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saith<00:25:21.009><c> Adonai</c><00:25:21.490><c> Yahweh</c><00:25:22.170><c> it</c><00:25:23.390><c> shall</c><00:25:24.049><c> not</c><00:25:25.349><c> stand</c>

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we<00:25:52.970><c> read</c><00:25:53.269><c> moreover</c><00:25:53.869><c> Yahweh</c>

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spoke<00:25:54.670><c> again</c><00:25:55.049><c> unto</c><00:25:55.390><c> Ahaz</c><00:25:55.650><c> saying</c><00:25:55.970><c> so</c><00:25:56.130><c> here's</c><00:25:56.390><c> a</c><00:25:56.549><c> subsequent</c><00:25:57.009><c> message</c>

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that<00:26:27.710><c> God's</c><00:26:28.410><c> promise</c><00:26:29.130><c> of</c><00:26:30.390><c> your</c><00:26:30.789><c> safety</c><00:26:31.509><c> is</c><00:26:32.609><c> assured</c><00:26:33.130><c> ask</c><00:26:33.829><c> a</c><00:26:34.089><c> sign</c><00:26:34.369><c> a</c>

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miracle<00:26:40.690><c> I</c><00:26:40.950><c> mean</c><00:26:41.049><c> how</c><00:26:41.250><c> many</c><00:26:41.390><c> times</c>

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I<00:26:49.930><c> would</c><00:26:50.049><c> be</c><00:26:50.230><c> a</c><00:26:50.430><c> better</c><00:26:50.589><c> person</c><00:26:51.190><c> here's</c><00:26:52.710><c> a</c><00:26:52.890><c> man</c><00:26:53.029><c> who</c><00:26:53.170><c> was</c><00:26:53.349><c> given</c>

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an<00:26:53.789><c> opportunity</c><00:26:54.329><c> of</c><00:26:54.769><c> seeing</c><00:26:54.950><c> a</c><00:26:55.250><c> miraculous</c><00:26:55.769><c> sign</c>

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and<00:26:56.829><c> of</c><00:26:57.049><c> course</c><00:26:57.369><c> the</c><00:26:57.910><c> sign</c><00:26:58.210><c> in</c><00:26:58.549><c> the</c><00:26:58.809><c> heights</c><00:26:59.109><c> and</c><00:26:59.329><c> the</c><00:26:59.509><c> depths</c>

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what's<00:27:27.829><c> Ahaz's</c><00:27:28.349><c> response</c>

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I<00:27:31.109><c> will</c><00:27:31.309><c> not</c><00:27:31.569><c> tempt</c><00:27:31.829><c> I</c><00:27:32.069><c> will</c><00:27:32.309><c> not</c><00:27:32.470><c> ask</c><00:27:32.789><c> neither</c><00:27:33.049><c> will</c><00:27:33.230><c> I</c><00:27:33.529><c> tempt</c>

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Zedekai<00:33:22.309><c> that</c><00:33:22.630><c> wicked</c><00:33:22.990><c> and</c><00:33:23.269><c> profane</c><00:33:23.789><c> prince</c><00:33:24.089><c> of</c><00:33:24.230><c> Israel</c><00:33:24.630><c> in</c>

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Ezekiel<00:33:25.210><c> 21</c><00:33:25.789><c> if</c><00:33:26.970><c> the</c><00:33:27.230><c> kingdom</c><00:33:27.450><c> of</c><00:33:27.690><c> Judah</c><00:33:27.829><c> had</c><00:33:28.109><c> not</c>

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Messiah

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Ahaz<00:34:57.570><c> was</c><00:34:57.869><c> given</c><00:34:58.110><c> a</c><00:34:58.469><c> rebuke</c><00:34:58.809><c> in</c><00:34:58.969><c> the</c><00:34:59.210><c> sign</c><00:34:59.389><c> that</c><00:34:59.550><c> he</c><00:34:59.789><c> refused</c>

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Mary<00:35:11.010><c> was</c><00:35:11.349><c> found</c><00:35:11.789><c> of</c><00:35:12.130><c> a</c><00:35:12.369><c> child</c><00:35:12.610><c> with</c><00:35:12.829><c> the</c><00:35:12.929><c> Holy</c><00:35:13.170><c> Spirit</c><00:35:13.650><c> and</c><00:35:13.949><c> we</c>

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were<00:35:25.389><c> a</c><00:35:25.530><c> fulfillment</c><00:35:25.949><c> of</c><00:35:26.210><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:26.590><c> chapter</c><00:35:26.949><c> 7</c><00:35:27.210><c> because</c><00:35:27.530><c> Matthew</c><00:35:27.829><c> actually</c><00:35:28.309><c> quotes</c>

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came<00:36:01.210><c> together</c><00:36:01.829><c> Joseph</c><00:36:02.389><c> was</c>

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through<00:37:22.369><c> the</c><00:37:22.750><c> royal</c><00:37:23.570><c> seed</c>

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Nathan<00:37:29.190><c> whose</c><00:37:29.650><c> name</c><00:37:29.929><c> incidentally</c><00:37:30.610><c> means</c>

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a<00:37:32.869><c> gift</c><00:37:33.210><c> how</c><00:37:34.610><c> appropriate</c><00:37:35.090><c> is</c><00:37:35.349><c> that</c><00:37:36.090><c> Solomon's</c><00:37:36.650><c> name</c><00:37:36.809><c> means</c>

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was<00:37:43.789><c> crucified</c>

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Israel<00:37:49.630><c> because</c><00:37:49.909><c> they'd</c><00:37:50.269><c> rejected</c><00:37:50.710><c> Messiah</c>

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he<00:37:58.150><c> was</c><00:37:58.369><c> God's</c><00:37:58.829><c> gift</c><00:37:59.289><c> nonetheless</c><00:38:00.010><c> now</c><00:38:01.469><c> verse</c><00:38:01.769><c> 23</c><00:38:02.250><c> for</c><00:38:02.469><c> those</c>

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I'm<00:38:05.130><c> saying</c><00:38:05.309><c> is</c><00:38:05.630><c> correct</c><00:38:06.010><c> Jesus</c><00:38:06.550><c> himself</c><00:38:07.030><c> began</c><00:38:07.329><c> to</c><00:38:07.530><c> be</c><00:38:07.650><c> about</c>

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I<00:38:22.150><c> can</c>

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anyone<00:38:29.090><c> else</c><00:38:29.429><c> in</c><00:38:29.630><c> being</c><00:38:29.849><c> any</c><00:38:30.289><c> authority</c>

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it<00:38:42.150><c> reads</c><00:38:42.329><c> in</c><00:38:42.510><c> the</c><00:38:42.690><c> Greek</c>

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Jesus<00:38:44.349><c> himself</c><00:38:44.869><c> began</c><00:38:45.550><c> that</c><00:38:46.710><c> is</c><00:38:47.010><c> his</c><00:38:47.349><c> public</c><00:38:47.789><c> ministry</c><00:38:48.250><c> at</c><00:38:48.570><c> 30</c>

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Jesus<00:39:04.670><c> Christ</c><00:39:05.210><c> born</c><00:39:05.809><c> through</c><00:39:07.030><c> this</c><00:39:07.449><c> wonderful</c><00:39:08.130><c> lineage</c><00:39:08.809><c> through</c><00:39:09.489><c> Nathan</c><00:39:09.969><c> and</c>

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