><c> occasion,</c>

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:43.199
John<00:35:40.000><c> came</c><00:35:40.340><c> neither</c><00:35:40.659><c> eating</c><00:35:40.980><c> meat</c><00:35:41.400><c> nor</c><00:35:41.719><c> drinking</c><00:35:42.059><c> wine.</c>

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.760
And<00:35:43.619><c> he</c><00:35:43.719><c> didn't.</c>

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:48.000
And<00:35:45.039><c> so</c><00:35:45.199><c> he</c><00:35:45.400><c> lived</c><00:35:45.579><c> to</c><00:35:45.760><c> the</c><00:35:45.940><c> terms</c><00:35:46.219><c> of</c><00:35:46.400><c> that</c><00:35:46.599><c> Nazarite</c><00:35:47.119><c> vow.</c>

00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:51.360
And<00:35:48.420><c> in</c><00:35:48.579><c> verse</c><00:35:48.739><c> 16</c><00:35:49.199><c> we</c><00:35:49.340><c> read,</c><00:35:49.599><c> brethren</c><00:35:49.860><c> and</c><00:35:50.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.920
in<00:35:52.619><c> verse</c><00:35:52.860><c> 16,</c>

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:58.260
And<00:35:54.679><c> many</c><00:35:55.400><c> of</c><00:35:56.619><c> the</c><00:35:56.760><c> children</c><00:35:57.019><c> of</c><00:35:57.159><c> Israel</c><00:35:57.500><c> shall</c><00:35:57.719><c> he</c><00:35:57.960><c> turn</c><00:35:58.119><c> to</c>

00:35:58.260 --> 00:35:59.719
the<00:35:58.400><c> LORD</c><00:35:58.579><c> their</c><00:35:58.780><c> God.</c>

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:06.440
Not<00:36:01.260><c> all,</c><00:36:03.179><c> not</c><00:36:03.539><c> all,</c><00:36:05.179><c> but</c><00:36:05.500><c> many.</c>

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:10.619
What<00:36:08.639><c> a</c><00:36:08.780><c> wonderful</c><00:36:09.039><c> thing</c><00:36:09.239><c> it</c><00:36:09.420><c> was</c><00:36:09.639><c> that</c><00:36:09.780><c> he</c><00:36:09.920><c> was</c><00:36:09.960><c> able</c><00:36:10.059><c> to</c><00:36:10.260><c> accomplish</c>

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:12.780
what<00:36:10.860><c> Elijah</c><00:36:11.239><c> would</c><00:36:11.500><c> never</c><00:36:11.739><c> accomplish.</c>

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:14.559
But<00:36:13.179><c> when</c><00:36:13.300><c> you</c><00:36:13.400><c> think</c><00:36:13.579><c> about</c><00:36:13.760><c> it,</c><00:36:14.000><c> brethren</c><00:36:14.099><c> and</c><00:36:14.340><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:17.619
there's<00:36:14.940><c> a</c><00:36:15.099><c> progression</c><00:36:15.579><c> in</c><00:36:15.780><c> God's</c><00:36:16.179><c> purpose,</c><00:36:16.619><c> isn't</c><00:36:16.659><c> there?</c>

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:21.679
You<00:36:18.039><c> see,</c><00:36:18.380><c> Elijah,</c><00:36:18.980><c> really,</c><00:36:19.539><c> apart</c><00:36:19.760><c> from</c><00:36:19.920><c> the</c><00:36:20.039><c> widow</c><00:36:20.179><c> of</c><00:36:20.360><c> Zarephath,</c>

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:24.800
and<00:36:22.420><c> of</c><00:36:22.500><c> the</c><00:36:22.719><c> 7</c><00:36:22.920><c>,000,</c><00:36:23.320><c> of</c><00:36:23.400><c> course,</c><00:36:23.659><c> and</c><00:36:23.760><c> Elisha,</c><00:36:24.320><c> he</c><00:36:24.539><c> didn't</c>

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.260
affect<00:36:25.059><c> them.</c>

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:28.360
They<00:36:25.420><c> were</c><00:36:25.679><c> already</c><00:36:26.559><c> arrembed</c><00:36:27.000><c> and</c><00:36:27.179><c> according</c><00:36:27.380><c> to</c><00:36:27.559><c> the</c><00:36:27.639><c> election</c><00:36:27.840><c> of</c><00:36:28.139><c> grace.</c>

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:30.179
There<00:36:28.719><c> wasn't</c><00:36:29.000><c> Elijah's</c><00:36:29.659><c> work.</c>

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:34.300
Apart<00:36:30.679><c> from</c><00:36:30.880><c> the</c><00:36:31.019><c> widow</c><00:36:31.139><c> of</c><00:36:31.380><c> Zarephath,</c><00:36:32.280><c> Elijah</c><00:36:32.579><c> turned</c><00:36:33.059><c> nobody</c><00:36:33.800><c> to</c>

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:35.579
the<00:36:34.420><c> LORD</c><00:36:34.579><c> their</c><00:36:34.739><c> God.</c>

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:39.119
He<00:36:36.559><c> left</c><00:36:36.820><c> an</c><00:36:37.079><c> indelible</c><00:36:37.420><c> impression</c><00:36:37.800><c> upon</c><00:36:38.000><c> the</c><00:36:38.199><c> nation.</c>

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:41.659
He<00:36:39.780><c> shook</c><00:36:39.960><c> them</c><00:36:40.139><c> to</c><00:36:40.239><c> their</c><00:36:40.420><c> foundations.</c>

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:45.519
But<00:36:41.960><c> when</c><00:36:42.079><c> he</c><00:36:42.179><c> was</c><00:36:42.360><c> taken</c><00:36:42.519><c> up</c><00:36:42.659><c> in</c><00:36:42.800><c> a</c><00:36:43.139><c> storm</c><00:36:43.659><c> out</c><00:36:44.219><c> of</c><00:36:44.340><c> this</c><00:36:44.579><c> world,</c><00:36:44.980><c> brethren</c><00:36:45.119><c> and</c><00:36:45.360><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:50.039
he<00:36:46.000><c> left</c><00:36:46.420><c> nobody</c><00:36:47.539><c> except</c><00:36:48.699><c> the</c><00:36:48.860><c> widow</c><00:36:49.019><c> of</c><00:36:49.219><c> Zarephath.</c>

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:54.780
John<00:36:50.840><c> comes</c><00:36:51.360><c> along</c><00:36:51.840><c> and</c><00:36:52.760><c> many</c><00:36:53.440><c> shall</c><00:36:53.820><c> he</c><00:36:54.079><c> turn</c><00:36:54.320><c> to</c><00:36:54.480><c> the</c><00:36:54.619><c> LORD</c>

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:55.280
their<00:36:54.980><c> God,</c>

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:58.579
because<00:36:55.719><c> he</c><00:36:55.860><c> will</c><00:36:56.099><c> express</c><00:36:56.559><c> that</c><00:36:56.900><c> still</c><00:36:57.219><c> small</c><00:36:57.599><c> voice</c><00:36:58.119><c> that</c>

00:36:58.579 --> 00:37:00.780
Elijah<00:36:58.880><c> didn't.</c>

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:05.980
But,<00:37:01.440><c> brethren</c><00:37:01.619><c> and</c><00:37:01.920><c> sisters,</c><00:37:03.579><c> an</c><00:37:03.760><c> even</c><00:37:04.059><c> greater</c><00:37:04.280><c> destiny</c><00:37:04.719><c> is</c><00:37:04.940><c> ahead.</c>

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:11.699
For<00:37:06.760><c> Malachi</c><00:37:07.239><c> says,</c><00:37:08.579><c> he</c><00:37:08.579><c> shall</c><00:37:09.539><c> turn</c><00:37:10.079><c> the</c><00:37:10.420><c> heart</c><00:37:10.860><c> of</c><00:37:11.059><c> the</c><00:37:11.260><c> fathers</c><00:37:11.539><c> to</c>

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:12.360
the<00:37:11.880><c> children</c>

00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:14.440
and<00:37:13.019><c> the</c><00:37:13.139><c> heart</c><00:37:13.340><c> of</c><00:37:13.440><c> the</c><00:37:13.599><c> children</c><00:37:13.780><c> to</c><00:37:13.880><c> the</c><00:37:14.079><c> fathers.</c>

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:18.159
He'll<00:37:15.280><c> convert</c><00:37:15.760><c> all</c><00:37:16.900><c> of</c><00:37:17.079><c> them.</c>

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:20.139
Not<00:37:18.739><c> all</c><00:37:18.980><c> in</c><00:37:19.119><c> the</c><00:37:19.300><c> sense</c><00:37:19.400><c> of</c><00:37:19.599><c> the</c><00:37:19.719><c> totality,</c>

00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:23.400
because<00:37:20.559><c> some</c><00:37:20.960><c> of</c><00:37:21.059><c> the</c><00:37:21.199><c> rebels</c><00:37:21.400><c> will</c><00:37:21.679><c> fall</c><00:37:21.860><c> in</c><00:37:21.960><c> the</c><00:37:22.119><c> wilderness,</c><00:37:22.480><c> as</c><00:37:22.639><c> Ezekiel</c><00:37:22.960><c> says.</c>

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:25.940
But<00:37:24.239><c> of</c><00:37:24.440><c> all</c><00:37:24.679><c> those</c><00:37:24.960><c> that</c><00:37:25.239><c> Elijah</c><00:37:25.460><c> will</c><00:37:25.739><c> bring,</c>

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:28.880
the<00:37:26.139><c> multitude</c><00:37:26.760><c> of</c><00:37:27.199><c> the</c><00:37:27.360><c> scattered</c><00:37:27.699><c> tribes</c><00:37:28.059><c> of</c><00:37:28.199><c> Israel</c><00:37:28.559><c> back</c>

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.659
to<00:37:29.019><c> their</c><00:37:29.239><c> land</c>

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:34.519
to<00:37:30.059><c> meet</c><00:37:30.300><c> Messiah</c><00:37:30.780><c> the</c><00:37:31.019><c> Prince,</c><00:37:31.980><c> of</c><00:37:32.179><c> all</c><00:37:32.440><c> those</c><00:37:32.659><c> who</c><00:37:32.840><c> come</c><00:37:33.039><c> with</c><00:37:33.199><c> him,</c><00:37:34.039><c> all</c>

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:36.719
of<00:37:34.639><c> them</c><00:37:35.360><c> he'll</c><00:37:35.860><c> have.</c>

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:41.139
So<00:37:37.840><c> there</c><00:37:38.119><c> was</c><00:37:38.420><c> none</c><00:37:38.619><c> in</c><00:37:38.739><c> the</c><00:37:38.920><c> first</c><00:37:39.199><c> instance,</c><00:37:40.500><c> many</c><00:37:40.840><c> in</c><00:37:40.960><c> the</c>

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:44.280
second<00:37:41.420><c> instance,</c><00:37:42.500><c> all</c><00:37:42.900><c> of</c><00:37:43.000><c> them</c><00:37:43.159><c> finally.</c>

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:49.119
What<00:37:45.179><c> a</c><00:37:45.300><c> remarkable</c><00:37:45.780><c> progression</c><00:37:46.280><c> that</c><00:37:46.539><c> is</c><00:37:47.039><c> in</c><00:37:47.539><c> the</c><00:37:47.699><c> divine</c><00:37:47.960><c> purpose.</c>

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:53.320
Now,<00:37:50.659><c> Zechariah,</c><00:37:51.119><c> of</c><00:37:51.340><c> course,</c><00:37:52.039><c> was</c><00:37:52.239><c> overwhelmed</c><00:37:52.880><c> with</c><00:37:53.119><c> all</c>

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:54.900
this,<00:37:53.599><c> brethren</c><00:37:53.780><c> and</c><00:37:54.039><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:58.579
He<00:37:56.179><c> was</c><00:37:56.380><c> absolutely</c><00:37:57.139><c> overwhelmed.</c>

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:02.139
And<00:37:59.539><c> in</c><00:37:59.719><c> verse</c><00:37:59.960><c> 18</c><00:38:00.320><c> he</c><00:38:00.460><c> said</c><00:38:00.679><c> unto</c><00:38:00.900><c> the</c><00:38:01.139><c> angel,</c>

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:04.820
Whereby<00:38:02.980><c> shall</c><00:38:03.219><c> I</c><00:38:03.400><c> know</c><00:38:03.719><c> this?</c>

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:09.039
For<00:38:05.519><c> I</c><00:38:05.719><c> am</c><00:38:05.820><c> an</c><00:38:05.940><c> old</c><00:38:06.159><c> man</c><00:38:06.400><c> and</c><00:38:06.500><c> my</c><00:38:06.800><c> wife</c><00:38:07.099><c> is</c><00:38:07.320><c> well</c><00:38:07.659><c> stricken</c><00:38:07.920><c> in</c><00:38:08.179><c> years.</c>

00:38:09.360 --> 00:38:12.760
You<00:38:09.760><c> may</c><00:38:10.019><c> remember</c><00:38:10.500><c> that</c><00:38:10.760><c> the</c><00:38:10.880><c> words,</c><00:38:11.559><c> whereby</c><00:38:11.820><c> shall</c><00:38:12.019><c> I</c><00:38:12.199><c> know</c><00:38:12.460><c> this,</c>

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:16.500
really<00:38:13.360><c> were</c><00:38:13.760><c> said</c><00:38:13.900><c> almost</c><00:38:14.280><c> exactly</c><00:38:14.780><c> those</c><00:38:15.099><c> words</c><00:38:15.360><c> many,</c><00:38:15.800><c> many</c><00:38:15.960><c> years</c><00:38:16.219><c> ago</c>

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:19.739
by<00:38:16.820><c> another</c><00:38:16.920><c> very</c><00:38:17.380><c> faithful</c><00:38:17.599><c> man,</c><00:38:18.019><c> so</c><00:38:18.340><c> faithful</c><00:38:18.820><c> that</c><00:38:19.019><c> he</c><00:38:19.119><c> became</c><00:38:19.380><c> known</c><00:38:19.619><c> as</c>

00:38:19.739 --> 00:38:21.539
the<00:38:20.019><c> father</c><00:38:20.340><c> of</c><00:38:20.500><c> the</c><00:38:20.659><c> faithful.</c>

00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:25.119
When<00:38:22.360><c> Abraham</c><00:38:22.780><c> in</c><00:38:22.940><c> Genesis</c><00:38:23.320><c> 15</c><00:38:23.760><c> was</c><00:38:24.019><c> told,</c>

00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:28.940
So<00:38:25.460><c> shall</c><00:38:25.699><c> thy</c><00:38:25.980><c> seed</c><00:38:26.179><c> be,</c><00:38:27.400><c> he</c><00:38:27.659><c> believed</c><00:38:28.280><c> it.</c>

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:31.699
With<00:38:29.559><c> all</c><00:38:29.760><c> his</c><00:38:30.000><c> heart</c><00:38:30.260><c> and</c><00:38:30.460><c> soul</c><00:38:30.639><c> it</c><00:38:30.800><c> was</c><00:38:30.960><c> accounted</c><00:38:31.300><c> unto</c><00:38:31.480><c> him</c>

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:32.960
for<00:38:32.000><c> righteousness.</c>

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:35.119
Righteousness<00:38:33.679><c> therefore,</c><00:38:34.219><c> brethren</c><00:38:34.360><c> and</c><00:38:34.579><c> sisters,</c><00:38:34.940><c> is</c>

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:36.860
defined<00:38:35.559><c> scripturally</c>

00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:41.539
in<00:38:37.780><c> believing</c><00:38:38.440><c> in</c><00:38:38.980><c> the</c><00:38:39.380><c> humanly</c><00:38:40.360><c> impossible.</c>

00:38:41.860 --> 00:38:43.400
That's<00:38:41.980><c> what</c><00:38:42.159><c> Abraham</c><00:38:42.519><c> did.</c>

00:38:43.539 --> 00:38:46.360
When<00:38:44.059><c> we</c><00:38:44.239><c> believe</c><00:38:44.579><c> in</c><00:38:44.739><c> the</c><00:38:45.019><c> humanly</c><00:38:45.659><c> impossible,</c>

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:50.280
God<00:38:47.099><c> says</c><00:38:47.440><c> that</c><00:38:48.159><c> I</c><00:38:48.539><c> define</c><00:38:48.960><c> as</c><00:38:49.239><c> righteousness.</c>

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:54.659
If<00:38:51.079><c> we</c><00:38:51.239><c> imagine</c><00:38:51.760><c> that</c><00:38:51.980><c> by</c><00:38:52.239><c> human</c><00:38:52.940><c> prowess,</c><00:38:54.000><c> ability,</c><00:38:54.460><c> we</c><00:38:54.559><c> can</c>

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.800
ever<00:38:54.840><c> reach</c><00:38:55.079><c> God's</c><00:38:55.480><c> kingdom,</c>

00:38:56.199 --> 00:38:57.960
then<00:38:56.239><c> we're</c><00:38:56.440><c> going</c><00:38:56.500><c> to</c><00:38:56.639><c> be</c><00:38:57.079><c> shattered.</c>

00:38:58.639 --> 00:39:01.719
But<00:38:58.760><c> when</c><00:38:58.960><c> Abraham</c><00:38:59.519><c> had</c><00:38:59.860><c> said</c><00:39:00.019><c> that,</c><00:39:00.219><c> he</c><00:39:00.340><c> also</c><00:39:00.760><c> said</c><00:39:00.940><c> later</c><00:39:01.280><c> on,</c>

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:04.659
Whereby<00:39:02.519><c> shall</c><00:39:02.719><c> I</c><00:39:03.119><c> know</c><00:39:03.619><c> that</c><00:39:03.760><c> I</c><00:39:03.900><c> will</c><00:39:04.059><c> inherit</c><00:39:04.420><c> it?</c>

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:06.940
But<00:39:05.260><c> God</c><00:39:05.480><c> didn't</c><00:39:05.800><c> condemn</c><00:39:06.139><c> him</c><00:39:06.380><c> for</c><00:39:06.579><c> unbelief.</c>

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:08.199
You<00:39:07.119><c> know</c><00:39:07.260><c> why,</c><00:39:07.659><c> brethren</c><00:39:07.880><c> and</c><00:39:08.099><c> sisters?</c>

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:11.260
Because<00:39:08.719><c> his</c><00:39:09.079><c> problem</c><00:39:09.340><c> was</c><00:39:09.559><c> different</c><00:39:09.860><c> than</c><00:39:10.059><c> Zechariah's.</c>

00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:14.519
Zechariah's<00:39:11.800><c> was</c><00:39:11.920><c> just</c><00:39:12.300><c> simply,</c><00:39:13.000><c> he</c><00:39:13.300><c> was</c><00:39:13.719><c> overcome</c><00:39:14.179><c> for</c><00:39:14.380><c> the</c>

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:15.900
moment<00:39:14.679><c> and</c><00:39:14.860><c> he</c><00:39:14.940><c> just</c><00:39:15.099><c> couldn't</c><00:39:15.260><c> believe</c><00:39:15.639><c> it.</c>

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:16.840
It<00:39:16.039><c> was</c><00:39:16.159><c> so</c><00:39:16.440><c> great.</c>

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:19.219
It<00:39:17.340><c> wasn't</c><00:39:17.659><c> Abraham's</c><00:39:18.179><c> problem.</c>

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:22.519
Abraham's<00:39:20.440><c> problem</c><00:39:20.699><c> was,</c><00:39:21.440><c> So</c><00:39:21.679><c> shall</c><00:39:21.880><c> thy</c><00:39:22.119><c> seed</c><00:39:22.340><c> be.</c>

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:26.260
And<00:39:22.719><c> looking</c><00:39:22.860><c> up</c><00:39:23.019><c> at</c><00:39:23.119><c> those</c><00:39:23.360><c> stars,</c><00:39:23.900><c> he</c><00:39:23.920><c> said,</c><00:39:24.460><c> I</c><00:39:24.719><c> believe</c><00:39:25.239><c> it.</c>

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:30.559
But<00:39:26.619><c> then</c><00:39:26.780><c> looking</c><00:39:26.940><c> at</c><00:39:27.099><c> that</c><00:39:27.340><c> body,</c><00:39:27.860><c> he</c><00:39:27.900><c> said,</c><00:39:29.079><c> How</c><00:39:29.300><c> can</c><00:39:29.539><c> it</c><00:39:29.699><c> be?</c>

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:32.880
Because<00:39:31.380><c> I'm</c><00:39:31.599><c> a</c><00:39:31.719><c> mortal</c><00:39:31.900><c> man.</c>

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:35.800
What<00:39:33.340><c> God</c><00:39:33.539><c> is</c><00:39:33.679><c> talking</c><00:39:33.900><c> about</c><00:39:34.219><c> is</c><00:39:34.460><c> immortal</c><00:39:34.780><c> life.</c>

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:37.099
I'm<00:39:36.260><c> a</c><00:39:36.400><c> sinner.</c>

00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:39.119
There's<00:39:37.460><c> no</c><00:39:37.679><c> perfect</c><00:39:37.980><c> man</c><00:39:38.139><c> except</c><00:39:38.420><c> our</c><00:39:38.619><c> Lord</c><00:39:38.820><c> Jesus.</c>

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:41.960
He<00:39:39.460><c> was</c><00:39:39.699><c> a</c><00:39:39.900><c> sinner</c><00:39:40.019><c> like</c><00:39:40.260><c> everybody</c><00:39:40.639><c> else</c><00:39:40.880><c> is</c><00:39:41.059><c> a</c><00:39:41.179><c> sinner</c><00:39:41.300><c> in</c><00:39:41.480><c> the</c><00:39:41.539><c> sense</c><00:39:41.760><c> that</c><00:39:41.900><c> he</c>

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:43.420
was<00:39:42.119><c> not</c><00:39:42.340><c> perfect.</c>

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:46.659
And<00:39:43.860><c> so</c><00:39:44.019><c> he</c><00:39:44.159><c> thought,</c><00:39:44.579><c> How</c><00:39:44.780><c> can</c><00:39:44.980><c> God</c><00:39:45.380><c> give</c><00:39:45.659><c> me</c><00:39:45.940><c> eternal</c><00:39:46.219><c> life?</c>

00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:48.079
Look<00:39:46.980><c> at</c><00:39:47.079><c> the</c><00:39:47.219><c> principles</c><00:39:47.519><c> of</c><00:39:47.699><c> the</c><00:39:47.880><c> deity.</c>

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:49.559
How<00:39:48.460><c> can</c><00:39:48.639><c> we</c><00:39:48.739><c> get</c><00:39:49.039><c> past</c><00:39:49.320><c> them?</c>

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:53.900
And<00:39:49.920><c> God</c><00:39:50.119><c> immediately</c><00:39:50.840><c> showed</c><00:39:51.059><c> him</c><00:39:51.260><c> a</c><00:39:51.440><c> sacrifice</c><00:39:51.920><c> to</c><00:39:53.599><c> divide</c>

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:55.340
those<00:39:54.179><c> animals.</c>

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:58.699
And<00:39:55.960><c> he</c><00:39:56.019><c> met</c><00:39:56.260><c> Abraham</c><00:39:56.800><c> as</c><00:39:57.360><c> the</c><00:39:57.559><c> burning</c><00:39:57.780><c> lamp</c><00:39:58.099><c> passed</c><00:39:58.400><c> between</c>

00:39:58.699 --> 00:39:59.739
the<00:39:58.900><c> pieces.</c>

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:04.320
So<00:40:00.400><c> the</c><00:40:00.519><c> very</c><00:40:00.739><c> expression,</c><00:40:01.900><c> Whereby</c><00:40:02.320><c> shall</c><00:40:02.480><c> I</c><00:40:02.760><c> know,</c><00:40:03.980><c> in</c><00:40:04.239><c> the</c>

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:05.559
mouth<00:40:04.539><c> of</c><00:40:04.719><c> Zechariah's,</c>

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:07.940
was<00:40:05.699><c> those</c><00:40:05.880><c> very</c><00:40:06.199><c> words</c><00:40:06.460><c> that</c><00:40:06.760><c> Abraham</c><00:40:07.079><c> used,</c><00:40:07.440><c> but</c><00:40:07.500><c> they</c><00:40:07.619><c> were</c>

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:10.460
vastly<00:40:08.500><c> different</c><00:40:08.880><c> in</c><00:40:09.139><c> character.</c>

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:12.099
And<00:40:11.199><c> poor</c><00:40:11.400><c> old</c><00:40:11.619><c> Zechariah.</c>

00:40:12.219 --> 00:40:14.159
And<00:40:12.340><c> who</c><00:40:12.500><c> could</c><00:40:12.719><c> ever</c><00:40:12.960><c> blame</c><00:40:13.260><c> him,</c><00:40:13.539><c> brethren</c><00:40:13.679><c> and</c><00:40:13.920><c> sisters?</c>

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:15.579
We<00:40:14.840><c> know</c><00:40:15.000><c> he</c><00:40:15.079><c> was</c><00:40:15.360><c> praying.</c>

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:16.780
We<00:40:15.739><c> know</c><00:40:15.900><c> he</c><00:40:16.000><c> had</c><00:40:16.159><c> great</c><00:40:16.500><c> faith.</c>

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:20.900
But<00:40:17.179><c> isn't</c><00:40:17.340><c> it</c><00:40:17.539><c> true</c><00:40:17.659><c> that</c><00:40:17.760><c> when</c><00:40:17.980><c> God</c><00:40:18.199><c> does</c><00:40:18.519><c> answer</c><00:40:18.780><c> our</c><00:40:19.000><c> prayers,</c><00:40:19.500><c> we</c><00:40:19.599><c> sometimes</c><00:40:20.039><c> just</c><00:40:20.579><c> are</c><00:40:20.739><c> so</c>

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:22.199
aghast<00:40:21.539><c> in</c><00:40:21.739><c> unbelief.</c>

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:24.300
We<00:40:22.340><c> just</c><00:40:22.639><c> can't</c><00:40:23.039><c> accept</c><00:40:23.320><c> it.</c>

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:27.440
And<00:40:24.800><c> then</c><00:40:24.980><c> the</c><00:40:25.119><c> angel</c><00:40:25.280><c> said</c><00:40:25.500><c> this</c><00:40:25.860><c> in</c><00:40:26.039><c> verse</c><00:40:26.260><c> 19.</c>

00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:31.780
And<00:40:28.699><c> the</c><00:40:28.900><c> angel</c><00:40:29.219><c> answering</c><00:40:29.739><c> said</c><00:40:29.960><c> unto</c><00:40:30.179><c> him,</c>

00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:39.739
I<00:40:33.739><c> am</c><00:40:34.300><c> El</c><00:40:34.739><c>-Gibor,</c><00:40:36.139><c> the</c><00:40:36.320><c> mighty</c><00:40:36.599><c> one</c><00:40:36.780><c> of</c><00:40:37.039><c> God,</c><00:40:38.820><c> that</c><00:40:39.059><c> stands</c><00:40:39.519><c> in</c>

00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:41.739
the<00:40:39.900><c> presence</c><00:40:40.119><c> of</c><00:40:40.420><c> God,</c>

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:47.880
and<00:40:42.099><c> am</c><00:40:42.320><c> sent</c><00:40:42.480><c> to</c><00:40:42.760><c> speak</c><00:40:43.019><c> unto</c><00:40:43.260><c> thee</c><00:40:43.500><c> and</c><00:40:43.639><c> show</c><00:40:44.000><c> thee</c><00:40:44.760><c> grad</c><00:40:45.260><c> tidings,</c><00:40:46.619><c> the</c><00:40:46.840><c> gospel.</c>

00:40:48.780 --> 00:40:52.360
And<00:40:49.079><c> because</c><00:40:49.300><c> he</c><00:40:49.400><c> didn't</c><00:40:49.659><c> believe</c><00:40:50.000><c> it,</c><00:40:50.239><c> brethren</c><00:40:50.380><c> and</c><00:40:50.659><c> sisters,</c><00:40:51.300><c> in</c><00:40:51.500><c> verse</c><00:40:51.739><c> 20,</c>

00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:54.000
he<00:40:52.860><c> was</c><00:40:53.239><c> struck</c><00:40:53.539><c> dumb.</c>

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Why<00:40:55.219><c> was</c><00:40:55.480><c> he</c><00:40:55.780><c> struck</c><00:40:56.039><c> dumb</c><00:40:56.420><c> for</c><00:40:56.679><c> not</c><00:40:56.980><c> believing</c><00:40:57.340><c> the</c><00:40:57.599><c> gospel?</c>

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:06.900
Why<00:41:02.119><c> strike</c><00:41:02.519><c> him</c><00:41:03.019><c> dumb</c><00:41:03.539><c> for</c><00:41:04.320><c> not</c><00:41:04.659><c> believing</c><00:41:05.059><c> the</c><00:41:05.440><c> glad</c><00:41:05.760><c> tidings?</c>

00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:11.800
Well,<00:41:07.980><c> of</c><00:41:08.239><c> course,</c><00:41:09.139><c> there</c><00:41:09.179><c> was</c><00:41:09.400><c> nothing</c><00:41:09.659><c> else</c><00:41:09.940><c> the</c><00:41:10.099><c> angel</c><00:41:10.300><c> could</c><00:41:10.639><c> do.</c>

00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:14.719
Because<00:41:12.559><c> the</c><00:41:12.800><c> gospel,</c><00:41:13.420><c> brethren</c><00:41:13.559><c> and</c><00:41:13.820><c> sisters,</c><00:41:14.059><c> is</c><00:41:14.260><c> not</c><00:41:14.519><c> a</c>

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:15.539
New<00:41:14.920><c> Testament</c><00:41:15.300><c> thing.</c>

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:18.019
It's<00:41:15.840><c> an</c><00:41:16.079><c> Old</c><00:41:16.400><c> Testament</c><00:41:16.900><c> doctrine.</c>

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:21.780
Lift<00:41:19.880><c> up</c><00:41:20.139><c> thy</c><00:41:20.440><c> voice</c><00:41:20.860><c> with</c><00:41:21.320><c> strength.</c>

00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:28.360
Lift<00:41:23.000><c> it</c><00:41:23.320><c> up</c><00:41:23.940><c> and</c><00:41:24.860><c> say</c><00:41:25.179><c> unto</c><00:41:25.300><c> the</c><00:41:25.539><c> cities</c><00:41:25.739><c> of</c><00:41:26.000><c> Judah,</c><00:41:27.940><c> Behold</c>

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:29.679
your<00:41:28.639><c> God.</c>

00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:32.699
Bring<00:41:30.139><c> good</c><00:41:30.739><c> tidings</c><00:41:31.079><c> of</c><00:41:31.280><c> good</c><00:41:31.539><c> things.</c>

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Isaiah<00:41:34.139><c> 40.</c>

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And<00:41:35.900><c> so</c><00:41:35.980><c> the</c><00:41:36.260><c> good</c><00:41:36.599><c> tidings</c><00:41:37.280><c> of</c><00:41:37.639><c> good</c><00:41:37.940><c> things</c><00:41:38.340><c> that</c><00:41:38.619><c> were</c><00:41:38.800><c> said</c>

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to<00:41:39.099><c> the</c><00:41:39.239><c> cities</c><00:41:39.480><c> of</c><00:41:39.760><c> Judah,</c>

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Behold<00:41:40.860><c> your</c><00:41:41.260><c> God,</c><00:41:42.340><c> were</c><00:41:42.599><c> said</c><00:41:42.800><c> with</c><00:41:43.019><c> a</c><00:41:43.239><c> voice</c><00:41:43.460><c> that</c><00:41:43.639><c> was</c><00:41:44.300><c> lifted</c><00:41:44.659><c> up.</c>

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Because<00:41:46.800><c> he</c><00:41:46.920><c> didn't</c><00:41:47.179><c> believe</c><00:41:47.500><c> it,</c><00:41:48.860><c> he</c><00:41:49.260><c> was</c><00:41:49.559><c> dumb.</c>

00:41:51.780 --> 00:41:54.679
And<00:41:52.280><c> exactly</c><00:41:52.739><c> the</c><00:41:52.980><c> same</c><00:41:53.199><c> thing,</c><00:41:53.659><c> brethren</c><00:41:53.820><c> and</c><00:41:54.079><c> sisters,</c><00:41:54.559><c> is</c>

00:41:54.679 --> 00:41:57.440
said<00:41:55.099><c> in</c><00:41:55.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:55.980><c> 52.</c>

00:41:57.840 --> 00:42:00.699
The<00:41:58.019><c> watchmen</c><00:41:58.500><c> shall</c><00:41:58.699><c> lift</c><00:41:58.920><c> up</c><00:41:59.179><c> the</c><00:41:59.360><c> voice.</c>

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:04.699
With<00:42:01.219><c> strength</c><00:42:02.159><c> they</c><00:42:02.900><c> shall</c><00:42:03.099><c> cry</c><00:42:03.360><c> together.</c>

00:42:05.659 --> 00:42:11.940
Say<00:42:05.800><c> unto</c><00:42:06.099><c> Zion,</c><00:42:07.780><c> Good</c><00:42:08.000><c> tidings,</c><00:42:10.179><c> thy</c><00:42:10.380><c> God</c><00:42:10.800><c> reigneth.</c>

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:15.539
And<00:42:12.719><c> because</c><00:42:13.000><c> it</c><00:42:13.139><c> had</c><00:42:13.300><c> to</c><00:42:13.440><c> be</c><00:42:13.659><c> said</c><00:42:14.059><c> with</c><00:42:14.800><c> a</c><00:42:14.940><c> loud</c><00:42:15.159><c> voice</c><00:42:15.460><c> and</c>

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he<00:42:15.619><c> didn't</c><00:42:15.840><c> believe</c><00:42:16.159><c> it,</c><00:42:16.699><c> he</c><00:42:16.840><c> was</c><00:42:17.059><c> struck</c><00:42:17.260><c> dumb.</c>

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:24.280
You<00:42:20.000><c> know,</c><00:42:20.280><c> brethren</c><00:42:20.480><c> and</c><00:42:20.760><c> sisters,</c><00:42:21.880><c> one</c><00:42:22.019><c> other</c><00:42:22.239><c> time</c><00:42:22.460><c> in</c><00:42:22.679><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:23.260><c> it</c>

00:42:24.280 --> 00:42:24.920
is<00:42:24.480><c> said,</c>

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The<00:42:25.199><c> spirit</c><00:42:25.440><c> of</c><00:42:25.579><c> the</c><00:42:25.679><c> Lord</c><00:42:25.860><c> God</c><00:42:26.099><c> is</c><00:42:26.300><c> upon</c><00:42:26.539><c> me,</c><00:42:26.860><c> for</c><00:42:26.940><c> he</c><00:42:27.159><c> hath</c><00:42:27.280><c> anointed</c><00:42:27.539><c> me</c>

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to<00:42:27.920><c> preach</c><00:42:28.159><c> good</c><00:42:28.679><c> tidings,</c>

00:42:30.619 --> 00:42:32.639
the<00:42:30.860><c> gospel</c><00:42:31.239><c> unto</c><00:42:31.480><c> the</c><00:42:31.699><c> meek.</c>

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:37.199
And<00:42:33.239><c> that</c><00:42:33.420><c> gospel</c><00:42:33.739><c> was</c><00:42:34.519><c> the</c><00:42:34.840><c> day</c><00:42:35.099><c> of</c><00:42:35.260><c> vengeance</c><00:42:35.619><c> of</c><00:42:35.960><c> our</c><00:42:36.280><c> God.</c>

00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:42.000
And<00:42:38.460><c> in</c><00:42:38.579><c> the</c><00:42:38.739><c> three</c><00:42:38.920><c> places</c><00:42:39.280><c> where</c><00:42:39.460><c> that</c><00:42:39.599><c> is</c><00:42:39.880><c> found</c><00:42:40.440><c> in</c><00:42:41.320><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:49.179
you<00:42:42.699><c> have</c><00:42:42.960><c> what</c><00:42:43.239><c> Paul</c><00:42:43.579><c> called</c><00:42:43.920><c> in</c><00:42:44.119><c> Romans</c><00:42:44.500><c> chapter</c><00:42:44.960><c> 1,</c><00:42:46.079><c> the</c><00:42:46.079><c> gospel</c><00:42:46.900><c> of</c><00:42:48.019><c> God.</c>

00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:54.039
And<00:42:50.159><c> in</c><00:42:50.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:50.599><c> 40</c><00:42:51.159><c> the</c><00:42:51.460><c> good</c><00:42:51.719><c> tidings</c><00:42:51.980><c> were,</c><00:42:52.239><c> Behold</c><00:42:52.699><c> your</c><00:42:53.019><c> God.</c>

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:58.820
In<00:42:55.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:42:55.400><c> 52</c><00:42:55.920><c> the</c><00:42:56.199><c> good</c><00:42:56.440><c> tidings</c><00:42:56.800><c> were,</c><00:42:57.099><c> Behold</c><00:42:57.500><c> our</c><00:42:57.880><c> God.</c>

00:42:59.619 --> 00:43:03.619
In<00:42:59.820><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:00.139><c> 61</c><00:43:00.659><c> the</c><00:43:00.940><c> good</c><00:43:01.199><c> tidings</c><00:43:01.480><c> were,</c><00:43:01.780><c> Behold</c><00:43:02.139><c> your</c><00:43:02.579><c> God.</c>

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And<00:43:04.519><c> the</c><00:43:04.760><c> personal</c><00:43:05.219><c> pronoun,</c><00:43:05.880><c> brethren</c><00:43:06.019><c> and</c><00:43:06.260><c> sisters,</c><00:43:06.659><c> is</c><00:43:06.860><c> attached</c><00:43:07.159><c> to</c>

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God's<00:43:07.739><c> name</c><00:43:07.920><c> in</c><00:43:08.099><c> every</c><00:43:08.360><c> case.</c>

00:43:08.659 --> 00:43:12.840
The<00:43:09.159><c> good</c><00:43:09.559><c> news</c><00:43:09.880><c> to</c><00:43:10.099><c> you</c><00:43:10.280><c> and</c><00:43:10.500><c> I</c><00:43:10.719><c> is</c><00:43:10.960><c> that</c><00:43:11.099><c> he's</c><00:43:11.360><c> our</c><00:43:11.639><c> God,</c><00:43:12.659><c> not</c>

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just<00:43:13.059><c> simply</c><00:43:13.340><c> any</c><00:43:13.639><c> God,</c>

00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:19.119
not<00:43:14.579><c> the</c><00:43:14.920><c> God</c><00:43:15.239><c> or</c><00:43:15.719><c> a</c><00:43:16.059><c> God,</c><00:43:16.519><c> but</c><00:43:16.820><c> your</c><00:43:17.119><c> God,</c><00:43:17.400><c> my</c><00:43:17.719><c> God,</c><00:43:18.019><c> our</c><00:43:18.320><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:43:19.840><c> good</c><00:43:20.039><c> news.</c>

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And<00:43:22.280><c> because</c><00:43:22.559><c> Zechariah</c><00:43:23.139><c> failed</c><00:43:23.480><c> to</c><00:43:23.699><c> believe</c><00:43:23.920><c> it,</c><00:43:25.280><c> and</c><00:43:25.500><c> because</c><00:43:25.719><c> it</c><00:43:25.820><c> had</c><00:43:25.980><c> to</c>

00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:28.940
be<00:43:26.380><c> said</c><00:43:26.699><c> in</c><00:43:27.420><c> a</c><00:43:27.599><c> loud</c><00:43:27.800><c> voice,</c>

00:43:29.159 --> 00:43:30.960
he<00:43:29.340><c> was</c><00:43:29.579><c> struck</c><00:43:29.780><c> dumb.</c>

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It<00:43:32.380><c> was</c><00:43:32.579><c> scriptural</c><00:43:32.960><c> that</c><00:43:33.059><c> this</c><00:43:33.239><c> should</c><00:43:33.400><c> be</c><00:43:33.659><c> so.</c>

00:43:35.219 --> 00:43:37.980
And<00:43:35.699><c> you</c><00:43:35.840><c> know,</c><00:43:35.980><c> when</c><00:43:36.099><c> his</c><00:43:36.300><c> mouth</c><00:43:36.559><c> was</c><00:43:36.840><c> opened,</c>

00:43:38.920 --> 00:43:42.460
one<00:43:39.000><c> of</c><00:43:39.119><c> the</c><00:43:39.199><c> first</c><00:43:39.440><c> things</c><00:43:39.619><c> that</c><00:43:39.780><c> he</c><00:43:39.840><c> said</c><00:43:40.019><c> in</c><00:43:40.219><c> verse</c><00:43:40.400><c> 68</c><00:43:41.400><c> is,</c>

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Blessed<00:43:42.760><c> be</c><00:43:42.960><c> the</c><00:43:43.139><c> Lord</c><00:43:43.380><c> God</c><00:43:43.519><c> of</c><00:43:43.639><c> Israel,</c><00:43:44.480><c> for</c><00:43:44.739><c> he</c><00:43:45.000><c> hath</c><00:43:45.500><c> visited</c><00:43:46.280><c> and</c>

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redeemed<00:43:47.639><c> his</c><00:43:47.860><c> people.</c>

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As<00:43:49.539><c> soon</c><00:43:49.739><c> as</c><00:43:49.860><c> his</c><00:43:50.000><c> mouth</c><00:43:50.199><c> was</c><00:43:50.460><c> opened,</c><00:43:50.800><c> brethren</c><00:43:50.960><c> and</c><00:43:51.199><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:55.880
he<00:43:52.239><c> saw</c><00:43:52.400><c> the</c><00:43:52.639><c> point</c><00:43:52.780><c> of</c><00:43:52.920><c> that</c><00:43:53.139><c> gospel</c><00:43:53.519><c> of</c><00:43:53.800><c> God,</c><00:43:54.699><c> the</c><00:43:54.920><c> good</c><00:43:55.300><c> tidings,</c>

00:43:56.260 --> 00:43:58.860
that<00:43:56.380><c> he</c><00:43:56.539><c> had</c><00:43:56.539><c> become</c><00:43:56.940><c> your</c><00:43:57.300><c> God,</c><00:43:57.619><c> my</c><00:43:57.900><c> God,</c><00:43:58.159><c> thy</c><00:43:58.460><c> God.</c>

00:43:59.239 --> 00:44:03.280
God<00:43:59.639><c> had</c><00:44:00.360><c> visited</c><00:44:01.059><c> his</c><00:44:02.099><c> people.</c>

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And<00:44:04.119><c> he</c><00:44:04.280><c> announced</c><00:44:04.900><c> that</c><00:44:05.539><c> wonderful</c><00:44:06.059><c> gospel</c><00:44:06.519><c> of</c><00:44:06.719><c> God,</c>

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which<00:44:08.199><c> of</c><00:44:08.199><c> course</c><00:44:08.719><c> Isaiah</c><00:44:09.219><c> had</c><00:44:09.519><c> so</c><00:44:09.719><c> beautifully</c><00:44:10.119><c> put</c><00:44:10.360><c> before</c>

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him<00:44:11.440><c> so</c><00:44:11.940><c> many</c><00:44:12.139><c> years</c><00:44:12.420><c> before.</c>

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And<00:44:14.199><c> concluding</c><00:44:14.440><c> our</c><00:44:14.659><c> first</c><00:44:14.920><c> session,</c><00:44:15.460><c> brethren</c><00:44:15.480><c> and</c><00:44:15.760><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:19.840
we<00:44:17.239><c> come</c><00:44:17.440><c> back</c><00:44:17.639><c> to</c><00:44:17.780><c> that</c><00:44:17.960><c> first</c><00:44:18.159><c> chapter</c><00:44:18.500><c> of</c><00:44:18.719><c> Luke,</c>

00:44:22.219 --> 00:44:25.840
and<00:44:22.360><c> we</c><00:44:22.460><c> read</c><00:44:22.639><c> in</c><00:44:22.800><c> verse</c><00:44:23.000><c> 24</c><00:44:23.440><c> the</c><00:44:23.639><c> fulfillment</c><00:44:24.099><c> of</c><00:44:24.260><c> God's</c><00:44:24.760><c> promise.</c>

00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:28.880
And<00:44:26.539><c> after</c><00:44:26.840><c> those</c><00:44:27.119><c> days,</c><00:44:27.460><c> his</c><00:44:27.619><c> wife</c><00:44:27.920><c> Elizabeth</c><00:44:28.320><c> conceived</c>

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and<00:44:29.099><c> hid</c><00:44:29.239><c> herself</c><00:44:29.579><c> five</c><00:44:29.980><c> months,</c><00:44:30.480><c> saying,</c>

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Thus<00:44:30.940><c> hath</c><00:44:31.119><c> the</c><00:44:31.280><c> Lord</c><00:44:31.460><c> dealt</c><00:44:31.719><c> with</c><00:44:31.940><c> me</c><00:44:32.460><c> in</c><00:44:32.679><c> the</c><00:44:32.900><c> days</c><00:44:33.679><c> wherein</c>

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he<00:44:34.300><c> looked</c><00:44:34.519><c> on</c><00:44:34.760><c> me</c>

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to<00:44:35.119><c> take</c><00:44:35.360><c> away</c><00:44:35.559><c> my</c><00:44:35.820><c> reproach</c><00:44:36.320><c> among</c><00:44:36.539><c> men.</c>

00:44:37.820 --> 00:44:43.920
She<00:44:38.139><c> hid</c><00:44:38.380><c> herself,</c><00:44:39.139><c> brethren</c><00:44:39.360><c> and</c><00:44:39.619><c> sisters,</c><00:44:40.780><c> for</c><00:44:41.300><c> five</c><00:44:42.739><c> months</c>

00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:49.340
to<00:44:45.139><c> think</c><00:44:45.400><c> about</c><00:44:46.860><c> the</c><00:44:47.500><c> grace</c><00:44:48.079><c> of</c><00:44:48.360><c> God.</c>

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And<00:44:50.340><c> I</c><00:44:50.500><c> know</c><00:44:51.039><c> that</c><00:44:51.679><c> we</c><00:44:51.820><c> can</c><00:44:52.199><c> stretch</c><00:44:53.039><c> biblical</c><00:44:53.739><c> numerics.</c>

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I<00:44:55.420><c> am</c><00:44:55.619><c> not</c><00:44:55.780><c> one</c><00:44:56.000><c> of</c><00:44:56.119><c> those</c><00:44:57.340><c> fanatics</c><00:44:57.760><c> about</c><00:44:58.059><c> that,</c><00:44:58.599><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:44:58.920><c> sisters.</c>

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I<00:45:00.800><c> sometimes</c><00:45:01.119><c> think</c><00:45:01.340><c> that</c><00:45:01.460><c> that</c><00:45:01.679><c> sometimes</c><00:45:02.039><c> can</c><00:45:02.260><c> be</c><00:45:02.500><c> overdone.</c>

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But<00:45:03.699><c> believe</c><00:45:04.079><c> me</c><00:45:04.280><c> when</c><00:45:04.420><c> I</c><00:45:04.619><c> tell</c><00:45:04.800><c> you</c><00:45:05.420><c> that</c><00:45:05.920><c> there</c><00:45:06.179><c> are</c><00:45:06.539><c> plenty</c>

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of<00:45:07.159><c> places</c>

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where<00:45:08.119><c> the</c><00:45:08.320><c> number</c><00:45:08.780><c> five</c><00:45:09.320><c> is</c><00:45:09.599><c> used</c><00:45:09.900><c> of</c><00:45:10.179><c> God's</c><00:45:10.860><c> grace.</c>

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And<00:45:12.780><c> she</c><00:45:12.960><c> went</c><00:45:13.179><c> away</c><00:45:13.519><c> to</c><00:45:13.800><c> hide</c><00:45:14.059><c> herself</c><00:45:14.480><c> for</c><00:45:14.900><c> five</c><00:45:15.400><c> months</c>

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to<00:45:16.760><c> think</c><00:45:17.019><c> about</c><00:45:17.579><c> the</c><00:45:18.079><c> grace</c><00:45:18.539><c> of</c><00:45:18.800><c> God,</c><00:45:19.579><c> which</c><00:45:19.679><c> was</c><00:45:19.940><c> to</c><00:45:20.099><c> be</c><00:45:20.340><c> born</c>

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into<00:45:20.920><c> her</c><00:45:21.300><c> house,</c>

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Johannin,<00:45:24.360><c> for</c><00:45:24.559><c> he</c><00:45:24.840><c> shall</c><00:45:25.039><c> be</c><00:45:25.420><c> great</c><00:45:25.840><c> in</c><00:45:26.519><c> the</c><00:45:26.800><c> sight</c><00:45:26.920><c> of</c><00:45:27.079><c> the</c><00:45:27.199><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:45:28.300><c> you</c><00:45:28.380><c> know,</c><00:45:28.719><c> brethren</c><00:45:28.840><c> and</c><00:45:29.139><c> sisters,</c><00:45:29.679><c> when</c><00:45:29.900><c> he</c><00:45:30.099><c> came</c><00:45:30.360><c> along</c>

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to<00:45:30.920><c> announce</c><00:45:31.260><c> the</c><00:45:31.500><c> coming</c><00:45:31.659><c> of</c><00:45:31.820><c> the</c><00:45:31.880><c> Lord</c><00:45:32.079><c> Jesus</c><00:45:32.519><c> Christ,</c>

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he<00:45:33.239><c> said</c><00:45:33.719><c> that</c><00:45:34.920><c> we</c><00:45:35.179><c> have</c><00:45:35.460><c> received</c><00:45:36.099><c> grace</c><00:45:37.519><c> for</c><00:45:39.159><c> grace.</c>

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So<00:45:42.980><c> that</c><00:45:43.099><c> he</c><00:45:43.300><c> was</c><00:45:43.559><c> the</c><00:45:43.800><c> grace</c><00:45:43.980><c> of</c><00:45:44.239><c> God.</c>

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There<00:45:45.300><c> was</c><00:45:45.480><c> one</c><00:45:45.760><c> coming</c><00:45:46.079><c> mightier</c><00:45:46.519><c> than</c><00:45:46.659><c> he.</c>

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And<00:45:48.059><c> when</c><00:45:48.179><c> he</c><00:45:48.340><c> did</c><00:45:48.579><c> come</c><00:45:48.840><c> along,</c><00:45:49.800><c> they</c><00:45:49.920><c> did</c><00:45:50.300><c> receive</c><00:45:50.920><c> grace</c>

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for<00:45:54.059><c> another</c><00:45:54.780><c> form</c><00:45:55.219><c> of</c><00:45:55.519><c> grace,</c>

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even<00:45:56.960><c> greater</c><00:45:57.420><c> than</c><00:45:57.659><c> that</c><00:45:57.820><c> which</c><00:45:57.960><c> they</c><00:45:58.199><c> received</c><00:45:58.860><c> in</c><00:45:59.340><c> John</c>

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the<00:45:59.699><c> Baptist.</c>