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00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:52.500 from<00:26:50.559><c> beyond</c><00:26:50.920><c> the</c><00:26:51.180><c> Euphrates.</c> 00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:57.940 And<00:26:55.460><c> he</c><00:26:55.619><c> came</c><00:26:55.859><c> into</c><00:26:56.099><c> this</c><00:26:56.380><c> land,</c><00:26:56.720><c> says</c><00:26:56.839><c> Stephen,</c><00:26:57.500><c> wherein</c><00:26:57.660><c> ye</c> 00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:59.640 now<00:26:58.279><c> dwell,</c><00:26:58.480><c> and</c><00:26:58.660><c> from</c><00:26:58.859><c> thence,</c> 00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:02.099 and<00:27:00.000><c> dwelt</c><00:27:00.200><c> in</c><00:27:00.480><c> Charon,</c><00:27:00.779><c> and</c><00:27:00.900><c> from</c><00:27:01.200><c> thence</c><00:27:01.440><c> when</c><00:27:01.559><c> his</c><00:27:01.799><c> father</c> 00:27:02.099 --> 00:27:04.319 was<00:27:02.440><c> dead,</c><00:27:02.579><c> he</c><00:27:02.779><c> removed</c><00:27:03.079><c> him</c><00:27:03.259><c> into</c><00:27:03.500><c> this</c><00:27:03.799><c> land.</c> 00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:09.420 Objection<00:27:05.579><c> two.</c><00:27:06.859><c> Stephen</c><00:27:07.200><c> and</c><00:27:08.019><c> Philo</c><00:27:08.319><c> agree,</c><00:27:08.859><c> says</c><00:27:09.059><c> that</c> 00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:11.930 Tira<00:27:09.599><c> died</c><00:27:09.960><c> before</c><00:27:10.380><c> Abraham</c><00:27:10.720><c> left</c><00:27:11.099><c> Haran.</c> 00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:17.900 The<00:27:12.740><c> figures</c><00:27:13.039><c> given</c><00:27:13.279><c> in</c><00:27:13.559><c> Genesis</c><00:27:14.099><c> 11,</c><00:27:14.720><c> 26,</c><00:27:15.299><c> 32</c><00:27:15.579><c> and</c><00:27:15.720><c> 12</c><00:27:16.039><c>.4</c><00:27:16.779><c> would</c><00:27:17.119><c> imply</c><00:27:17.599><c> that</c> 00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:20.680 Tira<00:27:18.299><c> had</c><00:27:18.539><c> yet</c><00:27:18.779><c> 60</c><00:27:19.140><c> years</c><00:27:19.480><c> to</c><00:27:19.819><c> live.</c> 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00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:56.839 and<00:27:52.039><c> Abraham</c><00:27:52.420><c> was</c><00:27:52.980><c> so</c><00:27:53.460><c> old</c><00:27:53.980><c> when</c><00:27:54.599><c> Tira</c><00:27:54.940><c> died,</c><00:27:55.400><c> therefore</c><00:27:55.700><c> Abraham</c><00:27:56.319><c> was</c> 00:27:56.839 --> 00:28:00.839 born<00:27:57.460><c> when</c><00:27:58.480><c> Tira</c><00:27:58.920><c> was</c><00:27:59.680><c> subtracting</c><00:28:00.359><c> one</c> 00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:06.119 figure<00:28:01.160><c> from</c><00:28:01.339><c> the</c><00:28:01.579><c> other.</c><00:28:02.960><c> And</c><00:28:03.099><c> there's</c><00:28:03.259><c> nothing</c><00:28:03.500><c> in</c><00:28:03.759><c> scripture</c><00:28:04.099><c> to</c><00:28:04.380><c> forbid</c><00:28:04.759><c> that.</c><00:28:06.039><c> And</c> 00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:07.900 that<00:28:06.319><c> Tira</c><00:28:07.140><c> therefore</c> 00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:11.920 had<00:28:08.180><c> Abraham</c><00:28:08.519><c> long</c><00:28:08.859><c> after</c><00:28:09.160><c> the</c><00:28:09.440><c> others.</c><00:28:10.299><c> In</c><00:28:10.640><c> fact,</c><00:28:11.500><c> those</c><00:28:11.740><c> of</c> 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:14.420 you<00:28:12.039><c> who've</c><00:28:12.279><c> read</c><00:28:12.500><c> Blumsome</c><00:28:13.140><c> Design</c><00:28:13.599><c> Coincidences</c> 00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:20.519 will<00:28:14.759><c> know</c><00:28:15.180><c> that</c><00:28:16.140><c> the</c><00:28:16.660><c> disparity</c><00:28:17.160><c> in</c><00:28:17.519><c> the</c><00:28:17.779><c> ages</c><00:28:18.079><c> of</c><00:28:18.359><c> the</c><00:28:18.579><c> generations</c><00:28:19.440><c> led</c> 00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:23.700 to<00:28:21.119><c> the</c><00:28:21.319><c> marriage</c><00:28:22.140><c> of</c><00:28:23.000><c> one</c><00:28:23.200><c> in</c><00:28:23.460><c> one</c> 00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:28.119 generation<00:28:24.359><c> to</c><00:28:25.240><c> the</c><00:28:25.440><c> wife</c><00:28:25.799><c> in</c><00:28:26.180><c> the</c><00:28:26.380><c> next,</c><00:28:27.259><c> all</c><00:28:27.500><c> of</c><00:28:27.640><c> which</c><00:28:27.819><c> fits</c> 00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:30.579 in<00:28:28.619><c> with</c><00:28:28.940><c> the</c><00:28:29.180><c> differences</c><00:28:29.500><c> in</c><00:28:29.759><c> the</c><00:28:29.960><c> births</c><00:28:30.380><c> of</c><00:28:30.420><c> the</c> 00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:39.400 children.<00:28:35.259><c> The</c><00:28:35.619><c> fifth</c><00:28:35.920><c> verse,</c><00:28:36.259><c> which</c><00:28:36.440><c> we</c><00:28:36.660><c> so</c><00:28:36.920><c> often</c><00:28:37.359><c> quote</c><00:28:38.019><c> as</c> 00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:41.859 showing<00:28:39.759><c> that</c><00:28:40.059><c> the</c><00:28:40.359><c> Abrahamic</c><00:28:40.960><c> promises</c><00:28:41.299><c> were</c><00:28:41.599><c> not</c> 00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:45.539 fulfilled,<00:28:43.599><c> was</c><00:28:43.700><c> 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his</c><00:28:55.359><c> foot</c><00:28:55.500><c> on.</c><00:28:56.500><c> Yet</c><00:28:56.619><c> he</c><00:28:56.880><c> promised</c><00:28:57.059><c> that</c><00:28:57.240><c> he</c><00:28:57.319><c> would</c><00:28:57.500><c> give</c><00:28:57.700><c> it</c><00:28:57.839><c> to</c><00:28:57.920><c> him</c><00:28:58.079><c> for</c><00:28:58.240><c> a</c> 00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:59.500 possession<00:28:58.700><c> and</c><00:28:58.940><c> to</c><00:28:59.099><c> his</c><00:28:59.339><c> seed</c> 00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:02.920 after<00:28:59.819><c> him</c><00:29:00.039><c> when</c><00:29:00.220><c> he</c><00:29:00.339><c> as</c><00:29:00.519><c> yet</c><00:29:00.700><c> he</c><00:29:00.839><c> had</c><00:29:00.940><c> no</c><00:29:01.140><c> child.</c><00:29:02.420><c> In</c><00:29:02.660><c> other</c> 00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:07.420 words,<00:29:04.180><c> that</c><00:29:04.900><c> while</c><00:29:05.339><c> Abraham</c><00:29:05.640><c> came</c><00:29:05.960><c> into</c><00:29:06.200><c> the</c><00:29:06.440><c> land,</c> 00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:13.640 the<00:29:07.859><c> covenant</c><00:29:08.200><c> of</c><00:29:08.400><c> God</c><00:29:08.660><c> with</c><00:29:08.960><c> Abraham</c><00:29:09.660><c> cannot</c><00:29:10.480><c> fail.</c><00:29:12.200><c> And</c><00:29:12.440><c> therefore,</c><00:29:13.279><c> God</c> 00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:16.160 has<00:29:14.200><c> a</c><00:29:14.400><c> purpose</c><00:29:14.779><c> with</c><00:29:15.119><c> Abraham</c> 00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:20.259 which<00:29:16.559><c> is</c><00:29:17.039><c> yet</c><00:29:17.359><c> future.</c><00:29:19.160><c> And</c><00:29:19.339><c> the</c><00:29:19.519><c> covenant</c><00:29:19.779><c> with</c><00:29:20.039><c> Abraham</c> 00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:22.359 was<00:29:20.500><c> given</c><00:29:20.680><c> before</c><00:29:21.059><c> the</c><00:29:21.299><c> law.</c><00:29:21.799><c> And</c><00:29:22.099><c> therefore,</c> 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:26.140 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space</c><00:29:39.140><c> required</c> 00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:43.240 compression<00:29:40.460><c> and</c><00:29:41.579><c> he</c><00:29:41.779><c> leaves</c><00:29:41.980><c> it</c><00:29:42.539><c> to</c><00:29:42.740><c> the</c><00:29:42.940><c> wit</c> 00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:48.140 of<00:29:43.900><c> the</c><00:29:44.119><c> reader,</c><00:29:44.920><c> whom</c><00:29:45.019><c> he</c><00:29:45.339><c> expects</c><00:29:45.619><c> to</c><00:29:46.299><c> think</c><00:29:46.619><c> after</c><00:29:47.019><c> him</c><00:29:47.680><c> to</c> 00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:50.180 make<00:29:48.339><c> the</c><00:29:48.759><c> inference</c><00:29:49.059><c> at</c><00:29:49.359><c> every</c><00:29:49.720><c> point</c><00:29:49.960><c> where</c> 00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:55.099 it<00:29:50.299><c> is</c><00:29:50.519><c> required.</c><00:29:52.920><c> Verse</c><00:29:53.200><c> 6,</c><00:29:53.559><c> And</c><00:29:53.700><c> God</c><00:29:53.960><c> spake</c><00:29:54.319><c> on</c><00:29:54.579><c> this</c><00:29:54.859><c> wise,</c> 00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:57.700 that<00:29:55.319><c> his</c><00:29:55.640><c> seed</c><00:29:55.859><c> should</c><00:29:56.400><c> sojourn</c><00:29:56.960><c> in</c><00:29:57.099><c> a</c><00:29:57.380><c> strange</c> 00:29:57.700 --> 00:30:00.680 land,<00:29:58.859><c> that</c><00:29:59.000><c> they</c><00:29:59.160><c> should</c><00:29:59.319><c> bring</c><00:29:59.500><c> them</c><00:29:59.660><c> into</c><00:29:59.940><c> bondage</c><00:30:00.420><c> and</c> 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:04.680 entreat<00:30:01.140><c> them</c><00:30:01.759><c> four</c><00:30:02.059><c> hundred</c><00:30:02.440><c> years.</c><00:30:03.619><c> And</c><00:30:03.880><c> Rackham</c><00:30:04.180><c> says,</c> 00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:11.700 here's<00:30:05.400><c> our</c><00:30:05.680><c> third</c><00:30:06.000><c> mistake.</c><00:30:08.059><c> Stephen</c><00:30:08.660><c> and</c><00:30:10.200><c> Poirot</c><00:30:10.480><c> with</c><00:30:10.720><c> 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hundred</c><00:30:26.299><c> and</c> 00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.880 the<00:30:26.799><c> four</c><00:30:27.000><c> hundred</c><00:30:27.299><c> and</c><00:30:27.480><c> thirty?</c> 00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:37.279 Quite<00:30:28.680><c> simply.</c><00:30:30.759><c> Thy</c><00:30:30.920><c> seed,</c><00:30:31.660><c> God</c><00:30:31.660><c> said</c><00:30:31.819><c> to</c><00:30:32.160><c> Abraham,</c><00:30:32.759><c> shall</c><00:30:32.980><c> sojourn</c><00:30:33.720><c> four</c><00:30:34.059><c> hundred</c><00:30:34.380><c> years.</c><00:30:36.319><c> And</c><00:30:36.400><c> it</c><00:30:36.480><c> couldn't,</c> 00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:41.180 the<00:30:37.980><c> promise,</c><00:30:38.359><c> the</c><00:30:38.519><c> purpose</c><00:30:39.099><c> thus</c><00:30:39.480><c> indicated,</c><00:30:40.039><c> couldn't</c><00:30:40.420><c> begin</c><00:30:40.720><c> till</c><00:30:40.900><c> the</c> 00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:42.519 seed<00:30:41.359><c> was</c><00:30:41.640><c> born.</c> 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says,</c><00:31:12.660><c> Stephen</c><00:31:12.940><c> adds</c><00:31:13.339><c> to</c><00:31:13.500><c> Genesis</c><00:31:13.940><c> 15</c><00:31:14.440><c>-13</c><00:31:14.920><c>-14,</c><00:31:15.539><c> and</c> 00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:17.380 serve<00:31:15.880><c> me</c><00:31:16.200><c> in</c><00:31:16.480><c> this</c><00:31:16.839><c> place,</c> 00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:21.400 words<00:31:17.940><c> taken</c><00:31:18.279><c> from</c><00:31:18.539><c> Exodus</c><00:31:19.019><c> 3</c><00:31:19.400><c>-12,</c><00:31:19.740><c> and</c><00:31:19.960><c> so</c><00:31:20.299><c> understands</c><00:31:21.000><c> by</c> 00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:22.019 the<00:31:21.700><c> place,</c> 00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:26.779 Palestine,<00:31:23.220><c> and</c><00:31:23.400><c> not</c><00:31:23.599><c> Mount</c><00:31:23.880><c> Sinai,</c><00:31:24.700><c> as</c><00:31:24.960><c> is</c><00:31:25.140><c> meant</c><00:31:25.299><c> in</c><00:31:25.539><c> Exodus.</c> 00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:32.160 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them</c><00:31:43.180><c> forth.</c><00:31:44.380><c> And</c><00:31:44.759><c> then,</c><00:31:47.180><c> Stephen</c><00:31:47.519><c> deliberately</c><00:31:49.039><c> quotes</c><00:31:49.880><c> from</c><00:31:50.160><c> the</c> 00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:51.259 words<00:31:50.599><c> of</c><00:31:50.900><c> God</c> 00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:56.019 to<00:31:51.819><c> Moses</c><00:31:52.240><c> at</c><00:31:52.539><c> Horeb,</c><00:31:53.700><c> when</c><00:31:53.859><c> Moses</c><00:31:54.259><c> was</c><00:31:54.579><c> told</c><00:31:54.920><c> to</c><00:31:55.240><c> go</c><00:31:55.480><c> down</c><00:31:55.859><c> and</c> 00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:59.640 bring<00:31:56.220><c> out</c><00:31:56.859><c> my</c><00:31:57.279><c> people,</c><00:31:58.279><c> and</c><00:31:58.519><c> bring</c><00:31:58.740><c> them</c><00:31:59.019><c> to</c><00:31:59.299><c> this</c> 00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:05.160 place,<00:32:00.200><c> and</c><00:32:01.519><c> they</c><00:32:01.759><c> shall</c><00:32:02.000><c> serve</c><00:32:02.460><c> me</c><00:32:02.759><c> in</c><00:32:03.099><c> this</c><00:32:03.440><c> place.</c><00:32:04.680><c> But</c><00:32:04.920><c> why</c> 00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:08.740 does<00:32:05.960><c> Stephen</c><00:32:06.640><c> quote</c><00:32:07.359><c> that</c><00:32:07.720><c> reference?</c> 00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:13.420 His<00:32:09.339><c> point</c><00:32:09.619><c> is</c><00:32:10.460><c> that</c><00:32:10.980><c> the</c><00:32:11.220><c> people</c><00:32:11.700><c> in</c><00:32:12.279><c> fulfilment</c><00:32:12.920><c> of</c><00:32:13.099><c> the</c> 00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:17.019 Abrahamic<00:32:14.339><c> promise</c><00:32:14.920><c> about</c><00:32:15.819><c> their</c><00:32:16.119><c> sojourn</c> 00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:25.759 were<00:32:17.240><c> brought</c><00:32:17.559><c> out,</c><00:32:18.920><c> at</c><00:32:19.240><c> the</c><00:32:19.500><c> time</c><00:32:19.960><c> indicated,</c><00:32:21.700><c> and</c><00:32:22.900><c> in</c><00:32:23.319><c> fulfilment</c><00:32:24.079><c> of</c><00:32:24.359><c> the</c><00:32:24.559><c> words</c><00:32:24.900><c> to</c><00:32:25.160><c> Moses</c> 00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:31.660 were<00:32:26.339><c> led</c><00:32:26.660><c> to</c><00:32:27.039><c> Sinai,</c><00:32:27.759><c> and</c><00:32:28.220><c> there</c><00:32:28.880><c> served</c><00:32:29.579><c> God.</c><00:32:30.759><c> But</c><00:32:31.059><c> that</c><00:32:31.400><c> was</c> 00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:33.000 before<00:32:31.940><c> the</c><00:32:32.220><c> law</c><00:32:32.299><c> was</c><00:32:32.640><c> given.</c> 00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:39.819 So<00:32:33.640><c> even</c><00:32:34.099><c> the</c><00:32:34.359><c> nation</c><00:32:34.680><c> of</c><00:32:35.000><c> God,</c><00:32:35.859><c> says</c><00:32:36.039><c> Stephen,</c><00:32:37.400><c> offered</c><00:32:37.660><c> acceptable</c><00:32:38.519><c> service</c><00:32:39.039><c> to</c><00:32:39.319><c> God</c> 00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:43.539 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of</c><00:32:59.460><c> those</c><00:32:59.740><c> things.</c><00:33:01.619><c> Going</c><00:33:01.819><c> on,</c> 00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:03.519 verse<00:33:02.400><c> 8,</c> 00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:07.200 And<00:33:04.480><c> he</c><00:33:04.599><c> gave</c><00:33:04.799><c> him</c><00:33:05.000><c> the</c><00:33:05.220><c> covenant</c><00:33:05.559><c> of</c><00:33:05.940><c> circumcision,</c><00:33:06.700><c> and</c><00:33:06.859><c> so</c> 00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:09.839 Abraham<00:33:07.700><c> begat</c><00:33:08.099><c> Isaac</c><00:33:08.519><c> and</c><00:33:08.859><c> circumcised</c><00:33:09.440><c> him</c><00:33:09.680><c> the</c> 00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:13.200 eighth<00:33:10.019><c> day.</c><00:33:11.039><c> And</c><00:33:11.259><c> Isaac</c><00:33:11.519><c> begat</c><00:33:11.900><c> Jacob,</c><00:33:12.420><c> and</c><00:33:12.519><c> Jacob</c><00:33:12.839><c> begat</c> 00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:15.680 the<00:33:13.420><c> twelve</c><00:33:13.740><c> 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its</c><00:33:43.079><c> real</c><00:33:43.619><c> roots</c><00:33:43.980><c> in</c><00:33:44.240><c> the</c><00:33:44.440><c> fact</c> 00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:52.400 of<00:33:44.880><c> something</c><00:33:45.299><c> anterior</c><00:33:46.039><c> to</c><00:33:46.779><c> the</c><00:33:47.000><c> law.</c><00:33:51.480><c> And</c><00:33:51.640><c> so</c><00:33:51.839><c> Joseph</c><00:33:52.160><c> was</c> 00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:56.000 taken<00:33:52.680><c> into</c><00:33:52.960><c> Egypt,</c><00:33:54.420><c> and</c><00:33:54.599><c> God</c><00:33:54.759><c> was</c><00:33:55.000><c> with</c><00:33:55.200><c> him.</c> 00:33:57.000 --> 00:34:01.019 And<00:33:57.220><c> Stephen</c><00:33:57.359><c> isn't</c><00:33:57.640><c> moralizing</c><00:33:58.420><c> just.</c><00:33:59.680><c> He's</c><00:33:59.759><c> something</c><00:34:00.059><c> more</c><00:34:00.339><c> important</c><00:34:00.819><c> to</c> 00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:02.660 do<00:34:01.180><c> than</c><00:34:01.359><c> to</c><00:34:01.599><c> moralize</c><00:34:02.119><c> when</c><00:34:02.299><c> he's</c> 00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:08.400 pleading<00:34:02.980><c> for</c><00:34:03.220><c> his</c><00:34:03.519><c> life.</c><00:34:05.619><c> Just</c><00:34:05.940><c> think</c><00:34:06.220><c> of</c><00:34:06.400><c> the</c><00:34:06.559><c> quickening</c><00:34:06.940><c> effect</c><00:34:07.400><c> of</c><00:34:08.239><c> a</c> 00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:11.039 man<00:34:08.599><c> with</c><00:34:08.960><c> power</c><00:34:09.320><c> of</c><00:34:09.679><c> speech</c><00:34:09.960><c> and</c><00:34:10.719><c> the</c> 00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:17.519 ability<00:34:11.400><c> to</c><00:34:11.659><c> reason</c><00:34:11.960><c> as</c><00:34:12.219><c> Stephen</c><00:34:12.579><c> had</c><00:34:13.380><c> is</c><00:34:13.860><c> no</c><00:34:14.159><c> time</c><00:34:14.420><c> merely</c><00:34:14.840><c> for</c><00:34:15.679><c> moralizing.</c><00:34:17.159><c> When</c><00:34:17.300><c> he</c> 00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:19.059 says<00:34:17.639><c> God</c><00:34:17.940><c> was</c><00:34:18.199><c> with</c><00:34:18.519><c> Joseph</c> 00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:23.659 in<00:34:19.380><c> Egypt,</c><00:34:21.400><c> then</c><00:34:21.559><c> God</c><00:34:21.739><c> can</c><00:34:22.039><c> be</c><00:34:22.179><c> with</c><00:34:22.380><c> a</c><00:34:22.539><c> man</c><00:34:22.719><c> outside</c><00:34:23.219><c> the</c><00:34:23.460><c> land</c> 00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:26.960 of<00:34:23.940><c> Palestine,</c><00:34:25.219><c> before</c><00:34:25.519><c> law</c><00:34:25.840><c> or</c><00:34:26.079><c> before</c><00:34:26.460><c> temple</c><00:34:26.739><c> or</c> 00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:31.780 before<00:34:27.300><c> tabernacle.</c><00:34:28.059><c> God</c><00:34:28.320><c> was</c><00:34:28.599><c> with</c><00:34:28.820><c> him.</c><00:34:30.940><c> And</c><00:34:31.159><c> all</c><00:34:31.320><c> the</c><00:34:31.519><c> time</c> 00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:35.119 Stephen<00:34:32.179><c> is</c><00:34:32.400><c> building</c><00:34:32.699><c> up</c><00:34:32.980><c> his</c><00:34:33.320><c> case</c><00:34:33.639><c> that</c><00:34:34.440><c> there</c> 00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:42.000 was<00:34:36.079><c> evidence</c><00:34:37.059><c> of</c><00:34:38.420><c> divine</c><00:34:38.940><c> favor</c><00:34:39.500><c> for</c><00:34:39.880><c> men,</c><00:34:41.219><c> independent</c><00:34:41.659><c> of</c> 00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:45.260 law<00:34:42.460><c> and</c><00:34:43.059><c> independent</c><00:34:43.659><c> of</c><00:34:43.980><c> tabernacle</c><00:34:44.519><c> or</c><00:34:44.679><c> temple</c> 00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:50.780 as<00:34:45.639><c> the</c><00:34:45.820><c> place</c><00:34:46.000><c> of</c><00:34:46.280><c> worship.</c><00:34:48.659><c> He</c><00:34:48.900><c> delivered</c><00:34:49.320><c> Joseph</c><00:34:50.300><c> out</c><00:34:50.599><c> of</c> 00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:53.420 all<00:34:50.920><c> his</c><00:34:51.159><c> afflictions</c><00:34:51.639><c> and</c><00:34:51.820><c> gave</c><00:34:52.019><c> him</c><00:34:52.280><c> favor</c><00:34:52.539><c> and</c><00:34:52.780><c> wisdom</c> 00:34:53.420 --> 00:35:02.059 and<00:34:53.940><c> made</c><00:34:54.199><c> him</c><00:34:54.480><c> governor,</c><00:34:56.880><c> a</c><00:34:57.019><c> rejected</c><00:34:57.539><c> man</c><00:34:58.739><c> exalted</c><00:34:59.860><c> by</c><00:35:01.440><c> God</c> 00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:04.400 in<00:35:02.539><c> his</c><00:35:02.820><c> overruling</c><00:35:03.420><c> providence</c> 00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:12.460 to<00:35:05.099><c> favor</c><00:35:05.659><c> and</c><00:35:06.840><c> to</c><00:35:07.039><c> rulership.</c><00:35:08.920><c> But</c><00:35:09.159><c> rulership</c><00:35:09.800><c> where?</c><00:35:11.380><c> In</c><00:35:11.820><c> the</c><00:35:11.980><c> land</c><00:35:12.199><c> of</c> 00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:15.000 Egypt<00:35:12.980><c> among</c><00:35:13.360><c> the</c><00:35:13.639><c> gentiles.</c> 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:18.599 And<00:35:15.400><c> what</c><00:35:15.539><c> if</c><00:35:15.639><c> there's</c><00:35:15.920><c> a</c><00:35:16.139><c> parallel</c><00:35:16.539><c> in</c><00:35:16.760><c> the</c><00:35:16.940><c> case</c><00:35:17.159><c> of</c><00:35:17.380><c> Jesus?</c> 00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:21.940 What<00:35:19.260><c> if</c><00:35:19.840><c> Jesus</c><00:35:20.460><c> whom</c><00:35:20.659><c> they</c><00:35:20.920><c> have</c><00:35:21.159><c> rejected</c> 00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:25.599 should<00:35:22.760><c> be</c><00:35:23.039><c> one</c><00:35:23.460><c> of</c><00:35:23.800><c> whom</c><00:35:23.980><c> it</c><00:35:24.099><c> could</c><00:35:24.320><c> be</c><00:35:24.579><c> said</c><00:35:24.760><c> equally</c><00:35:25.260><c> with</c> 00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:27.880 Joseph<00:35:25.980><c> that</c><00:35:26.260><c> God</c><00:35:26.539><c> was</c><00:35:26.780><c> with</c><00:35:27.019><c> him?</c> 00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:33.500 And<00:35:28.380><c> what</c><00:35:28.519><c> if</c><00:35:28.639><c> God</c><00:35:29.000><c> had</c><00:35:29.400><c> exalted</c><00:35:30.039><c> Jesus</c><00:35:31.059><c> even</c><00:35:32.739><c> to</c><00:35:33.000><c> something</c> 00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:37.500 higher<00:35:34.320><c> than</c><00:35:34.880><c> Pharaoh</c><00:35:35.300><c> could</c><00:35:35.920><c> exalt</c><00:35:36.300><c> Joseph?</c> 00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:41.380 And<00:35:38.340><c> what</c><00:35:38.820><c> if</c><00:35:39.179><c> the</c><00:35:39.480><c> divine</c><00:35:39.800><c> purpose</c><00:35:40.239><c> in</c><00:35:40.519><c> connection</c><00:35:40.920><c> with</c><00:35:41.179><c> the</c> 00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:44.420 exaltation<00:35:41.980><c> of</c><00:35:42.139><c> Jesus</c><00:35:42.599><c> was</c><00:35:43.099><c> bound</c><00:35:43.380><c> up</c><00:35:43.599><c> with</c><00:35:43.880><c> gentiles</c> 00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:49.380 just<00:35:44.719><c> as</c><00:35:44.960><c> it</c><00:35:45.019><c> was</c><00:35:45.260><c> in</c><00:35:45.460><c> the</c><00:35:45.500><c> case</c><00:35:45.760><c> of</c><00:35:45.940><c> Joseph?</c><00:35:48.000><c> That's</c><00:35:48.519><c> the</c><00:35:48.639><c> argument</c><00:35:49.139><c> that</c> 00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:50.599 he's<00:35:49.500><c> bringing</c><00:35:49.840><c> out</c> 00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:56.860 as<00:35:51.699><c> he</c><00:35:51.940><c> traces</c><00:35:52.199><c> out</c><00:35:52.579><c> this</c><00:35:52.900><c> history.</c><00:35:55.639><c> And</c><00:35:55.739><c> there</c><00:35:55.900><c> came</c><00:35:56.139><c> a</c><00:35:56.360><c> dearth</c><00:35:56.619><c> over</c> 00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:58.119 all<00:35:57.099><c> the</c><00:35:57.199><c> land</c><00:35:57.400><c> of</c><00:35:57.639><c> Egypt</c> 00:35:58.119 --> 00:36:02.360 and<00:35:58.599><c> Canaan</c><00:35:58.900><c> and</c><00:35:59.179><c> great</c><00:35:59.360><c> affliction.</c><00:36:01.119><c> And</c><00:36:01.340><c> even</c><00:36:01.619><c> when</c><00:36:01.940><c> God's</c> 00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:05.199 people<00:36:02.619><c> were</c><00:36:02.960><c> thus</c><00:36:03.199><c> in</c><00:36:03.659><c> dire</c><00:36:03.860><c> need,</c> 00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:08.800 where<00:36:05.599><c> was</c><00:36:05.780><c> it</c><00:36:05.960><c> that</c><00:36:06.059><c> they</c><00:36:06.300><c> found</c><00:36:06.579><c> sustenance?</c><00:36:08.199><c> Where</c><00:36:08.420><c> was</c><00:36:08.639><c> it</c> 00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:10.119 that<00:36:08.900><c> they</c><00:36:09.139><c> found</c><00:36:09.380><c> the</c><00:36:09.699><c> essential</c> 00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:15.880 nourishment<00:36:10.800><c> for</c><00:36:11.099><c> life?</c><00:36:12.739><c> It</c><00:36:12.940><c> was</c><00:36:13.159><c> in</c><00:36:13.400><c> Egypt.</c><00:36:15.219><c> And</c><00:36:15.420><c> when</c><00:36:15.619><c> was</c> 00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:19.260 it<00:36:16.480><c> that</c><00:36:16.699><c> they</c><00:36:16.900><c> came</c><00:36:17.199><c> to</c><00:36:17.420><c> know</c><00:36:17.599><c> of</c><00:36:17.820><c> the</c><00:36:18.099><c> exaltation</c> 00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:25.679 of<00:36:20.239><c> this</c><00:36:20.840><c> brother</c><00:36:21.400><c> of</c><00:36:21.619><c> theirs</c><00:36:21.900><c> whom</c><00:36:22.119><c> they'd</c><00:36:23.360><c> sought</c><00:36:23.579><c> to</c><00:36:23.900><c> destroy?</c><00:36:25.360><c> And</c> 00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:27.260 at<00:36:25.800><c> the</c><00:36:26.039><c> second</c><00:36:26.380><c> time,</c> 00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:31.940 Joseph<00:36:27.960><c> was</c><00:36:28.260><c> made</c><00:36:28.579><c> known</c><00:36:29.179><c> unto</c><00:36:29.679><c> his</c><00:36:29.980><c> brethren.</c><00:36:31.400><c> And</c><00:36:31.559><c> thus</c><00:36:31.719><c> it</c> 00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:34.559 was<00:36:32.079><c> in</c><00:36:32.320><c> a</c><00:36:32.500><c> time</c><00:36:32.739><c> of</c><00:36:33.039><c> crisis</c><00:36:33.400><c> there</c><00:36:33.619><c> was</c><00:36:33.860><c> a</c><00:36:34.019><c> revelation</c> 00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:41.099 of<00:36:34.739><c> the</c><00:36:34.940><c> divine</c><00:36:35.380><c> way</c><00:36:36.099><c> in</c><00:36:36.800><c> the</c><00:36:37.019><c> exaltation</c><00:36:37.840><c> of</c><00:36:38.099><c> Joseph.</c><00:36:40.159><c> And</c><00:36:40.699><c> it</c> 00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:44.519 may<00:36:41.400><c> be,</c><00:36:42.199><c> says</c><00:36:42.400><c> Stephen,</c><00:36:43.820><c> that</c><00:36:44.039><c> there'll</c><00:36:44.360><c> be</c> 00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:49.000 a<00:36:44.800><c> second</c><00:36:45.099><c> time</c><00:36:46.079><c> in</c><00:36:46.420><c> the</c><00:36:46.599><c> history</c><00:36:46.920><c> of</c><00:36:47.099><c> the</c><00:36:47.219><c> nation</c><00:36:47.960><c> in</c><00:36:48.539><c> a</c><00:36:48.780><c> time</c> 00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:55.539 of<00:36:49.300><c> crisis</c><00:36:50.460><c> when</c><00:36:52.940><c> Joseph</c><00:36:53.940><c> will</c><00:36:54.139><c> be</c><00:36:54.400><c> again</c><00:36:54.719><c> revealed</c> 00:36:55.539 --> 00:37:01.739 or<00:36:56.119><c> Jesus,</c><00:36:58.500><c> to</c><00:36:58.840><c> be</c><00:36:59.059><c> seen</c><00:36:59.239><c> to</c><00:36:59.460><c> be</c><00:36:59.639><c> the</c><00:36:59.840><c> deliverer</c><00:37:00.980><c> exalted</c><00:37:01.500><c> of</c> 00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:05.360 God.<00:37:03.019><c> And</c><00:37:03.260><c> so</c><00:37:03.400><c> he</c><00:37:03.579><c> traces</c><00:37:04.019><c> the</c><00:37:04.380><c> parallel.</c> 00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:10.840 And<00:37:07.219><c> so</c><00:37:07.380><c> Joseph's</c><00:37:08.360><c> kindred</c><00:37:08.579><c> was</c><00:37:08.840><c> made</c><00:37:09.139><c> known</c><00:37:09.340><c> unto</c><00:37:09.619><c> Pharaoh.</c> 00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:13.400 Then<00:37:11.179><c> sent</c><00:37:11.519><c> Joseph</c><00:37:12.000><c> and</c><00:37:12.300><c> called</c><00:37:12.639><c> his</c><00:37:13.019><c> father</c> 00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:18.679 Jacob<00:37:13.780><c> to</c><00:37:14.059><c> him</c><00:37:14.239><c> and</c><00:37:14.500><c> all</c><00:37:14.760><c> his</c><00:37:15.139><c> kindred,</c><00:37:15.699><c> three</c><00:37:15.980><c> score</c><00:37:16.260><c> and</c><00:37:16.460><c> fifteen</c><00:37:17.039><c> souls.</c><00:37:18.460><c> And</c> 00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:19.420 Rackham<00:37:18.940><c> says,</c> 00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:30.199 here<00:37:19.900><c> again</c><00:37:20.559><c> Stephen's</c><00:37:21.159><c> making</c><00:37:21.460><c> a</c><00:37:21.719><c> mistake.</c><00:37:23.179><c> He</c><00:37:23.199><c> says,</c><00:37:24.960><c> 75</c><00:37:24.960><c> souls.</c><00:37:27.079><c> But</c><00:37:27.300><c> Genesis</c><00:37:27.679><c> 46,</c><00:37:28.360><c> 26,</c><00:37:29.199><c> Exodus</c><00:37:29.480><c> 1,</c><00:37:29.900><c> 5,</c> 00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:35.440 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out</c><00:37:47.679><c> such</c><00:37:48.079><c> inferences</c><00:37:48.679><c> from</c><00:37:49.000><c> it?</c><00:37:49.800><c> He</c> 00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:53.059 knew<00:37:50.239><c> his</c><00:37:50.460><c> history.</c><00:37:51.739><c> And</c><00:37:51.840><c> the</c><00:37:51.980><c> very</c><00:37:52.239><c> computation</c> 00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:57.380 that<00:37:53.300><c> he's</c><00:37:53.579><c> presenting</c><00:37:53.960><c> to</c><00:37:54.300><c> them</c><00:37:54.440><c> is</c><00:37:54.699><c> a</c><00:37:54.860><c> part</c><00:37:55.039><c> of</c><00:37:55.219><c> his</c><00:37:55.440><c> argument.</c><00:37:56.980><c> For</c><00:37:57.139><c> the</c> 00:37:57.380 --> 00:38:00.320 66<00:37:57.900><c> mentioned</c><00:37:58.539><c> once</c><00:37:58.900><c> in</c><00:37:59.179><c> Genesis</c> 00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:06.440 includes<00:38:01.039><c> the</c><00:38:01.320><c> 11</c><00:38:01.679><c> sons,</c><00:38:02.980><c> Joseph</c><00:38:03.360><c> 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word</c><00:41:27.440><c> sycam.</c><00:41:29.199><c> And</c><00:41:29.400><c> why</c><00:41:29.599><c> did</c><00:41:30.940><c> Jacob</c><00:41:31.800><c> take</c><00:41:32.860><c> the</c> 00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:36.199 land?<00:41:34.219><c> Probably</c><00:41:34.659><c> because</c><00:41:35.199><c> there</c><00:41:35.460><c> was</c><00:41:35.619><c> some</c><00:41:35.920><c> title</c> 00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:39.920 to<00:41:36.400><c> it</c><00:41:36.579><c> already</c><00:41:37.000><c> vested</c><00:41:37.280><c> in</c><00:41:37.539><c> them,</c><00:41:38.360><c> for</c><00:41:38.519><c> the</c><00:41:38.719><c> fathers</c><00:41:38.960><c> were</c><00:41:39.219><c> sojourners</c><00:41:39.699><c> in</c> 00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:41.260 the<00:41:40.099><c> land</c><00:41:40.280><c> and</c><00:41:40.480><c> never</c><00:41:40.760><c> attempted</c> 00:41:41.260 --> 00:41:45.860 marauding<00:41:42.000><c> raids</c><00:41:42.219><c> like</c><00:41:42.679><c> that.</c><00:41:43.880><c> 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that</c><00:41:56.400><c> cannot</c><00:41:56.659><c> be</c><00:41:57.039><c> reasonably</c> 00:41:57.539 --> 00:42:01.719 explained.<00:42:00.780><c> And</c><00:42:01.019><c> when</c><00:42:01.239><c> the</c><00:42:01.400><c> time</c><00:42:01.539><c> of</c> 00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:04.260 the<00:42:01.840><c> promise</c><00:42:02.179><c> drew</c><00:42:02.460><c> nigh,</c><00:42:02.739><c> which</c><00:42:02.940><c> God</c><00:42:03.219><c> had</c><00:42:03.420><c> sworn</c><00:42:03.639><c> to</c><00:42:03.880><c> Abram,</c> 00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:10.059 the<00:42:04.500><c> people</c><00:42:05.139><c> grew</c><00:42:05.960><c> and</c><00:42:06.539><c> multiplied</c><00:42:07.360><c> in</c><00:42:08.960><c> Egypt,</c> 00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:14.340 for<00:42:10.719><c> God</c><00:42:11.119><c> blessed</c><00:42:11.659><c> the</c><00:42:11.980><c> people</c><00:42:12.500><c> and</c><00:42:13.139><c> the</c><00:42:13.440><c> multiplication</c><00:42:13.980><c> was</c> 00:42:14.340 --> 00:42:17.460 in<00:42:14.679><c> Egypt.</c><00:42:15.659><c> God</c><00:42:15.900><c> isn't</c><00:42:16.260><c> dependent</c><00:42:16.780><c> upon</c><00:42:17.079><c> the</c><00:42:17.239><c> land</c> 00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:21.840 of<00:42:17.980><c> Palestine.</c><00:42:18.880><c> He</c><00:42:18.980><c> isn't</c><00:42:19.320><c> dependent</c><00:42:19.860><c> upon</c><00:42:20.199><c> the</c><00:42:20.460><c> setup</c><00:42:21.019><c> upon</c> 00:42:21.840 --> 00:42:24.059 which<00:42:22.119><c> the</c><00:42:22.360><c> Jews</c><00:42:22.579><c> placed</c><00:42:23.039><c> such</c><00:42:23.420><c> store</c><00:42:23.679><c> for</c><00:42:23.880><c> the</c> 00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:29.059 working<00:42:24.300><c> out</c><00:42:24.579><c> of</c><00:42:24.780><c> his</c><00:42:25.019><c> purpose.</c><00:42:25.980><c> Even</c><00:42:26.340><c> their</c><00:42:26.780><c> forefathers</c><00:42:27.519><c> multiplied</c><00:42:28.219><c> when</c><00:42:28.460><c> they</c><00:42:28.639><c> were</c><00:42:28.840><c> in</c> 00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:31.300 Egypt<00:42:29.880><c> until</c><00:42:30.980><c> another</c> 00:42:31.300 --> 00:42:34.920 king<00:42:31.559><c> arose</c><00:42:31.940><c> which</c><00:42:32.179><c> knew</c><00:42:32.400><c> not</c><00:42:32.679><c> Joseph.</c><00:42:34.059><c> And</c><00:42:34.300><c> then</c><00:42:34.460><c> came</c><00:42:34.719><c> the</c> 00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:40.880 time<00:42:35.119><c> of</c><00:42:35.360><c> affliction,</c><00:42:37.639><c> the</c><00:42:37.780><c> time</c><00:42:38.019><c> of</c><00:42:39.239><c> such</c><00:42:39.559><c> oppression</c> 00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:46.480 that<00:42:41.980><c> it</c><00:42:42.139><c> was</c><00:42:43.059><c> an</c><00:42:43.440><c> effort</c><00:42:43.699><c> to</c><00:42:43.940><c> exterminate</c><00:42:44.699><c> the</c><00:42:44.860><c> people.</c><00:42:46.280><c> And</c> 00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:50.320 then<00:42:47.239><c> Moses</c><00:42:47.659><c> was</c><00:42:48.000><c> born.</c><00:42:49.380><c> But</c><00:42:49.539><c> where</c><00:42:49.760><c> was</c><00:42:49.940><c> the</c><00:42:50.119><c> leader</c> 00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:55.960 born?<00:42:51.460><c> In</c><00:42:51.820><c> Egypt.</c><00:42:53.280><c> Where</c><00:42:53.460><c> was</c><00:42:53.619><c> he</c><00:42:53.800><c> brought</c><00:42:54.079><c> up?</c><00:42:55.039><c> In</c><00:42:55.460><c> Pharaoh's</c> 00:42:55.960 --> 00:43:00.739 household.<00:42:58.039><c> Did</c><00:42:58.179><c> they</c><00:42:58.400><c> think</c><00:42:59.059><c> that</c><00:43:00.019><c> all</c><00:43:00.360><c> the</c><00:43:00.539><c> skill</c> 00:43:00.739 --> 00:43:05.960 that<00:43:00.960><c> he</c><00:43:01.079><c> had</c><00:43:01.539><c> could</c><00:43:01.900><c> be</c><00:43:02.159><c> used</c><00:43:02.360><c> by</c><00:43:02.639><c> them</c><00:43:02.920><c> when</c><00:43:03.099><c> he</c><00:43:03.400><c> thought</c><00:43:03.880><c> that</c><00:43:04.880><c> with</c><00:43:05.679><c> all</c> 00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:07.599 the<00:43:06.199><c> training</c><00:43:06.619><c> that</c><00:43:06.900><c> had</c><00:43:07.099><c> gone</c><00:43:07.280><c> to</c><00:43:07.480><c> the</c> 00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:13.099 taking<00:43:07.880><c> of</c><00:43:08.079><c> him</c><00:43:08.340><c> he</c><00:43:08.440><c> was</c><00:43:08.639><c> their</c><00:43:08.900><c> leader?</c><00:43:10.340><c> No,</c><00:43:10.920><c> says</c><00:43:11.199><c> Stephen.</c> 00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:17.179 They<00:43:13.840><c> rejected</c><00:43:14.599><c> him.</c><00:43:16.300><c> An</c><00:43:16.519><c> objection</c><00:43:16.900><c> is</c> 00:43:17.179 --> 00:43:21.039 raised<00:43:17.460><c> that</c><00:43:17.659><c> Moses</c><00:43:18.019><c> was</c><00:43:18.320><c> learned</c><00:43:18.559><c> in</c><00:43:18.780><c> all</c><00:43:19.039><c> the</c><00:43:19.179><c> wisdom</c><00:43:19.420><c> of</c><00:43:19.619><c> the</c><00:43:19.800><c> Egyptians</c><00:43:20.239><c> and</c><00:43:20.579><c> mighty</c><00:43:20.860><c> in</c> 00:43:21.039 --> 00:43:22.420 words<00:43:21.239><c> and</c><00:43:21.519><c> deeds,</c> 00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:25.019 but<00:43:22.699><c> it</c><00:43:22.820><c> isn't</c><00:43:22.940><c> so</c><00:43:23.239><c> serious</c><00:43:23.659><c> a</c><00:43:23.900><c> difficulty</c><00:43:24.340><c> and</c><00:43:24.500><c> can</c><00:43:24.679><c> easily</c> 00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:28.440 be<00:43:25.280><c> answered.</c><00:43:26.460><c> And</c><00:43:26.619><c> when</c><00:43:26.699><c> he</c><00:43:26.840><c> was</c><00:43:27.079><c> full</c><00:43:27.239><c> 40</c><00:43:27.579><c> years</c><00:43:27.980><c> old</c><00:43:28.199><c> and</c> 00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:31.699 another<00:43:28.699><c> objection</c><00:43:29.219><c> is</c><00:43:29.579><c> raised</c><00:43:30.019><c> that</c><00:43:30.820><c> there's</c><00:43:31.000><c> no</c><00:43:31.179><c> record</c><00:43:31.539><c> of</c> 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the</c><00:43:45.119><c> expression</c><00:43:45.440><c> is</c><00:43:45.780><c> used</c> 00:43:46.219 --> 00:43:48.099 in<00:43:46.699><c> the</c><00:43:46.860><c> record</c><00:43:47.159><c> concerning</c><00:43:47.719><c> Moses</c> 00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:57.260 that<00:43:48.480><c> indicates</c><00:43:48.860><c> that</c><00:43:49.079><c> he</c><00:43:49.280><c> was</c><00:43:49.500><c> 40.</c><00:43:51.760><c> He</c><00:43:51.960><c> saw</c><00:43:52.219><c> one</c><00:43:52.539><c> of</c><00:43:54.280><c> the</c><00:43:54.539><c> Israelites</c><00:43:54.980><c> suffering</c><00:43:55.619><c> and</c> 00:43:57.260 --> 00:43:58.980 he<00:43:58.039><c> took</c><00:43:58.179><c> an</c><00:43:58.400><c> action</c><00:43:58.679><c> by</c> 00:43:58.980 --> 00:44:02.960 which<00:43:59.199><c> he</c><00:43:59.360><c> burned</c><00:43:59.619><c> his</c><00:43:59.940><c> boats.</c><00:44:01.599><c> It's</c><00:44:01.800><c> long</c><00:44:02.000><c> time</c><00:44:02.239><c> been</c><00:44:02.460><c> thinking</c><00:44:02.800><c> that</c> 00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:04.800 he<00:44:03.119><c> was</c><00:44:03.320><c> the</c><00:44:03.579><c> deliverer.</c><00:44:04.119><c> Why</c><00:44:04.199><c> such</c> 00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:08.679 remarkable<00:44:05.679><c> circumstances</c><00:44:06.400><c> in</c><00:44:06.679><c> his</c><00:44:06.980><c> life?</c><00:44:08.219><c> That</c><00:44:08.360><c> he</c><00:44:08.539><c> should</c> 00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:10.739 first<00:44:08.980><c> of</c><00:44:09.159><c> all</c><00:44:09.239><c> be</c><00:44:09.500><c> preserved</c><00:44:10.059><c> and</c><00:44:10.300><c> then</c><00:44:10.519><c> brought</c> 00:44:10.739 --> 00:44:15.539 up<00:44:10.980><c> in</c><00:44:11.639><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:44:12.059><c> house</c><00:44:12.480><c> and</c><00:44:12.800><c> then</c><00:44:14.380><c> equipped</c><00:44:14.679><c> with</c><00:44:14.960><c> all</c><00:44:15.199><c> the</c> 00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:19.599 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not.</c><00:44:34.480><c> And</c><00:44:34.760><c> Rackham</c><00:44:35.280><c> says,</c> 00:44:36.239 --> 00:44:40.000 objection<00:44:36.760><c> 10,</c><00:44:37.920><c> the</c><00:44:38.099><c> deeper</c><00:44:38.480><c> motive,</c><00:44:39.139><c> the</c><00:44:39.320><c> desire</c><00:44:39.639><c> to</c><00:44:39.820><c> give</c> 00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:42.079 deliverance<00:44:40.380><c> to</c><00:44:40.559><c> his</c><00:44:40.739><c> people</c><00:44:41.019><c> which</c><00:44:41.260><c> is</c><00:44:41.599><c> important</c> 00:44:42.079 --> 00:44:48.460 in<00:44:42.280><c> the</c><00:44:42.539><c> parallel</c><00:44:42.739><c> with</c><00:44:42.920><c> the</c><00:44:43.159><c> Christ.</c><00:44:44.199><c> You</c><00:44:44.400><c> see,</c><00:44:45.360><c> Rackham</c><00:44:45.679><c> catches</c><00:44:46.579><c> the</c> 00:44:48.460 --> 00:44:50.340 argument<00:44:49.039><c> of</c><00:44:49.320><c> Stephen</c><00:44:49.679><c> or</c><00:44:49.860><c> 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00:45:08.239 on<00:45:02.960><c> this.</c><00:45:04.800><c> What</c><00:45:04.920><c> is</c><00:45:05.099><c> the</c><00:45:05.239><c> answer?</c><00:45:06.280><c> Exodus</c><00:45:06.619><c> tells</c><00:45:07.000><c> us</c><00:45:07.239><c> as</c><00:45:07.400><c> Stephen</c><00:45:07.760><c> quotes</c><00:45:08.000><c> that</c> 00:45:08.239 --> 00:45:09.599 the<00:45:08.519><c> Israelite</c><00:45:08.980><c> who</c><00:45:09.239><c> strove</c><00:45:09.400><c> with</c> 00:45:09.599 --> 00:45:12.780 his<00:45:09.860><c> fellow</c><00:45:10.039><c> said</c><00:45:10.280><c> to</c><00:45:10.539><c> Moses,</c><00:45:11.539><c> who</c><00:45:11.639><c> made</c><00:45:11.920><c> the</c><00:45:12.099><c> prince</c><00:45:12.400><c> and</c><00:45:12.619><c> the</c> 00:45:12.780 --> 00:45:15.880 judge<00:45:13.000><c> over</c><00:45:13.199><c> us?</c><00:45:14.219><c> This</c><00:45:14.500><c> shows</c><00:45:14.780><c> that</c><00:45:15.039><c> Moses</c><00:45:15.360><c> has</c><00:45:15.619><c> acted</c> 00:45:15.880 --> 00:45:18.539 and<00:45:16.119><c> saying</c><00:45:16.179><c> the</c><00:45:16.440><c> Egyptian</c><00:45:16.719><c> was</c><00:45:16.980><c> regarded</c><00:45:17.460><c> as</c><00:45:17.719><c> an</c><00:45:17.980><c> indication</c> 00:45:18.539 --> 00:45:21.159 on<00:45:18.780><c> his</c><00:45:19.199><c> part</c><00:45:19.659><c> that</c><00:45:20.300><c> he</c><00:45:20.460><c> was</c><00:45:20.719><c> willing</c><00:45:20.940><c> to</c> 00:45:21.159 --> 00:45:25.300 lead<00:45:21.360><c> a</c><00:45:21.619><c> revolt</c><00:45:22.000><c> of</c><00:45:22.800><c> the</c><00:45:23.000><c> slave</c><00:45:23.199><c> people.</c><00:45:24.300><c> And</c><00:45:24.440><c> it</c><00:45:24.579><c> is</c><00:45:24.800><c> implicit</c> 00:45:25.300 --> 00:45:27.280 in<00:45:25.599><c> that</c><00:45:25.840><c> and</c><00:45:26.099><c> other</c><00:45:26.380><c> statements</c><00:45:26.860><c> in</c><00:45:27.079><c> the</c> 00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:33.000 narrative<00:45:27.679><c> that</c><00:45:27.900><c> Moses</c><00:45:28.639><c> was</c><00:45:29.239><c> contemplating</c><00:45:30.360><c> acting</c><00:45:30.860><c> as</c><00:45:31.300><c> deliverer.</c><00:45:32.820><c> And</c> 00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:34.519 the<00:45:33.280><c> inference</c><00:45:33.599><c> of</c><00:45:33.900><c> Stephen</c><00:45:34.219><c> is</c> 00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:40.460 therefore<00:45:34.719><c> quite</c><00:45:35.099><c> legitimate.</c><00:45:37.639><c> When</c><00:45:37.960><c> he</c><00:45:38.900><c> showed</c><00:45:39.280><c> himself</c><00:45:40.099><c> to</c> 00:45:40.460 --> 00:45:42.760 the<00:45:40.800><c> Israelites</c><00:45:41.219><c> the</c><00:45:41.480><c> next</c><00:45:41.820><c> day,</c> 00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:47.400 and<00:45:43.260><c> it</c><00:45:43.380><c> became</c><00:45:43.760><c> evident</c><00:45:44.320><c> that</c><00:45:44.539><c> what</c><00:45:44.719><c> he</c><00:45:44.860><c> had</c><00:45:45.099><c> done</c><00:45:45.300><c> was</c><00:45:45.619><c> known,</c><00:45:46.599><c> and</c> 00:45:47.400 --> 00:45:48.139 when<00:45:47.599><c> it</c><00:45:47.800><c> was</c><00:45:47.980><c> said,</c> 00:45:48.340 --> 00:45:51.739 who<00:45:48.340><c> made</c><00:45:48.599><c> thee</c><00:45:48.820><c> a</c><00:45:48.920><c> ruler</c><00:45:49.199><c> over</c><00:45:49.559><c> us,</c><00:45:50.659><c> wilt</c><00:45:50.780><c> thou</c><00:45:50.980><c> kill</c><00:45:51.219><c> me,</c> 00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:54.980 that<00:45:52.340><c> Moses</c><00:45:52.860><c> fled</c><00:45:53.320><c> into</c><00:45:53.719><c> exile?</c> 00:45:55.820 --> 00:46:00.639 And<00:45:56.219><c> what</c><00:45:56.440><c> if</c><00:45:56.579><c> another</c><00:45:56.960><c> leader</c><00:45:57.519><c> has</c><00:45:58.500><c> gone</c><00:45:58.760><c> away</c><00:45:59.179><c> from</c><00:45:59.519><c> them</c><00:45:59.940><c> as</c> 00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:03.880 Moses<00:46:01.119><c> was</c><00:46:01.420><c> to</c><00:46:01.599><c> come</c><00:46:01.860><c> back</c><00:46:02.039><c> and</c><00:46:02.219><c> be</c><00:46:02.360><c> their</c><00:46:02.579><c> deliverer?</c> 00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:07.900 If<00:46:04.960><c> there's</c><00:46:05.159><c> to</c><00:46:05.320><c> be</c><00:46:05.480><c> a</c><00:46:05.659><c> prophet</c><00:46:05.820><c> like</c><00:46:06.119><c> unto</c><00:46:06.320><c> Moses,</c><00:46:06.780><c> what's</c><00:46:07.079><c> the</c><00:46:07.300><c> parallel</c><00:46:07.679><c> in</c> 00:46:07.900 --> 00:46:09.179 Moses's<00:46:08.619><c> life</c><00:46:08.800><c> that</c><00:46:08.960><c> has</c> 00:46:09.179 --> 00:46:13.519 come<00:46:09.519><c> in</c><00:46:09.599><c> the</c><00:46:09.739><c> life</c><00:46:10.000><c> of</c><00:46:10.159><c> the</c><00:46:10.340><c> deliverer,</c><00:46:10.860><c> says</c><00:46:11.079><c> Stephen?</c><00:46:13.400><c> If</c> 00:46:13.519 --> 00:46:16.280 the<00:46:13.719><c> one</c><00:46:13.820><c> is</c><00:46:14.000><c> rejected</c><00:46:14.519><c> at</c><00:46:14.780><c> his</c><00:46:14.980><c> first</c><00:46:15.239><c> appearing,</c> 00:46:16.420 --> 00:46:20.780 and<00:46:16.559><c> yet</c><00:46:16.699><c> is</c><00:46:16.940><c> sent</c><00:46:17.119><c> back</c><00:46:17.400><c> by</c><00:46:17.719><c> God</c><00:46:17.880><c> to</c><00:46:18.079><c> achieve</c><00:46:18.440><c> the</c><00:46:18.699><c> work,</c><00:46:19.880><c> what's</c><00:46:20.320><c> the</c> 00:46:20.780 --> 00:46:22.440 corollary<00:46:21.519><c> which</c><00:46:21.780><c> comes</c><00:46:22.159><c> from</c> 00:46:22.440 --> 00:46:27.920 your<00:46:22.760><c> rejection</c><00:46:23.300><c> of</c><00:46:23.500><c> Jesus?</c><00:46:24.739><c> Will</c><00:46:24.920><c> God</c><00:46:25.179><c> send</c><00:46:25.440><c> him</c><00:46:25.780><c> back?</c><00:46:27.679><c> That</c> 00:46:27.920 --> 00:46:30.199 is<00:46:28.039><c> what</c><00:46:28.239><c> Stephen</c><00:46:28.559><c> is</c><00:46:28.840><c> saying</c><00:46:29.019><c> to</c><00:46:29.219><c> them.</c> 00:46:31.260 --> 00:46:33.940 And<00:46:31.380><c> then</c><00:46:31.539><c> when</c><00:46:31.739><c> forty</c><00:46:32.039><c> years</c><00:46:32.360><c> were</c><00:46:32.559><c> expired,</c><00:46:33.239><c> there</c><00:46:33.360><c> appeared</c><00:46:33.639><c> to</c><00:46:33.840><c> him</c> 00:46:33.940 --> 00:46:35.820 in<00:46:34.079><c> the</c><00:46:34.219><c> wilderness</c><00:46:34.599><c> of</c><00:46:34.880><c> Mount</c><00:46:35.139><c> Sinai</c> 00:46:35.820 --> 00:46:40.219 an<00:46:36.420><c> angel</c><00:46:36.760><c> of</c><00:46:37.000><c> the</c><00:46:37.119><c> Lord</c><00:46:37.420><c> in</c><00:46:37.619><c> a</c><00:46:37.840><c> flame</c><00:46:38.039><c> of</c><00:46:38.480><c> fire</c><00:46:38.760><c> in</c><00:46:39.000><c> the</c><00:46:39.179><c> bush.</c> 00:46:40.760 --> 00:46:44.400 So<00:46:40.880><c> God</c><00:46:41.139><c> made</c><00:46:41.460><c> himself,</c><00:46:42.960><c> made</c><00:46:43.179><c> of</c><00:46:43.420><c> himself,</c> 00:46:44.800 --> 00:46:49.360 one<00:46:44.920><c> of</c><00:46:45.039><c> the</c><00:46:45.139><c> most</c><00:46:45.679><c> striking</c><00:46:46.300><c> revelations</c><00:46:47.420><c> in</c><00:46:48.639><c> all</c><00:46:49.039><c> of</c><00:46:49.199><c> Old</c> 00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:51.420 Testament<00:46:49.940><c> history.</c> 00:46:52.019 --> 00:46:56.420 And<00:46:52.199><c> it</c><00:46:52.280><c> was</c><00:46:52.500><c> made</c><00:46:52.940><c> in</c><00:46:53.460><c> and</c><00:46:53.800><c> through</c><00:46:54.039><c> Moses</c><00:46:54.659><c> when</c><00:46:55.780><c> he</c><00:46:55.960><c> was</c><00:46:56.199><c> in</c> 00:46:56.420 --> 00:46:58.480 exile<00:46:56.860><c> from</c><00:46:57.079><c> his</c><00:46:57.320><c> own</c><00:46:57.639><c> people.</c> 00:47:03.260 --> 00:47:09.019 Isn't<00:47:03.820><c> there</c><00:47:04.039><c> a</c><00:47:04.139><c> point</c><00:47:04.380><c> in</c><00:47:04.559><c> that?</c><00:47:06.059><c> What</c><00:47:06.239><c> if</c><00:47:06.420><c> after</c><00:47:06.719><c> all</c><00:47:07.139><c> the</c><00:47:07.320><c> mightiest</c><00:47:07.900><c> manifestation</c><00:47:08.739><c> of</c> 00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:09.739 God<00:47:09.219><c> has</c><00:47:09.420><c> been</c> 00:47:09.739 --> 00:47:16.239 revealed<00:47:10.039><c> through</c><00:47:10.280><c> Jesus</c><00:47:10.739><c> who</c><00:47:10.960><c> has</c><00:47:11.199><c> been</c><00:47:11.400><c> taken</c><00:47:11.679><c> away</c><00:47:12.039><c> from</c><00:47:12.400><c> them?</c><00:47:14.239><c> Rackham's</c><00:47:14.659><c> Objection</c><00:47:15.179><c> 11</c><00:47:15.500><c> concerns</c><00:47:16.139><c> a</c> 00:47:16.239 --> 00:47:23.239 matter<00:47:16.579><c> of</c><00:47:16.800><c> angelology</c><00:47:18.679><c> which</c><00:47:18.900><c> we</c><00:47:19.119><c> need</c><00:47:19.280><c> not</c><00:47:19.400><c> go</c><00:47:19.679><c> into.</c><00:47:21.559><c> So</c><00:47:21.840><c> Moses</c><00:47:22.320><c> wandered</c><00:47:23.019><c> at</c> 00:47:23.239 --> 00:47:24.559 the<00:47:23.460><c> site</c><00:47:23.760><c> as</c><00:47:23.960><c> he</c><00:47:24.159><c> drew</c><00:47:24.340><c> near</c> 00:47:24.559 --> 00:47:28.739 and<00:47:24.880><c> beheld</c><00:47:25.079><c> it</c><00:47:25.260><c> and</c><00:47:25.420><c> he</c><00:47:25.579><c> heard</c><00:47:25.780><c> God</c><00:47:26.079><c> saying,</c><00:47:27.239><c> I</c><00:47:27.500><c> am</c><00:47:28.239><c> the</c><00:47:28.480><c> God</c> 00:47:28.739 --> 00:47:30.280 of<00:47:28.920><c> the</c><00:47:29.119><c> fathers,</c><00:47:29.500><c> the</c><00:47:29.699><c> God</c><00:47:29.860><c> of</c><00:47:30.079><c> Abraham,</c> 00:47:30.380 --> 00:47:33.679 the<00:47:30.500><c> God</c><00:47:30.659><c> of</c><00:47:30.880><c> Isaac,</c><00:47:31.199><c> and</c><00:47:31.340><c> the</c><00:47:31.460><c> God</c><00:47:31.599><c> of</c><00:47:31.820><c> Jacob.</c><00:47:32.920><c> You</c><00:47:33.179><c> remember</c> 00:47:33.679 --> 00:47:37.500 how<00:47:34.340><c> that</c><00:47:34.559><c> was</c><00:47:34.880><c> used</c><00:47:35.300><c> by</c><00:47:36.460><c> Peter</c><00:47:36.860><c> as</c><00:47:37.119><c> we</c><00:47:37.320><c> saw</c> 00:47:37.500 --> 00:47:40.239 the<00:47:37.699><c> other</c><00:47:37.920><c> day</c><00:47:38.199><c> and</c><00:47:38.380><c> what</c><00:47:38.579><c> the</c><00:47:38.980><c> significance</c><00:47:39.300><c> of</c><00:47:39.559><c> it</c><00:47:39.780><c> was</c><00:47:39.960><c> as</c> 00:47:40.239 --> 00:47:43.619 Luke<00:47:40.579><c> narrates</c><00:47:41.159><c> it?</c><00:47:42.059><c> And</c><00:47:42.340><c> so</c><00:47:42.579><c> here,</c> 00:47:44.780 --> 00:47:50.539 the<00:47:45.039><c> one</c><00:47:45.360><c> who</c><00:47:45.659><c> revealed</c><00:47:45.980><c> himself</c><00:47:46.639><c> to</c><00:47:47.119><c> Moses</c><00:47:47.599><c> at</c><00:47:47.920><c> Sinai</c><00:47:48.940><c> was</c> 00:47:50.539 --> 00:47:53.159 the<00:47:50.800><c> one</c><00:47:50.940><c> who</c><00:47:51.139><c> had</c><00:47:51.380><c> further</c><00:47:51.860><c> intentions</c><00:47:52.599><c> than</c><00:47:52.920><c> the</c> 00:47:53.159 --> 00:48:00.000 covenant<00:47:53.880><c> and</c><00:47:55.599><c> Stephen</c><00:47:56.420><c> links</c><00:47:57.179><c> the</c><00:47:58.639><c> divine</c><00:47:59.139><c> claim</c><00:47:59.519><c> to</c><00:47:59.719><c> be</c><00:47:59.860><c> the</c> 00:48:00.000 --> 00:48:03.320 God<00:48:00.159><c> of</c><00:48:00.400><c> Abraham</c><00:48:00.960><c> with</c><00:48:01.900><c> that</c><00:48:02.159><c> revelation</c> 00:48:03.320 --> 00:48:08.420 through<00:48:03.739><c> Moses</c><00:48:04.300><c> and</c><00:48:05.199><c> links</c><00:48:05.699><c> the</c><00:48:06.360><c> antitype</c><00:48:06.920><c> with</c><00:48:07.139><c> 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home</c><00:48:56.670><c> of</c><00:48:56.929><c> this</c><00:48:57.230><c> point.</c><00:48:59.349><c> Stephen</c><00:48:59.650><c> isn't</c><00:49:00.210><c> basing</c><00:49:00.630><c> his</c> 00:49:00.969 --> 00:49:02.250 case<00:49:01.170><c> upon</c><00:49:01.469><c> one</c><00:49:01.750><c> incident.</c> 00:49:02.590 --> 00:49:07.829 He<00:49:02.750><c> says</c><00:49:03.050><c> the</c><00:49:04.150><c> whole</c><00:49:04.849><c> range</c><00:49:05.250><c> of</c><00:49:05.489><c> our</c><00:49:05.750><c> history</c><00:49:06.349><c> is</c><00:49:07.130><c> eloquent</c><00:49:07.630><c> of</c> 00:49:07.829 --> 00:49:10.670 the<00:49:08.050><c> fact</c><00:49:08.250><c> from</c><00:49:08.530><c> which</c><00:49:08.730><c> I'm</c><00:49:09.670><c> claiming,</c> 00:49:11.070 --> 00:49:14.449 at<00:49:11.190><c> which</c><00:49:11.349><c> I'm</c><00:49:11.869><c> stating</c><00:49:12.190><c> my</c><00:49:12.489><c> case.</c><00:49:12.989><c> It's</c><00:49:13.269><c> a</c><00:49:13.409><c> question</c><00:49:13.789><c> of</c><00:49:14.190><c> the</c> 00:49:14.449 --> 00:49:16.909 divine<00:49:14.730><c> purpose</c><00:49:15.170><c> at</c><00:49:15.429><c> any</c><00:49:15.710><c> time.</c><00:49:16.230><c> And</c><00:49:16.409><c> if</c><00:49:16.570><c> God</c><00:49:16.690><c> could</c> 00:49:16.909 --> 00:49:20.909 all<00:49:17.610><c> these</c><00:49:17.969><c> things</c><00:49:18.429><c> before</c><00:49:18.889><c> ever</c><00:49:19.130><c> the</c><00:49:19.309><c> law</c><00:49:19.489><c> was</c><00:49:19.769><c> formulated,</c> 00:49:21.030 --> 00:49:22.570 isn't<00:49:21.349><c> it</c><00:49:21.530><c> within</c><00:49:21.869><c> the</c><00:49:22.050><c> range</c><00:49:22.289><c> of</c> 00:49:22.570 --> 00:49:26.769 possibility<00:49:23.329><c> that</c><00:49:24.489><c> the</c><00:49:24.989><c> law</c><00:49:25.250><c> can</c><00:49:25.489><c> have</c><00:49:25.730><c> run</c><00:49:25.969><c> its</c><00:49:26.329><c> course</c><00:49:26.550><c> and</c> 00:49:26.769 --> 00:49:29.489 God<00:49:27.030><c> introduced</c><00:49:27.610><c> another</c><00:49:28.110><c> dispensation</c> 00:49:29.630 --> 00:49:33.510 bound<00:49:30.230><c> up</c><00:49:30.630><c> with</c><00:49:30.849><c> the</c><00:49:31.090><c> antitype</c><00:49:31.730><c> of</c><00:49:31.889><c> Moses.</c><00:49:32.909><c> And</c><00:49:33.070><c> therefore,</c> 00:49:33.789 --> 00:49:35.070 because<00:49:34.110><c> it</c><00:49:34.250><c> was</c><00:49:34.489><c> the</c><00:49:34.630><c> fulfillment</c> 00:49:35.070 --> 00:49:38.429 of<00:49:35.389><c> all</c><00:49:35.590><c> the</c><00:49:35.769><c> typical</c><00:49:36.110><c> features</c><00:49:36.469><c> of</c><00:49:36.730><c> the</c><00:49:36.929><c> law,</c><00:49:37.630><c> something</c><00:49:37.949><c> that</c><00:49:38.150><c> is</c> 00:49:38.429 --> 00:49:40.449 independent<00:49:39.150><c> of</c><00:49:39.429><c> them.</c> 00:49:41.829 --> 00:49:46.349 But<00:49:42.429><c> this</c><00:49:42.690><c> is</c><00:49:42.989><c> the</c><00:49:43.090><c> case.</c><00:49:43.909><c> It's</c><00:49:44.349><c> clear</c><00:49:44.690><c> because</c><00:49:45.309><c> the</c><00:49:45.789><c> argument</c> 00:49:46.349 --> 00:49:49.550 moves<00:49:46.849><c> on.</c><00:49:48.070><c> This</c><00:49:48.269><c> is</c><00:49:48.429><c> that</c><00:49:48.730><c> Moses</c><00:49:49.090><c> which</c><00:49:49.389><c> said</c> 00:49:49.550 --> 00:49:51.989 unto<00:49:49.769><c> the</c><00:49:49.969><c> children</c><00:49:50.289><c> of</c><00:49:50.510><c> Israel,</c><00:49:50.969><c> a</c><00:49:50.989><c> prophet</c><00:49:51.369><c> shall</c><00:49:51.590><c> the</c><00:49:51.789><c> Lord</c> 00:49:51.989 --> 00:49:55.869 your<00:49:52.150><c> God</c><00:49:52.449><c> raise</c><00:49:52.610><c> up</c><00:49:52.809><c> unto</c><00:49:53.010><c> you.</c><00:49:54.650><c> Stephen</c><00:49:55.030><c> says,</c> 00:49:56.090 --> 00:49:59.369 I'm<00:49:56.409><c> not</c><00:49:56.909><c> dreaming</c><00:49:57.349><c> dreams</c><00:49:57.869><c> or</c><00:49:58.090><c> putting</c><00:49:58.369><c> over</c><00:49:58.730><c> to</c><00:49:58.929><c> you</c><00:49:59.150><c> mere</c> 00:49:59.369 --> 00:50:02.289 speculations.<00:50:00.969><c> Here's</c><00:50:01.369><c> the</c><00:50:01.590><c> testimony</c><00:50:02.070><c> that</c> 00:50:02.289 --> 00:50:05.710 there<00:50:02.590><c> has</c><00:50:02.929><c> to</c><00:50:03.130><c> be</c><00:50:03.309><c> a</c><00:50:03.469><c> prophet</c><00:50:03.690><c> like</c><00:50:03.989><c> unto</c><00:50:04.269><c> Moses.</c><00:50:05.210><c> There</c><00:50:05.389><c> has</c> 00:50:05.710 --> 00:50:08.389 to<00:50:05.889><c> be</c><00:50:06.070><c> one</c><00:50:06.269><c> to</c><00:50:06.570><c> come</c><00:50:06.730><c> to</c><00:50:07.010><c> whom</c><00:50:07.289><c> in</c><00:50:07.630><c> whose</c><00:50:07.829><c> life</c><00:50:08.170><c> there</c> 00:50:08.389 --> 00:50:12.309 is<00:50:08.829><c> a</c><00:50:08.829><c> parallel</c><00:50:09.250><c> with</c><00:50:09.530><c> the</c><00:50:09.690><c> life</c><00:50:09.869><c> of</c><00:50:10.130><c> Moses,</c><00:50:10.750><c> in</c><00:50:10.969><c> whose</c><00:50:11.230><c> experiences</c><00:50:12.090><c> there</c> 00:50:12.309 --> 00:50:14.130 is<00:50:12.570><c> a</c><00:50:12.690><c> parallel</c><00:50:13.090><c> with</c><00:50:13.289><c> the</c><00:50:13.510><c> experiences</c> 00:50:14.130 --> 00:50:18.530 of<00:50:14.369><c> Moses.</c><00:50:16.269><c> And</c><00:50:16.329><c> he</c><00:50:16.510><c> points</c><00:50:16.789><c> the</c><00:50:17.090><c> parallel</c><00:50:17.489><c> when</c><00:50:17.750><c> in</c><00:50:17.909><c> verse</c><00:50:18.130><c> 38</c> 00:50:18.530 --> 00:50:22.630 he<00:50:18.670><c> says,</c><00:50:19.090><c> this</c><00:50:19.090><c> is</c><00:50:19.449><c> he</c><00:50:20.090><c> that</c><00:50:20.429><c> was</c><00:50:20.869><c> in</c><00:50:21.309><c> the</c><00:50:21.570><c> church,</c> 00:50:22.769 --> 00:50:26.710 in<00:50:23.030><c> the</c><00:50:23.230><c> wilderness</c><00:50:23.829><c> with</c><00:50:24.690><c> the</c><00:50:24.989><c> angel</c><00:50:25.369><c> which</c><00:50:25.869><c> spake</c><00:50:26.250><c> to</c><00:50:26.469><c> him</c> 00:50:26.710 --> 00:50:28.969 in<00:50:26.889><c> the</c><00:50:27.070><c> Mount</c><00:50:27.389><c> Sinai</c><00:50:27.909><c> and</c><00:50:28.130><c> with</c><00:50:28.409><c> our</c><00:50:28.650><c> fathers</c> 00:50:28.969 --> 00:50:34.449 who<00:50:29.510><c> received</c><00:50:29.969><c> the</c><00:50:30.250><c> living</c><00:50:30.530><c> oracles</c><00:50:30.989><c> to</c><00:50:31.250><c> give</c><00:50:31.389><c> unto</c><00:50:31.690><c> us.</c><00:50:34.309><c> He</c> 00:50:34.449 --> 00:50:38.889 was<00:50:35.210><c> in</c><00:50:35.670><c> the</c><00:50:36.449><c> ecclesia,</c><00:50:37.769><c> that's</c><00:50:38.070><c> the</c><00:50:38.210><c> Greek</c><00:50:38.409><c> word,</c> 00:50:39.389 --> 00:50:44.110 he<00:50:39.469><c> was</c><00:50:39.730><c> in</c><00:50:40.070><c> the</c><00:50:40.250><c> ecclesia</c><00:50:41.250><c> in</c><00:50:41.869><c> the</c><00:50:42.030><c> wilderness.</c><00:50:43.809><c> And</c><00:50:43.969><c> the</c> 00:50:44.110 --> 00:50:48.289 22nd<00:50:44.829><c> Psalm</c><00:50:45.110><c> says</c><00:50:45.550><c> concerning</c><00:50:46.889><c> Christ,</c> 00:50:49.269 --> 00:50:54.030 after<00:50:50.010><c> his</c><00:50:50.750><c> resurrection,</c><00:50:52.510><c> I</c><00:50:52.590><c> will</c><00:50:52.829><c> declare</c><00:50:53.230><c> thy</c><00:50:53.510><c> name</c><00:50:53.769><c> unto</c> 00:50:54.030 --> 00:50:58.030 my<00:50:54.329><c> brethren</c><00:50:54.869><c> in</c><00:50:55.690><c> the</c><00:50:55.949><c> midst</c><00:50:56.190><c> of</c><00:50:56.449><c> the</c><00:50:56.750><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:50:58.969 --> 00:51:04.449 Catch<00:50:59.269><c> the</c><00:50:59.469><c> phrase</c><00:51:00.050><c> that</c><00:51:00.650><c> he's</c><00:51:00.809><c> using</c><00:51:01.050><c> here,</c><00:51:01.610><c> in</c><00:51:01.969><c> the</c><00:51:02.170><c> midst</c><00:51:02.389><c> of</c><00:51:02.630><c> the</c><00:51:02.869><c> ecclesia</c><00:51:03.869><c> will</c><00:51:04.269><c> I</c> 00:51:04.449 --> 00:51:05.550 get<00:51:04.610><c> praise</c><00:51:04.829><c> unto</c><00:51:05.090><c> thee.</c> 00:51:05.889 --> 00:51:11.989 So<00:51:06.170><c> as</c><00:51:06.550><c> Moses</c><00:51:06.889><c> was</c><00:51:07.369><c> with</c><00:51:07.909><c> the</c><00:51:08.170><c> ecclesia</c><00:51:09.590><c> there,</c><00:51:11.010><c> even</c><00:51:11.269><c> the</c><00:51:11.530><c> children</c><00:51:11.809><c> of</c> 00:51:11.989 --> 00:51:13.989 Israel<00:51:12.250><c> which</c><00:51:12.449><c> is</c><00:51:12.670><c> called</c><00:51:12.869><c> the</c><00:51:13.050><c> ecclesia,</c> 00:51:14.010 --> 00:51:19.289 so<00:51:14.230><c> the</c><00:51:14.369><c> Lord</c><00:51:14.570><c> Jesus</c><00:51:15.070><c> was</c><00:51:15.590><c> in</c><00:51:16.230><c> the</c><00:51:16.409><c> midst</c><00:51:16.650><c> of</c><00:51:17.250><c> the</c><00:51:17.530><c> ecclesia</c><00:51:18.289><c> and</c><00:51:18.889><c> is</c> 00:51:19.289 --> 00:51:21.190 tracing<00:51:19.530><c> out</c><00:51:19.849><c> his</c><00:51:20.090><c> parallel.</c> 00:51:23.329 --> 00:51:28.130 There<00:51:24.050><c> was</c><00:51:24.730><c> a</c><00:51:24.989><c> divine</c><00:51:25.369><c> revelation</c><00:51:26.010><c> given</c><00:51:26.269><c> to</c><00:51:26.530><c> Moses</c><00:51:26.889><c> at</c><00:51:27.130><c> Sinai</c> 00:51:28.130 --> 00:51:31.190 when<00:51:29.190><c> he</c><00:51:29.269><c> was</c><00:51:29.449><c> in</c><00:51:29.590><c> the</c><00:51:29.710><c> midst</c><00:51:29.929><c> of</c><00:51:30.130><c> the</c><00:51:30.250><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:51:31.389 --> 00:51:36.550 There's<00:51:31.829><c> 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That</c><00:51:50.170><c> just</c><00:51:50.409><c> as</c><00:51:50.590><c> Moses</c><00:51:50.969><c> received</c><00:51:51.590><c> the</c><00:51:52.110><c> living</c><00:51:52.389><c> oracles</c><00:51:52.849><c> to</c> 00:51:53.070 --> 00:51:54.349 give<00:51:53.230><c> them</c><00:51:53.389><c> unto</c><00:51:53.570><c> us,</c> 00:51:54.730 --> 00:51:58.769 so<00:51:54.829><c> through</c><00:51:55.110><c> the</c><00:51:55.309><c> mediator</c><00:51:55.809><c> of</c><00:51:55.949><c> the</c><00:51:56.070><c> new</c><00:51:56.329><c> covenant,</c><00:51:57.889><c> Jesus</c><00:51:58.190><c> of</c> 00:51:58.769 --> 00:52:01.690 whom<00:51:59.429><c> the</c><00:51:59.710><c> psalmist</c><00:52:00.110><c> speaks</c><00:52:00.610><c> as</c><00:52:00.869><c> we</c><00:52:01.050><c> have</c><00:52:01.289><c> quoted,</c> 00:52:02.170 --> 00:52:05.769 has<00:52:02.250><c> given</c><00:52:02.590><c> living</c><00:52:03.190><c> oracles</c><00:52:03.670><c> unto</c><00:52:04.030><c> 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the</c><00:55:21.309><c> wilderness,</c><00:55:22.929><c> and</c><00:55:22.949><c> so</c><00:55:23.150><c> before</c><00:55:23.550><c> temple</c><00:55:23.949><c> there</c> 00:55:24.210 --> 00:55:25.170 was<00:55:24.469><c> tabernacle.</c> 00:55:25.670 --> 00:55:28.510 Then<00:55:25.889><c> there</c><00:55:26.050><c> was</c><00:55:26.250><c> a</c><00:55:26.469><c> change</c><00:55:26.809><c> from</c><00:55:27.050><c> tabernacle</c><00:55:27.630><c> to</c><00:55:27.849><c> temple,</c> 00:55:28.869 --> 00:55:32.010 and<00:55:29.190><c> therefore</c><00:55:29.369><c> there</c><00:55:29.510><c> can</c><00:55:29.710><c> have</c><00:55:29.909><c> been</c><00:55:30.090><c> another</c><00:55:30.449><c> change.</c> 00:55:36.349 --> 00:55:39.210 And<00:55:36.510><c> he</c><00:55:36.690><c> says</c><00:55:36.909><c> in</c><00:55:37.090><c> the</c><00:55:37.289><c> 45th</c><00:55:37.809><c> verse,</c><00:55:38.050><c> which</c><00:55:38.230><c> also</c><00:55:38.630><c> our</c><00:55:38.889><c> fathers</c> 00:55:39.210 --> 00:55:41.530 that<00:55:39.510><c> came</c><00:55:39.769><c> after</c><00:55:40.190><c> brought</c><00:55:40.489><c> in</c><00:55:40.809><c> the</c><00:55:40.949><c> tabernacle</c> 00:55:41.530 --> 00:55:50.030 with<00:55:42.309><c> Jesus.</c><00:55:45.409><c> Jesus,</c><00:55:45.690><c> you</c><00:55:46.389><c> know,</c><00:55:46.710><c> is</c><00:55:46.849><c> Joshua,</c><00:55:47.710><c> you</c><00:55:47.869><c> know</c><00:55:48.130><c> that.</c><00:55:49.789><c> And</c> 00:55:50.030 --> 00:55:51.690 in<00:55:50.650><c> the</c><00:55:50.750><c> letter</c><00:55:50.949><c> to</c><00:55:51.190><c> the</c><00:55:51.389><c> Hebrews,</c> 00:55:51.769 --> 00:55:54.829 written<00:55:52.030><c> by</c><00:55:52.349><c> the</c><00:55:52.530><c> man</c><00:55:53.170><c> who</c><00:55:53.510><c> was</c><00:55:53.710><c> listening</c><00:55:54.010><c> to</c><00:55:54.369><c> Stephen</c><00:55:54.590><c> and</c> 00:55:54.829 --> 00:55:56.690 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place</c><00:57:16.769><c> to</c> 00:57:17.030 --> 00:57:19.650 something<00:57:17.409><c> else</c><00:57:17.769><c> upon</c><00:57:18.230><c> which</c><00:57:18.469><c> the</c><00:57:18.750><c> inheritance</c><00:57:19.150><c> would</c><00:57:19.409><c> be</c> 00:57:19.650 --> 00:57:24.550 based.<00:57:21.369><c> And</c><00:57:21.590><c> then</c><00:57:22.230><c> after</c><00:57:23.170><c> David's</c><00:57:23.730><c> day</c><00:57:23.829><c> Solomon</c><00:57:24.269><c> built</c> 00:57:24.550 --> 00:57:29.889 him<00:57:24.789><c> a</c><00:57:24.889><c> house.</c><00:57:27.130><c> But</c><00:57:27.289><c> that</c><00:57:27.469><c> isn't</c><00:57:27.809><c> final,</c><00:57:29.030><c> because</c><00:57:29.349><c> even</c><00:57:29.650><c> the</c> 00:57:29.889 --> 00:57:33.150 prophet<00:57:30.110><c> contemporary</c><00:57:31.030><c> with</c><00:57:31.250><c> it</c><00:57:32.110><c> says,</c> 00:57:34.030 --> 00:57:36.650 Howbeit<00:57:34.449><c> the</c><00:57:34.690><c> 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I</c><00:58:30.769><c> look,</c> 00:58:32.030 --> 00:58:36.409 that<00:58:32.130><c> is</c><00:58:32.349><c> of</c><00:58:32.610><c> a</c><00:58:32.630><c> humble</c><00:58:33.130><c> and</c><00:58:33.570><c> contrite</c><00:58:34.309><c> spirit,</c><00:58:35.369><c> and</c><00:58:35.570><c> who</c><00:58:35.750><c> trembleth</c><00:58:36.170><c> at</c> 00:58:36.409 --> 00:58:38.769 my<00:58:36.670><c> word.</c><00:58:37.710><c> And</c><00:58:37.889><c> so</c><00:58:38.090><c> Stephen</c><00:58:38.429><c> says,</c> 00:58:39.010 --> 00:58:42.469 Even<00:58:39.289><c> the</c><00:58:39.570><c> prophets</c><00:58:39.869><c> testify</c><00:58:40.730><c> that</c><00:58:41.429><c> the</c><00:58:41.710><c> dwelling</c><00:58:41.909><c> place</c><00:58:42.289><c> of</c> 00:58:42.469 --> 00:58:44.969 God<00:58:42.710><c> isn't</c><00:58:43.030><c> the</c><00:58:43.269><c> material</c><00:58:43.869><c> edifice,</c> 00:58:45.110 --> 00:58:50.730 but<00:58:45.449><c> a</c><00:58:45.730><c> 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we</c><01:02:24.789><c> have</c><01:02:25.010><c> the</c><01:02:25.230><c> account</c><01:02:25.570><c> of</c><01:02:25.730><c> how</c><01:02:25.989><c> the</c><01:02:26.230><c> rupture</c><01:02:26.590><c> began</c> 01:02:27.429 --> 01:02:30.690 between<01:02:28.369><c> Judaism</c><01:02:28.989><c> and</c><01:02:29.309><c> Christianity</c> 01:02:31.150 --> 01:02:34.889 and<01:02:31.750><c> the</c><01:02:31.989><c> grounds</c><01:02:32.469><c> upon</c><01:02:32.809><c> which</c><01:02:33.210><c> Christianity</c><01:02:33.949><c> pursued</c><01:02:34.530><c> its</c> 01:02:34.889 --> 01:02:39.269 course,<01:02:36.289><c> gradually</c><01:02:36.969><c> working</c><01:02:37.449><c> away</c><01:02:37.849><c> from</c><01:02:38.130><c> Judaism.</c> 01:02:40.429 --> 01:02:49.269 And<01:02:40.630><c> now</c><01:02:41.389><c> I</c><01:02:41.849><c> have</c><01:02:41.929><c> an</c><01:02:42.070><c> apology</c><01:02:42.469><c> to</c><01:02:42.750><c> make.</c><01:02:44.429><c> We</c><01:02:44.710><c> do</c><01:02:44.969><c> not</c><01:02:45.190><c> in</c><01:02:45.349><c> general</c><01:02:46.090><c> practice</c><01:02:46.989><c> repeat</c><01:02:47.989><c> on</c><01:02:48.170><c> the</c><01:02:48.389><c> platform</c><01:02:48.769><c> what</c><01:02:48.949><c> is</c> 01:02:49.269 --> 01:02:56.610 available<01:02:50.170><c> in</c><01:02:50.949><c> books.</c><01:02:52.769><c> The</c><01:02:53.110><c> examination</c><01:02:53.650><c> of</c><01:02:54.130><c> these</c><01:02:54.789><c> objections</c><01:02:55.369><c> of</c><01:02:55.690><c> Rackham</c><01:02:56.010><c> is</c><01:02:56.210><c> done</c><01:02:56.389><c> in</c> 01:02:56.610 --> 01:02:57.230 some<01:02:56.829><c> detail</c> 01:02:57.230 --> 01:03:01.449 in<01:02:57.449><c> the</c><01:02:57.489><c> little</c><01:02:57.750><c> book</c><01:02:57.949><c> The</c><01:02:58.250><c> Oracles</c><01:02:58.650><c> of</c><01:02:58.929><c> God.</c><01:03:00.329><c> If</c><01:03:00.550><c> you</c><01:03:00.710><c> want</c><01:03:00.949><c> to</c> 01:03:01.449 --> 01:03:03.809 study<01:03:01.769><c> these</c><01:03:02.449><c> objections</c><01:03:02.889><c> and</c><01:03:03.190><c> see</c><01:03:03.409><c> the</c> 01:03:03.809 --> 01:03:07.369 explanation<01:03:04.309><c> and</c><01:03:04.829><c> see</c><01:03:05.170><c> how</c><01:03:05.570><c> the</c><01:03:05.829><c> key</c><01:03:06.110><c> that</c><01:03:06.289><c> we</c><01:03:06.590><c> claim</c><01:03:06.889><c> to</c><01:03:07.210><c> have</c> 01:03:07.369 --> 01:03:11.809 been<01:03:07.789><c> using</c><01:03:08.250><c> to</c><01:03:08.650><c> unlock</c><01:03:09.510><c> Luke's</c><01:03:11.170><c> record</c><01:03:11.550><c> of</c> 01:03:11.809 --> 01:03:17.849 these<01:03:12.010><c> speeches</c><01:03:12.489><c> turns</c><01:03:13.750><c> back</c><01:03:14.670><c> what</c><01:03:15.030><c> are</c><01:03:15.309><c> regarded</c><01:03:15.590><c> as</c><01:03:15.949><c> objections</c><01:03:16.530><c> into</c> 01:03:17.849 --> 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sense</c><01:04:07.070><c> that</c><01:04:07.329><c> my</c><01:04:08.630><c> understanding</c> 01:04:09.269 --> 01:04:10.949 of<01:04:09.590><c> the</c><01:04:09.769><c> atonement</c> 01:04:11.590 --> 01:04:17.269 is<01:04:12.469><c> set</c><01:04:12.909><c> out</c><01:04:13.110><c> in</c><01:04:13.309><c> God's</c><01:04:13.769><c> way</c><01:04:14.369><c> and</c><01:04:15.030><c> the</c><01:04:15.769><c> same</c><01:04:16.210><c> theme</c><01:04:16.690><c> emerges</c> 01:04:17.269 --> 01:04:19.849 from<01:04:17.969><c> the</c><01:04:18.190><c> readings</c><01:04:18.449><c> yesterday.</c> 01:04:19.949 --> 01:04:26.369 But<01:04:20.289><c> I</c><01:04:21.309><c> follow</c><01:04:21.610><c> up</c><01:04:21.849><c> closely,</c><01:04:22.329><c> I'm</c><01:04:22.769><c> afraid</c><01:04:23.090><c> today</c><01:04:23.469><c> ends</c><01:04:23.789><c> the</c><01:04:24.889><c> explanation,</c><01:04:25.570><c> apology.</c><01:04:26.190><c> I</c> 01:04:26.369 --> 01:04:27.289 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