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are<00:16:55.519><c> going</c><00:16:55.779><c> to</c><00:16:56.019><c> happen.</c><00:16:57.120><c> So</c><00:16:57.279><c> you</c><00:16:57.440><c> see</c><00:16:57.639><c> a</c><00:16:57.879><c> reading</c><00:16:58.120><c> of</c><00:16:58.399><c> Scripture</c><00:16:58.679><c> gives</c><00:16:59.440><c> us</c>

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which<00:17:02.220><c> are</c><00:17:02.480><c> yet</c><00:17:02.759><c> to</c><00:17:02.980><c> come</c><00:17:03.179><c> to</c><00:17:03.440><c> pass</c><00:17:03.879><c> will</c><00:17:04.400><c> come</c><00:17:04.759><c> to</c><00:17:04.960><c> pass,</c><00:17:05.299><c> and</c>

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and<00:17:09.460><c> that</c><00:17:09.579><c> there</c><00:17:09.759><c> is</c><00:17:09.900><c> no</c><00:17:10.099><c> doubt.</c><00:17:11.299><c> Now</c><00:17:11.660><c> you</c><00:17:11.900><c> will</c><00:17:12.119><c> see</c><00:17:12.299><c> in</c><00:17:12.519><c> this</c>

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list<00:17:13.119><c> of</c><00:17:13.339><c> people</c><00:17:13.559><c> mentioned</c><00:17:13.900><c> in</c><00:17:14.079><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:14.319><c> 11</c>

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how<00:17:15.839><c> that</c><00:17:16.220><c> knowledge</c><00:17:16.779><c> of</c><00:17:17.259><c> Scripture</c><00:17:18.440><c> gave</c><00:17:19.700><c> to</c><00:17:19.940><c> them</c><00:17:20.059><c> this</c>

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precise<00:17:21.420><c> understanding,</c>

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and<00:17:23.599><c> that</c><00:17:23.779><c> precise</c><00:17:24.299><c> understanding</c><00:17:25.140><c> worked</c><00:17:26.000><c> out</c><00:17:26.400><c> in</c><00:17:26.599><c> their</c>

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lives<00:17:27.200><c> and</c><00:17:27.359><c> they</c><00:17:27.579><c> became</c><00:17:27.859><c> very</c><00:17:28.160><c> different</c><00:17:28.519><c> people.</c>

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I<00:17:32.220><c> think</c><00:17:32.359><c> it's</c><00:17:32.480><c> Dr.</c><00:17:32.819><c> Campbell</c><00:17:32.980><c> Morgan</c><00:17:33.299><c> in</c><00:17:33.579><c> his</c><00:17:33.779><c> book,</c><00:17:34.059><c> Triumphs</c><00:17:34.500><c> of</c><00:17:34.579><c> Faith,</c>

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who<00:17:36.980><c> describes</c><00:17:37.480><c> this</c><00:17:37.819><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:38.019><c> 11</c><00:17:38.599><c> as</c><00:17:39.839><c> being</c><00:17:40.160><c> a</c><00:17:40.880><c> large</c><00:17:41.319><c> picture</c><00:17:41.660><c> gallery</c><00:17:42.059><c> with</c>

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pictures<00:17:43.039><c> of</c><00:17:43.339><c> people</c><00:17:43.579><c> on</c><00:17:43.819><c> either</c>

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side.<00:17:45.480><c> Whereas</c><00:17:45.660><c> though</c><00:17:45.900><c> Paul</c><00:17:46.059><c> were</c><00:17:46.240><c> leading</c><00:17:46.440><c> us</c><00:17:46.700><c> through</c><00:17:46.900><c> and</c>

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looking<00:17:47.220><c> at</c><00:17:47.700><c> these</c><00:17:48.099><c> pictures</c><00:17:48.539><c> and</c><00:17:48.960><c> pointing</c><00:17:49.220><c> out</c>

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certain<00:17:50.000><c> things</c><00:17:50.420><c> about</c><00:17:50.740><c> each</c><00:17:51.059><c> of</c><00:17:51.180><c> them</c><00:17:51.279><c> as</c><00:17:51.380><c> he</c><00:17:51.460><c> goes</c><00:17:51.759><c> along.</c><00:17:53.740><c> Not</c><00:17:53.900><c> a</c>

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very<00:17:54.180><c> long</c><00:17:54.339><c> book,</c><00:17:54.700><c> it's</c><00:17:54.799><c> worth</c><00:17:55.000><c> getting</c>

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if<00:17:55.440><c> you</c><00:17:55.859><c> have</c><00:17:56.019><c> the</c><00:17:56.099><c> opportunity</c><00:17:56.539><c> to</c><00:17:56.779><c> pick</c><00:17:56.900><c> it</c><00:17:57.059><c> up.</c><00:17:57.359><c> Triumphs</c>

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Let's<00:18:02.559><c> start</c><00:18:02.819><c> with</c><00:18:03.720><c> verse</c><00:18:04.079><c> two.</c><00:18:07.680><c> Through</c><00:18:07.960><c> faith</c><00:18:08.680><c> we</c><00:18:10.420><c> understand</c><00:18:11.220><c> that</c><00:18:11.579><c> the</c>

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and<00:18:22.740><c> because</c><00:18:23.039><c> we</c><00:18:23.180><c> have</c><00:18:23.380><c> confidence</c><00:18:23.839><c> in</c><00:18:24.000><c> the</c><00:18:24.140><c> Word</c><00:18:24.299><c> of</c><00:18:24.519><c> God,</c><00:18:24.720><c> we've</c><00:18:25.019><c> seen</c><00:18:25.119><c> all</c><00:18:25.319><c> these</c><00:18:25.460><c> things</c><00:18:25.599><c> come</c><00:18:25.839><c> to</c><00:18:26.059><c> pass,</c>

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we<00:18:27.940><c> know</c><00:18:28.279><c> that</c><00:18:28.420><c> what</c><00:18:28.500><c> it</c><00:18:28.660><c> says</c><00:18:28.859><c> is</c><00:18:29.119><c> true,</c><00:18:30.839><c> and</c><00:18:31.099><c> we</c><00:18:31.359><c> know</c><00:18:31.700><c> that</c>

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word<00:19:03.319><c> framed</c><00:19:03.700><c> means</c><00:19:04.180><c> made</c><00:19:05.039><c> perfect,</c>

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were<00:19:07.420><c> made</c><00:19:08.059><c> perfect</c><00:19:08.799><c> by</c><00:19:10.039><c> the</c><00:19:10.380><c> Word</c><00:19:10.539><c> of</c><00:19:10.779><c> God.</c><00:19:11.640><c> That</c><00:19:11.880><c> is</c><00:19:12.240><c> all</c><00:19:12.700><c> the</c>

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Mosaic<00:19:20.539><c> age,</c><00:19:21.099><c> the</c><00:19:21.240><c> age</c><00:19:21.440><c> of</c><00:19:21.599><c> Jesus</c><00:19:21.920><c> and</c><00:19:22.119><c> so</c><00:19:22.240><c> on,</c><00:19:22.420><c> all</c><00:19:22.759><c> those</c>

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they<00:19:26.599><c> were</c><00:19:26.880><c> controlled</c><00:19:27.500><c> by</c><00:19:27.819><c> God</c><00:19:28.180><c> to</c><00:19:28.759><c> fit</c><00:19:29.140><c> into</c><00:19:29.700><c> his</c><00:19:30.079><c> purpose,</c>

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culminating<00:19:32.119><c> ultimately</c><00:19:32.700><c> in</c><00:19:33.200><c> the</c><00:19:33.339><c> Kingdom</c><00:19:33.579><c> of</c><00:19:33.839><c> God.</c>

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He<00:19:37.619><c> says</c><00:19:37.920><c> that</c><00:19:38.299><c> the</c><00:19:39.240><c> things</c><00:19:39.599><c> which</c><00:19:39.779><c> were</c><00:19:40.000><c> made</c><00:19:40.299><c> were</c><00:19:40.519><c> made</c><00:19:41.500><c> not</c>

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and<00:19:44.240><c> of</c><00:19:44.380><c> course</c><00:19:44.460><c> it</c><00:19:44.640><c> was</c><00:19:44.819><c> that</c><00:19:45.000><c> the</c><00:19:45.160><c> worlds</c><00:19:45.319><c> were</c><00:19:45.559><c> made</c><00:19:45.880><c> not</c><00:19:46.119><c> out</c><00:19:46.339><c> of</c>

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something<00:19:46.680><c> which</c><00:19:47.039><c> existed,</c>

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but<00:19:48.440><c> God</c><00:19:48.900><c> created</c><00:19:49.559><c> all</c><00:19:49.960><c> things.</c><00:19:52.039><c> But</c><00:19:52.220><c> coming</c><00:19:52.400><c> to</c><00:19:52.640><c> the</c><00:19:53.319><c> new</c><00:19:53.599><c> creation,</c><00:19:54.240><c> which</c><00:19:54.440><c> is</c><00:19:54.799><c> here,</c>

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introduced<00:19:56.960><c> by</c><00:19:57.220><c> the</c><00:19:57.359><c> word</c><00:19:57.559><c> ages,</c><00:19:58.380><c> then</c><00:19:58.539><c> of</c><00:19:58.759><c> course</c><00:19:58.960><c> these</c><00:19:59.640><c> are</c>

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not<00:20:00.380><c> seen.</c><00:20:01.240><c> It's</c><00:20:01.500><c> an</c><00:20:01.759><c> unseen</c><00:20:02.180><c> world</c>

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expression,<00:20:07.039><c> things</c><00:20:07.140><c> not</c><00:20:07.500><c> seen,</c>

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is<00:20:09.299><c> a</c><00:20:09.400><c> sort</c><00:20:09.519><c> of</c><00:20:09.579><c> key</c><00:20:09.799><c> expression</c><00:20:10.259><c> throughout</c><00:20:10.559><c> this</c><00:20:10.799><c> chapter.</c>

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Verse<00:20:16.619><c> 1</c><00:20:17.079><c> has</c><00:20:17.359><c> already</c><00:20:18.000><c> introduced</c><00:20:18.740><c> it</c><00:20:18.900><c> to</c><00:20:19.079><c> us,</c><00:20:19.460><c> evidence</c><00:20:19.619><c> of</c>

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things<00:20:20.140><c> not</c><00:20:20.619><c> seen.</c><00:20:21.559><c> Verse</c><00:20:21.900><c> 7,</c>

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By<00:20:23.839><c> faith,</c><00:20:24.779><c> Noah</c><00:20:24.920><c> being</c><00:20:25.279><c> warned</c><00:20:25.700><c> of</c><00:20:25.980><c> God,</c><00:20:26.619><c> of</c><00:20:26.619><c> things</c><00:20:27.140><c> not</c><00:20:28.039><c> seen</c><00:20:28.380><c> as</c>

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yet.<00:20:30.319><c> Verse</c><00:20:30.579><c> 27,</c>

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By<00:20:32.839><c> faith</c><00:20:33.299><c> he</c><00:20:33.579><c> forsook</c><00:20:34.000><c> Egypt,</c><00:20:34.640><c> not</c><00:20:34.859><c> fearing</c><00:20:35.180><c> the</c><00:20:35.400><c> wrath</c><00:20:35.519><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:35.839><c> king,</c><00:20:36.799><c> for</c><00:20:37.019><c> he</c><00:20:37.319><c> endured</c><00:20:38.000><c> as</c><00:20:39.160><c> seeing</c><00:20:39.559><c> him</c><00:20:40.180><c> who</c><00:20:40.460><c> is</c>

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invisible,<00:20:41.640><c> things</c><00:20:41.920><c> not</c><00:20:42.279><c> seen,</c><00:20:42.700><c> him</c><00:20:42.980><c> who</c><00:20:43.299><c> is</c><00:20:43.799><c> invisible.</c><00:20:45.480><c> So</c>

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faith<00:20:46.259><c> enables</c><00:20:46.799><c> us</c><00:20:47.759><c> to</c><00:20:48.160><c> see</c><00:20:48.440><c> the</c><00:20:48.779><c> invisible,</c>

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and<00:20:50.359><c> it</c><00:20:50.480><c> is</c><00:20:50.700><c> the</c><00:20:50.940><c> invisible</c><00:20:51.619><c> which</c><00:20:51.960><c> is</c><00:20:52.519><c> real,</c><00:20:53.539><c> and</c><00:20:53.579><c> that</c><00:20:53.839><c> which</c>

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is<00:20:54.380><c> visible</c><00:20:54.759><c> to</c><00:20:55.039><c> the</c><00:20:55.380><c> human,</c><00:20:55.640><c> the</c><00:20:55.839><c> mortal</c><00:20:56.119><c> eye,</c>

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is<00:20:56.960><c> unreal.</c><00:20:58.759><c> Let</c><00:20:58.859><c> me</c><00:20:58.859><c> give</c><00:20:58.940><c> you</c><00:20:59.119><c> a</c><00:20:59.119><c> little</c><00:20:59.319><c> illustration</c><00:20:59.859><c> of</c>

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this.<00:21:00.259><c> We've</c><00:21:00.359><c> got</c><00:21:00.539><c> the</c><00:21:00.759><c> thief</c><00:21:00.980><c> dying</c><00:21:01.579><c> upon</c><00:21:01.900><c> the</c><00:21:02.180><c> cross,</c>

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and<00:21:05.500><c> all</c><00:21:05.720><c> the</c><00:21:05.859><c> thief</c><00:21:05.980><c> can</c><00:21:06.299><c> see</c><00:21:06.480><c> is</c><00:21:06.700><c> a</c><00:21:06.900><c> man</c><00:21:07.140><c> who</c><00:21:07.299><c> is</c><00:21:07.539><c> dying</c><00:21:07.779><c> as</c><00:21:07.940><c> he</c>

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is<00:21:08.339><c> dying,</c>

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the<00:21:09.279><c> Lord</c><00:21:09.460><c> Jesus</c><00:21:09.859><c> Christ</c><00:21:10.200><c> who</c><00:21:10.339><c> is</c><00:21:10.579><c> crucified,</c><00:21:11.259><c> who</c><00:21:11.339><c> is</c><00:21:11.680><c> dying</c>

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a<00:21:12.140><c> painful</c><00:21:12.619><c> and</c><00:21:12.960><c> cruel</c><00:21:13.220><c> death</c>

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in<00:21:15.400><c> shame,</c><00:21:16.059><c> in</c><00:21:16.140><c> agony,</c><00:21:16.779><c> in</c><00:21:16.920><c> pain.</c><00:21:18.940><c> And</c><00:21:19.119><c> yet</c><00:21:19.279><c> the</c><00:21:19.500><c> thief</c><00:21:19.660><c> looks</c>

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to<00:21:20.240><c> him</c><00:21:20.400><c> and</c><00:21:20.539><c> says,</c>

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Lord<00:21:21.299><c> remember</c><00:21:21.920><c> me</c><00:21:22.279><c> when</c><00:21:22.480><c> thou</c><00:21:22.779><c> comest</c><00:21:23.119><c> into</c><00:21:23.460><c> thy</c><00:21:23.680><c> kingdom.</c>

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He<00:21:26.180><c> sees</c><00:21:26.519><c> in</c><00:21:26.720><c> that</c><00:21:26.900><c> man</c><00:21:27.220><c> whose</c><00:21:27.480><c> body</c><00:21:27.839><c> is</c><00:21:28.180><c> wracked</c><00:21:28.440><c> with</c><00:21:28.759><c> pain</c>

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and<00:21:29.299><c> hanging</c><00:21:29.559><c> upon</c><00:21:29.880><c> the</c><00:21:30.180><c> cross,</c>

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not<00:21:31.440><c> a</c><00:21:31.619><c> victim</c><00:21:31.859><c> but</c><00:21:32.039><c> a</c><00:21:32.240><c> king.</c><00:21:34.019><c> He</c><00:21:34.259><c> sees</c><00:21:34.539><c> that</c><00:21:34.839><c> which</c><00:21:34.980><c> is</c><00:21:35.279><c> invisible,</c><00:21:35.880><c> Lord</c>

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remember<00:21:36.700><c> me</c>

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when<00:21:37.440><c> thou</c><00:21:37.640><c> comest</c><00:21:37.980><c> into</c><00:21:38.240><c> thy</c><00:21:38.500><c> kingdom.</c><00:21:39.599><c> And</c><00:21:40.000><c> the</c><00:21:40.160><c> wonderful</c>

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thing<00:21:40.920><c> about</c><00:21:41.259><c> faith</c><00:21:41.579><c> is,</c>

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it<00:21:42.400><c> enables</c><00:21:42.920><c> us</c><00:21:43.259><c> to</c><00:21:43.440><c> see</c><00:21:43.680><c> the</c><00:21:44.000><c> invisible,</c><00:21:45.160><c> to</c><00:21:45.359><c> see</c><00:21:45.599><c> through</c>

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which<00:21:48.480><c> seem</c><00:21:48.740><c> to</c><00:21:48.900><c> be</c><00:21:49.099><c> real</c><00:21:49.400><c> but</c><00:21:49.640><c> which</c><00:21:49.960><c> aren't,</c><00:21:50.680><c> and</c><00:21:50.839><c> we</c><00:21:50.940><c> see</c><00:21:51.059><c> more</c><00:21:51.279><c> about</c><00:21:51.519><c> this</c><00:21:51.740><c> as</c>

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we<00:21:52.220><c> proceed</c><00:21:52.539><c> in</c><00:21:52.700><c> this</c><00:21:52.859><c> chapter.</c>

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It's<00:21:53.880><c> a</c><00:21:53.880><c> powerful</c><00:21:54.259><c> exhortation.</c>

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Abel,<00:21:59.339><c> verse</c><00:21:59.480><c> four.</c>

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Abel<00:22:02.900><c> offered</c><00:22:03.339><c> unto</c><00:22:03.799><c> God</c><00:22:04.200><c> a</c><00:22:04.400><c> more</c><00:22:04.799><c> excellent</c><00:22:05.400><c> sacrifice</c><00:22:06.220><c> than</c><00:22:06.559><c> came.</c>

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Let's<00:22:09.680><c> have</c><00:22:09.799><c> a</c><00:22:09.819><c> look</c><00:22:09.900><c> very</c><00:22:10.200><c> quickly</c><00:22:10.440><c> at</c><00:22:10.660><c> Genesis,</c><00:22:12.920><c> the</c><00:22:13.099><c> story</c>

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of<00:22:14.119><c> Cain</c><00:22:14.299><c> and</c><00:22:14.559><c> Abel,</c>

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because<00:22:16.519><c> this</c><00:22:16.900><c> is</c><00:22:17.200><c> the</c><00:22:17.420><c> first</c><00:22:17.819><c> account</c><00:22:18.380><c> of</c><00:22:19.619><c> people</c><00:22:20.319><c> worshipping.</c><00:22:22.380><c> It's</c><00:22:22.900><c> in</c>

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Genesis,<00:22:23.460><c> chapter</c><00:22:23.579><c> four.</c>

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Abel<00:22:32.940><c> was</c><00:22:33.099><c> a</c><00:22:33.240><c> keeper</c><00:22:33.380><c> of</c><00:22:33.539><c> the</c><00:22:33.700><c> sheep,</c><00:22:34.599><c> but</c><00:22:34.900><c> Cain</c><00:22:35.220><c> was</c><00:22:35.500><c> a</c><00:22:35.640><c> tiller</c>

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of<00:22:35.920><c> the</c><00:22:36.119><c> ground.</c>

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And<00:22:37.359><c> in</c><00:22:37.559><c> process</c><00:22:37.799><c> of</c><00:22:38.039><c> time</c><00:22:38.279><c> it</c><00:22:38.480><c> came</c><00:22:38.680><c> to</c><00:22:38.880><c> pass</c><00:22:39.119><c> that</c><00:22:39.420><c> Cain</c><00:22:39.599><c> brought</c><00:22:40.000><c> of</c>

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offering<00:22:41.579><c> unto</c><00:22:41.799><c> the</c><00:22:42.019><c> Lord,</c><00:22:42.599><c> and</c><00:22:43.019><c> Abel</c><00:22:43.299><c> he</c><00:22:43.740><c> also</c><00:22:44.200><c> brought</c><00:22:44.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:44.980><c> firstlings</c><00:22:45.440><c> of</c><00:22:45.839><c> his</c><00:22:46.319><c> flock.</c>

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He<00:22:47.500><c> also</c><00:22:48.140><c> brought,</c><00:22:48.880><c> so</c><00:22:49.119><c> that</c><00:22:49.380><c> means</c><00:22:49.619><c> that</c><00:22:50.140><c> Cain</c><00:22:50.500><c> brought</c><00:22:50.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:51.680><c> first</c><00:22:52.099><c> fruits</c><00:22:52.599><c> of</c><00:22:53.099><c> the</c><00:22:53.380><c> ground,</c>

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just<00:22:54.440><c> as</c><00:22:55.119><c> Abel</c><00:22:55.880><c> brought</c><00:22:56.180><c> the</c><00:22:56.480><c> firstlings</c><00:22:57.099><c> of</c><00:22:57.640><c> his</c><00:22:57.960><c> flock.</c>

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Now<00:23:00.559><c> each</c><00:23:00.839><c> of</c><00:23:00.960><c> the</c><00:23:01.140><c> sons</c><00:23:01.380><c> then</c><00:23:01.839><c> brought</c><00:23:02.200><c> unto</c><00:23:02.559><c> God</c><00:23:02.960><c> the</c><00:23:04.259><c> fruits</c>

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of<00:23:05.019><c> his</c><00:23:05.339><c> labours.</c>

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And<00:23:07.039><c> gave</c><00:23:07.240><c> them</c><00:23:07.400><c> to</c><00:23:07.619><c> God.</c>

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We<00:23:09.980><c> might</c><00:23:10.180><c> ask</c><00:23:10.440><c> ourselves,</c><00:23:11.579><c> why</c><00:23:11.740><c> then</c><00:23:12.160><c> is</c><00:23:12.759><c> Cain's</c><00:23:14.380><c> gift</c><00:23:14.619><c> not</c>

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accepted<00:23:15.700><c> and</c><00:23:16.019><c> Abel's</c><00:23:16.359><c> is?</c>

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They<00:23:17.799><c> are</c><00:23:17.880><c> both</c><00:23:18.099><c> giving</c><00:23:18.380><c> to</c><00:23:18.660><c> God</c><00:23:18.880><c> of</c><00:23:19.140><c> their</c><00:23:19.380><c> labours,</c><00:23:20.119><c> and</c><00:23:20.220><c> under</c><00:23:20.440><c> the</c>

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law<00:23:21.000><c> weren't</c><00:23:21.240><c> the</c><00:23:21.480><c> first</c><00:23:21.700><c> fruits</c>

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something<00:23:22.599><c> which</c><00:23:23.180><c> were</c><00:23:23.819><c> to</c><00:23:23.980><c> be</c><00:23:24.460><c> presented</c><00:23:24.839><c> to</c><00:23:25.099><c> God?</c>

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So<00:23:26.900><c> why</c><00:23:27.140><c> then</c><00:23:27.279><c> do</c><00:23:27.400><c> we</c><00:23:27.519><c> find</c><00:23:27.839><c> here</c><00:23:28.079><c> that</c><00:23:28.279><c> Cain's</c><00:23:29.599><c> sacrifice</c><00:23:30.140><c> is</c>

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not<00:23:30.740><c> acceptable?</c>

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And<00:23:32.339><c> we</c><00:23:32.519><c> are</c><00:23:32.700><c> told</c><00:23:32.960><c> here,</c><00:23:34.480><c> verse</c><00:23:34.680><c> four,</c><00:23:36.000><c> Abel</c><00:23:36.299><c> he</c><00:23:36.559><c> also</c><00:23:36.960><c> brought</c><00:23:37.299><c> of</c><00:23:37.460><c> the</c>

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firstlings<00:23:38.019><c> of</c><00:23:38.220><c> his</c><00:23:38.519><c> flock,</c>

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and<00:23:38.960><c> the</c><00:23:39.119><c> Lord</c><00:23:39.359><c> had</c><00:23:39.920><c> respect</c><00:23:40.740><c> unto</c><00:23:41.119><c> Abel</c><00:23:42.160><c> and</c><00:23:42.700><c> to</c><00:23:42.920><c> his</c><00:23:43.160><c> offering,</c><00:23:44.299><c> but</c><00:23:44.460><c> unto</c><00:23:44.779><c> Cain</c><00:23:45.140><c> and</c>

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to<00:23:45.660><c> his</c><00:23:45.920><c> offering</c>

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he<00:23:46.740><c> had</c><00:23:46.920><c> not</c><00:23:47.259><c> respect.</c><00:23:47.779><c> Now</c><00:23:48.019><c> note</c><00:23:48.200><c> the</c><00:23:48.400><c> words</c><00:23:48.579><c> carefully.</c><00:23:49.599><c> It</c>

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is<00:23:49.920><c> to</c><00:23:50.240><c> Abel</c><00:23:51.519><c> and</c><00:23:52.079><c> his</c><00:23:52.500><c> offering,</c>

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and<00:23:54.119><c> it</c><00:23:54.259><c> is</c><00:23:54.500><c> to</c><00:23:54.759><c> Cain</c><00:23:55.519><c> and</c><00:23:56.200><c> his</c><00:23:56.680><c> offering.</c><00:23:57.980><c> In</c><00:23:58.220><c> other</c><00:23:58.460><c> words,</c>

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it<00:23:59.039><c> is</c><00:23:59.259><c> the</c><00:23:59.480><c> people.</c>

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It<00:24:01.039><c> is</c><00:24:01.259><c> the</c><00:24:01.440><c> difference</c><00:24:01.859><c> in</c><00:24:02.079><c> their</c><00:24:02.240><c> way</c><00:24:02.420><c> of</c><00:24:02.720><c> life.</c><00:24:04.220><c> When</c><00:24:04.299><c> we</c><00:24:04.500><c> remember</c><00:24:05.059><c> that,</c><00:24:05.640><c> in</c>

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Hebrews<00:24:06.359><c> we</c><00:24:06.579><c> read,</c>

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it<00:24:06.859><c> was</c><00:24:07.059><c> by</c><00:24:07.480><c> faith</c><00:24:08.079><c> that</c><00:24:08.819><c> Abel</c><00:24:09.039><c> offered</c><00:24:09.380><c> a</c><00:24:09.460><c> more</c><00:24:09.759><c> excellent</c><00:24:10.180><c> sacrifice,</c><00:24:11.799><c> and</c><00:24:11.920><c> when</c><00:24:12.039><c> we</c><00:24:12.220><c> remember</c>

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that<00:24:12.920><c> faith</c><00:24:13.160><c> cometh</c><00:24:13.480><c> by</c><00:24:13.819><c> hearing,</c><00:24:15.400><c> then</c><00:24:15.759><c> we</c><00:24:16.319><c> know</c><00:24:16.859><c> that</c><00:24:17.299><c> Abel</c>

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must<00:24:18.259><c> have</c><00:24:18.660><c> heard</c><00:24:19.339><c> something</c><00:24:19.900><c> about</c>

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the<00:24:20.619><c> offering</c><00:24:20.859><c> of</c><00:24:21.339><c> sacrifices.</c><00:24:22.519><c> He</c><00:24:22.640><c> must</c><00:24:22.799><c> for</c><00:24:22.960><c> example</c><00:24:23.299><c> have</c>

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known<00:24:23.640><c> the</c><00:24:23.880><c> truth</c><00:24:24.099><c> of</c><00:24:24.839><c> things</c><00:24:25.140><c> like</c><00:24:25.720><c> Leviticus</c><00:24:26.240><c> 17,</c>

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where<00:24:29.519><c> we</c><00:24:29.619><c> are</c><00:24:29.839><c> told</c><00:24:30.160><c> about</c><00:24:30.539><c> the</c><00:24:31.160><c> offerings.</c><00:24:32.440><c> A</c><00:24:32.519><c> very</c><00:24:32.839><c> important</c><00:24:33.359><c> verse</c>

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where<00:24:34.319><c> God</c><00:24:34.700><c> says</c><00:24:35.039><c> to</c><00:24:35.240><c> the</c><00:24:35.359><c> people,</c>

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Whatsoever<00:24:36.160><c> man</c><00:24:36.539><c> there</c><00:24:36.859><c> is</c><00:24:37.019><c> of</c><00:24:37.160><c> the</c><00:24:37.319><c> house</c><00:24:37.460><c> of</c><00:24:37.680><c> Israel,</c><00:24:38.500><c> or</c><00:24:38.640><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:39.099><c> strangers</c><00:24:39.400><c> that</c><00:24:39.759><c> sojourn</c><00:24:40.099><c> among</c><00:24:40.380><c> you,</c>

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that<00:24:41.380><c> eateth</c><00:24:41.640><c> any</c><00:24:41.920><c> man</c><00:24:42.099><c> of</c><00:24:42.220><c> blood,</c><00:24:42.920><c> I</c><00:24:43.099><c> will</c><00:24:43.279><c> even</c><00:24:43.619><c> set</c><00:24:43.740><c> my</c><00:24:44.059><c> face</c>

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against<00:24:44.720><c> that</c><00:24:45.059><c> soul</c><00:24:45.299><c> which</c><00:24:45.599><c> eateth</c><00:24:45.900><c> blood,</c>

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and<00:24:46.640><c> will</c><00:24:46.819><c> cut</c><00:24:46.980><c> him</c><00:24:47.140><c> off</c><00:24:47.279><c> from</c><00:24:47.460><c> amongst</c><00:24:47.680><c> his</c><00:24:47.980><c> people.</c><00:24:48.420><c> For</c><00:24:48.799><c> the</c>

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life<00:24:49.720><c> of</c><00:24:49.960><c> the</c><00:24:50.240><c> flesh</c><00:24:50.480><c> is</c><00:24:51.160><c> in</c><00:24:51.640><c> the</c><00:24:51.839><c> blood,</c>

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and<00:24:53.460><c> Abel</c><00:24:53.640><c> must</c><00:24:53.839><c> have</c><00:24:54.000><c> known</c><00:24:54.220><c> this,</c><00:24:55.680><c> and</c><00:24:55.720><c> therefore</c><00:24:55.960><c> he</c><00:24:56.319><c> offers</c><00:24:56.539><c> unto</c>

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God<00:24:57.220><c> a</c><00:24:57.500><c> more</c><00:24:57.839><c> excellent</c><00:24:58.380><c> sacrifice.</c>

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He<00:24:59.519><c> offers</c><00:24:59.799><c> unto</c><00:25:00.160><c> God</c><00:25:00.700><c> a</c><00:25:01.000><c> sacrifice</c><00:25:01.579><c> of</c><00:25:01.940><c> blood,</c><00:25:02.619><c> because</c><00:25:02.859><c> he</c>

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knows<00:25:03.519><c> that</c><00:25:03.799><c> God</c><00:25:04.039><c> has</c><00:25:04.440><c> given</c><00:25:04.720><c> the</c><00:25:04.980><c> blood</c><00:25:05.240><c> of</c><00:25:05.400><c> an</c><00:25:05.700><c> animal</c>

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upon<00:25:06.799><c> the</c><00:25:07.140><c> altar</c><00:25:07.480><c> to</c><00:25:07.900><c> make</c><00:25:08.140><c> an</c><00:25:08.420><c> atonement,</c><00:25:08.940><c> to</c><00:25:09.099><c> make</c><00:25:09.279><c> a</c><00:25:09.519><c> covering</c><00:25:09.839><c> for</c><00:25:10.519><c> his</c><00:25:10.859><c> sin.</c><00:25:12.619><c> Incidentally,</c><00:25:13.160><c> if</c>

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any<00:25:13.380><c> of</c>

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you<00:25:13.559><c> are</c><00:25:13.720><c> troubled</c><00:25:13.980><c> about</c><00:25:14.259><c> the</c><00:25:14.480><c> eating</c><00:25:14.660><c> of</c><00:25:14.880><c> blood</c><00:25:15.359><c> with</c><00:25:16.240><c> regard</c><00:25:16.480><c> to</c><00:25:16.660><c> this</c><00:25:16.859><c> verse,</c><00:25:17.440><c> let</c><00:25:17.599><c> me</c>

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say<00:25:17.940><c> that</c><00:25:18.119><c> this</c><00:25:18.460><c> verse</c>

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has<00:25:18.940><c> nothing</c><00:25:19.220><c> at</c><00:25:19.400><c> all</c><00:25:19.559><c> to</c><00:25:19.700><c> do</c><00:25:19.799><c> with</c><00:25:19.940><c> black</c><00:25:20.240><c> puddings</c><00:25:20.640><c> and</c><00:25:21.779><c> other</c><00:25:21.960><c> repulsive</c><00:25:22.440><c> things</c><00:25:22.740><c> like</c>

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that.<00:25:23.299><c> I</c><00:25:23.380><c> don't</c><00:25:23.539><c> know</c><00:25:23.640><c> why</c>

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people<00:25:24.000><c> eat</c><00:25:24.200><c> those</c><00:25:24.420><c> things</c><00:25:24.640><c> anyway,</c><00:25:26.059><c> but</c><00:25:26.400><c> it</c><00:25:26.680><c> has</c><00:25:26.819><c> nothing</c><00:25:27.019><c> at</c>

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all<00:25:27.299><c> to</c><00:25:27.440><c> do</c><00:25:27.539><c> with</c><00:25:27.740><c> them,</c><00:25:28.039><c> because</c><00:25:28.380><c> you'll</c><00:25:28.740><c> see</c><00:25:28.859><c> here</c>

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it<00:25:29.480><c> says,</c><00:25:31.380><c> I</c><00:25:31.380><c> have</c><00:25:31.660><c> given</c><00:25:31.880><c> it</c><00:25:32.160><c> to</c><00:25:32.380><c> you,</c><00:25:32.740><c> that</c><00:25:32.900><c> is</c><00:25:33.039><c> the</c><00:25:33.220><c> children</c>

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of<00:25:33.559><c> Israel,</c><00:25:34.819><c> and</c><00:25:34.960><c> I've</c><00:25:35.140><c> given</c><00:25:35.279><c> it</c><00:25:35.460><c> to</c><00:25:35.539><c> you</c><00:25:35.680><c> upon</c>

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the<00:25:36.140><c> altar.</c><00:25:36.740><c> It</c><00:25:36.880><c> is</c><00:25:37.079><c> only</c><00:25:37.400><c> in</c><00:25:37.680><c> association</c><00:25:38.220><c> with</c><00:25:38.460><c> the</c><00:25:38.740><c> altar</c>

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that<00:25:39.279><c> these</c><00:25:39.640><c> things</c><00:25:39.940><c> really</c><00:25:40.400><c> apply.</c><00:25:41.180><c> Verse</c><00:25:41.299><c> 12,</c>

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Therefore<00:25:42.240><c> I</c><00:25:42.460><c> said</c><00:25:42.579><c> unto</c><00:25:42.819><c> you,</c><00:25:43.279><c> the</c><00:25:43.420><c> children</c><00:25:43.680><c> of</c><00:25:43.819><c> Israel,</c><00:25:44.539><c> no</c>

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soul<00:25:44.980><c> of</c><00:25:45.259><c> you</c><00:25:45.539><c> shall</c><00:25:45.799><c> eat</c><00:25:46.119><c> blood.</c><00:25:46.539><c> So</c><00:25:46.799><c> these</c><00:25:47.000><c> verses</c>

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apply<00:25:47.799><c> only</c><00:25:48.200><c> to</c><00:25:48.400><c> the</c><00:25:48.519><c> children</c><00:25:48.680><c> of</c><00:25:48.859><c> Israel,</c><00:25:49.559><c> whilst</c><00:25:49.839><c> they</c><00:25:50.000><c> were</c><00:25:50.099><c> living</c><00:25:50.299><c> under</c><00:25:50.579><c> the</c>

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law,<00:25:51.400><c> because</c><00:25:52.059><c> blood</c><00:25:52.400><c> had</c><00:25:52.880><c> this</c>

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special<00:25:54.039><c> significance.</c><00:25:55.839><c> Let's</c><00:25:56.039><c> go</c><00:25:56.299><c> over</c><00:25:56.660><c> back</c><00:25:57.059><c> into</c><00:25:57.460><c> Hebrews.</c><00:26:05.980><c> We're</c>

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going<00:26:06.180><c> to</c><00:26:06.200><c> have</c><00:26:06.319><c> to</c><00:26:06.420><c> pass</c><00:26:06.599><c> over</c><00:26:06.779><c> very</c>

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quickly<00:26:07.279><c> some</c><00:26:07.539><c> of</c><00:26:07.700><c> these</c><00:26:08.339><c> interesting</c><00:26:09.319><c> illustrations.</c><00:26:10.019><c> Verse</c><00:26:10.279><c> five,</c><00:26:12.720><c> Enoch</c><00:26:13.019><c> was</c>

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translated<00:26:14.359><c> that</c><00:26:14.539><c> he</c><00:26:14.700><c> should</c>

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see<00:26:15.339><c> death.</c><00:26:17.519><c> The</c><00:26:17.799><c> endless</c><00:26:17.980><c> problem</c><00:26:18.400><c> whether</c><00:26:18.599><c> he</c><00:26:18.859><c> died</c><00:26:19.119><c> or</c><00:26:19.440><c> not.</c><00:26:21.019><c> Some</c><00:26:21.240><c> say</c>

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he<00:26:21.859><c> couldn't</c><00:26:22.180><c> have</c><00:26:22.420><c> died,</c><00:26:22.720><c> he</c><00:26:22.900><c> couldn't</c>

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be<00:26:23.299><c> still</c><00:26:23.480><c> alive,</c><00:26:23.900><c> because</c><00:26:24.180><c> we</c><00:26:24.359><c> are</c><00:26:24.519><c> told,</c><00:26:25.680><c> these</c><00:26:26.519><c> all</c><00:26:27.200><c> died</c>

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in<00:26:28.359><c> faith.</c><00:26:30.599><c> But</c><00:26:30.740><c> when</c><00:26:30.859><c> you</c><00:26:31.019><c> look</c><00:26:31.240><c> at</c><00:26:31.420><c> that</c><00:26:31.660><c> expression,</c>

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and<00:26:33.059><c> I</c><00:26:33.160><c> doesn't</c><00:26:33.420><c> just</c><00:26:33.680><c> fall</c><00:26:33.880><c> upon</c><00:26:34.099><c> it,</c><00:26:34.319><c> it's</c><00:26:34.440><c> at</c><00:26:34.500><c> the</c><00:26:34.660><c> end</c><00:26:34.859><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:35.539><c> dealing</c><00:26:35.859><c> with</c><00:26:36.339><c> Abraham</c><00:26:36.880><c> and</c><00:26:37.160><c> his</c><00:26:37.400><c> group.</c>

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When<00:26:38.740><c> it</c><00:26:38.940><c> says</c><00:26:39.200><c> these</c><00:26:39.660><c> all</c><00:26:40.160><c> died</c><00:26:40.599><c> in</c><00:26:41.160><c> faith,</c><00:26:42.200><c> that</c><00:26:42.339><c> doesn't</c><00:26:42.720><c> refer</c><00:26:43.420><c> to</c>

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Enoch<00:26:44.059><c> and</c><00:26:44.240><c> the</c><00:26:44.440><c> others,</c><00:26:44.660><c> it</c><00:26:44.880><c> refers</c><00:26:45.160><c> only</c><00:26:45.680><c> to</c>

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Abraham<00:26:46.740><c> and</c><00:26:47.039><c> that</c><00:26:47.259><c> little</c><00:26:47.559><c> section</c><00:26:48.079><c> to</c><00:26:48.319><c> which</c><00:26:48.500><c> it</c><00:26:48.920><c> applies.</c>

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At<00:26:50.619><c> the</c><00:26:50.759><c> end</c><00:26:51.059><c> of</c><00:26:51.220><c> the</c><00:26:51.339><c> chapter,</c><00:26:52.319><c> where</c><00:26:52.500><c> we</c>

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have<00:26:52.779><c> a</c><00:26:53.019><c> statement</c><00:26:53.259><c> which</c><00:26:53.539><c> does</c><00:26:53.960><c> apply</c><00:26:54.680><c> to</c><00:26:55.359><c> them</c><00:26:55.640><c> all,</c><00:26:56.440><c> we</c><00:26:56.640><c> read,</c><00:26:57.819><c> these</c><00:26:57.880><c> all</c>

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having<00:26:59.460><c> obtained</c><00:27:00.220><c> a</c><00:27:00.579><c> good</c><00:27:00.779><c> report</c>

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through<00:27:01.539><c> faith</c><00:27:02.099><c> received</c><00:27:02.980><c> not</c><00:27:03.519><c> the</c><00:27:03.759><c> promise.</c><00:27:04.200><c> It</c><00:27:04.339><c> doesn't</c><00:27:04.519><c> say</c><00:27:04.700><c> they</c><00:27:04.940><c> died,</c><00:27:05.839><c> it</c>

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says<00:27:06.299><c> they</c><00:27:06.819><c> received</c><00:27:07.220><c> not</c><00:27:07.599><c> the</c>

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promise.<00:27:09.819><c> So</c><00:27:10.319><c> all</c><00:27:10.740><c> we</c><00:27:10.920><c> can</c><00:27:11.240><c> deduce</c><00:27:11.759><c> from</c><00:27:12.279><c> Hebrews</c><00:27:12.559><c> 11</c><00:27:12.920><c> is</c><00:27:13.400><c> that</c>

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Enoch,<00:27:14.859><c> if</c><00:27:15.099><c> he</c><00:27:15.140><c> did</c><00:27:15.339><c> not</c><00:27:15.559><c> die,</c><00:27:16.599><c> hasn't</c><00:27:16.900><c> yet</c><00:27:17.299><c> received</c>

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the<00:27:17.900><c> promise.</c><00:27:18.339><c> He</c><00:27:18.500><c> is</c><00:27:19.539><c> kept</c><00:27:20.019><c> alive</c><00:27:20.579><c> by</c><00:27:21.000><c> God</c><00:27:21.380><c> and</c><00:27:21.940><c> will</c><00:27:22.140><c> be</c><00:27:22.299><c> like</c>

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those<00:27:23.059><c> who,</c><00:27:23.779><c> when</c><00:27:24.140><c> Jesus</c><00:27:24.519><c> comes</c><00:27:24.839><c> back,</c><00:27:25.440><c> are</c><00:27:25.599><c> still</c>

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alive,<00:27:27.099><c> but</c><00:27:27.400><c> who</c><00:27:27.519><c> will</c><00:27:27.660><c> be</c><00:27:27.859><c> joined</c><00:27:28.019><c> by</c><00:27:28.240><c> those</c><00:27:28.539><c> who</c><00:27:28.720><c> are</c><00:27:28.880><c> raised</c>

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from<00:27:29.240><c> the</c><00:27:29.420><c> dead</c><00:27:29.640><c> and</c><00:27:30.019><c> will</c><00:27:30.220><c> then</c><00:27:30.319><c> be</c><00:27:30.519><c> judged.</c>

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In<00:27:39.720><c> the</c><00:27:40.000><c> fact</c><00:27:40.160><c> that</c><00:27:40.440><c> Enoch</c><00:27:40.720><c> may</c><00:27:41.279><c> still</c><00:27:41.559><c> be</c><00:27:41.900><c> alive.</c><00:27:43.480><c> But</c><00:27:43.640><c> that</c>

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:45.019
argument<00:27:44.160><c> whether</c><00:27:44.400><c> he</c><00:27:44.519><c> is</c><00:27:44.640><c> or</c><00:27:44.799><c> not,</c>

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destroys<00:27:45.500><c> the</c><00:27:45.759><c> true</c><00:27:45.900><c> meaning</c><00:27:46.119><c> of</c><00:27:46.359><c> the</c><00:27:46.500><c> verse.</c><00:27:47.259><c> That</c><00:27:47.420><c> isn't</c>

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what<00:27:47.720><c> it's</c><00:27:47.900><c> all</c><00:27:48.079><c> about.</c><00:27:49.480><c> Enoch</c><00:27:49.819><c> was</c><00:27:50.660><c> translated.</c>

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What<00:27:53.660><c> does</c><00:27:54.200><c> the</c><00:27:54.299><c> verse</c><00:27:54.539><c> translated</c><00:27:55.160><c> mean?</c><00:27:58.000><c> Well</c><00:27:58.160><c> if</c><00:27:58.180><c> you</c><00:27:58.400><c> translate</c><00:27:58.900><c> something</c><00:27:59.259><c> in</c>

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language,<00:28:00.480><c> you</c><00:28:00.519><c> carry</c><00:28:00.819><c> it</c><00:28:01.140><c> over</c>

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from<00:28:01.640><c> one</c><00:28:01.900><c> language</c><00:28:02.240><c> to</c><00:28:02.480><c> another.</c><00:28:04.619><c> It</c><00:28:05.000><c> is</c><00:28:05.380><c> carried</c><00:28:05.740><c> over.</c><00:28:07.980><c> And</c>

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if<00:28:08.359><c> you</c><00:28:08.640><c> look</c><00:28:09.039><c> at</c><00:28:09.420><c> Colossians</c><00:28:10.079><c> chapter</c><00:28:10.559><c> 1,</c>

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:28.700
you<00:28:21.400><c> will</c><00:28:21.680><c> see</c><00:28:21.859><c> that</c><00:28:22.119><c> the</c><00:28:22.359><c> same</c><00:28:22.640><c> word</c><00:28:22.980><c> is</c><00:28:23.339><c> used.</c><00:28:26.920><c> Verse</c><00:28:27.599><c> 13.</c>

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Who<00:28:31.460><c> hath</c><00:28:32.160><c> delivered</c><00:28:32.680><c> us</c><00:28:33.279><c> from</c><00:28:33.619><c> the</c><00:28:33.960><c> power</c><00:28:34.299><c> of</c><00:28:34.700><c> darkness,</c><00:28:37.160><c> and</c>

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hath<00:28:39.000><c> translated</c><00:28:39.920><c> us</c><00:28:40.960><c> into</c><00:28:41.700><c> the</c><00:28:42.119><c> kingdom</c><00:28:42.599><c> of</c><00:28:43.180><c> his</c><00:28:43.559><c> dear</c><00:28:44.059><c> son.</c>

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Talking<00:28:45.940><c> about</c><00:28:46.819><c> those</c><00:28:47.279><c> who've</c><00:28:47.519><c> been</c><00:28:47.700><c> baptized</c><00:28:48.240><c> into</c><00:28:48.480><c> a</c><00:28:48.680><c> faithful</c><00:28:49.099><c> brethren</c><00:28:49.460><c> and</c><00:28:49.700><c> sisters.</c>

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It's<00:28:52.500><c> a</c><00:28:52.680><c> parallel</c><00:28:53.119><c> verse</c><00:28:53.420><c> to</c><00:28:53.599><c> the</c><00:28:53.720><c> ones</c><00:28:53.940><c> we've</c><00:28:54.240><c> quoted</c><00:28:54.480><c> many</c>

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times<00:28:55.059><c> already</c><00:28:55.460><c> this</c><00:28:55.720><c> week.</c>

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That<00:28:56.680><c> we</c><00:28:56.940><c> who</c><00:28:57.119><c> were</c><00:28:57.359><c> dead</c><00:28:57.539><c> in</c><00:28:57.839><c> trespasses</c><00:28:58.240><c> and</c><00:28:58.539><c> in</c><00:28:58.779><c> sins</c><00:28:59.099><c> have</c>

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been<00:29:00.039><c> made</c><00:29:00.460><c> to</c><00:29:00.720><c> live</c><00:29:00.960><c> together</c><00:29:01.380><c> with</c><00:29:01.619><c> Christ</c><00:29:02.000><c> and</c>

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have<00:29:02.579><c> been</c><00:29:02.880><c> exalted</c><00:29:03.299><c> to</c><00:29:03.480><c> the</c><00:29:03.640><c> heavenly</c><00:29:03.980><c> places.</c><00:29:05.420><c> We</c><00:29:05.500><c> are</c><00:29:05.819><c> citizens</c><00:29:06.400><c> of</c>

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:10.539
Zion,<00:29:07.599><c> no</c><00:29:07.819><c> longer</c><00:29:08.259><c> citizens</c><00:29:08.819><c> of</c><00:29:09.220><c> this</c><00:29:09.559><c> world.</c>

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:19.460
And<00:29:11.619><c> so</c><00:29:11.799><c> Enoch,</c><00:29:13.099><c> because</c><00:29:13.420><c> of</c><00:29:13.619><c> his</c><00:29:13.779><c> great</c><00:29:14.119><c> faith</c><00:29:14.759><c> was</c><00:29:15.480><c> translated,</c><00:29:16.980><c> he</c><00:29:17.200><c> became</c><00:29:17.460><c> a</c><00:29:17.759><c> citizen</c><00:29:18.119><c> of</c><00:29:18.559><c> Zion.</c>

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:24.559
That<00:29:20.160><c> he</c><00:29:20.339><c> should</c><00:29:20.599><c> not</c><00:29:21.240><c> see</c><00:29:21.519><c> death.</c><00:29:22.680><c> None</c><00:29:22.859><c> of</c><00:29:23.019><c> the</c><00:29:23.099><c> citizens</c><00:29:23.519><c> of</c>

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Zion<00:29:24.839><c> will</c><00:29:25.339><c> see</c><00:29:25.559><c> death</c><00:29:25.799><c> ultimately.</c>

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We<00:29:26.700><c> shall</c><00:29:27.180><c> receive</c><00:29:27.960><c> the</c><00:29:28.220><c> gift</c><00:29:28.420><c> of</c><00:29:28.779><c> immortality.</c><00:29:29.759><c> That's</c><00:29:30.059><c> really</c><00:29:30.339><c> the</c>

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teaching<00:29:30.839><c> behind</c><00:29:31.299><c> verse</c><00:29:31.619><c> 5.</c>

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I<00:29:33.519><c> think</c><00:29:33.680><c> he's</c><00:29:33.839><c> still</c><00:29:34.079><c> alive,</c><00:29:35.019><c> but</c><00:29:35.140><c> that</c><00:29:35.259><c> isn't</c><00:29:35.460><c> the</c><00:29:35.700><c> important</c><00:29:35.980><c> thing.</c>

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Now<00:29:39.859><c> we</c><00:29:39.960><c> move</c><00:29:40.099><c> on</c><00:29:40.279><c> rather</c><00:29:40.519><c> quickly.</c><00:29:42.200><c> Noah</c><00:29:42.720><c> being</c><00:29:44.180><c> warned</c><00:29:44.480><c> of</c>

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things<00:29:44.960><c> not</c><00:29:45.359><c> seen.</c><00:29:45.579><c> He</c><00:29:45.700><c> had</c><00:29:45.839><c> never</c><00:29:46.079><c> seen</c><00:29:46.319><c> any</c><00:29:46.700><c> rain,</c>

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never<00:29:48.700><c> seen</c><00:29:48.880><c> a</c><00:29:49.079><c> thunderstorm,</c><00:29:50.420><c> never</c><00:29:50.660><c> seen</c><00:29:50.920><c> the</c><00:29:51.160><c> kind</c><00:29:51.319><c> of</c><00:29:51.559><c> torrential</c><00:29:52.059><c> downpour</c><00:29:52.460><c> you</c>

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get<00:29:52.819><c> sometimes</c><00:29:53.339><c> in</c><00:29:53.539><c> this</c><00:29:53.720><c> part</c><00:29:53.940><c> of</c><00:29:54.140><c> the</c><00:29:54.299><c> world.</c>

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When<00:29:56.819><c> God</c><00:29:57.019><c> said</c><00:29:57.220><c> there</c><00:29:57.339><c> is</c><00:29:57.519><c> going</c><00:29:57.640><c> to</c><00:29:57.799><c> be</c><00:29:57.960><c> a</c><00:29:58.099><c> flood,</c><00:29:58.359><c> he</c><00:29:58.460><c> believed</c><00:29:58.859><c> it.</c>

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And<00:30:00.579><c> when</c><00:30:00.720><c> God</c><00:30:00.980><c> said,</c>

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build<00:30:03.279><c> an</c><00:30:03.579><c> ark</c><00:30:03.740><c> for</c><00:30:03.940><c> yourself</c><00:30:04.319><c> and</c><00:30:04.500><c> your</c><00:30:04.740><c> household,</c><00:30:05.819><c> and</c><00:30:05.940><c> in</c>

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this<00:30:06.259><c> case</c><00:30:06.460><c> meaning</c><00:30:06.740><c> his</c><00:30:07.039><c> family,</c>

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because<00:30:08.740><c> only</c><00:30:09.039><c> his</c><00:30:09.240><c> family</c><00:30:09.579><c> were</c><00:30:09.859><c> saved,</c><00:30:11.380><c> and</c><00:30:11.559><c> we're</c><00:30:11.720><c> told</c><00:30:11.839><c> that</c><00:30:12.059><c> in</c>

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Genesis,<00:30:14.299><c> Noah</c><00:30:14.440><c> didn't</c><00:30:14.759><c> have</c><00:30:15.119><c> any</c><00:30:15.440><c> sons.</c>

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When<00:30:17.339><c> he</c><00:30:17.480><c> started</c><00:30:17.799><c> to</c><00:30:18.140><c> build</c><00:30:18.140><c> the</c><00:30:18.400><c> ark,</c><00:30:18.559><c> he</c><00:30:18.579><c> didn't</c><00:30:18.859><c> have</c><00:30:19.079><c> any</c><00:30:19.319><c> sons.</c>

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:27.079
He<00:30:23.440><c> was</c><00:30:23.640><c> 600</c><00:30:24.000><c> years</c><00:30:24.380><c> old</c><00:30:24.660><c> when</c><00:30:24.819><c> the</c><00:30:24.960><c> flood</c><00:30:25.119><c> came.</c><00:30:26.339><c> He</c><00:30:26.380><c> was</c><00:30:26.599><c> 500</c>

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years<00:30:27.539><c> old</c><00:30:27.859><c> when</c><00:30:28.079><c> he</c><00:30:28.299><c> began,</c><00:30:29.180><c> when</c><00:30:29.420><c> he</c><00:30:29.539><c> had</c><00:30:29.680><c> a</c><00:30:29.859><c> son,</c>

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his<00:30:30.660><c> first</c><00:30:31.019><c> son,</c><00:30:31.880><c> and</c><00:30:32.099><c> he</c><00:30:32.420><c> preached</c><00:30:32.720><c> for</c><00:30:33.099><c> 120</c><00:30:33.779><c> years</c><00:30:34.160><c> or</c><00:30:34.339><c> built</c>

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:37.299
the<00:30:34.819><c> ark</c><00:30:34.920><c> for</c><00:30:35.140><c> 120</c><00:30:35.680><c> years.</c><00:30:36.400><c> He</c><00:30:36.579><c> was</c><00:30:36.859><c> therefore</c>

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building<00:30:37.740><c> the</c><00:30:38.160><c> ark</c><00:30:38.339><c> for</c><00:30:38.640><c> 20</c><00:30:39.099><c> years</c><00:30:39.660><c> before</c><00:30:40.140><c> he</c><00:30:40.339><c> had</c><00:30:40.559><c> a</c><00:30:40.759><c> son</c><00:30:41.059><c> in</c>

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which<00:30:42.579><c> they</c><00:30:44.000><c> were</c><00:30:44.119><c> going</c><00:30:44.160><c> to</c><00:30:44.259><c> be</c><00:30:44.440><c> saved</c><00:30:44.619><c> in</c><00:30:44.799><c> the</c><00:30:45.000><c> ark.</c>

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:50.440
And<00:30:46.740><c> Noah</c><00:30:47.240><c> believed</c><00:30:47.900><c> God.</c><00:30:48.920><c> He</c><00:30:49.180><c> believed</c><00:30:49.519><c> what</c><00:30:49.740><c> God</c><00:30:49.980><c> had</c><00:30:50.259><c> said.</c>

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It<00:30:50.819><c> was</c><00:30:51.059><c> his</c><00:30:51.380><c> knowledge</c><00:30:51.859><c> of</c>

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:57.640
God<00:30:53.900><c> through</c><00:30:54.279><c> his</c><00:30:54.599><c> understanding</c><00:30:55.180><c> of</c><00:30:55.460><c> the</c><00:30:55.680><c> Word</c><00:30:55.940><c> of</c><00:30:56.160><c> God</c><00:30:56.519><c> which</c><00:30:57.200><c> made</c>

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:59.700
him<00:30:58.000><c> believe</c><00:30:58.440><c> that</c><00:30:58.660><c> what</c><00:30:58.819><c> God</c><00:30:59.099><c> had</c><00:30:59.400><c> said</c><00:30:59.539><c> he</c>

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would<00:30:59.900><c> do,</c><00:31:00.400><c> he</c><00:31:00.599><c> would</c><00:31:00.859><c> indeed</c><00:31:01.279><c> do.</c><00:31:02.900><c> We</c><00:31:03.039><c> come</c><00:31:03.259><c> now</c><00:31:03.440><c> to</c><00:31:03.759><c> Abraham.</c>

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:07.259
Well<00:31:05.579><c> we</c><00:31:05.720><c> needn't</c><00:31:06.039><c> say</c><00:31:06.200><c> anything</c><00:31:06.500><c> about</c><00:31:06.819><c> Abraham</c>

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because<00:31:07.740><c> so</c><00:31:08.160><c> much</c><00:31:08.299><c> is</c><00:31:08.480><c> said</c><00:31:08.599><c> about</c><00:31:08.859><c> him</c><00:31:09.380><c> from</c><00:31:09.819><c> our</c><00:31:10.140><c> platform.</c>

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:17.029
We<00:31:12.440><c> can</c><00:31:12.859><c> look</c><00:31:15.559><c> rather</c><00:31:16.039><c> at</c>

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:27.640
verse<00:31:20.279><c> 20.</c><00:31:22.160><c> Isaac</c><00:31:22.559><c> blessed</c><00:31:23.799><c> Jacob</c><00:31:24.500><c> and</c><00:31:25.000><c> Esau</c><00:31:25.700><c> concerning</c><00:31:26.480><c> things</c><00:31:27.339><c> to</c>

00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:30.950
come.<00:31:29.619><c> Now</c><00:31:29.759><c> you'll</c><00:31:30.039><c> remember</c><00:31:30.460><c> that</c>

00:31:30.950 --> 00:31:37.509
Isaac<00:31:31.809><c> was</c><00:31:32.309><c> tricked</c><00:31:32.750><c> into</c><00:31:33.250><c> the</c><00:31:33.490><c> blessing</c><00:31:34.190><c> of</c><00:31:35.089><c> Jacob</c><00:31:35.589><c> because</c>

00:31:37.509 --> 00:31:40.029
his<00:31:37.990><c> favorite</c><00:31:38.430><c> son</c><00:31:38.750><c> was</c><00:31:39.150><c> Esau.</c><00:31:39.549><c> We</c><00:31:39.690><c> are</c><00:31:39.849><c> told</c>

00:31:40.029 --> 00:31:45.009
this<00:31:40.490><c> in</c><00:31:41.190><c> Genesis</c><00:31:41.650><c> chapter</c><00:31:42.130><c> 27.</c><00:31:42.829><c> His</c><00:31:43.029><c> favorite</c><00:31:43.470><c> son</c><00:31:43.710><c> was</c><00:31:44.009><c> Esau</c>

00:31:45.009 --> 00:31:48.069
and<00:31:45.410><c> he</c><00:31:45.829><c> had</c><00:31:46.109><c> intended</c><00:31:46.589><c> blessing</c><00:31:47.150><c> Esau,</c>

00:31:48.349 --> 00:31:55.130
but<00:31:48.470><c> he</c><00:31:48.630><c> was</c><00:31:49.029><c> tricked</c><00:31:49.369><c> into</c><00:31:49.849><c> blessing</c><00:31:50.869><c> Jacob.</c><00:31:52.829><c> When</c><00:31:53.269><c> he</c><00:31:54.170><c> understood</c><00:31:54.849><c> what</c>

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had<00:31:55.349><c> happened,</c><00:31:55.750><c> we</c><00:31:55.890><c> read,</c>

00:32:00.490 --> 00:32:05.470
Now<00:32:01.369><c> this</c><00:32:02.250><c> brings</c><00:32:02.569><c> up</c><00:32:02.750><c> another</c><00:32:02.970><c> important</c><00:32:03.529><c> point.</c><00:32:05.309><c> These</c>

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blessings<00:32:06.049><c> which</c><00:32:06.329><c> were</c><00:32:06.609><c> made</c>

00:32:09.450 --> 00:32:12.009
were<00:32:10.329><c> really</c><00:32:10.630><c> prophecies.</c>

00:32:13.910 --> 00:32:18.470
Abraham,<00:32:14.569><c> Isaac,</c><00:32:15.269><c> Jacob</c><00:32:15.690><c> did</c><00:32:15.910><c> not</c><00:32:16.130><c> have</c><00:32:16.289><c> the</c><00:32:16.609><c> power</c><00:32:17.130><c> to</c><00:32:17.769><c> confer</c><00:32:18.190><c> upon</c>

00:32:18.470 --> 00:32:20.569
their<00:32:18.750><c> children</c><00:32:19.450><c> certain</c><00:32:20.089><c> blessings</c>

00:32:20.569 --> 00:32:27.589
which<00:32:20.809><c> would</c><00:32:21.289><c> happen</c><00:32:21.490><c> in</c><00:32:21.650><c> the</c><00:32:21.789><c> future.</c><00:32:23.569><c> They</c><00:32:23.710><c> were</c><00:32:23.970><c> prophecies</c><00:32:24.809><c> like</c><00:32:25.990><c> Psalm</c><00:32:26.210><c> 22</c><00:32:26.690><c> being</c><00:32:27.210><c> a</c>

00:32:27.589 --> 00:32:28.670
prophecy<00:32:27.990><c> of</c>

00:32:28.670 --> 00:32:31.289
what<00:32:28.930><c> would</c><00:32:29.150><c> happen</c><00:32:29.450><c> in</c><00:32:29.650><c> the</c><00:32:29.769><c> days</c><00:32:29.970><c> of</c><00:32:30.230><c> Jesus</c><00:32:30.609><c> crucifixion</c>

00:32:31.289 --> 00:32:35.210
rather<00:32:31.650><c> than</c><00:32:31.829><c> Jesus</c><00:32:32.150><c> just</c><00:32:32.750><c> quoting</c><00:32:33.069><c> Psalm</c><00:32:33.390><c> 22.</c>

00:32:35.710 --> 00:32:40.170
So<00:32:36.029><c> these</c><00:32:36.769><c> blessings</c><00:32:37.470><c> were</c><00:32:38.029><c> prophecies</c><00:32:38.809><c> by</c><00:32:39.430><c> the</c><00:32:39.690><c> power</c><00:32:39.910><c> of</c>

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God<00:32:40.390><c> and</c><00:32:40.890><c> here</c><00:32:42.009><c> Isaac</c><00:32:43.329><c> who</c><00:32:44.589><c> had</c><00:32:45.990><c> been</c><00:32:46.650><c> found</c><00:32:47.190><c> out</c>

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:51.259
of<00:32:48.519><c> going</c><00:32:48.779><c> against</c><00:32:49.299><c> the</c><00:32:49.440><c> will</c><00:32:49.519><c> of</c><00:32:49.759><c> God</c><00:32:49.980><c> by</c><00:32:50.460><c> seeking</c><00:32:50.900><c> to</c><00:32:51.160><c> bless</c>

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:53.039
his<00:32:51.500><c> own</c><00:32:51.799><c> favorite</c><00:32:52.200><c> son</c>

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:58.799
realizes<00:32:54.079><c> that</c><00:32:54.319><c> he's</c><00:32:54.660><c> gone</c><00:32:54.839><c> the</c><00:32:55.200><c> wrong</c><00:32:55.539><c> direction.</c><00:32:56.839><c> He</c><00:32:56.839><c> trembles</c><00:32:57.400><c> exceedingly</c><00:32:58.240><c> and</c>

00:32:58.799 --> 00:32:59.740
his<00:32:59.160><c> faith</c><00:32:59.400><c> in</c><00:32:59.599><c> the</c>

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word<00:32:59.880><c> of</c><00:33:00.119><c> God</c><00:33:00.339><c> is</c><00:33:00.940><c> shown</c><00:33:01.140><c> when</c><00:33:01.299><c> he</c><00:33:01.559><c> says,</c><00:33:01.779><c> Yea</c><00:33:02.460><c> and</c><00:33:02.799><c> he</c><00:33:03.180><c> shall</c>

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:07.460
be<00:33:03.980><c> blessed.</c><00:33:06.299><c> And</c><00:33:06.420><c> the</c><00:33:06.579><c> same</c><00:33:06.759><c> thing</c><00:33:06.900><c> happens</c>

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:14.440
verse<00:33:07.920><c> 21.</c><00:33:09.720><c> Jacob</c><00:33:10.019><c> when</c><00:33:10.500><c> he</c><00:33:10.660><c> was</c><00:33:10.799><c> dying</c><00:33:11.279><c> blessed</c><00:33:11.779><c> both</c><00:33:12.220><c> the</c><00:33:12.420><c> sons</c><00:33:12.740><c> of</c><00:33:13.500><c> Joseph.</c>

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:19.880
In<00:33:15.660><c> Genesis</c><00:33:16.019><c> 48,</c><00:33:16.740><c> we</c><00:33:16.839><c> don't</c><00:33:17.039><c> have</c><00:33:17.200><c> time</c><00:33:17.400><c> to</c><00:33:17.599><c> turn</c><00:33:17.740><c> it</c><00:33:17.960><c> up,</c><00:33:18.819><c> watching</c><00:33:19.180><c> this</c>

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:22.299
clock<00:33:20.059><c> here</c><00:33:20.339><c> ticking</c><00:33:20.559><c> away</c><00:33:20.920><c> so</c><00:33:21.279><c> fast.</c>

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:26.319
The<00:33:23.680><c> interesting</c><00:33:23.940><c> thing</c><00:33:24.200><c> is</c><00:33:24.519><c> we're</c><00:33:24.799><c> told</c><00:33:25.000><c> he</c><00:33:25.299><c> guided</c><00:33:25.819><c> his</c>

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hands<00:33:26.980><c> wittingly</c>

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because<00:33:30.039><c> Joseph</c><00:33:30.539><c> had</c><00:33:30.859><c> placed</c><00:33:31.400><c> the</c><00:33:32.460><c> eldest</c><00:33:32.759><c> son</c><00:33:33.099><c> opposite</c><00:33:33.460><c> the</c>

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:35.359
right<00:33:34.000><c> hand</c>

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and<00:33:39.099><c> the</c><00:33:39.259><c> youngest</c><00:33:39.480><c> son</c><00:33:39.700><c> opposite</c><00:33:39.880><c> the</c><00:33:40.059><c> left</c><00:33:40.359><c> hand</c>

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:44.400
because<00:33:42.400><c> the</c><00:33:42.619><c> right</c><00:33:42.839><c> hand</c><00:33:42.980><c> would</c><00:33:43.259><c> confer</c><00:33:43.640><c> the</c><00:33:43.920><c> blessing</c><00:33:44.160><c> upon</c>

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:45.720
the<00:33:44.619><c> firstborn.</c>

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:50.319
We<00:33:46.720><c> are</c><00:33:46.819><c> told</c><00:33:47.000><c> he</c><00:33:47.259><c> guided</c><00:33:47.839><c> his</c><00:33:48.200><c> hands</c><00:33:48.740><c> wittingly,</c><00:33:49.599><c> he</c><00:33:49.960><c> crossed</c>

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:53.279
his<00:33:50.599><c> hands</c><00:33:51.059><c> so</c><00:33:52.339><c> that</c><00:33:52.519><c> the</c><00:33:52.700><c> blessing</c><00:33:53.039><c> through</c>

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:56.519
the<00:33:53.480><c> right</c><00:33:53.759><c> hand</c><00:33:53.980><c> came</c><00:33:54.240><c> upon</c><00:33:54.619><c> the</c><00:33:55.299><c> second</c><00:33:55.619><c> son</c><00:33:55.759><c> not</c><00:33:55.960><c> the</c><00:33:56.180><c> first</c>

00:33:56.519 --> 00:34:01.900
son.<00:33:59.160><c> And</c><00:33:59.319><c> so</c><00:33:59.460><c> we</c><00:33:59.619><c> read</c><00:33:59.819><c> in</c><00:33:59.960><c> verse</c><00:34:00.119><c> 21</c><00:34:00.720><c> by</c><00:34:01.140><c> faith</c>

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:08.639
Jacob<00:34:02.359><c> when</c><00:34:02.640><c> he</c><00:34:02.900><c> was</c><00:34:03.079><c> a</c><00:34:03.299><c> dying</c><00:34:03.779><c> blessed</c><00:34:04.839><c> both</c><00:34:05.359><c> the</c><00:34:05.619><c> sons</c><00:34:05.839><c> of</c><00:34:06.140><c> Joseph</c><00:34:06.640><c> and</c><00:34:08.400><c> he</c>

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:10.199
worshiped<00:34:09.099><c> leaning</c><00:34:09.300><c> upon</c><00:34:09.679><c> the</c><00:34:09.840><c> top</c><00:34:10.000><c> of</c>

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:15.900
staff.<00:34:11.619><c> So</c><00:34:11.800><c> as</c><00:34:11.940><c> an</c><00:34:12.119><c> old</c><00:34:12.360><c> man</c><00:34:13.039><c> still</c><00:34:13.699><c> knowing</c><00:34:14.059><c> by</c><00:34:14.900><c> the</c><00:34:15.199><c> power</c><00:34:15.519><c> of</c>

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:18.960
prophecy,<00:34:16.280><c> by</c><00:34:16.460><c> the</c><00:34:16.659><c> power</c><00:34:16.940><c> of</c><00:34:17.199><c> God,</c><00:34:17.420><c> by</c><00:34:17.679><c> inspiration</c>

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:22.119
that<00:34:19.460><c> it</c><00:34:19.780><c> was</c><00:34:19.920><c> through</c><00:34:20.139><c> the</c><00:34:20.380><c> younger</c><00:34:20.639><c> son</c><00:34:21.019><c> that</c><00:34:21.360><c> the</c><00:34:21.519><c> blessings</c><00:34:21.800><c> would</c>

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:23.880
come.<00:34:22.659><c> His</c><00:34:22.820><c> hands</c><00:34:23.039><c> are</c><00:34:23.400><c> guided</c>

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:29.980
wittingly<00:34:24.699><c> so</c><00:34:24.920><c> that</c><00:34:25.059><c> his</c><00:34:25.219><c> right</c><00:34:25.539><c> hand</c><00:34:25.940><c> goes</c><00:34:26.300><c> upon</c><00:34:26.559><c> the</c><00:34:26.800><c> younger</c><00:34:27.059><c> son.</c><00:34:29.639><c> And</c><00:34:29.800><c> now</c><00:34:29.940><c> I</c>

00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:33.119
want<00:34:30.119><c> to</c><00:34:30.300><c> look</c><00:34:30.860><c> at</c><00:34:32.119><c> Moses.</c>

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:39.340
By<00:34:35.539><c> faith,</c><00:34:36.179><c> Moses</c><00:34:36.719><c> when</c><00:34:37.059><c> he</c><00:34:37.320><c> was</c><00:34:37.599><c> born</c><00:34:37.940><c> was</c><00:34:38.340><c> hid</c><00:34:38.539><c> three</c><00:34:38.940><c> months</c>

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:44.340
of<00:34:39.579><c> his</c><00:34:39.860><c> parents</c><00:34:40.320><c> because</c><00:34:41.719><c> they</c><00:34:42.059><c> saw</c><00:34:42.219><c> he</c><00:34:42.360><c> was</c><00:34:42.619><c> a</c><00:34:42.760><c> proper</c><00:34:43.039><c> child.</c>

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:49.320
That<00:34:46.460><c> doesn't</c><00:34:46.679><c> mean</c><00:34:46.860><c> that</c><00:34:47.059><c> they</c><00:34:47.219><c> saw</c><00:34:47.460><c> in</c><00:34:48.000><c> their</c><00:34:48.119><c> son</c><00:34:48.400><c> a</c><00:34:49.000><c> lovely</c>

00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:51.840
bouncing<00:34:49.699><c> baby.</c><00:34:50.480><c> Every</c><00:34:50.880><c> parent</c><00:34:51.219><c> and</c><00:34:51.420><c> particularly</c>

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:55.400
the<00:34:52.119><c> grandparents</c><00:34:52.619><c> see</c><00:34:53.019><c> in</c><00:34:53.280><c> their</c><00:34:53.619><c> children</c><00:34:53.920><c> and</c><00:34:54.199><c> grandchildren</c><00:34:54.639><c> lovely</c>

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:56.800
bouncing<00:34:55.880><c> babies.</c><00:34:56.519><c> They're</c>

00:34:56.800 --> 00:35:00.280
the<00:34:56.920><c> best</c><00:34:57.239><c> children</c><00:34:57.480><c> ever</c><00:34:57.800><c> born.</c><00:34:58.900><c> Well</c><00:34:58.960><c> they</c><00:34:59.039><c> are</c><00:34:59.239><c> aren't</c><00:34:59.420><c> they?</c>

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:10.039
Now<00:35:02.960><c> that's</c><00:35:03.219><c> what</c><00:35:03.320><c> is</c><00:35:03.480><c> meant</c><00:35:03.719><c> here.</c><00:35:04.900><c> They</c><00:35:05.119><c> saw</c><00:35:05.320><c> he</c><00:35:05.440><c> was</c><00:35:05.659><c> a</c><00:35:05.940><c> proper</c><00:35:06.239><c> child</c><00:35:07.000><c> by</c><00:35:08.800><c> faith,</c>

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:14.400
by<00:35:11.139><c> their</c><00:35:11.300><c> knowledge</c><00:35:11.599><c> of</c><00:35:11.860><c> scripture,</c><00:35:12.380><c> by</c><00:35:12.559><c> their</c><00:35:12.760><c> reading</c><00:35:13.139><c> of</c><00:35:13.380><c> scripture.</c>

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:19.800
They<00:35:15.199><c> knew</c><00:35:15.659><c> and</c><00:35:16.840><c> what</c><00:35:17.079><c> could</c><00:35:17.280><c> they</c><00:35:17.460><c> have</c><00:35:17.639><c> known?</c><00:35:19.139><c> Haven't</c><00:35:19.440><c> God</c>

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:22.840
promised<00:35:20.400><c> to</c><00:35:20.840><c> Abraham</c><00:35:21.260><c> that</c><00:35:21.440><c> in</c><00:35:21.780><c> the</c><00:35:22.039><c> fourth</c>

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:26.699
generation<00:35:24.059><c> he</c><00:35:24.659><c> would</c><00:35:24.920><c> deliver</c><00:35:25.400><c> his</c><00:35:25.679><c> people?</c>

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:32.199
Haven't<00:35:30.039><c> he</c><00:35:30.219><c> said</c><00:35:30.380><c> that</c><00:35:30.559><c> after</c><00:35:30.780><c> 400</c><00:35:31.260><c> years</c><00:35:31.699><c> they</c><00:35:31.840><c> would</c><00:35:32.000><c> come</c>

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:34.179
out<00:35:32.400><c> of</c><00:35:32.519><c> the</c><00:35:32.639><c> land</c><00:35:32.800><c> of</c><00:35:33.059><c> Egypt?</c>

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:39.400
Incidentally,<00:35:36.099><c> the</c><00:35:36.239><c> going</c><00:35:36.400><c> into</c><00:35:36.679><c> slavery</c><00:35:37.099><c> again</c><00:35:37.900><c> was</c><00:35:38.820><c> not</c><00:35:39.059><c> part</c><00:35:39.280><c> of</c>

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:42.099
God's<00:35:39.800><c> purpose.</c><00:35:40.059><c> He</c><00:35:40.179><c> didn't</c><00:35:40.420><c> make</c><00:35:40.639><c> them</c><00:35:40.840><c> go</c><00:35:41.079><c> there.</c>

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:48.039
God<00:35:43.320><c> prophesied</c><00:35:43.800><c> they</c><00:35:44.019><c> would</c><00:35:44.320><c> go</c><00:35:44.659><c> there</c><00:35:45.260><c> and</c><00:35:45.659><c> they</c><00:35:45.820><c> would</c><00:35:46.059><c> stay</c><00:35:46.360><c> there.</c><00:35:47.320><c> They</c><00:35:47.480><c> went</c><00:35:47.780><c> a</c>

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:49.280
sojourners<00:35:48.579><c> into</c><00:35:48.860><c> the</c><00:35:49.059><c> land,</c>

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:52.940
they<00:35:49.539><c> told</c><00:35:49.719><c> that</c><00:35:49.960><c> to</c><00:35:50.119><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:35:50.519><c> we've</c><00:35:50.780><c> come</c><00:35:50.900><c> a</c><00:35:51.099><c> sojourners.</c><00:35:52.440><c> We</c><00:35:52.679><c> read</c><00:35:52.900><c> a</c>

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:55.320
few<00:35:53.239><c> verses</c><00:35:53.559><c> later</c><00:35:53.980><c> that</c><00:35:54.139><c> they</c><00:35:54.739><c> were</c><00:35:55.000><c> prosperous</c>

00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:59.400
in<00:35:55.460><c> the</c><00:35:55.679><c> land</c><00:35:55.860><c> and</c><00:35:56.019><c> so</c><00:35:56.159><c> they</c><00:35:56.300><c> were</c><00:35:56.440><c> happy</c><00:35:56.679><c> and</c><00:35:56.880><c> they</c><00:35:57.079><c> stayed</c><00:35:57.219><c> they</c><00:35:57.480><c> settled</c><00:35:57.699><c> down</c><00:35:58.219><c> and</c><00:35:58.699><c> what</c><00:35:58.840><c> had</c><00:35:59.019><c> been</c><00:35:59.159><c> a</c>

00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:03.980
sojourner<00:35:59.800><c> in</c><00:36:00.219><c> the</c><00:36:00.440><c> beginning</c><00:36:00.940><c> well</c><00:36:01.699><c> became</c><00:36:02.019><c> 400</c><00:36:02.440><c> years</c><00:36:03.059><c> and</c>

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:06.039
the<00:36:04.239><c> nation</c><00:36:04.420><c> were</c><00:36:04.639><c> settling</c><00:36:04.960><c> down.</c><00:36:05.260><c> It</c><00:36:05.380><c> had</c><00:36:05.539><c> to</c><00:36:05.699><c> be</c>

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:10.179
disturbed<00:36:06.340><c> by</c><00:36:06.619><c> God</c><00:36:06.940><c> and</c><00:36:07.340><c> be</c><00:36:07.539><c> brought</c><00:36:07.719><c> out</c><00:36:08.079><c> and</c><00:36:08.280><c> so</c><00:36:08.440><c> God</c><00:36:08.639><c> prophesied</c><00:36:09.880><c> that</c>

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:12.079
after<00:36:10.440><c> four</c><00:36:10.760><c> generations</c><00:36:11.420><c> in</c><00:36:11.820><c> 400</c>

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:15.460
years<00:36:12.460><c> time</c><00:36:12.780><c> they</c><00:36:13.300><c> will</c><00:36:13.480><c> come</c><00:36:13.679><c> out</c><00:36:14.039><c> and</c><00:36:14.559><c> when</c><00:36:14.699><c> we</c><00:36:14.900><c> look</c><00:36:15.079><c> at</c><00:36:15.280><c> the</c>

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:17.860
genealogy<00:36:16.039><c> we've</c><00:36:16.420><c> come</c><00:36:16.599><c> to</c><00:36:16.780><c> the</c><00:36:17.000><c> fourth</c><00:36:17.239><c> generation,</c>

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:22.860
we've<00:36:18.139><c> come</c><00:36:18.320><c> to</c><00:36:18.500><c> the</c><00:36:18.679><c> 400</c><00:36:19.019><c> years</c><00:36:19.780><c> and</c><00:36:20.719><c> by</c><00:36:21.480><c> faith</c><00:36:21.940><c> the</c><00:36:22.519><c> parents</c>

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:25.400
of<00:36:23.199><c> Moses</c><00:36:23.579><c> knew</c><00:36:24.059><c> the</c><00:36:24.360><c> time</c><00:36:24.539><c> had</c><00:36:24.840><c> come</c>

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:29.500
and<00:36:26.139><c> somehow</c><00:36:26.500><c> they</c><00:36:26.880><c> saw</c><00:36:27.079><c> in</c><00:36:27.340><c> Moses</c><00:36:27.760><c> the</c><00:36:28.400><c> deliverer,</c><00:36:29.099><c> the</c><00:36:29.280><c> one</c>

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:32.099
who<00:36:29.699><c> would</c><00:36:30.280><c> fulfill</c><00:36:30.760><c> that</c><00:36:31.119><c> promise.</c>

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:38.119
How<00:36:33.000><c> else</c><00:36:33.260><c> did</c><00:36:33.579><c> Moses</c><00:36:34.099><c> know</c><00:36:34.699><c> that</c><00:36:35.820><c> he</c><00:36:35.980><c> should</c><00:36:36.159><c> deliver</c><00:36:36.500><c> the</c><00:36:36.719><c> people</c><00:36:37.059><c> and</c><00:36:37.380><c> you</c><00:36:37.659><c> remember</c><00:36:37.940><c> he</c>

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:39.539
was<00:36:38.400><c> surprised</c>

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:44.659
when<00:36:40.400><c> he</c><00:36:41.019><c> was</c><00:36:41.300><c> rebuked</c><00:36:41.840><c> by</c><00:36:42.119><c> his</c><00:36:42.360><c> own</c><00:36:42.940><c> children,</c><00:36:43.579><c> his</c><00:36:43.639><c> own</c><00:36:44.000><c> brethren</c><00:36:44.340><c> and</c>

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:46.360
sisters,<00:36:45.380><c> the</c><00:36:45.460><c> Israelites.</c>

00:36:46.739 --> 00:36:50.219
Are<00:36:47.260><c> you</c><00:36:47.539><c> going</c><00:36:47.719><c> to</c><00:36:48.619><c> slay</c><00:36:48.840><c> us</c><00:36:49.019><c> as</c><00:36:49.099><c> you</c><00:36:49.219><c> did</c><00:36:49.400><c> the</c><00:36:49.840><c> the</c><00:36:50.059><c> Egyptian</c>

00:36:50.219 --> 00:36:52.440
yesterday?<00:36:51.019><c> It</c><00:36:51.340><c> says</c><00:36:51.519><c> he</c><00:36:51.679><c> was</c><00:36:51.900><c> surprised</c>

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:56.940
he<00:36:52.559><c> didn't</c><00:36:52.900><c> understand</c><00:36:53.579><c> that</c><00:36:54.000><c> he</c><00:36:54.139><c> was</c><00:36:54.380><c> going</c><00:36:54.500><c> to</c><00:36:54.820><c> deliver</c><00:36:55.099><c> them</c><00:36:55.300><c> from</c><00:36:55.699><c> Egypt.</c><00:36:56.760><c> How</c>

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:58.219
did<00:36:57.099><c> he</c><00:36:57.300><c> know</c><00:36:57.480><c> that</c><00:36:57.800><c> if</c><00:36:58.019><c> it</c><00:36:58.119><c> had</c>

00:36:58.219 --> 00:37:01.800
not<00:36:58.400><c> been</c><00:36:59.000><c> taught</c><00:36:59.320><c> to</c><00:36:59.500><c> him</c><00:36:59.760><c> by</c><00:37:00.059><c> his</c><00:37:00.320><c> parents</c><00:37:00.760><c> who</c><00:37:01.260><c> had</c><00:37:01.519><c> got</c><00:37:01.679><c> it</c>

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:06.860
from<00:37:01.980><c> the</c><00:37:02.159><c> word</c><00:37:02.280><c> of</c><00:37:02.539><c> God?</c><00:37:04.420><c> But</c><00:37:04.699><c> now</c><00:37:05.059><c> Moses</c><00:37:05.420><c> knew</c><00:37:05.719><c> that</c>

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:15.579
by<00:37:07.800><c> faith</c><00:37:08.300><c> Moses,</c><00:37:10.420><c> by</c><00:37:10.579><c> his</c><00:37:10.840><c> knowledge</c><00:37:11.360><c> of</c><00:37:12.519><c> scripture</c><00:37:13.059><c> and</c><00:37:13.500><c> God's</c><00:37:14.159><c> purpose</c><00:37:14.699><c> he</c>

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.980
had<00:37:15.940><c> faith.</c>

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:21.840
Now<00:37:17.980><c> just</c><00:37:18.300><c> look</c><00:37:18.659><c> at</c><00:37:18.900><c> the</c><00:37:19.099><c> faith</c><00:37:19.280><c> of</c><00:37:19.480><c> Moses.</c><00:37:21.000><c> If</c><00:37:21.300><c> you</c><00:37:21.440><c> want</c><00:37:21.579><c> to</c>

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:24.119
underline<00:37:22.159><c> some</c><00:37:22.539><c> key</c><00:37:22.800><c> words</c><00:37:23.099><c> we</c><00:37:23.300><c> have</c><00:37:23.599><c> the</c><00:37:23.800><c> word</c>

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:29.820
refused<00:37:24.780><c> in</c><00:37:25.099><c> verse</c><00:37:25.360><c> 24,</c><00:37:27.380><c> the</c><00:37:27.440><c> word</c><00:37:27.880><c> choosing</c><00:37:28.400><c> in</c><00:37:28.780><c> verse</c><00:37:29.039><c> 25,</c>

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:32.780
the<00:37:30.280><c> word</c><00:37:30.659><c> esteeming</c><00:37:31.460><c> in</c><00:37:31.639><c> verse</c><00:37:31.920><c> 26,</c>

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:38.360
the<00:37:33.500><c> word</c><00:37:33.920><c> forsook</c><00:37:34.699><c> in</c><00:37:34.920><c> verse</c><00:37:35.280><c> 27.</c><00:37:37.699><c> Let's</c><00:37:37.940><c> just</c><00:37:38.099><c> look</c><00:37:38.199><c> what</c>

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:39.559
this<00:37:38.579><c> means.</c>

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:46.780
By<00:37:42.159><c> faith</c><00:37:42.820><c> when</c><00:37:43.199><c> he</c><00:37:43.440><c> was</c><00:37:43.639><c> come</c><00:37:43.860><c> to</c><00:37:44.159><c> years</c><00:37:44.800><c> refused</c><00:37:45.980><c> to</c><00:37:46.219><c> be</c><00:37:46.400><c> called</c><00:37:46.559><c> the</c>

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:48.960
son<00:37:47.019><c> of</c><00:37:47.400><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:37:47.820><c> daughter.</c>

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:57.699
He<00:37:50.960><c> had</c><00:37:51.260><c> been</c><00:37:51.679><c> brought</c><00:37:51.980><c> up</c><00:37:53.039><c> by</c><00:37:53.719><c> a</c><00:37:54.039><c> foster</c><00:37:54.300><c> mother</c><00:37:54.719><c> and</c><00:37:56.340><c> I'm</c><00:37:56.659><c> sure</c><00:37:56.960><c> Moses</c><00:37:57.420><c> had</c>

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:59.579
grown<00:37:57.900><c> to</c><00:37:58.159><c> love</c><00:37:58.440><c> his</c><00:37:58.739><c> foster</c><00:37:59.059><c> mother</c>

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:05.739
and<00:38:00.159><c> to</c><00:38:00.679><c> serve</c><00:38:00.980><c> her</c><00:38:01.400><c> as</c><00:38:01.760><c> any</c><00:38:02.380><c> responsible</c><00:38:03.139><c> child</c><00:38:03.659><c> should</c><00:38:03.980><c> serve</c><00:38:04.500><c> a</c><00:38:04.739><c> parent.</c>

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:11.099
He<00:38:07.619><c> also</c><00:38:08.179><c> knew</c><00:38:08.719><c> that</c><00:38:09.400><c> he</c><00:38:09.539><c> was</c><00:38:09.800><c> in</c><00:38:09.980><c> line</c><00:38:10.280><c> in</c><00:38:10.460><c> all</c><00:38:10.599><c> probability</c>

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:12.639
for<00:38:11.380><c> the</c><00:38:11.619><c> throne.</c>

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:21.139
When<00:38:15.179><c> he</c><00:38:15.500><c> came</c><00:38:15.840><c> to</c><00:38:16.199><c> age</c><00:38:16.760><c> he</c><00:38:18.480><c> refused</c><00:38:19.280><c> to</c><00:38:19.579><c> be</c><00:38:19.860><c> called</c><00:38:20.239><c> the</c><00:38:20.679><c> son</c>

00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:23.340
of<00:38:21.639><c> Pharaoh's</c><00:38:22.280><c> daughter.</c>

00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:31.420
He<00:38:24.380><c> had</c><00:38:24.940><c> a</c><00:38:25.539><c> choice</c><00:38:26.079><c> to</c><00:38:26.539><c> make,</c><00:38:27.860><c> choosing</c><00:38:28.420><c> rather.</c><00:38:29.940><c> He</c><00:38:30.059><c> had</c><00:38:30.340><c> a</c><00:38:30.699><c> choice</c><00:38:31.079><c> to</c>

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:34.699
make.<00:38:32.960><c> He</c><00:38:33.079><c> had</c><00:38:33.360><c> to</c><00:38:33.599><c> forsake</c><00:38:34.239><c> his</c>

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:41.900
foster<00:38:35.139><c> mother</c><00:38:35.400><c> that</c><00:38:35.619><c> he</c><00:38:35.760><c> had</c><00:38:36.039><c> loved.</c><00:38:38.260><c> He</c><00:38:38.500><c> had</c><00:38:38.699><c> to</c><00:38:38.900><c> forsake</c><00:38:39.260><c> all</c><00:38:39.579><c> the</c><00:38:39.760><c> things</c><00:38:39.980><c> that</c><00:38:40.199><c> that</c><00:38:40.420><c> meant</c><00:38:40.780><c> and</c><00:38:41.739><c> he</c>

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.559
had<00:38:42.099><c> to</c><00:38:42.320><c> turn</c>

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:47.360
to<00:38:42.820><c> Egypt</c><00:38:43.260><c> and</c><00:38:44.639><c> see</c><00:38:44.900><c> the</c><00:38:45.199><c> slaves</c><00:38:45.559><c> with</c><00:38:45.780><c> their</c><00:38:46.139><c> backs</c><00:38:46.460><c> bent</c><00:38:46.960><c> and</c>

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:49.360
bleeding<00:38:47.699><c> beneath</c><00:38:48.159><c> the</c><00:38:48.400><c> lash.</c>

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:55.400
And<00:38:50.920><c> he</c><00:38:51.079><c> had</c><00:38:51.239><c> to</c><00:38:51.380><c> be</c><00:38:51.480><c> one</c><00:38:51.659><c> of</c><00:38:51.900><c> them</c><00:38:52.460><c> because</c><00:38:53.800><c> he</c><00:38:54.219><c> knew</c><00:38:54.519><c> the</c><00:38:54.820><c> promises</c><00:38:55.119><c> of</c>

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:57.099
God<00:38:55.659><c> with</c><00:38:55.880><c> regard</c><00:38:56.219><c> to</c><00:38:56.480><c> Israel</c>

00:38:57.099 --> 00:39:01.519
and<00:38:57.860><c> the</c><00:38:58.099><c> promises</c><00:38:58.340><c> of</c><00:38:58.679><c> God</c><00:38:58.880><c> with</c><00:38:59.099><c> regard</c><00:38:59.400><c> to</c><00:38:59.699><c> Egypt.</c><00:39:00.840><c> He</c><00:39:01.079><c> had</c>

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:06.460
to<00:39:01.820><c> make</c><00:39:02.079><c> a</c><00:39:02.380><c> choice</c><00:39:02.860><c> and</c><00:39:04.059><c> notice</c><00:39:04.639><c> verse</c><00:39:05.019><c> 25,</c>

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:12.519
he<00:39:06.980><c> chose</c><00:39:07.900><c> rather</c><00:39:08.820><c> to</c><00:39:09.760><c> suffer</c><00:39:10.219><c> affliction</c><00:39:11.219><c> with</c><00:39:12.039><c> the</c><00:39:12.280><c> people</c>

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:16.519
of<00:39:12.760><c> God</c><00:39:13.300><c> than</c><00:39:13.760><c> to</c><00:39:14.119><c> enjoy</c><00:39:14.960><c> the</c><00:39:15.400><c> pleasures</c><00:39:15.760><c> of</c><00:39:16.260><c> sin</c>

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:22.480
for<00:39:16.820><c> a</c><00:39:17.079><c> season.</c><00:39:19.960><c> Through</c><00:39:20.059><c> the</c><00:39:20.360><c> eye</c><00:39:20.619><c> of</c><00:39:20.920><c> faith</c><00:39:21.159><c> he</c><00:39:21.420><c> saw</c><00:39:21.659><c> all</c><00:39:22.199><c> the</c>

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:24.659
pomp<00:39:22.800><c> and</c><00:39:23.159><c> circumstance</c><00:39:23.880><c> of</c><00:39:24.159><c> Egypt</c>

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:30.960
as<00:39:25.300><c> being</c><00:39:25.519><c> the</c><00:39:25.880><c> pleasures</c><00:39:26.280><c> of</c><00:39:26.760><c> sin</c><00:39:27.000><c> for</c><00:39:27.480><c> a</c><00:39:27.739><c> season</c><00:39:28.139><c> and</c><00:39:30.539><c> he</c><00:39:30.840><c> saw</c>

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:32.739
in<00:39:31.199><c> these</c><00:39:31.480><c> slaves</c>

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:37.940
the<00:39:34.659><c> children</c><00:39:34.960><c> of</c><00:39:35.159><c> God.</c><00:39:36.679><c> Just</c><00:39:36.900><c> like</c><00:39:37.039><c> the</c><00:39:37.219><c> thief</c><00:39:37.360><c> on</c><00:39:37.539><c> the</c><00:39:37.739><c> cross</c>

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:39.579
who<00:39:38.179><c> saw</c><00:39:38.300><c> in</c><00:39:38.599><c> Christ</c><00:39:38.860><c> the</c><00:39:39.099><c> King,</c>

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:42.760
he<00:39:40.159><c> saw</c><00:39:40.380><c> in</c><00:39:40.659><c> the</c><00:39:40.920><c> slaves.</c><00:39:41.619><c> Who</c><00:39:41.800><c> would</c><00:39:41.980><c> have</c><00:39:42.159><c> seen</c><00:39:42.300><c> in</c><00:39:42.519><c> these</c>

00:39:42.760 --> 00:39:44.219
slaves<00:39:43.079><c> downtrodden,</c>

00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:47.340
about<00:39:44.719><c> to</c><00:39:44.880><c> be</c><00:39:45.159><c> exterminated</c><00:39:45.800><c> by</c><00:39:46.039><c> the</c><00:39:46.260><c> Egyptians?</c><00:39:46.960><c> Who</c><00:39:47.139><c> would</c>

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:49.539
have<00:39:47.400><c> seen</c><00:39:47.619><c> in</c><00:39:47.840><c> them</c><00:39:48.000><c> the</c><00:39:48.219><c> people</c><00:39:48.500><c> of</c><00:39:48.760><c> God?</c>

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:55.039
You<00:39:51.260><c> see</c><00:39:51.380><c> when</c><00:39:51.599><c> you</c><00:39:51.860><c> see</c><00:39:52.059><c> the</c><00:39:52.320><c> invisible</c><00:39:52.780><c> things</c><00:39:53.360><c> you</c><00:39:54.619><c> come</c><00:39:54.840><c> to</c>

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:57.679
see<00:39:55.159><c> the</c><00:39:55.380><c> realities</c><00:39:55.800><c> of</c><00:39:56.159><c> life</c><00:39:56.460><c> and</c><00:39:56.679><c> the</c><00:39:57.239><c> choice</c><00:39:57.460><c> is</c>

00:39:57.679 --> 00:40:01.440
easy.<00:39:58.880><c> You</c><00:39:59.000><c> could</c><00:39:59.159><c> easily</c><00:39:59.500><c> cast</c><00:39:59.780><c> away</c><00:40:00.360><c> all</c><00:40:00.800><c> the</c><00:40:00.980><c> treasures</c><00:40:01.179><c> of</c>

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:03.300
Egypt<00:40:01.619><c> because</c><00:40:01.960><c> they're</c><00:40:02.280><c> fleeting</c><00:40:02.679><c> anyway,</c><00:40:03.199><c> they're</c>

00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:07.559
for<00:40:03.440><c> a</c><00:40:03.599><c> season,</c><00:40:03.860><c> they're</c><00:40:04.059><c> going</c><00:40:04.159><c> to</c><00:40:04.380><c> go.</c><00:40:05.159><c> If</c><00:40:05.340><c> you</c><00:40:05.559><c> choose</c><00:40:05.800><c> something</c><00:40:06.059><c> which</c><00:40:06.239><c> is</c><00:40:06.460><c> going</c><00:40:06.619><c> you've</c><00:40:07.179><c> made</c><00:40:07.380><c> a</c>

00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:08.760
bad<00:40:07.699><c> choice</c>

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:12.679
but<00:40:09.500><c> if</c><00:40:09.659><c> you</c><00:40:09.860><c> choose</c><00:40:10.139><c> the</c><00:40:10.400><c> slaves</c><00:40:10.699><c> they're</c><00:40:10.960><c> the</c><00:40:11.099><c> people</c><00:40:11.300><c> of</c><00:40:11.539><c> God</c><00:40:11.739><c> and</c><00:40:11.860><c> they're</c><00:40:12.079><c> going</c><00:40:12.159><c> to</c>

00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:16.679
carry<00:40:12.960><c> on</c><00:40:13.320><c> and</c><00:40:13.480><c> be</c><00:40:13.639><c> blessed.</c><00:40:14.579><c> So</c><00:40:14.719><c> the</c><00:40:14.920><c> choice</c><00:40:15.139><c> is</c><00:40:15.380><c> easy</c><00:40:15.900><c> and</c><00:40:16.519><c> if</c>

00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:18.980
only<00:40:16.900><c> we</c><00:40:17.119><c> can</c><00:40:17.420><c> see</c><00:40:17.760><c> things</c><00:40:18.079><c> in</c><00:40:18.320><c> this</c><00:40:18.539><c> life</c><00:40:18.780><c> in</c>

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:24.059
the<00:40:19.119><c> same</c><00:40:19.360><c> way,</c><00:40:20.179><c> what</c><00:40:20.340><c> the</c><00:40:20.599><c> world</c><00:40:20.840><c> has</c><00:40:21.079><c> to</c><00:40:21.300><c> offer</c><00:40:21.519><c> is</c><00:40:21.820><c> fleeting,</c><00:40:22.460><c> it's</c><00:40:22.699><c> going</c><00:40:23.039><c> and</c>

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if<00:40:24.199><c> we</c><00:40:24.380><c> cast</c><00:40:24.599><c> in</c><00:40:24.780><c> our</c>

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luck<00:40:25.079><c> with</c><00:40:25.260><c> the</c><00:40:25.500><c> world</c><00:40:25.860><c> we</c><00:40:26.300><c> are</c><00:40:26.400><c> going</c><00:40:26.480><c> to</c><00:40:26.579><c> go</c><00:40:26.760><c> with</c><00:40:26.920><c> it.</c><00:40:28.239><c> We</c><00:40:28.599><c> have</c><00:40:28.760><c> to</c>

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:31.039
put<00:40:28.980><c> the</c><00:40:29.159><c> right</c><00:40:29.480><c> choice</c><00:40:30.039><c> and</c><00:40:30.659><c> then</c><00:40:30.860><c> look,</c>

00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:42.960
verse<00:40:31.199><c> 26,</c><00:40:34.139><c> esteeming</c><00:40:37.280><c> the</c><00:40:37.400><c> reproach</c><00:40:37.880><c> of</c><00:40:38.139><c> Christ.</c><00:40:40.940><c> Jesus</c><00:40:41.179><c> hadn't</c><00:40:41.460><c> been</c><00:40:41.800><c> born</c><00:40:42.139><c> yet</c>

00:40:44.679 --> 00:40:48.239
and<00:40:45.320><c> yet</c><00:40:45.539><c> in</c><00:40:45.760><c> the</c><00:40:46.079><c> suffering</c><00:40:46.440><c> of</c><00:40:46.699><c> the</c><00:40:46.840><c> children</c><00:40:47.079><c> of</c><00:40:47.300><c> Israel</c><00:40:47.780><c> he</c>

00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:51.639
sees<00:40:48.800><c> the</c><00:40:49.739><c> sufferings</c><00:40:50.159><c> of</c><00:40:50.420><c> Christ,</c>

00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:57.739
the<00:40:52.820><c> reproach</c><00:40:53.340><c> of</c><00:40:53.559><c> Christ.</c><00:40:55.480><c> He</c><00:40:55.840><c> sees</c><00:40:56.159><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:56.579><c> 53</c><00:40:57.159><c> where</c><00:40:57.420><c> all</c>

00:40:57.739 --> 00:41:00.579
the<00:40:57.920><c> sins</c><00:40:58.219><c> of</c><00:40:58.400><c> the</c><00:40:58.599><c> world</c><00:40:58.920><c> are</c><00:40:59.639><c> placed</c><00:40:59.940><c> upon</c><00:41:00.179><c> the</c><00:41:00.380><c> Lord</c>

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:03.400
Jesus<00:41:00.860><c> Christ.</c><00:41:01.599><c> He</c><00:41:01.599><c> sees</c><00:41:01.760><c> the</c><00:41:02.000><c> whole</c><00:41:02.300><c> of</c><00:41:02.639><c> the</c><00:41:02.920><c> suffering</c><00:41:03.179><c> and</c>

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:05.840
the<00:41:03.579><c> affliction</c><00:41:04.000><c> of</c><00:41:04.219><c> the</c><00:41:04.380><c> land</c><00:41:04.599><c> of</c><00:41:05.480><c> the</c><00:41:05.619><c> children</c>

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:09.360
of<00:41:06.000><c> Israel</c><00:41:06.519><c> placed</c><00:41:07.139><c> upon</c><00:41:07.460><c> the</c><00:41:07.639><c> Lord</c><00:41:07.880><c> Jesus</c><00:41:08.300><c> Christ.</c><00:41:08.780><c> He</c><00:41:08.980><c> sees</c>

00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:13.280
him<00:41:10.019><c> suffering</c><00:41:10.579><c> great</c><00:41:11.179><c> affliction</c><00:41:11.900><c> and</c><00:41:12.639><c> he</c><00:41:12.960><c> counts</c>

00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:17.679
that<00:41:13.840><c> to</c><00:41:14.099><c> be</c><00:41:14.420><c> greater</c><00:41:15.000><c> riches</c><00:41:15.599><c> than</c><00:41:16.219><c> all</c><00:41:16.639><c> the</c><00:41:16.920><c> treasures</c><00:41:17.280><c> in</c>

00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:22.619
Egypt<00:41:18.179><c> for</c><00:41:19.119><c> he</c><00:41:19.360><c> had</c><00:41:20.079><c> respect</c><00:41:21.159><c> unto</c><00:41:21.719><c> the</c><00:41:21.980><c> recompense</c>

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:29.280
of<00:41:22.840><c> reward.</c><00:41:24.820><c> The</c><00:41:24.900><c> word</c><00:41:24.900><c> esteeming</c><00:41:25.739><c> means</c><00:41:26.539><c> accounting</c><00:41:27.300><c> and</c><00:41:29.199><c> we</c>

00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:31.260
know<00:41:29.380><c> what</c><00:41:29.480><c> an</c><00:41:29.699><c> accountant</c><00:41:30.000><c> is,</c><00:41:30.360><c> he's</c><00:41:30.539><c> a</c><00:41:30.679><c> man</c><00:41:30.860><c> who</c>

00:41:31.260 --> 00:41:37.679
juggles<00:41:31.559><c> with</c><00:41:31.820><c> figures,</c><00:41:32.800><c> he</c><00:41:32.920><c> makes</c><00:41:33.159><c> them</c><00:41:33.320><c> balance</c><00:41:34.119><c> and</c><00:41:35.599><c> he</c><00:41:36.019><c> lets</c><00:41:36.260><c> the</c><00:41:36.500><c> auditors</c><00:41:36.699><c> think</c><00:41:37.019><c> that</c><00:41:37.260><c> everything</c><00:41:37.500><c> is</c>

00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:40.460
going<00:41:37.900><c> smoothly</c><00:41:38.320><c> when</c><00:41:38.639><c> quite</c><00:41:38.880><c> often</c><00:41:39.079><c> it's</c><00:41:39.260><c> not</c><00:41:39.480><c> but</c><00:41:40.159><c> strictly</c>

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:42.599
speaking<00:41:40.820><c> an</c><00:41:41.059><c> accountant</c><00:41:41.400><c> has</c><00:41:41.679><c> two</c><00:41:42.300><c> rows</c>

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:46.559
of<00:41:42.860><c> figures</c><00:41:43.119><c> and</c><00:41:43.480><c> those</c><00:41:43.699><c> figures</c><00:41:44.019><c> must</c><00:41:44.280><c> be</c><00:41:44.760><c> accurate</c><00:41:45.239><c> and</c><00:41:45.659><c> they</c><00:41:45.760><c> must</c><00:41:45.960><c> balance</c><00:41:46.300><c> when</c><00:41:46.519><c> it</c>

00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:48.320
comes<00:41:46.800><c> to</c><00:41:47.340><c> the</c><00:41:47.400><c> bottom.</c>

00:41:49.539 --> 00:41:54.119
And<00:41:50.239><c> so</c><00:41:50.599><c> Moses</c><00:41:51.119><c> as</c><00:41:51.800><c> an</c><00:41:52.059><c> accountant</c><00:41:52.579><c> set</c><00:41:53.139><c> the</c><00:41:53.320><c> two</c><00:41:53.519><c> things</c><00:41:53.780><c> side</c>

00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:56.360
by<00:41:54.400><c> side,</c><00:41:54.760><c> the</c><00:41:54.840><c> things</c><00:41:55.039><c> of</c><00:41:55.280><c> Egypt</c><00:41:55.619><c> and</c><00:41:56.059><c> the</c><00:41:56.199><c> things</c>

00:41:56.360 --> 00:42:01.340
of<00:41:56.639><c> God</c><00:41:57.099><c> and</c><00:41:58.480><c> he</c><00:41:58.639><c> went</c><00:41:58.820><c> through</c><00:41:59.099><c> them</c><00:41:59.280><c> and</c><00:41:59.519><c> he</c><00:42:00.119><c> evaluated</c><00:42:00.800><c> them</c>

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:05.420
and<00:42:02.199><c> in</c><00:42:02.679><c> esteeming</c><00:42:03.880><c> he</c><00:42:04.300><c> saw</c><00:42:04.539><c> that</c><00:42:04.739><c> the</c><00:42:04.960><c> reproaches</c>

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:09.579
of<00:42:05.699><c> Christ</c><00:42:06.039><c> were</c><00:42:06.420><c> greater</c><00:42:07.360><c> riches</c><00:42:07.900><c> than</c><00:42:08.579><c> all</c><00:42:08.960><c> the</c><00:42:09.239><c> treasures</c>

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:13.679
in<00:42:10.179><c> Egypt</c><00:42:10.840><c> for</c><00:42:11.559><c> he</c><00:42:11.800><c> had</c><00:42:12.199><c> respect</c><00:42:12.900><c> and</c>

00:42:13.679 --> 00:42:23.920
of<00:42:14.019><c> the</c><00:42:14.019><c> reward.</c><00:42:17.699><c> And</c><00:42:18.039><c> by</c><00:42:18.760><c> faith</c><00:42:19.340><c> he</c><00:42:20.079><c> forsook</c><00:42:21.000><c> Egypt</c><00:42:21.659><c> not</c><00:42:22.739><c> fearing</c><00:42:23.559><c> the</c>

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:27.579
wrath<00:42:24.420><c> of</c><00:42:24.940><c> the</c><00:42:25.139><c> king</c><00:42:25.960><c> for</c><00:42:26.460><c> he</c><00:42:26.960><c> endured</c>

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:33.940
as<00:42:28.059><c> seeing</c><00:42:28.320><c> him</c><00:42:28.960><c> who</c><00:42:29.599><c> is</c><00:42:30.059><c> invisible.</c><00:42:30.920><c> He</c><00:42:31.300><c> forsook,</c><00:42:32.360><c> notice</c><00:42:32.699><c> that,</c><00:42:33.699><c> he</c>

00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:36.820
left<00:42:34.239><c> it,</c><00:42:35.099><c> he</c><00:42:35.380><c> turned</c><00:42:35.579><c> his</c><00:42:35.840><c> back</c><00:42:36.119><c> upon</c><00:42:36.440><c> Egypt,</c>

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:39.840
he<00:42:36.980><c> didn't</c><00:42:37.239><c> say</c><00:42:37.460><c> to</c><00:42:37.639><c> himself</c><00:42:38.000><c> I</c><00:42:38.699><c> can</c><00:42:38.880><c> have</c><00:42:39.059><c> one</c><00:42:39.320><c> foot</c><00:42:39.460><c> in</c><00:42:39.619><c> each</c>

00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:42.960
camp,<00:42:41.059><c> he</c><00:42:41.199><c> didn't</c><00:42:41.420><c> say</c><00:42:41.599><c> to</c><00:42:41.760><c> himself</c><00:42:42.059><c> I'm</c><00:42:42.400><c> very</c><00:42:42.719><c> well</c>

00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:46.320
placed<00:42:43.239><c> here</c><00:42:43.480><c> in</c><00:42:43.679><c> Egypt,</c><00:42:44.320><c> I</c><00:42:44.519><c> can</c><00:42:44.739><c> keep</c><00:42:44.940><c> all</c><00:42:45.300><c> this</c><00:42:45.820><c> money</c><00:42:46.119><c> that</c>

00:42:46.320 --> 00:42:48.619
I've<00:42:46.559><c> got</c><00:42:46.820><c> and</c><00:42:47.039><c> the</c><00:42:47.260><c> position</c><00:42:47.519><c> that</c><00:42:47.739><c> I've</c><00:42:47.980><c> got</c><00:42:48.219><c> and</c>

00:42:48.619 --> 00:42:52.360
I'll<00:42:48.800><c> be</c><00:42:48.920><c> better</c><00:42:49.340><c> placed</c><00:42:49.840><c> to</c><00:42:50.199><c> preach</c><00:42:50.420><c> the</c><00:42:50.639><c> gospel</c><00:42:51.019><c> here.</c><00:42:52.139><c> He</c>

00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:55.340
didn't<00:42:52.579><c> say</c><00:42:52.860><c> that.</c><00:42:53.840><c> So</c><00:42:54.019><c> after</c><00:42:54.239><c> we</c><00:42:54.440><c> make</c><00:42:54.619><c> it</c><00:42:54.760><c> an</c><00:42:54.960><c> excuse</c>

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:58.320
don't<00:42:55.659><c> we</c><00:42:55.780><c> that</c><00:42:56.159><c> if</c><00:42:56.420><c> we</c><00:42:56.659><c> mingle</c><00:42:57.000><c> with</c><00:42:57.219><c> the</c><00:42:57.460><c> world</c><00:42:57.619><c> we</c><00:42:57.760><c> can</c><00:42:57.920><c> preach</c><00:42:58.139><c> the</c>

00:42:58.320 --> 00:43:00.380
gospel<00:42:58.659><c> to</c><00:42:58.880><c> the</c><00:42:59.059><c> world.</c><00:42:59.860><c> It</c><00:42:59.980><c> doesn't</c><00:43:00.119><c> work</c>

00:43:00.380 --> 00:43:06.500
that<00:43:00.539><c> way</c><00:43:00.699><c> brethren</c><00:43:00.960><c> and</c><00:43:01.239><c> sisters.</c><00:43:02.840><c> He</c><00:43:03.280><c> forsook</c><00:43:04.179><c> Egypt</c><00:43:04.960><c> and</c>

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:09.199
he<00:43:06.639><c> wasn't</c><00:43:06.860><c> afraid</c><00:43:07.300><c> of</c><00:43:07.480><c> the</c><00:43:07.619><c> wrath</c><00:43:07.719><c> of</c><00:43:07.920><c> the</c><00:43:08.079><c> king</c>

00:43:09.659 --> 00:43:13.039
because<00:43:10.179><c> he</c><00:43:10.500><c> saw</c><00:43:10.780><c> God</c><00:43:11.280><c> who</c><00:43:11.619><c> is</c><00:43:12.059><c> invisible.</c>

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:20.579
Very<00:43:15.699><c> much</c><00:43:15.940><c> like</c><00:43:16.199><c> Nehemiah</c><00:43:16.820><c> you</c><00:43:16.960><c> remember</c><00:43:18.159><c> who</c><00:43:19.500><c> standing</c><00:43:19.860><c> before</c><00:43:20.280><c> the</c>

00:43:20.579 --> 00:43:23.719
king<00:43:21.159><c> who</c><00:43:22.099><c> could</c><00:43:22.380><c> so</c><00:43:22.619><c> easily</c><00:43:23.039><c> have</c><00:43:23.380><c> taken</c>

00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:32.099
his<00:43:24.079><c> life</c><00:43:24.800><c> he</c><00:43:26.199><c> prayed</c><00:43:26.579><c> unto</c><00:43:27.059><c> God</c><00:43:27.800><c> and</c><00:43:28.960><c> having</c><00:43:29.219><c> made</c><00:43:29.800><c> that</c><00:43:30.300><c> prayer</c><00:43:30.900><c> he</c>

00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:35.260
saw<00:43:32.420><c> that</c><00:43:33.460><c> this</c><00:43:33.940><c> man</c><00:43:34.280><c> he</c><00:43:34.500><c> talks</c><00:43:34.760><c> to</c><00:43:34.920><c> the</c><00:43:35.039><c> king</c>

00:43:35.260 --> 00:43:41.179
as<00:43:35.380><c> this</c><00:43:35.739><c> man</c><00:43:36.460><c> and</c><00:43:37.019><c> he</c><00:43:37.199><c> talks</c><00:43:37.400><c> of</c><00:43:37.559><c> God</c><00:43:38.099><c> as</c><00:43:38.519><c> the</c><00:43:38.760><c> God</c><00:43:39.480><c> in</c><00:43:40.500><c> whom</c><00:43:40.679><c> there</c><00:43:40.940><c> is</c>

00:43:41.179 --> 00:43:44.480
power.<00:43:42.119><c> The</c><00:43:42.239><c> whole</c><00:43:42.440><c> situation</c><00:43:43.739><c> is</c><00:43:44.039><c> altered.</c>

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:47.739
He<00:43:45.019><c> sees</c><00:43:45.280><c> things</c><00:43:45.519><c> as</c><00:43:45.659><c> they</c><00:43:45.880><c> really</c><00:43:46.360><c> are</c><00:43:46.679><c> that</c><00:43:46.960><c> the</c><00:43:47.119><c> king</c><00:43:47.360><c> is</c><00:43:47.639><c> a</c>

00:43:47.739 --> 00:43:50.579
mere<00:43:47.900><c> man</c><00:43:48.400><c> and</c><00:43:48.880><c> that</c><00:43:49.079><c> God</c><00:43:49.320><c> is</c><00:43:49.579><c> the</c><00:43:49.760><c> God</c><00:43:49.940><c> of</c><00:43:50.179><c> strength</c>

00:43:50.579 --> 00:43:56.539
and<00:43:51.059><c> power.</c><00:43:52.480><c> That</c><00:43:52.659><c> is</c><00:43:52.860><c> what</c><00:43:53.219><c> faith</c><00:43:53.719><c> does.</c><00:43:55.199><c> It</c><00:43:55.739><c> enables</c><00:43:56.139><c> us</c><00:43:56.340><c> to</c>

00:43:56.539 --> 00:44:02.820
see<00:43:56.699><c> things</c><00:43:57.079><c> which</c><00:43:57.340><c> are</c><00:43:57.639><c> invisible.</c><00:43:59.000><c> He</c><00:43:59.260><c> moves</c><00:43:59.400><c> on</c><00:43:59.619><c> to</c>

00:44:02.820 --> 00:44:11.480
pass<00:44:03.039><c> over</c><00:44:04.239><c> so</c><00:44:09.219><c> summarizing</c><00:44:09.699><c> then</c><00:44:09.920><c> what</c><00:44:10.019><c> we</c><00:44:10.159><c> have</c><00:44:10.320><c> to</c><00:44:10.440><c> say</c><00:44:10.619><c> about</c><00:44:10.900><c> faith</c><00:44:11.239><c> and</c>

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:13.369
what<00:44:11.639><c> Paul</c><00:44:11.780><c> has</c><00:44:11.980><c> to</c><00:44:12.099><c> say</c><00:44:12.260><c> about</c><00:44:12.599><c> faith.</c>

00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:16.119
Faith<00:44:14.699><c> is</c><00:44:15.059><c> not</c><00:44:15.260><c> knowledge.</c>

00:44:18.699 --> 00:44:21.780
Faith<00:44:18.880><c> is</c><00:44:19.179><c> not</c><00:44:19.500><c> an</c><00:44:19.780><c> accumulation</c><00:44:20.320><c> of</c><00:44:20.659><c> understanding</c><00:44:21.320><c> of</c><00:44:21.599><c> the</c>

00:44:21.780 --> 00:44:22.929
word<00:44:21.920><c> of</c><00:44:22.159><c> God</c>

00:44:23.920 --> 00:44:26.780
because<00:44:24.460><c> so</c><00:44:24.719><c> many</c><00:44:24.900><c> people</c><00:44:25.300><c> have</c><00:44:25.719><c> knowledge</c><00:44:26.099><c> of</c><00:44:26.280><c> the</c><00:44:26.420><c> word</c><00:44:26.559><c> of</c>

00:44:26.780 --> 00:44:28.679
God<00:44:26.980><c> without</c><00:44:27.440><c> faith.</c>

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Faith<00:44:30.260><c> is</c><00:44:30.539><c> that</c><00:44:30.800><c> attitude</c><00:44:31.300><c> of</c><00:44:31.639><c> mind</c><00:44:32.000><c> which</c><00:44:32.360><c> is</c><00:44:33.639><c> developed</c><00:44:34.579><c> through</c><00:44:36.460><c> meditation</c><00:44:37.260><c> upon</c><00:44:37.579><c> the</c>

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word<00:44:37.940><c> of</c><00:44:38.199><c> God</c>

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which<00:44:39.539><c> leads</c><00:44:39.880><c> us</c><00:44:40.119><c> into</c><00:44:40.599><c> fellowship</c><00:44:41.119><c> with</c><00:44:41.360><c> him</c><00:44:42.179><c> and</c><00:44:43.900><c> we</c><00:44:44.119><c> then</c>

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see<00:44:44.820><c> things</c><00:44:45.179><c> as</c><00:44:45.360><c> they</c><00:44:45.619><c> really</c><00:44:46.099><c> are.</c>

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And<00:44:48.659><c> tomorrow</c><00:44:48.940><c> the</c><00:44:49.159><c> apostle</c><00:44:49.480><c> Paul</c><00:44:49.780><c> will</c><00:44:50.039><c> show</c><00:44:50.219><c> us</c><00:44:51.440><c> what</c><00:44:51.780><c> difference</c><00:44:52.480><c> that</c>

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should<00:44:53.179><c> make</c><00:44:53.380><c> to</c><00:44:53.619><c> us.</c>